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in</c><00:10:22.720><c> and</c><00:10:22.879><c> then</c><00:10:23.019><c> we</c><00:10:23.139><c> came</c><00:10:23.340><c> to</c><00:10:23.519><c> Mytilene.</c> 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:25.879 So<00:10:24.259><c> Paul</c><00:10:24.500><c> joined</c><00:10:25.080><c> the</c><00:10:25.620><c> boat.</c> 00:10:26.139 --> 00:10:28.899 He<00:10:26.360><c> jumped</c><00:10:26.600><c> on</c><00:10:26.840><c> board</c><00:10:26.960><c> that</c><00:10:27.259><c> boat</c><00:10:27.519><c> at</c><00:10:28.320><c> Asos</c> 00:10:28.899 --> 00:10:30.580 and<00:10:29.139><c> then</c><00:10:29.379><c> journeyed</c><00:10:29.679><c> down</c><00:10:29.940><c> to</c><00:10:30.120><c> Mytilene.</c> 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:32.700 Let's<00:10:31.039><c> have</c><00:10:31.220><c> a</c><00:10:31.259><c> look</c><00:10:31.360><c> at</c><00:10:31.500><c> this</c><00:10:31.659><c> journey.</c> 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:35.620 Okay,<00:10:34.899><c> Trailways</c><00:10:35.120><c> is</c><00:10:35.279><c> 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to</c><00:10:47.100><c> the</c><00:10:47.220><c> Gulf</c><00:10:47.500><c> of</c><00:10:47.740><c> Adramitium,</c> 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.860 which<00:10:48.399><c> is</c><00:10:48.679><c> also</c><00:10:48.899><c> referred</c><00:10:49.259><c> to</c><00:10:49.820><c> in</c><00:10:49.960><c> the</c><00:10:50.080><c> biblical</c><00:10:50.360><c> text.</c> 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:52.639 But<00:10:51.379><c> they</c><00:10:51.519><c> didn't</c><00:10:51.620><c> head</c><00:10:51.820><c> into</c><00:10:52.039><c> this</c><00:10:52.279><c> gulf.</c> 00:10:53.059 --> 00:10:55.720 They<00:10:53.500><c> took</c><00:10:53.899><c> the</c><00:10:54.019><c> boat</c><00:10:54.139><c> from</c><00:10:54.419><c> Asos</c><00:10:54.820><c> down</c><00:10:55.139><c> to</c><00:10:55.360><c> Lesbos</c> 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:59.000 and<00:10:56.399><c> that</c><00:10:56.620><c> was</c><00:10:56.759><c> a</c><00:10:56.799><c> journey</c><00:10:57.200><c> of</c><00:10:57.419><c> around</c><00:10:57.679><c> 60</c><00:10:58.019><c> kilometres</c><00:10:58.419><c> by</c><00:10:58.700><c> boat.</c> 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:02.340 So<00:10:59.500><c> approximately</c><00:10:59.960><c> a</c><00:11:00.379><c> two,</c><00:11:00.639><c> three</c><00:11:00.899><c> day</c><00:11:01.120><c> sort</c><00:11:01.360><c> of</c><00:11:01.580><c> trip.</c> 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:06.360 Lesbos<00:11:05.279><c> isn't</c><00:11:05.519><c> mentioned,</c> 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.980 but<00:11:06.519><c> Mytilene</c><00:11:07.299><c> is</c><00:11:07.440><c> the</c><00:11:07.600><c> capital</c><00:11:07.919><c> of</c><00:11:08.100><c> the</c><00:11:08.220><c> island</c><00:11:08.399><c> called</c><00:11:08.639><c> Lesbos.</c> 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:14.240 Mytilene,<00:11:12.879><c> Lesbos</c><00:11:13.320><c> there.</c> 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:17.860 From<00:11:15.419><c> Mytilene,</c><00:11:15.960><c> it</c><00:11:16.080><c> then</c><00:11:16.259><c> says</c><00:11:16.440><c> that</c><00:11:16.740><c> they</c><00:11:17.120><c> took</c><00:11:17.539><c> the</c><00:11:17.679><c> boat</c> 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:18.659 to<00:11:18.340><c> Chios.</c> 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:21.600 Now<00:11:19.259><c> Chios</c><00:11:19.519><c> is</c><00:11:19.700><c> five</c><00:11:19.980><c> kilometres</c><00:11:20.279><c> off</c><00:11:20.539><c> the</c><00:11:20.600><c> coast</c><00:11:20.980><c> of</c><00:11:21.179><c> Smyrna.</c> 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:22.500 Smyrna's<00:11:22.279><c> here.</c> 00:11:22.820 --> 00:11:26.559 Five<00:11:23.100><c> kilometres</c><00:11:23.399><c> off</c><00:11:23.659><c> the</c><00:11:23.820><c> coast</c><00:11:24.440><c> of</c><00:11:24.700><c> Smyrna</c><00:11:25.059><c> is</c><00:11:25.259><c> this</c><00:11:25.440><c> island</c><00:11:25.700><c> of</c><00:11:25.940><c> Chios.</c> 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:29.700 It<00:11:26.799><c> was</c><00:11:26.940><c> then</c><00:11:27.159><c> that</c><00:11:27.379><c> they</c><00:11:27.820><c> headed</c><00:11:28.039><c> to</c><00:11:28.259><c> the</c><00:11:28.379><c> island</c><00:11:28.659><c> of</c><00:11:28.940><c> Samos</c> 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:33.559 and<00:11:30.240><c> stayed</c><00:11:30.799><c> right</c><00:11:31.399><c> on</c><00:11:31.639><c> the</c><00:11:31.840><c> edge</c><00:11:32.080><c> of</c><00:11:32.299><c> the</c><00:11:32.659><c> promontory</c> 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.500 at<00:11:34.279><c> a</c><00:11:34.460><c> place</c><00:11:34.580><c> called</c><00:11:34.860><c> Trigillium.</c> 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:38.100 And<00:11:36.059><c> then</c><00:11:36.179><c> the</c><00:11:36.279><c> next</c><00:11:36.539><c> night,</c><00:11:37.039><c> they</c><00:11:37.279><c> arrived</c><00:11:37.480><c> at</c><00:11:37.639><c> Miletus.</c> 00:11:38.460 --> 00:11:40.700 And<00:11:38.620><c> that's</c><00:11:38.820><c> where</c><00:11:38.919><c> we're</c><00:11:39.039><c> going</c><00:11:39.120><c> to</c><00:11:39.299><c> spend</c><00:11:39.620><c> the</c><00:11:39.919><c> rest</c><00:11:40.139><c> of</c><00:11:40.340><c> tonight</c> 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.460 having<00:11:41.059><c> a</c><00:11:41.139><c> look</c><00:11:41.320><c> at</c><00:11:41.460><c> Paul's</c><00:11:41.840><c> time</c><00:11:42.220><c> in</c><00:11:42.480><c> Miletus.</c> 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.379 So<00:11:43.559><c> basically</c><00:11:44.360><c> a</c><00:11:44.580><c> straight</c><00:11:44.860><c> trip</c><00:11:45.320><c> down</c><00:11:45.720><c> the</c><00:11:45.820><c> west</c><00:11:46.080><c> coast.</c> 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:48.019 They<00:11:46.759><c> couldn't</c><00:11:47.000><c> do</c><00:11:47.139><c> it</c><00:11:47.259><c> all</c><00:11:47.399><c> in</c><00:11:47.580><c> one</c><00:11:47.759><c> night.</c> 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:48.980 Couldn't<00:11:48.320><c> do</c><00:11:48.440><c> it</c><00:11:48.519><c> in</c><00:11:48.620><c> one</c><00:11:48.820><c> trip.</c> 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:51.279 It<00:11:49.200><c> took</c><00:11:49.399><c> probably</c><00:11:49.820><c> around</c><00:11:50.159><c> five,</c><00:11:50.399><c> six</c><00:11:50.720><c> days</c> 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:53.940 to<00:11:51.580><c> have</c><00:11:51.720><c> got</c><00:11:51.840><c> from</c><00:11:52.080><c> Troyes</c><00:11:52.500><c> all</c><00:11:52.919><c> the</c><00:11:53.019><c> way</c><00:11:53.159><c> down</c><00:11:53.360><c> to</c><00:11:53.539><c> Miletus</c> 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:56.440 where<00:11:54.460><c> Paul</c><00:11:54.679><c> was</c><00:11:54.879><c> now</c><00:11:55.139><c> going</c><00:11:55.299><c> to</c><00:11:55.580><c> speak.</c> 00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:58.740 And<00:11:57.399><c> that's</c><00:11:57.659><c> Miletus</c><00:11:58.179><c> today.</c> 00:11:59.100 --> 00:11:59.539 Oh,<00:11:59.179><c> that's</c><00:11:59.379><c> sorry.</c> 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.379 That's<00:11:59.980><c> a</c><00:12:00.100><c> map</c><00:12:00.279><c> of</c><00:12:00.500><c> what</c><00:12:00.779><c> ancient</c><00:12:01.039><c> Miletus</c><00:12:01.559><c> looked</c><00:12:01.940><c> like.</c> 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:04.019 The<00:12:03.000><c> ocean</c><00:12:03.299><c> being</c><00:12:03.460><c> here.</c> 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:05.139 This<00:12:04.460><c> is</c><00:12:04.679><c> the</c><00:12:04.820><c> coast.</c> 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.299 And<00:12:05.659><c> again,</c><00:12:06.259><c> amphitheatre</c><00:12:06.940><c> right</c><00:12:07.440><c> on</c><00:12:07.700><c> the</c><00:12:07.860><c> edge.</c> 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:11.120 Again,<00:12:09.080><c> taking</c><00:12:09.360><c> in</c><00:12:09.539><c> the</c><00:12:09.720><c> fantastic</c><00:12:10.200><c> views</c><00:12:10.480><c> that</c><00:12:10.659><c> are</c><00:12:10.820><c> available.</c> 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:15.659 So<00:12:11.659><c> Paul</c><00:12:11.860><c> arrived</c><00:12:12.460><c> in</c><00:12:12.919><c> the</c><00:12:13.139><c> boat</c><00:12:13.399><c> around</c><00:12:14.000><c> the</c><00:12:14.500><c> port</c><00:12:14.679><c> here.</c> 00:12:16.179 --> 00:12:18.120 And<00:12:16.200><c> who</c><00:12:16.379><c> knows</c><00:12:16.639><c> where</c><00:12:16.840><c> he</c><00:12:17.120><c> spent</c><00:12:17.360><c> his,</c> 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:21.279 at<00:12:18.919><c> least</c><00:12:19.240><c> a</c><00:12:19.500><c> week</c><00:12:19.620><c> it</c><00:12:19.700><c> would</c><00:12:19.879><c> have</c><00:12:20.000><c> been</c><00:12:20.139><c> in</c><00:12:20.299><c> Miletus,</c> 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:23.220 where<00:12:21.460><c> he</c><00:12:21.679><c> spent</c><00:12:21.820><c> his</c><00:12:22.039><c> time</c><00:12:22.259><c> in</c><00:12:22.460><c> this</c><00:12:22.620><c> ancient</c><00:12:22.899><c> city.</c> 00:12:23.460 --> 00:12:26.360 But<00:12:23.600><c> that's</c><00:12:23.940><c> a</c><00:12:24.120><c> redrawn</c><00:12:24.480><c> map</c><00:12:24.799><c> of</c><00:12:25.299><c> that</c><00:12:25.539><c> city.</c> 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:27.159 A<00:12:26.679><c> few</c><00:12:26.720><c> close</c><00:12:26.960><c>-ups.</c> 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:28.419 There's<00:12:27.440><c> the</c><00:12:27.600><c> amphitheatre.</c> 00:12:29.820 --> 00:12:30.860 Massive<00:12:30.340><c> amphitheatre.</c> 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:34.200 It's<00:12:31.419><c> very,</c><00:12:31.759><c> very,</c><00:12:32.000><c> very</c><00:12:32.320><c> large</c><00:12:32.559><c> and</c><00:12:32.820><c> a</c><00:12:32.980><c> huge</c><00:12:33.159><c> capacity.</c> 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:36.100 A<00:12:34.600><c> few</c><00:12:34.659><c> more</c><00:12:34.840><c> pictures</c><00:12:35.120><c> of</c><00:12:35.340><c> that.</c> 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:40.419 Quite<00:12:39.980><c> significant.</c> 00:12:40.419 --> 00:12:42.740 There's<00:12:40.779><c> internal</c><00:12:41.220><c> tunnelling</c><00:12:41.820><c> all</c><00:12:42.059><c> the</c><00:12:42.120><c> way</c><00:12:42.340><c> through</c><00:12:42.539><c> this,</c> 00:12:42.940 --> 00:12:45.200 which<00:12:42.940><c> is</c><00:12:43.600><c> why</c><00:12:43.799><c> they</c><00:12:44.039><c> say</c><00:12:44.139><c> it's</c><00:12:44.259><c> one</c><00:12:44.419><c> of</c><00:12:44.500><c> the</c><00:12:44.519><c> most</c><00:12:44.799><c> amazing</c> 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:46.179 in<00:12:45.399><c> the</c><00:12:45.519><c> ancient</c><00:12:45.740><c> empire.</c> 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:48.740 All<00:12:46.720><c> the</c><00:12:46.799><c> way</c><00:12:46.940><c> around</c><00:12:47.179><c> this</c><00:12:47.419><c> whole</c><00:12:48.159><c> amphitheatre,</c> 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:50.059 there's<00:12:49.039><c> tunnels,</c><00:12:49.480><c> there's</c><00:12:49.600><c> two</c><00:12:49.799><c> heights</c> 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:51.860 for<00:12:50.259><c> the</c><00:12:50.460><c> short</c><00:12:50.639><c> people</c><00:12:50.879><c> and</c><00:12:51.019><c> for</c><00:12:51.200><c> the</c><00:12:51.279><c> tall</c><00:12:51.399><c> people</c> 00:12:51.860 --> 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passageways</c><00:13:02.600><c> and</c><00:13:02.820><c> pathways</c> 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:04.740 all<00:13:03.779><c> the</c><00:13:03.860><c> way</c><00:13:04.000><c> around.</c> 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:06.980 We're<00:13:05.759><c> not</c><00:13:05.919><c> there</c><00:13:06.100><c> yet.</c> 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:08.500 So<00:13:07.740><c> verse</c><00:13:07.919><c> 14.</c> 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:10.019 It<00:13:08.899><c> says</c><00:13:09.139><c> that</c><00:13:09.340><c> it</c><00:13:09.340><c> came</c><00:13:09.580><c> to</c><00:13:09.720><c> Miletus,</c> 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.919 they<00:13:10.360><c> sailed</c><00:13:10.460><c> over</c><00:13:10.659><c> to</c><00:13:10.860><c> Chios,</c><00:13:11.240><c> then</c><00:13:11.440><c> to</c><00:13:11.659><c> Samos,</c> 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.799 and<00:13:12.200><c> then</c><00:13:12.340><c> the</c><00:13:12.419><c> next</c><00:13:12.679><c> day,</c><00:13:12.899><c> it</c><00:13:12.899><c> says</c><00:13:13.100><c> in</c><00:13:13.240><c> verse</c><00:13:13.419><c> 15,</c> 00:13:13.860 --> 00:13:16.879 they<00:13:14.080><c> arrived</c><00:13:14.679><c> at</c><00:13:15.679><c> Miletus.</c> 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:19.000 Now,<00:13:17.720><c> it</c><00:13:17.899><c> tells</c><00:13:18.100><c> us</c><00:13:18.299><c> in</c><00:13:18.440><c> verse</c><00:13:18.580><c> 16,</c> 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:20.940 the<00:13:19.179><c> reason</c><00:13:19.500><c> why</c><00:13:19.799><c> he</c><00:13:19.919><c> didn't</c><00:13:20.139><c> stop</c><00:13:20.419><c> at</c><00:13:20.659><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:22.539 He<00:13:21.139><c> actually</c><00:13:21.539><c> bypassed</c><00:13:22.159><c> Ephesus,</c> 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:25.179 went<00:13:22.980><c> straight</c><00:13:23.279><c> past</c><00:13:23.500><c> Ephesus</c><00:13:23.960><c> and</c><00:13:24.360><c> arrived</c><00:13:24.700><c> at</c><00:13:24.840><c> Miletus.</c> 00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:26.179 And<00:13:25.379><c> it</c><00:13:25.460><c> tells</c><00:13:25.620><c> us</c><00:13:25.820><c> why.</c> 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:29.159 It<00:13:26.480><c> says</c><00:13:26.700><c> because</c><00:13:26.980><c> Paul,</c><00:13:27.399><c> he</c><00:13:27.779><c> didn't</c><00:13:27.980><c> want</c><00:13:28.159><c> to</c><00:13:28.299><c> spend</c><00:13:28.419><c> time</c><00:13:28.659><c> at</c><00:13:28.820><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:30.980 He<00:13:29.320><c> was</c><00:13:29.580><c> worried</c><00:13:29.899><c> that</c><00:13:30.200><c> if</c><00:13:30.340><c> he</c><00:13:30.440><c> went</c><00:13:30.539><c> to</c><00:13:30.659><c> Ephesus,</c> 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:31.940 he'd<00:13:31.240><c> get</c><00:13:31.379><c> caught</c><00:13:31.620><c> up</c> 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:33.980 and<00:13:32.179><c> he</c><00:13:32.320><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:32.539><c> actually</c><00:13:32.899><c> get</c><00:13:33.100><c> to</c><00:13:33.279><c> Jerusalem</c><00:13:33.539><c> in</c><00:13:33.799><c> time.</c> 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:35.799 Now<00:13:34.419><c> that</c><00:13:34.559><c> tells</c><00:13:34.820><c> us,</c><00:13:35.139><c> brothers</c><00:13:35.259><c> and</c><00:13:35.519><c> sisters,</c> 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:40.320 it<00:13:36.200><c> tells</c><00:13:36.460><c> us</c><00:13:36.879><c> how</c><00:13:38.080><c> strong</c><00:13:39.139><c> his</c><00:13:39.480><c> desire</c><00:13:39.840><c> was</c> 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:42.539 to<00:13:40.659><c> get</c><00:13:40.919><c> to</c><00:13:41.120><c> Jerusalem</c><00:13:41.480><c> in</c><00:13:41.720><c> time</c><00:13:41.879><c> for</c><00:13:42.059><c> Pentecost.</c> 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:44.399 It's<00:13:43.240><c> why</c><00:13:43.519><c> he</c><00:13:43.679><c> wanted</c><00:13:43.919><c> to</c><00:13:44.120><c> get</c><00:13:44.240><c> there.</c> 00:13:44.419 --> 00:13:46.919 He<00:13:44.620><c> began</c><00:13:44.919><c> this</c><00:13:45.139><c> journey</c><00:13:45.360><c> from</c><00:13:45.659><c> Corinth</c><00:13:46.000><c> with</c><00:13:46.460><c> the</c><00:13:46.659><c> desire,</c> 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:49.519 I<00:13:47.340><c> have</c><00:13:47.659><c> to</c><00:13:47.820><c> get</c><00:13:47.980><c> to</c><00:13:48.179><c> Jerusalem</c><00:13:48.500><c> in</c><00:13:48.759><c> time</c><00:13:48.919><c> for</c><00:13:49.100><c> Pentecost</c> 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:51.820 because<00:13:49.860><c> I've</c><00:13:50.100><c> got</c><00:13:50.159><c> to</c><00:13:50.299><c> hand</c><00:13:50.500><c> over</c><00:13:50.659><c> this</c><00:13:50.899><c> cold</c><00:13:51.220><c> hard</c><00:13:51.440><c> cash.</c> 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.000 I've<00:13:52.399><c> got</c><00:13:52.460><c> to</c><00:13:52.639><c> hand</c><00:13:52.779><c> over</c><00:13:52.960><c> this</c><00:13:53.120><c> money</c><00:13:53.299><c> to</c><00:13:53.519><c> the</c><00:13:53.720><c> Jews</c> 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.620 as<00:13:54.519><c> a</c><00:13:54.700><c> present</c><00:13:54.840><c> from</c><00:13:55.080><c> the</c><00:13:55.220><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:57.080 It's<00:13:56.019><c> just</c><00:13:56.159><c> Jeremy.</c> 00:13:57.720 --> 00:13:59.059 I<00:13:57.759><c> want</c><00:13:57.840><c> to</c><00:13:57.919><c> hand</c><00:13:58.100><c> over</c><00:13:58.320><c> this,</c> 00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:02.480 the<00:14:00.340><c> cold</c><00:14:00.580><c> hard</c><00:14:00.820><c> cash</c><00:14:01.080><c> which</c><00:14:01.240><c> I've</c><00:14:01.500><c> collected</c><00:14:01.740><c> from</c><00:14:01.980><c> the</c><00:14:02.159><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:05.759 this<00:14:02.759><c> lovely</c><00:14:03.159><c> gift</c><00:14:03.500><c> which</c><00:14:03.899><c> I'm</c><00:14:04.039><c> going</c><00:14:04.200><c> to</c><00:14:04.320><c> give</c><00:14:04.539><c> to</c><00:14:05.200><c> the</c><00:14:05.440><c> Jews</c> 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:07.139 in<00:14:06.220><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:08.940 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not</c><00:14:17.259><c> living</c><00:14:17.519><c> in</c><00:14:17.799><c> luxury.</c> 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:19.279 Maybe<00:14:18.399><c> they</c><00:14:18.639><c> were</c><00:14:18.799><c> in</c><00:14:18.940><c> Corinth.</c> 00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:21.559 But<00:14:19.740><c> you</c><00:14:19.840><c> have</c><00:14:19.960><c> a</c><00:14:20.019><c> look</c><00:14:20.120><c> at</c><00:14:20.240><c> the</c><00:14:20.399><c> life</c><00:14:20.600><c> of</c><00:14:20.820><c> the</c><00:14:20.960><c> Macedonians.</c> 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:23.679 Have<00:14:21.940><c> a</c><00:14:22.000><c> look</c><00:14:22.080><c> at</c><00:14:22.200><c> the</c><00:14:22.379><c> Philippians</c><00:14:22.720><c> and</c><00:14:22.899><c> it</c><00:14:23.039><c> wasn't</c><00:14:23.299><c> easy.</c> 00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:24.700 You<00:14:24.059><c> know,</c><00:14:24.259><c> Paul</c><00:14:24.440><c> said,</c> 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:26.879 I<00:14:25.080><c> wasn't</c><00:14:25.279><c> even</c><00:14:25.580><c> going</c><00:14:25.759><c> to</c><00:14:25.960><c> ask</c><00:14:26.139><c> you</c><00:14:26.340><c> to</c><00:14:26.539><c> contribute</c> 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.179 because<00:14:27.139><c> you're</c><00:14:27.360><c> so</c><00:14:27.679><c> poor</c><00:14:27.960><c> because</c><00:14:28.679><c> you've</c><00:14:28.940><c> got</c><00:14:29.100><c> no</c><00:14:29.299><c> money.</c> 00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:32.139 And<00:14:31.000><c> they</c><00:14:31.220><c> wrote</c><00:14:31.379><c> a</c><00:14:31.480><c> letter</c><00:14:31.580><c> to</c><00:14:31.759><c> Paul</c><00:14:31.919><c> saying,</c> 00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:34.200 Paul,<00:14:32.539><c> please,</c><00:14:33.299><c> will</c><00:14:33.360><c> you</c><00:14:33.440><c> let</c><00:14:33.580><c> us</c><00:14:33.799><c> contribute?</c> 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:35.139 And<00:14:34.779><c> Paul</c><00:14:34.919><c> says,</c> 00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.440 if<00:14:35.559><c> you</c><00:14:35.740><c> want</c><00:14:35.879><c> to</c><00:14:36.100><c> contribute,</c> 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.779 I'll<00:14:36.919><c> let</c><00:14:37.120><c> you</c><00:14:37.379><c> contribute.</c> 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:39.259 But<00:14:38.220><c> I</c><00:14:38.440><c> didn't</c><00:14:38.639><c> want</c><00:14:38.779><c> to</c><00:14:38.919><c> ask</c><00:14:39.080><c> you</c> 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:41.139 because<00:14:39.440><c> I</c><00:14:39.779><c> know</c><00:14:40.039><c> that</c><00:14:40.259><c> you</c><00:14:40.399><c> don't</c><00:14:40.639><c> have</c><00:14:40.860><c> much.</c> 00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:43.659 This<00:14:41.600><c> was</c><00:14:41.860><c> a</c><00:14:42.019><c> gift</c><00:14:42.259><c> that</c><00:14:42.679><c> Paul</c><00:14:42.899><c> had</c><00:14:43.139><c> with</c><00:14:43.379><c> him</c> 00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:45.519 from<00:14:44.100><c> Struggle</c><00:14:44.539><c> Street</c><00:14:44.740><c> to</c><00:14:44.980><c> Battler</c><00:14:45.360><c> Street.</c> 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want</c><00:14:57.799><c> to</c><00:14:57.899><c> go</c><00:14:58.039><c> near</c><00:14:58.179><c> Ephesus,</c> 00:14:58.659 --> 00:14:59.659 but<00:14:58.779><c> when</c><00:14:58.940><c> he</c><00:14:59.100><c> arrives</c><00:14:59.240><c> in</c><00:14:59.340><c> Miletus,</c> 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:01.539 he<00:14:59.820><c> says,</c><00:15:00.059><c> hey,</c><00:15:00.539><c> we're</c><00:15:00.779><c> going</c><00:15:00.799><c> to</c><00:15:00.879><c> be</c><00:15:01.000><c> here</c><00:15:01.139><c> enough</c><00:15:01.340><c> time,</c> 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:03.519 at<00:15:01.720><c> least</c><00:15:02.039><c> a</c><00:15:02.259><c> week,</c><00:15:02.440><c> possibly</c><00:15:02.799><c> even</c><00:15:03.059><c> two</c><00:15:03.240><c> weeks.</c> 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:06.080 Let's<00:15:04.019><c> send</c><00:15:04.200><c> a</c><00:15:04.340><c> message</c><00:15:04.700><c> all</c><00:15:05.120><c> the</c><00:15:05.200><c> way</c><00:15:05.360><c> back</c><00:15:05.559><c> to</c><00:15:05.779><c> Ephesus</c> 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:07.320 and<00:15:06.320><c> tell</c><00:15:06.500><c> them</c><00:15:06.639><c> to</c><00:15:06.820><c> come</c><00:15:06.940><c> down</c><00:15:07.120><c> here.</c> 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.559 Now,<00:15:07.720><c> today</c><00:15:08.000><c> we'd</c><00:15:08.360><c> say,</c> 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:10.340 if<00:15:08.879><c> we're</c><00:15:09.100><c> arriving</c><00:15:09.360><c> on</c><00:15:09.519><c> a</c><00:15:09.679><c> boat</c><00:15:09.799><c> in</c><00:15:09.980><c> Miletus,</c> 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:12.100 we'd<00:15:10.860><c> ring</c><00:15:11.019><c> ahead</c><00:15:11.360><c> and</c><00:15:11.840><c> we'd</c><00:15:12.039><c> say,</c> 00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:13.279 look,<00:15:12.240><c> we're</c><00:15:12.440><c> going</c><00:15:12.559><c> to</c><00:15:12.740><c> be</c><00:15:12.840><c> in</c><00:15:12.940><c> Miletus</c> 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.500 in<00:15:13.440><c> about</c><00:15:13.700><c> three</c><00:15:13.860><c> days'</c><00:15:14.139><c> time.</c> 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:16.899 Are<00:15:14.860><c> you</c><00:15:15.460><c> all</c><00:15:15.580><c> right</c><00:15:15.700><c> to</c><00:15:15.820><c> come</c><00:15:16.019><c> down</c><00:15:16.200><c> and</c><00:15:16.360><c> meet</c><00:15:16.460><c> us</c> 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:18.379 down<00:15:17.159><c> in</c><00:15:17.379><c> Miletus?</c> 00:15:18.500 --> 00:15:20.259 Well,<00:15:18.799><c> they</c><00:15:18.960><c> couldn't</c><00:15:19.159><c> do</c><00:15:19.360><c> that,</c><00:15:19.659><c> brothers</c><00:15:19.759><c> and</c><00:15:19.980><c> sisters.</c> 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:25.179 And<00:15:20.639><c> it</c><00:15:20.700><c> doesn't</c><00:15:20.899><c> even</c><00:15:21.179><c> tell</c><00:15:21.320><c> us</c><00:15:21.539><c> this</c><00:15:21.980><c> here</c><00:15:22.299><c> in</c><00:15:22.559><c> verse</c><00:15:23.200><c> 16</c><00:15:23.960><c> and</c><00:15:24.559><c> 17.</c> 00:15:25.399 --> 00:15:28.460 But<00:15:25.600><c> it</c><00:15:25.700><c> was</c><00:15:25.860><c> a</c><00:15:26.019><c> 40</c><00:15:26.340><c>-kilometre</c><00:15:26.679><c> journey</c><00:15:27.019><c> from</c><00:15:27.320><c> Miletus</c><00:15:27.840><c> to</c><00:15:28.019><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:30.120 So<00:15:28.980><c> let's</c><00:15:29.120><c> just</c><00:15:29.340><c> think</c><00:15:29.480><c> about</c><00:15:29.620><c> this</c><00:15:29.820><c> for</c><00:15:29.960><c> a</c><00:15:30.000><c> minute.</c> 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:32.840 They<00:15:30.700><c> arrive</c><00:15:31.039><c> in</c><00:15:31.860><c> Miletus</c><00:15:32.220><c> and</c><00:15:32.419><c> Paul</c><00:15:32.559><c> says,</c> 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:34.940 he<00:15:33.220><c> finds</c><00:15:33.460><c> out</c><00:15:33.659><c> that</c><00:15:33.779><c> the</c><00:15:33.919><c> boat's</c><00:15:34.120><c> going</c><00:15:34.220><c> to</c><00:15:34.279><c> be</c><00:15:34.379><c> there</c><00:15:34.480><c> for</c><00:15:34.639><c> a</c><00:15:34.720><c> while.</c> 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:36.740 Right,<00:15:35.259><c> what</c><00:15:35.399><c> we're</c><00:15:35.559><c> going</c><00:15:35.580><c> to</c><00:15:35.620><c> do</c><00:15:35.759><c> is</c><00:15:35.820><c> we'll</c><00:15:35.980><c> send</c><00:15:36.139><c> some</c><00:15:36.320><c> messages</c> 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:37.759 back<00:15:37.139><c> out</c><00:15:37.279><c> to</c><00:15:37.440><c> Ephesus</c> 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:40.240 and<00:15:38.100><c> we're</c><00:15:38.240><c> going</c><00:15:38.299><c> to</c><00:15:38.360><c> ask</c><00:15:38.539><c> the</c><00:15:38.779><c> elders</c><00:15:38.980><c> to</c><00:15:39.179><c> come</c><00:15:39.419><c> down.</c> 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:43.419 So<00:15:40.639><c> 40</c><00:15:40.879><c>-kilometre</c><00:15:41.220><c> journey</c><00:15:41.460><c> to</c><00:15:41.639><c> Ephesus,</c><00:15:42.379><c> one</c><00:15:42.580><c> day.</c> 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:45.120 Then<00:15:43.639><c> the</c><00:15:43.759><c> person</c><00:15:44.039><c> who</c><00:15:44.279><c> arrives</c><00:15:44.600><c> in</c><00:15:44.799><c> Ephesus</c> 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.659 has<00:15:45.279><c> got</c><00:15:45.340><c> to</c><00:15:45.519><c> run</c><00:15:45.659><c> around</c><00:15:45.840><c> and</c><00:15:45.960><c> knock</c><00:15:46.120><c> on</c><00:15:46.220><c> all</c><00:15:46.379><c> the</c><00:15:46.500><c> doors</c> 00:15:46.659 --> 00:15:48.279 of<00:15:46.840><c> the</c><00:15:46.980><c> elders</c><00:15:47.139><c> in</c><00:15:47.320><c> the</c><00:15:47.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:47.759><c> and</c><00:15:48.139><c> say,</c> 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.299 hey,<00:15:48.740><c> Paul's</c><00:15:49.139><c> arrived.</c> 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:50.600 Do<00:15:49.460><c> you</c><00:15:49.460><c> want</c><00:15:49.539><c> to</c><00:15:49.659><c> come</c><00:15:49.759><c> and</c><00:15:49.899><c> spend</c><00:15:49.980><c> some</c><00:15:50.240><c> time</c><00:15:50.340><c> with</c><00:15:50.480><c> him?</c> 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:52.600 He'd<00:15:51.080><c> love</c><00:15:51.279><c> to</c><00:15:51.539><c> share</c><00:15:51.720><c> some</c><00:15:52.000><c> time</c><00:15:52.179><c> with</c><00:15:52.399><c> you.</c> 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:54.220 This<00:15:52.879><c> is</c><00:15:53.120><c> the</c><00:15:53.179><c> last</c><00:15:53.419><c> time</c><00:15:53.580><c> you're</c><00:15:53.759><c> going</c><00:15:53.779><c> to</c><00:15:53.919><c> see</c><00:15:54.000><c> him.</c> 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:56.139 And<00:15:54.539><c> those</c><00:15:54.740><c> elders</c><00:15:54.940><c> would</c><00:15:55.100><c> have</c><00:15:55.220><c> had</c><00:15:55.299><c> to</c><00:15:55.480><c> have</c><00:15:55.620><c> dropped</c><00:15:55.740><c> everything</c> 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.879 that<00:15:56.299><c> they</c><00:15:56.460><c> had,</c><00:15:56.940><c> packed</c><00:15:57.039><c> an</c><00:15:57.279><c> overnight</c><00:15:57.500><c> bag</c> 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.399 and<00:15:58.220><c> travelled</c><00:15:58.440><c> another</c><00:15:58.759><c> 40</c><00:15:59.080><c> kilometres</c> 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:01.340 back<00:15:59.960><c> down</c><00:16:00.240><c> to</c><00:16:00.379><c> meet</c><00:16:00.580><c> Paul</c><00:16:00.759><c> at</c><00:16:00.940><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:04.279 So<00:16:01.700><c> we're</c><00:16:01.899><c> talking</c><00:16:02.220><c> at</c><00:16:02.519><c> least</c><00:16:02.940><c> three</c><00:16:03.360><c> days.</c> 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:05.120 At<00:16:04.519><c> least</c><00:16:04.759><c> three</c><00:16:04.980><c> days.</c> 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.120 It's<00:16:05.340><c> not</c><00:16:05.480><c> as</c><00:16:05.700><c> though</c><00:16:06.039><c> Paul</c><00:16:06.299><c> arrived</c><00:16:06.620><c> in</c><00:16:06.779><c> Miletus</c> 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.899 and<00:16:07.240><c> they</c><00:16:07.379><c> were</c><00:16:07.500><c> there.</c> 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.360 Or<00:16:08.240><c> they</c><00:16:08.340><c> were</c><00:16:08.440><c> there</c><00:16:08.600><c> a</c><00:16:08.700><c> few</c><00:16:08.799><c> hours</c><00:16:09.019><c> later.</c> 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:11.720 At<00:16:09.720><c> least</c><00:16:10.080><c> three</c><00:16:10.460><c> days</c><00:16:10.740><c> after</c><00:16:11.039><c> Paul</c><00:16:11.259><c> arrived,</c> 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:13.220 these<00:16:12.259><c> men</c><00:16:12.580><c> would</c><00:16:12.779><c> have</c><00:16:13.000><c> arrived.</c> 00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:15.919 More<00:16:13.539><c> than</c><00:16:13.759><c> likely,</c><00:16:14.399><c> even</c><00:16:14.779><c> more</c><00:16:15.019><c> people.</c> 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.720 And<00:16:16.179><c> no</c><00:16:16.360><c> doubt</c><00:16:16.539><c> when</c><00:16:16.700><c> they</c><00:16:16.879><c> heard</c><00:16:17.039><c> that</c><00:16:17.240><c> Paul</c><00:16:17.379><c> was</c><00:16:17.500><c> going</c><00:16:17.620><c> to</c> 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:17.899 be<00:16:17.799><c> there,</c> 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:19.700 they<00:16:18.019><c> would</c><00:16:18.159><c> have</c><00:16:18.299><c> been</c><00:16:18.399><c> willing</c><00:16:18.580><c> to</c><00:16:18.879><c> drop</c><00:16:19.059><c> everything.</c> 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.220 Drop<00:16:20.259><c> everything</c><00:16:20.620><c> they</c><00:16:20.879><c> had</c><00:16:21.039><c> to</c><00:16:21.379><c> go</c><00:16:21.539><c> and</c><00:16:21.759><c> spend</c><00:16:21.879><c> a</c><00:16:22.100><c> few</c><00:16:22.200><c> minutes</c><00:16:22.580><c> with</c><00:16:22.840><c> Paul.</c> 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:26.539 Verse<00:16:23.659><c> 37,</c><00:16:24.240><c> as</c><00:16:24.440><c> Dane</c><00:16:24.659><c> read,</c><00:16:25.179><c> tells</c><00:16:25.320><c> us</c><00:16:25.580><c> that</c><00:16:26.179><c> they're</c><00:16:26.440><c> men.</c> 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they</c><00:16:38.299><c> would</c><00:16:38.480><c> have</c><00:16:38.580><c> been</c><00:16:38.759><c> willing</c><00:16:38.899><c> to</c><00:16:39.120><c> give</c><00:16:39.200><c> up</c><00:16:39.360><c> their</c><00:16:39.559><c> time,</c> 00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.620 give<00:16:39.899><c> up</c><00:16:40.059><c> their</c><00:16:40.259><c> careers,</c> 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:42.120 could<00:16:41.059><c> take</c><00:16:41.220><c> a</c><00:16:41.379><c> few</c><00:16:41.500><c> days</c><00:16:41.700><c> holiday</c> 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:45.019 to<00:16:42.539><c> go</c><00:16:42.700><c> and</c><00:16:42.899><c> spend</c><00:16:43.019><c> some</c><00:16:43.360><c> time</c><00:16:43.879><c> with</c><00:16:44.159><c> Paul.</c> 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:49.259 Now,<00:16:46.200><c> in</c><00:16:46.340><c> verse</c><00:16:46.539><c> 18,</c><00:16:46.879><c> he</c><00:16:47.059><c> begins</c><00:16:47.580><c> his</c><00:16:48.779><c> last</c> 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:51.759 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incredibly</c><00:17:01.259><c> descriptive</c><00:17:01.840><c> of</c><00:17:02.679><c> the</c><00:17:02.899><c> apostle's</c><00:17:03.379><c> way</c><00:17:03.519><c> of</c><00:17:03.720><c> life.</c> 00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:06.460 It<00:17:04.440><c> actually</c><00:17:04.779><c> tells</c><00:17:05.039><c> us</c><00:17:05.539><c> so</c><00:17:06.099><c> much</c> 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:09.019 about<00:17:07.079><c> how</c><00:17:07.380><c> Paul</c><00:17:07.680><c> lived</c><00:17:08.039><c> his</c><00:17:08.359><c> daily</c><00:17:08.619><c> life,</c> 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:11.019 what<00:17:09.619><c> he</c><00:17:09.880><c> did</c><00:17:10.400><c> daily,</c> 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.279 how<00:17:11.539><c> he</c><00:17:11.880><c> interacted</c><00:17:12.160><c> with</c><00:17:12.380><c> the</c><00:17:12.539><c> brothers</c><00:17:12.740><c> and</c><00:17:12.960><c> sisters.</c> 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.900 It<00:17:13.599><c> tells</c><00:17:13.799><c> us</c><00:17:13.980><c> about</c><00:17:14.140><c> his</c><00:17:14.380><c> motivations</c> 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.940 and<00:17:15.380><c> it</c><00:17:15.500><c> tells</c><00:17:15.700><c> us</c><00:17:16.019><c> about</c><00:17:16.319><c> his</c><00:17:16.619><c> desires.</c> 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:18.880 And<00:17:17.380><c> it</c><00:17:17.579><c> reveals</c><00:17:17.799><c> a</c><00:17:18.099><c> deep</c><00:17:18.339><c> concern</c> 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:20.799 for<00:17:19.339><c> his</c><00:17:19.599><c> brothers</c><00:17:19.940><c> and</c><00:17:20.220><c> his</c><00:17:20.380><c> sisters</c> 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:22.539 and<00:17:21.259><c> for</c><00:17:21.539><c> their</c><00:17:21.740><c> welfare.</c> 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:25.240 And<00:17:22.880><c> so</c><00:17:23.259><c> to</c><00:17:23.680><c> that</c><00:17:23.839><c> end,</c><00:17:24.000><c> it's</c><00:17:24.660><c> very</c><00:17:24.960><c> tender.</c> 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:26.960 It's<00:17:26.000><c> full</c><00:17:26.220><c> 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you</c><00:23:02.799><c> acted</c><00:23:03.000><c> out</c><00:23:03.240><c> of</c><00:23:03.440><c> pride</c><00:23:03.619><c> in</c><00:23:03.779><c> that</c><00:23:03.880><c> occasion.</c> 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:07.500 You<00:23:05.200><c> seem</c><00:23:05.400><c> to</c><00:23:05.640><c> really</c><00:23:05.839><c> like</c><00:23:06.000><c> the</c><00:23:06.180><c> fact</c><00:23:06.299><c> that</c><00:23:06.460><c> somebody</c><00:23:06.700><c> praised</c><00:23:07.079><c> you.</c> 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:10.000 No,<00:23:08.180><c> brothers</c><00:23:08.359><c> and</c><00:23:08.539><c> sisters,</c><00:23:08.920><c> nobody</c><00:23:09.119><c> could</c><00:23:09.339><c> say</c><00:23:09.539><c> that</c><00:23:09.660><c> of</c><00:23:09.799><c> Paul.</c> 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:13.640 He<00:23:10.420><c> says,</c><00:23:10.980><c> you</c><00:23:11.039><c> know,</c><00:23:11.779><c> you</c><00:23:12.119><c> know,</c><00:23:12.660><c> and</c><00:23:12.799><c> I'm</c><00:23:13.160><c> 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life</c><00:23:23.619><c> was</c><00:23:23.920><c> humility.</c> 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:25.720 And<00:23:24.619><c> he</c><00:23:24.740><c> says,</c><00:23:24.839><c> you</c><00:23:25.019><c> know,</c><00:23:25.319><c> it</c><00:23:25.319><c> got</c><00:23:25.380><c> me.</c> 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.000 You<00:23:26.140><c> know,</c><00:23:26.319><c> it</c><00:23:26.539><c> affected</c><00:23:26.759><c> me.</c> 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.779 You<00:23:27.400><c> know,</c><00:23:27.579><c> the</c><00:23:27.839><c> truth</c><00:23:27.960><c> has</c><00:23:28.200><c> affected</c><00:23:28.500><c> me.</c> 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:32.200 And<00:23:29.059><c> he</c><00:23:29.160><c> says,</c><00:23:29.299><c> I</c><00:23:29.480><c> served</c><00:23:29.779><c> you</c><00:23:30.079><c> with</c><00:23:30.400><c> tears</c><00:23:30.779><c> and</c><00:23:30.960><c> with</c><00:23:31.140><c> temptations.</c> 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:34.420 He's<00:23:32.539><c> like,</c><00:23:32.920><c> I</c><00:23:33.079><c> was</c><00:23:33.299><c> emotional</c><00:23:33.819><c> about</c><00:23:34.079><c> this.</c> 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:37.440 I<00:23:34.960><c> was</c><00:23:35.299><c> very</c><00:23:35.799><c> emotional</c><00:23:36.279><c> about</c><00:23:36.539><c> my</c><00:23:36.859><c> time</c><00:23:37.059><c> with</c><00:23:37.299><c> you.</c> 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:39.039 I<00:23:38.099><c> cried.</c> 00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.140 I<00:23:39.599><c> had</c><00:23:39.660><c> temptations.</c> 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:43.720 I<00:23:40.259><c> had</c><00:23:40.619><c> trials</c><00:23:41.220><c> which</c><00:23:42.180><c> befell</c><00:23:42.440><c> me</c><00:23:42.599><c> by</c><00:23:42.759><c> the</c><00:23:42.980><c> lying</c><00:23:43.160><c> in</c><00:23:43.380><c> wait</c><00:23:43.519><c> of</c> 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.079 the<00:23:43.880><c> Jews.</c> 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:46.480 The<00:23:44.539><c> Jews</c><00:23:44.740><c> were</c><00:23:45.000><c> plotting</c><00:23:45.220><c> all</c><00:23:45.559><c> to</c><00:23:45.880><c> destroy</c><00:23:46.259><c> me.</c> 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:48.359 All<00:23:46.859><c> their</c><00:23:47.079><c> snares</c><00:23:47.440><c> and</c><00:23:47.619><c> all</c><00:23:47.720><c> the</c><00:23:47.859><c> things</c><00:23:47.980><c> they</c><00:23:48.180><c> were</c><00:23:48.180><c> trying</c> 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.039 to<00:23:48.480><c> put</c><00:23:48.579><c> in</c><00:23:48.759><c> place</c> 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:51.500 to<00:23:49.420><c> blast</c><00:23:49.720><c> my</c><00:23:49.960><c> reputation</c><00:23:50.480><c> and</c><00:23:50.720><c> destroy</c><00:23:50.940><c> my</c><00:23:51.200><c> effectiveness.</c> 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:54.559 And<00:23:52.019><c> through</c><00:23:52.140><c> all</c><00:23:52.319><c> of</c><00:23:52.500><c> that,</c><00:23:53.339><c> I</c><00:23:53.519><c> just</c><00:23:53.759><c> served</c><00:23:53.980><c> with</c><00:23:54.200><c> humility</c> 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and</c><00:24:59.819><c> faith.</c> 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:03.460 Now,<00:25:01.660><c> it's</c><00:25:01.940><c> interesting,</c><00:25:02.400><c> brothers</c><00:25:02.500><c> and</c><00:25:02.720><c> sisters,</c> 00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:07.539 that<00:25:04.420><c> Paul</c><00:25:04.819><c> got</c><00:25:05.099><c> off</c><00:25:05.279><c> the</c><00:25:05.440><c> platform</c><00:25:05.819><c> and</c><00:25:06.099><c> went</c><00:25:06.460><c> to</c><00:25:06.940><c> the</c><00:25:07.099><c> brothers</c><00:25:07.319><c> and</c> 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:08.720 sisters'<00:25:08.220><c> houses.</c> 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.819 He<00:25:10.140><c> said,</c><00:25:10.259><c> I'm</c><00:25:10.339><c> not</c><00:25:10.500><c> just</c><00:25:10.660><c> going</c><00:25:10.779><c> to</c><00:25:10.819><c> stand</c><00:25:11.000><c> behind</c><00:25:11.259><c> the</c><00:25:11.400><c> lectern.</c> 00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:13.579 I'm<00:25:12.299><c> going</c><00:25:12.420><c> to</c><00:25:12.420><c> actually</c><00:25:12.660><c> get</c><00:25:12.799><c> off</c><00:25:12.940><c> the</c><00:25:13.119><c> platform</c> 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:16.240 and<00:25:14.059><c> I'm</c><00:25:14.160><c> going</c><00:25:14.240><c> to</c><00:25:14.359><c> reinforce</c><00:25:14.759><c> that</c><00:25:15.000><c> message</c><00:25:15.240><c> when</c><00:25:15.380><c> I</c><00:25:15.579><c> go</c><00:25:15.779><c> into</c><00:25:16.019><c> the</c> 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.640 homes<00:25:16.519><c> of</c><00:25:16.720><c> the</c><00:25:16.839><c> brothers</c><00:25:17.019><c> and</c><00:25:17.240><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:20.460 And<00:25:18.160><c> not</c><00:25:18.279><c> just</c><00:25:18.500><c> reinforce</c><00:25:18.900><c> the</c><00:25:19.099><c> message,</c><00:25:19.259><c> I</c><00:25:19.380><c> want</c><00:25:19.460><c> to</c><00:25:19.640><c> build</c><00:25:19.779><c> relationships.</c> 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.740 I<00:25:21.000><c> want</c><00:25:21.140><c> to</c><00:25:21.240><c> get</c><00:25:21.339><c> to</c><00:25:21.500><c> know</c><00:25:21.599><c> the</c><00:25:21.779><c> audience.</c> 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:24.660 I've<00:25:23.079><c> spent</c><00:25:23.220><c> time</c><00:25:23.519><c> with</c><00:25:23.680><c> you</c><00:25:23.740><c> because</c><00:25:23.839><c> I</c><00:25:24.000><c> want</c><00:25:24.059><c> to</c><00:25:24.140><c> get</c><00:25:24.299><c> to</c><00:25:24.440><c> know</c> 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.940 the<00:25:25.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:25.559><c> to</c><00:25:25.940><c> which</c><00:25:26.099><c> I'm</c><00:25:26.420><c> ministering</c><00:25:26.759><c> with.</c> 00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:29.519 And<00:25:27.299><c> so</c><00:25:27.400><c> he</c><00:25:27.460><c> goes</c><00:25:27.660><c> into</c><00:25:27.900><c> their</c><00:25:28.119><c> homes</c><00:25:28.500><c> and</c><00:25:28.819><c> he</c><00:25:29.039><c> tries</c><00:25:29.180><c> to</c><00:25:29.420><c> build</c> 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motivate</c><00:25:40.119><c> them</c><00:25:40.299><c> in</c><00:25:40.460><c> the</c><00:25:40.680><c> truth.</c> 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:45.339 And<00:25:41.220><c> it's</c><00:25:41.480><c> a</c><00:25:41.640><c> fact</c><00:25:41.920><c> that</c><00:25:42.319><c> so</c><00:25:42.559><c> much</c><00:25:42.759><c> more</c><00:25:43.019><c> is</c><00:25:43.259><c> done</c><00:25:43.420><c> off</c><00:25:43.680><c> the</c><00:25:43.900><c> platform</c><00:25:44.339><c> than</c><00:25:44.779><c> ever</c><00:25:45.079><c> is</c> 00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.400 done<00:25:45.519><c> on</c><00:25:45.779><c> it.</c> 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:48.400 I'm<00:25:46.779><c> sure</c><00:25:46.900><c> we'd</c><00:25:47.119><c> all</c><00:25:47.240><c> agree</c><00:25:47.440><c> with</c><00:25:47.599><c> that,</c><00:25:47.759><c> brothers</c><00:25:47.960><c> and</c><00:25:48.180><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:51.900 So<00:25:48.720><c> much</c><00:25:48.980><c> more</c><00:25:49.500><c> is</c><00:25:49.720><c> done</c><00:25:49.799><c> off</c><00:25:50.000><c> the</c><00:25:50.220><c> platform</c><00:25:50.500><c> than</c><00:25:50.900><c> ever,</c><00:25:51.319><c> ever</c> 00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:53.339 achieved<00:25:52.240><c> on</c><00:25:52.460><c> it.</c> 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.640 Ever<00:25:54.039><c> achieved.</c> 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:57.720 So<00:25:55.339><c> much</c><00:25:55.539><c> more</c><00:25:55.740><c> is</c><00:25:55.920><c> done</c><00:25:56.019><c> in</c><00:25:56.180><c> the</c><00:25:56.420><c> privacy</c><00:25:56.740><c> of</c><00:25:57.000><c> people's</c><00:25:57.400><c> homes</c> 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:59.700 and<00:25:58.140><c> in</c><00:25:58.400><c> one</c><00:25:58.660><c>-on</c><00:25:58.920><c>-one</c><00:25:59.140><c> discussions.</c> 00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:04.359 An<00:26:00.420><c> interesting</c><00:26:00.779><c> thing</c><00:26:01.000><c> is</c><00:26:01.400><c> if</c><00:26:01.819><c> Paul</c><00:26:02.039><c> felt</c><00:26:02.319><c> it</c><00:26:02.500><c> his</c><00:26:02.779><c> responsibility</c><00:26:03.480><c> to</c><00:26:04.079><c> go</c> 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.339 into<00:26:04.599><c> their</c><00:26:04.880><c> homes</c> 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:09.460 and<00:26:05.880><c> to</c><00:26:06.200><c> communicate</c><00:26:06.579><c> the</c><00:26:06.859><c> profound</c><00:26:07.180><c> truths</c><00:26:07.700><c> with</c><00:26:08.119><c> those</c><00:26:08.400><c> families,</c> 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:13.660 do<00:26:09.880><c> you</c><00:26:09.920><c> know</c><00:26:10.039><c> what</c><00:26:10.079><c> was</c><00:26:10.299><c> the</c><00:26:10.500><c> duty</c><00:26:10.740><c> of</c><00:26:10.900><c> those</c><00:26:11.240><c> people</c><00:26:11.599><c> to</c><00:26:12.440><c> welcome</c><00:26:12.740><c> him?</c> 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:16.279 It<00:26:14.839><c> was</c><00:26:15.019><c> the</c><00:26:15.180><c> duty</c><00:26:15.339><c> of</c><00:26:15.480><c> those</c><00:26:15.660><c> people</c><00:26:15.839><c> to</c><00:26:16.019><c> say,</c> 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.720 hey,<00:26:17.079><c> come</c><00:26:17.319><c> in,</c><00:26:17.640><c> Paul.</c> 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.259 We'd<00:26:18.400><c> love</c><00:26:18.519><c> to</c><00:26:18.660><c> have</c><00:26:18.759><c> you</c><00:26:19.000><c> over.</c> 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.660 Come<00:26:19.660><c> for</c><00:26:19.859><c> dinner.</c> 00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:23.599 It<00:26:21.019><c> was</c><00:26:21.140><c> their</c><00:26:21.359><c> duty</c><00:26:21.500><c> to</c><00:26:21.819><c> welcome</c><00:26:22.059><c> him</c><00:26:22.299><c> into</c><00:26:22.500><c> their</c><00:26:22.779><c> home,</c> 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.140 to<00:26:24.039><c> introduce</c><00:26:24.380><c> him</c><00:26:24.519><c> to</c><00:26:24.660><c> the</c><00:26:24.859><c> family,</c> 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:27.299 to<00:26:25.519><c> let</c><00:26:25.680><c> Paul</c><00:26:25.980><c> spend</c><00:26:26.299><c> some</c><00:26:26.579><c> time</c><00:26:26.680><c> with</c><00:26:26.819><c> the</c><00:26:27.019><c> family</c> 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:30.000 and<00:26:27.579><c> to</c><00:26:27.799><c> try</c><00:26:27.940><c> and</c><00:26:28.160><c> help</c><00:26:28.299><c> Paul</c><00:26:28.539><c> build</c><00:26:28.759><c> that</c><00:26:29.019><c> family</c><00:26:29.279><c> up.</c> 00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:32.480 The<00:26:30.539><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:30.920><c> can't</c><00:26:31.180><c> put</c><00:26:31.440><c> back</c><00:26:31.660><c> what</c><00:26:31.839><c> the</c><00:26:31.960><c> family's</c><00:26:32.259><c> trying</c> 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.640 to<00:26:32.519><c> take</c><00:26:32.759><c> away.</c> 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:38.099 The<00:26:34.240><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:34.559><c> can't</c><00:26:35.000><c> restore</c><00:26:35.539><c> what</c><00:26:35.940><c> the</c><00:26:36.180><c> home</c><00:26:36.420><c> life</c><00:26:36.680><c> is</c><00:26:36.859><c> trying</c><00:26:37.059><c> to</c><00:26:37.240><c> undo.</c> 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:40.339 And<00:26:38.519><c> Paul</c><00:26:38.640><c> says,</c><00:26:39.240><c> I'm</c><00:26:39.420><c> speaking</c><00:26:39.720><c> from</c><00:26:39.900><c> the</c><00:26:40.099><c> platform,</c> 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.839 I'm<00:26:40.539><c> standing</c><00:26:40.799><c> here</c><00:26:41.039><c> behind</c><00:26:41.259><c> the</c><00:26:41.460><c> lectern,</c> 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.660 but<00:26:42.180><c> I</c><00:26:42.319><c> also</c><00:26:42.559><c> want</c><00:26:42.700><c> to</c><00:26:42.819><c> get</c><00:26:42.900><c> into</c><00:26:43.119><c> the</c><00:26:43.339><c> home</c> 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:45.380 because<00:26:43.940><c> I</c><00:26:44.079><c> want</c><00:26:44.160><c> to</c><00:26:44.279><c> make</c><00:26:44.440><c> sure</c><00:26:44.599><c> that</c><00:26:44.720><c> it's</c><00:26:44.900><c> happening</c><00:26:45.119><c> in</c> 00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.880 the<00:26:45.539><c> home.</c> 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:48.140 If<00:26:46.519><c> it's</c><00:26:46.740><c> all</c><00:26:46.900><c> being</c><00:26:47.240><c> undone</c><00:26:47.579><c> in</c><00:26:47.740><c> the</c><00:26:47.920><c> home,</c> 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:51.160 we've<00:26:48.599><c> got</c><00:26:48.779><c> no</c><00:26:49.059><c> chance,</c><00:26:49.880><c> absolutely</c><00:26:50.279><c> no</c><00:26:50.579><c> chance</c><00:26:50.819><c> at</c><00:26:51.019><c> all.</c> 00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:54.000 So<00:26:51.460><c> he</c><00:26:51.519><c> says,</c><00:26:51.880><c> publicly</c><00:26:52.279><c> I</c><00:26:52.539><c> spoke,</c><00:26:53.019><c> I</c><00:26:53.279><c> spoke</c><00:26:53.500><c> publicly,</c> 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:58.359 and<00:26:54.500><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.700><c> also</c><00:26:55.099><c> going</c><00:26:55.319><c> to</c><00:26:55.539><c> go</c><00:26:55.839><c> and</c><00:26:56.380><c> speak</c><00:26:56.640><c> in</c><00:26:56.880><c> people's</c><00:26:57.400><c> houses</c> 00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:00.980 and<00:26:58.759><c> try</c><00:26:59.039><c> and</c><00:26:59.299><c> encourage</c><00:26:59.759><c> and</c><00:27:00.339><c> build</c><00:27:00.539><c> up.</c> 00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:03.180 And<00:27:01.339><c> as</c><00:27:01.460><c> it</c><00:27:01.599><c> says</c><00:27:01.700><c> in</c><00:27:01.799><c> verse</c><00:27:02.000><c> 21,</c><00:27:02.500><c> as</c><00:27:02.500><c> I've</c><00:27:02.640><c> already</c><00:27:02.819><c> read,</c> 00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:05.460 into<00:27:03.720><c> whose</c><00:27:03.940><c> houses</c><00:27:04.220><c> did</c><00:27:04.420><c> he</c><00:27:04.559><c> go?</c> 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.039 Jew<00:27:07.039><c> and</c><00:27:07.240><c> Gentile.</c> 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.480 Significant? 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:13.279 Absolutely,<00:27:12.359><c> absolutely</c><00:27:12.880><c> significant.</c> 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:16.299 He<00:27:13.640><c> doesn't</c><00:27:13.920><c> just</c><00:27:14.200><c> say,</c><00:27:14.960><c> I</c><00:27:14.960><c> taught</c><00:27:15.220><c> you</c><00:27:15.440><c> both</c><00:27:15.660><c> publicly</c><00:27:16.000><c> from</c> 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.980 house<00:27:16.519><c> to</c><00:27:16.680><c> house,</c> 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:19.480 and<00:27:17.299><c> I</c><00:27:17.500><c> taught</c><00:27:17.660><c> you</c><00:27:18.119><c> repentance</c><00:27:18.519><c> toward</c><00:27:18.799><c> God</c><00:27:18.980><c> and</c><00:27:19.180><c> faith</c><00:27:19.339><c> to</c> 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.220 Jesus<00:27:19.819><c> Christ.</c> 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:23.859 No,<00:27:20.859><c> he</c><00:27:21.440><c> deliberately</c><00:27:22.019><c> mentions,</c><00:27:23.019><c> I</c><00:27:23.039><c> went</c><00:27:23.259><c> into</c><00:27:23.460><c> the</c><00:27:23.640><c> house</c> 00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.559 of<00:27:24.200><c> Jews</c> 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:26.559 and<00:27:25.140><c> I</c><00:27:25.240><c> went</c><00:27:25.400><c> into</c><00:27:25.599><c> the</c><00:27:25.700><c> house</c><00:27:25.940><c> of</c><00:27:26.160><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:28.900 If<00:27:26.940><c> there</c><00:27:27.099><c> was</c><00:27:27.339><c> to</c><00:27:27.440><c> be</c><00:27:27.579><c> any</c><00:27:27.839><c> debate</c><00:27:28.200><c> in</c><00:27:28.380><c> the</c><00:27:28.559><c> future</c> 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:31.480 as<00:27:29.319><c> to</c><00:27:29.380><c> what</c><00:27:29.619><c> Paul</c><00:27:29.819><c> thought</c><00:27:30.079><c> of</c><00:27:30.359><c> Jew</c><00:27:30.559><c> and</c><00:27:31.000><c> Gentile,</c> 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:34.299 as<00:27:31.839><c> to</c><00:27:31.940><c> whether</c><00:27:32.059><c> Paul</c><00:27:32.319><c> accepted</c><00:27:32.640><c> Gentile,</c><00:27:33.380><c> it's</c><00:27:33.660><c> there</c><00:27:33.859><c> in</c><00:27:34.099><c> print.</c> 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:36.339 They'd<00:27:35.079><c> heard</c><00:27:35.180><c> it</c><00:27:35.319><c> with</c><00:27:35.460><c> their</c><00:27:35.660><c> own</c><00:27:35.839><c> two</c><00:27:36.019><c> ears</c> 00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:38.079 and<00:27:36.740><c> they</c><00:27:36.980><c> saw</c><00:27:37.099><c> it</c><00:27:37.240><c> with</c><00:27:37.380><c> their</c><00:27:37.500><c> own</c><00:27:37.619><c> two</c><00:27:37.759><c> eyes.</c> 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:41.720 Paul<00:27:38.500><c> went</c><00:27:38.700><c> into</c><00:27:39.059><c> Jews</c><00:27:39.559><c> and</c><00:27:40.079><c> he</c><00:27:40.279><c> went</c><00:27:40.480><c> into</c><00:27:40.779><c> the</c><00:27:40.980><c> houses</c><00:27:41.319><c> of</c> 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.339 the<00:27:41.880><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:45.440 He<00:27:42.779><c> didn't</c><00:27:42.960><c> just</c><00:27:43.240><c> say,</c><00:27:43.519><c> look,</c><00:27:44.500><c> I'll</c><00:27:44.720><c> go</c><00:27:44.859><c> to</c><00:27:45.039><c> the</c><00:27:45.200><c> Jews,</c> 00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:47.960 I'm<00:27:45.880><c> going</c><00:27:45.980><c> to</c><00:27:46.039><c> send</c><00:27:46.259><c> Timothy</c><00:27:46.579><c> into</c><00:27:46.839><c> the</c><00:27:47.019><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:51.839 No,<00:27:48.660><c> he</c><00:27:48.880><c> says,</c><00:27:49.279><c> I</c><00:27:49.400><c> went</c><00:27:49.700><c> into</c><00:27:50.180><c> both</c><00:27:50.440><c> houses</c><00:27:50.839><c> of</c><00:27:51.359><c> the</c><00:27:51.579><c> Jews</c> 00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:54.059 and<00:27:52.400><c> also</c><00:27:52.720><c> the</c><00:27:52.940><c> houses</c><00:27:53.279><c> of</c><00:27:53.579><c> the</c><00:27:53.779><c> Greeks.</c> 00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:56.059 And<00:27:54.619><c> what</c><00:27:54.799><c> was</c><00:27:54.960><c> his</c><00:27:55.119><c> message?</c> 00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.759 What<00:27:56.960><c> was</c><00:27:57.299><c> his</c><00:27:57.440><c> message?</c> 00:27:58.140 --> 00:28:00.599 Well,<00:27:58.440><c> he</c><00:27:58.519><c> preached</c><00:27:58.779><c> the</c><00:27:59.000><c> same</c><00:27:59.200><c> thing</c><00:27:59.380><c> to</c><00:27:59.559><c> both</c><00:27:59.759><c> brothers</c><00:28:00.000><c> and</c><00:28:00.240><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:04.279 but<00:28:01.019><c> I</c><00:28:01.240><c> believe</c><00:28:01.500><c> the</c><00:28:01.740><c> emphasis</c><00:28:02.140><c> is</c><00:28:02.779><c> what</c><00:28:02.960><c> Luke</c><00:28:03.180><c> tells</c><00:28:03.480><c> us.</c> 00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:09.140 He<00:28:04.680><c> says,</c><00:28:05.900><c> repentance</c><00:28:05.900><c> toward</c><00:28:06.339><c> God</c><00:28:06.779><c> and</c><00:28:07.779><c> faith</c><00:28:08.140><c> to</c><00:28:08.319><c> Jesus</c><00:28:08.720><c> Christ.</c> 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:13.059 Now,<00:28:09.660><c> who</c><00:28:09.920><c> needed</c><00:28:10.220><c> the</c><00:28:10.519><c> emphasis</c><00:28:10.880><c> of</c><00:28:11.160><c> repentance</c><00:28:11.619><c> toward</c><00:28:12.039><c> God?</c> 00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:20.099 Who<00:28:16.319><c> needed</c><00:28:16.660><c> the</c><00:28:17.619><c> emphasis</c><00:28:18.039><c> of</c><00:28:18.319><c> repentance</c><00:28:18.779><c> toward</c><00:28:19.099><c> God?</c> 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:22.220 The<00:28:21.720><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:24.660 Who<00:28:22.420><c> needed</c><00:28:22.700><c> to</c><00:28:22.880><c> know</c><00:28:23.019><c> about</c><00:28:23.259><c> faith</c><00:28:23.559><c> to</c><00:28:23.720><c> Jesus</c><00:28:24.119><c> Christ?</c> 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:27.740 Jews,<00:28:25.680><c> because</c><00:28:25.920><c> they're</c><00:28:26.259><c> embedded</c><00:28:26.559><c> in</c><00:28:26.740><c> the</c><00:28:26.920><c> law.</c> 00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:30.680 And<00:28:27.960><c> Paul</c><00:28:28.119><c> says,</c><00:28:28.779><c> this</c><00:28:29.200><c> is</c><00:28:29.420><c> a</c><00:28:29.539><c> summary</c><00:28:29.819><c> of</c><00:28:30.000><c> Paul's</c><00:28:30.319><c> gospel.</c> 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.539 I<00:28:31.160><c> preach</c><00:28:31.380><c> the</c><00:28:31.640><c> gospel</c><00:28:31.980><c> to</c><00:28:32.180><c> the</c><00:28:32.380><c> lost,</c> 00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:35.819 I<00:28:32.700><c> preach</c><00:28:32.960><c> the</c><00:28:33.140><c> gospel</c><00:28:33.480><c> to</c><00:28:33.680><c> the</c><00:28:33.799><c> Gentiles,</c><00:28:34.559><c> salvation,</c><00:28:35.440><c> Jesus</c> 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.779 Christ,<00:28:36.299><c> the</c><00:28:36.480><c> kingdom.</c> 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.720 That's<00:28:37.259><c> what</c><00:28:37.380><c> I</c><00:28:37.599><c> preach</c><00:28:37.759><c> to</c><00:28:37.900><c> those</c><00:28:38.119><c> who</c><00:28:38.319><c> are</c><00:28:38.420><c> lost,</c> 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:42.140 but<00:28:39.059><c> I</c><00:28:39.299><c> preach</c><00:28:39.519><c> grace</c><00:28:40.059><c> and</c><00:28:40.380><c> I</c><00:28:40.500><c> preach</c><00:28:40.799><c> faith</c><00:28:41.279><c> to</c><00:28:41.640><c> the</c><00:28:41.839><c> believers.</c> 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:44.579 I<00:28:42.839><c> preach</c><00:28:43.079><c> grace</c><00:28:43.400><c> and</c><00:28:43.680><c> faith</c><00:28:43.960><c> to</c><00:28:44.160><c> the</c><00:28:44.339><c> Jews</c> 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:47.339 because<00:28:45.039><c> I'm</c><00:28:45.220><c> trying</c><00:28:45.420><c> to</c><00:28:45.619><c> turn</c><00:28:45.839><c> them</c><00:28:46.019><c> away</c><00:28:46.279><c> from</c><00:28:46.460><c> the</c><00:28:46.640><c> law.</c> 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:49.660 I'm<00:28:47.599><c> trying</c><00:28:47.759><c> to</c><00:28:48.099><c> remove</c><00:28:48.480><c> the</c><00:28:48.859><c> law</c><00:28:49.019><c> from</c><00:28:49.200><c> their</c><00:28:49.440><c> mind</c> 00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:51.859 and<00:28:50.099><c> switch</c><00:28:50.420><c> them</c><00:28:50.619><c> over</c><00:28:50.819><c> to</c><00:28:50.980><c> living</c><00:28:51.140><c> by</c><00:28:51.440><c> faith</c> 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:54.339 and<00:28:52.200><c> learning</c><00:28:52.440><c> what</c><00:28:52.660><c> the</c><00:28:52.920><c> grace</c><00:28:53.200><c> of</c><00:28:53.460><c> God</c><00:28:53.680><c> is</c><00:28:53.859><c> all</c><00:28:54.059><c> about.</c> 00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:57.039 What<00:28:54.740><c> an</c><00:28:55.000><c> awesome</c><00:28:55.359><c> message,</c><00:28:55.880><c> brothers</c><00:28:55.960><c> and</c><00:28:56.180><c> sisters.</c> 00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:59.279 That's<00:28:57.380><c> absolutely</c><00:28:57.900><c> fantastic</c><00:28:58.640><c> message.</c> 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:02.619 Thumping<00:28:59.880><c> grace</c><00:29:00.359><c> and</c><00:29:00.579><c> thumping</c><00:29:00.960><c> faith</c><00:29:01.519><c> meant</c><00:29:02.019><c> thumping</c><00:29:02.420><c> the</c> 00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.859 way<00:29:02.779><c> of</c><00:29:03.000><c> life.</c> 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.039 This<00:29:04.140><c> is</c><00:29:04.299><c> what</c><00:29:04.420><c> you've</c><00:29:04.640><c> got</c><00:29:04.720><c> to</c><00:29:04.859><c> do.</c> 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:07.119 Your<00:29:05.519><c> life</c><00:29:05.799><c> has</c><00:29:06.019><c> to</c><00:29:06.240><c> change.</c> 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:09.180 Too<00:29:07.480><c> often,</c><00:29:07.819><c> I</c><00:29:07.819><c> think</c><00:29:08.059><c> sometimes,</c><00:29:08.640><c> brothers</c><00:29:08.700><c> and</c><00:29:08.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:11.940 we<00:29:09.640><c> fill</c><00:29:09.839><c> up</c><00:29:10.000><c> our</c><00:29:10.200><c> minds</c><00:29:10.480><c> and</c><00:29:10.640><c> we</c><00:29:10.759><c> fill</c><00:29:10.880><c> up</c><00:29:11.019><c> other</c><00:29:11.279><c> people's</c><00:29:11.660><c> minds</c> 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:14.759 with<00:29:12.279><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:12.599><c> words,</c><00:29:13.059><c> Greek</c><00:29:13.200><c> words,</c><00:29:13.960><c> details</c><00:29:14.220><c> of</c><00:29:14.500><c> stories,</c> 00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:18.160 all<00:29:15.319><c> this</c><00:29:15.579><c> information,</c><00:29:16.539><c> sometimes</c><00:29:17.059><c> to</c><00:29:17.279><c> the</c><00:29:17.480><c> neglect</c><00:29:17.799><c> of</c><00:29:18.000><c> way</c> 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.220 of<00:29:18.339><c> life.</c> 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.900 And<00:29:19.480><c> Paul</c><00:29:19.599><c> says,</c><00:29:19.819><c> no,</c><00:29:20.019><c> I'm</c><00:29:20.059><c> not</c><00:29:20.220><c> going</c><00:29:20.339><c> to</c><00:29:20.460><c> do</c><00:29:20.599><c> that.</c> 00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.920 Repentance<00:29:21.720><c> toward</c><00:29:22.000><c> God</c><00:29:22.339><c> and</c><00:29:22.839><c> way</c><00:29:23.099><c> of</c><00:29:23.319><c> life</c><00:29:23.559><c> issues.</c> 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:25.700 Faith<00:29:24.460><c> toward</c><00:29:24.880><c> Jesus</c><00:29:25.319><c> Christ.</c> 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:28.839 How<00:29:26.140><c> Christ</c><00:29:26.519><c> is</c><00:29:26.759><c> going</c><00:29:26.900><c> to</c><00:29:27.220><c> change</c><00:29:27.559><c> your</c><00:29:27.920><c> life.</c> 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:33.099 It's<00:29:29.700><c> too</c><00:29:29.859><c> easy</c><00:29:30.039><c> to</c><00:29:30.200><c> look</c><00:29:30.359><c> good,</c><00:29:30.579><c> sound</c><00:29:30.920><c> good,</c><00:29:31.940><c> be</c><00:29:32.160><c> good.</c> 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.599 But<00:29:33.240><c> as</c><00:29:33.359><c> soon</c><00:29:33.460><c> as</c><00:29:33.579><c> we</c><00:29:33.660><c> walk</c><00:29:33.859><c> away</c><00:29:34.039><c> from</c><00:29:34.200><c> the</c><00:29:34.359><c> Ecclesiast,</c> 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:36.079 to<00:29:34.720><c> be</c><00:29:34.859><c> a</c><00:29:35.140><c> completely</c><00:29:35.380><c> different</c><00:29:35.619><c> person.</c> 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.819 And<00:29:36.519><c> Paul</c><00:29:36.619><c> says,</c><00:29:36.940><c> no,</c><00:29:37.099><c> no,</c><00:29:37.200><c> no,</c><00:29:37.339><c> no,</c><00:29:37.480><c> no.</c> 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.480 I'm<00:29:38.079><c> not</c><00:29:38.220><c> going</c><00:29:38.359><c> to</c><00:29:38.500><c> teach</c><00:29:38.680><c> Hebrew</c><00:29:38.920><c> and</c><00:29:39.059><c> Greek</c><00:29:39.180><c> words.</c> 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:43.359 I'm<00:29:39.900><c> going</c><00:29:40.019><c> to</c><00:29:40.160><c> teach</c><00:29:40.500><c> faith,</c><00:29:41.839><c> which</c><00:29:42.000><c> is</c><00:29:42.259><c> life</c><00:29:42.539><c>-changing.</c> 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.799 It's<00:29:44.480><c> way</c><00:29:44.680><c> of</c><00:29:44.880><c> life</c><00:29:45.160><c>-changing</c><00:29:45.440><c> stuff.</c> 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.859 This<00:29:46.200><c> isn't</c><00:29:46.420><c> just</c><00:29:46.740><c> the</c><00:29:46.940><c> details</c><00:29:47.259><c> of</c><00:29:47.539><c> stories.</c> 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.859 It's<00:29:48.480><c> way</c><00:29:48.839><c> of</c><00:29:49.200><c> life</c><00:29:49.440><c> issues.</c> 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.380 No,<00:29:50.519><c> brothers</c><00:29:50.640><c> and</c><00:29:50.819><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:54.299 Dana<00:29:52.299><c> and</c><00:29:52.539><c> I</c><00:29:52.700><c> have</c><00:29:52.920><c> spoken</c><00:29:53.140><c> about</c><00:29:53.359><c> this</c><00:29:53.559><c> a</c><00:29:53.599><c> number</c><00:29:53.819><c> of</c><00:29:54.000><c> times,</c> 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:56.279 but<00:29:54.579><c> I</c><00:29:54.619><c> think</c><00:29:54.779><c> to</c><00:29:54.940><c> some</c><00:29:55.099><c> degree</c><00:29:55.380><c> we've</c><00:29:55.579><c> got</c><00:29:55.759><c> a</c><00:29:55.960><c> syndrome,</c> 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:00.579 maybe<00:29:56.619><c> not</c><00:29:57.200><c> everywhere,</c><00:29:58.640><c> a</c><00:29:58.779><c> syndrome</c><00:29:59.240><c> that</c><00:29:59.980><c> I</c><00:30:00.359><c> term</c> 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:02.599 Schizophrenic<00:30:01.339><c> Christadelphians.</c> 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:04.299 We<00:30:02.920><c> all</c><00:30:03.099><c> know</c><00:30:03.220><c> the</c><00:30:03.440><c> truth.</c> 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:07.180 We<00:30:04.640><c> all</c><00:30:04.839><c> know</c><00:30:05.000><c> the</c><00:30:05.200><c> details</c><00:30:05.559><c> of</c><00:30:05.900><c> so</c><00:30:06.160><c> many</c><00:30:06.380><c> stories</c><00:30:06.640><c> in</c><00:30:06.819><c> the</c><00:30:06.960><c> Bible.</c> 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.940 We<00:30:07.660><c> know</c><00:30:08.200><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:08.660><c> words.</c> 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.059 We<00:30:09.160><c> know</c><00:30:09.380><c> Greek</c><00:30:09.700><c> words.</c> 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:13.039 But<00:30:10.440><c> you</c><00:30:10.599><c> walk</c><00:30:10.779><c> away</c><00:30:11.019><c> from</c><00:30:11.140><c> the</c><00:30:11.339><c> Ecclesiast,</c><00:30:11.640><c> it's</c><00:30:11.779><c> just</c><00:30:12.019><c> like,</c><00:30:12.539><c> wow,</c> 00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:15.660 such<00:30:13.559><c> a</c><00:30:13.940><c> fundamental</c><00:30:14.380><c> difference</c><00:30:14.839><c> in</c><00:30:15.019><c> the</c><00:30:15.140><c> way</c><00:30:15.259><c> people</c><00:30:15.500><c> live</c> 00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.259 their<00:30:15.900><c> life.</c> 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.279 From<00:30:16.799><c> what</c><00:30:16.960><c> they</c><00:30:17.119><c> look</c><00:30:17.259><c> like</c><00:30:17.420><c> at</c><00:30:17.559><c> the</c><00:30:17.700><c> Ecclesiast</c> 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:20.500 to<00:30:18.420><c> what</c><00:30:18.559><c> they</c><00:30:18.740><c> look</c><00:30:18.920><c> like</c><00:30:19.079><c> in</c><00:30:19.220><c> their</c><00:30:19.339><c> daily</c><00:30:19.599><c> life.</c> 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.740 Schizophrenic<00:30:21.259><c> Christadelphians,</c> 00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:25.119 there's<00:30:21.980><c> this</c><00:30:22.460><c> fundamental</c><00:30:23.039><c> divergence</c><00:30:23.819><c> between</c><00:30:24.539><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.619 and<00:30:25.619><c> between</c><00:30:26.000><c> daily</c><00:30:26.200><c> life.</c> 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.039 And<00:30:27.079><c> Paul</c><00:30:27.180><c> says,</c><00:30:27.400><c> I</c><00:30:27.400><c> don't</c><00:30:27.579><c> want</c><00:30:27.700><c> that.</c> 00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.920 I<00:30:28.400><c> want</c><00:30:28.559><c> these</c><00:30:28.819><c> people</c><00:30:29.000><c> living</c><00:30:29.240><c> by</c><00:30:29.579><c> faith.</c> 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:32.140 And<00:30:30.460><c> faith</c><00:30:30.680><c> doesn't</c><00:30:30.940><c> just</c><00:30:31.259><c> change</c><00:30:31.460><c> you</c><00:30:31.579><c> at</c><00:30:31.680><c> the</c><00:30:31.839><c> meeting.</c> 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.319 Faith<00:30:32.660><c> changes</c><00:30:33.059><c> you</c><00:30:33.619><c> out</c><00:30:33.839><c> there.</c> 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:37.160 Faith<00:30:34.759><c> changes</c><00:30:35.140><c> you</c><00:30:35.359><c> when</c><00:30:35.460><c> you're</c><00:30:35.640><c> out</c><00:30:35.880><c> there</c><00:30:36.180><c> in</c><00:30:36.500><c> daily</c><00:30:36.740><c> life</c> 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:38.839 and<00:30:37.400><c> when</c><00:30:37.519><c> you're</c><00:30:37.779><c> out</c><00:30:37.960><c> there</c><00:30:38.259><c> in</c><00:30:38.539><c> the</c><00:30:38.720><c> world.</c> 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:42.940 We<00:30:39.000><c> don't</c><00:30:39.220><c> want</c><00:30:39.339><c> to</c><00:30:39.440><c> be</c><00:30:39.559><c> living</c><00:30:39.759><c> lives</c><00:30:40.059><c> that</c><00:30:40.220><c> are</c><00:30:40.440><c> fundamentally</c><00:30:40.920><c> at</c><00:30:41.200><c> odds</c><00:30:41.440><c> with</c><00:30:41.900><c> the</c><00:30:42.140><c> truth.</c> 00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:47.599 And<00:30:43.180><c> it's</c><00:30:43.339><c> sad,</c><00:30:44.279><c> but</c><00:30:44.960><c> it's</c><00:30:45.500><c> true</c><00:30:45.859><c> that</c><00:30:46.400><c> it</c><00:30:46.579><c> can</c><00:30:46.759><c> possibly</c><00:30:47.140><c> be</c><00:30:47.359><c> done.</c> 00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:50.500 And<00:30:48.019><c> the</c><00:30:48.200><c> focus</c><00:30:48.400><c> should</c><00:30:48.640><c> always</c><00:30:48.900><c> be</c><00:30:49.119><c> in</c><00:30:49.240><c> our</c><00:30:49.420><c> preaching,</c><00:30:49.920><c> brothers</c><00:30:49.980><c> and</c><00:30:50.220><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.420 and<00:30:50.740><c> even</c><00:30:50.980><c> internally.</c> 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:54.440 The<00:30:52.000><c> focus</c><00:30:52.240><c> has</c><00:30:52.500><c> to</c><00:30:52.700><c> be</c><00:30:52.880><c> on</c><00:30:53.359><c> the</c><00:30:53.519><c> way</c><00:30:53.819><c> of</c><00:30:54.099><c> life.</c> 00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.599 The<00:30:55.059><c> truth</c><00:30:55.220><c> has</c><00:30:55.480><c> to</c><00:30:55.680><c> change</c><00:30:55.980><c> our</c><00:30:56.299><c> life.</c> 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:59.059 It's<00:30:57.220><c> not</c><00:30:57.400><c> just</c><00:30:57.619><c> a</c><00:30:57.720><c> matter</c><00:30:57.900><c> of</c><00:30:58.140><c> accumulating</c><00:30:58.660><c> facts.</c> 00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:01.259 Those<00:30:59.640><c> facts</c><00:30:59.799><c> are</c><00:31:00.039><c> helpful</c><00:31:00.339><c> and</c><00:31:00.599><c> they</c><00:31:00.900><c> are</c><00:31:00.940><c> great,</c> 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:03.240 but<00:31:01.799><c> they</c><00:31:02.019><c> have</c><00:31:02.200><c> to</c><00:31:02.460><c> change</c><00:31:02.720><c> our</c><00:31:03.000><c> life.</c> 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:05.859 Now,<00:31:04.279><c> have</c><00:31:04.420><c> a</c><00:31:04.460><c> look</c><00:31:04.559><c> at</c><00:31:04.640><c> verse</c><00:31:04.859><c> 22.</c> 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.319 He<00:31:06.420><c> says,</c><00:31:06.700><c> you</c><00:31:06.700><c> know</c><00:31:06.920><c> that</c><00:31:07.059><c> I've</c><00:31:07.180><c> done</c><00:31:07.319><c> all</c><00:31:07.519><c> this.</c> 00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:10.259 And<00:31:08.539><c> now</c><00:31:08.660><c> he</c><00:31:08.759><c> goes</c><00:31:08.920><c> on</c><00:31:09.079><c> to</c><00:31:09.259><c> say,</c><00:31:09.440><c> this</c><00:31:09.539><c> is</c><00:31:09.680><c> what</c><00:31:09.819><c> the</c><00:31:10.059><c> future</c> 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.920 holds<00:31:10.579><c> for</c><00:31:10.759><c> me.</c> 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:14.180 The<00:31:11.440><c> future</c><00:31:11.740><c> for</c><00:31:11.940><c> me</c><00:31:12.160><c> is</c><00:31:12.500><c> that</c><00:31:12.759><c> I</c><00:31:12.900><c> must</c><00:31:13.140><c> obey</c><00:31:13.440><c> God's</c><00:31:13.900><c> Spirit</c> 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.779 and<00:31:14.640><c> I've</c><00:31:14.839><c> got</c><00:31:14.960><c> to</c><00:31:15.099><c> go</c><00:31:15.200><c> to</c><00:31:15.380><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:18.599 But<00:31:16.160><c> to</c><00:31:16.339><c> be</c><00:31:16.559><c> frank,</c><00:31:17.140><c> I</c><00:31:17.160><c> don't</c><00:31:17.380><c> know</c><00:31:17.819><c> what's</c><00:31:18.200><c> going</c><00:31:18.299><c> to</c><00:31:18.359><c> happen</c> 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.440 to<00:31:18.759><c> me</c><00:31:18.859><c> when</c><00:31:19.019><c> I'm</c><00:31:19.160><c> there.</c> 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:22.279 I<00:31:19.859><c> have</c><00:31:20.119><c> absolutely</c><00:31:20.740><c> no</c><00:31:21.200><c> idea.</c> 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:25.319 Verse<00:31:22.460><c> 23</c><00:31:22.880><c> tells</c><00:31:23.180><c> us</c><00:31:23.420><c> that</c><00:31:23.599><c> he</c><00:31:23.700><c> knew</c><00:31:23.920><c> he</c><00:31:24.039><c> was</c><00:31:24.220><c> going</c><00:31:24.359><c> to</c><00:31:24.539><c> experience</c><00:31:24.880><c> trial.</c> 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:27.500 It<00:31:25.759><c> tells</c><00:31:25.960><c> us</c><00:31:26.140><c> he</c><00:31:26.200><c> was</c><00:31:26.359><c> going</c><00:31:26.480><c> to</c><00:31:26.640><c> experience</c><00:31:26.940><c> difficulty,</c> 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:30.619 but<00:31:27.880><c> he</c><00:31:28.019><c> had</c><00:31:28.359><c> absolutely</c><00:31:28.819><c> no</c><00:31:29.119><c> idea</c><00:31:29.539><c> what</c><00:31:29.880><c> type</c><00:31:30.119><c> of</c><00:31:30.319><c> difficulty</c> 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.079 that'll<00:31:30.960><c> be.</c> 00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:33.779 In<00:31:31.480><c> fact,</c><00:31:31.640><c> I'll</c><00:31:31.859><c> read</c><00:31:32.039><c> for</c><00:31:32.160><c> you</c><00:31:32.240><c> from</c><00:31:32.420><c> Romans</c><00:31:32.680><c> 15.</c> 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.619 Now,<00:31:34.000><c> when</c><00:31:34.400><c> was</c><00:31:34.640><c> Romans</c><00:31:34.880><c> written?</c> 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:37.119 Remember,<00:31:35.900><c> we</c><00:31:36.019><c> looked</c><00:31:36.200><c> at</c><00:31:36.259><c> this</c><00:31:36.440><c> a</c><00:31:36.539><c> few</c><00:31:36.640><c> weeks</c><00:31:36.859><c> ago.</c> 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:41.420 Was<00:31:37.559><c> it</c><00:31:37.700><c> written</c><00:31:37.880><c> at</c><00:31:38.059><c> the</c><00:31:38.220><c> time</c><00:31:38.759><c> Paul</c><00:31:39.000><c> spoke</c><00:31:40.380><c> this</c><00:31:40.900><c> to</c><00:31:41.259><c> the</c> 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.579 Ephesian<00:31:41.740><c> elders?</c> 00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.579 Was<00:31:43.339><c> it</c><00:31:43.460><c> written,</c><00:31:43.779><c> everybody?</c> 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.799 Yes,<00:31:45.440><c> it</c><00:31:45.480><c> has.</c> 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.240 It's<00:31:46.160><c> already</c><00:31:46.460><c> been</c><00:31:46.680><c> written,</c><00:31:46.940><c> okay?</c> 00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:50.440 That<00:31:47.539><c> letter</c><00:31:47.839><c> is</c><00:31:48.220><c> with</c><00:31:48.500><c> Phoebe</c><00:31:48.819><c> and</c><00:31:49.099><c> it's</c><00:31:49.420><c> headed</c><00:31:49.579><c> across</c><00:31:50.079><c> to</c> 00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.319 the<00:31:50.599><c> Roman</c><00:31:50.839><c> believers.</c> 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:54.119 And<00:31:51.779><c> Romans</c><00:31:52.019><c> chapter</c><00:31:52.299><c> 15</c><00:31:52.720><c> and</c><00:31:52.940><c> verse</c><00:31:53.140><c> 30,</c><00:31:53.400><c> Paul</c><00:31:53.619><c> says</c><00:31:53.859><c> this.</c> 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.000 He's<00:31:54.539><c> in</c><00:31:54.779><c> Corinth.</c> 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:58.220 He's<00:31:55.440><c> about</c><00:31:55.660><c> to</c><00:31:55.819><c> head</c><00:31:55.960><c> across</c><00:31:56.200><c> to</c><00:31:56.460><c> Troas</c><00:31:56.819><c> and</c><00:31:57.140><c> head</c><00:31:57.299><c> down</c><00:31:57.500><c> into</c><00:31:57.680><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:01.940 And<00:31:58.480><c> he</c><00:31:58.619><c> says</c><00:31:58.839><c> this,</c><00:31:59.500><c> I</c><00:31:59.579><c> beseech</c><00:32:00.039><c> you,</c><00:32:00.420><c> brothers,</c><00:32:00.599><c> I</c><00:32:00.680><c> beseech</c><00:32:01.220><c> you,</c> 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:04.359 for<00:32:02.240><c> the</c><00:32:02.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:02.700><c> Jesus</c><00:32:03.099><c> Christ's</c><00:32:03.559><c> sake</c><00:32:03.619><c> and</c><00:32:03.759><c> for</c><00:32:03.940><c> the</c><00:32:04.079><c> love</c><00:32:04.200><c> of</c> 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:04.799 the<00:32:04.579><c> Spirit,</c> 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:07.400 that<00:32:05.180><c> you</c><00:32:05.420><c> strive</c><00:32:05.720><c> together</c><00:32:06.099><c> with</c><00:32:06.299><c> me</c><00:32:06.480><c> in</c><00:32:06.559><c> your</c><00:32:06.779><c> prayers</c><00:32:07.019><c> to</c><00:32:07.180><c> God.</c> 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.000 Why? 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:11.220 That<00:32:08.500><c> I</c><00:32:08.819><c> may</c><00:32:09.000><c> be</c><00:32:09.299><c> delivered</c><00:32:09.619><c> from</c><00:32:09.940><c> them</c><00:32:10.140><c> that</c><00:32:10.380><c> don't</c><00:32:10.740><c> believe</c> 00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.160 in<00:32:11.500><c> Judea</c> 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:15.460 and<00:32:12.460><c> that</c><00:32:12.660><c> my</c><00:32:13.019><c> service,</c><00:32:13.720><c> the</c><00:32:13.940><c> cold</c><00:32:14.319><c> hard</c><00:32:14.579><c> cash</c><00:32:14.940><c> that</c><00:32:15.099><c> I</c><00:32:15.279><c> have</c> 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.220 for<00:32:15.700><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:19.460 may<00:32:16.839><c> be</c><00:32:17.160><c> accepted</c><00:32:17.720><c> of</c><00:32:18.180><c> the</c><00:32:18.480><c> saints.</c> 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.680 He<00:32:20.339><c> says,</c><00:32:20.599><c> look,</c><00:32:20.740><c> I've</c><00:32:20.920><c> got</c><00:32:21.099><c> no</c><00:32:21.339><c> idea</c><00:32:21.519><c> what's</c><00:32:21.740><c> going</c><00:32:21.859><c> to</c><00:32:21.920><c> happen</c><00:32:22.099><c> to</c><00:32:22.299><c> me.</c> 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:28.039 I've<00:32:23.119><c> got</c><00:32:23.339><c> no</c><00:32:23.579><c> idea,</c><00:32:24.420><c> but</c><00:32:24.859><c> please</c><00:32:25.559><c> pray</c><00:32:26.000><c> that</c><00:32:26.579><c> I'll</c><00:32:26.779><c> be</c><00:32:26.960><c> delivered</c><00:32:27.160><c> from</c><00:32:27.440><c> them.</c> 00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:31.099 Please<00:32:28.740><c> pray</c><00:32:29.220><c> that</c><00:32:29.480><c> whatever</c><00:32:29.740><c> happens,</c><00:32:30.099><c> I'm</c><00:32:30.319><c> going</c><00:32:30.500><c> to</c><00:32:30.660><c> be</c><00:32:30.859><c> delivered.</c> 00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:32.940 But<00:32:31.539><c> he</c><00:32:31.640><c> doesn't</c><00:32:31.859><c> just</c><00:32:32.140><c> focus</c><00:32:32.420><c> on</c><00:32:32.539><c> himself.</c> 00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.680 He<00:32:33.500><c> focuses</c><00:32:33.799><c> on</c><00:32:33.980><c> his</c><00:32:34.200><c> purpose.</c> 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:37.160 He<00:32:35.059><c> says,</c><00:32:35.440><c> the</c><00:32:35.519><c> whole</c><00:32:35.720><c> reason</c><00:32:35.920><c> I'm</c><00:32:36.119><c> taking</c><00:32:36.319><c> this</c><00:32:36.559><c> trip</c><00:32:36.680><c> is</c><00:32:36.900><c> because</c><00:32:36.960><c> I've</c><00:32:37.099><c> got</c> 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.039 this<00:32:37.339><c> bag</c><00:32:37.559><c> of</c><00:32:37.720><c> money.</c> 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.980 He<00:32:38.700><c> says,</c><00:32:38.819><c> I</c><00:32:39.000><c> don't</c><00:32:39.220><c> want</c><00:32:39.380><c> this</c><00:32:39.640><c> cause.</c> 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:43.279 I<00:32:40.259><c> don't</c><00:32:40.480><c> want</c><00:32:40.660><c> all</c><00:32:41.460><c> this</c><00:32:41.680><c> effort</c><00:32:41.960><c> we've</c><00:32:42.180><c> gone</c><00:32:42.440><c> to</c><00:32:42.740><c> in</c><00:32:43.019><c> order</c> 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.440 to<00:32:43.460><c> unite</c><00:32:43.740><c> Jew</c><00:32:43.960><c> and</c><00:32:44.160><c> Gentile.</c> 00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:46.380 I<00:32:44.619><c> don't</c><00:32:44.779><c> want</c><00:32:44.920><c> that</c><00:32:45.160><c> to</c><00:32:45.240><c> be</c><00:32:45.460><c> lost.</c> 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.299 I<00:32:46.660><c> don't</c><00:32:46.799><c> want</c><00:32:46.880><c> all</c><00:32:47.039><c> that</c><00:32:47.180><c> to</c><00:32:47.279><c> be</c><00:32:47.480><c> wasted.</c> 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:50.480 So<00:32:48.319><c> please</c><00:32:48.839><c> pray,</c><00:32:49.559><c> please</c><00:32:50.039><c> pray.</c> 00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:52.779 He<00:32:50.740><c> writes</c><00:32:50.940><c> to</c><00:32:51.099><c> the</c><00:32:51.240><c> Roman</c><00:32:51.440><c> brothers</c><00:32:51.740><c> and</c><00:32:52.019><c> sisters</c><00:32:52.279><c> to</c><00:32:52.539><c> say,</c> 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:55.980 please<00:32:53.380><c> pray</c><00:32:53.839><c> that</c><00:32:54.200><c> this</c><00:32:54.460><c> will</c><00:32:54.619><c> still</c><00:32:54.799><c> be</c><00:32:55.039><c> successful.</c> 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:59.599 Please<00:32:56.680><c> pray</c><00:32:57.119><c> that</c><00:32:57.500><c> it</c><00:32:57.640><c> will</c><00:32:57.859><c> still</c><00:32:58.180><c> work</c><00:32:58.460><c> well</c><00:32:58.900><c> and</c><00:32:59.279><c> that</c><00:32:59.440><c> the</c> 00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:01.759 gift<00:33:00.000><c> will</c><00:33:00.519><c> be</c><00:33:00.799><c> accepted.</c> 00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.140 But<00:33:03.019><c> notably,</c><00:33:03.480><c> brothers</c><00:33:03.559><c> and</c><00:33:03.779><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:07.559 he<00:33:04.599><c> reveals</c><00:33:04.940><c> a</c><00:33:05.220><c> clear</c><00:33:05.359><c> desire</c><00:33:05.720><c> to</c><00:33:06.059><c> follow</c><00:33:06.299><c> the</c><00:33:06.460><c> will</c><00:33:06.559><c> of</c><00:33:06.759><c> God.</c> 00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:09.160 And<00:33:07.700><c> he</c><00:33:07.740><c> says,</c><00:33:07.859><c> I'm</c><00:33:08.079><c> going</c><00:33:08.160><c> to</c><00:33:08.299><c> follow</c><00:33:08.420><c> the</c><00:33:08.559><c> will</c><00:33:08.640><c> of</c><00:33:08.839><c> God</c> 00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:13.799 even<00:33:09.680><c> though</c><00:33:10.019><c> I</c><00:33:10.220><c> know</c><00:33:10.599><c> it's</c><00:33:11.140><c> at</c><00:33:11.319><c> risk</c><00:33:11.559><c> of</c><00:33:11.839><c> my</c><00:33:12.099><c> personal</c><00:33:12.740><c> safety.</c> 00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:17.500 I<00:33:14.859><c> know</c><00:33:15.039><c> that</c><00:33:15.180><c> if</c><00:33:15.279><c> I</c><00:33:15.400><c> go</c><00:33:15.559><c> to</c><00:33:15.700><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:33:16.279><c> I</c><00:33:16.500><c> know</c><00:33:16.799><c> things</c><00:33:17.099><c> aren't</c><00:33:17.339><c> going</c> 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.980 to<00:33:17.579><c> be</c><00:33:17.740><c> good.</c> 00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:19.119 I<00:33:18.519><c> know</c><00:33:18.759><c> that.</c> 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.319 I<00:33:19.500><c> absolutely</c><00:33:19.779><c> know</c><00:33:20.000><c> that.</c> 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.339 But<00:33:20.619><c> I've</c><00:33:20.779><c> got</c><00:33:20.839><c> to</c><00:33:20.920><c> do</c><00:33:21.079><c> it.</c> 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:24.259 I<00:33:21.799><c> am</c><00:33:21.980><c> going</c><00:33:22.099><c> to</c><00:33:22.180><c> do</c><00:33:22.299><c> it</c><00:33:22.700><c> because</c><00:33:22.980><c> that</c><00:33:23.339><c> is</c><00:33:23.579><c> the</c><00:33:23.740><c> will</c><00:33:23.819><c> of</c><00:33:24.019><c> God.</c> 00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:26.460 It's<00:33:24.740><c> the</c><00:33:24.880><c> will</c><00:33:25.019><c> of</c><00:33:25.220><c> God</c><00:33:25.460><c> that</c><00:33:25.779><c> I</c><00:33:25.900><c> should</c><00:33:26.079><c> go</c><00:33:26.319><c> there.</c> 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:29.039 Now,<00:33:27.119><c> would</c><00:33:27.339><c> you</c><00:33:27.920><c> follow</c><00:33:28.259><c> the</c><00:33:28.440><c> will</c><00:33:28.539><c> of</c><00:33:28.759><c> God</c> 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:31.039 when<00:33:29.440><c> you</c><00:33:29.640><c> know</c><00:33:29.799><c> that</c><00:33:29.940><c> it's</c><00:33:30.099><c> going</c><00:33:30.220><c> to</c><00:33:30.359><c> lead</c><00:33:30.460><c> you</c><00:33:30.640><c> into</c> 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:32.960 serious<00:33:31.500><c> personal</c><00:33:31.960><c> danger?</c> 00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:36.640 If<00:33:34.359><c> you</c><00:33:34.680><c> knew</c><00:33:35.140><c> that</c><00:33:35.619><c> going</c><00:33:35.819><c> down</c><00:33:36.059><c> that</c><00:33:36.339><c> path,</c> 00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:40.000 that<00:33:36.960><c> walking</c><00:33:37.299><c> into</c><00:33:37.539><c> that</c><00:33:37.779><c> city</c><00:33:38.079><c> was</c><00:33:38.740><c> definitely</c><00:33:39.480><c> going</c><00:33:39.779><c> to</c> 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.839 lead<00:33:40.180><c> to</c><00:33:40.559><c> serious</c><00:33:41.039><c> personal</c><00:33:41.519><c> danger,</c> 00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.039 would<00:33:42.019><c> you</c><00:33:42.140><c> do</c><00:33:42.319><c> it?</c> 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.019 Would<00:33:43.480><c> you</c><00:33:43.680><c> walk?</c> 00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:46.140 It's<00:33:44.720><c> a</c><00:33:44.799><c> big</c><00:33:44.940><c> question,</c><00:33:45.400><c> brothers</c><00:33:45.559><c> and</c><00:33:45.819><c> sisters.</c> 00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.299 It's<00:33:46.680><c> a</c><00:33:46.779><c> big</c><00:33:46.940><c> question.</c> 00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:49.059 We<00:33:47.460><c> don't</c><00:33:47.619><c> even</c><00:33:47.819><c> know</c><00:33:47.920><c> what's</c><00:33:48.079><c> going</c><00:33:48.220><c> to</c><00:33:48.259><c> happen</c><00:33:48.500><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.839 But<00:33:49.779><c> Paul</c><00:33:49.960><c> did.</c> 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.039 He<00:33:51.059><c> says,</c><00:33:51.319><c> I</c><00:33:51.440><c> know</c><00:33:51.880><c> when</c><00:33:52.140><c> I</c><00:33:52.279><c> walk</c><00:33:52.420><c> into</c><00:33:52.599><c> that</c><00:33:52.799><c> city,</c> 00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:55.319 I<00:33:53.359><c> know</c><00:33:53.619><c> I'm</c><00:33:53.960><c> going</c><00:33:54.079><c> to</c><00:33:54.319><c> suffer</c><00:33:54.680><c> immensely.</c> 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:58.380 And<00:33:55.859><c> it's</c><00:33:56.079><c> such</c><00:33:56.319><c> a</c><00:33:56.460><c> big</c><00:33:56.660><c> call</c><00:33:56.960><c> walking</c><00:33:57.460><c> into</c><00:33:57.759><c> a</c><00:33:57.960><c> situation</c> 00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:02.039 that<00:33:58.599><c> you</c><00:33:58.880><c> know</c><00:33:59.259><c> is</c><00:33:59.579><c> going</c><00:33:59.720><c> to</c><00:33:59.859><c> end</c><00:34:00.019><c> up</c><00:34:00.460><c> in</c><00:34:00.779><c> personal</c><00:34:01.119><c> danger.</c> 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:04.400 Now,<00:34:02.519><c> maybe</c><00:34:02.819><c> it's</c><00:34:03.039><c> a</c><00:34:03.119><c> very</c><00:34:03.299><c> good</c><00:34:03.440><c> time,</c><00:34:03.819><c> brothers</c><00:34:03.920><c> and</c><00:34:04.220><c> sisters,</c> 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:08.019 to<00:34:04.619><c> recognise</c><00:34:05.319><c> what</c><00:34:05.779><c> a</c><00:34:05.920><c> blessing</c><00:34:06.140><c> it</c><00:34:06.259><c> is</c><00:34:06.440><c> that</c><00:34:06.619><c> the</c><00:34:06.799><c> Father</c><00:34:07.000><c> dispenses</c><00:34:07.559><c> life</c><00:34:07.880><c> to</c> 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.780 us<00:34:08.179><c> one</c><00:34:08.380><c> day</c><00:34:08.539><c> at</c><00:34:08.679><c> a</c><00:34:08.739><c> time.</c> 00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:12.579 I<00:34:10.840><c> don't</c><00:34:11.000><c> know</c><00:34:11.280><c> how</c><00:34:11.480><c> often</c><00:34:11.599><c> we</c><00:34:11.760><c> think</c><00:34:11.940><c> about</c><00:34:12.179><c> that.</c> 00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:16.139 But<00:34:12.900><c> what</c><00:34:13.139><c> a</c><00:34:13.300><c> huge</c><00:34:13.480><c> blessing</c><00:34:13.780><c> it</c><00:34:13.980><c> is</c><00:34:14.139><c> that</c><00:34:14.320><c> the</c><00:34:14.519><c> Father</c><00:34:14.800><c> actually</c><00:34:15.719><c> gives</c> 00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:17.159 us<00:34:16.480><c> one</c><00:34:16.679><c> day</c><00:34:16.820><c> at</c><00:34:16.980><c> a</c><00:34:17.039><c> time.</c> 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:19.579 We<00:34:17.300><c> have</c><00:34:17.519><c> no</c><00:34:17.760><c> idea</c><00:34:18.039><c> what's</c><00:34:18.300><c> going</c><00:34:18.400><c> to</c><00:34:18.480><c> happen</c><00:34:18.659><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:22.559 Absolutely<00:34:20.719><c> no</c><00:34:21.119><c> idea</c><00:34:21.440><c> what</c><00:34:21.579><c> is</c><00:34:21.760><c> going</c><00:34:21.880><c> to</c><00:34:22.019><c> happen</c><00:34:22.179><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.739 Imagine<00:34:23.199><c> if</c><00:34:23.380><c> you</c><00:34:23.519><c> did.</c> 00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:26.079 Imagine<00:34:24.280><c> if</c><00:34:24.480><c> you</c><00:34:24.619><c> knew</c><00:34:24.760><c> what</c><00:34:24.920><c> was</c><00:34:25.139><c> going</c><00:34:25.239><c> to</c><00:34:25.400><c> happen</c><00:34:25.659><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:29.039 Look<00:34:26.579><c> back</c><00:34:26.739><c> over</c><00:34:26.940><c> the</c><00:34:27.019><c> last</c><00:34:27.320><c> five</c><00:34:27.579><c> years</c><00:34:27.760><c> of</c><00:34:27.900><c> your</c><00:34:28.119><c> life</c> 00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:31.900 and<00:34:29.739><c> imagine</c><00:34:30.139><c> if</c><00:34:30.320><c> God</c><00:34:30.539><c> had</c><00:34:30.760><c> told</c><00:34:30.940><c> you</c><00:34:31.179><c> everything</c><00:34:31.559><c> was</c><00:34:31.780><c> going</c> 00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.739 to<00:34:32.099><c> happen</c><00:34:32.179><c> in</c><00:34:32.360><c> the</c><00:34:32.460><c> last</c><00:34:32.659><c> five</c><00:34:32.940><c> years.</c> 00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:36.300 Imagine<00:34:34.460><c> if</c><00:34:34.639><c> you</c><00:34:34.719><c> knew</c><00:34:34.880><c> it</c><00:34:35.000><c> all</c><00:34:35.159><c> ahead</c><00:34:35.360><c> of</c><00:34:35.579><c> time.</c> 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:39.420 Aren't<00:34:37.760><c> you</c><00:34:37.880><c> glad,</c><00:34:38.199><c> brothers</c><00:34:38.360><c> and</c><00:34:38.599><c> sisters,</c><00:34:38.860><c> that</c><00:34:39.000><c> you</c><00:34:39.139><c> don't</c> 00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.460 know<00:34:39.679><c> all</c><00:34:39.940><c> those</c><00:34:40.179><c> things?</c> 00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:43.039 Aren't<00:34:40.920><c> you</c><00:34:41.039><c> glad</c><00:34:41.239><c> that</c><00:34:41.400><c> you</c><00:34:41.559><c> don't</c><00:34:41.880><c> know</c><00:34:42.300><c> what</c><00:34:42.599><c> is</c><00:34:42.800><c> going</c><00:34:42.900><c> to</c> 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:44.019 happen<00:34:43.179><c> in</c><00:34:43.360><c> five</c><00:34:43.579><c> years'</c><00:34:43.960><c> time?</c> 00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:45.039 Paul<00:34:44.260><c> did.</c> 00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:46.000 Paul<00:34:45.380><c> did</c><00:34:45.679><c> know.</c> 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:49.260 Paul<00:34:46.480><c> knew</c><00:34:46.900><c> that</c><00:34:47.139><c> when</c><00:34:47.280><c> he</c><00:34:47.480><c> arrived</c><00:34:47.719><c> there</c><00:34:48.019><c> in</c><00:34:48.199><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:52.300 he<00:34:49.519><c> was</c><00:34:49.639><c> going</c><00:34:49.760><c> to</c><00:34:49.920><c> suffer</c><00:34:50.019><c> trial</c><00:34:50.519><c> and</c><00:34:50.860><c> he</c><00:34:50.900><c> was</c><00:34:51.059><c> going</c><00:34:51.199><c> to</c><00:34:51.400><c> suffer</c><00:34:51.739><c> very</c> 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:53.559 personal<00:34:52.900><c> consequences.</c> 00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.699 He<00:34:54.079><c> knew</c><00:34:54.280><c> that.</c> 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:57.099 But<00:34:55.079><c> that</c><00:34:55.260><c> didn't</c><00:34:55.599><c> deter</c><00:34:55.840><c> him</c><00:34:56.159><c> at</c><00:34:56.400><c> all.</c> 00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:59.260 Now,<00:34:57.340><c> just</c><00:34:57.579><c> read</c><00:34:57.800><c> verse</c><00:34:58.039><c> 23</c><00:34:58.539><c> because,</c> 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.340 no,<00:35:00.340><c> personally,</c><00:35:00.679><c> I</c><00:35:00.820><c> can't</c><00:35:01.039><c> read</c><00:35:01.219><c> this</c><00:35:01.440><c> enough.</c> 00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:04.260 He<00:35:02.739><c> says,</c><00:35:03.079><c> I</c><00:35:03.079><c> know</c><00:35:03.260><c> that</c><00:35:03.400><c> I'm</c><00:35:03.500><c> going</c><00:35:03.579><c> to</c><00:35:03.659><c> go</c><00:35:03.780><c> to</c><00:35:03.940><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.739 I<00:35:04.440><c> don't</c><00:35:04.559><c> know</c><00:35:04.659><c> what's</c><00:35:04.860><c> going</c><00:35:04.940><c> to</c><00:35:05.039><c> happen</c><00:35:05.199><c> to</c><00:35:05.380><c> me</c><00:35:05.500><c> there.</c> 00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:08.920 But<00:35:06.260><c> the</c><00:35:06.440><c> Holy</c><00:35:06.679><c> Spirit</c><00:35:06.940><c> witnesses</c><00:35:07.300><c> in</c><00:35:07.599><c> every</c><00:35:07.940><c> city</c><00:35:08.260><c> saying</c> 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:12.599 that<00:35:09.139><c> bonds</c><00:35:09.579><c> and</c><00:35:10.320><c> afflictions</c><00:35:11.239><c> abide</c><00:35:11.659><c> me.</c> 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:14.420 Let's<00:35:13.480><c> just</c><00:35:13.619><c> read</c><00:35:13.699><c> that</c><00:35:13.880><c> verse</c><00:35:14.039><c> again.</c> 00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:16.179 Let's<00:35:14.920><c> just</c><00:35:15.159><c> read</c><00:35:15.260><c> it</c><00:35:15.440><c> again.</c> 00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:18.000 Every<00:35:16.500><c> sitter</c><00:35:16.699><c> that</c><00:35:16.880><c> I</c><00:35:17.039><c> go</c><00:35:17.179><c> into,</c> 00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:22.360 the<00:35:18.300><c> Holy</c><00:35:18.559><c> Spirit</c><00:35:18.800><c> tells</c><00:35:19.099><c> me</c><00:35:19.880><c> that</c><00:35:20.199><c> bonds</c><00:35:20.719><c> and</c><00:35:21.480><c> afflictions</c> 00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.619 abide<00:35:22.880><c> me.</c> 00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.980 How<00:35:24.820><c> depressing.</c> 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:29.300 Imagine<00:35:27.059><c> the</c><00:35:27.320><c> incredible</c><00:35:27.760><c> pressure</c><00:35:28.219><c> that</c><00:35:28.539><c> is</c><00:35:28.719><c> on</c><00:35:28.820><c> this</c><00:35:29.039><c> man,</c> 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.059 brothers<00:35:29.539><c> and</c><00:35:29.840><c> sisters.</c> 00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:33.239 There's<00:35:30.880><c> Paul</c><00:35:31.039><c> trying</c><00:35:31.320><c> to</c><00:35:31.539><c> muster</c><00:35:32.019><c> the</c><00:35:32.300><c> physical</c><00:35:32.760><c> strength,</c> 00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.239 the<00:35:33.760><c> courage,</c> 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:37.159 trying<00:35:34.679><c> to</c><00:35:34.820><c> muster</c><00:35:35.119><c> the</c><00:35:35.340><c> enthusiasm</c><00:35:36.000><c> to</c><00:35:36.400><c> go</c><00:35:36.639><c> out</c><00:35:36.820><c> there</c><00:35:37.000><c> and</c> 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.039 to<00:35:37.360><c> preach</c><00:35:37.519><c> the</c><00:35:37.699><c> gospel.</c> 00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:40.079 And<00:35:38.639><c> every</c><00:35:39.059><c> city</c><00:35:39.280><c> he</c><00:35:39.440><c> walks</c><00:35:39.719><c> into,</c> 00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:44.039 he<00:35:40.559><c> barely</c><00:35:40.840><c> steps</c><00:35:41.260><c> inside</c><00:35:41.659><c> the</c><00:35:41.860><c> walls</c><00:35:42.059><c> of</c><00:35:42.219><c> that</c><00:35:42.380><c> city</c><00:35:42.639><c> and</c><00:35:43.039><c> this</c><00:35:43.320><c> voice</c><00:35:43.559><c> says</c><00:35:43.780><c> to</c><00:35:43.900><c> him,</c> 00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:46.980 Paul,<00:35:45.079><c> bonds</c><00:35:45.099><c> and</c><00:35:45.400><c> afflictions</c><00:35:45.840><c> await</c><00:35:46.159><c> you.</c> 00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.460 How<00:35:47.460><c> depressing.</c> 00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:52.320 Everywhere<00:35:48.960><c> he</c><00:35:49.340><c> went,</c><00:35:50.019><c> this</c><00:35:50.139><c> message</c><00:35:50.500><c> of</c><00:35:50.900><c> doom</c><00:35:51.360><c> and</c><00:35:51.800><c> gloom</c> 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:53.920 entered<00:35:52.679><c> into</c><00:35:52.960><c> his</c><00:35:53.159><c> life.</c> 00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:57.179 Bonds,<00:35:55.059><c> afflictions</c><00:35:55.920><c> await</c><00:35:56.280><c> you.</c> 00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:59.800 Isn't<00:35:58.519><c> that</c><00:35:58.639><c> amazing,</c><00:35:59.179><c> brothers</c><00:35:59.280><c> and</c><00:35:59.519><c> sisters?</c> 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.840 He<00:36:00.159><c> doesn't</c><00:36:00.440><c> say,</c><00:36:00.920><c> oh,</c><00:36:01.340><c> forget</c><00:36:01.619><c> it.</c> 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.380 I'm<00:36:02.059><c> not</c><00:36:02.239><c> going</c><00:36:02.360><c> to</c><00:36:02.480><c> go</c><00:36:02.619><c> to</c><00:36:02.800><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:03.119><c> then.</c> 00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.920 I'm<00:36:03.679><c> not</c><00:36:03.840><c> going</c><00:36:03.940><c> to</c><00:36:04.079><c> walk</c><00:36:04.239><c> into</c><00:36:04.420><c> that</c><00:36:04.639><c> city.</c> 00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:07.980 Well,<00:36:05.840><c> maybe</c><00:36:06.079><c> I'll</c><00:36:06.280><c> go,</c><00:36:06.480><c> but</c><00:36:06.539><c> I'll</c><00:36:06.719><c> go</c><00:36:06.780><c> and</c><00:36:06.860><c> have</c><00:36:07.019><c> a</c><00:36:07.159><c> massage</c><00:36:07.500><c> first.</c> 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:10.940 At<00:36:08.380><c> least</c><00:36:08.599><c> that</c><00:36:08.820><c> way,</c><00:36:09.039><c> the</c><00:36:09.179><c> torturous</c><00:36:09.659><c> prison</c><00:36:10.000><c> experience</c><00:36:10.400><c> in</c><00:36:10.579><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:12.860 might<00:36:11.380><c> be</c><00:36:11.559><c> that</c><00:36:11.719><c> little</c><00:36:11.880><c> bit</c><00:36:12.019><c> easier.</c> 00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:15.960 I'd<00:36:13.539><c> be</c><00:36:13.679><c> tempted</c><00:36:13.880><c> to</c><00:36:14.099><c> say</c><00:36:14.179><c> I'm</c><00:36:14.219><c> not</c><00:36:14.360><c> even</c><00:36:14.519><c> going</c><00:36:14.659><c> to</c><00:36:14.760><c> go</c><00:36:14.960><c> to</c><00:36:15.139><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:19.639 I'd<00:36:16.539><c> be</c><00:36:16.679><c> tempted</c><00:36:16.860><c> to</c><00:36:17.079><c> stop</c><00:36:17.280><c> preaching</c><00:36:17.760><c> and</c><00:36:18.139><c> hope</c><00:36:18.340><c> that,</c><00:36:18.639><c> therefore,</c><00:36:19.400><c> this</c> 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.320 doesn't<00:36:19.940><c> happen.</c> 00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:23.159 Therefore,<00:36:21.179><c> what</c><00:36:21.400><c> God</c><00:36:21.599><c> has</c><00:36:21.760><c> said</c><00:36:21.840><c> will</c><00:36:22.059><c> happen</c><00:36:22.300><c> if</c><00:36:22.460><c> I</c><00:36:22.539><c> go</c><00:36:22.699><c> to</c><00:36:22.860><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.920 well,<00:36:23.500><c> it</c><00:36:23.639><c> actually</c><00:36:23.860><c> won't</c><00:36:24.019><c> happen</c><00:36:24.239><c> if</c><00:36:24.400><c> I</c><00:36:24.500><c> don't</c><00:36:24.659><c> go.</c> 00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:27.159 Well,<00:36:25.340><c> that's</c><00:36:25.619><c> me,</c><00:36:25.820><c> but</c><00:36:25.900><c> that's</c><00:36:26.159><c> not</c><00:36:26.320><c> Paul.</c> 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.179 Simple<00:36:27.780><c> as</c><00:36:27.980><c> that.</c> 00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.440 That's<00:36:28.739><c> not</c><00:36:28.900><c> Paul</c><00:36:29.079><c> at</c><00:36:29.300><c> all.</c> 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:32.320 Because<00:36:30.199><c> he</c><00:36:30.320><c> tells</c><00:36:30.579><c> us</c><00:36:30.980><c> in</c><00:36:31.139><c> verse</c><00:36:31.480><c> 24,</c> 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:34.619 and<00:36:32.619><c> just</c><00:36:32.820><c> have</c><00:36:32.940><c> a</c><00:36:32.960><c> look</c><00:36:33.099><c> at</c><00:36:33.199><c> these</c><00:36:33.400><c> brothers</c><00:36:33.599><c> and</c><00:36:33.820><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:36.679 it's<00:36:35.360><c> mind</c><00:36:35.619><c>-blowing.</c> 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.840 About<00:36:37.280><c> all</c><00:36:37.480><c> that,</c><00:36:38.679><c> I</c><00:36:38.800><c> don't</c><00:36:39.019><c> care.</c> 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:42.360 You<00:36:40.139><c> know,</c><00:36:40.219><c> that's</c><00:36:40.659><c> what</c><00:36:40.840><c> verse</c><00:36:41.059><c> 24</c><00:36:41.460><c> is</c><00:36:41.460><c> saying.</c> 00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.159 I<00:36:43.239><c> just</c><00:36:43.460><c> don't</c><00:36:43.659><c> care.</c> 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:47.159 I<00:36:44.800><c> don't</c><00:36:44.920><c> place</c><00:36:45.159><c> any</c><00:36:45.480><c> value</c><00:36:45.679><c> on</c><00:36:45.820><c> my</c><00:36:46.059><c> life</c><00:36:46.199><c> at</c><00:36:46.420><c> all.</c> 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.699 I<00:36:47.519><c> just</c><00:36:47.699><c> don't</c><00:36:47.900><c> care</c><00:36:48.079><c> about</c><00:36:48.260><c> my</c><00:36:48.460><c> life.</c> 00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:51.719 I<00:36:49.099><c> don't</c><00:36:49.280><c> consider</c><00:36:49.579><c> my</c><00:36:49.860><c> life</c><00:36:50.219><c> so</c><00:36:50.619><c> valuable</c><00:36:51.000><c> as</c><00:36:51.219><c> to</c><00:36:51.360><c> turn</c><00:36:51.519><c> away</c> 00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:53.500 from<00:36:51.920><c> prison</c><00:36:52.179><c> and</c><00:36:52.460><c> persecution.</c> 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:57.199 And<00:36:55.039><c> it's</c><00:36:55.420><c> almost</c><00:36:55.559><c> like</c><00:36:55.820><c> he's</c><00:36:56.360><c> asking</c><00:36:56.659><c> us</c><00:36:56.840><c> a</c><00:36:56.900><c> question.</c> 00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:01.980 Do<00:36:57.579><c> you</c><00:36:59.260><c> consider</c><00:36:59.619><c> your</c><00:36:59.940><c> life</c><00:37:00.280><c> so</c><00:37:00.699><c> valuable</c><00:37:01.039><c> as</c><00:37:01.320><c> to</c><00:37:01.440><c> be</c><00:37:01.539><c> willing</c><00:37:01.760><c> to</c> 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.880 turn<00:37:02.219><c> away</c> 00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:04.920 when<00:37:03.199><c> you</c><00:37:03.440><c> know</c><00:37:03.659><c> personal</c><00:37:04.099><c> danger</c><00:37:04.360><c> is</c><00:37:04.539><c> involved,</c> 00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:06.519 but<00:37:05.320><c> you</c><00:37:05.460><c> know</c><00:37:05.599><c> you've</c><00:37:05.739><c> got</c><00:37:05.820><c> to</c><00:37:05.900><c> preach</c><00:37:06.099><c> the</c><00:37:06.300><c> truth</c> 00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.780 and<00:37:06.659><c> you</c><00:37:06.719><c> know</c><00:37:06.880><c> you've</c><00:37:07.039><c> got</c><00:37:07.119><c> to</c><00:37:07.199><c> do</c><00:37:07.280><c> the</c><00:37:07.380><c> will</c><00:37:07.460><c> of</c><00:37:07.619><c> God?</c> 00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.639 I<00:37:08.559><c> just</c><00:37:08.820><c> couldn't</c><00:37:09.000><c> do</c><00:37:09.300><c> that.</c> 00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:12.000 My<00:37:10.380><c> life's</c><00:37:10.659><c> just</c><00:37:10.840><c> not</c><00:37:11.000><c> that</c><00:37:11.219><c> valuable</c><00:37:11.519><c> to</c><00:37:11.760><c> me.</c> 00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:15.059 I<00:37:12.300><c> could</c><00:37:12.579><c> not</c><00:37:12.760><c> turn</c><00:37:13.019><c> my</c><00:37:13.260><c> back</c><00:37:13.559><c> on</c><00:37:13.840><c> the</c><00:37:13.960><c> will</c><00:37:14.039><c> of</c><00:37:14.239><c> God.</c> 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:17.320 He<00:37:15.420><c> says</c><00:37:15.519><c> the</c><00:37:15.659><c> only</c><00:37:15.860><c> reason</c><00:37:16.139><c> that</c><00:37:16.320><c> I</c><00:37:16.440><c> don't</c><00:37:16.539><c> get</c><00:37:16.739><c> down</c><00:37:16.860><c> in</c><00:37:16.980><c> my</c><00:37:17.179><c> life,</c> 00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:21.059 and<00:37:17.460><c> he</c><00:37:17.539><c> says</c><00:37:17.739><c> this</c><00:37:17.940><c> in</c><00:37:18.059><c> verse</c><00:37:18.260><c> 24,</c><00:37:19.320><c> is</c><00:37:19.440><c> because</c><00:37:19.880><c> I</c><00:37:20.300><c> know</c><00:37:20.719><c> that</c> 00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.860 I've<00:37:21.199><c> got</c><00:37:21.300><c> to</c><00:37:21.360><c> do</c><00:37:21.559><c> it.</c> 00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:25.159 God's<00:37:22.460><c> told</c><00:37:22.619><c> me</c><00:37:22.800><c> this</c><00:37:23.039><c> is</c><00:37:23.300><c> what</c><00:37:23.480><c> my</c><00:37:24.260><c> purpose</c><00:37:24.579><c> is</c><00:37:24.760><c> in</c><00:37:24.900><c> life.</c> 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:26.460 I<00:37:25.639><c> know</c><00:37:25.920><c> that's</c><00:37:26.179><c> suffering.</c> 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:29.800 I<00:37:26.820><c> know</c><00:37:27.179><c> that</c><00:37:27.420><c> pain</c><00:37:27.599><c> lies</c><00:37:27.860><c> ahead,</c><00:37:28.300><c> but</c><00:37:28.539><c> I</c><00:37:28.699><c> don't</c><00:37:28.880><c> care</c><00:37:29.159><c> about</c><00:37:29.420><c> it.</c> 00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:32.960 It<00:37:30.059><c> just</c><00:37:30.239><c> doesn't</c><00:37:30.480><c> worry</c><00:37:30.699><c> me</c><00:37:30.880><c> because</c><00:37:31.139><c> I'm</c><00:37:31.500><c> so</c><00:37:32.000><c> determined</c><00:37:32.500><c> to</c> 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:34.400 do<00:37:33.059><c> the</c><00:37:33.219><c> will</c><00:37:33.300><c> of</c><00:37:33.500><c> God,</c> 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.559 even<00:37:35.079><c> if</c><00:37:35.260><c> it</c><00:37:35.300><c> means</c><00:37:35.539><c> that</c><00:37:35.699><c> my</c><00:37:35.860><c> life</c><00:37:36.019><c> is</c><00:37:36.199><c> going</c><00:37:36.260><c> to</c><00:37:36.320><c> be</c><00:37:36.480><c> taken.</c> 00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:41.219 And<00:37:38.980><c> when</c><00:37:39.059><c> one</c><00:37:39.179><c> of</c><00:37:39.280><c> those</c><00:37:39.480><c> things</c><00:37:39.699><c> has</c><00:37:39.880><c> got</c><00:37:40.000><c> to</c><00:37:40.159><c> be</c><00:37:40.320><c> surrendered,</c> 00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:45.260 he<00:37:41.739><c> even</c><00:37:41.960><c> says</c><00:37:42.119><c> in</c><00:37:42.219><c> verse</c><00:37:42.420><c> 24,</c><00:37:43.840><c> I'll</c><00:37:43.900><c> give</c><00:37:43.980><c> my</c><00:37:44.119><c> life.</c> 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:47.219 I'll<00:37:46.059><c> die</c><00:37:46.300><c> for</c><00:37:46.519><c> it.</c> 00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:50.659 And<00:37:48.820><c> he</c><00:37:48.860><c> goes</c><00:37:49.019><c> even</c><00:37:49.219><c> further</c><00:37:49.420><c> than</c><00:37:49.639><c> that.</c> 00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:53.820 He<00:37:51.039><c> says,</c><00:37:52.260><c> I'll</c><00:37:52.559><c> do</c><00:37:52.639><c> it</c><00:37:52.760><c> with</c><00:37:52.880><c> joy.</c> 00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:57.900 I'll<00:37:54.719><c> cheerfully,</c><00:37:55.500><c> I'll</c><00:37:55.840><c> joyfully</c><00:37:56.400><c> give</c><00:37:56.960><c> up</c><00:37:57.199><c> my</c><00:37:57.460><c> life</c> 00:37:57.900 --> 00:38:03.219 if<00:37:58.199><c> it</c><00:37:58.420><c> means</c><00:37:58.860><c> that</c><00:37:59.219><c> I</c><00:37:59.300><c> can</c><00:37:59.599><c> lie</c><00:37:59.860><c> on</c><00:38:00.159><c> my</c><00:38:01.519><c> bed</c><00:38:01.820><c> of</c><00:38:02.159><c> death,</c><00:38:02.380><c> not</c><00:38:02.579><c> bed</c><00:38:02.739><c> of</c><00:38:02.960><c> sickness,</c> 00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:06.420 if<00:38:03.619><c> I</c><00:38:03.719><c> can</c><00:38:03.920><c> lie</c><00:38:04.059><c> on</c><00:38:04.280><c> my</c><00:38:04.500><c> bed</c><00:38:04.659><c> of</c><00:38:04.860><c> death</c><00:38:05.139><c> with</c><00:38:05.440><c> a</c><00:38:05.699><c> clear</c><00:38:05.880><c> conscience.</c> 00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:10.619 I<00:38:07.079><c> want</c><00:38:07.239><c> to</c><00:38:07.440><c> lie</c><00:38:07.619><c> on</c><00:38:07.880><c> my</c><00:38:08.139><c> bed</c><00:38:08.300><c> of</c><00:38:08.519><c> death</c><00:38:08.840><c> and</c><00:38:09.219><c> be</c><00:38:09.579><c> totally</c><00:38:10.059><c> clear</c> 00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:12.079 in<00:38:11.039><c> mind</c><00:38:11.320><c> and</c><00:38:11.539><c> in</c><00:38:11.679><c> conscience</c> 00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:15.039 that<00:38:12.440><c> I</c><00:38:12.619><c> have</c><00:38:12.820><c> done</c><00:38:13.019><c> the</c><00:38:13.239><c> will</c><00:38:13.360><c> of</c><00:38:13.539><c> God</c><00:38:13.800><c> exactly</c><00:38:14.500><c> as</c><00:38:14.679><c> he</c><00:38:14.840><c> asked</c> 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.420 me<00:38:15.179><c> to</c><00:38:15.300><c> do.</c> 00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:17.019 I<00:38:15.739><c> haven't</c><00:38:15.980><c> shied</c><00:38:16.300><c> away</c><00:38:16.519><c> from</c><00:38:16.679><c> it,</c> 00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:20.039 even<00:38:17.340><c> though</c><00:38:17.599><c> I</c><00:38:17.679><c> know</c><00:38:17.860><c> there</c><00:38:17.980><c> was</c><00:38:18.239><c> immense</c><00:38:18.699><c> personal</c><00:38:19.239><c> danger</c><00:38:19.579><c> involved.</c> 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:22.360 I'm<00:38:20.599><c> even</c><00:38:20.800><c> prepared</c><00:38:21.179><c> to</c><00:38:21.579><c> give</c><00:38:21.739><c> up</c><00:38:21.880><c> my</c><00:38:22.059><c> life.</c> 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:24.780 And<00:38:22.659><c> he</c><00:38:22.780><c> says,</c><00:38:23.800><c> I'm</c><00:38:23.880><c> happy</c><00:38:24.059><c> to</c><00:38:24.179><c> do</c><00:38:24.239><c> it</c><00:38:24.360><c> with</c><00:38:24.480><c> joy.</c> 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.400 In<00:38:25.159><c> fact,</c><00:38:25.320><c> I</c><00:38:25.460><c> want</c><00:38:25.639><c> to</c><00:38:25.800><c> do</c><00:38:25.900><c> it.</c> 00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.960 And<00:38:26.559><c> I</c><00:38:26.619><c> want</c><00:38:26.800><c> to</c><00:38:26.960><c> do</c><00:38:27.099><c> it</c><00:38:27.539><c> with</c><00:38:27.780><c> joy</c><00:38:28.179><c> because</c><00:38:28.699><c> I</c><00:38:29.039><c> love</c><00:38:29.440><c> the</c><00:38:29.860><c> will</c> 00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.400 of<00:38:30.159><c> God.</c> 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:33.460 And<00:38:30.760><c> I'm</c><00:38:30.980><c> so</c><00:38:31.239><c> desperate</c><00:38:31.679><c> to</c><00:38:32.260><c> do</c><00:38:32.400><c> his</c><00:38:32.679><c> will.</c> 00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:37.719 Well,<00:38:34.360><c> brothers</c><00:38:34.440><c> and</c><00:38:34.659><c> sisters,</c><00:38:35.860><c> what</c><00:38:35.960><c> do</c><00:38:35.960><c> you</c><00:38:36.019><c> say</c><00:38:36.139><c> to</c><00:38:36.260><c> something</c><00:38:36.460><c> like</c><00:38:36.719><c> that?</c> 00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.599 How<00:38:37.980><c> do</c><00:38:38.099><c> you</c><00:38:38.219><c> feel?</c> 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:41.119 How<00:38:39.239><c> do</c><00:38:39.360><c> you</c><00:38:39.440><c> feel</c><00:38:39.559><c> when</c><00:38:39.739><c> you</c><00:38:39.920><c> read</c><00:38:40.099><c> something</c><00:38:40.400><c> like</c><00:38:40.679><c> that?</c> 00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:43.500 How<00:38:41.659><c> do</c><00:38:41.780><c> you</c><00:38:41.860><c> think</c><00:38:41.960><c> those</c><00:38:42.219><c> Ephesian</c><00:38:42.599><c> elders</c><00:38:42.940><c> would</c><00:38:43.119><c> have</c><00:38:43.260><c> felt</c> 00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:45.679 sitting<00:38:43.960><c> there</c><00:38:44.280><c> and</c><00:38:44.500><c> listening</c><00:38:44.780><c> to</c><00:38:44.960><c> what</c><00:38:45.119><c> Paul</c><00:38:45.300><c> was</c><00:38:45.500><c> saying?</c> 00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:48.940 His<00:38:46.099><c> last</c><00:38:46.440><c> few</c><00:38:46.659><c> words,</c><00:38:47.239><c> and</c><00:38:47.400><c> he</c><00:38:47.500><c> said,</c><00:38:47.639><c> I'll</c><00:38:47.920><c> give</c><00:38:48.000><c> up</c><00:38:48.179><c> my</c><00:38:48.500><c> life.</c> 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:52.619 I'll<00:38:49.880><c> willingly</c><00:38:50.099><c> give</c><00:38:50.400><c> up</c><00:38:50.599><c> my</c><00:38:50.780><c> life</c><00:38:51.199><c> if</c><00:38:51.559><c> it</c><00:38:51.780><c> means</c><00:38:52.079><c> that</c><00:38:52.480><c> the</c> 00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.820 will<00:38:52.699><c> of</c><00:38:52.900><c> God</c><00:38:53.159><c> will</c><00:38:53.380><c> be</c><00:38:53.599><c> done.</c> 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:56.079 He<00:38:54.179><c> wasn't</c><00:38:54.400><c> in</c><00:38:54.599><c> this</c><00:38:54.820><c> for</c><00:38:54.980><c> the</c><00:38:55.159><c> loaves</c><00:38:55.340><c> and</c><00:38:55.519><c> for</c><00:38:55.659><c> the</c><00:38:55.840><c> fish.</c> 00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:58.239 He<00:38:56.500><c> was</c><00:38:56.659><c> in</c><00:38:56.780><c> it,</c><00:38:56.960><c> boots</c><00:38:57.199><c> and</c><00:38:57.380><c> all,</c><00:38:57.719><c> brothers</c><00:38:57.739><c> and</c><00:38:57.980><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:00.539 for<00:38:58.460><c> the</c><00:38:58.579><c> will</c><00:38:58.679><c> of</c><00:38:58.860><c> God</c><00:38:59.139><c> and</c><00:38:59.519><c> for</c><00:38:59.699><c> the</c><00:38:59.900><c> love</c><00:39:00.139><c> of</c><00:39:00.420><c> God.</c> 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:03.659 And<00:39:00.719><c> he's</c><00:39:00.820><c> simply</c><00:39:01.119><c> saying,</c><00:39:01.900><c> I've</c><00:39:02.239><c> got</c><00:39:02.360><c> one</c><00:39:02.699><c> priority</c><00:39:03.139><c> in</c><00:39:03.380><c> life.</c> 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:07.219 It's<00:39:04.219><c> not</c><00:39:04.300><c> my</c><00:39:04.519><c> life,</c><00:39:05.340><c> it's</c><00:39:05.460><c> not</c><00:39:05.639><c> sport,</c><00:39:06.340><c> it's</c><00:39:06.500><c> not</c><00:39:06.659><c> my</c><00:39:06.840><c> house,</c> 00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:09.880 it's<00:39:07.619><c> not</c><00:39:07.739><c> my</c><00:39:07.960><c> investments,</c><00:39:08.659><c> it's</c><00:39:08.980><c> not</c><00:39:09.159><c> anything</c><00:39:09.519><c> you</c><00:39:09.659><c> can</c> 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.219 think<00:39:10.099><c> of.</c> 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:12.659 He<00:39:10.420><c> says,</c><00:39:10.599><c> the</c><00:39:10.780><c> one</c><00:39:11.320><c> priority</c><00:39:11.699><c> I</c><00:39:11.900><c> have</c><00:39:11.980><c> in</c><00:39:12.159><c> my</c><00:39:12.360><c> life</c> 00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:16.599 is<00:39:13.099><c> to</c><00:39:13.360><c> testify</c><00:39:13.900><c> the</c><00:39:14.360><c> gospel</c><00:39:14.840><c> of</c><00:39:15.360><c> the</c><00:39:15.599><c> grace</c><00:39:16.079><c> of</c><00:39:16.360><c> God.</c> 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:19.260 And<00:39:17.219><c> for</c><00:39:17.380><c> that,</c><00:39:17.679><c> I'm</c><00:39:17.840><c> willing</c><00:39:18.000><c> to</c><00:39:18.219><c> give</c><00:39:18.340><c> my</c><00:39:18.519><c> life.</c> 00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:23.019 You<00:39:20.300><c> can't</c><00:39:20.659><c> give</c><00:39:20.840><c> anything</c><00:39:21.139><c> more</c><00:39:21.360><c> than</c><00:39:21.480><c> your</c><00:39:21.699><c> life</c><00:39:21.880><c> for</c><00:39:22.039><c> a</c><00:39:22.199><c> cause.</c> 00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:26.280 And<00:39:23.460><c> Paul</c><00:39:23.579><c> says,</c><00:39:24.039><c> I'm</c><00:39:24.099><c> willing</c><00:39:24.500><c> to</c><00:39:25.079><c> give</c><00:39:25.179><c> my</c><00:39:25.380><c> life.</c> 00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:29.900 Now,<00:39:26.739><c> we'll</c><00:39:27.019><c> probably</c><00:39:27.219><c> be</c><00:39:27.400><c> happy</c><00:39:27.599><c> to</c><00:39:27.820><c> give</c><00:39:27.920><c> up</c><00:39:28.519><c> a</c><00:39:28.679><c> few</c><00:39:28.800><c> things.</c> 00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.739 Just<00:39:30.920><c> think</c><00:39:31.079><c> about</c><00:39:31.260><c> it</c><00:39:31.400><c> for</c><00:39:31.500><c> a</c><00:39:31.539><c> minute.</c> 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.739 We'll<00:39:32.239><c> probably</c><00:39:32.380><c> be</c><00:39:32.519><c> happy</c><00:39:32.659><c> to</c><00:39:32.800><c> give</c><00:39:32.880><c> up</c><00:39:33.059><c> a</c><00:39:33.199><c> few</c><00:39:33.300><c> things</c><00:39:33.559><c> for</c> 00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:34.300 the<00:39:33.960><c> truth,</c> 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.960 for<00:39:34.820><c> the</c><00:39:34.880><c> will</c><00:39:34.980><c> of</c><00:39:35.159><c> God.</c> 00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:37.980 Would<00:39:36.340><c> you</c><00:39:36.380><c> be</c><00:39:36.519><c> happy</c><00:39:36.639><c> to</c><00:39:36.760><c> give</c><00:39:36.840><c> up</c><00:39:36.960><c> your</c><00:39:37.119><c> life?</c> 00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:41.000 Would<00:39:38.699><c> you</c><00:39:38.780><c> be</c><00:39:38.920><c> happy</c><00:39:39.099><c> to</c><00:39:39.599><c> totally</c><00:39:40.119><c> give</c><00:39:40.280><c> up</c><00:39:40.440><c> your</c><00:39:40.639><c> life</c> 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:43.579 and<00:39:41.500><c> to</c><00:39:41.659><c> give</c><00:39:41.739><c> it</c><00:39:41.880><c> away</c><00:39:42.039><c> with</c><00:39:42.239><c> a</c><00:39:42.460><c> big</c><00:39:42.679><c> smile</c><00:39:42.980><c> on</c><00:39:43.099><c> your</c><00:39:43.260><c> face?</c> 00:39:44.019 --> 00:39:44.719 I'm<00:39:44.380><c> wrapped.</c> 00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:46.780 I'm<00:39:45.360><c> so</c><00:39:45.639><c> happy</c><00:39:45.880><c> that</c><00:39:46.039><c> I</c><00:39:46.119><c> can</c><00:39:46.260><c> do</c><00:39:46.440><c> this.</c> 00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:50.699 Paul<00:39:47.280><c> says,</c><00:39:47.599><c> that's</c><00:39:47.719><c> me,</c><00:39:48.699><c> doing</c><00:39:48.860><c> it</c><00:39:48.960><c> with</c><00:39:49.019><c> a</c><00:39:49.199><c> smile</c><00:39:49.320><c> on</c><00:39:49.440><c> my</c><00:39:49.639><c> face.</c> 00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:53.519 As<00:39:50.900><c> he</c><00:39:51.039><c> walked</c><00:39:51.199><c> to</c><00:39:51.340><c> the</c><00:39:51.539><c> executioner's</c><00:39:52.199><c> block</c><00:39:52.340><c> in</c><00:39:52.579><c> 1867,</c> 00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:55.420 he<00:39:53.960><c> did</c><00:39:54.079><c> it</c><00:39:54.179><c> with</c><00:39:54.340><c> a</c><00:39:54.500><c> smile</c><00:39:54.679><c> on</c><00:39:54.780><c> his</c><00:39:55.000><c> face.</c> 00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:59.059 I'm<00:39:56.179><c> happy</c><00:39:56.460><c> to</c><00:39:56.679><c> give</c><00:39:56.820><c> up</c><00:39:56.940><c> my</c><00:39:57.159><c> life</c><00:39:57.500><c> for</c><00:39:57.880><c> the</c><00:39:58.039><c> will</c><00:39:58.119><c> of</c><00:39:58.280><c> God.</c> 00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:01.199 I<00:39:59.320><c> think</c><00:39:59.400><c> sometimes</c><00:39:59.820><c> we</c><00:40:00.019><c> find</c><00:40:00.199><c> it</c><00:40:00.400><c> hard</c><00:40:00.539><c> enough</c><00:40:00.760><c> giving</c><00:40:00.960><c> up</c> 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:02.420 bad<00:40:01.420><c> habits,</c> 00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:04.980 hard<00:40:03.119><c> enough</c><00:40:03.320><c> to</c><00:40:03.480><c> give</c><00:40:03.539><c> up</c><00:40:03.699><c> those</c><00:40:03.940><c> little</c><00:40:04.119><c> bad</c><00:40:04.340><c> habits</c><00:40:04.639><c> that</c> 00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.820 nag<00:40:05.219><c> at</c><00:40:05.320><c> us.</c> 00:40:06.260 --> 00:40:07.920 And<00:40:06.380><c> Paul's</c><00:40:06.719><c> smiling</c><00:40:07.000><c> and</c><00:40:07.139><c> he's</c><00:40:07.300><c> simply</c><00:40:07.599><c> saying,</c> 00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:10.699 I'd<00:40:08.619><c> be</c><00:40:08.800><c> really</c><00:40:09.019><c> happy</c><00:40:09.219><c> to</c><00:40:09.380><c> give</c><00:40:09.480><c> up</c><00:40:09.619><c> my</c><00:40:09.840><c> life</c><00:40:10.059><c> if</c><00:40:10.179><c> that</c><00:40:10.380><c> meant</c> 00:40:10.699 --> 00:40:12.400 doing<00:40:11.159><c> the</c><00:40:11.280><c> will</c><00:40:11.340><c> of</c><00:40:11.559><c> God.</c> 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:14.320 That's<00:40:13.219><c> how</c><00:40:13.340><c> much</c><00:40:13.440><c> it</c><00:40:13.559><c> means</c><00:40:13.780><c> to</c><00:40:13.980><c> me.</c> 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.519 The<00:40:14.800><c> will</c><00:40:14.940><c> of</c><00:40:15.119><c> God</c><00:40:15.340><c> was</c><00:40:16.099><c> such</c><00:40:16.340><c> a</c><00:40:16.579><c> priority</c><00:40:16.800><c> in</c><00:40:16.960><c> his</c><00:40:17.139><c> life.</c> 00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:20.739 So<00:40:17.980><c> he</c><00:40:18.139><c> says</c><00:40:18.420><c> he</c><00:40:18.659><c> was</c><00:40:18.900><c> prepared</c><00:40:19.199><c> to</c><00:40:19.360><c> give</c><00:40:19.460><c> his</c><00:40:19.619><c> life</c><00:40:19.860><c> for</c><00:40:20.099><c> two</c><00:40:20.360><c> things.</c> 00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:24.340 And<00:40:21.260><c> the</c><00:40:21.360><c> first</c><00:40:21.559><c> is</c><00:40:21.760><c> this,</c><00:40:22.380><c> to</c><00:40:22.559><c> finish</c><00:40:23.019><c> his</c><00:40:23.460><c> course.</c> 00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:27.099 In<00:40:25.139><c> verse</c><00:40:25.300><c> 24,</c><00:40:25.760><c> he</c><00:40:25.800><c> says,</c><00:40:26.019><c> I</c><00:40:26.019><c> want</c><00:40:26.219><c> to</c><00:40:26.440><c> finish</c><00:40:26.619><c> my</c><00:40:26.940><c> course.</c> 00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:30.860 I'm<00:40:27.340><c> prepared</c><00:40:27.559><c> to</c><00:40:27.760><c> give</c><00:40:27.920><c> my</c><00:40:28.099><c> life</c><00:40:28.599><c> if</c><00:40:28.960><c> I</c><00:40:29.099><c> can</c><00:40:29.340><c> finish</c><00:40:29.679><c> my</c><00:40:29.980><c> course.</c> 00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:34.980 So<00:40:31.119><c> I</c><00:40:31.199><c> can</c><00:40:31.460><c> 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to</c><00:40:45.780><c> finish</c><00:40:46.039><c> my</c><00:40:46.320><c> course.</c> 00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:49.340 And<00:40:47.360><c> then</c><00:40:47.460><c> he</c><00:40:47.500><c> says,</c><00:40:47.980><c> I'm</c><00:40:48.079><c> also</c><00:40:48.380><c> prepared</c><00:40:48.679><c> to</c><00:40:48.840><c> give</c><00:40:48.920><c> my</c><00:40:49.139><c> life</c> 00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:52.940 for<00:40:49.519><c> the</c><00:40:49.699><c> gospel</c><00:40:50.119><c> of</c><00:40:50.639><c> the</c><00:40:50.880><c> grace</c><00:40:51.500><c> of</c><00:40:52.079><c> God.</c> 00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:55.619 Which<00:40:53.980><c> means</c><00:40:54.219><c> that</c><00:40:54.380><c> he</c><00:40:54.460><c> was</c><00:40:54.659><c> prepared</c><00:40:54.960><c> to</c><00:40:55.239><c> die</c> 00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:59.519 as<00:40:56.159><c> he</c><00:40:56.480><c> shared</c><00:40:56.679><c> the</c><00:40:56.940><c> good</c><00:40:57.139><c> news</c><00:40:57.440><c> of</c><00:40:58.059><c> God's</c><00:40:58.559><c> grace.</c> 00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:02.099 Grace,<00:41:00.900><c> God's</c><00:41:01.300><c> grace.</c> 00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.500 Do<00:41:02.300><c> we</c><00:41:02.340><c> ever</c><00:41:02.579><c> think,</c><00:41:02.820><c> brothers</c><00:41:03.039><c> and</c><00:41:03.260><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:07.079 do<00:41:03.679><c> we</c><00:41:03.780><c> ever</c><00:41:03.900><c> think</c><00:41:04.079><c> of</c><00:41:04.239><c> the</c><00:41:04.440><c> truth</c><00:41:04.619><c> as</c><00:41:05.219><c> evidence</c><00:41:05.559><c> of</c><00:41:05.800><c> God's</c><00:41:06.219><c> grace?</c> 00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:10.300 Is<00:41:08.159><c> that</c><00:41:08.300><c> something</c><00:41:08.460><c> you</c><00:41:08.639><c> ever</c><00:41:09.079><c> put</c><00:41:09.340><c> those</c><00:41:09.599><c> words</c><00:41:09.860><c> together?</c> 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:13.699 The<00:41:10.920><c> truth,</c><00:41:11.260><c> 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going.</c> 00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:33.940 Paul<00:41:32.179><c> says,</c><00:41:32.659><c> I'm</c><00:41:32.900><c> prepared</c><00:41:33.119><c> to</c><00:41:33.300><c> give</c><00:41:33.380><c> my</c><00:41:33.599><c> life</c> 00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:37.760 to<00:41:34.300><c> preach</c><00:41:34.519><c> the</c><00:41:34.840><c> gospel</c><00:41:35.260><c> of</c><00:41:35.780><c> the</c><00:41:36.019><c> grace</c><00:41:36.619><c> of</c><00:41:36.920><c> God.</c> 00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.440 I<00:41:38.739><c> probably</c><00:41:39.000><c> have</c><00:41:39.139><c> to</c><00:41:39.280><c> say,</c> 00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:41.699 I<00:41:39.559><c> don't</c><00:41:39.739><c> think</c><00:41:39.840><c> we</c><00:41:40.039><c> really</c><00:41:40.239><c> even</c><00:41:40.480><c> talk</c><00:41:40.719><c> about</c><00:41:41.019><c> it.</c> 00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:45.480 We<00:41:42.980><c> don't</c><00:41:43.119><c> even</c><00:41:43.280><c> really</c><00:41:43.559><c> talk</c><00:41:43.880><c> about</c><00:41:44.139><c> the</c><00:41:44.360><c> subject</c><00:41:44.639><c> of</c><00:41:44.820><c> the</c><00:41:44.980><c> grace</c><00:41:45.139><c> of</c><00:41:45.300><c> God.</c> 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:47.719 It's<00:41:45.940><c> like</c><00:41:46.079><c> we</c><00:41:46.219><c> might</c><00:41:46.400><c> be</c><00:41:46.699><c> a</c><00:41:46.760><c> little</c><00:41:46.920><c> bit</c><00:41:47.139><c> scared</c><00:41:47.300><c> of</c><00:41:47.440><c> the</c><00:41:47.599><c> word</c> 00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.300 or<00:41:47.880><c> the</c><00:41:48.039><c> subject</c> 00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:50.480 because<00:41:48.599><c> of</c><00:41:48.719><c> what</c><00:41:48.800><c> the</c><00:41:49.019><c> churches</c><00:41:49.260><c> have</c><00:41:49.440><c> done</c><00:41:49.579><c> to</c><00:41:49.800><c> it.</c> 00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:52.920 Brothers<00:41:50.840><c> and</c><00:41:51.079><c> sisters,</c><00:41:51.639><c> it's</c><00:41:51.880><c> the</c><00:41:52.019><c> one</c><00:41:52.199><c> thing</c><00:41:52.340><c> which</c><00:41:52.519><c> is</c><00:41:52.599><c> going</c><00:41:52.739><c> to</c> 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:54.079 save<00:41:53.059><c> us.</c> 00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.239 Now,<00:41:55.699><c> in</c><00:41:55.900><c> saying</c><00:41:56.079><c> this,</c> 00:41:56.260 --> 00:41:58.440 I'm<00:41:56.380><c> not</c><00:41:56.559><c> having</c><00:41:56.760><c> you</c><00:41:56.960><c> go</c><00:41:57.079><c> at</c><00:41:57.219><c> our</c><00:41:57.420><c> statement</c><00:41:57.619><c> of</c><00:41:57.820><c> faith</c><00:41:57.960><c> at</c><00:41:58.159><c> all.</c> 00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.559 At<00:41:58.820><c> all</c><00:41:59.019><c> in</c><00:41:59.260><c> saying</c><00:41:59.380><c> this,</c> 00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:01.440 but<00:41:59.760><c> do</c><00:41:59.920><c> you</c><00:41:59.920><c> know</c><00:42:00.019><c> the</c><00:42:00.099><c> word</c><00:42:00.320><c> grace</c><00:42:00.599><c> doesn't</c><00:42:00.880><c> appear</c><00:42:01.119><c> in</c><00:42:01.260><c> our</c> 00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.500 statement<00:42:01.619><c> of</c><00:42:01.840><c> faith?</c> 00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:05.340 The<00:42:04.159><c> statement</c><00:42:04.380><c> of</c><00:42:04.579><c> faith</c><00:42:04.719><c> which</c><00:42:04.920><c> we</c><00:42:05.179><c> have,</c> 00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:07.280 when<00:42:05.780><c> we</c><00:42:06.019><c> sign</c><00:42:06.199><c> up</c><00:42:06.380><c> to</c><00:42:06.440><c> be</c><00:42:06.599><c> a</c><00:42:06.699><c> Christadelphian,</c> 00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:09.500 doesn't<00:42:07.780><c> even</c><00:42:08.079><c> include</c><00:42:08.400><c> the</c><00:42:08.539><c> word</c><00:42:08.699><c> grace.</c> 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:12.320 But<00:42:10.480><c> it's</c><00:42:10.659><c> the</c><00:42:10.860><c> one</c><00:42:11.099><c> thing</c><00:42:11.320><c> which</c><00:42:11.500><c> is</c><00:42:11.639><c> going</c><00:42:11.739><c> to</c><00:42:11.920><c> save</c><00:42:12.059><c> us.</c> 00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:13.699 It's<00:42:12.760><c> the</c><00:42:13.039><c> only</c><00:42:13.380><c> thing.</c> 00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:15.599 It's<00:42:14.119><c> the</c><00:42:14.320><c> one</c><00:42:14.519><c> thing</c><00:42:14.699><c> that</c><00:42:14.820><c> gets</c><00:42:15.019><c> us</c><00:42:15.239><c> together.</c> 00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:17.380 It's<00:42:16.039><c> the</c><00:42:16.219><c> one</c><00:42:16.400><c> thing</c><00:42:16.559><c> that's</c><00:42:16.800><c> brought</c><00:42:16.880><c> us</c><00:42:17.079><c> together</c> 00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:19.219 and<00:42:17.639><c> it's</c><00:42:17.840><c> the</c><00:42:18.039><c> one</c><00:42:18.260><c> thing</c><00:42:18.420><c> that's</c><00:42:18.619><c> going</c><00:42:18.699><c> to</c><00:42:18.760><c> get</c><00:42:18.860><c> us</c><00:42:19.039><c> into</c> 00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:19.679 the<00:42:19.380><c> kingdom.</c> 00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:21.219 And<00:42:20.139><c> we</c><00:42:20.199><c> don't</c><00:42:20.340><c> even</c><00:42:20.559><c> talk</c><00:42:20.780><c> about</c><00:42:21.019><c> it.</c> 00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.719 Paul<00:42:21.420><c> says,</c><00:42:21.820><c> I'll</c><00:42:21.900><c> die</c><00:42:22.179><c> for</c><00:42:22.440><c> it.</c> 00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:24.619 Let's<00:42:23.360><c> talk</c><00:42:23.599><c> about</c><00:42:23.800><c> it,</c><00:42:24.019><c> brothers</c><00:42:24.119><c> and</c><00:42:24.360><c> sisters.</c> 00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.659 The<00:42:24.980><c> grace</c><00:42:25.260><c> of</c><00:42:25.420><c> God.</c> 00:42:25.780 --> 00:42:27.679 And<00:42:25.940><c> it's</c><00:42:26.059><c> not</c><00:42:26.260><c> just</c><00:42:26.440><c> thinking</c><00:42:26.719><c> about</c><00:42:26.960><c> it</c><00:42:27.099><c> in</c><00:42:27.159><c> terms</c><00:42:27.380><c> of</c> 00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:29.920 God's<00:42:27.980><c> been</c><00:42:28.139><c> so</c><00:42:28.500><c> gracious</c><00:42:28.780><c> to</c><00:42:28.980><c> me</c><00:42:29.079><c> in</c><00:42:29.199><c> giving</c><00:42:29.360><c> me</c><00:42:29.539><c> his</c><00:42:29.679><c> truth.</c> 00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:31.460 That's<00:42:30.539><c> absolutely</c><00:42:30.940><c> part</c><00:42:31.199><c> of</c><00:42:31.300><c> it.</c> 00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:34.500 But<00:42:31.719><c> it's</c><00:42:31.940><c> actually</c><00:42:32.559><c> been</c><00:42:32.920><c> gracious</c><00:42:33.320><c> to</c><00:42:33.519><c> one</c><00:42:33.659><c> another.</c> 00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:38.119 Being<00:42:36.179><c> gracious</c><00:42:36.659><c> in</c><00:42:36.920><c> our</c><00:42:37.159><c> dealings</c><00:42:37.460><c> with</c><00:42:37.579><c> each</c><00:42:37.840><c> other,</c> 00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:39.840 whatever<00:42:38.539><c> that</c><00:42:38.739><c> might</c><00:42:38.980><c> be,</c> 00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:43.099 it's<00:42:40.579><c> being</c><00:42:40.900><c> gracious</c><00:42:41.480><c> in</c><00:42:41.920><c> how</c><00:42:42.099><c> we</c><00:42:42.280><c> handle</c><00:42:42.519><c> ourselves</c> 00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:45.719 and<00:42:43.519><c> in</c><00:42:43.679><c> how</c><00:42:43.780><c> we</c><00:42:44.019><c> handle</c><00:42:44.280><c> our</c><00:42:44.500><c> dealings</c><00:42:45.000><c> with</c><00:42:45.320><c> our</c><00:42:45.500><c> brothers</c> 00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:46.239 and<00:42:45.940><c> sisters.</c> 00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:48.360 How<00:42:46.719><c> little</c><00:42:46.960><c> we</c><00:42:47.179><c> talk</c><00:42:47.340><c> about</c><00:42:47.579><c> that.</c> 00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:49.900 But<00:42:48.579><c> we</c><00:42:48.719><c> have</c><00:42:48.900><c> to,</c><00:42:49.139><c> brothers</c><00:42:49.300><c> and</c><00:42:49.579><c> sisters.</c> 00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:52.300 Paul<00:42:50.360><c> says,</c><00:42:50.699><c> I'm</c><00:42:50.820><c> prepared</c><00:42:51.039><c> to</c><00:42:51.360><c> die,</c> 00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:56.260 to<00:42:52.960><c> preach</c><00:42:53.320><c> and</c><00:42:53.739><c> to</c><00:42:54.000><c> speak</c><00:42:54.260><c> on</c><00:42:54.659><c> the</c><00:42:54.860><c> subject</c><00:42:55.139><c> of</c><00:42:55.320><c> the</c><00:42:55.500><c> grace</c><00:42:55.760><c> of</c><00:42:55.960><c> God.</c> 00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.840 Now<00:42:56.739><c> you</c><00:42:56.739><c> go</c><00:42:56.920><c> through</c><00:42:57.119><c> Paul's</c><00:42:57.579><c> writings</c> 00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.420 and<00:42:58.099><c> go</c><00:42:58.219><c> through</c><00:42:58.420><c> the</c><00:42:58.599><c> Acts</c><00:42:58.739><c> of</c><00:42:58.840><c> the</c><00:42:58.960><c> Apostles</c> 00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:01.380 and<00:42:59.760><c> find</c><00:42:59.980><c> out</c><00:43:00.199><c> how</c><00:43:00.380><c> much</c><00:43:00.619><c> grace</c><00:43:00.900><c> appears.</c> 00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:03.260 Paul<00:43:01.980><c> just</c><00:43:02.619><c> thumps</c><00:43:02.900><c> it.</c> 00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:06.980 Absolutely<00:43:04.139><c> thumps</c><00:43:04.719><c> the</c><00:43:04.940><c> subject</c><00:43:05.360><c> of</c><00:43:05.739><c> the</c><00:43:05.940><c> grace</c><00:43:06.219><c> of</c><00:43:06.400><c> God.</c> 00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:09.219 He<00:43:07.179><c> says,</c><00:43:07.380><c> I'll</c><00:43:07.500><c> die</c><00:43:07.679><c> for</c><00:43:07.880><c> it</c><00:43:08.260><c> because</c><00:43:08.500><c> it's</c><00:43:08.800><c> the</c><00:43:08.960><c> one</c> 00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:11.099 and<00:43:09.599><c> the</c><00:43:09.800><c> only</c><00:43:10.079><c> thing</c><00:43:10.300><c> that</c><00:43:10.500><c> keeps</c><00:43:10.679><c> us</c><00:43:10.900><c> alive.</c> 00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:12.840 Without<00:43:11.380><c> it,</c><00:43:11.719><c> we're</c><00:43:11.880><c> like</c><00:43:12.139><c> a</c><00:43:12.280><c> pig</c><00:43:12.380><c> in</c><00:43:12.559><c> water.</c> 00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:14.139 Absolutely<00:43:13.780><c> drowning.</c> 00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.920 If<00:43:14.599><c> it</c><00:43:14.820><c> wasn't</c><00:43:14.960><c> for</c><00:43:15.159><c> the</c><00:43:15.320><c> grace</c><00:43:15.460><c> of</c><00:43:15.639><c> God,</c> 00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:18.079 we're<00:43:16.539><c> absolutely</c><00:43:17.039><c> finished.</c> 00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:21.400 Verse<00:43:19.139><c> 25,</c><00:43:19.780><c> he</c><00:43:20.000><c> switches</c><00:43:20.280><c> over.</c> 00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:25.260 And<00:43:21.900><c> he</c><00:43:22.019><c> says,</c><00:43:22.679><c> look,</c><00:43:23.139><c> I</c><00:43:23.260><c> don't</c><00:43:23.440><c> expect</c><00:43:23.860><c> to</c><00:43:24.039><c> see</c><00:43:24.119><c> you</c><00:43:24.320><c> again.</c> 00:43:25.599 --> 00:43:28.260 I<00:43:25.780><c> know</c><00:43:26.239><c> that</c><00:43:26.800><c> you</c><00:43:26.980><c> all,</c><00:43:27.380><c> among</c><00:43:27.380><c> whom</c><00:43:27.539><c> I've</c><00:43:27.719><c> gone</c><00:43:27.940><c> preaching</c> 00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:31.380 the<00:43:28.480><c> kingdom</c><00:43:28.659><c> of</c><00:43:28.900><c> God,</c><00:43:29.420><c> you're</c><00:43:29.559><c> not</c><00:43:29.699><c> going</c><00:43:29.800><c> to</c><00:43:29.900><c> see</c><00:43:30.019><c> my</c><00:43:30.260><c> face</c><00:43:30.519><c> anymore.</c> 00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:33.079 Now,<00:43:31.980><c> I</c><00:43:32.099><c> don't</c><00:43:32.340><c> think</c><00:43:32.460><c> this</c><00:43:32.679><c> is</c><00:43:32.860><c> saying</c> 00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:35.260 that<00:43:33.280><c> he</c><00:43:33.440><c> knew</c><00:43:33.659><c> he</c><00:43:33.820><c> was</c><00:43:34.039><c> headed</c><00:43:34.199><c> for</c><00:43:34.460><c> death.</c> 00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:38.000 I<00:43:35.539><c> don't</c><00:43:35.780><c> think</c><00:43:35.880><c> he's</c><00:43:36.179><c> acknowledging</c><00:43:36.539><c> that</c><00:43:36.940><c> he's</c><00:43:37.300><c> about</c><00:43:37.519><c> to</c><00:43:37.760><c> die.</c> 00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:40.039 I<00:43:38.559><c> think</c><00:43:38.739><c> what</c><00:43:38.880><c> he's</c><00:43:39.079><c> saying,</c><00:43:39.400><c> brothers</c><00:43:39.480><c> and</c><00:43:39.719><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:42.800 is<00:43:40.500><c> that</c><00:43:40.599><c> he's</c><00:43:40.739><c> now</c><00:43:40.920><c> going</c><00:43:41.079><c> to</c><00:43:41.239><c> turn</c><00:43:41.340><c> his</c><00:43:41.579><c> attention</c><00:43:41.960><c> to</c><00:43:42.119><c> other</c><00:43:42.320><c> countries.</c> 00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:45.300 As<00:43:43.400><c> he</c><00:43:43.599><c> says</c><00:43:43.699><c> in</c><00:43:43.920><c> Romans,</c><00:43:44.280><c> I</c><00:43:44.340><c> want</c><00:43:44.420><c> to</c><00:43:44.599><c> preach</c><00:43:44.739><c> in</c><00:43:44.880><c> Spain.</c> 00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:47.599 I<00:43:45.900><c> want</c><00:43:45.980><c> to</c><00:43:46.099><c> take</c><00:43:46.179><c> the</c><00:43:46.360><c> gospel</c><00:43:46.619><c> to</c><00:43:46.860><c> Rome.</c> 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:49.739 He<00:43:47.880><c> didn't</c><00:43:48.059><c> know</c><00:43:48.260><c> that</c><00:43:48.380><c> he</c><00:43:48.480><c> was</c><00:43:48.599><c> going</c><00:43:48.699><c> to</c><00:43:48.800><c> get</c><00:43:48.900><c> to</c><00:43:49.139><c> Roman</c><00:43:49.320><c> chains.</c> 00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:52.559 He<00:43:50.360><c> didn't</c><00:43:50.500><c> know</c><00:43:50.659><c> that</c><00:43:50.760><c> he</c><00:43:50.780><c> was</c><00:43:50.920><c> going</c><00:43:51.059><c> to</c><00:43:51.119><c> get</c><00:43:51.280><c> there</c><00:43:51.440><c> on</c><00:43:51.619><c> a</c><00:43:51.760><c> boat</c> 00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:56.159 that<00:43:53.059><c> was</c><00:43:53.260><c> being</c><00:43:53.900><c> commanded</c><00:43:54.619><c> by</c><00:43:54.980><c> soldiers</c><00:43:55.340><c> and</c><00:43:55.559><c> by</c><00:43:55.800><c> centurions.</c> 00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:57.639 He<00:43:56.340><c> had</c><00:43:56.639><c> no</c><00:43:56.900><c> idea</c><00:43:57.119><c> about</c><00:43:57.320><c> that.</c> 00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:59.960 He<00:43:57.980><c> just</c><00:43:58.219><c> knew</c><00:43:58.400><c> that</c><00:43:58.960><c> when</c><00:43:59.099><c> he</c><00:43:59.219><c> got</c><00:43:59.360><c> to</c><00:43:59.559><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:01.400 things<00:44:00.440><c> weren't</c><00:44:00.699><c> going</c><00:44:00.860><c> to</c><00:44:00.900><c> be</c><00:44:01.059><c> easy.</c> 00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:03.420 But<00:44:01.960><c> he</c><00:44:02.059><c> says,</c><00:44:02.300><c> I</c><00:44:02.320><c> don't</c><00:44:02.500><c> think</c><00:44:02.679><c> I'm</c><00:44:02.860><c> going</c><00:44:02.880><c> to</c><00:44:02.920><c> come</c><00:44:03.119><c> back</c><00:44:03.280><c> to</c> 00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:03.920 Ephesus<00:44:03.679><c> again,</c> 00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:05.039 so<00:44:04.079><c> I'm</c><00:44:04.219><c> saying</c><00:44:04.340><c> goodbye</c><00:44:04.639><c> to</c><00:44:04.840><c> you.</c> 00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.480 I'm<00:44:05.579><c> saying</c><00:44:05.719><c> farewell</c><00:44:06.059><c> to</c><00:44:06.280><c> you.</c> 00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:08.480 I<00:44:06.699><c> want</c><00:44:06.840><c> to</c><00:44:06.980><c> take</c><00:44:07.079><c> the</c><00:44:07.239><c> gospel</c><00:44:07.539><c> to</c><00:44:07.820><c> other</c><00:44:08.039><c> places.</c> 00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:10.139 He's<00:44:09.119><c> not</c><00:44:09.320><c> predicting</c><00:44:09.639><c> his</c><00:44:09.900><c> death.</c> 00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:12.300 He's<00:44:10.519><c> simply</c><00:44:10.860><c> saying,</c><00:44:11.420><c> I</c><00:44:11.599><c> won't</c><00:44:11.780><c> be</c><00:44:11.960><c> back</c><00:44:12.179><c> here.</c> 00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:14.900 I'm<00:44:12.539><c> handing</c><00:44:12.760><c> the</c><00:44:13.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:13.260><c> over</c><00:44:13.739><c> to</c><00:44:14.079><c> the</c><00:44:14.199><c> likes</c><00:44:14.360><c> of</c><00:44:14.559><c> Timothy</c> 00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:16.440 and<00:44:15.380><c> to</c><00:44:15.519><c> the</c><00:44:15.639><c> likes</c><00:44:15.800><c> of</c><00:44:16.000><c> yourselves</c> 00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:18.539 who<00:44:16.820><c> are</c><00:44:16.900><c> going</c><00:44:16.960><c> to</c><00:44:17.019><c> be</c><00:44:17.119><c> the</c><00:44:17.320><c> leaders</c><00:44:17.559><c> in</c><00:44:17.800><c> this</c><00:44:18.000><c> new</c><00:44:18.139><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:21.420 And<00:44:19.179><c> therefore,</c><00:44:19.440><c> he</c><00:44:19.519><c> says</c><00:44:19.719><c> in</c><00:44:19.880><c> verse</c><00:44:20.099><c> 26</c><00:44:20.519><c> and</c><00:44:20.619><c> verse</c><00:44:20.860><c> 27,</c> 00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:25.000 if<00:44:21.920><c> after</c><00:44:22.199><c> I've</c><00:44:22.460><c> gone,</c><00:44:23.380><c> if</c><00:44:23.559><c> any</c><00:44:23.739><c> of</c><00:44:23.840><c> you</c><00:44:23.940><c> perish,</c> 00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:27.119 I'm<00:44:25.820><c> not</c><00:44:26.000><c> responsible.</c> 00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:29.699 That<00:44:27.940><c> person</c><00:44:28.300><c> alone</c><00:44:28.739><c> is</c><00:44:29.219><c> responsible.</c> 00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.760 He<00:44:29.820><c> says,</c><00:44:30.199><c> I'm</c><00:44:30.300><c> blameless.</c> 00:44:31.059 --> 00:44:32.199 I'm<00:44:31.320><c> absolutely</c><00:44:31.780><c> blameless</c> 00:44:32.199 --> 00:44:34.500 because<00:44:32.340><c> I've</c><00:44:32.659><c> shown</c><00:44:32.800><c> you</c><00:44:33.099><c> everything</c><00:44:33.460><c> you</c><00:44:33.739><c> need</c><00:44:33.980><c> to</c><00:44:34.179><c> know</c> 00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:37.679 to<00:44:34.820><c> escape</c><00:44:35.199><c> from</c><00:44:35.440><c> evil</c><00:44:35.699><c> and</c><00:44:36.079><c> in</c><00:44:36.199><c> order</c><00:44:36.500><c> to</c><00:44:36.820><c> attain</c><00:44:37.139><c> salvation.</c> 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:39.659 The<00:44:38.260><c> fault</c><00:44:38.400><c> was</c><00:44:38.639><c> not</c><00:44:38.880><c> mine.</c> 00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:42.280 If<00:44:40.199><c> somebody</c><00:44:40.519><c> perishes,</c><00:44:41.320><c> if</c><00:44:41.500><c> somebody</c><00:44:41.840><c> leaves,</c> 00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:43.820 the<00:44:42.760><c> fault</c><00:44:43.000><c> is</c><00:44:43.340><c> not</c><00:44:43.559><c> mine.</c> 00:44:44.179 --> 00:44:46.960 And<00:44:44.300><c> all</c><00:44:44.440><c> Paul</c><00:44:44.639><c> could</c><00:44:44.820><c> do</c><00:44:44.920><c> as</c><00:44:45.059><c> a</c><00:44:45.239><c> preacher</c><00:44:45.539><c> is</c><00:44:46.079><c> make</c><00:44:46.280><c> known</c><00:44:46.420><c> the</c><00:44:46.659><c> truth</c> 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:48.800 and<00:44:47.380><c> be</c><00:44:47.639><c> faithful</c><00:44:48.079><c> in</c><00:44:48.420><c> doing</c><00:44:48.579><c> it.</c> 00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:49.519 And<00:44:48.920><c> he</c><00:44:49.039><c> did</c><00:44:49.219><c> that.</c> 00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:51.179 He<00:44:50.139><c> can't</c><00:44:50.420><c> make</c><00:44:50.539><c> people</c><00:44:50.780><c> listen.</c> 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:52.659 He<00:44:51.599><c> couldn't</c><00:44:51.780><c> make</c><00:44:51.980><c> people</c><00:44:52.239><c> obey.</c> 00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:54.239 All<00:44:53.159><c> he</c><00:44:53.300><c> could</c><00:44:53.420><c> do</c><00:44:53.539><c> was</c><00:44:53.719><c> help</c><00:44:53.920><c> them</c> 00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:56.380 to<00:44:54.599><c> help</c><00:44:54.760><c> them</c><00:44:55.019><c> choose</c><00:44:55.219><c> the</c><00:44:55.440><c> right</c><00:44:55.639><c> thing</c><00:44:55.800><c> in</c><00:44:56.019><c> life.</c> 00:44:56.380 --> 00:45:01.199 And<00:44:56.960><c> of</c><00:44:57.380><c> that,</c><00:44:57.960><c> he</c><00:44:58.019><c> says,</c><00:44:58.360><c> I</c><00:44:58.360><c> have</c><00:44:58.579><c> an</c><00:44:58.960><c> absolutely</c><00:44:59.460><c> clear</c><00:45:00.099><c> conscience.</c> 00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:03.260 And<00:45:01.800><c> he</c><00:45:01.820><c> was</c><00:45:01.960><c> so</c><00:45:02.239><c> comfortable,</c><00:45:02.739><c> brothers</c><00:45:02.840><c> and</c><00:45:03.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:06.139 that's<00:45:03.420><c> what</c><00:45:03.519><c> he</c><00:45:03.760><c> says</c><00:45:04.099><c> in</c><00:45:04.480><c> verse</c><00:45:04.679><c> 26</c><00:45:05.079><c> and</c><00:45:05.199><c> 27.</c> 00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:09.420 I<00:45:06.679><c> am</c><00:45:07.039><c> pure</c><00:45:07.400><c> from</c><00:45:07.719><c> the</c><00:45:07.920><c> blood</c><00:45:08.219><c> of</c><00:45:08.780><c> all</c><00:45:09.139><c> men</c> 00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:13.059 because<00:45:09.940><c> I</c><00:45:10.199><c> know</c><00:45:10.539><c> that</c><00:45:10.940><c> I</c><00:45:11.039><c> have</c><00:45:11.340><c> not</c><00:45:11.639><c> shunned</c><00:45:11.860><c> to</c><00:45:12.019><c> preach</c><00:45:12.280><c> unto</c><00:45:12.539><c> you</c> 00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:16.239 all<00:45:13.559><c> the</c><00:45:14.099><c> counsel</c><00:45:14.639><c> of</c><00:45:15.380><c> God.</c> 00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:19.679 He's<00:45:17.000><c> not</c><00:45:17.219><c> setting</c><00:45:17.400><c> himself</c><00:45:17.679><c> up</c><00:45:17.960><c> to</c><00:45:18.280><c> a</c><00:45:18.480><c> claim</c><00:45:18.599><c> of</c><00:45:18.920><c> absolute</c><00:45:19.300><c> perfection.</c> 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:21.940 He's<00:45:20.019><c> not</c><00:45:20.480><c> setting</c><00:45:20.699><c> himself</c><00:45:21.019><c> up</c><00:45:21.179><c> for</c><00:45:21.280><c> that</c><00:45:21.420><c> at</c><00:45:21.559><c> all,</c><00:45:21.840><c> brothers</c> 00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.460 and<00:45:22.159><c> sisters.</c> 00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:24.460 He's<00:45:22.900><c> simply</c><00:45:23.219><c> saying,</c><00:45:23.579><c> in</c><00:45:24.000><c> this</c><00:45:24.219><c> matter,</c> 00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:26.360 I<00:45:24.940><c> know</c><00:45:25.179><c> that</c><00:45:25.340><c> I've</c><00:45:25.519><c> got</c><00:45:25.619><c> a</c><00:45:25.780><c> clear</c><00:45:25.920><c> conscience</c> 00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:30.099 that<00:45:26.519><c> I've</c><00:45:26.679><c> done</c><00:45:26.940><c> everything</c><00:45:27.539><c> that</c><00:45:28.000><c> I</c><00:45:28.300><c> possibly</c><00:45:28.719><c> could</c><00:45:29.219><c> have</c><00:45:29.420><c> done.</c> 00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:33.000 Now,<00:45:31.599><c> is</c><00:45:31.679><c> that</c><00:45:31.760><c> something</c><00:45:31.960><c> that</c><00:45:32.139><c> you</c><00:45:32.239><c> could</c><00:45:32.380><c> say</c><00:45:32.639><c> you</c><00:45:32.800><c> do</c><00:45:32.880><c> in</c> 00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:34.059 your<00:45:33.219><c> life?</c> 00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:36.300 Is<00:45:34.679><c> that</c><00:45:34.760><c> something</c><00:45:34.980><c> that</c><00:45:35.179><c> you</c><00:45:35.280><c> could</c><00:45:35.440><c> be</c><00:45:35.659><c> willing</c><00:45:35.840><c> to</c><00:45:36.119><c> say</c> 00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:38.340 about<00:45:36.559><c> yourself,</c><00:45:37.139><c> brothers</c><00:45:37.199><c> and</c><00:45:37.440><c> sisters?</c> 00:45:39.739 --> 00:45:42.239 That<00:45:40.099><c> we've</c><00:45:40.460><c> done</c><00:45:40.840><c> everything</c><00:45:41.500><c> possible</c> 00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:44.539 to<00:45:42.880><c> help</c><00:45:43.039><c> our</c><00:45:43.219><c> brothers</c><00:45:43.380><c> and</c><00:45:43.599><c> sisters?</c> 00:45:45.739 --> 00:45:46.739 Is<00:45:45.940><c> that</c><00:45:46.059><c> something</c><00:45:46.219><c> you</c><00:45:46.320><c> could</c><00:45:46.519><c> say?</c> 00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:48.559 Do<00:45:46.900><c> you</c><00:45:46.960><c> know,</c><00:45:47.039><c> I</c><00:45:47.119><c> don't</c><00:45:47.320><c> think</c><00:45:47.440><c> I</c><00:45:47.659><c> could.</c> 00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:50.800 And<00:45:48.860><c> I'm</c><00:45:49.000><c> not</c><00:45:49.159><c> saying</c><00:45:49.300><c> that</c><00:45:49.480><c> because</c><00:45:49.639><c> I'm</c><00:45:49.860><c> surprised</c><00:45:50.260><c> at</c><00:45:50.440><c> it.</c> 00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:52.920 I<00:45:51.519><c> don't</c><00:45:51.719><c> think</c><00:45:51.800><c> we</c><00:45:51.980><c> all</c><00:45:52.139><c> could,</c><00:45:52.239><c> brothers</c><00:45:52.480><c> and</c><00:45:52.760><c> sisters.</c> 00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:54.940 I<00:45:53.059><c> don't</c><00:45:53.219><c> think</c><00:45:53.340><c> any</c><00:45:53.579><c> of</c><00:45:53.659><c> us</c><00:45:53.780><c> could</c><00:45:53.920><c> say</c><00:45:54.179><c> that.</c> 00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:58.579 Paul<00:45:55.639><c> says,</c><00:45:56.900><c> I'm</c><00:45:57.440><c> totally</c><00:45:57.860><c> clear</c><00:45:58.099><c> of</c><00:45:58.300><c> conscience</c> 00:45:58.579 --> 00:46:01.179 that<00:45:58.780><c> I've</c><00:45:58.900><c> done</c><00:45:59.079><c> everything</c><00:45:59.539><c> and</c><00:46:00.219><c> I've</c><00:46:00.420><c> given</c><00:46:00.559><c> everything.</c> 00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:03.059 I'm<00:46:01.760><c> not</c><00:46:01.900><c> to</c><00:46:02.119><c> blame.</c> 00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.840 Do<00:46:03.619><c> you</c><00:46:03.619><c> know,</c><00:46:03.679><c> I</c><00:46:03.780><c> know</c><00:46:03.920><c> there's</c><00:46:04.099><c> times</c><00:46:04.320><c> in</c><00:46:04.440><c> my</c><00:46:04.659><c> life</c> 00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:06.800 when<00:46:05.000><c> I</c><00:46:05.099><c> should</c><00:46:05.239><c> have</c><00:46:05.340><c> said</c><00:46:05.519><c> something</c><00:46:05.760><c> but</c><00:46:05.920><c> I</c><00:46:06.099><c> haven't.</c> 00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:09.960 And<00:46:07.139><c> I'm</c><00:46:07.239><c> not</c><00:46:07.360><c> talking</c><00:46:07.599><c> necessarily</c><00:46:08.099><c> about</c><00:46:08.360><c> big</c><00:46:09.380><c> sins.</c> 00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:12.079 I'm<00:46:10.500><c> talking</c><00:46:10.659><c> about</c><00:46:10.820><c> the</c><00:46:10.980><c> times</c><00:46:11.139><c> we</c><00:46:11.360><c> hear</c><00:46:11.579><c> a</c><00:46:11.739><c> brother</c> 00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:13.980 verbally<00:46:12.659><c> abusing</c><00:46:13.059><c> another.</c> 00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:16.099 And<00:46:15.320><c> somebody</c><00:46:15.440><c> should</c><00:46:15.659><c> be</c><00:46:15.900><c> stopped.</c> 00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:19.260 That<00:46:16.420><c> person</c><00:46:16.659><c> should</c><00:46:16.860><c> be</c><00:46:17.059><c> stopped</c><00:46:17.239><c> and</c><00:46:17.800><c> something</c><00:46:18.099><c> should</c><00:46:18.300><c> be</c><00:46:18.519><c> said.</c> 00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:20.440 But<00:46:19.539><c> we</c><00:46:19.699><c> don't</c><00:46:19.860><c> sometimes</c><00:46:20.260><c> do.</c> 00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.920 We<00:46:20.559><c> just</c><00:46:20.780><c> let</c><00:46:20.960><c> it</c><00:46:21.119><c> go.</c> 00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:24.079 No,<00:46:22.739><c> brothers</c><00:46:22.820><c> and</c><00:46:23.039><c> sisters,</c><00:46:23.260><c> Paul</c><00:46:23.420><c> didn't</c><00:46:23.599><c> do</c><00:46:23.800><c> that.</c> 00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:25.960 He<00:46:24.380><c> says,</c><00:46:24.719><c> I've</c><00:46:24.760><c> spoken</c><00:46:25.219><c> to</c><00:46:25.340><c> you</c><00:46:25.440><c> about</c><00:46:25.559><c> everything.</c> 00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:29.900 I<00:46:26.320><c> haven't</c><00:46:26.659><c> shunned</c><00:46:27.239><c> to</c><00:46:27.519><c> declare</c><00:46:28.039><c> unto</c><00:46:28.320><c> you</c><00:46:28.780><c> all</c><00:46:29.300><c> the</c><00:46:29.579><c> grace</c> 00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.440 of<00:46:30.159><c> God.</c> 00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:32.000 All<00:46:31.119><c> the</c><00:46:31.360><c> counsel</c><00:46:31.639><c> of</c><00:46:31.780><c> God.</c> 00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:32.780 Everything. 00:46:33.219 --> 00:46:35.880 Everything<00:46:33.539><c> that</c><00:46:33.760><c> you</c><00:46:33.940><c> needed</c><00:46:34.119><c> to</c><00:46:34.400><c> know,</c><00:46:34.880><c> I've</c><00:46:35.159><c> told</c><00:46:35.360><c> you.</c> 00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:37.199 The<00:46:36.199><c> whole</c><00:46:36.360><c> lot.</c> 00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:41.739 I've<00:46:37.559><c> withheld</c><00:46:38.119><c> absolutely</c><00:46:39.099><c> nothing</c><00:46:39.679><c> from</c><00:46:40.000><c> you</c><00:46:40.780><c> at</c><00:46:41.039><c> all.</c> 00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:44.579 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becomes</c><00:48:53.440><c> very</c><00:48:53.800><c> somber,</c><00:48:54.559><c> very,</c><00:48:55.000><c> very</c><00:48:55.360><c> somber.</c> 00:48:56.139 --> 00:48:58.519 And<00:48:56.280><c> the</c><00:48:56.400><c> first</c><00:48:56.599><c> thing</c><00:48:56.820><c> that</c><00:48:57.340><c> he</c><00:48:57.539><c> writes</c><00:48:57.719><c> on</c><00:48:57.880><c> his</c><00:48:58.119><c> to</c><00:48:58.219><c>-do</c><00:48:58.320><c> list,</c> 00:48:58.539 --> 00:49:01.039 and<00:48:58.679><c> I</c><00:48:58.719><c> can</c><00:48:58.940><c> see</c><00:48:59.039><c> him</c><00:48:59.280><c> walking</c><00:48:59.360><c> to</c><00:49:00.440><c> the</c><00:49:00.559><c> whiteboard</c> 00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:03.800 in<00:49:01.420><c> this</c><00:49:01.579><c> room</c><00:49:01.780><c> in</c><00:49:01.920><c> which</c><00:49:02.019><c> they</c><00:49:02.260><c> were</c><00:49:02.579><c> with</c><00:49:03.059><c> the</c><00:49:03.380><c> to</c><00:49:03.519><c>-do</c><00:49:03.639><c> list</c> 00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:04.219 up<00:49:03.960><c> the</c><00:49:04.099><c> top.</c> 00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:06.800 And<00:49:04.380><c> what's</c><00:49:04.599><c> the</c><00:49:04.780><c> first</c><00:49:05.019><c> thing</c><00:49:05.420><c> that</c><00:49:05.599><c> is</c><00:49:05.880><c> found</c><00:49:06.099><c> on</c><00:49:06.360><c> Paul's</c><00:49:06.699><c> to</c> 00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:07.760 -do<00:49:06.920><c> list?</c> 00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:09.239 Well,<00:49:07.900><c> the</c><00:49:08.039><c> first</c><00:49:08.219><c> thing</c><00:49:08.340><c> that's</c><00:49:08.619><c> found</c><00:49:08.780><c> on</c><00:49:08.960><c> it</c> 00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:13.840 is<00:49:09.760><c> do</c><00:49:10.099><c> everything</c><00:49:10.460><c> in</c><00:49:10.760><c> your</c><00:49:11.039><c> power</c><00:49:11.260><c> to</c><00:49:11.500><c> keep</c><00:49:11.679><c> your</c><00:49:11.920><c> ecclesiast</c><00:49:12.420><c> spiritually</c><00:49:12.900><c> healthy.</c> 00:49:15.219 --> 00:49:16.360 That's<00:49:15.659><c> the</c><00:49:15.800><c> first</c><00:49:16.019><c> thing.</c> 00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:19.579 Do<00:49:17.119><c> everything,</c><00:49:18.199><c> everything</c><00:49:18.679><c> in</c><00:49:18.880><c> your</c><00:49:19.179><c> power</c> 00:49:19.579 --> 00:49:23.340 to<00:49:19.900><c> keep</c><00:49:20.179><c> your</c><00:49:20.480><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:21.019><c> spiritually</c><00:49:22.039><c> healthy.</c> 00:49:23.719 --> 00:49:26.320 But<00:49:23.820><c> notice</c><00:49:24.139><c> where</c><00:49:24.360><c> he</c><00:49:24.519><c> says</c><00:49:24.980><c> it</c><00:49:25.639><c> should</c><00:49:25.840><c> begin.</c> 00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:32.400 Verse<00:49:26.860><c> 28,</c><00:49:28.159><c> the</c><00:49:28.179><c> first</c><00:49:28.579><c> thing</c><00:49:28.780><c> is</c><00:49:29.400><c> you</c><00:49:29.940><c> must</c><00:49:30.239><c> watch</c><00:49:31.099><c> yourselves.</c> 00:49:32.820 --> 00:49:34.920 Now,<00:49:32.960><c> remember,</c><00:49:33.159><c> he's</c><00:49:33.320><c> not</c><00:49:33.539><c> talking</c><00:49:33.760><c> to</c><00:49:33.940><c> the</c><00:49:34.039><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:36.980 He's<00:49:35.599><c> talking</c><00:49:35.880><c> to</c><00:49:36.119><c> the</c><00:49:36.340><c> elders</c><00:49:36.539><c> of</c><00:49:36.719><c> the</c><00:49:36.820><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:39.019 He's<00:49:37.219><c> talking</c><00:49:37.519><c> to</c><00:49:37.699><c> the</c><00:49:37.940><c> AB</c><00:49:38.199><c> of</c><00:49:38.440><c> the</c><00:49:38.619><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:42.739 And<00:49:39.380><c> he</c><00:49:39.500><c> says</c><00:49:39.760><c> the</c><00:49:40.300><c> AB</c><00:49:40.780><c> have</c><00:49:41.119><c> to</c><00:49:41.400><c> first</c><00:49:41.760><c> take</c><00:49:42.239><c> notice</c> 00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:44.679 and<00:49:43.179><c> first</c><00:49:43.539><c> take</c><00:49:43.840><c> care</c><00:49:44.099><c> of</c><00:49:44.280><c> themselves.</c> 00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:47.920 How<00:49:45.119><c> can</c><00:49:45.340><c> they</c><00:49:45.519><c> take</c><00:49:45.780><c> care</c><00:49:45.960><c> of</c><00:49:46.099><c> the</c><00:49:46.280><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:46.699><c> when</c><00:49:47.119><c> their</c><00:49:47.440><c> lives</c><00:49:47.719><c> are</c> 00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:48.440 a<00:49:48.079><c> mess,</c> 00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:50.260 when<00:49:48.980><c> they're</c><00:49:49.219><c> going</c><00:49:49.440><c> in</c><00:49:49.579><c> the</c><00:49:49.679><c> wrong</c><00:49:49.840><c> direction?</c> 00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:53.219 So<00:49:50.860><c> arranging</c><00:49:51.199><c> brethren,</c><00:49:51.719><c> he</c><00:49:51.719><c> says,</c><00:49:52.199><c> you</c><00:49:52.480><c> take</c><00:49:52.760><c> care</c><00:49:53.019><c> of</c> 00:49:53.219 --> 00:49:54.019 yourselves<00:49:53.679><c> first.</c> 00:49:54.260 --> 00:49:56.019 That's<00:49:54.559><c> clearly</c><00:49:54.800><c> the</c><00:49:55.000><c> emphasis</c><00:49:55.280><c> in</c><00:49:55.500><c> verse</c><00:49:55.699><c> 28.</c> 00:49:56.300 --> 00:50:01.039 You<00:49:56.480><c> take</c><00:49:56.739><c> care</c><00:49:56.960><c> unto</c><00:49:57.239><c> yourselves</c><00:49:57.920><c> and</c><00:49:58.480><c> then</c><00:49:59.019><c> also</c><00:49:59.780><c> unto</c><00:50:00.119><c> the</c><00:50:00.340><c> flock.</c> 00:50:01.099 --> 00:50:02.340 You<00:50:01.280><c> get</c><00:50:01.500><c> yourself</c><00:50:01.880><c> sorted</c><00:50:02.139><c> out.</c> 00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:03.860 You<00:50:02.440><c> get</c><00:50:02.659><c> your</c><00:50:02.920><c> life</c><00:50:03.079><c> sorted</c><00:50:03.360><c> out.</c> 00:50:03.860 --> 00:50:05.699 And<00:50:04.059><c> then</c><00:50:04.320><c> you</c><00:50:04.539><c> start</c><00:50:04.739><c> worrying</c><00:50:05.019><c> about</c><00:50:05.300><c> your</c><00:50:05.519><c> flock.</c> 00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:08.099 If<00:50:06.119><c> you</c><00:50:06.300><c> can't</c><00:50:06.519><c> care</c><00:50:06.739><c> for</c><00:50:06.900><c> yourself</c><00:50:07.219><c> and</c><00:50:07.360><c> for</c><00:50:07.559><c> your</c><00:50:07.739><c> family,</c> 00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:10.920 if<00:50:08.500><c> you</c><00:50:08.619><c> neglect</c><00:50:08.880><c> your</c><00:50:09.219><c> culture</c><00:50:09.639><c> in</c><00:50:10.079><c> spiritual</c><00:50:10.519><c> growth,</c> 00:50:11.340 --> 00:50:13.579 then<00:50:11.639><c> you</c><00:50:11.920><c> can't</c><00:50:12.260><c> care</c><00:50:12.519><c> for</c><00:50:12.719><c> your</c><00:50:12.920><c> flock</c><00:50:13.119><c> as</c><00:50:13.420><c> well.</c> 00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:17.320 And<00:50:13.880><c> notice</c><00:50:14.280><c> that</c><00:50:14.539><c> Paul's</c><00:50:14.780><c> also</c><00:50:15.300><c> very</c><00:50:15.920><c> clear</c><00:50:16.619><c> to</c><00:50:17.139><c> note</c> 00:50:17.320 --> 00:50:19.400 that<00:50:17.739><c> he</c><00:50:17.900><c> didn't</c><00:50:18.119><c> appoint</c><00:50:18.360><c> them</c><00:50:18.559><c> as</c><00:50:18.719><c> ABs.</c> 00:50:19.579 --> 00:50:23.480 In<00:50:19.659><c> verse</c><00:50:19.880><c> 28,</c><00:50:20.320><c> he</c><00:50:20.360><c> says,</c><00:50:21.099><c> the</c><00:50:21.099><c> Holy</c><00:50:21.480><c> Spirit</c><00:50:22.139><c> made</c><00:50:22.659><c> you</c><00:50:22.940><c> overseers.</c> 00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:25.960 It<00:50:24.079><c> wasn't</c><00:50:24.300><c> as</c><00:50:24.500><c> though</c><00:50:24.619><c> Paul</c><00:50:24.860><c> said,</c><00:50:25.380><c> right,</c> 00:50:26.059 --> 00:50:28.059 yeah,<00:50:26.460><c> yeah,</c><00:50:26.599><c> good</c><00:50:26.719><c> arranging</c><00:50:27.019><c> brother,</c><00:50:27.380><c> I</c><00:50:27.400><c> think</c><00:50:27.539><c> you'll</c><00:50:27.800><c> be.</c> 00:50:28.219 --> 00:50:29.380 And<00:50:28.440><c> you'd</c><00:50:28.639><c> be</c><00:50:28.659><c> a</c><00:50:28.719><c> good</c><00:50:28.840><c> arranging</c><00:50:29.139><c> brother.</c> 00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:32.599 No,<00:50:29.619><c> he</c><00:50:29.800><c> says</c><00:50:30.019><c> the</c><00:50:30.420><c> Holy</c><00:50:30.780><c> Spirit</c><00:50:31.320><c> appointed</c><00:50:31.840><c> you,</c><00:50:32.219><c> brethren,</c> 00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:36.559 you<00:50:33.139><c> elders</c><00:50:33.500><c> as</c><00:50:33.960><c> arranging</c><00:50:34.360><c> brethren</c><00:50:34.760><c> of</c><00:50:35.260><c> this</c><00:50:35.679><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:41.719 And<00:50:37.260><c> he</c><00:50:37.460><c> says</c><00:50:37.760><c> you</c><00:50:38.239><c> need</c><00:50:38.440><c> to</c><00:50:38.639><c> feed</c><00:50:38.780><c> your</c><00:50:38.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:39.559><c> as</c><00:50:40.639><c> a</c><00:50:41.019><c> shepherd.</c> 00:50:41.940 --> 00:50:43.980 Now,<00:50:42.239><c> how</c><00:50:42.380><c> does</c><00:50:42.679><c> a</c><00:50:43.300><c> shepherd</c><00:50:43.519><c> feed?</c> 00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:44.619 Hand<00:50:44.440><c> feed?</c> 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:47.539 No,<00:50:46.559><c> a</c><00:50:46.719><c> shepherd</c><00:50:46.940><c> nurtures.</c> 00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:51.179 A<00:50:48.139><c> shepherd</c><00:50:48.360><c> brings</c><00:50:48.679><c> the</c><00:50:50.179><c> flock</c><00:50:50.400><c> to</c><00:50:50.679><c> the</c><00:50:50.920><c> food</c> 00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:53.519 and<00:50:52.019><c> lets</c><00:50:52.260><c> the</c><00:50:52.579><c> flock</c><00:50:52.780><c> go</c><00:50:53.159><c> for</c><00:50:53.340><c> it.</c> 00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:57.340 It<00:50:53.940><c> provides</c><00:50:54.340><c> the</c><00:50:54.639><c> food</c><00:50:54.820><c> that's</c><00:50:55.219><c> necessary</c><00:50:55.659><c> to</c><00:50:56.000><c> sustain</c><00:50:56.440><c> that</c><00:50:57.039><c> flock.</c> 00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:01.460 And<00:50:57.880><c> Paul</c><00:50:58.019><c> says,</c><00:50:58.619><c> you've</c><00:50:58.800><c> got</c><00:50:58.880><c> to</c><00:50:59.159><c> feed</c><00:50:59.639><c> the</c><00:51:00.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:00.440><c> as</c><00:51:00.900><c> a</c><00:51:01.159><c> shepherd.</c> 00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:04.039 You've<00:51:02.119><c> got</c><00:51:02.139><c> to</c><00:51:02.280><c> care</c><00:51:02.500><c> for</c><00:51:02.639><c> them,</c><00:51:02.960><c> not</c><00:51:03.119><c> just</c><00:51:03.360><c> give</c><00:51:03.480><c> them</c><00:51:03.699><c> food,</c> 00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:07.099 but<00:51:04.360><c> actually</c><00:51:04.760><c> care</c><00:51:05.000><c> for</c><00:51:05.139><c> them,</c><00:51:05.639><c> nurture</c><00:51:05.900><c> them,</c><00:51:06.420><c> assist</c><00:51:06.780><c> them,</c> 00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:09.480 and<00:51:07.460><c> help</c><00:51:07.599><c> them</c><00:51:07.840><c> provide</c><00:51:08.119><c> all</c><00:51:08.380><c> the</c><00:51:08.559><c> care</c><00:51:08.719><c> that's</c><00:51:09.019><c> necessary</c> 00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:12.920 in<00:51:09.880><c> order</c><00:51:10.159><c> for</c><00:51:10.340><c> them</c><00:51:10.639><c> to</c><00:51:11.699><c> attain</c><00:51:12.219><c> salvation,</c> 00:51:13.260 --> 00:51:16.179 in<00:51:13.480><c> order</c><00:51:13.739><c> for</c><00:51:13.920><c> them</c><00:51:14.079><c> to</c><00:51:14.300><c> receive</c><00:51:14.619><c> that</c><00:51:14.840><c> ultimate</c><00:51:15.199><c> prize.</c> 00:51:16.300 --> 00:51:19.880 And<00:51:16.440><c> he</c><00:51:16.539><c> says,</c><00:51:16.880><c> you've</c><00:51:17.000><c> got</c><00:51:17.059><c> to</c><00:51:17.159><c> do</c><00:51:17.320><c> that</c><00:51:17.519><c> to</c><00:51:17.800><c> the</c><00:51:18.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:18.519><c> of</c><00:51:19.119><c> God.</c> 00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:22.820 The<00:51:20.139><c> reason</c><00:51:20.420><c> why</c><00:51:20.679><c> you've</c><00:51:20.860><c> got</c><00:51:20.940><c> to</c><00:51:21.039><c> do</c><00:51:21.179><c> this,</c><00:51:21.739><c> arranging</c><00:51:21.880><c> brethren,</c><00:51:22.360><c> Paul</c><00:51:22.480><c> says,</c> 00:51:23.099 --> 00:51:26.340 the<00:51:23.199><c> reason</c><00:51:23.420><c> why</c><00:51:23.659><c> you've</c><00:51:23.840><c> got</c><00:51:23.900><c> to</c><00:51:24.000><c> do</c><00:51:24.139><c> this</c><00:51:24.440><c> is</c><00:51:24.800><c> because</c><00:51:25.340><c> it's</c> 00:51:26.340 --> 00:51:27.380 not<00:51:26.619><c> my</c><00:51:26.940><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:30.739 It's<00:51:28.219><c> actually</c><00:51:28.559><c> the</c><00:51:28.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:29.420><c> of</c><00:51:29.920><c> God.</c> 00:51:30.820 --> 00:51:32.059 It's<00:51:30.980><c> God's</c><00:51:31.440><c> flock.</c> 00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:32.900 This<00:51:32.260><c> isn't</c><00:51:32.519><c> my</c><00:51:32.780><c> flock.</c> 00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:33.980 This<00:51:33.119><c> isn't</c><00:51:33.380><c> my</c><00:51:33.639><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:51:34.219 --> 00:51:36.920 This<00:51:34.400><c> is</c><00:51:34.639><c> actually</c><00:51:34.880><c> the</c><00:51:35.119><c> flock</c><00:51:35.320><c> which</c><00:51:35.860><c> God</c><00:51:36.300><c> has</c><00:51:36.659><c> called.</c> 00:51:37.159 --> 00:51:39.300 Don't<00:51:37.500><c> ever</c><00:51:37.900><c> underestimate</c><00:51:38.440><c> your</c><00:51:38.739><c> responsibility.</c> 00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:42.460 In<00:51:39.860><c> fact,</c><00:51:40.019><c> he</c><00:51:40.119><c> goes</c><00:51:40.340><c> to</c><00:51:40.519><c> the</c><00:51:40.559><c> point</c><00:51:40.780><c> of</c><00:51:40.920><c> saying,</c><00:51:41.360><c> look,</c><00:51:42.260><c> this</c> 00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:43.380 is<00:51:42.639><c> how</c><00:51:42.840><c> serious</c><00:51:43.019><c> it</c><00:51:43.179><c> is.</c> 00:51:43.539 --> 00:51:45.280 I<00:51:43.739><c> let</c><00:51:43.900><c> my</c><00:51:44.219><c> son</c><00:51:44.420><c> die</c><00:51:44.840><c> for</c><00:51:45.119><c> it.</c> 00:51:45.420 --> 00:51:47.420 I<00:51:45.659><c> let</c><00:51:45.840><c> my</c><00:51:46.139><c> son</c><00:51:46.340><c> die</c><00:51:46.639><c> for</c><00:51:46.820><c> this</c><00:51:47.059><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:50.500 I<00:51:48.000><c> let</c><00:51:48.159><c> my</c><00:51:48.420><c> son</c><00:51:48.659><c> die</c><00:51:49.019><c> as</c><00:51:49.260><c> the</c><00:51:49.599><c> lamb.</c> 00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:53.039 Isn't<00:51:51.679><c> it</c><00:51:51.860><c> worthy</c><00:51:52.039><c> of</c><00:51:52.239><c> your</c><00:51:52.380><c> labor?</c> 00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:56.579 Isn't<00:51:53.619><c> it</c><00:51:53.820><c> worthy</c><00:51:54.019><c> of</c><00:51:54.360><c> all</c><00:51:54.579><c> your</c><00:51:54.800><c> labors</c><00:51:55.219><c> if</c><00:51:55.820><c> God</c><00:51:56.059><c> gave</c><00:51:56.380><c> his</c> 00:51:56.579 --> 00:51:57.199 own<00:51:56.860><c> blood,</c> 00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:59.880 the<00:51:57.659><c> blood</c><00:51:57.840><c> of</c><00:51:58.039><c> his</c><00:51:58.320><c> very</c><00:51:58.780><c> own</c><00:51:59.099><c> son?</c> 00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:02.679 Don't<00:52:00.360><c> you</c><00:52:00.639><c> therefore</c><00:52:01.019><c> underestimate</c><00:52:01.639><c> your</c><00:52:02.000><c> responsibility</c> 00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:03.920 in<00:52:02.960><c> serving</c><00:52:03.179><c> it?</c> 00:52:04.800 --> 00:52:07.940 In<00:52:05.019><c> summary,</c><00:52:05.500><c> brothers</c><00:52:05.500><c> and</c><00:52:05.739><c> sisters,</c><00:52:06.940><c> God's</c><00:52:07.239><c> son</c><00:52:07.440><c> died</c><00:52:07.760><c> for</c> 00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:09.039 the<00:52:08.059><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:52:09.139 --> 00:52:13.599 And<00:52:09.579><c> now</c><00:52:09.840><c> God</c><00:52:10.380><c> is</c><00:52:11.000><c> asking</c><00:52:11.340><c> you,</c><00:52:11.699><c> Paul</c><00:52:11.860><c> says,</c><00:52:12.980><c> to</c><00:52:13.079><c> look</c><00:52:13.340><c> after</c> 00:52:13.599 --> 00:52:16.599 it<00:52:14.139><c> and</c><00:52:14.440><c> to</c><00:52:14.619><c> keep</c><00:52:14.760><c> the</c><00:52:15.019><c> focus</c><00:52:15.599><c> right.</c> 00:52:17.539 --> 00:52:19.039 That's<00:52:17.940><c> pretty</c><00:52:18.139><c> powerful.</c> 00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:21.280 That's<00:52:20.059><c> pretty</c><00:52:20.300><c> powerful,</c><00:52:20.739><c> brothers</c><00:52:20.880><c> and</c><00:52:21.059><c> sisters.</c> 00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:23.659 If<00:52:21.500><c> the</c><00:52:21.679><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:21.960><c> is</c><00:52:22.119><c> worth</c><00:52:22.380><c> the</c><00:52:22.539><c> blood</c><00:52:22.719><c> of</c><00:52:22.860><c> God's</c><00:52:23.300><c> son,</c> 00:52:24.139 --> 00:52:26.719 surely<00:52:24.420><c> it's</c><00:52:24.639><c> worth</c><00:52:25.159><c> your</c><00:52:25.639><c> every</c><00:52:25.980><c> labor.</c> 00:52:26.900 --> 00:52:27.860 And<00:52:27.059><c> he</c><00:52:27.119><c> says,</c><00:52:27.380><c> I</c><00:52:27.380><c> know</c><00:52:27.579><c> that.</c> 00:52:27.900 --> 00:52:31.519 And<00:52:28.000><c> I'm</c><00:52:28.159><c> saying</c><00:52:28.320><c> that</c><00:52:28.500><c> to</c><00:52:28.619><c> you</c><00:52:28.760><c> because</c><00:52:28.980><c> on</c><00:52:29.179><c> my</c><00:52:29.400><c> past</c><00:52:29.659><c> experience</c><00:52:30.119><c> in</c><00:52:30.260><c> verse</c><00:52:30.480><c> 29,</c> 00:52:31.539 --> 00:52:33.800 I<00:52:31.760><c> know</c><00:52:32.119><c> that</c><00:52:32.599><c> as</c><00:52:32.780><c> soon</c><00:52:32.900><c> as</c><00:52:33.059><c> I</c><00:52:33.199><c> leave</c><00:52:33.320><c> this</c><00:52:33.599><c> area,</c> 00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:36.300 as<00:52:34.280><c> soon</c><00:52:34.400><c> as</c><00:52:34.539><c> I</c><00:52:34.739><c> walk</c><00:52:34.920><c> out</c><00:52:35.079><c> of</c><00:52:35.219><c> Asia</c><00:52:35.400><c> for</c><00:52:35.619><c> the</c><00:52:35.739><c> last</c><00:52:35.960><c> time,</c> 00:52:36.300 --> 00:52:39.619 you're<00:52:36.639><c> going</c><00:52:36.800><c> to</c><00:52:36.960><c> be</c><00:52:37.360><c> inundated,</c><00:52:38.300><c> absolutely</c><00:52:38.820><c> inundated,</c> 00:52:39.840 --> 00:52:42.019 with<00:52:39.980><c> people</c><00:52:40.320><c> who</c><00:52:40.539><c> want</c><00:52:40.760><c> to</c><00:52:40.920><c> teach</c><00:52:41.079><c> the</c><00:52:41.260><c> opposite</c><00:52:41.619><c> to</c><00:52:41.860><c> me.</c> 00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:45.059 And<00:52:42.460><c> those</c><00:52:42.679><c> people,</c><00:52:42.940><c> he</c><00:52:43.079><c> says,</c><00:52:43.559><c> are</c><00:52:43.679><c> going</c><00:52:43.760><c> to</c><00:52:43.840><c> fall</c><00:52:44.000><c> into</c><00:52:44.239><c> two</c> 00:52:45.059 --> 00:52:45.760 different<00:52:45.380><c> groups.</c> 00:52:46.059 --> 00:52:48.360 First,<00:52:47.099><c> in</c><00:52:47.199><c> verse</c><00:52:47.360><c> 29,</c><00:52:48.139><c> he</c><00:52:48.159><c> says,</c> 00:52:48.579 --> 00:52:50.260 Grievous<00:52:48.840><c> wolves</c><00:52:49.119><c> will</c><00:52:49.400><c> enter</c><00:52:49.659><c> in</c><00:52:49.840><c> among</c><00:52:50.019><c> you.</c> 00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:52.519 False<00:52:50.860><c> teachers</c><00:52:51.219><c> will</c><00:52:51.519><c> come</c><00:52:51.780><c> from</c><00:52:52.119><c> without.</c> 00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:56.360 And<00:52:53.179><c> then</c><00:52:53.300><c> he</c><00:52:53.440><c> says,</c><00:52:54.300><c> scarily,</c><00:52:55.280><c> very</c><00:52:55.880><c> scarily,</c> 00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:59.820 to<00:52:56.800><c> the</c><00:52:56.960><c> elders</c><00:52:57.179><c> in</c><00:52:57.380><c> the</c><00:52:57.519><c> ecclesia,</c><00:52:58.099><c> to</c><00:52:58.239><c> the</c><00:52:58.400><c> arranging</c><00:52:58.719><c> brethren</c><00:52:59.019><c> sitting</c><00:52:59.280><c> around</c><00:52:59.579><c> him,</c> 00:52:59.940 --> 00:53:04.380 he<00:53:00.119><c> says,</c><00:53:01.460><c> also</c><00:53:01.840><c> from</c><00:53:02.340><c> among</c><00:53:02.760><c> you.</c> 00:53:05.179 --> 00:53:06.579 Also<00:53:05.699><c> from</c><00:53:05.980><c> among</c><00:53:06.219><c> you.</c> 00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:09.539 Also<00:53:07.079><c> from</c><00:53:07.300><c> among</c><00:53:07.519><c> those</c><00:53:07.800><c> of</c><00:53:07.920><c> you</c><00:53:08.039><c> who</c><00:53:08.280><c> are</c><00:53:08.360><c> sitting</c><00:53:08.519><c> here</c><00:53:08.780><c> listening</c><00:53:09.059><c> to</c><00:53:09.300><c> me.</c> 00:53:09.739 --> 00:53:13.860 Also<00:53:10.079><c> from</c><00:53:10.380><c> among</c><00:53:10.619><c> your</c><00:53:11.019><c> own</c><00:53:11.679><c> selves</c><00:53:12.380><c> shall</c><00:53:13.079><c> men</c><00:53:13.300><c> arise</c> 00:53:13.860 --> 00:53:17.219 speaking<00:53:14.940><c> perverse</c><00:53:16.119><c> things.</c> 00:53:18.099 --> 00:53:20.380 Paul's<00:53:18.500><c> presence</c><00:53:18.780><c> had</c><00:53:19.039><c> guarded</c><00:53:19.300><c> that</c><00:53:19.539><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:53:20.420 --> 00:53:22.219 And<00:53:20.539><c> he</c><00:53:20.579><c> says,</c><00:53:20.840><c> when</c><00:53:20.880><c> I've</c><00:53:21.139><c> gone,</c> 00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:26.159 you're<00:53:23.539><c> going</c><00:53:23.579><c> to</c><00:53:23.659><c> be</c><00:53:23.820><c> exposed</c><00:53:24.119><c> to</c><00:53:24.380><c> all</c><00:53:24.619><c> sorts</c><00:53:24.880><c> of</c><00:53:25.119><c> trials</c><00:53:25.420><c> and</c> 00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:27.579 all<00:53:26.340><c> sorts</c><00:53:26.559><c> of</c><00:53:26.760><c> issues.</c> 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right.</c> 00:54:10.739 --> 00:54:13.699 Did<00:54:11.059><c> people</c><00:54:11.440><c> rise</c><00:54:11.699><c> up</c><00:54:12.619><c> from</c><00:54:12.900><c> within?</c> 00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:17.579 We'll<00:54:13.920><c> come</c><00:54:14.079><c> over</c><00:54:14.360><c> to</c><00:54:14.980><c> 2</c><00:54:15.219><c> Timothy</c><00:54:15.639><c> and</c><00:54:16.000><c> at</c><00:54:16.340><c> chapter</c><00:54:16.800><c> one.</c> 00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:22.980 Was<00:54:19.659><c> Paul</c><00:54:19.920><c> right</c><00:54:20.179><c> that</c><00:54:20.380><c> people</c><00:54:20.800><c> rose</c><00:54:21.159><c> up</c><00:54:21.659><c> within</c><00:54:21.900><c> that</c><00:54:22.139><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:25.159 It's<00:54:23.840><c> a</c><00:54:23.980><c> sad</c><00:54:24.219><c> fact,</c><00:54:24.659><c> brothers</c><00:54:24.760><c> and</c><00:54:25.019><c> sisters.</c> 00:54:25.179 --> 00:54:28.260 We<00:54:25.340><c> get</c><00:54:25.519><c> a</c><00:54:25.659><c> list</c><00:54:25.820><c> of</c><00:54:26.099><c> passages</c><00:54:26.420><c> which</c><00:54:26.760><c> paints</c><00:54:27.099><c> a</c><00:54:27.340><c> picture.</c> 00:54:28.460 --> 00:54:30.400 And<00:54:28.619><c> the</c><00:54:28.780><c> picture</c><00:54:29.139><c> ain't</c><00:54:29.519><c> good.</c> 00:54:30.599 --> 00:54:32.519 The<00:54:30.800><c> picture's</c><00:54:31.159><c> not</c><00:54:31.360><c> good</c><00:54:31.519><c> at</c><00:54:31.699><c> all,</c><00:54:31.980><c> brothers</c><00:54:32.079><c> and</c><00:54:32.280><c> sisters.</c> 00:54:32.599 --> 00:54:33.280 Paul<00:54:32.800><c> was</c><00:54:33.019><c> right.</c> 00:54:33.340 --> 00:54:34.980 He<00:54:33.460><c> was</c><00:54:33.840><c> very,</c><00:54:34.320><c> very</c><00:54:34.639><c> right.</c> 00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:37.559 And<00:54:35.599><c> guess</c><00:54:35.739><c> who's</c><00:54:36.000><c> in</c><00:54:36.079><c> the</c><00:54:36.280><c> audience</c><00:54:36.539><c> that</c><00:54:36.719><c> Paul's</c><00:54:37.000><c> talking</c><00:54:37.239><c> to?</c> 00:54:37.920 --> 00:54:40.000 Well,<00:54:38.179><c> 2</c><00:54:38.340><c> Timothy</c><00:54:38.679><c> chapter</c><00:54:39.019><c> one</c><00:54:39.199><c> and</c><00:54:39.280><c> verse</c><00:54:39.519><c> 15.</c> 00:54:40.340 --> 00:54:43.059 He<00:54:40.460><c> says,</c><00:54:41.139><c> this</c><00:54:41.280><c> is</c><00:54:41.440><c> a</c><00:54:41.579><c> few</c><00:54:41.719><c> years</c><00:54:41.920><c> after</c><00:54:42.280><c> he's</c><00:54:42.519><c> writing</c><00:54:42.800><c> this,</c> 00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:45.300 he's<00:54:43.539><c> speaking</c><00:54:43.719><c> to</c><00:54:43.940><c> the</c><00:54:44.079><c> elders,</c><00:54:44.340><c> speaking</c><00:54:44.699><c> to</c><00:54:44.900><c> the</c><00:54:45.079><c> AB.</c> 00:54:45.579 --> 00:54:48.079 And<00:54:45.719><c> he</c><00:54:45.780><c> says,</c><00:54:46.059><c> look,</c><00:54:46.860><c> you</c><00:54:47.019><c> know</c><00:54:47.199><c> this,</c> 00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:50.579 that<00:54:48.699><c> all</c><00:54:48.980><c> they</c><00:54:49.219><c> which</c><00:54:49.440><c> are</c><00:54:49.619><c> in</c><00:54:49.780><c> Asia,</c> 00:54:50.940 --> 00:54:53.840 which<00:54:51.139><c> includes</c><00:54:51.500><c> Ephesus,</c><00:54:52.300><c> Colossi,</c><00:54:52.920><c> the</c><00:54:53.059><c> seven</c><00:54:53.260><c> ecclesias,</c> 00:54:54.219 --> 00:54:58.019 all<00:54:54.579><c> of</c><00:54:54.800><c> those</c><00:54:55.019><c> which</c><00:54:55.280><c> are</c><00:54:55.420><c> in</c><00:54:55.619><c> Asia</c><00:54:55.900><c> be</c><00:54:56.420><c> turned</c><00:54:56.840><c> away</c><00:54:57.300><c> from</c><00:54:57.559><c> me</c> 00:54:58.019 --> 00:55:02.119 of<00:54:58.480><c> whom</c><00:54:58.840><c> are</c><00:54:59.380><c> phagellous</c><00:55:00.420><c> and</c><00:55:00.880><c> homogenous.</c> 00:55:02.820 --> 00:55:04.019 And<00:55:02.920><c> you</c><00:55:03.059><c> know,</c><00:55:03.500><c> in</c><00:55:03.539><c> 1</c><00:55:03.739><c> Timothy,</c> 00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:05.880 we<00:55:04.179><c> also</c><00:55:04.460><c> get</c><00:55:04.619><c> a</c><00:55:04.739><c> mention</c><00:55:04.940><c> of</c><00:55:05.099><c> a</c><00:55:05.179><c> couple</c><00:55:05.380><c> of</c><00:55:05.539><c> other</c><00:55:05.679><c> men.</c> 00:55:06.179 --> 00:55:08.360 Those<00:55:06.360><c> names</c><00:55:06.639><c> are</c><00:55:06.920><c> Hymenus</c><00:55:07.460><c> and</c><00:55:07.679><c> of</c><00:55:07.900><c> Alexander.</c> 00:55:08.619 --> 00:55:10.139 I've<00:55:08.920><c> delivered</c><00:55:09.219><c> them</c><00:55:09.500><c> unto</c><00:55:09.739><c> Satan.</c> 00:55:10.480 --> 00:55:11.219 Brothers<00:55:10.639><c> and</c><00:55:10.880><c> sisters,</c> 00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:13.599 these<00:55:11.840><c> people</c><00:55:12.139><c> were</c><00:55:12.380><c> probably</c><00:55:12.780><c> arranging</c><00:55:13.219><c> brethren.</c> 00:55:13.880 --> 00:55:16.019 These<00:55:14.139><c> men</c><00:55:14.340><c> were</c><00:55:14.619><c> probably</c><00:55:14.860><c> the</c><00:55:15.199><c> elders</c><00:55:15.380><c> in</c><00:55:15.579><c> the</c><00:55:15.739><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:55:16.340 --> 00:55:19.260 And<00:55:16.519><c> Paul</c><00:55:16.679><c> says,</c><00:55:17.420><c> you</c><00:55:17.539><c> know</c><00:55:17.800><c> that</c><00:55:18.039><c> all</c><00:55:18.320><c> of</c><00:55:18.539><c> Asia</c><00:55:18.679><c> has</c><00:55:19.019><c> turned</c> 00:55:19.260 --> 00:55:19.920 away<00:55:19.539><c> from</c><00:55:19.760><c> me.</c> 00:55:20.139 --> 00:55:23.480 The<00:55:20.320><c> majority</c><00:55:20.800><c> of</c><00:55:21.059><c> Asia</c><00:55:21.300><c> has</c><00:55:21.760><c> turned</c><00:55:22.059><c> their</c><00:55:22.320><c> back</c><00:55:22.500><c> on</c><00:55:22.760><c> me.</c> 00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:24.119 Unbelievable. 00:55:24.440 --> 00:55:25.900 Paul<00:55:24.659><c> was</c><00:55:25.000><c> absolutely</c><00:55:25.559><c> right.</c> 00:55:25.900 --> 00:55:29.079 Even<00:55:26.400><c> some</c><00:55:26.860><c> of</c><00:55:27.079><c> their</c><00:55:27.320><c> own</c><00:55:27.699><c> AB,</c><00:55:27.920><c> their</c><00:55:28.199><c> own</c><00:55:28.500><c> AB</c><00:55:28.760><c> group</c> 00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:31.099 had<00:55:29.480><c> turned</c><00:55:29.739><c> their</c><00:55:29.900><c> back</c><00:55:30.079><c> on</c><00:55:30.380><c> Paul.</c> 00:55:31.179 --> 00:55:32.420 Wise<00:55:31.400><c> men,</c><00:55:31.800><c> brothers</c><00:55:31.940><c> and</c><00:55:32.219><c> sisters,</c> 00:55:32.539 --> 00:55:35.719 wise<00:55:32.800><c> men</c><00:55:33.159><c> who</c><00:55:33.500><c> fell</c><00:55:33.679><c> under</c><00:55:33.900><c> the</c><00:55:34.119><c> influence</c><00:55:34.420><c> of</c><00:55:34.800><c> ambition,</c> 00:55:35.780 --> 00:55:38.079 of<00:55:36.000><c> power</c><00:55:36.400><c> and</c><00:55:36.860><c> of</c><00:55:37.159><c> popularity.</c> 00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:40.280 And<00:55:38.559><c> so</c><00:55:38.820><c> often,</c><00:55:39.380><c> well,</c><00:55:39.539><c> as</c><00:55:39.739><c> always</c><00:55:40.059><c> does,</c> 00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:42.659 it<00:55:40.599><c> greatly</c><00:55:40.840><c> retards</c><00:55:41.320><c> ecclesial</c><00:55:41.739><c> growth.</c> 00:55:42.719 --> 00:55:44.099 And<00:55:42.820><c> at</c><00:55:42.980><c> Mars,</c><00:55:43.300><c> it's</c><00:55:43.440><c> peace</c><00:55:43.659><c> and</c><00:55:43.880><c> unity.</c> 00:55:44.280 --> 00:55:47.380 And<00:55:44.340><c> Paul</c><00:55:44.539><c> says,</c><00:55:45.780><c> we've</c><00:55:45.880><c> got</c><00:55:46.039><c> difficult</c><00:55:46.420><c> situation.</c> 00:55:47.860 --> 00:55:49.460 We've<00:55:48.139><c> got</c><00:55:48.340><c> difficult</c><00:55:48.840><c> circumstances.</c> 00:55:49.579 --> 00:55:50.780 Well,<00:55:49.820><c> there's</c><00:55:50.039><c> a</c><00:55:50.159><c> few</c><00:55:50.260><c> more</c><00:55:50.480><c> quotes.</c> 00:55:51.099 --> 00:55:53.300 Come<00:55:51.219><c> over</c><00:55:51.360><c> to</c><00:55:51.559><c> Colossians</c><00:55:51.860><c> chapter</c><00:55:52.119><c> two.</c> 00:55:53.679 --> 00:55:57.639 Now<00:55:54.280><c> Colossians</c><00:55:54.880><c> also</c><00:55:55.340><c> falls</c><00:55:55.679><c> into</c><00:55:56.000><c> the</c><00:55:56.139><c> region</c><00:55:56.500><c> of</c><00:55:56.760><c> Asia.</c> 00:55:57.880 --> 00:55:59.239 It's<00:55:57.960><c> one</c><00:55:58.119><c> of</c><00:55:58.219><c> those</c><00:55:58.559><c> Asian</c><00:55:58.800><c> ecclesias.</c> 00:55:59.360 --> 00:56:03.340 And<00:55:59.480><c> Paul</c><00:55:59.599><c> says,</c><00:56:00.519><c> all</c><00:56:00.519><c> those</c><00:56:00.940><c> in</c><00:56:01.480><c> Asia</c><00:56:01.940><c> have</c><00:56:02.360><c> turned</c><00:56:02.579><c> away</c><00:56:02.840><c> from</c><00:56:03.079><c> me.</c> 00:56:03.579 --> 00:56:05.980 And<00:56:03.659><c> that</c><00:56:03.800><c> would</c><00:56:03.940><c> have</c><00:56:04.139><c> included</c><00:56:05.000><c> Colossians</c><00:56:05.619><c> itself.</c> 00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:09.980 Colossians<00:56:06.480><c> chapter</c><00:56:06.739><c> two</c><00:56:07.079><c> and</c><00:56:07.280><c> verse</c><00:56:07.480><c> eight</c><00:56:08.440><c> and</c><00:56:08.639><c> then</c><00:56:08.780><c> verse</c><00:56:09.019><c> eighteen.</c> 00:56:10.199 --> 00:56:11.159 Why<00:56:10.320><c> does</c><00:56:10.460><c> he</c><00:56:10.639><c> write</c><00:56:10.840><c> there?</c> 00:56:11.500 --> 00:56:14.820 Beware<00:56:11.800><c> lest</c><00:56:12.059><c> any</c><00:56:12.380><c> man</c><00:56:12.659><c> spoil</c><00:56:13.139><c> you</c><00:56:13.599><c> through</c><00:56:13.960><c> philosophy</c><00:56:14.559><c> and</c> 00:56:14.820 --> 00:56:15.980 vain<00:56:15.300><c> deceit</c> 00:56:15.980 --> 00:56:17.440 after<00:56:16.380><c> the</c><00:56:16.639><c> tradition</c><00:56:16.960><c> of</c><00:56:17.139><c> men,</c> 00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:20.659 after<00:56:17.980><c> the</c><00:56:18.179><c> rudiments</c><00:56:18.539><c> of</c><00:56:18.820><c> the</c><00:56:19.000><c> world</c><00:56:19.139><c> and</c><00:56:19.360><c> not</c><00:56:19.699><c> after</c><00:56:20.099><c> Christ.</c> 00:56:20.659 --> 00:56:21.659 Verse<00:56:21.159><c> eighteen.</c> 00:56:22.019 --> 00:56:25.719 Don't<00:56:22.159><c> let</c><00:56:22.360><c> any</c><00:56:22.780><c> man</c><00:56:23.079><c> beguile</c><00:56:23.699><c> you</c><00:56:24.059><c> of</c><00:56:25.099><c> your</c><00:56:25.400><c> reward</c> 00:56:25.719 --> 00:56:27.980 in<00:56:26.000><c> voluntary</c><00:56:26.380><c> humility,</c><00:56:27.079><c> worship</c><00:56:27.340><c> of</c><00:56:27.599><c> angels,</c> 00:56:28.460 --> 00:56:30.400 intruding<00:56:28.739><c> into</c><00:56:28.960><c> those</c><00:56:29.260><c> things</c><00:56:29.500><c> which</c><00:56:29.760><c> he</c><00:56:29.840><c> hath</c><00:56:29.960><c> not</c><00:56:30.199><c> seen,</c> 00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:33.300 vainly<00:56:31.320><c> puffed</c><00:56:31.679><c> up</c><00:56:31.800><c> by</c><00:56:31.980><c> his</c><00:56:32.179><c> own</c><00:56:32.619><c> fleshly</c><00:56:33.039><c> mind,</c> 00:56:33.639 --> 00:56:35.059 ambitious,<00:56:34.679><c> proud.</c> 00:56:35.280 --> 00:56:36.519 He's<00:56:35.539><c> seeking</c><00:56:35.840><c> popularity,</c> 00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:39.780 trying<00:56:37.079><c> to</c><00:56:37.280><c> draw</c><00:56:37.460><c> away</c><00:56:37.800><c> disciples</c><00:56:38.320><c> after</c><00:56:38.760><c> himself.</c> 00:56:39.940 --> 00:56:40.960 Two<00:56:40.119><c> other</c><00:56:40.360><c> quotations.</c> 00:56:41.260 --> 00:56:42.119 Ephesians<00:56:41.440><c> chapter</c><00:56:41.739><c> four.</c> 00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:45.219 I'll<00:56:42.519><c> read</c><00:56:42.599><c> this</c><00:56:42.780><c> one</c><00:56:42.900><c> for</c><00:56:43.079><c> you</c><00:56:43.159><c> while</c><00:56:43.360><c> you</c><00:56:43.519><c> turn</c><00:56:43.699><c> to</c><00:56:43.840><c> Ephesians</c><00:56:44.219><c> five.</c> 00:56:45.239 --> 00:56:47.139 Ephesians<00:56:45.639><c> four</c><00:56:45.900><c> verse</c><00:56:46.099><c> fourteen</c><00:56:46.500><c> says</c><00:56:46.800><c> this.</c> 00:56:47.480 --> 00:56:50.500 Don't<00:56:47.840><c> be</c><00:56:48.400><c> tossed</c><00:56:48.619><c> about</c><00:56:48.960><c> with</c><00:56:49.500><c> every</c><00:56:49.780><c> wind</c><00:56:49.960><c> of</c><00:56:50.179><c> doctrine.</c> 00:56:50.659 --> 00:56:54.260 By<00:56:50.980><c> the</c><00:56:51.300><c> slight</c><00:56:51.619><c> of</c><00:56:51.940><c> men</c><00:56:52.559><c> and</c><00:56:53.199><c> cunning</c><00:56:53.480><c> craftiness,</c> 00:56:54.599 --> 00:56:57.079 whereby<00:56:54.880><c> they</c><00:56:55.199><c> lie</c><00:56:55.460><c> in</c><00:56:55.780><c> wait</c><00:56:55.900><c> to</c><00:56:56.179><c> deceive,</c> 00:56:57.320 --> 00:56:59.400 to<00:56:57.619><c> draw</c><00:56:57.820><c> away</c><00:56:58.019><c> disciples</c><00:56:58.519><c> after</c><00:56:58.860><c> themselves.</c> 00:56:59.599 --> 00:57:04.099 It's<00:56:59.960><c> a</c><00:57:00.039><c> consistent</c><00:57:00.800><c> theme</c><00:57:01.079><c> in</c><00:57:01.239><c> Paul's</c><00:57:01.579><c> letters</c><00:57:01.900><c> to</c><00:57:02.280><c> the</c><00:57:02.440><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:57:02.880><c> in</c><00:57:03.739><c> Asia,</c> 00:57:04.420 --> 00:57:06.940 that<00:57:04.519><c> people</c><00:57:04.880><c> are</c><00:57:05.099><c> going</c><00:57:05.239><c> to</c><00:57:05.380><c> rise</c><00:57:05.579><c> up</c><00:57:05.820><c> to</c><00:57:06.019><c> draw</c><00:57:06.320><c> your</c><00:57:06.619><c> way.</c> 00:57:07.320 --> 00:57:09.579 They're<00:57:07.500><c> going</c><00:57:07.599><c> to</c><00:57:07.679><c> rise</c><00:57:07.920><c> up</c><00:57:08.079><c> from</c><00:57:08.300><c> within</c><00:57:08.579><c> and</c><00:57:08.880><c> take</c><00:57:09.139><c> you</c><00:57:09.320><c> away.</c> 00:57:09.940 --> 00:57:11.480 Ephesians<00:57:10.300><c> chapter</c><00:57:10.519><c> five</c><00:57:10.820><c> and</c><00:57:10.940><c> verse</c><00:57:11.119><c> six.</c> 00:57:11.719 --> 00:57:14.179 Don't<00:57:12.000><c> let</c><00:57:12.239><c> any</c><00:57:12.599><c> man</c><00:57:12.760><c> deceive</c><00:57:13.119><c> you</c><00:57:13.300><c> with</c><00:57:13.519><c> vain</c><00:57:13.679><c> words.</c> 00:57:14.500 --> 00:57:15.440 Don't<00:57:14.780><c> let</c><00:57:14.920><c> that</c><00:57:15.139><c> happen.</c> 00:57:15.900 --> 00:57:16.780 It's<00:57:16.199><c> going</c><00:57:16.320><c> to</c><00:57:16.539><c> happen.</c> 00:57:17.079 --> 00:57:18.719 He<00:57:17.239><c> wouldn't</c><00:57:17.480><c> write</c><00:57:17.699><c> it</c><00:57:17.800><c> if</c><00:57:17.880><c> it</c><00:57:17.980><c> wasn't</c><00:57:18.179><c> going</c><00:57:18.340><c> to</c><00:57:18.539><c> happen.</c> 00:57:18.719 --> 00:57:21.000 He's<00:57:19.199><c> writing</c><00:57:19.480><c> this</c><00:57:19.679><c> because</c><00:57:19.840><c> it's</c><00:57:20.260><c> going</c><00:57:20.500><c> to</c><00:57:20.780><c> happen.</c> 00:57:21.219 --> 00:57:22.280 And<00:57:21.300><c> he</c><00:57:21.380><c> says</c><00:57:21.559><c> it's</c><00:57:21.840><c> going</c><00:57:22.019><c> to.</c> 00:57:22.480 --> 00:57:23.519 Now,<00:57:23.000><c> did</c><00:57:23.179><c> it?</c> 00:57:23.659 --> 00:57:24.179 Absolutely. 00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:25.260 It<00:57:24.780><c> did.</c> 00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:27.780 Because<00:57:25.639><c> you</c><00:57:25.760><c> come</c><00:57:25.940><c> over</c><00:57:26.119><c> to</c><00:57:26.280><c> Revelation</c><00:57:26.739><c> and</c><00:57:27.079><c> the</c><00:57:27.300><c> first</c><00:57:27.579><c> letter,</c> 00:57:27.800 --> 00:57:28.980 Revelation<00:57:28.300><c> chapter</c><00:57:28.599><c> two,</c> 00:57:29.099 --> 00:57:30.960 it's<00:57:29.300><c> the</c><00:57:29.400><c> letter</c><00:57:29.539><c> to</c><00:57:29.760><c> Ephesus</c><00:57:30.099><c> and</c><00:57:30.460><c> Paul</c><00:57:30.719><c> says,</c> 00:57:31.199 --> 00:57:33.440 the<00:57:31.199><c> light's</c><00:57:31.920><c> almost</c><00:57:32.280><c> out.</c> 00:57:33.519 --> 00:57:34.820 The<00:57:33.820><c> light</c><00:57:33.980><c> is</c><00:57:34.219><c> almost</c><00:57:34.559><c> gone.</c> 00:57:35.079 --> 00:57:37.840 Your<00:57:35.360><c> love</c><00:57:35.699><c> is</c><00:57:36.079><c> just</c><00:57:36.460><c> totally</c><00:57:36.860><c> different.</c> 00:57:38.179 --> 00:57:40.119 Yes,<00:57:39.280><c> it</c><00:57:39.480><c> was</c><00:57:39.679><c> in</c><00:57:39.880><c> there.</c> 00:57:40.460 --> 00:57:43.539 Yes,<00:57:40.699><c> it</c><00:57:40.820><c> had</c><00:57:41.039><c> taken</c><00:57:41.239><c> away</c><00:57:41.500><c> that</c><00:57:41.760><c> first</c><00:57:42.059><c> love</c><00:57:42.400><c> of</c><00:57:42.739><c> the</c><00:57:42.880><c> Ephesus</c><00:57:43.179><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:45.300 Yes,<00:57:44.679><c> the</c><00:57:44.679><c> prophetess,</c> 00:57:45.300 --> 00:57:48.519 Thyatira<00:57:46.300><c> had</c><00:57:46.460><c> been</c><00:57:46.719><c> seduced</c><00:57:47.139><c> by</c><00:57:47.340><c> that</c><00:57:47.719><c> prophetess.</c> 00:57:48.860 --> 00:57:51.800 Falsely<00:57:49.340><c> seduced,</c><00:57:50.000><c> wrongly</c><00:57:50.360><c> seduced</c><00:57:50.880><c> by</c><00:57:51.199><c> an</c><00:57:51.380><c> evil</c><00:57:51.519><c> woman.</c> 00:57:51.920 --> 00:57:54.840 Yes,<00:57:52.139><c> brothers</c><00:57:52.360><c> and</c><00:57:52.599><c> sisters,</c><00:57:53.079><c> all</c><00:57:53.239><c> they</c><00:57:53.380><c> of</c><00:57:53.519><c> Asia</c><00:57:53.820><c> had</c><00:57:54.239><c> turned</c><00:57:54.519><c> away.</c> 00:57:55.059 --> 00:57:57.039 Yes,<00:57:55.840><c> from</c><00:57:56.059><c> without</c><00:57:56.340><c> and</c><00:57:56.500><c> from</c><00:57:56.719><c> within,</c> 00:57:57.400 --> 00:58:00.199 people<00:57:57.599><c> had</c><00:57:57.840><c> arisen</c><00:57:58.300><c> to</c><00:57:58.659><c> take</c><00:57:58.920><c> people</c><00:57:59.199><c> away</c><00:57:59.500><c> from</c><00:57:59.679><c> the</c><00:57:59.900><c> truth</c> 00:58:00.199 --> 00:58:02.260 and<00:58:00.659><c> to</c><00:58:00.860><c> take</c><00:58:01.019><c> people</c><00:58:01.280><c> away</c><00:58:01.519><c> from</c><00:58:01.699><c> the</c><00:58:01.900><c> gospel,</c> 00:58:02.659 --> 00:58:05.530 which<00:58:02.880><c> Paul</c><00:58:03.099><c> had</c><00:58:03.360><c> so</c><00:58:03.659><c> passionately</c><00:58:04.320><c> shared</c><00:58:04.579><c> with</c><00:58:04.780><c> them.</c> 00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:07.559 And<00:58:06.139><c> how</c><00:58:06.300><c> soon</c><00:58:06.500><c> after?</c> 00:58:08.219 --> 00:58:09.880 Sadly,<00:58:08.539><c> not</c><00:58:08.719><c> all</c><00:58:08.860><c> that</c><00:58:09.059><c> long.</c> 00:58:09.920 --> 00:58:12.179 Sadly,<00:58:10.420><c> not</c><00:58:10.619><c> all</c><00:58:10.800><c> that</c><00:58:10.960><c> long</c><00:58:11.119><c> after</c><00:58:11.400><c> Paul</c><00:58:11.619><c> had</c><00:58:11.840><c> left,</c> 00:58:12.659 --> 00:58:14.019 those<00:58:12.820><c> people</c><00:58:13.059><c> went</c><00:58:13.239><c> into</c><00:58:13.480><c> the</c><00:58:13.639><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:58:14.019 --> 00:58:18.000 and<00:58:14.860><c> tore</c><00:58:15.320><c> it</c><00:58:15.539><c> apart,</c><00:58:16.659><c> nearly</c><00:58:16.900><c> ruined</c><00:58:17.239><c> it.</c> 00:58:19.159 --> 00:58:21.980 But<00:58:19.280><c> Christ</c><00:58:19.460><c> wrote</c><00:58:19.659><c> that</c><00:58:19.860><c> letter</c><00:58:20.260><c> and</c><00:58:20.820><c> hopefully,</c> 00:58:22.420 --> 00:58:25.139 hopefully,<00:58:23.019><c> brothers</c><00:58:23.019><c> and</c><00:58:23.239><c> sisters,</c><00:58:23.639><c> the</c><00:58:23.820><c> situation</c><00:58:24.280><c> was</c><00:58:24.699><c> resolved.</c> 00:58:25.599 --> 00:58:27.880 So<00:58:25.780><c> Paul</c><00:58:25.960><c> says,</c><00:58:26.280><c> I</c><00:58:26.280><c> know</c><00:58:26.480><c> this</c><00:58:26.719><c> is</c><00:58:26.840><c> going</c><00:58:26.940><c> to</c><00:58:27.119><c> happen.</c> 00:58:27.980 --> 00:58:31.519 And<00:58:28.059><c> in</c><00:58:28.159><c> verse</c><00:58:28.360><c> 30</c><00:58:29.059><c> and</c><00:58:29.139><c> 31,</c><00:58:29.699><c> he</c><00:58:29.739><c> says,</c><00:58:30.460><c> be</c><00:58:30.500><c> alert.</c> 00:58:31.880 --> 00:58:34.679 Watch,<00:58:32.519><c> remember,</c><00:58:33.380><c> for</c><00:58:33.599><c> three</c><00:58:34.099><c> years,</c> 00:58:34.940 --> 00:58:37.880 I<00:58:35.179><c> cease</c><00:58:35.380><c> not</c><00:58:35.659><c> to</c><00:58:35.880><c> warn</c><00:58:36.059><c> every</c><00:58:36.639><c> single</c><00:58:37.000><c> one</c><00:58:37.219><c> of</c><00:58:37.400><c> you</c> 00:58:37.880 --> 00:58:42.400 with<00:58:38.099><c> night</c><00:58:38.820><c> and</c><00:58:39.159><c> day</c><00:58:39.440><c> with</c><00:58:39.880><c> tears,</c><00:58:40.699><c> just</c><00:58:41.099><c> like</c><00:58:41.420><c> a</c><00:58:41.639><c> shepherd.</c> 00:58:42.820 --> 00:58:43.539 Night<00:58:43.039><c> and</c><00:58:43.280><c> day.</c> 00:58:43.539 --> 00:58:45.960 Shepherd<00:58:43.960><c> doesn't</c><00:58:44.219><c> just</c><00:58:44.400><c> look</c><00:58:44.559><c> after</c><00:58:44.800><c> the</c><00:58:45.059><c> sheep</c><00:58:45.260><c> in</c><00:58:45.519><c> the</c><00:58:45.639><c> day.</c> 00:58:46.219 --> 00:58:48.440 The<00:58:46.380><c> shepherd</c><00:58:46.539><c> looks</c><00:58:46.780><c> after</c><00:58:47.039><c> the</c><00:58:47.300><c> sheep</c><00:58:47.460><c> day</c><00:58:47.940><c> and</c><00:58:48.219><c> night.</c> 00:58:48.739 --> 00:58:50.599 And<00:58:48.880><c> Paul</c><00:58:49.000><c> says,</c><00:58:49.460><c> that's</c><00:58:49.699><c> exactly</c><00:58:50.059><c> what</c><00:58:50.260><c> I've</c><00:58:50.420><c> done.</c> 00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:53.179 And<00:58:50.940><c> I've</c><00:58:51.179><c> told</c><00:58:51.360><c> you</c><00:58:51.519><c> all</c><00:58:51.659><c> these</c><00:58:51.920><c> things</c><00:58:52.179><c> for</c><00:58:52.440><c> three</c><00:58:52.780><c> years.</c> 00:58:53.420 --> 00:58:55.079 I've<00:58:53.659><c> told</c><00:58:53.800><c> you</c><00:58:53.920><c> with</c><00:58:54.139><c> tears</c><00:58:54.380><c> in</c><00:58:54.559><c> my</c><00:58:54.780><c> eyes</c> 00:58:55.079 --> 00:58:56.679 because<00:58:55.460><c> I</c><00:58:55.760><c> know</c><00:58:55.960><c> what's</c><00:58:56.219><c> going</c><00:58:56.320><c> to</c><00:58:56.500><c> happen</c> 00:58:56.679 --> 00:58:59.079 and<00:58:57.099><c> it</c><00:58:57.400><c> absolutely</c><00:58:57.880><c> devastates</c><00:58:58.440><c> me</c><00:58:58.559><c> to</c><00:58:58.739><c> think</c><00:58:58.880><c> about</c> 00:58:59.079 --> 00:59:00.460 what's<00:58:59.360><c> going</c><00:58:59.440><c> to</c><00:58:59.599><c> happen</c><00:58:59.739><c> to</c><00:58:59.940><c> this</c><00:59:00.119><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:59:00.460 --> 00:59:03.739 when<00:59:00.940><c> those</c><00:59:01.280><c> Jews</c><00:59:01.480><c> get</c><00:59:01.699><c> in</c><00:59:01.880><c> here</c><00:59:02.119><c> and</c><00:59:02.599><c> just</c><00:59:02.980><c> tear</c><00:59:03.260><c> it</c><00:59:03.460><c> apart.</c> 00:59:03.960 --> 00:59:05.820 He<00:59:04.159><c> says,</c><00:59:04.260><c> I</c><00:59:04.400><c> know</c><00:59:04.500><c> what's</c><00:59:04.699><c> going</c><00:59:04.780><c> to</c><00:59:04.960><c> happen.</c> 00:59:06.059 --> 00:59:08.719 I<00:59:06.320><c> have</c><00:59:06.460><c> tears</c><00:59:06.699><c> in</c><00:59:06.880><c> my</c><00:59:07.079><c> eyes</c><00:59:07.440><c> when</c><00:59:07.639><c> I</c><00:59:07.800><c> think</c><00:59:07.940><c> about</c><00:59:08.179><c> it.</c> 00:59:09.219 --> 00:59:12.579 But<00:59:09.579><c> he</c><00:59:09.960><c> turns</c><00:59:10.199><c> in</c><00:59:10.380><c> verse</c><00:59:10.599><c> 32</c><00:59:10.960><c> and</c><00:59:11.119><c> he</c><00:59:11.239><c> says,</c><00:59:11.539><c> brothers,</c> 00:59:13.840 --> 00:59:17.099 brothers,<00:59:15.340><c> I</c><00:59:15.460><c> place</c><00:59:15.639><c> you</c><00:59:15.820><c> in</c><00:59:15.880><c> God's</c><00:59:16.219><c> care.</c> 00:59:17.199 --> 00:59:19.099 I<00:59:17.380><c> commend</c><00:59:17.719><c> you</c><00:59:17.960><c> to</c><00:59:18.079><c> God.</c> 00:59:19.579 --> 00:59:21.079 Notice<00:59:19.820><c> what</c><00:59:19.960><c> he's</c><00:59:20.119><c> done.</c> 00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:24.760 He<00:59:21.539><c> said,</c><00:59:22.659><c> brothers,</c><00:59:22.900><c> the</c><00:59:23.039><c> Ecclesia</c><00:59:23.280><c> is</c><00:59:23.400><c> in</c><00:59:23.539><c> your</c><00:59:23.760><c> care.</c> 00:59:25.099 --> 00:59:28.800 The<00:59:25.260><c> Ecclesia</c><00:59:25.619><c> is</c><00:59:25.780><c> in</c><00:59:25.920><c> your</c><00:59:26.199><c> care</c><00:59:26.699><c> and</c><00:59:28.059><c> you're</c><00:59:28.340><c> in</c><00:59:28.480><c> the</c><00:59:28.659><c> care</c> 00:59:28.800 --> 00:59:29.780 of<00:59:28.920><c> God.</c> 00:59:30.059 --> 00:59:32.179 You've<00:59:30.480><c> got</c><00:59:30.539><c> to</c><00:59:30.659><c> look</c><00:59:30.820><c> after</c><00:59:31.059><c> the</c><00:59:31.219><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:59:32.619 --> 00:59:35.219 But<00:59:32.659><c> as</c><00:59:33.099><c> for</c><00:59:33.300><c> me,</c><00:59:33.840><c> I</c><00:59:34.079><c> myself</c><00:59:34.500><c> am</c><00:59:34.800><c> praying</c> 00:59:35.219 --> 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that</c><00:59:47.800><c> I've</c><00:59:48.019><c> told</c><00:59:48.159><c> you</c><00:59:48.280><c> about</c> 00:59:48.460 --> 00:59:49.260 God's<00:59:48.860><c> kindness.</c> 00:59:49.619 --> 00:59:52.380 Remember<00:59:49.960><c> all</c><00:59:50.199><c> those</c><00:59:50.420><c> things</c><00:59:50.659><c> because</c><00:59:50.960><c> that</c><00:59:51.179><c> will</c><00:59:51.380><c> help</c><00:59:51.619><c> build</c><00:59:51.920><c> you</c><00:59:52.139><c> up.</c> 00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:54.699 It'll<00:59:52.800><c> help</c><00:59:53.079><c> strengthen</c><00:59:53.480><c> you</c><00:59:53.659><c> to</c><00:59:53.880><c> oppose</c><00:59:54.179><c> that</c><00:59:54.420><c> evil</c> 00:59:54.699 --> 00:59:57.579 and<00:59:55.420><c> to</c><00:59:55.699><c> care</c><00:59:55.880><c> for</c><00:59:56.059><c> the</c><00:59:56.199><c> Ecclesia</c><00:59:56.519><c> as</c><00:59:56.800><c> you</c><00:59:57.000><c> need</c><00:59:57.199><c> to</c><00:59:57.400><c> do.</c> 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a</c><01:02:49.320><c> smile</c><01:02:49.519><c> on</c><01:02:49.719><c> my</c><01:02:49.960><c> dial.</c> 01:02:50.420 --> 01:02:52.039 I've<01:02:50.679><c> got</c><01:02:50.820><c> no</c><01:02:51.039><c> problems</c><01:02:51.340><c> doing</c><01:02:51.579><c> it.</c> 01:02:52.320 --> 01:02:53.099 Point<01:02:52.480><c> number</c><01:02:52.760><c> four.</c> 01:02:53.380 --> 01:02:55.980 If<01:02:53.500><c> the</c><01:02:53.780><c> Ecclesia</c><01:02:54.039><c> is</c><01:02:54.280><c> worth</c><01:02:54.539><c> the</c><01:02:54.699><c> blood</c><01:02:54.980><c> of</c><01:02:55.219><c> God's</c><01:02:55.699><c> son,</c> 01:02:56.239 --> 01:02:59.179 surely<01:02:56.679><c> it</c><01:02:57.179><c> is</c><01:02:57.400><c> worth</c><01:02:57.659><c> your</c><01:02:58.000><c> every</c><01:02:58.400><c> labor.</c> 01:02:59.420 --> 01:03:00.940 That<01:02:59.500><c> was</c><01:02:59.719><c> Paul's</c><01:03:00.079><c> appeal</c><01:03:00.320><c> to</c><01:03:00.519><c> the</c><01:03:00.739><c> AB,</c> 01:03:01.039 --> 01:03:02.480 brothers<01:03:01.159><c> and</c><01:03:01.420><c> sisters</c><01:03:01.699><c> in</c><01:03:01.940><c> Ephesus.</c> 01:03:02.480 --> 01:03:04.460 And<01:03:02.800><c> it's</c><01:03:03.059><c> Paul's</c><01:03:03.300><c> appeal</c><01:03:03.440><c> to</c><01:03:03.659><c> us.</c>