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We<00:11:08.279><c> can't</c><00:11:08.539><c> just</c><00:11:08.740><c> gloss</c><00:11:09.000><c> over</c><00:11:09.360><c> it</c><00:11:09.500><c> and</c><00:11:09.620><c> say,</c><00:11:09.779><c> oh,</c><00:11:10.039><c> that's</c><00:11:10.220><c> what</c>

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he<00:11:10.460><c> means,</c><00:11:10.600><c> forget</c><00:11:10.899><c> it.</c>

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absolutely<00:11:16.320><c> come</c><00:11:16.559><c> to</c><00:11:16.820><c> our</c><00:11:17.080><c> mind</c>

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the<00:11:24.159><c> ideas.</c>

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And<00:11:31.580><c> he</c><00:11:31.820><c> spake</c><00:11:32.059><c> unto</c><00:11:32.259><c> them</c><00:11:32.480><c> many</c><00:11:32.759><c> things</c><00:11:33.000><c> unto</c><00:11:33.200><c> them</c><00:11:33.419><c> in</c><00:11:33.659><c> parables,</c><00:11:34.100><c> saying,</c><00:11:34.440><c> behold,</c><00:11:35.080><c> a</c><00:11:35.299><c> sower</c><00:11:35.539><c> went</c><00:11:35.820><c> forth</c><00:11:36.200><c> to</c><00:11:36.559><c> sow.</c>

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Now,<00:11:38.620><c> typical</c><00:11:39.019><c> of</c><00:11:39.200><c> the</c><00:11:39.500><c> parables</c><00:11:39.779><c> of</c><00:11:39.980><c> Jesus</c><00:11:40.379><c> Christ,</c><00:11:41.179><c> he</c><00:11:41.440><c> picks</c><00:11:41.639><c> something</c><00:11:42.000><c> that</c>

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is<00:11:42.399><c> so</c><00:11:42.720><c> common.</c>

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There<00:11:43.100><c> would</c><00:11:43.320><c> never</c><00:11:43.500><c> be</c><00:11:43.740><c> an</c><00:11:43.899><c> age</c><00:11:44.080><c> in</c><00:11:44.240><c> the</c><00:11:44.379><c> history</c><00:11:44.620><c> of</c><00:11:44.759><c> the</c><00:11:44.879><c> world</c><00:11:45.039><c> where</c><00:11:45.259><c> people</c><00:11:45.559><c> did</c>

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not<00:11:46.019><c> need</c><00:11:46.200><c> to</c><00:11:46.340><c> have</c><00:11:46.639><c> agriculture.</c>

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In<00:11:48.679><c> fact,</c><00:11:49.200><c> down</c><00:11:49.500><c> to</c><00:11:49.720><c> our</c><00:11:49.960><c> present</c><00:11:50.200><c> age,</c><00:11:51.440><c> I</c><00:11:51.639><c> would</c><00:11:51.860><c> say</c><00:11:52.120><c> till</c><00:11:52.379><c> about</c><00:11:52.740><c> the</c><00:11:52.940><c> turn</c><00:11:53.120><c> of</c>

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this<00:11:57.539><c> country,</c>

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were<00:12:04.980><c> involved</c><00:12:05.340><c> in</c><00:12:05.600><c> agriculture.</c>

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Today,<00:12:07.759><c> maybe</c><00:12:08.059><c> this</c><00:12:08.379><c> parable</c><00:12:08.659><c> is</c><00:12:08.899><c> a</c><00:12:09.039><c> little</c><00:12:09.240><c> harder</c><00:12:09.500><c> to</c><00:12:09.820><c> understand.</c>

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How<00:12:10.480><c> many</c><00:12:10.700><c> people</c><00:12:11.000><c> in</c><00:12:11.080><c> this</c><00:12:11.320><c> audience</c><00:12:11.620><c> are</c><00:12:11.840><c> farmers?</c>

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Geez,<00:12:15.039><c> two</c><00:12:15.360><c> real</c><00:12:15.620><c> people</c><00:12:15.960><c> in</c><00:12:16.080><c> the</c><00:12:16.200><c> whole</c><00:12:16.379><c> room.</c>

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Actually,<00:12:16.940><c> I'm</c><00:12:17.179><c> a</c><00:12:17.379><c> farmer.</c>

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I<00:12:18.679><c> own</c><00:12:18.980><c> a</c><00:12:19.179><c> plot</c><00:12:19.320><c> of</c><00:12:19.500><c> land</c><00:12:19.779><c> and</c><00:12:20.000><c> the</c><00:12:20.139><c> house</c><00:12:20.320><c> I'm</c><00:12:20.559><c> built</c><00:12:20.779><c> on</c><00:12:20.940><c> is</c>

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zoned<00:12:21.620><c> agricultural.</c>

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And<00:12:23.299><c> so</c><00:12:23.419><c> I</c><00:12:23.620><c> grow</c><00:12:23.840><c> 25</c><00:12:24.460><c> tomato</c><00:12:24.919><c> plants</c><00:12:25.259><c> every</c><00:12:25.620><c> year</c><00:12:26.000><c> just</c><00:12:26.480><c> to</c><00:12:26.679><c> make</c><00:12:26.820><c> sure</c><00:12:27.080><c> I</c>

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keep<00:12:27.399><c> my</c><00:12:27.679><c> zoning</c><00:12:27.879><c> right.</c>

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Well,<00:12:34.139><c> we</c><00:12:34.379><c> don't</c><00:12:34.559><c> plant</c><00:12:34.840><c> this</c><00:12:35.120><c> way</c><00:12:35.259><c> today.</c>

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They<00:12:37.519><c> would</c><00:12:37.759><c> have</c><00:12:37.919><c> the</c><00:12:38.179><c> bag</c><00:12:38.340><c> of</c><00:12:38.559><c> seed</c><00:12:38.679><c> next</c><00:12:38.960><c> to</c><00:12:39.059><c> them</c><00:12:39.159><c> and</c><00:12:39.259><c> they</c>

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Now,<00:12:54.539><c> in</c><00:12:54.700><c> the</c><00:12:54.799><c> Midwest</c><00:12:55.120><c> today,</c><00:12:55.519><c> which</c><00:12:55.679><c> is</c><00:12:55.799><c> sort</c><00:12:55.960><c> of</c><00:12:56.100><c> the</c><00:12:56.279><c> heartland</c><00:12:56.679><c> of</c>

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You'll<00:12:58.899><c> never</c><00:12:59.100><c> see</c><00:12:59.299><c> a</c><00:12:59.559><c> farmer</c><00:12:59.779><c> or</c><00:13:00.019><c> a</c><00:13:00.200><c> machine</c><00:13:00.379><c> just</c><00:13:00.679><c> broadcasting</c><00:13:01.200><c> seed</c><00:13:01.820><c> that</c><00:13:02.799><c> way.</c>

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go<00:13:06.419><c> down</c><00:13:06.740><c> that</c><00:13:06.980><c> row</c>

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and<00:13:07.559><c> a</c><00:13:07.620><c> mechanical</c><00:13:08.000><c> hand</c><00:13:08.259><c> comes</c><00:13:08.500><c> in</c><00:13:08.720><c> and</c><00:13:08.879><c> it</c><00:13:09.080><c> plants</c><00:13:09.419><c> the</c><00:13:09.860><c> seed,</c><00:13:10.159><c> bingo,</c><00:13:10.480><c> cuts</c>

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it<00:13:10.940><c> out,</c><00:13:11.059><c> puts</c><00:13:11.259><c> it</c><00:13:11.440><c> in</c><00:13:11.460><c> the</c><00:13:11.659><c> seed,</c>

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And<00:13:20.960><c> so</c><00:13:21.039><c> we</c><00:13:21.159><c> don't</c><00:13:21.440><c> really</c><00:13:21.759><c> appreciate</c><00:13:22.240><c> the</c><00:13:22.519><c> fullness,</c><00:13:23.460><c> at</c><00:13:23.500><c> least</c><00:13:23.700><c> I</c>

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And<00:13:32.740><c> to</c><00:13:32.980><c> some</c><00:13:33.340><c> extent,</c><00:13:34.279><c> that's</c><00:13:34.340><c> something</c><00:13:34.600><c> to</c><00:13:34.759><c> really</c><00:13:34.980><c> pay</c><00:13:35.139><c> attention</c><00:13:35.519><c> to</c>

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You<00:13:49.639><c> know,</c><00:13:50.059><c> quite</c><00:13:50.320><c> often</c><00:13:50.600><c> in</c><00:13:50.759><c> my</c><00:13:51.039><c> life,</c><00:13:51.980><c> people</c><00:13:52.299><c> that</c><00:13:52.960><c> came</c><00:13:53.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:13:53.659><c> truth</c><00:13:53.820><c> from</c><00:13:54.100><c> what</c><00:13:54.259><c> I</c><00:13:54.559><c> told</c><00:13:54.779><c> them</c>

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were<00:13:55.480><c> not</c><00:13:55.720><c> the</c><00:13:55.940><c> people</c><00:13:56.159><c> I</c><00:13:56.320><c> would</c><00:13:56.480><c> have</c><00:13:56.679><c> expected</c><00:13:57.080><c> to</c><00:13:57.360><c> in</c><00:13:57.480><c> the</c>

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first<00:13:57.860><c> place.</c>

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And<00:13:59.019><c> people</c><00:13:59.360><c> that</c><00:13:59.539><c> I</c><00:13:59.720><c> spent</c><00:13:59.919><c> a</c><00:14:00.100><c> lot</c><00:14:00.320><c> of</c><00:14:00.500><c> time</c><00:14:00.759><c> and</c><00:14:00.919><c> effort</c><00:14:01.139><c> on</c>

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that<00:14:01.639><c> I</c><00:14:01.919><c> could</c><00:14:02.100><c> have</c><00:14:02.279><c> been</c><00:14:02.639><c> absolutely</c><00:14:03.240><c> sure</c><00:14:03.500><c> when</c><00:14:03.620><c> I</c><00:14:03.820><c> started</c>

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that<00:14:04.240><c> that</c><00:14:04.460><c> was</c><00:14:04.639><c> a</c><00:14:04.740><c> good</c><00:14:04.879><c> person,</c>

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that<00:14:05.740><c> it</c><00:14:05.860><c> was</c><00:14:06.059><c> likely</c><00:14:06.360><c> that</c><00:14:06.559><c> they</c><00:14:06.720><c> would</c><00:14:06.899><c> accept</c><00:14:07.240><c> the</c><00:14:07.440><c> word,</c>

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nothing<00:14:08.700><c> ever</c><00:14:09.039><c> came</c><00:14:09.299><c> of</c><00:14:09.419><c> it.</c>

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There<00:14:10.740><c> were</c><00:14:10.919><c> times</c><00:14:11.240><c> when</c><00:14:11.440><c> I</c><00:14:11.620><c> preached</c><00:14:11.820><c> to</c><00:14:12.059><c> people</c><00:14:12.500><c> that</c><00:14:13.340><c> came</c>

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and<00:14:14.320><c> they</c><00:14:14.460><c> had</c><00:14:14.559><c> tremendous</c><00:14:15.120><c> exuberance.</c>

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Only<00:14:17.559><c> a</c><00:14:17.779><c> few</c><00:14:17.919><c> years</c><00:14:18.200><c> later,</c><00:14:18.899><c> they</c><00:14:19.120><c> faded</c><00:14:19.379><c> away.</c>

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There<00:14:21.639><c> were</c><00:14:21.820><c> times</c><00:14:22.100><c> when</c><00:14:22.279><c> I</c><00:14:22.460><c> preached</c><00:14:22.659><c> to</c><00:14:22.879><c> people</c><00:14:23.360><c> that</c><00:14:24.440><c> they</c>

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yielded<00:14:25.139><c> so</c><00:14:25.320><c> much</c><00:14:25.519><c> more</c><00:14:25.799><c> fruit</c>

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than<00:14:26.080><c> I</c><00:14:26.240><c> would</c><00:14:26.320><c> have</c><00:14:26.519><c> ever</c><00:14:26.720><c> expected.</c>

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You<00:14:27.259><c> would</c><00:14:27.460><c> have</c><00:14:27.539><c> said,</c><00:14:27.820><c> that</c><00:14:27.820><c> person</c><00:14:28.139><c> just</c><00:14:28.399><c> hasn't</c><00:14:28.639><c> got</c><00:14:28.860><c> it.</c>

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He's<00:14:29.100><c> not</c><00:14:29.279><c> going</c><00:14:29.419><c> to</c><00:14:29.500><c> do</c><00:14:29.639><c> very</c><00:14:29.860><c> much,</c><00:14:30.100><c> but</c><00:14:30.240><c> at</c><00:14:30.360><c> least</c><00:14:30.500><c> he's</c><00:14:30.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:31.019><c> truth.</c>

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Only<00:14:31.659><c> to</c><00:14:31.899><c> find</c><00:14:32.100><c> out</c><00:14:32.279><c> years</c><00:14:32.500><c> later</c><00:14:32.759><c> they</c><00:14:32.899><c> had</c><00:14:33.080><c> done</c><00:14:33.200><c> incredible</c><00:14:33.779><c> things</c>

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because<00:14:34.679><c> they</c><00:14:35.000><c> grew</c><00:14:35.240><c> and</c><00:14:35.399><c> they</c><00:14:35.639><c> grew</c><00:14:35.799><c> and</c><00:14:35.960><c> they</c><00:14:36.179><c> grew.</c>

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So<00:14:37.759><c> perhaps</c><00:14:38.179><c> our</c><00:14:38.440><c> own</c><00:14:38.720><c> wisdom</c><00:14:38.980><c> and</c><00:14:39.220><c> insight</c><00:14:39.519><c> into</c><00:14:39.720><c> this</c><00:14:39.940><c> is</c><00:14:40.139><c> not</c><00:14:40.360><c> the</c><00:14:40.500><c> way</c><00:14:40.620><c> to</c>

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do<00:14:40.899><c> it</c><00:14:41.039><c> at</c><00:14:41.200><c> all.</c>

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The<00:14:42.879><c> sower</c><00:14:43.620><c> spread</c><00:14:44.240><c> the</c><00:14:44.480><c> word</c><00:14:44.980><c> broadly.</c>

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The<00:14:47.379><c> soil</c><00:14:47.600><c> that</c><00:14:47.740><c> he</c><00:14:47.919><c> put</c><00:14:48.059><c> it</c><00:14:48.240><c> in,</c><00:14:48.399><c> I</c><00:14:48.539><c> guess</c><00:14:48.759><c> we</c><00:14:48.940><c> could</c><00:14:49.100><c> say</c><00:14:49.279><c> is</c>

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If<00:14:50.919><c> the</c><00:14:51.179><c> seed</c><00:14:51.279><c> is</c><00:14:51.500><c> the</c><00:14:51.659><c> word</c><00:14:51.840><c> of</c><00:14:52.100><c> God,</c><00:14:53.019><c> as</c><00:14:53.559><c> Jesus</c><00:14:53.960><c> says</c><00:14:54.200><c> himself</c>

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when<00:14:55.779><c> anyone</c><00:14:56.120><c> hear</c><00:14:56.460><c> it,</c><00:14:56.679><c> the</c><00:14:56.820><c> word</c><00:14:57.019><c> of</c><00:14:57.200><c> the</c><00:14:57.360><c> kingdom,</c>

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then<00:14:59.179><c> the</c><00:14:59.440><c> soil</c><00:14:59.639><c> is</c><00:14:59.860><c> the</c><00:15:00.019><c> human</c><00:15:00.240><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:15:01.620><c> Robert</c><00:15:01.840><c> Roberts</c><00:15:02.159><c> has</c><00:15:02.460><c> a</c><00:15:02.679><c> tremendous</c><00:15:03.340><c> comment</c><00:15:03.860><c> on</c><00:15:04.100><c> that.</c>

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He<00:15:05.340><c> says</c><00:15:05.659><c> that</c><00:15:06.539><c> the</c><00:15:06.879><c> human</c><00:15:07.120><c> mind</c><00:15:07.440><c> is</c><00:15:07.620><c> the</c><00:15:07.860><c> soil,</c><00:15:08.279><c> but</c><00:15:08.279><c> it</c><00:15:08.500><c> must</c>

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be<00:15:09.179><c> cultivated</c><00:15:09.879><c> and</c><00:15:10.379><c> nourished.</c>

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And<00:15:13.419><c> so</c><00:15:13.620><c> we</c><00:15:13.779><c> can</c><00:15:13.980><c> do</c><00:15:14.240><c> that</c><00:15:15.139><c> through</c><00:15:15.639><c> the</c><00:15:15.840><c> whole</c><00:15:16.480><c> circumstance</c>

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In<00:15:18.399><c> fact,</c><00:15:18.519><c> we're</c><00:15:18.700><c> doing</c><00:15:18.879><c> it</c><00:15:19.159><c> right</c><00:15:19.440><c> this</c><00:15:19.720><c> moment.</c>

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The<00:15:20.919><c> Bible</c><00:15:21.320><c> school</c><00:15:21.500><c> is</c><00:15:21.720><c> a</c><00:15:21.980><c> nourishing</c><00:15:22.399><c> ground</c><00:15:22.840><c> for</c><00:15:23.039><c> the</c><00:15:23.220><c> human</c><00:15:23.440><c> mind,</c>

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that<00:15:24.600><c> it</c><00:15:24.740><c> might</c><00:15:25.139><c> be</c><00:15:26.399><c> thoroughly</c><00:15:27.480><c> endowed</c><00:15:29.240><c> with</c><00:15:29.500><c> this</c><00:15:29.820><c> word</c><00:15:30.120><c> and</c><00:15:30.480><c> that</c><00:15:30.580><c> it</c>

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might<00:15:30.980><c> grow.</c>

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Farmers<00:15:50.080><c> don't</c><00:15:50.340><c> usually</c><00:15:50.620><c> go</c><00:15:50.879><c> upon</c><00:15:51.159><c> the</c><00:15:51.399><c> wayside</c><00:15:52.179><c> and</c><00:15:52.679><c> throw</c>

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Well,<00:15:57.120><c> you</c><00:15:57.200><c> see,</c><00:15:57.419><c> that</c><00:15:57.679><c> has</c><00:15:57.899><c> to</c><00:15:58.080><c> come</c><00:15:58.279><c> about</c><00:15:58.580><c> only</c><00:15:58.899><c> by</c><00:15:59.139><c> an</c><00:15:59.299><c> understanding</c><00:15:59.700><c> that</c>

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in<00:16:00.080><c> the</c><00:16:00.200><c> first</c><00:16:00.360><c> century,</c>

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in<00:16:00.899><c> fact,</c><00:16:01.039><c> that's</c><00:16:01.240><c> what</c><00:16:01.379><c> they</c><00:16:01.600><c> did</c><00:16:01.779><c> do.</c>

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The<00:16:02.419><c> seed</c><00:16:02.539><c> was</c><00:16:02.860><c> broadcast</c><00:16:03.419><c> everywhere.</c>

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And<00:16:04.480><c> we</c><00:16:04.679><c> will</c><00:16:04.919><c> broadcast</c><00:16:05.399><c> the</c><00:16:05.679><c> seed</c><00:16:05.860><c> sometimes</c><00:16:06.440><c> where</c><00:16:06.679><c> the</c><00:16:06.919><c> ground</c><00:16:07.100><c> is</c>

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not<00:16:07.539><c> very</c><00:16:07.960><c> fertile,</c>

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and<00:16:08.980><c> it</c><00:16:09.139><c> might</c><00:16:09.379><c> never</c><00:16:09.759><c> take</c><00:16:10.039><c> any</c><00:16:10.299><c> root.</c>

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Go<00:16:16.259><c> down</c><00:16:16.559><c> to</c><00:16:17.019><c> verse</c><00:16:17.460><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:16:19.000><c> when</c><00:16:19.159><c> he</c><00:16:19.559><c> sowed,</c><00:16:19.820><c> some</c><00:16:20.120><c> seeds</c><00:16:20.379><c> fell</c><00:16:20.659><c> by</c><00:16:20.899><c> the</c><00:16:21.100><c> wayside,</c>

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and<00:16:21.679><c> the</c><00:16:21.919><c> fowls</c><00:16:22.259><c> came</c><00:16:22.559><c> and</c><00:16:22.840><c> devoured</c><00:16:23.240><c> them</c><00:16:23.500><c> up.</c>

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So<00:16:25.220><c> there</c><00:16:25.340><c> is</c><00:16:25.580><c> occasion</c><00:16:26.000><c> where</c><00:16:26.259><c> if</c><00:16:26.440><c> the</c><00:16:26.620><c> seed</c><00:16:26.759><c> doesn't</c><00:16:27.120><c> take</c>

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root<00:16:27.620><c> immediately,</c><00:16:29.519><c> that</c><00:16:29.740><c> seed</c><00:16:29.879><c> can</c><00:16:30.100><c> be</c><00:16:30.340><c> plucked</c><00:16:30.620><c> up</c><00:16:30.940><c> by</c><00:16:31.259><c> scavengers.</c>

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And<00:16:33.679><c> sometimes</c><00:16:34.039><c> if</c><00:16:34.340><c> we</c><00:16:34.799><c> plant</c><00:16:35.039><c> that</c><00:16:35.379><c> seed</c><00:16:35.500><c> in</c><00:16:35.720><c> people</c><00:16:36.000><c> and</c><00:16:36.200><c> we</c>

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don't<00:16:36.659><c> water</c><00:16:36.940><c> it,</c>

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and<00:16:38.000><c> we</c><00:16:38.159><c> don't</c><00:16:38.399><c> allow</c><00:16:38.639><c> it</c><00:16:38.820><c> to</c><00:16:39.000><c> take</c><00:16:39.200><c> root</c><00:16:39.340><c> and</c><00:16:39.480><c> we</c><00:16:39.519><c> don't</c><00:16:39.779><c> shelter</c><00:16:40.100><c> it,</c>

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then<00:16:41.679><c> that</c><00:16:42.100><c> seed</c><00:16:42.279><c> doesn't</c><00:16:42.720><c> take</c><00:16:43.019><c> sufficient</c><00:16:43.440><c> root</c><00:16:43.700><c> and</c><00:16:43.919><c> it's</c>

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prey<00:16:44.600><c> to</c><00:16:45.059><c> anything</c><00:16:45.279><c> that</c><00:16:45.399><c> will</c><00:16:45.620><c> pluck</c><00:16:45.740><c> it</c><00:16:45.919><c> away.</c>

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And<00:16:46.980><c> I</c><00:16:47.000><c> think</c><00:16:47.299><c> Ecclesias</c><00:16:47.759><c> ought</c><00:16:47.960><c> to</c><00:16:48.080><c> spend</c><00:16:48.320><c> a</c><00:16:48.440><c> lot</c><00:16:48.679><c> of</c><00:16:48.879><c> attention,</c><00:16:49.720><c> not</c><00:16:49.919><c> just</c><00:16:50.200><c> on</c>

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sowing<00:16:50.759><c> the</c><00:16:51.059><c> seed,</c>

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but<00:16:51.779><c> making</c><00:16:52.080><c> sure</c><00:16:52.360><c> that</c><00:16:52.519><c> it's</c><00:16:52.820><c> nourished,</c><00:16:53.200><c> particularly</c><00:16:53.620><c> in</c>

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its<00:16:54.100><c> early</c><00:16:54.440><c> phases.</c>

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There<00:16:55.500><c> were</c><00:16:55.639><c> a</c><00:16:55.759><c> couple</c><00:16:55.879><c> of</c><00:16:56.080><c> Ecclesias</c><00:16:56.539><c> out</c><00:16:56.779><c> in</c><00:16:57.039><c> California</c><00:16:57.559><c> where</c><00:16:57.820><c> we</c>

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lived<00:16:58.620><c> before</c><00:16:58.980><c> moving</c><00:16:59.279><c> to</c><00:16:59.419><c> Michigan.</c>

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In<00:17:00.139><c> fact,</c><00:17:00.360><c> I</c><00:17:00.379><c> think</c><00:17:00.519><c> kind</c><00:17:00.700><c> of</c><00:17:00.899><c> ironically,</c><00:17:01.299><c> I</c><00:17:01.399><c> think</c><00:17:01.480><c> I've</c><00:17:01.679><c> lived</c><00:17:01.779><c> in</c>

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every<00:17:02.179><c> section</c><00:17:02.460><c> of</c><00:17:02.639><c> this</c><00:17:02.820><c> country.</c>

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So<00:17:03.379><c> I</c><00:17:03.820><c> know</c><00:17:04.259><c> a</c><00:17:04.519><c> lot</c><00:17:04.700><c> about,</c><00:17:05.299><c> even</c><00:17:05.460><c> though</c><00:17:05.559><c> it's</c><00:17:05.680><c> a</c><00:17:05.700><c> big</c><00:17:05.900><c> country</c>

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with<00:17:06.500><c> 2</c><00:17:06.700><c>,500</c><00:17:07.039><c> miles</c><00:17:07.720><c> apart,</c>

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I<00:17:08.599><c> kind</c><00:17:08.880><c> of</c><00:17:08.960><c> know</c><00:17:09.079><c> a</c><00:17:09.240><c> lot</c><00:17:09.400><c> about</c><00:17:09.680><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:10.099><c> life</c><00:17:10.359><c> around</c><00:17:10.559><c> this</c>

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country,<00:17:11.000><c> sometimes</c><00:17:11.359><c> more</c><00:17:11.599><c> than</c><00:17:11.700><c> I</c><00:17:11.920><c> want</c><00:17:12.059><c> to</c><00:17:12.220><c> know.</c>

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But<00:17:13.380><c> nevertheless,</c><00:17:14.059><c> there</c><00:17:14.099><c> were</c><00:17:14.240><c> several</c><00:17:14.500><c> Ecclesias</c><00:17:14.900><c> in</c><00:17:15.019><c> California</c><00:17:15.400><c> that</c><00:17:15.539><c> were</c><00:17:15.660><c> doing</c><00:17:15.799><c> very</c><00:17:16.240><c> well</c><00:17:16.359><c> at</c>

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bringing<00:17:16.740><c> people</c><00:17:17.119><c> into</c><00:17:17.359><c> the</c><00:17:17.619><c> truth,</c>

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only<00:17:18.279><c> to</c><00:17:18.500><c> find</c><00:17:18.680><c> a</c><00:17:18.819><c> year</c><00:17:18.980><c> later</c><00:17:19.420><c> they</c><00:17:20.259><c> were</c><00:17:20.500><c> fading</c><00:17:20.759><c> away.</c>

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And<00:17:22.839><c> they</c><00:17:23.059><c> decided</c><00:17:23.480><c> with</c><00:17:25.579><c> quite</c><00:17:25.759><c> a</c><00:17:25.900><c> great</c><00:17:26.000><c> deal</c><00:17:26.160><c> of</c><00:17:26.359><c> wisdom</c><00:17:26.660><c> that</c><00:17:26.819><c> they</c><00:17:26.960><c> had</c><00:17:27.079><c> to</c>

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do<00:17:27.299><c> something</c><00:17:27.579><c> to</c><00:17:27.839><c> nourish</c><00:17:28.160><c> that</c><00:17:28.440><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:17:29.339><c> so</c><00:17:29.559><c> they</c><00:17:29.960><c> established</c><00:17:30.619><c> what</c><00:17:31.140><c> was</c><00:17:31.380><c> called</c><00:17:31.539><c> a</c><00:17:31.779><c> training</c>

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program<00:17:32.539><c> after</c><00:17:33.079><c> baptism.</c>

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Now,<00:17:34.579><c> a</c><00:17:34.619><c> lot</c><00:17:34.819><c> of</c><00:17:34.980><c> Ecclesias</c><00:17:35.500><c> teach</c><00:17:35.920><c> people</c><00:17:36.299><c> before</c><00:17:36.740><c> baptism,</c>

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but<00:17:37.359><c> once</c><00:17:37.579><c> they're</c><00:17:38.019><c> baptized</c><00:17:38.220><c> you</c><00:17:38.420><c> sort</c><00:17:38.619><c> of</c><00:17:38.740><c> graduate</c><00:17:39.160><c> to</c>

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graduate<00:17:39.720><c> school.</c>

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And<00:17:40.779><c> you</c><00:17:40.900><c> go</c><00:17:41.079><c> to</c><00:17:41.359><c> regular</c><00:17:41.759><c> Bible</c><00:17:42.079><c> class</c><00:17:42.420><c> and</c><00:17:42.559><c> sometimes</c><00:17:42.880><c> you</c><00:17:43.019><c> get</c><00:17:43.180><c> immersed</c><00:17:43.460><c> in</c><00:17:43.640><c> a</c>

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lot<00:17:43.859><c> of</c><00:17:44.019><c> Ecclesial</c><00:17:44.400><c> problems</c>

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before<00:17:45.500><c> you</c><00:17:45.720><c> even</c><00:17:46.000><c> have</c><00:17:46.259><c> developed</c><00:17:46.539><c> any</c><00:17:47.079><c> level</c><00:17:47.380><c> of</c><00:17:47.599><c> maturity.</c>

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Heaven<00:17:48.660><c> forbid</c><00:17:49.180><c> the</c><00:17:49.519><c> person</c><00:17:49.819><c> who's</c><00:17:50.119><c> newly</c><00:17:50.400><c> baptized</c><00:17:50.960><c> and</c><00:17:51.140><c> then</c><00:17:51.319><c> goes</c><00:17:51.559><c> the</c>

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next<00:17:52.019><c> week</c><00:17:52.180><c> to</c><00:17:52.299><c> an</c><00:17:52.440><c> Ecclesial</c><00:17:52.819><c> business</c><00:17:53.259><c> meeting.</c>

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This<00:17:54.180><c> could</c><00:17:54.420><c> not</c><00:17:54.619><c> be</c><00:17:54.799><c> a</c><00:17:54.940><c> good</c><00:17:55.180><c> thing</c><00:17:55.400><c> in</c><00:17:55.619><c> some</c><00:17:55.779><c> cases.</c>

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And<00:17:57.079><c> so</c><00:17:57.220><c> they</c><00:17:57.460><c> set</c><00:17:57.680><c> up</c><00:17:57.960><c> a</c><00:17:58.279><c> separate</c><00:17:58.759><c> training</c><00:17:59.220><c> program</c><00:17:59.819><c> with</c><00:18:00.740><c> a</c>

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mature<00:18:01.319><c> brother</c><00:18:01.619><c> and</c><00:18:01.839><c> sister,</c>

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but<00:18:02.259><c> as</c><00:18:02.539><c> close</c><00:18:02.740><c> to</c><00:18:02.900><c> their</c><00:18:03.140><c> age</c><00:18:03.299><c> as</c><00:18:03.420><c> they</c><00:18:03.559><c> could</c><00:18:03.839><c> find.</c>

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And<00:18:04.640><c> over</c><00:18:04.819><c> the</c><00:18:04.980><c> next</c><00:18:05.299><c> year</c><00:18:05.500><c> they</c><00:18:05.599><c> would</c><00:18:05.799><c> meet</c><00:18:06.000><c> with</c><00:18:06.200><c> this</c><00:18:06.420><c> brother</c><00:18:06.640><c> and</c>

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sister<00:18:07.000><c> quite</c><00:18:07.400><c> independently</c><00:18:08.039><c> of</c><00:18:08.240><c> the</c><00:18:08.380><c> Bible</c><00:18:08.640><c> class,</c>

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usually<00:18:09.859><c> on</c><00:18:10.099><c> a</c><00:18:10.220><c> Friday</c><00:18:10.400><c> or</c><00:18:10.619><c> a</c><00:18:10.740><c> Saturday</c><00:18:10.960><c> night.</c>

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And<00:18:11.779><c> they</c><00:18:11.900><c> would</c><00:18:12.059><c> do</c><00:18:12.279><c> Bible</c><00:18:12.599><c> study</c><00:18:12.880><c> and</c><00:18:13.059><c> they</c><00:18:13.220><c> would</c><00:18:13.720><c> talk</c><00:18:14.019><c> to</c>

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them<00:18:14.279><c> about</c><00:18:14.539><c> their</c><00:18:14.859><c> problems</c><00:18:15.259><c> of</c><00:18:15.579><c> acclimating</c><00:18:16.160><c> to</c><00:18:16.339><c> the</c><00:18:16.539><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:18:17.640><c> I</c><00:18:17.660><c> think</c><00:18:17.819><c> it</c><00:18:18.599><c> has</c><00:18:18.839><c> turned</c><00:18:19.019><c> out</c><00:18:19.200><c> to</c><00:18:19.299><c> be</c><00:18:19.440><c> very</c><00:18:19.779><c> successful</c>

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because<00:18:21.480><c> they</c><00:18:21.660><c> have</c><00:18:21.859><c> nurtured</c><00:18:22.240><c> that</c><00:18:23.000><c> seed</c>

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and<00:18:23.460><c> not</c><00:18:23.619><c> left</c><00:18:23.779><c> it</c><00:18:24.119><c> just</c><00:18:24.619><c> out</c><00:18:24.819><c> by</c><00:18:25.059><c> the</c><00:18:25.220><c> wayside.</c>

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If<00:18:26.380><c> by</c><00:18:26.619><c> chance</c><00:18:26.880><c> and</c><00:18:27.119><c> allowed</c><00:18:27.339><c> it</c><00:18:27.539><c> to</c><00:18:27.880><c> dig</c><00:18:28.140><c> deep</c><00:18:28.380><c> and</c><00:18:28.920><c> achieve</c>

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some<00:18:29.619><c> rooting.</c>

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So<00:18:30.420><c> that</c><00:18:30.640><c> when</c><00:18:31.000><c> the</c><00:18:31.779><c> sun</c><00:18:32.000><c> came,</c><00:18:32.460><c> when</c><00:18:32.799><c> the</c><00:18:33.000><c> wind</c><00:18:33.220><c> blew,</c><00:18:33.880><c> they</c>

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were<00:18:34.359><c> not</c><00:18:35.000><c> plucked</c><00:18:35.440><c> away.</c>

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And<00:18:36.859><c> I</c><00:18:36.920><c> think</c><00:18:37.059><c> that's</c><00:18:37.319><c> a</c><00:18:37.460><c> very</c><00:18:37.640><c> important</c><00:18:38.099><c> thing</c><00:18:38.319><c> for</c><00:18:38.559><c> elders</c>

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of<00:18:38.980><c> an</c><00:18:39.160><c> Ecclesia</c><00:18:39.460><c> to</c><00:18:39.700><c> realize.</c>

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That<00:18:40.900><c> sometimes</c><00:18:41.319><c> if</c><00:18:41.440><c> you've</c><00:18:41.619><c> been</c><00:18:41.759><c> brought</c><00:18:41.940><c> up</c><00:18:42.119><c> in</c><00:18:42.259><c> the</c><00:18:42.500><c> truth,</c>

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if<00:18:43.319><c> you</c><00:18:43.519><c> have</c><00:18:43.680><c> a</c><00:18:43.900><c> long</c><00:18:44.079><c> history</c><00:18:44.480><c> in</c><00:18:44.619><c> the</c><00:18:44.799><c> truth</c><00:18:44.940><c> in</c><00:18:45.079><c> your</c><00:18:45.259><c> family,</c>

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it's<00:18:46.099><c> a</c><00:18:46.220><c> lot</c><00:18:46.359><c> easier</c><00:18:46.799><c> to</c><00:18:47.059><c> wither</c><00:18:47.299><c> the</c><00:18:47.519><c> tough</c><00:18:47.700><c> times</c><00:18:48.039><c> when</c><00:18:48.359><c> things,</c><00:18:48.799><c> problems</c><00:18:49.200><c> occur</c><00:18:49.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:50.220><c> community</c><00:18:50.660><c> or</c><00:18:51.099><c> in</c><00:18:51.279><c> your</c><00:18:51.460><c> own</c><00:18:51.660><c> life.</c>

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Then<00:18:53.039><c> if</c><00:18:53.200><c> you've</c><00:18:53.519><c> come</c><00:18:53.680><c> into</c><00:18:53.960><c> the</c><00:18:54.220><c> truth</c><00:18:54.339><c> from</c><00:18:54.519><c> the</c><00:18:54.740><c> outside</c>

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and<00:18:55.799><c> maybe</c><00:18:56.119><c> suddenly</c><00:18:56.539><c> be</c><00:18:56.960><c> thrust</c><00:18:57.279><c> into</c><00:18:57.779><c> these</c><00:18:58.099><c> things.</c>

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And<00:18:59.740><c> some</c><00:19:00.000><c> fell</c><00:19:00.200><c> among</c><00:19:00.559><c> thorns,</c><00:19:01.059><c> verse</c><00:19:01.259><c> 7,</c><00:19:01.559><c> and</c><00:19:01.720><c> the</c><00:19:01.880><c> thorn</c><00:19:02.059><c> sprung</c><00:19:02.380><c> up</c>

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and<00:19:02.839><c> choked</c><00:19:03.079><c> it.</c>

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Another<00:19:03.920><c> problem</c><00:19:04.380><c> that</c><00:19:04.799><c> can</c><00:19:05.000><c> occur</c><00:19:05.480><c> on</c><00:19:06.039><c> the</c><00:19:06.220><c> preaching</c><00:19:06.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:06.799><c> word.</c>

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And<00:19:07.140><c> Jesus</c><00:19:07.440><c> gives</c><00:19:07.700><c> his</c><00:19:07.920><c> interpretation</c><00:19:08.599><c> of</c><00:19:08.720><c> this.</c>

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There's<00:19:09.059><c> no</c><00:19:09.299><c> doubt</c><00:19:09.519><c> about</c><00:19:09.740><c> what</c><00:19:09.839><c> he's</c><00:19:10.019><c> talking</c><00:19:10.339><c> about,</c><00:19:10.619><c> verse</c><00:19:10.880><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:19:12.299><c> he</c><00:19:12.539><c> also</c><00:19:12.880><c> that</c><00:19:13.099><c> receives</c><00:19:13.539><c> seed</c><00:19:13.819><c> among</c><00:19:14.099><c> the</c><00:19:14.380><c> thorns</c><00:19:14.700><c> is</c><00:19:15.180><c> he</c>

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that<00:19:15.720><c> heareth</c><00:19:16.119><c> the</c><00:19:16.339><c> word</c>

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and<00:19:17.660><c> the</c><00:19:17.940><c> care</c><00:19:18.339><c> of</c><00:19:18.660><c> this</c><00:19:19.019><c> world</c><00:19:19.579><c> and</c><00:19:20.180><c> the</c><00:19:20.599><c> deceitfulness</c><00:19:21.359><c> of</c>

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riches<00:19:22.420><c> choked</c><00:19:23.180><c> the</c><00:19:23.440><c> word</c><00:19:23.640><c> and</c><00:19:23.839><c> he</c><00:19:24.099><c> becometh</c><00:19:24.640><c> unfruitful.</c>

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You<00:19:26.759><c> know,</c><00:19:26.839><c> this</c><00:19:27.019><c> is</c><00:19:27.220><c> just</c><00:19:27.480><c> the</c><00:19:27.819><c> opposite</c><00:19:28.119><c> of</c><00:19:28.240><c> what</c><00:19:28.440><c> the</c><00:19:28.720><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:29.220><c> would</c>

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have<00:19:29.559><c> thought.</c>

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They<00:19:31.500><c> thought</c><00:19:31.779><c> poverty</c><00:19:32.259><c> choked</c><00:19:33.079><c> the</c><00:19:33.319><c> seed.</c>

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That<00:19:34.480><c> if</c><00:19:34.640><c> a</c><00:19:34.740><c> man</c><00:19:34.940><c> became</c><00:19:35.299><c> poor,</c><00:19:36.259><c> he</c><00:19:36.480><c> would</c><00:19:36.740><c> not</c><00:19:36.920><c> have</c><00:19:37.119><c> time</c><00:19:37.440><c> to</c>

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serve<00:19:37.920><c> God.</c>

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But<00:19:40.500><c> it</c><00:19:40.619><c> wasn't</c><00:19:40.880><c> poverty</c><00:19:41.339><c> that</c><00:19:41.640><c> choked</c><00:19:41.859><c> the</c><00:19:42.079><c> word.</c>

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It<00:19:43.559><c> was</c><00:19:43.960><c> the</c><00:19:44.259><c> deceitfulness</c><00:19:45.039><c> of</c><00:19:45.400><c> riches.</c>

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That's<00:19:48.259><c> kind</c><00:19:48.400><c> of</c><00:19:48.519><c> interesting.</c>

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It's<00:19:50.619><c> kind</c><00:19:50.839><c> of</c><00:19:50.960><c> interesting</c><00:19:51.539><c> that</c><00:19:52.000><c> we</c><00:19:52.119><c> have</c><00:19:52.319><c> to</c><00:19:52.480><c> worry</c><00:19:52.759><c> more</c>

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about<00:19:53.420><c> becoming</c><00:19:53.819><c> rich</c><00:19:54.480><c> than</c><00:19:56.859><c> about</c><00:19:57.160><c> becoming</c><00:19:57.559><c> poor.</c>

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You<00:19:59.119><c> know,</c><00:19:59.859><c> many</c><00:20:00.099><c> a</c><00:20:00.359><c> time</c><00:20:00.619><c> in</c><00:20:00.880><c> life</c><00:20:01.119><c> you've</c><00:20:01.359><c> seen,</c><00:20:01.599><c> and</c><00:20:01.680><c> I've</c>

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seen<00:20:01.980><c> it</c><00:20:02.140><c> even</c><00:20:02.259><c> myself,</c>

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that<00:20:03.079><c> when</c><00:20:03.339><c> you</c><00:20:03.460><c> go</c><00:20:03.640><c> through</c><00:20:03.900><c> trial</c><00:20:04.519><c> and</c><00:20:05.019><c> when</c><00:20:05.160><c> you're</c><00:20:05.680><c> pressured</c><00:20:05.980><c> by</c><00:20:07.039><c> bad</c><00:20:07.359><c> circumstances,</c>

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if<00:20:08.720><c> you</c><00:20:08.880><c> get</c><00:20:09.160><c> through</c><00:20:09.480><c> it,</c><00:20:11.400><c> you're</c><00:20:11.539><c> so</c><00:20:11.740><c> much</c><00:20:11.940><c> better</c><00:20:12.220><c> for</c><00:20:12.519><c> it.</c>

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But<00:20:14.299><c> if</c><00:20:14.500><c> things</c><00:20:14.720><c> are</c><00:20:14.960><c> going</c><00:20:15.140><c> too</c><00:20:15.519><c> good,</c><00:20:15.740><c> it's</c><00:20:16.039><c> quite</c><00:20:16.299><c> easy</c><00:20:16.720><c> to</c>

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get<00:20:17.180><c> lazy,</c><00:20:18.160><c> complacent,</c>

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to<00:20:19.960><c> become</c><00:20:20.259><c> selfish,</c><00:20:21.380><c> to</c><00:20:21.500><c> turn</c><00:20:21.740><c> aside</c><00:20:22.259><c> from</c><00:20:22.900><c> the</c><00:20:23.200><c> community</c>

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of<00:20:23.900><c> interest</c><00:20:24.099><c> that</c><00:20:24.299><c> only</c><00:20:24.619><c> resides</c><00:20:25.259><c> among</c><00:20:25.680><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:27.599><c> riches</c><00:20:27.819><c> can</c><00:20:28.160><c> indeed</c><00:20:28.920><c> be</c><00:20:29.440><c> a</c><00:20:29.619><c> deceit.</c>

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I<00:20:30.579><c> like</c><00:20:30.779><c> that</c><00:20:31.000><c> word,</c><00:20:31.420><c> deceitfulness.</c>

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It's<00:20:33.380><c> so</c><00:20:33.680><c> deceitful</c><00:20:34.259><c> because</c><00:20:34.559><c> it's</c><00:20:34.980><c> just</c><00:20:35.339><c> the</c><00:20:35.740><c> opposite</c><00:20:36.180><c> of</c>

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what<00:20:36.640><c> everyone</c><00:20:37.000><c> else</c><00:20:37.259><c> in</c><00:20:37.380><c> the</c><00:20:37.519><c> world</c><00:20:37.680><c> is</c><00:20:38.019><c> striving</c><00:20:38.380><c> for.</c>

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Everyone<00:20:40.519><c> I</c><00:20:40.740><c> know</c><00:20:41.000><c> who</c><00:20:41.200><c> is</c><00:20:41.339><c> not</c><00:20:41.539><c> a</c><00:20:41.680><c> Christadelphian</c><00:20:42.279><c> wants</c><00:20:42.539><c> to</c>

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get<00:20:42.980><c> richer.</c>

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They<00:20:44.720><c> want</c><00:20:44.900><c> a</c><00:20:45.140><c> bigger</c><00:20:45.359><c> house,</c><00:20:46.859><c> a</c><00:20:47.220><c> bigger</c><00:20:47.480><c> car,</c><00:20:48.779><c> a</c><00:20:49.119><c> more</c><00:20:49.380><c> powerful</c><00:20:49.839><c> one.</c>

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They<00:20:51.819><c> want</c><00:20:52.380><c> everything</c><00:20:52.940><c> that</c><00:20:53.319><c> adorns</c><00:20:53.680><c> people</c><00:20:54.279><c> in</c><00:20:54.480><c> the</c><00:20:54.680><c> world</c>

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that<00:20:55.180><c> says,</c><00:20:56.160><c> I</c><00:20:56.160><c> am</c><00:20:56.519><c> rich.</c>

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I<00:20:57.680><c> was</c><00:20:57.819><c> just</c><00:20:57.980><c> reading</c><00:20:58.160><c> the</c><00:20:58.339><c> other</c><00:20:58.519><c> day</c><00:20:58.700><c> in</c><00:20:58.859><c> an</c><00:20:59.039><c> auto</c><00:20:59.259><c> magazine,</c>

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you<00:21:00.200><c> know,</c><00:21:00.200><c> when</c><00:21:00.299><c> you're</c><00:21:00.460><c> in</c><00:21:00.599><c> Michigan,</c>

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the<00:21:02.480><c> auto</c><00:21:02.680><c> industry</c><00:21:03.059><c> is</c><00:21:03.359><c> not</c><00:21:04.220><c> a</c><00:21:04.359><c> way</c><00:21:04.500><c> of</c><00:21:04.759><c> life,</c><00:21:05.019><c> it</c><00:21:05.200><c> is</c><00:21:05.539><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:07.180><c> it</c><00:21:07.240><c> said</c><00:21:07.299><c> in</c><00:21:07.460><c> an</c><00:21:07.539><c> auto</c><00:21:07.660><c> magazine,</c><00:21:07.839><c> why</c><00:21:08.019><c> does</c><00:21:08.220><c> someone</c><00:21:08.420><c> buy</c>

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a<00:21:08.779><c> big</c><00:21:09.039><c> powerful</c><00:21:09.460><c> car</c><00:21:09.920><c> to</c><00:21:10.680><c> validate</c><00:21:11.259><c> their</c><00:21:11.640><c> richness?</c>

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Why<00:21:13.140><c> does</c><00:21:13.299><c> someone</c><00:21:13.619><c> divorce</c><00:21:14.380><c> their</c><00:21:14.839><c> old</c><00:21:15.200><c> wife</c><00:21:15.539><c> and</c><00:21:15.779><c> have</c><00:21:15.980><c> a</c><00:21:16.119><c> nice</c><00:21:16.339><c> young</c><00:21:16.559><c> wife</c><00:21:16.920><c> to</c>

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validate<00:21:17.839><c> their</c><00:21:18.140><c> success?</c>

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You<00:21:20.079><c> have</c><00:21:20.380><c> to</c><00:21:20.559><c> have</c><00:21:21.339><c> at</c><00:21:22.539><c> least</c><00:21:23.440><c> a</c><00:21:23.680><c> Mercedes</c><00:21:24.099><c> Benz</c><00:21:24.660><c> or</c><00:21:24.799><c> maybe</c><00:21:25.119><c> a</c>

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Lexus<00:21:25.720><c> today</c>

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and<00:21:26.759><c> a</c><00:21:27.400><c> 20</c><00:21:27.660><c>-year</c><00:21:27.980><c>-old</c><00:21:28.160><c> wife</c><00:21:28.460><c> who</c><00:21:28.579><c> is</c><00:21:28.779><c> a</c><00:21:29.019><c> blonde</c><00:21:29.359><c> to</c><00:21:30.640><c> validate</c><00:21:31.059><c> your</c><00:21:31.319><c> richness</c><00:21:31.599><c> if</c>

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you're<00:21:32.000><c> a</c><00:21:32.160><c> corporate</c><00:21:32.480><c> executive.</c>

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I'm<00:21:33.880><c> not</c><00:21:34.019><c> making</c><00:21:34.279><c> this</c><00:21:34.599><c> up.</c>

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This<00:21:35.680><c> is</c><00:21:35.859><c> what</c><00:21:36.160><c> sociologists</c><00:21:36.720><c> are</c><00:21:36.980><c> saying</c><00:21:37.119><c> in</c><00:21:37.480><c> everyday</c><00:21:37.960><c> magazines.</c>

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The<00:21:40.700><c> whole</c><00:21:40.900><c> thing</c><00:21:41.140><c> kind</c><00:21:41.359><c> of</c><00:21:41.579><c> tires</c><00:21:41.859><c> me.</c>

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I<00:21:42.400><c> mean,</c><00:21:42.599><c> it</c><00:21:43.579><c> kind</c><00:21:44.240><c> of</c><00:21:44.440><c> wearies</c><00:21:44.700><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:21:45.039><c> just</c><00:21:45.339><c> too</c><00:21:45.480><c> much</c><00:21:45.700><c> work</c><00:21:45.859><c> to</c><00:21:46.079><c> think</c><00:21:46.259><c> about</c><00:21:46.480><c> that.</c>

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I<00:21:46.740><c> couldn't</c><00:21:46.980><c> imagine</c><00:21:47.940><c> another</c><00:21:48.460><c> woman</c><00:21:48.759><c> putting</c><00:21:49.000><c> up</c><00:21:49.220><c> with</c><00:21:49.440><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:21:50.900><c> just</c><00:21:51.059><c> simply</c><00:21:51.240><c> too</c><00:21:51.619><c> much.</c>

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I<00:21:52.279><c> haven't</c><00:21:52.420><c> got</c><00:21:52.579><c> enough</c><00:21:52.819><c> lifetime</c><00:21:53.259><c> left</c><00:21:53.700><c> for</c><00:21:53.940><c> that.</c>

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And<00:21:55.500><c> as</c><00:21:55.660><c> far</c><00:21:55.880><c> as</c><00:21:56.259><c> buying</c><00:21:57.359><c> a</c><00:21:57.660><c> very</c><00:21:57.980><c> big</c><00:21:58.240><c> powerful</c><00:21:58.680><c> car,</c><00:22:01.240><c> I'm</c><00:22:01.579><c> thinking</c><00:22:01.839><c> about</c><00:22:02.160><c> it.</c>

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But<00:22:05.400><c> this</c><00:22:05.920><c> is</c><00:22:06.319><c> deceit</c><00:22:06.700><c> because</c><00:22:07.059><c> what</c><00:22:07.339><c> happens</c><00:22:07.740><c> is</c><00:22:08.059><c> that</c><00:22:08.299><c> all</c>

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of<00:22:08.579><c> those</c><00:22:08.759><c> things</c><00:22:08.920><c> need</c><00:22:09.140><c> to</c><00:22:09.259><c> be</c><00:22:09.480><c> taken</c><00:22:09.680><c> care</c><00:22:09.940><c> of.</c>

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You<00:22:12.359><c> have</c><00:22:12.539><c> a</c><00:22:12.660><c> bigger</c><00:22:12.740><c> house,</c><00:22:13.140><c> you</c><00:22:13.279><c> have</c><00:22:13.380><c> bigger</c><00:22:13.599><c> payments.</c>

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You<00:22:14.019><c> have</c><00:22:14.200><c> a</c><00:22:14.200><c> big</c><00:22:14.420><c> car,</c><00:22:14.920><c> you</c><00:22:14.960><c> need</c><00:22:15.480><c> more</c><00:22:15.799><c> expense</c><00:22:16.119><c> to</c><00:22:16.339><c> fix</c><00:22:16.500><c> it.</c>

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Everything<00:22:17.519><c> you</c><00:22:17.720><c> go</c><00:22:17.980><c> through</c><00:22:18.240><c> becomes</c><00:22:18.559><c> more</c><00:22:18.920><c> and</c><00:22:19.099><c> more</c><00:22:19.220><c> of</c><00:22:19.380><c> what</c><00:22:19.519><c> takes</c><00:22:19.859><c> you</c><00:22:20.119><c> away</c><00:22:20.319><c> from</c><00:22:20.500><c> the</c><00:22:20.700><c> things</c><00:22:20.880><c> of</c><00:22:21.119><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:22.359><c> eventually</c><00:22:22.779><c> it</c><00:22:23.000><c> chokes</c><00:22:23.220><c> you</c><00:22:23.460><c> up</c><00:22:23.579><c> because</c><00:22:23.839><c> you</c><00:22:23.960><c> have</c><00:22:24.119><c> less</c>

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and<00:22:24.480><c> less</c><00:22:24.660><c> time</c><00:22:24.940><c> for</c><00:22:25.140><c> the</c><00:22:25.319><c> things</c><00:22:25.700><c> that</c><00:22:26.299><c> really</c><00:22:26.720><c> matter</c><00:22:27.019><c> in</c><00:22:27.220><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:28.480><c> you</c><00:22:28.619><c> can</c><00:22:28.839><c> almost</c><00:22:29.099><c> see</c><00:22:29.299><c> that</c><00:22:29.579><c> in</c><00:22:29.759><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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When<00:22:30.740><c> someone</c><00:22:31.099><c> is</c><00:22:31.460><c> drawn</c><00:22:31.660><c> away,</c><00:22:32.160><c> first</c><00:22:32.460><c> they</c><00:22:32.700><c> stop</c><00:22:32.980><c> coming</c><00:22:33.400><c> maybe</c><00:22:33.740><c> to</c>

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Bible<00:22:34.200><c> class.</c>

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And<00:22:36.559><c> then</c><00:22:36.700><c> they</c><00:22:36.900><c> seem</c><00:22:37.059><c> less</c><00:22:37.319><c> and</c><00:22:37.440><c> less</c><00:22:37.579><c> interested</c><00:22:38.039><c> about</c><00:22:38.619><c> maybe</c><00:22:38.980><c> going</c><00:22:39.200><c> to</c>

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a<00:22:39.519><c> business</c><00:22:39.779><c> meeting.</c>

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And<00:22:40.720><c> then</c><00:22:40.819><c> they</c><00:22:40.920><c> won't</c><00:22:41.140><c> stay</c><00:22:41.380><c> for</c><00:22:41.579><c> a</c><00:22:41.740><c> lecture.</c>

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And<00:22:42.619><c> by</c><00:22:42.839><c> and</c><00:22:43.039><c> by,</c><00:22:43.779><c> coming</c><00:22:43.779><c> on</c><00:22:44.079><c> Sunday</c><00:22:44.319><c> morning</c><00:22:44.940><c> early</c><00:22:45.680><c> for</c><00:22:46.759><c> the</c>

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Sunday<00:22:47.319><c> school,</c>

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well,<00:22:48.259><c> my</c><00:22:48.400><c> kids</c><00:22:48.539><c> are</c><00:22:48.680><c> grown</c><00:22:48.859><c> up</c><00:22:49.079><c> now</c><00:22:49.339><c> and</c><00:22:49.559><c> I</c><00:22:49.920><c> have</c><00:22:50.079><c> a</c><00:22:50.200><c> lot</c><00:22:50.279><c> of</c><00:22:50.400><c> other</c><00:22:50.539><c> things</c><00:22:50.740><c> to</c>

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do,<00:22:50.960><c> but</c><00:22:51.079><c> I'm</c><00:22:51.240><c> there</c><00:22:51.380><c> to</c><00:22:51.559><c> break</c><00:22:51.720><c> bread.</c>

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And<00:22:53.039><c> pretty</c><00:22:53.299><c> soon</c><00:22:53.680><c> you</c><00:22:54.140><c> rationalize</c><00:22:54.759><c> a</c><00:22:54.880><c> little</c><00:22:55.039><c> bit</c><00:22:55.180><c> more</c><00:22:55.359><c> and</c>

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it<00:22:55.640><c> says,</c><00:22:57.240><c> well,</c><00:22:57.460><c> Jesus</c><00:22:57.700><c> knows</c><00:22:58.000><c> that</c><00:22:58.160><c> I</c><00:22:58.299><c> want</c><00:22:58.480><c> to</c><00:22:58.660><c> break</c><00:22:58.839><c> bread</c>

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every<00:22:59.319><c> Sunday.</c>

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So<00:22:59.980><c> if</c><00:23:00.220><c> I'm</c><00:23:00.359><c> not</c><00:23:00.599><c> there</c><00:23:00.839><c> every</c><00:23:01.200><c> week</c><00:23:01.480><c> and</c><00:23:01.579><c> I'm</c><00:23:01.779><c> doing</c><00:23:01.980><c> some</c>

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other<00:23:02.440><c> things,</c><00:23:02.680><c> He'll</c><00:23:03.000><c> understand</c><00:23:03.460><c> that.</c>

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And<00:23:04.539><c> you</c><00:23:04.759><c> drift</c><00:23:05.079><c> into</c><00:23:05.500><c> the</c><00:23:06.079><c> once</c><00:23:06.240><c> or</c><00:23:06.400><c> twice</c><00:23:06.619><c> a</c><00:23:06.799><c> month.</c>

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And<00:23:07.779><c> then</c><00:23:07.960><c> pretty</c><00:23:08.339><c> soon</c><00:23:08.920><c> you</c><00:23:10.099><c> rationalize</c><00:23:10.779><c> even</c><00:23:11.059><c> more</c><00:23:11.279><c> and</c><00:23:11.400><c> you</c><00:23:11.559><c> say,</c><00:23:12.119><c> well,</c><00:23:12.220><c> I</c>

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understand<00:23:13.019><c> that</c><00:23:13.259><c> I</c><00:23:13.480><c> am</c><00:23:14.140><c> supposed</c><00:23:14.500><c> to</c><00:23:14.700><c> do</c><00:23:14.859><c> this.</c>

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But<00:23:15.640><c> it's</c><00:23:15.839><c> only</c><00:23:16.079><c> a</c><00:23:16.220><c> matter</c><00:23:16.440><c> of</c><00:23:16.640><c> ritual</c><00:23:16.900><c> and</c><00:23:17.200><c> form,</c><00:23:17.400><c> so</c><00:23:17.539><c> I</c><00:23:17.660><c> don't</c>

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have<00:23:18.000><c> to</c><00:23:18.099><c> do</c><00:23:18.200><c> it</c><00:23:18.319><c> very</c><00:23:18.619><c> often.</c>

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And<00:23:19.420><c> I</c><00:23:19.539><c> can</c><00:23:19.680><c> do</c><00:23:19.839><c> it</c><00:23:20.000><c> even</c><00:23:20.140><c> home.</c>

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And<00:23:22.680><c> by</c><00:23:22.880><c> and</c><00:23:23.099><c> by,</c><00:23:24.460><c> you</c><00:23:24.619><c> hear</c><00:23:24.819><c> less</c><00:23:25.079><c> and</c><00:23:25.279><c> less</c><00:23:25.400><c> of</c><00:23:25.500><c> what's</c><00:23:25.799><c> going</c>

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on<00:23:26.160><c> in</c><00:23:26.279><c> the</c><00:23:26.460><c> community.</c>

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You<00:23:27.259><c> feel</c><00:23:27.460><c> more</c><00:23:27.740><c> and</c><00:23:27.740><c> more</c><00:23:27.960><c> funny</c><00:23:28.240><c> about</c><00:23:28.599><c> going.</c>

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You<00:23:29.619><c> aren't</c><00:23:29.799><c> hearing</c><00:23:30.099><c> the</c><00:23:30.339><c> Word</c><00:23:30.599><c> every</c><00:23:31.000><c> week,</c><00:23:31.299><c> every</c><00:23:31.640><c> day.</c>

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You've<00:23:32.480><c> stopped</c><00:23:32.619><c> doing</c><00:23:32.880><c> your</c><00:23:33.160><c> readings.</c>

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And<00:23:33.960><c> so</c><00:23:34.460><c> it</c><00:23:34.819><c> fades</c><00:23:35.200><c> away</c><00:23:35.759><c> and</c><00:23:36.000><c> it</c><00:23:36.200><c> becomes</c><00:23:36.440><c> almost</c><00:23:36.799><c> a</c><00:23:37.039><c> natural</c>

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thing<00:23:37.900><c> because</c><00:23:38.440><c> it's</c><00:23:38.759><c> no</c><00:23:39.000><c> longer</c><00:23:39.279><c> a</c><00:23:39.480><c> part</c><00:23:39.599><c> of</c><00:23:39.759><c> your</c><00:23:39.960><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:41.460><c> I</c><00:23:41.720><c> can</c><00:23:41.980><c> say</c><00:23:42.259><c> this,</c><00:23:42.720><c> brethren</c><00:23:42.859><c> and</c><00:23:43.079><c> sisters,</c><00:23:43.420><c> I</c><00:23:43.579><c> think</c><00:23:43.759><c> it</c>

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is<00:23:44.079><c> very</c><00:23:44.319><c> important</c><00:23:44.779><c> for</c><00:23:45.039><c> elders</c><00:23:45.299><c> in</c><00:23:45.480><c> an</c><00:23:45.740><c> ecclesia</c>

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to<00:23:47.140><c> spend</c><00:23:47.440><c> time</c><00:23:48.000><c> on</c><00:23:48.180><c> the</c><00:23:48.460><c> spiritual</c><00:23:48.779><c> welfare</c><00:23:49.200><c> of</c><00:23:49.380><c> their</c><00:23:49.660><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:50.059><c> when</c>

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they<00:23:50.420><c> have</c><00:23:50.619><c> business</c><00:23:51.099><c> meetings</c>

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and<00:23:51.720><c> when</c><00:23:51.819><c> they</c><00:23:52.160><c> have</c><00:23:52.859><c> arranging</c><00:23:53.380><c> boards</c><00:23:53.619><c> meetings</c><00:23:53.940><c> and</c><00:23:54.099><c> not</c>

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to<00:23:54.480><c> worry</c><00:23:54.700><c> so</c><00:23:54.980><c> much</c><00:23:55.140><c> about</c><00:23:55.380><c> whether</c><00:23:55.579><c> the</c><00:23:55.779><c> roof</c><00:23:55.960><c> is</c><00:23:56.200><c> leaking.</c>

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And<00:23:57.599><c> in</c><00:23:57.779><c> far</c><00:23:57.940><c> too</c><00:23:58.160><c> many</c><00:23:58.380><c> ecclesias,</c><00:23:58.799><c> I've</c><00:23:58.960><c> been</c><00:23:59.079><c> on</c><00:23:59.180><c> the</c><00:23:59.359><c> arranging</c><00:23:59.619><c> boards</c><00:23:59.839><c> of</c><00:23:59.980><c> five</c><00:24:00.259><c> different</c><00:24:00.559><c> ecclesias</c><00:24:01.019><c> in</c>

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three<00:24:01.420><c> different</c><00:24:01.640><c> areas</c><00:24:01.940><c> of</c><00:24:02.079><c> the</c><00:24:02.240><c> country.</c>

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And<00:24:02.859><c> I</c><00:24:03.019><c> can</c><00:24:03.299><c> tell</c><00:24:03.400><c> you</c><00:24:03.539><c> that</c><00:24:03.660><c> the</c><00:24:03.900><c> spiritual</c><00:24:04.220><c> welfare</c><00:24:04.619><c> of</c><00:24:04.819><c> the</c>

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members<00:24:05.180><c> of</c><00:24:05.359><c> the</c><00:24:05.480><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:05.799><c> is</c><00:24:05.940><c> often</c><00:24:06.240><c> the</c><00:24:06.460><c> last</c><00:24:06.720><c> thing</c><00:24:06.880><c> that</c>

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gets<00:24:07.400><c> discussed.</c>

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Building<00:24:09.440><c> a</c><00:24:09.579><c> new</c><00:24:09.740><c> building,</c><00:24:10.180><c> worrying</c><00:24:10.420><c> about</c><00:24:10.740><c> the</c><00:24:10.960><c> roof,</c><00:24:11.920><c> providing</c><00:24:12.259><c> for</c>

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a<00:24:12.519><c> lot</c><00:24:12.700><c> of</c><00:24:12.839><c> the</c><00:24:13.000><c> financial</c><00:24:13.440><c> arrangements</c><00:24:14.019><c> and</c><00:24:14.240><c> the</c><00:24:14.460><c> maintenance</c>

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and,<00:24:15.779><c> you</c><00:24:16.019><c> know,</c><00:24:16.480><c> a</c><00:24:16.480><c> lot</c><00:24:16.660><c> of</c><00:24:16.859><c> detailed</c><00:24:17.220><c> things.</c>

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But<00:24:18.140><c> worrying</c><00:24:18.460><c> about</c><00:24:18.819><c> whether</c><00:24:19.059><c> some</c><00:24:19.319><c> brother</c><00:24:19.539><c> or</c><00:24:19.740><c> sister</c><00:24:20.059><c> is</c>

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having<00:24:21.500><c> a</c><00:24:21.640><c> little</c><00:24:21.779><c> bit</c><00:24:21.960><c> of</c><00:24:22.180><c> problems</c><00:24:22.339><c> that</c><00:24:22.539><c> need</c><00:24:22.759><c> help</c><00:24:22.980><c> and</c><00:24:23.119><c> need</c><00:24:23.259><c> it</c><00:24:23.460><c> now</c>

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and<00:24:23.740><c> someone</c><00:24:23.960><c> ought</c><00:24:24.140><c> to</c><00:24:24.200><c> be</c><00:24:24.440><c> visiting</c><00:24:24.640><c> them</c><00:24:24.839><c> and</c><00:24:24.980><c> talking</c><00:24:25.279><c> to</c>

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them<00:24:25.500><c> and</c><00:24:25.660><c> befriending</c><00:24:26.079><c> them,</c><00:24:26.859><c> that's</c><00:24:27.299><c> not</c><00:24:27.680><c> done</c><00:24:27.980><c> too</c><00:24:28.460><c> often.</c>

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It's<00:24:29.920><c> difficult</c><00:24:30.460><c> to</c><00:24:30.759><c> do.</c><00:24:31.579><c> And</c><00:24:31.720><c> sometimes</c><00:24:32.059><c> you</c><00:24:32.180><c> may</c><00:24:32.380><c> even</c><00:24:32.619><c> feel</c>

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like<00:24:32.980><c> you're</c><00:24:33.279><c> intruding.</c>

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But<00:24:34.700><c> if</c><00:24:34.980><c> you</c><00:24:35.200><c> nip</c><00:24:35.460><c> problems</c><00:24:35.960><c> in</c><00:24:36.180><c> the</c><00:24:36.420><c> bud</c><00:24:36.579><c> before</c><00:24:37.019><c> they</c><00:24:37.279><c> become</c>

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very<00:24:38.000><c> serious,</c><00:24:38.400><c> before</c><00:24:38.720><c> it</c><00:24:38.940><c> becomes</c><00:24:39.160><c> almost</c><00:24:39.400><c> impossible</c><00:24:40.039><c> to</c>

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approach<00:24:40.740><c> them,</c>

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you<00:24:42.160><c> will</c><00:24:42.400><c> not</c><00:24:42.599><c> see</c><00:24:42.740><c> them</c><00:24:42.980><c> choked</c><00:24:43.319><c> off</c><00:24:43.640><c> by</c><00:24:43.920><c> the</c><00:24:44.160><c> deceitfulness</c>

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of<00:24:45.019><c> the</c><00:24:45.220><c> world.</c>

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Look<00:24:49.700><c> at</c><00:24:49.779><c> verse</c><00:24:50.059><c> 11</c><00:24:50.359><c> of</c><00:24:50.539><c> this</c><00:24:50.700><c> Matthew</c><00:24:51.039><c> 13.</c>

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He<00:24:52.759><c> answered</c><00:24:53.099><c> unto</c><00:24:53.319><c> them</c><00:24:53.559><c> and</c><00:24:53.640><c> said</c><00:24:53.759><c> unto</c><00:24:53.859><c> them,</c>

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Because<00:24:54.859><c> it</c><00:24:55.000><c> is</c><00:24:55.240><c> given</c><00:24:55.460><c> unto</c><00:24:55.779><c> you</c><00:24:56.039><c> to</c><00:24:56.279><c> know</c><00:24:56.539><c> the</c><00:24:56.859><c> mysteries</c><00:24:57.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:57.700><c> kingdom</c><00:24:58.140><c> of</c><00:24:58.440><c> heaven,</c><00:24:59.380><c> but</c><00:24:59.519><c> to</c><00:24:59.779><c> them</c><00:25:00.019><c> it</c><00:25:00.200><c> is</c><00:25:00.400><c> not</c><00:25:00.720><c> given.</c>

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And<00:25:01.960><c> I</c><00:25:02.119><c> want</c><00:25:02.279><c> to</c><00:25:02.420><c> make</c><00:25:02.559><c> this</c><00:25:03.000><c> absolutely</c><00:25:03.779><c> clear</c><00:25:04.140><c> that</c><00:25:04.420><c> if</c><00:25:04.640><c> we</c><00:25:04.839><c> are</c><00:25:05.000><c> to</c><00:25:05.119><c> be</c><00:25:05.259><c> a</c>

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people<00:25:05.579><c> of</c><00:25:05.759><c> the</c><00:25:05.880><c> book,</c>

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we<00:25:06.279><c> must</c><00:25:06.559><c> understand</c><00:25:07.279><c> these</c><00:25:07.599><c> parables</c><00:25:08.079><c> and</c><00:25:09.140><c> we</c><00:25:09.380><c> must</c><00:25:09.700><c> be</c><00:25:10.059><c> willing</c><00:25:10.420><c> to</c>

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follow<00:25:11.119><c> their</c><00:25:11.819><c> teaching.</c>

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Let's<00:25:15.160><c> take</c><00:25:15.339><c> a</c><00:25:15.400><c> look</c><00:25:15.480><c> at</c><00:25:15.599><c> the</c><00:25:15.680><c> next</c><00:25:15.980><c> parable,</c><00:25:16.380><c> the</c><00:25:16.559><c> parable</c><00:25:16.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:17.240><c> tares.</c>

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Here's<00:25:18.700><c> a</c><00:25:19.039><c> parable</c><00:25:19.319><c> which</c><00:25:19.559><c> Jesus</c><00:25:20.339><c> interprets</c><00:25:20.920><c> and</c><00:25:21.099><c> in</c><00:25:21.339><c> part</c><00:25:21.640><c> allegorically.</c>

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Verse<00:25:24.519><c> 24.</c>

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Now,<00:25:43.440><c> a</c><00:25:43.759><c> lot</c><00:25:45.000><c> has</c><00:25:45.140><c> been</c><00:25:45.319><c> written</c><00:25:45.519><c> about</c><00:25:45.759><c> what</c><00:25:45.980><c> these</c><00:25:46.259><c> tares</c><00:25:46.579><c> are.</c>

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And<00:25:48.319><c> some</c><00:25:48.799><c> have</c><00:25:48.980><c> said</c><00:25:49.119><c> it</c><00:25:49.259><c> is</c><00:25:49.420><c> the</c><00:25:49.680><c> plant</c><00:25:49.859><c> that</c><00:25:50.079><c> bearded</c><00:25:50.460><c> Darnel.</c>

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Others<00:25:51.700><c> have</c><00:25:51.940><c> said</c><00:25:52.099><c> it's</c><00:25:52.359><c> a</c><00:25:52.559><c> plant</c><00:25:52.759><c> in</c><00:25:53.339><c> the</c><00:25:53.480><c> Middle</c><00:25:53.700><c> East</c><00:25:54.579><c> that</c>

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is<00:25:54.880><c> very</c><00:25:55.200><c> similar</c><00:25:55.519><c> to</c><00:25:55.779><c> wheat.</c>

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It<00:25:56.480><c> looks</c><00:25:56.700><c> almost</c><00:25:57.099><c> the</c><00:25:57.339><c> same</c><00:25:57.799><c> until</c><00:25:58.519><c> almost</c><00:25:59.099><c> the</c><00:25:59.299><c> time</c><00:25:59.440><c> of</c><00:25:59.720><c> harvest.</c>

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And<00:26:01.119><c> if</c><00:26:01.279><c> you</c><00:26:01.480><c> then</c><00:26:01.960><c> wait</c><00:26:02.619><c> for</c><00:26:02.779><c> it</c><00:26:02.880><c> to</c><00:26:03.099><c> flower,</c><00:26:03.460><c> it</c><00:26:03.660><c> clearly</c>

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looks<00:26:04.119><c> different.</c>

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But<00:26:04.799><c> up</c><00:26:05.039><c> until</c><00:26:05.279><c> the</c><00:26:05.500><c> time</c><00:26:05.660><c> of</c><00:26:05.940><c> harvest,</c><00:26:06.180><c> it's</c><00:26:06.380><c> almost</c><00:26:06.579><c> impossible</c><00:26:07.220><c> to</c><00:26:07.480><c> tell</c>

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this<00:26:07.859><c> difference.</c>

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And<00:26:08.880><c> if</c><00:26:09.000><c> you</c><00:26:09.240><c> leave</c><00:26:09.480><c> it</c><00:26:09.720><c> there</c><00:26:09.880><c> at</c><00:26:10.160><c> the</c><00:26:10.380><c> harvest</c><00:26:10.740><c> and</c><00:26:11.339><c> you</c><00:26:11.640><c> thresh</c><00:26:11.819><c> it</c>

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with<00:26:12.160><c> the</c><00:26:12.380><c> wheat,</c>

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it<00:26:12.680><c> will</c><00:26:12.880><c> make</c><00:26:13.099><c> the</c><00:26:13.319><c> wheat</c><00:26:13.519><c> entirely</c><00:26:14.039><c> bitter</c><00:26:14.460><c> and</c><00:26:15.220><c> poison</c><00:26:15.559><c> the</c><00:26:15.799><c> bread.</c>

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Now,<00:26:17.380><c> I</c><00:26:17.480><c> don't</c><00:26:17.599><c> know</c><00:26:17.720><c> whether</c><00:26:17.880><c> that's</c><00:26:18.160><c> true</c><00:26:18.319><c> or</c><00:26:18.480><c> not.</c><00:26:18.599><c> I'm</c><00:26:18.700><c> not</c>

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an<00:26:19.140><c> agricultural</c><00:26:19.619><c> expert.</c>

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But<00:26:20.240><c> it</c><00:26:20.339><c> sounds</c><00:26:20.480><c> pretty</c><00:26:20.799><c> good</c><00:26:20.940><c> to</c><00:26:21.160><c> me.</c>

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:26.279
But<00:26:23.200><c> we</c><00:26:23.460><c> don't</c><00:26:23.599><c> have</c><00:26:23.799><c> to</c><00:26:23.960><c> know</c><00:26:24.079><c> whether</c><00:26:24.259><c> that's</c><00:26:24.720><c> absolutely</c><00:26:25.180><c> true.</c>

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:30.539
Because<00:26:26.839><c> in</c><00:26:27.420><c> the</c><00:26:27.660><c> parable</c><00:26:27.920><c> itself,</c><00:26:28.500><c> we're</c><00:26:28.619><c> given</c><00:26:29.000><c> hints</c><00:26:29.579><c> that</c>

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:33.079
spiritually<00:26:31.099><c> that</c><00:26:31.380><c> makes</c><00:26:31.619><c> a</c><00:26:31.720><c> lot</c><00:26:31.920><c> of</c><00:26:32.160><c> sense.</c>

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:36.279
You<00:26:33.880><c> obviously</c><00:26:34.380><c> cannot</c><00:26:34.700><c> tell</c><00:26:35.000><c> the</c><00:26:35.200><c> difference</c><00:26:35.519><c> between</c><00:26:36.000><c> the</c>

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.799
tares<00:26:36.539><c> and</c><00:26:36.859><c> the</c><00:26:37.079><c> wheat.</c>

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Because<00:26:38.440><c> that's</c><00:26:38.880><c> exactly</c><00:26:39.559><c> the</c><00:26:40.400><c> command</c><00:26:40.759><c> that's</c><00:26:41.099><c> given.</c>

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Verse<00:26:42.200><c> 29,</c>

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So<00:26:50.279><c> there's</c><00:26:50.819><c> obviously</c><00:26:51.319><c> a</c><00:26:51.559><c> danger</c><00:26:51.940><c> of</c><00:26:52.200><c> plucking</c><00:26:52.480><c> out</c><00:26:52.759><c> the</c><00:26:52.960><c> tares</c>

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because<00:26:53.500><c> you</c><00:26:53.700><c> can't</c><00:26:54.519><c> differentiate</c><00:26:55.079><c> it</c><00:26:55.279><c> that</c><00:26:55.519><c> easily</c><00:26:55.920><c> from</c>

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the<00:26:56.319><c> wheat.</c>

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And<00:26:57.740><c> so</c><00:26:57.839><c> we</c><00:26:57.960><c> have</c><00:26:58.099><c> to</c><00:26:58.240><c> be</c><00:26:58.460><c> careful</c><00:26:58.859><c> about</c><00:26:59.240><c> doing</c><00:26:59.500><c> that.</c>

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:04.400
The<00:27:00.660><c> enemy</c><00:27:01.079><c> is</c><00:27:01.440><c> the</c><00:27:01.640><c> world</c><00:27:02.059><c> or</c><00:27:02.380><c> the</c><00:27:02.579><c> devil,</c><00:27:03.140><c> as</c><00:27:03.279><c> he</c><00:27:03.559><c> says.</c>

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:06.640
The<00:27:04.539><c> devil's</c><00:27:05.140><c> sin</c><00:27:05.279><c> in</c><00:27:05.500><c> the</c><00:27:05.740><c> flesh.</c>

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:10.180
And<00:27:07.519><c> in</c><00:27:07.759><c> the</c><00:27:07.960><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:27:08.420><c> there's</c><00:27:08.759><c> going</c><00:27:08.960><c> to</c><00:27:09.220><c> be</c><00:27:09.440><c> both</c><00:27:09.779><c> kinds</c>

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of<00:27:10.400><c> people.</c>

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Let<00:27:12.700><c> them</c><00:27:13.180><c> grow</c><00:27:13.619><c> together</c><00:27:14.279><c> until</c><00:27:14.740><c> the</c><00:27:15.039><c> harvest.</c>

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:19.460
Now,<00:27:17.480><c> some</c><00:27:17.660><c> interpretations</c><00:27:18.359><c> of</c><00:27:18.559><c> this</c><00:27:18.779><c> parable</c><00:27:19.119><c> have</c><00:27:19.319><c> made</c><00:27:19.440><c> a</c>

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.740
lot<00:27:19.700><c> of</c><00:27:20.019><c> apologetics</c>

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:24.380
to<00:27:21.680><c> make</c><00:27:22.059><c> long</c><00:27:22.400><c>-winded</c><00:27:22.740><c> statements,</c><00:27:23.140><c> I</c><00:27:23.319><c> believe,</c><00:27:23.799><c> about</c>

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fellowship<00:27:24.839><c> standards</c>

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:28.259
and<00:27:25.579><c> about</c><00:27:25.839><c> disfellowshipping</c><00:27:26.519><c> people</c><00:27:26.859><c> who</c><00:27:27.059><c> aren't</c><00:27:27.220><c> pure</c><00:27:27.539><c> and</c><00:27:27.740><c> so</c><00:27:27.940><c> on.</c>

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:31.559
And<00:27:28.920><c> indeed,</c><00:27:30.059><c> I'm</c><00:27:30.200><c> not</c><00:27:30.420><c> going</c><00:27:30.539><c> to</c><00:27:30.640><c> say</c><00:27:30.819><c> that</c><00:27:31.220><c> that</c><00:27:31.380><c> should</c>

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never<00:27:31.819><c> happen.</c>

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Of<00:27:32.539><c> course,</c><00:27:32.759><c> an</c><00:27:32.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:33.200><c> has</c><00:27:33.440><c> to</c><00:27:33.640><c> have</c><00:27:33.779><c> some</c><00:27:34.099><c> standards</c><00:27:34.380><c> to</c>

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protect<00:27:35.019><c> its</c><00:27:35.279><c> membership</c>

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and<00:27:36.519><c> to</c><00:27:36.759><c> protect</c><00:27:37.240><c> the</c><00:27:37.440><c> Word</c><00:27:37.599><c> of</c><00:27:37.839><c> God.</c>

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:41.920
But<00:27:39.140><c> I</c><00:27:39.319><c> think</c><00:27:39.640><c> we</c><00:27:40.099><c> have</c><00:27:40.279><c> to</c><00:27:40.420><c> be</c><00:27:40.500><c> very</c><00:27:40.880><c> careful</c><00:27:41.180><c> that</c><00:27:41.380><c> in</c><00:27:41.519><c> doing</c><00:27:41.700><c> that</c>

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:43.599
we<00:27:42.039><c> don't</c><00:27:42.319><c> overdo</c><00:27:42.720><c> it</c><00:27:42.859><c> the</c><00:27:43.019><c> other</c><00:27:43.240><c> way</c>

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.839
and<00:27:43.980><c> forget</c><00:27:44.420><c> why</c><00:27:44.799><c> Jesus</c><00:27:45.200><c> told</c><00:27:45.460><c> them</c><00:27:45.740><c> parables</c><00:27:46.039><c> in</c><00:27:46.200><c> the</c><00:27:46.380><c> first</c><00:27:46.599><c> place,</c>

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:49.740
that<00:27:46.980><c> they</c><00:27:47.140><c> might</c><00:27:47.400><c> have</c><00:27:47.660><c> mercy</c><00:27:48.079><c> and</c><00:27:48.279><c> not</c><00:27:48.500><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:53.079
And<00:27:50.279><c> recall</c><00:27:50.640><c> that</c><00:27:50.900><c> in</c><00:27:51.079><c> aiming</c><00:27:51.299><c> that</c><00:27:51.559><c> message</c><00:27:51.940><c> at</c><00:27:52.180><c> the</c><00:27:52.359><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:56.220
he<00:27:53.359><c> left</c><00:27:53.619><c> out</c><00:27:53.920><c> entirely</c><00:27:54.339><c> the</c><00:27:54.599><c> second</c><00:27:54.799><c> half</c><00:27:55.039><c> of</c><00:27:55.220><c> the</c><00:27:55.319><c> verse</c><00:27:55.539><c> in</c><00:27:55.720><c> Hosea.</c>

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:58.359
They<00:27:56.839><c> didn't</c><00:27:57.019><c> have</c><00:27:57.240><c> a</c><00:27:57.460><c> problem</c><00:27:57.720><c> with</c><00:27:57.940><c> knowledge.</c>

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And<00:27:58.779><c> I</c><00:27:58.920><c> often</c><00:27:59.180><c> think</c><00:27:59.440><c> that</c><00:27:59.619><c> we</c><00:27:59.819><c> don't</c><00:28:00.000><c> have</c><00:28:00.339><c> that</c><00:28:00.700><c> problem</c><00:28:01.099><c> either.</c>

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I<00:28:02.579><c> would</c><00:28:02.799><c> never</c><00:28:03.079><c> accuse</c><00:28:03.539><c> Christadelphians</c><00:28:04.319><c> of</c><00:28:04.519><c> being</c><00:28:04.880><c> ignorant</c><00:28:05.299><c> of</c><00:28:05.480><c> the</c>

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Word<00:28:05.759><c> of</c><00:28:05.980><c> God.</c>

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There<00:28:08.119><c> may</c><00:28:08.400><c> be</c><00:28:08.660><c> a</c><00:28:08.759><c> few</c><00:28:08.980><c> rare</c><00:28:09.240><c> circumstances,</c>

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but<00:28:10.180><c> that</c><00:28:10.400><c> is</c><00:28:10.619><c> not</c><00:28:10.839><c> our</c><00:28:11.279><c> problem</c><00:28:12.200><c> as</c><00:28:12.440><c> a</c><00:28:12.619><c> community.</c>

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:16.960
Our<00:28:14.160><c> problem</c><00:28:14.440><c> as</c><00:28:14.640><c> a</c><00:28:14.859><c> community</c><00:28:15.119><c> is</c><00:28:15.279><c> how</c><00:28:15.440><c> to</c><00:28:15.680><c> apply</c><00:28:15.960><c> it</c><00:28:16.160><c> in</c><00:28:16.339><c> everyday</c><00:28:16.599><c> life</c>

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:19.960
and<00:28:17.079><c> how</c><00:28:17.259><c> to</c><00:28:17.500><c> show</c><00:28:17.740><c> the</c><00:28:17.920><c> mercy</c><00:28:18.220><c> of</c><00:28:18.420><c> God</c><00:28:18.680><c> through</c><00:28:19.180><c> our</c><00:28:19.519><c> lives,</c>

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:22.259
character,<00:28:20.940><c> and</c><00:28:21.140><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:26.519
And<00:28:23.119><c> he</c><00:28:23.180><c> says,</c><00:28:23.539><c> let</c><00:28:23.539><c> them</c><00:28:24.059><c> both</c><00:28:24.339><c> grow</c><00:28:24.539><c> together</c><00:28:24.980><c> until</c><00:28:25.299><c> the</c><00:28:25.599><c> harvest.</c>

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Why?

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Well,<00:28:33.500><c> think</c><00:28:34.000><c> about</c><00:28:34.299><c> it,</c><00:28:34.480><c> brethren</c><00:28:34.660><c> and</c><00:28:34.880><c> sisters.</c>

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Is<00:28:35.160><c> it</c><00:28:35.359><c> really</c><00:28:35.680><c> possible</c><00:28:36.160><c> to</c><00:28:36.400><c> have</c><00:28:36.539><c> a</c><00:28:36.759><c> perfect</c><00:28:37.099><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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If<00:28:38.740><c> you</c><00:28:38.980><c> disfellowship</c><00:28:39.640><c> everyone</c><00:28:40.180><c> in</c><00:28:40.339><c> your</c><00:28:40.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:40.940><c> who</c><00:28:41.119><c> was</c><00:28:41.380><c> living</c><00:28:41.579><c> in</c><00:28:42.000><c> sin,</c>

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who<00:28:43.059><c> would</c><00:28:43.200><c> you</c><00:28:43.400><c> break</c><00:28:43.599><c> bread</c><00:28:43.819><c> with?</c>

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Would<00:28:45.559><c> you</c><00:28:45.680><c> be</c><00:28:45.880><c> lonely?</c>

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:51.019
Could<00:28:47.680><c> you</c><00:28:47.880><c> break</c><00:28:48.059><c> bread</c><00:28:48.240><c> with</c><00:28:48.460><c> yourself</c><00:28:49.119><c> with</c><00:28:49.619><c> a</c><00:28:49.799><c> clear</c><00:28:49.960><c> conscience?</c>

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:54.299
Would<00:28:51.740><c> breaking</c><00:28:52.079><c> bread</c><00:28:52.339><c> with</c><00:28:52.579><c> yourself</c><00:28:52.960><c> fulfill</c><00:28:53.420><c> what</c><00:28:53.660><c> Jesus</c><00:28:54.019><c> said</c>

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:57.460
where<00:28:54.500><c> two</c><00:28:54.759><c> or</c><00:28:54.900><c> three</c><00:28:55.099><c> are</c><00:28:55.299><c> gathered</c><00:28:55.519><c> together</c><00:28:55.980><c> in</c><00:28:56.220><c> my</c><00:28:56.500><c> name?</c>

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:02.200
You<00:28:59.799><c> know,</c><00:29:00.119><c> there's</c><00:29:00.380><c> a</c><00:29:00.480><c> lot</c><00:29:00.599><c> of</c><00:29:00.859><c> comments</c><00:29:01.079><c> he</c><00:29:01.299><c> makes</c><00:29:01.539><c> on</c><00:29:01.819><c> that.</c>

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:06.019
In<00:29:02.559><c> Matthew</c><00:29:02.559><c> 9</c><00:29:02.859><c> and</c><00:29:03.019><c> 12,</c><00:29:03.940><c> let's</c><00:29:04.140><c> take</c><00:29:04.299><c> a</c><00:29:04.400><c> look</c><00:29:04.519><c> at</c><00:29:04.720><c> that,</c>

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:08.680
and<00:29:06.720><c> setting</c><00:29:06.900><c> the</c><00:29:07.180><c> stage</c><00:29:07.420><c> for</c><00:29:07.619><c> these</c><00:29:07.920><c> parables,</c>

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:15.519
he<00:29:09.180><c> says,</c><00:29:13.079><c> 9th</c><00:29:13.420><c> chapter,</c><00:29:13.819><c> 12th</c><00:29:14.279><c> verse,</c>

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:21.240
But<00:29:18.960><c> when</c><00:29:19.160><c> Jesus</c><00:29:19.500><c> heard</c><00:29:19.779><c> what</c><00:29:20.180><c> he</c><00:29:20.400><c> said</c><00:29:20.519><c> unto</c><00:29:20.720><c> them,</c>

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:26.720
he<00:29:21.599><c> said,</c><00:29:22.140><c> They</c><00:29:22.660><c> that</c><00:29:23.259><c> be</c><00:29:23.640><c> whole</c><00:29:24.240><c> need</c><00:29:25.200><c> not</c><00:29:25.500><c> a</c><00:29:25.660><c> physician,</c><00:29:26.559><c> but</c>

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:28.259
they<00:29:27.319><c> that</c><00:29:27.640><c> are</c><00:29:27.960><c> sick.</c>

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:31.619
But<00:29:28.880><c> go</c><00:29:29.160><c> ye</c><00:29:29.299><c> and</c><00:29:29.539><c> learn</c><00:29:29.819><c> what</c><00:29:30.059><c> that</c><00:29:30.539><c> meaneth,</c><00:29:30.900><c> I</c><00:29:31.180><c> will</c><00:29:31.380><c> have</c>

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:33.700
mercy<00:29:31.980><c> and</c><00:29:32.279><c> not</c><00:29:32.519><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:37.240
The<00:29:34.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:34.519><c> is</c><00:29:34.759><c> a</c><00:29:35.000><c> place</c><00:29:35.200><c> to</c><00:29:35.500><c> heal</c><00:29:35.740><c> sick</c><00:29:36.039><c> people.</c>

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:40.819
It<00:29:38.579><c> is</c><00:29:38.799><c> not</c><00:29:39.000><c> a</c><00:29:39.240><c> place</c><00:29:39.440><c> to</c><00:29:39.720><c> cast</c><00:29:39.980><c> out</c><00:29:40.339><c> everyone</c>

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:44.980
or<00:29:41.839><c> to</c><00:29:42.099><c> try</c><00:29:42.220><c> to</c><00:29:42.480><c> purify</c><00:29:42.980><c> so</c><00:29:43.180><c> that</c><00:29:43.339><c> we</c><00:29:43.460><c> are</c><00:29:43.619><c> not</c><00:29:43.859><c> contaminated.</c>

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In<00:29:45.400><c> fact,</c><00:29:46.460><c> I</c><00:29:46.660><c> find</c><00:29:46.940><c> it</c><00:29:47.200><c> very</c><00:29:47.519><c> hard</c><00:29:47.660><c> to</c><00:29:47.980><c> understand</c><00:29:48.400><c> how</c><00:29:48.740><c> anyone</c>

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else's<00:29:49.700><c> sin</c><00:29:50.000><c> can</c><00:29:50.559><c> contaminate</c><00:29:51.140><c> me</c>

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:54.700
if<00:29:51.779><c> I'm</c><00:29:51.980><c> trying</c><00:29:52.220><c> to</c><00:29:52.519><c> help</c><00:29:52.700><c> them</c><00:29:53.259><c> and</c><00:29:53.579><c> bring</c><00:29:53.779><c> them</c><00:29:54.059><c> back</c><00:29:54.400><c> to</c><00:29:54.579><c> the</c>

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way<00:29:54.880><c> of</c><00:29:55.099><c> God.</c>

00:29:57.279 --> 00:30:01.880
Often<00:29:57.819><c> by</c><00:29:58.359><c> being</c><00:29:58.900><c> arbitrary</c><00:29:59.519><c> or</c><00:30:00.000><c> being</c><00:30:00.680><c> less</c><00:30:01.240><c> merciful</c><00:30:01.660><c> than</c>

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.839
we<00:30:02.180><c> should</c><00:30:02.420><c> be,</c>

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:06.519
we<00:30:03.259><c> put</c><00:30:03.480><c> someone</c><00:30:03.799><c> out</c><00:30:04.319><c> and</c><00:30:04.660><c> we</c><00:30:04.960><c> destroy</c><00:30:05.339><c> them</c><00:30:05.500><c> forever.</c>

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:11.900
How<00:30:07.740><c> many</c><00:30:07.980><c> Ecclesias</c><00:30:08.599><c> disfellowship</c><00:30:09.220><c> someone</c><00:30:09.559><c> and</c><00:30:09.740><c> then</c><00:30:09.980><c> truly</c><00:30:10.799><c> continue</c><00:30:11.640><c> to</c>

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.599
act<00:30:12.160><c> loving</c>

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:15.299
and<00:30:13.299><c> stay</c><00:30:13.539><c> in</c><00:30:13.759><c> contact</c><00:30:14.140><c> with</c><00:30:14.339><c> them?</c>

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:18.000
It's<00:30:16.960><c> pretty</c><00:30:17.160><c> hard,</c><00:30:17.539><c> isn't</c><00:30:17.599><c> it?</c>

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:21.039
Because<00:30:18.259><c> when</c><00:30:18.400><c> you</c><00:30:18.519><c> put</c><00:30:18.660><c> someone</c><00:30:18.920><c> out,</c><00:30:19.099><c> you've</c><00:30:19.299><c> already</c><00:30:19.539><c> created</c><00:30:19.920><c> a</c><00:30:20.200><c> barrier.</c>

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:23.960
You<00:30:21.759><c> created</c><00:30:22.059><c> a</c><00:30:22.299><c> barrier</c><00:30:22.619><c> which</c><00:30:22.880><c> makes</c><00:30:23.099><c> it</c><00:30:23.259><c> very</c><00:30:23.500><c> hard</c><00:30:23.599><c> for</c><00:30:23.779><c> you</c><00:30:23.880><c> to</c>

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.759
talk<00:30:24.279><c> to</c><00:30:24.440><c> them</c>

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:28.019
and<00:30:25.039><c> for</c><00:30:25.220><c> them</c><00:30:25.440><c> to</c><00:30:26.339><c> approach</c><00:30:26.640><c> you</c><00:30:26.819><c> with</c><00:30:27.019><c> humility.</c>

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:32.059
And<00:30:29.000><c> the</c><00:30:29.160><c> message</c><00:30:29.420><c> I</c><00:30:29.599><c> want</c><00:30:29.759><c> to</c><00:30:30.000><c> make</c><00:30:30.160><c> here</c><00:30:30.779><c> is</c><00:30:31.380><c> let</c><00:30:31.619><c> them</c><00:30:31.839><c> both</c>

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:33.400
grow<00:30:32.240><c> together</c><00:30:32.599><c> until</c><00:30:32.880><c> the</c><00:30:33.119><c> harvest</c>

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:35.880
is<00:30:33.559><c> something</c><00:30:33.859><c> that</c><00:30:34.039><c> you</c><00:30:34.160><c> ought</c><00:30:34.259><c> to</c><00:30:34.359><c> really</c><00:30:34.720><c> seriously</c><00:30:35.019><c> think</c><00:30:35.339><c> about</c>

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:38.519
and<00:30:36.559><c> that</c><00:30:36.660><c> when</c><00:30:36.799><c> you</c><00:30:37.000><c> disfellowship</c><00:30:37.619><c> someone</c><00:30:37.940><c> it</c><00:30:38.099><c> should</c><00:30:38.240><c> be</c>

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:41.440
only<00:30:38.799><c> under</c><00:30:38.980><c> the</c><00:30:39.140><c> most</c><00:30:39.559><c> serious</c><00:30:40.019><c> circumstances</c>

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:43.900
and<00:30:42.099><c> that</c><00:30:42.220><c> when</c><00:30:42.339><c> someone</c><00:30:42.619><c> wants</c><00:30:42.920><c> to</c><00:30:43.099><c> come</c><00:30:43.420><c> back,</c>

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:47.319
you<00:30:44.160><c> ought</c><00:30:44.299><c> to</c><00:30:44.400><c> do</c><00:30:44.559><c> all</c><00:30:44.859><c> you</c><00:30:45.099><c> can</c><00:30:45.259><c> to</c><00:30:45.420><c> see</c><00:30:45.579><c> that</c><00:30:45.680><c> they</c><00:30:45.900><c> are</c><00:30:46.220><c> welcome</c>

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:52.160
and<00:30:48.180><c> more</c><00:30:48.500><c> importantly,</c><00:30:49.579><c> that</c><00:30:49.700><c> they</c><00:30:49.819><c> have</c><00:30:50.140><c> been</c><00:30:50.500><c> made</c><00:30:50.759><c> to</c><00:30:51.039><c> feel</c><00:30:51.220><c> welcome</c><00:30:51.660><c> all</c>

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.420
the<00:30:52.259><c> way</c><00:30:52.440><c> along.</c>

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:56.519
And<00:30:54.700><c> I</c><00:30:54.859><c> tell</c><00:30:55.059><c> you</c><00:30:55.240><c> as</c><00:30:55.680><c> an</c><00:30:55.779><c> arranging</c><00:30:56.099><c> brother,</c>

00:30:56.940 --> 00:31:01.579
I<00:30:57.079><c> know</c><00:30:57.400><c> how</c><00:30:57.740><c> difficult</c><00:30:58.299><c> it</c><00:30:58.519><c> is</c><00:30:58.680><c> to</c><00:30:58.920><c> keep</c><00:30:59.140><c> contact</c><00:30:59.579><c> with</c><00:30:59.819><c> someone</c><00:31:00.240><c> who</c>

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:04.059
has<00:31:02.259><c> walked</c><00:31:02.519><c> away</c><00:31:02.859><c> from</c><00:31:03.039><c> the</c><00:31:03.240><c> truth.</c>

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.599
Extremely<00:31:04.660><c> difficult.</c>

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:08.519
If<00:31:05.920><c> Ecclesias</c><00:31:06.539><c> in</c><00:31:06.839><c> this</c><00:31:07.099><c> country</c><00:31:07.420><c> and</c><00:31:07.599><c> I</c><00:31:07.779><c> believe</c><00:31:08.160><c> throughout</c>

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.099
the<00:31:08.740><c> world</c><00:31:08.900><c> made</c><00:31:09.220><c> great</c><00:31:09.599><c> efforts</c>

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:13.920
to<00:31:11.019><c> continually</c><00:31:11.519><c> keep</c><00:31:11.839><c> in</c><00:31:12.039><c> contact</c><00:31:12.400><c> and</c><00:31:12.619><c> recover</c><00:31:13.079><c> those</c><00:31:13.460><c> who</c>

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.079
had<00:31:14.200><c> left</c><00:31:14.460><c> at</c><00:31:14.660><c> one</c><00:31:14.900><c> time</c><00:31:15.099><c> or</c><00:31:15.240><c> another,</c>

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.960
we<00:31:16.819><c> would</c><00:31:17.079><c> probably</c><00:31:17.539><c> have</c><00:31:17.700><c> more</c><00:31:17.980><c> membership</c><00:31:18.380><c> than</c><00:31:18.579><c> all</c><00:31:18.819><c> the</c>

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.700
new<00:31:19.119><c> preaching</c><00:31:19.460><c> work</c><00:31:19.720><c> we</c><00:31:19.940><c> do.</c>

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.380
Think<00:31:21.640><c> about</c><00:31:21.920><c> it.</c>

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:25.319
Just<00:31:22.880><c> look</c><00:31:23.279><c> in</c><00:31:23.440><c> the</c><00:31:23.599><c> back</c><00:31:23.759><c> of</c><00:31:23.880><c> the</c><00:31:24.039><c> Christodolphin</c><00:31:24.619><c> and</c><00:31:24.859><c> the</c><00:31:25.000><c> tidings</c>

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:27.740
and<00:31:25.799><c> count</c><00:31:26.059><c> up</c><00:31:26.279><c> how</c><00:31:26.460><c> many</c><00:31:26.680><c> people</c><00:31:26.980><c> are</c><00:31:27.200><c> disfellowshipped</c>

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.240
every<00:31:28.099><c> year.</c>

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.039
I've<00:31:28.519><c> done</c><00:31:28.700><c> it.</c>

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:33.119
I'm<00:31:29.460><c> not</c><00:31:29.660><c> going</c><00:31:29.779><c> to</c><00:31:29.880><c> give</c><00:31:30.000><c> you</c><00:31:30.119><c> those</c><00:31:30.339><c> numbers</c><00:31:30.740><c> because</c><00:31:31.420><c> it</c><00:31:31.740><c> make</c><00:31:31.880><c> me</c><00:31:32.200><c> sick.</c>

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:38.880
So<00:31:34.779><c> there's</c><00:31:35.059><c> work</c><00:31:35.359><c> to</c><00:31:35.579><c> be</c><00:31:35.759><c> done</c><00:31:36.160><c> in</c><00:31:36.500><c> sowing</c><00:31:36.680><c> the</c><00:31:36.920><c> word</c><00:31:37.079><c> that</c><00:31:37.259><c> goes</c><00:31:37.480><c> beyond</c><00:31:38.039><c> just</c><00:31:38.380><c> preaching</c><00:31:38.640><c> to</c>

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:40.079
new<00:31:39.079><c> people.</c>

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.680
And<00:31:40.900><c> that's</c><00:31:41.160><c> the</c><00:31:41.319><c> message</c><00:31:41.619><c> there.</c>

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:47.220
It's<00:31:43.180><c> not</c><00:31:43.400><c> just</c><00:31:43.660><c> the</c><00:31:43.859><c> sowing</c><00:31:44.059><c> of</c><00:31:44.240><c> the</c><00:31:44.400><c> word</c><00:31:44.759><c> and</c><00:31:45.339><c> the</c><00:31:45.559><c> tendering</c><00:31:45.880><c> of</c><00:31:46.079><c> new</c><00:31:46.279><c> people.</c>

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:50.299
It's<00:31:47.579><c> the</c><00:31:47.980><c> constant</c><00:31:48.539><c> cultivation</c><00:31:49.339><c> of</c><00:31:49.579><c> that</c><00:31:49.799><c> harvest</c>

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:55.200
to<00:31:51.220><c> see</c><00:31:51.480><c> that</c><00:31:51.660><c> when</c><00:31:51.859><c> the</c><00:31:52.099><c> crop</c><00:31:52.279><c> is</c><00:31:52.500><c> brought</c><00:31:52.779><c> in,</c><00:31:53.380><c> it</c><00:31:53.420><c> is</c><00:31:53.680><c> one</c><00:31:53.819><c> that</c><00:31:54.000><c> is</c><00:31:54.220><c> fruitful.</c>

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:59.579
And<00:31:56.759><c> now</c><00:31:56.859><c> he</c><00:31:57.000><c> talks</c><00:31:57.220><c> about</c><00:31:57.519><c> the</c><00:31:57.759><c> grain</c><00:31:57.960><c> of</c><00:31:58.200><c> mustard</c><00:31:58.559><c> seed.</c>

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:03.740
Mustard<00:32:02.240><c> seed</c><00:32:02.380><c> is</c><00:32:02.519><c> a</c><00:32:02.539><c> very</c><00:32:02.940><c> small</c><00:32:03.359><c> seed.</c>

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:07.859
And<00:32:04.299><c> this</c><00:32:04.920><c> particular</c><00:32:05.799><c> parable</c><00:32:06.339><c> really</c><00:32:06.740><c> strikes</c><00:32:07.000><c> home</c><00:32:07.279><c> to</c><00:32:07.480><c> me</c>

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:09.819
because<00:32:08.220><c> I'm</c><00:32:08.420><c> allergic</c><00:32:08.819><c> to</c><00:32:09.039><c> mustard.</c>

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:12.980
And<00:32:10.819><c> so</c><00:32:10.900><c> this</c><00:32:11.079><c> little</c><00:32:11.359><c> plant</c><00:32:11.660><c> and</c><00:32:11.839><c> this</c><00:32:11.980><c> little</c><00:32:12.259><c> flavoring,</c>

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:16.220
if<00:32:13.480><c> I</c><00:32:13.660><c> have</c><00:32:13.759><c> even</c><00:32:13.960><c> a</c><00:32:14.140><c> little</c><00:32:14.339><c> bit</c><00:32:14.539><c> of</c><00:32:14.640><c> it,</c><00:32:14.740><c> I</c><00:32:14.900><c> get</c><00:32:15.059><c> very</c><00:32:15.380><c> sick.</c>

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:19.480
And<00:32:16.839><c> every</c><00:32:17.019><c> once</c><00:32:17.220><c> in</c><00:32:17.319><c> a</c><00:32:17.400><c> while,</c><00:32:17.559><c> I</c><00:32:17.660><c> think</c><00:32:17.759><c> I</c><00:32:17.859><c> got</c><00:32:18.000><c> very</c><00:32:18.319><c> sick</c><00:32:18.460><c> one</c><00:32:18.680><c> year</c><00:32:18.799><c> at</c><00:32:19.000><c> Shippingsburg</c>

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:22.099
because<00:32:19.779><c> I</c><00:32:19.880><c> had</c><00:32:20.019><c> some</c><00:32:20.279><c> potato</c><00:32:20.619><c> salad</c><00:32:20.960><c> and</c><00:32:21.099><c> I</c><00:32:21.279><c> didn't</c><00:32:21.519><c> really</c>

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:22.880
look<00:32:22.420><c> carefully.</c>

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:24.539
The<00:32:23.180><c> potato</c><00:32:23.400><c> salad</c><00:32:23.579><c> was</c><00:32:23.740><c> a</c><00:32:23.859><c> little</c><00:32:23.980><c> bit</c><00:32:24.200><c> yellow.</c>

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:27.759
And<00:32:25.099><c> I</c><00:32:25.180><c> didn't</c><00:32:25.359><c> realize</c><00:32:25.839><c> that</c><00:32:26.019><c> they</c><00:32:26.180><c> must</c><00:32:26.359><c> have</c><00:32:26.460><c> put</c><00:32:26.579><c> some</c><00:32:26.859><c> powdered</c><00:32:27.079><c> mustard</c><00:32:27.460><c> in</c><00:32:27.640><c> it.</c>

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.759
And<00:32:27.859><c> I</c><00:32:27.960><c> got</c><00:32:28.119><c> very</c><00:32:28.480><c> sick.</c>

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:32.059
So<00:32:29.299><c> I'm</c><00:32:29.700><c> really</c><00:32:30.099><c> trying</c><00:32:30.279><c> to</c><00:32:30.380><c> be</c><00:32:30.640><c> careful</c><00:32:30.920><c> here</c><00:32:31.059><c> to</c><00:32:31.259><c> avoid</c><00:32:31.539><c> anything</c><00:32:31.859><c> that</c>

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.700
looks<00:32:32.240><c> yellowish.</c>

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:36.059
Otherwise,<00:32:33.059><c> you</c><00:32:33.259><c> don't</c><00:32:33.559><c> get</c><00:32:34.000><c> a</c><00:32:34.680><c> talk</c><00:32:34.859><c> the</c><00:32:35.039><c> next</c><00:32:35.299><c> day.</c>

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:38.579
So<00:32:36.279><c> if</c><00:32:36.400><c> anyone</c><00:32:36.619><c> sees</c><00:32:36.859><c> anything</c><00:32:37.220><c> looking</c><00:32:37.559><c> even</c><00:32:38.039><c> vaguely</c><00:32:38.400><c> like</c>

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:40.539
there's<00:32:38.819><c> a</c><00:32:38.920><c> little</c><00:32:39.039><c> yellow</c><00:32:39.299><c> in</c><00:32:39.400><c> it,</c><00:32:39.640><c> please</c><00:32:39.900><c> warn</c><00:32:40.140><c> me.</c>

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:43.660
Now,<00:32:41.180><c> this</c><00:32:41.440><c> plant</c><00:32:41.740><c> is</c><00:32:41.900><c> very</c><00:32:42.220><c> potent</c><00:32:42.500><c> in</c><00:32:42.720><c> that</c><00:32:42.980><c> sense,</c><00:32:43.180><c> I</c><00:32:43.299><c> guess,</c><00:32:43.539><c> if</c>

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:45.140
you<00:32:43.839><c> have</c><00:32:43.940><c> this</c><00:32:44.220><c> allergy.</c>

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:47.599
But<00:32:45.559><c> it's</c><00:32:45.740><c> a</c><00:32:45.819><c> very</c><00:32:46.059><c> small</c><00:32:46.359><c> seed</c><00:32:46.559><c> and</c><00:32:46.700><c> it</c><00:32:46.779><c> grows</c><00:32:46.920><c> into</c><00:32:47.180><c> a</c><00:32:47.380><c> fairly</c>

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.220
large<00:32:47.940><c> bush.</c>

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.680
I<00:32:48.359><c> don't</c><00:32:48.759><c> think</c><00:32:48.900><c> we</c><00:32:49.019><c> would</c><00:32:49.259><c> call</c><00:32:49.440><c> it</c><00:32:49.619><c> a</c><00:32:49.779><c> great</c><00:32:49.960><c> tree</c><00:32:50.220><c> in</c><00:32:50.319><c> terms</c>

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:53.059
of<00:32:51.240><c> the</c><00:32:51.400><c> kind</c><00:32:51.559><c> of</c><00:32:51.740><c> trees</c><00:32:51.900><c> like</c><00:32:52.119><c> the</c><00:32:52.339><c> redwood</c><00:32:52.680><c> or</c><00:32:52.859><c> anything</c>

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.400
like<00:32:53.299><c> that.</c>

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:56.519
It's<00:32:53.559><c> just</c><00:32:53.680><c> a</c><00:32:53.799><c> very,</c><00:32:54.079><c> very</c><00:32:54.339><c> large</c><00:32:54.579><c> bush,</c><00:32:55.460><c> maybe</c><00:32:55.460><c> 8</c><00:32:55.779><c> to</c><00:32:55.859><c> 15</c><00:32:56.299><c> feet</c>

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.660
in<00:32:56.759><c> diameter.</c>

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:03.920
It<00:33:00.240><c> is</c><00:33:00.599><c> one</c><00:33:00.900><c> of</c><00:33:01.019><c> the</c><00:33:01.220><c> few</c><00:33:01.640><c> things</c><00:33:02.180><c> that</c><00:33:02.359><c> has</c><00:33:02.700><c> such</c><00:33:03.059><c> potent</c><00:33:03.460><c> taste</c><00:33:03.779><c> that</c>

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:06.980
when<00:33:04.099><c> you</c><00:33:04.420><c> add</c><00:33:04.559><c> it</c><00:33:04.720><c> to</c><00:33:04.880><c> almost</c><00:33:05.200><c> anything,</c><00:33:06.220><c> you</c><00:33:06.460><c> can</c><00:33:06.720><c> tell</c><00:33:06.859><c> it.</c>

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:11.160
You<00:33:07.140><c> don't</c><00:33:07.480><c> need</c><00:33:07.779><c> a</c><00:33:07.940><c> lot</c><00:33:08.140><c> of</c><00:33:08.299><c> mustard,</c><00:33:08.579><c> for</c><00:33:08.880><c> example,</c><00:33:10.200><c> to</c><00:33:10.480><c> really</c><00:33:10.940><c> tell</c>

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:15.440
you've<00:33:11.519><c> got</c><00:33:11.819><c> that</c><00:33:12.680><c> in</c><00:33:13.819><c> whatever</c><00:33:14.059><c> you're</c><00:33:14.380><c> seasoning</c><00:33:14.619><c> it.</c>

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:20.599
And<00:33:17.519><c> it's</c><00:33:17.799><c> a</c><00:33:17.900><c> very</c><00:33:18.180><c> ancient</c><00:33:18.579><c> one</c><00:33:18.859><c> that</c><00:33:18.980><c> goes</c><00:33:19.180><c> way</c><00:33:19.440><c> back.</c>

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:23.720
But<00:33:20.799><c> this</c><00:33:21.079><c> parable</c><00:33:22.019><c> tells</c><00:33:22.519><c> us</c><00:33:22.700><c> something</c><00:33:22.960><c> about</c><00:33:23.279><c> the</c><00:33:23.480><c> kingdom</c>

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:26.440
of<00:33:23.940><c> God</c><00:33:24.079><c> that</c><00:33:24.220><c> really</c><00:33:24.500><c> should</c><00:33:24.680><c> give</c><00:33:24.759><c> us</c><00:33:24.960><c> a</c><00:33:25.019><c> lot</c><00:33:25.200><c> of</c><00:33:25.339><c> hope.</c>

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:30.279
Verse<00:33:27.380><c> 32,</c><00:33:27.900><c> which</c><00:33:28.059><c> indeed</c><00:33:28.339><c> is</c><00:33:28.519><c> the</c><00:33:28.640><c> least</c><00:33:28.880><c> of</c><00:33:29.059><c> all</c><00:33:29.380><c> seeds.</c>

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:32.740
But<00:33:30.380><c> when</c><00:33:30.559><c> it</c><00:33:30.720><c> is</c><00:33:30.940><c> grown,</c><00:33:31.359><c> it</c><00:33:31.359><c> is</c><00:33:31.500><c> the</c><00:33:31.799><c> greatest</c><00:33:32.099><c> among</c><00:33:32.440><c> herbs</c>

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.980
and<00:33:32.940><c> becomeeth</c><00:33:33.339><c> the</c><00:33:33.599><c> tree,</c>

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:36.960
so<00:33:34.500><c> that</c><00:33:34.680><c> the</c><00:33:34.880><c> birds</c><00:33:35.079><c> of</c><00:33:35.240><c> the</c><00:33:35.380><c> air</c><00:33:35.480><c> come</c><00:33:35.779><c> and</c><00:33:36.000><c> lodge</c><00:33:36.259><c> in</c><00:33:36.740><c> the</c>

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.680
branches<00:33:37.259><c> thereof.</c>

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:43.440
And<00:33:37.799><c> now</c><00:33:37.900><c> he</c><00:33:37.980><c> doesn't</c><00:33:38.220><c> spend</c><00:33:38.480><c> any</c><00:33:38.799><c> time</c><00:33:39.000><c> at</c><00:33:39.140><c> all</c><00:33:39.299><c> explaining</c><00:33:39.720><c> this</c><00:33:40.039><c> parable</c><00:33:40.720><c> because</c><00:33:41.319><c> the</c><00:33:41.559><c> meaning</c><00:33:41.720><c> is</c><00:33:41.940><c> so</c><00:33:42.299><c> obvious,</c><00:33:42.660><c> I</c><00:33:42.900><c> believe.</c>

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:47.220
The<00:33:44.400><c> kingdom</c><00:33:44.740><c> of</c><00:33:44.920><c> God</c><00:33:45.160><c> will</c><00:33:45.440><c> eventually</c><00:33:45.880><c> grow</c><00:33:46.400><c> to</c><00:33:46.839><c> fill</c><00:33:47.039><c> the</c>

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.599
whole<00:33:47.440><c> earth.</c>

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:50.059
It's<00:33:47.839><c> growing</c><00:33:48.119><c> from</c><00:33:48.339><c> a</c><00:33:48.539><c> very</c><00:33:48.819><c> small</c><00:33:49.099><c> seed,</c><00:33:49.339><c> and</c><00:33:49.440><c> we</c><00:33:49.660><c> are</c><00:33:49.880><c> that</c>

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:51.740
very<00:33:50.420><c> small</c><00:33:50.680><c> seed.</c>

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:59.920
But<00:33:53.779><c> if</c><00:33:54.140><c> you</c><00:33:54.299><c> look</c><00:33:54.559><c> back</c><00:33:54.839><c> throughout</c><00:33:55.240><c> all</c><00:33:55.660><c> the</c><00:33:55.859><c> ages</c><00:33:56.119><c> since</c><00:33:56.400><c> Jesus</c><00:33:57.099><c> ascended</c><00:33:58.480><c> into</c><00:33:58.759><c> heaven</c><00:33:59.019><c> over</c><00:33:59.240><c> the</c><00:33:59.400><c> last</c><00:33:59.619><c> 2</c>

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.519
,000<00:34:00.200><c> years,</c>

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:04.299
if<00:34:00.920><c> you</c><00:34:01.299><c> take</c><00:34:01.559><c> from</c><00:34:01.839><c> every</c><00:34:02.319><c> generation</c><00:34:02.920><c> that</c><00:34:03.220><c> small</c><00:34:03.579><c> seed,</c><00:34:03.839><c> you</c><00:34:03.940><c> have</c><00:34:04.160><c> a</c>

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.779
huge<00:34:04.660><c> multitude</c><00:34:05.319><c> of</c><00:34:05.599><c> people,</c>

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:08.960
maybe<00:34:06.180><c> tens</c><00:34:06.460><c> of</c><00:34:06.779><c> millions,</c><00:34:08.000><c> who</c><00:34:08.139><c> will</c><00:34:08.380><c> fill</c><00:34:08.500><c> the</c><00:34:08.739><c> earth.</c>

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:14.260
And<00:34:09.800><c> I</c><00:34:09.940><c> can</c><00:34:10.139><c> assure</c><00:34:10.400><c> you,</c><00:34:10.719><c> brethren,</c><00:34:11.519><c> that</c><00:34:11.780><c> we</c><00:34:12.139><c> don't</c><00:34:12.360><c> even</c><00:34:12.679><c> have</c><00:34:12.900><c> the</c><00:34:13.119><c> vaguest</c><00:34:13.500><c> idea</c><00:34:13.960><c> of</c>

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:16.000
all<00:34:14.579><c> that</c><00:34:14.699><c> God</c><00:34:14.920><c> has</c><00:34:15.239><c> called.</c>

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:18.639
That<00:34:16.320><c> would</c><00:34:16.500><c> be</c><00:34:16.699><c> really</c><00:34:17.000><c> presumptuous</c><00:34:17.559><c> and</c><00:34:17.860><c> arrogant</c><00:34:18.119><c> on</c><00:34:18.320><c> my</c>

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:20.780
part<00:34:18.880><c> to</c><00:34:19.599><c> know</c><00:34:19.880><c> that.</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:25.000
But<00:34:21.539><c> God</c><00:34:21.920><c> will</c><00:34:22.260><c> do</c><00:34:22.519><c> this,</c><00:34:23.500><c> so</c><00:34:23.699><c> we</c><00:34:23.860><c> should</c><00:34:24.059><c> never</c><00:34:24.320><c> give</c><00:34:24.539><c> up</c><00:34:24.800><c> hope.</c>

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:26.820
You<00:34:25.119><c> know,</c><00:34:25.360><c> sometimes</c><00:34:25.719><c> you</c><00:34:25.880><c> hear</c><00:34:25.940><c> people</c><00:34:26.059><c> say,</c><00:34:26.519><c> well,</c><00:34:26.619><c> geez,</c>

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:29.000
we're<00:34:27.019><c> so</c><00:34:27.219><c> small</c><00:34:27.519><c> in</c><00:34:27.679><c> number,</c><00:34:27.960><c> or</c><00:34:28.059><c> it's</c><00:34:28.199><c> so</c><00:34:28.460><c> hard</c><00:34:28.599><c> to</c><00:34:28.840><c> preach</c>

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.380
the<00:34:29.179><c> word.</c>

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:32.199
Well,<00:34:29.900><c> of</c><00:34:30.139><c> course,</c><00:34:30.480><c> that's</c><00:34:30.780><c> the</c><00:34:30.820><c> way</c><00:34:30.940><c> it's</c><00:34:31.199><c> supposed</c><00:34:31.539><c> to</c><00:34:31.780><c> be.</c>

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:35.659
Don't<00:34:33.079><c> get</c><00:34:33.360><c> discouraged,</c><00:34:33.860><c> just</c><00:34:34.119><c> keep</c><00:34:34.360><c> doing</c><00:34:34.659><c> it,</c><00:34:35.119><c> because</c><00:34:35.440><c> in</c>

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.840
the<00:34:35.860><c> end,</c><00:34:36.760><c> tremendous</c><00:34:37.039><c> things</c><00:34:37.420><c> happen.</c>

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:41.159
Now,<00:34:38.619><c> I'm</c><00:34:38.820><c> going</c><00:34:38.900><c> to</c><00:34:38.960><c> give</c><00:34:39.079><c> you</c><00:34:39.260><c> a</c><00:34:39.260><c> very</c><00:34:39.659><c> simple</c><00:34:39.960><c> example,</c>

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.980
very<00:34:41.559><c> simple</c><00:34:41.920><c> example.</c>

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:46.320
Some<00:34:43.980><c> of</c><00:34:44.099><c> you</c><00:34:44.219><c> here</c><00:34:44.420><c> may</c><00:34:44.800><c> have</c><00:34:44.980><c> known</c><00:34:45.099><c> my</c><00:34:45.380><c> grandfather.</c>

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:50.280
Now,<00:34:47.260><c> my</c><00:34:47.380><c> grandfather</c><00:34:47.840><c> came</c><00:34:48.119><c> into</c><00:34:48.360><c> the</c><00:34:48.639><c> truth</c><00:34:49.099><c> as</c><00:34:49.760><c> an</c><00:34:49.960><c> Italian</c>

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:53.719
immigrant<00:34:50.860><c> around</c><00:34:51.500><c> the</c><00:34:51.719><c> turn</c><00:34:52.159><c> of</c><00:34:52.800><c> the</c><00:34:52.960><c> First</c><00:34:53.179><c> World</c><00:34:53.480><c> War,</c>

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.760
sometime<00:34:54.179><c> 1914,</c><00:34:55.300><c> 1918.</c>

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:58.099
I'm<00:34:56.099><c> not</c><00:34:56.380><c> sure</c><00:34:56.559><c> of</c><00:34:56.659><c> the</c><00:34:56.820><c> date,</c><00:34:57.039><c> and</c><00:34:57.219><c> I</c><00:34:57.300><c> don't</c><00:34:57.460><c> think</c><00:34:57.599><c> anyone</c><00:34:57.920><c> in</c>

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:59.619
this<00:34:58.239><c> family</c><00:34:58.559><c> is</c><00:34:58.840><c> sure.</c>

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:03.219
Among<00:35:00.179><c> other</c><00:35:00.420><c> things,</c><00:35:00.880><c> Grandpa</c><00:35:01.039><c> kept</c><00:35:01.320><c> all</c><00:35:01.519><c> his</c><00:35:01.699><c> notes</c><00:35:01.880><c> in</c><00:35:02.139><c> Italian,</c><00:35:02.679><c> and</c>

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:05.199
few<00:35:03.420><c> of</c><00:35:03.579><c> us</c><00:35:03.699><c> could</c><00:35:03.900><c> read</c><00:35:04.159><c> that.</c>

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:07.619
In<00:35:05.659><c> fact,</c><00:35:05.880><c> I</c><00:35:06.099><c> only</c><00:35:06.300><c> was</c><00:35:06.460><c> able</c><00:35:06.639><c> to</c><00:35:06.780><c> read</c><00:35:06.900><c> Italian</c><00:35:07.219><c> after</c><00:35:07.440><c> going</c>

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:09.699
to<00:35:07.840><c> college</c><00:35:08.059><c> and</c><00:35:08.239><c> everything,</c><00:35:08.500><c> and</c><00:35:08.539><c> he</c><00:35:08.659><c> was</c><00:35:08.880><c> already</c><00:35:09.219><c> dead</c><00:35:09.420><c> by</c>

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:11.139
that<00:35:09.940><c> time.</c>

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:17.659
When<00:35:13.599><c> he</c><00:35:13.960><c> died,</c><00:35:15.719><c> he</c><00:35:15.940><c> thought</c><00:35:16.199><c> his</c><00:35:16.420><c> whole</c><00:35:16.699><c> life</c><00:35:17.019><c> had</c><00:35:17.219><c> been</c><00:35:17.460><c> a</c>

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:19.119
terrible<00:35:18.000><c> waste,</c>

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:23.119
that<00:35:20.219><c> he</c><00:35:20.340><c> really</c><00:35:20.679><c> never</c><00:35:21.099><c> significantly</c><00:35:22.059><c> influenced</c><00:35:22.739><c> anyone</c>

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:25.239
or<00:35:23.280><c> brought</c><00:35:23.480><c> anyone</c><00:35:23.840><c> into</c><00:35:24.099><c> the</c><00:35:24.340><c> truth.</c>

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:29.380
Now,<00:35:27.460><c> he's</c><00:35:27.699><c> going</c><00:35:27.800><c> to</c><00:35:27.880><c> be</c><00:35:27.960><c> real</c><00:35:28.199><c> surprised</c><00:35:28.679><c> to</c><00:35:28.900><c> know</c><00:35:29.059><c> that</c><00:35:29.219><c> he</c>

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:34.860
has<00:35:31.059><c> grandchildren,</c><00:35:33.460><c> great</c><00:35:33.659><c>-grandchildren,</c>

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:38.800
my<00:35:35.599><c> father,</c><00:35:36.219><c> who</c><00:35:36.760><c> thought</c><00:35:37.059><c> he</c><00:35:37.480><c> would</c><00:35:37.760><c> never</c><00:35:38.099><c> even</c><00:35:38.380><c> listen</c><00:35:38.639><c> to</c>

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:40.000
my<00:35:39.000><c> grandfather,</c>

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:43.239
a<00:35:40.420><c> daughter,</c><00:35:41.159><c> who</c><00:35:41.559><c> came</c><00:35:41.780><c> into</c><00:35:41.960><c> the</c><00:35:42.179><c> truth</c><00:35:42.280><c> 13</c><00:35:42.719><c> years</c><00:35:42.940><c> after</c>

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.900
the<00:35:43.460><c> grandfather</c><00:35:43.820><c> died.</c>

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:48.579
In<00:35:45.579><c> fact,</c><00:35:45.820><c> if</c><00:35:46.000><c> I</c><00:35:46.139><c> went</c><00:35:46.239><c> back</c><00:35:46.519><c> and</c><00:35:46.739><c> counted</c><00:35:47.000><c> all</c><00:35:47.420><c> the</c><00:35:47.619><c> people</c><00:35:48.000><c> just</c><00:35:48.440><c> in</c>

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:51.039
his<00:35:48.840><c> family</c><00:35:49.179><c> that</c><00:35:49.360><c> came</c><00:35:49.539><c> into</c><00:35:49.719><c> the</c><00:35:49.900><c> truth</c><00:35:50.000><c> that</c><00:35:50.139><c> he</c><00:35:50.300><c> knew</c><00:35:50.519><c> nothing</c><00:35:50.840><c> at</c>

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.639
all<00:35:51.239><c> about,</c>

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:54.360
but<00:35:52.039><c> who</c><00:35:52.300><c> never</c><00:35:52.619><c> would</c><00:35:52.840><c> have</c><00:35:52.920><c> been</c><00:35:53.059><c> in</c><00:35:53.179><c> the</c><00:35:53.380><c> truth</c><00:35:53.539><c> if</c><00:35:53.679><c> it</c><00:35:53.820><c> wasn't</c><00:35:54.119><c> for</c>

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:57.480
him,<00:35:55.460><c> I</c><00:35:55.500><c> think</c><00:35:55.619><c> there's</c><00:35:55.800><c> about</c><00:35:56.039><c> 60</c><00:35:56.380><c> people.</c>

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:01.480
And<00:35:59.460><c> then,</c><00:35:59.719><c> of</c><00:35:59.760><c> course,</c><00:36:00.340><c> some</c><00:36:00.480><c> of</c><00:36:00.599><c> you</c><00:36:00.679><c> know</c><00:36:00.860><c> that</c><00:36:01.039><c> my</c><00:36:01.239><c> brother</c>

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:03.659
and<00:36:01.659><c> I</c><00:36:01.739><c> and</c><00:36:01.780><c> others</c><00:36:01.920><c> have</c><00:36:02.159><c> taught</c><00:36:02.360><c> others,</c><00:36:03.440><c> right?</c>

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:07.079
So<00:36:04.000><c> that</c><00:36:04.280><c> tree</c><00:36:04.500><c> has</c><00:36:04.719><c> grown,</c><00:36:05.139><c> many</c><00:36:05.400><c> branches,</c><00:36:05.980><c> so</c><00:36:06.119><c> on,</c><00:36:06.639><c> none</c><00:36:06.840><c> of</c>

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:11.039
which<00:36:07.280><c> he</c><00:36:08.019><c> died</c><00:36:08.219><c> in</c><00:36:08.460><c> 1964</c><00:36:09.099><c> without</c><00:36:09.539><c> seeing</c><00:36:09.820><c> any</c><00:36:10.099><c> of</c><00:36:10.219><c> that.</c>

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:14.519
But<00:36:11.340><c> if</c><00:36:11.500><c> he</c><00:36:11.760><c> hadn't</c><00:36:12.000><c> responded</c><00:36:12.539><c> to</c><00:36:12.840><c> the</c><00:36:13.059><c> truth</c><00:36:13.340><c> around</c><00:36:13.659><c> 1914</c>

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:16.780
as<00:36:15.300><c> an</c><00:36:15.500><c> immigrant</c><00:36:15.840><c> to</c><00:36:16.059><c> this</c><00:36:16.219><c> country,</c>

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:20.900
not<00:36:17.400><c> knowing</c><00:36:17.699><c> much</c><00:36:17.980><c> else</c><00:36:18.320><c> except</c><00:36:19.059><c> that</c><00:36:19.400><c> Catholicism</c><00:36:20.300><c> was</c><00:36:20.539><c> wrong</c><00:36:20.820><c> and</c>

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:22.760
he<00:36:21.019><c> was</c><00:36:21.159><c> looking</c><00:36:21.380><c> for</c><00:36:21.599><c> something</c><00:36:21.900><c> else,</c>

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.599
and<00:36:23.300><c> having</c><00:36:23.699><c> died</c><00:36:23.980><c> after</c><00:36:24.320><c> 50</c><00:36:24.619><c> years</c><00:36:24.860><c> in</c><00:36:25.019><c> the</c><00:36:25.179><c> truth</c><00:36:25.300><c> thinking</c>

00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:28.340
that<00:36:25.780><c> only</c><00:36:25.980><c> a</c><00:36:26.139><c> few</c><00:36:26.280><c> people</c><00:36:26.619><c> he</c><00:36:27.159><c> had</c><00:36:27.360><c> had</c><00:36:27.500><c> some</c><00:36:27.659><c> influence</c><00:36:28.059><c> on,</c>

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:31.599
he<00:36:28.719><c> would</c><00:36:28.900><c> be</c><00:36:29.119><c> absolutely</c><00:36:29.579><c> stunned</c><00:36:29.760><c> to</c><00:36:30.000><c> see</c><00:36:30.099><c> how</c><00:36:30.280><c> this</c><00:36:30.980><c> mustard</c><00:36:31.380><c> seed</c>

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.800
has<00:36:31.880><c> grown.</c>

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:36.219
And<00:36:33.400><c> so</c><00:36:33.579><c> don't</c><00:36:33.840><c> ever</c><00:36:34.099><c> give</c><00:36:34.320><c> up.</c><00:36:35.199><c> You</c><00:36:35.360><c> never</c><00:36:35.599><c> know</c><00:36:35.840><c> who</c><00:36:36.039><c> you're</c>

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:37.460
going<00:36:36.360><c> to</c><00:36:36.539><c> teach</c><00:36:36.699><c> that</c><00:36:37.000><c> word</c><00:36:37.159><c> to.</c>

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:40.780
You<00:36:37.900><c> never</c><00:36:38.119><c> know</c><00:36:38.340><c> that</c><00:36:38.500><c> even</c><00:36:38.659><c> after</c><00:36:38.920><c> you're</c><00:36:39.199><c> gone</c><00:36:39.599><c> who's</c><00:36:40.219><c> going</c><00:36:40.440><c> to</c>

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:42.179
accept<00:36:41.000><c> it</c><00:36:41.599><c> from</c><00:36:41.820><c> these</c><00:36:42.039><c> things.</c>

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:46.019
If<00:36:42.239><c> God</c><00:36:42.480><c> can</c><00:36:42.780><c> see</c><00:36:42.920><c> beyond</c><00:36:43.199><c> this,</c><00:36:43.420><c> and</c><00:36:43.559><c> we</c><00:36:43.699><c> can't,</c><00:36:45.500><c> and</c><00:36:45.639><c> so</c><00:36:45.800><c> we</c>

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.760
should<00:36:46.199><c> have</c><00:36:46.360><c> courage,</c>

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:49.860
keep<00:36:47.159><c> doing</c><00:36:47.480><c> the</c><00:36:47.639><c> work,</c><00:36:47.920><c> keep</c><00:36:48.079><c> planting</c><00:36:48.380><c> the</c><00:36:48.639><c> seed,</c><00:36:48.940><c> keep</c><00:36:49.079><c> nourishing</c><00:36:49.519><c> it,</c>

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:53.960
it<00:36:50.500><c> will</c><00:36:50.739><c> grow,</c><00:36:51.840><c> and</c><00:36:51.920><c> God</c><00:36:52.179><c> will</c><00:36:52.440><c> give</c><00:36:52.619><c> the</c><00:36:52.840><c> increase.</c>

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:57.480
Another<00:36:54.940><c> parable</c><00:36:55.400><c> spake</c><00:36:55.800><c> he</c><00:36:55.900><c> unto</c><00:36:56.099><c> them,</c><00:36:56.420><c> the</c><00:36:56.539><c> kingdom</c><00:36:56.860><c> of</c><00:36:57.039><c> heaven</c><00:36:57.219><c> is</c>

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.880
like<00:36:57.699><c> unto</c><00:36:58.079><c> Levin.</c>

00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:03.380
Now,<00:36:59.820><c> often</c><00:37:00.059><c> commentators</c><00:37:00.980><c> say,</c><00:37:01.239><c> well,</c><00:37:01.400><c> Levin</c><00:37:01.599><c> is</c><00:37:01.860><c> uniformly</c><00:37:02.320><c> bad,</c>

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:06.099
and<00:37:04.239><c> they</c><00:37:04.420><c> go</c><00:37:04.559><c> on</c><00:37:04.760><c> and</c><00:37:04.960><c> interpret</c><00:37:05.219><c> these</c><00:37:05.500><c> things</c><00:37:05.659><c> with</c><00:37:05.860><c> these</c>

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:08.480
kind<00:37:06.219><c> of</c><00:37:06.420><c> uniform</c><00:37:06.820><c> approaches</c><00:37:07.260><c> to</c><00:37:07.619><c> allegorical</c><00:37:08.179><c> teaching.</c>

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:11.519
I<00:37:09.280><c> submit</c><00:37:09.559><c> to</c><00:37:09.760><c> you</c><00:37:09.860><c> that</c><00:37:10.139><c> in</c><00:37:10.420><c> this</c><00:37:10.639><c> parable</c><00:37:11.000><c> it</c><00:37:11.159><c> has</c><00:37:11.300><c> nothing</c>

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.539
to<00:37:11.719><c> do</c><00:37:11.820><c> with</c><00:37:11.980><c> being</c><00:37:12.179><c> bad.</c>

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:15.280
It<00:37:13.039><c> has</c><00:37:13.280><c> to</c><00:37:13.440><c> do</c><00:37:13.539><c> with</c><00:37:13.739><c> being</c><00:37:14.000><c> something</c><00:37:14.300><c> small</c><00:37:14.800><c> that</c><00:37:14.940><c> has</c><00:37:15.139><c> a</c>

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.820
tremendous<00:37:15.699><c> influence.</c>

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:19.599
Another<00:37:17.920><c> parable</c><00:37:18.340><c> he</c><00:37:18.579><c> spake</c><00:37:18.739><c> unto</c><00:37:18.920><c> them,</c><00:37:19.119><c> the</c><00:37:19.139><c> kingdom</c><00:37:19.380><c> is</c>

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.280
like<00:37:19.840><c> unto</c><00:37:20.059><c> Levin,</c>

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:22.320
which<00:37:20.500><c> a</c><00:37:20.659><c> woman</c><00:37:20.840><c> took</c><00:37:21.059><c> and</c><00:37:21.219><c> hid</c><00:37:21.320><c> in</c><00:37:21.440><c> three</c><00:37:21.659><c> measures</c><00:37:21.960><c> of</c><00:37:22.179><c> meal</c>

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:23.980
till<00:37:22.519><c> the</c><00:37:22.739><c> whole</c><00:37:22.920><c> was</c><00:37:23.199><c> Levin.</c>

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:29.460
Now,<00:37:26.340><c> it's</c><00:37:26.539><c> kind</c><00:37:26.739><c> of</c><00:37:26.900><c> interesting</c><00:37:27.280><c> that</c><00:37:28.119><c> Levin,</c><00:37:28.780><c> we're</c><00:37:29.300><c> not</c>

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.820
all<00:37:29.659><c> that</c><00:37:29.820><c> familiar</c><00:37:30.119><c> with</c><00:37:30.260><c> Levin</c><00:37:30.559><c> today</c>

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:33.159
because<00:37:31.079><c> everything</c><00:37:31.380><c> is</c><00:37:31.619><c> pre</c><00:37:31.940><c>-packaged</c><00:37:32.260><c> and</c><00:37:32.360><c> everybody</c><00:37:32.500><c> goes,</c><00:37:32.699><c> who</c>

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:34.159
bakes<00:37:33.480><c> bread</c><00:37:33.760><c> here?</c>

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:39.460
Who<00:37:35.099><c> bakes</c><00:37:35.340><c> sourdough</c><00:37:35.880><c> bread?</c><00:37:38.519><c> Nobody.</c>

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:41.039
You<00:37:39.599><c> know</c><00:37:39.739><c> what</c><00:37:39.980><c> sourdough</c><00:37:40.360><c> bread</c><00:37:40.539><c> is,</c><00:37:40.820><c> right?</c>

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:44.639
You<00:37:41.360><c> take</c><00:37:41.639><c> a</c><00:37:41.780><c> little</c><00:37:41.960><c> of</c><00:37:42.260><c> yesterday's</c><00:37:43.659><c> dough</c><00:37:43.940><c> and</c><00:37:44.199><c> you</c><00:37:44.360><c> put</c><00:37:44.440><c> it</c>

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:46.260
somewhere<00:37:44.900><c> and</c><00:37:45.019><c> let</c><00:37:45.139><c> it</c><00:37:45.420><c> spoil.</c>

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:49.880
And<00:37:47.219><c> then</c><00:37:47.360><c> you</c><00:37:47.840><c> knead</c><00:37:48.000><c> it</c><00:37:48.179><c> into</c><00:37:48.400><c> the</c><00:37:48.619><c> next</c><00:37:48.860><c> day's</c><00:37:49.199><c> dough.</c>

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:52.179
And<00:37:50.179><c> if</c><00:37:50.280><c> you're</c><00:37:50.480><c> going</c><00:37:50.539><c> to</c><00:37:50.780><c> buy</c><00:37:50.780><c> sourdough</c><00:37:51.360><c> bread</c><00:37:51.579><c> in</c><00:37:51.780><c> Ann</c><00:37:52.000><c> Arbor,</c>

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:56.480
you<00:37:52.340><c> pay</c><00:37:52.559><c> five</c><00:37:52.880><c> times</c><00:37:53.239><c> the</c><00:37:53.440><c> amount</c><00:37:53.940><c> that</c><00:37:54.239><c> you</c><00:37:54.400><c> pay</c><00:37:54.579><c> for</c><00:37:54.800><c> machine</c><00:37:55.320><c> yeast</c><00:37:56.099><c> bread.</c>

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:59.980
But<00:37:57.079><c> it</c><00:37:57.219><c> really</c><00:37:57.500><c> does</c><00:37:57.800><c> taste</c><00:37:58.119><c> good.</c><00:37:58.800><c> I</c><00:37:58.940><c> mean,</c><00:37:59.039><c> there's</c><00:37:59.219><c> nothing</c><00:37:59.539><c> like</c><00:37:59.840><c> it.</c>

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:04.880
So<00:38:00.800><c> really,</c><00:38:02.960><c> the</c><00:38:03.039><c> texture</c><00:38:03.400><c> of</c><00:38:03.519><c> it</c><00:38:03.639><c> is</c><00:38:03.880><c> different.</c>

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:10.099
Now,<00:38:05.719><c> that</c><00:38:06.139><c> little</c><00:38:06.780><c> bit,</c><00:38:07.860><c> when</c><00:38:07.980><c> he</c><00:38:08.219><c> says</c><00:38:08.519><c> here</c><00:38:08.840><c> three</c><00:38:09.119><c> measures,</c>

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:16.179
to<00:38:10.880><c> put</c><00:38:11.059><c> it</c><00:38:11.260><c> in</c><00:38:12.300><c> modern</c><00:38:12.800><c> units,</c><00:38:14.880><c> my</c><00:38:14.980><c> Oxford</c><00:38:15.340><c> says</c><00:38:15.619><c> in</c><00:38:15.760><c> the</c><00:38:15.960><c> margin,</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:18.860
the<00:38:16.460><c> Greek</c><00:38:16.639><c> is</c><00:38:16.920><c> a</c><00:38:17.019><c> measure</c><00:38:17.219><c> containing</c><00:38:17.659><c> about</c><00:38:18.059><c> a</c><00:38:18.199><c> peck</c><00:38:18.420><c> and</c><00:38:18.659><c> a</c><00:38:18.659><c> half.</c>

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:20.599
Now,<00:38:19.139><c> isn't</c><00:38:19.260><c> that</c><00:38:19.460><c> a</c><00:38:19.559><c> big</c><00:38:19.699><c> help?</c>

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:24.980
That's<00:38:22.960><c> because</c><00:38:23.199><c> we</c><00:38:23.719><c> have</c><00:38:23.880><c> to</c><00:38:24.099><c> deal</c><00:38:24.239><c> with</c><00:38:24.420><c> things</c><00:38:24.559><c> like</c><00:38:24.800><c> the</c>

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:26.260
Oxford<00:38:25.320><c> Bible.</c>

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:29.920
To<00:38:26.780><c> put</c><00:38:27.000><c> it</c><00:38:27.219><c> in</c><00:38:27.460><c> kind</c><00:38:27.679><c> of</c><00:38:27.940><c> something</c><00:38:28.320><c> we</c><00:38:28.559><c> might</c><00:38:28.780><c> understand</c><00:38:29.280><c> in</c><00:38:29.500><c> America,</c>

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:33.159
I<00:38:30.500><c> would</c><00:38:30.760><c> say</c><00:38:30.900><c> it's</c><00:38:31.139><c> about</c><00:38:31.460><c> five</c><00:38:31.760><c> or</c><00:38:31.940><c> six</c><00:38:32.239><c> quarts.</c>

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:37.159
So<00:38:34.000><c> to</c><00:38:34.239><c> take</c><00:38:34.360><c> about</c><00:38:34.619><c> five</c><00:38:34.840><c> or</c><00:38:34.960><c> six</c><00:38:35.280><c> quarts</c><00:38:35.559><c> of</c><00:38:36.739><c> milk</c>

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:39.599
and<00:38:37.320><c> you</c><00:38:37.460><c> get</c><00:38:37.639><c> some</c><00:38:37.940><c> idea</c><00:38:38.219><c> how</c><00:38:38.380><c> much</c><00:38:38.579><c> that</c><00:38:38.820><c> is,</c><00:38:39.139><c> and</c><00:38:39.300><c> you</c><00:38:39.420><c> take</c>

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.219
one<00:38:39.900><c> pinch.</c>

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.780
That's<00:38:40.699><c> all</c><00:38:40.880><c> you</c><00:38:41.079><c> need.</c>

00:38:42.219 --> 00:38:44.519
And<00:38:42.400><c> so</c><00:38:42.659><c> in</c><00:38:42.800><c> order</c><00:38:43.000><c> for</c><00:38:43.199><c> the</c><00:38:43.400><c> word</c><00:38:43.539><c> to</c><00:38:43.840><c> grow,</c><00:38:44.079><c> you</c><00:38:44.139><c> don't</c><00:38:44.360><c> need</c>

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.179
a<00:38:44.639><c> lot</c><00:38:44.860><c> of</c><00:38:44.980><c> it.</c>

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:48.300
It<00:38:45.840><c> will</c><00:38:46.019><c> have</c><00:38:46.159><c> a</c><00:38:46.280><c> tremendous</c><00:38:46.739><c> influence</c><00:38:47.099><c> on</c><00:38:47.280><c> a</c><00:38:47.360><c> lot</c><00:38:47.500><c> of</c><00:38:47.659><c> other</c><00:38:47.820><c> people</c>

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:52.500
if<00:38:48.800><c> we</c><00:38:49.039><c> keep</c><00:38:49.559><c> doing</c><00:38:49.980><c> it</c><00:38:50.300><c> and</c><00:38:50.460><c> kneading</c><00:38:50.820><c> it</c><00:38:51.000><c> and</c><00:38:51.159><c> working</c><00:38:51.480><c> on</c><00:38:51.699><c> it.</c>

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:58.699
And<00:38:54.340><c> these</c><00:38:54.820><c> parables</c><00:38:55.340><c> are</c><00:38:55.900><c> meant</c><00:38:56.280><c> not</c><00:38:57.280><c> only</c><00:38:57.500><c> to</c><00:38:57.780><c> teach</c><00:38:57.960><c> us,</c>

00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:02.800
not<00:38:59.340><c> only</c><00:38:59.659><c> to</c><00:39:00.099><c> reprimand</c><00:39:00.599><c> us,</c><00:39:01.159><c> not</c><00:39:01.280><c> only</c><00:39:01.460><c> to</c><00:39:01.679><c> keep</c><00:39:01.780><c> us</c><00:39:02.280><c> in</c><00:39:02.460><c> the</c><00:39:02.639><c> way,</c>

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:04.460
but<00:39:02.940><c> also</c><00:39:03.260><c> to</c><00:39:03.460><c> encourage</c><00:39:03.800><c> us,</c>

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:06.900
because<00:39:05.159><c> it</c><00:39:05.320><c> can</c><00:39:05.519><c> get</c><00:39:05.659><c> pretty</c><00:39:05.940><c> discouraging</c><00:39:06.519><c> sometimes.</c>

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:10.940
And<00:39:07.099><c> the</c><00:39:07.239><c> worst</c><00:39:07.420><c> thing</c><00:39:07.639><c> that</c><00:39:08.159><c> will</c><00:39:08.960><c> take</c><00:39:09.179><c> us</c><00:39:09.480><c> away</c><00:39:09.840><c> from</c><00:39:10.380><c> the</c><00:39:10.639><c> truth</c>

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:14.420
is<00:39:11.420><c> that</c><00:39:11.679><c> combination</c><00:39:12.260><c> of</c><00:39:12.559><c> deceitfulness</c><00:39:13.039><c> of</c><00:39:13.280><c> riches</c><00:39:13.519><c> and</c><00:39:13.800><c> discouragement.</c>

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:16.179
You<00:39:14.880><c> know,</c><00:39:15.139><c> sometimes</c><00:39:15.519><c> you</c><00:39:15.639><c> hear</c><00:39:15.780><c> people</c><00:39:16.000><c> say,</c>

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:18.079
well,<00:39:16.619><c> I</c><00:39:16.820><c> don't</c><00:39:17.039><c> want</c><00:39:17.159><c> to</c><00:39:17.260><c> go</c><00:39:17.360><c> to</c><00:39:17.460><c> the</c><00:39:17.579><c> meeting</c><00:39:17.739><c> because</c><00:39:17.900><c> it's</c>

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:19.500
filled<00:39:18.320><c> with</c><00:39:18.519><c> hypocrites.</c>

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:22.539
You<00:39:20.239><c> know,</c><00:39:20.860><c> my</c><00:39:20.880><c> usual</c><00:39:21.239><c> answer</c><00:39:21.539><c> to</c><00:39:21.659><c> them</c><00:39:21.760><c> is</c><00:39:21.920><c> that</c><00:39:22.139><c> one</c><00:39:22.380><c> more</c>

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:24.440
won't<00:39:22.719><c> make</c><00:39:22.980><c> any</c><00:39:23.219><c> difference</c><00:39:23.599><c> then.</c>

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:27.380
I<00:39:25.260><c> mean,</c><00:39:25.440><c> you</c><00:39:25.599><c> know,</c><00:39:25.599><c> who</c><00:39:25.780><c> is</c><00:39:26.000><c> not</c><00:39:26.199><c> a</c><00:39:26.380><c> hypocrite?</c>

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:31.639
I<00:39:28.519><c> mean,</c><00:39:28.760><c> who</c><00:39:29.000><c> has</c><00:39:29.219><c> not</c><00:39:29.360><c> been</c><00:39:29.559><c> a</c><00:39:29.699><c> hypocrite</c><00:39:30.000><c> at</c><00:39:30.179><c> one</c><00:39:30.400><c> time</c><00:39:30.619><c> or</c><00:39:30.800><c> other?</c>

00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:34.780
The<00:39:32.599><c> study</c><00:39:32.860><c> of</c><00:39:33.039><c> the</c><00:39:33.239><c> word</c><00:39:33.519><c> and</c><00:39:33.719><c> the</c><00:39:33.940><c> constant</c><00:39:34.179><c> living</c><00:39:34.480><c> in</c><00:39:34.639><c> it</c>

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:37.980
is<00:39:34.900><c> what's</c><00:39:35.300><c> to</c><00:39:35.519><c> purify</c><00:39:35.900><c> that</c><00:39:36.079><c> and</c><00:39:36.239><c> take</c><00:39:36.380><c> this</c><00:39:36.539><c> out</c><00:39:36.760><c> of</c><00:39:36.880><c> us.</c>

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:40.800
That<00:39:38.559><c> the</c><00:39:38.780><c> leaven</c><00:39:38.960><c> of</c><00:39:39.219><c> hypocrisy</c><00:39:39.800><c> is</c><00:39:39.960><c> not</c><00:39:40.179><c> the</c><00:39:40.360><c> thing</c><00:39:40.500><c> that</c>

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:42.699
grows<00:39:41.139><c> and</c><00:39:41.380><c> corrupts</c><00:39:41.800><c> us.</c>

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:46.179
Now,<00:39:44.019><c> go</c><00:39:44.179><c> down</c><00:39:44.400><c> to</c><00:39:44.539><c> this</c><00:39:44.780><c> next</c><00:39:45.099><c> parable,</c><00:39:45.719><c> the</c><00:39:45.800><c> one</c><00:39:45.920><c> of</c><00:39:46.059><c> the</c>

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:47.500
hidden<00:39:46.460><c> treasure,</c>

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.340
verse<00:39:48.940><c> 44.</c>

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:52.519
Again,<00:39:50.340><c> the</c><00:39:50.360><c> kingdom</c><00:39:50.739><c> of</c><00:39:50.960><c> heaven</c><00:39:51.119><c> is</c><00:39:51.340><c> like</c><00:39:51.539><c> unto</c><00:39:51.820><c> a</c><00:39:51.900><c> hidden</c><00:39:52.019><c> treasure,</c>

00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.920
a<00:39:52.800><c> treasure</c><00:39:52.980><c> hidden</c><00:39:53.179><c> afield,</c>

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:56.880
the<00:39:54.360><c> which,</c><00:39:54.920><c> when</c><00:39:55.099><c> a</c><00:39:55.280><c> man</c><00:39:55.599><c> hath</c><00:39:55.840><c> found,</c><00:39:56.400><c> he</c><00:39:56.599><c> hideth,</c>

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:59.500
and<00:39:57.340><c> for</c><00:39:57.500><c> joy</c><00:39:57.699><c> thereof</c><00:39:58.159><c> goeth,</c><00:39:58.559><c> and</c><00:39:58.739><c> selleth</c><00:39:58.980><c> all</c><00:39:59.199><c> that</c><00:39:59.320><c> he</c>

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:01.460
hath,<00:39:59.719><c> and</c><00:39:59.940><c> buyeth</c><00:40:00.280><c> that</c><00:40:00.559><c> field.</c>

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:04.639
Now,<00:40:02.539><c> that</c><00:40:02.719><c> sounds</c><00:40:03.019><c> almost</c><00:40:03.500><c> immoral,</c><00:40:04.059><c> isn't</c><00:40:04.219><c> it?</c>

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:08.099
You<00:40:04.800><c> know,</c><00:40:05.619><c> suppose</c><00:40:05.940><c> I</c><00:40:06.500><c> knew</c><00:40:06.800><c> there</c><00:40:06.960><c> was</c><00:40:07.159><c> a</c><00:40:07.300><c> plot</c><00:40:07.579><c> of</c><00:40:07.719><c> land</c><00:40:07.900><c> in</c>

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.539
Ann<00:40:08.360><c> Arbor,</c>

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:11.099
and<00:40:08.659><c> under</c><00:40:08.840><c> that</c><00:40:09.079><c> land</c><00:40:09.380><c> was</c><00:40:10.119><c> oil.</c>

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:13.199
Geez,<00:40:12.420><c> I</c><00:40:12.539><c> wish</c><00:40:12.659><c> that</c><00:40:12.840><c> were</c><00:40:13.000><c> true.</c>

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:16.239
What<00:40:13.900><c> would</c><00:40:14.059><c> you</c><00:40:14.199><c> do?</c><00:40:14.340><c> You'd</c><00:40:14.659><c> do</c><00:40:14.900><c> anything</c><00:40:15.219><c> to</c><00:40:15.380><c> get</c><00:40:15.500><c> that</c><00:40:15.699><c> piece</c><00:40:15.920><c> of</c><00:40:16.079><c> land.</c>

00:40:16.239 --> 00:40:18.760
Well,<00:40:16.960><c> interestingly</c><00:40:17.320><c> enough,</c><00:40:17.699><c> when</c><00:40:17.780><c> I</c><00:40:18.019><c> bought</c><00:40:18.139><c> my</c><00:40:18.460><c> property</c>

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.599
in<00:40:18.980><c> California,</c>

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.800
there<00:40:20.219><c> was</c><00:40:20.500><c> oil</c><00:40:20.739><c> under</c><00:40:21.059><c> it.</c>

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:25.619
Except<00:40:22.639><c> when</c><00:40:22.880><c> I</c><00:40:23.139><c> signed</c><00:40:23.460><c> the</c><00:40:24.260><c> title</c><00:40:24.659><c> deeds,</c>

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:28.760
the<00:40:26.420><c> oil</c><00:40:26.659><c> under</c><00:40:26.920><c> it</c><00:40:27.099><c> belonged</c><00:40:27.579><c> to</c><00:40:27.860><c> Unical.</c>

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:31.260
They<00:40:29.219><c> had</c><00:40:29.480><c> developed</c><00:40:29.840><c> all</c><00:40:30.079><c> of</c><00:40:30.179><c> that</c><00:40:30.340><c> project,</c><00:40:30.760><c> and</c><00:40:30.920><c> they</c><00:40:31.099><c> knew</c>

00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.679
full<00:40:31.539><c> well,</c>

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:33.500
you<00:40:31.840><c> only</c><00:40:32.159><c> owned</c><00:40:32.300><c> the</c><00:40:32.559><c> surface.</c>

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:36.659
You<00:40:33.800><c> did</c><00:40:34.039><c> not</c><00:40:34.260><c> own</c><00:40:34.440><c> anything</c><00:40:34.960><c> below</c><00:40:35.360><c> ten</c><00:40:35.619><c> feet</c><00:40:35.840><c> under.</c>

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:41.760
Now,<00:40:37.420><c> in</c><00:40:37.519><c> Ann</c><00:40:37.739><c> Arbor,</c><00:40:37.900><c> where</c><00:40:38.059><c> there</c><00:40:38.219><c> is</c><00:40:38.400><c> no</c><00:40:38.579><c> oil,</c><00:40:39.139><c> I</c><00:40:39.219><c> own</c><00:40:39.440><c> everything</c><00:40:39.960><c> as</c><00:40:40.199><c> far</c><00:40:40.400><c> down,</c><00:40:40.639><c> I</c><00:40:40.800><c> guess.</c>

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:44.940
But<00:40:42.619><c> it</c><00:40:43.099><c> shows</c><00:40:43.300><c> you</c><00:40:43.539><c> how</c><00:40:43.719><c> that</c><00:40:43.840><c> when</c><00:40:43.980><c> people</c><00:40:44.260><c> know</c><00:40:44.519><c> there</c><00:40:44.639><c> is</c><00:40:44.820><c> a</c>

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.420
hidden<00:40:45.119><c> treasure,</c>

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.920
they<00:40:45.539><c> don't</c><00:40:45.719><c> fool</c><00:40:45.940><c> around.</c>

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:50.599
So<00:40:47.320><c> when</c><00:40:47.760><c> we</c><00:40:47.920><c> bought</c><00:40:48.159><c> that</c><00:40:48.599><c> home</c><00:40:48.940><c> in</c><00:40:49.539><c> Fullerton,</c>

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:52.800
where<00:40:51.099><c> Unical</c><00:40:51.519><c> had</c><00:40:51.719><c> developed</c><00:40:52.099><c> the</c><00:40:52.260><c> whole</c><00:40:52.440><c> project,</c>

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.380
and<00:40:53.159><c> they</c><00:40:53.420><c> drilled</c><00:40:53.719><c> from</c><00:40:53.960><c> outside,</c>

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:56.519
they<00:40:54.840><c> don't</c><00:40:55.019><c> come</c><00:40:55.199><c> on</c><00:40:55.320><c> your</c><00:40:55.500><c> land</c><00:40:55.699><c> and</c><00:40:55.920><c> set</c><00:40:56.039><c> up</c><00:40:56.179><c> the</c><00:40:56.380><c> derrick,</c>

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:59.139
they<00:40:56.760><c> drill</c><00:40:56.920><c> from</c><00:40:57.119><c> outside,</c><00:40:57.440><c> and</c><00:40:57.539><c> they</c><00:40:57.639><c> will</c><00:40:57.860><c> go</c><00:40:58.079><c> miles</c><00:40:58.480><c> this</c><00:40:58.820><c> way,</c>

00:40:59.360 --> 00:41:01.320
but<00:40:59.500><c> they</c><00:40:59.679><c> will</c><00:40:59.900><c> tap</c><00:41:00.059><c> the</c><00:41:00.280><c> oil</c><00:41:00.420><c> under</c><00:41:00.699><c> your</c><00:41:01.000><c> property.</c>

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:03.480
And<00:41:01.699><c> they</c><00:41:01.940><c> own</c><00:41:02.159><c> that</c><00:41:02.420><c> hidden</c><00:41:02.639><c> treasure.</c>

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:06.400
Now,<00:41:03.960><c> in</c><00:41:04.159><c> some</c><00:41:04.300><c> areas</c><00:41:04.719><c> in</c><00:41:05.219><c> the</c><00:41:05.380><c> old</c><00:41:05.559><c> days</c><00:41:05.739><c> in</c><00:41:05.980><c> California,</c>

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:09.980
before<00:41:07.000><c> they</c><00:41:07.239><c> were</c><00:41:07.460><c> so</c><00:41:07.739><c> sophisticated</c><00:41:08.179><c> with</c><00:41:08.480><c> geology,</c><00:41:09.519><c> that</c>

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.440
weren't<00:41:10.300><c> true.</c>

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.920
And<00:41:10.559><c> if</c><00:41:10.659><c> you</c><00:41:10.800><c> bought</c><00:41:10.940><c> the</c><00:41:11.179><c> land,</c><00:41:11.380><c> you</c><00:41:11.519><c> did</c><00:41:11.739><c> own</c><00:41:12.039><c> all</c><00:41:12.360><c> the</c><00:41:12.460><c> way</c><00:41:12.599><c> down.</c>

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:15.340
But<00:41:13.320><c> now</c><00:41:13.619><c> they're</c><00:41:13.800><c> getting</c><00:41:14.019><c> a</c><00:41:14.139><c> lot</c><00:41:14.300><c> smarter</c><00:41:14.659><c> at</c><00:41:14.860><c> that.</c>

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:17.500
Now,<00:41:15.820><c> this</c><00:41:15.960><c> man</c><00:41:16.300><c> had</c><00:41:16.599><c> a</c><00:41:16.699><c> hidden</c><00:41:16.800><c> treasure,</c><00:41:17.239><c> and</c><00:41:17.260><c> you</c><00:41:17.360><c> say,</c>

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:19.480
well,<00:41:17.719><c> isn't</c><00:41:17.820><c> that</c><00:41:18.039><c> a</c><00:41:18.139><c> little,</c><00:41:18.340><c> isn't</c><00:41:18.599><c> Jesus</c><00:41:18.920><c> telling</c><00:41:19.159><c> us</c><00:41:19.360><c> an</c>

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:20.460
immoral<00:41:19.860><c> story</c><00:41:20.179><c> here?</c>

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:22.679
He<00:41:20.880><c> knew</c><00:41:21.079><c> something,</c><00:41:21.480><c> he</c><00:41:21.599><c> had</c><00:41:21.760><c> private</c><00:41:22.139><c> knowledge,</c>

00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:25.739
and<00:41:23.360><c> he</c><00:41:23.539><c> went</c><00:41:23.659><c> and</c><00:41:23.820><c> he</c><00:41:23.940><c> outfoxed</c><00:41:24.340><c> this</c><00:41:24.500><c> guy</c><00:41:24.639><c> of</c><00:41:24.780><c> the</c><00:41:24.940><c> land.</c>

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:30.300
And<00:41:27.099><c> some</c><00:41:27.539><c> parable</c><00:41:28.440><c> expositors</c><00:41:29.179><c> have</c><00:41:29.400><c> kind</c><00:41:29.579><c> of</c><00:41:29.920><c> tried</c><00:41:30.059><c> to</c>

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:31.079
excuse<00:41:30.480><c> that</c><00:41:30.760><c> away.</c>

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:33.400
The<00:41:31.599><c> fact</c><00:41:31.780><c> of</c><00:41:31.920><c> the</c><00:41:32.019><c> matter</c><00:41:32.239><c> is</c><00:41:32.460><c> that</c><00:41:32.599><c> under</c><00:41:32.880><c> Jewish</c><00:41:33.179><c> law,</c>

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:36.159
the<00:41:33.519><c> man</c><00:41:33.719><c> wasn't</c><00:41:33.980><c> doing</c><00:41:34.219><c> anything</c><00:41:34.699><c> immoral</c><00:41:35.099><c> at</c><00:41:35.280><c> all.</c>

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:40.880
Under<00:41:37.579><c> Jewish</c><00:41:37.960><c> law,</c><00:41:38.659><c> it</c><00:41:38.840><c> was</c><00:41:39.219><c> up</c><00:41:39.420><c> to</c><00:41:39.679><c> the</c><00:41:39.860><c> seller</c><00:41:40.099><c> to</c><00:41:40.539><c> provide</c>

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:42.119
clear<00:41:41.199><c> title.</c>

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:45.940
And<00:41:42.800><c> if</c><00:41:42.980><c> anything</c><00:41:43.300><c> was</c><00:41:43.539><c> on</c><00:41:43.760><c> that</c><00:41:44.059><c> land,</c><00:41:45.119><c> whether</c><00:41:45.340><c> it</c><00:41:45.579><c> be</c><00:41:45.739><c> good</c>

00:41:45.940 --> 00:41:46.659
or<00:41:46.199><c> bad,</c>

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:48.940
once<00:41:47.380><c> the</c><00:41:47.679><c> title</c><00:41:47.880><c> deed</c><00:41:48.019><c> was</c><00:41:48.239><c> turned</c><00:41:48.519><c> over,</c>

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:53.480
it<00:41:49.340><c> no</c><00:41:49.659><c> longer</c><00:41:50.139><c> was</c><00:41:51.079><c> in</c><00:41:51.280><c> the</c><00:41:51.440><c> purview</c><00:41:51.860><c> of</c><00:41:52.239><c> the</c><00:41:52.420><c> original</c><00:41:52.719><c> owner.</c>

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:56.079
And<00:41:54.119><c> so</c><00:41:54.199><c> there</c><00:41:54.280><c> was</c><00:41:54.460><c> nothing</c><00:41:54.760><c> immoral</c><00:41:55.179><c> in</c><00:41:55.340><c> this</c><00:41:55.579><c> transaction</c>

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.659
at<00:41:56.320><c> all.</c>

00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:58.619
There<00:41:57.239><c> was</c><00:41:57.460><c> something</c><00:41:57.780><c> shrewd</c><00:41:58.239><c> here,</c>

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:01.539
of<00:41:59.119><c> which</c><00:41:59.300><c> the</c><00:41:59.500><c> Jews</c><00:41:59.639><c> have</c><00:41:59.860><c> never</c><00:42:00.079><c> been</c><00:42:00.360><c> ignorant</c><00:42:00.679><c> of,</c>

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:05.079
and<00:42:01.840><c> he</c><00:42:01.980><c> took</c><00:42:02.139><c> advantage</c><00:42:02.579><c> of</c><00:42:03.039><c> perfectly</c><00:42:03.440><c> legal</c><00:42:03.960><c> knowledge.</c>

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.840
Kind<00:42:06.239><c> of</c><00:42:06.400><c> interesting.</c>

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:11.199
But<00:42:08.059><c> Jesus</c><00:42:08.579><c> Christ</c><00:42:09.039><c> points</c><00:42:09.480><c> here</c><00:42:09.960><c> to</c><00:42:10.139><c> the</c><00:42:10.340><c> deepest</c><00:42:10.699><c> spiritual</c>

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:12.920
meaning<00:42:11.519><c> here.</c>

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:15.980
What<00:42:13.820><c> is</c><00:42:14.119><c> the</c><00:42:14.280><c> deepest</c><00:42:14.619><c> spiritual</c><00:42:15.059><c> meaning?</c>

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.880
End<00:42:20.559><c> of</c><00:42:20.679><c> the</c><00:42:20.800><c> verse.</c>

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:26.880
He<00:42:22.460><c> selleth</c><00:42:22.940><c> all</c><00:42:23.519><c> that</c><00:42:23.800><c> he</c><00:42:24.099><c> hath</c><00:42:24.380><c> and</c><00:42:24.860><c> buyeth</c><00:42:25.460><c> that</c><00:42:25.920><c> field.</c>

00:42:27.820 --> 00:42:31.900
Now,<00:42:28.159><c> we</c><00:42:28.300><c> know</c><00:42:28.559><c> that</c><00:42:28.800><c> buried</c><00:42:29.079><c> in</c><00:42:29.239><c> the</c><00:42:29.420><c> pages</c><00:42:29.699><c> of</c><00:42:29.920><c> this</c><00:42:30.119><c> scripture</c><00:42:30.599><c> are</c><00:42:31.599><c> a</c>

00:42:31.900 --> 00:42:33.119
hidden<00:42:32.119><c> treasure.</c>

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:38.119
Are<00:42:35.440><c> we</c><00:42:35.679><c> willing</c><00:42:35.960><c> to</c><00:42:36.219><c> give</c><00:42:36.380><c> up</c><00:42:36.760><c> and</c><00:42:36.960><c> sell</c><00:42:37.219><c> all</c><00:42:37.579><c> that</c><00:42:37.659><c> we</c><00:42:37.880><c> have</c>

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:39.920
to<00:42:38.320><c> purchase</c><00:42:38.739><c> it?</c>

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:46.460
Are<00:42:43.000><c> we</c><00:42:43.159><c> willing</c><00:42:43.340><c> to</c><00:42:43.579><c> make</c><00:42:43.739><c> this</c><00:42:44.139><c> our</c><00:42:44.500><c> property</c><00:42:44.920><c> in</c><00:42:45.880><c> such</c><00:42:46.079><c> a</c><00:42:46.280><c> way</c>

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:49.300
that<00:42:46.800><c> whatever</c><00:42:47.400><c> other</c><00:42:48.039><c> sacrifice</c><00:42:48.559><c> has</c><00:42:48.800><c> to</c><00:42:48.960><c> be</c><00:42:49.099><c> made,</c>

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:52.960
we<00:42:49.599><c> will</c><00:42:49.920><c> purchase</c><00:42:50.280><c> it</c><00:42:50.980><c> and</c><00:42:51.119><c> we</c><00:42:51.260><c> will</c><00:42:51.539><c> make</c><00:42:51.739><c> it</c><00:42:51.940><c> our</c><00:42:52.039><c> own.</c>

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:56.940
What's<00:42:54.320><c> kind</c><00:42:54.460><c> of</c><00:42:54.639><c> interesting</c><00:42:55.099><c> that</c><00:42:55.780><c> the</c><00:42:56.079><c> moral</c><00:42:56.320><c> point</c><00:42:56.679><c> here</c>

00:42:56.940 --> 00:43:00.699
is<00:42:57.300><c> so</c><00:42:58.800><c> commonly</c><00:42:59.719><c> understood</c><00:43:00.260><c> today</c>

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:02.639
that<00:43:01.300><c> I'm</c><00:43:01.420><c> going</c><00:43:01.539><c> to</c><00:43:01.619><c> show</c><00:43:01.760><c> you</c><00:43:01.880><c> tomorrow</c><00:43:02.179><c> something</c><00:43:02.400><c> I</c><00:43:02.519><c> just</c>

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.559
took<00:43:02.739><c> out</c><00:43:02.860><c> of</c><00:43:02.960><c> a</c><00:43:03.059><c> newspaper</c>

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:06.820
and<00:43:04.079><c> how</c><00:43:04.380><c> Jesus'</c><00:43:04.980><c> teaching</c><00:43:05.260><c> has</c><00:43:05.460><c> even</c><00:43:05.699><c> changed</c><00:43:06.139><c> men's</c><00:43:06.639><c> views</c>

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:08.699
on<00:43:07.119><c> morality</c><00:43:07.519><c> of</c><00:43:07.800><c> such</c><00:43:08.039><c> transactions.</c>

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:12.519
But<00:43:09.260><c> there</c><00:43:09.420><c> can</c><00:43:09.579><c> be</c><00:43:09.739><c> no</c><00:43:09.960><c> doubt</c><00:43:10.340><c> that</c><00:43:10.980><c> Jesus</c><00:43:11.400><c> is</c><00:43:11.719><c> not</c><00:43:11.920><c> teaching</c><00:43:12.260><c> here</c>

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:14.760
about<00:43:12.760><c> the</c><00:43:12.960><c> morality</c><00:43:13.360><c> of</c><00:43:13.659><c> buying</c><00:43:13.840><c> a</c><00:43:14.059><c> piece</c><00:43:14.219><c> of</c><00:43:14.420><c> land.</c>

00:43:14.820 --> 00:43:18.820
He's<00:43:15.340><c> talking</c><00:43:15.659><c> about</c><00:43:16.000><c> the</c><00:43:16.260><c> morality</c><00:43:16.960><c> of</c><00:43:17.500><c> us</c><00:43:17.900><c> being</c><00:43:18.260><c> dedicated</c>

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:20.559
to<00:43:19.019><c> his</c><00:43:19.179><c> purpose.</c>

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:29.840
Suppose<00:43:25.739><c> you</c><00:43:25.940><c> did</c><00:43:26.179><c> know</c><00:43:26.980><c> that</c><00:43:27.739><c> something</c><00:43:28.059><c> was</c><00:43:28.420><c> extremely</c><00:43:29.039><c> valuable</c><00:43:29.599><c> in</c>

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:31.260
the<00:43:30.099><c> world.</c>

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:38.539
Suppose<00:43:34.619><c> you</c><00:43:34.780><c> were</c><00:43:35.099><c> sure</c><00:43:35.659><c> that</c><00:43:36.619><c> by</c><00:43:37.000><c> purchasing</c><00:43:37.579><c> that</c><00:43:38.300><c> piece</c>

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.679
of<00:43:38.840><c> property,</c>

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:43.119
you<00:43:40.920><c> could</c><00:43:41.159><c> become</c><00:43:41.440><c> extremely</c><00:43:42.000><c> rich.</c>

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:47.260
You<00:43:45.159><c> know,</c><00:43:45.320><c> it</c><00:43:45.400><c> happens</c><00:43:45.760><c> quite</c><00:43:46.199><c> frequently.</c>

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:50.039
It<00:43:48.059><c> has</c><00:43:48.239><c> been</c><00:43:48.460><c> said</c><00:43:48.719><c> that</c><00:43:48.880><c> some</c><00:43:49.119><c> politicians,</c><00:43:49.699><c> for</c><00:43:49.920><c> example,</c>

00:43:50.039 --> 00:43:52.699
have<00:43:50.360><c> gotten</c><00:43:50.719><c> rich</c><00:43:51.019><c> by</c><00:43:51.260><c> knowing</c><00:43:51.559><c> that</c><00:43:51.739><c> a</c><00:43:51.960><c> road</c><00:43:52.179><c> was</c><00:43:52.420><c> going</c><00:43:52.559><c> to</c>

00:43:52.699 --> 00:43:55.260
go<00:43:52.880><c> somewhere</c><00:43:53.380><c> or</c><00:43:54.119><c> a</c><00:43:54.380><c> development</c>

00:43:55.360 --> 00:44:00.239
and<00:43:55.840><c> they</c><00:43:56.059><c> have</c><00:43:56.260><c> someone</c><00:43:56.579><c> in</c><00:43:56.760><c> their</c><00:43:56.940><c> family</c><00:43:57.579><c> or</c><00:43:58.199><c> someone</c><00:43:58.780><c> loosely</c><00:43:59.559><c> related</c><00:43:59.980><c> to</c><00:44:00.139><c> them</c>

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:01.860
going,<00:44:00.679><c> buy</c><00:44:00.840><c> up</c><00:44:01.099><c> a</c><00:44:01.219><c> lot</c><00:44:01.320><c> of</c><00:44:01.460><c> that</c><00:44:01.619><c> land.</c>

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:04.559
Now,<00:44:02.059><c> I'm</c><00:44:02.139><c> not</c><00:44:02.360><c> saying</c><00:44:02.519><c> that</c><00:44:02.800><c> happens</c><00:44:03.099><c> in</c><00:44:03.320><c> Massachusetts.</c>

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:09.019
We<00:44:05.360><c> know</c><00:44:05.559><c> that</c><00:44:05.699><c> that's</c><00:44:06.119><c> unlikely,</c><00:44:07.260><c> but</c><00:44:07.579><c> it</c><00:44:07.780><c> has</c><00:44:08.019><c> happened</c><00:44:08.340><c> here</c><00:44:08.659><c> and</c><00:44:08.800><c> there.</c>

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:11.960
It<00:44:09.420><c> happens</c><00:44:09.719><c> all</c><00:44:09.980><c> the</c><00:44:10.159><c> time</c><00:44:10.360><c> in</c><00:44:10.519><c> the</c><00:44:10.659><c> world.</c>

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:15.840
Brethren<00:44:13.300><c> and</c><00:44:13.480><c> sisters,</c><00:44:13.619><c> we</c><00:44:13.800><c> know</c><00:44:14.039><c> that</c><00:44:14.300><c> eternal</c><00:44:14.619><c> life</c><00:44:15.219><c> is</c><00:44:15.619><c> in</c>

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:17.460
this<00:44:16.099><c> little</c><00:44:16.360><c> book.</c>

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:21.739
We<00:44:19.019><c> know</c><00:44:19.280><c> that</c><00:44:19.519><c> dedication</c><00:44:19.960><c> to</c><00:44:20.159><c> God's</c><00:44:20.539><c> purpose</c><00:44:20.880><c> is</c><00:44:21.099><c> not</c><00:44:21.320><c> something</c><00:44:21.579><c> that</c>

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:24.860
he<00:44:21.900><c> asked</c><00:44:22.179><c> for</c><00:44:22.639><c> in</c><00:44:23.079><c> a</c><00:44:23.260><c> half</c><00:44:23.480><c>-hearted</c><00:44:23.699><c> way.</c>

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:30.719
Are<00:44:25.860><c> we</c><00:44:26.179><c> truly</c><00:44:26.519><c> willing</c><00:44:27.019><c> to</c><00:44:27.880><c> sell</c><00:44:28.119><c> all</c><00:44:28.500><c> that</c><00:44:28.639><c> we</c><00:44:28.940><c> have</c><00:44:29.739><c> and</c><00:44:30.519><c> buy</c>

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.940
that<00:44:31.039><c> field?</c>

00:44:33.900 --> 00:44:37.900
You<00:44:34.139><c> know,</c><00:44:34.260><c> I</c><00:44:34.440><c> think</c><00:44:34.659><c> that</c><00:44:34.880><c> that's</c><00:44:35.780><c> a</c><00:44:36.059><c> very</c><00:44:36.420><c> hard</c><00:44:36.619><c> thing</c><00:44:36.820><c> to</c><00:44:37.039><c> do.</c>

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:41.719
And<00:44:38.219><c> if</c><00:44:38.800><c> my</c><00:44:39.039><c> common</c><00:44:39.340><c> observation</c><00:44:39.940><c> of</c><00:44:40.139><c> my</c><00:44:40.420><c> own</c><00:44:40.719><c> character</c><00:44:41.099><c> and</c><00:44:41.320><c> behavior</c>

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:44.659
and<00:44:42.079><c> many</c><00:44:42.400><c> others</c><00:44:42.679><c> that</c><00:44:42.840><c> I've</c><00:44:42.980><c> seen</c><00:44:43.179><c> around</c><00:44:43.519><c> us,</c><00:44:43.960><c> it's</c><00:44:44.320><c> a</c><00:44:44.460><c> hard</c>

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:46.539
thing<00:44:44.840><c> to</c><00:44:45.059><c> do</c><00:44:45.239><c> every</c><00:44:45.599><c> day.</c>

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:51.480
We<00:44:47.880><c> are</c><00:44:48.179><c> drawn</c><00:44:48.420><c> away</c><00:44:48.820><c> all</c><00:44:49.139><c> too</c><00:44:49.380><c> easily</c><00:44:49.739><c> into</c><00:44:50.000><c> many</c><00:44:50.300><c> other</c><00:44:50.619><c> pursuits</c><00:44:51.039><c> which</c><00:44:51.260><c> end</c>

00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:52.860
us<00:44:51.699><c> up</c><00:44:51.960><c> nowhere.</c>

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:56.400
Which,<00:44:54.579><c> even</c><00:44:54.739><c> after</c><00:44:54.980><c> we're</c><00:44:55.179><c> done</c><00:44:55.360><c> with</c><00:44:55.559><c> them,</c><00:44:55.659><c> they're</c><00:44:55.800><c> not</c><00:44:56.079><c> satisfied.</c>

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:59.659
You<00:44:56.539><c> know,</c><00:44:56.639><c> there</c><00:44:56.800><c> is</c><00:44:57.059><c> no</c><00:44:57.360><c> end</c><00:44:57.800><c> to</c><00:44:58.559><c> satisfaction.</c>

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:02.960
No<00:45:00.099><c> matter</c><00:45:00.280><c> how</c><00:45:00.539><c> much</c><00:45:00.820><c> you</c><00:45:01.219><c> achieve</c><00:45:01.639><c> in</c><00:45:01.880><c> life,</c><00:45:02.480><c> no</c><00:45:02.599><c> matter</c><00:45:02.760><c> how</c>

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:04.039
many<00:45:03.179><c> riches</c><00:45:03.400><c> you</c><00:45:03.679><c> get,</c>

00:45:04.539 --> 00:45:06.780
people<00:45:04.860><c> always</c><00:45:05.380><c> want</c><00:45:05.719><c> more.</c>

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:10.199
You<00:45:08.059><c> know,</c><00:45:08.179><c> the</c><00:45:08.360><c> classical</c><00:45:08.820><c> story,</c><00:45:09.179><c> this</c><00:45:09.360><c> is</c><00:45:09.559><c> an</c><00:45:09.739><c> absolutely</c>

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:11.000
true<00:45:10.460><c> story,</c>

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:14.139
of<00:45:11.599><c> the</c><00:45:11.820><c> person</c><00:45:12.119><c> who</c><00:45:12.400><c> threw</c><00:45:12.539><c> himself</c><00:45:12.960><c> out</c><00:45:13.380><c> the</c><00:45:13.559><c> window</c><00:45:13.920><c> and</c>

00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:15.179
committed<00:45:14.460><c> suicide,</c>

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:19.019
the<00:45:15.719><c> Wall</c><00:45:16.059><c> Street</c><00:45:16.340><c> broker</c><00:45:16.780><c> who</c><00:45:17.380><c> had</c><00:45:17.599><c> $100</c><00:45:17.920><c> million</c><00:45:18.239><c> and</c><00:45:18.719><c> lost</c>

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:19.639
$50<00:45:19.440><c> million</c>

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:22.019
and<00:45:19.739><c> only</c><00:45:20.019><c> had</c><00:45:20.260><c> $50</c><00:45:20.639><c> million</c><00:45:20.940><c> left</c><00:45:21.199><c> and</c><00:45:21.340><c> couldn't</c><00:45:21.559><c> live</c><00:45:21.840><c> with</c>

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:23.619
such<00:45:22.239><c> a</c><00:45:22.420><c> small</c><00:45:22.619><c> fortune.</c>

00:45:24.780 --> 00:45:27.519
And<00:45:25.159><c> it</c><00:45:25.460><c> was</c><00:45:25.679><c> told</c><00:45:25.940><c> in</c><00:45:26.099><c> a</c><00:45:26.199><c> way</c><00:45:26.280><c> to</c><00:45:26.519><c> almost</c><00:45:26.800><c> be</c><00:45:27.039><c> humorous,</c><00:45:27.400><c> but</c>

00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:28.340
the<00:45:27.760><c> fact</c><00:45:27.920><c> that</c><00:45:28.139><c> it</c><00:45:28.199><c> mattered,</c>

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:31.320
this<00:45:28.559><c> is</c><00:45:28.820><c> a</c><00:45:28.900><c> true</c><00:45:29.059><c> story,</c><00:45:29.780><c> and</c><00:45:30.019><c> no</c><00:45:30.199><c> matter</c><00:45:30.400><c> what</c><00:45:30.679><c> people</c><00:45:31.079><c> have,</c>

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:32.039
they<00:45:31.539><c> want</c><00:45:31.800><c> more.</c>

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And<00:45:32.199><c> they</c><00:45:32.320><c> can't</c><00:45:32.659><c> do</c><00:45:32.880><c> without</c><00:45:33.159><c> it</c><00:45:33.320><c> once</c><00:45:33.519><c> they</c><00:45:33.719><c> get</c><00:45:33.880><c> used</c><00:45:34.139><c> to</c><00:45:34.320><c> it.</c>

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:38.539
And<00:45:36.400><c> that's</c><00:45:36.739><c> the</c><00:45:36.860><c> side</c><00:45:37.000><c> of</c><00:45:37.139><c> the</c><00:45:37.320><c> story</c><00:45:37.500><c> that's</c><00:45:37.780><c> so</c><00:45:37.940><c> deceitful.</c>

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Because<00:45:38.940><c> once</c><00:45:39.260><c> you</c><00:45:39.420><c> get</c><00:45:39.639><c> used</c><00:45:39.900><c> to</c><00:45:40.099><c> that,</c><00:45:40.860><c> you</c><00:45:40.940><c> want</c><00:45:41.239><c> more</c><00:45:41.860><c> and</c>

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you're<00:45:42.940><c> never</c><00:45:43.159><c> satisfied.</c>

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:50.780
Could<00:45:45.659><c> it</c><00:45:45.900><c> be</c><00:45:46.340><c> that</c><00:45:46.980><c> we</c><00:45:47.139><c> could</c><00:45:47.340><c> apply</c><00:45:47.679><c> that</c><00:45:47.960><c> same</c><00:45:48.219><c> human</c><00:45:48.579><c> characteristic</c><00:45:49.179><c> to</c><00:45:49.420><c> the</c><00:45:49.559><c> Word</c><00:45:49.719><c> of</c><00:45:49.840><c> God?</c>

00:45:51.800 --> 00:45:55.079
That<00:45:51.960><c> once</c><00:45:52.239><c> we</c><00:45:52.480><c> get</c><00:45:52.639><c> used</c><00:45:52.840><c> to</c><00:45:53.019><c> it,</c><00:45:53.139><c> we</c><00:45:53.320><c> want</c><00:45:53.579><c> more</c><00:45:54.179><c> and</c><00:45:54.739><c> we</c><00:45:54.960><c> want</c>

00:45:55.079 --> 00:45:55.719
to<00:45:55.219><c> get</c><00:45:55.340><c> deeper</c>

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:57.840
and<00:45:56.000><c> we</c><00:45:56.139><c> want</c><00:45:56.320><c> to</c><00:45:56.480><c> give</c><00:45:56.599><c> more</c><00:45:56.900><c> and</c><00:45:57.019><c> more</c><00:45:57.099><c> of</c><00:45:57.260><c> our</c><00:45:57.340><c> life</c><00:45:57.579><c> over</c><00:45:57.760><c> them?</c>

00:45:57.860 --> 00:46:00.360
You<00:45:57.980><c> know,</c><00:45:58.179><c> it</c><00:45:58.340><c> does</c><00:45:58.599><c> work</c><00:45:58.800><c> that</c><00:45:59.059><c> way</c><00:45:59.239><c> too.</c>

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It<00:46:01.300><c> really</c><00:46:01.619><c> does</c><00:46:01.980><c> work</c><00:46:02.199><c> that</c><00:46:02.460><c> way.</c>

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:06.639
If<00:46:03.139><c> you</c><00:46:03.400><c> want</c><00:46:03.579><c> to</c><00:46:03.760><c> have</c><00:46:03.860><c> a</c><00:46:04.019><c> good</c><00:46:04.159><c> Bible</c><00:46:04.519><c> class,</c><00:46:05.340><c> you</c><00:46:05.559><c> have</c><00:46:05.760><c> to</c><00:46:05.920><c> be</c><00:46:06.099><c> a</c><00:46:06.320><c> contributor.</c>

00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:09.179
You<00:46:07.380><c> can't</c><00:46:07.739><c> just</c><00:46:07.960><c> go</c><00:46:08.179><c> and</c><00:46:08.380><c> sit</c><00:46:08.500><c> there</c><00:46:08.800><c> and</c><00:46:08.940><c> say,</c>

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:11.239
I<00:46:09.559><c> don't</c><00:46:09.780><c> like</c><00:46:09.920><c> what</c><00:46:10.099><c> Brother</c><00:46:10.320><c> so</c><00:46:10.559><c>-and</c><00:46:10.699><c>-so</c><00:46:10.760><c> was</c><00:46:10.960><c> teaching,</c>

00:46:11.340 --> 00:46:12.619
or<00:46:11.480><c> I</c><00:46:11.500><c> don't</c><00:46:11.699><c> like</c><00:46:11.820><c> what</c><00:46:11.960><c> that</c><00:46:12.179><c> one</c><00:46:12.340><c> said.</c>

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:14.980
Well,<00:46:13.019><c> what</c><00:46:13.159><c> did</c><00:46:13.239><c> you</c><00:46:13.480><c> say?</c><00:46:14.119><c> What</c><00:46:14.260><c> did</c><00:46:14.420><c> you</c><00:46:14.639><c> do?</c>

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:17.139
How<00:46:15.519><c> did</c><00:46:15.659><c> you</c><00:46:15.820><c> encourage</c><00:46:16.300><c> them?</c>

00:46:18.980 --> 00:46:20.780
You<00:46:19.380><c> can't</c><00:46:19.639><c> go</c><00:46:19.860><c> to</c><00:46:20.019><c> a</c><00:46:20.019><c> meeting</c><00:46:20.219><c> and</c><00:46:20.480><c> say,</c>

00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:23.059
gee,<00:46:21.380><c> I</c><00:46:21.500><c> don't</c><00:46:21.780><c> like</c><00:46:21.940><c> the</c><00:46:22.079><c> way</c><00:46:22.179><c> the</c><00:46:22.400><c> business</c><00:46:22.679><c> meeting</c><00:46:22.800><c> is</c><00:46:22.940><c> going.</c>

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:25.179
They're<00:46:23.880><c> always</c><00:46:24.119><c> yelling</c><00:46:24.340><c> and</c><00:46:24.559><c> screaming</c><00:46:24.719><c> at</c><00:46:24.880><c> each</c><00:46:25.079><c> other.</c>

00:46:25.219 --> 00:46:27.440
What<00:46:25.360><c> were</c><00:46:25.519><c> you</c><00:46:25.719><c> doing?</c><00:46:26.280><c> I</c><00:46:26.460><c> was</c><00:46:26.659><c> walking</c><00:46:26.960><c> out.</c>

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:29.239
What<00:46:27.880><c> did</c><00:46:28.019><c> you</c><00:46:28.199><c> contribute?</c>

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You<00:46:30.119><c> know,</c><00:46:30.219><c> if</c><00:46:30.340><c> you</c><00:46:30.440><c> look</c><00:46:30.619><c> down</c><00:46:30.880><c> the</c><00:46:31.119><c> list</c><00:46:31.440><c> of</c><00:46:31.780><c> how</c><00:46:32.000><c> to</c><00:46:32.280><c> give,</c>

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:36.460
you<00:46:33.539><c> can</c><00:46:33.880><c> pretty</c><00:46:34.280><c> soon</c><00:46:34.579><c> change</c><00:46:34.980><c> an</c><00:46:35.219><c> awful</c><00:46:35.480><c> lot</c><00:46:35.699><c> of</c><00:46:35.820><c> things</c><00:46:36.019><c> in</c><00:46:36.219><c> life</c>

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:39.800
if<00:46:36.639><c> you</c><00:46:36.940><c> are</c><00:46:37.179><c> part</c><00:46:37.420><c> of</c><00:46:37.559><c> the</c><00:46:37.760><c> solution</c><00:46:38.440><c> instead</c><00:46:39.340><c> of</c><00:46:39.480><c> part</c><00:46:39.679><c> of</c>

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:40.960
the<00:46:40.019><c> problem.</c>

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If<00:46:41.119><c> you</c><00:46:41.300><c> are</c><00:46:41.460><c> not</c><00:46:41.659><c> just</c><00:46:41.880><c> an</c><00:46:42.119><c> observer</c><00:46:42.460><c> on</c><00:46:42.699><c> the</c><00:46:42.960><c> side</c>

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:46.639
as<00:46:43.480><c> if</c><00:46:43.679><c> it</c><00:46:43.820><c> were</c><00:46:44.000><c> your</c><00:46:44.400><c> job</c><00:46:44.980><c> to</c><00:46:45.380><c> hold</c><00:46:45.659><c> yourself</c><00:46:46.139><c> in</c><00:46:46.340><c> judgment</c>

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:47.599
of<00:46:46.860><c> everyone</c><00:46:47.179><c> else</c>

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:52.300
instead<00:46:48.039><c> of</c><00:46:48.300><c> contributing</c><00:46:48.780><c> to</c><00:46:49.420><c> the</c><00:46:49.679><c> work</c><00:46:50.179><c> of</c><00:46:51.239><c> the</c><00:46:51.440><c> truth,</c>

00:46:52.460 --> 00:46:55.039
giving<00:46:52.579><c> up</c><00:46:52.840><c> all</c><00:46:53.000><c> that</c><00:46:53.119><c> you</c><00:46:53.300><c> have</c><00:46:53.440><c> and</c><00:46:53.659><c> buying</c><00:46:53.920><c> the</c><00:46:54.179><c> field.</c>

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:57.519
Now,<00:46:55.920><c> this</c><00:46:56.059><c> is</c><00:46:56.280><c> a</c><00:46:56.380><c> good</c><00:46:56.539><c> place</c><00:46:56.840><c> to</c><00:46:57.159><c> stop,</c>

00:46:57.880 --> 00:47:00.760
and<00:46:58.099><c> what</c><00:46:58.260><c> I'm</c><00:46:58.320><c> going</c><00:46:58.460><c> to</c><00:46:58.800><c> continue</c><00:46:59.019><c> with</c><00:46:59.380><c> next</c><00:46:59.719><c> time</c>

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:02.659
is<00:47:01.539><c> going</c><00:47:01.739><c> to</c><00:47:01.940><c> be...</c>

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Well,<00:47:02.780><c> I'm</c><00:47:02.940><c> going</c><00:47:03.019><c> to</c><00:47:03.179><c> finish</c><00:47:03.380><c> up</c><00:47:03.880><c> a</c><00:47:04.039><c> little</c><00:47:04.300><c> bit</c><00:47:04.579><c> on</c><00:47:05.639><c> Jewish</c><00:47:06.019><c> tradition</c>

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:09.019
and<00:47:07.440><c> how</c><00:47:07.599><c> it</c><00:47:07.780><c> would</c><00:47:08.000><c> view</c><00:47:08.139><c> these</c><00:47:08.480><c> parables.</c>

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It<00:47:09.480><c> might</c><00:47:09.659><c> give</c><00:47:09.780><c> us</c><00:47:09.920><c> some</c><00:47:10.219><c> insights</c><00:47:10.559><c> into</c><00:47:10.960><c> our</c><00:47:11.179><c> own.</c>

00:47:12.039 --> 00:47:13.139
And<00:47:12.199><c> then</c><00:47:12.320><c> I'm</c><00:47:12.440><c> going</c><00:47:12.559><c> to</c><00:47:12.699><c> go</c><00:47:12.900><c> on.</c>

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:18.139
I'm<00:47:13.320><c> going</c><00:47:13.460><c> to</c><00:47:13.679><c> talk</c><00:47:13.940><c> about</c><00:47:15.019><c> the</c><00:47:15.780><c> parables</c><00:47:16.139><c> on</c><00:47:16.500><c> being</c><00:47:17.059><c> lost.</c>

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:20.679
There's<00:47:18.559><c> a</c><00:47:18.659><c> whole</c><00:47:18.960><c> set</c><00:47:19.179><c> of</c><00:47:19.340><c> them</c><00:47:19.599><c> on</c><00:47:20.019><c> the</c><00:47:20.199><c> lost</c><00:47:20.380><c> sheep,</c>

00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:22.719
the<00:47:21.039><c> lost</c><00:47:21.320><c> coin,</c><00:47:21.719><c> and</c><00:47:21.880><c> the</c><00:47:22.079><c> lost</c><00:47:22.340><c> son,</c>

00:47:23.039 --> 00:47:26.420
which<00:47:23.219><c> I</c><00:47:23.420><c> think</c><00:47:23.739><c> will</c><00:47:24.460><c> make</c><00:47:24.599><c> the</c><00:47:24.880><c> subject</c><00:47:25.179><c> of</c><00:47:25.380><c> the</c><00:47:25.519><c> next</c><00:47:25.960><c> group</c>

00:47:26.420 --> 00:47:26.920
of<00:47:26.659><c> talks.</c>

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Thank<00:47:27.480><c> you</c><00:47:27.559><c> very</c><00:47:27.780><c> much.</c>

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Thank<00:47:33.880><c> you.</c>