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It's<00:15:12.179><c> a</c><00:15:12.500><c> word</c><00:15:12.620><c> that</c><00:15:12.840><c> means</c><00:15:13.059><c> a</c><00:15:13.480><c> support</c><00:15:13.720><c> or</c><00:15:14.000><c> a</c><00:15:14.240><c> bulwark,</c><00:15:14.820><c> like</c><00:15:15.000><c> you</c><00:15:15.159><c> might</c><00:15:15.399><c> put</c><00:15:15.559><c> up</c><00:15:15.759><c> against</c><00:15:16.080><c> a</c>

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God's<00:15:52.379><c> truth,</c><00:15:53.279><c> we</c><00:15:53.320><c> need</c><00:15:53.559><c> to</c><00:15:53.759><c> maintain</c><00:15:54.379><c> a</c><00:15:54.840><c> massive</c><00:15:55.460><c> educational</c><00:15:56.220><c> program</c><00:15:56.840><c> within</c><00:15:57.080><c> our</c><00:15:57.379><c> Ecclesias</c><00:15:57.940><c> so</c>

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our<00:15:58.799><c> members</c><00:15:59.139><c> understand</c><00:15:59.860><c> the</c><00:16:00.120><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:16:02.279><c> to</c><00:16:02.480><c> be</c><00:16:02.720><c> commended</c><00:16:03.100><c> that</c><00:16:03.259><c> you're</c><00:16:03.480><c> going</c><00:16:03.720><c> through</c><00:16:03.980><c> the</c><00:16:04.240><c> statement</c><00:16:04.460><c> of</c>

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faith<00:16:04.879><c> in</c><00:16:05.120><c> whatever</c><00:16:05.759><c> fashion</c>

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Not<00:16:24.240><c> that</c><00:16:24.480><c> God's</c><00:16:24.940><c> truth</c><00:16:25.100><c> is</c><00:16:25.419><c> simply</c><00:16:25.740><c> to</c><00:16:25.980><c> be</c><00:16:26.200><c> found</c><00:16:26.399><c> in</c><00:16:26.559><c> our</c><00:16:26.759><c> statement</c><00:16:26.940><c> of</c>

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faith,<00:16:27.580><c> because</c><00:16:27.840><c> there</c><00:16:28.080><c> are</c>

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It's<00:16:31.399><c> the</c><00:16:31.500><c> whole</c><00:16:31.779><c> picture</c><00:16:32.220><c> that</c><00:16:32.740><c> the</c><00:16:32.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:33.259><c> is</c><00:16:33.600><c> responsible</c><00:16:34.240><c> for.</c>

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Notice<00:16:36.519><c> too</c><00:16:36.679><c> in</c><00:16:36.799><c> verse</c><00:16:37.019><c> 15,</c><00:16:37.519><c> it's</c><00:16:37.700><c> God's</c><00:16:38.340><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:16:39.940><c> it's</c><00:16:40.340><c> God's</c><00:16:40.879><c> house,</c><00:16:41.600><c> it's</c><00:16:42.059><c> God's</c><00:16:42.679><c> family,</c><00:16:43.200><c> it</c><00:16:43.460><c> belongs</c>

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who<00:17:16.460><c> has</c><00:17:16.839><c> established</c><00:17:17.279><c> this</c><00:17:17.599><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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it's<00:17:55.759><c> teaching</c><00:17:56.099><c> that</c><00:17:56.279><c> every</c><00:17:56.599><c> member</c><00:17:56.859><c> is</c><00:17:57.180><c> responsible</c><00:17:58.039><c> to</c><00:17:58.339><c> uphold</c><00:17:58.599><c> the</c><00:17:58.920><c> truth.</c>

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strength<00:18:02.920><c> of</c><00:18:03.119><c> the</c><00:18:03.299><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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strengthening<00:18:19.420><c> one</c><00:18:19.680><c> another</c><00:18:19.980><c> because</c>

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Each<00:18:28.460><c> brother</c><00:18:28.660><c> and</c><00:18:28.940><c> sister</c><00:18:29.240><c> needs</c><00:18:29.500><c> to</c><00:18:29.759><c> remain</c><00:18:30.000><c> part</c><00:18:30.420><c> of</c><00:18:30.700><c> the</c><00:18:31.039><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:18:36.819><c> probably</c><00:18:37.059><c> have</c><00:18:37.220><c> a</c><00:18:37.400><c> ten</c><00:18:37.519><c>-year</c><00:18:37.680><c>-old</c><00:18:37.799><c> here,</c><00:18:38.019><c> I</c><00:18:38.140><c> didn't</c><00:18:38.380><c> find</c>

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out<00:18:38.740><c> the</c><00:18:38.819><c> name</c><00:18:39.000><c> ahead</c><00:18:39.240><c> of</c><00:18:39.420><c> time.</c>

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It'd<00:18:40.019><c> be</c><00:18:40.019><c> like</c><00:18:40.240><c> a</c><00:18:40.420><c> ten</c><00:18:40.519><c>-year</c><00:18:40.700><c>-old</c><00:18:40.819><c> to</c><00:18:41.039><c> announce</c><00:18:41.339><c> one</c><00:18:41.519><c> day</c><00:18:41.640><c> to</c><00:18:41.720><c> Mom</c><00:18:41.880><c> and</c><00:18:42.000><c> Dad,</c><00:18:42.259><c> well</c><00:18:42.299><c> I've</c><00:18:42.519><c> packed</c><00:18:42.619><c> my</c><00:18:42.880><c> bags</c>

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and<00:18:44.019><c> off</c><00:18:44.259><c> I'm</c><00:18:44.539><c> going</c><00:18:44.920><c> because</c><00:18:45.980><c> I'm</c><00:18:46.180><c> now</c><00:18:46.440><c> going</c><00:18:46.700><c> to</c><00:18:46.960><c> be</c><00:18:47.140><c> on</c><00:18:47.200><c> my</c><00:18:47.480><c> own.</c>

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They<00:18:48.299><c> would</c><00:18:48.519><c> be</c><00:18:48.779><c> defying</c><00:18:49.240><c> the</c><00:18:49.420><c> wisdom</c><00:18:49.660><c> of</c><00:18:49.900><c> God.</c>

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The<00:18:50.759><c> ten</c><00:18:50.940><c>-year</c><00:18:51.039><c>-old</c><00:18:51.119><c> is</c><00:18:51.240><c> going</c><00:18:51.339><c> to</c><00:18:51.500><c> walk</c><00:18:51.700><c> away</c><00:18:52.000><c> from</c><00:18:52.140><c> the</c><00:18:52.299><c> very</c>

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people,<00:18:53.839><c> the</c><00:18:53.980><c> loving</c><00:18:54.240><c> parents</c><00:18:54.579><c> that</c><00:18:54.740><c> God</c>

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has<00:18:55.180><c> provided</c><00:18:55.519><c> to</c><00:18:55.779><c> help</c><00:18:56.180><c> nurture</c><00:18:56.799><c> that</c><00:18:57.099><c> child</c><00:18:57.420><c> and</c><00:18:58.000><c> the</c><00:18:58.220><c> admonition</c><00:18:58.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:58.920><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:19:00.000><c> that</c><00:19:00.539><c> would</c><00:19:00.680><c> be</c><00:19:00.960><c> the</c><00:19:01.500><c> foolishness</c><00:19:02.160><c> of</c><00:19:02.599><c> pursuing</c><00:19:02.980><c> that</c><00:19:04.180><c> kind</c><00:19:04.420><c> of</c>

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thinking,<00:19:05.920><c> abandoning</c><00:19:06.380><c> the</c><00:19:06.559><c> very</c>

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environment<00:19:07.359><c> that</c><00:19:07.599><c> God</c><00:19:07.819><c> had</c><00:19:08.180><c> created</c><00:19:08.460><c> for</c><00:19:08.680><c> the</c><00:19:08.900><c> child</c><00:19:09.519><c> to</c><00:19:10.500><c> grow</c><00:19:10.819><c> spiritually</c><00:19:11.380><c> and</c>

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to<00:19:11.759><c> be</c><00:19:12.019><c> saved.</c>

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But<00:19:14.299><c> verse</c><00:19:14.500><c> 15</c><00:19:14.799><c> also</c><00:19:15.160><c> shows</c><00:19:15.420><c> that</c><00:19:15.640><c> the</c><00:19:15.839><c> advancement</c><00:19:16.119><c> of</c><00:19:16.299><c> the</c>

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truth<00:19:16.740><c> needs</c><00:19:17.019><c> to</c><00:19:17.180><c> be</c><00:19:17.299><c> the</c><00:19:17.539><c> central</c><00:19:18.140><c> focus</c>

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of<00:19:18.859><c> the</c><00:19:19.059><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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God<00:19:21.480><c> has</c><00:19:21.799><c> not</c><00:19:21.980><c> ordained</c><00:19:22.460><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:19:22.940><c> he</c><00:19:23.119><c> has</c><00:19:23.279><c> not</c><00:19:23.420><c> put</c><00:19:23.579><c> us</c><00:19:23.799><c> together</c><00:19:24.099><c> as</c>

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a<00:19:24.579><c> family</c><00:19:24.859><c> unit</c><00:19:25.420><c> to</c><00:19:27.059><c> feed</c><00:19:27.420><c> the</c>

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poor<00:19:28.000><c> or</c><00:19:28.240><c> to</c><00:19:28.579><c> save</c><00:19:28.779><c> the</c><00:19:29.059><c> whales</c><00:19:29.440><c> or</c><00:19:29.680><c> to</c><00:19:29.980><c> address</c><00:19:30.599><c> global</c><00:19:31.359><c> warming.</c>

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I'm<00:19:32.680><c> not</c><00:19:32.960><c> trying</c><00:19:33.119><c> to</c><00:19:33.380><c> ridicule</c><00:19:33.920><c> those</c><00:19:34.319><c> efforts.</c>

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When<00:19:34.920><c> Christ</c><00:19:35.180><c> comes</c><00:19:35.480><c> back</c><00:19:35.779><c> there's</c><00:19:36.160><c> all</c><00:19:36.660><c> kinds</c><00:19:37.079><c> of</c><00:19:37.839><c> changes</c>

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that<00:19:38.559><c> need</c><00:19:38.720><c> to</c><00:19:38.940><c> take</c><00:19:39.140><c> place</c><00:19:39.500><c> so</c><00:19:39.759><c> that</c><00:19:39.980><c> the</c>

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And<00:19:43.480><c> whatever</c><00:19:43.799><c> man</c><00:19:44.099><c> has</c><00:19:44.519><c> done</c><00:19:44.720><c> to</c><00:19:44.940><c> destroy</c><00:19:45.299><c> creation</c><00:19:45.779><c> will</c><00:19:46.059><c> be</c><00:19:46.279><c> restored.</c>

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So<00:19:48.000><c> that</c><00:19:48.299><c> work</c><00:19:48.539><c> needs</c><00:19:48.839><c> to</c><00:19:49.059><c> be</c><00:19:49.220><c> done.</c>

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That<00:19:50.900><c> work</c><00:19:51.059><c> will</c><00:19:51.220><c> be</c><00:19:51.420><c> done</c><00:19:51.480><c> in</c><00:19:51.660><c> the</c><00:19:51.819><c> kingdom.</c>

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his<00:19:58.019><c> truth</c><00:19:58.359><c> and</c><00:19:58.619><c> all</c><00:19:58.900><c> of</c><00:19:59.000><c> his</c><00:19:59.200><c> Ecclesial</c>

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members,<00:20:00.619><c> maintaining</c><00:20:01.000><c> a</c><00:20:01.319><c> light</c><00:20:01.519><c> stand</c><00:20:01.859><c> to</c><00:20:02.119><c> preach</c><00:20:02.400><c> to</c><00:20:02.759><c> others,</c><00:20:03.579><c> to</c><00:20:03.799><c> invite</c><00:20:04.160><c> them</c><00:20:04.400><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:04.759><c> part</c><00:20:05.000><c> of</c><00:20:05.220><c> it.</c>

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But<00:20:05.579><c> we</c><00:20:05.700><c> want</c><00:20:05.819><c> to</c><00:20:05.920><c> make</c><00:20:06.059><c> sure</c><00:20:06.220><c> our</c><00:20:06.460><c> Ecclesias</c><00:20:06.839><c> do</c><00:20:07.079><c> not</c><00:20:07.359><c> lose</c><00:20:08.019><c> the</c><00:20:08.779><c> focus</c><00:20:09.200><c> of</c>

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our<00:20:09.720><c> activities.</c>

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He<00:20:12.160><c> has</c><00:20:12.400><c> not</c><00:20:12.619><c> given</c><00:20:12.779><c> us</c><00:20:13.019><c> the</c><00:20:13.339><c> responsibility</c><00:20:14.000><c> to</c><00:20:14.240><c> take</c><00:20:14.440><c> up</c><00:20:14.680><c> these</c><00:20:15.420><c> social</c><00:20:15.819><c> issues,</c><00:20:16.559><c> the</c>

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And<00:20:17.599><c> it</c><00:20:17.660><c> can</c><00:20:17.839><c> be</c><00:20:18.039><c> confusing</c><00:20:18.400><c> to</c><00:20:18.640><c> young</c><00:20:18.839><c> people.</c>

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You<00:20:20.440><c> know,</c><00:20:20.799><c> is</c><00:20:20.900><c> not</c><00:20:21.140><c> the</c><00:20:21.460><c> truth</c><00:20:21.880><c> where</c><00:20:22.220><c> we</c><00:20:22.420><c> should</c><00:20:22.579><c> go</c><00:20:22.880><c> to</c><00:20:23.079><c> a</c><00:20:23.279><c> soup</c><00:20:23.500><c> kitchen</c><00:20:23.839><c> or</c>

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is<00:20:24.200><c> not</c><00:20:24.460><c> the</c><00:20:24.740><c> truth</c><00:20:25.079><c> where</c>

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we<00:20:25.700><c> should</c><00:20:25.859><c> go</c><00:20:26.180><c> off</c><00:20:26.460><c> to</c><00:20:26.839><c> some</c><00:20:27.119><c> country</c><00:20:27.680><c> and</c><00:20:28.039><c> devote</c><00:20:28.259><c> ourselves</c>

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to<00:20:29.579><c> helping</c><00:20:29.880><c> the</c><00:20:30.200><c> people</c><00:20:30.440><c> in</c><00:20:30.619><c> that</c><00:20:30.900><c> country</c>

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Is<00:20:33.759><c> that</c><00:20:34.019><c> the</c><00:20:34.160><c> love</c><00:20:34.259><c> of</c><00:20:34.500><c> Christ?</c>

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The<00:20:36.599><c> answer</c><00:20:36.880><c> is</c><00:20:37.160><c> no.</c>

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Christ<00:20:39.400><c> will</c><00:20:39.720><c> address</c><00:20:40.059><c> those</c><00:20:40.380><c> issues</c><00:20:40.720><c> when</c><00:20:40.900><c> he</c><00:20:41.079><c> returns.</c>

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Now<00:20:46.380><c> if</c><00:20:46.480><c> you</c><00:20:46.680><c> can</c><00:20:47.059><c> find</c><00:20:47.420><c> an</c><00:20:47.700><c> area</c><00:20:48.059><c> elsewhere</c><00:20:48.619><c> in</c><00:20:48.819><c> the</c><00:20:49.000><c> world</c><00:20:49.240><c> to</c>

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that<00:20:51.119><c> is</c><00:20:51.400><c> the</c><00:20:51.579><c> love</c><00:20:51.759><c> and</c><00:20:51.900><c> the</c><00:20:52.099><c> gospel</c><00:20:52.339><c> of</c><00:20:52.579><c> Christ.</c>

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But<00:20:54.220><c> not</c><00:20:54.480><c> to</c><00:20:54.859><c> involve</c><00:20:55.140><c> ourselves,</c><00:20:55.740><c> not</c><00:20:55.980><c> to</c><00:20:56.279><c> occupy</c><00:20:56.599><c> our</c><00:20:56.920><c> time</c>

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in<00:20:57.980><c> social</c><00:20:58.640><c> gospel</c><00:20:59.380><c> issues.</c>

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center<00:21:05.740><c> of</c><00:21:06.539><c> our</c><00:21:06.819><c> activities.</c>

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If<00:21:10.099><c> we</c><00:21:10.680><c> turn</c><00:21:10.839><c> then</c><00:21:11.000><c> to</c><00:21:11.119><c> 1</c><00:21:11.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:11.640><c> 12,</c><00:21:12.460><c> and</c><00:21:12.660><c> we</c><00:21:12.880><c> see</c><00:21:13.039><c> in</c>

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Remember<00:21:30.779><c> that</c><00:21:30.980><c> the</c><00:21:31.259><c> setting</c><00:21:31.480><c> of</c><00:21:31.700><c> 1</c><00:21:31.859><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:32.259><c> 12</c><00:21:32.759><c> is</c><00:21:33.000><c> that</c>

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gifts<00:21:35.720><c> and</c><00:21:37.279><c> some</c><00:21:37.700><c> didn't.</c>

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Those<00:21:40.000><c> who</c><00:21:40.220><c> did</c><00:21:40.500><c> not</c><00:21:40.759><c> have</c><00:21:40.940><c> the</c><00:21:41.259><c> spirit</c><00:21:41.519><c> gifts</c><00:21:42.240><c> felt</c><00:21:43.460><c> forlorn</c>

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and<00:21:44.579><c> dejected</c><00:21:46.039><c> like</c><00:21:46.880><c> they</c><00:21:47.059><c> were</c><00:21:47.279><c> second</c>

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class<00:21:47.880><c> citizens.</c>

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feel<00:21:52.319><c> part</c><00:21:52.559><c> of</c><00:21:52.700><c> the</c><00:21:52.880><c> body,</c><00:21:53.480><c> they</c><00:21:53.680><c> felt</c><00:21:53.940><c> disconnected</c>

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because<00:21:55.579><c> they</c><00:21:55.759><c> didn't</c><00:21:55.920><c> have</c><00:21:56.200><c> the</c><00:21:56.799><c> spirit</c><00:21:57.099><c> gifts</c><00:21:57.380><c> that</c><00:21:57.599><c> others</c><00:21:57.799><c> did.</c>

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Those<00:22:00.180><c> who</c><00:22:00.440><c> had</c><00:22:00.640><c> the</c><00:22:00.900><c> spirit</c><00:22:01.119><c> gifts,</c><00:22:01.700><c> well</c><00:22:02.440><c> they</c><00:22:02.619><c> tended</c><00:22:02.900><c> to</c>

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disdain<00:22:03.940><c> the</c><00:22:04.259><c> group</c><00:22:04.400><c> that</c><00:22:04.640><c> didn't.</c>

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And<00:22:07.000><c> their</c><00:22:07.140><c> outlook</c><00:22:07.420><c> is</c><00:22:07.700><c> reflected</c><00:22:08.079><c> in</c><00:22:08.279><c> the</c><00:22:08.480><c> phrase,</c><00:22:08.920><c> we</c><00:22:08.920><c> have</c>

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no<00:22:09.359><c> need</c><00:22:09.480><c> of</c><00:22:09.680><c> you.</c>

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And<00:22:10.759><c> Paul</c><00:22:10.920><c> talks</c><00:22:11.220><c> about</c><00:22:11.519><c> should</c><00:22:11.740><c> the</c><00:22:12.559><c> head</c><00:22:13.059><c> say</c><00:22:13.299><c> to</c><00:22:13.519><c> the</c><00:22:13.640><c> feet,</c>

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we<00:22:13.960><c> have</c><00:22:14.180><c> no</c><00:22:14.359><c> need</c><00:22:14.480><c> of</c><00:22:14.660><c> you.</c>

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Well<00:22:14.960><c> that</c><00:22:15.059><c> was</c><00:22:15.319><c> the</c><00:22:15.680><c> spirit</c><00:22:15.920><c> of</c><00:22:16.099><c> those</c><00:22:16.319><c> who</c><00:22:16.500><c> had</c><00:22:16.640><c> the</c><00:22:16.940><c> spirit</c>

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gifts<00:22:17.660><c> and</c><00:22:19.059><c> they</c><00:22:19.599><c> were</c><00:22:19.779><c> looking</c><00:22:20.039><c> with</c>

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disdain<00:22:21.099><c> on</c><00:22:21.380><c> the</c><00:22:21.539><c> others.</c>

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And<00:22:22.000><c> Paul's</c><00:22:22.339><c> response</c><00:22:22.839><c> in</c><00:22:23.000><c> this</c><00:22:23.200><c> chapter</c><00:22:23.500><c> is</c><00:22:23.720><c> to</c><00:22:23.859><c> show</c><00:22:23.940><c> that</c>

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everyone<00:22:24.859><c> in</c><00:22:25.480><c> the</c><00:22:25.660><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:26.000><c> is</c><00:22:26.319><c> indispensable.</c>

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And<00:22:27.920><c> so</c><00:22:28.119><c> he</c><00:22:28.259><c> uses</c><00:22:28.559><c> this</c><00:22:28.859><c> analogy</c><00:22:29.279><c> of</c><00:22:29.480><c> a</c><00:22:29.680><c> human</c><00:22:29.880><c> body</c><00:22:30.259><c> to</c><00:22:30.480><c> address</c><00:22:30.720><c> those</c>

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feeling<00:22:31.440><c> dejected</c><00:22:32.480><c> and</c><00:22:32.980><c> to</c><00:22:33.140><c> address</c>

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those<00:22:33.779><c> feeling</c><00:22:34.079><c> superior</c><00:22:34.980><c> within</c><00:22:35.380><c> the</c><00:22:35.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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To<00:22:37.559><c> those</c><00:22:37.880><c> who</c><00:22:38.140><c> would</c><00:22:38.500><c> disdain</c><00:22:39.220><c> the</c><00:22:39.480><c> non</c><00:22:39.759><c>-spirit</c><00:22:40.099><c> gift</c><00:22:40.359><c> members,</c><00:22:40.900><c> it</c><00:22:41.079><c> would</c><00:22:41.299><c> be</c>

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foolish<00:22:42.039><c> for</c><00:22:42.359><c> the</c>

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eye<00:22:42.859><c> to</c><00:22:43.119><c> tell</c><00:22:43.279><c> the</c><00:22:43.519><c> hand,</c><00:22:44.880><c> I</c><00:22:45.099><c> don't</c><00:22:45.400><c> need</c><00:22:45.599><c> you.</c>

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It<00:22:47.279><c> would</c><00:22:47.480><c> be</c><00:22:47.720><c> foolish</c><00:22:47.980><c> for</c><00:22:48.220><c> the</c><00:22:48.359><c> head</c><00:22:48.519><c> to</c><00:22:48.799><c> tell</c><00:22:48.920><c> the</c><00:22:49.160><c> foot,</c><00:22:49.359><c> I</c>

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don't<00:22:49.799><c> need</c><00:22:49.980><c> you.</c>

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So<00:22:50.319><c> he's</c><00:22:50.619><c> addressing</c><00:22:51.079><c> the</c><00:22:51.339><c> two</c><00:22:51.539><c> groups</c><00:22:52.259><c> and</c><00:22:52.819><c> how</c><00:22:53.000><c> he</c><00:22:53.299><c> describes</c><00:22:53.940><c> this</c><00:22:56.119><c> analogy</c><00:22:56.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:57.079><c> human</c><00:22:57.279><c> body.</c>

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And<00:22:57.720><c> we</c><00:22:57.859><c> pick</c><00:22:57.980><c> it</c><00:22:58.099><c> up</c><00:22:58.200><c> in</c><00:22:58.319><c> verse</c><00:22:58.579><c> 18</c><00:22:59.079><c> where</c><00:22:59.259><c> he</c><00:22:59.359><c> says,</c><00:22:59.700><c> but</c><00:22:59.720><c> now</c>

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hath<00:23:00.220><c> God</c><00:23:00.599><c> set</c><00:23:00.900><c> the</c><00:23:01.160><c> members,</c><00:23:01.680><c> every</c><00:23:02.059><c> one</c>

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of<00:23:02.400><c> them,</c><00:23:02.920><c> in</c><00:23:03.200><c> the</c><00:23:03.359><c> body</c><00:23:03.720><c> as</c><00:23:04.079><c> it</c><00:23:04.319><c> hath</c><00:23:04.519><c> pleased</c><00:23:04.819><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:06.079><c> then</c><00:23:06.160><c> we</c><00:23:06.259><c> have</c><00:23:06.400><c> this</c><00:23:06.660><c> principle</c><00:23:07.039><c> again,</c><00:23:07.400><c> just</c><00:23:07.599><c> as</c><00:23:07.779><c> God</c><00:23:08.019><c> places</c><00:23:08.380><c> our</c><00:23:08.680><c> children</c><00:23:08.940><c> in</c>

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our<00:23:09.359><c> homes</c><00:23:09.700><c> because</c>

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they<00:23:10.220><c> are</c><00:23:10.319><c> his</c><00:23:10.559><c> children,</c><00:23:11.819><c> God</c><00:23:12.180><c> sets</c><00:23:12.480><c> the</c><00:23:12.759><c> members</c><00:23:13.059><c> because</c>

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it<00:23:13.640><c> is</c><00:23:13.799><c> God's</c><00:23:14.339><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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So<00:23:16.640><c> the</c><00:23:16.839><c> North</c><00:23:17.019><c> Battleford</c><00:23:17.420><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:17.740><c> did</c><00:23:18.000><c> not</c><00:23:18.200><c> come</c><00:23:18.380><c> into</c><00:23:18.619><c> existence</c><00:23:19.240><c> on</c>

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its<00:23:19.759><c> own.</c>

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It<00:23:20.779><c> wasn't</c><00:23:21.059><c> by</c><00:23:21.400><c> happenstance.</c>

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God<00:23:23.579><c> placed</c><00:23:24.339><c> each</c><00:23:24.980><c> and</c><00:23:25.400><c> every</c><00:23:25.880><c> member</c><00:23:26.319><c> according</c><00:23:28.039><c> to</c><00:23:28.559><c> his</c><00:23:29.099><c> pleasure,</c><00:23:30.019><c> is</c>

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what<00:23:30.299><c> verse</c><00:23:30.579><c> 18</c><00:23:31.019><c> says,</c><00:23:31.680><c> as</c>

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it<00:23:32.359><c> hath</c><00:23:32.640><c> pleased</c><00:23:32.940><c> him.</c>

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So<00:23:34.660><c> Paul</c><00:23:34.819><c> is</c><00:23:35.099><c> establishing</c><00:23:35.480><c> the</c><00:23:35.720><c> fact</c><00:23:35.839><c> that</c><00:23:36.000><c> every</c><00:23:36.240><c> single</c><00:23:36.559><c> member</c><00:23:36.839><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:37.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:37.519><c> is</c><00:23:37.819><c> important</c>

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because<00:23:38.660><c> every</c><00:23:39.140><c> single</c><00:23:39.500><c> member</c><00:23:39.799><c> has</c><00:23:40.059><c> been</c><00:23:40.400><c> set</c><00:23:40.579><c> by</c><00:23:40.839><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:42.160><c> how</c><00:23:42.700><c> inappropriate</c><00:23:43.779><c> is</c><00:23:45.500><c> it</c><00:23:45.779><c> for</c><00:23:46.059><c> those</c><00:23:46.559><c> without</c><00:23:47.039><c> spirit</c>

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gifts<00:23:48.160><c> to</c><00:23:49.180><c> feel</c><00:23:49.539><c> dejected</c><00:23:50.640><c> when</c><00:23:50.799><c> it</c><00:23:51.000><c> is</c><00:23:51.240><c> God</c>

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who<00:23:51.859><c> has</c><00:23:52.220><c> placed</c><00:23:52.480><c> them</c><00:23:52.880><c> in</c><00:23:53.099><c> the</c><00:23:53.279><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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And<00:23:55.599><c> how</c><00:23:56.039><c> inappropriate</c><00:23:56.740><c> for</c><00:23:57.019><c> those</c><00:23:57.339><c> with</c><00:23:57.700><c> spirit</c><00:23:58.099><c> gifts</c><00:23:58.480><c> to</c>

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look<00:23:59.079><c> at</c><00:23:59.259><c> those</c><00:23:59.579><c> without</c><00:23:59.960><c> spirit</c><00:24:00.380><c> gifts</c>

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with<00:24:01.599><c> any</c><00:24:01.819><c> disdain</c><00:24:02.259><c> at</c><00:24:02.460><c> all</c><00:24:02.619><c> because</c><00:24:02.920><c> it</c><00:24:03.099><c> is</c><00:24:03.279><c> God</c><00:24:03.640><c> who</c><00:24:03.819><c> has</c><00:24:04.119><c> placed</c><00:24:04.380><c> them</c><00:24:04.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:06.140><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Paul<00:24:08.400><c> then</c><00:24:08.640><c> addresses</c><00:24:08.940><c> the</c><00:24:09.240><c> fact</c><00:24:09.380><c> in</c><00:24:09.539><c> verse</c><00:24:09.740><c> 19</c><00:24:10.180><c> that</c><00:24:10.319><c> not</c><00:24:10.579><c> everyone</c><00:24:10.880><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:11.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:24:11.480><c> will</c><00:24:11.640><c> be</c><00:24:11.799><c> the</c><00:24:12.019><c> same.</c>

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There<00:24:13.039><c> will</c><00:24:13.240><c> be</c><00:24:13.500><c> different</c><00:24:13.720><c> types</c><00:24:14.039><c> of</c><00:24:14.240><c> members.</c>

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And<00:24:14.720><c> if</c><00:24:14.819><c> they</c><00:24:14.980><c> were</c><00:24:15.180><c> all</c><00:24:15.440><c> one</c><00:24:15.660><c> member,</c><00:24:16.160><c> where</c><00:24:16.279><c> were</c><00:24:16.400><c> the</c><00:24:16.559><c> body?</c>

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So<00:24:18.140><c> if</c><00:24:18.279><c> everyone</c><00:24:18.579><c> was</c><00:24:18.819><c> a</c><00:24:18.960><c> hand</c><00:24:19.119><c> or</c><00:24:19.279><c> a</c><00:24:19.480><c> foot</c><00:24:19.619><c> or</c><00:24:19.759><c> an</c><00:24:19.940><c> eye</c><00:24:20.059><c> or</c><00:24:20.220><c> an</c>

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ear,<00:24:20.440><c> the</c><00:24:20.619><c> body</c><00:24:20.779><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:21.039><c> exist.</c>

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All<00:24:21.660><c> the</c><00:24:21.839><c> parts</c><00:24:21.980><c> are</c><00:24:22.220><c> needed.</c>

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Verse<00:24:23.220><c> 20,</c><00:24:23.619><c> but</c><00:24:23.799><c> now</c><00:24:24.180><c> there</c><00:24:24.380><c> are</c><00:24:24.619><c> many</c><00:24:24.900><c> members,</c><00:24:25.500><c> yet</c><00:24:25.640><c> one</c><00:24:25.880><c> body.</c>

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And<00:24:27.460><c> the</c><00:24:27.579><c> eye</c><00:24:27.799><c> cannot</c><00:24:28.039><c> say</c><00:24:28.279><c> unto</c><00:24:28.440><c> the</c><00:24:28.599><c> hand,</c><00:24:28.880><c> I</c><00:24:28.880><c> have</c><00:24:29.059><c> no</c><00:24:29.259><c> need</c>

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of<00:24:29.559><c> thee.</c>

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In<00:24:31.559><c> verse</c><00:24:31.720><c> 22</c><00:24:32.200><c> to</c><00:24:32.359><c> 23,</c><00:24:32.859><c> he</c><00:24:33.140><c> addresses</c><00:24:33.559><c> those</c><00:24:34.059><c> without</c><00:24:34.500><c> the</c><00:24:34.779><c> spirit</c><00:24:34.980><c> gifts,</c><00:24:35.380><c> the</c>

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ones<00:24:35.720><c> who</c><00:24:35.819><c> are</c><00:24:36.019><c> feeling</c>

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forlorn<00:24:36.940><c> and</c><00:24:37.180><c> dejected,</c><00:24:37.779><c> like</c><00:24:37.920><c> they</c><00:24:38.059><c> were</c><00:24:38.240><c> second</c><00:24:38.539><c> class</c><00:24:38.819><c> citizens.</c>

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And<00:24:40.279><c> he</c><00:24:40.460><c> underscores</c><00:24:40.779><c> the</c><00:24:41.180><c> importance</c><00:24:41.519><c> of</c><00:24:41.720><c> each</c><00:24:41.920><c> member,</c><00:24:43.339><c> especially</c><00:24:43.920><c> those</c><00:24:44.279><c> who</c>

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are<00:24:44.599><c> feeling</c><00:24:44.880><c> isolated</c>

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and<00:24:45.900><c> alone.</c>

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May<00:24:47.980><c> much</c><00:24:48.480><c> more</c><00:24:48.799><c> those</c><00:24:49.059><c> members</c><00:24:49.380><c> of</c><00:24:49.640><c> the</c><00:24:49.819><c> body</c><00:24:50.019><c> which</c><00:24:50.339><c> seem</c><00:24:50.559><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:50.900><c> more</c><00:24:51.279><c> feeble</c><00:24:51.700><c> are</c><00:24:52.000><c> necessary.</c>

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And<00:24:53.039><c> those</c><00:24:53.279><c> members</c><00:24:53.579><c> of</c><00:24:53.740><c> the</c><00:24:53.920><c> body</c><00:24:54.119><c> which</c><00:24:54.339><c> we</c><00:24:54.599><c> think</c><00:24:54.700><c> to</c><00:24:54.880><c> be</c><00:24:55.000><c> less</c><00:24:55.359><c> honorable,</c><00:24:56.440><c> upon</c><00:24:56.819><c> these</c><00:24:57.160><c> we</c><00:24:57.460><c> bestow</c>

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more<00:24:58.259><c> abundant</c><00:24:58.920><c> honor.</c>

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And<00:25:00.579><c> our</c><00:25:00.960><c> uncomely</c><00:25:01.380><c> parts</c><00:25:01.900><c> have</c><00:25:02.140><c> more</c><00:25:02.660><c> abundant</c><00:25:03.099><c> comeliness.</c>

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See,<00:25:04.240><c> Paul</c><00:25:04.400><c> is</c><00:25:04.660><c> identifying</c><00:25:05.119><c> three</c><00:25:05.519><c> categories</c><00:25:06.059><c> in</c><00:25:06.299><c> these</c><00:25:06.460><c> verses.</c>

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There<00:25:07.779><c> are</c><00:25:08.119><c> some</c><00:25:08.400><c> who</c><00:25:08.700><c> feel</c><00:25:09.240><c> feeble.</c>

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:13.019
The<00:25:10.940><c> Greek</c><00:25:11.079><c> means</c><00:25:11.359><c> to</c><00:25:12.039><c> have</c><00:25:12.180><c> no</c><00:25:12.480><c> strength.</c>

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They're<00:25:13.440><c> feeling</c><00:25:13.680><c> like</c><00:25:13.880><c> they're</c><00:25:14.119><c> not</c><00:25:14.440><c> necessary</c><00:25:15.059><c> in</c><00:25:15.279><c> the</c><00:25:15.480><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:25:16.720><c> then</c><00:25:16.859><c> there</c><00:25:16.980><c> are</c><00:25:17.140><c> those</c><00:25:17.420><c> who</c><00:25:17.599><c> are</c><00:25:17.759><c> feeling</c><00:25:18.000><c> less</c><00:25:18.440><c> honorable</c><00:25:19.420><c> and</c><00:25:20.880><c> a</c>

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lower<00:25:21.299><c> standing</c><00:25:21.720><c> than</c><00:25:21.960><c> others.</c>

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And<00:25:23.720><c> then</c><00:25:23.859><c> those</c><00:25:24.039><c> who</c><00:25:24.259><c> see</c><00:25:24.380><c> themselves</c><00:25:24.960><c> as</c><00:25:25.259><c> uncomely,</c><00:25:26.079><c> un</c><00:25:26.180><c>-presentable,</c><00:25:27.140><c> feeling</c><00:25:27.339><c> as</c>

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if<00:25:27.599><c> they</c><00:25:27.779><c> have</c><00:25:27.920><c> no</c>

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presence<00:25:28.839><c> in</c><00:25:29.440><c> the</c><00:25:29.640><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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They<00:25:30.980><c> should</c><00:25:31.140><c> not</c><00:25:31.299><c> be</c><00:25:31.539><c> seen.</c>

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They<00:25:32.359><c> should</c><00:25:32.640><c> probably</c><00:25:32.940><c> not</c><00:25:33.160><c> even</c><00:25:33.380><c> be</c><00:25:33.559><c> there.</c>

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That's<00:25:34.079><c> their</c><00:25:34.259><c> view,</c><00:25:34.559><c> their</c><00:25:34.839><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:25:37.759><c> so</c><00:25:37.920><c> Paul</c><00:25:38.099><c> uses</c><00:25:38.440><c> this</c><00:25:38.720><c> analogy</c><00:25:39.200><c> of</c><00:25:39.819><c> those</c><00:25:40.119><c> parts</c><00:25:40.400><c> of</c><00:25:40.619><c> our</c>

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body<00:25:41.279><c> that</c><00:25:41.720><c> are</c><00:25:41.900><c> not</c><00:25:42.240><c> presentable</c><00:25:42.799><c> in</c><00:25:42.960><c> that</c>

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third<00:25:43.420><c> category.</c>

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And<00:25:44.980><c> what</c><00:25:45.299><c> should</c><00:25:45.480><c> be</c><00:25:45.720><c> done</c><00:25:45.859><c> with</c><00:25:46.099><c> those</c><00:25:46.500><c> uncomely</c><00:25:47.059><c> parts,</c>

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those<00:25:47.720><c> parts</c><00:25:47.940><c> that</c><00:25:48.099><c> are</c><00:25:48.279><c> not</c><00:25:48.559><c> presentable?</c>

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Should<00:25:49.160><c> we</c><00:25:49.319><c> get</c><00:25:49.480><c> rid</c><00:25:49.619><c> of</c><00:25:49.819><c> them?</c>

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And<00:25:50.279><c> Paul</c><00:25:50.400><c> says</c><00:25:50.660><c> no.</c>

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They<00:25:52.579><c> still</c><00:25:52.799><c> play</c><00:25:52.980><c> an</c><00:25:53.220><c> important</c><00:25:53.420><c> role</c><00:25:53.839><c> in</c><00:25:54.039><c> the</c><00:25:54.539><c> human</c><00:25:54.819><c> body</c>

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and<00:25:55.319><c> in</c><00:25:55.480><c> the</c><00:25:55.619><c> Ecclesia</c><00:25:55.940><c> body.</c>

00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.019
And<00:25:57.619><c> in</c><00:25:57.720><c> our</c><00:25:57.940><c> human</c><00:25:58.180><c> body</c><00:25:58.440><c> we</c><00:25:58.640><c> give</c><00:25:58.799><c> them</c><00:25:59.099><c> special</c><00:25:59.480><c> attention</c>

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and<00:26:00.299><c> greater</c><00:26:00.519><c> care</c><00:26:00.940><c> through</c><00:26:01.180><c> modesty.</c>

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We<00:26:01.819><c> don't</c><00:26:02.019><c> get</c><00:26:02.259><c> rid</c><00:26:02.440><c> of</c><00:26:02.640><c> them.</c>

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So<00:26:03.880><c> the</c><00:26:04.119><c> greater</c><00:26:04.359><c> care</c><00:26:04.859><c> is</c><00:26:05.059><c> what</c><00:26:05.259><c> Paul</c><00:26:05.519><c> is</c><00:26:05.740><c> focusing</c><00:26:06.160><c> on.</c>

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That's<00:26:06.680><c> what</c><00:26:06.799><c> we</c><00:26:07.059><c> should</c><00:26:07.160><c> be</c><00:26:07.420><c> doing</c><00:26:07.740><c> for</c><00:26:08.359><c> those</c><00:26:08.720><c> who</c><00:26:09.039><c> feel</c><00:26:09.339><c> themselves</c><00:26:09.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:11.200><c> isolated</c><00:26:11.920><c> and</c><00:26:12.740><c> rejected.</c>

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Well,<00:26:14.440><c> what</c><00:26:14.660><c> about</c><00:26:15.019><c> the</c><00:26:15.559><c> comely</c><00:26:16.259><c> parts,</c><00:26:17.859><c> those</c><00:26:18.240><c> that</c><00:26:18.420><c> are</c><00:26:18.579><c> not</c>

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necessarily<00:26:19.420><c> subject</c><00:26:19.839><c> to</c><00:26:20.099><c> modesty,</c><00:26:21.259><c> those</c>

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that<00:26:21.839><c> don't</c><00:26:22.079><c> feel</c><00:26:22.319><c> like</c><00:26:22.539><c> they</c><00:26:22.740><c> don't</c><00:26:23.059><c> belong?</c>

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What<00:26:23.940><c> happens</c><00:26:24.400><c> there?</c>

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Well,<00:26:24.900><c> we</c><00:26:25.039><c> don't</c><00:26:25.279><c> need</c><00:26:25.599><c> special</c><00:26:26.119><c> attention</c><00:26:26.859><c> in</c><00:26:27.500><c> that</c><00:26:27.759><c> case.</c>

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:31.940
For<00:26:28.099><c> he</c><00:26:28.240><c> says</c><00:26:28.359><c> in</c><00:26:28.500><c> verse</c><00:26:28.720><c> 24,</c><00:26:29.740><c> for</c><00:26:30.019><c> our</c><00:26:30.359><c> comely</c><00:26:30.759><c> parts</c><00:26:31.140><c> have</c><00:26:31.380><c> no</c><00:26:31.640><c> need.</c>

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:35.180
They<00:26:32.180><c> don't</c><00:26:32.380><c> need</c><00:26:32.559><c> the</c><00:26:32.859><c> special</c><00:26:33.119><c> attention</c><00:26:33.660><c> as</c><00:26:34.460><c> the</c><00:26:34.720><c> uncomely</c>

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:37.440
or<00:26:35.400><c> the</c><00:26:35.619><c> un</c><00:26:35.759><c>-presentable</c><00:26:36.299><c> parts</c><00:26:36.579><c> do.</c>

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But<00:26:37.619><c> God</c><00:26:37.859><c> hath</c><00:26:38.079><c> tempered</c><00:26:38.440><c> the</c><00:26:38.579><c> body</c><00:26:38.779><c> together</c><00:26:39.220><c> having</c><00:26:39.480><c> given</c>

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more<00:26:40.140><c> abundant</c><00:26:40.619><c> honor</c><00:26:41.000><c> to</c><00:26:41.319><c> that</c><00:26:41.660><c> part</c><00:26:41.859><c> which</c>

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is<00:26:42.319><c> not.</c>

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And<00:26:43.859><c> what</c><00:26:44.019><c> Paul</c><00:26:44.240><c> is</c><00:26:44.460><c> trying</c><00:26:44.640><c> to</c><00:26:44.859><c> say</c><00:26:44.960><c> is,</c><00:26:45.460><c> look,</c><00:26:45.460><c> focus</c><00:26:45.920><c> more</c>

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:49.200
attention<00:26:46.839><c> and</c><00:26:47.319><c> care</c><00:26:47.740><c> and</c><00:26:48.220><c> compassion</c><00:26:48.920><c> for</c>

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:53.900
those<00:26:49.480><c> who</c><00:26:49.900><c> feel</c><00:26:50.460><c> that</c><00:26:51.019><c> they</c><00:26:51.240><c> are</c><00:26:51.539><c> not</c><00:26:52.059><c> part</c><00:26:52.440><c> of</c><00:26:52.700><c> the</c><00:26:52.900><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:26:54.640><c> remember,</c><00:26:55.900><c> they</c><00:26:56.200><c> haven't</c><00:26:56.579><c> invented</c><00:26:57.180><c> this</c><00:26:57.559><c> feeling</c><00:26:57.900><c> themselves.</c>

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It<00:26:59.079><c> was</c><00:26:59.380><c> the</c><00:26:59.799><c> spirit</c><00:27:00.200><c> gift</c><00:27:00.700><c> members</c><00:27:01.500><c> looking</c><00:27:02.259><c> down</c><00:27:02.700><c> upon</c><00:27:03.019><c> the</c>

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no<00:27:03.700><c> spirit</c><00:27:04.180><c> gift</c><00:27:04.460><c> members,</c><00:27:06.380><c> creating</c>

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:10.579
in<00:27:06.859><c> them</c><00:27:07.859><c> this</c><00:27:08.460><c> idea</c><00:27:09.059><c> that</c><00:27:09.240><c> maybe</c><00:27:09.539><c> they</c><00:27:09.700><c> were</c><00:27:09.880><c> of</c><00:27:10.079><c> a</c><00:27:10.359><c> second</c>

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:12.059
class<00:27:10.940><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:27:12.559><c> Paul</c><00:27:12.720><c> is</c><00:27:13.019><c> addressing</c><00:27:13.460><c> that</c><00:27:13.819><c> issue</c><00:27:14.160><c> by</c><00:27:14.539><c> saying</c><00:27:14.720><c> we</c><00:27:14.980><c> need</c>

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all<00:27:16.400><c> the</c><00:27:16.680><c> parts.</c>

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:22.480
So<00:27:18.539><c> that's</c><00:27:18.900><c> a</c><00:27:19.019><c> solution</c><00:27:19.640><c> to</c><00:27:20.119><c> those</c><00:27:20.380><c> who</c><00:27:20.579><c> are</c><00:27:20.779><c> feeling</c><00:27:21.079><c> feeble,</c>

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.799
those<00:27:22.799><c> who</c><00:27:23.000><c> are</c><00:27:23.200><c> feeling</c><00:27:23.720><c> less</c><00:27:24.200><c> honorable</c>

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:26.440
with<00:27:25.180><c> no</c><00:27:25.420><c> standing</c><00:27:25.759><c> in</c><00:27:25.980><c> the</c><00:27:26.099><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.420
What<00:27:26.599><c> does</c><00:27:26.759><c> he</c><00:27:26.920><c> say</c><00:27:27.059><c> in</c><00:27:27.200><c> verse</c><00:27:27.420><c> 22?</c>

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For<00:27:28.660><c> the</c><00:27:28.960><c> feeble,</c><00:27:29.380><c> you</c><00:27:29.460><c> see,</c><00:27:29.640><c> Paul</c><00:27:29.859><c> is</c><00:27:30.079><c> going</c><00:27:30.180><c> to</c><00:27:30.460><c> provide</c><00:27:30.700><c> the</c>

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remedy<00:27:31.559><c> to</c><00:27:31.859><c> the</c><00:27:32.000><c> perceived</c><00:27:32.519><c> weakness.</c>

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For<00:27:34.779><c> the</c><00:27:35.019><c> feeble,</c><00:27:35.279><c> those</c><00:27:35.480><c> who</c><00:27:35.700><c> feel</c><00:27:35.839><c> not</c><00:27:36.259><c> necessarily</c><00:27:36.599><c> a</c><00:27:36.779><c> part</c>

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:39.380
of<00:27:37.019><c> the</c><00:27:37.180><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:27:37.680><c> we</c><00:27:37.740><c> establish</c><00:27:38.359><c> just</c>

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.980
the<00:27:39.640><c> opposite.</c>

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They<00:27:40.299><c> are</c><00:27:40.700><c> necessary,</c><00:27:42.500><c> verse</c><00:27:42.740><c> 22</c><00:27:43.180><c> says.</c>

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.920
And<00:27:43.779><c> for</c><00:27:43.920><c> those</c><00:27:44.240><c> who</c><00:27:44.500><c> feel</c><00:27:44.599><c> they</c><00:27:44.779><c> have</c><00:27:44.920><c> no</c><00:27:45.160><c> honor</c><00:27:45.299><c> or</c><00:27:45.640><c> standing,</c><00:27:46.039><c> we</c><00:27:46.180><c> bestow</c><00:27:46.539><c> more</c>

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.960
honor<00:27:47.220><c> and</c><00:27:47.480><c> abundance</c>

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of<00:27:48.240><c> honor</c><00:27:48.500><c> upon</c><00:27:48.839><c> them.</c>

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And<00:27:50.380><c> for</c><00:27:50.500><c> those</c><00:27:50.720><c> who</c><00:27:50.940><c> feel</c><00:27:51.059><c> they</c><00:27:51.240><c> should</c><00:27:51.380><c> have</c><00:27:51.539><c> no</c><00:27:51.819><c> presence,</c>

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:55.059
we<00:27:53.019><c> add</c><00:27:53.220><c> abundant</c><00:27:53.759><c> comeliness</c><00:27:54.299><c> or</c><00:27:54.660><c> attention</c>

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.819
or<00:27:55.380><c> special</c><00:27:55.740><c> care.</c>

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And<00:27:58.180><c> he's</c><00:27:58.319><c> not</c><00:27:58.640><c> saying</c><00:27:58.859><c> we</c><00:27:59.619><c> build</c><00:28:00.039><c> people</c><00:28:00.420><c> up</c><00:28:00.740><c> falsely.</c>

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:06.000
But<00:28:02.940><c> think</c><00:28:03.240><c> about</c><00:28:03.460><c> what</c><00:28:03.619><c> would</c><00:28:03.839><c> you</c><00:28:03.960><c> do</c><00:28:04.079><c> in</c><00:28:04.180><c> a</c><00:28:04.440><c> family</c><00:28:04.799><c> life,</c>

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.980
you<00:28:06.700><c> know,</c><00:28:06.839><c> if</c><00:28:07.000><c> mom</c><00:28:07.160><c> and</c><00:28:07.339><c> dad</c><00:28:07.440><c> are</c><00:28:07.680><c> struggling</c>

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with<00:28:08.180><c> a</c><00:28:08.460><c> family</c><00:28:08.779><c> member.</c>

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And<00:28:09.319><c> again,</c><00:28:09.480><c> I</c><00:28:09.599><c> don't</c><00:28:09.779><c> know</c><00:28:09.940><c> any</c><00:28:10.180><c> situations</c><00:28:10.759><c> here.</c>

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And<00:28:11.960><c> the</c><00:28:12.200><c> family</c><00:28:12.500><c> member</c><00:28:12.839><c> is</c><00:28:13.180><c> feeling</c><00:28:13.420><c> like</c><00:28:13.660><c> they</c><00:28:13.920><c> don't</c><00:28:14.319><c> belong.</c>

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:18.019
You<00:28:16.420><c> know,</c><00:28:16.480><c> if</c><00:28:16.599><c> they</c><00:28:16.779><c> come</c><00:28:16.920><c> to</c><00:28:17.039><c> you</c><00:28:17.160><c> this</c><00:28:17.420><c> week</c><00:28:17.640><c> and</c><00:28:17.799><c> they</c><00:28:17.960><c> say,</c>

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.079
you<00:28:18.099><c> know,</c><00:28:18.200><c> I</c><00:28:18.299><c> really</c><00:28:18.559><c> don't</c><00:28:18.759><c> feel</c><00:28:18.880><c> like</c>

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.099
I<00:28:19.259><c> belong</c><00:28:19.460><c> to</c><00:28:19.660><c> the</c><00:28:19.880><c> family.</c>

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I<00:28:20.279><c> feel</c><00:28:20.779><c> distant.</c>

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I<00:28:21.680><c> feel</c><00:28:21.819><c> like</c><00:28:21.960><c> I'm</c><00:28:22.119><c> a</c><00:28:22.299><c> second</c><00:28:22.480><c> class</c><00:28:22.799><c> citizen.</c>

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:25.019
And,<00:28:23.859><c> you</c><00:28:23.940><c> know,</c><00:28:23.980><c> they</c><00:28:24.119><c> go</c><00:28:24.259><c> through</c><00:28:24.420><c> all</c><00:28:24.599><c> the</c><00:28:24.740><c> reasons.</c>

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.160
You<00:28:25.200><c> know,</c><00:28:25.359><c> dad</c><00:28:25.519><c> loves</c><00:28:25.759><c> my</c><00:28:26.039><c> brother</c><00:28:26.240><c> and</c><00:28:26.339><c> my</c><00:28:26.579><c> sister</c><00:28:26.859><c> and</c><00:28:26.960><c> this</c>

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:28.480
is<00:28:27.359><c> why</c><00:28:27.539><c> and</c><00:28:27.660><c> this</c><00:28:27.759><c> is</c><00:28:27.940><c> all</c><00:28:28.079><c> the</c><00:28:28.240><c> evidence.</c>

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:31.140
And<00:28:28.740><c> mom,</c><00:28:29.380><c> you</c><00:28:29.559><c> know,</c><00:28:29.559><c> you</c><00:28:29.759><c> love</c><00:28:29.880><c> my</c><00:28:30.119><c> brother</c><00:28:30.259><c> and</c><00:28:30.420><c> sister</c><00:28:30.619><c> more</c><00:28:30.839><c> than</c><00:28:30.980><c> me</c>

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and<00:28:31.200><c> here's</c><00:28:31.400><c> all</c><00:28:31.599><c> the</c><00:28:31.740><c> evidence</c>

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:37.279
what<00:28:32.160><c> would</c><00:28:32.359><c> you</c><00:28:32.539><c> do</c><00:28:33.039><c> if</c><00:28:34.519><c> you</c><00:28:34.640><c> had</c><00:28:34.859><c> a</c><00:28:35.039><c> child</c><00:28:35.299><c> come</c><00:28:35.579><c> to</c><00:28:35.880><c> you</c><00:28:36.700><c> and,</c>

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you<00:28:37.660><c> know,</c><00:28:38.059><c> present</c><00:28:38.579><c> that</c><00:28:40.519><c> feeling</c>

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of<00:28:41.380><c> disdain</c><00:28:41.900><c> and</c><00:28:42.099><c> being</c><00:28:42.339><c> forlorn?</c>

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:46.680
You<00:28:44.299><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:44.539><c> tell</c><00:28:44.779><c> them,</c><00:28:45.200><c> ah,</c><00:28:45.200><c> you</c><00:28:45.339><c> just</c><00:28:45.579><c> got</c><00:28:45.819><c> bad</c><00:28:46.019><c> ideas.</c>

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Go<00:28:47.019><c> back</c><00:28:47.240><c> to</c><00:28:47.319><c> your</c><00:28:47.480><c> room.</c>

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:52.079
You<00:28:48.859><c> would</c><00:28:49.140><c> heap</c><00:28:49.380><c> upon</c><00:28:49.859><c> them</c><00:28:50.180><c> love</c><00:28:50.700><c> and</c><00:28:51.259><c> compassion</c><00:28:51.799><c> and</c><00:28:51.980><c> say,</c>

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:54.119
no,<00:28:52.319><c> you</c><00:28:52.460><c> got</c><00:28:52.640><c> it</c><00:28:52.819><c> all</c><00:28:53.079><c> wrong.</c>

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We<00:28:54.920><c> love</c><00:28:55.240><c> you.</c>

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:58.720
You<00:28:55.700><c> know,</c><00:28:56.000><c> if</c><00:28:56.839><c> we've</c><00:28:57.240><c> acted</c><00:28:57.380><c> in</c><00:28:57.559><c> a</c><00:28:57.720><c> way</c><00:28:57.839><c> that</c><00:28:58.059><c> somehow</c><00:28:58.299><c> you've</c>

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:00.640
interpreted<00:28:59.059><c> it</c><00:28:59.380><c> wrong,</c><00:29:00.140><c> we'll</c><00:29:00.160><c> be</c><00:29:00.359><c> so</c><00:29:00.519><c> much</c>

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:02.700
more<00:29:00.779><c> careful</c><00:29:01.200><c> in</c><00:29:01.440><c> the</c><00:29:01.599><c> future.</c>

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But<00:29:03.099><c> you</c><00:29:03.200><c> would</c><00:29:03.420><c> make</c><00:29:03.720><c> sure</c><00:29:04.039><c> that</c><00:29:04.299><c> child</c><00:29:04.700><c> knew</c><00:29:04.920><c> they</c><00:29:05.079><c> were</c><00:29:05.319><c> loved</c><00:29:06.000><c> and</c>

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:09.599
you<00:29:07.960><c> would</c><00:29:08.200><c> bring</c><00:29:08.359><c> upon</c><00:29:08.700><c> them</c><00:29:09.140><c> greater</c>

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:15.859
honor<00:29:10.279><c> and</c><00:29:11.240><c> you</c><00:29:11.440><c> would</c><00:29:11.619><c> do</c><00:29:11.799><c> whatever</c><00:29:12.099><c> was</c><00:29:12.480><c> necessary</c><00:29:13.119><c> to</c><00:29:13.420><c> restore</c><00:29:14.039><c> their</c><00:29:14.500><c> spirit</c><00:29:15.200><c> so</c>

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that<00:29:16.039><c> they</c><00:29:16.279><c> felt</c>

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a<00:29:16.940><c> part</c><00:29:17.200><c> of</c><00:29:17.420><c> the</c><00:29:17.660><c> family</c><00:29:17.980><c> unit.</c>

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:21.359
And<00:29:18.640><c> Paul</c><00:29:18.779><c> is</c><00:29:19.019><c> saying</c><00:29:19.279><c> that's</c><00:29:20.019><c> exactly</c><00:29:20.480><c> what</c><00:29:20.700><c> we</c><00:29:20.920><c> do</c><00:29:21.079><c> within</c>

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the<00:29:21.599><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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That's<00:29:22.259><c> what</c><00:29:22.400><c> we</c><00:29:22.660><c> should</c><00:29:22.779><c> be</c><00:29:23.019><c> doing.</c>

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:30.980
We<00:29:23.819><c> want</c><00:29:24.079><c> every</c><00:29:24.799><c> single</c><00:29:25.720><c> member</c><00:29:26.359><c> to</c><00:29:26.940><c> feel</c><00:29:28.259><c> genuinely</c><00:29:29.160><c> and</c><00:29:29.619><c> sincerely</c><00:29:30.200><c> that</c><00:29:30.420><c> they</c><00:29:30.660><c> are</c>

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part<00:29:31.339><c> of</c><00:29:31.599><c> a</c>

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Clesial<00:29:32.299><c> family.</c>

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And<00:29:34.200><c> we</c><00:29:34.279><c> don't</c><00:29:34.539><c> blame</c><00:29:34.940><c> them</c><00:29:35.319><c> if</c><00:29:35.480><c> they</c><00:29:35.680><c> have</c><00:29:35.859><c> these</c><00:29:36.220><c> feelings.</c>

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We<00:29:36.799><c> go</c><00:29:37.039><c> and</c><00:29:37.339><c> surround</c><00:29:37.740><c> them</c><00:29:37.980><c> with</c><00:29:38.220><c> love</c><00:29:38.680><c> and</c><00:29:39.019><c> compassion</c><00:29:39.839><c> and</c><00:29:40.900><c> caring.</c>

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:44.660
And<00:29:42.579><c> if</c><00:29:42.660><c> it</c><00:29:42.819><c> means</c><00:29:42.940><c> we</c><00:29:43.200><c> spend</c><00:29:43.359><c> more</c><00:29:43.660><c> time</c><00:29:43.819><c> with</c><00:29:43.940><c> them,</c><00:29:44.059><c> we</c><00:29:44.180><c> spend</c><00:29:44.359><c> more</c>

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time<00:29:44.900><c> with</c><00:29:45.059><c> them.</c>

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But<00:29:45.339><c> Paul</c><00:29:45.519><c> is</c><00:29:45.660><c> saying</c><00:29:45.819><c> that's</c><00:29:46.259><c> the</c><00:29:46.500><c> consideration</c><00:29:47.059><c> we</c><00:29:47.279><c> need</c>

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to<00:29:47.759><c> have</c><00:29:48.259><c> for</c><00:29:48.920><c> one</c><00:29:49.140><c> another.</c>

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Because<00:29:51.839><c> when</c><00:29:52.079><c> those</c><00:29:52.339><c> who</c><00:29:52.720><c> feel</c><00:29:52.940><c> like</c><00:29:53.180><c> they</c><00:29:53.319><c> are</c><00:29:53.559><c> second</c><00:29:53.859><c>-class</c><00:29:54.180><c> citizens</c><00:29:54.720><c> within</c><00:29:55.000><c> an</c>

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Ecclesia<00:29:55.640><c> or</c>

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they<00:29:56.579><c> feel</c><00:29:56.859><c> like</c><00:29:57.059><c> they</c><00:29:57.220><c> don't</c><00:29:57.480><c> quite</c><00:29:57.759><c> belong</c><00:29:58.160><c> or</c><00:29:58.279><c> they</c><00:29:58.420><c> don't</c>

00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:01.059
quite<00:29:58.960><c> feel</c><00:29:59.460><c> as</c><00:30:00.119><c> one</c><00:30:00.259><c> with</c><00:30:00.500><c> the</c><00:30:00.660><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:04.319
this<00:30:01.680><c> gap</c><00:30:02.119><c> exists</c><00:30:02.680><c> in</c><00:30:02.960><c> their</c><00:30:03.200><c> mind.</c>

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Whether<00:30:04.700><c> it's</c><00:30:04.900><c> real</c><00:30:05.099><c> or</c><00:30:05.359><c> imagined</c><00:30:05.619><c> doesn't</c><00:30:05.880><c> really</c><00:30:06.200><c> matter.</c>

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.319
We<00:30:07.119><c> need</c><00:30:07.259><c> to</c><00:30:07.579><c> close</c><00:30:07.819><c> the</c><00:30:08.099><c> gap.</c>

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.420
And<00:30:08.500><c> that's</c><00:30:08.680><c> what</c><00:30:08.880><c> love</c><00:30:09.180><c> and</c><00:30:09.440><c> compassion</c><00:30:09.920><c> does.</c>

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.960
That's<00:30:11.119><c> how</c><00:30:11.259><c> it</c><00:30:11.359><c> would</c><00:30:11.539><c> close</c><00:30:11.740><c> the</c><00:30:11.980><c> gap</c><00:30:12.180><c> with</c><00:30:12.359><c> an</c><00:30:12.579><c> individual</c>

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:14.759
family<00:30:13.400><c> member</c><00:30:13.680><c> if</c><00:30:13.799><c> it</c><00:30:13.920><c> was</c><00:30:14.140><c> a</c><00:30:14.279><c> child.</c>

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And<00:30:15.240><c> that's</c><00:30:15.579><c> what</c><00:30:15.819><c> closes</c><00:30:16.220><c> the</c><00:30:16.539><c> gap</c><00:30:16.720><c> with</c><00:30:16.960><c> Ecclesial</c><00:30:17.859><c> members.</c>

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The<00:30:20.359><c> unity</c><00:30:20.700><c> of</c><00:30:20.859><c> the</c><00:30:21.000><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:30:21.500><c> Paul</c><00:30:21.579><c> says</c><00:30:21.819><c> in</c><00:30:21.960><c> verse</c><00:30:22.180><c> 25,</c><00:30:23.000><c> is</c>

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what<00:30:23.220><c> we</c><00:30:23.400><c> should</c><00:30:23.500><c> all</c><00:30:23.680><c> be</c><00:30:23.900><c> working</c><00:30:24.160><c> towards.</c>

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That<00:30:25.619><c> there</c><00:30:25.799><c> be</c><00:30:25.920><c> no</c><00:30:26.180><c> schism,</c><00:30:26.599><c> that</c><00:30:26.759><c> the</c><00:30:26.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:27.240><c> body</c><00:30:27.539><c> be</c><00:30:27.799><c> one,</c><00:30:28.079><c> be</c>

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united<00:30:28.480><c> together.</c>

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And<00:30:30.599><c> how</c><00:30:30.900><c> is</c><00:30:31.160><c> that</c><00:30:31.339><c> unity</c><00:30:31.740><c> of</c><00:30:31.960><c> the</c><00:30:32.099><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:32.519><c> body</c><00:30:32.839><c> defined?</c>

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It's<00:30:34.940><c> not</c><00:30:35.059><c> by</c><00:30:35.279><c> meeting</c><00:30:35.519><c> in</c><00:30:35.720><c> the</c><00:30:35.920><c> same</c><00:30:36.140><c> room</c><00:30:36.380><c> or</c><00:30:36.500><c> by</c><00:30:36.819><c> singing</c><00:30:37.059><c> from</c><00:30:37.299><c> the</c><00:30:37.519><c> same</c><00:30:37.759><c> hymn</c><00:30:38.019><c> book</c><00:30:38.480><c> or</c>

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even<00:30:40.059><c> by</c>

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being<00:30:40.460><c> members</c><00:30:40.759><c> of</c><00:30:40.980><c> the</c><00:30:41.119><c> same</c><00:30:41.299><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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It's<00:30:44.019><c> our</c><00:30:44.339><c> care</c><00:30:44.819><c> for</c><00:30:45.119><c> one</c><00:30:45.359><c> another.</c>

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That<00:30:46.660><c> there</c><00:30:46.880><c> should</c><00:30:47.059><c> be</c><00:30:47.259><c> no</c><00:30:47.519><c> schism</c><00:30:47.779><c> in</c><00:30:47.920><c> the</c><00:30:48.099><c> body,</c><00:30:48.519><c> but</c><00:30:48.579><c> that</c>

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members<00:30:49.099><c> should</c><00:30:49.480><c> have</c><00:30:49.640><c> the</c><00:30:49.940><c> same</c><00:30:50.259><c> care,</c>

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one<00:30:52.339><c> for</c><00:30:52.680><c> another.</c>

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You<00:30:53.160><c> see,</c><00:30:53.240><c> that's</c><00:30:53.640><c> what</c><00:30:53.900><c> closes</c><00:30:54.319><c> the</c><00:30:54.640><c> gap.</c>

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That's<00:30:55.359><c> what</c><00:30:55.539><c> ensures</c><00:30:56.180><c> that</c><00:30:56.420><c> there</c><00:30:56.599><c> is</c><00:30:56.759><c> no</c><00:30:57.000><c> schism</c><00:30:57.359><c> in</c><00:30:57.519><c> the</c><00:30:57.700><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:30:58.440><c> that</c><00:30:58.640><c> none</c><00:30:58.900><c> feel</c><00:30:59.140><c> like</c><00:30:59.359><c> they</c><00:30:59.559><c> are</c><00:30:59.720><c> not</c><00:30:59.819><c> as</c>

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important<00:31:00.539><c> as</c><00:31:00.839><c> others.</c>

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It's<00:31:02.740><c> the</c><00:31:02.960><c> same</c><00:31:03.220><c> care</c><00:31:03.759><c> and</c><00:31:03.960><c> the</c><00:31:04.099><c> compassion</c><00:31:04.720><c> and</c><00:31:05.099><c> love.</c>

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That's<00:31:06.880><c> what</c><00:31:07.119><c> keeps</c><00:31:07.460><c> us</c><00:31:08.039><c> united.</c>

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That's<00:31:09.480><c> what</c><00:31:09.740><c> makes</c><00:31:10.140><c> the</c><00:31:10.579><c> little</c><00:31:11.039><c> toes</c><00:31:12.220><c> feel</c><00:31:13.079><c> genuinely</c><00:31:13.859><c> connected</c><00:31:14.680><c> to</c>

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:17.140
the<00:31:15.140><c> body</c><00:31:15.500><c> and</c><00:31:16.240><c> enables</c><00:31:16.599><c> them</c><00:31:16.920><c> to</c>

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.980
enjoy<00:31:17.519><c> the</c><00:31:17.759><c> full</c><00:31:18.019><c> fellowship.</c>

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:21.660
And<00:31:19.519><c> as</c><00:31:19.759><c> further</c><00:31:20.000><c> proof</c><00:31:20.400><c> that</c><00:31:20.599><c> all</c><00:31:20.759><c> members</c><00:31:21.039><c> of</c><00:31:21.220><c> the</c><00:31:21.359><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:23.799
body<00:31:22.000><c> feel</c><00:31:22.380><c> spiritually</c><00:31:22.920><c> connected</c><00:31:23.440><c> and</c>

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:26.680
spiritually<00:31:24.220><c> bonded</c><00:31:24.720><c> one</c><00:31:25.000><c> to</c><00:31:25.220><c> another,</c><00:31:26.039><c> we</c><00:31:26.180><c> have</c><00:31:26.339><c> the</c><00:31:26.500><c> words</c>

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.619
of<00:31:26.839><c> verse</c><00:31:27.079><c> 26.</c>

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:30.859
And<00:31:27.819><c> whether</c><00:31:28.099><c> one</c><00:31:28.380><c> member</c><00:31:28.660><c> suffer,</c><00:31:29.779><c> all</c><00:31:30.099><c> the</c><00:31:30.299><c> members</c><00:31:30.500><c> suffer</c>

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.380
with<00:31:31.079><c> it.</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:35.140
Or<00:31:31.920><c> one</c><00:31:32.140><c> member</c><00:31:32.420><c> be</c><00:31:32.700><c> honored,</c><00:31:33.279><c> all</c><00:31:33.480><c> the</c><00:31:33.640><c> members</c><00:31:33.960><c> rejoice</c><00:31:34.460><c> with</c><00:31:34.700><c> it.</c>

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:38.680
Because<00:31:36.000><c> when</c><00:31:36.240><c> one</c><00:31:36.460><c> member</c><00:31:36.740><c> suffers,</c><00:31:37.259><c> they</c><00:31:37.500><c> all</c><00:31:37.779><c> suffer.</c>

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:42.140
And<00:31:39.440><c> they</c><00:31:39.579><c> all</c><00:31:39.759><c> need</c><00:31:39.900><c> to</c><00:31:40.200><c> feel</c><00:31:40.500><c> specially</c><00:31:41.000><c> connected.</c>

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:46.079
And<00:31:42.539><c> when</c><00:31:42.700><c> one</c><00:31:42.920><c> member</c><00:31:43.160><c> is</c><00:31:43.500><c> honored,</c><00:31:43.720><c> they</c><00:31:43.940><c> all</c><00:31:44.119><c> rejoice</c><00:31:44.720><c> because</c><00:31:45.799><c> they</c>

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:48.079
feel<00:31:46.339><c> this</c><00:31:46.660><c> special</c><00:31:47.039><c> connection,</c>

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:53.200
this<00:31:48.420><c> special</c><00:31:49.180><c> bond</c><00:31:49.619><c> because</c><00:31:50.039><c> they</c><00:31:50.259><c> are</c><00:31:50.539><c> all</c><00:31:51.259><c> united</c><00:31:51.779><c> as</c><00:31:52.359><c> one.</c>

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:07.700
You<00:32:02.220><c> see,</c><00:32:02.460><c> in</c><00:32:02.700><c> our</c><00:32:02.900><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:32:04.680><c> we</c><00:32:04.839><c> need</c><00:32:05.700><c> strong</c><00:32:06.440><c> relationships.</c>

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:11.460
Just<00:32:08.900><c> like</c><00:32:09.200><c> in</c><00:32:09.420><c> a</c><00:32:09.640><c> family,</c><00:32:10.119><c> if</c><00:32:10.240><c> we're</c><00:32:10.440><c> going</c><00:32:10.599><c> to</c><00:32:10.779><c> combat</c><00:32:11.140><c> the</c>

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:13.759
evil<00:32:11.599><c> that</c><00:32:11.859><c> exists</c><00:32:12.160><c> in</c><00:32:12.319><c> the</c><00:32:12.480><c> last</c><00:32:12.779><c> days,</c>

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:17.259
in<00:32:14.440><c> our</c><00:32:14.720><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:32:15.359><c> we</c><00:32:15.440><c> need</c><00:32:15.839><c> strong</c><00:32:16.519><c> relationships</c>

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.880
between<00:32:17.740><c> members.</c>

00:32:19.109 --> 00:32:24.779
Not<00:32:19.619><c> just</c><00:32:20.660><c> acquaintances,</c><00:32:22.420><c> but</c><00:32:22.619><c> meaningful</c><00:32:23.420><c> relationships.</c>

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:27.980
And<00:32:25.359><c> I</c><00:32:25.579><c> distinguish</c><00:32:26.039><c> between</c><00:32:26.519><c> acquaintances</c><00:32:27.240><c> and</c>

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:29.279
meaningful<00:32:28.519><c> relationships.</c>

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:34.000
And<00:32:29.599><c> the</c><00:32:29.720><c> reason</c><00:32:29.920><c> I</c><00:32:30.119><c> do</c><00:32:30.319><c> that</c><00:32:30.960><c> is</c><00:32:31.339><c> because</c><00:32:31.700><c> when</c><00:32:31.900><c> I'm</c><00:32:32.299><c> in</c><00:32:32.579><c> trouble</c><00:32:33.259><c> and</c>

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.920
I'm<00:32:34.380><c> suffering</c><00:32:34.740><c> through</c><00:32:35.140><c> difficulties</c>

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:43.980
and<00:32:36.519><c> trials,</c><00:32:39.859><c> acquaintances</c><00:32:40.819><c> don't</c><00:32:41.640><c> do</c><00:32:41.960><c> me</c><00:32:42.180><c> much</c><00:32:42.480><c> good.</c>

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:51.180
Spiritually<00:32:46.619><c> meaningful</c><00:32:47.559><c> relationships</c><00:32:48.539><c> can</c><00:32:49.519><c> be</c><00:32:49.799><c> very</c><00:32:50.200><c> helpful.</c>

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:58.619
Those<00:32:53.240><c> who</c><00:32:53.519><c> are</c><00:32:53.720><c> my</c><00:32:54.059><c> acquaintances</c><00:32:54.819><c> probably</c><00:32:55.339><c> don't</c><00:32:55.779><c> even</c><00:32:56.240><c> know</c><00:32:56.980><c> I'm</c><00:32:58.339><c> in</c>

00:32:58.619 --> 00:33:01.740
the<00:32:58.740><c> midst</c><00:32:59.240><c> of</c><00:32:59.700><c> trials</c><00:33:00.119><c> and</c><00:33:00.539><c> difficulties.</c>

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:08.240
But<00:33:02.619><c> those</c><00:33:03.019><c> with</c><00:33:03.299><c> whom</c><00:33:03.440><c> I</c><00:33:03.680><c> have</c><00:33:03.859><c> a</c><00:33:04.299><c> strong,</c><00:33:05.599><c> meaningful</c><00:33:06.099><c> relationship</c><00:33:07.059><c> with,</c>

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.680
they<00:33:09.119><c> know.</c>

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:14.759
And<00:33:10.579><c> they</c><00:33:10.799><c> are</c><00:33:11.220><c> available</c><00:33:11.720><c> and</c><00:33:12.119><c> prepared</c><00:33:12.720><c> to</c><00:33:13.079><c> bring</c><00:33:13.440><c> the</c><00:33:13.799><c> needed</c><00:33:14.079><c> help</c>

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:16.980
and<00:33:15.680><c> whatever</c><00:33:16.099><c> resources</c>

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:20.279
or<00:33:17.359><c> whatever</c><00:33:17.619><c> spiritual</c><00:33:18.140><c> guidance</c><00:33:18.740><c> are</c><00:33:19.160><c> necessary.</c>

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:23.779
And<00:33:20.640><c> that's</c><00:33:20.900><c> why</c><00:33:21.119><c> we</c><00:33:21.380><c> need</c><00:33:21.619><c> not</c><00:33:22.119><c> acquaintances</c><00:33:23.119><c> within</c><00:33:23.539><c> the</c>

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:25.079
Ecclesial<00:33:24.160><c> family.</c>

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:30.960
We<00:33:25.400><c> need</c><00:33:25.779><c> strong,</c><00:33:27.259><c> meaningful</c><00:33:27.819><c> relationships,</c><00:33:29.240><c> spiritual</c><00:33:29.859><c> relationships.</c>

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:37.319
And<00:33:32.079><c> we</c><00:33:32.259><c> have</c><00:33:32.480><c> a</c><00:33:32.660><c> saying</c><00:33:32.839><c> back</c><00:33:33.279><c> home</c><00:33:33.859><c> that</c><00:33:35.880><c> if</c><00:33:36.519><c> I</c><00:33:36.839><c> haven't</c><00:33:37.079><c> been</c>

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:41.440
in<00:33:37.519><c> your</c><00:33:37.779><c> house</c><00:33:38.539><c> or</c><00:33:39.059><c> you</c><00:33:39.359><c> haven't</c><00:33:39.599><c> been</c><00:33:39.819><c> in</c><00:33:40.000><c> my</c><00:33:40.279><c> house,</c>

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:46.299
we<00:33:42.619><c> probably</c><00:33:43.299><c> don't</c><00:33:43.799><c> have</c><00:33:44.160><c> a</c><00:33:44.420><c> meaningful</c><00:33:44.900><c> relationship.</c>

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:51.180
Because<00:33:47.079><c> it's</c><00:33:47.400><c> difficult</c><00:33:47.940><c> to</c><00:33:48.380><c> build</c><00:33:48.759><c> meaningful</c><00:33:49.519><c> relationships</c><00:33:50.400><c> on</c><00:33:50.859><c> Sunday</c>

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:54.339
morning<00:33:51.680><c> or</c><00:33:52.559><c> on</c><00:33:52.819><c> Tuesday</c><00:33:53.119><c> night</c><00:33:53.400><c> at</c><00:33:53.599><c> the</c><00:33:53.740><c> Bible</c><00:33:54.000><c> class.</c>

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:57.759
I'm<00:33:54.519><c> not</c><00:33:54.759><c> saying</c><00:33:54.859><c> it's</c><00:33:55.180><c> impossible,</c><00:33:56.099><c> but</c><00:33:56.500><c> it</c><00:33:56.700><c> takes</c><00:33:56.920><c> a</c><00:33:57.299><c> long,</c>

00:33:58.019 --> 00:34:01.460
long,<00:33:58.960><c> long</c><00:33:59.619><c> time</c><00:34:00.079><c> to</c><00:34:00.420><c> happen.</c>

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:07.400
Meaningful<00:34:02.660><c> relationships</c><00:34:03.299><c> happen</c><00:34:03.940><c> when</c><00:34:04.180><c> people</c><00:34:04.519><c> spend</c><00:34:04.859><c> time</c><00:34:05.160><c> together,</c><00:34:06.740><c> when</c><00:34:06.960><c> people</c><00:34:07.240><c> get</c>

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.719
to<00:34:07.619><c> know</c><00:34:07.759><c> each</c><00:34:08.019><c> other.</c>

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:12.920
And<00:34:09.380><c> that's</c><00:34:09.739><c> why</c><00:34:10.139><c> under</c><00:34:10.480><c> the</c><00:34:10.679><c> love</c><00:34:10.800><c> of</c><00:34:11.019><c> Christ,</c><00:34:11.619><c> those</c><00:34:11.980><c> are</c><00:34:12.199><c> the</c><00:34:12.320><c> kinds</c><00:34:12.519><c> of</c>

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:16.760
relationships<00:34:13.420><c> that</c><00:34:13.699><c> God</c><00:34:13.920><c> is</c><00:34:14.199><c> asking</c><00:34:14.420><c> us</c><00:34:14.659><c> to</c><00:34:14.920><c> build</c><00:34:15.420><c> with</c>

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:17.840
each<00:34:17.019><c> other.</c>

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:23.099
Because<00:34:19.380><c> those</c><00:34:19.820><c> kinds</c><00:34:20.119><c> of</c><00:34:20.380><c> relationships</c><00:34:21.039><c> can</c><00:34:22.099><c> be</c><00:34:22.340><c> helpful</c><00:34:22.699><c> to</c><00:34:22.920><c> a</c>

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:25.960
brother<00:34:23.300><c> or</c><00:34:23.599><c> sister</c><00:34:24.059><c> in</c><00:34:24.480><c> their</c><00:34:24.679><c> time</c><00:34:24.880><c> of</c><00:34:25.079><c> need.</c>

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:29.699
And<00:34:26.500><c> again,</c><00:34:27.000><c> just</c><00:34:27.139><c> to</c><00:34:27.360><c> reiterate,</c><00:34:27.880><c> I</c><00:34:27.960><c> don't</c><00:34:28.280><c> know</c><00:34:28.579><c> your</c><00:34:28.860><c> situation</c><00:34:29.420><c> here,</c>

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:33.039
so<00:34:29.860><c> I'm</c><00:34:29.980><c> not</c><00:34:30.179><c> addressing</c><00:34:30.559><c> any</c><00:34:31.079><c> particular</c><00:34:31.739><c> situation.</c>

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:36.900
There<00:34:33.980><c> are</c><00:34:34.179><c> homes</c><00:34:34.539><c> back</c><00:34:34.920><c> in</c><00:34:35.139><c> our</c><00:34:35.340><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:35.840><c> in</c><00:34:36.380><c> which</c><00:34:36.559><c> I</c><00:34:36.719><c> have</c>

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.599
not<00:34:37.159><c> been.</c>

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:41.440
And<00:34:38.440><c> people</c><00:34:38.739><c> have</c><00:34:38.960><c> not</c><00:34:39.119><c> been</c><00:34:39.239><c> to</c><00:34:39.460><c> our</c><00:34:39.659><c> home</c><00:34:39.880><c> for</c><00:34:40.099><c> whatever</c><00:34:40.440><c> reason.</c>

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:44.099
And<00:34:41.960><c> so</c><00:34:42.199><c> this</c><00:34:42.400><c> is</c><00:34:42.639><c> something</c><00:34:42.860><c> we</c><00:34:43.059><c> all</c><00:34:43.280><c> need</c><00:34:43.440><c> to</c><00:34:43.679><c> work</c><00:34:43.860><c> on.</c>

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:50.019
But<00:34:44.300><c> I</c><00:34:44.460><c> have</c><00:34:44.619><c> just</c><00:34:44.840><c> found</c><00:34:45.000><c> in</c><00:34:45.139><c> my</c><00:34:45.300><c> own</c><00:34:45.599><c> experience,</c><00:34:46.659><c> when</c><00:34:46.860><c> meaningful</c><00:34:47.420><c> relationships</c><00:34:48.239><c> exist,</c><00:34:49.900><c> then</c>

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:52.800
meaningful<00:34:50.519><c> support</c><00:34:51.260><c> can</c><00:34:51.639><c> be</c><00:34:51.920><c> provided.</c>

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:57.360
So<00:34:54.400><c> as</c><00:34:54.519><c> we</c><00:34:54.619><c> now</c><00:34:54.860><c> consider</c><00:34:55.280><c> the</c><00:34:56.019><c> emblems</c><00:34:56.500><c> before</c><00:34:56.800><c> us,</c><00:34:57.079><c> we</c><00:34:57.199><c> think</c>

00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.099
of<00:34:57.519><c> our</c><00:34:57.639><c> Lord</c><00:34:57.820><c> Jesus</c><00:34:58.159><c> Christ</c><00:34:58.619><c> as</c><00:34:58.900><c> our</c><00:34:59.119><c> head.</c>

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:04.599
The<00:35:01.260><c> one</c><00:35:01.380><c> who</c><00:35:01.559><c> gave</c><00:35:01.760><c> his</c><00:35:02.099><c> life</c><00:35:02.360><c> and</c><00:35:02.599><c> complete</c><00:35:02.940><c> dedication</c><00:35:03.679><c> and</c>

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:07.400
service<00:35:05.059><c> to</c><00:35:05.320><c> his</c><00:35:05.460><c> Heavenly</c><00:35:05.760><c> Father</c><00:35:06.260><c> and</c><00:35:06.679><c> to</c><00:35:06.940><c> us.</c>

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:11.219
And<00:35:08.079><c> he</c><00:35:08.320><c> did</c><00:35:08.539><c> so</c><00:35:08.820><c> that</c><00:35:08.960><c> we</c><00:35:09.119><c> could</c><00:35:09.320><c> become</c><00:35:09.679><c> part</c><00:35:10.079><c> of</c><00:35:10.300><c> God's</c><00:35:10.760><c> family.</c>

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:15.460
Because<00:35:12.039><c> in</c><00:35:12.280><c> Ephesians</c><00:35:12.679><c> 4</c><00:35:12.980><c> we</c><00:35:13.219><c> read</c><00:35:13.659><c> that</c><00:35:14.639><c> we</c><00:35:14.840><c> should</c><00:35:15.139><c> speak</c>

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:20.800
the<00:35:15.760><c> truth</c><00:35:15.980><c> in</c><00:35:16.340><c> love</c><00:35:16.579><c> to</c><00:35:16.820><c> one</c><00:35:17.019><c> another</c><00:35:17.380><c> and</c><00:35:18.340><c> grow</c><00:35:18.719><c> up</c><00:35:19.780><c> into</c><00:35:20.420><c> him</c>

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.800
in<00:35:21.099><c> all</c><00:35:21.340><c> things,</c>

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:25.679
which<00:35:22.139><c> is</c><00:35:22.400><c> the</c><00:35:22.599><c> head,</c><00:35:23.559><c> even</c><00:35:23.880><c> Christ,</c><00:35:24.420><c> from</c><00:35:24.699><c> whom</c><00:35:24.880><c> the</c><00:35:25.199><c> whole</c>

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ecclesial<00:35:26.539><c> body</c><00:35:27.059><c> is</c><00:35:28.239><c> fitly</c><00:35:28.639><c> joined</c><00:35:28.820><c> together</c><00:35:29.280><c> and</c><00:35:29.559><c> compacted</c>

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by<00:35:30.739><c> that</c><00:35:31.000><c> which</c><00:35:31.300><c> every</c><00:35:31.599><c> joint</c><00:35:31.860><c> supply.</c>

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According<00:35:33.380><c> to</c><00:35:33.619><c> the</c><00:35:33.840><c> effectual</c><00:35:34.280><c> working</c><00:35:34.539><c> in</c><00:35:34.719><c> the</c><00:35:34.900><c> measure</c><00:35:35.039><c> of</c>

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every<00:35:35.480><c> part,</c><00:35:36.559><c> make</c><00:35:36.659><c> it</c><00:35:36.780><c> increase</c><00:35:37.239><c> of</c><00:35:37.440><c> the</c><00:35:37.619><c> body</c><00:35:37.840><c> under</c><00:35:38.059><c> the</c><00:35:38.320><c> edifying</c><00:35:38.719><c> of</c>

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itself<00:35:39.320><c> in</c><00:35:39.659><c> love.</c>

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So<00:35:41.679><c> may</c><00:35:41.880><c> we</c><00:35:42.059><c> now</c><00:35:42.280><c> examine</c><00:35:42.619><c> ourselves</c><00:35:43.219><c> and</c><00:35:43.400><c> our</c><00:35:43.619><c> walk,</c><00:35:45.340><c> especially</c><00:35:45.659><c> that</c><00:35:46.079><c> aspect</c><00:35:46.360><c> of</c>

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:48.820
discipleship<00:35:47.340><c> that</c><00:35:47.579><c> pertains</c><00:35:47.980><c> to</c><00:35:48.239><c> our</c><00:35:48.440><c> marriages.</c>

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If<00:35:49.219><c> we're</c><00:35:49.460><c> married,</c><00:35:49.960><c> it</c><00:35:50.239><c> pertains</c><00:35:50.539><c> to</c><00:35:50.739><c> our</c><00:35:50.980><c> family</c><00:35:51.260><c> units,</c><00:35:52.619><c> if</c>

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we<00:35:53.139><c> have</c><00:35:53.320><c> a</c><00:35:53.679><c> family</c><00:35:54.199><c> with</c><00:35:55.199><c> a</c><00:35:55.679><c> spouse</c><00:35:55.960><c> and</c><00:35:56.260><c> children.</c>

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And<00:35:57.519><c> may</c><00:35:57.780><c> we</c><00:35:58.079><c> reflect</c><00:35:58.500><c> upon</c><00:35:58.780><c> the</c><00:35:59.079><c> principles</c><00:35:59.519><c> that</c><00:35:59.780><c> we</c><00:35:59.880><c> have</c>

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.820
been<00:36:00.440><c> hearing</c><00:36:00.800><c> about</c><00:36:01.139><c> this</c><00:36:01.400><c> weekend</c>

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and<00:36:02.699><c> determine</c><00:36:03.380><c> in</c><00:36:03.519><c> our</c><00:36:03.739><c> own</c><00:36:04.019><c> minds</c><00:36:04.579><c> that</c><00:36:04.880><c> we</c><00:36:05.059><c> will</c><00:36:05.400><c> commit</c><00:36:05.639><c> ourselves</c><00:36:06.579><c> to</c>

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:10.940
trying<00:36:07.579><c> to</c><00:36:07.900><c> do</c><00:36:08.500><c> what</c><00:36:08.840><c> we</c><00:36:09.159><c> can</c><00:36:09.440><c> to</c><00:36:09.659><c> conform</c><00:36:10.079><c> ourselves</c><00:36:10.739><c> to</c>

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those<00:36:11.219><c> principles</c>

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and<00:36:11.980><c> to</c><00:36:12.199><c> acknowledge</c><00:36:12.599><c> before</c><00:36:12.980><c> God</c><00:36:13.340><c> that</c><00:36:13.500><c> we</c><00:36:13.659><c> need</c><00:36:13.820><c> his</c><00:36:14.059><c> help.</c>

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We<00:36:15.780><c> know</c><00:36:15.960><c> we</c><00:36:16.159><c> all</c><00:36:16.480><c> fall</c><00:36:16.780><c> and</c><00:36:17.260><c> fail</c><00:36:17.539><c> short.</c>

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But<00:36:19.139><c> if</c><00:36:19.239><c> we</c><00:36:19.400><c> are</c><00:36:19.500><c> willing</c><00:36:19.719><c> to</c><00:36:19.940><c> acknowledge</c><00:36:20.340><c> our</c><00:36:20.639><c> failings</c><00:36:20.940><c> to</c>

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our<00:36:21.260><c> Heavenly</c><00:36:21.539><c> Father</c><00:36:21.920><c> and</c><00:36:22.059><c> to</c><00:36:22.260><c> seek</c><00:36:22.400><c> his</c><00:36:22.679><c> help,</c>

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:27.539
you<00:36:23.179><c> see</c><00:36:23.280><c> we</c><00:36:23.400><c> can</c><00:36:23.840><c> strengthen</c><00:36:24.460><c> those</c><00:36:25.460><c> very</c><00:36:26.059><c> precious</c><00:36:26.559><c> relationships</c><00:36:27.219><c> because</c>

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that's<00:36:27.820><c> what</c><00:36:27.960><c> they</c><00:36:28.199><c> are.</c>

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The<00:36:29.239><c> relationship</c><00:36:29.840><c> between</c><00:36:30.199><c> a</c><00:36:30.380><c> husband</c><00:36:30.619><c> and</c><00:36:30.840><c> wife</c><00:36:31.019><c> is</c><00:36:31.260><c> a</c><00:36:31.420><c> very</c>

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special<00:36:32.280><c> and</c><00:36:32.860><c> precious</c><00:36:33.179><c> relationship.</c>

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:36.719
The<00:36:34.739><c> relationship</c><00:36:35.239><c> between</c><00:36:35.579><c> mom</c><00:36:35.780><c> and</c><00:36:35.940><c> dad</c><00:36:36.059><c> and</c><00:36:36.219><c> the</c><00:36:36.440><c> children</c>

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.739
are<00:36:36.980><c> very</c><00:36:37.400><c> special</c><00:36:37.760><c> and</c><00:36:38.059><c> precious</c><00:36:38.440><c> relationships.</c>

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And<00:36:40.699><c> let</c><00:36:40.860><c> us</c><00:36:41.119><c> resolve</c><00:36:41.420><c> to</c><00:36:41.679><c> make</c><00:36:41.840><c> the</c><00:36:42.139><c> necessary</c><00:36:42.539><c> changes</c><00:36:43.119><c> in</c>

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:46.900
our<00:36:43.539><c> personal</c><00:36:43.900><c> life</c><00:36:44.199><c> or</c><00:36:44.380><c> our</c><00:36:44.619><c> family</c><00:36:44.860><c> life</c><00:36:45.400><c> or</c><00:36:46.079><c> our</c><00:36:46.420><c> ecclesial</c>

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:50.820
life<00:36:47.579><c> that</c><00:36:48.519><c> we</c><00:36:48.699><c> have</c><00:36:48.900><c> deemed</c><00:36:49.280><c> are</c><00:36:49.619><c> necessary.</c>

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That<00:36:51.679><c> when</c><00:36:51.880><c> the</c><00:36:52.000><c> day</c><00:36:52.159><c> comes</c><00:36:52.519><c> in</c><00:36:52.739><c> the</c><00:36:52.800><c> near</c><00:36:53.019><c> future,</c><00:36:53.699><c> we</c><00:36:53.920><c> might</c>

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join<00:36:54.679><c> with</c><00:36:54.960><c> that</c><00:36:55.400><c> entire</c><00:36:56.340><c> family</c><00:36:57.340><c> of</c><00:36:57.679><c> God</c>

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and<00:36:58.960><c> be</c><00:36:59.219><c> among</c><00:36:59.480><c> that</c><00:36:59.800><c> wonderful</c><00:37:00.340><c> host</c><00:37:01.119><c> who</c><00:37:01.860><c> are</c><00:37:02.059><c> able</c><00:37:02.219><c> to</c><00:37:02.539><c> call</c>

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him<00:37:03.179><c> their</c><00:37:03.659><c> father</c><00:37:04.099><c> throughout</c><00:37:04.659><c> eternity</c>

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and<00:37:06.840><c> spend</c><00:37:07.219><c> time</c><00:37:07.639><c> with</c><00:37:07.860><c> our</c><00:37:08.099><c> brothers</c><00:37:08.340><c> and</c><00:37:08.639><c> sisters</c><00:37:08.980><c> of</c><00:37:09.219><c> all</c>

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ages<00:37:09.900><c> celebrating</c><00:37:10.860><c> the</c><00:37:11.920><c> wonderful</c><00:37:12.300><c> things</c><00:37:12.619><c> that</c><00:37:12.840><c> God</c><00:37:13.019><c> has</c><00:37:13.380><c> accomplished</c><00:37:13.880><c> in</c>

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our<00:37:14.440><c> life</c>

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because<00:37:15.940><c> he</c><00:37:16.139><c> has</c><00:37:16.460><c> called</c><00:37:16.639><c> us</c><00:37:16.880><c> to</c><00:37:17.019><c> be</c><00:37:17.179><c> his</c><00:37:17.420><c> children.</c>