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for<00:12:20.000><c> any</c><00:12:20.240><c> darkness,</c><00:12:21.360><c> any</c><00:12:21.580><c> dark</c><00:12:21.899><c> deeds</c><00:12:22.139><c> or</c><00:12:22.460><c> thoughts.</c>

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it<00:12:25.519><c> is</c><00:12:25.659><c> to</c><00:12:25.759><c> be</c><00:12:25.940><c> expected</c><00:12:26.399><c> that</c><00:12:26.700><c> true</c><00:12:26.899><c> disciples</c>

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should<00:12:28.039><c> walk</c><00:12:28.539><c> in</c><00:12:28.980><c> the</c><00:12:29.139><c> light.</c>

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But<00:12:32.320><c> there</c><00:12:32.440><c> is</c><00:12:32.519><c> always</c><00:12:32.720><c> the</c><00:12:32.860><c> very</c><00:12:33.019><c> real</c><00:12:33.200><c> possibility</c>

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that<00:12:34.879><c> disciples</c><00:12:35.340><c> who</c><00:12:35.639><c> think</c><00:12:35.840><c> that</c><00:12:36.019><c> they</c><00:12:36.139><c> are</c><00:12:36.279><c> in</c><00:12:36.399><c> the</c><00:12:36.580><c> light</c>

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are<00:12:38.700><c> from</c><00:12:39.299><c> God's</c><00:12:39.679><c> viewpoint,</c><00:12:40.399><c> in</c><00:12:40.600><c> reality,</c><00:12:41.799><c> in</c><00:12:42.019><c> the</c><00:12:42.220><c> dark.</c>

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And<00:12:43.639><c> so</c><00:12:43.820><c> John</c><00:12:43.980><c> sets</c><00:12:44.279><c> out</c><00:12:44.480><c> the</c><00:12:44.659><c> tests</c>

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whereby<00:12:46.139><c> we</c><00:12:46.379><c> may</c><00:12:46.820><c> determine</c><00:12:47.500><c> in</c><00:12:47.860><c> absolute</c><00:12:48.379><c> terms,</c>

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not<00:12:49.419><c> relative</c><00:12:49.840><c> ones,</c>

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whether<00:12:50.799><c> we</c><00:12:50.980><c> are</c><00:12:51.159><c> really</c><00:12:51.700><c> in</c><00:12:51.879><c> the</c><00:12:52.080><c> light</c><00:12:52.779><c> or</c><00:12:53.340><c> in</c><00:12:53.559><c> the</c><00:12:53.720><c> dark,</c>

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walking<00:12:55.379><c> in</c><00:12:55.620><c> the</c><00:12:55.779><c> light</c><00:12:56.240><c> or</c><00:12:56.860><c> walking</c><00:12:57.220><c> in</c><00:12:57.440><c> the</c><00:12:57.580><c> dark.</c>

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God<00:13:02.620><c> has</c><00:13:02.840><c> been</c><00:13:03.100><c> revealed</c><00:13:03.519><c> in</c><00:13:03.940><c> His</c><00:13:04.220><c> Son</c><00:13:04.460><c> Jesus</c><00:13:04.860><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:13:05.799><c> an</c><00:13:06.039><c> actual</c><00:13:06.340><c> historical</c><00:13:06.919><c> manifestation.</c>

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One<00:13:08.620><c> of</c><00:13:08.759><c> the</c><00:13:08.960><c> purposes</c><00:13:09.259><c> of</c><00:13:09.480><c> this</c><00:13:09.679><c> declaration</c>

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is<00:13:10.779><c> given</c><00:13:11.059><c> in</c><00:13:11.259><c> verses</c><00:13:11.480><c> 3</c><00:13:11.799><c> to</c><00:13:11.860><c> 4,</c>

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to<00:13:13.059><c> enable</c><00:13:13.379><c> the</c><00:13:13.620><c> readers</c><00:13:14.059><c> to</c><00:13:14.440><c> share</c><00:13:14.659><c> fully</c>

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in<00:13:15.600><c> the</c><00:13:15.779><c> life</c><00:13:15.960><c> of</c><00:13:16.200><c> the</c><00:13:16.320><c> believing</c><00:13:16.519><c> community,</c>

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a<00:13:17.980><c> life</c><00:13:18.120><c> which</c><00:13:18.320><c> is</c><00:13:18.460><c> itself</c><00:13:19.019><c> a</c><00:13:19.480><c> sharing</c>

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in<00:13:20.279><c> the</c><00:13:20.419><c> life</c><00:13:20.580><c> of</c><00:13:20.779><c> the</c><00:13:20.940><c> Father</c><00:13:21.419><c> and</c><00:13:21.799><c> the</c><00:13:22.039><c> Son.</c>

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And<00:13:23.120><c> the</c><00:13:23.340><c> shared</c><00:13:23.539><c> life</c><00:13:23.919><c> leads</c><00:13:24.139><c> to</c><00:13:24.379><c> a</c><00:13:24.679><c> completed</c><00:13:24.919><c> joy.</c>

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the<00:13:30.740><c> sharing</c><00:13:30.980><c> of</c><00:13:31.179><c> the</c><00:13:31.379><c> truth</c><00:13:31.639><c> led</c><00:13:31.860><c> to</c><00:13:32.100><c> fullness</c><00:13:32.360><c> of</c><00:13:32.620><c> life</c>

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and<00:13:33.480><c> fullness</c><00:13:33.799><c> of</c><00:13:34.080><c> joy,</c><00:13:34.700><c> so</c><00:13:34.919><c> it</c><00:13:35.139><c> is</c><00:13:35.399><c> here.</c>

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through<00:13:43.019><c> faith</c><00:13:43.419><c> in</c><00:13:43.820><c> and</c><00:13:44.259><c> obedience</c><00:13:44.879><c> to</c><00:13:45.620><c> the</c><00:13:45.980><c> Lord</c><00:13:46.139><c> Jesus</c><00:13:46.539><c> Christ.</c>

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What<00:13:48.480><c> then,</c><00:13:48.679><c> my</c><00:13:48.779><c> dear</c><00:13:48.960><c> brethren</c><00:13:49.240><c> and</c><00:13:49.460><c> sisters,</c>

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are<00:13:50.720><c> the</c><00:13:51.120><c> reliable</c><00:13:51.779><c> and</c><00:13:52.320><c> certain</c><00:13:52.659><c> signs</c>

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Well,<00:13:59.720><c> I</c><00:13:59.759><c> think</c><00:13:59.960><c> verses</c><00:14:00.200><c> 8</c><00:14:00.500><c> to</c><00:14:00.580><c> 10</c>

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give<00:14:01.600><c> us</c><00:14:02.399><c> our</c><00:14:02.679><c> first</c><00:14:03.480><c> measurement.</c>

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What<00:14:06.600><c> is</c><00:14:06.799><c> our</c><00:14:06.980><c> attitude</c><00:14:07.559><c> to</c><00:14:08.659><c> sin?</c>

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Verse<00:14:10.639><c> 8,</c><00:14:11.179><c> if</c><00:14:11.299><c> we</c><00:14:11.500><c> say</c><00:14:11.679><c> that</c><00:14:11.879><c> we</c><00:14:11.980><c> have</c><00:14:12.220><c> no</c><00:14:12.480><c> sin,</c>

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we<00:14:13.200><c> deceive</c><00:14:13.539><c> ourselves</c><00:14:14.360><c> and</c><00:14:14.860><c> the</c><00:14:15.059><c> truth</c><00:14:15.240><c> is</c><00:14:15.460><c> not</c><00:14:15.620><c> in</c><00:14:15.759><c> us.</c>

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If<00:14:16.700><c> we</c><00:14:17.000><c> confess</c><00:14:17.360><c> our</c><00:14:17.659><c> sins,</c>

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He<00:14:18.460><c> is</c><00:14:18.659><c> faithful</c><00:14:19.039><c> and</c><00:14:19.340><c> just</c><00:14:19.519><c> to</c><00:14:19.720><c> forgive</c><00:14:19.919><c> us</c><00:14:20.159><c> our</c><00:14:20.340><c> sins</c>

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and<00:14:21.220><c> to</c><00:14:21.419><c> cleanse</c><00:14:21.600><c> us</c><00:14:22.100><c> from</c><00:14:22.419><c> all</c><00:14:23.039><c> unrighteousness.</c>

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So<00:14:24.480><c> there's</c><00:14:24.620><c> two</c><00:14:24.799><c> attitudes</c><00:14:25.240><c> to</c><00:14:25.539><c> sin.</c>

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Sin<00:14:26.460><c> can</c><00:14:26.659><c> be</c><00:14:26.860><c> faced,</c><00:14:27.559><c> admitted,</c><00:14:28.820><c> confessed</c><00:14:29.200><c> and</c><00:14:29.679><c> forgiven,</c>

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or<00:14:30.419><c> it</c><00:14:31.120><c> can</c><00:14:31.360><c> be</c><00:14:31.559><c> denied,</c><00:14:32.440><c> ignored,</c><00:14:33.299><c> tolerated</c>

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or<00:14:34.419><c> perhaps</c><00:14:34.720><c> even</c><00:14:35.100><c> enjoyed.</c>

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we<00:14:38.700><c> are</c><00:14:38.960><c> walking</c><00:14:39.220><c> in</c><00:14:39.379><c> the</c><00:14:39.559><c> light,</c>

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but<00:14:40.559><c> if</c><00:14:40.700><c> it</c><00:14:40.799><c> is</c><00:14:40.980><c> the</c><00:14:41.100><c> latter,</c><00:14:41.799><c> we</c><00:14:41.940><c> are</c><00:14:42.179><c> walking</c><00:14:42.440><c> in</c><00:14:42.639><c> darkness.</c>

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The<00:14:44.100><c> important</c><00:14:44.480><c> thing</c><00:14:45.120><c> is</c><00:14:45.500><c> to</c><00:14:45.779><c> admit</c><00:14:46.320><c> and</c><00:14:47.059><c> to</c><00:14:47.340><c> confess</c><00:14:47.960><c> sin.</c>

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To<00:14:50.159><c> claim</c><00:14:50.379><c> to</c><00:14:50.539><c> be</c><00:14:50.740><c> sinless</c>

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or<00:14:52.240><c> to</c><00:14:52.379><c> never</c><00:14:52.600><c> have</c><00:14:52.879><c> committed</c><00:14:53.259><c> sin</c><00:14:53.840><c> is</c><00:14:54.399><c> self</c><00:14:54.720><c>-deception.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:14:56.980><c> of</c><00:14:57.279><c> sin</c><00:14:57.740><c> can</c><00:14:58.340><c> only</c><00:14:58.639><c> be</c><00:14:58.860><c> looked</c><00:14:59.100><c> for</c>

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if<00:15:00.120><c> honest</c><00:15:00.500><c> confession</c><00:15:01.220><c> of</c><00:15:01.480><c> sin</c><00:15:01.740><c> is</c><00:15:02.320><c> first</c><00:15:02.820><c> made.</c>

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But<00:15:06.919><c> you</c><00:15:07.019><c> will</c><00:15:07.139><c> know</c><00:15:07.279><c> well</c><00:15:07.519><c> that</c><00:15:07.679><c> later</c><00:15:07.940><c> on</c><00:15:08.100><c> in</c><00:15:08.220><c> this</c><00:15:08.399><c> epistle</c>

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we<00:15:09.419><c> appear</c><00:15:09.639><c> to</c><00:15:09.799><c> get</c><00:15:09.919><c> an</c><00:15:10.139><c> advance</c><00:15:10.399><c> on</c><00:15:10.620><c> this.</c>

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Disciples<00:15:12.080><c> must</c><00:15:12.340><c> turn</c><00:15:12.620><c> their</c><00:15:12.919><c> backs</c><00:15:13.159><c> upon</c><00:15:13.519><c> sin,</c>

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for<00:15:14.659><c> sin</c><00:15:15.120><c> cannot</c><00:15:15.519><c> be</c><00:15:15.840><c> entertained</c><00:15:16.360><c> as</c><00:15:16.559><c> being</c><00:15:16.759><c> in</c><00:15:16.940><c> any</c><00:15:17.120><c> way</c><00:15:17.399><c> compatible</c>

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Some<00:15:21.059><c> have</c><00:15:21.299><c> felt</c><00:15:21.539><c> difficulties</c><00:15:22.240><c> with</c><00:15:22.899><c> the</c><00:15:23.100><c> apparent</c><00:15:23.379><c> opposition</c>

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of<00:15:24.519><c> verse</c><00:15:24.759><c> 8</c><00:15:25.039><c> of</c><00:15:25.200><c> chapter</c><00:15:25.480><c> 1</c><00:15:26.019><c> and</c><00:15:26.320><c> verse</c><00:15:26.659><c> 9</c><00:15:27.019><c> of</c><00:15:27.220><c> chapter</c><00:15:27.419><c> 3.</c>

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Let's<00:15:28.480><c> give</c><00:15:28.600><c> them</c><00:15:28.779><c> both</c><00:15:29.000><c> together.</c>

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Verse<00:15:30.659><c> 8</c><00:15:30.860><c> of</c><00:15:31.000><c> chapter</c><00:15:31.279><c> 1,</c><00:15:31.620><c> if</c><00:15:31.620><c> we</c><00:15:31.860><c> claim</c><00:15:31.980><c> to</c><00:15:32.159><c> be</c><00:15:32.320><c> sinless,</c>

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Well,<00:15:46.840><c> I</c><00:15:46.980><c> understand</c><00:15:47.340><c> there</c><00:15:47.519><c> is</c><00:15:47.639><c> some</c><00:15:47.860><c> support</c><00:15:48.200><c> in</c><00:15:48.360><c> the</c><00:15:48.539><c> Greek</c>

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for<00:15:49.419><c> the</c><00:15:49.580><c> rendering</c><00:15:49.899><c> of</c><00:15:50.159><c> verse</c><00:15:50.379><c> 9</c><00:15:50.600><c> of</c><00:15:50.779><c> chapter</c><00:15:50.980><c> 3,</c>

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does<00:15:52.019><c> not</c><00:15:52.500><c> commit</c><00:15:52.960><c> sin</c><00:15:53.460><c> habitually,</c>

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that<00:15:54.940><c> is</c><00:15:55.100><c> to</c><00:15:55.320><c> say,</c><00:15:55.980><c> as</c><00:15:56.039><c> a</c><00:15:56.220><c> regular</c><00:15:56.600><c> practice,</c>

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something<00:15:59.440><c> premeditated</c><00:16:00.080><c> on</c><00:16:01.700><c> a</c><00:16:01.840><c> regular</c><00:16:02.139><c> basis.</c>

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But<00:16:04.360><c> I</c><00:16:04.419><c> think</c><00:16:04.559><c> more</c><00:16:04.820><c> probably</c><00:16:05.379><c> both</c><00:16:06.000><c> statements</c><00:16:06.740><c> are</c><00:16:07.279><c> answers</c>

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to<00:16:08.059><c> specific</c><00:16:08.460><c> arguments</c><00:16:09.200><c> that</c><00:16:10.679><c> came</c><00:16:10.879><c> to</c><00:16:11.039><c> the</c><00:16:11.220><c> Apostle</c><00:16:11.559><c> John</c>

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and<00:16:13.100><c> so</c><00:16:13.299><c> find</c><00:16:13.600><c> their</c><00:16:13.759><c> true</c><00:16:14.000><c> meaning</c><00:16:14.460><c> in</c><00:16:14.960><c> the</c><00:16:15.179><c> context</c>

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that<00:16:15.779><c> first</c><00:16:16.039><c> called</c><00:16:16.320><c> them</c><00:16:16.620><c> for.</c>

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Against<00:16:17.500><c> those</c><00:16:17.860><c> who</c><00:16:18.100><c> boast</c><00:16:18.379><c> a</c><00:16:18.559><c> sinless</c><00:16:18.820><c> record,</c>

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John<00:16:19.960><c> says,</c><00:16:20.820><c> this</c><00:16:20.980><c> is</c><00:16:21.419><c> self</c><00:16:21.740><c>-deception.</c>

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As<00:16:23.460><c> Paul</c><00:16:23.799><c> also</c><00:16:24.220><c> effectively</c><00:16:24.740><c> proclaimed,</c>

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all<00:16:26.759><c> have</c><00:16:27.480><c> sinned</c><00:16:28.299><c> and</c><00:16:28.620><c> come</c><00:16:28.879><c> short</c><00:16:29.220><c> of</c><00:16:29.360><c> the</c><00:16:29.519><c> glory</c><00:16:29.720><c> of</c><00:16:29.980><c> God.</c>

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Against<00:16:31.419><c> those</c><00:16:31.700><c> who</c><00:16:31.960><c> say</c><00:16:32.200><c> sin</c><00:16:32.500><c> doesn't</c><00:16:32.820><c> matter,</c>

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John<00:16:33.919><c> says,</c><00:16:34.779><c> God's</c><00:16:35.200><c> children</c><00:16:35.840><c> do</c><00:16:36.440><c> not</c><00:16:36.740><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:16:38.320><c> perhaps</c><00:16:38.620><c> both</c><00:16:38.919><c> statements</c><00:16:39.419><c> are</c><00:16:39.799><c> true</c><00:16:40.279><c> in</c><00:16:40.899><c> their</c><00:16:41.059><c> context,</c>

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and<00:16:42.320><c> both</c><00:16:42.559><c> of</c><00:16:42.779><c> them</c><00:16:43.340><c> consolidate</c><00:16:44.159><c> our</c><00:16:44.539><c> first</c><00:16:44.899><c> test,</c>

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our<00:16:46.299><c> attitude</c><00:16:46.639><c> to</c><00:16:46.919><c> sin.</c>

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The<00:16:49.179><c> second</c><00:16:49.480><c> measurement</c><00:16:50.000><c> is</c><00:16:50.899><c> our</c><00:16:51.100><c> attitude</c><00:16:51.679><c> to</c><00:16:52.080><c> His</c><00:16:52.360><c> commandments,</c>

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verse<00:16:54.480><c> 3</c><00:16:55.159><c> of</c><00:16:55.460><c> chapter</c><00:16:55.779><c> 2.</c>

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Hereby<00:16:57.700><c> we</c><00:16:57.940><c> know</c><00:16:58.259><c> that</c><00:16:58.539><c> we</c><00:16:58.980><c> know</c><00:16:59.240><c> Him</c>

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if<00:17:00.700><c> we</c><00:17:01.480><c> keep</c><00:17:02.120><c> His</c><00:17:03.220><c> commandments.</c>

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The<00:17:06.880><c> men</c><00:17:07.019><c> of</c><00:17:07.160><c> knowledge</c><00:17:07.400><c> of</c><00:17:07.559><c> the</c><00:17:07.700><c> first</c><00:17:07.880><c> century</c>

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no<00:17:09.200><c> doubt</c><00:17:09.519><c> made</c><00:17:09.799><c> the</c><00:17:10.059><c> claim,</c><00:17:10.559><c> as</c><00:17:10.720><c> many</c><00:17:10.880><c> do</c><00:17:11.099><c> today,</c>

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I<00:17:12.880><c> know</c><00:17:13.240><c> Him,</c><00:17:14.980><c> but</c><00:17:15.259><c> their</c><00:17:15.460><c> lack</c><00:17:15.680><c> of</c><00:17:15.960><c> obedience</c>

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belied<00:17:17.740><c> their</c><00:17:18.059><c> words.</c>

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No<00:17:20.940><c> doubt</c><00:17:21.200><c> it</c><00:17:21.339><c> can</c><00:17:21.640><c> be</c><00:17:21.880><c> philosophized</c>

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as<00:17:22.880><c> to</c><00:17:23.079><c> a</c><00:17:23.180><c> certain</c><00:17:23.359><c> extent</c><00:17:23.700><c> it</c><00:17:23.880><c> was</c><00:17:24.119><c> then.</c>

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God<00:17:26.420><c> is</c><00:17:26.720><c> primarily</c><00:17:27.220><c> concerned</c><00:17:27.920><c> with</c><00:17:28.119><c> the</c><00:17:28.299><c> spiritual</c><00:17:28.700><c> man.</c>

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The<00:17:30.160><c> actions</c><00:17:30.519><c> of</c><00:17:30.720><c> the</c><00:17:30.839><c> body</c><00:17:31.259><c> are</c><00:17:32.279><c> religiously</c><00:17:32.880><c> indifferent.</c>

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This<00:17:34.359><c> is</c><00:17:34.559><c> the</c><00:17:34.720><c> key</c><00:17:35.160><c> to</c><00:17:35.700><c> unlock</c><00:17:36.160><c> the</c><00:17:36.400><c> prison</c><00:17:36.579><c> of</c><00:17:36.839><c> matter</c>

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and<00:17:37.759><c> escape</c><00:17:38.279><c> into</c><00:17:38.519><c> the</c><00:17:38.759><c> freedom</c><00:17:38.980><c> of</c><00:17:39.160><c> the</c><00:17:39.339><c> spirit.</c>

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But<00:17:42.019><c> this</c><00:17:42.220><c> will</c><00:17:42.440><c> not</c><00:17:42.640><c> do,</c><00:17:43.000><c> my</c><00:17:43.059><c> dear</c><00:17:43.259><c> brethren</c><00:17:43.539><c> and</c><00:17:43.799><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:17:44.900><c> would</c><00:17:45.180><c> not</c><00:17:45.440><c> do</c><00:17:45.839><c> in</c><00:17:46.119><c> the</c><00:17:46.279><c> days</c><00:17:46.440><c> of</c><00:17:46.640><c> the</c><00:17:46.779><c> apostle,</c>

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and<00:17:47.900><c> it</c><00:17:48.079><c> will</c><00:17:48.319><c> not</c><00:17:48.519><c> do</c><00:17:48.759><c> today.</c>

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Man<00:17:52.519><c> does</c><00:17:52.920><c> not</c><00:17:53.640><c> have</c><00:17:54.240><c> a</c><00:17:54.680><c> body.</c>

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He<00:17:57.240><c> is</c><00:17:57.759><c> a</c><00:17:58.480><c> body.</c>

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This<00:18:00.440><c> is</c><00:18:00.640><c> a</c><00:18:00.700><c> great</c><00:18:00.900><c> truth</c><00:18:01.099><c> of</c><00:18:01.319><c> Scripture.</c>

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We<00:18:02.140><c> often</c><00:18:02.400><c> urge</c><00:18:02.720><c> upon</c><00:18:03.019><c> our</c><00:18:03.259><c> friends</c><00:18:03.480><c> in</c><00:18:03.700><c> our</c><00:18:03.880><c> lectures</c>

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to<00:18:04.799><c> demonstrate</c><00:18:05.619><c> the</c><00:18:06.500><c> truth</c><00:18:06.880><c> that</c><00:18:07.319><c> man</c><00:18:07.519><c> is</c><00:18:07.720><c> mortal</c>

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and<00:18:09.019><c> that</c><00:18:09.119><c> he</c><00:18:09.240><c> does</c><00:18:09.539><c> not</c><00:18:09.859><c> have</c>

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as<00:18:11.039><c> a</c><00:18:11.220><c> separate</c><00:18:11.400><c> entity</c><00:18:12.140><c> an</c><00:18:12.460><c> immortal</c><00:18:12.819><c> soul,</c>

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but<00:18:14.000><c> rather</c><00:18:14.539><c> he</c><00:18:15.119><c> is</c><00:18:15.779><c> a</c><00:18:16.180><c> soul,</c>

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a<00:18:17.279><c> being,</c><00:18:18.140><c> a</c><00:18:18.380><c> living</c><00:18:18.640><c> creature.</c>

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But<00:18:23.180><c> the</c><00:18:23.299><c> message,</c><00:18:23.559><c> my</c><00:18:23.680><c> dear</c><00:18:23.859><c> brethren</c><00:18:24.099><c> and</c><00:18:24.200><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:18:24.480><c> for</c><00:18:24.700><c> ourselves</c><00:18:25.160><c> as</c><00:18:25.420><c> well.</c>

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The<00:18:27.180><c> actions</c><00:18:27.480><c> of</c><00:18:27.660><c> the</c><00:18:27.779><c> body</c><00:18:28.299><c> are</c><00:18:29.500><c> supremely</c><00:18:29.980><c> important.</c>

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And<00:18:32.000><c> so</c><00:18:32.180><c> our</c><00:18:32.480><c> claims</c><00:18:32.779><c> of</c><00:18:33.000><c> knowing</c><00:18:33.220><c> God</c>

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stand<00:18:34.400><c> or</c><00:18:34.759><c> fall</c><00:18:35.279><c> with</c><00:18:36.279><c> our</c><00:18:36.740><c> attitude</c><00:18:37.319><c> to</c><00:18:38.200><c> His</c><00:18:38.380><c> commandments,</c>

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whether<00:18:39.880><c> we</c><00:18:40.180><c> seek</c><00:18:40.460><c> to</c><00:18:40.799><c> obey</c><00:18:41.039><c> them</c><00:18:41.839><c> or</c><00:18:42.279><c> not.</c>

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If<00:18:43.559><c> we</c><00:18:43.819><c> do,</c><00:18:44.680><c> then</c><00:18:44.799><c> we</c><00:18:44.920><c> are</c><00:18:45.180><c> truly</c><00:18:45.539><c> in</c><00:18:45.839><c> Christ.</c>

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To<00:18:47.099><c> be</c><00:18:47.380><c> in</c><00:18:47.700><c> Christ</c><00:18:48.240><c> means</c><00:18:48.700><c> to</c><00:18:48.920><c> be</c><00:18:49.160><c> united</c><00:18:49.700><c> with</c><00:18:50.200><c> Him,</c>

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to<00:18:51.160><c> belong</c><00:18:51.420><c> to</c><00:18:51.660><c> Him,</c><00:18:52.400><c> to</c><00:18:52.579><c> trust</c><00:18:52.859><c> in</c><00:18:53.119><c> Him,</c>

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and<00:18:54.000><c> to</c><00:18:54.180><c> be</c><00:18:54.400><c> thereby</c><00:18:54.980><c> a</c><00:18:55.779><c> true</c><00:18:56.099><c> disciple.</c>

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We<00:18:57.700><c> in</c><00:18:58.339><c> Christ</c><00:18:59.000><c> and</c><00:19:00.000><c> Christ</c><00:19:00.599><c> in</c><00:19:01.119><c> us,</c><00:19:02.359><c> the</c><00:19:02.460><c> hope</c><00:19:02.640><c> of</c><00:19:02.880><c> glory.</c>

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Perhaps<00:19:04.240><c> a</c><00:19:04.359><c> little</c><00:19:04.519><c> digression</c><00:19:04.900><c> at</c><00:19:05.079><c> this</c><00:19:05.279><c> point.</c>

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Consider<00:19:06.319><c> again</c><00:19:06.700><c> the</c><00:19:06.880><c> figure</c><00:19:07.019><c> of</c><00:19:07.220><c> the</c><00:19:07.380><c> vine.</c>

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I<00:19:09.279><c> am</c><00:19:09.440><c> the</c><00:19:09.599><c> vine,</c><00:19:09.920><c> said</c><00:19:10.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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Ye<00:19:11.420><c> are</c><00:19:12.559><c> the</c><00:19:12.779><c> branches.</c>

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He<00:19:15.019><c> is</c><00:19:15.220><c> the</c><00:19:15.440><c> vine</c><00:19:16.140><c> in</c><00:19:17.000><c> totality,</c>

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and<00:19:19.380><c> we</c><00:19:19.579><c> are</c><00:19:20.079><c> in</c><00:19:20.319><c> Him.</c>

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And<00:19:22.019><c> the</c><00:19:22.099><c> life</c><00:19:22.359><c> of</c><00:19:22.539><c> the</c><00:19:22.720><c> vine</c><00:19:23.420><c> is</c><00:19:24.019><c> to</c><00:19:24.180><c> be</c><00:19:24.319><c> in</c><00:19:24.480><c> us.</c>

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A<00:19:27.779><c> further</c><00:19:27.960><c> test,</c><00:19:28.440><c> verse</c><00:19:28.579><c> 6,</c>

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the<00:19:29.779><c> Christ</c><00:19:30.140><c>-like</c><00:19:30.339><c> life.</c>

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He<00:19:32.059><c> that</c><00:19:32.339><c> saith</c><00:19:32.539><c> he</c><00:19:32.779><c> abideth</c><00:19:33.160><c> in</c><00:19:33.460><c> him,</c>

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ought<00:19:34.519><c> himself</c><00:19:35.039><c> also</c><00:19:35.619><c> so</c><00:19:35.839><c> to</c><00:19:36.119><c> walk,</c>

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even<00:19:37.500><c> as</c><00:19:38.880><c> he</c><00:19:39.359><c> walked.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:41.200><c> said,</c><00:19:41.579><c> I</c><00:19:41.579><c> have</c><00:19:41.819><c> set</c><00:19:41.980><c> you</c><00:19:42.200><c> an</c><00:19:42.339><c> example.</c>

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You<00:19:43.460><c> are</c><00:19:43.740><c> to</c><00:19:43.940><c> do</c><00:19:44.380><c> as</c><00:19:44.819><c> I</c><00:19:45.259><c> have</c><00:19:45.519><c> done</c><00:19:45.859><c> for</c><00:19:46.180><c> you.</c>

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Reiterated<00:19:47.400><c> by</c><00:19:47.660><c> the</c><00:19:47.799><c> Apostle</c><00:19:48.099><c> Peter</c>

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in<00:19:49.259><c> his</c><00:19:49.400><c> first</c><00:19:49.660><c> epistle</c><00:19:49.960><c> in</c><00:19:50.119><c> chapter</c><00:19:50.339><c> 2,</c><00:19:50.680><c> verse</c><00:19:50.839><c> 21,</c>

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Christ<00:19:52.319><c> left</c><00:19:52.819><c> you</c><00:19:53.039><c> an</c><00:19:53.200><c> example</c>

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that<00:19:54.339><c> you</c><00:19:54.579><c> should</c><00:19:54.880><c> follow</c><00:19:55.640><c> in</c><00:19:56.519><c> His</c><00:19:56.779><c> steps.</c>

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The<00:19:58.519><c> fourth</c><00:19:58.720><c> measurement,</c>

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our<00:20:00.180><c> attitude</c><00:20:00.759><c> to</c><00:20:01.319><c> our</c><00:20:01.539><c> brethren</c><00:20:01.819><c> and</c><00:20:02.039><c> sisters.</c>

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Verse<00:20:03.319><c> 9</c><00:20:03.640><c> of</c><00:20:03.799><c> chapter</c><00:20:04.059><c> 2,</c>

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He<00:20:05.059><c> that</c><00:20:05.299><c> saith</c><00:20:05.519><c> he</c><00:20:05.700><c> is</c><00:20:05.819><c> in</c><00:20:05.960><c> the</c><00:20:06.160><c> light</c><00:20:06.359><c> and</c><00:20:06.559><c> hateth</c><00:20:06.880><c> his</c><00:20:07.119><c> brother</c>

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is<00:20:08.039><c> in</c><00:20:08.279><c> darkness</c><00:20:08.619><c> even</c><00:20:08.960><c> until</c><00:20:09.299><c> now.</c>

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He<00:20:10.759><c> that</c><00:20:11.039><c> loveth</c><00:20:11.259><c> his</c><00:20:11.519><c> brother</c><00:20:11.759><c> abideth</c><00:20:12.200><c> in</c><00:20:12.400><c> the</c><00:20:12.559><c> light,</c>

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and<00:20:13.400><c> there</c><00:20:13.579><c> is</c><00:20:13.799><c> none</c><00:20:13.960><c> occasion</c><00:20:14.420><c> of</c><00:20:14.700><c> stumbling</c><00:20:15.299><c> in</c><00:20:16.099><c> him.</c>

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So<00:20:17.759><c> the</c><00:20:17.940><c> presence</c><00:20:18.359><c> of</c><00:20:19.000><c> hatred</c>

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in<00:20:21.000><c> our</c><00:20:21.319><c> heart</c><00:20:21.559><c> for</c><00:20:21.779><c> our</c><00:20:22.019><c> fellow</c><00:20:22.279><c> brethren</c><00:20:22.619><c> and</c><00:20:22.880><c> sisters</c>

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is<00:20:23.940><c> a</c><00:20:24.119><c> sure</c><00:20:24.319><c> sign</c><00:20:24.700><c> that</c><00:20:24.859><c> we</c><00:20:25.079><c> are</c><00:20:25.619><c> walking</c><00:20:26.000><c> in</c><00:20:26.240><c> the</c><00:20:26.440><c> dark,</c>

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and<00:20:27.440><c> our</c><00:20:27.700><c> discipleship</c><00:20:28.799><c> will</c><00:20:29.200><c> be</c><00:20:29.480><c> null</c><00:20:29.839><c> and</c><00:20:30.660><c> void,</c>

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for<00:20:31.200><c> God</c><00:20:31.460><c> is</c><00:20:31.700><c> both</c><00:20:32.000><c> light</c><00:20:32.519><c> and</c><00:20:33.180><c> love.</c>

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And<00:20:34.839><c> not</c><00:20:35.000><c> to</c><00:20:35.259><c> share</c><00:20:35.460><c> God's</c><00:20:35.880><c> love</c>

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means<00:20:36.759><c> not</c><00:20:37.000><c> to</c><00:20:37.279><c> share</c><00:20:37.440><c> His</c><00:20:37.680><c> light.</c>

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Hatred<00:20:40.299><c> therefore</c><00:20:40.779><c> belongs</c><00:20:41.559><c> to</c><00:20:42.160><c> the</c><00:20:42.359><c> walker</c><00:20:42.640><c> in</c><00:20:42.799><c> the</c><00:20:42.960><c> dark.</c>

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On<00:20:44.839><c> the</c><00:20:44.960><c> other</c><00:20:45.160><c> hand,</c>

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if<00:20:46.059><c> we</c><00:20:46.220><c> love</c><00:20:46.440><c> our</c><00:20:46.660><c> brethren</c><00:20:46.960><c> and</c><00:20:47.200><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:20:48.079><c> will</c><00:20:48.319><c> walk</c><00:20:48.559><c> in</c><00:20:48.740><c> the</c><00:20:48.920><c> light,</c>

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we<00:20:49.720><c> will</c><00:20:49.960><c> dwell</c><00:20:50.160><c> in</c><00:20:50.319><c> the</c><00:20:50.539><c> light,</c>

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and<00:20:52.359><c> we</c><00:20:52.500><c> are</c><00:20:52.640><c> very</c><00:20:52.920><c> unlikely</c>

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to<00:20:54.400><c> run</c><00:20:54.559><c> into</c><00:20:54.799><c> stumbling</c><00:20:55.180><c> blocks.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:58.180><c> said,</c>

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A<00:20:59.039><c> new</c><00:20:59.339><c> commandment</c><00:20:59.980><c> I</c><00:21:00.160><c> give</c><00:21:00.339><c> unto</c><00:21:00.599><c> you,</c>

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that<00:21:02.660><c> ye</c><00:21:02.859><c> love</c><00:21:03.059><c> one</c><00:21:03.299><c> another,</c>

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even<00:21:05.279><c> as</c><00:21:05.519><c> I</c><00:21:05.680><c> have</c><00:21:05.859><c> loved</c><00:21:06.099><c> you.</c>

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The<00:21:08.660><c> love</c><00:21:08.819><c> of</c><00:21:09.000><c> the</c><00:21:09.140><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.299><c> Jesus</c><00:21:09.680><c> Christ</c>

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was<00:21:11.380><c> to</c><00:21:11.579><c> death,</c><00:21:11.940><c> wasn't</c><00:21:12.059><c> it?</c>

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It<00:21:13.759><c> was</c><00:21:13.920><c> to</c><00:21:14.099><c> the</c><00:21:14.240><c> death</c><00:21:14.359><c> of</c><00:21:14.579><c> Himself.</c>

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The<00:21:16.380><c> old</c><00:21:16.519><c> commandment,</c>

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Thou<00:21:17.880><c> shalt</c><00:21:18.079><c> love</c><00:21:18.359><c> thy</c><00:21:18.579><c> neighbor</c><00:21:19.299><c> as</c><00:21:20.079><c> thyself.</c>

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The<00:21:21.880><c> new</c><00:21:22.079><c> commandment,</c>

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Thou<00:21:23.920><c> shalt</c><00:21:24.119><c> love</c><00:21:24.359><c> thy</c><00:21:24.619><c> neighbor</c>

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to<00:21:26.259><c> the</c><00:21:26.400><c> death</c><00:21:26.559><c> of</c><00:21:26.779><c> thyself.</c>

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Far<00:21:28.519><c> more</c><00:21:28.799><c> searching,</c>

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much<00:21:30.339><c> more</c><00:21:30.599><c> far</c><00:21:30.920><c>-reaching.</c>

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Verse<00:21:35.059><c> 20</c><00:21:35.400><c> of</c><00:21:35.599><c> Chapter</c><00:21:35.859><c> 4,</c><00:21:36.180><c> I</c><00:21:36.359><c> think,</c>

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confirms<00:21:39.880><c> the</c><00:21:40.440><c> severity</c><00:21:40.940><c> of</c><00:21:41.599><c> this</c><00:21:41.839><c> measurement.</c>

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If<00:21:43.079><c> a</c><00:21:43.259><c> man</c><00:21:43.380><c> say,</c>

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I<00:21:43.859><c> love</c><00:21:44.180><c> God</c><00:21:44.500><c> and</c><00:21:44.779><c> hateth</c><00:21:45.059><c> his</c><00:21:45.319><c> brother,</c>

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he<00:21:46.299><c> is</c><00:21:46.500><c> a</c><00:21:46.680><c> liar,</c>

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for<00:21:48.140><c> he</c><00:21:48.279><c> that</c><00:21:48.500><c> loveth</c><00:21:48.740><c> not</c><00:21:48.940><c> his</c><00:21:49.140><c> brother</c>

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whom<00:21:49.700><c> he</c><00:21:49.940><c> hath</c><00:21:50.119><c> seen,</c>

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how<00:21:51.779><c> can</c><00:21:51.960><c> he</c><00:21:52.119><c> love</c><00:21:52.400><c> God</c>

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whom<00:21:53.960><c> he</c><00:21:54.200><c> hath</c><00:21:54.440><c> not</c><00:21:54.799><c> seen?</c>

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So<00:21:57.000><c> it</c><00:21:57.119><c> is</c><00:21:57.339><c> impossible,</c><00:21:57.980><c> my</c><00:21:58.039><c> dear</c><00:21:58.240><c> brothers</c><00:21:58.500><c> and</c><00:21:58.740><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:21:59.640><c> love</c><00:22:00.019><c> the</c><00:22:00.279><c> unseen</c><00:22:00.720><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:01.980><c> to</c><00:22:02.259><c> hate</c><00:22:02.920><c> the</c><00:22:03.660><c> brother</c><00:22:03.960><c> who</c><00:22:04.180><c> is</c><00:22:04.420><c> visible.</c>

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Some<00:22:06.039><c> have</c><00:22:06.200><c> not</c><00:22:06.359><c> always</c><00:22:06.559><c> found</c><00:22:06.839><c> this</c><00:22:07.039><c> convincing.</c>

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I<00:22:09.079><c> perhaps</c><00:22:09.500><c> could</c><00:22:09.759><c> love</c><00:22:10.000><c> my</c><00:22:10.279><c> brother</c>

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if<00:22:11.299><c> I</c><00:22:11.440><c> hadn't</c><00:22:11.680><c> seen</c><00:22:12.000><c> him</c><00:22:12.400><c> or</c><00:22:12.940><c> known</c><00:22:13.240><c> him,</c>

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but<00:22:14.319><c> having</c><00:22:14.640><c> done</c><00:22:14.900><c> so,</c>

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I<00:22:16.039><c> find</c><00:22:16.319><c> that</c><00:22:16.539><c> I</c><00:22:16.799><c> cannot.</c>

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John<00:22:19.420><c> says</c><00:22:19.799><c> otherwise.</c>

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This<00:22:21.779><c> commandment</c><00:22:22.279><c> have</c><00:22:22.460><c> we</c><00:22:22.619><c> from</c><00:22:22.779><c> him,</c>

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that<00:22:24.079><c> he</c><00:22:24.359><c> who</c><00:22:24.599><c> loveth</c><00:22:24.839><c> God</c>

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love<00:22:26.519><c> his</c><00:22:26.839><c> brother</c><00:22:27.559><c> also.</c>

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The<00:22:31.079><c> fifth</c><00:22:31.319><c> measurement,</c>

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our<00:22:33.420><c> attitude</c><00:22:33.839><c> to</c><00:22:34.039><c> the</c><00:22:34.240><c> world.</c>

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Verse<00:22:37.380><c> 15</c><00:22:37.940><c> of</c><00:22:38.759><c> Chapter</c><00:22:39.079><c> 2,</c>

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Love<00:22:40.519><c> not</c><00:22:40.759><c> the</c><00:22:40.960><c> world,</c>

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neither<00:22:42.180><c> the</c><00:22:42.359><c> things</c><00:22:42.619><c> that</c><00:22:42.779><c> are</c><00:22:42.900><c> in</c><00:22:43.019><c> the</c><00:22:43.200><c> world.</c>

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If<00:22:44.460><c> any</c><00:22:44.700><c> man</c><00:22:44.900><c> love</c><00:22:45.119><c> the</c><00:22:45.319><c> world,</c>

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the<00:22:46.440><c> love</c><00:22:46.619><c> of</c><00:22:46.779><c> the</c><00:22:46.980><c> Father</c>

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is<00:22:50.400><c> not</c><00:22:50.640><c> in</c><00:22:50.880><c> him.</c>

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the<00:22:53.779><c> lust</c><00:22:54.019><c> of</c><00:22:54.180><c> the</c><00:22:54.380><c> flesh,</c>

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and<00:22:54.819><c> the</c><00:22:54.920><c> lust</c><00:22:55.079><c> of</c><00:22:55.259><c> the</c><00:22:55.440><c> eyes,</c>

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and<00:22:55.859><c> the</c><00:22:56.000><c> pride</c><00:22:56.200><c> of</c><00:22:56.339><c> life,</c>

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is<00:22:57.440><c> not</c><00:22:57.640><c> of</c><00:22:57.799><c> the</c><00:22:58.039><c> Father,</c>

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but<00:22:59.279><c> is</c><00:22:59.440><c> of</c><00:22:59.579><c> the</c><00:22:59.819><c> world.</c>

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And<00:23:01.099><c> the</c><00:23:01.259><c> world</c><00:23:01.579><c> passeth</c><00:23:01.920><c> away,</c>

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and<00:23:02.400><c> the</c><00:23:02.519><c> lust</c><00:23:02.740><c> thereof,</c>

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that<00:23:04.000><c> he</c><00:23:04.180><c> that</c><00:23:04.359><c> doeth</c><00:23:04.579><c> the</c><00:23:04.700><c> will</c><00:23:04.839><c> of</c><00:23:05.000><c> God</c>

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abideth<00:23:07.140><c> forever.</c>

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We<00:23:08.940><c> have</c><00:23:09.119><c> a</c><00:23:09.180><c> direct</c><00:23:09.619><c> choice,</c>

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my<00:23:10.200><c> dear</c><00:23:10.420><c> brothers</c><00:23:10.660><c> and</c><00:23:10.920><c> sisters.</c>

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Love<00:23:12.500><c> of</c><00:23:12.640><c> the</c><00:23:12.839><c> world</c><00:23:13.200><c> and</c><00:23:13.539><c> its</c><00:23:13.859><c> transience</c>

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or<00:23:15.559><c> obedience</c><00:23:16.079><c> to</c><00:23:16.319><c> God's</c><00:23:16.720><c> will</c>

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with<00:23:17.859><c> its</c><00:23:18.079><c> promise</c><00:23:18.440><c> of</c><00:23:18.680><c> eternal</c><00:23:19.059><c> life.</c>

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So<00:23:21.539><c> if</c><00:23:21.700><c> we</c><00:23:21.779><c> as</c><00:23:21.940><c> disciples</c><00:23:22.319><c> of</c><00:23:22.519><c> the</c><00:23:22.640><c> Lord</c><00:23:22.819><c> Jesus</c>

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love<00:23:24.140><c> the</c><00:23:24.380><c> world,</c>

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our<00:23:25.740><c> discipleship</c><00:23:26.140><c> is</c><00:23:26.339><c> not</c><00:23:26.539><c> merely</c><00:23:26.859><c> weakened,</c>

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it<00:23:28.240><c> is</c><00:23:28.460><c> rendered</c><00:23:28.759><c> pointless.</c>

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We<00:23:30.259><c> become</c><00:23:30.519><c> a</c><00:23:30.799><c> stranger</c>

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to<00:23:32.099><c> the</c><00:23:32.319><c> Father's</c><00:23:32.759><c> love.</c>

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Measurement<00:23:38.819><c> number</c><00:23:39.079><c> 6,</c>

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Right<00:23:42.539><c> belief.</c>

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Verse<00:23:45.000><c> 18,</c>

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Little<00:23:46.579><c> children,</c><00:23:47.000><c> it</c><00:23:47.119><c> is</c><00:23:47.319><c> the</c><00:23:47.420><c> last</c><00:23:47.720><c> time,</c>

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and<00:23:48.839><c> as</c><00:23:48.960><c> ye</c><00:23:49.079><c> have</c><00:23:49.299><c> heard</c>

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that<00:23:49.759><c> Antichrist</c><00:23:50.220><c> shall</c><00:23:50.460><c> come,</c>

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even<00:23:51.519><c> now</c><00:23:51.779><c> there</c><00:23:51.980><c> are</c><00:23:52.160><c> many</c><00:23:52.500><c> Antichrists,</c>

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whereby<00:23:53.880><c> we</c><00:23:54.220><c> know</c><00:23:54.799><c> that</c><00:23:55.240><c> it</c><00:23:55.460><c> is</c><00:23:56.299><c> the</c><00:23:56.660><c> last</c><00:23:56.980><c> time.</c>

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Antichrist<00:23:58.960><c> then</c><00:23:59.500><c> and</c><00:23:59.779><c> now</c>

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characterizes<00:24:01.519><c> the</c><00:24:01.920><c> opposition</c>

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to<00:24:03.119><c> the</c><00:24:03.279><c> true</c><00:24:03.480><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:24:06.480><c> the</c><00:24:06.619><c> true</c><00:24:06.799><c> disciple</c>

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will<00:24:08.220><c> believe</c><00:24:08.539><c> rightly</c>

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about<00:24:09.880><c> Jesus</c><00:24:10.339><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:24:11.660><c> Son</c><00:24:11.839><c> of</c><00:24:12.019><c> God</c>

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who<00:24:12.339><c> is</c><00:24:12.559><c> a</c><00:24:12.700><c> real</c><00:24:12.900><c> literal</c><00:24:13.359><c> historical</c><00:24:13.880><c> figure,</c>

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who<00:24:15.039><c> walked</c><00:24:15.259><c> the</c><00:24:15.539><c> streets</c><00:24:15.759><c> and</c><00:24:15.920><c> hills</c><00:24:16.160><c> of</c><00:24:16.380><c> Galilee,</c>

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and<00:24:17.400><c> who</c><00:24:17.640><c> gave</c><00:24:17.900><c> his</c><00:24:18.180><c> life</c><00:24:18.779><c> a</c><00:24:19.220><c> ransom</c><00:24:19.720><c> for</c><00:24:20.559><c> many.</c>

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The<00:24:22.640><c> false</c><00:24:22.880><c> disciple</c><00:24:23.460><c> will</c><00:24:24.259><c> have</c><00:24:24.660><c> accepted</c>

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what<00:24:25.900><c> amounts</c><00:24:26.259><c> to</c><00:24:26.480><c> a</c><00:24:26.640><c> specious</c><00:24:26.960><c> faith.</c>

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He<00:24:28.359><c> will</c><00:24:28.579><c> have</c><00:24:28.759><c> denied</c>

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both<00:24:29.480><c> the</c><00:24:29.680><c> Father</c><00:24:29.980><c> and</c><00:24:30.119><c> the</c><00:24:30.359><c> Son,</c>

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and<00:24:31.519><c> perhaps</c><00:24:31.759><c> would</c><00:24:31.940><c> even</c><00:24:32.099><c> go</c><00:24:32.299><c> so</c><00:24:32.599><c> far</c><00:24:32.759><c> as</c><00:24:32.900><c> to</c><00:24:33.039><c> say</c>

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that<00:24:33.440><c> historicity</c><00:24:34.279><c> or</c><00:24:34.720><c> literality</c>

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did<00:24:36.099><c> not</c><00:24:36.400><c> really</c><00:24:36.680><c> matter.</c>

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I<00:24:41.519><c> think</c><00:24:41.900><c> verse</c><00:24:42.180><c> 19</c>

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in<00:24:43.240><c> an</c><00:24:43.400><c> alternative</c><00:24:44.099><c> translation</c>

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brings<00:24:45.660><c> out</c><00:24:46.019><c> the</c><00:24:46.220><c> implications</c><00:24:46.759><c> of</c><00:24:46.960><c> this</c><00:24:47.240><c> point.</c>

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They<00:24:49.059><c> went</c><00:24:49.319><c> out</c><00:24:49.579><c> from</c><00:24:49.759><c> our</c><00:24:49.940><c> company,</c>

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but<00:24:51.319><c> never</c><00:24:51.579><c> really</c><00:24:51.960><c> belonged</c><00:24:52.279><c> to</c><00:24:52.500><c> us.</c>

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If<00:24:53.500><c> they</c><00:24:53.759><c> had,</c><00:24:54.539><c> they</c><00:24:54.819><c> would</c><00:24:55.000><c> have</c><00:24:55.240><c> stayed</c><00:24:55.460><c> with</c><00:24:55.680><c> us.</c>

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They<00:24:56.960><c> went</c><00:24:57.259><c> out</c><00:24:57.660><c> so</c><00:24:57.859><c> that</c><00:24:58.000><c> it</c><00:24:58.140><c> might</c><00:24:58.319><c> be</c><00:24:58.619><c> clear</c>

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that<00:24:59.599><c> not</c><00:24:59.799><c> all</c><00:25:00.000><c> in</c><00:25:00.200><c> our</c><00:25:00.539><c> company</c>

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truly<00:25:02.259><c> belong</c><00:25:03.279><c> to</c><00:25:03.920><c> it.</c>

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Measurement<00:25:09.099><c> number</c><00:25:09.339><c> 7,</c>

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the<00:25:10.279><c> moral</c><00:25:10.539><c> implications</c><00:25:11.359><c> of</c><00:25:11.779><c> our</c><00:25:12.140><c> hope</c>

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for<00:25:12.880><c> the</c><00:25:13.059><c> future.</c>

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Verse<00:25:14.500><c> 28,</c><00:25:15.920><c> chapter</c><00:25:16.160><c> 2,</c>

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Now<00:25:17.339><c> little</c><00:25:17.660><c> children</c><00:25:17.980><c> abide</c><00:25:18.380><c> in</c><00:25:18.579><c> him,</c>

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that<00:25:19.420><c> when</c><00:25:19.640><c> he</c><00:25:19.839><c> shall</c><00:25:20.079><c> appear</c>

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we<00:25:21.119><c> may</c><00:25:21.359><c> have</c><00:25:21.660><c> confidence</c>

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and<00:25:22.839><c> not</c><00:25:23.099><c> be</c><00:25:23.359><c> ashamed</c><00:25:23.660><c> before</c><00:25:24.160><c> him</c>

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at<00:25:26.039><c> his</c><00:25:26.519><c> coming.</c>

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Verse<00:25:30.859><c> 2</c><00:25:31.200><c> of</c><00:25:31.359><c> chapter</c><00:25:31.660><c> 3,</c>

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Beloved,<00:25:33.519><c> now</c><00:25:33.519><c> are</c><00:25:33.680><c> we</c><00:25:33.819><c> the</c><00:25:33.980><c> sons</c><00:25:34.180><c> of</c><00:25:34.359><c> God,</c>

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and<00:25:35.299><c> it</c><00:25:35.519><c> doth</c><00:25:35.640><c> not</c><00:25:35.880><c> yet</c><00:25:36.079><c> appear</c><00:25:36.319><c> what</c><00:25:36.539><c> we</c><00:25:36.819><c> shall</c><00:25:37.019><c> be.</c>

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But<00:25:38.180><c> we</c><00:25:38.359><c> know</c><00:25:38.559><c> that</c><00:25:38.720><c> when</c><00:25:38.920><c> he</c><00:25:39.160><c> shall</c><00:25:39.359><c> appear</c>

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we<00:25:39.960><c> shall</c><00:25:40.140><c> be</c><00:25:40.359><c> like</c><00:25:40.559><c> him,</c>

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for<00:25:41.559><c> we</c><00:25:41.759><c> shall</c><00:25:41.960><c> see</c><00:25:42.240><c> him</c><00:25:42.720><c> as</c><00:25:43.099><c> he</c><00:25:43.299><c> is.</c>

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And<00:25:44.480><c> every</c><00:25:44.640><c> man</c><00:25:44.819><c> that</c><00:25:45.019><c> hath</c><00:25:45.140><c> this</c><00:25:45.500><c> hope</c>

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in<00:25:46.680><c> him</c><00:25:47.299><c> purifyeth</c><00:25:48.240><c> himself</c>

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even<00:25:49.700><c> as</c><00:25:50.299><c> he</c><00:25:50.539><c> is</c><00:25:50.839><c> pure.</c>

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So<00:25:53.720><c> only</c><00:25:53.960><c> the</c><00:25:54.180><c> pure</c><00:25:54.339><c> in</c><00:25:54.579><c> heart,</c><00:25:54.960><c> brethren</c><00:25:55.140><c> and</c><00:25:55.240><c> sisters,</c>

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will<00:25:56.460><c> be</c><00:25:56.619><c> able</c><00:25:56.799><c> to</c><00:25:56.980><c> see</c><00:25:57.180><c> God</c>

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in<00:25:57.660><c> his</c><00:25:57.880><c> full</c><00:25:58.140><c> purity</c><00:25:58.539><c> and</c><00:25:58.839><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:25:59.960><c> here</c><00:26:00.140><c> surely</c><00:26:00.640><c> is</c><00:26:01.220><c> the</c><00:26:01.460><c> incentive</c>

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to<00:26:02.940><c> continue</c><00:26:03.579><c> the</c><00:26:03.779><c> process</c>

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of<00:26:05.000><c> becoming</c><00:26:05.279><c> more</c><00:26:05.579><c> like</c><00:26:05.880><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:26:07.140><c> purity</c><00:26:07.660><c> of</c><00:26:08.700><c> character.</c>

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The<00:26:14.500><c> next</c><00:26:14.799><c> measurement,</c>

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are<00:26:16.420><c> we</c><00:26:16.619><c> to</c><00:26:16.839><c> others</c>

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what<00:26:17.940><c> Christ</c><00:26:18.380><c> has</c><00:26:18.700><c> been</c><00:26:19.200><c> first</c><00:26:19.859><c> to</c><00:26:21.059><c> us?</c>

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Chapter<00:26:23.160><c> 3</c><00:26:24.259><c> and</c><00:26:24.700><c> verse</c><00:26:25.539><c> 17,</c>

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Whoso<00:26:27.500><c> hath</c><00:26:27.759><c> this</c><00:26:28.099><c> world's</c><00:26:28.640><c> good,</c>

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and<00:26:29.559><c> seeth</c><00:26:29.779><c> his</c><00:26:30.039><c> brother</c><00:26:30.279><c> have</c><00:26:30.559><c> need,</c>

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and<00:26:31.819><c> shutteth</c><00:26:32.039><c> up</c><00:26:32.259><c> his</c><00:26:32.480><c> bowels</c><00:26:32.779><c> of</c><00:26:32.940><c> compassion</c><00:26:33.440><c> from</c><00:26:33.759><c> him,</c>

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how<00:26:35.000><c> dwelleth</c><00:26:35.460><c> the</c><00:26:35.579><c> love</c><00:26:35.779><c> of</c><00:26:35.960><c> God</c><00:26:36.519><c> in</c><00:26:37.319><c> him?</c>

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Perhaps<00:26:39.180><c> even</c><00:26:39.500><c> more</c><00:26:39.779><c> forcibly,</c>

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we're<00:26:40.400><c> not</c><00:26:40.519><c> going</c><00:26:40.660><c> to</c><00:26:40.799><c> turn</c><00:26:40.960><c> to</c><00:26:41.140><c> this,</c>

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in<00:26:42.039><c> 2</c><00:26:42.180><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:42.640><c> chapter</c><00:26:43.059><c> 8.</c>

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When<00:26:44.819><c> we</c><00:26:45.039><c> consider</c><00:26:45.420><c> our</c><00:26:45.740><c> giving,</c>

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even<00:26:47.220><c> of</c><00:26:47.420><c> material</c><00:26:47.900><c> things,</c>

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we<00:26:49.460><c> are</c><00:26:50.140><c> exhorted</c><00:26:50.519><c> by</c><00:26:50.799><c> the</c><00:26:50.980><c> Apostle</c><00:26:51.319><c> Paul</c>

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to<00:26:52.539><c> consider</c><00:26:52.920><c> first</c><00:26:53.319><c> the</c><00:26:53.640><c> supreme</c><00:26:54.460><c> giving</c>

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of<00:26:55.660><c> the</c><00:26:55.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:56.019><c> Jesus</c><00:26:56.420><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:26:58.099><c> giving</c><00:26:58.559><c> of</c><00:26:59.480><c> his</c><00:26:59.740><c> life.</c>

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So<00:27:03.420><c> each</c><00:27:03.660><c> of</c><00:27:03.759><c> us,</c><00:27:04.039><c> my</c><00:27:04.079><c> dear</c><00:27:04.259><c> brethren</c><00:27:04.559><c> and</c><00:27:04.819><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:27:05.799><c> called</c><00:27:06.039><c> upon</c><00:27:06.380><c> to</c><00:27:06.579><c> live</c><00:27:06.700><c> a</c><00:27:06.900><c> life</c><00:27:07.079><c> like</c><00:27:07.380><c> Christ's</c>

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in<00:27:08.240><c> this</c><00:27:08.460><c> respect,</c>

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a<00:27:09.859><c> life</c><00:27:10.079><c> of</c><00:27:10.359><c> self</c><00:27:10.599><c>-sacrifice</c><00:27:11.339><c> and</c><00:27:12.160><c> self</c><00:27:12.539><c>-giving,</c>

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a<00:27:13.700><c> life</c><00:27:14.180><c> of</c><00:27:14.519><c> generosity,</c>

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generosity<00:27:16.980><c> of</c><00:27:17.359><c> spirit,</c>

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as<00:27:18.700><c> was</c><00:27:18.980><c> supremely</c><00:27:19.539><c> revealed</c><00:27:19.940><c> in</c><00:27:20.119><c> his</c><00:27:20.380><c> life.</c>

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Are<00:27:25.700><c> the</c><00:27:25.940><c> principles</c>

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being<00:27:27.839><c> carried</c><00:27:28.359><c> into</c><00:27:28.759><c> practice?</c>

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Verse<00:27:32.359><c> 7</c><00:27:32.740><c> of</c><00:27:32.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:33.220><c> 3,</c>

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Little<00:27:35.740><c> children,</c><00:27:36.920><c> let</c><00:27:37.079><c> no</c><00:27:37.359><c> man</c><00:27:37.519><c> deceive</c><00:27:37.940><c> you.</c>

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He<00:27:39.059><c> that</c><00:27:39.339><c> doeth</c><00:27:39.759><c> righteousness</c><00:27:40.339><c> is</c><00:27:40.640><c> righteous,</c>

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even<00:27:42.000><c> as</c><00:27:42.559><c> he</c><00:27:43.220><c> is</c><00:27:43.819><c> righteous.</c>

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So<00:27:45.880><c> claims</c><00:27:46.339><c> to</c><00:27:46.640><c> be</c><00:27:47.240><c> standing</c><00:27:47.660><c> right</c><00:27:48.000><c> with</c><00:27:48.259><c> God,</c>

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:52.559
separated<00:27:49.619><c> from</c><00:27:49.880><c> right</c><00:27:50.119><c> behavior,</c><00:27:51.259><c> are</c><00:27:51.440><c> meaningless.</c>

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Faith<00:27:54.099><c> divorced</c><00:27:54.819><c> from</c><00:27:55.160><c> deeds</c><00:27:55.640><c> is</c><00:27:56.319><c> lifeless</c><00:27:57.039><c> as</c><00:27:57.500><c> a</c><00:27:57.720><c> corpse.</c>

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Very<00:27:58.960><c> graphic</c><00:27:59.319><c> translation</c><00:27:59.880><c> there</c>

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in<00:28:00.299><c> a</c><00:28:00.420><c> modern</c><00:28:00.619><c> version</c><00:28:01.200><c> of</c><00:28:01.779><c> James</c><00:28:02.099><c> 2,</c><00:28:02.500><c> verse</c><00:28:03.000><c> 26.</c>

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Some<00:28:10.859><c> have</c><00:28:11.059><c> said,</c><00:28:11.240><c> of</c><00:28:11.339><c> course,</c><00:28:11.640><c> that</c><00:28:11.819><c> Paul</c><00:28:12.279><c> and</c><00:28:12.660><c> James</c>

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are<00:28:13.819><c> at</c><00:28:14.019><c> variance</c><00:28:14.539><c> with</c><00:28:15.039><c> regard</c><00:28:15.400><c> to</c><00:28:15.599><c> faith</c><00:28:16.039><c> and</c><00:28:16.660><c> works,</c>

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but<00:28:17.619><c> I</c><00:28:17.880><c> think</c><00:28:18.160><c> that</c><00:28:18.420><c> the</c><00:28:18.519><c> gap</c><00:28:18.720><c> is</c><00:28:18.920><c> much</c><00:28:19.140><c> smaller</c>

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than<00:28:20.279><c> a</c><00:28:20.500><c> superficial</c><00:28:20.920><c> comparison</c><00:28:21.500><c> would</c><00:28:21.759><c> first</c><00:28:22.019><c> suggest.</c>

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Paul<00:28:23.299><c> writes</c><00:28:23.579><c> in</c><00:28:23.859><c> part</c><00:28:24.220><c> to</c><00:28:24.599><c> those</c><00:28:24.839><c> who</c><00:28:25.079><c> thought</c>

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:27.859
that<00:28:25.400><c> they</c><00:28:25.500><c> could</c><00:28:25.720><c> work</c><00:28:25.980><c> their</c><00:28:26.279><c> way</c><00:28:26.640><c> into</c><00:28:26.859><c> the</c><00:28:27.019><c> kingdom.</c>

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.599
James<00:28:28.440><c> writes</c><00:28:28.779><c> to</c><00:28:28.900><c> those</c><00:28:29.200><c> who</c><00:28:29.440><c> thought</c>

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:32.559
that<00:28:29.740><c> they</c><00:28:29.839><c> could</c><00:28:30.140><c> intellectualize</c><00:28:31.359><c> their</c><00:28:31.640><c> way</c><00:28:31.819><c> into</c><00:28:32.119><c> it.</c>

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:35.559
Paul<00:28:33.220><c> insists</c><00:28:33.680><c> that</c><00:28:33.960><c> justification</c><00:28:34.559><c> is</c><00:28:34.799><c> by</c><00:28:35.079><c> faith,</c>

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:38.660
not<00:28:36.059><c> by</c><00:28:36.400><c> works,</c><00:28:37.339><c> though</c><00:28:37.500><c> he</c><00:28:37.740><c> clearly</c><00:28:37.980><c> expects</c>

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:42.660
that<00:28:39.839><c> faith</c><00:28:40.220><c> to</c><00:28:40.539><c> bear</c><00:28:40.740><c> fruit</c><00:28:41.119><c> in</c><00:28:41.640><c> love.</c>

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:45.299
James<00:28:43.700><c> abhors</c><00:28:44.240><c> a</c><00:28:44.500><c> barren</c><00:28:44.799><c> faith,</c>

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:47.180
a<00:28:45.880><c> faith</c><00:28:46.039><c> that</c><00:28:46.160><c> is</c><00:28:46.339><c> without</c><00:28:46.640><c> deeds,</c>

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:51.619
a<00:28:47.799><c> faith</c><00:28:48.240><c> that</c><00:28:48.779><c> is</c><00:28:49.000><c> a</c><00:28:49.099><c> mere</c><00:28:49.319><c> assent</c><00:28:49.960><c> to</c><00:28:50.200><c> the</c><00:28:50.380><c> claims</c><00:28:50.599><c> of</c><00:28:50.920><c> discipleship</c>

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:54.559
and<00:28:52.000><c> not</c><00:28:52.220><c> a</c><00:28:52.440><c> commitment</c><00:28:52.859><c> to</c><00:28:53.420><c> them.</c>

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:57.920
So<00:28:54.700><c> principles</c><00:28:55.119><c> and</c><00:28:55.680><c> practice,</c><00:28:57.000><c> precept,</c>

00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:00.940
and<00:28:58.880><c> the</c><00:28:59.059><c> application</c><00:28:59.559><c> of</c><00:28:59.819><c> those</c><00:29:00.140><c> precepts</c>

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:02.759
must<00:29:01.220><c> go</c><00:29:01.420><c> hand</c><00:29:01.660><c> in</c><00:29:01.839><c> hand.</c>

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:08.779
The<00:29:06.140><c> way</c><00:29:06.319><c> to</c><00:29:06.440><c> victory,</c><00:29:07.559><c> a</c><00:29:07.579><c> well</c><00:29:07.839><c>-known</c><00:29:07.980><c> passage,</c>

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.680
chapter<00:29:10.119><c> 5,</c><00:29:11.019><c> in</c><00:29:11.160><c> verse</c><00:29:11.339><c> 4,</c>

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:14.279
Whatsoever<00:29:12.200><c> is</c><00:29:12.440><c> born</c><00:29:12.640><c> of</c><00:29:12.779><c> God,</c><00:29:13.180><c> overcometh</c><00:29:13.579><c> the</c><00:29:13.779><c> world.</c>

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:17.579
And<00:29:14.880><c> this</c><00:29:15.259><c> is</c><00:29:15.559><c> the</c><00:29:15.680><c> victory</c><00:29:15.940><c> that</c><00:29:16.259><c> overcometh</c><00:29:16.640><c> the</c><00:29:16.880><c> world,</c>

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:20.480
even<00:29:18.420><c> our</c><00:29:19.539><c> faith.</c>

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:22.400
And<00:29:21.000><c> so</c><00:29:21.200><c> the</c><00:29:21.500><c> key</c><00:29:21.740><c> to</c><00:29:21.880><c> victory,</c>

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.640
brethren<00:29:22.819><c> and</c><00:29:23.059><c> sisters,</c><00:29:24.019><c> is</c><00:29:24.259><c> true</c><00:29:24.519><c> faith,</c>

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:29.279
faith<00:29:25.900><c> in</c><00:29:26.059><c> the</c><00:29:26.200><c> Lord</c><00:29:26.339><c> Jesus</c><00:29:26.740><c> Christ</c><00:29:27.319><c> as</c><00:29:27.740><c> Son</c><00:29:27.940><c> of</c><00:29:28.140><c> God.</c>

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.500
And<00:29:30.220><c> for</c><00:29:30.359><c> us,</c><00:29:31.420><c> such</c><00:29:31.660><c> faith</c><00:29:31.980><c> will</c><00:29:32.240><c> unite</c><00:29:32.500><c> us</c><00:29:32.720><c> to</c><00:29:32.920><c> God</c>

00:29:33.500 --> 00:29:38.559
through<00:29:34.440><c> His</c><00:29:34.940><c> Son</c><00:29:35.359><c> who</c><00:29:36.339><c> conquered</c><00:29:36.920><c> the</c><00:29:37.559><c> world.</c>

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.940
And<00:29:46.240><c> the</c><00:29:46.380><c> last</c><00:29:46.599><c> measurement</c><00:29:47.079><c> we</c><00:29:47.559><c> are</c><00:29:47.680><c> to</c><00:29:47.839><c> consider</c>

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:52.519
is<00:29:49.599><c> the</c><00:29:49.779><c> measurement</c><00:29:50.259><c> of</c><00:29:51.279><c> prayer,</c>

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:56.019
chapter<00:29:54.059><c> 5</c><00:29:54.480><c> and</c><00:29:54.640><c> verse</c><00:29:55.180><c> 14.</c>

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:59.400
This<00:29:56.480><c> is</c><00:29:56.619><c> the</c><00:29:56.779><c> confidence</c><00:29:57.440><c> that</c><00:29:57.980><c> we</c><00:29:58.099><c> have</c><00:29:58.279><c> in</c><00:29:58.519><c> Him,</c>

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:01.740
that<00:29:59.599><c> if</c><00:29:59.700><c> we</c><00:29:59.880><c> ask</c><00:30:00.059><c> anything</c><00:30:00.420><c> according</c><00:30:00.819><c> to</c><00:30:01.019><c> His</c><00:30:01.279><c> will,</c>

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.460
He<00:30:02.460><c> heareth</c><00:30:02.779><c> us.</c>

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:06.960
And<00:30:04.140><c> if</c><00:30:04.240><c> we</c><00:30:04.400><c> know</c><00:30:04.559><c> that</c><00:30:04.759><c> He</c><00:30:04.880><c> heareth</c><00:30:05.480><c> us</c><00:30:05.839><c> whatsoever</c><00:30:06.240><c> we</c><00:30:06.519><c> ask,</c>

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:12.119
we<00:30:07.500><c> know</c><00:30:07.779><c> that</c><00:30:07.960><c> we</c><00:30:08.099><c> have</c><00:30:08.240><c> the</c><00:30:08.420><c> petitions</c><00:30:09.000><c> that</c><00:30:09.400><c> we</c><00:30:09.759><c> desired</c><00:30:10.140><c> of</c><00:30:11.140><c> Him.</c>

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:15.559
The<00:30:13.420><c> great</c><00:30:13.660><c> exhortation</c><00:30:14.180><c> there,</c><00:30:14.440><c> my</c><00:30:14.500><c> dear</c><00:30:14.680><c> brethren</c><00:30:14.960><c> and</c><00:30:15.220><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:19.859
to<00:30:16.079><c> continue</c><00:30:16.579><c> faithfully</c><00:30:17.400><c> in</c><00:30:18.079><c> the</c><00:30:18.279><c> life</c><00:30:18.500><c> of</c><00:30:18.859><c> prayer</c>

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:24.099
and<00:30:21.779><c> consider</c><00:30:22.059><c> the</c><00:30:22.339><c> prayers</c><00:30:22.640><c> of</c><00:30:22.839><c> the</c><00:30:22.980><c> Lord</c><00:30:23.140><c> Jesus</c>

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:27.359
throughout<00:30:24.759><c> His</c><00:30:25.059><c> ministry</c><00:30:25.779><c> and</c><00:30:26.539><c> supremely</c>

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:30.759
in<00:30:27.920><c> the</c><00:30:28.099><c> garden</c><00:30:28.759><c> of</c><00:30:29.319><c> Gethsemane.</c>

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:34.680
This<00:30:31.299><c> we</c><00:30:31.500><c> are</c><00:30:31.619><c> to</c><00:30:31.779><c> consider</c><00:30:32.079><c> in</c><00:30:32.279><c> greater</c><00:30:32.480><c> detail</c><00:30:33.500><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:37.480
There<00:30:35.420><c> surely</c><00:30:35.819><c> we</c><00:30:36.339><c> have</c><00:30:36.559><c> the</c><00:30:36.779><c> great</c><00:30:37.019><c> pattern</c>

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:40.319
for<00:30:38.319><c> the</c><00:30:38.519><c> disciple</c><00:30:38.980><c> today.</c>

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:49.160
So<00:30:46.539><c> we've</c><00:30:47.140><c> considered</c><00:30:47.460><c> some</c><00:30:47.720><c> of</c><00:30:47.940><c> the</c><00:30:48.700><c> measurements</c>

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:52.299
that<00:30:49.740><c> we</c><00:30:49.960><c> can</c><00:30:50.420><c> apply</c><00:30:50.779><c> to</c><00:30:50.980><c> our</c><00:30:51.180><c> lives</c><00:30:51.339><c> of</c><00:30:51.640><c> discipleship</c>

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:54.700
to<00:30:52.619><c> see</c><00:30:52.920><c> how</c><00:30:53.240><c> we're</c><00:30:53.720><c> progressing.</c>

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.900
I'm<00:30:55.180><c> sure,</c><00:30:55.599><c> brethren</c><00:30:55.660><c> and</c><00:30:55.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:57.119
in<00:30:56.000><c> what</c><00:30:56.119><c> we</c><00:30:56.220><c> have</c><00:30:56.400><c> considered</c><00:30:56.700><c> there,</c>

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.640
there<00:30:57.460><c> is</c><00:30:57.599><c> much</c><00:30:57.799><c> food</c><00:30:58.059><c> for</c><00:30:58.319><c> thought</c>

00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:01.079
and<00:30:59.160><c> indeed</c><00:30:59.519><c> further</c><00:30:59.819><c> consideration.</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:06.099
What<00:31:02.119><c> I'd</c><00:31:02.259><c> like</c><00:31:02.359><c> to</c><00:31:02.579><c> consider</c><00:31:02.799><c> now</c><00:31:03.339><c> is</c><00:31:04.980><c> our</c><00:31:05.500><c> response.</c>

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:09.160
We've<00:31:06.640><c> considered</c><00:31:07.119><c> the</c><00:31:07.599><c> motivating</c><00:31:08.059><c> forces,</c>

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:11.019
the<00:31:09.500><c> Word</c><00:31:09.700><c> of</c><00:31:09.920><c> God,</c><00:31:10.500><c> prayer,</c>

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.599
the<00:31:11.519><c> breaking</c><00:31:11.599><c> of</c><00:31:11.599><c> the</c><00:31:11.599><c> law,</c>

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.339
the<00:31:11.740><c> breaking</c><00:31:11.740><c> of</c><00:31:11.980><c> bread,</c>

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:14.240
the<00:31:12.900><c> fellowship</c><00:31:13.160><c> of</c><00:31:13.339><c> the</c><00:31:13.440><c> brethren</c><00:31:13.660><c> and</c><00:31:13.920><c> sisters</c>

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:17.640
and<00:31:14.680><c> all</c><00:31:15.039><c> the</c><00:31:15.279><c> attendant</c><00:31:15.519><c> implications</c><00:31:16.079><c> of</c><00:31:16.319><c> those</c><00:31:16.559><c> things.</c>

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:21.759
What<00:31:18.420><c> are</c><00:31:18.700><c> the</c><00:31:19.240><c> responsive</c><00:31:19.880><c> forces</c><00:31:20.519><c> on</c><00:31:21.119><c> our</c><00:31:21.380><c> part</c>

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:26.619
that<00:31:22.140><c> these</c><00:31:22.420><c> motivating</c><00:31:22.980><c> forces</c><00:31:23.759><c> can</c><00:31:24.460><c> encourage</c><00:31:25.099><c> in</c><00:31:25.519><c> us?</c>

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:34.960
Perhaps<00:31:30.980><c> in</c><00:31:31.819><c> a</c><00:31:33.339><c> rather</c><00:31:33.799><c> unusual</c><00:31:34.259><c> way,</c>

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:40.039
I'd<00:31:35.619><c> like</c><00:31:35.720><c> us</c><00:31:35.920><c> to</c><00:31:36.200><c> consider</c><00:31:37.039><c> ourselves</c><00:31:37.980><c> in</c><00:31:39.220><c> three</c><00:31:39.420><c> groups.</c>

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:46.920
I'd<00:31:41.140><c> like</c><00:31:41.279><c> us</c><00:31:41.559><c> to</c><00:31:42.599><c> consider</c><00:31:43.019><c> the</c><00:31:43.240><c> sisters,</c><00:31:44.700><c> first</c><00:31:44.960><c> of</c><00:31:45.180><c> all.</c>

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:53.920
Sisters,<00:31:50.440><c> what</c><00:31:50.640><c> tremendous</c><00:31:51.259><c> power</c><00:31:51.859><c> you</c><00:31:52.819><c> have.</c>

00:31:55.339 --> 00:32:00.220
A<00:31:55.579><c> power</c><00:31:55.759><c> to</c><00:31:56.019><c> good</c><00:31:56.319><c> or</c><00:31:57.500><c> a</c><00:31:57.720><c> power</c><00:31:58.240><c> to</c><00:31:59.279><c> evil,</c>

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:04.240
both<00:32:01.059><c> in</c><00:32:01.279><c> the</c><00:32:01.460><c> home</c><00:32:01.880><c> and</c><00:32:02.839><c> in</c><00:32:03.059><c> the</c><00:32:03.220><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:09.359
How<00:32:06.500><c> many</c><00:32:06.759><c> good</c><00:32:07.019><c> brethren</c><00:32:07.460><c> in</c><00:32:08.220><c> the</c><00:32:08.400><c> history</c><00:32:08.599><c> of</c><00:32:08.759><c> the</c><00:32:08.940><c> truth</c>

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:13.039
have<00:32:10.140><c> been</c><00:32:10.440><c> dragged</c><00:32:10.740><c> down</c><00:32:11.099><c> by</c><00:32:11.319><c> the</c><00:32:11.460><c> wrong</c><00:32:11.700><c> kind</c><00:32:12.000><c> of</c><00:32:12.180><c> woman?</c>

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:18.099
How<00:32:15.059><c> many</c><00:32:15.339><c> weak</c><00:32:15.579><c> brethren</c><00:32:16.079><c> in</c><00:32:16.839><c> the</c><00:32:17.019><c> history</c><00:32:17.220><c> of</c><00:32:17.380><c> the</c><00:32:17.559><c> truth</c>

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:22.299
have<00:32:18.920><c> been</c><00:32:19.220><c> held</c><00:32:19.500><c> up</c><00:32:20.200><c> by</c><00:32:20.920><c> a</c><00:32:21.140><c> strong</c><00:32:21.319><c> wife?</c>

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:27.359
A<00:32:25.339><c> wonderful</c><00:32:25.720><c> woman</c><00:32:26.019><c> like</c><00:32:26.339><c> Abigail.</c>

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.220
A<00:32:28.400><c> woman</c><00:32:28.599><c> of</c><00:32:28.799><c> good</c><00:32:29.059><c> understanding.</c>

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:32.740
She<00:32:30.720><c> saved</c><00:32:31.140><c> her</c><00:32:31.420><c> husband</c><00:32:31.839><c> Nabal,</c>

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:35.119
for<00:32:33.339><c> folly</c><00:32:33.680><c> was</c><00:32:33.900><c> with</c><00:32:34.119><c> him.</c>

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:38.140
Or<00:32:36.500><c> the</c><00:32:36.619><c> opposite</c><00:32:36.920><c> kind</c><00:32:37.200><c> of</c><00:32:37.480><c> person,</c>

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:41.740
Jezebel,<00:32:40.000><c> not</c><00:32:40.220><c> a</c><00:32:40.359><c> homemaker,</c>

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:46.140
but<00:32:43.940><c> a</c><00:32:44.059><c> bringer</c><00:32:44.319><c> of</c><00:32:44.539><c> strife.</c>

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:49.380
You<00:32:47.660><c> can</c><00:32:47.900><c> almost</c><00:32:48.180><c> see</c><00:32:48.400><c> the</c><00:32:48.599><c> epitaph</c>

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:52.079
written<00:32:49.920><c> across</c><00:32:50.519><c> Ahab's</c><00:32:51.160><c> tomb.</c>

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:57.099
The<00:32:52.319><c> man</c><00:32:52.740><c> whom</c><00:32:53.240><c> Jezebel,</c><00:32:54.220><c> his</c><00:32:54.539><c> wife,</c><00:32:55.859><c> stirred</c><00:32:56.079><c> up.</c>

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:01.619
Or<00:32:59.980><c> Michael,</c>

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:04.319
observing<00:33:02.299><c> David</c><00:33:02.859><c> dancing</c><00:33:03.339><c> before</c><00:33:03.720><c> the</c><00:33:03.940><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:08.200
How<00:33:05.240><c> glorious</c><00:33:05.920><c> was</c><00:33:06.140><c> the</c><00:33:06.279><c> King</c><00:33:06.440><c> of</c><00:33:06.579><c> Israel</c><00:33:06.980><c> today,</c>

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:10.599
as<00:33:08.420><c> one</c><00:33:08.680><c> of</c><00:33:08.819><c> the</c><00:33:09.079><c> vain</c><00:33:09.440><c> fellows.</c>

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:14.019
And<00:33:11.799><c> she</c><00:33:11.980><c> despised</c><00:33:12.480><c> him</c><00:33:12.680><c> in</c><00:33:12.819><c> her</c><00:33:13.140><c> heart.</c>

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:18.660
And<00:33:16.720><c> in</c><00:33:16.839><c> between</c><00:33:17.039><c> these</c><00:33:17.359><c> two</c><00:33:17.579><c> extremes,</c><00:33:18.039><c> my</c><00:33:18.200><c> dear</c><00:33:18.380><c> brethren</c>

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.819
and<00:33:18.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:26.059
there<00:33:20.119><c> is</c><00:33:20.259><c> a</c><00:33:20.420><c> spectrum</c><00:33:20.839><c> of</c><00:33:22.039><c> good,</c><00:33:23.140><c> bad,</c><00:33:24.240><c> and</c><00:33:24.460><c> indifferent</c><00:33:24.880><c> wives.</c>

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:31.420
Sisters,<00:33:28.279><c> never</c><00:33:28.660><c> underestimate</c><00:33:29.339><c> the</c><00:33:29.599><c> power</c><00:33:29.859><c> that</c><00:33:30.099><c> you</c><00:33:30.359><c> have.</c>

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:34.579
Always<00:33:32.740><c> use</c><00:33:33.099><c> it</c><00:33:33.299><c> for</c><00:33:33.599><c> good,</c>

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:37.559
to<00:33:35.279><c> the</c><00:33:35.460><c> building</c><00:33:35.599><c> up</c><00:33:35.759><c> of</c><00:33:35.880><c> the</c><00:33:36.039><c> family</c><00:33:36.339><c> in</c><00:33:36.519><c> the</c><00:33:36.700><c> home,</c>

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.980
and<00:33:38.180><c> the</c><00:33:38.380><c> building</c><00:33:38.519><c> up</c><00:33:38.680><c> of</c><00:33:38.799><c> the</c><00:33:39.000><c> larger</c><00:33:39.279><c> family</c>

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:42.119
in<00:33:40.500><c> the</c><00:33:40.660><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:40.940><c> of</c><00:33:41.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:46.099
You<00:33:44.240><c> are</c><00:33:44.299><c> not</c><00:33:44.440><c> in</c><00:33:44.599><c> the</c><00:33:44.700><c> position</c><00:33:44.940><c> of</c><00:33:45.220><c> prominence,</c>

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:49.019
in<00:33:46.700><c> the</c><00:33:46.900><c> spotlight,</c><00:33:48.079><c> on</c><00:33:48.359><c> the</c><00:33:48.500><c> platform,</c>

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:52.539
but<00:33:49.799><c> we</c><00:33:50.140><c> know</c><00:33:50.440><c> that</c><00:33:50.640><c> what</c><00:33:50.859><c> goes</c><00:33:51.160><c> on</c><00:33:51.460><c> behind</c><00:33:51.779><c> the</c><00:33:52.000><c> scenes</c>

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:54.880
is<00:33:53.319><c> often</c><00:33:53.640><c> far</c><00:33:53.900><c> more</c><00:33:54.279><c> important</c>

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:58.619
in<00:33:55.599><c> the</c><00:33:55.819><c> service</c><00:33:56.339><c> and</c><00:33:56.940><c> in</c><00:33:57.079><c> the</c><00:33:57.240><c> purpose</c><00:33:57.460><c> of</c><00:33:57.720><c> God.</c>

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:00.960
It's<00:33:59.220><c> the</c><00:33:59.420><c> unseen</c><00:33:59.819><c> things,</c><00:34:00.140><c> isn't</c><00:34:00.359><c> it,</c>

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:05.519
that<00:34:01.420><c> in</c><00:34:01.539><c> the</c><00:34:01.759><c> end</c><00:34:01.960><c> prove</c><00:34:02.299><c> to</c><00:34:02.579><c> be</c><00:34:03.339><c> the</c><00:34:03.839><c> eternal</c><00:34:04.279><c> things,</c>

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:07.500
the<00:34:05.920><c> lasting</c><00:34:06.259><c> things.</c>

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:13.579
Sisters,<00:34:11.280><c> just</c><00:34:11.500><c> a</c><00:34:11.659><c> simple</c><00:34:11.900><c> test</c><00:34:12.199><c> for</c><00:34:12.480><c> you.</c>

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:16.980
When<00:34:14.480><c> you</c><00:34:14.719><c> last</c><00:34:14.920><c> arranged</c><00:34:15.360><c> for</c><00:34:15.579><c> a</c><00:34:15.719><c> babysitter,</c>

00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:21.699
where<00:34:17.400><c> did</c><00:34:17.539><c> you</c><00:34:17.719><c> go</c><00:34:18.400><c> when</c><00:34:20.119><c> you</c><00:34:20.320><c> went</c><00:34:20.539><c> out?</c>

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.920
Did<00:34:23.440><c> you</c><00:34:23.619><c> go</c><00:34:23.820><c> to</c><00:34:23.940><c> a</c><00:34:24.059><c> meeting</c><00:34:24.239><c> of</c><00:34:24.420><c> the</c><00:34:24.579><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:30.119
Did<00:34:25.500><c> you</c><00:34:26.679><c> go</c><00:34:27.059><c> to</c><00:34:27.340><c> visit</c><00:34:27.880><c> the</c><00:34:28.260><c> elderly</c><00:34:28.539><c> brethren</c><00:34:28.880><c> and</c><00:34:29.119><c> sisters?</c>

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:33.619
Or<00:34:31.719><c> was</c><00:34:31.900><c> the</c><00:34:32.099><c> arrangement</c><00:34:32.579><c> for</c><00:34:32.820><c> the</c><00:34:32.980><c> babysitter</c>

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:38.780
for<00:34:34.460><c> a</c><00:34:34.619><c> purpose</c><00:34:34.880><c> not</c><00:34:35.260><c> related</c><00:34:35.760><c> to</c><00:34:37.019><c> our</c><00:34:37.260><c> walk</c><00:34:37.420><c> in</c><00:34:37.619><c> Christ?</c>

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:44.300
Single<00:34:43.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:50.980
what<00:34:46.079><c> opportunities</c><00:34:46.760><c> for</c><00:34:47.119><c> service</c><00:34:47.860><c> and</c><00:34:48.320><c> devotion</c><00:34:48.840><c> you</c><00:34:50.039><c> have.</c>

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:54.199
You<00:34:52.480><c> have</c><00:34:52.699><c> been</c><00:34:52.940><c> denied</c><00:34:53.280><c> the</c><00:34:53.519><c> opportunity</c>

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:57.260
of<00:34:55.280><c> a</c><00:34:55.440><c> happy</c><00:34:56.059><c> family</c><00:34:56.480><c> life</c>

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:59.500
and<00:34:57.840><c> a</c><00:34:57.980><c> home</c><00:34:58.179><c> with</c><00:34:58.400><c> children,</c>

00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:02.960
but<00:35:00.420><c> there</c><00:35:00.699><c> are</c><00:35:01.019><c> still</c><00:35:01.599><c> innumerable</c><00:35:02.159><c> opportunities</c>

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.760
in<00:35:03.699><c> the</c><00:35:03.860><c> larger</c><00:35:04.119><c> family,</c>

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.280
in<00:35:05.340><c> the</c><00:35:05.500><c> Sunday</c><00:35:05.699><c> School,</c>

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:08.019
in<00:35:06.880><c> the</c><00:35:07.039><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.920
in<00:35:08.440><c> the</c><00:35:08.559><c> Bible</c><00:35:08.860><c> School.</c>

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:12.940
No<00:35:11.280><c> doubt</c><00:35:11.460><c> there</c><00:35:11.599><c> are</c><00:35:11.739><c> many</c><00:35:11.920><c> here</c><00:35:12.179><c> today</c>

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:15.539
who<00:35:13.639><c> have</c><00:35:13.840><c> occasion</c><00:35:14.300><c> to</c><00:35:14.480><c> be</c><00:35:14.679><c> deeply</c><00:35:15.000><c> grateful</c>

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:19.460
for<00:35:16.239><c> the</c><00:35:16.440><c> unstinting</c><00:35:17.780><c> service</c><00:35:18.260><c> of</c><00:35:18.500><c> labour</c><00:35:18.760><c> and</c><00:35:19.039><c> love</c>

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:21.579
in<00:35:19.820><c> the</c><00:35:19.960><c> work</c><00:35:20.119><c> of</c><00:35:20.380><c> such</c><00:35:20.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:23.719
in<00:35:21.900><c> teaching</c><00:35:22.179><c> in</c><00:35:22.360><c> the</c><00:35:22.500><c> Sunday</c><00:35:22.699><c> School,</c>

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.360
in<00:35:24.000><c> visiting</c><00:35:24.260><c> the</c><00:35:24.559><c> sick,</c>

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:29.280
in<00:35:25.900><c> caring</c><00:35:26.219><c> for</c><00:35:26.440><c> the</c><00:35:26.659><c> elderly</c><00:35:27.039><c> and</c><00:35:27.719><c> the</c><00:35:28.019><c> infirm.</c>

00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:35.139
Surely<00:35:32.619><c> they</c><00:35:32.920><c> have</c><00:35:33.199><c> many</c><00:35:33.500><c> more</c><00:35:33.860><c> children</c><00:35:34.260><c> of</c><00:35:34.420><c> the</c><00:35:34.659><c> Spirit</c>

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:39.420
than<00:35:36.159><c> would</c><00:35:36.360><c> have</c><00:35:36.500><c> been</c><00:35:36.679><c> possible</c><00:35:37.300><c> had</c><00:35:38.280><c> they</c><00:35:38.539><c> married.</c>

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:43.340
These<00:35:40.420><c> are</c><00:35:40.639><c> the</c><00:35:40.760><c> lasting</c><00:35:41.079><c> things,</c><00:35:41.460><c> my</c><00:35:41.639><c> dear</c><00:35:41.820><c> brethren</c><00:35:42.139><c> and</c><00:35:42.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:45.780
These<00:35:43.760><c> are</c><00:35:44.019><c> the</c><00:35:44.219><c> eternal</c><00:35:44.539><c> things.</c>

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:57.639
Brethren,<00:35:56.059><c> husbands</c><00:35:56.360><c> love</c><00:35:56.719><c> your</c><00:35:57.059><c> wives</c>

00:35:57.639 --> 00:36:00.119
even<00:35:58.400><c> as</c><00:35:58.639><c> Christ</c><00:35:59.079><c> loved</c><00:35:59.380><c> the</c><00:35:59.619><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:04.280
and<00:36:01.059><c> gave</c><00:36:01.400><c> himself</c><00:36:02.199><c> for</c><00:36:03.179><c> it.</c>

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:09.860
Brethren,<00:36:08.039><c> never</c><00:36:08.260><c> underestimate</c><00:36:08.940><c> your</c><00:36:09.280><c> influence</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:13.780
and<00:36:10.639><c> your</c><00:36:10.980><c> power</c><00:36:11.579><c> in</c><00:36:12.219><c> the</c><00:36:12.400><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:18.800
Speak<00:36:15.000><c> thou</c><00:36:15.219><c> the</c><00:36:15.400><c> things</c><00:36:15.760><c> which</c><00:36:16.099><c> become</c><00:36:16.699><c> sound</c><00:36:17.539><c> doctrine.</c>

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:22.239
Be<00:36:19.840><c> thou</c><00:36:20.079><c> an</c><00:36:20.280><c> example</c><00:36:20.760><c> to</c><00:36:20.960><c> the</c><00:36:21.199><c> believers</c>

00:36:22.130 --> 00:36:25.440
in<00:36:22.619><c> word,</c><00:36:23.519><c> in</c><00:36:23.699><c> behaviour,</c><00:36:24.719><c> in</c><00:36:24.900><c> charity,</c>

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:30.000
in<00:36:26.039><c> spirit,</c><00:36:27.119><c> in</c><00:36:27.340><c> faith,</c><00:36:28.599><c> in</c><00:36:28.800><c> purity.</c>

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:38.920
Brethren,<00:36:35.800><c> never</c><00:36:36.000><c> underestimate</c><00:36:36.880><c> the</c><00:36:38.440><c> power</c>

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:41.840
and<00:36:39.739><c> the</c><00:36:40.019><c> effect</c><00:36:40.420><c> of</c><00:36:40.820><c> your</c><00:36:41.079><c> example</c>

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:44.260
on<00:36:42.539><c> your</c><00:36:42.780><c> immediate</c><00:36:43.119><c> family.</c>

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:48.480
The<00:36:45.400><c> best</c><00:36:45.679><c> of</c><00:36:45.840><c> men,</c><00:36:47.000><c> the</c><00:36:47.099><c> best</c><00:36:47.420><c> of</c><00:36:47.599><c> brethren,</c>

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:50.739
in<00:36:49.059><c> a</c><00:36:49.219><c> moment</c><00:36:49.400><c> of</c><00:36:49.659><c> weakness</c>

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:53.239
can<00:36:51.099><c> do</c><00:36:51.260><c> a</c><00:36:51.460><c> terrible</c><00:36:51.739><c> amount</c><00:36:52.039><c> of</c><00:36:52.300><c> harm.</c>

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.440
Think<00:36:54.179><c> of</c><00:36:54.340><c> David,</c>

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:58.039
a<00:36:56.079><c> man</c><00:36:56.199><c> after</c><00:36:56.440><c> God's</c><00:36:56.800><c> own</c><00:36:57.019><c> heart,</c>

00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:00.659
the<00:36:58.820><c> very</c><00:36:59.099><c> best</c><00:36:59.400><c> of</c><00:36:59.599><c> men,</c>

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:03.780
and<00:37:02.079><c> his</c><00:37:02.300><c> son</c><00:37:02.679><c> Amnon</c>

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:07.940
with<00:37:04.920><c> his</c><00:37:05.119><c> illicit</c><00:37:05.440><c> desire</c><00:37:05.880><c> for</c><00:37:06.099><c> his</c><00:37:06.280><c> sister</c><00:37:06.599><c> Tamar.</c>

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:13.639
Amnon,<00:37:09.920><c> let</c><00:37:10.099><c> his</c><00:37:10.360><c> weakness</c><00:37:10.880><c> run</c><00:37:12.139><c> away</c><00:37:12.380><c> with</c><00:37:12.559><c> him.</c>

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.920
But<00:37:15.000><c> perhaps,</c><00:37:15.440><c> brethren</c><00:37:15.659><c> and</c><00:37:15.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.079
he<00:37:16.159><c> saw</c><00:37:16.420><c> precedent</c><00:37:16.960><c> for</c><00:37:17.280><c> it</c>

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:20.380
in<00:37:18.500><c> the</c><00:37:18.679><c> behaviour</c><00:37:18.980><c> of</c><00:37:19.159><c> his</c><00:37:19.360><c> father.</c>

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:24.019
Dad<00:37:21.280><c> did</c><00:37:21.500><c> what</c><00:37:21.699><c> he</c><00:37:22.000><c> wanted</c><00:37:22.420><c> with</c><00:37:22.960><c> Bathsheba</c>

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:26.440
and<00:37:24.760><c> then</c><00:37:24.960><c> with</c><00:37:25.239><c> Uriah.</c>

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:30.360
Why<00:37:26.820><c> shouldn't</c><00:37:27.039><c> I</c><00:37:27.300><c> do</c><00:37:27.460><c> what</c><00:37:27.639><c> I</c><00:37:27.940><c> like</c><00:37:28.559><c> with</c><00:37:29.239><c> Tamar?</c>

00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:33.980
Some<00:37:32.179><c> men's</c><00:37:32.539><c> sins</c><00:37:32.699><c> are</c><00:37:32.980><c> open</c><00:37:33.239><c> beforehand,</c>

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.860
going<00:37:34.619><c> to</c><00:37:34.820><c> judgement,</c>

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:38.800
and<00:37:36.460><c> some</c><00:37:36.840><c> men</c><00:37:37.119><c> they</c><00:37:37.480><c> follow</c><00:37:37.699><c> after,</c>

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:41.619
and<00:37:39.880><c> they</c><00:37:40.199><c> followed</c><00:37:40.400><c> after</c><00:37:40.719><c> David.</c>

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:45.880
So<00:37:43.800><c> although</c><00:37:44.019><c> his</c><00:37:44.239><c> sins</c><00:37:44.500><c> were</c><00:37:44.800><c> forgiven,</c>

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:49.340
the<00:37:46.820><c> consequences</c><00:37:47.300><c> of</c><00:37:47.579><c> those</c><00:37:47.780><c> sins</c><00:37:48.139><c> remained</c>

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:52.219
and<00:37:50.219><c> destroyed</c><00:37:50.739><c> his</c><00:37:50.960><c> family</c><00:37:51.280><c> life.</c>

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.539
If<00:37:53.619><c> ever</c><00:37:53.780><c> there</c><00:37:53.980><c> was</c><00:37:54.340><c> a</c><00:37:54.500><c> man</c><00:37:54.679><c> who</c><00:37:54.840><c> was</c><00:37:55.239><c> cornered</c>

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:58.300
by<00:37:56.219><c> the</c><00:37:56.500><c> effects</c><00:37:56.780><c> of</c><00:37:57.000><c> his</c><00:37:57.179><c> own</c><00:37:57.500><c> sin,</c>

00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:00.559
it<00:37:58.800><c> was</c><00:37:58.980><c> the</c><00:37:59.139><c> man</c><00:37:59.320><c> David.</c>

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:04.619
And<00:38:03.119><c> he</c><00:38:03.340><c> ended,</c>

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:07.420
as<00:38:05.300><c> it</c><00:38:05.460><c> were,</c><00:38:05.559><c> like</c><00:38:05.800><c> the</c><00:38:05.980><c> prodigal</c><00:38:06.260><c> son,</c>

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:09.539
in<00:38:08.139><c> a</c><00:38:08.280><c> cul</c><00:38:08.440><c>-de</c><00:38:08.579><c>-sac,</c>

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:11.679
in<00:38:10.199><c> a</c><00:38:10.360><c> dead</c><00:38:10.559><c> end,</c>

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:13.920
because<00:38:12.280><c> you</c><00:38:12.519><c> could</c><00:38:12.800><c> not</c><00:38:13.000><c> eradicate</c>

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:16.480
the<00:38:14.420><c> consequences</c><00:38:14.920><c> of</c><00:38:15.179><c> those</c><00:38:15.400><c> sins.</c>

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.420
Elders,

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:28.500
a<00:38:24.760><c> very</c><00:38:25.000><c> quick</c><00:38:25.159><c> look</c><00:38:25.400><c> at</c><00:38:25.599><c> 1</c><00:38:25.860><c> Peter</c><00:38:26.519><c> 5.</c>

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:44.780
First<00:38:42.539><c> Peter</c><00:38:42.739><c> 5,</c><00:38:43.219><c> verse</c><00:38:43.360><c> 1.</c>

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:47.300
The<00:38:45.260><c> elders</c><00:38:45.559><c> which</c><00:38:45.760><c> are</c><00:38:46.019><c> among</c><00:38:46.239><c> you</c><00:38:46.460><c> I</c><00:38:46.699><c> exhort,</c>

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.739
who<00:38:47.699><c> am</c><00:38:47.840><c> also</c><00:38:48.159><c> an</c><00:38:48.380><c> elder,</c>

00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:50.860
and<00:38:49.239><c> a</c><00:38:49.320><c> witness</c><00:38:49.539><c> of</c><00:38:49.760><c> the</c><00:38:49.940><c> sufferings</c><00:38:50.199><c> of</c><00:38:50.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.820
and<00:38:51.400><c> also</c><00:38:51.719><c> a</c><00:38:51.860><c> partaker</c><00:38:52.280><c> of</c><00:38:52.440><c> the</c><00:38:52.619><c> glory</c>

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:53.960
that<00:38:53.019><c> shall</c><00:38:53.219><c> be</c><00:38:53.539><c> revealed.</c>

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:56.639
Feed<00:38:54.800><c> the</c><00:38:55.019><c> flock</c><00:38:55.179><c> of</c><00:38:55.400><c> God</c><00:38:55.599><c> which</c><00:38:55.780><c> is</c><00:38:55.960><c> among</c><00:38:56.179><c> you,</c>

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:58.639
taking<00:38:57.219><c> the</c><00:38:57.519><c> oversight</c><00:38:57.940><c> thereof,</c>

00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:00.039
not<00:38:59.340><c> by</c><00:38:59.639><c> constrain,</c>

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:01.280
but<00:39:00.039><c> willingly,</c>

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.420
not<00:39:01.619><c> for</c><00:39:01.840><c> filthy</c><00:39:02.079><c> lucre,</c>

00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:04.099
but<00:39:02.619><c> of</c><00:39:02.739><c> a</c><00:39:02.860><c> ready</c><00:39:03.059><c> mind,</c>

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:07.099
neither<00:39:04.480><c> as</c><00:39:04.679><c> being</c><00:39:04.940><c> lords</c><00:39:05.480><c> over</c><00:39:06.039><c> God's</c><00:39:06.420><c> heritage,</c>

00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:09.719
but<00:39:07.599><c> being</c><00:39:07.860><c> in</c><00:39:08.119><c> samples</c><00:39:08.480><c> to</c><00:39:08.699><c> the</c><00:39:08.880><c> flock.</c>

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:11.699
And<00:39:10.139><c> when</c><00:39:10.280><c> the</c><00:39:10.480><c> chief</c><00:39:10.679><c> shepherd</c><00:39:10.920><c> shall</c><00:39:11.179><c> appear,</c>

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:14.139
he<00:39:12.280><c> shall</c><00:39:12.500><c> receive</c><00:39:12.920><c> a</c><00:39:13.119><c> crown</c><00:39:13.300><c> of</c><00:39:13.559><c> glory</c>

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:16.820
that<00:39:14.739><c> fadeth</c><00:39:15.260><c> not</c><00:39:15.860><c> away.</c>

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:19.380
Jesus<00:39:18.260><c> said,</c>

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.719
Blessed<00:39:19.599><c> are</c><00:39:19.840><c> those</c><00:39:20.119><c> servants</c>

00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:22.559
whom<00:39:21.139><c> the</c><00:39:21.340><c> Lord,</c><00:39:21.579><c> when</c><00:39:21.820><c> he</c><00:39:22.099><c> cometh,</c>

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:24.900
shall<00:39:23.079><c> find</c><00:39:23.820><c> watching.</c>

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:27.019
And<00:39:25.500><c> the</c><00:39:25.679><c> context</c><00:39:25.980><c> of</c><00:39:26.219><c> those</c><00:39:26.420><c> words</c>

00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:29.139
implies<00:39:27.639><c> that</c><00:39:28.059><c> the</c><00:39:28.340><c> watching</c><00:39:28.679><c> ones</c>

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:32.099
are<00:39:29.900><c> those</c><00:39:30.300><c> who</c><00:39:30.539><c> will</c><00:39:30.840><c> be</c><00:39:31.119><c> giving</c><00:39:31.340><c> service</c>

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:34.539
in<00:39:32.539><c> the</c><00:39:32.780><c> household</c><00:39:33.139><c> of</c><00:39:33.440><c> faith,</c>

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:37.840
those<00:39:35.599><c> able</c><00:39:35.940><c> to</c><00:39:36.559><c> spiritually</c><00:39:37.059><c> feed</c>

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:39.880
the<00:39:38.340><c> members</c><00:39:38.820><c> of</c><00:39:39.159><c> the</c><00:39:39.360><c> community</c>

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:41.179
to<00:39:40.280><c> build</c><00:39:40.539><c> them</c><00:39:40.719><c> up,</c>

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:42.579
and<00:39:41.519><c> to</c><00:39:41.760><c> prepare</c><00:39:42.019><c> them,</c>

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:43.940
and<00:39:42.840><c> to</c><00:39:43.079><c> equip</c><00:39:43.300><c> them</c>

00:39:43.940 --> 00:39:46.460
for<00:39:44.320><c> the</c><00:39:44.500><c> coming</c><00:39:44.679><c> of</c><00:39:44.880><c> the</c><00:39:44.980><c> day</c><00:39:45.139><c> of</c><00:39:45.280><c> the</c><00:39:45.420><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.579
Elders,

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:52.239
managing<00:39:51.260><c> brethren,</c>

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.940
arranging<00:39:52.800><c> brethren,</c>

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:56.719
are<00:39:54.760><c> you</c><00:39:55.039><c> fulfilling</c><00:39:55.480><c> your</c><00:39:55.880><c> responsibilities</c>

00:39:56.719 --> 00:40:00.059
in<00:39:57.579><c> the</c><00:39:57.900><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:58.239><c> of</c><00:39:58.539><c> God,</c>

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:04.860
feeding<00:40:01.679><c> the</c><00:40:02.840><c> flock</c><00:40:03.000><c> of</c><00:40:03.300><c> God.</c>

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:10.019
Meetings<00:40:08.460><c> of</c><00:40:08.659><c> the</c><00:40:08.800><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:14.679
all<00:40:11.719><c> elders</c><00:40:12.260><c> should</c><00:40:13.099><c> be</c><00:40:13.380><c> there</c>

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:16.960
to<00:40:15.360><c> see</c><00:40:15.639><c> that</c><00:40:15.800><c> this</c><00:40:16.000><c> process</c>

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:18.500
of<00:40:17.380><c> spiritual</c><00:40:17.900><c> feeding</c>

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:22.940
can<00:40:19.239><c> take</c><00:40:19.599><c> place</c><00:40:20.980><c> unhindered.</c>

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:28.119
The<00:40:26.820><c> consideration</c><00:40:27.239><c> of</c><00:40:27.500><c> elders</c>

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:29.800
leads<00:40:29.039><c> us</c><00:40:29.260><c> naturally</c>

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:32.360
into<00:40:30.940><c> our</c><00:40:31.199><c> conclusion.</c>

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:35.920
Consider<00:40:33.960><c> the</c><00:40:34.400><c> words</c><00:40:34.659><c> of</c><00:40:34.840><c> the</c><00:40:34.980><c> Apostle</c><00:40:35.300><c> Paul</c>

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:40.760
as<00:40:36.619><c> he</c><00:40:37.179><c> left</c><00:40:37.659><c> the</c><00:40:38.480><c> elders</c><00:40:38.860><c> at</c><00:40:39.579><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:42.639
I<00:40:41.239><c> commend</c><00:40:41.539><c> you</c><00:40:41.739><c> to</c><00:40:41.900><c> God</c>

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.380
and<00:40:43.519><c> to</c><00:40:43.880><c> the</c><00:40:44.039><c> word</c><00:40:44.219><c> of</c><00:40:44.380><c> his</c><00:40:44.619><c> grace</c>

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:48.000
which<00:40:45.980><c> is</c><00:40:46.219><c> able</c><00:40:46.559><c> to</c><00:40:46.920><c> build</c><00:40:47.119><c> you</c><00:40:47.360><c> up</c>

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:51.559
and<00:40:48.699><c> to</c><00:40:48.940><c> give</c><00:40:49.099><c> you</c><00:40:50.159><c> an</c><00:40:50.440><c> inheritance.</c>

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:57.860
This<00:40:54.820><c> was</c><00:40:55.000><c> the</c><00:40:55.159><c> primary</c><00:40:55.519><c> method,</c><00:40:55.860><c> wasn't</c><00:40:56.099><c> it,</c>

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:59.039
by<00:40:58.280><c> which</c><00:40:58.460><c> the</c><00:40:58.719><c> inheritance</c>

00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:00.679
could<00:40:59.260><c> be</c><00:40:59.559><c> achieved.</c>

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.980
To<00:41:02.639><c> God</c>

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:07.820
and<00:41:04.940><c> to</c><00:41:05.300><c> the</c><00:41:05.519><c> word</c><00:41:05.780><c> of</c><00:41:06.139><c> his</c><00:41:06.420><c> grace,</c>

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:11.239
this<00:41:09.079><c> brethren</c><00:41:09.380><c> says</c><00:41:09.619><c> it</c><00:41:09.760><c> is</c><00:41:09.940><c> our</c><00:41:10.179><c> best</c><00:41:10.400><c> means</c>

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:14.500
of<00:41:11.960><c> securing</c><00:41:12.440><c> in</c><00:41:13.199><c> the</c><00:41:13.360><c> mercy</c><00:41:13.619><c> of</c><00:41:13.860><c> God</c>

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:16.860
the<00:41:15.320><c> promised</c><00:41:15.679><c> inheritance.</c>

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:19.400
This<00:41:17.880><c> word</c><00:41:18.219><c> which</c><00:41:18.400><c> is</c><00:41:18.559><c> able</c><00:41:18.719><c> to</c><00:41:18.980><c> guide,</c>

00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:21.039
to<00:41:19.900><c> lead,</c><00:41:20.619><c> to</c><00:41:20.760><c> prepare,</c>

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:23.840
to<00:41:21.739><c> uphold</c><00:41:22.199><c> us,</c><00:41:23.019><c> to</c><00:41:23.159><c> fit</c><00:41:23.300><c> us</c>

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:26.780
and<00:41:24.239><c> equip</c><00:41:24.460><c> us</c><00:41:25.039><c> for</c><00:41:25.500><c> his</c><00:41:25.739><c> kingdom</c>

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:29.190
so<00:41:28.340><c> that</c><00:41:28.500><c> each</c><00:41:28.679><c> of</c><00:41:28.860><c> us,</c>

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:30.920
when<00:41:29.880><c> it</c><00:41:30.119><c> comes,</c>

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:32.800
might<00:41:31.699><c> in</c><00:41:32.039><c> his</c><00:41:32.320><c> mercy</c>

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:35.699
be<00:41:33.679><c> invited</c><00:41:34.000><c> to</c><00:41:34.340><c> share</c><00:41:34.619><c> in</c><00:41:34.860><c> those</c><00:41:35.139><c> glories</c>

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:37.880
which<00:41:36.519><c> will</c><00:41:36.760><c> fill</c><00:41:36.900><c> the</c><00:41:37.139><c> earth.</c>