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Let's<00:13:12.659><c> come</c><00:13:12.879><c> to</c><00:13:13.000><c> the</c><00:13:13.100><c> first</c><00:13:13.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:13.940><c> chapter</c><00:13:14.419><c> seven</c><00:13:15.100><c> and</c>

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We<00:13:41.480><c> have</c><00:13:41.679><c> been</c><00:13:41.899><c> redeemed</c><00:13:42.840><c> by</c><00:13:43.139><c> the</c><00:13:43.360><c> great</c><00:13:43.620><c> sacrifice</c><00:13:44.259><c> that</c><00:13:44.480><c> God</c><00:13:44.700><c> made.</c>

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It's<00:13:45.100><c> an</c><00:13:45.259><c> enormous</c><00:13:45.620><c> price</c><00:13:45.940><c> that's</c><00:13:46.120><c> been</c><00:13:46.399><c> paid.</c>

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We<00:13:47.720><c> cannot</c><00:13:48.379><c> give</c><00:13:49.980><c> our</c><00:13:50.460><c> service</c><00:13:50.899><c> to</c><00:13:51.139><c> other</c><00:13:51.379><c> people.</c>

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So<00:13:59.759><c> we</c><00:13:59.980><c> cannot</c><00:14:00.279><c> become</c><00:14:00.820><c> the</c><00:14:01.259><c> servants</c><00:14:01.600><c> of</c><00:14:01.980><c> men.</c>

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We<00:14:04.279><c> have</c><00:14:04.480><c> been</c><00:14:04.759><c> chosen</c><00:14:05.240><c> by</c><00:14:05.820><c> Christ</c><00:14:06.159><c> for</c><00:14:06.419><c> his</c><00:14:06.679><c> army.</c>

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No<00:14:30.659><c> man</c><00:14:30.899><c> that</c><00:14:31.220><c> war</c><00:14:31.440><c> with</c><00:14:31.559><c> no</c><00:14:31.799><c> man</c><00:14:32.019><c> that's</c><00:14:32.399><c> fighting</c><00:14:32.559><c> for</c><00:14:32.840><c> Christ</c><00:14:33.820><c> entangles</c><00:14:34.779><c> himself</c><00:14:35.259><c> with</c>

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My<00:16:11.559><c> kingdom</c><00:16:11.820><c> is</c><00:16:12.080><c> not</c><00:16:12.360><c> yet</c><00:16:12.659><c> here.</c>

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So<00:16:14.159><c> we</c><00:16:14.320><c> are</c><00:16:14.519><c> not</c><00:16:14.659><c> to</c><00:16:14.899><c> fight</c><00:16:15.080><c> because</c><00:16:15.399><c> we</c><00:16:15.620><c> are</c><00:16:15.860><c> servants</c><00:16:16.220><c> of</c><00:16:16.480><c> a</c>

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future<00:16:17.000><c> king.</c>

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So<00:16:18.279><c> the</c><00:16:18.559><c> greatest</c><00:16:18.840><c> issue,</c><00:16:19.279><c> which</c><00:16:19.440><c> is</c><00:16:19.740><c> the</c><00:16:19.879><c> reason</c><00:16:20.080><c> we</c><00:16:20.240><c> do</c><00:16:20.559><c> not</c>

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commit<00:16:21.419><c> ourselves</c><00:16:21.960><c> to</c><00:16:22.120><c> be</c><00:16:22.360><c> involved</c><00:16:22.720><c> in</c><00:16:22.940><c> military</c><00:16:23.360><c> service,</c>

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the<00:16:24.720><c> greatest</c><00:16:25.100><c> issue</c><00:16:25.379><c> is</c><00:16:25.539><c> that</c><00:16:25.659><c> we</c><00:16:25.860><c> cannot</c><00:16:26.179><c> give</c><00:16:26.399><c> our</c><00:16:26.659><c> allegiance</c><00:16:27.120><c> to</c>

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anybody<00:16:27.759><c> else.</c>

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Now,<00:16:29.980><c> who</c><00:16:30.000><c> knows</c><00:16:30.200><c> what</c><00:16:30.360><c> happens</c><00:16:30.659><c> when</c><00:16:30.779><c> you</c><00:16:30.980><c> join</c><00:16:31.159><c> the</c><00:16:31.340><c> military?</c>

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What's<00:16:33.840><c> the</c><00:16:34.000><c> first</c><00:16:34.220><c> thing</c><00:16:34.379><c> you</c><00:16:34.559><c> do</c><00:16:34.700><c> once</c><00:16:34.919><c> they've</c><00:16:35.200><c> measured</c><00:16:35.360><c> you</c><00:16:35.600><c> up</c><00:16:35.779><c> and</c><00:16:35.840><c> got</c><00:16:36.019><c> you</c><00:16:36.200><c> a</c><00:16:36.340><c> uniform?</c>

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What's<00:16:37.200><c> the</c><00:16:37.360><c> first</c><00:16:37.559><c> thing</c><00:16:37.700><c> you</c><00:16:37.840><c> have</c><00:16:38.000><c> to</c><00:16:38.179><c> do</c><00:16:38.259><c> when</c><00:16:38.399><c> you</c><00:16:38.559><c> join</c>

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the<00:16:38.879><c> military?</c>

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Boot<00:16:41.220><c> camp.</c>

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Boot<00:16:41.220><c> camp.</c>

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A<00:16:41.860><c> bit</c><00:16:41.940><c> before</c><00:16:42.240><c> that.</c>

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What<00:16:42.539><c> do</c><00:16:42.639><c> you</c><00:16:42.659><c> do</c><00:16:42.740><c> before</c><00:16:42.980><c> that?</c>

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You've<00:16:45.360><c> got</c><00:16:45.399><c> to</c><00:16:45.559><c> take</c><00:16:45.700><c> an</c><00:16:45.840><c> oath</c><00:16:45.960><c> of</c><00:16:46.179><c> allegiance.</c>

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All<00:16:47.019><c> right?</c>

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Anyone<00:16:47.519><c> who</c><00:16:47.720><c> joins</c><00:16:47.919><c> a</c><00:16:48.120><c> military</c><00:16:48.460><c> army</c><00:16:48.700><c> anywhere</c><00:16:49.059><c> in</c><00:16:49.240><c> the</c><00:16:49.419><c> world,</c>

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stands<00:16:50.700><c> up</c><00:16:50.940><c> and</c><00:16:51.100><c> says,</c><00:16:51.399><c> I</c><00:16:51.419><c> will</c><00:16:51.639><c> obey</c><00:16:51.820><c> every</c><00:16:52.340><c> order</c><00:16:52.600><c> I</c><00:16:52.879><c> am</c><00:16:53.039><c> given.</c>

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You<00:16:55.200><c> see,</c><00:16:55.480><c> armies</c><00:16:55.759><c> can't</c><00:16:56.259><c> work</c><00:16:56.519><c> unless</c><00:16:56.840><c> people</c><00:16:57.159><c> obey</c><00:16:57.460><c> orders.</c>

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So<00:16:58.720><c> the</c><00:16:58.820><c> general</c><00:16:59.120><c> tells</c><00:16:59.419><c> the</c><00:16:59.679><c> colonel,</c><00:16:59.960><c> the</c><00:17:00.080><c> colonel</c><00:17:00.340><c> tells</c>

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the<00:17:00.840><c> major,</c><00:17:01.080><c> he</c><00:17:01.259><c> tells</c><00:17:01.440><c> the</c><00:17:01.720><c> sergeant,</c><00:17:02.440><c> he</c><00:17:02.679><c> kicks</c><00:17:02.879><c> the</c><00:17:03.179><c> private.</c>

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You<00:17:04.119><c> know,</c><00:17:04.660><c> everybody</c><00:17:04.920><c> has</c><00:17:05.180><c> to</c><00:17:05.359><c> obey</c><00:17:05.519><c> orders.</c>

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And<00:17:07.980><c> in</c><00:17:08.160><c> most</c><00:17:08.359><c> military,</c><00:17:08.859><c> if</c><00:17:09.019><c> you</c><00:17:09.200><c> disobey</c><00:17:09.579><c> an</c><00:17:09.839><c> officer,</c><00:17:10.079><c> you</c>

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get<00:17:10.480><c> shot.</c>

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So<00:17:12.079><c> you</c><00:17:12.259><c> take</c><00:17:12.480><c> an</c><00:17:12.619><c> oath</c><00:17:12.720><c> of</c><00:17:13.000><c> allegiance</c><00:17:13.180><c> that</c><00:17:13.420><c> says,</c><00:17:13.660><c> If</c><00:17:13.740><c> I</c><00:17:13.920><c> am</c>

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given<00:17:14.259><c> an</c><00:17:14.559><c> order</c><00:17:14.740><c> by</c><00:17:15.000><c> a</c><00:17:15.099><c> superior</c><00:17:15.380><c> officer,</c><00:17:16.099><c> I</c><00:17:16.480><c> will</c><00:17:16.680><c> do</c><00:17:16.880><c> it.</c>

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So<00:17:19.359><c> you</c><00:17:19.839><c> immediately,</c><00:17:20.440><c> once</c><00:17:20.579><c> you</c><00:17:20.759><c> join</c><00:17:20.960><c> the</c><00:17:21.140><c> military,</c><00:17:21.500><c> you've</c><00:17:21.859><c> signed</c><00:17:22.079><c> away</c>

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your<00:17:23.019><c> right</c><00:17:23.480><c> to</c><00:17:23.640><c> act</c><00:17:23.920><c> independently.</c>

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And<00:17:26.119><c> we</c><00:17:26.380><c> as</c><00:17:26.539><c> the</c><00:17:26.759><c> servants</c><00:17:26.940><c> of</c><00:17:27.160><c> Christ</c><00:17:27.500><c> cannot</c><00:17:27.799><c> afford</c><00:17:28.140><c> to</c><00:17:28.299><c> do</c><00:17:28.500><c> that.</c>

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We<00:17:28.779><c> cannot</c><00:17:29.039><c> afford</c><00:17:29.380><c> to</c><00:17:29.640><c> give</c><00:17:29.819><c> away</c><00:17:30.460><c> that</c><00:17:31.960><c> we</c><00:17:32.140><c> can</c><00:17:32.339><c> make</c><00:17:32.559><c> decisions</c><00:17:33.319><c> according</c><00:17:34.359><c> to</c><00:17:34.579><c> our</c><00:17:34.759><c> conscience.</c>

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So<00:17:37.480><c> let's</c><00:17:37.960><c> look</c><00:17:38.119><c> at</c><00:17:38.240><c> a</c><00:17:38.420><c> few</c><00:17:38.519><c> verses</c><00:17:38.880><c> that</c><00:17:39.180><c> show</c><00:17:39.339><c> us</c><00:17:39.539><c> that</c><00:17:39.640><c> we</c>

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must<00:17:40.220><c> retain</c><00:17:40.779><c> that</c><00:17:41.140><c> right.</c>

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Acts<00:17:41.680><c> chapter</c><00:17:41.960><c> 5</c><00:17:42.500><c> and</c><00:17:42.759><c> verse</c><00:17:43.019><c> 29.</c>

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Now,<00:17:45.539><c> these</c><00:17:45.740><c> are</c><00:17:45.839><c> not</c><00:17:45.940><c> on</c><00:17:46.059><c> the</c><00:17:46.279><c> overhead.</c>

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You<00:17:46.519><c> need</c><00:17:46.700><c> to</c><00:17:46.859><c> write</c><00:17:47.039><c> these</c><00:17:47.339><c> down.</c>

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And<00:17:48.660><c> what</c><00:17:49.160><c> we're</c><00:17:49.299><c> dealing</c><00:17:49.519><c> with</c><00:17:49.700><c> here</c><00:17:49.920><c> is</c><00:17:50.000><c> actually</c><00:17:50.259><c> in</c><00:17:50.460><c> your</c>

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book<00:17:50.720><c> on</c><00:17:50.960><c> page</c><00:17:51.279><c> 25.</c>

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So<00:17:54.240><c> Acts</c><00:17:54.660><c> chapter</c><00:17:54.920><c> 5</c><00:17:55.440><c> and</c><00:17:55.660><c> verse</c><00:17:55.839><c> 29.</c>

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Here's<00:17:56.660><c> a</c><00:17:56.819><c> principle</c><00:17:57.359><c> of</c><00:17:58.519><c> why</c><00:17:58.940><c> we</c><00:17:59.160><c> have</c><00:17:59.380><c> to</c><00:17:59.619><c> have</c><00:17:59.779><c> the</c><00:18:00.099><c> freedom</c>

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of<00:18:00.660><c> conscience.</c>

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Now,<00:18:03.539><c> the</c><00:18:03.680><c> background</c><00:18:04.039><c> of</c><00:18:04.180><c> this</c><00:18:04.359><c> particular</c><00:18:04.819><c> story</c><00:18:05.180><c> was</c><00:18:05.480><c> that</c>

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Peter<00:18:07.420><c> and</c><00:18:07.740><c> John</c><00:18:07.980><c> had</c><00:18:08.079><c> been</c><00:18:08.359><c> told</c><00:18:09.099><c> by</c><00:18:10.079><c> the</c><00:18:10.319><c> apostles</c>

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that<00:18:10.900><c> they</c><00:18:11.160><c> were</c><00:18:11.420><c> not</c><00:18:11.619><c> to</c><00:18:11.819><c> go</c><00:18:11.980><c> on</c><00:18:12.240><c> preaching</c><00:18:12.480><c> in</c><00:18:12.640><c> the</c><00:18:12.759><c> name</c><00:18:12.920><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:18:13.420><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:18:15.220><c> the</c><00:18:15.619><c> authorities</c><00:18:16.079><c> had</c><00:18:16.299><c> got</c><00:18:16.420><c> hold</c><00:18:16.599><c> of</c><00:18:16.700><c> the</c><00:18:16.819><c> apostles</c><00:18:17.079><c> and</c>

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said,<00:18:17.420><c> You're</c><00:18:17.599><c> not</c><00:18:17.799><c> to</c><00:18:18.059><c> preach</c><00:18:18.359><c> in</c><00:18:18.539><c> the</c><00:18:18.740><c> name</c><00:18:18.980><c> of</c><00:18:19.119><c> Jesus</c><00:18:19.440><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:18:20.619><c> Peter</c><00:18:20.819><c> got</c><00:18:20.960><c> up</c><00:18:21.099><c> and</c><00:18:21.180><c> he</c><00:18:21.339><c> said</c><00:18:21.440><c> in</c><00:18:21.579><c> Acts</c><00:18:21.759><c> 5</c><00:18:22.039><c> and</c><00:18:22.200><c> verse</c><00:18:22.380><c> 29,</c>

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Peter<00:18:24.480><c> and</c><00:18:24.619><c> the</c><00:18:24.759><c> other</c><00:18:24.960><c> apostles</c><00:18:25.259><c> answered</c><00:18:25.519><c> and</c><00:18:25.680><c> said,</c>

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We<00:18:26.019><c> ought</c><00:18:26.299><c> to</c><00:18:26.539><c> obey</c><00:18:26.839><c> God</c><00:18:27.259><c> rather</c><00:18:27.720><c> than</c><00:18:27.980><c> men.</c>

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So<00:18:29.460><c> you</c><00:18:29.559><c> see,</c><00:18:29.720><c> when</c><00:18:29.779><c> they</c><00:18:29.960><c> were</c><00:18:30.119><c> given</c><00:18:30.359><c> commands</c><00:18:30.900><c> by</c><00:18:31.200><c> the</c><00:18:31.460><c> authorities</c><00:18:31.819><c> that</c>

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they<00:18:32.180><c> were</c><00:18:32.279><c> to</c><00:18:32.460><c> do</c><00:18:32.640><c> things</c>

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that<00:18:34.339><c> were</c><00:18:34.579><c> not</c><00:18:34.700><c> in</c><00:18:34.920><c> accordance</c><00:18:35.160><c> with</c><00:18:35.380><c> the</c><00:18:35.619><c> will</c><00:18:35.700><c> of</c><00:18:35.920><c> God,</c><00:18:36.099><c> they</c><00:18:36.299><c> said,</c><00:18:36.559><c> We</c>

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obey<00:18:37.039><c> God</c><00:18:37.720><c> rather</c><00:18:38.480><c> than</c><00:18:38.920><c> men.</c>

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Now,<00:18:39.539><c> that's</c><00:18:39.819><c> the</c><00:18:40.059><c> basic</c><00:18:40.359><c> principle.</c>

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We've<00:18:40.880><c> got</c><00:18:41.160><c> to</c><00:18:41.319><c> have</c><00:18:41.480><c> the</c><00:18:41.619><c> freedom</c><00:18:42.200><c> of</c><00:18:42.720><c> conscience</c><00:18:43.180><c> to</c><00:18:43.299><c> do</c><00:18:43.519><c> what</c><00:18:43.740><c> God</c><00:18:44.039><c> says.</c>

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Acts<00:18:45.480><c> chapter</c><00:18:45.779><c> 4</c><00:18:46.279><c> and</c><00:18:46.599><c> verse</c><00:18:46.900><c> 19</c><00:18:47.619><c> says</c><00:18:48.420><c> the</c><00:18:48.660><c> same</c><00:18:48.900><c> thing.</c>

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Then<00:18:50.900><c> Peter</c><00:18:51.200><c> and</c><00:18:51.400><c> John</c><00:18:51.599><c> answered</c><00:18:51.819><c> and</c><00:18:51.920><c> said</c><00:18:52.000><c> to</c><00:18:52.099><c> them,</c><00:18:52.460><c> Whether</c><00:18:52.480><c> it</c><00:18:52.660><c> be</c>

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right<00:18:53.059><c> in</c><00:18:53.259><c> the</c><00:18:53.420><c> sight</c><00:18:53.539><c> of</c><00:18:53.720><c> God</c><00:18:53.920><c> to</c><00:18:54.160><c> hearken</c><00:18:54.460><c> unto</c><00:18:54.720><c> you</c>

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more<00:18:56.000><c> than</c><00:18:56.160><c> unto</c><00:18:56.380><c> God,</c><00:18:56.819><c> judge</c><00:18:57.059><c> you.</c>

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But<00:18:58.599><c> we</c><00:18:58.859><c> cannot</c><00:18:59.140><c> but</c><00:18:59.420><c> speak</c><00:18:59.640><c> the</c><00:18:59.859><c> things</c><00:19:00.039><c> which</c><00:19:00.180><c> we've</c><00:19:00.460><c> seen</c>

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and<00:19:00.940><c> heard.</c>

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So<00:19:02.599><c> they</c><00:19:02.759><c> had</c><00:19:02.900><c> no</c><00:19:03.180><c> choice</c><00:19:03.440><c> but</c><00:19:03.619><c> to</c><00:19:03.839><c> follow</c><00:19:04.000><c> what</c><00:19:04.339><c> God</c><00:19:04.579><c> had</c><00:19:04.839><c> said</c>

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and<00:19:05.079><c> to</c><00:19:05.220><c> ignore</c><00:19:05.559><c> what</c><00:19:05.799><c> men</c><00:19:06.019><c> were</c><00:19:06.220><c> saying</c><00:19:06.380><c> to</c><00:19:06.539><c> them</c>

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that<00:19:07.079><c> they</c><00:19:07.319><c> should</c><00:19:07.480><c> not</c><00:19:07.740><c> preach.</c>

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So<00:19:09.619><c> it's</c><00:19:10.000><c> freedom</c><00:19:10.220><c> of</c><00:19:10.420><c> conscience,</c><00:19:10.940><c> isn't</c><00:19:10.960><c> it?</c>

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We've<00:19:11.539><c> got</c><00:19:11.559><c> to</c><00:19:11.680><c> have</c><00:19:11.839><c> the</c><00:19:12.099><c> room</c><00:19:12.440><c> to</c><00:19:12.579><c> do</c><00:19:12.859><c> what</c><00:19:13.180><c> God</c><00:19:13.440><c> has</c><00:19:13.720><c> said,</c>

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not<00:19:14.839><c> necessarily</c><00:19:15.259><c> what</c><00:19:15.500><c> men</c><00:19:15.680><c> have</c><00:19:15.920><c> said.</c>

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Come<00:19:16.920><c> to</c><00:19:17.099><c> Romans</c><00:19:17.440><c> chapter</c><00:19:17.799><c> 13.</c>

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Now,<00:19:19.839><c> here's</c><00:19:20.200><c> a</c><00:19:20.359><c> chapter</c><00:19:20.579><c> that</c><00:19:20.759><c> tells</c><00:19:21.099><c> us</c><00:19:21.559><c> our</c><00:19:22.039><c> responsibility</c><00:19:22.779><c> in</c><00:19:23.000><c> relation</c>

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to<00:19:24.160><c> the</c><00:19:24.599><c> laws</c><00:19:24.920><c> of</c><00:19:25.299><c> the</c><00:19:25.480><c> land.</c>

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Romans<00:19:30.160><c> chapter</c><00:19:30.559><c> 13</c><00:19:31.420><c> and</c><00:19:32.380><c> verse</c><00:19:32.740><c> 1,</c><00:19:33.000><c> Let</c><00:19:33.099><c> every</c><00:19:33.460><c> soul</c><00:19:33.660><c> be</c><00:19:33.940><c> subject</c><00:19:34.259><c> under</c><00:19:34.480><c> the</c>

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higher<00:19:35.000><c> powers,</c>

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for<00:19:36.900><c> there</c><00:19:37.019><c> is</c><00:19:37.220><c> no</c><00:19:37.420><c> power</c><00:19:37.680><c> but</c><00:19:37.880><c> be</c><00:19:38.059><c> of</c><00:19:38.220><c> God,</c><00:19:40.240><c> and</c><00:19:40.240><c> those</c><00:19:40.519><c> powers</c>

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are<00:19:41.000><c> ordained</c><00:19:41.359><c> of</c><00:19:41.480><c> God.</c>

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So<00:19:41.859><c> you</c><00:19:42.039><c> see,</c><00:19:42.299><c> the</c><00:19:42.299><c> people</c><00:19:42.579><c> that</c><00:19:42.720><c> God</c><00:19:42.980><c> puts</c><00:19:43.220><c> in</c><00:19:43.460><c> control</c><00:19:43.839><c> of</c><00:19:43.980><c> the</c><00:19:44.119><c> nations</c><00:19:44.400><c> are</c><00:19:44.559><c> at</c>

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His<00:19:45.059><c> will.</c>

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We<00:19:46.839><c> have</c><00:19:47.079><c> to</c><00:19:47.279><c> obey</c><00:19:47.519><c> the</c><00:19:47.720><c> laws</c><00:19:47.960><c> of</c><00:19:48.160><c> the</c><00:19:48.319><c> land</c><00:19:48.799><c> until</c><00:19:50.220><c> they</c><00:19:50.480><c> conflict</c><00:19:50.859><c> with</c>

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the<00:19:51.160><c> laws</c><00:19:51.319><c> of</c><00:19:51.539><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:53.059><c> so</c><00:19:53.299><c> we</c><00:19:53.420><c> have</c><00:19:53.599><c> to</c><00:19:53.819><c> understand</c><00:19:54.319><c> that</c><00:19:54.559><c> we</c><00:19:54.960><c> obey</c><00:19:55.339><c> those</c><00:19:55.640><c> people,</c>

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but<00:19:57.099><c> there</c><00:19:57.319><c> comes</c><00:19:57.579><c> a</c><00:19:57.799><c> point</c><00:19:57.960><c> when</c><00:19:58.099><c> we</c><00:19:58.220><c> have</c><00:19:58.400><c> to</c><00:19:58.579><c> say</c><00:19:58.720><c> that</c><00:19:58.920><c> in</c>

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this<00:19:59.480><c> case</c><00:19:59.680><c> we're</c><00:19:59.839><c> going</c><00:19:59.960><c> to</c><00:20:00.119><c> obey</c><00:20:00.299><c> God</c><00:20:00.579><c> rather</c><00:20:00.900><c> than</c><00:20:01.119><c> men.</c>

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Okay,<00:20:03.299><c> so</c><00:20:03.660><c> we've</c><00:20:04.160><c> got</c><00:20:04.279><c> to</c><00:20:04.460><c> have</c><00:20:04.660><c> that</c><00:20:05.259><c> power</c><00:20:05.900><c> to</c><00:20:06.140><c> exercise</c><00:20:06.720><c> our</c><00:20:07.039><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:20:09.039><c> what</c><00:20:09.200><c> are</c><00:20:09.299><c> some</c><00:20:09.440><c> of</c><00:20:09.619><c> the</c><00:20:09.779><c> things</c><00:20:10.119><c> that</c><00:20:10.480><c> we</c><00:20:10.759><c> would</c><00:20:10.920><c> object</c><00:20:11.200><c> to?</c>

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Well,<00:20:13.740><c> the</c><00:20:13.779><c> commands</c><00:20:14.059><c> of</c><00:20:14.319><c> Christ</c><00:20:14.599><c> are</c><00:20:14.740><c> very</c><00:20:15.039><c> clear.</c>

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We're<00:20:16.619><c> not</c><00:20:16.779><c> to</c><00:20:17.019><c> avenge</c><00:20:17.339><c> ourselves.</c>

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Christ<00:20:18.079><c> said</c><00:20:18.180><c> if</c><00:20:18.299><c> a</c><00:20:18.380><c> man</c><00:20:18.619><c> smites</c><00:20:18.900><c> you</c><00:20:19.059><c> on</c><00:20:19.200><c> the</c><00:20:19.339><c> right</c><00:20:19.559><c> cheek,</c>

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you<00:20:19.920><c> turn</c><00:20:20.119><c> the</c><00:20:20.299><c> left.</c>

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You<00:20:21.799><c> can</c><00:20:21.940><c> imagine</c><00:20:22.160><c> what</c><00:20:22.339><c> sort</c><00:20:22.519><c> of</c><00:20:22.619><c> war</c><00:20:22.779><c> there</c><00:20:22.940><c> would</c><00:20:23.119><c> be</c><00:20:23.259><c> if</c><00:20:23.400><c> everyone</c><00:20:23.700><c> walked</c><00:20:23.900><c> up</c>

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and<00:20:24.240><c> said,</c>

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look,<00:20:24.759><c> you</c><00:20:24.759><c> know,</c><00:20:25.240><c> shot</c><00:20:25.319><c> me</c><00:20:25.460><c> in</c><00:20:25.519><c> the</c><00:20:25.640><c> left</c><00:20:25.799><c> shoulder,</c><00:20:26.200><c> shoot</c>

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me<00:20:26.380><c> in</c><00:20:26.480><c> the</c><00:20:26.619><c> shoulder.</c>

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I<00:20:27.960><c> mean,</c><00:20:28.099><c> we</c><00:20:28.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:28.259><c> be</c><00:20:28.359><c> much</c><00:20:28.500><c> of</c><00:20:28.640><c> an</c><00:20:28.759><c> army,</c><00:20:29.019><c> would</c><00:20:29.079><c> we?</c>

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We've<00:20:30.960><c> got</c><00:20:31.039><c> to</c><00:20:31.119><c> turn</c><00:20:31.319><c> the</c><00:20:31.460><c> other</c><00:20:31.660><c> cheek.</c>

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We've<00:20:32.079><c> got</c><00:20:32.160><c> to</c><00:20:32.339><c> resist</c><00:20:32.779><c> not</c><00:20:33.099><c> evil.</c>

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Not<00:20:35.299><c> much</c><00:20:35.500><c> good</c><00:20:35.640><c> in</c><00:20:35.759><c> the</c><00:20:35.900><c> army</c><00:20:36.099><c> if</c><00:20:36.220><c> you</c><00:20:36.380><c> won't</c><00:20:36.519><c> resist</c><00:20:36.980><c> evil.</c>

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So<00:20:39.200><c> you</c><00:20:39.319><c> can</c><00:20:39.480><c> see</c><00:20:39.539><c> the</c><00:20:39.720><c> commands</c><00:20:40.039><c> of</c><00:20:40.240><c> Christ</c><00:20:40.460><c> make</c><00:20:40.660><c> it</c><00:20:40.799><c> impossible</c><00:20:41.299><c> for</c><00:20:41.539><c> the</c>

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servant<00:20:41.940><c> of</c><00:20:42.099><c> Christ</c><00:20:42.619><c> to</c><00:20:43.460><c> go</c><00:20:43.680><c> to</c><00:20:43.859><c> war.</c>

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Do<00:20:45.359><c> not</c><00:20:45.619><c> kill</c><00:20:45.799><c> or</c><00:20:46.059><c> harm.</c>

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Thou<00:20:46.539><c> shalt</c><00:20:46.819><c> not</c><00:20:47.119><c> kill.</c>

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There<00:20:49.119><c> will</c><00:20:49.380><c> come</c><00:20:49.519><c> a</c><00:20:49.700><c> time</c><00:20:49.859><c> in</c><00:20:50.019><c> the</c><00:20:50.180><c> future</c><00:20:50.420><c> when</c><00:20:50.579><c> the</c><00:20:50.819><c> saints</c>

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will<00:20:51.119><c> be</c><00:20:51.299><c> required</c><00:20:51.700><c> to</c><00:20:51.880><c> remove</c><00:20:52.119><c> the</c><00:20:52.299><c> wicked</c><00:20:52.460><c> from</c><00:20:52.700><c> the</c><00:20:52.920><c> earth.</c>

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You<00:20:54.579><c> know,</c><00:20:54.700><c> we're</c><00:20:54.839><c> told</c><00:20:55.000><c> in</c><00:20:55.200><c> Psalm</c><00:20:55.400><c> 149,</c><00:20:56.359><c> they'll</c><00:20:56.440><c> go</c><00:20:56.619><c> out</c><00:20:56.819><c> with</c><00:20:56.980><c> the</c>

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sword<00:20:57.299><c> of</c><00:20:57.579><c> judgment.</c>

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However,<00:20:59.599><c> at</c><00:20:59.779><c> the</c><00:20:59.920><c> moment,</c><00:21:00.259><c> we're</c><00:21:00.400><c> told</c><00:21:00.619><c> to</c><00:21:01.119><c> be</c><00:21:01.240><c> as</c><00:21:01.839><c> harmless</c>

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as<00:21:02.720><c> doves.</c>

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You<00:21:05.279><c> can't</c><00:21:05.519><c> do</c><00:21:05.619><c> that</c><00:21:05.759><c> if</c><00:21:05.859><c> you're</c><00:21:05.940><c> in</c><00:21:06.039><c> the</c><00:21:06.180><c> military.</c>

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We're<00:21:08.140><c> told</c><00:21:08.140><c> to</c><00:21:08.279><c> love</c><00:21:08.460><c> our</c><00:21:08.660><c> enemies.</c>

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Warfare<00:21:11.119><c> depends</c><00:21:11.440><c> upon</c><00:21:11.759><c> hating</c><00:21:12.059><c> the</c><00:21:12.299><c> enemy.</c>

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Do<00:21:13.960><c> you</c><00:21:13.960><c> know</c><00:21:14.039><c> in</c><00:21:14.180><c> the</c><00:21:14.339><c> First</c><00:21:14.559><c> World</c><00:21:14.859><c> War,</c><00:21:15.380><c> when</c><00:21:15.500><c> they</c><00:21:15.619><c> were</c><00:21:15.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:16.059><c> trenches</c><00:21:16.259><c> in</c><00:21:16.559><c> France</c><00:21:17.099><c> and</c><00:21:17.599><c> in</c><00:21:17.839><c> Belgium,</c>

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you<00:21:19.500><c> know,</c><00:21:19.579><c> they</c><00:21:19.779><c> shot</c><00:21:19.900><c> at</c><00:21:19.980><c> each</c><00:21:20.099><c> other</c><00:21:20.240><c> for</c><00:21:20.440><c> about</c><00:21:20.640><c> a</c><00:21:20.779><c> couple</c>

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of<00:21:21.079><c> years.</c>

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They<00:21:21.359><c> were</c><00:21:21.539><c> shooting</c><00:21:21.859><c> and</c><00:21:22.059><c> throwing</c><00:21:22.339><c> bombs</c><00:21:22.660><c> and</c><00:21:22.940><c> artillery</c>

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over<00:21:23.559><c> and</c><00:21:23.960><c> blowing</c><00:21:24.259><c> each</c><00:21:24.519><c> other</c><00:21:24.680><c> up.</c>

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And<00:21:26.599><c> then</c><00:21:26.799><c> one</c><00:21:27.039><c> Christmas</c><00:21:27.579><c> in</c><00:21:28.680><c> the</c><00:21:28.859><c> trenches</c><00:21:29.039><c> in</c><00:21:29.380><c> France,</c><00:21:31.440><c> they</c><00:21:31.559><c> decided</c><00:21:31.839><c> to</c>

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have<00:21:32.160><c> a</c><00:21:32.400><c> truce</c><00:21:32.559><c> for</c><00:21:32.799><c> Christmas</c><00:21:33.140><c> Day.</c>

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So<00:21:34.660><c> they</c><00:21:34.819><c> stopped</c><00:21:35.079><c> the</c><00:21:35.299><c> shooting</c><00:21:35.460><c> for</c><00:21:35.660><c> Christmas</c><00:21:36.019><c> Day</c><00:21:36.279><c> and</c>

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the<00:21:37.519><c> Germans</c><00:21:37.799><c> began</c><00:21:38.140><c> singing</c><00:21:38.400><c> their</c><00:21:38.640><c> Christmas</c><00:21:38.960><c> carols</c>

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and<00:21:39.500><c> so</c><00:21:39.619><c> did</c><00:21:39.740><c> the</c><00:21:39.900><c> British</c><00:21:40.160><c> and</c><00:21:40.339><c> then</c><00:21:41.039><c> they</c><00:21:41.640><c> thought,</c><00:21:41.859><c> oh,</c><00:21:41.980><c> well,</c><00:21:42.079><c> this</c><00:21:42.220><c> is</c>

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all<00:21:42.420><c> pretty</c><00:21:42.599><c> good.</c>

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So<00:21:42.819><c> we</c><00:21:42.859><c> got</c><00:21:42.940><c> out</c><00:21:43.099><c> of</c><00:21:43.200><c> the</c><00:21:43.400><c> trenches</c><00:21:43.599><c> and</c><00:21:43.740><c> we</c><00:21:43.819><c> had</c><00:21:43.900><c> a</c><00:21:44.000><c> game</c><00:21:44.099><c> of</c>

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soccer<00:21:44.619><c> and</c><00:21:45.259><c> lovely</c><00:21:45.640><c> time</c><00:21:45.900><c> together.</c>

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When<00:21:48.279><c> the</c><00:21:48.460><c> day</c><00:21:48.559><c> was</c><00:21:48.779><c> over,</c><00:21:48.920><c> they</c><00:21:49.000><c> got</c><00:21:49.099><c> back</c><00:21:49.259><c> in</c><00:21:49.380><c> the</c><00:21:49.519><c> trenches</c>

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and<00:21:49.900><c> started</c><00:21:50.039><c> shooting</c><00:21:50.359><c> each</c><00:21:50.599><c> other.</c>

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But<00:21:50.819><c> you</c><00:21:50.839><c> know,</c><00:21:51.019><c> those</c><00:21:51.180><c> people</c><00:21:51.500><c> who</c><00:21:51.640><c> actually</c><00:21:51.839><c> did</c><00:21:52.019><c> that</c><00:21:52.200><c> were</c><00:21:52.420><c> taken.</c>

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And<00:21:52.640><c> some</c><00:21:52.839><c> of</c><00:21:52.940><c> those</c><00:21:53.180><c> people</c><00:21:53.440><c> who</c><00:21:53.559><c> did</c><00:21:53.740><c> that</c><00:21:53.880><c> were</c><00:21:54.019><c> taken</c><00:21:54.259><c> and</c>

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shot<00:21:54.960><c> because</c><00:21:56.460><c> they</c><00:21:56.700><c> were</c><00:21:57.019><c> fraternizing</c><00:21:57.539><c> with</c><00:21:57.700><c> the</c><00:21:57.839><c> enemy.</c>

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You<00:22:02.559><c> see,</c><00:22:03.960><c> we're</c><00:22:04.099><c> told</c><00:22:04.359><c> to</c><00:22:04.519><c> love</c><00:22:04.720><c> our</c><00:22:04.900><c> enemies.</c>

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The<00:22:06.420><c> whole</c><00:22:06.619><c> military</c><00:22:06.920><c> system</c><00:22:07.180><c> depends</c><00:22:07.500><c> upon</c><00:22:07.819><c> hating</c><00:22:08.119><c> our</c><00:22:08.359><c> enemies.</c>

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Don't<00:22:10.259><c> retaliate,</c><00:22:11.019><c> we're</c><00:22:11.140><c> told.</c><00:22:11.380><c> Resist</c><00:22:11.700><c> not</c><00:22:11.900><c> evil.</c>

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Pretty<00:22:14.299><c> hard</c><00:22:14.619><c> in</c><00:22:14.779><c> the</c><00:22:14.920><c> military</c><00:22:15.140><c> not</c><00:22:15.299><c> to</c><00:22:15.500><c> shoot</c><00:22:15.640><c> back.</c>

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So<00:22:17.160><c> you</c><00:22:17.319><c> see,</c><00:22:17.839><c> those</c><00:22:18.079><c> are</c><00:22:18.240><c> the</c><00:22:18.380><c> commands</c><00:22:18.619><c> of</c><00:22:18.819><c> Christ</c><00:22:19.059><c> we</c><00:22:19.220><c> have</c>

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to<00:22:19.519><c> be</c><00:22:19.720><c> prepared</c><00:22:19.880><c> to</c><00:22:20.079><c> obey.</c>

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If<00:22:21.359><c> we're</c><00:22:21.599><c> under</c><00:22:21.779><c> the</c><00:22:21.960><c> direction</c><00:22:22.140><c> of</c><00:22:22.299><c> the</c><00:22:22.440><c> military,</c><00:22:22.900><c> if</c><00:22:22.900><c> we've</c><00:22:23.539><c> sold</c>

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our<00:22:24.019><c> allegiance</c><00:22:24.420><c> to</c><00:22:24.680><c> obey</c><00:22:24.980><c> orders,</c>

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then<00:22:27.160><c> we're</c><00:22:27.559><c> going</c><00:22:27.599><c> to</c><00:22:27.619><c> have</c><00:22:27.779><c> a</c><00:22:27.900><c> great</c><00:22:28.079><c> problem</c><00:22:28.619><c> with</c><00:22:29.059><c> the</c><00:22:29.240><c> commands</c><00:22:29.519><c> of</c><00:22:29.740><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:22:32.359><c> we</c><00:22:32.579><c> can't</c><00:22:32.880><c> afford</c><00:22:33.119><c> to</c><00:22:33.259><c> put</c><00:22:33.359><c> ourselves</c><00:22:33.880><c> under</c><00:22:34.200><c> allegiance</c>

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in<00:22:34.880><c> the</c><00:22:35.059><c> army.</c>

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Now,<00:22:37.599><c> one</c><00:22:37.660><c> of</c><00:22:37.779><c> the</c><00:22:37.940><c> things</c><00:22:38.160><c> that</c><00:22:38.279><c> happened</c><00:22:38.539><c> in</c><00:22:38.680><c> the</c><00:22:38.859><c> Second</c><00:22:39.059><c> World</c><00:22:39.339><c> War</c><00:22:39.660><c> and</c><00:22:39.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:40.259><c> First</c><00:22:40.460><c> World</c><00:22:40.740><c> War</c><00:22:40.880><c> was</c><00:22:41.039><c> that</c><00:22:41.220><c> the</c><00:22:41.420><c> authorities</c><00:22:41.759><c> said,</c>

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well,<00:22:42.160><c> look,</c><00:22:42.880><c> we</c><00:22:43.140><c> accept</c><00:22:43.460><c> that</c><00:22:43.660><c> you</c><00:22:43.700><c> people</c><00:22:43.880><c> don't</c><00:22:44.059><c> want</c><00:22:44.200><c> to</c>

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shoot<00:22:44.539><c> people,</c><00:22:45.000><c> you</c><00:22:45.099><c> don't</c><00:22:45.279><c> want</c><00:22:45.420><c> to</c><00:22:45.539><c> kill</c><00:22:45.660><c> people.</c>

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So<00:22:47.720><c> why</c><00:22:48.019><c> don't</c><00:22:48.240><c> you</c><00:22:48.440><c> join</c><00:22:48.680><c> the</c><00:22:48.900><c> military</c><00:22:49.400><c> and</c><00:22:50.440><c> become</c><00:22:50.859><c> stretcher</c><00:22:51.339><c>-bearers</c>

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or<00:22:52.119><c> become</c><00:22:52.579><c> cooks?</c>

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You<00:22:54.619><c> can</c><00:22:54.859><c> become</c><00:22:55.140><c> medicos.</c><00:22:55.680><c> What's</c><00:22:56.019><c> wrong</c><00:22:56.299><c> with</c><00:22:56.940><c> binding</c><00:22:57.359><c> up</c>

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the<00:22:57.779><c> wounded?</c>

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Well,<00:23:01.799><c> the</c><00:23:01.859><c> problem</c><00:23:02.099><c> with</c><00:23:02.279><c> that</c><00:23:02.519><c> became</c><00:23:02.859><c> is</c><00:23:03.099><c> that,</c><00:23:04.140><c> and</c><00:23:04.440><c> some</c>

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brethren<00:23:04.819><c> tried</c><00:23:05.140><c> that,</c><00:23:05.380><c> some</c><00:23:05.559><c> brethren</c><00:23:05.779><c> actually</c><00:23:06.099><c> joined</c><00:23:06.259><c> up</c>

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as<00:23:06.680><c> stretcher</c><00:23:06.980><c>-bearers.</c>

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The<00:23:09.480><c> problem</c><00:23:09.799><c> was,</c><00:23:11.759><c> is</c><00:23:11.880><c> that</c><00:23:12.019><c> when</c><00:23:12.259><c> the</c><00:23:12.839><c> front</c><00:23:13.119><c> line</c><00:23:13.500><c> came</c>

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nearer<00:23:14.140><c> where</c><00:23:14.240><c> they</c><00:23:14.519><c> were,</c>

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the<00:23:16.180><c> officers</c><00:23:16.480><c> came</c><00:23:16.740><c> in</c><00:23:16.920><c> and</c><00:23:17.079><c> said,</c><00:23:17.460><c> you</c><00:23:17.640><c> stretcher</c><00:23:18.019><c>-bearers,</c>

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drop<00:23:18.460><c> your</c><00:23:18.740><c> stretchers</c><00:23:19.059><c> and</c><00:23:19.160><c> man</c><00:23:19.359><c> that</c><00:23:19.579><c> gun.</c>

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And<00:23:22.079><c> being</c><00:23:22.220><c> under</c><00:23:22.519><c> orders,</c><00:23:23.500><c> they</c><00:23:23.700><c> were</c><00:23:23.900><c> shot</c><00:23:24.019><c> if</c><00:23:24.140><c> they</c><00:23:24.339><c> didn't.</c>

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So<00:23:27.119><c> you</c><00:23:27.220><c> see,</c><00:23:27.319><c> once</c><00:23:27.500><c> you're</c><00:23:27.619><c> in</c><00:23:27.700><c> the</c><00:23:27.839><c> military,</c><00:23:28.099><c> it</c><00:23:28.099><c> doesn't</c>

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matter<00:23:28.420><c> what</c><00:23:28.680><c> capacity</c><00:23:29.160><c> you're</c><00:23:29.339><c> in,</c><00:23:29.500><c> you're</c><00:23:29.660><c> under</c><00:23:29.940><c> their</c><00:23:30.220><c> direction.</c>

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So<00:23:31.759><c> we</c><00:23:31.900><c> don't</c><00:23:32.119><c> even</c><00:23:32.420><c> accept</c><00:23:32.839><c> non</c><00:23:33.319><c>-combatant</c><00:23:33.960><c> service,</c><00:23:34.319><c> as</c>

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it's<00:23:34.700><c> called.</c>

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We<00:23:34.880><c> don't</c><00:23:35.099><c> accept</c><00:23:35.480><c> even</c><00:23:35.759><c> taking</c><00:23:36.099><c> a</c><00:23:36.319><c> role</c><00:23:36.480><c> in</c><00:23:36.619><c> the</c><00:23:36.740><c> military,</c>

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whereby<00:23:38.140><c> we're</c><00:23:38.460><c> under</c><00:23:38.720><c> their</c><00:23:38.980><c> direction.</c>

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So<00:23:41.559><c> the</c><00:23:41.759><c> Brotherhood</c><00:23:42.079><c> has</c><00:23:42.240><c> always</c><00:23:42.440><c> adopted</c><00:23:42.700><c> a</c><00:23:42.839><c> position</c><00:23:43.099><c> that</c>

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we<00:23:44.019><c> cannot</c><00:23:44.579><c> sell</c><00:23:45.000><c> our</c><00:23:45.400><c> allegiance,</c><00:23:45.980><c> and</c><00:23:46.000><c> that's</c><00:23:46.259><c> the</c><00:23:46.400><c> issue.</c>

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It's<00:23:46.839><c> allegiance.</c><00:23:47.480><c> We</c><00:23:47.480><c> cannot</c><00:23:47.819><c> surrender</c><00:23:48.299><c> that</c><00:23:48.819><c> to</c><00:23:49.559><c> the</c><00:23:49.799><c> authorities</c><00:23:50.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:50.400><c> land.</c>

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We<00:23:50.680><c> have</c><00:23:50.940><c> to</c><00:23:51.119><c> preserve</c><00:23:51.400><c> the</c><00:23:51.680><c> right</c><00:23:51.839><c> to</c><00:23:52.019><c> obey</c><00:23:52.240><c> the</c><00:23:52.440><c> commandments</c><00:23:52.759><c> of</c><00:23:53.039><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:23:54.079><c> that's</c><00:23:54.380><c> why</c><00:23:54.619><c> we</c><00:23:54.880><c> adopt</c><00:23:55.039><c> that</c><00:23:55.279><c> position.</c>

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In<00:23:57.680><c> the</c><00:23:57.960><c> past,</c><00:23:58.500><c> when</c><00:23:58.619><c> military</c><00:23:59.420><c> objection</c><00:24:00.140><c> trials</c><00:24:00.599><c> have</c><00:24:00.799><c> been</c><00:24:01.019><c> held,</c>

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they've<00:24:02.859><c> spent</c><00:24:03.019><c> a</c><00:24:03.099><c> lot</c><00:24:03.279><c> of</c><00:24:03.420><c> time</c><00:24:03.680><c> examining</c><00:24:04.220><c> the</c><00:24:04.400><c> position</c><00:24:04.759><c> to</c>

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see<00:24:05.119><c> if</c><00:24:05.220><c> we</c><00:24:05.359><c> can</c><00:24:05.619><c> prove</c><00:24:05.859><c> from</c><00:24:06.099><c> the</c><00:24:06.319><c> Bible</c><00:24:06.599><c> that</c><00:24:06.920><c> that</c><00:24:07.160><c> position</c>

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is<00:24:07.799><c> correct,</c>

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if<00:24:08.799><c> we</c><00:24:08.980><c> can</c><00:24:09.140><c> actually</c><00:24:09.480><c> show</c><00:24:09.759><c> that</c><00:24:09.900><c> we</c><00:24:10.019><c> really</c><00:24:10.279><c> do</c><00:24:10.539><c> believe</c><00:24:10.859><c> the</c>

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commandments<00:24:11.400><c> of</c><00:24:11.619><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:24:14.640><c> the</c><00:24:14.859><c> authorities</c><00:24:15.220><c> have</c><00:24:15.440><c> now</c><00:24:15.640><c> told</c><00:24:15.960><c> us</c><00:24:17.279><c> that</c><00:24:18.900><c> in</c><00:24:19.200><c> future,</c>

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when<00:24:20.019><c> these</c><00:24:20.339><c> trials</c><00:24:20.599><c> come</c><00:24:20.900><c> up,</c>

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they<00:24:21.200><c> won't</c><00:24:21.420><c> be</c><00:24:21.660><c> so</c><00:24:21.859><c> concerned</c><00:24:22.259><c> about</c><00:24:22.640><c> why</c><00:24:23.519><c> we</c><00:24:24.220><c> don't</c><00:24:24.440><c> want</c><00:24:24.559><c> to</c>

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do<00:24:24.779><c> military</c><00:24:25.180><c> service.</c>

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The<00:24:27.440><c> authorities</c><00:24:27.799><c> have</c><00:24:27.980><c> very</c><00:24:28.299><c> clearly</c><00:24:28.500><c> said</c><00:24:28.680><c> to</c><00:24:28.839><c> us,</c><00:24:29.039><c> the</c><00:24:29.140><c> issue</c><00:24:29.420><c> in</c>

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future<00:24:29.960><c> is</c><00:24:30.160><c> going</c><00:24:30.279><c> to</c><00:24:30.400><c> be</c>

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whether<00:24:30.700><c> or</c><00:24:30.960><c> not</c><00:24:31.140><c> you</c><00:24:31.259><c> can</c><00:24:31.619><c> prove</c><00:24:32.460><c> that</c><00:24:34.380><c> you</c><00:24:34.940><c> lived</c><00:24:35.480><c> consistently</c><00:24:36.519><c> with</c><00:24:37.359><c> what</c>

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you<00:24:37.799><c> believed.</c>

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So<00:24:39.900><c> that's</c><00:24:40.240><c> going</c><00:24:40.359><c> to</c><00:24:40.519><c> become</c><00:24:41.059><c> the</c><00:24:41.220><c> big</c><00:24:41.480><c> issue.</c>

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They're<00:24:41.839><c> not</c><00:24:41.980><c> going</c><00:24:42.099><c> to</c><00:24:42.180><c> be</c><00:24:42.339><c> so</c><00:24:42.519><c> concerned,</c><00:24:43.059><c> because</c><00:24:43.180><c> in</c><00:24:43.380><c> the</c>

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past,<00:24:43.960><c> they</c><00:24:43.960><c> had</c><00:24:44.160><c> Jehovah's</c><00:24:44.980><c> Witnesses,</c>

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and<00:24:45.299><c> they</c><00:24:45.440><c> had</c><00:24:45.700><c> pacifists,</c><00:24:46.460><c> and</c><00:24:46.500><c> they</c><00:24:46.660><c> had</c><00:24:46.779><c> all</c><00:24:46.980><c> these</c><00:24:47.140><c> other</c>

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people,<00:24:48.119><c> the</c><00:24:48.380><c> Quakers,</c>

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and<00:24:49.220><c> all</c><00:24:49.640><c> different</c><00:24:49.960><c> reasons</c><00:24:50.400><c> why</c><00:24:50.660><c> they</c><00:24:50.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:51.019><c> do</c>

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military<00:24:51.619><c> service.</c>

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They're<00:24:54.319><c> not</c><00:24:54.559><c> concerned</c><00:24:55.000><c> anymore</c><00:24:55.440><c> with</c><00:24:55.839><c> what</c><00:24:56.119><c> you</c><00:24:56.380><c> believe.</c>

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You've<00:24:57.740><c> got</c><00:24:57.880><c> to</c><00:24:58.099><c> prove</c><00:24:58.339><c> that</c><00:24:58.539><c> you</c><00:24:58.759><c> consistently</c><00:24:59.660><c> have</c><00:25:00.160><c> lived</c>

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according<00:25:00.900><c> to</c><00:25:01.140><c> those</c><00:25:01.380><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:25:03.940><c> what</c><00:25:04.059><c> was</c><00:25:04.240><c> fascinating</c><00:25:04.740><c> is</c><00:25:05.039><c> that</c><00:25:05.200><c> some</c><00:25:05.299><c> of</c><00:25:05.440><c> our</c><00:25:05.619><c> brethren,</c><00:25:05.960><c> who</c><00:25:06.039><c> we've</c><00:25:06.180><c> got</c>

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a<00:25:06.420><c> committee</c><00:25:06.599><c> in</c><00:25:06.740><c> Australia,</c>

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that<00:25:07.339><c> deal</c><00:25:07.500><c> with</c><00:25:07.660><c> the</c><00:25:07.880><c> government</c><00:25:08.119><c> on</c><00:25:08.380><c> this</c><00:25:08.599><c> matter,</c><00:25:08.859><c> because</c>

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it's<00:25:09.240><c> of</c><00:25:09.400><c> interest</c><00:25:09.640><c> to</c><00:25:09.859><c> us.</c>

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And<00:25:11.440><c> on</c><00:25:11.619><c> the</c><00:25:11.779><c> government</c><00:25:12.140><c> panel</c><00:25:12.500><c> are</c><00:25:12.940><c> judges,</c><00:25:13.660><c> people</c><00:25:13.940><c> who</c><00:25:14.160><c> are</c><00:25:14.339><c> going</c><00:25:14.440><c> to</c>

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run<00:25:14.720><c> these</c><00:25:15.019><c> cases</c><00:25:15.319><c> in</c><00:25:15.519><c> the</c><00:25:15.680><c> future.</c>

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And<00:25:17.299><c> one</c><00:25:17.400><c> of</c><00:25:17.500><c> the</c><00:25:17.640><c> judges</c><00:25:17.880><c> said</c><00:25:18.059><c> to</c><00:25:18.160><c> one</c><00:25:18.259><c> of</c><00:25:18.400><c> our</c><00:25:18.599><c> brethren,</c><00:25:19.000><c> he</c>

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said<00:25:19.259><c> this.</c>

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He<00:25:21.200><c> said,</c><00:25:21.359><c> as</c><00:25:21.460><c> an</c><00:25:21.640><c> example,</c><00:25:22.900><c> if</c><00:25:23.099><c> I</c><00:25:23.279><c> get</c><00:25:23.400><c> a</c><00:25:23.619><c> person</c><00:25:23.900><c> before</c><00:25:24.240><c> me</c>

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that<00:25:24.599><c> claims</c><00:25:24.960><c> that</c><00:25:25.180><c> they</c><00:25:25.539><c> don't</c><00:25:25.779><c> like</c><00:25:26.039><c> killing</c>

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they<00:25:26.579><c> don't</c><00:25:26.920><c> resist</c><00:25:27.359><c> evil,</c><00:25:28.559><c> they</c><00:25:28.559><c> don't</c><00:25:28.819><c> want</c><00:25:28.960><c> to</c><00:25:29.059><c> know</c><00:25:29.220><c> about</c><00:25:29.480><c> warfare.</c>

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:34.599
And<00:25:31.940><c> I</c><00:25:32.240><c> find</c><00:25:32.559><c> that</c><00:25:32.700><c> they've</c><00:25:32.960><c> been</c><00:25:33.140><c> watching</c><00:25:33.599><c> violent</c><00:25:34.059><c> video</c>

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games,<00:25:35.000><c> that</c><00:25:35.000><c> they</c><00:25:35.299><c> play</c><00:25:35.559><c> violent</c><00:25:35.960><c> video</c><00:25:36.420><c> games.</c>

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He<00:25:39.079><c> said,</c><00:25:39.180><c> I'm</c><00:25:39.299><c> going</c><00:25:39.359><c> to</c><00:25:39.420><c> have</c><00:25:39.559><c> a</c><00:25:39.680><c> problem</c><00:25:39.839><c> with</c><00:25:40.039><c> that.</c>

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Because<00:25:41.799><c> I</c><00:25:41.960><c> can't</c><00:25:42.180><c> see</c><00:25:42.279><c> any</c><00:25:42.619><c> consistency</c><00:25:43.099><c> between</c><00:25:43.500><c> people</c><00:25:43.859><c> who</c><00:25:44.019><c> do</c>

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that<00:25:44.559><c> sort</c><00:25:44.720><c> of</c><00:25:44.900><c> stuff,</c>

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and<00:25:45.180><c> then</c><00:25:45.460><c> say</c><00:25:45.579><c> that</c><00:25:45.720><c> they</c><00:25:45.880><c> don't</c><00:25:46.099><c> believe</c><00:25:46.339><c> in</c><00:25:46.559><c> killing</c><00:25:46.740><c> and</c><00:25:47.039><c> violence.</c>

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.640
So<00:25:50.000><c> you</c><00:25:50.140><c> see,</c><00:25:50.240><c> it's</c><00:25:50.440><c> the</c><00:25:50.819><c> consistency</c><00:25:51.299><c> of</c><00:25:51.640><c> walk</c><00:25:51.819><c> in</c><00:25:52.000><c> the</c><00:25:52.140><c> future</c><00:25:52.319><c> that's</c><00:25:52.559><c> going</c>

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to<00:25:52.740><c> be</c><00:25:52.859><c> on</c><00:25:53.119><c> trial.</c>

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In<00:25:56.640><c> the</c><00:25:56.799><c> past,</c><00:25:58.539><c> when</c><00:25:58.539><c> our</c><00:25:58.740><c> young</c><00:25:58.920><c> brethren</c><00:25:59.099><c> have</c><00:25:59.259><c> gone</c><00:25:59.500><c> to</c><00:25:59.720><c> court,</c><00:26:01.000><c> the</c>

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embarrassing<00:26:01.720><c> issues</c><00:26:02.059><c> have</c><00:26:02.279><c> been,</c>

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:07.259
well,<00:26:04.480><c> you</c><00:26:04.599><c> claim</c><00:26:04.960><c> that</c><00:26:05.119><c> you</c><00:26:05.279><c> follow</c><00:26:05.440><c> the</c><00:26:05.619><c> commandments</c><00:26:05.960><c> of</c><00:26:06.200><c> Christ.</c>

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What's<00:26:08.880><c> your</c><00:26:09.099><c> driving</c><00:26:09.420><c> record</c><00:26:09.779><c> like?</c>

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.839
And<00:26:12.619><c> I've</c><00:26:12.880><c> sat</c><00:26:12.940><c> in</c><00:26:13.200><c> court</c><00:26:13.359><c> and</c><00:26:13.519><c> watched</c><00:26:13.700><c> young</c><00:26:14.000><c> brethren</c><00:26:14.279><c> squirm,</c>

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:18.220
because<00:26:15.180><c> they've</c><00:26:15.460><c> got</c><00:26:15.539><c> all</c><00:26:15.740><c> these</c><00:26:15.980><c> offenses</c><00:26:16.400><c> of</c><00:26:17.160><c> speeding,</c>

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driving<00:26:18.839><c> dangerously.</c>

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:24.160
And<00:26:22.480><c> the</c><00:26:22.680><c> court</c><00:26:22.779><c> brings</c><00:26:23.039><c> it</c><00:26:23.160><c> up</c><00:26:23.299><c> and</c><00:26:23.460><c> say,</c><00:26:23.660><c> well,</c><00:26:23.839><c> what</c><00:26:24.019><c> sort</c>

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of<00:26:24.420><c> consistency</c><00:26:24.799><c> have</c><00:26:25.000><c> you</c><00:26:25.220><c> got?</c>

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You<00:26:25.640><c> expect</c><00:26:26.079><c> us</c><00:26:26.319><c> to</c><00:26:26.420><c> believe</c><00:26:26.740><c> that</c><00:26:26.880><c> you've</c><00:26:27.099><c> got</c><00:26:27.200><c> a</c><00:26:27.440><c> firm</c>

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conscience<00:26:28.220><c> against</c><00:26:28.940><c> military</c><00:26:29.619><c> service.</c>

00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:34.380
And<00:26:30.599><c> yet,</c><00:26:31.119><c> the</c><00:26:31.119><c> way</c><00:26:31.359><c> you</c><00:26:31.579><c> live</c><00:26:31.779><c> has</c><00:26:31.980><c> got</c><00:26:32.140><c> nothing</c><00:26:32.440><c> like</c><00:26:33.220><c> the</c>

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things<00:26:34.599><c> you</c><00:26:34.819><c> say</c><00:26:34.960><c> you</c><00:26:35.180><c> believe.</c>

00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:39.920
The<00:26:38.259><c> other</c><00:26:38.539><c> thing</c><00:26:38.700><c> they're</c><00:26:38.900><c> going</c><00:26:38.960><c> to</c><00:26:39.059><c> look</c><00:26:39.180><c> at</c><00:26:39.339><c> in</c><00:26:39.539><c> court</c><00:26:39.680><c> in</c>

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future<00:26:40.180><c> is</c><00:26:40.339><c> going</c><00:26:40.500><c> to</c><00:26:40.640><c> be</c>

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whether<00:26:41.259><c> or</c><00:26:41.460><c> not</c><00:26:41.599><c> we</c><00:26:41.859><c> attended</c><00:26:42.519><c> the</c><00:26:43.759><c> Christadelphian</c><00:26:44.380><c> meetings.</c>

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How<00:26:46.299><c> else</c><00:26:46.500><c> can</c><00:26:46.660><c> they</c><00:26:46.859><c> assess</c><00:26:47.140><c> whether</c><00:26:47.359><c> or</c><00:26:47.460><c> not</c><00:26:47.579><c> we're</c><00:26:47.759><c> sincere?</c>

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Do<00:26:49.319><c> we</c><00:26:49.480><c> go</c><00:26:49.680><c> to</c><00:26:49.819><c> these</c><00:26:50.039><c> things?</c><00:26:51.400><c> Are</c><00:26:51.660><c> we</c><00:26:51.819><c> at</c><00:26:51.960><c> the</c><00:26:52.140><c> Bible</c><00:26:52.380><c> class?</c>

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If<00:26:55.539><c> we're</c><00:26:55.740><c> not</c><00:26:55.880><c> attending,</c><00:26:56.700><c> they're</c><00:26:57.339><c> going</c><00:26:57.420><c> to</c><00:26:57.599><c> say,</c><00:26:57.880><c> you</c><00:26:57.880><c> don't</c><00:26:58.119><c> believe</c><00:26:58.400><c> it.</c>

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Here's<00:27:00.380><c> your</c><00:27:00.519><c> uniform.</c>

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And<00:27:03.660><c> you</c><00:27:03.799><c> see,</c><00:27:03.880><c> that's</c><00:27:04.079><c> going</c><00:27:04.160><c> to</c><00:27:04.220><c> be</c><00:27:04.319><c> the</c><00:27:04.480><c> test</c><00:27:04.619><c> in</c><00:27:04.880><c> future.</c>

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It's<00:27:05.319><c> more</c><00:27:05.420><c> going</c><00:27:05.500><c> to</c><00:27:05.579><c> be</c><00:27:05.720><c> about</c><00:27:05.920><c> the</c><00:27:06.299><c> consistency</c><00:27:06.700><c> of</c><00:27:07.480><c> our</c><00:27:07.859><c> walk.</c>

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We're<00:27:10.440><c> actually</c><00:27:10.619><c> advising</c><00:27:11.079><c> our</c><00:27:11.339><c> recluses</c><00:27:11.700><c> in</c><00:27:11.819><c> Australia</c><00:27:12.299><c> now</c>

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to<00:27:12.759><c> keep</c><00:27:12.960><c> attendance</c><00:27:13.500><c> records</c><00:27:14.140><c> right</c><00:27:15.579><c> down</c><00:27:16.000><c> to</c><00:27:16.339><c> youth</c><00:27:16.599><c> group.</c>

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We<00:27:17.359><c> keep</c><00:27:17.539><c> them</c><00:27:17.700><c> for</c><00:27:17.880><c> Sunday</c><00:27:18.140><c> school.</c>

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We're<00:27:19.279><c> going</c><00:27:19.339><c> to</c><00:27:19.500><c> start</c><00:27:19.660><c> keeping</c><00:27:19.920><c> them</c><00:27:20.079><c> for</c><00:27:20.319><c> youth</c><00:27:20.519><c> group</c><00:27:20.720><c> as</c><00:27:20.980><c> well.</c>

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Because<00:27:22.980><c> we've</c><00:27:23.319><c> got</c><00:27:23.359><c> to</c><00:27:23.440><c> be</c><00:27:23.500><c> able</c><00:27:23.720><c> to</c><00:27:23.799><c> prove</c><00:27:23.980><c> in</c><00:27:24.220><c> future</c><00:27:24.440><c> that</c>

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our<00:27:24.819><c> 18</c><00:27:25.200><c>-year</c><00:27:25.440><c>-olds</c><00:27:25.779><c> are</c><00:27:26.039><c> attending</c><00:27:26.660><c> the</c><00:27:27.640><c> activities</c><00:27:28.059><c> of</c><00:27:28.220><c> the</c><00:27:28.380><c> Brotherhood.</c>

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So<00:27:30.440><c> we're</c><00:27:30.640><c> keeping</c><00:27:30.839><c> very</c><00:27:31.119><c> accurate</c><00:27:31.420><c> records</c><00:27:31.799><c> now</c><00:27:32.359><c> in</c><00:27:32.980><c> all</c><00:27:33.220><c> our</c>

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recluses<00:27:33.859><c> of</c><00:27:34.019><c> the</c><00:27:34.220><c> attendance.</c>

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Because<00:27:36.220><c> that</c><00:27:36.420><c> will</c><00:27:36.519><c> be</c><00:27:36.680><c> the</c><00:27:36.880><c> evidence</c><00:27:37.160><c> we've</c><00:27:37.319><c> got</c><00:27:37.380><c> to</c><00:27:37.519><c> produce</c><00:27:37.740><c> in</c><00:27:38.039><c> court.</c>

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They<00:27:38.339><c> want</c><00:27:38.500><c> to</c><00:27:38.740><c> see</c><00:27:38.839><c> that.</c><00:27:39.119><c> They</c><00:27:39.220><c> want</c><00:27:39.380><c> to</c><00:27:39.500><c> say,</c><00:27:39.880><c> can</c><00:27:39.880><c> you</c><00:27:40.180><c> prove</c><00:27:40.440><c> that</c>

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.079
you<00:27:40.799><c> are</c><00:27:40.980><c> a</c><00:27:41.059><c> sincere</c><00:27:41.359><c> Christadelphian?</c>

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And<00:27:42.359><c> remember,</c><00:27:42.819><c> young</c><00:27:42.960><c> people,</c><00:27:44.319><c> this</c><00:27:44.720><c> is</c><00:27:45.019><c> at</c><00:27:45.319><c> 18.</c>

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It's<00:27:49.079><c> not</c><00:27:49.200><c> 25</c><00:27:49.880><c> or</c><00:27:50.000><c> 31.</c><00:27:50.660><c> This</c><00:27:50.759><c> is</c><00:27:50.960><c> at</c><00:27:51.160><c> 18.</c><00:27:51.680><c> You've</c><00:27:51.859><c> got</c><00:27:51.920><c> to</c><00:27:52.000><c> be</c><00:27:52.059><c> able</c><00:27:52.200><c> to</c>

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show<00:27:52.380><c> this.</c>

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Now,<00:27:54.660><c> it</c><00:27:54.680><c> may</c><00:27:54.880><c> not</c><00:27:55.059><c> happen</c><00:27:55.240><c> to</c><00:27:55.359><c> you.</c>

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You<00:27:56.380><c> may</c><00:27:57.059><c> live</c><00:27:57.779><c> and</c><00:27:58.319><c> there</c><00:27:58.440><c> may</c><00:27:58.519><c> be</c><00:27:58.640><c> no</c><00:27:58.759><c> draft</c><00:27:59.039><c> in</c><00:27:59.200><c> your</c><00:27:59.460><c> time.</c>

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But<00:28:01.279><c> we</c><00:28:01.460><c> don't</c><00:28:01.720><c> know</c><00:28:02.039><c> how</c><00:28:02.220><c> far</c><00:28:02.640><c> into</c><00:28:02.960><c> the</c><00:28:03.220><c> Armageddon</c><00:28:03.720><c> scenario</c><00:28:04.480><c> that</c><00:28:05.819><c> we'll</c><00:28:06.019><c> still</c><00:28:06.200><c> be</c><00:28:06.460><c> here.</c>

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There<00:28:08.059><c> may</c><00:28:08.380><c> be</c><00:28:08.599><c> in</c><00:28:08.660><c> the</c><00:28:08.880><c> world</c><00:28:09.039><c> the</c><00:28:09.240><c> beginning</c><00:28:09.500><c> of</c><00:28:09.799><c> troubles,</c>

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the<00:28:10.259><c> beginning</c><00:28:10.539><c> of</c><00:28:10.839><c> sorrows.</c>

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There<00:28:11.720><c> may</c><00:28:12.079><c> be</c><00:28:12.319><c> nation</c><00:28:12.640><c> rising</c><00:28:13.000><c> up</c><00:28:13.240><c> against</c><00:28:13.500><c> nation.</c>

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There<00:28:14.279><c> may</c><00:28:14.700><c> be</c><00:28:14.960><c> wars</c><00:28:15.200><c> on</c><00:28:15.400><c> every</c><00:28:15.700><c> hand.</c><00:28:16.220><c> There</c><00:28:16.299><c> may</c><00:28:16.619><c> be</c><00:28:16.859><c> conscription</c><00:28:17.339><c> coming</c><00:28:17.619><c> again.</c>

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:21.059
We've<00:28:20.019><c> got</c><00:28:20.119><c> to</c><00:28:20.220><c> be</c><00:28:20.279><c> ready</c><00:28:20.480><c> to</c><00:28:20.599><c> give</c><00:28:20.720><c> an</c><00:28:20.920><c> answer.</c>

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We've<00:28:21.259><c> got</c><00:28:21.339><c> to</c><00:28:21.440><c> know</c><00:28:21.599><c> what</c><00:28:21.819><c> it</c><00:28:21.960><c> is</c><00:28:22.059><c> we</c><00:28:22.180><c> believe</c><00:28:22.519><c> and</c><00:28:22.680><c> why</c><00:28:22.960><c> we</c>

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believe<00:28:23.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:28:24.279><c> to</c><00:28:24.440><c> be</c><00:28:24.599><c> able</c><00:28:24.740><c> to</c><00:28:24.960><c> show</c><00:28:25.180><c> that</c><00:28:25.299><c> we</c><00:28:25.420><c> are</c><00:28:25.759><c> consistently</c><00:28:26.259><c> walking</c><00:28:26.839><c> according</c><00:28:27.700><c> to</c>

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those<00:28:28.160><c> things.</c>

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The<00:28:31.140><c> other</c><00:28:31.380><c> reason,</c><00:28:31.700><c> of</c><00:28:31.880><c> course,</c><00:28:32.039><c> we</c><00:28:32.119><c> don't</c><00:28:32.319><c> do</c><00:28:32.440><c> military</c><00:28:32.900><c> service</c><00:28:33.279><c> is</c>

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who<00:28:34.480><c> are</c><00:28:34.700><c> we</c><00:28:34.859><c> to</c><00:28:34.960><c> go</c><00:28:35.099><c> out</c><00:28:35.319><c> and</c><00:28:35.380><c> think</c><00:28:35.559><c> we</c><00:28:35.680><c> can</c><00:28:35.920><c> solve</c><00:28:36.140><c> the</c>

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world's<00:28:36.720><c> problems?</c>

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We<00:28:37.059><c> don't</c><00:28:37.240><c> know</c><00:28:37.339><c> what</c><00:28:37.440><c> the</c><00:28:37.579><c> will</c><00:28:37.640><c> of</c><00:28:37.819><c> God</c><00:28:37.980><c> is.</c><00:28:38.200><c> We</c><00:28:38.240><c> don't</c><00:28:38.440><c> know</c>

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which<00:28:38.799><c> nation</c><00:28:39.119><c> he</c><00:28:39.279><c> wants</c><00:28:39.500><c> to</c><00:28:39.680><c> win</c><00:28:39.779><c> any</c><00:28:40.039><c> war.</c>

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And<00:28:42.740><c> secondly,</c><00:28:43.079><c> as</c><00:28:43.220><c> they</c><00:28:43.440><c> found</c><00:28:43.599><c> in</c><00:28:43.759><c> the</c><00:28:43.880><c> American</c><00:28:44.200><c> Civil</c><00:28:44.579><c> War,</c><00:28:45.700><c> you've</c><00:28:45.859><c> got</c>

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brethren<00:28:46.259><c> in</c><00:28:46.420><c> the</c><00:28:46.559><c> North</c><00:28:46.799><c> and</c><00:28:46.980><c> brethren</c><00:28:47.259><c> in</c><00:28:47.460><c> the</c><00:28:47.680><c> South</c><00:28:48.000><c> who</c>

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are<00:28:48.559><c> required</c><00:28:48.759><c> to</c><00:28:49.000><c> shoot</c><00:28:49.099><c> at</c><00:28:49.220><c> each</c><00:28:49.440><c> other.</c>

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Not<00:28:51.180><c> a</c><00:28:51.299><c> very</c><00:28:51.500><c> nice</c><00:28:51.660><c> situation</c><00:28:52.119><c> to</c><00:28:52.259><c> be</c><00:28:52.420><c> put</c><00:28:52.539><c> in.</c><00:28:53.220><c> So</c><00:28:53.220><c> even</c><00:28:53.700><c> on</c><00:28:53.960><c> logic,</c><00:28:54.680><c> we</c>

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could<00:28:55.059><c> not</c><00:28:55.200><c> be</c><00:28:55.420><c> involved</c><00:28:55.720><c> in</c><00:28:55.960><c> military</c><00:28:56.299><c> service.</c>

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You<00:28:57.859><c> think</c><00:28:58.039><c> if</c><00:28:58.200><c> a</c><00:28:58.400><c> war</c><00:28:58.519><c> was</c><00:28:58.859><c> started</c><00:28:59.099><c> between,</c><00:28:59.559><c> say,</c><00:28:59.799><c> America</c>

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and<00:29:01.099><c> Germany,</c><00:29:03.480><c> would</c><00:29:03.619><c> you</c><00:29:03.759><c> want</c><00:29:03.859><c> to</c><00:29:03.960><c> be</c><00:29:04.160><c> shooting</c><00:29:04.359><c> at</c><00:29:04.599><c> people</c>

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that<00:29:04.900><c> might</c><00:29:05.099><c> be</c><00:29:05.279><c> your</c><00:29:05.519><c> brethren</c><00:29:05.740><c> on</c><00:29:05.940><c> the</c><00:29:06.059><c> other</c><00:29:06.279><c> side?</c>

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No,<00:29:08.500><c> certainly</c><00:29:08.500><c> not.</c><00:29:10.119><c> So</c><00:29:10.119><c> because</c><00:29:10.839><c> of</c><00:29:10.980><c> that,</c><00:29:11.299><c> we</c><00:29:11.400><c> make</c><00:29:11.619><c> a</c><00:29:11.900><c> stand</c><00:29:12.119><c> and</c>

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we<00:29:12.460><c> say</c><00:29:12.599><c> we</c><00:29:12.759><c> cannot</c><00:29:13.259><c> surrender</c><00:29:13.859><c> our</c><00:29:14.259><c> allegiance</c><00:29:14.640><c> to</c><00:29:14.940><c> do</c>

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military<00:29:15.599><c> service.</c>

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I<00:29:17.799><c> want</c><00:29:17.920><c> you</c><00:29:18.039><c> to</c><00:29:18.140><c> come</c><00:29:18.279><c> to</c><00:29:18.460><c> page</c><00:29:18.680><c> 41</c><00:29:19.019><c> of</c><00:29:19.240><c> your</c><00:29:19.420><c> notes</c><00:29:19.680><c> and</c><00:29:19.880><c> just</c>

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look<00:29:21.319><c> at</c><00:29:22.359><c> how</c><00:29:22.980><c> well</c><00:29:23.759><c> recognized</c><00:29:24.440><c> the</c><00:29:24.700><c> Christadelphian</c><00:29:25.220><c> position</c><00:29:25.619><c> is.</c>

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There's<00:29:25.980><c> a</c><00:29:26.099><c> lot</c><00:29:26.200><c> of</c><00:29:26.420><c> documentation</c><00:29:26.960><c> here</c><00:29:27.240><c> about</c><00:29:27.500><c> military</c><00:29:27.960><c> service</c><00:29:28.279><c> and</c><00:29:28.420><c> the</c><00:29:28.599><c> questions</c><00:29:28.880><c> that</c><00:29:29.039><c> you</c><00:29:29.140><c> could</c><00:29:29.220><c> be</c>

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asked<00:29:29.640><c> in</c><00:29:29.940><c> court.</c>

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I<00:29:31.339><c> want</c><00:29:31.500><c> you</c><00:29:31.619><c> to</c><00:29:31.700><c> notice</c><00:29:32.180><c> in</c><00:29:32.640><c> page</c><00:29:33.059><c> 41,</c><00:29:34.640><c> there's</c><00:29:34.759><c> two</c><00:29:35.019><c> quotations</c><00:29:35.599><c> here.</c>

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I'll<00:29:35.920><c> just</c><00:29:36.059><c> read</c><00:29:36.200><c> the</c><00:29:36.519><c> second</c><00:29:36.720><c> one.</c>

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Now,<00:29:38.259><c> these</c><00:29:38.279><c> are</c><00:29:40.019><c> people</c><00:29:40.359><c> who</c><00:29:41.440><c> are</c><00:29:42.779><c> world</c><00:29:43.000><c> authorities</c><00:29:43.559><c> on</c><00:29:43.799><c> the</c><00:29:43.940><c> matter</c><00:29:44.140><c> of</c>

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military<00:29:45.019><c> service</c><00:29:45.500><c> and</c><00:29:46.039><c> the</c><00:29:46.579><c> objection</c><00:29:46.960><c> to</c><00:29:47.140><c> that</c><00:29:47.359><c> military</c><00:29:47.720><c> service.</c>

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But<00:29:48.599><c> both</c><00:29:49.359><c> of</c><00:29:49.559><c> these</c><00:29:49.779><c> writers</c><00:29:50.140><c> actually</c><00:29:50.700><c> say</c><00:29:51.200><c> that</c><00:29:51.380><c> the</c><00:29:52.079><c> best</c>

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representatives<00:29:53.400><c> of</c><00:29:53.599><c> the</c><00:29:53.880><c> true</c><00:29:54.039><c> position</c><00:29:54.440><c> of</c><00:29:54.619><c> the</c><00:29:54.839><c> Bible</c><00:29:55.059><c> are</c>

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the<00:29:55.480><c> Christadelphians.</c>

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Let's<00:29:57.220><c> read</c><00:29:57.460><c> Bertrand</c><00:29:57.900><c> Russell.</c><00:29:58.240><c> Now,</c><00:29:58.420><c> he</c><00:29:58.420><c> was</c><00:29:58.619><c> a</c><00:29:58.799><c> noted</c><00:29:59.000><c> philosopher</c><00:29:59.519><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:59.819><c> world.</c>

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He<00:30:00.819><c> said,</c><00:30:01.440><c> Christianity</c><00:30:01.480><c> was</c><00:30:01.839><c> in</c><00:30:01.960><c> its</c><00:30:02.180><c> earliest</c><00:30:02.460><c> days</c>

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entirely<00:30:03.380><c> unpolitical.</c>

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The<00:30:05.140><c> best</c><00:30:05.559><c> representatives</c><00:30:06.059><c> of</c><00:30:06.259><c> the</c><00:30:06.460><c> primitive</c><00:30:06.759><c> tradition</c>

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of<00:30:07.339><c> our</c><00:30:07.579><c> time</c><00:30:07.779><c> are</c><00:30:07.980><c> the</c><00:30:08.180><c> Christadelphians</c><00:30:09.079><c> who</c><00:30:10.099><c> believe</c><00:30:10.400><c> that</c>

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the<00:30:10.740><c> end</c><00:30:10.880><c> of</c><00:30:11.039><c> the</c><00:30:11.180><c> world</c><00:30:11.339><c> to</c><00:30:11.519><c> be</c><00:30:11.720><c> imminent</c><00:30:12.099><c> and</c><00:30:13.059><c> refuse</c><00:30:13.539><c> to</c><00:30:13.720><c> have</c><00:30:13.819><c> any</c>

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part<00:30:14.380><c> or</c><00:30:14.619><c> lot</c><00:30:14.759><c> in</c><00:30:15.119><c> secular</c><00:30:15.519><c> or</c><00:30:16.019><c> current</c><00:30:16.640><c> political</c><00:30:17.200><c> affairs.</c>

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This<00:30:19.220><c> attitude,</c><00:30:19.680><c> however,</c><00:30:19.880><c> is</c><00:30:20.119><c> only</c><00:30:20.319><c> possible</c><00:30:20.859><c> to</c><00:30:21.140><c> a</c><00:30:21.420><c> small</c><00:30:21.880><c> sect,</c><00:30:22.559><c> to</c><00:30:22.660><c> a</c>

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small<00:30:23.079><c> group</c><00:30:23.279><c> of</c><00:30:23.579><c> believers.</c>

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So<00:30:25.119><c> he</c><00:30:25.259><c> says,</c><00:30:25.759><c> look,</c><00:30:26.240><c> the</c><00:30:26.279><c> Christadelphians</c><00:30:26.759><c> are</c><00:30:27.000><c> right,</c><00:30:27.299><c> but</c>

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it<00:30:27.420><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:27.720><c> work</c><00:30:27.980><c> in</c><00:30:28.079><c> the</c><00:30:28.259><c> broad</c><00:30:28.500><c> church.</c>

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Well,<00:30:29.099><c> of</c><00:30:29.240><c> course</c><00:30:29.359><c> it</c><00:30:29.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:29.680><c> work.</c><00:30:29.960><c> You</c><00:30:30.000><c> know</c><00:30:30.099><c> what</c><00:30:30.140><c> happens</c><00:30:30.440><c> when</c>

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the<00:30:31.220><c> war</c><00:30:31.420><c> break</c><00:30:31.779><c> out</c><00:30:32.279><c> in</c><00:30:32.880><c> the</c><00:30:32.980><c> Second</c><00:30:33.180><c> World</c><00:30:33.480><c> War?</c>

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You<00:30:33.819><c> had</c><00:30:33.980><c> all</c><00:30:34.220><c> the</c><00:30:35.000><c> papacy</c><00:30:35.420><c> over</c><00:30:35.700><c> in</c><00:30:35.880><c> Germany</c><00:30:36.140><c> blessing</c><00:30:36.539><c> Hitler</c><00:30:36.940><c> and</c>

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saying,<00:30:37.420><c> you</c><00:30:37.480><c> know,</c><00:30:38.019><c> God's</c><00:30:38.359><c> with</c><00:30:38.559><c> you,</c><00:30:38.839><c> go</c><00:30:38.960><c> with</c><00:30:39.180><c> you.</c>

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And<00:30:39.539><c> the</c><00:30:39.779><c> Church</c><00:30:40.000><c> of</c><00:30:40.160><c> England</c><00:30:40.400><c> bishops</c><00:30:40.700><c> were</c><00:30:40.940><c> blessing</c><00:30:41.359><c> the</c>

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English<00:30:41.779><c> and</c><00:30:41.980><c> saying,</c><00:30:42.180><c> God's</c><00:30:42.519><c> with</c><00:30:42.680><c> you.</c>

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Somehow<00:30:43.960><c> God</c><00:30:44.200><c> was</c><00:30:44.359><c> all</c><00:30:44.539><c> mixed</c><00:30:44.779><c> up</c><00:30:45.119><c> and</c><00:30:46.500><c> the</c><00:30:46.700><c> churches</c><00:30:46.920><c> have</c><00:30:47.079><c> always</c><00:30:47.299><c> got</c><00:30:47.480><c> behind</c><00:30:47.779><c> the</c><00:30:48.000><c> military</c><00:30:48.259><c> effort</c><00:30:48.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:49.180><c> past.</c>

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You<00:30:49.579><c> know,</c><00:30:49.880><c> they</c><00:30:49.900><c> bless</c><00:30:50.160><c> all</c><00:30:50.359><c> the</c><00:30:50.440><c> weapons</c><00:30:50.839><c> and</c><00:30:50.960><c> they</c><00:30:51.519><c> kiss</c><00:30:51.759><c> the</c><00:30:51.880><c> rockets</c><00:30:52.160><c> before</c><00:30:52.400><c> they</c><00:30:52.599><c> go</c>

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and<00:30:52.880><c> blow</c><00:30:53.039><c> people</c><00:30:53.359><c> up.</c>

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You<00:30:54.740><c> know,</c><00:30:54.920><c> the</c><00:30:55.019><c> churches</c><00:30:55.319><c> have</c><00:30:55.500><c> never</c><00:30:55.720><c> known</c><00:30:55.880><c> where</c><00:30:56.039><c> to</c><00:30:56.259><c> stand.</c>

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They<00:30:56.599><c> have</c><00:30:56.779><c> always</c><00:30:57.099><c> decided</c><00:30:57.500><c> themselves</c><00:30:57.940><c> with</c><00:30:58.200><c> the</c><00:30:58.759><c> politics</c>

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of<00:30:59.400><c> the</c><00:30:59.619><c> time.</c>

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And<00:31:00.819><c> even</c><00:31:01.099><c> the</c><00:31:01.299><c> people</c><00:31:01.420><c> in</c><00:31:01.539><c> the</c><00:31:01.720><c> world</c><00:31:01.900><c> can</c><00:31:02.160><c> see</c><00:31:02.240><c> that</c><00:31:02.380><c> the</c><00:31:02.640><c> best</c><00:31:02.940><c> and</c>

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:07.980
most<00:31:03.880><c> accurate</c><00:31:04.559><c> people</c><00:31:05.220><c> are</c><00:31:06.119><c> the</c><00:31:06.299><c> Christadelphians</c><00:31:07.119><c> who</c><00:31:07.359><c> have</c><00:31:07.680><c> not</c>

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aligned<00:31:08.220><c> themselves</c><00:31:08.640><c> with</c><00:31:08.799><c> the</c><00:31:09.059><c> politics</c><00:31:09.339><c> of</c><00:31:09.519><c> the</c><00:31:09.680><c> world.</c>

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And<00:31:11.000><c> both</c><00:31:11.240><c> those</c><00:31:11.500><c> quotations</c><00:31:12.039><c> will</c><00:31:12.319><c> show</c><00:31:12.559><c> that</c><00:31:12.700><c> our</c><00:31:13.039><c> stand</c><00:31:13.220><c> is</c>

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actually<00:31:13.980><c> viewed</c><00:31:14.420><c> by</c><00:31:14.680><c> many</c><00:31:14.940><c> people</c><00:31:15.180><c> as</c><00:31:15.400><c> being</c><00:31:15.579><c> the</c><00:31:15.779><c> most</c><00:31:16.259><c> accurate</c><00:31:16.900><c> Bible</c><00:31:17.259><c> stand</c><00:31:17.759><c> that</c>

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is<00:31:18.660><c> made.</c>

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And<00:31:20.660><c> we</c><00:31:20.880><c> do</c><00:31:21.099><c> it</c><00:31:21.220><c> with</c><00:31:21.380><c> meekness</c><00:31:21.740><c> and</c><00:31:21.859><c> fear.</c><00:31:22.200><c> We're</c><00:31:22.279><c> not</c><00:31:22.440><c> like</c>

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the<00:31:22.740><c> Jehovah</c><00:31:23.059><c> Witnesses</c><00:31:24.220><c> who</c><00:31:24.299><c> actually</c><00:31:24.680><c> go</c><00:31:24.900><c> out</c><00:31:25.119><c> looking</c><00:31:25.339><c> to</c>

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get<00:31:25.640><c> sent</c><00:31:25.839><c> to</c><00:31:26.039><c> prison.</c>

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You<00:31:27.380><c> know,</c><00:31:27.519><c> they</c><00:31:27.640><c> make</c><00:31:27.880><c> it</c><00:31:28.400><c> a</c><00:31:28.519><c> point</c><00:31:28.720><c> of</c><00:31:28.980><c> virtue</c><00:31:29.259><c> to</c><00:31:29.359><c> get</c><00:31:29.519><c> themselves</c><00:31:29.920><c> thrown</c><00:31:30.180><c> into</c>

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prison<00:31:30.759><c> because,</c><00:31:31.779><c> well,</c><00:31:31.779><c> if</c><00:31:31.900><c> you're</c><00:31:32.140><c> persecuted,</c><00:31:32.519><c> then</c><00:31:32.640><c> you've</c><00:31:32.779><c> got</c>

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to<00:31:32.960><c> be</c><00:31:33.099><c> righteous.</c>

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:36.460
That's<00:31:34.660><c> the</c><00:31:34.740><c> way</c><00:31:34.839><c> they</c><00:31:35.079><c> see</c><00:31:35.279><c> it.</c><00:31:35.519><c> And</c><00:31:35.539><c> they</c><00:31:35.720><c> actually</c><00:31:35.920><c> go</c><00:31:36.079><c> around</c><00:31:36.259><c> and</c>

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:40.460
burn<00:31:36.680><c> flags</c><00:31:37.079><c> and</c><00:31:37.319><c> do</c><00:31:37.539><c> all</c><00:31:37.839><c> the</c><00:31:37.920><c> things</c><00:31:38.019><c> they</c><00:31:38.279><c> can</c><00:31:38.460><c> to</c><00:31:38.619><c> upset</c><00:31:38.980><c> the</c><00:31:39.240><c> authorities</c><00:31:39.700><c> so</c>

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:42.000
that<00:31:40.559><c> they'll</c><00:31:40.779><c> get</c><00:31:40.940><c> persecuted.</c>

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.460
So,<00:31:43.220><c> you</c><00:31:43.440><c> know,</c><00:31:43.519><c> we</c><00:31:43.700><c> do</c><00:31:43.839><c> it</c><00:31:43.980><c> with</c><00:31:44.180><c> meekness</c><00:31:44.539><c> and</c><00:31:44.819><c> fear.</c><00:31:45.160><c> We</c><00:31:45.180><c> ask</c>

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:47.559
for<00:31:45.660><c> our</c><00:31:45.920><c> conscience</c><00:31:46.200><c> to</c><00:31:46.400><c> be</c><00:31:46.559><c> respected.</c>

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:51.200
And<00:31:48.160><c> in</c><00:31:48.339><c> most</c><00:31:48.619><c> cases,</c><00:31:48.960><c> that</c><00:31:49.099><c> is</c><00:31:49.279><c> granted.</c><00:31:50.559><c> You'll</c><00:31:50.779><c> notice</c><00:31:50.980><c> on</c>

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:55.980
page<00:31:52.019><c> 40,</c><00:31:53.660><c> a</c><00:31:53.740><c> little</c><00:31:54.000><c> cutting</c><00:31:54.220><c> from</c><00:31:54.460><c> the</c><00:31:54.680><c> paper,</c><00:31:54.960><c> one</c><00:31:55.079><c> of</c><00:31:55.240><c> the</c>

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:58.500
young<00:31:56.279><c> brethren</c><00:31:56.660><c> from</c><00:31:56.940><c> Adelaide</c><00:31:57.319><c> that</c><00:31:57.440><c> was</c><00:31:57.619><c> put</c><00:31:57.799><c> through</c><00:31:57.960><c> the</c><00:31:58.220><c> courts.</c>

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:01.960
Now,<00:31:58.740><c> he</c><00:31:58.920><c> struck</c><00:31:59.140><c> a</c><00:31:59.400><c> judge</c><00:31:59.779><c> who</c><00:32:00.960><c> had</c><00:32:01.099><c> actually</c><00:32:01.359><c> lost</c><00:32:01.619><c> a</c><00:32:01.799><c> couple</c>

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.599
of<00:32:02.259><c> sons</c><00:32:02.420><c> in</c><00:32:02.619><c> the</c><00:32:02.779><c> war.</c>

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:07.059
So,<00:32:04.759><c> the</c><00:32:04.920><c> judge</c><00:32:05.059><c> wasn't</c><00:32:05.319><c> particularly</c><00:32:05.839><c> sympathetic.</c><00:32:06.420><c> In</c><00:32:06.539><c> fact,</c><00:32:06.859><c> he</c>

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:11.500
said<00:32:07.579><c> in</c><00:32:08.220><c> his</c><00:32:08.420><c> summary</c><00:32:08.720><c> there</c><00:32:09.019><c> that</c><00:32:09.779><c> he</c><00:32:10.700><c> found</c><00:32:10.940><c> his</c><00:32:11.240><c> views</c>

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.680
rather<00:32:11.940><c> nauseous.</c>

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:18.779
So,<00:32:15.779><c> you</c><00:32:15.779><c> know,</c><00:32:16.220><c> he</c><00:32:16.640><c> found</c><00:32:16.819><c> his</c><00:32:17.000><c> views</c><00:32:17.119><c> somewhat</c><00:32:17.460><c> nauseating.</c>

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.960
But<00:32:19.460><c> nevertheless,</c><00:32:19.960><c> he</c><00:32:19.980><c> had</c><00:32:20.160><c> a</c><00:32:20.299><c> sincere</c><00:32:20.619><c> belief.</c>

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:25.259
Now,<00:32:22.140><c> some</c><00:32:22.220><c> of</c><00:32:22.359><c> the</c><00:32:22.480><c> judges</c><00:32:22.720><c> you</c><00:32:22.880><c> come</c><00:32:23.019><c> up</c><00:32:23.180><c> against</c><00:32:23.460><c> have</c><00:32:23.720><c> had</c>

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:28.940
lost<00:32:26.039><c> their</c><00:32:26.259><c> own</c><00:32:26.480><c> family</c><00:32:26.819><c> in</c><00:32:27.000><c> times</c><00:32:27.279><c> of</c><00:32:27.519><c> war</c><00:32:28.000><c> and</c><00:32:28.660><c> therefore</c>

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:31.420
are<00:32:29.119><c> not</c><00:32:29.259><c> very</c><00:32:29.519><c> sympathetic</c><00:32:30.019><c> to</c><00:32:30.279><c> you.</c>

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:33.579
However,<00:32:31.960><c> let's</c><00:32:32.079><c> just</c><00:32:32.339><c> make</c><00:32:32.500><c> the</c><00:32:32.720><c> point</c><00:32:32.900><c> that</c><00:32:33.039><c> those</c><00:32:33.299><c> are</c><00:32:33.440><c> the</c>

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:35.799
issues.<00:32:33.839><c> It's</c><00:32:33.920><c> all</c><00:32:34.160><c> about</c><00:32:34.480><c> allegiance.</c><00:32:35.180><c> To</c><00:32:35.319><c> who</c><00:32:35.460><c> do</c><00:32:35.579><c> we</c><00:32:35.700><c> give</c>

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.460
our<00:32:36.059><c> allegiance?</c>

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.460
If<00:32:36.539><c> we're</c><00:32:37.480><c> going</c><00:32:37.660><c> to</c><00:32:37.720><c> obey</c><00:32:37.920><c> the</c><00:32:38.099><c> commandments</c><00:32:38.440><c> of</c><00:32:38.640><c> Christ,</c><00:32:38.980><c> then</c><00:32:39.059><c> we've</c><00:32:39.220><c> got</c><00:32:39.319><c> to</c>

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:44.859
preserve<00:32:39.920><c> our</c><00:32:40.279><c> right</c><00:32:40.700><c> to</c><00:32:41.660><c> exercise</c><00:32:42.400><c> that</c><00:32:42.680><c> conscience</c><00:32:43.200><c> as</c><00:32:43.720><c> we</c><00:32:43.960><c> should.</c>

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:49.619
Okay,<00:32:46.519><c> some</c><00:32:46.700><c> other</c><00:32:46.920><c> issues.</c><00:32:47.660><c> Jury</c><00:32:47.940><c> service.</c><00:32:49.339><c> There's</c><00:32:49.460><c> quite</c>

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:52.319
a<00:32:49.720><c> bit</c><00:32:49.819><c> of</c><00:32:49.940><c> information</c><00:32:50.400><c> in</c><00:32:50.559><c> here</c><00:32:50.779><c> on</c><00:32:51.039><c> jury</c><00:32:51.359><c> service.</c>

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:55.079
What<00:32:52.720><c> do</c><00:32:52.859><c> you</c><00:32:52.880><c> think</c><00:32:53.000><c> the</c><00:32:53.160><c> basic</c><00:32:53.500><c> reason</c><00:32:53.759><c> is</c><00:32:53.940><c> we</c><00:32:54.039><c> don't</c><00:32:54.279><c> undertake</c><00:32:54.680><c> jury</c>

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:57.539
service?<00:32:56.220><c> You</c><00:32:56.279><c> know</c><00:32:56.380><c> what</c><00:32:56.519><c> jury</c><00:32:56.759><c> service</c><00:32:57.119><c> is?</c><00:32:57.279><c> You</c><00:32:57.339><c> know,</c><00:32:57.460><c> we</c>

00:32:57.539 --> 00:33:01.039
have<00:32:57.700><c> 12</c><00:32:57.980><c> people.</c><00:32:59.440><c> Why</c><00:32:59.720><c> don't</c><00:32:59.839><c> we</c><00:32:59.960><c> do</c><00:33:00.160><c> that?</c>

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:05.339
Yes,<00:33:03.279><c> we're</c><00:33:03.519><c> not</c><00:33:03.579><c> to</c><00:33:03.779><c> pass</c><00:33:03.980><c> judgment</c><00:33:04.240><c> on</c><00:33:04.420><c> other</c><00:33:04.599><c> people.</c><00:33:05.220><c> We</c>

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:07.480
judge<00:33:05.539><c> not</c><00:33:05.720><c> that</c><00:33:05.839><c> you</c><00:33:05.960><c> be</c><00:33:06.059><c> not</c><00:33:06.259><c> judged.</c><00:33:07.420><c> Yeah.</c>

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:13.660
If<00:33:08.119><c> you</c><00:33:12.079><c> can't</c><00:33:12.299><c> register</c><00:33:12.539><c> for</c><00:33:12.779><c> vote,</c><00:33:13.059><c> you</c><00:33:13.099><c> can't</c><00:33:13.400><c> apply</c><00:33:13.539><c> for</c>

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:15.019
jury<00:33:13.819><c> service.</c><00:33:14.259><c> Okay.</c>

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:19.599
Okay,<00:33:16.640><c> do</c><00:33:16.799><c> you</c><00:33:16.880><c> have</c><00:33:17.059><c> to</c><00:33:17.180><c> register</c><00:33:17.400><c> to</c><00:33:17.579><c> vote</c><00:33:17.700><c> though</c><00:33:17.940><c> over</c><00:33:18.079><c> here?</c><00:33:19.339><c> You</c>

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:22.319
don't.<00:33:19.880><c> Okay,</c><00:33:20.079><c> in</c><00:33:20.259><c> Australia,</c><00:33:20.539><c> you</c><00:33:20.720><c> have</c><00:33:20.960><c> to</c><00:33:21.099><c> register</c><00:33:21.380><c> to</c><00:33:21.559><c> vote.</c>

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:26.380
I<00:33:23.059><c> mean,</c><00:33:23.259><c> we</c><00:33:24.180><c> obey</c><00:33:24.500><c> that</c><00:33:24.819><c> much</c><00:33:25.059><c> of</c><00:33:25.220><c> the</c><00:33:25.359><c> law.</c><00:33:25.500><c> We</c><00:33:25.619><c> have</c><00:33:25.799><c> to</c><00:33:25.940><c> register</c><00:33:26.180><c> to</c>

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:28.460
vote<00:33:26.500><c> in</c><00:33:26.680><c> Australia</c><00:33:26.779><c> because</c><00:33:27.039><c> voting</c><00:33:27.319><c> is</c><00:33:27.559><c> compulsory</c><00:33:28.079><c> in</c><00:33:28.200><c> Australia.</c><00:33:28.359><c> If</c>

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:30.519
you<00:33:28.539><c> don't</c><00:33:28.720><c> vote,</c><00:33:28.940><c> you</c><00:33:29.059><c> get</c><00:33:29.220><c> fined.</c>

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:34.819
Yeah,<00:33:30.980><c> that's</c><00:33:31.180><c> right.</c><00:33:32.940><c> Or</c><00:33:33.220><c> you've</c><00:33:33.480><c> got</c><00:33:33.500><c> to</c><00:33:33.619><c> put</c><00:33:33.680><c> an</c><00:33:33.839><c> application</c><00:33:34.279><c> to</c><00:33:34.539><c> have</c>

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:39.900
your<00:33:35.319><c> fine</c><00:33:35.880><c> overlooked,</c><00:33:37.240><c> which</c><00:33:37.440><c> we</c><00:33:37.619><c> do</c><00:33:38.059><c> that</c><00:33:38.220><c> and</c><00:33:38.299><c> they</c><00:33:38.559><c> accept</c><00:33:38.779><c> our</c><00:33:38.980><c> reasons.</c>

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:43.359
But<00:33:40.559><c> because</c><00:33:40.980><c> we're</c><00:33:41.259><c> registered</c><00:33:41.559><c> voters,</c><00:33:42.240><c> we</c><00:33:42.660><c> then</c><00:33:42.779><c> get</c><00:33:43.059><c> called</c><00:33:43.200><c> up</c>

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.980
for<00:33:43.559><c> jury</c><00:33:43.759><c> service.</c>

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:48.059
And<00:33:45.619><c> in</c><00:33:45.940><c> rotation,</c><00:33:46.619><c> they</c><00:33:46.720><c> seem</c><00:33:46.819><c> to</c><00:33:46.920><c> have</c><00:33:47.039><c> some</c><00:33:47.279><c> system</c><00:33:47.519><c> of</c><00:33:47.720><c> picking</c><00:33:47.839><c> you</c>

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:51.099
out<00:33:48.200><c> when</c><00:33:48.319><c> you're</c><00:33:48.539><c> about</c><00:33:48.779><c> 45.</c><00:33:49.539><c> It's</c><00:33:49.680><c> sort</c><00:33:49.759><c> of</c><00:33:50.019><c> odd.</c><00:33:50.339><c> About</c><00:33:50.440><c> that</c><00:33:50.640><c> age,</c><00:33:50.839><c> it</c>

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:52.079
usually<00:33:51.400><c> crops</c><00:33:51.640><c> up.</c>

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:56.640
And<00:33:52.759><c> you</c><00:33:52.880><c> get</c><00:33:53.019><c> called</c><00:33:53.180><c> up</c><00:33:53.359><c> for</c><00:33:53.559><c> jury</c><00:33:53.779><c> service.</c><00:33:55.480><c> And</c><00:33:55.900><c> it's</c><00:33:56.339><c> happened</c><00:33:56.440><c> to</c>

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:58.559
me,<00:33:56.740><c> as</c><00:33:56.859><c> you</c><00:33:56.940><c> can</c><00:33:57.140><c> see</c><00:33:57.240><c> from</c><00:33:57.380><c> the</c><00:33:57.579><c> documents</c><00:33:57.880><c> here,</c><00:33:58.079><c> there</c><00:33:58.180><c> was</c>

00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:00.920
some<00:33:58.740><c> of</c><00:33:58.839><c> the</c><00:33:58.980><c> documents</c><00:33:59.180><c> here</c><00:33:59.380><c> concerning</c><00:33:59.720><c> my</c><00:34:00.059><c> case.</c>

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.579
You<00:34:02.680><c> get</c><00:34:02.859><c> a</c><00:34:03.079><c> summons</c><00:34:03.619><c> to</c><00:34:03.880><c> go</c><00:34:03.980><c> to</c><00:34:04.420><c> do</c><00:34:04.720><c> jury</c><00:34:04.900><c> service.</c><00:34:05.380><c> You</c><00:34:05.420><c> write</c>

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:09.840
a<00:34:05.660><c> letter</c><00:34:05.779><c> of</c><00:34:05.960><c> application</c><00:34:06.440><c> in.</c><00:34:07.519><c> And</c><00:34:07.839><c> in</c><00:34:08.400><c> most</c><00:34:08.579><c> cases,</c><00:34:09.139><c> without</c><00:34:09.460><c> any</c>

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:12.780
grief,<00:34:10.579><c> you're</c><00:34:10.900><c> excused</c><00:34:11.199><c> from</c><00:34:11.400><c> that.</c><00:34:12.139><c> Yeah.</c>

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:18.380
Registered<00:34:15.480><c> voter.</c><00:34:18.000><c> Yeah.</c>

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:22.500
Yeah.<00:34:19.179><c> Okay,</c><00:34:19.460><c> someone's</c><00:34:19.739><c> saying</c><00:34:19.780><c> they</c><00:34:19.980><c> go</c><00:34:20.059><c> by</c><00:34:20.260><c> driver's</c><00:34:20.719><c> license</c><00:34:20.920><c> in</c><00:34:21.159><c> some</c><00:34:21.340><c> states.</c><00:34:22.119><c> So,</c><00:34:22.400><c> I</c>

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.719
mean,<00:34:22.599><c> whatever</c><00:34:22.719><c> method</c><00:34:22.980><c> they</c><00:34:23.320><c> use,</c><00:34:23.960><c> there's</c><00:34:24.179><c> a</c><00:34:24.360><c> possibility</c>

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:26.519
that<00:34:24.860><c> could</c><00:34:25.019><c> happen</c><00:34:25.260><c> to</c><00:34:25.380><c> you.</c><00:34:25.460><c> You'd</c><00:34:25.619><c> be</c><00:34:25.679><c> called</c><00:34:25.760><c> up</c><00:34:25.900><c> for</c><00:34:26.079><c> jury</c><00:34:26.300><c> service.</c>

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:29.280
And<00:34:26.639><c> again,</c><00:34:27.659><c> we</c><00:34:27.920><c> don't</c><00:34:28.019><c> want</c><00:34:28.099><c> to</c><00:34:28.139><c> get</c><00:34:28.280><c> involved</c><00:34:28.579><c> in</c><00:34:28.719><c> the</c><00:34:28.900><c> affairs</c><00:34:29.119><c> of</c>

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.340
the<00:34:29.519><c> state.</c>

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.940
You<00:34:31.219><c> know,</c><00:34:31.320><c> as</c><00:34:31.559><c> a</c><00:34:31.699><c> jury,</c><00:34:32.139><c> you</c><00:34:32.139><c> also</c><00:34:32.239><c> have</c><00:34:32.340><c> to</c><00:34:32.440><c> go</c><00:34:32.519><c> to</c><00:34:32.639><c> take</c><00:34:32.760><c> an</c>

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:35.840
oath<00:34:33.099><c> that</c><00:34:33.360><c> you'll</c><00:34:33.860><c> do</c><00:34:34.119><c> things</c><00:34:34.380><c> honestly.</c><00:34:35.320><c> And</c><00:34:35.320><c> of</c><00:34:35.539><c> course,</c>

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:38.150
we<00:34:36.300><c> don't</c><00:34:36.420><c> want</c><00:34:36.500><c> to</c><00:34:36.559><c> get</c><00:34:36.699><c> involved</c><00:34:37.000><c> in</c><00:34:37.219><c> taking</c><00:34:37.460><c> oaths.</c>

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:42.019
You're<00:34:39.340><c> then</c><00:34:39.559><c> sitting</c><00:34:39.739><c> there,</c><00:34:40.739><c> you</c><00:34:40.960><c> know,</c><00:34:41.420><c> a</c><00:34:41.500><c> lot</c><00:34:41.639><c> of</c><00:34:41.820><c> juries</c>

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:45.380
work<00:34:42.199><c> on</c><00:34:42.360><c> a</c><00:34:42.539><c> majority</c><00:34:42.920><c> system</c><00:34:43.519><c> and</c><00:34:44.219><c> you're</c><00:34:44.519><c> pressurized.</c><00:34:45.239><c> And</c>

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:47.420
if<00:34:45.480><c> you</c><00:34:45.659><c> even</c><00:34:45.760><c> if</c><00:34:45.880><c> you</c><00:34:45.980><c> had</c><00:34:46.099><c> a</c><00:34:46.280><c> view,</c><00:34:46.440><c> you</c><00:34:46.659><c> can</c><00:34:46.780><c> be</c><00:34:47.019><c> pressurized</c>

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.300
by<00:34:47.559><c> other</c><00:34:47.760><c> people.</c>

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:51.139
But<00:34:48.880><c> you're</c><00:34:49.179><c> still</c><00:34:49.340><c> passing</c><00:34:49.659><c> judgment.</c><00:34:50.139><c> You</c><00:34:50.260><c> know,</c><00:34:50.360><c> the</c><00:34:50.559><c> decision</c><00:34:50.820><c> you</c>

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:54.159
make<00:34:51.360><c> would</c><00:34:51.599><c> put</c><00:34:51.800><c> somebody</c><00:34:52.119><c> to</c><00:34:52.280><c> the</c><00:34:52.420><c> gas</c><00:34:52.679><c> chamber</c><00:34:53.000><c> or</c><00:34:53.219><c> the</c><00:34:53.400><c> electric</c><00:34:53.619><c> chair,</c><00:34:53.840><c> whatever</c><00:34:54.019><c> you</c>

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.739
use<00:34:54.300><c> over</c><00:34:54.539><c> here.</c>

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:59.280
And<00:34:56.400><c> we</c><00:34:56.519><c> don't</c><00:34:56.780><c> know.</c><00:34:57.239><c> We</c><00:34:57.280><c> can't</c><00:34:57.619><c> read</c><00:34:57.780><c> the</c><00:34:57.980><c> hearts</c><00:34:58.159><c> of</c><00:34:58.380><c> men.</c>

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:03.699
It's<00:35:00.019><c> not</c><00:35:00.199><c> given</c><00:35:00.340><c> to</c><00:35:00.539><c> us</c><00:35:00.739><c> to</c><00:35:00.900><c> make</c><00:35:01.079><c> judgments</c><00:35:01.500><c> now.</c><00:35:02.460><c> In</c><00:35:02.559><c> the</c><00:35:02.800><c> future,</c><00:35:03.420><c> we'll</c><00:35:03.579><c> be</c>

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:05.880
given<00:35:03.820><c> that</c><00:35:04.019><c> authority</c><00:35:04.380><c> to</c><00:35:04.559><c> make</c><00:35:04.739><c> judgments</c><00:35:05.039><c> upon</c><00:35:05.380><c> mankind.</c>

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:10.980
But<00:35:06.360><c> now</c><00:35:06.619><c> we're</c><00:35:06.760><c> not</c><00:35:06.940><c> given</c><00:35:07.119><c> that.</c><00:35:07.380><c> Judge</c><00:35:07.639><c> not</c><00:35:07.840><c> that</c><00:35:08.019><c> you</c><00:35:08.199><c> be</c><00:35:08.360><c> not</c><00:35:08.579><c> judged.</c><00:35:09.679><c> So</c><00:35:10.079><c> we</c><00:35:10.579><c> make</c><00:35:10.780><c> a</c>

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:13.079
stand<00:35:11.179><c> and</c><00:35:11.340><c> we</c><00:35:11.480><c> don't</c><00:35:11.699><c> get</c><00:35:11.920><c> involved</c><00:35:12.239><c> in</c><00:35:12.519><c> jury</c><00:35:12.739><c> service.</c>

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:17.320
And<00:35:13.300><c> again,</c><00:35:13.940><c> usually</c><00:35:14.219><c> when</c><00:35:14.380><c> you</c><00:35:14.519><c> make</c><00:35:14.659><c> an</c><00:35:14.840><c> objection</c><00:35:15.239><c> and</c><00:35:15.820><c> say,</c><00:35:16.000><c> I</c><00:35:16.000><c> don't</c><00:35:16.239><c> want</c><00:35:16.340><c> to</c><00:35:16.480><c> do</c><00:35:16.599><c> it,</c><00:35:16.820><c> and</c><00:35:16.960><c> you</c><00:35:17.019><c> give</c><00:35:17.119><c> a</c>

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:19.579
reason,<00:35:18.179><c> they</c><00:35:18.380><c> let</c><00:35:18.519><c> you</c><00:35:18.760><c> off.</c>

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:23.420
What<00:35:20.539><c> about</c><00:35:20.760><c> voting?</c><00:35:21.139><c> Why</c><00:35:21.320><c> don't</c><00:35:21.500><c> we</c><00:35:22.019><c> get</c><00:35:22.320><c> involved</c><00:35:22.619><c> in</c><00:35:22.880><c> voting</c><00:35:23.099><c> for</c>

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.880
the<00:35:23.619><c> affairs</c><00:35:23.820><c> of</c><00:35:23.960><c> the</c><00:35:24.099><c> nation?</c>

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:29.579
Yeah,<00:35:26.960><c> we</c><00:35:27.320><c> could</c><00:35:27.480><c> be</c><00:35:27.619><c> very</c><00:35:27.900><c> much</c><00:35:28.119><c> taking</c><00:35:28.420><c> it.</c><00:35:28.800><c> We're</c><00:35:28.940><c> trying</c><00:35:29.019><c> to</c><00:35:29.199><c> vote</c><00:35:29.300><c> in</c><00:35:29.460><c> a</c>

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:31.719
way<00:35:29.739><c> that</c><00:35:29.780><c> God</c><00:35:30.039><c> doesn't</c><00:35:30.300><c> want</c><00:35:30.599><c> to</c><00:35:30.820><c> happen.</c>

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:33.699
So<00:35:31.739><c> we</c><00:35:31.880><c> don't</c><00:35:32.019><c> know</c><00:35:32.099><c> what</c><00:35:32.199><c> the</c><00:35:32.360><c> will</c><00:35:32.420><c> of</c><00:35:32.579><c> God</c><00:35:32.739><c> is.</c><00:35:32.960><c> God</c><00:35:33.119><c> may</c><00:35:33.360><c> want</c><00:35:33.519><c> to</c>

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:36.460
set<00:35:33.800><c> up</c><00:35:33.960><c> a</c><00:35:34.159><c> bad</c><00:35:34.340><c> government</c><00:35:34.780><c> for</c><00:35:35.019><c> a</c><00:35:35.219><c> particular</c><00:35:35.500><c> reason.</c>

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:38.699
I<00:35:36.639><c> mean,</c><00:35:36.840><c> God</c><00:35:37.039><c> bought</c><00:35:37.199><c> Hitler</c><00:35:37.500><c> to</c><00:35:37.719><c> power.</c><00:35:38.059><c> He</c><00:35:38.079><c> bought</c><00:35:38.320><c> Stalin</c>

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:42.019
to<00:35:38.940><c> power</c><00:35:39.320><c> because</c><00:35:40.300><c> he</c><00:35:40.440><c> had</c><00:35:40.619><c> a</c><00:35:40.800><c> purpose</c><00:35:41.079><c> in</c><00:35:41.360><c> those</c><00:35:41.619><c> men</c><00:35:41.800><c> being</c>

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.659
in<00:35:42.260><c> control.</c>

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:48.619
So<00:35:43.199><c> we</c><00:35:43.400><c> don't</c><00:35:43.579><c> try</c><00:35:43.820><c> and</c><00:35:44.019><c> take</c><00:35:44.199><c> over</c><00:35:44.360><c> from</c><00:35:44.579><c> God.</c><00:35:48.119><c> Yeah,</c><00:35:48.519><c> sorry,</c>

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:52.079
was<00:35:48.840><c> that</c><00:35:49.039><c> God's</c><00:35:51.079><c> in</c><00:35:51.239><c> control</c><00:35:51.500><c> of</c><00:35:51.619><c> the</c><00:35:51.760><c> nations.</c>

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:55.119
You<00:35:52.159><c> know,</c><00:35:52.380><c> God</c><00:35:52.539><c> removes</c><00:35:52.980><c> kings</c><00:35:53.300><c> and</c><00:35:53.420><c> sets</c><00:35:53.699><c> up</c><00:35:53.980><c> kings.</c><00:35:54.519><c> He</c><00:35:54.519><c> works</c><00:35:54.940><c> in</c>

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:56.920
the<00:35:55.219><c> kingdom</c><00:35:55.440><c> of</c><00:35:55.559><c> men</c><00:35:55.760><c> according</c><00:35:56.079><c> to</c><00:35:56.219><c> his</c><00:35:56.380><c> own</c><00:35:56.619><c> purpose.</c>

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:59.860
So<00:35:57.059><c> he</c><00:35:57.239><c> will</c><00:35:57.400><c> do</c><00:35:57.519><c> whatever</c><00:35:57.739><c> he</c><00:35:58.019><c> wants</c><00:35:58.219><c> done,</c><00:35:59.320><c> not</c><00:35:59.340><c> for</c><00:35:59.519><c> us</c><00:35:59.679><c> to</c>

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:01.119
try<00:36:00.019><c> and</c><00:36:00.260><c> change</c><00:36:00.440><c> it.</c>

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:04.739
But<00:36:01.219><c> also</c><00:36:01.579><c> it's</c><00:36:01.840><c> a</c><00:36:01.940><c> very</c><00:36:02.159><c> good</c><00:36:02.300><c> way</c><00:36:02.619><c> to</c><00:36:02.920><c> show</c><00:36:03.300><c> that</c><00:36:04.159><c> we</c><00:36:04.460><c> stand</c>

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:07.139
aside<00:36:05.139><c> from</c><00:36:05.440><c> our</c><00:36:05.739><c> rights</c><00:36:06.039><c> in</c><00:36:06.239><c> the</c><00:36:06.440><c> state.</c>

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:09.960
If<00:36:07.320><c> we're</c><00:36:07.599><c> going</c><00:36:07.699><c> to</c><00:36:07.880><c> say,</c><00:36:08.199><c> look,</c><00:36:08.320><c> we</c><00:36:08.519><c> don't</c><00:36:08.719><c> want</c><00:36:08.840><c> to</c><00:36:08.960><c> give</c><00:36:09.039><c> our</c><00:36:09.340><c> allegiance</c><00:36:09.760><c> to</c>

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:11.519
the<00:36:10.199><c> state,</c><00:36:10.820><c> then</c><00:36:10.860><c> we</c><00:36:11.039><c> don't</c><00:36:11.260><c> vote.</c>

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:14.480
Because<00:36:11.699><c> one</c><00:36:11.820><c> of</c><00:36:11.880><c> the</c><00:36:12.019><c> problems</c><00:36:12.219><c> with</c><00:36:12.440><c> voting,</c><00:36:13.739><c> and</c><00:36:13.900><c> this</c><00:36:14.099><c> is</c>

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:16.659
true<00:36:14.760><c> of</c><00:36:14.940><c> whether</c><00:36:15.059><c> you're</c><00:36:15.179><c> in</c><00:36:15.280><c> a</c><00:36:15.519><c> trade</c><00:36:15.719><c> union</c><00:36:15.940><c> or</c><00:36:16.099><c> a</c><00:36:16.260><c> committee,</c>

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:21.420
if<00:36:17.500><c> you're</c><00:36:17.840><c> voting,</c><00:36:19.840><c> then</c><00:36:20.039><c> you're</c><00:36:20.179><c> really</c><00:36:20.400><c> obliged</c><00:36:20.760><c> to</c><00:36:20.980><c> accept</c><00:36:21.159><c> the</c>

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:23.260
decisions<00:36:21.760><c> that</c><00:36:21.960><c> are</c><00:36:22.119><c> made.</c>

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:28.679
And<00:36:24.539><c> by</c><00:36:24.699><c> not</c><00:36:24.960><c> voting,</c><00:36:26.019><c> we</c><00:36:26.519><c> actually</c><00:36:27.059><c> reinforce</c><00:36:28.159><c> our</c><00:36:28.380><c> position</c>

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:30.219
that<00:36:28.820><c> we're</c><00:36:29.059><c> not</c><00:36:29.239><c> part</c><00:36:29.440><c> of</c><00:36:29.599><c> this</c><00:36:29.800><c> society.</c>

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:33.380
So<00:36:30.420><c> for</c><00:36:30.559><c> the</c><00:36:30.800><c> same</c><00:36:31.000><c> reasons</c><00:36:31.519><c> that</c><00:36:32.079><c> we</c><00:36:32.199><c> don't</c><00:36:32.360><c> do</c><00:36:32.500><c> military</c><00:36:32.840><c> service,</c><00:36:33.219><c> we</c>

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:35.400
also<00:36:33.679><c> stand</c><00:36:33.980><c> aside</c><00:36:34.320><c> from</c><00:36:34.579><c> voting.</c>

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:39.099
Okay,<00:36:36.719><c> what</c><00:36:36.900><c> about</c><00:36:37.199><c> trade</c><00:36:37.599><c> unions?</c><00:36:38.179><c> Do</c><00:36:38.300><c> you</c><00:36:38.360><c> have</c><00:36:38.539><c> trade</c><00:36:38.739><c> unions</c><00:36:38.960><c> over</c>

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:40.300
here?<00:36:39.300><c> I</c><00:36:39.300><c> presume</c><00:36:39.500><c> you</c><00:36:39.679><c> do.</c>

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:45.679
What<00:36:40.920><c> about</c><00:36:41.079><c> if</c><00:36:41.199><c> we</c><00:36:41.340><c> go</c><00:36:41.480><c> to</c><00:36:41.659><c> work</c><00:36:42.340><c> and</c><00:36:43.079><c> we're</c><00:36:44.119><c> put</c><00:36:44.239><c> under</c><00:36:44.639><c> pressure</c><00:36:44.860><c> to</c><00:36:45.119><c> join</c><00:36:45.340><c> a</c>

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.840
trade<00:36:45.940><c> union?</c>

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:51.039
Do<00:36:47.320><c> you</c><00:36:47.420><c> have</c><00:36:47.639><c> compulsory</c><00:36:48.059><c> unionism</c><00:36:48.440><c> here</c><00:36:48.639><c> in</c><00:36:48.739><c> any</c><00:36:48.920><c> industries?</c><00:36:50.840><c> No,</c><00:36:51.000><c> you</c>

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:52.800
don't<00:36:51.179><c> have</c><00:36:51.280><c> compulsory</c><00:36:51.800><c> unionism?</c>

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:56.659
In<00:36:54.000><c> Australia</c><00:36:54.460><c> in</c><00:36:54.659><c> the</c><00:36:54.820><c> 70s</c><00:36:55.159><c> and</c><00:36:55.280><c> 80s,</c><00:36:55.820><c> compulsory</c><00:36:56.199><c> unionism</c>

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:59.099
was<00:36:56.840><c> actually</c><00:36:57.340><c> in</c><00:36:58.199><c> most</c><00:36:58.619><c> workplaces.</c>

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:02.599
There<00:36:59.260><c> were</c><00:36:59.460><c> very,</c><00:36:59.760><c> very</c><00:36:59.980><c> few</c><00:37:00.159><c> jobs</c><00:37:00.400><c> where</c><00:37:00.579><c> you</c><00:37:00.679><c> weren't</c><00:37:00.900><c> forced</c><00:37:01.320><c> to</c><00:37:01.519><c> join</c><00:37:01.659><c> a</c><00:37:01.860><c> union.</c>

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:05.960
And<00:37:03.820><c> that</c><00:37:03.920><c> was</c><00:37:04.079><c> a</c><00:37:04.280><c> requirement</c><00:37:04.619><c> when</c><00:37:05.199><c> you</c><00:37:05.400><c> started</c><00:37:05.619><c> the</c><00:37:05.860><c> job,</c>

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:07.340
that<00:37:06.079><c> you</c><00:37:06.219><c> were</c><00:37:06.460><c> forced</c><00:37:06.739><c> to</c><00:37:06.920><c> join</c><00:37:07.039><c> a</c><00:37:07.219><c> union.</c>

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:11.760
And<00:37:07.519><c> that</c><00:37:07.599><c> was</c><00:37:07.699><c> also</c><00:37:08.019><c> happened</c><00:37:08.260><c> back</c><00:37:08.519><c> in</c><00:37:09.480><c> the</c><00:37:09.599><c> 1800s</c><00:37:10.239><c> and</c><00:37:10.360><c> 1900s</c><00:37:10.820><c> in</c><00:37:10.960><c> England.</c>

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:15.119
The<00:37:12.139><c> unions</c><00:37:12.280><c> became</c><00:37:12.619><c> very</c><00:37:13.039><c> strong</c><00:37:13.219><c> in</c><00:37:13.360><c> the</c><00:37:13.559><c> industrial</c><00:37:13.960><c> age</c><00:37:14.260><c> there.</c>

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:18.980
So<00:37:17.099><c> would</c><00:37:17.500><c> you</c><00:37:17.659><c> join</c><00:37:17.760><c> a</c><00:37:18.000><c> trade</c><00:37:18.159><c> union</c><00:37:18.360><c> if</c><00:37:18.460><c> you</c><00:37:18.460><c> had</c><00:37:18.599><c> a</c><00:37:18.739><c> choice?</c>

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:20.179
Why<00:37:19.239><c> not?</c>

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:25.460
Why<00:37:21.659><c> would</c><00:37:21.800><c> you</c><00:37:21.880><c> want</c><00:37:21.980><c> to</c><00:37:22.079><c> keep</c><00:37:22.179><c> away</c><00:37:22.440><c> from</c><00:37:22.599><c> a</c><00:37:22.780><c> trade</c><00:37:22.960><c> union?</c><00:37:24.619><c> Yeah.</c>

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:30.739
Right,<00:37:28.280><c> so</c><00:37:28.400><c> the</c><00:37:28.480><c> political</c><00:37:28.900><c> alliances</c><00:37:29.340><c> are</c><00:37:29.539><c> very</c><00:37:29.780><c> suspect.</c>

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:33.920
In<00:37:31.000><c> most</c><00:37:31.239><c> cases,</c><00:37:31.820><c> unions</c><00:37:31.960><c> support</c><00:37:32.460><c> labour</c><00:37:32.860><c> parties</c><00:37:33.260><c> or,</c><00:37:33.780><c> you</c>

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:35.820
know,<00:37:34.940><c> that</c><00:37:35.239><c> side</c><00:37:35.539><c> of</c><00:37:35.719><c> things.</c>

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:37.340
I<00:37:35.960><c> don't</c><00:37:36.000><c> know</c><00:37:36.059><c> if</c><00:37:36.059><c> you</c><00:37:36.139><c> call</c><00:37:36.280><c> them</c><00:37:36.400><c> over</c><00:37:36.639><c> here</c><00:37:36.820><c> or</c><00:37:37.079><c> democrats</c>

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:39.739
or<00:37:37.460><c> something,</c><00:37:37.780><c> but</c><00:37:38.239><c> we</c><00:37:38.559><c> have</c><00:37:38.719><c> labour</c><00:37:38.980><c> parties</c><00:37:39.260><c> in</c><00:37:39.500><c> Australia.</c>

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:44.179
And<00:37:39.960><c> they</c><00:37:40.159><c> are</c><00:37:40.460><c> very,</c><00:37:40.900><c> very</c><00:37:41.780><c> anti</c><00:37:42.179><c>-Christian</c><00:37:42.500><c> parties,</c><00:37:43.860><c> very</c>

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:46.619
secular<00:37:44.639><c> in</c><00:37:44.980><c> the</c><00:37:45.099><c> way</c><00:37:45.199><c> they</c><00:37:45.380><c> do</c><00:37:45.619><c> things.</c>

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:50.360
And<00:37:47.639><c> like</c><00:37:47.800><c> it</c><00:37:47.880><c> or</c><00:37:48.039><c> not,</c><00:37:48.280><c> the</c><00:37:48.420><c> union</c><00:37:48.599><c> will</c><00:37:48.800><c> take</c><00:37:49.000><c> your</c><00:37:49.340><c> funds</c><00:37:49.679><c> and</c><00:37:50.099><c> send</c><00:37:50.199><c> it</c>

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:52.760
on<00:37:50.460><c> to</c><00:37:50.599><c> a</c><00:37:50.719><c> political</c><00:37:50.940><c> party</c><00:37:51.300><c> of</c><00:37:51.699><c> their</c><00:37:51.900><c> choosing.</c>

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:55.780
They<00:37:53.539><c> also</c><00:37:53.780><c> make</c><00:37:54.039><c> alliances</c><00:37:54.420><c> with</c><00:37:54.659><c> organisations</c><00:37:55.260><c> that</c><00:37:55.579><c> we</c>

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:57.239
couldn't<00:37:55.980><c> support</c><00:37:56.380><c> either.</c>

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.639
So,<00:37:57.800><c> you</c><00:37:57.800><c> know,</c><00:37:58.340><c> alliances</c><00:37:58.539><c> is</c><00:37:58.739><c> one</c><00:37:58.820><c> problem.</c><00:37:59.099><c> Why</c><00:37:59.400><c> are</c><00:37:59.619><c> there</c>

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:01.760
other<00:37:59.840><c> reasons</c><00:38:00.099><c> that</c><00:38:00.300><c> we</c><00:38:00.420><c> join</c><00:38:00.619><c> trade</c><00:38:00.840><c> unions?</c>

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:07.940
What<00:38:04.119><c> do</c><00:38:04.280><c> trade</c><00:38:04.440><c> unions</c><00:38:04.659><c> often</c><00:38:04.960><c> end</c><00:38:05.139><c> up</c><00:38:05.320><c> doing?</c><00:38:06.860><c> Go</c><00:38:07.039><c> on</c><00:38:07.340><c> strike.</c><00:38:07.780><c> Should</c>

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:09.260
we<00:38:08.099><c> go</c><00:38:08.300><c> on</c><00:38:08.519><c> strike?</c>

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:13.639
What<00:38:10.360><c> are</c><00:38:10.780><c> we</c><00:38:11.019><c> told</c><00:38:11.219><c> to</c><00:38:11.460><c> do</c><00:38:11.579><c> in</c><00:38:11.719><c> relationship</c><00:38:12.239><c> to</c><00:38:12.440><c> our</c><00:38:12.639><c> masters?</c>

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:19.139
Be<00:38:17.119><c> content</c><00:38:17.480><c> with</c><00:38:17.699><c> your</c><00:38:17.840><c> wages.</c><00:38:18.179><c> You</c><00:38:18.219><c> ever</c><00:38:18.340><c> met</c><00:38:18.500><c> a</c><00:38:18.639><c> trade</c><00:38:18.820><c> union</c><00:38:19.000><c> that</c>

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.579
was<00:38:19.260><c> content</c><00:38:19.460><c> with</c><00:38:19.599><c> his</c><00:38:19.800><c> wages?</c>

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.659
Okay,<00:38:23.059><c> the</c><00:38:23.159><c> first</c><00:38:23.460><c> principle</c><00:38:23.679><c> of</c><00:38:23.920><c> trade</c><00:38:24.119><c> unions</c><00:38:24.340><c> is</c><00:38:24.480><c> you</c><00:38:24.619><c> are</c>

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.780
never<00:38:24.880><c> content</c><00:38:25.179><c> with</c><00:38:25.380><c> your</c><00:38:25.559><c> wages.</c>

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:27.920
You<00:38:25.980><c> know,</c><00:38:26.019><c> you</c><00:38:26.039><c> have</c><00:38:26.260><c> ambit</c><00:38:26.519><c> claims.</c><00:38:26.940><c> You</c><00:38:27.079><c> know,</c><00:38:27.500><c> you</c><00:38:27.699><c> really</c>

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:30.340
want<00:38:28.039><c> to</c><00:38:28.119><c> get</c><00:38:28.239><c> $10,</c><00:38:28.739><c> so</c><00:38:28.860><c> you</c><00:38:28.980><c> ask</c><00:38:29.159><c> for</c><00:38:29.460><c> $500.</c>

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:33.820
And<00:38:31.119><c> then</c><00:38:31.300><c> you</c><00:38:31.519><c> negotiate</c><00:38:31.920><c> it</c><00:38:32.079><c> down</c><00:38:32.219><c> to</c><00:38:32.360><c> $12</c><00:38:32.739><c> or</c><00:38:33.000><c> something.</c>

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:36.519
So<00:38:34.539><c> trade</c><00:38:34.940><c> unions</c><00:38:35.119><c> are</c><00:38:35.380><c> never</c><00:38:35.599><c> content</c><00:38:35.880><c> with</c><00:38:36.039><c> their</c><00:38:36.199><c> wages.</c>

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:38.679
So<00:38:37.380><c> we</c><00:38:37.579><c> have</c><00:38:37.739><c> got</c><00:38:37.739><c> to</c><00:38:37.800><c> be</c><00:38:37.940><c> content</c><00:38:38.139><c> with</c><00:38:38.239><c> our</c><00:38:38.440><c> wages.</c>

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:42.159
We<00:38:38.760><c> have</c><00:38:38.960><c> also</c><00:38:39.260><c> got</c><00:38:39.400><c> to</c><00:38:39.599><c> serve</c><00:38:39.860><c> masters</c><00:38:40.340><c> well,</c><00:38:41.800><c> whether</c><00:38:41.880><c> they</c>

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:44.440
are<00:38:42.159><c> good</c><00:38:42.380><c> masters</c><00:38:42.760><c> or</c><00:38:42.920><c> bad</c><00:38:43.280><c> masters.</c>

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:47.639
Now,<00:38:45.159><c> fortunately,</c><00:38:46.179><c> most</c><00:38:46.440><c> of</c><00:38:46.579><c> us,</c><00:38:46.860><c> if</c><00:38:46.900><c> we</c><00:38:47.000><c> are</c><00:38:47.000><c> in</c><00:38:47.119><c> a</c><00:38:47.280><c> job</c><00:38:47.500><c> that</c>

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:50.239
is<00:38:47.699><c> really</c><00:38:48.019><c> bad,</c><00:38:48.380><c> we</c><00:38:48.480><c> can</c><00:38:48.639><c> move</c><00:38:48.820><c> on</c><00:38:48.940><c> to</c><00:38:49.059><c> a</c><00:38:49.159><c> better</c><00:38:49.340><c> job.</c>

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.900
But<00:38:50.840><c> most</c><00:38:51.260><c> of</c><00:38:51.380><c> the</c><00:38:51.500><c> people</c><00:38:51.639><c> in</c><00:38:51.760><c> the</c><00:38:51.860><c> New</c><00:38:52.019><c> Testament</c><00:38:52.400><c> times</c><00:38:52.760><c> who</c>

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:55.119
worked<00:38:53.119><c> under</c><00:38:53.380><c> masters</c><00:38:53.760><c> were</c><00:38:53.940><c> slaves.</c>

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.880
They<00:38:56.119><c> couldn't</c><00:38:56.440><c> up</c><00:38:56.699><c> and</c><00:38:56.920><c> resign.</c>

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:00.820
And<00:38:59.099><c> so</c><00:38:59.340><c> the</c><00:38:59.519><c> encouragement</c><00:38:59.840><c> they</c><00:39:00.059><c> got</c><00:39:00.239><c> from</c><00:39:00.400><c> the</c><00:39:00.579><c> apostles</c>

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:04.300
was<00:39:01.119><c> to</c><00:39:01.440><c> serve</c><00:39:01.800><c> good</c><00:39:02.059><c> masters</c><00:39:02.400><c> and</c><00:39:02.599><c> bad</c><00:39:02.880><c> masters</c><00:39:03.239><c> equally</c><00:39:03.659><c> alike,</c><00:39:04.000><c> as</c>

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.000
unto<00:39:04.519><c> the</c><00:39:04.719><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:08.619
And<00:39:05.980><c> we</c><00:39:06.300><c> should</c><00:39:06.659><c> never</c><00:39:06.960><c> be</c><00:39:07.239><c> seen</c><00:39:07.440><c> complaining</c><00:39:07.960><c> against</c><00:39:08.340><c> our</c>

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.610
working<00:39:08.860><c> conditions,</c>

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:13.260
complaining<00:39:10.780><c> or</c><00:39:11.179><c> organizing</c><00:39:11.579><c> against</c><00:39:12.000><c> our</c><00:39:12.239><c> bosses,</c><00:39:13.260><c> because</c>

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:17.380
we<00:39:13.840><c> are</c><00:39:13.920><c> to</c><00:39:14.059><c> submit</c><00:39:14.380><c> to</c><00:39:14.599><c> both</c><00:39:14.820><c> good</c><00:39:14.980><c> and</c><00:39:15.260><c> bad,</c><00:39:16.119><c> as</c><00:39:16.239><c> unto</c><00:39:16.440><c> the</c><00:39:16.659><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:20.719
So<00:39:18.900><c> we</c><00:39:19.360><c> stand</c><00:39:19.639><c> aside</c><00:39:19.920><c> from</c><00:39:20.179><c> trade</c><00:39:20.440><c> unions.</c>

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.960
Now,<00:39:20.940><c> if</c><00:39:21.019><c> you</c><00:39:21.159><c> don't</c><00:39:21.260><c> have</c><00:39:21.400><c> the</c><00:39:21.480><c> problem</c><00:39:21.679><c> of</c><00:39:21.900><c> compulsory</c><00:39:22.320><c> unionism</c><00:39:22.739><c> like</c>

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:24.380
we<00:39:23.139><c> do</c><00:39:23.219><c> in</c><00:39:23.420><c> Australia,</c>

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:27.420
then<00:39:25.159><c> keep</c><00:39:25.599><c> out</c><00:39:25.800><c> of</c><00:39:25.920><c> them.</c><00:39:26.039><c> Keep</c><00:39:26.239><c> away</c><00:39:26.559><c> from</c><00:39:26.760><c> them.</c><00:39:26.920><c> Have</c><00:39:27.099><c> no</c>

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.159
part<00:39:27.559><c> of</c><00:39:27.659><c> their</c><00:39:27.800><c> activities.</c>

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:31.019
Don't<00:39:28.480><c> go</c><00:39:28.739><c> on</c><00:39:29.039><c> strike.</c><00:39:29.679><c> Just</c><00:39:29.900><c> keep</c><00:39:30.159><c> right</c><00:39:30.420><c> away</c><00:39:30.679><c> from</c><00:39:30.840><c> them</c><00:39:30.940><c> if</c>

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.940
you<00:39:31.239><c> can.</c>

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:35.719
In<00:39:32.920><c> Australia,</c><00:39:34.340><c> you</c><00:39:34.400><c> know,</c><00:39:34.639><c> there</c><00:39:34.739><c> are</c><00:39:34.940><c> some</c><00:39:35.079><c> people</c><00:39:35.300><c> who</c><00:39:35.440><c> have</c><00:39:35.559><c> had</c>

00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:38.019
to<00:39:35.920><c> join</c><00:39:36.059><c> a</c><00:39:36.300><c> union</c><00:39:36.519><c> and</c><00:39:37.380><c> pay</c><00:39:37.559><c> the</c><00:39:37.840><c> fee.</c>

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:40.599
And<00:39:38.420><c> quite</c><00:39:38.579><c> often</c><00:39:38.699><c> what</c><00:39:38.800><c> they</c><00:39:38.880><c> let</c><00:39:39.019><c> us</c><00:39:39.199><c> do</c><00:39:39.380><c> is</c><00:39:39.539><c> they</c><00:39:39.739><c> say,</c><00:39:40.019><c> look,</c><00:39:40.019><c> if</c><00:39:40.119><c> you've</c><00:39:40.300><c> got</c><00:39:40.460><c> a</c>

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:43.019
problem<00:39:40.840><c> with</c><00:39:41.280><c> paying</c><00:39:41.559><c> the</c><00:39:41.699><c> fee</c><00:39:41.800><c> to</c><00:39:41.940><c> the</c><00:39:42.119><c> union,</c>

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:47.340
providing<00:39:43.340><c> you</c><00:39:43.579><c> pay</c><00:39:43.780><c> the</c><00:39:43.980><c> fee</c><00:39:44.079><c> to</c><00:39:44.199><c> a</c><00:39:44.360><c> charity,</c><00:39:46.059><c> then</c><00:39:46.480><c> they</c><00:39:47.320><c> are</c>

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:49.300
at<00:39:47.460><c> least</c><00:39:47.619><c> happy</c><00:39:47.900><c> that</c><00:39:48.059><c> you</c><00:39:48.239><c> are</c><00:39:48.260><c> not</c><00:39:48.480><c> just</c><00:39:48.699><c> bludging</c><00:39:49.019><c> on</c><00:39:49.159><c> what</c>

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.980
the<00:39:49.440><c> other</c><00:39:49.619><c> union</c><00:39:49.800><c> members</c><00:39:50.079><c> are</c><00:39:50.280><c> doing.</c>

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:54.599
So,<00:39:52.420><c> you</c><00:39:52.780><c> know,</c><00:39:53.019><c> in</c><00:39:53.179><c> Australia,</c><00:39:53.579><c> we</c><00:39:53.679><c> have</c><00:39:53.860><c> to</c><00:39:54.019><c> then</c><00:39:54.199><c> make</c><00:39:54.360><c> a</c>

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:56.280
stand<00:39:54.760><c> even</c><00:39:55.000><c> within</c><00:39:55.260><c> the</c><00:39:55.500><c> union.</c>

00:39:56.699 --> 00:40:00.519
And<00:39:57.139><c> I</c><00:39:57.380><c> was</c><00:39:57.559><c> in</c><00:39:57.659><c> a</c><00:39:57.800><c> case</c><00:39:57.960><c> many</c><00:39:58.179><c> years</c><00:39:58.440><c> ago</c><00:39:58.719><c> where</c><00:39:59.500><c> the</c><00:39:59.780><c> employment</c><00:39:59.960><c> I</c><00:40:00.099><c> was</c><00:40:00.320><c> in</c>

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:02.440
brought<00:40:00.699><c> in</c><00:40:00.940><c> compulsory</c><00:40:01.340><c> unionism.</c>

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:06.719
I<00:40:02.559><c> said,</c><00:40:02.900><c> look,</c><00:40:03.739><c> I'll</c><00:40:04.000><c> pay</c><00:40:04.159><c> my</c><00:40:04.480><c> fee</c><00:40:04.619><c> to</c><00:40:04.760><c> a</c><00:40:04.920><c> charity,</c><00:40:06.079><c> but</c><00:40:06.260><c> if</c><00:40:06.420><c> you</c><00:40:06.579><c> go</c>

00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:08.960
on<00:40:07.000><c> strike,</c><00:40:07.179><c> I'm</c><00:40:07.340><c> not</c><00:40:07.539><c> going</c><00:40:07.800><c> on</c><00:40:08.119><c> strike.</c>

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.960
And<00:40:09.900><c> twice</c><00:40:10.159><c> I've</c><00:40:10.420><c> actually</c><00:40:10.739><c> worked</c><00:40:10.980><c> through</c><00:40:11.320><c> strikes.</c><00:40:11.880><c> I've</c>

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:13.500
been<00:40:12.079><c> physically</c><00:40:12.440><c> assaulted.</c>

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:16.639
I've<00:40:14.719><c> been</c><00:40:15.000><c> sent</c><00:40:15.179><c> to</c><00:40:15.420><c> Coventry,</c><00:40:15.820><c> which</c><00:40:15.980><c> means</c><00:40:16.179><c> that</c><00:40:16.380><c> no</c><00:40:16.480><c> one</c>

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:18.599
spoke<00:40:16.840><c> to</c><00:40:16.960><c> me</c><00:40:17.079><c> for</c><00:40:17.239><c> three</c><00:40:17.480><c> weeks.</c>

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I've<00:40:19.659><c> been</c><00:40:19.800><c> through</c><00:40:19.980><c> all</c><00:40:20.159><c> that.</c><00:40:20.800><c> So,</c><00:40:21.219><c> you</c><00:40:21.579><c> know,</c><00:40:21.719><c> you've</c><00:40:22.000><c> still</c><00:40:22.099><c> got</c>

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to<00:40:22.280><c> do</c><00:40:22.360><c> what</c><00:40:22.519><c> is</c><00:40:22.739><c> right</c><00:40:22.880><c> by</c><00:40:23.099><c> your</c><00:40:23.340><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:40:24.500><c> if</c><00:40:24.639><c> the</c><00:40:24.760><c> union</c><00:40:24.900><c> is</c><00:40:25.059><c> doing</c><00:40:25.139><c> something</c><00:40:25.460><c> else,</c><00:40:25.940><c> well,</c><00:40:25.960><c> then</c>

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you<00:40:26.179><c> just</c><00:40:26.380><c> say,</c><00:40:26.679><c> well,</c><00:40:26.739><c> my</c><00:40:26.920><c> conscience</c><00:40:27.119><c> says</c><00:40:27.260><c> I've</c><00:40:27.440><c> got</c><00:40:27.480><c> to</c><00:40:27.579><c> do</c><00:40:27.719><c> this.</c>

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And<00:40:29.800><c> it's</c><00:40:30.199><c> surprising</c><00:40:30.599><c> how</c><00:40:30.920><c> those</c><00:40:31.159><c> things</c><00:40:31.420><c> tend</c><00:40:31.659><c> to</c><00:40:31.800><c> work</c><00:40:32.019><c> out.</c>

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But,<00:40:33.579><c> you</c><00:40:33.739><c> know,</c><00:40:33.800><c> we've</c><00:40:34.019><c> always</c><00:40:34.239><c> got</c><00:40:34.420><c> to</c><00:40:34.619><c> reserve</c><00:40:34.900><c> that</c><00:40:35.300><c> freedom</c><00:40:35.579><c> to</c>

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preserve<00:40:36.460><c> our</c><00:40:36.820><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:40:39.860><c> never</c><00:40:40.260><c> would</c><00:40:40.500><c> you</c><00:40:40.639><c> sign</c><00:40:40.739><c> a</c><00:40:40.960><c> form</c><00:40:41.099><c> that</c><00:40:41.340><c> says</c><00:40:41.460><c> you</c><00:40:41.579><c> will</c>

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obey<00:40:41.940><c> what</c><00:40:42.099><c> the</c><00:40:42.340><c> union</c><00:40:42.539><c> says.</c>

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So,<00:40:45.320><c> you</c><00:40:45.460><c> can</c><00:40:45.679><c> always</c><00:40:46.300><c> say,</c><00:40:46.719><c> well,</c><00:40:46.860><c> look,</c><00:40:47.659><c> I'll</c><00:40:47.900><c> go</c><00:40:48.019><c> as</c><00:40:48.260><c> far</c><00:40:48.420><c> as</c>

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I<00:40:48.739><c> can,</c><00:40:48.960><c> but</c><00:40:49.079><c> if</c><00:40:49.280><c> it</c><00:40:49.340><c> comes</c><00:40:49.500><c> in</c><00:40:49.679><c> the</c><00:40:49.780><c> end,</c><00:40:49.900><c> I</c><00:40:50.019><c> will</c><00:40:50.260><c> still</c><00:40:50.460><c> observe</c><00:40:50.840><c> my</c><00:40:51.159><c> conscience.</c>

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Okay,<00:40:53.519><c> so</c><00:40:53.719><c> that</c><00:40:53.900><c> really</c><00:40:54.139><c> is</c><00:40:54.320><c> our</c><00:40:54.500><c> position</c><00:40:54.880><c> in</c><00:40:55.099><c> relation</c><00:40:55.360><c> to</c>

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the<00:40:55.820><c> state</c><00:40:55.980><c> very</c><00:40:56.280><c> briefly</c><00:40:56.659><c> put.</c>

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I'd<00:40:57.840><c> like</c><00:40:57.980><c> you</c><00:40:58.099><c> to,</c><00:40:58.559><c> you've</c><00:40:58.800><c> got</c><00:40:58.900><c> those</c><00:40:59.099><c> in</c><00:40:59.239><c> your</c><00:40:59.420><c> notes,</c><00:40:59.739><c> so</c><00:40:59.980><c> have</c><00:41:00.139><c> a</c>

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look<00:41:00.300><c> at</c><00:41:00.420><c> them.</c>

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Read<00:41:00.880><c> the</c><00:41:01.139><c> story</c><00:41:01.320><c> of</c><00:41:01.559><c> Albert</c><00:41:01.739><c> Mertz.</c><00:41:02.440><c> Please</c><00:41:02.719><c> do</c><00:41:02.900><c> that</c><00:41:03.059><c> for</c><00:41:03.239><c> me</c>

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because<00:41:03.539><c> it</c><00:41:03.659><c> will</c><00:41:03.780><c> give</c><00:41:03.860><c> you</c><00:41:03.980><c> an</c><00:41:04.179><c> impression</c><00:41:04.460><c> what</c><00:41:04.659><c> some</c><00:41:04.900><c> people</c><00:41:05.099><c> have</c>

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been<00:41:05.579><c> through</c><00:41:05.780><c> for</c><00:41:05.940><c> their</c><00:41:06.139><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:41:08.059><c> we</c><00:41:08.300><c> look</c><00:41:08.460><c> forward</c><00:41:08.679><c> to</c><00:41:08.840><c> seeing</c><00:41:09.019><c> in</c><00:41:09.139><c> the</c><00:41:09.219><c> next</c><00:41:09.340><c> couple</c><00:41:09.519><c> of</c>

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days<00:41:09.840><c> when</c><00:41:10.000><c> we'll</c><00:41:10.159><c> go</c><00:41:10.260><c> on</c><00:41:10.360><c> with</c><00:41:10.480><c> some</c><00:41:10.679><c> other</c><00:41:11.179><c> particular</c><00:41:11.579><c> issues.</c>