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the<00:11:37.139><c> members</c><00:11:37.899><c> of</c><00:11:38.200><c> the</c><00:11:38.259><c> city</c><00:11:38.620><c> of</c><00:11:38.820><c> Smyrna</c><00:11:39.580><c> stripped</c><00:11:39.960><c> off</c><00:11:40.240><c> their</c>

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and<00:11:42.340><c> sent</c><00:11:42.559><c> it</c><00:11:42.700><c> to</c><00:11:42.820><c> the</c><00:11:43.000><c> soldiers</c><00:11:43.480><c> that</c><00:11:44.039><c> they</c><00:11:44.179><c> might</c><00:11:44.379><c> be</c><00:11:44.639><c> warmed,</c><00:11:45.799><c> that</c>

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of<00:11:51.860><c> great</c><00:11:52.240><c> gratitude</c>

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for<00:11:53.820><c> the</c><00:11:54.039><c> people</c><00:11:54.200><c> of</c><00:11:54.360><c> Smyrna.</c>

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And<00:11:55.340><c> so</c><00:11:55.639><c> Smyrna,</c><00:11:56.000><c> like</c><00:11:56.200><c> all</c><00:11:56.360><c> the</c><00:11:56.500><c> other</c><00:11:56.639><c> cities</c><00:11:56.860><c> of</c><00:11:57.059><c> Asia,</c><00:11:58.000><c> tried</c><00:11:58.120><c> to</c>

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be<00:11:58.440><c> a</c><00:11:58.700><c> little</c><00:11:58.980><c> Rome.</c>

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however<00:12:04.559><c> Rome</c><00:12:04.820><c> was</c><00:12:05.220><c> structured</c><00:12:05.600><c> in</c><00:12:05.799><c> society,</c><00:12:07.080><c> whatever</c><00:12:07.399><c> was</c>

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worshipped<00:12:08.399><c> in</c><00:12:08.580><c> Rome,</c>

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whatever<00:12:09.779><c> was</c><00:12:10.299><c> popular</c><00:12:11.000><c> in</c><00:12:11.440><c> Rome,</c><00:12:12.840><c> was</c><00:12:13.039><c> popular</c><00:12:13.419><c> in</c><00:12:13.659><c> all</c><00:12:13.840><c> of</c>

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and<00:12:15.340><c> in</c><00:12:15.639><c> Smyrna</c><00:12:16.019><c> in</c><00:12:16.299><c> particular.</c>

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It's<00:12:18.080><c> the</c><00:12:18.159><c> same</c><00:12:18.600><c> with</c><00:12:18.960><c> the</c><00:12:19.159><c> world</c><00:12:19.639><c> in</c><00:12:20.039><c> relation</c><00:12:20.399><c> to</c><00:12:20.759><c> the</c>

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United<00:12:21.179><c> States.</c>

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the<00:12:26.379><c> U</c><00:12:26.580><c>.S.,</c>

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whatever<00:12:27.860><c> lifestyle</c><00:12:28.440><c> exists</c><00:12:29.379><c> in</c><00:12:29.919><c> the</c><00:12:30.139><c> U</c><00:12:30.379><c>.S.,</c>

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whatever<00:12:31.759><c> mores</c><00:12:32.460><c> and</c><00:12:32.799><c> standards,</c><00:12:33.600><c> morals,</c><00:12:34.580><c> come</c><00:12:34.740><c> out</c><00:12:34.940><c> of</c><00:12:35.080><c> the</c>

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flow<00:12:36.860><c> throughout</c><00:12:37.139><c> the</c><00:12:37.299><c> rest</c><00:12:37.419><c> of</c><00:12:37.620><c> the</c><00:12:37.759><c> earth</c><00:12:38.120><c> through</c><00:12:39.019><c> the</c><00:12:39.340><c> dispersion</c><00:12:39.639><c> of</c>

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your<00:12:40.100><c> culture</c><00:12:40.620><c> by</c><00:12:40.879><c> the</c><00:12:41.100><c> mass</c><00:12:41.539><c> media.</c>

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It<00:12:43.720><c> was</c><00:12:43.840><c> the</c><00:12:43.980><c> same</c><00:12:44.139><c> effect</c><00:12:44.559><c> that</c><00:12:45.159><c> the</c><00:12:45.360><c> U</c><00:12:45.559><c>.S.</c><00:12:45.659><c> has</c><00:12:45.860><c> on</c><00:12:46.039><c> the</c><00:12:46.240><c> world,</c><00:12:47.000><c> Rome</c>

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had<00:12:47.879><c> on</c><00:12:48.320><c> Asia</c><00:12:48.799><c> and</c><00:12:49.000><c> all</c><00:12:49.100><c> of</c><00:12:49.259><c> these</c><00:12:49.360><c> cities,</c>

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Smyrna<00:13:13.419><c> was</c><00:13:13.779><c> chosen</c><00:13:14.460><c> above</c><00:13:15.039><c> all</c><00:13:15.379><c> the</c><00:13:15.519><c> other</c><00:13:15.659><c> cities</c>

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because<00:13:16.240><c> of</c><00:13:16.679><c> its</c><00:13:17.399><c> ancient</c><00:13:18.700><c> faithfulness</c><00:13:19.419><c> as</c><00:13:19.559><c> an</c><00:13:19.779><c> ally</c><00:13:20.200><c> to</c><00:13:20.740><c> Rome.</c>

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Can<00:13:22.580><c> you</c><00:13:22.759><c> imagine</c><00:13:23.240><c> then,</c><00:13:24.059><c> brothers</c><00:13:24.159><c> and</c><00:13:24.460><c> sisters,</c>

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what<00:13:26.080><c> it</c><00:13:26.340><c> must</c><00:13:26.600><c> have</c><00:13:26.740><c> been</c><00:13:26.960><c> like</c><00:13:27.860><c> to</c><00:13:28.320><c> have</c><00:13:28.519><c> been</c><00:13:28.779><c> a</c><00:13:28.960><c> Christadelphian</c><00:13:30.100><c> in</c><00:13:30.620><c> Smyrna</c>

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of<00:13:37.539><c> the</c><00:13:37.879><c> Caesars</c>

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and<00:13:39.820><c> the</c><00:13:40.080><c> way</c><00:13:40.480><c> that</c><00:13:40.879><c> Smyrna</c><00:13:41.279><c> tried</c><00:13:41.759><c> to</c><00:13:42.519><c> ape,</c><00:13:43.480><c> to</c><00:13:43.879><c> imitate,</c><00:13:44.399><c> to</c>

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of<00:13:56.440><c> the</c><00:13:56.620><c> inhabitants</c><00:13:57.019><c> of</c><00:13:57.279><c> the</c><00:13:57.539><c> country</c><00:13:57.799><c> that</c><00:13:57.919><c> you</c><00:13:58.080><c> lived</c><00:13:58.200><c> in</c>

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It<00:14:00.919><c> must</c><00:14:01.139><c> have</c><00:14:01.279><c> been</c><00:14:01.740><c> terrible,</c><00:14:03.039><c> brothers</c><00:14:03.179><c> and</c><00:14:03.440><c> sisters.</c>

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There<00:14:05.700><c> was</c><00:14:05.960><c> an</c><00:14:06.159><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:07.340><c> that</c><00:14:08.039><c> was</c><00:14:08.340><c> surrounded</c><00:14:08.879><c> by</c><00:14:09.779><c> an</c><00:14:10.320><c> utterly</c><00:14:11.000><c> hostile</c><00:14:12.299><c> group</c>

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So<00:14:15.840><c> when</c><00:14:16.000><c> we</c><00:14:16.159><c> read</c><00:14:16.299><c> this</c><00:14:16.519><c> message,</c><00:14:17.559><c> bear</c><00:14:17.820><c> in</c><00:14:18.120><c> mind</c><00:14:18.799><c> Smyrna's</c><00:14:19.919><c> history.</c>

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To<00:14:24.039><c> the</c><00:14:24.379><c> angel</c><00:14:24.720><c> of</c><00:14:25.000><c> the</c><00:14:25.200><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:25.620><c> in</c><00:14:25.899><c> Smyrna</c><00:14:26.399><c> write,</c>

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or<00:14:58.779><c> I</c><00:14:59.100><c> am</c><00:15:00.120><c> what</c><00:15:00.740><c> I</c><00:15:01.039><c> am.</c>

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He<00:15:16.620><c> is</c><00:15:17.000><c> the</c><00:15:17.220><c> beginning,</c><00:15:18.320><c> part</c><00:15:18.639><c> of</c><00:15:18.820><c> the</c><00:15:19.039><c> beginning</c><00:15:19.480><c> of</c><00:15:20.200><c> the</c><00:15:20.539><c> manifestation</c><00:15:21.299><c> of</c><00:15:21.759><c> God</c>

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who<00:15:31.919><c> will</c><00:15:32.299><c> fully</c><00:15:32.840><c> manifest</c><00:15:33.799><c> God</c><00:15:34.440><c> in</c><00:15:35.559><c> and</c><00:15:36.259><c> after</c><00:15:36.980><c> God's</c><00:15:37.580><c> kingdom</c><00:15:37.879><c> is</c><00:15:38.220><c> established.</c>

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Yahweh<00:15:41.000><c> Elohim,</c><00:15:42.360><c> that</c><00:15:42.580><c> was</c><00:15:42.919><c> the</c><00:15:43.679><c> combined</c><00:15:44.399><c> name</c><00:15:45.080><c> that</c><00:15:45.559><c> was</c><00:15:45.759><c> given</c><00:15:45.879><c> to</c>

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Moses<00:15:46.419><c> of</c><00:15:46.580><c> the</c><00:15:46.740><c> bush.</c>

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He<00:15:48.740><c> who</c><00:15:48.919><c> will</c><00:15:49.139><c> be</c><00:15:49.279><c> mighty</c><00:15:49.639><c> ones,</c>

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and<00:15:51.419><c> if</c><00:15:51.539><c> your</c><00:15:51.620><c> hands</c><00:15:51.940><c> are</c><00:15:52.220><c> weak</c><00:15:52.399><c> and</c><00:15:52.559><c> you're</c><00:15:52.820><c> elderly</c>

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and<00:15:54.740><c> you</c><00:15:54.899><c> find</c><00:15:55.120><c> you</c><00:15:55.279><c> can't</c><00:15:55.580><c> always</c><00:15:55.960><c> retain</c><00:15:56.480><c> what</c><00:15:56.799><c> you</c><00:15:57.639><c> would</c>

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and<00:15:59.940><c> you</c><00:16:00.159><c> feel</c><00:16:00.399><c> as</c><00:16:00.600><c> if</c><00:16:01.019><c> your</c><00:16:01.419><c> place</c><00:16:01.600><c> in</c><00:16:01.860><c> the</c><00:16:02.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:02.360><c> is</c><00:16:02.580><c> very</c><00:16:02.899><c> limited,</c>

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that<00:16:04.279><c> you're</c><00:16:04.500><c> not</c><00:16:05.000><c> helpful</c><00:16:05.559><c> to</c><00:16:06.120><c> the</c><00:16:06.399><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:16:07.740><c> that</c><00:16:07.960><c> you're</c><00:16:08.059><c> more</c><00:16:08.440><c> a</c><00:16:08.720><c> hindrance</c><00:16:09.320><c> and</c><00:16:09.600><c> a</c><00:16:09.919><c> burden</c><00:16:10.299><c> to</c><00:16:10.460><c> those</c><00:16:10.700><c> around</c><00:16:11.080><c> you</c>

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than<00:16:11.659><c> a</c><00:16:11.899><c> help</c><00:16:12.139><c> and</c><00:16:12.320><c> a</c><00:16:12.580><c> strength,</c>

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remember<00:16:13.559><c> you</c><00:16:14.940><c> will</c><00:16:15.139><c> be</c><00:16:15.360><c> a</c><00:16:15.580><c> mighty</c><00:16:15.860><c> one</c><00:16:16.039><c> in</c><00:16:16.220><c> God's</c><00:16:16.539><c> kingdom.</c>

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In<00:16:17.820><c> his</c><00:16:18.100><c> eyes</c><00:16:18.360><c> today</c><00:16:18.779><c> you</c><00:16:19.159><c> are</c><00:16:20.000><c> a</c><00:16:20.179><c> mighty</c><00:16:20.440><c> one.</c>

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You<00:16:20.799><c> are</c><00:16:20.960><c> part</c><00:16:21.139><c> of</c><00:16:21.259><c> his</c><00:16:21.480><c> children.</c>

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You,<00:16:24.019><c> with</c><00:16:24.220><c> all</c><00:16:24.440><c> of</c><00:16:24.559><c> your</c><00:16:24.860><c> experiences</c><00:16:25.460><c> of</c><00:16:25.799><c> life</c><00:16:26.299><c> and</c><00:16:26.580><c> all</c>

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that<00:16:26.919><c> you've</c><00:16:27.039><c> been</c><00:16:27.299><c> through</c>

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are<00:16:28.080><c> a</c><00:16:28.419><c> source</c><00:16:28.679><c> of</c><00:16:29.159><c> strength</c><00:16:29.539><c> and</c><00:16:29.919><c> encouragement</c>

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to<00:16:31.100><c> your</c><00:16:31.399><c> younger</c><00:16:31.879><c> brethren</c><00:16:32.299><c> and</c><00:16:32.580><c> sisters.</c>

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When<00:16:33.539><c> they</c><00:16:33.799><c> see</c><00:16:34.059><c> you</c><00:16:34.320><c> out</c><00:16:34.940><c> to</c><00:16:35.259><c> anything,</c><00:16:36.980><c> you're</c><00:16:37.100><c> a</c><00:16:37.200><c> living</c><00:16:37.360><c> lesson</c><00:16:37.659><c> to</c><00:16:37.799><c> them.</c>

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There<00:16:39.980><c> is</c><00:16:40.200><c> strength</c><00:16:40.480><c> in</c><00:16:40.639><c> that</c><00:16:40.799><c> knowledge.</c>

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I<00:16:41.240><c> am</c><00:16:41.460><c> the</c><00:16:41.740><c> first</c><00:16:42.019><c> and</c><00:16:42.139><c> the</c><00:16:42.460><c> last.</c>

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I<00:16:44.220><c> am</c><00:16:44.379><c> the</c><00:16:44.519><c> first</c><00:16:45.139><c> and</c><00:16:45.360><c> the</c><00:16:45.600><c> last</c>

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which<00:16:47.220><c> was</c><00:16:47.519><c> dead</c><00:16:48.299><c> and</c><00:16:49.960><c> lived</c><00:16:50.679><c> again.</c>

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I<00:16:52.580><c> was</c><00:16:52.980><c> dead.</c><00:16:53.840><c> I</c><00:16:54.200><c> lived</c><00:16:54.539><c> again.</c>

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Smyrna<00:16:55.799><c> could</c><00:16:55.960><c> relate</c><00:16:56.259><c> to</c><00:16:56.440><c> that.</c>

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The<00:16:58.039><c> city</c><00:16:58.179><c> had</c><00:16:58.460><c> died</c><00:16:58.659><c> once.</c>

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It<00:16:59.360><c> had</c><00:16:59.519><c> been</c><00:16:59.759><c> utterly</c><00:17:00.120><c> destroyed</c><00:17:00.659><c> and</c><00:17:01.320><c> it</c><00:17:01.720><c> rose</c><00:17:02.019><c> to</c><00:17:02.259><c> life</c><00:17:02.440><c> again.</c>

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Brand<00:17:03.720><c> new,</c><00:17:04.920><c> better</c><00:17:05.720><c> than</c><00:17:06.720><c> it</c><00:17:06.880><c> had</c><00:17:07.140><c> ever</c><00:17:07.440><c> been</c><00:17:07.680><c> before.</c>

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Something<00:17:09.099><c> that</c><00:17:09.319><c> was,</c><00:17:09.940><c> compared</c><00:17:10.259><c> to</c><00:17:10.380><c> what</c><00:17:10.559><c> was</c><00:17:10.799><c> before,</c>

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almost<00:17:11.980><c> perfect.</c>

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Just<00:17:15.140><c> like</c><00:17:15.859><c> what</c><00:17:16.039><c> we</c><00:17:16.279><c> shall</c><00:17:16.400><c> be,</c><00:17:16.759><c> brothers</c><00:17:16.859><c> and</c><00:17:17.079><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:17:18.519><c> Lord</c><00:17:18.720><c> Jesus</c><00:17:19.079><c> Christ</c><00:17:19.579><c> who</c><00:17:19.779><c> had</c><00:17:20.000><c> lived,</c>

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who<00:17:21.440><c> had</c><00:17:21.819><c> lived</c><00:17:22.500><c> and</c><00:17:23.200><c> died</c><00:17:23.839><c> and</c><00:17:25.160><c> rose</c><00:17:25.420><c> again.</c>

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The<00:17:29.579><c> first</c><00:17:30.019><c> and</c><00:17:30.240><c> the</c><00:17:30.440><c> last,</c><00:17:31.380><c> which</c><00:17:31.640><c> was</c><00:17:31.920><c> dead</c><00:17:32.480><c> and</c><00:17:33.059><c> is</c><00:17:33.339><c> alive,</c>

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is<00:17:35.240><c> deliberately</c><00:17:35.720><c> connecting</c><00:17:36.079><c> their</c><00:17:36.339><c> minds</c><00:17:36.559><c> back</c><00:17:37.160><c> to</c><00:17:37.720><c> the</c><00:17:38.039><c> vision</c><00:17:38.319><c> that</c><00:17:38.559><c> he</c>

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had<00:17:39.099><c> shown</c><00:17:39.579><c> to</c><00:17:41.059><c> John.</c>

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The<00:17:42.539><c> vision</c><00:17:42.700><c> of</c><00:17:42.880><c> the</c><00:17:43.119><c> glorified</c><00:17:44.119><c> image</c><00:17:44.819><c> of</c><00:17:45.160><c> the</c><00:17:45.319><c> whole</c><00:17:45.579><c> community</c><00:17:46.019><c> of</c><00:17:46.220><c> Christ</c>

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with<00:17:47.579><c> the</c><00:17:48.039><c> voice</c><00:17:48.240><c> of</c><00:17:48.480><c> a</c><00:17:48.599><c> multitude</c><00:17:49.220><c> like</c><00:17:49.839><c> rushing</c><00:17:50.220><c> waters</c>

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who<00:17:52.619><c> had</c><00:17:52.900><c> said</c><00:17:53.119><c> himself,</c>

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I<00:17:55.160><c> am</c><00:17:55.400><c> the</c><00:17:55.619><c> first</c><00:17:55.819><c> and</c><00:17:55.960><c> the</c><00:17:56.180><c> last.</c>

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Remember,<00:17:58.400><c> Smyrna,</c><00:17:58.839><c> whatever</c><00:17:59.400><c> you</c><00:18:00.039><c> are</c><00:18:00.519><c> going</c><00:18:00.859><c> to</c><00:18:01.180><c> go</c><00:18:01.559><c> through,</c>

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whatever<00:18:03.660><c> may</c><00:18:03.900><c> have</c><00:18:04.079><c> already</c><00:18:04.500><c> happened</c><00:18:05.140><c> to</c><00:18:05.539><c> you,</c>

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what<00:18:07.019><c> you</c><00:18:07.279><c> are</c><00:18:07.480><c> in</c><00:18:07.880><c> now</c><00:18:08.440><c> is</c><00:18:09.220><c> temporary.</c>

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And<00:18:11.079><c> what</c><00:18:11.220><c> I</c><00:18:11.339><c> have</c><00:18:11.559><c> shown</c><00:18:11.720><c> you</c><00:18:12.079><c> is</c><00:18:12.259><c> what</c><00:18:12.420><c> you</c><00:18:12.660><c> shall</c><00:18:12.819><c> be.</c>

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You<00:18:13.859><c> shall</c><00:18:14.160><c> live</c><00:18:14.400><c> forever.</c>

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I<00:18:16.059><c> know</c><00:18:16.480><c> what</c><00:18:16.700><c> you</c><00:18:16.859><c> have</c><00:18:17.079><c> gone</c><00:18:17.279><c> through.</c>

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I<00:18:20.200><c> am</c><00:18:20.400><c> the</c><00:18:20.640><c> first</c><00:18:20.819><c> and</c><00:18:20.980><c> the</c><00:18:21.140><c> last.</c>

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I<00:18:22.099><c> lived</c><00:18:22.359><c> and</c><00:18:22.559><c> I</c><00:18:22.819><c> died,</c><00:18:23.839><c> but</c><00:18:24.059><c> I</c><00:18:24.259><c> rose</c><00:18:24.440><c> again.</c>

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What<00:18:26.460><c> else</c><00:18:26.619><c> does</c><00:18:26.720><c> he</c><00:18:26.819><c> say,</c><00:18:27.059><c> brothers</c><00:18:27.200><c> and</c><00:18:27.440><c> sisters?</c>

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He<00:18:28.500><c> says,</c><00:18:30.059><c> I</c><00:18:30.059><c> know</c><00:18:30.359><c> your</c><00:18:30.700><c> works</c><00:18:31.279><c> and</c><00:18:32.420><c> your</c><00:18:32.740><c> tribulations</c><00:18:33.599><c> and</c>

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your<00:18:35.140><c> poverty.</c>

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In<00:18:38.980><c> the</c><00:18:39.200><c> other</c><00:18:39.380><c> letters,</c><00:18:40.140><c> when</c><00:18:40.299><c> he</c><00:18:40.460><c> says,</c><00:18:41.059><c> I</c><00:18:41.099><c> know</c><00:18:41.900><c> your</c><00:18:42.519><c> works,</c>

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he<00:18:44.079><c> knows</c><00:18:44.299><c> what</c><00:18:44.420><c> they</c><00:18:44.640><c> have</c><00:18:44.740><c> done,</c><00:18:45.299><c> yes.</c>

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He<00:18:46.440><c> knows</c><00:18:46.900><c> in</c><00:18:47.240><c> full</c><00:18:47.480><c> detail</c><00:18:48.059><c> whatever</c><00:18:48.740><c> they</c><00:18:49.099><c> are</c><00:18:49.400><c> going</c><00:18:49.599><c> through,</c>

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the<00:18:50.079><c> mistakes</c><00:18:50.559><c> that</c><00:18:50.740><c> they</c><00:18:50.819><c> are</c><00:18:50.980><c> making.</c>

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But<00:18:52.339><c> in</c><00:18:52.539><c> this</c><00:18:52.779><c> letter,</c><00:18:53.220><c> brothers</c><00:18:53.299><c> and</c><00:18:53.539><c> sisters,</c><00:18:54.660><c> when</c><00:18:54.819><c> he</c><00:18:54.960><c> says,</c><00:18:55.259><c> I</c><00:18:55.619><c> know,</c>

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there<00:18:56.039><c> is</c><00:18:56.819><c> a</c><00:18:56.819><c> special</c><00:18:57.279><c> feeling</c><00:18:58.119><c> to</c><00:18:58.380><c> that,</c><00:18:58.539><c> even</c><00:18:58.720><c> if</c><00:18:58.880><c> the</c><00:18:59.000><c> word</c>

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isn't<00:18:59.640><c> any</c><00:18:59.920><c> different,</c>

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because<00:19:01.720><c> this</c><00:19:02.200><c> was</c><00:19:02.480><c> the</c><00:19:02.799><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:03.240><c> of</c><00:19:03.759><c> all</c><00:19:04.220><c> of</c><00:19:04.440><c> them</c>

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that<00:19:05.900><c> he</c><00:19:06.079><c> could</c><00:19:06.319><c> relate</c><00:19:06.839><c> to</c><00:19:07.839><c> with</c><00:19:08.500><c> the</c><00:19:08.819><c> most</c><00:19:09.220><c> intimacy.</c>

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This<00:19:10.579><c> is</c><00:19:10.660><c> what</c><00:19:10.759><c> he</c><00:19:10.859><c> was</c><00:19:11.039><c> saying</c><00:19:11.240><c> to</c><00:19:11.440><c> them.</c>

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Look<00:19:11.960><c> at</c><00:19:12.059><c> what</c><00:19:12.640><c> we</c><00:19:13.019><c> read</c><00:19:13.180><c> in</c><00:19:13.339><c> this</c><00:19:13.519><c> letter.</c>

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There<00:19:15.160><c> is</c><00:19:15.579><c> not</c><00:19:15.900><c> one</c><00:19:16.500><c> single</c><00:19:16.839><c> word</c><00:19:17.019><c> of</c><00:19:17.299><c> criticism.</c>

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It<00:19:18.660><c> is</c><00:19:18.799><c> all</c><00:19:19.079><c> commendation,</c><00:19:20.200><c> brothers</c><00:19:20.339><c> and</c><00:19:20.539><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:19:21.799><c> when</c><00:19:21.859><c> we</c><00:19:22.059><c> read</c><00:19:22.359><c> through</c><00:19:22.700><c> whatever</c><00:19:23.319><c> we</c><00:19:23.480><c> read</c><00:19:23.740><c> through</c><00:19:23.920><c> in</c>

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this<00:19:24.220><c> letter,</c>

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we<00:19:25.160><c> are</c><00:19:25.160><c> reading</c><00:19:25.480><c> all</c><00:19:25.720><c> about</c><00:19:25.900><c> what</c><00:19:26.099><c> Christ</c><00:19:26.420><c> went</c><00:19:26.660><c> through.</c>

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So<00:19:28.359><c> he</c><00:19:28.559><c> sees</c><00:19:28.980><c> in</c><00:19:29.440><c> them</c><00:19:30.099><c> an</c><00:19:31.420><c> image</c><00:19:31.640><c> of</c><00:19:31.799><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:19:33.819><c> sees</c><00:19:34.079><c> in</c><00:19:34.299><c> their</c><00:19:34.660><c> life</c><00:19:35.420><c> something</c><00:19:36.339><c> that</c><00:19:36.599><c> reflected</c><00:19:37.240><c> his</c><00:19:38.000><c> life.</c>

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He<00:19:39.519><c> sees</c><00:19:39.779><c> in</c><00:19:39.940><c> their</c><00:19:40.319><c> tribulations</c><00:19:41.000><c> and</c><00:19:41.279><c> trials</c><00:19:41.519><c> his</c><00:19:42.140><c> own</c><00:19:43.039><c> tribulations</c><00:19:43.980><c> and</c><00:19:44.339><c> trials,</c>

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and<00:19:45.039><c> to</c><00:19:45.160><c> the</c><00:19:45.559><c> extent</c><00:19:46.099><c> to</c><00:19:46.680><c> which</c><00:19:46.859><c> the</c><00:19:47.079><c> Lord</c><00:19:47.359><c> Jesus</c><00:19:47.859><c> Christ</c><00:19:48.380><c> will</c>

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see<00:19:49.240><c> himself</c><00:19:49.680><c> in</c><00:19:49.880><c> us.</c>

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That<00:19:51.940><c> is</c><00:19:52.160><c> the</c><00:19:52.319><c> extent</c><00:19:52.680><c> to</c><00:19:52.839><c> which</c><00:19:52.940><c> we</c><00:19:53.140><c> have</c><00:19:53.339><c> hope,</c><00:19:54.640><c> as</c><00:19:54.740><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:19:55.180><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:19:58.240><c> that</c><00:19:58.460><c> is</c><00:19:58.559><c> what</c><00:19:58.680><c> he</c><00:19:58.819><c> will</c><00:19:58.940><c> look</c><00:19:59.200><c> for</c><00:19:59.599><c> when</c><00:19:59.880><c> he</c><00:20:00.000><c> sees</c><00:20:00.240><c> us,</c>

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a<00:20:01.940><c> reflected</c><00:20:02.299><c> image</c><00:20:02.660><c> of</c><00:20:03.460><c> something</c><00:20:04.440><c> of</c><00:20:06.160><c> him</c><00:20:06.880><c> in</c><00:20:08.140><c> us.</c>

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I<00:20:10.680><c> know</c><00:20:11.000><c> your</c><00:20:11.359><c> works.</c>

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I<00:20:13.180><c> know</c><00:20:13.420><c> what</c><00:20:13.579><c> you</c><00:20:13.759><c> have</c><00:20:14.019><c> done.</c>

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I<00:20:15.259><c> know</c><00:20:15.400><c> what</c><00:20:15.559><c> you</c><00:20:15.799><c> are</c><00:20:15.799><c> doing.</c>

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I<00:20:17.079><c> am</c><00:20:17.099><c> aware</c><00:20:17.480><c> of</c><00:20:17.619><c> your</c><00:20:17.980><c> labour.</c>

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He<00:20:19.579><c> says,</c><00:20:19.880><c> I</c><00:20:19.880><c> know</c><00:20:20.079><c> your</c><00:20:20.380><c> works</c><00:20:20.900><c> and</c><00:20:21.880><c> I</c><00:20:21.940><c> know</c><00:20:22.160><c> your</c><00:20:22.539><c> tribulation.</c>

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I<00:20:23.859><c> personally</c><00:20:24.460><c> know</c><00:20:25.460><c> your</c><00:20:25.839><c> tribulation.</c>

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I<00:20:27.000><c> know</c><00:20:27.420><c> the</c><00:20:27.759><c> kind</c><00:20:28.000><c> of</c><00:20:28.259><c> tribulation</c><00:20:28.700><c> you</c><00:20:28.859><c> are</c><00:20:29.079><c> going</c><00:20:29.299><c> through</c>

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because<00:20:30.140><c> I</c><00:20:30.339><c> have</c><00:20:30.380><c> gone</c><00:20:30.599><c> through</c><00:20:30.759><c> it</c><00:20:30.960><c> myself.</c>

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I<00:20:32.539><c> know</c><00:20:32.740><c> that</c><00:20:32.900><c> difficulty.</c>

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Tribulation,<00:20:34.799><c> pressure,</c><00:20:36.039><c> crushing</c><00:20:36.359><c> under</c><00:20:36.740><c> the</c><00:20:36.900><c> weight,</c>

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being<00:20:37.640><c> crushed</c><00:20:37.900><c> under</c><00:20:38.140><c> the</c><00:20:38.220><c> weight</c><00:20:38.400><c> of</c><00:20:38.680><c> circumstances,</c><00:20:39.859><c> persecution.</c>

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He<00:20:41.000><c> himself</c><00:20:41.500><c> likewise</c><00:20:42.460><c> had</c><00:20:43.940><c> been</c><00:20:44.200><c> persecuted.</c>

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He<00:20:46.220><c> himself</c><00:20:46.680><c> had</c><00:20:47.019><c> suffered</c><00:20:47.380><c> the</c><00:20:47.980><c> pressure,</c><00:20:49.339><c> trial</c><00:20:49.859><c> of</c><00:20:50.500><c> those</c>

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around<00:20:51.319><c> him</c>

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to<00:20:52.380><c> whom</c><00:20:52.579><c> he</c><00:20:52.819><c> brought</c><00:20:53.000><c> a</c><00:20:53.319><c> message</c><00:20:53.579><c> for</c><00:20:53.759><c> their</c><00:20:54.039><c> own</c><00:20:54.380><c> good,</c>

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to<00:20:56.339><c> whom</c><00:20:56.579><c> he</c><00:20:56.859><c> gave</c><00:20:57.059><c> the</c><00:20:57.640><c> word</c><00:20:57.920><c> of</c><00:20:58.200><c> God</c><00:20:58.460><c> as</c><00:20:58.839><c> the</c><00:20:59.279><c> angel</c><00:20:59.960><c> is</c><00:21:00.519><c> at</c><00:21:00.700><c> the</c><00:21:00.900><c> beginning</c><00:21:01.099><c> of</c>

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this<00:21:01.500><c> letter,</c>

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as<00:21:02.920><c> we</c><00:21:03.299><c> are</c><00:21:03.539><c> as</c><00:21:03.799><c> brethren</c><00:21:04.019><c> to</c><00:21:04.299><c> our</c><00:21:04.460><c> communities.</c>

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He<00:21:05.400><c> gave</c><00:21:05.759><c> that</c><00:21:06.039><c> message</c><00:21:06.400><c> and</c><00:21:06.839><c> suffered</c><00:21:07.140><c> tribulation</c><00:21:07.799><c> as</c><00:21:08.000><c> a</c><00:21:08.180><c> result.</c>

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And<00:21:09.019><c> the</c><00:21:09.279><c> Smyrnans</c><00:21:09.720><c> were</c><00:21:09.920><c> doing</c><00:21:10.279><c> exactly</c><00:21:10.940><c> the</c><00:21:11.220><c> same</c><00:21:11.420><c> thing,</c>

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brothers<00:21:11.940><c> and</c><00:21:12.200><c> sisters,</c>

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giving<00:21:13.779><c> a</c><00:21:13.980><c> message</c><00:21:14.599><c> that</c><00:21:15.079><c> was</c><00:21:15.299><c> for</c><00:21:15.480><c> the</c><00:21:15.799><c> good</c><00:21:16.200><c> of</c><00:21:16.619><c> the</c><00:21:16.819><c> community</c><00:21:17.319><c> around</c><00:21:17.900><c> them.</c>

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And<00:21:18.779><c> tribulation</c><00:21:19.220><c> was</c><00:21:19.400><c> the</c><00:21:19.579><c> result.</c>

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Tribulation,<00:21:23.539><c> severe</c><00:21:23.859><c> trial</c><00:21:24.319><c> and</c><00:21:24.579><c> persecution.</c>

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He<00:21:26.059><c> says,</c><00:21:26.559><c> I</c><00:21:26.559><c> know</c><00:21:26.940><c> thy</c><00:21:27.380><c> poverty,</c><00:21:30.339><c> poverty,</c><00:21:32.200><c> but</c><00:21:32.539><c> thou</c><00:21:33.079><c> art</c><00:21:34.140><c> rich.</c>

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Poverty.

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You<00:21:38.720><c> know,</c><00:21:39.000><c> brothers</c><00:21:39.099><c> and</c><00:21:39.339><c> sisters,</c><00:21:40.000><c> there</c><00:21:40.140><c> are</c><00:21:40.359><c> two</c><00:21:40.559><c> words,</c>

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two<00:21:41.940><c> words</c><00:21:42.579><c> in</c><00:21:43.160><c> Greek</c><00:21:43.559><c> that</c><00:21:44.839><c> mean</c><00:21:45.200><c> poverty</c><00:21:45.660><c> or</c><00:21:45.859><c> that</c><00:21:45.960><c> are</c><00:21:46.180><c> used</c>

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for<00:21:46.859><c> poverty.</c>

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There<00:21:48.460><c> is</c><00:21:48.720><c> the</c><00:21:48.859><c> word</c><00:21:49.140><c> penia.</c>

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The<00:21:49.799><c> word</c><00:21:50.299><c> penure</c><00:21:51.039><c> comes</c><00:21:51.859><c> from</c><00:21:52.079><c> that</c><00:21:52.339><c> word.</c>

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And<00:21:53.519><c> the</c><00:21:53.619><c> word</c><00:21:53.779><c> penia</c><00:21:54.160><c> means</c><00:21:54.519><c> the</c><00:21:55.059><c> state</c><00:21:55.259><c> of</c><00:21:55.460><c> a</c><00:21:55.599><c> man</c><00:21:55.740><c> who</c><00:21:56.000><c> is</c>

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not<00:21:56.579><c> wealthy</c>

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and<00:21:57.619><c> he</c><00:21:57.759><c> has</c><00:21:58.019><c> to</c><00:21:58.259><c> provide</c><00:21:58.579><c> for</c><00:21:58.779><c> himself</c><00:21:59.220><c> by</c><00:21:59.720><c> the</c><00:21:59.900><c> labor</c><00:22:00.079><c> of</c><00:22:00.279><c> his</c>

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own<00:22:00.740><c> hands.</c>

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Now<00:22:02.339><c> remember,</c><00:22:03.259><c> this</c><00:22:03.480><c> is</c><00:22:03.640><c> in</c><00:22:03.759><c> a</c><00:22:03.920><c> time</c><00:22:04.099><c> where</c><00:22:04.740><c> everybody</c><00:22:05.180><c> had</c>

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slaves<00:22:05.880><c> and</c><00:22:06.240><c> servants.</c>

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But<00:22:07.079><c> a</c><00:22:07.779><c> man</c><00:22:08.000><c> who</c><00:22:08.099><c> has</c><00:22:08.279><c> to</c><00:22:08.440><c> go</c><00:22:08.599><c> and</c><00:22:08.799><c> be</c><00:22:08.960><c> a</c><00:22:09.140><c> laborer</c><00:22:09.539><c> to</c><00:22:09.680><c> labor</c><00:22:09.880><c> for</c><00:22:10.059><c> himself,</c>

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that's<00:22:12.380><c> the</c><00:22:12.500><c> first</c><00:22:12.779><c> kind</c><00:22:13.220><c> of</c><00:22:13.480><c> poverty,</c><00:22:14.660><c> penia.</c>

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Then<00:22:16.640><c> there</c><00:22:16.779><c> is</c><00:22:16.980><c> another</c><00:22:17.180><c> Greek</c><00:22:17.460><c> word.</c>

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It<00:22:17.819><c> is</c><00:22:18.079><c> the</c><00:22:18.140><c> word</c><00:22:18.619><c> tokeia.</c>

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And<00:22:20.480><c> that</c><00:22:20.740><c> word,</c><00:22:21.519><c> brethren</c><00:22:21.700><c> and</c><00:22:22.019><c> sisters,</c><00:22:23.259><c> describes</c>

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complete<00:22:25.279><c> destitution.</c>

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Penia<00:22:29.099><c> describes</c><00:22:29.740><c> the</c><00:22:30.420><c> state</c><00:22:30.740><c> of</c><00:22:31.200><c> a</c><00:22:31.380><c> man</c><00:22:31.819><c> who</c><00:22:32.319><c> doesn't</c><00:22:32.599><c> have</c>

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anything<00:22:33.119><c> left</c><00:22:33.500><c> over.</c>

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Tokeia<00:22:35.839><c> describes</c><00:22:36.619><c> the</c><00:22:37.000><c> state</c><00:22:37.160><c> of</c><00:22:37.359><c> a</c><00:22:37.539><c> man</c><00:22:38.119><c> who</c><00:22:38.619><c> has</c><00:22:38.900><c> nothing</c>

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at<00:22:39.700><c> all.</c>

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Nothing<00:22:42.039><c> at</c><00:22:42.319><c> all,</c><00:22:42.619><c> brothers</c><00:22:42.740><c> and</c><00:22:42.980><c> sisters.</c>

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Nothing<00:22:44.819><c> at</c><00:22:45.119><c> all.</c>

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That<00:22:47.420><c> was</c><00:22:47.660><c> the</c><00:22:47.839><c> condition</c><00:22:48.079><c> of</c><00:22:48.299><c> the</c><00:22:48.539><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Nothing<00:22:50.900><c> at</c><00:22:51.539><c> all.</c>

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You<00:22:52.680><c> know</c><00:22:52.799><c> why?</c>

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It<00:22:54.180><c> was</c><00:22:54.380><c> Roman</c><00:22:54.680><c> policy</c><00:22:55.460><c> for</c><00:22:56.000><c> individuals</c><00:22:56.740><c> that</c><00:22:57.059><c> refused</c><00:22:57.720><c> to</c>

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worship<00:22:58.619><c> Caesar</c>

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or<00:22:59.660><c> to</c><00:22:59.940><c> abide</c><00:23:00.440><c> by</c><00:23:01.000><c> their</c><00:23:01.680><c> civil</c><00:23:02.259><c> duties</c><00:23:02.759><c> of</c><00:23:03.039><c> worship</c><00:23:03.420><c> to</c><00:23:03.779><c> Rome.</c>

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It<00:23:05.920><c> was</c><00:23:06.180><c> their</c><00:23:06.380><c> policy</c><00:23:06.839><c> to</c><00:23:07.599><c> take</c><00:23:07.940><c> everything</c><00:23:08.319><c> away</c><00:23:08.900><c> from</c><00:23:09.440><c> them</c>

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that<00:23:09.859><c> they</c><00:23:10.099><c> owned.</c>

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Everything.

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I<00:23:13.759><c> want</c><00:23:13.900><c> to</c><00:23:14.059><c> read</c><00:23:14.299><c> to</c><00:23:14.440><c> you</c><00:23:14.539><c> something</c><00:23:15.220><c> that</c><00:23:15.920><c> is</c><00:23:16.079><c> out</c><00:23:16.200><c> of</c><00:23:16.339><c> a</c><00:23:16.440><c> book</c><00:23:16.579><c> called</c>

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Documents<00:23:17.920><c> of</c><00:23:18.079><c> the</c><00:23:18.220><c> Christian</c><00:23:18.559><c> Church.</c>

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It<00:23:20.180><c> was</c><00:23:20.519><c> edited</c><00:23:20.819><c> by</c><00:23:21.079><c> a</c><00:23:21.200><c> man</c><00:23:21.359><c> called</c><00:23:22.000><c> Henry</c><00:23:22.619><c> Bettenson.</c>

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In<00:23:24.640><c> this</c><00:23:24.940><c> book,</c><00:23:25.960><c> he</c><00:23:26.019><c> talks</c><00:23:26.420><c> about</c><00:23:27.279><c> a</c><00:23:27.519><c> man</c><00:23:28.099><c> called</c><00:23:29.220><c> Pliny.</c>

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Pliny<00:23:31.359><c> happened</c><00:23:31.660><c> to</c><00:23:31.819><c> be</c><00:23:31.980><c> working</c><00:23:32.200><c> in</c><00:23:32.359><c> an</c><00:23:32.500><c> area</c><00:23:32.980><c> just</c><00:23:33.660><c> north</c><00:23:34.339><c> of</c><00:23:34.740><c> Asia.</c>

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He<00:23:35.380><c> was</c><00:23:35.599><c> in</c><00:23:35.779><c> the</c><00:23:36.180><c> province</c><00:23:36.480><c> of</c><00:23:36.700><c> Bithynia.</c>

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In<00:23:38.480><c> this</c><00:23:38.759><c> area,</c><00:23:39.759><c> roughly</c><00:23:40.160><c> around</c><00:23:40.859><c> the</c><00:23:41.160><c> same</c><00:23:41.779><c> time</c><00:23:42.380><c> that</c><00:23:42.859><c> these</c>

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letters<00:23:43.779><c> were</c><00:23:44.039><c> written,</c>

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it<00:23:44.900><c> was</c><00:23:45.039><c> his</c><00:23:45.200><c> job</c><00:23:45.420><c> to</c><00:23:45.599><c> go</c><00:23:45.720><c> and</c><00:23:45.940><c> investigate</c><00:23:46.460><c> what</c><00:23:46.900><c> was</c><00:23:47.140><c> going</c>

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on<00:23:47.640><c> as</c><00:23:47.839><c> far</c><00:23:48.039><c> as</c><00:23:48.500><c> the</c><00:23:48.700><c> Christians,</c>

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the<00:23:50.440><c> Christadelphians</c><00:23:51.759><c> were</c><00:23:52.240><c> concerned.</c>

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These<00:23:53.200><c> people</c><00:23:53.500><c> who</c><00:23:53.839><c> believed</c><00:23:54.019><c> in</c><00:23:54.759><c> a</c><00:23:55.220><c> king</c><00:23:55.779><c> other</c><00:23:56.299><c> than</c><00:23:57.019><c> Caesar.</c>

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Look<00:23:59.059><c> at</c><00:23:59.099><c> what</c><00:23:59.200><c> he</c><00:23:59.339><c> says</c><00:23:59.539><c> when</c><00:23:59.680><c> he</c><00:23:59.779><c> writes</c><00:24:00.259><c> to</c><00:24:00.539><c> the</c><00:24:00.720><c> emperor</c><00:24:01.279><c> Trajan.</c>

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Meanwhile,<00:24:04.039><c> this</c><00:24:04.420><c> is</c><00:24:04.640><c> the</c><00:24:04.799><c> course</c><00:24:04.920><c> that</c><00:24:05.099><c> I</c><00:24:05.259><c> have</c><00:24:05.440><c> adopted</c>

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in<00:24:06.440><c> the</c><00:24:06.579><c> case</c><00:24:06.759><c> of</c><00:24:06.980><c> those</c><00:24:07.420><c> brought</c><00:24:07.859><c> before</c><00:24:08.160><c> me</c><00:24:08.299><c> as</c><00:24:08.599><c> Christians.</c>

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I<00:24:10.059><c> ask</c><00:24:10.380><c> them,</c><00:24:10.980><c> if</c><00:24:11.180><c> they</c><00:24:11.400><c> are</c><00:24:11.539><c> Christians,</c><00:24:12.059><c> if</c><00:24:12.180><c> they</c><00:24:12.380><c> admit</c><00:24:12.619><c> it,</c>

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I<00:24:13.559><c> repeat</c><00:24:13.900><c> the</c><00:24:14.099><c> question</c><00:24:14.380><c> a</c><00:24:14.660><c> second</c><00:24:15.119><c> and</c><00:24:15.599><c> a</c><00:24:15.740><c> third</c><00:24:15.940><c> time,</c>

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threatening<00:24:17.240><c> capital</c><00:24:17.880><c> punishment.</c>

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If<00:24:19.799><c> they</c><00:24:20.099><c> persist,</c><00:24:21.440><c> I</c><00:24:21.660><c> sentence</c><00:24:21.920><c> them</c><00:24:22.119><c> to</c><00:24:22.279><c> death.</c>

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For<00:24:23.299><c> I</c><00:24:23.440><c> do</c><00:24:23.619><c> not</c><00:24:23.859><c> doubt</c><00:24:24.240><c> that</c><00:24:24.579><c> whatever</c><00:24:24.900><c> kind</c><00:24:25.259><c> of</c><00:24:25.539><c> crime</c><00:24:25.759><c> it</c><00:24:25.900><c> may</c><00:24:26.200><c> be</c>

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to<00:24:26.799><c> which</c><00:24:26.960><c> they</c><00:24:27.140><c> have</c><00:24:27.380><c> confessed,</c><00:24:28.619><c> their</c><00:24:28.940><c> stubbornness</c>

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and<00:24:30.640><c> inflexible</c><00:24:31.660><c> obstinacy</c><00:24:32.440><c> should</c><00:24:33.019><c> certainly</c><00:24:33.579><c> be</c><00:24:33.799><c> punished.</c>

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There<00:24:35.880><c> were</c><00:24:36.119><c> others</c><00:24:36.380><c> who</c><00:24:36.680><c> displayed</c><00:24:37.000><c> a</c><00:24:37.339><c> like</c><00:24:37.940><c> madness</c>

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and<00:24:39.259><c> whom</c><00:24:39.420><c> I</c><00:24:39.660><c> reserved</c><00:24:40.119><c> to</c><00:24:40.460><c> be</c><00:24:40.619><c> sent</c><00:24:40.819><c> to</c><00:24:41.079><c> Rome</c><00:24:41.599><c> since</c><00:24:42.380><c> they</c>

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were<00:24:42.799><c> Roman</c><00:24:43.160><c> citizens.</c>

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Thereupon<00:24:45.200><c> the</c><00:24:45.359><c> usual</c><00:24:45.819><c> result</c><00:24:46.220><c> followed,</c><00:24:47.839><c> execution.</c>

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The<00:24:50.059><c> very</c><00:24:50.299><c> fact</c><00:24:50.460><c> of</c><00:24:50.640><c> my</c><00:24:50.799><c> dealing</c><00:24:50.980><c> with</c><00:24:51.180><c> the</c><00:24:51.339><c> question</c><00:24:51.740><c> led</c><00:24:52.039><c> to</c>

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a<00:24:52.559><c> wider</c><00:24:52.900><c> spread</c><00:24:53.200><c> of</c><00:24:53.380><c> the</c><00:24:53.579><c> charge</c>

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and<00:24:54.480><c> a</c><00:24:54.779><c> great</c><00:24:55.039><c> variety</c><00:24:55.519><c> of</c><00:24:55.740><c> cases</c><00:24:55.960><c> were</c><00:24:56.259><c> brought</c><00:24:56.460><c> before</c><00:24:56.779><c> me.</c>

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An<00:24:57.900><c> anonymous</c><00:24:58.380><c> pamphlet</c><00:24:58.920><c> was</c><00:24:59.140><c> issued</c><00:24:59.579><c> containing</c><00:25:00.279><c> many</c><00:25:00.980><c> names.</c>

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All<00:25:02.880><c> who</c><00:25:03.359><c> denied</c><00:25:03.900><c> that</c><00:25:04.779><c> they</c><00:25:05.359><c> had</c><00:25:05.940><c> been</c><00:25:06.359><c> or</c><00:25:06.720><c> were</c><00:25:07.880><c> indeed</c><00:25:08.240><c> at</c>

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that<00:25:08.660><c> time</c><00:25:08.940><c> Christians,</c>

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I<00:25:10.259><c> considered</c><00:25:10.680><c> should</c><00:25:10.859><c> be</c><00:25:11.119><c> discharged</c><00:25:11.960><c> because</c><00:25:12.759><c> they</c><00:25:13.039><c> called</c>

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upon<00:25:13.480><c> the</c><00:25:13.740><c> gods</c><00:25:14.099><c> at</c><00:25:14.359><c> my</c><00:25:14.559><c> dictation</c>

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and<00:25:15.779><c> did</c><00:25:16.000><c> reverence</c><00:25:16.799><c> with</c><00:25:17.220><c> incense</c><00:25:17.539><c> and</c><00:25:17.859><c> wine</c><00:25:18.240><c> to</c><00:25:18.700><c> your</c><00:25:19.079><c> image,</c>

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which<00:25:20.099><c> I</c><00:25:20.299><c> had</c><00:25:20.460><c> ordered</c><00:25:20.599><c> to</c><00:25:20.779><c> be</c><00:25:20.960><c> brought</c><00:25:21.180><c> forward</c><00:25:21.759><c> for</c><00:25:22.220><c> this</c><00:25:22.420><c> purpose,</c>

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together<00:25:23.740><c> with</c><00:25:24.000><c> the</c><00:25:24.259><c> statutes</c><00:25:24.619><c> of</c><00:25:24.799><c> the</c><00:25:24.960><c> deities.</c>

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And<00:25:26.440><c> especially</c><00:25:26.859><c> because</c><00:25:27.619><c> they</c><00:25:28.420><c> cursed</c><00:25:29.099><c> Christ,</c><00:25:30.799><c> a</c><00:25:31.019><c> thing</c><00:25:31.279><c> which,</c><00:25:31.720><c> it</c>

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is<00:25:32.180><c> said,</c>

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genuine<00:25:33.819><c> Christians</c><00:25:34.319><c> cannot</c><00:25:34.660><c> be</c><00:25:35.039><c> induced</c><00:25:35.480><c> to</c><00:25:35.799><c> do.</c>

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It<00:25:39.339><c> helps</c><00:25:39.619><c> us</c><00:25:39.819><c> get</c><00:25:39.960><c> a</c><00:25:40.200><c> sense</c><00:25:40.480><c> out</c><00:25:40.660><c> of</c><00:25:40.799><c> a</c><00:25:41.039><c> historical</c><00:25:41.420><c> record</c>

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beyond<00:25:42.880><c> Scripture</c><00:25:43.220><c> itself</c>

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of<00:25:44.920><c> what</c><00:25:45.200><c> the</c><00:25:45.420><c> brothers</c><00:25:45.619><c> and</c><00:25:45.859><c> sisters</c><00:25:46.079><c> were</c><00:25:46.279><c> going</c><00:25:46.539><c> through.</c>

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As<00:25:48.339><c> we</c><00:25:48.500><c> sit</c><00:25:48.619><c> in</c><00:25:48.799><c> times</c><00:25:49.019><c> of</c><00:25:49.220><c> ease</c><00:25:49.480><c> and</c><00:25:49.779><c> prosperity,</c>

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it's<00:25:51.519><c> difficult</c><00:25:51.980><c> for</c><00:25:52.140><c> us</c><00:25:52.259><c> to</c><00:25:52.500><c> imagine</c><00:25:52.920><c> what</c><00:25:53.380><c> it</c><00:25:53.640><c> would</c><00:25:53.799><c> have</c>

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been<00:25:54.140><c> like.</c>

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Now<00:25:55.599><c> imagine</c><00:25:55.900><c> if</c><00:25:56.079><c> the</c><00:25:56.420><c> wife</c><00:25:57.099><c> held</c><00:25:57.819><c> firm</c><00:25:58.200><c> in</c><00:25:58.359><c> the</c><00:25:58.559><c> truth</c><00:25:59.079><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:59.799><c> husband</c><00:26:00.099><c> did</c><00:26:00.420><c> not.</c>

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Imagine<00:26:02.460><c> if</c><00:26:02.640><c> a</c><00:26:02.960><c> child</c><00:26:03.660><c> broke</c><00:26:04.259><c> ranks</c><00:26:04.619><c> with</c><00:26:04.819><c> the</c><00:26:05.019><c> family</c><00:26:05.359><c> that</c>

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was<00:26:05.700><c> walking</c><00:26:05.980><c> away</c>

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to<00:26:07.319><c> make</c><00:26:07.500><c> it</c><00:26:07.759><c> easier</c><00:26:08.259><c> and</c><00:26:08.839><c> said,</c><00:26:09.440><c> no,</c><00:26:10.059><c> I</c><00:26:10.819><c> will</c><00:26:11.079><c> not</c><00:26:11.259><c> worship</c><00:26:11.579><c> Caesar.</c>

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Do<00:26:14.539><c> we</c><00:26:14.619><c> get</c><00:26:14.740><c> a</c><00:26:15.059><c> sense</c><00:26:15.319><c> of</c><00:26:15.599><c> the</c><00:26:16.299><c> awful</c><00:26:16.839><c> trial</c><00:26:17.539><c> that</c><00:26:18.440><c> our</c><00:26:18.660><c> people</c>

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went<00:26:19.140><c> through</c><00:26:19.339><c> at</c><00:26:19.480><c> this</c><00:26:19.680><c> time,</c><00:26:20.039><c> brothers</c><00:26:20.160><c> and</c><00:26:20.420><c> sisters,</c>

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before<00:26:22.700><c> these</c><00:26:23.180><c> unfeeling,</c><00:26:24.880><c> logical,</c><00:26:28.900><c> judicial</c><00:26:29.740><c> judges?</c>

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Do<00:26:32.700><c> we</c><00:26:32.839><c> understand</c><00:26:33.339><c> what</c><00:26:33.519><c> it</c><00:26:33.640><c> was</c><00:26:33.819><c> like</c><00:26:34.019><c> for</c><00:26:34.160><c> them</c><00:26:34.259><c> to</c><00:26:34.380><c> go</c><00:26:34.579><c> before</c><00:26:35.380><c> our</c>

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judgment<00:26:36.460><c> seat</c><00:26:36.640><c> and</c><00:26:36.779><c> be</c><00:26:36.980><c> rejected?</c>

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We<00:26:40.359><c> go</c><00:26:40.500><c> on</c><00:26:40.680><c> further,</c><00:26:40.900><c> brothers</c><00:26:41.099><c> and</c><00:26:41.339><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:26:42.160><c> know</c><00:26:42.299><c> your</c><00:26:42.599><c> works,</c><00:26:44.039><c> I</c><00:26:44.059><c> know</c><00:26:44.259><c> your</c><00:26:44.500><c> tribulation</c><00:26:45.420><c> and</c><00:26:46.640><c> your</c><00:26:46.880><c> poverty,</c>

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but<00:26:48.740><c> you</c><00:26:48.940><c> are</c><00:26:49.220><c> rich,</c><00:26:50.579><c> you</c><00:26:50.779><c> are</c><00:26:51.119><c> rich</c><00:26:51.319><c> in</c><00:26:51.579><c> faith,</c><00:26:53.099><c> you're</c><00:26:53.180><c> rich</c>

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in<00:26:53.539><c> love,</c><00:26:53.819><c> you're</c><00:26:53.920><c> rich</c><00:26:54.119><c> in</c><00:26:54.500><c> works.</c>

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Even<00:26:56.740><c> though</c><00:26:56.880><c> you've</c><00:26:57.099><c> lost</c><00:26:57.440><c> everything</c><00:26:58.099><c> that</c><00:26:58.319><c> the</c><00:26:58.519><c> world</c><00:26:58.720><c> has</c>

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any<00:26:59.900><c> concern</c><00:27:00.380><c> for,</c>

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you<00:27:01.140><c> are</c><00:27:01.539><c> rich</c><00:27:01.799><c> in</c><00:27:01.980><c> my</c><00:27:02.279><c> eyes,</c><00:27:03.460><c> you're</c><00:27:03.700><c> wealthy.</c>

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Brothers<00:27:04.240><c> and</c><00:27:04.539><c> sisters,</c><00:27:06.920><c> there</c><00:27:07.200><c> are</c><00:27:07.460><c> other</c><00:27:07.700><c> countries</c><00:27:08.259><c> in</c>

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this<00:27:08.700><c> world,</c><00:27:08.900><c> you</c><00:27:09.039><c> know.</c>

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There<00:27:10.759><c> really</c><00:27:11.099><c> are.</c>

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And<00:27:13.180><c> in</c><00:27:13.359><c> these</c><00:27:13.579><c> other</c><00:27:13.859><c> countries,</c><00:27:16.099><c> there</c><00:27:16.240><c> are</c><00:27:16.460><c> brothers</c><00:27:16.759><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:17.759><c> you</c><00:27:17.980><c> know.</c>

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And<00:27:20.220><c> some</c><00:27:20.380><c> of</c><00:27:20.519><c> these</c><00:27:20.680><c> brothers</c><00:27:21.000><c> and</c><00:27:21.220><c> sisters</c><00:27:21.440><c> don't</c><00:27:21.740><c> have</c><00:27:22.000><c> enough</c><00:27:22.640><c> to</c><00:27:23.220><c> eat.</c>

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There<00:27:25.779><c> was</c><00:27:25.940><c> a</c><00:27:26.099><c> family</c><00:27:26.380><c> in</c><00:27:26.640><c> Jamaica</c><00:27:26.920><c> not</c><00:27:27.160><c> that</c><00:27:27.480><c> far</c><00:27:27.640><c> away</c><00:27:27.839><c> from</c><00:27:28.200><c> here</c>

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that<00:27:30.160><c> was</c><00:27:30.400><c> so</c><00:27:30.759><c> poverty</c><00:27:31.160><c>-stricken,</c><00:27:32.240><c> even</c><00:27:32.519><c> with</c><00:27:32.799><c> whatever</c><00:27:33.119><c> assistance</c><00:27:33.640><c> they</c><00:27:33.920><c> received,</c>

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that<00:27:35.980><c> there</c><00:27:36.119><c> was</c><00:27:36.619><c> rarely</c><00:27:37.059><c> ever</c><00:27:37.619><c> any</c><00:27:38.579><c> little</c><00:27:39.140><c> extra</c><00:27:39.539><c> food</c><00:27:39.839><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:40.180><c> house.</c>

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There<00:27:42.519><c> were</c><00:27:42.720><c> many</c><00:27:43.059><c> days</c><00:27:43.380><c> when</c><00:27:43.559><c> there</c><00:27:43.720><c> was</c><00:27:43.960><c> no</c><00:27:44.319><c> food,</c><00:27:45.599><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:27:46.059><c> sisters.</c>

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Members<00:27:48.079><c> of</c><00:27:48.240><c> the</c><00:27:48.339><c> family</c><00:27:48.539><c> would</c><00:27:48.740><c> wake</c><00:27:48.920><c> up</c><00:27:49.059><c> in</c><00:27:49.240><c> the</c><00:27:49.380><c> night</c><00:27:49.859><c> with</c>

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stomach<00:27:50.819><c> cramps</c>

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and<00:27:51.799><c> move</c><00:27:52.059><c> around</c><00:27:52.920><c> their</c><00:27:53.319><c> little</c><00:27:53.779><c> shack</c><00:27:54.140><c> looking</c><00:27:54.579><c> for</c><00:27:54.819><c> food</c>

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to<00:27:55.339><c> eat.</c>

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And<00:27:57.660><c> in</c><00:27:57.759><c> the</c><00:27:57.920><c> morning,</c><00:27:58.720><c> in</c><00:27:58.900><c> the</c><00:27:59.200><c> morning</c><00:27:59.460><c> they</c><00:27:59.740><c> understood</c>

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the<00:28:00.759><c> principle,</c>

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give<00:28:02.339><c> us</c><00:28:03.099><c> this</c><00:28:03.599><c> day</c><00:28:04.000><c> our</c><00:28:04.900><c> daily</c><00:28:05.460><c> bread,</c><00:28:06.420><c> something</c><00:28:06.740><c> that</c><00:28:06.960><c> we</c>

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mouth<00:28:07.500><c> but</c><00:28:07.880><c> cannot</c><00:28:08.339><c> ever</c><00:28:09.059><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:28:12.299><c> before</c><00:28:12.660><c> the</c><00:28:12.799><c> end</c><00:28:12.960><c> of</c><00:28:13.099><c> that</c><00:28:13.259><c> day,</c><00:28:13.519><c> somebody</c><00:28:13.819><c> would</c><00:28:14.039><c> drop</c><00:28:14.279><c> in,</c>

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:20.420
a<00:28:15.660><c> neighbour</c><00:28:16.200><c> or</c><00:28:17.400><c> another</c><00:28:17.660><c> Christadelphian</c><00:28:18.759><c> with</c><00:28:20.000><c> a</c><00:28:20.160><c> little</c>

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food<00:28:20.880><c> for</c><00:28:21.019><c> them</c><00:28:21.240><c> to</c><00:28:21.500><c> eat.</c>

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All<00:28:24.400><c> that</c><00:28:24.539><c> they</c><00:28:24.779><c> had</c><00:28:25.559><c> was</c><00:28:26.720><c> the</c><00:28:26.980><c> truth.</c>

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:33.700
All<00:28:29.160><c> that</c><00:28:29.279><c> they</c><00:28:29.420><c> had</c><00:28:29.619><c> to</c><00:28:29.819><c> hold</c><00:28:29.980><c> on</c><00:28:30.400><c> to</c><00:28:30.900><c> was</c><00:28:31.619><c> the</c><00:28:31.880><c> hope</c><00:28:32.119><c> of</c><00:28:32.299><c> God's</c><00:28:32.720><c> Kingdom</c>

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:37.119
and<00:28:34.400><c> the</c><00:28:34.599><c> love</c><00:28:35.079><c> of</c><00:28:35.279><c> their</c><00:28:35.500><c> brothers</c><00:28:35.759><c> and</c><00:28:36.019><c> sisters.</c>

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:41.180
And<00:28:38.200><c> in</c><00:28:38.339><c> the</c><00:28:38.460><c> final</c><00:28:38.880><c> analysis,</c><00:28:39.680><c> when</c><00:28:39.900><c> all</c><00:28:40.180><c> is</c><00:28:40.380><c> said</c><00:28:40.559><c> and</c><00:28:40.880><c> done,</c>

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:43.920
when<00:28:41.519><c> all</c><00:28:41.839><c> the</c><00:28:42.059><c> battles</c><00:28:42.279><c> have</c><00:28:42.500><c> been</c><00:28:42.740><c> lost</c><00:28:43.160><c> or</c><00:28:43.500><c> won,</c>

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:49.599
all<00:28:44.680><c> that</c><00:28:44.819><c> will</c><00:28:45.000><c> be</c><00:28:45.160><c> left</c><00:28:45.359><c> for</c><00:28:45.599><c> us</c><00:28:46.220><c> is</c><00:28:47.779><c> the</c><00:28:47.940><c> hope</c><00:28:48.099><c> of</c><00:28:48.259><c> the</c><00:28:48.420><c> Kingdom,</c>

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:53.559
the<00:28:50.599><c> love</c><00:28:50.960><c> of</c><00:28:51.220><c> a</c><00:28:51.339><c> merciful</c><00:28:51.799><c> and</c><00:28:52.099><c> gracious</c><00:28:52.380><c> Father</c>

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:58.180
and<00:28:54.420><c> the</c><00:28:54.539><c> love</c><00:28:54.680><c> that</c><00:28:54.880><c> we</c><00:28:55.039><c> had</c><00:28:55.279><c> and</c><00:28:55.720><c> showed</c><00:28:56.220><c> to</c><00:28:57.799><c> our</c><00:28:57.960><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:28:58.440><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:29:00.619><c> like</c><00:29:00.839><c> to</c><00:29:01.099><c> throw</c><00:29:01.339><c> dollars</c><00:29:02.059><c> at</c><00:29:02.420><c> problems</c><00:29:03.059><c> and</c><00:29:03.579><c> difficulties</c>

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.920
in<00:29:04.299><c> other</c><00:29:04.460><c> countries.</c>

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:09.559
We<00:29:05.359><c> think</c><00:29:05.559><c> in</c><00:29:05.759><c> some</c><00:29:05.940><c> way</c><00:29:06.079><c> it</c><00:29:06.279><c> absolves</c><00:29:07.099><c> us</c><00:29:07.920><c> from</c><00:29:08.299><c> any</c><00:29:08.660><c> responsibility.</c>

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:14.220
We<00:29:10.660><c> feel</c><00:29:10.880><c> better</c><00:29:11.380><c> when</c><00:29:11.680><c> we</c><00:29:12.039><c> shell</c><00:29:12.180><c> out</c><00:29:12.539><c> our</c><00:29:12.799><c> cash</c><00:29:13.200><c> to</c><00:29:13.759><c> drop</c><00:29:13.980><c> it</c>

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:17.160
in<00:29:14.779><c> to</c><00:29:14.960><c> the</c><00:29:15.619><c> collection</c><00:29:16.019><c> bag</c><00:29:16.299><c> for</c><00:29:16.500><c> the</c><00:29:16.720><c> CBM</c>

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:20.480
or<00:29:17.920><c> whoever</c><00:29:18.279><c> else</c><00:29:18.599><c> we</c><00:29:18.819><c> give</c><00:29:18.940><c> our</c><00:29:19.140><c> money</c><00:29:19.359><c> to.</c>

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:25.220
We<00:29:20.980><c> admire</c><00:29:21.740><c> the</c><00:29:22.579><c> dedication,</c><00:29:23.720><c> the</c><00:29:24.019><c> love,</c><00:29:24.440><c> the</c><00:29:24.640><c> conviction</c>

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:31.799
and<00:29:25.940><c> the</c><00:29:26.480><c> single</c><00:29:26.960><c>-minded</c><00:29:27.380><c> devotion</c><00:29:28.000><c> to</c><00:29:28.220><c> the</c><00:29:28.420><c> truth</c><00:29:28.700><c> that</c><00:29:29.039><c> these</c><00:29:29.619><c> poverty</c><00:29:30.160><c>-stricken</c><00:29:30.960><c> brothers</c><00:29:31.440><c> and</c>

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.359
sisters<00:29:32.059><c> have.</c>

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By<00:29:32.779><c> giving</c><00:29:33.039><c> them</c><00:29:33.220><c> money</c><00:29:33.440><c> we</c><00:29:33.660><c> feel</c><00:29:34.000><c> that's</c><00:29:34.579><c> all</c><00:29:34.720><c> we</c><00:29:34.900><c> have</c><00:29:35.099><c> to</c>

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:37.220
do.<00:29:35.960><c> It's</c><00:29:36.339><c> not.</c>

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And<00:29:38.160><c> it</c><00:29:38.319><c> shouldn't</c><00:29:38.559><c> settle</c><00:29:38.839><c> our</c><00:29:39.140><c> conscience,</c><00:29:39.680><c> brothers</c><00:29:39.839><c> and</c><00:29:40.079><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:29:41.759><c> we</c><00:29:41.880><c> have</c><00:29:42.059><c> to</c><00:29:42.220><c> follow</c><00:29:42.420><c> their</c><00:29:42.680><c> example.</c>

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:47.019
Their<00:29:44.240><c> example.</c><00:29:45.779><c> That's</c><00:29:46.140><c> what</c><00:29:46.259><c> we</c><00:29:46.420><c> have</c><00:29:46.599><c> to</c><00:29:46.799><c> follow.</c>

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:50.700
That<00:29:48.000><c> is</c><00:29:48.720><c> what</c><00:29:48.900><c> will</c><00:29:49.220><c> clear</c><00:29:49.380><c> our</c><00:29:49.700><c> conscience.</c>

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:54.000
The<00:29:51.220><c> money</c><00:29:51.420><c> that</c><00:29:51.599><c> we</c><00:29:51.819><c> give</c><00:29:52.119><c> is</c><00:29:52.440><c> like</c><00:29:52.680><c> a</c><00:29:52.799><c> little</c><00:29:53.180><c> band</c><00:29:53.640><c>-aid.</c>

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In<00:29:54.400><c> fact</c><00:29:54.539><c> it</c><00:29:54.660><c> can</c><00:29:55.119><c> spoil</c><00:29:55.579><c> them</c><00:29:55.839><c> in</c><00:29:56.039><c> some</c><00:29:56.240><c> instances</c><00:29:56.700><c> if</c><00:29:57.079><c> it's</c>

00:29:57.339 --> 00:30:00.619
not<00:29:57.680><c> done</c><00:29:58.019><c> through</c><00:29:58.380><c> the</c><00:29:58.700><c> appropriate</c><00:29:59.299><c> agency.</c>

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But<00:30:04.259><c> in</c><00:30:04.460><c> the</c><00:30:04.579><c> end</c><00:30:04.759><c> we</c><00:30:04.859><c> have</c><00:30:05.039><c> to</c><00:30:05.220><c> follow</c><00:30:05.380><c> their</c><00:30:05.559><c> example.</c>

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:11.400
Do<00:30:06.700><c> we</c><00:30:06.859><c> not</c><00:30:07.079><c> feel</c><00:30:07.599><c> bruised</c><00:30:08.160><c> inside</c><00:30:08.900><c> when</c><00:30:09.579><c> we</c><00:30:09.880><c> read</c><00:30:10.339><c> and</c><00:30:10.940><c> hear</c>

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about<00:30:11.700><c> the</c><00:30:11.960><c> devotion</c>

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:16.299
of<00:30:13.440><c> poverty</c><00:30:13.859><c>-stricken</c><00:30:14.420><c> brothers</c><00:30:14.799><c> and</c><00:30:14.960><c> sisters</c><00:30:15.299><c> in</c><00:30:15.460><c> other</c><00:30:15.700><c> countries?</c>

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The<00:30:16.900><c> way</c><00:30:17.059><c> that</c><00:30:17.299><c> they</c><00:30:17.819><c> generously</c><00:30:18.579><c> share</c><00:30:19.200><c> what</c><00:30:19.380><c> they</c><00:30:19.619><c> believe</c>

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to<00:30:20.599><c> whoever</c><00:30:20.960><c> will</c><00:30:21.259><c> listen.</c>

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The<00:30:22.420><c> way</c><00:30:22.619><c> that</c><00:30:22.819><c> they</c><00:30:23.299><c> care</c><00:30:24.000><c> for</c><00:30:24.299><c> each</c><00:30:24.579><c> other</c><00:30:25.099><c> is</c><00:30:26.539><c> heartbreaking</c><00:30:26.960><c> for</c><00:30:27.119><c> me.</c>

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:30.960
I'm<00:30:28.339><c> sure</c><00:30:28.559><c> it's</c><00:30:28.940><c> heartbreaking</c><00:30:29.299><c> for</c><00:30:29.500><c> you</c><00:30:29.779><c> likewise.</c>

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And<00:30:31.259><c> it</c><00:30:31.700><c> bruises</c><00:30:32.119><c> me</c><00:30:32.380><c> deep</c><00:30:32.599><c> down</c><00:30:32.859><c> inside.</c>

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:37.019
And<00:30:33.319><c> I</c><00:30:33.339><c> think</c><00:30:33.559><c> I've</c><00:30:33.920><c> got</c><00:30:34.160><c> to</c><00:30:34.519><c> change</c><00:30:35.079><c> with</c><00:30:35.720><c> all</c><00:30:36.019><c> of</c><00:30:36.140><c> the</c><00:30:36.400><c> materialism,</c>

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:41.960
all<00:30:37.359><c> of</c><00:30:37.500><c> the</c><00:30:37.660><c> ease</c><00:30:37.799><c> of</c><00:30:38.160><c> existence,</c><00:30:38.920><c> all</c><00:30:39.220><c> of</c><00:30:39.339><c> the</c><00:30:39.579><c> desire</c><00:30:39.859><c> for</c><00:30:40.539><c> rest</c>

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:46.319
that<00:30:42.819><c> I,</c><00:30:43.240><c> that</c><00:30:43.380><c> you</c><00:30:43.539><c> may</c><00:30:43.759><c> have,</c><00:30:44.019><c> we've</c><00:30:44.319><c> got</c><00:30:44.440><c> to</c><00:30:44.819><c> change</c><00:30:45.359><c> that.</c>

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:52.059
And<00:30:47.940><c> somehow</c><00:30:48.539><c> be</c><00:30:48.900><c> people</c><00:30:49.359><c> who</c><00:30:50.000><c> have</c><00:30:50.099><c> the</c><00:30:50.299><c> same</c><00:30:50.440><c> kind</c><00:30:50.680><c> of</c><00:30:50.960><c> activity,</c>

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:55.519
the<00:30:52.380><c> same</c><00:30:52.539><c> kind</c><00:30:52.740><c> of</c><00:30:52.900><c> dedication</c><00:30:53.339><c> that</c><00:30:53.700><c> these</c><00:30:54.279><c> brothers</c><00:30:54.799><c> and</c>

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:57.299
sisters<00:30:55.880><c> in</c><00:30:56.140><c> Smyrna,</c>

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:59.599
the<00:30:57.660><c> brothers</c><00:30:57.920><c> and</c><00:30:58.180><c> sisters</c><00:30:58.420><c> in</c><00:30:58.640><c> Malawi,</c>

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:04.440
the<00:31:00.440><c> brethren</c><00:31:00.920><c> and</c><00:31:01.339><c> sisters</c><00:31:01.660><c> in</c><00:31:02.160><c> India,</c><00:31:03.180><c> Hyderabad,</c>

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:07.720
the<00:31:04.599><c> brothers</c><00:31:04.859><c> and</c><00:31:05.059><c> sisters</c><00:31:05.319><c> in</c><00:31:05.599><c> South</c><00:31:05.819><c> America</c><00:31:06.400><c> and</c><00:31:06.599><c> Central</c><00:31:06.980><c> America</c>

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.539
somehow<00:31:08.680><c> recapture</c><00:31:09.500><c> their</c><00:31:10.039><c> zeal.</c>

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It's<00:31:11.799><c> all</c><00:31:12.000><c> they</c><00:31:12.380><c> have.</c>

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:18.920
For<00:31:13.740><c> us</c><00:31:14.000><c> it's</c><00:31:14.259><c> just</c><00:31:14.500><c> one</c><00:31:14.740><c> thing</c><00:31:14.980><c> competing</c><00:31:15.400><c> with</c><00:31:16.500><c> so</c><00:31:16.839><c> much,</c><00:31:18.299><c> so</c>

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.299
much<00:31:19.259><c> abundance.</c>

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:25.839
I<00:31:22.420><c> know</c><00:31:22.720><c> your</c><00:31:23.000><c> poverty,</c><00:31:24.440><c> but</c><00:31:24.700><c> you</c><00:31:25.059><c> are</c><00:31:25.359><c> rich.</c>

00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:31.619
He<00:31:26.480><c> himself</c><00:31:27.339><c> had</c><00:31:28.160><c> made</c><00:31:28.420><c> himself</c><00:31:29.039><c> poor</c><00:31:29.720><c> that</c><00:31:30.819><c> we</c><00:31:31.039><c> might</c><00:31:31.279><c> become</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.700
rich<00:31:31.799><c> as</c><00:31:32.059><c> a</c><00:31:32.200><c> result,</c>

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:36.440
rich<00:31:33.279><c> in</c><00:31:33.519><c> hope,</c><00:31:34.640><c> rich</c><00:31:34.880><c> in</c><00:31:35.119><c> hope</c><00:31:35.220><c> of</c><00:31:35.359><c> the</c><00:31:35.539><c> kingdom.</c>

00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:40.799
Brothers<00:31:36.960><c> and</c><00:31:37.240><c> sisters,</c><00:31:39.259><c> I</c><00:31:39.460><c> know</c><00:31:39.700><c> the</c><00:31:39.960><c> blasphemy</c><00:31:40.420><c> of</c><00:31:40.640><c> them</c>

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:42.480
which<00:31:41.200><c> say</c><00:31:41.539><c> they</c><00:31:41.799><c> are</c><00:31:42.039><c> Jews</c>

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:45.000
and<00:31:43.240><c> really</c><00:31:43.539><c> are</c><00:31:43.799><c> not</c><00:31:44.059><c> Jews.</c>

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.480
They<00:31:45.740><c> are</c><00:31:45.960><c> not</c><00:31:46.160><c> Jews</c><00:31:46.380><c> in</c><00:31:46.579><c> Woodley.</c>

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:51.700
They<00:31:47.660><c> are</c><00:31:47.839><c> Jews</c><00:31:48.079><c> in</c><00:31:48.400><c> name</c><00:31:48.640><c> and</c><00:31:48.940><c> by</c><00:31:49.740><c> descent</c><00:31:50.420><c> only.</c>

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.799
But<00:31:51.940><c> they</c><00:31:52.160><c> are</c><00:31:52.319><c> the</c><00:31:52.579><c> synagogue</c><00:31:52.960><c> of</c><00:31:53.400><c> Satan.</c>

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:56.660
They<00:31:54.880><c> are</c><00:31:55.099><c> the</c><00:31:55.339><c> synagogue</c><00:31:55.700><c> of</c><00:31:55.900><c> the</c><00:31:56.099><c> adversary.</c>

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:58.920
They<00:31:56.880><c> are</c><00:31:57.420><c> enemies</c><00:31:57.839><c> to</c><00:31:58.259><c> the</c><00:31:58.460><c> truth.</c>

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:02.759
In<00:31:59.559><c> fact,</c><00:31:59.740><c> if</c><00:31:59.880><c> you</c><00:32:00.019><c> consider</c><00:32:00.420><c> Satan</c><00:32:00.900><c> as</c><00:32:01.420><c> being</c><00:32:01.700><c> any</c><00:32:02.299><c> adversary</c>

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.480
of<00:32:02.940><c> the</c><00:32:03.119><c> truth,</c>

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:07.339
they<00:32:04.140><c> were</c><00:32:04.440><c> closer</c><00:32:04.819><c> to</c><00:32:05.079><c> being</c><00:32:05.359><c> the</c><00:32:05.779><c> synagogue</c><00:32:06.160><c> of</c><00:32:06.559><c> Rome</c><00:32:07.079><c> and</c>

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.859
the<00:32:07.539><c> Romans</c>

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:11.640
than<00:32:08.079><c> they</c><00:32:08.259><c> were</c><00:32:08.440><c> to</c><00:32:08.680><c> being</c><00:32:09.660><c> Jews</c><00:32:10.420><c> indeed.</c>

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:18.359
The<00:32:13.480><c> Jewish</c><00:32:13.859><c> section</c><00:32:14.259><c> of</c><00:32:14.539><c> Smyrna</c><00:32:14.799><c> was</c><00:32:15.059><c> very</c><00:32:15.400><c> large,</c><00:32:16.839><c> very</c><00:32:17.119><c> influential.</c>

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:21.920
Later<00:32:19.619><c> on</c><00:32:19.920><c> in</c><00:32:20.240><c> Smyrna's</c><00:32:20.700><c> history,</c><00:32:20.900><c> about</c><00:32:21.160><c> 40</c><00:32:21.420><c> years</c><00:32:21.680><c> after</c>

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:23.000
this<00:32:22.119><c> letter</c><00:32:22.299><c> was</c><00:32:22.539><c> written,</c>

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:30.640
there<00:32:24.000><c> would</c><00:32:24.200><c> be</c><00:32:24.920><c> the</c><00:32:25.200><c> persecution</c><00:32:25.980><c> and</c><00:32:27.180><c> burning</c><00:32:27.799><c> of</c><00:32:29.220><c> Christadelphian</c><00:32:30.119><c> martyrs</c>

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:33.940
or<00:32:31.140><c> believers</c><00:32:32.019><c> in</c><00:32:32.559><c> the</c><00:32:32.759><c> truth.</c>

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:38.400
One<00:32:34.900><c> particular</c><00:32:35.420><c> one</c><00:32:35.900><c> who</c><00:32:36.400><c> would</c><00:32:36.619><c> be</c><00:32:36.900><c> burned</c><00:32:37.119><c> at</c><00:32:37.299><c> the</c><00:32:37.559><c> stake.</c>

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:44.519
The<00:32:39.519><c> Jews</c><00:32:40.160><c> were</c><00:32:40.980><c> so</c><00:32:41.579><c> angry</c><00:32:42.160><c> with</c><00:32:42.539><c> and</c><00:32:42.799><c> hated</c><00:32:43.279><c> so</c><00:32:44.099><c> much,</c>

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:47.279
they<00:32:44.960><c> were</c><00:32:45.180><c> prepared</c><00:32:45.359><c> to</c><00:32:45.660><c> break</c><00:32:45.880><c> their</c><00:32:46.220><c> Sabbath</c><00:32:46.539><c> to</c><00:32:46.900><c> go</c><00:32:47.039><c> and</c>

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:49.559
bring<00:32:47.480><c> wood</c><00:32:47.819><c> so</c><00:32:48.079><c> that</c><00:32:48.160><c> he</c><00:32:48.259><c> might</c><00:32:48.480><c> burn.</c>

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:55.259
That<00:32:50.720><c> was</c><00:32:50.960><c> the</c><00:32:51.099><c> kind</c><00:32:51.359><c> of</c><00:32:52.380><c> terrible</c><00:32:52.900><c> hostility</c><00:32:53.539><c> there</c><00:32:54.000><c> was</c>

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:59.160
towards<00:32:56.099><c> our</c><00:32:56.619><c> community</c><00:32:57.019><c> by</c><00:32:57.240><c> the</c><00:32:57.380><c> Jewish</c><00:32:57.559><c> people</c><00:32:57.839><c> at</c><00:32:58.019><c> that</c><00:32:58.220><c> time.</c>

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:01.579
You<00:32:59.500><c> see,</c><00:32:59.720><c> the</c><00:32:59.839><c> ones</c><00:33:00.039><c> who</c><00:33:00.160><c> had</c><00:33:00.359><c> become</c><00:33:00.579><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:06.220
had<00:33:02.539><c> more</c><00:33:02.839><c> than</c><00:33:03.059><c> likely</c><00:33:03.420><c> been</c><00:33:03.880><c> drawn</c><00:33:04.180><c> from</c><00:33:04.420><c> the</c><00:33:04.640><c> ranks</c><00:33:04.900><c> of</c><00:33:05.099><c> the</c><00:33:05.240><c> Jews.</c>

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:10.440
That<00:33:07.720><c> is</c><00:33:07.900><c> why</c><00:33:08.079><c> they</c><00:33:08.460><c> hated</c><00:33:08.720><c> them</c><00:33:08.960><c> so</c><00:33:09.220><c> much.</c>

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:15.019
Sometimes,<00:33:13.200><c> I'm</c><00:33:13.440><c> sure</c><00:33:13.619><c> we</c><00:33:13.839><c> must</c><00:33:14.039><c> wonder,</c>

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:17.799
if<00:33:15.200><c> we</c><00:33:15.559><c> preach</c><00:33:15.839><c> the</c><00:33:16.059><c> way</c><00:33:16.220><c> we</c><00:33:16.440><c> really</c><00:33:16.700><c> ought</c><00:33:16.900><c> to,</c>

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:20.900
might<00:33:18.160><c> it</c><00:33:18.359><c> not</c><00:33:18.500><c> bring</c><00:33:18.680><c> us</c><00:33:18.880><c> into</c><00:33:19.099><c> more</c><00:33:19.400><c> conflict</c><00:33:19.779><c> with</c><00:33:20.039><c> the</c>

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.839
bigger,<00:33:21.740><c> grander,</c>

00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:26.400
more<00:33:23.099><c> traditional</c><00:33:23.960><c> Christian</c><00:33:24.660><c> churches</c><00:33:25.000><c> around</c><00:33:25.380><c> us?</c>

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:29.259
It's<00:33:26.779><c> a</c><00:33:26.880><c> fear</c><00:33:27.019><c> that</c><00:33:27.160><c> they</c><00:33:27.279><c> have</c><00:33:27.440><c> in</c><00:33:27.619><c> North</c><00:33:27.759><c> Industry,</c><00:33:28.200><c> Ohio,</c>

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:31.920
with<00:33:29.460><c> the</c><00:33:29.640><c> success</c><00:33:30.000><c> of</c><00:33:30.200><c> their</c><00:33:30.640><c> Learn</c><00:33:31.019><c> to</c><00:33:31.279><c> Read</c><00:33:31.460><c> the</c><00:33:31.640><c> Bible</c>

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:34.119
Effectively<00:33:32.599><c> seminar</c><00:33:33.079><c> series.</c>

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:37.759
There's<00:33:34.700><c> a</c><00:33:34.839><c> worry</c><00:33:35.039><c> that</c><00:33:36.079><c> organized</c><00:33:36.680><c> religion,</c><00:33:37.240><c> as</c><00:33:37.440><c> it</c><00:33:37.599><c> is</c>

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:39.019
called<00:33:37.920><c> here,</c>

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:43.420
is<00:33:39.700><c> becoming</c><00:33:40.039><c> more</c><00:33:40.460><c> and</c><00:33:40.460><c> more</c><00:33:40.700><c> aware</c><00:33:41.059><c> of</c><00:33:41.660><c> Christadelphian</c><00:33:42.359><c> belief.</c>

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:47.660
And<00:33:44.240><c> there</c><00:33:44.440><c> might,</c><00:33:44.940><c> at</c><00:33:45.079><c> some</c><00:33:45.299><c> point</c><00:33:45.500><c> in</c><00:33:45.700><c> time,</c><00:33:46.180><c> be</c><00:33:46.400><c> a</c><00:33:46.799><c> concerted</c><00:33:47.359><c> effort</c>

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:50.019
to<00:33:48.500><c> squelch,</c>

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:53.759
to<00:33:50.660><c> steal</c><00:33:51.079><c> the</c><00:33:51.519><c> voice</c><00:33:51.779><c> of</c><00:33:51.960><c> the</c><00:33:52.059><c> Christadelphian</c><00:33:52.640><c> community,</c>

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:56.880
to<00:33:54.059><c> block</c><00:33:54.359><c> their</c><00:33:54.619><c> ability</c><00:33:54.960><c> to</c><00:33:55.200><c> speak</c><00:33:55.400><c> at</c><00:33:55.599><c> certain</c><00:33:55.839><c> places,</c>

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:59.700
to<00:33:57.339><c> make</c><00:33:57.720><c> life</c><00:33:57.940><c> difficult</c><00:33:58.400><c> for</c><00:33:58.660><c> them.</c>

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:04.400
If<00:34:02.460><c> we</c><00:34:02.640><c> really</c><00:34:02.960><c> preach</c><00:34:03.180><c> the</c><00:34:03.420><c> truth,</c>

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:08.239
I'm<00:34:05.180><c> sure</c><00:34:05.420><c> we</c><00:34:05.599><c> would</c><00:34:05.940><c> probably</c><00:34:06.259><c> experience</c><00:34:07.039><c> more</c><00:34:07.859><c> of</c><00:34:08.000><c> what</c>

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:09.780
Smyrna<00:34:08.480><c> went</c><00:34:08.739><c> through.</c>

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:11.539
He<00:34:10.659><c> says,</c>

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:20.800
The<00:34:14.260><c> Jews</c><00:34:14.519><c> were</c><00:34:18.699><c> sheltered</c><00:34:19.159><c> under</c><00:34:19.780><c> Roman</c><00:34:20.280><c> law</c>

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:22.960
from<00:34:21.380><c> worshipping</c><00:34:21.920><c> the</c><00:34:22.179><c> Caesars</c><00:34:22.480><c> as</c><00:34:22.699><c> gods.</c>

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:25.099
They<00:34:23.320><c> were</c><00:34:23.440><c> the</c><00:34:23.579><c> only</c><00:34:23.780><c> people</c><00:34:24.039><c> in</c><00:34:24.159><c> the</c><00:34:24.260><c> whole</c><00:34:24.420><c> empire</c><00:34:24.800><c> that</c>

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:28.760
had<00:34:25.679><c> that</c><00:34:26.739><c> particular</c><00:34:27.840><c> right.</c>

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:32.059
And<00:34:29.800><c> for</c><00:34:30.019><c> a</c><00:34:30.159><c> long</c><00:34:30.619><c> period</c><00:34:31.039><c> of</c><00:34:31.320><c> time,</c>

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:35.599
Christadelphians<00:34:33.059><c> were</c><00:34:33.300><c> considered</c><00:34:33.699><c> to</c><00:34:33.940><c> be</c><00:34:34.320><c> just</c><00:34:34.840><c> a</c><00:34:35.179><c> sect</c><00:34:35.380><c> of</c>

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.159
the<00:34:35.820><c> Jews,</c>

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:40.980
like<00:34:36.519><c> Pharisees</c><00:34:37.139><c> or</c><00:34:37.760><c> Sadducees</c><00:34:39.239><c> or</c><00:34:39.760><c> Herodians</c><00:34:40.460><c> or</c><00:34:40.599><c> whatever</c>

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.000
else<00:34:41.280><c> Jews</c><00:34:41.440><c> might</c><00:34:41.679><c> be.</c>

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:44.559
They<00:34:42.440><c> were</c><00:34:42.579><c> just</c><00:34:42.760><c> considered</c><00:34:43.059><c> to</c><00:34:43.280><c> be</c><00:34:43.659><c> another</c><00:34:44.039><c> offshoot,</c>

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:48.480
another<00:34:45.059><c> group</c><00:34:45.559><c> connected</c><00:34:46.119><c> to</c><00:34:46.360><c> the</c><00:34:46.519><c> Jews,</c><00:34:47.300><c> still</c><00:34:47.539><c> Jews.</c>

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.719
Around<00:34:49.559><c> this</c><00:34:49.820><c> time,</c><00:34:50.400><c> brothers</c><00:34:50.500><c> and</c><00:34:50.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.880
the<00:34:52.420><c> Jews</c><00:34:52.639><c> began</c><00:34:53.239><c> to</c><00:34:53.780><c> make</c><00:34:53.920><c> it</c><00:34:54.260><c> clear</c><00:34:54.440><c> to</c><00:34:54.639><c> the</c><00:34:54.800><c> Roman</c><00:34:55.019><c> authorities</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:59.960
more<00:34:56.800><c> and</c><00:34:57.099><c> more,</c><00:34:57.780><c> those</c><00:34:58.199><c> are</c><00:34:58.739><c> not</c><00:34:59.260><c> Jews.</c>

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.559
They<00:35:00.420><c> are</c><00:35:00.599><c> not</c><00:35:00.800><c> of</c><00:35:00.980><c> us.</c>

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.460
They've<00:35:02.260><c> got</c><00:35:02.400><c> nothing</c><00:35:02.619><c> to</c><00:35:02.800><c> do</c><00:35:02.840><c> with</c><00:35:03.059><c> us.</c>

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:07.300
They're<00:35:04.039><c> a</c><00:35:04.159><c> renegade</c><00:35:04.599><c> group</c><00:35:05.059><c> that</c><00:35:05.619><c> pretends</c><00:35:06.219><c> to</c><00:35:06.420><c> have</c><00:35:06.539><c> Jewish</c><00:35:06.820><c> origins,</c>

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.920
but<00:35:07.440><c> they</c><00:35:07.579><c> are</c><00:35:07.699><c> not</c><00:35:07.920><c> Jews.</c>

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:15.039
And<00:35:09.980><c> therefore,</c><00:35:10.860><c> they</c><00:35:11.139><c> became</c><00:35:11.760><c> an</c><00:35:13.480><c> illegal</c><00:35:13.800><c> religion.</c>

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:18.780
And<00:35:15.880><c> there</c><00:35:16.039><c> were</c><00:35:16.440><c> religions</c><00:35:16.920><c> under</c><00:35:17.159><c> the</c><00:35:17.380><c> empire</c><00:35:17.739><c> that</c><00:35:17.940><c> were</c><00:35:18.239><c> illegal,</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:21.679
not<00:35:19.619><c> allowed</c><00:35:20.219><c> to</c><00:35:20.519><c> exist.</c>

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:24.860
Because<00:35:22.360><c> they</c><00:35:22.539><c> weren't</c><00:35:22.719><c> connected</c><00:35:23.119><c> to</c><00:35:23.320><c> the</c><00:35:23.460><c> sheltered</c><00:35:23.920><c> Jews,</c>

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:30.239
they<00:35:25.119><c> were</c><00:35:25.280><c> now</c><00:35:25.500><c> exposed</c><00:35:26.260><c> to</c><00:35:26.539><c> whatever</c><00:35:27.219><c> anybody</c><00:35:27.900><c> might</c><00:35:28.880><c> decide</c><00:35:29.820><c> to</c><00:35:30.079><c> do</c>

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:31.619
or<00:35:30.420><c> say</c><00:35:30.619><c> to</c><00:35:30.780><c> them.</c>

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:36.360
And<00:35:33.059><c> so</c><00:35:33.320><c> when</c><00:35:33.619><c> the</c><00:35:33.840><c> Lord</c><00:35:34.000><c> speaks</c><00:35:34.380><c> about</c><00:35:34.940><c> the</c><00:35:35.639><c> Jews</c>

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:41.139
and<00:35:37.460><c> the</c><00:35:37.860><c> blasphemy,</c><00:35:38.940><c> the</c><00:35:39.360><c> evil</c><00:35:39.900><c> speaking</c><00:35:40.400><c> against,</c>

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:45.460
the<00:35:41.599><c> slander</c><00:35:42.739><c> that</c><00:35:43.280><c> they</c><00:35:43.579><c> spoke</c><00:35:43.840><c> against</c><00:35:44.320><c> our</c><00:35:44.639><c> brothers</c><00:35:44.880><c> and</c><00:35:45.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.960
that's<00:35:46.380><c> what</c><00:35:46.500><c> he's</c><00:35:46.719><c> talking</c><00:35:47.059><c> about.</c>

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.920
He's<00:35:49.099><c> talking</c><00:35:49.320><c> about</c><00:35:49.719><c> a</c><00:35:49.880><c> group</c><00:35:50.000><c> of</c><00:35:50.320><c> people</c>

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:55.659
pushing<00:35:51.920><c> a</c><00:35:52.960><c> small</c><00:35:53.519><c> group</c><00:35:53.820><c> of</c><00:35:54.099><c> people</c><00:35:54.780><c> out</c>

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:57.920
that<00:35:56.639><c> they</c><00:35:56.860><c> might</c><00:35:57.079><c> be</c><00:35:57.500><c> destroyed,</c>

00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:03.780
that<00:35:58.599><c> they</c><00:35:58.739><c> might</c><00:35:58.940><c> be</c><00:35:59.400><c> a</c><00:35:59.599><c> sect</c><00:36:00.239><c> everywhere</c><00:36:01.460><c> spoken</c><00:36:02.500><c> against.</c>

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:05.559
That's<00:36:04.460><c> what</c><00:36:04.539><c> they</c><00:36:04.739><c> became.</c>

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:10.619
They<00:36:06.420><c> were</c><00:36:06.639><c> known</c><00:36:06.840><c> under</c><00:36:07.059><c> the</c><00:36:07.239><c> title</c><00:36:07.719><c> the</c><00:36:08.659><c> Haters</c><00:36:09.079><c> of</c><00:36:09.280><c> Mankind.</c>

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.780
That's<00:36:11.380><c> what</c><00:36:11.559><c> our</c><00:36:11.739><c> brothers</c><00:36:11.940><c> and</c><00:36:12.199><c> sisters</c><00:36:12.380><c> were</c><00:36:12.639><c> called.</c>

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.780
Why?

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:16.260
Because<00:36:14.260><c> they</c><00:36:14.420><c> did</c><00:36:14.619><c> not</c><00:36:14.820><c> love</c><00:36:15.139><c> Caesar,</c>

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:18.500
and<00:36:16.659><c> they</c><00:36:16.780><c> did</c><00:36:17.000><c> not</c><00:36:17.219><c> love</c><00:36:17.599><c> the</c><00:36:17.960><c> empire,</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:20.980
which<00:36:19.039><c> had</c><00:36:19.219><c> given</c><00:36:19.440><c> so</c><00:36:19.719><c> much</c><00:36:19.940><c> peace</c><00:36:20.320><c> to</c><00:36:20.480><c> the</c><00:36:20.679><c> earth,</c>

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:23.099
therefore<00:36:21.480><c> they</c><00:36:21.619><c> were</c><00:36:21.800><c> the</c><00:36:21.980><c> Haters</c><00:36:22.199><c> of</c><00:36:22.380><c> Mankind.</c>

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:25.840
Because<00:36:23.900><c> they</c><00:36:24.119><c> broke</c><00:36:24.300><c> up</c><00:36:24.519><c> families</c><00:36:24.920><c> when</c><00:36:25.159><c> one</c><00:36:25.380><c> would</c><00:36:25.599><c> accept</c>

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.280
the<00:36:26.059><c> truth</c>

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:28.159
and<00:36:26.559><c> the</c><00:36:26.639><c> other</c><00:36:26.800><c> would</c><00:36:27.179><c> not,</c>

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:30.820
therefore<00:36:28.719><c> they</c><00:36:28.880><c> were</c><00:36:29.039><c> the</c><00:36:29.199><c> Haters</c><00:36:29.400><c> of</c><00:36:29.619><c> Mankind.</c>

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:34.460
Because<00:36:31.539><c> they</c><00:36:31.820><c> had</c><00:36:32.539><c> the</c><00:36:32.940><c> breaking</c><00:36:33.159><c> of</c><00:36:33.539><c> bread</c><00:36:33.760><c> and</c><00:36:34.179><c> wine,</c>

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.539
the<00:36:34.659><c> drinking</c><00:36:34.900><c> of</c><00:36:35.159><c> wine,</c>

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:38.179
which<00:36:36.139><c> represented</c><00:36:36.659><c> the</c><00:36:36.880><c> body</c><00:36:37.159><c> and</c><00:36:37.420><c> blood</c><00:36:37.599><c> of</c><00:36:37.840><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:41.699
and<00:36:38.579><c> therefore</c><00:36:38.840><c> they</c><00:36:39.000><c> were</c><00:36:39.199><c> accused</c><00:36:39.420><c> of</c><00:36:39.639><c> being</c><00:36:40.219><c> cannibals.</c>

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:45.099
Because<00:36:42.139><c> they</c><00:36:42.440><c> referred</c><00:36:42.760><c> to</c><00:36:43.019><c> their</c><00:36:43.679><c> memorial</c><00:36:44.280><c> meetings</c><00:36:44.659><c> as</c>

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.880
love<00:36:45.460><c> feasts,</c>

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.599
meals<00:36:46.659><c> of</c><00:36:46.960><c> love,</c>

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:51.199
and<00:36:48.239><c> therefore</c><00:36:48.619><c> they</c><00:36:48.920><c> were</c><00:36:49.179><c> accused</c><00:36:49.400><c> of</c><00:36:49.699><c> immorality.</c>

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:55.159
Evil<00:36:52.860><c> spoken</c><00:36:53.280><c> against</c><00:36:53.639><c> them</c><00:36:54.019><c> everywhere,</c>

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.920
blasphemy.

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:59.019
And<00:36:57.380><c> the</c><00:36:57.539><c> Jews</c><00:36:57.699><c> were</c><00:36:58.000><c> preeminent</c><00:36:58.440><c> in</c><00:36:58.579><c> doing</c><00:36:58.820><c> this</c>

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:02.159
to<00:36:59.760><c> the</c><00:37:00.000><c> brothers</c><00:37:00.239><c> and</c><00:37:00.480><c> sisters</c><00:37:00.739><c> in</c><00:37:01.079><c> Smyrna.</c>

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:05.460
They<00:37:02.820><c> knew</c><00:37:03.539><c> what</c><00:37:04.599><c> the</c><00:37:04.820><c> Jews</c><00:37:04.980><c> were</c><00:37:05.219><c> doing.</c>

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:08.480
They<00:37:06.300><c> knew</c><00:37:07.079><c> what</c><00:37:07.659><c> faced</c><00:37:08.019><c> them.</c>

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:11.079
And<00:37:08.920><c> so</c><00:37:09.099><c> Christ</c><00:37:09.340><c> says</c><00:37:10.019><c> to</c><00:37:10.179><c> them,</c>

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:15.940
don't<00:37:11.599><c> be</c><00:37:11.920><c> afraid</c><00:37:12.500><c> of</c><00:37:13.780><c> what</c><00:37:13.960><c> is</c><00:37:14.219><c> about</c><00:37:14.719><c> to</c><00:37:15.079><c> happen</c><00:37:15.300><c> to</c><00:37:15.480><c> you.</c>

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:20.679
Don't<00:37:16.980><c> be</c><00:37:17.400><c> afraid</c><00:37:17.940><c> of</c><00:37:18.440><c> what</c><00:37:18.780><c> you</c><00:37:18.980><c> are</c><00:37:19.179><c> going</c><00:37:19.360><c> to</c><00:37:19.559><c> go</c><00:37:19.800><c> through.</c>

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.420
Please,<00:37:21.480><c> don't</c><00:37:21.719><c> be</c><00:37:22.019><c> afraid.</c>

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:24.840
Does<00:37:23.380><c> it</c><00:37:23.519><c> mean,</c><00:37:24.239><c> brothers</c><00:37:24.280><c> and</c><00:37:24.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:26.380
that<00:37:25.260><c> they</c><00:37:25.320><c> would</c><00:37:25.599><c> not</c><00:37:25.820><c> go</c><00:37:26.159><c> through</c>

00:37:26.380 --> 00:37:28.420
whatever<00:37:26.800><c> they</c><00:37:27.219><c> were</c><00:37:27.460><c> going</c><00:37:27.699><c> to</c><00:37:27.840><c> go</c><00:37:28.079><c> through?</c>

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:30.900
No,<00:37:29.179><c> it</c><00:37:29.199><c> doesn't</c><00:37:29.400><c> mean</c><00:37:29.539><c> that</c><00:37:29.760><c> at</c><00:37:29.960><c> all.</c>

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:33.199
He's<00:37:31.320><c> begging</c><00:37:31.619><c> them.</c><00:37:32.000><c> He's</c><00:37:32.360><c> asking</c><00:37:32.739><c> them.</c>

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:35.980
He<00:37:33.699><c> is</c><00:37:34.400><c> telling</c><00:37:34.739><c> them.</c>

00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:40.920
Hold<00:37:37.159><c> firm</c><00:37:37.719><c> through</c><00:37:38.480><c> what</c><00:37:38.820><c> you</c><00:37:39.039><c> are</c><00:37:39.260><c> about</c><00:37:39.440><c> to</c><00:37:39.599><c> go</c><00:37:39.860><c> through.</c>

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.519
Life<00:37:41.320><c> in</c><00:37:41.539><c> the</c><00:37:41.760><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:42.320><c> has</c><00:37:42.860><c> trials.</c>

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:45.920
Life<00:37:44.039><c> in</c><00:37:44.139><c> the</c><00:37:44.380><c> truth</c><00:37:44.659><c> involves</c><00:37:45.099><c> difficulty.</c>

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:49.119
Life<00:37:46.659><c> in</c><00:37:46.800><c> the</c><00:37:46.960><c> truth</c><00:37:47.099><c> involves</c><00:37:47.820><c> loneliness.</c>

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:51.219
Sometimes<00:37:49.860><c> strife</c><00:37:50.219><c> with</c><00:37:50.400><c> the</c><00:37:50.539><c> world</c><00:37:50.699><c> around</c><00:37:51.000><c> us.</c>

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:52.920
If<00:37:51.519><c> one</c><00:37:51.739><c> is</c><00:37:51.940><c> in</c><00:37:52.019><c> the</c><00:37:52.159><c> truth</c><00:37:52.260><c> and</c><00:37:52.380><c> one</c><00:37:52.539><c> is</c><00:37:52.780><c> not,</c>

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:57.000
even<00:37:53.199><c> within</c><00:37:53.579><c> the</c><00:37:53.820><c> truth</c><00:37:53.960><c> there</c><00:37:54.139><c> is</c><00:37:54.380><c> strife.</c>

00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:01.280
Life<00:37:57.500><c> in</c><00:37:57.679><c> the</c><00:37:57.880><c> truth</c><00:37:58.559><c> was</c><00:37:59.059><c> never</c><00:37:59.320><c> intended</c><00:37:59.659><c> to</c><00:37:59.840><c> be</c><00:38:00.119><c> easy.</c>

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:03.480
In<00:38:01.940><c> the</c><00:38:02.039><c> beginning</c><00:38:02.280><c> of</c><00:38:02.500><c> chapter</c><00:38:02.880><c> one,</c>

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:05.500
when<00:38:03.980><c> Christ</c><00:38:04.280><c> talks</c><00:38:04.579><c> about</c><00:38:04.840><c> the</c><00:38:05.139><c> things</c>

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:07.860
which<00:38:06.199><c> must</c><00:38:06.659><c> surely</c><00:38:07.239><c> come</c><00:38:07.500><c> to</c><00:38:07.699><c> pass,</c>

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:09.219
do<00:38:08.019><c> you</c><00:38:08.019><c> know</c><00:38:08.099><c> what</c><00:38:08.179><c> he</c><00:38:08.300><c> was</c><00:38:08.420><c> saying?</c>

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:12.880
That<00:38:09.679><c> word</c><00:38:09.940><c> must</c><00:38:10.219><c> means</c><00:38:10.659><c> it</c><00:38:11.099><c> is</c><00:38:11.579><c> necessary.</c>

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:17.820
Tell<00:38:13.719><c> them</c><00:38:13.940><c> the</c><00:38:14.280><c> things</c><00:38:15.039><c> that</c><00:38:15.659><c> it</c><00:38:15.980><c> is</c><00:38:16.300><c> necessary</c><00:38:16.940><c> must</c><00:38:17.539><c> happen.</c>

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:20.179
They<00:38:18.079><c> have</c><00:38:18.460><c> got</c><00:38:18.760><c> to</c><00:38:19.039><c> go</c><00:38:19.179><c> through</c><00:38:19.400><c> these</c><00:38:19.719><c> things.</c>

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:22.440
These<00:38:20.880><c> difficulties</c><00:38:21.480><c> must</c><00:38:21.980><c> arise.</c>

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:24.820
The<00:38:22.960><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:38:23.739><c> throughout</c><00:38:24.079><c> its</c><00:38:24.380><c> history,</c>

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:27.659
must<00:38:25.619><c> go</c><00:38:25.940><c> through</c><00:38:26.179><c> its</c><00:38:26.579><c> trials</c><00:38:26.880><c> and</c><00:38:27.099><c> tribulations</c>

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:29.119
as<00:38:28.079><c> we</c><00:38:28.300><c> do</c><00:38:28.440><c> as</c><00:38:28.639><c> individuals.</c>

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:30.920
We<00:38:29.380><c> cannot</c><00:38:29.699><c> have</c><00:38:29.940><c> a</c><00:38:30.079><c> life</c><00:38:30.199><c> in</c><00:38:30.360><c> the</c><00:38:30.519><c> truth</c>

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:32.900
without<00:38:31.519><c> trial</c><00:38:31.900><c> and</c><00:38:32.139><c> tribulation,</c>

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:35.679
difficulty,<00:38:34.400><c> challenges</c><00:38:34.699><c> that</c><00:38:35.019><c> face</c><00:38:35.199><c> us.</c>

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:38.360
It<00:38:36.199><c> is</c><00:38:36.420><c> the</c><00:38:36.719><c> nature</c><00:38:37.000><c> of</c><00:38:37.320><c> our</c><00:38:37.559><c> life</c><00:38:37.800><c> in</c><00:38:38.000><c> the</c><00:38:38.179><c> truth.</c>

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:42.460
It's<00:38:38.800><c> good</c><00:38:38.960><c> for</c><00:38:39.119><c> us</c><00:38:39.559><c> in</c><00:38:39.739><c> the</c><00:38:40.260><c> long</c><00:38:40.519><c> run,</c><00:38:41.019><c> brothers</c><00:38:41.179><c> and</c><00:38:41.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:50.000
Without<00:38:43.780><c> it,</c><00:38:44.659><c> we</c><00:38:44.840><c> would</c><00:38:45.099><c> just</c><00:38:46.639><c> melt</c><00:38:47.119><c> away</c><00:38:47.719><c> into</c><00:38:48.559><c> nothingness.</c>

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:53.199
Don't<00:38:51.340><c> be</c><00:38:51.599><c> afraid</c><00:38:52.239><c> of</c><00:38:52.820><c> the</c><00:38:53.019><c> things</c>

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:54.500
that<00:38:53.340><c> you're</c><00:38:53.579><c> about</c><00:38:53.760><c> to</c><00:38:53.880><c> go</c><00:38:54.139><c> through.</c>

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:57.340
Behold,<00:38:55.639><c> the</c><00:38:55.880><c> devil,</c><00:38:56.380><c> the</c><00:38:56.559><c> slanderer.</c>

00:38:57.820 --> 00:39:01.480
The<00:38:58.300><c> civil</c><00:38:58.559><c> authorities</c><00:38:59.219><c> are</c><00:38:59.920><c> about</c><00:39:00.340><c> to</c><00:39:00.780><c> cast</c><00:39:01.000><c> some</c><00:39:01.239><c> of</c><00:39:01.360><c> you</c>

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.179
into<00:39:01.699><c> prison</c>

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:03.360
that<00:39:02.579><c> you</c><00:39:02.679><c> may</c><00:39:02.820><c> be</c><00:39:03.079><c> tried.</c>

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:05.019
You<00:39:03.659><c> know</c><00:39:03.719><c> what</c><00:39:03.880><c> prison</c><00:39:04.119><c> was?</c>

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:08.860
Prison<00:39:05.559><c> wasn't</c><00:39:05.880><c> the</c><00:39:06.300><c> holiday</c><00:39:06.719><c> camp</c><00:39:07.199><c> that</c><00:39:07.539><c> it</c><00:39:07.780><c> is</c><00:39:07.960><c> in</c><00:39:08.139><c> North</c><00:39:08.300><c> America.</c>

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:13.119
Prison<00:39:09.820><c> was</c><00:39:10.099><c> a</c><00:39:10.280><c> holding</c><00:39:10.639><c> place</c><00:39:11.800><c> where</c><00:39:12.360><c> you</c><00:39:12.500><c> were</c><00:39:12.739><c> kept</c>

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:16.420
and<00:39:13.820><c> tortured</c><00:39:14.480><c> and</c><00:39:15.199><c> abused,</c>

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:18.679
especially<00:39:17.000><c> if</c><00:39:17.219><c> you</c><00:39:17.360><c> were</c><00:39:17.519><c> a</c><00:39:17.639><c> woman,</c>

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:21.139
before<00:39:19.340><c> you</c><00:39:19.619><c> were</c><00:39:19.960><c> executed.</c>

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:23.079
That's<00:39:21.739><c> what</c><00:39:21.880><c> prison</c><00:39:22.099><c> was.</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:26.219
Can<00:39:23.639><c> you</c><00:39:23.780><c> imagine</c><00:39:24.079><c> getting</c><00:39:24.380><c> a</c><00:39:24.519><c> message</c><00:39:24.800><c> like</c><00:39:25.099><c> this?</c>

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:28.599
If<00:39:27.380><c> you</c><00:39:27.599><c> received</c><00:39:27.820><c> a</c><00:39:28.019><c> message</c><00:39:28.219><c> in</c><00:39:28.360><c> the</c><00:39:28.480><c> mail</c>

00:39:28.599 --> 00:39:30.139
that<00:39:28.840><c> said</c><00:39:28.960><c> what's</c><00:39:29.280><c> about</c><00:39:29.500><c> to</c><00:39:29.699><c> happen</c><00:39:29.800><c> to</c><00:39:29.940><c> you,</c>

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.440
how<00:39:30.460><c> would</c><00:39:30.599><c> you</c><00:39:30.760><c> take</c><00:39:30.980><c> that?</c>

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:34.059
Fear,<00:39:32.260><c> panic,</c><00:39:33.639><c> agony?</c>

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:37.179
What<00:39:34.719><c> is</c><00:39:34.940><c> going</c><00:39:35.079><c> to</c><00:39:35.280><c> happen</c><00:39:35.400><c> to</c><00:39:35.559><c> my</c><00:39:35.739><c> wife</c><00:39:35.940><c> and</c><00:39:36.179><c> daughters?</c>

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:39.139
Look<00:39:37.780><c> at</c><00:39:37.960><c> what</c><00:39:38.039><c> he</c><00:39:38.199><c> said.</c>

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:40.780
Don't<00:39:39.460><c> be</c><00:39:39.719><c> afraid.</c>

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:43.539
Behold,<00:39:41.880><c> some</c><00:39:42.119><c> of</c><00:39:42.239><c> you</c><00:39:42.340><c> will</c><00:39:42.500><c> be</c><00:39:42.659><c> cast</c><00:39:42.840><c> into</c><00:39:43.079><c> prison</c>

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.699
that<00:39:43.820><c> you</c><00:39:43.960><c> may</c><00:39:44.099><c> be</c><00:39:44.340><c> tried,</c>

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:47.119
and<00:39:45.019><c> you</c><00:39:45.340><c> shall</c><00:39:45.739><c> have</c><00:39:46.139><c> tribulation,</c>

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:50.380
great<00:39:47.980><c> trial</c><00:39:48.400><c> and</c><00:39:48.659><c> persecution</c><00:39:49.199><c> for</c><00:39:49.639><c> ten</c><00:39:49.920><c> days.</c>

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:53.380
Nobody<00:39:51.059><c> really</c><00:39:51.380><c> knows</c><00:39:51.599><c> what</c><00:39:51.780><c> the</c><00:39:51.980><c> ten</c><00:39:52.119><c> days</c><00:39:52.380><c> means.</c>

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:55.820
But<00:39:54.159><c> it's</c><00:39:54.380><c> a</c><00:39:54.500><c> short</c><00:39:54.760><c> period</c><00:39:55.079><c> of</c><00:39:55.360><c> time.</c>

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:57.679
That's<00:39:56.579><c> the</c><00:39:56.719><c> indication.</c>

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:59.460
There<00:39:58.159><c> will</c><00:39:58.340><c> be</c><00:39:58.539><c> a</c><00:39:58.679><c> period</c><00:39:59.019><c> of</c><00:39:59.280><c> time.</c>

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:02.300
Maybe<00:40:00.059><c> the</c><00:40:00.300><c> only</c><00:40:00.500><c> reason</c><00:40:00.780><c> he</c><00:40:00.960><c> uses</c><00:40:01.320><c> the</c><00:40:01.519><c> word</c><00:40:01.719><c> ten</c>

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:06.059
is<00:40:03.039><c> to</c><00:40:03.340><c> tell</c><00:40:03.500><c> them</c><00:40:03.840><c> there</c><00:40:04.119><c> is</c><00:40:04.380><c> a</c><00:40:04.679><c> limit</c><00:40:05.039><c> to</c><00:40:05.300><c> the</c><00:40:05.539><c> time.</c>

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:08.320
There<00:40:06.780><c> is</c><00:40:07.039><c> a</c><00:40:07.219><c> limit</c><00:40:07.460><c> to</c><00:40:07.820><c> the</c><00:40:08.119><c> time</c>

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:11.380
of<00:40:08.519><c> your</c><00:40:08.760><c> severe</c><00:40:09.179><c> trial</c><00:40:09.719><c> and</c><00:40:10.199><c> persecution.</c>

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:14.480
It<00:40:11.780><c> will</c><00:40:12.039><c> last</c><00:40:12.460><c> for</c><00:40:12.900><c> a</c><00:40:13.179><c> limited</c><00:40:13.559><c> period</c><00:40:13.980><c> of</c><00:40:14.260><c> time.</c>

00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:16.599
So<00:40:14.980><c> pull</c><00:40:15.559><c> through.</c>

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:20.300
Pull<00:40:17.539><c> together</c><00:40:18.099><c> and</c><00:40:18.500><c> survive</c><00:40:19.059><c> through</c><00:40:19.320><c> this.</c>

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:23.059
You<00:40:20.820><c> shall</c><00:40:21.039><c> be</c><00:40:21.360><c> in</c><00:40:21.559><c> tribulation</c><00:40:22.199><c> ten</c><00:40:22.639><c> days.</c>

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:26.199
Be<00:40:23.619><c> thou</c><00:40:24.000><c> faithful</c><00:40:24.679><c> unto</c><00:40:25.139><c> death.</c>

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:28.880
Be<00:40:26.579><c> thou</c><00:40:26.900><c> faithful</c><00:40:27.340><c> to</c><00:40:27.579><c> me</c><00:40:27.880><c> even</c><00:40:28.340><c> unto</c><00:40:28.579><c> death,</c>

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:31.519
and<00:40:29.079><c> I</c><00:40:29.300><c> will</c><00:40:29.480><c> give</c><00:40:29.599><c> you</c><00:40:29.820><c> the</c><00:40:30.000><c> crown</c><00:40:30.219><c> of</c><00:40:30.480><c> life.</c>

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:33.699
Crown,<00:40:32.659><c> Stephanos.</c>

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:36.719
The<00:40:34.260><c> word</c><00:40:34.539><c> Stephanos</c><00:40:35.119><c> is</c><00:40:35.300><c> the</c><00:40:35.360><c> same</c><00:40:35.539><c> word.</c>

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:40.619
It<00:40:37.539><c> was</c><00:40:37.739><c> a</c><00:40:37.940><c> crown</c><00:40:38.019><c> that</c><00:40:38.159><c> was</c><00:40:38.320><c> given</c><00:40:38.579><c> to</c><00:40:38.820><c> victorious</c><00:40:39.400><c> generals.</c>

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:43.960
It<00:40:41.119><c> was</c><00:40:41.380><c> a</c><00:40:41.599><c> crown,</c><00:40:42.219><c> a</c><00:40:42.739><c> laurel</c><00:40:43.559><c> crown,</c>

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:45.619
that<00:40:44.340><c> was</c><00:40:44.559><c> given</c><00:40:44.920><c> to</c><00:40:45.260><c> people</c>

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:49.579
who<00:40:45.920><c> had</c><00:40:46.400><c> successfully</c><00:40:47.000><c> completed</c><00:40:47.500><c> and</c><00:40:47.880><c> won</c><00:40:48.300><c> a</c><00:40:48.599><c> race.</c>

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.579
It<00:40:50.179><c> was</c><00:40:50.360><c> a</c><00:40:50.519><c> crown</c><00:40:50.659><c> that</c><00:40:50.820><c> was</c><00:40:51.000><c> given</c><00:40:51.159><c> to</c><00:40:51.400><c> people</c>

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:56.480
that<00:40:51.739><c> were</c><00:40:51.940><c> being</c><00:40:52.840><c> married,</c><00:40:54.940><c> brothers</c><00:40:55.119><c> and</c><00:40:55.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:58.739
All<00:40:57.340><c> of</c><00:40:57.500><c> these</c><00:40:57.739><c> things.</c>

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.900
And<00:40:59.119><c> the</c><00:40:59.219><c> crown</c><00:40:59.420><c> of</c><00:40:59.679><c> life</c><00:40:59.920><c> is</c><00:41:00.239><c> the</c><00:41:00.480><c> crown</c>

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:02.599
that<00:41:01.619><c> Paul</c><00:41:02.039><c> talked</c><00:41:02.360><c> about.</c>

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:04.219
I<00:41:02.820><c> am</c><00:41:03.000><c> now</c><00:41:03.219><c> ready</c><00:41:03.420><c> to</c><00:41:03.579><c> be</c><00:41:03.820><c> offered,</c>

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:07.039
held<00:41:04.800><c> in</c><00:41:05.079><c> prison,</c><00:41:05.880><c> waiting</c><00:41:06.099><c> to</c><00:41:06.300><c> be</c><00:41:06.519><c> executed.</c>

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:09.559
I<00:41:07.699><c> am</c><00:41:07.800><c> now</c><00:41:07.980><c> ready</c><00:41:08.139><c> to</c><00:41:08.280><c> be</c><00:41:08.519><c> offered.</c>

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:12.639
And<00:41:09.719><c> the</c><00:41:09.900><c> time</c><00:41:10.099><c> of</c><00:41:10.260><c> my</c><00:41:10.559><c> departure</c><00:41:11.119><c> is</c><00:41:11.460><c> at</c><00:41:11.780><c> hand.</c>

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:15.460
I<00:41:13.539><c> have</c><00:41:13.820><c> fought</c><00:41:13.980><c> the</c><00:41:14.280><c> good</c><00:41:14.539><c> fight.</c>

00:41:15.659 --> 00:41:17.059
There<00:41:15.780><c> are</c><00:41:15.920><c> many</c><00:41:16.280><c> fights,</c><00:41:16.920><c> brethren,</c>

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:19.480
that<00:41:17.320><c> are</c><00:41:17.639><c> not</c><00:41:18.059><c> good</c><00:41:18.480><c> fights</c>

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.900
and<00:41:19.739><c> are</c><00:41:19.940><c> not</c><00:41:20.159><c> worth</c><00:41:20.440><c> fighting.</c>

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:24.119
I<00:41:21.880><c> have</c><00:41:22.360><c> fought</c><00:41:22.619><c> the</c><00:41:23.280><c> good</c><00:41:23.639><c> fight.</c>

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:26.079
I<00:41:24.900><c> have</c><00:41:25.139><c> finished</c><00:41:25.480><c> my</c><00:41:25.840><c> course.</c>

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:28.099
I<00:41:26.460><c> have</c><00:41:26.760><c> kept</c><00:41:27.019><c> the</c><00:41:27.320><c> faith.</c>

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:30.400
Henceforth<00:41:28.739><c> there</c><00:41:29.280><c> is</c><00:41:29.480><c> laid</c><00:41:29.599><c> up</c><00:41:29.760><c> for</c><00:41:29.940><c> me</c>

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:31.900
a<00:41:30.659><c> crown</c><00:41:31.019><c> of</c><00:41:31.420><c> righteousness,</c>

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:34.300
which<00:41:32.440><c> the</c><00:41:32.760><c> Lord,</c><00:41:33.119><c> the</c><00:41:33.340><c> righteous</c><00:41:33.820><c> judge,</c>

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:36.260
shall<00:41:34.780><c> give</c><00:41:34.980><c> me</c><00:41:35.260><c> at</c><00:41:35.559><c> that</c><00:41:35.900><c> day.</c>

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.579
Is<00:41:36.800><c> that</c><00:41:36.920><c> where</c><00:41:37.019><c> he</c><00:41:37.260><c> stopped?</c>

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:39.800
Look<00:41:38.280><c> at</c><00:41:38.420><c> the</c><00:41:38.679><c> heart</c><00:41:38.940><c> of</c><00:41:39.139><c> this</c><00:41:39.380><c> man,</c>

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:41.960
always<00:41:40.840><c> considering</c><00:41:41.300><c> himself</c>

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:44.539
in<00:41:42.400><c> connection</c><00:41:42.800><c> to</c><00:41:43.239><c> his</c><00:41:43.559><c> brethren</c><00:41:43.900><c> and</c><00:41:44.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:46.099
just<00:41:44.920><c> like</c><00:41:45.099><c> his</c><00:41:45.300><c> Lord,</c>

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:48.159
never<00:41:46.519><c> away</c><00:41:46.840><c> from</c><00:41:47.059><c> them,</c><00:41:47.260><c> never,</c>

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:49.480
always<00:41:48.440><c> separated</c><00:41:48.920><c> from</c><00:41:49.179><c> them,</c>

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:51.840
always<00:41:50.239><c> himself</c><00:41:50.719><c> and</c><00:41:50.960><c> them</c><00:41:51.079><c> together,</c>

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:55.679
I<00:41:52.860><c> and</c><00:41:53.320><c> my</c><00:41:53.539><c> beloved</c><00:41:53.960><c> brethren</c><00:41:54.400><c> and</c><00:41:54.719><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:57.800
He<00:41:56.000><c> says,</c><00:41:56.500><c> not</c><00:41:56.880><c> to</c><00:41:57.079><c> me</c><00:41:57.320><c> only,</c>

00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:00.579
but<00:41:58.219><c> unto</c><00:41:58.579><c> all</c><00:41:59.019><c> of</c><00:41:59.139><c> them</c><00:41:59.239><c> also,</c>

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:03.739
that<00:42:00.780><c> have</c><00:42:01.119><c> loved</c><00:42:02.079><c> his</c><00:42:02.679><c> appearing.</c>

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:06.079
That<00:42:04.360><c> crown</c><00:42:04.519><c> of</c><00:42:04.719><c> life</c><00:42:04.860><c> is</c><00:42:05.039><c> there</c><00:42:05.159><c> for</c><00:42:05.340><c> you,</c>

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:07.340
it's<00:42:06.500><c> there</c><00:42:06.639><c> for</c><00:42:06.800><c> me,</c>

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:11.480
if<00:42:08.260><c> we</c><00:42:08.639><c> will</c><00:42:09.119><c> be</c><00:42:09.500><c> faithful</c><00:42:09.940><c> to</c><00:42:10.320><c> our</c><00:42:10.559><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:15.300
faithful<00:42:12.239><c> through</c><00:42:12.719><c> all</c><00:42:13.159><c> the</c><00:42:13.480><c> ups</c><00:42:13.820><c> and</c><00:42:14.119><c> downs</c><00:42:14.400><c> of</c><00:42:14.719><c> life,</c>

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:18.860
ecclesially,<00:42:16.539><c> personally,</c><00:42:17.900><c> professionally,</c>

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:21.699
meritally,<00:42:20.460><c> in</c><00:42:20.579><c> raising</c><00:42:20.840><c> our</c><00:42:21.179><c> children,</c>

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:24.000
in<00:42:22.400><c> sickness,</c><00:42:23.360><c> in</c><00:42:23.559><c> health,</c>

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:27.980
if<00:42:25.019><c> we</c><00:42:25.239><c> will</c><00:42:25.460><c> be</c><00:42:25.699><c> faithful</c><00:42:26.039><c> unto</c><00:42:26.300><c> him.</c>

00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:31.940
Brothers<00:42:28.980><c> and</c><00:42:29.219><c> sisters,</c><00:42:30.460><c> the</c><00:42:30.559><c> message</c><00:42:30.840><c> ends.</c>

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:35.400
He<00:42:32.800><c> that</c><00:42:33.000><c> hath</c><00:42:33.280><c> an</c><00:42:33.559><c> ear</c><00:42:33.760><c> to</c><00:42:34.099><c> hear,</c>

00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:37.579
if<00:42:35.840><c> only</c><00:42:36.039><c> we</c><00:42:36.239><c> will</c><00:42:36.480><c> listen,</c>

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:40.280
let<00:42:38.420><c> him</c><00:42:39.559><c> hear</c>

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:43.500
what<00:42:41.260><c> the</c><00:42:41.559><c> Spirit</c><00:42:41.820><c> saith</c><00:42:42.099><c> unto</c><00:42:42.519><c> the</c><00:42:42.760><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:45.519
He<00:42:44.260><c> that</c><00:42:44.639><c> overcometh,</c>

00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:47.159
overcometh<00:42:46.400><c> what?</c>

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:50.780
Fear,<00:42:49.739><c> fear.</c>

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:56.139
He<00:42:52.519><c> that</c><00:42:53.079><c> overcomes</c><00:42:53.980><c> being</c><00:42:54.880><c> afraid,</c>

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:57.820
being<00:42:56.619><c> anxious,</c>

00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:00.019
being<00:42:58.099><c> full</c><00:42:58.280><c> of</c><00:42:58.480><c> panic</c><00:42:58.780><c> and</c><00:42:59.000><c> worry.</c>

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:05.000
He<00:43:00.719><c> that</c><00:43:01.079><c> overcomes</c><00:43:01.960><c> that</c><00:43:02.639><c> forgetfulness</c><00:43:03.320><c> of</c><00:43:03.820><c> mind,</c>

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:07.460
that<00:43:05.360><c> makes</c><00:43:05.639><c> us</c><00:43:06.519><c> fail</c><00:43:06.760><c> to</c><00:43:07.079><c> remember</c>

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:10.780
that<00:43:08.019><c> we</c><00:43:08.199><c> are</c><00:43:08.500><c> in</c><00:43:08.800><c> Christ's</c><00:43:09.860><c> hand,</c>

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:12.460
firmly<00:43:11.400><c> held,</c>

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:14.579
that<00:43:12.719><c> we</c><00:43:12.840><c> are</c><00:43:13.059><c> in</c><00:43:13.219><c> God's</c><00:43:13.739><c> hand,</c>

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.659
firmly<00:43:15.119><c> held,</c>

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:17.599
that<00:43:16.260><c> he</c><00:43:16.400><c> is</c><00:43:16.519><c> a</c><00:43:16.719><c> shelter</c><00:43:17.059><c> for</c><00:43:17.280><c> us,</c>

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:22.079
and<00:43:17.800><c> that</c><00:43:18.039><c> he</c><00:43:18.719><c> is</c><00:43:19.159><c> as</c><00:43:19.539><c> walls</c><00:43:19.880><c> and</c><00:43:20.239><c> bulwarks</c><00:43:20.780><c> around</c><00:43:21.179><c> us,</c>

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:26.260
if<00:43:22.559><c> we</c><00:43:22.699><c> would</c><00:43:22.840><c> only</c><00:43:23.199><c> see</c><00:43:23.800><c> that</c><00:43:24.519><c> he</c><00:43:24.619><c> is</c><00:43:24.739><c> around</c><00:43:25.039><c> us.</c>

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He<00:43:26.860><c> that</c><00:43:27.260><c> overcometh</c>

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shall<00:43:29.179><c> not</c><00:43:29.800><c> be</c><00:43:30.420><c> heard</c>

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of<00:43:32.420><c> a</c><00:43:32.699><c> second</c><00:43:33.320><c> death.</c>

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You<00:43:36.599><c> may</c><00:43:36.760><c> be</c><00:43:37.019><c> rejected</c><00:43:37.340><c> in</c><00:43:37.619><c> judgment</c><00:43:37.920><c> today</c>

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by<00:43:38.500><c> the</c><00:43:38.840><c> world</c><00:43:39.280><c> and</c><00:43:39.860><c> its</c><00:43:40.480><c> standards</c><00:43:40.960><c> and</c><00:43:41.340><c> requirements,</c>

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but<00:43:43.420><c> at</c><00:43:43.619><c> the</c><00:43:43.860><c> second</c><00:43:44.159><c> judgment,</c>

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when<00:43:45.639><c> I</c><00:43:45.900><c> come</c><00:43:46.139><c> back</c><00:43:46.320><c> to</c><00:43:46.480><c> the</c><00:43:46.659><c> earth,</c>

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you<00:43:48.380><c> will</c><00:43:48.619><c> not</c><00:43:48.760><c> be</c><00:43:48.980><c> hurt</c><00:43:49.119><c> by</c><00:43:49.340><c> that</c><00:43:49.579><c> judgment.</c>

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You<00:43:51.179><c> will</c><00:43:51.360><c> receive</c><00:43:51.699><c> at</c><00:43:51.820><c> that</c><00:43:52.019><c> time</c><00:43:52.159><c> a</c><00:43:52.380><c> crown</c><00:43:52.500><c> of</c><00:43:52.940><c> life.</c>

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To<00:43:55.739><c> him,</c><00:43:57.420><c> to</c><00:43:57.539><c> her</c><00:43:57.760><c> that</c><00:43:58.099><c> overcomes,</c>

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the<00:43:59.960><c> Lord</c><00:44:00.159><c> Jesus</c><00:44:00.539><c> Christ</c><00:44:01.000><c> says</c><00:44:01.579><c> to</c><00:44:02.619><c> every</c><00:44:02.860><c> one</c><00:44:03.000><c> of</c><00:44:03.179><c> us,</c>

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I<00:44:04.920><c> will</c><00:44:05.260><c> give</c><00:44:05.900><c> a</c><00:44:07.099><c> crown</c><00:44:07.280><c> of</c><00:44:07.559><c> life.</c>