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and<00:11:46.259><c> take</c><00:11:46.700><c> on</c><00:11:47.240><c> the</c><00:11:47.539><c> covenant</c><00:11:47.919><c> relationship</c><00:11:48.860><c> with</c><00:11:49.179><c> Him</c>

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that<00:11:50.460><c> He</c><00:11:50.740><c> holds</c><00:11:51.019><c> out,</c><00:11:51.419><c> that</c><00:11:51.559><c> He</c><00:11:51.779><c> desires,</c><00:11:53.440><c> and</c><00:11:54.419><c> others</c><00:11:54.620><c> are</c><00:11:54.820><c> not.</c>

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Already<00:12:03.000><c> Peter's</c><00:12:03.639><c> master</c><00:12:04.259><c> had</c><00:12:04.940><c> shown</c><00:12:05.600><c> that</c><00:12:05.980><c> those</c><00:12:06.360><c> provisions</c><00:12:06.779><c> under</c><00:12:07.139><c> the</c><00:12:07.360><c> law</c>

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were<00:12:07.799><c> not</c><00:12:08.139><c> really</c><00:12:08.460><c> about</c><00:12:08.779><c> animals</c><00:12:09.399><c> by</c><00:12:10.379><c> dispensing</c><00:12:11.059><c> with</c><00:12:11.299><c> them</c>

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at<00:12:11.519><c> a</c><00:12:11.899><c> stroke.</c>

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Come,<00:12:12.779><c> if</c><00:12:12.779><c> you</c><00:12:12.919><c> would,</c><00:12:13.019><c> to</c><00:12:13.220><c> Mark</c><00:12:13.480><c> chapter</c><00:12:13.840><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:12:15.460><c> here</c><00:12:15.600><c> in</c><00:12:15.759><c> Mark's</c><00:12:16.159><c> record,</c><00:12:16.759><c> the</c><00:12:16.840><c> Lord</c><00:12:17.039><c> makes</c><00:12:17.299><c> it</c><00:12:17.519><c> very</c><00:12:17.840><c> plain</c>

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that<00:12:18.360><c> it</c><00:12:19.100><c> was</c><00:12:19.200><c> not</c><00:12:19.379><c> the</c><00:12:19.559><c> literal</c><00:12:19.879><c> provisions</c><00:12:20.320><c> of</c><00:12:20.519><c> the</c><00:12:20.659><c> law.</c>

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He<00:12:20.980><c> removed</c><00:12:21.500><c> those.</c>

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It<00:12:24.279><c> was,</c><00:12:24.840><c> as</c><00:12:25.080><c> we</c><00:12:25.340><c> said,</c><00:12:25.759><c> the</c><00:12:26.000><c> spiritual</c><00:12:26.740><c> truths</c>

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behind<00:12:27.980><c> the</c><00:12:28.279><c> literal</c><00:12:28.600><c> provisions</c><00:12:29.279><c> that</c><00:12:30.200><c> were</c><00:12:30.519><c> the</c><00:12:30.779><c> essence.</c>

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Mark<00:12:33.559><c> chapter</c><00:12:33.899><c> 7</c><00:12:34.580><c> and</c><00:12:35.159><c> verse</c><00:12:35.620><c> 14.</c>

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When<00:12:38.139><c> Jesus</c><00:12:38.460><c> had</c><00:12:38.720><c> called</c><00:12:38.860><c> all</c><00:12:39.080><c> the</c><00:12:39.240><c> people</c><00:12:39.440><c> unto</c><00:12:39.700><c> Him,</c>

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He<00:12:40.059><c> said</c><00:12:40.220><c> unto</c><00:12:40.480><c> them,</c>

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Harken<00:12:41.399><c> unto</c><00:12:41.639><c> me,</c><00:12:41.840><c> every</c><00:12:42.039><c> one</c><00:12:42.240><c> of</c><00:12:42.379><c> you,</c><00:12:42.580><c> and</c><00:12:42.779><c> understand,</c>

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there<00:12:44.000><c> is</c><00:12:44.440><c> nothing</c><00:12:44.940><c> from</c><00:12:45.299><c> without</c><00:12:45.659><c> a</c><00:12:45.899><c> man</c>

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that<00:12:46.340><c> entering</c><00:12:46.639><c> into</c><00:12:47.019><c> him</c><00:12:47.360><c> can</c><00:12:47.740><c> defile</c><00:12:48.259><c> him.</c>

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But<00:12:49.639><c> the</c><00:12:49.860><c> things</c><00:12:50.120><c> which</c><00:12:50.340><c> come</c><00:12:50.580><c> out</c><00:12:50.879><c> of</c><00:12:51.039><c> him,</c>

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those<00:12:52.360><c> are</c><00:12:52.899><c> they</c><00:12:53.120><c> that</c><00:12:53.399><c> defile</c><00:12:53.980><c> the</c><00:12:54.240><c> man.</c>

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If<00:12:55.759><c> any</c><00:12:55.919><c> man</c><00:12:56.100><c> have</c><00:12:56.299><c> ears</c><00:12:56.460><c> to</c><00:12:56.700><c> hear,</c><00:12:57.539><c> let</c><00:12:57.620><c> him</c><00:12:57.820><c> hear.</c>

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When<00:12:59.379><c> he</c><00:12:59.500><c> was</c><00:12:59.659><c> entered</c><00:12:59.779><c> into</c><00:12:59.980><c> the</c><00:13:00.159><c> house</c><00:13:00.480><c> from</c><00:13:00.779><c> the</c><00:13:00.980><c> people,</c>

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his<00:13:01.700><c> disciples</c><00:13:02.139><c> asked</c><00:13:02.480><c> him</c><00:13:02.779><c> concerning</c><00:13:03.240><c> the</c><00:13:03.539><c> parable,</c>

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and<00:13:04.360><c> he</c><00:13:04.559><c> saith</c><00:13:04.659><c> unto</c><00:13:04.940><c> them,</c>

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Are<00:13:06.000><c> ye</c><00:13:06.539><c> without</c><00:13:06.840><c> understanding</c><00:13:07.360><c> also?</c>

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Do<00:13:08.120><c> ye</c><00:13:08.360><c> not</c><00:13:08.559><c> perceive</c><00:13:09.279><c> that</c><00:13:09.720><c> whatsoever</c><00:13:10.240><c> thing</c><00:13:10.720><c> from</c><00:13:10.960><c> without</c>

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entereth<00:13:11.980><c> into</c><00:13:12.259><c> the</c><00:13:12.500><c> man,</c><00:13:12.840><c> it</c><00:13:13.019><c> cannot</c><00:13:13.320><c> defile</c><00:13:13.820><c> him,</c>

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because<00:13:14.720><c> it</c><00:13:14.919><c> entereth</c><00:13:15.159><c> not</c><00:13:15.340><c> into</c><00:13:15.539><c> his</c><00:13:15.860><c> heart,</c><00:13:16.919><c> but</c><00:13:17.080><c> into</c><00:13:17.320><c> the</c><00:13:17.539><c> belly,</c>

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and<00:13:18.799><c> goeth</c><00:13:19.019><c> out</c><00:13:19.279><c> into</c><00:13:19.519><c> the</c><00:13:19.820><c> draft,</c><00:13:21.200><c> purging</c><00:13:21.820><c> all</c><00:13:22.460><c> meats?</c>

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The<00:13:24.940><c> revised</c><00:13:25.279><c> version</c><00:13:25.679><c> makes</c><00:13:26.179><c> plainer</c><00:13:26.700><c> the</c><00:13:26.919><c> intention</c>

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So<00:13:37.500><c> in</c><00:13:37.700><c> what</c><00:13:37.919><c> Jesus</c><00:13:38.360><c> said,</c><00:13:39.519><c> He</c><00:13:39.580><c> was</c><00:13:39.879><c> therefore</c><00:13:40.399><c> at</c><00:13:40.679><c> a</c><00:13:41.100><c> stroke</c>

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cleansing,<00:13:42.700><c> purging</c><00:13:43.320><c> all</c><00:13:44.000><c> meats,</c>

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so<00:13:44.820><c> that</c><00:13:45.000><c> now</c><00:13:45.179><c> there</c><00:13:45.320><c> was</c><00:13:45.480><c> nothing</c><00:13:45.799><c> that</c><00:13:45.980><c> could</c><00:13:46.200><c> not</c><00:13:46.340><c> be</c><00:13:46.539><c> eaten.</c>

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The<00:13:48.700><c> literal</c><00:13:49.080><c> provisions</c><00:13:49.600><c> of</c><00:13:50.000><c> the</c><00:13:50.259><c> law</c><00:13:50.580><c> of</c><00:13:50.799><c> Leviticus</c><00:13:51.259><c> 11</c>

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was<00:13:52.299><c> removed</c><00:13:53.159><c> by</c><00:13:53.480><c> Jesus</c><00:13:53.919><c> at</c><00:13:54.240><c> a</c><00:13:54.600><c> stroke.</c>

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Whether<00:13:55.259><c> the</c><00:13:55.519><c> disciples</c><00:13:55.820><c> understood</c><00:13:56.299><c> it</c><00:13:56.519><c> that</c><00:13:56.700><c> way</c><00:13:56.820><c> or</c><00:13:56.980><c> not,</c>

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we<00:13:57.200><c> can't</c><00:13:57.399><c> be</c><00:13:57.639><c> sure.</c>

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There's<00:13:58.879><c> no</c><00:13:59.139><c> record</c><00:13:59.620><c> of</c><00:14:00.080><c> them</c><00:14:00.279><c> being</c><00:14:00.659><c> aghast</c><00:14:01.360><c> at</c><00:14:01.620><c> what</c><00:14:02.179><c> the</c>

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But<00:14:07.320><c> that</c><00:14:07.519><c> is</c><00:14:07.740><c> the</c><00:14:07.919><c> case.</c>

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This<00:14:09.460><c> he</c><00:14:09.779><c> said,</c><00:14:10.360><c> purging</c><00:14:11.080><c> or</c><00:14:11.440><c> cleansing</c><00:14:12.259><c> all</c><00:14:13.139><c> meats.</c>

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And<00:14:15.279><c> even</c><00:14:15.700><c> if</c><00:14:15.779><c> we</c><00:14:15.899><c> were</c><00:14:16.039><c> not</c><00:14:16.139><c> to</c><00:14:16.299><c> accept</c><00:14:16.679><c> the</c><00:14:16.840><c> revised</c><00:14:17.240><c> version</c>

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rendering<00:14:17.960><c> of</c><00:14:18.320><c> that</c><00:14:18.500><c> verse</c><00:14:18.759><c> 19,</c>

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and<00:14:19.779><c> feel</c><00:14:20.039><c> that</c><00:14:20.240><c> that's</c><00:14:20.500><c> not</c><00:14:20.799><c> correct,</c>

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and<00:14:21.759><c> we</c><00:14:21.980><c> could</c><00:14:22.240><c> find</c><00:14:22.519><c> some</c><00:14:22.759><c> other</c><00:14:22.980><c> way</c><00:14:23.100><c> of</c><00:14:23.299><c> accounting</c>

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for<00:14:23.940><c> what</c><00:14:24.139><c> that</c><00:14:24.340><c> last</c><00:14:24.600><c> phrase</c><00:14:24.860><c> in</c><00:14:25.059><c> verse</c><00:14:25.240><c> 19,</c>

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purging<00:14:26.120><c> all</c><00:14:26.320><c> meats,</c><00:14:26.480><c> actually</c><00:14:26.820><c> means,</c>

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we're<00:14:27.899><c> still</c><00:14:28.200><c> left</c><00:14:28.460><c> with</c><00:14:28.659><c> verse</c><00:14:28.919><c> 14,</c><00:14:29.419><c> aren't</c><00:14:29.580><c> we?</c>

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Where<00:14:31.039><c> Jesus</c><00:14:31.379><c> says,</c><00:14:31.759><c> sorry,</c><00:14:32.039><c> verse</c><00:14:32.279><c> 15,</c>

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where<00:14:32.860><c> Jesus</c><00:14:33.179><c> says</c><00:14:33.460><c> plainly,</c>

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there<00:14:34.480><c> is</c><00:14:34.960><c> nothing</c><00:14:35.559><c> from</c><00:14:36.580><c> without</c>

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that<00:14:37.799><c> entering</c><00:14:38.080><c> into</c><00:14:38.340><c> the</c><00:14:38.500><c> man</c><00:14:38.639><c> can</c><00:14:38.879><c> defile</c><00:14:39.159><c> him.</c>

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Nothing,<00:14:39.720><c> nothing</c><00:14:40.159><c> at</c><00:14:40.639><c> all.</c>

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Whatever<00:14:43.500><c> a</c><00:14:43.759><c> man</c><00:14:44.039><c> ate</c><00:14:44.860><c> was</c><00:14:45.720><c> of</c><00:14:45.840><c> no</c><00:14:46.059><c> consequence.</c>

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This<00:14:47.919><c> law</c><00:14:48.440><c> was</c><00:14:49.360><c> essentially</c>

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about<00:14:52.500><c> clean</c><00:14:53.220><c> and</c><00:14:53.460><c> unclean</c><00:14:53.820><c> men</c><00:14:54.000><c> and</c><00:14:54.179><c> women,</c>

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about<00:14:56.259><c> those</c><00:14:56.620><c> acceptable</c><00:14:57.200><c> to</c><00:14:57.460><c> God</c><00:14:57.700><c> and</c><00:14:57.840><c> those</c><00:14:58.159><c> not.</c>

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And<00:15:00.779><c> God</c><00:15:01.340><c> was</c><00:15:02.240><c> prepared</c><00:15:02.700><c> to</c><00:15:03.019><c> cleanse</c><00:15:03.340><c> them</c><00:15:04.139><c> by</c><00:15:05.000><c> the</c><00:15:05.240><c> Gospel.</c>

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Acts<00:15:08.120><c> chapter</c><00:15:08.399><c> 10</c><00:15:08.679><c> then,</c><00:15:09.019><c> brothers</c><00:15:09.100><c> and</c><00:15:09.340><c> sisters,</c><00:15:09.580><c> please.</c>

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Peter's<00:15:15.240><c> prejudices</c><00:15:16.080><c> coming</c><00:15:16.440><c> into</c><00:15:16.879><c> play.</c>

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He<00:15:38.039><c> saw</c><00:15:38.299><c> heaven</c><00:15:38.580><c> opened</c><00:15:39.000><c> and</c><00:15:39.179><c> a</c><00:15:39.379><c> certain</c><00:15:39.580><c> vessel</c>

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descending<00:15:40.419><c> unto</c><00:15:40.659><c> him</c><00:15:40.860><c> as</c><00:15:40.960><c> it</c><00:15:41.159><c> had</c><00:15:41.259><c> been</c><00:15:41.440><c> a</c><00:15:41.639><c> great</c><00:15:41.840><c> sheet,</c>

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knit<00:15:42.679><c> at</c><00:15:42.860><c> the</c><00:15:43.019><c> four</c><00:15:43.179><c> corners</c><00:15:43.500><c> and</c><00:15:43.740><c> let</c><00:15:43.899><c> down</c><00:15:44.159><c> to</c><00:15:44.340><c> the</c><00:15:44.500><c> earth,</c>

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wherein<00:15:45.100><c> were</c><00:15:45.340><c> all</c><00:15:45.580><c> manner</c><00:15:45.860><c> of</c><00:15:46.279><c> four</c><00:15:46.519><c>-footed</c><00:15:46.799><c> beasts</c>

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of<00:15:47.240><c> the</c><00:15:47.419><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:15:47.919><c> wild</c><00:15:48.200><c> beasts,</c><00:15:48.620><c> and</c><00:15:48.700><c> creeping</c><00:15:49.039><c> things,</c>

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and<00:15:49.639><c> fowls</c><00:15:49.980><c> of</c><00:15:50.139><c> the</c><00:15:50.320><c> air.</c>

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And<00:15:50.779><c> there</c><00:15:50.980><c> came</c><00:15:51.200><c> a</c><00:15:51.340><c> voice</c><00:15:51.460><c> to</c><00:15:51.580><c> him,</c>

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Rise,<00:15:52.259><c> Peter,</c><00:15:52.399><c> kill</c><00:15:52.659><c> and</c><00:15:52.799><c> eat.</c>

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But<00:15:53.480><c> Peter</c><00:15:53.759><c> said,</c><00:15:54.139><c> Not</c><00:15:54.440><c> so,</c><00:15:54.759><c> Lord,</c>

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for<00:15:55.720><c> I</c><00:15:55.940><c> have</c><00:15:56.039><c> never</c><00:15:56.340><c> eaten</c><00:15:56.620><c> anything</c>

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that<00:15:57.399><c> is</c><00:15:57.700><c> common</c><00:15:58.159><c> or</c><00:15:58.639><c> unclean.</c>

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Now,<00:16:02.059><c> why</c><00:16:02.399><c> two</c><00:16:02.559><c> things</c><00:16:02.899><c> there,</c>

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common<00:16:03.820><c> and</c><00:16:04.840><c> unclean?</c>

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What's<00:16:05.940><c> the</c><00:16:06.159><c> difference?</c>

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Well,<00:16:08.620><c> the</c><00:16:08.860><c> difference</c><00:16:09.120><c> presumably</c><00:16:09.759><c> is</c><00:16:10.460><c> this,</c>

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that<00:16:11.519><c> within</c><00:16:12.000><c> the</c><00:16:12.279><c> sheet</c><00:16:12.440><c> were</c><00:16:12.720><c> all</c><00:16:13.159><c> manner</c><00:16:13.500><c> of</c><00:16:13.840><c> beasts</c>

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and<00:16:14.580><c> four</c><00:16:14.779><c>-footed</c><00:16:15.100><c> things,</c>

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and<00:16:15.919><c> fowl</c><00:16:16.740><c> and</c><00:16:16.899><c> creeping</c><00:16:17.179><c> things,</c>

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clean<00:16:18.559><c> as</c><00:16:18.980><c> well</c><00:16:19.179><c> as</c><00:16:19.360><c> unclean.</c>

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Why<00:16:20.080><c> couldn't</c><00:16:20.460><c> Peter</c><00:16:20.840><c> slay</c><00:16:21.899><c> one</c><00:16:22.120><c> of</c><00:16:22.240><c> the</c><00:16:22.480><c> clean</c><00:16:22.720><c> animals</c>

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and<00:16:24.399><c> eat</c><00:16:24.679><c> that?</c>

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Rise,<00:16:26.360><c> Peter,</c><00:16:26.539><c> kill</c><00:16:26.860><c> and</c><00:16:27.100><c> eat.</c>

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And<00:16:28.720><c> the</c><00:16:28.860><c> answer</c><00:16:29.080><c> was,</c><00:16:29.340><c> of</c><00:16:29.519><c> course,</c>

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that<00:16:29.899><c> in</c><00:16:30.100><c> Peter's</c><00:16:30.559><c> mind</c><00:16:30.940><c> and</c><00:16:31.200><c> in</c><00:16:31.620><c> the</c><00:16:31.840><c> traditions</c><00:16:32.179><c> of</c><00:16:32.379><c> the</c><00:16:32.539><c> Jews,</c>

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the<00:16:33.379><c> clean</c><00:16:33.519><c> were</c><00:16:33.700><c> rendered</c><00:16:34.000><c> unclean</c>

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by<00:16:34.899><c> their</c><00:16:35.159><c> association</c><00:16:35.820><c> with</c><00:16:36.059><c> the</c><00:16:36.279><c> unclean.</c>

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Some<00:16:38.279><c> were</c><00:16:38.480><c> unclean</c><00:16:38.899><c> of</c><00:16:39.039><c> themselves,</c>

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and<00:16:40.299><c> others</c><00:16:40.480><c> were</c><00:16:40.700><c> common</c><00:16:41.000><c> or</c><00:16:41.279><c> made</c><00:16:41.519><c> unclean</c>

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by<00:16:42.899><c> being</c><00:16:43.279><c> with</c><00:16:43.740><c> the</c><00:16:44.059><c> unclean</c><00:16:44.639><c> in</c><00:16:45.039><c> this</c><00:16:45.500><c> sheet.</c>

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So<00:16:47.919><c> altogether,</c><00:16:49.159><c> these</c><00:16:49.340><c> animals</c><00:16:49.799><c> were</c><00:16:50.500><c> unacceptable</c><00:16:51.580><c> to</c><00:16:51.980><c> Peter,</c>

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the<00:16:53.340><c> clean</c><00:16:53.580><c> ones</c><00:16:53.879><c> being</c><00:16:54.279><c> polluted</c><00:16:54.940><c> by</c><00:16:55.480><c> the</c><00:16:55.860><c> unclean.</c>

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It's<00:16:59.179><c> interesting</c><00:16:59.539><c> that</c><00:16:59.759><c> the</c><00:16:59.899><c> word</c><00:17:00.080><c> kill</c><00:17:00.460><c> there,</c><00:17:01.200><c> we're</c><00:17:01.600><c> told,</c>

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is<00:17:02.220><c> a</c><00:17:02.299><c> word</c><00:17:02.480><c> that's</c><00:17:02.820><c> often</c><00:17:03.120><c> used</c>

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in<00:17:03.960><c> terms</c><00:17:04.220><c> of</c><00:17:04.480><c> killing</c><00:17:04.799><c> for</c><00:17:05.180><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:17:06.920><c> the</c><00:17:07.440><c> instruction</c><00:17:07.940><c> to</c><00:17:08.200><c> kill</c><00:17:08.420><c> and</c><00:17:08.579><c> eat</c>

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may<00:17:09.220><c> therefore</c><00:17:09.660><c> be</c><00:17:10.359><c> to</c><00:17:10.740><c> kill</c>

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in<00:17:11.259><c> the</c><00:17:11.579><c> sense</c><00:17:11.940><c> of</c><00:17:12.160><c> a</c><00:17:12.380><c> peace</c><00:17:12.599><c> offering</c>

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and<00:17:13.819><c> to</c><00:17:14.220><c> share</c><00:17:14.619><c> this</c><00:17:14.960><c> meal</c><00:17:15.299><c> with</c><00:17:15.559><c> God,</c>

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which<00:17:17.079><c> would</c><00:17:17.460><c> be</c><00:17:17.819><c> quite</c><00:17:18.160><c> unacceptable</c>

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in<00:17:19.619><c> the</c><00:17:19.859><c> mind</c><00:17:20.079><c> of</c><00:17:20.339><c> Peter</c><00:17:20.599><c> at</c><00:17:21.240><c> this</c><00:17:21.559><c> stage.</c>

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But<00:17:23.579><c> the</c><00:17:23.720><c> voice</c><00:17:23.859><c> comes</c><00:17:24.119><c> again,</c><00:17:24.579><c> verse</c><00:17:24.819><c> 15.</c>

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The<00:17:25.440><c> voice</c><00:17:26.000><c> spake</c><00:17:26.319><c> unto</c><00:17:26.440><c> him</c><00:17:26.640><c> again</c><00:17:26.980><c> the</c><00:17:27.220><c> second</c><00:17:27.440><c> time,</c>

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What<00:17:28.259><c> God</c><00:17:28.700><c> hath</c><00:17:29.099><c> cleansed,</c>

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that<00:17:30.839><c> call</c><00:17:31.160><c> not</c><00:17:31.519><c> thou</c><00:17:32.319><c> common.</c>

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God<00:17:35.059><c> has</c><00:17:35.460><c> cleansed</c><00:17:36.420><c> the</c><00:17:36.740><c> unclean.</c>

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God<00:17:38.440><c> has</c><00:17:38.839><c> cleansed</c><00:17:39.839><c> the</c><00:17:40.099><c> Gentile.</c>

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The<00:17:42.579><c> Apostle</c><00:17:42.940><c> Paul</c><00:17:43.180><c> writes,</c><00:17:43.559><c> you</c><00:17:43.619><c> needn't</c><00:17:44.000><c> turn</c><00:17:44.160><c> to</c><00:17:44.299><c> it,</c>

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it's<00:17:44.720><c> Ephesians</c><00:17:45.000><c> 2</c><00:17:45.279><c> and</c><00:17:45.460><c> 16,</c>

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that<00:17:47.700><c> he,</c><00:17:48.220><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:48.400><c> might</c><00:17:48.759><c> reconcile</c><00:17:49.579><c> both</c><00:17:49.980><c> unto</c><00:17:50.299><c> God</c>

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in<00:17:50.819><c> one</c><00:17:51.119><c> body</c><00:17:51.480><c> by</c><00:17:51.759><c> the</c><00:17:51.980><c> cross,</c>

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having<00:17:52.759><c> slain</c><00:17:53.440><c> the</c><00:17:53.759><c> enmity</c><00:17:54.200><c> thereby.</c>

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God<00:17:55.220><c> hath</c><00:17:55.480><c> cleansed</c><00:17:56.079><c> them.</c>

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Through<00:17:58.140><c> the</c><00:17:58.299><c> blood</c><00:17:58.500><c> of</c><00:17:58.660><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:17:59.980><c> middle</c><00:18:00.200><c> wall</c><00:18:00.380><c> of</c><00:18:00.619><c> petition</c><00:18:00.960><c> is</c><00:18:01.279><c> broken</c><00:18:01.660><c> down.</c>

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Jew<00:18:03.200><c> and</c><00:18:03.460><c> Gentile</c><00:18:04.059><c> now</c><00:18:04.400><c> may</c><00:18:04.660><c> come</c><00:18:05.000><c> to</c><00:18:05.180><c> God</c>

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by<00:18:06.160><c> faith</c><00:18:06.640><c> in</c><00:18:07.039><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:18:09.220><c> verse</c><00:18:09.440><c> 16</c><00:18:09.880><c> of</c><00:18:10.079><c> Acts</c><00:18:10.279><c> 10</c>

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seems<00:18:10.880><c> to</c><00:18:11.140><c> demonstrate</c><00:18:11.640><c> the</c><00:18:11.859><c> same</c><00:18:12.140><c> thing,</c><00:18:12.579><c> doesn't</c><00:18:12.680><c> it?</c>

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I<00:18:13.140><c> wonder</c><00:18:13.299><c> if</c><00:18:13.460><c> Peter</c><00:18:13.740><c> ever</c><00:18:14.519><c> thought</c><00:18:14.819><c> about</c><00:18:15.140><c> this,</c>

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brothers<00:18:15.640><c> and</c><00:18:15.880><c> sisters,</c>

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before<00:18:16.460><c> the</c><00:18:16.700><c> men</c><00:18:16.980><c> started</c><00:18:17.460><c> hammering</c><00:18:17.920><c> on</c><00:18:18.059><c> the</c><00:18:18.259><c> gate</c>

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of<00:18:18.579><c> the</c><00:18:18.740><c> house</c><00:18:18.940><c> where</c><00:18:19.079><c> he</c><00:18:19.299><c> was.</c>

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Verse<00:18:19.980><c> 16</c><00:18:20.380><c> of</c><00:18:20.539><c> Acts</c><00:18:20.680><c> 10,</c>

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This<00:18:21.059><c> was</c><00:18:21.220><c> done</c><00:18:21.539><c> thrice,</c>

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and<00:18:22.480><c> the</c><00:18:22.700><c> vessel</c><00:18:22.920><c> was</c><00:18:23.460><c> received</c><00:18:23.980><c> up</c><00:18:24.240><c> into</c><00:18:24.420><c> heaven.</c>

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God<00:18:26.079><c> accepted</c><00:18:26.660><c> all</c><00:18:26.900><c> those</c><00:18:27.119><c> animals</c><00:18:27.440><c> back</c><00:18:27.720><c> again,</c>

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clean<00:18:29.079><c> and</c><00:18:29.440><c> unclean.</c>

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The<00:18:30.819><c> forfeit</c><00:18:31.180><c> of</c><00:18:31.380><c> beasts,</c><00:18:31.700><c> the</c><00:18:31.859><c> foul,</c><00:18:32.160><c> the</c><00:18:32.259><c> creeping</c><00:18:32.579><c> things,</c>

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everything<00:18:33.720><c> went</c><00:18:33.940><c> back</c><00:18:34.180><c> up</c><00:18:34.319><c> into</c><00:18:34.480><c> heaven.</c>

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God<00:18:36.180><c> accepted</c><00:18:36.799><c> it</c><00:18:37.259><c> all.</c>

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I<00:18:38.799><c> wonder</c><00:18:39.099><c> if</c><00:18:39.500><c> that</c><00:18:39.720><c> had</c><00:18:39.880><c> any</c><00:18:40.160><c> impact</c><00:18:40.680><c> on</c><00:18:40.980><c> Peter.</c>

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And<00:18:44.119><c> verse</c><00:18:44.759><c> 20,</c>

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Arise<00:18:48.200><c> therefore,</c><00:18:49.200><c> the</c><00:18:49.400><c> Spirit</c><00:18:49.720><c> says,</c>

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and<00:18:50.759><c> get</c><00:18:51.059><c> thee</c><00:18:51.279><c> down</c><00:18:51.680><c> and</c><00:18:51.859><c> go</c><00:18:52.119><c> with</c><00:18:52.400><c> them,</c>

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doubting<00:18:53.720><c> nothing,</c>

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for<00:18:55.220><c> I</c><00:18:55.859><c> have</c><00:18:56.259><c> sent</c><00:18:56.680><c> them.</c>

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Interesting<00:18:58.599><c> that</c><00:18:58.779><c> in</c><00:18:58.960><c> the</c><00:18:59.140><c> record</c>

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that<00:18:59.579><c> we</c><00:18:59.759><c> read</c><00:19:00.140><c> earlier</c><00:19:00.619><c> this</c><00:19:00.900><c> morning</c><00:19:01.200><c> in</c><00:19:01.420><c> our</c><00:19:01.680><c> devotions</c>

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from<00:19:02.940><c> chapter</c><00:19:03.299><c> 11,</c>

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chapter<00:19:04.880><c> 11</c><00:19:05.240><c> and</c><00:19:05.460><c> verse</c><00:19:05.740><c> 12,</c>

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when<00:19:06.519><c> Peter</c><00:19:06.819><c> recounts</c><00:19:07.579><c> this,</c>

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The<00:19:09.380><c> Spirit</c><00:19:09.839><c> bade</c><00:19:10.140><c> me</c><00:19:10.339><c> go</c><00:19:10.619><c> with</c><00:19:10.900><c> them,</c>

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nothing<00:19:12.000><c> doubting.</c>

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And<00:19:14.680><c> the</c><00:19:14.920><c> revised</c><00:19:15.220><c> version</c><00:19:15.799><c> seems</c><00:19:16.279><c> to</c><00:19:16.559><c> indicate</c>

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that<00:19:17.059><c> there's</c><00:19:17.359><c> a</c><00:19:17.579><c> change</c><00:19:17.859><c> in</c><00:19:18.059><c> the</c><00:19:18.279><c> wording</c><00:19:18.500><c> there.</c>

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The<00:19:19.960><c> Spirit</c><00:19:20.359><c> bade</c><00:19:20.660><c> me</c><00:19:20.859><c> go</c><00:19:21.099><c> with</c><00:19:21.380><c> them,</c>

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making<00:19:22.599><c> no</c><00:19:23.319><c> distinction.</c>

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And<00:19:25.460><c> that</c><00:19:25.680><c> was</c><00:19:25.960><c> indeed</c><00:19:26.400><c> exactly</c>

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the<00:19:27.519><c> message</c><00:19:28.059><c> of</c><00:19:28.960><c> the</c><00:19:29.180><c> vision,</c>

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was<00:19:30.099><c> it</c><00:19:30.339><c> not?</c>

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Making<00:19:31.680><c> no</c><00:19:32.240><c> distinction.</c>

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Arise,<00:19:33.500><c> Peter,</c><00:19:34.140><c> kill</c><00:19:34.380><c> and</c><00:19:34.660><c> eat.</c>

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Making<00:19:36.019><c> no</c><00:19:36.420><c> distinction</c>

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between<00:19:38.180><c> those</c><00:19:38.660><c> that</c><00:19:38.799><c> were</c><00:19:39.039><c> clean</c>

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and<00:19:39.880><c> those</c><00:19:40.180><c> that</c><00:19:40.380><c> were</c><00:19:40.640><c> unclean.</c>

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So<00:19:41.759><c> this</c><00:19:42.279><c> doubting</c><00:19:42.900><c> nothing</c>

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seems<00:19:44.400><c> to</c><00:19:44.799><c> indicate</c><00:19:45.259><c> the</c><00:19:45.859><c> same</c><00:19:46.299><c> thing,</c>

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point<00:19:47.440><c> in</c><00:19:47.640><c> the</c><00:19:47.900><c> same</c><00:19:48.160><c> direction.</c>

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And<00:19:50.779><c> yet,</c><00:19:51.099><c> brothers</c><00:19:51.200><c> and</c><00:19:51.400><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:19:51.980><c> record</c><00:19:52.440><c> seems</c><00:19:52.759><c> to</c><00:19:53.119><c> show</c>

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that<00:19:53.619><c> Peter</c><00:19:53.839><c> was</c><00:19:54.140><c> still</c><00:19:54.420><c> reluctant.</c>

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Despite<00:19:56.380><c> this</c><00:19:56.759><c> vision,</c>

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despite<00:19:57.599><c> the</c><00:19:58.079><c> plain</c><00:19:58.619><c> voice</c><00:19:59.579><c> telling</c><00:20:00.240><c> him,</c>

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go<00:20:01.180><c> with</c><00:20:01.480><c> them,</c><00:20:01.779><c> doubting</c><00:20:02.200><c> nothing,</c>

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Peter<00:20:03.640><c> was</c><00:20:04.799><c> still</c><00:20:05.240><c> a</c><00:20:06.319><c> little</c><00:20:06.759><c> bit</c><00:20:07.240><c> uneasy</c><00:20:07.779><c> about</c><00:20:08.299><c> this.</c>

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Doesn't<00:20:10.680><c> that</c><00:20:11.180><c> show</c><00:20:11.480><c> the</c><00:20:11.819><c> power</c><00:20:12.319><c> of</c><00:20:12.740><c> prejudice?</c>

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How<00:20:14.400><c> hard</c><00:20:14.779><c> it</c><00:20:15.019><c> is</c><00:20:15.200><c> to</c><00:20:15.440><c> remove</c><00:20:15.960><c> from</c><00:20:16.180><c> a</c><00:20:16.819><c> man's</c><00:20:17.480><c> mind</c>

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those<00:20:18.980><c> entrenched</c><00:20:19.839><c> ideas</c><00:20:20.500><c> that</c><00:20:20.859><c> we</c><00:20:21.319><c> sometimes</c><00:20:22.200><c> have</c>

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built<00:20:23.799><c> up</c><00:20:24.079><c> over</c><00:20:24.400><c> the</c><00:20:24.759><c> years.</c>

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Look,<00:20:26.460><c> for</c><00:20:26.700><c> example,</c><00:20:27.039><c> at</c><00:20:27.220><c> verse</c><00:20:27.460><c> 22.</c>

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They<00:20:31.700><c> said,</c>

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Cornelius<00:20:33.079><c> the</c><00:20:33.319><c> centurion,</c>

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a<00:20:34.200><c> just</c><00:20:34.519><c> man</c><00:20:34.880><c> and</c><00:20:35.200><c> one</c><00:20:35.539><c> that</c><00:20:35.819><c> feareth</c><00:20:36.119><c> God,</c>

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and<00:20:37.039><c> of</c><00:20:37.200><c> good</c><00:20:37.420><c> report</c><00:20:37.859><c> among</c><00:20:38.160><c> all</c><00:20:38.420><c> the</c><00:20:38.619><c> nation</c><00:20:38.859><c> of</c><00:20:39.079><c> the</c><00:20:39.279><c> Jews,</c>

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was<00:20:40.180><c> warned</c><00:20:40.539><c> from</c><00:20:40.859><c> God</c><00:20:41.160><c> by</c><00:20:41.440><c> an</c><00:20:41.660><c> holy</c><00:20:41.960><c> angel</c>

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to<00:20:42.960><c> send</c><00:20:43.299><c> for</c><00:20:43.700><c> thee</c><00:20:44.039><c> into</c><00:20:44.700><c> his</c><00:20:45.160><c> house.</c>

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Now<00:20:47.500><c> that's</c><00:20:47.839><c> an</c><00:20:48.039><c> absolutely</c><00:20:48.500><c> redundant</c><00:20:49.359><c> phrase,</c><00:20:50.099><c> isn't</c><00:20:50.319><c> it?</c>

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Unless<00:20:51.299><c> it</c><00:20:51.500><c> was</c><00:20:51.799><c> there</c><00:20:52.160><c> to</c><00:20:52.539><c> persuade</c><00:20:53.140><c> Peter.</c>

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We<00:20:55.579><c> would</c><00:20:55.759><c> have</c><00:20:55.900><c> said</c>

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the<00:20:57.099><c> Cornelius</c><00:20:57.539><c> was</c><00:20:57.720><c> told</c><00:20:57.859><c> by</c><00:20:58.079><c> the</c><00:20:58.259><c> angel</c><00:20:58.400><c> to</c><00:20:58.559><c> send</c><00:20:58.779><c> for</c><00:20:59.019><c> you,</c>

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but<00:20:59.539><c> no,</c><00:20:59.660><c> no,</c><00:20:59.759><c> he</c><00:20:59.859><c> was</c><00:21:00.099><c> told</c><00:21:00.200><c> to</c><00:21:00.380><c> send</c><00:21:00.519><c> for</c><00:21:00.779><c> you</c><00:21:01.079><c> into</c><00:21:01.680><c> his</c><00:21:02.160><c> house,</c>

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because<00:21:05.339><c> naturally</c><00:21:05.900><c> left</c><00:21:06.319><c> to</c><00:21:06.460><c> himself,</c>

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Peter<00:21:07.940><c> would</c><00:21:08.299><c> not</c><00:21:08.519><c> have</c><00:21:08.720><c> gone</c><00:21:09.180><c> into</c><00:21:09.700><c> the</c><00:21:09.980><c> house.</c>

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Or<00:21:11.319><c> verse</c><00:21:11.500><c> 27.</c>

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Maybe<00:21:13.259><c> I'm</c><00:21:13.420><c> reading</c><00:21:13.680><c> this</c><00:21:13.880><c> into</c><00:21:14.119><c> it,</c><00:21:14.359><c> brothers</c><00:21:14.480><c> and</c><00:21:14.660><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:21:15.240><c> is</c><00:21:15.579><c> there</c><00:21:15.859><c> an</c><00:21:16.400><c> indication</c><00:21:16.859><c> again</c>

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here<00:21:17.579><c> in</c><00:21:17.720><c> Luke's</c><00:21:18.099><c> record</c><00:21:18.380><c> of</c><00:21:18.799><c> Peter's</c><00:21:19.339><c> reluctance?</c>

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It<00:21:20.440><c> came</c><00:21:20.859><c> to</c><00:21:21.140><c> pass</c><00:21:21.380><c> as</c><00:21:21.779><c> he</c><00:21:22.079><c> talked</c><00:21:22.579><c> with</c><00:21:22.980><c> him,</c><00:21:23.940><c> he</c><00:21:24.019><c> went</c><00:21:24.339><c> in.</c>

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Was<00:21:27.819><c> he</c><00:21:28.000><c> persuading</c><00:21:28.460><c> him?</c>

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Did<00:21:31.079><c> he</c><00:21:31.599><c> have</c><00:21:31.839><c> to</c><00:21:32.039><c> talk</c><00:21:32.279><c> to</c><00:21:32.440><c> him</c><00:21:32.779><c> and</c><00:21:33.599><c> persuade</c><00:21:34.180><c> him</c>

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and<00:21:34.500><c> twist</c><00:21:34.819><c> his</c><00:21:35.119><c> arm</c><00:21:35.640><c> before</c><00:21:36.460><c> he</c><00:21:36.640><c> went</c><00:21:36.740><c> into</c><00:21:36.940><c> the</c><00:21:37.119><c> house?</c>

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Am<00:21:38.660><c> I</c><00:21:38.759><c> reading</c><00:21:39.019><c> too</c><00:21:39.279><c> much</c><00:21:39.420><c> into</c><00:21:39.700><c> that</c>

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or<00:21:40.880><c> is</c><00:21:41.140><c> Luke</c><00:21:41.359><c> again</c><00:21:41.759><c> telling</c><00:21:42.059><c> us</c>

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not<00:21:43.359><c> just</c><00:21:43.660><c> that</c><00:21:43.880><c> Peter</c><00:21:44.019><c> went</c><00:21:44.299><c> in,</c>

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but<00:21:45.059><c> as</c><00:21:45.619><c> Cornelius</c><00:21:46.160><c> talked</c><00:21:46.500><c> with</c><00:21:46.759><c> him,</c>

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eventually<00:21:47.619><c> Peter</c><00:21:48.259><c> capitulated</c><00:21:49.220><c> and</c><00:21:49.700><c> went</c><00:21:50.079><c> into</c><00:21:50.339><c> the</c><00:21:50.579><c> house.</c>

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Verse<00:21:51.920><c> 28,</c><00:21:52.480><c> and</c><00:21:52.599><c> he</c><00:21:52.740><c> said</c><00:21:52.900><c> unto</c><00:21:53.119><c> them,</c>

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ye<00:21:53.759><c> know</c><00:21:54.019><c> how</c><00:21:54.339><c> that</c><00:21:54.480><c> it</c><00:21:54.700><c> is</c><00:21:55.000><c> an</c><00:21:55.380><c> unlawful</c><00:21:56.140><c> thing</c>

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for<00:21:56.799><c> a</c><00:21:56.900><c> man</c><00:21:57.019><c> that</c><00:21:57.180><c> is</c><00:21:57.359><c> a</c><00:21:57.500><c> Jew</c><00:21:57.720><c> to</c><00:21:58.059><c> keep</c><00:21:58.339><c> company,</c>

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revised<00:21:59.980><c> version,</c><00:22:00.480><c> to</c><00:22:00.779><c> join</c><00:22:01.240><c> himself</c>

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or<00:22:02.660><c> come</c><00:22:02.980><c> unto</c><00:22:03.200><c> one</c><00:22:03.380><c> of</c><00:22:03.559><c> another</c><00:22:03.720><c> nation?</c>

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Again,<00:22:05.279><c> the</c><00:22:05.420><c> phrases</c><00:22:05.680><c> there</c><00:22:06.019><c> suggest,</c><00:22:06.740><c> don't</c><00:22:06.880><c> they?</c>

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Peter's<00:22:08.640><c> marked</c><00:22:08.900><c> reluctance</c>

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and<00:22:09.700><c> he</c><00:22:10.220><c> explains</c><00:22:10.579><c> it</c><00:22:10.819><c> to</c><00:22:10.980><c> these</c><00:22:11.200><c> Gentiles.</c>

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It's<00:22:12.480><c> an</c><00:22:12.759><c> unlawful</c><00:22:13.400><c> thing.</c>

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This<00:22:13.740><c> is</c><00:22:14.099><c> an</c><00:22:14.319><c> illegal</c><00:22:14.720><c> thing</c><00:22:15.119><c> that</c><00:22:15.259><c> I'm</c><00:22:15.460><c> doing,</c><00:22:15.900><c> says</c><00:22:16.000><c> Peter.</c>

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I've<00:22:17.819><c> had</c><00:22:17.960><c> to</c><00:22:18.180><c> think</c><00:22:18.339><c> hard</c><00:22:18.680><c> about</c><00:22:18.980><c> this</c>

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and<00:22:20.619><c> joining</c><00:22:21.579><c> myself</c><00:22:22.140><c> to</c><00:22:22.259><c> one</c><00:22:22.460><c> of</c><00:22:22.619><c> another</c><00:22:22.779><c> nation</c>

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is<00:22:24.220><c> not</c><00:22:24.680><c> something</c><00:22:25.099><c> that</c><00:22:25.420><c> really</c><00:22:25.940><c> I</c><00:22:26.339><c> ought</c><00:22:26.500><c> to</c><00:22:26.720><c> be</c><00:22:26.940><c> doing,</c>

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but<00:22:28.380><c> God</c><00:22:28.779><c> has</c><00:22:29.200><c> showed</c><00:22:29.359><c> me</c><00:22:29.920><c> that</c><00:22:30.160><c> I</c><00:22:30.420><c> should.</c>

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And<00:22:32.420><c> the</c><00:22:32.599><c> reason</c><00:22:32.859><c> is,</c><00:22:34.960><c> end</c><00:22:35.180><c> of</c><00:22:35.319><c> verse</c><00:22:35.500><c> 28,</c>

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God<00:22:37.160><c> has</c><00:22:37.619><c> showed</c><00:22:37.839><c> me</c><00:22:38.579><c> that</c><00:22:38.900><c> I</c><00:22:39.140><c> should</c><00:22:39.400><c> not</c><00:22:39.680><c> call</c><00:22:40.140><c> any</c><00:22:40.779><c> man</c>

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common<00:22:42.299><c> or</c><00:22:43.119><c> unclean.</c>

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But<00:22:46.099><c> the</c><00:22:46.220><c> vision</c><00:22:46.339><c> was</c><00:22:46.519><c> about</c><00:22:46.700><c> animals,</c><00:22:47.200><c> wasn't</c><00:22:47.299><c> it?</c>

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There<00:22:48.940><c> was</c><00:22:49.059><c> no</c><00:22:49.299><c> man</c><00:22:49.500><c> in</c><00:22:49.680><c> the</c><00:22:49.880><c> sheet</c><00:22:50.000><c> let</c><00:22:50.200><c> down</c><00:22:50.400><c> from</c><00:22:50.599><c> heaven.</c>

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There<00:22:51.900><c> were</c><00:22:52.539><c> all</c><00:22:52.859><c> kinds</c><00:22:53.200><c> of</c><00:22:53.539><c> animals,</c><00:22:54.200><c> clean</c><00:22:54.440><c> and</c><00:22:54.619><c> unclean,</c>

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four<00:22:55.779><c>-footed</c><00:22:56.059><c> beasts,</c><00:22:56.799><c> creeping</c><00:22:57.000><c> things,</c><00:22:57.640><c> foul</c><00:22:57.779><c> of</c><00:22:57.940><c> the</c><00:22:58.079><c> heaven.</c>

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No<00:22:59.940><c> man.</c>

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But<00:23:01.880><c> now</c><00:23:02.099><c> Peter</c><00:23:02.299><c> understood</c><00:23:03.000><c> Leviticus</c><00:23:03.539><c> 11</c>

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and<00:23:04.000><c> he</c><00:23:04.200><c> understood</c><00:23:04.480><c> what</c><00:23:04.680><c> Leviticus</c><00:23:05.140><c> 11</c><00:23:05.380><c> was</c><00:23:05.640><c> really</c><00:23:06.000><c> about.</c>

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God<00:23:06.960><c> has</c><00:23:07.200><c> showed</c><00:23:07.359><c> me</c><00:23:07.539><c> that</c><00:23:07.640><c> I</c><00:23:07.799><c> should</c><00:23:07.920><c> call</c><00:23:08.200><c> no</c><00:23:08.579><c> man.</c>

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That's<00:23:09.400><c> what</c><00:23:09.599><c> the</c><00:23:09.839><c> law</c><00:23:09.940><c> was</c><00:23:10.180><c> really</c><00:23:10.480><c> about.</c>

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Not<00:23:10.960><c> really,</c><00:23:11.539><c> essentially</c><00:23:12.200><c> the</c><00:23:12.480><c> animals.</c>

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God<00:23:14.000><c> has</c><00:23:14.240><c> showed</c><00:23:14.380><c> me</c><00:23:14.559><c> that</c><00:23:14.700><c> I</c><00:23:14.819><c> should</c><00:23:15.000><c> call</c><00:23:15.299><c> no</c><00:23:15.680><c> man</c>

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common<00:23:17.059><c> or</c><00:23:17.819><c> unclean.</c>

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And<00:23:22.720><c> in</c><00:23:22.960><c> verse</c><00:23:23.180><c> 34,</c><00:23:24.440><c> the</c><00:23:24.579><c> Apostle</c><00:23:25.019><c> says,</c>

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Peter<00:23:27.039><c> opened</c><00:23:27.359><c> his</c><00:23:27.559><c> mouth</c><00:23:27.859><c> and</c><00:23:28.119><c> said</c><00:23:28.319><c> of</c><00:23:28.539><c> a</c><00:23:28.799><c> truth,</c>

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I<00:23:29.700><c> perceive</c><00:23:30.380><c> that</c><00:23:30.700><c> God</c><00:23:31.000><c> is</c><00:23:31.420><c> no</c><00:23:31.799><c> respecter</c><00:23:32.640><c> of</c><00:23:32.920><c> persons.</c>

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And<00:23:35.240><c> indeed</c><00:23:35.519><c> the</c><00:23:35.759><c> law</c><00:23:36.200><c> taught</c><00:23:36.720><c> Peter</c><00:23:37.059><c> that.</c>

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Again,<00:23:38.980><c> keep</c><00:23:39.259><c> a</c><00:23:39.420><c> finger</c><00:23:39.660><c> or</c><00:23:39.819><c> a</c><00:23:39.940><c> bookmark</c><00:23:40.259><c> in</c><00:23:40.460><c> Acts</c>

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and<00:23:40.819><c> come</c><00:23:41.039><c> back</c><00:23:41.279><c> to</c><00:23:41.519><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:42.099><c> for</c><00:23:42.279><c> a</c><00:23:42.500><c> moment.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:23:43.619><c> chapter</c><00:23:44.019><c> 10.</c>

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Here<00:23:54.720><c> again,</c><00:23:55.539><c> no</c><00:23:55.720><c> doubt</c><00:23:56.119><c> the</c><00:23:56.339><c> law</c><00:23:56.640><c> would</c><00:23:56.920><c> be</c><00:23:57.380><c> interpreted</c>

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in<00:23:58.519><c> a</c><00:23:58.779><c> particular</c><00:23:59.099><c> way</c><00:23:59.599><c> by</c><00:23:59.880><c> those</c><00:24:00.240><c> who</c><00:24:00.500><c> read</c><00:24:00.640><c> it.</c>

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But<00:24:01.940><c> the</c><00:24:02.279><c> context,</c><00:24:02.819><c> brothers</c><00:24:03.099><c> and</c><00:24:03.359><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:24:04.420><c> very</c><00:24:04.819><c> interesting.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:24:06.640><c> 10,</c><00:24:08.079><c> verse</c><00:24:08.599><c> 17</c>

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is<00:24:10.200><c> the</c><00:24:10.500><c> verse</c><00:24:10.759><c> that</c><00:24:10.980><c> Peter</c><00:24:11.339><c> is</c><00:24:11.799><c> quoting</c>

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or<00:24:12.380><c> at</c><00:24:12.559><c> least</c><00:24:12.740><c> has</c><00:24:13.019><c> in</c><00:24:13.319><c> mind,</c>

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For<00:24:14.519><c> the</c><00:24:14.839><c> LORD</c><00:24:15.359><c> your</c><00:24:15.680><c> God</c><00:24:16.140><c> is</c><00:24:16.640><c> God</c><00:24:16.940><c> of</c><00:24:17.140><c> gods</c>

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and<00:24:17.859><c> the</c><00:24:18.039><c> LORD</c><00:24:18.140><c> of</c><00:24:18.380><c> lords</c><00:24:18.740><c> a</c><00:24:19.039><c> great</c><00:24:19.420><c> God</c>

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and<00:24:19.960><c> a</c><00:24:20.200><c> mighty</c><00:24:20.420><c> and</c><00:24:20.640><c> a</c><00:24:20.920><c> terrible</c>

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which<00:24:21.900><c> regardeth</c><00:24:22.680><c> not</c><00:24:23.160><c> persons</c><00:24:23.920><c> nor</c><00:24:24.799><c> taketh</c><00:24:25.279><c> reward.</c>

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:29.599
God<00:24:26.559><c> is</c><00:24:26.920><c> no</c><00:24:27.500><c> respecter</c><00:24:28.640><c> of</c><00:24:29.039><c> persons.</c>

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He<00:24:30.180><c> regardeth</c><00:24:30.759><c> not</c><00:24:31.200><c> persons.</c>

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But<00:24:33.559><c> look</c><00:24:33.680><c> at</c><00:24:33.799><c> the</c><00:24:33.940><c> context.</c>

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Verse<00:24:35.559><c> 14.</c>

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Behold,<00:24:38.099><c> the</c><00:24:38.220><c> heaven</c><00:24:38.599><c> and</c><00:24:39.000><c> the</c><00:24:39.180><c> heaven</c><00:24:39.339><c> of</c><00:24:39.559><c> heavens</c>

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is<00:24:40.019><c> the</c><00:24:40.180><c> LORD's</c><00:24:40.700><c> thy</c><00:24:40.859><c> God.</c>

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The<00:24:41.799><c> earth</c><00:24:42.059><c> also</c><00:24:42.559><c> with</c><00:24:42.819><c> all</c><00:24:43.279><c> that</c><00:24:43.599><c> therein</c><00:24:43.920><c> is.</c>

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Only<00:24:44.720><c> the</c><00:24:45.119><c> LORD</c><00:24:45.539><c> had</c><00:24:45.859><c> a</c><00:24:46.140><c> delight</c><00:24:46.559><c> in</c><00:24:46.720><c> thy</c><00:24:46.960><c> fathers</c>

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to<00:24:47.740><c> love</c><00:24:47.960><c> them</c><00:24:48.279><c> and</c><00:24:48.420><c> He</c><00:24:48.680><c> chose</c><00:24:48.940><c> their</c><00:24:49.500><c> seed</c><00:24:49.740><c> after</c><00:24:50.099><c> them,</c>

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:53.859
even<00:24:50.859><c> you,</c><00:24:51.460><c> above</c><00:24:51.720><c> all</c><00:24:52.180><c> peoples,</c><00:24:52.819><c> as</c><00:24:53.039><c> it</c><00:24:53.180><c> is</c><00:24:53.380><c> this</c><00:24:53.619><c> day.</c>

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God<00:24:54.220><c> could</c><00:24:54.400><c> have</c><00:24:54.539><c> had</c><00:24:54.640><c> any</c><00:24:54.859><c> of</c><00:24:54.980><c> them</c><00:24:55.079><c> because</c><00:24:55.279><c> they're</c><00:24:55.559><c> all</c><00:24:55.960><c> His.</c>

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But<00:24:56.880><c> He</c><00:24:57.079><c> chose</c><00:24:57.319><c> you.</c>

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But<00:25:00.059><c> all</c><00:25:00.240><c> the</c><00:25:00.380><c> earth</c><00:25:00.539><c> is</c><00:25:00.759><c> God's.</c>

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And<00:25:02.500><c> that's</c><00:25:02.960><c> the</c><00:25:03.140><c> context</c><00:25:03.640><c> of</c>

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God<00:25:05.400><c> is</c><00:25:05.579><c> no</c><00:25:05.799><c> respecter</c><00:25:06.319><c> of</c><00:25:06.519><c> persons.</c>

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Verse<00:25:10.359><c> 16.</c>

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Circumcise<00:25:11.640><c> therefore</c><00:25:12.000><c> the</c><00:25:12.220><c> foreskin</c><00:25:12.519><c> of</c><00:25:12.680><c> your</c><00:25:12.940><c> heart</c>

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:15.539
and<00:25:13.759><c> be</c><00:25:14.059><c> no</c><00:25:14.619><c> more</c><00:25:14.940><c> stiff</c><00:25:15.160><c>-necked</c>

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with<00:25:15.779><c> an</c><00:25:15.980><c> implication</c><00:25:16.339><c> that</c><00:25:16.480><c> if</c><00:25:16.559><c> they</c><00:25:16.799><c> didn't</c>

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:20.319
then<00:25:17.900><c> other</c><00:25:18.180><c> people</c><00:25:18.480><c> also</c><00:25:18.940><c> would</c><00:25:19.160><c> be</c><00:25:19.440><c> acceptable</c><00:25:19.880><c> to</c><00:25:20.059><c> God</c>

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because<00:25:20.779><c> God</c><00:25:21.000><c> is</c><00:25:21.180><c> no</c><00:25:21.380><c> respecter</c><00:25:21.859><c> of</c><00:25:22.019><c> persons.</c>

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Verse<00:25:22.619><c> 18.</c>

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He<00:25:23.539><c> doth</c><00:25:23.799><c> execute</c><00:25:24.519><c> the</c><00:25:24.859><c> judgment</c>

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of<00:25:25.640><c> the</c><00:25:25.920><c> fatherless</c><00:25:26.480><c> and</c><00:25:26.759><c> widow</c>

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and<00:25:27.980><c> loveth</c><00:25:28.440><c> the</c><00:25:28.880><c> stranger</c>

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in<00:25:30.400><c> giving</c><00:25:30.640><c> him</c><00:25:30.880><c> food</c><00:25:31.039><c> and</c><00:25:31.279><c> raiment.</c>

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Love<00:25:32.039><c> ye</c><00:25:32.440><c> therefore</c><00:25:32.980><c> the</c><00:25:33.400><c> stranger</c>

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because<00:25:34.720><c> you</c><00:25:34.960><c> were</c><00:25:35.119><c> strangers</c><00:25:35.400><c> in</c><00:25:35.579><c> the</c><00:25:35.680><c> land</c><00:25:35.779><c> of</c><00:25:35.940><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:25:37.819><c> again,</c><00:25:38.059><c> the</c><00:25:38.299><c> context</c><00:25:38.680><c> makes</c><00:25:38.900><c> it</c><00:25:39.059><c> very</c><00:25:39.319><c> plain,</c><00:25:39.779><c> doesn't</c><00:25:39.839><c> it?</c>

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Strangers<00:25:41.299><c> will</c><00:25:41.799><c> be</c><00:25:42.140><c> acceptable</c><00:25:42.960><c> in</c><00:25:43.380><c> the</c><00:25:43.559><c> eyes</c><00:25:43.720><c> of</c><00:25:44.000><c> God.</c>

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God<00:25:45.759><c> is</c><00:25:46.019><c> no</c><00:25:46.279><c> respecter</c><00:25:46.900><c> of</c><00:25:47.039><c> persons,</c>

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could<00:25:48.019><c> not</c><00:25:48.400><c> really</c><00:25:48.799><c> then</c><00:25:49.099><c> be</c><00:25:49.380><c> applied</c>

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just<00:25:50.640><c> within</c><00:25:51.039><c> the</c><00:25:51.299><c> Jewish</c><00:25:51.519><c> nation,</c><00:25:52.180><c> the</c><00:25:52.319><c> Jewish</c><00:25:52.619><c> community.</c>

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It<00:25:54.480><c> had</c><00:25:54.740><c> reference</c><00:25:55.140><c> in</c><00:25:55.319><c> its</c><00:25:55.539><c> context</c><00:25:56.039><c> again</c>

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to<00:25:57.339><c> Gentiles,</c><00:25:58.200><c> it</c><00:25:58.460><c> would</c><00:25:58.740><c> seem.</c>

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And<00:26:01.019><c> then</c><00:26:01.180><c> at</c><00:26:01.339><c> the</c><00:26:01.420><c> end</c><00:26:01.599><c> of</c><00:26:01.779><c> Acts</c><00:26:01.920><c> 10,</c>

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brothers<00:26:02.440><c> and</c><00:26:02.660><c> sisters,</c><00:26:02.960><c> verse</c><00:26:03.259><c> 45,</c>

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we<00:26:04.539><c> have</c><00:26:04.779><c> again</c><00:26:05.180><c> that</c><00:26:05.500><c> quotation</c>

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:08.000
that<00:26:06.240><c> we've</c><00:26:06.579><c> encountered</c><00:26:06.980><c> in</c><00:26:07.240><c> Acts</c><00:26:07.460><c> 2</c>

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on<00:26:08.319><c> the</c><00:26:08.440><c> day</c><00:26:08.579><c> of</c><00:26:08.799><c> Pentecost,</c>

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.480
the<00:26:09.660><c> quotation</c><00:26:10.059><c> from</c><00:26:10.339><c> Joel,</c><00:26:10.740><c> chapter</c><00:26:11.119><c> 2.</c>

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Here<00:26:11.819><c> it</c><00:26:11.980><c> is</c><00:26:12.180><c> again.</c>

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Verse<00:26:13.700><c> 45.</c>

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They<00:26:14.480><c> of</c><00:26:14.680><c> the</c><00:26:14.940><c> circumcision</c><00:26:15.400><c> which</c><00:26:15.680><c> believed</c>

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were<00:26:16.660><c> astonished,</c><00:26:17.460><c> as</c><00:26:17.740><c> many</c><00:26:17.940><c> as</c><00:26:18.140><c> came</c><00:26:18.339><c> with</c><00:26:18.519><c> Peter,</c>

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.940
because<00:26:19.460><c> that</c><00:26:19.619><c> on</c><00:26:19.759><c> the</c><00:26:20.039><c> Gentiles</c><00:26:20.519><c> also</c>

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:23.220
was<00:26:21.240><c> poured</c><00:26:21.460><c> out</c><00:26:21.720><c> the</c><00:26:21.980><c> gift</c><00:26:22.220><c> of</c><00:26:22.460><c> the</c><00:26:22.599><c> Holy</c><00:26:22.799><c> Spirit.</c>

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:25.039
And<00:26:23.519><c> they</c><00:26:23.720><c> heard</c><00:26:23.920><c> them</c><00:26:24.200><c> speak</c><00:26:24.519><c> with</c><00:26:24.779><c> tongues</c>

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and<00:26:25.319><c> magnified</c><00:26:26.000><c> God.</c>

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Then<00:26:26.819><c> answered</c><00:26:27.180><c> Peter,</c>

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Can<00:26:27.920><c> any</c><00:26:28.240><c> man</c><00:26:28.559><c> forbid</c><00:26:28.900><c> water</c>

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that<00:26:30.180><c> these</c><00:26:30.440><c> should</c><00:26:30.660><c> not</c><00:26:30.920><c> be</c><00:26:31.119><c> baptized,</c>

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:35.700
which<00:26:32.299><c> have</c><00:26:32.599><c> received</c><00:26:33.279><c> the</c><00:26:33.539><c> Holy</c><00:26:33.799><c> Spirit</c><00:26:34.220><c> as</c><00:26:34.460><c> well</c><00:26:34.640><c> as</c><00:26:34.839><c> we?</c>

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Whosoever<00:26:36.400><c> he</c><00:26:36.799><c> be,</c><00:26:38.740><c> he</c><00:26:39.160><c> shall</c><00:26:39.559><c> be</c><00:26:40.059><c> saved.</c>

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:44.660
Whosoever<00:26:41.460><c> he</c><00:26:41.640><c> is</c><00:26:41.960><c> that</c><00:26:42.319><c> calls</c><00:26:42.819><c> on</c><00:26:43.039><c> the</c><00:26:43.160><c> name</c><00:26:43.319><c> of</c><00:26:43.539><c> the</c><00:26:43.660><c> Lord.</c>

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:46.759
And<00:26:44.920><c> they</c><00:26:45.160><c> have</c><00:26:45.400><c> received</c><00:26:45.859><c> the</c><00:26:46.079><c> Holy</c><00:26:46.359><c> Spirit</c>

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.200
and<00:26:46.880><c> they</c><00:26:47.140><c> had,</c><00:26:47.680><c> brothers</c><00:26:47.680><c> and</c><00:26:47.880><c> sisters,</c>

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their<00:26:48.759><c> own</c><00:26:49.079><c> little</c><00:26:49.440><c> Pentecost.</c>

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And<00:26:50.720><c> it</c><00:26:51.000><c> took</c><00:26:51.339><c> a</c><00:26:51.880><c> direct</c><00:26:52.380><c> Pentecost</c><00:26:53.440><c> from</c><00:26:54.019><c> God.</c>

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In<00:26:55.339><c> order</c><00:26:55.660><c> to</c><00:26:56.039><c> finally</c><00:26:56.440><c> convince</c><00:26:57.019><c> Peter,</c>

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to<00:26:58.099><c> persuade</c><00:26:58.640><c> him</c><00:26:59.099><c> of</c><00:26:59.680><c> the</c><00:26:59.980><c> rightness</c><00:27:00.720><c> of</c><00:27:01.180><c> this</c><00:27:01.460><c> matter.</c>

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But<00:27:04.059><c> you</c><00:27:04.279><c> notice</c><00:27:04.680><c> that</c>

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:08.500
there<00:27:06.259><c> is</c><00:27:06.500><c> still</c><00:27:06.759><c> prejudice</c><00:27:07.259><c> there.</c>

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:13.319
In<00:27:09.559><c> verse</c><00:27:09.799><c> 23,</c><00:27:11.339><c> Peter</c><00:27:11.799><c> called</c><00:27:12.759><c> in</c>

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:15.980
the<00:27:13.940><c> men</c><00:27:14.460><c> sent</c><00:27:14.779><c> from</c><00:27:15.079><c> Cornelius,</c>

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:18.680
and<00:27:16.480><c> on</c><00:27:16.720><c> the</c><00:27:16.900><c> morrow</c><00:27:17.299><c> Peter</c><00:27:17.599><c> went</c><00:27:17.920><c> away</c><00:27:18.200><c> with</c><00:27:18.519><c> them,</c>

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:21.160
and<00:27:19.240><c> certain</c><00:27:19.660><c> brethren</c><00:27:20.180><c> from</c><00:27:20.660><c> Joppa</c>

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:23.240
accompanied<00:27:21.819><c> him,</c><00:27:22.440><c> six</c><00:27:22.819><c> of</c><00:27:23.079><c> them,</c>

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:25.819
we<00:27:23.420><c> read</c><00:27:23.640><c> in</c><00:27:23.839><c> Acts</c><00:27:24.039><c> 11</c><00:27:24.559><c> earlier</c><00:27:25.000><c> this</c><00:27:25.279><c> morning,</c>

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:28.039
six<00:27:26.460><c> brethren</c><00:27:26.839><c> he</c><00:27:27.099><c> took</c><00:27:27.339><c> with</c><00:27:27.660><c> them,</c>

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.980
some<00:27:28.579><c> of</c><00:27:28.819><c> them,</c><00:27:29.220><c> brothers</c><00:27:29.359><c> and</c><00:27:29.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:34.400
strongly<00:27:31.039><c> biased</c><00:27:31.980><c> against</c><00:27:33.079><c> the</c><00:27:33.319><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:38.940
Because<00:27:35.180><c> verse</c><00:27:35.500><c> 45</c><00:27:36.079><c> of</c><00:27:36.319><c> Acts</c><00:27:36.559><c> 10</c><00:27:36.859><c> tells</c><00:27:37.200><c> us,</c>

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:42.339
they<00:27:39.880><c> of</c><00:27:40.420><c> the</c><00:27:40.839><c> circumcision,</c>

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:46.940
verse<00:27:44.119><c> 45</c><00:27:44.640><c> is</c><00:27:44.839><c> it?</c><00:27:45.160><c> No,</c><00:27:45.480><c> somewhere</c><00:27:45.700><c> there.</c>

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.319
Yes.

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.640
And<00:27:49.339><c> they</c><00:27:49.599><c> of</c><00:27:49.779><c> the</c><00:27:50.059><c> circumcision,</c>

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:52.259
verse<00:27:50.900><c> 45,</c><00:27:51.579><c> the</c><00:27:51.660><c> first</c><00:27:51.960><c> phrase,</c>

00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.220
which<00:27:52.759><c> believed</c><00:27:53.440><c> were</c><00:27:53.819><c> astonished.</c>

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:57.259
So<00:27:55.420><c> even</c><00:27:55.839><c> at</c><00:27:56.140><c> this</c><00:27:56.380><c> early</c><00:27:56.700><c> stage</c>

00:27:57.259 --> 00:28:00.279
there<00:27:57.519><c> was</c><00:27:57.839><c> a</c><00:27:58.279><c> division</c><00:27:58.619><c> of</c><00:27:59.160><c> the</c><00:27:59.319><c> brethren,</c>

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:03.359
and<00:28:00.980><c> six</c><00:28:01.319><c> of</c><00:28:01.539><c> those</c><00:28:01.799><c> who</c><00:28:02.019><c> went</c><00:28:02.180><c> with</c><00:28:02.460><c> Peter,</c>

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:06.279
some<00:28:03.900><c> of</c><00:28:04.200><c> them</c><00:28:04.900><c> were</c><00:28:05.480><c> prejudiced</c>

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:10.039
against<00:28:07.099><c> the</c><00:28:07.839><c> acceptance</c><00:28:08.240><c> of</c><00:28:08.579><c> the</c><00:28:08.720><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:13.500
Well,<00:28:12.119><c> perhaps</c><00:28:12.420><c> we</c><00:28:12.599><c> ought</c><00:28:12.779><c> just</c><00:28:13.000><c> to</c><00:28:13.240><c> pause</c>

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:15.539
for<00:28:13.819><c> a</c><00:28:14.039><c> few</c><00:28:14.160><c> moments</c><00:28:14.539><c> there,</c><00:28:14.920><c> brothers</c><00:28:15.039><c> and</c><00:28:15.279><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:18.000
and<00:28:16.079><c> consider</c><00:28:16.500><c> our</c><00:28:16.799><c> own</c><00:28:17.220><c> prejudices,</c>

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:22.299
that<00:28:18.460><c> the</c><00:28:18.660><c> power</c><00:28:18.960><c> of</c><00:28:19.279><c> prejudice</c><00:28:19.619><c> is</c><00:28:20.160><c> indeed</c><00:28:20.640><c> very</c><00:28:21.160><c> strong,</c>

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:25.299
and<00:28:22.700><c> maybe</c><00:28:23.420><c> we</c><00:28:23.700><c> ought</c><00:28:23.900><c> just</c><00:28:24.240><c> to</c><00:28:24.779><c> think</c>

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:28.299
about<00:28:25.640><c> the</c><00:28:25.920><c> exaltation</c><00:28:26.640><c> which</c><00:28:27.240><c> arises</c><00:28:27.779><c> naturally</c>

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:32.259
from<00:28:29.299><c> what</c><00:28:30.480><c> Peter</c><00:28:30.839><c> has</c><00:28:31.140><c> experienced</c><00:28:31.819><c> here,</c>

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:35.799
and<00:28:32.799><c> think</c><00:28:33.039><c> about</c><00:28:33.319><c> its</c><00:28:33.660><c> relevance</c><00:28:34.220><c> for</c><00:28:34.759><c> us.</c>

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:41.740
I've<00:28:38.900><c> attempted</c><00:28:39.259><c> there</c><00:28:39.700><c> to</c><00:28:40.359><c> show</c><00:28:41.119><c> briefly</c>

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:45.519
how<00:28:43.039><c> prejudice</c><00:28:43.640><c> works,</c><00:28:44.740><c> maybe.</c>

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:48.339
Its<00:28:46.279><c> origin</c><00:28:46.839><c> is</c><00:28:47.480><c> in</c><00:28:47.880><c> values</c>

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:50.380
that<00:28:48.680><c> we've</c><00:28:49.140><c> inherited</c><00:28:49.640><c> very</c><00:28:50.079><c> often.</c>

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:52.140
It's<00:28:50.720><c> part</c><00:28:51.000><c> of</c><00:28:51.440><c> what</c><00:28:51.640><c> Brother</c><00:28:51.900><c> Murray</c>

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.559
has<00:28:52.319><c> been</c><00:28:52.539><c> talking</c><00:28:52.799><c> about</c><00:28:53.059><c> this</c><00:28:53.299><c> morning,</c>

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:56.339
our<00:28:53.880><c> culture,</c><00:28:55.059><c> our</c><00:28:55.299><c> beliefs,</c>

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:59.680
the<00:28:57.980><c> circumstances</c><00:28:58.579><c> and</c><00:28:58.839><c> the</c><00:28:59.140><c> environment</c>

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:02.559
in<00:28:59.960><c> which</c><00:29:00.180><c> we</c><00:29:00.420><c> grow</c><00:29:00.640><c> up</c><00:29:01.160><c> very</c><00:29:01.559><c> often,</c>

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:05.079
traditional<00:29:03.980><c> beliefs,</c>

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:08.140
and<00:29:05.519><c> sometimes</c><00:29:06.319><c> experiences</c><00:29:07.380><c> in</c><00:29:07.660><c> the</c><00:29:07.880><c> past</c>

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:10.900
which<00:29:08.400><c> we</c><00:29:08.680><c> or</c><00:29:08.920><c> others</c><00:29:09.240><c> may</c><00:29:09.559><c> have</c><00:29:09.859><c> had.</c>

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.799
Those<00:29:11.319><c> are</c><00:29:11.480><c> the</c><00:29:11.539><c> things</c><00:29:11.740><c> that</c><00:29:12.119><c> contribute</c>

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:15.099
to<00:29:12.960><c> our</c><00:29:13.259><c> beliefs,</c><00:29:14.039><c> our</c><00:29:14.180><c> prejudices,</c>

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:18.539
and<00:29:16.140><c> then</c><00:29:16.519><c> often</c><00:29:16.859><c> they're</c><00:29:17.220><c> fuelled</c><00:29:17.599><c> along</c><00:29:17.900><c> the</c><00:29:18.140><c> way</c>

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:20.700
by<00:29:19.180><c> association</c><00:29:20.019><c> continually</c>

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.500
with<00:29:20.900><c> other</c><00:29:21.140><c> people</c><00:29:21.380><c> who</c><00:29:21.579><c> feel</c><00:29:21.779><c> the</c><00:29:22.079><c> same.</c>

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:25.960
We<00:29:23.240><c> share</c><00:29:23.799><c> those</c><00:29:24.539><c> sympathies</c><00:29:25.200><c> and</c><00:29:25.380><c> those</c><00:29:25.619><c> beliefs,</c>

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:27.880
and<00:29:26.420><c> in</c><00:29:26.599><c> that</c><00:29:26.779><c> way</c><00:29:26.920><c> they</c><00:29:27.099><c> are</c><00:29:27.380><c> strengthened</c>

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:31.460
and<00:29:28.160><c> they</c><00:29:28.339><c> are</c><00:29:28.660><c> reinforced</c><00:29:29.680><c> by</c><00:29:30.480><c> discussing</c><00:29:31.099><c> them</c>

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:33.819
with<00:29:32.099><c> others</c><00:29:32.460><c> of</c><00:29:33.019><c> a</c><00:29:33.160><c> like</c><00:29:33.440><c> mind,</c>

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:36.640
and<00:29:34.200><c> very</c><00:29:34.599><c> often</c><00:29:35.019><c> we</c><00:29:35.259><c> will</c><00:29:35.559><c> not</c><00:29:35.819><c> seek</c><00:29:36.039><c> the</c><00:29:36.279><c> company</c>

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:39.819
of<00:29:36.900><c> people</c><00:29:37.079><c> who</c><00:29:37.240><c> are</c><00:29:37.400><c> not</c><00:29:37.720><c> like</c><00:29:38.059><c> minded,</c><00:29:38.779><c> will</c><00:29:38.839><c> we?</c>

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:43.420
Sadly,<00:29:41.200><c> that</c><00:29:41.359><c> often</c><00:29:41.700><c> happens</c><00:29:42.220><c> in</c><00:29:42.500><c> the</c><00:29:42.819><c> truth,</c>

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:45.079
particularly<00:29:44.099><c> with</c><00:29:44.380><c> our</c><00:29:44.559><c> young</c><00:29:44.740><c> people</c>

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.980
if<00:29:45.279><c> they</c><00:29:45.519><c> have</c><00:29:45.759><c> a</c><00:29:46.000><c> problem.</c>

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:48.519
They<00:29:47.000><c> don't...</c>

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:52.259
who<00:29:49.619><c> they</c><00:29:50.099><c> know</c><00:29:50.359><c> will</c><00:29:50.599><c> give</c><00:29:50.779><c> them</c><00:29:51.099><c> sound</c><00:29:51.500><c> advice.</c>

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.599
If<00:29:52.660><c> they</c><00:29:52.880><c> think</c><00:29:53.019><c> that's</c><00:29:53.380><c> advice,</c>

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.380
they<00:29:53.779><c> may</c><00:29:54.019><c> not</c><00:29:54.160><c> wish</c><00:29:54.339><c> to</c><00:29:54.579><c> hear.</c>

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:59.220
They<00:29:55.920><c> will</c><00:29:56.200><c> resort</c><00:29:56.519><c> rather</c><00:29:56.980><c> to</c><00:29:57.279><c> people</c><00:29:57.859><c> of</c><00:29:58.460><c> like</c><00:29:58.740><c> mind,</c>

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:01.819
people<00:29:59.579><c> who</c><00:29:59.740><c> will</c><00:29:59.940><c> tell</c><00:30:00.119><c> them</c><00:30:00.240><c> what</c><00:30:00.380><c> they</c><00:30:00.660><c> want</c><00:30:00.960><c> to</c><00:30:01.279><c> hear,</c>

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:04.640
even<00:30:02.519><c> though</c><00:30:02.779><c> they</c><00:30:02.940><c> might</c><00:30:03.240><c> know</c><00:30:03.519><c> in</c><00:30:03.740><c> their</c><00:30:04.000><c> heart</c><00:30:04.180><c> of</c><00:30:04.420><c> hearts</c>

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:06.099
that<00:30:04.839><c> it's</c><00:30:05.200><c> wrong.</c>

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:09.059
People<00:30:07.599><c> will</c><00:30:07.819><c> often</c><00:30:08.079><c> go</c><00:30:08.440><c> to</c><00:30:08.619><c> those</c>

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:13.880
whose<00:30:10.000><c> opinions</c><00:30:10.599><c> they</c><00:30:11.019><c> think</c><00:30:11.539><c> will</c><00:30:12.000><c> identify</c><00:30:12.720><c> with</c><00:30:13.019><c> their</c><00:30:13.359><c> own</c>

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:18.359
rather<00:30:14.700><c> than</c><00:30:15.000><c> to</c><00:30:15.220><c> receive</c><00:30:15.799><c> sound</c><00:30:16.359><c> scriptural</c><00:30:17.059><c> counsel.</c>

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.519
And<00:30:19.259><c> so</c><00:30:19.380><c> that</c><00:30:20.019><c> reinforces</c><00:30:20.920><c> our</c><00:30:21.220><c> beliefs,</c>

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:23.339
it<00:30:22.039><c> strengthens</c><00:30:22.599><c> our</c><00:30:22.859><c> opinions,</c>

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:25.619
and<00:30:23.839><c> sometimes</c><00:30:24.279><c> there</c><00:30:24.480><c> are</c><00:30:24.660><c> examples</c><00:30:25.059><c> and</c><00:30:25.319><c> events</c>

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:29.519
which<00:30:26.200><c> appear</c><00:30:26.579><c> to</c><00:30:26.920><c> justify</c><00:30:27.460><c> those</c><00:30:28.220><c> beliefs</c><00:30:28.779><c> too.</c>

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.720
Sometimes<00:30:30.599><c> things</c><00:30:31.220><c> happen</c>

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:34.599
which<00:30:32.299><c> seem</c><00:30:32.819><c> to</c><00:30:33.200><c> justify</c><00:30:33.859><c> what</c><00:30:34.240><c> we</c><00:30:34.480><c> said.</c>

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:37.400
There<00:30:35.019><c> you</c><00:30:35.220><c> are,</c><00:30:35.460><c> I</c><00:30:35.740><c> told</c><00:30:36.119><c> you</c><00:30:36.460><c> so.</c>

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:40.180
And<00:30:38.920><c> prejudice,</c><00:30:39.380><c> brothers</c><00:30:39.680><c> and</c><00:30:39.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:43.519
results<00:30:40.779><c> in</c><00:30:41.400><c> a</c><00:30:41.740><c> closed</c><00:30:42.220><c> mind.</c>

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:46.640
And<00:30:45.220><c> a</c><00:30:45.380><c> closed</c><00:30:45.700><c> mind</c><00:30:46.099><c> is</c><00:30:46.319><c> one</c>

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:49.460
from<00:30:46.980><c> which</c><00:30:47.259><c> new</c><00:30:47.519><c> ideas</c><00:30:47.980><c> bounce</c><00:30:48.440><c> off,</c><00:30:48.940><c> isn't</c><00:30:49.119><c> it?</c>

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.819
That<00:30:49.779><c> they</c><00:30:49.940><c> have</c><00:30:50.160><c> no</c><00:30:50.359><c> impact,</c>

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:55.259
they<00:30:51.480><c> make</c><00:30:51.859><c> new</c><00:30:52.140><c> inroads</c><00:30:52.880><c> into</c><00:30:53.940><c> the</c><00:30:54.259><c> mind.</c>

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:59.200
And<00:30:55.839><c> the</c><00:30:56.000><c> closed</c><00:30:56.220><c> mind</c><00:30:56.559><c> is</c><00:30:56.819><c> there</c><00:30:57.359><c> mainly</c><00:30:58.079><c> because</c><00:30:58.599><c> of</c><00:30:59.000><c> fear,</c>

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:02.619
usually<00:31:00.059><c> quite</c><00:31:00.559><c> genuine</c><00:31:01.299><c> fears.</c>

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:04.579
People<00:31:03.259><c> may</c><00:31:03.579><c> be</c><00:31:03.940><c> afraid</c>

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:10.619
that<00:31:04.980><c> they</c><00:31:06.000><c> will</c><00:31:06.420><c> lose</c><00:31:07.019><c> control</c><00:31:08.240><c> if</c><00:31:08.720><c> things</c><00:31:09.039><c> have</c><00:31:09.359><c> changed.</c>

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:12.779
They'll<00:31:11.160><c> be</c><00:31:11.319><c> like</c><00:31:11.720><c> a</c><00:31:11.859><c> fish</c><00:31:12.019><c> out</c><00:31:12.240><c> of</c><00:31:12.339><c> water,</c>

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:15.940
or<00:31:13.319><c> they'll</c><00:31:13.819><c> be</c><00:31:13.980><c> out</c><00:31:14.200><c> of</c><00:31:14.460><c> their</c><00:31:14.740><c> depth.</c>

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:20.440
They<00:31:17.200><c> may</c><00:31:17.480><c> be</c><00:31:17.720><c> afraid</c><00:31:18.140><c> of</c><00:31:18.799><c> the</c><00:31:19.019><c> upheaval,</c>

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:22.440
the<00:31:21.180><c> change</c><00:31:21.700><c> that</c><00:31:21.920><c> things</c><00:31:22.180><c> bring.</c>

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:25.319
It<00:31:22.579><c> will</c><00:31:22.819><c> mean</c><00:31:23.200><c> rethinking</c><00:31:23.859><c> all</c><00:31:24.279><c> kinds</c><00:31:24.660><c> of</c><00:31:24.880><c> other</c><00:31:25.059><c> things.</c>

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.859
And<00:31:25.839><c> particularly</c><00:31:26.259><c> as</c><00:31:26.480><c> we</c><00:31:26.640><c> get</c><00:31:26.819><c> older,</c><00:31:27.339><c> brothers</c><00:31:27.420><c> and</c><00:31:27.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:29.400
this<00:31:28.079><c> is</c><00:31:28.359><c> harder</c><00:31:28.599><c> to</c><00:31:28.839><c> do,</c><00:31:29.039><c> isn't</c><00:31:29.160><c> it?</c>

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.799
Computers<00:31:30.039><c> are</c><00:31:30.180><c> the</c><00:31:30.339><c> classic</c><00:31:30.680><c> example</c><00:31:31.240><c> of</c><00:31:31.480><c> that,</c><00:31:31.700><c> aren't</c><00:31:32.000><c> they?</c>

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:34.079
Brother<00:31:33.240><c> Murray</c><00:31:33.440><c> has</c><00:31:33.539><c> been</c><00:31:33.759><c> saying</c>

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:37.440
how<00:31:34.339><c> much</c><00:31:34.619><c> our</c><00:31:34.859><c> young</c><00:31:35.039><c> people</c><00:31:35.279><c> are</c><00:31:35.500><c> into</c><00:31:36.000><c> the</c><00:31:36.279><c> Internet.</c>

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:40.039
And<00:31:37.619><c> some</c><00:31:37.779><c> of</c><00:31:37.900><c> us</c><00:31:38.160><c> can't</c><00:31:38.539><c> come</c><00:31:38.740><c> to</c><00:31:38.920><c> terms</c><00:31:39.160><c> with</c><00:31:39.359><c> that.</c>

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.759
It's<00:31:40.339><c> taken</c><00:31:40.500><c> us</c><00:31:40.660><c> all</c><00:31:40.759><c> our</c><00:31:40.920><c> time</c><00:31:41.039><c> to</c><00:31:41.200><c> get</c><00:31:41.259><c> used</c><00:31:41.460><c> to</c><00:31:41.680><c> decimalisation</c><00:31:42.380><c> in</c><00:31:42.559><c> Britain,</c>

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.599
I<00:31:42.900><c> can</c><00:31:43.079><c> tell</c><00:31:43.220><c> you,</c><00:31:43.319><c> and</c><00:31:43.359><c> that</c><00:31:43.539><c> happened</c><00:31:43.700><c> in</c><00:31:43.900><c> 1971.</c>

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:47.059
And<00:31:45.160><c> some</c><00:31:45.319><c> of</c><00:31:45.420><c> us</c><00:31:45.519><c> still</c><00:31:45.799><c> think</c><00:31:46.000><c> in</c><00:31:46.180><c> pounds,</c><00:31:46.440><c> shillings</c><00:31:46.640><c> and</c><00:31:46.839><c> ounces,</c>

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.460
or<00:31:47.259><c> whatever</c><00:31:47.420><c> it</c><00:31:47.599><c> is.</c>

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:53.119
It's<00:31:49.900><c> hard</c><00:31:50.279><c> to</c><00:31:50.880><c> cope</c><00:31:51.259><c> sometimes</c><00:31:52.000><c> with</c><00:31:52.319><c> new</c><00:31:52.619><c> things.</c>

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.900
And<00:31:53.500><c> we're</c><00:31:53.759><c> afraid</c><00:31:54.339><c> of</c><00:31:54.539><c> that.</c>

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.920
We're<00:31:55.140><c> afraid</c><00:31:55.559><c> of</c><00:31:55.779><c> not</c><00:31:56.039><c> being</c><00:31:56.279><c> able</c><00:31:56.480><c> to</c><00:31:56.740><c> cope.</c>

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:58.579
We're<00:31:57.460><c> afraid</c><00:31:57.779><c> of</c><00:31:57.960><c> the</c><00:31:58.140><c> upheaval,</c>

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:02.740
of<00:31:58.660><c> the</c><00:31:59.099><c> need</c><00:31:59.559><c> to</c><00:31:59.920><c> rethink</c><00:32:00.420><c> all</c><00:32:00.819><c> kinds</c><00:32:01.259><c> of</c><00:32:01.819><c> other</c><00:32:02.119><c> things.</c>

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:05.559
And<00:32:03.299><c> we</c><00:32:03.440><c> may</c><00:32:03.640><c> also</c><00:32:03.940><c> be</c><00:32:04.180><c> afraid</c><00:32:04.500><c> of</c><00:32:04.720><c> the</c><00:32:04.900><c> repercussions,</c>

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:09.900
the<00:32:06.019><c> implications,</c><00:32:06.759><c> the</c><00:32:06.980><c> impact</c><00:32:07.720><c> of</c><00:32:08.500><c> change.</c>

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:14.779
And<00:32:11.059><c> then</c><00:32:11.259><c> sometimes</c><00:32:11.740><c> there</c><00:32:12.099><c> are</c><00:32:12.720><c> unjustified</c><00:32:13.579><c> fears,</c>

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:18.079
fears<00:32:15.440><c> which</c><00:32:15.740><c> are</c><00:32:15.960><c> just</c><00:32:16.240><c> thrown</c><00:32:16.339><c> up</c><00:32:16.519><c> as</c><00:32:16.720><c> a</c><00:32:16.900><c> smokescreen.</c>

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:19.500
Ah,<00:32:18.279><c> well,</c><00:32:18.359><c> if</c><00:32:18.440><c> you</c><00:32:18.559><c> do</c><00:32:18.740><c> that,</c><00:32:18.880><c> what</c><00:32:19.019><c> about</c><00:32:19.240><c> that?</c>

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.359
And<00:32:19.680><c> what</c><00:32:19.799><c> about</c><00:32:19.980><c> that?</c><00:32:20.220><c> And</c><00:32:20.460><c> what</c><00:32:20.559><c> if</c><00:32:20.680><c> that</c><00:32:20.900><c> happens?</c>

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:26.660
Quite<00:32:22.299><c> unjustifiable</c><00:32:23.640><c> things</c><00:32:24.660><c> where</c><00:32:25.440><c> we</c><00:32:25.980><c> suppose</c>

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:30.160
that<00:32:27.160><c> given</c><00:32:27.400><c> an</c><00:32:27.640><c> inch,</c><00:32:28.359><c> people</c><00:32:28.359><c> will</c><00:32:28.759><c> necessarily</c><00:32:29.380><c> take</c><00:32:29.700><c> a</c><00:32:29.900><c> yard</c>

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:31.440
or<00:32:30.319><c> maybe</c><00:32:30.579><c> even</c><00:32:30.799><c> a</c><00:32:30.980><c> mile,</c>

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:34.960
and<00:32:32.000><c> you</c><00:32:32.240><c> never</c><00:32:32.500><c> know</c><00:32:32.779><c> where</c><00:32:32.980><c> this</c><00:32:33.240><c> may</c><00:32:33.519><c> lead</c><00:32:33.859><c> to.</c>

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:37.440
It's<00:32:35.099><c> one</c><00:32:35.220><c> of</c><00:32:35.299><c> the</c><00:32:35.519><c> arguments</c><00:32:35.900><c> used</c><00:32:36.380><c> about</c><00:32:36.680><c> the</c><00:32:36.880><c> Holy</c><00:32:37.119><c> Spirit,</c>

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.740
isn't<00:32:37.640><c> it?</c>

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:41.119
I'm<00:32:37.940><c> not</c><00:32:38.420><c> saying</c><00:32:38.799><c> anything</c><00:32:39.240><c> about</c><00:32:39.619><c> the</c><00:32:40.200><c> rightness</c><00:32:40.579><c> or</c><00:32:40.819><c> wrongness</c>

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:43.940
of<00:32:41.299><c> the</c><00:32:41.440><c> Holy</c><00:32:41.660><c> Spirit</c><00:32:42.279><c> argument</c><00:32:43.180><c> or</c><00:32:43.539><c> debate</c>

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.440
that<00:32:44.119><c> sometimes</c><00:32:44.559><c> goes</c><00:32:44.799><c> on</c><00:32:45.000><c> in</c><00:32:45.160><c> our</c><00:32:45.279><c> midst,</c>

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:47.200
but<00:32:45.740><c> you</c><00:32:46.019><c> often</c><00:32:46.259><c> hear</c><00:32:46.640><c> brethren</c><00:32:46.940><c> saying,</c>

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:49.720
oh,<00:32:47.880><c> you</c><00:32:48.099><c> mustn't</c><00:32:48.380><c> hear</c><00:32:48.579><c> the</c><00:32:48.980><c> next</c><00:32:49.240><c> thing</c><00:32:49.400><c> you</c><00:32:49.579><c> know,</c>

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:52.380
people<00:32:50.180><c> will</c><00:32:50.339><c> be</c><00:32:50.539><c> claiming</c><00:32:50.759><c> the</c><00:32:50.980><c> gifts</c><00:32:51.119><c> of</c><00:32:51.299><c> the</c><00:32:51.500><c> Spirit.</c>

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:55.519
If<00:32:52.980><c> you</c><00:32:53.299><c> ever</c><00:32:53.660><c> say</c><00:32:54.000><c> that</c><00:32:54.160><c> the</c><00:32:54.400><c> Spirit</c><00:32:54.599><c> works</c><00:32:54.940><c> today</c><00:32:55.220><c> at</c><00:32:55.420><c> all,</c>

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.839
you<00:32:55.599><c> never</c><00:32:55.819><c> know</c><00:32:55.960><c> where</c><00:32:56.099><c> this</c><00:32:56.299><c> may</c><00:32:56.519><c> lead.</c>

00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:59.779
And<00:32:57.220><c> that's</c><00:32:57.539><c> totally</c><00:32:57.819><c> irrelevant,</c><00:32:58.440><c> isn't</c><00:32:58.539><c> it,</c><00:32:58.700><c> brothers</c><00:32:58.880><c> and</c><00:32:59.019><c> sisters?</c>

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:03.319
That's<00:33:00.859><c> an</c><00:33:01.299><c> argument</c><00:33:01.799><c> from</c><00:33:02.299><c> fear.</c>

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:05.180
That's<00:33:03.640><c> all</c><00:33:03.920><c> that</c><00:33:04.200><c> is.</c>

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:08.019
If<00:33:05.819><c> the</c><00:33:06.000><c> Bible</c><00:33:06.380><c> says,</c><00:33:06.880><c> if,</c><00:33:07.299><c> and</c><00:33:07.420><c> I</c><00:33:07.500><c> don't</c><00:33:07.660><c> say</c><00:33:07.779><c> it</c><00:33:07.900><c> does,</c>

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:10.880
but<00:33:08.160><c> if</c><00:33:08.299><c> the</c><00:33:08.460><c> Bible</c><00:33:08.740><c> says</c><00:33:09.200><c> that</c><00:33:09.700><c> we</c><00:33:09.880><c> can</c><00:33:10.119><c> have</c><00:33:10.359><c> the</c><00:33:10.640><c> Spirit</c>

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.599
in<00:33:11.079><c> any</c><00:33:11.519><c> shape</c><00:33:11.839><c> or</c><00:33:12.039><c> form</c><00:33:12.259><c> at</c><00:33:12.420><c> all,</c>

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:15.039
then<00:33:12.839><c> we</c><00:33:13.000><c> should</c><00:33:13.220><c> want</c><00:33:13.500><c> that,</c><00:33:13.920><c> shouldn't</c><00:33:14.180><c> we?</c>

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:17.759
And<00:33:15.900><c> the</c><00:33:16.119><c> argument</c><00:33:16.420><c> about</c><00:33:16.720><c> where</c><00:33:16.940><c> it</c><00:33:17.079><c> might</c><00:33:17.299><c> lead</c><00:33:17.539><c> to</c>

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:19.779
and<00:33:17.859><c> what</c><00:33:18.079><c> other</c><00:33:18.259><c> brethren</c><00:33:18.599><c> might</c><00:33:19.000><c> do</c><00:33:19.359><c> with</c><00:33:19.579><c> that</c>

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:21.900
is<00:33:19.960><c> neither</c><00:33:20.220><c> here</c><00:33:20.420><c> nor</c><00:33:20.619><c> there.</c>

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:24.220
But<00:33:22.859><c> that's</c><00:33:23.259><c> the</c><00:33:23.400><c> way</c><00:33:23.619><c> we</c><00:33:23.900><c> argue.</c>

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:26.579
Now,<00:33:24.500><c> I</c><00:33:24.599><c> use</c><00:33:24.779><c> that</c><00:33:25.019><c> just</c><00:33:25.220><c> because</c><00:33:25.539><c> that's</c><00:33:25.880><c> an</c><00:33:26.099><c> example</c><00:33:26.420><c> you</c>

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.680
will<00:33:26.859><c> know.</c>

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:30.240
It's<00:33:28.420><c> something</c><00:33:28.740><c> you</c><00:33:28.920><c> will</c><00:33:29.160><c> have</c><00:33:29.160><c> heard</c><00:33:29.480><c> of.</c>

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:34.220
I'm<00:33:30.859><c> not</c><00:33:31.240><c> supporting</c><00:33:31.880><c> the</c><00:33:32.319><c> thing</c><00:33:32.480><c> one</c><00:33:32.700><c> way</c><00:33:32.880><c> or</c><00:33:33.039><c> the</c><00:33:33.259><c> other.</c>

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:39.380
It's<00:33:34.700><c> just</c><00:33:34.940><c> a</c><00:33:35.240><c> demonstration</c><00:33:36.059><c> of</c><00:33:36.759><c> the</c><00:33:37.019><c> kind</c><00:33:37.359><c> of</c><00:33:37.559><c> thing</c><00:33:37.880><c> that</c><00:33:38.220><c> I</c><00:33:38.440><c> mean.</c>

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:44.779
And<00:33:41.119><c> we</c><00:33:41.579><c> have</c><00:33:42.039><c> our</c><00:33:42.400><c> very</c><00:33:42.920><c> powerful</c><00:33:43.539><c> prejudices,</c><00:33:44.299><c> don't</c><00:33:44.559><c> we,</c>

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:49.220
in<00:33:45.460><c> exactly</c><00:33:46.299><c> the</c><00:33:47.079><c> same</c><00:33:47.480><c> kind</c><00:33:47.839><c> of</c><00:33:48.039><c> way</c><00:33:48.259><c> that</c><00:33:48.599><c> Peter</c><00:33:48.859><c> did.</c>

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:51.640
We<00:33:49.480><c> have</c><00:33:49.720><c> our</c><00:33:49.980><c> genuine</c><00:33:50.400><c> fears</c><00:33:50.900><c> sometimes,</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:56.940
and<00:33:52.019><c> we</c><00:33:52.160><c> have</c><00:33:52.440><c> those</c><00:33:52.700><c> little</c><00:33:53.240><c> smokescreen</c><00:33:54.359><c> fears</c><00:33:55.039><c> as</c><00:33:55.640><c> well.</c>

00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:00.599
One<00:33:58.220><c> of</c><00:33:58.380><c> our</c><00:33:58.640><c> prejudices,</c><00:33:59.359><c> brothers</c><00:33:59.440><c> and</c><00:33:59.680><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:05.720
is<00:34:02.400><c> just</c><00:34:02.940><c> to</c><00:34:03.359><c> make</c><00:34:03.519><c> this</c><00:34:03.759><c> practical</c><00:34:04.319><c> and</c><00:34:04.559><c> to</c><00:34:04.700><c> give</c><00:34:04.819><c> you</c><00:34:04.960><c> one</c><00:34:05.140><c> example.</c>

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:11.659
One<00:34:06.180><c> of</c><00:34:06.400><c> them</c><00:34:06.559><c> is</c><00:34:07.880><c> sometimes</c><00:34:08.860><c> we</c><00:34:10.059><c> confuse</c><00:34:10.900><c> attendance</c><00:34:11.420><c> at</c>

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:14.280
meetings<00:34:12.099><c> with</c><00:34:13.199><c> faith.</c>

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:18.280
We<00:34:15.559><c> think</c><00:34:15.900><c> that</c><00:34:16.360><c> if</c><00:34:16.880><c> somebody</c><00:34:17.219><c> is</c><00:34:17.420><c> coming</c><00:34:17.579><c> to</c><00:34:17.739><c> the</c><00:34:17.900><c> meetings,</c>

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:20.599
then<00:34:18.619><c> always</c><00:34:19.000><c> well</c><00:34:19.260><c> and</c><00:34:19.599><c> good.</c>

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:26.380
We<00:34:21.320><c> confuse</c><00:34:21.920><c> faith</c><00:34:22.639><c> with</c><00:34:23.380><c> being</c><00:34:23.739><c> in</c><00:34:23.980><c> our</c><00:34:24.280><c> seats</c><00:34:24.719><c> on</c><00:34:25.300><c> a</c><00:34:25.480><c> Sunday.</c>

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.420
Now,<00:34:27.000><c> again,</c><00:34:27.280><c> don't</c><00:34:27.440><c> misunderstand</c><00:34:28.119><c> me.</c>

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:32.360
I'm<00:34:28.659><c> not</c><00:34:29.340><c> suggesting</c><00:34:30.159><c> that</c><00:34:30.460><c> it's</c><00:34:31.039><c> not</c><00:34:31.340><c> important</c><00:34:31.920><c> to</c><00:34:32.099><c> be</c><00:34:32.260><c> at</c>

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:32.739
the<00:34:32.500><c> meetings.</c>

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:34.139
Of<00:34:33.059><c> course</c><00:34:33.320><c> it</c><00:34:33.480><c> is.</c>

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:37.639
And<00:34:34.980><c> in</c><00:34:35.239><c> some</c><00:34:35.500><c> measure,</c><00:34:36.000><c> being</c><00:34:36.340><c> at</c><00:34:36.539><c> our</c><00:34:36.760><c> place</c><00:34:37.000><c> at</c><00:34:37.179><c> the</c><00:34:37.340><c> meetings</c>

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:43.840
where<00:34:37.900><c> we</c><00:34:38.179><c> all</c><00:34:38.579><c> ought</c><00:34:38.840><c> to</c><00:34:39.119><c> be</c><00:34:39.460><c> is</c><00:34:40.239><c> a</c><00:34:40.619><c> barometer</c><00:34:41.219><c> of</c><00:34:42.559><c> spirituality,</c>

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:48.480
maybe<00:34:45.099><c> even</c><00:34:45.340><c> of</c><00:34:45.599><c> faith,</c><00:34:46.579><c> but</c><00:34:46.960><c> not</c><00:34:47.239><c> inevitably</c><00:34:47.780><c> so.</c>

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:56.139
And<00:34:49.480><c> sometimes</c><00:34:50.219><c> our</c><00:34:51.059><c> prejudices</c><00:34:51.760><c> lead</c><00:34:52.159><c> us</c><00:34:52.500><c> to</c><00:34:53.019><c> make</c><00:34:53.559><c> judgments</c><00:34:54.159><c> on</c><00:34:54.480><c> that</c><00:34:54.860><c> basis.</c>

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:59.079
And<00:34:57.139><c> it's</c><00:34:58.000><c> a</c><00:34:58.119><c> tradition,</c><00:34:58.780><c> isn't</c><00:34:58.920><c> it?</c>

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.800
We've<00:34:59.639><c> always</c><00:34:59.940><c> attended</c><00:35:00.400><c> meetings,</c>

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.940
and<00:35:01.000><c> we've</c><00:35:01.199><c> always</c><00:35:01.500><c> believed</c><00:35:01.860><c> that</c><00:35:02.079><c> that</c><00:35:02.280><c> was</c><00:35:02.440><c> important,</c>

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.940
as<00:35:03.159><c> indeed</c><00:35:03.380><c> it</c><00:35:03.519><c> is</c><00:35:03.780><c> important.</c>

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:10.599
But<00:35:05.780><c> sometimes</c><00:35:06.500><c> we</c><00:35:07.420><c> can</c><00:35:07.719><c> judge</c><00:35:08.119><c> that</c><00:35:08.679><c> in</c><00:35:09.179><c> circumstances</c><00:35:09.940><c> where</c><00:35:10.280><c> we</c>

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:12.320
ought<00:35:10.980><c> not</c><00:35:11.420><c> to.</c>

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:14.599
And<00:35:12.900><c> it</c><00:35:13.039><c> may</c><00:35:13.219><c> be</c><00:35:13.500><c> fuelled</c><00:35:13.860><c> along</c><00:35:14.139><c> the</c><00:35:14.360><c> way.</c>

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:18.420
It<00:35:14.719><c> may</c><00:35:15.059><c> be</c><00:35:15.500><c> that</c><00:35:16.019><c> someone</c><00:35:16.599><c> who</c><00:35:16.780><c> is</c><00:35:17.019><c> a</c><00:35:17.219><c> poor</c><00:35:17.519><c> attender</c><00:35:17.920><c> at</c><00:35:18.079><c> the</c><00:35:18.199><c> meeting</c>

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.539
leaves<00:35:18.739><c> the</c><00:35:18.980><c> truth,</c><00:35:19.280><c> and</c><00:35:19.300><c> we</c><00:35:19.460><c> say,</c>

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:22.320
there<00:35:19.659><c> you</c><00:35:19.840><c> are,</c><00:35:20.260><c> told</c><00:35:20.460><c> you,</c><00:35:21.079><c> attendance</c><00:35:21.360><c> at</c><00:35:21.539><c> the</c><00:35:21.679><c> meeting</c><00:35:21.880><c> is</c>

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.119
most<00:35:22.639><c> important.</c>

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:26.880
That<00:35:23.880><c> demonstrates</c><00:35:24.699><c> a</c><00:35:24.940><c> person's</c><00:35:25.559><c> faith,</c><00:35:25.800><c> and</c><00:35:25.960><c> it</c><00:35:26.159><c> may</c><00:35:26.320><c> do</c><00:35:26.460><c> nothing</c><00:35:26.699><c> of</c>

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.980
the<00:35:27.039><c> kind.</c>

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:32.719
Faith<00:35:29.460><c> is</c><00:35:29.780><c> not</c><00:35:30.039><c> actually</c><00:35:30.480><c> attendance</c><00:35:30.960><c> at</c><00:35:31.139><c> the</c><00:35:31.320><c> meetings,</c><00:35:31.800><c> is</c><00:35:31.840><c> it?</c>

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:36.920
Faith<00:35:33.760><c> is</c><00:35:34.019><c> a</c><00:35:34.199><c> life</c><00:35:34.619><c> which</c><00:35:35.219><c> is</c><00:35:35.440><c> run</c><00:35:35.599><c> by</c><00:35:35.860><c> God.</c>

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:41.920
Faith<00:35:38.159><c> is</c><00:35:38.400><c> trust</c><00:35:38.619><c> and</c><00:35:38.860><c> confidence</c><00:35:39.280><c> in</c><00:35:39.500><c> Him</c><00:35:39.699><c> in</c><00:35:40.219><c> everyday</c><00:35:41.000><c> circumstances.</c>

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:45.579
It<00:35:42.699><c> may</c><00:35:42.960><c> be</c><00:35:43.340><c> manifest</c><00:35:43.940><c> in</c><00:35:44.340><c> the</c><00:35:44.679><c> love</c><00:35:44.880><c> of</c><00:35:45.079><c> the</c><00:35:45.219><c> Brethren</c>

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:50.079
and<00:35:45.960><c> the</c><00:35:46.159><c> love</c><00:35:46.360><c> of</c><00:35:46.519><c> the</c><00:35:46.719><c> truth</c><00:35:46.900><c> which</c><00:35:47.260><c> takes</c><00:35:47.739><c> us</c><00:35:47.980><c> to</c><00:35:48.119><c> the</c><00:35:48.280><c> meetings</c><00:35:48.659><c> very</c><00:35:49.320><c> regularly</c>

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:52.400
on<00:35:50.980><c> every</c><00:35:51.360><c> possible</c><00:35:51.760><c> opportunity.</c>

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:57.260
It<00:35:52.619><c> should</c><00:35:52.880><c> do,</c><00:35:54.739><c> but</c><00:35:55.059><c> you</c><00:35:55.219><c> can't</c><00:35:55.500><c> argue</c><00:35:55.820><c> in</c><00:35:56.099><c> reverse.</c>

00:35:57.840 --> 00:36:00.559
That<00:35:58.340><c> would</c><00:35:58.539><c> be</c><00:35:58.719><c> like</c><00:35:58.900><c> saying,</c><00:35:59.280><c> well,</c><00:35:59.480><c> all</c><00:35:59.699><c> balloons</c><00:36:00.019><c> are</c><00:36:00.300><c> round,</c>

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:02.280
so<00:36:00.820><c> everything</c><00:36:01.159><c> round</c><00:36:01.480><c> must</c><00:36:01.679><c> be</c><00:36:01.880><c> a</c><00:36:02.000><c> balloon.</c>

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:04.000
It<00:36:02.699><c> doesn't</c><00:36:02.860><c> work</c><00:36:03.059><c> like</c><00:36:03.320><c> that,</c><00:36:03.500><c> does</c><00:36:03.639><c> it?</c>

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:08.139
There<00:36:04.440><c> are</c><00:36:04.539><c> one</c><00:36:04.639><c> or</c><00:36:04.699><c> two</c><00:36:04.860><c> other</c><00:36:05.039><c> things</c><00:36:05.260><c> that</c><00:36:06.219><c> are</c><00:36:07.320><c> globe</c><00:36:07.579><c>-shaped</c><00:36:07.960><c> in</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.719
this<00:36:08.340><c> world</c><00:36:08.579><c> as</c><00:36:08.820><c> well.</c>

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:13.820
So<00:36:10.500><c> we</c><00:36:10.639><c> have</c><00:36:10.840><c> to</c><00:36:10.940><c> be</c><00:36:11.039><c> very</c><00:36:11.480><c> careful</c><00:36:12.019><c> about</c><00:36:12.820><c> these</c><00:36:13.199><c> things.</c>

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:16.280
Faith<00:36:14.500><c> is</c><00:36:14.840><c> not</c><00:36:15.079><c> attendance</c><00:36:15.539><c> at</c><00:36:15.800><c> meetings.</c>

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:19.980
Faith<00:36:16.960><c> is</c><00:36:17.219><c> a</c><00:36:17.380><c> life</c><00:36:17.800><c> run</c><00:36:18.380><c> by</c><00:36:18.960><c> our</c><00:36:19.119><c> Heavenly</c><00:36:19.539><c> Father</c>

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:23.960
where<00:36:20.380><c> we</c><00:36:20.739><c> get</c><00:36:21.019><c> up</c><00:36:21.179><c> each</c><00:36:21.559><c> day</c><00:36:21.960><c> and</c><00:36:22.239><c> ask</c><00:36:22.719><c> Him</c><00:36:22.920><c> what</c><00:36:23.159><c> is</c><00:36:23.460><c> His</c><00:36:23.679><c> will</c>

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:27.079
and<00:36:24.420><c> will</c><00:36:24.639><c> He</c><00:36:24.920><c> direct</c><00:36:25.500><c> our</c><00:36:26.000><c> steps</c><00:36:26.380><c> this</c><00:36:26.800><c> day</c>

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:32.079
and<00:36:27.500><c> help</c><00:36:27.760><c> us</c><00:36:27.980><c> to</c><00:36:28.300><c> serve</c><00:36:28.480><c> Him</c><00:36:28.900><c> as</c><00:36:29.219><c> He</c><00:36:29.500><c> would</c><00:36:29.760><c> have</c><00:36:29.960><c> us</c><00:36:30.500><c> serving</c><00:36:30.980><c> Him.</c>

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:35.719
Perhaps<00:36:33.820><c> another</c><00:36:34.579><c> prejudice,</c><00:36:35.039><c> Brothers</c><00:36:35.340><c> and</c><00:36:35.519><c> Sisters,</c>

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:40.340
is<00:36:36.420><c> our</c><00:36:36.880><c> confusion</c><00:36:37.380><c> between</c><00:36:37.860><c> respectability</c><00:36:38.760><c> and</c><00:36:39.119><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:44.920
Sometimes<00:36:41.320><c> we</c><00:36:41.900><c> imagine</c><00:36:42.519><c> that</c><00:36:42.679><c> if</c><00:36:42.880><c> a</c><00:36:43.039><c> person</c><00:36:43.460><c> dresses</c><00:36:44.059><c> respectably</c>

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:47.900
and<00:36:45.300><c> looks</c><00:36:45.739><c> right,</c><00:36:46.519><c> then</c><00:36:46.659><c> their</c><00:36:46.920><c> hearts</c><00:36:47.219><c> must</c><00:36:47.500><c> be</c><00:36:47.739><c> right.</c>

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:53.760
Now,<00:36:49.159><c> again,</c><00:36:51.400><c> dressing</c><00:36:51.920><c> well,</c>

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:57.780
making<00:36:54.320><c> the</c><00:36:54.699><c> best</c><00:36:55.000><c> effort</c><00:36:55.320><c> that</c><00:36:55.559><c> we</c><00:36:55.840><c> can</c><00:36:56.280><c> for</c><00:36:56.599><c> God</c><00:36:57.119><c> and</c><00:36:57.599><c> for</c>

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.539
the<00:36:57.940><c> meetings</c>

00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:01.840
may<00:36:59.380><c> be</c><00:36:59.559><c> an</c><00:36:59.780><c> indication</c><00:37:00.360><c> of</c><00:37:00.940><c> our</c><00:37:01.239><c> hearts,</c>

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:06.000
but<00:37:02.900><c> you</c><00:37:03.099><c> can't</c><00:37:04.179><c> turn</c><00:37:04.460><c> it</c><00:37:04.780><c> round.</c>

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:09.199
You<00:37:06.340><c> can't</c><00:37:06.699><c> say</c><00:37:06.940><c> that</c><00:37:07.139><c> everything</c><00:37:07.440><c> round</c><00:37:07.860><c> is</c><00:37:08.119><c> a</c><00:37:08.239><c> balloon.</c>

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:12.000
It<00:37:10.000><c> doesn't</c><00:37:10.420><c> work</c><00:37:10.880><c> like</c><00:37:11.420><c> that.</c>

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:17.539
And<00:37:12.800><c> sometimes</c><00:37:13.360><c> we</c><00:37:13.599><c> are</c><00:37:14.099><c> very</c><00:37:14.559><c> concerned</c><00:37:15.480><c> that</c><00:37:16.039><c> people</c><00:37:16.480><c> look</c><00:37:16.880><c> respectable</c>

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:21.519
and<00:37:17.880><c> seem</c><00:37:18.239><c> respectable</c><00:37:18.920><c> in</c><00:37:19.559><c> their</c><00:37:19.739><c> families</c><00:37:20.219><c> and</c><00:37:20.500><c> in</c><00:37:20.579><c> their</c><00:37:20.860><c> circumstances,</c>

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:24.099
and<00:37:21.820><c> we</c><00:37:22.019><c> confuse</c><00:37:22.519><c> that</c><00:37:22.800><c> with</c><00:37:23.019><c> righteousness.</c>

00:37:25.760 --> 00:37:29.059
Now,<00:37:26.019><c> again,</c><00:37:26.460><c> this</c><00:37:27.139><c> is</c><00:37:27.420><c> not</c><00:37:27.599><c> a</c><00:37:27.820><c> comment,</c><00:37:28.219><c> Brothers</c><00:37:28.519><c> and</c><00:37:28.760><c> Sisters,</c>

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:33.400
on<00:37:29.800><c> our</c><00:37:30.159><c> views</c><00:37:30.519><c> on</c><00:37:31.199><c> divorce</c><00:37:31.739><c> or</c><00:37:32.320><c> remarriage,</c>

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:37.659
but<00:37:34.219><c> that's</c><00:37:34.659><c> a</c><00:37:34.840><c> particular</c><00:37:35.239><c> example</c><00:37:36.079><c> of</c><00:37:36.480><c> it,</c><00:37:36.800><c> isn't</c><00:37:36.960><c> it?</c>

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:41.019
I<00:37:38.019><c> think</c><00:37:38.199><c> we</c><00:37:38.460><c> all</c><00:37:38.860><c> agree,</c><00:37:39.420><c> I</c><00:37:39.679><c> certainly</c><00:37:39.980><c> hope</c><00:37:40.239><c> we</c><00:37:40.420><c> all</c><00:37:40.659><c> agree,</c>

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:45.780
that<00:37:41.480><c> divorce</c><00:37:41.980><c> is</c><00:37:42.599><c> wrong</c><00:37:42.940><c> by</c><00:37:43.280><c> Scripture</c><00:37:43.659><c> and</c><00:37:44.059><c> remarriage</c><00:37:44.619><c> too,</c>

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:49.159
but<00:37:46.260><c> it's</c><00:37:46.559><c> what</c><00:37:46.699><c> to</c><00:37:46.880><c> do</c><00:37:47.079><c> about</c><00:37:47.380><c> it</c><00:37:47.500><c> when</c><00:37:47.599><c> it's</c><00:37:47.960><c> happened,</c><00:37:48.219><c> isn't</c><00:37:48.420><c> it?</c>

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:55.039
And<00:37:49.800><c> that</c><00:37:50.320><c> so</c><00:37:50.719><c> often</c><00:37:51.099><c> keeps</c><00:37:51.679><c> us</c><00:37:51.980><c> apart</c><00:37:52.780><c> as</c><00:37:53.300><c> Brothers</c><00:37:53.639><c> and</c><00:37:53.880><c> Sisters.</c>

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:58.480
And<00:37:55.719><c> that's</c><00:37:56.480><c> rather</c><00:37:56.780><c> sad</c><00:37:57.139><c> because,</c><00:37:57.780><c> in</c><00:37:58.019><c> a</c><00:37:58.159><c> way,</c>

00:37:58.480 --> 00:38:04.219
these<00:37:58.960><c> situations,</c><00:38:00.440><c> these</c><00:38:00.460><c> messy</c><00:38:01.219><c> moral</c><00:38:01.900><c> situations</c><00:38:03.019><c> are</c><00:38:03.659><c> set</c><00:38:04.000><c> to</c>

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:04.739
get<00:38:04.420><c> worse</c>

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:08.440
unless<00:38:05.079><c> the</c><00:38:05.280><c> Lord</c><00:38:05.420><c> comes</c><00:38:05.699><c> back</c><00:38:06.000><c> today,</c><00:38:07.820><c> aren't</c><00:38:08.039><c> they?</c>

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:12.179
We're<00:38:09.179><c> going</c><00:38:09.280><c> to</c><00:38:09.519><c> encounter</c><00:38:10.340><c> in</c><00:38:10.599><c> our</c><00:38:10.820><c> preaching</c><00:38:11.159><c> more</c><00:38:11.659><c> and</c><00:38:11.900><c> more</c>

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:15.019
of<00:38:12.719><c> those</c><00:38:13.059><c> messy</c><00:38:13.460><c> sort</c><00:38:13.699><c> of</c><00:38:14.000><c> circumstances</c><00:38:14.420><c> as</c><00:38:14.679><c> the</c><00:38:14.860><c> world</c>

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:16.320
gets<00:38:15.340><c> worse.</c>

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:19.079
In<00:38:16.780><c> fact,</c><00:38:17.039><c> the</c><00:38:17.139><c> Lord</c><00:38:17.300><c> indicated</c><00:38:17.840><c> such</c><00:38:18.199><c> because</c><00:38:18.559><c> He</c><00:38:18.820><c> says</c><00:38:18.960><c> in</c>

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.940
His<00:38:19.300><c> parable</c><00:38:19.559><c> in</c><00:38:19.760><c> Luke,</c>

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:22.739
He<00:38:20.320><c> sent</c><00:38:20.539><c> His</c><00:38:20.800><c> servants</c><00:38:21.019><c> out</c><00:38:21.239><c> into</c><00:38:21.440><c> the</c><00:38:21.619><c> highways</c><00:38:21.900><c> and</c><00:38:22.099><c> the</c><00:38:22.340><c> byways</c>

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:24.900
to<00:38:22.960><c> compel</c><00:38:23.460><c> them</c><00:38:23.659><c> to</c><00:38:23.860><c> come</c><00:38:24.099><c> in.</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:27.760
And<00:38:25.440><c> there</c><00:38:25.579><c> must</c><00:38:25.739><c> have</c><00:38:25.880><c> been</c><00:38:26.000><c> all</c><00:38:26.280><c> sorts</c><00:38:26.639><c> of</c><00:38:26.880><c> shapes</c><00:38:27.139><c> and</c><00:38:27.420><c> sizes</c>

00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:30.239
when<00:38:28.000><c> the</c><00:38:28.280><c> servants</c><00:38:28.480><c> did</c><00:38:28.780><c> that,</c><00:38:29.219><c> mustn't</c><00:38:29.460><c> there?</c>

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:32.260
There<00:38:30.760><c> must</c><00:38:31.019><c> have</c><00:38:31.179><c> been</c><00:38:31.280><c> at</c><00:38:31.440><c> that</c><00:38:31.960><c> feast</c>

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:36.099
a<00:38:33.199><c> most</c><00:38:33.559><c> motley</c><00:38:33.980><c> crew,</c><00:38:34.460><c> mustn't</c><00:38:34.760><c> there,</c><00:38:35.000><c> really?</c>

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:40.139
And<00:38:38.079><c> perhaps</c><00:38:38.599><c> amongst</c><00:38:39.059><c> us,</c><00:38:39.579><c> Brothers</c><00:38:39.639><c> and</c><00:38:39.860><c> Sisters,</c>

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:41.500
that's<00:38:40.539><c> the</c><00:38:40.659><c> way</c><00:38:40.820><c> it's</c><00:38:41.019><c> going</c><00:38:41.179><c> to</c><00:38:41.360><c> be.</c>

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:44.739
The<00:38:41.699><c> Lord</c><00:38:42.059><c> will</c><00:38:42.400><c> sort</c><00:38:42.679><c> out</c><00:38:43.039><c> who</c><00:38:43.400><c> has</c><00:38:43.639><c> the</c><00:38:43.840><c> wedding</c><00:38:44.099><c> garment</c><00:38:44.460><c> on</c>

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:46.719
and<00:38:44.840><c> who</c><00:38:45.119><c> doesn't</c><00:38:45.619><c> when</c><00:38:45.880><c> He</c><00:38:46.139><c> comes.</c>

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:49.079
Now,<00:38:47.099><c> again,</c><00:38:47.260><c> that's</c><00:38:47.480><c> not</c><00:38:47.699><c> a</c><00:38:47.900><c> comment</c><00:38:48.099><c> on</c><00:38:48.239><c> what</c><00:38:48.420><c> you</c><00:38:48.659><c> should</c><00:38:48.820><c> do</c>

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:51.420
about<00:38:49.800><c> a</c><00:38:50.079><c> divorce</c><00:38:50.420><c> or</c><00:38:50.559><c> a</c><00:38:50.659><c> remarriage</c><00:38:51.099><c> case</c>

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:54.300
or<00:38:51.880><c> any</c><00:38:52.139><c> other</c><00:38:52.420><c> kind</c><00:38:52.719><c> of</c><00:38:52.900><c> immorality</c><00:38:53.380><c> that's</c><00:38:53.659><c> taken</c><00:38:53.880><c> place</c>

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:55.619
before<00:38:54.780><c> or</c><00:38:54.960><c> since</c><00:38:55.199><c> baptism.</c>

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:58.260
I'm<00:38:55.880><c> not</c><00:38:56.179><c> commenting</c><00:38:56.619><c> on</c><00:38:56.880><c> the</c><00:38:57.139><c> issues,</c>

00:38:58.980 --> 00:39:01.699
only<00:38:59.460><c> showing</c><00:38:59.880><c> the</c><00:39:00.179><c> way</c><00:39:00.420><c> in</c><00:39:00.619><c> which</c><00:39:00.840><c> sometimes</c>

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:05.940
our<00:39:02.480><c> fear</c><00:39:02.960><c> of</c><00:39:03.820><c> messy</c><00:39:04.380><c> moral</c><00:39:04.920><c> circumstances</c>

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:09.699
can<00:39:06.579><c> lead</c><00:39:06.739><c> us</c><00:39:06.960><c> to</c><00:39:07.179><c> act</c><00:39:07.420><c> in</c><00:39:07.659><c> a</c><00:39:07.820><c> way</c><00:39:08.179><c> that</c><00:39:08.440><c> we</c><00:39:08.579><c> should</c><00:39:08.800><c> not</c><00:39:09.039><c> act,</c>

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:13.699
to<00:39:10.559><c> make</c><00:39:10.900><c> decisions</c><00:39:11.659><c> that</c><00:39:12.139><c> are</c><00:39:12.400><c> not</c><00:39:12.760><c> scriptural</c>

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:17.760
because<00:39:14.739><c> we</c><00:39:14.960><c> might</c><00:39:15.199><c> be</c><00:39:15.440><c> afraid</c><00:39:15.980><c> of</c><00:39:16.199><c> the</c><00:39:16.340><c> need</c><00:39:16.559><c> to</c><00:39:17.059><c> rethink</c>

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:22.300
a<00:39:18.699><c> set</c><00:39:19.019><c> way</c><00:39:19.579><c> that</c><00:39:19.820><c> our</c><00:39:20.079><c> ecclesiast</c><00:39:20.400><c> has</c><00:39:20.500><c> decided</c><00:39:20.920><c> to</c><00:39:21.139><c> do</c><00:39:21.300><c> things.</c>

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.940
And<00:39:22.860><c> sadly,</c><00:39:23.219><c> some</c><00:39:23.340><c> ecclesiast</c><00:39:23.659><c> have</c><00:39:23.800><c> said,</c>

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:26.260
well,<00:39:24.039><c> we</c><00:39:24.139><c> don't</c><00:39:24.320><c> have</c><00:39:24.500><c> that</c><00:39:24.639><c> problem</c><00:39:24.900><c> here,</c><00:39:25.139><c> that's</c><00:39:25.480><c> it,</c>

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:27.619
full<00:39:26.780><c> stop.</c>

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:31.159
And<00:39:28.340><c> have</c><00:39:28.599><c> forgotten</c><00:39:29.059><c> that</c><00:39:29.280><c> we're</c><00:39:29.559><c> actually</c><00:39:30.099><c> within</c><00:39:30.460><c> our</c><00:39:30.719><c> ecclesiast</c>

00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:33.920
in<00:39:31.500><c> the</c><00:39:31.860><c> business</c><00:39:32.380><c> of</c><00:39:32.699><c> reclaiming</c><00:39:33.380><c> men</c><00:39:33.559><c> and</c><00:39:33.699><c> women.</c>

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:38.019
That's<00:39:34.199><c> what</c><00:39:34.360><c> our</c><00:39:34.619><c> Lord</c><00:39:34.860><c> has</c><00:39:35.360><c> set</c><00:39:35.579><c> us</c><00:39:35.800><c> together</c><00:39:36.159><c> in</c><00:39:36.360><c> our</c><00:39:36.559><c> ecclesiast</c><00:39:36.960><c> for,</c>

00:39:38.699 --> 00:39:41.659
in<00:39:38.880><c> order</c><00:39:39.219><c> to</c><00:39:39.739><c> help</c><00:39:40.119><c> and</c><00:39:40.440><c> support</c><00:39:40.920><c> one</c><00:39:41.139><c> another</c>

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:44.920
towards<00:39:42.500><c> salvation</c><00:39:43.199><c> and</c><00:39:43.940><c> redemption.</c>

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:48.219
So<00:39:46.199><c> we</c><00:39:46.340><c> need</c><00:39:46.500><c> to</c><00:39:46.659><c> be</c><00:39:46.960><c> careful</c><00:39:47.300><c> in</c><00:39:47.500><c> these</c><00:39:47.739><c> things,</c><00:39:48.099><c> Brothers</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:48.679
and<00:39:48.440><c> Sisters,</c>

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:51.340
that<00:39:48.860><c> we</c><00:39:49.139><c> haven't</c><00:39:49.739><c> closed</c><00:39:50.260><c> our</c><00:39:50.659><c> minds</c>

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:55.219
and<00:39:51.940><c> because</c><00:39:52.360><c> of</c><00:39:52.800><c> fears</c><00:39:53.159><c> about</c><00:39:53.760><c> where</c><00:39:54.300><c> it</c><00:39:54.500><c> will</c><00:39:54.780><c> lead</c>

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:59.860
or<00:39:55.739><c> the</c><00:39:56.239><c> agonising</c><00:39:57.059><c> and</c><00:39:57.300><c> the</c><00:39:57.639><c> heart</c><00:39:58.019><c>-searching</c><00:39:58.599><c> that</c><00:39:59.019><c> it</c><00:39:59.179><c> will</c><00:39:59.500><c> cause.</c>

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:01.320
And<00:40:00.219><c> these</c><00:40:00.460><c> problems</c><00:40:00.820><c> always</c><00:40:01.199><c> do.</c>

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:03.300
It's<00:40:01.519><c> very</c><00:40:01.739><c> much</c><00:40:01.900><c> easier</c><00:40:02.219><c> to</c><00:40:02.500><c> sweep</c><00:40:02.619><c> them</c><00:40:02.840><c> away,</c><00:40:03.039><c> isn't</c><00:40:03.179><c> it,</c>

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:06.920
than<00:40:03.460><c> to</c><00:40:03.739><c> spend</c><00:40:04.179><c> hours</c><00:40:04.780><c> of</c><00:40:05.920><c> heart</c><00:40:06.400><c>-searching</c>

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:11.599
and<00:40:07.639><c> agony</c><00:40:08.079><c> and</c><00:40:08.659><c> stress</c><00:40:09.480><c> that</c><00:40:09.760><c> these</c><00:40:10.059><c> things</c><00:40:10.440><c> cause.</c>

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:15.840
It's<00:40:12.719><c> always</c><00:40:12.940><c> easy</c><00:40:13.340><c> to</c><00:40:13.579><c> take</c><00:40:13.960><c> the</c><00:40:14.500><c> simple</c><00:40:15.000><c> way</c><00:40:15.420><c> out</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.139
and<00:40:16.760><c> spare</c><00:40:17.179><c> ourselves</c><00:40:17.880><c> those</c><00:40:18.380><c> things.</c>

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:23.440
But<00:40:20.119><c> we're</c><00:40:20.760><c> not</c><00:40:21.039><c> commanded</c><00:40:21.539><c> to</c><00:40:21.840><c> do</c><00:40:22.099><c> that.</c>

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:29.420
Well,<00:40:26.099><c> Peter</c><00:40:26.239><c> certainly</c><00:40:26.800><c> made</c><00:40:27.119><c> his</c><00:40:27.400><c> mistakes,</c><00:40:28.059><c> Brothers</c><00:40:28.199><c> and</c><00:40:28.440><c> Sisters.</c>

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:32.780
And<00:40:29.739><c> I've</c><00:40:30.000><c> no</c><00:40:30.199><c> doubt</c><00:40:30.579><c> that</c><00:40:30.920><c> we</c><00:40:31.199><c> also</c><00:40:31.820><c> make</c><00:40:32.360><c> hours</c>

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:35.159
and<00:40:32.980><c> will</c><00:40:33.179><c> go</c><00:40:33.420><c> on</c><00:40:33.699><c> making</c><00:40:34.099><c> hours.</c>

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:38.840
And<00:40:36.679><c> sadly,</c><00:40:37.400><c> I</c><00:40:37.800><c> mentioned</c><00:40:38.139><c> these</c><00:40:38.480><c> things,</c>

00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:40.599
and<00:40:39.119><c> again</c><00:40:39.400><c> I</c><00:40:39.539><c> want</c><00:40:39.719><c> to</c><00:40:39.980><c> emphasise,</c>

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:44.940
I'm<00:40:41.500><c> not</c><00:40:41.900><c> championing</c><00:40:42.639><c> a</c><00:40:43.039><c> cause</c><00:40:43.380><c> or</c><00:40:43.739><c> a</c><00:40:43.960><c> particular</c><00:40:44.420><c> viewpoint</c>

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:47.559
with<00:40:45.440><c> regard</c><00:40:45.800><c> to</c><00:40:45.980><c> any</c><00:40:46.179><c> of</c><00:40:46.360><c> the</c><00:40:46.480><c> things</c><00:40:46.679><c> I've</c><00:40:47.179><c> mentioned</c>

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:50.420
as<00:40:48.460><c> issues</c><00:40:48.980><c> per</c><00:40:49.420><c> se.</c>

00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:52.739
But<00:40:50.920><c> I</c><00:40:51.179><c> am</c><00:40:51.559><c> mentioning</c><00:40:52.059><c> these</c><00:40:52.420><c> things</c>

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:58.599
because<00:40:53.659><c> I</c><00:40:54.119><c> have</c><00:40:54.380><c> a</c><00:40:54.539><c> very</c><00:40:54.960><c> real</c><00:40:55.320><c> concern</c><00:40:56.260><c> about</c><00:40:57.019><c> our</c><00:40:57.400><c> fellowship.</c>

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:02.119
And<00:40:59.780><c> our</c><00:41:00.199><c> brotherhood,</c><00:41:01.139><c> it</c><00:41:01.139><c> seems</c><00:41:01.380><c> to</c><00:41:01.599><c> me,</c>

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:04.519
in<00:41:02.739><c> different</c><00:41:03.119><c> parts</c><00:41:03.480><c> of</c><00:41:03.699><c> the</c><00:41:03.900><c> world,</c>

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:07.300
and<00:41:04.800><c> I</c><00:41:04.960><c> know</c><00:41:05.159><c> less</c><00:41:05.500><c> about</c><00:41:05.820><c> North</c><00:41:06.139><c> America,</c><00:41:06.719><c> obviously,</c>

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:11.239
than<00:41:07.559><c> I</c><00:41:07.699><c> know</c><00:41:07.920><c> about</c><00:41:08.260><c> Britain</c><00:41:08.719><c> or</c><00:41:09.340><c> Australia</c><00:41:09.860><c> and</c><00:41:10.019><c> New</c><00:41:10.239><c> Zealand,</c>

00:41:11.380 --> 00:41:13.280
but<00:41:11.699><c> it</c><00:41:11.860><c> seems</c><00:41:12.179><c> to</c><00:41:12.320><c> me,</c><00:41:12.659><c> Brothers</c><00:41:12.760><c> and</c><00:41:12.940><c> Sisters,</c>

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:16.559
that<00:41:14.139><c> our</c><00:41:14.440><c> fellowship</c><00:41:14.820><c> is</c><00:41:15.239><c> fragmenting.</c>

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:21.300
We<00:41:17.579><c> are</c><00:41:17.880><c> developing</c><00:41:18.639><c> fellowships</c><00:41:19.519><c> within</c><00:41:19.900><c> a</c><00:41:20.199><c> fellowship.</c>

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:25.780
And<00:41:22.500><c> there</c><00:41:22.739><c> are</c><00:41:23.039><c> certain</c><00:41:23.400><c> basic</c><00:41:23.860><c> reasons</c><00:41:24.380><c> for</c><00:41:24.719><c> its</c><00:41:25.059><c> fragmentation.</c>

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:29.139
It's<00:41:26.539><c> breaking</c><00:41:26.960><c> up,</c><00:41:27.260><c> it</c><00:41:27.420><c> seems</c><00:41:27.679><c> to</c><00:41:27.820><c> me,</c><00:41:27.960><c> in</c><00:41:28.159><c> these</c><00:41:28.380><c> last</c><00:41:28.679><c> days,</c>

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:30.800
which<00:41:29.340><c> is</c><00:41:29.599><c> a</c><00:41:29.780><c> tragedy.</c>

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:34.280
And<00:41:32.360><c> the</c><00:41:32.519><c> main</c><00:41:32.699><c> reasons</c><00:41:33.039><c> are,</c><00:41:33.539><c> first</c><00:41:33.840><c> of</c><00:41:34.019><c> all,</c>

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:38.280
our<00:41:34.820><c> views</c><00:41:35.179><c> towards</c><00:41:35.900><c> those</c><00:41:36.219><c> who</c><00:41:36.400><c> are</c><00:41:36.519><c> divorced</c><00:41:36.840><c> and</c><00:41:37.059><c> remarried.</c>

00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:41.139
Not<00:41:38.920><c> that</c><00:41:39.059><c> we</c><00:41:39.280><c> disagree</c><00:41:39.760><c> about</c><00:41:40.360><c> the</c><00:41:40.739><c> issues,</c>

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:42.659
the<00:41:41.599><c> scriptural</c><00:41:42.139><c> position,</c>

00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:45.199
but<00:41:43.039><c> we</c><00:41:43.239><c> disagree</c><00:41:43.579><c> on</c><00:41:43.780><c> what</c><00:41:43.900><c> to</c><00:41:44.119><c> do</c><00:41:44.280><c> about</c><00:41:44.559><c> it.</c>

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:47.760
And<00:41:45.860><c> that's</c><00:41:46.199><c> very</c><00:41:46.579><c> sad.</c>

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:52.440
Secondly,<00:41:49.820><c> we</c><00:41:50.219><c> have</c><00:41:51.039><c> begun</c><00:41:51.760><c> to</c><00:41:52.079><c> develop</c>

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:55.340
a<00:41:52.699><c> sort</c><00:41:52.860><c> of</c><00:41:53.420><c> guilt</c><00:41:53.699><c>-by</c><00:41:54.000><c>-association</c><00:41:54.920><c> view,</c>

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:57.500
so<00:41:55.760><c> that</c><00:41:56.039><c> if</c><00:41:56.159><c> there</c><00:41:56.360><c> is</c><00:41:56.579><c> a</c><00:41:56.699><c> problem</c><00:41:56.940><c> in</c><00:41:57.119><c> that</c><00:41:57.260><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:59.099
we<00:41:57.619><c> don't</c><00:41:57.820><c> have</c><00:41:57.960><c> anybody</c><00:41:58.400><c> from</c><00:41:58.579><c> that</c><00:41:58.800><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:00.840
regardless<00:41:59.579><c> of</c><00:41:59.760><c> whether</c><00:41:59.920><c> they</c><00:42:00.179><c> agreed</c><00:42:00.360><c> with</c><00:42:00.500><c> the</c><00:42:00.619><c> problem</c>

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:02.960
or<00:42:00.980><c> disagreed</c><00:42:01.380><c> with</c><00:42:01.500><c> the</c><00:42:01.679><c> problem</c><00:42:01.900><c> or</c><00:42:02.119><c> the</c><00:42:02.260><c> action</c><00:42:02.559><c> taken,</c>

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:04.500
and<00:42:03.340><c> we</c><00:42:03.420><c> don't</c><00:42:03.579><c> have</c><00:42:03.699><c> any</c><00:42:03.880><c> speakers</c><00:42:04.139><c> from</c><00:42:04.360><c> there,</c>

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:06.559
and<00:42:04.599><c> we</c><00:42:04.659><c> don't</c><00:42:04.820><c> let</c><00:42:04.920><c> our</c><00:42:05.139><c> brethren</c><00:42:05.300><c> go</c><00:42:05.500><c> and</c><00:42:05.639><c> speak</c><00:42:05.800><c> there</c><00:42:06.019><c> either.</c>

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:08.239
And<00:42:07.039><c> we</c><00:42:07.119><c> don't</c><00:42:07.219><c> go</c><00:42:07.380><c> to</c><00:42:07.480><c> their</c><00:42:07.599><c> fraternal</c><00:42:07.940><c> gatherings,</c>

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:10.340
and<00:42:08.420><c> they</c><00:42:08.519><c> don't</c><00:42:08.659><c> come</c><00:42:08.860><c> to</c><00:42:09.039><c> ours,</c><00:42:09.300><c> and</c><00:42:09.480><c> we</c><00:42:09.619><c> understand</c><00:42:10.000><c> that.</c>

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:12.800
That<00:42:11.039><c> is</c><00:42:11.360><c> not</c><00:42:11.659><c> right,</c><00:42:12.119><c> Brothers</c><00:42:12.260><c> and</c><00:42:12.480><c> Sisters.</c>

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:15.059
It<00:42:13.139><c> is</c><00:42:13.440><c> totally</c><00:42:13.840><c> contrary</c><00:42:14.280><c> to</c><00:42:14.480><c> the</c><00:42:14.719><c> advice</c>

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:17.500
that<00:42:15.420><c> Brother</c><00:42:15.659><c> Robert</c><00:42:15.940><c> set</c><00:42:16.179><c> down</c><00:42:16.420><c> in</c><00:42:16.599><c> the</c><00:42:16.760><c> Ecclesial</c><00:42:17.139><c> Guide,</c>

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:20.320
which<00:42:17.719><c> we</c><00:42:18.000><c> all</c><00:42:18.179><c> ought</c><00:42:18.360><c> to</c><00:42:18.519><c> read</c><00:42:18.840><c> and</c><00:42:19.159><c> digest,</c>

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:23.440
and<00:42:21.219><c> it</c><00:42:21.380><c> is</c><00:42:21.599><c> quite</c><00:42:21.840><c> unscriptural.</c>

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:26.860
And<00:42:24.840><c> thirdly,</c><00:42:25.699><c> we</c><00:42:25.880><c> have</c><00:42:26.019><c> begun</c><00:42:26.239><c> to</c><00:42:26.519><c> fragment</c>

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:28.559
because<00:42:27.480><c> of</c><00:42:27.900><c> disagreements</c>

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:31.000
about<00:42:29.059><c> the</c><00:42:29.320><c> interpretation</c><00:42:29.800><c> of</c><00:42:30.119><c> prophecy,</c>

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:33.880
which<00:42:31.760><c> is</c><00:42:32.119><c> not</c><00:42:32.840><c> a</c><00:42:33.139><c> fellowship</c><00:42:33.480><c> issue,</c>

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:36.539
not<00:42:34.599><c> a</c><00:42:35.159><c> fellowship</c><00:42:35.579><c> issue.</c>

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:40.900
And<00:42:37.579><c> the</c><00:42:37.739><c> result</c><00:42:38.139><c> of</c><00:42:38.420><c> that</c><00:42:38.719><c> is</c><00:42:38.940><c> that</c><00:42:39.139><c> we</c><00:42:39.280><c> have</c><00:42:40.380><c> begun</c>

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:44.539
to<00:42:41.820><c> cease</c><00:42:42.199><c> discussing</c><00:42:42.920><c> these</c><00:42:43.360><c> things,</c>

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:46.619
and<00:42:45.539><c> the</c><00:42:45.780><c> impact</c><00:42:46.139><c> of</c><00:42:46.400><c> that,</c>

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:49.699
at<00:42:46.760><c> least</c><00:42:47.159><c> my</c><00:42:47.760><c> fear,</c><00:42:47.940><c> if</c><00:42:48.079><c> you</c><00:42:48.260><c> like,</c><00:42:48.519><c> of</c><00:42:48.659><c> that,</c>

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:51.519
is<00:42:49.980><c> that</c><00:42:50.280><c> we</c><00:42:50.639><c> shall</c><00:42:50.880><c> cease</c><00:42:51.019><c> to</c><00:42:51.199><c> be</c><00:42:51.340><c> ready</c>

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:53.019
for<00:42:51.679><c> the</c><00:42:51.820><c> coming</c><00:42:51.960><c> of</c><00:42:52.139><c> the</c><00:42:52.260><c> Lord.</c>

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:54.699
We<00:42:53.579><c> need,</c><00:42:54.260><c> Brothers</c><00:42:54.260><c> and</c><00:42:54.440><c> Sisters,</c>

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:56.219
to<00:42:55.019><c> talk</c><00:42:55.300><c> about</c><00:42:55.599><c> these</c><00:42:55.900><c> things,</c>

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:58.119
to<00:42:56.599><c> encourage</c><00:42:57.119><c> one</c><00:42:57.320><c> another</c><00:42:57.659><c> about</c><00:42:57.980><c> them,</c>

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:59.840
to<00:42:58.360><c> enthuse</c><00:42:58.900><c> one</c><00:42:59.139><c> another</c><00:42:59.380><c> about</c><00:42:59.639><c> them.</c>

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:01.639
We<00:43:00.139><c> need</c><00:43:00.300><c> to</c><00:43:00.420><c> be</c><00:43:00.619><c> talking</c><00:43:00.860><c> about</c><00:43:01.119><c> the</c><00:43:01.380><c> Kingdom</c>

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.920
and<00:43:01.800><c> the</c><00:43:01.980><c> things</c><00:43:02.139><c> that</c><00:43:02.340><c> lead</c><00:43:02.480><c> up</c><00:43:02.719><c> to</c><00:43:02.820><c> it</c>

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:04.320
and<00:43:03.000><c> the</c><00:43:03.260><c> signs</c><00:43:03.420><c> of</c><00:43:03.599><c> the</c><00:43:03.719><c> Lord's</c><00:43:03.980><c> return,</c>

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:06.699
and<00:43:04.860><c> of</c><00:43:05.159><c> course</c><00:43:05.380><c> we</c><00:43:05.559><c> shan't</c><00:43:05.800><c> have</c><00:43:06.000><c> it</c><00:43:06.260><c> all</c><00:43:06.480><c> right.</c>

00:43:06.699 --> 00:43:08.480
But<00:43:06.699><c> none</c><00:43:07.019><c> of</c><00:43:07.260><c> us</c><00:43:07.480><c> will.</c>

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:12.199
Let's<00:43:09.179><c> not</c><00:43:09.380><c> imagine</c><00:43:09.880><c> that</c><00:43:10.059><c> we've</c><00:43:10.360><c> got</c><00:43:10.480><c> it</c><00:43:10.659><c> all</c><00:43:10.980><c> sewn</c><00:43:11.239><c> up.</c>

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:15.699
It<00:43:12.719><c> really</c><00:43:13.159><c> doesn't</c><00:43:13.599><c> matter</c><00:43:14.139><c> whether</c><00:43:14.420><c> we</c><00:43:14.679><c> have</c><00:43:14.880><c> or</c><00:43:15.099><c> we</c><00:43:15.360><c> haven't,</c>

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:18.500
because<00:43:16.400><c> we</c><00:43:16.699><c> might</c><00:43:16.980><c> die</c><00:43:17.320><c> before</c><00:43:17.679><c> the</c><00:43:17.860><c> Lord</c><00:43:18.079><c> comes</c>

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:20.480
and<00:43:18.659><c> we</c><00:43:18.820><c> might</c><00:43:19.039><c> not</c><00:43:19.320><c> see</c><00:43:19.619><c> a</c><00:43:19.760><c> lot</c><00:43:19.860><c> of</c><00:43:20.079><c> these</c><00:43:20.280><c> things,</c>

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:22.059
and<00:43:20.639><c> we</c><00:43:20.860><c> pray</c><00:43:21.039><c> that</c><00:43:21.219><c> that</c><00:43:21.380><c> may</c><00:43:21.519><c> be</c><00:43:21.699><c> the</c><00:43:21.780><c> case,</c>

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:24.800
that<00:43:22.639><c> by</c><00:43:22.860><c> His</c><00:43:23.079><c> grace</c><00:43:23.280><c> He</c><00:43:23.440><c> may</c><00:43:23.639><c> count</c><00:43:23.800><c> us</c><00:43:24.000><c> worthy</c><00:43:24.219><c> to</c><00:43:24.519><c> escape</c>

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:26.619
some<00:43:25.039><c> of</c><00:43:25.159><c> the</c><00:43:25.300><c> dreadful</c><00:43:25.619><c> things</c><00:43:25.840><c> that</c><00:43:26.000><c> I</c><00:43:26.199><c> believe</c>

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:28.019
have<00:43:26.940><c> still</c><00:43:27.159><c> to</c><00:43:27.320><c> come</c><00:43:27.420><c> on</c><00:43:27.559><c> this</c><00:43:27.800><c> world,</c>

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:31.599
some<00:43:28.260><c> of</c><00:43:28.380><c> the</c><00:43:28.539><c> unprecedented</c><00:43:29.320><c> troubles</c><00:43:29.800><c> and</c><00:43:30.099><c> distresses.</c>

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.920
But,<00:43:32.380><c> Brothers</c><00:43:32.539><c> and</c><00:43:32.719><c> Sisters,</c>

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:34.519
let's<00:43:33.179><c> not</c><00:43:33.480><c> stop</c><00:43:33.699><c> talking</c><00:43:34.039><c> about</c><00:43:34.380><c> them,</c>

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:36.179
let's<00:43:34.760><c> not</c><00:43:35.019><c> stop</c><00:43:35.300><c> discussing</c><00:43:35.800><c> them,</c>

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:38.260
and<00:43:36.559><c> let's</c><00:43:36.840><c> not</c><00:43:37.219><c> let</c><00:43:37.420><c> those</c><00:43:37.820><c> things</c>

00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:41.760
and<00:43:39.179><c> our</c><00:43:39.960><c> differences</c><00:43:40.480><c> of</c><00:43:40.800><c> opinions</c><00:43:41.139><c> about</c><00:43:41.519><c> them</c>

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:43.059
keep<00:43:42.000><c> us</c><00:43:42.320><c> apart</c>

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:48.179
or<00:43:44.199><c> tear</c><00:43:44.519><c> our</c><00:43:44.800><c> fellowship</c><00:43:45.260><c> to</c><00:43:45.579><c> shreds.</c>

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:53.920
The<00:43:48.619><c> prejudices</c><00:43:49.719><c> in</c><00:43:50.519><c> our</c><00:43:50.800><c> midst</c><00:43:51.159><c> are</c><00:43:51.719><c> exceedingly</c><00:43:52.360><c> powerful,</c>

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:58.280
and<00:43:55.239><c> the</c><00:43:55.460><c> closed</c><00:43:55.760><c> mind</c><00:43:56.280><c> is</c><00:43:56.559><c> very</c><00:43:56.920><c> dangerous.</c>

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:03.079
Peter<00:43:59.699><c> learned</c><00:43:59.980><c> it,</c><00:44:01.159><c> and</c><00:44:01.719><c> so</c><00:44:01.960><c> should</c><00:44:02.219><c> we.</c>

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:06.659
Just<00:44:04.639><c> come</c><00:44:04.860><c> finally</c><00:44:05.139><c> to</c><00:44:05.360><c> Galatians</c><00:44:05.760><c> 2,</c><00:44:06.079><c> Brothers</c><00:44:06.260><c> and</c><00:44:06.460><c> Sisters.</c>

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:10.380
You<00:44:06.840><c> remember</c><00:44:07.280><c> how</c><00:44:07.880><c> Peter</c><00:44:08.199><c> made</c><00:44:08.500><c> his</c><00:44:08.760><c> mistake</c><00:44:09.219><c> there,</c>

00:44:10.659 --> 00:44:13.860
and<00:44:10.820><c> Paul</c><00:44:11.599><c> says</c><00:44:12.219><c> that</c><00:44:12.400><c> he</c><00:44:12.480><c> had</c><00:44:12.719><c> to</c><00:44:12.900><c> withstand</c><00:44:13.440><c> Peter</c>

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:17.679
to<00:44:14.300><c> the</c><00:44:14.559><c> face</c><00:44:14.840><c> about</c><00:44:15.159><c> this</c><00:44:15.440><c> matter,</c><00:44:15.800><c> Galatians</c><00:44:16.340><c> 2.</c>

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:20.320
When<00:44:18.659><c> Peter</c><00:44:19.000><c> was</c><00:44:19.320><c> come</c><00:44:19.460><c> to</c><00:44:19.739><c> Antioch,</c>

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:23.139
I<00:44:20.679><c> withstood</c><00:44:21.119><c> him</c><00:44:21.300><c> to</c><00:44:21.440><c> the</c><00:44:21.599><c> face,</c><00:44:21.940><c> because</c><00:44:22.199><c> he</c><00:44:22.320><c> was</c><00:44:22.480><c> to</c><00:44:22.599><c> be</c><00:44:22.820><c> blamed.</c>

00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:25.260
For<00:44:23.559><c> before</c><00:44:23.980><c> that</c><00:44:24.239><c> certain</c><00:44:24.400><c> came</c><00:44:24.719><c> from</c><00:44:24.900><c> James,</c>

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:26.519
he<00:44:25.440><c> did</c><00:44:25.559><c> eat</c><00:44:25.699><c> with</c><00:44:25.900><c> the</c><00:44:26.039><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:30.199
When<00:44:26.940><c> they</c><00:44:27.179><c> were</c><00:44:27.440><c> come,</c><00:44:27.780><c> he</c><00:44:28.000><c> withdrew</c><00:44:28.599><c> and</c><00:44:28.960><c> separated</c><00:44:29.440><c> himself,</c>

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:33.199
fearing<00:44:31.340><c> them</c><00:44:31.780><c> which</c><00:44:32.039><c> were</c><00:44:32.280><c> of</c><00:44:32.460><c> the</c><00:44:32.699><c> circumcision.</c>

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:35.739
It's<00:44:33.579><c> fear</c><00:44:33.900><c> that's</c><00:44:34.320><c> involved</c><00:44:34.699><c> again.</c>

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:37.059
Now,<00:44:36.300><c> Peter</c><00:44:36.420><c> may</c><00:44:36.619><c> have</c><00:44:36.760><c> done</c><00:44:36.860><c> that</c>

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:39.000
from<00:44:37.219><c> the</c><00:44:37.340><c> very</c><00:44:37.599><c> best</c><00:44:37.800><c> of</c><00:44:38.019><c> motives,</c><00:44:38.500><c> Brothers</c><00:44:38.599><c> and</c><00:44:38.800><c> Sisters.</c>

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:41.059
I<00:44:39.139><c> don't</c><00:44:39.340><c> think</c><00:44:39.460><c> we</c><00:44:39.599><c> should</c><00:44:40.039><c> condemn</c><00:44:40.619><c> Peter</c>

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:43.219
when<00:44:41.559><c> we</c><00:44:41.739><c> don't</c><00:44:42.039><c> know</c><00:44:42.219><c> all</c><00:44:42.440><c> the</c><00:44:42.719><c> circumstances.</c>

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.679
Clearly<00:44:43.780><c> he</c><00:44:43.900><c> was</c><00:44:44.079><c> to</c><00:44:44.219><c> be</c><00:44:44.460><c> blamed.</c>

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:46.579
The<00:44:44.920><c> Apostle</c><00:44:45.260><c> under</c><00:44:45.480><c> inspiration</c><00:44:46.000><c> says</c><00:44:46.260><c> so.</c>

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:48.739
But<00:44:47.019><c> remember</c><00:44:47.320><c> that</c><00:44:47.559><c> the</c><00:44:47.679><c> 7</c><00:44:47.960><c> of</c><00:44:48.159><c> Galatians</c><00:44:48.539><c> 2</c>

00:44:48.739 --> 00:44:50.900
that<00:44:48.880><c> we</c><00:44:49.000><c> looked</c><00:44:49.179><c> at</c><00:44:49.320><c> earlier</c><00:44:49.579><c> this</c><00:44:49.780><c> week</c><00:44:50.000><c> says,</c>

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:54.019
When<00:44:51.920><c> they</c><00:44:52.179><c> saw</c><00:44:52.400><c> that</c><00:44:52.619><c> the</c><00:44:52.679><c> gospel</c><00:44:53.039><c> of</c><00:44:53.340><c> the</c><00:44:53.440><c> circumcision</c>

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:57.079
was<00:44:54.340><c> committed</c><00:44:54.739><c> unto</c><00:44:55.000><c> me,</c><00:44:55.679><c> sorry,</c><00:44:56.119><c> of</c><00:44:56.300><c> the</c><00:44:56.420><c> uncircumcision,</c>

00:44:57.159 --> 00:44:58.500
was<00:44:57.280><c> committed</c><00:44:57.539><c> unto</c><00:44:57.739><c> me,</c><00:44:58.159><c> Paul,</c>

00:44:58.500 --> 00:45:01.920
as<00:44:58.820><c> the</c><00:44:58.960><c> gospel</c><00:44:59.239><c> of</c><00:44:59.440><c> the</c><00:44:59.619><c> circumcision</c><00:45:00.159><c> was</c><00:45:00.440><c> unto</c><00:45:00.760><c> Peter.</c>

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:04.260
And<00:45:02.599><c> that</c><00:45:02.780><c> may</c><00:45:02.940><c> have</c><00:45:03.059><c> been</c><00:45:03.199><c> his</c><00:45:03.380><c> motive.</c>

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:08.239
Maybe<00:45:05.139><c> he</c><00:45:05.239><c> was</c><00:45:05.460><c> concerned</c><00:45:05.980><c> about</c><00:45:06.300><c> what</c><00:45:06.440><c> he</c><00:45:06.599><c> could</c><00:45:06.800><c> do</c><00:45:07.000><c> in</c><00:45:07.179><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:45:08.920 --> 00:45:12.639
whether<00:45:09.219><c> it</c><00:45:09.900><c> would</c><00:45:10.139><c> diminish</c><00:45:11.019><c> the</c><00:45:11.800><c> good</c><00:45:11.920><c> he</c><00:45:12.079><c> could</c><00:45:12.320><c> do,</c>

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:14.699
whether<00:45:12.980><c> his</c><00:45:13.300><c> platform</c><00:45:13.840><c> would</c><00:45:14.039><c> be</c><00:45:14.260><c> removed</c>

00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:18.000
and<00:45:14.820><c> he</c><00:45:14.940><c> would</c><00:45:15.159><c> no</c><00:45:15.360><c> longer</c><00:45:15.579><c> be</c><00:45:15.840><c> able</c><00:45:16.079><c> to</c><00:45:16.619><c> support</c><00:45:17.159><c> and</c><00:45:17.460><c> encourage</c>

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:21.119
and<00:45:18.519><c> build</c><00:45:18.840><c> up</c><00:45:19.119><c> and</c><00:45:19.400><c> strengthen</c><00:45:19.940><c> the</c><00:45:20.179><c> brethren</c><00:45:20.400><c> in</c><00:45:20.619><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:24.980
if<00:45:21.880><c> this</c><00:45:22.159><c> message</c><00:45:22.440><c> got</c><00:45:22.760><c> back</c><00:45:23.360><c> to</c><00:45:23.599><c> those</c><00:45:23.860><c> who'd</c><00:45:24.139><c> come</c><00:45:24.260><c> from</c><00:45:24.480><c> James.</c>

00:45:25.099 --> 00:45:27.900
Maybe<00:45:25.480><c> from</c><00:45:25.760><c> the</c><00:45:25.880><c> very</c><00:45:26.159><c> best</c><00:45:26.400><c> of</c><00:45:26.619><c> motives</c><00:45:26.860><c> he</c><00:45:27.039><c> did</c><00:45:27.260><c> what</c><00:45:27.460><c> he</c><00:45:27.699><c> did.</c>

00:45:27.900 --> 00:45:29.699
We<00:45:28.059><c> don't</c><00:45:28.400><c> know.</c>

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:32.559
But<00:45:30.380><c> what</c><00:45:30.559><c> he</c><00:45:30.739><c> did</c><00:45:30.900><c> was</c><00:45:31.139><c> clearly</c><00:45:31.460><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:34.780
And<00:45:33.300><c> he</c><00:45:33.500><c> learned</c><00:45:33.760><c> that</c><00:45:33.940><c> it</c><00:45:34.079><c> was</c><00:45:34.300><c> wrong,</c>

00:45:35.260 --> 00:45:36.599
and<00:45:35.500><c> he</c><00:45:35.719><c> repented</c><00:45:36.019><c> of</c><00:45:36.239><c> it.</c>

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:39.199
And<00:45:37.280><c> I</c><00:45:37.480><c> believe</c><00:45:37.679><c> that</c><00:45:37.900><c> Galatians</c><00:45:38.260><c> 2</c><00:45:38.440><c> must</c><00:45:38.699><c> have</c><00:45:38.880><c> been</c><00:45:39.019><c> written</c>

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:41.300
before<00:45:39.599><c> Acts</c><00:45:39.820><c> 15,</c><00:45:40.320><c> because</c><00:45:40.539><c> I</c><00:45:40.679><c> don't</c><00:45:40.900><c> think</c>

00:45:41.300 --> 00:45:44.940
Paul<00:45:41.639><c> would</c><00:45:41.840><c> have</c><00:45:42.039><c> spoken</c><00:45:42.360><c> of</c><00:45:42.539><c> Peter</c><00:45:42.840><c> in</c><00:45:43.400><c> that</c><00:45:43.639><c> way</c><00:45:43.880><c> in</c><00:45:44.099><c> Galatians</c><00:45:44.539><c> 2</c>

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:47.159
if<00:45:45.340><c> Acts</c><00:45:45.619><c> 15</c><00:45:46.079><c> and</c><00:45:46.239><c> the</c><00:45:46.420><c> Council</c><00:45:46.659><c> at</c><00:45:46.860><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:48.940
had<00:45:47.480><c> taken</c><00:45:47.699><c> place</c><00:45:48.000><c> first.</c>

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:51.079
And<00:45:49.659><c> in</c><00:45:49.860><c> that</c><00:45:50.119><c> Council</c><00:45:50.420><c> at</c><00:45:50.539><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:54.739
Peter<00:45:51.619><c> supported</c><00:45:52.360><c> Paul</c><00:45:52.940><c> and</c><00:45:53.119><c> the</c><00:45:53.280><c> work</c><00:45:53.440><c> of</c><00:45:53.659><c> Paul</c><00:45:53.920><c> to</c><00:45:54.159><c> the</c><00:45:54.400><c> hilt</c>

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:57.440
and<00:45:55.320><c> makes</c><00:45:55.659><c> that</c><00:45:56.059><c> very</c><00:45:56.440><c> plain.</c>

00:45:58.139 --> 00:46:01.159
And<00:45:58.340><c> there's</c><00:45:58.539><c> just</c><00:45:58.840><c> a</c><00:45:59.019><c> delightful</c><00:45:59.559><c> little</c><00:45:59.880><c> touch</c><00:46:00.159><c> in</c><00:46:00.360><c> Acts</c><00:46:00.579><c> 15</c>

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:06.199
when<00:46:01.739><c> Peter,</c><00:46:02.340><c> speaking</c><00:46:02.980><c> there,</c><00:46:04.760><c> says</c><00:46:04.900><c> this.</c>

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:09.260
Verse<00:46:06.699><c> 11</c><00:46:07.079><c> of</c><00:46:07.280><c> Acts</c><00:46:07.500><c> 15,</c><00:46:08.679><c> Peter</c><00:46:08.880><c> says,</c>

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:12.340
But<00:46:09.440><c> we</c><00:46:09.860><c> believe</c><00:46:10.320><c> that</c><00:46:10.780><c> through</c><00:46:11.099><c> the</c><00:46:11.340><c> grace</c><00:46:11.679><c> of</c><00:46:11.900><c> the</c><00:46:12.079><c> Lord</c>

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:13.179
Jesus<00:46:12.699><c> Christ</c>

00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:14.900
we<00:46:13.559><c> shall</c><00:46:13.739><c> be</c><00:46:14.000><c> saved</c><00:46:14.219><c> even</c><00:46:14.460><c> as</c><00:46:14.679><c> they.</c>

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:17.260
That's<00:46:15.400><c> remarkable,</c><00:46:16.119><c> isn't</c><00:46:16.360><c> it,</c><00:46:16.579><c> from</c><00:46:16.860><c> Peter,</c>

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:20.039
after<00:46:18.099><c> all</c><00:46:18.380><c> the</c><00:46:18.679><c> trouble</c><00:46:18.840><c> he'd</c><00:46:19.159><c> had</c><00:46:19.280><c> in</c><00:46:19.500><c> Acts</c><00:46:19.699><c> 10</c>

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:22.300
and<00:46:20.480><c> those</c><00:46:20.800><c> in</c><00:46:20.960><c> Acts</c><00:46:21.139><c> 11</c><00:46:21.440><c> of</c><00:46:21.599><c> whom</c><00:46:21.699><c> we</c><00:46:21.860><c> read</c><00:46:22.000><c> of</c><00:46:22.159><c> earlier</c>

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:25.500
who<00:46:22.539><c> contended</c><00:46:23.239><c> fiercely</c><00:46:23.760><c> with</c><00:46:23.980><c> Peter</c><00:46:24.219><c> about</c><00:46:24.579><c> this.</c>

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:26.360
They<00:46:25.840><c> really</c><00:46:26.179><c> did.</c>

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:28.820
There<00:46:26.500><c> was</c><00:46:26.719><c> great</c><00:46:27.199><c> strife</c><00:46:27.599><c> and</c><00:46:27.860><c> contention.</c>

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:30.179
And<00:46:29.420><c> Peter</c><00:46:29.619><c> doesn't</c><00:46:29.920><c> say,</c>

00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:31.599
Well,<00:46:30.400><c> he</c><00:46:30.559><c> said,</c><00:46:30.679><c> I've</c><00:46:30.920><c> come</c><00:46:31.000><c> to</c><00:46:31.119><c> the</c><00:46:31.320><c> conclusion</c>

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:34.460
that<00:46:31.760><c> the</c><00:46:31.920><c> Gentiles</c><00:46:32.300><c> can</c><00:46:32.539><c> be</c><00:46:32.739><c> saved</c><00:46:32.880><c> as</c><00:46:33.059><c> well</c><00:46:33.179><c> as</c><00:46:33.280><c> us</c><00:46:33.460><c> Jews.</c>

00:46:34.820 --> 00:46:35.519
No,<00:46:34.960><c> no,</c><00:46:35.079><c> he</c><00:46:35.179><c> says,</c>

00:46:36.019 --> 00:46:37.900
By<00:46:36.300><c> the</c><00:46:36.539><c> grace</c><00:46:36.699><c> of</c><00:46:36.880><c> the</c><00:46:36.980><c> Lord</c><00:46:37.119><c> Jesus</c><00:46:37.440><c> Christ</c>

00:46:37.900 --> 00:46:43.099
we<00:46:38.440><c> Jews</c><00:46:39.000><c> can</c><00:46:40.320><c> be</c><00:46:40.559><c> saved</c><00:46:40.719><c> as</c><00:46:40.900><c> well</c><00:46:41.019><c> as</c><00:46:41.139><c> those</c><00:46:41.340><c> Gentiles</c>

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:45.139
on<00:46:43.500><c> the</c><00:46:43.780><c> same</c><00:46:43.980><c> basis,</c>

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:49.159
the<00:46:46.159><c> basis</c><00:46:46.559><c> of</c><00:46:46.960><c> faith</c><00:46:47.480><c> in</c><00:46:48.179><c> Jesus</c><00:46:48.539><c> Christ</c>

00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:52.159
and<00:46:50.159><c> the</c><00:46:50.300><c> basis</c><00:46:50.579><c> of</c><00:46:50.780><c> what</c><00:46:50.940><c> Peter</c><00:46:51.139><c> says,</c>

00:46:52.340 --> 00:46:53.860
the<00:46:52.480><c> grace</c><00:46:52.719><c> of</c><00:46:52.940><c> God.</c>

00:46:54.719 --> 00:46:55.519
And<00:46:54.840><c> brothers</c><00:46:54.960><c> and</c><00:46:55.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:57.280
it<00:46:55.960><c> will</c><00:46:56.139><c> be</c><00:46:56.300><c> the</c><00:46:56.480><c> same</c><00:46:56.579><c> with</c><00:46:56.800><c> us.</c>

00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:02.900
It<00:46:57.880><c> is</c><00:46:58.099><c> by</c><00:46:58.420><c> faith</c><00:46:58.920><c> and</c><00:47:00.039><c> the</c><00:47:00.260><c> grace</c><00:47:00.860><c> of</c><00:47:01.539><c> our</c><00:47:01.719><c> Lord</c><00:47:01.880><c> Jesus</c><00:47:02.239><c> Christ</c>

00:47:02.900 --> 00:47:07.260
that<00:47:03.960><c> any</c><00:47:04.179><c> of</c><00:47:04.360><c> us</c><00:47:05.239><c> will</c><00:47:05.679><c> be</c><00:47:05.940><c> there.</c>

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:16.760
Father,<00:47:14.000><c> we</c><00:47:14.239><c> beseech</c><00:47:14.639><c> Thee</c><00:47:14.880><c> to</c><00:47:15.199><c> forgive</c>

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:21.579
our<00:47:18.420><c> inadequacies,</c><00:47:20.039><c> our</c><00:47:20.199><c> ineptitude,</c>

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:26.139
our<00:47:22.460><c> small</c><00:47:22.780><c>-mindedness,</c><00:47:24.820><c> our</c><00:47:25.119><c> fears.</c>

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:28.960
Help<00:47:28.239><c> us,</c><00:47:28.460><c> our</c><00:47:28.659><c> Father,</c>

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:32.699
to<00:47:29.159><c> put</c><00:47:29.380><c> our</c><00:47:29.719><c> confidence</c><00:47:30.219><c> and</c><00:47:30.559><c> trust</c><00:47:30.800><c> in</c><00:47:31.079><c> Thee</c>

00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:37.639
who<00:47:33.039><c> art</c><00:47:33.280><c> righteous</c><00:47:34.199><c> and</c><00:47:35.260><c> who</c><00:47:35.380><c> will</c><00:47:35.599><c> do</c><00:47:35.739><c> what</c><00:47:35.960><c> is</c><00:47:36.179><c> right.</c>

00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:39.960
And<00:47:38.900><c> grant</c><00:47:39.079><c> us,</c><00:47:39.420><c> we</c><00:47:39.420><c> pray</c><00:47:39.639><c> Thee,</c>

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:44.320
to<00:47:40.199><c> be</c><00:47:40.420><c> able</c><00:47:40.659><c> to</c><00:47:40.880><c> see</c><00:47:41.059><c> things</c><00:47:41.920><c> as</c><00:47:42.340><c> Thou</c><00:47:42.559><c> dost</c><00:47:42.820><c> see</c><00:47:43.099><c> them</c>

00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:47.619
and<00:47:45.000><c> to</c><00:47:45.219><c> desire</c><00:47:45.699><c> that</c><00:47:46.000><c> Thy</c><00:47:46.179><c> will</c><00:47:46.380><c> be</c><00:47:46.639><c> done</c>

00:47:47.619 --> 00:47:51.840
and<00:47:48.380><c> Thy</c><00:47:48.639><c> name</c><00:47:48.940><c> be</c><00:47:49.380><c> glorified</c><00:47:50.059><c> above</c><00:47:50.420><c> all</c><00:47:50.739><c> else.</c>

00:47:52.699 --> 00:47:56.280
And<00:47:52.940><c> we</c><00:47:53.139><c> ourselves</c><00:47:53.880><c> as</c><00:47:54.860><c> Thy</c><00:47:55.139><c> servants</c>

00:47:56.579 --> 00:48:00.760
in<00:47:57.019><c> humility</c><00:47:57.699><c> and</c><00:47:58.900><c> in</c><00:47:59.239><c> faithfulness</c>

00:48:00.820 --> 00:48:03.679
may<00:48:01.260><c> serve</c><00:48:01.719><c> Thee</c><00:48:01.900><c> as</c><00:48:02.079><c> Thou</c><00:48:02.219><c> dost</c><00:48:02.480><c> desire</c>

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:06.880
through<00:48:04.679><c> Jesus</c><00:48:05.099><c> Christ</c><00:48:05.480><c> our</c><00:48:05.699><c> Lord.</c>

00:48:07.260 --> 00:48:08.199
Amen.

00:48:24.780 --> 00:48:26.679
Thank<00:48:26.179><c> you.</c>