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this<00:11:08.240><c> is</c><00:11:08.879><c> like</c><00:11:09.019><c> an</c><00:11:09.259><c> advanced</c><00:11:09.620><c> graduate</c><00:11:10.000><c> class.</c>

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Seriously,<00:11:11.820><c> just</c><00:11:12.019><c> from</c><00:11:12.139><c> the</c><00:11:12.340><c> questions</c><00:11:12.639><c> and</c><00:11:12.899><c> stuff</c><00:11:13.059><c> I've</c>

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knowing<00:13:43.240><c> that</c><00:13:43.480><c> he's</c><00:13:44.059><c> soon</c><00:13:44.580><c> to</c><00:13:44.840><c> be</c><00:13:45.039><c> martyred.</c>

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And<00:13:46.399><c> he</c><00:13:46.480><c> says,</c><00:13:46.980><c> henceforth,</c><00:13:48.860><c> there</c><00:13:49.039><c> is</c><00:13:49.299><c> laid</c><00:13:49.460><c> up</c><00:13:49.659><c> for</c><00:13:49.820><c> me</c><00:13:50.019><c> a</c><00:13:50.460><c> crown</c><00:13:50.740><c> or</c>

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a<00:13:51.179><c> Stephanos</c><00:13:51.980><c> of</c><00:13:53.039><c> righteousness,</c>

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which<00:13:54.559><c> the</c><00:13:54.940><c> Lord,</c><00:13:55.340><c> the</c><00:13:55.460><c> righteous</c><00:13:55.899><c> judge,</c><00:13:56.639><c> shall</c><00:13:56.779><c> give</c><00:13:56.980><c> me</c><00:13:57.200><c> at</c>

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that<00:13:57.899><c> day,</c>

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and<00:13:58.899><c> not</c><00:13:59.200><c> to</c><00:13:59.519><c> me</c><00:13:59.860><c> only,</c><00:14:00.539><c> but</c><00:14:00.639><c> unto</c><00:14:01.019><c> all</c><00:14:01.440><c> them</c><00:14:01.820><c> also</c><00:14:02.279><c> that</c><00:14:02.659><c> love</c>

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his<00:14:03.419><c> appearing.</c>

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And<00:14:05.539><c> you</c><00:14:05.600><c> can</c><00:14:05.820><c> see</c><00:14:06.039><c> we're</c><00:14:06.360><c> included</c><00:14:06.720><c> in</c><00:14:06.899><c> this.</c>

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We<00:14:08.500><c> too</c><00:14:09.320><c> should</c><00:14:10.720><c> be,</c><00:14:11.399><c> must</c><00:14:11.700><c> be,</c><00:14:12.299><c> will</c><00:14:12.539><c> be</c><00:14:13.399><c> men</c><00:14:13.860><c> and</c><00:14:14.100><c> women</c><00:14:14.419><c> of</c><00:14:14.759><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:14:16.759><c> just</c><00:14:17.159><c> at</c><00:14:17.620><c> the</c><00:14:17.779><c> end</c><00:14:17.940><c> of</c><00:14:18.120><c> the</c><00:14:18.279><c> previous</c><00:14:18.639><c> verse,</c><00:14:18.919><c> verse</c><00:14:19.159><c> 7,</c>

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we<00:14:20.620><c> get</c><00:14:20.759><c> his</c><00:14:21.000><c> nomination</c><00:14:21.600><c> to</c><00:14:21.860><c> this</c><00:14:22.840><c> hall</c><00:14:23.139><c> of</c><00:14:23.519><c> fame</c><00:14:23.960><c> of</c><00:14:25.100><c> faithful</c><00:14:25.500><c> people.</c>

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So<00:14:26.039><c> I</c><00:14:26.759><c> have</c><00:14:27.360><c> kept</c><00:14:27.899><c> the</c><00:14:28.580><c> faith.</c>

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He<00:14:30.940><c> overcame,</c><00:14:31.679><c> became</c><00:14:32.019><c> one</c><00:14:32.240><c> of</c><00:14:32.340><c> the</c><00:14:32.480><c> worst</c><00:14:32.679><c> sins</c><00:14:32.960><c> I</c><00:14:33.139><c> can</c><00:14:33.379><c> ever</c>

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think<00:14:33.879><c> of.</c>

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Murder.<00:14:36.799><c> Deliberate,</c><00:14:37.559><c> premeditated</c><00:14:38.500><c> murder.</c>

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He<00:14:40.080><c> was</c><00:14:40.299><c> in</c><00:14:40.500><c> charge</c><00:14:40.700><c> of</c><00:14:40.960><c> murdering</c><00:14:41.460><c> Stephen.</c>

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And<00:14:42.340><c> the</c><00:14:42.500><c> implication</c><00:14:42.980><c> is</c><00:14:43.360><c> he</c><00:14:43.600><c> probably</c><00:14:44.139><c> did</c><00:14:44.399><c> that</c><00:14:44.639><c> to</c><00:14:44.860><c> others</c><00:14:45.080><c> also.</c>

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And<00:14:47.240><c> yet</c><00:14:47.419><c> God</c><00:14:47.759><c> forgave</c><00:14:48.279><c> him</c><00:14:48.480><c> and</c><00:14:48.559><c> he</c><00:14:48.879><c> turned</c><00:14:49.100><c> his</c><00:14:49.320><c> zeal</c><00:14:49.500><c> completely</c><00:14:50.080><c> around</c>

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into<00:14:50.720><c> the</c><00:14:50.899><c> work</c><00:14:51.039><c> of</c><00:14:51.200><c> the</c><00:14:51.360><c> truth.</c>

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Paul<00:14:54.120><c> would</c><00:14:54.460><c> probably</c><00:14:55.019><c> have</c><00:14:55.360><c> a</c><00:14:55.700><c> problem</c><00:14:56.299><c> being</c><00:14:57.919><c> re</c><00:14:58.460><c>-fellowshipped</c><00:14:58.899><c> in</c><00:14:59.139><c> most</c>

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ecclesiastes<00:14:59.940><c> in</c><00:15:00.080><c> the</c><00:15:00.179><c> United</c><00:15:00.440><c> States</c>

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and<00:15:01.539><c> probably</c><00:15:02.139><c> Canada</c><00:15:02.580><c> too.</c>

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He<00:15:05.840><c> had</c><00:15:06.019><c> a</c><00:15:06.259><c> problem</c><00:15:06.860><c> getting</c><00:15:07.320><c> fellowship</c><00:15:07.759><c> in</c><00:15:07.899><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:08.360><c> even</c>

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then,<00:15:09.019><c> didn't</c><00:15:09.159><c> he?</c>

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It<00:15:10.279><c> was</c><00:15:10.480><c> Barnabas</c><00:15:10.899><c> who</c><00:15:11.059><c> had</c><00:15:11.220><c> to</c><00:15:11.460><c> go</c><00:15:11.620><c> and</c><00:15:11.840><c> vouch</c><00:15:12.059><c> for</c><00:15:12.379><c> him</c><00:15:12.480><c> and</c><00:15:12.700><c> say,</c>

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he's<00:15:13.580><c> okay,</c><00:15:14.379><c> he's</c><00:15:14.759><c> changed,</c><00:15:15.379><c> he's</c><00:15:15.799><c> really</c><00:15:16.139><c> changed.</c>

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A<00:15:18.120><c> little</c><00:15:18.200><c> bit</c><00:15:18.320><c> of</c><00:15:18.460><c> a</c><00:15:18.539><c> lesson</c><00:15:18.720><c> there</c><00:15:18.980><c> sometimes.</c>

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Sometimes<00:15:19.779><c> it</c><00:15:19.960><c> does</c><00:15:20.259><c> take</c><00:15:20.639><c> a</c><00:15:21.340><c> respected</c><00:15:21.820><c> brother</c><00:15:22.259><c> to</c><00:15:22.960><c> overcome</c><00:15:23.419><c> some</c><00:15:23.679><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:24.659><c> problems</c>

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or<00:15:25.320><c> maybe</c><00:15:25.600><c> self</c><00:15:25.860><c>-righteousness</c><00:15:26.480><c> of</c><00:15:26.639><c> an</c><00:15:26.899><c> ecclesia</c><00:15:27.259><c> to</c><00:15:27.460><c> put</c>

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something<00:15:28.039><c> across</c>

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and<00:15:28.759><c> make</c><00:15:28.980><c> them</c><00:15:29.500><c> understand</c><00:15:30.320><c> the</c><00:15:30.600><c> spiritual</c><00:15:30.980><c> principles.</c>

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It's<00:15:32.039><c> nothing</c><00:15:32.240><c> wrong</c><00:15:32.500><c> with</c><00:15:32.679><c> learning</c><00:15:32.960><c> from</c><00:15:33.200><c> that</c><00:15:33.399><c> example.</c>

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But<00:15:35.799><c> you</c><00:15:35.940><c> know</c><00:15:36.120><c> this</c><00:15:36.419><c> play</c><00:15:36.639><c> on</c><00:15:36.899><c> words</c><00:15:37.120><c> about</c><00:15:37.460><c> the</c><00:15:37.879><c> crown</c><00:15:38.159><c> of</c><00:15:38.379><c> Stefanus</c><00:15:38.879><c> of</c><00:15:39.120><c> righteousness,</c>

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it<00:15:40.419><c> stuck</c><00:15:40.639><c> out</c><00:15:40.899><c> when</c><00:15:41.039><c> reading</c><00:15:41.320><c> Timothy's</c><00:15:42.039><c> 30</c><00:15:42.279><c> years</c><00:15:42.639><c> later</c><00:15:43.139><c> from</c><00:15:43.860><c> what</c><00:15:44.220><c> was</c><00:15:44.600><c> written</c><00:15:44.820><c> in</c>

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that<00:15:45.320><c> passage</c><00:15:45.639><c> in</c><00:15:45.860><c> Acts.</c>

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His<00:15:46.700><c> entire</c><00:15:47.399><c> life</c><00:15:48.100><c> that</c><00:15:48.840><c> stuck</c><00:15:49.080><c> with</c><00:15:49.259><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:15:51.799><c> Paul,</c><00:15:54.240><c> turn</c><00:15:54.360><c> to</c><00:15:54.620><c> Acts</c><00:15:54.860><c> chapter</c><00:15:55.299><c> 11,</c>

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Paul,<00:15:57.879><c> some</c><00:15:58.080><c> people</c><00:15:58.399><c> have</c><00:15:58.720><c> contested</c><00:15:59.240><c> that</c><00:15:59.399><c> Paul</c><00:15:59.840><c> is</c><00:16:00.059><c> not</c><00:16:00.299><c> the</c>

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author<00:16:00.700><c> of</c><00:16:00.919><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:01.100><c> 11</c>

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because<00:16:01.779><c> so</c><00:16:02.019><c> many</c><00:16:02.179><c> of</c><00:16:02.320><c> his</c><00:16:02.480><c> letters</c><00:16:02.659><c> he</c><00:16:03.019><c> started</c><00:16:03.179><c> off</c><00:16:03.460><c> saying</c><00:16:03.759><c> it.</c>

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I<00:16:04.860><c> don't</c><00:16:05.840><c> particularly</c><00:16:06.379><c> agree</c><00:16:06.820><c> with</c><00:16:07.080><c> that</c><00:16:07.600><c> and</c><00:16:07.940><c> I</c><00:16:08.220><c> suggest</c><00:16:08.700><c> my</c>

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own<00:16:09.440><c> feeling</c><00:16:09.740><c> is</c><00:16:10.200><c> that</c><00:16:11.000><c> he</c><00:16:11.200><c> was</c><00:16:11.440><c> the</c><00:16:11.639><c> writer</c><00:16:11.840><c> of</c><00:16:12.080><c> Hebrews</c>

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and<00:16:12.379><c> I</c><00:16:12.500><c> pointed</c><00:16:12.840><c> out</c><00:16:13.120><c> through</c><00:16:13.299><c> the</c><00:16:13.480><c> week</c><00:16:13.720><c> some</c><00:16:14.320><c> of</c><00:16:14.440><c> the</c><00:16:14.600><c> little</c>

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hints<00:16:15.159><c> in</c><00:16:15.799><c> style</c><00:16:16.259><c> and</c><00:16:16.600><c> content.</c>

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But<00:16:18.059><c> if</c><00:16:18.159><c> you</c><00:16:18.299><c> don't</c><00:16:18.460><c> agree</c><00:16:18.740><c> with</c><00:16:18.980><c> me,</c><00:16:19.500><c> it's</c><00:16:19.879><c> fine.</c>

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Just<00:16:22.100><c> the</c><00:16:22.500><c> principles</c><00:16:23.000><c> will</c><00:16:23.659><c> still</c><00:16:23.820><c> come</c><00:16:24.080><c> through.</c>

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Verse<00:16:25.860><c> 33,</c><00:16:27.399><c> he</c><00:16:27.559><c> says,</c>

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who<00:16:28.340><c> through</c><00:16:28.740><c> faith</c><00:16:29.360><c> subdued</c><00:16:31.100><c> kingdoms,</c><00:16:31.720><c> wrought</c><00:16:31.899><c> righteousness,</c><00:16:32.659><c> obtained</c><00:16:32.919><c> promises,</c>

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stopped<00:16:33.879><c> the</c><00:16:34.080><c> mouths</c><00:16:34.279><c> of</c><00:16:34.559><c> lions,</c><00:16:34.940><c> quenched</c><00:16:35.179><c> the</c><00:16:35.419><c> violence</c><00:16:35.679><c> of</c>

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fire<00:16:36.059><c> and</c><00:16:36.240><c> so</c><00:16:36.500><c> on</c><00:16:36.820><c> and</c><00:16:36.820><c> so</c><00:16:37.059><c> on,</c>

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verse<00:16:37.360><c> 35,</c><00:16:38.480><c> that</c><00:16:38.940><c> they</c><00:16:39.840><c> might</c><00:16:40.299><c> obtain</c><00:16:40.940><c> a</c><00:16:41.659><c> better</c><00:16:41.919><c> resurrection.</c>

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Now<00:16:43.259><c> that's</c><00:16:43.820><c> a</c><00:16:43.940><c> little</c><00:16:44.080><c> bit</c><00:16:44.220><c> of</c><00:16:44.440><c> a</c><00:16:44.519><c> strange</c><00:16:44.759><c> phrase</c><00:16:45.139><c> in</c><00:16:45.320><c> verse</c>

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33<00:16:46.000><c> of</c><00:16:46.200><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.580><c> 11,</c>

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a<00:16:47.259><c> better</c><00:16:47.519><c> resurrection.</c>

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How<00:16:48.100><c> can</c><00:16:48.259><c> you</c><00:16:48.360><c> get</c><00:16:48.460><c> any</c><00:16:48.779><c> better</c><00:16:48.980><c> than</c><00:16:49.159><c> a</c><00:16:49.379><c> resurrection?</c>

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Hebrews<00:16:53.399><c> 11.</c>

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I'm<00:16:55.379><c> sorry.</c>

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Sorry<00:16:56.179><c> about</c><00:16:56.379><c> that.</c>

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Okay,<00:16:58.940><c> I'll</c><00:16:59.019><c> give</c><00:16:59.080><c> you</c><00:16:59.220><c> a</c><00:16:59.320><c> chance</c><00:16:59.399><c> to</c><00:16:59.620><c> catch</c><00:16:59.840><c> up.</c>

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I<00:17:00.340><c> lost</c><00:17:00.659><c> you.</c>

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We'll<00:17:01.740><c> derive</c><00:17:01.980><c> it</c><00:17:02.200><c> another</c><00:17:02.379><c> way.</c>

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Hebrews<00:17:05.000><c> 11,</c><00:17:05.759><c> verse</c><00:17:05.980><c> 35,</c><00:17:06.500><c> the</c><00:17:06.619><c> end</c><00:17:06.799><c> of</c><00:17:06.920><c> the</c><00:17:07.019><c> verse,</c>

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that<00:17:07.660><c> they</c><00:17:07.940><c> might</c><00:17:08.220><c> obtain</c><00:17:08.740><c> a</c><00:17:09.220><c> better</c><00:17:09.579><c> resurrection.</c>

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How<00:17:10.259><c> can</c><00:17:10.400><c> you</c><00:17:10.539><c> obtain</c><00:17:10.740><c> better</c><00:17:11.079><c> than</c><00:17:11.279><c> resurrection?</c>

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I<00:17:13.220><c> mean,</c><00:17:13.339><c> I'll</c><00:17:13.619><c> settle</c><00:17:13.740><c> for</c><00:17:13.940><c> an</c><00:17:14.079><c> ordinary</c><00:17:14.460><c> resurrection.</c>

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What<00:17:16.500><c> did</c><00:17:16.619><c> he</c><00:17:16.740><c> mean?</c>

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Life.

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Life<00:17:19.480><c> forever,</c><00:17:22.140><c> without</c><00:17:22.480><c> question.</c>

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Those<00:17:25.559><c> who</c><00:17:25.900><c> seek</c><00:17:26.160><c> life</c><00:17:26.619><c> in</c><00:17:27.000><c> this</c><00:17:27.319><c> life</c><00:17:27.700><c> don't</c><00:17:28.059><c> get</c><00:17:28.359><c> life.</c>

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That<00:17:30.980><c> may</c><00:17:31.119><c> be</c><00:17:31.259><c> a</c><00:17:31.359><c> funny</c><00:17:31.500><c> way</c><00:17:31.700><c> of</c><00:17:31.740><c> putting</c><00:17:31.960><c> it,</c>

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but<00:17:32.660><c> if</c><00:17:32.799><c> you</c><00:17:33.039><c> seek</c><00:17:33.279><c> life</c><00:17:33.539><c> in</c><00:17:33.720><c> this</c><00:17:33.920><c> life,</c><00:17:34.180><c> you</c><00:17:34.299><c> don't</c><00:17:34.519><c> get</c><00:17:34.740><c> it.</c>

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You've<00:17:36.339><c> traded</c><00:17:36.519><c> off</c><00:17:37.099><c> three</c><00:17:37.400><c> score</c><00:17:37.640><c> and</c><00:17:37.859><c> ten,</c><00:17:38.220><c> or</c><00:17:38.420><c> plus</c><00:17:38.599><c> whatever,</c>

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for<00:17:40.099><c> something</c><00:17:40.380><c> that's</c><00:17:40.680><c> forever.</c>

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That's<00:17:42.140><c> not</c><00:17:42.319><c> a</c><00:17:42.420><c> good</c><00:17:42.599><c> trade.</c>

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If<00:17:45.059><c> it</c><00:17:45.180><c> were</c><00:17:45.319><c> money,</c><00:17:45.980><c> stocks,</c><00:17:46.940><c> investments,</c><00:17:47.420><c> we</c><00:17:47.599><c> would</c><00:17:47.799><c> never</c>

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take<00:17:48.279><c> that</c><00:17:48.599><c> trade.</c>

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We<00:17:49.880><c> would</c><00:17:50.099><c> never</c><00:17:50.319><c> take</c><00:17:50.559><c> a</c><00:17:50.779><c> trade</c><00:17:50.920><c> that</c><00:17:51.200><c> said</c><00:17:51.420><c> you</c><00:17:51.799><c> can</c><00:17:52.039><c> invest</c>

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in<00:17:52.539><c> this</c><00:17:52.740><c> house,</c>

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and<00:17:53.980><c> in</c><00:17:54.319><c> ten</c><00:17:54.579><c> years,</c><00:17:55.960><c> it's</c><00:17:56.180><c> all</c><00:17:56.400><c> gone.</c>

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You<00:17:58.279><c> can</c><00:17:58.440><c> have</c><00:17:58.539><c> it</c><00:17:58.700><c> for</c><00:17:58.759><c> ten</c><00:17:58.960><c> years,</c><00:17:59.220><c> and</c><00:17:59.299><c> it's</c><00:17:59.460><c> all</c><00:17:59.680><c> gone.</c>

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Something<00:18:00.660><c> like</c><00:18:00.839><c> buying</c><00:18:01.140><c> a</c><00:18:01.319><c> house</c><00:18:01.519><c> in</c><00:18:01.740><c> Hawaii.</c>

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I<00:18:02.200><c> think</c><00:18:02.359><c> you</c><00:18:02.440><c> can</c><00:18:02.599><c> only</c><00:18:02.859><c> lease</c><00:18:03.019><c> the</c><00:18:03.240><c> land,</c><00:18:03.440><c> and</c><00:18:03.599><c> after</c><00:18:03.819><c> ten</c><00:18:04.119><c> years...</c>

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Now,<00:18:04.980><c> I</c><00:18:05.099><c> think</c><00:18:05.299><c> in</c><00:18:05.480><c> England</c><00:18:05.779><c> they</c><00:18:05.940><c> have</c><00:18:06.079><c> this</c><00:18:06.299><c> thing,</c><00:18:06.539><c> lease</c>

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-hole<00:18:07.039><c>-free</c><00:18:07.279><c>-hole,</c>

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where<00:18:07.619><c> in</c><00:18:08.019><c> America</c><00:18:08.319><c> it's</c><00:18:08.519><c> not</c><00:18:08.720><c> common</c><00:18:09.019><c> to</c><00:18:09.180><c> lease</c><00:18:09.480><c> land.</c>

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You<00:18:10.599><c> buy</c><00:18:10.799><c> the</c><00:18:10.920><c> whole</c><00:18:11.119><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:18:11.500><c> suppose</c><00:18:11.920><c> you</c><00:18:12.200><c> were</c><00:18:12.319><c> going</c><00:18:12.440><c> to</c><00:18:12.519><c> buy</c><00:18:12.680><c> a</c><00:18:12.819><c> house,</c>

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and<00:18:13.099><c> they</c><00:18:13.220><c> said</c><00:18:13.380><c> to</c><00:18:13.480><c> you,</c><00:18:13.539><c> you</c><00:18:13.539><c> could</c><00:18:13.700><c> have</c><00:18:13.799><c> it</c><00:18:13.960><c> for</c><00:18:14.019><c> only</c><00:18:14.259><c> ten</c><00:18:14.500><c> years.</c>

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It's<00:18:15.359><c> a</c><00:18:15.440><c> wonderful</c><00:18:15.740><c> house,</c><00:18:16.079><c> perfect,</c>

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but<00:18:16.420><c> at</c><00:18:16.559><c> the</c><00:18:16.559><c> end</c><00:18:16.700><c> of</c><00:18:16.779><c> ten</c><00:18:16.960><c> years,</c><00:18:17.119><c> you</c><00:18:17.240><c> lose</c><00:18:17.460><c> everything.</c>

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That's<00:18:19.299><c> the</c><00:18:19.339><c> way</c><00:18:19.440><c> people</c><00:18:19.720><c> approach</c><00:18:20.259><c> serving</c><00:18:20.660><c> God.</c>

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They<00:18:22.200><c> say,</c><00:18:22.319><c> I</c><00:18:22.440><c> want</c><00:18:22.640><c> everything,</c><00:18:23.059><c> all</c><00:18:23.220><c> the</c><00:18:23.400><c> pleasure.</c>

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I<00:18:23.660><c> want</c><00:18:23.859><c> to</c><00:18:23.960><c> use</c><00:18:24.119><c> the</c><00:18:24.319><c> land.</c>

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I<00:18:24.559><c> want</c><00:18:24.700><c> to</c><00:18:24.779><c> have</c><00:18:24.920><c> everything</c><00:18:25.259><c> for</c><00:18:25.539><c> seventy</c><00:18:25.900><c>-plus</c><00:18:26.299><c> or</c><00:18:26.539><c> minus</c>

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some<00:18:27.000><c> years,</c>

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and<00:18:27.779><c> I</c><00:18:29.299><c> don't</c><00:18:29.380><c> want</c><00:18:29.500><c> anything</c><00:18:29.680><c> else.</c>

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It's<00:18:31.279><c> not</c><00:18:31.460><c> worth</c><00:18:31.740><c> it</c><00:18:31.859><c> for</c><00:18:31.980><c> me</c><00:18:32.140><c> to</c><00:18:32.319><c> invest</c><00:18:32.660><c> in</c><00:18:32.819><c> that</c><00:18:33.019><c> land</c><00:18:33.380><c> during</c><00:18:33.980><c> that</c><00:18:34.259><c> time</c>

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if<00:18:34.700><c> it's</c><00:18:34.900><c> not</c><00:18:35.039><c> going</c><00:18:35.160><c> to</c><00:18:35.220><c> be</c><00:18:35.420><c> mine.</c>

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But<00:18:37.200><c> we</c><00:18:37.299><c> don't</c><00:18:37.480><c> approach</c><00:18:37.900><c> that.</c>

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We<00:18:38.420><c> don't</c><00:18:38.599><c> approach</c><00:18:38.839><c> life</c><00:18:39.079><c> that</c><00:18:39.359><c> way.</c>

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And<00:18:41.859><c> so</c><00:18:42.099><c> this</c><00:18:42.420><c> better</c><00:18:42.680><c> resurrection</c><00:18:43.359><c> is</c><00:18:44.200><c> a</c><00:18:44.440><c> resurrection</c><00:18:45.279><c> that</c><00:18:45.940><c> is</c>

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life<00:18:47.180><c> permanently.</c>

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And<00:18:49.700><c> I</c><00:18:49.819><c> don't</c><00:18:50.019><c> know</c><00:18:50.180><c> about</c><00:18:50.420><c> you,</c><00:18:50.759><c> brethren</c><00:18:50.859><c> and</c><00:18:51.099><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:18:51.519><c> I</c><00:18:51.759><c> can't</c><00:18:52.039><c> imagine</c><00:18:52.460><c> forever.</c>

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It's<00:18:54.519><c> just,</c><00:18:55.539><c> you</c><00:18:55.720><c> know,</c><00:18:55.940><c> like</c><00:18:56.079><c> ten</c><00:18:57.059><c> years</c><00:18:57.400><c> ago</c><00:18:57.640><c> seemed</c><00:18:57.900><c> forever</c><00:18:58.339><c> back.</c>

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I<00:19:00.740><c> can't</c><00:19:01.059><c> imagine</c><00:19:01.400><c> it</c><00:19:01.599><c> at</c><00:19:01.779><c> all.</c>

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I<00:19:03.119><c> don't</c><00:19:03.319><c> know</c><00:19:03.420><c> what</c><00:19:03.559><c> it</c><00:19:03.640><c> would</c><00:19:03.799><c> be</c><00:19:04.039><c> like</c><00:19:04.339><c> to</c><00:19:04.740><c> live</c><00:19:05.259><c> a</c><00:19:05.460><c> hundred</c><00:19:05.720><c> years,</c>

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let<00:19:07.740><c> alone</c><00:19:08.140><c> a</c><00:19:08.400><c> thousand</c><00:19:08.819><c> or</c><00:19:09.099><c> a</c><00:19:09.359><c> million.</c>

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But<00:19:10.799><c> that's</c><00:19:11.099><c> what's</c><00:19:11.519><c> promised.</c>

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And<00:19:12.900><c> all</c><00:19:13.119><c> we</c><00:19:13.319><c> have</c><00:19:13.519><c> to</c><00:19:13.779><c> do</c><00:19:14.220><c> is</c><00:19:14.700><c> serve</c><00:19:15.079><c> God</c><00:19:15.519><c> faithfully</c><00:19:16.160><c> for</c><00:19:16.440><c> a</c>

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very<00:19:17.319><c> small</c><00:19:17.680><c> amount</c><00:19:18.019><c> of</c><00:19:18.319><c> time.</c>

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If<00:19:20.559><c> I</c><00:19:20.779><c> were</c><00:19:20.960><c> going</c><00:19:21.099><c> to</c><00:19:21.359><c> compare</c><00:19:21.559><c> our</c><00:19:22.099><c> lifetimes</c><00:19:22.579><c> to</c><00:19:22.759><c> what</c><00:19:22.980><c> God</c>

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is<00:19:23.500><c> offering</c><00:19:23.799><c> us,</c>

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I<00:19:24.900><c> can't</c><00:19:25.140><c> even</c><00:19:25.420><c> draw</c><00:19:25.579><c> the</c><00:19:25.819><c> ruler.</c>

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You<00:19:27.279><c> know,</c><00:19:27.599><c> if</c><00:19:27.799><c> one</c><00:19:28.579><c> small</c><00:19:29.339><c> millimeter</c><00:19:29.960><c> is</c><00:19:30.759><c> our</c><00:19:31.079><c> lifetime,</c><00:19:31.539><c> how</c><00:19:31.799><c> long</c><00:19:32.099><c> is</c><00:19:32.359><c> forever?</c>

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Well,<00:19:33.160><c> it's</c><00:19:33.440><c> forever.</c>

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It<00:19:34.180><c> just</c><00:19:34.299><c> goes</c><00:19:34.519><c> on</c><00:19:34.880><c> and</c><00:19:35.039><c> on</c><00:19:35.259><c> and</c><00:19:35.380><c> on</c><00:19:35.539><c> and</c><00:19:35.700><c> on.</c>

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It's<00:19:36.440><c> a</c><00:19:36.440><c> very</c><00:19:36.779><c> hard</c><00:19:37.000><c> concept</c><00:19:37.440><c> to</c><00:19:37.720><c> imagine,</c><00:19:38.680><c> but</c><00:19:38.920><c> I</c><00:19:39.059><c> think</c><00:19:39.180><c> it's</c>

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a<00:19:39.460><c> good</c><00:19:39.599><c> deal.</c>

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Sounds<00:19:40.700><c> like</c><00:19:40.920><c> a</c><00:19:41.059><c> good</c><00:19:41.180><c> deal</c><00:19:41.400><c> to</c><00:19:41.619><c> me.</c>

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Sounds<00:19:43.440><c> like</c><00:19:43.660><c> one</c><00:19:43.779><c> you</c><00:19:43.900><c> can't</c><00:19:44.180><c> turn</c><00:19:44.440><c> down.</c>

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And<00:19:47.200><c> yet</c><00:19:47.519><c> there</c><00:19:47.859><c> are</c><00:19:48.079><c> so</c><00:19:48.299><c> many</c><00:19:48.500><c> people</c><00:19:48.799><c> who</c><00:19:49.039><c> turn</c><00:19:49.200><c> it</c><00:19:49.400><c> down</c>

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every<00:19:49.960><c> day.</c>

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They<00:19:50.299><c> want</c><00:19:50.579><c> their</c><00:19:50.880><c> pleasure,</c><00:19:51.259><c> and</c><00:19:51.759><c> they</c><00:19:52.119><c> want</c><00:19:52.319><c> it</c><00:19:52.839><c> now.</c>

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They<00:19:56.599><c> want</c><00:19:56.859><c> fulfillment</c><00:19:57.420><c> of</c><00:19:57.960><c> every</c><00:19:58.339><c> worldly</c><00:19:59.099><c> pleasure.</c>

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And<00:20:02.019><c> now.</c>

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It's<00:20:06.140><c> hard</c><00:20:06.279><c> to</c><00:20:06.619><c> understand</c><00:20:07.119><c> why</c><00:20:08.319><c> such</c><00:20:08.539><c> a</c><00:20:08.680><c> good</c><00:20:08.819><c> deal</c><00:20:09.019><c> is</c><00:20:09.220><c> turned</c><00:20:09.519><c> down</c>

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until<00:20:12.660><c> we</c><00:20:12.799><c> understand</c><00:20:13.319><c> the</c><00:20:13.559><c> workings</c><00:20:13.900><c> of</c><00:20:14.180><c> sin.</c>

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It's<00:20:16.440><c> deceptive.</c>

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It<00:20:18.400><c> feels</c><00:20:18.740><c> good</c><00:20:19.240><c> now.</c>

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It's<00:20:22.000><c> something</c><00:20:22.220><c> we</c><00:20:22.420><c> can</c><00:20:22.640><c> enjoy</c><00:20:23.180><c> immediately.</c>

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Do<00:20:24.940><c> you</c><00:20:24.940><c> know</c><00:20:25.019><c> what</c><00:20:25.180><c> happens?</c>

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You<00:20:26.880><c> know,</c><00:20:26.960><c> when</c><00:20:27.079><c> you</c><00:20:27.240><c> have</c><00:20:28.119><c> children,</c><00:20:30.019><c> the</c><00:20:30.259><c> measure</c><00:20:30.759><c> of</c><00:20:31.059><c> maturity</c><00:20:31.460><c> is</c>

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that<00:20:32.519><c> children,</c>

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young<00:20:33.140><c> people,</c><00:20:33.559><c> are</c><00:20:33.720><c> not</c><00:20:34.039><c> willing</c><00:20:34.319><c> to</c><00:20:34.599><c> postpone</c><00:20:35.140><c> fulfillment.</c>

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When<00:20:37.440><c> our</c><00:20:37.640><c> little</c><00:20:37.900><c> one,</c><00:20:38.319><c> Matthew,</c><00:20:39.579><c> was</c><00:20:39.819><c> small,</c><00:20:40.359><c> he</c><00:20:40.519><c> was</c>

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particularly<00:20:41.799><c> adamant.</c>

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I<00:20:42.920><c> can</c><00:20:43.079><c> get</c><00:20:43.240><c> away</c><00:20:43.400><c> with</c><00:20:43.640><c> that.</c>

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He's<00:20:44.000><c> not</c><00:20:44.220><c> here.</c>

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He<00:20:45.579><c> was</c><00:20:45.700><c> very</c><00:20:45.960><c> adamant</c><00:20:46.220><c> about</c><00:20:46.380><c> when</c><00:20:46.500><c> he</c><00:20:46.680><c> wanted</c><00:20:46.859><c> something.</c>

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And<00:20:47.359><c> his</c><00:20:47.500><c> favorite</c><00:20:47.819><c> thing</c><00:20:48.019><c> was</c><00:20:48.180><c> to</c><00:20:48.420><c> bang</c><00:20:48.539><c> on</c><00:20:48.720><c> the</c><00:20:48.900><c> table</c><00:20:49.079><c> and</c><00:20:49.220><c> say,</c>

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I<00:20:49.480><c> want</c><00:20:49.660><c> it,</c><00:20:49.779><c> and</c><00:20:49.859><c> I</c><00:20:49.920><c> want</c><00:20:50.079><c> it</c><00:20:50.339><c> now.</c>

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And<00:20:51.759><c> Mary</c><00:20:52.480><c> one</c><00:20:52.700><c> time</c><00:20:52.880><c> took</c><00:20:53.059><c> him</c><00:20:53.220><c> to</c><00:20:53.420><c> a</c><00:20:53.579><c> doctor</c><00:20:53.799><c> when</c><00:20:53.960><c> we</c><00:20:54.079><c> were</c>

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living<00:20:54.420><c> in</c><00:20:54.619><c> Milan,</c>

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and<00:20:55.579><c> he</c><00:20:55.799><c> started</c><00:20:56.460><c> pounding</c><00:20:56.960><c> on</c><00:20:57.220><c> the</c><00:20:57.380><c> table</c><00:20:57.619><c> about</c><00:20:57.839><c> something</c>

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he<00:20:58.380><c> wanted</c><00:20:58.579><c> immediately,</c>

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and<00:20:59.299><c> the</c><00:20:59.460><c> doctor</c><00:20:59.660><c> said,</c><00:20:59.880><c> well,</c><00:20:59.980><c> he's</c><00:21:00.359><c> little</c><00:21:00.599><c> Mussolini.</c>

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Because<00:21:02.619><c> that</c><00:21:02.759><c> was</c><00:21:02.980><c> one</c><00:21:03.319><c> of</c><00:21:03.619><c> Mussolini's</c><00:21:04.259><c> favorite</c><00:21:04.700><c> ploys</c><00:21:05.099><c> when</c><00:21:05.240><c> he</c><00:21:05.539><c> spoke,</c>

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was<00:21:06.019><c> to</c><00:21:06.619><c> pound</c><00:21:06.900><c> with</c><00:21:07.079><c> his</c><00:21:07.599><c> hand</c><00:21:07.859><c> on</c><00:21:08.319><c> the</c><00:21:08.380><c> table.</c>

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That<00:21:10.740><c> was,</c><00:21:11.220><c> how</c><00:21:11.480><c> old</c><00:21:11.599><c> was</c><00:21:11.740><c> he?</c>

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Two,<00:21:12.000><c> three</c><00:21:12.200><c> years</c><00:21:12.480><c> old.</c>

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It's<00:21:14.640><c> changed.</c>

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He's<00:21:15.400><c> matured.</c>

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I<00:21:15.759><c> think</c><00:21:15.960><c> around</c><00:21:16.259><c> 20</c><00:21:16.599><c> he</c><00:21:16.759><c> stopped</c><00:21:17.140><c> doing</c><00:21:17.559><c> that.</c>

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But<00:21:21.500><c> that</c><00:21:21.779><c> is</c><00:21:22.140><c> the</c><00:21:22.279><c> way,</c><00:21:22.660><c> we're</c><00:21:22.980><c> all</c><00:21:23.240><c> immature.</c>

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We<00:21:24.279><c> are</c><00:21:24.640><c> immature</c><00:21:25.039><c> children.</c>

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We<00:21:25.640><c> are</c><00:21:25.900><c> children.</c>

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The<00:21:28.279><c> greatest</c><00:21:28.619><c> deal</c><00:21:28.839><c> in</c><00:21:29.019><c> the</c><00:21:29.180><c> world,</c><00:21:29.759><c> and</c><00:21:30.000><c> we</c><00:21:30.319><c> don't</c><00:21:30.579><c> work</c><00:21:30.839><c> to</c>

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get<00:21:31.180><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:21:33.539><c> Paul,</c><00:21:34.200><c> when</c><00:21:34.359><c> his</c><00:21:34.619><c> life</c><00:21:34.839><c> was</c><00:21:35.119><c> turned</c><00:21:35.319><c> around,</c>

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the<00:21:36.279><c> same</c><00:21:36.599><c> zeal</c><00:21:36.900><c> that</c><00:21:37.059><c> he</c><00:21:37.160><c> had</c><00:21:37.319><c> put</c><00:21:37.500><c> in,</c><00:21:38.019><c> and</c><00:21:38.220><c> it's</c><00:21:38.400><c> probably</c>

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why<00:21:39.140><c> God</c><00:21:39.420><c> selected</c><00:21:39.900><c> him.</c>

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I<00:21:40.720><c> can't</c><00:21:41.019><c> speak</c><00:21:41.220><c> for</c><00:21:41.480><c> God,</c><00:21:41.680><c> and</c><00:21:41.799><c> I'm</c><00:21:41.880><c> not</c><00:21:42.019><c> attempting</c><00:21:42.339><c> to</c><00:21:42.579><c> do</c><00:21:42.759><c> that,</c>

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but<00:21:43.460><c> he</c><00:21:43.720><c> was</c><00:21:44.039><c> a</c><00:21:44.380><c> totally</c><00:21:44.700><c> dedicated</c><00:21:45.380><c> person</c><00:21:45.960><c> before,</c>

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and<00:21:47.140><c> once</c><00:21:47.359><c> he</c><00:21:47.480><c> was</c><00:21:47.740><c> turned</c><00:21:47.940><c> around,</c><00:21:48.240><c> he</c><00:21:48.400><c> became</c><00:21:48.759><c> totally</c><00:21:49.400><c> dedicated</c><00:21:50.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:50.740><c> service</c><00:21:51.019><c> of</c><00:21:51.279><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:21:52.539><c> this</c><00:21:52.779><c> man,</c><00:21:53.059><c> he</c><00:21:53.180><c> was</c><00:21:53.500><c> born</c><00:21:53.880><c> around</c><00:21:54.619><c> 10</c><00:21:54.960><c> AD</c><00:21:55.259><c> in</c><00:21:55.619><c> Tarsus,</c>

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and<00:21:57.079><c> Tarsus</c><00:21:57.519><c> is</c><00:21:57.720><c> a</c><00:21:57.900><c> city</c><00:21:58.079><c> in</c><00:21:58.400><c> southwestern</c><00:21:59.759><c> Turkey,</c>

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what's<00:22:00.500><c> Turkey</c><00:22:00.740><c> today,</c><00:22:01.059><c> which</c><00:22:01.279><c> was</c><00:22:01.559><c> then</c><00:22:01.779><c> Anatolia,</c>

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and<00:22:03.400><c> he</c><00:22:03.539><c> was</c><00:22:03.960><c> probably</c><00:22:04.519><c> beheaded</c><00:22:05.039><c> around</c><00:22:05.559><c> 67</c><00:22:06.299><c> AD,</c>

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so<00:22:06.960><c> Paul</c><00:22:07.220><c> lived</c><00:22:07.440><c> to</c><00:22:07.619><c> be</c><00:22:07.720><c> about</c><00:22:08.000><c> 57</c><00:22:08.599><c> years</c><00:22:09.059><c> old,</c>

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and<00:22:10.460><c> for</c><00:22:10.720><c> 30</c><00:22:11.039><c> years</c><00:22:11.359><c> of</c><00:22:11.519><c> his</c><00:22:11.819><c> life</c><00:22:12.039><c> at</c><00:22:12.279><c> least,</c>

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he<00:22:14.880><c> preached</c><00:22:15.420><c> and</c><00:22:16.000><c> worked</c><00:22:16.359><c> the</c><00:22:16.680><c> gospel</c><00:22:17.599><c> message.</c>

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He<00:22:19.680><c> was</c><00:22:19.920><c> a</c><00:22:20.039><c> Roman</c><00:22:20.460><c> citizen</c><00:22:20.940><c> by</c><00:22:21.240><c> birth.</c>

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He<00:22:22.759><c> was</c><00:22:23.019><c> a</c><00:22:23.259><c> Greek</c><00:22:23.519><c> by</c><00:22:23.940><c> culture,</c><00:22:25.079><c> a</c><00:22:25.339><c> Jew</c><00:22:25.519><c> by</c><00:22:25.819><c> race,</c>

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and<00:22:27.119><c> he</c><00:22:27.299><c> became</c><00:22:27.559><c> a</c><00:22:27.859><c> follower</c><00:22:28.119><c> of</c><00:22:28.380><c> Christ</c><00:22:28.819><c> by</c><00:22:29.180><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:22:30.279><c> now</c><00:22:30.460><c> think</c><00:22:30.660><c> of</c><00:22:30.799><c> all</c><00:22:31.039><c> of</c><00:22:31.140><c> those</c><00:22:31.319><c> things</c><00:22:31.500><c> that</c><00:22:31.700><c> made</c><00:22:31.819><c> him</c><00:22:31.980><c> so</c>

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ideal<00:22:32.720><c> for</c><00:22:32.960><c> the</c><00:22:33.119><c> work</c><00:22:33.259><c> of</c><00:22:33.500><c> God.</c>

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As<00:22:34.460><c> a</c><00:22:34.579><c> Roman</c><00:22:34.880><c> citizen,</c><00:22:35.339><c> this</c><00:22:35.519><c> is</c><00:22:35.740><c> how</c><00:22:35.900><c> God</c><00:22:36.119><c> works,</c><00:22:36.359><c> how</c><00:22:36.680><c> providentially.</c>

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As<00:22:37.420><c> a</c><00:22:37.539><c> Roman</c><00:22:37.839><c> citizen,</c><00:22:38.460><c> he</c><00:22:38.660><c> could</c><00:22:38.819><c> go</c><00:22:39.119><c> anywhere</c><00:22:39.819><c> in</c><00:22:40.559><c> the</c><00:22:40.680><c> Roman</c><00:22:40.940><c> world.</c>

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In<00:22:43.960><c> effect,</c><00:22:44.460><c> he</c><00:22:44.700><c> had</c><00:22:45.019><c> an</c><00:22:45.339><c> open</c><00:22:45.640><c> passport.</c>

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None<00:22:47.220><c> of</c><00:22:47.380><c> the</c><00:22:47.519><c> other</c><00:22:47.740><c> apostles</c><00:22:48.140><c> could</c><00:22:48.440><c> easily</c><00:22:48.920><c> do</c><00:22:49.220><c> that.</c>

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As<00:22:51.559><c> a</c><00:22:51.779><c> Greek</c><00:22:51.920><c> by</c><00:22:52.200><c> culture,</c><00:22:53.539><c> he</c><00:22:53.619><c> knew</c><00:22:53.799><c> the</c><00:22:54.039><c> Greek</c><00:22:54.220><c> language,</c>

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the<00:22:55.059><c> Greek</c><00:22:55.299><c> writings,</c>

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he<00:22:55.960><c> knew</c><00:22:56.220><c> the</c><00:22:56.859><c> Septuagint.</c>

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He<00:22:57.900><c> was</c><00:22:58.160><c> totally</c><00:22:58.500><c> conversant</c><00:22:59.039><c> anywhere</c><00:22:59.579><c> in</c><00:22:59.920><c> the</c><00:23:00.140><c> intellectual</c><00:23:00.579><c> world</c><00:23:00.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:01.220><c> first</c><00:23:01.400><c> century.</c>

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As<00:23:03.180><c> a</c><00:23:03.440><c> Jew,</c><00:23:04.319><c> he</c><00:23:04.440><c> could</c><00:23:04.599><c> go</c><00:23:04.779><c> to</c><00:23:05.140><c> anywhere</c><00:23:05.599><c> in</c><00:23:06.440><c> the</c><00:23:06.579><c> Roman</c><00:23:06.819><c> world</c>

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and<00:23:07.640><c> show</c><00:23:07.920><c> up</c><00:23:08.099><c> on</c><00:23:08.240><c> the</c><00:23:08.460><c> synagogue</c><00:23:08.940><c> at</c><00:23:10.359><c> Friday</c><00:23:10.660><c> evening</c><00:23:11.099><c> services,</c>

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on<00:23:11.740><c> the</c><00:23:11.980><c> Sabbath</c><00:23:12.240><c> services,</c><00:23:12.839><c> and</c><00:23:13.180><c> as</c><00:23:13.359><c> the</c><00:23:13.559><c> visiting</c><00:23:13.880><c> speaker,</c>

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ask<00:23:14.680><c> to</c><00:23:14.940><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:23:15.240><c> he</c><00:23:15.359><c> took</c><00:23:15.539><c> advantage</c><00:23:15.960><c> of</c><00:23:16.099><c> that</c><00:23:16.359><c> over</c><00:23:16.720><c> and</c><00:23:16.900><c> over</c><00:23:17.079><c> again.</c>

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We<00:23:17.940><c> find</c><00:23:18.140><c> the</c><00:23:18.339><c> very</c><00:23:18.759><c> first</c><00:23:19.039><c> place</c><00:23:19.259><c> he</c><00:23:19.539><c> went</c><00:23:19.859><c> to</c><00:23:20.599><c> preach</c><00:23:20.799><c> the</c><00:23:21.019><c> gospel</c><00:23:21.420><c> message</c><00:23:21.799><c> was</c><00:23:22.000><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:22.400><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:23:24.599><c> he</c><00:23:24.859><c> probably</c><00:23:25.140><c> did</c><00:23:25.359><c> that</c><00:23:25.579><c> in</c><00:23:25.779><c> Hebrew.</c>

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And<00:23:28.279><c> then</c><00:23:28.359><c> he</c><00:23:28.539><c> often</c><00:23:28.759><c> went</c><00:23:28.960><c> to</c><00:23:29.119><c> the</c><00:23:29.339><c> marketplace</c><00:23:29.920><c> and</c><00:23:31.119><c> had</c><00:23:31.299><c> open</c><00:23:31.539><c> air</c>

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preaching<00:23:32.039><c> in</c><00:23:32.359><c> Greek.</c>

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And<00:23:33.240><c> so</c><00:23:33.339><c> in</c><00:23:33.519><c> every</c><00:23:33.759><c> way,</c><00:23:33.980><c> God</c><00:23:34.299><c> selected</c><00:23:34.819><c> this</c><00:23:35.140><c> man</c><00:23:35.539><c> providentially</c><00:23:36.420><c> for</c><00:23:36.599><c> what</c>

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he<00:23:37.200><c> needed</c><00:23:37.400><c> to</c><00:23:37.680><c> know.</c>

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In<00:23:40.299><c> Paul's</c><00:23:40.859><c> messages,</c><00:23:41.539><c> throughout</c><00:23:41.940><c> all</c><00:23:42.200><c> his</c><00:23:42.420><c> letters,</c><00:23:42.660><c> there</c>

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is<00:23:43.019><c> this</c><00:23:43.259><c> emphasis</c><00:23:43.720><c> on</c><00:23:44.039><c> grace</c><00:23:44.400><c> and</c><00:23:44.660><c> mercy.</c>

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And<00:23:46.339><c> I</c><00:23:46.440><c> think</c><00:23:46.740><c> it</c><00:23:47.160><c> is</c><00:23:47.359><c> so</c><00:23:47.660><c> strongly</c><00:23:47.940><c> emphasized</c><00:23:48.500><c> because</c><00:23:48.839><c> he</c><00:23:49.180><c> appreciated</c>

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that<00:23:50.420><c> this</c><00:23:50.680><c> is</c><00:23:50.940><c> exactly</c><00:23:51.400><c> what</c><00:23:51.700><c> God</c><00:23:51.920><c> had</c><00:23:52.119><c> done</c><00:23:52.240><c> for</c><00:23:52.460><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:23:54.660><c> when</c><00:23:54.720><c> he</c><00:23:54.880><c> was</c><00:23:55.019><c> going</c><00:23:55.279><c> along</c><00:23:55.599><c> the</c><00:23:55.819><c> road</c><00:23:55.960><c> to</c><00:23:56.200><c> Damascus,</c>

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what<00:23:57.700><c> was</c><00:23:58.019><c> there</c><00:23:58.180><c> and</c><00:23:58.319><c> what</c><00:23:58.500><c> Paul</c><00:23:58.819><c> did</c><00:23:59.200><c> that</c><00:23:59.400><c> he</c><00:23:59.740><c> deserved</c><00:24:00.240><c> for</c>

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that<00:24:00.799><c> vision</c><00:24:01.019><c> to</c><00:24:01.259><c> come</c><00:24:01.480><c> to</c><00:24:01.579><c> him?</c>

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Paul<00:24:04.180><c> never</c><00:24:04.839><c> could</c><00:24:05.279><c> see</c><00:24:05.480><c> anything</c><00:24:05.920><c> special</c><00:24:06.519><c> that</c><00:24:06.740><c> he</c><00:24:06.960><c> deserved.</c>

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It<00:24:07.500><c> was</c><00:24:07.799><c> God</c><00:24:08.180><c> who</c><00:24:08.500><c> selected</c><00:24:09.039><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:24:11.259><c> brethren</c><00:24:11.440><c> and</c><00:24:11.720><c> sisters,</c><00:24:12.240><c> I</c><00:24:12.420><c> think</c><00:24:12.579><c> we</c><00:24:12.700><c> have</c><00:24:12.900><c> to</c><00:24:13.160><c> realize</c>

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that<00:24:14.359><c> to</c><00:24:14.720><c> some</c><00:24:14.980><c> measure</c>

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all<00:24:15.799><c> of</c><00:24:15.960><c> us</c><00:24:16.140><c> have</c><00:24:16.400><c> been</c><00:24:16.799><c> selected</c><00:24:17.200><c> by</c><00:24:17.519><c> God.</c>

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We're<00:24:18.059><c> not</c><00:24:18.299><c> here</c><00:24:18.579><c> entirely</c><00:24:19.259><c> of</c><00:24:19.460><c> our</c><00:24:19.660><c> own</c><00:24:19.839><c> choosing.</c>

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It<00:24:20.619><c> would</c><00:24:20.839><c> be</c><00:24:21.059><c> egotistically</c><00:24:21.660><c> wrong</c><00:24:21.960><c> to</c><00:24:22.220><c> think</c><00:24:22.420><c> so.</c>

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Please<00:24:25.380><c> don't</c><00:24:25.900><c> feel,</c><00:24:26.400><c> and</c><00:24:26.559><c> I</c><00:24:26.759><c> certainly</c><00:24:27.019><c> don't</c><00:24:27.279><c> feel,</c>

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that<00:24:27.579><c> I'm</c><00:24:27.779><c> here</c><00:24:27.920><c> because</c><00:24:28.160><c> of</c><00:24:28.359><c> anything</c><00:24:28.519><c> special</c><00:24:28.980><c> about</c><00:24:29.220><c> me.</c>

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We<00:24:32.400><c> have</c><00:24:32.740><c> been</c><00:24:33.079><c> chosen,</c><00:24:33.539><c> just</c><00:24:33.740><c> as</c><00:24:33.880><c> he</c><00:24:34.059><c> called</c><00:24:34.380><c> the</c><00:24:34.819><c> children</c>

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of<00:24:35.200><c> Israel,</c>

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a<00:24:35.799><c> chosen</c><00:24:36.180><c> people.</c>

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He<00:24:37.779><c> says</c><00:24:38.059><c> the</c><00:24:38.420><c> same</c><00:24:38.700><c> words</c><00:24:38.940><c> for</c><00:24:39.180><c> us.</c>

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Peter<00:24:41.480><c> speaks</c><00:24:42.039><c> of</c><00:24:42.279><c> that.</c>

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Now<00:24:43.460><c> having</c><00:24:43.700><c> been</c><00:24:44.039><c> chosen,</c><00:24:45.000><c> we</c><00:24:45.640><c> have</c><00:24:46.099><c> to</c><00:24:46.279><c> respond</c><00:24:46.640><c> to</c><00:24:46.839><c> that</c><00:24:47.079><c> call.</c>

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There<00:24:47.460><c> is</c><00:24:47.680><c> some</c><00:24:47.900><c> measure</c><00:24:48.200><c> of</c><00:24:48.420><c> that.</c>

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Now<00:24:49.500><c> if</c><00:24:49.559><c> we</c><00:24:49.759><c> don't</c><00:24:50.019><c> make</c><00:24:50.220><c> the</c><00:24:50.420><c> response,</c><00:24:51.500><c> the</c><00:24:51.599><c> choosing</c><00:24:51.799><c> doesn't</c><00:24:52.079><c> mean</c><00:24:52.359><c> anything.</c>

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Many<00:24:54.640><c> are</c><00:24:55.099><c> called,</c><00:24:56.440><c> but</c><00:24:56.660><c> few</c><00:24:56.839><c> are</c><00:24:57.099><c> chosen.</c>

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We<00:24:58.480><c> have</c><00:24:58.759><c> called,</c><00:24:59.160><c> we</c><00:24:59.279><c> have</c><00:24:59.500><c> responded</c><00:24:59.940><c> to</c><00:25:00.160><c> it,</c><00:25:00.259><c> so</c><00:25:00.420><c> we're</c><00:25:00.680><c> chosen.</c>

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Now<00:25:01.799><c> we</c><00:25:01.880><c> can</c><00:25:02.160><c> reject</c><00:25:02.779><c> that</c><00:25:03.160><c> choosing,</c><00:25:04.039><c> or</c><00:25:04.900><c> we</c><00:25:05.079><c> cannot</c><00:25:05.400><c> do</c><00:25:05.619><c> a</c>

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very<00:25:05.980><c> good</c><00:25:06.160><c> job</c><00:25:06.420><c> with</c><00:25:06.619><c> it.</c>

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But<00:25:08.619><c> Paul</c><00:25:09.079><c> knew</c><00:25:09.480><c> that</c><00:25:09.740><c> through</c><00:25:09.960><c> the</c><00:25:10.220><c> grace</c><00:25:10.539><c> and</c><00:25:10.759><c> mercy</c><00:25:11.099><c> of</c><00:25:11.299><c> God,</c>

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he<00:25:11.940><c> was</c><00:25:12.259><c> chosen</c><00:25:12.579><c> on</c><00:25:12.819><c> the</c><00:25:12.980><c> road</c><00:25:13.140><c> to</c><00:25:13.359><c> Damascus</c><00:25:13.799><c> to</c><00:25:13.940><c> be</c><00:25:14.160><c> his</c><00:25:14.440><c> servant.</c>

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Now<00:25:15.460><c> some</c><00:25:15.680><c> of</c><00:25:15.839><c> us</c><00:25:16.000><c> may</c><00:25:16.180><c> have</c><00:25:16.339><c> been</c><00:25:16.539><c> chosen</c><00:25:16.940><c> by</c><00:25:17.440><c> good</c><00:25:17.819><c> fortune</c>

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of<00:25:18.380><c> birth.</c>

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Some<00:25:19.180><c> of</c><00:25:19.339><c> us</c><00:25:19.480><c> may</c><00:25:19.660><c> have</c><00:25:19.819><c> been</c><00:25:20.079><c> chosen</c><00:25:20.579><c> by</c><00:25:21.059><c> good</c><00:25:21.319><c> fortune</c><00:25:21.559><c> of</c><00:25:21.700><c> who</c><00:25:21.859><c> we</c><00:25:22.079><c> married.</c>

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Some<00:25:22.980><c> of</c><00:25:23.119><c> us</c><00:25:23.240><c> may</c><00:25:23.400><c> have</c><00:25:23.559><c> been</c><00:25:23.759><c> chosen</c><00:25:24.039><c> by</c><00:25:24.319><c> response</c><00:25:25.079><c> that</c><00:25:25.519><c> we</c>

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made<00:25:25.859><c> in</c><00:25:26.079><c> adult</c><00:25:26.339><c> life</c>

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because<00:25:27.000><c> we</c><00:25:27.279><c> heard</c><00:25:27.839><c> the</c><00:25:28.220><c> message</c><00:25:28.539><c> and</c><00:25:28.839><c> responded</c><00:25:29.440><c> to</c><00:25:29.680><c> it.</c>

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But<00:25:30.279><c> in</c><00:25:30.519><c> every</c><00:25:30.839><c> way</c><00:25:30.980><c> there</c><00:25:31.119><c> is</c><00:25:31.339><c> not</c><00:25:31.500><c> a</c><00:25:31.660><c> single</c><00:25:31.859><c> person</c><00:25:32.259><c> in</c><00:25:32.440><c> this</c><00:25:32.720><c> room</c>

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who<00:25:33.480><c> has</c><00:25:33.759><c> not</c><00:25:34.079><c> had</c><00:25:34.339><c> already</c><00:25:34.880><c> the</c><00:25:35.160><c> grace</c><00:25:35.420><c> and</c><00:25:35.640><c> mercy</c><00:25:35.920><c> of</c><00:25:36.180><c> God.</c>

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There<00:25:36.720><c> are</c><00:25:37.000><c> 290,</c><00:25:38.759><c> 290</c><00:25:39.420><c> to</c><00:25:39.660><c> 300</c><00:25:40.039><c> million</c><00:25:40.359><c> other</c><00:25:40.660><c> people</c><00:25:41.279><c> on</c>

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this<00:25:42.079><c> continent,</c>

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North<00:25:42.880><c> America,</c><00:25:43.900><c> who</c><00:25:44.019><c> have</c><00:25:44.279><c> not</c><00:25:44.640><c> the</c><00:25:45.140><c> privilege</c><00:25:45.539><c> of</c><00:25:45.779><c> what</c><00:25:46.019><c> we</c>

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have<00:25:46.859><c> had.</c>

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And<00:25:48.119><c> I</c><00:25:48.339><c> thank</c><00:25:48.500><c> God</c><00:25:48.779><c> every</c><00:25:49.240><c> day</c><00:25:49.839><c> for</c><00:25:50.799><c> the</c><00:25:51.019><c> word</c><00:25:51.259><c> that</c><00:25:51.460><c> I</c><00:25:51.640><c> have</c><00:25:51.759><c> been</c><00:25:51.980><c> so</c>

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blessed<00:25:52.680><c> to</c><00:25:53.019><c> hear</c>

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that<00:25:54.039><c> I</c><00:25:54.220><c> had</c><00:25:54.539><c> a</c><00:25:54.859><c> grandfather</c><00:25:55.400><c> and</c><00:25:55.779><c> a</c><00:25:55.980><c> mother</c><00:25:56.279><c> who</c><00:25:56.839><c> knew</c><00:25:57.099><c> this</c><00:25:57.460><c> word,</c>

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who<00:25:58.900><c> taught</c><00:25:59.180><c> it</c><00:25:59.359><c> to</c><00:25:59.559><c> me,</c><00:26:00.299><c> who</c><00:26:01.319><c> gave</c><00:26:01.599><c> me</c><00:26:02.059><c> the</c><00:26:02.339><c> keys,</c><00:26:02.660><c> in</c><00:26:02.900><c> a</c><00:26:03.059><c> sense,</c><00:26:03.319><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:03.640><c> kingdom.</c>

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Paul<00:26:05.759><c> was</c><00:26:06.039><c> aware</c><00:26:06.319><c> of</c><00:26:06.500><c> that,</c><00:26:06.960><c> and</c><00:26:07.140><c> his</c><00:26:07.279><c> message</c><00:26:07.640><c> over</c><00:26:08.000><c> and</c><00:26:08.099><c> over</c><00:26:08.339><c> again,</c>

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he<00:26:09.460><c> thanked</c><00:26:09.680><c> God</c><00:26:09.960><c> for</c><00:26:10.140><c> the</c><00:26:10.420><c> grace</c><00:26:10.720><c> and</c><00:26:11.019><c> mercy.</c>

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And<00:26:11.579><c> grace</c><00:26:11.759><c> means</c><00:26:12.200><c> unmerited</c><00:26:14.099><c> favor.</c>

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Now<00:26:16.880><c> if</c><00:26:16.920><c> you</c><00:26:17.099><c> can</c><00:26:17.319><c> point</c><00:26:17.519><c> to</c><00:26:17.720><c> something</c><00:26:18.000><c> in</c><00:26:18.140><c> your</c><00:26:18.380><c> life</c><00:26:18.599><c> and</c>

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tell<00:26:19.039><c> me,</c>

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well,<00:26:20.240><c> God</c><00:26:20.480><c> called</c><00:26:20.720><c> me</c><00:26:20.920><c> because</c><00:26:21.140><c> I</c><00:26:21.420><c> deserved</c><00:26:21.799><c> it.</c>

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No<00:26:24.539><c> one</c><00:26:24.819><c> here,</c><00:26:25.180><c> I</c><00:26:25.359><c> think,</c><00:26:25.500><c> can</c><00:26:25.640><c> say</c><00:26:25.859><c> that.</c>

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The<00:26:29.720><c> other</c><00:26:30.299><c> message</c><00:26:30.619><c> that</c><00:26:30.859><c> comes</c><00:26:31.079><c> through</c><00:26:31.319><c> very</c><00:26:31.779><c> clearly</c><00:26:32.079><c> in</c>

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Paul's<00:26:33.079><c> letters</c>

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is<00:26:33.519><c> the</c><00:26:33.839><c> need</c><00:26:34.160><c> for</c><00:26:34.579><c> enduring</c><00:26:35.039><c> trial,</c><00:26:36.400><c> persecution,</c><00:26:37.279><c> and</c>

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tribulation<00:26:38.519><c> cheerfully.</c>

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Cheerfully.

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When<00:26:42.200><c> we</c><00:26:42.359><c> are</c><00:26:42.539><c> faced</c><00:26:42.819><c> with</c><00:26:43.140><c> problems</c><00:26:43.519><c> in</c><00:26:43.799><c> life,</c><00:26:44.460><c> when</c><00:26:44.640><c> we</c><00:26:44.839><c> are</c>

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faced<00:26:45.119><c> with</c><00:26:45.420><c> trials,</c>

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we<00:26:46.619><c> can</c><00:26:47.019><c> have</c><00:26:47.160><c> two</c><00:26:47.380><c> responses.</c>

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One<00:26:48.200><c> response</c><00:26:48.640><c> is,</c><00:26:49.539><c> why</c><00:26:49.819><c> me?</c>

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My<00:26:52.140><c> usual</c><00:26:52.539><c> answer</c><00:26:52.819><c> to</c><00:26:52.960><c> that</c><00:26:53.140><c> is,</c><00:26:53.640><c> why</c><00:26:54.140><c> not?</c>

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We<00:26:56.660><c> will</c><00:26:56.940><c> all</c><00:26:57.220><c> be</c><00:26:57.480><c> faced</c><00:26:58.039><c> with</c><00:26:58.440><c> sickness,</c><00:26:59.880><c> death</c><00:27:00.099><c> of</c><00:27:00.319><c> loved</c><00:27:00.519><c> ones,</c><00:27:01.559><c> pain,</c><00:27:02.640><c> loss</c><00:27:02.880><c> of</c><00:27:03.119><c> children.</c>

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There's<00:27:04.480><c> no</c><00:27:04.619><c> way</c><00:27:04.759><c> we're</c><00:27:04.940><c> going</c><00:27:05.079><c> to</c><00:27:05.259><c> get</c><00:27:05.359><c> through</c><00:27:05.619><c> life</c><00:27:05.859><c> without</c><00:27:06.460><c> some</c><00:27:06.740><c> sorrows.</c>

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No<00:27:07.519><c> way.</c><00:27:08.400><c> We're</c><00:27:08.660><c> mortal.</c>

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We're<00:27:10.220><c> paying</c><00:27:10.380><c> for</c><00:27:10.559><c> the</c><00:27:10.880><c> consequences</c><00:27:11.400><c> of</c><00:27:11.720><c> sin.</c>

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It's<00:27:14.599><c> a</c><00:27:14.759><c> fact</c><00:27:15.000><c> of</c><00:27:15.240><c> life.</c>

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And<00:27:16.900><c> we</c><00:27:17.079><c> can't</c><00:27:18.200><c> do</c><00:27:18.539><c> anything</c><00:27:18.920><c> about</c><00:27:19.539><c> it</c><00:27:19.960><c> other</c><00:27:20.559><c> than</c><00:27:22.099><c> to</c><00:27:22.400><c> persevere</c><00:27:23.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:23.700><c> fate</c>

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that<00:27:24.140><c> God</c><00:27:24.339><c> has</c><00:27:24.539><c> given</c><00:27:24.680><c> us</c><00:27:24.900><c> and</c><00:27:25.160><c> trust</c><00:27:25.619><c> in</c><00:27:26.039><c> him.</c>

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:33.480
Now<00:27:29.039><c> take</c><00:27:29.200><c> a</c><00:27:29.359><c> look</c><00:27:29.460><c> at</c><00:27:29.680><c> this</c><00:27:30.579><c> passage</c><00:27:31.059><c> in</c><00:27:31.319><c> Acts</c><00:27:31.940><c> chapter</c><00:27:32.640><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:27:34.000><c> you</c><00:27:34.140><c> see</c><00:27:34.440><c> really</c><00:27:35.240><c> quickly</c><00:27:35.559><c> how</c><00:27:35.839><c> dramatic</c><00:27:36.380><c> that</c><00:27:36.779><c> calling</c><00:27:37.039><c> was.</c>

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:43.559
Paul<00:27:40.660><c> is</c><00:27:40.859><c> on</c><00:27:41.059><c> the</c><00:27:41.200><c> way</c><00:27:41.460><c> to</c><00:27:41.880><c> slay</c><00:27:42.599><c> more</c><00:27:42.920><c> heretics.</c>

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He<00:27:44.240><c> has</c><00:27:44.480><c> a</c><00:27:45.500><c> letter,</c><00:27:47.240><c> which</c><00:27:47.460><c> in</c><00:27:47.680><c> a</c><00:27:47.819><c> sense</c><00:27:48.000><c> would</c><00:27:48.180><c> be</c><00:27:48.420><c> called</c><00:27:48.640><c> today,</c><00:27:49.140><c> a</c>

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license<00:27:49.720><c> to</c><00:27:50.000><c> kill.</c>

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And<00:27:53.799><c> Paul,</c><00:27:55.119><c> yet</c><00:27:55.119><c> breathing,</c><00:27:56.059><c> verse</c><00:27:56.400><c> 1,</c><00:27:57.599><c> Acts</c><00:27:57.839><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:27:58.900><c> Saul,</c><00:27:59.740><c> yet</c><00:28:00.140><c> breathing</c><00:28:00.519><c> out</c><00:28:00.960><c> threatenings</c><00:28:01.440><c> and</c><00:28:01.779><c> slaughter</c>

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:05.880
against<00:28:03.200><c> the</c><00:28:03.500><c> disciples</c><00:28:03.980><c> of</c><00:28:04.220><c> the</c><00:28:04.380><c> Lord,</c><00:28:04.740><c> went</c><00:28:04.799><c> unto</c><00:28:05.059><c> the</c><00:28:05.240><c> high</c><00:28:05.539><c> priest,</c>

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:09.500
and<00:28:06.440><c> desired</c><00:28:06.740><c> of</c><00:28:06.880><c> him</c><00:28:07.240><c> letters</c><00:28:07.559><c> to</c><00:28:07.839><c> Damascus,</c><00:28:08.380><c> to</c><00:28:08.539><c> the</c><00:28:08.740><c> synagogues,</c>

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:13.380
that<00:28:09.700><c> if</c><00:28:09.980><c> he</c><00:28:10.299><c> found</c><00:28:10.720><c> any</c><00:28:11.220><c> of</c><00:28:11.539><c> this</c><00:28:11.920><c> way,</c><00:28:12.599><c> whether</c><00:28:12.880><c> they</c><00:28:13.140><c> were</c>

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.460
men<00:28:13.740><c> or</c><00:28:14.140><c> women,</c>

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:16.720
he<00:28:14.599><c> might</c><00:28:14.839><c> bring</c><00:28:15.079><c> them</c><00:28:15.460><c> bound</c><00:28:15.839><c> unto</c><00:28:16.099><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:19.279
And<00:28:17.480><c> as</c><00:28:17.660><c> he</c><00:28:17.859><c> journeyed,</c><00:28:18.279><c> he</c><00:28:18.279><c> came</c><00:28:18.519><c> near</c><00:28:18.700><c> Damascus,</c>

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:22.779
and<00:28:19.539><c> suddenly</c><00:28:20.240><c> there</c><00:28:20.680><c> shined</c><00:28:21.059><c> around</c><00:28:21.900><c> about</c><00:28:22.180><c> him</c><00:28:22.319><c> a</c><00:28:22.599><c> light</c>

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.299
from<00:28:23.000><c> heaven,</c>

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:25.900
and<00:28:23.680><c> he</c><00:28:23.980><c> fell</c><00:28:24.160><c> to</c><00:28:24.380><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> earth,</c><00:28:25.000><c> and</c><00:28:25.160><c> heard</c><00:28:25.359><c> a</c><00:28:25.500><c> voice</c><00:28:25.660><c> saying</c>

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.359
unto<00:28:26.099><c> him,</c>

00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:30.839
Saul,<00:28:27.200><c> Saul,</c><00:28:28.299><c> why</c><00:28:29.099><c> persecutest</c><00:28:30.059><c> thou</c><00:28:30.359><c> me?</c>

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:35.700
And<00:28:31.480><c> in</c><00:28:31.740><c> effect</c><00:28:31.940><c> Paul,</c><00:28:33.420><c> or</c><00:28:33.660><c> Saul</c><00:28:33.920><c> as</c><00:28:34.079><c> he's</c><00:28:34.400><c> still</c><00:28:34.559><c> called</c><00:28:34.779><c> here,</c>

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:38.440
also<00:28:36.640><c> sees</c><00:28:36.920><c> the</c><00:28:37.119><c> risen</c><00:28:37.339><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.380
And<00:28:41.900><c> he</c><00:28:42.039><c> said,</c><00:28:42.579><c> Who</c><00:28:42.579><c> art</c><00:28:42.920><c> thou,</c><00:28:43.099><c> Lord?</c>

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:47.559
And<00:28:43.539><c> the</c><00:28:43.640><c> Lord</c><00:28:43.819><c> said,</c><00:28:44.119><c> I</c><00:28:44.400><c> am</c><00:28:44.759><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:45.480><c> whom</c><00:28:45.619><c> thou</c><00:28:45.980><c> persecutest.</c>

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:51.000
See,<00:28:48.819><c> in</c><00:28:49.039><c> the</c><00:28:49.119><c> end</c><00:28:49.299><c> his</c><00:28:49.500><c> persecution</c><00:28:50.099><c> was</c><00:28:50.319><c> not</c><00:28:50.519><c> just</c><00:28:50.759><c> against</c>

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.839
the<00:28:51.240><c> brethren</c><00:28:51.440><c> and</c><00:28:51.640><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:54.359
it<00:28:51.980><c> was</c><00:28:52.160><c> against</c><00:28:52.460><c> God,</c><00:28:52.819><c> it</c><00:28:52.940><c> was</c><00:28:53.119><c> against</c><00:28:53.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:57.319
And<00:28:55.380><c> there's</c><00:28:55.579><c> not</c><00:28:55.740><c> one</c><00:28:55.960><c> word</c><00:28:56.180><c> there</c><00:28:56.420><c> that</c><00:28:56.559><c> would</c><00:28:56.759><c> hint</c><00:28:56.940><c> to</c><00:28:57.160><c> me</c>

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.839
in<00:28:57.500><c> any</c><00:28:57.920><c> way</c><00:28:58.180><c> whatsoever</c>

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:01.440
that<00:28:59.059><c> Paul</c><00:28:59.299><c> did</c><00:28:59.500><c> anything</c><00:28:59.819><c> to</c><00:29:00.119><c> merit</c><00:29:00.339><c> that</c><00:29:00.640><c> calling.</c>

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:03.359
But<00:29:01.839><c> God</c><00:29:02.059><c> knew</c><00:29:02.200><c> what</c><00:29:02.319><c> he</c><00:29:02.559><c> had.</c>

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:05.619
He<00:29:04.000><c> knows</c><00:29:04.220><c> what</c><00:29:04.339><c> he's</c><00:29:04.519><c> working</c><00:29:04.759><c> with.</c>

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:07.680
There's<00:29:06.220><c> got</c><00:29:06.339><c> to</c><00:29:06.460><c> be</c><00:29:06.599><c> something</c><00:29:06.859><c> in</c><00:29:07.059><c> every</c><00:29:07.339><c> one</c><00:29:07.460><c> of</c><00:29:07.579><c> us</c>

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.200
that<00:29:07.779><c> needs</c><00:29:08.019><c> to</c><00:29:08.259><c> be</c><00:29:08.480><c> developed</c><00:29:08.799><c> and</c><00:29:09.039><c> brought</c><00:29:09.200><c> out</c><00:29:09.480><c> in</c><00:29:09.599><c> his</c><00:29:09.880><c> service,</c>

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:12.500
or<00:29:10.400><c> I</c><00:29:10.480><c> don't</c><00:29:10.680><c> think</c><00:29:10.799><c> we'd</c><00:29:11.000><c> be</c><00:29:11.220><c> here.</c>

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:15.640
God<00:29:13.539><c> has</c><00:29:13.819><c> never</c><00:29:14.000><c> in</c><00:29:14.160><c> any</c><00:29:14.420><c> age,</c><00:29:14.740><c> in</c><00:29:14.880><c> any</c><00:29:15.140><c> time,</c>

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:18.480
in<00:29:16.259><c> anything</c><00:29:16.519><c> ever</c><00:29:16.880><c> recorded</c><00:29:17.180><c> in</c><00:29:17.420><c> Scripture</c><00:29:17.680><c> wasted</c><00:29:18.119><c> what</c><00:29:18.299><c> he</c>

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.920
has<00:29:18.700><c> done.</c>

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:26.900
It<00:29:23.160><c> might</c><00:29:23.400><c> merit</c><00:29:24.039><c> in</c><00:29:24.299><c> some</c><00:29:24.539><c> small</c><00:29:24.859><c> measure</c><00:29:25.279><c> the</c><00:29:26.059><c> precious</c><00:29:26.400><c> gift</c><00:29:26.640><c> that</c><00:29:26.799><c> he</c>

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.299
has<00:29:27.079><c> given</c><00:29:27.220><c> us.</c>

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:32.279
In<00:29:29.079><c> chapter</c><00:29:29.440><c> 13</c><00:29:29.920><c> of</c><00:29:30.180><c> Acts,</c><00:29:31.240><c> he</c><00:29:31.420><c> joins</c><00:29:31.759><c> Barnabas,</c>

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.960
and<00:29:32.440><c> we</c><00:29:32.579><c> won't</c><00:29:32.700><c> go</c><00:29:32.880><c> into</c><00:29:33.119><c> details</c><00:29:33.539><c> about</c><00:29:33.819><c> this,</c>

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:36.680
because<00:29:34.099><c> we</c><00:29:34.319><c> talked</c><00:29:34.539><c> a</c><00:29:34.680><c> little</c><00:29:34.819><c> about</c><00:29:35.019><c> this</c><00:29:35.240><c> with</c><00:29:35.460><c> Barnabas</c><00:29:36.359><c> earlier,</c>

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:39.880
but<00:29:37.480><c> he</c><00:29:37.640><c> joins</c><00:29:37.920><c> Barnabas</c><00:29:38.299><c> on</c><00:29:38.440><c> his</c><00:29:38.680><c> first</c><00:29:38.940><c> missionary</c><00:29:39.339><c> journey,</c>

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:43.500
and<00:29:40.160><c> toward</c><00:29:40.279><c> the</c><00:29:40.440><c> end</c><00:29:40.619><c> of</c><00:29:40.779><c> that</c><00:29:40.980><c> chapter,</c><00:29:42.339><c> Barnabas</c><00:29:42.819><c> and</c><00:29:43.220><c> he</c>

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:45.359
are<00:29:44.200><c> persecuted.</c>

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.779
Verse<00:29:46.519><c> 50.</c>

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:51.579
And<00:29:48.200><c> the</c><00:29:48.400><c> Jews</c><00:29:48.859><c> stirred</c><00:29:49.339><c> up</c><00:29:50.079><c> the</c><00:29:50.339><c> devout</c><00:29:50.680><c> and</c><00:29:50.980><c> honorable</c><00:29:51.220><c> women</c>

00:29:51.579 --> 00:29:53.220
and<00:29:51.819><c> the</c><00:29:52.059><c> chief</c><00:29:52.420><c> men</c><00:29:52.680><c> of</c><00:29:52.859><c> the</c><00:29:53.019><c> city,</c>

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:55.779
and<00:29:53.400><c> raised</c><00:29:53.720><c> persecution</c><00:29:54.500><c> against</c><00:29:54.839><c> Paul</c><00:29:55.160><c> and</c><00:29:55.359><c> Barnabas,</c>

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.700
and<00:29:56.380><c> expelled</c><00:29:56.660><c> them</c><00:29:56.880><c> out</c><00:29:57.079><c> of</c><00:29:57.180><c> their</c><00:29:57.420><c> coasts.</c>

00:29:57.700 --> 00:30:01.279
And<00:29:57.819><c> we're</c><00:29:57.940><c> not</c><00:29:58.180><c> told</c><00:29:58.460><c> exactly</c><00:29:59.200><c> what</c><00:29:59.759><c> the</c><00:30:00.019><c> form</c><00:30:00.140><c> of</c><00:30:00.420><c> persecution</c><00:30:00.940><c> was.</c>

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:04.380
In<00:30:01.799><c> many</c><00:30:02.079><c> cases,</c><00:30:02.460><c> and</c><00:30:02.579><c> we'll</c><00:30:02.839><c> find</c><00:30:03.019><c> this</c><00:30:03.180><c> out</c><00:30:03.400><c> later,</c>

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:07.500
Paul<00:30:05.339><c> gives</c><00:30:05.579><c> his</c><00:30:05.740><c> whole</c><00:30:05.940><c> list</c><00:30:06.119><c> of</c><00:30:06.299><c> all</c><00:30:06.460><c> the</c><00:30:06.579><c> things</c><00:30:06.720><c> he</c><00:30:06.900><c> went</c><00:30:07.079><c> through,</c>

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:10.339
and<00:30:08.059><c> not</c><00:30:08.380><c> every</c><00:30:08.740><c> one</c><00:30:08.900><c> of</c><00:30:08.980><c> them</c><00:30:09.119><c> is</c><00:30:09.359><c> spelled</c><00:30:09.519><c> out</c><00:30:09.779><c> in</c><00:30:09.900><c> the</c><00:30:10.059><c> letters,</c>

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:14.180
so<00:30:10.859><c> he</c><00:30:11.000><c> must</c><00:30:11.180><c> have</c><00:30:11.259><c> gone</c><00:30:11.480><c> through</c><00:30:11.720><c> a</c><00:30:11.980><c> lot</c><00:30:12.180><c> more</c><00:30:12.500><c> than</c><00:30:12.920><c> the</c><00:30:13.200><c> details.</c>

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:19.380
The<00:30:14.880><c> usual</c><00:30:15.299><c> was</c><00:30:16.299><c> a</c><00:30:16.500><c> beating,</c><00:30:17.500><c> and</c><00:30:17.700><c> then</c><00:30:17.960><c> throw</c><00:30:18.099><c> them</c><00:30:18.220><c> out</c><00:30:18.359><c> of</c><00:30:18.519><c> town.</c>

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:23.539
That<00:30:19.680><c> was</c><00:30:19.859><c> the</c><00:30:20.079><c> usual,</c><00:30:22.200><c> if</c><00:30:22.480><c> they</c><00:30:22.640><c> were</c><00:30:22.799><c> lucky.</c>

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:30.279
But<00:30:27.339><c> they</c><00:30:27.539><c> shook</c><00:30:27.740><c> off</c><00:30:27.960><c> the</c><00:30:28.180><c> dust</c><00:30:28.339><c> of</c><00:30:28.500><c> their</c><00:30:28.759><c> feet</c><00:30:29.420><c> against</c><00:30:30.039><c> them,</c>

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.920
and<00:30:30.440><c> came</c><00:30:30.819><c> unto</c><00:30:31.160><c> Iconium.</c>

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:34.960
And<00:30:32.799><c> so</c><00:30:33.059><c> literally,</c><00:30:34.220><c> they</c><00:30:34.420><c> simply</c><00:30:34.779><c> said,</c>

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:37.200
well,<00:30:35.400><c> okay,</c><00:30:35.740><c> let's</c><00:30:36.000><c> move</c><00:30:36.279><c> on.</c>

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:41.000
But<00:30:37.440><c> the</c><00:30:37.660><c> passage</c><00:30:38.019><c> that</c><00:30:38.420><c> really</c><00:30:38.940><c> strikes</c><00:30:39.440><c> me</c><00:30:39.700><c> is</c><00:30:39.799><c> the</c><00:30:40.000><c> next</c><00:30:40.200><c> one.</c>

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:45.799
And<00:30:41.359><c> the</c><00:30:41.619><c> disciples</c><00:30:42.420><c> were</c><00:30:43.220><c> filled</c><00:30:43.819><c> with</c><00:30:44.759><c> joy.</c>

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:50.140
That's<00:30:49.480><c> tough</c><00:30:49.700><c> for</c><00:30:49.960><c> me.</c>

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:52.619
I'm<00:30:50.359><c> not</c><00:30:50.539><c> so</c><00:30:50.819><c> sure</c><00:30:50.900><c> if</c><00:30:51.079><c> somebody</c><00:30:51.359><c> just</c><00:30:51.640><c> beat</c><00:30:51.839><c> me,</c>

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:55.339
and<00:30:52.940><c> I</c><00:30:53.079><c> was</c><00:30:53.119><c> just</c><00:30:53.539><c> faced</c><00:30:53.720><c> some</c><00:30:54.019><c> real</c><00:30:54.319><c> great</c><00:30:54.559><c> persecution</c>

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:58.019
that<00:30:55.900><c> I'd</c><00:30:56.160><c> be</c><00:30:56.359><c> filled</c><00:30:56.640><c> with</c><00:30:56.980><c> joy.</c>

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:02.579
It's<00:31:00.339><c> a</c><00:31:00.440><c> reaction</c><00:31:00.940><c> that</c><00:31:01.279><c> really</c><00:31:01.559><c> we</c><00:31:01.700><c> have</c><00:31:01.880><c> to</c><00:31:02.099><c> think</c><00:31:02.279><c> about</c>

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.740
and<00:31:02.859><c> develop</c><00:31:03.160><c> in</c><00:31:03.339><c> ourselves.</c>

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:07.920
When<00:31:04.500><c> we</c><00:31:04.680><c> are</c><00:31:04.900><c> faced</c><00:31:05.160><c> with</c><00:31:05.559><c> a</c><00:31:05.759><c> trial</c><00:31:05.960><c> or</c><00:31:06.180><c> tribulation</c><00:31:06.819><c> in</c><00:31:07.039><c> life,</c>

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:10.099
it's<00:31:08.500><c> pretty</c><00:31:08.779><c> hard</c><00:31:09.059><c> to</c><00:31:09.259><c> be</c><00:31:09.420><c> filled</c><00:31:09.619><c> with</c><00:31:09.859><c> joy.</c>

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:12.640
And<00:31:10.359><c> yet,</c><00:31:10.880><c> we</c><00:31:11.079><c> should</c><00:31:11.380><c> be.</c>

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:15.779
We<00:31:13.460><c> should</c><00:31:13.700><c> be,</c><00:31:13.900><c> because</c><00:31:14.180><c> in</c><00:31:14.380><c> a</c><00:31:14.680><c> sense,</c>

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:18.420
all<00:31:16.779><c> things</c><00:31:16.960><c> are</c><00:31:17.160><c> given</c><00:31:17.319><c> by</c><00:31:17.579><c> God.</c>

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:21.339
There<00:31:18.839><c> may</c><00:31:19.140><c> be</c><00:31:19.359><c> indeed</c><00:31:19.819><c> a</c><00:31:20.039><c> deep</c><00:31:20.339><c> lesson</c><00:31:20.740><c> behind</c><00:31:21.180><c> it.</c>

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:24.920
There<00:31:21.500><c> may</c><00:31:21.660><c> be</c><00:31:21.819><c> something</c><00:31:22.079><c> that</c><00:31:22.279><c> we</c><00:31:22.480><c> have</c><00:31:22.680><c> to</c><00:31:22.920><c> learn</c><00:31:23.160><c> from</c><00:31:23.420><c> it.</c>

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:29.099
And<00:31:25.680><c> we</c><00:31:25.819><c> can</c><00:31:26.019><c> take</c><00:31:26.359><c> opportunity</c><00:31:27.140><c> to</c><00:31:27.680><c> do</c><00:31:27.960><c> that.</c>

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:35.180
I<00:31:32.279><c> think</c><00:31:32.519><c> the</c><00:31:32.819><c> average</c><00:31:33.160><c> response</c><00:31:33.640><c> of</c><00:31:33.859><c> most</c><00:31:34.099><c> people</c><00:31:34.440><c> in</c><00:31:34.579><c> the</c><00:31:34.740><c> world</c>

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:38.680
to<00:31:35.640><c> persecution</c><00:31:36.259><c> would</c><00:31:36.539><c> be</c><00:31:36.819><c> not</c><00:31:37.039><c> joy,</c><00:31:37.599><c> but</c><00:31:37.599><c> anger.</c>

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:46.880
But<00:31:43.220><c> a</c><00:31:43.519><c> person</c><00:31:43.819><c> of</c><00:31:44.160><c> faith</c><00:31:44.599><c> looks</c><00:31:45.039><c> at</c><00:31:45.259><c> life</c><00:31:45.740><c> differently.</c>

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.480
We<00:31:47.920><c> look</c><00:31:48.160><c> at</c><00:31:48.319><c> life</c><00:31:48.740><c> differently,</c>

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:52.599
because<00:31:50.180><c> we</c><00:31:50.480><c> believe</c><00:31:50.859><c> in</c><00:31:51.059><c> the</c><00:31:51.240><c> things</c><00:31:51.480><c> of</c><00:31:51.680><c> Jesus</c><00:31:52.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:55.599
We<00:31:53.319><c> believe</c><00:31:53.740><c> in</c><00:31:53.940><c> the</c><00:31:54.059><c> hope</c><00:31:54.200><c> of</c><00:31:54.380><c> the</c><00:31:54.559><c> resurrection.</c>

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:59.099
And<00:31:56.000><c> we</c><00:31:56.279><c> never</c><00:31:56.640><c> fear</c><00:31:57.259><c> that</c><00:31:57.920><c> that</c><00:31:58.140><c> hope</c><00:31:58.319><c> is</c><00:31:58.640><c> lost.</c>

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:02.140
And<00:31:59.640><c> so</c><00:31:59.759><c> when</c><00:31:59.900><c> we</c><00:32:00.039><c> are</c><00:32:00.259><c> faced</c><00:32:00.519><c> with</c><00:32:00.740><c> a</c><00:32:01.079><c> problem,</c>

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:10.119
we<00:32:03.299><c> ought</c><00:32:03.519><c> to</c><00:32:03.720><c> approach</c><00:32:04.220><c> it</c><00:32:04.519><c> with</c><00:32:04.980><c> joy,</c><00:32:07.079><c> prayer,</c><00:32:09.000><c> meditation.</c>

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:14.680
We<00:32:10.859><c> ought</c><00:32:11.000><c> to</c><00:32:11.079><c> approach</c><00:32:11.299><c> it</c><00:32:11.480><c> as</c><00:32:11.640><c> an</c><00:32:11.819><c> opportunity</c><00:32:12.700><c> to</c><00:32:13.940><c> be</c><00:32:14.200><c> solved,</c>

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:17.420
to<00:32:15.180><c> move</c><00:32:15.440><c> on,</c><00:32:16.160><c> to</c><00:32:16.319><c> do</c><00:32:16.519><c> better.</c>

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.980
You<00:32:18.160><c> know,</c><00:32:18.460><c> there's</c><00:32:18.819><c> a</c><00:32:18.960><c> saying</c><00:32:19.200><c> about</c><00:32:19.500><c> that,</c><00:32:19.720><c> right?</c>

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:23.480
One<00:32:20.400><c> person's</c><00:32:21.019><c> problem</c><00:32:21.299><c> is</c><00:32:21.460><c> someone</c><00:32:21.740><c> else's</c><00:32:22.200><c> opportunity.</c>

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:27.400
There's<00:32:25.460><c> no</c><00:32:25.660><c> question</c><00:32:25.960><c> about</c><00:32:26.299><c> it.</c>

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.160
It's<00:32:29.960><c> a</c><00:32:30.079><c> challenge</c><00:32:30.640><c> to</c><00:32:31.099><c> be</c><00:32:31.359><c> solved.</c>

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:36.400
Now<00:32:32.359><c> go</c><00:32:32.460><c> to</c><00:32:32.640><c> the</c><00:32:32.740><c> next</c><00:32:32.980><c> chapter,</c><00:32:33.380><c> verses</c><00:32:33.680><c> 5</c><00:32:34.059><c> and</c><00:32:34.180><c> 6,</c><00:32:34.680><c> Acts</c><00:32:34.940><c> 14.</c>

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:39.400
And<00:32:36.619><c> when</c><00:32:36.779><c> there</c><00:32:37.079><c> were</c><00:32:37.339><c> an</c><00:32:37.559><c> assault</c><00:32:37.920><c> made</c><00:32:38.279><c> both</c><00:32:38.599><c> of</c><00:32:38.759><c> the</c><00:32:38.940><c> Gentiles</c>

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:41.019
and<00:32:39.559><c> also</c><00:32:39.839><c> of</c><00:32:39.980><c> the</c><00:32:40.140><c> Jews</c><00:32:40.319><c> with</c><00:32:40.519><c> their</c><00:32:40.759><c> rulers,</c>

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:44.480
they<00:32:41.279><c> used</c><00:32:41.539><c> them</c><00:32:42.119><c> despitefully</c><00:32:42.900><c> to</c><00:32:43.180><c> stone</c><00:32:43.480><c> them.</c>

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:48.160
And<00:32:45.059><c> so</c><00:32:45.140><c> when</c><00:32:45.279><c> they</c><00:32:45.680><c> move</c><00:32:45.880><c> on</c><00:32:46.680><c> at</c><00:32:47.700><c> Iconium,</c>

00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:52.480
not<00:32:48.359><c> too</c><00:32:48.700><c> far</c><00:32:48.980><c> from</c><00:32:49.279><c> Antioch</c><00:32:49.960><c> in</c><00:32:51.000><c> modern</c><00:32:51.319><c>-day</c><00:32:51.519><c> Turkey</c><00:32:51.839><c> or</c><00:32:52.039><c> Anatolia,</c>

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:54.019
there's<00:32:53.119><c> stone.</c>

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:56.220
And<00:32:54.819><c> they</c><00:32:55.019><c> were</c><00:32:55.359><c> aware</c><00:32:55.619><c> of</c><00:32:55.839><c> it,</c>

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:59.460
and<00:32:56.500><c> fled</c><00:32:56.720><c> unto</c><00:32:57.079><c> Lystra</c><00:32:57.480><c> and</c><00:32:57.759><c> Derbe,</c><00:32:58.119><c> cities</c><00:32:58.420><c> of</c><00:32:58.660><c> Lyconia,</c>

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:02.480
and<00:32:59.819><c> unto</c><00:33:00.000><c> the</c><00:33:00.259><c> region</c><00:33:00.559><c> that</c><00:33:00.880><c> lieth</c><00:33:01.220><c> round</c><00:33:01.640><c> about.</c>

00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:05.660
And<00:33:03.200><c> there</c><00:33:03.660><c> they</c><00:33:04.160><c> preached</c><00:33:04.559><c> the</c><00:33:04.819><c> Gospel.</c>

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:08.940
So<00:33:06.519><c> nothing</c><00:33:06.859><c> stopped</c><00:33:07.359><c> them</c><00:33:07.539><c> from</c><00:33:07.740><c> doing</c><00:33:08.059><c> what</c><00:33:08.240><c> they</c><00:33:08.559><c> set</c><00:33:08.720><c> out</c>

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.440
to<00:33:09.119><c> do.</c>

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:12.180
Every<00:33:10.200><c> persecution</c><00:33:10.819><c> seemed</c><00:33:11.079><c> to</c><00:33:11.579><c> strengthen</c><00:33:11.940><c> them.</c>

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.920
You<00:33:12.579><c> know,</c><00:33:12.640><c> it's</c><00:33:12.799><c> an</c><00:33:13.000><c> interesting</c><00:33:13.400><c> thing,</c>

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:15.859
how<00:33:14.440><c> sometimes</c><00:33:14.839><c> even</c><00:33:15.119><c> in</c><00:33:15.319><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:15.660><c> life,</c>

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:18.660
an<00:33:16.160><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:16.500><c> that</c><00:33:16.660><c> comes</c><00:33:16.859><c> through</c><00:33:17.079><c> some</c><00:33:17.380><c> serious</c><00:33:17.799><c> problems</c>

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:23.259
often<00:33:19.420><c> comes</c><00:33:19.960><c> back</c><00:33:20.539><c> very</c><00:33:21.259><c> much</c><00:33:21.619><c> stronger</c><00:33:22.019><c> because</c><00:33:22.559><c> of</c><00:33:22.700><c> it.</c>

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:26.559
The<00:33:23.740><c> people</c><00:33:23.960><c> become</c><00:33:24.259><c> more</c><00:33:24.619><c> closely</c><00:33:25.019><c> knit.</c>

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:32.220
A<00:33:27.400><c> greater</c><00:33:28.140><c> bond</c><00:33:28.440><c> of</c><00:33:28.720><c> unity</c><00:33:29.400><c> develops</c><00:33:30.339><c> out</c><00:33:30.700><c> of</c><00:33:30.880><c> that</c><00:33:31.359><c> trial.</c>

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:36.279
A<00:33:33.000><c> greater</c><00:33:33.180><c> sense</c><00:33:33.480><c> of</c><00:33:33.900><c> intreflection</c><00:33:34.920><c> or</c><00:33:35.299><c> looking</c><00:33:35.640><c> within</c>

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:38.259
comes<00:33:37.279><c> about.</c>

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:42.759
And<00:33:38.400><c> so</c><00:33:39.279><c> persecution,</c><00:33:40.319><c> trial,</c><00:33:41.140><c> it</c><00:33:41.359><c> doesn't</c><00:33:41.559><c> have</c><00:33:41.839><c> to</c><00:33:42.000><c> be</c><00:33:42.180><c> a</c><00:33:42.400><c> harm.</c>

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:45.180
It<00:33:43.500><c> can</c><00:33:43.680><c> be</c><00:33:44.039><c> a</c><00:33:44.319><c> growing</c><00:33:44.559><c> experience.</c>

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:47.140
And<00:33:45.480><c> here</c><00:33:45.900><c> they</c><00:33:46.319><c> went</c><00:33:46.539><c> right</c><00:33:46.960><c> on.</c>

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.259
There<00:33:47.339><c> they</c><00:33:47.579><c> preached</c><00:33:47.799><c> the</c><00:33:48.039><c> Gospel.</c>

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:50.579
Go<00:33:48.440><c> down</c><00:33:48.579><c> to</c><00:33:48.599><c> verse</c><00:33:48.819><c> 19,</c><00:33:49.359><c> same</c><00:33:49.559><c> chapter.</c>

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:53.019
And<00:33:50.799><c> there</c><00:33:51.079><c> came</c><00:33:51.339><c> through</c><00:33:51.519><c> the</c><00:33:51.700><c> certain</c><00:33:51.960><c> Jews</c><00:33:52.220><c> from</c><00:33:52.559><c> Antioch</c>

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.839
and<00:33:53.200><c> Iconia</c>

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:57.000
who<00:33:54.259><c> persuaded</c><00:33:54.920><c> the</c><00:33:55.200><c> people,</c><00:33:55.519><c> and</c><00:33:55.680><c> having</c><00:33:56.039><c> stoned</c><00:33:56.559><c> Paul,</c>

00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:01.660
threw<00:33:57.579><c> him</c><00:33:57.720><c> out</c><00:33:57.880><c> of</c><00:33:58.000><c> the</c><00:33:58.180><c> city,</c><00:33:58.900><c> supposing</c><00:33:59.599><c> he</c><00:33:59.940><c> had</c><00:34:00.279><c> been</c><00:34:00.720><c> dead.</c>

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:05.180
Now,<00:34:03.220><c> I'm</c><00:34:03.539><c> not</c><00:34:03.740><c> going</c><00:34:03.839><c> to</c><00:34:03.920><c> go</c><00:34:04.079><c> through</c><00:34:04.279><c> every</c><00:34:04.640><c> single</c><00:34:04.980><c> trial</c>

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.500
of<00:34:05.319><c> Paul.</c>

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:07.960
It's<00:34:06.019><c> almost</c><00:34:06.339><c> too</c><00:34:06.779><c> painful</c><00:34:07.160><c> for</c><00:34:07.480><c> me</c><00:34:07.640><c> to</c><00:34:07.859><c> do,</c>

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:10.519
and<00:34:08.139><c> I'm</c><00:34:08.599><c> sure</c><00:34:08.800><c> you</c><00:34:08.980><c> feel</c><00:34:09.199><c> the</c><00:34:09.380><c> same</c><00:34:09.579><c> way.</c>

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:15.480
But<00:34:11.159><c> in</c><00:34:11.300><c> this</c><00:34:11.579><c> case,</c><00:34:11.880><c> he</c><00:34:12.099><c> was</c><00:34:12.340><c> not</c><00:34:12.559><c> only</c><00:34:13.579><c> stoned</c><00:34:14.340><c> or</c><00:34:14.679><c> whipped.</c>

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:18.619
I<00:34:15.860><c> think</c><00:34:16.059><c> they</c><00:34:16.500><c> virtually</c><00:34:16.960><c> killed</c><00:34:17.280><c> him.</c>

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:24.260
Now,<00:34:21.900><c> it</c><00:34:21.960><c> doesn't</c><00:34:22.280><c> say</c><00:34:22.599><c> here</c><00:34:22.800><c> that</c><00:34:22.940><c> he</c><00:34:23.159><c> died</c><00:34:23.460><c> and</c><00:34:23.719><c> that</c><00:34:24.039><c> God</c>

00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.039
resurrected<00:34:24.820><c> him,</c>

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:28.019
but<00:34:25.179><c> it</c><00:34:25.280><c> is</c><00:34:25.719><c> entirely</c><00:34:26.159><c> possible</c><00:34:26.679><c> that</c><00:34:26.840><c> he</c><00:34:26.940><c> came</c><00:34:27.179><c> within</c><00:34:27.559><c> this</c>

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:29.400
much<00:34:28.360><c> of</c><00:34:28.599><c> dying.</c>

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:36.679
Certainly<00:34:31.960><c> the</c><00:34:32.219><c> Greeks</c><00:34:32.480><c> who</c><00:34:33.239><c> were</c><00:34:33.360><c> very,</c><00:34:33.760><c> very</c><00:34:35.159><c> knowledgeable</c><00:34:35.780><c> in</c><00:34:36.000><c> these</c><00:34:36.239><c> things,</c>

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.280
if<00:34:37.199><c> they</c><00:34:37.380><c> thought</c><00:34:37.579><c> they</c><00:34:37.760><c> had</c><00:34:37.960><c> killed</c><00:34:38.099><c> him,</c>

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:41.260
they<00:34:38.519><c> probably</c><00:34:38.920><c> had</c><00:34:39.119><c> good</c><00:34:39.360><c> reason</c><00:34:39.659><c> to</c><00:34:39.920><c> believe</c><00:34:40.179><c> it.</c>

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:44.679
Albeit,<00:34:42.559><c> as</c><00:34:42.820><c> the</c><00:34:43.000><c> disciples</c><00:34:43.360><c> stood</c><00:34:43.699><c> around</c><00:34:44.019><c> about</c><00:34:44.320><c> him,</c><00:34:44.500><c> he</c>

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:46.099
rose<00:34:45.000><c> up.</c>

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:49.539
Again,<00:34:47.119><c> I'm</c><00:34:47.260><c> not</c><00:34:47.579><c> too</c><00:34:47.880><c> sure</c><00:34:48.079><c> here</c><00:34:48.360><c> whether</c><00:34:48.539><c> he</c><00:34:48.780><c> actually</c><00:34:49.179><c> died</c>

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:52.139
and<00:34:49.739><c> he</c><00:34:49.940><c> rose</c><00:34:50.239><c> up</c><00:34:50.519><c> and</c><00:34:50.699><c> was</c><00:34:50.900><c> saying</c><00:34:51.079><c> he</c><00:34:51.260><c> was</c><00:34:51.579><c> revived</c><00:34:51.860><c> again</c>

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.940
like<00:34:52.420><c> Lazarus.</c>

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:54.139
I'm<00:34:53.099><c> not</c><00:34:53.320><c> sure.</c>

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:56.300
The<00:34:54.820><c> text</c><00:34:54.980><c> doesn't</c><00:34:55.260><c> give</c><00:34:55.420><c> us</c><00:34:55.619><c> enough</c><00:34:55.860><c> details.</c>

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:59.519
But<00:34:56.679><c> either</c><00:34:57.039><c> way,</c><00:34:58.199><c> I'm</c><00:34:58.360><c> not</c><00:34:58.539><c> sure</c><00:34:58.739><c> it</c><00:34:58.900><c> matters</c><00:34:59.019><c> very</c><00:34:59.340><c> much</c>

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:03.320
whether<00:34:59.719><c> you</c><00:35:00.500><c> actually</c><00:35:01.000><c> die</c><00:35:01.380><c> or</c><00:35:01.559><c> come</c><00:35:01.800><c> this</c><00:35:02.219><c> close</c><00:35:02.480><c> and</c><00:35:02.619><c> are</c><00:35:02.840><c> revived.</c>

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:06.860
It's<00:35:04.139><c> not</c><00:35:04.300><c> an</c><00:35:04.619><c> experience</c><00:35:04.960><c> I</c><00:35:05.179><c> would</c><00:35:05.380><c> like</c><00:35:05.579><c> to</c><00:35:05.780><c> go</c><00:35:05.960><c> through.</c>

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.480
I'm<00:35:08.159><c> very</c><00:35:08.460><c> curious</c><00:35:08.820><c> as</c><00:35:09.059><c> a</c><00:35:09.260><c> scientist</c><00:35:09.579><c> about</c><00:35:09.900><c> a</c><00:35:09.960><c> lot</c><00:35:10.159><c> of</c><00:35:10.340><c> things.</c>

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.880
This<00:35:10.780><c> is</c><00:35:10.980><c> one</c><00:35:11.099><c> I'd</c><00:35:11.320><c> like</c><00:35:11.460><c> to</c><00:35:11.719><c> skip.</c>

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:18.780
As<00:35:14.619><c> we</c><00:35:14.900><c> say,</c><00:35:15.800><c> the</c><00:35:16.039><c> theory</c><00:35:16.320><c> will</c><00:35:17.059><c> be</c><00:35:17.280><c> good</c><00:35:17.539><c> enough</c><00:35:17.679><c> for</c><00:35:17.900><c> me.</c>

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:21.099
But<00:35:19.119><c> supposing</c><00:35:19.559><c> he</c><00:35:19.800><c> was</c><00:35:20.179><c> dead,</c>

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:24.639
the<00:35:21.780><c> things</c><00:35:21.960><c> he</c><00:35:22.179><c> went</c><00:35:22.340><c> through</c><00:35:22.559><c> were</c><00:35:22.739><c> just</c><00:35:23.119><c> absolutely</c><00:35:23.619><c> incredible.</c>

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:27.699
And<00:35:25.340><c> the</c><00:35:25.760><c> lesson</c><00:35:26.099><c> that</c><00:35:26.300><c> we</c><00:35:26.460><c> see</c><00:35:26.659><c> over</c><00:35:26.980><c> and</c><00:35:27.079><c> over</c><00:35:27.300><c> again</c><00:35:27.519><c> with</c>

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:30.239
Paul<00:35:28.000><c> is</c><00:35:28.300><c> don't</c><00:35:28.739><c> give</c><00:35:29.099><c> up.</c>

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:33.239
No<00:35:30.860><c> matter</c><00:35:31.099><c> what</c><00:35:31.559><c> trial,</c><00:35:32.019><c> no</c><00:35:32.179><c> matter</c><00:35:32.380><c> what</c><00:35:32.659><c> persecution,</c>

00:35:33.340 --> 00:35:35.280
no<00:35:33.480><c> matter</c><00:35:33.719><c> what</c><00:35:34.000><c> problem,</c><00:35:34.320><c> no</c><00:35:34.460><c> matter</c><00:35:34.639><c> what</c><00:35:34.900><c> illness,</c>

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:38.219
no<00:35:35.659><c> matter</c><00:35:35.820><c> what's</c><00:35:36.300><c> tearing</c><00:35:36.539><c> you</c><00:35:36.980><c> apart</c><00:35:37.280><c> personally</c><00:35:37.699><c> or</c><00:35:37.940><c> your</c>

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.940
ecclesia<00:35:38.599><c> or</c><00:35:38.679><c> whatever,</c>

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:41.420
don't<00:35:39.519><c> give</c><00:35:39.860><c> up</c><00:35:40.199><c> the</c><00:35:40.440><c> faith.</c>

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:47.280
God<00:35:41.760><c> will</c><00:35:42.099><c> in</c><00:35:42.300><c> the</c><00:35:42.599><c> end</c><00:35:42.840><c> perform,</c><00:35:45.739><c> grow</c><00:35:46.000><c> from</c><00:35:46.260><c> it,</c><00:35:46.960><c> strengthen</c>

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:49.239
from<00:35:47.539><c> it.</c>

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:53.659
Can<00:35:51.219><c> you</c><00:35:51.380><c> imagine</c><00:35:51.760><c> what</c><00:35:52.000><c> happened</c><00:35:52.260><c> now</c><00:35:52.519><c> when</c><00:35:52.639><c> he</c><00:35:53.199><c> continued</c>

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:56.219
on,<00:35:53.980><c> verses</c><00:35:54.300><c> 22</c><00:35:54.760><c> and</c><00:35:54.960><c> 23?</c>

00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:01.539
He<00:35:58.619><c> was</c><00:35:59.139><c> raised</c><00:35:59.440><c> up</c><00:35:59.780><c> and</c><00:35:59.960><c> then</c><00:36:00.420><c> verse</c><00:36:00.619><c> 21</c><00:36:01.000><c> for</c><00:36:01.239><c> connection.</c>

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:03.719
And<00:36:01.699><c> when</c><00:36:01.840><c> they</c><00:36:01.980><c> had</c><00:36:02.159><c> preached</c><00:36:02.380><c> the</c><00:36:02.599><c> Gospel</c><00:36:02.900><c> in</c><00:36:03.119><c> that</c><00:36:03.340><c> city</c>

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:08.079
and<00:36:04.619><c> had</c><00:36:04.980><c> taught</c><00:36:05.179><c> many,</c><00:36:05.639><c> they</c><00:36:05.780><c> returned</c><00:36:06.280><c> again</c><00:36:06.780><c> to</c><00:36:07.000><c> Lystra</c><00:36:07.380><c> and</c><00:36:07.840><c> to</c>

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.400
Iconium<00:36:08.639><c> and</c><00:36:08.820><c> to</c><00:36:09.000><c> Antioch.</c>

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:12.300
Now<00:36:09.659><c> imagine</c><00:36:10.039><c> the</c><00:36:10.920><c> powerful</c><00:36:11.539><c> message</c><00:36:11.880><c> that</c><00:36:12.179><c> was.</c>

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:15.179
Here's<00:36:12.559><c> this</c><00:36:12.760><c> man</c><00:36:12.900><c> that</c><00:36:13.400><c> they</c><00:36:13.579><c> had</c><00:36:13.920><c> stoned</c><00:36:14.139><c> at</c><00:36:14.340><c> two</c><00:36:14.500><c> other</c><00:36:14.719><c> places.</c>

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:17.900
He<00:36:15.699><c> was</c><00:36:15.940><c> stoned</c><00:36:16.179><c> a</c><00:36:16.380><c> third</c><00:36:16.599><c> time,</c><00:36:16.920><c> almost</c><00:36:17.280><c> unto</c><00:36:17.519><c> death.</c>

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:20.139
And<00:36:18.239><c> now</c><00:36:18.400><c> he</c><00:36:18.500><c> gets</c><00:36:18.699><c> up</c><00:36:18.900><c> and</c><00:36:19.019><c> he</c><00:36:19.079><c> goes</c><00:36:19.239><c> back</c><00:36:19.500><c> to</c><00:36:19.679><c> the</c><00:36:19.840><c> city</c><00:36:20.000><c> and</c>

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:21.300
he<00:36:20.239><c> gets</c><00:36:20.400><c> back</c><00:36:20.659><c> on</c><00:36:20.880><c> the</c><00:36:21.019><c> podium</c>

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:24.320
and<00:36:21.440><c> he</c><00:36:21.639><c> says,</c><00:36:22.659><c> I'm</c><00:36:22.820><c> here</c><00:36:23.039><c> to</c><00:36:23.280><c> preach</c><00:36:23.440><c> the</c><00:36:23.619><c> Gospel</c><00:36:24.019><c> of</c><00:36:24.219><c> the</c>

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:26.119
Lord<00:36:24.500><c> Jesus</c><00:36:24.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:31.679
And<00:36:28.440><c> you</c><00:36:28.539><c> see,</c><00:36:28.619><c> when</c><00:36:28.719><c> you</c><00:36:28.880><c> come</c><00:36:29.199><c> back</c><00:36:29.940><c> from</c><00:36:30.940><c> difficulties,</c>

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:34.260
you<00:36:32.320><c> come</c><00:36:32.699><c> back</c><00:36:33.260><c> stronger.</c>

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:37.599
And<00:36:34.860><c> that</c><00:36:35.460><c> must</c><00:36:35.800><c> have</c><00:36:36.039><c> been</c><00:36:36.179><c> a</c><00:36:36.400><c> powerful</c><00:36:36.860><c> message</c><00:36:37.199><c> because</c><00:36:37.400><c> in</c>

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.380
verse<00:36:37.840><c> 22</c>

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:41.639
we<00:36:38.739><c> have</c><00:36:39.199><c> confirming</c><00:36:40.059><c> the</c><00:36:40.440><c> souls</c><00:36:40.739><c> of</c><00:36:40.960><c> the</c><00:36:41.219><c> disciples</c>

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:45.980
and<00:36:42.039><c> exhorting</c><00:36:42.539><c> them</c><00:36:42.860><c> to</c><00:36:43.400><c> continue</c><00:36:44.219><c> in</c><00:36:44.820><c> the</c><00:36:45.099><c> faith.</c>

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:50.079
And<00:36:47.199><c> I</c><00:36:47.300><c> know</c><00:36:47.500><c> I've</c><00:36:47.679><c> done</c><00:36:47.860><c> a</c><00:36:48.099><c> poor</c><00:36:48.260><c> job</c><00:36:48.619><c> of</c><00:36:48.900><c> emphasizing</c><00:36:49.460><c> that</c><00:36:49.780><c> message,</c>

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:52.289
but<00:36:50.340><c> listen</c><00:36:50.659><c> to</c><00:36:50.900><c> Paul's</c><00:36:51.460><c> exhortation.</c>

00:36:53.309 --> 00:36:58.650
Every<00:36:53.909><c> persecution</c><00:36:54.510><c> that</c><00:36:54.769><c> he</c><00:36:55.010><c> went</c><00:36:55.250><c> through</c><00:36:55.929><c> became</c><00:36:56.530><c> an</c><00:36:57.010><c> exhortation,</c>

00:36:58.809 --> 00:37:04.050
verse<00:36:59.130><c> 22</c><00:36:59.530><c> he</c><00:36:59.750><c> says</c><00:36:59.909><c> it,</c><00:37:00.610><c> exhorting</c><00:37:01.190><c> them</c><00:37:01.789><c> to</c><00:37:02.289><c> continue</c><00:37:03.170><c> in</c>

00:37:04.050 --> 00:37:05.170
the<00:37:04.289><c> faith.</c>

00:37:05.570 --> 00:37:09.610
And<00:37:05.869><c> that</c><00:37:06.869><c> exhortation</c><00:37:07.809><c> that</c><00:37:07.949><c> he</c><00:37:08.070><c> makes</c><00:37:08.289><c> is</c><00:37:08.590><c> so</c><00:37:08.849><c> much</c><00:37:09.030><c> more</c><00:37:09.329><c> powerful</c>

00:37:09.610 --> 00:37:12.409
than<00:37:09.809><c> all</c><00:37:09.989><c> the</c><00:37:10.469><c> useless</c><00:37:11.030><c> words</c><00:37:11.349><c> that</c><00:37:11.510><c> I've</c><00:37:11.789><c> tried</c><00:37:11.929><c> to</c><00:37:12.130><c> do</c><00:37:12.250><c> to</c>

00:37:12.409 --> 00:37:13.949
make<00:37:12.530><c> the</c><00:37:12.730><c> same</c><00:37:12.989><c> point.</c>

00:37:15.889 --> 00:37:17.469
Turn<00:37:16.150><c> to</c><00:37:16.329><c> chapter</c><00:37:16.670><c> 16.</c>

00:37:23.570 --> 00:37:25.190
Verse<00:37:24.130><c> 8.</c>

00:37:27.110 --> 00:37:28.230
And<00:37:27.210><c> then</c><00:37:27.389><c> down</c><00:37:27.610><c> to</c><00:37:27.809><c> 22.</c>

00:37:28.469 --> 00:37:31.550
And<00:37:28.469><c> they</c><00:37:28.750><c> passing</c><00:37:29.309><c> by</c><00:37:29.750><c> Mycea</c><00:37:30.269><c> and</c><00:37:30.449><c> came</c><00:37:30.650><c> down</c><00:37:30.929><c> to</c><00:37:31.190><c> Troas.</c>

00:37:31.650 --> 00:37:35.550
And<00:37:31.710><c> a</c><00:37:31.909><c> vision</c><00:37:32.530><c> appeared</c><00:37:33.230><c> to</c><00:37:33.909><c> Paul</c><00:37:34.250><c> in</c><00:37:34.449><c> the</c><00:37:34.630><c> night.</c>

00:37:35.769 --> 00:37:39.309
There<00:37:35.949><c> stood</c><00:37:36.170><c> a</c><00:37:36.349><c> man</c><00:37:36.449><c> of</c><00:37:36.670><c> Macedonia</c><00:37:37.409><c> and</c><00:37:38.309><c> prayed</c><00:37:38.710><c> him,</c><00:37:39.190><c> saying,</c>

00:37:39.389 --> 00:37:42.150
Come<00:37:39.570><c> over</c><00:37:39.929><c> into</c><00:37:40.210><c> Macedonia</c><00:37:40.909><c> and</c><00:37:41.150><c> help</c><00:37:41.389><c> us.</c>

00:37:42.630 --> 00:37:45.610
And<00:37:42.929><c> after</c><00:37:43.190><c> he</c><00:37:43.329><c> had</c><00:37:43.489><c> seen</c><00:37:43.610><c> the</c><00:37:43.829><c> vision,</c><00:37:44.010><c> immediately</c><00:37:44.570><c> we</c><00:37:44.949><c> endeavored</c><00:37:45.389><c> to</c>

00:37:45.610 --> 00:37:46.929
go<00:37:45.750><c> into</c><00:37:46.030><c> Macedonia,</c>

00:37:47.349 --> 00:37:50.510
assuredly<00:37:47.949><c> gathering</c><00:37:48.309><c> that</c><00:37:48.530><c> the</c><00:37:48.789><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.170><c> had</c><00:37:49.809><c> called</c><00:37:50.210><c> us</c>

00:37:50.510 --> 00:37:53.170
before<00:37:50.650><c> to</c><00:37:50.909><c> preach</c><00:37:51.250><c> the</c><00:37:51.510><c> gospel</c><00:37:51.929><c> unto</c><00:37:52.250><c> them.</c>

00:37:53.369 --> 00:37:55.230
And<00:37:53.670><c> so</c><00:37:53.769><c> they</c><00:37:54.010><c> depart</c><00:37:54.429><c> for</c><00:37:54.730><c> that</c><00:37:55.010><c> city.</c>

00:37:55.369 --> 00:37:58.469
And<00:37:55.510><c> the</c><00:37:55.670><c> first</c><00:37:55.909><c> place</c><00:37:56.110><c> they</c><00:37:56.329><c> head</c><00:37:56.510><c> to</c><00:37:56.670><c> in</c><00:37:56.869><c> Macedonia,</c><00:37:57.650><c> verse</c><00:37:57.909><c> 12,</c>

00:37:58.789 --> 00:38:02.349
and<00:37:59.010><c> from</c><00:37:59.269><c> thence</c><00:37:59.610><c> to</c><00:37:59.829><c> Philippi,</c><00:38:00.849><c> which</c><00:38:01.030><c> is</c><00:38:01.269><c> the</c><00:38:01.829><c> chief</c><00:38:02.090><c> city</c>

00:38:02.349 --> 00:38:03.769
of<00:38:02.530><c> that</c><00:38:02.730><c> part</c><00:38:02.949><c> of</c><00:38:03.110><c> Macedonia</c>

00:38:03.769 --> 00:38:07.349
and<00:38:03.989><c> a</c><00:38:04.230><c> colony,</c><00:38:04.650><c> and</c><00:38:04.849><c> we</c><00:38:04.989><c> were</c><00:38:05.150><c> in</c><00:38:05.230><c> that</c><00:38:05.449><c> city</c><00:38:05.670><c> abiding</c><00:38:06.250><c> certain</c><00:38:06.809><c> days.</c>

00:38:07.769 --> 00:38:11.630
And<00:38:07.929><c> on</c><00:38:08.190><c> the</c><00:38:08.369><c> Sabbath</c><00:38:08.570><c> we</c><00:38:08.750><c> went</c><00:38:08.969><c> out</c><00:38:09.969><c> of</c><00:38:10.190><c> the</c><00:38:10.429><c> city</c><00:38:10.610><c> by</c><00:38:10.829><c> the</c><00:38:11.030><c> riverside</c>

00:38:11.630 --> 00:38:13.329
where<00:38:11.889><c> to</c><00:38:12.130><c> pray</c><00:38:12.329><c> was</c><00:38:12.630><c> want</c><00:38:12.809><c> to</c><00:38:13.010><c> be</c><00:38:13.190><c> made,</c>

00:38:13.329 --> 00:38:15.969
and<00:38:13.449><c> we</c><00:38:13.670><c> sat</c><00:38:13.829><c> down</c><00:38:14.090><c> and</c><00:38:14.349><c> spake</c><00:38:14.530><c> unto</c><00:38:14.730><c> the</c><00:38:14.969><c> women</c><00:38:15.369><c> which</c>

00:38:15.969 --> 00:38:17.889
resorted<00:38:16.829><c> thither.</c>

00:38:18.510 --> 00:38:23.190
Now,<00:38:19.909><c> he</c><00:38:19.969><c> avails</c><00:38:20.809><c> himself</c><00:38:21.130><c> of</c><00:38:21.329><c> virtually</c><00:38:21.590><c> every</c><00:38:22.050><c> opportunity.</c>

00:38:23.449 --> 00:38:28.909
Philippi,<00:38:24.650><c> Macedonia</c><00:38:25.210><c> knows</c><00:38:25.510><c> the</c><00:38:26.449><c> northern</c><00:38:26.809><c> part</c><00:38:27.170><c> of</c><00:38:28.070><c> Greece.</c>

00:38:29.230 --> 00:38:30.829
And<00:38:29.309><c> it</c><00:38:29.389><c> was</c><00:38:29.630><c> from</c><00:38:30.090><c> Philippi.</c>

00:38:30.829 --> 00:38:34.349
It<00:38:30.929><c> was</c><00:38:31.150><c> named</c><00:38:31.429><c> after</c><00:38:31.849><c> Alexander</c><00:38:32.429><c> the</c><00:38:32.670><c> Great's</c><00:38:33.050><c> father,</c><00:38:33.389><c> Philip.</c>

00:38:34.530 --> 00:38:38.090
And<00:38:34.710><c> it</c><00:38:34.769><c> was</c><00:38:35.269><c> a</c><00:38:35.489><c> very</c><00:38:36.730><c> principal</c><00:38:37.110><c> city</c><00:38:37.409><c> at</c><00:38:37.630><c> that</c><00:38:37.869><c> time.</c>

00:38:38.110 --> 00:38:42.510
And<00:38:38.289><c> it</c><00:38:38.309><c> had</c><00:38:38.510><c> been</c><00:38:38.869><c> where</c><00:38:40.010><c> the</c><00:38:40.710><c> Greek</c><00:38:40.969><c> Empire</c><00:38:41.369><c> actually</c><00:38:42.289><c> spun</c>

00:38:42.510 --> 00:38:43.269
off<00:38:42.829><c> from</c><00:38:43.090><c> there</c>

00:38:43.269 --> 00:38:44.469
in<00:38:43.429><c> the</c><00:38:43.570><c> days</c><00:38:43.730><c> of</c><00:38:44.010><c> Alexander.</c>

00:38:44.469 --> 00:38:47.889
He<00:38:44.650><c> was</c><00:38:45.949><c> taught</c><00:38:46.530><c> in</c><00:38:47.329><c> that</c><00:38:47.590><c> city</c>

00:38:47.889 --> 00:38:53.710
and<00:38:48.230><c> became</c><00:38:48.789><c> the</c><00:38:49.429><c> chief</c><00:38:49.869><c> city</c><00:38:50.489><c> of</c><00:38:50.730><c> the</c><00:38:51.170><c> Greek</c><00:38:51.409><c> world</c><00:38:51.750><c> culturally</c><00:38:52.369><c> and</c><00:38:52.730><c> politically.</c>

00:38:54.570 --> 00:38:57.489
And<00:38:54.710><c> he</c><00:38:54.789><c> goes</c><00:38:55.070><c> down</c><00:38:55.829><c> by</c><00:38:56.429><c> the</c><00:38:56.630><c> river.</c>

00:38:58.409 --> 00:39:01.750
And<00:38:58.809><c> I</c><00:38:59.110><c> think,</c><00:39:00.489><c> I</c><00:39:00.730><c> don't</c><00:39:00.869><c> know</c><00:39:00.969><c> if</c><00:39:01.090><c> any</c><00:39:01.230><c> of</c><00:39:01.309><c> you</c><00:39:01.449><c> have</c><00:39:01.570><c> ever</c>

00:39:01.750 --> 00:39:02.130
done<00:39:01.849><c> this,</c>

00:39:02.349 --> 00:39:05.929
when<00:39:02.550><c> we</c><00:39:03.369><c> were</c><00:39:03.650><c> living</c><00:39:03.969><c> in</c><00:39:04.210><c> Italy</c><00:39:04.449><c> in</c><00:39:04.610><c> the</c><00:39:04.730><c> early</c><00:39:05.030><c> 70s</c><00:39:05.590><c> in</c><00:39:05.690><c> a</c>

00:39:05.929 --> 00:39:06.969
small<00:39:06.170><c> town.</c>

00:39:07.510 --> 00:39:11.130
It<00:39:07.630><c> was</c><00:39:07.969><c> in</c><00:39:08.469><c> the</c><00:39:08.630><c> mountains</c><00:39:09.269><c> north</c><00:39:09.929><c> of</c><00:39:10.130><c> Milan,</c>

00:39:11.389 --> 00:39:12.789
quite<00:39:11.630><c> close</c><00:39:11.889><c> to</c><00:39:12.070><c> the</c><00:39:12.230><c> Swiss</c><00:39:12.449><c> border,</c>

00:39:12.789 --> 00:39:16.110
and<00:39:12.909><c> there</c><00:39:12.969><c> was</c><00:39:13.269><c> a</c><00:39:13.530><c> nuclear</c><00:39:13.849><c> energy</c><00:39:14.250><c> lab</c><00:39:14.449><c> tucked</c><00:39:14.750><c> away</c><00:39:15.090><c> in</c><00:39:15.909><c> an</c>

00:39:16.110 --> 00:39:17.349
impossibly<00:39:16.670><c> small</c><00:39:16.929><c> place.</c>

00:39:17.769 --> 00:39:19.710
Governments<00:39:18.090><c> like</c><00:39:18.329><c> to</c><00:39:18.530><c> do</c><00:39:18.670><c> that,</c><00:39:18.869><c> so</c><00:39:18.989><c> when</c><00:39:19.130><c> they</c><00:39:19.349><c> blow</c><00:39:19.590><c> they</c>

00:39:19.710 --> 00:39:21.510
don't<00:39:19.889><c> kill</c><00:39:20.110><c> too</c><00:39:20.329><c> many</c><00:39:20.530><c> people.</c>

00:39:21.929 --> 00:39:24.190
But<00:39:22.369><c> nevertheless,</c><00:39:23.010><c> one</c><00:39:23.190><c> day</c><00:39:23.389><c> Mary</c><00:39:23.710><c> asked,</c>

00:39:24.570 --> 00:39:26.170
where<00:39:24.730><c> was</c><00:39:24.949><c> the</c><00:39:25.170><c> laundromat?</c>

00:39:26.909 --> 00:39:28.809
And<00:39:27.190><c> they</c><00:39:27.369><c> pointed</c><00:39:27.670><c> to</c><00:39:27.889><c> the</c><00:39:28.030><c> lake.</c>

00:39:29.809 --> 00:39:30.889
And<00:39:29.969><c> you</c><00:39:30.030><c> go</c><00:39:30.190><c> down</c><00:39:30.429><c> to</c><00:39:30.550><c> the</c><00:39:30.690><c> lake,</c>

00:39:31.349 --> 00:39:34.309
and<00:39:31.469><c> there</c><00:39:31.570><c> were</c><00:39:31.710><c> the</c><00:39:31.809><c> women</c><00:39:32.030><c> on</c><00:39:32.250><c> the</c><00:39:32.449><c> stones</c><00:39:32.769><c> doing</c><00:39:33.250><c> the</c><00:39:33.469><c> laundry.</c>

00:39:36.789 --> 00:39:38.969
This<00:39:37.230><c> was</c><00:39:37.469><c> the</c><00:39:37.690><c> practice</c><00:39:38.150><c> in</c><00:39:38.510><c> those</c><00:39:38.730><c> days,</c>

00:39:38.969 --> 00:39:41.369
and<00:39:39.110><c> it</c><00:39:39.190><c> is</c><00:39:39.389><c> the</c><00:39:39.590><c> practice</c><00:39:39.889><c> in</c><00:39:40.070><c> many</c><00:39:40.329><c> places</c><00:39:40.650><c> in</c><00:39:40.809><c> the</c><00:39:40.889><c> world</c><00:39:41.070><c> today.</c>

00:39:41.369 --> 00:39:44.849
And<00:39:41.590><c> I</c><00:39:41.690><c> think</c><00:39:41.809><c> he</c><00:39:41.989><c> went</c><00:39:42.190><c> down</c><00:39:42.929><c> there</c><00:39:43.289><c> perhaps</c><00:39:43.710><c> to</c><00:39:44.449><c> drink</c><00:39:44.710><c> of</c>

00:39:44.849 --> 00:39:45.570
the<00:39:45.309><c> river</c>

00:39:45.570 --> 00:39:47.809
and<00:39:46.050><c> to</c><00:39:46.329><c> rest,</c><00:39:46.530><c> and</c><00:39:46.650><c> he</c><00:39:46.869><c> saw</c><00:39:47.010><c> them</c><00:39:47.230><c> working</c><00:39:47.590><c> there.</c>

00:39:47.849 --> 00:39:50.849
And<00:39:48.010><c> now</c><00:39:48.349><c> the</c><00:39:48.769><c> gentiles</c><00:39:49.329><c> who</c><00:39:49.530><c> were</c><00:39:49.630><c> there</c><00:39:49.829><c> would</c><00:39:50.010><c> work</c><00:39:50.289><c> on</c><00:39:50.469><c> the</c><00:39:50.710><c> Sabbath.</c>

00:39:51.050 --> 00:39:52.949
The<00:39:51.190><c> Sabbath</c><00:39:51.349><c> didn't</c><00:39:51.530><c> mean</c><00:39:51.630><c> anything</c><00:39:51.889><c> to</c><00:39:52.030><c> them.</c>

00:39:53.650 --> 00:39:55.530
And<00:39:53.869><c> so</c><00:39:54.010><c> he</c><00:39:54.190><c> found</c><00:39:54.429><c> down</c><00:39:54.710><c> there,</c><00:39:54.869><c> and</c><00:39:54.969><c> it's</c><00:39:55.190><c> interesting</c>

00:39:55.530 --> 00:39:58.110
because<00:39:55.849><c> he</c><00:39:56.130><c> finds</c><00:39:56.329><c> someone</c><00:39:56.610><c> named</c><00:39:56.849><c> Lydia,</c><00:39:57.309><c> a</c><00:39:57.409><c> seller</c><00:39:57.570><c> of</c><00:39:57.809><c> purple.</c>

00:39:58.409 --> 00:40:00.829
And<00:39:58.570><c> of</c><00:39:58.750><c> course,</c><00:39:59.090><c> the</c><00:39:59.250><c> dye</c><00:39:59.510><c> that</c><00:39:59.809><c> makes</c><00:39:59.989><c> purple,</c>

00:40:01.329 --> 00:40:03.130
the<00:40:01.570><c> cloth</c><00:40:01.769><c> would</c><00:40:01.949><c> have</c><00:40:02.070><c> had</c><00:40:02.210><c> to</c><00:40:02.329><c> have</c><00:40:02.429><c> been</c><00:40:02.570><c> laundered,</c>

00:40:03.190 --> 00:40:05.030
and<00:40:03.349><c> then</c><00:40:03.570><c> they</c><00:40:03.829><c> were</c><00:40:04.050><c> brought</c><00:40:04.250><c> back</c><00:40:04.570><c> and</c><00:40:04.650><c> they</c><00:40:04.809><c> would</c><00:40:04.929><c> have</c>

00:40:05.030 --> 00:40:05.789
been<00:40:05.150><c> put</c><00:40:05.309><c> in</c><00:40:05.550><c> vats</c>

00:40:05.789 --> 00:40:09.570
and<00:40:05.869><c> they</c><00:40:06.010><c> would</c><00:40:06.170><c> have</c><00:40:06.429><c> been</c><00:40:07.250><c> allowed</c><00:40:07.969><c> to</c><00:40:08.570><c> sort</c><00:40:08.750><c> of</c><00:40:08.989><c> soak</c><00:40:09.170><c> there</c><00:40:09.369><c> for</c>

00:40:09.570 --> 00:40:10.409
a<00:40:09.730><c> period</c><00:40:09.909><c> of</c><00:40:10.130><c> time</c>

00:40:10.409 --> 00:40:11.469
until<00:40:10.630><c> they</c><00:40:10.829><c> turned</c><00:40:11.030><c> purple.</c>

00:40:11.869 --> 00:40:13.590
And<00:40:12.090><c> purple</c><00:40:12.329><c> was</c><00:40:12.670><c> the</c><00:40:13.010><c> royal</c><00:40:13.289><c> colors.</c>

00:40:13.690 --> 00:40:16.170
The<00:40:13.849><c> rich</c><00:40:14.170><c> wore</c><00:40:14.409><c> this,</c><00:40:14.670><c> actually</c><00:40:15.050><c> the</c><00:40:15.190><c> nobility.</c>

00:40:16.250 --> 00:40:21.210
It<00:40:16.369><c> was</c><00:40:16.550><c> one</c><00:40:16.750><c> of</c><00:40:16.989><c> the</c><00:40:18.050><c> few</c><00:40:18.710><c> dyes</c><00:40:19.590><c> discovered</c><00:40:20.409><c> in</c><00:40:20.630><c> ancient</c><00:40:20.909><c> times</c>

00:40:21.210 --> 00:40:23.469
with<00:40:21.489><c> actual</c><00:40:22.050><c> permanent</c><00:40:22.670><c> lasting</c><00:40:23.090><c> ability.</c>

00:40:23.570 --> 00:40:27.150
I<00:40:23.690><c> believe</c><00:40:23.929><c> it's</c><00:40:24.730><c> taken</c><00:40:25.010><c> from</c><00:40:25.250><c> some</c><00:40:25.550><c> kind</c><00:40:25.769><c> of</c><00:40:26.710><c> a</c><00:40:26.809><c> seashell</c>

00:40:27.150 --> 00:40:28.070
or<00:40:27.289><c> something</c><00:40:27.530><c> of</c><00:40:27.730><c> that</c><00:40:27.869><c> nature.</c>

00:40:28.110 --> 00:40:29.590
I'm<00:40:28.230><c> not</c><00:40:28.389><c> an</c><00:40:28.630><c> expert</c><00:40:28.869><c> in</c><00:40:29.110><c> dyeing.</c>

00:40:29.769 --> 00:40:31.190
But<00:40:29.889><c> it's</c><00:40:30.090><c> very,</c><00:40:30.389><c> very</c><00:40:30.750><c> permanent.</c>

00:40:31.670 --> 00:40:32.929
Very<00:40:31.969><c> permanent.</c>

00:40:33.050 --> 00:40:35.750
And<00:40:33.210><c> so</c><00:40:33.590><c> these</c><00:40:33.909><c> women</c><00:40:34.150><c> were</c><00:40:34.349><c> there,</c><00:40:34.570><c> and</c><00:40:34.730><c> he</c><00:40:34.929><c> preaches</c><00:40:35.230><c> the</c><00:40:35.469><c> gospel.</c>

00:40:35.829 --> 00:40:36.769
He<00:40:35.889><c> takes</c><00:40:36.110><c> the</c><00:40:36.349><c> opportunity.</c>

00:40:36.769 --> 00:40:41.730
Now<00:40:37.010><c> go</c><00:40:37.230><c> down</c><00:40:37.489><c> a</c><00:40:37.590><c> few</c><00:40:37.769><c> more</c><00:40:38.050><c> verses,</c><00:40:38.889><c> down</c><00:40:39.230><c> to</c><00:40:39.409><c> verse</c><00:40:39.889><c> 22,</c><00:40:40.469><c> same</c><00:40:40.690><c> chapter.</c>

00:40:42.650 --> 00:40:44.750
And<00:40:42.730><c> he</c><00:40:42.750><c> gets</c><00:40:42.969><c> himself</c><00:40:43.369><c> in</c><00:40:43.510><c> trouble</c><00:40:43.809><c> again.</c>

00:40:45.010 --> 00:40:59.809
And<00:40:45.010><c> so</c><00:40:57.409><c> he's</c><00:40:59.210><c> thrown</c><00:40:59.409><c> in</c><00:40:59.650><c> jail.</c>

00:40:59.869 --> 00:41:01.170
And<00:40:59.989><c> what</c><00:41:00.110><c> happens</c><00:41:00.389><c> in</c><00:41:00.570><c> this</c><00:41:00.769><c> jail?</c>

00:41:01.449 --> 00:41:02.690
An<00:41:01.690><c> earthquake.</c>

00:41:03.389 --> 00:41:04.389
And<00:41:03.650><c> he's</c><00:41:04.070><c> free.</c>

00:41:04.389 --> 00:41:06.829
A<00:41:04.849><c> kind</c><00:41:05.170><c> of</c><00:41:05.429><c> magical</c><00:41:05.849><c> earthquake</c><00:41:06.309><c> in</c><00:41:06.530><c> a</c><00:41:06.650><c> sense</c>

00:41:06.829 --> 00:41:08.769
because<00:41:07.250><c> all</c><00:41:07.530><c> the</c><00:41:07.690><c> doors</c><00:41:07.869><c> of</c><00:41:08.030><c> the</c><00:41:08.190><c> prison</c><00:41:08.389><c> are</c><00:41:08.610><c> open,</c>

00:41:08.809 --> 00:41:10.750
but<00:41:08.969><c> the</c><00:41:09.150><c> prison</c><00:41:09.369><c> doesn't</c><00:41:09.690><c> collapse.</c>

00:41:11.550 --> 00:41:12.650
Just<00:41:11.730><c> the</c><00:41:11.909><c> right</c><00:41:12.130><c> magnitude.</c>

00:41:12.949 --> 00:41:15.550
God<00:41:13.110><c> not</c><00:41:13.289><c> only</c><00:41:13.590><c> performs</c><00:41:14.090><c> the</c><00:41:14.349><c> right</c><00:41:14.530><c> things</c><00:41:14.730><c> at</c><00:41:14.909><c> the</c><00:41:15.090><c> right</c><00:41:15.329><c> time,</c>

00:41:15.590 --> 00:41:17.949
he<00:41:15.769><c> adjusts</c><00:41:16.130><c> it</c><00:41:16.309><c> in</c><00:41:16.429><c> just</c><00:41:16.650><c> the</c><00:41:16.809><c> right</c><00:41:17.030><c> way.</c>

00:41:19.389 --> 00:41:20.889
This<00:41:19.570><c> was</c><00:41:19.829><c> not</c><00:41:20.090><c> just</c><00:41:20.309><c> a...</c>

00:41:20.889 --> 00:41:24.150
I<00:41:21.090><c> don't</c><00:41:21.369><c> believe</c><00:41:21.769><c> that</c><00:41:22.010><c> it</c><00:41:22.130><c> was</c><00:41:22.230><c> just</c><00:41:22.469><c> a</c><00:41:22.610><c> coincidental</c><00:41:23.150><c> earthquake.</c>

00:41:25.449 --> 00:41:28.789
Because<00:41:25.889><c> I</c><00:41:26.329><c> don't</c><00:41:26.670><c> believe</c><00:41:26.949><c> in</c><00:41:27.210><c> coincidences</c><00:41:27.630><c> anyway.</c>

00:41:30.050 --> 00:41:33.530
And<00:41:30.590><c> so</c><00:41:30.909><c> he</c><00:41:31.170><c> gets</c><00:41:31.429><c> out</c><00:41:31.789><c> and</c><00:41:32.050><c> he</c><00:41:32.289><c> converts</c><00:41:32.489><c> to</c><00:41:32.789><c> jail.</c>

00:41:36.030 --> 00:41:39.429
Now<00:41:36.389><c> take</c><00:41:36.510><c> a</c><00:41:37.250><c> lesson</c><00:41:37.570><c> of</c><00:41:37.909><c> taking</c><00:41:38.530><c> avail</c><00:41:38.829><c> of</c><00:41:38.969><c> yourself</c><00:41:39.170><c> of</c>

00:41:39.429 --> 00:41:41.170
every<00:41:39.849><c> opportunity.</c>

00:41:41.530 --> 00:41:43.489
Of<00:41:41.710><c> every</c><00:41:42.190><c> opportunity.</c>

00:41:43.570 --> 00:41:46.750
And<00:41:43.690><c> go</c><00:41:43.889><c> on</c><00:41:44.070><c> to</c><00:41:44.230><c> chapter</c><00:41:44.530><c> 19,</c><00:41:45.210><c> verse</c><00:41:45.429><c> 35.</c>

00:41:48.929 --> 00:41:50.989
Again,<00:41:49.429><c> he</c><00:41:49.550><c> gets</c><00:41:49.809><c> in</c><00:41:50.010><c> trouble.</c>

00:41:51.510 --> 00:41:54.829
And<00:41:51.670><c> when</c><00:41:51.949><c> the</c><00:41:52.250><c> town</c><00:41:52.570><c> clerk,</c><00:41:53.389><c> it's</c><00:41:53.869><c> 19</c><00:41:54.289><c> and</c><00:41:54.449><c> 35,</c>

00:41:54.869 --> 00:41:56.789
and<00:41:55.010><c> when</c><00:41:55.130><c> the</c><00:41:55.369><c> town</c><00:41:55.550><c> clerk</c><00:41:55.809><c> had</c><00:41:55.989><c> appeased</c><00:41:56.349><c> the</c><00:41:56.570><c> people,</c>

00:41:56.789 --> 00:41:57.610
he<00:41:56.849><c> said,</c>

00:42:11.550 --> 00:42:14.050
Town<00:42:12.070><c> clerk</c><00:42:12.590><c> probably</c><00:42:12.909><c> didn't</c><00:42:13.090><c> want</c><00:42:13.170><c> any</c><00:42:13.289><c> trouble</c><00:42:13.550><c> on</c><00:42:13.730><c> his</c><00:42:13.909><c> hands,</c>

00:42:14.070 --> 00:42:17.010
but<00:42:14.210><c> you</c><00:42:14.289><c> know,</c><00:42:15.150><c> Ephesus</c><00:42:15.349><c> was</c><00:42:15.630><c> the</c><00:42:15.849><c> home</c><00:42:16.170><c> of</c><00:42:16.610><c> Diana</c>

00:42:17.010 --> 00:42:20.809
and<00:42:17.630><c> that</c><00:42:17.909><c> great</c><00:42:18.170><c> temple,</c><00:42:18.670><c> also</c><00:42:19.170><c> called</c><00:42:19.590><c> Artemis</c><00:42:20.130><c> by</c><00:42:20.309><c> the</c><00:42:20.550><c> Greeks,</c>

00:42:21.190 --> 00:42:23.989
and<00:42:21.469><c> it</c><00:42:21.730><c> was</c><00:42:21.909><c> one</c><00:42:22.090><c> of</c><00:42:22.210><c> the</c><00:42:22.409><c> seven</c><00:42:22.650><c> wonders</c><00:42:22.909><c> of</c><00:42:23.110><c> the</c><00:42:23.230><c> ancient</c><00:42:23.530><c> world.</c>

00:42:23.989 --> 00:42:27.889
It<00:42:24.590><c> was</c><00:42:24.829><c> a</c><00:42:25.090><c> huge</c><00:42:25.530><c> building</c><00:42:25.969><c> with</c><00:42:26.210><c> a</c><00:42:26.510><c> huge</c><00:42:26.889><c> colossal</c><00:42:27.570><c> stash.</c>

00:42:27.969 --> 00:42:30.469
It<00:42:28.469><c> is</c><00:42:28.730><c> said</c><00:42:28.849><c> by</c><00:42:29.170><c> some</c><00:42:29.309><c> that</c><00:42:29.469><c> it</c><00:42:29.530><c> was</c><00:42:29.710><c> all</c><00:42:30.070><c> gold.</c>

00:42:30.650 --> 00:42:33.530
I'm<00:42:30.829><c> not</c><00:42:31.050><c> sure</c><00:42:31.170><c> that's</c><00:42:31.750><c> correct</c><00:42:32.110><c> because</c><00:42:32.530><c> the</c><00:42:32.809><c> usual</c><00:42:33.110><c> practice</c>

00:42:33.530 --> 00:42:35.849
was<00:42:33.730><c> to</c><00:42:34.010><c> overlay</c><00:42:34.349><c> with</c><00:42:34.690><c> gold</c><00:42:34.989><c> leaf.</c>

00:42:37.349 --> 00:42:40.210
And<00:42:37.369><c> certainly</c><00:42:37.989><c> it</c><00:42:38.170><c> was</c><00:42:38.449><c> a</c><00:42:38.869><c> famous</c><00:42:39.250><c> shrine,</c>

00:42:40.250 --> 00:42:42.630
like<00:42:40.369><c> something</c><00:42:40.610><c> like</c><00:42:40.829><c> Our</c><00:42:41.050><c> Lady</c><00:42:41.269><c> of</c><00:42:41.449><c> Fatima</c><00:42:41.889><c> or</c><00:42:42.030><c> something</c><00:42:42.369><c> today,</c>

00:42:42.670 --> 00:42:46.809
a<00:42:42.789><c> very</c><00:42:43.070><c> famous</c><00:42:43.429><c> shrine</c><00:42:43.889><c> that</c><00:42:44.510><c> everyone</c><00:42:44.929><c> went</c><00:42:45.230><c> to</c><00:42:45.750><c> to</c><00:42:46.250><c> pay</c><00:42:46.409><c> respects.</c>

00:42:46.829 --> 00:42:50.010
And<00:42:46.969><c> it</c><00:42:47.150><c> had</c><00:42:47.670><c> magical</c><00:42:48.250><c> powers</c><00:42:48.730><c> because</c><00:42:49.130><c> she</c><00:42:49.309><c> was</c><00:42:49.510><c> the</c><00:42:49.650><c> goddess</c>

00:42:50.010 --> 00:42:51.050
of<00:42:50.710><c> love.</c>

00:42:51.050 --> 00:42:54.210
And<00:42:51.289><c> if</c><00:42:51.489><c> you</c><00:42:51.750><c> were</c><00:42:52.110><c> not</c><00:42:52.349><c> fertile</c><00:42:52.650><c> and</c><00:42:52.869><c> you</c><00:42:53.030><c> went</c><00:42:53.369><c> to</c><00:42:53.769><c> Ephesus</c>

00:42:54.210 --> 00:42:57.690
and<00:42:54.710><c> prayed</c><00:42:54.969><c> at</c><00:42:55.150><c> her</c><00:42:55.769><c> statue,</c><00:42:56.230><c> you</c><00:42:56.389><c> were</c><00:42:56.630><c> supposed</c><00:42:56.889><c> to</c><00:42:57.090><c> become</c><00:42:57.329><c> fertile.</c>

00:42:57.730 --> 00:43:00.369
So<00:42:57.909><c> you</c><00:42:57.989><c> can</c><00:42:58.150><c> see</c><00:42:58.230><c> this</c><00:42:58.409><c> was</c><00:42:58.650><c> a</c><00:42:58.789><c> fairly</c><00:42:59.010><c> good</c><00:42:59.289><c> business.</c>

00:43:00.550 --> 00:43:02.710
And<00:43:00.710><c> they</c><00:43:00.849><c> didn't</c><00:43:00.989><c> want</c><00:43:01.110><c> that</c><00:43:01.369><c> business</c><00:43:01.630><c> ruined.</c>

00:43:03.449 --> 00:43:05.369
And<00:43:03.570><c> so</c><00:43:03.869><c> a</c><00:43:04.110><c> big</c><00:43:04.449><c> uproar</c><00:43:04.869><c> is</c><00:43:05.130><c> followed.</c>

00:43:05.469 --> 00:43:07.550
In<00:43:05.570><c> the</c><00:43:05.730><c> next</c><00:43:05.949><c> chapter,</c><00:43:07.030><c> verse</c><00:43:07.289><c> 1,</c>

00:43:07.570 --> 00:43:18.250
And<00:43:07.730><c> he</c><00:43:12.210><c> survives</c><00:43:15.849><c> this</c><00:43:16.409><c> huge</c><00:43:17.489><c> uproar,</c>

00:43:18.250 --> 00:43:22.449
literally<00:43:19.329><c> mob</c><00:43:20.389><c> terror,</c><00:43:20.849><c> in</c><00:43:21.070><c> a</c><00:43:21.250><c> sense.</c>

00:43:23.610 --> 00:43:26.750
Let<00:43:23.730><c> me</c><00:43:23.730><c> go</c><00:43:23.889><c> down</c><00:43:24.130><c> to</c><00:43:24.289><c> chapter</c><00:43:24.650><c> 21,</c><00:43:25.230><c> verse</c><00:43:25.530><c> 10.</c>

00:43:48.730 --> 00:43:51.610
And<00:43:49.210><c> shall</c><00:43:49.449><c> deliver</c><00:43:49.909><c> him</c><00:43:50.050><c> into</c><00:43:50.250><c> the</c><00:43:50.409><c> hands</c><00:43:50.610><c> of</c><00:43:50.809><c> the</c><00:43:50.929><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:43:51.789 --> 00:43:53.929
And<00:43:51.909><c> when</c><00:43:52.070><c> we</c><00:43:52.250><c> had</c><00:43:52.389><c> heard</c><00:43:52.570><c> these</c><00:43:52.849><c> things,</c><00:43:53.130><c> both</c><00:43:53.369><c> we</c><00:43:53.650><c> and</c><00:43:53.829><c> they</c>

00:43:53.929 --> 00:43:54.789
of<00:43:54.050><c> that</c><00:43:54.349><c> place,</c>

00:43:55.170 --> 00:43:57.590
besought<00:43:55.409><c> him</c><00:43:55.690><c> not</c><00:43:55.929><c> to</c><00:43:56.110><c> go</c><00:43:56.269><c> up</c><00:43:56.449><c> to</c><00:43:56.670><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:43:58.329 --> 00:43:59.429
Then<00:43:58.690><c> Paul</c><00:43:59.030><c> answered,</c>

00:43:59.570 --> 00:44:02.809
What<00:43:59.829><c> mean</c><00:44:00.090><c> ye</c><00:44:00.210><c> to</c><00:44:00.409><c> weep</c><00:44:00.710><c> and</c><00:44:00.849><c> to</c><00:44:01.150><c> break</c><00:44:01.409><c> my</c><00:44:02.050><c> heart?</c>

00:44:03.309 --> 00:44:10.090
For<00:44:03.409><c> I</c><00:44:03.590><c> am</c><00:44:03.750><c> ready</c><00:44:03.969><c> not</c><00:44:06.869><c> to</c><00:44:08.130><c> be</c><00:44:08.610><c> bound</c><00:44:09.230><c> only,</c>

00:44:10.090 --> 00:44:18.329
but<00:44:11.349><c> also</c><00:44:12.230><c> to</c><00:44:13.050><c> die</c><00:44:13.489><c> at</c><00:44:13.889><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:14.489><c> for</c><00:44:14.849><c> the</c><00:44:15.110><c> name</c><00:44:15.510><c> of</c><00:44:15.809><c> the</c><00:44:16.030><c> Lord</c><00:44:16.409><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:19.750 --> 00:44:22.349
And<00:44:20.050><c> here</c><00:44:20.349><c> is</c><00:44:20.670><c> an</c><00:44:20.969><c> extremely</c><00:44:21.329><c> powerful</c><00:44:21.969><c> message.</c>

00:44:22.590 --> 00:44:28.550
Not<00:44:22.650><c> only</c><00:44:22.949><c> is</c><00:44:23.170><c> he</c><00:44:25.449><c> able</c><00:44:26.070><c> time</c><00:44:26.510><c> and</c><00:44:26.789><c> again</c><00:44:26.989><c> to</c><00:44:27.210><c> withstand</c><00:44:27.670><c> the</c><00:44:27.969><c> persecution,</c>

00:44:28.710 --> 00:44:30.210
the<00:44:28.969><c> beatings,</c><00:44:29.449><c> the</c><00:44:29.650><c> stonings,</c>

00:44:30.409 --> 00:44:34.329
but<00:44:30.710><c> even</c><00:44:31.090><c> when</c><00:44:31.570><c> warned</c><00:44:32.030><c> by</c><00:44:33.130><c> a</c><00:44:33.429><c> prophet,</c>

00:44:34.949 --> 00:44:38.710
he<00:44:35.590><c> was</c><00:44:35.809><c> determined</c><00:44:36.309><c> to</c><00:44:36.630><c> finish</c><00:44:36.949><c> the</c><00:44:37.250><c> work</c><00:44:37.449><c> that</c><00:44:37.670><c> God</c><00:44:37.989><c> gave</c><00:44:38.309><c> him.</c>

00:44:38.710 --> 00:44:41.590
In<00:44:39.090><c> a</c><00:44:39.289><c> sense,</c><00:44:40.130><c> he</c><00:44:40.269><c> was</c><00:44:40.489><c> given</c><00:44:40.690><c> a</c><00:44:40.889><c> choice</c><00:44:41.110><c> by</c><00:44:41.349><c> God,</c>

00:44:41.730 --> 00:44:44.969
or<00:44:41.829><c> maybe</c><00:44:42.050><c> a</c><00:44:42.269><c> test</c><00:44:42.469><c> to</c><00:44:42.769><c> postpone</c><00:44:43.449><c> what</c><00:44:43.670><c> had</c><00:44:43.849><c> to</c><00:44:44.110><c> happen.</c>

00:44:46.409 --> 00:44:48.889
But<00:44:46.809><c> he</c><00:44:47.210><c> fulfills</c><00:44:47.710><c> it</c><00:44:47.989><c> perfectly.</c>

00:44:49.090 --> 00:44:50.750
It's<00:44:49.489><c> very</c><00:44:49.769><c> remarkable.</c>

00:44:51.190 --> 00:44:53.670
I<00:44:51.590><c> can't</c><00:44:51.829><c> even</c><00:44:52.050><c> imagine</c><00:44:52.349><c> what</c><00:44:52.489><c> I'd</c><00:44:52.670><c> do</c><00:44:52.750><c> in</c><00:44:52.889><c> this</c><00:44:53.050><c> kind</c><00:44:53.210><c> of</c><00:44:53.349><c> situation.</c>

00:44:53.869 --> 00:44:55.150
What<00:44:54.050><c> if</c><00:44:54.150><c> someone</c><00:44:54.369><c> came</c><00:44:54.550><c> up</c><00:44:54.730><c> to</c><00:44:54.789><c> you</c><00:44:54.969><c> and</c><00:44:55.050><c> said,</c>

00:44:55.530 --> 00:44:57.289
If<00:44:55.530><c> you</c><00:44:55.710><c> go</c><00:44:55.869><c> to</c><00:44:56.030><c> Froward</c><00:44:56.190><c> Bible</c><00:44:56.570><c> School,</c><00:44:56.829><c> you're</c><00:44:57.030><c> not</c><00:44:57.150><c> going</c>

00:44:57.289 --> 00:44:58.750
to<00:44:57.389><c> make</c><00:44:57.550><c> it.</c>

00:44:59.769 --> 00:45:01.849
And<00:45:00.170><c> you</c><00:45:00.269><c> knew</c><00:45:00.329><c> you</c><00:45:00.449><c> wanted</c><00:45:00.650><c> to</c><00:45:00.769><c> go</c><00:45:00.889><c> to</c><00:45:00.969><c> that</c><00:45:01.110><c> Bible</c><00:45:01.429><c> School.</c>

00:45:02.269 --> 00:45:04.510
And<00:45:02.449><c> you</c><00:45:02.530><c> knew</c><00:45:02.650><c> it</c><00:45:02.670><c> might</c><00:45:02.869><c> be</c><00:45:03.010><c> the</c><00:45:03.130><c> last</c><00:45:03.329><c> chance</c><00:45:03.630><c> you</c><00:45:03.730><c> might</c><00:45:03.929><c> see</c><00:45:04.170><c> some</c><00:45:04.409><c> of</c>

00:45:04.510 --> 00:45:05.570
your<00:45:04.630><c> friends.</c>

00:45:06.449 --> 00:45:08.449
It's<00:45:07.130><c> a</c><00:45:07.170><c> tough</c><00:45:07.369><c> decision.</c>

00:45:09.110 --> 00:45:14.130
But<00:45:09.309><c> Paul,</c><00:45:09.769><c> as</c><00:45:10.130><c> always,</c><00:45:11.030><c> once</c><00:45:11.250><c> he</c><00:45:11.489><c> turned</c><00:45:11.690><c> his</c><00:45:12.010><c> back</c><00:45:12.369><c> on</c><00:45:12.969><c> the</c><00:45:13.250><c> past,</c>

00:45:14.190 --> 00:45:15.769
he<00:45:14.489><c> followed</c><00:45:14.769><c> through.</c>

00:45:15.949 --> 00:45:20.289
And<00:45:16.610><c> then</c><00:45:16.710><c> we</c><00:45:16.909><c> finally</c><00:45:17.190><c> find</c><00:45:17.449><c> him</c><00:45:17.610><c> being</c><00:45:17.869><c> shipwrecked</c><00:45:19.690><c> on</c><00:45:20.170><c> the</c>

00:45:20.289 --> 00:45:21.550
way<00:45:20.389><c> to</c><00:45:20.610><c> Rome.</c>

00:45:22.309 --> 00:45:26.969
Just<00:45:22.969><c> again</c><00:45:23.329><c> and</c><00:45:23.550><c> again,</c><00:45:24.849><c> incredibly,</c><00:45:25.449><c> he</c><00:45:25.610><c> endures</c><00:45:26.010><c> so</c><00:45:26.369><c> many</c><00:45:26.610><c> things.</c>

00:45:26.969 --> 00:45:44.429
I<00:45:27.369><c> turn</c><00:45:27.610><c> to</c><00:45:27.789><c> 2</c><00:45:28.050><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:28.590><c> chapter</c><00:45:29.110><c> 11,</c><00:45:43.070><c> verses</c><00:45:43.090><c> 23</c><00:45:43.809><c> to</c><00:45:43.989><c> 33.</c>

00:45:44.710 --> 00:45:46.530
And<00:45:44.710><c> time</c><00:45:45.130><c> is</c><00:45:45.269><c> not</c><00:45:45.449><c> going</c><00:45:45.570><c> to</c><00:45:45.610><c> allow</c><00:45:45.730><c> me</c><00:45:45.929><c> to</c><00:45:46.070><c> read</c><00:45:46.210><c> it</c><00:45:46.409><c> all,</c>

00:45:46.969 --> 00:45:48.929
but<00:45:46.989><c> sort</c><00:45:47.150><c> of</c><00:45:47.409><c> like</c><00:45:47.590><c> read</c><00:45:47.670><c> it</c><00:45:47.809><c> for</c><00:45:47.989><c> homework.</c>

00:45:49.849 --> 00:45:54.510
2<00:45:50.090><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:50.670><c> chapter</c><00:45:51.070><c> 11,</c><00:45:53.210><c> verses</c><00:45:53.309><c> 23</c><00:45:53.869><c> to</c><00:45:54.090><c> 33.</c>

00:45:54.510 --> 00:45:58.369
He<00:45:54.949><c> recites</c><00:45:55.449><c> in</c><00:45:55.630><c> there</c><00:45:55.969><c> so</c><00:45:56.630><c> many</c><00:45:56.829><c> of</c><00:45:57.070><c> the</c><00:45:57.090><c> things</c><00:45:57.329><c> that</c><00:45:57.730><c> she</c><00:45:57.929><c> endured.</c>

00:45:58.789 --> 00:46:03.250
And<00:45:58.889><c> he</c><00:45:59.010><c> goes</c><00:45:59.389><c> through,</c><00:45:59.949><c> detail</c><00:46:00.150><c> by</c><00:46:00.409><c> detail,</c><00:46:01.389><c> what</c><00:46:02.269><c> happened.</c>

00:46:03.429 --> 00:46:06.329
Verse<00:46:03.550><c> 23,</c><00:46:04.050><c> Are</c><00:46:04.230><c> they</c><00:46:04.449><c> ministers</c><00:46:04.849><c> of</c><00:46:05.070><c> Christ,</c><00:46:05.329><c> I</c><00:46:05.590><c> speak</c><00:46:05.829><c> as</c><00:46:06.030><c> a</c><00:46:06.210><c> fool?</c>

00:46:06.449 --> 00:46:09.750
I<00:46:06.610><c> am</c><00:46:06.869><c> more,</c><00:46:07.090><c> in</c><00:46:07.329><c> labors</c><00:46:07.610><c> more</c><00:46:07.909><c> abundant,</c><00:46:08.409><c> in</c><00:46:08.750><c> stripes</c><00:46:09.070><c> above</c><00:46:09.389><c> measure,</c>

00:46:10.210 --> 00:46:14.349
in<00:46:10.369><c> prisons</c><00:46:10.710><c> more</c><00:46:11.090><c> frequently,</c><00:46:11.570><c> in</c><00:46:11.829><c> deaths</c><00:46:12.190><c> more</c><00:46:13.429><c> oft.</c>

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That's<00:46:15.750><c> what</c><00:46:15.889><c> made</c><00:46:16.070><c> me</c><00:46:16.289><c> think</c><00:46:16.489><c> that</c><00:46:16.650><c> perhaps</c><00:46:16.969><c> he</c><00:46:17.150><c> actually</c><00:46:17.610><c> had</c><00:46:17.889><c> died</c><00:46:18.570><c> when</c><00:46:20.250><c> he</c>

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was<00:46:20.610><c> revived</c><00:46:21.010><c> there.</c>

00:46:22.329 --> 00:46:25.550
Of<00:46:22.809><c> the</c><00:46:23.050><c> Jews,</c><00:46:23.570><c> five</c><00:46:23.849><c> times</c><00:46:24.190><c> received</c><00:46:24.710><c> I</c><00:46:24.849><c> forty</c><00:46:25.210><c> stripes,</c>

00:46:25.610 --> 00:46:26.070
save<00:46:25.829><c> one.</c>

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Thrice<00:46:26.550><c> was</c><00:46:26.849><c> I</c><00:46:27.050><c> beaten</c><00:46:27.250><c> with</c><00:46:27.510><c> rods,</c><00:46:27.909><c> once</c><00:46:28.170><c> was</c><00:46:28.429><c> I</c><00:46:28.690><c> stoned,</c>

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thrice<00:46:29.329><c> I</c><00:46:29.570><c> suffered</c><00:46:29.789><c> shipwreck,</c><00:46:30.670><c> a</c><00:46:30.829><c> night</c><00:46:30.969><c> and</c><00:46:31.130><c> a</c><00:46:31.269><c> day,</c><00:46:31.550><c> and</c>

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et<00:46:31.889><c> cetera,</c><00:46:32.090><c> et</c><00:46:32.550><c> cetera,</c><00:46:32.650><c> et</c><00:46:33.090><c> cetera.</c>

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And<00:46:33.650><c> there</c><00:46:33.809><c> is</c><00:46:33.929><c> the</c><00:46:34.170><c> full</c><00:46:34.349><c> rehearsal</c><00:46:34.750><c> of</c><00:46:34.949><c> everything</c><00:46:35.250><c> he</c><00:46:35.489><c> went</c><00:46:35.630><c> through,</c>

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some<00:46:36.090><c> of</c><00:46:36.230><c> which</c><00:46:36.329><c> we</c><00:46:36.530><c> can't</c><00:46:36.909><c> find</c><00:46:37.130><c> in</c><00:46:37.269><c> the</c><00:46:37.469><c> Acts</c><00:46:37.630><c> or</c><00:46:37.750><c> in</c><00:46:37.829><c> his</c><00:46:37.969><c> letters.</c>

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But<00:46:39.389><c> they're</c><00:46:39.690><c> all</c><00:46:40.050><c> summarized</c><00:46:40.610><c> here.</c>

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Incredible,<00:46:42.909><c> incredible</c><00:46:43.389><c> life.</c>

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Turn<00:46:45.090><c> with</c><00:46:45.289><c> me,</c><00:46:45.969><c> which</c><00:46:46.309><c> I</c><00:46:47.309><c> think</c><00:46:47.489><c> is</c><00:46:47.650><c> a</c><00:46:47.769><c> very</c><00:46:48.650><c> good</c><00:46:49.170><c> concluding</c>

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passage<00:46:50.590><c> in</c><00:46:51.929><c> Romans</c><00:46:52.269><c> 8</c><00:46:52.829><c> and</c><00:46:53.150><c> in</c><00:46:53.329><c> Romans</c><00:46:53.570><c> 5.</c>

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Romans<00:46:55.250><c> 8,</c><00:46:55.570><c> verse</c><00:46:55.769><c> 18.</c>

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And<00:46:59.909><c> here</c><00:47:00.130><c> is</c><00:47:00.389><c> the</c><00:47:00.690><c> attitude</c><00:47:01.110><c> of</c><00:47:01.349><c> mind</c><00:47:01.610><c> of</c><00:47:01.829><c> Paul,</c>

00:47:03.510 --> 00:47:07.389
and<00:47:03.590><c> an</c><00:47:03.789><c> attitude</c><00:47:04.110><c> of</c><00:47:04.369><c> mind</c><00:47:04.550><c> that</c><00:47:04.730><c> we</c><00:47:04.929><c> would</c><00:47:05.090><c> be</c><00:47:05.309><c> very</c><00:47:05.829><c> well</c><00:47:06.090><c> to</c><00:47:06.389><c> adopt.</c>

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Not<00:47:08.309><c> easy</c><00:47:08.650><c> to</c><00:47:08.949><c> adopt,</c><00:47:10.030><c> but</c><00:47:10.309><c> well</c><00:47:10.570><c> to</c><00:47:10.889><c> adopt.</c>

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Verse<00:47:12.030><c> 18,</c><00:47:13.090><c> Romans</c><00:47:13.389><c> 8.</c>

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For<00:47:14.329><c> I</c><00:47:14.730><c> reckon</c><00:47:15.150><c> that</c><00:47:15.969><c> the</c><00:47:16.210><c> suffering</c><00:47:16.590><c> of</c><00:47:16.929><c> this</c><00:47:17.329><c> present</c><00:47:17.809><c> time</c>

00:47:18.250 --> 00:47:19.909
are<00:47:18.590><c> not</c><00:47:19.090><c> worthy</c>

00:47:19.909 --> 00:47:26.050
to<00:47:21.010><c> be</c><00:47:21.369><c> compared</c><00:47:22.230><c> with</c><00:47:23.110><c> the</c><00:47:23.530><c> glory</c><00:47:24.190><c> which</c><00:47:24.789><c> shall</c><00:47:25.030><c> be</c><00:47:25.510><c> revealed</c>

00:47:26.050 --> 00:47:27.449
in<00:47:26.469><c> us.</c>

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And<00:47:28.010><c> brethren</c><00:47:28.230><c> and</c><00:47:28.570><c> sisters,</c><00:47:28.949><c> go</c><00:47:29.210><c> back</c><00:47:29.590><c> and</c><00:47:29.849><c> read</c><00:47:30.070><c> that</c><00:47:30.650><c> 2</c><00:47:30.889><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:31.329><c> 11,</c>

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23<00:47:32.530><c> to</c><00:47:32.710><c> 33,</c>

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and<00:47:33.349><c> then</c><00:47:33.489><c> go</c><00:47:33.630><c> and</c><00:47:33.789><c> read</c><00:47:33.929><c> this,</c><00:47:34.650><c> and</c><00:47:34.769><c> then</c><00:47:34.969><c> compare</c><00:47:35.489><c> in</c><00:47:35.650><c> your</c>

00:47:35.889 --> 00:47:37.110
own<00:47:36.110><c> life.</c>

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And<00:47:38.369><c> I</c><00:47:38.510><c> think</c><00:47:38.650><c> you'll</c><00:47:38.989><c> agree</c><00:47:39.610><c> that</c><00:47:40.289><c> the</c><00:47:40.670><c> suffering</c><00:47:41.010><c> of</c><00:47:41.210><c> this</c>

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present<00:47:41.710><c> time</c>

00:47:41.909 --> 00:47:45.769
are<00:47:42.110><c> not</c><00:47:42.349><c> worthy</c><00:47:42.750><c> to</c><00:47:42.969><c> be</c><00:47:43.150><c> compared</c><00:47:43.590><c> with</c><00:47:43.829><c> the</c><00:47:44.150><c> glory</c><00:47:44.489><c> which</c><00:47:44.769><c> shall</c><00:47:44.989><c> be</c><00:47:45.329><c> revealed.</c>

00:47:45.849 --> 00:47:47.650
What<00:47:46.030><c> a</c><00:47:46.250><c> wonderful</c><00:47:46.610><c> hope.</c>

00:47:48.929 --> 00:47:52.469
We<00:47:49.030><c> have</c><00:47:49.289><c> absolutely</c><00:47:49.849><c> nothing</c><00:47:50.389><c> in</c><00:47:50.610><c> this</c><00:47:50.889><c> life</c><00:47:51.449><c> that</c><00:47:51.849><c> is</c><00:47:52.190><c> worth</c>

00:47:52.469 --> 00:47:54.469
even<00:47:52.869><c> worrying</c><00:47:53.349><c> about</c>

00:47:54.690 --> 00:47:58.969
when<00:47:55.309><c> we</c><00:47:55.590><c> think</c><00:47:55.769><c> of</c><00:47:55.989><c> the</c><00:47:56.250><c> glory</c><00:47:56.690><c> that</c><00:47:57.010><c> God</c><00:47:57.309><c> is</c><00:47:57.590><c> going</c><00:47:57.789><c> to</c><00:47:58.050><c> give</c><00:47:58.150><c> us.</c>

00:47:59.389 --> 00:48:03.769
And<00:47:59.650><c> in</c><00:48:00.050><c> chapter</c><00:48:00.389><c> 5,</c><00:48:00.829><c> verse</c><00:48:01.130><c> 1,</c><00:48:01.530><c> he</c><00:48:01.710><c> says,</c><00:48:02.849><c> same</c><00:48:03.010><c> book,</c><00:48:03.389><c> Romans,</c>

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therefore<00:48:04.570><c> being</c><00:48:05.110><c> justified</c><00:48:06.010><c> by</c><00:48:06.449><c> faith.</c>

00:48:06.769 --> 00:48:09.190
And<00:48:06.949><c> here</c><00:48:07.130><c> he's</c><00:48:07.349><c> talking</c><00:48:07.650><c> about</c><00:48:08.030><c> us.</c>

00:48:11.050 --> 00:48:12.769
We<00:48:11.269><c> are</c><00:48:11.610><c> justified</c><00:48:12.230><c> by</c><00:48:12.570><c> faith.</c>

00:48:12.969 --> 00:48:19.769
We<00:48:12.969><c> have</c><00:48:13.230><c> peace</c><00:48:14.150><c> through</c><00:48:15.630><c> God,</c><00:48:16.789><c> through</c><00:48:17.510><c> our</c><00:48:17.969><c> Lord</c><00:48:18.409><c> Jesus</c><00:48:19.369><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:19.929 --> 00:48:25.690
We<00:48:20.289><c> too</c><00:48:21.150><c> can</c><00:48:22.369><c> avail</c><00:48:22.650><c> ourselves</c><00:48:23.190><c> of</c><00:48:23.409><c> that</c><00:48:23.650><c> same</c><00:48:24.110><c> peace</c><00:48:24.510><c> of</c><00:48:24.769><c> mind,</c>

00:48:26.150 --> 00:48:29.789
knowing<00:48:26.349><c> that</c><00:48:26.650><c> the</c><00:48:26.869><c> present</c><00:48:27.110><c> suffering</c><00:48:27.550><c> is</c><00:48:28.010><c> nothing</c><00:48:28.489><c> compared</c>

00:48:29.789 --> 00:48:32.909
with<00:48:30.070><c> the</c><00:48:30.329><c> eternal</c><00:48:30.630><c> things</c><00:48:31.289><c> that</c><00:48:31.829><c> God</c><00:48:32.050><c> has</c><00:48:32.269><c> offered</c><00:48:32.530><c> us.</c>

00:48:32.909 --> 00:48:35.769
I<00:48:33.449><c> want</c><00:48:33.570><c> to</c><00:48:33.809><c> thank</c><00:48:33.949><c> you</c><00:48:34.150><c> very</c><00:48:34.449><c> much</c><00:48:34.809><c> for</c><00:48:35.070><c> being</c><00:48:35.309><c> just</c><00:48:35.570><c> about</c>

00:48:35.769 --> 00:48:36.489
the<00:48:35.969><c> best</c><00:48:36.190><c> class</c>

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I've<00:48:36.730><c> ever</c><00:48:36.929><c> taught</c><00:48:37.190><c> anywhere.</c>

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And<00:48:39.090><c> I</c><00:48:39.230><c> do</c><00:48:39.369><c> thank</c><00:48:39.570><c> the</c><00:48:39.829><c> committee</c><00:48:40.130><c> for</c><00:48:40.650><c> inviting</c><00:48:41.070><c> us</c><00:48:41.309><c> down</c><00:48:41.570><c> here</c>

00:48:41.849 --> 00:48:44.929
and<00:48:42.210><c> for</c><00:48:42.409><c> their</c><00:48:43.190><c> loving</c><00:48:43.429><c> care</c><00:48:43.809><c> and</c><00:48:44.170><c> wonderful</c><00:48:44.570><c> treatment</c>

00:48:44.929 --> 00:48:46.309
to<00:48:45.150><c> both</c><00:48:45.309><c> Mary</c><00:48:45.570><c> and</c><00:48:45.650><c> I</c><00:48:45.809><c> this</c><00:48:46.050><c> week.</c>

00:48:46.510 --> 00:48:48.190
Thank<00:48:46.710><c> you</c><00:48:46.829><c> very</c><00:48:47.110><c> much.</c>

00:48:58.909 --> 00:49:02.369
We<00:48:59.489><c> have</c><00:48:59.690><c> about</c><00:48:59.869><c> 13</c><00:49:00.289><c> minutes</c><00:49:00.630><c> in</c><00:49:00.789><c> which</c><00:49:00.989><c> to</c><00:49:01.449><c> prepare</c><00:49:01.750><c> ourselves</c><00:49:02.130><c> for</c><00:49:02.269><c> the</c>

00:49:02.369 --> 00:49:02.829
next<00:49:02.510><c> class.</c>

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Thank<00:49:03.309><c> you.</c>