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apostles<00:10:02.610><c> not</c><00:10:02.889><c> only</c><00:10:03.169><c> go</c><00:10:03.450><c> there</c><00:10:03.970><c> having</c><00:10:04.350><c> been</c>

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brought<00:10:04.889><c> there</c><00:10:05.049><c> by</c><00:10:05.250><c> the</c><00:10:05.450><c> success</c><00:10:06.009><c> by</c><00:10:06.330><c> Philip,</c><00:10:07.570><c> or</c><00:10:07.950><c> through</c><00:10:08.210><c> Philip</c><00:10:08.490><c> is</c>

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it,<00:10:17.830><c> if</c><00:10:18.070><c> these</c><00:10:18.370><c> disciples</c><00:10:18.889><c> on</c><00:10:19.230><c> the</c><00:10:19.350><c> way</c><00:10:19.590><c> back</c>

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back<00:10:32.309><c> to</c><00:10:32.470><c> that</c><00:10:32.730><c> same</c><00:10:32.970><c> city.</c><00:10:33.769><c> These</c><00:10:33.909><c> men</c><00:10:34.190><c> only</c><00:10:34.629><c> a</c><00:10:34.830><c> few</c><00:10:34.970><c> years</c>

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in<00:10:52.470><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:10:53.289><c> That's</c><00:10:53.549><c> what</c><00:10:53.690><c> he</c><00:10:53.889><c> signed</c><00:10:54.129><c> up</c><00:10:54.330><c> for,</c>

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isn't<00:10:54.750><c> it?</c><00:10:55.350><c> I'm</c><00:10:55.629><c> going</c><00:10:55.789><c> to</c><00:10:55.929><c> take</c><00:10:56.129><c> care</c><00:10:56.330><c> of</c><00:10:56.509><c> distribution</c><00:10:56.950><c> to</c><00:10:57.169><c> the</c><00:10:57.289><c> widows</c><00:10:57.490><c> in</c><00:10:57.649><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:10:58.669><c> A</c>

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persecution<00:10:59.289><c> happens.</c>

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Samaria,<00:11:05.370><c> begins</c><00:11:05.590><c> to</c><00:11:05.830><c> preach</c><00:11:05.929><c> the</c>

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gospel.<00:11:06.929><c> And</c><00:11:07.210><c> it</c><00:11:07.370><c> is</c><00:11:07.730><c> taking</c><00:11:08.070><c> hold.</c><00:11:08.850><c> People</c><00:11:09.129><c> are</c><00:11:09.350><c> being</c><00:11:09.610><c> baptized</c><00:11:10.149><c> and</c>

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wonderful<00:11:10.929><c> things</c><00:11:11.490><c> are</c><00:11:11.870><c> happening.</c><00:11:18.330><c> In</c>

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through<00:11:25.389><c> 27.</c><00:11:26.389><c> The</c><00:11:26.490><c> angel</c><00:11:26.850><c> of</c><00:11:26.990><c> the</c><00:11:27.110><c> Lord</c><00:11:27.370><c> spake</c><00:11:27.789><c> unto</c><00:11:27.950><c> Philip,</c>

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saying,<00:11:29.169><c> arise</c><00:11:29.590><c> and</c><00:11:29.809><c> go</c><00:11:30.110><c> toward</c><00:11:30.350><c> the</c><00:11:30.610><c> south</c>

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desert.<00:11:36.570><c> And</c><00:11:36.690><c> he</c><00:11:36.909><c> arose</c><00:11:37.389><c> and</c><00:11:38.049><c> went.</c>

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Abraham.<00:11:50.350><c> Abraham</c><00:11:50.570><c> was</c><00:11:50.889><c> told</c>

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sacrifice<00:12:01.129><c> of</c><00:12:01.350><c> Isaac</c><00:12:01.669><c> was</c><00:12:02.049><c> told</c><00:12:02.389><c> to</c><00:12:02.570><c> him</c><00:12:02.690><c> that</c>

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doesn't<00:12:08.129><c> kind</c><00:12:08.350><c> of</c><00:12:08.649><c> waste</c><00:12:08.889><c> time</c><00:12:09.450><c> or</c><00:12:09.750><c> kind</c><00:12:10.029><c> of</c>

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dilly<00:12:10.350><c> dally</c><00:12:10.629><c> around.</c><00:12:10.990><c> What</c><00:12:11.129><c> does</c><00:12:11.289><c> he</c><00:12:11.429><c> do?</c><00:12:12.049><c> Early</c><00:12:12.370><c> in</c><00:12:12.509><c> the</c><00:12:12.649><c> morning,</c><00:12:13.409><c> he</c>

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Lord.<00:12:16.590><c> You</c><00:12:17.009><c> see</c><00:12:17.250><c> that</c><00:12:17.490><c> Philip</c><00:12:17.649><c> is</c><00:12:17.870><c> not</c><00:12:18.090><c> given</c><00:12:18.289><c> specific</c><00:12:18.889><c> instructions</c><00:12:19.490><c> other</c>

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Jerusalem<00:12:23.389><c> unto</c><00:12:23.669><c> Gaza,</c><00:12:24.450><c> that</c><00:12:24.710><c> desert</c><00:12:25.049><c> that</c><00:12:25.330><c> follows</c><00:12:25.649><c> along</c>

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Egypt<00:12:28.889><c> and</c><00:12:29.110><c> into</c><00:12:29.389><c> Africa.</c><00:12:30.289><c> And</c><00:12:30.470><c> he</c><00:12:30.649><c> says,</c><00:12:31.409><c> go</c><00:12:31.950><c> to</c><00:12:32.309><c> that</c><00:12:32.549><c> area.</c>

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all,<00:12:46.350><c> and</c><00:12:47.129><c> takes</c><00:12:47.590><c> the</c><00:12:47.889><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:12:48.750><c> preach</c><00:12:48.929><c> the</c><00:12:49.190><c> truth</c><00:12:49.330><c> where</c><00:12:49.509><c> he</c><00:12:49.649><c> is.</c><00:12:50.669><c> And</c><00:12:50.950><c> then</c><00:12:51.350><c> he's</c><00:12:51.809><c> told</c><00:12:51.990><c> to</c><00:12:52.129><c> leave</c><00:12:52.350><c> there</c><00:12:52.570><c> and</c><00:12:52.690><c> to</c><00:12:52.830><c> go</c><00:12:53.049><c> to</c><00:12:53.269><c> a</c>

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very<00:12:53.809><c> undisclosed</c>

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location.<00:12:56.669><c> Of</c><00:12:56.889><c> course,</c><00:12:57.029><c> now</c><00:12:57.190><c> we</c><00:12:57.289><c> read</c><00:12:57.509><c> in</c><00:12:58.029><c> our</c><00:12:58.230><c> hearing</c><00:12:58.509><c> here,</c>

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I'm<00:12:59.309><c> going</c><00:12:59.350><c> to</c><00:12:59.350><c> go</c><00:12:59.529><c> back</c><00:12:59.769><c> actually</c><00:13:00.049><c> to</c><00:13:00.169><c> this</c><00:13:00.370><c> one,</c>

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in<00:13:01.690><c> Acts</c><00:13:01.950><c> chapter</c><00:13:02.230><c> eight.</c><00:13:02.429><c> We're</c><00:13:02.450><c> not</c><00:13:02.610><c> going</c><00:13:02.750><c> to</c><00:13:02.850><c> take</c><00:13:02.990><c> the</c><00:13:03.210><c> time</c><00:13:03.409><c> to</c>

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read<00:13:03.929><c> Acts</c><00:13:04.210><c> chapter</c><00:13:04.470><c> eight,</c><00:13:05.110><c> but</c>

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wasn't<00:13:05.549><c> it</c><00:13:05.769><c> a</c><00:13:05.950><c> beautiful</c><00:13:06.350><c> thing</c><00:13:08.590><c> to</c><00:13:08.809><c> read</c><00:13:08.990><c> about</c><00:13:09.269><c> the</c><00:13:09.450><c> way</c><00:13:09.769><c> that</c><00:13:10.889><c> he</c>

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actually<00:13:12.129><c> comes</c><00:13:13.389><c> in</c><00:13:13.690><c> contact</c><00:13:14.210><c> with</c><00:13:14.690><c> this</c>

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Ethiopian<00:13:16.309><c> eunuch?</c><00:13:17.389><c> It's</c><00:13:17.710><c> interesting</c><00:13:18.070><c> that</c><00:13:18.269><c> he's</c><00:13:19.070><c> down</c><00:13:19.429><c> there.</c><00:13:19.549><c> He</c>

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doesn't<00:13:19.870><c> know</c><00:13:20.029><c> what</c><00:13:20.129><c> he's</c><00:13:20.269><c> really</c><00:13:20.610><c> looking</c>

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for,<00:13:21.629><c> but</c><00:13:21.970><c> he's</c><00:13:22.750><c> told</c><00:13:23.049><c> then</c><00:13:23.570><c> that</c><00:13:24.049><c> he</c><00:13:24.250><c> should</c><00:13:24.509><c> join</c><00:13:24.789><c> himself</c>

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unto,<00:13:27.610><c> that</c><00:13:28.029><c> in</c><00:13:28.190><c> verse</c><00:13:28.409><c> 29,</c><00:13:29.029><c> the</c><00:13:29.049><c> Spirit</c><00:13:29.289><c> said</c><00:13:29.509><c> unto</c><00:13:29.690><c> him,</c>

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Philip,<00:13:30.190><c> go</c><00:13:30.429><c> near</c><00:13:30.769><c> and</c><00:13:31.269><c> join</c><00:13:31.490><c> thyself</c><00:13:31.950><c> to</c><00:13:32.070><c> this</c><00:13:32.289><c> chariot.</c><00:13:33.889><c> And</c>

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so<00:13:34.529><c> Philip</c><00:13:35.009><c> thinks</c><00:13:35.289><c> to</c><00:13:35.470><c> himself,</c><00:13:35.909><c> now</c><00:13:35.950><c> why</c><00:13:36.190><c> am</c><00:13:36.429><c> I</c>

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going<00:13:36.970><c> to</c><00:13:37.169><c> go</c><00:13:37.730><c> join</c><00:13:38.289><c> myself</c><00:13:38.669><c> to</c><00:13:38.809><c> that</c><00:13:39.070><c> chariot?</c><00:13:40.429><c> What</c><00:13:40.610><c> is</c><00:13:40.809><c> the</c>

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purpose<00:13:41.370><c> here?</c><00:13:42.429><c> Can</c><00:13:42.570><c> I</c><00:13:42.690><c> have</c><00:13:42.769><c> a</c><00:13:42.870><c> little</c><00:13:43.049><c> prep</c><00:13:43.350><c> time?</c>

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Can<00:13:44.970><c> I</c><00:13:45.190><c> think</c><00:13:45.350><c> about</c><00:13:45.570><c> this?</c><00:13:45.809><c> That's</c><00:13:46.049><c> not</c><00:13:46.230><c> what</c><00:13:46.289><c> he</c><00:13:46.429><c> does.</c><00:13:46.730><c> What</c>

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does<00:13:47.049><c> he</c><00:13:47.090><c> do?</c><00:13:47.950><c> Verse</c><00:13:48.230><c> 29,</c><00:13:49.009><c> verse</c><00:13:49.230><c> 30,</c><00:13:50.210><c> and</c><00:13:50.389><c> Philip</c>

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ran<00:13:51.190><c> thither</c><00:13:51.470><c> to</c><00:13:51.730><c> him</c><00:13:52.250><c> and</c><00:13:52.950><c> heard</c><00:13:53.149><c> him</c><00:13:53.330><c> read</c><00:13:53.450><c> the</c><00:13:53.669><c> prophet</c><00:13:53.909><c> Isaiah</c><00:13:54.409><c> and</c>

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said,<00:13:56.190><c> understandest</c><00:13:56.750><c> thou</c><00:13:56.889><c> what</c><00:13:57.029><c> thou</c>

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readest.<00:13:58.210><c> What</c><00:13:58.350><c> a</c><00:13:58.570><c> wonderful</c><00:13:58.950><c> thing,</c><00:13:59.409><c> what</c><00:13:59.570><c> a</c><00:13:59.730><c> wonderful</c><00:14:00.009><c> way</c>

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to<00:14:00.490><c> start</c><00:14:00.769><c> our</c><00:14:01.070><c> preaching</c><00:14:01.389><c> is</c><00:14:02.389><c> to</c><00:14:02.649><c> be</c><00:14:02.809><c> able</c><00:14:03.029><c> to</c><00:14:03.289><c> ask</c>

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people<00:14:03.970><c> when</c><00:14:04.149><c> they're</c><00:14:04.389><c> reading</c><00:14:04.649><c> their</c><00:14:04.929><c> Bibles,</c><00:14:05.269><c> do</c><00:14:05.330><c> you</c><00:14:05.490><c> understand</c><00:14:05.789><c> what</c>

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you're<00:14:06.070><c> reading?</c><00:14:07.490><c> To</c><00:14:07.730><c> be</c><00:14:07.909><c> able</c><00:14:08.090><c> to</c><00:14:08.330><c> start</c>

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from<00:14:08.870><c> that</c><00:14:09.350><c> point</c><00:14:09.649><c> where</c><00:14:09.929><c> they're</c><00:14:10.129><c> reading</c><00:14:10.509><c> and</c><00:14:11.110><c> to</c><00:14:11.269><c> be</c><00:14:11.409><c> able</c>

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to<00:14:12.129><c> expound</c><00:14:12.649><c> to</c><00:14:12.789><c> them</c><00:14:13.269><c> the</c><00:14:14.590><c> marvelous</c><00:14:14.990><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:14:16.330><c> it</c><00:14:16.389><c> was</c><00:14:16.590><c> just,</c><00:14:16.929><c> it</c><00:14:17.190><c> was</c><00:14:17.370><c> more</c><00:14:17.629><c> than</c><00:14:17.830><c> coincidence,</c><00:14:18.330><c> wasn't</c>

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it,<00:14:18.690><c> that</c><00:14:18.789><c> he</c><00:14:18.909><c> was</c><00:14:19.070><c> at</c><00:14:19.210><c> that</c><00:14:19.429><c> passage</c><00:14:19.769><c> in</c><00:14:19.950><c> Isaiah</c>

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53<00:14:20.990><c> and</c><00:14:21.610><c> that</c><00:14:21.750><c> he</c><00:14:22.009><c> preaches</c><00:14:22.250><c> to</c><00:14:22.450><c> him</c><00:14:22.710><c> Christ</c><00:14:23.090><c> right</c><00:14:23.389><c> from</c><00:14:23.590><c> that</c>

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spot.<00:14:24.649><c> And</c><00:14:24.929><c> then</c><00:14:25.049><c> we</c><00:14:25.230><c> see</c><00:14:25.429><c> that</c><00:14:25.730><c> Philip</c><00:14:25.990><c> goes</c><00:14:26.450><c> along</c>

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with<00:14:27.149><c> this</c><00:14:27.450><c> eunuch,</c><00:14:28.029><c> he</c><00:14:28.190><c> still</c><00:14:28.490><c> hasn't</c><00:14:28.750><c> been</c><00:14:29.110><c> given</c><00:14:29.289><c> any</c><00:14:29.629><c> commandment</c><00:14:30.070><c> about</c><00:14:30.370><c> baptizing</c><00:14:30.990><c> him,</c>

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has<00:14:31.350><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:14:32.110><c> only</c><00:14:32.330><c> been</c><00:14:32.529><c> told</c><00:14:32.730><c> to</c><00:14:32.909><c> go</c><00:14:33.230><c> join</c><00:14:33.450><c> himself</c><00:14:33.889><c> to</c><00:14:34.070><c> the</c><00:14:34.269><c> chariot.</c><00:14:35.029><c> And</c><00:14:35.409><c> he</c>

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goes<00:14:36.029><c> there,</c><00:14:36.350><c> he</c><00:14:36.629><c> preaches,</c><00:14:37.309><c> and</c><00:14:37.549><c> as</c>

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they're<00:14:37.970><c> coming</c><00:14:38.210><c> along,</c><00:14:38.870><c> who</c><00:14:39.129><c> is</c><00:14:39.330><c> it</c><00:14:39.450><c> that</c><00:14:39.649><c> suggests</c><00:14:40.169><c> that</c><00:14:40.470><c> there</c><00:14:40.629><c> be</c>

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a<00:14:40.970><c> baptism?</c><00:14:42.070><c> The</c><00:14:42.330><c> eunuch.</c><00:14:43.429><c> The</c><00:14:43.629><c> eunuch</c><00:14:43.909><c> says,</c><00:14:44.190><c> see,</c>

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here's<00:14:45.230><c> water,</c><00:14:46.009><c> what</c><00:14:46.230><c> doth</c><00:14:46.370><c> hinder</c><00:14:46.590><c> me</c><00:14:46.730><c> to</c><00:14:46.850><c> be</c><00:14:47.070><c> baptized?</c><00:14:48.070><c> And</c>

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Philip<00:14:48.470><c> says,</c><00:14:48.730><c> if</c><00:14:48.830><c> thou</c><00:14:49.009><c> believest</c><00:14:49.309><c> with</c><00:14:49.629><c> all</c><00:14:49.929><c> thine</c>

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heart,<00:14:50.850><c> thou</c><00:14:50.990><c> mayest.</c><00:14:51.850><c> And</c><00:14:52.070><c> he</c><00:14:52.190><c> answered</c><00:14:52.429><c> and</c><00:14:52.649><c> said,</c><00:14:53.009><c> I</c><00:14:53.370><c> believe</c><00:14:53.730><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:14:54.370><c> Christ</c><00:14:54.830><c> is</c><00:14:55.529><c> the</c><00:14:55.769><c> Son</c><00:14:55.889><c> of</c><00:14:56.049><c> God.</c><00:14:56.190><c> What</c>

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a<00:14:56.830><c> marvelous</c><00:14:56.970><c> teacher</c><00:14:57.509><c> this</c><00:14:58.289><c> man</c><00:14:58.610><c> Philip</c><00:14:58.850><c> must</c><00:14:59.110><c> have</c><00:14:59.289><c> been.</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:02.549><c> 53</c><00:15:03.149><c> and</c><00:15:03.809><c> to</c><00:15:03.970><c> be</c><00:15:04.129><c> able</c><00:15:04.269><c> to</c><00:15:04.429><c> help</c><00:15:04.629><c> this</c><00:15:04.909><c> man</c><00:15:05.070><c> who</c><00:15:05.210><c> had</c><00:15:05.350><c> never</c><00:15:05.690><c> seen</c><00:15:05.929><c> and</c>

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understood<00:15:06.490><c> Jesus</c><00:15:07.049><c> to</c><00:15:07.590><c> be</c><00:15:07.809><c> able</c><00:15:07.990><c> to</c><00:15:08.210><c> not</c>

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only<00:15:08.750><c> understand</c><00:15:09.549><c> but</c><00:15:10.190><c> to</c><00:15:10.570><c> believe</c><00:15:10.809><c> that</c><00:15:11.049><c> Jesus</c><00:15:11.389><c> Christ</c><00:15:11.809><c> is</c>

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chariot<00:15:14.590><c> to</c><00:15:14.789><c> stand</c><00:15:15.070><c> still,</c><00:15:15.669><c> they</c><00:15:15.850><c> both</c><00:15:16.070><c> go</c><00:15:16.289><c> down</c><00:15:16.490><c> into</c><00:15:16.669><c> the</c><00:15:16.870><c> water,</c><00:15:17.370><c> and</c><00:15:17.649><c> then</c><00:15:17.809><c> what</c><00:15:17.970><c> happens</c><00:15:18.429><c> is</c>

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that<00:15:20.049><c> we</c><00:15:20.429><c> see</c><00:15:20.669><c> that</c>

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and<00:15:23.090><c> 40,</c><00:15:23.909><c> the</c><00:15:23.970><c> Spirit</c><00:15:24.269><c> of</c><00:15:24.409><c> the</c><00:15:24.570><c> Lord</c><00:15:25.070><c> caught</c><00:15:25.590><c> away,</c>

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or<00:15:26.750><c> that's</c><00:15:27.029><c> the</c><00:15:27.210><c> words</c><00:15:27.389><c> to</c><00:15:27.710><c> snatch</c><00:15:27.909><c> away,</c><00:15:28.190><c> a</c><00:15:28.250><c> harpozzo,</c><00:15:29.110><c> which</c>

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we<00:15:29.490><c> also</c><00:15:29.850><c> see</c><00:15:30.070><c> in</c><00:15:30.250><c> 1</c><00:15:30.470><c> Thessalonians</c><00:15:31.289><c> chapter</c><00:15:32.169><c> 4,</c>

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verse<00:15:32.690><c> 17.</c><00:15:33.809><c> He</c><00:15:33.970><c> snatched</c><00:15:34.490><c> away,</c><00:15:35.909><c> and</c><00:15:36.090><c> the</c><00:15:36.289><c> eunuch</c><00:15:36.470><c> saw</c><00:15:36.730><c> him</c><00:15:36.950><c> no</c>

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more,<00:15:37.929><c> and</c><00:15:38.190><c> he</c><00:15:38.309><c> went</c><00:15:38.409><c> on</c><00:15:38.570><c> his</c><00:15:38.789><c> way</c><00:15:38.990><c> rejoicing.</c>

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Now<00:15:47.409><c> by</c><00:15:48.269><c> this</c><00:15:48.470><c> time</c><00:15:48.629><c> we're</c><00:15:48.830><c> starting</c><00:15:49.110><c> to</c><00:15:49.309><c> get</c><00:15:49.529><c> the</c><00:15:49.710><c> picture</c><00:15:49.970><c> about</c><00:15:50.350><c> Philip,</c><00:15:50.710><c> aren't</c><00:15:50.870><c> we?</c><00:15:51.570><c> Here's</c><00:15:51.850><c> a</c>

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person<00:15:52.370><c> that</c>

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wherever<00:15:53.610><c> he</c><00:15:53.889><c> is,</c><00:15:54.690><c> he's</c><00:15:55.029><c> going</c><00:15:55.149><c> to</c><00:15:55.330><c> preach.</c><00:15:56.629><c> He</c><00:15:56.809><c> doesn't</c><00:15:57.070><c> get</c>

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real<00:15:57.710><c> thorough</c><00:15:58.129><c> instructions</c><00:15:58.750><c> about</c><00:15:59.070><c> what</c><00:15:59.269><c> he's</c><00:15:59.470><c> to</c><00:15:59.629><c> do,</c>

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who<00:16:00.370><c> he's</c><00:16:00.590><c> to</c><00:16:00.769><c> talk</c><00:16:00.990><c> to,</c><00:16:01.629><c> what</c><00:16:01.850><c> people</c><00:16:02.190><c> to</c><00:16:02.370><c> go</c><00:16:02.610><c> to,</c><00:16:02.830><c> but</c><00:16:02.990><c> wherever</c><00:16:03.490><c> he</c><00:16:03.850><c> is,</c>

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he<00:16:04.649><c> makes</c><00:16:04.909><c> the</c><00:16:05.210><c> best</c><00:16:05.509><c> use</c><00:16:05.750><c> of</c><00:16:05.909><c> his</c><00:16:06.090><c> time,</c>

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doesn't<00:16:06.590><c> he?</c><00:16:07.129><c> And</c><00:16:07.429><c> so</c><00:16:07.610><c> now</c><00:16:08.250><c> the</c><00:16:08.929><c> Lord</c><00:16:09.350><c> takes</c><00:16:09.730><c> him</c><00:16:10.070><c> and</c><00:16:10.289><c> brings</c>

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him<00:16:10.809><c> to</c><00:16:10.990><c> Azotus.</c><00:16:13.110><c> One</c><00:16:13.269><c> of</c><00:16:13.350><c> the</c><00:16:13.490><c> biggest</c><00:16:13.649><c> questions</c>

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we<00:16:14.470><c> might</c><00:16:14.690><c> ask</c><00:16:14.990><c> is</c><00:16:15.250><c> how</c><00:16:15.590><c> that</c><00:16:15.889><c> happened.</c><00:16:16.750><c> Now</c><00:16:16.889><c> we</c><00:16:16.909><c> have</c><00:16:17.090><c> a</c><00:16:17.129><c> lot</c>

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of<00:16:17.470><c> assumptions,</c><00:16:18.110><c> and</c><00:16:18.289><c> that's</c><00:16:18.769><c> perhaps</c><00:16:19.090><c> a</c><00:16:19.190><c> good</c>

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found<00:16:23.210><c> at</c><00:16:23.429><c> Azotus,</c><00:16:24.230><c> and</c><00:16:24.649><c> then</c><00:16:24.889><c> he</c><00:16:25.049><c> goes</c>

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and<00:16:25.389><c> he</c><00:16:25.610><c> preaches</c><00:16:25.870><c> the</c><00:16:26.110><c> cities</c><00:16:26.269><c> till</c><00:16:26.429><c> he</c><00:16:26.509><c> comes</c><00:16:26.750><c> to</c><00:16:26.950><c> Caesarea.</c>

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Now<00:16:27.889><c> we</c><00:16:28.129><c> mentioned</c><00:16:28.350><c> in</c><00:16:28.470><c> the</c><00:16:28.629><c> first</c><00:16:28.809><c> class</c>

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that<00:16:29.129><c> there</c><00:16:29.269><c> are</c><00:16:29.490><c> 57</c><00:16:30.070><c> ecclesias</c><00:16:30.870><c> that</c><00:16:31.450><c> are</c><00:16:31.809><c> noted</c><00:16:32.110><c> in</c><00:16:32.429><c> the</c><00:16:32.610><c> first</c><00:16:32.809><c> century,</c><00:16:33.850><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:41.330><c> area</c><00:16:41.909><c> of</c><00:16:43.129><c> Azotus</c><00:16:43.970><c> going</c><00:16:44.509><c> up</c><00:16:45.029><c> to</c><00:16:45.330><c> Caesarea,</c>

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and<00:16:46.529><c> of</c><00:16:46.750><c> course</c><00:16:46.929><c> also</c><00:16:47.250><c> I've</c><00:16:47.450><c> added</c><00:16:47.769><c> Samaria</c><00:16:48.309><c> here,</c><00:16:48.730><c> which</c><00:16:48.830><c> we</c>

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already<00:16:49.350><c> know</c><00:16:49.529><c> that</c><00:16:49.649><c> he</c><00:16:49.789><c> had</c><00:16:49.990><c> a</c><00:16:50.090><c> hand</c>

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in<00:16:51.009><c> starting</c><00:16:51.210><c> that</c><00:16:51.429><c> ecclesia.</c><00:16:53.230><c> Brothers</c><00:16:53.370><c> and</c><00:16:53.549><c> sisters,</c><00:16:53.809><c> we're</c><00:16:53.929><c> not</c>

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given<00:16:54.590><c> specific</c><00:16:55.090><c> information</c><00:16:55.690><c> about</c><00:16:56.149><c> what</c>

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Philip's<00:16:57.389><c> role</c><00:16:57.570><c> was</c><00:16:58.029><c> in</c><00:16:58.330><c> the</c><00:16:58.629><c> starting</c><00:16:58.830><c> of</c><00:16:58.990><c> these</c><00:16:59.169><c> ecclesias.</c>

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What<00:17:00.169><c> we</c><00:17:00.370><c> do</c><00:17:00.669><c> know</c><00:17:01.070><c> is</c><00:17:01.370><c> he</c><00:17:01.690><c> is</c><00:17:01.990><c> taken</c><00:17:02.269><c> to</c>

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Azotus,<00:17:03.389><c> and</c><00:17:03.529><c> he</c><00:17:03.690><c> goes</c><00:17:04.049><c> up</c><00:17:04.490><c> the</c><00:17:04.730><c> coast</c><00:17:04.970><c> there</c><00:17:05.450><c> through</c><00:17:05.730><c> the</c><00:17:05.950><c> Plain</c><00:17:06.069><c> of</c>

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Sharon,<00:17:06.910><c> and</c><00:17:07.109><c> as</c><00:17:07.309><c> he</c><00:17:07.470><c> goes</c><00:17:07.650><c> he</c><00:17:07.890><c> preaches</c>

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along<00:17:09.450><c> the</c><00:17:09.650><c> road.</c><00:17:10.329><c> And</c><00:17:10.609><c> so</c><00:17:10.849><c> is</c><00:17:11.069><c> it</c><00:17:11.250><c> not</c><00:17:11.490><c> possible</c><00:17:12.109><c> that</c><00:17:12.730><c> the</c><00:17:13.289><c> five</c><00:17:14.450><c> or</c>

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six,<00:17:15.569><c> I</c><00:17:15.809><c> guess</c><00:17:16.009><c> six</c><00:17:16.769><c> different</c><00:17:17.069><c> ecclesias,</c>

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which<00:17:17.829><c> have</c><00:17:17.970><c> been</c><00:17:18.150><c> highlighted</c><00:17:18.529><c> here,</c><00:17:19.410><c> might</c><00:17:19.549><c> have</c><00:17:19.769><c> been</c><00:17:19.930><c> ones</c><00:17:20.230><c> that</c><00:17:20.490><c> in</c>

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fact<00:17:20.970><c> owe</c><00:17:21.349><c> their</c><00:17:21.609><c> beginning</c>

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So<00:17:31.809><c> what</c><00:17:31.990><c> do</c><00:17:32.049><c> we</c><00:17:32.210><c> know</c><00:17:32.549><c> about</c><00:17:32.750><c> the</c><00:17:32.930><c> preaching</c><00:17:33.109><c> of</c><00:17:33.430><c> Philip?</c><00:17:34.329><c> First</c><00:17:34.650><c> of</c>

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all,<00:17:36.650><c> this</c><00:17:36.769><c> man</c><00:17:37.049><c> who</c><00:17:37.349><c> later</c><00:17:37.630><c> on</c><00:17:37.930><c> is</c><00:17:38.170><c> called</c><00:17:38.369><c> by</c>

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Paul,<00:17:39.750><c> Philip</c><00:17:40.150><c> the</c><00:17:40.750><c> evangelist,</c><00:17:42.509><c> is</c><00:17:42.869><c> a</c><00:17:43.109><c> man</c><00:17:43.410><c> who</c><00:17:43.750><c> began</c><00:17:44.109><c> his</c>

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ministry<00:17:45.170><c> by</c><00:17:46.349><c> serving</c><00:17:47.009><c> tables.</c><00:17:48.289><c> That's</c><00:17:48.529><c> where</c><00:17:48.650><c> he</c>

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started,<00:17:49.269><c> by</c><00:17:49.569><c> serving</c><00:17:49.890><c> tables.</c><00:17:51.750><c> And</c><00:17:52.069><c> alone</c><00:17:52.509><c> he</c><00:17:52.910><c> goes</c><00:17:53.150><c> down</c><00:17:53.430><c> to,</c><00:17:53.750><c> I</c>

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should<00:17:54.069><c> say</c><00:17:54.210><c> he</c><00:17:54.269><c> goes</c><00:17:54.430><c> up</c><00:17:54.930><c> to</c><00:17:55.230><c> Samaria</c><00:17:55.589><c> to</c><00:17:55.849><c> preach.</c>

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His<00:17:57.650><c> efforts</c><00:17:58.049><c> lead</c><00:17:58.329><c> to</c><00:17:58.549><c> the</c><00:17:58.750><c> baptisms</c><00:17:59.230><c> of</c><00:17:59.490><c> many.</c><00:18:01.150><c> The</c><00:18:01.289><c> apostles</c><00:18:01.710><c> come</c><00:18:02.029><c> to</c>

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view<00:18:02.430><c> his</c><00:18:02.730><c> work</c><00:18:03.069><c> and</c><00:18:03.650><c> to</c><00:18:03.890><c> further</c><00:18:04.069><c> his</c>

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work.<00:18:05.750><c> An</c><00:18:05.869><c> angel</c><00:18:06.130><c> commands</c><00:18:06.549><c> him</c><00:18:06.750><c> to</c><00:18:06.890><c> go</c><00:18:07.049><c> into</c><00:18:07.230><c> the</c><00:18:07.450><c> desert</c><00:18:07.710><c> towards</c><00:18:08.029><c> Gaza</c><00:18:08.369><c> with</c><00:18:08.650><c> no</c>

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specific<00:18:09.950><c> commandments</c><00:18:10.549><c> other</c>

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than<00:18:12.170><c> that.</c><00:18:12.650><c> And</c><00:18:12.809><c> Philip</c><00:18:12.930><c> is</c><00:18:13.150><c> told</c><00:18:13.329><c> to</c><00:18:13.509><c> go</c><00:18:13.690><c> near</c><00:18:13.970><c> to</c><00:18:14.170><c> the</c><00:18:14.349><c> chariot.</c><00:18:14.609><c> And</c>

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preaches<00:18:17.490><c> extemporaneously</c><00:18:18.410><c> from</c><00:18:18.650><c> the</c><00:18:18.869><c> place</c><00:18:19.049><c> in</c><00:18:19.250><c> scripture</c>

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where<00:18:19.690><c> the</c><00:18:19.869><c> man</c><00:18:20.069><c> was.</c><00:18:20.829><c> And</c><00:18:21.190><c> finally</c><00:18:21.430><c> he</c>

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baptizes<00:18:22.269><c> the</c><00:18:22.470><c> Ethiopian</c><00:18:22.950><c> eunuch</c><00:18:23.250><c> and</c><00:18:23.670><c> is</c><00:18:23.829><c> taken</c><00:18:24.049><c> to</c><00:18:24.250><c> Azotus</c>

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and<00:18:24.730><c> then</c><00:18:24.849><c> up</c><00:18:24.990><c> the</c><00:18:25.150><c> coast</c><00:18:25.329><c> to</c><00:18:25.569><c> Caesarea.</c>

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with<00:18:37.789><c> whatever</c><00:18:38.190><c> work</c><00:18:38.589><c> your</c><00:18:38.849><c> hands</c><00:18:39.269><c> find</c><00:18:39.670><c> to</c><00:18:39.890><c> do.</c>

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most<00:18:45.410><c> notoriety,</c><00:18:46.950><c> the</c><00:18:47.109><c> most</c><00:18:47.430><c> notice.</c>

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taken<00:19:02.509><c> from.</c><00:19:03.150><c> But</c><00:19:03.390><c> I</c><00:19:03.710><c> believe</c><00:19:03.970><c> that</c><00:19:04.210><c> Philip</c><00:19:04.490><c> really</c><00:19:05.029><c> did</c><00:19:05.309><c> believe</c><00:19:05.529><c> at</c>

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that<00:19:05.970><c> point</c><00:19:06.250><c> he</c><00:19:06.609><c> was</c><00:19:06.849><c> going</c><00:19:06.950><c> to</c><00:19:07.069><c> spend</c><00:19:07.349><c> the</c>

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majority<00:19:07.910><c> of</c><00:19:08.089><c> his</c><00:19:08.289><c> life</c><00:19:08.789><c> taking</c><00:19:09.269><c> care</c><00:19:09.509><c> of</c><00:19:09.650><c> the</c><00:19:09.789><c> administration</c><00:19:10.269><c> to</c><00:19:10.569><c> widows</c><00:19:10.910><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:19:13.089><c> But</c><00:19:13.250><c> you</c><00:19:13.470><c> see,</c>

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what<00:19:15.170><c> he</c><00:19:15.369><c> had</c><00:19:15.549><c> done</c><00:19:15.730><c> is</c><00:19:15.930><c> he</c><00:19:16.170><c> developed</c><00:19:16.410><c> a</c><00:19:16.690><c> reputation</c><00:19:17.190><c> within</c>

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the<00:19:17.710><c> brotherhood</c><00:19:18.329><c> of</c><00:19:18.750><c> being</c><00:19:18.950><c> of</c><00:19:19.369><c> honest</c><00:19:19.630><c> report</c>

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and<00:19:20.710><c> full</c><00:19:20.950><c> of</c><00:19:21.170><c> wisdom.</c><00:19:21.990><c> And</c><00:19:22.130><c> I</c><00:19:22.269><c> think</c><00:19:22.450><c> what</c><00:19:22.589><c> that</c><00:19:22.849><c> includes</c><00:19:23.369><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:24.109><c> person</c><00:19:24.430><c> who</c><00:19:24.650><c> knows</c><00:19:24.890><c> how</c><00:19:25.069><c> to</c><00:19:25.250><c> get</c><00:19:25.410><c> things</c><00:19:25.750><c> done.</c>

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He's<00:19:27.109><c> a</c><00:19:27.269><c> person</c><00:19:27.529><c> that</c><00:19:27.730><c> you</c><00:19:27.910><c> could</c><00:19:28.190><c> give</c><00:19:28.410><c> a</c><00:19:28.730><c> responsibility</c><00:19:29.329><c> to</c>

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and<00:19:30.250><c> with</c><00:19:30.549><c> all</c><00:19:30.809><c> his</c><00:19:31.089><c> mind</c><00:19:31.269><c> and</c><00:19:31.430><c> with</c><00:19:31.670><c> all</c><00:19:31.869><c> his</c><00:19:32.109><c> heart,</c>

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he<00:19:33.130><c> would</c><00:19:33.329><c> take</c><00:19:33.589><c> that</c><00:19:33.829><c> responsibility</c><00:19:34.529><c> on</c><00:19:34.750><c> to</c><00:19:34.890><c> get</c><00:19:34.990><c> it</c><00:19:35.190><c> done.</c>

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Brothers<00:19:36.190><c> and</c><00:19:36.410><c> sisters,</c><00:19:36.630><c> if</c><00:19:36.769><c> we</c><00:19:36.890><c> can</c><00:19:37.109><c> all</c><00:19:37.529><c> learn</c>

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this<00:19:38.069><c> basic</c><00:19:38.470><c> lesson,</c><00:19:38.890><c> isn't</c><00:19:39.029><c> it?</c><00:19:39.869><c> There</c><00:19:40.049><c> are</c><00:19:40.210><c> some</c><00:19:40.410><c> things</c><00:19:40.589><c> that</c><00:19:40.809><c> people</c><00:19:41.029><c> see</c><00:19:41.410><c> and</c><00:19:41.529><c> when</c><00:19:41.650><c> we</c>

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take<00:19:41.990><c> those</c><00:19:42.210><c> on,</c>

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sometimes<00:19:43.369><c> if</c><00:19:43.609><c> you</c><00:19:43.750><c> do</c><00:19:43.910><c> it</c><00:19:44.109><c> well,</c><00:19:44.890><c> there</c><00:19:44.890><c> are</c><00:19:45.329><c> accolades</c><00:19:45.730><c> that</c>

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come<00:19:46.029><c> with</c><00:19:46.190><c> it.</c><00:19:46.269><c> If</c><00:19:46.349><c> you</c><00:19:46.549><c> don't</c><00:19:46.730><c> do</c><00:19:46.869><c> it</c><00:19:47.029><c> well,</c>

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well,<00:19:47.369><c> there's</c><00:19:47.730><c> the</c><00:19:48.190><c> why</c><00:19:48.410><c> persecutest</c><00:19:48.990><c> thou</c><00:19:49.250><c> me,</c><00:19:49.509><c> the</c><00:19:49.789><c> part</c>

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that<00:19:50.029><c> we</c><00:19:50.109><c> can</c><00:19:50.250><c> talk</c><00:19:50.509><c> about.</c><00:19:51.250><c> But</c><00:19:51.410><c> the</c><00:19:51.670><c> fact</c><00:19:51.890><c> is,</c>

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is<00:19:52.809><c> we</c><00:19:53.009><c> need</c><00:19:53.250><c> to</c><00:19:53.490><c> develop</c><00:19:53.670><c> a</c><00:19:53.890><c> reputation</c><00:19:54.309><c> of</c><00:19:54.569><c> whatever</c><00:19:55.089><c> it</c><00:19:55.410><c> is</c>

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we<00:19:55.809><c> do</c><00:19:55.970><c> in</c><00:19:56.109><c> the</c><00:19:56.369><c> truth,</c><00:19:57.170><c> taking</c><00:19:57.450><c> it</c><00:19:57.710><c> on</c><00:19:57.869><c> with</c><00:19:58.069><c> a</c>

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full<00:19:58.589><c> heart,</c><00:19:59.529><c> with</c><00:19:59.809><c> all</c><00:20:00.089><c> of</c><00:20:00.230><c> our</c><00:20:00.430><c> might,</c><00:20:01.009><c> like</c><00:20:01.269><c> Philip,</c><00:20:02.430><c> developing</c><00:20:02.950><c> a</c><00:20:03.230><c> reputation</c><00:20:03.670><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:04.009><c> brotherhood</c><00:20:04.390><c> as</c>

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being<00:20:04.769><c> of</c><00:20:05.069><c> honest</c><00:20:05.329><c> report</c><00:20:05.789><c> and</c><00:20:06.210><c> full</c><00:20:06.450><c> of</c><00:20:06.630><c> wisdom.</c><00:20:08.170><c> It's</c><00:20:08.670><c> possible</c><00:20:09.450><c> that</c>

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brethren<00:20:10.910><c> may</c><00:20:11.150><c> not</c><00:20:11.349><c> fully</c><00:20:11.589><c> see</c><00:20:11.910><c> your</c>

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potential<00:20:12.509><c> for</c><00:20:12.789><c> greater</c><00:20:13.069><c> work,</c><00:20:14.089><c> but</c><00:20:14.250><c> you</c><00:20:14.390><c> know</c><00:20:14.470><c> what</c><00:20:14.609><c> the</c><00:20:14.789><c> Lord</c><00:20:14.950><c> does.</c><00:20:16.150><c> The</c>

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Lord<00:20:16.650><c> knew</c><00:20:17.109><c> that</c><00:20:17.630><c> this</c><00:20:17.910><c> man,</c>

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Philip,<00:20:18.869><c> could</c><00:20:19.109><c> do</c><00:20:19.289><c> more</c><00:20:19.829><c> than</c><00:20:20.470><c> serve</c><00:20:20.750><c> tables</c><00:20:21.109><c> in</c><00:20:21.269><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:20:23.250><c> he</c><00:20:23.710><c> knew</c><00:20:23.950><c> that</c><00:20:24.089><c> he</c><00:20:24.190><c> had</c><00:20:24.390><c> a</c><00:20:24.569><c> person</c>

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that<00:20:24.970><c> he</c><00:20:25.029><c> could</c><00:20:25.230><c> use</c><00:20:25.450><c> in</c><00:20:25.630><c> many</c><00:20:25.809><c> different</c><00:20:26.069><c> ways.</c><00:20:27.349><c> So</c><00:20:27.690><c> the</c><00:20:28.329><c> real</c>

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point<00:20:28.809><c> about</c><00:20:29.069><c> this</c><00:20:29.309><c> is</c><00:20:29.549><c> follow</c><00:20:29.910><c> where</c><00:20:30.109><c> the</c><00:20:30.309><c> Lord</c>

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leads<00:20:30.809><c> us.</c><00:20:31.589><c> No</c><00:20:31.789><c> matter</c><00:20:32.109><c> how</c><00:20:32.589><c> unlikely</c><00:20:33.009><c> it</c><00:20:33.170><c> may</c><00:20:33.430><c> seem</c><00:20:33.609><c> to</c><00:20:33.730><c> be</c>

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success,<00:20:34.950><c> wherever</c><00:20:35.309><c> the</c><00:20:35.529><c> Lord</c><00:20:35.690><c> takes</c><00:20:36.029><c> us,</c><00:20:36.730><c> realize</c>

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we're<00:20:37.890><c> there</c><00:20:38.190><c> for</c><00:20:38.390><c> a</c><00:20:38.529><c> purpose,</c><00:20:39.369><c> we're</c><00:20:39.630><c> there</c><00:20:39.849><c> to</c><00:20:40.130><c> serve.</c><00:20:41.509><c> And</c>

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when<00:20:41.789><c> the</c><00:20:41.950><c> Lord</c><00:20:42.069><c> calls,</c><00:20:42.589><c> run.</c><00:20:43.390><c> And</c><00:20:43.589><c> if</c><00:20:43.690><c> you</c><00:20:43.829><c> can't</c>

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run,<00:20:44.390><c> walk</c><00:20:44.789><c> fast.</c><00:20:46.069><c> Show</c><00:20:46.349><c> urgency</c><00:20:46.930><c> to</c><00:20:47.170><c> his</c><00:20:47.470><c> call.</c><00:20:48.369><c> And</c><00:20:48.650><c> I</c><00:20:48.829><c> really</c><00:20:49.109><c> believe</c><00:20:49.410><c> this</c>

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is<00:20:49.730><c> one</c><00:20:49.849><c> of</c><00:20:49.950><c> the</c><00:20:50.069><c> things</c><00:20:50.190><c> that</c>

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must<00:20:50.630><c> have</c><00:20:50.789><c> brought</c><00:20:50.990><c> great</c><00:20:51.289><c> pleasure</c><00:20:51.630><c> to</c><00:20:51.809><c> the</c><00:20:51.970><c> Lord</c><00:20:52.230><c> is</c><00:20:52.730><c> when</c>

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he<00:20:53.089><c> told</c><00:20:53.289><c> Philip,</c><00:20:53.670><c> go</c><00:20:53.829><c> join</c><00:20:54.069><c> yourself</c><00:20:54.410><c> to</c><00:20:54.549><c> that</c>

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chariot,<00:20:55.369><c> he</c><00:20:55.569><c> ran.</c><00:20:57.869><c> When</c><00:20:58.190><c> Abraham</c><00:20:58.670><c> was</c><00:20:59.009><c> called</c><00:20:59.250><c> to</c><00:20:59.450><c> go</c><00:20:59.750><c> sacrifice</c><00:21:00.250><c> his</c><00:21:00.509><c> son,</c><00:21:00.809><c> he</c>

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got<00:21:01.190><c> up</c><00:21:01.470><c> early</c><00:21:01.869><c> in</c><00:21:02.029><c> the</c><00:21:02.190><c> morning.</c>

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That's<00:21:04.150><c> the</c><00:21:04.250><c> kind</c><00:21:04.450><c> of</c><00:21:04.650><c> attitude</c><00:21:04.990><c> we</c><00:21:05.289><c> need</c><00:21:05.509><c> to</c><00:21:05.769><c> have.</c><00:21:06.210><c> Urgency</c>

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to<00:21:06.930><c> the</c><00:21:07.150><c> call.</c><00:21:07.990><c> Time</c><00:21:08.289><c> is</c><00:21:08.609><c> short.</c>

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And<00:21:12.009><c> also,</c><00:21:12.549><c> whether</c><00:21:12.769><c> they</c><00:21:12.950><c> be</c><00:21:13.170><c> Samaritans</c><00:21:13.950><c> or</c><00:21:14.230><c> Ethiopian</c><00:21:14.849><c> eunuchs,</c><00:21:15.849><c> we</c>

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have<00:21:16.230><c> to</c><00:21:16.369><c> be</c><00:21:16.509><c> willing</c><00:21:16.690><c> to</c><00:21:16.910><c> teach</c><00:21:17.190><c> all</c><00:21:17.609><c> men</c>

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everywhere<00:21:18.849><c> and</c><00:21:19.589><c> pass</c><00:21:19.769><c> no</c><00:21:20.069><c> judgment</c><00:21:20.490><c> on</c><00:21:20.890><c> whom</c><00:21:21.109><c> the</c><00:21:21.309><c> Lord</c><00:21:21.470><c> provides</c><00:21:21.970><c> to</c><00:21:22.250><c> us.</c><00:21:23.529><c> And</c><00:21:23.769><c> I</c>

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think<00:21:23.970><c> this</c><00:21:24.130><c> is</c><00:21:24.269><c> a</c><00:21:24.349><c> wonderful</c>

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lesson<00:21:25.049><c> that</c><00:21:25.230><c> comes</c><00:21:25.390><c> from</c><00:21:25.589><c> Philip.</c><00:21:25.869><c> Wherever</c><00:21:26.309><c> he</c><00:21:26.569><c> was,</c><00:21:27.809><c> he</c><00:21:28.029><c> was</c><00:21:28.309><c> willing,</c><00:21:28.990><c> very</c><00:21:29.329><c> willing,</c><00:21:29.829><c> to</c>

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teach<00:21:30.230><c> the</c><00:21:30.430><c> gospel</c>

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and<00:21:31.150><c> not</c><00:21:31.470><c> to</c><00:21:32.109><c> prejudge.</c><00:21:33.769><c> Now,</c><00:21:33.869><c> the</c><00:21:34.029><c> last</c><00:21:34.329><c> mention</c><00:21:34.589><c> of</c><00:21:34.829><c> Philip</c>

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is<00:21:35.289><c> in</c><00:21:35.670><c> the</c><00:21:35.829><c> 21st</c><00:21:36.890><c> chapter</c><00:21:37.349><c> at</c><00:21:37.710><c> verses</c><00:21:37.970><c> seven</c>

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through<00:21:38.490><c> nine.</c><00:21:39.170><c> And</c><00:21:39.390><c> this</c><00:21:39.529><c> is</c><00:21:39.650><c> when</c><00:21:39.829><c> Paul</c><00:21:40.269><c> is</c><00:21:40.910><c> speaking.</c><00:21:41.309><c> And</c>

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he<00:21:41.490><c> says,</c><00:21:41.829><c> actually,</c><00:21:42.250><c> this</c><00:21:42.410><c> is</c><00:21:42.589><c> Luke</c><00:21:42.789><c> speaking.</c>

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And<00:21:43.470><c> Luke</c><00:21:43.650><c> says,</c><00:21:44.329><c> and</c><00:21:44.390><c> when</c><00:21:44.549><c> we</c><00:21:44.710><c> had</c><00:21:44.990><c> finished</c><00:21:45.190><c> our</c><00:21:45.529><c> course</c><00:21:45.890><c> from</c><00:21:46.430><c> Tyre,</c><00:21:47.309><c> we</c>

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came<00:21:47.730><c> to</c><00:21:47.990><c> Ptolemae</c><00:21:48.769><c> and</c>

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saluted<00:21:50.690><c> the</c><00:21:50.950><c> brethren</c><00:21:51.309><c> and</c><00:21:51.990><c> abode</c><00:21:52.250><c> with</c><00:21:52.390><c> them</c><00:21:52.549><c> one</c><00:21:52.829><c> day.</c><00:21:53.410><c> And</c>

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the<00:21:53.829><c> next</c><00:21:54.150><c> day,</c><00:21:54.789><c> we</c><00:21:54.789><c> that</c><00:21:55.150><c> were</c><00:21:55.390><c> of</c><00:21:55.549><c> Paul's</c><00:21:56.049><c> company</c>

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departed<00:21:56.750><c> and</c><00:21:57.410><c> came</c><00:21:57.789><c> unto</c><00:21:58.250><c> Caesarea.</c><00:22:00.089><c> And</c><00:22:00.230><c> we</c><00:22:00.529><c> entered</c><00:22:00.789><c> into</c>

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Paul.<00:22:08.410><c> Philip</c><00:22:08.730><c> the</c><00:22:09.069><c> evangelist.</c><00:22:09.569><c> So</c><00:22:09.769><c> by</c>

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now,<00:22:11.029><c> this</c><00:22:11.390><c> probably</c><00:22:11.809><c> young</c><00:22:12.109><c> man</c><00:22:12.490><c> who</c><00:22:12.690><c> had</c><00:22:12.869><c> been</c><00:22:13.009><c> in</c><00:22:13.190><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:13.650><c> doing</c><00:22:14.329><c> the</c><00:22:14.569><c> work</c><00:22:14.730><c> of</c>

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taking<00:22:15.250><c> care</c><00:22:15.569><c> of</c><00:22:15.710><c> the</c>

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needs<00:22:15.990><c> of</c><00:22:16.250><c> widows</c><00:22:16.849><c> is</c><00:22:17.430><c> now</c><00:22:17.769><c> referred</c><00:22:18.170><c> to</c><00:22:18.730><c> as</c><00:22:19.170><c> Philip</c><00:22:19.450><c> the</c><00:22:19.829><c> evangelist.</c><00:22:21.369><c> What</c>

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a<00:22:22.150><c> wonderful</c><00:22:22.789><c> transformation</c>

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did<00:22:37.390><c> prophesy.</c><00:22:38.410><c> Now,</c><00:22:38.630><c> what's</c><00:22:38.930><c> some</c><00:22:39.130><c> of</c>

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it's<00:22:42.509><c> very</c><00:22:42.769><c> difficult</c><00:22:43.170><c> to</c><00:22:43.470><c> nail</c><00:22:43.670><c> the</c><00:22:43.950><c> dates</c><00:22:44.130><c> down</c>

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when<00:22:44.630><c> certain</c><00:22:44.849><c> things</c><00:22:45.089><c> happen.</c><00:22:45.750><c> The</c><00:22:45.930><c> selection</c><00:22:46.309><c> of</c><00:22:46.490><c> the</c><00:22:46.650><c> seven</c><00:22:46.829><c> seems</c><00:22:47.130><c> to</c>

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happen<00:22:47.730><c> right</c><00:22:48.269><c> around</c><00:22:48.589><c> 32</c><00:22:49.130><c> AD,</c>

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probably<00:22:50.329><c> about</c><00:22:50.690><c> three</c><00:22:51.069><c> years</c><00:22:51.569><c> after</c><00:22:52.210><c> the</c><00:22:52.789><c> ascension</c><00:22:53.210><c> of</c><00:22:53.369><c> the</c>

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Lord.<00:22:54.250><c> And</c><00:22:54.369><c> Paul's</c><00:22:54.890><c> trip</c><00:22:55.089><c> to</c><00:22:55.410><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:55.930><c> and</c><00:22:56.069><c> his</c>

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arrest<00:22:56.569><c> and</c><00:22:56.789><c> travel</c><00:22:57.029><c> to</c><00:22:57.269><c> Caesarea</c><00:22:57.730><c> has</c><00:22:58.130><c> been</c><00:22:58.410><c> tagged</c><00:22:58.670><c> at</c><00:22:58.849><c> about</c><00:22:59.170><c> 55</c>

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AD.<00:23:00.309><c> So</c><00:23:00.470><c> there's</c><00:23:00.650><c> approximately</c><00:23:01.210><c> 23</c><00:23:01.890><c> years</c>

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And<00:23:07.789><c> now</c><00:23:08.029><c> what</c><00:23:08.130><c> do</c><00:23:08.250><c> we</c><00:23:08.410><c> find</c><00:23:08.670><c> out?</c><00:23:08.809><c> Well,</c><00:23:08.930><c> he's</c><00:23:09.150><c> got</c><00:23:09.309><c> four</c><00:23:09.650><c> virgin</c><00:23:09.970><c> daughters.</c><00:23:11.529><c> The</c>

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possible<00:23:12.190><c> scenario</c><00:23:12.630><c> here</c><00:23:13.029><c> is</c>

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driven<00:23:25.329><c> from</c>

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very<00:23:29.049><c> exciting</c><00:23:29.490><c> role.</c><00:23:30.289><c> And</c><00:23:30.430><c> he</c><00:23:30.569><c> works</c><00:23:30.769><c> for</c><00:23:30.970><c> the</c><00:23:31.109><c> next</c>

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and<00:23:35.470><c> in</c><00:23:35.609><c> the</c><00:23:35.829><c> Plain</c><00:23:35.990><c> of</c><00:23:36.269><c> Sharon,</c><00:23:37.809><c> perhaps</c>

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establishing<00:23:38.910><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:23:39.869><c> And</c><00:23:40.069><c> along</c><00:23:40.490><c> the</c><00:23:40.730><c> way,</c><00:23:41.430><c> or</c><00:23:41.609><c> in</c><00:23:41.950><c> Caesarea,</c><00:23:42.930><c> he</c><00:23:43.190><c> is</c>

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blessed<00:23:43.930><c> with</c><00:23:44.269><c> a</c><00:23:44.450><c> marriage</c>

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and<00:23:45.990><c> with</c><00:23:46.410><c> four</c><00:23:46.869><c> exceptional</c><00:23:47.490><c> daughters.</c><00:23:49.390><c> Now,</c><00:23:49.609><c> I</c><00:23:49.730><c> just</c><00:23:49.950><c> want</c>

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a<00:23:54.769><c> wife</c><00:23:54.890><c> the</c><00:23:55.029><c> whole</c><00:23:55.230><c> time.</c><00:23:55.829><c> That's</c><00:23:56.170><c> possible.</c>

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But<00:23:58.289><c> it</c><00:23:58.470><c> is</c><00:23:58.730><c> also</c><00:23:59.009><c> possible</c><00:23:59.490><c> that</c><00:24:00.089><c> the</c><00:24:00.490><c> Lord</c><00:24:00.869><c> takes</c><00:24:01.630><c> this</c><00:24:01.990><c> man</c>

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who<00:24:02.769><c> is</c><00:24:02.950><c> so</c><00:24:03.369><c> flexible</c><00:24:03.890><c> and</c><00:24:04.269><c> willing</c><00:24:04.549><c> to</c><00:24:04.829><c> be</c>

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moved<00:24:05.650><c> by</c><00:24:05.930><c> the</c><00:24:06.109><c> Lord</c><00:24:06.250><c> in</c><00:24:06.430><c> whatever</c><00:24:06.730><c> direction,</c><00:24:07.690><c> going</c><00:24:08.130><c> down</c><00:24:08.410><c> to</c><00:24:08.569><c> the</c><00:24:08.769><c> middle</c><00:24:08.970><c> of</c><00:24:09.170><c> a</c>

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desert<00:24:09.809><c> and</c><00:24:10.289><c> not</c><00:24:10.549><c> being</c><00:24:10.769><c> told</c><00:24:11.049><c> why.</c>

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It's<00:24:13.170><c> very</c><00:24:13.430><c> possible</c><00:24:13.950><c> that</c><00:24:14.190><c> at</c><00:24:14.329><c> the</c><00:24:14.569><c> same</c><00:24:14.849><c> time,</c><00:24:15.789><c> he</c><00:24:15.930><c> blesses</c>

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exceptional<00:24:20.750><c> daughters.</c><00:24:21.710><c> That's</c><00:24:21.990><c> a</c><00:24:22.089><c> wonderful</c><00:24:22.470><c> lesson</c><00:24:22.789><c> for</c>

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us<00:24:23.150><c> to</c><00:24:23.349><c> learn.</c><00:24:23.630><c> If</c><00:24:23.750><c> we</c><00:24:24.009><c> really</c><00:24:24.289><c> trust</c><00:24:24.529><c> in</c><00:24:24.690><c> the</c><00:24:24.829><c> Lord,</c>

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the<00:24:25.230><c> Lord</c><00:24:25.509><c> takes</c><00:24:25.950><c> care</c><00:24:26.630><c> of</c><00:24:27.230><c> these</c><00:24:27.529><c> kinds</c><00:24:27.809><c> of</c><00:24:27.990><c> things,</c><00:24:28.329><c> doesn't</c>

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he?<00:24:28.990><c> We</c><00:24:29.289><c> worry</c><00:24:29.569><c> for</c><00:24:29.809><c> our</c><00:24:30.009><c> children.</c><00:24:30.930><c> We</c><00:24:31.390><c> worry</c>

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for<00:24:32.089><c> our</c><00:24:32.349><c> family.</c><00:24:33.329><c> And</c><00:24:33.549><c> yet</c><00:24:33.710><c> we</c><00:24:33.930><c> understand</c><00:24:34.569><c> ultimately</c><00:24:35.369><c> that</c>

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the<00:24:35.910><c> Lord</c><00:24:36.089><c> is</c><00:24:36.289><c> the</c><00:24:36.450><c> one</c><00:24:36.569><c> who's</c><00:24:36.809><c> in</c><00:24:36.990><c> control</c><00:24:37.430><c> of</c><00:24:37.630><c> all</c>

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these<00:24:37.849><c> things.</c><00:24:39.230><c> And</c><00:24:39.390><c> I</c><00:24:39.490><c> like</c><00:24:39.690><c> to</c><00:24:39.930><c> think</c><00:24:40.069><c> that</c><00:24:40.269><c> this</c><00:24:40.450><c> is</c><00:24:40.589><c> the</c><00:24:40.789><c> scenario</c><00:24:41.069><c> that</c><00:24:41.349><c> happened</c><00:24:41.529><c> with</c><00:24:41.789><c> Philip,</c><00:24:42.289><c> a</c>

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man<00:24:42.710><c> who</c>

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put<00:24:43.029><c> the</c><00:24:43.230><c> Lord</c><00:24:43.410><c> first</c><00:24:44.109><c> and</c><00:24:44.690><c> who</c><00:24:44.869><c> the</c><00:24:45.109><c> Lord</c><00:24:45.369><c> blessed</c><00:24:45.950><c> and</c><00:24:46.609><c> gave</c>

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him<00:24:47.049><c> exceptional</c><00:24:47.769><c> daughters</c><00:24:48.390><c> and</c><00:24:49.190><c> probably</c><00:24:49.529><c> an</c>

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exceptional<00:24:50.210><c> wife</c><00:24:50.529><c> living</c><00:24:50.789><c> there</c><00:24:51.210><c> in</c><00:24:51.509><c> Caesarea.</c><00:24:54.730><c> When</c><00:24:54.910><c> we</c><00:24:55.130><c> think</c><00:24:55.289><c> about</c><00:24:55.549><c> this,</c><00:24:56.569><c> this</c><00:24:56.710><c> is</c>

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one<00:24:58.789><c> of</c><00:24:58.890><c> the</c><00:24:59.009><c> biggest</c>

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challenges<00:24:59.589><c> I</c><00:24:59.809><c> think</c><00:24:59.970><c> I</c><00:25:00.450><c> personally</c><00:25:00.750><c> find</c><00:25:01.069><c> in</c><00:25:01.170><c> the</c><00:25:01.410><c> truth</c><00:25:01.869><c> is</c>

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that,<00:25:03.970><c> you</c><00:25:04.029><c> know,</c><00:25:04.190><c> we</c><00:25:04.230><c> like</c><00:25:04.470><c> to,</c><00:25:04.730><c> as</c><00:25:04.910><c> Christodelfans</c>

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sometimes,<00:25:05.829><c> we</c><00:25:05.990><c> like</c><00:25:06.170><c> to</c><00:25:06.349><c> read</c><00:25:06.470><c> the</c><00:25:06.690><c> tea</c><00:25:06.890><c> leaves</c><00:25:07.029><c> a</c><00:25:07.130><c> little</c><00:25:07.349><c> bit</c><00:25:07.490><c> and</c><00:25:07.630><c> say,</c><00:25:07.869><c> well,</c><00:25:08.029><c> this</c><00:25:08.170><c> appears</c><00:25:08.589><c> that</c><00:25:08.789><c> this</c><00:25:08.950><c> is</c><00:25:09.069><c> what</c>

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we<00:25:09.309><c> ought</c><00:25:09.390><c> to</c><00:25:09.470><c> be</c><00:25:09.670><c> doing.</c><00:25:10.150><c> And</c><00:25:10.369><c> we</c><00:25:10.509><c> put</c><00:25:10.809><c> plans</c><00:25:11.210><c> and</c><00:25:11.630><c> strategies</c>

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together.<00:25:12.910><c> And</c><00:25:13.289><c> there's</c><00:25:13.470><c> nothing</c><00:25:13.650><c> wrong</c>

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with<00:25:14.130><c> that</c><00:25:14.329><c> necessarily.</c><00:25:15.630><c> But</c><00:25:15.829><c> sometimes</c><00:25:16.829><c> what</c><00:25:17.329><c> the</c><00:25:17.549><c> Lord</c><00:25:17.710><c> is</c>

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asking<00:25:18.269><c> us</c><00:25:18.529><c> to</c><00:25:18.730><c> do</c><00:25:18.890><c> is</c><00:25:19.190><c> just</c><00:25:19.789><c> follow</c><00:25:20.410><c> him</c><00:25:20.950><c> to</c><00:25:21.750><c> go</c><00:25:22.049><c> the</c>

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direction<00:25:22.589><c> that</c><00:25:22.869><c> he</c><00:25:23.210><c> will</c><00:25:23.430><c> move</c><00:25:23.609><c> us</c><00:25:24.329><c> rather</c><00:25:24.950><c> than</c><00:25:25.150><c> us</c><00:25:25.349><c> trying</c>

00:25:25.569 --> 00:25:27.569
to<00:25:25.869><c> figure</c><00:25:26.029><c> it</c><00:25:26.190><c> out</c><00:25:26.289><c> all</c><00:25:26.430><c> ourselves.</c><00:25:27.349><c> There's</c>

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a<00:25:27.710><c> wonderful</c><00:25:28.009><c> verse</c><00:25:28.450><c> in</c><00:25:29.009><c> John</c><00:25:29.490><c> chapter</c><00:25:29.849><c> three</c><00:25:30.109><c> at</c><00:25:30.289><c> verse</c><00:25:30.490><c> eight.</c><00:25:31.710><c> This</c>

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is<00:25:32.130><c> when</c><00:25:32.630><c> Nicodemus</c><00:25:33.170><c> comes</c><00:25:33.410><c> at</c><00:25:33.690><c> night</c><00:25:33.890><c> and</c>

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speaks<00:25:34.309><c> to</c><00:25:34.549><c> the</c><00:25:34.690><c> Lord.</c><00:25:35.289><c> And</c><00:25:35.289><c> he</c><00:25:35.410><c> says,</c><00:25:35.789><c> the</c><00:25:35.789><c> wind</c><00:25:36.109><c> bloweth</c><00:25:36.450><c> where</c><00:25:36.630><c> it</c>

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listeth,<00:25:37.529><c> and</c><00:25:37.670><c> thou</c><00:25:37.910><c> hearest</c><00:25:38.269><c> the</c><00:25:38.589><c> sound</c><00:25:38.789><c> thereof,</c>

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but<00:25:39.710><c> canst</c><00:25:40.089><c> not</c><00:25:40.450><c> tell</c><00:25:41.089><c> whence</c><00:25:41.569><c> it</c><00:25:41.730><c> cometh</c><00:25:42.069><c> and</c><00:25:42.529><c> whither</c><00:25:42.789><c> it</c><00:25:43.049><c> goeth.</c><00:25:43.829><c> So</c>

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is<00:25:44.210><c> every</c><00:25:44.490><c> one</c><00:25:44.630><c> that</c><00:25:44.750><c> is</c><00:25:44.930><c> born</c><00:25:45.150><c> of</c><00:25:45.269><c> the</c><00:25:45.569><c> Spirit.</c>

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Now,<00:25:48.190><c> undoubtedly</c><00:25:48.430><c> this</c><00:25:48.710><c> had</c><00:25:48.930><c> a</c><00:25:49.089><c> number</c><00:25:49.309><c> of</c><00:25:49.569><c> meanings</c><00:25:49.809><c> and</c><00:25:50.329><c> probably</c><00:25:50.690><c> a</c>

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special<00:25:51.170><c> meaning</c><00:25:51.549><c> for</c><00:25:52.710><c> Nicodemus.</c>

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But<00:25:54.230><c> let</c><00:25:54.349><c> me</c><00:25:54.430><c> tell</c><00:25:54.609><c> you</c><00:25:54.670><c> what</c><00:25:54.809><c> it</c><00:25:54.970><c> means</c><00:25:55.150><c> to</c><00:25:55.390><c> me.</c><00:25:56.569><c> We</c><00:25:56.950><c> lived</c><00:25:57.250><c> for</c>

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about<00:25:58.089><c> nine</c><00:25:58.309><c> months</c><00:25:58.670><c> in</c><00:25:58.950><c> Texas.</c><00:26:00.029><c> And</c><00:26:00.309><c> we</c><00:26:00.509><c> lived</c><00:26:00.650><c> in</c><00:26:01.930><c> the</c>

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Fort<00:26:04.410><c> Worth.</c><00:26:05.190><c> The</c><00:26:05.410><c> closest</c><00:26:05.789><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:06.190><c> for</c><00:26:06.410><c> us</c><00:26:06.690><c> was</c><00:26:06.869><c> a</c><00:26:07.049><c> wonderful</c><00:26:07.410><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:08.109><c> north</c>

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of<00:26:09.009><c> us</c><00:26:09.210><c> called</c><00:26:09.470><c> Wichita</c>

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Falls.<00:26:10.769><c> Some</c><00:26:10.930><c> of</c><00:26:11.069><c> you</c><00:26:11.210><c> probably</c><00:26:11.450><c> are</c><00:26:11.609><c> familiar</c><00:26:11.869><c> with</c><00:26:12.069><c> Wichita</c>

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Falls.<00:26:13.089><c> It's</c><00:26:13.309><c> a</c><00:26:13.529><c> great</c><00:26:13.670><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:26:14.170><c> We</c><00:26:14.369><c> were</c>

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really<00:26:14.890><c> happy</c><00:26:15.089><c> to</c><00:26:15.230><c> be</c><00:26:15.349><c> part</c><00:26:15.509><c> of</c><00:26:15.589><c> it.</c><00:26:15.990><c> But</c><00:26:16.170><c> it</c><00:26:16.269><c> was</c><00:26:16.450><c> 127</c><00:26:17.130><c> miles</c>

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away.<00:26:18.930><c> And</c><00:26:19.369><c> once</c><00:26:20.289><c> you</c><00:26:20.430><c> got</c><00:26:20.549><c> out</c><00:26:20.690><c> of</c><00:26:20.829><c> the</c><00:26:20.950><c> Dallas</c><00:26:21.210><c>-Fort</c>

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Worth<00:26:21.690><c> area</c><00:26:21.930><c> and</c><00:26:22.029><c> you</c><00:26:22.210><c> started</c><00:26:22.430><c> going</c><00:26:22.730><c> north,</c><00:26:23.930><c> you</c><00:26:24.309><c> were</c><00:26:24.910><c> out</c>

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in<00:26:25.869><c> real</c><00:26:26.089><c> mesquite.</c><00:26:26.690><c> I</c><00:26:26.769><c> mean,</c><00:26:27.410><c> it</c><00:26:27.750><c> got</c><00:26:27.890><c> to</c><00:26:28.069><c> the</c><00:26:28.190><c> point</c>

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after<00:26:28.529><c> making</c><00:26:28.809><c> this</c><00:26:29.029><c> trip</c><00:26:29.210><c> every</c><00:26:29.509><c> Sunday</c><00:26:29.950><c> that</c><00:26:30.430><c> you</c><00:26:30.630><c> started</c>

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to<00:26:31.170><c> develop</c><00:26:31.349><c> a</c><00:26:31.609><c> relationship</c><00:26:32.029><c> with</c><00:26:32.230><c> the</c><00:26:32.410><c> cows.</c>

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Oh,<00:26:33.089><c> I</c><00:26:33.170><c> know</c><00:26:33.349><c> that</c><00:26:33.569><c> cow.</c><00:26:37.130><c> And</c><00:26:37.549><c> it</c><00:26:38.230><c> got</c><00:26:38.390><c> to</c><00:26:38.549><c> the</c><00:26:38.690><c> point</c><00:26:39.089><c> that</c><00:26:39.750><c> the</c>

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cities<00:26:40.509><c> that</c><00:26:40.670><c> are</c><00:26:40.789><c> along</c><00:26:41.009><c> the</c><00:26:41.130><c> way</c><00:26:41.190><c> are</c><00:26:41.369><c> very</c><00:26:41.710><c> small</c>

00:26:42.049 --> 00:26:48.049
little<00:26:42.309><c> Texas</c><00:26:42.650><c> cities,</c><00:26:43.269><c> like</c><00:26:43.450><c> Bowie</c><00:26:43.670><c> was</c><00:26:43.829><c> one</c><00:26:43.990><c> I</c><00:26:44.210><c> remember</c><00:26:44.470><c> particularly.</c><00:26:46.890><c> But</c><00:26:47.269><c> when</c><00:26:47.430><c> you</c><00:26:47.549><c> would</c><00:26:47.630><c> be</c><00:26:47.869><c> driving,</c>

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and<00:26:48.210><c> we</c><00:26:48.269><c> had</c><00:26:48.529><c> a</c><00:26:48.950><c> van,</c><00:26:49.250><c> and</c><00:26:49.369><c> we'd</c><00:26:49.509><c> be</c><00:26:49.750><c> driving</c><00:26:50.029><c> along</c><00:26:50.349><c> that</c><00:26:50.650><c> road,</c><00:26:51.569><c> and</c>

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sometimes<00:26:53.049><c> you</c><00:26:54.029><c> would</c><00:26:54.190><c> be</c><00:26:54.410><c> driving</c><00:26:54.529><c> along</c>

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thinking,<00:26:55.470><c> you</c><00:26:55.589><c> know,</c><00:26:55.930><c> this</c><00:26:56.170><c> is</c><00:26:56.269><c> just</c><00:26:56.490><c> a</c><00:26:56.569><c> nice,</c><00:26:56.829><c> beautiful</c><00:26:57.069><c> day.</c><00:26:57.230><c> And</c><00:26:57.309><c> all</c><00:26:57.450><c> of</c>

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a<00:26:57.529><c> sudden</c><00:26:57.609><c> a</c><00:26:57.809><c> gust</c><00:26:57.970><c> of</c><00:26:58.130><c> wind</c><00:26:58.210><c> would</c><00:26:58.470><c> come</c>

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that<00:26:59.150><c> you</c><00:26:59.289><c> had</c><00:26:59.569><c> no</c><00:26:59.869><c> idea</c><00:27:00.230><c> was</c><00:27:00.450><c> coming</c><00:27:00.730><c> because</c><00:27:00.990><c> there</c><00:27:01.210><c> were</c><00:27:01.250><c> no</c>

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trees<00:27:01.690><c> blowing,</c>

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and<00:27:03.130><c> it</c><00:27:03.309><c> would</c><00:27:03.430><c> almost</c><00:27:03.690><c> push</c><00:27:03.930><c> the</c><00:27:04.130><c> van</c><00:27:04.250><c> off</c><00:27:04.490><c> the</c><00:27:04.650><c> road.</c><00:27:04.809><c> It</c><00:27:04.829><c> would</c><00:27:04.950><c> be</c>

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so<00:27:05.410><c> strong.</c>

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And<00:27:08.569><c> I</c><00:27:08.710><c> remember</c><00:27:09.049><c> one</c><00:27:09.329><c> time</c><00:27:09.490><c> driving</c><00:27:09.910><c> like</c><00:27:10.230><c> this.</c><00:27:10.990><c> And</c><00:27:11.230><c> as</c><00:27:11.410><c> I'm</c>

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driving,<00:27:11.950><c> I'm</c><00:27:12.109><c> kind</c><00:27:12.269><c> of</c><00:27:12.410><c> looking</c><00:27:12.730><c> this</c><00:27:13.049><c> way,</c>

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like<00:27:13.809><c> looking</c><00:27:14.210><c> for</c><00:27:14.390><c> the</c><00:27:14.569><c> wind.</c><00:27:15.410><c> And</c><00:27:15.609><c> my</c><00:27:15.809><c> wife</c><00:27:16.269><c> says</c><00:27:16.730><c> to</c><00:27:16.930><c> me,</c><00:27:17.529><c> what</c><00:27:17.710><c> are</c><00:27:17.829><c> you</c><00:27:17.970><c> looking</c><00:27:18.250><c> at?</c><00:27:19.029><c> And</c><00:27:19.250><c> I</c>

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told<00:27:19.450><c> her,</c>

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I<00:27:19.569><c> was</c><00:27:19.650><c> looking</c><00:27:19.789><c> for</c><00:27:19.950><c> the</c><00:27:20.150><c> wind.</c><00:27:21.049><c> She</c><00:27:21.309><c> said,</c><00:27:22.289><c> you</c><00:27:22.369><c> can't</c><00:27:22.609><c> see</c><00:27:22.809><c> the</c><00:27:23.009><c> wind.</c><00:27:25.349><c> And</c><00:27:25.730><c> I</c>

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remembered<00:27:26.170><c> this</c><00:27:26.470><c> verse</c><00:27:26.670><c> in</c>

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John<00:27:27.069><c> chapter</c><00:27:27.430><c> 3.</c><00:27:28.809><c> It</c><00:27:28.809><c> has</c><00:27:29.269><c> big</c><00:27:29.690><c> power</c><00:27:30.309><c> in</c><00:27:30.849><c> our</c><00:27:31.109><c> spiritual</c><00:27:31.490><c> lives</c><00:27:31.690><c> if</c>

00:27:31.869 --> 00:27:34.329
we<00:27:31.990><c> think</c><00:27:32.190><c> about</c><00:27:32.410><c> it.</c><00:27:33.289><c> We're</c><00:27:33.549><c> always</c><00:27:33.910><c> driving</c>

00:27:34.329 --> 00:27:36.670
like<00:27:34.630><c> this,</c><00:27:34.950><c> aren't</c><00:27:35.009><c> we?</c><00:27:35.190><c> Trying</c><00:27:35.450><c> to</c><00:27:35.670><c> figure</c><00:27:35.869><c> out</c><00:27:36.250><c> what</c><00:27:36.410><c> we're</c>

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supposed<00:27:37.029><c> to</c><00:27:37.230><c> do,</c><00:27:37.710><c> or</c><00:27:37.849><c> to</c><00:27:38.009><c> be</c><00:27:38.089><c> able</c><00:27:38.269><c> to</c><00:27:38.470><c> prepare</c>

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ourselves<00:27:39.390><c> to</c><00:27:39.829><c> be</c><00:27:40.009><c> able</c><00:27:40.250><c> to</c><00:27:40.549><c> kind</c><00:27:40.730><c> of</c><00:27:40.950><c> navigate</c><00:27:41.430><c> through</c><00:27:41.750><c> things</c><00:27:42.009><c> in</c>

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life.<00:27:42.650><c> That's</c><00:27:42.910><c> not</c><00:27:43.089><c> the</c><00:27:43.190><c> way</c><00:27:43.289><c> the</c><00:27:43.450><c> Lord</c><00:27:43.609><c> works.</c>

00:27:44.650 --> 00:27:48.049
The<00:27:44.869><c> Lord</c><00:27:45.109><c> works</c><00:27:45.690><c> very</c><00:27:46.269><c> much</c><00:27:46.490><c> like</c><00:27:46.750><c> that</c><00:27:47.009><c> wind</c><00:27:47.250><c> going</c><00:27:47.630><c> on</c><00:27:47.890><c> the</c>

00:27:48.049 --> 00:27:50.950
way<00:27:48.269><c> up</c><00:27:48.509><c> there</c><00:27:48.730><c> to</c><00:27:48.930><c> Wichita</c><00:27:49.289><c> Falls.</c><00:27:49.809><c> He</c><00:27:50.250><c> blows</c><00:27:50.609><c> us</c><00:27:50.789><c> in</c>

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direction<00:27:51.609><c> that</c><00:27:52.170><c> he</c><00:27:52.269><c> will</c><00:27:52.450><c> have</c><00:27:52.650><c> us</c><00:27:52.869><c> go.</c><00:27:53.670><c> Not</c><00:27:53.769><c> because</c><00:27:54.069><c> we</c><00:27:54.329><c> figured</c><00:27:54.609><c> it</c>

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out,<00:27:55.950><c> but</c><00:27:56.109><c> because</c><00:27:56.509><c> he</c><00:27:56.809><c> knows</c><00:27:57.190><c> where</c><00:27:57.390><c> he's</c>

00:27:57.569 --> 00:28:00.369
trying<00:27:57.869><c> to</c><00:27:58.089><c> take</c><00:27:58.269><c> us</c><00:27:58.490><c> to.</c><00:27:59.250><c> Can't</c><00:27:59.509><c> you</c><00:27:59.670><c> see</c><00:27:59.809><c> that</c><00:27:59.990><c> in</c><00:28:00.089><c> the</c><00:28:00.150><c> life</c>

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of<00:28:00.609><c> Philip?</c><00:28:02.089><c> Philip</c><00:28:02.529><c> was</c><00:28:03.150><c> a</c><00:28:03.309><c> man</c><00:28:03.589><c> in</c><00:28:03.930><c> Jerusalem</c>

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thinking<00:28:04.670><c> this</c><00:28:04.869><c> is</c><00:28:04.990><c> where</c><00:28:05.029><c> he's</c><00:28:05.089><c> going</c><00:28:05.269><c> to</c><00:28:05.410><c> probably</c><00:28:05.569><c> spend</c>

00:28:05.730 --> 00:28:08.190
the<00:28:05.829><c> rest</c><00:28:06.009><c> of</c><00:28:06.150><c> his</c><00:28:06.309><c> life.</c><00:28:07.109><c> And</c><00:28:07.309><c> the</c><00:28:07.490><c> wind</c><00:28:07.710><c> blows</c>

00:28:08.190 --> 00:28:14.170
him<00:28:08.609><c> to</c><00:28:08.970><c> Samaria.</c><00:28:09.789><c> And</c><00:28:09.970><c> he</c><00:28:10.130><c> does</c><00:28:10.470><c> successful</c><00:28:11.210><c> work</c><00:28:11.450><c> there.</c><00:28:12.210><c> The</c><00:28:12.369><c> wind</c><00:28:12.589><c> takes</c><00:28:12.869><c> him</c><00:28:13.049><c> and</c><00:28:13.210><c> blows</c><00:28:13.470><c> him</c><00:28:13.670><c> over</c><00:28:13.970><c> to</c>

00:28:14.170 --> 00:28:14.789
the<00:28:14.369><c> Gaza</c>

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desert.<00:28:15.990><c> And</c><00:28:16.210><c> he</c><00:28:16.490><c> preaches</c><00:28:16.849><c> to</c><00:28:17.089><c> the</c><00:28:17.250><c> Ethiopian</c><00:28:17.750><c> eunuch.</c><00:28:18.230><c> And</c>

00:28:18.410 --> 00:28:20.650
it<00:28:18.529><c> takes</c><00:28:18.750><c> him</c><00:28:18.950><c> and</c><00:28:19.150><c> brings</c><00:28:19.569><c> him</c><00:28:19.750><c> over</c><00:28:20.029><c> to</c><00:28:20.210><c> Azotus.</c>

00:28:20.650 --> 00:28:24.950
And<00:28:20.970><c> then</c><00:28:21.150><c> up</c><00:28:21.309><c> the</c><00:28:21.569><c> coast</c><00:28:21.789><c> to</c><00:28:22.029><c> Caesarea.</c><00:28:23.950><c> It's</c><00:28:24.049><c> an</c><00:28:24.210><c> example</c><00:28:24.670><c> of</c>

00:28:24.950 --> 00:28:27.289
a<00:28:25.109><c> man</c><00:28:25.289><c> who</c><00:28:25.609><c> allowed</c><00:28:25.910><c> the</c><00:28:26.130><c> Lord</c><00:28:26.289><c> to</c><00:28:26.630><c> move</c><00:28:26.869><c> him</c>

00:28:27.289 --> 00:28:31.390
in<00:28:27.690><c> the</c><00:28:27.950><c> direction</c><00:28:28.349><c> that</c><00:28:28.809><c> he</c><00:28:29.009><c> would.</c><00:28:29.609><c> You</c><00:28:29.710><c> know,</c><00:28:29.829><c> it's</c><00:28:29.950><c> the</c><00:28:30.150><c> difference</c><00:28:30.410><c> between</c><00:28:31.009><c> a</c>

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person<00:28:31.670><c> who's</c><00:28:31.890><c> on</c><00:28:32.089><c> a</c><00:28:32.210><c> rowboat</c>

00:28:32.490 --> 00:28:36.069
like<00:28:32.750><c> those</c><00:28:33.710><c> disciples</c><00:28:34.230><c> were</c><00:28:34.470><c> on</c><00:28:34.630><c> the</c><00:28:34.789><c> Sea</c><00:28:34.890><c> of</c><00:28:35.049><c> Galilee.</c><00:28:35.450><c> Rowing</c><00:28:35.849><c> and</c>

00:28:36.069 --> 00:28:37.730
rowing<00:28:36.410><c> and</c><00:28:36.589><c> trying</c><00:28:36.869><c> to</c><00:28:37.210><c> get</c><00:28:37.369><c> somewhere</c>

00:28:37.730 --> 00:28:39.930
and<00:28:38.130><c> not</c><00:28:38.390><c> getting</c><00:28:38.589><c> anywhere</c><00:28:38.950><c> because</c><00:28:39.250><c> they're</c><00:28:39.490><c> trying</c><00:28:39.710><c> to</c><00:28:39.849><c> do</c>

00:28:39.930 --> 00:28:41.789
it<00:28:40.029><c> themselves</c><00:28:40.589><c> and</c><00:28:40.970><c> their</c><00:28:41.130><c> attitude</c><00:28:41.490><c> with</c><00:28:41.670><c> the</c>

00:28:41.789 --> 00:28:45.910
Lord<00:28:41.910><c> wasn't</c><00:28:42.170><c> right.</c><00:28:43.829><c> Versus</c><00:28:44.309><c> when</c><00:28:44.809><c> Jesus</c><00:28:45.210><c> is</c><00:28:45.410><c> in</c><00:28:45.509><c> the</c><00:28:45.670><c> boat</c>

00:28:45.910 --> 00:28:47.670
and<00:28:46.150><c> they</c><00:28:46.410><c> immediately</c><00:28:46.769><c> appear</c><00:28:47.029><c> at</c><00:28:47.190><c> the</c><00:28:47.349><c> shore</c><00:28:47.509><c> at</c>

00:28:47.670 --> 00:28:51.470
right<00:28:47.890><c> place.</c><00:28:48.930><c> When</c><00:28:49.069><c> it</c><00:28:49.230><c> comes</c><00:28:49.450><c> to</c><00:28:49.630><c> our</c><00:28:49.809><c> spiritual</c><00:28:50.190><c> lives,</c><00:28:50.589><c> brothers</c><00:28:50.630><c> and</c><00:28:50.890><c> sisters,</c><00:28:51.150><c> we'd</c><00:28:51.369><c> be</c>

00:28:51.470 --> 00:28:51.930
a<00:28:51.569><c> lot</c><00:28:51.690><c> better</c>

00:28:51.930 --> 00:28:56.890
putting<00:28:52.130><c> up</c><00:28:52.390><c> a</c><00:28:52.569><c> sail</c><00:28:52.829><c> than</c><00:28:53.369><c> trying</c><00:28:53.710><c> to</c><00:28:53.990><c> row.</c><00:28:55.470><c> Let</c><00:28:55.589><c> the</c><00:28:55.809><c> Lord</c><00:28:56.009><c> take</c><00:28:56.329><c> us</c>

00:28:56.890 --> 00:28:59.490
where<00:28:57.230><c> he</c><00:28:57.369><c> will</c><00:28:57.569><c> take</c><00:28:57.750><c> us.</c><00:28:58.529><c> And</c><00:28:58.869><c> so</c><00:28:59.029><c> is</c><00:28:59.210><c> everyone</c>

00:28:59.490 --> 00:29:04.769
that<00:28:59.650><c> is</c><00:28:59.849><c> born</c><00:28:59.990><c> of</c><00:29:00.130><c> the</c><00:29:00.349><c> Spirit.</c><00:29:02.109><c> I</c><00:29:02.450><c> love</c><00:29:02.710><c> Philip.</c><00:29:03.470><c> I</c><00:29:03.769><c> look</c><00:29:04.049><c> forward</c><00:29:04.410><c> so</c>

00:29:04.769 --> 00:29:06.829
much<00:29:04.930><c> to</c><00:29:05.130><c> being</c><00:29:05.269><c> able</c><00:29:05.470><c> to</c><00:29:05.710><c> meet</c><00:29:05.849><c> him</c><00:29:06.309><c> if</c><00:29:06.589><c> the</c>

00:29:06.829 --> 00:29:09.750
Lord<00:29:07.009><c> wills</c><00:29:07.569><c> in</c><00:29:07.670><c> the</c><00:29:07.890><c> kingdom</c><00:29:08.230><c> and</c><00:29:08.769><c> to</c><00:29:08.950><c> be</c><00:29:09.089><c> able</c><00:29:09.269><c> to</c><00:29:09.450><c> talk</c><00:29:09.630><c> to</c>

00:29:09.750 --> 00:29:12.529
him<00:29:09.849><c> about</c><00:29:10.029><c> this</c><00:29:10.269><c> wonderful</c><00:29:10.670><c> work</c><00:29:10.910><c> that</c><00:29:11.089><c> this</c><00:29:11.309><c> man</c><00:29:11.490><c> did.</c>

00:29:13.789 --> 00:29:16.190
Now<00:29:14.190><c> briefly,</c><00:29:14.630><c> as</c><00:29:14.670><c> we</c><00:29:14.789><c> go</c><00:29:14.950><c> on</c><00:29:15.109><c> to</c><00:29:15.230><c> the</c><00:29:15.329><c> conversion</c><00:29:15.710><c> of</c><00:29:15.990><c> Saul,</c>

00:29:16.210 --> 00:29:18.230
and<00:29:16.430><c> again</c><00:29:16.710><c> with</c><00:29:17.130><c> the</c><00:29:17.369><c> short</c><00:29:17.569><c> amount</c><00:29:17.809><c> of</c><00:29:17.950><c> time</c><00:29:18.049><c> we</c>

00:29:18.230 --> 00:29:21.849
have,<00:29:18.349><c> we</c><00:29:18.430><c> really</c><00:29:18.670><c> don't</c><00:29:18.869><c> have</c><00:29:19.089><c> time</c><00:29:19.349><c> to</c><00:29:19.549><c> do</c><00:29:19.829><c> justice</c><00:29:20.190><c> here,</c><00:29:20.490><c> but</c><00:29:20.690><c> let</c><00:29:20.869><c> me</c><00:29:20.970><c> just</c><00:29:21.150><c> kind</c><00:29:21.269><c> of</c><00:29:21.390><c> put</c><00:29:21.609><c> a</c>

00:29:21.849 --> 00:29:22.410
little<00:29:21.990><c> bit</c><00:29:22.130><c> of</c><00:29:22.309><c> a</c>

00:29:22.410 --> 00:29:26.430
chronology<00:29:22.910><c> together.</c><00:29:24.009><c> 30</c><00:29:24.369><c> AD,</c><00:29:25.289><c> right</c><00:29:25.589><c> after</c><00:29:25.869><c> the</c><00:29:26.089><c> ascension</c>

00:29:26.430 --> 00:29:28.089
of<00:29:26.569><c> the</c><00:29:26.750><c> Lord,</c><00:29:27.210><c> what</c><00:29:27.369><c> we</c><00:29:27.529><c> really</c><00:29:27.750><c> see</c><00:29:27.910><c> is</c>

00:29:28.089 --> 00:29:32.529
Peter,<00:29:28.470><c> John,</c><00:29:28.589><c> and</c><00:29:28.730><c> the</c><00:29:28.809><c> rest</c><00:29:28.990><c> of</c><00:29:29.170><c> the</c><00:29:29.289><c> apostles</c><00:29:29.750><c> in</c><00:29:30.430><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:30.990><c> including</c><00:29:31.430><c> James.</c>

00:29:32.549 --> 00:29:33.509
Ten<00:29:32.849><c> years</c><00:29:33.130><c> later,</c>

00:29:33.670 --> 00:29:37.049
we<00:29:33.950><c> see</c><00:29:34.289><c> that</c><00:29:34.769><c> Peter,</c><00:29:35.230><c> John,</c><00:29:35.690><c> James,</c><00:29:36.309><c> and</c><00:29:36.470><c> James</c><00:29:36.730><c> the</c><00:29:36.869><c> brother</c>

00:29:37.049 --> 00:29:40.049
of<00:29:37.230><c> Jesus</c><00:29:37.930><c> seem</c><00:29:38.410><c> to</c><00:29:38.589><c> be</c><00:29:38.710><c> the</c><00:29:38.950><c> pillars</c><00:29:39.170><c> in</c><00:29:39.369><c> the</c>

00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:45.569
and<00:29:40.650><c> Barnabas</c><00:29:41.210><c> and</c><00:29:41.410><c> Paul</c><00:29:41.630><c> have</c><00:29:41.950><c> started</c><00:29:42.150><c> their</c><00:29:42.410><c> work,</c><00:29:42.910><c> starting</c><00:29:43.250><c> in</c><00:29:43.650><c> Antioch</c><00:29:44.650><c> and</c>

00:29:45.569 --> 00:29:46.849
in<00:29:45.950><c> Asia.</c>

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We<00:29:48.269><c> also</c><00:29:48.630><c> see</c><00:29:49.089><c> that</c><00:29:49.490><c> in</c><00:29:49.849><c> 48</c><00:29:50.490><c> AD,</c><00:29:51.549><c> which</c><00:29:51.789><c> is</c><00:29:52.269><c> just</c><00:29:52.630><c> a</c><00:29:52.769><c> little</c><00:29:52.890><c> bit</c>

00:29:53.089 --> 00:29:55.289
of<00:29:53.150><c> time</c><00:29:53.289><c> before</c><00:29:53.750><c> the</c><00:29:54.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:54.710><c> council,</c>

00:29:55.750 --> 00:29:58.809
we<00:29:55.890><c> see</c><00:29:56.130><c> Peter,</c><00:29:56.710><c> James,</c><00:29:57.009><c> and</c><00:29:57.250><c> John</c><00:29:57.509><c> are</c><00:29:57.789><c> in</c><00:29:58.049><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:29:58.650><c> The</c>

00:29:58.809 --> 00:30:02.170
one<00:29:58.950><c> that's</c><00:29:59.230><c> missing</c><00:29:59.670><c> is</c><00:30:00.829><c> the</c><00:30:00.829><c> brother</c><00:30:00.829><c> of</c><00:30:01.650><c> John,</c>

00:30:02.250 --> 00:30:07.630
because<00:30:02.490><c> he's</c><00:30:02.690><c> been</c><00:30:02.950><c> beheaded</c><00:30:03.230><c> at</c><00:30:03.430><c> this</c><00:30:03.690><c> point.</c><00:30:05.049><c> And</c><00:30:05.289><c> Paul</c><00:30:05.470><c> and</c><00:30:05.609><c> Barnabas</c><00:30:05.990><c> are</c><00:30:06.170><c> working</c><00:30:06.490><c> together</c><00:30:06.890><c> in</c><00:30:07.109><c> Asia.</c>

00:30:07.630 --> 00:30:12.769
From<00:30:08.289><c> about</c><00:30:08.730><c> 48</c><00:30:09.269><c> AD,</c><00:30:10.109><c> approximately,</c><00:30:11.410><c> we</c><00:30:11.650><c> have</c><00:30:12.150><c> the</c><00:30:12.490><c> council</c>

00:30:12.769 --> 00:30:15.349
in<00:30:12.930><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:13.890><c> and</c><00:30:13.930><c> what</c><00:30:14.089><c> we</c><00:30:14.349><c> see</c><00:30:14.630><c> is</c><00:30:14.950><c> the</c><00:30:15.109><c> one</c>

00:30:15.349 --> 00:30:18.430
who<00:30:15.609><c> seems</c><00:30:15.789><c> to</c><00:30:16.029><c> be</c><00:30:16.170><c> the</c><00:30:16.309><c> one</c><00:30:16.450><c> who</c><00:30:16.829><c> stays</c><00:30:17.089><c> in</c><00:30:17.309><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:18.210><c> the</c>

00:30:18.430 --> 00:30:21.690
pillar<00:30:18.809><c> in</c><00:30:19.089><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:19.990><c> is</c><00:30:20.309><c> James,</c><00:30:21.309><c> the</c><00:30:21.509><c> brother</c>

00:30:21.690 --> 00:30:25.289
of<00:30:21.849><c> Jesus.</c><00:30:23.009><c> And</c><00:30:23.210><c> Peter</c><00:30:23.410><c> and</c><00:30:23.630><c> John</c><00:30:23.890><c> continue</c><00:30:24.470><c> their</c><00:30:24.690><c> pastoral</c>

00:30:25.289 --> 00:30:27.849
work<00:30:25.569><c> in</c><00:30:26.150><c> Palestine,</c><00:30:26.809><c> in</c><00:30:26.990><c> some</c><00:30:27.150><c> of</c><00:30:27.289><c> the</c><00:30:27.369><c> gentiles</c>

00:30:27.849 --> 00:30:33.710
areas,<00:30:28.710><c> but</c><00:30:28.950><c> see</c><00:30:29.390><c> Israel,</c><00:30:30.049><c> I</c><00:30:30.569><c> should</c><00:30:30.769><c> say,</c><00:30:31.430><c> they</c><00:30:31.549><c> see</c><00:30:32.329><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:33.029><c> as</c><00:30:33.230><c> their</c><00:30:33.410><c> home</c>

00:30:33.710 --> 00:30:35.650
base.<00:30:34.589><c> But</c><00:30:34.809><c> now,</c><00:30:35.369><c> if</c><00:30:35.509><c> you</c>

00:30:35.650 --> 00:30:39.470
remember<00:30:35.970><c> what</c><00:30:36.150><c> happens</c><00:30:36.549><c> at</c><00:30:36.769><c> the</c><00:30:36.809><c> end</c><00:30:36.970><c> of</c><00:30:37.089><c> the</c><00:30:37.230><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:37.609><c> conference,</c><00:30:38.630><c> just</c><00:30:38.890><c> when</c><00:30:39.069><c> Paul</c><00:30:39.309><c> and</c>

00:30:39.470 --> 00:30:40.190
Barnabas<00:30:39.730><c> had</c><00:30:39.930><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:30:40.690><c> victory,</c><00:30:41.789><c> we</c><00:30:41.950><c> see</c><00:30:42.130><c> that</c><00:30:42.269><c> there's</c><00:30:42.450><c> a</c><00:30:42.690><c> sharp</c><00:30:42.910><c> dissension</c><00:30:43.349><c> between</c><00:30:43.690><c> the</c><00:30:43.890><c> two</c><00:30:44.009><c> of</c>

00:30:44.190 --> 00:30:45.529
them,<00:30:44.849><c> and</c><00:30:44.970><c> Paul</c><00:30:45.250><c> and</c>

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Silas<00:30:45.809><c> go</c><00:30:46.049><c> into</c><00:30:46.269><c> Asia,</c><00:30:47.089><c> and</c><00:30:47.349><c> Barnabas</c><00:30:48.029><c> takes</c><00:30:48.509><c> John</c><00:30:48.990><c> Mark</c><00:30:49.289><c> and</c>

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he<00:30:49.809><c> goes</c><00:30:50.009><c> into</c><00:30:50.329><c> parts</c><00:30:50.529><c> of</c><00:30:50.730><c> the</c><00:30:50.869><c> Mediterranean.</c><00:30:52.009><c> Now,</c>

00:30:52.190 --> 00:30:55.589
again,<00:30:52.490><c> we're</c><00:30:52.730><c> seeing</c><00:30:52.990><c> things</c><00:30:53.650><c> sometimes</c><00:30:54.410><c> happen</c><00:30:54.849><c> that</c><00:30:55.309><c> you</c>

00:30:55.589 --> 00:30:56.970
certainly<00:30:55.930><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:56.150><c> have</c><00:30:56.410><c> planned.</c><00:30:56.589><c> You</c><00:30:56.730><c> wouldn't</c>

00:30:56.970 --> 00:30:59.710
have<00:30:57.210><c> wanted</c><00:30:57.329><c> to</c><00:30:57.549><c> see</c><00:30:57.710><c> Barnabas</c><00:30:58.390><c> and</c><00:30:58.690><c> Paul</c><00:30:59.049><c> have</c><00:30:59.269><c> this</c><00:30:59.569><c> kind</c>

00:30:59.710 --> 00:31:02.549
of<00:30:59.930><c> sharp</c><00:31:00.089><c> dissension.</c><00:31:01.009><c> And</c><00:31:01.349><c> yet,</c><00:31:02.170><c> undoubtedly,</c>

00:31:02.549 --> 00:31:05.970
it<00:31:02.849><c> was</c><00:31:03.130><c> time</c><00:31:03.569><c> for</c><00:31:03.789><c> this</c><00:31:03.970><c> to</c><00:31:04.230><c> happen</c><00:31:04.569><c> in</c><00:31:05.230><c> terms</c><00:31:05.509><c> of</c><00:31:05.690><c> what</c><00:31:05.789><c> the</c>

00:31:05.970 --> 00:31:08.690
Lord<00:31:06.109><c> had</c><00:31:06.450><c> planned.</c><00:31:07.410><c> And</c><00:31:07.549><c> Barnabas</c><00:31:07.809><c> and</c><00:31:08.190><c> John</c><00:31:08.470><c> Mark</c>

00:31:08.690 --> 00:31:14.009
undoubtedly<00:31:09.089><c> do</c><00:31:09.369><c> good</c><00:31:09.630><c> work</c><00:31:10.029><c> in</c><00:31:10.390><c> the</c><00:31:10.630><c> Mediterranean.</c><00:31:13.349><c> Now,</c><00:31:13.509><c> let's</c><00:31:13.690><c> talk</c><00:31:13.930><c> a</c>

00:31:14.009 --> 00:31:15.109
little<00:31:14.150><c> bit</c><00:31:14.329><c> about</c><00:31:14.569><c> Paul's</c>

00:31:15.109 --> 00:31:17.329
Pharisee<00:31:15.470><c> background</c><00:31:15.849><c> in</c><00:31:16.009><c> the</c><00:31:16.150><c> few</c><00:31:16.250><c> minutes</c><00:31:16.450><c> we</c><00:31:16.630><c> have</c><00:31:16.869><c> left.</c>

00:31:17.789 --> 00:31:21.410
Galatians<00:31:18.150><c> chapter</c><00:31:18.549><c> 1,</c><00:31:19.349><c> beginning</c><00:31:19.609><c> at</c><00:31:19.849><c> verse</c><00:31:20.049><c> 13.</c>

00:31:21.849 --> 00:31:25.230
Paul<00:31:22.369><c> says</c><00:31:22.690><c> about</c><00:31:22.869><c> himself,</c><00:31:23.150><c> for</c><00:31:23.289><c> you</c><00:31:23.430><c> have</c><00:31:23.650><c> heard</c><00:31:23.869><c> of</c><00:31:24.049><c> my</c><00:31:24.410><c> conversation</c><00:31:25.069><c> or</c>

00:31:25.230 --> 00:31:26.670
my<00:31:25.450><c> behavior</c><00:31:25.849><c> in</c><00:31:26.049><c> time</c><00:31:26.269><c> past</c>

00:31:26.670 --> 00:31:30.869
in<00:31:27.109><c> the</c><00:31:27.309><c> Jews'</c><00:31:27.849><c> religion,</c><00:31:28.509><c> how</c><00:31:28.710><c> that</c><00:31:28.930><c> beyond</c><00:31:29.369><c> measure</c><00:31:29.769><c> I</c><00:31:30.130><c> persecuted</c><00:31:30.650><c> the</c>

00:31:30.869 --> 00:31:33.150
church<00:31:31.130><c> of</c><00:31:31.349><c> God</c><00:31:31.650><c> and</c><00:31:32.250><c> wasted</c><00:31:32.670><c> it</c>

00:31:33.150 --> 00:31:38.950
and<00:31:33.910><c> profited</c><00:31:34.349><c> or</c><00:31:34.650><c> advanced</c><00:31:35.069><c> or</c><00:31:35.329><c> promoted</c><00:31:35.809><c> in</c><00:31:36.970><c> the</c><00:31:37.230><c> Jews'</c><00:31:37.750><c> religion,</c><00:31:37.970><c> above</c><00:31:38.250><c> many</c><00:31:38.630><c> my</c>

00:31:38.950 --> 00:31:40.210
equals,<00:31:39.609><c> and</c><00:31:39.789><c> the</c><00:31:39.970><c> margin</c>

00:31:40.210 --> 00:31:43.609
says<00:31:40.470><c> equal</c><00:31:40.809><c> in</c><00:31:41.049><c> years,</c><00:31:41.769><c> in</c><00:31:41.970><c> mine</c><00:31:42.130><c> own</c><00:31:42.349><c> nation,</c><00:31:42.769><c> being</c><00:31:43.049><c> more</c>

00:31:43.609 --> 00:31:46.150
exceedingly<00:31:44.349><c> zealous</c><00:31:45.089><c> of</c><00:31:45.269><c> the</c><00:31:45.430><c> tradition</c><00:31:45.769><c> of</c><00:31:45.950><c> my</c>

00:31:46.150 --> 00:31:50.890
fathers.<00:31:47.289><c> A</c><00:31:47.490><c> couple</c><00:31:47.710><c> of</c><00:31:47.890><c> things</c><00:31:48.049><c> about</c><00:31:48.289><c> this.</c><00:31:48.990><c> Paul</c><00:31:49.309><c> was</c><00:31:49.609><c> recognizing</c><00:31:50.289><c> that</c>

00:31:50.890 --> 00:31:56.650
he<00:31:51.329><c> had</c><00:31:51.569><c> been</c><00:31:51.869><c> what</c><00:31:52.109><c> we</c><00:31:52.450><c> call</c><00:31:52.690><c> in</c><00:31:56.650><c> our</c>

00:31:56.650 --> 00:31:59.609
history,<00:31:56.730><c> had</c><00:31:56.730><c> been</c><00:31:57.089><c> taught</c><00:31:57.369><c> at</c><00:31:57.569><c> the</c><00:31:57.769><c> feet</c><00:31:57.930><c> of</c><00:31:58.109><c> Gamaliel.</c><00:31:59.329><c> He</c>

00:31:59.609 --> 00:32:02.049
was<00:32:00.130><c> probably</c><00:32:00.509><c> one</c><00:32:00.670><c> of</c><00:32:00.750><c> the</c><00:32:00.829><c> most</c><00:32:01.170><c> brilliant</c><00:32:01.630><c> minds</c>

00:32:02.049 --> 00:32:05.410
in<00:32:02.230><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:32:03.190><c> But</c><00:32:03.390><c> there</c><00:32:03.549><c> was</c><00:32:03.769><c> something</c><00:32:04.069><c> about</c><00:32:04.410><c> him</c><00:32:04.910><c> that</c>

00:32:05.410 --> 00:32:08.589
was<00:32:05.690><c> really</c><00:32:05.990><c> unique,</c><00:32:06.509><c> and</c><00:32:06.710><c> that</c><00:32:07.009><c> was</c><00:32:07.309><c> he</c><00:32:07.910><c> was</c><00:32:08.210><c> probably</c>

00:32:08.589 --> 00:32:11.869
more<00:32:08.990><c> zealous</c><00:32:09.529><c> of</c><00:32:10.009><c> the</c><00:32:10.190><c> tradition</c><00:32:10.490><c> of</c><00:32:10.650><c> his</c><00:32:10.789><c> fathers</c><00:32:11.049><c> than</c><00:32:11.529><c> all</c>

00:32:11.869 --> 00:32:14.009
of<00:32:11.970><c> them</c><00:32:12.089><c> to</c><00:32:12.269><c> get</c><00:32:12.390><c> combined</c><00:32:13.089><c> together.</c>

00:32:14.150 --> 00:32:16.710
It's<00:32:14.430><c> interesting.</c><00:32:14.769><c> You</c><00:32:14.910><c> have,</c><00:32:15.210><c> in</c><00:32:15.329><c> a</c><00:32:15.410><c> way,</c><00:32:15.710><c> a</c><00:32:15.789><c> very</c><00:32:16.230><c> similar</c>

00:32:16.710 --> 00:32:18.390
kind<00:32:17.089><c> of</c><00:32:17.269><c> situation</c><00:32:17.710><c> with</c><00:32:17.890><c> Paul,</c>

00:32:18.849 --> 00:32:23.529
I<00:32:19.109><c> should</c><00:32:19.289><c> say</c><00:32:19.490><c> Saul</c><00:32:19.730><c> at</c><00:32:19.910><c> this</c><00:32:20.089><c> point,</c><00:32:21.069><c> on</c><00:32:21.630><c> the</c><00:32:21.849><c> wrong</c><00:32:22.170><c> side</c><00:32:22.650><c> that</c><00:32:23.230><c> you</c><00:32:23.410><c> do</c>

00:32:23.529 --> 00:32:24.650
with<00:32:23.769><c> Philip,</c><00:32:24.009><c> a</c><00:32:24.130><c> person</c><00:32:24.369><c> who</c><00:32:24.490><c> would</c>

00:32:24.650 --> 00:32:27.289
do<00:32:24.849><c> anything</c><00:32:25.029><c> that</c><00:32:25.230><c> the</c><00:32:25.349><c> Lord</c><00:32:25.470><c> asked,</c><00:32:26.609><c> even</c><00:32:26.829><c> though</c><00:32:26.990><c> he</c><00:32:27.089><c> was</c>

00:32:27.289 --> 00:32:29.410
doing<00:32:27.569><c> his</c><00:32:27.910><c> things</c><00:32:28.230><c> in</c><00:32:28.509><c> ignorance.</c>

00:32:30.329 --> 00:32:34.609
Now<00:32:30.529><c> you</c><00:32:30.670><c> might</c><00:32:30.930><c> remember</c><00:32:31.450><c> that</c><00:32:32.009><c> Paul</c><00:32:32.309><c> says,</c><00:32:33.049><c> you</c><00:32:33.130><c> know,</c><00:32:33.569><c> I</c><00:32:33.809><c> was</c><00:32:34.089><c> raised</c><00:32:34.470><c> at</c>

00:32:34.609 --> 00:32:35.609
the<00:32:34.829><c> feet</c><00:32:34.970><c> of</c><00:32:35.210><c> Gamaliel,</c>

00:32:35.670 --> 00:32:37.250
and<00:32:35.809><c> you</c><00:32:35.930><c> would</c><00:32:36.190><c> have</c><00:32:36.190><c> thought</c><00:32:36.450><c> that</c><00:32:36.609><c> he</c><00:32:36.710><c> would</c><00:32:36.849><c> have</c><00:32:36.990><c> said,</c>

00:32:37.730 --> 00:32:39.410
having<00:32:37.829><c> been</c><00:32:38.049><c> raised</c><00:32:38.269><c> at</c><00:32:38.430><c> the</c><00:32:38.509><c> feet</c><00:32:38.650><c> of</c><00:32:38.789><c> Gamaliel,</c>

00:32:39.690 --> 00:32:42.490
that<00:32:39.890><c> he</c><00:32:40.029><c> would</c><00:32:40.190><c> have</c><00:32:40.450><c> followed</c><00:32:40.690><c> Gamaliel's</c><00:32:41.349><c> counsel.</c><00:32:42.230><c> But</c>

00:32:42.490 --> 00:32:45.130
remember<00:32:42.990><c> what</c><00:32:43.190><c> Gamaliel</c><00:32:43.730><c> had</c><00:32:44.049><c> said</c><00:32:44.309><c> about</c>

00:32:45.130 --> 00:32:48.589
the<00:32:45.869><c> preaching</c><00:32:46.150><c> that</c><00:32:46.289><c> was</c><00:32:46.450><c> going</c><00:32:46.710><c> on</c><00:32:46.930><c> by</c><00:32:47.150><c> John</c><00:32:47.430><c> and</c><00:32:47.650><c> Peter.</c><00:32:48.309><c> He</c>

00:32:48.589 --> 00:32:51.109
talks<00:32:48.930><c> about</c><00:32:49.250><c> that</c><00:32:49.430><c> when</c><00:32:49.549><c> he</c><00:32:49.750><c> says</c><00:32:49.970><c> he</c><00:32:50.450><c> cited</c><00:32:50.730><c> two</c>

00:32:51.109 --> 00:32:56.369
examples<00:32:51.529><c> of</c><00:32:51.829><c> slain</c><00:32:52.089><c> leaders,</c><00:32:53.329><c> Thutus,</c><00:32:54.670><c> who</c><00:32:54.890><c> we</c><00:32:55.329><c> probably</c><00:32:55.670><c> hear</c><00:32:55.829><c> about</c><00:32:56.130><c> in</c>

00:32:56.369 --> 00:32:57.509
Mark<00:32:56.670><c> chapter</c><00:32:57.009><c> 9,</c>

00:32:57.789 --> 00:33:02.170
and<00:32:58.069><c> Judas</c><00:32:58.349><c> of</c><00:32:58.650><c> Galilee.</c><00:32:59.650><c> Both</c><00:32:59.990><c> of</c><00:33:00.210><c> these</c><00:33:00.450><c> were</c><00:33:00.809><c> slain</c><00:33:01.289><c> leaders,</c><00:33:01.769><c> and</c>

00:33:02.170 --> 00:33:04.690
the<00:33:02.569><c> argument</c><00:33:03.009><c> that</c><00:33:03.289><c> Gamaliel</c><00:33:03.710><c> makes</c><00:33:03.990><c> is,</c>

00:33:04.730 --> 00:33:07.170
look,<00:33:05.210><c> if</c><00:33:05.410><c> they're</c><00:33:05.589><c> of</c><00:33:05.829><c> God,</c><00:33:06.430><c> you're</c><00:33:06.549><c> not</c><00:33:06.750><c> going</c><00:33:06.849><c> to</c><00:33:06.930><c> be</c><00:33:07.009><c> able</c>

00:33:07.170 --> 00:33:09.890
to<00:33:07.369><c> stop</c><00:33:07.569><c> this.</c><00:33:08.329><c> But</c><00:33:08.450><c> if</c><00:33:09.069><c> they're</c><00:33:09.289><c> of</c><00:33:09.410><c> men</c><00:33:09.609><c> and</c><00:33:09.750><c> of</c>

00:33:09.890 --> 00:33:14.750
the<00:33:10.130><c> flesh,</c><00:33:10.869><c> they</c><00:33:12.089><c> will</c><00:33:12.410><c> end</c><00:33:12.789><c> up</c><00:33:13.349><c> falling</c><00:33:13.650><c> apart</c><00:33:13.990><c> also,</c><00:33:14.549><c> just</c>

00:33:14.750 --> 00:33:17.609
as<00:33:14.890><c> two</c><00:33:15.049><c> of</c><00:33:15.150><c> these</c><00:33:15.309><c> are.</c><00:33:15.750><c> Interesting</c><00:33:16.150><c> thing</c><00:33:16.630><c> is</c>

00:33:17.910 --> 00:33:21.589
notice<00:33:18.309><c> that</c><00:33:18.670><c> in</c><00:33:18.869><c> that</c><00:33:19.109><c> passage</c><00:33:19.529><c> in</c><00:33:19.809><c> Acts</c><00:33:20.069><c> chapter</c><00:33:20.410><c> 5,</c><00:33:21.509><c> that</c>

00:33:21.589 --> 00:33:24.069
Gamaliel<00:33:22.049><c> never</c><00:33:22.509><c> cites</c><00:33:22.849><c> the</c><00:33:23.029><c> Lord</c><00:33:23.230><c> Jesus</c><00:33:23.589><c> Christ</c>

00:33:24.069 --> 00:33:30.190
with<00:33:24.589><c> those</c><00:33:24.890><c> now</c><00:33:25.269><c> deceased</c><00:33:25.750><c> leaders.</c><00:33:27.529><c> He</c><00:33:27.670><c> never</c><00:33:28.009><c> cites</c><00:33:28.329><c> him</c>

00:33:30.190 --> 00:33:32.329
as<00:33:30.470><c> being</c><00:33:30.690><c> one</c><00:33:30.930><c> of</c><00:33:31.029><c> those</c><00:33:31.509><c> slain</c><00:33:31.910><c> leaders</c>

00:33:32.329 --> 00:33:38.329
that<00:33:32.789><c> are</c><00:33:32.930><c> now</c><00:33:33.190><c> deceased.</c><00:33:34.730><c> But</c><00:33:34.950><c> Paul,</c><00:33:36.069><c> he</c><00:33:37.390><c> is</c><00:33:37.569><c> told</c><00:33:37.750><c> to</c><00:33:37.990><c> judge</c>

00:33:38.329 --> 00:33:40.490
the<00:33:38.609><c> movement</c><00:33:38.910><c> by</c><00:33:39.250><c> the</c><00:33:39.430><c> results.</c>

00:33:41.029 --> 00:33:44.109
And<00:33:41.190><c> the</c><00:33:41.329><c> results,</c><00:33:41.990><c> if</c><00:33:42.150><c> you</c><00:33:42.309><c> think</c><00:33:42.529><c> about</c><00:33:42.769><c> it</c><00:33:43.009><c> now,</c><00:33:43.769><c> are</c><00:33:44.009><c> that</c>

00:33:44.109 --> 00:33:45.269
you're<00:33:44.269><c> beginning</c><00:33:44.569><c> to</c><00:33:44.869><c> see</c>

00:33:45.269 --> 00:33:49.490
priests<00:33:45.730><c> who</c><00:33:45.930><c> are</c><00:33:46.049><c> becoming</c><00:33:46.329><c> obedient</c><00:33:46.789><c> to</c><00:33:46.990><c> the</c><00:33:47.170><c> word.</c><00:33:48.450><c> So</c><00:33:48.750><c> Paul</c><00:33:49.089><c> saw</c>

00:33:49.490 --> 00:33:51.470
a<00:33:49.789><c> threat.</c><00:33:50.250><c> He</c><00:33:50.349><c> saw</c><00:33:50.589><c> a</c><00:33:50.690><c> very</c><00:33:50.950><c> real</c><00:33:51.150><c> threat.</c>

00:33:51.890 --> 00:33:57.150
I<00:33:52.109><c> think</c><00:33:52.349><c> Paul</c><00:33:52.650><c> saw</c><00:33:52.890><c> it</c><00:33:53.009><c> more</c><00:33:53.210><c> clearly</c><00:33:53.490><c> than</c><00:33:53.829><c> anybody</c><00:33:54.250><c> did.</c><00:33:55.329><c> Anybody.</c><00:33:56.589><c> First</c><00:33:56.930><c> of</c>

00:33:57.150 --> 00:33:58.509
all,<00:33:57.509><c> he</c><00:33:57.650><c> looked</c><00:33:57.809><c> and</c><00:33:57.950><c> he</c><00:33:58.109><c> saw</c><00:33:58.190><c> these</c>

00:33:58.509 --> 00:34:03.150
unlearned<00:33:59.089><c> Galileans.</c><00:34:00.789><c> Unlearned</c><00:34:01.349><c> Galileans,</c><00:34:01.670><c> their</c><00:34:01.930><c> speech</c><00:34:02.309><c> betrayeth</c><00:34:02.990><c> them,</c>

00:34:03.390 --> 00:34:05.390
we<00:34:03.630><c> were</c><00:34:03.869><c> told.</c><00:34:04.690><c> And</c><00:34:05.150><c> they</c>

00:34:05.390 --> 00:34:08.150
were<00:34:05.609><c> unlearned</c><00:34:06.210><c> Galileans</c><00:34:06.609><c> propagating</c><00:34:07.269><c> this</c><00:34:07.569><c> blasphemy,</c>

00:34:08.170 --> 00:34:10.989
he<00:34:08.389><c> considered,</c><00:34:09.289><c> regarding</c><00:34:09.570><c> Jesus</c><00:34:10.150><c> being</c><00:34:10.389><c> the</c><00:34:10.570><c> Messiah.</c>

00:34:10.989 --> 00:34:13.769
And<00:34:11.670><c> because</c><00:34:12.090><c> of</c><00:34:12.230><c> this,</c><00:34:12.469><c> he</c><00:34:12.489><c> believed</c><00:34:12.809><c> they</c><00:34:12.909><c> were</c><00:34:13.170><c> guilty</c><00:34:13.469><c> of</c>

00:34:13.769 --> 00:34:15.650
deliberate<00:34:14.590><c> deceit.</c>

00:34:17.389 --> 00:34:21.050
Also,<00:34:18.010><c> Saul</c><00:34:18.230><c> saw</c><00:34:18.610><c> it</c><00:34:18.710><c> as</c><00:34:18.889><c> a</c><00:34:18.949><c> threat</c><00:34:19.030><c> because</c><00:34:19.369><c> he</c><00:34:19.630><c> believed</c><00:34:20.170><c> that</c><00:34:20.730><c> it</c>

00:34:21.050 --> 00:34:24.210
threatened<00:34:21.250><c> the</c><00:34:21.610><c> core</c><00:34:21.989><c> of</c><00:34:22.630><c> his</c><00:34:23.030><c> standing</c><00:34:23.510><c> and</c><00:34:23.969><c> his</c>

00:34:24.210 --> 00:34:26.769
power<00:34:24.530><c> base.</c><00:34:24.769><c> It</c><00:34:24.889><c> should</c><00:34:25.030><c> say</c><00:34:25.250><c> Saul</c><00:34:25.550><c> there.</c><00:34:26.110><c> It</c><00:34:26.389><c> threatened</c>

00:34:26.769 --> 00:34:30.190
what<00:34:27.210><c> his</c><00:34:27.530><c> power</c><00:34:27.949><c> was</c><00:34:28.190><c> all</c><00:34:28.489><c> about,</c><00:34:29.250><c> which</c><00:34:29.489><c> was</c><00:34:29.690><c> that</c><00:34:29.869><c> of</c><00:34:30.030><c> the</c>

00:34:30.190 --> 00:34:33.869
law.<00:34:31.389><c> Some</c><00:34:31.710><c> priests</c><00:34:31.969><c> and</c><00:34:32.170><c> scholars</c><00:34:32.530><c> were</c><00:34:32.750><c> being</c><00:34:33.030><c> carried</c><00:34:33.309><c> away,</c><00:34:33.570><c> he</c>

00:34:33.869 --> 00:34:36.769
thought,<00:34:33.989><c> by</c><00:34:34.170><c> this</c><00:34:34.369><c> new</c><00:34:34.550><c> movement.</c><00:34:35.610><c> And</c><00:34:35.969><c> also,</c>

00:34:36.969 --> 00:34:40.650
I<00:34:37.250><c> think</c><00:34:37.590><c> it's</c><00:34:37.929><c> possible</c><00:34:38.130><c> that</c><00:34:38.389><c> Paul,</c><00:34:39.070><c> or</c><00:34:39.090><c> Saul,</c><00:34:39.750><c> was</c><00:34:40.030><c> way</c><00:34:40.329><c> ahead</c><00:34:40.510><c> of</c>

00:34:40.650 --> 00:34:42.610
the<00:34:40.869><c> curve</c><00:34:41.030><c> in</c><00:34:41.250><c> understanding</c><00:34:41.909><c> that</c>

00:34:42.610 --> 00:34:46.829
Christianity<00:34:43.289><c> and</c><00:34:43.650><c> Judaism</c><00:34:44.170><c> eventually</c><00:34:45.150><c> were</c><00:34:45.610><c> incompatible,</c><00:34:46.250><c> that</c><00:34:46.429><c> the</c><00:34:46.690><c> new</c>

00:34:46.829 --> 00:34:49.269
would<00:34:47.210><c> certainly</c><00:34:47.710><c> replace</c><00:34:48.210><c> the</c><00:34:48.510><c> old.</c>

00:34:49.329 --> 00:34:53.510
And<00:34:49.610><c> you</c><00:34:49.710><c> know</c><00:34:49.849><c> what,</c><00:34:50.010><c> I'm</c><00:34:50.170><c> not</c><00:34:50.329><c> even</c><00:34:50.530><c> sure</c><00:34:50.650><c> the</c><00:34:50.929><c> disciples</c><00:34:51.349><c> and</c><00:34:51.530><c> the</c><00:34:51.730><c> apostles</c><00:34:52.050><c> fully</c><00:34:52.469><c> understood</c><00:34:52.949><c> that</c><00:34:53.170><c> for</c><00:34:53.389><c> a</c>

00:34:53.510 --> 00:34:58.269
while.<00:34:54.429><c> They</c><00:34:54.809><c> seemed</c><00:34:55.030><c> to</c><00:34:55.269><c> be</c><00:34:55.650><c> very</c><00:34:56.570><c> happy</c><00:34:57.010><c> to</c><00:34:57.309><c> continue</c><00:34:57.610><c> in</c><00:34:57.750><c> the</c><00:34:57.929><c> law</c><00:34:58.090><c> of</c>

00:34:58.269 --> 00:35:01.030
Moses<00:34:58.630><c> and</c><00:34:59.070><c> to</c><00:34:59.309><c> keep</c><00:34:59.489><c> the</c><00:34:59.650><c> law.</c><00:35:00.530><c> Paul</c>

00:35:01.030 --> 00:35:06.469
seemed<00:35:01.409><c> to</c><00:35:01.730><c> understand,</c><00:35:02.170><c> I</c><00:35:02.389><c> think,</c><00:35:02.730><c> the</c><00:35:02.989><c> threat</c><00:35:03.309><c> that</c><00:35:03.929><c> Christianity</c><00:35:04.530><c> may</c><00:35:04.809><c> have</c><00:35:05.050><c> posed.</c><00:35:06.309><c> He</c>

00:35:06.469 --> 00:35:07.730
also<00:35:06.829><c> saw</c><00:35:07.130><c> in</c><00:35:07.429><c> Stephen,</c>

00:35:08.210 --> 00:35:12.269
you<00:35:08.369><c> know,</c><00:35:09.070><c> the</c><00:35:09.269><c> other</c><00:35:09.469><c> ones</c><00:35:09.670><c> were</c><00:35:09.929><c> unlearned</c><00:35:10.429><c> Galileans,</c><00:35:10.889><c> but</c><00:35:11.030><c> this</c><00:35:11.389><c> Stephen,</c><00:35:11.730><c> he's</c><00:35:12.030><c> no</c>

00:35:12.269 --> 00:35:13.170
unlearned<00:35:12.809><c> Galilean</c>

00:35:13.170 --> 00:35:16.429
peasant.<00:35:14.050><c> He</c><00:35:14.210><c> was</c><00:35:14.409><c> a</c><00:35:14.710><c> brilliant</c><00:35:15.050><c> orator,</c><00:35:15.530><c> he</c><00:35:15.590><c> was</c><00:35:15.929><c> a</c><00:35:16.070><c> Grecian</c>

00:35:16.429 --> 00:35:20.070
Jew,<00:35:17.150><c> and</c><00:35:17.769><c> his</c><00:35:18.289><c> beliefs</c><00:35:18.730><c> were</c><00:35:19.110><c> very</c><00:35:19.630><c> difficult</c>

00:35:20.070 --> 00:35:22.369
to<00:35:20.349><c> counter.</c><00:35:20.969><c> In</c><00:35:21.190><c> fact,</c><00:35:21.369><c> that's</c><00:35:21.530><c> what</c><00:35:21.650><c> we're</c><00:35:21.849><c> told</c><00:35:22.110><c> when</c><00:35:22.230><c> he</c>

00:35:22.369 --> 00:35:24.849
was<00:35:22.489><c> an</c><00:35:22.730><c> argument,</c><00:35:23.550><c> or</c><00:35:23.650><c> when</c><00:35:23.710><c> he</c><00:35:23.849><c> was</c><00:35:24.010><c> having</c><00:35:24.230><c> the</c><00:35:24.530><c> debate</c>

00:35:24.849 --> 00:35:28.269
with<00:35:25.889><c> Stephen,</c><00:35:26.409><c> is</c><00:35:26.550><c> it</c><00:35:26.650><c> says</c><00:35:26.869><c> there</c><00:35:27.329><c> were</c><00:35:27.610><c> things</c><00:35:27.889><c> that</c><00:35:28.050><c> he</c>

00:35:28.269 --> 00:35:30.369
said<00:35:28.389><c> that</c><00:35:28.610><c> they</c><00:35:29.130><c> were</c><00:35:29.429><c> mesmerized</c><00:35:30.050><c> by,</c><00:35:30.130><c> they</c><00:35:30.210><c> didn't</c>

00:35:30.369 --> 00:35:38.449
know<00:35:30.409><c> how</c><00:35:30.570><c> to</c><00:35:30.789><c> counter</c><00:35:31.030><c> it.</c><00:35:33.369><c> And</c><00:35:33.909><c> Stephen</c><00:35:34.690><c> exuded</c><00:35:35.610><c> a</c><00:35:36.250><c> spirituality</c><00:35:36.869><c> that</c><00:35:38.030><c> could</c><00:35:38.250><c> not</c>

00:35:38.449 --> 00:35:39.929
be<00:35:38.710><c> refuted.</c><00:35:39.550><c> It</c><00:35:39.670><c> was</c>

00:35:39.929 --> 00:35:48.809
visible.<00:35:41.269><c> His</c><00:35:41.610><c> face</c><00:35:42.429><c> shone</c><00:35:43.309><c> like</c><00:35:43.650><c> an</c><00:35:43.869><c> angel.</c><00:35:46.909><c> Now,</c><00:35:47.250><c> it's</c><00:35:47.530><c> possible,</c><00:35:48.130><c> I'm</c>

00:35:48.809 --> 00:35:50.429
sure,<00:35:49.230><c> that</c><00:35:49.409><c> the</c><00:35:49.570><c> Lord</c><00:35:49.769><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:50.150><c> when</c><00:35:50.289><c> he</c>

00:35:50.429 --> 00:35:56.070
gave<00:35:50.630><c> this</c><00:35:50.929><c> prophecy,</c><00:35:51.969><c> had</c><00:35:52.210><c> somebody</c><00:35:52.590><c> like</c><00:35:52.909><c> Paul</c><00:35:53.230><c> in</c><00:35:53.489><c> mind,</c><00:35:53.809><c> or</c><00:35:54.070><c> Saul.</c><00:35:55.070><c> Wherefore,</c><00:35:55.590><c> behold,</c><00:35:55.889><c> I</c>

00:35:56.070 --> 00:35:56.889
send<00:35:56.190><c> unto</c><00:35:56.449><c> you,</c><00:35:56.690><c> this</c>

00:35:56.889 --> 00:36:00.309
is<00:35:56.889><c> in</c><00:35:57.090><c> Matthew</c><00:35:57.489><c> chapter</c><00:35:57.849><c> 23.</c><00:35:59.230><c> Wherefore,</c><00:35:59.690><c> behold,</c><00:36:00.010><c> I</c><00:36:00.150><c> send</c>

00:36:00.309 --> 00:36:02.889
unto<00:36:00.550><c> you</c><00:36:00.829><c> prophets</c><00:36:01.309><c> and</c><00:36:01.670><c> wise</c><00:36:01.949><c> men</c><00:36:02.090><c> and</c><00:36:02.349><c> scribes,</c>

00:36:03.090 --> 00:36:05.750
and<00:36:03.210><c> some</c><00:36:03.449><c> of</c><00:36:03.570><c> them</c><00:36:03.670><c> you</c><00:36:03.829><c> shall</c><00:36:03.969><c> kill</c><00:36:04.289><c> and</c><00:36:04.550><c> crucify,</c><00:36:05.329><c> and</c><00:36:05.530><c> some</c>

00:36:05.750 --> 00:36:07.690
of<00:36:05.849><c> them</c><00:36:05.929><c> you</c><00:36:06.090><c> shall</c><00:36:06.329><c> scourge</c><00:36:06.670><c> in</c><00:36:06.789><c> your</c><00:36:07.010><c> synagogues</c>

00:36:07.690 --> 00:36:11.550
and<00:36:08.010><c> persecute</c><00:36:08.530><c> them</c><00:36:08.710><c> from</c><00:36:09.010><c> city</c><00:36:09.269><c> to</c><00:36:09.489><c> city.</c><00:36:10.809><c> That's</c><00:36:11.190><c> what</c><00:36:11.269><c> we</c>

00:36:11.550 --> 00:36:15.610
find,<00:36:12.690><c> that</c><00:36:13.469><c> Saul</c><00:36:13.750><c> is</c><00:36:14.010><c> converted</c><00:36:14.389><c> while</c><00:36:14.769><c> doing</c><00:36:15.170><c> just</c>

00:36:15.610 --> 00:36:21.289
that,<00:36:16.210><c> going</c><00:36:16.489><c> from</c><00:36:16.849><c> city</c><00:36:17.150><c> to</c><00:36:17.409><c> city,</c><00:36:18.710><c> and</c><00:36:19.269><c> going</c><00:36:19.530><c> up</c><00:36:19.769><c> to</c><00:36:19.969><c> Damascus</c><00:36:20.429><c> at</c><00:36:20.590><c> that</c><00:36:20.869><c> point</c><00:36:21.070><c> to</c>

00:36:21.289 --> 00:36:23.389
persecute.<00:36:22.650><c> Now,</c><00:36:23.090><c> we're</c>

00:36:23.389 --> 00:36:29.829
told<00:36:23.750><c> that</c><00:36:23.929><c> when</c><00:36:24.630><c> he</c><00:36:24.889><c> is</c><00:36:25.030><c> converted</c><00:36:25.369><c> on</c><00:36:25.590><c> the</c><00:36:25.690><c> road</c><00:36:25.829><c> to</c><00:36:26.010><c> Damascus,</c><00:36:27.630><c> that</c><00:36:28.110><c> Jesus</c><00:36:28.590><c> says</c><00:36:28.909><c> to</c><00:36:29.090><c> him,</c>

00:36:30.710 --> 00:36:34.550
Saul,<00:36:32.170><c> it</c><00:36:32.349><c> is</c><00:36:32.630><c> hard</c><00:36:32.889><c> for</c><00:36:33.110><c> you</c><00:36:33.250><c> to</c><00:36:33.449><c> kick</c><00:36:33.610><c> against</c><00:36:33.909><c> the</c><00:36:34.190><c> pricks,</c>

00:36:34.730 --> 00:36:37.409
or<00:36:34.869><c> the</c><00:36:35.110><c> goad.</c><00:36:36.070><c> What</c><00:36:36.269><c> were</c><00:36:36.409><c> some</c><00:36:36.630><c> of</c><00:36:36.750><c> the</c><00:36:37.010><c> goads,</c>

00:36:37.489 --> 00:36:40.130
do<00:36:37.690><c> you</c><00:36:37.769><c> suppose?</c><00:36:38.570><c> You</c><00:36:38.610><c> know,</c><00:36:38.889><c> a</c><00:36:38.989><c> goad</c><00:36:39.130><c> was</c><00:36:39.369><c> something</c><00:36:39.710><c> that</c>

00:36:40.130 --> 00:36:42.550
was<00:36:40.409><c> used</c><00:36:40.650><c> to</c><00:36:40.969><c> move</c><00:36:41.110><c> an</c><00:36:41.349><c> animal</c><00:36:41.570><c> on,</c><00:36:42.070><c> and</c><00:36:42.190><c> when</c><00:36:42.369><c> an</c>

00:36:42.550 --> 00:36:45.869
animal<00:36:42.730><c> would</c><00:36:43.150><c> stall</c><00:36:43.369><c> and</c><00:36:43.590><c> not</c><00:36:43.849><c> move,</c><00:36:44.449><c> you</c><00:36:44.489><c> would</c><00:36:45.150><c> goad</c><00:36:45.349><c> it</c><00:36:45.510><c> with</c><00:36:45.690><c> a</c>

00:36:45.869 --> 00:36:48.469
very<00:36:46.250><c> sharp</c><00:36:46.510><c> pointed</c><00:36:46.829><c> stick,</c><00:36:47.489><c> and</c><00:36:47.710><c> that</c><00:36:47.989><c> goad</c><00:36:48.170><c> would</c>

00:36:48.469 --> 00:36:51.210
get<00:36:48.789><c> the</c><00:36:49.010><c> animal</c><00:36:49.190><c> moving</c><00:36:49.510><c> again.</c><00:36:50.190><c> It</c><00:36:50.389><c> was</c><00:36:50.570><c> to</c><00:36:50.789><c> get</c><00:36:50.889><c> him</c><00:36:51.010><c> going</c>

00:36:51.210 --> 00:36:52.630
the<00:36:51.349><c> right</c><00:36:51.590><c> direction.</c>

00:36:53.449 --> 00:36:57.389
And<00:36:53.730><c> he</c><00:36:53.889><c> says,</c><00:36:54.289><c> it's</c><00:36:54.389><c> hard</c><00:36:54.650><c> for</c><00:36:54.829><c> you</c><00:36:54.949><c> to</c><00:36:55.070><c> kick</c><00:36:55.210><c> against</c><00:36:55.530><c> the</c><00:36:55.730><c> goad,</c><00:36:55.949><c> isn't</c><00:36:56.090><c> it?</c><00:36:56.829><c> What</c><00:36:57.030><c> were</c><00:36:57.110><c> some</c><00:36:57.289><c> of</c>

00:36:57.389 --> 00:36:57.989
those<00:36:57.710><c> goads,</c>

00:36:58.030 --> 00:37:00.489
you<00:36:58.250><c> suppose,</c><00:36:58.670><c> that</c><00:36:58.829><c> the</c><00:36:59.010><c> Lord</c><00:36:59.130><c> had</c><00:36:59.269><c> been</c><00:36:59.510><c> using</c><00:36:59.829><c> with</c><00:37:00.130><c> Saul,</c>

00:37:00.789 --> 00:37:03.210
and<00:37:00.989><c> it</c><00:37:01.190><c> hadn't</c><00:37:01.349><c> been</c><00:37:01.590><c> working</c><00:37:01.889><c> up</c><00:37:02.070><c> to</c><00:37:02.190><c> this</c><00:37:02.409><c> point?</c>

00:37:03.469 --> 00:37:10.769
Well,<00:37:04.250><c> Gamalios'</c><00:37:04.750><c> caution</c><00:37:05.309><c> for</c><00:37:05.849><c> patience,</c><00:37:07.690><c> Stephen's</c><00:37:08.349><c> inscrutable</c><00:37:09.230><c> words,</c><00:37:10.489><c> the</c>

00:37:10.769 --> 00:37:11.730
wonderful<00:37:11.230><c> preaching</c><00:37:11.550><c> that</c>

00:37:11.730 --> 00:37:16.070
he<00:37:11.969><c> heard,</c><00:37:12.449><c> and</c><00:37:12.670><c> must</c><00:37:12.949><c> have</c><00:37:13.150><c> admired</c><00:37:13.730><c> very</c><00:37:14.150><c> greatly,</c><00:37:15.329><c> the</c><00:37:15.670><c> priests</c><00:37:15.929><c> and</c>

00:37:16.070 --> 00:37:18.110
the<00:37:16.349><c> scholars</c><00:37:16.650><c> who</c><00:37:16.849><c> were</c><00:37:17.010><c> converting,</c>

00:37:18.469 --> 00:37:22.289
the<00:37:18.909><c> face</c><00:37:19.170><c> of</c><00:37:19.570><c> Stephen</c><00:37:19.710><c> during</c><00:37:20.050><c> his</c><00:37:20.309><c> preaching,</c><00:37:21.789><c> Stephen's</c>

00:37:22.289 --> 00:37:25.030
words<00:37:22.670><c> and</c><00:37:22.949><c> the</c><00:37:23.210><c> vision</c><00:37:23.550><c> at</c><00:37:23.849><c> his</c><00:37:24.110><c> death,</c>

00:37:25.269 --> 00:37:28.510
and<00:37:25.570><c> the</c><00:37:25.829><c> faithfulness</c><00:37:26.269><c> of</c><00:37:26.409><c> those</c><00:37:26.610><c> that</c><00:37:26.730><c> he</c><00:37:26.929><c> persecuted.</c><00:37:28.269><c> By</c>

00:37:28.510 --> 00:37:30.050
the<00:37:28.630><c> way,</c><00:37:28.690><c> one</c><00:37:28.829><c> of</c><00:37:28.949><c> the</c><00:37:29.030><c> things</c><00:37:29.150><c> we</c><00:37:29.329><c> tend</c><00:37:29.570><c> to</c><00:37:29.769><c> lose,</c>

00:37:30.349 --> 00:37:33.309
can<00:37:30.489><c> you</c><00:37:30.610><c> imagine</c><00:37:30.829><c> what</c><00:37:30.949><c> it</c><00:37:31.030><c> would</c><00:37:31.130><c> be</c><00:37:31.369><c> for</c><00:37:31.570><c> Paul</c><00:37:31.889><c> to</c><00:37:32.130><c> have</c><00:37:32.329><c> gone</c><00:37:32.690><c> to</c>

00:37:33.309 --> 00:37:35.329
baptisms<00:37:34.030><c> that</c><00:37:34.469><c> would</c><00:37:34.630><c> have</c><00:37:34.730><c> been</c><00:37:34.869><c> held</c><00:37:35.050><c> in</c><00:37:35.210><c> that</c>

00:37:35.329 --> 00:37:40.289
first<00:37:35.530><c> century,</c><00:37:36.369><c> in</c><00:37:36.650><c> places</c><00:37:37.090><c> where</c><00:37:37.829><c> he</c><00:37:37.989><c> had</c><00:37:38.269><c> persecuted</c><00:37:38.750><c> before,</c><00:37:39.909><c> where</c><00:37:40.130><c> he</c>

00:37:40.289 --> 00:37:41.469
had<00:37:40.429><c> been</c><00:37:40.550><c> able</c><00:37:40.769><c> to</c><00:37:41.030><c> see</c><00:37:41.190><c> what</c><00:37:41.329><c> he</c>

00:37:41.469 --> 00:37:44.650
would<00:37:41.610><c> have</c><00:37:41.789><c> seen,</c><00:37:42.670><c> undoubtedly,</c><00:37:43.269><c> the</c><00:37:43.510><c> scars</c><00:37:43.849><c> on</c><00:37:44.050><c> the</c><00:37:44.309><c> backs</c>

00:37:44.650 --> 00:37:47.070
of<00:37:45.150><c> some</c><00:37:45.349><c> of</c><00:37:45.469><c> these</c><00:37:45.650><c> believers</c><00:37:46.150><c> that</c><00:37:46.610><c> he</c><00:37:46.789><c> had</c><00:37:46.929><c> had</c>

00:37:47.070 --> 00:37:51.489
hand<00:37:47.530><c> in</c><00:37:47.690><c> getting</c><00:37:47.889><c> there,</c><00:37:49.610><c> or</c><00:37:49.750><c> impact</c><00:37:50.389><c> on</c><00:37:50.650><c> families</c><00:37:51.190><c> that</c><00:37:51.329><c> he</c>

00:37:51.489 --> 00:37:53.550
had<00:37:51.710><c> brought</c><00:37:51.849><c> about,</c><00:37:52.429><c> lost</c><00:37:52.829><c> loved</c><00:37:53.170><c> ones,</c>

00:37:53.769 --> 00:37:56.369
perhaps<00:37:54.150><c> because</c><00:37:54.510><c> of</c><00:37:54.670><c> some</c><00:37:54.769><c> of</c><00:37:54.889><c> his</c><00:37:55.070><c> work.</c><00:37:55.630><c> These</c><00:37:55.809><c> were</c><00:37:56.090><c> all</c>

00:37:56.369 --> 00:37:58.170
things<00:37:56.610><c> that</c><00:37:56.769><c> were</c><00:37:57.130><c> goads</c><00:37:57.409><c> that</c><00:37:57.510><c> were</c><00:37:57.769><c> working</c>

00:37:58.170 --> 00:38:01.989
to<00:37:58.630><c> bring</c><00:37:58.929><c> him</c><00:37:59.369><c> to</c><00:37:59.989><c> the</c><00:38:00.210><c> Lord.</c><00:38:01.010><c> And</c><00:38:01.070><c> finally,</c><00:38:01.489><c> the</c><00:38:01.610><c> Lord</c><00:38:01.750><c> has</c>

00:38:01.989 --> 00:38:05.670
to<00:38:02.329><c> blind</c><00:38:02.570><c> him</c><00:38:03.210><c> on</c><00:38:04.010><c> the</c><00:38:04.190><c> way</c><00:38:04.289><c> to</c><00:38:04.489><c> Damascus.</c>

00:38:06.130 --> 00:38:11.690
And<00:38:06.130><c> so</c><00:38:06.349><c> he's</c><00:38:06.710><c> told,</c><00:38:08.909><c> we're</c><00:38:09.130><c> told,</c><00:38:09.869><c> Ananias</c><00:38:10.309><c> actually</c><00:38:10.570><c> was</c><00:38:10.789><c> told,</c><00:38:10.989><c> but</c><00:38:11.070><c> the</c><00:38:11.210><c> Lord</c><00:38:11.369><c> said</c><00:38:11.570><c> to</c>

00:38:11.690 --> 00:38:12.809
him,<00:38:11.929><c> that</c><00:38:12.050><c> was</c><00:38:12.250><c> Ananias,</c>

00:38:12.809 --> 00:38:16.809
go<00:38:13.389><c> thy</c><00:38:13.690><c> way,</c><00:38:14.250><c> for</c><00:38:14.289><c> he</c><00:38:14.510><c> is</c><00:38:14.690><c> a</c><00:38:14.909><c> chosen</c><00:38:15.269><c> vessel</c><00:38:15.630><c> unto</c><00:38:15.849><c> me</c><00:38:16.250><c> to</c><00:38:16.570><c> bear</c>

00:38:16.809 --> 00:38:18.789
my<00:38:17.090><c> name</c><00:38:17.250><c> before</c><00:38:17.469><c> the</c><00:38:17.690><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:18.150><c> and</c><00:38:18.429><c> kings</c>

00:38:18.789 --> 00:38:21.750
and<00:38:19.190><c> the</c><00:38:19.389><c> children</c><00:38:19.670><c> of</c><00:38:19.829><c> Israel,</c><00:38:20.150><c> for</c><00:38:20.329><c> I</c><00:38:20.570><c> must</c><00:38:20.769><c> show</c><00:38:21.010><c> him</c><00:38:21.369><c> how</c>

00:38:21.750 --> 00:38:25.130
great<00:38:22.070><c> things</c><00:38:22.329><c> he</c><00:38:22.489><c> must</c><00:38:22.670><c> suffer</c><00:38:23.130><c> for</c><00:38:23.630><c> my</c><00:38:23.929><c> namesake.</c>

00:38:25.630 --> 00:38:29.710
And<00:38:25.869><c> of</c><00:38:26.030><c> course,</c><00:38:26.590><c> Paul</c><00:38:27.010><c> understood</c><00:38:27.670><c> this,</c><00:38:28.550><c> as</c><00:38:28.909><c> we</c><00:38:29.190><c> read</c><00:38:29.489><c> in</c>

00:38:29.710 --> 00:38:32.650
Philippians<00:38:30.090><c> chapter</c><00:38:30.469><c> three,</c><00:38:31.289><c> what</c><00:38:31.530><c> his</c><00:38:31.909><c> desire</c><00:38:32.269><c> was,</c>

00:38:32.670 --> 00:38:37.869
is<00:38:32.809><c> that</c><00:38:32.869><c> he</c><00:38:32.989><c> might</c><00:38:33.289><c> know</c><00:38:33.630><c> him,</c><00:38:34.309><c> and</c><00:38:34.530><c> the</c><00:38:34.869><c> power</c><00:38:35.449><c> of</c><00:38:35.710><c> his</c><00:38:36.070><c> resurrection,</c><00:38:37.570><c> and</c>

00:38:37.869 --> 00:38:39.710
the<00:38:38.289><c> fellowship</c><00:38:38.769><c> of</c><00:38:38.949><c> his</c><00:38:39.230><c> sufferings.</c>

00:38:39.710 --> 00:38:42.469
Now<00:38:39.750><c> that's</c><00:38:40.389><c> something</c><00:38:40.630><c> that</c><00:38:40.809><c> Paul</c><00:38:40.989><c> desired</c><00:38:41.590><c> to</c><00:38:41.909><c> enter</c><00:38:42.130><c> into,</c>

00:38:42.849 --> 00:38:44.590
is<00:38:42.969><c> the</c><00:38:43.269><c> fellowship</c><00:38:43.670><c> of</c><00:38:43.849><c> the</c><00:38:44.090><c> sufferings</c><00:38:44.369><c> of</c><00:38:44.510><c> the</c>

00:38:44.590 --> 00:38:47.670
Lord<00:38:44.769><c> Jesus</c><00:38:45.130><c> Christ.</c><00:38:46.550><c> That's</c><00:38:46.789><c> something</c><00:38:46.949><c> we</c><00:38:47.090><c> want</c><00:38:47.269><c> to</c><00:38:47.429><c> avoid,</c>

00:38:47.670 --> 00:38:51.610
right?<00:38:49.369><c> But</c><00:38:49.530><c> yet,</c><00:38:50.130><c> Paul</c><00:38:50.170><c> understood</c><00:38:50.909><c> that</c><00:38:51.329><c> it</c><00:38:51.429><c> was</c>

00:38:51.610 --> 00:38:55.530
a<00:38:51.929><c> fellowship</c><00:38:52.409><c> in</c><00:38:52.710><c> his</c><00:38:52.929><c> sufferings,</c><00:38:53.889><c> being</c><00:38:54.070><c> made</c><00:38:54.369><c> conformable</c><00:38:55.070><c> unto</c><00:38:55.269><c> his</c>

00:38:55.530 --> 00:38:56.809
death.<00:38:56.030><c> Those</c><00:38:56.269><c> are</c><00:38:56.449><c> the</c><00:38:56.610><c> things</c>

00:38:56.809 --> 00:39:00.730
that<00:38:57.050><c> build</c><00:38:57.230><c> faith.</c><00:38:58.630><c> Also,</c><00:38:59.329><c> Paul</c><00:38:59.590><c> talking</c><00:38:59.969><c> about</c><00:39:00.170><c> himself,</c>

00:39:01.190 --> 00:39:03.690
in<00:39:01.329><c> Galatians</c><00:39:01.710><c> chapter</c><00:39:02.070><c> one</c><00:39:02.369><c> says,</c><00:39:03.409><c> that,</c>

00:39:03.750 --> 00:39:07.230
but<00:39:03.769><c> when</c><00:39:03.969><c> it</c><00:39:04.170><c> pleased</c><00:39:04.489><c> God,</c><00:39:05.050><c> when</c><00:39:05.190><c> it</c><00:39:05.409><c> pleased</c><00:39:05.590><c> God,</c><00:39:06.130><c> who</c><00:39:06.469><c> separated</c><00:39:06.989><c> me</c>

00:39:07.230 --> 00:39:09.150
from<00:39:07.349><c> my</c><00:39:07.570><c> mother's</c><00:39:07.989><c> womb,</c><00:39:08.469><c> and</c><00:39:08.809><c> called</c><00:39:09.010><c> me</c>

00:39:09.150 --> 00:39:11.809
by<00:39:09.289><c> his</c><00:39:09.469><c> grace</c><00:39:09.829><c> to</c><00:39:10.050><c> reveal</c><00:39:10.289><c> his</c><00:39:10.550><c> son</c><00:39:10.670><c> in</c><00:39:10.849><c> me,</c><00:39:11.289><c> that</c><00:39:11.409><c> I</c><00:39:11.530><c> might</c>

00:39:11.809 --> 00:39:14.610
preach<00:39:12.250><c> him</c><00:39:12.849><c> among</c><00:39:13.230><c> the</c><00:39:13.469><c> heathen.</c><00:39:13.929><c> And</c><00:39:14.170><c> that</c><00:39:14.309><c> word</c>

00:39:14.610 --> 00:39:17.349
separated<00:39:15.090><c> makes</c><00:39:15.409><c> a</c><00:39:15.489><c> lot</c><00:39:15.670><c> of</c><00:39:15.889><c> sense,</c><00:39:16.469><c> because</c><00:39:16.769><c> it's</c><00:39:17.010><c> similar</c>

00:39:17.349 --> 00:39:19.429
to<00:39:17.469><c> what</c><00:39:17.650><c> we</c><00:39:17.829><c> read</c><00:39:18.130><c> in</c><00:39:18.550><c> Numbers</c><00:39:18.929><c> chapter</c><00:39:19.230><c> eight,</c>

00:39:19.449 --> 00:39:23.329
where<00:39:19.590><c> it</c><00:39:19.750><c> talks</c><00:39:20.070><c> about</c><00:39:20.670><c> that</c><00:39:21.230><c> with</c><00:39:21.449><c> the</c><00:39:21.630><c> Levites</c><00:39:21.949><c> themselves,</c><00:39:22.550><c> it</c><00:39:22.550><c> says,</c>

00:39:23.710 --> 00:39:24.889
thus<00:39:23.710><c> shalt</c><00:39:24.130><c> thou</c><00:39:24.349><c> separate</c>

00:39:24.889 --> 00:39:28.409
the<00:39:25.170><c> Levites</c><00:39:25.550><c> from</c><00:39:25.769><c> among</c><00:39:26.050><c> the</c><00:39:26.210><c> children</c><00:39:26.349><c> of</c><00:39:26.550><c> Israel,</c><00:39:27.150><c> and</c><00:39:27.369><c> the</c><00:39:27.590><c> Levites</c><00:39:27.969><c> shall</c><00:39:28.170><c> be</c>

00:39:28.409 --> 00:39:30.269
mine.<00:39:28.909><c> Paul,</c><00:39:29.349><c> like</c><00:39:29.710><c> the</c><00:39:29.969><c> priest,</c>

00:39:30.349 --> 00:39:34.989
like<00:39:30.630><c> the</c><00:39:30.889><c> Levites,</c><00:39:31.750><c> was</c><00:39:31.889><c> to</c><00:39:32.090><c> be</c><00:39:32.449><c> separate.</c><00:39:33.070><c> He</c><00:39:33.230><c> was</c><00:39:33.489><c> to</c><00:39:33.670><c> be</c><00:39:33.909><c> earmarked</c><00:39:34.789><c> as</c>

00:39:34.989 --> 00:39:37.730
a<00:39:35.230><c> chosen</c><00:39:35.530><c> vessel,</c><00:39:36.090><c> and</c><00:39:36.630><c> he</c><00:39:36.969><c> didn't</c><00:39:37.289><c> even</c>

00:39:37.730 --> 00:39:41.150
know<00:39:37.909><c> it,</c><00:39:38.070><c> did</c><00:39:38.269><c> he?</c><00:39:38.869><c> He</c><00:39:39.050><c> didn't</c><00:39:39.269><c> know</c><00:39:39.489><c> that</c><00:39:39.690><c> that</c><00:39:39.949><c> was</c><00:39:40.150><c> the</c><00:39:40.309><c> direction</c><00:39:40.630><c> that</c><00:39:41.070><c> he</c>

00:39:41.150 --> 00:39:44.389
would<00:39:41.289><c> be</c><00:39:41.530><c> going.</c><00:39:43.429><c> Now,</c><00:39:43.829><c> real</c><00:39:44.050><c> briefly,</c>

00:39:44.489 --> 00:39:52.329
a<00:39:44.550><c> couple</c><00:39:44.789><c> of</c><00:39:45.050><c> speeches</c><00:39:45.329><c> that</c><00:39:45.630><c> we</c><00:39:45.789><c> hear</c><00:39:45.969><c> about.</c><00:39:47.309><c> One</c><00:39:47.789><c> speech</c><00:39:48.150><c> was</c><00:39:48.389><c> given</c><00:39:48.670><c> by</c><00:39:48.969><c> Paul,</c><00:39:49.630><c> and</c><00:39:49.849><c> it</c><00:39:49.969><c> was</c><00:39:50.329><c> in</c><00:39:50.949><c> a</c><00:39:51.289><c> synagogue,</c>

00:39:52.869 --> 00:39:56.809
and<00:39:53.349><c> it</c><00:39:53.489><c> was</c><00:39:53.849><c> recorded</c><00:39:54.190><c> for</c><00:39:54.530><c> us</c><00:39:54.670><c> in</c><00:39:54.889><c> Acts</c><00:39:55.190><c> chapter</c><00:39:55.510><c> 13.</c><00:39:56.190><c> I</c><00:39:56.449><c> think</c><00:39:56.630><c> this</c>

00:39:56.809 --> 00:39:58.449
is<00:39:56.989><c> given</c><00:39:57.130><c> to</c><00:39:57.269><c> us</c><00:39:57.389><c> because</c><00:39:57.530><c> it</c><00:39:57.650><c> was</c><00:39:57.969><c> a</c><00:39:58.030><c> sample</c>

00:39:58.449 --> 00:40:02.230
of<00:39:58.869><c> the</c><00:39:59.050><c> kind</c><00:39:59.230><c> of</c><00:39:59.429><c> preaching</c><00:39:59.650><c> that</c><00:39:59.929><c> Paul</c><00:40:00.110><c> would</c><00:40:00.369><c> do.</c><00:40:00.989><c> They</c><00:40:01.250><c> said,</c><00:40:01.409><c> does</c><00:40:01.550><c> anybody</c><00:40:01.869><c> have</c><00:40:02.130><c> a</c>

00:40:02.230 --> 00:40:03.230
word<00:40:02.409><c> of</c><00:40:02.630><c> exhortation,</c>

00:40:03.230 --> 00:40:09.809
which<00:40:03.409><c> would</c><00:40:03.570><c> have</c><00:40:03.690><c> been</c><00:40:03.949><c> common</c><00:40:04.250><c> in</c><00:40:04.969><c> the</c><00:40:06.170><c> synagogue?</c><00:40:07.269><c> And</c><00:40:07.389><c> Paul</c><00:40:07.630><c> stands</c><00:40:08.010><c> up,</c><00:40:08.650><c> and</c><00:40:08.789><c> the</c><00:40:08.929><c> first</c><00:40:09.150><c> thing</c><00:40:09.289><c> he</c><00:40:09.449><c> does</c>

00:40:09.809 --> 00:40:14.190
is<00:40:10.269><c> he</c><00:40:10.389><c> goes</c><00:40:10.610><c> through</c><00:40:11.269><c> a</c><00:40:11.469><c> history,</c><00:40:12.449><c> from</c><00:40:12.690><c> Exodus</c><00:40:13.130><c> into</c><00:40:13.369><c> the</c><00:40:13.650><c> rule</c><00:40:13.909><c> of</c>

00:40:14.190 --> 00:40:16.690
David,<00:40:14.929><c> just</c><00:40:15.170><c> kind</c><00:40:15.329><c> of</c><00:40:15.409><c> as</c><00:40:15.550><c> a</c><00:40:15.710><c> backdrop.</c>

00:40:17.909 --> 00:40:21.329
And<00:40:18.289><c> then</c><00:40:18.590><c> he</c><00:40:18.929><c> featured</c><00:40:19.429><c> the</c><00:40:19.929><c> promise</c><00:40:20.230><c> to</c><00:40:20.489><c> David</c><00:40:20.730><c> and</c><00:40:21.050><c> the</c>

00:40:21.329 --> 00:40:24.289
future<00:40:21.690><c> savior</c><00:40:22.150><c> that</c><00:40:22.610><c> would</c><00:40:22.849><c> come</c><00:40:23.090><c> from</c><00:40:23.349><c> him.</c>

00:40:24.889 --> 00:40:27.210
Christen<00:40:25.130><c> Elphans,</c><00:40:25.409><c> we're</c><00:40:25.469><c> pretty</c><00:40:25.670><c> familiar</c><00:40:25.969><c> with</c><00:40:26.090><c> this,</c><00:40:26.269><c> aren't</c><00:40:26.409><c> we?</c><00:40:27.050><c> I</c>

00:40:27.210 --> 00:40:28.389
mean,<00:40:27.329><c> what</c><00:40:27.449><c> is</c><00:40:27.590><c> he</c><00:40:27.670><c> doing?</c><00:40:27.869><c> He's</c><00:40:28.090><c> talking</c>

00:40:28.389 --> 00:40:31.210
about<00:40:28.730><c> the</c><00:40:28.949><c> history</c><00:40:29.309><c> of</c><00:40:29.510><c> Israel,</c><00:40:30.070><c> and</c><00:40:30.389><c> then</c><00:40:30.489><c> he</c><00:40:30.650><c> talks</c><00:40:30.929><c> about</c>

00:40:31.210 --> 00:40:33.829
the<00:40:31.510><c> promise</c><00:40:31.809><c> made</c><00:40:32.030><c> to</c><00:40:32.289><c> David</c><00:40:32.550><c> and</c><00:40:33.070><c> who</c><00:40:33.309><c> it</c><00:40:33.570><c> was</c>

00:40:33.829 --> 00:40:38.150
that<00:40:33.989><c> was</c><00:40:34.329><c> promised</c><00:40:34.610><c> to</c><00:40:34.889><c> him.</c><00:40:36.090><c> And</c><00:40:36.349><c> then</c><00:40:36.449><c> he</c><00:40:36.710><c> showed</c><00:40:37.050><c> how</c><00:40:37.469><c> Jesus</c><00:40:37.929><c> was</c>

00:40:38.150 --> 00:40:40.809
the<00:40:38.429><c> promised</c><00:40:38.650><c> seed.</c><00:40:40.010><c> And</c><00:40:40.409><c> finally,</c>

00:40:41.309 --> 00:40:44.789
that<00:40:41.650><c> the</c><00:40:42.010><c> resurrection</c><00:40:42.489><c> of</c><00:40:42.690><c> Jesus</c><00:40:43.030><c> Christ</c><00:40:43.449><c> was</c><00:40:43.949><c> the</c><00:40:44.289><c> key</c><00:40:44.469><c> to</c>

00:40:44.789 --> 00:40:49.530
salvation<00:40:45.269><c> of</c><00:40:45.510><c> God</c><00:40:45.809><c> and</c><00:40:46.570><c> to</c><00:40:46.969><c> our</c><00:40:47.369><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:47.929><c> of</c><00:40:48.670><c> sins.</c>

00:40:49.590 --> 00:40:53.469
Now,<00:40:49.869><c> that's</c><00:40:50.190><c> the</c><00:40:50.389><c> anatomy</c><00:40:50.670><c> of</c><00:40:51.210><c> this</c><00:40:51.550><c> speech</c><00:40:51.750><c> in</c><00:40:51.909><c> a</c><00:40:52.090><c> synagogue.</c><00:40:53.090><c> You</c><00:40:53.289><c> might</c>

00:40:53.469 --> 00:40:55.170
ask<00:40:53.769><c> yourself</c><00:40:54.269><c> about</c><00:40:54.849><c> the</c>

00:40:55.170 --> 00:41:00.170
resurrection<00:40:55.690><c> in</c><00:40:56.230><c> our</c><00:40:56.469><c> preaching.</c><00:40:59.030><c> I</c><00:40:59.070><c> keep</c><00:40:59.369><c> mentioning</c><00:40:59.710><c> Brother</c><00:40:59.949><c> Russ</c>

00:41:00.170 --> 00:41:01.929
here,<00:41:00.610><c> but</c><00:41:00.650><c> Russ</c><00:41:01.150><c> and</c><00:41:01.289><c> I</c><00:41:01.489><c> have</c><00:41:01.690><c> had,</c>

00:41:02.170 --> 00:41:05.230
oftentimes<00:41:02.389><c> we</c><00:41:02.650><c> thought</c><00:41:02.889><c> to</c><00:41:03.070><c> ourselves</c><00:41:03.389><c> that</c><00:41:04.050><c> the</c><00:41:04.369><c> resurrection</c><00:41:04.750><c> of</c><00:41:04.909><c> Jesus</c>

00:41:05.230 --> 00:41:06.349
Christ<00:41:05.449><c> is</c><00:41:05.630><c> a</c><00:41:05.909><c> fundamental</c>

00:41:06.349 --> 00:41:08.969
teaching.<00:41:07.389><c> It's</c><00:41:07.650><c> a</c><00:41:07.789><c> fundamental</c><00:41:08.150><c> teaching</c><00:41:08.449><c> that</c><00:41:08.630><c> maybe</c><00:41:08.809><c> we</c>

00:41:08.969 --> 00:41:10.489
don't<00:41:09.110><c> spend</c><00:41:09.289><c> enough</c><00:41:09.489><c> time</c><00:41:09.769><c> talking</c><00:41:10.130><c> about.</c>

00:41:10.929 --> 00:41:13.909
You<00:41:11.250><c> can</c><00:41:11.570><c> teach</c><00:41:11.809><c> the</c><00:41:12.090><c> truth,</c><00:41:12.329><c> just</c><00:41:12.710><c> like</c><00:41:13.030><c> the</c><00:41:13.289><c> apostle</c><00:41:13.630><c> Paul</c>

00:41:13.909 --> 00:41:16.409
did<00:41:14.110><c> here,</c><00:41:14.710><c> by</c><00:41:14.969><c> following</c><00:41:15.309><c> these</c><00:41:15.610><c> simple</c><00:41:15.909><c> guidelines.</c>

00:41:16.750 --> 00:41:19.849
What<00:41:17.030><c> does</c><00:41:17.170><c> he</c><00:41:17.349><c> talk</c><00:41:17.530><c> about?</c><00:41:18.150><c> He</c><00:41:18.369><c> talks</c><00:41:18.670><c> about</c><00:41:18.949><c> the</c><00:41:19.289><c> promises</c>

00:41:19.849 --> 00:41:22.030
and<00:41:20.750><c> the</c><00:41:20.989><c> doctrine</c><00:41:21.230><c> of</c><00:41:21.409><c> the</c><00:41:21.610><c> resurrection</c>

00:41:22.030 --> 00:41:26.949
of<00:41:22.190><c> Jesus</c><00:41:22.530><c> Christ.</c><00:41:24.190><c> And</c><00:41:24.389><c> if</c><00:41:24.510><c> you</c><00:41:24.730><c> talk</c><00:41:25.010><c> about</c><00:41:25.289><c> that,</c><00:41:25.650><c> the</c><00:41:25.789><c> resurrection</c><00:41:26.230><c> really</c><00:41:26.650><c> does</c>

00:41:26.949 --> 00:41:28.110
clarify<00:41:27.409><c> a</c><00:41:27.590><c> whole</c><00:41:27.750><c> lot</c><00:41:27.929><c> of</c>

00:41:28.110 --> 00:41:31.369
things.<00:41:28.969><c> It</c><00:41:29.289><c> clarifies,</c><00:41:29.849><c> if</c><00:41:30.010><c> you</c><00:41:30.190><c> think</c><00:41:30.409><c> about</c><00:41:30.630><c> it,</c><00:41:31.070><c> the</c><00:41:31.230><c> air</c>

00:41:31.369 --> 00:41:34.809
of<00:41:31.530><c> the</c><00:41:31.690><c> Trinity.</c><00:41:32.630><c> It</c><00:41:32.809><c> talks</c><00:41:33.170><c> about</c><00:41:33.530><c> the</c><00:41:34.250><c> promises</c>

00:41:34.809 --> 00:41:38.170
made<00:41:35.130><c> to</c><00:41:35.409><c> Abraham</c><00:41:35.750><c> and</c><00:41:35.889><c> to</c><00:41:36.130><c> David</c><00:41:36.409><c> and</c><00:41:36.829><c> how</c><00:41:37.110><c> he</c><00:41:37.329><c> had</c><00:41:37.510><c> to</c><00:41:37.690><c> have</c><00:41:37.809><c> a</c>

00:41:38.170 --> 00:41:41.210
seed<00:41:38.550><c> that</c><00:41:39.630><c> would</c><00:41:39.909><c> be</c><00:41:40.110><c> the</c><00:41:40.230><c> Lord</c><00:41:40.409><c> Jesus</c><00:41:40.829><c> Christ</c>

00:41:41.210 --> 00:41:45.489
and<00:41:41.369><c> how</c><00:41:41.750><c> they</c><00:41:42.269><c> have</c><00:41:42.489><c> to</c><00:41:42.690><c> be</c><00:41:43.010><c> raised</c><00:41:43.489><c> in</c><00:41:43.769><c> order</c><00:41:44.030><c> to</c><00:41:44.269><c> partake</c><00:41:45.210><c> in</c>

00:41:45.489 --> 00:41:48.869
those<00:41:46.650><c> promises.</c><00:41:47.469><c> It's</c><00:41:47.690><c> very</c><00:41:48.110><c> clear</c><00:41:48.230><c> about</c><00:41:48.409><c> the</c><00:41:48.590><c> nature</c>

00:41:48.869 --> 00:41:52.869
of<00:41:48.969><c> man,</c><00:41:49.389><c> the</c><00:41:49.469><c> need</c><00:41:49.630><c> for</c><00:41:49.909><c> baptism,</c><00:41:51.190><c> the</c><00:41:51.409><c> resurrection</c><00:41:51.889><c> of</c><00:41:52.150><c> ourselves</c><00:41:52.670><c> and</c>

00:41:52.869 --> 00:41:54.050
his<00:41:53.090><c> return</c><00:41:53.469><c> in</c><00:41:53.730><c> judgment,</c>

00:41:54.530 --> 00:41:57.469
and<00:41:54.690><c> salvation</c><00:41:55.150><c> in</c><00:41:55.329><c> the</c><00:41:55.469><c> kingdom.</c><00:41:56.190><c> All</c><00:41:56.489><c> these</c><00:41:56.730><c> things</c><00:41:56.929><c> are</c><00:41:57.170><c> wrapped</c><00:41:57.329><c> up</c>

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in<00:41:57.570><c> the</c><00:41:57.769><c> judgment.</c>

00:41:58.929 --> 00:42:02.869
It's<00:41:59.449><c> no</c><00:41:59.670><c> doubt,</c><00:41:59.989><c> is</c><00:42:00.050><c> it,</c><00:42:00.210><c> that</c><00:42:00.349><c> the</c><00:42:00.449><c> Lord,</c><00:42:01.630><c> that</c><00:42:02.150><c> Paul,</c><00:42:02.690><c> when</c>

00:42:02.869 --> 00:42:05.429
he<00:42:03.150><c> preached,</c><00:42:03.969><c> almost</c><00:42:04.230><c> always</c><00:42:04.789><c> preached</c><00:42:05.130><c> about</c>

00:42:05.429 --> 00:42:09.030
the<00:42:05.670><c> resurrection,</c><00:42:06.730><c> even</c><00:42:07.090><c> when</c><00:42:07.230><c> he</c><00:42:07.469><c> preached</c><00:42:07.690><c> to</c><00:42:07.949><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:42:09.389 --> 00:42:11.550
In<00:42:09.670><c> fact,</c><00:42:10.510><c> look</c><00:42:10.690><c> at</c><00:42:10.829><c> the</c><00:42:11.010><c> message</c><00:42:11.289><c> that</c>

00:42:11.550 --> 00:42:15.110
went<00:42:11.630><c> to</c><00:42:11.809><c> the</c><00:42:11.969><c> Gentiles</c><00:42:12.409><c> in</c><00:42:12.630><c> Acts</c><00:42:12.889><c> chapter</c><00:42:13.250><c> 17</c><00:42:13.789><c> on</c><00:42:14.010><c> Mars</c><00:42:14.289><c> Hill.</c>

00:42:15.190 --> 00:42:17.150
He<00:42:15.409><c> identified,</c><00:42:15.989><c> the</c><00:42:16.210><c> identification</c><00:42:16.750><c> of</c><00:42:17.010><c> God</c>

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as<00:42:17.369><c> the</c><00:42:17.369><c> only</c><00:42:17.769><c> deity</c><00:42:18.289><c> who</c><00:42:18.630><c> was</c><00:42:18.829><c> in</c><00:42:18.929><c> control</c><00:42:19.190><c> of</c><00:42:19.409><c> all</c><00:42:19.570><c> life,</c><00:42:19.949><c> unknown</c><00:42:20.210><c> to</c>

00:42:20.409 --> 00:42:23.010
most<00:42:20.670><c> men.</c><00:42:21.489><c> Remember,</c><00:42:21.989><c> he</c><00:42:22.150><c> could</c><00:42:22.469><c> not</c><00:42:22.650><c> go</c>

00:42:23.010 --> 00:42:28.010
back<00:42:23.289><c> to</c><00:42:23.429><c> the</c><00:42:23.530><c> Old</c><00:42:23.710><c> Testament</c><00:42:24.130><c> to</c><00:42:24.630><c> teach</c><00:42:24.809><c> these</c><00:42:25.050><c> folks.</c><00:42:26.510><c> He</c><00:42:26.710><c> talked</c><00:42:26.929><c> about</c><00:42:27.130><c> God</c><00:42:27.429><c> working</c><00:42:27.750><c> a</c>

00:42:28.010 --> 00:42:28.829
master<00:42:28.269><c> plan</c><00:42:28.610><c> and</c>

00:42:28.829 --> 00:42:32.309
desiring<00:42:29.250><c> to</c><00:42:29.550><c> save</c><00:42:29.969><c> men</c><00:42:30.329><c> and</c><00:42:30.530><c> women.</c><00:42:31.289><c> And</c><00:42:31.409><c> he</c><00:42:31.590><c> commands</c><00:42:31.909><c> all</c>

00:42:32.309 --> 00:42:35.150
men,<00:42:32.570><c> not</c><00:42:32.769><c> only</c><00:42:33.050><c> Jews,</c><00:42:33.469><c> to</c><00:42:33.630><c> repent</c><00:42:34.130><c> and</c><00:42:34.670><c> is</c><00:42:34.829><c> appointed</c>

00:42:35.150 --> 00:42:39.030
a<00:42:35.409><c> given</c><00:42:35.610><c> day</c><00:42:36.050><c> with</c><00:42:36.269><c> a</c><00:42:36.429><c> sense</c><00:42:36.570><c> of</c><00:42:36.789><c> urgency</c><00:42:37.130><c> for</c><00:42:37.429><c> them.</c><00:42:38.630><c> And</c><00:42:38.869><c> that</c><00:42:38.929><c> he</c>

00:42:39.030 --> 00:42:41.389
has<00:42:39.190><c> provided</c><00:42:39.489><c> Jesus</c><00:42:40.010><c> as</c><00:42:40.510><c> the</c><00:42:40.769><c> judge</c><00:42:40.969><c> and</c><00:42:41.150><c> has</c>

00:42:41.389 --> 00:42:43.630
raised<00:42:41.590><c> him</c><00:42:41.769><c> from</c><00:42:41.949><c> the</c><00:42:42.130><c> dead</c><00:42:42.329><c> to</c><00:42:42.809><c> give</c><00:42:42.929><c> us</c><00:42:43.110><c> assurance.</c><00:42:43.489><c> And</c>

00:42:43.630 --> 00:42:45.050
when<00:42:43.769><c> those</c><00:42:43.989><c> Greeks</c><00:42:44.190><c> heard</c><00:42:44.389><c> about</c><00:42:44.570><c> the</c><00:42:44.730><c> resurrection</c>

00:42:45.050 --> 00:42:48.070
of<00:42:45.190><c> the</c><00:42:45.250><c> dead,</c><00:42:45.789><c> some</c><00:42:45.969><c> of</c><00:42:46.090><c> them</c><00:42:46.230><c> walked</c><00:42:46.469><c> away</c><00:42:46.690><c> and</c><00:42:46.829><c> said,</c><00:42:46.969><c> that's</c><00:42:47.090><c> the</c><00:42:47.090><c> most</c><00:42:47.289><c> ridiculous</c><00:42:47.710><c> thing</c><00:42:47.909><c> I</c>

00:42:48.070 --> 00:42:48.489
ever<00:42:48.210><c> heard.</c>

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But<00:42:49.050><c> some</c><00:42:49.250><c> people</c><00:42:49.429><c> said,</c><00:42:49.570><c> I</c><00:42:49.630><c> want</c><00:42:49.750><c> to</c><00:42:49.829><c> hear</c><00:42:49.909><c> more</c><00:42:50.110><c> about</c><00:42:50.369><c> this.</c>

00:42:51.050 --> 00:42:54.110
And<00:42:51.230><c> other</c><00:42:51.409><c> people</c><00:42:51.750><c> said,</c><00:42:52.389><c> they</c><00:42:52.849><c> claved</c><00:42:53.150><c> to</c><00:42:53.309><c> him.</c>

00:42:54.650 --> 00:42:57.329
So<00:42:54.849><c> the</c><00:42:55.050><c> preaching</c><00:42:55.269><c> of</c><00:42:55.429><c> the</c><00:42:55.590><c> Gentiles,</c><00:42:56.690><c> the</c><00:42:56.929><c> acknowledgement</c>

00:42:57.329 --> 00:42:59.889
of<00:42:58.010><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:58.309><c> as</c><00:42:58.469><c> the</c><00:42:58.730><c> only</c><00:42:58.949><c> God,</c>

00:43:00.090 --> 00:43:04.130
share<00:43:00.309><c> his</c><00:43:00.610><c> plan</c><00:43:00.849><c> for</c><00:43:01.070><c> this</c><00:43:01.250><c> earth</c><00:43:01.409><c> and</c><00:43:01.550><c> its</c><00:43:01.750><c> beauty,</c><00:43:03.110><c> describe</c><00:43:03.610><c> the</c><00:43:03.730><c> role</c><00:43:03.909><c> of</c>

00:43:04.130 --> 00:43:05.530
Jesus<00:43:04.449><c> as</c><00:43:04.710><c> the</c><00:43:04.949><c> judge</c><00:43:05.150><c> of</c><00:43:05.329><c> the</c>

00:43:05.530 --> 00:43:10.170
earth,<00:43:05.989><c> and</c><00:43:06.369><c> ensure</c><00:43:06.690><c> that</c><00:43:06.849><c> there's</c><00:43:07.090><c> a</c><00:43:07.329><c> message</c><00:43:07.610><c> of</c><00:43:07.909><c> urgency</c><00:43:08.389><c> strongly</c><00:43:09.030><c> made</c><00:43:09.489><c> and</c><00:43:09.909><c> a</c>

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personal<00:43:10.409><c> need</c><00:43:10.630><c> for</c><00:43:10.869><c> repentance.</c>

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And<00:43:11.989><c> finally,</c><00:43:12.650><c> that</c><00:43:12.670><c> all</c><00:43:12.929><c> is</c><00:43:13.130><c> made</c><00:43:13.309><c> possible</c><00:43:13.949><c> by</c><00:43:14.389><c> the</c><00:43:14.690><c> assurance</c><00:43:15.130><c> in</c><00:43:15.750><c> the</c>

00:43:15.929 --> 00:43:17.929
raising<00:43:16.170><c> of</c><00:43:16.409><c> Jesus</c><00:43:16.730><c> from</c><00:43:16.969><c> the</c><00:43:17.150><c> dead.</c>

00:43:18.250 --> 00:43:20.610
Interesting,<00:43:18.670><c> isn't</c><00:43:18.750><c> it?</c><00:43:18.949><c> Little</c><00:43:19.329><c> guidelines,</c><00:43:20.170><c> guideposts</c>

00:43:20.610 --> 00:43:21.829
for<00:43:20.690><c> us</c><00:43:20.869><c> to</c><00:43:21.070><c> use</c><00:43:21.190><c> when</c><00:43:21.349><c> we</c><00:43:21.610><c> preach.</c>

00:43:22.110 --> 00:43:24.429
Preach<00:43:22.449><c> to</c><00:43:22.570><c> those</c><00:43:22.809><c> who</c><00:43:22.949><c> have</c><00:43:23.110><c> a</c><00:43:23.250><c> knowledge</c><00:43:23.429><c> of</c><00:43:23.590><c> the</c><00:43:23.710><c> Bible</c><00:43:23.969><c> and</c>

00:43:24.429 --> 00:43:25.909
in<00:43:24.590><c> preaching</c><00:43:24.889><c> to</c><00:43:25.050><c> those</c><00:43:25.309><c> who</c><00:43:25.489><c> do</c><00:43:25.650><c> not.</c>

00:43:26.210 --> 00:43:29.150
They<00:43:26.449><c> always</c><00:43:26.869><c> involve</c><00:43:27.389><c> the</c><00:43:27.869><c> raising</c><00:43:28.130><c> of</c><00:43:28.329><c> Jesus</c><00:43:28.650><c> Christ</c><00:43:28.929><c> from</c>

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the<00:43:29.349><c> dead.</c>

00:43:31.230 --> 00:43:34.289
So<00:43:31.469><c> some</c><00:43:31.650><c> of</c><00:43:31.809><c> Paul's</c><00:43:32.170><c> closing</c><00:43:32.369><c> words.</c><00:43:33.369><c> Paul,</c><00:43:33.690><c> who</c><00:43:33.829><c> had</c><00:43:34.030><c> been</c>

00:43:34.289 --> 00:43:36.389
developed<00:43:34.610><c> by</c><00:43:34.889><c> the</c><00:43:35.070><c> Lord</c><00:43:35.329><c> through</c><00:43:35.610><c> his</c><00:43:35.929><c> life,</c><00:43:36.289><c> says,</c>

00:43:36.389 --> 00:43:39.969
I<00:43:37.170><c> am</c><00:43:37.309><c> now</c><00:43:37.630><c> ready</c><00:43:37.829><c> to</c><00:43:37.989><c> be</c><00:43:38.230><c> offered,</c><00:43:38.489><c> and</c><00:43:38.710><c> the</c><00:43:38.909><c> time</c><00:43:39.050><c> of</c><00:43:39.230><c> my</c><00:43:39.389><c> departure</c><00:43:39.769><c> is</c>

00:43:39.969 --> 00:43:40.389
at<00:43:40.130><c> hand.</c>

00:43:40.769 --> 00:43:44.469
I<00:43:40.949><c> have</c><00:43:41.210><c> fought</c><00:43:41.650><c> a</c><00:43:41.909><c> good</c><00:43:42.170><c> fight.</c><00:43:42.530><c> I</c><00:43:42.650><c> have</c><00:43:42.889><c> finished</c><00:43:43.150><c> my</c><00:43:43.429><c> course.</c><00:43:44.090><c> I</c><00:43:44.190><c> have</c>

00:43:44.469 --> 00:43:46.090
kept<00:43:44.650><c> the</c><00:43:44.949><c> faith.</c><00:43:45.570><c> Henceforth,</c>

00:43:46.090 --> 00:43:49.610
there<00:43:46.250><c> is</c><00:43:46.489><c> laid</c><00:43:46.630><c> up</c><00:43:46.769><c> for</c><00:43:46.949><c> me</c><00:43:47.269><c> a</c><00:43:47.690><c> crown</c><00:43:47.929><c> of</c><00:43:48.190><c> righteousness,</c><00:43:49.130><c> which</c><00:43:49.349><c> the</c>

00:43:49.610 --> 00:43:51.670
Lord,<00:43:50.250><c> the</c><00:43:50.530><c> righteous</c><00:43:50.929><c> judge,</c><00:43:51.389><c> shall</c><00:43:51.489><c> give</c>

00:43:51.670 --> 00:43:56.030
me<00:43:51.849><c> in</c><00:43:51.929><c> that</c><00:43:52.130><c> day.</c><00:43:53.510><c> And</c><00:43:53.829><c> not</c><00:43:53.989><c> to</c><00:43:54.130><c> me</c><00:43:54.289><c> only,</c><00:43:55.110><c> but</c><00:43:55.289><c> unto</c><00:43:55.489><c> all</c><00:43:55.809><c> them</c>

00:43:56.030 --> 00:43:58.750
that<00:43:56.269><c> love</c><00:43:56.469><c> is</c><00:43:56.710><c> appearing.</c><00:43:57.670><c> Wonderful</c><00:43:58.190><c> development</c>

00:43:58.750 --> 00:44:03.349
of<00:43:58.929><c> this</c><00:43:59.130><c> man</c><00:43:59.250><c> who</c><00:43:59.369><c> was</c><00:43:59.670><c> so</c><00:43:59.989><c> resistant</c><00:44:00.469><c> before</c><00:44:01.070><c> and</c><00:44:01.630><c> now</c><00:44:02.110><c> is</c><00:44:02.590><c> willing</c><00:44:02.929><c> to</c>

00:44:03.349 --> 00:44:04.989
put<00:44:03.530><c> all</c><00:44:03.809><c> things</c><00:44:04.070><c> aside</c><00:44:04.510><c> that</c><00:44:04.670><c> he</c><00:44:04.829><c> might</c>

00:44:04.989 --> 00:44:09.030
have<00:44:05.150><c> that</c><00:44:05.429><c> crown</c><00:44:05.690><c> of</c><00:44:05.949><c> righteousness.</c><00:44:08.349><c> Some</c><00:44:08.489><c> of</c><00:44:08.630><c> our</c><00:44:08.769><c> final</c>

00:44:09.030 --> 00:44:10.829
thoughts.<00:44:09.750><c> As</c><00:44:09.969><c> men</c><00:44:10.150><c> and</c><00:44:10.269><c> women</c><00:44:10.409><c> of</c><00:44:10.670><c> faith,</c>

00:44:10.989 --> 00:44:14.769
we<00:44:11.349><c> must</c><00:44:11.710><c> find</c><00:44:12.150><c> a</c><00:44:12.349><c> way</c><00:44:12.530><c> in</c><00:44:12.849><c> our</c><00:44:13.090><c> lives</c><00:44:13.449><c> when</c><00:44:14.010><c> the</c><00:44:14.250><c> Lord</c><00:44:14.409><c> calls</c>

00:44:14.769 --> 00:44:15.929
to<00:44:14.969><c> say</c><00:44:15.190><c> yes.</c>

00:44:17.510 --> 00:44:21.429
Find<00:44:17.929><c> a</c><00:44:18.170><c> way</c><00:44:18.309><c> to</c><00:44:18.590><c> say</c><00:44:18.750><c> yes.</c><00:44:19.829><c> Sometimes</c><00:44:20.289><c> it's</c><00:44:20.469><c> in</c><00:44:20.590><c> the</c><00:44:20.710><c> way</c><00:44:20.849><c> we</c>

00:44:21.429 --> 00:44:23.230
put<00:44:21.630><c> our</c><00:44:21.869><c> lives</c><00:44:22.030><c> together</c><00:44:22.329><c> and</c><00:44:22.449><c> the</c><00:44:22.630><c> things</c><00:44:22.789><c> we</c><00:44:23.010><c> tie</c>

00:44:23.230 --> 00:44:26.530
ourselves<00:44:23.570><c> down</c><00:44:23.889><c> to.</c><00:44:24.550><c> Find</c><00:44:24.929><c> a</c><00:44:25.170><c> way</c><00:44:25.309><c> to</c><00:44:25.590><c> say</c><00:44:25.769><c> yes</c><00:44:26.050><c> to</c><00:44:26.230><c> the</c><00:44:26.389><c> Lord</c>

00:44:26.530 --> 00:44:29.489
when<00:44:26.670><c> you're</c><00:44:26.949><c> called.</c><00:44:28.150><c> And</c><00:44:28.530><c> we</c><00:44:28.670><c> must</c><00:44:28.869><c> do</c><00:44:29.130><c> so</c><00:44:29.329><c> with</c>

00:44:29.489 --> 00:44:34.670
a<00:44:29.670><c> sense</c><00:44:29.849><c> of</c><00:44:30.110><c> urgency</c><00:44:30.530><c> and</c><00:44:30.989><c> a</c><00:44:31.329><c> complete</c><00:44:31.570><c> openness</c><00:44:31.949><c> to</c><00:44:32.230><c> whatever</c><00:44:32.570><c> direction</c><00:44:33.150><c> the</c><00:44:33.690><c> Lord</c><00:44:33.829><c> will</c><00:44:34.090><c> take</c><00:44:34.269><c> us.</c>

00:44:34.989 --> 00:44:40.230
Enter<00:44:35.789><c> into</c><00:44:36.110><c> our</c><00:44:36.389><c> work</c><00:44:36.690><c> with</c><00:44:37.190><c> high</c><00:44:37.550><c> expectations,</c><00:44:39.030><c> recognizing</c><00:44:39.510><c> it's</c><00:44:39.909><c> not</c>

00:44:40.230 --> 00:44:41.230
our<00:44:40.610><c> capabilities</c>

00:44:41.230 --> 00:44:48.710
and<00:44:41.909><c> our</c><00:44:42.230><c> skills,</c><00:44:43.030><c> but</c><00:44:43.289><c> rather</c><00:44:43.769><c> it</c><00:44:44.250><c> is</c><00:44:44.409><c> that</c><00:44:44.610><c> of</c><00:44:44.750><c> the</c><00:44:44.929><c> Lord.</c><00:44:46.829><c> And</c><00:44:47.110><c> therefore,</c><00:44:48.130><c> the</c><00:44:48.309><c> vision</c><00:44:48.530><c> of</c>

00:44:48.710 --> 00:44:49.090
the<00:44:48.929><c> truth</c>

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must<00:44:49.329><c> become</c><00:44:49.710><c> superior</c><00:44:50.309><c> to</c><00:44:50.869><c> all</c><00:44:51.130><c> other</c><00:44:51.329><c> pursuits</c><00:44:51.750><c> in</c><00:44:51.909><c> our</c><00:44:52.050><c> lives.</c><00:44:52.849><c> The</c>

00:44:53.090 --> 00:44:55.409
crown<00:44:53.329><c> of</c><00:44:53.630><c> righteousness</c><00:44:54.030><c> that</c><00:44:54.449><c> Paul</c><00:44:54.750><c> saw</c>

00:44:55.409 --> 00:44:58.590
far<00:44:56.130><c> exceeded</c><00:44:56.670><c> the</c><00:44:56.989><c> brilliance</c><00:44:57.309><c> of</c><00:44:57.650><c> any</c><00:44:57.929><c> other</c><00:44:58.170><c> reward</c><00:44:58.469><c> that</c>

00:44:58.590 --> 00:45:02.489
he<00:44:58.670><c> might</c><00:44:58.929><c> have.</c><00:44:59.889><c> Moses</c><00:45:00.570><c> chose</c><00:45:01.150><c> to</c><00:45:01.610><c> suffer</c>

00:45:02.670 --> 00:45:08.309
that<00:45:03.210><c> he</c><00:45:03.449><c> might,</c><00:45:03.829><c> and</c><00:45:03.949><c> he</c><00:45:04.150><c> chose</c><00:45:04.429><c> to</c><00:45:04.750><c> suffer</c><00:45:05.150><c> for</c><00:45:06.050><c> Christ</c><00:45:06.789><c> rather</c><00:45:07.889><c> than</c>

00:45:08.309 --> 00:45:10.550
to<00:45:08.710><c> have</c><00:45:08.869><c> the</c><00:45:09.110><c> riches</c><00:45:09.429><c> in</c><00:45:09.710><c> Egypt.</c>

00:45:10.909 --> 00:45:13.670
And<00:45:11.090><c> so</c><00:45:11.250><c> let</c><00:45:11.429><c> us,</c><00:45:11.789><c> brothers</c><00:45:11.829><c> and</c><00:45:12.090><c> sisters,</c><00:45:12.849><c> have</c><00:45:13.110><c> a</c><00:45:13.329><c> vision</c><00:45:13.489><c> of</c>

00:45:13.670 --> 00:45:15.730
the<00:45:13.909><c> truth</c><00:45:14.130><c> which</c><00:45:14.590><c> is</c><00:45:14.989><c> filled</c><00:45:15.369><c> with</c>

00:45:15.730 --> 00:45:19.570
possibilities,<00:45:17.070><c> filled</c><00:45:17.309><c> with</c><00:45:17.590><c> optimism,</c><00:45:18.710><c> and</c><00:45:19.050><c> to</c><00:45:19.230><c> be</c><00:45:19.389><c> able</c>

00:45:19.570 --> 00:45:21.949
to<00:45:19.829><c> do</c><00:45:20.070><c> what</c><00:45:20.369><c> Paul</c><00:45:20.650><c> says,</c><00:45:20.909><c> to</c><00:45:21.130><c> reach</c><00:45:21.409><c> out</c><00:45:21.610><c> with</c><00:45:21.750><c> his</c>

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hands,<00:45:22.809><c> putting</c><00:45:23.010><c> all</c><00:45:23.309><c> other</c><00:45:23.510><c> things</c><00:45:23.809><c> aside,</c><00:45:24.909><c> and</c><00:45:25.250><c> being</c><00:45:25.469><c> able</c>

00:45:25.730 --> 00:45:28.309
to<00:45:26.530><c> reach</c><00:45:26.889><c> for</c><00:45:27.150><c> that</c><00:45:27.349><c> crown</c><00:45:27.590><c> of</c><00:45:27.849><c> righteousness</c>

00:45:28.309 --> 00:45:31.409
that<00:45:29.010><c> the</c><00:45:29.469><c> Lord,</c><00:45:29.909><c> the</c><00:45:30.050><c> righteous</c><00:45:30.409><c> judge,</c><00:45:30.909><c> will</c><00:45:30.949><c> give</c><00:45:31.090><c> us</c><00:45:31.309><c> in</c>

00:45:31.409 --> 00:45:33.809
that<00:45:31.590><c> day.</c><00:45:32.710><c> Brothers</c><00:45:32.809><c> and</c><00:45:33.010><c> sisters,</c><00:45:33.309><c> let</c><00:45:33.449><c> us</c><00:45:33.590><c> learn</c>

00:45:33.809 --> 00:45:37.969
from<00:45:33.989><c> these</c><00:45:34.250><c> two</c><00:45:34.409><c> men</c><00:45:34.829><c> who</c><00:45:35.449><c> found</c><00:45:35.949><c> in</c><00:45:36.110><c> their</c><00:45:36.369><c> lives</c><00:45:36.909><c> a</c><00:45:37.309><c> willingness</c><00:45:37.650><c> to</c><00:45:37.889><c> do</c>

00:45:37.969 --> 00:45:39.269
whatever<00:45:38.409><c> the</c><00:45:38.650><c> Lord</c><00:45:38.829><c> would</c><00:45:39.010><c> ask</c>

00:45:39.269 --> 00:45:42.630
them<00:45:39.429><c> to</c><00:45:39.630><c> do,</c><00:45:40.329><c> didn't</c><00:45:40.670><c> tie</c><00:45:41.010><c> themselves</c><00:45:41.429><c> down</c><00:45:41.909><c> so</c><00:45:42.190><c> much</c><00:45:42.309><c> in</c><00:45:42.449><c> the</c>

00:45:42.630 --> 00:45:44.590
world<00:45:42.889><c> that</c><00:45:43.210><c> it</c><00:45:43.429><c> prevented</c><00:45:43.650><c> them</c><00:45:43.909><c> from</c><00:45:44.130><c> doing</c><00:45:44.309><c> those</c>

00:45:44.590 --> 00:45:49.489
kinds<00:45:44.849><c> of</c><00:45:45.030><c> things.</c><00:45:45.809><c> So</c><00:45:46.250><c> that</c><00:45:46.489><c> we</c><00:45:46.809><c> too,</c><00:45:46.969><c> when</c><00:45:47.150><c> we're</c><00:45:47.429><c> called,</c><00:45:48.690><c> might</c><00:45:48.829><c> do</c><00:45:49.030><c> so</c><00:45:49.150><c> with</c><00:45:49.369><c> a</c>

00:45:49.489 --> 00:45:50.349
sense<00:45:49.670><c> of</c><00:45:49.909><c> urgency,</c>

00:45:50.349 --> 00:45:56.989
that<00:45:51.409><c> we</c><00:45:51.690><c> run,</c><00:45:52.829><c> that</c><00:45:52.929><c> we</c><00:45:53.289><c> understand</c><00:45:53.909><c> the</c><00:45:54.530><c> need</c><00:45:54.769><c> for</c><00:45:55.110><c> us</c><00:45:55.469><c> to</c><00:45:55.909><c> rapidly</c><00:45:56.329><c> respond</c><00:45:56.789><c> to</c>

00:45:56.989 --> 00:45:59.510
our<00:45:57.130><c> Lord.</c><00:45:58.090><c> May</c><00:45:58.190><c> it</c><00:45:58.309><c> be</c><00:45:58.530><c> so.</c>