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was<00:11:02.539><c> carefully</c><00:11:02.899><c> constructed,</c><00:11:03.580><c> brethren</c>

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We<00:13:24.259><c> can</c><00:13:24.360><c> do</c><00:13:24.440><c> a</c><00:13:24.580><c> lot</c><00:13:24.620><c> of</c><00:13:24.820><c> arguing</c><00:13:24.960><c> about</c><00:13:25.240><c> that</c><00:13:25.519><c> point</c><00:13:25.679><c> and</c><00:13:25.799><c> you</c>

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can<00:13:26.019><c> go</c><00:13:26.259><c> back</c><00:13:26.460><c> and</c><00:13:26.600><c> you</c><00:13:26.659><c> can</c><00:13:26.879><c> find</c><00:13:27.100><c> plenty</c><00:13:27.360><c> of</c>

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evidence<00:13:28.659><c> in</c><00:13:28.860><c> the</c><00:13:29.080><c> manuscripts</c><00:13:29.559><c> for</c><00:13:29.820><c> this</c><00:13:30.100><c> letter</c><00:13:30.240><c> being</c><00:13:30.500><c> written</c><00:13:30.779><c> first</c><00:13:31.159><c> to</c><00:13:31.360><c> Ephesus.</c>

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But<00:13:33.000><c> there's</c><00:13:33.220><c> no</c><00:13:33.440><c> doubt</c><00:13:33.639><c> that</c><00:13:33.799><c> the</c><00:13:33.940><c> letter</c><00:13:34.080><c> also</c><00:13:34.460><c> was</c><00:13:34.720><c> probably</c><00:13:35.120><c> sent</c><00:13:35.379><c> to</c><00:13:35.659><c> Laodicea.</c>

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That<00:13:37.899><c> of</c><00:13:38.100><c> course</c><00:13:38.279><c> is</c><00:13:38.419><c> one</c><00:13:38.559><c> of</c><00:13:38.700><c> the</c><00:13:38.840><c> values</c><00:13:39.100><c> of</c><00:13:39.320><c> having</c><00:13:39.480><c> a</c><00:13:39.779><c> general</c><00:13:40.240><c> letter</c><00:13:40.679><c> that</c>

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doesn't<00:13:41.639><c> have</c><00:13:41.860><c> specific</c>

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references<00:13:42.720><c> in</c><00:13:42.879><c> it.</c><00:13:42.980><c> You</c><00:13:43.100><c> can</c><00:13:43.320><c> then</c><00:13:43.519><c> use</c><00:13:43.700><c> it</c><00:13:43.840><c> as</c><00:13:44.019><c> a</c><00:13:44.259><c> circular</c>

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letter.<00:13:45.799><c> And</c><00:13:46.000><c> it's</c><00:13:46.259><c> believed</c><00:13:46.500><c> that</c><00:13:46.700><c> the</c><00:13:46.840><c> letter</c><00:13:46.940><c> to</c>

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Ephesus<00:13:47.580><c> was</c><00:13:47.779><c> also</c><00:13:48.179><c> sent</c><00:13:48.419><c> to</c><00:13:48.559><c> the</c><00:13:48.740><c> other</c><00:13:48.960><c> ecclesias</c><00:13:49.379><c> of</c><00:13:49.580><c> Asia,</c>

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including<00:13:51.120><c> Laodicea.</c><00:13:53.419><c> Now</c><00:13:53.600><c> let's</c><00:13:53.759><c> just</c><00:13:53.919><c> get</c><00:13:54.019><c> a</c>

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bit<00:13:54.179><c> of</c><00:13:54.379><c> background</c><00:13:54.740><c> as</c><00:13:55.019><c> to</c><00:13:55.360><c> how</c><00:13:55.600><c> this</c><00:13:55.779><c> letter</c><00:13:55.899><c> was</c><00:13:56.100><c> written.</c>

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If<00:13:57.059><c> you</c><00:13:57.059><c> come</c><00:13:57.220><c> to</c><00:13:57.399><c> Colossians</c><00:13:57.860><c> chapter</c><00:13:58.220><c> one,</c>

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we<00:14:00.159><c> find</c><00:14:00.519><c> that</c><00:14:00.799><c> what</c><00:14:00.980><c> had</c><00:14:02.559><c> happened</c><00:14:02.840><c> was</c><00:14:03.200><c> that</c><00:14:03.779><c> a</c><00:14:03.840><c> man</c><00:14:04.080><c> called</c>

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Epaphras,<00:14:05.080><c> who</c><00:14:05.159><c> was</c><00:14:05.480><c> a</c><00:14:06.100><c> fellow</c><00:14:06.460><c> servant</c><00:14:06.779><c> in</c><00:14:06.980><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:14:07.519><c> at</c><00:14:07.820><c> Colossi,</c><00:14:09.419><c> had</c><00:14:09.539><c> gone</c><00:14:09.799><c> to</c><00:14:10.039><c> Rome</c><00:14:10.259><c> with</c><00:14:10.580><c> news</c><00:14:10.899><c> of</c><00:14:11.240><c> Laodicea,</c><00:14:12.039><c> Colossi</c><00:14:12.500><c> and</c><00:14:12.620><c> Hierapolis.</c><00:14:13.879><c> Now</c><00:14:14.019><c> we</c><00:14:14.039><c> need</c>

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to<00:14:14.279><c> get</c><00:14:14.360><c> our</c><00:14:14.559><c> geography</c><00:14:14.919><c> sorted</c><00:14:15.159><c> out</c><00:14:15.399><c> a</c><00:14:15.519><c> bit.</c><00:14:19.460><c> Okay,</c><00:14:19.759><c> now</c><00:14:19.860><c> what</c>

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we've<00:14:20.240><c> got,</c><00:14:22.279><c> this</c><00:14:22.460><c> is</c><00:14:22.740><c> a</c><00:14:23.460><c> map</c><00:14:23.740><c> of</c><00:14:24.039><c> the</c><00:14:24.379><c> western</c><00:14:24.600><c> end</c>

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of<00:14:25.159><c> Turkey</c><00:14:25.419><c> as</c><00:14:25.600><c> we</c><00:14:25.759><c> know</c><00:14:25.899><c> it,</c><00:14:26.759><c> known</c><00:14:27.039><c> in</c><00:14:27.399><c> the</c><00:14:27.639><c> scriptural</c><00:14:28.019><c> term</c>

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as<00:14:28.519><c> Roman</c><00:14:28.899><c> Asia.</c><00:14:29.440><c> You</c><00:14:29.580><c> know,</c><00:14:29.580><c> we</c><00:14:29.700><c> often</c><00:14:29.879><c> get</c><00:14:30.179><c> confused</c>

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with<00:14:30.960><c> Asia.</c><00:14:32.139><c> Of</c><00:14:32.299><c> course,</c><00:14:32.440><c> this</c><00:14:32.620><c> is</c><00:14:32.799><c> a</c><00:14:33.019><c> portion</c><00:14:33.279><c> of</c><00:14:33.539><c> Asia</c><00:14:33.720><c> because</c><00:14:33.960><c> Asia</c>

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starts<00:14:35.259><c> with</c><00:14:36.940><c> that</c><00:14:37.159><c> side</c><00:14:37.299><c> of</c><00:14:37.419><c> the</c>

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Mediterranean.<00:14:38.860><c> But</c><00:14:38.860><c> it</c><00:14:39.419><c> was</c><00:14:39.600><c> known</c><00:14:39.740><c> in</c><00:14:39.899><c> those</c><00:14:40.019><c> days</c><00:14:40.220><c> as</c><00:14:40.500><c> Rome,</c><00:14:40.799><c> this</c>

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area<00:14:41.259><c> particularly</c><00:14:41.539><c> was</c><00:14:41.759><c> known</c><00:14:41.940><c> as</c>

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Roman<00:14:42.580><c> Asia</c><00:14:43.039><c> as</c><00:14:43.399><c> distinct</c><00:14:43.779><c> from</c><00:14:44.120><c> Bithynia,</c><00:14:45.100><c> Mycia,</c><00:14:46.159><c> Phrygia,</c>

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Galatia<00:14:47.620><c> was</c><00:14:47.799><c> over</c><00:14:48.100><c> here</c><00:14:48.500><c> and</c><00:14:49.100><c> Illyricum</c><00:14:49.600><c> was</c>

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down<00:14:50.019><c> here.</c><00:14:50.519><c> So</c><00:14:50.720><c> these</c><00:14:50.879><c> were</c><00:14:51.100><c> all</c><00:14:51.259><c> Roman</c><00:14:51.559><c> provinces.</c><00:14:52.779><c> This</c><00:14:52.980><c> was</c><00:14:53.179><c> the</c><00:14:53.399><c> province</c><00:14:53.639><c> of</c>

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Roman<00:14:54.279><c> Asia.</c><00:14:56.100><c> And</c><00:14:56.299><c> Ephesus</c>

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was<00:14:57.480><c> very</c><00:14:57.919><c> close</c><00:14:58.159><c> to</c><00:14:58.340><c> the</c><00:14:58.600><c> sea</c><00:14:59.059><c> on</c><00:14:59.980><c> that</c><00:15:00.299><c> side</c><00:15:00.639><c> of</c><00:15:00.919><c> Asia.</c><00:15:02.759><c> It</c><00:15:03.019><c> was</c><00:15:03.320><c> some</c><00:15:03.600><c> 100</c><00:15:04.059><c> miles</c><00:15:04.580><c> from</c><00:15:04.919><c> Laodicea.</c><00:15:06.720><c> And</c><00:15:07.120><c> we</c><00:15:07.460><c> have</c>

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here<00:15:07.899><c> in</c><00:15:08.159><c> this</c><00:15:08.360><c> area,</c><00:15:09.100><c> in</c><00:15:09.259><c> Phrygia,</c><00:15:09.720><c> the</c><00:15:09.879><c> ecclesias</c><00:15:10.240><c> of</c><00:15:10.440><c> the</c>

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Lycus<00:15:10.960><c> Valley</c><00:15:11.299><c> as</c><00:15:11.480><c> we</c><00:15:11.639><c> know</c><00:15:11.840><c> them.</c><00:15:12.600><c> And</c><00:15:12.720><c> the</c><00:15:12.820><c> river</c>

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Lycus<00:15:13.580><c> traveled</c><00:15:14.000><c> through</c><00:15:14.179><c> this</c><00:15:14.460><c> part</c><00:15:14.679><c> of</c><00:15:14.840><c> Phrygia.</c><00:15:16.500><c> And</c><00:15:16.679><c> there</c><00:15:16.759><c> were</c>

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three<00:15:17.139><c> ecclesias</c><00:15:17.519><c> there,</c><00:15:17.879><c> Colossi,</c>

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Laodicea<00:15:19.720><c> and</c><00:15:19.879><c> Hierapolis.</c><00:15:20.840><c> And</c><00:15:20.919><c> we'll</c><00:15:21.100><c> see</c><00:15:21.200><c> them</c><00:15:21.379><c> referred</c>

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to<00:15:21.860><c> in</c><00:15:22.139><c> a</c><00:15:22.340><c> moment.</c><00:15:24.000><c> And</c><00:15:24.159><c> Epaphras</c><00:15:24.700><c> had</c><00:15:24.940><c> come</c><00:15:25.200><c> from</c>

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Colossi<00:15:27.580><c> through</c><00:15:28.059><c> Laodicea</c><00:15:28.720><c> and</c><00:15:28.879><c> Hierapolis</c><00:15:29.580><c> and</c><00:15:30.340><c> gone</c><00:15:30.600><c> to</c>

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Rome<00:15:31.200><c> to</c><00:15:31.519><c> see</c><00:15:31.700><c> Paul</c><00:15:31.960><c> in</c><00:15:32.220><c> prison</c><00:15:32.419><c> with</c><00:15:32.679><c> news</c><00:15:32.919><c> of</c><00:15:33.120><c> those</c>

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ecclesias<00:15:33.840><c> that</c><00:15:33.980><c> Paul</c><00:15:34.200><c> had</c><00:15:34.500><c> established</c><00:15:34.860><c> in</c><00:15:35.039><c> that</c><00:15:35.259><c> place.</c><00:15:36.840><c> So</c>

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we<00:15:37.139><c> read</c><00:15:37.259><c> in</c><00:15:37.460><c> verse</c><00:15:37.679><c> seven,</c>

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as<00:15:39.480><c> you</c><00:15:39.700><c> also</c><00:15:39.980><c> learned</c><00:15:40.220><c> of</c><00:15:40.379><c> Epaphras,</c><00:15:40.879><c> our</c><00:15:41.080><c> dear</c><00:15:41.240><c> fellow</c><00:15:41.559><c> servant,</c><00:15:41.879><c> who</c>

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is<00:15:42.159><c> for</c><00:15:42.320><c> you</c><00:15:42.539><c> a</c><00:15:42.740><c> faithful</c>

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minister<00:15:43.120><c> of</c><00:15:43.360><c> Christ.</c><00:15:44.919><c> So</c><00:15:45.320><c> they</c><00:15:46.620><c> also</c><00:15:46.940><c> had</c><00:15:47.059><c> been</c><00:15:47.240><c> taught</c><00:15:47.379><c> by</c>

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Epaphras.<00:15:48.000><c> And</c><00:15:48.080><c> Epaphras</c><00:15:48.440><c> had</c><00:15:48.639><c> come</c><00:15:48.919><c> to</c><00:15:49.080><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:15:50.200><c> when</c><00:15:50.259><c> we</c><00:15:50.379><c> come</c><00:15:50.519><c> to</c><00:15:50.679><c> Colossians</c><00:15:51.120><c> chapter</c><00:15:51.500><c> four,</c>

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we<00:15:55.200><c> find</c><00:15:55.519><c> that</c><00:15:56.360><c> Tychicus,</c><00:15:57.000><c> who</c><00:15:57.139><c> was</c><00:15:57.340><c> with</c><00:15:57.559><c> Paul</c><00:15:57.799><c> in</c><00:15:58.059><c> Rome,</c><00:15:58.299><c> was</c>

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now<00:15:58.679><c> dispatched</c><00:16:00.159><c> to</c><00:16:00.960><c> go</c><00:16:01.139><c> with</c><00:16:01.299><c> Epaphras</c>

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and<00:16:03.539><c> on</c><00:16:03.740><c> Nisimus</c><00:16:04.840><c> back</c><00:16:05.559><c> to</c><00:16:06.419><c> Colossi.</c><00:16:07.679><c> And</c><00:16:07.879><c> we</c><00:16:07.960><c> all</c><00:16:08.039><c> know</c><00:16:08.100><c> the</c>

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book<00:16:08.379><c> of</c><00:16:08.620><c> filament,</c><00:16:08.879><c> don't</c><00:16:09.039><c> we?</c><00:16:09.100><c> The</c><00:16:09.179><c> little</c><00:16:09.360><c> book</c>

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right<00:16:09.879><c> near</c><00:16:10.120><c> the</c><00:16:10.159><c> end</c><00:16:10.340><c> of</c><00:16:10.460><c> the</c><00:16:10.500><c> New</c><00:16:10.700><c> Testament</c><00:16:11.000><c> called</c><00:16:11.379><c> Filament.</c><00:16:12.399><c> That</c>

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book<00:16:12.860><c> was</c><00:16:13.080><c> written</c><00:16:13.360><c> to</c><00:16:13.659><c> the</c><00:16:14.240><c> elder</c><00:16:14.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:14.899><c> Colossian</c><00:16:15.240><c> ecclesia,</c><00:16:15.940><c> a</c><00:16:15.980><c> man</c><00:16:16.220><c> called</c><00:16:16.519><c> Filament,</c><00:16:18.240><c> and</c><00:16:18.340><c> to</c>

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his<00:16:18.740><c> son,</c><00:16:18.899><c> Aristarchus,</c><00:16:19.960><c> sorry,</c><00:16:20.419><c> his</c><00:16:20.580><c> son,</c>

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Archipas,<00:16:22.279><c> who's</c><00:16:22.460><c> mentioned</c><00:16:22.679><c> here</c><00:16:22.919><c> in</c><00:16:23.059><c> verse</c><00:16:23.259><c> 17,</c><00:16:25.139><c> concerning</c><00:16:25.480><c> the</c><00:16:25.879><c> slave</c>

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Filament,<00:16:26.720><c> who</c><00:16:26.820><c> had</c><00:16:26.980><c> been</c><00:16:27.179><c> a</c>

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runaway<00:16:27.679><c> slave</c><00:16:28.279><c> from</c><00:16:29.059><c> the</c><00:16:29.259><c> house</c><00:16:29.500><c> of</c><00:16:29.720><c> Filament,</c><00:16:29.960><c> who</c><00:16:30.080><c> had</c><00:16:30.220><c> gone</c><00:16:30.440><c> to</c>

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Rome<00:16:30.899><c> and</c><00:16:31.360><c> found</c><00:16:31.659><c> the</c><00:16:31.940><c> truth</c><00:16:32.120><c> there</c><00:16:32.259><c> at</c><00:16:32.399><c> the</c><00:16:32.480><c> hand</c>

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of<00:16:32.980><c> Paul.</c><00:16:34.279><c> And</c><00:16:34.480><c> Paul</c><00:16:34.580><c> was</c><00:16:34.799><c> now</c><00:16:35.019><c> sending</c><00:16:35.299><c> back</c><00:16:35.600><c> to</c><00:16:35.820><c> Filament</c><00:16:36.039><c> his</c><00:16:36.259><c> runaway</c><00:16:36.740><c> slave,</c><00:16:38.120><c> on</c>

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Nisimus.<00:16:38.600><c> And</c><00:16:38.779><c> of</c><00:16:38.899><c> course,</c>

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we<00:16:39.360><c> know</c><00:16:39.360><c> how</c><00:16:39.460><c> he</c><00:16:39.620><c> wrote</c><00:16:39.799><c> that</c><00:16:40.039><c> wonderful</c><00:16:40.399><c> letter</c><00:16:40.600><c> of</c><00:16:40.879><c> appeal</c>

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for<00:16:41.340><c> the</c><00:16:41.539><c> sake</c><00:16:41.740><c> of</c><00:16:41.980><c> Nisimus.</c><00:16:43.080><c> That</c><00:16:43.240><c> was</c><00:16:43.440><c> also</c>

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sent<00:16:44.139><c> back</c><00:16:44.440><c> by</c><00:16:44.720><c> the</c><00:16:44.840><c> hand</c><00:16:45.080><c> of</c><00:16:45.279><c> Tychicus.</c><00:16:46.899><c> So</c><00:16:47.120><c> Nisimus</c><00:16:47.460><c> went</c><00:16:47.659><c> back</c><00:16:47.940><c> with</c><00:16:48.179><c> Tychicus</c><00:16:48.759><c> to</c>

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confront<00:16:49.679><c> Filament,</c>

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now<00:16:50.899><c> as</c><00:16:51.120><c> a</c><00:16:51.279><c> brother</c><00:16:51.440><c> in</c><00:16:51.639><c> the</c><00:16:51.840><c> truth.</c><00:16:53.500><c> And</c><00:16:53.659><c> so</c><00:16:53.740><c> when</c><00:16:53.820><c> then</c><00:16:53.899><c> we</c><00:16:54.019><c> come</c><00:16:54.100><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:54.340><c> letter</c><00:16:54.539><c> to</c><00:16:54.759><c> the</c><00:16:54.919><c> Colossian</c><00:16:55.279><c> ecclesia,</c>

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we<00:16:55.960><c> find</c><00:16:56.200><c> here</c><00:16:56.399><c> in</c><00:16:56.580><c> chapter</c><00:16:56.820><c> four,</c><00:16:58.039><c> verse</c><00:16:58.259><c> seven,</c>

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So<00:17:10.220><c> Tychicus</c><00:17:10.579><c> was</c><00:17:10.759><c> sent</c><00:17:10.980><c> to</c><00:17:11.180><c> Colossi</c><00:17:11.619><c> to</c><00:17:11.839><c> find</c><00:17:12.140><c> out</c><00:17:12.859><c> how</c><00:17:13.180><c> those</c>

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ecclesiastes<00:17:13.859><c> were</c><00:17:14.059><c> really</c><00:17:14.420><c> fearing.</c>

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Verse<00:17:16.240><c> nine,</c><00:17:16.680><c> with</c><00:17:16.759><c> Nisimus,</c><00:17:17.240><c> a</c><00:17:17.380><c> faithful</c><00:17:17.599><c> brother,</c><00:17:19.180><c> and</c><00:17:19.200><c> that</c><00:17:19.359><c> was</c>

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of<00:17:19.640><c> course</c><00:17:19.759><c> to</c><00:17:19.920><c> sort</c><00:17:20.019><c> out</c><00:17:20.180><c> the</c><00:17:20.339><c> issue</c><00:17:20.500><c> with</c>

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Filament.<00:17:22.579><c> Aristarchus</c><00:17:23.019><c> was</c><00:17:23.200><c> with</c><00:17:23.500><c> Paul</c><00:17:23.759><c> in</c><00:17:23.980><c> verse</c><00:17:24.160><c> 10,</c><00:17:24.720><c> Marcus</c><00:17:25.000><c> and</c>

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so<00:17:26.039><c> on.</c><00:17:27.680><c> And</c><00:17:27.900><c> Demas</c><00:17:28.180><c> in</c><00:17:28.380><c> verse</c><00:17:28.579><c> 14</c><00:17:28.880><c> and</c><00:17:29.119><c> Luke</c>

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were<00:17:29.519><c> all</c><00:17:29.660><c> with</c><00:17:29.940><c> Paul.</c><00:17:30.160><c> So</c><00:17:30.279><c> they</c><00:17:30.420><c> all</c><00:17:30.599><c> sent</c><00:17:30.759><c> greetings</c><00:17:31.259><c> by</c><00:17:31.500><c> the</c>

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hand<00:17:31.819><c> of</c><00:17:32.019><c> Tychicus.</c><00:17:35.240><c> And</c><00:17:35.680><c> so</c><00:17:36.039><c> they</c><00:17:36.200><c> went</c><00:17:36.319><c> off</c><00:17:36.480><c> with</c>

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epistle.<00:17:37.140><c> And</c><00:17:37.140><c> we</c><00:17:37.339><c> find</c><00:17:37.500><c> when</c><00:17:37.619><c> we</c><00:17:37.819><c> come</c><00:17:38.039><c> down</c><00:17:38.400><c> to</c><00:17:39.180><c> verse</c><00:17:39.440><c> 13</c><00:17:39.920><c> concerning</c><00:17:40.380><c> Apaphras,</c><00:17:41.880><c> who</c><00:17:41.940><c> was</c><00:17:42.259><c> of</c>

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their<00:17:42.779><c> ecclesia,</c>

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Paul<00:17:43.960><c> says,</c><00:17:44.220><c> I</c><00:17:44.220><c> bear</c><00:17:44.480><c> him</c><00:17:44.720><c> record</c><00:17:44.960><c> that</c><00:17:45.079><c> he</c><00:17:45.220><c> hath</c><00:17:45.359><c> great</c><00:17:45.759><c> zeal</c>

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for<00:17:46.240><c> you,</c><00:17:47.640><c> for</c><00:17:47.759><c> them</c><00:17:47.940><c> that</c><00:17:48.099><c> are</c><00:17:48.220><c> at</c><00:17:48.380><c> Laodicea</c><00:17:48.960><c> and</c>

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them<00:17:49.319><c> in</c><00:17:49.599><c> Hierapolis.</c><00:17:50.740><c> So</c><00:17:50.940><c> there</c><00:17:51.059><c> are</c><00:17:51.220><c> the</c><00:17:51.400><c> three</c><00:17:51.579><c> ecclesiastes</c><00:17:51.960><c> of</c><00:17:52.140><c> the</c>

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Lycus<00:17:52.579><c> Valley.</c><00:17:52.880><c> They</c><00:17:52.980><c> were</c>

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all<00:17:53.420><c> known</c><00:17:53.779><c> very</c><00:17:54.420><c> well</c><00:17:54.579><c> to</c><00:17:54.779><c> Apaphras</c><00:17:55.279><c> and</c><00:17:55.420><c> he</c><00:17:55.660><c> was</c><00:17:56.200><c> spending</c>

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much<00:17:56.960><c> time</c><00:17:57.220><c> in</c><00:17:57.440><c> Rome</c><00:17:57.619><c> praying</c><00:17:58.000><c> for</c><00:17:58.380><c> them.</c>

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So<00:18:00.900><c> they</c><00:18:01.140><c> were,</c><00:18:01.480><c> and</c><00:18:01.599><c> he</c><00:18:01.740><c> says</c><00:18:01.819><c> in</c><00:18:02.000><c> verse</c><00:18:02.180><c> 15,</c>

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which<00:18:07.019><c> is</c><00:18:07.319><c> in</c><00:18:07.359><c> his</c><00:18:07.559><c> house.</c><00:18:08.819><c> And</c><00:18:08.920><c> then</c><00:18:09.059><c> he</c><00:18:09.099><c> says</c><00:18:09.279><c> in</c><00:18:09.460><c> verse</c><00:18:09.640><c> 16,</c>

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some<00:18:10.160><c> most</c><00:18:10.440><c> interesting</c><00:18:10.839><c> words.</c>

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And<00:18:12.920><c> when</c><00:18:13.059><c> this</c><00:18:13.359><c> epistle,</c><00:18:13.759><c> that</c><00:18:13.819><c> is</c><00:18:13.980><c> the</c><00:18:14.119><c> letter</c><00:18:14.259><c> to</c><00:18:14.460><c> the</c><00:18:14.640><c> Colossians</c><00:18:15.319><c> is</c>

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read<00:18:16.200><c> among</c><00:18:16.579><c> you,</c><00:18:18.299><c> cause</c><00:18:18.480><c> that</c><00:18:18.619><c> it</c><00:18:18.740><c> be</c>

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read<00:18:18.940><c> also</c><00:18:19.339><c> in</c><00:18:19.519><c> the</c><00:18:19.720><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:20.099><c> of</c><00:18:20.359><c> the</c><00:18:20.579><c> Laodiceans</c><00:18:21.420><c> and</c><00:18:22.640><c> that</c>

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you<00:18:22.980><c> likewise</c><00:18:23.460><c> read</c><00:18:23.740><c> the</c><00:18:24.000><c> epistle</c><00:18:24.359><c> from</c><00:18:24.680><c> Laodicea.</c>

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So<00:18:27.740><c> there</c><00:18:28.240><c> was</c><00:18:28.619><c> also</c><00:18:29.299><c> a</c><00:18:29.519><c> letter</c><00:18:29.720><c> sent</c><00:18:29.960><c> to</c><00:18:30.220><c> Laodicea.</c><00:18:31.680><c> And</c><00:18:32.079><c> the</c>

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people<00:18:32.700><c> who</c><00:18:32.900><c> have</c><00:18:32.960><c> dug</c><00:18:33.119><c> into</c><00:18:33.319><c> all</c><00:18:33.480><c> the</c><00:18:33.660><c> ancient</c>

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manuscripts<00:18:34.400><c> tell</c><00:18:34.619><c> us</c><00:18:34.880><c> that</c><00:18:35.039><c> the</c><00:18:35.140><c> letter</c><00:18:35.339><c> to</c><00:18:35.579><c> Laodicea</c><00:18:36.079><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:36.220><c> letter</c><00:18:36.380><c> to</c><00:18:36.599><c> Ephesus</c><00:18:36.880><c> were</c><00:18:37.059><c> the</c><00:18:37.279><c> same</c><00:18:37.579><c> letter.</c>

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And<00:18:39.460><c> I</c><00:18:39.599><c> believe</c><00:18:39.740><c> what</c><00:18:39.960><c> happened,</c><00:18:40.519><c> and</c><00:18:40.559><c> I</c><00:18:40.900><c> will</c><00:18:41.140><c> show</c><00:18:41.339><c> evidence</c>

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later<00:18:41.819><c> on,</c><00:18:42.079><c> was</c><00:18:42.180><c> that</c><00:18:42.380><c> Paul</c><00:18:42.519><c> wrote</c><00:18:42.819><c> a</c><00:18:43.059><c> letter</c>

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to<00:18:43.420><c> Ephesus</c><00:18:43.779><c> that</c><00:18:43.960><c> was</c><00:18:44.180><c> a</c><00:18:44.319><c> very</c><00:18:44.660><c> general</c><00:18:45.440><c> letter</c><00:18:45.880><c> that</c><00:18:46.119><c> could</c>

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be<00:18:46.599><c> used</c><00:18:46.779><c> as</c><00:18:47.039><c> a</c><00:18:47.259><c> circular</c><00:18:47.579><c> letter.</c>

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And<00:18:49.640><c> having</c><00:18:49.859><c> passed</c><00:18:50.220><c> through</c><00:18:50.460><c> Ephesus</c><00:18:50.799><c> on</c><00:18:50.980><c> his</c><00:18:51.140><c> way</c><00:18:51.380><c> back,</c><00:18:52.640><c> dropped</c><00:18:52.799><c> off</c><00:18:53.019><c> the</c><00:18:53.140><c> letter</c><00:18:53.259><c> to</c><00:18:53.500><c> Ephesus,</c>

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Tichikos<00:18:55.000><c> went</c><00:18:55.200><c> on</c><00:18:55.539><c> to</c><00:18:55.779><c> Laodicea</c><00:18:56.339><c> with</c><00:18:56.500><c> a</c><00:18:56.680><c> copy</c><00:18:56.859><c> of</c><00:18:57.039><c> the</c><00:18:57.279><c> same</c>

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letter<00:18:57.779><c> for</c><00:18:58.000><c> Laodicea.</c>

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Because<00:19:00.400><c> Laodicea</c><00:19:00.880><c> and</c><00:19:01.039><c> Ephesus</c><00:19:01.359><c> had</c><00:19:01.599><c> very</c><00:19:02.000><c> similar</c><00:19:02.259><c> problems,</c><00:19:02.900><c> very</c>

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similar<00:19:03.440><c> needs.</c>

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When<00:19:05.119><c> you</c><00:19:05.279><c> read</c><00:19:05.400><c> the</c><00:19:05.480><c> letter</c><00:19:05.599><c> to</c><00:19:05.779><c> the</c><00:19:05.940><c> Colossians,</c><00:19:06.359><c> you</c><00:19:06.539><c> find</c>

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that<00:19:07.440><c> many</c><00:19:07.759><c> of</c><00:19:07.920><c> the</c><00:19:08.079><c> thoughts</c><00:19:08.240><c> are</c><00:19:08.500><c> identical.</c>

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But<00:19:09.940><c> you</c><00:19:10.000><c> may</c><00:19:10.160><c> have</c><00:19:10.359><c> noticed</c><00:19:10.559><c> in</c><00:19:10.700><c> your</c><00:19:10.839><c> daily</c><00:19:11.039><c> readings</c><00:19:11.279><c> how</c>

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similar<00:19:11.900><c> Colossians</c><00:19:12.460><c> and</c><00:19:12.700><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:13.140><c> are.</c><00:19:13.680><c> Obviously,</c>

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Paul<00:19:14.579><c> having</c><00:19:14.920><c> carefully</c><00:19:15.539><c> thought</c><00:19:15.759><c> out</c><00:19:15.980><c> this</c><00:19:16.259><c> thinking</c><00:19:16.579><c> process,</c><00:19:18.039><c> when</c>

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he<00:19:18.359><c> came</c><00:19:18.480><c> to</c><00:19:18.660><c> write</c><00:19:18.779><c> the</c><00:19:18.819><c> letter</c><00:19:18.960><c> to</c>

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Colossians,<00:19:19.640><c> he</c><00:19:19.799><c> wrote</c><00:19:20.160><c> very</c><00:19:20.880><c> similar</c><00:19:21.220><c> things</c><00:19:21.519><c> and</c><00:19:21.700><c> very</c><00:19:21.940><c> similar</c><00:19:22.180><c> exhortations.</c><00:19:24.539><c> The</c>

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difference<00:19:25.059><c> of</c><00:19:25.259><c> course</c><00:19:25.500><c> was</c>

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that<00:19:26.039><c> Colossians</c><00:19:26.460><c> did</c><00:19:26.720><c> have</c><00:19:27.019><c> some</c><00:19:27.220><c> very</c><00:19:27.559><c> distinct</c><00:19:27.960><c> and</c><00:19:28.140><c> unique</c><00:19:28.400><c> problems.</c><00:19:29.960><c> And</c>

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of<00:19:30.279><c> course</c><00:19:30.420><c> they're</c><00:19:30.640><c> there</c><00:19:30.759><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:19:31.200><c> one,</c><00:19:31.480><c> the</c><00:19:31.619><c> problem</c><00:19:31.880><c> of</c><00:19:32.119><c> Judaism</c><00:19:32.500><c> and</c><00:19:33.319><c> the</c><00:19:33.519><c> problem</c>

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of<00:19:33.900><c> worshipping</c><00:19:34.240><c> of</c><00:19:34.480><c> angels.</c><00:19:35.759><c> So</c><00:19:35.900><c> you</c><00:19:36.019><c> see,</c>

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they<00:19:36.259><c> had</c><00:19:36.440><c> distinct</c><00:19:36.819><c> issues</c><00:19:37.019><c> that</c><00:19:37.259><c> had</c><00:19:37.359><c> to</c><00:19:37.539><c> be</c><00:19:37.680><c> dealt</c><00:19:37.859><c> with,</c>

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and<00:19:38.160><c> that's</c><00:19:38.380><c> why</c><00:19:38.599><c> there</c><00:19:38.859><c> was</c><00:19:39.640><c> specific</c><00:19:40.779><c> instruction</c>

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for<00:19:42.079><c> Colossi,</c><00:19:43.240><c> even</c><00:19:43.559><c> though</c><00:19:43.720><c> the</c><00:19:43.920><c> letter</c><00:19:44.059><c> itself</c><00:19:44.480><c> was</c><00:19:44.720><c> quite</c>

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similar.<00:19:46.180><c> But</c><00:19:46.440><c> he</c><00:19:46.700><c> wanted</c><00:19:46.880><c> them</c><00:19:47.079><c> to</c><00:19:47.380><c> read</c><00:19:47.579><c> the</c>

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letter<00:19:47.859><c> that</c><00:19:48.039><c> had</c><00:19:48.180><c> gone</c><00:19:48.339><c> to</c><00:19:48.579><c> Laodicea</c><00:19:49.079><c> because</c><00:19:49.319><c> that</c><00:19:49.660><c> was</c><00:19:50.119><c> the</c>

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grand<00:19:51.119><c> exposition</c><00:19:51.680><c> of</c><00:19:51.880><c> the</c><00:19:52.079><c> subject</c><00:19:52.400><c> of</c><00:19:52.720><c> sainthood.</c>

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He<00:19:54.160><c> wanted</c><00:19:54.380><c> to</c><00:19:54.559><c> make</c><00:19:54.700><c> sure</c><00:19:54.960><c> that</c><00:19:55.119><c> they</c><00:19:55.240><c> read</c><00:19:55.440><c> that</c><00:19:55.759><c> as</c><00:19:56.019><c> well.</c>

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So<00:19:57.740><c> there</c><00:19:57.859><c> was</c><00:19:58.059><c> an</c><00:19:58.220><c> epistle</c><00:19:58.539><c> to</c><00:19:58.980><c> Laodicea,</c><00:19:59.599><c> but</c><00:20:00.200><c> all</c><00:20:00.559><c> the</c><00:20:00.740><c> writers</c><00:20:00.880><c> suggest</c><00:20:01.299><c> to</c>

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us<00:20:01.660><c> that</c><00:20:01.799><c> it</c><00:20:01.960><c> was</c>

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a<00:20:02.859><c> copy</c><00:20:03.079><c> of</c><00:20:03.259><c> the</c><00:20:03.319><c> letter</c><00:20:03.500><c> sent</c><00:20:03.779><c> to</c><00:20:04.059><c> Ephesus.</c><00:20:05.700><c> So</c><00:20:05.839><c> there</c><00:20:05.960><c> were</c>

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two<00:20:06.279><c> letters,</c><00:20:06.579><c> one</c><00:20:06.700><c> to</c><00:20:06.859><c> Colossi</c>

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and<00:20:07.859><c> a</c><00:20:08.099><c> circular</c><00:20:08.339><c> letter</c><00:20:08.539><c> that</c><00:20:08.720><c> went</c><00:20:08.779><c> to</c><00:20:08.920><c> Ephesus</c><00:20:09.359><c> and</c><00:20:09.660><c> to</c><00:20:09.859><c> Laodicea.</c>

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It's<00:20:14.619><c> no</c><00:20:14.819><c> surprise</c><00:20:15.319><c> when</c><00:20:15.460><c> we</c><00:20:15.640><c> read</c><00:20:15.779><c> this</c><00:20:16.000><c> letter</c><00:20:16.299><c> to</c><00:20:16.579><c> the</c><00:20:16.779><c> Ephesians,</c><00:20:18.539><c> which</c><00:20:18.720><c> also</c>

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went<00:20:19.279><c> to</c><00:20:19.519><c> Laodicea,</c><00:20:21.380><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:20:21.900><c> treated</c><00:20:22.259><c> it</c><00:20:22.420><c> as</c><00:20:22.680><c> a</c><00:20:22.880><c> circular</c><00:20:23.240><c> letter</c><00:20:23.859><c> because</c><00:20:25.460><c> the</c><00:20:25.640><c> problems</c><00:20:26.059><c> of</c>

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Ephesus<00:20:26.720><c> and</c><00:20:27.039><c> Laodicea</c><00:20:28.200><c> were</c><00:20:28.920><c> identical.</c>

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doubt,<00:20:36.299><c> the</c><00:20:36.299><c> biggest</c><00:20:36.519><c> problem</c><00:20:36.900><c> was</c>

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material<00:20:37.720><c> prosperity.</c><00:20:39.880><c> That</c><00:20:39.940><c> was</c><00:20:40.140><c> the</c><00:20:40.400><c> absolute</c><00:20:40.859><c> unique</c><00:20:41.319><c> problem</c><00:20:41.740><c> to</c>

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Laodicea,<00:20:42.819><c> rich</c><00:20:43.119><c> and</c><00:20:43.500><c> increased</c><00:20:43.880><c> in</c><00:20:44.180><c> goods,</c>

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thinking<00:20:45.039><c> they</c><00:20:45.279><c> have</c><00:20:45.440><c> need</c><00:20:45.619><c> of</c><00:20:45.880><c> nothing,</c><00:20:46.180><c> as</c><00:20:46.299><c> the</c><00:20:46.460><c> Lord</c><00:20:46.599><c> defined</c><00:20:47.019><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:49.240><c> it</c><00:20:49.299><c> was</c><00:20:49.480><c> also</c><00:20:49.720><c> the</c><00:20:49.940><c> problem</c><00:20:50.099><c> in</c><00:20:50.279><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Ephesus<00:20:51.000><c> was</c><00:20:51.160><c> a</c><00:20:51.359><c> very</c><00:20:51.859><c> fertile</c><00:20:52.299><c> area,</c><00:20:54.180><c> tremendously</c><00:20:54.579><c> rich</c><00:20:54.980><c> in</c>

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trade<00:20:55.660><c> and</c><00:20:55.980><c> commerce,</c>

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and<00:20:58.400><c> life</c><00:20:58.619><c> was</c><00:20:58.819><c> very</c><00:20:59.079><c> easy</c><00:20:59.299><c> for</c><00:20:59.460><c> people</c><00:20:59.859><c> in</c><00:21:00.099><c> Ephesus.</c><00:21:02.480><c> So</c><00:21:02.680><c> material</c><00:21:03.599><c> things</c><00:21:04.619><c> were</c>

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a<00:21:05.000><c> problem</c><00:21:05.220><c> to</c><00:21:05.420><c> both</c><00:21:05.640><c> ecclesias.</c>

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Both<00:21:08.099><c> of</c><00:21:08.200><c> them</c><00:21:08.279><c> were</c><00:21:08.519><c> also</c><00:21:08.880><c> beset</c><00:21:09.339><c> by</c><00:21:10.299><c> abounding</c><00:21:10.759><c> immorality</c>

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that<00:21:12.559><c> was</c><00:21:12.819><c> associated</c><00:21:13.220><c> with</c><00:21:13.440><c> the</c><00:21:13.619><c> paganism</c>

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of<00:21:14.240><c> the</c><00:21:14.420><c> temple</c><00:21:14.680><c> worship.</c><00:21:15.539><c> In</c><00:21:15.700><c> Ephesus,</c><00:21:16.039><c> there</c><00:21:16.180><c> was</c><00:21:16.319><c> the</c><00:21:16.539><c> temple</c><00:21:16.700><c> of</c>

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Diana,<00:21:18.240><c> with</c><00:21:18.500><c> all</c><00:21:18.759><c> the</c><00:21:19.079><c> terrible</c>

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things<00:21:20.259><c> that</c><00:21:20.539><c> happened</c><00:21:20.720><c> in</c><00:21:20.880><c> that</c><00:21:21.099><c> place.</c><00:21:21.440><c> It</c><00:21:21.440><c> wasn't</c><00:21:21.720><c> just</c>

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the<00:21:22.220><c> temple</c><00:21:22.420><c> where</c><00:21:22.579><c> they</c><00:21:22.779><c> went</c><00:21:22.859><c> and</c><00:21:23.119><c> admired</c><00:21:23.359><c> the</c>

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columns.<00:21:25.559><c> It</c><00:21:25.599><c> was</c><00:21:25.779><c> an</c><00:21:25.940><c> absolute</c><00:21:26.279><c> den</c><00:21:26.460><c> of</c><00:21:26.660><c> iniquity</c><00:21:27.180><c> and</c><00:21:27.759><c> perversion,</c><00:21:29.039><c> was</c>

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the<00:21:29.339><c> temple</c><00:21:29.500><c> of</c><00:21:29.779><c> Diana.</c>

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And<00:21:32.700><c> in</c><00:21:32.880><c> Laodicea,</c><00:21:33.359><c> there</c><00:21:33.519><c> were</c><00:21:33.799><c> replicas</c><00:21:34.720><c> of</c><00:21:35.819><c> that</c><00:21:36.079><c> sort</c><00:21:36.259><c> of</c><00:21:36.420><c> worship.</c>

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So<00:21:38.539><c> they</c><00:21:38.680><c> were</c><00:21:38.859><c> surrounded</c><00:21:39.279><c> with</c><00:21:39.519><c> the</c><00:21:39.759><c> problem</c><00:21:40.240><c> of</c><00:21:41.400><c> immorality.</c>

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And<00:21:44.700><c> thirdly,</c><00:21:44.900><c> they</c><00:21:45.019><c> were</c><00:21:45.180><c> surrounded</c><00:21:45.400><c> with</c><00:21:45.539><c> the</c><00:21:45.819><c> problem</c><00:21:46.000><c> of</c>

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too<00:21:46.440><c> much</c><00:21:46.740><c> worldly</c><00:21:47.019><c> education.</c>

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learning<00:21:51.759><c> and</c><00:21:51.940><c> for</c><00:21:52.019><c> their</c><00:21:52.240><c> wisdom,</c>

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and<00:21:53.579><c> for</c><00:21:53.720><c> the</c><00:21:53.920><c> orators</c><00:21:54.220><c> and</c><00:21:54.380><c> the</c><00:21:54.640><c> scholars.</c><00:21:56.019><c> You</c><00:21:56.079><c> might</c><00:21:56.220><c> remember</c><00:21:56.579><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:21:56.960><c> used</c><00:21:57.220><c> to</c><00:21:57.420><c> use</c><00:21:57.559><c> in</c><00:21:57.740><c> the</c><00:21:57.900><c> evenings</c>

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the<00:21:58.519><c> school</c><00:21:58.819><c> of</c><00:21:59.099><c> Tyrannus,</c><00:21:59.480><c> and</c><00:21:59.559><c> he</c><00:21:59.680><c> was</c><00:21:59.900><c> probably</c><00:22:00.559><c> an</c><00:22:01.119><c> orator</c>

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or<00:22:01.640><c> a</c><00:22:02.240><c> teacher</c><00:22:02.519><c> of</c><00:22:02.759><c> some</c><00:22:03.039><c> kind.</c><00:22:04.880><c> And</c><00:22:05.059><c> Paul</c><00:22:05.220><c> would</c>

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hire<00:22:05.700><c> his</c><00:22:05.980><c> school</c><00:22:06.240><c> for</c><00:22:06.440><c> the</c><00:22:06.640><c> evenings.</c><00:22:08.319><c> So</c><00:22:08.460><c> you</c><00:22:08.640><c> see,</c><00:22:08.859><c> there</c>

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were<00:22:09.039><c> the</c><00:22:09.220><c> three</c><00:22:09.359><c> problems</c><00:22:09.839><c> that</c><00:22:10.119><c> were</c><00:22:10.279><c> in</c><00:22:10.380><c> those</c>

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places,<00:22:11.119><c> materialism,</c><00:22:12.339><c> abounding</c><00:22:12.640><c> immorality,</c><00:22:13.740><c> and</c><00:22:14.460><c> the</c><00:22:14.700><c> impact</c><00:22:15.000><c> of</c>

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too<00:22:15.380><c> much</c><00:22:15.660><c> worldly</c><00:22:15.900><c> wisdom.</c><00:22:16.259><c> You</c><00:22:16.400><c> know,</c>

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in<00:22:16.720><c> Ephesus</c><00:22:17.180><c> later</c><00:22:17.460><c> on,</c><00:22:17.799><c> as</c><00:22:17.799><c> we</c><00:22:17.960><c> see</c><00:22:18.079><c> in</c><00:22:18.180><c> the</c><00:22:18.240><c> epistle</c><00:22:18.440><c> to</c><00:22:18.619><c> Timothy,</c><00:22:19.700><c> that</c>

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the<00:22:19.920><c> problem</c><00:22:20.200><c> of</c><00:22:20.460><c> Gnosticism,</c><00:22:21.200><c> that</c><00:22:21.259><c> is,</c>

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of<00:22:22.200><c> knowing,</c><00:22:23.160><c> you</c><00:22:23.299><c> know,</c><00:22:23.480><c> those</c><00:22:23.720><c> who</c><00:22:24.019><c> know</c><00:22:24.200><c> a</c><00:22:24.319><c> bit</c><00:22:24.420><c> more</c><00:22:24.640><c> than</c>

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everybody<00:22:25.039><c> else</c><00:22:25.319><c> came</c><00:22:25.619><c> to</c><00:22:25.880><c> pass.</c>

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People<00:22:27.380><c> thought</c><00:22:27.640><c> they</c><00:22:27.799><c> were</c><00:22:27.960><c> very</c><00:22:28.180><c> well</c><00:22:28.339><c> educated</c><00:22:28.799><c> and</c><00:22:29.000><c> didn't</c><00:22:29.240><c> need</c>

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the<00:22:29.759><c> simple</c><00:22:29.960><c> things</c><00:22:30.220><c> of</c><00:22:30.380><c> the</c><00:22:30.559><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:22:32.640><c> you</c><00:22:32.740><c> see,</c><00:22:32.940><c> there</c><00:22:32.940><c> were</c><00:22:33.079><c> the</c><00:22:33.220><c> three</c><00:22:33.359><c> problems,</c><00:22:34.960><c> material</c>

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prosperity,<00:22:36.039><c> abounding</c><00:22:36.279><c> immorality,</c>

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and<00:22:37.559><c> too</c><00:22:37.819><c> much</c><00:22:38.079><c> worldly</c><00:22:38.380><c> wisdom.</c><00:22:39.880><c> And</c><00:22:40.059><c> both</c><00:22:40.259><c> Ephesus</c><00:22:40.619><c> and</c><00:22:40.859><c> Laodicea</c><00:22:41.380><c> had</c>

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to<00:22:41.779><c> contend</c><00:22:41.980><c> with</c><00:22:42.160><c> those</c><00:22:42.400><c> same</c><00:22:42.619><c> issues.</c>

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So<00:22:44.680><c> that's</c><00:22:44.920><c> why</c><00:22:45.079><c> the</c><00:22:45.259><c> letter</c><00:22:45.380><c> was,</c><00:22:45.920><c> in</c><00:22:46.119><c> a</c><00:22:46.299><c> sense,</c><00:22:46.680><c> nonspecific.</c><00:22:48.660><c> It</c><00:22:48.660><c> was</c><00:22:48.920><c> meant</c><00:22:49.099><c> to</c><00:22:49.299><c> be</c><00:22:49.420><c> a</c>

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letter<00:22:49.640><c> that</c>

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would<00:22:49.940><c> have</c><00:22:50.180><c> application</c><00:22:50.759><c> in</c><00:22:51.500><c> a</c><00:22:51.599><c> lot</c><00:22:51.740><c> of</c><00:22:51.940><c> ecclesias,</c><00:22:52.359><c> and</c><00:22:52.579><c> particularly,</c><00:22:52.920><c> of</c>

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course,<00:22:53.319><c> as</c><00:22:53.420><c> we</c><00:22:53.640><c> know,</c><00:22:54.539><c> down</c><00:22:54.740><c> through</c>

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the<00:22:55.180><c> ages.</c><00:22:58.519><c> It's</c><00:22:58.740><c> not</c><00:22:58.880><c> a</c><00:22:59.000><c> letter</c><00:22:59.140><c> that</c><00:22:59.259><c> is</c><00:22:59.579><c> dated</c><00:22:59.880><c> by</c><00:23:00.380><c> time,</c><00:23:01.960><c> that</c><00:23:02.099><c> is</c>

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dated<00:23:02.559><c> and</c><00:23:02.839><c> related</c><00:23:03.059><c> to</c><00:23:03.299><c> particular</c><00:23:03.720><c> events.</c>

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It's<00:23:04.359><c> a</c><00:23:04.460><c> letter</c><00:23:04.579><c> that</c><00:23:04.940><c> applies</c><00:23:05.220><c> in</c><00:23:05.619><c> every</c><00:23:05.900><c> generation.</c>

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But<00:23:11.079><c> there</c><00:23:11.539><c> are,</c><00:23:12.039><c> however,</c><00:23:12.059><c> some</c><00:23:12.640><c> unique</c><00:23:13.000><c> allusions</c><00:23:13.500><c> that</c><00:23:13.740><c> would</c><00:23:13.900><c> have</c><00:23:14.019><c> been</c><00:23:14.259><c> understood</c><00:23:14.720><c> in</c><00:23:15.019><c> Ephesus.</c>

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You<00:23:17.000><c> have</c><00:23:17.079><c> a</c><00:23:17.099><c> look</c><00:23:17.220><c> at</c><00:23:17.339><c> a</c><00:23:17.440><c> few</c><00:23:17.440><c> of</c><00:23:17.640><c> these,</c><00:23:17.839><c> if</c><00:23:17.940><c> you</c><00:23:18.059><c> come</c><00:23:18.200><c> to</c>

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chapter<00:23:18.680><c> two.</c>

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Did<00:23:21.279><c> you</c><00:23:21.319><c> never</c><00:23:21.559><c> notice</c><00:23:21.880><c> in</c><00:23:22.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:22.299><c> two</c><00:23:22.579><c> of</c><00:23:22.779><c> Ephesians</c><00:23:23.259><c> how,</c>

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when<00:23:24.700><c> Paul</c><00:23:24.940><c> is</c><00:23:25.180><c> really</c><00:23:25.440><c> coming</c><00:23:25.640><c> to</c><00:23:25.859><c> a</c><00:23:26.019><c> climax</c><00:23:26.359><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:26.740><c> privilege</c><00:23:27.019><c> of</c><00:23:27.339><c> sainthood,</c><00:23:28.420><c> and</c><00:23:28.559><c> of</c><00:23:28.640><c> what's</c><00:23:28.819><c> been</c><00:23:29.119><c> done</c>

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in<00:23:29.420><c> the</c><00:23:29.539><c> Lord</c><00:23:29.700><c> Jesus</c><00:23:30.039><c> Christ,</c><00:23:30.480><c> he</c><00:23:30.640><c> comes</c><00:23:30.920><c> to</c><00:23:31.440><c> the</c><00:23:31.519><c> theme</c><00:23:31.940><c> of</c>

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a<00:23:33.220><c> temple.</c>

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Ephesians<00:23:37.299><c> two</c><00:23:37.660><c> and</c><00:23:37.859><c> verse</c><00:23:38.319><c> 20,</c><00:23:39.279><c> in</c><00:23:39.500><c> whom</c><00:23:39.859><c> all</c><00:23:40.259><c> the</c><00:23:40.440><c> building</c>

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fitly<00:23:41.319><c> framed</c><00:23:41.539><c> together</c><00:23:41.980><c> groweth</c><00:23:42.619><c> unto</c>

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an<00:23:43.180><c> holy</c><00:23:43.640><c> temple</c><00:23:44.160><c> in</c><00:23:44.440><c> the</c><00:23:44.599><c> Lord.</c><00:23:46.559><c> I</c><00:23:46.619><c> mean,</c><00:23:46.779><c> what</c><00:23:46.920><c> impact</c><00:23:47.160><c> that</c>

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would<00:23:47.440><c> have</c><00:23:47.519><c> in</c><00:23:47.700><c> a</c><00:23:47.839><c> city</c><00:23:47.960><c> that</c><00:23:48.079><c> was</c><00:23:48.319><c> dominated</c><00:23:48.839><c> by</c>

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a<00:23:49.599><c> most</c><00:23:49.960><c> unholy</c><00:23:50.599><c> temple.</c><00:23:55.319><c> And</c><00:23:55.799><c> of</c><00:23:56.000><c> course,</c><00:23:56.319><c> when</c><00:23:56.420><c> he</c><00:23:56.579><c> wrote</c><00:23:56.740><c> the</c><00:23:56.980><c> first</c><00:23:57.160><c> to</c>

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Timothy,<00:23:57.720><c> he</c><00:23:57.859><c> wrote</c><00:23:58.019><c> to</c><00:23:58.259><c> Timothy</c><00:23:58.480><c> in</c>

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Ephesus.<00:24:01.039><c> And</c><00:24:01.480><c> what</c><00:24:01.599><c> did</c><00:24:01.740><c> he</c><00:24:01.940><c> say</c><00:24:02.339><c> about</c><00:24:02.920><c> the</c><00:24:03.099><c> mystery</c><00:24:03.460><c> of</c><00:24:03.640><c> God</c>

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manifestation?<00:24:04.759><c> He</c><00:24:04.799><c> said,</c>

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great<00:24:05.799><c> is</c><00:24:06.160><c> the</c><00:24:06.319><c> mystery</c><00:24:06.720><c> of</c><00:24:06.960><c> God</c><00:24:07.220><c> manifestation.</c><00:24:09.180><c> Because</c><00:24:09.420><c> for</c><00:24:09.640><c> two</c><00:24:09.819><c> hours,</c><00:24:10.140><c> they</c><00:24:10.279><c> had</c><00:24:10.480><c> cried</c><00:24:10.640><c> out</c><00:24:10.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:11.099><c> stadium,</c>

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great<00:24:11.779><c> is</c><00:24:11.980><c> Diana</c><00:24:12.240><c> of</c><00:24:12.420><c> the</c><00:24:12.619><c> Ephesians.</c><00:24:13.859><c> And</c><00:24:14.000><c> Paul</c><00:24:14.099><c> said,</c><00:24:14.359><c> no,</c>

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they've<00:24:14.700><c> got</c><00:24:14.740><c> it</c><00:24:14.960><c> wrong.</c><00:24:15.259><c> Great</c><00:24:15.500><c> is</c><00:24:15.720><c> the</c><00:24:15.839><c> mystery</c><00:24:16.099><c> of</c><00:24:16.339><c> God</c>

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manifestation.<00:24:19.160><c> There</c><00:24:19.420><c> were</c><00:24:19.579><c> a</c><00:24:19.680><c> number</c><00:24:19.859><c> of</c><00:24:20.079><c> allusions</c><00:24:20.500><c> there</c>

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to<00:24:21.119><c> the</c><00:24:21.880><c> things</c><00:24:22.319><c> of</c><00:24:22.740><c> the</c><00:24:22.960><c> temple.</c><00:24:24.099><c> You</c><00:24:24.140><c> know,</c>

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the<00:24:24.559><c> temple</c><00:24:24.599><c> of</c><00:24:24.799><c> Diana</c><00:24:25.079><c> was</c><00:24:25.559><c> noted</c><00:24:26.099><c> for</c><00:24:26.339><c> its</c><00:24:26.700><c> mysterious</c><00:24:27.700><c> ceremonies</c><00:24:28.420><c> and</c>

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rites<00:24:29.099><c> that</c><00:24:29.220><c> it</c><00:24:29.359><c> had</c><00:24:29.579><c> there.</c>

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And<00:24:31.460><c> you'll</c><00:24:31.640><c> find</c><00:24:31.759><c> if</c><00:24:31.900><c> you</c><00:24:31.940><c> go</c><00:24:32.039><c> through</c><00:24:32.119><c> this</c><00:24:32.339><c> epistle</c><00:24:32.619><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:24:33.000><c> uses</c><00:24:33.279><c> the</c><00:24:33.539><c> same</c><00:24:33.779><c> word,</c>

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mysterion<00:24:34.680><c> in</c><00:24:34.839><c> the</c><00:24:35.039><c> Greek,</c><00:24:35.900><c> which</c><00:24:36.039><c> they</c><00:24:36.299><c> associated</c><00:24:36.799><c> with</c><00:24:37.019><c> the</c><00:24:37.200><c> temple</c><00:24:37.380><c> of</c><00:24:37.619><c> Diana.</c>

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He<00:24:39.039><c> uses</c><00:24:39.220><c> it</c><00:24:39.400><c> about</c><00:24:39.539><c> the</c><00:24:39.920><c> secret</c><00:24:40.140><c> of</c><00:24:40.299><c> the</c><00:24:40.440><c> gospel.</c><00:24:41.720><c> How</c><00:24:41.779><c> that</c><00:24:41.960><c> God</c><00:24:42.180><c> had</c><00:24:42.319><c> a</c>

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secret<00:24:42.980><c> purpose</c><00:24:43.339><c> that</c><00:24:43.519><c> is</c><00:24:43.700><c> now</c><00:24:43.900><c> revealed.</c>

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And<00:24:45.720><c> you</c><00:24:45.819><c> see,</c><00:24:45.859><c> he's</c><00:24:46.140><c> drawing</c><00:24:46.339><c> allusions</c><00:24:46.859><c> to</c><00:24:47.140><c> things</c><00:24:47.319><c> with</c><00:24:47.500><c> which</c><00:24:47.619><c> they</c><00:24:47.799><c> were</c><00:24:47.940><c> familiar</c><00:24:48.279><c> in</c><00:24:48.519><c> Ephesus.</c>

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He<00:24:50.900><c> talks</c><00:24:51.140><c> about</c><00:24:51.460><c> Roman</c><00:24:51.799><c> soldiers.</c><00:24:52.200><c> This</c><00:24:52.339><c> was</c><00:24:52.559><c> a</c><00:24:52.640><c> Roman</c><00:24:52.940><c> colony.</c><00:24:53.400><c> They</c>

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had<00:24:53.579><c> Roman</c><00:24:53.880><c> soldiers</c><00:24:54.259><c> marching</c><00:24:54.640><c> through</c>

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the<00:24:55.039><c> place</c><00:24:55.220><c> every</c><00:24:55.619><c> day</c><00:24:55.779><c> of</c><00:24:55.960><c> the</c><00:24:56.119><c> week.</c><00:24:56.980><c> And</c><00:24:57.099><c> they</c><00:24:57.240><c> noted</c><00:24:57.420><c> their</c>

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armor<00:24:58.119><c> and</c><00:24:58.599><c> how</c><00:24:58.799><c> well</c><00:24:58.960><c> equipped</c><00:24:59.200><c> they</c><00:24:59.440><c> were</c><00:24:59.599><c> for</c>

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the<00:24:59.960><c> fight.</c><00:25:02.220><c> And</c><00:25:02.339><c> of</c><00:25:02.519><c> course,</c><00:25:02.720><c> in</c><00:25:02.859><c> Ephesus,</c><00:25:03.160><c> there</c><00:25:03.319><c> was</c><00:25:03.500><c> a</c><00:25:03.660><c> great</c><00:25:03.900><c> stadium.</c><00:25:06.099><c> And</c>

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we<00:25:06.319><c> know</c><00:25:06.460><c> that</c><00:25:06.640><c> that</c><00:25:06.779><c> often</c><00:25:06.960><c> comes</c>

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through<00:25:07.460><c> in</c><00:25:07.619><c> the</c><00:25:07.740><c> allusions</c><00:25:08.079><c> that</c><00:25:08.359><c> Paul</c><00:25:08.460><c> makes</c><00:25:08.980><c> to</c><00:25:09.700><c> the</c><00:25:09.900><c> spiritual</c><00:25:10.339><c> athlete.</c><00:25:12.240><c> So</c><00:25:12.380><c> you</c><00:25:12.480><c> see,</c><00:25:12.559><c> there</c><00:25:12.700><c> was</c><00:25:12.859><c> a</c>

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background<00:25:13.319><c> of</c><00:25:13.460><c> this</c><00:25:13.619><c> epistle,</c><00:25:13.940><c> but</c><00:25:14.339><c> the</c><00:25:14.660><c> allusions</c><00:25:14.980><c> are</c><00:25:15.240><c> general</c><00:25:15.519><c> and</c>

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could<00:25:15.859><c> have</c><00:25:15.980><c> been</c><00:25:16.140><c> applied</c><00:25:16.480><c> to</c><00:25:17.160><c> Laodicea</c><00:25:17.779><c> as</c>

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to<00:25:19.440><c> Ephesus.</c><00:25:21.259><c> But</c><00:25:21.660><c> there's</c><00:25:21.839><c> plenty</c><00:25:22.039><c> of</c><00:25:22.220><c> evidence</c><00:25:22.460><c> to</c><00:25:22.680><c> suggest</c>

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that<00:25:23.140><c> the</c><00:25:23.240><c> letter</c><00:25:23.359><c> was</c><00:25:23.559><c> written</c><00:25:23.839><c> for</c><00:25:24.180><c> the</c><00:25:24.380><c> Ephesians.</c>

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So<00:25:28.480><c> then</c><00:25:28.700><c> Paul</c><00:25:28.880><c> set</c><00:25:29.019><c> about</c><00:25:29.319><c> to</c><00:25:29.500><c> write</c><00:25:29.700><c> to</c><00:25:29.819><c> them.</c><00:25:29.920><c> Now</c><00:25:30.019><c> we</c><00:25:30.119><c> need</c>

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to<00:25:30.339><c> get</c><00:25:30.420><c> a</c><00:25:30.460><c> bit</c><00:25:30.599><c> of</c><00:25:30.779><c> history</c>

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as<00:25:32.240><c> to</c><00:25:32.339><c> how</c><00:25:32.519><c> this</c><00:25:32.759><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:33.079><c> had</c><00:25:33.240><c> been</c><00:25:33.500><c> established.</c><00:25:33.980><c> Let's</c>

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come<00:25:34.359><c> back</c><00:25:34.539><c> to</c><00:25:34.700><c> Acts</c><00:25:34.960><c> chapter</c><00:25:35.200><c> 16.</c>

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A<00:25:37.579><c> very</c><00:25:37.759><c> brief</c><00:25:37.920><c> history</c><00:25:38.240><c> lesson</c><00:25:38.440><c> on</c><00:25:38.660><c> Ephesus.</c>

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You<00:25:42.259><c> know,</c><00:25:42.779><c> when</c><00:25:42.920><c> you</c><00:25:43.079><c> consider</c><00:25:43.460><c> how</c><00:25:43.859><c> great</c><00:25:44.160><c> the</c><00:25:44.400><c> work</c><00:25:44.579><c> was</c><00:25:45.259><c> in</c>

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later<00:25:46.220><c> times</c><00:25:46.660><c> at</c><00:25:46.859><c> Ephesus,</c><00:25:47.240><c> it's</c><00:25:47.799><c> rather</c>

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interesting<00:25:49.160><c> to</c><00:25:49.380><c> note</c><00:25:49.500><c> that</c><00:25:49.700><c> God</c><00:25:50.000><c> first</c><00:25:50.400><c> turned</c><00:25:50.740><c> Paul</c><00:25:51.039><c> away</c>

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from<00:25:51.619><c> this</c><00:25:51.839><c> area.</c>

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Acts<00:25:53.940><c> 16</c><00:25:54.400><c> verse</c><00:25:54.660><c> 6,</c><00:25:54.920><c> on</c><00:25:55.039><c> the</c><00:25:55.299><c> second</c><00:25:55.559><c> journey,</c><00:25:57.019><c> we</c><00:25:57.160><c> read</c><00:25:57.339><c> there</c>

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that<00:25:57.940><c> when</c><00:25:58.059><c> he</c><00:25:58.160><c> had</c><00:25:58.339><c> gone</c><00:25:58.539><c> through</c><00:25:58.880><c> Phrygia</c><00:25:59.299><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:59.680><c> region</c><00:25:59.960><c> of</c><00:26:00.200><c> Galatia,</c><00:26:01.640><c> they</c><00:26:01.799><c> were</c><00:26:02.160><c> forbidden</c><00:26:02.539><c> of</c><00:26:02.740><c> the</c><00:26:02.920><c> Holy</c><00:26:03.099><c> Spirit</c><00:26:03.460><c> to</c>

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preach<00:26:03.880><c> the</c><00:26:04.099><c> word</c><00:26:04.200><c> in</c><00:26:04.480><c> Asia.</c>

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So<00:26:05.740><c> Paul</c><00:26:05.920><c> had</c><00:26:06.160><c> come</c><00:26:06.359><c> across</c><00:26:06.660><c> from</c><00:26:06.960><c> Galatia,</c><00:26:07.420><c> he</c><00:26:07.599><c> went</c><00:26:07.759><c> through</c>

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Phrygia,<00:26:09.200><c> and</c><00:26:09.380><c> he</c><00:26:09.380><c> said,</c>

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probably<00:26:09.839><c> established</c><00:26:10.359><c> at</c><00:26:10.519><c> this</c><00:26:10.759><c> time</c><00:26:11.059><c> the</c><00:26:11.640><c> ecclesias</c><00:26:11.940><c> of</c>

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Colossi,<00:26:12.519><c> Laodicea</c><00:26:13.019><c> and</c><00:26:13.160><c> Hyrapolis,</c>

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and<00:26:14.460><c> he</c><00:26:14.619><c> wanted</c><00:26:14.839><c> to</c><00:26:15.079><c> go</c><00:26:15.240><c> into</c><00:26:15.420><c> Asia.</c><00:26:16.740><c> God</c><00:26:16.920><c> said,</c><00:26:17.259><c> no,</c><00:26:17.440><c> Paul,</c>

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you're<00:26:17.740><c> not</c><00:26:17.960><c> going</c><00:26:18.099><c> into</c><00:26:18.319><c> Asia.</c><00:26:18.720><c> Send</c><00:26:18.859><c> him</c><00:26:19.079><c> northward.</c>

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Couldn't<00:26:20.319><c> go</c><00:26:20.539><c> to</c><00:26:20.700><c> Bithynia.</c><00:26:21.359><c> And</c><00:26:21.500><c> God</c><00:26:21.640><c> was</c><00:26:21.920><c> pushing</c><00:26:22.180><c> him</c><00:26:22.460><c> westward.</c><00:26:23.460><c> And</c>

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he<00:26:23.839><c> skirted</c><00:26:24.180><c> around</c><00:26:24.420><c> Asia</c><00:26:24.759><c> and</c><00:26:24.880><c> he</c>

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went<00:26:25.140><c> across,</c><00:26:25.559><c> of</c><00:26:25.799><c> course,</c><00:26:26.039><c> to</c><00:26:26.160><c> Macedonia,</c><00:26:28.240><c> where</c><00:26:28.319><c> there</c><00:26:28.440><c> were</c><00:26:28.559><c> much</c><00:26:28.779><c> people</c><00:26:29.160><c> waiting</c><00:26:29.420><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:29.819><c> converted</c><00:26:30.079><c> to</c><00:26:30.240><c> the</c>

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truth.<00:26:31.619><c> The</c><00:26:31.819><c> likes</c><00:26:32.000><c> of</c><00:26:32.240><c> Lydia</c><00:26:32.440><c> and</c><00:26:32.599><c> the</c><00:26:32.779><c> Thessalonians</c><00:26:33.359><c> and</c>

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the<00:26:33.700><c> Bereans</c><00:26:34.200><c> and</c><00:26:34.460><c> the</c><00:26:34.660><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:35.220><c> were</c><00:26:35.859><c> all</c><00:26:36.059><c> waiting</c>

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for<00:26:36.460><c> Paul</c><00:26:36.740><c> to</c><00:26:36.960><c> arrive.</c><00:26:37.579><c> Come</c><00:26:37.700><c> over</c><00:26:37.980><c> and</c><00:26:38.180><c> help</c><00:26:38.319><c> us.</c><00:26:39.700><c> And</c><00:26:39.880><c> that</c>

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was<00:26:40.119><c> the</c><00:26:40.299><c> primary</c><00:26:40.619><c> work</c><00:26:40.819><c> of</c><00:26:41.000><c> God</c><00:26:41.140><c> at</c><00:26:41.299><c> this</c><00:26:41.559><c> stage.</c>

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When<00:26:43.859><c> we</c><00:26:44.019><c> come</c><00:26:44.119><c> to</c><00:26:44.240><c> chapter</c><00:26:44.500><c> 18,</c><00:26:45.000><c> we</c><00:26:45.140><c> find</c><00:26:45.359><c> that</c><00:26:45.539><c> Paul</c><00:26:46.180><c> drops</c>

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into<00:26:46.960><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:47.359><c> on</c><00:26:47.519><c> his</c><00:26:47.700><c> way</c><00:26:47.839><c> to</c><00:26:48.039><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:48.680><c> He's</c>

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in<00:26:48.960><c> a</c><00:26:49.079><c> hurry</c><00:26:49.220><c> to</c><00:26:49.380><c> get</c><00:26:49.480><c> to</c><00:26:49.660><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:49.980><c> to</c><00:26:50.180><c> keep</c><00:26:50.319><c> the</c><00:26:50.579><c> feast.</c><00:26:52.960><c> And</c>

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:57.480
we<00:26:53.660><c> find</c><00:26:53.859><c> in</c><00:26:54.660><c> Acts</c><00:26:54.920><c> 18</c><00:26:55.339><c> that</c><00:26:55.480><c> he</c><00:26:55.619><c> makes</c><00:26:55.960><c> a</c><00:26:56.619><c> brief</c><00:26:57.039><c> visit</c>

00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:01.880
in<00:26:57.740><c> verse</c><00:26:57.960><c> 19.</c><00:26:58.480><c> He</c><00:26:58.480><c> came</c><00:26:58.720><c> to</c><00:26:58.900><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:59.759><c> and</c><00:27:00.819><c> he</c><00:27:00.960><c> left</c><00:27:01.059><c> his</c><00:27:01.359><c> companions,</c><00:27:01.819><c> that</c>

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is<00:27:02.059><c> Aquila</c><00:27:02.339><c> and</c><00:27:02.559><c> Priscilla</c><00:27:02.859><c> there,</c>

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but<00:27:04.380><c> he</c><00:27:04.579><c> himself</c><00:27:04.980><c> entered</c><00:27:05.259><c> into</c><00:27:05.579><c> the</c><00:27:05.759><c> synagogue</c><00:27:06.000><c> and</c><00:27:06.319><c> reasoned</c><00:27:06.640><c> with</c>

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the<00:27:06.900><c> Jews.</c>

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When<00:27:08.359><c> they</c><00:27:08.519><c> heard</c><00:27:08.619><c> what</c><00:27:08.779><c> Paul</c><00:27:08.960><c> had</c><00:27:09.119><c> to</c><00:27:09.299><c> say</c><00:27:09.400><c> in</c><00:27:10.299><c> the</c><00:27:10.539><c> Ephesian</c>

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synagogue,<00:27:12.759><c> they</c><00:27:12.900><c> wanted</c><00:27:13.099><c> him</c><00:27:13.279><c> to</c><00:27:13.519><c> stay,</c>

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but<00:27:13.779><c> he</c><00:27:13.980><c> couldn't.</c><00:27:14.920><c> He</c><00:27:15.000><c> bade</c><00:27:15.220><c> them</c><00:27:15.440><c> farewell</c><00:27:15.579><c> saying,</c><00:27:15.859><c> I</c><00:27:15.900><c> must</c>

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get<00:27:16.339><c> to</c><00:27:16.500><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:27:18.119><c> And</c><00:27:18.279><c> he</c><00:27:18.480><c> sailed</c><00:27:18.599><c> away</c><00:27:18.920><c> from</c>

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Ephesus.<00:27:21.039><c> Do</c><00:27:21.140><c> you</c><00:27:21.220><c> notice</c><00:27:21.339><c> what</c><00:27:21.440><c> he</c><00:27:21.660><c> said?</c><00:27:23.839><c> But</c><00:27:23.960><c> I</c><00:27:24.140><c> will</c><00:27:24.299><c> return</c><00:27:24.599><c> again</c>

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unto<00:27:25.140><c> you</c><00:27:26.000><c> if</c><00:27:26.799><c> God</c><00:27:27.039><c> will.</c><00:27:28.960><c> So</c><00:27:29.160><c> it</c><00:27:29.220><c> was</c><00:27:29.400><c> Paul's</c>

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intention<00:27:30.099><c> again</c><00:27:30.500><c> to</c><00:27:30.660><c> get</c><00:27:30.859><c> back</c><00:27:31.039><c> to</c><00:27:31.220><c> Ephesus</c><00:27:31.539><c> and</c><00:27:31.700><c> to</c><00:27:31.980><c> continue</c><00:27:32.220><c> the</c><00:27:32.440><c> work</c><00:27:32.599><c> of</c>

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preaching.<00:27:33.140><c> It</c><00:27:33.160><c> was</c><00:27:33.319><c> just</c><00:27:33.559><c> a</c>

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brief<00:27:33.920><c> visit</c><00:27:34.140><c> on</c><00:27:34.319><c> the</c><00:27:34.480><c> first</c><00:27:34.660><c> occasion.</c><00:27:35.740><c> He</c><00:27:35.920><c> saw</c><00:27:36.140><c> the</c><00:27:36.380><c> potential</c><00:27:36.700><c> and</c><00:27:36.839><c> he</c>

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left<00:27:37.299><c> Aquila</c><00:27:37.740><c> and</c><00:27:37.980><c> Priscilla</c><00:27:38.279><c> there.</c>

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And<00:27:39.619><c> it</c><00:27:39.700><c> was</c><00:27:39.880><c> just</c><00:27:40.039><c> as</c><00:27:40.200><c> well</c><00:27:40.279><c> that</c><00:27:40.420><c> he</c><00:27:40.579><c> did</c><00:27:40.700><c> because</c><00:27:40.920><c> at</c><00:27:41.099><c> the</c><00:27:41.160><c> end</c><00:27:41.259><c> of</c>

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this<00:27:41.579><c> chapter</c><00:27:41.859><c> we</c><00:27:42.039><c> find</c><00:27:42.319><c> that</c><00:27:42.519><c> there</c><00:27:42.720><c> came</c><00:27:42.859><c> a</c>

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man<00:27:43.140><c> to</c><00:27:43.339><c> Ephesus</c><00:27:43.799><c> called</c><00:27:44.799><c> Apollos.</c><00:27:46.559><c> And</c><00:27:46.819><c> here</c><00:27:46.900><c> was</c><00:27:47.119><c> a</c><00:27:47.240><c> mighty</c>

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man,<00:27:47.859><c> a</c><00:27:48.039><c> Jew,</c><00:27:48.319><c> eloquent,</c><00:27:49.240><c> well</c><00:27:49.440><c> versed</c><00:27:49.660><c> in</c><00:27:49.779><c> the</c>

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law<00:27:49.980><c> of</c><00:27:50.180><c> Moses,</c><00:27:51.140><c> able</c><00:27:51.440><c> to</c><00:27:51.720><c> confute</c><00:27:52.000><c> the</c><00:27:52.240><c> Jews.</c><00:27:54.039><c> A</c><00:27:54.220><c> mighty</c><00:27:54.500><c> orator,</c><00:27:55.079><c> loved</c><00:27:55.259><c> by</c>

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the<00:27:55.759><c> Greeks,</c><00:27:56.019><c> that</c><00:27:56.119><c> this</c><00:27:56.259><c> man</c><00:27:56.359><c> could</c>

00:27:56.500 --> 00:28:02.079
get<00:27:56.619><c> up</c><00:27:56.819><c> and</c><00:27:57.140><c> speak</c><00:27:57.359><c> with</c><00:27:57.579><c> great</c><00:27:57.819><c> voice.</c><00:28:00.980><c> And</c><00:28:01.140><c> a</c><00:28:01.259><c> humble</c><00:28:01.420><c> little</c><00:28:01.660><c> couple</c><00:28:01.920><c> took</c>

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hold<00:28:02.259><c> of</c><00:28:02.420><c> that</c><00:28:02.579><c> man,</c><00:28:02.940><c> Aquila</c><00:28:03.140><c> and</c>

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Priscilla<00:28:03.640><c> got</c><00:28:03.859><c> hold</c><00:28:04.099><c> of</c><00:28:04.220><c> him</c><00:28:04.700><c> and</c><00:28:05.779><c> they</c><00:28:06.059><c> sorted</c><00:28:06.200><c> out</c><00:28:06.420><c> his</c><00:28:06.640><c> views</c><00:28:06.859><c> on</c>

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the<00:28:07.259><c> truth</c><00:28:07.640><c> and</c><00:28:07.920><c> they</c><00:28:08.240><c> taught</c><00:28:08.359><c> him</c><00:28:08.519><c> the</c><00:28:08.700><c> way</c><00:28:08.859><c> of</c>

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God<00:28:09.279><c> more</c><00:28:09.680><c> perfectly.</c><00:28:11.779><c> And</c><00:28:11.960><c> he</c><00:28:12.059><c> of</c><00:28:12.180><c> course</c><00:28:12.440><c> became</c><00:28:12.720><c> a</c><00:28:12.980><c> great</c>

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preacher<00:28:13.500><c> of</c><00:28:13.660><c> the</c><00:28:13.900><c> truth</c><00:28:14.059><c> in</c><00:28:14.240><c> that</c><00:28:14.460><c> first</c><00:28:14.680><c> century.</c>

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And<00:28:16.619><c> they</c><00:28:16.839><c> sent</c><00:28:16.940><c> him</c><00:28:17.180><c> back</c><00:28:17.819><c> into</c><00:28:18.220><c> Greece</c><00:28:18.640><c> that</c><00:28:18.880><c> he</c><00:28:19.059><c> might</c><00:28:19.279><c> go</c>

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over<00:28:19.799><c> there</c><00:28:20.019><c> in</c><00:28:20.220><c> Achaia</c>

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because<00:28:22.579><c> they</c><00:28:22.799><c> knew</c><00:28:22.920><c> in</c><00:28:23.180><c> Greece</c><00:28:23.359><c> that</c><00:28:23.539><c> he</c><00:28:23.680><c> would</c><00:28:23.839><c> be</c><00:28:24.039><c> a</c><00:28:24.339><c> tremendous</c><00:28:24.880><c> assistance</c><00:28:25.420><c> to</c><00:28:25.599><c> the</c><00:28:25.720><c> new</c>

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collegiates<00:28:26.299><c> back</c><00:28:26.519><c> there.</c><00:28:27.700><c> And</c><00:28:27.759><c> so</c><00:28:27.940><c> Aquila</c><00:28:28.259><c> and</c><00:28:28.440><c> Priscilla</c>

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stayed<00:28:28.980><c> in</c><00:28:29.180><c> Ephesus</c><00:28:30.180><c> teaching</c><00:28:30.880><c> quietly</c><00:28:31.339><c> the</c><00:28:31.599><c> word</c><00:28:31.740><c> in</c><00:28:31.880><c> that</c>

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place.<00:28:35.160><c> Well</c><00:28:35.259><c> Paul</c><00:28:35.380><c> came</c><00:28:35.640><c> straight</c><00:28:35.960><c> back.</c><00:28:38.920><c> Chapter</c><00:28:39.180><c> 19,</c><00:28:39.740><c> Paul</c>

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comes<00:28:40.200><c> back,</c><00:28:40.400><c> he</c><00:28:40.559><c> comes</c><00:28:40.759><c> back</c><00:28:40.980><c> to</c><00:28:41.180><c> Ephesus</c>

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and<00:28:43.279><c> when</c><00:28:43.420><c> he</c><00:28:43.579><c> arrives</c><00:28:43.859><c> there</c><00:28:44.099><c> he</c><00:28:44.220><c> goes</c><00:28:44.660><c> to</c><00:28:45.059><c> that</c><00:28:45.299><c> place</c><00:28:45.480><c> and</c>

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he<00:28:45.839><c> finds</c><00:28:46.099><c> some</c><00:28:46.380><c> disciples</c><00:28:47.019><c> of</c><00:28:47.319><c> John.</c>

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:53.119
You<00:28:49.799><c> know</c><00:28:49.880><c> I</c><00:28:49.920><c> think</c><00:28:50.059><c> this</c><00:28:50.200><c> is</c><00:28:50.400><c> most</c><00:28:51.059><c> interesting.</c><00:28:52.799><c> Here</c><00:28:52.940><c> were</c>

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people<00:28:53.420><c> who</c><00:28:53.579><c> were</c><00:28:53.880><c> still</c>

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:59.079
following<00:28:55.240><c> the</c><00:28:55.559><c> preaching</c><00:28:55.960><c> of</c><00:28:56.319><c> John</c><00:28:56.579><c> the</c><00:28:56.779><c> Baptist,</c><00:28:58.299><c> the</c><00:28:58.440><c> baptism</c><00:28:58.759><c> of</c>

00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:02.039
repentance.<00:29:00.799><c> And</c><00:29:00.940><c> they</c><00:29:01.059><c> had</c><00:29:01.220><c> not</c><00:29:01.380><c> even</c><00:29:01.779><c> heard</c>

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:07.640
we<00:29:02.240><c> find</c><00:29:02.839><c> in</c><00:29:04.380><c> verse</c><00:29:05.259><c> four,</c><00:29:06.059><c> they</c><00:29:06.180><c> had</c><00:29:06.279><c> not</c><00:29:06.400><c> even</c><00:29:06.779><c> heard</c><00:29:07.200><c> of</c><00:29:07.480><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:29:07.839><c> Jesus</c><00:29:08.240><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:29:10.940><c> Paul</c><00:29:11.059><c> had</c><00:29:11.240><c> to</c><00:29:11.460><c> preach</c><00:29:11.619><c> to</c><00:29:11.759><c> them</c><00:29:11.960><c> all</c><00:29:12.299><c> the</c><00:29:12.500><c> things</c><00:29:12.680><c> about</c><00:29:13.000><c> Christ.</c><00:29:14.220><c> And</c><00:29:14.319><c> you</c><00:29:14.400><c> know</c><00:29:14.519><c> I</c>

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.140
find<00:29:14.700><c> that</c><00:29:14.940><c> quite</c>

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remarkable.<00:29:15.779><c> It</c><00:29:15.900><c> just</c><00:29:16.059><c> perhaps</c><00:29:16.339><c> illustrates</c><00:29:16.920><c> the</c><00:29:17.259><c> difference</c><00:29:17.519><c> in</c><00:29:17.819><c> communications</c><00:29:18.380><c> in</c>

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those<00:29:18.859><c> days.</c>

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I<00:29:19.980><c> mean</c><00:29:20.059><c> today</c><00:29:20.420><c> if</c><00:29:21.339><c> somebody</c><00:29:21.839><c> prominent</c><00:29:22.460><c> is</c><00:29:22.700><c> murdered</c><00:29:22.980><c> in</c><00:29:23.240><c> Britain</c><00:29:23.400><c> we</c>

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:25.619
know<00:29:23.799><c> about</c><00:29:24.059><c> it</c><00:29:24.380><c> in</c><00:29:24.519><c> the</c><00:29:24.640><c> morning</c>

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:29.640
or<00:29:26.220><c> perhaps</c><00:29:26.500><c> even</c><00:29:26.859><c> sooner</c><00:29:27.299><c> if</c><00:29:28.119><c> we're</c><00:29:28.319><c> tuned</c><00:29:28.440><c> into</c><00:29:28.640><c> the</c><00:29:28.859><c> media.</c>

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:32.160
You<00:29:30.599><c> see</c><00:29:30.700><c> today</c><00:29:31.059><c> things</c><00:29:31.299><c> happen</c><00:29:31.640><c> all</c><00:29:31.940><c> around</c>

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.200
the<00:29:32.359><c> world</c><00:29:32.519><c> and</c><00:29:32.619><c> we</c><00:29:32.779><c> know</c><00:29:32.980><c> about</c><00:29:33.240><c> them</c><00:29:33.440><c> within</c><00:29:33.579><c> a</c><00:29:33.740><c> very</c><00:29:34.000><c> short</c>

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:38.279
space<00:29:34.480><c> of</c><00:29:34.720><c> time.</c><00:29:36.700><c> But</c><00:29:37.000><c> Christ</c><00:29:37.259><c> had</c><00:29:37.420><c> been</c><00:29:37.680><c> crucified</c>

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and<00:29:38.539><c> resurrected</c><00:29:38.960><c> for</c><00:29:39.240><c> 20</c><00:29:39.559><c> years</c><00:29:40.619><c> and</c><00:29:41.720><c> here</c><00:29:41.839><c> they</c><00:29:42.039><c> were</c><00:29:42.319><c> still</c>

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:45.859
keeping<00:29:43.779><c> the</c><00:29:44.079><c> baptism</c><00:29:44.480><c> of</c><00:29:44.740><c> John.</c>

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:48.579
Had<00:29:46.799><c> not</c><00:29:46.980><c> even</c><00:29:47.259><c> heard</c><00:29:47.539><c> about</c><00:29:47.799><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:29:50.839><c> just</c><00:29:50.980><c> gives</c><00:29:51.079><c> you</c><00:29:51.220><c> some</c><00:29:51.420><c> idea</c><00:29:51.799><c> of</c><00:29:51.940><c> the</c><00:29:52.140><c> problem</c><00:29:52.339><c> of</c><00:29:52.619><c> communications</c><00:29:53.160><c> in</c>

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those<00:29:53.660><c> days.</c>

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And<00:29:56.119><c> so</c><00:29:56.220><c> it</c><00:29:56.319><c> was</c><00:29:56.440><c> a</c><00:29:56.559><c> great</c><00:29:56.700><c> pleasure</c><00:29:56.980><c> for</c><00:29:57.220><c> Paul</c><00:29:57.339><c> to</c><00:29:57.559><c> convert</c><00:29:57.940><c> those</c><00:29:58.299><c> people</c><00:29:58.579><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:58.980><c> teaching</c><00:29:59.220><c> of</c><00:29:59.440><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:30:00.640><c> to</c><00:30:00.819><c> baptize</c><00:30:01.240><c> them</c><00:30:01.339><c> into</c><00:30:01.539><c> Christ.</c><00:30:03.799><c> And</c><00:30:03.960><c> it</c><00:30:04.039><c> says</c><00:30:04.119><c> in</c><00:30:04.319><c> verse</c>

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seven<00:30:04.799><c> there</c><00:30:04.940><c> were</c><00:30:05.099><c> about</c><00:30:05.359><c> 12.</c>

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Interesting<00:30:07.880><c> isn't</c><00:30:08.099><c> it?</c><00:30:08.319><c> About</c><00:30:08.640><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:30:11.420><c> then</c><00:30:11.519><c> in</c><00:30:11.680><c> verse</c><00:30:11.859><c> eight</c><00:30:12.140><c> he</c><00:30:12.240><c> goes</c><00:30:12.480><c> to</c><00:30:12.640><c> the</c><00:30:12.779><c> synagogue</c><00:30:13.099><c> first</c><00:30:13.480><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:13.819><c> Jews</c><00:30:13.960><c> as</c><00:30:14.119><c> his</c><00:30:14.259><c> principle</c><00:30:14.640><c> was</c>

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and<00:30:16.500><c> when</c><00:30:16.640><c> they</c><00:30:17.160><c> of</c><00:30:17.279><c> course</c><00:30:18.180><c> couldn't</c><00:30:18.640><c> stand</c><00:30:18.819><c> it</c><00:30:19.019><c> anymore</c><00:30:19.460><c> they</c><00:30:20.400><c> were</c><00:30:20.660><c> hardened</c><00:30:20.880><c> and</c>

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believe<00:30:21.380><c> not</c><00:30:21.619><c> and</c><00:30:21.859><c> spoke</c><00:30:22.059><c> evil</c>

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of<00:30:22.500><c> the</c><00:30:22.680><c> way</c><00:30:22.900><c> he</c><00:30:23.039><c> was</c><00:30:23.299><c> forced</c><00:30:23.500><c> then</c><00:30:23.700><c> to</c><00:30:23.880><c> hire</c><00:30:24.059><c> the</c><00:30:24.279><c> school</c><00:30:24.460><c> of</c>

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tyrannus<00:30:25.039><c> to</c><00:30:25.299><c> teach.</c><00:30:26.579><c> And</c><00:30:26.740><c> we</c><00:30:26.880><c> read</c><00:30:26.980><c> that</c><00:30:27.140><c> he</c><00:30:27.319><c> taught</c>

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there<00:30:27.680><c> for</c><00:30:27.859><c> two</c><00:30:28.160><c> years.</c><00:30:30.779><c> In</c><00:30:30.940><c> all</c><00:30:31.059><c> we</c><00:30:31.259><c> know</c><00:30:31.420><c> that</c><00:30:31.640><c> Paul</c><00:30:31.759><c> was</c><00:30:31.980><c> there</c><00:30:32.099><c> for</c>

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three<00:30:32.579><c> years.</c><00:30:32.859><c> He</c><00:30:33.079><c> says</c><00:30:33.200><c> in</c><00:30:33.380><c> Acts</c><00:30:33.519><c> 20</c><00:30:33.839><c> verse</c><00:30:34.079><c> 31</c>

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that<00:30:34.740><c> his</c><00:30:35.000><c> total</c><00:30:35.299><c> stay</c><00:30:35.500><c> in</c><00:30:35.700><c> Ephesus</c><00:30:36.900><c> amounted</c><00:30:37.440><c> to</c><00:30:37.559><c> some</c><00:30:37.819><c> three</c>

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years.<00:30:40.220><c> And</c><00:30:40.660><c> that</c><00:30:40.779><c> was</c><00:30:40.960><c> a</c><00:30:41.099><c> tremendous</c><00:30:41.519><c> slice</c><00:30:41.880><c> out</c>

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Paul's<00:30:42.579><c> preaching</c><00:30:42.859><c> career.</c><00:30:44.079><c> A</c><00:30:44.319><c> tremendous</c><00:30:44.900><c> slice</c><00:30:45.200><c> that</c><00:30:45.319><c> he</c>

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should<00:30:45.680><c> spend</c><00:30:45.980><c> three</c><00:30:46.460><c> years</c><00:30:46.940><c> in</c><00:30:47.119><c> the</c><00:30:47.359><c> one</c><00:30:47.660><c> place.</c>

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Now<00:30:50.059><c> of</c><00:30:50.200><c> course</c><00:30:50.380><c> we</c><00:30:50.519><c> know</c><00:30:50.700><c> that</c><00:30:50.839><c> he</c><00:30:50.900><c> didn't</c><00:30:51.180><c> stay</c><00:30:51.519><c> necessarily</c>

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in<00:30:52.400><c> the</c><00:30:52.619><c> one</c><00:30:52.880><c> place.</c>

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It<00:30:55.200><c> says</c><00:30:55.460><c> about</c><00:30:55.779><c> Paul</c><00:30:56.319><c> in</c><00:30:56.940><c> Acts</c><00:30:57.240><c> chapter</c><00:30:57.640><c> 19</c><00:30:58.279><c> and</c><00:30:58.640><c> verse</c><00:30:59.339><c> 10</c>

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that<00:31:01.019><c> during</c><00:31:01.339><c> that</c><00:31:01.579><c> two</c><00:31:01.859><c> years</c><00:31:02.220><c> all</c><00:31:02.819><c> Asia</c>

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heard<00:31:04.440><c> the</c><00:31:04.660><c> word</c><00:31:04.819><c> of</c><00:31:04.980><c> the</c><00:31:05.140><c> Lord</c><00:31:05.359><c> both</c><00:31:05.720><c> Jews</c><00:31:06.059><c> and</c><00:31:06.400><c> Greeks.</c><00:31:08.759><c> That's</c><00:31:09.019><c> why</c>

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of<00:31:09.359><c> course</c><00:31:09.660><c> that</c><00:31:09.799><c> when</c><00:31:09.880><c> we</c><00:31:10.059><c> come</c><00:31:10.200><c> to</c><00:31:10.299><c> the</c>

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relation<00:31:11.039><c> the</c><00:31:12.259><c> Lord</c><00:31:12.440><c> Jesus</c><00:31:12.779><c> Christ</c><00:31:13.059><c> is</c><00:31:13.259><c> able</c><00:31:13.400><c> to</c><00:31:13.619><c> write</c><00:31:13.779><c> to</c><00:31:13.960><c> the</c><00:31:14.140><c> seven</c><00:31:14.339><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:14.819><c> at</c>

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Ephesus,<00:31:15.519><c> Smyrna,</c><00:31:16.140><c> Pergamos,</c>

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Thyatira,<00:31:17.839><c> Sardis,</c><00:31:18.519><c> Philadelphia</c><00:31:19.039><c> and</c><00:31:19.839><c> Laodicea.</c><00:31:22.079><c> He</c><00:31:22.359><c> chose</c>

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those<00:31:22.880><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:23.299><c> because</c><00:31:23.539><c> they</c><00:31:23.720><c> were</c>

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representative<00:31:24.319><c> of</c><00:31:24.519><c> the</c><00:31:24.619><c> whole</c><00:31:24.799><c> brotherhood.</c><00:31:26.160><c> But</c><00:31:26.460><c> there</c><00:31:26.640><c> were</c><00:31:26.799><c> a</c>

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lot<00:31:27.039><c> of</c><00:31:27.180><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:27.559><c> there</c><00:31:27.779><c> including</c>

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Hierapolis<00:31:28.680><c> and</c><00:31:28.900><c> Colossi</c><00:31:29.660><c> which</c><00:31:30.000><c> were</c><00:31:30.319><c> testimony</c><00:31:30.700><c> to</c><00:31:30.960><c> the</c>

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fact<00:31:31.160><c> that</c><00:31:31.380><c> Paul</c><00:31:31.579><c> had</c><00:31:31.779><c> been</c><00:31:32.019><c> there</c><00:31:32.279><c> preaching</c><00:31:32.579><c> for</c><00:31:32.920><c> three</c>

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years<00:31:33.559><c> among</c><00:31:33.839><c> them.</c><00:31:34.539><c> And</c><00:31:34.779><c> that</c><00:31:34.900><c> from</c><00:31:35.039><c> that</c><00:31:35.259><c> place</c><00:31:35.519><c> sounded</c><00:31:35.859><c> forth</c><00:31:36.259><c> the</c><00:31:36.500><c> word</c><00:31:37.019><c> to</c>

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all<00:31:37.920><c> the</c><00:31:38.140><c> region</c><00:31:38.400><c> of</c><00:31:38.700><c> Asia.</c>

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The<00:31:43.539><c> fact</c><00:31:43.759><c> that</c><00:31:43.980><c> 30</c><00:31:44.180><c> years</c><00:31:44.440><c> later</c><00:31:44.680><c> the</c><00:31:44.799><c> Lord</c><00:31:45.000><c> Jesus</c><00:31:45.339><c> Christ</c><00:31:45.680><c> could</c><00:31:45.980><c> still</c><00:31:46.259><c> write</c><00:31:46.460><c> to</c>

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those<00:31:46.900><c> ecclesias</c>

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indicated<00:31:49.220><c> that</c><00:31:49.500><c> Paul</c><00:31:49.660><c> had</c><00:31:49.880><c> done</c><00:31:50.039><c> a</c><00:31:50.180><c> very</c><00:31:50.420><c> good</c><00:31:50.640><c> job</c><00:31:51.059><c> among</c><00:31:51.400><c> them.</c><00:31:53.759><c> And</c><00:31:53.900><c> these</c><00:31:54.160><c> three</c><00:31:54.380><c> years</c><00:31:54.819><c> at</c><00:31:55.019><c> Ephesus</c>

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were<00:31:55.539><c> dramatic</c><00:31:56.000><c> times.</c><00:31:57.720><c> You</c><00:31:57.779><c> know</c><00:31:58.299><c> we</c><00:31:58.700><c> don't</c><00:31:58.880><c> have</c><00:31:59.039><c> a</c><00:31:59.079><c> lot</c><00:31:59.319><c> of</c>

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history<00:31:59.740><c> about</c><00:31:59.980><c> what</c><00:32:00.299><c> happened</c><00:32:00.460><c> there.</c><00:32:00.619><c> We</c><00:32:00.740><c> have</c><00:32:00.940><c> some</c>

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indications.<00:32:01.779><c> Look</c><00:32:01.940><c> at</c><00:32:02.039><c> chapter</c><00:32:02.319><c> 20</c><00:32:03.240><c> and</c><00:32:03.819><c> verse</c><00:32:04.140><c> 19.</c><00:32:06.319><c> Paul</c><00:32:06.579><c> reminds</c><00:32:07.059><c> the</c><00:32:07.380><c> elders</c><00:32:07.640><c> of</c>

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.619
some<00:32:08.779><c> of</c><00:32:08.920><c> the</c><00:32:09.099><c> things</c><00:32:09.259><c> that</c><00:32:09.420><c> he'd</c>

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:14.019
up<00:32:09.779><c> with</c><00:32:10.059><c> at</c><00:32:10.220><c> Ephesus.</c><00:32:11.980><c> Serving</c><00:32:12.299><c> the</c><00:32:12.440><c> Lord</c><00:32:12.680><c> with</c><00:32:12.859><c> all</c><00:32:13.019><c> humility</c><00:32:13.480><c> of</c><00:32:13.759><c> mind</c>

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and<00:32:14.180><c> with</c><00:32:14.559><c> many</c><00:32:15.079><c> tears.</c>

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You<00:32:18.140><c> know</c><00:32:18.200><c> we</c><00:32:18.359><c> really</c><00:32:18.640><c> wonder</c><00:32:18.859><c> don't</c><00:32:19.099><c> we</c><00:32:19.299><c> what</c><00:32:19.619><c> circumstances</c>

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of<00:32:20.700><c> preaching</c>

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might<00:32:23.019><c> have</c><00:32:23.180><c> led</c><00:32:23.319><c> Paul</c><00:32:23.640><c> to</c><00:32:23.900><c> many</c><00:32:24.240><c> tears.</c><00:32:26.819><c> We</c><00:32:26.920><c> know</c><00:32:27.079><c> from</c><00:32:27.279><c> verse</c>

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:31.480
31<00:32:27.940><c> that</c><00:32:28.099><c> there</c><00:32:28.259><c> were</c><00:32:28.480><c> tears</c><00:32:29.099><c> of</c><00:32:29.900><c> desperate</c><00:32:30.400><c> warning.</c>

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:35.160
You<00:32:32.940><c> know</c><00:32:33.059><c> Paul</c><00:32:33.259><c> was</c><00:32:33.460><c> a</c><00:32:33.579><c> man</c><00:32:33.720><c> easily</c><00:32:34.160><c> moved</c><00:32:34.440><c> to</c><00:32:34.720><c> tears.</c><00:32:34.900><c> That's</c>

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not<00:32:35.339><c> a</c><00:32:35.539><c> shame</c><00:32:35.839><c> to</c><00:32:36.200><c> be</c><00:32:36.380><c> easily</c><00:32:36.680><c> moved</c><00:32:36.940><c> to</c><00:32:37.240><c> tears.</c>

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Christ<00:32:39.279><c> was</c><00:32:39.519><c> a</c><00:32:39.619><c> man</c><00:32:39.799><c> that</c><00:32:39.900><c> was</c><00:32:40.119><c> moved</c><00:32:40.259><c> to</c><00:32:40.500><c> tears.</c><00:32:40.920><c> Joseph</c><00:32:41.079><c> was</c>

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:43.339
a<00:32:41.380><c> man</c><00:32:41.579><c> that</c><00:32:41.720><c> was</c><00:32:41.940><c> moved</c><00:32:42.079><c> to</c><00:32:42.319><c> tears.</c>

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:48.440
But<00:32:45.420><c> he</c><00:32:45.500><c> was</c><00:32:45.700><c> moved</c><00:32:45.839><c> to</c><00:32:46.119><c> tears</c><00:32:46.359><c> to</c><00:32:46.619><c> desperately</c><00:32:47.099><c> warn</c><00:32:47.380><c> them.</c>

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.599
And<00:32:48.740><c> he</c><00:32:48.980><c> reminds</c><00:32:49.319><c> them</c><00:32:49.599><c> that</c><00:32:49.880><c> his</c><00:32:50.259><c> three</c><00:32:50.440><c> years</c>

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:56.160
among<00:32:50.859><c> them</c><00:32:50.980><c> had</c><00:32:51.099><c> been</c><00:32:51.339><c> filled</c><00:32:51.660><c> with</c><00:32:51.940><c> many</c><00:32:52.339><c> tears</c><00:32:53.220><c> and</c><00:32:54.920><c> temptations</c><00:32:55.819><c> which</c>

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.779
befell<00:32:56.559><c> me</c><00:32:56.680><c> by</c><00:32:56.839><c> the</c><00:32:57.059><c> lying</c><00:32:57.279><c> in</c><00:32:57.579><c> weight</c>

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of<00:32:58.059><c> the</c><00:32:58.259><c> Jews.</c><00:33:00.559><c> And</c><00:33:00.700><c> the</c><00:33:00.880><c> Jews</c><00:33:01.000><c> of</c><00:33:01.119><c> that</c><00:33:01.420><c> place</c><00:33:01.680><c> plotted</c><00:33:02.059><c> against</c><00:33:02.519><c> his</c>

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life.<00:33:05.220><c> You</c><00:33:05.400><c> know</c><00:33:05.400><c> he</c><00:33:05.500><c> reminds</c><00:33:05.900><c> them</c><00:33:06.099><c> of</c><00:33:06.240><c> the</c>

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agony<00:33:06.740><c> of</c><00:33:07.000><c> mind</c><00:33:07.279><c> of</c><00:33:07.539><c> trying</c><00:33:07.740><c> to</c><00:33:07.920><c> walk</c><00:33:08.079><c> around</c><00:33:08.319><c> that</c><00:33:08.660><c> city</c><00:33:09.180><c> knowing</c><00:33:10.079><c> that</c>

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.619
at<00:33:10.319><c> the</c><00:33:10.420><c> next</c><00:33:10.700><c> corner</c><00:33:10.940><c> there</c><00:33:11.059><c> could</c><00:33:11.200><c> be</c><00:33:11.380><c> an</c>

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assassin<00:33:11.960><c> waiting</c><00:33:12.279><c> for</c><00:33:12.599><c> you.</c><00:33:14.539><c> The</c><00:33:14.799><c> lying</c><00:33:15.099><c> in</c><00:33:15.440><c> weight</c><00:33:15.640><c> of</c><00:33:15.900><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:33:16.539><c> with</c><00:33:17.880><c> their</c><00:33:18.099><c> murderous</c><00:33:18.660><c> intent</c><00:33:19.039><c> to</c><00:33:19.240><c> get</c><00:33:19.400><c> rid</c><00:33:19.539><c> of</c>

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:26.680
him.<00:33:22.599><c> Would</c><00:33:22.720><c> you</c><00:33:22.839><c> have</c><00:33:23.039><c> stayed</c><00:33:23.160><c> there</c><00:33:23.359><c> three</c><00:33:23.619><c> years?</c><00:33:26.559><c> There</c>

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:29.500
were<00:33:26.799><c> dramatic</c><00:33:27.119><c> events</c><00:33:27.559><c> like</c><00:33:27.900><c> the</c><00:33:28.960><c> imitation</c>

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:32.119
of<00:33:29.740><c> the</c><00:33:29.880><c> Holy</c><00:33:30.099><c> Spirit</c><00:33:30.460><c> by</c><00:33:30.680><c> the</c><00:33:30.859><c> sons</c><00:33:31.059><c> of</c><00:33:31.380><c> Skiver</c><00:33:31.660><c> in</c><00:33:31.859><c> chapter</c>

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:35.339
19<00:33:32.660><c> where</c><00:33:32.900><c> they</c><00:33:33.880><c> tried</c><00:33:34.079><c> to</c><00:33:34.319><c> imitate</c><00:33:34.640><c> the</c><00:33:34.880><c> gifts</c><00:33:35.019><c> of</c><00:33:35.200><c> the</c>

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:39.660
Holy<00:33:35.680><c> Spirit.</c><00:33:37.579><c> And</c><00:33:37.720><c> this</c><00:33:37.960><c> poor</c><00:33:38.140><c> madman</c><00:33:38.579><c> went</c><00:33:38.779><c> crazy</c><00:33:39.259><c> and</c><00:33:39.500><c> tore</c>

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:42.900
them<00:33:39.900><c> apart.</c><00:33:42.019><c> Can</c><00:33:42.200><c> you</c><00:33:42.200><c> imagine</c><00:33:42.380><c> what</c><00:33:42.539><c> a</c><00:33:42.740><c> scandal</c>

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:49.640
that<00:33:43.079><c> made</c><00:33:43.279><c> in</c><00:33:43.420><c> the</c><00:33:43.559><c> city</c><00:33:44.140><c> for</c><00:33:45.880><c> the</c><00:33:46.079><c> movement</c><00:33:46.380><c> that</c><00:33:46.700><c> Paul</c><00:33:46.880><c> represented?</c><00:33:49.500><c> And</c>

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.539
like<00:33:49.759><c> it</c><00:33:49.839><c> or</c><00:33:49.980><c> not</c><00:33:50.079><c> they</c><00:33:50.200><c> would</c><00:33:50.380><c> have</c>

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:53.359
been<00:33:50.819><c> lumped</c><00:33:51.140><c> with</c><00:33:51.380><c> the</c><00:33:52.039><c> embarrassment</c><00:33:52.440><c> of</c><00:33:52.619><c> that</c><00:33:52.819><c> situation</c>

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:55.599
of<00:33:53.500><c> people</c><00:33:54.079><c> supposedly</c><00:33:54.720><c> practicing</c><00:33:55.220><c> Holy</c>

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:58.660
Spirit<00:33:55.940><c> gifts</c><00:33:56.319><c> being</c><00:33:56.759><c> ripped</c><00:33:57.019><c> apart</c><00:33:57.339><c> by</c><00:33:57.619><c> a</c><00:33:57.700><c> madman.</c><00:33:58.119><c> What</c><00:33:58.339><c> would</c><00:33:58.500><c> the</c>

00:33:58.660 --> 00:34:00.799
papers<00:33:58.880><c> of</c><00:33:59.039><c> Ephesus</c><00:33:59.339><c> made</c><00:33:59.559><c> of</c><00:33:59.759><c> that?</c>

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:05.640
What<00:34:01.500><c> an</c><00:34:01.779><c> embarrassment</c><00:34:02.180><c> of</c><00:34:02.359><c> the</c><00:34:02.559><c> truth</c><00:34:03.259><c> that</c><00:34:04.559><c> would</c><00:34:04.740><c> have</c><00:34:04.900><c> been.</c>

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:11.780
But<00:34:08.559><c> it</c><00:34:08.679><c> had</c><00:34:08.820><c> an</c><00:34:09.039><c> interesting</c><00:34:09.320><c> effect</c><00:34:09.619><c> didn't</c><00:34:09.840><c> it</c><00:34:09.980><c> because</c><00:34:10.739><c> in</c>

00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:15.099
the<00:34:12.000><c> end</c><00:34:13.260><c> fear</c><00:34:13.719><c> fell</c><00:34:13.900><c> upon</c><00:34:14.139><c> them</c><00:34:14.360><c> all</c>

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.960
and<00:34:15.880><c> the</c><00:34:16.000><c> name</c><00:34:16.179><c> of</c><00:34:16.300><c> the</c><00:34:16.400><c> Lord</c><00:34:16.559><c> Jesus</c><00:34:16.820><c> was</c><00:34:17.059><c> magnified</c><00:34:17.559><c> in</c><00:34:17.780><c> verse</c>

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:21.360
17.<00:34:19.219><c> And</c><00:34:19.280><c> many</c><00:34:19.519><c> people</c><00:34:19.780><c> came</c><00:34:20.099><c> and</c><00:34:20.420><c> believed</c>

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:27.760
and<00:34:23.340><c> they</c><00:34:23.619><c> burnt</c><00:34:23.739><c> all</c><00:34:23.900><c> their</c><00:34:24.019><c> books</c><00:34:24.300><c> of</c><00:34:24.639><c> superstition.</c><00:34:25.380><c> An</c><00:34:25.519><c> enormous</c><00:34:25.980><c> bonfire</c><00:34:26.480><c> was</c><00:34:26.639><c> made</c><00:34:26.840><c> in</c><00:34:26.980><c> Ephesus</c>

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:31.380
and<00:34:28.659><c> all</c><00:34:28.920><c> the</c><00:34:29.119><c> books</c><00:34:29.280><c> of</c><00:34:29.500><c> superstition</c><00:34:29.900><c> went</c><00:34:30.019><c> up</c><00:34:30.179><c> in</c><00:34:30.440><c> flames.</c>

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:34.000
You<00:34:32.059><c> know</c><00:34:32.059><c> these</c><00:34:32.199><c> were</c><00:34:32.380><c> dramatic</c><00:34:32.840><c> times.</c>

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:36.860
You<00:34:34.699><c> know</c><00:34:34.840><c> Paul</c><00:34:35.059><c> made</c><00:34:35.320><c> tremendous</c><00:34:35.760><c> friends</c><00:34:36.199><c> in</c><00:34:36.400><c> Ephesus.</c><00:34:36.760><c> You</c>

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:39.780
read<00:34:37.059><c> in</c><00:34:37.480><c> 2</c><00:34:37.820><c> Timothy</c><00:34:38.239><c> 1</c><00:34:38.559><c> verse</c><00:34:38.820><c> 19</c><00:34:39.300><c> about</c><00:34:39.480><c> a</c><00:34:39.599><c> man</c>

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:43.099
called<00:34:40.039><c> Anisophorus</c><00:34:41.159><c> of</c><00:34:41.780><c> how</c><00:34:41.960><c> many</c><00:34:42.139><c> things</c><00:34:42.519><c> he</c><00:34:42.840><c> ministered</c>

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:45.699
to<00:34:43.280><c> me</c><00:34:43.400><c> in</c><00:34:43.559><c> Ephesus.</c><00:34:44.340><c> Thou</c><00:34:44.460><c> knowest</c><00:34:44.860><c> very</c><00:34:45.239><c> well</c><00:34:45.400><c> he</c><00:34:45.539><c> says</c>

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:51.179
to<00:34:45.900><c> Timothy.</c><00:34:48.539><c> And</c><00:34:48.619><c> you</c><00:34:48.699><c> see</c><00:34:48.760><c> Paul</c><00:34:49.000><c> had</c><00:34:49.219><c> made</c><00:34:49.739><c> a</c><00:34:50.360><c> very</c><00:34:50.599><c> great</c><00:34:50.820><c> friend</c><00:34:51.039><c> in</c>

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:53.139
Anisophorus.<00:34:52.039><c> Anisophorus</c><00:34:52.539><c> had</c><00:34:52.820><c> ministered</c>

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:55.880
him<00:34:53.380><c> again</c><00:34:53.820><c> and</c><00:34:54.039><c> again</c><00:34:54.400><c> and</c><00:34:54.840><c> helped</c><00:34:54.980><c> Paul</c><00:34:55.239><c> in</c><00:34:55.360><c> his</c><00:34:55.559><c> preaching</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.800
work.<00:34:57.840><c> And</c><00:34:57.900><c> you</c><00:34:58.000><c> know</c><00:34:58.099><c> he</c><00:34:58.219><c> was</c><00:34:58.420><c> the</c><00:34:58.599><c> one</c>

00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:02.699
man<00:34:59.099><c> when</c><00:34:59.300><c> Paul</c><00:34:59.539><c> was</c><00:34:59.820><c> alone</c><00:35:00.280><c> on</c><00:35:00.679><c> his</c><00:35:00.880><c> last</c><00:35:01.219><c> imprisonment.</c><00:35:02.480><c> When</c><00:35:02.599><c> it</c>

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:04.960
was<00:35:02.920><c> unsafe</c><00:35:03.420><c> to</c><00:35:03.619><c> go</c><00:35:03.719><c> anywhere</c><00:35:04.019><c> near</c><00:35:04.300><c> Paul.</c><00:35:04.800><c> When</c>

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.199
all<00:35:05.199><c> the</c><00:35:05.400><c> Roman</c><00:35:05.619><c> occlusion</c><00:35:06.019><c> deserted</c><00:35:06.420><c> him</c><00:35:06.599><c> and</c><00:35:06.699><c> left</c><00:35:06.920><c> him</c><00:35:07.079><c> on</c>

00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:09.659
his<00:35:07.420><c> own.</c><00:35:07.860><c> There</c><00:35:07.960><c> was</c><00:35:08.219><c> one</c><00:35:08.599><c> man</c><00:35:08.920><c> who</c><00:35:09.119><c> made</c><00:35:09.280><c> the</c><00:35:09.460><c> journey</c>

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:18.219
into<00:35:09.820><c> that</c><00:35:10.019><c> dungeon</c><00:35:10.900><c> Anisophorus.</c><00:35:17.239><c> And</c><00:35:17.480><c> you</c><00:35:17.559><c> get</c><00:35:17.659><c> the</c><00:35:17.800><c> impression</c><00:35:18.059><c> from</c>

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:23.079
the<00:35:18.380><c> record</c><00:35:18.539><c> he</c><00:35:18.639><c> never</c><00:35:18.920><c> came</c><00:35:19.119><c> out</c><00:35:19.320><c> of</c>

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:29.119
Paul<00:35:23.960><c> made</c><00:35:24.199><c> in</c><00:35:24.380><c> the</c><00:35:24.539><c> hardships</c><00:35:24.860><c> of</c><00:35:25.079><c> Ephesus.</c><00:35:28.179><c> And</c><00:35:28.219><c> then</c><00:35:28.400><c> in</c><00:35:28.519><c> verse</c><00:35:28.679><c> 23</c>

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:31.980
of<00:35:29.320><c> chapter</c><00:35:29.559><c> 19</c><00:35:29.980><c> there</c><00:35:30.139><c> was</c><00:35:30.360><c> the</c><00:35:30.599><c> great</c><00:35:31.000><c> stir</c>

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:37.500
that<00:35:32.699><c> occurred</c><00:35:33.059><c> in</c><00:35:33.440><c> the</c><00:35:33.659><c> riot</c><00:35:34.099><c> concerning</c><00:35:34.719><c> Diana</c><00:35:35.079><c> of</c><00:35:35.300><c> the</c><00:35:35.460><c> Ephesians.</c><00:35:37.500><c> You</c>

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:40.480
know<00:35:37.659><c> Paul</c><00:35:37.900><c> says</c><00:35:38.300><c> in</c><00:35:39.679><c> 1</c><00:35:39.920><c> Corinthians</c>

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:47.119
and<00:35:40.719><c> 15</c><00:35:41.139><c> verse</c><00:35:41.460><c> 32</c><00:35:42.219><c> if</c><00:35:43.780><c> there's</c><00:35:44.000><c> no</c><00:35:44.219><c> resurrection</c><00:35:44.860><c> what</c><00:35:46.920><c> does</c>

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:49.219
it<00:35:47.340><c> profit</c><00:35:47.519><c> me</c><00:35:47.800><c> that</c><00:35:47.960><c> I</c><00:35:48.219><c> fought</c><00:35:48.380><c> with</c><00:35:48.760><c> beasts</c><00:35:49.019><c> at</c>

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:52.980
Ephesus.<00:35:51.199><c> You</c><00:35:51.199><c> know</c><00:35:51.519><c> Paul</c><00:35:51.679><c> wasn't</c><00:35:51.980><c> saying</c><00:35:52.280><c> he</c><00:35:52.400><c> was</c><00:35:52.659><c> thrown</c><00:35:52.800><c> to</c>

00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:56.280
the<00:35:53.139><c> lions.</c><00:35:54.719><c> What</c><00:35:54.880><c> he</c><00:35:55.039><c> was</c><00:35:55.219><c> saying</c><00:35:55.579><c> was</c><00:35:55.780><c> that</c><00:35:55.960><c> Ephesus</c>

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:58.980
in<00:35:56.440><c> the</c><00:35:56.619><c> time</c><00:35:56.780><c> of</c><00:35:57.000><c> the</c><00:35:57.179><c> riot</c><00:35:57.340><c> he</c><00:35:57.539><c> was</c><00:35:57.860><c> absolutely</c><00:35:58.360><c> surrounded</c>

00:35:58.980 --> 00:36:05.139
by<00:36:00.039><c> raving</c><00:36:00.699><c> animals.</c><00:36:03.039><c> By</c><00:36:03.420><c> ravenous</c><00:36:03.920><c> dogs.</c>

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:11.440
You<00:36:08.579><c> know</c><00:36:08.699><c> being</c><00:36:08.880><c> in</c><00:36:09.039><c> the</c><00:36:09.039><c> middle</c><00:36:09.179><c> of</c><00:36:09.340><c> a</c><00:36:09.519><c> riot</c><00:36:09.699><c> is</c><00:36:10.019><c> a</c><00:36:10.179><c> fearful</c><00:36:10.440><c> thing.</c>

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.059
There's<00:36:12.519><c> something</c><00:36:12.840><c> about</c><00:36:13.260><c> a</c><00:36:13.559><c> crowd</c><00:36:13.800><c> in</c><00:36:14.000><c> a</c><00:36:14.239><c> frenzy</c><00:36:14.559><c> that</c><00:36:14.719><c> is</c>

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.780
absolutely<00:36:15.639><c> frightening.</c>

00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:20.980
I<00:36:18.039><c> don't</c><00:36:18.480><c> know</c><00:36:18.800><c> if</c><00:36:18.860><c> it's</c><00:36:19.039><c> ever</c><00:36:19.260><c> happened</c><00:36:19.480><c> to</c><00:36:19.659><c> you.</c><00:36:19.820><c> You</c><00:36:19.940><c> may</c><00:36:20.119><c> never</c><00:36:20.300><c> have</c><00:36:20.519><c> been</c><00:36:20.579><c> caught</c><00:36:20.800><c> in</c>

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.920
a<00:36:21.139><c> crowd</c>

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:28.059
that's<00:36:22.440><c> excited.</c><00:36:23.920><c> I</c><00:36:24.099><c> have.</c><00:36:26.059><c> People</c><00:36:26.340><c> go</c><00:36:26.639><c> absolutely</c><00:36:27.340><c> crazy</c>

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:30.079
but<00:36:28.699><c> they</c><00:36:28.880><c> were</c><00:36:29.059><c> happy.</c>

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:36.920
You<00:36:31.760><c> think</c><00:36:31.920><c> when</c><00:36:32.119><c> a</c><00:36:32.320><c> crowd's</c><00:36:33.440><c> vying</c><00:36:33.679><c> for</c><00:36:33.900><c> blood</c><00:36:34.559><c> as</c><00:36:35.500><c> these</c><00:36:35.800><c> silversmiths</c><00:36:36.380><c> were</c><00:36:36.440><c> they</c><00:36:36.599><c> were</c><00:36:36.780><c> going</c><00:36:36.880><c> to</c>

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.840
have<00:36:37.179><c> somebody's</c>

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:44.059
head.<00:36:39.980><c> And</c><00:36:40.059><c> you</c><00:36:40.139><c> know</c><00:36:40.260><c> it</c><00:36:40.340><c> was</c><00:36:40.599><c> Paul</c><00:36:40.840><c> they</c><00:36:40.960><c> were</c><00:36:41.139><c> really</c><00:36:41.360><c> after.</c><00:36:43.920><c> You</c>

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:45.760
can<00:36:44.199><c> imagine</c><00:36:44.500><c> Paul</c><00:36:44.760><c> coming</c><00:36:45.019><c> to</c><00:36:45.199><c> this</c><00:36:45.440><c> stadium</c>

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:48.659
knowing<00:36:46.159><c> that</c><00:36:46.760><c> there</c><00:36:47.019><c> on</c><00:36:47.500><c> the</c><00:36:47.519><c> on</c><00:36:47.519><c> the</c><00:36:47.840><c> stage</c><00:36:48.019><c> of</c><00:36:48.199><c> the</c><00:36:48.400><c> stadium</c>

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:52.619
are<00:36:48.960><c> his</c><00:36:49.199><c> friends.</c><00:36:51.300><c> Gaius</c><00:36:51.619><c> and</c><00:36:51.840><c> Aristarchus</c>

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:57.639
Paul's<00:36:53.199><c> companions</c><00:36:53.619><c> were</c><00:36:53.860><c> there.</c><00:36:55.139><c> Alexander</c><00:36:55.460><c> was</c><00:36:55.739><c> there</c><00:36:56.420><c> at</c>

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:59.940
this<00:36:57.920><c> stage</c><00:36:58.159><c> being</c><00:36:58.420><c> prepared</c><00:36:58.840><c> to</c><00:36:59.139><c> stand</c><00:36:59.360><c> up</c><00:36:59.539><c> and</c><00:36:59.679><c> be</c>

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:02.480
counted<00:37:00.119><c> for</c><00:37:00.300><c> the</c><00:37:00.559><c> truth</c><00:37:00.800><c> and</c><00:37:01.280><c> there</c><00:37:01.460><c> they</c><00:37:01.719><c> were</c><00:37:01.940><c> in</c><00:37:02.179><c> front</c><00:37:02.300><c> of</c>

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:04.639
the<00:37:02.659><c> mob</c><00:37:02.780><c> and</c><00:37:02.960><c> the</c><00:37:03.099><c> mob</c><00:37:03.239><c> were</c><00:37:03.460><c> after</c><00:37:03.699><c> them.</c>

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:07.380
And<00:37:05.199><c> Paul</c><00:37:05.380><c> arrives</c><00:37:05.739><c> at</c><00:37:05.900><c> the</c><00:37:06.019><c> back</c><00:37:06.119><c> of</c><00:37:06.300><c> the</c><00:37:06.500><c> stadium</c>

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:11.280
and<00:37:09.239><c> he</c><00:37:09.360><c> wants</c><00:37:09.519><c> to</c><00:37:09.719><c> go</c><00:37:09.860><c> in</c><00:37:10.059><c> and</c><00:37:10.219><c> stand</c><00:37:10.320><c> on</c><00:37:10.480><c> the</c><00:37:10.719><c> stage</c><00:37:10.900><c> and</c><00:37:11.119><c> try</c>

00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:12.900
and<00:37:11.480><c> talk</c><00:37:11.659><c> to</c><00:37:11.820><c> this</c><00:37:12.039><c> mob.</c>

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:16.139
You<00:37:14.139><c> imagine</c><00:37:14.460><c> the</c><00:37:14.679><c> confusion.</c><00:37:15.059><c> There</c><00:37:15.119><c> were</c><00:37:15.260><c> no</c><00:37:15.460><c> PA</c><00:37:15.780><c> systems</c>

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:18.980
in<00:37:16.320><c> those</c><00:37:16.599><c> days</c><00:37:16.860><c> to</c><00:37:17.059><c> get</c><00:37:17.219><c> your</c><00:37:17.440><c> attention</c><00:37:17.820><c> of</c><00:37:17.980><c> the</c><00:37:18.159><c> crowd.</c>

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:21.519
And<00:37:19.880><c> here's</c><00:37:20.139><c> Paul</c><00:37:20.260><c> trying</c><00:37:20.420><c> to</c><00:37:20.619><c> battle</c><00:37:20.800><c> through</c><00:37:20.960><c> the</c><00:37:21.219><c> crowd</c><00:37:21.380><c> to</c>

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:24.480
get<00:37:21.699><c> to</c><00:37:21.840><c> his</c><00:37:22.099><c> friends.</c><00:37:23.480><c> And</c><00:37:23.599><c> people</c><00:37:23.760><c> are</c><00:37:24.119><c> spitting</c><00:37:24.320><c> on</c>

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:27.539
him<00:37:24.619><c> and</c><00:37:24.780><c> kicking</c><00:37:25.039><c> him</c><00:37:25.719><c> and</c><00:37:26.400><c> knocking</c><00:37:26.679><c> him</c><00:37:26.820><c> to</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.119><c> ground.</c><00:37:27.519><c> I</c>

00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:29.900
fought<00:37:27.800><c> with</c><00:37:28.179><c> beast</c><00:37:28.340><c> at</c><00:37:28.500><c> Ephesus</c><00:37:28.800><c> he</c><00:37:28.980><c> said.</c>

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:33.900
There's<00:37:31.980><c> something</c><00:37:32.199><c> very</c><00:37:32.559><c> frightening</c><00:37:32.840><c> about</c><00:37:33.059><c> a</c><00:37:33.280><c> crowd</c><00:37:33.440><c> in</c><00:37:33.639><c> a</c>

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:36.300
bitter<00:37:34.099><c> frenzy.</c>

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:41.539
And<00:37:38.519><c> though</c><00:37:38.639><c> the</c><00:37:38.880><c> riot</c><00:37:39.039><c> was</c><00:37:39.300><c> calmed</c><00:37:39.659><c> down</c><00:37:39.940><c> by</c><00:37:40.139><c> the</c><00:37:40.360><c> town</c><00:37:40.579><c> clerk</c>

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:45.000
nevertheless<00:37:43.300><c> conditions</c><00:37:43.739><c> were</c><00:37:43.980><c> so</c><00:37:44.199><c> bad</c><00:37:44.400><c> they</c><00:37:44.579><c> thought</c><00:37:44.739><c> it</c>

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:47.659
advisable<00:37:45.420><c> for</c><00:37:45.679><c> Paul</c><00:37:45.780><c> to</c><00:37:46.000><c> move</c><00:37:46.179><c> on.</c>

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:51.900
And<00:37:48.159><c> so</c><00:37:48.260><c> he</c><00:37:48.400><c> went</c><00:37:48.539><c> on</c><00:37:49.179><c> and</c><00:37:50.199><c> he</c><00:37:50.320><c> left</c><00:37:50.480><c> in</c><00:37:50.599><c> that</c><00:37:50.860><c> place.</c><00:37:51.699><c> Timothy</c>

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:54.940
for<00:37:52.099><c> this</c><00:37:52.380><c> cause</c><00:37:52.639><c> I</c><00:37:52.860><c> left</c><00:37:53.079><c> the</c><00:37:53.219><c> at</c><00:37:53.380><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:58.000
But<00:37:55.239><c> thou</c><00:37:55.420><c> mightest</c><00:37:55.840><c> charge</c><00:37:56.139><c> some</c><00:37:56.360><c> to</c><00:37:56.559><c> teach</c><00:37:56.739><c> no</c><00:37:56.980><c> other</c><00:37:57.119><c> doctrine.</c>

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:01.219
And<00:37:59.440><c> you</c><00:37:59.559><c> see</c><00:37:59.619><c> Paul</c><00:37:59.860><c> left</c><00:38:00.079><c> them</c><00:38:00.260><c> very</c><00:38:00.539><c> conscious</c><00:38:00.920><c> that</c><00:38:01.099><c> there</c>

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.420
was<00:38:01.420><c> still</c>

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:06.219
the<00:38:03.019><c> potential</c><00:38:03.400><c> for</c><00:38:04.079><c> doctrinal</c><00:38:04.539><c> problems</c><00:38:04.880><c> in</c><00:38:05.119><c> their</c><00:38:05.219><c> midst.</c>

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:10.260
And<00:38:08.280><c> you</c><00:38:08.280><c> can</c><00:38:08.820><c> imagine</c><00:38:09.099><c> the</c><00:38:09.260><c> sorrow</c><00:38:09.539><c> of</c><00:38:09.760><c> her</c><00:38:09.880><c> with</c><00:38:10.000><c> which</c><00:38:10.119><c> he</c>

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:13.260
left<00:38:10.400><c> those</c><00:38:10.699><c> brethren</c><00:38:10.980><c> in</c><00:38:11.199><c> Ephesus</c><00:38:11.519><c> and</c><00:38:11.659><c> went</c><00:38:11.780><c> on</c><00:38:11.940><c> his</c><00:38:12.099><c> journey.</c>

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:18.539
But<00:38:16.059><c> he</c><00:38:16.159><c> was</c><00:38:16.239><c> to</c><00:38:16.400><c> make</c><00:38:16.519><c> one</c><00:38:16.780><c> more</c><00:38:16.980><c> call</c><00:38:17.139><c> at</c><00:38:17.260><c> Ephesus</c><00:38:17.519><c> and</c><00:38:17.659><c> we</c><00:38:17.860><c> find</c><00:38:18.039><c> that</c><00:38:18.380><c> in</c>

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:20.059
chapter<00:38:18.780><c> 20.</c>

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:24.280
This<00:38:20.940><c> final</c><00:38:21.280><c> visit</c><00:38:21.519><c> on</c><00:38:21.679><c> the</c><00:38:21.820><c> way</c><00:38:21.940><c> to</c><00:38:22.139><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:22.539><c> for</c><00:38:22.800><c> his</c><00:38:23.679><c> imprisonment</c><00:38:24.139><c> and</c>

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:25.760
his<00:38:24.480><c> journey</c><00:38:24.639><c> to</c><00:38:24.900><c> Rome.</c>

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:30.179
He<00:38:26.519><c> stops</c><00:38:26.780><c> off</c><00:38:27.019><c> at</c><00:38:27.179><c> Ephesus</c><00:38:27.559><c> in</c><00:38:27.739><c> chapter</c><00:38:27.940><c> 20</c><00:38:29.059><c> and</c><00:38:29.559><c> verse</c><00:38:29.780><c> 16.</c>

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:33.300
For<00:38:30.320><c> Paul</c><00:38:30.539><c> are</c><00:38:30.800><c> determined</c><00:38:31.159><c> to</c><00:38:31.400><c> sail</c><00:38:31.659><c> by</c><00:38:31.940><c> Ephesus</c>

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:36.000
because<00:38:33.880><c> he</c><00:38:33.960><c> would</c><00:38:34.139><c> not</c><00:38:34.300><c> spend</c><00:38:34.460><c> the</c><00:38:34.659><c> time</c><00:38:34.840><c> in</c><00:38:35.000><c> Asia</c><00:38:35.099><c> for</c><00:38:35.280><c> he</c><00:38:35.519><c> hasted</c><00:38:35.860><c> to</c>

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:37.860
be<00:38:36.099><c> at</c><00:38:36.280><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:36.639><c> for</c><00:38:36.900><c> Pentecost.</c>

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.699
And<00:38:39.119><c> even</c><00:38:39.239><c> though</c><00:38:39.400><c> he</c><00:38:39.460><c> was</c><00:38:39.579><c> in</c><00:38:39.679><c> a</c><00:38:39.800><c> hurry</c><00:38:39.920><c> to</c><00:38:40.059><c> get</c><00:38:40.179><c> to</c><00:38:40.400><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:42.239
nevertheless<00:38:41.179><c> he</c><00:38:41.599><c> still</c>

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:46.139
gave<00:38:42.699><c> time</c><00:38:43.159><c> for</c><00:38:43.420><c> Ephesus.</c><00:38:45.019><c> And</c><00:38:45.159><c> he'd</c><00:38:45.420><c> thought</c><00:38:45.539><c> about</c><00:38:45.820><c> this</c>

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:48.179
long<00:38:46.380><c> and</c><00:38:46.699><c> hard</c><00:38:46.900><c> brethren</c><00:38:47.119><c> and</c><00:38:47.320><c> sisters.</c><00:38:47.440><c> You</c><00:38:47.719><c> imagine</c>

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:51.239
this<00:38:48.780><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:49.159><c> was</c><00:38:49.360><c> the</c><00:38:49.519><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:49.840><c> he</c><00:38:49.980><c> had</c><00:38:50.239><c> spent</c><00:38:50.460><c> most</c><00:38:50.900><c> time</c>

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:53.340
with<00:38:51.420><c> in</c><00:38:51.500><c> his</c><00:38:51.739><c> whole</c><00:38:52.039><c> preaching</c><00:38:52.400><c> career.</c>

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:56.980
He<00:38:53.980><c> knew</c><00:38:54.079><c> every</c><00:38:54.500><c> one</c><00:38:54.619><c> of</c><00:38:54.780><c> their</c><00:38:54.960><c> elders</c><00:38:55.320><c> by</c><00:38:55.699><c> name</c><00:38:56.059><c> and</c><00:38:56.780><c> right</c>

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:58.099
to<00:38:57.159><c> the</c><00:38:57.380><c> heart.</c>

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:01.820
And<00:39:00.159><c> he</c><00:39:00.280><c> thought</c><00:39:00.460><c> long</c><00:39:00.679><c> and</c><00:39:00.860><c> hard</c><00:39:00.960><c> about</c><00:39:01.079><c> what</c><00:39:01.159><c> he</c><00:39:01.219><c> had</c><00:39:01.360><c> to</c><00:39:01.519><c> say.</c><00:39:01.820><c> In</c>

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:03.920
fact<00:39:01.980><c> you</c><00:39:02.139><c> know</c><00:39:02.420><c> we</c><00:39:02.980><c> noticed</c><00:39:03.320><c> there</c><00:39:03.579><c> when</c><00:39:03.739><c> they</c>

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:06.960
left<00:39:04.179><c> Assos</c><00:39:04.719><c> in</c><00:39:05.000><c> verse</c><00:39:05.179><c> 13.</c><00:39:05.599><c> We</c><00:39:05.599><c> sailed</c><00:39:05.980><c> by</c><00:39:06.360><c> ship.</c><00:39:06.699><c> We</c><00:39:06.820><c> sailed</c>

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:10.820
to<00:39:07.199><c> Assos.</c><00:39:08.440><c> They're</c><00:39:08.820><c> intending</c><00:39:09.139><c> to</c><00:39:09.420><c> take</c><00:39:09.619><c> in</c><00:39:09.940><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:14.059
For<00:39:11.320><c> so</c><00:39:11.599><c> had</c><00:39:11.719><c> he</c><00:39:11.920><c> appointed,</c><00:39:12.280><c> mining</c><00:39:12.599><c> himself</c><00:39:13.079><c> to</c><00:39:13.320><c> go</c><00:39:13.480><c> on</c><00:39:13.780><c> foot.</c><00:39:13.940><c> And</c>

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:18.119
Paul<00:39:14.300><c> had</c><00:39:14.659><c> walked</c><00:39:14.960><c> from</c><00:39:15.659><c> Troas</c><00:39:16.079><c> to</c><00:39:16.340><c> Assos.</c>

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:24.579
Which<00:39:20.340><c> is</c><00:39:20.519><c> a</c><00:39:20.639><c> journey.</c><00:39:21.239><c> Actually</c><00:39:21.360><c> Troas</c><00:39:21.780><c> is</c><00:39:22.380><c> up</c><00:39:22.699><c> here</c><00:39:23.400><c> and</c><00:39:23.920><c> Assos</c><00:39:24.340><c> is</c>

00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:26.300
down<00:39:24.780><c> the</c><00:39:24.980><c> coast</c><00:39:25.199><c> down</c><00:39:25.519><c> here.</c><00:39:25.760><c> He'd</c><00:39:26.119><c> walked</c>

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:30.099
on<00:39:26.780><c> his</c><00:39:27.059><c> own.</c><00:39:28.480><c> They</c><00:39:28.639><c> went</c><00:39:28.820><c> by</c><00:39:29.119><c> ship</c><00:39:29.280><c> and</c><00:39:29.440><c> he</c><00:39:29.639><c> walked.</c><00:39:29.860><c> You</c><00:39:30.019><c> know</c>

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:31.519
why<00:39:30.239><c> he</c><00:39:30.440><c> walked?</c><00:39:30.579><c> I</c><00:39:30.800><c> believe</c><00:39:30.940><c> he</c><00:39:31.179><c> walked</c><00:39:31.340><c> because</c>

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:33.480
he<00:39:31.619><c> was</c><00:39:31.900><c> praying</c><00:39:32.219><c> about</c><00:39:32.460><c> what</c><00:39:32.579><c> he</c><00:39:32.699><c> would</c><00:39:32.860><c> say</c><00:39:33.039><c> to</c><00:39:33.179><c> the</c><00:39:33.320><c> elders</c>

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:36.139
of<00:39:33.679><c> Ephesus.</c><00:39:34.880><c> He'd</c><00:39:35.059><c> already</c><00:39:35.320><c> sent</c><00:39:35.539><c> notice</c><00:39:35.880><c> ahead</c>

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:37.960
that<00:39:36.260><c> they</c><00:39:36.440><c> were</c><00:39:36.519><c> to</c><00:39:36.679><c> meet</c><00:39:36.760><c> him</c><00:39:36.900><c> at</c><00:39:37.059><c> Miletus</c><00:39:37.400><c> which</c><00:39:37.539><c> was</c><00:39:37.739><c> the</c>

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:41.000
port<00:39:38.179><c> city.</c><00:39:40.039><c> He</c><00:39:40.139><c> said</c><00:39:40.219><c> you</c><00:39:40.360><c> meet</c><00:39:40.539><c> me</c><00:39:40.719><c> there</c><00:39:40.900><c> because</c>

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:43.880
I've<00:39:41.199><c> got</c><00:39:41.300><c> something</c><00:39:41.619><c> very</c><00:39:42.000><c> important</c><00:39:42.360><c> to</c><00:39:42.639><c> say.</c><00:39:43.420><c> And</c><00:39:43.639><c> we</c><00:39:43.739><c> know</c>

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:46.400
what<00:39:43.980><c> he</c><00:39:44.159><c> said</c><00:39:44.239><c> because</c><00:39:44.480><c> it</c><00:39:44.619><c> was</c><00:39:44.820><c> recorded</c><00:39:45.179><c> for</c><00:39:45.420><c> us.</c>

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:48.699
You<00:39:46.619><c> know</c><00:39:46.659><c> we've</c><00:39:46.800><c> got</c><00:39:46.920><c> virtually</c><00:39:47.260><c> nothing</c><00:39:47.639><c> of</c><00:39:47.780><c> the</c><00:39:47.960><c> three</c><00:39:48.139><c> years</c><00:39:48.400><c> that</c><00:39:48.539><c> he</c>

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:50.019
spent<00:39:48.920><c> there</c>

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:52.380
but<00:39:50.559><c> we've</c><00:39:50.820><c> got</c><00:39:50.960><c> this</c><00:39:51.219><c> because</c><00:39:51.440><c> this</c><00:39:51.679><c> was</c><00:39:51.880><c> something</c><00:39:52.139><c> he</c>

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:53.679
thought<00:39:52.599><c> through.</c>

00:39:56.860 --> 00:40:01.119
And<00:39:57.340><c> he</c><00:39:57.539><c> reminded</c><00:39:57.820><c> them</c><00:39:58.039><c> of</c><00:39:59.179><c> his</c><00:39:59.619><c> attitude</c><00:40:00.019><c> amongst</c><00:40:00.380><c> them.</c>

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You<00:40:02.940><c> know</c><00:40:02.940><c> his</c><00:40:03.059><c> own</c><00:40:03.260><c> example.</c><00:40:04.980><c> You</c><00:40:05.219><c> know</c><00:40:05.460><c> he</c><00:40:05.679><c> says</c><00:40:05.780><c> in</c><00:40:05.980><c> verse</c><00:40:06.260><c> 18</c><00:40:06.519><c> from</c><00:40:06.739><c> the</c><00:40:07.059><c> first</c><00:40:07.460><c> day</c><00:40:08.019><c> what</c><00:40:08.739><c> men</c><00:40:09.159><c> I</c><00:40:09.320><c> have</c>

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been<00:40:09.679><c> with</c><00:40:09.820><c> you</c><00:40:09.940><c> in</c><00:40:10.019><c> all</c><00:40:10.239><c> seasons.</c><00:40:12.679><c> You</c><00:40:12.800><c> know</c><00:40:12.900><c> it's</c><00:40:13.199><c> remarkable</c><00:40:13.519><c> how</c><00:40:13.739><c> Paul</c>

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could<00:40:14.219><c> say</c><00:40:14.460><c> to</c><00:40:14.659><c> people</c>

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be<00:40:15.639><c> followers</c><00:40:15.960><c> of</c><00:40:16.239><c> me</c><00:40:16.380><c> as</c><00:40:16.519><c> I</c><00:40:16.659><c> am</c><00:40:16.760><c> of</c><00:40:16.960><c> Christ.</c><00:40:17.840><c> Tremendous</c><00:40:18.320><c> for</c>

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him<00:40:18.559><c> to</c><00:40:18.679><c> be</c><00:40:18.699><c> able</c><00:40:18.820><c> to</c><00:40:18.920><c> say</c><00:40:19.079><c> that.</c>

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You<00:40:21.239><c> know,</c><00:40:21.559><c> he</c><00:40:21.760><c> says,</c><00:40:23.579><c> the</c><00:40:23.739><c> humility</c><00:40:24.099><c> of</c><00:40:24.380><c> mind</c><00:40:24.599><c> in</c><00:40:24.760><c> verse</c><00:40:25.019><c> 19,</c>

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the<00:40:26.539><c> tears,</c><00:40:26.980><c> the</c><00:40:27.119><c> temptations</c><00:40:28.400><c> and</c><00:40:29.860><c> in</c><00:40:30.119><c> spite</c><00:40:30.380><c> of</c><00:40:30.539><c> that</c>

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I<00:40:30.840><c> kept</c><00:40:31.059><c> back</c><00:40:31.440><c> nothing</c><00:40:31.800><c> that</c><00:40:31.980><c> was</c><00:40:32.300><c> profitable</c><00:40:32.659><c> unto</c><00:40:33.000><c> you.</c><00:40:35.840><c> You</c>

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know<00:40:37.039><c> it's</c><00:40:37.840><c> sometimes</c><00:40:38.079><c> very</c><00:40:38.420><c> easy</c><00:40:38.639><c> isn't</c><00:40:38.900><c> it</c><00:40:39.099><c> to</c>

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:43.860
only<00:40:40.380><c> want</c><00:40:40.519><c> to</c><00:40:40.639><c> talk</c><00:40:40.760><c> about</c><00:40:41.079><c> nice</c><00:40:41.380><c> things.</c><00:40:43.260><c> It's</c><00:40:43.440><c> not</c><00:40:43.599><c> always</c>

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easy<00:40:44.239><c> to</c><00:40:45.099><c> get</c><00:40:45.360><c> up</c><00:40:45.559><c> and</c><00:40:45.679><c> to</c><00:40:45.860><c> say</c><00:40:46.000><c> what</c><00:40:46.300><c> ought</c><00:40:46.460><c> to</c>

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be<00:40:46.760><c> said</c><00:40:46.940><c> sometimes.</c><00:40:49.460><c> And</c><00:40:49.619><c> Paul</c><00:40:49.739><c> says</c><00:40:50.099><c> I</c><00:40:50.320><c> wasn't</c><00:40:50.559><c> a</c><00:40:50.780><c> man</c><00:40:51.000><c> pleaser.</c><00:40:52.380><c> I</c>

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wasn't<00:40:52.639><c> just</c><00:40:52.920><c> worried</c><00:40:53.099><c> about</c><00:40:53.460><c> popularity.</c>

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I<00:40:55.980><c> kept</c><00:40:56.199><c> back</c><00:40:56.519><c> nothing</c><00:40:56.880><c> that</c><00:40:57.059><c> was</c><00:40:57.380><c> profitable</c><00:40:57.639><c> unto</c><00:40:57.840><c> you</c><00:40:57.960><c> but</c>

00:40:58.119 --> 00:41:00.260
have<00:40:58.500><c> showed</c><00:40:58.739><c> you</c><00:40:58.920><c> and</c><00:40:59.139><c> taught</c><00:40:59.280><c> you</c><00:40:59.480><c> from</c><00:40:59.739><c> house</c><00:41:00.039><c> to</c>

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house<00:41:01.099><c> testifying</c><00:41:01.960><c> repentance</c><00:41:02.659><c> toward</c><00:41:03.059><c> God</c><00:41:03.360><c> and</c><00:41:03.679><c> faith</c><00:41:03.940><c> toward</c><00:41:04.239><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:41:04.519><c> Jesus</c><00:41:04.880><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:41:08.460><c> he</c><00:41:08.599><c> said</c><00:41:08.659><c> you</c><00:41:08.880><c> know</c><00:41:09.079><c> that</c><00:41:09.219><c> I</c><00:41:09.320><c> was</c><00:41:09.460><c> like</c><00:41:09.679><c> that.</c><00:41:09.860><c> In</c><00:41:10.000><c> verse</c><00:41:10.639><c> 27</c>

00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:13.579
he<00:41:11.500><c> says</c><00:41:11.719><c> I</c><00:41:11.980><c> have</c><00:41:12.219><c> not</c><00:41:12.559><c> shunned</c><00:41:12.840><c> to</c><00:41:13.019><c> declare</c><00:41:13.179><c> you</c><00:41:13.360><c> the</c>

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whole<00:41:13.820><c> counsel</c><00:41:14.239><c> of</c><00:41:14.420><c> God.</c><00:41:18.619><c> You</c><00:41:18.699><c> know</c><00:41:18.840><c> if</c><00:41:18.960><c> it</c><00:41:19.079><c> is</c><00:41:19.280><c> our</c><00:41:19.519><c> responsibility</c><00:41:20.340><c> to</c><00:41:21.940><c> preach</c>

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:23.780
and<00:41:22.420><c> to</c><00:41:22.579><c> teach</c><00:41:22.760><c> the</c><00:41:23.000><c> word</c>

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let's<00:41:24.559><c> make</c><00:41:24.800><c> sure</c><00:41:24.960><c> we</c><00:41:25.099><c> give</c><00:41:25.239><c> the</c><00:41:25.500><c> whole</c><00:41:25.760><c> counsel</c><00:41:26.119><c> of</c><00:41:26.320><c> God</c><00:41:26.539><c> and</c>

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not<00:41:26.960><c> just</c><00:41:27.800><c> what</c><00:41:28.280><c> pleases</c><00:41:28.639><c> men.</c>

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It's<00:41:30.639><c> God's</c><00:41:31.059><c> word</c><00:41:31.179><c> and</c><00:41:31.320><c> it</c><00:41:31.420><c> has</c><00:41:31.599><c> to</c><00:41:31.739><c> be</c><00:41:31.880><c> delivered</c><00:41:32.059><c> in</c><00:41:32.239><c> that</c>

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way<00:41:33.599><c> and</c><00:41:34.539><c> Paul</c><00:41:34.659><c> had</c><00:41:34.840><c> done</c><00:41:34.960><c> that</c><00:41:35.239><c> faithfully.</c>

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And<00:41:38.119><c> so</c><00:41:38.199><c> he</c><00:41:38.340><c> told</c><00:41:38.519><c> them</c><00:41:38.659><c> in</c><00:41:38.780><c> verse</c><00:41:38.940><c> 25</c><00:41:39.440><c> that</c><00:41:39.579><c> this</c><00:41:39.719><c> was</c><00:41:39.940><c> the</c><00:41:40.139><c> last</c><00:41:40.400><c> time</c><00:41:40.719><c> they</c><00:41:40.860><c> would</c><00:41:41.059><c> see</c><00:41:41.280><c> him</c>

00:41:42.260 --> 00:41:45.840
and<00:41:42.659><c> that</c><00:41:42.880><c> cut</c><00:41:43.119><c> them</c><00:41:43.280><c> to</c><00:41:43.420><c> the</c><00:41:43.599><c> hearts.</c><00:41:44.820><c> We</c><00:41:44.940><c> know</c><00:41:45.179><c> that</c><00:41:45.340><c> for</c><00:41:45.460><c> what</c><00:41:45.659><c> it</c>

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says<00:41:45.900><c> at</c><00:41:46.119><c> the</c><00:41:46.219><c> end</c><00:41:46.400><c> in</c><00:41:46.559><c> verse</c><00:41:46.760><c> 38.</c>

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They<00:41:47.780><c> sorrowed</c><00:41:48.219><c> most</c><00:41:48.480><c> for</c><00:41:48.659><c> the</c><00:41:48.900><c> words</c><00:41:49.360><c> that</c><00:41:50.000><c> he</c><00:41:50.159><c> said</c><00:41:50.280><c> you</c><00:41:50.400><c> won't</c><00:41:50.699><c> see</c>

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me<00:41:51.199><c> again.</c><00:41:52.559><c> They</c><00:41:52.760><c> should</c><00:41:52.980><c> have</c><00:41:53.139><c> been</c>

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sorrowing<00:41:53.699><c> for</c><00:41:53.860><c> the</c><00:41:54.059><c> words</c><00:41:54.280><c> when</c><00:41:54.420><c> he</c><00:41:54.659><c> said</c><00:41:54.960><c> that</c><00:41:55.360><c> from</c><00:41:55.579><c> your</c>

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own<00:41:56.300><c> self</c><00:41:56.699><c> shall</c><00:41:56.940><c> men</c><00:41:57.119><c> arise.</c><00:41:58.780><c> That's</c><00:41:59.039><c> what</c><00:41:59.159><c> should</c>

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have<00:41:59.440><c> broken</c><00:41:59.639><c> their</c><00:41:59.920><c> hearts</c><00:42:00.500><c> but</c><00:42:02.260><c> it</c><00:42:02.380><c> took</c><00:42:02.500><c> a</c><00:42:02.679><c> while</c><00:42:02.820><c> for</c><00:42:02.940><c> that</c>

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to<00:42:03.260><c> sink</c><00:42:03.460><c> in.</c><00:42:05.619><c> And</c><00:42:05.820><c> so</c><00:42:05.860><c> he</c><00:42:05.940><c> had</c><00:42:06.079><c> to</c><00:42:06.239><c> warn</c><00:42:06.360><c> them</c><00:42:06.500><c> in</c>

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verse<00:42:06.820><c> 28</c><00:42:07.139><c> of</c><00:42:07.300><c> their</c><00:42:07.639><c> responsibilities.</c><00:42:08.619><c> They</c><00:42:08.820><c> were</c><00:42:09.019><c> now</c><00:42:09.139><c> to</c>

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take<00:42:09.579><c> over</c><00:42:09.820><c> as</c><00:42:10.000><c> the</c><00:42:10.219><c> shepherds</c><00:42:11.000><c> of</c><00:42:11.280><c> that</c><00:42:11.500><c> particular</c>

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ecclesiast,<00:42:12.739><c> overseers.</c><00:42:18.340><c> And</c><00:42:18.820><c> he</c><00:42:19.000><c> warned</c><00:42:19.119><c> them</c><00:42:19.320><c> about</c><00:42:19.539><c> the</c>

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grievous<00:42:20.059><c> wolves</c><00:42:20.519><c> who</c><00:42:20.800><c> would</c><00:42:21.079><c> come</c><00:42:21.340><c> in</c>

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not<00:42:22.820><c> spearing</c><00:42:23.179><c> the</c><00:42:23.460><c> flock.</c><00:42:23.860><c> There</c><00:42:24.000><c> would</c><00:42:24.199><c> be</c><00:42:24.400><c> attacks</c><00:42:24.760><c> from</c>

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Jedi<00:42:25.420><c> Isis</c><00:42:25.900><c> from</c><00:42:26.360><c> all</c><00:42:26.639><c> kinds</c><00:42:26.860><c> of</c><00:42:27.059><c> wrong</c><00:42:27.219><c> doctrine</c>

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that<00:42:28.420><c> would</c><00:42:28.639><c> come</c><00:42:28.860><c> into</c><00:42:29.019><c> the</c><00:42:29.260><c> ecclesiast.</c><00:42:30.320><c> But</c><00:42:30.579><c> even</c><00:42:30.900><c> worse</c>

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than<00:42:31.360><c> that</c><00:42:31.519><c> there</c><00:42:31.639><c> would</c><00:42:31.800><c> be</c><00:42:31.960><c> the</c><00:42:32.119><c> fact</c><00:42:32.219><c> that</c><00:42:32.460><c> from</c>

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this<00:42:33.679><c> group</c><00:42:34.320><c> of</c><00:42:34.619><c> brethren</c><00:42:34.820><c> that</c><00:42:35.039><c> came</c><00:42:35.239><c> to</c><00:42:35.400><c> Maledictus</c><00:42:35.920><c> of</c><00:42:36.159><c> your</c><00:42:36.559><c> own</c>

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self<00:42:37.559><c> shall</c><00:42:37.739><c> men</c><00:42:37.940><c> arise.</c>

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You<00:42:40.619><c> can</c><00:42:40.780><c> imagine</c><00:42:41.059><c> the</c><00:42:41.400><c> sadness</c><00:42:41.619><c> of</c><00:42:41.860><c> Paul</c><00:42:41.940><c> as</c><00:42:42.019><c> he</c><00:42:42.079><c> looked</c><00:42:42.179><c> around</c><00:42:42.440><c> upon</c>

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that<00:42:42.940><c> group</c><00:42:43.099><c> of</c><00:42:43.360><c> brethren.</c>

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Tears<00:42:44.300><c> streaming</c><00:42:44.519><c> down</c><00:42:44.800><c> their</c><00:42:45.000><c> faces</c>

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:50.400
and<00:42:48.099><c> Paul</c><00:42:48.320><c> saying</c><00:42:48.559><c> to</c><00:42:48.699><c> them</c><00:42:48.920><c> that</c><00:42:49.179><c> from</c><00:42:49.440><c> among</c><00:42:49.719><c> yourselves</c><00:42:50.260><c> is</c>

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:53.079
going<00:42:50.539><c> to</c><00:42:50.679><c> come</c><00:42:50.820><c> people</c><00:42:51.119><c> speaking</c><00:42:51.519><c> perverse</c><00:42:51.960><c> things</c>

00:42:54.039 --> 00:43:00.659
because<00:42:54.559><c> of</c><00:42:54.860><c> self</c><00:42:55.079><c>-promotion</c><00:42:55.800><c> to</c><00:42:56.820><c> draw</c><00:42:57.019><c> away</c><00:42:57.260><c> disciples</c><00:42:57.840><c> after</c><00:42:58.320><c> them.</c><00:42:59.360><c> Therefore</c><00:42:59.880><c> watch</c><00:43:00.300><c> and</c>

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remember<00:43:00.900><c> that</c><00:43:01.059><c> by</c>

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space<00:43:01.739><c> of</c><00:43:02.000><c> three</c><00:43:02.280><c> years</c><00:43:02.500><c> I</c><00:43:02.900><c> warned</c><00:43:03.239><c> you</c><00:43:03.539><c> night</c><00:43:03.719><c> and</c><00:43:03.920><c> day</c><00:43:04.059><c> with</c><00:43:04.300><c> tears.</c>

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Do<00:43:08.719><c> you</c><00:43:08.739><c> know</c><00:43:08.900><c> brethren</c><00:43:09.079><c> and</c><00:43:09.340><c> sisters</c><00:43:09.780><c> they</c><00:43:11.420><c> did</c><00:43:11.619><c> listen</c><00:43:11.880><c> to</c>

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what<00:43:12.139><c> he</c><00:43:12.320><c> said.</c>

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You<00:43:13.119><c> just</c><00:43:13.280><c> keep</c><00:43:13.460><c> your</c><00:43:13.639><c> hand</c><00:43:13.780><c> there</c><00:43:13.940><c> and</c><00:43:14.019><c> go</c><00:43:14.159><c> to</c><00:43:14.320><c> Revelation</c><00:43:14.760><c> chapter</c><00:43:15.179><c> 2.</c>

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:22.699
They<00:43:18.320><c> got</c><00:43:18.539><c> the</c><00:43:18.760><c> point</c><00:43:18.880><c> of</c><00:43:19.039><c> that</c><00:43:19.960><c> and</c><00:43:21.239><c> when</c><00:43:21.340><c> the</c><00:43:21.440><c> Lord</c><00:43:21.559><c> Jesus</c><00:43:21.840><c> Christ</c><00:43:22.139><c> wrote</c><00:43:22.440><c> to</c>

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Ephesus<00:43:23.139><c> 30</c><00:43:23.559><c> years</c><00:43:23.880><c> later</c><00:43:24.179><c> in</c><00:43:24.340><c> Revelation</c>

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chapter<00:43:27.039><c> 2</c><00:43:27.519><c> and</c><00:43:28.440><c> verse</c><00:43:28.719><c> 2</c><00:43:28.960><c> he</c><00:43:29.099><c> says</c><00:43:29.239><c> I</c><00:43:29.380><c> know</c><00:43:29.599><c> thy</c><00:43:29.840><c> works</c><00:43:30.579><c> and</c>

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thy<00:43:32.059><c> labour.</c>

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They've<00:43:34.840><c> learnt</c><00:43:34.940><c> that</c><00:43:35.179><c> from</c><00:43:35.340><c> Paul</c><00:43:35.500><c> haven't</c><00:43:35.739><c> they.</c><00:43:35.900><c> I've</c><00:43:36.280><c> showed</c><00:43:36.460><c> you</c>

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says<00:43:36.820><c> Paul</c><00:43:37.079><c> that</c><00:43:37.340><c> so</c><00:43:37.619><c> laboring</c><00:43:37.940><c> with</c><00:43:38.139><c> my</c>

00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:41.099
own<00:43:38.679><c> hands</c><00:43:39.019><c> you</c><00:43:39.500><c> ought</c><00:43:39.659><c> to</c><00:43:39.940><c> support</c><00:43:40.139><c> the</c><00:43:40.380><c> weak.</c><00:43:40.760><c> They</c><00:43:40.940><c> learnt</c>

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that<00:43:41.320><c> lesson.</c><00:43:42.280><c> Jesus</c><00:43:42.559><c> said</c><00:43:42.760><c> I</c><00:43:42.960><c> know</c><00:43:43.219><c> your</c><00:43:43.440><c> labour</c>

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and<00:43:44.900><c> your</c><00:43:45.179><c> patience</c><00:43:45.980><c> and</c><00:43:48.219><c> how</c><00:43:48.460><c> thou</c><00:43:48.639><c> canst</c><00:43:49.219><c> not</c><00:43:49.519><c> bear</c><00:43:49.860><c> them</c>

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which<00:43:50.300><c> are</c><00:43:50.480><c> evil</c><00:43:50.739><c> but</c><00:43:50.940><c> has</c><00:43:51.239><c> tried</c><00:43:51.559><c> them</c><00:43:51.719><c> which</c><00:43:51.920><c> say</c><00:43:52.079><c> they</c>

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:56.500
apostles<00:43:52.739><c> and</c><00:43:52.980><c> are</c><00:43:53.219><c> not</c><00:43:53.539><c> and</c><00:43:53.920><c> found</c><00:43:54.139><c> them</c><00:43:54.440><c> liars.</c><00:43:55.659><c> You</c><00:43:55.780><c> see</c><00:43:55.820><c> they</c><00:43:55.960><c> got</c><00:43:56.119><c> the</c><00:43:56.280><c> point</c><00:43:56.380><c> of</c>

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that<00:43:56.679><c> exhortation</c>

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they<00:43:58.739><c> watched</c><00:43:59.280><c> and</c><00:43:59.539><c> they</c><00:43:59.820><c> looked</c><00:44:00.659><c> and</c><00:44:02.219><c> they</c><00:44:02.360><c> identified</c><00:44:02.920><c> men</c>

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like<00:44:03.460><c> Hymenius</c><00:44:04.000><c> and</c><00:44:04.159><c> Alexander</c>

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:10.639
men<00:44:06.579><c> like</c><00:44:07.039><c> Philetus</c><00:44:07.880><c> who</c><00:44:08.619><c> were</c><00:44:08.820><c> teaching</c><00:44:09.320><c> that</c><00:44:09.760><c> the</c><00:44:09.980><c> resurrection</c><00:44:10.340><c> was</c>

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passed<00:44:10.980><c> already</c>

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and<00:44:14.519><c> they</c><00:44:14.679><c> took</c><00:44:14.780><c> action</c><00:44:15.099><c> on</c><00:44:15.239><c> those</c><00:44:15.480><c> brethren</c><00:44:15.820><c> who</c><00:44:16.139><c> were</c><00:44:16.300><c> teaching</c><00:44:16.599><c> that</c>

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wrong<00:44:17.099><c> doctrine.</c>

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They<00:44:18.940><c> tried</c><00:44:19.320><c> them</c><00:44:19.500><c> and</c><00:44:19.579><c> said</c><00:44:19.659><c> they</c><00:44:19.780><c> were</c><00:44:19.960><c> apostles</c><00:44:20.320><c> and</c><00:44:20.579><c> got</c>

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rid<00:44:20.940><c> of</c><00:44:21.099><c> them.</c>

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So<00:44:21.960><c> they</c><00:44:22.159><c> took</c><00:44:22.380><c> the</c><00:44:22.539><c> little</c><00:44:22.739><c> exhortation</c><00:44:23.260><c> of</c><00:44:23.500><c> Paul</c><00:44:23.659><c> concerning</c><00:44:24.199><c> the</c><00:44:25.239><c> purity</c><00:44:25.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:44:25.880><c> truth.</c>

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When<00:44:29.699><c> we</c><00:44:29.820><c> go</c><00:44:29.940><c> back</c><00:44:30.119><c> to</c><00:44:30.260><c> Acts</c><00:44:30.420><c> 20</c><00:44:30.719><c> verse</c>

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you'd<00:44:34.179><c> have</c><00:44:34.300><c> noticed</c><00:44:34.539><c> some</c><00:44:34.780><c> of</c><00:44:34.940><c> the</c><00:44:35.139><c> terms</c><00:44:35.500><c> that</c><00:44:35.739><c> are</c><00:44:35.880><c> in</c><00:44:36.019><c> this</c>

00:44:36.340 --> 00:44:38.320
verse<00:44:36.559><c> that</c><00:44:36.760><c> come</c><00:44:36.900><c> up</c><00:44:37.139><c> again</c><00:44:37.539><c> and</c><00:44:37.760><c> again</c><00:44:38.039><c> in</c>

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:42.099
Ephesians.<00:44:39.579><c> I</c><00:44:39.820><c> commend</c><00:44:40.119><c> you</c><00:44:40.260><c> to</c><00:44:40.440><c> God</c><00:44:40.860><c> and</c><00:44:41.280><c> to</c><00:44:41.400><c> the</c><00:44:41.639><c> word</c><00:44:41.880><c> of</c>

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his<00:44:42.719><c> grace</c>

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which<00:44:45.900><c> is</c><00:44:46.139><c> able</c><00:44:46.400><c> to</c><00:44:46.679><c> build</c><00:44:46.920><c> you</c><00:44:47.159><c> up,</c><00:44:48.639><c> edify</c><00:44:48.980><c> you.</c><00:44:50.420><c> You</c><00:44:50.420><c> see</c><00:44:50.579><c> grace</c><00:44:50.960><c> is</c>

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:52.500
a<00:44:51.179><c> theme</c><00:44:51.380><c> of</c><00:44:51.920><c> Ephesians.</c>

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Building<00:44:53.320><c> the</c><00:44:53.639><c> temple</c><00:44:53.880><c> of</c><00:44:54.099><c> God</c><00:44:54.260><c> is</c><00:44:54.579><c> a</c><00:44:54.659><c> theme</c><00:44:54.900><c> of</c><00:44:55.119><c> Ephesians</c><00:44:55.920><c> and</c><00:44:57.480><c> to</c>

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give<00:44:57.900><c> you</c><00:44:59.280><c> an</c><00:44:59.780><c> inheritance</c>

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:04.019
and<00:45:01.320><c> there's</c><00:45:01.539><c> another</c><00:45:01.820><c> theme</c><00:45:02.099><c> from</c><00:45:02.320><c> an</c><00:45:02.539><c> Ephesians</c><00:45:02.840><c> an</c><00:45:03.159><c> inheritance</c><00:45:03.579><c> among</c>

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:05.480
all<00:45:04.659><c> them</c><00:45:04.840><c> which</c><00:45:05.099><c> are</c>

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:09.559
saints<00:45:06.019><c> and</c><00:45:06.239><c> it's</c><00:45:06.420><c> the</c><00:45:06.579><c> same</c><00:45:06.860><c> word</c><00:45:07.500><c> or</c><00:45:08.719><c> very</c><00:45:09.039><c> similar</c><00:45:09.300><c> word</c><00:45:09.420><c> in</c>

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:11.599
the<00:45:09.699><c> Greek</c><00:45:10.059><c> amongst</c><00:45:10.639><c> all</c><00:45:10.940><c> those</c><00:45:11.079><c> which</c><00:45:11.239><c> are</c>

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called<00:45:11.760><c> to</c><00:45:11.940><c> be</c><00:45:12.179><c> saints</c><00:45:12.840><c> the</c><00:45:14.079><c> set</c><00:45:14.260><c>-apart</c><00:45:14.619><c> ones</c><00:45:14.920><c> the</c><00:45:15.179><c> sanctified</c><00:45:15.840><c> ones</c>

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:20.940
and<00:45:18.840><c> already</c><00:45:18.980><c> in</c><00:45:19.199><c> Paul's</c><00:45:19.579><c> mind</c><00:45:19.719><c> is</c><00:45:19.880><c> a</c><00:45:20.000><c> very</c><00:45:20.280><c> clear</c><00:45:20.500><c> theme</c><00:45:20.800><c> of</c>

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:22.699
what<00:45:21.079><c> he</c><00:45:21.199><c> wants</c><00:45:21.380><c> to</c><00:45:21.579><c> say</c><00:45:21.659><c> to</c><00:45:21.860><c> Ephesus</c>

00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:30.800
and<00:45:26.800><c> he</c><00:45:26.940><c> leaves</c><00:45:27.059><c> with</c><00:45:27.260><c> him</c><00:45:27.400><c> his</c><00:45:27.659><c> very</c><00:45:28.500><c> great</c><00:45:29.039><c> personal</c><00:45:29.460><c> example</c>

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:34.500
of<00:45:31.780><c> laboring</c><00:45:32.099><c> with</c><00:45:32.280><c> his</c><00:45:32.460><c> own</c><00:45:32.719><c> hand</c><00:45:33.000><c> to</c><00:45:33.219><c> support</c><00:45:33.539><c> the</c><00:45:33.780><c> weak</c>

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:42.260
and<00:45:38.500><c> you</c><00:45:38.619><c> know</c><00:45:38.699><c> he</c><00:45:38.800><c> never</c><00:45:39.039><c> saw</c><00:45:39.219><c> them</c><00:45:39.360><c> again.</c><00:45:41.619><c> After</c><00:45:41.900><c> they'd</c>

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prayed<00:45:42.480><c> together</c><00:45:42.900><c> and</c><00:45:43.119><c> cried</c>

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:47.380
Paul<00:45:44.099><c> got</c><00:45:44.179><c> out</c><00:45:44.340><c> of</c><00:45:44.440><c> the</c><00:45:44.599><c> ship</c><00:45:44.719><c> and</c><00:45:44.900><c> they</c><00:45:45.079><c> walked</c><00:45:45.260><c> home</c><00:45:45.500><c> to</c><00:45:45.619><c> Ephesus</c><00:45:46.260><c> and</c>

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:49.440
he<00:45:47.500><c> never</c><00:45:47.699><c> saw</c><00:45:47.860><c> any</c><00:45:48.079><c> of</c><00:45:48.199><c> the</c><00:45:48.320><c> Ephesians</c><00:45:48.719><c> again</c>

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:56.380
but<00:45:52.579><c> his</c><00:45:52.800><c> work</c><00:45:52.960><c> had</c><00:45:53.139><c> not</c><00:45:53.280><c> been</c><00:45:53.519><c> in</c><00:45:53.679><c> vain.</c><00:45:55.500><c> You</c><00:45:55.599><c> know</c><00:45:56.019><c> there's</c><00:45:56.280><c> a</c>

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very<00:45:56.539><c> beautiful</c><00:45:56.840><c> summary</c><00:45:57.179><c> that's</c><00:45:57.420><c> on</c>

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notes<00:45:57.860><c> that</c><00:45:57.920><c> were</c><00:45:58.079><c> given</c><00:45:58.239><c> out</c><00:45:58.500><c> but</c><00:45:59.340><c> it's</c><00:45:59.519><c> in</c><00:45:59.619><c> Mother</c><00:45:59.800><c> Carter's</c>

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book<00:46:00.300><c> as</c><00:46:00.460><c> well</c><00:46:00.539><c> I'll</c><00:46:00.659><c> just</c><00:46:00.820><c> read</c><00:46:00.960><c> it</c><00:46:01.159><c> to</c><00:46:01.260><c> you.</c>

00:46:02.780 --> 00:46:07.679
It<00:46:02.880><c> says</c><00:46:03.079><c> this</c><00:46:03.320><c> Paul</c><00:46:03.579><c> did</c><00:46:03.780><c> not</c><00:46:04.000><c> go</c><00:46:04.239><c> from</c><00:46:04.440><c> Ephesus</c><00:46:05.280><c> before</c><00:46:06.780><c> Christianity</c><00:46:07.360><c> was</c>

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firmly<00:46:08.019><c> established</c><00:46:08.579><c> in</c><00:46:08.780><c> Ephesus</c>

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:12.300
and<00:46:10.340><c> the</c><00:46:10.539><c> beacon</c><00:46:10.719><c> of</c><00:46:10.900><c> the</c><00:46:11.059><c> gospel</c><00:46:11.300><c> was</c><00:46:11.559><c> twinkling</c><00:46:11.900><c> brightly</c>

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:14.280
on<00:46:12.500><c> the</c><00:46:12.679><c> Asian</c><00:46:12.960><c> coast</c><00:46:13.420><c> in</c><00:46:13.659><c> response</c>

00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:17.699
to<00:46:15.019><c> that</c><00:46:15.239><c> which</c><00:46:15.340><c> was</c><00:46:15.539><c> shining</c><00:46:15.800><c> from</c><00:46:16.039><c> the</c><00:46:16.219><c> shores</c><00:46:16.380><c> of</c><00:46:16.619><c> Greece.</c>

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We<00:46:18.579><c> have</c><00:46:18.739><c> a</c><00:46:18.920><c> monument</c><00:46:19.179><c> of</c><00:46:19.380><c> his</c><00:46:19.480><c> success</c><00:46:19.980><c> in</c>

00:46:20.179 --> 00:46:24.239
the<00:46:20.340><c> ecclesias</c><00:46:20.800><c> lying</c><00:46:21.019><c> all</c><00:46:21.380><c> around</c><00:46:21.639><c> Ephesus</c><00:46:22.880><c> which</c><00:46:23.460><c> John</c><00:46:23.679><c> addressed</c><00:46:24.000><c> a</c>

00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:26.280
few<00:46:24.320><c> years</c><00:46:24.539><c> afterward</c><00:46:24.860><c> in</c><00:46:25.000><c> the</c><00:46:25.179><c> apocalypse</c>

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:29.960
for<00:46:27.039><c> they</c><00:46:27.179><c> were</c><00:46:27.380><c> probably</c><00:46:27.679><c> the</c><00:46:27.940><c> indirect</c><00:46:28.260><c> fruit</c><00:46:28.539><c> of</c><00:46:28.760><c> Paul's</c><00:46:29.159><c> labors</c>

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:35.760
but<00:46:31.659><c> we</c><00:46:31.860><c> have</c><00:46:32.019><c> a</c><00:46:32.320><c> far</c><00:46:32.579><c> more</c><00:46:32.940><c> astonishing</c><00:46:33.440><c> monument</c><00:46:34.079><c> of</c><00:46:35.360><c> it</c><00:46:35.539><c> in</c>

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:37.880
the<00:46:35.960><c> epistle</c><00:46:36.219><c> to</c><00:46:36.400><c> the</c><00:46:36.599><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:41.320
This<00:46:38.579><c> is</c><00:46:38.820><c> perhaps</c><00:46:39.119><c> the</c><00:46:39.440><c> profoundest</c><00:46:39.960><c> book</c><00:46:40.159><c> in</c><00:46:40.500><c> existence</c>

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:45.179
yet<00:46:42.599><c> its</c><00:46:42.820><c> author</c><00:46:43.059><c> evidently</c><00:46:43.739><c> expected</c><00:46:44.059><c> the</c><00:46:44.360><c> Ephesians</c><00:46:44.800><c> to</c>

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:46.440
understand<00:46:45.639><c> it.</c>

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:50.480
The<00:46:48.280><c> epistle</c><00:46:48.519><c> to</c><00:46:48.699><c> the</c><00:46:48.900><c> Ephesians</c><00:46:49.320><c> which</c><00:46:49.619><c> sounds</c><00:46:49.900><c> the</c><00:46:50.219><c> lowest</c>

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:52.460
depths<00:46:50.820><c> of</c><00:46:51.039><c> Christian</c><00:46:51.420><c> doctrine</c>

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:56.619
and<00:46:53.139><c> scales</c><00:46:53.500><c> the</c><00:46:53.760><c> loftiest</c><00:46:54.239><c> heights</c><00:46:54.579><c> of</c><00:46:54.800><c> Christian</c><00:46:55.179><c> experience</c>

00:46:57.179 --> 00:47:01.760
is<00:46:57.739><c> a</c><00:46:57.980><c> testimony</c><00:46:58.360><c> to</c><00:46:58.599><c> the</c><00:46:58.840><c> proficiency</c><00:46:59.300><c> which</c><00:46:59.639><c> Paul's</c><00:47:00.179><c> converts</c><00:47:00.440><c> had</c><00:47:00.719><c> attained</c>

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:04.639
under<00:47:02.480><c> his</c><00:47:02.739><c> preaching</c><00:47:03.019><c> in</c><00:47:03.219><c> the</c><00:47:03.400><c> capital</c><00:47:03.599><c> of</c><00:47:03.860><c> Asia</c>

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:10.179
and<00:47:07.260><c> you</c><00:47:07.360><c> know</c><00:47:07.420><c> what</c><00:47:07.559><c> he's</c><00:47:07.739><c> really</c><00:47:08.019><c> saying</c><00:47:08.260><c> in</c><00:47:08.440><c> that</c><00:47:08.539><c> beautiful</c><00:47:08.960><c> summary</c>

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is<00:47:12.719><c> that</c><00:47:12.860><c> the</c><00:47:13.119><c> testimony</c><00:47:13.460><c> to</c><00:47:13.760><c> Paul's</c><00:47:14.139><c> work</c><00:47:14.360><c> in</c><00:47:14.579><c> amongst</c><00:47:14.800><c> the</c><00:47:15.079><c> Ephesians</c><00:47:15.480><c> was</c><00:47:15.739><c> that</c><00:47:15.900><c> he</c><00:47:16.059><c> wrote</c><00:47:16.280><c> such</c><00:47:16.559><c> a</c><00:47:18.000><c> wonderful</c>

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uplifting<00:47:19.079><c> exalted</c><00:47:19.719><c> book</c><00:47:20.039><c> to</c><00:47:20.280><c> them</c><00:47:21.280><c> knowing</c><00:47:22.539><c> they</c><00:47:22.780><c> were</c><00:47:23.000><c> capable</c><00:47:23.340><c> of</c>

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understanding<00:47:24.099><c> it.</c>

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What<00:47:27.619><c> about</c><00:47:27.840><c> us?</c><00:47:30.079><c> You</c><00:47:30.139><c> know</c><00:47:30.280><c> most</c><00:47:30.559><c> of</c><00:47:30.760><c> them</c><00:47:30.920><c> were</c><00:47:31.159><c> converts</c>

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from<00:47:32.900><c> Judaism.</c>

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The<00:47:35.400><c> majority</c><00:47:35.760><c> perhaps</c><00:47:36.219><c> came</c><00:47:36.619><c> from</c><00:47:36.940><c> pagan</c><00:47:37.380><c> superstition.</c><00:47:39.559><c> They</c><00:47:40.119><c> didn't</c><00:47:40.340><c> have</c><00:47:40.760><c> years</c><00:47:41.079><c> and</c><00:47:41.260><c> years</c><00:47:41.519><c> of</c><00:47:41.780><c> accumulated</c>

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learning,<00:47:44.340><c> not</c><00:47:44.639><c> too</c><00:47:44.780><c> many</c><00:47:44.920><c> books</c><00:47:45.159><c> on</c><00:47:45.300><c> their</c><00:47:45.500><c> bookshelves,</c><00:47:46.059><c> no</c>

00:47:46.320 --> 00:47:47.980
tape<00:47:46.619><c> service</c><00:47:47.039><c> for</c><00:47:47.219><c> them.</c>

00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:52.219
All<00:47:49.780><c> they</c><00:47:49.940><c> had</c><00:47:50.159><c> was</c><00:47:50.420><c> Paul</c><00:47:50.619><c> for</c><00:47:50.840><c> three</c><00:47:51.099><c> years</c><00:47:51.460><c> and</c><00:47:51.639><c> Timothy</c><00:47:52.000><c> and</c>

00:47:52.219 --> 00:47:54.099
others<00:47:52.380><c> of</c><00:47:52.639><c> similar</c><00:47:52.900><c> faith</c>

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and<00:47:56.219><c> they</c><00:47:56.420><c> were</c><00:47:56.659><c> expected</c><00:47:57.139><c> to</c><00:47:57.460><c> grasp</c><00:47:58.039><c> the</c><00:47:59.539><c> lofty</c><00:47:59.980><c> concepts</c><00:48:00.380><c> of</c>

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:02.800
the<00:48:00.800><c> epistle</c><00:48:01.099><c> to</c><00:48:01.320><c> the</c><00:48:01.460><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:07.659
That's<00:48:05.179><c> why</c><00:48:05.400><c> we</c><00:48:05.599><c> brethren</c><00:48:05.800><c> and</c><00:48:06.000><c> sisters</c><00:48:06.199><c> have</c><00:48:06.440><c> a</c><00:48:06.679><c> responsibility</c><00:48:07.139><c> likewise</c>

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with<00:48:07.880><c> all</c><00:48:08.119><c> our</c><00:48:08.380><c> background,</c>

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our<00:48:09.659><c> accumulated</c><00:48:10.239><c> learning.</c>

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We're<00:48:13.679><c> expected</c><00:48:13.960><c> to</c><00:48:14.219><c> understand</c><00:48:14.639><c> this</c><00:48:14.880><c> book</c><00:48:14.980><c> and</c><00:48:15.159><c> to</c><00:48:15.360><c> grasp</c>

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its<00:48:15.840><c> principles.</c>

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It's<00:48:19.300><c> not</c><00:48:19.460><c> going</c><00:48:19.599><c> to</c><00:48:19.719><c> be</c><00:48:19.880><c> easy</c><00:48:20.039><c> in</c><00:48:20.219><c> the</c><00:48:20.360><c> first</c><00:48:20.539><c> three</c><00:48:20.780><c> chapters</c>

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:24.039
because<00:48:22.139><c> the</c><00:48:22.619><c> first</c><00:48:22.900><c> three</c><00:48:23.119><c> chapters</c><00:48:23.320><c> of</c>

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:26.760
Ephesus<00:48:24.539><c> are</c><00:48:24.719><c> perhaps</c><00:48:24.960><c> the</c><00:48:25.119><c> most</c><00:48:25.559><c> concentrated</c><00:48:26.079><c> collection</c>

00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:30.559
of<00:48:28.000><c> divine</c><00:48:28.320><c> ideas</c><00:48:29.019><c> anywhere</c><00:48:29.519><c> on</c><00:48:29.800><c> record</c>

00:48:32.179 --> 00:48:37.840
but<00:48:32.699><c> they're</c><00:48:32.880><c> quite</c><00:48:33.099><c> easy</c><00:48:33.280><c> to</c><00:48:33.480><c> understand</c><00:48:34.280><c> if</c><00:48:35.820><c> we</c><00:48:35.860><c> let</c><00:48:35.980><c> our</c><00:48:36.260><c> mind</c><00:48:36.400><c> rise</c><00:48:36.719><c> to</c><00:48:36.900><c> them.</c>

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:40.960
Because<00:48:39.260><c> it's</c><00:48:39.420><c> a</c><00:48:39.539><c> definition</c><00:48:39.860><c> of</c><00:48:40.119><c> saintship.</c>

00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:45.239
You<00:48:42.280><c> know</c><00:48:42.320><c> Brother</c><00:48:42.500><c> Marshall</c><00:48:42.840><c> says</c><00:48:43.079><c> this,</c><00:48:43.300><c> he</c><00:48:43.320><c> says</c><00:48:43.420><c> on</c><00:48:43.619><c> careful</c><00:48:43.960><c> reading</c><00:48:44.300><c> of</c><00:48:44.539><c> Paul's</c><00:48:44.860><c> epistle</c><00:48:45.039><c> to</c>

00:48:45.239 --> 00:48:46.820
the<00:48:45.420><c> Ephesians</c>

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one<00:48:47.440><c> finds</c><00:48:47.760><c> it</c><00:48:47.940><c> difficult</c><00:48:48.199><c> to</c><00:48:48.400><c> escape</c><00:48:48.719><c> the</c><00:48:49.079><c> conclusion</c><00:48:49.320><c> that</c>

00:48:49.460 --> 00:48:51.800
he<00:48:49.559><c> was</c><00:48:49.780><c> not</c><00:48:50.019><c> so</c><00:48:50.219><c> much</c><00:48:50.380><c> writing</c><00:48:50.659><c> a</c><00:48:50.880><c> letter</c>

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:56.039
as<00:48:52.559><c> developing</c><00:48:52.940><c> a</c><00:48:53.219><c> portrait</c><00:48:53.579><c> of</c><00:48:53.780><c> the</c><00:48:54.000><c> kind</c><00:48:54.199><c> of</c><00:48:54.500><c> person</c><00:48:54.940><c> the</c><00:48:55.300><c> believer</c><00:48:55.559><c> ought</c><00:48:55.880><c> to</c>

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:58.280
be<00:48:56.119><c> in</c><00:48:56.280><c> every</c><00:48:56.480><c> aspect</c><00:48:56.820><c> of</c><00:48:56.980><c> his</c><00:48:57.179><c> life.</c>

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When<00:48:59.840><c> seen</c><00:49:00.019><c> in</c><00:49:00.199><c> this</c><00:49:00.400><c> way</c><00:49:00.519><c> the</c><00:49:00.699><c> epistle</c><00:49:01.039><c> is</c><00:49:01.260><c> the</c><00:49:01.460><c> most</c><00:49:01.719><c> profound,</c>

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the<00:49:03.519><c> loveliest</c><00:49:04.079><c> and</c><00:49:04.599><c> the</c><00:49:04.920><c> sternest</c><00:49:05.320><c> of</c><00:49:05.460><c> all</c><00:49:05.679><c> Paul's</c><00:49:06.159><c> epistles.</c>

00:49:09.860 --> 00:49:15.480
And<00:49:10.360><c> right</c><00:49:10.599><c> from</c><00:49:10.800><c> the</c><00:49:10.940><c> opening</c><00:49:11.179><c> verse</c><00:49:11.579><c> of</c><00:49:11.800><c> Ephesians</c><00:49:12.340><c> from</c><00:49:12.579><c> chapter</c><00:49:12.880><c> one</c><00:49:13.199><c> and</c><00:49:13.480><c> verse</c><00:49:13.719><c> one,</c><00:49:13.920><c> let's</c><00:49:14.099><c> just</c><00:49:14.340><c> go</c><00:49:14.559><c> there,</c>

00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:19.039
we<00:49:16.139><c> have</c><00:49:16.300><c> that</c><00:49:16.639><c> scene</c><00:49:16.820><c> put</c><00:49:17.019><c> in</c><00:49:17.199><c> front</c><00:49:17.300><c> of</c><00:49:17.440><c> us.</c>

00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:26.860
Paul<00:49:22.179><c> an</c><00:49:22.639><c> apostle</c><00:49:23.139><c> of</c><00:49:23.460><c> Christ</c><00:49:23.800><c> by</c><00:49:24.019><c> the</c><00:49:24.159><c> will</c><00:49:24.239><c> of</c><00:49:24.480><c> God</c><00:49:24.980><c> to</c><00:49:26.599><c> the</c>

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saints<00:49:27.420><c> which</c><00:49:29.019><c> are</c><00:49:29.179><c> at</c><00:49:29.320><c> Ephesus</c><00:49:29.539><c> and</c><00:49:29.679><c> to</c><00:49:29.800><c> the</c><00:49:30.019><c> faithful</c>

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in<00:49:30.619><c> Christ</c><00:49:30.940><c> Jesus.</c><00:49:33.119><c> You</c><00:49:33.400><c> know</c><00:49:33.400><c> right</c><00:49:33.500><c> in</c><00:49:33.659><c> that</c><00:49:33.900><c> verse</c><00:49:34.199><c> we</c><00:49:34.400><c> have</c>

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what<00:49:35.780><c> Ephesus</c><00:49:36.059><c> is</c><00:49:36.159><c> all</c><00:49:36.300><c> about,</c>

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the<00:49:38.420><c> saints</c><00:49:38.820><c> at</c><00:49:39.179><c> Ephesus</c><00:49:39.500><c> and</c><00:49:39.559><c> we're</c><00:49:39.719><c> going</c><00:49:39.800><c> to</c><00:49:39.960><c> see</c><00:49:40.019><c> in</c><00:49:40.179><c> the</c><00:49:40.300><c> first</c><00:49:40.500><c> three</c><00:49:40.719><c> chapters</c><00:49:41.019><c> what</c><00:49:41.260><c> it</c><00:49:41.400><c> is</c><00:49:41.619><c> to</c><00:49:41.760><c> be</c><00:49:41.940><c> a</c><00:49:42.099><c> saint,</c>

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the<00:49:42.519><c> privilege</c><00:49:42.860><c> of</c><00:49:43.119><c> saintship</c><00:49:44.639><c> and</c><00:49:45.199><c> then</c><00:49:45.260><c> in</c><00:49:45.400><c> the</c><00:49:45.559><c> second</c><00:49:45.780><c> three</c><00:49:46.019><c> chapters</c><00:49:46.820><c> how</c>

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faithful<00:49:49.320><c> a</c><00:49:50.019><c> saint</c><00:49:50.199><c> ought</c><00:49:50.420><c> to</c><00:49:50.619><c> be,</c>

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the<00:49:51.219><c> faithful</c><00:49:51.599><c> in</c><00:49:51.920><c> Christ</c><00:49:52.300><c> Jesus</c><00:49:52.860><c> and</c><00:49:53.800><c> that's</c><00:49:54.059><c> our</c><00:49:54.260><c> responsibility</c><00:49:54.920><c> to</c><00:49:55.119><c> live</c>

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:56.860
up<00:49:55.480><c> to</c><00:49:55.599><c> the</c><00:49:55.780><c> call</c><00:49:55.920><c> of</c><00:49:56.159><c> saintship.</c>

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You<00:50:01.239><c> know</c><00:50:01.360><c> there's</c><00:50:01.440><c> no</c><00:50:01.639><c> other</c><00:50:01.840><c> epistle</c><00:50:02.119><c> brethren</c><00:50:02.400><c> and</c><00:50:02.599><c> sisters</c><00:50:02.719><c> that</c><00:50:02.980><c> takes</c><00:50:03.119><c> such</c><00:50:03.340><c> a</c><00:50:03.719><c> comprehensive</c>

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penetrating<00:50:04.860><c> look</c><00:50:05.079><c> at</c><00:50:05.239><c> our</c><00:50:05.559><c> status</c><00:50:05.800><c> before</c><00:50:06.260><c> God</c><00:50:06.559><c> as</c><00:50:06.760><c> saints</c>

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as<00:50:07.699><c> this</c><00:50:07.960><c> one</c><00:50:08.099><c> does.</c>

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our<00:50:13.360><c> walk</c><00:50:13.559><c> in</c><00:50:13.880><c> Christ</c>

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as<00:50:14.780><c> does</c><00:50:14.960><c> Ephesians.</c><00:50:15.699><c> You</c><00:50:16.000><c> try</c><00:50:16.239><c> and</c><00:50:16.539><c> think</c><00:50:16.659><c> of</c><00:50:16.800><c> an</c><00:50:17.019><c> issue</c><00:50:17.199><c> for</c>

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saints<00:50:18.280><c> in</c><00:50:19.219><c> their</c><00:50:19.420><c> walk</c><00:50:19.659><c> in</c><00:50:19.820><c> the</c><00:50:20.019><c> truth</c><00:50:20.159><c> that</c><00:50:20.300><c> is</c>

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not<00:50:20.539><c> in</c><00:50:20.659><c> this</c><00:50:20.940><c> book.</c><00:50:22.440><c> You've</c><00:50:22.920><c> got</c><00:50:23.159><c> separation,</c><00:50:25.460><c> you've</c><00:50:25.679><c> got</c>

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God<00:50:26.119><c> manifestation,</c><00:50:27.739><c> you've</c><00:50:27.980><c> got</c><00:50:28.199><c> unity</c><00:50:28.559><c> in</c><00:50:28.760><c> the</c>

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pleasure,<00:50:30.079><c> you've</c><00:50:30.199><c> got</c><00:50:30.400><c> husbands</c><00:50:30.739><c> and</c><00:50:31.039><c> wives,</c><00:50:31.739><c> parents</c><00:50:32.039><c> and</c>

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children,<00:50:34.119><c> masters</c><00:50:34.500><c> and</c><00:50:34.900><c> servants,</c>

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every<00:50:37.219><c> aspect</c><00:50:37.619><c> of</c><00:50:37.800><c> the</c><00:50:38.039><c> spiritual</c><00:50:38.420><c> warrior,</c><00:50:40.019><c> the</c><00:50:40.219><c> preaching</c>

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of<00:50:40.639><c> the</c><00:50:40.780><c> gospel,</c><00:50:43.059><c> singing,</c><00:50:44.360><c> worship,</c>

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praise,<00:50:47.239><c> redeeming</c><00:50:47.659><c> the</c><00:50:47.900><c> time.</c><00:50:48.420><c> There's</c><00:50:48.599><c> not</c><00:50:48.860><c> one</c><00:50:49.159><c> single</c><00:50:49.400><c> issue</c><00:50:49.719><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:50.099><c> walk</c><00:50:50.260><c> of</c><00:50:50.539><c> saintship</c><00:50:50.780><c> that's</c>

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not<00:50:51.159><c> in</c><00:50:51.239><c> this</c><00:50:51.460><c> epistle</c><00:50:52.500><c> because</c><00:50:53.780><c> you</c><00:50:53.980><c> see</c><00:50:54.099><c> it's</c><00:50:54.480><c> an</c><00:50:54.880><c> essay</c><00:50:55.139><c> upon</c><00:50:55.519><c> saintship</c><00:50:56.000><c> that</c><00:50:56.119><c> we</c>

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have<00:50:56.460><c> here</c>

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and<00:50:58.829><c> the</c><00:50:58.949><c> epistle</c><00:50:59.269><c> is</c><00:50:59.409><c> very</c><00:50:59.690><c> neatly</c><00:50:59.949><c> balanced.</c><00:51:00.590><c> In</c><00:51:00.590><c> chapter</c>

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one<00:51:01.090><c> to</c><00:51:01.269><c> three</c><00:51:01.630><c> it's</c><00:51:02.050><c> how</c><00:51:02.389><c> saints</c><00:51:02.750><c> ought</c><00:51:03.030><c> to</c><00:51:03.309><c> think</c>

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about<00:51:04.369><c> themselves</c><00:51:05.090><c> and</c><00:51:06.909><c> in</c><00:51:07.070><c> chapter</c><00:51:07.289><c> four</c><00:51:07.590><c> to</c><00:51:07.849><c> six</c><00:51:08.110><c> you</c><00:51:08.269><c> have</c>

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how<00:51:08.949><c> saints</c><00:51:09.349><c> ought</c><00:51:09.630><c> to</c><00:51:09.949><c> walk</c><00:51:10.469><c> before</c><00:51:11.269><c> their</c><00:51:11.510><c> God</c>

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and<00:51:13.750><c> the</c><00:51:13.889><c> epistle</c><00:51:14.110><c> divides</c><00:51:14.469><c> up</c><00:51:14.650><c> very</c><00:51:14.969><c> neatly</c><00:51:15.190><c> like</c><00:51:15.550><c> that.</c><00:51:16.369><c> The</c>

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first<00:51:16.789><c> three</c><00:51:17.050><c> chapters</c><00:51:17.309><c> are</c><00:51:17.469><c> full</c><00:51:17.630><c> of</c><00:51:17.750><c> the</c><00:51:18.010><c> principles</c>

00:51:18.250 --> 00:51:22.469
of<00:51:18.570><c> sainthood.</c><00:51:18.769><c> It</c><00:51:18.969><c> talks</c><00:51:19.150><c> about</c><00:51:19.670><c> our</c><00:51:20.090><c> adoption</c><00:51:20.429><c> into</c><00:51:20.670><c> Christ,</c><00:51:21.610><c> the</c><00:51:21.929><c> inheritance</c><00:51:22.269><c> of</c>

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the<00:51:22.710><c> saints,</c>

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the<00:51:23.750><c> grace</c><00:51:24.070><c> of</c><00:51:24.349><c> God,</c><00:51:25.070><c> the</c><00:51:25.190><c> riches</c><00:51:25.429><c> of</c><00:51:25.670><c> the</c><00:51:25.889><c> inheritance,</c><00:51:26.690><c> the</c>

00:51:26.789 --> 00:51:28.809
will<00:51:26.909><c> of</c><00:51:27.150><c> God,</c><00:51:27.469><c> the</c><00:51:27.590><c> glory</c><00:51:27.849><c> of</c><00:51:28.090><c> God,</c><00:51:28.309><c> the</c><00:51:28.449><c> love</c><00:51:28.590><c> of</c>

00:51:28.809 --> 00:51:33.389
God,<00:51:29.070><c> the</c><00:51:29.230><c> fullness</c><00:51:29.469><c> of</c><00:51:29.750><c> God,</c><00:51:30.170><c> the</c><00:51:30.349><c> depth</c><00:51:30.590><c> of</c><00:51:30.869><c> God.</c><00:51:32.150><c> All</c><00:51:32.590><c> of</c><00:51:32.769><c> those</c><00:51:32.909><c> things</c><00:51:33.090><c> have</c><00:51:33.250><c> to</c>

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do<00:51:33.469><c> with</c><00:51:33.610><c> the</c><00:51:33.929><c> principles</c><00:51:34.210><c> of</c>

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sainthood,<00:51:36.190><c> glorious</c><00:51:36.449><c> concepts</c><00:51:36.989><c> of</c><00:51:37.170><c> what</c><00:51:37.349><c> God</c><00:51:37.550><c> has</c><00:51:37.750><c> done</c><00:51:37.889><c> for</c>

00:51:38.070 --> 00:51:42.550
us<00:51:38.929><c> and</c><00:51:40.769><c> the</c><00:51:41.030><c> second</c><00:51:41.250><c> three</c><00:51:41.510><c> chapters</c>

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is<00:51:43.530><c> all</c><00:51:43.730><c> about</c><00:51:43.909><c> how</c><00:51:44.110><c> you</c><00:51:44.409><c> walk</c><00:51:44.650><c> as</c><00:51:44.949><c> a</c><00:51:45.070><c> saint.</c><00:51:45.230><c> Look</c><00:51:45.369><c> at</c><00:51:45.489><c> chapter</c>

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four<00:51:46.110><c> in</c><00:51:46.269><c> verse</c><00:51:46.489><c> one.</c><00:51:46.710><c> Here's</c><00:51:47.010><c> the</c><00:51:47.230><c> pivot</c>

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point<00:51:47.690><c> of</c><00:51:47.809><c> the</c><00:51:47.969><c> epistle.</c><00:51:50.070><c> On</c><00:51:50.210><c> the</c><00:51:50.349><c> basis</c><00:51:50.610><c> of</c><00:51:50.809><c> everything</c><00:51:51.070><c> that's</c><00:51:51.349><c> gone</c>

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in<00:51:51.670><c> the</c><00:51:51.789><c> first</c><00:51:52.010><c> three</c><00:51:52.269><c> chapters</c><00:51:52.550><c> about</c>

00:51:53.050 --> 00:51:58.429
what<00:51:53.389><c> it</c><00:51:53.550><c> is</c><00:51:53.670><c> to</c><00:51:53.809><c> be</c><00:51:53.969><c> a</c><00:51:54.150><c> saint,</c><00:51:54.489><c> he</c><00:51:54.510><c> says,</c><00:51:55.769><c> therefore,</c><00:51:57.570><c> I</c><00:51:57.750><c> therefore,</c><00:51:58.269><c> the</c>

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prisoner<00:51:58.610><c> of</c><00:51:58.769><c> the</c><00:51:58.909><c> Lord,</c>

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beseech<00:52:00.769><c> you</c><00:52:01.010><c> that</c><00:52:01.210><c> you</c><00:52:01.489><c> walk</c><00:52:01.829><c> worthy</c><00:52:02.449><c> of</c><00:52:02.849><c> the</c><00:52:03.010><c> vocation.</c><00:52:05.030><c> We</c>

00:52:05.210 --> 00:52:07.110
all<00:52:05.309><c> know</c><00:52:05.309><c> what</c><00:52:05.469><c> a</c><00:52:05.630><c> vocation</c><00:52:06.050><c> is.</c><00:52:06.269><c> It's</c><00:52:06.469><c> a</c><00:52:06.590><c> job.</c><00:52:06.869><c> It's</c>

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a<00:52:07.150><c> task.</c><00:52:07.889><c> It's</c><00:52:08.090><c> your</c><00:52:08.389><c> calling</c><00:52:08.610><c> in</c><00:52:08.869><c> life</c><00:52:09.429><c> and</c><00:52:11.090><c> it's</c><00:52:11.269><c> the</c><00:52:11.369><c> word</c>

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that<00:52:11.630><c> is</c><00:52:11.750><c> often</c><00:52:11.949><c> translated</c><00:52:12.349><c> as</c><00:52:12.650><c> calling,</c>

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walk<00:52:13.550><c> worthy</c><00:52:14.050><c> of</c><00:52:14.429><c> the</c><00:52:14.750><c> calling</c><00:52:15.030><c> in</c><00:52:15.289><c> life</c><00:52:15.550><c> that</c><00:52:15.670><c> you've</c><00:52:15.809><c> been</c>

00:52:16.110 --> 00:52:18.550
called<00:52:16.329><c> to</c><00:52:16.510><c> and</c><00:52:16.829><c> that</c><00:52:16.929><c> is</c><00:52:17.070><c> your</c><00:52:17.329><c> call</c><00:52:17.469><c> to</c><00:52:17.610><c> be</c><00:52:17.809><c> saints.</c>

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Because<00:52:21.190><c> of</c><00:52:21.349><c> what's</c><00:52:21.570><c> gone</c><00:52:21.710><c> before,</c><00:52:22.150><c> you've</c><00:52:22.269><c> got</c><00:52:22.349><c> to</c><00:52:22.590><c> walk</c><00:52:22.789><c> in</c>

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that<00:52:23.230><c> way</c>

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and<00:52:24.650><c> the</c><00:52:24.889><c> theme</c><00:52:25.070><c> of</c><00:52:25.349><c> walk</c><00:52:25.570><c> just</c><00:52:25.849><c> goes</c><00:52:26.050><c> right</c><00:52:26.349><c> through</c><00:52:26.550><c> these</c>

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latter<00:52:27.050><c> three</c><00:52:27.269><c> chapters.</c><00:52:27.670><c> It's</c><00:52:27.809><c> there</c><00:52:27.929><c> in</c><00:52:28.110><c> verse</c>

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one.<00:52:29.250><c> It's</c><00:52:29.449><c> there</c><00:52:29.630><c> in</c><00:52:29.829><c> verse</c><00:52:30.050><c> 17</c><00:52:30.489><c> twice.</c><00:52:32.070><c> It's</c><00:52:32.230><c> there</c><00:52:32.369><c> in</c><00:52:32.530><c> chapter</c><00:52:32.730><c> five,</c><00:52:33.110><c> verse</c><00:52:33.349><c> two,</c>

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in<00:52:33.809><c> chapter</c><00:52:33.969><c> five,</c>

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verse<00:52:34.630><c> eight,</c><00:52:34.929><c> in</c><00:52:35.050><c> chapter</c><00:52:35.170><c> five,</c><00:52:35.610><c> verse</c><00:52:35.869><c> 15.</c><00:52:36.869><c> Walk,</c><00:52:37.110><c> walk,</c>

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walk<00:52:37.829><c> in</c><00:52:38.010><c> the</c><00:52:38.150><c> way</c><00:52:38.489><c> of</c><00:52:38.829><c> sainthood.</c>

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You<00:52:41.110><c> see,</c><00:52:41.750><c> it's</c><00:52:41.949><c> about</c><00:52:42.230><c> practical</c><00:52:42.690><c> application</c><00:52:43.429><c> of</c><00:52:44.789><c> the</c><00:52:44.989><c> privileges</c><00:52:45.289><c> that</c>

00:52:45.449 --> 00:52:47.510
we<00:52:45.610><c> have</c><00:52:45.690><c> in</c><00:52:45.849><c> the</c><00:52:46.010><c> first</c><00:52:46.230><c> three</c><00:52:46.449><c> chapters</c>

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and<00:52:51.510><c> the</c><00:52:51.690><c> chapter</c><00:52:51.889><c> divisions</c><00:52:52.210><c> illustrate</c><00:52:52.889><c> the</c><00:52:53.929><c> balance</c><00:52:54.190><c> of</c>

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privilege<00:52:54.869><c> and</c><00:52:55.190><c> principle,</c><00:52:56.170><c> of</c><00:52:56.389><c> doctrine</c><00:52:56.670><c> and</c>

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practice,<00:52:59.250><c> of</c><00:52:59.590><c> theory</c><00:52:59.929><c> and</c><00:53:00.369><c> walk</c><00:53:00.690><c> and</c><00:53:01.489><c> there</c><00:53:01.650><c> it</c><00:53:01.769><c> is</c><00:53:01.949><c> balanced</c>

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very<00:53:02.469><c> beautifully</c><00:53:02.710><c> between</c><00:53:03.150><c> those</c>

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six<00:53:04.590><c> chapters</c><00:53:05.030><c> of</c><00:53:05.230><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Before<00:53:11.090><c> we</c><00:53:11.289><c> close</c><00:53:11.510><c> tonight,</c><00:53:11.789><c> I</c><00:53:11.789><c> want</c><00:53:11.969><c> to</c><00:53:12.110><c> just</c><00:53:12.349><c> deal</c><00:53:12.530><c> with</c><00:53:13.070><c> one</c>

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phrase<00:53:13.969><c> from</c><00:53:14.409><c> verse</c><00:53:14.690><c> one</c><00:53:15.090><c> of</c><00:53:15.309><c> chapter</c><00:53:15.570><c> one.</c>

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Paul,<00:53:18.409><c> an</c><00:53:18.550><c> apostle</c><00:53:18.869><c> of</c><00:53:19.050><c> Jesus</c><00:53:19.409><c> Christ</c><00:53:20.150><c> by</c><00:53:21.269><c> the</c><00:53:21.449><c> will</c><00:53:21.510><c> of</c><00:53:21.750><c> God</c>

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because<00:53:25.710><c> there</c><00:53:25.909><c> is</c><00:53:26.449><c> a</c><00:53:26.510><c> lot</c><00:53:26.630><c> of</c><00:53:26.809><c> exhortation</c><00:53:27.690><c> in</c><00:53:28.989><c> that</c><00:53:29.150><c> little</c>

00:53:29.369 --> 00:53:31.570
phrase<00:53:29.730><c> by</c><00:53:30.010><c> the</c><00:53:30.210><c> will</c><00:53:30.489><c> of</c><00:53:30.789><c> God.</c>

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And<00:53:32.570><c> when</c><00:53:32.690><c> you</c><00:53:32.769><c> think</c><00:53:32.929><c> of</c><00:53:33.050><c> the</c><00:53:33.150><c> way</c><00:53:33.429><c> that</c><00:53:33.670><c> Paul</c><00:53:33.829><c> starts</c><00:53:34.230><c> all</c><00:53:34.469><c> his</c><00:53:34.690><c> various</c><00:53:35.130><c> epistles,</c><00:53:37.150><c> this</c><00:53:37.369><c> one</c><00:53:37.530><c> is</c><00:53:37.730><c> unique</c>

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and<00:53:40.489><c> you</c><00:53:40.510><c> know</c><00:53:40.650><c> Paul</c><00:53:40.869><c> very</c><00:53:41.250><c> rarely</c><00:53:41.530><c> wastes</c><00:53:42.050><c> any</c><00:53:42.349><c> words</c><00:53:42.630><c> in</c><00:53:42.750><c> his</c><00:53:42.889><c> epistles.</c>

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He's<00:53:44.429><c> thought</c><00:53:44.510><c> very</c><00:53:44.889><c> carefully</c><00:53:45.190><c> about</c><00:53:45.449><c> the</c><00:53:45.630><c> way</c><00:53:45.789><c> he</c><00:53:45.889><c> will</c><00:53:46.070><c> introduce</c><00:53:46.389><c> himself.</c><00:53:46.650><c> He</c>

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doesn't<00:53:46.929><c> say</c>

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Paul<00:53:47.389><c> the</c><00:53:47.550><c> prisoner</c><00:53:47.829><c> of</c><00:53:48.010><c> Jesus</c><00:53:48.329><c> Christ.</c><00:53:51.090><c> He</c><00:53:51.369><c> says</c><00:53:51.710><c> Paul</c><00:53:52.389><c> an</c><00:53:52.630><c> apostle</c><00:53:53.170><c> by</c>

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the<00:53:54.309><c> will</c><00:53:54.550><c> of</c><00:53:54.929><c> God</c>

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and<00:53:57.300><c> we'll</c><00:53:57.699><c> get</c><00:53:57.780><c> a</c><00:53:57.920><c> very</c><00:53:58.099><c> clear</c><00:53:58.500><c> indication</c><00:53:59.059><c> that</c><00:53:59.300><c> Paul</c><00:53:59.440><c> has</c><00:53:59.679><c> a</c>

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theme<00:54:00.019><c> in</c><00:54:00.199><c> mind.</c><00:54:01.380><c> Now</c><00:54:01.460><c> you</c><00:54:01.599><c> think</c><00:54:01.840><c> about</c><00:54:02.280><c> how</c><00:54:02.639><c> Paul</c>

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was<00:54:03.099><c> an</c><00:54:03.280><c> apostle</c><00:54:03.579><c> by</c><00:54:03.739><c> the</c><00:54:03.780><c> will</c><00:54:03.880><c> of</c><00:54:04.019><c> God.</c><00:54:04.659><c> You</c><00:54:04.659><c> know</c><00:54:04.820><c> Paul</c><00:54:05.059><c> never</c><00:54:05.420><c> wanted</c><00:54:05.880><c> when</c>

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he<00:54:06.400><c> grew</c><00:54:06.500><c> up</c><00:54:06.699><c> to</c><00:54:06.800><c> be</c><00:54:06.940><c> an</c><00:54:07.099><c> apostle.</c>

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He<00:54:08.900><c> wanted</c><00:54:09.079><c> to</c><00:54:09.219><c> be</c><00:54:09.360><c> a</c><00:54:09.480><c> rabbi</c><00:54:11.059><c> and</c><00:54:12.260><c> incredibly</c><00:54:12.719><c> God</c><00:54:13.039><c> took</c><00:54:13.300><c> that</c>

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man<00:54:13.800><c> and</c><00:54:14.059><c> turned</c><00:54:14.199><c> his</c><00:54:14.400><c> whole</c><00:54:14.639><c> life</c><00:54:14.840><c> on</c><00:54:15.019><c> its</c><00:54:15.300><c> head.</c>

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The<00:54:17.199><c> work</c><00:54:17.340><c> he</c><00:54:17.440><c> ended</c><00:54:17.619><c> up</c><00:54:17.920><c> doing</c><00:54:18.159><c> for</c><00:54:18.300><c> the</c><00:54:18.300><c> rest</c><00:54:18.480><c> of</c><00:54:18.619><c> his</c><00:54:18.800><c> life</c>

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was<00:54:19.239><c> totally</c><00:54:19.599><c> opposite</c><00:54:19.940><c> to</c><00:54:20.119><c> what</c><00:54:20.320><c> he</c><00:54:20.659><c> started</c><00:54:20.900><c> out</c>

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wanting<00:54:21.480><c> to</c><00:54:21.760><c> do.</c><00:54:24.280><c> You</c><00:54:24.420><c> know</c><00:54:24.420><c> he</c><00:54:24.579><c> expresses</c><00:54:24.780><c> it</c><00:54:24.940><c> this</c><00:54:25.159><c> way</c><00:54:25.320><c> in</c>

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Galatians<00:54:26.900><c> chapter</c><00:54:28.059><c> one</c><00:54:28.360><c> where</c><00:54:28.539><c> he</c><00:54:28.760><c> says</c>

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in<00:54:30.280><c> Galatians</c><00:54:30.679><c> one</c><00:54:30.980><c> verse</c><00:54:31.199><c> 15</c><00:54:31.599><c> and</c><00:54:31.800><c> 16</c><00:54:32.500><c> but</c><00:54:33.199><c> when</c><00:54:33.380><c> it</c><00:54:33.659><c> pleased</c>

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God<00:54:34.159><c> who</c><00:54:34.420><c> separated</c><00:54:34.780><c> me</c><00:54:35.079><c> from</c><00:54:35.280><c> my</c><00:54:35.559><c> mother's</c><00:54:35.960><c> womb</c>

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and<00:54:37.139><c> called</c><00:54:37.380><c> me</c><00:54:37.599><c> by</c><00:54:37.820><c> his</c><00:54:38.079><c> grace</c><00:54:38.760><c> to</c><00:54:40.019><c> reveal</c><00:54:40.320><c> his</c><00:54:40.679><c> son</c><00:54:40.820><c> in</c><00:54:41.059><c> me</c><00:54:41.880><c> that</c><00:54:42.280><c> I</c>

00:54:42.400 --> 00:54:44.159
might<00:54:42.559><c> preach</c><00:54:42.840><c> the</c><00:54:43.039><c> gospel</c><00:54:43.460><c> among</c><00:54:43.860><c> the</c><00:54:44.039><c> heat</c>

00:54:44.159 --> 00:54:45.960
and<00:54:44.320><c> immediately</c><00:54:44.559><c> I</c><00:54:44.840><c> conferred</c><00:54:45.039><c> not</c><00:54:45.179><c> with</c><00:54:45.400><c> flesh</c><00:54:45.519><c> and</c><00:54:45.739><c> blood.</c>

00:54:46.320 --> 00:54:47.840
But<00:54:46.400><c> you</c><00:54:46.500><c> notice</c><00:54:46.639><c> he</c><00:54:46.840><c> said</c><00:54:46.920><c> that</c><00:54:47.199><c> God</c><00:54:47.480><c> separated</c>

00:54:47.840 --> 00:54:52.139
him<00:54:48.019><c> from</c><00:54:48.099><c> his</c><00:54:48.320><c> mother's</c><00:54:48.780><c> womb</c><00:54:49.079><c> with</c><00:54:50.019><c> the</c><00:54:50.179><c> object</c><00:54:50.760><c> that</c><00:54:51.760><c> Paul</c>

00:54:52.139 --> 00:54:54.679
would<00:54:52.440><c> witness</c><00:54:52.820><c> Christ</c><00:54:53.239><c> before</c><00:54:53.599><c> the</c><00:54:53.760><c> nations.</c>

00:54:54.800 --> 00:54:58.860
You<00:54:54.800><c> know</c><00:54:54.960><c> God</c><00:54:55.260><c> had</c><00:54:55.920><c> worked</c><00:54:56.199><c> on</c><00:54:56.400><c> that</c><00:54:56.739><c> baby</c><00:54:57.260><c> from</c><00:54:58.239><c> the</c><00:54:58.480><c> time</c><00:54:58.659><c> that</c><00:54:58.800><c> he</c>

00:54:58.860 --> 00:55:02.400
was<00:54:59.139><c> born</c><00:54:59.960><c> making</c><00:55:01.300><c> sure</c><00:55:01.639><c> he</c><00:55:01.739><c> was</c><00:55:01.900><c> born</c><00:55:02.079><c> in</c><00:55:02.199><c> the</c>

00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:04.639
right<00:55:02.599><c> family</c><00:55:02.960><c> in</c><00:55:03.079><c> the</c><00:55:03.280><c> right</c><00:55:03.480><c> city</c><00:55:03.760><c> with</c><00:55:03.900><c> the</c><00:55:04.119><c> right</c><00:55:04.340><c> Roman</c>

00:55:04.639 --> 00:55:07.400
citizenship.<00:55:05.860><c> So</c><00:55:05.980><c> generations</c><00:55:06.519><c> before</c><00:55:07.079><c> God</c><00:55:07.239><c> had</c>

00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:13.079
been<00:55:07.559><c> working</c><00:55:07.840><c> on</c><00:55:08.119><c> Paul</c><00:55:08.719><c> that</c><00:55:10.820><c> one</c><00:55:11.099><c> day</c><00:55:11.239><c> he</c><00:55:11.400><c> might</c><00:55:11.639><c> reveal</c><00:55:12.260><c> Christ</c><00:55:12.800><c> to</c>

00:55:13.079 --> 00:55:15.000
the<00:55:13.260><c> world</c><00:55:13.579><c> and</c><00:55:13.980><c> you</c><00:55:14.039><c> know</c><00:55:14.219><c> that</c><00:55:14.480><c> was</c><00:55:14.719><c> Paul's</c>

00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:17.960
mission<00:55:15.380><c> that</c><00:55:15.860><c> he</c><00:55:16.000><c> might</c><00:55:16.280><c> show</c><00:55:16.659><c> the</c><00:55:16.920><c> Gentiles</c><00:55:17.400><c> what</c><00:55:17.619><c> Christ</c>

00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:20.500
was<00:55:18.219><c> like.</c><00:55:19.099><c> Those</c><00:55:19.400><c> things</c><00:55:19.579><c> that</c><00:55:19.719><c> you've</c><00:55:20.019><c> seen</c><00:55:20.219><c> in</c>

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:24.119
me<00:55:20.719><c> do.</c><00:55:21.739><c> Christ</c><00:55:21.980><c> should</c><00:55:22.179><c> be</c><00:55:22.360><c> magnified</c><00:55:22.760><c> in</c><00:55:22.980><c> my</c><00:55:23.219><c> body</c><00:55:23.440><c> my</c><00:55:23.800><c> ways</c>

00:55:24.119 --> 00:55:26.400
which<00:55:24.400><c> be</c><00:55:24.539><c> in</c><00:55:24.800><c> Christ.</c><00:55:25.179><c> He</c><00:55:25.340><c> was</c><00:55:25.619><c> Christ</c><00:55:26.019><c> to</c><00:55:26.239><c> the</c>

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:30.639
Gentiles<00:55:27.340><c> and</c><00:55:27.699><c> God</c><00:55:27.960><c> had</c><00:55:28.300><c> planned</c><00:55:28.519><c> him</c><00:55:28.780><c> generations</c><00:55:29.360><c> before.</c>

00:55:31.340 --> 00:55:33.280
You<00:55:31.619><c> think</c><00:55:31.760><c> of</c><00:55:31.900><c> the</c><00:55:32.079><c> world</c><00:55:32.260><c> he</c><00:55:32.400><c> had</c><00:55:32.500><c> to</c><00:55:32.619><c> go</c><00:55:32.739><c> into.</c>

00:55:33.579 --> 00:55:35.739
Think<00:55:33.840><c> of</c><00:55:33.980><c> what</c><00:55:34.119><c> God</c><00:55:34.320><c> had</c><00:55:34.519><c> done</c><00:55:34.599><c> to</c><00:55:34.820><c> prepare</c><00:55:35.119><c> the</c><00:55:35.360><c> world</c><00:55:35.519><c> for</c>

00:55:35.739 --> 00:55:37.079
receiving<00:55:36.019><c> the</c><00:55:36.239><c> gospel.</c>

00:55:37.480 --> 00:55:39.679
You<00:55:37.619><c> know</c><00:55:37.880><c> there'd</c><00:55:38.099><c> been</c><00:55:38.179><c> a</c><00:55:38.380><c> religious</c><00:55:38.599><c> preparation</c><00:55:39.300><c> through</c>

00:55:39.679 --> 00:55:42.480
the<00:55:39.920><c> Jews.</c><00:55:41.400><c> From</c><00:55:41.579><c> the</c><00:55:41.739><c> time</c><00:55:41.880><c> of</c><00:55:41.980><c> the</c><00:55:42.119><c> captivity</c>

00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:45.380
the<00:55:42.659><c> Jews</c><00:55:42.940><c> had</c><00:55:43.139><c> been</c><00:55:43.340><c> set</c><00:55:43.539><c> out</c><00:55:43.719><c> of</c><00:55:43.820><c> the</c><00:55:43.980><c> land</c><00:55:44.179><c> in</c><00:55:44.480><c> waves</c><00:55:44.880><c> and</c>

00:55:45.380 --> 00:55:47.780
resettled<00:55:45.820><c> all</c><00:55:46.039><c> over</c><00:55:46.219><c> the</c><00:55:46.380><c> Roman</c><00:55:46.639><c> world.</c>

00:55:50.199 --> 00:55:52.619
Every<00:55:50.360><c> city</c><00:55:50.539><c> Paul</c><00:55:50.780><c> went</c><00:55:51.019><c> to</c><00:55:51.340><c> almost</c><00:55:51.639><c> without</c><00:55:51.860><c> exception</c><00:55:52.340><c> there</c><00:55:52.480><c> was</c>

00:55:52.619 --> 00:55:54.340
a<00:55:52.780><c> synagogue</c><00:55:53.079><c> of</c><00:55:53.260><c> the</c><00:55:53.440><c> Jews.</c>

00:55:54.420 --> 00:55:56.699
So<00:55:54.480><c> there</c><00:55:54.579><c> were</c><00:55:54.780><c> foundations</c><00:55:55.400><c> laid</c><00:55:55.659><c> in</c><00:55:55.800><c> the</c><00:55:56.000><c> religious</c><00:55:56.239><c> things</c><00:55:56.539><c> of</c>

00:55:56.699 --> 00:55:57.780
the<00:55:56.880><c> world.</c>

00:55:58.340 --> 00:56:03.139
There'd<00:55:58.519><c> been</c><00:55:58.619><c> a</c><00:55:58.800><c> preparation</c><00:55:59.179><c> of</c><00:55:59.420><c> language.</c><00:56:00.840><c> 300</c><00:56:01.079><c> years</c><00:56:01.400><c> before</c><00:56:01.780><c> Christ</c><00:56:02.159><c> Alexander</c><00:56:02.840><c> had</c>

00:56:03.139 --> 00:56:03.920
conquered<00:56:03.360><c> the</c><00:56:03.619><c> world</c>

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:07.400
and<00:56:04.599><c> made</c><00:56:04.820><c> every</c><00:56:05.260><c> country</c><00:56:05.639><c> he</c><00:56:05.920><c> conquered</c><00:56:06.159><c> learn</c><00:56:06.440><c> Greek.</c>

00:56:08.719 --> 00:56:11.099
That's<00:56:09.199><c> why</c><00:56:09.420><c> in</c><00:56:09.599><c> Egypt</c><00:56:09.800><c> there</c><00:56:09.920><c> was</c><00:56:10.159><c> a</c><00:56:10.340><c> scholarship</c><00:56:10.639><c> of</c><00:56:10.900><c> Greeks</c>

00:56:11.099 --> 00:56:13.559
in<00:56:11.260><c> Alexandria.</c><00:56:12.320><c> The</c><00:56:12.460><c> Septuagint</c><00:56:13.099><c> Bible</c><00:56:13.380><c> had</c>

00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:19.179
been<00:56:13.760><c> translated</c><00:56:14.219><c> the</c><00:56:14.539><c> Old</c><00:56:14.820><c> Testament</c><00:56:15.159><c> into</c><00:56:15.380><c> Greek.</c><00:56:15.860><c> Everybody</c><00:56:16.260><c> knew</c><00:56:16.500><c> Greek.</c><00:56:18.739><c> Only</c><00:56:18.980><c> a</c>

00:56:19.179 --> 00:56:19.900
few<00:56:19.320><c> pockets</c><00:56:19.679><c> that</c>

00:56:19.900 --> 00:56:22.480
Paul<00:56:20.039><c> went</c><00:56:20.280><c> to</c><00:56:20.480><c> like</c><00:56:21.019><c> some</c><00:56:21.280><c> places</c><00:56:21.500><c> in</c><00:56:21.699><c> Galatia</c><00:56:22.039><c> they</c><00:56:22.219><c> didn't</c>

00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:24.300
speak<00:56:22.719><c> Greek.</c><00:56:23.260><c> But</c><00:56:23.440><c> everybody</c><00:56:23.820><c> basically</c><00:56:24.199><c> in</c>

00:56:24.300 --> 00:56:26.579
the<00:56:24.500><c> world</c><00:56:24.639><c> knew</c><00:56:24.860><c> Greek</c><00:56:25.139><c> so</c><00:56:25.300><c> there</c><00:56:25.460><c> was</c><00:56:25.719><c> a</c><00:56:26.039><c> common</c><00:56:26.199><c> language</c>

00:56:26.579 --> 00:56:27.739
in<00:56:26.739><c> the</c><00:56:26.880><c> world.</c>

00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:32.000
And<00:56:30.380><c> they</c><00:56:30.480><c> were</c><00:56:30.539><c> living</c><00:56:30.699><c> at</c><00:56:30.880><c> this</c><00:56:31.079><c> time</c><00:56:31.320><c> under</c><00:56:31.519><c> the</c><00:56:31.739><c> efficient</c>

00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:33.500
protection<00:56:32.480><c> of</c><00:56:32.659><c> the</c><00:56:32.780><c> Roman</c><00:56:33.019><c> Empire</c>

00:56:33.500 --> 00:56:36.860
and<00:56:33.980><c> it</c><00:56:34.139><c> was</c><00:56:34.360><c> the</c><00:56:34.579><c> Pax</c><00:56:34.800><c> Romana,</c><00:56:35.179><c> the</c><00:56:35.420><c> peace</c><00:56:35.659><c> that</c><00:56:35.880><c> Rome</c><00:56:36.059><c> had</c><00:56:36.300><c> brought.</c><00:56:36.860><c> It</c>

00:56:36.860 --> 00:56:37.980
was<00:56:37.099><c> safe</c><00:56:37.360><c> to</c><00:56:37.659><c> travel.</c>

00:56:38.300 --> 00:56:42.980
They<00:56:38.460><c> built</c><00:56:38.699><c> roads</c><00:56:39.079><c> everywhere.</c><00:56:40.480><c> They</c><00:56:40.719><c> opened</c><00:56:40.840><c> up</c><00:56:41.139><c> mail,</c><00:56:41.900><c> communications.</c>

00:56:43.960 --> 00:56:47.800
Men<00:56:44.139><c> could</c><00:56:44.320><c> move</c><00:56:44.539><c> around</c><00:56:44.860><c> without</c><00:56:45.199><c> passports.</c><00:56:47.179><c> They</c><00:56:47.340><c> had</c><00:56:47.500><c> the</c>

00:56:47.800 --> 00:56:49.260
freedom<00:56:48.019><c> to</c><00:56:48.239><c> move</c><00:56:48.420><c> between</c><00:56:48.760><c> countries.</c>

00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:52.280
It<00:56:49.539><c> had</c><00:56:49.659><c> never</c><00:56:49.860><c> been</c><00:56:50.139><c> seen</c><00:56:50.320><c> in</c><00:56:50.460><c> the</c><00:56:50.599><c> world</c><00:56:50.719><c> before</c><00:56:51.059><c> like</c><00:56:51.400><c> that.</c>

00:56:52.719 --> 00:56:55.480
So<00:56:52.880><c> the</c><00:56:53.059><c> world</c><00:56:53.159><c> was</c><00:56:53.400><c> ready</c><00:56:53.619><c> for</c><00:56:53.780><c> the</c><00:56:53.920><c> gospel.</c><00:56:54.920><c> But</c><00:56:55.059><c> where</c><00:56:55.300><c> was</c>

00:56:55.480 --> 00:56:56.539
the<00:56:55.679><c> preacher?</c>

00:56:58.360 --> 00:57:03.019
Well,<00:56:59.000><c> God</c><00:56:59.039><c> picked</c><00:56:59.260><c> a</c><00:56:59.420><c> man</c><00:56:59.539><c> out.</c><00:57:01.800><c> Separated</c><00:57:02.239><c> before</c><00:57:02.639><c> he</c><00:57:02.760><c> was</c>

00:57:03.019 --> 00:57:07.539
born<00:57:03.260><c> to</c><00:57:03.440><c> the</c><00:57:03.619><c> work</c><00:57:04.119><c> who</c><00:57:05.460><c> was</c><00:57:05.659><c> of</c><00:57:05.840><c> the</c><00:57:06.079><c> Jewish</c><00:57:06.420><c> religion.</c>

00:57:08.480 --> 00:57:13.960
Who<00:57:08.820><c> spoke</c><00:57:09.159><c> fluent</c><00:57:09.659><c> Greek</c><00:57:10.340><c> and</c><00:57:12.059><c> who</c><00:57:12.199><c> was</c><00:57:12.360><c> a</c><00:57:12.420><c> Roman</c><00:57:12.699><c> citizen.</c>

00:57:15.159 --> 00:57:16.880
Fitting<00:57:15.340><c> in</c><00:57:15.639><c> beautifully</c><00:57:15.920><c> with</c><00:57:16.119><c> everything</c><00:57:16.420><c> that</c><00:57:16.599><c> God</c><00:57:16.699><c> had</c>

00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:18.260
prepared<00:57:17.159><c> in</c><00:57:17.320><c> the</c><00:57:17.480><c> world</c><00:57:17.639><c> for</c><00:57:17.800><c> the</c><00:57:17.980><c> reception</c>

00:57:18.260 --> 00:57:20.800
of<00:57:18.420><c> the</c><00:57:18.539><c> gospel.</c><00:57:19.039><c> And</c><00:57:19.159><c> he</c><00:57:19.340><c> sent</c><00:57:19.539><c> that</c><00:57:19.820><c> man</c><00:57:20.000><c> to</c><00:57:20.139><c> the</c><00:57:20.320><c> work.</c><00:57:20.639><c> But</c>

00:57:20.800 --> 00:57:23.119
Paul<00:57:21.119><c> hadn't</c><00:57:21.400><c> intended</c><00:57:21.679><c> that</c><00:57:21.920><c> work</c><00:57:22.039><c> for</c><00:57:22.219><c> himself.</c>

00:57:23.559 --> 00:57:27.539
He<00:57:23.960><c> was</c><00:57:24.179><c> training</c><00:57:24.380><c> to</c><00:57:24.480><c> be</c><00:57:24.619><c> a</c><00:57:24.760><c> rabbi.</c><00:57:26.780><c> He</c><00:57:26.900><c> was</c><00:57:27.099><c> brought</c><00:57:27.219><c> up</c><00:57:27.380><c> in</c>

00:57:27.539 --> 00:57:29.840
the<00:57:27.780><c> strictest</c><00:57:28.320><c> sect</c><00:57:28.440><c> of</c><00:57:28.639><c> the</c><00:57:28.820><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:57:29.880 --> 00:57:32.420
Sent<00:57:30.119><c> to</c><00:57:30.280><c> the</c><00:57:30.420><c> feet</c><00:57:30.519><c> of</c><00:57:30.699><c> Gamalim</c><00:57:31.079><c> in</c><00:57:31.199><c> Jerusalem</c><00:57:31.619><c> to</c><00:57:31.760><c> be</c><00:57:32.019><c> trained</c><00:57:32.199><c> to</c><00:57:32.320><c> be</c>

00:57:32.420 --> 00:57:32.880
a<00:57:32.559><c> rabbi.</c>

00:57:33.159 --> 00:57:35.699
Excelled<00:57:33.500><c> in</c><00:57:33.639><c> the</c><00:57:33.780><c> Jewish</c><00:57:33.980><c> religion</c><00:57:34.320><c> above</c><00:57:34.519><c> his</c><00:57:34.780><c> fellows.</c>

00:57:37.880 --> 00:57:41.559
Persecuted<00:57:38.280><c> the</c><00:57:38.519><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:57:40.440><c> That</c><00:57:40.599><c> was</c><00:57:40.780><c> his</c><00:57:40.940><c> qualification.</c>

00:57:41.619 --> 00:57:43.960
He<00:57:41.760><c> made</c><00:57:41.940><c> life</c><00:57:42.219><c> hard</c><00:57:42.420><c> for</c><00:57:42.559><c> people</c><00:57:42.780><c> like</c><00:57:43.079><c> Stephen.</c>

00:57:44.019 --> 00:57:46.360
He<00:57:44.199><c> took</c><00:57:44.400><c> men</c><00:57:44.639><c> and</c><00:57:44.780><c> women</c><00:57:44.980><c> of</c><00:57:45.139><c> the</c><00:57:45.300><c> Ecclesia</c><00:57:45.659><c> and</c><00:57:45.880><c> put</c><00:57:46.019><c> them</c><00:57:46.159><c> in</c>

00:57:46.360 --> 00:57:48.760
prison<00:57:46.659><c> and</c><00:57:47.400><c> stood</c><00:57:47.659><c> by</c><00:57:47.900><c> while</c><00:57:48.039><c> they</c><00:57:48.199><c> were</c><00:57:48.340><c> put</c><00:57:48.519><c> to</c>

00:57:48.760 --> 00:57:53.260
death.<00:57:49.460><c> Men</c><00:57:49.780><c> and</c><00:57:50.079><c> women.</c><00:57:50.500><c> Brethren</c><00:57:50.880><c> and</c><00:57:51.179><c> sisters.</c><00:57:52.960><c> He</c><00:57:53.079><c> left</c>

00:57:53.260 --> 00:57:54.840
orphans<00:57:53.639><c> on</c><00:57:53.860><c> the</c><00:57:54.000><c> doorstep</c><00:57:54.460><c> who</c><00:57:54.579><c> never</c>

00:57:54.840 --> 00:58:00.559
saw<00:57:54.980><c> their</c><00:57:55.219><c> parents</c><00:57:55.460><c> again.</c><00:57:57.420><c> That's</c><00:57:57.800><c> how</c><00:57:57.920><c> zealous</c><00:57:58.099><c> he</c><00:57:58.219><c> was</c><00:57:58.420><c> against</c><00:57:58.820><c> the</c><00:57:59.000><c> work</c><00:57:59.139><c> of</c><00:57:59.320><c> Christ.</c>

00:58:04.739 --> 00:58:09.079
But<00:58:04.880><c> God</c><00:58:05.039><c> grabbed</c><00:58:05.300><c> hold</c><00:58:05.480><c> of</c><00:58:05.619><c> him.</c><00:58:06.840><c> I</c><00:58:07.039><c> am</c><00:58:07.400><c> apprehended</c><00:58:07.940><c> of</c><00:58:08.139><c> Christ</c><00:58:08.420><c> Jesus,</c><00:58:08.739><c> he</c><00:58:08.920><c> said.</c>

00:58:09.159 --> 00:58:12.059
God<00:58:09.440><c> grabbed</c><00:58:09.780><c> hold</c><00:58:10.059><c> of</c><00:58:10.179><c> him</c><00:58:10.260><c> on</c><00:58:10.420><c> the</c><00:58:10.559><c> road</c><00:58:10.659><c> to</c><00:58:10.820><c> Damascus.</c>

00:58:12.980 --> 00:58:16.340
At<00:58:13.500><c> the</c><00:58:13.599><c> time</c><00:58:13.760><c> of</c><00:58:13.980><c> the</c><00:58:14.119><c> height</c><00:58:14.260><c> of</c><00:58:14.400><c> his</c><00:58:14.599><c> persecution,</c><00:58:15.480><c> God</c><00:58:15.739><c> turned</c><00:58:16.119><c> him</c>

00:58:16.340 --> 00:58:20.019
around.<00:58:18.340><c> Struck</c><00:58:18.579><c> him</c><00:58:18.699><c> with</c><00:58:18.980><c> blindness.</c>

00:58:21.860 --> 00:58:25.579
As<00:58:22.119><c> he</c><00:58:22.300><c> sat</c><00:58:22.400><c> there</c><00:58:22.599><c> for</c><00:58:22.800><c> three</c><00:58:23.000><c> days</c><00:58:23.360><c> in</c><00:58:23.659><c> total</c><00:58:24.139><c> human</c><00:58:24.659><c> darkness,</c>

00:58:27.519 --> 00:58:32.960
light<00:58:27.780><c> flooded</c><00:58:28.079><c> his</c><00:58:28.380><c> mind</c><00:58:28.800><c> like</c><00:58:29.400><c> never</c><00:58:29.699><c> before.</c><00:58:31.559><c> And</c><00:58:31.679><c> the</c><00:58:31.840><c> whole</c><00:58:32.099><c> grand</c><00:58:32.400><c> purpose</c><00:58:32.719><c> of</c>

00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:35.119
God<00:58:33.239><c> came</c><00:58:33.559><c> into</c><00:58:33.739><c> focus.</c>

00:58:35.840 --> 00:58:40.239
He<00:58:35.940><c> saw</c><00:58:36.099><c> the</c><00:58:36.280><c> Messiah</c><00:58:36.860><c> and</c><00:58:38.699><c> he</c><00:58:38.880><c> saw</c><00:58:39.000><c> his</c><00:58:39.280><c> part</c><00:58:39.460><c> in</c><00:58:39.599><c> that</c><00:58:39.840><c> purpose</c><00:58:40.099><c> that</c>

00:58:40.239 --> 00:58:41.480
he<00:58:40.320><c> had</c><00:58:40.480><c> to</c><00:58:40.679><c> play.</c>

00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:47.960
And<00:58:43.480><c> so</c><00:58:43.559><c> he</c><00:58:43.780><c> became,</c><00:58:44.820><c> as</c><00:58:45.119><c> he</c><00:58:45.280><c> calls</c><00:58:45.460><c> himself</c><00:58:45.780><c> in</c><00:58:45.980><c> Ephesians,</c>

00:58:48.219 --> 00:58:50.380
an<00:58:48.400><c> ambassador</c><00:58:48.900><c> in</c><00:58:49.280><c> bonds.</c>

00:58:51.639 --> 00:58:54.260
Prepared<00:58:51.980><c> to</c><00:58:52.260><c> suffer</c><00:58:52.440><c> for</c><00:58:52.599><c> the</c><00:58:52.719><c> name</c><00:58:52.880><c> of</c><00:58:53.099><c> Christ.</c><00:58:53.320><c> I</c><00:58:53.480><c> will</c><00:58:53.840><c> show</c><00:58:54.079><c> him</c>

00:58:54.260 --> 00:58:55.940
what<00:58:54.480><c> great</c><00:58:54.760><c> things</c><00:58:54.980><c> he</c><00:58:55.119><c> will</c><00:58:55.400><c> suffer</c><00:58:55.579><c> for</c><00:58:55.739><c> my</c>

00:58:55.940 --> 00:58:59.159
name's<00:58:56.360><c> sake.</c><00:58:57.400><c> But</c><00:58:57.480><c> he's</c><00:58:57.739><c> a</c><00:58:57.860><c> chosen</c><00:58:58.139><c> vessel</c><00:58:58.420><c> to</c><00:58:58.619><c> bear</c><00:58:58.719><c> my</c><00:58:59.000><c> name</c>

00:58:59.159 --> 00:59:02.159
before<00:58:59.500><c> kings,</c><00:59:00.940><c> before</c><00:59:01.199><c> the</c><00:59:01.360><c> gentiles</c><00:59:01.900><c> and</c><00:59:02.019><c> the</c>

00:59:02.159 --> 00:59:07.500
children<00:59:02.360><c> of</c><00:59:02.480><c> Israel.</c><00:59:02.739><c> An</c><00:59:03.000><c> ambassador</c><00:59:03.400><c> for</c><00:59:03.619><c> Christ.</c><00:59:07.119><c> You</c><00:59:07.219><c> know,</c><00:59:07.280><c> that's</c><00:59:07.380><c> an</c>

00:59:07.500 --> 00:59:08.460
unusual<00:59:07.880><c> phrase,</c><00:59:08.280><c> isn't</c><00:59:08.380><c> it?</c>

00:59:08.460 --> 00:59:12.980
An<00:59:08.679><c> ambassador</c><00:59:09.079><c> in</c><00:59:09.380><c> bonds.</c><00:59:10.500><c> Normally</c><00:59:10.820><c> ambassadors</c><00:59:11.480><c> have</c>

00:59:12.980 --> 00:59:14.460
diplomatic<00:59:13.440><c> immunity.</c>

00:59:15.320 --> 00:59:18.800
They<00:59:15.679><c> can't</c><00:59:15.980><c> be</c><00:59:16.119><c> put</c><00:59:16.199><c> in</c><00:59:16.420><c> prison.</c><00:59:17.539><c> You</c><00:59:17.659><c> know,</c><00:59:17.659><c> we</c><00:59:17.760><c> have</c><00:59:17.900><c> Russian</c><00:59:18.139><c> ambassadors</c><00:59:18.619><c> that</c>

00:59:18.800 --> 00:59:19.760
get<00:59:18.980><c> drunk</c><00:59:19.159><c> and</c><00:59:19.360><c> run</c><00:59:19.480><c> people</c>

00:59:19.760 --> 00:59:24.539
down<00:59:20.059><c> and</c><00:59:20.519><c> get</c><00:59:20.739><c> inside</c><00:59:20.960><c> the</c><00:59:21.159><c> embassy</c><00:59:21.380><c> and</c><00:59:21.519><c> we</c><00:59:21.639><c> can't</c><00:59:21.920><c> touch</c><00:59:22.119><c> them.</c><00:59:24.159><c> But</c><00:59:24.400><c> he</c>

00:59:24.539 --> 00:59:26.139
was<00:59:24.659><c> an</c><00:59:24.940><c> ambassador</c><00:59:25.380><c> in</c><00:59:25.780><c> bonds.</c>

00:59:26.480 --> 00:59:32.739
A<00:59:26.619><c> most</c><00:59:26.820><c> unusual</c><00:59:27.360><c> thing.</c><00:59:28.780><c> A</c><00:59:28.920><c> most</c><00:59:29.099><c> unusual</c><00:59:29.579><c> phrase.</c><00:59:30.079><c> And</c><00:59:30.239><c> everywhere</c><00:59:30.400><c> he</c><00:59:30.579><c> went</c><00:59:30.639><c> he</c><00:59:30.699><c> was</c><00:59:30.900><c> before</c><00:59:31.219><c> kings</c><00:59:31.519><c> as</c><00:59:31.760><c> a</c><00:59:31.920><c> prisoner.</c>

00:59:34.639 --> 00:59:37.079
But<00:59:35.079><c> there</c><00:59:35.199><c> he</c><00:59:35.280><c> was</c><00:59:35.539><c> to</c><00:59:35.760><c> represent</c><00:59:36.099><c> Christ,</c><00:59:36.559><c> an</c><00:59:36.659><c> ambassador</c>

00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:40.219
in<00:59:37.320><c> bonds.</c><00:59:39.119><c> It</c><00:59:39.280><c> wasn't</c><00:59:39.539><c> the</c><00:59:39.760><c> life</c><00:59:39.920><c> he'd</c>

00:59:40.219 --> 00:59:42.679
chosen<00:59:40.380><c> for</c><00:59:40.559><c> himself.</c><00:59:40.940><c> It</c><00:59:41.039><c> wasn't</c><00:59:41.300><c> the</c><00:59:41.519><c> life</c><00:59:41.659><c> that</c><00:59:41.800><c> his</c><00:59:42.059><c> father</c><00:59:42.340><c> chose</c>

00:59:42.679 --> 00:59:44.500
for<00:59:42.900><c> him.</c><00:59:43.739><c> And</c><00:59:43.880><c> it's</c><00:59:44.019><c> quite</c><00:59:44.219><c> apparent</c>

00:59:44.500 --> 00:59:48.320
when<00:59:44.579><c> you</c><00:59:44.699><c> put</c><00:59:44.760><c> the</c><00:59:44.940><c> record</c><00:59:45.139><c> together</c><00:59:45.460><c> that</c><00:59:45.619><c> his</c><00:59:45.800><c> father</c><00:59:45.980><c> disinherited</c><00:59:46.639><c> him.</c>

00:59:48.519 --> 00:59:49.280
Because<00:59:48.739><c> he'd</c><00:59:48.900><c> done</c><00:59:48.940><c> everything</c>

00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:53.139
that<00:59:49.440><c> the</c><00:59:49.619><c> family</c><00:59:49.860><c> was</c><00:59:50.059><c> against.</c><00:59:51.900><c> He</c><00:59:52.099><c> was</c><00:59:52.280><c> now</c><00:59:52.500><c> a</c><00:59:52.739><c> follower</c><00:59:52.900><c> of</c>

00:59:53.139 --> 00:59:56.960
Christ.<00:59:55.219><c> And</c><00:59:55.659><c> the</c><00:59:55.860><c> persecutor</c><00:59:56.280><c> of</c><00:59:56.420><c> the</c><00:59:56.599><c> Ecclesiast,</c>

00:59:56.960 --> 01:00:02.219
it<00:59:57.079><c> was</c><00:59:57.280><c> now</c><00:59:57.860><c> preaching</c><00:59:58.320><c> the</c><00:59:58.539><c> gospel.</c><01:00:01.780><c> And</c><01:00:02.219><c> he</c><01:00:02.219><c> was</c><01:00:02.219><c> now</c><01:00:02.219><c> a</c><01:00:02.219><c> follower</c><01:00:02.219><c> of</c>

01:00:02.219 --> 01:00:02.719
Christ.<01:00:02.219><c> And</c><01:00:02.219><c> the</c><01:00:02.219><c> persecutor</c><01:00:02.219><c> of</c><01:00:02.219><c> the</c>

01:00:02.840 --> 01:00:05.239
But<01:00:03.280><c> you</c><01:00:03.440><c> see,</c><01:00:03.719><c> Paul</c><01:00:03.780><c> perceived</c><01:00:04.360><c> that</c><01:00:04.519><c> it</c><01:00:04.579><c> was</c><01:00:04.739><c> the</c><01:00:04.880><c> hand</c><01:00:05.099><c> of</c>

01:00:05.239 --> 01:00:06.739
God<01:00:05.480><c> at</c><01:00:05.659><c> work</c><01:00:05.860><c> in</c><01:00:06.019><c> his</c><01:00:06.219><c> life.</c>

01:00:07.059 --> 01:00:12.800
By<01:00:07.219><c> the</c><01:00:07.480><c> grace</c><01:00:07.719><c> of</c><01:00:07.960><c> God,</c><01:00:08.260><c> I</c><01:00:08.440><c> am</c><01:00:08.880><c> what</c><01:00:09.159><c> I</c><01:00:09.440><c> am.</c><01:00:12.059><c> And</c><01:00:12.219><c> God</c><01:00:12.320><c> had</c><01:00:12.500><c> turned</c><01:00:12.579><c> his</c>

01:00:12.800 --> 01:00:14.400
life<01:00:12.980><c> on</c><01:00:13.119><c> its</c><01:00:13.340><c> head.</c>

01:00:14.860 --> 01:00:17.340
You<01:00:14.940><c> know,</c><01:00:15.139><c> couldn't</c><01:00:15.260><c> he</c><01:00:15.519><c> write</c><01:00:15.739><c> with</c><01:00:15.980><c> meaning</c><01:00:16.199><c> Paul,</c><01:00:16.559><c> an</c><01:00:16.760><c> apostle</c><01:00:17.139><c> of</c>

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:20.679
Jesus<01:00:17.719><c> Christ,</c><01:00:19.179><c> by</c><01:00:19.380><c> the</c><01:00:19.539><c> will</c><01:00:19.619><c> of</c><01:00:19.840><c> God.</c>

01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:24.980
You<01:00:22.539><c> see,</c><01:00:22.619><c> God</c><01:00:22.780><c> had</c><01:00:22.960><c> made</c><01:00:23.079><c> him</c><01:00:23.300><c> something</c><01:00:23.539><c> he</c><01:00:23.739><c> never</c><01:00:24.019><c> ever</c><01:00:24.380><c> intended</c><01:00:24.699><c> to</c>

01:00:24.980 --> 01:00:27.320
be.<01:00:26.099><c> Something</c><01:00:26.380><c> he</c><01:00:26.480><c> never</c><01:00:26.760><c> thought</c><01:00:26.960><c> he</c><01:00:27.059><c> was</c>

01:00:27.320 --> 01:00:30.659
worthy<01:00:27.579><c> to</c><01:00:27.820><c> be.</c><01:00:28.380><c> I</c><01:00:28.579><c> am</c><01:00:28.780><c> not</c><01:00:29.019><c> worthy,</c><01:00:29.280><c> he</c><01:00:29.519><c> said.</c><01:00:30.099><c> I</c><01:00:30.340><c> ought</c><01:00:30.460><c> to</c><01:00:30.539><c> be</c>

01:00:30.659 --> 01:00:32.019
the<01:00:30.860><c> least</c><01:00:31.000><c> of</c><01:00:31.159><c> the</c><01:00:31.320><c> apostles</c><01:00:31.539><c> because</c><01:00:31.699><c> I</c>

01:00:32.019 --> 01:00:34.559
persecuted<01:00:32.440><c> the</c><01:00:32.699><c> Ecclesiast.</c><01:00:33.260><c> I</c><01:00:33.500><c> am</c><01:00:33.679><c> the</c><01:00:33.920><c> chief</c><01:00:34.099><c> of</c><01:00:34.360><c> sinners,</c>

01:00:34.559 --> 01:00:37.480
he<01:00:34.780><c> said.</c><01:00:36.559><c> And</c><01:00:36.679><c> yet</c><01:00:36.760><c> it</c><01:00:36.860><c> was</c><01:00:36.980><c> the</c><01:00:37.079><c> will</c><01:00:37.179><c> of</c><01:00:37.360><c> God</c>

01:00:37.480 --> 01:00:42.599
that<01:00:37.619><c> he</c><01:00:37.639><c> should</c><01:00:37.760><c> be</c><01:00:37.920><c> the</c><01:00:38.119><c> apostle</c><01:00:38.539><c> of</c><01:00:38.820><c> Christ</c><01:00:39.139><c> to</c><01:00:39.340><c> the</c><01:00:39.440><c> Gentiles.</c><01:00:42.000><c> You</c><01:00:42.079><c> see,</c><01:00:42.119><c> that's</c><01:00:42.320><c> why</c><01:00:42.480><c> he</c>

01:00:42.599 --> 01:00:43.079
introduces<01:00:42.860><c> his</c>

01:00:43.079 --> 01:00:46.159
book<01:00:43.239><c> that</c><01:00:43.500><c> way</c><01:00:43.699><c> because</c><01:00:44.119><c> he</c><01:00:44.599><c> wants</c><01:00:44.820><c> us</c><01:00:45.139><c> to</c><01:00:45.320><c> see</c><01:00:45.420><c> that</c><01:00:45.539><c> it's</c><01:00:45.719><c> the</c><01:00:45.820><c> will</c><01:00:45.920><c> of</c>

01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:49.619
God<01:00:46.659><c> that</c><01:00:47.820><c> we</c><01:00:48.099><c> are</c><01:00:48.280><c> called</c><01:00:48.400><c> to</c><01:00:48.559><c> be</c><01:00:48.739><c> saints.</c>

01:00:50.380 --> 01:00:54.800
As<01:00:50.599><c> much</c><01:00:50.760><c> as</c><01:00:51.019><c> Paul</c><01:00:51.179><c> couldn't</c><01:00:51.539><c> see</c><01:00:51.860><c> that</c><01:00:52.019><c> he</c><01:00:52.179><c> was</c><01:00:52.500><c> fit</c><01:00:52.619><c> to</c><01:00:52.840><c> be</c><01:00:52.940><c> the</c><01:00:53.179><c> preacher</c><01:00:53.420><c> of</c><01:00:53.739><c> Christ,</c>

01:00:55.460 --> 01:00:58.820
so<01:00:55.559><c> we</c><01:00:55.760><c> find</c><01:00:55.940><c> it</c><01:00:56.159><c> hard</c><01:00:56.300><c> sometimes</c><01:00:56.800><c> to</c><01:00:57.119><c> think</c><01:00:57.639><c> that</c><01:00:58.380><c> we</c><01:00:58.579><c> are</c><01:00:58.719><c> the</c>

01:00:58.820 --> 01:01:00.719
ones<01:00:58.980><c> that</c><01:00:59.159><c> are</c><01:00:59.320><c> called</c><01:00:59.440><c> to</c><01:00:59.599><c> be</c><01:00:59.800><c> saints.</c>

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of<01:04:43.650><c> being</c><01:04:43.889><c> narrow</c><01:04:44.309><c>-minded</c><01:04:44.730><c> and</c><01:04:45.210><c> fundamentalist,</c>

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this<01:04:47.429><c> book</c><01:04:47.590><c> is</c><01:04:47.769><c> going</c><01:04:47.869><c> to</c><01:04:48.030><c> tell</c><01:04:48.110><c> us</c><01:04:48.269><c> that</c><01:04:48.409><c> in</c><01:04:48.530><c> the</c><01:04:48.650><c> eyes</c><01:04:48.809><c> of</c><01:04:49.030><c> God</c>

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we're<01:04:49.389><c> a</c><01:04:49.489><c> very</c><01:04:49.829><c> precious</c><01:04:50.170><c> treasure</c>

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of<01:04:53.550><c> the</c><01:04:53.710><c> saints</c><01:04:54.269><c> which</c><01:04:55.730><c> are</c><01:04:55.869><c> at</c><01:04:56.030><c> Golden</c><01:04:56.250><c> Grove.</c>