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Philippi</c><00:10:05.220><c> is</c><00:10:05.460><c> important,</c> 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.039 the<00:10:06.360><c> only</c><00:10:06.500><c> reason</c><00:10:06.700><c> most</c><00:10:06.960><c> of</c><00:10:07.120><c> us</c><00:10:07.240><c> have</c><00:10:07.419><c> ever</c><00:10:07.659><c> heard</c><00:10:07.899><c> of</c><00:10:08.100><c> Philippi,</c> 00:10:09.259 --> 00:10:11.059 is<00:10:09.379><c> because</c><00:10:09.700><c> Paul</c><00:10:09.940><c> wrote</c><00:10:10.159><c> a</c><00:10:10.299><c> letter</c><00:10:10.460><c> to</c><00:10:10.679><c> them.</c> 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.899 Not<00:10:11.600><c> because</c><00:10:12.120><c> of</c><00:10:12.639><c> anything</c><00:10:12.860><c> that</c><00:10:13.220><c> happened</c><00:10:13.480><c> there</c> 00:10:13.899 --> 00:10:17.200 other<00:10:14.480><c> than</c><00:10:14.840><c> what</c><00:10:15.200><c> we</c><00:10:15.500><c> have</c><00:10:15.659><c> recorded</c><00:10:16.019><c> in</c><00:10:16.220><c> our</c><00:10:16.379><c> Bible.</c> 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:20.139 Philip<00:10:18.460><c> II</c><00:10:18.940><c> says,</c><00:10:19.259><c> I</c><00:10:19.259><c> want</c><00:10:19.440><c> to</c><00:10:19.600><c> be</c><00:10:19.779><c> famous.</c> 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:21.679 I<00:10:20.299><c> want</c><00:10:20.460><c> to</c><00:10:20.559><c> name</c><00:10:20.679><c> this</c><00:10:20.879><c> city</c><00:10:21.120><c> after</c><00:10:21.440><c> me.</c> 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:23.759 And<00:10:22.200><c> he</c><00:10:22.460><c> didn't</c><00:10:22.620><c> make</c><00:10:22.799><c> it</c><00:10:23.000><c> famous</c><00:10:23.220><c> at</c><00:10:23.500><c> all.</c> 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:27.820 It<00:10:23.879><c> was</c><00:10:24.139><c> Paul,</c><00:10:24.460><c> really,</c><00:10:25.139><c> that</c><00:10:25.320><c> did</c><00:10:25.500><c> it,</c><00:10:25.960><c> even</c><00:10:26.139><c> for</c><00:10:26.340><c> the</c><00:10:26.500><c> world</c><00:10:26.720><c> today.</c> 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relate</c><00:10:43.919><c> to</c><00:10:44.179><c> what's</c><00:10:45.240><c> from</c><00:10:45.860><c> us.</c> 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.259 I'm<00:10:46.519><c> talking</c><00:10:46.759><c> to</c><00:10:46.899><c> some</c><00:10:47.100><c> of</c><00:10:47.179><c> the</c><00:10:47.600><c> brothers</c><00:10:47.820><c> and</c><00:10:48.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:50.980 young<00:10:48.519><c> people</c><00:10:48.759><c> here</c><00:10:48.860><c> from</c><00:10:49.019><c> Detroit,</c><00:10:49.639><c> and</c><00:10:49.879><c> I</c><00:10:50.039><c> say,</c><00:10:50.259><c> you</c><00:10:50.360><c> Easterners.</c> 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:53.159 And<00:10:51.600><c> they</c><00:10:51.700><c> don't</c><00:10:51.919><c> consider</c><00:10:52.159><c> themselves</c><00:10:52.580><c> Easterners</c> 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:55.700 because<00:10:53.440><c> they</c><00:10:53.659><c> say,</c><00:10:53.919><c> hey,</c><00:10:54.179><c> we're</c><00:10:54.419><c> in</c><00:10:54.519><c> the</c><00:10:54.639><c> Midwest.</c> 00:10:55.899 --> 00:10:57.759 Well,<00:10:56.100><c> to</c><00:10:56.279><c> us,</c><00:10:56.620><c> they're</c><00:10:56.740><c> East,</c><00:10:57.179><c> you</c><00:10:57.480><c> see.</c> 00:10:58.059 --> 00:11:01.480 If<00:10:58.279><c> you're</c><00:10:58.500><c> in</c><00:10:58.759><c> Detroit,</c><00:10:59.379><c> then</c><00:10:59.460><c> you</c><00:10:59.600><c> think</c><00:10:59.720><c> New</c><00:11:00.019><c> York</c><00:11:00.220><c> is</c><00:11:00.460><c> East.</c> 00:11:01.620 --> 00:11:04.779 And<00:11:01.659><c> if</c><00:11:02.240><c> you're</c><00:11:02.379><c> in</c><00:11:02.480><c> New</c><00:11:02.679><c> York,</c><00:11:02.840><c> you</c><00:11:03.000><c> think</c><00:11:03.159><c> England</c><00:11:03.500><c> is</c><00:11:03.820><c> East.</c> 00:11:05.299 --> 00:11:07.580 And<00:11:05.299><c> so</c><00:11:06.200><c> it</c><00:11:06.360><c> all</c><00:11:06.539><c> depends</c><00:11:06.860><c> on</c><00:11:07.080><c> where</c><00:11:07.200><c> you</c><00:11:07.379><c> are</c> 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:10.440 as<00:11:07.700><c> to</c><00:11:07.820><c> whether</c><00:11:07.960><c> the</c><00:11:08.139><c> thing</c><00:11:08.259><c> is</c><00:11:08.740><c> north</c><00:11:09.000><c> or</c><00:11:09.200><c> south</c><00:11:09.500><c> or</c><00:11:09.600><c> east</c><00:11:09.840><c> or</c><00:11:10.080><c> west.</c> 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:11.840 To<00:11:10.919><c> you.</c> 00:11:12.299 --> 00:11:14.899 And<00:11:12.480><c> so</c><00:11:12.879><c> this</c><00:11:13.240><c> area</c><00:11:13.539><c> was</c><00:11:13.879><c> north</c><00:11:14.340><c> to</c><00:11:14.600><c> Paul</c> 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:19.100 because<00:11:15.240><c> he</c><00:11:15.519><c> lived</c><00:11:15.879><c> in</c><00:11:16.500><c> Tarsus,</c><00:11:16.899><c> which</c><00:11:17.059><c> was</c><00:11:17.320><c> south</c><00:11:17.659><c> of</c><00:11:17.879><c> this</c><00:11:18.139><c> area.</c> 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victory</c><00:11:41.960><c> near</c><00:11:42.240><c> Mount</c><00:11:42.539><c> Olympus</c> 00:11:43.419 --> 00:11:46.759 on<00:11:43.799><c> the</c><00:11:43.960><c> western</c><00:11:44.240><c> shore</c><00:11:44.620><c> of</c><00:11:44.879><c> the</c><00:11:45.220><c> Gulf</c><00:11:45.480><c> of</c><00:11:45.720><c> Salonica</c> 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.019 in<00:11:47.120><c> the</c><00:11:47.299><c> year</c><00:11:47.659><c> of</c><00:11:48.019><c> 168</c><00:11:48.720><c> BC.</c> 00:11:50.340 --> 00:11:52.320 By<00:11:50.519><c> this</c><00:11:50.759><c> time,</c><00:11:51.120><c> the</c><00:11:51.299><c> gold</c><00:11:51.519><c> mines</c><00:11:51.799><c> of</c><00:11:52.019><c> Philippi.</c> 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:53.259 You<00:11:52.460><c> see,</c><00:11:52.539><c> there</c><00:11:52.659><c> was</c><00:11:52.840><c> gold.</c> 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:55.860 There's<00:11:53.740><c> gold</c><00:11:54.080><c> in</c><00:11:54.240><c> them</c><00:11:54.379><c> Dhar</c><00:11:54.639><c> hills,</c><00:11:55.200><c> which</c><00:11:55.360><c> we</c><00:11:55.620><c> know.</c> 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.320 And<00:11:56.340><c> we</c><00:11:56.500><c> talk</c><00:11:56.659><c> about</c><00:11:56.899><c> the</c><00:11:57.139><c> gold</c><00:11:57.379><c> rush</c><00:11:57.519><c> of</c><00:11:57.679><c> California,</c> 00:11:58.379 --> 00:12:00.159 and<00:11:58.539><c> the</c><00:11:58.700><c> gold</c><00:11:58.940><c> now</c><00:11:59.179><c> is</c><00:11:59.379><c> all</c><00:11:59.659><c> gone.</c> 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:04.399 Well,<00:12:00.720><c> there</c><00:12:00.820><c> was</c><00:12:01.019><c> gold</c><00:12:01.320><c> in</c><00:12:01.480><c> them</c><00:12:01.659><c> Dhar</c><00:12:01.960><c> hills</c><00:12:02.360><c> back</c><00:12:02.659><c> in</c><00:12:02.899><c> Philippi.</c> 00:12:04.779 --> 00:12:07.299 And<00:12:05.100><c> Philip</c><00:12:05.519><c> dug</c><00:12:05.940><c> it</c><00:12:06.139><c> all</c><00:12:06.360><c> out.</c> 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.960 So<00:12:07.559><c> by</c><00:12:07.759><c> this</c><00:12:08.019><c> time,</c><00:12:08.259><c> the</c><00:12:08.460><c> city</c><00:12:08.679><c> has</c><00:12:09.200><c> declined.</c> 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:12.779 It's<00:12:10.240><c> like</c><00:12:10.379><c> some</c><00:12:10.620><c> of</c><00:12:10.759><c> the</c><00:12:11.220><c> gold</c><00:12:11.500><c> rush</c><00:12:11.679><c> cities</c><00:12:12.039><c> of</c><00:12:12.240><c> California,</c> 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:15.080 which<00:12:13.059><c> are</c><00:12:13.259><c> just</c><00:12:13.600><c> ghost</c><00:12:13.980><c> towns.</c> 00:12:15.419 --> 00:12:17.580 It<00:12:15.720><c> hadn't</c><00:12:15.980><c> gotten</c><00:12:16.259><c> quite</c><00:12:16.600><c> that</c><00:12:17.000><c> bad.</c> 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:20.879 But<00:12:18.200><c> it</c><00:12:18.259><c> was</c><00:12:18.460><c> not</c><00:12:18.700><c> a</c><00:12:18.820><c> very</c><00:12:19.179><c> prominent</c><00:12:19.460><c> city</c><00:12:19.779><c> anymore.</c> 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:24.860 And<00:12:21.580><c> then</c><00:12:21.759><c> in</c><00:12:21.919><c> the</c><00:12:22.039><c> year</c><00:12:22.340><c> 146</c><00:12:23.320><c> BC,</c><00:12:24.440><c> Macedonia</c> 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:28.960 became<00:12:25.139><c> one</c><00:12:25.360><c> of</c><00:12:25.460><c> the</c><00:12:25.639><c> six</c><00:12:25.940><c> provinces</c><00:12:26.840><c> governed</c><00:12:27.600><c> by</c><00:12:27.940><c> Rome.</c> 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:31.980 And<00:12:29.440><c> as</c><00:12:29.580><c> a</c><00:12:29.659><c> result</c><00:12:30.139><c> of</c><00:12:30.360><c> this,</c><00:12:30.639><c> the</c><00:12:30.720><c> city</c><00:12:30.879><c> was</c><00:12:31.220><c> enlarged</c> 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:34.480 and<00:12:32.740><c> became</c><00:12:33.139><c> more</c><00:12:33.500><c> important</c><00:12:33.960><c> again.</c> 00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:38.080 It<00:12:35.159><c> became</c><00:12:35.559><c> a</c><00:12:36.460><c> battle</c><00:12:36.639><c> place</c><00:12:36.860><c> for</c><00:12:37.039><c> an</c><00:12:37.299><c> important</c><00:12:37.659><c> battle.</c> 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:42.279 It<00:12:38.220><c> took</c><00:12:38.399><c> place</c><00:12:38.659><c> in</c><00:12:38.919><c> 42</c><00:12:39.259><c> BC</c><00:12:39.960><c> between</c><00:12:40.659><c> Brutus</c><00:12:41.059><c> and</c><00:12:41.360><c> Cassius,</c> 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:44.559 defenders<00:12:42.840><c> of</c><00:12:43.059><c> the</c><00:12:43.100><c> Roman</c><00:12:43.360><c> Republic</c><00:12:43.840><c> on</c><00:12:44.059><c> one</c><00:12:44.320><c> side,</c> 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:47.759 and<00:12:44.919><c> Antony</c><00:12:45.080><c> and</c><00:12:45.279><c> Octavian,</c><00:12:46.620><c> who</c><00:12:46.659><c> were</c><00:12:47.259><c> the</c><00:12:47.379><c> avengers</c> 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:49.940 of<00:12:48.259><c> Caesar's</c><00:12:48.879><c> death</c><00:12:49.159><c> on</c><00:12:49.440><c> the</c><00:12:49.620><c> other.</c> 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:54.539 After<00:12:50.659><c> two</c><00:12:50.960><c> engagements,</c><00:12:51.700><c> Antony</c><00:12:52.139><c> and</c><00:12:52.559><c> Octavian</c><00:12:53.120><c> were</c><00:12:53.320><c> victorious.</c> 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.379 Brutus<00:12:55.299><c> and</c><00:12:55.620><c> Cassius</c><00:12:56.259><c> were</c><00:12:57.440><c> dead.</c> 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:01.820 After<00:12:59.340><c> this,</c><00:12:59.740><c> it</c><00:12:59.759><c> was</c><00:12:59.940><c> made</c><00:13:00.120><c> into</c><00:13:00.299><c> a</c><00:13:00.440><c> Roman</c><00:13:00.779><c> colony.</c> 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:06.360 Antony<00:13:02.799><c> settled</c><00:13:03.139><c> some</c><00:13:03.460><c> of</c><00:13:03.700><c> his</c><00:13:04.220><c> disbanded</c><00:13:04.820><c> veterans</c><00:13:05.259><c> there.</c> 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:11.399 In<00:13:06.679><c> 31</c><00:13:06.960><c> BC,</c><00:13:07.860><c> there</c><00:13:08.039><c> was</c><00:13:08.179><c> a</c><00:13:08.259><c> big</c><00:13:08.500><c> naval</c><00:13:08.820><c> battle</c><00:13:09.539><c> between</c><00:13:10.500><c> Antony</c> 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:15.759 and<00:13:11.559><c> Octavian,</c><00:13:12.399><c> and</c><00:13:12.440><c> Octavian</c><00:13:13.100><c> was</c><00:13:13.320><c> victorious</c><00:13:14.139><c> over</c><00:13:14.580><c> Antony.</c> 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:19.019 And<00:13:16.539><c> why</c><00:13:16.980><c> did</c><00:13:17.299><c> Antony</c><00:13:17.720><c> lose</c><00:13:18.500><c> the</c><00:13:18.820><c> battle?</c> 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:23.580 Well,<00:13:19.740><c> he'd</c><00:13:20.000><c> become</c><00:13:20.220><c> infatuated</c><00:13:21.019><c> with</c><00:13:21.179><c> this</c><00:13:21.460><c> beautiful</c><00:13:22.580><c> Egyptian</c> 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:28.259 queen<00:13:24.440><c> who</c><00:13:25.039><c> had</c><00:13:25.259><c> previously</c><00:13:25.620><c> been</c><00:13:25.960><c> the</c><00:13:26.220><c> mistress</c><00:13:26.799><c> of</c><00:13:27.379><c> Julius</c><00:13:27.779><c> Caesar.</c> 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:30.980 Her<00:13:28.580><c> name</c><00:13:28.799><c> was</c><00:13:29.440><c> Cleopatra.</c> 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:33.879 Realizing<00:13:32.000><c> the</c><00:13:32.299><c> hopelessness</c><00:13:33.000><c> of</c><00:13:33.200><c> their</c><00:13:33.539><c> cause,</c> 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.159 both<00:13:34.299><c> Antony</c><00:13:34.639><c> and</c><00:13:34.799><c> Cleopatra</c><00:13:35.519><c> committed</c><00:13:36.279><c> suicide,</c> 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.679 and<00:13:37.679><c> Octavian</c><00:13:38.299><c> became</c><00:13:38.740><c> the</c><00:13:39.080><c> sole</c><00:13:39.700><c> head</c><00:13:40.059><c> of</c><00:13:40.220><c> the</c><00:13:40.340><c> Roman</c><00:13:40.620><c> Empire.</c> 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:44.500 As<00:13:41.960><c> a</c><00:13:42.019><c> result</c><00:13:42.279><c> of</c><00:13:42.460><c> this,</c><00:13:42.779><c> he</c><00:13:42.820><c> was</c><00:13:43.139><c> crowned</c><00:13:44.059><c> Caesar</c> 00:13:44.500 --> 00:13:47.559 on<00:13:45.200><c> August</c><00:13:45.539><c> the</c><00:13:45.779><c> 27th</c><00:13:46.480><c> in</c><00:13:46.620><c> 29</c><00:13:47.000><c> BC,</c> 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:51.399 and<00:13:48.100><c> from</c><00:13:48.279><c> then</c><00:13:48.440><c> on,</c><00:13:48.600><c> he</c><00:13:48.620><c> was</c><00:13:48.840><c> known</c><00:13:49.120><c> as</c><00:13:49.480><c> Augustus</c><00:13:50.919><c> Caesar,</c> 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:53.879 I<00:13:51.799><c> guess</c><00:13:51.960><c> because</c><00:13:52.220><c> it</c><00:13:52.360><c> happened</c><00:13:52.679><c> in</c><00:13:52.940><c> August.</c> 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:02.220 Philippi<00:13:56.759><c> now</c><00:13:57.320><c> is</c><00:13:57.559><c> a</c><00:13:57.639><c> Roman</c><00:13:58.100><c> colony,</c><00:13:59.679><c> and</c><00:13:59.759><c> it's</c><00:14:00.460><c> a</c><00:14:00.620><c> miniature</c><00:14:01.019><c> Rome.</c> 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:05.100 They<00:14:03.559><c> want</c><00:14:03.740><c> to</c><00:14:03.840><c> do</c><00:14:03.940><c> everything</c><00:14:04.299><c> that</c><00:14:04.559><c> Rome</c><00:14:04.820><c> did.</c> 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:07.299 They<00:14:05.200><c> were</c><00:14:05.340><c> like</c><00:14:05.519><c> a</c><00:14:05.679><c> little</c><00:14:05.940><c> kitty</c><00:14:06.120><c> who</c><00:14:06.360><c> follows</c><00:14:06.600><c> his</c><00:14:06.860><c> daddy</c><00:14:07.019><c> around.</c> 00:14:07.360 --> 00:14:08.879 He<00:14:07.360><c> wants</c><00:14:07.519><c> to</c><00:14:07.639><c> do</c><00:14:07.720><c> everything</c><00:14:08.000><c> that</c><00:14:08.279><c> daddy</c><00:14:08.500><c> did.</c> 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:11.039 Well,<00:14:09.360><c> Philippi</c><00:14:09.679><c> looked</c><00:14:09.899><c> at</c><00:14:10.120><c> Rome,</c><00:14:10.320><c> and</c><00:14:10.399><c> whatever</c><00:14:10.600><c> Rome</c><00:14:10.879><c> did,</c> 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:12.600 that's<00:14:11.299><c> what</c><00:14:11.500><c> we</c><00:14:11.759><c> do.</c> 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.299 They<00:14:13.019><c> enjoyed</c><00:14:13.299><c> all</c><00:14:13.620><c> the</c><00:14:13.799><c> rights</c><00:14:14.240><c> and</c><00:14:14.539><c> the</c><00:14:14.759><c> privileges</c><00:14:15.019><c> of</c> 00:14:15.299 --> 00:14:16.879 Roman<00:14:15.559><c> citizens,</c> 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:21.159 such<00:14:17.120><c> as</c><00:14:17.340><c> freedom</c><00:14:17.620><c> from</c><00:14:17.919><c> scourging,</c><00:14:19.740><c> from</c><00:14:20.059><c> arrest,</c> 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:24.720 except<00:14:21.539><c> in</c><00:14:21.799><c> extreme</c><00:14:22.220><c> cases,</c><00:14:23.139><c> and</c><00:14:23.440><c> the</c><00:14:23.659><c> right</c><00:14:23.919><c> to</c><00:14:24.200><c> appeal</c><00:14:24.519><c> to</c> 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:25.159 the<00:14:24.860><c> emperor.</c> 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:27.080 This<00:14:25.820><c> is</c><00:14:26.000><c> kind</c><00:14:26.159><c> of</c><00:14:26.279><c> an</c><00:14:26.279><c> interesting</c><00:14:26.580><c> background.</c> 00:14:27.299 --> 00:14:30.039 They<00:14:27.500><c> were</c><00:14:27.700><c> not</c><00:14:27.899><c> supposed</c><00:14:28.500><c> to</c><00:14:28.840><c> do</c><00:14:28.980><c> anything</c><00:14:29.320><c> to</c><00:14:29.580><c> a</c><00:14:29.720><c> Roman,</c> 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:33.000 like<00:14:30.600><c> scourging,</c><00:14:31.159><c> without</c><00:14:31.360><c> a</c><00:14:31.659><c> proper</c><00:14:31.960><c> trial.</c> 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:35.980 We'll<00:14:33.840><c> see</c><00:14:34.039><c> later</c><00:14:34.299><c> what</c><00:14:34.500><c> happened</c><00:14:34.860><c> there.</c> 00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:41.360 We<00:14:36.399><c> can</c><00:14:36.759><c> see</c><00:14:37.460><c> why</c><00:14:37.840><c> Paul,</c><00:14:38.820><c> in</c><00:14:40.259><c> writing</c><00:14:40.519><c> this</c><00:14:40.700><c> letter</c><00:14:40.840><c> to</c><00:14:41.039><c> them,</c> 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:44.679 mentions<00:14:41.980><c> things</c><00:14:42.600><c> in</c><00:14:43.500><c> this</c><00:14:43.700><c> letter</c><00:14:43.860><c> that</c><00:14:44.000><c> aren't</c><00:14:44.220><c> any</c><00:14:44.419><c> other</c> 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.740 letter<00:14:44.860><c> he</c><00:14:45.039><c> writes.</c> 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:49.100 Look<00:14:46.519><c> at</c><00:14:46.679><c> Philippians</c><00:14:47.120><c> 1,</c><00:14:47.600><c> verse</c><00:14:47.840><c> 13.</c> 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:49.899 He<00:14:49.659><c> says,</c> 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:54.500 So<00:14:50.120><c> that</c><00:14:50.360><c> my</c><00:14:50.639><c> bonds</c><00:14:51.259><c> in</c><00:14:51.580><c> Christ</c><00:14:51.980><c> are</c><00:14:52.340><c> manifest</c><00:14:52.759><c> in</c><00:14:52.940><c> all</c><00:14:53.220><c> the</c><00:14:53.460><c> palace</c> 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:56.299 and<00:14:55.100><c> in</c><00:14:55.399><c> all</c><00:14:55.559><c> other</c><00:14:55.799><c> places.</c> 00:14:56.779 --> 00:15:00.039 Now,<00:14:57.299><c> he</c><00:14:57.419><c> doesn't</c><00:14:57.700><c> mention</c><00:14:58.039><c> this</c><00:14:58.740><c> in</c><00:14:59.120><c> any</c><00:14:59.340><c> of</c><00:14:59.580><c> his</c><00:14:59.580><c> other</c><00:14:59.759><c> letters,</c> 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:03.539 but<00:15:00.379><c> you</c><00:15:00.559><c> see,</c><00:15:01.860><c> Philippi</c><00:15:02.120><c> is</c><00:15:02.399><c> a</c><00:15:02.539><c> miniature</c><00:15:02.919><c> Rome,</c> 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:06.299 and<00:15:04.000><c> a</c><00:15:04.120><c> lot</c><00:15:04.200><c> of</c><00:15:04.299><c> the</c><00:15:04.419><c> people</c><00:15:04.559><c> from</c><00:15:04.759><c> Philippi</c><00:15:05.320><c> used</c><00:15:05.539><c> to</c><00:15:05.700><c> live</c><00:15:05.779><c> in</c><00:15:06.019><c> Rome,</c> 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:08.740 and<00:15:06.639><c> probably</c><00:15:06.879><c> some</c><00:15:07.080><c> of</c><00:15:07.179><c> the</c><00:15:07.360><c> soldiers</c><00:15:07.620><c> went</c><00:15:07.820><c> back</c><00:15:08.139><c> and</c><00:15:08.419><c> forth,</c> 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.860 so<00:15:09.220><c> that</c><00:15:09.679><c> the</c><00:15:09.899><c> people</c><00:15:10.159><c> in</c><00:15:10.460><c> Philippi</c><00:15:10.960><c> would</c><00:15:11.200><c> know</c><00:15:11.419><c> the</c><00:15:11.659><c> people</c> 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:12.440 in<00:15:12.120><c> Rome,</c> 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:17.139 and<00:15:12.759><c> they</c><00:15:12.879><c> would</c><00:15:13.039><c> be</c><00:15:13.240><c> familiar</c><00:15:13.700><c> with</c><00:15:14.179><c> the</c><00:15:14.879><c> guards</c><00:15:15.279><c> and</c><00:15:16.080><c> the</c><00:15:16.700><c> palace</c> 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:19.100 and<00:15:17.340><c> all</c><00:15:17.519><c> of</c><00:15:17.639><c> the</c><00:15:17.779><c> things</c><00:15:18.019><c> that</c><00:15:18.399><c> are</c><00:15:18.600><c> well</c><00:15:18.899><c>-known.</c> 00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:24.120 For<00:15:19.340><c> example,</c><00:15:20.000><c> any</c><00:15:20.299><c> of</c><00:15:20.460><c> you</c><00:15:20.600><c> are</c><00:15:20.820><c> here</c><00:15:21.059><c> from,</c><00:15:22.000><c> oh,</c><00:15:23.059><c> we'll</c><00:15:23.259><c> say,</c> 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:25.960 the<00:15:24.419><c> San</c><00:15:24.580><c> Francisco</c><00:15:24.980><c> area.</c> 00:15:26.179 --> 00:15:26.940 Well,<00:15:26.379><c> you're</c><00:15:26.600><c> familiar.</c> 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:29.139 If<00:15:27.379><c> you're</c><00:15:27.559><c> down</c><00:15:27.820><c> here,</c><00:15:28.019><c> you're</c><00:15:28.460><c> familiar</c><00:15:28.600><c> with</c><00:15:28.740><c> what's</c><00:15:28.840><c> going</c><00:15:29.000><c> on</c> 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:29.399 up<00:15:29.259><c> there.</c> 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.340 Some<00:15:29.559><c> of</c><00:15:29.600><c> the</c><00:15:29.679><c> rest</c><00:15:29.919><c> of</c><00:15:30.039><c> us</c><00:15:30.159><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:30.379><c> be,</c><00:15:31.240><c> but</c><00:15:31.460><c> they</c><00:15:31.899><c> knew</c><00:15:32.059><c> all</c> 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:32.960 about<00:15:32.659><c> Rome,</c> 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:36.120 and<00:15:33.139><c> so</c><00:15:33.240><c> he</c><00:15:33.480><c> mentions</c><00:15:33.779><c> things</c><00:15:34.120><c> in</c><00:15:34.279><c> this</c><00:15:34.539><c> chapter</c><00:15:34.960><c> that</c><00:15:35.419><c> he</c><00:15:35.659><c> mentions</c><00:15:35.899><c> in</c> 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:36.419 no<00:15:36.279><c> other.</c> 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.600 Chapter<00:15:36.759><c> 4</c><00:15:37.259><c> of</c><00:15:37.360><c> Philippians,</c><00:15:37.779><c> verse</c><00:15:38.100><c> 22.</c> 00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:43.539 All<00:15:41.100><c> the</c><00:15:41.419><c> saints</c><00:15:41.639><c> salute</c><00:15:42.000><c> you.</c> 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:47.179 Chiefly,<00:15:44.620><c> they</c><00:15:45.460><c> that</c><00:15:45.820><c> are</c><00:15:46.019><c> of</c><00:15:46.259><c> Caesar's</c><00:15:46.779><c> household.</c> 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:49.200 So<00:15:48.120><c> Paul's</c><00:15:48.620><c> been</c><00:15:48.840><c> busy.</c> 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:51.700 Paul's<00:15:49.700><c> been</c><00:15:49.840><c> doing</c><00:15:50.059><c> something</c><00:15:50.299><c> besides</c><00:15:50.639><c> being</c><00:15:51.000><c> chained</c><00:15:51.259><c> to</c> 00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:53.879 a<00:15:53.440><c> soldier.</c> 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:57.299 He's<00:15:54.419><c> been</c><00:15:54.600><c> teaching</c><00:15:55.080><c> the</c><00:15:55.860><c> people</c><00:15:56.059><c> that</c><00:15:56.299><c> worked</c><00:15:56.559><c> for</c><00:15:56.820><c> Caesar.</c> 00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:59.019 Imagine<00:15:57.980><c> working</c><00:15:58.340><c> in</c><00:15:58.480><c> the</c><00:15:58.600><c> White</c><00:15:58.799><c> House</c> 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:02.960 and<00:16:00.000><c> getting</c><00:16:00.100><c> all</c><00:16:00.399><c> the</c><00:16:00.580><c> people</c><00:16:00.820><c> that</c><00:16:01.000><c> worked</c><00:16:01.120><c> for</c><00:16:01.399><c> Regan</c><00:16:01.980><c> at</c><00:16:02.259><c> Christadelphians,</c> 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.419 or<00:16:03.240><c> not</c><00:16:03.419><c> all</c><00:16:03.600><c> of</c><00:16:03.659><c> them,</c><00:16:03.720><c> but</c><00:16:03.840><c> some</c><00:16:04.120><c> of</c><00:16:04.259><c> them.</c> 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:06.779 That's<00:16:04.879><c> the</c><00:16:04.960><c> kind</c><00:16:05.120><c> of</c><00:16:05.259><c> thing,</c><00:16:05.559><c> except</c><00:16:05.840><c> that</c><00:16:06.080><c> you</c><00:16:06.399><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:06.600><c> be</c> 00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:08.179 a<00:16:06.980><c> prisoner</c><00:16:07.299><c> in</c><00:16:07.539><c> the</c><00:16:07.700><c> White</c><00:16:07.960><c> House,</c> 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:11.720 and<00:16:08.299><c> he</c><00:16:08.440><c> was</c><00:16:08.659><c> a</c><00:16:08.860><c> prisoner</c><00:16:09.279><c> in</c><00:16:10.740><c> Rome.</c> 00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:16.980 It's<00:16:13.220><c> helpful</c><00:16:13.539><c> for</c><00:16:13.860><c> us,</c><00:16:14.940><c> when</c><00:16:15.059><c> we</c><00:16:15.340><c> study</c><00:16:15.639><c> this</c><00:16:16.019><c> letter,</c> 00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:20.940 to<00:16:17.840><c> recall</c><00:16:18.419><c> how</c><00:16:19.259><c> this</c><00:16:19.639><c> little</c><00:16:19.840><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:20.279><c> got</c><00:16:20.539><c> its</c><00:16:20.779><c> start,</c> 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.779 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we</c><00:16:32.840><c> can</c><00:16:33.120><c> learn</c><00:16:33.519><c> that</c><00:16:34.080><c> will</c><00:16:34.299><c> help</c><00:16:34.460><c> us</c><00:16:34.720><c> in</c><00:16:34.879><c> our</c> 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.500 studies<00:16:35.419><c> of</c><00:16:35.659><c> this</c><00:16:35.919><c> little</c><00:16:36.220><c> book.</c> 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.440 You<00:16:37.159><c> remember</c><00:16:37.480><c> that</c><00:16:38.220><c> the</c><00:16:38.559><c> first</c><00:16:38.740><c> time</c><00:16:38.940><c> he</c><00:16:39.080><c> ever</c><00:16:39.379><c> went</c><00:16:39.580><c> there</c> 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:45.259 was<00:16:41.000><c> on</c><00:16:41.500><c> his</c><00:16:42.159><c> second</c><00:16:43.259><c> missionary</c><00:16:44.059><c> journey.</c> 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:48.820 It's<00:16:46.000><c> somewhere</c><00:16:46.200><c> around</c><00:16:46.580><c> the</c><00:16:46.759><c> year</c><00:16:47.039><c> 50</c><00:16:47.940><c> A</c><00:16:48.299><c>.D.</c> 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:51.679 Now<00:16:49.580><c> at</c><00:16:49.759><c> Derby,</c><00:16:50.320><c> Timothy</c><00:16:50.679><c> joins</c><00:16:51.080><c> the</c><00:16:51.360><c> group,</c> 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:54.559 and<00:16:52.139><c> then</c><00:16:52.240><c> when</c><00:16:52.360><c> they</c><00:16:52.500><c> get</c><00:16:52.720><c> to</c><00:16:53.039><c> Troas,</c> 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.100 located<00:16:54.860><c> on</c><00:16:55.139><c> the</c><00:16:55.360><c> south</c><00:16:55.580><c> of</c><00:16:55.720><c> what</c><00:16:55.820><c> is</c><00:16:56.000><c> now</c><00:16:56.159><c> considered</c><00:16:56.559><c> the</c><00:16:56.740><c> site</c><00:16:56.919><c> of</c> 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.779 ancient<00:16:57.399><c> Troy,</c> 00:16:58.139 --> 00:16:59.480 they're<00:16:58.340><c> in</c><00:16:58.480><c> a</c><00:16:58.580><c> quandary</c><00:16:58.799><c> of</c><00:16:58.840><c> what</c><00:16:59.019><c> to</c><00:16:59.159><c> do.</c> 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:01.059 They<00:17:00.139><c> don't</c><00:17:00.299><c> know</c><00:17:00.419><c> what</c><00:17:00.659><c> to</c><00:17:00.840><c> do.</c> 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.879 Let's<00:17:01.379><c> look</c><00:17:01.559><c> at</c><00:17:01.679><c> Acts</c><00:17:01.879><c> chapter</c><00:17:02.179><c> 16,</c> 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:05.339 because<00:17:03.419><c> I</c><00:17:03.600><c> think</c><00:17:03.759><c> this</c><00:17:04.000><c> is</c><00:17:04.180><c> a</c><00:17:04.200><c> condition</c><00:17:04.599><c> that</c><00:17:04.819><c> we</c><00:17:04.960><c> sometimes</c> 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.720 get<00:17:05.579><c> in.</c> 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:09.220 We<00:17:06.160><c> want</c><00:17:06.460><c> to</c><00:17:06.599><c> do</c><00:17:06.799><c> right,</c><00:17:07.400><c> but</c><00:17:07.519><c> we</c><00:17:07.660><c> don't</c><00:17:07.779><c> know</c><00:17:07.880><c> what</c><00:17:08.140><c> to</c><00:17:08.319><c> do,</c> 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:14.579 and<00:17:11.799><c> we're</c><00:17:12.200><c> going</c><00:17:12.339><c> to</c><00:17:12.619><c> learn</c><00:17:12.960><c> today</c><00:17:13.519><c> what</c><00:17:13.880><c> you</c><00:17:14.119><c> do</c><00:17:14.319><c> when</c><00:17:14.440><c> you</c> 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:16.160 don't<00:17:14.700><c> know</c><00:17:14.839><c> what</c><00:17:15.079><c> to</c><00:17:15.240><c> do,</c> 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.640 because<00:17:16.920><c> you</c><00:17:17.140><c> do</c><00:17:17.460><c> do</c><00:17:17.640><c> something</c><00:17:17.859><c> when</c><00:17:18.039><c> you</c><00:17:18.180><c> don't</c><00:17:18.299><c> know</c><00:17:18.440><c> what</c> 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:19.019 to<00:17:18.779><c> do,</c> 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:20.579 but<00:17:19.299><c> a</c><00:17:19.420><c> lot</c><00:17:19.579><c> of</c><00:17:19.759><c> people</c><00:17:20.000><c> don't.</c> 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:23.359 I<00:17:21.119><c> 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turning</c><00:23:25.279><c> and</c><00:23:25.480><c> bumping</c><00:23:25.759><c> into</c><00:23:25.920><c> walls</c><00:23:26.180><c> and</c><00:23:26.359><c> turning</c> 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:29.019 and<00:23:26.640><c> bumping</c><00:23:26.859><c> into</c><00:23:27.000><c> walls</c><00:23:27.140><c> but</c><00:23:27.579><c> he</c><00:23:27.740><c> keeps</c><00:23:28.000><c> moving.</c> 00:23:29.170 --> 00:23:31.099 And<00:23:29.420><c> he</c><00:23:29.539><c> gets</c><00:23:29.720><c> the</c><00:23:30.019><c> cheese.</c> 00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:38.240 Now<00:23:33.759><c> you</c><00:23:33.859><c> and</c><00:23:34.140><c> I</c><00:23:34.599><c> are</c><00:23:34.880><c> to</c><00:23:35.059><c> be</c><00:23:35.660><c> active</c><00:23:36.180><c> in</c><00:23:36.519><c> God's</c><00:23:37.240><c> service.</c> 00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:40.400 And<00:23:38.759><c> the</c><00:23:38.839><c> way</c><00:23:38.960><c> we</c><00:23:39.200><c> do</c><00:23:39.299><c> it</c><00:23:39.420><c> 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we're</c><00:23:50.380><c> gonna</c><00:23:50.539><c> do</c><00:23:50.839><c> this</c><00:23:51.099><c> no</c><00:23:51.319><c> matter</c><00:23:51.480><c> what.</c> 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:55.319 We<00:23:52.779><c> ask</c><00:23:53.059><c> God</c><00:23:53.420><c> to</c><00:23:53.700><c> open</c><00:23:53.940><c> doors</c><00:23:54.400><c> and</c><00:23:54.680><c> close</c><00:23:54.940><c> doors.</c> 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:58.140 And<00:23:55.680><c> when</c><00:23:55.759><c> we</c><00:23:55.900><c> bump</c><00:23:56.059><c> a</c><00:23:56.279><c> closed</c><00:23:56.480><c> door,</c><00:23:56.960><c> we</c><00:23:57.140><c> turn</c> 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.640 and<00:23:58.519><c> so</c><00:23:58.680><c> that's</c><00:23:59.039><c> what</c><00:23:59.200><c> happened</c><00:23:59.440><c> to</c><00:23:59.720><c> Paul.</c> 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:04.039 And<00:24:01.059><c> so</c><00:24:01.220><c> Paul</c><00:24:01.859><c> receives</c><00:24:02.440><c> in</c><00:24:02.660><c> a</c><00:24:02.839><c> night</c><00:24:03.059><c> vision</c> 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:06.579 this<00:24:04.819><c> message</c><00:24:05.380><c> of</c><00:24:05.980><c> a</c><00:24:06.160><c> man</c><00:24:06.319><c> saying,</c> 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.279 come<00:24:07.160><c> over</c><00:24:07.460><c> into</c><00:24:07.619><c> Macedonia.</c> 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.980 We<00:24:08.599><c> need</c><00:24:08.839><c> help</c><00:24:09.119><c> in</c><00:24:09.319><c> Macedonia.</c> 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.400 Oh,<00:24:10.519><c> that's</c><00:24:11.039><c> where</c><00:24:11.180><c> we're</c><00:24:11.380><c> to</c><00:24:11.460><c> go.</c> 00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:14.859 And<00:24:12.700><c> so</c><00:24:13.240><c> what</c><00:24:13.619><c> did</c><00:24:13.759><c> they</c><00:24:13.960><c> do?</c> 00:24:15.619 --> 00:24:17.000 Well,<00:24:15.819><c> they</c><00:24:16.000><c> went.</c> 00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:19.500 Well,<00:24:18.440><c> no.</c> 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:22.960 No,<00:24:20.339><c> I</c><00:24:20.380><c> think</c><00:24:21.240><c> after</c><00:24:21.619><c> we've</c><00:24:22.079><c> prayed</c> 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:25.000 and<00:24:23.079><c> we've</c><00:24:23.380><c> asked</c><00:24:23.579><c> God</c><00:24:23.779><c> to</c><00:24:24.059><c> guide</c><00:24:24.240><c> our</c><00:24:24.579><c> steps</c> 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:28.460 and<00:24:25.500><c> we</c><00:24:25.680><c> believe</c><00:24:26.059><c> we've</c><00:24:26.319><c> got</c><00:24:26.440><c> an</c><00:24:26.619><c> answer</c><00:24:27.140><c> to</c><00:24:27.500><c> this.</c> 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:30.359 Well,<00:24:28.680><c> let's</c><00:24:28.900><c> don't</c><00:24:29.200><c> do</c><00:24:29.420><c> anything</c><00:24:29.700><c> for</c><00:24:29.960><c> a</c><00:24:30.140><c> while.</c> 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.099 Let's<00:24:30.839><c> sit</c><00:24:31.099><c> and</c><00:24:31.440><c> cogitate</c><00:24:31.940><c> on</c><00:24:32.160><c> it.</c> 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:34.759 That's<00:24:33.579><c> what</c><00:24:33.859><c> many</c><00:24:34.180><c> of</c><00:24:34.400><c> us</c><00:24:34.599><c> do.</c> 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.720 Even<00:24:35.299><c> after</c><00:24:35.599><c> the</c><00:24:35.779><c> door</c><00:24:36.039><c> opens,</c><00:24:36.559><c> we</c><00:24:36.579><c> think,</c> 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.440 oh,<00:24:36.880><c> there's</c><00:24:37.099><c> the</c><00:24:37.299><c> open</c><00:24:37.480><c> door.</c> 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:40.160 Well,<00:24:38.880><c> I'm</c><00:24:39.019><c> kind</c><00:24:39.220><c> of</c><00:24:39.339><c> tired</c><00:24:39.619><c> right</c><00:24:39.880><c> now.</c> 00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:42.240 I'll<00:24:40.400><c> wait</c><00:24:40.579><c> and</c><00:24:40.720><c> see</c><00:24:40.779><c> if</c><00:24:40.819><c> it's</c><00:24:41.019><c> open</c><00:24:41.180><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:45.420 Look<00:24:43.619><c> at</c><00:24:44.099><c> verse</c><00:24:44.559><c> 10.</c> 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:47.740 And<00:24:45.640><c> after</c><00:24:45.880><c> they</c><00:24:46.019><c> had</c><00:24:46.319><c> seen</c><00:24:46.480><c> the</c><00:24:46.720><c> vision,</c> 00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:51.500 two<00:24:48.279><c> weeks</c><00:24:48.579><c> later,</c><00:24:49.240><c> we</c><00:24:49.480><c> endeavor</c><00:24:49.859><c> to</c><00:24:50.000><c> go</c><00:24:50.200><c> to</c><00:24:50.400><c> Macedonia.</c> 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:55.740 No,<00:24:53.640><c> immediately,</c><00:24:54.599><c> right</c><00:24:55.240><c> now.</c> 00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:58.119 That's<00:24:56.259><c> the</c><00:24:56.400><c> key,</c><00:24:57.059><c> right</c><00:24:57.720><c> now.</c> 00:24:58.339 --> 00:25:00.180 Keep<00:24:58.619><c> going,</c><00:24:59.000><c> keep</c><00:24:59.279><c> moving.</c> 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.500 You<00:25:00.960><c> don't</c><00:25:01.160><c> always</c><00:25:01.440><c> know</c><00:25:01.599><c> what</c><00:25:01.759><c> you're</c><00:25:01.980><c> supposed</c><00:25:02.240><c> to</c><00:25:02.380><c> do.</c> 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:04.099 When<00:25:02.680><c> you</c><00:25:02.940><c> think</c><00:25:03.140><c> you</c><00:25:03.299><c> know,</c><00:25:03.519><c> get</c><00:25:03.859><c> going.</c> 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:06.740 If<00:25:04.400><c> it</c><00:25:04.539><c> turns</c><00:25:04.740><c> out</c><00:25:04.940><c> not</c><00:25:05.079><c> to</c><00:25:05.279><c> be,</c><00:25:05.700><c> keep</c><00:25:05.980><c> going.</c> 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.079 God<00:25:07.039><c> will</c><00:25:07.299><c> guide</c><00:25:07.500><c> your</c><00:25:07.799><c> steps.</c> 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.319 God<00:25:08.740><c> feeds</c><00:25:09.059><c> the</c><00:25:09.339><c> birds.</c> 00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:13.700 He<00:25:11.700><c> doesn't</c><00:25:11.940><c> put</c><00:25:12.160><c> the</c><00:25:12.380><c> food</c><00:25:12.480><c> in</c><00:25:12.599><c> their</c><00:25:12.779><c> mouth.</c> 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.420 You<00:25:14.160><c> ever</c><00:25:14.359><c> seen</c><00:25:14.500><c> a</c><00:25:14.640><c> little</c><00:25:14.859><c> bird</c><00:25:15.000><c> out</c><00:25:15.259><c> here</c> 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:17.200 with<00:25:15.579><c> somebody</c><00:25:15.880><c> jamming</c><00:25:16.259><c> food</c><00:25:16.480><c> down</c><00:25:16.660><c> his</c><00:25:16.779><c> little</c><00:25:16.960><c> mouth</c> 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:19.220 and<00:25:17.339><c> he's</c><00:25:17.460><c> just</c><00:25:17.920><c> screaming</c><00:25:18.099><c> and</c><00:25:18.440><c> hollering?</c> 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.720 Nope. 00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:23.079 The<00:25:21.299><c> bird's</c><00:25:21.619><c> got</c><00:25:21.700><c> to</c><00:25:21.799><c> get</c><00:25:21.859><c> up</c><00:25:22.000><c> every</c><00:25:22.220><c> morning</c><00:25:22.400><c> and</c><00:25:22.500><c> look</c><00:25:22.720><c> for</c><00:25:22.960><c> it.</c> 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.160 But<00:25:23.299><c> God</c><00:25:23.519><c> feeds</c><00:25:23.779><c> the</c><00:25:23.980><c> birds.</c> 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.900 That's<00:25:24.940><c> the</c><00:25:25.059><c> truth.</c> 00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:28.539 God<00:25:26.680><c> guides</c><00:25:26.960><c> your</c><00:25:27.240><c> life,</c><00:25:27.500><c> but</c><00:25:27.660><c> you've</c><00:25:27.980><c> got</c><00:25:28.000><c> to</c><00:25:28.180><c> move.</c> 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.299 He<00:25:29.079><c> won't</c><00:25:29.240><c> do</c><00:25:29.380><c> it</c><00:25:29.460><c> if</c><00:25:29.539><c> you're</c><00:25:29.680><c> sitting</c><00:25:29.880><c> down.</c> 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.900 Get<00:25:30.539><c> going.</c> 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:34.000 Immediately,<00:25:32.079><c> they</c><00:25:32.279><c> wanted</c><00:25:32.460><c> to</c><00:25:32.640><c> do</c><00:25:32.779><c> God's</c><00:25:33.200><c> work.</c> 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:36.559 And<00:25:34.759><c> that's</c><00:25:35.099><c> one</c><00:25:35.319><c> of</c><00:25:35.380><c> the</c><00:25:35.400><c> most</c><00:25:35.640><c> important</c><00:25:36.160><c> lessons</c> 00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:38.519 we<00:25:36.759><c> can</c><00:25:36.940><c> learn</c><00:25:37.299><c> from</c><00:25:37.559><c> today's</c><00:25:38.099><c> session,</c> 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:43.480 is<00:25:39.160><c> to</c><00:25:39.299><c> get</c><00:25:39.500><c> moving</c><00:25:39.920><c> and</c><00:25:40.480><c> try</c><00:25:40.980><c> to</c><00:25:41.359><c> do</c><00:25:41.640><c> what</c><00:25:41.960><c> God</c><00:25:42.380><c> wants</c><00:25:42.700><c> us</c><00:25:42.960><c> to</c><00:25:43.200><c> do.</c> 00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:47.420 If<00:25:44.000><c> we</c><00:25:44.160><c> don't</c><00:25:44.299><c> know</c><00:25:44.400><c> what</c><00:25:44.599><c> to</c><00:25:44.839><c> do,</c><00:25:46.039><c> take</c><00:25:46.279><c> it</c><00:25:46.380><c> to</c><00:25:46.539><c> the</c><00:25:46.640><c> Lord</c><00:25:46.759><c> in</c><00:25:46.940><c> prayer.</c> 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:49.579 Ask<00:25:48.119><c> Him</c><00:25:48.240><c> to</c><00:25:48.420><c> guide</c><00:25:48.720><c> your</c><00:25:49.039><c> steps.</c> 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.599 Then<00:25:50.079><c> get</c><00:25:50.339><c> going.</c> 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.819 If<00:25:50.839><c> you</c><00:25:51.000><c> hit</c><00:25:51.140><c> a</c><00:25:51.339><c> closed</c><00:25:51.539><c> door,</c><00:25:52.079><c> then</c><00:25:52.299><c> turn</c><00:25:52.519><c> again.</c> 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:54.200 You<00:25:52.940><c> hit</c><00:25:53.039><c> another</c><00:25:53.279><c> closed</c><00:25:53.539><c> door,</c><00:25:53.779><c> turn</c><00:25:54.059><c> again.</c> 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.880 But<00:25:54.420><c> just</c><00:25:54.640><c> keep</c><00:25:54.900><c> going.</c> 00:25:56.299 --> 00:26:00.440 That's<00:25:56.740><c> the</c><00:25:56.920><c> key</c><00:25:57.400><c> to</c><00:25:57.980><c> service</c><00:25:58.500><c> in</c><00:25:59.359><c> the</c><00:25:59.579><c> truth.</c> 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:05.920 Once<00:26:02.559><c> they</c><00:26:02.799><c> knew</c><00:26:03.019><c> what</c><00:26:03.240><c> to</c><00:26:03.440><c> do,</c><00:26:03.599><c> they</c><00:26:03.799><c> lost</c><00:26:04.039><c> no</c><00:26:04.319><c> time</c><00:26:04.500><c> doing</c><00:26:04.779><c> it.</c> 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:11.140 I<00:26:08.039><c> think</c><00:26:08.299><c> sometimes</c><00:26:08.839><c> we</c><00:26:09.140><c> need</c><00:26:09.480><c> to</c><00:26:09.740><c> learn</c><00:26:09.940><c> from</c><00:26:10.180><c> that.</c> 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.880 We<00:26:11.920><c> sometimes,</c><00:26:12.319><c> we</c><00:26:12.480><c> have</c><00:26:12.619><c> a</c><00:26:12.819><c> contact.</c> 00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:17.680 The<00:26:14.900><c> Truth</c><00:26:15.180><c> Corps</c><00:26:15.460><c> has</c><00:26:15.680><c> been</c><00:26:15.900><c> in</c><00:26:16.240><c> Glendale</c><00:26:16.660><c> the</c><00:26:16.859><c> last</c><00:26:17.160><c> two</c><00:26:17.380><c> weeks,</c> 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:21.039 and<00:26:18.140><c> we</c><00:26:18.359><c> have</c><00:26:18.619><c> contacts</c><00:26:19.240><c> coming</c><00:26:19.500><c> out</c><00:26:19.779><c> our</c><00:26:20.000><c> ears.</c> 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:24.220 And<00:26:21.579><c> they've</c><00:26:21.799><c> gone</c><00:26:22.019><c> out</c><00:26:22.299><c> and</c><00:26:22.400><c> they've</c><00:26:22.740><c> seen</c><00:26:22.839><c> these</c><00:26:23.140><c> people,</c> 00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:27.460 and<00:26:24.480><c> they</c><00:26:24.740><c> have</c><00:26:25.160><c> interested</c><00:26:25.940><c> some</c><00:26:26.619><c> of</c><00:26:26.740><c> them</c><00:26:26.819><c> in</c><00:26:26.940><c> the</c><00:26:27.180><c> truth,</c> 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:29.119 and<00:26:27.960><c> now</c><00:26:28.200><c> they're</c><00:26:28.380><c> going</c><00:26:28.519><c> to</c><00:26:28.559><c> leave</c><00:26:28.839><c> us</c> 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.799 with<00:26:29.319><c> all</c><00:26:29.619><c> these</c><00:26:29.920><c> interested</c><00:26:30.220><c> people,</c> 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:33.960 and<00:26:31.339><c> we</c><00:26:31.519><c> ought</c><00:26:31.640><c> to</c><00:26:31.720><c> sit</c><00:26:31.920><c> down</c><00:26:32.140><c> and</c><00:26:32.299><c> think</c><00:26:32.480><c> about</c><00:26:32.740><c> it.</c> 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:38.380 No,<00:26:37.079><c> there's</c><00:26:37.380><c> a</c><00:26:37.559><c> work</c><00:26:37.720><c> to</c><00:26:38.039><c> do.</c> 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.579 Get<00:26:38.799><c> doing</c><00:26:39.180><c> it.</c> 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:43.279 There's<00:26:40.299><c> a</c><00:26:40.539><c> time</c><00:26:40.759><c> to</c><00:26:41.099><c> pray,</c><00:26:41.500><c> and</c><00:26:41.700><c> there's</c><00:26:41.880><c> a</c><00:26:42.019><c> time</c><00:26:42.220><c> to</c><00:26:42.460><c> move.</c> 00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.480 You<00:26:44.079><c> remember</c><00:26:44.380><c> Nehemiah?</c> 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:48.660 They<00:26:46.180><c> prayed</c><00:26:46.660><c> and</c><00:26:47.799><c> worked.</c> 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:51.880 They<00:26:49.880><c> kept</c><00:26:50.099><c> their</c><00:26:50.380><c> spirits</c><00:26:50.559><c> in</c><00:26:50.720><c> their</c><00:26:50.920><c> hand,</c><00:26:51.319><c> and</c><00:26:51.359><c> they</c><00:26:51.519><c> prayed,</c> 00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.779 and<00:26:52.180><c> they</c><00:26:52.299><c> did</c><00:26:52.539><c> the...</c> 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.680 You<00:26:53.000><c> could</c><00:26:53.140><c> have</c><00:26:53.319><c> prayed</c><00:26:53.500><c> and</c><00:26:53.599><c> said,</c> 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:57.940 well,<00:26:53.900><c> God,</c><00:26:54.279><c> just</c><00:26:54.720><c> open</c><00:26:55.000><c> the</c><00:26:55.220><c> doors</c><00:26:55.500><c> and</c><00:26:55.960><c> make</c><00:26:56.359><c> the</c><00:26:56.920><c> wall</c><00:26:57.180><c> come</c><00:26:57.480><c> alive.</c> 00:26:58.140 --> 00:27:00.559 No,<00:26:58.299><c> they</c><00:26:58.380><c> had</c><00:26:58.519><c> to</c><00:26:58.640><c> put</c><00:26:58.720><c> each</c><00:26:58.960><c> brick</c><00:26:59.160><c> on</c><00:26:59.359><c> one</c><00:26:59.519><c> at</c><00:26:59.700><c> a</c><00:26:59.859><c> time.</c> 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:03.839 God<00:27:01.880><c> could</c><00:27:02.319><c> have</c><00:27:02.539><c> gotten</c><00:27:02.740><c> rid</c><00:27:02.920><c> of</c><00:27:03.079><c> all</c><00:27:03.299><c> their</c><00:27:03.500><c> enemies,</c> 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:06.259 but<00:27:04.579><c> He</c><00:27:04.680><c> doesn't</c><00:27:04.920><c> do</c><00:27:05.079><c> it</c><00:27:05.240><c> that</c><00:27:05.460><c> way.</c> 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.420 They<00:27:07.119><c> had</c><00:27:07.339><c> to</c><00:27:07.480><c> do</c><00:27:07.640><c> the</c><00:27:07.779><c> work</c><00:27:07.940><c> themselves,</c> 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:10.599 and<00:27:08.579><c> they</c><00:27:08.680><c> had</c><00:27:08.900><c> problems,</c><00:27:09.500><c> and</c><00:27:09.519><c> they</c><00:27:09.619><c> had</c><00:27:09.940><c> temptations,</c> 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:11.599 and<00:27:10.740><c> they</c><00:27:10.819><c> had</c><00:27:11.079><c> dangers,</c> 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:13.980 but<00:27:11.779><c> they</c><00:27:12.539><c> did</c><00:27:13.299><c> the</c><00:27:13.700><c> work,</c> 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:16.640 because<00:27:14.700><c> that's</c><00:27:15.200><c> the</c><00:27:15.319><c> way</c><00:27:15.599><c> we're</c><00:27:15.940><c> supposed</c><00:27:16.359><c> to.</c> 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:18.640 Now,<00:27:17.400><c> Solomon</c><00:27:17.619><c> gave</c><00:27:17.839><c> us</c><00:27:18.059><c> this</c><00:27:18.240><c> advice,</c> 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:21.480 and<00:27:18.859><c> again,</c><00:27:19.099><c> this</c><00:27:19.240><c> isn't</c><00:27:19.460><c> anything</c><00:27:19.700><c> we</c><00:27:19.900><c> don't</c><00:27:20.140><c> already</c><00:27:20.420><c> know.</c> 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.920 It's<00:27:22.480><c> not...</c> 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:24.359 I'm<00:27:23.099><c> not</c><00:27:23.240><c> going</c><00:27:23.380><c> to</c><00:27:23.420><c> teach</c><00:27:23.660><c> you</c><00:27:23.799><c> a</c><00:27:24.140><c> thing</c> 00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.740 hardly<00:27:24.660><c> you</c><00:27:24.839><c> don't</c><00:27:25.039><c> already</c><00:27:25.319><c> know.</c> 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:28.440 All<00:27:26.519><c> we</c><00:27:26.740><c> want</c><00:27:26.960><c> to</c><00:27:27.180><c> do</c><00:27:27.380><c> this</c><00:27:27.900><c> week</c> 00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:30.799 is<00:27:29.160><c> to</c><00:27:29.359><c> get</c><00:27:29.519><c> you</c><00:27:30.099><c> motivated</c> 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:34.220 to<00:27:31.240><c> doing</c><00:27:31.559><c> what</c><00:27:31.759><c> you</c><00:27:32.059><c> already</c><00:27:32.440><c> know</c><00:27:32.920><c> to</c><00:27:33.259><c> do.</c> 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:38.539 And<00:27:35.000><c> there</c><00:27:35.099><c> isn't</c><00:27:35.400><c> any</c><00:27:35.839><c> one</c><00:27:35.980><c> of</c><00:27:36.119><c> us</c><00:27:36.259><c> that</c><00:27:36.420><c> can't</c><00:27:36.759><c> do</c><00:27:36.980><c> more</c><00:27:37.880><c> than</c> 00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.720 we<00:27:38.819><c> are.</c> 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:43.740 The<00:27:40.259><c> biggest</c><00:27:40.880><c> room</c><00:27:41.579><c> you</c><00:27:41.980><c> have</c><00:27:42.160><c> in</c><00:27:42.319><c> your</c><00:27:42.539><c> house</c> 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:47.579 is<00:27:44.700><c> the</c><00:27:44.940><c> room</c><00:27:45.680><c> for</c><00:27:46.440><c> improvement.</c> 00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:53.279 So,<00:27:50.700><c> whatsoever</c><00:27:51.279><c> you</c><00:27:51.480><c> find</c><00:27:52.200><c> to</c><00:27:52.500><c> do,</c> 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:56.440 whatsoever<00:27:54.000><c> the</c><00:27:54.220><c> hand</c><00:27:54.599><c> finds</c><00:27:54.900><c> to</c><00:27:55.059><c> do,</c><00:27:55.420><c> said</c><00:27:55.500><c> Solomon,</c> 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.400 sit<00:27:57.240><c> down</c><00:27:57.359><c> and</c><00:27:57.460><c> think</c><00:27:57.700><c> about</c><00:27:57.960><c> it.</c> 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:02.059 No,<00:28:00.720><c> he</c><00:28:00.720><c> says,</c><00:28:00.960><c> do</c><00:28:01.359><c> it.</c> 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.299 No,<00:28:02.799><c> it</c><00:28:02.799><c> doesn't</c><00:28:03.000><c> say</c><00:28:03.220><c> that.</c> 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:05.440 It<00:28:03.359><c> says,</c><00:28:03.599><c> do</c><00:28:03.799><c> it</c><00:28:03.980><c> with</c><00:28:04.240><c> thy</c><00:28:04.539><c> might.</c> 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.980 Why? 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:11.160 Well,<00:28:09.220><c> because</c><00:28:09.440><c> you're</c><00:28:09.579><c> not</c><00:28:09.700><c> going</c><00:28:09.799><c> to</c><00:28:09.900><c> be</c><00:28:09.980><c> here</c><00:28:10.160><c> forever.</c> 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:13.480 There<00:28:11.500><c> is</c><00:28:11.680><c> no</c><00:28:11.960><c> work,</c><00:28:12.279><c> nor</c><00:28:12.400><c> device,</c><00:28:13.019><c> nor</c><00:28:13.119><c> knowledge,</c> 00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:15.099 nor<00:28:13.720><c> wisdom</c><00:28:14.000><c> in</c><00:28:14.160><c> the</c><00:28:14.359><c> grave,</c> 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.900 whither<00:28:15.599><c> thou</c><00:28:15.940><c> goest.</c> 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:20.200 All<00:28:17.380><c> the</c><00:28:17.619><c> people</c><00:28:17.839><c> in</c><00:28:18.099><c> Philippi</c><00:28:18.759><c> are</c><00:28:19.200><c> gone.</c> 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:22.559 All<00:28:20.700><c> the</c><00:28:20.880><c> people</c><00:28:21.099><c> in</c><00:28:21.380><c> Corinth</c><00:28:21.839><c> are</c><00:28:22.279><c> gone.</c> 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:25.180 All<00:28:22.799><c> the</c><00:28:22.960><c> people</c><00:28:23.160><c> in</c><00:28:23.380><c> Ephesus</c><00:28:23.839><c> are</c><00:28:24.160><c> gone.</c> 00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:30.380 All<00:28:26.140><c> the</c><00:28:26.299><c> people</c><00:28:26.559><c> in</c><00:28:26.859><c> Laodicea</c><00:28:27.759><c> are</c><00:28:29.380><c> gone.</c> 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:33.619 And<00:28:30.980><c> some</c><00:28:31.180><c> of</c><00:28:31.359><c> them</c><00:28:32.339><c> are</c><00:28:32.759><c> going</c><00:28:32.980><c> to,</c> 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:39.900 in<00:28:33.779><c> the</c><00:28:33.980><c> final</c><00:28:34.240><c> analysis,</c><00:28:36.339><c> be</c><00:28:36.579><c> gone</c><00:28:37.400><c> forever.</c> 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:42.759 Not<00:28:40.759><c> because</c><00:28:41.039><c> they</c><00:28:41.539><c> couldn't</c><00:28:41.779><c> have</c><00:28:42.019><c> been</c><00:28:42.279><c> saved.</c> 00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:45.640 Not<00:28:43.359><c> because</c><00:28:43.839><c> God</c><00:28:44.099><c> didn't</c><00:28:44.380><c> want</c><00:28:44.640><c> them</c><00:28:44.819><c> to</c><00:28:44.980><c> be</c><00:28:45.200><c> saved.</c> 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:48.480 Not<00:28:45.960><c> because</c><00:28:46.279><c> Jesus</c><00:28:46.579><c> didn't</c><00:28:46.880><c> die</c><00:28:47.259><c> so</c><00:28:47.440><c> they</c><00:28:47.519><c> could</c><00:28:47.700><c> be</c><00:28:47.940><c> saved.</c> 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:50.940 Just<00:28:49.339><c> because,</c> 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:53.759 we're<00:28:51.799><c> going</c><00:28:51.819><c> to</c><00:28:51.880><c> learn</c><00:28:52.019><c> from</c><00:28:52.180><c> the</c><00:28:52.299><c> book</c><00:28:52.440><c> of</c><00:28:52.640><c> Philippians,</c> 00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:58.000 that<00:28:54.680><c> most</c><00:28:55.079><c> people</c><00:28:55.920><c> are</c><00:28:56.579><c> too</c><00:28:56.799><c> wrapped</c><00:28:57.039><c> up</c> 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:00.119 in<00:28:58.339><c> their</c><00:28:58.539><c> own</c><00:28:58.720><c> little</c><00:28:58.980><c> world</c> 00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:03.859 and<00:29:00.579><c> they</c><00:29:00.740><c> have</c><00:29:01.019><c> no</c><00:29:01.380><c> time</c><00:29:02.140><c> for</c><00:29:02.940><c> God.</c> 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.599 And<00:29:04.059><c> he</c><00:29:04.380><c> mentioned</c><00:29:04.460><c> that</c><00:29:04.640><c> in</c><00:29:04.740><c> his</c><00:29:04.960><c> class</c><00:29:05.140><c> this</c><00:29:05.380><c> morning.</c> 00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:08.039 He<00:29:06.019><c> quoted</c><00:29:06.240><c> the</c><00:29:06.480><c> problems</c><00:29:06.859><c> of</c><00:29:07.259><c> Sodom</c><00:29:07.480><c> and</c><00:29:07.599><c> Gomorrah.</c> 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:10.759 All<00:29:08.579><c> the</c><00:29:08.819><c> terrible</c><00:29:09.319><c> things</c><00:29:09.599><c> they</c><00:29:09.759><c> did</c><00:29:09.880><c> in</c><00:29:10.039><c> Sodom</c><00:29:10.319><c> and</c><00:29:10.400><c> Gomorrah.</c> 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.799 He<00:29:10.920><c> told</c><00:29:11.140><c> us</c><00:29:11.279><c> about</c><00:29:11.539><c> them.</c> 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.299 And<00:29:12.079><c> you</c><00:29:12.160><c> say,</c><00:29:12.400><c> oh,</c><00:29:12.539><c> don't</c><00:29:12.740><c> tell</c><00:29:12.859><c> me</c><00:29:13.019><c> about</c><00:29:13.140><c> those.</c> 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.519 Oh,<00:29:13.480><c> that's</c><00:29:13.779><c> terrible.</c> 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:17.079 He<00:29:15.200><c> doesn't</c><00:29:15.359><c> mention</c><00:29:15.599><c> any</c><00:29:15.900><c> of</c><00:29:16.019><c> the</c><00:29:16.220><c> sexual</c><00:29:16.480><c> immorality</c><00:29:16.960><c> that</c> 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.380 went<00:29:17.180><c> on</c><00:29:17.299><c> there.</c> 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:19.019 He<00:29:17.519><c> says,</c><00:29:17.680><c> they</c><00:29:17.779><c> ate,</c><00:29:18.000><c> they</c><00:29:18.059><c> drank,</c><00:29:18.319><c> they</c><00:29:18.400><c> bought,</c><00:29:18.640><c> they</c><00:29:18.720><c> sold,</c><00:29:18.940><c> they</c> 00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.160 built,<00:29:19.119><c> they</c><00:29:19.259><c> planted.</c> 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.440 And<00:29:20.579><c> he</c><00:29:20.680><c> further</c><00:29:20.819><c> mentions,</c><00:29:21.019><c> he'll</c><00:29:21.220><c> point</c><00:29:21.299><c> out,</c> 00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:23.380 those<00:29:21.680><c> are</c><00:29:21.880><c> not,</c><00:29:21.980><c> there's</c><00:29:22.180><c> nothing</c><00:29:22.380><c> wrong</c><00:29:22.720><c> with</c><00:29:22.940><c> those</c><00:29:23.180><c> things.</c> 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.480 Oh,<00:29:23.660><c> yes,</c><00:29:23.900><c> there</c><00:29:24.059><c> is.</c> 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:26.180 If<00:29:24.859><c> that's</c><00:29:25.400><c> all</c><00:29:25.720><c> you</c><00:29:25.960><c> do,</c> 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:28.319 there's<00:29:26.460><c> something</c><00:29:26.619><c> terrible</c><00:29:27.180><c> wrong</c><00:29:27.480><c> with</c><00:29:27.700><c> those</c><00:29:27.980><c> things.</c> 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:30.960 Because<00:29:28.799><c> they're</c><00:29:29.119><c> crowding</c><00:29:29.440><c> God</c><00:29:29.819><c> right</c><00:29:30.039><c> out</c><00:29:30.160><c> of</c><00:29:30.220><c> your</c><00:29:30.460><c> life.</c> 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:33.059 That's<00:29:31.720><c> what's</c><00:29:32.059><c> wrong.</c> 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.700 Any<00:29:33.940><c> one</c><00:29:34.099><c> of</c><00:29:34.220><c> those</c><00:29:34.380><c> by</c><00:29:34.599><c> themselves</c><00:29:35.119><c> is</c><00:29:35.380><c> not</c><00:29:35.539><c> wrong.</c> 00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:38.259 This<00:29:36.059><c> is</c><00:29:36.279><c> water.</c><00:29:36.680><c> This</c><00:29:36.799><c> is</c><00:29:37.000><c> no</c><00:29:37.240><c> sin.</c> 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:44.299 But<00:29:43.140><c> it's</c><00:29:43.319><c> a</c><00:29:43.519><c> sin.</c> 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:47.819 It's<00:29:46.279><c> not</c><00:29:46.599><c> a</c><00:29:46.940><c> thing.</c> 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:50.579 It's<00:29:48.079><c> what</c><00:29:48.200><c> we</c><00:29:48.500><c> think</c><00:29:48.660><c> about</c><00:29:48.940><c> it</c><00:29:49.140><c> and</c><00:29:49.299><c> what</c><00:29:49.819><c> we</c><00:29:50.099><c> love</c> 00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:54.980 and<00:29:50.819><c> what</c><00:29:50.960><c> we</c><00:29:51.240><c> spend</c><00:29:51.420><c> our</c><00:29:51.740><c> time</c><00:29:51.980><c> in</c><00:29:52.220><c> and</c><00:29:52.400><c> what</c><00:29:53.259><c> we</c><00:29:54.039><c> engage</c><00:29:54.579><c> our</c> 00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:56.200 lives<00:29:55.279><c> in.</c> 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:59.880 So,<00:29:56.799><c> whatsoever</c><00:29:57.140><c> you</c><00:29:57.299><c> find</c><00:29:57.680><c> to</c><00:29:57.880><c> do,</c><00:29:58.079><c> he</c><00:29:58.259><c> says,</c><00:29:58.759><c> do</c><00:29:59.019><c> it</c><00:29:59.359><c> with</c> 00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:01.579 all<00:30:00.400><c> your</c><00:30:00.740><c> might.</c> 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:05.220 Now,<00:30:02.779><c> at</c><00:30:02.940><c> this</c><00:30:03.160><c> point,</c><00:30:03.640><c> going</c><00:30:03.759><c> back</c><00:30:04.099><c> to</c><00:30:04.579><c> Acts</c><00:30:04.799><c> 16,</c> 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.680 we<00:30:05.400><c> have</c><00:30:05.640><c> Luke</c><00:30:05.859><c> joining</c><00:30:06.180><c> the</c><00:30:06.480><c> party.</c> 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:10.240 It's<00:30:07.400><c> a</c><00:30:07.579><c> marvelous</c><00:30:07.880><c> thing</c><00:30:08.140><c> how</c><00:30:08.420><c> Luke</c><00:30:08.680><c> comes</c><00:30:08.940><c> in</c><00:30:09.180><c> and</c><00:30:09.380><c> out</c><00:30:10.079><c> of</c> 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.619 the<00:30:10.440><c> party.</c> 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:12.720 You<00:30:10.759><c> can</c><00:30:10.920><c> always</c><00:30:11.140><c> tell</c><00:30:11.339><c> when</c><00:30:11.500><c> Luke's</c><00:30:11.839><c> with</c><00:30:11.980><c> them</c><00:30:12.119><c> and</c><00:30:12.200><c> when</c><00:30:12.299><c> he</c><00:30:12.440><c> isn't.</c> 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:14.299 I'm<00:30:13.019><c> sure</c><00:30:13.200><c> you</c><00:30:13.460><c> already</c><00:30:13.720><c> know</c><00:30:13.960><c> this.</c> 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:16.480 But<00:30:14.779><c> you</c><00:30:14.900><c> tell</c><00:30:15.079><c> by</c><00:30:15.299><c> the</c><00:30:15.460><c> theys</c><00:30:15.779><c> and</c><00:30:15.859><c> the</c><00:30:16.039><c> wes.</c> 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:19.359 When<00:30:16.819><c> they</c><00:30:17.039><c> went</c><00:30:17.259><c> here</c><00:30:17.519><c> and</c><00:30:17.640><c> they</c><00:30:17.859><c> did</c><00:30:18.039><c> this,</c><00:30:18.559><c> then</c><00:30:18.619><c> Luke's</c> 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.880 not<00:30:19.579><c> along.</c> 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:22.319 Then<00:30:20.480><c> when</c><00:30:20.619><c> he</c><00:30:20.660><c> says,</c><00:30:20.960><c> we</c><00:30:21.059><c> went</c><00:30:21.259><c> here</c><00:30:21.440><c> and</c><00:30:21.539><c> we</c><00:30:21.720><c> did</c><00:30:21.940><c> that,</c><00:30:22.140><c> then</c> 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.660 Luke's<00:30:22.640><c> with</c><00:30:22.819><c> them.</c> 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:27.180 So,<00:30:24.819><c> Luke</c><00:30:24.839><c> wasn't</c><00:30:25.160><c> with</c><00:30:25.380><c> them,</c><00:30:25.539><c> then</c><00:30:25.740><c> Luke</c><00:30:25.880><c> comes</c><00:30:26.140><c> to</c><00:30:26.339><c> Philippi</c><00:30:26.660><c> with</c><00:30:26.839><c> them.</c> 00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:29.059 And<00:30:27.539><c> we'll</c><00:30:27.640><c> see</c><00:30:27.759><c> that</c><00:30:27.900><c> when</c><00:30:28.039><c> they</c><00:30:28.180><c> left</c><00:30:28.359><c> Philippi,</c><00:30:28.900><c> Luke</c> 00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:30.460 stayed<00:30:29.359><c> there.</c> 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:32.539 So,<00:30:30.920><c> they</c><00:30:31.119><c> went</c><00:30:31.319><c> on</c><00:30:31.839><c> to</c><00:30:32.000><c> Thessalonica.</c> 00:30:32.859 --> 00:30:36.440 He<00:30:32.980><c> didn't</c><00:30:33.200><c> go</c><00:30:33.900><c> because</c><00:30:34.500><c> he</c><00:30:34.759><c> was</c><00:30:35.200><c> commissioned</c><00:30:35.680><c> by</c><00:30:35.980><c> Paul</c> 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:39.579 to<00:30:37.119><c> continue</c><00:30:37.720><c> to</c><00:30:38.240><c> help</c><00:30:38.359><c> this</c><00:30:38.619><c> little</c><00:30:38.799><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:39.160><c> that</c><00:30:39.319><c> was</c> 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.740 started<00:30:39.819><c> there.</c> 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:48.700 So,<00:30:42.539><c> we</c><00:30:42.779><c> have</c><00:30:42.940><c> a</c><00:30:43.059><c> little</c><00:30:43.220><c> company</c><00:30:43.559><c> now</c><00:30:44.319><c> of</c><00:30:45.640><c> Paul</c><00:30:46.779><c> and</c><00:30:47.819><c> Silas</c> 00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:50.640 and<00:30:49.559><c> Timothy</c><00:30:50.000><c> and</c><00:30:50.200><c> Luke.</c> 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:56.140 And<00:30:51.259><c> they're</c><00:30:51.559><c> all</c><00:30:51.920><c> eager</c><00:30:52.359><c> to</c><00:30:52.700><c> go</c><00:30:52.859><c> into</c><00:30:53.019><c> Macedonia</c><00:30:53.779><c> and</c><00:30:54.519><c> to</c><00:30:54.740><c> preach</c><00:30:54.880><c> the</c><00:30:55.079><c> gospel.</c> 00:30:57.019 --> 00:31:00.400 Are<00:30:57.220><c> you</c><00:30:57.500><c> eager</c><00:30:58.019><c> to</c><00:30:59.059><c> preach</c><00:30:59.259><c> the</c><00:30:59.480><c> gospel?</c> 00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:03.559 I<00:31:00.980><c> mean,</c><00:31:01.200><c> is</c><00:31:01.299><c> this</c><00:31:01.380><c> something</c><00:31:01.579><c> you</c><00:31:01.680><c> really</c><00:31:01.920><c> want</c><00:31:02.099><c> to</c><00:31:02.299><c> do?</c> 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:08.180 Is<00:31:05.839><c> it</c><00:31:06.099><c> your</c><00:31:06.359><c> meat</c><00:31:06.579><c> to</c><00:31:06.839><c> do</c><00:31:07.359><c> God's</c><00:31:07.839><c> work?</c> 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:15.619 Does<00:31:08.759><c> everybody,</c><00:31:10.920><c> everybody</c><00:31:12.180><c> that</c><00:31:12.640><c> knows</c><00:31:12.980><c> you,</c><00:31:13.900><c> do</c><00:31:14.019><c> they</c><00:31:14.160><c> know</c><00:31:14.319><c> you're</c><00:31:14.480><c> a</c><00:31:14.599><c> Christodelfian?</c> 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:21.599 I<00:31:17.380><c> worked</c><00:31:17.619><c> with</c><00:31:17.859><c> a</c><00:31:17.980><c> man</c><00:31:18.400><c> once,</c><00:31:19.980><c> or</c><00:31:20.140><c> I</c><00:31:20.200><c> knew</c><00:31:20.319><c> a</c><00:31:20.420><c> man</c><00:31:20.579><c> once.</c> 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:24.960 And<00:31:22.480><c> I</c><00:31:22.980><c> happened</c><00:31:23.180><c> to</c><00:31:23.279><c> mention</c><00:31:23.500><c> to</c><00:31:23.680><c> another</c><00:31:23.900><c> businessman</c> 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:28.519 that<00:31:27.119><c> he</c><00:31:27.519><c> mentioned</c><00:31:27.799><c> this</c><00:31:28.019><c> person's</c><00:31:28.400><c> name.</c> 00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:30.299 And<00:31:28.619><c> I</c><00:31:28.720><c> said,</c><00:31:28.799><c> oh,</c><00:31:29.039><c> you</c><00:31:29.119><c> know</c><00:31:29.279><c> him.</c><00:31:29.640><c> I</c><00:31:29.720><c> know</c><00:31:29.920><c> him.</c> 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:33.059 He's<00:31:30.880><c> a</c><00:31:31.000><c> Christodelfian.</c><00:31:31.619><c> He</c><00:31:31.720><c> says,</c><00:31:31.839><c> he's</c><00:31:32.099><c> a</c><00:31:32.259><c> what?</c> 00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.559 I<00:31:33.259><c> said,</c><00:31:33.339><c> he's</c><00:31:33.559><c> a</c><00:31:33.660><c> Christodelfian.</c><00:31:34.099><c> I'm</c><00:31:34.279><c> a</c><00:31:34.400><c> Christodelfian.</c> 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:36.019 He's<00:31:34.740><c> a</c><00:31:34.759><c> Christodelfian.</c> 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:38.559 He<00:31:36.480><c> says,</c><00:31:37.039><c> that's</c><00:31:37.339><c> a</c><00:31:37.480><c> church?</c><00:31:37.940><c> I</c><00:31:38.059><c> said,</c><00:31:38.180><c> yeah.</c> 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:41.220 He<00:31:39.000><c> says,</c><00:31:39.160><c> you</c><00:31:39.400><c> mean</c><00:31:39.579><c> he</c><00:31:39.759><c> goes</c><00:31:40.000><c> to</c><00:31:40.279><c> church?</c> 00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:45.720 And<00:31:43.140><c> here</c><00:31:43.539><c> was</c><00:31:43.759><c> a</c><00:31:43.920><c> Christodelfian</c><00:31:44.519><c> who</c><00:31:44.619><c> was</c><00:31:44.819><c> so</c><00:31:45.079><c> clever</c> 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.579 in<00:31:46.339><c> hiding</c><00:31:46.539><c> his</c><00:31:46.799><c> light</c><00:31:46.940><c> under</c><00:31:47.160><c> the</c><00:31:47.359><c> bushel</c><00:31:47.640><c> basket</c><00:31:47.960><c> that</c><00:31:48.460><c> nobody</c><00:31:49.079><c> knew</c> 00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:53.119 he<00:31:50.000><c> went</c><00:31:50.180><c> to</c><00:31:50.319><c> any</c><00:31:50.579><c> church</c><00:31:51.019><c> alone</c><00:31:51.380><c> Christodelfian.</c> 00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:58.779 So,<00:31:55.480><c> are</c><00:31:55.619><c> you</c><00:31:55.839><c> eager</c><00:31:56.299><c> to</c><00:31:57.500><c> do</c><00:31:57.660><c> God's</c><00:31:58.059><c> work?</c> 00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:01.380 Have<00:31:59.059><c> you</c><00:31:59.220><c> ever</c><00:31:59.400><c> thought</c><00:31:59.619><c> about</c><00:31:59.839><c> who</c><00:32:00.039><c> God</c><00:32:00.279><c> has</c><00:32:00.579><c> on</c><00:32:00.920><c> earth</c><00:32:01.160><c> to</c> 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:03.220 do<00:32:01.500><c> his</c><00:32:01.779><c> work</c><00:32:01.980><c> except</c><00:32:02.299><c> us?</c> 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:07.000 I<00:32:03.799><c> mean,</c><00:32:04.279><c> here</c><00:32:04.400><c> we</c><00:32:04.700><c> are.</c><00:32:05.059><c> Imagine</c><00:32:05.380><c> if</c><00:32:06.059><c> the</c><00:32:06.180><c> Christodelfians,</c> 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:09.960 instead<00:32:07.539><c> of</c><00:32:07.720><c> being</c><00:32:07.940><c> a</c><00:32:08.140><c> religious</c><00:32:08.299><c> body,</c><00:32:08.900><c> we</c><00:32:09.079><c> are</c><00:32:09.380><c> a</c><00:32:09.500><c> sales</c><00:32:09.700><c> organization.</c> 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:14.019 And<00:32:10.480><c> we</c><00:32:10.660><c> have</c><00:32:11.539><c> widgets.</c><00:32:12.460><c> And</c><00:32:12.619><c> we</c><00:32:12.720><c> have</c><00:32:12.859><c> the</c><00:32:13.079><c> best</c><00:32:13.460><c> widget</c><00:32:13.799><c> you</c> 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.619 have<00:32:14.160><c> ever</c><00:32:14.440><c> seen.</c> 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.119 Widgets<00:32:15.140><c> better</c><00:32:15.400><c> than</c><00:32:15.519><c> anybody</c><00:32:15.839><c> else's</c><00:32:16.319><c> widget.</c> 00:32:17.140 --> 00:32:19.140 And<00:32:17.359><c> you</c><00:32:17.559><c> are</c><00:32:17.799><c> the</c><00:32:18.019><c> sales</c><00:32:18.259><c> force</c><00:32:18.460><c> for</c><00:32:18.640><c> the</c><00:32:18.839><c> widgets.</c> 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:21.660 And<00:32:19.660><c> I've</c><00:32:19.839><c> got</c><00:32:19.940><c> this</c><00:32:20.119><c> great</c><00:32:20.339><c> big</c><00:32:20.640><c> factory</c><00:32:20.839><c> with</c><00:32:21.079><c> thousands</c><00:32:21.460><c> of</c> 00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:22.720 people<00:32:21.900><c> making</c><00:32:22.299><c> widgets.</c> 00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:25.519 And<00:32:23.059><c> I</c><00:32:23.140><c> say,</c><00:32:23.339><c> go</c><00:32:23.500><c> out</c><00:32:23.599><c> and</c><00:32:23.740><c> tell</c><00:32:23.839><c> the</c><00:32:24.039><c> story</c><00:32:24.240><c> about</c><00:32:24.460><c> the</c><00:32:24.680><c> widgets.</c> 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.940 But<00:32:26.500><c> nobody</c><00:32:26.859><c> does.</c> 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:30.799 And<00:32:28.259><c> the</c><00:32:28.700><c> widgets</c><00:32:28.920><c> keep</c><00:32:29.200><c> piling</c><00:32:29.420><c> up</c><00:32:29.599><c> in</c><00:32:29.740><c> the</c><00:32:29.880><c> warehouse.</c> 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:33.500 And<00:32:31.880><c> it</c><00:32:31.940><c> doesn't</c><00:32:32.079><c> make</c><00:32:32.200><c> any</c><00:32:32.319><c> sense</c><00:32:32.359><c> how</c><00:32:32.579><c> good</c><00:32:32.819><c> a</c><00:32:32.900><c> product</c><00:32:33.180><c> you</c><00:32:33.359><c> got</c> 00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:35.180 if<00:32:33.759><c> you</c><00:32:33.900><c> don't</c><00:32:34.059><c> tell</c><00:32:34.279><c> people</c><00:32:34.579><c> about</c><00:32:34.839><c> it.</c> 00:32:35.579 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you</c><00:35:36.239><c> good</c><00:35:36.400><c> if</c><00:35:36.559><c> you</c><00:35:36.639><c> get</c><00:35:36.780><c> it</c><00:35:37.019><c> out.</c> 00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:41.340 But<00:35:38.179><c> you</c><00:35:38.699><c> should</c><00:35:38.920><c> be,</c><00:35:39.920><c> you</c><00:35:40.159><c> know</c><00:35:40.219><c> you're</c><00:35:40.480><c> the</c><00:35:40.619><c> only</c><00:35:40.980><c> Bible</c> 00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:43.079 some<00:35:41.579><c> people</c><00:35:41.820><c> have</c><00:35:41.960><c> ever</c><00:35:42.239><c> read?</c> 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:47.780 What's<00:35:43.760><c> the</c><00:35:43.880><c> epistle</c><00:35:45.059><c> of</c><00:35:45.699><c> God</c><00:35:46.179><c> according</c><00:35:46.619><c> to</c><00:35:46.900><c> you?</c> 00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:50.780 I<00:35:48.219><c> mean</c><00:35:48.440><c> people</c><00:35:49.079><c> are</c><00:35:49.460><c> reading</c><00:35:49.880><c> you</c><00:35:50.340><c> every</c><00:35:50.639><c> day.</c> 00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.579 Everybody<00:35:51.099><c> you</c><00:35:51.340><c> see</c><00:35:51.440><c> is</c><00:35:51.639><c> reading</c><00:35:51.880><c> you.</c> 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:54.480 Do<00:35:52.840><c> they</c><00:35:53.099><c> know</c><00:35:53.400><c> of</c><00:35:53.559><c> your</c><00:35:53.739><c> love</c><00:35:53.960><c> for</c><00:35:54.159><c> the</c><00:35:54.340><c> truth?</c> 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:56.980 Do<00:35:54.619><c> they</c><00:35:54.820><c> know</c><00:35:55.159><c> of</c><00:35:55.619><c> your</c><00:35:55.940><c> hope</c><00:35:56.139><c> for</c><00:35:56.340><c> the</c><00:35:56.440><c> coming</c><00:35:56.659><c> kingdom?</c> 00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:59.059 Have<00:35:57.300><c> you</c><00:35:57.480><c> told</c><00:35:57.780><c> them</c><00:35:57.960><c> about</c><00:35:58.239><c> it?</c> 00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:02.059 What<00:35:59.980><c> if</c><00:36:00.159><c> you</c><00:36:00.320><c> did</c><00:36:00.480><c> have</c><00:36:00.679><c> a</c><00:36:00.840><c> pill</c><00:36:00.960><c> that</c><00:36:01.139><c> would</c><00:36:01.340><c> cure</c><00:36:01.539><c> cancer</c> 00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:04.980 and<00:36:02.400><c> you</c><00:36:02.579><c> saw</c><00:36:02.800><c> people</c><00:36:03.260><c> dying</c><00:36:03.619><c> of</c><00:36:03.820><c> cancer</c><00:36:04.099><c> and</c><00:36:04.280><c> wasting</c><00:36:04.539><c> away</c> 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:07.079 and<00:36:05.239><c> you</c><00:36:05.320><c> had</c><00:36:05.460><c> the</c><00:36:05.619><c> pill</c><00:36:05.739><c> in</c><00:36:05.840><c> your</c><00:36:06.079><c> pocket</c><00:36:06.300><c> and</c><00:36:06.539><c> you</c><00:36:06.659><c> could</c><00:36:06.820><c> give</c><00:36:06.960><c> it</c> 00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.260 to<00:36:07.159><c> them</c> 00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:08.780 and<00:36:07.460><c> save</c><00:36:07.599><c> them</c><00:36:07.760><c> and</c><00:36:07.820><c> you</c><00:36:08.000><c> wouldn't?</c> 00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:10.500 You'd<00:36:09.440><c> be</c><00:36:09.760><c> cruel,</c><00:36:10.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:10.320><c> you?</c> 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.940 That<00:36:10.719><c> would</c><00:36:10.900><c> be</c><00:36:11.360><c> merciless.</c> 00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:13.920 That<00:36:12.239><c> would</c><00:36:12.440><c> be</c><00:36:12.679><c> terrible.</c> 00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:17.619 Everybody<00:36:15.480><c> you</c><00:36:15.940><c> and</c><00:36:16.079><c> I</c><00:36:16.300><c> know</c><00:36:16.480><c> is</c><00:36:16.760><c> dying.</c> 00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:20.079 They<00:36:18.199><c> have</c><00:36:18.320><c> an</c><00:36:18.539><c> incurable</c><00:36:18.880><c> disease</c><00:36:19.340><c> called</c><00:36:19.719><c> sin</c> 00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:22.320 and<00:36:20.699><c> you've</c><00:36:20.960><c> got</c><00:36:21.079><c> the</c><00:36:21.219><c> answer</c><00:36:21.539><c> to</c><00:36:21.760><c> that</c> 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:25.980 and<00:36:22.659><c> if</c><00:36:22.739><c> you</c><00:36:22.860><c> don't</c><00:36:22.980><c> tell</c><00:36:23.159><c> them</c><00:36:23.300><c> about</c><00:36:23.579><c> it,</c><00:36:24.599><c> who's</c><00:36:24.920><c> going</c><00:36:25.099><c> to?</c> 00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:31.219 So<00:36:26.780><c> Paul,</c><00:36:27.340><c> he</c><00:36:27.739><c> was</c><00:36:28.059><c> out</c><00:36:28.280><c> to</c><00:36:28.480><c> do</c><00:36:28.619><c> it</c><00:36:29.179><c> and</c><00:36:29.820><c> he</c><00:36:30.219><c> did</c><00:36:30.420><c> it.</c> 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:36.079 And<00:36:31.880><c> so</c><00:36:32.360><c> they</c><00:36:32.760><c> take</c><00:36:33.000><c> off</c><00:36:33.579><c> and</c><00:36:34.039><c> they</c><00:36:34.400><c> sail</c><00:36:34.719><c> from</c><00:36:35.539><c> Troas</c> 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:38.840 in<00:36:36.360><c> verse</c><00:36:36.639><c> 11</c><00:36:36.980><c> of</c><00:36:37.179><c> Acts</c><00:36:37.380><c> chapter</c><00:36:38.000><c> 16</c> 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:42.460 and<00:36:39.420><c> they're</c><00:36:39.599><c> on</c><00:36:39.800><c> their</c><00:36:39.960><c> way</c><00:36:40.619><c> to</c><00:36:41.679><c> Philippi.</c> 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:45.119 Therefore,<00:36:43.179><c> losing</c><00:36:43.440><c> from</c><00:36:43.719><c> Troas,</c><00:36:44.119><c> we</c><00:36:44.139><c> came</c><00:36:44.320><c> with</c><00:36:44.500><c> a</c><00:36:44.679><c> straight</c><00:36:44.880><c> course</c> 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:47.280 to<00:36:45.340><c> Samothrachea</c><00:36:46.119><c> and</c><00:36:46.219><c> the</c><00:36:46.320><c> next</c><00:36:46.519><c> day</c><00:36:46.599><c> to</c><00:36:46.760><c> Neapolis</c> 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:48.559 and<00:36:47.659><c> from</c><00:36:47.860><c> this</c><00:36:48.000><c> to</c><00:36:48.219><c> Philippi.</c> 00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:50.059 They<00:36:48.780><c> lost</c><00:36:49.360><c> no</c><00:36:49.860><c> time.</c> 00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:53.460 If<00:36:50.400><c> you'll</c><00:36:51.179><c> check</c><00:36:51.179><c> Acts</c><00:36:51.599><c> chapter</c><00:36:51.920><c> 20</c><00:36:52.340><c> in</c><00:36:52.519><c> verse</c><00:36:52.800><c> 6,</c> 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:56.280 you'll<00:36:54.019><c> see</c><00:36:54.079><c> the</c><00:36:54.219><c> same</c><00:36:54.739><c> trip</c><00:36:55.059><c> took</c><00:36:55.300><c> five</c><00:36:55.659><c> days</c><00:36:55.940><c> going</c><00:36:56.139><c> the</c> 00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:57.559 opposite<00:36:56.639><c> way.</c> 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.539 I<00:36:57.659><c> mean,</c><00:36:58.000><c> how</c><00:36:58.059><c> far</c><00:36:58.239><c> is</c><00:36:58.380><c> it?</c> 00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:01.000 How<00:36:59.079><c> long</c><00:36:59.199><c> does</c><00:36:59.280><c> it</c><00:36:59.400><c> take</c><00:36:59.519><c> to</c><00:36:59.659><c> drive</c><00:36:59.780><c> from</c><00:36:59.980><c> LA</c><00:37:00.239><c> to</c><00:37:00.420><c> San</c><00:37:00.599><c> Francisco?</c> 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:03.260 How<00:37:01.519><c> long</c><00:37:01.659><c> does</c><00:37:01.760><c> it</c><00:37:01.880><c> take</c><00:37:01.980><c> to</c><00:37:02.119><c> drive</c><00:37:02.199><c> from</c><00:37:02.320><c> San</c><00:37:02.480><c> Francisco</c><00:37:02.780><c> to</c><00:37:03.000><c> LA?</c> 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:05.039 You<00:37:03.500><c> can</c><00:37:03.599><c> say,</c><00:37:03.960><c> well,</c><00:37:04.099><c> it's</c><00:37:04.219><c> the</c><00:37:04.320><c> same</c><00:37:04.519><c> distance.</c> 00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:07.159 I<00:37:05.639><c> mean,</c><00:37:05.800><c> if</c><00:37:06.099><c> you</c><00:37:06.179><c> do</c><00:37:06.260><c> it</c><00:37:06.360><c> so</c><00:37:06.500><c> many</c><00:37:06.659><c> hours</c><00:37:06.860><c> this</c><00:37:07.079><c> way,</c> 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:08.760 you<00:37:07.239><c> ought</c><00:37:07.340><c> to</c><00:37:07.360><c> be</c><00:37:07.460><c> able</c><00:37:07.559><c> to</c><00:37:07.559><c> do</c><00:37:07.659><c> it</c><00:37:07.739><c> so</c><00:37:07.900><c> many</c><00:37:08.079><c> hours</c><00:37:08.239><c> that</c><00:37:08.500><c> way.</c> 00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:11.579 Well,<00:37:09.320><c> they</c><00:37:09.960><c> went</c><00:37:10.079><c> in</c><00:37:10.199><c> two</c><00:37:10.340><c> days</c><00:37:10.539><c> and</c><00:37:10.559><c> they</c><00:37:10.679><c> came</c><00:37:10.800><c> back</c><00:37:11.000><c> in</c><00:37:11.219><c> five.</c> 00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.880 That's<00:37:11.940><c> how</c><00:37:12.119><c> anxious</c><00:37:12.420><c> he</c><00:37:12.639><c> was.</c> 00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:15.280 Now,<00:37:13.039><c> maybe</c><00:37:13.239><c> he</c><00:37:13.300><c> had</c><00:37:13.440><c> a</c><00:37:13.579><c> good</c><00:37:13.780><c> wind</c><00:37:13.980><c> and</c><00:37:14.139><c> other</c><00:37:14.340><c> things</c><00:37:14.519><c> to</c><00:37:14.699><c> help</c><00:37:14.840><c> him</c><00:37:15.099><c> too.</c> 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:17.480 But<00:37:15.679><c> God</c><00:37:15.920><c> will</c><00:37:16.179><c> always</c><00:37:16.460><c> help</c><00:37:16.699><c> you</c><00:37:16.840><c> if</c><00:37:16.960><c> you're</c><00:37:17.079><c> trying</c><00:37:17.280><c> to</c><00:37:17.400><c> do</c> 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.960 what's<00:37:17.800><c> right.</c> 00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:20.739 He'll<00:37:18.380><c> even</c><00:37:18.599><c> have</c><00:37:18.739><c> the</c><00:37:18.940><c> wind</c><00:37:19.119><c> blowing</c><00:37:19.260><c> at</c><00:37:19.440><c> your</c><00:37:19.679><c> back.</c> 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:23.860 Acts<00:37:21.719><c> chapter</c><00:37:22.000><c> 20,</c><00:37:22.400><c> verse</c><00:37:22.539><c> 6.</c> 00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:26.659 And<00:37:23.880><c> we</c><00:37:24.059><c> sailed</c><00:37:24.239><c> away</c><00:37:24.539><c> from</c><00:37:24.780><c> Philippi</c><00:37:25.440><c> after</c><00:37:26.059><c> the</c><00:37:26.300><c> days</c><00:37:26.460><c> of</c> 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.380 unleavened<00:37:27.179><c> bread</c> 00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:30.260 and<00:37:27.599><c> came</c><00:37:27.860><c> unto</c><00:37:28.480><c> them</c><00:37:28.719><c> in</c><00:37:28.940><c> Troas</c><00:37:29.099><c> in</c><00:37:29.400><c> five</c><00:37:29.739><c> days.</c> 00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:32.300 It<00:37:30.780><c> took</c><00:37:30.960><c> five</c><00:37:31.300><c> days</c><00:37:31.559><c> to</c><00:37:31.679><c> go</c><00:37:31.739><c> the</c><00:37:31.920><c> other</c><00:37:32.139><c> way.</c> 00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:33.679 It<00:37:32.400><c> took</c><00:37:32.539><c> two</c><00:37:32.739><c> days</c><00:37:32.940><c> to</c><00:37:33.059><c> go</c><00:37:33.139><c> this</c><00:37:33.420><c> way.</c> 00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.300 God<00:37:34.239><c> was</c><00:37:34.500><c> blessing</c><00:37:34.820><c> them.</c> 00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.519 He<00:37:35.639><c> was</c><00:37:35.860><c> helping</c><00:37:36.199><c> them.</c> 00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:39.840 When<00:37:36.860><c> they</c><00:37:37.000><c> got</c><00:37:37.119><c> to</c><00:37:37.260><c> Neapolis,</c><00:37:37.659><c> they</c><00:37:37.880><c> walked</c><00:37:38.139><c> 10</c><00:37:38.380><c> miles</c><00:37:38.800><c> to</c><00:37:39.019><c> Philippi.</c> 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:42.099 Now,<00:37:40.280><c> God</c><00:37:40.519><c> had</c><00:37:40.760><c> definitely</c><00:37:41.000><c> sent</c><00:37:41.219><c> them</c><00:37:41.340><c> to</c><00:37:41.559><c> Philippi.</c> 00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:44.000 So<00:37:42.719><c> when</c><00:37:42.800><c> they</c><00:37:42.920><c> got</c><00:37:43.079><c> to</c><00:37:43.300><c> Philippi,</c> 00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:46.900 God<00:37:44.380><c> has</c><00:37:44.639><c> said,</c><00:37:45.059><c> come</c><00:37:45.159><c> over</c><00:37:45.360><c> to</c><00:37:45.539><c> Philippi</c><00:37:46.019><c> and</c><00:37:46.199><c> help</c><00:37:46.400><c> us.</c> 00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:51.139 So<00:37:47.320><c> as</c><00:37:47.480><c> this</c><00:37:47.679><c> little</c><00:37:47.900><c> band</c><00:37:48.199><c> of</c><00:37:48.440><c> four</c><00:37:48.739><c> brethren</c><00:37:49.219><c> walked</c><00:37:49.920><c> into</c><00:37:50.440><c> Philippi,</c> 00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:53.260 there<00:37:51.360><c> was</c><00:37:51.559><c> a</c><00:37:51.679><c> big</c><00:37:51.900><c> banner</c><00:37:52.179><c> across</c><00:37:52.699><c> the</c><00:37:53.039><c> street,</c> 00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:56.400 welcome<00:37:53.980><c> Christodalfians</c><00:37:54.820><c> to</c><00:37:55.059><c> Philippi.</c> 00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.340 Right? 00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:02.920 Wrong,<00:38:00.699><c> because</c><00:38:00.880><c> God</c><00:38:01.159><c> doesn't</c><00:38:01.420><c> work</c><00:38:01.699><c> that</c><00:38:02.000><c> way.</c> 00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.059 They<00:38:03.860><c> come</c><00:38:04.039><c> to</c><00:38:04.280><c> Philippi.</c> 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:07.019 They're<00:38:05.719><c> doing</c><00:38:05.920><c> God's</c><00:38:06.380><c> work.</c> 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:10.820 And<00:38:07.900><c> yet,</c><00:38:08.880><c> no</c><00:38:09.079><c> such</c><00:38:09.340><c> welcome</c><00:38:09.659><c> as</c><00:38:09.980><c> that.</c> 00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:15.880 What<00:38:13.960><c> did</c><00:38:14.099><c> they</c><00:38:14.239><c> do</c><00:38:14.360><c> when</c><00:38:14.500><c> they</c><00:38:14.559><c> get</c><00:38:14.739><c> to</c><00:38:14.960><c> Philippi?</c> 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.920 Where<00:38:16.780><c> did</c><00:38:16.860><c> they</c><00:38:17.000><c> go?</c> 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:20.360 Well,<00:38:18.619><c> they</c><00:38:18.739><c> went</c><00:38:18.920><c> straight</c><00:38:19.199><c> to</c><00:38:19.360><c> the</c><00:38:19.500><c> synagogue,</c><00:38:19.960><c> of</c><00:38:20.099><c> course,</c> 00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:22.280 because<00:38:20.880><c> that's</c><00:38:21.340><c> what</c><00:38:21.539><c> Paul</c><00:38:21.800><c> always</c><00:38:22.139><c> did.</c> 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:24.460 When<00:38:22.400><c> he</c><00:38:22.539><c> got</c><00:38:22.679><c> to</c><00:38:22.840><c> a</c><00:38:22.980><c> city,</c><00:38:23.340><c> he</c><00:38:23.500><c> went</c><00:38:23.659><c> to</c><00:38:23.820><c> the</c><00:38:23.960><c> synagogue,</c> 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:26.719 because<00:38:25.039><c> that</c><00:38:25.280><c> was</c><00:38:25.500><c> a</c><00:38:25.599><c> place</c><00:38:25.760><c> where</c><00:38:25.920><c> he</c><00:38:25.980><c> could</c><00:38:26.179><c> find</c><00:38:26.460><c> people</c> 00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.440 to<00:38:26.920><c> preach</c><00:38:27.159><c> to.</c> 00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:29.800 I<00:38:27.860><c> mean,</c><00:38:27.940><c> you've</c><00:38:28.179><c> got</c><00:38:28.219><c> to</c><00:38:28.340><c> find</c><00:38:28.500><c> people</c><00:38:28.760><c> to</c><00:38:28.920><c> preach</c><00:38:29.159><c> to,</c><00:38:29.460><c> right?</c> 00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:31.699 So<00:38:30.260><c> he</c><00:38:30.380><c> goes</c><00:38:30.539><c> to</c><00:38:30.679><c> the</c><00:38:30.780><c> synagogue</c><00:38:31.019><c> to</c><00:38:31.699><c> preach.</c> 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:33.039 No. 00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:35.480 There's<00:38:33.639><c> no</c><00:38:33.900><c> synagogue</c><00:38:34.300><c> in</c><00:38:34.559><c> Philippi.</c> 00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:38.119 No<00:38:36.400><c> synagogue?</c><00:38:37.059><c> Why?</c> 00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:40.340 Well,<00:38:38.579><c> if</c><00:38:38.739><c> you</c><00:38:38.820><c> look</c><00:38:38.980><c> that</c><00:38:39.119><c> up</c><00:38:39.239><c> in</c><00:38:39.400><c> a</c><00:38:39.500><c> Bible</c><00:38:39.739><c> dictionary,</c><00:38:40.280><c> you</c> 00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.199 find<00:38:40.619><c> out.</c> 00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:43.820 An<00:38:41.760><c> Unger's</c><00:38:42.039><c> Bible</c><00:38:42.300><c> dictionary</c><00:38:42.780><c> says,</c> 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:46.679 it<00:38:44.000><c> was</c><00:38:44.239><c> required</c><00:38:44.820><c> that</c><00:38:45.059><c> a</c><00:38:45.260><c> synagogue</c><00:38:45.659><c> should</c><00:38:45.900><c> be</c><00:38:46.119><c> built</c> 00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:50.179 wherever<00:38:47.159><c> ten</c><00:38:47.659><c> Israelites</c><00:38:48.260><c> were</c><00:38:48.920><c> dwelling</c><00:38:49.139><c> there.</c> 00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:52.880 In<00:38:51.119><c> the</c><00:38:51.300><c> larger</c><00:38:51.579><c> towns,</c><00:38:52.179><c> he</c><00:38:52.500><c> says,</c> 00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:55.159 there<00:38:53.300><c> was</c><00:38:53.500><c> a</c><00:38:53.619><c> considerable</c><00:38:53.980><c> number</c><00:38:54.320><c> of</c><00:38:54.599><c> synagogues.</c> 00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:57.179 So<00:38:55.460><c> some</c><00:38:56.019><c> cities</c><00:38:56.300><c> had</c><00:38:56.500><c> a</c><00:38:56.619><c> lot</c><00:38:56.780><c> of</c><00:38:56.980><c> them,</c> 00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:59.360 like<00:38:57.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:57.940><c> and</c><00:38:58.179><c> Alexandria</c><00:38:58.780><c> and</c><00:38:59.039><c> Rome.</c> 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:02.300 But<00:39:00.000><c> in</c><00:39:00.300><c> Philippi,</c><00:39:01.000><c> no</c><00:39:01.179><c> synagogue.</c> 00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.000 Well,<00:39:03.619><c> why?</c> 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:06.679 Well,<00:39:04.360><c> maybe</c><00:39:04.639><c> there</c><00:39:04.800><c> were</c><00:39:04.920><c> less</c><00:39:05.159><c> than</c><00:39:05.340><c> ten</c><00:39:05.599><c> Jews,</c> 00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:09.579 or<00:39:07.119><c> perhaps</c><00:39:07.480><c> the</c><00:39:07.719><c> Jews</c><00:39:07.900><c> there</c><00:39:08.239><c> were</c><00:39:08.480><c> so</c><00:39:08.820><c> weak</c><00:39:09.019><c> in</c><00:39:09.179><c> the</c><00:39:09.380><c> faith</c> 00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:11.320 that<00:39:09.780><c> they</c><00:39:09.900><c> didn't</c><00:39:10.079><c> bother</c><00:39:10.460><c> to</c><00:39:10.699><c> build</c><00:39:10.880><c> one,</c> 00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:14.340 or<00:39:11.940><c> maybe</c><00:39:12.260><c> it</c><00:39:12.360><c> was</c><00:39:12.579><c> because</c><00:39:12.960><c> they</c><00:39:13.179><c> had</c><00:39:13.400><c> been</c><00:39:13.679><c> forbidden</c><00:39:14.099><c> to</c> 00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.719 build<00:39:14.539><c> one,</c> 00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:16.199 although<00:39:14.920><c> there</c><00:39:15.079><c> were</c><00:39:15.239><c> synagogues</c><00:39:15.699><c> in</c><00:39:15.900><c> Rome.</c> 00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:21.039 But<00:39:16.619><c> you</c><00:39:16.780><c> remember,</c><00:39:17.760><c> if</c><00:39:18.079><c> you</c><00:39:18.360><c> check</c><00:39:19.119><c> chapter</c><00:39:19.559><c> 18</c><00:39:20.159><c> here</c><00:39:20.480><c> of</c><00:39:20.659><c> Acts</c><00:39:20.880><c> and</c> 00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:22.460 verse<00:39:21.340><c> 2,</c> 00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:26.199 we<00:39:22.679><c> find</c><00:39:23.039><c> that</c><00:39:24.460><c> Priscilla</c><00:39:24.820><c> and</c><00:39:25.019><c> Aquila</c><00:39:25.300><c> had</c><00:39:25.440><c> just</c><00:39:25.599><c> been</c><00:39:25.760><c> kicked</c><00:39:25.960><c> out</c> 00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:26.840 of<00:39:26.400><c> Rome</c> 00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:30.480 because<00:39:27.820><c> Claudius</c><00:39:28.659><c> had</c><00:39:29.039><c> made</c><00:39:29.280><c> everybody</c><00:39:29.699><c> leave</c><00:39:29.960><c> Rome.</c> 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:32.579 And<00:39:30.900><c> since</c><00:39:31.260><c> Philippi</c><00:39:31.800><c> copied</c><00:39:32.199><c> Rome,</c> 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:37.239 maybe<00:39:33.139><c> they</c><00:39:33.579><c> said,</c><00:39:34.380><c> well,</c><00:39:34.780><c> if</c><00:39:34.880><c> Jews</c><00:39:36.280><c> aren't</c><00:39:36.559><c> welcome</c><00:39:36.739><c> in</c><00:39:37.039><c> Rome,</c> 00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.780 they're<00:39:37.440><c> not</c><00:39:37.639><c> welcome</c><00:39:37.840><c> in</c><00:39:38.059><c> Philippi</c><00:39:38.400><c> either.</c> 00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:40.360 So<00:39:39.280><c> that</c><00:39:39.440><c> could</c><00:39:39.639><c> be</c><00:39:39.800><c> the</c><00:39:39.960><c> reason,</c> 00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:45.559 because<00:39:40.800><c> Emperor</c><00:39:41.619><c> Claudius,</c><00:39:42.199><c> who</c><00:39:42.480><c> reigned</c><00:39:42.699><c> from</c><00:39:43.360><c> AD</c><00:39:43.739><c> 41</c><00:39:44.179><c> to</c><00:39:44.320><c> 54,</c> 00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:49.099 was<00:39:46.519><c> very</c><00:39:46.960><c> mean</c><00:39:47.519><c> to</c><00:39:48.360><c> the</c><00:39:48.719><c> Jews.</c> 00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:52.000 At<00:39:49.440><c> first</c><00:39:49.599><c> he</c><00:39:49.679><c> was</c><00:39:49.900><c> friendly,</c><00:39:50.119><c> and</c><00:39:50.280><c> then</c><00:39:50.400><c> he</c><00:39:51.219><c> turned</c><00:39:51.440><c> against</c><00:39:51.800><c> them.</c> 00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:54.699 Anyway,<00:39:52.900><c> whatever</c><00:39:53.019><c> the</c><00:39:53.239><c> reason,</c><00:39:53.519><c> no</c><00:39:53.739><c> synagogue.</c> 00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:56.159 So<00:39:55.059><c> what</c><00:39:55.179><c> are</c><00:39:55.239><c> they</c><00:39:55.340><c> going</c><00:39:55.440><c> to</c><00:39:55.559><c> do?</c> 00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:59.019 Well,<00:39:57.539><c> we'd</c><00:39:57.980><c> better</c><00:39:58.059><c> go</c><00:39:58.260><c> on</c><00:39:58.400><c> to</c><00:39:58.519><c> Thessalonica.</c> 00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.559 There's<00:39:59.260><c> one</c><00:39:59.440><c> there.</c> 00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.559 There's<00:39:59.699><c> no</c><00:39:59.860><c> use</c><00:40:00.039><c> stopping</c><00:40:00.219><c> to</c><00:40:00.440><c> film.</c> 00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:02.880 This<00:40:01.320><c> is</c><00:40:01.559><c> a</c><00:40:01.719><c> godless</c><00:40:02.039><c> city.</c> 00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:05.079 You<00:40:03.500><c> know,</c><00:40:03.659><c> I've</c><00:40:03.840><c> heard</c><00:40:03.960><c> Christadelphians</c><00:40:04.579><c> say,</c> 00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:07.400 we<00:40:05.760><c> mentioned</c><00:40:06.059><c> about,</c><00:40:06.380><c> do</c><00:40:06.480><c> you</c><00:40:06.599><c> have</c><00:40:06.760><c> Bible</c><00:40:06.960><c> lectures</c><00:40:07.219><c> in</c> 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.719 your<00:40:07.559><c> city?</c> 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:10.300 Oh,<00:40:08.139><c> no.</c><00:40:08.940><c> Our</c><00:40:09.179><c> town</c><00:40:09.320><c> is</c><00:40:09.500><c> such</c><00:40:09.659><c> a</c><00:40:09.860><c> godless</c><00:40:10.159><c> town.</c> 00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:12.780 There's<00:40:10.579><c> no</c><00:40:10.719><c> use</c><00:40:10.820><c> having</c><00:40:11.000><c> Bible</c><00:40:11.320><c> lectures</c><00:40:11.579><c> in</c><00:40:11.739><c> our</c><00:40:11.960><c> town.</c> 00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:14.599 Nobody<00:40:13.099><c> comes</c><00:40:13.360><c> to</c><00:40:13.539><c> Bible</c><00:40:13.760><c> lectures,</c><00:40:14.099><c> and</c><00:40:14.159><c> there's</c><00:40:14.239><c> no</c><00:40:14.400><c> use</c> 00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.599 doing<00:40:14.800><c> it.</c> 00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:18.440 Isn't<00:40:16.519><c> that</c><00:40:16.780><c> an</c><00:40:17.400><c> awful</c><00:40:17.820><c> attitude,</c> 00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:20.960 to<00:40:18.980><c> decide</c><00:40:19.300><c> that</c><00:40:19.500><c> all</c><00:40:19.679><c> the</c><00:40:19.860><c> people</c><00:40:20.039><c> in</c><00:40:20.179><c> your</c><00:40:20.420><c> town</c><00:40:20.699><c> aren't</c> 00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:22.099 worth<00:40:21.199><c> saving?</c> 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.360 Now,<00:40:22.619><c> maybe</c><00:40:22.860><c> they</c><00:40:23.139><c> aren't,</c><00:40:23.280><c> but</c><00:40:23.800><c> why</c><00:40:24.300><c> do</c><00:40:24.539><c> you</c><00:40:24.800><c> decide</c><00:40:25.159><c> that?</c> 00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:27.059 That's<00:40:25.659><c> God's</c><00:40:26.139><c> prerogative.</c> 00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:29.239 You're<00:40:27.599><c> to</c><00:40:27.659><c> go</c><00:40:27.900><c> out</c><00:40:28.099><c> there</c><00:40:28.320><c> and</c><00:40:28.440><c> do</c><00:40:28.619><c> his</c><00:40:28.920><c> work,</c> 00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:32.739 and<00:40:29.559><c> he'll</c><00:40:29.820><c> bless</c><00:40:30.039><c> those</c><00:40:30.500><c> that</c><00:40:30.780><c> he</c><00:40:30.960><c> wants,</c><00:40:31.219><c> and</c><00:40:31.380><c> he'll</c><00:40:31.539><c> call</c><00:40:31.820><c> them.</c> 00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:36.320 We<00:40:33.300><c> have</c><00:40:33.599><c> no</c><00:40:34.059><c> right</c><00:40:34.460><c> to</c><00:40:34.940><c> not</c><00:40:35.139><c> do</c><00:40:35.340><c> God's</c><00:40:35.679><c> work</c><00:40:35.840><c> because</c><00:40:36.079><c> we</c><00:40:36.219><c> think,</c> 00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:39.159 oh,<00:40:36.619><c> well,</c><00:40:36.840><c> you</c><00:40:36.980><c> never</c><00:40:37.179><c> get</c><00:40:37.320><c> any</c><00:40:37.539><c> results</c><00:40:37.880><c> in</c><00:40:38.059><c> that</c><00:40:38.260><c> town.</c> 00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:41.860 And<00:40:39.980><c> there</c><00:40:40.139><c> are</c><00:40:40.400><c> ecclesias</c><00:40:41.000><c> in</c><00:40:41.420><c> cities</c> 00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:43.280 where<00:40:42.199><c> they've</c><00:40:42.460><c> given</c><00:40:42.619><c> up</c><00:40:42.860><c> having</c><00:40:43.000><c> lectures</c> 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.320 because<00:40:43.539><c> he</c><00:40:43.679><c> says</c><00:40:43.739><c> everybody</c><00:40:44.039><c> here</c><00:40:44.199><c> is</c><00:40:44.340><c> godless.</c> 00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:48.039 And<00:40:46.440><c> that's</c><00:40:46.739><c> a</c><00:40:46.860><c> wrong</c><00:40:47.059><c> attitude.</c> 00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:50.260 So<00:40:48.820><c> we</c><00:40:49.260><c> preach.</c> 00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:52.800 Wherever<00:40:50.840><c> we</c><00:40:50.980><c> can</c><00:40:51.199><c> find</c><00:40:51.420><c> people,</c><00:40:51.719><c> we</c><00:40:51.900><c> preach.</c> 00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:54.800 So<00:40:53.360><c> where</c><00:40:53.619><c> do</c><00:40:53.699><c> you</c><00:40:53.840><c> go</c><00:40:53.980><c> when</c><00:40:54.079><c> there's</c><00:40:54.280><c> no</c><00:40:54.440><c> synagogue?</c> 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:56.400 Well,<00:40:54.960><c> they</c><00:40:55.099><c> went</c><00:40:55.239><c> to</c><00:40:55.400><c> the</c><00:40:55.519><c> riverside,</c> 00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:58.699 and<00:40:56.739><c> down</c><00:40:56.880><c> there</c><00:40:56.980><c> they</c><00:40:57.099><c> found</c><00:40:57.320><c> some</c><00:40:57.539><c> women</c><00:40:57.820><c> down</c><00:40:58.079><c> there</c><00:40:58.440><c> that</c> 00:40:58.699 --> 00:40:59.900 were<00:40:58.960><c> praying.</c> 00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:02.139 And<00:41:00.219><c> you</c><00:41:00.460><c> know,</c><00:41:00.940><c> it's</c><00:41:01.320><c> interesting.</c> 00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:06.400 You<00:41:02.320><c> find</c><00:41:03.380><c> what</c><00:41:04.980><c> you're</c><00:41:05.119><c> looking</c><00:41:05.300><c> for.</c> 00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:07.659 You<00:41:07.000><c> know</c><00:41:07.159><c> this</c><00:41:07.300><c> is</c><00:41:07.500><c> true.</c> 00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:09.820 You<00:41:07.900><c> know</c><00:41:07.980><c> people</c><00:41:08.199><c> are</c><00:41:08.360><c> always</c><00:41:08.559><c> looking</c><00:41:08.719><c> for</c><00:41:08.940><c> trouble?</c> 00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:11.019 You<00:41:10.300><c> know</c><00:41:10.320><c> what</c><00:41:10.400><c> they</c><00:41:10.559><c> find?</c> 00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:12.539 They<00:41:11.300><c> always</c><00:41:11.579><c> find</c><00:41:11.760><c> trouble,</c><00:41:12.219><c> don't</c><00:41:12.400><c> they?</c> 00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:15.280 You<00:41:13.179><c> find</c><00:41:13.420><c> people</c><00:41:13.619><c> that</c><00:41:13.780><c> are</c><00:41:13.820><c> looking</c><00:41:13.920><c> for</c><00:41:14.099><c> trouble</c><00:41:14.300><c> they</c><00:41:14.500><c> never</c><00:41:14.800><c> go</c><00:41:15.000><c> without.</c> 00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:17.099 There<00:41:15.599><c> are</c><00:41:15.900><c> always</c><00:41:15.980><c> plenty</c><00:41:16.199><c> of</c><00:41:16.380><c> them.</c> 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:19.179 Well,<00:41:18.139><c> you've</c><00:41:18.340><c> probably</c><00:41:18.559><c> heard</c><00:41:18.820><c> the</c><00:41:19.000><c> story</c> 00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:20.639 about<00:41:19.420><c> two</c><00:41:19.639><c> fellows</c><00:41:19.840><c> sitting</c><00:41:20.039><c> on</c><00:41:20.219><c> the</c><00:41:20.360><c> airplane,</c> 00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:22.179 and<00:41:20.820><c> you</c><00:41:20.820><c> know</c><00:41:20.960><c> on</c><00:41:21.079><c> airplanes</c><00:41:21.340><c> you</c><00:41:21.460><c> do</c><00:41:21.659><c> converse,</c> 00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:23.960 and<00:41:22.619><c> the</c><00:41:22.880><c> two</c><00:41:23.039><c> men</c><00:41:23.219><c> got</c><00:41:23.440><c> to</c><00:41:23.639><c> talking,</c> 00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:26.739 and<00:41:24.619><c> they</c><00:41:24.860><c> both</c><00:41:25.059><c> found</c><00:41:25.280><c> out</c><00:41:25.519><c> that</c><00:41:25.739><c> they</c><00:41:25.820><c> had,</c> 00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:30.599 each<00:41:27.059><c> of</c><00:41:27.179><c> them</c><00:41:27.320><c> had</c><00:41:27.519><c> lived</c><00:41:27.719><c> in</c><00:41:27.940><c> India</c><00:41:28.280><c> for</c><00:41:28.800><c> 20</c><00:41:29.260><c> years.</c> 00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:32.179 Of<00:41:31.539><c> course,</c><00:41:31.599><c> they</c><00:41:31.699><c> had</c><00:41:31.719><c> never</c><00:41:31.920><c> met</c> 00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:33.500 because<00:41:32.360><c> India</c><00:41:32.519><c> is</c><00:41:32.659><c> a</c><00:41:32.739><c> pretty</c><00:41:32.880><c> big</c><00:41:33.059><c> country.</c> 00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:35.599 And<00:41:34.099><c> the</c><00:41:34.239><c> one</c><00:41:34.380><c> says,</c><00:41:34.659><c> well,</c><00:41:34.719><c> what</c><00:41:34.860><c> did</c><00:41:34.980><c> you</c><00:41:35.119><c> do</c><00:41:35.239><c> in</c><00:41:35.380><c> India?</c> 00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:37.659 And<00:41:35.719><c> he</c><00:41:35.840><c> says,</c><00:41:36.159><c> well,</c><00:41:36.360><c> I</c><00:41:36.519><c> was</c><00:41:36.780><c> a</c><00:41:37.019><c> missionary,</c> 00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:41.840 and<00:41:38.199><c> I</c><00:41:38.340><c> was</c><00:41:38.539><c> there</c><00:41:39.079><c> teaching</c><00:41:39.599><c> Christ</c><00:41:40.420><c> to</c><00:41:40.719><c> the</c><00:41:40.900><c> people.</c> 00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:44.159 And<00:41:42.420><c> the</c><00:41:42.500><c> other</c><00:41:42.619><c> one</c><00:41:42.739><c> says,</c><00:41:42.880><c> well,</c><00:41:43.119><c> I</c><00:41:43.320><c> was</c><00:41:43.559><c> a</c><00:41:43.739><c> hunter,</c> 00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:47.400 and<00:41:44.699><c> I</c><00:41:44.860><c> was</c><00:41:45.079><c> into</c><00:41:45.280><c> India</c><00:41:45.619><c> hunting</c><00:41:46.079><c> tigers.</c> 00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:50.019 And<00:41:48.820><c> the</c><00:41:49.119><c> first</c><00:41:49.340><c> fellow</c><00:41:49.500><c> says,</c><00:41:49.699><c> you</c><00:41:49.840><c> know,</c> 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:52.039 I<00:41:50.159><c> was</c><00:41:50.360><c> in</c><00:41:50.500><c> India</c><00:41:50.679><c> for</c><00:41:50.880><c> 20</c><00:41:51.179><c> years,</c> 00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:54.380 and<00:41:52.619><c> I</c><00:41:52.760><c> never</c><00:41:53.059><c> saw</c><00:41:53.400><c> a</c><00:41:53.440><c> tiger.</c> 00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:57.599 The<00:41:55.260><c> other</c><00:41:55.380><c> one</c><00:41:55.480><c> says,</c><00:41:55.639><c> I</c><00:41:55.739><c> was</c><00:41:55.960><c> in</c><00:41:56.059><c> India</c><00:41:56.280><c> for</c><00:41:56.460><c> 20</c><00:41:56.760><c> years,</c> 00:41:57.840 --> 00:42:00.579 and<00:41:58.119><c> I</c><00:41:58.260><c> never</c><00:41:58.440><c> found</c><00:41:58.659><c> anyone</c><00:41:58.980><c> that</c><00:41:59.199><c> believed</c><00:41:59.400><c> in</c><00:41:59.639><c> Christ.</c> 00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:05.079 But<00:42:02.119><c> what</c><00:42:02.320><c> happens</c><00:42:02.699><c> is</c><00:42:02.940><c> you</c><00:42:03.079><c> find</c><00:42:03.420><c> what</c><00:42:03.579><c> you're</c><00:42:03.760><c> looking</c><00:42:04.000><c> for.</c> 00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:08.920 And<00:42:06.099><c> if</c><00:42:06.179><c> you're</c><00:42:06.320><c> not</c><00:42:06.480><c> looking</c><00:42:06.739><c> for</c><00:42:06.980><c> people</c><00:42:07.500><c> to</c><00:42:07.980><c> teach</c><00:42:08.139><c> the</c><00:42:08.400><c> truth</c><00:42:08.579><c> to,</c> 00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.280 you'll<00:42:09.539><c> find</c><00:42:09.679><c> that</c><00:42:09.860><c> it</c><00:42:10.059><c> never</c><00:42:10.300><c> happens</c><00:42:10.659><c> that</c><00:42:10.800><c> you</c><00:42:10.960><c> bring</c><00:42:11.099><c> up</c> 00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:12.320 the<00:42:11.480><c> truth.</c> 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:13.780 Because,<00:42:12.760><c> of</c><00:42:12.840><c> course,</c><00:42:12.980><c> you</c><00:42:13.079><c> don't</c><00:42:13.260><c> want</c><00:42:13.380><c> to</c><00:42:13.519><c> bring</c><00:42:13.619><c> it</c><00:42:13.699><c> up,</c> 00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:15.199 that<00:42:13.900><c> might</c><00:42:14.119><c> embarrass</c><00:42:14.519><c> you,</c><00:42:14.880><c> right?</c> 00:42:15.699 --> 00:42:17.420 They<00:42:15.900><c> might</c><00:42:16.059><c> ask</c><00:42:16.219><c> you</c><00:42:16.340><c> something</c><00:42:16.480><c> you</c><00:42:16.599><c> don't</c><00:42:16.840><c> know,</c><00:42:17.079><c> right?</c> 00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:19.940 So<00:42:17.679><c> the</c><00:42:17.840><c> best</c><00:42:18.119><c> thing</c><00:42:18.340><c> is</c><00:42:18.579><c> because</c><00:42:19.139><c> your</c><00:42:19.480><c> ego</c> 00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:23.019 and<00:42:20.619><c> your</c><00:42:20.840><c> own</c><00:42:21.360><c> self</c><00:42:21.619><c>-esteem</c><00:42:21.980><c> is</c><00:42:22.219><c> so</c><00:42:22.519><c> important</c> 00:42:23.019 --> 00:42:24.880 that<00:42:23.320><c> it's</c><00:42:23.519><c> better</c><00:42:23.719><c> to</c><00:42:23.940><c> forget</c><00:42:24.119><c> about</c><00:42:24.480><c> Christ</c> 00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:27.260 and<00:42:25.199><c> pat</c><00:42:25.360><c> yourself</c><00:42:25.659><c> on</c><00:42:25.820><c> the</c><00:42:25.980><c> back.</c> 00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:29.780 In<00:42:28.000><c> other</c><00:42:28.119><c> words,</c><00:42:28.460><c> you</c><00:42:28.599><c> think</c><00:42:28.780><c> more</c><00:42:29.079><c> of</c><00:42:29.480><c> self</c> 00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:32.179 than<00:42:30.099><c> Jesus</c><00:42:30.539><c> Christ</c><00:42:30.860><c> that</c><00:42:31.119><c> died</c><00:42:31.280><c> for</c><00:42:31.500><c> you.</c> 00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:35.559 Forget<00:42:33.019><c> about</c><00:42:33.380><c> yourself.</c><00:42:33.960><c> Think</c><00:42:34.199><c> about</c><00:42:34.480><c> Jesus.</c> 00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.900 I<00:42:35.719><c> mean,</c><00:42:36.059><c> they're</c><00:42:36.139><c> not</c><00:42:36.280><c> going</c><00:42:36.420><c> to</c><00:42:36.559><c> kill</c><00:42:36.739><c> you.</c> 00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:38.780 We<00:42:37.059><c> live</c><00:42:37.219><c> in</c><00:42:37.420><c> a</c><00:42:37.639><c> tolerant</c><00:42:38.019><c> age</c><00:42:38.320><c> now.</c> 00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:40.860 People<00:42:39.519><c> may</c><00:42:40.039><c> not</c><00:42:40.239><c> agree</c><00:42:40.519><c> with</c><00:42:40.739><c> you,</c> 00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:43.659 but<00:42:40.980><c> they</c><00:42:41.280><c> don't</c><00:42:41.500><c> give</c><00:42:41.699><c> you</c><00:42:41.840><c> any</c><00:42:42.019><c> trouble,</c><00:42:42.599><c> really.</c> 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:46.400 So<00:42:44.239><c> you</c><00:42:44.539><c> need</c><00:42:44.760><c> to</c><00:42:45.079><c> find</c><00:42:45.300><c> a</c><00:42:45.539><c> way</c><00:42:45.719><c> of</c><00:42:45.900><c> making</c><00:42:46.159><c> sure</c> 00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:48.099 that<00:42:46.519><c> everybody</c><00:42:47.119><c> that</c><00:42:47.480><c> you</c><00:42:47.760><c> know</c> 00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:50.639 knows<00:42:48.420><c> about</c><00:42:48.780><c> your</c><00:42:49.199><c> truth</c><00:42:49.440><c> and</c><00:42:49.659><c> your</c><00:42:49.880><c> hope.</c> 00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:54.159 So<00:42:50.900><c> he</c><00:42:51.239><c> goes</c><00:42:51.539><c> to</c><00:42:51.840><c> Philippi,</c><00:42:52.900><c> and</c><00:42:53.079><c> he</c><00:42:53.219><c> finds</c><00:42:53.539><c> these</c><00:42:53.800><c> women.</c> 00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:56.360 And<00:42:54.559><c> you</c><00:42:54.639><c> look</c><00:42:54.760><c> at</c><00:42:54.880><c> verse</c><00:42:55.119><c> 14,</c><00:42:55.780><c> what</c><00:42:56.000><c> happens.</c> 00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:58.440 And<00:42:56.539><c> a</c><00:42:56.559><c> certain</c><00:42:56.920><c> woman</c><00:42:57.199><c> named</c><00:42:57.500><c> Lydia,</c> 00:42:58.460 --> 00:43:01.199 a<00:42:58.619><c> seller</c><00:42:58.800><c> of</c><00:42:59.059><c> purple,</c><00:42:59.860><c> of</c><00:43:00.059><c> the</c><00:43:00.099><c> city</c><00:43:00.380><c> of</c><00:43:00.659><c> Thyatira,</c> 00:43:01.539 --> 00:43:03.800 which<00:43:01.760><c> worshiped</c><00:43:02.260><c> God,</c><00:43:02.679><c> hurt</c><00:43:02.780><c> us.</c> 00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:06.719 Here<00:43:05.500><c> is</c><00:43:05.719><c> a</c><00:43:05.960><c> rich</c><00:43:06.300><c> woman.</c> 00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:10.480 She<00:43:07.179><c> was</c><00:43:07.380><c> very</c><00:43:07.820><c> wealthy</c><00:43:08.099><c> because</c><00:43:08.599><c> she</c><00:43:08.980><c> dealt</c><00:43:09.199><c> in</c><00:43:09.460><c> purple</c><00:43:10.099><c> dye.</c> 00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:13.260 And<00:43:11.039><c> purple</c><00:43:11.260><c> dye</c><00:43:11.619><c> came</c><00:43:11.980><c> from</c><00:43:12.199><c> several</c><00:43:12.500><c> different</c><00:43:12.820><c> ways.</c> 00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:16.780 One<00:43:13.719><c> was</c><00:43:13.940><c> a</c><00:43:14.019><c> little</c><00:43:14.780><c> shellfish</c><00:43:15.539><c> found</c><00:43:15.940><c> in</c><00:43:16.179><c> the</c><00:43:16.400><c> waters</c> 00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.960 of<00:43:17.619><c> the</c><00:43:17.980><c> Phoenician</c><00:43:18.360><c> coast.</c> 00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:21.119 And<00:43:19.380><c> each</c><00:43:19.679><c> shellfish,</c><00:43:20.239><c> you</c><00:43:20.480><c> slit</c><00:43:20.639><c> its</c><00:43:20.960><c> throat</c> 00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:23.800 and<00:43:21.260><c> you</c><00:43:21.360><c> got</c><00:43:21.539><c> one</c><00:43:21.900><c> drop</c><00:43:22.099><c> of</c><00:43:22.400><c> purple</c><00:43:22.800><c> per</c><00:43:23.360><c> fish.</c> 00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:25.699 Now,<00:43:24.380><c> if</c><00:43:24.440><c> you</c><00:43:24.500><c> want</c><00:43:24.579><c> to</c><00:43:24.659><c> make</c><00:43:24.739><c> a</c><00:43:24.940><c> cheaper</c><00:43:25.139><c> grade</c><00:43:25.340><c> of</c><00:43:25.539><c> purple,</c> 00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:26.579 you<00:43:25.800><c> could</c><00:43:26.059><c> crush</c><00:43:26.320><c> them.</c> 00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:28.440 And<00:43:27.019><c> there</c><00:43:27.059><c> was</c><00:43:27.199><c> another</c><00:43:27.440><c> way</c><00:43:27.619><c> you</c><00:43:27.679><c> could</c><00:43:27.840><c> get</c><00:43:28.000><c> purple</c> 00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:32.639 from<00:43:28.940><c> a</c><00:43:29.860><c> root</c><00:43:30.000><c> that</c><00:43:30.760><c> grew</c><00:43:31.000><c> near</c><00:43:31.820><c> Thyatira.</c> 00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.860 It<00:43:32.760><c> was</c><00:43:32.940><c> called</c><00:43:33.139><c> a</c><00:43:33.360><c> matter</c><00:43:33.619><c> root.</c> 00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:35.440 And<00:43:34.260><c> they</c><00:43:34.420><c> crushed</c><00:43:34.659><c> this</c><00:43:34.960><c> matter</c><00:43:35.260><c> root,</c> 00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:39.360 and<00:43:35.559><c> they</c><00:43:35.719><c> made</c><00:43:35.920><c> a</c><00:43:36.260><c> more</c><00:43:37.119><c> inexpensive</c><00:43:38.099><c> grade</c><00:43:38.440><c> of</c><00:43:38.699><c> purple</c><00:43:39.039><c> cloth.</c> 00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:41.159 But<00:43:39.960><c> Philippi</c><00:43:40.400><c> loved</c><00:43:40.679><c> purple</c> 00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:43.519 because<00:43:41.639><c> purple</c><00:43:41.980><c> was</c><00:43:42.219><c> a</c><00:43:42.380><c> royal</c><00:43:42.599><c> color.</c> 00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.880 And<00:43:43.800><c> Philippi</c><00:43:44.119><c> was</c><00:43:44.300><c> a</c><00:43:44.440><c> little</c><00:43:44.599><c> Rome,</c> 00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:46.159 and<00:43:45.179><c> Rome</c><00:43:45.340><c> was</c><00:43:45.579><c> a</c><00:43:45.679><c> royal</c><00:43:45.900><c> city.</c> 00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:47.119 And<00:43:46.320><c> we</c><00:43:46.400><c> want</c><00:43:46.539><c> to</c><00:43:46.619><c> be</c><00:43:46.760><c> like</c><00:43:46.920><c> Rome,</c> 00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.920 so<00:43:47.239><c> we're</c><00:43:47.400><c> going</c><00:43:47.460><c> to</c><00:43:47.559><c> wear</c><00:43:47.659><c> purple,</c> 00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:49.300 because<00:43:48.079><c> they</c><00:43:48.260><c> wear</c><00:43:48.400><c> purple.</c> 00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:52.320 And<00:43:49.559><c> so</c><00:43:49.699><c> purple</c><00:43:49.900><c> was</c><00:43:50.099><c> a</c><00:43:50.159><c> very</c><00:43:50.460><c> big</c><00:43:50.699><c> seller</c><00:43:51.059><c> in</c><00:43:51.639><c> Philippi.</c> 00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:55.139 And<00:43:52.780><c> so</c><00:43:52.960><c> she</c><00:43:53.119><c> was</c><00:43:53.280><c> very</c><00:43:53.599><c> rich</c><00:43:53.800><c> because</c><00:43:54.059><c> it</c><00:43:54.199><c> took</c><00:43:54.340><c> a</c><00:43:54.440><c> lot</c><00:43:54.559><c> of</c><00:43:54.699><c> money</c> 00:43:55.139 --> 00:43:56.880 to<00:43:55.699><c> sell</c><00:43:56.000><c> purple</c><00:43:56.380><c> in</c><00:43:56.519><c> Philippi.</c> 00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:57.860 You<00:43:56.980><c> had</c><00:43:57.099><c> to</c><00:43:57.199><c> have</c><00:43:57.239><c> an</c><00:43:57.460><c> inventory.</c> 00:43:58.079 --> 00:43:59.380 And<00:43:58.199><c> she</c><00:43:58.320><c> had</c><00:43:58.460><c> a</c><00:43:58.500><c> big</c><00:43:58.699><c> house</c><00:43:59.039><c> there.</c> 00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:00.679 And<00:43:59.920><c> she</c><00:44:00.099><c> was</c><00:44:00.300><c> wealthy.</c> 00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:03.019 And<00:44:00.880><c> you</c><00:44:01.400><c> know</c><00:44:01.539><c> you're</c><00:44:02.059><c> talking</c><00:44:02.079><c> the</c><00:44:02.300><c> truth</c><00:44:02.400><c> to</c><00:44:02.619><c> rich</c><00:44:02.760><c> people</c> 00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:04.719 because<00:44:03.139><c> they</c><00:44:03.300><c> won't</c><00:44:03.480><c> listen,</c><00:44:03.820><c> right?</c> 00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:07.420 Don't<00:44:06.019><c> decide</c><00:44:06.320><c> anybody</c><00:44:06.800><c> won't</c><00:44:07.039><c> listen.</c> 00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:09.239 And<00:44:07.780><c> don't</c><00:44:08.000><c> refuse</c><00:44:08.280><c> to</c><00:44:08.480><c> preach</c><00:44:08.639><c> because</c><00:44:08.920><c> you</c><00:44:09.119><c> think</c> 00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:10.880 you're<00:44:09.340><c> casting</c><00:44:09.639><c> your</c><00:44:09.880><c> pearls</c><00:44:10.139><c> before</c><00:44:10.599><c> a</c><00:44:10.760><c> swine.</c> 00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:12.719 Don't<00:44:11.380><c> you</c><00:44:11.539><c> and</c><00:44:11.679><c> I</c><00:44:11.820><c> decide</c><00:44:12.099><c> who's</c><00:44:12.460><c> swine.</c> 00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:14.400 That's<00:44:13.079><c> up</c><00:44:13.199><c> to</c><00:44:13.380><c> God.</c> 00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:16.639 You<00:44:14.719><c> just</c><00:44:14.920><c> keep</c><00:44:15.079><c> telling</c><00:44:15.300><c> everybody</c><00:44:16.159><c> you</c><00:44:16.519><c> meet</c> 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:17.679 that<00:44:16.780><c> you're</c><00:44:16.980><c> Christ</c><00:44:17.260><c> of</c><00:44:17.340><c> Delphi.</c> 00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:20.019 And<00:44:18.199><c> they'll</c><00:44:18.320><c> say,</c><00:44:18.519><c> what</c><00:44:18.800><c> is</c><00:44:19.119><c> that?</c> 00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:21.420 And<00:44:20.539><c> then</c><00:44:20.659><c> I</c><00:44:20.739><c> got</c><00:44:20.840><c> a</c><00:44:20.960><c> little</c><00:44:21.139><c> story.</c> 00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.539 I<00:44:21.559><c> don't</c><00:44:21.719><c> have</c><00:44:21.860><c> time</c><00:44:22.059><c> to</c><00:44:22.239><c> tell</c><00:44:22.340><c> you</c><00:44:22.440><c> now,</c> 00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:24.559 but<00:44:22.699><c> it</c><00:44:22.800><c> was</c><00:44:22.860><c> a</c><00:44:22.980><c> little</c><00:44:23.199><c> story</c><00:44:23.440><c> I</c><00:44:23.659><c> tell</c><00:44:23.840><c> to</c><00:44:24.059><c> everybody</c> 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:25.840 on<00:44:24.960><c> the</c><00:44:25.199><c> plane,</c><00:44:25.460><c> wherever</c><00:44:25.639><c> I</c><00:44:25.760><c> meet.</c> 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.940 I<00:44:25.920><c> got</c><00:44:26.039><c> a</c><00:44:26.099><c> little</c><00:44:26.320><c> story</c><00:44:26.500><c> I</c><00:44:26.699><c> tell</c><00:44:26.800><c> them.</c> 00:44:27.059 --> 00:44:28.019 And<00:44:27.199><c> they</c><00:44:27.360><c> always</c><00:44:27.639><c> ask.</c> 00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.980 And<00:44:28.280><c> every</c><00:44:28.440><c> time</c><00:44:28.559><c> they</c><00:44:28.800><c> ask,</c> 00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:30.760 they<00:44:29.320><c> always</c><00:44:29.639><c> ask</c><00:44:29.840><c> me</c><00:44:30.000><c> about</c><00:44:30.179><c> my</c><00:44:30.500><c> faith.</c> 00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:32.440 They<00:44:31.300><c> always</c><00:44:31.699><c> ask</c><00:44:31.980><c> me,</c> 00:44:32.699 --> 00:44:34.860 because<00:44:32.920><c> I</c><00:44:33.119><c> work</c><00:44:33.239><c> it</c><00:44:33.400><c> around</c><00:44:33.539><c> so</c><00:44:33.659><c> they</c><00:44:33.820><c> have</c><00:44:34.019><c> to.</c> 00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:36.699 And<00:44:35.739><c> then</c><00:44:35.960><c> I</c><00:44:36.099><c> never</c><00:44:36.380><c> brought</c><00:44:36.500><c> it</c><00:44:36.619><c> up.</c> 00:44:36.699 --> 00:44:37.199 They<00:44:36.940><c> did.</c> 00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:38.500 And<00:44:37.880><c> then</c><00:44:37.960><c> when</c><00:44:38.000><c> they</c><00:44:38.139><c> bring</c><00:44:38.239><c> it</c><00:44:38.340><c> up,</c> 00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:39.659 whoops,<00:44:38.920><c> there</c><00:44:39.079><c> you</c><00:44:39.280><c> go.</c> 00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.840 You<00:44:40.099><c> asked.</c> 00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:44.940 But<00:44:43.260><c> that's</c><00:44:43.480><c> what</c><00:44:43.619><c> we're</c><00:44:43.820><c> supposed</c><00:44:44.099><c> to</c><00:44:44.320><c> do,</c><00:44:44.480><c> you</c><00:44:44.719><c> see.</c> 00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:47.739 I<00:44:45.460><c> mean,</c><00:44:45.619><c> we're</c><00:44:45.920><c> workers</c><00:44:46.119><c> together</c><00:44:46.519><c> with</c><00:44:46.739><c> God.</c> 00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:50.320 So<00:44:48.659><c> what</c><00:44:49.059><c> happened</c><00:44:49.260><c> to</c><00:44:49.400><c> this</c><00:44:49.599><c> gal?</c> 00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:52.019 What<00:44:50.860><c> happened</c><00:44:51.099><c> to</c><00:44:51.260><c> Lydia?</c> 00:44:54.260 --> 00:44:56.300 Whose<00:44:54.739><c> heart,</c><00:44:55.639><c> notice</c><00:44:55.940><c> that?</c> 00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:57.719 We're<00:44:56.699><c> right</c><00:44:56.840><c> in</c><00:44:57.000><c> the</c><00:44:57.000><c> middle</c><00:44:57.159><c> of</c><00:44:57.260><c> verse</c><00:44:57.420><c> 14.</c> 00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:00.039 Whose<00:44:58.280><c> heart</c><00:44:58.679><c> the</c><00:44:58.900><c> Lord</c><00:44:59.119><c> opened.</c> 00:45:00.539 --> 00:45:03.360 That's<00:45:00.960><c> what</c><00:45:01.219><c> happens</c><00:45:01.679><c> when</c><00:45:01.900><c> you</c><00:45:02.059><c> go</c><00:45:02.239><c> out</c><00:45:02.519><c> preaching</c><00:45:02.840><c> the</c><00:45:03.119><c> word.</c> 00:45:03.659 --> 00:45:05.260 You're<00:45:03.780><c> going</c><00:45:03.860><c> to</c><00:45:04.079><c> find,</c><00:45:04.380><c> oh,</c><00:45:04.480><c> and</c><00:45:04.579><c> it's</c><00:45:04.760><c> so</c><00:45:05.019><c> thrilling</c> 00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:08.380 when<00:45:05.380><c> you</c><00:45:05.599><c> find</c><00:45:05.820><c> somebody</c><00:45:06.179><c> whose</c><00:45:06.699><c> heart</c><00:45:07.460><c> God</c><00:45:07.780><c> opens.</c> 00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:13.739 It's<00:45:09.480><c> so</c><00:45:09.719><c> wonderful</c><00:45:10.400><c> when</c><00:45:11.079><c> you</c><00:45:11.260><c> find</c><00:45:11.739><c> a</c><00:45:12.019><c> heart</c><00:45:12.260><c> that</c><00:45:12.519><c> God</c><00:45:12.760><c> opens.</c> 00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:15.239 You<00:45:14.480><c> can't</c><00:45:14.840><c> open</c><00:45:14.980><c> hearts.</c> 00:45:15.300 --> 00:45:17.039 That's<00:45:15.559><c> God's</c><00:45:16.119><c> work.</c> 00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:21.340 But<00:45:18.059><c> He</c><00:45:18.260><c> needs</c><00:45:18.659><c> your</c><00:45:18.960><c> help</c><00:45:19.280><c> because</c><00:45:19.739><c> He</c><00:45:20.059><c> works</c><00:45:20.380><c> through</c><00:45:20.719><c> people.</c> 00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:24.019 God<00:45:22.139><c> works</c><00:45:22.519><c> through</c><00:45:22.960><c> weak</c><00:45:23.340><c> people</c><00:45:23.619><c> like</c><00:45:23.880><c> us.</c> 00:45:24.179 --> 00:45:26.599 God<00:45:24.400><c> doesn't</c><00:45:24.679><c> use</c><00:45:25.039><c> the</c><00:45:25.860><c> great,</c><00:45:26.159><c> the</c><00:45:26.420><c> mighty.</c> 00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.800 Not<00:45:26.980><c> many</c><00:45:27.219><c> of</c><00:45:27.280><c> those</c><00:45:27.460><c> are</c><00:45:27.719><c> called.</c> 00:45:27.840 --> 00:45:29.699 Just<00:45:28.179><c> us</c><00:45:28.440><c> humble</c><00:45:28.699><c> folks.</c> 00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:32.320 We're<00:45:29.980><c> the</c><00:45:30.079><c> ones</c><00:45:30.300><c> God's,</c><00:45:30.679><c> and</c><00:45:30.940><c> we're</c><00:45:31.519><c> His</c><00:45:31.760><c> ambassadors.</c> 00:45:32.380 --> 00:45:34.139 He<00:45:32.539><c> doesn't</c><00:45:32.780><c> have</c><00:45:33.119><c> anybody</c><00:45:33.539><c> but</c><00:45:33.760><c> us.</c> 00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:37.179 Now,<00:45:34.739><c> what</c><00:45:34.900><c> happens</c><00:45:35.199><c> when</c><00:45:35.980><c> Lydia's</c><00:45:36.320><c> heart</c><00:45:36.500><c> gets</c><00:45:36.760><c> opened?</c> 00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:39.440 Well,<00:45:37.800><c> she</c><00:45:37.980><c> didn't</c><00:45:38.139><c> just</c><00:45:38.320><c> say,</c><00:45:38.539><c> well,</c><00:45:38.579><c> that's</c><00:45:38.840><c> kind</c><00:45:39.059><c> of</c><00:45:39.199><c> nice.</c> 00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:41.219 You<00:45:39.679><c> know,</c><00:45:39.800><c> I'll</c><00:45:39.900><c> think</c><00:45:40.059><c> about</c><00:45:40.320><c> that.</c> 00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:44.300 No,<00:45:42.139><c> she</c><00:45:42.420><c> was</c><00:45:42.880><c> baptized.</c> 00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:47.280 And<00:45:44.679><c> she</c><00:45:44.920><c> besotted</c><00:45:45.400><c> saying,</c><00:45:45.880><c> if</c><00:45:46.000><c> you</c><00:45:46.239><c> judge</c><00:45:46.440><c> me</c><00:45:46.719><c> faithful</c><00:45:47.099><c> to</c> 00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:47.619 the<00:45:47.460><c> Lord,</c> 00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:49.980 come<00:45:48.159><c> and</c><00:45:48.400><c> stay</c><00:45:48.559><c> at</c><00:45:48.699><c> my</c><00:45:48.920><c> house.</c> 00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:54.820 Right<00:45:50.980><c> away</c><00:45:51.380><c> she</c><00:45:51.539><c> was</c><00:45:51.760><c> willing</c><00:45:51.960><c> to</c><00:45:52.159><c> do</c><00:45:52.380><c> work</c><00:45:52.679><c> for</c><00:45:52.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:45:53.619><c> for</c><00:45:53.880><c> Paul.</c> 00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:57.099 Because<00:45:55.300><c> love</c><00:45:55.699><c> for</c><00:45:56.000><c> God</c><00:45:56.440><c> does</c><00:45:56.900><c> things.</c> 00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:59.219 Love<00:45:57.920><c> for</c><00:45:58.320><c> God</c><00:45:58.579><c> is</c><00:45:58.900><c> active.</c> 00:45:59.300 --> 00:45:59.920 It's<00:45:59.519><c> not</c><00:45:59.760><c> passive.</c> 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:02.039 I<00:46:00.260><c> love</c><00:46:00.500><c> Jesus</c><00:46:00.860><c> more</c><00:46:01.099><c> than</c><00:46:01.219><c> anything</c><00:46:01.480><c> else</c><00:46:01.679><c> in</c><00:46:01.820><c> the</c><00:46:01.920><c> world.</c> 00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:03.880 Or<00:46:02.380><c> I</c><00:46:02.420><c> think</c><00:46:02.559><c> the</c><00:46:02.780><c> truth</c><00:46:02.920><c> is</c><00:46:03.119><c> the</c><00:46:03.260><c> greatest</c><00:46:03.440><c> thing</c><00:46:03.599><c> in</c><00:46:03.719><c> the</c><00:46:03.780><c> world.</c> 00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:04.860 Would<00:46:04.219><c> you</c><00:46:04.360><c> like</c><00:46:04.480><c> to</c><00:46:04.639><c> help</c><00:46:04.780><c> us?</c> 00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:06.099 Oh,<00:46:05.079><c> no,</c><00:46:05.219><c> I</c><00:46:05.320><c> can't</c><00:46:05.559><c> do</c><00:46:05.800><c> that.</c> 00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.920 Would<00:46:06.480><c> you</c><00:46:06.619><c> like</c><00:46:06.739><c> to</c><00:46:06.840><c> do</c><00:46:06.860><c> this?</c> 00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.860 Oh,<00:46:07.239><c> no,</c><00:46:07.619><c> no.</c> 00:46:07.860 --> 00:46:08.679 I'm<00:46:08.139><c> too</c><00:46:08.440><c> weak.</c> 00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.739 I<00:46:08.960><c> don't</c><00:46:09.119><c> know</c><00:46:09.320><c> how.</c> 00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.739 It's<00:46:10.099><c> too</c><00:46:10.460><c> far.</c> 00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.659 I<00:46:10.880><c> have</c><00:46:11.059><c> to</c><00:46:11.280><c> work.</c> 00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:13.699 I've<00:46:12.400><c> got</c><00:46:12.480><c> some</c><00:46:12.679><c> reason.</c> 00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:15.360 Do<00:46:14.280><c> it!</c> 00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:21.699 Lydia<00:46:16.320><c> did</c><00:46:16.739><c> what</c><00:46:16.920><c> she</c><00:46:17.179><c> could</c><00:46:17.760><c> with</c><00:46:18.739><c> what</c><00:46:18.940><c> she</c><00:46:19.219><c> had</c><00:46:20.179><c> right</c><00:46:20.880><c> where</c><00:46:21.079><c> she</c><00:46:21.300><c> was.</c> 00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:25.000 She<00:46:22.340><c> had</c><00:46:22.559><c> a</c><00:46:22.659><c> house,</c><00:46:23.760><c> and</c><00:46:23.860><c> they</c><00:46:24.019><c> needed</c><00:46:24.239><c> a</c><00:46:24.420><c> place</c><00:46:24.559><c> to</c><00:46:24.840><c> stay.</c> 00:46:25.139 --> 00:46:27.280 So<00:46:25.280><c> she</c><00:46:25.460><c> says,</c><00:46:25.739><c> come</c><00:46:25.840><c> and</c><00:46:26.019><c> stay</c><00:46:26.139><c> with</c><00:46:26.360><c> us.</c> 00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:31.699 And<00:46:27.880><c> that</c><00:46:28.059><c> is</c><00:46:28.300><c> one</c><00:46:28.480><c> of</c><00:46:28.639><c> the</c><00:46:28.659><c> lessons</c><00:46:29.460><c> that</c><00:46:29.880><c> we</c><00:46:30.119><c> learn</c><00:46:30.440><c> from</c><00:46:30.900><c> being</c><00:46:31.199><c> a</c> 00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:32.860 family<00:46:32.079><c> of</c><00:46:32.400><c> God.</c> 00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:37.780 We<00:46:33.579><c> open</c><00:46:34.559><c> our</c><00:46:34.940><c> homes</c><00:46:35.679><c> to</c><00:46:36.360><c> one</c><00:46:36.619><c> another.</c> 00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:47.500 Peter<00:46:38.039><c> tells</c><00:46:38.360><c> us</c><00:46:38.579><c> in</c><00:46:38.699><c> 1</c><00:46:39.119><c> Peter</c><00:46:39.679><c> chapter</c><00:46:40.219><c> 4,</c><00:46:43.139><c> verse</c><00:46:43.440><c> 8</c><00:46:44.599><c> and</c><00:46:46.019><c> 9,</c> 00:46:49.179 --> 00:46:51.420 use<00:46:49.400><c> hospitality</c><00:46:50.139><c> one</c><00:46:50.440><c> to</c><00:46:50.639><c> another.</c> 00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:53.820 Oh,<00:46:52.179><c> but</c><00:46:52.280><c> that's</c><00:46:52.500><c> not</c><00:46:52.599><c> the</c><00:46:52.639><c> end</c><00:46:52.780><c> of</c><00:46:52.960><c> the</c><00:46:53.039><c> verse.</c> 00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:55.559 Use<00:46:54.460><c> hospitality</c><00:46:55.059><c> one</c><00:46:55.360><c> to</c><00:46:55.440><c> another.</c> 00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:57.119 You<00:46:55.980><c> mean</c><00:46:56.059><c> we've</c><00:46:56.239><c> got</c><00:46:56.340><c> a</c><00:46:56.500><c> company</c><00:46:56.739><c> again?</c> 00:46:57.260 --> 00:46:58.539 No,<00:46:57.619><c> not</c><00:46:57.940><c> again.</c> 00:46:58.820 --> 00:47:00.059 We've<00:46:59.079><c> got</c><00:46:59.179><c> some</c><00:46:59.380><c> more</c><00:46:59.579><c> people</c><00:46:59.840><c> coming.</c> 00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:01.880 Oh,<00:47:00.559><c> my</c><00:47:00.659><c> goodness.</c> 00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:04.119 Without<00:47:03.159><c> grudging,</c><00:47:03.599><c> it</c><00:47:03.880><c> says.</c> 00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:05.820 That's<00:47:04.679><c> the</c><00:47:04.739><c> end</c><00:47:04.840><c> of</c><00:47:04.980><c> the</c><00:47:05.059><c> verse.</c> 00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:08.500 Use<00:47:06.099><c> hospitality</c><00:47:06.900><c> one</c><00:47:08.059><c> to</c><00:47:08.260><c> another.</c> 00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:12.320 And<00:47:08.820><c> don't</c><00:47:09.059><c> complain,</c><00:47:10.480><c> as</c><00:47:10.760><c> every</c><00:47:11.059><c> man</c><00:47:11.239><c> hath</c><00:47:11.420><c> received</c><00:47:11.860><c> the</c><00:47:12.079><c> gift,</c> 00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:14.219 even<00:47:12.719><c> so</c><00:47:12.940><c> ministered</c><00:47:13.340><c> the</c><00:47:13.460><c> same</c><00:47:13.599><c> one</c><00:47:13.820><c> to</c><00:47:13.980><c> another,</c> 00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:18.539 as<00:47:14.760><c> good</c><00:47:15.139><c> stewards</c><00:47:15.800><c> of</c><00:47:16.519><c> the</c><00:47:16.719><c> manifold</c><00:47:17.039><c> grace</c><00:47:17.360><c> of</c><00:47:17.579><c> God.</c> 00:47:19.940 --> 00:47:22.480 You<00:47:20.380><c> know,</c><00:47:20.820><c> Jesus</c><00:47:21.119><c> tells</c><00:47:21.320><c> you</c><00:47:21.420><c> who</c><00:47:21.519><c> to</c><00:47:21.659><c> invite</c><00:47:21.860><c> to</c><00:47:21.980><c> your</c><00:47:22.139><c> house.</c> 00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:24.460 You<00:47:23.099><c> think</c><00:47:23.219><c> it's</c><00:47:23.380><c> your</c><00:47:23.500><c> own</c><00:47:23.739><c> business</c><00:47:23.880><c> who</c><00:47:24.059><c> you</c><00:47:24.199><c> invite</c><00:47:24.360><c> to</c> 00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:25.300 your<00:47:24.599><c> house,</c><00:47:24.739><c> don't</c><00:47:24.960><c> you?</c> 00:47:25.340 --> 00:47:26.440 It's<00:47:25.599><c> not.</c> 00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:28.239 Jesus<00:47:26.780><c> tells</c><00:47:27.019><c> you</c><00:47:27.159><c> who</c><00:47:27.320><c> to</c><00:47:27.480><c> invite</c><00:47:27.699><c> to</c><00:47:27.800><c> your</c><00:47:27.940><c> house.</c> 00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:30.179 You<00:47:28.639><c> don't</c><00:47:28.780><c> have</c><00:47:28.900><c> a</c><00:47:28.980><c> right</c><00:47:29.059><c> to</c><00:47:29.219><c> invite</c><00:47:29.400><c> anybody</c><00:47:29.699><c> you</c><00:47:29.920><c> want.</c> 00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:32.119 Well,<00:47:30.659><c> it's</c><00:47:30.800><c> my</c><00:47:31.000><c> house.</c> 00:47:32.460 --> 00:47:33.280 No,<00:47:32.739><c> it</c><00:47:32.800><c> really</c><00:47:33.079><c> isn't.</c> 00:47:33.300 --> 00:47:34.440 It's<00:47:33.679><c> God's</c><00:47:34.059><c> house.</c> 00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:36.000 Everything<00:47:34.820><c> you</c><00:47:35.019><c> have</c><00:47:35.159><c> has</c><00:47:35.300><c> come</c><00:47:35.440><c> from</c><00:47:35.619><c> God.</c> 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:39.539 So<00:47:36.619><c> when</c><00:47:36.780><c> you</c><00:47:37.239><c> have</c><00:47:37.440><c> a</c><00:47:38.019><c> banquet</c><00:47:38.320><c> or</c><00:47:38.539><c> a</c><00:47:38.659><c> dinner,</c><00:47:38.980><c> a</c><00:47:39.059><c> supper,</c><00:47:39.420><c> a</c> 00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:40.559 tea,<00:47:39.880><c> whatever</c><00:47:40.139><c> you</c><00:47:40.340><c> want,</c> 00:47:40.760 --> 00:47:42.179 don't<00:47:40.960><c> call</c><00:47:41.059><c> your</c><00:47:41.280><c> friends.</c> 00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:44.260 Don't<00:47:42.679><c> call</c><00:47:42.840><c> your</c><00:47:43.380><c> relatives.</c> 00:47:44.699 --> 00:47:47.320 Don't<00:47:44.900><c> call</c><00:47:45.059><c> the</c><00:47:45.260><c> rich</c><00:47:45.420><c> people,</c><00:47:46.119><c> your</c><00:47:46.380><c> neighbors.</c> 00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:51.860 When<00:47:48.300><c> you</c><00:47:48.440><c> have</c><00:47:48.579><c> a</c><00:47:48.780><c> feast,</c><00:47:50.019><c> call</c><00:47:50.239><c> the</c><00:47:50.500><c> poor,</c><00:47:51.139><c> the</c><00:47:51.320><c> lame,</c><00:47:51.679><c> the</c> 00:47:51.860 --> 00:47:53.139 lame,<00:47:52.119><c> the</c><00:47:52.360><c> blind.</c> 00:47:53.360 --> 00:47:54.699 If<00:47:53.559><c> you'll</c><00:47:53.739><c> do</c><00:47:53.820><c> that,</c><00:47:54.000><c> you'll</c><00:47:54.099><c> get</c><00:47:54.219><c> in</c><00:47:54.320><c> the</c><00:47:54.420><c> kingdom.</c> 00:47:54.699 --> 00:47:56.719 That's<00:47:55.480><c> what</c><00:47:55.579><c> he</c><00:47:55.719><c> said.</c> 00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:58.260 Thou<00:47:56.820><c> shalt</c><00:47:56.980><c> be</c><00:47:57.199><c> blessed.</c> 00:47:58.539 --> 00:48:00.059 For<00:47:58.619><c> they</c><00:47:58.780><c> cannot</c><00:47:59.300><c> recompense</c><00:47:59.920><c> thee,</c> 00:48:00.059 --> 00:48:03.400 but<00:48:00.239><c> you</c><00:48:00.519><c> shall</c><00:48:00.800><c> be</c><00:48:01.119><c> recompensed</c><00:48:01.639><c> at</c><00:48:02.340><c> the</c><00:48:02.599><c> resurrection</c><00:48:03.139><c> of</c> 00:48:03.400 --> 00:48:04.480 the<00:48:03.639><c> just.</c> 00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:08.260 We<00:48:04.739><c> remember</c><00:48:05.099><c> that</c><00:48:06.519><c> this</c><00:48:06.780><c> beloved</c><00:48:06.980><c> Apostle</c><00:48:07.480><c> Paul,</c> 00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:11.079 he<00:48:09.019><c> praised</c><00:48:09.300><c> those</c><00:48:09.719><c> who</c><00:48:09.840><c> were</c><00:48:10.119><c> hospitable.</c> 00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:14.659 In<00:48:11.639><c> his</c><00:48:12.420><c> third</c><00:48:12.800><c> epistle,</c><00:48:13.860><c> he</c><00:48:14.360><c> says,</c> 00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:19.019 You<00:48:14.960><c> do</c><00:48:15.219><c> well,</c><00:48:17.019><c> because</c><00:48:17.139><c> whatsoever</c><00:48:17.519><c> you</c><00:48:17.719><c> do</c><00:48:17.840><c> to</c><00:48:18.000><c> the</c><00:48:18.179><c> brethren,</c> 00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:21.659 and<00:48:19.260><c> not</c><00:48:19.360><c> only</c><00:48:19.480><c> your</c><00:48:19.619><c> brethren,</c><00:48:19.960><c> also</c><00:48:20.139><c> but</c><00:48:20.320><c> to</c><00:48:20.480><c> strangers,</c><00:48:20.960><c> he</c><00:48:21.199><c> says.</c> 00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:25.739 And<00:48:22.320><c> so</c><00:48:22.659><c> he's</c><00:48:23.199><c> praising</c><00:48:23.619><c> Gaius</c><00:48:24.019><c> here</c><00:48:24.340><c> because</c><00:48:24.659><c> Gaius</c><00:48:25.039><c> was</c><00:48:25.239><c> hospitable.</c> 00:48:26.239 --> 00:48:27.420 But<00:48:26.400><c> look</c><00:48:26.619><c> at</c><00:48:26.840><c> Deutrophes.</c> 00:48:27.699 --> 00:48:30.559 Deutrophes,<00:48:28.119><c> you</c><00:48:28.920><c> don't</c><00:48:29.119><c> go</c><00:48:29.300><c> to</c><00:48:29.380><c> Deutrophes'</c><00:48:30.099><c> house</c><00:48:30.340><c> unless</c> 00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:31.360 you've<00:48:30.760><c> got</c><00:48:30.840><c> an</c><00:48:30.960><c> invitation</c> 00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:33.000 and<00:48:31.519><c> you</c><00:48:31.619><c> ain't</c><00:48:31.760><c> going</c><00:48:31.900><c> to</c><00:48:32.000><c> get</c><00:48:32.139><c> one.</c> 00:48:33.840 --> 00:48:35.400 And<00:48:34.000><c> not</c><00:48:34.179><c> only</c><00:48:34.280><c> would</c><00:48:34.380><c> he</c><00:48:34.559><c> not</c><00:48:34.760><c> have</c><00:48:34.900><c> you,</c><00:48:35.000><c> but</c><00:48:35.099><c> he's</c><00:48:35.239><c> going</c><00:48:35.320><c> to</c> 00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:35.780 tell<00:48:35.480><c> all</c><00:48:35.679><c> the</c><00:48:35.760><c> brethren,</c> 00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:37.219 Don't<00:48:36.000><c> you</c><00:48:36.159><c> have</c><00:48:36.260><c> them</c><00:48:36.440><c> over?</c> 00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:38.719 Don't<00:48:37.599><c> you</c><00:48:37.780><c> have</c><00:48:37.880><c> anything</c><00:48:38.079><c> to</c><00:48:38.099><c> do</c><00:48:38.139><c> with</c><00:48:38.320><c> them?</c> 00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:41.099 So<00:48:39.360><c> Deutrophes,</c><00:48:40.019><c> who</c><00:48:40.159><c> loved</c><00:48:40.340><c> to</c><00:48:40.480><c> have</c><00:48:40.579><c> the</c><00:48:40.760><c> preeminence,</c> 00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:45.260 wouldn't<00:48:41.400><c> have</c><00:48:42.400><c> John,</c><00:48:43.340><c> and</c><00:48:43.519><c> he</c><00:48:43.699><c> also</c><00:48:44.139><c> turned</c><00:48:44.579><c> the</c><00:48:44.760><c> others</c><00:48:44.940><c> away</c> 00:48:45.260 --> 00:48:46.980 so<00:48:45.420><c> that</c><00:48:45.519><c> they</c><00:48:45.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:45.800><c> have</c><00:48:45.940><c> him</c><00:48:46.099><c> either.</c> 00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:50.079 But<00:48:47.420><c> you</c><00:48:47.599><c> see,</c><00:48:48.360><c> Lydia</c><00:48:48.619><c> was</c><00:48:48.860><c> different</c><00:48:49.219><c> than</c><00:48:49.500><c> that.</c> 00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:54.059 And<00:48:50.940><c> if</c><00:48:51.059><c> we</c><00:48:51.239><c> want</c><00:48:51.340><c> to</c><00:48:51.440><c> be</c><00:48:51.679><c> saved,</c><00:48:52.400><c> we've</c><00:48:52.559><c> got</c><00:48:52.639><c> to</c><00:48:52.760><c> be</c><00:48:52.840><c> more</c><00:48:53.019><c> like</c><00:48:53.280><c> Lydia</c> 00:48:54.139 --> 00:48:57.280 and<00:48:54.699><c> not</c><00:48:54.940><c> at</c><00:48:55.119><c> all</c><00:48:55.219><c> like</c><00:48:55.500><c> Deutrophes.</c> 00:48:57.440 --> 00:49:00.719 Romans<00:48:57.579><c> chapter</c><00:48:57.940><c> 12</c><00:48:58.380><c> seems</c><00:48:58.739><c> to</c><00:48:59.039><c> be</c><00:48:59.639><c> a</c><00:48:59.820><c> perfect</c><00:49:00.079><c> description</c> 00:49:00.719 --> 00:49:02.019 of<00:49:01.719><c> Lydia.</c> 00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:04.480 Romans<00:49:02.599><c> 12,</c><00:49:03.280><c> verse</c><00:49:03.559><c> 10,</c><00:49:03.980><c> we're</c><00:49:04.199><c> told,</c> 00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:09.980 Be<00:49:05.039><c> kindly</c><00:49:05.559><c> affectioned</c><00:49:06.980><c> one</c><00:49:07.199><c> to</c><00:49:07.440><c> another</c><00:49:07.760><c> with</c><00:49:08.400><c> brotherly</c><00:49:09.039><c> love</c> 00:49:09.980 --> 00:49:12.260 and<00:49:10.440><c> honor</c><00:49:10.699><c>-preferring</c><00:49:11.159><c> one</c><00:49:11.400><c> another.</c> 00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:16.019 Now,<00:49:12.900><c> whatever</c><00:49:13.159><c> you've</c><00:49:13.440><c> got</c><00:49:13.460><c> to</c><00:49:13.619><c> do,</c><00:49:14.179><c> be</c><00:49:14.440><c> faithful,</c><00:49:14.880><c> not</c><00:49:15.099><c> slothful</c><00:49:15.539><c> in</c><00:49:15.679><c> business.</c> 00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:17.860 If<00:49:16.199><c> you're</c><00:49:16.420><c> in</c><00:49:16.539><c> business,</c><00:49:17.159><c> don't</c><00:49:17.460><c> cheat.</c> 00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:20.420 Do<00:49:18.500><c> a</c><00:49:18.579><c> good</c><00:49:18.860><c> job,</c><00:49:19.260><c> but</c><00:49:19.420><c> it</c><00:49:19.619><c> isn't</c><00:49:19.739><c> your</c><00:49:20.000><c> life.</c> 00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:23.460 You<00:49:21.400><c> work</c><00:49:21.900><c> in</c><00:49:22.179><c> order</c><00:49:22.380><c> to</c><00:49:22.500><c> live</c><00:49:22.699><c> for</c><00:49:22.900><c> Jesus.</c> 00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:27.480 But<00:49:24.119><c> whatever</c><00:49:24.539><c> your</c><00:49:24.760><c> job</c><00:49:25.000><c> is,</c><00:49:25.500><c> do</c><00:49:25.679><c> it</c><00:49:26.079><c> unto</c><00:49:26.300><c> the</c><00:49:26.539><c> Lord.</c> 00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:29.739 Not<00:49:28.139><c> slothful</c><00:49:28.519><c> in</c><00:49:28.659><c> business,</c><00:49:28.980><c> serving</c><00:49:29.219><c> the</c><00:49:29.400><c> Lord.</c> 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:32.480 Rejoicing<00:49:30.440><c> in</c><00:49:30.619><c> hope,</c><00:49:31.420><c> patient</c><00:49:31.679><c> in</c><00:49:31.840><c> tribulation,</c> 00:49:32.940 --> 00:49:35.000 continuing<00:49:33.260><c> instant</c><00:49:33.820><c> in</c><00:49:34.099><c> prayer,</c> 00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:37.420 distributing<00:49:35.340><c> to</c><00:49:35.739><c> the</c><00:49:35.940><c> necessity</c><00:49:36.219><c> of</c><00:49:36.420><c> the</c><00:49:36.559><c> saints,</c> 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:39.579 given<00:49:37.800><c> to</c><00:49:38.300><c> hospitality.</c> 00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:41.280 So<00:49:40.260><c> there</c><00:49:40.659><c> we</c><00:49:40.940><c> have</c><00:49:41.099><c> it.</c> 00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:43.699 We're<00:49:41.800><c> told</c><00:49:42.139><c> what</c><00:49:42.320><c> we're</c><00:49:42.599><c> supposed</c><00:49:42.960><c> to</c><00:49:43.260><c> do.</c> 00:49:43.699 --> 00:49:48.860 We're<00:49:44.519><c> supposed</c><00:49:45.059><c> to</c><00:49:45.300><c> open</c><00:49:45.559><c> our</c><00:49:45.820><c> home</c><00:49:46.340><c> to</c><00:49:47.139><c> others</c><00:49:47.559><c> and</c><00:49:47.960><c> help</c><00:49:48.219><c> them,</c> 00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:51.019 just<00:49:49.440><c> like</c><00:49:49.760><c> Lydia</c><00:49:50.000><c> did.</c> 00:49:51.420 --> 00:49:55.179 Lydia<00:49:51.639><c> opened</c><00:49:51.900><c> her</c><00:49:52.059><c> home</c><00:49:52.400><c> to</c><00:49:52.559><c> Paul</c><00:49:53.139><c> and</c><00:49:53.860><c> to</c><00:49:54.099><c> the</c><00:49:54.300><c> brethren.</c> 00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:58.440 And<00:49:55.659><c> not</c><00:49:56.019><c> only</c><00:49:56.260><c> that,</c><00:49:56.579><c> after</c><00:49:56.940><c> they</c><00:49:57.139><c> left</c><00:49:57.559><c> Lydia's</c><00:49:58.079><c> house</c> 00:49:58.440 --> 00:50:00.039 and<00:49:58.619><c> went</c><00:49:58.760><c> on</c><00:49:58.920><c> their</c><00:49:59.000><c> way</c><00:49:59.139><c> to</c><00:49:59.320><c> Thessalonica,</c> 00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:03.199 they<00:50:00.719><c> remembered</c><00:50:01.159><c> them</c><00:50:01.400><c> there</c><00:50:01.679><c> and</c><00:50:01.940><c> sent</c><00:50:02.219><c> gifts</c><00:50:02.579><c> to</c><00:50:02.699><c> them</c><00:50:02.960><c> there.</c> 00:50:03.280 --> 00:50:07.280 Because<00:50:03.539><c> in</c><00:50:03.780><c> Philippians</c><00:50:04.159><c> chapter</c><00:50:04.480><c> 4</c><00:50:05.179><c> and</c><00:50:05.539><c> verse</c><00:50:05.820><c> 16</c><00:50:06.480><c> we</c><00:50:06.760><c> see</c> 00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:11.599 that<00:50:07.579><c> Paul</c><00:50:07.780><c> says,</c><00:50:08.219><c> even</c><00:50:08.260><c> in</c><00:50:08.500><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:50:10.119><c> you</c><00:50:10.300><c> Philippi,</c> 00:50:11.599 --> 00:50:16.360 you<00:50:12.139><c> Philippians,</c><00:50:12.880><c> probably</c><00:50:13.300><c> would</c><00:50:13.480><c> include</c><00:50:14.079><c> Lydia,</c> 00:50:16.400 --> 00:50:19.599 you<00:50:16.699><c> sent</c><00:50:16.880><c> not</c><00:50:17.199><c> just</c><00:50:17.480><c> one</c><00:50:17.820><c> time,</c><00:50:18.400><c> but</c><00:50:18.579><c> once</c><00:50:18.840><c> and</c><00:50:19.079><c> again,</c> 00:50:19.860 --> 00:50:21.300 unto<00:50:19.940><c> my</c><00:50:20.179><c> necessity.</c> 00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:24.480 Verse<00:50:22.179><c> 10</c><00:50:22.920><c> of</c><00:50:23.320><c> chapter</c><00:50:23.599><c> 4,</c><00:50:23.880><c> I'm</c><00:50:24.000><c> going</c><00:50:24.099><c> to</c><00:50:24.119><c> read</c><00:50:24.239><c> it</c><00:50:24.380><c> to</c><00:50:24.400><c> you</c> 00:50:24.480 --> 00:50:26.039 from<00:50:24.639><c> another</c><00:50:24.900><c> translation.</c> 00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:29.460 It<00:50:26.420><c> has</c><00:50:26.599><c> been</c><00:50:26.760><c> a</c><00:50:26.940><c> great</c><00:50:27.139><c> joy</c><00:50:27.440><c> to</c><00:50:27.699><c> me</c><00:50:27.900><c> that</c><00:50:28.099><c> after</c><00:50:28.420><c> all</c><00:50:28.760><c> this</c><00:50:29.059><c> time</c> 00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:33.420 you<00:50:29.920><c> have</c><00:50:30.219><c> shown</c><00:50:30.820><c> such</c><00:50:31.239><c> interest</c><00:50:31.780><c> in</c><00:50:32.000><c> my</c><00:50:32.360><c> welfare.</c> 00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:35.480 I<00:50:33.780><c> don't</c><00:50:34.000><c> mean</c><00:50:34.139><c> that</c><00:50:34.320><c> you</c><00:50:34.460><c> have</c><00:50:34.639><c> forgotten</c><00:50:35.019><c> me,</c> 00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:38.079 but<00:50:36.079><c> up</c><00:50:36.280><c> till</c><00:50:36.440><c> now</c><00:50:36.760><c> you</c><00:50:36.920><c> had</c><00:50:37.139><c> no</c><00:50:37.420><c> opportunity</c> 00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:40.860 of<00:50:38.579><c> expressing</c><00:50:39.239><c> your</c><00:50:39.760><c> concern.</c> 00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:45.519 Are<00:50:41.639><c> you</c><00:50:41.820><c> and</c><00:50:41.960><c> I</c><00:50:42.059><c> doing</c><00:50:42.300><c> what</c><00:50:42.519><c> we</c><00:50:42.739><c> can</c><00:50:42.960><c> do</c><00:50:43.300><c> to</c><00:50:44.119><c> help</c><00:50:44.519><c> one</c><00:50:44.739><c> another?</c> 00:50:45.780 --> 00:50:48.039 Is<00:50:45.920><c> our</c><00:50:46.139><c> love</c><00:50:46.820><c> for</c><00:50:47.079><c> one</c><00:50:47.280><c> another</c><00:50:47.539><c> showing?</c> 00:50:48.440 --> 00:50:50.780 You<00:50:48.440><c> know,</c><00:50:49.340><c> be</c><00:50:49.460><c> doers</c><00:50:49.699><c> of</c><00:50:49.840><c> the</c><00:50:49.940><c> word,</c><00:50:50.119><c> not</c><00:50:50.300><c> hearers</c><00:50:50.619><c> only.</c> 00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:52.000 Don't<00:50:51.139><c> talk</c><00:50:51.360><c> about</c><00:50:51.619><c> love.</c> 00:50:52.420 --> 00:50:54.400 John<00:50:52.539><c> says,</c><00:50:52.840><c> don't</c><00:50:52.900><c> talk</c><00:50:53.119><c> about</c><00:50:53.260><c> it,</c><00:50:53.360><c> do</c><00:50:53.539><c> it.</c> 00:50:54.480 --> 00:50:57.039 1<00:50:54.679><c> John</c><00:50:54.940><c> 3,</c><00:50:56.699><c> 18.</c> 00:50:57.119 --> 00:50:59.800 My<00:50:57.260><c> little</c><00:50:57.539><c> children,</c><00:50:58.800><c> what</c><00:50:58.880><c> is</c><00:50:59.019><c> that</c><00:50:59.260><c> love</c><00:50:59.400><c> in</c><00:50:59.599><c> word?</c> 00:50:59.940 --> 00:51:01.639 He<00:51:00.079><c> doesn't</c><00:51:00.300><c> mean</c><00:51:00.460><c> it's</c><00:51:00.679><c> wrong</c><00:51:00.800><c> to</c><00:51:00.960><c> talk</c><00:51:01.199><c> about</c><00:51:01.420><c> it,</c> 00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:03.619 but<00:51:01.800><c> he</c><00:51:01.860><c> says,</c><00:51:02.320><c> talk's</c><00:51:02.699><c> cheap.</c> 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:06.480 Neither<00:51:04.119><c> in</c><00:51:04.400><c> tongue,</c><00:51:04.739><c> but</c><00:51:04.880><c> indeed</c><00:51:05.320><c> in</c><00:51:05.579><c> truth.</c> 00:51:06.659 --> 00:51:08.199 That's<00:51:07.300><c> what</c><00:51:07.460><c> we</c><00:51:07.719><c> do.</c> 00:51:08.639 --> 00:51:09.719 We<00:51:08.840><c> show</c><00:51:09.139><c> our</c><00:51:09.420><c> love.</c> 00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:12.699 Lydia<00:51:10.320><c> had</c><00:51:11.559><c> a</c><00:51:11.699><c> wonderful</c><00:51:12.039><c> experience.</c> 00:51:13.019 --> 00:51:14.780 She<00:51:13.219><c> was</c><00:51:13.480><c> taught</c><00:51:13.699><c> the</c><00:51:14.000><c> truth.</c> 00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:17.840 She<00:51:15.300><c> then</c><00:51:16.039><c> gave</c><00:51:16.579><c> of</c><00:51:16.739><c> herself.</c> 00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:19.199 She<00:51:18.059><c> gave</c><00:51:18.380><c> her</c><00:51:18.719><c> hope.</c> 00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:20.780 She<00:51:19.719><c> gave</c><00:51:19.920><c> of</c><00:51:20.079><c> her</c><00:51:20.340><c> time.</c> 00:51:21.179 --> 00:51:25.260 She<00:51:21.320><c> gave</c><00:51:21.539><c> of</c><00:51:21.719><c> her</c><00:51:21.900><c> money</c><00:51:22.360><c> to</c><00:51:23.199><c> help</c><00:51:23.679><c> them</c><00:51:24.420><c> when</c><00:51:24.579><c> they</c><00:51:24.719><c> were</c><00:51:24.940><c> there</c> 00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:27.860 and<00:51:26.199><c> even</c><00:51:26.440><c> after</c><00:51:26.719><c> they</c><00:51:26.920><c> left.</c> 00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:35.679 Now,<00:51:30.079><c> Lydia</c><00:51:30.380><c> learned</c><00:51:30.880><c> the</c><00:51:31.420><c> secret</c><00:51:31.739><c> of</c><00:51:32.000><c> true</c><00:51:32.199><c> happiness</c><00:51:32.900><c> from</c><00:51:34.519><c> Paul.</c> 00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:38.519 Before<00:51:36.780><c> this</c><00:51:37.019><c> week</c><00:51:37.199><c> is</c><00:51:37.360><c> out,</c><00:51:37.579><c> we're</c><00:51:37.639><c> going</c><00:51:37.739><c> to</c><00:51:37.800><c> learn</c><00:51:37.960><c> it</c><00:51:38.179><c> too.</c> 00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:40.559 And<00:51:38.960><c> we're</c><00:51:39.059><c> going</c><00:51:39.139><c> to</c><00:51:39.219><c> be</c><00:51:39.300><c> as</c><00:51:39.500><c> happy</c><00:51:39.719><c> as</c><00:51:39.940><c> Lydia</c><00:51:40.159><c> was.</c> 00:51:40.980 --> 00:51:42.679 We're<00:51:41.159><c> going</c><00:51:41.280><c> to</c><00:51:41.360><c> be</c><00:51:41.460><c> the</c><00:51:41.639><c> happiest</c><00:51:41.980><c> people</c><00:51:42.300><c> on</c><00:51:42.519><c> earth</c> 00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:48.179 if<00:51:42.860><c> we</c><00:51:43.059><c> just</c><00:51:43.820><c> remember</c><00:51:44.400><c> this</c><00:51:44.599><c> secret</c><00:51:45.059><c> and</c><00:51:46.619><c> apply</c><00:51:46.920><c> it</c><00:51:47.079><c> in</c><00:51:47.199><c> our</c><00:51:47.340><c> life.</c> 00:51:48.840 --> 00:51:52.159 We're<00:51:49.079><c> going</c><00:51:49.199><c> to</c><00:51:49.300><c> be</c><00:51:49.460><c> the</c><00:51:49.619><c> most</c><00:51:50.440><c> blessed</c><00:51:50.840><c> people</c><00:51:51.460><c> on</c><00:51:51.719><c> the</c><00:51:51.960><c> face</c> 00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:52.500 of<00:51:52.300><c> the</c><00:51:52.380><c> earth.</c> 00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:54.880 We<00:51:52.699><c> are</c><00:51:52.940><c> right</c><00:51:53.199><c> now,</c><00:51:53.460><c> but</c><00:51:53.659><c> I</c><00:51:53.780><c> don't</c><00:51:53.960><c> think</c><00:51:54.039><c> we</c><00:51:54.219><c> appreciate</c> 00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:57.199 the<00:51:55.360><c> wonderful</c><00:51:55.760><c> gift</c><00:51:56.039><c> that</c><00:51:56.219><c> we</c><00:51:56.420><c> have.</c> 00:51:57.239 --> 00:52:00.639 And<00:51:57.360><c> so,</c><00:51:57.880><c> as</c><00:51:58.000><c> our</c><00:51:58.239><c> class</c><00:51:58.400><c> comes</c><00:51:58.659><c> to</c><00:51:58.880><c> a</c><00:51:58.980><c> close</c><00:51:59.199><c> today,</c> 00:52:01.619 --> 00:52:04.219 Truth<00:52:02.019><c> Corps</c><00:52:02.239><c> is</c><00:52:02.360><c> going</c><00:52:02.480><c> to</c><00:52:02.659><c> help</c><00:52:02.800><c> us</c><00:52:03.179><c> before</c><00:52:03.480><c> you</c><00:52:03.699><c> leave</c><00:52:03.900><c> the</c><00:52:04.039><c> room.</c> 00:52:04.219 --> 00:52:06.400 Be<00:52:04.480><c> sure</c><00:52:04.699><c> that</c><00:52:04.960><c> you</c><00:52:05.039><c> get</c><00:52:05.239><c> your</c><00:52:05.440><c> homework</c> 00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:09.619 because<00:52:07.000><c> we</c><00:52:07.340><c> want</c><00:52:07.539><c> you</c><00:52:07.699><c> to</c><00:52:07.900><c> take</c><00:52:08.059><c> this</c><00:52:08.420><c> verse</c><00:52:08.840><c> in</c><00:52:09.179><c> Proverbs,</c> 00:52:09.659 --> 00:52:12.219 the<00:52:09.840><c> one</c><00:52:09.980><c> that's</c><00:52:10.219><c> there,</c><00:52:10.820><c> and</c><00:52:10.980><c> we</c><00:52:11.099><c> want</c><00:52:11.260><c> you</c><00:52:11.480><c> by</c><00:52:11.719><c> tomorrow,</c> 00:52:12.219 --> 00:52:15.199 God<00:52:12.500><c> willing,</c><00:52:12.880><c> to</c><00:52:12.980><c> be</c><00:52:13.119><c> able</c><00:52:13.280><c> to</c><00:52:13.440><c> recite</c><00:52:13.739><c> it</c><00:52:14.019><c> in</c><00:52:14.320><c> full</c> 00:52:15.219 --> 00:52:17.260 because<00:52:15.480><c> it's</c><00:52:15.860><c> not</c><00:52:16.099><c> something</c><00:52:16.360><c> to</c><00:52:16.699><c> know.</c> 00:52:17.639 --> 00:52:19.539 It's<00:52:18.039><c> a</c><00:52:18.119><c> way</c><00:52:18.239><c> of</c><00:52:18.500><c> life.</c> 00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:24.920 And<00:52:19.719><c> if</c><00:52:19.900><c> you</c><00:52:20.199><c> live</c><00:52:20.480><c> those</c><00:52:20.840><c> verses,</c><00:52:22.840><c> you</c><00:52:23.119><c> will</c><00:52:23.360><c> be</c><00:52:23.579><c> happy</c><00:52:23.840><c> now</c> 00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:29.400 and<00:52:25.639><c> you</c><00:52:25.780><c> will</c><00:52:26.000><c> be</c><00:52:26.219><c> happy</c><00:52:27.519><c> forever</c><00:52:28.119><c> in</c><00:52:28.380><c> the</c><00:52:28.539><c> kingdom.</c> 00:52:29.639 --> 00:52:32.880 So<00:52:29.840><c> trust</c><00:52:30.280><c> in</c><00:52:30.460><c> the</c><00:52:30.639><c> Lord</c><00:52:30.840><c> with</c><00:52:31.199><c> all</c><00:52:31.619><c> thine</c><00:52:31.840><c> heart</c> 00:52:32.880 --> 00:52:36.019 and<00:52:33.739><c> lean</c><00:52:33.980><c> not</c><00:52:34.199><c> unto</c><00:52:34.440><c> thine</c><00:52:34.559><c> own</c><00:52:34.800><c> understanding.</c> 00:52:36.340 --> 00:52:41.840 In<00:52:36.579><c> all</c><00:52:37.059><c> thy</c><00:52:37.380><c> ways</c><00:52:37.900><c> acknowledge</c><00:52:38.519><c> him,</c><00:52:40.719><c> and</c><00:52:40.920><c> he</c><00:52:41.059><c> shall</c><00:52:41.219><c> direct</c> 00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:43.300 thy<00:52:42.239><c> paths.</c>