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That's<00:10:23.259><c> why</c><00:10:23.299><c> it's</c><00:10:23.440><c> so</c><00:10:23.700><c> important</c><00:10:23.940><c> that</c><00:10:24.120><c> the</c><00:10:24.360><c> words</c><00:10:24.720><c> are</c><00:10:25.100><c> right</c>

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They<00:10:42.000><c> express</c><00:10:42.480><c> the</c><00:10:43.039><c> truth</c><00:10:43.279><c> of</c><00:10:43.500><c> the</c><00:10:43.659><c> beliefs</c><00:10:44.000><c> we</c><00:10:44.360><c> hold.</c>

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If<00:10:45.539><c> we</c><00:10:45.720><c> be</c><00:10:45.919><c> dead</c><00:10:46.120><c> with</c><00:10:46.340><c> him,</c><00:10:47.080><c> we</c><00:10:47.259><c> shall</c><00:10:47.460><c> also</c><00:10:47.980><c> live</c><00:10:48.419><c> with</c><00:10:48.659><c> him.</c>

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And<00:10:49.860><c> you'll</c><00:10:50.139><c> recognise</c><00:10:50.600><c> that,</c><00:10:50.860><c> I'm</c><00:10:51.120><c> sure,</c><00:10:51.960><c> as</c><00:10:52.179><c> a</c><00:10:52.320><c> quotation.</c>

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It's<00:10:54.100><c> actually</c><00:10:54.299><c> a</c><00:10:54.399><c> quotation</c><00:10:54.940><c> from</c><00:10:55.759><c> the</c><00:10:55.960><c> Apostles'</c><00:10:56.779><c> own</c><00:10:56.919><c> writings.</c>

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Keep<00:10:58.340><c> your</c><00:10:58.559><c> finger</c><00:10:58.740><c> in</c><00:10:58.940><c> 2</c><00:10:59.139><c> Timothy</c><00:10:59.440><c> chapter</c><00:10:59.919><c> 2</c>

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and<00:11:00.840><c> turn</c><00:11:01.039><c> back</c><00:11:01.320><c> to</c><00:11:01.700><c> a</c><00:11:01.840><c> reading</c><00:11:02.000><c> which</c><00:11:02.200><c> we</c><00:11:02.379><c> had</c><00:11:02.500><c> just</c><00:11:02.700><c> the</c><00:11:02.840><c> other</c><00:11:03.080><c> day,</c>

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Romans<00:11:03.759><c> chapter</c><00:11:04.200><c> 6.</c>

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Romans<00:11:13.600><c> 6</c><00:11:14.179><c> and</c><00:11:14.519><c> verse</c><00:11:14.820><c> 8</c><00:11:15.360><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:11:16.840><c> if</c><00:11:17.039><c> we</c><00:11:17.320><c> be</c><00:11:17.580><c> dead</c><00:11:17.840><c> with</c><00:11:18.120><c> Christ,</c><00:11:19.179><c> we</c><00:11:19.419><c> believe</c><00:11:19.960><c> that</c><00:11:20.379><c> we</c>

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shall<00:11:20.759><c> also</c><00:11:21.279><c> live</c><00:11:21.799><c> with</c><00:11:22.139><c> him.</c>

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Interesting,<00:11:23.720><c> isn't</c><00:11:23.820><c> it,</c><00:11:24.000><c> that</c><00:11:24.100><c> when</c><00:11:24.179><c> we</c><00:11:24.360><c> move</c><00:11:24.460><c> to</c><00:11:24.600><c> 2</c><00:11:24.840><c> Timothy</c><00:11:25.139><c> 2,</c>

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same<00:11:26.279><c> Apostle</c><00:11:26.700><c> writing,</c><00:11:27.960><c> but</c><00:11:28.480><c> the</c><00:11:29.639><c> words</c><00:11:30.059><c> which</c><00:11:30.320><c> were</c><00:11:30.500><c> written</c><00:11:30.700><c> to</c><00:11:31.440><c> the</c><00:11:31.799><c> Romans</c>

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are<00:11:33.600><c> here</c><00:11:33.919><c> as</c><00:11:34.279><c> well</c><00:11:34.580><c> in</c><00:11:34.779><c> this</c><00:11:35.039><c> little</c><00:11:35.500><c> fragment</c><00:11:36.100><c> of</c><00:11:36.919><c> a</c><00:11:37.179><c> statement</c><00:11:37.580><c> of</c><00:11:37.879><c> truth,</c><00:11:38.460><c> of</c><00:11:38.600><c> belief,</c>

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of<00:11:39.539><c> a</c><00:11:39.799><c> hymn</c><00:11:40.500><c> in</c><00:11:40.980><c> 2</c><00:11:41.399><c> Timothy</c><00:11:41.799><c> chapter</c><00:11:42.279><c> 2.</c>

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If<00:11:44.100><c> we</c><00:11:44.259><c> be</c><00:11:44.440><c> dead</c><00:11:44.580><c> with</c><00:11:44.779><c> him,</c><00:11:45.240><c> we</c><00:11:45.500><c> shall</c><00:11:45.700><c> also</c><00:11:46.100><c> live</c><00:11:46.419><c> with</c><00:11:46.679><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:47.539><c> once</c><00:11:47.720><c> we've</c><00:11:48.000><c> seen</c><00:11:48.299><c> that,</c><00:11:48.600><c> then</c><00:11:48.779><c> we</c><00:11:48.899><c> can</c><00:11:49.200><c> find</c><00:11:49.980><c> each</c><00:11:50.740><c> phrase</c><00:11:51.399><c> in</c>

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elsewhere<00:11:53.639><c> in</c><00:11:53.980><c> Scripture.</c>

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If<00:11:56.139><c> we</c><00:11:56.639><c> suffer,</c><00:11:57.759><c> we</c><00:11:57.919><c> shall</c><00:11:58.179><c> reign</c><00:11:58.519><c> with</c><00:11:58.779><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:11:59.340><c> also</c><00:11:59.700><c> from</c><00:11:59.919><c> Romans.</c>

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Couple<00:12:01.279><c> of</c><00:12:01.500><c> chapters</c><00:12:01.759><c> on,</c><00:12:02.299><c> Romans</c><00:12:02.500><c> chapter</c><00:12:02.879><c> 8</c><00:12:04.039><c> and</c><00:12:04.820><c> verse</c><00:12:05.100><c> 17.</c>

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If<00:12:06.980><c> we</c><00:12:07.159><c> are</c><00:12:07.320><c> children,</c><00:12:08.240><c> then</c><00:12:08.419><c> heirs,</c><00:12:09.000><c> heirs</c><00:12:09.259><c> of</c><00:12:09.460><c> God</c><00:12:09.740><c> and</c><00:12:10.000><c> joint</c><00:12:10.279><c> heirs</c><00:12:10.460><c> with</c><00:12:10.659><c> Christ.</c>

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If<00:12:11.799><c> so</c><00:12:12.039><c> be</c><00:12:12.220><c> that</c><00:12:12.360><c> we</c><00:12:12.659><c> suffer</c><00:12:12.940><c> with</c><00:12:13.179><c> him,</c><00:12:13.980><c> that</c><00:12:14.220><c> we</c><00:12:14.379><c> may</c><00:12:14.559><c> be</c><00:12:14.799><c> also</c>

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glorified<00:12:16.700><c> together.</c>

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Where<00:12:26.899><c> then</c><00:12:27.019><c> does</c><00:12:27.159><c> the</c><00:12:27.340><c> next</c><00:12:27.700><c> phrase</c><00:12:28.059><c> come</c><00:12:28.399><c> from?</c>

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Let<00:12:29.419><c> me</c><00:12:29.519><c> put</c><00:12:29.679><c> you</c><00:12:29.940><c> to</c><00:12:30.179><c> some</c><00:12:30.519><c> work.</c>

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Just<00:12:31.379><c> turn</c><00:12:31.740><c> your</c><00:12:32.000><c> mind</c><00:12:32.200><c> over</c><00:12:32.460><c> on</c><00:12:32.679><c> this.</c>

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If<00:12:33.480><c> we</c><00:12:33.740><c> deny</c><00:12:34.100><c> him,</c><00:12:35.039><c> he</c><00:12:35.279><c> also</c><00:12:35.820><c> will</c><00:12:36.580><c> deny</c><00:12:37.059><c> us.</c>

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And<00:12:37.740><c> if</c><00:12:37.820><c> you've</c><00:12:37.980><c> got</c><00:12:38.100><c> a</c><00:12:38.200><c> good</c><00:12:38.379><c> set</c><00:12:38.519><c> of</c><00:12:38.759><c> marginal</c><00:12:39.080><c> references,</c>

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Whosoever<00:12:45.019><c> denies</c><00:12:45.419><c> me,</c><00:12:46.179><c> I</c><00:12:46.440><c> will</c><00:12:46.700><c> deny</c><00:12:47.320><c> before</c><00:12:48.059><c> the</c><00:12:48.240><c> angels</c><00:12:48.500><c> of</c>

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So<00:12:51.100><c> a</c><00:12:51.240><c> quotation</c><00:12:51.759><c> of</c><00:12:52.799><c> the</c><00:12:52.919><c> Lord</c><00:12:53.100><c> Jesus</c><00:12:53.419><c> Christ</c><00:12:53.840><c> is</c><00:12:54.080><c> just</c>

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brought<00:12:55.840><c> forward</c><00:12:56.320><c> now</c><00:12:56.820><c> into</c><00:12:57.460><c> this</c><00:12:57.879><c> little</c><00:12:58.220><c> hymn.</c>

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Where<00:13:06.080><c> does</c><00:13:06.220><c> that</c><00:13:06.460><c> come</c><00:13:06.700><c> from?</c>

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Well,<00:13:08.299><c> that</c><00:13:08.480><c> comes</c><00:13:08.740><c> from</c><00:13:08.980><c> Romans</c><00:13:09.320><c> as</c><00:13:09.559><c> well.</c>

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That's<00:13:10.000><c> Romans</c><00:13:10.320><c> 3</c><00:13:10.720><c> and</c><00:13:10.919><c> verse</c><00:13:11.220><c> 3.</c>

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We<00:13:11.840><c> shall</c><00:13:11.840><c> their</c><00:13:12.179><c> unbelief</c><00:13:13.059><c> make</c><00:13:13.460><c> the</c><00:13:13.799><c> faith</c><00:13:14.100><c> of</c><00:13:14.340><c> God</c><00:13:14.600><c> of</c><00:13:14.919><c> none</c>

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So<00:13:18.580><c> you</c><00:13:18.639><c> can</c><00:13:18.820><c> see</c><00:13:19.019><c> how</c><00:13:19.960><c> other</c><00:13:20.720><c> teachings</c><00:13:21.259><c> have</c><00:13:21.539><c> been</c><00:13:21.840><c> woven</c>

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this<00:13:24.759><c> little</c><00:13:25.059><c> poem</c><00:13:25.539><c> in</c><00:13:26.100><c> 2</c><00:13:26.379><c> Timothy</c><00:13:26.720><c> chapter</c><00:13:27.220><c> 2.</c>

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Let's<00:13:45.480><c> just</c><00:13:45.639><c> look</c><00:13:45.759><c> at</c><00:13:45.860><c> it</c><00:13:46.039><c> together,</c><00:13:46.379><c> shall</c><00:13:46.460><c> we?</c>

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Numbers<00:13:58.299><c> 23,</c><00:13:59.039><c> immediately</c><00:13:59.740><c> after</c><00:14:01.919><c> the</c><00:14:02.600><c> incident</c>

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Rise<00:14:17.659><c> up,</c><00:14:18.080><c> Balak,</c><00:14:18.580><c> and</c><00:14:18.740><c> hear.</c>

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Harken<00:14:20.500><c> unto</c><00:14:20.720><c> me,</c><00:14:20.940><c> thou</c><00:14:21.059><c> son</c><00:14:21.379><c> of</c><00:14:21.580><c> Zippor.</c>

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God<00:14:22.679><c> is</c><00:14:22.899><c> not</c><00:14:23.179><c> a</c><00:14:23.379><c> man</c><00:14:23.740><c> that</c><00:14:23.940><c> he</c><00:14:24.139><c> should</c><00:14:24.340><c> lie,</c><00:14:25.820><c> neither</c><00:14:26.059><c> the</c><00:14:26.279><c> son</c>

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of<00:14:26.679><c> man</c><00:14:26.879><c> that</c><00:14:27.059><c> he</c><00:14:27.240><c> should</c><00:14:27.419><c> repent.</c>

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Have<00:14:28.820><c> he</c><00:14:29.100><c> said</c><00:14:29.360><c> and</c><00:14:29.779><c> shall</c><00:14:29.980><c> he</c><00:14:30.159><c> not</c><00:14:30.320><c> do</c><00:14:30.519><c> it</c><00:14:30.659><c> or</c><00:14:30.840><c> have</c><00:14:30.940><c> he</c><00:14:31.159><c> spoken</c>

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See<00:14:33.879><c> the</c><00:14:34.200><c> important</c><00:14:34.480><c> teaching</c><00:14:34.919><c> that</c><00:14:35.080><c> there</c><00:14:35.259><c> is</c><00:14:35.399><c> in</c><00:14:35.580><c> that</c><00:14:35.799><c> verse.</c>

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When<00:14:54.799><c> God</c><00:14:55.059><c> speaks</c><00:14:55.559><c> and</c><00:14:55.840><c> men</c><00:14:56.000><c> misunderstand</c><00:14:56.820><c> what</c><00:14:57.120><c> he</c><00:14:57.419><c> says,</c>

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it's<00:14:57.899><c> not</c><00:14:58.100><c> because</c><00:14:58.360><c> God</c><00:14:58.639><c> has</c><00:14:58.919><c> deliberately</c><00:15:00.000><c> made</c><00:15:01.539><c> his</c><00:15:02.200><c> words</c>

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deliberately<00:15:05.080><c> made</c><00:15:05.600><c> his</c><00:15:05.879><c> word</c><00:15:06.299><c> hard</c><00:15:06.799><c> to</c><00:15:07.120><c> hear.</c>

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This<00:15:09.659><c> is</c><00:15:09.820><c> the</c><00:15:09.940><c> reason</c><00:15:10.100><c> as</c><00:15:10.259><c> I've</c><00:15:10.500><c> spoken</c><00:15:10.659><c> to</c><00:15:10.799><c> them</c><00:15:10.919><c> in</c><00:15:11.179><c> parables</c>

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that<00:15:11.759><c> hearing</c><00:15:11.980><c> they</c><00:15:12.240><c> shall</c><00:15:12.419><c> hear</c>

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not<00:15:17.799><c> hear,</c>

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we<00:15:18.220><c> cannot</c><00:15:18.539><c> say</c><00:15:18.840><c> that</c><00:15:19.019><c> the</c><00:15:19.159><c> Lord</c><00:15:19.320><c> Jesus</c><00:15:19.659><c> was</c><00:15:19.980><c> deliberately</c>

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His<00:15:24.779><c> message</c><00:15:25.100><c> was</c><00:15:25.399><c> there</c><00:15:25.659><c> for</c><00:15:25.820><c> those</c><00:15:26.120><c> who</c><00:15:26.299><c> were</c><00:15:26.460><c> prepared</c><00:15:26.759><c> to</c>

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seek<00:15:27.539><c> and</c><00:15:27.720><c> to</c><00:15:28.019><c> find</c><00:15:28.200><c> it</c><00:15:28.480><c> out,</c>

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It<00:15:31.820><c> was</c><00:15:32.000><c> the</c><00:15:32.240><c> honor</c><00:15:32.399><c> of</c><00:15:32.700><c> kings</c><00:15:33.399><c> to</c><00:15:34.259><c> search</c><00:15:34.580><c> out</c><00:15:34.860><c> a</c><00:15:35.000><c> matter</c>

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and<00:15:36.299><c> the</c><00:15:36.500><c> word</c><00:15:36.639><c> was</c><00:15:36.879><c> put</c><00:15:37.059><c> in</c><00:15:37.279><c> that</c><00:15:37.580><c> form</c><00:15:37.960><c> so</c><00:15:38.179><c> that</c><00:15:38.320><c> when</c><00:15:38.460><c> it</c><00:15:38.620><c> was</c><00:15:38.919><c> found,</c>

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And<00:15:44.340><c> for</c><00:15:44.519><c> those</c><00:15:44.779><c> who</c><00:15:44.940><c> are</c><00:15:45.100><c> not</c><00:15:45.320><c> prepared</c><00:15:45.620><c> to</c><00:15:45.899><c> look,</c>

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They<00:15:59.940><c> cannot</c><00:16:00.139><c> turn</c><00:16:00.440><c> around</c><00:16:00.580><c> at</c><00:16:00.779><c> the</c><00:16:00.879><c> end</c><00:16:01.059><c> and</c><00:16:01.480><c> charge</c><00:16:01.919><c> God</c>

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Let's<00:16:47.860><c> just</c><00:16:48.039><c> look</c><00:16:48.159><c> at</c><00:16:48.399><c> others,</c><00:16:48.879><c> shall</c><00:16:48.980><c> we,</c><00:16:49.159><c> in</c><00:16:49.639><c> the</c><00:16:49.879><c> pastoral</c><00:16:50.179><c> letters.</c>

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Verse<00:17:04.220><c> 15.</c>

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This<00:17:05.480><c> is</c><00:17:05.660><c> a</c><00:17:05.839><c> faithful</c><00:17:06.200><c> saying</c><00:17:06.579><c> and</c><00:17:06.839><c> worthy</c><00:17:07.099><c> of</c><00:17:07.279><c> all</c><00:17:07.500><c> acceptation</c>

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that<00:17:08.400><c> Christ</c><00:17:08.779><c> Jesus</c><00:17:09.140><c> came</c><00:17:09.400><c> into</c><00:17:09.619><c> the</c><00:17:09.779><c> world</c><00:17:10.019><c> to</c><00:17:10.259><c> save</c><00:17:10.559><c> sinners.</c>

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sins<00:17:34.039><c> which</c><00:17:34.420><c> separate</c>

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between<00:17:35.220><c> us</c><00:17:35.539><c> and</c><00:17:35.700><c> God,</c><00:17:36.460><c> and</c><00:17:36.660><c> if</c><00:17:36.799><c> we</c><00:17:36.940><c> wish</c><00:17:37.079><c> to</c><00:17:37.240><c> be</c><00:17:37.480><c> united</c><00:17:37.880><c> with</c><00:17:38.119><c> God,</c>

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then<00:17:38.559><c> first</c><00:17:38.880><c> of</c><00:17:39.099><c> all</c><00:17:39.440><c> we</c><00:17:39.720><c> have</c><00:17:39.900><c> to</c><00:17:40.140><c> recognize</c><00:17:40.839><c> the</c><00:17:41.619><c> love</c><00:17:41.980><c> and</c>

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and<00:17:42.720><c> the</c><00:17:42.859><c> grace</c><00:17:43.059><c> which</c><00:17:43.200><c> has</c><00:17:43.359><c> been</c><00:17:43.559><c> bestowed</c><00:17:43.960><c> toward</c><00:17:44.240><c> us</c><00:17:44.440><c> by</c><00:17:44.640><c> the</c><00:17:44.819><c> sacrifice</c><00:17:45.299><c> of</c><00:17:45.500><c> Christ,</c>

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then<00:17:46.559><c> that's</c><00:17:46.799><c> going</c><00:17:46.880><c> to</c><00:17:47.000><c> put</c><00:17:47.079><c> a</c><00:17:47.339><c> different</c><00:17:47.599><c> complexion</c><00:17:48.319><c> upon</c>

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our<00:17:48.839><c> dealings</c><00:17:49.160><c> with</c><00:17:49.359><c> each</c><00:17:49.599><c> other.</c>

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Our<00:17:51.420><c> salvation</c><00:17:51.900><c> has</c><00:17:52.099><c> come</c><00:17:52.319><c> about</c><00:17:53.160><c> through</c><00:17:53.680><c> the</c><00:17:53.880><c> work</c><00:17:54.039><c> of</c><00:17:54.200><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:17:56.339><c> we</c><00:17:56.579><c> are</c><00:17:56.880><c> all,</c><00:17:57.839><c> each</c><00:17:58.180><c> of</c><00:17:58.279><c> us</c><00:17:58.460><c> stands</c><00:17:58.839><c> in</c><00:17:59.200><c> need</c><00:17:59.640><c> of</c><00:17:59.980><c> that</c><00:18:00.259><c> salvation.</c>

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Or<00:18:02.059><c> 1st</c><00:18:02.380><c> Timothy</c><00:18:02.559><c> chapter</c><00:18:03.019><c> 3</c><00:18:03.740><c> and</c><00:18:04.079><c> verse</c><00:18:04.359><c> 1.</c>

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This<00:18:05.740><c> is</c><00:18:05.940><c> a</c><00:18:06.180><c> true</c><00:18:06.420><c> saying.</c>

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If<00:18:07.819><c> a</c><00:18:08.059><c> man</c><00:18:08.440><c> desires</c><00:18:09.000><c> the</c><00:18:09.299><c> office</c><00:18:09.619><c> of</c><00:18:09.819><c> a</c><00:18:09.940><c> bishop,</c><00:18:10.960><c> he</c><00:18:11.200><c> desires</c><00:18:11.819><c> a</c>

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good<00:18:12.519><c> work.</c>

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You<00:18:14.319><c> say,</c><00:18:14.440><c> well</c><00:18:14.500><c> that</c><00:18:14.740><c> doesn't</c><00:18:15.140><c> quite</c><00:18:15.559><c> seem</c><00:18:15.859><c> to</c><00:18:16.039><c> fit</c><00:18:16.160><c> into</c><00:18:16.400><c> the</c>

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and<00:18:23.039><c> the</c><00:18:23.240><c> faithful</c><00:18:23.480><c> sayings</c><00:18:23.819><c> are</c><00:18:23.980><c> to</c><00:18:24.119><c> mention</c><00:18:24.440><c> there.</c>

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And<00:18:25.680><c> moreover</c><00:18:26.059><c> it</c><00:18:26.220><c> seems</c><00:18:26.619><c> to</c><00:18:26.799><c> be</c><00:18:27.019><c> saying,</c>

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well<00:18:28.380><c> it's</c><00:18:28.640><c> good</c><00:18:28.880><c> if</c><00:18:29.059><c> people</c><00:18:29.380><c> want</c><00:18:29.680><c> to</c><00:18:30.440><c> bear</c><00:18:30.660><c> the</c><00:18:30.900><c> rule</c><00:18:31.059><c> over</c>

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Surely<00:18:34.660><c> all</c><00:18:34.900><c> that</c><00:18:34.980><c> you've</c><00:18:35.079><c> been</c><00:18:35.359><c> saying</c><00:18:35.700><c> is</c><00:18:36.099><c> talking</c><00:18:36.440><c> about</c><00:18:36.839><c> humility</c>

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and<00:18:39.000><c> that</c><00:18:39.599><c> really</c><00:18:39.819><c> we</c><00:18:39.960><c> ought</c><00:18:40.079><c> to</c><00:18:40.180><c> be</c><00:18:40.460><c> cooperating</c><00:18:41.119><c> one</c><00:18:41.339><c> with</c><00:18:41.579><c> another.</c>

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This<00:18:42.160><c> sounds</c><00:18:42.519><c> as</c><00:18:42.740><c> if</c><00:18:43.680><c> this</c><00:18:44.099><c> faithful</c><00:18:44.539><c> saying</c><00:18:45.059><c> is</c><00:18:46.160><c> indicating</c>

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that<00:18:46.880><c> we</c><00:18:46.880><c> ought</c><00:18:47.220><c> to</c><00:18:47.440><c> be</c><00:18:47.660><c> wanting</c><00:18:47.980><c> to</c><00:18:48.680><c> be</c><00:18:49.220><c> top</c><00:18:49.500><c> dog</c><00:18:49.779><c> on</c><00:18:50.119><c> every</c><00:18:50.400><c> occasion.</c>

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Well<00:18:50.900><c> that's</c><00:18:51.059><c> not</c><00:18:51.259><c> what</c><00:18:51.400><c> the</c><00:18:51.599><c> passage</c><00:18:51.799><c> is</c><00:18:52.019><c> saying</c><00:18:52.160><c> at</c><00:18:52.480><c> all.</c>

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This<00:18:54.160><c> is</c><00:18:54.359><c> a</c><00:18:54.519><c> true</c><00:18:54.700><c> saying.</c>

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If<00:18:55.079><c> a</c><00:18:55.180><c> man</c><00:18:55.359><c> desires</c><00:18:55.599><c> the</c><00:18:55.740><c> office</c><00:18:55.960><c> of</c><00:18:56.119><c> a</c><00:18:56.359><c> bishop,</c><00:18:57.859><c> an</c><00:18:58.160><c> overseer,</c>

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he<00:19:00.180><c> desires</c><00:19:00.660><c> a</c><00:19:00.980><c> good</c><00:19:01.220><c> work.</c>

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This<00:19:02.460><c> is</c><00:19:02.720><c> someone</c><00:19:02.960><c> who</c><00:19:03.160><c> wants,</c><00:19:03.559><c> if</c><00:19:03.720><c> at</c><00:19:03.859><c> all</c><00:19:04.079><c> possible,</c><00:19:05.380><c> to</c><00:19:05.579><c> see</c>

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the<00:19:06.319><c> full</c><00:19:06.619><c> picture.</c>

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Remember<00:19:07.440><c> this</c><00:19:07.579><c> is</c><00:19:07.740><c> how</c><00:19:07.819><c> we</c><00:19:08.079><c> started</c><00:19:08.400><c> at</c><00:19:08.579><c> the</c><00:19:08.660><c> beginning</c><00:19:08.859><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:09.160><c> week.</c>

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How<00:19:10.119><c> important</c><00:19:10.599><c> the</c><00:19:10.839><c> full</c><00:19:11.079><c> picture</c><00:19:11.480><c> is.</c>

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This<00:19:12.740><c> is</c><00:19:12.960><c> someone</c><00:19:13.140><c> who</c><00:19:13.279><c> isn't</c><00:19:13.559><c> concerned</c><00:19:14.079><c> just</c><00:19:14.460><c> with</c><00:19:15.019><c> a</c><00:19:15.480><c> small</c><00:19:16.039><c> segment</c>

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which<00:19:17.299><c> is</c><00:19:17.440><c> going</c><00:19:17.539><c> to</c><00:19:17.660><c> get</c><00:19:17.759><c> him</c><00:19:17.920><c> out</c><00:19:18.140><c> of</c><00:19:18.359><c> balance.</c>

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Someone<00:19:19.200><c> who</c><00:19:19.400><c> wants</c><00:19:19.759><c> to</c><00:19:20.500><c> oversee,</c><00:19:22.279><c> someone</c><00:19:22.460><c> who</c><00:19:22.579><c> wants</c><00:19:22.799><c> to</c><00:19:23.059><c> appreciate</c><00:19:23.680><c> it</c><00:19:23.920><c> all.</c>

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He<00:19:24.259><c> desires</c><00:19:24.599><c> a</c><00:19:24.900><c> good</c><00:19:25.079><c> work.</c>

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That's<00:19:26.859><c> a</c><00:19:27.000><c> good</c><00:19:27.180><c> thing.</c>

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If<00:19:28.819><c> each</c><00:19:29.039><c> of</c><00:19:29.240><c> us,</c><00:19:30.440><c> despite</c><00:19:30.900><c> our</c><00:19:31.180><c> individual</c><00:19:31.940><c> abilities</c><00:19:32.720><c> and</c><00:19:33.700><c> interests,</c>

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could<00:19:34.960><c> wish</c><00:19:35.220><c> to</c><00:19:35.440><c> see</c><00:19:35.640><c> the</c><00:19:35.940><c> whole,</c><00:19:37.460><c> then</c><00:19:37.779><c> we</c><00:19:38.039><c> would</c><00:19:38.279><c> desire</c><00:19:38.599><c> a</c>

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good<00:19:39.079><c> thing.</c>

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That's<00:19:40.359><c> something</c><00:19:40.640><c> all</c><00:19:41.220><c> of</c><00:19:41.339><c> us</c><00:19:41.480><c> should</c><00:19:41.619><c> be</c><00:19:41.859><c> trying</c><00:19:42.059><c> to</c><00:19:42.299><c> do.</c>

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We'll<00:19:44.259><c> look</c><00:19:44.380><c> at</c><00:19:44.460><c> the</c><00:19:44.579><c> next</c><00:19:44.819><c> chapter,</c><00:19:45.859><c> 1</c><00:19:45.960><c> Timothy</c><00:19:46.220><c> 4</c><00:19:47.079><c> and</c><00:19:48.259><c> verse</c><00:19:48.579><c> 9.</c>

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It's<00:19:54.779><c> difficult</c><00:19:55.079><c> to</c><00:19:55.279><c> know</c><00:19:55.380><c> where</c><00:19:55.579><c> the</c><00:19:55.799><c> faithful</c><00:19:56.099><c> saying</c><00:19:56.460><c> is</c>

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here<00:19:57.660><c> in</c><00:19:57.980><c> this</c><00:19:58.240><c> passage.</c>

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This<00:19:59.460><c> is</c><00:19:59.599><c> a</c><00:19:59.759><c> faithful</c><00:20:00.059><c> saying</c><00:20:00.420><c> and</c><00:20:00.700><c> worthy</c><00:20:00.980><c> of</c><00:20:01.259><c> all</c><00:20:01.519><c> acceptation.</c>

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Does<00:20:02.440><c> that</c><00:20:02.660><c> refer</c><00:20:03.160><c> to</c><00:20:03.720><c> the</c><00:20:03.900><c> verse</c><00:20:04.119><c> that</c><00:20:04.319><c> goes</c><00:20:04.500><c> before?</c>

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Well,<00:20:05.940><c> bodily</c><00:20:06.220><c> exercise</c><00:20:06.940><c> profiteth</c><00:20:07.519><c> only</c><00:20:07.779><c> for</c><00:20:08.000><c> a</c><00:20:08.119><c> little</c><00:20:08.299><c> time,</c>

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but<00:20:08.980><c> godliness</c><00:20:09.380><c> is</c><00:20:09.720><c> profitable</c><00:20:10.039><c> unto</c><00:20:10.339><c> all</c><00:20:10.619><c> things,</c>

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having<00:20:11.920><c> promise</c><00:20:12.220><c> of</c><00:20:12.380><c> the</c><00:20:12.539><c> life</c><00:20:12.740><c> that</c><00:20:13.000><c> now</c><00:20:13.240><c> is</c><00:20:13.500><c> and</c><00:20:13.619><c> of</c><00:20:13.779><c> that</c><00:20:13.960><c> which</c><00:20:14.119><c> is</c>

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to<00:20:14.539><c> come.</c>

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Well,<00:20:16.279><c> if</c><00:20:16.400><c> it</c><00:20:16.460><c> does</c><00:20:16.660><c> apply</c><00:20:16.920><c> to</c><00:20:17.099><c> that,</c><00:20:17.240><c> it</c><00:20:17.359><c> is</c><00:20:17.539><c> a</c><00:20:17.640><c> good</c><00:20:17.839><c> saying,</c>

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isn't<00:20:18.400><c> it?</c>

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How<00:20:19.160><c> easy</c><00:20:19.420><c> it</c><00:20:19.640><c> is</c><00:20:19.799><c> for</c><00:20:20.019><c> us</c><00:20:20.180><c> to</c><00:20:20.319><c> get</c><00:20:20.559><c> carried</c><00:20:20.799><c> away</c><00:20:21.160><c> by</c><00:20:21.960><c> sporting</c><00:20:22.400><c> activity.</c>

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And<00:20:24.119><c> as</c><00:20:24.240><c> we</c><00:20:24.359><c> get</c><00:20:24.539><c> older</c><00:20:24.759><c> we</c><00:20:24.960><c> discover</c><00:20:25.339><c> that</c><00:20:25.500><c> we</c><00:20:25.619><c> can't</c><00:20:25.819><c> do</c><00:20:26.019><c> it</c>

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quite<00:20:26.420><c> so</c><00:20:26.700><c> well</c>

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and<00:20:26.960><c> it's</c><00:20:27.160><c> only</c><00:20:27.319><c> going</c><00:20:27.460><c> to</c><00:20:27.680><c> profit</c><00:20:27.839><c> us</c><00:20:28.039><c> for</c><00:20:28.279><c> a</c><00:20:28.359><c> short</c><00:20:28.559><c> time.</c>

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What<00:20:29.299><c> is</c><00:20:29.299><c> much</c><00:20:29.299><c> more</c><00:20:29.740><c> profitable</c><00:20:30.220><c> is</c><00:20:31.480><c> to</c><00:20:31.980><c> exercise</c><00:20:32.680><c> our</c><00:20:33.160><c> minds</c>

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and<00:20:35.099><c> our</c><00:20:35.380><c> energies</c>

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in<00:20:36.380><c> the</c><00:20:36.519><c> things</c><00:20:36.700><c> which</c><00:20:36.880><c> have</c><00:20:37.059><c> to</c><00:20:37.220><c> do</c><00:20:37.339><c> with</c><00:20:37.480><c> the</c><00:20:37.599><c> purpose</c><00:20:37.940><c> of</c><00:20:38.180><c> god.</c>

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It<00:20:38.619><c> would</c><00:20:38.759><c> be</c><00:20:38.960><c> a</c><00:20:39.099><c> good</c><00:20:39.420><c> faithful</c><00:20:39.819><c> saying</c><00:20:40.200><c> if</c><00:20:40.359><c> that</c><00:20:40.559><c> was</c><00:20:40.759><c> the</c><00:20:40.900><c> one.</c>

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Or<00:20:42.140><c> does</c><00:20:42.339><c> it</c><00:20:42.480><c> apply</c><00:20:42.799><c> to</c><00:20:42.960><c> the</c><00:20:43.099><c> verse</c><00:20:43.319><c> that</c><00:20:43.660><c> follows,</c><00:20:45.339><c> verse</c><00:20:45.660><c> 10,</c>

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for<00:20:46.759><c> therefore</c><00:20:47.180><c> we</c><00:20:47.400><c> both</c><00:20:47.700><c> labour</c><00:20:48.099><c> and</c><00:20:48.539><c> suffer</c><00:20:48.799><c> reproach,</c>

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because<00:20:50.660><c> we</c><00:20:50.960><c> trust</c><00:20:51.259><c> in</c><00:20:51.480><c> the</c><00:20:51.640><c> living</c><00:20:51.900><c> god</c><00:20:52.559><c> who</c><00:20:53.079><c> is</c><00:20:53.359><c> the</c><00:20:53.660><c> saviour</c>

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of<00:20:54.839><c> all</c><00:20:55.259><c> men,</c>

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especially<00:20:56.839><c> of</c><00:20:57.059><c> those</c><00:20:57.660><c> that</c><00:20:58.140><c> believe.</c>

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Our<00:21:00.599><c> belief,</c><00:21:02.500><c> our</c><00:21:02.740><c> trust</c><00:21:03.200><c> in</c><00:21:03.660><c> the</c><00:21:03.779><c> fact</c><00:21:03.920><c> that</c><00:21:04.099><c> god's</c><00:21:04.539><c> purpose</c>

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will<00:21:05.160><c> work</c><00:21:05.400><c> itself</c><00:21:05.799><c> out,</c>

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means<00:21:07.319><c> that</c><00:21:07.819><c> whatever</c><00:21:08.140><c> happens</c><00:21:08.700><c> in</c><00:21:08.960><c> our</c><00:21:09.220><c> lives</c><00:21:09.480><c> we</c><00:21:09.700><c> continue</c>

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to<00:21:10.519><c> labour,</c>

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even<00:21:11.680><c> if</c><00:21:11.859><c> it</c><00:21:11.940><c> means</c><00:21:12.180><c> that</c><00:21:12.359><c> we</c><00:21:12.500><c> suffer</c><00:21:12.759><c> reproach,</c>

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because<00:21:15.180><c> our</c><00:21:15.660><c> trust</c><00:21:15.960><c> and</c><00:21:16.180><c> our</c><00:21:16.400><c> hope</c><00:21:16.539><c> is</c><00:21:16.720><c> not</c><00:21:16.940><c> set</c><00:21:17.119><c> in</c><00:21:17.259><c> the</c><00:21:17.359><c> things</c><00:21:17.539><c> of</c><00:21:17.779><c> man,</c>

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but<00:21:18.559><c> in</c><00:21:18.720><c> the</c><00:21:18.859><c> things</c><00:21:19.059><c> of</c><00:21:19.319><c> god.</c>

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So<00:21:20.059><c> whichever</c><00:21:20.279><c> way</c><00:21:20.440><c> you</c><00:21:20.619><c> take</c><00:21:20.900><c> it,</c><00:21:21.039><c> whether</c><00:21:21.160><c> you</c><00:21:21.279><c> take</c><00:21:21.519><c> it</c><00:21:21.920><c> the</c>

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verse<00:21:22.299><c> that</c><00:21:22.559><c> proceeds</c>

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or<00:21:23.099><c> the</c><00:21:23.259><c> verse</c><00:21:23.460><c> that</c><00:21:23.819><c> follows,</c><00:21:25.039><c> there</c><00:21:25.220><c> is</c><00:21:25.380><c> a</c><00:21:25.559><c> message</c><00:21:25.799><c> here</c><00:21:26.140><c> which</c><00:21:26.339><c> is</c>

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telling<00:21:26.759><c> us</c>

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where<00:21:27.920><c> our</c><00:21:28.420><c> priorities</c><00:21:28.759><c> in</c><00:21:29.039><c> life</c><00:21:29.440><c> should</c><00:21:29.960><c> really</c><00:21:30.420><c> lie.</c>

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But<00:21:33.619><c> the</c><00:21:33.779><c> passage</c><00:21:33.980><c> that</c><00:21:34.099><c> I'd</c><00:21:34.299><c> like</c><00:21:34.400><c> us</c><00:21:34.559><c> to</c><00:21:34.859><c> concentrate</c><00:21:35.180><c> on</c>

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is<00:21:35.759><c> the</c><00:21:35.900><c> one</c><00:21:36.079><c> from</c><00:21:36.279><c> which</c><00:21:36.579><c> our</c><00:21:37.099><c> title</c><00:21:37.380><c> today</c><00:21:38.180><c> is</c><00:21:39.119><c> taken</c>

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and<00:21:40.140><c> that's</c><00:21:40.519><c> in</c><00:21:40.700><c> 1</c><00:21:40.900><c> Timothy</c><00:21:41.259><c> chapter</c><00:21:41.839><c> 3,</c><00:21:47.140><c> verse</c><00:21:47.460><c> 14.</c>

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These<00:21:48.519><c> things</c><00:21:49.299><c> write</c><00:21:49.740><c> I</c><00:21:49.940><c> unto</c><00:21:50.160><c> thee,</c><00:21:50.480><c> hoping</c><00:21:50.740><c> to</c><00:21:50.920><c> come</c><00:21:51.079><c> unto</c>

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thee<00:21:51.460><c> shortly,</c>

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but<00:21:53.140><c> if</c><00:21:53.299><c> I</c><00:21:53.500><c> tarry</c><00:21:53.799><c> long,</c><00:21:54.220><c> that</c><00:21:54.339><c> thou</c><00:21:54.460><c> mayest</c><00:21:54.839><c> know</c><00:21:55.079><c> how</c><00:21:55.279><c> thou</c>

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oughtest<00:21:55.759><c> to</c><00:21:56.000><c> behave</c><00:21:56.259><c> thyself</c>

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in<00:21:57.000><c> the</c><00:21:57.259><c> house</c><00:21:57.720><c> of</c><00:21:57.980><c> God,</c><00:21:59.359><c> which</c><00:21:59.619><c> is</c><00:21:59.920><c> the</c><00:22:00.200><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:00.500><c> of</c><00:22:00.680><c> the</c>

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living<00:22:01.119><c> god,</c>

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the<00:22:01.779><c> pillar</c><00:22:02.079><c> and</c><00:22:02.859><c> ground</c><00:22:03.279><c> of</c><00:22:03.519><c> the</c><00:22:03.740><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:22:05.279><c> without</c><00:22:05.740><c> controversy,</c><00:22:06.900><c> great</c><00:22:06.980><c> is</c><00:22:07.140><c> the</c><00:22:07.279><c> mystery</c><00:22:07.599><c> of</c><00:22:07.880><c> godliness.</c>

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God<00:22:08.559><c> was</c><00:22:08.779><c> manifest</c><00:22:09.240><c> in</c><00:22:09.380><c> the</c><00:22:09.599><c> flesh,</c><00:22:10.539><c> justified</c><00:22:10.880><c> in</c><00:22:11.079><c> the</c><00:22:11.279><c> spirit,</c>

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seen<00:22:11.819><c> of</c><00:22:12.000><c> angels,</c><00:22:12.519><c> preached</c><00:22:12.680><c> unto</c><00:22:12.920><c> the</c><00:22:13.099><c> Gentiles,</c>

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received<00:22:13.940><c> up</c><00:22:15.980><c> into</c><00:22:16.500><c> glory.</c>

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All<00:22:18.440><c> of</c><00:22:18.599><c> those</c><00:22:18.839><c> parts</c><00:22:19.619><c> tell</c><00:22:20.359><c> us</c><00:22:20.579><c> about</c><00:22:20.859><c> the</c><00:22:21.019><c> work</c><00:22:21.240><c> of</c><00:22:21.460><c> the</c><00:22:21.559><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:22:22.140><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:22:22.859><c> the</c><00:22:23.180><c> manifestation</c><00:22:23.720><c> of</c><00:22:24.519><c> the</c><00:22:25.059><c> qualities</c><00:22:25.380><c> of</c><00:22:25.640><c> the</c><00:22:25.819><c> Father</c>

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in<00:22:26.400><c> his</c><00:22:26.720><c> flesh.</c>

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God<00:22:28.000><c> was</c><00:22:28.680><c> manifest</c><00:22:29.599><c> in</c><00:22:29.940><c> the</c><00:22:30.160><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:22:30.960><c> it</c><00:22:31.299><c> starts,</c><00:22:32.039><c> this</c><00:22:32.099><c> little</c><00:22:32.920><c> statement,</c><00:22:34.059><c> was</c><00:22:34.380><c> it</c><00:22:34.579><c> a</c><00:22:34.680><c> hymn?</c>

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This<00:22:35.039><c> little</c><00:22:35.380><c> hymn</c><00:22:36.680><c> with</c><00:22:37.039><c> that</c><00:22:37.279><c> wonderful</c><00:22:38.019><c> declaration</c>

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of<00:22:39.380><c> the</c><00:22:39.559><c> manifestation</c><00:22:40.279><c> of</c><00:22:40.539><c> the</c><00:22:40.700><c> glory</c><00:22:41.039><c> of</c><00:22:41.299><c> God.</c>

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But<00:22:44.099><c> just</c><00:22:44.579><c> keep</c><00:22:44.859><c> your</c><00:22:45.019><c> finger</c><00:22:45.220><c> in</c><00:22:45.420><c> 1</c><00:22:45.660><c> Timothy</c><00:22:45.940><c> 3</c><00:22:46.380><c> and</c><00:22:46.680><c> turn</c><00:22:46.920><c> back</c><00:22:47.099><c> to</c>

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Mark<00:22:47.599><c> chapter</c><00:22:48.019><c> 16</c>

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and<00:22:50.680><c> notice</c><00:22:51.160><c> how</c><00:22:52.400><c> the</c><00:22:53.240><c> passage</c><00:22:53.539><c> in</c><00:22:53.819><c> Timothy</c><00:22:54.160><c> is</c><00:22:55.140><c> built</c>

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upon<00:22:57.380><c> this</c><00:22:57.759><c> closing</c><00:22:58.160><c> chapter</c><00:22:58.559><c> in</c><00:22:58.720><c> the</c><00:22:58.839><c> Gospel</c><00:22:59.160><c> of</c><00:22:59.500><c> Mark.</c>

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Mark,<00:23:05.319><c> whose</c><00:23:05.380><c> Gospel</c><00:23:05.720><c> is</c><00:23:05.920><c> perhaps</c><00:23:06.279><c> the</c><00:23:06.420><c> most</c><00:23:06.759><c> succinct</c><00:23:07.440><c> of</c>

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all<00:23:08.559><c> the</c><00:23:08.700><c> Gospel</c><00:23:09.059><c> writers,</c>

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and<00:23:10.700><c> now</c><00:23:10.880><c> in</c><00:23:11.000><c> this</c><00:23:11.279><c> last</c><00:23:11.599><c> chapter</c><00:23:12.039><c> summarizing</c><00:23:13.259><c> all</c><00:23:14.079><c> that</c><00:23:14.319><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:14.660><c> Jesus</c><00:23:15.019><c> Christ</c><00:23:15.440><c> has</c><00:23:15.740><c> done.</c>

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So<00:23:18.200><c> God,</c><00:23:18.680><c> who</c><00:23:18.680><c> was</c><00:23:19.400><c> manifest</c><00:23:19.799><c> in</c><00:23:19.980><c> the</c><00:23:20.200><c> flesh,</c><00:23:20.819><c> was</c><00:23:21.480><c> justified</c>

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in<00:23:22.700><c> the</c><00:23:23.019><c> spirit,</c>

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as<00:23:25.819><c> we</c><00:23:26.019><c> see</c><00:23:26.180><c> from</c><00:23:26.380><c> verse</c><00:23:26.680><c> 6</c><00:23:27.059><c> of</c><00:23:27.279><c> Mark</c><00:23:27.539><c> 16.</c>

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Be<00:23:28.640><c> not</c><00:23:28.940><c> afraid,</c><00:23:30.059><c> ye</c><00:23:30.220><c> seek</c><00:23:30.339><c> Jesus</c><00:23:30.700><c> of</c><00:23:30.920><c> Nazareth,</c><00:23:31.259><c> which</c><00:23:31.380><c> was</c><00:23:31.619><c> crucified,</c>

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he<00:23:32.460><c> is</c><00:23:32.680><c> risen,</c><00:23:34.059><c> justified</c><00:23:34.779><c> in</c><00:23:35.039><c> the</c><00:23:35.259><c> spirit,</c><00:23:35.539><c> he</c><00:23:35.660><c> is</c><00:23:35.819><c> not</c><00:23:36.079><c> here.</c>

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Behold<00:23:37.500><c> the</c><00:23:38.000><c> place</c><00:23:38.460><c> where</c><00:23:39.000><c> they</c><00:23:39.259><c> laid</c><00:23:39.500><c> him.</c>

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He<00:23:40.660><c> was</c><00:23:41.059><c> seen</c><00:23:41.319><c> of</c><00:23:41.519><c> angels,</c><00:23:42.000><c> verse</c><00:23:42.259><c> 5,</c><00:23:42.799><c> entering</c><00:23:43.000><c> into</c><00:23:43.279><c> the</c><00:23:43.420><c> sepulchre,</c>

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they<00:23:43.940><c> saw</c><00:23:44.119><c> a</c><00:23:44.259><c> young</c><00:23:44.480><c> man</c><00:23:44.799><c> sitting</c><00:23:45.039><c> on</c><00:23:45.220><c> the</c><00:23:45.359><c> right</c><00:23:45.619><c> side,</c>

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clothed<00:23:46.900><c> in</c><00:23:47.059><c> a</c><00:23:47.180><c> long</c><00:23:47.400><c> white</c><00:23:47.660><c> garment,</c><00:23:48.700><c> and</c><00:23:49.019><c> they</c><00:23:49.240><c> were</c><00:23:49.940><c> affrighted.</c>

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Preach<00:23:51.500><c> to</c><00:23:51.680><c> the</c><00:23:51.859><c> Gentiles,</c><00:23:52.420><c> well</c><00:23:52.559><c> that's</c><00:23:52.759><c> what</c><00:23:52.960><c> the</c><00:23:53.180><c> message</c>

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says<00:23:53.740><c> in</c><00:23:53.900><c> verse</c><00:23:54.220><c> 15,</c>

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go<00:23:54.920><c> into</c><00:23:55.160><c> all</c><00:23:55.400><c> the</c><00:23:55.559><c> world</c><00:23:55.799><c> and</c><00:23:56.079><c> preach</c><00:23:56.240><c> the</c><00:23:56.420><c> Gospel</c><00:23:56.880><c> to</c><00:23:57.619><c> every</c><00:23:58.000><c> creature.</c>

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And<00:23:59.000><c> verse</c><00:23:59.220><c> 20,</c><00:23:59.539><c> they</c><00:23:59.720><c> went</c><00:23:59.980><c> forth</c><00:24:00.480><c> and</c><00:24:01.039><c> preached</c><00:24:01.339><c> everywhere,</c>

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the<00:24:02.059><c> Lord</c><00:24:02.400><c> working</c><00:24:03.220><c> with</c><00:24:03.599><c> them.</c>

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Believed<00:24:06.140><c> on</c><00:24:06.539><c> in</c><00:24:06.960><c> the</c><00:24:07.160><c> world,</c><00:24:08.460><c> well</c><00:24:08.640><c> that</c><00:24:08.779><c> was</c><00:24:09.079><c> prophesied</c><00:24:09.740><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:10.180><c> 16,</c>

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he<00:24:10.940><c> that</c><00:24:11.460><c> believeth</c><00:24:12.359><c> and</c><00:24:13.140><c> is</c><00:24:13.319><c> baptized</c><00:24:13.900><c> shall</c><00:24:14.140><c> be</c><00:24:14.359><c> saved,</c>

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but<00:24:15.519><c> he</c><00:24:15.700><c> that</c><00:24:15.960><c> believeth</c><00:24:16.299><c> not</c><00:24:16.559><c> shall</c><00:24:16.779><c> be</c><00:24:17.000><c> condemned.</c>

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And<00:24:19.039><c> received</c><00:24:19.220><c> into</c><00:24:19.519><c> glory,</c><00:24:19.980><c> verse</c><00:24:20.279><c> 19,</c><00:24:20.900><c> so</c><00:24:21.119><c> then</c><00:24:21.619><c> after</c><00:24:22.000><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:24:22.339><c> had</c><00:24:22.619><c> spoken</c><00:24:22.920><c> to</c><00:24:23.180><c> them,</c>

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he<00:24:23.420><c> was</c><00:24:23.680><c> received</c><00:24:23.980><c> up</c><00:24:24.180><c> into</c><00:24:24.359><c> heaven</c><00:24:24.839><c> and</c><00:24:25.460><c> sat</c><00:24:25.599><c> on</c><00:24:25.759><c> the</c><00:24:25.940><c> right</c>

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hand<00:24:26.359><c> of</c><00:24:26.599><c> God,</c>

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and<00:24:27.900><c> they</c><00:24:28.140><c> went</c><00:24:28.359><c> forth</c><00:24:28.900><c> and</c><00:24:29.579><c> preached</c><00:24:29.980><c> everywhere,</c><00:24:30.759><c> the</c><00:24:31.000><c> Lord</c>

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working<00:24:32.160><c> with</c><00:24:32.539><c> them.</c>

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So<00:24:34.660><c> the</c><00:24:34.799><c> message</c><00:24:35.119><c> in</c><00:24:35.380><c> 1</c><00:24:35.579><c> Timothy</c><00:24:35.819><c> chapter</c><00:24:36.319><c> 3</c><00:24:36.539><c> is</c><00:24:36.839><c> reflecting</c>

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what<00:24:37.599><c> we'd</c><00:24:37.859><c> already</c><00:24:38.140><c> learned</c>

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about<00:24:39.299><c> the</c><00:24:39.519><c> work</c><00:24:39.660><c> of</c><00:24:39.859><c> the</c><00:24:40.000><c> Lord</c><00:24:40.339><c> through</c><00:24:40.839><c> the</c><00:24:41.019><c> Gospel</c><00:24:41.420><c> writers.</c>

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If<00:24:42.640><c> you</c><00:24:42.759><c> just</c><00:24:42.900><c> turn</c><00:24:43.039><c> back</c><00:24:43.279><c> to</c><00:24:43.440><c> 1</c><00:24:43.660><c> Timothy</c><00:24:43.960><c> chapter</c><00:24:44.299><c> 3,</c>

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notice<00:24:47.799><c> as</c><00:24:48.079><c> well</c><00:24:48.299><c> that</c><00:24:48.440><c> there</c><00:24:48.680><c> are</c><00:24:48.880><c> two</c><00:24:49.279><c> other</c><00:24:49.599><c> things</c>

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which<00:24:51.400><c> are</c><00:24:51.640><c> happening</c><00:24:51.980><c> at</c><00:24:52.339><c> the</c><00:24:52.579><c> same</c><00:24:52.859><c> time</c><00:24:53.380><c> as</c><00:24:53.940><c> this</c><00:24:54.140><c> information</c><00:24:54.640><c> is</c><00:24:54.819><c> being</c>

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brought<00:24:55.420><c> to</c><00:24:55.660><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:56.079><c> both</c><00:24:56.339><c> of</c><00:24:56.599><c> them</c><00:24:57.440><c> help</c><00:24:57.819><c> us</c><00:24:58.160><c> appreciate</c><00:24:58.759><c> just</c><00:24:59.119><c> the</c><00:24:59.339><c> message</c>

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which<00:24:59.940><c> the</c><00:25:00.099><c> Apostle</c><00:25:00.440><c> Paul</c><00:25:00.660><c> is</c><00:25:00.880><c> bringing</c><00:25:01.200><c> to</c><00:25:01.819><c> his</c><00:25:02.059><c> hearers.</c>

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First<00:25:02.940><c> of</c><00:25:03.099><c> all,</c><00:25:03.240><c> let's</c><00:25:03.420><c> remember</c><00:25:03.839><c> that</c><00:25:04.539><c> Timothy</c><00:25:04.900><c> was</c><00:25:05.200><c> receiving</c><00:25:05.579><c> this</c><00:25:05.880><c> letter</c>

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having<00:25:07.640><c> been</c><00:25:08.359><c> sent</c><00:25:08.740><c> by</c><00:25:09.140><c> Paul</c><00:25:09.380><c> to</c><00:25:09.680><c> Ephesus</c><00:25:10.660><c> to</c><00:25:11.240><c> strengthen</c><00:25:11.700><c> the</c>

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Ecclesias<00:25:12.579><c> that</c><00:25:12.839><c> were</c><00:25:13.099><c> there.</c>

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And<00:25:14.640><c> the</c><00:25:14.779><c> fact</c><00:25:14.940><c> that</c><00:25:15.119><c> it</c><00:25:15.240><c> was</c><00:25:15.559><c> Ephesus</c><00:25:16.920><c> is</c><00:25:17.259><c> important.</c>

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:24.579
Acts<00:25:19.400><c> chapter</c><00:25:19.740><c> 19</c><00:25:20.299><c> records</c><00:25:20.819><c> for</c><00:25:21.160><c> us</c><00:25:22.299><c> the</c><00:25:22.759><c> great</c><00:25:23.400><c> controversy</c>

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:27.799
which<00:25:25.299><c> took</c><00:25:25.579><c> place</c><00:25:26.559><c> in</c><00:25:26.980><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:32.480
So<00:25:28.640><c> verse</c><00:25:28.900><c> 16</c><00:25:29.680><c> of</c><00:25:29.940><c> 1</c><00:25:30.220><c> Timothy</c><00:25:30.519><c> 3</c><00:25:30.940><c> is</c><00:25:31.099><c> just</c><00:25:31.559><c> giving</c><00:25:31.759><c> us</c><00:25:32.019><c> the</c><00:25:32.259><c> clue</c>

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:35.819
that<00:25:32.619><c> we</c><00:25:32.819><c> ought</c><00:25:33.059><c> to</c><00:25:33.279><c> think</c><00:25:33.539><c> back</c><00:25:34.099><c> to</c><00:25:34.400><c> Acts</c><00:25:34.680><c> chapter</c><00:25:35.000><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:25:36.420><c> without</c><00:25:37.000><c> controversy,</c><00:25:39.200><c> great</c><00:25:39.460><c> is</c><00:25:39.660><c> the</c><00:25:39.839><c> mystery</c><00:25:40.180><c> of</c><00:25:40.500><c> godliness.</c>

00:25:41.859 --> 00:25:44.279
The<00:25:42.099><c> controversy</c><00:25:42.500><c> that</c><00:25:42.680><c> took</c><00:25:42.839><c> place</c><00:25:43.079><c> in</c><00:25:43.259><c> Acts</c><00:25:43.460><c> chapter</c><00:25:43.779><c> 19,</c>

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you<00:25:44.420><c> may</c><00:25:44.599><c> remember,</c>

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was<00:25:45.099><c> over</c><00:25:45.480><c> who</c><00:25:45.839><c> should</c><00:25:46.019><c> be</c><00:25:46.299><c> worshipped.</c>

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:56.039
The<00:25:47.900><c> God</c><00:25:48.299><c> whom</c><00:25:48.839><c> Paul</c><00:25:49.480><c> was</c><00:25:50.059><c> preaching</c><00:25:50.460><c> to</c><00:25:50.859><c> them</c><00:25:51.720><c> or</c><00:25:53.000><c> the</c><00:25:53.259><c> goddess</c><00:25:54.000><c> of</c><00:25:54.880><c> the</c><00:25:55.160><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:59.140
And<00:25:56.500><c> so</c><00:25:56.660><c> verse</c><00:25:56.880><c> 16</c><00:25:57.339><c> of</c><00:25:57.579><c> 1</c><00:25:57.759><c> Timothy</c><00:25:58.019><c> 3</c><00:25:58.319><c> goes</c><00:25:58.579><c> on.</c>

00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:04.099
Without<00:25:59.579><c> controversy,</c><00:26:01.119><c> great,</c><00:26:01.880><c> not</c><00:26:02.140><c> great</c><00:26:02.400><c> as</c><00:26:02.599><c> Diana</c><00:26:02.880><c> of</c><00:26:03.099><c> the</c><00:26:03.259><c> Ephesians,</c>

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but<00:26:04.799><c> great</c><00:26:05.240><c> is</c><00:26:05.599><c> the</c><00:26:05.759><c> mystery</c><00:26:06.359><c> of</c><00:26:06.960><c> godliness.</c>

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And<00:26:08.980><c> so</c><00:26:09.099><c> a</c><00:26:09.339><c> contrast</c><00:26:09.839><c> is</c><00:26:10.039><c> being</c><00:26:10.279><c> made</c><00:26:10.579><c> here</c><00:26:10.980><c> between</c><00:26:11.579><c> the</c><00:26:12.579><c> Gospel</c><00:26:13.440><c> preached</c><00:26:14.019><c> in</c>

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:16.019
the<00:26:14.319><c> name</c><00:26:14.460><c> of</c><00:26:14.680><c> the</c><00:26:14.759><c> Lord</c><00:26:14.960><c> Jesus</c><00:26:15.339><c> Christ</c>

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:19.500
and<00:26:16.759><c> the</c><00:26:16.960><c> religion</c><00:26:17.480><c> of</c><00:26:17.700><c> the</c><00:26:17.859><c> people</c><00:26:18.180><c> amongst</c><00:26:18.559><c> whom</c><00:26:18.839><c> the</c><00:26:19.039><c> brethren</c><00:26:19.240><c> and</c>

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.440
sisters<00:26:19.799><c> lived</c>

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had<00:26:21.099><c> their</c><00:26:21.440><c> daily</c><00:26:21.799><c> occupations</c><00:26:22.839><c> who</c><00:26:23.619><c> first</c><00:26:24.079><c> received</c><00:26:24.579><c> the</c><00:26:24.839><c> letter.</c>

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:32.299
Now<00:26:26.799><c> understand</c><00:26:27.240><c> that</c><00:26:28.380><c> Diana</c><00:26:28.859><c> of</c><00:26:29.160><c> the</c><00:26:29.359><c> Ephesians</c><00:26:29.799><c> was</c><00:26:30.039><c> a</c><00:26:30.299><c> meteorite.</c>

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Why<00:26:33.059><c> they</c><00:26:33.299><c> worshipped</c><00:26:33.660><c> a</c><00:26:33.819><c> meteorite,</c><00:26:34.460><c> of</c><00:26:34.500><c> course,</c><00:26:34.720><c> is</c><00:26:34.859><c> almost</c>

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beyond<00:26:35.480><c> belief,</c><00:26:35.920><c> but</c><00:26:36.220><c> they</c><00:26:36.460><c> did.</c>

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:44.440
And<00:26:37.720><c> so</c><00:26:37.940><c> in</c><00:26:38.099><c> this</c><00:26:38.400><c> gloomy</c><00:26:38.880><c> temple</c><00:26:39.599><c> in</c><00:26:40.700><c> Ephesus,</c><00:26:41.960><c> this</c><00:26:42.339><c> meteorite</c><00:26:42.980><c> was</c><00:26:43.299><c> placed.</c>

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:48.960
And<00:26:45.700><c> I</c><00:26:45.980><c> think</c><00:26:46.160><c> the</c><00:26:46.359><c> temple</c><00:26:46.619><c> was</c><00:26:46.980><c> gloomy</c><00:26:47.400><c> because</c><00:26:47.720><c> if</c><00:26:47.960><c> you</c><00:26:48.460><c> were</c>

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:52.259
sort<00:26:49.279><c> of</c><00:26:49.420><c> in</c><00:26:49.559><c> the</c><00:26:49.759><c> dark</c><00:26:50.039><c> and</c><00:26:50.299><c> half</c><00:26:50.579><c> squinted</c><00:26:51.019><c> your</c><00:26:51.259><c> eyes,</c>

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:57.119
then<00:26:52.519><c> the</c><00:26:52.779><c> meteorite</c><00:26:53.359><c> took</c><00:26:53.599><c> on</c><00:26:53.960><c> a</c><00:26:54.180><c> sort</c><00:26:54.299><c> of,</c><00:26:55.460><c> well,</c><00:26:56.279><c> a</c><00:26:56.619><c> gross</c>

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female<00:26:57.920><c> form.</c>

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The<00:27:00.640><c> models</c><00:27:01.099><c> that</c><00:27:01.400><c> Demetrius</c><00:27:02.220><c> and</c><00:27:02.380><c> his</c><00:27:02.579><c> fellow</c><00:27:02.859><c> silversmiths</c>

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:08.180
made<00:27:04.319><c> of</c><00:27:04.980><c> Diana</c><00:27:05.339><c> was</c><00:27:06.200><c> of</c><00:27:06.440><c> a</c><00:27:06.680><c> many</c><00:27:07.059><c>-breasted</c><00:27:07.640><c> woman.</c>

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:10.640
She<00:27:08.640><c> was</c><00:27:08.920><c> a</c><00:27:09.079><c> fertility</c><00:27:09.700><c> goddess.</c>

00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:17.200
The<00:27:11.740><c> human</c><00:27:12.759><c> female</c><00:27:13.640><c> form</c><00:27:14.079><c> corrupted,</c><00:27:15.079><c> and</c><00:27:16.819><c> that</c><00:27:17.000><c> was</c><00:27:17.079><c> what</c>

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they<00:27:17.519><c> worshipped.</c>

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Of<00:27:20.079><c> course,</c><00:27:20.700><c> infant</c><00:27:20.779><c> mortality</c><00:27:21.380><c> was</c><00:27:22.599><c> much</c><00:27:23.019><c> more</c><00:27:23.220><c> of</c><00:27:23.359><c> a</c><00:27:23.380><c> problem</c><00:27:23.660><c> in</c><00:27:23.859><c> those</c><00:27:24.119><c> days</c><00:27:24.359><c> than</c><00:27:24.519><c> it</c>

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is<00:27:24.880><c> in</c><00:27:25.200><c> ours</c>

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:31.279
with<00:27:27.460><c> our</c><00:27:27.880><c> hygiene,</c><00:27:28.619><c> our</c><00:27:28.779><c> medical</c><00:27:29.160><c> knowledge,</c><00:27:29.559><c> which</c><00:27:29.759><c> we</c><00:27:29.980><c> now</c><00:27:30.259><c> have.</c>

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:36.680
And<00:27:31.960><c> so</c><00:27:32.460><c> fertility</c><00:27:33.119><c> became</c><00:27:33.779><c> very</c><00:27:34.319><c> important</c><00:27:35.140><c> to</c><00:27:36.220><c> the</c><00:27:36.440><c> people</c>

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.559
of<00:27:36.859><c> those</c><00:27:37.140><c> days.</c>

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:41.220
That<00:27:37.740><c> was</c><00:27:37.940><c> one</c><00:27:38.160><c> reason</c><00:27:38.400><c> why</c><00:27:38.579><c> they</c><00:27:38.880><c> worshipped</c><00:27:39.279><c> a</c><00:27:39.559><c> fertility</c><00:27:40.099><c> goddess.</c>

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:44.579
It<00:27:41.640><c> went</c><00:27:41.859><c> beyond</c><00:27:42.480><c> just</c><00:27:42.980><c> their</c><00:27:43.240><c> own</c><00:27:43.539><c> reproduction,</c><00:27:44.099><c> of</c><00:27:44.359><c> course.</c>

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:48.059
They<00:27:44.720><c> were</c><00:27:44.920><c> also</c><00:27:45.259><c> concerned</c><00:27:45.880><c> with</c><00:27:46.859><c> the</c><00:27:47.240><c> production</c><00:27:47.599><c> of</c><00:27:47.799><c> their</c>

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fields,<00:27:48.400><c> of</c><00:27:48.559><c> their</c><00:27:48.819><c> crops.</c>

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And<00:27:49.500><c> so</c><00:27:49.640><c> to</c><00:27:49.920><c> worship</c><00:27:50.279><c> a</c><00:27:50.619><c> fertility</c><00:27:51.240><c> goddess</c><00:27:51.660><c> was</c><00:27:52.019><c> very</c><00:27:52.359><c> important</c><00:27:52.759><c> to</c><00:27:52.980><c> them.</c>

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:55.940
All<00:27:53.900><c> their</c><00:27:54.259><c> livelihood</c><00:27:54.559><c> was</c><00:27:54.900><c> involved.</c>

00:27:57.339 --> 00:28:00.160
But<00:27:57.460><c> you</c><00:27:57.619><c> see</c><00:27:57.720><c> the</c><00:27:57.920><c> contrast</c><00:27:58.380><c> now.</c><00:27:59.160><c> Greatest</c><00:27:59.640><c> Diana</c><00:27:59.799><c> of</c><00:28:00.000><c> the</c>

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:02.440
Ephesians,<00:28:00.920><c> greatest</c><00:28:01.160><c> the</c><00:28:01.400><c> mystery</c><00:28:01.700><c> of</c><00:28:01.960><c> godliness.</c>

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:04.279
Where<00:28:03.039><c> is</c><00:28:03.160><c> your</c><00:28:03.359><c> faith</c><00:28:03.599><c> going</c><00:28:03.779><c> to</c><00:28:03.940><c> be</c><00:28:04.099><c> placed?</c>

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:08.940
In<00:28:04.380><c> this</c><00:28:04.559><c> lump</c><00:28:04.759><c> of</c><00:28:05.079><c> stone</c><00:28:05.779><c> or</c><00:28:07.059><c> in</c><00:28:07.299><c> this</c><00:28:07.799><c> goddess?</c>

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:12.759
And<00:28:11.119><c> notice</c><00:28:11.440><c> the</c><00:28:11.660><c> difference.</c>

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:16.519
God<00:28:13.700><c> was</c><00:28:13.960><c> manifest</c><00:28:14.460><c> in</c><00:28:14.740><c> the</c><00:28:15.059><c> flesh.</c>

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:19.359
Not<00:28:17.759><c> a</c><00:28:17.880><c> lump</c><00:28:17.940><c> of</c><00:28:18.240><c> stone.</c>

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:24.319
No<00:28:20.259><c> real</c><00:28:20.720><c> comparison</c><00:28:21.400><c> between</c><00:28:21.799><c> a</c><00:28:22.000><c> meteorite</c><00:28:22.700><c> and</c><00:28:22.900><c> ourselves,</c>

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:28.099
but<00:28:25.579><c> between</c><00:28:25.900><c> the</c><00:28:26.039><c> Lord</c><00:28:26.180><c> Jesus</c><00:28:26.539><c> Christ</c><00:28:26.940><c> and</c><00:28:27.140><c> ourselves</c><00:28:27.779><c> of</c>

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.779
the<00:28:28.319><c> same</c><00:28:28.539><c> nature,</c>

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:32.859
sharing<00:28:30.640><c> with</c><00:28:30.900><c> us</c><00:28:31.180><c> in</c><00:28:31.359><c> the</c><00:28:31.500><c> same</c><00:28:31.740><c> temptations,</c>

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:36.759
and<00:28:33.420><c> yet</c><00:28:33.519><c> Him</c><00:28:33.799><c> being</c><00:28:34.039><c> victorious,</c><00:28:35.420><c> where</c><00:28:35.559><c> we</c><00:28:35.819><c> so</c><00:28:36.039><c> often</c><00:28:36.339><c> fail,</c>

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:41.599
the<00:28:37.119><c> victory</c><00:28:37.440><c> that</c><00:28:37.700><c> came</c><00:28:37.880><c> through</c><00:28:38.140><c> Him,</c><00:28:39.000><c> so</c><00:28:39.140><c> He</c><00:28:39.299><c> was</c><00:28:39.579><c> justified</c><00:28:40.240><c> in</c><00:28:40.460><c> the</c><00:28:40.680><c> Spirit.</c>

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:43.859
And<00:28:42.099><c> it's</c><00:28:42.259><c> that</c><00:28:42.480><c> message</c><00:28:42.799><c> which</c><00:28:42.940><c> has</c><00:28:43.059><c> been</c><00:28:43.339><c> preached</c><00:28:43.559><c> among</c>

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.500
the<00:28:44.019><c> Gentiles</c>

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and<00:28:44.619><c> which</c><00:28:44.779><c> we</c><00:28:44.960><c> have</c><00:28:45.140><c> believed,</c><00:28:45.720><c> we</c><00:28:45.839><c> who</c><00:28:45.980><c> are</c><00:28:46.079><c> in</c><00:28:46.160><c> the</c><00:28:46.359><c> world.</c>

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:50.039
And<00:28:47.779><c> He</c><00:28:47.880><c> was</c><00:28:48.180><c> received</c><00:28:48.539><c> up</c><00:28:48.779><c> into</c><00:28:48.980><c> glory,</c><00:28:49.440><c> of</c><00:28:49.700><c> course,</c>

00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:53.980
because<00:28:50.380><c> all</c><00:28:50.740><c> was</c><00:28:50.940><c> done</c><00:28:51.200><c> to</c><00:28:51.359><c> the</c><00:28:51.539><c> glory</c><00:28:51.819><c> of</c><00:28:52.079><c> God,</c><00:28:52.900><c> the</c><00:28:53.079><c> Father.</c>

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:59.579
So<00:28:54.859><c> on</c><00:28:55.000><c> the</c><00:28:55.099><c> one</c><00:28:55.299><c> hand,</c><00:28:56.259><c> we've</c><00:28:56.539><c> got</c><00:28:58.059><c> greatest</c><00:28:58.519><c> the</c><00:28:58.720><c> mystery</c><00:28:59.000><c> of</c><00:28:59.220><c> godliness</c>

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compared<00:29:00.140><c> with</c><00:29:00.599><c> greatest</c><00:29:01.119><c> Diana</c><00:29:01.480><c> of</c><00:29:01.720><c> the</c><00:29:01.920><c> Ephesians,</c>

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:07.960
the<00:29:03.359><c> temple</c><00:29:03.920><c> of</c><00:29:04.319><c> Diana</c><00:29:04.839><c> compared</c><00:29:05.559><c> with</c><00:29:06.059><c> the</c><00:29:06.400><c> house</c><00:29:06.740><c> of</c><00:29:07.039><c> God,</c>

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:11.380
the<00:29:08.500><c> assembly</c><00:29:09.000><c> who</c><00:29:09.240><c> met</c><00:29:09.460><c> together</c><00:29:09.759><c> in</c><00:29:09.940><c> the</c><00:29:10.259><c> marketplace,</c>

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:14.759
who<00:29:11.819><c> had</c><00:29:11.940><c> to</c><00:29:12.099><c> be</c><00:29:12.380><c> calmed</c><00:29:12.660><c> down</c><00:29:12.960><c> by</c><00:29:13.180><c> the</c><00:29:13.420><c> town</c><00:29:13.640><c> clerk,</c>

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:19.859
that<00:29:15.339><c> assembly</c><00:29:15.759><c> compared</c><00:29:16.259><c> with</c><00:29:17.099><c> the</c><00:29:17.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:18.000><c> of</c><00:29:18.319><c> the</c><00:29:18.559><c> living</c><00:29:18.880><c> God,</c>

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:22.619
that<00:29:20.339><c> temple</c><00:29:20.660><c> which</c><00:29:20.900><c> seemed</c><00:29:21.099><c> to</c><00:29:21.259><c> be</c><00:29:21.420><c> so</c><00:29:21.720><c> secure,</c><00:29:22.460><c> had</c><00:29:22.480><c> been</c>

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:24.279
there<00:29:22.819><c> for</c><00:29:23.119><c> years,</c>

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:27.539
around<00:29:24.720><c> which</c><00:29:24.980><c> all</c><00:29:25.259><c> their</c><00:29:25.640><c> livelihood</c><00:29:26.180><c> revolved,</c>

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:30.680
compared<00:29:28.079><c> with</c><00:29:28.339><c> that</c><00:29:28.599><c> which</c><00:29:28.779><c> was</c><00:29:29.059><c> the</c><00:29:29.380><c> pillar</c><00:29:29.700><c> and</c><00:29:30.180><c> ground</c><00:29:30.460><c> of</c>

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.720
the<00:29:30.859><c> truth.</c>

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:34.779
That's<00:29:32.440><c> one</c><00:29:32.619><c> thing</c><00:29:32.819><c> which</c><00:29:33.000><c> is</c><00:29:33.140><c> happening</c><00:29:33.380><c> in</c><00:29:33.660><c> 1</c><00:29:33.880><c> Timothy</c><00:29:34.160><c> chapter</c><00:29:34.559><c> 3,</c>

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:37.339
and<00:29:34.920><c> you</c><00:29:35.000><c> can</c><00:29:35.240><c> see</c><00:29:35.559><c> how</c><00:29:35.920><c> for</c><00:29:36.059><c> the</c><00:29:36.259><c> people</c><00:29:36.460><c> who</c><00:29:36.700><c> first</c><00:29:37.019><c> received</c>

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.759
the<00:29:37.519><c> letter,</c>

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:40.619
how<00:29:38.319><c> vital</c><00:29:38.740><c> the</c><00:29:39.000><c> message</c><00:29:39.200><c> was</c><00:29:39.480><c> to</c><00:29:39.740><c> them.</c>

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:45.000
Everything<00:29:41.319><c> that</c><00:29:41.480><c> they</c><00:29:41.740><c> put</c><00:29:41.880><c> on</c><00:29:42.160><c> one</c><00:29:42.500><c> side</c><00:29:43.039><c> was</c><00:29:43.680><c> now</c><00:29:43.900><c> being</c><00:29:44.240><c> contrasted</c>

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:48.119
to<00:29:45.140><c> that</c><00:29:45.319><c> which</c><00:29:45.500><c> they</c><00:29:45.720><c> had</c><00:29:45.920><c> embraced</c><00:29:46.559><c> in</c><00:29:47.339><c> the</c><00:29:47.579><c> faith</c><00:29:47.799><c> of</c><00:29:48.000><c> the</c>

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.920
Lord<00:29:48.319><c> Jesus</c><00:29:48.660><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:52.740
They<00:29:49.079><c> didn't</c><00:29:49.299><c> need</c><00:29:49.460><c> a</c><00:29:49.640><c> temple</c><00:29:50.299><c> made</c><00:29:51.720><c> with</c><00:29:52.019><c> hands,</c>

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:57.440
for<00:29:53.559><c> God</c><00:29:53.779><c> is</c><00:29:54.000><c> not</c><00:29:54.240><c> worshipped</c><00:29:55.200><c> by</c><00:29:55.559><c> men's</c><00:29:56.019><c> hands.</c>

00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:02.240
He<00:29:58.420><c> needs</c><00:29:58.940><c> nothing</c><00:29:59.440><c> from</c><00:29:59.740><c> us,</c><00:30:00.640><c> seeing</c><00:30:00.940><c> He</c><00:30:01.099><c> gives</c><00:30:01.339><c> to</c><00:30:01.619><c> all</c><00:30:01.839><c> men</c>

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:05.839
life<00:30:02.859><c> and</c><00:30:03.240><c> breath</c><00:30:03.700><c> and</c><00:30:04.359><c> all</c><00:30:04.700><c> things.</c>

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:08.119
As<00:30:06.579><c> Paul</c><00:30:06.920><c> said</c><00:30:07.119><c> when</c><00:30:07.279><c> he</c><00:30:07.420><c> was</c><00:30:07.559><c> in</c><00:30:07.759><c> Athens,</c>

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:11.240
another<00:30:08.539><c> city</c><00:30:08.900><c> given</c><00:30:09.140><c> over</c><00:30:09.440><c> to</c><00:30:09.619><c> the</c><00:30:09.759><c> worship</c><00:30:10.059><c> of</c><00:30:10.700><c> idols</c>

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:13.880
and<00:30:11.799><c> to</c><00:30:11.900><c> the</c><00:30:12.019><c> construction</c><00:30:12.500><c> of</c><00:30:12.819><c> temples.</c>

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:15.920
So<00:30:14.160><c> that's</c><00:30:14.299><c> one</c><00:30:14.500><c> thing</c><00:30:14.660><c> that's</c><00:30:14.859><c> happening.</c>

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:18.420
But<00:30:16.759><c> there's</c><00:30:16.900><c> something</c><00:30:17.160><c> else</c><00:30:17.440><c> here</c><00:30:17.700><c> as</c><00:30:17.940><c> well,</c>

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:21.240
and<00:30:18.799><c> that's</c><00:30:19.319><c> in</c><00:30:19.559><c> the</c><00:30:19.599><c> middle</c><00:30:19.779><c> of</c><00:30:19.960><c> verse</c><00:30:20.240><c> 15,</c>

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:24.180
where<00:30:22.480><c> the</c><00:30:22.579><c> little</c><00:30:22.900><c> phrase,</c>

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.880
I've<00:30:25.640><c> written</c><00:30:25.740><c> these</c><00:30:26.019><c> things</c><00:30:26.240><c> so</c><00:30:26.440><c> you</c><00:30:26.480><c> might</c><00:30:26.720><c> know</c>

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:28.460
how<00:30:27.059><c> you</c><00:30:27.160><c> ought</c><00:30:27.319><c> to</c><00:30:27.460><c> behave</c><00:30:27.759><c> yourself,</c>

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:31.720
in<00:30:29.380><c> the</c><00:30:29.759><c> house</c><00:30:30.359><c> of</c><00:30:30.700><c> God.</c>

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:34.180
Where<00:30:32.160><c> is</c><00:30:32.359><c> the</c><00:30:32.660><c> first</c><00:30:32.940><c> place</c><00:30:33.279><c> in</c><00:30:33.579><c> Scripture</c>

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:38.180
that<00:30:35.059><c> the</c><00:30:35.319><c> house</c><00:30:35.859><c> of</c><00:30:36.220><c> God</c><00:30:36.579><c> is</c><00:30:36.920><c> mentioned?</c>

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:43.079
Well,<00:30:39.680><c> it's</c><00:30:39.880><c> Genesis</c><00:30:40.299><c> chapter</c><00:30:40.740><c> 28,</c><00:30:42.220><c> remember?</c>

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:47.440
Genesis<00:30:44.900><c> 28</c><00:30:45.500><c> and</c><00:30:45.779><c> Jacob</c><00:30:46.140><c> is</c><00:30:46.500><c> fleeing</c><00:30:46.720><c> for</c><00:30:46.940><c> his</c><00:30:47.160><c> life</c>

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:49.880
and<00:30:47.559><c> he</c><00:30:47.700><c> comes</c><00:30:47.960><c> to</c><00:30:48.160><c> a</c><00:30:48.319><c> place</c><00:30:48.500><c> which</c><00:30:48.900><c> is</c><00:30:49.460><c> named</c>

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:53.640
the<00:30:50.119><c> house</c><00:30:50.519><c> of</c><00:30:50.779><c> God,</c><00:30:51.160><c> Bethel,</c><00:30:51.740><c> for</c><00:30:51.859><c> what</c><00:30:52.099><c> happens</c><00:30:52.519><c> there.</c>

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:56.059
And<00:30:54.140><c> we</c><00:30:54.240><c> know</c><00:30:54.640><c> what</c><00:30:54.940><c> happened.</c>

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:59.099
Jacob<00:30:56.599><c> lies</c><00:30:57.000><c> down</c><00:30:57.779><c> to</c><00:30:58.220><c> sleep.</c>

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:03.779
His<00:30:59.660><c> head</c><00:30:59.940><c> is</c><00:31:00.140><c> on</c><00:31:00.359><c> a</c><00:31:00.460><c> pillar</c><00:31:00.700><c> of</c><00:31:01.880><c> stone,</c><00:31:02.839><c> remember?</c>

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.799
He<00:31:04.720><c> sees</c><00:31:05.019><c> there</c><00:31:05.299><c> a</c><00:31:05.420><c> vision</c><00:31:05.579><c> of</c><00:31:05.859><c> angels</c><00:31:06.240><c> ascending</c><00:31:06.819><c> and</c><00:31:07.119><c> descending</c>

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:10.279
between<00:31:08.660><c> earth</c><00:31:09.059><c> and</c><00:31:09.279><c> heaven.</c>

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:16.819
And<00:31:13.559><c> now</c><00:31:13.819><c> think</c><00:31:14.119><c> of</c><00:31:14.579><c> 1</c><00:31:14.859><c> Timothy</c><00:31:15.160><c> chapter</c><00:31:15.660><c> 3.</c>

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:19.319
I've<00:31:18.140><c> written</c><00:31:18.220><c> these</c><00:31:18.480><c> things</c><00:31:18.740><c> so</c><00:31:18.920><c> you</c><00:31:18.980><c> might</c><00:31:19.160><c> know</c>

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.359
how<00:31:19.519><c> you</c><00:31:19.619><c> ought</c><00:31:19.680><c> to</c><00:31:19.839><c> behave</c><00:31:20.059><c> yourself</c><00:31:20.440><c> in</c><00:31:20.579><c> the</c><00:31:20.779><c> house</c><00:31:21.000><c> of</c><00:31:21.180><c> God,</c>

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.140
which<00:31:21.519><c> is</c><00:31:21.720><c> the</c><00:31:21.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:22.119><c> of</c><00:31:22.319><c> the</c><00:31:22.500><c> living</c><00:31:22.779><c> God,</c>

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:27.279
the<00:31:23.920><c> pillar</c><00:31:24.299><c> and</c><00:31:25.140><c> ground</c><00:31:25.619><c> of</c><00:31:26.119><c> the</c><00:31:26.380><c> truth.</c>

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:30.960
And<00:31:28.140><c> the</c><00:31:28.579><c> things</c><00:31:28.779><c> that</c><00:31:28.960><c> we</c><00:31:29.140><c> have</c><00:31:29.279><c> here</c><00:31:29.480><c> in</c><00:31:29.740><c> 1</c><00:31:29.920><c> Timothy</c><00:31:30.200><c> chapter</c><00:31:30.579><c> 3,</c>

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:37.819
God's<00:31:31.460><c> house,</c><00:31:32.700><c> a</c><00:31:32.880><c> pillar,</c><00:31:34.660><c> angels,</c><00:31:36.519><c> a</c><00:31:36.859><c> stone,</c>

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:42.880
all<00:31:38.740><c> of</c><00:31:38.920><c> these</c><00:31:39.180><c> things</c><00:31:39.599><c> we</c><00:31:39.920><c> find</c><00:31:40.339><c> in</c><00:31:40.779><c> Genesis</c><00:31:41.319><c> chapter</c><00:31:42.240><c> 28.</c>

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:46.279
Let's<00:31:43.960><c> just</c><00:31:44.039><c> have</c><00:31:44.180><c> a</c><00:31:44.259><c> look</c><00:31:44.359><c> there</c><00:31:44.579><c> together,</c><00:31:45.039><c> shall</c><00:31:45.099><c> we?</c>

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:52.160
And<00:31:47.960><c> the</c><00:31:48.680><c> brethren</c><00:31:48.960><c> and</c><00:31:49.220><c> sisters</c><00:31:49.579><c> were</c><00:31:50.920><c> taught</c>

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.980
and<00:31:53.559><c> sang</c><00:31:54.019><c> one</c><00:31:54.319><c> to</c><00:31:54.579><c> another.</c>

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:58.559
Were<00:31:55.579><c> they</c><00:31:56.039><c> teaching</c><00:31:56.339><c> themselves</c><00:31:56.880><c> these</c><00:31:57.259><c> things?</c>

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:01.200
Genesis<00:31:59.980><c> 28</c><00:32:00.539><c> and</c><00:32:00.680><c> verse</c><00:32:00.940><c> 11,</c>

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:03.819
He<00:32:01.339><c> lighted</c><00:32:01.720><c> upon</c><00:32:01.900><c> a</c><00:32:02.119><c> certain</c><00:32:02.339><c> place</c><00:32:02.740><c> and</c><00:32:02.980><c> tarried</c><00:32:03.160><c> there</c><00:32:03.400><c> all</c><00:32:03.640><c> night,</c>

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:06.039
because<00:32:04.119><c> the</c><00:32:04.420><c> sun</c><00:32:04.819><c> was</c><00:32:05.480><c> set.</c>

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:10.500
Notice?<00:32:07.279><c> He</c><00:32:07.599><c> lighted</c><00:32:08.039><c> upon</c><00:32:08.500><c> a</c><00:32:09.119><c> certain</c><00:32:09.559><c> place.</c>

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:13.259
And<00:32:11.440><c> earlier</c><00:32:11.680><c> this</c><00:32:11.940><c> week</c><00:32:12.119><c> we</c><00:32:12.319><c> noted</c><00:32:12.579><c> how</c><00:32:12.799><c> important</c>

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:15.559
that<00:32:13.480><c> word</c><00:32:13.880><c> place</c><00:32:14.359><c> is.</c>

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:17.660
It's<00:32:16.140><c> a</c><00:32:16.259><c> place</c><00:32:16.420><c> of</c><00:32:16.660><c> worship.</c>

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:20.259
It's<00:32:18.140><c> a</c><00:32:18.259><c> place</c><00:32:18.440><c> where</c><00:32:18.660><c> God's</c><00:32:19.059><c> name</c><00:32:19.279><c> is</c><00:32:19.519><c> going</c><00:32:19.660><c> to</c><00:32:19.819><c> be</c><00:32:20.000><c> honoured.</c>

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:23.039
It's<00:32:20.500><c> a</c><00:32:20.619><c> place</c><00:32:20.819><c> where</c><00:32:21.039><c> men</c><00:32:21.359><c> call</c><00:32:21.799><c> upon</c><00:32:22.119><c> the</c><00:32:22.380><c> name</c><00:32:22.599><c> of</c><00:32:22.819><c> God.</c>

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:26.359
He<00:32:23.339><c> lighted</c><00:32:23.720><c> upon</c><00:32:24.180><c> a</c><00:32:24.700><c> certain</c><00:32:25.039><c> place,</c>

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.700
tarried<00:32:28.039><c> there</c><00:32:28.259><c> all</c><00:32:28.480><c> night,</c><00:32:28.700><c> because</c><00:32:28.940><c> the</c><00:32:29.180><c> sun</c><00:32:29.279><c> was</c><00:32:29.539><c> set,</c>

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:32.059
and<00:32:29.859><c> took</c><00:32:30.019><c> at</c><00:32:30.140><c> the</c><00:32:30.460><c> stones</c><00:32:30.819><c> of</c><00:32:31.019><c> that</c><00:32:31.279><c> place</c><00:32:31.539><c> and</c><00:32:31.740><c> put</c><00:32:31.900><c> them</c>

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:36.720
for<00:32:32.160><c> His</c><00:32:32.440><c> pillows</c><00:32:32.960><c> and</c><00:32:33.180><c> lay</c><00:32:33.380><c> down</c><00:32:33.599><c> in</c><00:32:33.779><c> that</c><00:32:34.240><c> place</c><00:32:34.799><c> to</c><00:32:35.880><c> sleep.</c>

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:39.220
And<00:32:37.299><c> He</c><00:32:37.539><c> dreamed,</c><00:32:37.779><c> and</c><00:32:37.900><c> behold,</c><00:32:38.140><c> a</c><00:32:38.299><c> ladder</c><00:32:38.460><c> set</c><00:32:38.680><c> up</c><00:32:38.839><c> on</c><00:32:38.960><c> the</c><00:32:39.099><c> earth,</c>

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.579
and<00:32:39.359><c> the</c><00:32:39.420><c> top</c><00:32:39.579><c> of</c><00:32:39.720><c> it</c><00:32:39.799><c> reached</c><00:32:40.039><c> to</c><00:32:40.240><c> heaven,</c>

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:44.099
and<00:32:41.099><c> behold,</c><00:32:41.559><c> the</c><00:32:41.640><c> angels</c><00:32:41.940><c> of</c><00:32:42.160><c> God</c><00:32:42.380><c> ascending</c><00:32:42.980><c> and</c><00:32:43.299><c> descending</c><00:32:43.759><c> on</c><00:32:44.000><c> it,</c>

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:47.700
and<00:32:44.279><c> behold,</c><00:32:44.720><c> the</c><00:32:44.880><c> Lord</c><00:32:45.160><c> stood</c><00:32:45.880><c> above</c><00:32:46.480><c> it.</c>

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.940
The<00:32:48.000><c> revised</c><00:32:48.259><c> version</c><00:32:48.599><c> margin</c><00:32:49.059><c> says,</c>

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:51.420
and<00:32:50.160><c> the</c><00:32:50.240><c> revised</c><00:32:50.519><c> standard</c><00:32:50.799><c> version</c><00:32:51.140><c> says,</c>

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.980
and<00:32:51.700><c> the</c><00:32:51.859><c> Lord</c><00:32:52.099><c> stood</c><00:32:52.400><c> by</c><00:32:52.740><c> Him.</c>

00:32:56.420 --> 00:33:01.420
It's<00:32:56.519><c> as</c><00:32:56.660><c> if</c><00:32:56.900><c> here</c><00:32:57.559><c> Jacob</c><00:32:58.440><c> was</c><00:32:58.700><c> being</c><00:32:59.079><c> granted</c><00:32:59.539><c> a</c><00:32:59.900><c> theophany.</c>

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:03.779
God<00:33:01.819><c> was</c><00:33:02.079><c> being</c><00:33:02.420><c> manifest</c><00:33:03.000><c> to</c><00:33:03.259><c> Jacob.</c>

00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:08.660
The<00:33:04.440><c> glory</c><00:33:04.779><c> of</c><00:33:05.039><c> God</c><00:33:05.200><c> in</c><00:33:05.380><c> His</c><00:33:05.640><c> angelic</c><00:33:06.299><c> presence</c><00:33:06.859><c> was</c><00:33:07.359><c> now</c><00:33:07.720><c> with</c><00:33:08.140><c> Jacob,</c>

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:12.819
and<00:33:08.960><c> the</c><00:33:09.119><c> Lord</c><00:33:09.579><c> stood</c><00:33:10.460><c> by</c><00:33:11.380><c> Him.</c>

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:17.220
God<00:33:14.539><c> had</c><00:33:14.839><c> drawn</c><00:33:15.079><c> near</c><00:33:15.460><c> to</c><00:33:15.740><c> Jacob</c><00:33:16.039><c> in</c><00:33:16.240><c> this</c><00:33:16.519><c> time</c><00:33:16.779><c> of</c><00:33:17.000><c> need</c>

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:19.140
and<00:33:17.319><c> was</c><00:33:17.519><c> going</c><00:33:17.660><c> to</c><00:33:17.759><c> be</c><00:33:17.880><c> with</c><00:33:18.079><c> him,</c>

00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:22.920
and<00:33:19.799><c> said,</c><00:33:21.259><c> I</c><00:33:21.359><c> am</c><00:33:21.619><c> the</c><00:33:21.839><c> Lord,</c><00:33:22.160><c> the</c><00:33:22.259><c> God</c><00:33:22.440><c> of</c><00:33:22.579><c> Abraham,</c>

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.519
thy<00:33:23.140><c> father,</c><00:33:23.599><c> and</c><00:33:23.700><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> God</c><00:33:23.920><c> of</c><00:33:24.140><c> Isaac.</c>

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:27.220
The<00:33:25.079><c> land</c><00:33:25.339><c> whereon</c><00:33:25.660><c> thou</c><00:33:25.900><c> liest,</c><00:33:26.359><c> to</c><00:33:26.460><c> thee</c><00:33:26.559><c> will</c><00:33:26.740><c> I</c><00:33:26.880><c> give</c><00:33:27.059><c> it,</c>

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:29.799
and<00:33:27.299><c> to</c><00:33:27.420><c> thy</c><00:33:27.619><c> seed,</c><00:33:28.400><c> and</c><00:33:28.539><c> thy</c><00:33:28.720><c> seed</c><00:33:28.880><c> shall</c><00:33:29.019><c> be</c><00:33:29.140><c> as</c><00:33:29.299><c> the</c><00:33:29.420><c> dust</c><00:33:29.619><c> of</c>

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.940
the<00:33:30.019><c> earth.</c>

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:33.700
These<00:33:31.619><c> were</c><00:33:32.059><c> the</c><00:33:32.400><c> promises</c><00:33:32.660><c> made</c><00:33:32.980><c> to</c><00:33:33.220><c> Abraham,</c>

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:37.460
now<00:33:34.059><c> being</c><00:33:34.339><c> repeated</c><00:33:34.859><c> to</c><00:33:35.099><c> Jacob,</c><00:33:35.720><c> vouchsafed</c><00:33:36.519><c> to</c><00:33:36.940><c> him.</c>

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:40.299
Thou<00:33:38.220><c> shalt</c><00:33:38.460><c> spread</c><00:33:38.740><c> abroad</c><00:33:39.000><c> to</c><00:33:39.140><c> the</c><00:33:39.279><c> west</c><00:33:39.519><c> and</c><00:33:39.680><c> the</c><00:33:39.859><c> east,</c>

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.700
to<00:33:40.640><c> the</c><00:33:40.839><c> north</c><00:33:41.039><c> and</c><00:33:41.200><c> to</c><00:33:41.319><c> the</c><00:33:41.500><c> south,</c>

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:44.759
and<00:33:41.900><c> in</c><00:33:42.059><c> thee</c><00:33:42.200><c> and</c><00:33:42.339><c> in</c><00:33:42.500><c> thy</c><00:33:42.779><c> seed</c><00:33:43.079><c> shall</c><00:33:43.319><c> all</c><00:33:44.079><c> the</c><00:33:44.259><c> families</c><00:33:44.539><c> of</c>

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.559
the<00:33:44.940><c> earth</c><00:33:45.079><c> be</c><00:33:45.299><c> blessed.</c>

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:48.440
In<00:33:45.940><c> thee</c><00:33:46.279><c> and</c><00:33:46.460><c> in</c><00:33:46.720><c> thy</c><00:33:47.140><c> seed.</c>

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:53.500
And<00:33:49.359><c> he</c><00:33:49.579><c> saith</c><00:33:49.720><c> not</c><00:33:50.279><c> unto</c><00:33:50.759><c> seeds</c><00:33:51.380><c> as</c><00:33:52.339><c> of</c><00:33:52.559><c> many,</c>

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:59.299
but<00:33:54.880><c> unto</c><00:33:55.339><c> thy</c><00:33:55.720><c> seed</c><00:33:55.940><c> as</c><00:33:56.160><c> of</c><00:33:56.500><c> one,</c><00:33:57.539><c> meaning</c><00:33:58.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:03.680
In<00:34:00.819><c> thy</c><00:34:01.200><c> seed</c><00:34:01.579><c> shall</c><00:34:01.779><c> all</c><00:34:02.140><c> families</c><00:34:02.420><c> of</c><00:34:02.619><c> the</c><00:34:02.759><c> earth</c><00:34:02.900><c> be</c><00:34:03.160><c> blessed.</c>

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:08.980
And<00:34:04.559><c> just</c><00:34:04.839><c> as</c><00:34:04.980><c> we</c><00:34:05.240><c> discovered,</c><00:34:06.640><c> because</c><00:34:06.640><c> the</c><00:34:07.039><c> Lord</c><00:34:07.460><c> stood</c><00:34:07.940><c> by</c><00:34:08.420><c> Him,</c>

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:12.659
verse<00:34:09.480><c> 15,</c><00:34:09.920><c> behold,</c><00:34:11.039><c> I</c><00:34:11.219><c> am</c><00:34:11.420><c> with</c><00:34:11.760><c> thee,</c>

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:15.960
and<00:34:13.119><c> will</c><00:34:13.280><c> keep</c><00:34:13.460><c> thee</c><00:34:13.719><c> in</c><00:34:13.880><c> all</c><00:34:14.159><c> places</c><00:34:14.880><c> whither</c><00:34:15.280><c> thou</c><00:34:15.559><c> goest,</c>

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:17.739
and<00:34:16.119><c> will</c><00:34:16.320><c> bring</c><00:34:16.440><c> thee</c><00:34:16.679><c> again</c><00:34:16.960><c> into</c><00:34:17.179><c> this</c><00:34:17.420><c> land,</c>

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:21.760
for<00:34:17.900><c> I</c><00:34:18.039><c> will</c><00:34:18.340><c> not</c><00:34:18.599><c> leave</c><00:34:18.860><c> thee</c><00:34:19.360><c> until</c><00:34:20.059><c> I</c><00:34:20.260><c> have</c><00:34:20.300><c> done</c><00:34:20.420><c> that</c><00:34:20.659><c> which</c><00:34:20.840><c> I</c><00:34:21.059><c> have</c><00:34:21.260><c> spoken</c><00:34:21.559><c> to</c>

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.199
thee<00:34:22.000><c> of.</c>

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:24.139
Jacob<00:34:22.679><c> awaked</c><00:34:23.000><c> out</c><00:34:23.219><c> of</c><00:34:23.340><c> his</c><00:34:23.500><c> sleep</c><00:34:23.659><c> and</c><00:34:23.860><c> said,</c>

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:27.380
surely<00:34:25.099><c> the</c><00:34:25.300><c> Lord</c><00:34:25.519><c> is</c><00:34:25.699><c> in</c><00:34:25.840><c> this</c><00:34:26.079><c> place,</c><00:34:26.340><c> and</c><00:34:26.539><c> I</c><00:34:26.739><c> knew</c><00:34:26.820><c> it</c><00:34:27.059><c> not.</c>

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:32.079
How<00:34:28.320><c> dreadful</c><00:34:28.679><c> is</c><00:34:28.860><c> this</c><00:34:29.019><c> place,</c><00:34:29.300><c> this</c><00:34:29.460><c> is</c><00:34:29.739><c> none</c><00:34:29.900><c> other</c><00:34:30.280><c> but</c><00:34:30.940><c> the</c><00:34:31.139><c> house</c><00:34:31.440><c> of</c><00:34:31.699><c> God.</c>

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:36.199
This<00:34:33.139><c> is</c><00:34:33.599><c> the</c><00:34:33.860><c> gate</c><00:34:34.320><c> of</c><00:34:34.940><c> heaven.</c>

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:40.480
Now<00:34:37.579><c> if</c><00:34:37.699><c> there</c><00:34:37.880><c> is</c><00:34:38.059><c> the</c><00:34:38.320><c> connection,</c><00:34:39.059><c> and</c><00:34:39.139><c> surely</c><00:34:39.400><c> we</c><00:34:39.679><c> recognise</c><00:34:40.139><c> that</c><00:34:40.340><c> it</c>

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.159
is<00:34:40.739><c> there,</c>

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:44.619
if<00:34:41.559><c> there</c><00:34:41.739><c> is</c><00:34:41.900><c> this</c><00:34:42.119><c> connection</c><00:34:42.460><c> between</c><00:34:42.800><c> Genesis</c><00:34:43.199><c> 28</c><00:34:43.760><c> and</c><00:34:44.000><c> 1</c>

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.739
Timothy<00:34:44.980><c> chapter</c><00:34:45.480><c> 3,</c>

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:48.940
I've<00:34:47.119><c> written</c><00:34:47.239><c> these</c><00:34:47.519><c> things</c><00:34:47.780><c> that</c><00:34:48.300><c> thou</c><00:34:48.380><c> mayst</c><00:34:48.659><c> know</c><00:34:48.780><c> how</c>

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:50.280
thou<00:34:49.079><c> might</c><00:34:49.300><c> behave</c><00:34:49.699><c> thyself</c>

00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:54.780
in<00:34:50.760><c> the</c><00:34:50.960><c> house</c><00:34:51.159><c> of</c><00:34:51.340><c> God</c><00:34:51.500><c> which</c><00:34:51.639><c> is</c><00:34:51.860><c> the</c><00:34:52.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:52.639><c> of</c><00:34:52.900><c> the</c><00:34:53.159><c> living</c><00:34:53.559><c> God,</c>

00:34:55.519 --> 00:35:00.840
then<00:34:55.619><c> it's</c><00:34:55.840><c> not</c><00:34:56.039><c> unreasonable</c><00:34:56.559><c> for</c><00:34:56.800><c> us</c><00:34:56.940><c> to</c><00:34:57.179><c> say</c><00:34:57.760><c> that</c><00:34:58.420><c> the</c><00:34:58.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:59.480><c> is</c><00:34:59.840><c> also</c>

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:06.300
the<00:35:01.659><c> place</c><00:35:02.000><c> where</c><00:35:02.539><c> we</c><00:35:03.000><c> meet</c><00:35:03.320><c> with</c><00:35:03.599><c> God</c><00:35:03.880><c> and</c><00:35:04.039><c> God</c><00:35:04.340><c> meets</c><00:35:04.679><c> with</c><00:35:05.000><c> us,</c>

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:09.239
and<00:35:07.079><c> is</c><00:35:07.360><c> the</c><00:35:07.539><c> gate</c><00:35:07.920><c> of</c><00:35:08.280><c> heaven.</c>

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:13.940
It's<00:35:10.920><c> a</c><00:35:10.980><c> very</c><00:35:11.239><c> awe</c><00:35:11.460><c>-inspiring</c><00:35:12.099><c> thought,</c><00:35:12.519><c> isn't</c><00:35:12.760><c> it?</c>

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:17.380
Because<00:35:14.239><c> as</c><00:35:14.380><c> we</c><00:35:14.559><c> meet</c><00:35:14.780><c> together,</c><00:35:15.260><c> and</c><00:35:15.420><c> we</c><00:35:15.559><c> shall</c><00:35:16.300><c> think</c><00:35:17.059><c> about</c>

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:18.920
this,<00:35:17.699><c> I'm</c><00:35:17.920><c> sure,</c>

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:22.320
as<00:35:19.260><c> we</c><00:35:19.760><c> share</c><00:35:19.960><c> bread</c><00:35:20.139><c> and</c><00:35:20.380><c> wine</c><00:35:20.619><c> together</c><00:35:20.940><c> this</c><00:35:21.159><c> afternoon,</c>

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:26.400
as<00:35:23.239><c> we</c><00:35:23.539><c> meet</c><00:35:23.860><c> together,</c><00:35:24.400><c> it's</c><00:35:24.780><c> the</c><00:35:24.920><c> house</c><00:35:25.199><c> of</c><00:35:25.420><c> God,</c>

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:29.539
it's<00:35:27.900><c> the</c><00:35:28.039><c> gate</c><00:35:28.179><c> of</c><00:35:28.400><c> heaven.</c>

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:33.280
Those<00:35:30.760><c> are</c><00:35:30.940><c> the</c><00:35:31.059><c> things</c><00:35:31.280><c> which</c><00:35:31.500><c> we</c><00:35:31.860><c> see,</c><00:35:32.280><c> those</c><00:35:32.320><c> are</c><00:35:32.480><c> the</c><00:35:32.559><c> things</c><00:35:32.760><c> which</c><00:35:32.980><c> we</c>

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.639
think<00:35:33.500><c> about.</c>

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:37.199
So<00:35:35.219><c> verse</c><00:35:35.420><c> 18,</c><00:35:35.880><c> Jacob</c><00:35:36.099><c> rose</c><00:35:36.320><c> early</c><00:35:36.539><c> in</c><00:35:36.659><c> the</c><00:35:36.760><c> morning</c><00:35:36.940><c> and</c><00:35:37.059><c> took</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:38.260
the<00:35:37.480><c> stone</c><00:35:37.639><c> he</c><00:35:37.840><c> had</c><00:35:38.019><c> put</c>

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:41.739
for<00:35:39.139><c> his</c><00:35:39.420><c> pillows</c><00:35:39.739><c> and</c><00:35:40.039><c> set</c><00:35:40.199><c> it</c><00:35:40.340><c> up</c><00:35:40.460><c> for</c><00:35:40.679><c> a</c><00:35:40.840><c> pillar,</c>

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:44.039
and<00:35:42.260><c> poured</c><00:35:42.539><c> oil</c><00:35:42.800><c> on</c><00:35:43.000><c> the</c><00:35:43.099><c> top</c><00:35:43.199><c> of</c><00:35:43.340><c> it</c><00:35:43.440><c> and</c><00:35:43.599><c> called</c><00:35:43.739><c> the</c><00:35:43.840><c> name</c>

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:45.380
of<00:35:44.199><c> that</c><00:35:44.360><c> place</c><00:35:44.659><c> Bethel,</c>

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:48.099
but<00:35:45.920><c> the</c><00:35:46.059><c> name</c><00:35:46.159><c> of</c><00:35:46.320><c> that</c><00:35:46.519><c> city</c><00:35:46.679><c> was</c><00:35:46.980><c> called</c><00:35:47.280><c> Luz</c><00:35:47.559><c> at</c><00:35:47.719><c> the</c><00:35:47.920><c> first.</c>

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:51.800
I<00:35:48.860><c> promised</c><00:35:49.159><c> to</c><00:35:49.420><c> you</c><00:35:49.579><c> and</c><00:35:49.719><c> to</c><00:35:49.840><c> your</c><00:35:50.079><c> seed</c><00:35:50.280><c> this</c><00:35:50.619><c> land.</c>

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:55.860
And<00:35:53.159><c> so</c><00:35:53.340><c> what</c><00:35:53.500><c> does</c><00:35:53.679><c> Jacob</c><00:35:53.960><c> do?</c><00:35:54.199><c> He</c><00:35:54.340><c> takes</c><00:35:54.840><c> off</c><00:35:55.300><c> that</c><00:35:55.579><c> land,</c><00:35:55.760><c> he</c>

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:57.579
takes<00:35:56.179><c> a</c><00:35:56.500><c> stone.</c>

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:03.880
Now<00:35:59.340><c> I</c><00:35:59.360><c> can't</c><00:35:59.619><c> imagine</c><00:36:00.039><c> that</c><00:36:01.139><c> Jacob</c><00:36:01.440><c> had</c><00:36:01.920><c> stone</c><00:36:02.460><c>-cutting</c><00:36:02.980><c> tools</c><00:36:03.539><c> with</c>

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:05.480
him,<00:36:04.440><c> did</c><00:36:04.579><c> he?</c>

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:09.579
So<00:36:06.260><c> it</c><00:36:06.340><c> was</c><00:36:06.480><c> a</c><00:36:06.739><c> stone</c><00:36:07.079><c> cut</c><00:36:07.340><c> out</c><00:36:07.679><c> without</c><00:36:08.079><c> hands,</c>

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:14.039
set<00:36:10.920><c> up</c><00:36:11.119><c> as</c><00:36:11.320><c> a</c><00:36:11.480><c> pillar</c><00:36:11.860><c> and</c><00:36:12.960><c> anointed.</c>

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:19.659
Here<00:36:14.860><c> is</c><00:36:15.320><c> the</c><00:36:15.639><c> Christ,</c><00:36:18.079><c> as</c><00:36:18.340><c> we</c><00:36:18.559><c> read</c><00:36:18.679><c> in</c><00:36:18.820><c> 1</c><00:36:19.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:19.340><c> 10,</c>

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:23.400
the<00:36:19.840><c> rock</c><00:36:20.199><c> that</c><00:36:20.679><c> followed</c><00:36:20.940><c> them</c><00:36:21.539><c> was</c><00:36:22.159><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:27.380
It<00:36:24.119><c> represented</c><00:36:24.599><c> Christ,</c><00:36:26.179><c> and</c><00:36:26.360><c> so</c><00:36:26.699><c> too</c><00:36:26.960><c> here,</c>

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:31.460
represented<00:36:28.199><c> all</c><00:36:28.539><c> that</c><00:36:28.659><c> Christ</c><00:36:28.940><c> stood</c><00:36:29.219><c> for</c><00:36:29.440><c> and</c><00:36:29.619><c> the</c><00:36:29.719><c> fulfilment</c><00:36:30.159><c> of</c><00:36:30.300><c> the</c><00:36:30.480><c> promises,</c>

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:33.699
poured<00:36:32.079><c> oil</c><00:36:32.280><c> on</c><00:36:32.500><c> the</c><00:36:32.579><c> top</c><00:36:32.699><c> of</c><00:36:32.820><c> it</c><00:36:32.900><c> and</c><00:36:33.019><c> called</c><00:36:33.179><c> the</c><00:36:33.320><c> name</c><00:36:33.519><c> of</c>

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that<00:36:33.900><c> place</c><00:36:34.599><c> Bethel.</c>

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And<00:36:36.260><c> Jacob</c><00:36:36.739><c> vowed</c><00:36:37.320><c> a</c><00:36:37.519><c> vow.</c>

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:42.420
Now,<00:36:39.139><c> this</c><00:36:39.320><c> was</c><00:36:39.500><c> not</c><00:36:39.639><c> putting</c><00:36:39.860><c> God</c><00:36:40.099><c> to</c><00:36:40.280><c> the</c><00:36:40.480><c> test.</c><00:36:41.360><c> Please</c><00:36:41.559><c> don't</c><00:36:41.760><c> read</c><00:36:41.980><c> this</c><00:36:42.239><c> vow</c>

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in<00:36:42.619><c> that</c><00:36:42.820><c> way.</c>

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:47.380
This<00:36:43.179><c> wasn't</c><00:36:43.420><c> saying,</c><00:36:44.239><c> I</c><00:36:44.400><c> will</c><00:36:44.559><c> only</c><00:36:44.860><c> serve</c><00:36:45.139><c> God</c><00:36:45.380><c> if</c><00:36:45.519><c> God</c><00:36:45.739><c> looks</c><00:36:46.000><c> after</c><00:36:46.360><c> me.</c>

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:50.159
Might<00:36:48.000><c> appear</c><00:36:48.460><c> to</c><00:36:48.639><c> be</c><00:36:48.739><c> the</c><00:36:49.019><c> surface</c><00:36:49.300><c> reading</c><00:36:49.659><c> of</c><00:36:49.880><c> this,</c><00:36:50.079><c> but</c>

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:51.800
that's<00:36:50.400><c> not</c><00:36:50.559><c> what</c><00:36:50.719><c> Jacob</c><00:36:50.960><c> was</c><00:36:51.219><c> saying.</c>

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:56.340
Jacob<00:36:52.780><c> was</c><00:36:53.019><c> saying,</c><00:36:53.280><c> the</c><00:36:53.280><c> God</c><00:36:53.559><c> whom</c><00:36:53.719><c> I</c><00:36:53.960><c> now</c><00:36:54.199><c> worship</c><00:36:54.480><c> is</c><00:36:54.960><c> the</c><00:36:55.219><c> God</c>

00:36:56.340 --> 00:37:00.619
whom<00:36:56.780><c> I</c><00:36:57.199><c> know</c><00:36:57.719><c> will</c><00:36:58.440><c> be</c><00:36:58.639><c> with</c><00:36:58.820><c> me</c><00:36:59.019><c> at</c><00:36:59.199><c> all</c><00:36:59.400><c> times,</c>

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:03.039
will<00:37:01.360><c> keep</c><00:37:01.579><c> me</c><00:37:01.820><c> in</c><00:37:01.920><c> the</c><00:37:02.059><c> way</c><00:37:02.219><c> that</c><00:37:02.460><c> I</c><00:37:02.679><c> go,</c>

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:07.300
will<00:37:03.760><c> give</c><00:37:04.000><c> me</c><00:37:04.300><c> bread</c><00:37:04.559><c> to</c><00:37:04.860><c> eat,</c><00:37:05.659><c> raiment</c><00:37:05.960><c> to</c><00:37:06.159><c> put</c><00:37:06.360><c> on.</c>

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:11.460
I<00:37:07.940><c> shall</c><00:37:08.219><c> come</c><00:37:08.539><c> again</c><00:37:08.820><c> to</c><00:37:08.980><c> my</c><00:37:09.239><c> Father's</c><00:37:09.679><c> house</c><00:37:10.159><c> in</c><00:37:10.579><c> peace.</c>

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:15.139
This<00:37:12.000><c> Lord</c><00:37:12.619><c> is</c><00:37:13.800><c> the</c><00:37:14.000><c> Lord</c><00:37:14.239><c> who</c><00:37:14.380><c> is</c><00:37:14.619><c> my</c><00:37:14.860><c> God,</c>

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:19.400
and<00:37:15.340><c> this</c><00:37:15.760><c> stone</c><00:37:16.480><c> which</c><00:37:17.539><c> I</c><00:37:17.800><c> have</c><00:37:17.920><c> set</c><00:37:18.239><c> up</c><00:37:18.579><c> for</c><00:37:18.780><c> a</c><00:37:19.000><c> pillar</c>

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:25.159
should<00:37:20.079><c> be</c><00:37:20.239><c> God's</c><00:37:20.639><c> house</c><00:37:21.500><c> and</c><00:37:22.800><c> my</c><00:37:23.039><c> life</c><00:37:23.380><c> is</c><00:37:23.579><c> going</c><00:37:23.719><c> to</c><00:37:23.860><c> be</c><00:37:24.019><c> devoted</c><00:37:24.420><c> to</c><00:37:24.719><c> Thee.</c>

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:29.320
That's<00:37:25.480><c> what</c><00:37:25.659><c> the</c><00:37:25.840><c> last</c><00:37:26.079><c> phrase</c><00:37:26.400><c> means.</c><00:37:27.480><c> My</c><00:37:27.659><c> life</c><00:37:28.280><c> is</c><00:37:29.179><c> going</c>

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:31.159
to<00:37:29.539><c> be</c><00:37:30.079><c> devoted.</c>

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:37.139
So<00:37:33.500><c> back</c><00:37:33.679><c> in</c><00:37:33.840><c> 1</c><00:37:34.039><c> Timothy</c><00:37:34.260><c> chapter</c><00:37:34.659><c> 3,</c><00:37:35.119><c> that's</c><00:37:35.500><c> what</c><00:37:36.079><c> the</c><00:37:36.360><c> Apostle</c><00:37:36.760><c> Paul</c>

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:38.360
is<00:37:37.480><c> telling</c>

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:41.800
our<00:37:38.739><c> brethren</c><00:37:38.960><c> and</c><00:37:39.179><c> sisters</c><00:37:39.360><c> in</c><00:37:39.579><c> Ephesus</c><00:37:39.900><c> and</c><00:37:40.340><c> telling</c><00:37:40.539><c> us</c>

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:45.199
how<00:37:42.539><c> we</c><00:37:43.000><c> ought</c><00:37:43.219><c> to</c><00:37:43.420><c> behave</c><00:37:43.739><c> ourselves</c><00:37:44.260><c> in</c><00:37:44.440><c> the</c><00:37:44.599><c> house</c><00:37:44.820><c> of</c><00:37:45.019><c> God</c>

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:46.639
is<00:37:45.500><c> first</c><00:37:45.860><c> of</c><00:37:46.099><c> all</c>

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:50.300
to<00:37:47.340><c> recognise</c><00:37:47.880><c> that</c><00:37:48.039><c> when</c><00:37:48.199><c> we</c><00:37:48.500><c> meet,</c><00:37:48.880><c> we</c><00:37:48.960><c> meet</c><00:37:49.239><c> together</c><00:37:49.800><c> in</c>

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:51.059
the<00:37:50.539><c> presence</c>

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:55.659
of<00:37:51.940><c> the</c><00:37:52.059><c> Lord</c><00:37:52.280><c> Jesus</c><00:37:52.639><c> Christ</c><00:37:53.079><c> and</c><00:37:53.260><c> of</c><00:37:53.400><c> His</c><00:37:53.800><c> holy</c><00:37:54.179><c> angels.</c>

00:37:56.739 --> 00:38:00.679
It's<00:37:57.340><c> like</c><00:37:57.500><c> the</c><00:37:57.739><c> vision</c><00:37:58.119><c> back</c><00:37:58.619><c> in</c><00:37:58.980><c> John</c><00:37:59.260><c> chapter</c><00:37:59.659><c> 1</c><00:38:00.039><c> which</c><00:38:00.340><c> was</c>

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:02.699
built<00:38:00.960><c> upon</c><00:38:01.280><c> Jacob's</c><00:38:01.900><c> vision.</c>

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:06.000
The<00:38:03.199><c> angels</c><00:38:03.480><c> of</c><00:38:03.719><c> God</c><00:38:03.920><c> ascending</c><00:38:04.460><c> and</c><00:38:04.739><c> descending</c><00:38:05.219><c> between</c>

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.699
earth<00:38:06.300><c> and</c><00:38:06.460><c> heaven</c>

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:12.800
and<00:38:06.840><c> not</c><00:38:07.139><c> in</c><00:38:07.400><c> that</c><00:38:07.739><c> vision</c><00:38:08.239><c> on</c><00:38:09.000><c> a</c><00:38:09.260><c> ladder</c><00:38:09.639><c> but</c><00:38:10.780><c> on</c><00:38:11.039><c> the</c><00:38:11.219><c> Son</c><00:38:11.460><c> of</c><00:38:11.619><c> Man.</c>

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:17.219
And<00:38:14.940><c> we</c><00:38:15.099><c> believe</c><00:38:15.360><c> the</c><00:38:15.559><c> same,</c><00:38:15.880><c> don't</c><00:38:15.980><c> we?</c>

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:21.619
I've<00:38:18.099><c> written</c><00:38:18.219><c> these</c><00:38:18.500><c> things</c><00:38:19.199><c> so</c><00:38:19.460><c> that</c><00:38:19.579><c> I</c><00:38:19.659><c> might</c><00:38:19.860><c> as</c><00:38:20.059><c> know</c><00:38:20.820><c> how</c>

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:23.260
to<00:38:21.840><c> behave</c><00:38:22.239><c> in</c><00:38:22.380><c> the</c><00:38:22.599><c> house</c><00:38:22.840><c> of</c><00:38:23.059><c> God</c>

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:27.940
which<00:38:23.420><c> is</c><00:38:23.619><c> the</c><00:38:23.760><c> church</c><00:38:24.079><c> of</c><00:38:24.320><c> the</c><00:38:24.440><c> living</c><00:38:24.679><c> God,</c><00:38:25.860><c> the</c><00:38:26.179><c> pillar</c><00:38:26.719><c> and</c>

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:29.920
stay<00:38:28.300><c> of</c><00:38:28.679><c> the</c><00:38:28.920><c> truth.</c>

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:37.059
So<00:38:30.760><c> there</c><00:38:30.900><c> must</c><00:38:31.119><c> be</c><00:38:31.300><c> no</c><00:38:32.500><c> controversy</c><00:38:33.440><c> about</c><00:38:35.360><c> those</c><00:38:35.659><c> things</c><00:38:35.920><c> which</c><00:38:36.179><c> we</c><00:38:36.659><c> believe</c>

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:41.139
are<00:38:37.800><c> important</c><00:38:38.260><c> and</c><00:38:38.599><c> fundamental</c><00:38:39.300><c> to</c><00:38:40.139><c> our</c><00:38:40.380><c> understanding</c><00:38:40.900><c> of</c>

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:42.659
the<00:38:41.340><c> work</c><00:38:41.519><c> of</c><00:38:41.760><c> God.</c>

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.900
There<00:38:43.579><c> must</c><00:38:43.760><c> be</c><00:38:43.920><c> no</c><00:38:44.099><c> watering</c><00:38:44.460><c> down</c><00:38:44.880><c> of</c><00:38:45.099><c> them.</c><00:38:45.480><c> There</c><00:38:45.559><c> must</c><00:38:45.739><c> be</c>

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:47.019
no<00:38:46.159><c> compromise</c>

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:53.139
in<00:38:47.940><c> our</c><00:38:48.159><c> declaration</c><00:38:48.820><c> of</c><00:38:49.079><c> them.</c><00:38:50.579><c> Without</c><00:38:51.139><c> controversy,</c><00:38:52.619><c> these</c><00:38:52.940><c> are</c>

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.500
the<00:38:53.260><c> things</c>

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which<00:38:53.679><c> we</c><00:38:53.880><c> believe.</c><00:38:55.500><c> God</c><00:38:55.820><c> was</c><00:38:56.340><c> manifest</c><00:38:57.179><c> in</c><00:38:57.980><c> the</c><00:38:58.280><c> flesh.</c>

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:03.860
He<00:39:00.119><c> was</c><00:39:00.340><c> justified</c><00:39:00.880><c> in</c><00:39:01.059><c> the</c><00:39:01.239><c> spirit,</c><00:39:02.500><c> seen</c><00:39:02.639><c> of</c><00:39:02.820><c> angels,</c><00:39:03.460><c> preached</c><00:39:03.639><c> unto</c>

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.519
the<00:39:04.039><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:07.900
believed<00:39:04.980><c> on</c><00:39:05.119><c> in</c><00:39:05.300><c> the</c><00:39:05.480><c> world,</c><00:39:06.579><c> received</c><00:39:06.940><c> up</c><00:39:07.139><c> into</c><00:39:07.380><c> glory</c><00:39:07.699><c> and</c>

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:10.340
each<00:39:08.199><c> of</c><00:39:08.380><c> those</c><00:39:08.920><c> statements</c>

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:16.159
heads<00:39:11.800><c> up</c><00:39:12.400><c> beliefs</c><00:39:13.039><c> which</c><00:39:13.360><c> we</c><00:39:13.639><c> know</c><00:39:13.820><c> to</c><00:39:14.019><c> be</c><00:39:14.340><c> important</c><00:39:14.780><c> and</c><00:39:15.219><c> true</c>

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:20.219
and<00:39:16.639><c> ones</c><00:39:16.860><c> which</c><00:39:17.059><c> we</c><00:39:17.300><c> should</c><00:39:17.519><c> seek</c><00:39:17.800><c> to</c><00:39:18.059><c> uphold</c><00:39:18.380><c> at</c><00:39:18.619><c> all</c><00:39:18.860><c> times.</c>

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:24.880
And<00:39:21.179><c> in</c><00:39:21.599><c> doing</c><00:39:21.880><c> so</c><00:39:22.219><c> we</c><00:39:22.940><c> unite</c><00:39:23.360><c> together</c><00:39:23.780><c> in</c><00:39:24.159><c> harmony</c><00:39:24.480><c> with</c><00:39:24.719><c> our</c>

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brethren<00:39:25.099><c> and</c><00:39:25.340><c> sisters</c>

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:32.539
behaving<00:39:27.699><c> ourselves</c><00:39:28.599><c> as</c><00:39:29.940><c> God</c><00:39:30.280><c> would</c><00:39:30.639><c> have</c><00:39:30.780><c> us</c><00:39:31.059><c> behave</c><00:39:31.639><c> in</c><00:39:32.320><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:39:32.940><c> of</c><00:39:33.159><c> God.</c>

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Could<00:39:35.059><c> it</c><00:39:35.219><c> be</c><00:39:35.440><c> that</c><00:39:36.460><c> in</c><00:39:36.980><c> the</c><00:39:37.199><c> lives</c><00:39:37.400><c> that</c><00:39:37.659><c> we</c><00:39:37.880><c> live</c><00:39:38.179><c> and</c><00:39:38.460><c> in</c><00:39:40.199><c> the</c>

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:42.760
young<00:39:40.659><c> people</c><00:39:41.179><c> and</c><00:39:41.460><c> children</c>

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:47.039
who<00:39:44.199><c> form</c><00:39:44.480><c> such</c><00:39:44.679><c> an</c><00:39:45.000><c> important</c><00:39:45.300><c> part</c><00:39:45.699><c> of</c><00:39:45.980><c> our</c><00:39:46.340><c> Bible</c><00:39:46.760><c> school</c>

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and<00:39:47.239><c> always</c><00:39:47.699><c> do</c>

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that<00:39:49.019><c> in</c><00:39:49.219><c> those</c><00:39:49.460><c> and</c><00:39:49.579><c> in</c><00:39:49.659><c> the</c><00:39:49.840><c> work</c><00:39:50.039><c> that</c><00:39:50.219><c> we</c><00:39:50.500><c> seek</c><00:39:50.719><c> to</c><00:39:50.960><c> do,</c><00:39:52.139><c> God's</c><00:39:52.579><c> name</c><00:39:52.760><c> might</c><00:39:53.039><c> be</c><00:39:53.500><c> honored</c>

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and<00:39:54.039><c> glorified</c><00:39:54.920><c> and</c><00:39:55.639><c> our</c><00:39:55.980><c> ecclesias</c><00:39:56.500><c> really</c><00:39:57.139><c> are</c><00:39:58.480><c> a</c><00:39:58.900><c> house</c><00:39:59.199><c> of</c><00:39:59.460><c> God,</c>

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ecclesias<00:40:00.980><c> of</c><00:40:01.440><c> the</c><00:40:01.719><c> living</c><00:40:02.099><c> God,</c><00:40:04.039><c> for</c><00:40:04.320><c> we</c><00:40:04.960><c> seek</c><00:40:05.179><c> to</c><00:40:05.420><c> uphold</c><00:40:05.880><c> that</c><00:40:06.639><c> truth</c><00:40:06.940><c> we</c>

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have<00:40:07.320><c> embraced.</c>

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These<00:40:09.019><c> are</c><00:40:09.219><c> the</c><00:40:09.340><c> teachings</c><00:40:09.800><c> which</c><00:40:10.719><c> the</c><00:40:10.920><c> apostle</c><00:40:11.179><c> felt</c><00:40:11.460><c> were</c>

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so<00:40:11.980><c> important</c>

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that<00:40:13.019><c> he</c><00:40:13.340><c> charged</c><00:40:13.840><c> Timothy</c><00:40:14.360><c> and</c><00:40:15.360><c> he</c><00:40:15.659><c> charged</c><00:40:16.139><c> Titus</c><00:40:16.900><c> with</c>

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that<00:40:17.679><c> same</c><00:40:17.940><c> information.</c>

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Let's<00:40:19.480><c> just</c><00:40:19.619><c> in</c><00:40:19.820><c> conclusion</c><00:40:20.179><c> turn</c><00:40:20.460><c> to</c><00:40:20.880><c> the</c><00:40:20.900><c> letter</c><00:40:21.079><c> to</c><00:40:21.340><c> Titus</c>

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in<00:40:21.820><c> chapter</c><00:40:22.119><c> 2.</c>

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And<00:40:31.420><c> verse</c><00:40:31.659><c> 11,</c><00:40:33.739><c> for</c><00:40:33.860><c> the</c><00:40:34.019><c> grace</c><00:40:34.260><c> of</c><00:40:34.480><c> God</c><00:40:34.639><c> that</c><00:40:34.880><c> bringeth</c><00:40:35.199><c> salvation</c><00:40:35.800><c> has</c>

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appeared<00:40:36.380><c> to</c><00:40:36.800><c> all</c><00:40:37.159><c> men</c>

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teaching<00:40:39.920><c> us</c><00:40:40.260><c> that</c><00:40:40.599><c> denying</c><00:40:41.019><c> ungodliness</c><00:40:41.860><c> and</c><00:40:42.280><c> worldly</c><00:40:42.559><c> lusts</c>

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we<00:40:43.920><c> should</c><00:40:44.159><c> live</c><00:40:44.679><c> soberly,</c><00:40:46.300><c> righteously,</c><00:40:47.559><c> ungodly</c><00:40:48.039><c> in</c><00:40:48.179><c> this</c>

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present<00:40:48.760><c> world</c>

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looking<00:40:49.840><c> for</c><00:40:50.079><c> that</c><00:40:50.340><c> blessed</c><00:40:50.719><c> hope</c><00:40:51.159><c> and</c><00:40:51.960><c> the</c><00:40:52.199><c> glorious</c><00:40:52.519><c> appearing</c><00:40:52.920><c> of</c><00:40:53.139><c> the</c>

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great<00:40:53.539><c> God</c>

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and<00:40:54.099><c> our</c><00:40:54.360><c> savior</c><00:40:54.719><c> Jesus</c><00:40:55.119><c> Christ</c><00:40:55.900><c> who</c><00:40:56.400><c> gave</c><00:40:56.679><c> himself</c><00:40:57.159><c> for</c><00:40:57.460><c> us</c>

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that<00:40:58.619><c> he</c><00:40:58.719><c> might</c><00:40:58.940><c> redeem</c><00:40:59.260><c> us</c><00:40:59.480><c> from</c><00:40:59.659><c> all</c><00:40:59.860><c> iniquity</c><00:41:00.920><c> and</c><00:41:01.519><c> purify</c>

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unto<00:41:02.260><c> himself</c>

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a<00:41:04.139><c> people,</c><00:41:04.980><c> a</c><00:41:05.039><c> peculiar</c><00:41:05.460><c> people,</c><00:41:06.860><c> zealous</c><00:41:07.300><c> of</c><00:41:08.039><c> good</c><00:41:08.300><c> works.</c>

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These<00:41:10.679><c> things</c><00:41:11.699><c> speak</c><00:41:12.420><c> and</c><00:41:13.199><c> exhort</c><00:41:13.880><c> and</c><00:41:14.639><c> rebuke</c><00:41:15.000><c> with</c><00:41:15.239><c> all</c><00:41:15.420><c> authority</c>

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and<00:41:17.440><c> let</c><00:41:17.659><c> no</c><00:41:17.920><c> man</c><00:41:18.099><c> despise</c><00:41:18.659><c> thee.</c><00:41:20.179><c> Amen.</c>