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whom<00:12:11.600><c> Peter</c><00:12:11.840><c> was</c><00:12:12.080><c> writing,</c><00:12:13.419><c> because</c><00:12:13.919><c> in</c>

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or<00:12:50.220><c> harm?</c><00:12:51.820><c> So</c><00:12:52.019><c> Peter's</c><00:12:52.600><c> assurances</c><00:12:53.100><c> in</c><00:12:53.360><c> his</c><00:12:53.600><c> first</c><00:12:53.820><c> epistle,</c>

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it<00:13:03.000><c> a</c><00:13:03.139><c> roaring</c><00:13:03.340><c> lion,</c><00:13:04.360><c> without</c><00:13:04.899><c> harm.</c><00:13:06.019><c> In</c><00:13:06.159><c> fact,</c><00:13:06.379><c> as</c><00:13:06.639><c> Daniel</c>

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says,<00:13:08.279><c> they</c><00:13:08.480><c> came</c><00:13:08.759><c> through</c><00:13:09.019><c> it</c><00:13:09.179><c> without</c><00:13:09.379><c> even</c>

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persecutions<00:16:13.000><c> and</c><00:16:13.279><c> problems,</c><00:16:13.740><c> we</c><00:16:14.000><c> don't</c><00:16:14.460><c> succumb</c><00:16:15.000><c> to</c><00:16:15.379><c> compromise.</c><00:16:16.580><c> We</c><00:16:16.820><c> don't</c><00:16:17.179><c> allow</c><00:16:17.480><c> ourselves</c><00:16:17.960><c> to</c><00:16:18.299><c> become</c>

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He<00:16:54.960><c> says,</c><00:16:55.759><c> if</c><00:16:56.019><c> ye</c><00:16:56.340><c> do</c><00:16:56.600><c> well</c><00:16:57.059><c> and</c><00:16:57.679><c> suffer</c><00:16:58.240><c> for</c><00:16:58.860><c> it,</c><00:17:00.600><c> then</c><00:17:00.779><c> God</c><00:17:01.039><c> will</c><00:17:01.200><c> be</c>

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page,<00:18:43.519><c> Peter</c><00:18:43.779><c> exhorts</c><00:18:44.460><c> the</c><00:18:44.920><c> believers</c><00:18:45.299><c> that</c><00:18:46.759><c> they</c><00:18:46.960><c> must</c><00:18:47.200><c> be</c><00:18:47.400><c> like</c><00:18:47.579><c> the</c><00:18:47.779><c> Lord</c><00:18:47.960><c> Jesus</c><00:18:48.380><c> Christ</c><00:18:48.759><c> who</c><00:18:49.019><c> was</c><00:18:49.380><c> a</c>

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behavior.<00:18:53.759><c> First</c><00:18:53.920><c> to</c><00:18:54.059><c> Peter</c><00:18:54.200><c> one</c><00:18:54.400><c> and</c><00:18:54.559><c> verse</c><00:18:54.720><c> 19.</c>

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Second<00:19:03.279><c> epistle,</c><00:19:03.819><c> be</c><00:19:04.039><c> diligent</c><00:19:04.640><c> that</c><00:19:05.599><c> ye</c><00:19:05.720><c> may</c><00:19:05.900><c> be</c><00:19:06.119><c> found</c><00:19:06.339><c> of</c>

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him<00:19:06.619><c> in</c><00:19:06.920><c> peace</c><00:19:07.119><c> without</c><00:19:07.619><c> spot</c><00:19:08.039><c> and</c><00:19:08.460><c> blameless.</c>

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Second<00:19:09.799><c> Peter</c><00:19:10.000><c> three</c><00:19:10.279><c> and</c><00:19:10.460><c> 14.</c><00:19:11.839><c> There</c><00:19:11.960><c> is</c><00:19:12.180><c> a</c><00:19:12.579><c> definite</c><00:19:13.000><c> need</c>

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for<00:19:13.680><c> brothers</c><00:19:13.920><c> and</c><00:19:14.220><c> sisters</c><00:19:14.579><c> facing</c><00:19:14.980><c> persecution</c>

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to<00:19:16.420><c> hold</c><00:19:16.859><c> fast,</c><00:19:18.240><c> to</c><00:19:18.339><c> maintain</c><00:19:18.799><c> that</c><00:19:19.160><c> spiritual</c><00:19:19.720><c> growth</c><00:19:20.039><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:20.579><c> incorruptible</c><00:19:21.259><c> seed,</c>

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to<00:19:23.000><c> grow</c><00:19:23.380><c> from</c><00:19:23.740><c> faith</c><00:19:24.059><c> to</c><00:19:24.299><c> faith</c><00:19:24.599><c> in</c><00:19:24.799><c> order</c><00:19:25.099><c> to</c><00:19:25.339><c> withstand</c><00:19:25.859><c> the</c>

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impending<00:19:26.539><c> trials</c><00:19:27.079><c> and</c><00:19:27.480><c> stress</c><00:19:27.779><c> of</c><00:19:28.019><c> life.</c>

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Whether<00:19:29.140><c> it</c><00:19:29.319><c> comes</c><00:19:29.460><c> from</c><00:19:29.660><c> the</c><00:19:29.859><c> weaknesses</c><00:19:30.160><c> of</c><00:19:30.460><c> mortality,</c><00:19:31.700><c> whether</c><00:19:31.799><c> it</c>

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comes<00:19:32.220><c> from</c><00:19:32.960><c> apostasy</c><00:19:33.680><c> developing</c><00:19:34.180><c> within</c>

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the<00:19:34.779><c> community,</c><00:19:35.579><c> or</c><00:19:35.779><c> whether</c><00:19:35.960><c> it</c><00:19:36.039><c> comes</c><00:19:36.259><c> from</c><00:19:36.500><c> persecution</c><00:19:37.059><c> from</c><00:19:37.380><c> without.</c><00:19:38.440><c> There</c><00:19:38.599><c> must</c><00:19:38.859><c> be</c><00:19:39.099><c> a</c>

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diligent<00:19:39.980><c> cultivation</c>

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of<00:19:42.140><c> godliness</c><00:19:42.700><c> that</c><00:19:42.859><c> we</c><00:19:43.019><c> might</c><00:19:43.240><c> be</c><00:19:43.480><c> like</c><00:19:43.740><c> Christ</c><00:19:44.140><c> without</c><00:19:44.579><c> spot</c><00:19:44.940><c> and</c><00:19:45.200><c> blemish.</c>

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But<00:19:46.519><c> notice</c><00:19:47.099><c> the</c><00:19:47.480><c> parallels</c><00:19:47.740><c> in</c><00:19:48.019><c> Daniel.</c><00:19:49.640><c> Notice</c><00:19:49.880><c> how</c><00:19:50.319><c> almost</c>

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exact<00:19:51.160><c> the</c><00:19:51.500><c> phrasing</c><00:19:51.740><c> is</c><00:19:52.039><c> here</c><00:19:52.299><c> in</c><00:19:52.539><c> Daniel</c><00:19:52.980><c> chapter</c>

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one<00:19:54.119><c> where</c><00:19:54.579><c> we</c><00:19:54.859><c> read</c><00:19:55.480><c> that</c><00:19:56.200><c> these,</c><00:19:56.700><c> that's</c><00:19:57.019><c> Daniel</c><00:19:57.279><c> and</c><00:19:57.440><c> his</c>

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friends,<00:19:58.880><c> were</c><00:19:59.039><c> children</c><00:19:59.539><c> in</c><00:19:59.819><c> whom</c><00:20:00.019><c> was</c><00:20:00.799><c> no</c><00:20:01.779><c> blemish.</c>

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The<00:20:04.000><c> very</c><00:20:04.599><c> exhortation</c><00:20:05.779><c> phrased</c><00:20:06.200><c> by</c><00:20:06.579><c> Peter</c><00:20:06.980><c> as</c><00:20:08.019><c> he</c><00:20:08.259><c> writes</c><00:20:08.519><c> in</c>

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Babylon<00:20:09.319><c> to</c><00:20:10.460><c> strangers</c><00:20:11.119><c> who</c><00:20:12.079><c> were</c><00:20:12.359><c> scattered</c><00:20:12.640><c> abroad</c>

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throughout<00:20:13.759><c> Asia</c><00:20:14.180><c> Minor</c><00:20:14.559><c> in</c><00:20:14.819><c> an</c><00:20:15.039><c> alien</c><00:20:15.339><c> environment.</c><00:20:16.880><c> How</c>

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appropriate<00:20:17.619><c> are</c><00:20:17.900><c> those</c><00:20:18.140><c> words</c><00:20:18.480><c> considering</c><00:20:19.059><c> where</c>

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Peter's<00:20:19.940><c> writing</c><00:20:20.140><c> from?</c><00:20:21.359><c> Daniel</c><00:20:21.559><c> six</c><00:20:21.880><c> and</c><00:20:22.079><c> verse</c><00:20:22.279><c> four.</c><00:20:23.400><c> But</c>

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they,<00:20:24.779><c> their</c><00:20:24.960><c> accusers,</c><00:20:25.599><c> could</c><00:20:25.759><c> find</c><00:20:26.119><c> none</c><00:20:26.339><c> occasion</c>

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nor<00:20:27.180><c> fault.</c><00:20:29.380><c> Tremendous</c><00:20:30.099><c> testimony</c><00:20:30.619><c> to</c><00:20:30.880><c> the</c><00:20:31.059><c> integrity</c><00:20:31.420><c> of</c>

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Daniel<00:20:31.960><c> and</c><00:20:32.119><c> his</c><00:20:32.240><c> friends.</c><00:20:33.259><c> For</c><00:20:33.400><c> as</c><00:20:33.599><c> much</c><00:20:33.819><c> as</c><00:20:34.000><c> he,</c>

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Daniel,<00:20:35.140><c> was</c><00:20:35.440><c> faithful,</c><00:20:36.839><c> neither</c><00:20:37.279><c> was</c><00:20:37.700><c> there</c><00:20:38.200><c> any</c><00:20:38.839><c> error</c><00:20:39.259><c> or</c>

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fault<00:20:40.180><c> found</c><00:20:40.759><c> in</c><00:20:40.900><c> him.</c><00:20:42.140><c> And</c><00:20:42.299><c> then</c><00:20:42.559><c> Daniel</c><00:20:42.839><c> six</c><00:20:43.160><c> and</c>

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22,<00:20:43.779><c> look</c><00:20:43.980><c> at</c><00:20:44.119><c> this</c><00:20:44.380><c> compliment</c><00:20:44.799><c> to</c><00:20:45.119><c> his</c><00:20:45.279><c> character.</c><00:20:47.400><c> Innocency</c><00:20:48.119><c> was</c><00:20:48.759><c> found</c><00:20:49.319><c> in</c>

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me,<00:20:50.660><c> says</c><00:20:50.900><c> Daniel.</c>

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There's<00:20:53.619><c> the</c><00:20:53.839><c> kind</c><00:20:54.279><c> of</c><00:20:54.619><c> inocency.</c><00:20:55.779><c> There's</c><00:20:56.319><c> the</c><00:20:56.539><c> kind</c><00:20:56.900><c> of</c><00:20:57.099><c> men</c>

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without<00:20:57.799><c> guile</c><00:20:58.460><c> that</c><00:20:59.039><c> Peter,</c><00:20:59.680><c> or</c><00:20:59.880><c> the</c><00:21:00.099><c> spirit,</c>

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has<00:21:01.039><c> in</c><00:21:01.420><c> mind</c><00:21:01.920><c> when</c><00:21:02.799><c> he</c><00:21:03.259><c> exhorts</c><00:21:03.619><c> the</c><00:21:03.900><c> brothers</c><00:21:04.180><c> and</c><00:21:04.400><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:21:05.059><c> Asia</c><00:21:05.279><c> Minor</c><00:21:05.700><c> and</c><00:21:06.099><c> when</c><00:21:06.220><c> he</c><00:21:06.500><c> exhorts</c><00:21:06.779><c> us.</c>

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In<00:21:08.079><c> the</c><00:21:08.380><c> world</c><00:21:08.599><c> we</c><00:21:08.740><c> must</c><00:21:08.960><c> be</c><00:21:09.240><c> blameless.</c><00:21:10.240><c> And</c><00:21:10.319><c> if</c><00:21:10.400><c> we</c><00:21:10.599><c> want</c><00:21:10.759><c> a</c>

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model,<00:21:12.200><c> if</c><00:21:12.339><c> we</c><00:21:12.559><c> want</c><00:21:13.019><c> some</c><00:21:13.460><c> kind</c><00:21:13.720><c> of</c><00:21:14.039><c> example,</c>

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we<00:21:14.599><c> have</c><00:21:14.779><c> it</c><00:21:14.920><c> in</c><00:21:15.099><c> Christ.</c><00:21:16.480><c> If</c><00:21:16.720><c> we</c><00:21:16.920><c> want</c><00:21:17.160><c> other</c><00:21:17.559><c> examples,</c><00:21:18.240><c> we</c>

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have<00:21:18.680><c> especially</c><00:21:19.359><c> the</c><00:21:19.579><c> example</c><00:21:19.940><c> of</c><00:21:20.140><c> Daniel</c><00:21:20.480><c> and</c><00:21:20.619><c> his</c>

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friends<00:21:21.140><c> in</c><00:21:21.599><c> the</c><00:21:21.740><c> midst</c><00:21:21.880><c> of</c><00:21:22.039><c> their</c><00:21:22.299><c> persecution.</c><00:21:23.599><c> Such</c><00:21:23.839><c> an</c>

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appropriate<00:21:24.599><c> background</c><00:21:25.259><c> for</c><00:21:25.960><c> the</c><00:21:26.079><c> brothers</c><00:21:26.259><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:21:26.680><c> of</c><00:21:26.839><c> Asia</c><00:21:27.059><c> Minor.</c><00:21:28.200><c> Now</c><00:21:28.319><c> page</c><00:21:28.599><c> four</c><00:21:29.940><c> deals</c><00:21:30.799><c> towards</c><00:21:31.359><c> the</c><00:21:31.539><c> middle</c><00:21:31.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:32.059><c> page</c>

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with<00:21:36.140><c> the</c><00:21:36.400><c> language</c><00:21:36.759><c> used</c><00:21:37.119><c> in</c><00:21:37.319><c> first</c><00:21:37.619><c> and</c><00:21:37.779><c> second</c><00:21:38.119><c> Peter</c><00:21:38.660><c> concerning</c><00:21:40.220><c> the</c>

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sovereignty<00:21:41.079><c> of</c><00:21:41.339><c> God.</c>

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For<00:21:43.140><c> example,</c><00:21:43.700><c> first</c><00:21:43.900><c> to</c><00:21:44.039><c> Peter</c><00:21:44.220><c> one</c><00:21:44.440><c> and</c><00:21:44.640><c> five.</c><00:21:45.440><c> He</c><00:21:45.920><c> assures</c>

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them<00:21:46.599><c> that</c><00:21:46.779><c> they</c><00:21:47.140><c> are</c><00:21:47.519><c> kept</c><00:21:48.000><c> by</c><00:21:48.579><c> the</c><00:21:48.920><c> power</c><00:21:49.279><c> of</c><00:21:49.599><c> God.</c>

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What<00:21:50.579><c> a</c><00:21:50.880><c> powerful</c><00:21:51.440><c> concrete</c><00:21:52.359><c> exhortation</c><00:21:53.240><c> to</c><00:21:53.720><c> all</c><00:21:53.980><c> of</c><00:21:54.079><c> us.</c><00:21:55.259><c> It</c>

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may<00:21:55.680><c> seem</c><00:21:56.019><c> when</c><00:21:56.200><c> we</c><00:21:56.440><c> face</c><00:21:56.640><c> the</c><00:21:56.900><c> roaring</c><00:21:57.180><c> lions,</c>

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and<00:21:58.380><c> it</c><00:21:58.480><c> may</c><00:21:58.740><c> seem</c><00:21:58.960><c> when</c><00:21:59.140><c> we</c><00:21:59.359><c> face</c><00:21:59.599><c> the</c><00:21:59.819><c> fire</c><00:22:00.059><c> of</c><00:22:00.319><c> affliction,</c>

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that<00:22:02.039><c> God</c><00:22:02.240><c> is</c><00:22:02.420><c> not</c><00:22:02.640><c> present.</c>

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We<00:22:04.079><c> begin</c><00:22:04.279><c> to</c><00:22:04.480><c> ask</c><00:22:04.640><c> those</c><00:22:04.920><c> questions.</c><00:22:05.460><c> Why</c><00:22:05.660><c> me?</c><00:22:06.799><c> Why</c><00:22:07.140><c> now?</c><00:22:07.960><c> Am</c>

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I<00:22:08.299><c> being</c><00:22:08.559><c> punished?</c><00:22:09.000><c> Is</c><00:22:09.240><c> God</c><00:22:09.599><c> there</c><00:22:10.019><c> anywhere?</c>

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With<00:22:11.640><c> all</c><00:22:11.920><c> the</c><00:22:12.140><c> distress</c><00:22:12.579><c> and</c><00:22:12.759><c> the</c><00:22:12.980><c> anxiety</c><00:22:13.359><c> that</c><00:22:13.519><c> I'm</c><00:22:13.680><c> facing</c>

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with<00:22:14.220><c> my</c><00:22:14.420><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:14.740><c> back</c><00:22:15.099><c> home</c><00:22:15.299><c> or</c><00:22:15.420><c> my</c><00:22:15.640><c> own</c>

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family<00:22:16.500><c> life</c><00:22:16.980><c> or</c><00:22:17.640><c> the</c><00:22:17.819><c> difficulties</c><00:22:18.220><c> I'm</c><00:22:18.519><c> facing</c><00:22:18.880><c> with</c><00:22:19.119><c> that</c>

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contentious<00:22:19.920><c> boss</c><00:22:20.200><c> at</c><00:22:20.420><c> work,</c><00:22:21.339><c> is</c><00:22:21.500><c> God</c><00:22:21.740><c> there?</c>

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We<00:22:22.519><c> ask.</c><00:22:23.279><c> Is</c><00:22:23.799><c> he</c><00:22:24.039><c> present?</c><00:22:24.859><c> That's</c><00:22:25.099><c> what</c><00:22:25.240><c> Israel</c><00:22:25.619><c> asked</c><00:22:25.920><c> when</c>

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they<00:22:26.259><c> were</c><00:22:26.380><c> on</c><00:22:26.559><c> their</c><00:22:26.740><c> knees.</c>

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Is<00:22:29.140><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:29.740><c> among</c><00:22:30.119><c> us</c><00:22:30.380><c> or</c><00:22:30.839><c> not?</c><00:22:31.660><c> That's</c><00:22:32.059><c> what</c><00:22:32.220><c> they</c><00:22:32.500><c> said.</c><00:22:33.339><c> And</c>

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it's<00:22:34.019><c> appropriate</c><00:22:34.519><c> for</c><00:22:34.759><c> brothers</c><00:22:35.079><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:22:35.680><c> who</c><00:22:35.900><c> are</c><00:22:36.079><c> outside</c><00:22:36.440><c> of</c><00:22:36.619><c> their</c><00:22:36.859><c> homeland</c><00:22:37.380><c> dispersed</c>

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from<00:22:39.160><c> Israel</c><00:22:39.839><c> as</c><00:22:40.819><c> strangers</c><00:22:41.339><c> in</c><00:22:41.640><c> pilgrims,</c>

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as<00:22:43.160><c> sheep</c><00:22:43.720><c> among</c><00:22:44.059><c> wolves</c><00:22:44.559><c> to</c><00:22:44.940><c> be</c><00:22:45.299><c> reassured</c><00:22:46.019><c> that</c><00:22:46.440><c> God</c><00:22:46.880><c> is</c>

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there.<00:22:49.039><c> Daniel</c><00:22:49.200><c> needed</c><00:22:49.440><c> that</c><00:22:49.740><c> reassurance.</c>

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Israel<00:22:51.599><c> in</c><00:22:51.819><c> dispersion</c><00:22:52.539><c> with</c><00:22:52.759><c> Daniel</c><00:22:53.220><c> needed</c><00:22:53.500><c> that</c><00:22:53.759><c> assurance.</c><00:22:55.420><c> The</c><00:22:55.599><c> three</c><00:22:55.859><c> friends</c><00:22:56.140><c> needed</c><00:22:56.400><c> that</c>

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assurance.<00:22:58.180><c> The</c><00:22:58.299><c> brothers</c><00:22:58.500><c> and</c><00:22:58.720><c> sisters</c><00:22:58.940><c> in</c><00:22:59.160><c> Asia</c><00:22:59.359><c> Minor</c><00:22:59.859><c> needed</c><00:23:00.220><c> that</c><00:23:00.539><c> assurance,</c><00:23:00.920><c> and</c>

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so<00:23:01.500><c> do</c><00:23:01.740><c> we.</c>

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Who<00:23:02.700><c> knows</c><00:23:02.980><c> what</c><00:23:03.140><c> might</c><00:23:03.420><c> beset</c><00:23:03.720><c> us</c><00:23:03.859><c> in</c><00:23:04.000><c> this</c><00:23:04.160><c> next</c><00:23:04.460><c> year?</c><00:23:05.400><c> Who</c>

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knows<00:23:05.819><c> what</c><00:23:06.119><c> persecutions</c><00:23:06.779><c> or</c><00:23:07.039><c> difficulties</c><00:23:07.579><c> we</c>

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might<00:23:07.980><c> face?</c><00:23:08.980><c> What</c><00:23:09.180><c> personal</c><00:23:09.680><c> trials</c><00:23:10.079><c> or</c><00:23:10.259><c> problems</c><00:23:10.619><c> we</c><00:23:10.819><c> may</c>

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yet<00:23:11.180><c> have</c><00:23:11.400><c> to</c><00:23:11.599><c> face</c><00:23:11.859><c> from</c><00:23:12.299><c> without</c><00:23:12.700><c> and</c><00:23:12.940><c> from</c><00:23:13.220><c> within?</c>

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Are<00:23:14.160><c> you</c><00:23:14.319><c> ready?</c><00:23:15.339><c> Are</c><00:23:15.519><c> you</c><00:23:15.720><c> prepared,</c><00:23:16.240><c> brothers</c><00:23:16.420><c> and</c><00:23:16.619><c> sisters?</c><00:23:17.339><c> Well,</c><00:23:17.519><c> that</c><00:23:17.759><c> phrase</c><00:23:18.000><c> in</c><00:23:18.180><c> 1</c>

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Peter<00:23:18.640><c> 1</c><00:23:18.940><c> verse</c><00:23:19.200><c> 5</c>

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is<00:23:19.920><c> something</c><00:23:20.220><c> we</c><00:23:20.400><c> ought</c><00:23:20.559><c> to</c><00:23:20.740><c> keep</c><00:23:20.839><c> in</c><00:23:21.079><c> mind.</c><00:23:21.859><c> We</c><00:23:21.960><c> are</c><00:23:22.279><c> kept,</c><00:23:22.700><c> and</c><00:23:22.880><c> the</c><00:23:23.240><c> word</c><00:23:23.539><c> kept</c><00:23:23.799><c> is</c><00:23:23.980><c> a</c>

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military<00:23:24.559><c> term</c><00:23:24.839><c> which</c>

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means<00:23:25.259><c> to</c><00:23:25.440><c> be</c><00:23:25.640><c> guarded.</c><00:23:26.920><c> We</c><00:23:26.980><c> are</c><00:23:27.299><c> guarded</c><00:23:27.720><c> by</c><00:23:27.960><c> the</c><00:23:28.220><c> power</c><00:23:28.559><c> of</c>

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God,<00:23:30.059><c> how</c><00:23:30.220><c> be</c><00:23:30.359><c> it</c><00:23:30.599><c> by</c><00:23:30.779><c> an</c><00:23:31.039><c> unseen</c><00:23:31.480><c> hand.</c>

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1<00:23:33.019><c> Peter</c><00:23:33.279><c> 3</c><00:23:33.640><c> and</c><00:23:33.740><c> 22,</c><00:23:34.440><c> he</c><00:23:35.039><c> assures</c><00:23:35.380><c> us</c><00:23:36.140><c> Christ</c><00:23:36.839><c> who</c><00:23:37.039><c> has</c><00:23:37.200><c> gone</c>

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into<00:23:37.619><c> heaven</c><00:23:38.000><c> and</c><00:23:38.279><c> is</c><00:23:38.400><c> on</c><00:23:38.519><c> the</c><00:23:38.660><c> right</c><00:23:38.880><c> hand</c><00:23:39.079><c> of</c><00:23:39.279><c> God,</c>

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angels<00:23:40.259><c> and</c><00:23:40.559><c> authorities,</c><00:23:41.920><c> and</c><00:23:42.180><c> powers</c><00:23:42.740><c> being</c><00:23:43.240><c> made</c><00:23:43.759><c> subject</c>

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to<00:23:44.339><c> him.</c><00:23:45.460><c> What's</c><00:23:45.900><c> the</c><00:23:46.059><c> point</c><00:23:46.240><c> of</c><00:23:46.440><c> saying</c><00:23:46.660><c> that?</c>

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Christ<00:23:48.460><c> is</c><00:23:48.759><c> resurrected.</c><00:23:49.559><c> He</c><00:23:49.720><c> has</c><00:23:49.980><c> gone</c><00:23:50.160><c> into</c><00:23:50.460><c> heaven.</c><00:23:51.140><c> He</c><00:23:51.299><c> is</c>

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at<00:23:51.619><c> the</c><00:23:51.839><c> hand</c><00:23:52.119><c> of</c><00:23:52.299><c> the</c><00:23:52.480><c> Father.</c><00:23:53.559><c> He</c><00:23:53.799><c> is</c><00:23:54.539><c> not</c>

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present<00:23:56.440><c> with</c><00:23:56.779><c> us,</c><00:23:57.460><c> but</c><00:23:58.160><c> authorities</c><00:23:59.059><c> and</c><00:23:59.460><c> powers</c><00:23:59.799><c> are</c><00:24:00.259><c> now</c>

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subject<00:24:01.119><c> to</c><00:24:01.279><c> the</c><00:24:01.440><c> master.</c>

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We<00:24:02.839><c> may</c><00:24:03.039><c> not</c><00:24:03.259><c> perceive</c><00:24:03.539><c> it,</c><00:24:04.019><c> and</c><00:24:04.119><c> certainly</c><00:24:04.299><c> the</c><00:24:04.539><c> world</c><00:24:04.759><c> doesn't,</c><00:24:05.559><c> but</c>

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faith,<00:24:06.519><c> brothers</c><00:24:06.599><c> and</c><00:24:06.900><c> sisters,</c>

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will<00:24:08.039><c> see</c><00:24:08.380><c> through</c><00:24:08.660><c> those</c><00:24:09.019><c> mists</c><00:24:09.519><c> and</c><00:24:10.000><c> have</c><00:24:10.359><c> confidence</c><00:24:10.940><c> that</c>

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God<00:24:11.539><c> is</c><00:24:11.980><c> and</c><00:24:12.140><c> that</c><00:24:12.259><c> he</c><00:24:12.359><c> is</c><00:24:12.559><c> about</c><00:24:12.779><c> in</c><00:24:13.019><c> doing.</c>

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If<00:24:14.059><c> we</c><00:24:14.240><c> have</c><00:24:14.519><c> confidence</c><00:24:14.980><c> that</c><00:24:15.180><c> we</c><00:24:15.420><c> are</c><00:24:15.720><c> being</c><00:24:16.059><c> guarded</c><00:24:16.559><c> by</c><00:24:17.180><c> the</c><00:24:17.380><c> power</c><00:24:17.640><c> of</c>

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God,<00:24:18.640><c> if</c><00:24:18.940><c> we</c><00:24:19.200><c> believe</c><00:24:19.579><c> that</c><00:24:19.819><c> Christ</c><00:24:20.200><c> is</c><00:24:20.619><c> now</c>

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at<00:24:21.259><c> the</c><00:24:21.400><c> right</c><00:24:21.619><c> hand</c><00:24:21.799><c> of</c><00:24:21.940><c> the</c><00:24:22.099><c> Father,</c><00:24:22.759><c> and</c><00:24:23.160><c> if</c><00:24:23.299><c> we</c><00:24:23.460><c> are</c><00:24:23.759><c> sure</c>

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that<00:24:24.299><c> authorities</c><00:24:24.700><c> and</c><00:24:25.019><c> powers</c><00:24:25.259><c> in</c><00:24:25.440><c> this</c><00:24:25.660><c> world</c>

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are<00:24:26.339><c> subject</c><00:24:26.839><c> to</c><00:24:27.099><c> him,</c><00:24:28.240><c> then</c><00:24:28.380><c> we</c><00:24:28.559><c> are</c><00:24:28.880><c> confident</c><00:24:29.240><c> that</c><00:24:29.440><c> the</c><00:24:29.680><c> world</c><00:24:30.079><c> is</c>

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going<00:24:30.960><c> somewhere</c><00:24:31.500><c> that</c><00:24:31.740><c> is</c><00:24:32.039><c> directed.</c>

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We<00:24:33.900><c> are</c><00:24:34.200><c> confident</c><00:24:34.619><c> that</c><00:24:34.799><c> in</c><00:24:34.980><c> the</c><00:24:35.039><c> midst</c><00:24:35.200><c> of</c><00:24:35.400><c> our</c><00:24:35.579><c> perplexity</c>

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and<00:24:36.599><c> our</c><00:24:36.900><c> chaotic</c><00:24:37.259><c> conditions</c><00:24:37.720><c> in</c><00:24:37.880><c> the</c><00:24:38.039><c> world,</c>

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there<00:24:39.059><c> is</c><00:24:39.279><c> a</c><00:24:39.519><c> plan.</c><00:24:40.480><c> There</c><00:24:40.640><c> is</c><00:24:40.799><c> a</c><00:24:40.980><c> purpose.</c><00:24:41.940><c> There</c><00:24:42.140><c> is</c><00:24:42.420><c> meaning</c>

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to<00:24:43.000><c> your</c><00:24:43.299><c> life</c><00:24:43.539><c> and</c><00:24:43.740><c> to</c><00:24:43.960><c> mine.</c><00:24:44.799><c> There</c><00:24:45.059><c> is</c>

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meaning<00:24:45.660><c> to</c><00:24:45.960><c> problems</c><00:24:46.380><c> and</c><00:24:46.700><c> difficulties.</c><00:24:47.240><c> They</c><00:24:47.440><c> have</c><00:24:47.619><c> a</c><00:24:47.859><c> positive</c><00:24:48.339><c> purpose.</c><00:24:49.259><c> We</c>

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can<00:24:49.720><c> make</c><00:24:49.940><c> some</c><00:24:50.160><c> sense</c><00:24:50.420><c> of</c><00:24:50.539><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:51.759><c> thus,</c><00:24:52.460><c> elsewhere</c><00:24:52.519><c> in</c><00:24:52.740><c> Peter's</c><00:24:53.180><c> epistles,</c><00:24:53.599><c> there</c><00:24:53.619><c> is</c><00:24:53.700><c> mention</c><00:24:53.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:54.299><c> angels</c><00:24:54.720><c> operating,</c><00:24:55.980><c> active,</c>

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diligently<00:24:57.200><c> searching</c><00:24:57.640><c> into</c><00:24:57.960><c> prophecies,</c><00:24:59.160><c> hovering</c><00:24:59.460><c> and</c><00:24:59.819><c> carrying</c><00:25:00.000><c> over</c><00:25:00.319><c> us.</c><00:25:01.420><c> Look</c><00:25:01.619><c> at</c>

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how<00:25:01.960><c> that</c><00:25:02.359><c> parallels,</c>

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brothers<00:25:03.000><c> and</c><00:25:03.259><c> sisters,</c><00:25:03.940><c> the</c><00:25:04.059><c> case</c><00:25:04.319><c> of</c><00:25:04.500><c> Daniel.</c><00:25:06.339><c> For</c><00:25:06.559><c> example,</c><00:25:07.359><c> at</c><00:25:07.539><c> the</c>

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top<00:25:07.880><c> of</c><00:25:08.119><c> page</c><00:25:08.339><c> five,</c>

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the<00:25:10.700><c> parallels</c><00:25:10.980><c> to</c><00:25:11.220><c> Daniel</c><00:25:11.599><c> with</c><00:25:11.799><c> another</c><00:25:12.099><c> group</c><00:25:12.319><c> of</c><00:25:12.559><c> people</c>

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in<00:25:12.960><c> persecution,</c>

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where<00:25:15.460><c> in</c><00:25:15.599><c> his</c><00:25:15.900><c> case,</c><00:25:16.319><c> in</c><00:25:16.420><c> Daniel</c><00:25:16.720><c> 4,</c><00:25:18.059><c> the</c><00:25:18.140><c> nation</c><00:25:18.480><c> of</c><00:25:18.660><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:25:19.680><c> Daniel</c><00:25:20.059><c> were</c><00:25:20.319><c> assured</c><00:25:20.740><c> that</c><00:25:20.920><c> the</c><00:25:21.019><c> most</c><00:25:21.500><c> high</c>

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ruleth<00:25:22.559><c> in</c><00:25:22.900><c> the</c><00:25:23.079><c> kingdom</c><00:25:23.359><c> of</c><00:25:23.579><c> men.</c><00:25:24.799><c> That's</c><00:25:25.019><c> what</c><00:25:25.180><c> Peter</c><00:25:25.460><c> is</c><00:25:25.720><c> saying,</c><00:25:26.039><c> brothers</c><00:25:26.180><c> and</c><00:25:26.420><c> sisters,</c><00:25:27.119><c> when</c><00:25:27.259><c> he</c><00:25:27.359><c> writes</c>

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to<00:25:27.759><c> those</c><00:25:28.000><c> in</c><00:25:28.200><c> Asia</c><00:25:28.400><c> Minor</c><00:25:28.859><c> and</c><00:25:29.619><c> tells</c><00:25:29.980><c> them</c><00:25:30.460><c> that</c><00:25:31.339><c> angels,</c><00:25:32.119><c> authorities</c><00:25:32.619><c> and</c><00:25:32.960><c> powers</c><00:25:33.380><c> are</c><00:25:33.579><c> now</c><00:25:33.859><c> subject</c><00:25:34.180><c> to</c><00:25:34.359><c> the</c>

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Christ.<00:25:35.640><c> That's</c><00:25:35.920><c> what</c><00:25:36.079><c> Daniel</c><00:25:36.420><c> 4</c><00:25:36.759><c> was</c><00:25:37.000><c> assuring</c><00:25:37.480><c> Daniel.</c><00:25:38.920><c> Whose</c><00:25:39.220><c> dominion,</c><00:25:39.960><c> it</c>

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reads<00:25:40.400><c> in</c><00:25:40.619><c> Daniel,</c><00:25:41.119><c> is</c><00:25:41.319><c> an</c>

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everlasting<00:25:42.000><c> dominion</c><00:25:42.680><c> and</c><00:25:42.960><c> his</c><00:25:43.200><c> kingdom</c><00:25:43.460><c> from</c><00:25:43.720><c> generation</c>

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to<00:25:44.460><c> generation.</c><00:25:45.400><c> God</c><00:25:45.640><c> is</c><00:25:45.900><c> about</c><00:25:46.079><c> in</c><00:25:46.279><c> doing.</c>

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All<00:25:47.559><c> things</c><00:25:47.779><c> will</c><00:25:47.980><c> lead</c><00:25:48.140><c> to</c><00:25:48.359><c> a</c><00:25:48.500><c> climax.</c><00:25:49.660><c> We</c><00:25:49.779><c> haven't</c><00:25:50.019><c> listed</c>

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:53.559
it<00:25:50.539><c> here,</c><00:25:50.779><c> but</c><00:25:51.140><c> Daniel</c><00:25:51.559><c> chapter</c><00:25:52.000><c> two.</c><00:25:53.359><c> Doesn't</c>

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that<00:25:53.720><c> give</c><00:25:53.920><c> assurance</c><00:25:54.420><c> to</c><00:25:54.599><c> the</c><00:25:54.740><c> brothers</c><00:25:54.940><c> and</c><00:25:55.220><c> sisters</c><00:25:55.460><c> down</c>

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through<00:25:55.980><c> the</c><00:25:56.160><c> ages</c><00:25:56.519><c> that</c><00:25:57.299><c> the</c><00:25:58.079><c> ages</c><00:25:58.460><c> are</c><00:25:58.819><c> controlled</c>

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by<00:25:59.440><c> the</c><00:25:59.640><c> father,</c><00:26:00.279><c> that</c><00:26:00.440><c> the</c><00:26:00.660><c> rise</c><00:26:00.960><c> and</c><00:26:01.180><c> fall</c><00:26:01.380><c> of</c><00:26:01.579><c> nations</c><00:26:01.880><c> are</c>

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within<00:26:02.259><c> his</c><00:26:02.599><c> control?</c><00:26:03.839><c> And</c><00:26:04.200><c> doesn't</c><00:26:04.380><c> it</c><00:26:04.640><c> assure</c><00:26:04.839><c> us,</c>

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brothers<00:26:05.259><c> and</c><00:26:05.539><c> sisters,</c><00:26:06.440><c> by</c><00:26:06.660><c> the</c><00:26:06.880><c> end</c><00:26:07.039><c> of</c><00:26:07.200><c> the</c><00:26:07.400><c> feet</c><00:26:07.640><c> of</c><00:26:07.880><c> the</c>

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image,<00:26:08.759><c> that</c><00:26:09.039><c> all</c><00:26:09.319><c> things</c><00:26:09.539><c> are</c><00:26:09.839><c> leading</c><00:26:10.140><c> somewhere,</c>

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that<00:26:11.240><c> there</c><00:26:11.420><c> will</c><00:26:11.640><c> be</c><00:26:11.859><c> a</c><00:26:12.039><c> culmination,</c><00:26:13.079><c> that</c><00:26:13.200><c> that</c><00:26:13.480><c> stone</c><00:26:13.740><c> cut</c>

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out<00:26:14.079><c> of</c><00:26:14.160><c> the</c><00:26:14.319><c> mountain</c><00:26:14.440><c> without</c><00:26:14.740><c> hands</c><00:26:15.099><c> will</c><00:26:15.339><c> indeed</c>

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come,<00:26:16.819><c> and</c><00:26:17.059><c> that</c><00:26:17.119><c> it</c><00:26:17.220><c> will</c><00:26:17.480><c> strike</c><00:26:17.720><c> the</c><00:26:17.980><c> feet,</c><00:26:18.539><c> that</c><00:26:18.599><c> it</c><00:26:18.740><c> will</c>

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destroy<00:26:19.279><c> the</c><00:26:19.480><c> nations,</c><00:26:20.079><c> that</c><00:26:20.220><c> it</c><00:26:20.339><c> will</c><00:26:20.519><c> grow</c><00:26:20.859><c> into</c>

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a<00:26:21.420><c> kingdom</c><00:26:21.799><c> that</c><00:26:22.940><c> will</c><00:26:23.160><c> fill</c><00:26:23.420><c> the</c><00:26:23.640><c> earth?</c><00:26:24.380><c> That</c><00:26:24.799><c> makes</c><00:26:25.180><c> some</c>

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:28.740
sense<00:26:26.400><c> of</c><00:26:26.660><c> history.</c><00:26:27.680><c> That</c><00:26:28.019><c> shows</c><00:26:28.279><c> us</c><00:26:28.440><c> that</c><00:26:28.559><c> we're</c>

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:32.140
going<00:26:29.240><c> somewhere,</c><00:26:30.220><c> that</c><00:26:30.339><c> we</c><00:26:30.460><c> can</c><00:26:30.619><c> look</c><00:26:30.859><c> out</c><00:26:31.059><c> on</c><00:26:31.279><c> the</c><00:26:31.500><c> scene</c><00:26:31.759><c> and</c><00:26:31.980><c> we</c>

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can<00:26:32.420><c> see</c><00:26:32.640><c> some</c><00:26:32.880><c> purpose.</c><00:26:33.940><c> And</c><00:26:34.319><c> Daniel</c><00:26:34.579><c> needed</c>

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that<00:26:35.079><c> assurance,</c><00:26:36.160><c> and</c><00:26:36.779><c> the</c><00:26:36.940><c> brothers</c><00:26:37.119><c> and</c><00:26:37.359><c> sisters</c><00:26:37.559><c> in</c><00:26:37.779><c> Asia</c>

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Minor<00:26:38.400><c> needed</c><00:26:38.819><c> that</c><00:26:39.079><c> assurance,</c><00:26:39.660><c> and</c><00:26:39.980><c> so</c><00:26:40.160><c> do</c><00:26:40.319><c> we.</c>

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But<00:26:41.180><c> we</c><00:26:41.299><c> don't</c><00:26:41.539><c> get</c><00:26:41.740><c> that</c><00:26:41.960><c> assurance,</c><00:26:42.619><c> and</c><00:26:42.660><c> we</c><00:26:42.859><c> don't</c><00:26:43.240><c> glean</c>

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:46.539
that<00:26:43.799><c> kind</c><00:26:44.099><c> of</c><00:26:44.279><c> help</c><00:26:44.660><c> if</c><00:26:45.140><c> we</c><00:26:45.500><c> don't</c><00:26:45.859><c> adhere</c><00:26:46.359><c> to</c>

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what<00:26:46.759><c> Peter</c><00:26:47.099><c> told</c><00:26:47.680><c> his</c><00:26:48.160><c> fellow</c><00:26:48.440><c> believers,</c><00:26:49.880><c> the</c><00:26:50.160><c> more</c><00:26:50.880><c> sure</c>

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word<00:26:51.660><c> of</c><00:26:52.000><c> prophecy,</c><00:26:53.660><c> which</c><00:26:53.799><c> he</c><00:26:54.079><c> says</c><00:26:54.259><c> you</c><00:26:54.420><c> do</c><00:26:54.640><c> well</c>

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to<00:26:55.160><c> take</c><00:26:55.380><c> heed</c><00:26:55.619><c> as</c><00:26:55.980><c> unto</c><00:26:56.220><c> a</c><00:26:56.460><c> light</c><00:26:56.579><c> in</c><00:26:56.759><c> a</c><00:26:56.799><c> dark</c><00:26:57.039><c> place.</c><00:26:58.140><c> Hence,</c>

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back<00:26:58.900><c> to</c><00:26:59.099><c> our</c><00:26:59.299><c> study</c><00:26:59.480><c> yesterday,</c><00:27:00.839><c> the</c><00:27:01.180><c> antidote</c>

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to<00:27:02.279><c> apostasy,</c><00:27:03.960><c> the</c><00:27:04.240><c> answer</c><00:27:04.740><c> to</c><00:27:05.099><c> skepticism</c><00:27:05.779><c> in</c><00:27:06.259><c> Peter's</c><00:27:06.740><c> second</c><00:27:06.920><c> epistle,</c><00:27:08.240><c> assurances</c><00:27:08.740><c> from</c><00:27:09.099><c> prophecy,</c>

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the<00:27:10.440><c> necessity</c><00:27:10.900><c> to</c><00:27:11.220><c> grow</c><00:27:11.640><c> in</c><00:27:11.859><c> the</c><00:27:12.099><c> knowledge</c><00:27:12.579><c> and</c><00:27:12.900><c> in</c><00:27:13.019><c> the</c><00:27:13.200><c> understanding</c><00:27:13.740><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:27:14.720><c> truth,</c>

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so<00:27:16.119><c> that</c><00:27:16.240><c> we</c><00:27:16.319><c> might</c><00:27:16.539><c> neither</c><00:27:16.799><c> be</c><00:27:17.160><c> barren</c><00:27:17.440><c> nor</c><00:27:17.660><c> unfruitful</c><00:27:18.700><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:19.579><c> love</c><00:27:19.839><c> and</c><00:27:20.079><c> in</c><00:27:20.180><c> the</c><00:27:20.359><c> knowledge</c><00:27:20.559><c> we</c><00:27:20.799><c> have</c><00:27:20.920><c> for</c><00:27:21.180><c> him.</c>

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Towards<00:27:22.900><c> the</c><00:27:23.079><c> middle</c><00:27:23.259><c> of</c><00:27:23.500><c> page</c><00:27:23.680><c> five,</c><00:27:27.079><c> we</c><00:27:27.220><c> draw</c><00:27:27.440><c> to</c><00:27:27.619><c> your</c><00:27:27.920><c> attention</c>

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the<00:27:30.720><c> point</c><00:27:30.940><c> made</c><00:27:31.180><c> in</c><00:27:31.420><c> 1</c><00:27:31.579><c> Peter</c><00:27:31.960><c> chapter</c><00:27:32.519><c> one,</c><00:27:33.839><c> where</c><00:27:34.019><c> he</c><00:27:34.220><c> tells</c>

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:36.440
the<00:27:34.839><c> believers</c><00:27:35.059><c> of</c><00:27:35.319><c> Asia</c><00:27:35.579><c> Minor</c><00:27:35.920><c> that</c><00:27:36.180><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:27:36.799><c> of</c><00:27:36.980><c> the</c><00:27:37.240><c> past,</c><00:27:37.799><c> quotes,</c><00:27:38.880><c> searched</c><00:27:39.279><c> diligently</c><00:27:40.119><c> into</c><00:27:40.500><c> the</c>

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questions<00:27:41.420><c> of</c><00:27:42.599><c> what</c><00:27:42.900><c> purpose</c><00:27:43.359><c> or</c><00:27:43.779><c> time</c>

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the<00:27:45.440><c> Savior</c><00:27:45.759><c> would</c><00:27:46.059><c> come.</c><00:27:46.440><c> The</c><00:27:46.599><c> Revised</c><00:27:46.980><c> Standard</c><00:27:47.380><c> Version</c><00:27:48.119><c> makes</c><00:27:48.599><c> that</c><00:27:48.799><c> a</c>

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little<00:27:48.980><c> more</c><00:27:49.339><c> clear</c><00:27:49.579><c> than</c>

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the<00:27:50.039><c> King</c><00:27:50.259><c> James.</c><00:27:51.940><c> What</c><00:27:52.299><c> manner</c><00:27:52.859><c> of</c><00:27:53.259><c> person</c><00:27:53.599><c> or</c><00:27:54.079><c> time</c><00:27:54.460><c> was</c><00:27:54.960><c> indicated</c><00:27:55.539><c> by</c>

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the<00:27:56.079><c> prophecies</c><00:27:56.599><c> concerning</c>

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the<00:27:57.339><c> coming</c><00:27:57.700><c> Savior?</c><00:27:58.599><c> First</c><00:27:58.799><c> to</c><00:27:58.960><c> Peter</c><00:27:59.119><c> one,</c><00:27:59.400><c> verses</c><00:27:59.720><c> nine</c><00:28:00.059><c> to</c>

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eleven.<00:28:01.759><c> In</c><00:28:02.099><c> that</c><00:28:02.359><c> context,</c><00:28:03.079><c> Peter</c><00:28:03.339><c> reveals</c>

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that<00:28:04.140><c> not</c><00:28:04.339><c> only</c><00:28:04.559><c> did</c><00:28:04.740><c> the</c><00:28:05.019><c> prophets</c><00:28:05.460><c> search</c><00:28:06.140><c> diligently</c><00:28:06.779><c> into</c>

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what<00:28:07.920><c> they</c><00:28:08.119><c> had</c><00:28:08.400><c> written</c><00:28:08.799><c> concerning</c><00:28:09.779><c> the</c><00:28:10.059><c> messianic</c>

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hope,<00:28:12.339><c> Peter</c><00:28:12.539><c> reveals</c><00:28:13.079><c> to</c><00:28:13.299><c> us</c><00:28:13.539><c> that</c><00:28:13.839><c> the</c><00:28:14.279><c> angels</c><00:28:15.039><c> themselves</c>

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desire<00:28:17.039><c> to</c><00:28:17.319><c> look</c><00:28:17.539><c> into</c><00:28:17.819><c> those</c><00:28:18.140><c> things.</c>

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Now,<00:28:20.039><c> reflect</c><00:28:20.619><c> for</c><00:28:20.859><c> a</c><00:28:20.960><c> moment.</c><00:28:21.799><c> Let</c><00:28:21.960><c> our</c><00:28:22.160><c> minds</c><00:28:22.359><c> go</c><00:28:22.599><c> back</c><00:28:22.940><c> over</c>

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the<00:28:23.380><c> Old</c><00:28:23.599><c> Testament.</c><00:28:25.220><c> Where</c><00:28:25.559><c> do</c><00:28:25.740><c> we</c><00:28:26.039><c> have</c>

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:31.359
clear<00:28:26.940><c> example</c><00:28:27.440><c> in</c><00:28:27.619><c> the</c><00:28:27.740><c> Old</c><00:28:27.940><c> Testament</c><00:28:28.579><c> of</c><00:28:29.299><c> a</c><00:28:29.660><c> prophet</c><00:28:30.059><c> who</c>

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sought<00:28:31.880><c> diligently</c><00:28:32.740><c> into</c><00:28:33.200><c> the</c><00:28:33.420><c> prophetic</c><00:28:33.880><c> writings</c>

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:42.579
as<00:28:35.859><c> to</c><00:28:36.160><c> who</c><00:28:36.839><c> and</c><00:28:37.480><c> what</c><00:28:38.160><c> time</c><00:28:39.099><c> Messiah</c><00:28:39.660><c> would</c><00:28:39.980><c> come?</c><00:28:41.240><c> Furthermore,</c><00:28:42.160><c> where</c><00:28:42.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:42.720><c> Old</c><00:28:42.940><c> Testament</c><00:28:43.380><c> do</c><00:28:43.579><c> we</c>

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see<00:28:43.940><c> an</c><00:28:44.180><c> example</c><00:28:44.660><c> of</c><00:28:45.119><c> a</c><00:28:45.420><c> prophet</c><00:28:45.819><c> who</c><00:28:46.779><c> wanted</c><00:28:46.980><c> to</c><00:28:47.240><c> know</c><00:28:47.440><c> that</c>

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:51.019
and<00:28:48.480><c> was</c><00:28:48.759><c> given</c><00:28:49.019><c> his</c><00:28:49.299><c> answer</c><00:28:49.740><c> as</c><00:28:50.079><c> to</c><00:28:50.299><c> who</c><00:28:50.539><c> was</c><00:28:50.779><c> to</c>

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:56.779
and<00:28:51.460><c> what</c><00:28:51.740><c> time</c><00:28:52.240><c> he</c><00:28:52.539><c> would</c><00:28:52.819><c> come?</c><00:28:54.599><c> There's</c><00:28:54.859><c> no</c><00:28:55.259><c> other</c><00:28:55.839><c> parallel</c><00:28:56.240><c> in</c><00:28:56.539><c> the</c>

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Old<00:28:57.059><c> Testament</c><00:28:57.519><c> that</c><00:28:57.859><c> matches</c><00:28:58.279><c> Daniel,</c>

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chapter<00:28:59.680><c> nine,</c><00:29:00.440><c> is</c><00:29:00.619><c> there,</c><00:29:01.500><c> with</c><00:29:01.660><c> the</c><00:29:01.900><c> 70</c><00:29:02.140><c> weeks</c><00:29:02.400><c> prophecy</c><00:29:03.000><c> where</c><00:29:03.359><c> Daniel</c><00:29:03.799><c> was</c><00:29:04.140><c> told</c><00:29:04.599><c> who</c><00:29:05.160><c> was</c><00:29:05.460><c> to</c><00:29:05.720><c> come,</c>

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Messiah,<00:29:07.720><c> that</c><00:29:07.859><c> he</c><00:29:07.980><c> was</c><00:29:08.160><c> to</c><00:29:08.279><c> be</c><00:29:08.539><c> cut</c><00:29:08.759><c> off,</c><00:29:09.619><c> that</c><00:29:09.799><c> 70</c><00:29:10.240><c> weeks</c><00:29:10.740><c> were</c><00:29:11.039><c> determined</c><00:29:11.539><c> upon</c><00:29:11.920><c> his</c><00:29:12.240><c> people,</c>

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:16.559
and<00:29:13.680><c> that</c><00:29:13.799><c> from</c><00:29:13.980><c> that</c><00:29:14.240><c> information</c><00:29:14.740><c> he</c><00:29:15.079><c> learned</c><00:29:15.339><c> the</c><00:29:15.759><c> time</c><00:29:16.160><c> as</c>

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.940
well<00:29:16.759><c> as</c><00:29:16.940><c> the</c><00:29:17.119><c> who.</c>

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Where<00:29:18.859><c> else</c><00:29:19.119><c> in</c><00:29:19.339><c> all</c><00:29:19.559><c> of</c><00:29:19.740><c> the</c><00:29:19.819><c> Old</c><00:29:20.039><c> Testament</c><00:29:20.420><c> is</c><00:29:20.660><c> there</c><00:29:20.819><c> a</c><00:29:21.119><c> clear</c><00:29:21.359><c> indication</c><00:29:22.039><c> as</c>

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:24.539
to<00:29:22.799><c> when</c><00:29:23.099><c> Messiah</c><00:29:23.619><c> was</c><00:29:23.880><c> to</c><00:29:24.160><c> come</c>

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:29.960
than<00:29:24.859><c> the</c><00:29:25.180><c> 490</c><00:29:26.160><c> year</c><00:29:26.640><c> prophecy</c><00:29:27.259><c> from</c><00:29:27.640><c> Daniel</c><00:29:27.960><c> nine?</c><00:29:29.299><c> And</c><00:29:29.700><c> the</c>

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:33.539
who<00:29:30.220><c> is</c><00:29:30.619><c> spelled</c><00:29:30.839><c> out</c><00:29:31.200><c> clearly</c><00:29:31.619><c> because</c><00:29:32.619><c> there</c><00:29:32.980><c> Messiah</c>

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is<00:29:33.900><c> used</c><00:29:34.460><c> for</c><00:29:35.079><c> the</c><00:29:35.319><c> first</c><00:29:35.599><c> time</c><00:29:35.960><c> as</c><00:29:36.200><c> a</c><00:29:36.460><c> title</c><00:29:36.740><c> of</c><00:29:37.119><c> Christ.</c><00:29:39.000><c> Messiah</c><00:29:39.559><c> shall</c><00:29:39.920><c> be</c>

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cut<00:29:40.359><c> off.</c><00:29:41.579><c> The</c><00:29:41.759><c> anointed,</c><00:29:42.539><c> the</c><00:29:42.640><c> term</c>

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is<00:29:42.980><c> used</c><00:29:43.319><c> elsewhere</c><00:29:43.779><c> in</c><00:29:44.000><c> scripture</c><00:29:44.519><c> of</c><00:29:45.140><c> Cyrus</c><00:29:45.539><c> and</c><00:29:45.839><c> other</c><00:29:46.099><c> individuals.</c><00:29:47.099><c> There</c><00:29:47.420><c> it's</c><00:29:47.619><c> used</c><00:29:47.859><c> as</c>

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a<00:29:48.200><c> title</c><00:29:48.359><c> of</c><00:29:48.559><c> Messiah.</c>

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Daniel<00:29:49.660><c> unmistakably</c><00:29:50.579><c> was</c><00:29:50.839><c> told</c><00:29:51.180><c> who</c><00:29:51.519><c> it</c><00:29:51.680><c> would</c><00:29:51.799><c> be</c><00:29:52.160><c> and</c><00:29:52.440><c> when</c>

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he<00:29:52.759><c> would</c><00:29:53.000><c> come,</c><00:29:54.359><c> so</c><00:29:54.460><c> that</c><00:29:54.559><c> when</c><00:29:54.740><c> Peter</c><00:29:55.059><c> says</c><00:29:55.420><c> that</c>

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:59.700
the<00:29:55.819><c> prophets</c><00:29:56.140><c> searched</c><00:29:56.720><c> diligently</c><00:29:57.359><c> into</c><00:29:58.079><c> their</c><00:29:58.319><c> own</c><00:29:58.539><c> prophetic</c><00:29:58.900><c> writings</c><00:29:59.279><c> as</c><00:29:59.539><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:59.880><c> who</c><00:30:00.039><c> and</c><00:30:00.200><c> the</c><00:30:00.480><c> time,</c>

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Daniel<00:30:01.619><c> is</c><00:30:01.980><c> an</c><00:30:02.299><c> ideal</c><00:30:02.799><c> example.</c><00:30:03.819><c> More</c><00:30:04.019><c> than</c><00:30:04.259><c> that,</c><00:30:05.039><c> we</c><00:30:05.240><c> have</c><00:30:05.500><c> the</c><00:30:05.720><c> case,</c><00:30:06.140><c> a</c>

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unique<00:30:06.660><c> example</c><00:30:07.180><c> in</c><00:30:07.440><c> Daniel,</c>

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of<00:30:08.559><c> Daniel</c><00:30:09.099><c> taking</c><00:30:09.640><c> the</c><00:30:09.839><c> book</c><00:30:10.019><c> of</c><00:30:10.279><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:30:12.019><c> Daniel</c><00:30:12.339><c> tells</c>

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us<00:30:13.099><c> that</c><00:30:13.359><c> he</c><00:30:13.500><c> took</c><00:30:13.720><c> the</c><00:30:13.859><c> book</c><00:30:14.039><c> of</c><00:30:14.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:14.700><c> and</c>

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inquired<00:30:15.759><c> in</c><00:30:16.220><c> the</c><00:30:16.539><c> prophecies</c><00:30:16.980><c> of</c><00:30:17.180><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:17.740><c> as</c><00:30:18.279><c> to</c><00:30:18.420><c> when</c><00:30:18.599><c> the</c>

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70<00:30:19.339><c> year</c><00:30:19.759><c> period</c><00:30:20.099><c> of</c><00:30:20.380><c> captivity</c><00:30:20.859><c> in</c><00:30:21.160><c> Babylon</c>

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would<00:30:22.140><c> be</c><00:30:22.440><c> expired.</c><00:30:23.759><c> Where</c><00:30:24.140><c> else</c><00:30:24.420><c> in</c><00:30:24.680><c> the</c><00:30:24.900><c> prophets</c><00:30:25.240><c> do</c><00:30:25.460><c> you</c><00:30:25.660><c> have</c><00:30:25.799><c> such</c><00:30:26.059><c> an</c><00:30:26.420><c> obvious</c><00:30:26.779><c> example</c><00:30:27.460><c> of</c><00:30:28.400><c> a</c><00:30:28.680><c> prophet</c>

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searching<00:30:29.680><c> diligently</c><00:30:30.460><c> into</c><00:30:31.259><c> prophecies</c><00:30:31.960><c> already</c><00:30:32.420><c> written,</c>

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contemporary<00:30:33.859><c> with</c><00:30:34.079><c> himself,</c><00:30:34.980><c> in</c><00:30:35.140><c> order</c><00:30:35.380><c> to</c>

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understand<00:30:36.319><c> the</c><00:30:36.819><c> when</c><00:30:37.119><c> and</c><00:30:37.420><c> the</c><00:30:37.660><c> who?</c><00:30:42.980><c> Peter's</c><00:30:43.359><c> case</c><00:30:44.140><c> refers</c>

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back<00:30:45.119><c> most</c><00:30:45.680><c> obviously</c><00:30:46.299><c> and</c><00:30:46.759><c> directly</c><00:30:47.240><c> to</c><00:30:47.519><c> Daniel.</c>

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:53.240
More<00:30:49.319><c> than</c><00:30:49.539><c> that,</c><00:30:49.940><c> let's</c><00:30:50.079><c> proceed</c><00:30:50.359><c> into</c><00:30:50.559><c> the</c><00:30:50.680><c> book</c><00:30:50.799><c> just</c><00:30:51.140><c> a</c><00:30:51.299><c> little</c><00:30:51.460><c> further.</c><00:30:52.380><c> Page</c><00:30:52.640><c> seven</c><00:30:53.000><c> at</c>

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the<00:30:53.400><c> end,</c>

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which<00:30:54.299><c> then</c><00:30:54.519><c> goes</c><00:30:54.720><c> over</c><00:30:54.980><c> to</c><00:30:55.160><c> the</c><00:30:55.200><c> last</c><00:30:55.500><c> page</c><00:30:55.759><c> of</c><00:30:55.880><c> the</c><00:30:56.000><c> booklet.</c>

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What<00:31:02.619><c> weaponry,</c><00:31:04.880><c> what</c><00:31:05.220><c> weaponry</c><00:31:06.759><c> does</c><00:31:07.400><c> the</c><00:31:07.799><c> spirit</c><00:31:08.480><c> urge</c><00:31:09.200><c> us</c>

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to<00:31:09.839><c> take</c><00:31:10.299><c> in</c><00:31:11.799><c> order</c><00:31:12.140><c> to</c><00:31:12.440><c> combat</c><00:31:12.980><c> the</c><00:31:13.460><c> problems</c>

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of<00:31:14.099><c> unbelief</c><00:31:15.140><c> and</c><00:31:15.519><c> the</c><00:31:15.859><c> difficulties</c><00:31:16.420><c> of</c><00:31:16.920><c> trial</c><00:31:17.299><c> and</c><00:31:17.740><c> stress?</c>

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Well,<00:31:18.799><c> we</c><00:31:19.000><c> listed</c><00:31:19.240><c> some</c><00:31:19.500><c> of</c><00:31:19.599><c> those</c><00:31:19.759><c> the</c><00:31:19.900><c> other</c>

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the<00:31:20.480><c> antidotes</c><00:31:21.180><c> to</c><00:31:21.440><c> apostasy,</c><00:31:22.819><c> the</c><00:31:23.039><c> consistent</c><00:31:23.559><c> growth</c><00:31:24.019><c> in</c>

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knowledge<00:31:24.859><c> that</c><00:31:25.140><c> is</c><00:31:25.339><c> needed,</c>

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the<00:31:27.099><c> scriptural</c><00:31:27.660><c> understanding</c><00:31:28.319><c> of</c><00:31:28.579><c> the</c><00:31:28.799><c> meaning</c><00:31:28.980><c> and</c><00:31:29.279><c> purpose</c><00:31:29.640><c> of</c>

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suffering<00:31:30.359><c> and</c><00:31:30.640><c> difficulties,</c>

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the<00:31:32.339><c> therapeutic</c><00:31:32.819><c> value</c><00:31:33.299><c> of</c><00:31:33.519><c> going</c><00:31:33.700><c> through</c><00:31:34.019><c> trials</c><00:31:34.420><c> and</c><00:31:34.720><c> problems.</c><00:31:35.579><c> That's</c><00:31:35.819><c> part</c><00:31:36.059><c> of</c>

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our<00:31:36.440><c> arsenal,</c>

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but<00:31:37.740><c> most</c><00:31:38.099><c> importantly</c><00:31:38.680><c> in</c><00:31:38.920><c> Peter's</c><00:31:39.359><c> epistles</c><00:31:39.799><c> is</c><00:31:40.759><c> the</c><00:31:41.079><c> weaponry</c><00:31:41.599><c> of</c>

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prayer.<00:31:43.559><c> And</c><00:31:43.779><c> you</c><00:31:43.859><c> know,</c><00:31:44.140><c> brothers</c><00:31:44.279><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:31:45.500><c> there</c><00:31:45.700><c> isn't</c><00:31:46.059><c> a</c><00:31:46.420><c> finer</c><00:31:46.680><c> place</c><00:31:47.059><c> to</c><00:31:47.259><c> go</c><00:31:47.380><c> in</c><00:31:47.519><c> the</c><00:31:47.640><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:31:48.380><c> to</c><00:31:49.180><c> show</c><00:31:49.480><c> the</c><00:31:49.740><c> power</c><00:31:50.240><c> of</c><00:31:50.559><c> prayer,</c>

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the<00:31:51.980><c> immediacy</c><00:31:52.579><c> with</c><00:31:52.799><c> which</c><00:31:53.000><c> the</c><00:31:53.240><c> Father</c><00:31:53.480><c> receives</c><00:31:54.039><c> those</c>

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pleadings,<00:31:55.299><c> and</c><00:31:55.539><c> the</c><00:31:55.740><c> tremendous</c><00:31:56.359><c> power</c><00:31:56.819><c> that</c>

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is<00:31:57.220><c> wielded</c><00:31:57.740><c> when</c><00:31:57.940><c> that</c><00:31:58.220><c> prayer</c><00:31:58.440><c> is</c><00:31:58.740><c> answered.</c><00:31:59.700><c> For</c><00:31:59.880><c> example,</c>

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last<00:32:00.859><c> page</c><00:32:01.140><c> of</c><00:32:01.259><c> the</c><00:32:01.339><c> booklet.</c>

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First,<00:32:09.720><c> let's</c><00:32:09.940><c> take</c><00:32:10.200><c> a</c><00:32:10.299><c> look</c><00:32:10.380><c> at</c><00:32:10.519><c> the</c><00:32:10.700><c> quotations</c><00:32:11.220><c> from</c><00:32:11.460><c> Peter.</c><00:32:11.900><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:32:12.119><c> out</c><00:32:12.279><c> of</c><00:32:12.380><c> the</c><00:32:12.559><c> order</c><00:32:12.720><c> of</c><00:32:12.859><c> the</c><00:32:13.000><c> booklet.</c>

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The<00:32:14.099><c> second</c><00:32:14.440><c> list</c><00:32:14.720><c> of</c><00:32:14.980><c> quotes</c><00:32:15.200><c> on</c><00:32:15.380><c> the</c><00:32:15.480><c> last</c><00:32:15.799><c> page,</c><00:32:17.880><c> where</c><00:32:18.000><c> Peter</c><00:32:18.380><c> exhorts</c><00:32:18.960><c> them,</c><00:32:19.539><c> first</c><00:32:19.539><c> of</c><00:32:19.759><c> all,</c>

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by<00:32:20.579><c> saying</c><00:32:20.799><c> in</c><00:32:21.000><c> 1</c><00:32:21.180><c> Peter</c><00:32:21.440><c> 1</c><00:32:21.759><c> verse</c><00:32:21.980><c> 17,</c><00:32:23.119><c> And</c><00:32:23.220><c> if</c><00:32:23.319><c> ye</c><00:32:23.660><c> call</c><00:32:23.980><c> on</c>

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the<00:32:24.319><c> Father,</c>

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pass<00:32:25.700><c> the</c><00:32:25.980><c> time</c><00:32:26.299><c> of</c><00:32:26.500><c> your</c><00:32:26.859><c> sojourning</c><00:32:27.380><c> here</c><00:32:27.740><c> in</c><00:32:28.099><c> fear.</c><00:32:29.539><c> Calling</c><00:32:29.819><c> on</c><00:32:30.019><c> the</c>

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Father,<00:32:31.900><c> significantly</c><00:32:32.480><c> the</c><00:32:33.259><c> Father,</c>

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doesn't<00:32:34.319><c> say</c><00:32:34.579><c> calling</c><00:32:34.859><c> on</c><00:32:35.180><c> God,</c><00:32:36.359><c> although</c><00:32:36.480><c> that</c><00:32:36.640><c> would</c><00:32:36.779><c> be</c><00:32:37.000><c> appropriate</c><00:32:37.380><c> to</c>

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or<00:32:38.539><c> calling</c><00:32:38.839><c> on</c><00:32:39.039><c> the</c><00:32:39.220><c> Lord,</c>

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calling<00:32:40.059><c> on</c><00:32:40.259><c> the</c><00:32:40.460><c> Father,</c><00:32:41.960><c> a</c><00:32:42.400><c> term</c><00:32:42.680><c> that</c><00:32:42.980><c> speaks</c><00:32:43.299><c> for</c><00:32:43.900><c> family,</c>

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a<00:32:45.740><c> term</c><00:32:46.119><c> that</c><00:32:46.460><c> speaks</c><00:32:46.859><c> for</c><00:32:47.240><c> and</c><00:32:47.380><c> should</c><00:32:47.720><c> conjure</c>

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up<00:32:48.839><c> the</c><00:32:49.619><c> understanding</c><00:32:50.200><c> in</c><00:32:50.460><c> the</c><00:32:50.700><c> believers</c><00:32:51.079><c> of</c><00:32:51.420><c> Asia</c><00:32:51.680><c> Minor</c><00:32:52.099><c> of</c><00:32:52.619><c> a</c>

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family<00:32:53.279><c> relationship</c><00:32:54.039><c> with</c><00:32:54.279><c> their</c><00:32:54.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:32:56.319><c> they</c><00:32:56.420><c> would</c><00:32:56.640><c> remember,</c><00:32:57.019><c> of</c><00:32:57.240><c> course,</c><00:32:58.240><c> if</c><00:32:58.380><c> they</c><00:32:58.599><c> thought</c><00:32:58.819><c> carefully</c><00:32:59.380><c> that</c><00:32:59.980><c> being</c><00:33:00.460><c> a</c><00:33:00.799><c> father,</c>

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then<00:33:01.460><c> we</c><00:33:01.700><c> are</c><00:33:01.900><c> children.</c><00:33:03.079><c> Being</c><00:33:03.319><c> a</c><00:33:03.599><c> father,</c><00:33:04.319><c> he</c><00:33:04.660><c> will</c><00:33:05.099><c> chasten</c>

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us<00:33:06.079><c> as</c><00:33:06.480><c> children.</c><00:33:07.599><c> Then</c><00:33:07.759><c> we</c><00:33:08.140><c> must</c><00:33:08.420><c> find</c>

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persecution,<00:33:09.759><c> we</c><00:33:09.759><c> must</c><00:33:10.039><c> find</c><00:33:10.400><c> distress</c><00:33:10.779><c> at</c><00:33:11.019><c> certain</c><00:33:11.240><c> times</c>

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in<00:33:11.720><c> our</c><00:33:11.880><c> lives,</c><00:33:12.500><c> whether</c><00:33:12.660><c> it's</c><00:33:12.839><c> from</c><00:33:13.019><c> without,</c>

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whether<00:33:13.880><c> it's</c><00:33:14.039><c> from</c><00:33:14.240><c> within,</c><00:33:14.819><c> or</c><00:33:14.940><c> whether</c><00:33:15.099><c> it's</c><00:33:15.220><c> from</c><00:33:15.380><c> our</c><00:33:15.519><c> own</c><00:33:15.799><c> personal</c><00:33:16.119><c> weaknesses</c><00:33:16.539><c> of</c><00:33:16.819><c> mortality.</c>

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But<00:33:18.660><c> being</c><00:33:18.920><c> a</c><00:33:19.200><c> father,</c><00:33:19.579><c> all</c><00:33:19.799><c> is</c><00:33:20.019><c> done</c><00:33:20.160><c> in</c><00:33:20.420><c> love.</c><00:33:21.440><c> Being</c><00:33:21.640><c> a</c><00:33:21.920><c> father,</c><00:33:22.380><c> it</c>

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has<00:33:22.700><c> meaning</c><00:33:22.960><c> and</c><00:33:23.240><c> purpose,</c>

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it<00:33:23.960><c> has</c><00:33:24.200><c> an</c><00:33:24.400><c> objective</c><00:33:24.799><c> in</c><00:33:25.079><c> view,</c><00:33:25.559><c> our</c><00:33:26.240><c> betterment.</c><00:33:27.380><c> So</c><00:33:27.599><c> it's</c>

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carefully<00:33:28.779><c> selected</c><00:33:29.359><c> as</c><00:33:29.900><c> the</c><00:33:30.200><c> Father</c><00:33:30.579><c> on</c><00:33:30.900><c> whom</c>

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we<00:33:31.380><c> call,</c><00:33:32.099><c> and</c><00:33:32.500><c> there</c><00:33:32.880><c> we</c><00:33:33.299><c> pass</c><00:33:33.640><c> the</c><00:33:33.940><c> time</c><00:33:34.140><c> of</c><00:33:34.380><c> our</c><00:33:34.680><c> sojourning</c>

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in<00:33:35.960><c> fear,</c><00:33:36.920><c> but</c><00:33:37.059><c> also</c><00:33:37.420><c> in</c><00:33:37.660><c> respect</c><00:33:38.019><c> and</c>

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confidence.<00:33:40.079><c> First</c><00:33:40.180><c> to</c><00:33:40.359><c> Peter</c><00:33:40.519><c> 3</c><00:33:40.799><c> and</c><00:33:40.980><c> 7,</c><00:33:41.339><c> he</c><00:33:41.640><c> refers</c><00:33:42.099><c> and</c><00:33:42.619><c> exhorts</c><00:33:43.180><c> that</c><00:33:44.339><c> wife</c><00:33:44.740><c> and</c>

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husband<00:33:46.140><c> dwell</c><00:33:46.980><c> or</c><00:33:47.599><c> cleave</c>

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:53.500
together<00:33:48.740><c> that</c><00:33:49.740><c> their</c><00:33:50.099><c> prayers</c><00:33:50.619><c> be</c><00:33:50.940><c> not</c><00:33:51.180><c> hindered.</c><00:33:52.400><c> The</c><00:33:52.660><c> necessity</c><00:33:53.200><c> of</c>

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.900
husband<00:33:53.900><c> and</c><00:33:54.160><c> wife</c><00:33:54.420><c> at</c><00:33:54.720><c> home</c><00:33:55.259><c> praying</c>

00:33:55.900 --> 00:34:01.460
together<00:33:56.599><c> as</c><00:33:56.980><c> a</c><00:33:57.220><c> unit,</c><00:33:58.799><c> cleaving</c><00:33:59.240><c> together</c><00:33:59.819><c> as</c><00:34:00.319><c> the</c><00:34:00.500><c> word</c><00:34:00.680><c> conveys</c><00:34:01.240><c> in</c>

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:04.259
the<00:34:01.660><c> dwelling</c><00:34:01.900><c> word.</c><00:34:03.700><c> It</c><00:34:04.000><c> speaks,</c>

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:07.380
brothers<00:34:04.559><c> and</c><00:34:04.839><c> sisters,</c><00:34:05.279><c> for</c><00:34:05.700><c> men</c><00:34:06.079><c> and</c><00:34:06.240><c> women</c><00:34:06.559><c> in</c><00:34:06.779><c> Christ</c><00:34:07.160><c> who</c>

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:10.219
are<00:34:07.559><c> married</c><00:34:07.799><c> together,</c><00:34:09.360><c> to</c><00:34:09.500><c> live</c><00:34:09.780><c> together,</c>

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:14.900
and<00:34:10.599><c> to</c><00:34:11.019><c> pray</c><00:34:11.420><c> together</c><00:34:11.920><c> in</c><00:34:12.199><c> a</c><00:34:12.280><c> certain</c><00:34:12.500><c> sense.</c><00:34:13.699><c> That</c><00:34:13.940><c> the</c><00:34:14.199><c> family</c><00:34:14.500><c> in</c>

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:17.400
Christ<00:34:15.300><c> at</c><00:34:15.619><c> home</c><00:34:16.019><c> will</c><00:34:16.440><c> be</c><00:34:16.599><c> a</c><00:34:16.800><c> family</c>

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:21.239
that<00:34:18.099><c> prays</c><00:34:18.800><c> and</c><00:34:19.000><c> is</c><00:34:19.420><c> sensitive</c><00:34:19.960><c> to</c><00:34:20.219><c> the</c><00:34:20.360><c> reality</c><00:34:20.699><c> of</c><00:34:20.860><c> God</c><00:34:21.059><c> in</c>

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:23.639
that<00:34:21.400><c> home.</c><00:34:22.260><c> There'll</c><00:34:22.440><c> be</c><00:34:22.559><c> an</c><00:34:22.820><c> awareness</c><00:34:23.159><c> that</c><00:34:23.380><c> God</c>

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:28.039
is<00:34:23.880><c> there.</c><00:34:25.420><c> How</c><00:34:25.579><c> many</c><00:34:25.820><c> times,</c><00:34:26.280><c> brothers</c><00:34:26.460><c> and</c><00:34:26.719><c> sisters,</c><00:34:27.699><c> do</c><00:34:27.860><c> we</c>

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:31.000
end<00:34:28.320><c> the</c><00:34:28.599><c> evening</c><00:34:28.980><c> at</c><00:34:29.760><c> home</c><00:34:30.059><c> in</c><00:34:30.219><c> our</c><00:34:30.420><c> own</c><00:34:30.659><c> bedrooms</c>

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:35.159
by<00:34:31.559><c> praying?</c><00:34:33.460><c> How</c><00:34:33.619><c> many</c><00:34:33.860><c> times,</c><00:34:34.420><c> brothers</c><00:34:34.460><c> and</c><00:34:34.699><c> sisters,</c><00:34:35.039><c> in</c>

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:37.679
the<00:34:35.199><c> midst</c><00:34:35.340><c> of</c><00:34:35.559><c> crisis</c><00:34:35.880><c> and</c><00:34:36.179><c> difficulties</c><00:34:36.679><c> have</c><00:34:37.420><c> both</c>

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:40.599
of<00:34:37.840><c> you</c><00:34:37.980><c> perhaps</c><00:34:38.380><c> got</c><00:34:38.579><c> on</c><00:34:38.780><c> your</c><00:34:38.980><c> knees</c><00:34:39.320><c> and</c><00:34:39.719><c> prayed</c><00:34:40.000><c> beside</c>

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:43.579
each<00:34:40.860><c> other?</c><00:34:41.579><c> Perhaps</c><00:34:41.920><c> you're</c><00:34:42.199><c> praying</c><00:34:42.380><c> independently,</c>

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:49.820
but<00:34:44.019><c> praying</c><00:34:44.460><c> together,</c><00:34:46.019><c> it</c><00:34:46.179><c> is</c><00:34:46.420><c> a</c><00:34:46.539><c> tremendous</c><00:34:47.219><c> source</c><00:34:47.599><c> of</c><00:34:47.840><c> power</c><00:34:48.219><c> and</c><00:34:48.639><c> strength.</c><00:34:49.619><c> I</c>

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.800
can<00:34:50.079><c> speak</c><00:34:50.219><c> for</c><00:34:50.400><c> myself,</c>

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.679
brothers<00:34:51.039><c> and</c><00:34:51.320><c> sisters,</c><00:34:51.880><c> it's</c><00:34:52.360><c> unparalleled</c><00:34:52.980><c> in</c><00:34:53.119><c> what</c><00:34:53.239><c> it</c><00:34:53.400><c> can</c><00:34:53.539><c> do</c>

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:55.760
in<00:34:53.880><c> times</c><00:34:54.119><c> of</c><00:34:54.260><c> family</c><00:34:54.639><c> crisis.</c>

00:34:55.789 --> 00:34:59.039
Quite<00:34:56.119><c> often,</c><00:34:57.139><c> two</c><00:34:57.219><c> individuals</c><00:34:57.760><c> facing</c><00:34:58.119><c> the</c><00:34:58.340><c> same</c><00:34:58.599><c> crisis</c>

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.429
with<00:34:59.219><c> their</c><00:34:59.480><c> own</c><00:34:59.860><c> loved</c><00:35:00.099><c> ones</c>

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:04.840
relate<00:35:01.400><c> to</c><00:35:01.559><c> it</c><00:35:01.719><c> so</c><00:35:02.099><c> independently</c><00:35:02.679><c> and</c><00:35:03.039><c> so</c><00:35:03.440><c> separated</c><00:35:03.880><c> that</c>

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:06.920
they<00:35:05.000><c> don't</c><00:35:05.300><c> gain</c><00:35:05.519><c> the</c><00:35:05.760><c> possibilities</c><00:35:06.280><c> of</c><00:35:06.559><c> mutual</c>

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:10.079
strength<00:35:07.360><c> by</c><00:35:07.679><c> meeting</c><00:35:07.980><c> a</c><00:35:08.300><c> prayer</c><00:35:08.739><c> together.</c><00:35:09.539><c> Or</c><00:35:09.760><c> where,</c><00:35:09.900><c> for</c>

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.820
example,<00:35:10.400><c> the</c><00:35:10.559><c> husband</c><00:35:10.900><c> may</c><00:35:11.139><c> do</c><00:35:11.300><c> the</c><00:35:11.519><c> praying</c>

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:18.159
and<00:35:12.500><c> the</c><00:35:12.760><c> wife,</c><00:35:13.559><c> they're</c><00:35:14.079><c> present</c><00:35:14.440><c> sharing</c><00:35:15.099><c> in</c><00:35:15.400><c> the</c><00:35:15.559><c> same</c><00:35:15.840><c> agonizing,</c><00:35:16.880><c> striving</c><00:35:17.219><c> together</c><00:35:17.760><c> in</c>

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.360
their<00:35:18.380><c> prayers.</c>

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:26.079
And<00:35:20.320><c> here,</c><00:35:20.820><c> brothers</c><00:35:20.820><c> and</c><00:35:21.059><c> sisters,</c><00:35:21.500><c> in</c><00:35:21.739><c> Daniel,</c><00:35:23.460><c> look</c><00:35:23.760><c> at</c><00:35:23.940><c> the</c><00:35:24.199><c> tremendous</c><00:35:25.139><c> witness</c><00:35:25.760><c> in</c>

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.900
that<00:35:26.420><c> prophecy</c>

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:33.739
to<00:35:27.500><c> the</c><00:35:27.900><c> importance</c><00:35:28.400><c> and</c><00:35:29.440><c> to</c><00:35:29.579><c> the</c><00:35:29.880><c> power</c><00:35:30.219><c> of</c><00:35:30.579><c> prayer.</c><00:35:31.940><c> In</c><00:35:32.059><c> Daniel</c><00:35:32.559><c> chapter</c><00:35:32.980><c> 9,</c>

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.820
Daniel<00:35:34.340><c> says,</c>

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Whilst<00:35:35.500><c> I</c><00:35:35.900><c> was</c><00:35:36.239><c> speaking</c><00:35:36.639><c> in</c><00:35:37.059><c> prayer,</c><00:35:38.500><c> the</c><00:35:38.639><c> man</c><00:35:39.119><c> Gabriel,</c><00:35:40.199><c> being</c><00:35:40.900><c> caused</c><00:35:41.420><c> to</c>

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:45.039
fly<00:35:42.179><c> swiftly,</c><00:35:43.380><c> came</c><00:35:43.559><c> and</c><00:35:44.519><c> answered</c>

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:49.380
his<00:35:45.280><c> prayer.</c><00:35:46.320><c> Why</c><00:35:46.679><c> was</c><00:35:46.960><c> Daniel</c><00:35:47.320><c> told</c><00:35:47.639><c> that?</c><00:35:48.440><c> Or</c><00:35:48.619><c> why</c><00:35:49.019><c> did</c><00:35:49.179><c> he</c>

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:52.300
experience<00:35:50.000><c> that?</c><00:35:50.980><c> Why</c><00:35:51.199><c> is</c><00:35:51.400><c> it</c><00:35:51.559><c> left</c><00:35:51.760><c> on</c><00:35:52.079><c> record</c>

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:54.940
in<00:35:52.619><c> Daniel</c><00:35:52.920><c> for</c><00:35:53.239><c> us?</c><00:35:53.679><c> What</c><00:35:53.840><c> are</c><00:35:53.940><c> we</c><00:35:54.099><c> supposed</c><00:35:54.300><c> to</c><00:35:54.539><c> learn</c><00:35:54.719><c> from</c>

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:58.280
that?<00:35:55.699><c> That</c><00:35:55.840><c> we</c><00:35:56.039><c> should</c><00:35:56.260><c> pray</c><00:35:56.780><c> for</c><00:35:57.360><c> sure.</c>

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:03.880
That<00:35:59.260><c> our</c><00:35:59.539><c> prayers</c><00:35:59.800><c> are</c><00:36:00.139><c> heard</c><00:36:00.659><c> most</c><00:36:01.639><c> certainly.</c><00:36:03.400><c> That</c><00:36:03.559><c> God</c>

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:06.800
cares<00:36:04.320><c> and</c><00:36:04.579><c> listens</c><00:36:04.960><c> and</c><00:36:05.440><c> will</c><00:36:05.760><c> answer</c><00:36:06.260><c> swiftly,</c>

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:12.980
however<00:36:07.280><c> that</c><00:36:07.500><c> answer</c><00:36:07.780><c> may</c><00:36:08.039><c> be,</c><00:36:09.059><c> definitely.</c><00:36:10.500><c> Daniel</c><00:36:10.840><c> chapter</c><00:36:11.280><c> 10</c><00:36:11.559><c> verse</c><00:36:11.840><c> 12,</c>

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.780
the<00:36:13.340><c> angel</c><00:36:13.760><c> comes</c><00:36:14.139><c> to</c><00:36:14.440><c> Daniel</c>

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:21.059
and<00:36:15.019><c> what</c><00:36:15.179><c> does</c><00:36:15.380><c> the</c><00:36:15.599><c> angel</c><00:36:15.780><c> say</c><00:36:16.019><c> to</c><00:36:16.159><c> him?</c><00:36:17.480><c> Thy</c><00:36:17.619><c> words,</c><00:36:18.420><c> Daniel.</c><00:36:19.420><c> Thy</c><00:36:19.659><c> words</c><00:36:19.980><c> were</c><00:36:20.300><c> heard</c><00:36:20.619><c> and</c><00:36:20.900><c> I</c>

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.840
am<00:36:21.360><c> come</c><00:36:21.599><c> for</c>

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:25.960
thy<00:36:22.059><c> words.</c><00:36:23.239><c> Look</c><00:36:23.320><c> at</c><00:36:23.480><c> Daniel</c><00:36:23.780><c> chapter</c><00:36:24.179><c> 6.</c><00:36:25.400><c> Now</c><00:36:25.400><c> when</c><00:36:25.579><c> Daniel</c>

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:29.099
knew<00:36:26.260><c> that</c><00:36:26.440><c> the</c><00:36:26.639><c> writing</c><00:36:26.820><c> was</c><00:36:27.119><c> signed,</c><00:36:28.059><c> persecution,</c>

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:33.699
he<00:36:29.460><c> kneeled</c><00:36:29.739><c> upon</c><00:36:30.000><c> his</c><00:36:30.260><c> knees</c><00:36:30.480><c> three</c><00:36:30.719><c> times</c><00:36:31.079><c> a</c><00:36:31.239><c> day</c><00:36:31.420><c> and</c><00:36:31.840><c> prayed.</c><00:36:33.519><c> These</c>

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:37.480
men,<00:36:34.139><c> it</c><00:36:34.500><c> says,</c><00:36:34.980><c> assembled</c><00:36:35.539><c> and</c><00:36:37.019><c> found</c>

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:42.400
Daniel<00:36:38.099><c> praying</c><00:36:38.800><c> and</c><00:36:39.400><c> making</c><00:36:39.719><c> supplication</c><00:36:40.579><c> before</c><00:36:40.920><c> his</c><00:36:41.179><c> God.</c><00:36:41.900><c> There</c><00:36:42.199><c> was</c>

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:44.539
a<00:36:42.539><c> man</c><00:36:42.659><c> of</c><00:36:42.880><c> God.</c><00:36:43.579><c> There</c><00:36:43.800><c> was</c><00:36:44.000><c> a</c><00:36:44.139><c> man</c><00:36:44.260><c> of</c>

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:50.199
prayer.<00:36:46.019><c> Now</c><00:36:46.219><c> brothers</c><00:36:46.380><c> and</c><00:36:46.639><c> sisters,</c><00:36:47.440><c> those</c><00:36:47.860><c> parallels</c><00:36:48.300><c> drawn</c><00:36:48.639><c> from</c><00:36:48.900><c> Daniel</c><00:36:49.320><c> are</c>

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:51.519
drawn<00:36:50.519><c> from</c><00:36:51.119><c> personal</c>

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:55.480
experiences<00:36:52.119><c> in</c><00:36:52.380><c> Daniel's</c><00:36:52.860><c> life,</c><00:36:53.539><c> but</c><00:36:53.719><c> relate</c><00:36:54.079><c> to</c><00:36:54.280><c> a</c><00:36:54.619><c> personal</c><00:36:54.880><c> context</c>

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.599
for<00:36:55.840><c> the</c><00:36:56.019><c> apostle</c><00:36:56.420><c> Peter</c><00:36:56.760><c> being</c><00:36:57.320><c> in</c>

00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:02.519
Babylon.<00:36:59.340><c> Now</c><00:36:59.639><c> notice</c><00:37:00.019><c> how</c><00:37:00.440><c> in</c><00:37:00.800><c> the</c><00:37:01.179><c> first</c><00:37:01.460><c> and</c><00:37:01.699><c> second</c><00:37:01.980><c> pistle</c><00:37:02.320><c> of</c>

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:06.820
Peter,<00:37:03.780><c> the</c><00:37:04.079><c> apostle</c><00:37:04.619><c> draws</c><00:37:05.320><c> upon</c><00:37:06.280><c> other</c>

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:11.360
experiences<00:37:07.679><c> relevant</c><00:37:08.699><c> to</c><00:37:08.940><c> his</c><00:37:09.219><c> case</c><00:37:09.559><c> in</c><00:37:09.719><c> the</c><00:37:09.880><c> ministry.</c><00:37:10.239><c> We'll</c><00:37:10.360><c> just</c><00:37:10.820><c> sample</c><00:37:11.199><c> a</c>

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.920
number<00:37:11.659><c> of</c><00:37:12.019><c> instances.</c>

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:17.320
For<00:37:15.900><c> example,</c>

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:24.480
second<00:37:21.360><c> Peter</c><00:37:21.980><c> chapter</c><00:37:23.320><c> 1.</c>

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:39.659
Second<00:37:34.059><c> Peter</c><00:37:34.380><c> chapter</c><00:37:34.880><c> 1</c><00:37:36.000><c> verse</c><00:37:37.059><c> 16,</c><00:37:38.380><c> an</c><00:37:38.739><c> obvious</c><00:37:39.179><c> allusion</c>

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:42.380
to<00:37:39.860><c> the</c><00:37:40.039><c> ministry</c><00:37:40.480><c> and</c><00:37:41.059><c> to</c><00:37:41.300><c> a</c><00:37:41.460><c> very</c><00:37:41.699><c> important</c>

00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:45.639
experience<00:37:43.119><c> that</c><00:37:43.400><c> the</c><00:37:43.800><c> apostle</c><00:37:44.280><c> had,</c><00:37:44.880><c> but</c><00:37:45.019><c> he's</c><00:37:45.199><c> sharing</c><00:37:45.460><c> it</c>

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:48.860
with<00:37:45.760><c> us.</c><00:37:47.219><c> Second</c><00:37:47.340><c> Peter</c><00:37:47.619><c> 1</c><00:37:47.820><c> and</c><00:37:48.000><c> verse</c><00:37:48.139><c> 16,</c>

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:52.659
for<00:37:49.480><c> we</c><00:37:49.619><c> have</c><00:37:49.840><c> not</c><00:37:50.139><c> followed</c><00:37:50.400><c> cunningly</c><00:37:51.000><c> devised</c><00:37:51.440><c> fables</c><00:37:52.039><c> when</c><00:37:52.420><c> we</c>

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:54.539
made<00:37:52.840><c> known</c><00:37:52.980><c> unto</c><00:37:53.199><c> you</c><00:37:53.360><c> the</c><00:37:53.659><c> power</c><00:37:54.059><c> and</c><00:37:54.360><c> coming</c>

00:37:54.539 --> 00:38:01.820
of<00:37:54.760><c> our</c><00:37:54.900><c> Lord</c><00:37:55.079><c> Jesus</c><00:37:55.500><c> Christ,</c><00:37:56.900><c> but</c><00:37:57.039><c> were</c><00:37:57.440><c> eyewitnesses</c><00:37:58.599><c> of</c><00:37:58.719><c> his</c><00:37:58.940><c> majesty.</c><00:38:00.679><c> He's</c><00:38:01.019><c> referring</c><00:38:01.320><c> to</c><00:38:01.539><c> something,</c>

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brothers<00:38:02.079><c> and</c><00:38:02.340><c> sisters,</c><00:38:02.619><c> that's</c><00:38:02.880><c> already</c><00:38:03.119><c> occurred.</c><00:38:05.239><c> What's</c>

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:08.860
he<00:38:05.699><c> referring</c><00:38:05.940><c> to?</c><00:38:06.340><c> Verse</c><00:38:06.519><c> 17,</c><00:38:07.840><c> for</c><00:38:08.139><c> he</c><00:38:08.460><c> received</c>

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:13.420
from<00:38:09.099><c> God</c><00:38:09.420><c> the</c><00:38:09.619><c> father,</c><00:38:10.219><c> that's</c><00:38:10.440><c> Christ,</c><00:38:11.159><c> honor</c><00:38:11.300><c> and</c><00:38:11.539><c> glory</c><00:38:11.940><c> when</c><00:38:12.460><c> there</c><00:38:12.739><c> came</c><00:38:12.940><c> such</c><00:38:13.199><c> a</c>

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.219
voice<00:38:13.619><c> to</c><00:38:13.860><c> him</c><00:38:14.039><c> from</c>

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the<00:38:14.519><c> excellent</c><00:38:14.840><c> glory.</c><00:38:15.460><c> This</c><00:38:15.780><c> is</c><00:38:16.019><c> my</c><00:38:16.219><c> beloved</c><00:38:16.559><c> son</c><00:38:16.900><c> in</c><00:38:17.119><c> whom</c><00:38:17.260><c> I</c>

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:19.400
am<00:38:17.519><c> well</c><00:38:17.820><c> pleased.</c><00:38:18.579><c> And</c><00:38:18.820><c> this</c><00:38:19.079><c> voice,</c>

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:25.719
which<00:38:19.739><c> came</c><00:38:19.960><c> from</c><00:38:20.219><c> heaven,</c><00:38:20.940><c> we</c><00:38:21.199><c> heard</c><00:38:21.659><c> when</c><00:38:23.099><c> we</c><00:38:23.980><c> were</c><00:38:24.219><c> with</c><00:38:24.500><c> him</c><00:38:24.880><c> in</c>

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:29.599
the<00:38:26.199><c> holy</c><00:38:26.880><c> mount.</c><00:38:28.039><c> He</c><00:38:28.639><c> is</c><00:38:28.960><c> referring</c><00:38:29.380><c> to</c>

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:37.500
the<00:38:29.840><c> transfiguration</c><00:38:31.159><c> recorded</c><00:38:32.000><c> in</c><00:38:32.380><c> every</c><00:38:32.699><c> single</c><00:38:33.099><c> gospel</c><00:38:34.460><c> except</c><00:38:34.900><c> John.</c><00:38:36.539><c> Luke</c><00:38:36.760><c> chapter</c><00:38:37.139><c> 9</c>

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is<00:38:37.659><c> one</c><00:38:37.820><c> of</c>

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those<00:38:38.119><c> three.</c><00:38:39.500><c> And</c><00:38:39.760><c> I</c><00:38:39.860><c> would</c><00:38:40.039><c> suggest</c><00:38:40.539><c> that</c><00:38:40.780><c> Luke</c><00:38:40.940><c> chapter</c><00:38:41.360><c> 9</c>

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:45.480
is<00:38:42.059><c> the</c><00:38:42.340><c> most</c><00:38:42.679><c> likely</c><00:38:43.699><c> account</c><00:38:44.300><c> that</c><00:38:44.579><c> Peter</c><00:38:44.840><c> has</c><00:38:45.219><c> in</c>

00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:49.619
mind<00:38:45.800><c> here,</c><00:38:46.820><c> or</c><00:38:46.920><c> the</c><00:38:47.179><c> spirit.</c><00:38:48.539><c> And</c><00:38:48.679><c> the</c><00:38:48.820><c> reason</c><00:38:49.079><c> for</c><00:38:49.280><c> that</c><00:38:49.440><c> is,</c>

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brothers<00:38:49.820><c> and</c><00:38:50.059><c> sisters,</c><00:38:50.300><c> a</c><00:38:50.480><c> very</c><00:38:50.980><c> subtle</c>

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:55.219
little<00:38:51.820><c> connection</c><00:38:52.300><c> with</c><00:38:52.519><c> Luke</c><00:38:52.780><c> 9</c><00:38:53.500><c> and</c><00:38:54.400><c> that</c><00:38:54.579><c> account</c><00:38:54.880><c> of</c><00:38:55.019><c> the</c>

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:58.420
transfiguration.<00:38:56.280><c> And</c><00:38:56.519><c> it</c><00:38:56.659><c> occurs</c><00:38:56.920><c> in</c><00:38:57.079><c> verse</c><00:38:57.280><c> 15.</c>

00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:03.440
In<00:38:58.920><c> verse</c><00:38:59.199><c> 15,</c><00:39:00.460><c> there's</c><00:39:00.719><c> a</c><00:39:00.920><c> link</c><00:39:01.059><c> with</c><00:39:01.280><c> Luke</c><00:39:01.500><c> 9.</c><00:39:02.760><c> Moreover,</c><00:39:03.179><c> he</c>

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.500
says,<00:39:04.380><c> I</c><00:39:04.679><c> will</c><00:39:04.900><c> endeavor</c><00:39:05.320><c> that</c><00:39:05.559><c> ye</c><00:39:05.760><c> may</c><00:39:05.920><c> be</c><00:39:06.219><c> able,</c>

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after<00:39:06.940><c> my</c><00:39:07.280><c> decease,</c><00:39:07.960><c> to</c><00:39:08.139><c> have</c><00:39:08.300><c> these</c><00:39:08.619><c> things</c><00:39:08.860><c> always</c><00:39:09.199><c> in</c><00:39:09.420><c> remembrance.</c><00:39:10.960><c> Here's</c><00:39:11.420><c> where</c><00:39:11.599><c> it</c>

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.840
pays<00:39:12.019><c> to</c><00:39:12.280><c> be</c>

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alert<00:39:13.360><c> in</c><00:39:14.360><c> checking</c><00:39:14.639><c> out</c><00:39:14.980><c> the</c><00:39:15.139><c> meaning</c><00:39:15.300><c> of</c><00:39:15.480><c> these</c><00:39:15.679><c> words</c><00:39:15.900><c> in</c><00:39:16.059><c> a</c>

00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:18.619
concordance.<00:39:17.579><c> If</c><00:39:17.699><c> you</c><00:39:17.840><c> were</c><00:39:17.920><c> to</c><00:39:18.079><c> check</c><00:39:18.219><c> that</c><00:39:18.500><c> word</c>

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:21.880
in<00:39:18.760><c> a</c><00:39:19.000><c> concordance,</c><00:39:19.380><c> you</c><00:39:19.500><c> discover</c><00:39:19.920><c> that</c><00:39:20.119><c> the</c><00:39:20.280><c> Greek</c><00:39:20.500><c> word</c><00:39:20.719><c> decease</c><00:39:21.300><c> is</c>

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:27.360
exodus,<00:39:24.320><c> exodus</c><00:39:25.000><c> in</c><00:39:25.260><c> Greek.</c><00:39:26.719><c> He</c><00:39:26.980><c> says,</c>

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:32.639
after<00:39:28.260><c> my</c><00:39:28.739><c> exodus,</c><00:39:29.440><c> to</c><00:39:29.780><c> have</c><00:39:29.920><c> these</c><00:39:30.260><c> things</c><00:39:30.440><c> always</c><00:39:30.800><c> in</c><00:39:31.099><c> remembrance.</c><00:39:32.500><c> And</c>

00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:33.619
now,<00:39:32.980><c> brothers</c><00:39:33.079><c> and</c><00:39:33.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:38.260
all<00:39:34.039><c> that</c><00:39:34.219><c> we've</c><00:39:34.579><c> said</c><00:39:34.739><c> and</c><00:39:35.000><c> done</c><00:39:35.099><c> in</c><00:39:35.280><c> the</c><00:39:35.440><c> earlier</c><00:39:35.840><c> studies</c><00:39:36.179><c> this</c><00:39:36.500><c> week</c><00:39:36.800><c> now</c><00:39:37.320><c> come</c><00:39:37.679><c> to</c><00:39:37.900><c> a</c>

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.800
direct<00:39:38.480><c> and</c>

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:43.760
practical<00:39:39.159><c> focus.</c><00:39:40.539><c> Why</c><00:39:40.780><c> would</c><00:39:40.980><c> he</c><00:39:41.199><c> be</c><00:39:41.440><c> using</c><00:39:41.800><c> that</c><00:39:42.119><c> Greek</c><00:39:42.380><c> word</c><00:39:42.639><c> exodus?</c><00:39:43.679><c> At</c>

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:45.019
least<00:39:44.019><c> two</c><00:39:44.280><c> or</c><00:39:44.340><c> three</c><00:39:44.599><c> other</c><00:39:44.800><c> Greek</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:48.300
words<00:39:45.320><c> were</c><00:39:45.539><c> available</c><00:39:45.900><c> to</c><00:39:46.119><c> him</c><00:39:46.420><c> to</c><00:39:46.880><c> describe</c><00:39:47.340><c> his</c><00:39:47.800><c> departure</c>

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:51.559
or<00:39:48.599><c> to</c><00:39:48.840><c> describe</c><00:39:49.179><c> death.</c><00:39:50.679><c> The</c><00:39:50.800><c> reason</c><00:39:51.059><c> is,</c>

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:54.300
brothers<00:39:51.820><c> and</c><00:39:52.099><c> sisters,</c><00:39:52.699><c> hold</c><00:39:52.860><c> your</c><00:39:53.000><c> finger</c><00:39:53.239><c> there,</c><00:39:53.980><c> and</c><00:39:54.119><c> go</c>

00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:56.719
to<00:39:54.400><c> Luke</c><00:39:54.559><c> 9</c><00:39:55.000><c> in</c><00:39:55.199><c> the</c><00:39:55.400><c> transfiguration.</c>

00:39:57.019 --> 00:40:02.059
Beautiful<00:39:57.739><c> connection,</c><00:40:00.300><c> showing</c><00:40:00.400><c> how</c><00:40:00.880><c> much</c><00:40:01.119><c> the</c><00:40:01.420><c> apostle</c><00:40:01.840><c> by</c>

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:04.280
the<00:40:02.320><c> Spirit's</c><00:40:02.800><c> guidance</c><00:40:03.099><c> is</c><00:40:03.440><c> drawing</c><00:40:03.659><c> upon</c><00:40:03.980><c> his</c>

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:10.880
personal<00:40:04.659><c> experiences</c><00:40:05.400><c> in</c><00:40:05.860><c> the</c><00:40:06.019><c> ministry.</c><00:40:08.039><c> Luke</c><00:40:08.159><c> 9's</c><00:40:08.840><c> account</c><00:40:09.219><c> of</c><00:40:09.460><c> the</c><00:40:09.699><c> transfiguration.</c>

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:20.179
Verse<00:40:16.880><c> 30,</c><00:40:18.840><c> Luke</c><00:40:19.059><c> 9.</c>

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:26.559
And<00:40:22.880><c> behold,</c><00:40:23.960><c> there</c><00:40:24.260><c> talked</c><00:40:24.639><c> with</c><00:40:24.840><c> him</c><00:40:25.099><c> two</c><00:40:25.380><c> men,</c><00:40:26.099><c> which</c><00:40:26.300><c> were</c>

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:31.219
Moses<00:40:27.039><c> and</c><00:40:27.320><c> Elias.</c><00:40:28.699><c> Here</c><00:40:29.039><c> they</c><00:40:29.260><c> are,</c><00:40:30.719><c> Peter,</c>

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:34.360
significantly,<00:40:32.239><c> Peter,</c><00:40:32.800><c> James,</c><00:40:33.139><c> and</c><00:40:33.300><c> John,</c><00:40:33.739><c> up</c><00:40:33.860><c> the</c><00:40:34.019><c> top</c><00:40:34.199><c> of</c>

00:40:34.360 --> 00:40:38.239
the<00:40:34.519><c> mountain</c><00:40:34.840><c> with</c><00:40:35.400><c> the</c><00:40:35.559><c> master.</c><00:40:36.900><c> They</c><00:40:37.579><c> see</c><00:40:37.840><c> here</c>

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:47.460
Moses<00:40:38.739><c> and</c><00:40:39.079><c> Elijah,</c><00:40:40.579><c> who,</c><00:40:40.800><c> verse</c><00:40:41.039><c> 31,</c><00:40:41.900><c> appeared</c><00:40:42.139><c> in</c><00:40:42.460><c> glory</c><00:40:42.960><c> for</c><00:40:43.380><c> this</c><00:40:43.539><c> purpose,</c><00:40:44.599><c> and</c><00:40:45.300><c> spake</c><00:40:45.960><c> of</c><00:40:46.619><c> his</c>

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:55.420
decease.<00:40:49.460><c> The</c><00:40:49.679><c> Greek</c><00:40:49.940><c> word,</c><00:40:51.139><c> exodus.</c><00:40:53.239><c> Elijah</c><00:40:53.679><c> and</c><00:40:54.039><c> Moses</c><00:40:54.579><c> spoke</c><00:40:55.159><c> to</c>

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:58.360
Christ<00:40:55.920><c> of</c><00:40:56.360><c> his</c><00:40:57.019><c> exodus.</c>

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:02.059
What<00:40:59.300><c> a</c><00:40:59.699><c> powerful</c><00:41:00.119><c> exhortation</c><00:41:00.780><c> for</c><00:41:00.960><c> the</c><00:41:01.119><c> master</c><00:41:01.480><c> as</c><00:41:01.719><c> he</c><00:41:01.900><c> is</c>

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.619
up<00:41:02.260><c> there</c><00:41:02.519><c> preparing</c>

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:07.679
for<00:41:04.099><c> the</c><00:41:04.300><c> eminence</c><00:41:04.639><c> of</c><00:41:04.840><c> the</c><00:41:05.079><c> cross,</c><00:41:06.179><c> only</c><00:41:06.460><c> a</c><00:41:06.619><c> matter</c><00:41:06.739><c> of</c><00:41:06.940><c> months</c><00:41:07.159><c> away.</c>

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:09.480
And<00:41:08.300><c> yet,</c><00:41:08.699><c> brothers</c><00:41:08.780><c> and</c><00:41:09.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:13.940
here<00:41:10.219><c> is</c><00:41:10.440><c> a</c><00:41:10.619><c> man,</c><00:41:11.059><c> Moses,</c><00:41:11.760><c> who</c><00:41:12.000><c> was</c><00:41:12.219><c> at</c><00:41:12.480><c> Sinai.</c><00:41:13.239><c> Here's</c><00:41:13.619><c> a</c><00:41:13.780><c> man,</c>

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:15.960
Elijah,<00:41:14.659><c> who</c><00:41:14.920><c> was</c><00:41:15.139><c> at</c><00:41:15.440><c> Sinai.</c>

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:21.659
Here<00:41:16.800><c> are</c><00:41:17.099><c> two</c><00:41:17.360><c> men</c><00:41:17.960><c> associated</c><00:41:18.659><c> with</c><00:41:18.900><c> a</c><00:41:19.039><c> period</c><00:41:19.360><c> of</c><00:41:19.820><c> 40</c><00:41:20.139><c> in</c><00:41:20.340><c> their</c><00:41:20.639><c> probation.</c><00:41:21.420><c> 40</c>

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:23.039
years<00:41:21.920><c> in</c><00:41:22.059><c> the</c><00:41:22.159><c> wilderness,</c>

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:27.659
40<00:41:23.639><c> days</c><00:41:23.980><c> for</c><00:41:24.199><c> Elijah</c><00:41:24.579><c> down</c><00:41:24.840><c> at</c><00:41:25.099><c> Sinai.</c><00:41:26.380><c> Two</c><00:41:26.699><c> men</c><00:41:27.000><c> associated</c>

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:29.920
with<00:41:27.840><c> a</c><00:41:28.019><c> holy</c><00:41:28.260><c> mount.</c><00:41:29.119><c> Here's</c><00:41:29.380><c> the</c><00:41:29.559><c> master</c>

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:33.579
with<00:41:30.139><c> two</c><00:41:30.440><c> men</c><00:41:30.760><c> on</c><00:41:31.099><c> a</c><00:41:31.260><c> mount,</c><00:41:31.820><c> and</c><00:41:31.940><c> it's</c><00:41:32.119><c> holy,</c><00:41:32.599><c> says</c><00:41:32.679><c> Peter.</c>

00:41:33.900 --> 00:41:37.739
Two<00:41:34.199><c> men</c><00:41:34.480><c> who</c><00:41:34.800><c> saw</c><00:41:35.139><c> and</c><00:41:35.559><c> heard</c><00:41:36.000><c> the</c><00:41:36.619><c> majesty</c><00:41:37.159><c> of</c><00:41:37.400><c> God.</c>

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:42.760
Two<00:41:38.539><c> men</c><00:41:38.760><c> who</c><00:41:39.079><c> heard</c><00:41:39.239><c> the</c><00:41:39.400><c> voice</c><00:41:39.679><c> of</c><00:41:39.880><c> God</c><00:41:40.139><c> speaking.</c><00:41:41.880><c> Two</c><00:41:42.380><c> men</c>

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:45.059
associated<00:41:43.519><c> with</c><00:41:43.760><c> a</c><00:41:43.940><c> kind</c><00:41:44.199><c> of</c><00:41:44.519><c> exodus.</c>

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:48.539
And<00:41:45.659><c> here,</c><00:41:46.280><c> brothers</c><00:41:46.400><c> and</c><00:41:46.699><c> sisters,</c><00:41:47.480><c> the</c><00:41:47.679><c> master</c><00:41:48.019><c> is</c><00:41:48.219><c> being</c>

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:51.539
encouraged<00:41:49.199><c> by</c><00:41:49.619><c> two</c><00:41:50.119><c> other</c><00:41:50.579><c> brethren,</c>

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:56.800
two<00:41:52.320><c> others</c><00:41:52.599><c> from</c><00:41:52.880><c> times</c><00:41:53.239><c> of</c><00:41:53.500><c> old,</c><00:41:54.219><c> who</c><00:41:54.340><c> are</c><00:41:54.579><c> sharing</c><00:41:54.900><c> with</c><00:41:55.119><c> the</c><00:41:55.340><c> master</c><00:41:55.659><c> these</c><00:41:55.980><c> hours</c><00:41:56.400><c> of</c>

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.360
trial<00:41:57.039><c> and</c><00:41:57.320><c> difficulty.</c>

00:41:58.900 --> 00:42:03.000
So<00:41:59.219><c> then,</c><00:41:59.400><c> when</c><00:41:59.619><c> Peter</c><00:41:59.920><c> mentions</c><00:42:00.619><c> that</c><00:42:01.260><c> he</c><00:42:01.480><c> is</c><00:42:01.699><c> going</c><00:42:01.880><c> to</c><00:42:02.320><c> experience</c><00:42:02.679><c> an</c>

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:05.039
exodus<00:42:03.460><c> and</c><00:42:03.940><c> then</c><00:42:04.219><c> goes</c><00:42:04.480><c> from</c><00:42:04.699><c> that</c>

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:09.460
point<00:42:05.340><c> in</c><00:42:05.619><c> 2</c><00:42:05.920><c> Peter</c><00:42:06.219><c> chapter</c><00:42:06.719><c> 1</c><00:42:07.000><c> immediately</c><00:42:07.980><c> into</c><00:42:08.739><c> a</c><00:42:08.980><c> recall</c>

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:13.280
of<00:42:09.679><c> the</c><00:42:09.940><c> transfiguration,</c><00:42:11.980><c> he</c><00:42:12.239><c> is</c><00:42:12.559><c> deliberately</c>

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:18.179
conjuring<00:42:14.199><c> an</c><00:42:14.780><c> entire</c><00:42:15.460><c> picture</c><00:42:15.960><c> that</c><00:42:16.380><c> has</c><00:42:16.719><c> to</c><00:42:16.860><c> be</c><00:42:17.059><c> fully</c><00:42:17.300><c> appreciated</c><00:42:17.820><c> only</c>

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:20.079
by<00:42:18.420><c> going</c><00:42:18.619><c> back</c><00:42:18.900><c> to</c><00:42:19.019><c> the</c><00:42:19.179><c> ministry.</c>

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:26.039
Now,<00:42:21.760><c> elsewhere,</c><00:42:22.099><c> brothers</c><00:42:22.199><c> and</c><00:42:22.480><c> sisters,</c><00:42:23.460><c> there</c><00:42:23.699><c> are</c><00:42:24.360><c> scattered</c><00:42:24.780><c> allusions</c><00:42:25.519><c> to</c>

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:27.079
Peter's<00:42:26.559><c> experience</c>

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:32.659
in<00:42:27.360><c> the</c><00:42:27.559><c> ministry.</c><00:42:29.320><c> Look,</c><00:42:29.599><c> for</c><00:42:29.880><c> example,</c><00:42:31.039><c> at</c><00:42:31.300><c> the</c><00:42:31.480><c> cases</c><00:42:31.780><c> where</c><00:42:32.039><c> Peter,</c><00:42:32.440><c> as</c>

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we've<00:42:32.900><c> already</c><00:42:33.219><c> shown,</c>

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:38.119
exhorts<00:42:34.639><c> brothers</c><00:42:34.980><c> and</c><00:42:35.280><c> sisters</c><00:42:35.679><c> to</c><00:42:36.000><c> pray.</c><00:42:37.019><c> What</c><00:42:37.380><c> would</c><00:42:37.579><c> Peter</c><00:42:37.900><c> have</c>

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:43.760
known<00:42:38.320><c> of</c><00:42:38.539><c> that?</c><00:42:41.920><c> What</c><00:42:42.599><c> would</c><00:42:42.599><c> he</c><00:42:43.260><c> have</c>

00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:50.199
known<00:42:48.199><c> of</c><00:42:48.199><c> Peter's</c><00:42:49.079><c> experience</c><00:42:49.079><c> in</c><00:42:49.079><c> the</c><00:42:49.079><c> ministry?</c><00:42:49.099><c> Peter</c><00:42:49.420><c> had</c><00:42:49.900><c> been</c><00:42:50.059><c> in</c>

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:52.000
Gethsemane<00:42:51.039><c> where</c><00:42:51.340><c> he</c><00:42:51.460><c> had</c><00:42:51.800><c> fallen</c>

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:57.000
asleep,<00:42:53.659><c> and</c><00:42:53.659><c> while</c><00:42:53.920><c> he</c><00:42:54.079><c> fell</c><00:42:54.280><c> asleep,</c><00:42:54.860><c> the</c><00:42:54.880><c> master</c><00:42:55.280><c> struggled,</c><00:42:56.780><c> and</c><00:42:56.900><c> the</c>

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:58.840
master<00:42:57.500><c> said</c><00:42:57.880><c> that</c><00:42:58.300><c> they</c><00:42:58.539><c> ought</c>

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:03.059
to<00:42:59.119><c> pray,</c><00:43:00.219><c> and</c><00:43:00.500><c> the</c><00:43:00.599><c> master</c><00:43:01.019><c> said</c><00:43:01.260><c> that</c><00:43:01.400><c> they</c><00:43:01.519><c> ought</c><00:43:01.739><c> to</c><00:43:02.079><c> watch,</c><00:43:02.940><c> that</c>

00:43:03.059 --> 00:43:05.639
they<00:43:03.320><c> be</c><00:43:03.820><c> delivered</c><00:43:04.280><c> not</c><00:43:04.619><c> into</c><00:43:04.960><c> temptation,</c>

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:09.739
right<00:43:06.000><c> there</c><00:43:06.219><c> in</c><00:43:06.320><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:43:07.599><c> Now,</c><00:43:07.780><c> look</c><00:43:07.920><c> at</c><00:43:08.059><c> this,</c><00:43:08.360><c> brothers</c><00:43:08.460><c> and</c><00:43:08.699><c> sisters,</c><00:43:09.320><c> what</c><00:43:09.539><c> a</c>

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:10.480
tremendous<00:43:10.059><c> connection</c>

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:14.000
to<00:43:10.619><c> that</c><00:43:10.780><c> experience</c><00:43:11.300><c> in</c><00:43:11.500><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:43:12.579><c> First,</c><00:43:12.780><c> to</c><00:43:12.900><c> Peter</c><00:43:13.079><c> chapter</c><00:43:13.519><c> 4,</c>

00:43:14.159 --> 00:43:16.820
verse<00:43:14.360><c> 7.</c><00:43:15.900><c> How</c><00:43:16.179><c> appropriate,</c>

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:20.780
drawing<00:43:17.199><c> from</c><00:43:17.400><c> his</c><00:43:17.619><c> own</c><00:43:17.840><c> personal</c><00:43:18.179><c> experience,</c><00:43:20.300><c> thinking</c><00:43:20.579><c> of</c>

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:23.000
how<00:43:20.960><c> he</c><00:43:21.239><c> fell</c><00:43:21.440><c> asleep</c><00:43:21.780><c> in</c><00:43:21.920><c> the</c><00:43:22.119><c> garden,</c>

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:28.579
how<00:43:23.699><c> he</c><00:43:23.920><c> had</c><00:43:24.059><c> been</c><00:43:24.260><c> exhorted</c><00:43:24.579><c> to</c><00:43:24.900><c> watch</c><00:43:25.199><c> and</c><00:43:25.559><c> pray</c><00:43:25.860><c> by</c><00:43:26.119><c> the</c><00:43:26.320><c> master.</c><00:43:27.960><c> Verse</c><00:43:28.179><c> 7,</c>

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:31.539
Peter<00:43:28.960><c> now,</c><00:43:29.880><c> much</c><00:43:30.119><c> more</c><00:43:30.400><c> mature,</c>

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:35.519
much<00:43:31.920><c> more</c><00:43:32.119><c> like</c><00:43:32.340><c> a</c><00:43:32.539><c> rock,</c><00:43:33.340><c> draws</c><00:43:33.619><c> upon</c><00:43:34.019><c> his</c><00:43:34.280><c> own</c><00:43:34.639><c> shadows</c><00:43:35.039><c> from</c><00:43:35.280><c> the</c>

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:37.940
past,<00:43:36.139><c> and</c><00:43:36.280><c> he</c><00:43:36.480><c> says</c><00:43:36.599><c> in</c><00:43:36.719><c> verse</c><00:43:36.980><c> 7,</c>

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:41.199
but<00:43:38.380><c> the</c><00:43:38.619><c> end</c><00:43:38.900><c> of</c><00:43:39.139><c> all</c><00:43:39.360><c> things</c><00:43:39.619><c> is</c><00:43:39.800><c> at</c><00:43:40.019><c> hand,</c><00:43:40.559><c> so</c><00:43:40.820><c> they</c><00:43:41.000><c> were</c><00:43:41.099><c> in</c>

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:44.780
the<00:43:41.340><c> garden.</c><00:43:43.139><c> Be</c><00:43:43.320><c> therefore</c><00:43:44.119><c> sober,</c>

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:51.159
which<00:43:45.239><c> Peter</c><00:43:45.480><c> wasn't</c><00:43:45.940><c> in</c><00:43:46.360><c> the</c><00:43:46.539><c> garden,</c><00:43:47.780><c> and</c><00:43:48.199><c> watch</c><00:43:48.719><c> unto</c><00:43:49.360><c> prayer,</c><00:43:50.380><c> Peter</c><00:43:50.659><c> slept</c><00:43:51.019><c> in</c>

00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:52.179
the<00:43:51.300><c> garden.</c>

00:43:52.820 --> 00:43:57.000
Beautiful<00:43:53.380><c> parallels,</c><00:43:54.079><c> brothers</c><00:43:54.179><c> and</c><00:43:54.440><c> sisters.</c><00:43:55.480><c> The</c><00:43:55.880><c> antithesis</c><00:43:56.480><c> of</c><00:43:56.719><c> his</c>

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:58.800
failure,<00:43:57.739><c> he</c><00:43:58.079><c> fell</c><00:43:58.300><c> asleep,</c>

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:02.920
he<00:43:59.539><c> didn't</c><00:43:59.800><c> watch,</c><00:44:00.539><c> and</c><00:44:00.679><c> he</c><00:44:00.760><c> didn't</c><00:44:01.000><c> pray,</c><00:44:01.579><c> the</c><00:44:01.780><c> master</c><00:44:02.079><c> did.</c>

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He<00:44:03.440><c> wasn't</c><00:44:03.780><c> sober</c><00:44:04.119><c> in</c><00:44:04.260><c> the</c><00:44:04.440><c> garden,</c><00:44:04.840><c> brothers</c><00:44:04.940><c> and</c>

00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:08.880
sisters,<00:44:06.019><c> and</c><00:44:06.179><c> yet</c><00:44:06.320><c> all</c><00:44:06.519><c> things</c><00:44:06.719><c> were</c><00:44:06.960><c> at</c><00:44:07.139><c> hand.</c><00:44:08.099><c> He</c><00:44:08.340><c> didn't</c>

00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:11.119
watch<00:44:09.460><c> with</c><00:44:09.739><c> the</c><00:44:09.920><c> master,</c><00:44:10.219><c> not</c><00:44:10.440><c> even</c><00:44:10.639><c> for</c><00:44:10.880><c> one</c>

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:15.239
hour,<00:44:11.579><c> as</c><00:44:11.780><c> the</c><00:44:11.960><c> master</c><00:44:12.239><c> had</c><00:44:12.460><c> reminded</c><00:44:12.860><c> him.</c><00:44:14.599><c> First</c><00:44:14.800><c> to</c><00:44:14.960><c> Peter</c>

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:18.440
chapter<00:44:15.639><c> 5,</c><00:44:17.079><c> and</c><00:44:17.239><c> verse</c><00:44:17.460><c> 5,</c><00:44:17.960><c> we're</c><00:44:18.079><c> just</c><00:44:18.300><c> going</c>

00:44:18.440 --> 00:44:20.760
to<00:44:18.619><c> touch</c><00:44:18.760><c> on</c><00:44:18.900><c> these</c><00:44:19.079><c> last</c><00:44:19.340><c> ones</c><00:44:19.579><c> very</c><00:44:20.139><c> quickly,</c><00:44:20.480><c> because</c><00:44:20.559><c> our</c>

00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:23.860
time<00:44:20.900><c> is</c><00:44:21.119><c> gone.</c><00:44:22.039><c> First</c><00:44:22.280><c> to</c><00:44:22.420><c> Peter</c><00:44:22.619><c> chapter</c><00:44:23.019><c> 5,</c>

00:44:26.159 --> 00:44:32.199
verse<00:44:26.639><c> 5,</c><00:44:27.380><c> what</c><00:44:27.719><c> does</c><00:44:27.900><c> this</c><00:44:28.159><c> remind</c><00:44:28.500><c> you</c><00:44:28.719><c> of</c><00:44:29.059><c> in</c><00:44:29.340><c> the</c><00:44:29.539><c> ministry?</c><00:44:31.019><c> Likewise,</c><00:44:32.079><c> ye</c>

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younger,<00:44:33.460><c> submit</c><00:44:33.820><c> yourselves</c>

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:39.579
unto<00:44:34.539><c> the</c><00:44:34.820><c> elder,</c><00:44:35.539><c> yea,</c><00:44:36.139><c> all</c><00:44:36.400><c> of</c><00:44:36.579><c> you</c><00:44:36.739><c> be</c><00:44:37.099><c> subject</c><00:44:37.579><c> one</c><00:44:38.000><c> to</c><00:44:38.239><c> another,</c><00:44:39.420><c> and</c>

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:42.320
be<00:44:40.019><c> clothed</c><00:44:40.659><c> with</c><00:44:41.099><c> humility,</c>

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:45.579
for<00:44:42.920><c> God</c><00:44:43.219><c> resisteth</c><00:44:43.900><c> the</c><00:44:44.159><c> proud</c><00:44:44.360><c> and</c><00:44:44.659><c> giveth</c><00:44:44.860><c> grace</c><00:44:45.239><c> to</c><00:44:45.420><c> the</c>

00:44:45.579 --> 00:44:49.139
humble.<00:44:46.639><c> What</c><00:44:46.920><c> experience</c><00:44:47.519><c> in</c><00:44:47.860><c> Peter's</c><00:44:48.579><c> life</c><00:44:48.940><c> with</c>

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:52.539
the<00:44:49.360><c> master</c><00:44:49.659><c> during</c><00:44:49.960><c> those</c><00:44:50.300><c> three</c><00:44:50.539><c> years,</c><00:44:51.480><c> most</c><00:44:51.840><c> graphically</c>

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:55.519
born<00:44:52.980><c> to</c><00:44:53.519><c> them,</c><00:44:54.440><c> the</c><00:44:54.679><c> necessity</c><00:44:55.159><c> for</c>

00:44:55.519 --> 00:45:00.199
humility?<00:44:56.880><c> Where</c><00:44:57.340><c> did</c><00:44:57.559><c> they</c><00:44:57.900><c> see</c><00:44:58.139><c> the</c><00:44:58.500><c> son</c><00:44:58.800><c> most</c><00:44:59.500><c> beautifully</c>

00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:02.619
illustrating<00:45:00.900><c> the</c><00:45:01.099><c> principle</c><00:45:01.519><c> of</c><00:45:01.800><c> humility?</c>

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:07.900
Was<00:45:03.159><c> it</c><00:45:03.400><c> not</c><00:45:03.539><c> in</c><00:45:03.739><c> John</c><00:45:04.019><c> 13</c><00:45:04.599><c> where</c><00:45:05.079><c> the</c><00:45:05.500><c> master</c><00:45:06.059><c> bent</c><00:45:06.679><c> down</c><00:45:07.260><c> and</c>

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:10.519
in<00:45:08.139><c> humility</c><00:45:08.699><c> took</c><00:45:09.119><c> the</c><00:45:09.380><c> posture</c><00:45:09.780><c> of</c><00:45:09.960><c> a</c><00:45:10.199><c> servant</c>

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:14.500
and<00:45:11.159><c> washed</c><00:45:11.480><c> their</c><00:45:11.800><c> feet?</c><00:45:12.139><c> And</c><00:45:12.480><c> who</c><00:45:12.719><c> was</c><00:45:12.920><c> it</c><00:45:13.039><c> that</c><00:45:13.219><c> resisted?</c>

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:17.139
Peter.<00:45:15.679><c> Who</c><00:45:16.000><c> was</c><00:45:16.219><c> it</c><00:45:16.320><c> that</c><00:45:16.460><c> didn't</c><00:45:16.619><c> understand</c>

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:19.980
that<00:45:17.400><c> principle</c><00:45:17.780><c> of</c><00:45:18.280><c> humble</c><00:45:18.599><c> service</c><00:45:19.059><c> in</c><00:45:19.320><c> that</c><00:45:19.480><c> upper</c><00:45:19.679><c> room?</c>

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:23.860
Peter.<00:45:21.739><c> Who</c><00:45:22.019><c> was</c><00:45:22.280><c> it</c><00:45:22.659><c> then,</c><00:45:23.199><c> brothers</c><00:45:23.300><c> and</c><00:45:23.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:27.719
that<00:45:24.179><c> learned</c><00:45:24.460><c> that</c><00:45:24.780><c> lesson</c><00:45:25.119><c> most</c><00:45:25.519><c> pointedly?</c><00:45:26.380><c> Peter.</c><00:45:27.500><c> And</c>

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:29.980
now<00:45:28.039><c> Peter</c><00:45:28.300><c> is</c><00:45:28.599><c> telling</c><00:45:28.739><c> the</c><00:45:29.039><c> believers,</c><00:45:29.800><c> brothers</c>

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:34.039
and<00:45:30.280><c> sisters,</c><00:45:31.019><c> to</c><00:45:31.079><c> be</c><00:45:31.340><c> subject</c><00:45:31.780><c> one</c><00:45:32.099><c> to</c><00:45:32.360><c> another</c><00:45:32.699><c> and</c><00:45:33.340><c> to</c><00:45:33.559><c> be</c>

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:37.300
clothed<00:45:34.739><c> with</c><00:45:35.059><c> humility.</c><00:45:36.079><c> And</c><00:45:36.280><c> he</c><00:45:36.420><c> took</c><00:45:36.639><c> an</c><00:45:37.000><c> apron</c>

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:41.099
and<00:45:37.719><c> he</c><00:45:37.960><c> girded</c><00:45:38.260><c> about</c><00:45:38.500><c> himself</c><00:45:39.059><c> the</c><00:45:39.539><c> posture</c><00:45:39.920><c> of</c><00:45:40.159><c> a</c><00:45:40.260><c> servant.</c>

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:43.639
Christ<00:45:41.679><c> graphically</c><00:45:42.599><c> clothed</c><00:45:43.099><c> himself</c>

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:47.679
with<00:45:43.960><c> the</c><00:45:44.199><c> posture</c><00:45:44.559><c> of</c><00:45:44.880><c> a</c><00:45:45.099><c> servant</c><00:45:45.360><c> and</c><00:45:45.880><c> with</c><00:45:46.139><c> humility</c><00:45:46.559><c> in</c><00:45:46.800><c> that</c><00:45:46.940><c> upper</c><00:45:47.119><c> garden,</c><00:45:47.500><c> in</c>

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:49.139
that<00:45:48.059><c> upper</c><00:45:48.280><c> room.</c>

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:53.159
Look<00:45:49.699><c> at</c><00:45:49.820><c> here</c><00:45:49.960><c> in</c><00:45:50.099><c> chapter</c><00:45:50.420><c> 5,</c><00:45:50.780><c> verse</c><00:45:51.059><c> 2.</c><00:45:51.920><c> What</c><00:45:52.079><c> does</c><00:45:52.219><c> this</c><00:45:52.420><c> remind</c><00:45:52.760><c> you</c><00:45:53.000><c> of</c>

00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:54.619
in<00:45:53.619><c> Peter's</c><00:45:54.079><c> experience?</c>

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:59.579
Feed<00:45:55.559><c> the</c><00:45:55.820><c> flock</c><00:45:56.099><c> of</c><00:45:56.360><c> God,</c><00:45:56.840><c> which</c><00:45:56.980><c> is</c><00:45:57.239><c> among</c><00:45:57.480><c> you.</c><00:45:58.940><c> Where</c><00:45:59.260><c> was</c>

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:02.099
Christ<00:46:00.039><c> told?</c><00:46:00.599><c> Where</c><00:46:00.840><c> did</c><00:46:01.099><c> Christ</c><00:46:01.400><c> tell</c><00:46:01.719><c> Peter</c>

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:07.519
to<00:46:02.760><c> feed</c><00:46:03.280><c> the</c><00:46:03.539><c> flock</c><00:46:03.800><c> of</c><00:46:04.019><c> God?</c><00:46:05.619><c> Where</c><00:46:05.960><c> did</c><00:46:06.300><c> three</c><00:46:06.719><c> times</c><00:46:07.260><c> the</c>

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:09.940
master<00:46:07.960><c> bring</c><00:46:08.219><c> out</c><00:46:08.440><c> of</c><00:46:08.619><c> Peter</c><00:46:08.820><c> the</c><00:46:09.219><c> importance</c><00:46:09.639><c> of</c>

00:46:09.940 --> 00:46:14.519
loving<00:46:10.139><c> his</c><00:46:10.460><c> brethren</c><00:46:10.780><c> and</c><00:46:11.480><c> feeding</c><00:46:11.800><c> the</c><00:46:12.099><c> flock?</c><00:46:12.739><c> John</c><00:46:13.159><c> chapter</c><00:46:13.619><c> 21.</c>

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:17.420
Peter<00:46:15.239><c> knew</c><00:46:15.420><c> what</c><00:46:15.599><c> that</c><00:46:15.840><c> exhortation</c><00:46:16.400><c> was</c>

00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:21.000
and<00:46:17.900><c> he's</c><00:46:18.280><c> drawing</c><00:46:18.480><c> upon</c><00:46:18.820><c> it</c><00:46:18.980><c> no</c><00:46:19.199><c> doubt,</c><00:46:19.559><c> brothers</c><00:46:19.719><c> and</c><00:46:19.980><c> sisters,</c><00:46:20.619><c> as</c><00:46:20.800><c> it</c>

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:23.780
had<00:46:21.159><c> special</c><00:46:22.039><c> meaning</c><00:46:22.500><c> to</c><00:46:22.840><c> him.</c>

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:31.380
First<00:46:24.619><c> to</c><00:46:24.840><c> Peter</c><00:46:24.980><c> chapter</c><00:46:25.440><c> 1,</c><00:46:26.579><c> another</c><00:46:26.840><c> parallel,</c><00:46:28.320><c> or</c><00:46:28.460><c> illusion</c><00:46:28.800><c> rather.</c><00:46:30.960><c> Very</c>

00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:33.079
subtly<00:46:31.960><c> embedded</c><00:46:32.380><c> in</c><00:46:32.659><c> Peter's</c>

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:38.320
words,<00:46:33.659><c> but</c><00:46:33.760><c> a</c><00:46:34.119><c> definite</c><00:46:34.420><c> connection</c><00:46:34.940><c> to</c><00:46:35.199><c> John</c><00:46:35.539><c> 21</c><00:46:36.300><c> once</c><00:46:36.800><c> again.</c><00:46:38.000><c> First</c><00:46:38.179><c> to</c>

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:40.820
Peter<00:46:38.519><c> 1,</c><00:46:39.280><c> verse</c><00:46:39.719><c> 22.</c><00:46:40.300><c> And</c><00:46:40.480><c> we'll</c>

00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:45.500
finish<00:46:41.119><c> with</c><00:46:41.360><c> this</c><00:46:41.840><c> final</c><00:46:42.380><c> connection</c><00:46:43.019><c> with</c><00:46:43.219><c> Peter.</c><00:46:44.699><c> And</c><00:46:44.940><c> perhaps</c><00:46:45.159><c> it's</c><00:46:45.360><c> one</c>

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:46.400
of<00:46:45.579><c> the</c><00:46:45.639><c> most</c><00:46:45.920><c> appropriate</c>

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:50.739
in<00:46:46.559><c> the</c><00:46:46.800><c> epistles</c><00:46:47.139><c> as</c><00:46:47.440><c> a</c><00:46:47.619><c> summary.</c><00:46:49.340><c> First</c><00:46:49.420><c> to</c><00:46:49.579><c> Peter</c><00:46:49.780><c> 1,</c><00:46:50.420><c> verse</c>

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:54.659
22.<00:46:52.480><c> Seeing</c><00:46:52.599><c> ye</c><00:46:52.860><c> have</c><00:46:53.119><c> purified</c><00:46:53.699><c> your</c><00:46:54.099><c> souls</c>

00:46:54.659 --> 00:47:01.039
in<00:46:55.519><c> obeying</c><00:46:55.940><c> the</c><00:46:56.239><c> truth</c><00:46:56.440><c> through</c><00:46:56.619><c> the</c><00:46:56.920><c> spirit</c><00:46:57.739><c> unto</c><00:46:58.699><c> unfeigned</c><00:47:00.260><c> love</c><00:47:00.860><c> of</c>

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:02.820
the<00:47:01.260><c> brethren.</c><00:47:01.980><c> And</c><00:47:02.159><c> the</c><00:47:02.340><c> word</c><00:47:02.559><c> love</c>

00:47:02.820 --> 00:47:08.139
there<00:47:03.159><c> is</c><00:47:03.440><c> the</c><00:47:03.559><c> word</c><00:47:03.780><c> phileo,</c><00:47:04.719><c> from</c><00:47:04.800><c> which</c><00:47:04.960><c> we</c><00:47:05.219><c> get</c><00:47:05.920><c> philanthropy,</c><00:47:07.739><c> which</c><00:47:07.880><c> is</c>

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:09.300
the<00:47:08.500><c> prefix</c><00:47:08.840><c> of</c><00:47:09.039><c> the</c><00:47:09.139><c> word</c>

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:12.880
Philadelphia.<00:47:10.880><c> Phileo,</c><00:47:11.199><c> it</c><00:47:11.199><c> means</c><00:47:11.380><c> brotherly</c><00:47:11.880><c> love.</c><00:47:12.659><c> Seeing</c>

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:16.719
you<00:47:13.239><c> have</c><00:47:13.539><c> unfeigned</c><00:47:14.300><c> phileo</c><00:47:14.980><c> or</c><00:47:15.179><c> brotherly</c><00:47:15.780><c> love,</c>

00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:21.440
see<00:47:17.440><c> that</c><00:47:17.739><c> ye,</c><00:47:18.219><c> now</c><00:47:18.579><c> the</c><00:47:18.780><c> Greek</c><00:47:19.019><c> word</c><00:47:19.239><c> changes,</c><00:47:20.820><c> see</c><00:47:21.059><c> that</c><00:47:21.199><c> ye</c>

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:25.380
have<00:47:21.760><c> agape,</c><00:47:23.420><c> self</c><00:47:23.920><c>-sacrificing</c><00:47:24.880><c> love,</c>

00:47:25.739 --> 00:47:30.920
one<00:47:26.079><c> another</c><00:47:26.699><c> with</c><00:47:27.039><c> a</c><00:47:27.260><c> pure</c><00:47:27.579><c> heart</c><00:47:28.000><c> fervently.</c><00:47:29.300><c> Now,</c><00:47:29.679><c> brothers</c><00:47:29.760><c> and</c><00:47:30.039><c> sisters,</c><00:47:30.420><c> when</c><00:47:30.659><c> in</c>

00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:31.860
Peter's<00:47:31.320><c> life</c>

00:47:31.860 --> 00:47:35.559
was<00:47:32.219><c> he</c><00:47:32.559><c> confronted</c><00:47:33.280><c> with</c><00:47:33.780><c> the</c><00:47:34.000><c> difference</c><00:47:34.239><c> between</c><00:47:34.719><c> brotherly</c><00:47:35.280><c> love</c>

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:37.079
versus<00:47:35.980><c> agape?</c>

00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:42.699
John<00:47:38.280><c> 21,</c><00:47:39.239><c> do</c><00:47:39.440><c> you</c><00:47:39.940><c> agape</c><00:47:40.380><c> me,</c><00:47:40.800><c> Peter?</c><00:47:41.860><c> Finally,</c><00:47:42.179><c> Jesus</c><00:47:42.500><c> had</c>

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:46.300
to<00:47:42.920><c> ask.</c><00:47:43.599><c> But</c><00:47:43.679><c> before</c><00:47:44.099><c> that,</c><00:47:45.000><c> twice</c><00:47:45.380><c> Jesus</c><00:47:45.880><c> had</c><00:47:46.139><c> said,</c>

00:47:46.380 --> 00:47:51.239
do<00:47:46.579><c> you</c><00:47:46.820><c> have</c><00:47:47.039><c> phileo</c><00:47:47.440><c> for</c><00:47:47.679><c> me?</c><00:47:48.679><c> Do</c><00:47:48.880><c> you</c><00:47:49.139><c> have</c><00:47:49.300><c> a</c><00:47:49.579><c> brotherly</c><00:47:49.960><c> love</c><00:47:50.139><c> for</c><00:47:50.440><c> me?</c><00:47:50.960><c> Do</c>

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:54.099
you<00:47:51.639><c> finally</c><00:47:51.960><c> have</c><00:47:52.400><c> an</c><00:47:52.800><c> agape</c><00:47:53.199><c> for</c><00:47:53.739><c> me,</c>

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:57.980
Peter?<00:47:55.840><c> Now,</c><00:47:56.079><c> brothers</c><00:47:56.139><c> and</c><00:47:56.400><c> sisters,</c><00:47:57.159><c> what</c><00:47:57.440><c> does</c><00:47:57.619><c> this</c><00:47:57.800><c> tell</c>

00:47:57.980 --> 00:48:01.019
us<00:47:58.139><c> in</c><00:47:58.340><c> summary?</c><00:47:59.400><c> That</c><00:47:59.599><c> as</c><00:47:59.980><c> we</c><00:48:00.239><c> look</c><00:48:00.380><c> at</c><00:48:00.519><c> this</c><00:48:00.780><c> first</c>

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:05.159
and<00:48:01.420><c> second</c><00:48:01.420><c> epistle</c><00:48:01.880><c> by</c><00:48:02.300><c> Peter,</c><00:48:03.420><c> we</c><00:48:03.699><c> see,</c><00:48:04.159><c> brothers</c><00:48:04.300><c> and</c><00:48:04.559><c> sisters,</c><00:48:04.980><c> a</c>

00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:07.920
man<00:48:05.360><c> who</c><00:48:05.539><c> has</c><00:48:05.840><c> passed</c><00:48:06.139><c> from</c><00:48:06.500><c> sand</c><00:48:06.820><c> to</c><00:48:07.059><c> rock,</c>

00:48:08.159 --> 00:48:12.139
a<00:48:08.340><c> man</c><00:48:08.519><c> who</c><00:48:08.739><c> had</c><00:48:09.000><c> failures</c><00:48:09.500><c> during</c><00:48:09.800><c> the</c><00:48:09.960><c> life</c><00:48:10.079><c> of</c><00:48:10.219><c> the</c><00:48:10.400><c> ministry,</c><00:48:11.619><c> a</c><00:48:11.820><c> man,</c>

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:13.699
though,<00:48:12.380><c> who</c><00:48:12.639><c> moved</c><00:48:12.840><c> from</c><00:48:13.199><c> faith</c><00:48:13.460><c> to</c>

00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:20.079
faith<00:48:13.980><c> and</c><00:48:14.260><c> who</c><00:48:14.619><c> grew</c><00:48:14.980><c> in</c><00:48:15.340><c> Christ</c><00:48:15.619><c> Jesus.</c><00:48:17.039><c> There</c><00:48:17.280><c> is</c><00:48:17.400><c> a</c><00:48:17.780><c> practical</c><00:48:18.320><c> exhortation</c><00:48:19.179><c> and</c><00:48:19.500><c> focus</c><00:48:19.880><c> in</c>

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:20.539
first<00:48:20.340><c> and</c>

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:24.860
second<00:48:20.780><c> Peter.</c><00:48:21.820><c> If</c><00:48:22.260><c> we</c><00:48:22.719><c> fail,</c><00:48:23.400><c> brothers</c><00:48:23.559><c> and</c><00:48:23.800><c> sisters,</c><00:48:24.260><c> in</c><00:48:24.460><c> living</c><00:48:24.639><c> up</c>

00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:26.500
to<00:48:24.980><c> the</c><00:48:25.139><c> high</c><00:48:25.380><c> standards</c><00:48:25.739><c> of</c><00:48:25.920><c> the</c><00:48:26.119><c> truth,</c>

00:48:26.500 --> 00:48:30.880
there<00:48:27.239><c> is</c><00:48:27.500><c> no</c><00:48:27.840><c> need</c><00:48:28.079><c> for</c><00:48:28.340><c> total</c><00:48:28.699><c> discouragement,</c><00:48:30.119><c> no</c><00:48:30.380><c> need</c><00:48:30.619><c> to</c>

00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:32.900
take<00:48:31.039><c> the</c><00:48:31.280><c> root</c><00:48:31.400><c> of</c><00:48:31.679><c> Judas</c><00:48:31.900><c> and</c><00:48:32.159><c> commit</c><00:48:32.380><c> spiritual</c>

00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:39.179
suicide.<00:48:33.880><c> But</c><00:48:34.199><c> rather,</c><00:48:35.420><c> by</c><00:48:35.519><c> the</c><00:48:35.820><c> personal</c><00:48:36.039><c> example</c><00:48:36.519><c> of</c><00:48:36.699><c> the</c><00:48:36.840><c> apostle</c><00:48:37.239><c> Peter,</c><00:48:38.599><c> we</c><00:48:38.780><c> have</c><00:48:38.980><c> a</c>

00:48:39.179 --> 00:48:40.099
man<00:48:39.420><c> who</c><00:48:39.800><c> failed,</c>

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who<00:48:40.780><c> denied</c><00:48:41.079><c> his</c><00:48:41.360><c> Lord,</c><00:48:41.780><c> who</c><00:48:41.960><c> fell</c><00:48:42.199><c> asleep</c><00:48:42.579><c> at</c><00:48:42.719><c> the</c><00:48:42.920><c> crucial</c>

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:47.219
hour,<00:48:44.559><c> who</c><00:48:44.960><c> had</c><00:48:45.179><c> his</c><00:48:45.500><c> love</c><00:48:46.039><c> questioned.</c>

00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:51.119
But<00:48:47.639><c> in</c><00:48:47.800><c> the</c><00:48:47.980><c> end,</c><00:48:48.320><c> brothers</c><00:48:48.420><c> and</c><00:48:48.679><c> sisters,</c><00:48:49.420><c> became</c><00:48:49.780><c> a</c><00:48:50.199><c> bedrock</c><00:48:50.719><c> of</c>

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:53.559
strength,<00:48:52.360><c> measured</c><00:48:52.579><c> himself</c><00:48:53.159><c> against</c>

00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:57.320
the<00:48:53.739><c> chief</c><00:48:54.019><c> cornerstone</c><00:48:54.719><c> that</c><00:48:54.840><c> was</c><00:48:55.039><c> laid</c><00:48:55.260><c> in</c><00:48:55.559><c> Zion</c><00:48:55.840><c> from</c><00:48:56.739><c> sand</c>

00:48:57.320 --> 00:49:00.679
to<00:48:57.699><c> rock.</c><00:48:58.699><c> What</c><00:48:58.840><c> a</c><00:48:59.079><c> tremendous</c><00:48:59.579><c> encouragement</c><00:49:00.219><c> as</c>

00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:04.360
we<00:49:01.159><c> round</c><00:49:01.440><c> off</c><00:49:01.739><c> our</c><00:49:02.119><c> studies,</c><00:49:02.559><c> brothers</c><00:49:02.619><c> and</c><00:49:02.860><c> sisters.</c><00:49:04.019><c> If</c><00:49:04.179><c> we</c>

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have<00:49:04.639><c> failed</c><00:49:04.900><c> and</c><00:49:05.059><c> if</c><00:49:05.219><c> we</c><00:49:05.400><c> will</c><00:49:05.579><c> continue</c><00:49:06.000><c> to</c><00:49:06.260><c> fail,</c>

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let<00:49:07.019><c> us</c><00:49:07.219><c> take</c><00:49:07.579><c> heart,</c><00:49:08.079><c> brothers</c><00:49:08.340><c> and</c><00:49:08.619><c> sisters,</c><00:49:09.460><c> that</c><00:49:09.619><c> we</c><00:49:09.699><c> are</c>

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called<00:49:10.139><c> to</c><00:49:10.340><c> be</c><00:49:10.579><c> stones.</c><00:49:11.420><c> We</c><00:49:12.000><c> may</c><00:49:12.260><c> yet</c><00:49:12.440><c> be</c><00:49:12.719><c> sand,</c>

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but,<00:49:14.219><c> brothers</c><00:49:14.500><c> and</c><00:49:14.800><c> sisters,</c><00:49:15.619><c> by</c><00:49:15.960><c> the</c><00:49:16.260><c> cementing</c><00:49:17.000><c> influence</c>

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of<00:49:17.659><c> the</c><00:49:17.820><c> word</c><00:49:17.960><c> of</c><00:49:18.199><c> God,</c><00:49:19.119><c> our</c><00:49:19.480><c> characters</c>

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can<00:49:20.199><c> be</c><00:49:20.599><c> crystallized</c><00:49:21.579><c> and</c><00:49:22.019><c> we</c><00:49:22.219><c> can</c><00:49:22.440><c> become</c><00:49:22.820><c> part</c><00:49:23.219><c> of</c><00:49:23.460><c> the</c><00:49:23.679><c> living</c><00:49:24.000><c> stones</c><00:49:24.519><c> in</c>

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that<00:49:25.340><c> temple</c><00:49:25.619><c> of</c><00:49:25.820><c> the</c><00:49:25.980><c> future</c><00:49:26.280><c> age.</c>

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May<00:49:27.199><c> we,</c><00:49:27.599><c> in</c><00:49:27.619><c> the</c><00:49:27.739><c> weeks</c><00:49:27.900><c> to</c><00:49:28.139><c> come,</c><00:49:28.460><c> brothers</c><00:49:28.500><c> and</c><00:49:28.760><c> sisters,</c>

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continue<00:49:30.079><c> to</c><00:49:30.400><c> draw</c><00:49:30.639><c> strength</c><00:49:31.199><c> from</c><00:49:31.699><c> first</c><00:49:32.019><c> and</c><00:49:32.199><c> second</c>

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Peter<00:49:32.780><c> and</c><00:49:33.239><c> all</c><00:49:33.639><c> the</c><00:49:33.880><c> scriptures</c><00:49:34.260><c> to</c><00:49:34.780><c> be</c><00:49:34.980><c> like</c><00:49:35.260><c> Peter,</c><00:49:35.960><c> to</c><00:49:36.099><c> move</c><00:49:36.300><c> from</c><00:49:36.599><c> faith</c><00:49:36.880><c> to</c>

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faith,<00:49:37.719><c> and</c><00:49:37.880><c> to</c><00:49:38.059><c> become</c><00:49:38.280><c> a</c><00:49:38.519><c> rock</c>

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in<00:49:39.460><c> that</c><00:49:39.659><c> great</c><00:49:39.900><c> temple.</c>

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Brother<00:49:49.980><c> Badger,</c><00:49:51.739><c> certainly</c><00:49:51.900><c> on</c><00:49:52.079><c> behalf</c><00:49:52.460><c> of</c><00:49:53.199><c> the</c><00:49:53.360><c> Bible</c><00:49:53.639><c> School</c><00:49:53.940><c> all</c>

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here<00:49:54.519><c> this</c><00:49:54.800><c> week,</c><00:49:55.280><c> we</c><00:49:55.420><c> certainly</c><00:49:55.980><c> thank</c><00:49:56.480><c> you</c>

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for<00:49:56.739><c> your</c><00:49:56.960><c> efforts</c><00:49:57.300><c> and</c><00:49:58.000><c> your</c><00:49:58.179><c> great</c><00:49:58.420><c> lesson</c><00:49:58.920><c> about</c><00:49:59.340><c> our</c><00:49:59.599><c> own</c>

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personal<00:50:00.179><c> suffering</c><00:50:00.619><c> and</c><00:50:00.820><c> the</c><00:50:00.980><c> great</c><00:50:01.159><c> reward</c><00:50:01.599><c> that</c>

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we<00:50:02.400><c> can</c><00:50:02.619><c> benefit</c><00:50:03.000><c> from</c><00:50:03.360><c> that</c><00:50:03.699><c> if</c><00:50:03.880><c> we</c><00:50:04.079><c> yet</c><00:50:04.239><c> persevere.</c><00:50:05.539><c> We</c><00:50:05.699><c> pray</c>

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that<00:50:06.059><c> God</c><00:50:06.280><c> blesses</c><00:50:06.780><c> you</c><00:50:06.960><c> in</c><00:50:07.059><c> the</c><00:50:07.239><c> walk</c><00:50:07.440><c> towards</c>

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the<00:50:07.820><c> kingdom.</c><00:50:08.719><c> Thank</c><00:50:08.739><c> you.</c>