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Iconium,<00:11:42.690><c> when</c><00:11:42.929><c> the</c><00:11:43.149><c> arranging</c><00:11:43.470><c> brethren</c><00:11:43.809><c> met,</c><00:11:44.049><c> you</c><00:11:44.129><c> know</c><00:11:44.309><c> that.</c>

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He's<00:11:50.230><c> a</c><00:11:50.350><c> good</c><00:11:50.590><c> student,</c><00:11:51.889><c> he</c><00:11:52.110><c> has</c><00:11:52.389><c> a</c><00:11:52.529><c> way</c><00:11:52.649><c> with</c><00:11:52.850><c> the</c><00:11:52.950><c> word</c><00:11:53.090><c> of</c><00:11:53.289><c> God,</c>

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and<00:11:54.190><c> so</c><00:11:55.169><c> Timothy's</c><00:11:56.990><c> –</c><00:11:56.990><c> I</c><00:11:57.210><c> was</c><00:11:57.210><c> going</c><00:11:57.350><c> to</c><00:11:57.450><c> say</c><00:11:57.649><c> fame,</c>

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Timothy's<00:11:59.950><c> reputation</c><00:12:00.529><c> as</c><00:12:01.389><c> a</c><00:12:01.690><c> speaker</c>

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and<00:12:02.269><c> as</c><00:12:02.409><c> one</c><00:12:02.549><c> who</c><00:12:02.789><c> loved</c><00:12:02.970><c> the</c><00:12:03.149><c> Lord</c><00:12:03.509><c> would</c><00:12:04.049><c> increase,</c>

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and<00:12:04.950><c> men</c><00:12:05.149><c> would</c><00:12:05.309><c> get</c><00:12:05.490><c> to</c><00:12:05.669><c> know</c><00:12:05.809><c> him,</c>

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Corinthian<00:12:09.250><c> ecclesia,</c>

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He<00:12:14.870><c> said,</c><00:12:15.049><c> no,</c><00:12:15.389><c> they</c><00:12:15.590><c> didn't</c><00:12:15.830><c> receive</c><00:12:16.090><c> me</c><00:12:16.250><c> very</c><00:12:16.509><c> well,</c>

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and<00:12:16.830><c> Paul</c><00:12:17.009><c> dashed</c><00:12:17.389><c> a</c><00:12:17.450><c> letter</c><00:12:17.590><c> off</c><00:12:17.769><c> to</c><00:12:17.889><c> them,</c><00:12:18.289><c> and</c><00:12:18.370><c> he</c><00:12:18.470><c> said,</c>

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hey,<00:12:19.250><c> next</c><00:12:19.409><c> time</c><00:12:19.570><c> the</c><00:12:19.730><c> Apostle,</c><00:12:20.690><c> my</c><00:12:20.950><c> son</c><00:12:21.169><c> Timothy</c><00:12:21.450><c> comes,</c>

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you<00:12:21.990><c> receive</c><00:12:22.210><c> him</c><00:12:22.330><c> with</c><00:12:22.549><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:12:25.309><c> Titus,</c><00:12:25.830><c> he</c><00:12:25.830><c> sent</c><00:12:25.970><c> to</c><00:12:26.090><c> put</c><00:12:26.190><c> them</c><00:12:26.429><c> right,</c><00:12:27.070><c> a</c><00:12:27.070><c> bit</c><00:12:27.289><c> stronger</c><00:12:27.649><c> Titus.</c>

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the<00:12:34.649><c> Apostle</c><00:12:34.970><c> Paul</c><00:12:35.309><c> expressed</c><00:12:36.049><c> the</c><00:12:36.289><c> wish</c>

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that<00:12:36.590><c> he</c><00:12:36.730><c> should</c><00:12:36.950><c> join</c><00:12:37.230><c> them</c><00:12:37.389><c> in</c><00:12:37.509><c> the</c><00:12:37.629><c> mission</c><00:12:37.889><c> field.</c>

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He<00:12:38.870><c> was</c><00:12:39.169><c> an</c><00:12:39.490><c> admirable</c><00:12:40.070><c> choice.</c>

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He<00:12:42.070><c> was</c><00:12:42.269><c> a</c><00:12:42.429><c> man,</c><00:12:43.169><c> was</c><00:12:43.309><c> young</c><00:12:43.669><c> Timothy,</c>

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who<00:12:44.870><c> threw</c><00:12:45.110><c> himself</c><00:12:45.730><c> into</c><00:12:46.169><c> the</c><00:12:46.429><c> work</c><00:12:46.830><c> of</c><00:12:47.110><c> preaching,</c>

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makes<00:12:49.470><c> the</c><00:12:49.950><c> heart</c><00:12:50.269><c> of</c><00:12:50.750><c> older</c><00:12:51.049><c> brethren</c><00:12:51.389><c> good</c>

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And<00:12:55.529><c> when</c><00:12:55.629><c> they</c><00:12:55.769><c> can</c><00:12:57.529><c> show</c><00:12:57.929><c> us</c><00:12:58.289><c> the</c><00:12:58.789><c> things</c><00:12:58.990><c> in</c><00:12:59.129><c> the</c><00:12:59.250><c> Word</c><00:12:59.370><c> of</c><00:12:59.549><c> God,</c>

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doubtless<00:13:02.149><c> you're</c><00:13:02.269><c> the</c><00:13:02.509><c> same.</c>

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When<00:13:03.129><c> you've</c><00:13:03.309><c> seen</c><00:13:03.490><c> them</c><00:13:03.690><c> grow</c><00:13:03.889><c> up</c><00:13:04.070><c> through</c><00:13:04.309><c> Sunday</c><00:13:04.629><c> school</c>

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he<00:13:44.169><c> hath</c><00:13:44.409><c> served</c><00:13:44.809><c> me</c><00:13:45.110><c> in</c><00:13:45.230><c> the</c><00:13:45.389><c> Gospel.</c>

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student,<00:14:21.990><c> able</c><00:14:22.309><c> man</c><00:14:22.549><c> as</c><00:14:22.669><c> he</c><00:14:22.889><c> was,</c><00:14:23.690><c> had</c><00:14:24.070><c> a</c><00:14:24.889><c> problem.</c>

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I<00:14:56.009><c> mean,</c><00:14:56.230><c> there</c><00:14:56.389><c> were</c><00:14:56.549><c> big</c><00:14:56.789><c> personalities</c>

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in<00:14:57.690><c> the</c><00:14:57.889><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:58.250><c> in</c><00:14:58.750><c> these</c><00:14:58.990><c> days.</c>

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There<00:14:59.850><c> really</c><00:15:00.230><c> were.</c>

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I<00:15:01.250><c> mean,</c><00:15:01.389><c> when</c><00:15:01.590><c> the</c><00:15:01.710><c> Apostle</c><00:15:02.049><c> Paul</c><00:15:02.269><c> wrote</c>

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to<00:15:03.490><c> the</c><00:15:03.950><c> Corinthian</c><00:15:04.590><c> church</c>

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and<00:15:06.990><c> he</c><00:15:07.149><c> said,</c><00:15:07.490><c> what's</c><00:15:08.269><c> all</c><00:15:08.470><c> this</c><00:15:08.629><c> division</c><00:15:08.970><c> about?</c>

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One<00:15:11.250><c> says</c><00:15:11.429><c> I'm</c><00:15:11.590><c> of</c><00:15:11.769><c> Paul,</c><00:15:12.110><c> another</c><00:15:12.330><c> says</c><00:15:12.529><c> I'm</c><00:15:12.929><c> of</c><00:15:13.129><c> Apollos,</c>

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another<00:15:13.830><c> says</c><00:15:13.990><c> I'm</c><00:15:14.210><c> of</c><00:15:14.330><c> Christ,</c><00:15:15.029><c> another</c><00:15:15.250><c> says</c><00:15:15.450><c> I'm</c><00:15:15.690><c> of</c><00:15:15.950><c> Cephas,</c>

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another<00:15:16.590><c> one</c><00:15:16.789><c> says</c><00:15:16.909><c> I'm</c><00:15:17.110><c> of</c><00:15:17.370><c> Paul,</c>

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what's<00:15:18.129><c> all</c><00:15:18.330><c> this</c><00:15:18.529><c> division?</c>

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There<00:15:21.009><c> should</c><00:15:21.169><c> be</c><00:15:21.389><c> unity.</c>

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There<00:15:23.110><c> were</c><00:15:23.330><c> not</c><00:15:23.570><c> groups</c><00:15:24.169><c> of</c><00:15:24.549><c> men</c>

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who<00:15:25.610><c> belonged</c><00:15:26.129><c> to</c><00:15:26.450><c> the</c><00:15:26.830><c> Cephas</c><00:15:27.350><c> clique</c>

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or<00:15:29.250><c> the</c><00:15:29.610><c> Apostle</c><00:15:30.029><c> Paul</c><00:15:30.649><c> clique</c>

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or<00:15:33.730><c> the</c><00:15:33.950><c> Apollos</c><00:15:34.470><c> group.</c>

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I<00:15:37.389><c> mean,</c><00:15:38.029><c> I'm</c><00:15:38.669><c> preaching</c><00:15:39.009><c> to</c><00:15:39.210><c> the</c><00:15:39.330><c> converted,</c><00:15:39.870><c> aren't</c><00:15:39.889><c> I?</c>

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This<00:15:41.009><c> is</c><00:15:41.629><c> Sunday</c><00:15:41.870><c> school</c><00:15:42.110><c> stuff.</c>

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When<00:15:46.009><c> the</c><00:15:46.230><c> Apostle</c><00:15:46.610><c> said,</c>

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you<00:15:47.870><c> say</c><00:15:48.070><c> I'm</c><00:15:48.269><c> of</c><00:15:48.409><c> Apollos,</c><00:15:48.730><c> I'm</c><00:15:48.889><c> of</c><00:15:49.070><c> Cephas,</c>

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he<00:15:49.330><c> wasn't</c><00:15:49.590><c> talking</c><00:15:49.909><c> about</c><00:15:50.090><c> himself</c><00:15:50.470><c> and</c><00:15:50.629><c> Cephas</c><00:15:50.889><c> and</c><00:15:51.029><c> Apollos.</c>

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Because<00:15:53.289><c> later</c><00:15:53.929><c> on</c><00:15:54.250><c> in</c><00:15:55.370><c> the</c><00:15:56.090><c> epistle</c>

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we<00:15:57.009><c> find</c><00:15:57.269><c> him</c><00:15:57.450><c> saying,</c><00:15:58.110><c> and</c><00:15:58.110><c> these</c><00:15:58.389><c> things</c><00:15:58.690><c> I</c><00:15:58.950><c> have</c><00:15:59.110><c> in</c><00:15:59.169><c> a</c><00:15:59.429><c> sense</c>

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transferred<00:16:01.470><c> to</c><00:16:01.990><c> Cephas</c><00:16:02.269><c> and</c><00:16:02.429><c> myself.</c>

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And<00:16:04.809><c> so</c><00:16:04.950><c> there</c><00:16:05.090><c> were</c><00:16:05.230><c> not</c><00:16:05.429><c> groups</c>

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following<00:16:06.129><c> Paul,</c><00:16:06.450><c> Cephas,</c><00:16:06.970><c> Apollos,</c><00:16:07.169><c> Christ.</c>

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There<00:16:08.710><c> were</c><00:16:08.889><c> great</c><00:16:09.210><c> personalities</c><00:16:09.750><c> in</c><00:16:10.009><c> the</c><00:16:10.169><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:16:12.409><c> they</c><00:16:12.549><c> were</c><00:16:12.690><c> drawing</c><00:16:12.970><c> groups</c><00:16:13.370><c> to</c><00:16:13.590><c> themselves.</c>

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Paul<00:16:14.230><c> says</c><00:16:14.450><c> I'm</c><00:16:14.809><c> not</c><00:16:14.970><c> going</c><00:16:15.129><c> to</c><00:16:15.250><c> name</c><00:16:15.450><c> them,</c>

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I'll<00:16:15.830><c> embarrass</c><00:16:16.110><c> you</c><00:16:16.250><c> if</c><00:16:16.389><c> I</c><00:16:16.549><c> do,</c>

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I've<00:16:17.289><c> transferred</c><00:16:17.669><c> them</c><00:16:17.830><c> in</c><00:16:17.970><c> a</c><00:16:18.090><c> sense</c><00:16:18.289><c> to</c><00:16:18.690><c> me</c>

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and<00:16:19.470><c> Apollos</c><00:16:19.769><c> and</c><00:16:19.850><c> Cephas</c><00:16:20.210><c> and</c><00:16:20.389><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:23.330><c> there</c><00:16:23.470><c> were</c><00:16:23.509><c> cliques</c><00:16:23.769><c> there,</c><00:16:23.990><c> there</c><00:16:24.230><c> were</c><00:16:24.230><c> groups</c><00:16:24.490><c> there</c>

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and<00:16:24.809><c> they</c><00:16:24.850><c> were</c><00:16:24.970><c> saying,</c>

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we're<00:16:26.889><c> a</c><00:16:26.929><c> bit</c><00:16:27.149><c> better</c><00:16:27.429><c> than</c><00:16:27.710><c> that</c><00:16:27.990><c> crowd</c><00:16:28.190><c> over</c><00:16:28.409><c> there,</c>

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we're<00:16:28.850><c> the</c><00:16:29.110><c> intellectuals,</c><00:16:29.590><c> just</c><00:16:29.970><c> leave.</c>

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Paul<00:16:31.610><c> says</c><00:16:31.789><c> this</c><00:16:31.990><c> cannot</c><00:16:32.230><c> be</c><00:16:32.470><c> right</c>

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and<00:16:32.889><c> it</c><00:16:32.970><c> was</c><00:16:33.169><c> these</c><00:16:33.509><c> people</c><00:16:34.269><c> to</c><00:16:34.629><c> whom</c><00:16:35.269><c> Timothy</c><00:16:35.710><c> was</c><00:16:36.049><c> sent,</c>

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it<00:16:37.690><c> isn't</c><00:16:37.870><c> to</c><00:16:38.049><c> be</c><00:16:38.169><c> wondered</c><00:16:38.370><c> at</c><00:16:38.509><c> that</c><00:16:38.649><c> the</c><00:16:38.789><c> boy</c><00:16:38.909><c> wept.</c>

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I<00:16:42.590><c> mean,</c><00:16:42.990><c> some</c><00:16:43.210><c> of</c><00:16:43.309><c> us</c><00:16:43.429><c> who</c><00:16:43.549><c> are</c><00:16:44.289><c> a</c><00:16:44.289><c> bit</c><00:16:44.509><c> more</c><00:16:44.809><c> thick</c><00:16:45.049><c>-skinned</c>

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than<00:16:45.629><c> that</c>

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are<00:16:46.350><c> reduced</c><00:16:46.669><c> to</c><00:16:47.049><c> tears</c><00:16:47.250><c> sometimes</c>

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by<00:16:47.870><c> the</c><00:16:48.029><c> words</c><00:16:48.190><c> of</c><00:16:48.370><c> our</c><00:16:48.509><c> brethren</c><00:16:48.730><c> and</c><00:16:48.909><c> sisters.</c>

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Verse<00:16:52.509><c> seven</c><00:16:52.889><c> of</c><00:16:53.070><c> chapter</c><00:16:53.350><c> one.</c>

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For<00:16:55.190><c> God</c><00:16:55.409><c> has</c><00:16:55.570><c> not</c><00:16:55.809><c> given</c><00:16:55.970><c> us</c><00:16:56.190><c> the</c><00:16:56.370><c> spirit</c><00:16:56.570><c> of</c><00:16:56.809><c> fear</c>

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but<00:16:57.149><c> of</c><00:16:57.330><c> power</c><00:16:57.649><c> and</c><00:16:57.809><c> of</c><00:16:57.990><c> love</c><00:16:58.309><c> and</c><00:16:58.889><c> of</c><00:16:59.110><c> a</c><00:16:59.190><c> sound</c><00:16:59.330><c> mind.</c>

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Verse<00:16:59.850><c> eight.</c>

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Be<00:17:01.190><c> not</c><00:17:01.450><c> thou</c><00:17:01.730><c> therefore</c><00:17:02.230><c> ashamed</c>

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of<00:17:02.889><c> the</c><00:17:03.149><c> testimony</c><00:17:03.529><c> of</c><00:17:03.769><c> our</c><00:17:03.909><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:17:05.329><c> put</c><00:17:05.490><c> to</c><00:17:05.650><c> you</c><00:17:05.769><c> brethren</c><00:17:05.930><c> and</c><00:17:06.150><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:17:06.849><c> psychologically</c><00:17:07.509><c> he</c><00:17:07.670><c> was</c><00:17:07.829><c> a</c><00:17:07.930><c> bit</c><00:17:08.049><c> weak</c>

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and<00:17:08.710><c> if</c><00:17:08.970><c> he</c><00:17:09.210><c> was,</c><00:17:09.809><c> if</c><00:17:10.069><c> I</c><00:17:10.210><c> am</c><00:17:10.309><c> right</c><00:17:10.529><c> in</c><00:17:10.690><c> my</c><00:17:10.910><c> assumption</c>

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that<00:17:11.410><c> he</c><00:17:11.549><c> had</c><00:17:11.670><c> some</c><00:17:11.910><c> problems,</c>

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if<00:17:12.630><c> he</c><00:17:12.750><c> was</c><00:17:12.849><c> a</c><00:17:12.970><c> bit</c><00:17:13.230><c> reticent,</c>

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a<00:17:14.750><c> little</c><00:17:14.869><c> bit</c><00:17:15.170><c> shy</c><00:17:15.369><c> perhaps,</c>

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he<00:17:17.210><c> deserves</c><00:17:17.730><c> our</c><00:17:18.130><c> praise</c><00:17:18.470><c> for</c><00:17:18.670><c> going</c><00:17:18.970><c> to</c><00:17:19.150><c> the</c><00:17:19.329><c> work.</c>

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When<00:17:22.190><c> naturally</c><00:17:22.730><c> speaking</c><00:17:23.230><c> he</c><00:17:23.390><c> would</c><00:17:23.589><c> have</c><00:17:23.750><c> said,</c>

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I'd<00:17:26.529><c> prefer</c><00:17:26.890><c> to</c><00:17:27.109><c> stay</c><00:17:27.309><c> at</c><00:17:27.529><c> home</c><00:17:27.710><c> if</c><00:17:27.849><c> it's</c><00:17:28.029><c> all</c><00:17:28.210><c> the</c><00:17:28.369><c> same</c><00:17:28.490><c> with</c><00:17:28.690><c> you,</c>

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he<00:17:30.009><c> said,</c><00:17:31.190><c> you</c><00:17:31.269><c> want</c><00:17:31.410><c> me</c><00:17:31.569><c> to</c><00:17:31.690><c> come</c><00:17:31.809><c> with</c><00:17:32.009><c> you?</c>

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I'll<00:17:33.190><c> come</c><00:17:33.309><c> with</c><00:17:33.529><c> pleasure.</c>

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Serve<00:17:36.089><c> the</c><00:17:36.250><c> Lord</c><00:17:36.430><c> with</c><00:17:36.670><c> gladness.</c>

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Here<00:17:38.750><c> wasn't</c><00:17:39.170><c> a</c><00:17:40.690><c> press</c><00:17:41.029><c>-ganged</c><00:17:41.529><c> man,</c>

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here<00:17:43.430><c> was</c><00:17:43.650><c> a</c><00:17:43.809><c> volunteer</c><00:17:44.549><c> gladly</c><00:17:45.950><c> accepting</c>

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the<00:17:47.410><c> commission</c><00:17:47.730><c> which</c><00:17:48.009><c> the</c><00:17:48.230><c> Apostle</c><00:17:48.509><c> put</c><00:17:48.710><c> before</c><00:17:49.029><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:51.650><c> when</c><00:17:51.809><c> he</c><00:17:51.970><c> came</c><00:17:52.230><c> to</c><00:17:52.430><c> Rome</c>

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the<00:17:53.910><c> authorities</c><00:17:54.289><c> took</c><00:17:54.529><c> him</c><00:17:54.710><c> and</c><00:17:54.849><c> said,</c><00:17:55.029><c> where</c><00:17:55.150><c> are</c><00:17:55.289><c> you</c><00:17:55.430><c> going?</c>

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And<00:17:56.369><c> he</c><00:17:56.430><c> said,</c><00:17:56.569><c> I'm</c><00:17:56.690><c> going</c><00:17:56.890><c> to</c><00:17:57.089><c> visit</c><00:17:57.269><c> the</c><00:17:57.529><c> Jewish</c><00:17:57.809><c> man</c><00:17:58.130><c> in</c><00:17:58.410><c> jail.</c>

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And<00:17:59.549><c> they</c><00:17:59.730><c> said,</c><00:18:00.069><c> no,</c><00:18:00.769><c> you're</c><00:18:00.990><c> going</c><00:18:01.230><c> to</c><00:18:01.430><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:18:02.309><c> they</c><00:18:02.410><c> put</c><00:18:02.529><c> him</c><00:18:02.670><c> in</c><00:18:02.849><c> prison</c><00:18:03.009><c> and</c><00:18:03.170><c> locked</c><00:18:03.309><c> him</c><00:18:03.470><c> up.</c>

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The<00:18:04.009><c> boy</c><00:18:04.210><c> was</c><00:18:04.390><c> still</c><00:18:04.930><c> very</c><00:18:05.250><c> young</c>

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and<00:18:05.890><c> he</c><00:18:05.970><c> was</c><00:18:06.130><c> put</c><00:18:06.289><c> in</c><00:18:06.450><c> prison</c><00:18:06.609><c> and</c><00:18:06.789><c> locked</c><00:18:06.910><c> up</c>

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so<00:18:07.289><c> that</c><00:18:08.130><c> later</c><00:18:08.529><c> on</c><00:18:08.809><c> we'll</c><00:18:09.089><c> hear</c><00:18:09.250><c> the</c><00:18:09.470><c> Apostle</c><00:18:09.809><c> to</c><00:18:10.049><c> say,</c>

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know<00:18:10.490><c> ye</c><00:18:10.750><c> that</c><00:18:11.210><c> our</c><00:18:11.410><c> brother</c><00:18:11.650><c> Timothy</c><00:18:12.029><c> is</c><00:18:12.289><c> set</c><00:18:12.390><c> at</c><00:18:12.529><c> liberty</c>

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with<00:18:14.750><c> whom</c><00:18:14.970><c> if</c><00:18:15.150><c> he</c><00:18:15.349><c> comes</c><00:18:15.569><c> shortly</c><00:18:15.950><c> I</c><00:18:16.130><c> will</c><00:18:16.289><c> come</c><00:18:16.509><c> also.</c>

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Tradition<00:18:22.089><c> is</c><00:18:22.690><c> that</c><00:18:22.990><c> the</c><00:18:23.150><c> boy,</c><00:18:24.130><c> still</c><00:18:24.369><c> at</c><00:18:24.569><c> a</c><00:18:24.710><c> fairly</c><00:18:24.910><c> early</c><00:18:25.230><c> age,</c>

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but<00:18:26.589><c> being</c><00:18:26.869><c> the</c><00:18:27.230><c> recording</c><00:18:27.589><c> brother</c><00:18:28.069><c> of</c><00:18:28.369><c> an</c><00:18:28.509><c> ecclesiast</c>

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was<00:18:30.470><c> beaten</c><00:18:30.990><c> to</c><00:18:31.250><c> death</c><00:18:32.230><c> at</c><00:18:32.529><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Tradition.

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A<00:18:37.509><c> terrible</c><00:18:37.829><c> end</c><00:18:38.109><c> if</c><00:18:38.250><c> that</c><00:18:38.450><c> is</c><00:18:38.690><c> factual</c>

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for<00:18:40.509><c> one</c><00:18:40.730><c> so</c><00:18:41.029><c> soft</c><00:18:41.349><c>-natured.</c>

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The<00:18:44.470><c> excitations</c><00:18:45.309><c> in</c><00:18:47.309><c> the</c><00:18:47.450><c> letters,</c><00:18:47.849><c> brethren</c><00:18:48.029><c> and</c><00:18:48.269><c> sisters,</c>

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are<00:18:48.970><c> strong</c><00:18:49.390><c> when</c><00:18:49.609><c> we</c><00:18:49.849><c> consider</c>

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what<00:18:50.849><c> we</c><00:18:51.029><c> have</c><00:18:51.150><c> just</c><00:18:51.349><c> been</c><00:18:51.569><c> talking</c><00:18:51.890><c> about.</c>

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The<00:18:54.529><c> churches</c><00:18:54.829><c> in</c><00:18:55.029><c> these</c><00:18:55.269><c> formative</c><00:18:55.670><c> years</c>

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had<00:18:56.589><c> many</c><00:18:57.250><c> sayings</c><00:18:58.269><c> which</c><00:18:58.809><c> they</c><00:18:59.130><c> called</c><00:18:59.630><c> faithful</c><00:19:00.549><c> sayings.</c>

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There<00:19:01.569><c> were</c><00:19:01.710><c> many</c><00:19:01.910><c> of</c><00:19:02.109><c> them</c>

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and<00:19:02.670><c> sometimes</c><00:19:03.109><c> they</c><00:19:03.410><c> spoke</c><00:19:03.650><c> them</c><00:19:03.849><c> to</c><00:19:04.009><c> each</c><00:19:04.210><c> other</c>

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as<00:19:04.750><c> they</c><00:19:04.910><c> saw</c><00:19:05.130><c> each</c><00:19:05.369><c> other</c><00:19:05.490><c> in</c><00:19:05.630><c> the</c><00:19:05.829><c> street</c>

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they<00:19:06.130><c> would</c><00:19:06.369><c> pass</c><00:19:06.569><c> on</c><00:19:06.869><c> a</c><00:19:07.109><c> faithful</c><00:19:07.450><c> saying,</c>

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something<00:19:08.650><c> which</c><00:19:08.829><c> they'd</c><00:19:09.170><c> heard</c><00:19:09.349><c> from</c><00:19:09.529><c> the</c><00:19:09.750><c> Apostles,</c>

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something<00:19:10.650><c> which</c><00:19:10.829><c> they</c><00:19:10.970><c> had</c><00:19:11.069><c> been</c><00:19:11.309><c> taught.</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:12.190><c> they</c><00:19:12.410><c> even</c><00:19:12.730><c> sang</c><00:19:12.970><c> about</c><00:19:13.289><c> them,</c>

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these<00:19:14.170><c> faithful</c><00:19:14.910><c> sayings.</c>

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Chapter<00:19:17.390><c> one,</c><00:19:17.710><c> the</c><00:19:17.869><c> first</c><00:19:18.069><c> epistle,</c>

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just<00:19:21.109><c> have</c><00:19:21.269><c> a</c><00:19:21.289><c> look</c><00:19:21.430><c> at</c><00:19:21.529><c> one</c><00:19:21.690><c> or</c><00:19:21.730><c> two</c><00:19:21.930><c> of</c><00:19:22.069><c> them.</c>

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Chapter<00:19:25.009><c> one</c><00:19:25.190><c> and</c><00:19:25.309><c> verse</c><00:19:25.490><c> fifteen,</c>

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this<00:19:27.089><c> is</c><00:19:27.309><c> a</c><00:19:27.450><c> faithful</c><00:19:27.769><c> saying</c><00:19:28.069><c> and</c><00:19:28.309><c> worthy</c><00:19:28.509><c> of</c><00:19:28.650><c> all</c><00:19:28.849><c> acceptation.</c>

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And<00:19:30.390><c> this</c><00:19:30.490><c> is</c><00:19:30.569><c> what</c><00:19:30.650><c> they</c><00:19:30.829><c> used</c><00:19:30.950><c> to</c><00:19:31.109><c> say</c><00:19:31.210><c> when</c><00:19:31.329><c> they</c><00:19:31.490><c> met</c><00:19:31.630><c> each</c><00:19:31.869><c> other.</c>

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Christ<00:19:32.730><c> Jesus</c><00:19:33.089><c> came</c><00:19:33.329><c> into</c><00:19:33.529><c> the</c><00:19:33.690><c> world</c><00:19:33.829><c> to</c><00:19:34.049><c> save</c><00:19:34.250><c> sinners</c>

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and<00:19:36.269><c> Paul</c><00:19:36.509><c> added</c><00:19:36.730><c> a</c><00:19:36.849><c> bit</c><00:19:36.930><c> of</c><00:19:37.049><c> his</c><00:19:37.210><c> own,</c>

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of<00:19:38.130><c> whom</c><00:19:38.289><c> I</c><00:19:38.450><c> am</c><00:19:38.609><c> chief.</c>

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Chapter<00:19:41.009><c> three</c><00:19:41.269><c> and</c><00:19:41.430><c> verse</c><00:19:41.589><c> one,</c>

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this<00:19:42.329><c> is</c><00:19:42.549><c> a</c><00:19:42.690><c> true</c><00:19:42.869><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:19:43.890><c> they</c><00:19:44.009><c> said</c><00:19:44.130><c> this</c><00:19:44.269><c> at</c><00:19:44.430><c> election</c><00:19:44.769><c> time.</c>

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If<00:19:46.009><c> a</c><00:19:46.150><c> man</c><00:19:46.289><c> desires</c><00:19:46.630><c> the</c><00:19:46.809><c> office</c><00:19:46.950><c> of</c><00:19:47.109><c> a</c><00:19:47.250><c> bishop,</c>

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he<00:19:48.369><c> desires</c><00:19:48.630><c> a</c><00:19:48.809><c> good</c><00:19:48.990><c> work.</c>

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Chapter<00:19:52.369><c> four</c><00:19:52.710><c> and</c><00:19:52.869><c> verse</c><00:19:53.009><c> nine,</c>

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this<00:19:56.069><c> is</c><00:19:56.289><c> a</c><00:19:56.369><c> faithful</c><00:19:56.650><c> saying</c><00:19:56.950><c> and</c><00:19:57.170><c> worthy</c><00:19:57.349><c> of</c><00:19:57.509><c> all</c><00:19:57.710><c> acceptation,</c>

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for<00:19:59.410><c> therefore</c><00:19:59.829><c> we</c><00:19:59.990><c> both</c><00:20:00.230><c> labour</c><00:20:00.450><c> and</c><00:20:00.690><c> suffer</c><00:20:00.910><c> reproach</c>

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because<00:20:01.430><c> we</c><00:20:02.190><c> trust</c><00:20:02.410><c> in</c><00:20:02.609><c> the</c><00:20:02.670><c> living</c><00:20:02.829><c> God</c><00:20:03.089><c> who</c><00:20:03.230><c> is</c><00:20:03.369><c> the</c><00:20:03.529><c> Saviour</c>

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of<00:20:03.990><c> all</c><00:20:04.210><c> men,</c>

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especially<00:20:05.390><c> of</c><00:20:05.609><c> those</c><00:20:05.769><c> that</c><00:20:06.069><c> believe.</c>

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These<00:20:06.849><c> things</c><00:20:07.150><c> command</c><00:20:07.509><c> and</c><00:20:07.750><c> teach.</c>

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Second<00:20:11.430><c> epistle,</c><00:20:11.950><c> in</c><00:20:12.150><c> chapter</c><00:20:12.349><c> two,</c>

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it<00:20:16.170><c> is</c><00:20:16.329><c> a</c><00:20:16.470><c> faithful</c><00:20:16.769><c> saying,</c>

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for<00:20:17.970><c> if</c><00:20:18.150><c> we</c><00:20:18.269><c> be</c><00:20:18.410><c> dead</c><00:20:18.529><c> with</c><00:20:18.730><c> him</c><00:20:18.849><c> we</c><00:20:19.009><c> shall</c><00:20:19.109><c> also</c><00:20:19.390><c> live</c><00:20:19.569><c> with</c><00:20:19.789><c> him,</c>

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if<00:20:20.549><c> we</c><00:20:20.750><c> suffer</c><00:20:20.930><c> we</c><00:20:21.130><c> shall</c><00:20:21.230><c> also</c><00:20:21.569><c> reign</c><00:20:21.750><c> with</c><00:20:21.950><c> him,</c>

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if<00:20:22.569><c> we</c><00:20:22.769><c> deny</c><00:20:23.029><c> him</c><00:20:23.329><c> he</c><00:20:24.230><c> will</c><00:20:24.390><c> deny</c><00:20:24.690><c> us,</c>

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if<00:20:25.390><c> we</c><00:20:25.650><c> believe</c><00:20:25.789><c> not</c><00:20:26.210><c> yet</c><00:20:26.549><c> he</c><00:20:26.750><c> abideth</c><00:20:27.069><c> faithful,</c>

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he<00:20:28.109><c> cannot</c><00:20:28.410><c> deny</c><00:20:28.750><c> himself.</c>

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These<00:20:29.829><c> things</c><00:20:30.049><c> that</c><00:20:30.230><c> they</c><00:20:30.349><c> used</c><00:20:30.490><c> to</c><00:20:30.650><c> talk</c><00:20:30.829><c> about,</c>

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brethren<00:20:31.309><c> and</c><00:20:31.490><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:20:31.869><c> often</c><00:20:32.170><c> incorporate</c><00:20:32.789><c> into</c><00:20:32.990><c> their</c><00:20:33.210><c> hymns.</c>

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Have<00:20:35.690><c> a</c><00:20:35.769><c> look</c><00:20:35.869><c> please</c><00:20:36.089><c> at</c><00:20:36.230><c> the</c><00:20:36.390><c> first</c><00:20:36.549><c> epistle</c><00:20:37.029><c> to</c><00:20:37.349><c> Timothy,</c>

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in<00:20:38.769><c> chapter</c><00:20:38.990><c> one,</c>

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verse<00:20:42.230><c> nineteen.</c>

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What<00:20:44.930><c> do</c><00:20:45.049><c> you</c><00:20:45.069><c> make</c><00:20:45.250><c> of</c><00:20:45.369><c> these</c><00:20:45.549><c> two</c><00:20:45.750><c> verses?</c>

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Holding<00:20:48.069><c> faith</c><00:20:48.470><c> and</c><00:20:48.670><c> a</c><00:20:48.789><c> good</c><00:20:48.950><c> conscience,</c>

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which<00:20:50.549><c> some</c><00:20:50.829><c> having</c><00:20:51.109><c> put</c><00:20:51.430><c> away</c><00:20:51.690><c> concerning</c><00:20:52.210><c> faith,</c>

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have<00:20:53.190><c> made</c><00:20:53.390><c> shipwreck,</c>

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of<00:20:54.890><c> whom</c><00:20:55.029><c> is</c><00:20:55.250><c> Hymenus</c><00:20:55.730><c> and</c><00:20:56.009><c> Alexander,</c>

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whom<00:20:57.190><c> I</c><00:20:57.329><c> have</c><00:20:57.450><c> delivered</c><00:20:57.690><c> unto</c><00:20:57.970><c> Satan,</c>

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that<00:20:58.529><c> they</c><00:20:58.670><c> may</c><00:20:58.869><c> learn</c><00:20:59.170><c> not</c><00:20:59.430><c> to</c><00:20:59.650><c> blaspheme.</c>

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We<00:21:02.890><c> don't</c><00:21:03.049><c> know</c><00:21:03.190><c> anything</c><00:21:03.410><c> about</c><00:21:03.650><c> these</c><00:21:03.930><c> two,</c>

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Hymenus<00:21:06.109><c> and</c><00:21:06.250><c> Alexander,</c>

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but<00:21:08.890><c> whoever</c><00:21:09.410><c> they</c><00:21:09.789><c> were,</c>

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they<00:21:10.289><c> have</c><00:21:10.609><c> loosed</c><00:21:11.009><c> hold</c><00:21:11.410><c> on</c><00:21:11.950><c> their</c><00:21:12.210><c> hope,</c>

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and<00:21:14.029><c> having</c><00:21:14.269><c> become</c><00:21:14.650><c> vessels</c><00:21:15.069><c> with</c><00:21:15.329><c> no</c><00:21:15.609><c> anchor,</c>

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they<00:21:16.829><c> have</c><00:21:17.029><c> made</c><00:21:17.210><c> a</c><00:21:17.410><c> shipwreck</c><00:21:17.710><c> of</c><00:21:17.930><c> their</c><00:21:18.170><c> faith.</c>

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But<00:21:20.789><c> it's</c><00:21:21.029><c> a</c><00:21:21.130><c> mighty</c><00:21:21.369><c> strange</c><00:21:21.809><c> declaration</c>

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which<00:21:22.690><c> the</c><00:21:22.869><c> apostle</c><00:21:23.109><c> makes</c><00:21:23.430><c> when</c><00:21:23.609><c> he</c><00:21:23.769><c> says,</c>

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I'm<00:21:24.769><c> going</c><00:21:25.049><c> to</c><00:21:25.309><c> deliver</c><00:21:25.509><c> them</c><00:21:25.710><c> unto</c><00:21:25.950><c> Satan,</c>

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that<00:21:28.230><c> they</c><00:21:28.390><c> may</c><00:21:28.630><c> learn</c><00:21:29.269><c> not</c><00:21:29.809><c> to</c><00:21:30.049><c> blaspheme.</c>

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Evidently<00:21:33.130><c> these</c><00:21:33.450><c> brethren</c><00:21:33.789><c> were</c><00:21:34.130><c> faithful</c><00:21:34.589><c> once,</c>

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but<00:21:35.509><c> now</c><00:21:35.750><c> they</c><00:21:35.910><c> had</c><00:21:36.230><c> fallen</c><00:21:36.430><c> away</c>

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because<00:21:37.089><c> of</c><00:21:37.289><c> the</c><00:21:37.410><c> weakness</c><00:21:37.710><c> of</c><00:21:37.970><c> the</c><00:21:38.089><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:21:38.589><c> what</c><00:21:38.750><c> the</c><00:21:38.869><c> apostle</c><00:21:39.170><c> is</c><00:21:39.289><c> saying</c><00:21:39.589><c> is</c><00:21:39.849><c> this</c><00:21:40.089><c> very</c><00:21:40.390><c> well,</c>

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very<00:21:41.609><c> well,</c>

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you<00:21:43.789><c> trust</c><00:21:44.109><c> in</c><00:21:44.309><c> the</c><00:21:44.490><c> flesh,</c><00:21:44.809><c> do</c><00:21:44.910><c> you,</c>

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and<00:21:45.250><c> reject</c><00:21:45.529><c> your</c><00:21:45.769><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:21:47.250><c> the</c><00:21:47.470><c> evidence</c><00:21:47.750><c> of</c><00:21:47.930><c> it</c><00:21:48.109><c> is</c><00:21:48.230><c> in</c><00:21:48.349><c> the</c><00:21:48.509><c> words</c><00:21:48.730><c> which</c><00:21:48.950><c> you</c><00:21:49.170><c> speak.</c>

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Very<00:21:51.890><c> well.</c>

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You<00:21:54.130><c> shall</c><00:21:54.730><c> have</c><00:21:55.309><c> a</c><00:21:55.529><c> period</c><00:21:55.869><c> in</c><00:21:56.130><c> the</c><00:21:56.250><c> wilderness,</c>

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no<00:21:58.269><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:58.670><c> duty</c><00:21:58.990><c> for</c><00:21:59.230><c> you,</c>

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no<00:22:00.410><c> meeting</c><00:22:00.750><c> place</c><00:22:01.029><c> for</c><00:22:01.269><c> you,</c>

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no<00:22:02.190><c> bread</c><00:22:02.410><c> and</c><00:22:02.690><c> no</c><00:22:02.890><c> wine</c><00:22:03.130><c> for</c><00:22:03.349><c> you,</c>

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and<00:22:03.990><c> therefore</c><00:22:04.269><c> no</c><00:22:04.549><c> forgiveness</c><00:22:04.910><c> for</c><00:22:05.210><c> you.</c>

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Why?

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Why<00:22:08.890><c> so</c><00:22:09.210><c> strict,</c><00:22:10.069><c> why</c><00:22:10.410><c> so</c><00:22:10.750><c> strong,</c>

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so<00:22:12.730><c> that</c><00:22:12.910><c> you</c><00:22:13.069><c> will</c><00:22:13.329><c> learn</c><00:22:13.630><c> not</c><00:22:13.890><c> to</c><00:22:14.130><c> take</c><00:22:14.269><c> your</c><00:22:14.589><c> God</c><00:22:14.990><c> for</c><00:22:15.369><c> granted?</c>

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I<00:22:18.470><c> say</c><00:22:18.789><c> this</c><00:22:18.990><c> with</c><00:22:19.190><c> fear,</c><00:22:19.589><c> brethren</c><00:22:19.710><c> and</c><00:22:19.950><c> sisters,</c>

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if<00:22:21.950><c> we</c><00:22:22.470><c> are</c><00:22:22.710><c> right</c><00:22:22.930><c> in</c><00:22:23.269><c> understanding</c><00:22:23.950><c> these</c><00:22:24.470><c> two</c><00:22:24.670><c> verses</c>

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like<00:22:25.309><c> that,</c>

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then<00:22:26.809><c> a</c><00:22:27.049><c> tremendous</c><00:22:27.549><c> burden</c><00:22:28.069><c> is</c><00:22:28.730><c> laid</c><00:22:28.910><c> upon</c><00:22:29.170><c> the</c><00:22:29.410><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Let<00:22:29.849><c> me</c><00:22:29.950><c> tell</c><00:22:30.109><c> you</c><00:22:30.230><c> why.</c>

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Do<00:22:32.490><c> you</c><00:22:32.609><c> remember</c><00:22:32.869><c> the</c><00:22:33.130><c> incident</c><00:22:33.490><c> that</c><00:22:33.710><c> took</c><00:22:33.890><c> place</c>

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in<00:22:34.930><c> the</c><00:22:35.069><c> Colossian</c><00:22:35.450><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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about<00:22:36.670><c> which</c><00:22:36.829><c> we</c><00:22:37.089><c> read</c><00:22:37.609><c> in</c><00:22:37.930><c> the</c><00:22:38.130><c> first</c><00:22:38.309><c> letter</c><00:22:38.710><c> and</c><00:22:38.950><c> chapter</c><00:22:39.269><c> five?</c>

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The<00:22:44.789><c> incident</c><00:22:45.269><c> is</c><00:22:45.569><c> one</c><00:22:46.170><c> when</c><00:22:46.710><c> one</c><00:22:47.230><c> takes</c><00:22:47.650><c> his</c><00:22:48.130><c> father's</c><00:22:48.710><c> wife,</c>

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1<00:22:50.769><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:51.190><c> 5,</c><00:22:51.549><c> I</c><00:22:51.630><c> shall</c><00:22:51.789><c> read</c><00:22:52.009><c> verse</c><00:22:52.289><c> 1,</c>

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it<00:22:53.269><c> is</c><00:22:53.450><c> reported</c><00:22:53.910><c> commonly</c><00:22:54.349><c> that</c><00:22:54.589><c> there</c><00:22:54.789><c> is</c><00:22:54.990><c> fornication</c><00:22:55.569><c> among</c><00:22:55.869><c> you</c>

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and<00:22:56.490><c> such</c><00:22:56.769><c> fornication</c><00:22:57.890><c> as</c><00:22:58.150><c> is</c><00:22:58.269><c> not</c><00:22:58.470><c> so</c><00:22:58.630><c> much</c><00:22:58.849><c> named</c><00:22:59.109><c> among</c>

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the<00:22:59.569><c> Gentiles</c>

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that<00:23:00.190><c> one</c><00:23:00.369><c> should</c><00:23:00.549><c> have</c><00:23:00.690><c> his</c><00:23:00.890><c> father's</c><00:23:01.269><c> wife.</c>

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And<00:23:02.490><c> you</c><00:23:02.609><c> are</c><00:23:02.769><c> puffed</c><00:23:02.990><c> up</c><00:23:03.490><c> and</c><00:23:03.809><c> have</c><00:23:03.990><c> not</c><00:23:04.210><c> rather</c><00:23:04.569><c> mourned</c>

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that<00:23:05.069><c> he</c><00:23:05.269><c> that</c><00:23:05.410><c> has</c><00:23:05.569><c> done</c><00:23:05.730><c> this</c><00:23:05.970><c> deed</c><00:23:06.089><c> might</c><00:23:06.269><c> be</c><00:23:06.490><c> taken</c><00:23:06.650><c> away</c>

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from<00:23:07.069><c> among</c><00:23:07.349><c> you.</c>

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Well,<00:23:10.529><c> one</c><00:23:10.670><c> has</c><00:23:10.910><c> his</c><00:23:11.089><c> father's</c><00:23:11.549><c> wife,</c>

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1<00:23:12.150><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:12.589><c> chapter</c><00:23:12.910><c> 5,</c><00:23:13.509><c> one</c><00:23:13.690><c> has</c><00:23:13.890><c> his</c><00:23:14.109><c> father's</c><00:23:14.509><c> wife,</c>

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the<00:23:15.329><c> Apostle</c><00:23:15.670><c> says</c><00:23:15.849><c> they</c><00:23:16.009><c> don't</c><00:23:16.369><c> practise</c><00:23:16.829><c> these</c><00:23:17.490><c> deeds</c><00:23:17.730><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:18.089><c> world,</c>

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and<00:23:19.390><c> it</c><00:23:19.490><c> is</c><00:23:19.589><c> going</c><00:23:19.809><c> on</c><00:23:20.029><c> in</c><00:23:20.190><c> the</c><00:23:20.390><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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what<00:23:20.890><c> are</c><00:23:20.970><c> you</c><00:23:21.130><c> doing</c><00:23:21.410><c> about</c><00:23:21.769><c> it?</c>

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The<00:23:25.589><c> Apostle</c><00:23:25.990><c> says</c><00:23:26.630><c> to</c><00:23:27.890><c> them,</c><00:23:30.009><c> verse</c><00:23:30.230><c> 3,</c>

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For<00:23:31.309><c> verily,</c><00:23:31.690><c> as</c><00:23:31.789><c> absent</c><00:23:32.130><c> in</c><00:23:32.329><c> body</c><00:23:32.470><c> but</c><00:23:32.710><c> present</c><00:23:32.990><c> in</c><00:23:33.269><c> spirit,</c>

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I<00:23:34.029><c> have</c><00:23:34.150><c> judged</c><00:23:34.410><c> already</c><00:23:34.869><c> as</c><00:23:35.009><c> though</c><00:23:35.130><c> I</c><00:23:35.250><c> were</c><00:23:35.529><c> present</c>

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concerning<00:23:36.269><c> him</c><00:23:36.470><c> that</c><00:23:36.609><c> hath</c><00:23:36.730><c> done</c><00:23:36.910><c> this</c><00:23:37.150><c> deed.</c>

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In<00:23:38.829><c> the</c><00:23:38.930><c> name</c><00:23:39.089><c> of</c><00:23:39.289><c> our</c><00:23:39.369><c> Lord</c><00:23:39.569><c> Jesus</c><00:23:39.930><c> Christ,</c>

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when<00:23:40.349><c> you</c><00:23:40.490><c> are</c><00:23:40.630><c> gathered</c><00:23:40.809><c> together</c><00:23:41.130><c> in</c><00:23:41.309><c> my</c><00:23:41.490><c> spirit</c>

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with<00:23:41.930><c> the</c><00:23:42.069><c> power</c><00:23:42.210><c> of</c><00:23:42.369><c> the</c><00:23:42.450><c> Lord</c><00:23:42.589><c> Jesus</c><00:23:42.970><c> Christ,</c>

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to<00:23:43.710><c> deliver</c><00:23:43.970><c> such</c><00:23:44.230><c> a</c><00:23:44.369><c> want</c><00:23:44.490><c> as</c><00:23:44.670><c> Satan</c><00:23:45.049><c> for</c><00:23:45.410><c> the</c><00:23:45.650><c> destruction</c>

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of<00:23:46.170><c> the</c><00:23:46.329><c> flesh</c>

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that<00:23:46.930><c> the</c><00:23:47.190><c> spirit</c><00:23:47.390><c> may</c><00:23:47.589><c> be</c><00:23:47.809><c> saved</c><00:23:47.990><c> in</c><00:23:48.130><c> the</c><00:23:48.230><c> day</c><00:23:48.329><c> of</c><00:23:48.470><c> the</c><00:23:48.569><c> Lord</c><00:23:48.750><c> Jesus,</c>

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your<00:23:49.509><c> glorying</c><00:23:49.930><c> is</c><00:23:50.029><c> not</c><00:23:50.230><c> good.</c>

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The<00:23:54.829><c> Corinthian</c><00:23:55.230><c> man</c><00:23:56.109><c> and</c><00:23:58.150><c> Hymenus</c><00:23:58.690><c> and</c><00:23:59.009><c> Alexander</c>

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are<00:24:01.789><c> common</c><00:24:02.230><c> in</c><00:24:03.009><c> that</c><00:24:03.130><c> as</c><00:24:03.390><c> sinners</c><00:24:03.690><c> of</c><00:24:04.130><c> varying</c><00:24:04.450><c> degrees,</c>

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they<00:24:06.190><c> are</c><00:24:06.450><c> delivered</c><00:24:06.670><c> unto</c><00:24:06.930><c> Satan.</c>

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Good<00:24:08.769><c> proof,</c><00:24:09.150><c> incidentally,</c><00:24:09.690><c> brethren</c><00:24:09.869><c> and</c><00:24:10.089><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:24:12.289><c> Satan</c><00:24:12.609><c> is</c><00:24:12.750><c> what</c><00:24:12.890><c> we</c><00:24:13.130><c> say</c><00:24:13.309><c> he</c><00:24:13.470><c> is</c><00:24:13.650><c> and</c><00:24:13.789><c> not</c><00:24:13.950><c> what</c><00:24:14.529><c> the</c><00:24:15.009><c> world</c><00:24:15.250><c> says</c>

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he<00:24:15.690><c> is.</c>

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I<00:24:17.009><c> mean</c><00:24:17.170><c> to</c><00:24:17.369><c> say,</c><00:24:17.490><c> if</c><00:24:17.549><c> you've</c><00:24:17.650><c> got</c><00:24:17.829><c> a</c><00:24:17.990><c> sinner</c>

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and<00:24:19.109><c> you</c><00:24:19.329><c> deliver</c><00:24:19.509><c> him</c><00:24:19.630><c> unto</c><00:24:19.849><c> Satan</c><00:24:20.589><c> so</c><00:24:21.829><c> that</c><00:24:21.910><c> he</c><00:24:21.970><c> might</c><00:24:22.130><c> be</c><00:24:22.410><c> saved,</c>

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and<00:24:23.569><c> you</c><00:24:23.690><c> believe</c><00:24:23.950><c> in</c><00:24:24.390><c> a</c><00:24:24.430><c> roaring</c><00:24:24.650><c> devil</c><00:24:24.990><c> outside,</c>

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he's<00:24:26.710><c> not</c><00:24:26.869><c> going</c><00:24:26.990><c> to</c><00:24:27.069><c> be</c><00:24:27.230><c> saved</c><00:24:27.329><c> by</c><00:24:27.529><c> delivering</c><00:24:27.829><c> him</c><00:24:27.990><c> to</c><00:24:28.130><c> Satan,</c>

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he's<00:24:28.430><c> going</c><00:24:28.589><c> to</c><00:24:28.670><c> get</c><00:24:28.809><c> worse,</c><00:24:29.049><c> not</c><00:24:29.210><c> better.</c>

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It<00:24:33.789><c> would</c><00:24:33.930><c> have</c><00:24:34.049><c> the</c><00:24:34.210><c> opposite</c><00:24:34.509><c> effect</c><00:24:34.789><c> of</c><00:24:34.910><c> what</c><00:24:35.049><c> the</c><00:24:35.170><c> apostle</c>

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is<00:24:35.589><c> hoping.</c>

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Now,<00:24:40.410><c> they</c><00:24:40.930><c> are</c><00:24:41.089><c> to</c><00:24:41.250><c> take</c><00:24:41.470><c> this</c><00:24:41.670><c> action</c>

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and<00:24:43.750><c> remove</c><00:24:44.170><c> him</c><00:24:44.609><c> from</c><00:24:45.109><c> their</c><00:24:45.369><c> ekklesia.</c>

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And<00:24:48.589><c> this</c><00:24:48.809><c> they</c><00:24:49.029><c> did.</c>

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They<00:24:53.130><c> delivered</c><00:24:53.509><c> such</c><00:24:53.890><c> a</c><00:24:54.089><c> want</c><00:24:54.309><c> to</c><00:24:54.930><c> Satan.</c>

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But<00:24:55.569><c> when</c><00:24:55.809><c> we</c><00:24:56.029><c> come</c><00:24:56.170><c> to</c><00:24:56.309><c> the</c><00:24:56.529><c> second</c><00:24:56.789><c> epistle</c><00:24:57.430><c> to</c><00:24:58.650><c> the</c><00:24:58.829><c> Corinthians</c>

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and<00:24:59.609><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.890><c> two,</c><00:25:01.170><c> let</c><00:25:01.309><c> us</c><00:25:01.410><c> see</c><00:25:01.569><c> what</c><00:25:01.710><c> has</c><00:25:01.970><c> happened.</c>

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The<00:25:09.190><c> apostle</c><00:25:09.470><c> is</c><00:25:09.650><c> writing</c><00:25:09.910><c> about</c><00:25:10.109><c> the</c><00:25:10.289><c> same</c><00:25:10.529><c> man</c>

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in<00:25:12.029><c> the</c><00:25:12.190><c> second</c><00:25:12.509><c> epistle</c><00:25:12.869><c> of</c><00:25:13.049><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:13.450><c> chapter</c><00:25:13.769><c> two</c><00:25:14.009><c> and</c>

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verse<00:25:14.329><c> six.</c>

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Sufficient<00:25:18.009><c> to</c><00:25:18.289><c> such</c><00:25:18.470><c> a</c><00:25:18.630><c> man</c><00:25:18.750><c> is</c><00:25:18.910><c> this</c><00:25:19.109><c> punishment</c>

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which<00:25:19.769><c> was</c><00:25:20.049><c> inflicted</c><00:25:20.470><c> of</c><00:25:20.630><c> many.</c>

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Do<00:25:22.269><c> you</c><00:25:22.269><c> get</c><00:25:22.410><c> the</c><00:25:22.549><c> point,</c><00:25:22.809><c> brethren</c><00:25:22.970><c> and</c><00:25:23.150><c> sisters?</c>

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He<00:25:23.470><c> gave</c><00:25:23.710><c> advice</c><00:25:24.069><c> and</c><00:25:24.210><c> then</c><00:25:24.329><c> they</c><00:25:24.470><c> took</c><00:25:24.589><c> a</c><00:25:24.690><c> vote</c><00:25:24.789><c> on</c><00:25:24.970><c> it</c>

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because<00:25:26.069><c> it</c><00:25:26.170><c> was</c><00:25:26.329><c> their</c><00:25:26.509><c> ekklesia,</c><00:25:26.869><c> not</c><00:25:27.009><c> his.</c>

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And<00:25:29.710><c> they</c><00:25:29.789><c> would</c><00:25:29.970><c> read</c><00:25:30.089><c> the</c><00:25:30.250><c> letter</c><00:25:30.410><c> out</c>

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and<00:25:30.950><c> they</c><00:25:31.069><c> would</c><00:25:31.269><c> read</c><00:25:31.430><c> what</c><00:25:31.630><c> the</c><00:25:31.769><c> apostle</c><00:25:31.990><c> has</c><00:25:32.230><c> said.</c>

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The<00:25:33.150><c> apostle</c><00:25:33.410><c> has</c><00:25:33.609><c> recommended</c><00:25:34.089><c> that</c><00:25:34.650><c> this</c><00:25:34.869><c> man</c><00:25:35.029><c> be</c><00:25:35.150><c> put</c><00:25:35.329><c> away</c>

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from<00:25:35.730><c> us,</c>

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that<00:25:37.930><c> he</c><00:25:38.009><c> be</c><00:25:38.109><c> delivered</c><00:25:38.410><c> unto</c><00:25:38.650><c> Satan</c><00:25:39.109><c> for</c><00:25:39.430><c> the</c><00:25:39.630><c> destruction</c>

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of<00:25:40.130><c> the</c><00:25:40.309><c> flesh,</c>

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that<00:25:40.829><c> his</c><00:25:41.029><c> soul</c><00:25:41.190><c> might</c><00:25:41.430><c> be</c><00:25:41.690><c> saved,</c><00:25:42.630><c> all</c><00:25:42.769><c> those</c><00:25:42.890><c> in</c><00:25:43.150><c> favour,</c>

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and<00:25:44.150><c> they</c><00:25:44.650><c> voted</c><00:25:44.930><c> on</c><00:25:45.130><c> it,</c>

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which<00:25:49.589><c> was</c><00:25:49.990><c> inflicted</c><00:25:50.450><c> of</c><00:25:50.569><c> many,</c><00:25:50.890><c> the</c><00:25:51.049><c> punishment,</c>

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so<00:25:52.309><c> that</c><00:25:52.609><c> contrary</c><00:25:53.109><c> wise</c><00:25:53.349><c> you</c><00:25:53.529><c> ought</c><00:25:53.630><c> rather</c><00:25:53.890><c> to</c><00:25:54.210><c> forgive</c><00:25:54.349><c> him</c>

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and<00:25:54.990><c> comfort</c><00:25:55.309><c> him,</c>

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lest<00:25:55.950><c> perhaps</c><00:25:56.289><c> such</c><00:25:56.470><c> a</c><00:25:56.589><c> one</c><00:25:56.670><c> should</c><00:25:56.849><c> be</c><00:25:57.049><c> swallowed</c><00:25:57.230><c> up</c><00:25:57.450><c> with</c>

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over<00:25:57.750><c> much</c><00:25:57.930><c> sorrow,</c>

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wherefore<00:25:59.009><c> I</c><00:25:59.269><c> beseech</c><00:25:59.690><c> you</c><00:25:59.869><c> that</c><00:25:59.950><c> you</c><00:26:00.089><c> would</c><00:26:00.329><c> confirm</c><00:26:00.670><c> your</c>

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love<00:26:01.029><c> toward</c><00:26:01.390><c> him.</c>

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For<00:26:02.549><c> to</c><00:26:02.750><c> this</c><00:26:02.910><c> end</c><00:26:03.089><c> also</c><00:26:03.410><c> did</c><00:26:03.609><c> I</c><00:26:03.789><c> write,</c>

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that<00:26:04.349><c> I</c><00:26:04.529><c> might</c><00:26:04.650><c> know</c><00:26:04.829><c> the</c><00:26:05.089><c> proof</c><00:26:05.269><c> of</c><00:26:05.509><c> you,</c>

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whether<00:26:06.230><c> you</c><00:26:06.430><c> be</c><00:26:06.630><c> obedient</c><00:26:07.029><c> in</c><00:26:07.230><c> all</c><00:26:07.470><c> things,</c>

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to<00:26:08.069><c> whom</c><00:26:08.170><c> you</c><00:26:08.430><c> forgive,</c><00:26:08.809><c> I</c><00:26:09.049><c> forgive.</c>

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The<00:26:10.650><c> principle</c><00:26:10.970><c> is</c><00:26:11.170><c> this,</c><00:26:11.450><c> brethren</c><00:26:11.670><c> and</c><00:26:11.930><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:13.529 --> 00:26:16.210
the<00:26:13.970><c> responsibility</c><00:26:14.410><c> of</c><00:26:14.769><c> the</c><00:26:14.970><c> ekklesia</c><00:26:15.269><c> does</c><00:26:15.589><c> not</c><00:26:15.869><c> cease</c>

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when<00:26:16.509><c> the</c><00:26:16.789><c> person</c><00:26:16.970><c> is</c><00:26:17.089><c> put</c><00:26:17.289><c> away</c><00:26:17.509><c> from</c><00:26:17.710><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:26:19.069><c> the</c><00:26:19.190><c> point.</c>

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That's<00:26:20.250><c> the</c><00:26:20.329><c> point</c><00:26:20.490><c> I'm</c><00:26:20.670><c> labouring</c><00:26:21.089><c> to</c><00:26:21.269><c> make.</c>

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This<00:26:22.769><c> man,</c><00:26:23.950><c> who'd</c><00:26:24.170><c> taken</c><00:26:24.309><c> his</c><00:26:24.569><c> father's</c><00:26:25.029><c> wife,</c>

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had<00:26:25.710><c> committed</c><00:26:25.990><c> a</c><00:26:26.210><c> grievous</c><00:26:26.490><c> crime,</c>

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and<00:26:28.369><c> the</c><00:26:28.490><c> apostle</c><00:26:28.750><c> said,</c><00:26:29.430><c> put</c><00:26:29.549><c> him</c><00:26:29.750><c> away.</c>

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When<00:26:33.170><c> we</c><00:26:33.430><c> put</c><00:26:33.630><c> anybody</c><00:26:34.049><c> away,</c><00:26:35.470><c> what</c><00:26:35.710><c> is</c><00:26:36.369><c> our</c><00:26:36.609><c> attitude?</c>

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Thank<00:26:38.230><c> God</c><00:26:38.430><c> we've</c><00:26:38.690><c> got</c><00:26:38.789><c> rid</c><00:26:38.930><c> of</c><00:26:39.069><c> the</c><00:26:39.230><c> problem.</c>

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Wash<00:26:41.670><c> your</c><00:26:41.809><c> hands</c><00:26:41.970><c> of</c><00:26:42.170><c> that</c><00:26:42.390><c> lot,</c><00:26:42.930><c> don't</c><00:26:43.210><c> darken</c><00:26:43.609><c> our</c><00:26:43.829><c> doors</c><00:26:43.990><c> again.</c>

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Is<00:26:46.170><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:26:47.329><c> perhaps</c><00:26:47.609><c> not</c><00:26:47.970><c> as</c><00:26:48.250><c> strongly</c><00:26:48.549><c> worded</c><00:26:48.890><c> as</c><00:26:49.049><c> that.</c>

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But<00:26:50.990><c> if</c><00:26:51.210><c> someone</c><00:26:51.410><c> is</c><00:26:51.589><c> put</c><00:26:51.750><c> away</c><00:26:52.029><c> from</c><00:26:52.230><c> us,</c><00:26:52.390><c> do</c><00:26:52.509><c> we</c><00:26:52.589><c> keep</c><00:26:52.789><c> in</c>

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touch<00:26:53.150><c> with</c><00:26:53.369><c> them?</c>

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Do<00:26:54.869><c> we</c><00:26:55.049><c> visit</c><00:26:55.309><c> them?</c><00:26:56.289><c> Do</c><00:26:56.450><c> we</c><00:26:56.589><c> pray</c><00:26:56.890><c> for</c><00:26:57.150><c> them?</c>

00:26:57.809 --> 00:27:01.230
Do<00:26:57.950><c> we</c><00:26:58.069><c> love</c><00:26:58.289><c> them?</c><00:26:59.230><c> And</c><00:26:59.349><c> if</c><00:26:59.569><c> not,</c><00:26:59.809><c> why</c><00:27:00.130><c> not?</c>

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Because<00:27:01.869><c> the</c><00:27:02.029><c> word</c><00:27:02.190><c> of</c><00:27:02.369><c> God</c><00:27:02.470><c> tells</c><00:27:02.730><c> us</c><00:27:02.910><c> that</c><00:27:03.049><c> we</c><00:27:03.210><c> should.</c>

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These<00:27:04.049><c> people</c><00:27:04.309><c> are</c><00:27:04.470><c> put</c><00:27:04.730><c> away</c><00:27:05.210><c> for</c><00:27:05.730><c> the</c><00:27:05.930><c> destruction</c><00:27:06.390><c> of</c><00:27:06.630><c> the</c><00:27:06.849><c> flesh,</c>

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so<00:27:07.890><c> that</c><00:27:08.069><c> their</c><00:27:08.250><c> life,</c><00:27:08.650><c> their</c><00:27:08.890><c> spirit,</c><00:27:09.230><c> might</c><00:27:09.390><c> be</c><00:27:09.690><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:27:11.650><c> manifestly</c><00:27:12.130><c> it</c><00:27:12.170><c> cannot</c><00:27:12.369><c> be</c><00:27:12.670><c> saved</c><00:27:13.009><c> if</c><00:27:13.289><c> we</c><00:27:13.470><c> wash</c><00:27:13.630><c> our</c><00:27:13.829><c> hands</c><00:27:14.029><c> and</c><00:27:14.150><c> say,</c>

00:27:14.410 --> 00:27:15.769
that's<00:27:14.769><c> the</c><00:27:14.869><c> end</c><00:27:14.990><c> of</c><00:27:15.150><c> that</c><00:27:15.329><c> problem.</c>

00:27:16.029 --> 00:27:17.970
Now<00:27:16.190><c> let's</c><00:27:16.369><c> turn</c><00:27:16.589><c> to</c><00:27:16.670><c> somebody</c><00:27:16.970><c> else.</c>

00:27:18.509 --> 00:27:21.450
Now<00:27:18.670><c> the</c><00:27:18.750><c> responsibility</c><00:27:19.450><c> of</c><00:27:19.609><c> the</c><00:27:19.769><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:20.029><c> is</c><00:27:20.369><c> severe,</c>

00:27:22.549 --> 00:27:27.630
and<00:27:22.609><c> once</c><00:27:22.869><c> a</c><00:27:23.029><c> brother</c><00:27:23.269><c> or</c><00:27:23.470><c> a</c><00:27:23.710><c> sister</c><00:27:23.970><c> is</c><00:27:24.369><c> such,</c><00:27:25.829><c> they</c><00:27:26.109><c> remain</c><00:27:26.569><c> such.</c>

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It<00:27:28.349><c> might</c><00:27:28.529><c> be</c><00:27:28.690><c> put</c><00:27:28.829><c> away</c><00:27:29.049><c> from</c><00:27:29.230><c> us,</c><00:27:30.470><c> rightly</c><00:27:30.789><c> so,</c>

00:27:31.089 --> 00:27:33.430
as<00:27:31.230><c> the</c><00:27:31.369><c> apostle</c><00:27:31.609><c> says</c><00:27:31.869><c> in</c><00:27:32.029><c> many</c><00:27:32.309><c> instances,</c>

00:27:33.670 --> 00:27:35.130
but<00:27:33.789><c> be</c><00:27:33.930><c> ready</c><00:27:34.130><c> to</c><00:27:34.329><c> be</c><00:27:34.490><c> brought</c><00:27:34.670><c> back.</c>

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And<00:27:35.670><c> that's</c><00:27:35.930><c> where</c><00:27:36.190><c> our</c><00:27:36.569><c> prayer</c><00:27:36.829><c> should</c><00:27:37.170><c> be,</c>

00:27:38.430 --> 00:27:41.210
that<00:27:38.589><c> the</c><00:27:38.849><c> sinner</c><00:27:38.990><c> will</c><00:27:39.289><c> repent</c><00:27:39.609><c> and</c><00:27:39.829><c> come</c><00:27:40.130><c> back.</c>

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So<00:27:43.549><c> the</c><00:27:43.710><c> principle</c><00:27:44.049><c> is</c><00:27:44.230><c> this,</c><00:27:44.349><c> when</c><00:27:44.509><c> someone</c><00:27:44.730><c> has</c><00:27:44.930><c> to</c><00:27:45.069><c> be</c><00:27:45.509><c> censured,</c>

00:27:46.109 --> 00:27:48.309
when<00:27:46.130><c> someone</c><00:27:46.369><c> has</c><00:27:46.569><c> to</c><00:27:46.670><c> be</c><00:27:46.910><c> corrected,</c><00:27:47.309><c> even</c><00:27:47.589><c> disfellowshiped,</c>

00:27:48.549 --> 00:27:51.150
we<00:27:48.730><c> should</c><00:27:48.950><c> still</c><00:27:49.190><c> be</c><00:27:49.390><c> in</c><00:27:49.529><c> touch</c><00:27:49.650><c> with</c><00:27:49.829><c> them</c><00:27:49.990><c> for</c><00:27:50.230><c> prayer.</c>

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We<00:27:51.589><c> ask</c><00:27:51.809><c> ourselves,</c><00:27:52.430><c> do</c><00:27:52.450><c> we?</c>

00:27:54.970 --> 00:27:57.450
A<00:27:55.190><c> problem</c><00:27:55.430><c> with</c><00:27:55.670><c> the</c><00:27:55.950><c> early</c><00:27:56.210><c> church,</c><00:27:56.849><c> brethren</c><00:27:57.009><c> and</c><00:27:57.230><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:57.509 --> 00:28:00.009
was<00:27:57.670><c> the</c><00:27:57.869><c> great</c><00:27:58.150><c> gulf</c><00:27:58.549><c> which</c><00:27:58.950><c> lay</c><00:27:59.089><c> between</c><00:27:59.470><c> the</c><00:27:59.690><c> haves</c><00:27:59.849><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:00.190><c> have</c><00:28:00.329><c>-nots.</c>

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I'll<00:28:01.509><c> bring</c><00:28:01.569><c> you</c><00:28:01.730><c> to</c><00:28:01.829><c> the</c><00:28:01.910><c> first</c><00:28:02.250><c> epistle</c><00:28:02.630><c> to</c><00:28:02.829><c> Timothy</c><00:28:03.130><c> in</c><00:28:03.569><c> chapter</c><00:28:03.869><c> 6.</c>

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Verse<00:28:09.410><c> 7.</c>

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For<00:28:11.369><c> we</c><00:28:11.650><c> brought</c><00:28:11.930><c> nothing</c><00:28:12.230><c> into</c><00:28:12.529><c> this</c><00:28:12.849><c> world,</c>

00:28:13.109 --> 00:28:15.789
and<00:28:13.250><c> it</c><00:28:13.410><c> is</c><00:28:13.650><c> certain</c><00:28:13.890><c> we</c><00:28:14.049><c> can</c><00:28:14.289><c> carry</c><00:28:14.529><c> nothing</c><00:28:14.809><c> out.</c>

00:28:16.509 --> 00:28:19.430
And<00:28:16.609><c> having</c><00:28:16.869><c> food</c><00:28:17.130><c> and</c><00:28:17.349><c> raiment</c><00:28:17.589><c> let</c><00:28:17.769><c> us</c><00:28:17.950><c> therewith</c><00:28:18.309><c> be</c><00:28:18.529><c> content.</c>

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But<00:28:20.150><c> they</c><00:28:20.369><c> that</c><00:28:20.509><c> will</c><00:28:20.690><c> be</c><00:28:20.869><c> rich</c><00:28:21.049><c> fall</c><00:28:21.250><c> into</c><00:28:21.509><c> temptation</c><00:28:22.089><c> and</c><00:28:22.470><c> snare</c>

00:28:22.829 --> 00:28:25.410
and<00:28:23.049><c> into</c><00:28:23.269><c> many</c><00:28:23.670><c> foolish</c><00:28:23.990><c> and</c><00:28:24.289><c> hurtful</c><00:28:24.589><c> lusts,</c>

00:28:25.450 --> 00:28:27.630
which<00:28:25.730><c> drown</c><00:28:26.049><c> men</c><00:28:26.269><c> in</c><00:28:26.470><c> destruction</c><00:28:26.910><c> and</c><00:28:27.130><c> perdition.</c>

00:28:27.890 --> 00:28:30.650
For<00:28:28.190><c> the</c><00:28:28.369><c> love</c><00:28:28.490><c> of</c><00:28:28.710><c> money</c><00:28:28.910><c> is</c><00:28:29.130><c> the</c><00:28:29.250><c> root</c><00:28:29.369><c> of</c><00:28:29.569><c> all</c><00:28:29.769><c> evil,</c>

00:28:31.089 --> 00:28:33.369
which<00:28:31.289><c> while</c><00:28:31.589><c> some</c><00:28:31.890><c> coveted</c><00:28:32.289><c> after</c><00:28:32.529><c> they</c><00:28:32.750><c> have</c><00:28:32.950><c> erred</c><00:28:33.130><c> from</c>

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the<00:28:33.569><c> faith</c>

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and<00:28:34.390><c> pierce</c><00:28:34.730><c> themselves</c><00:28:35.269><c> through</c><00:28:35.890><c> with</c><00:28:36.529><c> many</c><00:28:36.890><c> sorrows.</c>

00:28:39.410 --> 00:28:45.450
The<00:28:39.670><c> word</c><00:28:39.890><c> of</c><00:28:40.089><c> God</c><00:28:41.190><c> says</c><00:28:42.970><c> in</c><00:28:43.130><c> a</c><00:28:43.329><c> few</c><00:28:43.450><c> verses</c><00:28:44.130><c> a</c><00:28:44.730><c> great</c><00:28:45.089><c> deal</c>

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about<00:28:45.750><c> money.</c>

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It<00:28:48.529><c> says,</c><00:28:50.569><c> it</c><00:28:50.589><c> is</c><00:28:50.809><c> right</c><00:28:51.109><c> that</c><00:28:51.309><c> we</c><00:28:51.470><c> should</c><00:28:51.650><c> have</c><00:28:51.849><c> it,</c>

00:28:54.369 --> 00:28:58.190
God<00:28:54.670><c> knows</c><00:28:55.349><c> that</c><00:28:55.970><c> we</c><00:28:56.150><c> need</c><00:28:56.329><c> it,</c>

00:28:58.970 --> 00:29:03.190
we<00:28:59.549><c> must</c><00:28:59.769><c> be</c><00:29:00.009><c> careful</c><00:29:00.410><c> how</c><00:29:01.670><c> we</c><00:29:01.849><c> get</c><00:29:02.049><c> it,</c>

00:29:04.289 --> 00:29:08.609
we<00:29:04.549><c> must</c><00:29:04.789><c> be</c><00:29:05.109><c> equally</c><00:29:05.529><c> careful</c><00:29:06.170><c> how</c><00:29:06.630><c> we</c><00:29:07.029><c> dispose</c><00:29:07.349><c> of</c><00:29:07.509><c> it,</c>

00:29:08.789 --> 00:29:11.490
and<00:29:09.369><c> a</c><00:29:09.490><c> lot</c><00:29:09.609><c> of</c><00:29:09.789><c> it</c><00:29:10.109><c> is</c><00:29:10.289><c> dangerous.</c>

00:29:12.849 --> 00:29:14.789
If<00:29:13.430><c> I</c><00:29:13.589><c> were</c><00:29:13.690><c> to</c><00:29:13.809><c> ask</c><00:29:13.970><c> for</c><00:29:14.130><c> a</c><00:29:14.190><c> show</c><00:29:14.349><c> of</c><00:29:14.450><c> hands</c><00:29:14.609><c> now,</c>

00:29:14.829 --> 00:29:18.769
I<00:29:14.849><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:15.109><c> think</c><00:29:15.369><c> many</c><00:29:15.690><c> people</c><00:29:16.130><c> would</c><00:29:17.549><c> diverge</c><00:29:18.190><c> from</c><00:29:18.509><c> those</c>

00:29:18.769 --> 00:29:19.990
little<00:29:19.009><c> points.</c>

00:29:21.930 --> 00:29:26.089
Most<00:29:22.369><c> religious</c><00:29:22.750><c> people</c><00:29:23.190><c> will</c><00:29:23.930><c> agree</c><00:29:24.410><c> with</c><00:29:24.650><c> this</c><00:29:24.829><c> in</c><00:29:25.089><c> principle,</c>

00:29:26.269 --> 00:29:29.150
but<00:29:26.829><c> tend</c><00:29:27.190><c> to</c><00:29:27.430><c> ignore</c><00:29:27.730><c> it</c><00:29:27.890><c> in</c><00:29:28.130><c> practice.</c>

00:29:30.089 --> 00:29:32.390
It's<00:29:30.430><c> a</c><00:29:30.529><c> strange</c><00:29:30.809><c> thing</c><00:29:31.130><c> about</c><00:29:31.410><c> money.</c>

00:29:33.230 --> 00:29:37.309
It's<00:29:33.329><c> a</c><00:29:33.390><c> bit</c><00:29:33.509><c> like</c><00:29:35.190><c> certain</c><00:29:35.470><c> other</c><00:29:35.730><c> principles</c><00:29:36.230><c> of</c><00:29:36.869><c> our</c><00:29:37.150><c> faith</c>

00:29:37.309 --> 00:29:39.490
to<00:29:37.509><c> which</c><00:29:37.630><c> we</c><00:29:37.789><c> will</c><00:29:37.950><c> come</c><00:29:38.089><c> if</c><00:29:38.250><c> we</c><00:29:38.390><c> have</c><00:29:38.569><c> time.</c>

00:29:40.430 --> 00:29:47.509
Your<00:29:40.650><c> present</c><00:29:40.970><c> speaker</c><00:29:41.490><c> has</c><00:29:43.569><c> met</c><00:29:46.609><c> many</c><00:29:46.930><c> people</c>

00:29:47.509 --> 00:29:50.829
who<00:29:48.549><c> complain</c><00:29:48.990><c> that</c><00:29:49.170><c> they</c><00:29:49.369><c> do</c><00:29:49.609><c> not</c><00:29:49.769><c> have</c><00:29:49.950><c> enough</c><00:29:50.210><c> money,</c>

00:29:51.190 --> 00:29:52.990
met<00:29:51.690><c> many</c><00:29:51.910><c> people.</c>

00:29:53.690 --> 00:29:57.269
I<00:29:54.210><c> have</c><00:29:54.430><c> never</c><00:29:54.630><c> met</c><00:29:54.849><c> anyone</c><00:29:55.349><c> who</c><00:29:56.369><c> complained</c><00:29:56.730><c> about</c><00:29:56.990><c> having</c>

00:29:57.269 --> 00:29:58.710
too<00:29:57.589><c> much.</c>

00:30:01.809 --> 00:30:03.170
They<00:30:02.329><c> don't</c><00:30:02.609><c> exist.</c>

00:30:03.450 --> 00:30:05.029
I'm<00:30:03.630><c> telling</c><00:30:03.849><c> you</c><00:30:04.029><c> I've</c><00:30:04.109><c> never</c><00:30:04.289><c> met</c><00:30:04.569><c> anybody.</c>

00:30:05.470 --> 00:30:08.069
You<00:30:05.630><c> may</c><00:30:05.849><c> have</c><00:30:05.990><c> done</c><00:30:06.109><c> that,</c><00:30:06.230><c> but</c><00:30:06.529><c> I'm</c><00:30:06.710><c> just</c><00:30:06.890><c> saying</c><00:30:07.029><c> I</c><00:30:07.210><c> haven't.</c>

00:30:09.130 --> 00:30:11.390
Most<00:30:09.490><c> people,</c><00:30:09.849><c> even</c><00:30:10.049><c> those</c><00:30:10.329><c> who</c><00:30:10.490><c> live</c><00:30:10.609><c> by</c><00:30:10.849><c> the</c><00:30:11.049><c> word,</c>

00:30:11.670 --> 00:30:14.309
tend<00:30:11.930><c> to</c><00:30:12.150><c> believe</c><00:30:12.410><c> that</c><00:30:12.650><c> the</c><00:30:12.750><c> danger</c><00:30:13.089><c> which</c><00:30:13.369><c> arises</c><00:30:13.750><c> from</c><00:30:14.089><c> riches</c>

00:30:14.309 --> 00:30:17.089
may<00:30:14.809><c> affect</c><00:30:15.190><c> other</c><00:30:15.450><c> people</c><00:30:15.750><c> but</c><00:30:15.890><c> never</c><00:30:16.130><c> them.</c>

00:30:17.849 --> 00:30:19.549
I've<00:30:18.309><c> never</c><00:30:18.549><c> known</c><00:30:18.730><c> anybody</c><00:30:19.170><c> who</c><00:30:19.390><c> says,</c>

00:30:19.549 --> 00:30:21.789
my<00:30:19.690><c> problem</c><00:30:19.990><c> is</c><00:30:20.230><c> riches,</c><00:30:20.809><c> that's</c><00:30:21.170><c> my</c><00:30:21.349><c> difficulty.</c>

00:30:21.910 --> 00:30:23.309
Not<00:30:22.029><c> women,</c><00:30:22.549><c> my</c><00:30:22.750><c> problem</c><00:30:23.029><c> is</c><00:30:23.210><c> riches.</c>

00:30:23.390 --> 00:30:25.849
I've<00:30:23.490><c> got</c><00:30:23.670><c> far</c><00:30:23.930><c> too</c><00:30:24.089><c> much</c><00:30:24.230><c> money,</c><00:30:24.990><c> that's</c><00:30:25.210><c> my</c><00:30:25.349><c> difficulty.</c>

00:30:26.250 --> 00:30:28.470
I've<00:30:26.289><c> never</c><00:30:26.470><c> met</c><00:30:26.670><c> anybody</c><00:30:27.029><c> like</c><00:30:27.329><c> that.</c>

00:30:28.769 --> 00:30:32.109
You<00:30:28.869><c> see,</c><00:30:29.910><c> this</c><00:30:30.109><c> kind</c><00:30:30.329><c> of</c><00:30:30.490><c> person</c><00:30:30.690><c> is</c><00:30:31.230><c> happy</c><00:30:31.529><c> when</c><00:30:31.750><c> extra</c>

00:30:32.109 --> 00:30:33.130
money<00:30:32.269><c> arrives</c>

00:30:33.130 --> 00:30:35.829
and<00:30:34.009><c> rather</c><00:30:34.289><c> sad</c><00:30:34.549><c> when</c><00:30:34.730><c> it</c><00:30:34.990><c> diminishes.</c>

00:30:38.029 --> 00:30:41.009
I've<00:30:38.549><c> never</c><00:30:38.789><c> known</c><00:30:38.990><c> having</c><00:30:39.250><c> too</c><00:30:39.490><c> much</c><00:30:40.029><c> money</c><00:30:40.269><c> worry</c><00:30:40.670><c> anyone.</c>

00:30:41.490 --> 00:30:45.369
The<00:30:41.950><c> worry</c><00:30:42.190><c> comes</c><00:30:42.569><c> when</c><00:30:42.769><c> the</c><00:30:43.009><c> purse</c><00:30:43.190><c> is</c><00:30:43.690><c> emptying</c><00:30:44.230><c> with</c><00:30:44.529><c> rapidity,</c>

00:30:45.730 --> 00:30:47.250
not<00:30:45.890><c> when</c><00:30:46.069><c> it</c><00:30:46.269><c> is</c><00:30:46.450><c> filling.</c>

00:30:48.589 --> 00:30:50.529
Now<00:30:49.190><c> understand</c><00:30:49.589><c> this,</c><00:30:49.789><c> brethren</c><00:30:50.069><c> and</c><00:30:50.269><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:50.569 --> 00:30:52.970
it<00:30:50.730><c> is</c><00:30:50.970><c> not</c><00:30:51.170><c> a</c><00:30:51.349><c> sin</c><00:30:51.490><c> to</c><00:30:51.710><c> be</c><00:30:51.869><c> rich.</c>

00:30:53.710 --> 00:30:55.849
But<00:30:53.910><c> equally</c><00:30:54.210><c> understand</c><00:30:54.769><c> this,</c>

00:30:56.009 --> 00:30:58.470
it<00:30:56.150><c> is</c><00:30:56.369><c> not</c><00:30:56.569><c> a</c><00:30:56.730><c> virtue</c><00:30:57.069><c> to</c><00:30:57.289><c> be</c><00:30:57.529><c> poor.</c>

00:31:00.789 --> 00:31:06.089
Jesus<00:31:01.250><c> said,</c><00:31:02.390><c> lay</c><00:31:02.630><c> not</c><00:31:02.849><c> up</c><00:31:03.029><c> for</c><00:31:03.269><c> yourselves</c><00:31:04.190><c> treasure</c><00:31:05.069><c> in</c><00:31:05.569><c> heaven,</c>

00:31:06.549 --> 00:31:08.609
and<00:31:06.769><c> therein</c><00:31:07.190><c> lies</c><00:31:07.390><c> the</c><00:31:07.630><c> key.</c>

00:31:09.190 --> 00:31:14.529
It<00:31:09.410><c> means</c><00:31:10.369><c> having</c><00:31:11.829><c> a</c><00:31:12.210><c> strong</c><00:31:12.509><c> desire</c><00:31:13.009><c> to</c><00:31:13.349><c> accumulate.</c>

00:31:16.089 --> 00:31:18.950
Where<00:31:16.569><c> are</c><00:31:16.769><c> you</c><00:31:17.049><c> accumulating</c><00:31:17.710><c> your</c><00:31:18.069><c> wealth?</c>

00:31:20.329 --> 00:31:22.470
There<00:31:20.809><c> or</c><00:31:21.289><c> there?</c>

00:31:24.210 --> 00:31:25.690
Shall<00:31:24.369><c> I</c><00:31:24.470><c> tell</c><00:31:24.609><c> you</c><00:31:24.710><c> what</c><00:31:24.849><c> it</c><00:31:24.990><c> leads</c><00:31:25.269><c> to?</c>

00:31:26.190 --> 00:31:29.289
All<00:31:26.490><c> this</c><00:31:26.910><c> accumulation</c><00:31:27.730><c> of</c><00:31:28.670><c> the</c><00:31:28.829><c> foldings.</c>

00:31:29.349 --> 00:31:31.930
Shall<00:31:29.470><c> I</c><00:31:29.569><c> tell</c><00:31:29.690><c> you</c><00:31:29.890><c> what</c><00:31:30.670><c> this</c><00:31:30.869><c> leads</c><00:31:31.130><c> to?</c>

00:31:32.650 --> 00:31:34.529
It<00:31:33.130><c> leads</c><00:31:33.430><c> to</c><00:31:33.710><c> covetousness.</c>

00:31:35.329 --> 00:31:38.029
And<00:31:35.410><c> the</c><00:31:35.549><c> apostle</c><00:31:35.970><c> brilliantly</c><00:31:36.910><c> puts</c><00:31:37.150><c> his</c><00:31:37.329><c> finger</c><00:31:37.569><c> on</c><00:31:37.750><c> it</c>

00:31:38.029 --> 00:31:40.509
when<00:31:38.349><c> he</c><00:31:38.529><c> says,</c><00:31:38.829><c> verse</c><00:31:39.009><c> 10</c><00:31:39.210><c> of</c><00:31:39.349><c> chapter</c><00:31:39.569><c> 6,</c><00:31:40.069><c> 1st</c><00:31:40.289><c> Timothy,</c>

00:31:40.509 --> 00:31:44.789
for<00:31:40.970><c> the</c><00:31:41.269><c> love</c><00:31:41.670><c> of</c><00:31:42.130><c> money</c><00:31:42.490><c> is</c><00:31:42.990><c> the</c><00:31:43.170><c> root</c><00:31:43.390><c> of</c><00:31:43.569><c> all</c><00:31:43.769><c> evil,</c>

00:31:44.990 --> 00:31:46.730
which<00:31:45.349><c> while</c><00:31:45.789><c> some</c><00:31:46.109><c> coveted</c><00:31:46.509><c> after,</c>

00:31:46.809 --> 00:31:47.829
they<00:31:46.950><c> have</c><00:31:47.130><c> erred</c><00:31:47.250><c> from</c><00:31:47.470><c> the</c><00:31:47.650><c> faith</c>

00:31:47.829 --> 00:31:49.990
and<00:31:48.210><c> pierced</c><00:31:48.549><c> themselves</c><00:31:48.990><c> through</c><00:31:49.230><c> with</c><00:31:49.390><c> many</c><00:31:49.609><c> sorrows.</c>

00:31:50.369 --> 00:31:53.089
Now<00:31:50.569><c> we</c><00:31:50.690><c> tried</c><00:31:50.950><c> to</c><00:31:51.130><c> say</c><00:31:51.309><c> yesterday</c><00:31:51.730><c> in</c><00:31:52.170><c> a</c><00:31:52.369><c> poor</c><00:31:52.609><c> sort</c><00:31:52.829><c> of</c><00:31:52.930><c> way</c>

00:31:53.089 --> 00:31:55.549
–<00:31:53.569><c> maybe</c><00:31:54.250><c> it</c><00:31:54.349><c> wasn't</c><00:31:54.589><c> yesterday</c><00:31:55.069><c> –</c>

00:31:55.549 --> 00:31:57.750
certainly<00:31:55.890><c> tried</c><00:31:56.150><c> to</c><00:31:56.390><c> say</c><00:31:56.589><c> this</c><00:31:56.829><c> week</c><00:31:57.049><c> that</c>

00:31:57.750 --> 00:32:01.009
where<00:31:58.130><c> you</c><00:31:58.309><c> can</c><00:31:58.569><c> apply</c><00:31:58.829><c> scripture</c><00:31:59.150><c> with</c><00:31:59.349><c> scripture,</c><00:31:59.869><c> do</c><00:31:59.950><c> so.</c>

00:32:01.710 --> 00:32:04.390
When<00:32:01.809><c> all</c><00:32:01.990><c> this</c><00:32:02.369><c> nonsense</c><00:32:02.890><c> about</c><00:32:03.549><c> excitations</c>

00:32:04.390 --> 00:32:06.789
which<00:32:04.829><c> come</c><00:32:04.990><c> to</c><00:32:05.130><c> us</c><00:32:05.250><c> from</c><00:32:05.630><c> outside</c><00:32:06.049><c> the</c><00:32:06.230><c> word</c><00:32:06.390><c> of</c><00:32:06.609><c> God,</c>

00:32:06.829 --> 00:32:09.009
we<00:32:07.009><c> want</c><00:32:07.269><c> nothing</c><00:32:07.609><c> to</c><00:32:07.829><c> do</c><00:32:07.910><c> with</c><00:32:08.049><c> them,</c><00:32:08.210><c> brethren.</c>

00:32:09.130 --> 00:32:12.210
When<00:32:09.609><c> we</c><00:32:09.910><c> exhort</c><00:32:10.210><c> our</c><00:32:10.450><c> ecclesias</c><00:32:10.789><c> on</c><00:32:10.990><c> Sunday</c><00:32:11.250><c> morning,</c><00:32:11.950><c> brethren,</c>

00:32:12.509 --> 00:32:15.130
we<00:32:12.650><c> should</c><00:32:12.849><c> use</c><00:32:13.089><c> the</c><00:32:13.269><c> book,</c><00:32:13.849><c> not</c><00:32:14.009><c> the</c><00:32:14.150><c> newspaper.</c>

00:32:15.490 --> 00:32:16.990
That's<00:32:15.670><c> a</c><00:32:15.710><c> good</c><00:32:15.890><c> principle.</c>

00:32:18.069 --> 00:32:21.910
And<00:32:18.289><c> this</c><00:32:18.549><c> is</c><00:32:20.069><c> why</c><00:32:20.450><c> the</c><00:32:21.410><c> apostle,</c>

00:32:22.410 --> 00:32:24.210
in<00:32:22.690><c> using</c><00:32:23.029><c> the</c><00:32:23.269><c> words</c><00:32:23.450><c> which</c><00:32:23.630><c> he</c><00:32:23.789><c> has</c><00:32:24.029><c> here,</c>

00:32:24.329 --> 00:32:25.990
is<00:32:24.470><c> thinking</c><00:32:24.769><c> about</c><00:32:25.029><c> scripture.</c>

00:32:27.390 --> 00:32:29.369
The<00:32:27.569><c> love</c><00:32:27.809><c> of</c><00:32:28.029><c> money</c><00:32:28.230><c> is</c><00:32:28.470><c> the</c><00:32:28.609><c> root</c><00:32:28.750><c> of</c><00:32:28.930><c> all</c><00:32:29.130><c> evil,</c>

00:32:29.430 --> 00:32:30.529
and<00:32:29.509><c> if</c><00:32:29.630><c> you</c><00:32:29.769><c> love</c><00:32:29.930><c> it</c><00:32:30.049><c> too</c><00:32:30.289><c> much,</c>

00:32:30.670 --> 00:32:33.369
it<00:32:30.730><c> will</c><00:32:31.089><c> pierce</c><00:32:31.410><c> you</c><00:32:31.609><c> through</c><00:32:31.890><c> and</c><00:32:32.269><c> cause</c><00:32:32.569><c> you</c><00:32:32.809><c> many</c><00:32:33.049><c> sorrows.</c>

00:32:33.529 --> 00:32:34.710
Now<00:32:33.710><c> what</c><00:32:33.809><c> is</c><00:32:33.990><c> the</c><00:32:34.069><c> ultimate</c><00:32:34.470><c> sorrow?</c>

00:32:34.910 --> 00:32:36.009
The<00:32:35.069><c> ultimate</c><00:32:35.329><c> sorrow</c><00:32:35.589><c> is</c><00:32:35.809><c> death.</c>

00:32:36.009 --> 00:32:38.170
Can<00:32:36.410><c> you</c><00:32:36.630><c> think,</c><00:32:36.829><c> therefore,</c><00:32:37.190><c> of</c><00:32:37.349><c> anybody</c><00:32:37.630><c> in</c><00:32:37.789><c> the</c><00:32:37.890><c> Bible</c>

00:32:38.170 --> 00:32:40.029
whose<00:32:38.609><c> love</c><00:32:38.849><c> for</c><00:32:39.089><c> the</c><00:32:39.230><c> things</c><00:32:39.450><c> of</c><00:32:39.609><c> this</c><00:32:39.849><c> world,</c>

00:32:40.089 --> 00:32:42.269
whose<00:32:40.210><c> love</c><00:32:40.410><c> for</c><00:32:40.650><c> goodies</c><00:32:40.890><c> was</c><00:32:41.269><c> so</c><00:32:41.630><c> great</c><00:32:41.750><c> that</c><00:32:41.890><c> it</c><00:32:41.990><c> caused</c>

00:32:42.269 --> 00:32:42.950
their<00:32:42.529><c> death?</c>

00:32:42.950 --> 00:32:45.809
Well,<00:32:43.569><c> time</c><00:32:43.910><c> is</c><00:32:44.750><c> a</c><00:32:44.809><c> bit</c><00:32:44.910><c> against</c><00:32:45.210><c> us</c><00:32:45.390><c> this</c><00:32:45.549><c> morning,</c>

00:32:45.970 --> 00:32:48.029
so<00:32:46.130><c> I'm</c><00:32:46.190><c> going</c><00:32:46.369><c> to</c><00:32:46.569><c> tell</c><00:32:46.670><c> you</c><00:32:46.849><c> the</c><00:32:46.970><c> apostle,</c><00:32:47.349><c> I</c><00:32:47.630><c> suggest,</c>

00:32:48.430 --> 00:32:51.529
had<00:32:48.589><c> in</c><00:32:48.730><c> mind</c><00:32:49.269><c> Ananias</c><00:32:49.950><c> and</c><00:32:50.390><c> Sapphira.</c>

00:32:53.990 --> 00:32:58.690
From<00:32:54.470><c> the</c><00:32:54.829><c> start</c><00:32:55.289><c> of</c><00:32:55.829><c> this</c><00:32:56.210><c> little</c><00:32:57.069><c> sordid</c><00:32:57.609><c> episode</c>

00:32:58.769 --> 00:33:01.410
in<00:32:59.250><c> the</c><00:32:59.410><c> Acts</c><00:32:59.569><c> of</c><00:32:59.750><c> the</c><00:32:59.930><c> Apostles,</c>

00:33:01.750 --> 00:33:04.069
things<00:33:02.049><c> begin</c><00:33:02.349><c> to</c><00:33:02.509><c> go</c><00:33:02.650><c> wrong</c><00:33:02.910><c> for</c><00:33:03.170><c> them.</c>

00:33:05.430 --> 00:33:06.529
Ananias<00:33:05.829><c> and</c><00:33:06.029><c> Sapphira.</c>

00:33:06.990 --> 00:33:09.049
I<00:33:06.990><c> mean,</c><00:33:07.410><c> Ananias</c><00:33:07.710><c> didn't</c><00:33:07.930><c> try</c><00:33:08.190><c> to</c><00:33:08.289><c> rip</c><00:33:08.450><c> the</c><00:33:08.630><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:08.849><c> off,</c>

00:33:09.170 --> 00:33:10.130
you<00:33:09.170><c> know,</c><00:33:09.250><c> brother,</c><00:33:09.470><c> chairman.</c>

00:33:10.569 --> 00:33:12.329
I<00:33:10.970><c> don't</c><00:33:11.109><c> know</c><00:33:11.170><c> how</c><00:33:11.309><c> much</c><00:33:11.430><c> he</c><00:33:11.509><c> sold</c><00:33:11.710><c> his</c><00:33:11.890><c> property</c><00:33:12.150><c> for,</c>

00:33:12.349 --> 00:33:12.869
we're<00:33:12.470><c> not</c><00:33:12.690><c> told,</c>

00:33:13.190 --> 00:33:17.349
but<00:33:13.289><c> he</c><00:33:13.930><c> had</c><00:33:14.410><c> this</c><00:33:15.750><c> property</c><00:33:16.049><c> and</c><00:33:16.170><c> he</c><00:33:16.309><c> sold</c><00:33:16.509><c> it.</c>

00:33:17.450 --> 00:33:20.529
Let's<00:33:17.730><c> say,</c><00:33:18.109><c> for</c><00:33:18.509><c> instance,</c><00:33:19.230><c> he</c><00:33:19.430><c> got</c><00:33:19.609><c> ten</c><00:33:19.849><c> thousand</c><00:33:20.230><c> dollars</c>

00:33:20.529 --> 00:33:21.390
for<00:33:20.769><c> it.</c>

00:33:21.750 --> 00:33:23.329
Just<00:33:22.009><c> as</c><00:33:22.210><c> an</c><00:33:22.349><c> example.</c>

00:33:25.549 --> 00:33:26.910
What<00:33:25.769><c> he</c><00:33:25.970><c> wanted</c><00:33:26.309><c> was</c><00:33:26.529><c> the</c><00:33:26.690><c> kudos,</c>

00:33:27.029 --> 00:33:29.130
he<00:33:27.109><c> wanted</c><00:33:27.490><c> the</c><00:33:27.789><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:28.089><c> to</c><00:33:28.309><c> pat</c><00:33:28.410><c> him</c><00:33:28.529><c> on</c><00:33:28.650><c> the</c><00:33:28.730><c> back</c><00:33:28.849><c> and</c><00:33:28.950><c> say,</c>

00:33:29.269 --> 00:33:30.710
good<00:33:29.369><c> God,</c><00:33:29.730><c> it's</c><00:33:29.809><c> Ananias.</c>

00:33:30.970 --> 00:33:34.130
I<00:33:31.450><c> tell</c><00:33:31.789><c> you</c><00:33:32.009><c> what,</c><00:33:32.170><c> he's</c><00:33:32.410><c> a</c><00:33:32.490><c> good</c><00:33:32.650><c> example</c><00:33:33.029><c> to</c><00:33:33.269><c> follow.</c>

00:33:34.730 --> 00:33:36.490
Ananias<00:33:35.210><c> had</c><00:33:35.329><c> got</c><00:33:35.430><c> his</c><00:33:35.549><c> thumbs</c><00:33:35.690><c> in</c><00:33:35.890><c> his</c><00:33:36.009><c> lapels</c>

00:33:36.490 --> 00:33:38.589
and<00:33:36.970><c> he</c><00:33:37.650><c> was</c><00:33:37.829><c> saying,</c>

00:33:39.630 --> 00:33:43.369
perhaps<00:33:40.109><c> you</c><00:33:40.309><c> have</c><00:33:40.470><c> overstated</c><00:33:40.890><c> it</c><00:33:41.089><c> a</c><00:33:41.170><c> bit,</c><00:33:41.710><c> but</c><00:33:41.710><c> not</c><00:33:42.029><c> much.</c>

00:33:47.650 --> 00:33:50.630
Well,<00:33:48.130><c> all</c><00:33:48.410><c> right,</c><00:33:48.569><c> if</c><00:33:48.670><c> you</c><00:33:48.829><c> insist,</c><00:33:49.390><c> I</c><00:33:49.609><c> am.</c>

00:33:51.390 --> 00:33:54.609
And<00:33:51.730><c> when</c><00:33:51.910><c> he</c><00:33:52.109><c> came</c><00:33:52.430><c> to</c><00:33:52.690><c> present</c><00:33:52.930><c> the</c><00:33:53.069><c> money</c><00:33:53.230><c> to</c><00:33:53.410><c> the</c><00:33:53.569><c> church,</c>

00:33:54.970 --> 00:33:56.930
it<00:33:54.990><c> was</c><00:33:55.170><c> a</c><00:33:55.269><c> full</c><00:33:55.410><c> meeting</c><00:33:55.789><c> of</c><00:33:55.970><c> the</c><00:33:56.089><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:57.490 --> 00:33:59.269
The<00:33:57.730><c> arranging</c><00:33:58.089><c> brethren</c><00:33:58.390><c> were</c><00:33:58.769><c> at</c><00:33:58.890><c> the</c><00:33:59.029><c> front</c>

00:33:59.269 --> 00:34:00.930
and<00:33:59.710><c> people</c><00:33:59.990><c> were</c><00:34:00.230><c> bringing</c><00:34:00.430><c> their</c><00:34:00.670><c> offerings</c>

00:34:00.930 --> 00:34:02.230
and<00:34:01.109><c> all</c><00:34:01.289><c> the</c><00:34:01.470><c> church</c><00:34:01.650><c> was</c><00:34:01.890><c> there.</c>

00:34:02.509 --> 00:34:03.829
You<00:34:02.750><c> know</c><00:34:02.910><c> how</c><00:34:03.069><c> many</c><00:34:03.210><c> there</c><00:34:03.430><c> were.</c>

00:34:04.029 --> 00:34:05.970
I<00:34:04.150><c> mean,</c><00:34:04.410><c> it</c><00:34:04.509><c> was</c><00:34:04.809><c> multiplying</c><00:34:05.349><c> rapidly</c>

00:34:06.470 --> 00:34:08.329
so<00:34:06.869><c> that</c><00:34:06.970><c> when</c><00:34:07.109><c> he</c><00:34:07.269><c> comes</c><00:34:07.630><c> to</c><00:34:08.030><c> the</c><00:34:08.190><c> front</c>

00:34:08.329 --> 00:34:10.329
and<00:34:08.469><c> puts</c><00:34:08.650><c> the</c><00:34:08.769><c> money</c><00:34:08.909><c> on</c><00:34:09.070><c> the</c><00:34:09.190><c> table</c>

00:34:11.510 --> 00:34:14.849
and<00:34:11.909><c> Peter</c><00:34:12.110><c> says,</c><00:34:12.510><c> is</c><00:34:12.530><c> that</c><00:34:12.750><c> all</c><00:34:12.969><c> you</c><00:34:13.409><c> got</c><00:34:13.769><c> for</c><00:34:14.010><c> your</c><00:34:14.150><c> land?</c>

00:34:15.150 --> 00:34:17.150
Is<00:34:15.250><c> that</c><00:34:15.369><c> what</c><00:34:15.449><c> you</c><00:34:15.610><c> got</c><00:34:15.710><c> for</c><00:34:15.889><c> the</c><00:34:16.010><c> property</c><00:34:16.230><c> you</c><00:34:16.469><c> sold?</c>

00:34:18.429 --> 00:34:20.469
This<00:34:18.730><c> man,</c><00:34:19.210><c> this</c><00:34:19.489><c> is</c><00:34:19.690><c> the</c><00:34:19.730><c> love</c><00:34:19.829><c> of</c><00:34:19.989><c> money,</c><00:34:20.369><c> you</c><00:34:20.369><c> see,</c>

00:34:20.630 --> 00:34:22.730
1<00:34:20.949><c> Timothy</c><00:34:21.190><c> 6</c><00:34:21.469><c> verse</c><00:34:21.630><c> 10,</c><00:34:21.869><c> this</c><00:34:22.010><c> is</c><00:34:22.309><c> his</c><00:34:22.530><c> property.</c>

00:34:23.210 --> 00:34:25.670
If<00:34:23.449><c> he</c><00:34:23.610><c> sold</c><00:34:23.849><c> it</c><00:34:23.949><c> for</c><00:34:24.150><c> ten</c><00:34:24.309><c> thousand</c><00:34:24.670><c> dollars</c>

00:34:25.750 --> 00:34:28.110
and<00:34:26.150><c> only</c><00:34:26.429><c> gave</c><00:34:26.690><c> the</c><00:34:26.949><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:27.250><c> five,</c>

00:34:28.610 --> 00:34:30.750
everybody<00:34:29.010><c> would</c><00:34:29.269><c> have</c><00:34:29.349><c> known</c><00:34:29.489><c> he</c><00:34:29.550><c> was</c><00:34:29.730><c> a</c><00:34:29.869><c> thief.</c>

00:34:31.630 --> 00:34:35.389
Well,<00:34:32.150><c> that</c><00:34:32.150><c> he</c><00:34:32.250><c> was</c><00:34:32.949><c> fiddling</c><00:34:33.349><c> the</c><00:34:34.550><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:34:35.510 --> 00:34:36.489
because<00:34:35.909><c> they</c><00:34:36.050><c> would</c><00:34:36.210><c> have</c><00:34:36.309><c> said,</c>

00:34:36.710 --> 00:34:38.590
you've<00:34:36.710><c> only</c><00:34:36.869><c> got</c><00:34:37.070><c> five</c><00:34:37.309><c> thousand</c><00:34:37.550><c> dollars</c><00:34:37.829><c> for</c><00:34:38.050><c> that.</c>

00:34:39.030 --> 00:34:42.030
Go<00:34:39.210><c> on,</c><00:34:40.090><c> it</c><00:34:40.170><c> was</c><00:34:40.309><c> worth</c><00:34:40.510><c> miles</c><00:34:40.969><c> more.</c>

00:34:42.710 --> 00:34:44.750
So<00:34:42.949><c> he</c><00:34:43.070><c> didn't</c><00:34:43.329><c> put</c><00:34:43.550><c> half</c><00:34:43.750><c> in</c><00:34:43.909><c> his</c><00:34:44.090><c> pocket.</c>

00:34:44.929 --> 00:34:46.409
It<00:34:45.130><c> wasn't</c><00:34:45.369><c> that.</c>

00:34:47.210 --> 00:34:48.690
He<00:34:47.530><c> got</c><00:34:47.690><c> ten</c><00:34:47.929><c> thousand</c><00:34:48.230><c> dollars</c><00:34:48.530><c> for</c><00:34:48.650><c> it.</c>

00:34:48.690 --> 00:34:50.010
He<00:34:48.769><c> gave</c><00:34:48.889><c> them</c><00:34:49.130><c> nine</c><00:34:49.269><c> thousand,</c><00:34:49.570><c> eight</c><00:34:49.710><c> hundred.</c>

00:34:50.389 --> 00:34:51.130
Nobody's<00:34:50.690><c> going</c><00:34:50.809><c> to</c><00:34:50.929><c> quibble.</c>

00:34:51.429 --> 00:34:52.590
Oh,<00:34:51.869><c> it</c><00:34:52.030><c> might</c><00:34:52.050><c> have</c><00:34:52.150><c> been</c><00:34:52.250><c> worth</c><00:34:52.429><c> ten,</c>

00:34:52.670 --> 00:34:54.530
but<00:34:52.750><c> okay,</c><00:34:53.050><c> nine,</c><00:34:53.170><c> eight</c><00:34:53.309><c> for</c><00:34:53.409><c> a</c><00:34:53.570><c> quick</c><00:34:53.710><c> sale.</c>

00:34:55.309 --> 00:34:55.849
See<00:34:55.369><c> what</c><00:34:55.489><c> I</c><00:34:55.610><c> mean?</c>

00:34:55.849 --> 00:34:57.730
He<00:34:56.289><c> got</c><00:34:56.469><c> the</c><00:34:56.690><c> two</c><00:34:56.809><c> hundred</c><00:34:56.949><c> in</c><00:34:57.070><c> his</c><00:34:57.269><c> back</c><00:34:57.389><c> pocket.</c>

00:34:57.969 --> 00:34:59.750
Oh,<00:34:58.190><c> whatever</c><00:34:58.389><c> the</c><00:34:58.630><c> equivalent</c><00:34:58.849><c> of</c><00:34:59.010><c> his</c><00:34:59.110><c> back</c><00:34:59.329><c> pocket</c><00:34:59.550><c> was</c>

00:34:59.750 --> 00:35:02.010
in<00:34:59.929><c> the</c><00:35:00.070><c> robes</c><00:35:00.269><c> that</c><00:35:00.369><c> they</c><00:35:00.530><c> wore</c><00:35:00.670><c> that</c><00:35:00.849><c> day.</c>

00:35:04.150 --> 00:35:05.949
See,<00:35:04.630><c> he</c><00:35:04.909><c> wasn't</c><00:35:05.150><c> after</c><00:35:05.369><c> a</c><00:35:05.610><c> great</c><00:35:05.769><c> deal,</c>

00:35:05.949 --> 00:35:07.670
he<00:35:06.030><c> was</c><00:35:06.130><c> after</c><00:35:06.349><c> a</c><00:35:06.469><c> bit.</c>

00:35:13.309 --> 00:35:17.050
He<00:35:13.750><c> told</c><00:35:14.030><c> them</c><00:35:14.369><c> then</c><00:35:14.590><c> that</c><00:35:15.210><c> he</c><00:35:15.409><c> was</c><00:35:15.630><c> giving</c><00:35:15.829><c> them</c><00:35:16.030><c> the</c><00:35:16.170><c> full</c><00:35:16.349><c> price</c>

00:35:17.530 --> 00:35:19.570
because<00:35:17.969><c> he</c><00:35:18.170><c> wanted</c><00:35:18.489><c> the</c><00:35:18.750><c> kudos.</c>

00:35:20.989 --> 00:35:23.130
Good<00:35:21.230><c> man,</c><00:35:21.630><c> no</c><00:35:21.809><c> faith,</c><00:35:22.130><c> you</c><00:35:22.329><c> see.</c>

00:35:23.389 --> 00:35:26.610
He<00:35:23.750><c> didn't</c><00:35:24.050><c> trust</c><00:35:24.389><c> that</c><00:35:24.570><c> God</c><00:35:24.789><c> would</c><00:35:25.590><c> provide.</c>

00:35:27.349 --> 00:35:30.170
He<00:35:27.429><c> wanted</c><00:35:27.730><c> an</c><00:35:27.969><c> insurance</c><00:35:28.349><c> policy</c><00:35:28.750><c> in</c><00:35:28.889><c> his</c><00:35:29.010><c> back</c><00:35:29.150><c> pocket.</c>

00:35:32.130 --> 00:35:33.010
And<00:35:32.230><c> it</c><00:35:32.349><c> cost</c><00:35:32.530><c> him</c><00:35:32.670><c> his</c><00:35:32.829><c> life.</c>

00:35:33.269 --> 00:35:34.769
I<00:35:33.329><c> put</c><00:35:33.550><c> to</c><00:35:33.730><c> you</c><00:35:33.869><c> that</c><00:35:34.090><c> the</c><00:35:34.269><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:34.429><c> was</c><00:35:34.590><c> shocked</c>

00:35:34.769 --> 00:35:35.849
when<00:35:34.869><c> he</c><00:35:34.989><c> dropped</c><00:35:35.110><c> down</c><00:35:35.369><c> dead,</c>

00:35:36.190 --> 00:35:37.829
none<00:35:36.289><c> the</c><00:35:36.429><c> least</c><00:35:36.610><c> of</c><00:35:36.750><c> which</c><00:35:36.829><c> was</c><00:35:36.989><c> Peter.</c>

00:35:39.369 --> 00:35:41.849
I<00:35:39.730><c> mean,</c><00:35:40.449><c> Peter</c><00:35:40.469><c> gives</c><00:35:40.769><c> this</c><00:35:41.010><c> chap</c><00:35:41.130><c> a</c><00:35:41.170><c> bit</c><00:35:41.309><c> of</c><00:35:41.469><c> a</c><00:35:41.590><c> rocket</c>

00:35:41.849 --> 00:35:44.409
because<00:35:42.329><c> he's</c><00:35:43.610><c> fiddling</c><00:35:43.909><c> the</c><00:35:44.130><c> church,</c>

00:35:44.449 --> 00:35:46.150
and<00:35:44.610><c> he</c><00:35:44.670><c> drops</c><00:35:44.829><c> down</c><00:35:45.150><c> dead.</c>

00:35:46.369 --> 00:35:47.530
Good<00:35:46.650><c> grief.</c>

00:35:47.969 --> 00:35:49.170
And<00:35:48.050><c> the</c><00:35:48.130><c> young</c><00:35:48.250><c> men</c><00:35:48.389><c> came</c><00:35:48.570><c> and</c><00:35:48.730><c> wrapped</c><00:35:48.849><c> him</c><00:35:48.969><c> up</c>

00:35:49.170 --> 00:35:50.289
and<00:35:49.469><c> carried</c><00:35:49.710><c> him</c><00:35:49.869><c> outside.</c>

00:35:50.289 --> 00:35:52.110
And<00:35:50.769><c> when</c><00:35:51.070><c> Sapphira</c><00:35:51.630><c> comes,</c>

00:35:52.309 --> 00:35:54.250
her<00:35:52.469><c> name</c><00:35:52.610><c> means</c><00:35:52.849><c> beautiful,</c><00:35:53.429><c> isn't</c><00:35:53.570><c> it</c><00:35:53.730><c> a</c><00:35:53.730><c> lovely</c><00:35:53.989><c> touch?</c>

00:35:54.570 --> 00:35:59.190
When<00:35:54.690><c> the</c><00:35:54.829><c> beautiful</c><00:35:55.150><c> lady</c><00:35:55.510><c> Sapphira</c><00:35:55.969><c> comes</c><00:35:56.530><c> in,</c>

00:35:59.829 --> 00:36:00.630
some<00:35:59.929><c> hours</c><00:36:00.110><c> later,</c>

00:36:01.130 --> 00:36:02.550
I<00:36:01.489><c> cannot</c><00:36:01.670><c> believe</c><00:36:01.949><c> that</c><00:36:02.110><c> she</c><00:36:02.170><c> didn't</c><00:36:02.349><c> know</c>

00:36:02.550 --> 00:36:04.449
that<00:36:02.730><c> Ananias</c><00:36:03.050><c> was</c><00:36:03.230><c> dead,</c><00:36:03.349><c> by</c><00:36:03.550><c> the</c><00:36:03.670><c> way.</c>

00:36:04.570 --> 00:36:07.750
I<00:36:04.929><c> think</c><00:36:06.170><c> she</c><00:36:06.349><c> already</c><00:36:06.630><c> knew</c><00:36:06.929><c> that</c><00:36:07.110><c> he</c><00:36:07.190><c> was</c><00:36:07.309><c> a</c><00:36:07.429><c> goner</c>

00:36:07.750 --> 00:36:09.670
when<00:36:08.469><c> she</c><00:36:08.650><c> came</c><00:36:08.849><c> in</c><00:36:09.050><c> through</c><00:36:09.210><c> the</c><00:36:09.329><c> door.</c>

00:36:10.110 --> 00:36:11.469
And<00:36:10.289><c> I'll</c><00:36:10.530><c> further</c><00:36:10.710><c> put</c><00:36:10.909><c> to</c><00:36:11.050><c> you</c><00:36:11.110><c> that</c><00:36:11.230><c> the</c><00:36:11.349><c> money</c>

00:36:11.469 --> 00:36:13.409
was<00:36:11.670><c> still</c><00:36:11.789><c> on</c><00:36:11.929><c> the</c><00:36:12.010><c> table.</c>

00:36:14.949 --> 00:36:17.469
And<00:36:15.090><c> the</c><00:36:15.190><c> apostle</c><00:36:15.449><c> says</c><00:36:15.710><c> to</c><00:36:15.969><c> her,</c>

00:36:19.289 --> 00:36:22.269
is<00:36:19.929><c> that</c><00:36:20.010><c> how</c><00:36:20.150><c> much</c><00:36:20.289><c> you</c><00:36:20.409><c> got</c><00:36:20.550><c> for</c><00:36:20.730><c> the</c><00:36:20.849><c> property?</c>

00:36:24.929 --> 00:36:26.949
Opportunity<00:36:25.550><c> to</c><00:36:25.730><c> repent?</c>

00:36:29.869 --> 00:36:30.710
Yes.

00:36:31.690 --> 00:36:33.309
Very<00:36:31.929><c> well</c><00:36:32.110><c> said</c><00:36:32.250><c> the</c><00:36:32.429><c> apostle.</c>

00:36:34.510 --> 00:36:38.090
And<00:36:34.710><c> she</c><00:36:35.530><c> drops</c><00:36:36.590><c> down</c><00:36:36.889><c> dead.</c>

00:36:42.449 --> 00:36:51.590
There<00:36:43.070><c> is</c><00:36:43.690><c> a</c><00:36:44.349><c> verse</c><00:36:44.670><c> in</c><00:36:45.710><c> the</c><00:36:45.829><c> Acts</c><00:36:46.130><c> of</c><00:36:46.329><c> the</c><00:36:46.449><c> Apostles,</c>

00:36:53.369 --> 00:36:57.849
which,<00:36:55.610><c> it's</c><00:36:56.010><c> in</c><00:36:56.150><c> Chapter</c><00:36:56.349><c> 5,</c>

00:36:57.949 --> 00:37:00.630
to<00:36:58.309><c> which</c><00:36:58.429><c> I</c><00:36:58.630><c> would</c><00:36:58.809><c> like</c><00:36:58.969><c> to</c><00:36:59.090><c> bring</c><00:36:59.170><c> your</c><00:36:59.389><c> attention.</c>

00:37:03.670 --> 00:37:06.010
It's<00:37:04.090><c> just</c><00:37:04.329><c> after</c><00:37:04.610><c> the</c><00:37:04.929><c> incident</c><00:37:05.269><c> of</c><00:37:05.730><c> the</c><00:37:05.750><c> death</c>

00:37:06.010 --> 00:37:07.150
of<00:37:06.130><c> Ananias</c><00:37:06.570><c> and</c><00:37:06.769><c> Sapphira,</c>

00:37:07.429 --> 00:37:10.190
caused<00:37:07.909><c> by</c><00:37:08.269><c> their</c><00:37:08.429><c> love</c><00:37:08.550><c> of</c><00:37:08.730><c> money.</c>

00:37:12.250 --> 00:37:14.570
In<00:37:12.409><c> Chapter</c><00:37:12.530><c> 5,</c><00:37:12.869><c> in</c><00:37:12.909><c> verse</c><00:37:13.070><c> 13,</c>

00:37:18.130 --> 00:37:22.010
And<00:37:18.309><c> of</c><00:37:18.489><c> the</c><00:37:18.670><c> rest</c><00:37:19.030><c> durst</c><00:37:19.510><c> no</c><00:37:19.730><c> man</c><00:37:19.929><c> join</c><00:37:20.210><c> himself</c><00:37:20.690><c> to</c><00:37:20.989><c> them,</c>

00:37:22.530 --> 00:37:24.849
but<00:37:22.750><c> the</c><00:37:22.929><c> people</c><00:37:23.170><c> magnified</c><00:37:23.769><c> them.</c>

00:37:25.889 --> 00:37:26.869
I<00:37:26.070><c> wonder</c><00:37:26.070><c> what</c><00:37:26.210><c> it</c><00:37:26.329><c> means.</c>

00:37:27.329 --> 00:37:29.809
Does<00:37:27.530><c> it</c><00:37:27.670><c> mean</c><00:37:27.869><c> that</c><00:37:28.050><c> there's</c><00:37:28.489><c> no</c><00:37:28.670><c> more</c><00:37:28.949><c> converts?</c>

00:37:31.210 --> 00:37:33.929
After<00:37:31.710><c> the</c><00:37:31.849><c> death</c><00:37:31.989><c> of</c><00:37:32.190><c> Ananias</c><00:37:32.610><c> and</c><00:37:32.789><c> Sapphira,</c>

00:37:34.030 --> 00:37:36.030
the<00:37:34.510><c> supply</c><00:37:34.849><c> of</c><00:37:35.090><c> converts</c><00:37:35.369><c> dried</c><00:37:35.789><c> up</c>

00:37:36.030 --> 00:37:38.329
because<00:37:36.309><c> they</c><00:37:36.969><c> were</c><00:37:37.150><c> so</c><00:37:37.730><c> apprehensive,</c>

00:37:38.389 --> 00:37:40.429
they<00:37:38.489><c> were</c><00:37:38.889><c> so</c><00:37:39.130><c> nervous</c><00:37:39.489><c> about</c><00:37:39.750><c> what</c><00:37:39.909><c> had</c><00:37:40.110><c> happened.</c>

00:37:40.670 --> 00:37:42.349
And<00:37:40.809><c> this</c><00:37:41.210><c> exclusive</c><00:37:41.909><c> group,</c>

00:37:42.369 --> 00:37:45.590
which<00:37:42.590><c> can</c><00:37:43.349><c> cause</c><00:37:43.510><c> you</c><00:37:43.690><c> to</c><00:37:43.869><c> die</c><00:37:44.030><c> by</c><00:37:44.570><c> a</c><00:37:44.750><c> word,</c>

00:37:46.309 --> 00:37:48.829
I<00:37:46.530><c> think</c><00:37:46.690><c> that's</c><00:37:46.889><c> how</c><00:37:47.090><c> I</c><00:37:47.150><c> was</c><00:37:47.389><c> taught</c><00:37:47.590><c> at</c><00:37:47.829><c> Sunday</c><00:37:48.030><c> school.</c>

00:37:49.449 --> 00:37:50.670
My<00:37:49.929><c> Sunday</c><00:37:50.230><c> school</c><00:37:50.429><c> teacher,</c>

00:37:50.750 --> 00:37:52.909
whom<00:37:50.829><c> I</c><00:37:51.030><c> loved,</c><00:37:51.309><c> has</c><00:37:51.349><c> fallen</c><00:37:51.590><c> asleep</c><00:37:51.929><c> in</c><00:37:52.070><c> the</c><00:37:52.210><c> Lord,</c>

00:37:52.949 --> 00:37:56.369
so<00:37:53.369><c> I</c><00:37:53.489><c> won't</c><00:37:53.650><c> blame</c><00:37:53.849><c> him,</c><00:37:54.030><c> I'll</c><00:37:54.389><c> blame</c><00:37:54.530><c> my</c><00:37:54.949><c> frail</c><00:37:55.269><c> memory.</c>

00:37:57.789 --> 00:38:00.670
But<00:37:58.269><c> it</c><00:37:58.449><c> can't</c><00:37:58.750><c> mean</c><00:37:58.989><c> that,</c><00:37:59.269><c> brethren</c><00:37:59.510><c> and</c><00:37:59.710><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:01.530 --> 00:38:04.750
I'll<00:38:01.969><c> tell</c><00:38:02.010><c> you</c><00:38:02.070><c> what</c><00:38:02.190><c> it</c><00:38:02.349><c> means,</c><00:38:03.110><c> I</c><00:38:03.329><c> think.</c>

00:38:05.449 --> 00:38:11.329
Come<00:38:05.610><c> to</c><00:38:05.750><c> the</c><00:38:05.849><c> book</c><00:38:05.989><c> of</c><00:38:06.170><c> Galatians,</c><00:38:08.889><c> in</c><00:38:09.010><c> Chapter</c><00:38:09.230><c> 2.</c>

00:38:18.590 --> 00:38:19.750
You<00:38:18.610><c> see,</c><00:38:18.929><c> while</c><00:38:19.010><c> you're</c><00:38:19.170><c> finding</c><00:38:19.349><c> Galatians,</c>

00:38:19.769 --> 00:38:21.030
let<00:38:19.909><c> me</c><00:38:19.989><c> tell</c><00:38:20.150><c> you</c><00:38:20.250><c> that</c><00:38:20.369><c> one</c><00:38:20.550><c> of</c><00:38:20.710><c> the</c><00:38:20.710><c> problems</c>

00:38:21.030 --> 00:38:23.489
which<00:38:21.269><c> the</c><00:38:21.429><c> Apostle</c><00:38:21.730><c> faced</c><00:38:22.010><c> was</c><00:38:22.269><c> this,</c>

00:38:23.690 --> 00:38:26.929
that<00:38:23.829><c> in</c><00:38:24.190><c> a</c><00:38:24.570><c> community</c><00:38:25.030><c> as</c><00:38:25.309><c> vast</c><00:38:25.510><c> as</c><00:38:25.690><c> they</c><00:38:26.010><c> had,</c>

00:38:26.989 --> 00:38:28.090
there<00:38:27.210><c> were</c><00:38:27.429><c> false</c><00:38:27.730><c> brethren,</c>

00:38:28.090 --> 00:38:31.530
there<00:38:28.489><c> were</c><00:38:28.650><c> people</c><00:38:29.010><c> perhaps</c><00:38:29.409><c> who</c><00:38:29.630><c> had</c><00:38:29.869><c> submitted</c><00:38:30.250><c> to</c><00:38:30.489><c> baptism</c>

00:38:31.650 --> 00:38:34.869
as<00:38:32.130><c> spies</c><00:38:32.610><c> of</c><00:38:32.989><c> the</c><00:38:33.150><c> religious</c><00:38:33.510><c> leaders</c><00:38:34.150><c> of</c><00:38:34.349><c> the</c><00:38:34.489><c> day,</c>

00:38:34.969 --> 00:38:37.170
so<00:38:35.170><c> that</c><00:38:35.309><c> they</c><00:38:35.449><c> could</c><00:38:35.650><c> listen</c><00:38:35.949><c> to</c><00:38:36.090><c> what</c><00:38:36.230><c> was</c><00:38:36.429><c> being</c><00:38:36.690><c> discussed,</c>

00:38:37.389 --> 00:38:39.210
learn<00:38:37.730><c> where</c><00:38:37.949><c> the</c><00:38:38.170><c> church</c><00:38:38.369><c> was</c><00:38:38.550><c> being</c><00:38:38.750><c> established,</c>

00:38:39.429 --> 00:38:41.230
and<00:38:39.570><c> report</c><00:38:39.969><c> back</c><00:38:40.190><c> to</c><00:38:40.349><c> the</c><00:38:40.489><c> rulers.</c>

00:38:41.809 --> 00:38:43.449
That's<00:38:42.130><c> not</c><00:38:42.289><c> a</c><00:38:42.369><c> figment</c><00:38:42.610><c> of</c><00:38:42.789><c> my</c><00:38:42.969><c> imagination,</c>

00:38:43.670 --> 00:38:45.650
that's<00:38:43.989><c> his</c><00:38:44.090><c> unhistorical</c><00:38:44.690><c> fact.</c>

00:38:46.550 --> 00:38:48.809
Galatians,<00:38:47.010><c> Chapter</c><00:38:47.289><c> 2,</c><00:38:47.590><c> Verse</c><00:38:47.730><c> 4.</c>

00:38:50.170 --> 00:38:52.269
And<00:38:50.550><c> that</c><00:38:50.750><c> because</c><00:38:51.110><c> of</c><00:38:51.449><c> false</c><00:38:51.710><c> brethren,</c>

00:38:52.610 --> 00:38:53.769
unawares<00:38:52.909><c> brought</c><00:38:53.309><c> in,</c>

00:38:54.250 --> 00:38:56.469
who<00:38:54.449><c> came</c><00:38:54.710><c> in</c><00:38:54.969><c> privilege</c><00:38:55.170><c> to</c><00:38:55.510><c> spy</c><00:38:55.690><c> out</c><00:38:55.949><c> our</c><00:38:56.130><c> liberty,</c>

00:38:56.469 --> 00:38:58.150
which<00:38:56.809><c> we</c><00:38:56.969><c> have</c><00:38:57.090><c> in</c><00:38:57.489><c> Christ</c><00:38:57.710><c> Jesus,</c>

00:38:58.489 --> 00:39:00.730
that<00:38:58.610><c> they</c><00:38:58.730><c> might</c><00:38:59.010><c> bring</c><00:38:59.210><c> us</c><00:38:59.409><c> into</c><00:38:59.610><c> bondage.</c>

00:39:01.090 --> 00:39:04.630
You<00:39:01.230><c> see,</c><00:39:02.170><c> there</c><00:39:02.309><c> were</c><00:39:02.449><c> false</c><00:39:02.789><c> brethren</c><00:39:03.110><c> coming</c><00:39:03.409><c> to</c><00:39:03.610><c> the</c><00:39:03.769><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:39:06.050 --> 00:39:07.730
Now,<00:39:06.389><c> you</c><00:39:06.590><c> just</c><00:39:06.849><c> use</c><00:39:07.030><c> your</c><00:39:07.269><c> imagination</c>

00:39:07.730 --> 00:39:10.250
in<00:39:07.909><c> the</c><00:39:08.010><c> last</c><00:39:08.230><c> couple</c><00:39:08.409><c> of</c><00:39:08.570><c> minutes</c><00:39:08.750><c> that</c><00:39:08.849><c> we</c><00:39:08.989><c> have,</c><00:39:09.269><c> will</c><00:39:09.269><c> you?</c>

00:39:11.690 --> 00:39:12.849
Remarkable,<00:39:12.170><c> this.</c>

00:39:13.789 --> 00:39:16.570
Imagine<00:39:14.210><c> that</c><00:39:14.349><c> we</c><00:39:14.429><c> have</c><00:39:14.550><c> a</c><00:39:14.690><c> community</c><00:39:15.010><c> like</c><00:39:15.329><c> this,</c>

00:39:16.670 --> 00:39:19.030
Ananias<00:39:17.030><c> walks</c><00:39:17.369><c> in</c><00:39:17.610><c> and</c><00:39:17.969><c> the</c><00:39:18.090><c> arranging</c><00:39:18.449><c> brethren</c><00:39:18.750><c> are</c><00:39:18.929><c> at</c>

00:39:19.030 --> 00:39:19.670
the<00:39:19.190><c> front,</c>

00:39:20.010 --> 00:39:23.070
and<00:39:20.150><c> Ananias</c><00:39:20.809><c> puts</c><00:39:21.010><c> the</c><00:39:21.250><c> $9</c><00:39:21.570><c>,800</c><00:39:21.989><c> down</c><00:39:22.570><c> on</c><00:39:22.750><c> the</c><00:39:22.849><c> table</c>

00:39:23.070 --> 00:39:25.070
with<00:39:23.250><c> the</c><00:39:23.349><c> little</c><00:39:23.550><c> one</c><00:39:23.670><c> in</c><00:39:23.829><c> his</c><00:39:23.989><c> back</c><00:39:24.110><c> pocket.</c>

00:39:26.130 --> 00:39:28.809
Peter<00:39:26.570><c> condemns</c><00:39:26.949><c> him</c><00:39:27.110><c> and</c><00:39:27.130><c> he</c><00:39:27.250><c> drops</c><00:39:27.449><c> down</c><00:39:27.710><c> dead.</c>

00:39:30.210 --> 00:39:31.469
Hey,<00:39:30.590><c> I</c><00:39:30.730><c> tell</c><00:39:30.849><c> you</c><00:39:30.969><c> what,</c>

00:39:31.909 --> 00:39:33.570
how<00:39:32.090><c> about</c><00:39:32.170><c> the</c><00:39:32.369><c> chaps</c><00:39:32.530><c> halfway</c><00:39:32.829><c> down</c><00:39:33.070><c> the</c><00:39:33.250><c> room</c>

00:39:33.570 --> 00:39:35.230
who<00:39:33.969><c> are</c><00:39:34.090><c> false</c><00:39:34.309><c> brethren,</c>

00:39:37.710 --> 00:39:39.969
who<00:39:38.150><c> are</c><00:39:38.230><c> really</c><00:39:38.530><c> coming</c><00:39:38.809><c> to</c><00:39:39.050><c> spy</c><00:39:39.250><c> out</c><00:39:39.469><c> the</c><00:39:39.670><c> privileges</c>

00:39:39.969 --> 00:39:41.889
that<00:39:40.230><c> the</c><00:39:40.369><c> apostles</c><00:39:40.630><c> have?</c>

00:39:42.530 --> 00:39:44.329
Ah,<00:39:42.769><c> they'd</c><00:39:42.989><c> be</c><00:39:43.070><c> living</c><00:39:43.210><c> on</c><00:39:43.369><c> their</c><00:39:43.530><c> fingernails,</c><00:39:43.969><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:44.090><c> they?</c>

00:39:44.510 --> 00:39:49.090
And<00:39:44.610><c> then</c><00:39:44.929><c> Sapphira</c><00:39:45.349><c> comes</c><00:39:45.590><c> in,</c>

00:39:49.150 --> 00:39:50.489
and<00:39:49.150><c> he</c><00:39:50.130><c> says,</c>

00:39:50.909 --> 00:39:52.130
is<00:39:50.949><c> that</c><00:39:51.150><c> how</c><00:39:51.289><c> much</c><00:39:51.429><c> you've</c><00:39:51.610><c> got</c><00:39:51.690><c> for</c><00:39:51.849><c> the</c><00:39:51.989><c> land?</c>

00:39:52.130 --> 00:39:54.070
Oh,<00:39:52.710><c> yes,</c><00:39:52.849><c> oh,</c><00:39:53.489><c> yes.</c>

00:39:54.210 --> 00:39:55.869
Yes,<00:39:54.710><c> that's</c><00:39:54.989><c> right,</c><00:39:55.250><c> exactly</c><00:39:55.489><c> that</c><00:39:55.630><c> amount.</c>

00:39:56.289 --> 00:39:57.530
Very<00:39:56.610><c> well,</c><00:39:56.730><c> then</c><00:39:56.849><c> you'll</c><00:39:57.130><c> die</c><00:39:57.289><c> too.</c>

00:39:57.690 --> 00:39:58.730
And<00:39:57.829><c> she</c><00:39:57.949><c> falls</c><00:39:58.190><c> down</c><00:39:58.489><c> dead.</c>

00:39:59.230 --> 00:40:01.309
I<00:39:59.449><c> tell</c><00:39:59.570><c> you</c><00:39:59.710><c> what,</c><00:39:59.849><c> these</c><00:40:00.170><c> chaps</c><00:40:00.429><c> who</c><00:40:00.590><c> are</c><00:40:00.650><c> the</c><00:40:00.809><c> false</c><00:40:00.969><c> brethren</c>

00:40:01.309 --> 00:40:03.849
would<00:40:01.730><c> soon</c><00:40:01.909><c> be</c><00:40:02.090><c> off</c><00:40:02.210><c> to</c><00:40:02.349><c> their</c><00:40:02.570><c> employers</c><00:40:02.949><c> saying,</c>

00:40:04.090 --> 00:40:06.730
could<00:40:04.309><c> you</c><00:40:04.510><c> possibly</c><00:40:04.849><c> give</c><00:40:04.989><c> me</c><00:40:05.170><c> another</c><00:40:05.409><c> assignment,</c><00:40:06.030><c> please?</c>

00:40:09.690 --> 00:40:11.110
I've<00:40:10.090><c> had</c><00:40:10.489><c> enough</c><00:40:10.690><c> of</c><00:40:10.889><c> this.</c>

00:40:11.250 --> 00:40:12.489
That's<00:40:11.429><c> what</c><00:40:11.530><c> they'd</c><00:40:11.789><c> be</c><00:40:11.909><c> saying,</c><00:40:12.110><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:12.250><c> it?</c>

00:40:12.630 --> 00:40:14.909
And<00:40:12.789><c> that's</c><00:40:12.889><c> what</c><00:40:13.030><c> it</c><00:40:13.210><c> means</c><00:40:13.389><c> in</c><00:40:13.550><c> Acts</c><00:40:13.710><c> 5,</c><00:40:14.289><c> verse</c><00:40:14.429><c> 13,</c>

00:40:15.190 --> 00:40:18.210
And<00:40:15.289><c> of</c><00:40:15.449><c> the</c><00:40:15.590><c> rest</c><00:40:15.929><c> durst</c><00:40:16.409><c> no</c><00:40:16.670><c> man</c><00:40:16.889><c> join</c><00:40:17.130><c> himself</c><00:40:17.590><c> to</c><00:40:17.869><c> them,</c>

00:40:18.329 --> 00:40:19.889
but<00:40:18.510><c> the</c><00:40:18.750><c> people</c><00:40:18.989><c> magnified</c><00:40:19.610><c> them.</c>

00:40:19.889 --> 00:40:24.389
End<00:40:20.730><c> of</c><00:40:21.550><c> false</c><00:40:21.750><c> brethren</c><00:40:22.170><c> brought</c><00:40:23.050><c> in,</c><00:40:23.469><c> unawares.</c>

00:40:29.110 --> 00:40:30.969
Well,<00:40:29.349><c> Timothy,</c><00:40:29.789><c> brethren</c><00:40:29.949><c> and</c><00:40:30.170><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:31.409 --> 00:40:36.590
is<00:40:31.710><c> exhorted</c><00:40:32.170><c> to</c><00:40:32.469><c> watch</c><00:40:33.710><c> 2</c><00:40:34.289><c> Epistle</c><00:40:34.630><c> and</c><00:40:34.769><c> chapter</c><00:40:34.989><c> 3.</c>

00:40:36.630 --> 00:40:38.369
This<00:40:36.750><c> know</c><00:40:37.010><c> also</c><00:40:37.369><c> that</c><00:40:37.610><c> in</c><00:40:37.789><c> the</c><00:40:37.889><c> last</c><00:40:38.110><c> days</c>

00:40:38.369 --> 00:40:40.349
perilous<00:40:38.869><c> times</c><00:40:39.090><c> shall</c><00:40:39.349><c> come,</c>

00:40:41.130 --> 00:40:43.369
for<00:40:41.230><c> men</c><00:40:41.409><c> shall</c><00:40:41.570><c> be</c><00:40:41.690><c> lovers</c><00:40:41.849><c> of</c><00:40:42.010><c> their</c><00:40:42.210><c> own</c><00:40:42.469><c> selves.</c>

00:40:44.230 --> 00:40:46.269
This<00:40:44.750><c> is</c><00:40:45.150><c> a</c><00:40:45.289><c> prophetic</c><00:40:45.690><c> statement,</c>

00:40:46.269 --> 00:40:49.550
not<00:40:46.489><c> of</c><00:40:46.650><c> the</c><00:40:46.909><c> world,</c><00:40:47.929><c> but</c><00:40:48.110><c> of</c><00:40:48.369><c> the</c><00:40:48.670><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:51.210 --> 00:40:55.090
This<00:40:51.650><c> has</c><00:40:51.989><c> always</c><00:40:52.670><c> described</c><00:40:53.329><c> the</c><00:40:53.590><c> world.</c>

00:40:56.730 --> 00:41:00.369
Nothing<00:40:57.030><c> new</c><00:40:57.349><c> about</c><00:40:57.670><c> men</c><00:40:57.889><c> outside</c><00:40:58.369><c> being</c><00:40:58.650><c> blasphemers</c><00:40:59.210><c> and</c><00:40:59.469><c> proud,</c>

00:41:00.570 --> 00:41:04.110
nothing<00:41:00.849><c> new</c><00:41:01.090><c> outside</c><00:41:01.630><c> about</c><00:41:01.969><c> people</c><00:41:02.250><c> being</c><00:41:02.570><c> disobedient</c><00:41:03.050><c> to</c><00:41:03.230><c> parents,</c>

00:41:05.690 --> 00:41:11.309
nothing<00:41:06.329><c> new</c><00:41:06.969><c> about</c><00:41:07.170><c> the</c><00:41:07.369><c> world</c><00:41:08.170><c> showing</c><00:41:09.190><c> high</c><00:41:10.710><c>-mindedness</c>

00:41:11.309 --> 00:41:13.210
and<00:41:11.429><c> being</c><00:41:11.769><c> traitors</c><00:41:12.170><c> and</c><00:41:12.570><c> lovers</c><00:41:12.730><c> of</c><00:41:12.989><c> pleasures</c>

00:41:13.210 --> 00:41:14.030
more<00:41:13.449><c> than</c><00:41:13.510><c> lovers</c><00:41:13.730><c> of</c><00:41:13.929><c> God.</c>

00:41:14.030 --> 00:41:18.110
This<00:41:14.329><c> is</c><00:41:14.590><c> a</c><00:41:14.670><c> description</c><00:41:15.030><c> of</c><00:41:15.230><c> the</c><00:41:15.389><c> world</c><00:41:15.710><c> from</c><00:41:16.190><c> time</c><00:41:16.510><c> immemorial</c><00:41:17.050><c> to</c><00:41:17.250><c> now.</c>

00:41:18.250 --> 00:41:20.690
No,<00:41:18.449><c> this</c><00:41:18.630><c> is</c><00:41:18.869><c> a</c><00:41:18.929><c> description</c><00:41:19.409><c> of</c><00:41:19.530><c> what</c><00:41:19.730><c> can</c><00:41:19.969><c> happen</c><00:41:20.210><c> inside</c>

00:41:20.690 --> 00:41:21.829
the<00:41:20.889><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:41:22.250 --> 00:41:28.190
unless<00:41:22.889><c> the</c><00:41:23.389><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:23.829><c> is</c><00:41:24.150><c> well</c><00:41:24.489><c>-ruled</c><00:41:25.210><c> by</c><00:41:25.550><c> brethren</c><00:41:25.889><c> who</c><00:41:26.230><c> care,</c><00:41:26.929><c> who</c><00:41:27.230><c> pray,</c>

00:41:28.829 --> 00:41:30.909
who<00:41:29.150><c> rule</c><00:41:29.329><c> with</c><00:41:29.710><c> fairness</c><00:41:29.969><c> and</c><00:41:30.289><c> godliness</c>

00:41:30.909 --> 00:41:34.170
and<00:41:31.929><c> who</c><00:41:32.130><c> are</c><00:41:32.409><c> exalting</c><00:41:32.869><c> the</c><00:41:33.070><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:33.550><c> constantly</c>

00:41:34.170 --> 00:41:39.190
to<00:41:34.469><c> watch</c><00:41:35.289><c> lovers</c><00:41:36.550><c> of</c><00:41:36.909><c> pleasures</c><00:41:37.230><c> more</c><00:41:37.570><c> than</c><00:41:37.710><c> lovers</c><00:41:37.989><c> of</c><00:41:38.230><c> God.</c>

00:41:41.110 --> 00:41:43.650
Well,<00:41:41.989><c> the</c><00:41:42.190><c> end</c><00:41:42.369><c> is</c><00:41:42.550><c> very</c><00:41:42.789><c> near</c><00:41:42.909><c> for</c><00:41:43.090><c> the</c><00:41:43.210><c> great</c><00:41:43.389><c> man</c>

00:41:43.650 --> 00:41:48.010
by<00:41:43.889><c> the</c><00:41:44.030><c> time</c><00:41:44.469><c> he</c><00:41:44.869><c> writes</c><00:41:45.170><c> chapter</c><00:41:45.489><c> 4</c><00:41:46.110><c> of</c><00:41:46.690><c> the</c><00:41:46.849><c> 2nd</c><00:41:47.150><c> Epistle.</c>

00:41:48.190 --> 00:41:50.670
I<00:41:48.329><c> feel</c><00:41:48.690><c> desperately</c><00:41:49.369><c> sad.</c>

00:41:53.750 --> 00:41:55.369
Verse<00:41:53.989><c> 10</c><00:41:54.210><c> of</c><00:41:54.349><c> chapter</c><00:41:54.570><c> 4,</c>

00:41:55.929 --> 00:41:57.969
Demas<00:41:56.289><c> hath</c><00:41:56.590><c> forsaken</c><00:41:57.150><c> me,</c>

00:41:58.309 --> 00:42:00.650
having<00:41:58.469><c> loved</c><00:41:58.690><c> this</c><00:41:58.929><c> present</c><00:41:59.230><c> world</c><00:41:59.650><c> and</c><00:41:59.909><c> this</c><00:42:00.130><c> departed</c>

00:42:00.650 --> 00:42:02.409
unto<00:42:00.969><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:42:02.969 --> 00:42:06.230
Demas,<00:42:03.429><c> the</c><00:42:03.550><c> man</c><00:42:03.730><c> who</c><00:42:03.889><c> was</c><00:42:04.070><c> so</c><00:42:04.369><c> faithful,</c><00:42:04.730><c> has</c><00:42:04.909><c> fallen</c><00:42:05.150><c> away.</c>

00:42:06.449 --> 00:42:09.349
This<00:42:06.969><c> hits</c><00:42:07.170><c> on</c><00:42:07.389><c> the</c><00:42:07.530><c> head</c><00:42:07.690><c> surely</c><00:42:08.010><c> once</c><00:42:08.309><c> and</c><00:42:08.429><c> for</c><00:42:08.590><c> all,</c>

00:42:11.329 --> 00:42:14.230
the<00:42:11.449><c> salvation</c><00:42:11.889><c> as</c><00:42:12.130><c> a</c><00:42:12.289><c> present</c><00:42:12.550><c> possession</c><00:42:13.070><c> brigade.</c>

00:42:15.329 --> 00:42:17.889
No<00:42:15.489><c> man</c><00:42:15.809><c> possesses</c><00:42:16.429><c> salvation</c><00:42:16.849><c> now.</c>

00:42:18.369 --> 00:42:21.230
It<00:42:18.550><c> is</c><00:42:18.769><c> a</c><00:42:18.889><c> gift</c><00:42:19.130><c> which</c><00:42:19.530><c> will</c><00:42:19.809><c> be</c><00:42:19.989><c> given</c><00:42:20.150><c> us,</c>

00:42:21.429 --> 00:42:23.309
but<00:42:21.610><c> we</c><00:42:21.750><c> can</c><00:42:21.949><c> look</c><00:42:22.269><c> for</c><00:42:22.469><c> it</c><00:42:22.670><c> in</c><00:42:22.929><c> confidence.</c>

00:42:23.510 --> 00:42:24.989
Indeed,<00:42:23.849><c> we</c><00:42:23.989><c> should.</c>

00:42:26.869 --> 00:42:29.590
This<00:42:27.150><c> is</c><00:42:27.650><c> an</c><00:42:28.010><c> excitation</c><00:42:28.429><c> which,</c><00:42:28.849><c> by</c><00:42:28.849><c> God's</c><00:42:29.170><c> grace</c><00:42:29.349><c> and</c><00:42:29.429><c> with</c>

00:42:29.590 --> 00:42:30.130
your<00:42:29.789><c> patience,</c>

00:42:30.170 --> 00:42:33.130
we<00:42:30.329><c> will</c><00:42:30.590><c> consider</c><00:42:30.909><c> tomorrow</c><00:42:31.469><c> when</c><00:42:31.929><c> we</c><00:42:32.090><c> look</c><00:42:32.289><c> at</c><00:42:32.550><c> our</c><00:42:32.809><c> final</c>

00:42:33.130 --> 00:42:34.590
thoughts<00:42:33.389><c> at</c><00:42:33.650><c> Titus.</c>

00:42:34.869 --> 00:42:37.909
But<00:42:35.309><c> as</c><00:42:35.510><c> the</c><00:42:35.670><c> Apostle</c><00:42:36.010><c> said,</c><00:42:36.269><c> he</c><00:42:36.349><c> has</c><00:42:36.489><c> fought</c><00:42:36.650><c> the</c><00:42:36.829><c> fight</c><00:42:37.170><c> and</c>

00:42:37.909 --> 00:42:39.409
finished<00:42:38.250><c> the</c><00:42:38.449><c> course.</c>

00:42:39.530 --> 00:42:42.710
Henceforth<00:42:39.969><c> there</c><00:42:40.170><c> is</c><00:42:40.329><c> laid</c><00:42:40.449><c> up</c><00:42:40.550><c> for</c><00:42:40.769><c> me</c>

00:42:42.710 --> 00:42:44.929
a<00:42:43.250><c> crown</c><00:42:43.469><c> of</c><00:42:43.690><c> righteousness</c><00:42:44.130><c> which</c><00:42:44.469><c> the</c><00:42:44.650><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:45.030 --> 00:42:46.929
the<00:42:45.150><c> righteous</c><00:42:45.489><c> judge</c><00:42:45.710><c> will</c><00:42:45.909><c> give</c><00:42:46.070><c> me</c><00:42:46.230><c> at</c><00:42:46.329><c> that</c><00:42:46.489><c> day.</c>

00:42:47.269 --> 00:42:49.090
There<00:42:47.389><c> is</c><00:42:47.550><c> no</c><00:42:47.769><c> finer</c><00:42:48.010><c> hope,</c><00:42:48.449><c> brethren</c><00:42:48.610><c> and</c><00:42:48.789><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:49.369 --> 00:42:52.630
there<00:42:49.530><c> is</c><00:42:49.670><c> no</c><00:42:49.809><c> better</c><00:42:50.030><c> ambition,</c><00:42:50.769><c> there</c><00:42:50.869><c> is</c><00:42:51.090><c> no</c><00:42:51.329><c> greater</c><00:42:51.650><c> vision</c>

00:42:52.849 --> 00:42:56.869
than<00:42:53.289><c> the</c><00:42:53.489><c> righteous</c><00:42:53.869><c> judge</c><00:42:54.389><c> giving</c><00:42:55.389><c> us</c><00:42:55.690><c> the</c><00:42:55.869><c> gift,</c>

00:42:57.289 --> 00:43:00.590
something<00:42:57.650><c> which</c><00:42:57.869><c> we</c><00:42:58.010><c> have</c><00:42:58.210><c> not</c><00:42:58.409><c> earned,</c><00:42:59.849><c> but</c><00:43:00.030><c> something</c><00:43:00.389><c> for</c>

00:43:00.590 --> 00:43:01.710
which<00:43:00.730><c> we</c><00:43:00.949><c> long,</c>

00:43:01.889 --> 00:43:06.889
not<00:43:02.570><c> only</c><00:43:02.829><c> to</c><00:43:03.090><c> Paul,</c><00:43:05.230><c> but</c><00:43:05.409><c> unto</c><00:43:05.650><c> all</c><00:43:05.889><c> them</c><00:43:06.050><c> also</c>

00:43:06.929 --> 00:43:10.329
which<00:43:07.309><c> love</c><00:43:07.809><c> and</c><00:43:08.690><c> pray</c><00:43:08.989><c> for</c><00:43:09.170><c> his</c><00:43:09.409><c> appearing.</c>