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strength<00:14:18.169><c> and</c><00:14:18.830><c> guidance</c><00:14:19.289><c> to</c><00:14:20.169><c> our</c><00:14:20.309><c> Heavenly</c>

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Father,<00:14:20.970><c> to</c><00:14:21.190><c> pray</c><00:14:21.490><c> for</c><00:14:21.690><c> the</c><00:14:21.850><c> coming</c><00:14:22.110><c> Kingdom.</c>

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I<00:14:22.570><c> think</c><00:14:22.830><c> when</c><00:14:23.330><c> we</c><00:14:23.549><c> see</c><00:14:23.750><c> some</c><00:14:23.970><c> of</c><00:14:24.029><c> these</c><00:14:24.250><c> injustices</c><00:14:24.909><c> in</c><00:14:25.090><c> the</c>

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we<00:14:26.730><c> see</c><00:14:26.909><c> something</c><00:14:27.269><c> that's</c><00:14:27.529><c> just</c><00:14:27.950><c> very</c><00:14:28.269><c> difficult</c><00:14:29.090><c> to</c><00:14:30.509><c> watch.</c>

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That's<00:14:33.269><c> a</c><00:14:33.370><c> good</c><00:14:33.570><c> time</c><00:14:33.970><c> to</c><00:14:34.210><c> say</c><00:14:34.330><c> a</c><00:14:34.450><c> little</c><00:14:34.549><c> prayer</c><00:14:34.850><c> about</c><00:14:35.450><c> please</c><00:14:36.289><c> come</c>

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quickly,<00:14:36.970><c> Lord,</c><00:14:37.509><c> and</c><00:14:37.870><c> set</c><00:14:38.169><c> this</c>

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world<00:14:39.250><c> straight.</c>

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There<00:14:41.509><c> was</c><00:14:41.830><c> a</c><00:14:42.289><c> sad</c><00:14:42.509><c> thing</c><00:14:42.710><c> I</c><00:14:42.889><c> heard</c><00:14:42.990><c> on</c><00:14:43.190><c> the</c><00:14:43.289><c> news</c><00:14:43.409><c> just</c><00:14:43.669><c> the</c>

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other<00:14:43.929><c> night.</c>

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It<00:14:44.289><c> just</c><00:14:44.529><c> made</c><00:14:44.690><c> me</c><00:14:44.929><c> want</c><00:14:45.090><c> to</c><00:14:45.250><c> say</c><00:14:45.409><c> a</c><00:14:45.590><c> prayer</c><00:14:45.750><c> real</c><00:14:46.090><c> quickly</c><00:14:46.309><c> for</c>

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won't<00:14:48.429><c> happen.</c>

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It<00:14:48.929><c> was</c><00:14:49.090><c> a</c><00:14:49.210><c> little</c><00:14:49.409><c> toddler,</c><00:14:49.830><c> two</c><00:14:50.009><c> years</c><00:14:50.330><c> old,</c><00:14:50.610><c> that</c><00:14:50.649><c> was</c><00:14:51.330><c> killed</c><00:14:51.570><c> in</c><00:14:51.750><c> a</c>

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house<00:14:52.190><c> fire</c><00:14:52.750><c> in</c><00:14:54.230><c> Denver</c><00:14:54.590><c> and</c>

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everybody<00:14:55.629><c> else</c><00:14:55.909><c> got</c><00:14:56.190><c> out,</c><00:14:56.450><c> but</c><00:14:56.590><c> this</c><00:14:56.789><c> little</c><00:14:56.990><c> toddler</c><00:14:57.269><c> did</c><00:14:57.610><c> not.</c>

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The<00:14:58.850><c> cries</c><00:14:59.269><c> of</c><00:14:59.470><c> the</c><00:14:59.649><c> toddler</c><00:14:59.789><c> could</c><00:15:00.029><c> be</c><00:15:00.230><c> heard</c><00:15:00.470><c> by</c><00:15:00.690><c> the</c><00:15:00.850><c> neighbors.</c>

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They<00:15:01.789><c> just</c><00:15:02.009><c> felt</c><00:15:02.269><c> so</c><00:15:02.649><c> helpless</c><00:15:02.970><c> and</c><00:15:03.190><c> they</c><00:15:03.250><c> were</c><00:15:03.549><c> so</c><00:15:04.009><c> distraught</c><00:15:04.509><c> because</c>

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they<00:15:04.909><c> couldn't</c><00:15:05.149><c> save</c><00:15:05.470><c> this</c>

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child.

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I<00:15:06.669><c> just</c><00:15:06.929><c> prayed</c><00:15:07.250><c> right</c><00:15:07.850><c> then</c><00:15:08.090><c> and</c><00:15:08.230><c> there</c><00:15:08.450><c> for</c><00:15:08.649><c> the</c><00:15:08.830><c> coming</c><00:15:09.090><c> Kingdom</c><00:15:09.490><c> when</c><00:15:09.909><c> this</c><00:15:10.490><c> kind</c><00:15:10.789><c> of</c>

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sighing<00:15:12.129><c> and</c><00:15:12.370><c> pain</c><00:15:12.710><c> would</c><00:15:13.730><c> flee</c><00:15:14.690><c> away.</c>

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Let's<00:15:16.690><c> not</c><00:15:16.929><c> miss</c><00:15:17.190><c> an</c><00:15:17.389><c> opportunity</c><00:15:18.070><c> or</c><00:15:18.549><c> an</c><00:15:18.809><c> appropriate</c><00:15:19.250><c> occasion</c><00:15:20.110><c> to</c><00:15:21.190><c> pray.</c>

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Let's<00:15:23.490><c> not</c><00:15:23.690><c> pass</c><00:15:24.110><c> them</c><00:15:24.330><c> up.</c>

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Well,<00:15:26.190><c> another</c><00:15:26.429><c> thing</c><00:15:26.610><c> that's</c><00:15:26.850><c> crucial</c><00:15:27.169><c> is,</c><00:15:27.450><c> of</c><00:15:27.570><c> course,</c><00:15:28.009><c> regular</c><00:15:28.269><c> association</c><00:15:29.090><c> with</c><00:15:29.350><c> our</c><00:15:29.570><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:15:30.070><c> sisters,</c><00:15:30.649><c> regular</c><00:15:31.129><c> assembly</c><00:15:31.990><c> with</c><00:15:32.230><c> our</c><00:15:32.450><c> brothers</c><00:15:32.730><c> and</c><00:15:33.029><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:15:35.409><c> any</c><00:15:35.549><c> time</c><00:15:35.769><c> I</c><00:15:35.970><c> refer</c><00:15:36.289><c> to</c><00:15:36.470><c> this</c><00:15:36.649><c> passage,</c><00:15:37.070><c> I've</c><00:15:37.289><c> got</c><00:15:37.470><c> to</c><00:15:37.710><c> read</c><00:15:37.850><c> it</c>

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word<00:15:38.549><c> for</c><00:15:38.789><c> word</c><00:15:39.029><c> because</c><00:15:39.309><c> it's</c>

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so<00:15:40.590><c> important</c><00:15:41.169><c> for</c><00:15:41.389><c> us.</c>

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Hebrews<00:15:42.090><c> 10</c><00:15:43.049><c> verse</c><00:15:43.409><c> 23</c><00:15:44.250><c> about</c><00:15:45.269><c> the</c><00:15:45.570><c> assembling</c><00:15:45.889><c> of</c><00:15:46.149><c> ourselves</c><00:15:46.529><c> together.</c>

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We're<00:16:04.409><c> all</c><00:16:04.610><c> familiar</c><00:16:04.870><c> with</c><00:16:05.090><c> this</c><00:16:05.350><c> passage</c><00:16:05.769><c> and</c><00:16:05.990><c> it's</c><00:16:06.110><c> one</c><00:16:06.309><c> that</c><00:16:07.950><c> we</c>

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value,<00:16:09.850><c> especially</c><00:16:10.330><c> in</c><00:16:10.889><c> small</c>

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meetings,<00:16:11.990><c> but</c><00:16:12.289><c> any</c><00:16:12.590><c> meeting</c><00:16:12.889><c> we</c><00:16:13.230><c> need</c><00:16:13.529><c> to</c><00:16:13.830><c> keep</c><00:16:14.110><c> these</c><00:16:14.970><c> things</c><00:16:15.269><c> in</c><00:16:15.509><c> mind.</c>

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Verse<00:16:16.710><c> 23</c><00:16:17.429><c> is</c><00:16:21.370><c> fine.</c>

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Let<00:16:22.450><c> us</c><00:16:22.649><c> hold</c><00:16:22.929><c> fast</c><00:16:23.230><c> the</c><00:16:23.409><c> profession</c><00:16:23.769><c> of</c><00:16:23.970><c> our</c><00:16:24.210><c> faith</c><00:16:24.490><c> without</c>

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wavering,<00:16:26.029><c> that</c><00:16:26.309><c> first</c><00:16:26.590><c> step</c><00:16:26.850><c> in</c><00:16:27.450><c> the</c><00:16:27.570><c> formula</c>

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of<00:16:28.289><c> making</c><00:16:28.570><c> it</c><00:16:28.750><c> to</c><00:16:28.850><c> the</c><00:16:28.990><c> Kingdom,</c><00:16:29.769><c> for</c><00:16:29.909><c> he</c><00:16:30.169><c> is</c><00:16:30.470><c> faithful,</c><00:16:30.950><c> that</c><00:16:31.149><c> promised.</c>

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And<00:16:42.850><c> so</c><00:16:43.129><c> much</c><00:16:43.409><c> the</c><00:16:43.669><c> more</c><00:16:44.269><c> as</c><00:16:44.649><c> you</c><00:16:44.889><c> see</c><00:16:45.549><c> the</c><00:16:45.789><c> day</c><00:16:46.470><c> approaching,</c>

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and<00:16:47.610><c> so</c><00:16:47.809><c> much</c><00:16:48.110><c> the</c><00:16:48.429><c> more</c><00:16:48.629><c> as</c><00:16:48.830><c> you</c><00:16:49.029><c> see</c><00:16:49.409><c> the</c><00:16:49.629><c> day</c>

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approaching,<00:16:50.370><c> which</c><00:16:50.549><c> we</c><00:16:50.870><c> clearly</c><00:16:51.129><c> do</c><00:16:51.450><c> see</c><00:16:51.629><c> the</c><00:16:51.730><c> day</c><00:16:51.970><c> of</c><00:16:52.090><c> our</c>

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Lord's<00:16:52.929><c> return</c><00:16:53.269><c> approaching,</c><00:16:54.309><c> and</c><00:16:54.409><c> we</c>

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can<00:16:54.889><c> come</c><00:16:55.110><c> together</c><00:16:55.710><c> as</c><00:16:56.070><c> much</c><00:16:56.269><c> as</c><00:16:56.529><c> possible</c><00:16:57.070><c> to</c><00:16:57.669><c> encourage</c><00:16:58.149><c> and</c><00:16:58.409><c> exhort</c><00:16:58.669><c> one</c><00:16:58.889><c> another</c><00:16:59.230><c> to</c>

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love<00:17:00.490><c> and</c><00:17:00.909><c> to</c><00:17:01.110><c> good</c>

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works.

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It's<00:17:02.570><c> a</c><00:17:03.889><c> crucial</c><00:17:04.289><c> part</c><00:17:05.109><c> of</c><00:17:05.990><c> keeping</c><00:17:06.269><c> ourselves</c><00:17:06.769><c> on</c><00:17:07.009><c> the</c><00:17:07.210><c> holy</c>

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way<00:17:07.750><c> and</c><00:17:08.329><c> the</c><00:17:08.569><c> holy</c><00:17:09.329><c> path.</c>

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And<00:17:10.029><c> we</c><00:17:10.190><c> as</c><00:17:10.410><c> an</c><00:17:10.609><c> individual</c><00:17:11.210><c> need</c><00:17:11.950><c> to</c><00:17:12.170><c> make</c><00:17:12.309><c> that</c><00:17:12.549><c> commitment</c>

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that<00:17:13.130><c> we</c><00:17:13.309><c> will</c><00:17:13.569><c> assemble</c><00:17:13.990><c> with</c><00:17:14.450><c> each</c>

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other.

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Another<00:17:16.529><c> passage</c><00:17:16.990><c> that's</c><00:17:17.369><c> an</c><00:17:17.750><c> important</c><00:17:18.109><c> one</c><00:17:18.289><c> to</c><00:17:18.470><c> keep</c><00:17:18.609><c> in</c><00:17:18.789><c> mind,</c><00:17:19.349><c> Malachi</c><00:17:19.650><c> 4,</c>

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the<00:17:20.809><c> very</c><00:17:21.089><c> last</c><00:17:23.450><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:17:28.130><c> the</c><00:17:28.269><c> Old</c><00:17:28.490><c> Testament,</c><00:17:29.029><c> Malachi</c><00:17:29.609><c> 4</c><00:17:30.029><c> verse</c><00:17:30.269><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:17:31.750><c> this</c><00:17:32.049><c> is</c><00:17:33.190><c> something</c><00:17:33.589><c> that</c><00:17:35.269><c> is</c><00:17:38.289><c> helpful</c><00:17:38.589><c> to</c><00:17:38.809><c> keep</c><00:17:38.970><c> in</c><00:17:39.190><c> mind.</c>

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Malachi<00:17:40.470><c> 4,</c><00:17:41.130><c> 16,</c><00:17:42.410><c> then</c><00:17:42.809><c> they</c><00:17:43.210><c> that</c><00:17:43.529><c> feared</c><00:17:44.049><c> the</c><00:17:44.690><c> Lord</c><00:17:45.569><c> spake</c>

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often<00:17:46.809><c> one</c><00:17:47.950><c> to</c><00:17:48.250><c> another.</c>

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Yes.

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I'm<00:17:54.089><c> sorry.</c>

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That<00:17:54.950><c> would</c><00:17:55.130><c> be</c><00:17:55.289><c> good.</c>

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Thank<00:17:55.690><c> you,</c><00:17:55.930><c> Tom.</c>

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Malachi<00:17:57.130><c> 3,</c><00:17:57.890><c> 16.</c>

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Thank<00:17:58.910><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:17:59.630><c> you</c><00:17:59.730><c> very</c><00:17:59.970><c> much.</c>

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Malachi<00:18:00.609><c> 3,</c><00:18:00.950><c> the</c><00:18:01.170><c> next</c><00:18:01.390><c> to</c><00:18:01.549><c> the</c><00:18:01.710><c> last</c><00:18:01.890><c> chapter</c><00:18:02.369><c> of</c><00:18:02.869><c> Scripture.</c>

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Thank<00:18:07.089><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:18:07.470><c> you.</c>

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Verse<00:18:08.990><c> 16.</c>

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tough<00:24:43.589><c> time.</c>

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times<00:25:20.630><c> too.</c><00:25:21.609><c> Let's</c><00:25:21.950><c> turn</c><00:25:22.190><c> to</c><00:25:22.329><c> Romans</c><00:25:22.589><c> chapter</c><00:25:23.049><c> 12</c><00:25:23.430><c> and</c><00:25:23.869><c> read</c><00:25:24.089><c> just</c><00:25:24.309><c> a</c>

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Am<00:25:38.869><c> I</c><00:25:38.950><c> in</c><00:25:39.029><c> the</c><00:25:39.029><c> right</c><00:25:39.210><c> place,</c><00:25:39.569><c> Tom?</c><00:25:40.549><c> Of</c><00:25:40.730><c> course</c><00:25:40.789><c> you</c><00:25:40.890><c> don't</c><00:25:41.069><c> know</c><00:25:41.190><c> what</c><00:25:41.329><c> I</c>

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was<00:25:41.569><c> going</c><00:25:41.710><c> to</c><00:25:42.069><c> read</c><00:25:42.230><c> from</c><00:25:42.430><c> there.</c>

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little<00:25:48.349><c> bit</c>

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better<00:25:48.730><c> here.</c><00:25:49.490><c> Romans</c><00:25:49.490><c> 12,</c><00:25:52.950><c> verse</c><00:25:53.170><c> 9.</c>

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I'll<00:25:54.890><c> confuse</c><00:25:55.150><c> you.</c><00:25:55.450><c> Give</c><00:25:55.450><c> me</c><00:25:56.289><c> some</c><00:25:57.009><c> time</c><00:25:57.289><c> here.</c>

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I'll<00:25:57.789><c> confuse</c><00:25:58.109><c> you.</c>

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We're<00:26:02.250><c> told</c><00:26:02.710><c> by</c><00:26:03.049><c> Paul</c><00:26:03.470><c> that</c><00:26:03.730><c> we</c><00:26:03.809><c> should</c><00:26:04.029><c> let</c><00:26:04.269><c> love</c><00:26:04.529><c> be</c><00:26:04.869><c> without</c>

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dissimulation.<00:26:06.190><c> Fancy</c><00:26:06.609><c> word</c><00:26:06.950><c> for</c>

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Let<00:26:08.369><c> love</c><00:26:09.009><c> be</c><00:26:10.450><c> extended</c><00:26:10.990><c> and</c><00:26:11.329><c> exhibited</c><00:26:11.690><c> without</c>

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respect<00:26:12.849><c> of</c><00:26:13.049><c> persons,</c><00:26:13.990><c> without</c><00:26:14.210><c> discrimination,</c><00:26:15.150><c> without</c>

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treating<00:26:15.849><c> some</c><00:26:16.170><c> people</c><00:26:16.430><c> better</c><00:26:16.809><c> than</c>

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other<00:26:17.630><c> people.</c><00:26:18.630><c> Abhor</c><00:26:18.990><c> that</c><00:26:19.289><c> which</c><00:26:19.470><c> is</c><00:26:19.789><c> evil.</c><00:26:20.589><c> Cleave</c><00:26:20.869><c> to</c><00:26:21.069><c> that</c><00:26:21.289><c> which</c><00:26:21.490><c> is</c><00:26:21.809><c> good.</c>

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Be<00:26:22.809><c> kindly</c><00:26:23.190><c> affectioned</c><00:26:23.849><c> one</c><00:26:23.990><c> to</c><00:26:24.190><c> another</c><00:26:24.470><c> with</c><00:26:24.789><c> brotherly</c>

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love.<00:26:25.609><c> In</c><00:26:25.869><c> honor,</c><00:26:26.650><c> preferring</c>

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one<00:26:27.609><c> another.</c><00:26:28.589><c> Not</c><00:26:28.930><c> slothful</c><00:26:29.549><c> in</c><00:26:29.769><c> business,</c><00:26:30.609><c> fervent</c><00:26:30.869><c> in</c>

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spirit,<00:26:31.890><c> serving</c>

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the<00:26:32.710><c> Lord.</c><00:26:33.390><c> Because</c><00:26:33.390><c> as</c><00:26:33.609><c> we</c><00:26:33.690><c> do</c><00:26:33.890><c> these</c><00:26:34.130><c> things,</c><00:26:34.569><c> we're</c><00:26:34.589><c> actually</c><00:26:34.910><c> serving</c><00:26:35.210><c> Christ.</c><00:26:35.710><c> We're</c>

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working<00:26:36.130><c> as</c><00:26:36.369><c> unto</c><00:26:36.529><c> the</c><00:26:36.750><c> Lord.</c>

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Verse<00:26:37.809><c> 12,</c><00:26:38.569><c> rejoicing</c><00:26:39.269><c> in</c><00:26:39.630><c> hope.</c><00:26:40.910><c> Patient</c><00:26:41.329><c> in</c>

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tribulation<00:26:42.609><c> and</c><00:26:43.329><c> continuing</c><00:26:43.849><c> instant</c><00:26:44.529><c> in</c><00:26:44.910><c> prayer.</c><00:26:45.589><c> There's</c>

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the<00:26:46.569><c> praying</c>

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Given<00:26:52.630><c> to</c><00:26:52.930><c> hospitality.</c><00:26:54.569><c> Bless</c><00:26:54.710><c> them</c><00:26:54.930><c> which</c><00:26:55.130><c> persecute</c><00:26:55.769><c> you,</c>

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bless<00:26:56.289><c> and</c><00:26:56.549><c> curse</c><00:26:56.789><c> not.</c>

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And<00:26:57.609><c> here's</c><00:26:57.910><c> the</c><00:26:58.089><c> real</c><00:26:58.309><c> empathy</c><00:26:58.710><c> now</c><00:26:59.190><c> with</c><00:26:59.569><c> brothers</c><00:26:59.809><c> and</c><00:27:00.089><c> sisters.</c><00:27:01.269><c> Verse</c><00:27:01.410><c> 15,</c>

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rejoice<00:27:02.609><c> with</c><00:27:02.890><c> them</c><00:27:03.210><c> that</c><00:27:03.430><c> do</c><00:27:03.710><c> rejoice</c><00:27:04.349><c> and</c><00:27:05.130><c> weep</c><00:27:05.650><c> with</c><00:27:05.930><c> them</c>

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that<00:27:06.509><c> weep.</c>

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Be<00:27:07.809><c> of</c><00:27:07.970><c> the</c><00:27:08.210><c> same</c><00:27:08.410><c> mind</c><00:27:08.809><c> one</c><00:27:09.049><c> toward</c><00:27:09.289><c> another.</c><00:27:10.430><c> Mind</c><00:27:10.829><c> not</c><00:27:11.289><c> high</c><00:27:11.710><c> things</c>

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your<00:27:16.769><c> own</c>

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conceits.<00:27:19.269><c> Recompense</c><00:27:19.849><c> to</c><00:27:20.109><c> no</c><00:27:20.329><c> man</c><00:27:20.710><c> or</c><00:27:20.970><c> brother</c><00:27:21.210><c> or</c><00:27:21.450><c> sister,</c><00:27:21.890><c> evil</c>

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for<00:27:22.309><c> evil.</c><00:27:23.049><c> Provide</c><00:27:23.549><c> things</c><00:27:24.029><c> honest</c><00:27:24.589><c> in</c><00:27:24.809><c> the</c><00:27:25.009><c> sight</c><00:27:25.210><c> of</c><00:27:25.549><c> all</c><00:27:25.769><c> men.</c>

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If<00:27:26.529><c> it</c><00:27:26.769><c> be</c><00:27:26.970><c> possible,</c><00:27:27.910><c> as</c><00:27:28.089><c> much</c><00:27:28.369><c> as</c><00:27:28.589><c> lieth</c><00:27:28.890><c> in</c><00:27:29.130><c> you,</c><00:27:29.910><c> live</c><00:27:30.170><c> peaceably</c><00:27:30.930><c> with</c><00:27:31.589><c> all</c>

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men.

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Some<00:27:35.990><c> of</c><00:27:36.170><c> the</c><00:27:36.309><c> things</c><00:27:36.450><c> we've</c><00:27:36.690><c> talked</c><00:27:36.910><c> about</c><00:27:37.190><c> are</c><00:27:37.490><c> clearly</c><00:27:37.869><c> represented</c><00:27:38.609><c> there</c><00:27:39.049><c> in</c>

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terms<00:27:39.390><c> of</c><00:27:39.569><c> things</c><00:27:39.789><c> that</c><00:27:39.970><c> can</c><00:27:40.130><c> make</c><00:27:40.269><c> us</c><00:27:40.470><c> more</c>

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holy<00:27:40.970><c> individually.</c><00:27:41.789><c> We</c><00:27:41.950><c> can</c><00:27:42.390><c> work</c><00:27:42.630><c> on</c><00:27:42.809><c> these</c><00:27:43.089><c> things</c><00:27:43.750><c> in</c><00:27:44.329><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:27:44.910><c> and</c><00:27:45.109><c> the</c><00:27:45.329><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:45.630><c> will</c><00:27:45.890><c> become</c>

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more<00:27:46.430><c> holy</c><00:27:46.750><c> as</c><00:27:47.369><c> a</c><00:27:47.450><c> result.</c><00:27:49.750><c> What</c><00:27:49.990><c> brought</c><00:27:50.289><c> us</c><00:27:50.490><c> together</c><00:27:50.930><c> in</c><00:27:51.130><c> the</c>

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first<00:27:51.470><c> place</c><00:27:51.849><c> as</c><00:27:52.089><c> an</c><00:27:52.250><c> Ecclesia?</c><00:27:54.289><c> What</c><00:27:54.849><c> brought</c><00:27:55.170><c> you</c><00:27:55.430><c> into</c><00:27:55.750><c> the</c><00:27:55.970><c> household</c>

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of<00:27:56.609><c> faith</c><00:27:56.910><c> in</c><00:27:57.230><c> the</c><00:27:57.369><c> first</c><00:27:57.609><c> place?</c><00:27:57.869><c> What</c><00:27:58.069><c> brought</c><00:27:58.289><c> you</c><00:27:58.490><c> to</c><00:27:58.609><c> the</c>

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waters<00:27:58.970><c> of</c><00:27:59.230><c> baptism?</c>

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Well,<00:28:02.349><c> let's</c><00:28:02.569><c> see</c><00:28:02.730><c> if</c><00:28:02.829><c> it</c><00:28:02.990><c> was</c><00:28:03.150><c> something</c><00:28:03.470><c> like</c><00:28:03.769><c> what</c><00:28:03.990><c> brought</c>

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the<00:28:04.970><c> folks</c><00:28:05.190><c> together</c><00:28:05.730><c> on</c><00:28:06.250><c> the</c>

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day<00:28:06.549><c> of</c><00:28:06.750><c> Pentecost.</c><00:28:07.410><c> Acts</c><00:28:07.710><c> chapter</c><00:28:08.049><c> 2.</c>

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Acts<00:28:22.710><c> chapter</c><00:28:23.069><c> 2</c>

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beginning<00:28:23.710><c> at</c><00:28:24.089><c> verse</c><00:28:24.750><c> 41.</c>

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Really<00:28:33.069><c> what</c><00:28:33.210><c> we</c><00:28:33.390><c> have</c>

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described<00:28:34.049><c> here</c><00:28:34.410><c> is</c><00:28:34.670><c> the</c><00:28:34.869><c> reaction</c><00:28:35.410><c> to</c>

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what<00:28:36.769><c> brought</c><00:28:37.069><c> them</c><00:28:37.269><c> together</c><00:28:37.730><c> and</c><00:28:37.890><c> what</c><00:28:38.089><c> they</c><00:28:38.349><c> realized,</c><00:28:38.869><c> but</c>

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Peter<00:28:39.329><c> gave</c><00:28:39.869><c> an</c><00:28:40.130><c> excellent</c><00:28:40.890><c> talk</c><00:28:42.210><c> on</c><00:28:43.390><c> first</c><00:28:43.690><c> principles</c>

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here<00:28:44.730><c> on</c><00:28:44.890><c> the</c><00:28:44.990><c> day</c><00:28:45.130><c> of</c><00:28:45.329><c> Pentecost.</c><00:28:45.950><c> In</c><00:28:46.049><c> fact,</c><00:28:46.390><c> I've</c><00:28:46.690><c> heard</c><00:28:46.789><c> a</c>

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brother<00:28:47.170><c> say</c><00:28:47.410><c> that</c><00:28:47.589><c> you</c><00:28:47.710><c> can</c><00:28:47.930><c> almost</c><00:28:48.230><c> cover</c>

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most<00:28:49.269><c> of</c><00:28:49.450><c> the</c><00:28:49.670><c> basic</c><00:28:49.990><c> first</c><00:28:50.329><c> principles</c><00:28:50.710><c> in</c><00:28:50.890><c> what</c><00:28:51.009><c> Peter</c><00:28:51.250><c> had</c>

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to<00:28:51.650><c> say</c><00:28:51.809><c> here</c><00:28:52.150><c> in</c><00:28:52.529><c> Acts</c><00:28:52.690><c> chapter</c><00:28:52.990><c> 2</c>

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about<00:28:54.009><c> Christ</c><00:28:54.470><c> and</c><00:28:54.690><c> about</c><00:28:54.849><c> the</c><00:28:55.089><c> promises</c><00:28:55.430><c> and</c><00:28:55.710><c> about</c><00:28:56.390><c> the</c><00:28:56.609><c> kingdom</c><00:28:56.890><c> to</c>

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come.<00:28:57.990><c> What</c><00:28:58.210><c> brought</c><00:28:58.470><c> these</c><00:28:58.750><c> people</c>

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together<00:28:59.490><c> was</c><00:28:59.730><c> the</c><00:28:59.890><c> same</c><00:29:00.049><c> thing</c><00:29:00.230><c> that</c><00:29:00.430><c> brought</c><00:29:00.609><c> us</c><00:29:00.910><c> together,</c>

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an<00:29:02.150><c> awareness</c><00:29:02.650><c> of</c><00:29:02.990><c> some</c><00:29:03.230><c> very</c><00:29:03.609><c> new</c><00:29:03.829><c> and</c>

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It's<00:32:50.210><c> a</c><00:32:50.309><c> very</c><00:32:50.589><c> precious</c><00:32:51.069><c> and</c><00:32:51.329><c> highly</c><00:32:51.730><c> valued</c><00:32:52.210><c> discovery,</c>

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great<00:33:02.609><c> price.</c>

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help<00:33:23.230><c> of</c><00:33:23.930><c> God.</c><00:33:25.910><c> We</c><00:33:26.069><c> know</c><00:33:26.309><c> the</c><00:33:26.549><c> passages</c><00:33:26.990><c> about</c>

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ecclesial<00:33:28.390><c> unity</c><00:33:28.789><c> and</c><00:33:29.069><c> we</c><00:33:29.230><c> read</c><00:33:29.349><c> it</c><00:33:29.509><c> for</c><00:33:29.769><c> our</c><00:33:29.970><c> reading</c><00:33:30.130><c> this</c><00:33:30.410><c> morning.</c><00:33:30.670><c> Let's</c><00:33:30.869><c> take</c><00:33:31.069><c> a</c>

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look<00:33:31.329><c> at</c><00:33:31.829><c> 1</c><00:33:32.089><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:32.490><c> 12.</c>

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We'll<00:33:33.150><c> just</c><00:33:33.349><c> pick</c><00:33:33.509><c> out</c><00:33:33.690><c> a</c><00:33:33.809><c> couple</c><00:33:34.029><c> of</c><00:33:34.210><c> verses</c><00:33:34.450><c> there</c><00:33:35.190><c> and</c><00:33:36.910><c> how</c>

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each<00:33:37.450><c> part</c>

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contributes<00:33:38.329><c> to</c><00:33:38.609><c> the</c><00:33:38.869><c> whole.</c><00:33:39.950><c> 1</c><00:33:40.029><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:40.470><c> 12,</c><00:33:41.029><c> starting</c>

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at<00:33:41.630><c> verse</c><00:33:41.890><c> 12.</c>

00:33:51.910 --> 00:33:54.910
For<00:33:52.309><c> as</c><00:33:52.549><c> the</c><00:33:52.690><c> body</c><00:33:53.049><c> is</c><00:33:53.349><c> one</c><00:33:53.589><c> and</c><00:33:53.890><c> hath</c><00:33:54.049><c> many</c><00:33:54.430><c> members</c>

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00:33:58.109 --> 00:34:00.230
one<00:33:58.450><c> body,</c><00:33:59.329><c> so</c><00:33:59.710><c> also</c>

00:34:00.230 --> 00:34:04.990
is<00:34:00.829><c> Christ.</c><00:34:01.369><c> We</c><00:34:01.569><c> are</c><00:34:01.650><c> all</c><00:34:01.890><c> of</c><00:34:02.109><c> one</c><00:34:02.289><c> spirit,</c><00:34:03.250><c> one</c><00:34:03.509><c> body,</c><00:34:04.130><c> one</c><00:34:04.369><c> baptism</c>

00:34:04.990 --> 00:34:09.989
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00:34:10.010 --> 00:34:14.349
We've<00:34:10.289><c> all</c><00:34:10.550><c> been</c><00:34:10.750><c> made</c><00:34:10.969><c> to</c><00:34:11.250><c> drink</c><00:34:11.650><c> into</c><00:34:11.989><c> that</c><00:34:12.289><c> one</c><00:34:12.530><c> spirit,</c><00:34:13.530><c> for</c><00:34:13.690><c> the</c><00:34:13.889><c> body</c><00:34:14.110><c> is</c>

00:34:14.349 --> 00:34:14.869
not<00:34:14.590><c> one</c>

00:34:14.869 --> 00:34:17.170
member<00:34:15.309><c> but</c><00:34:16.210><c> many.</c>

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00:34:22.750 --> 00:34:25.050
says<00:34:23.190><c> because</c><00:34:23.949><c> I'm</c><00:34:24.150><c> not</c><00:34:24.429><c> the</c><00:34:24.690><c> hand</c>

00:34:25.050 --> 00:34:28.570
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00:34:28.630 --> 00:34:29.829
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because<00:34:30.130><c> I'm</c><00:34:30.289><c> not</c><00:34:30.889><c> the</c><00:34:31.210><c> eye</c><00:34:31.530><c> I'm</c><00:34:31.670><c> not</c><00:34:31.869><c> of</c><00:34:31.989><c> the</c><00:34:32.150><c> body,</c><00:34:32.489><c> is</c><00:34:32.570><c> it</c><00:34:32.750><c> therefore</c><00:34:33.130><c> not</c><00:34:33.610><c> of</c>

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00:34:38.210 --> 00:34:39.429
whole<00:34:38.550><c> were</c><00:34:39.010><c> hearing,</c>

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where<00:34:39.969><c> were</c><00:34:40.110><c> the</c><00:34:40.409><c> smelling?</c><00:34:41.429><c> But</c><00:34:41.650><c> now</c><00:34:41.989><c> hath</c><00:34:42.190><c> God</c><00:34:42.670><c> set</c><00:34:42.969><c> the</c><00:34:43.210><c> members,</c><00:34:43.989><c> every</c><00:34:44.289><c> one</c>

00:34:44.469 --> 00:34:44.750
of<00:34:44.610><c> them</c>

00:34:44.750 --> 00:34:48.849
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00:34:48.849 --> 00:34:49.869
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00:34:49.869 --> 00:34:54.530
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00:34:54.530 --> 00:34:57.869
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00:35:02.329 --> 00:35:04.429
you.<00:35:03.349><c> Nay,</c><00:35:03.650><c> much</c><00:35:03.949><c> more</c><00:35:04.190><c> those</c>

00:35:04.429 --> 00:35:06.949
members<00:35:04.769><c> of</c><00:35:04.949><c> the</c><00:35:05.090><c> body</c><00:35:05.250><c> which</c><00:35:05.530><c> seem</c><00:35:05.769><c> to</c><00:35:05.929><c> be</c><00:35:06.130><c> more</c><00:35:06.369><c> feeble</c><00:35:06.690><c> are</c>

00:35:06.949 --> 00:35:09.150
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00:35:09.150 --> 00:35:12.369
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00:35:12.369 --> 00:35:14.090
bestow<00:35:13.050><c> more</c><00:35:13.369><c> abundant</c><00:35:13.769><c> honor</c>

00:35:14.090 --> 00:35:18.349
and<00:35:14.590><c> our</c><00:35:14.929><c> uncomely</c><00:35:15.309><c> parts</c><00:35:15.710><c> have</c><00:35:15.969><c> more</c><00:35:16.369><c> abundant</c><00:35:17.309><c> comeliness.</c>

00:35:19.489 --> 00:35:23.750
We<00:35:19.969><c> need</c><00:35:20.329><c> to</c><00:35:20.670><c> value</c><00:35:21.070><c> each</c><00:35:21.449><c> part,</c><00:35:21.769><c> as</c><00:35:21.969><c> we've</c><00:35:22.309><c> been</c><00:35:22.489><c> called</c><00:35:22.809><c> to</c><00:35:23.070><c> this</c>

00:35:23.750 --> 00:35:25.929
knowledge<00:35:24.090><c> of</c><00:35:24.289><c> Christ</c><00:35:24.650><c> and</c><00:35:24.829><c> this</c><00:35:25.050><c> opportunity</c><00:35:25.369><c> to</c><00:35:25.550><c> be</c><00:35:25.650><c> in</c><00:35:25.750><c> the</c>

00:35:25.929 --> 00:35:28.190
kingdom,<00:35:26.730><c> we</c><00:35:26.969><c> are</c><00:35:27.150><c> all</c><00:35:27.329><c> on</c><00:35:27.429><c> the</c><00:35:27.550><c> same</c><00:35:27.710><c> plane</c>

00:35:28.190 --> 00:35:33.110
in<00:35:28.789><c> Christ,</c><00:35:29.329><c> we</c><00:35:29.469><c> are</c><00:35:29.630><c> all</c><00:35:29.929><c> one</c><00:35:30.349><c> in</c><00:35:31.050><c> Christ,</c><00:35:32.389><c> neither</c><00:35:32.389><c> Jew</c><00:35:32.789><c> nor</c>

00:35:33.110 --> 00:35:36.050
Greek,<00:35:33.590><c> bond</c><00:35:33.670><c> nor</c><00:35:33.889><c> free,</c><00:35:34.210><c> male</c><00:35:34.449><c> nor</c><00:35:34.670><c> female,</c><00:35:35.150><c> we</c><00:35:35.389><c> are</c><00:35:35.409><c> all</c><00:35:35.750><c> one</c>

00:35:36.050 --> 00:35:38.090
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00:35:38.090 --> 00:35:42.050
in<00:35:38.190><c> that</c><00:35:38.489><c> kingdom</c><00:35:38.769><c> and</c><00:35:39.030><c> to</c><00:35:39.170><c> serve</c><00:35:39.630><c> in</c><00:35:40.429><c> the</c><00:35:40.630><c> kingdom.</c><00:35:41.429><c> And</c><00:35:41.730><c> as</c><00:35:41.929><c> a</c>

00:35:42.050 --> 00:35:43.110
result<00:35:42.329><c> we</c><00:35:42.489><c> need</c><00:35:42.730><c> to</c><00:35:42.949><c> treat</c>

00:35:43.110 --> 00:35:47.889
each<00:35:43.369><c> other</c><00:35:44.030><c> with</c><00:35:44.809><c> respect</c><00:35:45.369><c> and</c><00:35:45.650><c> love</c><00:35:45.829><c> and</c><00:35:46.389><c> honor.</c><00:35:47.369><c> And</c><00:35:47.469><c> in</c><00:35:47.670><c> fact</c>

00:35:47.889 --> 00:35:53.489
at<00:35:48.110><c> the</c><00:35:48.210><c> end</c><00:35:48.349><c> of</c><00:35:48.489><c> this</c><00:35:49.449><c> chapter,</c><00:35:50.949><c> as</c><00:35:51.150><c> he's</c><00:35:51.349><c> gone</c><00:35:51.570><c> over</c><00:35:51.929><c> these</c><00:35:52.309><c> different</c>

00:35:53.489 --> 00:35:56.170
responsibilities<00:35:54.329><c> for</c><00:35:54.769><c> different</c><00:35:55.090><c> parts</c><00:35:55.429><c> of</c><00:35:55.630><c> the</c><00:35:55.789><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:35:56.170 --> 00:35:58.110
and<00:35:56.389><c> that</c><00:35:56.769><c> people</c><00:35:56.949><c> were</c><00:35:57.170><c> given</c><00:35:57.369><c> different</c>

00:35:58.110 --> 00:36:03.329
abilities<00:35:58.730><c> and</c><00:35:59.110><c> different</c><00:35:59.809><c> roles</c><00:36:00.210><c> in</c><00:36:00.429><c> the</c><00:36:00.590><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:36:02.449><c> he</c><00:36:02.809><c> ends</c>

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by<00:36:03.650><c> saying</c><00:36:03.909><c> in</c><00:36:04.090><c> verse</c><00:36:04.349><c> 31,</c><00:36:04.949><c> but</c><00:36:05.250><c> covet</c><00:36:05.829><c> earnestly</c><00:36:06.630><c> the</c><00:36:07.190><c> best</c><00:36:07.590><c> gifts</c>

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and<00:36:08.630><c> yet</c><00:36:09.070><c> show</c><00:36:10.070><c> I</c><00:36:10.389><c> unto</c><00:36:10.710><c> you</c><00:36:11.050><c> a</c><00:36:11.230><c> more</c><00:36:11.630><c> excellent</c><00:36:12.190><c> way,</c>

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a<00:36:13.369><c> more</c><00:36:13.670><c> holy</c><00:36:14.030><c> way,</c><00:36:14.809><c> a</c><00:36:14.869><c> more</c><00:36:15.210><c> dedicated</c><00:36:15.730><c> way</c><00:36:16.070><c> and</c><00:36:16.150><c> he</c><00:36:16.309><c> goes</c>

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right<00:36:16.829><c> into</c><00:36:17.170><c> explaining</c>

00:36:18.130 --> 00:36:23.190
the<00:36:18.849><c> role</c><00:36:19.050><c> of</c><00:36:19.309><c> love</c><00:36:19.730><c> and</c><00:36:20.730><c> charity</c><00:36:21.190><c> in</c><00:36:21.949><c> the</c><00:36:22.170><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:23.469 --> 00:36:27.210
Verse<00:36:23.690><c> 1</c><00:36:24.010><c> of</c><00:36:24.190><c> chapter</c><00:36:24.530><c> 13,</c><00:36:25.090><c> though</c><00:36:25.289><c> I</c><00:36:25.590><c> speak</c><00:36:25.829><c> with</c><00:36:26.070><c> the</c><00:36:26.250><c> tongues</c><00:36:26.510><c> of</c><00:36:26.769><c> men</c>

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and<00:36:27.710><c> angels</c>

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or<00:36:37.130><c> a</c>

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00:36:40.769 --> 00:36:43.010
can<00:36:40.929><c> remove</c><00:36:41.269><c> mountains</c><00:36:41.849><c> and</c><00:36:42.389><c> have</c><00:36:42.670><c> not</c>

00:36:43.010 --> 00:36:47.670
love,<00:36:43.989><c> I</c><00:36:44.349><c> am</c><00:36:44.530><c> nothing.</c><00:36:46.050><c> And</c><00:36:46.210><c> though</c><00:36:46.329><c> I</c><00:36:46.469><c> bestow</c><00:36:46.849><c> on</c><00:36:47.210><c> goods</c><00:36:47.409><c> to</c>

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feed<00:36:47.809><c> the</c><00:36:48.050><c> poor,</c>

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though<00:36:48.489><c> I</c><00:36:48.670><c> give</c><00:36:48.769><c> my</c><00:36:48.969><c> body</c><00:36:49.230><c> to</c><00:36:49.409><c> be</c><00:36:49.610><c> burned</c><00:36:49.849><c> and</c><00:36:50.050><c> have</c><00:36:50.269><c> not</c><00:36:50.530><c> love,</c>

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it<00:36:51.650><c> profiteth</c><00:36:52.030><c> me</c><00:36:52.789><c> nothing.</c>

00:36:53.670 --> 00:36:58.190
And<00:36:53.849><c> then</c><00:36:53.989><c> a</c><00:36:54.110><c> beautiful</c><00:36:54.469><c> passage</c><00:36:54.989><c> about</c><00:36:55.670><c> what</c><00:36:56.110><c> love</c><00:36:56.489><c> is</c><00:36:57.269><c> and</c><00:36:57.690><c> sacrificial</c>

00:36:58.190 --> 00:37:03.550
love<00:36:58.550><c> and</c><00:36:58.869><c> a</c><00:36:58.989><c> true</c><00:36:59.210><c> supportive</c><00:36:59.710><c> love</c><00:37:00.429><c> follows</c><00:37:01.210><c> in</c><00:37:01.849><c> chapter</c><00:37:02.789><c> 13.</c>

00:37:03.550 --> 00:37:07.989
And<00:37:03.730><c> when</c><00:37:03.949><c> the</c><00:37:04.170><c> sacrificial</c><00:37:04.710><c> love</c><00:37:05.010><c> is</c><00:37:05.570><c> evident</c><00:37:05.969><c> in</c><00:37:06.190><c> an</c><00:37:06.349><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:37:09.409 --> 00:37:13.929
it<00:37:09.570><c> truly</c><00:37:09.909><c> fits</c><00:37:10.570><c> what</c><00:37:11.789><c> Paul</c><00:37:12.409><c> told</c><00:37:12.889><c> the</c><00:37:13.150><c> Ephesians</c>

00:37:13.929 --> 00:37:18.860
in<00:37:14.730><c> chapter</c><00:37:15.269><c> 4,</c><00:37:15.730><c> verse</c><00:37:15.909><c> 15,</c><00:37:17.429><c> that</c><00:37:17.690><c> it</c><00:37:18.289><c> will</c><00:37:18.530><c> be</c>

00:37:19.269 --> 00:37:23.610
more<00:37:19.690><c> the</c><00:37:20.570><c> speaking</c><00:37:21.090><c> of</c><00:37:21.409><c> the</c><00:37:21.570><c> truth</c><00:37:21.809><c> in</c><00:37:22.130><c> love</c><00:37:22.409><c> and</c><00:37:22.670><c> growing</c><00:37:22.909><c> up</c><00:37:23.409><c> unto</c>

00:37:23.610 --> 00:37:26.409
Christ.<00:37:24.110><c> We</c><00:37:24.210><c> might</c><00:37:24.349><c> take</c><00:37:24.610><c> a</c><00:37:24.670><c> look</c><00:37:24.789><c> at</c><00:37:24.949><c> that</c><00:37:25.210><c> verse</c><00:37:25.670><c> quickly.</c>

00:37:26.590 --> 00:37:29.199
Ephesians<00:37:27.170><c> 4,</c><00:37:27.949><c> verse</c><00:37:28.369><c> 15.</c>

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:34.119
As<00:37:32.820><c> an</c><00:37:33.119><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:37:33.579><c> this</c><00:37:33.800><c> is</c><00:37:33.960><c> what</c>

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.800
we<00:37:34.280><c> should</c><00:37:34.440><c> be</c><00:37:34.639><c> doing.</c>

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:43.739
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00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:48.880
in<00:37:44.719><c> love.</c><00:37:46.659><c> Then</c><00:37:47.179><c> we</c><00:37:47.360><c> may</c><00:37:47.619><c> grow</c><00:37:47.960><c> up</c><00:37:48.579><c> unto</c>

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:53.059
him<00:37:49.300><c> in</c><00:37:50.179><c> all</c><00:37:50.460><c> things</c><00:37:50.780><c> which</c><00:37:51.000><c> is</c><00:37:51.219><c> the</c><00:37:51.400><c> head,</c><00:37:52.119><c> even</c><00:37:52.480><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:58.239
from<00:37:54.159><c> whom</c><00:37:54.679><c> the</c><00:37:55.340><c> whole</c><00:37:55.679><c> body</c><00:37:56.380><c> fitly</c><00:37:57.059><c> joined</c><00:37:57.280><c> together</c><00:37:57.820><c> and</c>

00:37:58.239 --> 00:38:02.980
compacted,<00:37:59.159><c> made</c><00:37:59.340><c> strong</c><00:37:59.880><c> by</c><00:38:00.420><c> that</c><00:38:00.719><c> which</c><00:38:01.059><c> every</c><00:38:01.539><c> joint</c><00:38:01.860><c> supplyeth,</c>

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according<00:38:03.380><c> to</c><00:38:03.639><c> the</c><00:38:03.860><c> effectual</c><00:38:04.340><c> working</c><00:38:04.699><c> and</c><00:38:05.239><c> the</c><00:38:05.440><c> measure</c><00:38:05.800><c> of</c>

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:08.159
every<00:38:06.380><c> part,</c><00:38:07.420><c> maketh</c><00:38:07.659><c> increase</c>

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of<00:38:08.340><c> the</c><00:38:08.500><c> body</c><00:38:09.159><c> unto</c><00:38:09.559><c> the</c><00:38:09.820><c> edifying</c><00:38:10.340><c> or</c><00:38:10.539><c> the</c><00:38:10.780><c> building</c><00:38:10.980><c> up</c><00:38:11.239><c> of</c>

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:13.559
itself<00:38:11.880><c> in</c><00:38:12.679><c> love.</c>

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00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:21.039
strive<00:38:19.039><c> to</c><00:38:19.260><c> make</c><00:38:19.400><c> it</c><00:38:19.599><c> that</c><00:38:19.860><c> way.</c><00:38:20.099><c> Not</c><00:38:20.340><c> that</c><00:38:20.480><c> we</c><00:38:20.559><c> don't</c><00:38:20.860><c> have</c>

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:23.139
very<00:38:21.280><c> difficult</c><00:38:21.679><c> times</c><00:38:22.199><c> and</c><00:38:22.460><c> challenges</c><00:38:22.880><c> and</c>

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:26.860
struggles<00:38:23.480><c> and</c><00:38:24.159><c> disagreements,</c><00:38:25.360><c> but</c><00:38:25.760><c> we</c><00:38:26.119><c> hang</c><00:38:26.340><c> in</c><00:38:26.599><c> there.</c><00:38:26.800><c> We</c>

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don't<00:38:27.059><c> give</c><00:38:27.360><c> up</c>

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:30.980
on<00:38:28.360><c> the</c><00:38:28.539><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:28.860><c> either</c><00:38:29.340><c> and</c><00:38:29.880><c> continue</c><00:38:30.239><c> to</c><00:38:30.460><c> work</c><00:38:30.619><c> with</c><00:38:30.780><c> our</c>

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:33.199
brothers<00:38:31.199><c> and</c><00:38:31.440><c> sisters</c><00:38:31.880><c> to</c><00:38:32.619><c> make</c>

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:38.039
this<00:38:33.800><c> a</c><00:38:33.980><c> light</c><00:38:34.159><c> stand</c><00:38:34.559><c> for</c><00:38:35.860><c> others</c><00:38:36.239><c> out</c><00:38:36.480><c> in</c><00:38:36.579><c> the</c><00:38:36.739><c> community</c><00:38:37.099><c> and</c><00:38:37.340><c> a</c><00:38:37.500><c> support</c>

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:42.940
for<00:38:38.440><c> ourselves</c><00:38:38.840><c> within.</c><00:38:39.360><c> Brother</c><00:38:39.559><c> Roberts</c><00:38:39.860><c> in</c><00:38:40.019><c> the</c><00:38:40.179><c> Ecclesial</c><00:38:40.500><c> Guide</c><00:38:40.800><c> said</c><00:38:40.940><c> there's</c><00:38:41.139><c> two</c><00:38:41.380><c> major</c><00:38:41.719><c> purposes</c><00:38:42.179><c> for</c><00:38:42.400><c> an</c><00:38:42.559><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:46.699
The<00:38:43.579><c> first</c><00:38:43.900><c> is</c><00:38:44.099><c> to</c><00:38:44.340><c> edify</c><00:38:45.300><c> the</c><00:38:45.599><c> brothers</c><00:38:45.840><c> and</c><00:38:46.079><c> sisters</c><00:38:46.320><c> in</c><00:38:46.559><c> the</c>

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.960
Ecclesia<00:38:47.059><c> and</c><00:38:47.679><c> the</c><00:38:47.820><c> young</c>

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:53.099
people,<00:38:48.619><c> to</c><00:38:48.760><c> build</c><00:38:48.960><c> us</c><00:38:49.199><c> up</c><00:38:49.340><c> and</c><00:38:49.480><c> to</c><00:38:49.679><c> strengthen</c><00:38:49.900><c> us.</c><00:38:50.579><c> The</c><00:38:50.840><c> second</c><00:38:51.280><c> is</c><00:38:51.739><c> to</c><00:38:51.900><c> be</c><00:38:52.059><c> a</c><00:38:52.179><c> witness</c>

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:56.440
to<00:38:53.679><c> others</c><00:38:54.059><c> outside,</c><00:38:54.860><c> be</c><00:38:54.980><c> a</c><00:38:55.199><c> light</c><00:38:55.340><c> stand,</c><00:38:55.920><c> and</c><00:38:56.079><c> that</c><00:38:56.219><c> those</c>

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.780
two<00:38:56.619><c> things</c><00:38:56.840><c> need</c><00:38:57.039><c> to</c><00:38:57.139><c> be</c><00:38:57.360><c> balanced.</c>

00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:03.119
We<00:38:58.320><c> do</c><00:38:58.840><c> tip</c><00:38:59.559><c> that</c><00:38:59.820><c> scale</c><00:39:00.280><c> through</c><00:39:01.119><c> the</c><00:39:01.380><c> histories</c><00:39:01.639><c> of</c><00:39:01.840><c> our</c><00:39:02.059><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:07.880
He<00:39:04.460><c> said</c><00:39:04.699><c> that</c><00:39:05.260><c> it</c><00:39:06.019><c> takes</c><00:39:06.400><c> constant</c><00:39:06.780><c> attention,</c><00:39:07.320><c> both</c>

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:11.059
aspects,<00:39:08.500><c> and</c><00:39:09.059><c> we</c><00:39:09.199><c> don't</c><00:39:09.420><c> want</c><00:39:09.559><c> to</c><00:39:09.679><c> give</c><00:39:09.820><c> up</c><00:39:10.380><c> on</c><00:39:10.659><c> working</c><00:39:10.880><c> in</c>

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:12.360
those<00:39:11.239><c> two</c><00:39:11.460><c> areas.</c>

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It's<00:39:12.940><c> difficult</c><00:39:13.420><c> for</c><00:39:13.639><c> a</c><00:39:13.840><c> smaller</c><00:39:14.079><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:39:14.539><c> but</c><00:39:14.659><c> it</c><00:39:14.860><c> still</c>

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:17.760
needs<00:39:15.239><c> to</c><00:39:15.380><c> be</c><00:39:15.539><c> done.</c><00:39:16.260><c> Denver's</c><00:39:16.699><c> finally</c>

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:21.639
gotten<00:39:18.260><c> back</c><00:39:18.599><c> into</c><00:39:19.059><c> working</c><00:39:19.440><c> more</c><00:39:19.719><c> on</c><00:39:19.920><c> our</c><00:39:20.119><c> preaching</c><00:39:20.440><c> and</c><00:39:20.659><c> teaching</c><00:39:20.960><c> projects.</c><00:39:21.420><c> We</c>

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.960
really<00:39:21.880><c> let</c><00:39:22.019><c> those</c><00:39:22.260><c> go</c><00:39:22.519><c> for</c>

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:26.039
a<00:39:23.159><c> few</c><00:39:23.320><c> years.</c><00:39:23.820><c> We'd</c><00:39:24.159><c> had</c><00:39:24.300><c> Truth</c><00:39:24.559><c> Corps</c><00:39:24.800><c> and</c><00:39:24.960><c> had</c><00:39:25.099><c> some</c><00:39:25.320><c> efforts</c><00:39:25.539><c> before</c>

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:27.800
and<00:39:26.579><c> we</c><00:39:26.780><c> got</c><00:39:26.980><c> into</c><00:39:27.260><c> edifying</c>

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:31.480
our<00:39:28.079><c> own</c><00:39:28.300><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:28.760><c> for</c><00:39:29.360><c> years</c><00:39:29.760><c> and</c><00:39:30.119><c> now</c><00:39:30.639><c> we're</c><00:39:31.019><c> trying</c><00:39:31.239><c> to</c>

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:33.760
balance<00:39:31.739><c> that</c><00:39:32.000><c> out</c><00:39:32.159><c> and</c><00:39:32.300><c> get</c><00:39:32.500><c> into</c>

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:38.679
being<00:39:34.440><c> a</c><00:39:34.679><c> light</c><00:39:34.820><c> for</c><00:39:35.059><c> others.</c><00:39:35.940><c> Even</c><00:39:36.099><c> though,</c><00:39:38.260><c> shall</c><00:39:38.260><c> the</c><00:39:38.460><c> Lord</c>

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:42.139
find<00:39:38.980><c> faith</c><00:39:39.400><c> on</c><00:39:40.280><c> the</c><00:39:40.420><c> earth</c><00:39:40.559><c> when</c><00:39:40.679><c> he</c><00:39:40.880><c> returns,</c><00:39:41.539><c> and</c><00:39:41.760><c> we</c><00:39:41.880><c> don't</c>

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know<00:39:42.400><c> who</c>

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will<00:39:43.539><c> respond</c><00:39:44.019><c> and</c><00:39:44.099><c> how</c><00:39:44.280><c> many</c><00:39:44.500><c> will</c><00:39:44.699><c> respond,</c><00:39:45.219><c> but</c><00:39:45.380><c> we</c><00:39:45.679><c> need</c><00:39:45.880><c> to</c><00:39:46.019><c> get</c><00:39:46.179><c> the</c><00:39:46.380><c> word</c><00:39:46.519><c> out</c><00:39:46.820><c> and</c><00:39:47.079><c> continue</c><00:39:47.380><c> to</c><00:39:47.579><c> be</c><00:39:47.739><c> a</c>

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light<00:39:48.079><c> stand</c>

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:53.820
until<00:39:49.159><c> he</c><00:39:50.260><c> does</c><00:39:50.539><c> return.</c><00:39:51.880><c> No</c><00:39:52.119><c> matter</c><00:39:52.320><c> how</c><00:39:52.619><c> discouraging</c>

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:57.440
the<00:39:54.960><c> immediate</c><00:39:55.480><c> results</c><00:39:55.980><c> may</c><00:39:56.480><c> seem.</c>

00:39:57.599 --> 00:40:00.719
Well,<00:39:58.239><c> we</c><00:39:58.420><c> know</c><00:39:58.699><c> too</c><00:39:59.039><c> that</c><00:39:59.559><c> in</c><00:39:59.820><c> the</c><00:40:00.039><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:40:00.300><c> as</c><00:40:00.440><c> I</c><00:40:00.599><c> said,</c>

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there's<00:40:01.079><c> challenges</c>

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:05.139
and<00:40:02.119><c> there's</c><00:40:02.500><c> ups</c><00:40:02.659><c> and</c><00:40:02.800><c> there's</c><00:40:03.119><c> downs.</c><00:40:03.739><c> What</c><00:40:04.059><c> usually</c><00:40:04.599><c> pulls</c>

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:06.579
Ecclesias<00:40:05.639><c> apart?</c>

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:11.980
It<00:40:07.800><c> can</c><00:40:08.139><c> be</c><00:40:08.480><c> a</c><00:40:08.619><c> first</c><00:40:08.800><c> principle</c><00:40:09.199><c> issue,</c><00:40:10.400><c> but</c><00:40:10.860><c> that</c>

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:15.860
is<00:40:13.000><c> not</c><00:40:13.280><c> what</c><00:40:13.460><c> usually</c><00:40:13.760><c> creates</c><00:40:14.119><c> the</c><00:40:14.400><c> frustrations</c><00:40:15.179><c> in</c><00:40:15.659><c> the</c>

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.960
week<00:40:16.000><c>-to</c><00:40:16.139><c>-week</c><00:40:16.280><c> operation</c>

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:20.840
of<00:40:17.139><c> an</c><00:40:17.300><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:17.699><c> or</c><00:40:18.519><c> month</c><00:40:18.780><c>-to</c><00:40:18.880><c>-month</c><00:40:19.099><c> operation.</c><00:40:19.719><c> Many</c><00:40:19.920><c> times</c><00:40:20.239><c> it's</c>

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.860
just<00:40:21.500><c> differences</c>

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:26.420
of<00:40:22.059><c> opinion</c><00:40:22.440><c> on</c><00:40:22.639><c> how</c><00:40:22.840><c> things</c><00:40:23.059><c> should</c><00:40:23.260><c> be</c><00:40:23.440><c> done,</c><00:40:25.000><c> procedural</c><00:40:25.340><c> issues.</c>

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:30.739
Many<00:40:26.980><c> times</c><00:40:27.380><c> it's</c><00:40:28.519><c> concerns</c><00:40:28.940><c> about</c><00:40:29.460><c> how</c><00:40:30.099><c> Ecclesial</c><00:40:30.420><c> members</c>

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:32.500
should<00:40:31.059><c> conduct</c><00:40:31.360><c> themselves,</c>

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:35.940
lifestyle<00:40:33.079><c> issues,</c><00:40:34.239><c> and</c><00:40:34.420><c> these</c><00:40:34.659><c> things</c><00:40:34.880><c> can</c><00:40:35.179><c> be</c><00:40:35.440><c> blown</c><00:40:35.679><c> up</c>

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.860
into<00:40:36.460><c> bigger</c>

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:41.960
issues<00:40:37.320><c> that</c><00:40:37.739><c> actually</c><00:40:38.099><c> create</c><00:40:38.480><c> schisms</c><00:40:38.920><c> and</c><00:40:39.800><c> divisions.</c><00:40:40.739><c> But</c><00:40:40.960><c> if</c><00:40:41.179><c> we</c>

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:45.059
continue<00:40:42.320><c> to</c><00:40:42.539><c> remind</c><00:40:42.760><c> ourselves</c><00:40:43.139><c> of</c><00:40:43.340><c> what</c><00:40:43.460><c> brought</c><00:40:43.639><c> us</c><00:40:43.820><c> together,</c><00:40:44.960><c> that</c>

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:47.360
the<00:40:45.360><c> truth</c><00:40:45.559><c> and</c><00:40:45.960><c> the</c><00:40:46.260><c> treasure</c><00:40:46.539><c> of</c><00:40:46.739><c> the</c><00:40:46.960><c> truth</c>

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:52.280
and<00:40:48.059><c> how</c><00:40:48.619><c> we,</c><00:40:49.800><c> as</c><00:40:49.980><c> yes</c><00:40:50.119><c> a</c><00:40:50.320><c> very</c><00:40:50.579><c> small</c><00:40:51.019><c> and</c><00:40:51.539><c> unimpressive</c>

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:54.480
kind<00:40:52.579><c> of</c><00:40:52.800><c> brotherhood</c><00:40:53.239><c> and</c><00:40:53.400><c> very</c><00:40:53.659><c> small</c><00:40:53.920><c> and</c><00:40:54.059><c> unimpressive</c>

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:57.619
kind<00:40:54.699><c> of</c><00:40:54.880><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:40:55.760><c> have</c><00:40:55.900><c> still</c><00:40:56.099><c> been</c><00:40:56.360><c> called</c><00:40:56.659><c> to</c><00:40:56.860><c> this</c><00:40:57.099><c> knowledge</c>

00:40:57.619 --> 00:41:02.260
which<00:40:58.139><c> so</c><00:40:58.420><c> many</c><00:40:59.179><c> in</c><00:41:01.340><c> the</c><00:41:01.639><c> past</c>

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:06.699
desired<00:41:03.039><c> to</c><00:41:03.400><c> understand,</c><00:41:04.139><c> not</c><00:41:04.599><c> as</c><00:41:05.019><c> many</c><00:41:05.219><c> today</c><00:41:05.559><c> perhaps.</c>

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:10.159
It's<00:41:08.380><c> a</c><00:41:08.539><c> wonderful</c><00:41:08.900><c> blessing</c><00:41:09.300><c> and</c><00:41:09.440><c> we'll</c><00:41:09.639><c> talk</c><00:41:09.820><c> a</c><00:41:09.920><c> little</c><00:41:10.059><c> bit</c>

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:12.519
more<00:41:10.340><c> about</c><00:41:10.559><c> this</c><00:41:10.800><c> in</c><00:41:11.039><c> the</c><00:41:11.440><c> excitation</c><00:41:11.940><c> coming</c><00:41:12.260><c> up,</c>

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:17.739
what<00:41:12.639><c> a</c><00:41:12.940><c> treasure</c><00:41:13.199><c> it</c><00:41:14.980><c> is.</c><00:41:15.980><c> But</c><00:41:16.119><c> let's</c><00:41:16.519><c> not</c><00:41:16.900><c> forsake</c><00:41:17.460><c> it.</c>

00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:22.019
Let's<00:41:18.139><c> keep</c><00:41:18.699><c> our</c><00:41:19.400><c> minds</c><00:41:19.760><c> fixed</c><00:41:20.139><c> on</c><00:41:20.800><c> our</c><00:41:21.260><c> beginnings</c><00:41:21.579><c> and</c><00:41:21.820><c> what</c>

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:23.019
brought<00:41:22.179><c> us</c>

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:24.179
together.

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:31.179
How<00:41:27.300><c> much</c><00:41:27.559><c> time</c><00:41:27.760><c> have</c><00:41:27.820><c> I</c><00:41:28.019><c> got</c><00:41:28.159><c> here?</c><00:41:28.480><c> Okay,</c><00:41:28.840><c> we're</c><00:41:29.099><c> going</c><00:41:29.260><c> to</c><00:41:30.320><c> wrap</c><00:41:30.500><c> it</c><00:41:30.659><c> up</c><00:41:30.840><c> here</c><00:41:31.059><c> a</c>

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:33.099
little<00:41:31.380><c> bit.</c>

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:37.579
I<00:41:36.440><c> might</c><00:41:36.699><c> just</c><00:41:36.960><c> summarize</c>

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:41.599
this<00:41:38.000><c> section</c><00:41:38.820><c> of</c><00:41:39.059><c> comments</c><00:41:39.280><c> by</c><00:41:39.559><c> saying</c><00:41:39.820><c> that</c><00:41:40.739><c> Brother</c><00:41:40.980><c> Roberts</c><00:41:41.320><c> does</c>

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:43.079
have<00:41:41.800><c> a</c><00:41:41.820><c> lot</c><00:41:42.079><c> of</c><00:41:42.360><c> good</c>

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:45.619
suggestions,<00:41:43.880><c> scriptural</c><00:41:44.219><c> suggestions</c><00:41:44.780><c> in</c><00:41:45.000><c> his</c><00:41:45.300><c> Ecclesial</c>

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:47.699
guide<00:41:46.139><c> about</c><00:41:47.039><c> how</c><00:41:47.340><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:51.079
should<00:41:48.340><c> operate</c><00:41:48.980><c> and</c><00:41:49.460><c> make</c><00:41:49.699><c> decisions</c><00:41:50.280><c> and</c><00:41:50.460><c> how</c><00:41:50.699><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:52.679
should<00:41:51.320><c> operate</c><00:41:51.719><c> in</c><00:41:51.960><c> relation</c><00:41:52.260><c> to</c><00:41:52.460><c> other</c>

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:56.579
Ecclesias<00:41:53.159><c> and</c><00:41:53.260><c> it's</c><00:41:53.699><c> an</c><00:41:53.940><c> excellent</c><00:41:54.280><c> work</c><00:41:54.579><c> to</c><00:41:55.300><c> consult</c><00:41:55.860><c> when</c>

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:57.960
we<00:41:56.840><c> have</c><00:41:57.019><c> questions</c><00:41:57.460><c> about</c>

00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:01.539
how<00:41:59.099><c> we</c><00:41:59.300><c> should</c><00:41:59.420><c> do</c><00:41:59.659><c> things</c><00:42:00.000><c> and</c><00:42:00.179><c> what</c><00:42:00.599><c> the</c><00:42:00.840><c> proper</c><00:42:01.079><c> attitude</c>

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.619
should<00:42:01.760><c> be</c><00:42:02.019><c> like</c>

00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:06.019
throughout.<00:42:03.579><c> All</c><00:42:03.800><c> things</c><00:42:04.000><c> should</c><00:42:04.199><c> be</c><00:42:04.440><c> done</c><00:42:04.659><c> decently</c><00:42:05.440><c> and</c><00:42:05.820><c> in</c>

00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:07.860
order<00:42:06.219><c> as</c><00:42:06.440><c> Paul</c><00:42:06.860><c> tells</c><00:42:07.559><c> us</c>

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:12.840
in<00:42:08.059><c> 1</c><00:42:08.280><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:08.840><c> 14.</c><00:42:09.539><c> He</c><00:42:09.960><c> dealt</c><00:42:10.199><c> with</c><00:42:10.420><c> a</c><00:42:10.579><c> situation</c><00:42:11.139><c> in</c><00:42:11.300><c> that</c><00:42:11.539><c> chapter</c><00:42:11.940><c> that</c><00:42:12.500><c> was</c>

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:17.619
chaotic<00:42:13.519><c> in</c><00:42:14.539><c> terms</c><00:42:14.659><c> of</c><00:42:14.760><c> what</c><00:42:14.880><c> was</c><00:42:15.059><c> happening</c><00:42:15.320><c> in</c><00:42:15.559><c> the</c><00:42:15.699><c> meetings.</c><00:42:16.139><c> Everybody</c><00:42:16.460><c> was</c><00:42:16.780><c> speaking</c><00:42:17.079><c> at</c><00:42:17.340><c> once.</c>

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:21.780
People<00:42:18.320><c> were</c><00:42:18.579><c> giving,</c><00:42:19.800><c> speaking</c><00:42:20.880><c> in</c><00:42:21.199><c> tongues,</c><00:42:21.500><c> different</c>

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:23.000
languages.<00:42:22.340><c> They</c><00:42:22.500><c> were</c><00:42:22.699><c> giving</c>

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:26.480
prophecies.<00:42:24.340><c> The</c><00:42:24.820><c> men</c><00:42:25.059><c> and</c><00:42:25.239><c> the</c><00:42:25.380><c> women</c><00:42:25.519><c> were</c><00:42:25.760><c> speaking.</c><00:42:26.099><c> That's</c><00:42:26.340><c> the</c>

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.780
same<00:42:26.659><c> chapter</c><00:42:27.000><c> where</c><00:42:27.199><c> the</c><00:42:27.340><c> women</c><00:42:27.519><c> were</c>

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:31.579
told<00:42:28.000><c> to</c><00:42:28.559><c> ask</c><00:42:29.320><c> their</c><00:42:29.619><c> questions</c><00:42:30.119><c> at</c><00:42:30.719><c> home,</c><00:42:31.139><c> but</c><00:42:31.219><c> the</c><00:42:31.440><c> scene</c>

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:33.199
was<00:42:31.840><c> just</c><00:42:32.179><c> chaotic</c>

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:37.820
and<00:42:34.079><c> it</c><00:42:34.320><c> would</c><00:42:34.900><c> have</c><00:42:35.139><c> been</c><00:42:36.119><c> very</c><00:42:36.820><c> discouraging</c><00:42:37.420><c> for</c><00:42:37.619><c> any</c>

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:42.920
new<00:42:38.019><c> person</c><00:42:38.559><c> to</c><00:42:39.260><c> come</c><00:42:39.500><c> in</c><00:42:39.880><c> and</c><00:42:40.039><c> see</c><00:42:40.280><c> that</c><00:42:40.880><c> circus</c><00:42:41.360><c> that</c><00:42:42.059><c> was</c><00:42:42.320><c> happening</c><00:42:42.599><c> in</c>

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:45.739
Corinth.<00:42:43.860><c> Not</c><00:42:44.119><c> only</c><00:42:44.360><c> when</c><00:42:44.519><c> they</c><00:42:44.699><c> came</c><00:42:44.920><c> together</c><00:42:45.300><c> to</c><00:42:45.539><c> break</c>

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bread<00:42:46.059><c> and</c>

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:52.960
remember<00:42:48.760><c> the</c><00:42:49.000><c> Lord's</c><00:42:49.760><c> death,</c><00:42:50.139><c> which</c><00:42:50.579><c> was</c><00:42:51.219><c> another</c>

00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:56.619
chaotic<00:42:53.800><c> scene,</c><00:42:54.559><c> but</c><00:42:54.739><c> just</c><00:42:55.039><c> in</c><00:42:55.239><c> general</c><00:42:55.500><c> when</c><00:42:55.639><c> they</c><00:42:55.840><c> came</c><00:42:55.960><c> together</c><00:42:56.340><c> to</c>

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:58.000
teach<00:42:56.820><c> and</c><00:42:57.039><c> there's</c><00:42:57.340><c> a</c><00:42:57.440><c> lot</c><00:42:57.579><c> of</c><00:42:57.760><c> zeal</c>

00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:00.940
and<00:42:58.179><c> energy</c><00:42:58.400><c> that</c><00:42:58.539><c> was</c><00:42:58.760><c> behind</c><00:42:59.119><c> it,</c><00:42:59.280><c> but</c><00:42:59.380><c> they</c><00:42:59.559><c> let</c><00:42:59.699><c> things</c><00:42:59.980><c> get</c><00:43:00.260><c> carried</c><00:43:00.460><c> away</c><00:43:00.760><c> so</c>

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:02.880
that<00:43:01.059><c> it</c><00:43:01.159><c> was</c><00:43:01.880><c> chaotic</c>

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:07.820
and<00:43:03.139><c> he</c><00:43:03.900><c> concluded</c><00:43:04.400><c> by</c><00:43:04.719><c> saying</c><00:43:04.920><c> all</c><00:43:05.199><c> things</c><00:43:05.480><c> must</c><00:43:05.719><c> be</c><00:43:05.980><c> done</c><00:43:06.159><c> decently</c><00:43:06.659><c> and</c><00:43:06.900><c> in</c><00:43:06.980><c> order</c>

00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:12.260
and<00:43:08.420><c> consistent</c><00:43:09.639><c> with</c><00:43:10.179><c> the</c><00:43:10.480><c> commandments</c><00:43:10.920><c> of</c><00:43:11.659><c> the</c><00:43:11.940><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:16.539
There<00:43:12.860><c> is</c><00:43:13.599><c> a</c><00:43:13.860><c> proper</c><00:43:14.239><c> and</c><00:43:14.599><c> orderly</c><00:43:14.900><c> way</c><00:43:15.099><c> to</c><00:43:15.280><c> do</c><00:43:15.519><c> things</c><00:43:15.940><c> and</c>

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:18.000
there's<00:43:17.300><c> the</c><00:43:17.519><c> opposite.</c>

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:20.780
The<00:43:18.739><c> blessing</c><00:43:19.119><c> of</c><00:43:19.280><c> an</c><00:43:19.460><c> ecclesia,</c><00:43:19.940><c> brothers</c><00:43:20.059><c> and</c><00:43:20.300><c> sisters,</c><00:43:20.719><c> I</c>

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:22.639
can't<00:43:21.440><c> underestimate</c>

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:26.559
or<00:43:24.320><c> excuse</c><00:43:24.579><c> me,</c><00:43:25.019><c> overestimate.</c>

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and<00:43:33.179><c> we've</c><00:43:33.480><c> been</c><00:43:33.619><c> in</c><00:43:33.780><c> our</c><00:43:33.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:34.199><c> in</c><00:43:34.380><c> Denver</c><00:43:34.539><c> now</c><00:43:34.820><c> for</c><00:43:35.039><c> about</c><00:43:36.900><c> 30</c><00:43:37.260><c> years</c>

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people<00:43:42.440><c> come</c><00:43:42.659><c> and</c><00:43:42.880><c> go</c>

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and<00:43:47.019><c> for</c><00:43:47.519><c> the</c><00:43:48.019><c> teaching</c>

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of<00:43:48.440><c> the</c><00:43:48.639><c> truth</c><00:43:48.900><c> and</c><00:43:49.219><c> for</c><00:43:49.480><c> our</c><00:43:49.659><c> own</c><00:43:49.900><c> strength</c><00:43:50.119><c> and</c><00:43:50.300><c> our</c><00:43:50.440><c> own</c><00:43:50.659><c> faith</c><00:43:50.840><c> by</c>

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hanging<00:43:52.039><c> in</c><00:43:52.260><c> there</c><00:43:52.420><c> with</c><00:43:52.579><c> it</c><00:43:52.739><c> and</c><00:43:52.880><c> not</c>

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giving<00:43:53.760><c> up.</c><00:43:54.619><c> You</c><00:43:54.619><c> see</c><00:43:54.900><c> the</c><00:43:55.159><c> ecclesia,</c><00:43:55.860><c> whether</c><00:43:56.159><c> large</c><00:43:56.500><c> or</c><00:43:56.780><c> small,</c><00:43:57.559><c> is</c>

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the<00:43:57.960><c> major</c>

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workshop<00:43:58.900><c> for</c><00:43:59.480><c> our</c><00:43:59.679><c> preparation</c><00:44:00.179><c> for</c><00:44:00.400><c> the</c><00:44:00.559><c> kingdom</c><00:44:01.159><c> in</c><00:44:02.820><c> addition</c><00:44:03.139><c> to</c>

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our<00:44:03.480><c> family.</c><00:44:04.099><c> How</c><00:44:04.380><c> we</c><00:44:04.780><c> interact</c><00:44:05.059><c> with</c><00:44:05.280><c> our</c><00:44:05.440><c> family</c><00:44:05.820><c> and</c><00:44:05.960><c> our</c>

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children<00:44:06.480><c> and</c><00:44:07.219><c> our</c><00:44:07.420><c> husbands</c><00:44:07.780><c> and</c><00:44:08.000><c> our</c><00:44:08.199><c> wives</c>

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:12.639
is<00:44:08.679><c> huge,</c><00:44:09.599><c> but</c><00:44:09.739><c> the</c><00:44:09.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:10.280><c> is</c><00:44:10.480><c> the</c><00:44:10.619><c> major</c><00:44:10.920><c> training</c><00:44:11.260><c> ground</c><00:44:11.599><c> for</c>

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work<00:44:13.039><c> in</c><00:44:13.199><c> the</c><00:44:13.300><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:44:14.539><c> what</c><00:44:14.960><c> we've</c><00:44:15.219><c> been</c><00:44:15.440><c> given</c><00:44:15.780><c> to</c><00:44:16.360><c> prepare</c><00:44:16.760><c> us</c><00:44:17.300><c> for</c><00:44:17.500><c> the</c><00:44:17.699><c> work</c>

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in<00:44:18.059><c> the</c><00:44:18.219><c> kingdom.</c>

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Brother<00:44:19.019><c> Brad,</c><00:44:19.460><c> when</c><00:44:19.639><c> we</c><00:44:19.760><c> get</c><00:44:19.940><c> to</c><00:44:20.119><c> the</c><00:44:20.260><c> kingdom</c><00:44:20.739><c> and</c><00:44:21.739><c> we're</c>

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changed<00:44:22.619><c> into</c><00:44:23.079><c> immortal</c>

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beings,<00:44:25.119><c> we</c><00:44:25.440><c> won't</c><00:44:25.719><c> have</c><00:44:25.980><c> any</c><00:44:26.460><c> cause</c><00:44:26.739><c> for</c><00:44:27.199><c> concern</c><00:44:27.679><c> or</c><00:44:27.920><c> disagreement</c>

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or<00:44:28.980><c> difficulties.</c><00:44:31.019><c> We</c><00:44:31.539><c> can</c><00:44:31.840><c> train</c><00:44:32.000><c> ourselves</c><00:44:32.539><c> for</c><00:44:33.159><c> that</c><00:44:33.480><c> time</c>

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individually<00:44:35.500><c> or</c><00:44:35.719><c> even</c><00:44:35.940><c> in</c><00:44:36.159><c> isolation.</c><00:44:38.400><c> Well,</c><00:44:39.059><c> yes,</c>

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in<00:44:39.639><c> the</c><00:44:39.780><c> household</c><00:44:40.079><c> of</c><00:44:40.360><c> faith</c><00:44:40.679><c> in</c><00:44:40.940><c> the</c><00:44:41.099><c> kingdom,</c><00:44:41.539><c> things</c><00:44:41.760><c> will</c>

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be<00:44:42.199><c> harmonious</c><00:44:42.840><c> and</c><00:44:43.300><c> everybody</c><00:44:43.719><c> will</c><00:44:43.880><c> be</c><00:44:43.980><c> working</c>

00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:47.940
together<00:44:44.679><c> and</c><00:44:44.820><c> on</c><00:44:45.000><c> the</c><00:44:45.099><c> same</c><00:44:45.260><c> page,</c><00:44:46.280><c> but</c><00:44:46.440><c> not</c><00:44:46.719><c> those</c><00:44:46.920><c> we're</c><00:44:47.139><c> working</c><00:44:47.380><c> with</c><00:44:47.679><c> out</c><00:44:47.800><c> in</c>

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:50.039
the<00:44:48.039><c> world</c><00:44:48.320><c> in</c><00:44:48.780><c> the</c><00:44:48.940><c> kingdom</c><00:44:49.179><c> age.</c>

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There<00:44:50.139><c> will</c><00:44:50.260><c> be</c><00:44:50.400><c> all</c><00:44:50.619><c> kinds</c><00:44:50.860><c> of</c><00:44:51.119><c> disagreement,</c><00:44:51.840><c> conflict,</c><00:44:52.440><c> questions,</c><00:44:53.659><c> challenges</c><00:44:53.980><c> that</c><00:44:54.300><c> we</c>

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:58.500
have<00:44:54.760><c> seen</c><00:44:55.320><c> and</c><00:44:55.860><c> dealt</c><00:44:56.099><c> with,</c><00:44:56.360><c> some</c><00:44:56.559><c> of</c><00:44:56.739><c> which</c><00:44:56.980><c> in</c><00:44:57.440><c> our</c><00:44:57.619><c> own</c><00:44:57.760><c> ecclesias</c><00:44:58.260><c> in</c>

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this<00:44:58.760><c> life.</c>

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And<00:44:59.519><c> we</c><00:44:59.679><c> will</c><00:44:59.860><c> be</c><00:45:00.059><c> using</c><00:45:00.460><c> here</c><00:45:00.840><c> again</c><00:45:01.019><c> the</c><00:45:01.239><c> experience</c><00:45:01.880><c> that</c>

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we've<00:45:02.659><c> had</c><00:45:02.900><c> to</c><00:45:03.500><c> work</c><00:45:03.739><c> with</c><00:45:04.019><c> other</c>

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mortals<00:45:05.139><c> in</c><00:45:06.000><c> the</c><00:45:06.719><c> kingdom</c><00:45:06.980><c> age.</c><00:45:08.159><c> We'll</c><00:45:08.320><c> have</c><00:45:08.480><c> the</c><00:45:08.719><c> Spirit</c><00:45:08.980><c> of</c><00:45:09.139><c> God</c>

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like<00:45:10.000><c> the</c><00:45:10.199><c> righteous</c><00:45:11.039><c> Judge</c><00:45:11.360><c> Solomon</c><00:45:11.920><c> and</c><00:45:12.159><c> like</c><00:45:12.539><c> Christ.</c><00:45:13.159><c> We</c>

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will<00:45:13.440><c> be</c><00:45:13.719><c> righteous</c>

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judges<00:45:14.480><c> as</c><00:45:14.860><c> well,</c><00:45:15.579><c> but</c><00:45:15.820><c> we</c><00:45:16.039><c> will</c><00:45:16.239><c> also</c><00:45:16.519><c> have</c><00:45:17.199><c> experience</c><00:45:17.860><c> to</c>

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draw<00:45:18.519><c> on</c><00:45:18.699><c> in</c><00:45:18.860><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:45:19.679><c> human</c><00:45:19.960><c> nature</c><00:45:20.480><c> because</c><00:45:21.059><c> it</c><00:45:21.199><c> will</c><00:45:21.360><c> still</c><00:45:21.599><c> be</c><00:45:21.820><c> in</c><00:45:21.980><c> evidence</c><00:45:22.260><c> throughout</c><00:45:22.639><c> the</c><00:45:22.840><c> rest</c><00:45:23.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:23.719><c> world</c>

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even<00:45:24.699><c> after</c><00:45:25.000><c> Christ</c><00:45:25.320><c> has</c><00:45:25.539><c> returned.</c><00:45:26.219><c> And</c><00:45:26.340><c> those</c><00:45:26.500><c> are</c><00:45:26.679><c> the</c><00:45:26.800><c> folks</c><00:45:26.980><c> we'll</c><00:45:27.159><c> be</c>

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working<00:45:27.579><c> with</c><00:45:28.280><c> and</c><00:45:28.679><c> we'll</c><00:45:29.000><c> be</c>

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establishing,<00:45:29.860><c> in</c><00:45:30.079><c> a</c><00:45:30.260><c> sense,</c><00:45:30.980><c> ecclesias</c><00:45:31.579><c> once</c><00:45:32.059><c> again</c><00:45:32.440><c> and</c><00:45:33.199><c> bringing</c><00:45:33.719><c> them</c><00:45:33.960><c> to</c><00:45:34.139><c> a</c>

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:39.340
knowledge<00:45:34.619><c> of</c><00:45:35.059><c> the</c><00:45:35.280><c> law</c><00:45:35.500><c> of</c><00:45:35.699><c> Christ</c><00:45:36.039><c> in</c><00:45:36.539><c> Mount</c><00:45:36.820><c> Zion.</c><00:45:38.900><c> So</c>

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it's<00:45:40.360><c> huge</c><00:45:40.760><c> that</c><00:45:41.039><c> we</c><00:45:41.800><c> work</c><00:45:42.239><c> together</c><00:45:43.079><c> in</c><00:45:43.739><c> these</c><00:45:44.019><c> kinds</c><00:45:44.320><c> of</c>

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assemblies<00:45:46.500><c> and</c><00:45:47.579><c> make</c><00:45:48.500><c> the</c><00:45:48.679><c> most</c><00:45:48.900><c> of</c><00:45:49.099><c> it.</c>

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The<00:45:49.739><c> training</c><00:45:50.059><c> that</c><00:45:50.260><c> takes</c><00:45:50.460><c> place</c><00:45:50.840><c> now</c><00:45:51.179><c> in</c><00:45:51.320><c> our</c><00:45:51.480><c> homes</c><00:45:51.940><c> and</c><00:45:52.639><c> in</c>

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our<00:45:53.559><c> ecclesias</c><00:45:54.039><c> will</c><00:45:54.300><c> bear</c>

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fruit<00:45:54.960><c> in</c><00:45:55.380><c> the</c><00:45:55.539><c> kingdom.</c><00:45:56.739><c> It's</c><00:45:57.099><c> the</c><00:45:57.300><c> place</c><00:45:57.500><c> where</c><00:45:57.679><c> we</c><00:45:57.860><c> develop</c>

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the<00:45:58.380><c> fruit</c><00:45:58.519><c> of</c><00:45:58.679><c> the</c><00:45:58.860><c> Spirit.</c>

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That's<00:45:59.960><c> summarized</c><00:46:00.440><c> in</c><00:46:00.579><c> Galatians</c><00:46:00.940><c> 5</c><00:46:01.340><c>.22.</c>

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And<00:46:04.800><c> it's</c><00:46:05.059><c> the</c><00:46:05.239><c> love</c><00:46:05.579><c> that's</c><00:46:06.039><c> described</c><00:46:06.480><c> and</c><00:46:07.019><c> it's</c><00:46:07.320><c> where</c><00:46:07.539><c> the</c>

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love<00:46:08.119><c> is</c><00:46:08.380><c> practiced.</c><00:46:08.800><c> It's</c><00:46:09.119><c> described</c>

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in<00:46:09.659><c> 1</c><00:46:09.860><c> Corinthians</c><00:46:10.360><c> 13.</c><00:46:11.760><c> None</c><00:46:11.980><c> of</c><00:46:12.179><c> these</c><00:46:12.480><c> attributes</c><00:46:13.000><c> can</c><00:46:13.300><c> be</c>

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developed<00:46:13.940><c> between</c><00:46:14.320><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:46:14.860><c> sisters</c><00:46:15.280><c> in</c><00:46:16.420><c> isolation.</c><00:46:18.260><c> We</c><00:46:18.300><c> have</c><00:46:18.519><c> to</c><00:46:18.659><c> be</c><00:46:18.900><c> in</c>

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ecclesias.<00:46:21.400><c> And</c><00:46:21.659><c> there's</c><00:46:22.199><c> a</c><00:46:22.320><c> reason</c><00:46:22.639><c> why</c><00:46:23.239><c> all</c><00:46:23.539><c> of</c><00:46:23.699><c> Paul's</c><00:46:23.940><c> letters</c><00:46:24.280><c> are</c><00:46:24.519><c> written</c>

00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:29.280
to<00:46:25.039><c> ecclesias.</c><00:46:25.679><c> They're</c><00:46:25.820><c> not</c><00:46:26.059><c> written</c><00:46:26.380><c> to</c><00:46:26.760><c> brothers</c><00:46:27.000><c> and</c><00:46:27.199><c> sisters</c><00:46:27.780><c> in</c><00:46:28.219><c> isolation.</c>

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So<00:46:30.260><c> I'm</c><00:46:30.900><c> pleased</c><00:46:31.199><c> to</c><00:46:31.360><c> be</c><00:46:31.500><c> here</c><00:46:31.800><c> with</c><00:46:32.360><c> you</c><00:46:32.639><c> in</c><00:46:32.760><c> this</c><00:46:33.000><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Susan<00:46:33.699><c> and</c><00:46:33.920><c> I</c><00:46:34.019><c> both</c><00:46:34.280><c> are.</c>

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And<00:46:35.119><c> we</c><00:46:35.780><c> will</c><00:46:36.199><c> continue</c><00:46:36.559><c> to</c><00:46:36.800><c> look</c><00:46:37.039><c> at</c><00:46:37.320><c> this</c><00:46:37.579><c> theme</c><00:46:37.739><c> a</c><00:46:37.980><c> bit</c><00:46:38.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:46:38.980><c> excitation</c><00:46:39.480><c> today.</c>

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We'll<00:46:41.059><c> focus</c><00:46:41.340><c> on</c><00:46:42.559><c> the</c><00:46:43.059><c> holy</c><00:46:43.380><c> way,</c><00:46:44.059><c> our</c><00:46:44.159><c> Lord</c><00:46:44.420><c> Jesus</c><00:46:44.880><c> Christ,</c>

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who's<00:46:46.079><c> the</c><00:46:48.340><c> truth</c><00:46:48.619><c> and</c><00:46:49.199><c> the</c><00:46:49.480><c> life.</c>

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And<00:46:50.840><c> it</c><00:46:50.960><c> happens</c><00:46:51.139><c> to</c><00:46:51.400><c> fit</c><00:46:51.539><c> in</c><00:46:51.800><c> real</c><00:46:52.000><c> well</c><00:46:52.179><c> with</c><00:46:53.059><c> the</c><00:46:53.579><c> parable</c>

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of<00:46:54.059><c> Samaritan</c><00:46:54.559><c> that</c><00:46:54.800><c> he</c>

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gave,<00:46:55.940><c> which</c><00:46:56.119><c> is</c><00:46:56.360><c> our</c><00:46:56.699><c> New</c><00:46:56.880><c> Testament</c><00:46:57.199><c> reading</c><00:46:57.699><c> for</c><00:46:58.360><c> today.</c>

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The<00:46:58.840><c> way</c><00:46:59.000><c> of</c><00:46:59.179><c> Christ</c><00:46:59.599><c> is</c>

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the<00:47:00.260><c> way</c><00:47:00.380><c> of</c><00:47:00.559><c> the</c><00:47:00.739><c> Samaritan.</c><00:47:01.659><c> And</c><00:47:02.099><c> we'll</c><00:47:02.440><c> talk</c><00:47:02.679><c> about</c><00:47:02.900><c> that</c>

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more<00:47:03.400><c> in</c><00:47:03.519><c> our</c><00:47:03.679><c> excitation</c><00:47:04.079><c> to</c><00:47:04.340><c> come.</c>

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Thank<00:47:05.539><c> you,</c><00:47:05.860><c> brothers</c><00:47:05.940><c> and</c><00:47:06.159><c> sisters.</c>