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blatant<00:13:00.799><c> atheism.</c>

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not<00:13:17.179><c> only</c><00:13:17.379><c> do</c><00:13:17.580><c> we</c><00:13:17.820><c> face</c><00:13:18.200><c> those</c><00:13:18.559><c> kind</c><00:13:18.840><c> of</c><00:13:19.039><c> struggles,</c>

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but<00:13:20.279><c> from</c><00:13:20.620><c> within</c><00:13:21.100><c> our</c><00:13:21.379><c> community,</c><00:13:22.000><c> brothers</c><00:13:22.039><c> and</c><00:13:22.340><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:13:22.879><c> must</c><00:13:23.159><c> guard</c><00:13:23.500><c> against</c><00:13:23.879><c> the</c><00:13:24.200><c> challenge</c>

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the<00:13:29.779><c> basic</c><00:13:30.059><c> authority</c><00:13:30.519><c> of</c><00:13:30.740><c> scripture</c>

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apostasy,<00:13:34.940><c> which</c><00:13:35.039><c> is</c><00:13:35.179><c> more</c><00:13:35.399><c> insidious,</c>

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which<00:13:36.820><c> erodes</c><00:13:37.519><c> and</c><00:13:37.799><c> tries</c><00:13:38.120><c> to</c><00:13:38.500><c> change</c><00:13:38.879><c> or</c><00:13:39.159><c> adulterate</c><00:13:40.059><c> what</c>

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we<00:13:40.740><c> regard</c><00:13:40.960><c> as</c><00:13:41.159><c> the</c><00:13:41.440><c> precious</c><00:13:41.860><c> first</c><00:13:42.220><c> principles</c>

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brothers<00:15:18.399><c> and</c><00:15:18.700><c> sisters</c><00:15:19.200><c> can</c><00:15:19.679><c> be</c><00:15:19.919><c> guarded</c><00:15:20.159><c> against</c><00:15:20.740><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:15:21.820><c> notice</c><00:15:22.940><c> verse</c><00:15:23.519><c> 14,</c><00:15:24.200><c> an</c><00:15:24.360><c> urgent</c><00:15:24.639><c> appeal</c><00:15:25.039><c> of</c><00:15:25.299><c> second</c><00:15:25.500><c> Peter</c><00:15:25.740><c> three,</c><00:15:27.360><c> verse</c><00:15:27.500><c> 14,</c>

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wherefore,<00:15:28.980><c> he</c>

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says,<00:15:29.580><c> beloved,</c><00:15:30.820><c> seeing</c><00:15:31.019><c> that</c><00:15:31.220><c> you</c><00:15:31.340><c> look</c><00:15:31.559><c> for</c><00:15:31.879><c> such</c><00:15:32.059><c> things,</c>

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know<00:15:49.240><c> these</c><00:15:49.639><c> things</c><00:15:50.000><c> before,</c><00:15:51.820><c> beware,</c>

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Those<00:16:04.399><c> are</c><00:16:04.799><c> the</c><00:16:04.940><c> terms</c><00:16:05.299><c> of</c><00:16:05.559><c> apostasy.</c>

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Notice<00:16:06.639><c> them</c><00:16:06.840><c> carefully,</c><00:16:07.779><c> led</c><00:16:08.019><c> away,</c><00:16:09.820><c> the</c><00:16:10.080><c> error</c><00:16:10.460><c> of</c><00:16:10.700><c> the</c><00:16:10.860><c> wicked</c><00:16:11.220><c> falling</c><00:16:12.580><c> from</c><00:16:12.899><c> your</c><00:16:13.179><c> own</c><00:16:13.519><c> steadfastness.</c>

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That's<00:16:15.320><c> the</c><00:16:15.440><c> idea</c><00:16:15.740><c> of</c><00:16:15.980><c> apostasy,</c><00:16:16.720><c> deviating</c><00:16:17.159><c> from</c><00:16:17.399><c> a</c><00:16:17.580><c> course,</c>

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falling<00:16:18.379><c> away</c><00:16:18.700><c> as</c><00:16:18.899><c> second</c><00:16:19.139><c> Thessalonians</c>

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two<00:16:20.139><c> expresses</c><00:16:20.659><c> it.</c>

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In<00:16:22.299><c> other</c><00:16:22.419><c> words,</c><00:16:22.600><c> in</c><00:16:22.740><c> verse</c><00:16:22.899><c> 17,</c><00:16:23.460><c> he's</c><00:16:23.879><c> saying</c><00:16:24.019><c> to</c><00:16:24.279><c> be</c><00:16:24.700><c> forewarned</c><00:16:25.840><c> is</c><00:16:26.100><c> to</c>

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be<00:16:26.620><c> forearmed.</c>

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If<00:16:28.700><c> you</c><00:16:29.039><c> know</c><00:16:29.299><c> that</c><00:16:29.419><c> there's</c><00:16:29.700><c> going</c><00:16:29.820><c> to</c><00:16:29.960><c> be</c><00:16:30.080><c> an</c><00:16:30.240><c> emergence</c><00:16:30.559><c> of</c>

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apostasy,<00:16:31.840><c> if</c><00:16:32.159><c> you</c><00:16:32.379><c> know</c><00:16:32.639><c> that</c><00:16:32.779><c> the</c>

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foundations<00:16:33.639><c> of</c><00:16:33.940><c> your</c><00:16:34.259><c> faith</c><00:16:34.500><c> are</c><00:16:34.759><c> going</c><00:16:34.940><c> to</c><00:16:35.100><c> be</c><00:16:35.340><c> challenged,</c>

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brethren,<00:16:36.740><c> in</c><00:16:36.899><c> Asia</c><00:16:37.100><c> Minor,</c><00:16:38.279><c> then</c><00:16:38.500><c> be</c>

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forewarned<00:16:40.019><c> and</c><00:16:40.320><c> be</c><00:16:40.759><c> forearmed.</c>

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Verse<00:16:42.779><c> 18</c><00:16:43.360><c> is</c><00:16:43.779><c> the</c><00:16:43.980><c> key</c><00:16:44.159><c> ingredient</c><00:16:44.679><c> for</c><00:16:45.120><c> success</c><00:16:45.840><c> against</c><00:16:46.360><c> the</c><00:16:46.679><c> challenge,</c><00:16:48.120><c> but</c><00:16:48.440><c> grow</c><00:16:49.279><c> in</c>

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grace<00:16:50.600><c> and</c>

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in<00:16:52.620><c> the</c><00:16:53.019><c> knowledge</c><00:16:53.600><c> of</c><00:16:54.000><c> our</c><00:16:54.320><c> Lord</c><00:16:54.759><c> and</c><00:16:55.259><c> Savior,</c><00:16:56.059><c> Jesus</c><00:16:56.580><c> Christ,</c><00:16:58.360><c> to</c><00:16:58.500><c> whom</c><00:16:58.639><c> be</c>

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glory<00:16:59.139><c> both</c><00:16:59.379><c> now</c><00:16:59.840><c> and</c><00:17:00.259><c> forever.</c>

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The<00:17:02.659><c> exhortation</c><00:17:03.259><c> to</c><00:17:03.500><c> grow,</c><00:17:03.980><c> the</c><00:17:05.180><c> exhortation</c><00:17:05.980><c> to</c><00:17:06.279><c> grow</c><00:17:06.559><c> particularly</c><00:17:07.460><c> in</c>

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accurate<00:17:08.720><c> knowledge,</c><00:17:09.859><c> which</c><00:17:10.019><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:10.400><c> sense</c><00:17:10.599><c> of</c><00:17:10.819><c> that</c><00:17:11.059><c> Greek</c><00:17:11.359><c> word</c><00:17:11.640><c> knowledge.</c>

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It<00:17:12.640><c> means</c><00:17:12.920><c> accurate,</c><00:17:13.880><c> complete,</c><00:17:14.799><c> full</c><00:17:15.079><c> knowledge.</c>

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It<00:17:16.579><c> doesn't</c><00:17:16.880><c> speak</c><00:17:17.180><c> for</c><00:17:17.440><c> a</c><00:17:17.660><c> cursory</c><00:17:18.079><c> knowledge.</c>

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That's<00:17:18.940><c> another</c><00:17:19.119><c> Greek</c><00:17:19.400><c> word.</c>

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It's<00:17:20.460><c> not</c><00:17:20.599><c> an</c><00:17:20.900><c> academic</c><00:17:21.400><c> knowledge,</c><00:17:21.960><c> which</c><00:17:22.119><c> is</c><00:17:22.319><c> just</c><00:17:22.579><c> gnosis</c>

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in<00:17:23.259><c> the</c><00:17:23.420><c> Greek.</c>

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This<00:17:24.599><c> word</c><00:17:24.980><c> conveys</c><00:17:25.799><c> intensively</c><00:17:26.619><c> in</c><00:17:26.779><c> its</c><00:17:27.059><c> form,</c><00:17:28.279><c> an</c><00:17:28.559><c> accurate</c><00:17:29.039><c> and</c><00:17:29.839><c> a</c>

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very<00:17:30.480><c> deep</c><00:17:30.839><c> knowledge.</c>

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So<00:17:32.880><c> there</c><00:17:33.400><c> is</c><00:17:34.160><c> a</c><00:17:34.500><c> clue</c><00:17:34.819><c> as</c><00:17:35.299><c> to</c><00:17:35.460><c> how</c><00:17:35.740><c> Peter</c><00:17:36.160><c> equips</c><00:17:36.880><c> the</c><00:17:37.160><c> brothers</c><00:17:37.420><c> and</c><00:17:37.700><c> sisters</c><00:17:38.099><c> against</c><00:17:38.619><c> the</c>

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challenge<00:17:39.440><c> of</c>

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apostasy.

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It's<00:17:41.539><c> not</c><00:17:41.779><c> just</c><00:17:42.000><c> the</c><00:17:42.180><c> general</c><00:17:42.559><c> exhortation</c><00:17:43.259><c> towards</c><00:17:43.579><c> knowing</c>

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the<00:17:44.240><c> Bible</c><00:17:44.539><c> in</c><00:17:44.920><c> general.</c>

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It's<00:17:46.119><c> an</c><00:17:46.359><c> exhortation</c><00:17:47.039><c> to</c><00:17:47.359><c> intense,</c><00:17:48.220><c> full,</c><00:17:48.980><c> complete</c><00:17:49.380><c> knowledge.</c>

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Now,<00:17:51.279><c> notice</c><00:17:51.519><c> how</c><00:17:51.720><c> this</c><00:17:52.079><c> theme</c><00:17:52.420><c> is</c><00:17:52.960><c> developed.</c>

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Elsewhere<00:17:54.299><c> in</c><00:17:54.500><c> this</c><00:17:54.700><c> second</c><00:17:55.000><c> epistle</c><00:17:55.420><c> as</c><00:17:55.740><c> an</c><00:17:56.079><c> antidote</c>

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against<00:17:57.099><c> apostasy.</c>

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Let's<00:17:59.500><c> go,</c><00:17:59.819><c> for</c><00:18:00.019><c> example,</c><00:18:00.440><c> back</c><00:18:00.740><c> to</c><00:18:00.900><c> chapter</c><00:18:01.319><c> one</c><00:18:01.799><c> of</c><00:18:02.160><c> second</c><00:18:02.460><c> Peter.</c>

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Back<00:18:08.079><c> to</c><00:18:08.279><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.640><c> one,</c><00:18:09.220><c> second</c><00:18:09.460><c> Peter.</c>

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On<00:18:14.819><c> the</c><00:18:15.099><c> overhead,</c><00:18:15.319><c> I</c><00:18:15.480><c> know</c><00:18:15.700><c> the</c><00:18:15.880><c> people</c><00:18:16.039><c> at</c><00:18:16.220><c> the</c><00:18:16.319><c> far</c><00:18:16.500><c> back</c><00:18:17.119><c> find</c><00:18:17.640><c> it</c>

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virtually<00:18:18.079><c> impossible</c><00:18:18.720><c> to</c><00:18:19.099><c> see</c><00:18:19.319><c> some</c><00:18:19.519><c> of</c>

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these<00:18:19.819><c> overheads.</c>

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There's<00:18:21.279><c> nothing</c><00:18:21.539><c> new</c><00:18:21.759><c> on</c><00:18:21.900><c> the</c><00:18:22.140><c> overhead.</c>

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Any<00:18:22.619><c> passages</c><00:18:23.240><c> that</c><00:18:23.619><c> we</c><00:18:23.920><c> have</c><00:18:24.160><c> listed</c><00:18:24.480><c> there</c><00:18:24.759><c> just</c><00:18:24.980><c> by</c><00:18:25.160><c> way</c><00:18:25.319><c> of</c>

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reference<00:18:25.960><c> will</c><00:18:26.579><c> be</c><00:18:26.799><c> mentioned</c><00:18:27.059><c> for</c><00:18:27.400><c> you.</c>

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And<00:18:27.859><c> we're</c><00:18:28.059><c> going</c><00:18:28.299><c> in</c><00:18:28.539><c> order.</c>

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For<00:18:29.720><c> example,</c><00:18:30.400><c> we've</c><00:18:30.799><c> looked</c><00:18:30.900><c> at</c><00:18:31.140><c> second</c><00:18:31.359><c> Peter,</c><00:18:32.059><c> chapter</c>

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three,<00:18:32.880><c> verse</c><00:18:33.099><c> 17.</c>

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We're<00:18:35.200><c> going</c><00:18:35.299><c> to</c><00:18:35.460><c> look</c><00:18:35.579><c> at</c><00:18:35.660><c> some</c><00:18:35.819><c> of</c><00:18:35.900><c> these</c><00:18:36.039><c> other</c><00:18:36.299><c> passages</c>

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may<00:18:37.240><c> not</c><00:18:37.400><c> be</c><00:18:37.539><c> in</c><00:18:37.700><c> exactly</c><00:18:38.160><c> the</c><00:18:38.420><c> same</c><00:18:38.599><c> order.</c>

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It's<00:18:39.259><c> just</c><00:18:39.480><c> a</c><00:18:39.619><c> frame</c><00:18:39.720><c> of</c><00:18:40.000><c> reference</c><00:18:40.240><c> for</c><00:18:40.599><c> you.</c>

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We<00:18:42.200><c> are</c><00:18:42.440><c> back</c><00:18:42.720><c> to</c><00:18:43.140><c> second</c><00:18:43.400><c> Peter,</c><00:18:43.680><c> chapter</c><00:18:44.200><c> one,</c><00:18:45.619><c> and</c><00:18:46.779><c> notice</c>

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what<00:18:47.140><c> he</c><00:18:47.380><c> says</c><00:18:47.519><c> here.</c>

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Chapter<00:18:48.559><c> one,</c><00:18:50.299><c> verse</c><00:18:50.299><c> 19,</c><00:18:55.299><c> second</c><00:18:55.440><c> Peter</c><00:18:55.680><c> one,</c><00:18:56.220><c> verse</c><00:18:56.559><c> 19.</c>

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He<00:18:58.980><c> says,</c><00:18:59.339><c> we</c><00:18:59.339><c> have</c><00:18:59.720><c> also</c><00:19:00.380><c> a</c><00:19:00.799><c> more</c><00:19:01.079><c> sure</c><00:19:01.319><c> word</c><00:19:01.680><c> of</c><00:19:02.000><c> prophecy.</c>

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Now<00:19:04.019><c> notice</c><00:19:04.759><c> the</c><00:19:05.400><c> importance</c><00:19:05.799><c> of</c><00:19:06.119><c> that</c><00:19:06.400><c> phrasing.</c>

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Ah,<00:19:09.099><c> sure</c><00:19:09.559><c> word</c><00:19:10.859><c> of</c><00:19:11.460><c> prophecy.</c>

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Why<00:19:13.220><c> does</c><00:19:13.339><c> he</c><00:19:13.519><c> express</c><00:19:13.819><c> it</c><00:19:14.000><c> that</c><00:19:14.259><c> way?</c>

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A<00:19:15.259><c> sure</c><00:19:15.619><c> word</c><00:19:15.880><c> of</c><00:19:16.140><c> prophecy</c><00:19:16.599><c> because</c><00:19:17.619><c> as</c><00:19:17.920><c> we've</c><00:19:18.220><c> seen</c><00:19:18.339><c> already</c>

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at<00:19:19.019><c> the</c><00:19:19.119><c> end</c><00:19:19.299><c> of</c><00:19:19.519><c> chapter</c><00:19:19.819><c> three,</c><00:19:20.559><c> he</c><00:19:20.920><c> fears</c><00:19:21.380><c> that</c>

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people<00:19:21.880><c> will</c><00:19:22.140><c> fall</c><00:19:22.380><c> away.</c>

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He<00:19:24.220><c> has</c><00:19:24.579><c> talked</c><00:19:24.819><c> as</c><00:19:25.039><c> we</c><00:19:25.220><c> read</c><00:19:25.319><c> in</c><00:19:25.579><c> chapter</c><00:19:25.839><c> three</c><00:19:26.180><c> about</c><00:19:26.779><c> be</c>

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wearing<00:19:27.779><c> against</c><00:19:28.759><c> those</c><00:19:29.119><c> who</c><00:19:29.299><c> will</c><00:19:29.460><c> lead</c><00:19:29.599><c> others</c><00:19:29.940><c> away</c>

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by<00:19:30.599><c> the</c><00:19:30.839><c> air</c><00:19:30.980><c> of</c><00:19:31.160><c> the</c><00:19:31.319><c> wicked.</c>

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Lest<00:19:32.519><c> he</c><00:19:32.740><c> says</c><00:19:33.039><c> you</c><00:19:33.500><c> fall</c><00:19:33.839><c> from</c><00:19:34.099><c> your</c><00:19:34.440><c> steadfastness.</c>

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The<00:19:36.099><c> antidote</c><00:19:37.400><c> of</c><00:19:38.299><c> falling</c><00:19:38.619><c> from</c><00:19:39.000><c> your</c><00:19:39.440><c> steadfastness</c><00:19:40.619><c> is</c><00:19:41.259><c> to</c>

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have<00:19:41.759><c> something</c><00:19:42.200><c> that's</c><00:19:42.660><c> sure.</c>

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If<00:19:43.940><c> you</c><00:19:44.099><c> want</c><00:19:44.259><c> to</c><00:19:44.359><c> be</c><00:19:44.579><c> steadfast,</c><00:19:45.559><c> then</c><00:19:45.579><c> the</c><00:19:45.799><c> antidote</c><00:19:46.220><c> is</c><00:19:46.500><c> to</c>

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receive<00:19:47.240><c> something</c><00:19:47.619><c> that</c><00:19:47.859><c> makes</c><00:19:48.160><c> you</c><00:19:48.500><c> sure.</c>

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And<00:19:49.480><c> what</c><00:19:49.660><c> makes</c><00:19:49.880><c> you</c><00:19:50.140><c> sure?</c>

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Verse<00:19:51.240><c> 19</c><00:19:51.700><c> is</c><00:19:51.980><c> prophecy.</c>

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See<00:19:53.359><c> how</c><00:19:53.519><c> he</c><00:19:53.779><c> expands</c><00:19:54.079><c> it.</c>

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We're<00:19:55.240><c> unto</c><00:19:55.579><c> ye</c><00:19:56.319><c> do</c><00:19:56.720><c> well</c><00:19:57.140><c> that</c><00:19:57.400><c> ye</c><00:19:57.759><c> take</c><00:19:58.220><c> heed</c><00:19:58.660><c> as</c><00:19:59.500><c> unto</c><00:19:59.759><c> a</c><00:20:00.099><c> light</c><00:20:00.319><c> that</c><00:20:00.700><c> shineth</c><00:20:01.000><c> in</c>

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a<00:20:01.299><c> dark</c><00:20:01.599><c> place</c><00:20:02.240><c> until</c><00:20:03.279><c> the</c><00:20:03.720><c> day</c>

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dawn<00:20:04.539><c> and</c><00:20:05.279><c> the</c><00:20:05.539><c> day</c><00:20:05.880><c> star</c><00:20:06.140><c> arise</c><00:20:06.579><c> in</c><00:20:06.779><c> your</c><00:20:07.019><c> hearts.</c>

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the<00:20:15.799><c> theme</c><00:20:16.059><c> of</c><00:20:16.359><c> future</c><00:20:16.740><c> glory</c><00:20:17.420><c> can't</c><00:20:18.180><c> be</c>

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disconnected<00:20:19.259><c> from</c><00:20:20.279><c> the</c><00:20:20.599><c> theme</c><00:20:20.819><c> of</c><00:20:21.099><c> apostasy</c><00:20:22.259><c> because</c><00:20:23.000><c> apostasy</c><00:20:24.220><c> must</c>

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be<00:20:25.460><c> challenged</c><00:20:26.079><c> in</c><00:20:26.660><c> order</c><00:20:27.099><c> to</c><00:20:27.859><c> receive</c><00:20:28.319><c> the</c>

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glory.

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We<00:20:29.819><c> must</c><00:20:30.140><c> combat</c><00:20:30.700><c> that</c><00:20:31.160><c> challenge</c><00:20:31.539><c> of</c><00:20:31.779><c> apostasy</c><00:20:32.500><c> successfully</c><00:20:33.319><c> if</c><00:20:33.799><c> we're</c><00:20:34.000><c> going</c><00:20:34.140><c> to</c>

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come<00:20:34.480><c> through</c><00:20:34.700><c> the</c>

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trials<00:20:35.400><c> and</c><00:20:35.859><c> the</c><00:20:36.019><c> tribulations</c><00:20:36.660><c> and</c><00:20:36.960><c> the</c><00:20:37.180><c> tensions</c><00:20:37.599><c> and</c><00:20:37.980><c> the</c>

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difficulties<00:20:38.759><c> successfully</c><00:20:40.180><c> so</c><00:20:40.799><c> that</c><00:20:40.900><c> when</c><00:20:41.079><c> that</c><00:20:41.339><c> day</c>

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star<00:20:41.859><c> arises,</c><00:20:42.819><c> it</c><00:20:42.940><c> will</c><00:20:43.180><c> arise</c><00:20:43.480><c> in</c><00:20:43.660><c> our</c><00:20:43.900><c> hearts</c><00:20:44.240><c> and</c><00:20:44.460><c> we</c><00:20:44.559><c> will</c>

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share<00:20:44.940><c> its</c><00:20:45.180><c> light.</c>

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This<00:20:47.299><c> sure</c><00:20:48.039><c> word</c><00:20:48.740><c> of</c><00:20:49.160><c> prophecy,</c><00:20:51.000><c> something</c><00:20:51.359><c> that</c><00:20:51.680><c> he</c><00:20:51.960><c> expands</c>

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even<00:20:52.519><c> more</c><00:20:52.779><c> so</c><00:20:53.019><c> in</c><00:20:53.160><c> verse</c><00:20:53.359><c> 20,</c><00:20:54.200><c> knowing</c><00:20:54.400><c> this,</c>

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knowing<00:20:55.779><c> this.</c>

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Remember,<00:20:57.259><c> we</c><00:20:57.579><c> saw</c><00:20:57.859><c> how</c><00:20:58.079><c> that</c><00:20:58.359><c> word</c><00:20:58.660><c> know</c><00:20:59.220><c> in</c><00:20:59.980><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.380><c> three</c>

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was<00:21:01.000><c> a</c><00:21:01.259><c> key</c><00:21:01.440><c> part</c><00:21:01.740><c> of</c><00:21:01.900><c> the</c><00:21:02.119><c> antidote.</c>

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He<00:21:03.460><c> had</c><00:21:03.779><c> said</c><00:21:04.160><c> grow</c><00:21:04.779><c> in</c><00:21:05.099><c> grace</c><00:21:05.400><c> and</c><00:21:05.660><c> in</c><00:21:05.779><c> the</c><00:21:06.079><c> knowledge,</c><00:21:07.099><c> in</c><00:21:07.259><c> the</c><00:21:07.519><c> knowledge</c><00:21:07.920><c> of</c>

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our<00:21:08.380><c> Lord</c><00:21:08.619><c> and</c><00:21:08.900><c> Savior</c><00:21:09.160><c> Jesus</c><00:21:09.619><c> Christ.</c>

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Here,<00:21:11.119><c> the</c><00:21:11.160><c> word</c><00:21:11.480><c> knowing</c><00:21:11.960><c> is</c><00:21:12.319><c> employed</c><00:21:12.859><c> again.</c>

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What<00:21:14.019><c> are</c><00:21:14.200><c> we</c><00:21:14.319><c> to</c><00:21:14.500><c> know?</c>

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Knowing<00:21:15.759><c> this</c><00:21:16.299><c> first</c><00:21:16.599><c> that</c><00:21:16.920><c> no</c><00:21:17.319><c> prophecy</c><00:21:17.740><c> of</c><00:21:17.940><c> the</c><00:21:18.160><c> scripture</c>

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is<00:21:18.880><c> of</c><00:21:19.039><c> any</c><00:21:19.319><c> private</c><00:21:19.680><c> interpretation,</c><00:21:21.140><c> for</c><00:21:21.200><c> the</c>

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prophecy<00:21:21.740><c> came</c><00:21:22.140><c> in</c><00:21:22.579><c> not</c><00:21:23.000><c> in</c><00:21:23.160><c> old</c><00:21:23.440><c> time</c><00:21:23.680><c> by</c><00:21:23.859><c> the</c><00:21:24.000><c> will</c><00:21:24.079><c> of</c><00:21:24.359><c> man,</c>

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but<00:21:25.640><c> holy</c><00:21:25.920><c> men</c><00:21:26.039><c> of</c><00:21:26.180><c> God</c><00:21:26.500><c> speak</c><00:21:26.940><c> as</c><00:21:27.079><c> they</c><00:21:27.259><c> were</c><00:21:27.500><c> moved</c>

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by<00:21:27.960><c> the</c><00:21:28.119><c> Holy</c><00:21:28.359><c> Spirit.</c>

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He<00:21:29.980><c> is</c><00:21:30.240><c> stressing</c><00:21:30.579><c> how</c><00:21:31.019><c> reliable</c><00:21:31.720><c> the</c><00:21:32.279><c> word</c><00:21:32.480><c> of</c><00:21:32.880><c> prophecy</c><00:21:33.220><c> is.</c>

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He's<00:21:34.940><c> telling</c><00:21:35.160><c> us</c><00:21:35.380><c> we</c><00:21:35.519><c> must</c><00:21:35.819><c> know</c><00:21:36.259><c> it</c><00:21:36.680><c> and</c><00:21:37.039><c> know</c><00:21:37.240><c> it</c><00:21:37.519><c> well.</c>

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He's<00:21:39.059><c> telling</c><00:21:39.319><c> us</c><00:21:39.519><c> that</c><00:21:39.660><c> it</c><00:21:39.740><c> can</c><00:21:39.859><c> be</c><00:21:40.079><c> a</c><00:21:40.200><c> source</c><00:21:40.400><c> of</c><00:21:40.680><c> light</c><00:21:41.019><c> in</c><00:21:41.400><c> a</c>

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dark<00:21:41.900><c> place</c><00:21:42.319><c> until</c><00:21:42.859><c> the</c><00:21:43.099><c> day</c><00:21:43.359><c> dawn.</c>

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He's<00:21:44.779><c> telling</c><00:21:44.940><c> the</c><00:21:45.140><c> brothers</c><00:21:45.359><c> and</c><00:21:45.599><c> sisters</c><00:21:45.859><c> in</c><00:21:46.059><c> Asia</c><00:21:46.400><c> Minor,</c>

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here<00:21:47.599><c> is</c><00:21:47.980><c> a</c><00:21:48.400><c> bedrock</c><00:21:49.480><c> source</c><00:21:50.099><c> of</c><00:21:50.940><c> strength</c><00:21:51.559><c> and</c>

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help<00:21:52.339><c> against</c><00:21:52.759><c> the</c><00:21:53.099><c> challenge</c><00:21:53.480><c> of</c><00:21:53.720><c> apostasy.</c>

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He's<00:21:56.359><c> telling</c><00:21:56.599><c> them,</c><00:21:56.819><c> brothers</c><00:21:57.059><c> and</c><00:21:57.339><c> sisters,</c><00:21:57.839><c> that</c><00:21:58.079><c> men</c><00:21:58.480><c> were</c><00:21:58.779><c> not</c>

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moved<00:21:59.640><c> by</c><00:22:00.119><c> their</c><00:22:00.400><c> own</c><00:22:00.660><c> will,</c><00:22:00.920><c> verse</c><00:22:01.259><c> 21,</c><00:22:02.559><c> but</c>

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they<00:22:03.019><c> were</c><00:22:03.200><c> motivated</c><00:22:03.880><c> or</c><00:22:04.299><c> born</c><00:22:04.559><c> along</c><00:22:05.079><c> by</c><00:22:05.619><c> the</c><00:22:05.880><c> Holy</c>

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Spirit's<00:22:06.779><c> influence.</c>

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Therefore,<00:22:09.319><c> brothers</c><00:22:09.420><c> and</c><00:22:09.720><c> sisters,</c><00:22:10.519><c> he</c><00:22:10.720><c> is</c><00:22:10.920><c> putting</c><00:22:11.160><c> in</c><00:22:11.359><c> the</c>

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hands<00:22:11.839><c> of</c><00:22:12.039><c> the</c><00:22:12.180><c> brothers</c><00:22:12.420><c> and</c><00:22:12.619><c> sisters</c><00:22:12.900><c> of</c><00:22:13.079><c> Asia</c>

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Minor,<00:22:14.700><c> an</c><00:22:14.839><c> arsenal.</c>

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He's<00:22:16.500><c> giving</c><00:22:16.720><c> them</c><00:22:17.000><c> a</c><00:22:17.359><c> weapon</c><00:22:17.720><c> against</c><00:22:18.400><c> apostasy.</c>

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The<00:22:20.400><c> sure</c><00:22:20.839><c> word</c><00:22:21.220><c> of</c><00:22:21.579><c> prophecy</c><00:22:22.019><c> is</c><00:22:22.660><c> bedrock</c><00:22:23.319><c> and</c><00:22:23.920><c> sure.</c>

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Use<00:22:25.400><c> it,</c><00:22:25.579><c> he</c><00:22:25.819><c> says,</c><00:22:26.900><c> use</c><00:22:27.240><c> it</c><00:22:27.480><c> as</c><00:22:27.740><c> an</c><00:22:28.099><c> antidote</c><00:22:28.619><c> to</c><00:22:28.920><c> apostasy.</c>

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Now,<00:22:30.799><c> what</c><00:22:31.079><c> he</c><00:22:31.400><c> says</c><00:22:31.579><c> here</c><00:22:31.859><c> in</c><00:22:32.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:32.440><c> one</c><00:22:32.819><c> about</c><00:22:33.220><c> prophecy</c>

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being<00:22:34.180><c> a</c><00:22:34.480><c> sure</c><00:22:34.680><c> word</c><00:22:35.079><c> is</c><00:22:36.140><c> directed</c><00:22:36.839><c> against</c>

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primarily<00:22:38.279><c> one</c><00:22:39.019><c> form</c><00:22:39.319><c> of</c><00:22:39.559><c> apostasy.</c>

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Which<00:22:41.400><c> of</c><00:22:41.539><c> the</c><00:22:41.740><c> two</c><00:22:41.940><c> would</c><00:22:42.099><c> it</c><00:22:42.240><c> be</c><00:22:42.420><c> directed</c><00:22:42.700><c> against?</c>

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There's<00:22:44.359><c> the</c><00:22:44.579><c> apostasy,</c><00:22:45.140><c> we</c><00:22:45.380><c> said,</c><00:22:46.259><c> that</c><00:22:46.359><c> amounts</c><00:22:46.640><c> to</c><00:22:46.819><c> the</c><00:22:47.160><c> challenging</c><00:22:47.519><c> of</c>

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whether<00:22:48.140><c> this</c><00:22:48.359><c> is</c><00:22:48.519><c> a</c><00:22:48.640><c> divine</c><00:22:48.900><c> book,</c>

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the<00:22:50.660><c> challenge</c><00:22:50.940><c> that</c><00:22:51.180><c> comes</c><00:22:51.380><c> from</c><00:22:51.720><c> atheism</c><00:22:52.299><c> or</c><00:22:52.539><c> scoffers</c><00:22:53.059><c> or</c><00:22:53.299><c> critics.</c>

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And<00:22:54.599><c> then</c><00:22:54.700><c> there's</c><00:22:54.920><c> the</c><00:22:55.059><c> form</c><00:22:55.240><c> of</c><00:22:55.500><c> apostasy</c><00:22:56.279><c> that</c><00:22:56.920><c> adulterates</c><00:22:57.559><c> the</c><00:22:57.819><c> basic</c>

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principles<00:22:58.740><c> or</c><00:22:59.319><c> teachings</c><00:22:59.759><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:23:01.079><c> and</c><00:23:01.319><c> the</c><00:23:01.500><c> apostles.</c>

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This<00:23:03.299><c> exhortation</c><00:23:04.140><c> to</c><00:23:04.500><c> cleave</c><00:23:04.940><c> carefully</c><00:23:05.380><c> to</c><00:23:05.599><c> the</c><00:23:05.740><c> word</c><00:23:05.880><c> of</c>

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prophecy,<00:23:06.700><c> which</c><00:23:06.920><c> is</c><00:23:07.220><c> sure,</c><00:23:08.160><c> which</c><00:23:08.359><c> provides</c><00:23:08.839><c> light</c>

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until<00:23:09.480><c> the</c><00:23:09.740><c> day</c><00:23:09.980><c> dawn,</c><00:23:11.559><c> is</c><00:23:11.779><c> aimed</c><00:23:12.180><c> at</c><00:23:12.920><c> giving</c><00:23:13.279><c> them</c><00:23:13.559><c> strength</c>

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and<00:23:14.180><c> guidance</c><00:23:14.680><c> against</c><00:23:15.400><c> the</c><00:23:15.779><c> arguments</c><00:23:16.259><c> of</c>

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skepticism.

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Brothers<00:23:18.740><c> and</c><00:23:19.019><c> sisters,</c><00:23:19.319><c> there</c><00:23:19.599><c> is</c><00:23:19.779><c> no</c><00:23:19.980><c> greater</c><00:23:20.380><c> form</c><00:23:20.700><c> of</c><00:23:21.019><c> witness</c><00:23:21.480><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:22.559><c> integrity</c><00:23:22.980><c> of</c><00:23:23.240><c> this</c><00:23:23.559><c> book,</c><00:23:24.299><c> to</c><00:23:24.480><c> the</c>

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divine<00:23:24.980><c> inspiration</c><00:23:25.799><c> of</c><00:23:26.660><c> the</c><00:23:26.880><c> Bible</c><00:23:27.259><c> than</c><00:23:27.819><c> the</c><00:23:28.079><c> witness</c><00:23:28.660><c> from</c><00:23:29.059><c> prophecy.</c>

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I<00:23:30.559><c> know</c><00:23:30.720><c> that</c><00:23:30.900><c> goes</c><00:23:31.140><c> without</c><00:23:31.480><c> saying,</c><00:23:32.500><c> we</c><00:23:32.680><c> all</c><00:23:32.900><c> recognize</c><00:23:33.519><c> how</c>

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the<00:23:34.339><c> fulfillment</c><00:23:34.660><c> of</c><00:23:34.980><c> prophecy</c><00:23:35.319><c> in</c><00:23:35.500><c> the</c><00:23:35.619><c> nation</c><00:23:35.859><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:23:37.420><c> the</c><00:23:37.559><c> fulfillment</c><00:23:37.900><c> of</c><00:23:38.119><c> the</c><00:23:38.319><c> prophecies</c><00:23:38.720><c> concerning</c>

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Tyre<00:23:39.700><c> and</c><00:23:39.859><c> Babylon</c><00:23:40.359><c> and</c><00:23:40.619><c> Egypt</c><00:23:41.039><c> are</c><00:23:41.859><c> strong</c>

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forms<00:23:42.819><c> of</c><00:23:43.220><c> witness.</c>

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They<00:23:43.700><c> are</c><00:23:44.000><c> sure</c><00:23:44.220><c> words</c><00:23:44.779><c> against</c><00:23:45.720><c> skepticism,</c><00:23:47.380><c> against</c><00:23:47.779><c> those</c>

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who<00:23:48.579><c> described</c><00:23:49.019><c> in</c><00:23:49.240><c> chapter</c><00:23:49.599><c> three</c><00:23:50.640><c> would</c><00:23:51.019><c> say,</c>

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where<00:23:51.420><c> is</c><00:23:51.559><c> the</c><00:23:51.779><c> promise?</c>

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Where<00:23:53.299><c> is</c><00:23:53.440><c> the</c><00:23:53.640><c> fulfillment</c><00:23:53.920><c> of</c><00:23:54.119><c> these</c><00:23:54.339><c> things?</c>

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Where<00:23:55.640><c> is</c><00:23:56.079><c> there</c><00:23:56.359><c> proof</c><00:23:56.700><c> that</c><00:23:56.880><c> a</c><00:23:57.099><c> divine</c><00:23:57.420><c> hand</c><00:23:57.880><c> has</c><00:23:58.259><c> interrupted</c><00:23:59.079><c> the</c><00:24:00.259><c> human</c><00:24:00.599><c> scene?</c>

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Where's<00:24:01.319><c> the</c><00:24:01.559><c> proof?</c>

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The<00:24:02.680><c> answer,</c><00:24:03.619><c> the</c><00:24:03.799><c> sure</c><00:24:04.059><c> word</c><00:24:04.279><c> of</c><00:24:04.640><c> prophecy.</c>

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It's<00:24:06.079><c> a</c><00:24:06.240><c> light</c><00:24:06.420><c> that</c><00:24:06.740><c> shines</c><00:24:07.059><c> until</c><00:24:07.359><c> the</c><00:24:07.579><c> day</c><00:24:07.839><c> dawn.</c>

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There,<00:24:09.079><c> brothers</c><00:24:09.240><c> and</c><00:24:09.500><c> sisters,</c><00:24:09.920><c> he</c><00:24:10.220><c> says</c><00:24:10.539><c> in</c><00:24:10.819><c> Asia</c><00:24:11.079><c> Minor,</c><00:24:12.039><c> there</c><00:24:12.460><c> is</c><00:24:12.799><c> a</c>

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strong<00:24:13.539><c> arsenal</c><00:24:14.259><c> against</c>

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skepticism.

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There's<00:24:16.680><c> your</c><00:24:16.900><c> answer</c><00:24:17.200><c> to</c><00:24:17.380><c> the</c><00:24:17.619><c> skeptic.</c>

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There's<00:24:18.859><c> your</c><00:24:19.140><c> answer</c><00:24:19.440><c> to</c><00:24:19.619><c> the</c><00:24:19.839><c> scoffer.</c>

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Now,<00:24:22.039><c> brothers</c><00:24:22.079><c> and</c><00:24:22.319><c> sisters,</c><00:24:23.000><c> that</c><00:24:23.319><c> goes,</c><00:24:24.019><c> I'm</c><00:24:24.339><c> sure,</c><00:24:24.779><c> without</c><00:24:25.119><c> saying</c><00:24:25.519><c> for</c>

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all<00:24:26.099><c> of</c><00:24:26.200><c> us,</c><00:24:27.119><c> but</c><00:24:27.400><c> there's</c>

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some<00:24:27.920><c> important</c><00:24:28.359><c> implications</c><00:24:28.980><c> here.</c>

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If<00:24:30.319><c> we</c><00:24:30.660><c> accept</c><00:24:31.140><c> that,</c><00:24:31.680><c> brothers</c><00:24:31.680><c> and</c><00:24:31.940><c> sisters</c><00:24:32.200><c> in</c><00:24:32.480><c> faith,</c><00:24:32.759><c> and</c>

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see<00:24:33.400><c> the</c><00:24:33.759><c> logic</c><00:24:34.240><c> of</c><00:24:34.539><c> it,</c><00:24:35.460><c> what</c><00:24:35.839><c> are</c><00:24:35.980><c> we</c>

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doing<00:24:36.339><c> about</c><00:24:36.619><c> it</c><00:24:37.079><c> back</c><00:24:37.359><c> home</c><00:24:37.619><c> in</c><00:24:37.799><c> our</c><00:24:38.000><c> Ecclesias?</c>

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We<00:24:39.440><c> have</c><00:24:39.660><c> young</c><00:24:39.920><c> people</c><00:24:40.279><c> back</c><00:24:40.640><c> home,</c><00:24:40.859><c> not</c><00:24:41.099><c> yet</c><00:24:41.339><c> baptized,</c><00:24:42.380><c> that</c><00:24:42.559><c> are</c>

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looking<00:24:42.960><c> for</c><00:24:43.319><c> answers</c><00:24:43.839><c> to</c><00:24:44.240><c> skeptics.</c>

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Day<00:24:46.240><c> in</c><00:24:46.440><c> and</c><00:24:46.539><c> day</c><00:24:46.759><c> out,</c><00:24:46.960><c> they</c><00:24:47.160><c> spend</c><00:24:47.420><c> more</c><00:24:47.779><c> time</c><00:24:48.059><c> at</c><00:24:48.259><c> school</c><00:24:48.500><c> than</c><00:24:48.619><c> they</c><00:24:48.799><c> do</c>

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under<00:24:49.140><c> your</c><00:24:49.359><c> roof.</c>

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We<00:24:50.940><c> have</c><00:24:51.180><c> young</c><00:24:51.500><c> people</c><00:24:51.960><c> that</c><00:24:52.240><c> need</c><00:24:52.660><c> to</c><00:24:52.900><c> be</c><00:24:53.160><c> equipped</c><00:24:53.500><c> with</c>

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answers<00:24:54.460><c> against</c><00:24:54.960><c> the</c><00:24:55.279><c> skepticism</c><00:24:56.039><c> embedded</c>

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in<00:24:57.039><c> the</c><00:24:57.240><c> educational</c><00:24:57.660><c> system.</c>

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We<00:24:59.119><c> send</c><00:24:59.359><c> our</c><00:24:59.519><c> young</c><00:24:59.720><c> people</c><00:24:59.960><c> off</c><00:25:00.200><c> to</c><00:25:00.380><c> university,</c><00:25:01.539><c> perhaps,</c>

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or<00:25:02.059><c> to</c><00:25:02.359><c> colleges</c><00:25:02.680><c> or</c><00:25:02.980><c> secondary</c><00:25:03.339><c> forms</c>

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of<00:25:03.960><c> education</c><00:25:04.440><c> that</c><00:25:04.839><c> sometimes</c><00:25:05.559><c> may</c><00:25:06.079><c> be</c><00:25:06.380><c> outside</c><00:25:06.980><c> of</c><00:25:07.160><c> the</c>

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ecclesial<00:25:07.819><c> sphere.</c>

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We<00:25:09.660><c> are</c><00:25:10.000><c> sending</c><00:25:10.299><c> them,</c><00:25:10.599><c> brothers</c><00:25:10.720><c> and</c><00:25:10.980><c> sisters,</c><00:25:11.220><c> into</c><00:25:11.440><c> darkness</c><00:25:12.019><c> with</c>

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no<00:25:13.099><c> light</c><00:25:13.420><c> in</c><00:25:13.660><c> their</c><00:25:13.960><c> hands,</c>

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unless<00:25:15.240><c> we</c><00:25:15.480><c> have</c><00:25:15.839><c> carefully</c><00:25:16.200><c> equipped</c><00:25:16.599><c> them</c><00:25:17.279><c> with</c><00:25:17.740><c> the</c><00:25:18.140><c> arguments</c><00:25:18.500><c> of</c><00:25:18.740><c> the</c><00:25:18.940><c> sure</c><00:25:19.220><c> words</c><00:25:19.599><c> of</c><00:25:19.920><c> prophecy</c>

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to<00:25:21.200><c> be</c><00:25:21.440><c> a</c><00:25:21.619><c> bedrock</c><00:25:22.039><c> to</c><00:25:22.200><c> their</c><00:25:22.460><c> faith</c><00:25:22.740><c> and</c><00:25:23.000><c> an</c><00:25:23.299><c> answer</c><00:25:23.559><c> to</c><00:25:23.700><c> their</c><00:25:23.960><c> friends.</c>

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Now,<00:25:25.279><c> are</c><00:25:25.460><c> you</c><00:25:25.680><c> doing</c><00:25:25.900><c> that?</c>

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Am<00:25:26.359><c> I</c><00:25:26.599><c> doing</c><00:25:26.799><c> that?</c>

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What<00:25:27.940><c> about</c><00:25:28.079><c> in</c><00:25:28.359><c> CYC</c><00:25:28.900><c> back</c><00:25:29.240><c> home?</c>

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Are<00:25:30.299><c> those</c><00:25:30.579><c> young</c><00:25:30.779><c> people</c><00:25:31.160><c> being</c><00:25:31.559><c> nurtured</c><00:25:32.039><c> on</c><00:25:32.339><c> the</c><00:25:32.660><c> evidence</c>

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from<00:25:33.359><c> prophecy?</c>

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How<00:25:35.180><c> do</c><00:25:35.400><c> they</c><00:25:35.700><c> know</c><00:25:36.039><c> to</c><00:25:36.500><c> answer</c><00:25:36.779><c> the</c><00:25:37.000><c> skeptic</c><00:25:37.359><c> and</c><00:25:37.460><c> the</c><00:25:37.599><c> friends</c><00:25:37.779><c> at</c><00:25:38.000><c> school,</c><00:25:38.279><c> or</c>

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the<00:25:38.640><c> teacher</c><00:25:39.000><c> in</c><00:25:39.259><c> the</c>

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biology<00:25:39.779><c> class?</c>

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What<00:25:41.440><c> are</c><00:25:41.579><c> you</c><00:25:41.720><c> doing</c><00:25:41.859><c> in</c><00:25:42.000><c> your</c><00:25:42.259><c> homes,</c><00:25:42.779><c> brothers</c><00:25:42.839><c> and</c><00:25:43.119><c> sisters,</c><00:25:43.460><c> to</c><00:25:43.720><c> equip</c><00:25:43.980><c> your</c><00:25:44.380><c> children</c><00:25:44.779><c> to</c><00:25:45.960><c> have</c>

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lights<00:25:46.680><c> in</c><00:25:46.960><c> their</c><00:25:47.259><c> hand</c><00:25:47.579><c> against</c><00:25:47.859><c> the</c><00:25:48.140><c> darkness</c><00:25:48.480><c> that</c><00:25:48.720><c> besets</c>

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them<00:25:49.240><c> at</c><00:25:49.440><c> school?</c>

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Do<00:25:50.480><c> they</c><00:25:50.720><c> know</c><00:25:50.920><c> the</c><00:25:51.220><c> arguments</c><00:25:51.700><c> from</c><00:25:52.019><c> prophecy?</c>

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Can<00:25:53.359><c> they</c><00:25:53.819><c> intelligently</c><00:25:54.460><c> discuss</c><00:25:54.900><c> the</c><00:25:55.259><c> evidence</c><00:25:55.660><c> from</c><00:25:56.640><c> history</c><00:25:57.039><c> or</c>

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archaeology,<00:25:57.980><c> for</c><00:25:58.240><c> example,</c>

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that<00:25:59.339><c> testifies</c><00:25:59.980><c> to</c><00:26:00.200><c> the</c><00:26:00.359><c> fulfillment</c><00:26:00.819><c> of</c><00:26:01.079><c> the</c><00:26:01.240><c> prophetic</c><00:26:01.539><c> word?</c>

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Can<00:26:03.980><c> they,</c><00:26:04.220><c> brothers</c><00:26:04.339><c> and</c><00:26:04.640><c> sisters,</c><00:26:05.940><c> equip</c><00:26:06.200><c> themselves</c><00:26:07.000><c> with</c>

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the<00:26:07.519><c> arguments</c><00:26:07.880><c> concerning</c><00:26:08.420><c> the</c><00:26:08.740><c> return</c><00:26:09.059><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:26:10.519><c> the</c><00:26:10.940><c> prophecies</c><00:26:11.339><c> concerning</c><00:26:11.839><c> Tyre,</c><00:26:12.400><c> the</c><00:26:12.660><c> prophecies</c><00:26:13.119><c> concerning</c><00:26:13.519><c> Babylon,</c>

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where<00:26:14.839><c> there</c><00:26:15.000><c> is</c>

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objective<00:26:15.839><c> evidence</c><00:26:16.359><c> even</c><00:26:16.680><c> outside</c><00:26:17.180><c> of</c><00:26:17.440><c> scripture</c><00:26:17.779><c> in</c><00:26:18.119><c> the</c>

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books<00:26:18.420><c> of</c><00:26:18.619><c> history</c><00:26:19.019><c> to</c><00:26:19.660><c> testify</c><00:26:20.279><c> to</c><00:26:20.599><c> the</c>

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minute<00:26:21.279><c> accuracy</c><00:26:21.900><c> of</c><00:26:22.099><c> the</c><00:26:22.279><c> scriptural</c><00:26:22.660><c> word,</c><00:26:23.500><c> the</c><00:26:23.779><c> extent</c><00:26:24.079><c> to</c>

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which<00:26:24.859><c> the</c><00:26:25.240><c> prophets</c><00:26:25.559><c> of</c><00:26:25.799><c> old</c><00:26:26.019><c> spoke</c>

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accurately<00:26:27.039><c> and</c><00:26:27.500><c> truly?</c>

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I<00:26:29.019><c> suspect,</c><00:26:29.700><c> brothers</c><00:26:29.720><c> and</c><00:26:29.980><c> sisters,</c><00:26:30.339><c> that</c><00:26:30.559><c> we</c><00:26:30.779><c> all</c><00:26:31.019><c> could</c><00:26:31.119><c> do</c>

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better<00:26:31.660><c> on</c><00:26:31.940><c> this</c><00:26:32.200><c> scale,</c><00:26:33.160><c> both</c><00:26:33.440><c> in</c><00:26:33.680><c> our</c>

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homes<00:26:34.220><c> and</c><00:26:34.539><c> in</c><00:26:34.720><c> working</c><00:26:34.920><c> in</c><00:26:35.119><c> our</c><00:26:35.299><c> CYCs.</c>

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What<00:26:36.500><c> about</c><00:26:36.640><c> our</c><00:26:36.819><c> lectures?</c>

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So<00:26:38.240><c> perhaps</c><00:26:38.660><c> we</c><00:26:38.859><c> may</c><00:26:39.059><c> complain</c><00:26:39.440><c> that</c><00:26:39.640><c> we</c><00:26:39.700><c> don't</c><00:26:39.980><c> receive</c><00:26:40.440><c> many</c>

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strangers<00:26:41.799><c> coming</c><00:26:42.279><c> in</c><00:26:42.500><c> from</c><00:26:42.619><c> the</c><00:26:42.759><c> outside.</c>

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From<00:26:44.140><c> year</c><00:26:44.359><c> to</c><00:26:44.500><c> year,</c><00:26:44.960><c> we</c><00:26:45.019><c> may</c><00:26:45.240><c> not</c><00:26:45.420><c> receive</c><00:26:45.720><c> many</c><00:26:46.000><c> people</c><00:26:46.339><c> that</c><00:26:46.539><c> visit</c><00:26:46.700><c> our</c>

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lectures,<00:26:47.619><c> but</c><00:26:47.859><c> your</c><00:26:48.059><c> young</c>

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people<00:26:48.579><c> are</c><00:26:48.759><c> there.</c>

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And<00:26:50.019><c> what</c><00:26:50.180><c> about</c><00:26:50.339><c> them?</c>

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Do<00:26:52.059><c> we,</c><00:26:52.339><c> brothers</c><00:26:52.460><c> and</c><00:26:52.740><c> sisters,</c><00:26:53.299><c> deliberately</c><00:26:53.779><c> select</c><00:26:54.259><c> lectures</c><00:26:54.700><c> during</c><00:26:55.099><c> the</c>

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year<00:26:55.539><c> which</c><00:26:55.779><c> will</c>

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fortify<00:26:56.759><c> our</c><00:26:57.019><c> young</c><00:26:57.220><c> people</c><00:26:57.720><c> and</c><00:26:58.460><c> give</c><00:26:58.680><c> them</c><00:26:58.900><c> the</c><00:26:59.160><c> sure</c><00:26:59.420><c> word</c>

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convince<00:27:02.819><c> themselves</c><00:27:03.519><c> that</c><00:27:04.220><c> this</c><00:27:04.559><c> is</c><00:27:04.859><c> the</c><00:27:04.980><c> word</c><00:27:05.119><c> of</c><00:27:05.319><c> God,</c><00:27:06.400><c> so</c>

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that<00:27:06.819><c> they</c><00:27:06.920><c> can</c><00:27:07.180><c> effectively</c><00:27:07.940><c> assail</c>

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the<00:27:08.900><c> challenge</c><00:27:09.319><c> of</c><00:27:09.599><c> that</c><00:27:09.779><c> form</c><00:27:10.000><c> of</c><00:27:10.200><c> apostasy,</c><00:27:11.339><c> so</c><00:27:11.640><c> they</c><00:27:11.900><c> won't</c>

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fall<00:27:12.559><c> away</c><00:27:12.980><c> and</c><00:27:13.220><c> they</c><00:27:13.440><c> will</c><00:27:13.700><c> not</c><00:27:13.960><c> challenge</c>

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the<00:27:14.779><c> basic</c><00:27:15.420><c> foundations</c><00:27:16.099><c> of</c><00:27:16.380><c> faith?</c>

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Well,<00:27:18.880><c> brothers</c><00:27:19.019><c> and</c><00:27:19.240><c> sisters,</c><00:27:19.519><c> there</c><00:27:19.680><c> are</c><00:27:19.859><c> other</c><00:27:20.180><c> clues</c><00:27:20.619><c> in</c>

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this<00:27:21.279><c> epistle</c><00:27:21.859><c> as</c><00:27:23.039><c> to</c><00:27:23.259><c> how</c><00:27:23.579><c> we</c><00:27:23.799><c> can</c><00:27:24.180><c> effectively</c>

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meet<00:27:25.319><c> the</c><00:27:25.660><c> challenge</c><00:27:26.140><c> of</c><00:27:26.960><c> apostasy.</c>

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Let's<00:27:28.259><c> take</c><00:27:28.500><c> the</c><00:27:28.720><c> second</c><00:27:28.900><c> type</c><00:27:29.180><c> of</c><00:27:29.380><c> apostasy</c><00:27:29.900><c> here.</c>

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:36.980
The<00:27:32.259><c> challenge</c><00:27:32.880><c> of</c><00:27:33.839><c> false</c><00:27:34.220><c> brethren,</c><00:27:35.559><c> the</c><00:27:35.740><c> challenge</c><00:27:36.160><c> of</c><00:27:36.819><c> the</c>

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rise<00:27:37.279><c> of</c><00:27:37.579><c> heresy,</c><00:27:39.019><c> how</c><00:27:39.319><c> might</c><00:27:39.640><c> that</c><00:27:39.980><c> be</c>

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combated?

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Let's<00:27:42.559><c> look</c><00:27:42.980><c> at</c><00:27:43.259><c> chapter</c><00:27:43.640><c> one</c><00:27:43.839><c> again</c><00:27:44.359><c> in</c><00:27:44.740><c> 1st</c><00:27:45.079><c> of</c><00:27:45.220><c> Peter,</c><00:27:46.059><c> this</c>

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time<00:27:46.880><c> a</c><00:27:47.180><c> little</c><00:27:47.380><c> before</c><00:27:47.839><c> his</c><00:27:48.220><c> references</c>

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to<00:27:49.039><c> prophecy.</c>

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Notice<00:27:53.019><c> how</c><00:27:53.599><c> knowledge</c><00:27:54.299><c> is</c><00:27:55.079><c> stressed.</c>

00:27:55.619 --> 00:28:01.319
First,<00:27:56.779><c> 2nd</c><00:27:57.220><c> Peter,</c><00:27:58.380><c> chapter</c><00:27:59.240><c> one,</c><00:28:00.019><c> verse</c><00:28:00.440><c> two.</c>

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:11.619
2nd<00:28:07.200><c> Peter,</c><00:28:07.539><c> chapter</c><00:28:07.960><c> one,</c><00:28:08.799><c> verse</c><00:28:09.180><c> two,</c><00:28:09.819><c> first</c><00:28:09.980><c> of</c><00:28:10.180><c> all,</c><00:28:10.940><c> grace</c><00:28:11.220><c> and</c>

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peace<00:28:11.900><c> be</c><00:28:12.079><c> multiplied</c><00:28:12.619><c> unto</c><00:28:12.920><c> you</c>

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:18.380
through<00:28:14.859><c> the</c><00:28:15.180><c> knowledge</c><00:28:15.779><c> of</c><00:28:16.420><c> God</c><00:28:16.880><c> and</c><00:28:17.220><c> of</c><00:28:17.460><c> Jesus</c><00:28:17.819><c> our</c><00:28:18.079><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:22.480
That<00:28:18.740><c> word</c><00:28:18.980><c> knowledge,</c><00:28:19.740><c> again,</c><00:28:20.559><c> doesn't</c><00:28:20.740><c> mean</c><00:28:21.039><c> cursory</c><00:28:21.559><c> knowledge.</c>

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:26.940
It<00:28:22.960><c> means</c><00:28:23.400><c> an</c><00:28:23.819><c> in</c><00:28:24.099><c>-depth</c><00:28:24.460><c> understanding</c><00:28:25.420><c> and</c><00:28:26.160><c> it</c><00:28:26.440><c> speaks</c><00:28:26.640><c> for</c>

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a<00:28:27.220><c> participation</c><00:28:27.880><c> between</c><00:28:28.640><c> what</c><00:28:28.839><c> is</c>

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known<00:28:29.500><c> and</c><00:28:29.980><c> the</c><00:28:30.180><c> one</c><00:28:30.359><c> who</c><00:28:30.539><c> is</c><00:28:30.799><c> knowing.</c>

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Further,<00:28:33.720><c> verse</c><00:28:33.720><c> three,</c><00:28:35.079><c> according</c><00:28:35.079><c> as</c><00:28:35.619><c> his</c><00:28:36.140><c> divine</c><00:28:36.759><c> power</c>

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:39.480
hath<00:28:37.619><c> given</c><00:28:37.839><c> unto</c><00:28:38.079><c> us</c><00:28:38.480><c> all</c><00:28:38.799><c> things</c><00:28:39.240><c> that</c>

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:44.500
pertain<00:28:39.819><c> unto</c><00:28:40.079><c> life</c><00:28:40.539><c> and</c><00:28:40.859><c> godliness,</c><00:28:42.839><c> through</c><00:28:42.980><c> the</c><00:28:43.240><c> knowledge</c><00:28:43.640><c> of</c><00:28:43.880><c> him</c>

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:46.220
that<00:28:45.019><c> hath</c><00:28:45.259><c> called</c><00:28:45.619><c> us</c><00:28:46.000><c> to</c>

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.480
glory<00:28:46.680><c> and</c><00:28:47.119><c> virtue.</c>

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:51.019
Knowledge,<00:28:48.799><c> once</c><00:28:49.180><c> again,</c><00:28:49.859><c> is</c><00:28:50.079><c> stressed.</c>

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:53.099
Look<00:28:51.420><c> at</c><00:28:51.599><c> it</c><00:28:51.720><c> in</c><00:28:51.799><c> verse</c><00:28:52.019><c> five</c><00:28:52.319><c> again.</c>

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Beside<00:28:53.920><c> this,</c><00:28:54.559><c> he</c><00:28:54.640><c> pleads,</c><00:28:55.759><c> giving</c><00:28:55.799><c> all</c><00:28:56.359><c> diligence,</c><00:28:57.240><c> and</c><00:28:57.339><c> the</c>

00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:00.299
word<00:28:57.579><c> means</c><00:28:57.900><c> haste,</c><00:28:59.400><c> add</c><00:28:59.619><c> to</c><00:28:59.779><c> your</c><00:29:00.079><c> faith</c>

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:03.680
virtue<00:29:00.819><c> and</c><00:29:01.339><c> to</c><00:29:01.539><c> virtue</c><00:29:02.059><c> knowledge.</c>

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:08.700
Verse<00:29:04.099><c> six,</c><00:29:04.700><c> and</c><00:29:04.920><c> to</c><00:29:05.180><c> knowledge</c><00:29:06.039><c> temperance,</c><00:29:06.920><c> and</c><00:29:06.960><c> to</c><00:29:07.140><c> temperance</c><00:29:07.559><c> patience,</c><00:29:08.019><c> and</c><00:29:08.119><c> to</c><00:29:08.380><c> patience</c>

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godliness.

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You<00:29:10.339><c> see,</c><00:29:10.579><c> brothers</c><00:29:10.720><c> and</c><00:29:10.980><c> sisters,</c><00:29:11.299><c> he's</c><00:29:12.079><c> folding</c><00:29:12.799><c> the</c><00:29:13.640><c> exhortation</c><00:29:14.400><c> to</c><00:29:14.799><c> knowledge</c><00:29:15.380><c> in</c>

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between<00:29:16.400><c> all</c>

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of<00:29:16.920><c> these</c><00:29:17.140><c> virtues</c><00:29:17.599><c> which</c><00:29:17.859><c> he</c><00:29:18.119><c> lists</c><00:29:18.339><c> here.</c>

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:25.700
We're<00:29:19.980><c> adding</c><00:29:20.420><c> or</c><00:29:21.000><c> expanding</c><00:29:21.640><c> or</c><00:29:22.359><c> moving</c><00:29:22.700><c> out</c><00:29:23.079><c> from</c><00:29:23.400><c> one</c><00:29:23.880><c> virtue</c><00:29:24.319><c> to</c><00:29:24.740><c> another.</c>

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:28.640
He<00:29:26.099><c> mentions,</c><00:29:26.440><c> as</c><00:29:26.559><c> we</c><00:29:26.740><c> see</c><00:29:26.920><c> in</c><00:29:27.099><c> verse</c><00:29:27.299><c> five,</c><00:29:27.960><c> the</c><00:29:28.140><c> necessity</c>

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:32.160
for<00:29:28.960><c> faith,</c><00:29:30.000><c> for</c><00:29:30.160><c> virtue,</c><00:29:31.519><c> for</c><00:29:31.740><c> temperance</c>

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.500
in<00:29:32.339><c> verse</c><00:29:32.559><c> six,</c><00:29:32.960><c> for</c><00:29:33.160><c> patience,</c><00:29:33.740><c> for</c><00:29:33.960><c> godliness.</c>

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:38.779
Verse<00:29:35.119><c> seven,</c><00:29:36.220><c> he</c><00:29:36.380><c> introduces</c><00:29:36.819><c> the</c><00:29:37.079><c> need</c><00:29:37.220><c> for</c><00:29:37.519><c> brotherly</c><00:29:37.960><c> kindness</c><00:29:38.420><c> and</c>

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.440
for<00:29:39.000><c> love</c><00:29:39.220><c> or</c><00:29:39.500><c> charity.</c>

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But<00:29:41.359><c> this</c><00:29:41.900><c> word</c><00:29:42.180><c> add</c><00:29:42.640><c> is</c><00:29:43.000><c> not</c><00:29:43.220><c> a</c><00:29:43.420><c> chronological</c><00:29:44.099><c> sequence.</c>

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It<00:29:45.019><c> doesn't</c><00:29:45.119><c> mean</c><00:29:45.339><c> first</c><00:29:45.579><c> you</c><00:29:45.779><c> have</c><00:29:45.940><c> this</c><00:29:46.240><c> and</c><00:29:46.359><c> then</c><00:29:46.500><c> you</c><00:29:46.700><c> have</c>

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:48.319
this<00:29:47.119><c> and</c><00:29:47.240><c> then</c><00:29:47.400><c> you</c><00:29:47.559><c> have</c><00:29:47.660><c> this</c><00:29:47.980><c> and</c><00:29:48.160><c> then</c>

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.799
you<00:29:48.519><c> work</c><00:29:48.599><c> on</c><00:29:48.779><c> this</c><00:29:49.000><c> virtue.</c>

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That's<00:29:50.099><c> not</c><00:29:50.339><c> the</c><00:29:50.480><c> idea</c><00:29:50.680><c> of</c><00:29:50.799><c> the</c><00:29:50.920><c> word</c><00:29:51.019><c> at</c><00:29:51.259><c> all.</c>

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:54.720
It's<00:29:52.059><c> the</c><00:29:52.240><c> Greek</c><00:29:52.440><c> word</c><00:29:52.660><c> chorus,</c><00:29:53.880><c> from</c><00:29:54.039><c> which</c><00:29:54.180><c> we</c><00:29:54.420><c> get</c><00:29:54.559><c> the</c>

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word<00:29:54.900><c> chorus.</c>

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And<00:29:56.759><c> in</c><00:29:56.880><c> the</c><00:29:57.059><c> old</c><00:29:57.279><c> days,</c><00:29:57.759><c> in</c><00:29:57.920><c> the</c><00:29:58.099><c> Greek</c><00:29:58.279><c> times,</c><00:29:59.500><c> when</c><00:29:59.640><c> a</c><00:29:59.880><c> play</c>

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or<00:30:00.200><c> a</c><00:30:00.359><c> drama</c><00:30:00.559><c> was</c><00:30:00.759><c> put</c><00:30:00.980><c> on,</c><00:30:01.400><c> there</c><00:30:01.480><c> was</c><00:30:01.680><c> usually</c>

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:04.720
someone<00:30:02.240><c> who</c><00:30:02.380><c> would</c><00:30:02.519><c> flip</c><00:30:02.660><c> the</c><00:30:02.880><c> bill,</c><00:30:03.779><c> pay</c><00:30:03.940><c> for</c><00:30:04.160><c> all</c><00:30:04.400><c> of</c><00:30:04.500><c> it.</c>

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He<00:30:05.180><c> would</c><00:30:05.400><c> support</c><00:30:05.839><c> that</c><00:30:06.079><c> dramatic</c><00:30:06.519><c> presentation,</c><00:30:07.299><c> and</c><00:30:07.960><c> the</c>

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:09.859
word<00:30:08.279><c> in</c><00:30:08.420><c> the</c><00:30:08.619><c> Greek</c><00:30:08.759><c> used</c><00:30:09.059><c> to</c><00:30:09.400><c> describe</c>

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:13.660
his<00:30:10.240><c> willingness</c><00:30:10.680><c> to</c><00:30:10.960><c> support</c><00:30:11.319><c> it</c><00:30:11.859><c> was</c><00:30:12.160><c> this</c><00:30:12.480><c> word</c><00:30:12.700><c> add.</c>

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As<00:30:14.819><c> time</c><00:30:15.059><c> went</c><00:30:15.240><c> along,</c><00:30:15.579><c> it</c><00:30:15.799><c> became</c><00:30:16.140><c> to</c><00:30:16.579><c> take</c><00:30:16.759><c> on</c><00:30:16.920><c> a</c><00:30:17.019><c> more</c><00:30:17.220><c> figurative</c><00:30:17.539><c> use.</c>

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:23.160
Where<00:30:18.880><c> it</c><00:30:19.160><c> spoke</c><00:30:19.400><c> for</c><00:30:19.700><c> the</c><00:30:19.940><c> idea</c><00:30:20.319><c> of</c><00:30:20.619><c> giving</c><00:30:20.980><c> support</c><00:30:21.759><c> for</c><00:30:22.319><c> something</c><00:30:22.720><c> in</c>

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general,<00:30:23.559><c> not</c><00:30:23.900><c> necessarily</c>

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a<00:30:24.640><c> chorus.</c>

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What<00:30:25.900><c> he's</c><00:30:26.279><c> saying</c><00:30:26.420><c> here</c><00:30:26.759><c> in</c><00:30:26.940><c> verse</c><00:30:27.200><c> five</c><00:30:27.799><c> is</c><00:30:28.200><c> that</c><00:30:28.440><c> as</c><00:30:28.880><c> these</c>

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:32.039
godly<00:30:30.000><c> virtues</c><00:30:30.559><c> are</c><00:30:30.980><c> developed</c><00:30:31.480><c> in</c><00:30:31.759><c> your</c>

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:37.079
Christian<00:30:32.539><c> behavior,</c><00:30:34.160><c> in</c><00:30:34.279><c> your</c><00:30:34.519><c> godly</c><00:30:35.000><c> outlook,</c><00:30:36.220><c> one</c><00:30:36.559><c> virtue</c>

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or<00:30:37.579><c> characteristic</c><00:30:38.259><c> should</c><00:30:38.740><c> merge</c>

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and<00:30:39.839><c> reinforce</c><00:30:40.500><c> another.</c>

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You<00:30:42.019><c> have</c><00:30:42.200><c> a</c><00:30:42.359><c> certain</c><00:30:42.480><c> amount</c><00:30:42.680><c> of</c><00:30:42.900><c> faith.</c>

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.460
You<00:30:43.339><c> have</c><00:30:43.519><c> a</c><00:30:43.680><c> certain</c><00:30:43.819><c> amount</c><00:30:43.980><c> of</c><00:30:44.180><c> love.</c>

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:47.420
You've<00:30:45.059><c> already</c><00:30:45.319><c> developed</c><00:30:45.740><c> a</c><00:30:46.039><c> certain</c><00:30:46.220><c> amount</c><00:30:46.400><c> of</c><00:30:46.619><c> godly</c><00:30:46.940><c> patience.</c>

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:52.720
Now<00:30:47.940><c> let</c><00:30:48.339><c> those</c><00:30:48.740><c> virtues</c><00:30:49.420><c> spread</c><00:30:50.119><c> out,</c><00:30:51.140><c> reinforce,</c><00:30:51.799><c> and</c><00:30:52.079><c> strengthen</c><00:30:52.440><c> the</c>

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other<00:30:52.940><c> virtues.</c>

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Let<00:30:54.220><c> your</c><00:30:54.640><c> faith</c><00:30:54.940><c> reinforce</c><00:30:55.680><c> your</c><00:30:56.000><c> love.</c>

00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:00.720
Let<00:30:57.319><c> your</c><00:30:57.539><c> development</c><00:30:58.019><c> of</c><00:30:58.380><c> agape,</c><00:30:59.000><c> godly</c><00:30:59.440><c> love,</c><00:31:00.140><c> reinforce</c>

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your<00:31:01.059><c> faith.</c>

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Let<00:31:02.460><c> your</c><00:31:02.819><c> faith</c><00:31:03.099><c> and</c><00:31:03.339><c> your</c><00:31:03.539><c> love,</c><00:31:03.799><c> in</c><00:31:04.000><c> turn,</c><00:31:04.680><c> support</c><00:31:05.039><c> the</c>

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.740
need<00:31:05.480><c> for</c><00:31:05.819><c> patience.</c>

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Let<00:31:07.299><c> each</c><00:31:07.619><c> of</c><00:31:07.759><c> those</c><00:31:08.039><c> various</c><00:31:08.460><c> aspects</c><00:31:09.039><c> of</c><00:31:09.240><c> your</c><00:31:09.480><c> godly</c><00:31:09.960><c> character</c><00:31:10.440><c> strengthen</c><00:31:11.359><c> and</c>

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bolster<00:31:12.339><c> one</c>

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another,<00:31:13.500><c> reinforcing,</c><00:31:14.339><c> crossing</c><00:31:14.660><c> over,</c><00:31:15.220><c> and</c><00:31:15.480><c> helping</c><00:31:15.740><c> each.</c>

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:22.880
That's<00:31:16.779><c> the</c><00:31:16.940><c> concept</c><00:31:17.380><c> of</c><00:31:17.599><c> support</c><00:31:18.680><c> chronologically</c><00:31:21.660><c> at</c><00:31:21.940><c> all.</c>

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.680
Now<00:31:23.460><c> brothers</c><00:31:23.680><c> and</c><00:31:23.940><c> sisters,</c><00:31:24.279><c> he's</c><00:31:24.680><c> mentioned</c><00:31:24.920><c> this</c><00:31:25.180><c> word</c><00:31:25.319><c> knowledge.</c>

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.920
How<00:31:25.839><c> many</c><00:31:26.079><c> times</c><00:31:26.339><c> so</c><00:31:26.660><c> far?</c>

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:32.119
Verse<00:31:27.180><c> two,</c><00:31:28.500><c> verse</c><00:31:28.619><c> three,</c><00:31:29.680><c> verse</c><00:31:29.839><c> five,</c><00:31:30.720><c> verse</c><00:31:30.940><c> six.</c>

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:34.000
Now<00:31:32.619><c> notice</c><00:31:32.880><c> he</c><00:31:33.059><c> returns</c><00:31:33.380><c> to</c><00:31:33.559><c> it</c><00:31:33.680><c> again.</c>

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:39.779
Verse<00:31:34.400><c> eight,</c><00:31:35.759><c> four,</c><00:31:36.680><c> key</c><00:31:36.839><c> word,</c><00:31:37.960><c> four,</c><00:31:38.579><c> if</c><00:31:38.839><c> these</c><00:31:39.279><c> things</c><00:31:39.519><c> be</c>

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:44.180
in<00:31:39.960><c> you</c><00:31:40.599><c> and</c><00:31:41.500><c> abound,</c><00:31:42.859><c> they</c><00:31:43.099><c> make</c><00:31:43.400><c> you</c>

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:49.259
that<00:31:44.559><c> ye</c><00:31:44.819><c> shall</c><00:31:45.019><c> neither</c><00:31:45.480><c> be</c><00:31:46.140><c> barren</c><00:31:46.779><c> nor</c><00:31:47.279><c> unfruitful</c><00:31:48.380><c> in</c><00:31:49.059><c> the</c>

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:51.299
knowledge<00:31:49.539><c> of</c><00:31:49.720><c> our</c><00:31:49.839><c> Lord</c><00:31:50.039><c> Jesus</c><00:31:50.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:54.700
Every<00:31:52.380><c> word's</c><00:31:52.720><c> important</c><00:31:53.119><c> in</c><00:31:53.259><c> that</c><00:31:53.440><c> verse</c><00:31:53.680><c> eight.</c>

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:59.319
He<00:31:55.240><c> says</c><00:31:55.480><c> if</c><00:31:55.779><c> these</c><00:31:56.359><c> virtues</c><00:31:56.880><c> that</c><00:31:57.059><c> he's</c><00:31:57.359><c> just</c><00:31:57.660><c> listed</c><00:31:58.019><c> intertwined</c><00:31:59.119><c> with</c>

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.319
the<00:31:59.640><c> repeated</c><00:32:00.099><c> emphasis</c><00:32:00.839><c> on</c>

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knowledge,<00:32:02.599><c> if</c><00:32:02.839><c> these</c><00:32:03.160><c> virtues,</c><00:32:04.059><c> supported</c><00:32:04.700><c> by</c><00:32:05.039><c> knowledge,</c>

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:09.339
abound<00:32:06.759><c> in</c><00:32:07.140><c> you,</c><00:32:08.059><c> they</c><00:32:08.359><c> will</c><00:32:08.599><c> result</c><00:32:09.039><c> in</c>

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:12.839
neither<00:32:10.180><c> barren</c><00:32:10.819><c> nor</c><00:32:11.119><c> unfruitful</c><00:32:11.819><c> in</c><00:32:12.019><c> the</c><00:32:12.220><c> knowledge</c><00:32:12.519><c> of</c><00:32:12.720><c> our</c>

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:14.500
Lord<00:32:13.079><c> Jesus</c><00:32:13.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:19.539
There's<00:32:15.759><c> the</c><00:32:16.059><c> antidote</c><00:32:16.559><c> to</c><00:32:16.839><c> apostasy,</c><00:32:17.640><c> brothers</c><00:32:17.740><c> and</c><00:32:18.000><c> sisters,</c><00:32:19.200><c> that</c>

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:21.839
we<00:32:19.759><c> might</c><00:32:20.039><c> have</c><00:32:20.420><c> those</c><00:32:20.779><c> virtues</c>

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.779
abounding<00:32:22.559><c> in</c><00:32:22.980><c> us.</c>

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:29.740
Moreover,<00:32:26.640><c> they</c><00:32:26.839><c> will</c><00:32:27.059><c> result</c><00:32:27.480><c> in</c><00:32:27.759><c> us</c><00:32:27.980><c> being</c><00:32:28.420><c> neither</c><00:32:29.019><c> barren</c>

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:32.880
nor<00:32:30.240><c> unfruitful</c><00:32:31.539><c> in</c><00:32:32.119><c> the</c><00:32:32.359><c> knowledge</c><00:32:32.559><c> of</c><00:32:32.740><c> our</c>

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:34.440
Lord<00:32:33.019><c> Jesus</c><00:32:33.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:36.640
Do<00:32:35.019><c> you</c><00:32:35.059><c> know,</c><00:32:35.240><c> brothers</c><00:32:35.380><c> and</c><00:32:35.599><c> sisters,</c><00:32:35.900><c> in</c><00:32:36.099><c> our</c><00:32:36.279><c> community</c>

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:38.779
at<00:32:36.920><c> times,</c><00:32:37.160><c> we</c><00:32:37.319><c> have</c><00:32:37.559><c> people</c><00:32:37.880><c> that</c><00:32:38.200><c> downplay</c>

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:41.579
the<00:32:39.039><c> importance</c><00:32:39.440><c> of</c><00:32:40.240><c> Bible</c><00:32:40.519><c> knowledge.</c>

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:47.079
They<00:32:42.940><c> perhaps</c><00:32:43.519><c> see</c><00:32:44.079><c> Bible</c><00:32:44.460><c> marking</c><00:32:44.819><c> and</c><00:32:45.079><c> Bible</c><00:32:45.500><c> study</c><00:32:45.819><c> tools,</c>

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:49.259
emphasis<00:32:47.640><c> on</c><00:32:47.880><c> taking</c><00:32:48.220><c> Bible</c><00:32:48.640><c> study</c>

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:54.539
luxographers<00:32:50.140><c> or</c><00:32:50.980><c> dictionaries</c><00:32:51.720><c> or</c><00:32:52.059><c> Bible</c><00:32:52.460><c> study</c><00:32:52.880><c> concordances</c><00:32:53.779><c> as</c><00:32:54.279><c> being</c>

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.799
too<00:32:54.799><c> academic.</c>

00:32:56.160 --> 00:33:00.180
They<00:32:56.359><c> see</c><00:32:56.519><c> it</c><00:32:56.700><c> as</c><00:32:56.920><c> being</c><00:32:57.380><c> something</c><00:32:57.680><c> that</c><00:32:57.819><c> needs</c><00:32:58.059><c> to</c><00:32:58.200><c> be</c><00:32:58.400><c> guarded</c><00:32:58.579><c> against</c><00:32:59.079><c> because</c><00:32:59.740><c> it's</c>

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.700
not<00:33:00.380><c> to</c><00:33:00.579><c> do</c>

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with<00:33:00.920><c> love.</c>

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:06.220
And<00:33:02.319><c> instead,</c><00:33:02.680><c> the</c><00:33:02.839><c> same</c><00:33:03.059><c> kind</c><00:33:03.319><c> of</c><00:33:03.539><c> brothers</c><00:33:03.740><c> and</c><00:33:04.019><c> sisters</c><00:33:04.319><c> from</c><00:33:04.559><c> within</c><00:33:04.799><c> will</c><00:33:05.039><c> say,</c><00:33:05.519><c> we've</c><00:33:05.920><c> got</c><00:33:05.980><c> to</c>

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.079
cultivate<00:33:06.700><c> love.</c>

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Indeed,<00:33:07.400><c> we</c><00:33:07.619><c> do.</c>

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And<00:33:08.880><c> they</c><00:33:09.000><c> will</c><00:33:09.180><c> make</c><00:33:09.339><c> an</c><00:33:09.519><c> artificial</c><00:33:10.059><c> separation</c><00:33:10.880><c> between</c>

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:14.259
the<00:33:12.099><c> cultivation</c><00:33:12.660><c> of</c><00:33:12.940><c> godly</c><00:33:13.359><c> love</c><00:33:13.720><c> and</c>

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.960
the<00:33:14.460><c> growth</c><00:33:14.680><c> in</c><00:33:14.980><c> knowledge.</c>

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:18.980
It's<00:33:16.579><c> not</c><00:33:16.900><c> one</c><00:33:17.400><c> or</c><00:33:17.779><c> the</c><00:33:18.059><c> other.</c>

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:22.500
It's<00:33:19.400><c> rather</c><00:33:19.720><c> the</c><00:33:19.980><c> cultivation</c><00:33:20.599><c> of</c><00:33:20.859><c> godly</c><00:33:21.259><c> knowledge</c><00:33:21.779><c> to</c>

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:25.980
undergird,<00:33:23.779><c> reinforce,</c><00:33:24.940><c> cultivate</c><00:33:25.380><c> these</c><00:33:25.660><c> other</c>

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:31.299
virtues<00:33:26.359><c> that</c><00:33:26.559><c> are</c><00:33:26.759><c> to</c><00:33:26.980><c> be</c><00:33:27.480><c> added</c><00:33:27.740><c> to,</c><00:33:28.720><c> supported</c><00:33:29.059><c> by,</c><00:33:29.960><c> godly</c><00:33:30.359><c> knowledge.</c>

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:34.039
And<00:33:31.920><c> he</c><00:33:32.079><c> shows</c><00:33:32.279><c> it</c><00:33:32.480><c> in</c><00:33:32.579><c> verse</c><00:33:32.819><c> eight,</c><00:33:33.259><c> brothers</c><00:33:33.359><c> and</c><00:33:33.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:36.779
knowledge<00:33:35.000><c> leads</c><00:33:35.440><c> to</c><00:33:35.779><c> fruitfulness.</c>

00:33:37.150 --> 00:33:41.920
He<00:33:37.480><c> talks</c><00:33:37.819><c> about</c><00:33:38.099><c> being</c><00:33:38.420><c> neither</c><00:33:38.980><c> barren</c><00:33:39.619><c> nor</c><00:33:40.059><c> unfruitful</c><00:33:41.380><c> in</c>

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.720
the<00:33:42.079><c> knowledge</c><00:33:42.380><c> of</c><00:33:42.579><c> our</c><00:33:42.700><c> Lord</c><00:33:42.880><c> Jesus</c><00:33:43.259><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:46.779
It's<00:33:44.319><c> a</c><00:33:44.500><c> knowledge</c><00:33:44.799><c> that's</c><00:33:45.099><c> meant</c><00:33:45.259><c> to</c><00:33:45.460><c> be</c><00:33:45.680><c> dynamic.</c>

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:50.930
It's<00:33:47.180><c> a</c><00:33:47.359><c> knowledge</c><00:33:47.640><c> that</c><00:33:47.819><c> will</c><00:33:48.039><c> bear</c><00:33:48.279><c> fruit</c><00:33:48.759><c> more</c><00:33:49.859><c> than</c><00:33:50.099><c> that.</c>

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:55.369
Without<00:33:51.500><c> that</c><00:33:51.960><c> knowledge,</c><00:33:52.680><c> the</c><00:33:52.980><c> fruit</c><00:33:53.319><c> of</c><00:33:53.660><c> love</c><00:33:54.019><c> won't</c><00:33:54.539><c> come.</c>

00:33:56.599 --> 00:34:04.319
Now,<00:33:56.779><c> brothers</c><00:33:56.839><c> and</c><00:33:57.119><c> sisters,</c><00:33:57.660><c> there</c><00:33:58.019><c> is</c><00:33:58.339><c> the</c><00:33:58.619><c> divine</c><00:33:59.000><c> prescription</c><00:33:59.859><c> in</c><00:34:00.579><c> part</c><00:34:00.920><c> against</c><00:34:02.259><c> apostasy,</c><00:34:03.940><c> the</c><00:34:04.160><c> kind</c>

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:08.179
of<00:34:04.880><c> apostasy</c><00:34:05.140><c> that</c><00:34:05.259><c> might</c><00:34:05.559><c> spring</c><00:34:05.920><c> from</c><00:34:06.640><c> challenging</c><00:34:07.160><c> the</c><00:34:07.400><c> foundations</c><00:34:07.940><c> of</c>

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:10.280
faith<00:34:08.500><c> or</c><00:34:09.139><c> the</c><00:34:09.340><c> kind</c><00:34:09.500><c> of</c><00:34:09.679><c> apostasy</c>

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:12.860
that<00:34:10.400><c> he</c><00:34:10.619><c> describes</c><00:34:11.000><c> later</c><00:34:11.340><c> in</c><00:34:11.539><c> chapter</c><00:34:11.860><c> two</c><00:34:12.139><c> against</c><00:34:12.480><c> false</c>

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:14.599
brethren<00:34:13.199><c> and</c><00:34:13.619><c> heresy.</c>

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:19.360
If<00:34:15.139><c> we</c><00:34:15.360><c> don't</c><00:34:15.659><c> have</c><00:34:16.019><c> that</c><00:34:16.440><c> basic</c><00:34:16.960><c> foundation</c><00:34:17.599><c> of</c><00:34:17.840><c> Bible</c><00:34:18.139><c> knowledge,</c><00:34:19.179><c> which</c>

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.480
then<00:34:19.619><c> must</c><00:34:19.880><c> go</c><00:34:20.059><c> on</c><00:34:20.300><c> and</c>

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:22.940
bear<00:34:20.639><c> fruit,</c><00:34:21.380><c> we</c><00:34:21.539><c> are</c><00:34:21.900><c> gullible.</c>

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:24.800
We<00:34:23.179><c> are</c><00:34:23.480><c> vulnerable</c><00:34:23.940><c> to</c><00:34:24.239><c> attack.</c>

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:27.139
And<00:34:25.159><c> he's</c><00:34:25.420><c> warning</c><00:34:25.679><c> these</c><00:34:26.000><c> brothers</c><00:34:26.199><c> and</c><00:34:26.460><c> sisters</c><00:34:26.699><c> in</c><00:34:26.920><c> Asia</c>

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:30.079
Minor<00:34:27.460><c> to</c><00:34:27.860><c> be</c><00:34:28.119><c> on</c><00:34:28.340><c> their</c><00:34:28.639><c> guard,</c><00:34:29.619><c> to</c><00:34:29.780><c> be</c>

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:33.519
forewarned<00:34:31.119><c> to</c><00:34:31.380><c> equip</c><00:34:31.699><c> themselves</c><00:34:32.380><c> and</c><00:34:32.619><c> their</c><00:34:32.880><c> families</c><00:34:33.320><c> and</c>

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:34.820
their<00:34:33.760><c> young</c><00:34:33.980><c> people</c><00:34:34.400><c> and</c><00:34:34.579><c> their</c>

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:40.800
ecclesias,<00:34:36.000><c> the</c><00:34:36.280><c> community</c><00:34:36.659><c> across</c><00:34:37.119><c> Asia</c><00:34:37.440><c> Minor,</c><00:34:39.000><c> with</c><00:34:39.260><c> a</c><00:34:39.820><c> growth</c><00:34:40.219><c> in</c>

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:42.360
divine<00:34:41.239><c> knowledge.</c>

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:45.059
Now,<00:34:43.239><c> brothers</c><00:34:43.340><c> and</c><00:34:43.599><c> sisters,</c><00:34:43.880><c> I</c><00:34:44.019><c> want</c><00:34:44.219><c> to</c><00:34:44.519><c> share</c><00:34:44.659><c> with</c><00:34:44.860><c> you</c>

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:47.119
two<00:34:45.420><c> complimentary</c><00:34:46.099><c> passages</c><00:34:46.579><c> outside</c>

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:50.539
of<00:34:47.360><c> Peter,</c><00:34:48.159><c> which</c><00:34:48.360><c> should</c><00:34:48.599><c> be</c><00:34:48.820><c> looked</c><00:34:48.980><c> at</c><00:34:49.280><c> in</c><00:34:49.420><c> this</c><00:34:49.599><c> regard.</c>

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:53.059
First,<00:34:51.380><c> a</c><00:34:51.599><c> passage</c><00:34:51.940><c> in</c><00:34:52.179><c> Philippians.</c>

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:59.059
Succeedingly<00:34:54.260><c> important</c><00:34:54.860><c> to</c><00:34:55.420><c> see</c><00:34:55.699><c> how</c><00:34:56.059><c> knowledge</c><00:34:56.719><c> in</c><00:34:57.920><c> the</c><00:34:58.039><c> New</c><00:34:58.239><c> Testament</c><00:34:58.679><c> is</c>

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.000
never<00:34:59.320><c> something</c><00:34:59.679><c> that's</c>

00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.380
academic<00:35:00.440><c> or</c><00:35:00.800><c> static,</c><00:35:01.460><c> and</c><00:35:02.340><c> it's</c><00:35:02.659><c> necessary</c><00:35:03.260><c> as</c><00:35:03.639><c> an</c><00:35:03.940><c> antidote</c>

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:06.079
to<00:35:04.599><c> apostasy.</c>

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:14.260
One<00:35:10.739><c> of</c><00:35:10.840><c> the</c><00:35:11.099><c> best</c><00:35:11.300><c> passages</c><00:35:11.780><c> in</c><00:35:11.960><c> the</c><00:35:12.059><c> New</c><00:35:12.260><c> Testament</c><00:35:12.699><c> to</c><00:35:12.940><c> support</c><00:35:13.360><c> this,</c><00:35:14.019><c> apart</c><00:35:14.139><c> from</c>

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what<00:35:14.440><c> Peter</c><00:35:14.679><c> says,</c>

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:18.840
is<00:35:15.800><c> found</c><00:35:16.139><c> in</c><00:35:16.440><c> Philippians</c><00:35:16.880><c> one,</c><00:35:17.480><c> verse</c><00:35:17.679><c> nine.</c>

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:23.780
If<00:35:21.960><c> you</c><00:35:22.079><c> have</c><00:35:22.219><c> a</c><00:35:22.400><c> pencil,</c><00:35:22.860><c> brothers</c><00:35:22.940><c> and</c><00:35:23.199><c> sisters,</c><00:35:23.440><c> you</c><00:35:23.559><c> might</c>

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:25.539
want<00:35:23.960><c> to</c><00:35:24.199><c> stress</c><00:35:24.500><c> some</c><00:35:24.800><c> of</c><00:35:24.920><c> these</c><00:35:25.119><c> words.</c>

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:29.760
Go<00:35:26.059><c> back</c><00:35:26.320><c> and</c><00:35:26.519><c> check</c><00:35:26.639><c> them</c><00:35:26.820><c> yourself</c><00:35:27.179><c> in</c><00:35:27.360><c> the</c><00:35:27.559><c> concordance,</c><00:35:28.019><c> because</c><00:35:28.280><c> we're</c><00:35:28.480><c> going</c><00:35:28.639><c> to</c><00:35:28.820><c> just</c><00:35:29.079><c> dip</c><00:35:29.300><c> a</c><00:35:29.519><c> little</c>

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:32.579
into<00:35:30.400><c> the</c><00:35:30.619><c> meaning</c><00:35:30.780><c> of</c><00:35:31.000><c> the</c><00:35:31.119><c> original</c><00:35:31.380><c> of</c><00:35:31.559><c> these</c><00:35:31.679><c> words.</c>

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:35.480
Philippians<00:35:33.880><c> one,</c><00:35:34.480><c> verse</c><00:35:34.579><c> nine.</c>

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:46.179
And<00:35:37.260><c> this</c><00:35:37.739><c> I</c><00:35:38.280><c> pray,</c><00:35:40.519><c> that</c><00:35:40.619><c> your</c><00:35:41.079><c> love</c><00:35:41.940><c> may</c><00:35:42.880><c> abound</c><00:35:43.940><c> yet</c><00:35:45.219><c> more</c>

00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:51.719
and<00:35:46.639><c> more</c><00:35:47.280><c> in</c><00:35:48.639><c> knowledge</c><00:35:49.199><c> and</c><00:35:49.739><c> in</c><00:35:50.079><c> all</c><00:35:50.679><c> judgment.</c>

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.780
Philippians<00:35:52.559><c> one,</c><00:35:52.860><c> verse</c><00:35:53.199><c> nine.</c>

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:57.000
Read<00:35:54.260><c> it</c><00:35:54.480><c> again</c><00:35:54.699><c> carefully</c><00:35:55.219><c> and</c><00:35:55.579><c> see</c><00:35:55.820><c> the</c><00:35:56.119><c> connection</c><00:35:56.440><c> between</c><00:35:56.820><c> love</c>

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.139
and<00:35:57.239><c> knowledge.</c>

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:05.500
I<00:35:58.820><c> pray</c><00:35:59.239><c> that</c><00:35:59.480><c> your</c><00:35:59.800><c> love</c><00:36:00.559><c> may</c><00:36:01.219><c> abound</c><00:36:02.119><c> yet</c><00:36:02.519><c> more</c><00:36:03.019><c> and</c><00:36:03.280><c> more</c><00:36:03.860><c> in</c><00:36:04.360><c> knowledge.</c>

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:08.780
You<00:36:06.280><c> see,</c><00:36:06.360><c> there's</c><00:36:06.579><c> an</c><00:36:06.780><c> artificial</c><00:36:07.320><c> distinction</c><00:36:08.019><c> between</c>

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:10.420
knowledge<00:36:09.219><c> and</c><00:36:09.440><c> love.</c>

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:14.000
Those<00:36:11.139><c> who</c><00:36:11.340><c> keep</c><00:36:11.639><c> harping</c><00:36:12.000><c> on</c><00:36:12.159><c> the</c><00:36:12.340><c> fact</c><00:36:12.519><c> that</c><00:36:12.659><c> we</c><00:36:12.800><c> must</c><00:36:12.980><c> cultivate</c><00:36:13.500><c> godly</c>

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:16.019
love<00:36:14.480><c> and</c><00:36:15.199><c> play</c><00:36:15.480><c> down</c><00:36:15.699><c> the</c>

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:19.380
importance<00:36:16.320><c> of</c><00:36:16.500><c> Bible</c><00:36:16.900><c> study,</c><00:36:17.900><c> Bible</c><00:36:18.219><c> marking,</c><00:36:18.679><c> Bible</c><00:36:19.059><c> study</c>

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:22.300
of<00:36:19.559><c> any</c><00:36:19.880><c> form,</c><00:36:20.980><c> who</c><00:36:21.139><c> look</c><00:36:21.320><c> upon</c><00:36:21.619><c> that</c><00:36:21.840><c> as</c><00:36:22.000><c> being</c>

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:28.059
and<00:36:22.960><c> dry,</c><00:36:25.019><c> are</c><00:36:25.219><c> divorcing</c><00:36:25.960><c> themselves</c><00:36:26.619><c> from</c><00:36:27.000><c> the</c><00:36:27.420><c> source</c><00:36:27.780><c> by</c>

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:30.039
which<00:36:28.300><c> that</c><00:36:28.599><c> love</c><00:36:28.780><c> is</c><00:36:29.000><c> cultivated.</c>

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:35.800
We<00:36:30.400><c> are</c><00:36:30.659><c> to</c><00:36:30.920><c> abound</c><00:36:31.440><c> more</c><00:36:31.880><c> and</c><00:36:32.079><c> more</c><00:36:32.400><c> in</c><00:36:32.800><c> knowledge,</c><00:36:34.340><c> that</c><00:36:34.539><c> love</c><00:36:35.219><c> in</c>

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.800
turn<00:36:36.219><c> might</c><00:36:36.860><c> be</c><00:36:37.619><c> cultivated.</c>

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:44.760
That<00:36:39.460><c> your</c><00:36:39.840><c> love</c><00:36:40.340><c> may</c><00:36:40.719><c> abound</c><00:36:41.440><c> more</c><00:36:41.940><c> and</c><00:36:42.239><c> more</c><00:36:42.679><c> in</c><00:36:43.659><c> knowledge.</c>

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:48.380
And<00:36:45.139><c> that</c><00:36:45.400><c> word</c><00:36:45.539><c> knowledge</c><00:36:45.980><c> there</c><00:36:46.519><c> is</c><00:36:47.159><c> a</c><00:36:47.320><c> word</c><00:36:47.460><c> that's</c><00:36:48.059><c> also</c>

00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.559
used<00:36:48.659><c> in</c><00:36:48.880><c> Peter's</c><00:36:49.239><c> epistles.</c>

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:54.119
It<00:36:50.300><c> means</c><00:36:50.619><c> a</c><00:36:50.960><c> thorough</c><00:36:51.280><c> knowledge,</c><00:36:52.199><c> a</c><00:36:52.460><c> complete</c><00:36:52.940><c> knowledge.</c>

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.880
Now<00:36:54.420><c> notice</c><00:36:54.619><c> the</c><00:36:54.800><c> next</c><00:36:55.059><c> thought.</c>

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:58.019
We'll<00:36:56.420><c> keep</c><00:36:56.619><c> reading</c><00:36:56.800><c> it</c><00:36:57.000><c> again</c><00:36:57.219><c> for</c><00:36:57.460><c> each</c><00:36:57.719><c> sense.</c>

00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:03.000
This<00:36:58.539><c> I</c><00:36:58.820><c> pray</c><00:36:59.179><c> that</c><00:36:59.739><c> your</c><00:36:59.920><c> love</c><00:37:00.219><c> may</c><00:37:00.480><c> abound</c><00:37:01.380><c> yet</c><00:37:01.739><c> more</c><00:37:02.059><c> and</c><00:37:02.239><c> more</c><00:37:02.619><c> in</c>

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:05.500
knowledge<00:37:03.400><c> and</c><00:37:03.920><c> in</c><00:37:04.179><c> all</c><00:37:04.500><c> judgment.</c>

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:08.460
Now<00:37:05.699><c> that's</c><00:37:05.960><c> the</c><00:37:06.119><c> key</c><00:37:06.260><c> word</c><00:37:06.599><c> for</c><00:37:06.960><c> our</c><00:37:07.179><c> purposes</c><00:37:07.519><c> in</c><00:37:07.760><c> Peter.</c>

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:10.800
The<00:37:08.780><c> word</c><00:37:09.000><c> judgment,</c><00:37:09.460><c> if</c><00:37:09.579><c> you</c><00:37:09.699><c> slip</c><00:37:09.900><c> over</c><00:37:10.119><c> to</c><00:37:10.219><c> the</c><00:37:10.420><c> margin,</c><00:37:10.679><c> if</c>

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.480
you<00:37:11.000><c> have</c><00:37:11.199><c> one,</c>

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:14.940
you'll<00:37:12.139><c> see</c><00:37:12.380><c> that</c><00:37:12.539><c> it</c><00:37:12.780><c> says</c><00:37:13.139><c> or</c><00:37:14.000><c> sense.</c>

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:19.320
In<00:37:15.880><c> other</c><00:37:16.159><c> words,</c><00:37:16.619><c> he</c><00:37:16.880><c> prays</c><00:37:17.340><c> that</c><00:37:17.460><c> their</c><00:37:17.780><c> love</c><00:37:18.159><c> might</c><00:37:18.500><c> abound</c>

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:21.880
on<00:37:19.940><c> the</c><00:37:20.139><c> basis</c><00:37:20.440><c> of</c><00:37:20.639><c> their</c><00:37:20.860><c> growing</c><00:37:21.239><c> knowledge</c>

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:27.179
and<00:37:22.820><c> their</c><00:37:23.139><c> accumulation</c><00:37:23.880><c> of</c><00:37:24.380><c> good</c><00:37:24.659><c> judgment</c><00:37:25.159><c> or</c><00:37:26.500><c> sense,</c>

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.780
good<00:37:28.199><c> sense.</c>

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:31.920
In<00:37:29.139><c> the</c><00:37:29.380><c> Greek,</c><00:37:30.039><c> the</c><00:37:30.219><c> word</c><00:37:30.380><c> means</c><00:37:30.739><c> perception.</c>

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:34.800
You<00:37:32.900><c> see,</c><00:37:33.039><c> there's</c><00:37:33.239><c> an</c><00:37:33.440><c> interrelationship</c><00:37:34.300><c> then</c><00:37:34.500><c> between</c>

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:36.360
those<00:37:35.099><c> three</c><00:37:35.340><c> ingredients.</c>

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:41.019
The<00:37:36.900><c> growth</c><00:37:37.219><c> of</c><00:37:37.539><c> love,</c><00:37:38.300><c> which</c><00:37:38.539><c> is</c><00:37:38.880><c> fed</c><00:37:39.039><c> by</c><00:37:39.400><c> knowledge</c><00:37:40.059><c> to</c><00:37:40.760><c> the</c>

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:43.219
end<00:37:41.199><c> that</c><00:37:41.360><c> you</c><00:37:41.500><c> might</c><00:37:41.760><c> have</c><00:37:42.000><c> good</c><00:37:42.219><c> judgment,</c>

00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:47.019
to<00:37:43.619><c> the</c><00:37:43.800><c> end</c><00:37:43.960><c> that</c><00:37:44.159><c> your</c><00:37:44.380><c> senses</c><00:37:44.900><c> might</c><00:37:45.159><c> be</c><00:37:45.500><c> awake</c><00:37:45.780><c> and</c><00:37:46.139><c> alert,</c>

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:51.639
to<00:37:47.719><c> the</c><00:37:47.880><c> purpose</c><00:37:48.360><c> that</c><00:37:48.579><c> you</c><00:37:48.760><c> might</c><00:37:49.119><c> have</c><00:37:49.599><c> spiritual</c><00:37:50.380><c> glasses,</c>

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:56.000
that<00:37:52.440><c> you</c><00:37:52.599><c> can</c><00:37:52.760><c> open</c><00:37:53.000><c> your</c><00:37:53.340><c> eyes</c><00:37:53.840><c> and</c><00:37:54.280><c> discern</c><00:37:54.860><c> between</c><00:37:55.280><c> what's</c><00:37:55.679><c> good</c>

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.360
and<00:37:56.199><c> what's</c><00:37:56.539><c> not</c><00:37:56.739><c> good,</c>

00:37:57.739 --> 00:38:00.480
so<00:37:57.900><c> that</c><00:37:58.039><c> you</c><00:37:58.139><c> can</c><00:37:58.380><c> identify</c><00:37:58.980><c> false</c><00:37:59.400><c> doctrine</c><00:37:59.880><c> when</c><00:38:00.099><c> it's</c><00:38:00.320><c> in</c>

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.400
your<00:38:00.579><c> midst,</c>

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:04.000
so<00:38:01.739><c> that</c><00:38:01.920><c> you</c><00:38:02.039><c> know</c><00:38:02.219><c> how</c><00:38:02.480><c> to</c><00:38:02.739><c> answer</c><00:38:03.059><c> those</c><00:38:03.380><c> problems,</c>

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:07.380
so<00:38:04.619><c> that</c><00:38:04.760><c> you</c><00:38:04.860><c> can</c><00:38:05.159><c> identify</c><00:38:05.780><c> skepticism</c><00:38:06.719><c> when</c><00:38:06.940><c> it's</c><00:38:07.179><c> there</c>

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:09.719
and<00:38:07.579><c> beginning</c><00:38:07.820><c> to</c><00:38:08.119><c> erode</c><00:38:08.360><c> the</c><00:38:08.599><c> foundations.</c>

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:13.960
So<00:38:10.579><c> he</c><00:38:11.139><c> prays</c><00:38:11.739><c> that</c><00:38:11.880><c> their</c><00:38:12.139><c> love</c><00:38:12.340><c> might</c><00:38:12.619><c> grow,</c><00:38:13.559><c> that</c><00:38:13.599><c> it</c><00:38:13.760><c> might</c>

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.980
be<00:38:14.219><c> based</c><00:38:14.460><c> on</c><00:38:14.840><c> spiritual</c><00:38:15.340><c> knowledge,</c>

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:19.360
to<00:38:16.539><c> the</c><00:38:16.760><c> end</c><00:38:16.860><c> that</c><00:38:16.960><c> they</c><00:38:17.099><c> might</c><00:38:17.320><c> have</c><00:38:17.519><c> good</c><00:38:17.800><c> sense,</c><00:38:18.559><c> good</c><00:38:18.840><c> judgment.</c>

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:27.079
Verse<00:38:19.980><c> 10</c><00:38:20.280><c> now,</c><00:38:22.219><c> another</c><00:38:22.460><c> outcome,</c><00:38:24.039><c> that</c><00:38:24.579><c> ye</c><00:38:25.079><c> may</c><00:38:26.000><c> approve,</c>

00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:29.179
and<00:38:27.659><c> the</c><00:38:27.880><c> margin</c><00:38:28.239><c> shows</c><00:38:28.579><c> you</c><00:38:28.840><c> again,</c>

00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:35.639
it<00:38:29.420><c> means</c><00:38:29.619><c> to</c><00:38:29.940><c> try,</c><00:38:31.179><c> that</c><00:38:31.300><c> ye</c><00:38:31.519><c> may</c><00:38:31.840><c> prove</c><00:38:32.280><c> or</c><00:38:32.719><c> test</c><00:38:33.380><c> things</c><00:38:34.019><c> that</c><00:38:34.400><c> are</c><00:38:34.719><c> excellent.</c>

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:38.800
Now<00:38:36.099><c> there's</c><00:38:36.539><c> a</c><00:38:36.719><c> mislead</c><00:38:37.440><c> in</c><00:38:37.659><c> the</c><00:38:37.840><c> King</c><00:38:38.099><c> James</c><00:38:38.320><c> here.</c>

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:42.639
The<00:38:39.320><c> sense</c><00:38:39.599><c> of</c><00:38:40.000><c> are</c><00:38:40.280><c> excellent</c><00:38:40.699><c> is</c><00:38:41.340><c> really</c><00:38:41.820><c> misleading</c><00:38:42.260><c> from</c>

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.139
the<00:38:42.860><c> original.</c>

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:44.800
Your<00:38:43.420><c> margin</c><00:38:43.760><c> is</c><00:38:43.980><c> better.</c>

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.320
If<00:38:45.099><c> you</c><00:38:45.159><c> look</c><00:38:45.280><c> at</c><00:38:45.420><c> your</c><00:38:45.599><c> margin</c><00:38:45.940><c> beside</c><00:38:46.360><c> are</c><00:38:46.780><c> excellent,</c><00:38:47.579><c> you'll</c><00:38:47.820><c> notice</c><00:38:48.019><c> it</c>

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:49.840
says<00:38:48.480><c> or</c><00:38:48.780><c> differ.</c>

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:52.099
At<00:38:50.199><c> first,</c><00:38:50.400><c> that</c><00:38:50.599><c> may</c><00:38:50.860><c> not</c><00:38:51.079><c> make</c><00:38:51.320><c> sense.</c>

00:38:52.599 --> 00:39:00.059
Verse<00:38:52.739><c> 10</c><00:38:52.960><c> again,</c><00:38:53.719><c> the</c><00:38:54.679><c> outcome</c><00:38:55.300><c> of</c><00:38:55.579><c> this</c><00:38:55.860><c> growth</c><00:38:56.260><c> in</c><00:38:56.619><c> knowledge</c><00:38:57.239><c> with</c><00:38:57.820><c> the</c><00:38:58.079><c> commensurate</c><00:38:58.639><c> growth</c><00:38:58.980><c> in</c><00:38:59.260><c> love,</c>

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first<00:39:00.900><c> of</c><00:39:01.119><c> all</c><00:39:01.460><c> results</c><00:39:02.000><c> in</c><00:39:02.340><c> you</c><00:39:02.579><c> having</c><00:39:02.880><c> discernment</c><00:39:03.519><c> or</c><00:39:03.820><c> perception.</c>

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:08.619
And<00:39:05.579><c> then</c><00:39:05.780><c> in</c><00:39:05.980><c> verse</c><00:39:06.199><c> 10,</c><00:39:06.539><c> the</c><00:39:06.739><c> other</c><00:39:06.940><c> byproducts</c><00:39:07.820><c> are,</c>

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that<00:39:09.000><c> you</c><00:39:09.159><c> might</c><00:39:09.420><c> be</c><00:39:09.699><c> able</c><00:39:10.039><c> to</c><00:39:10.400><c> test</c><00:39:10.900><c> or</c><00:39:12.619><c> approve</c><00:39:12.619><c> things</c><00:39:13.400><c> that</c>

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differ,<00:39:15.820><c> good</c><00:39:16.300><c> versus</c><00:39:17.219><c> bad,</c>

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right<00:39:19.480><c> versus</c><00:39:20.199><c> wrong,</c><00:39:21.579><c> heresy</c><00:39:22.139><c> versus</c><00:39:22.780><c> truth.</c>

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:27.679
The<00:39:24.579><c> sense</c><00:39:24.860><c> of</c><00:39:25.119><c> the</c><00:39:25.400><c> original</c><00:39:25.800><c> is</c><00:39:26.079><c> that</c><00:39:26.239><c> you</c><00:39:26.460><c> might</c><00:39:26.780><c> have</c><00:39:27.280><c> the</c>

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wherewithal<00:39:28.639><c> of</c><00:39:29.280><c> knowing</c><00:39:29.579><c> apostasy</c><00:39:30.579><c> from</c><00:39:30.960><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:39:32.840><c> see,</c><00:39:33.199><c> brothers</c><00:39:33.260><c> and</c><00:39:33.539><c> sisters,</c><00:39:34.099><c> that's</c><00:39:34.460><c> why</c><00:39:34.719><c> Peter</c><00:39:35.079><c> is</c><00:39:35.559><c> exhorting</c><00:39:36.000><c> them</c><00:39:36.099><c> in</c>

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2<00:39:36.739><c> Peter</c><00:39:37.159><c> chapter</c><00:39:37.860><c> 1.</c>

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To<00:39:38.960><c> grow</c><00:39:39.340><c> in</c><00:39:39.579><c> knowledge,</c><00:39:40.579><c> multiply</c><00:39:41.139><c> as</c><00:39:41.260><c> he</c><00:39:41.460><c> does</c><00:39:41.699><c> down</c><00:39:41.980><c> that</c>

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list,<00:39:43.000><c> the</c><00:39:43.099><c> various</c><00:39:43.539><c> Christian</c><00:39:44.340><c> virtues,</c>

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:50.219
the<00:39:45.239><c> godly</c><00:39:45.619><c> virtues</c><00:39:46.079><c> in</c><00:39:46.380><c> Christ</c><00:39:46.699><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:47.920><c> with</c><00:39:48.079><c> the</c><00:39:48.420><c> interstressing</c><00:39:49.199><c> all</c><00:39:49.719><c> through</c><00:39:49.940><c> those</c>

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:51.260
verses<00:39:50.659><c> to</c><00:39:51.019><c> grow</c>

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:56.099
in<00:39:51.500><c> knowledge.</c><00:39:52.860><c> He</c><00:39:53.119><c> knows,</c><00:39:53.860><c> Peter</c><00:39:54.159><c> does,</c><00:39:55.059><c> that</c><00:39:55.219><c> without</c><00:39:55.679><c> that</c>

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:59.679
growth<00:39:56.420><c> in</c><00:39:56.739><c> knowledge,</c><00:39:58.559><c> they</c><00:39:58.760><c> will</c><00:39:59.000><c> be</c><00:39:59.239><c> neither</c>

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:03.059
barren,<00:40:00.420><c> they</c><00:40:00.519><c> will</c><00:40:00.699><c> be</c><00:40:00.840><c> neither</c><00:40:01.420><c> fruitful</c><00:40:02.059><c> nor</c><00:40:02.480><c> productive</c>

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:05.019
in<00:40:03.219><c> the</c><00:40:03.460><c> truth,</c><00:40:04.179><c> and</c><00:40:04.480><c> he</c><00:40:04.599><c> knows</c><00:40:04.820><c> that</c>

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:08.420
without<00:40:05.400><c> that</c><00:40:05.679><c> growth</c><00:40:06.019><c> of</c><00:40:06.320><c> knowledge,</c><00:40:07.360><c> as</c><00:40:07.519><c> Paul</c><00:40:07.780><c> says</c><00:40:08.059><c> to</c><00:40:08.280><c> the</c>

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:12.280
Philippians,<00:40:08.980><c> they</c><00:40:09.179><c> will</c><00:40:09.679><c> not</c><00:40:10.099><c> be</c><00:40:10.559><c> able</c><00:40:10.960><c> to</c><00:40:11.300><c> discern.</c>

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:15.880
They<00:40:12.639><c> will</c><00:40:12.820><c> have</c><00:40:13.019><c> no</c><00:40:13.340><c> judgment.</c><00:40:14.340><c> They</c><00:40:14.539><c> won't</c><00:40:14.920><c> know</c><00:40:15.300><c> how</c><00:40:15.619><c> to</c>

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:17.840
separate<00:40:16.280><c> things</c><00:40:16.619><c> that</c><00:40:16.940><c> differ.</c>

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Two<00:40:18.480><c> brethren</c><00:40:18.760><c> in</c><00:40:18.960><c> an</c><00:40:19.119><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:19.619><c> one</c><00:40:19.840><c> saying</c><00:40:20.039><c> one</c><00:40:20.340><c> thing,</c>

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.460
one<00:40:20.860><c> saying</c><00:40:21.099><c> another.</c><00:40:21.840><c> Perhaps</c><00:40:22.159><c> they're</c><00:40:22.360><c> both</c><00:40:22.579><c> right.</c>

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:28.380
Perhaps<00:40:23.940><c> they're</c><00:40:24.139><c> both</c><00:40:24.460><c> wrong.</c><00:40:25.860><c> But</c><00:40:26.099><c> more</c><00:40:26.360><c> often</c><00:40:26.599><c> is</c><00:40:26.800><c> the</c><00:40:26.980><c> case,</c><00:40:27.420><c> one's</c><00:40:27.760><c> right</c><00:40:28.099><c> and</c>

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.000
one<00:40:28.559><c> is</c><00:40:28.780><c> wrong,</c>

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or<00:40:29.280><c> at</c><00:40:29.360><c> least</c><00:40:29.599><c> one</c><00:40:29.780><c> is</c><00:40:30.000><c> more</c><00:40:30.360><c> correct</c><00:40:30.840><c> than</c><00:40:31.139><c> the</c><00:40:31.340><c> other.</c><00:40:31.760><c> Now,</c>

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:33.340
how<00:40:32.159><c> do</c><00:40:32.300><c> you</c><00:40:32.420><c> decide</c><00:40:32.780><c> that?</c>

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Throw<00:40:34.000><c> your</c><00:40:34.179><c> hands</c><00:40:34.400><c> up</c><00:40:34.619><c> and</c><00:40:34.719><c> say,</c><00:40:35.059><c> well,</c><00:40:35.079><c> if</c><00:40:35.219><c> the</c><00:40:35.519><c> experts</c><00:40:35.800><c> don't</c><00:40:36.039><c> agree,</c><00:40:36.300><c> I</c>

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:39.099
can't?<00:40:37.699><c> No,</c><00:40:38.260><c> hopefully</c><00:40:38.599><c> not,</c><00:40:39.019><c> brothers</c>

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:45.980
and<00:40:39.360><c> sisters.</c><00:40:40.320><c> Being</c><00:40:40.579><c> equipped</c><00:40:41.099><c> with</c><00:40:41.900><c> knowledge,</c><00:40:42.659><c> it</c><00:40:43.480><c> will</c><00:40:43.800><c> help</c><00:40:44.099><c> you</c><00:40:44.420><c> at</c><00:40:44.519><c> least</c><00:40:44.840><c> to</c><00:40:45.159><c> come</c><00:40:45.460><c> to</c><00:40:45.719><c> a</c>

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wiser<00:40:46.380><c> decision,</c>

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if<00:40:47.699><c> perhaps,</c><00:40:48.219><c> if</c><00:40:48.400><c> you're</c><00:40:48.599><c> young</c><00:40:48.760><c> in</c><00:40:48.900><c> the</c><00:40:49.079><c> truth,</c><00:40:49.219><c> you</c><00:40:49.340><c> don't</c><00:40:49.559><c> come</c><00:40:49.780><c> to</c><00:40:49.980><c> a</c>

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conclusive<00:40:50.719><c> result.</c>

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The<00:40:52.199><c> more</c><00:40:52.420><c> knowledge</c><00:40:52.860><c> we</c><00:40:53.260><c> have</c><00:40:53.519><c> when</c><00:40:53.800><c> used</c><00:40:54.099><c> properly,</c><00:40:55.460><c> developed</c><00:40:55.739><c> into</c>

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:58.480
the<00:40:56.260><c> proper</c><00:40:56.820><c> virtues</c><00:40:57.400><c> and</c><00:40:57.940><c> graces</c><00:40:58.280><c> that</c>

00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:02.539
should<00:40:58.599><c> be</c><00:40:58.760><c> in</c><00:40:58.920><c> us,</c><00:40:59.920><c> the</c><00:41:00.219><c> better</c><00:41:00.500><c> we</c><00:41:00.739><c> are</c><00:41:00.960><c> equipped</c><00:41:01.360><c> to</c><00:41:02.219><c> meet</c>

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:05.500
successfully<00:41:03.239><c> the</c><00:41:03.619><c> challenge</c><00:41:03.980><c> of</c><00:41:04.219><c> apostasy.</c>

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:13.139
Hebrews<00:41:06.340><c> chapter</c><00:41:06.739><c> five</c><00:41:07.920><c> expresses</c><00:41:08.539><c> it</c><00:41:08.800><c> another</c><00:41:08.980><c> way.</c><00:41:12.360><c> Hebrews</c><00:41:12.619><c> five</c>

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:15.239
and<00:41:13.420><c> verse</c><00:41:13.639><c> 14,</c><00:41:14.199><c> and</c><00:41:14.420><c> here</c><00:41:14.539><c> the</c><00:41:14.739><c> terms</c><00:41:14.960><c> of</c>

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:18.280
reference<00:41:15.679><c> are</c><00:41:16.440><c> very</c><00:41:16.820><c> similar</c><00:41:17.079><c> to</c><00:41:17.280><c> those</c><00:41:17.500><c> in</c><00:41:17.719><c> Philippians,</c>

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:20.400
so<00:41:18.880><c> we</c><00:41:18.980><c> don't</c><00:41:19.139><c> need</c><00:41:19.280><c> to</c><00:41:19.420><c> look</c><00:41:19.519><c> at</c><00:41:19.639><c> the</c><00:41:19.800><c> original</c><00:41:20.079><c> to</c><00:41:20.260><c> get</c>

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:33.860
sense.<00:41:27.139><c> Hebrews</c><00:41:27.300><c> chapter</c><00:41:27.699><c> five,</c><00:41:29.699><c> verse</c><00:41:29.880><c> 12,</c><00:41:31.119><c> here</c><00:41:31.260><c> we</c><00:41:31.420><c> are</c><00:41:31.559><c> meeting</c><00:41:31.940><c> that</c><00:41:32.420><c> other</c><00:41:32.699><c> form</c><00:41:33.000><c> of</c><00:41:33.239><c> apostasy,</c>

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:37.239
other<00:41:34.119><c> than</c><00:41:34.340><c> skepticism,</c><00:41:35.599><c> and</c><00:41:35.800><c> the</c><00:41:36.019><c> recipe</c><00:41:36.320><c> is</c><00:41:36.519><c> the</c><00:41:36.699><c> same.</c>

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:42.179
Hebrews<00:41:37.940><c> five</c><00:41:38.300><c> and</c><00:41:38.480><c> verse</c><00:41:38.719><c> 12,</c><00:41:40.519><c> for</c><00:41:40.840><c> when,</c>

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:50.139
for<00:41:43.059><c> the</c><00:41:43.440><c> time</c><00:41:43.860><c> ye</c><00:41:44.199><c> ought</c><00:41:44.480><c> to</c><00:41:44.699><c> be</c><00:41:44.940><c> teachers,</c><00:41:45.639><c> ye</c><00:41:45.840><c> have</c><00:41:46.199><c> need</c><00:41:46.480><c> that</c><00:41:46.679><c> one</c><00:41:46.920><c> teach</c><00:41:47.219><c> you</c><00:41:47.539><c> again,</c><00:41:48.099><c> which</c><00:41:48.460><c> be</c><00:41:48.920><c> the</c>

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:53.079
principles.<00:41:51.400><c> By</c><00:41:51.559><c> the</c><00:41:51.699><c> way,</c><00:41:52.059><c> the</c><00:41:52.159><c> word</c><00:41:52.280><c> in</c><00:41:52.500><c> Greek</c><00:41:52.639><c> there</c><00:41:52.880><c> means</c>

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:56.159
the<00:41:53.380><c> ABCs.</c><00:41:54.739><c> It</c><00:41:54.840><c> was</c><00:41:54.980><c> a</c><00:41:55.079><c> word</c><00:41:55.239><c> that</c><00:41:55.400><c> was</c><00:41:55.679><c> used</c><00:41:56.000><c> on</c>

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:59.760
the<00:41:56.320><c> old</c><00:41:56.519><c> Greek</c><00:41:56.760><c> tablets</c><00:41:57.199><c> to</c><00:41:57.480><c> describe</c><00:41:57.800><c> the</c><00:41:58.099><c> ABCs</c><00:41:58.679><c> that</c><00:41:58.840><c> a</c><00:41:59.039><c> child</c><00:41:59.199><c> would</c><00:41:59.380><c> learn</c><00:41:59.519><c> at</c>

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:00.480
school<00:41:59.940><c> when</c><00:42:00.059><c> he</c><00:42:00.159><c> was</c><00:42:00.260><c> learning</c>

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:03.599
the<00:42:00.760><c> alphabet</c><00:42:01.039><c> or</c><00:42:01.280><c> the</c><00:42:01.460><c> basics</c><00:42:01.679><c> of</c><00:42:01.920><c> grammar.</c><00:42:02.960><c> You</c><00:42:03.199><c> have</c><00:42:03.440><c> need</c>

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:06.539
that<00:42:03.800><c> someone</c><00:42:04.039><c> teach</c><00:42:04.380><c> you</c><00:42:04.659><c> again</c><00:42:04.940><c> the</c><00:42:05.380><c> ABCs</c>

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:11.320
of<00:42:07.219><c> the</c><00:42:07.440><c> oracles</c><00:42:07.780><c> of</c><00:42:08.079><c> God,</c><00:42:09.019><c> and</c><00:42:09.199><c> are</c><00:42:09.380><c> become</c><00:42:09.699><c> such</c><00:42:10.159><c> as</c><00:42:10.599><c> have</c><00:42:10.800><c> need</c><00:42:11.019><c> of</c>

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:13.539
milk<00:42:11.619><c> and</c><00:42:11.980><c> not</c><00:42:12.139><c> of</c><00:42:12.440><c> strong</c><00:42:12.659><c> meat.</c>

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:17.579
For<00:42:14.719><c> everyone</c><00:42:15.199><c> that</c><00:42:15.519><c> useth</c><00:42:15.780><c> milk</c><00:42:16.059><c> is</c><00:42:16.340><c> unskillful</c><00:42:17.000><c> in</c><00:42:17.139><c> the</c><00:42:17.239><c> word</c><00:42:17.340><c> of</c>

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:19.300
righteousness,<00:42:18.500><c> for</c><00:42:18.619><c> he</c><00:42:18.780><c> is</c><00:42:18.940><c> a</c><00:42:19.079><c> babe.</c>

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:23.460
But<00:42:20.519><c> strong</c><00:42:21.199><c> meat</c><00:42:21.519><c> belongeth</c><00:42:22.159><c> to</c><00:42:22.260><c> them,</c><00:42:22.639><c> and</c><00:42:22.940><c> here's</c><00:42:23.079><c> our</c><00:42:23.260><c> key</c>

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:27.360
point,<00:42:24.460><c> to</c><00:42:24.699><c> them</c><00:42:25.000><c> that</c><00:42:25.280><c> are</c><00:42:25.519><c> of</c><00:42:26.059><c> full</c><00:42:26.719><c> age,</c>

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:33.780
the<00:42:28.039><c> word</c><00:42:28.159><c> means</c><00:42:28.460><c> mature,</c><00:42:30.280><c> even</c><00:42:30.900><c> those</c><00:42:31.679><c> who</c><00:42:32.139><c> by</c><00:42:32.599><c> reason</c><00:42:33.199><c> of</c>

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:39.079
use<00:42:34.280><c> have</c><00:42:35.420><c> their</c><00:42:36.219><c> senses</c><00:42:37.019><c> exercised.</c>

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:44.280
Same<00:42:40.219><c> word,</c><00:42:40.880><c> senses</c><00:42:41.380><c> as</c><00:42:41.780><c> used</c><00:42:42.019><c> in</c><00:42:42.239><c> Peter,</c><00:42:43.400><c> have</c><00:42:43.559><c> their,</c><00:42:43.920><c> excuse</c><00:42:44.119><c> me,</c>

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:46.760
in<00:42:44.440><c> Philippians,</c><00:42:45.400><c> have</c><00:42:45.579><c> their</c><00:42:46.099><c> senses</c>

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exercised<00:42:48.139><c> for</c><00:42:48.340><c> what</c><00:42:48.420><c> purpose?</c><00:42:49.380><c> To</c><00:42:49.800><c> discern</c><00:42:50.539><c> both</c><00:42:51.340><c> good</c><00:42:51.780><c> and</c>

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evil,<00:42:53.199><c> and</c><00:42:53.420><c> that's</c><00:42:53.719><c> why</c><00:42:53.980><c> in</c><00:42:54.079><c> the</c><00:42:54.280><c> margin</c><00:42:54.559><c> of</c>

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Philippians<00:42:55.480><c> it</c><00:42:56.079><c> suggests</c><00:42:56.659><c> or</c><00:42:57.039><c> things</c><00:42:57.260><c> that</c><00:42:57.599><c> differ.</c><00:42:58.380><c> Here</c>

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is<00:42:58.960><c> the</c><00:42:59.320><c> differentiating</c><00:43:00.139><c> that</c><00:43:00.739><c> Philippians</c><00:43:01.179><c> is</c>

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referring<00:43:01.719><c> to.</c><00:43:03.079><c> With</c><00:43:03.519><c> the</c><00:43:04.019><c> first</c><00:43:04.280><c> principles</c><00:43:04.780><c> of</c><00:43:05.159><c> truth</c><00:43:05.460><c> going</c><00:43:05.880><c> on</c><00:43:06.219><c> to</c><00:43:06.420><c> a</c>

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greater<00:43:06.840><c> knowledge</c><00:43:07.400><c> by</c><00:43:07.760><c> taking</c><00:43:08.119><c> the</c>

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word,<00:43:10.099><c> we</c><00:43:10.340><c> become</c><00:43:11.440><c> of</c><00:43:12.059><c> full</c><00:43:12.380><c> age,</c><00:43:13.139><c> of</c><00:43:13.260><c> maturity</c><00:43:13.880><c> in</c><00:43:14.199><c> Christ</c><00:43:14.599><c> for</c><00:43:15.059><c> the</c><00:43:15.320><c> objective</c><00:43:15.860><c> of</c>

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having<00:43:16.659><c> our</c><00:43:17.139><c> senses</c><00:43:17.659><c> exercised</c>

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so<00:43:19.539><c> that</c><00:43:19.719><c> we</c><00:43:19.840><c> can</c><00:43:20.099><c> discern</c><00:43:20.599><c> between</c><00:43:21.059><c> good</c><00:43:21.280><c> and</c><00:43:21.500><c> evil.</c><00:43:22.619><c> That's</c>

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the<00:43:23.440><c> antidote</c><00:43:24.139><c> to</c><00:43:24.340><c> the</c><00:43:24.599><c> challenge</c><00:43:25.039><c> of</c><00:43:25.340><c> apostasy.</c>

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That's<00:43:26.659><c> why</c><00:43:26.880><c> Peter</c><00:43:27.219><c> stresses</c><00:43:27.659><c> spiritual</c><00:43:28.199><c> knowledge,</c><00:43:28.760><c> and</c><00:43:29.159><c> that's</c><00:43:29.400><c> why</c><00:43:29.599><c> he</c>

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stresses<00:43:30.380><c> spiritual</c><00:43:31.420><c> growth.</c>

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The<00:43:33.000><c> Diagelot</c><00:43:33.639><c> renders</c><00:43:34.039><c> that</c><00:43:34.920><c> those</c><00:43:35.760><c> possessing</c><00:43:36.679><c> faculties</c>

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habitually<00:43:39.579><c> exercised</c><00:43:40.920><c> for</c><00:43:41.440><c> the</c>

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discrimination<00:43:42.639><c> both</c><00:43:43.639><c> of</c><00:43:44.000><c> good</c><00:43:44.300><c> and</c><00:43:44.900><c> evil.</c><00:43:46.940><c> The</c><00:43:46.940><c> New</c><00:43:47.159><c> American</c><00:43:47.659><c> Standard</c><00:43:48.099><c> Bible</c>

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renders<00:43:49.639><c> this</c><00:43:50.000><c> as</c><00:43:50.300><c> follows,</c>

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just<00:43:51.139><c> to</c><00:43:51.300><c> give</c><00:43:51.420><c> another</c><00:43:51.800><c> way</c><00:43:52.179><c> of</c><00:43:52.340><c> rendering</c><00:43:52.599><c> it.</c><00:43:54.699><c> Verse</c><00:43:54.940><c> 14</c><00:43:55.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:43:55.980><c> New</c><00:43:56.159><c> American,</c><00:43:57.340><c> solid</c><00:43:57.820><c> food</c><00:43:58.179><c> is</c><00:43:58.440><c> for</c><00:43:58.619><c> the</c><00:43:58.860><c> mature</c>

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who<00:44:00.579><c> because</c><00:44:01.179><c> of</c><00:44:01.559><c> practice</c><00:44:02.219><c> have</c><00:44:02.860><c> their</c><00:44:03.219><c> senses</c><00:44:03.780><c> trained</c><00:44:04.539><c> to</c>

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discern<00:44:05.960><c> good</c><00:44:06.860><c> and</c><00:44:07.460><c> evil.</c>

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What<00:44:09.639><c> are</c><00:44:09.960><c> you</c><00:44:10.139><c> doing,</c><00:44:10.460><c> brothers</c><00:44:10.719><c> and</c><00:44:10.980><c> sisters?</c><00:44:11.280><c> What</c><00:44:11.420><c> am</c><00:44:11.579><c> I</c>

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doing<00:44:12.059><c> to</c><00:44:12.960><c> help</c><00:44:13.300><c> train</c><00:44:13.579><c> our</c><00:44:13.840><c> young</c><00:44:14.059><c> people</c><00:44:14.400><c> and</c>

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ourselves<00:44:15.320><c> to</c><00:44:15.519><c> have</c><00:44:15.780><c> the</c><00:44:16.099><c> senses</c><00:44:16.539><c> necessary</c><00:44:17.320><c> to</c><00:44:17.940><c> discern</c><00:44:18.199><c> between</c><00:44:18.519><c> good</c><00:44:18.679><c> and</c>

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evil?<00:44:19.719><c> What</c><00:44:20.079><c> are</c><00:44:20.199><c> we</c><00:44:20.340><c> doing</c><00:44:20.519><c> back</c><00:44:20.920><c> home</c>

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to<00:44:21.360><c> cultivate</c><00:44:21.960><c> our</c><00:44:22.320><c> Bible</c><00:44:22.659><c> knowledge</c><00:44:23.320><c> so</c><00:44:23.760><c> that</c><00:44:23.880><c> we</c><00:44:24.000><c> might</c><00:44:24.239><c> grow</c><00:44:24.760><c> fruitfully</c><00:44:25.300><c> in</c>

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love<00:44:25.980><c> and</c><00:44:26.420><c> be</c><00:44:26.739><c> prepared</c><00:44:27.179><c> for</c><00:44:27.360><c> the</c>

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challenge<00:44:27.880><c> of</c><00:44:28.119><c> apostasy?</c><00:44:30.219><c> Back</c><00:44:30.440><c> to</c><00:44:30.679><c> Peter</c><00:44:30.860><c> as</c><00:44:31.219><c> our</c><00:44:31.440><c> conclusion.</c>

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Second<00:44:43.719><c> Peter,</c><00:44:45.539><c> chapter</c><00:44:45.940><c> one,</c><00:44:48.119><c> verse</c><00:44:48.659><c> eight</c><00:44:49.659><c> and</c><00:44:50.539><c> nine</c><00:44:50.860><c> again.</c>

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If<00:44:53.119><c> these</c><00:44:53.719><c> things</c><00:44:54.079><c> be</c><00:44:54.400><c> in</c><00:44:54.639><c> you</c><00:44:55.000><c> and</c><00:44:55.420><c> abound,</c><00:44:56.699><c> they</c><00:44:56.699><c> make</c><00:44:57.039><c> you</c>

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that<00:44:57.400><c> ye</c><00:44:57.639><c> shall</c><00:44:57.840><c> neither</c><00:44:58.159><c> be</c><00:44:58.559><c> barren</c><00:44:58.860><c> nor</c><00:44:59.159><c> unfruitful</c>

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in<00:45:00.019><c> the</c><00:45:00.239><c> knowledge</c><00:45:00.440><c> of</c><00:45:00.639><c> our</c><00:45:00.780><c> Lord</c><00:45:01.000><c> Jesus</c><00:45:01.400><c> Christ.</c><00:45:03.340><c> He</c><00:45:03.780><c> that</c><00:45:04.260><c> lacketh</c><00:45:04.840><c> these</c><00:45:05.179><c> things</c><00:45:05.619><c> is</c>

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blind<00:45:06.760><c> and</c><00:45:08.059><c> cannot</c><00:45:08.480><c> see</c><00:45:08.880><c> afar</c>

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off<00:45:09.780><c> and</c><00:45:10.119><c> hath</c><00:45:10.460><c> forgotten</c><00:45:11.159><c> that</c><00:45:12.300><c> he</c><00:45:12.500><c> was</c><00:45:12.800><c> purged</c><00:45:13.239><c> from</c><00:45:13.440><c> his</c>

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old<00:45:14.079><c> sins.</c><00:45:15.360><c> Wherefore,</c><00:45:16.400><c> the</c><00:45:16.619><c> rather</c><00:45:16.920><c> brethren,</c>

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give<00:45:18.420><c> diligence</c><00:45:19.199><c> to</c><00:45:20.099><c> make</c><00:45:20.300><c> your</c><00:45:20.679><c> calling</c><00:45:21.119><c> and</c><00:45:21.619><c> election,</c><00:45:22.539><c> key</c>

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word<00:45:23.519><c> sure,</c>

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make<00:45:26.039><c> your</c><00:45:26.400><c> calling</c><00:45:26.860><c> and</c><00:45:27.320><c> election</c><00:45:27.980><c> sure</c><00:45:28.840><c> for</c><00:45:29.679><c> if</c><00:45:30.559><c> you</c><00:45:30.840><c> do</c><00:45:31.159><c> these</c><00:45:31.619><c> things,</c><00:45:33.320><c> ye</c>

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shall<00:45:33.980><c> never</c><00:45:35.019><c> fall.</c>

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You<00:45:36.559><c> will</c><00:45:37.000><c> not</c><00:45:37.380><c> apostasize,</c><00:45:38.880><c> deviate</c><00:45:39.360><c> from</c><00:45:39.579><c> the</c><00:45:39.820><c> course,</c><00:45:40.500><c> change</c><00:45:40.739><c> your</c><00:45:41.000><c> route.</c><00:45:42.360><c> In</c>

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conclusion,<00:45:43.139><c> brothers</c><00:45:43.219><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:45:43.909><c> let</c><00:45:43.989><c> us</c><00:45:44.130><c> take</c><00:45:44.389><c> the</c><00:45:44.630><c> exhortation</c><00:45:45.110><c> this</c><00:45:45.369><c> morning</c><00:45:45.809><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:46.670><c> apostle</c><00:45:47.030><c> Peter</c><00:45:47.429><c> to</c><00:45:47.630><c> the</c><00:45:47.789><c> brothers</c><00:45:47.969><c> and</c><00:45:48.210><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:45:48.650><c> Asia</c><00:45:48.909><c> Minor</c><00:45:49.329><c> to</c><00:45:50.110><c> not</c><00:45:50.329><c> only</c><00:45:50.610><c> recognize</c><00:45:51.309><c> the</c><00:45:51.610><c> forewarning</c>

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but<00:45:53.329><c> to</c><00:45:53.570><c> accept</c><00:45:53.929><c> the</c><00:45:54.250><c> forearming.</c><00:45:55.489><c> Let</c><00:45:55.570><c> us</c><00:45:55.809><c> equip</c>

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ourselves<00:45:56.730><c> and</c><00:45:56.969><c> our</c><00:45:57.230><c> young</c><00:45:57.489><c> people</c><00:45:58.010><c> with</c><00:45:58.449><c> the</c><00:45:58.769><c> exhortation</c>

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here<00:46:00.070><c> to</c><00:46:00.550><c> the</c><00:46:00.769><c> growth</c><00:46:00.989><c> in</c><00:46:01.230><c> spiritual</c><00:46:01.670><c> knowledge</c><00:46:02.190><c> and</c>

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consistent<00:46:03.469><c> growth</c><00:46:04.190><c> in</c><00:46:05.030><c> the</c><00:46:05.190><c> virtues</c><00:46:05.489><c> of</c><00:46:05.690><c> our</c><00:46:05.829><c> Lord</c><00:46:06.010><c> Jesus</c><00:46:06.349><c> Christ.</c>