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special<00:15:17.450><c> gift?</c>

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How<00:15:19.470><c> great</c><00:15:19.710><c> then</c><00:15:19.929><c> is</c><00:15:20.110><c> the</c><00:15:20.269><c> need</c><00:15:20.690><c> when</c><00:15:21.429><c> we</c><00:15:21.690><c> today</c><00:15:22.070><c> try</c><00:15:22.350><c> to</c><00:15:22.610><c> discharge</c><00:15:23.070><c> a</c>

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and<00:15:29.090><c> work</c><00:15:29.389><c> under</c><00:15:29.850><c> arrangements</c><00:15:30.450><c> that</c><00:15:31.149><c> are</c><00:15:31.429><c> deliberately</c><00:15:31.929><c> intended</c><00:15:32.470><c> to</c>

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How<00:15:36.830><c> great</c><00:15:37.129><c> then</c><00:15:37.409><c> is</c><00:15:37.610><c> the</c><00:15:37.750><c> need</c><00:15:37.909><c> to</c><00:15:38.149><c> understand</c><00:15:38.610><c> what</c><00:15:38.830><c> we</c><00:15:38.970><c> are</c><00:15:39.190><c> about?</c>

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As<00:15:42.549><c> arranging</c><00:15:42.909><c> brethren</c><00:15:43.169><c> we</c><00:15:43.330><c> hold</c><00:15:43.549><c> a</c><00:15:43.750><c> special</c><00:15:43.990><c> responsibility.</c>

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higher<00:15:51.509><c> standard.</c>

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Let<00:15:52.710><c> him</c><00:15:53.009><c> that</c><00:15:53.250><c> ruleth,</c><00:15:53.909><c> so</c><00:15:54.210><c> says</c><00:15:54.409><c> Romans</c><00:15:54.769><c> chapter</c><00:15:55.169><c> 12</c><00:15:55.490><c> and</c><00:15:55.610><c> verse</c><00:15:55.809><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:15:56.789><c> that</c><00:15:56.929><c> word</c><00:15:57.129><c> ruleth</c><00:15:57.490><c> in</c><00:15:57.590><c> that</c><00:15:57.850><c> place</c><00:15:58.049><c> means</c><00:15:58.350><c> to</c><00:15:58.669><c> stand</c><00:15:58.889><c> out</c>

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Not<00:16:01.169><c> to</c><00:16:01.309><c> be</c><00:16:01.450><c> a</c><00:16:01.570><c> petty</c><00:16:01.750><c> dictator</c><00:16:02.149><c> with</c><00:16:02.450><c> a</c><00:16:02.549><c> distorted</c><00:16:02.929><c> sense</c><00:16:03.190><c> of</c><00:16:03.450><c> position.</c>

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unmistakable<00:16:12.730><c> tone</c><00:16:13.110><c> in</c><00:16:13.470><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:13.830><c> life.</c>

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Number<00:16:20.769><c> one,</c><00:16:20.929><c> we've</c><00:16:21.190><c> already</c><00:16:21.629><c> slipped</c><00:16:21.970><c> a</c><00:16:22.110><c> couple</c><00:16:22.269><c> of</c><00:16:22.450><c> minutes</c>

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There<00:16:29.870><c> is</c><00:16:30.049><c> no</c><00:16:30.230><c> suggestion</c><00:16:30.710><c> here</c><00:16:31.009><c> that</c><00:16:31.389><c> the</c><00:16:31.610><c> Bucks</c><00:16:31.730><c> County</c><00:16:32.070><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:32.490><c> among</c><00:16:32.789><c> all</c>

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highest<00:16:35.289><c> standard.</c>

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Meals<00:17:17.690><c> are</c><00:17:18.089><c> to</c><00:17:18.210><c> be</c><00:17:18.430><c> served</c><00:17:18.849><c> in</c><00:17:19.589><c> a</c><00:17:19.789><c> chamber</c><00:17:20.089><c> on</c><00:17:20.390><c> the</c><00:17:20.549><c> lower</c><00:17:20.730><c> level</c><00:17:21.069><c> and</c>

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be<00:17:25.849><c> difficult</c><00:17:26.150><c> to</c><00:17:26.309><c> get</c><00:17:26.490><c> lost.</c>

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We<00:17:27.769><c> are</c><00:17:27.950><c> not</c><00:17:28.130><c> to</c><00:17:28.309><c> venture</c><00:17:28.569><c> to</c><00:17:29.089><c> the</c><00:17:29.269><c> next</c><00:17:29.569><c> higher</c><00:17:29.829><c> floor</c><00:17:30.150><c> of</c>

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You<00:17:33.970><c> have</c><00:17:34.170><c> no</c><00:17:34.329><c> need</c><00:17:34.470><c> to</c><00:17:34.730><c> scramble</c><00:17:35.089><c> and</c><00:17:35.490><c> move</c><00:17:35.650><c> your</c><00:17:35.930><c> chairs.</c>

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taping<00:17:50.150><c> the</c><00:17:50.349><c> proceedings</c><00:17:50.690><c> today,</c>

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Again,<00:18:39.710><c> the</c><00:18:39.829><c> cost</c><00:18:40.289><c> in</c><00:18:40.869><c> dollars</c><00:18:41.190><c> and</c><00:18:41.490><c> cents</c><00:18:41.809><c> was,</c><00:18:42.609><c> we'll</c><00:18:43.049><c> just</c>

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that<00:18:45.529><c> copying</c><00:18:45.809><c> job.</c>

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one,<00:19:03.509><c> many</c><00:19:03.730><c> thanks.</c>

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There<00:19:05.410><c> will</c><00:19:05.650><c> be</c><00:19:05.849><c> some</c><00:19:06.009><c> leftover</c><00:19:06.450><c> notebooks.</c><00:19:07.769><c> You</c><00:19:07.890><c> can</c><00:19:08.109><c> put</c><00:19:08.269><c> in</c>

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value<00:19:17.509><c> to</c><00:19:17.710><c> the</c><00:19:17.930><c> extra</c><00:19:18.109><c> notebooks.</c>

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who<00:20:04.789><c> comes</c><00:20:05.029><c> along.</c>

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Also<00:20:06.710><c> in</c><00:20:06.869><c> the</c><00:20:07.029><c> front</c><00:20:07.190><c> pouch</c><00:20:07.509><c> of</c><00:20:07.670><c> your</c><00:20:07.890><c> notebooks,</c><00:20:09.329><c> index</c><00:20:09.509><c> cards</c><00:20:10.029><c> for</c>

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You've<00:20:29.049><c> probably</c><00:20:29.410><c> already</c><00:20:29.930><c> been</c><00:20:30.250><c> urged</c><00:20:30.470><c> to</c><00:20:30.730><c> start</c><00:20:30.910><c> reading</c>

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We<00:21:05.269><c> will</c><00:21:05.470><c> just</c><00:21:05.750><c> catch</c><00:21:05.950><c> our</c><00:21:06.150><c> breath</c><00:21:06.549><c> for</c><00:21:07.150><c> about</c><00:21:07.509><c> 60</c><00:21:07.829><c> seconds.</c>

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And<00:21:09.950><c> then</c><00:21:10.089><c> we</c><00:21:10.170><c> will</c><00:21:10.349><c> ask</c><00:21:10.589><c> our</c><00:21:11.410><c> Brother</c><00:21:11.609><c> Tennant</c><00:21:11.930><c> to</c><00:21:12.650><c> come</c><00:21:13.029><c> forward</c><00:21:13.309><c> with</c>

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the<00:21:14.069><c> first</c><00:21:14.369><c> session</c><00:21:15.049><c> today.</c>

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This<00:21:21.190><c> is</c><00:21:21.750><c> session</c><00:21:22.089><c> number</c><00:21:22.490><c> one</c><00:21:23.130><c> of</c><00:21:24.190><c> our</c><00:21:24.450><c> study</c><00:21:24.630><c> day</c><00:21:24.809><c> on</c><00:21:24.990><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:25.390><c> eldership,</c><00:21:26.910><c> taking</c>

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heed<00:21:27.410><c> to</c><00:21:27.650><c> all</c><00:21:27.789><c> the</c><00:21:27.970><c> flock.</c>

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Saturday,<00:21:30.309><c> August</c><00:21:30.609><c> 22nd,</c><00:21:31.670><c> 1987.</c>

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We<00:21:33.910><c> are</c><00:21:34.009><c> now</c><00:21:34.190><c> pleased</c><00:21:34.430><c> to</c><00:21:34.609><c> call</c><00:21:34.809><c> upon</c><00:21:35.009><c> our</c><00:21:35.170><c> Brother</c><00:21:35.349><c> Harry</c><00:21:35.650><c> Tennant</c><00:21:36.089><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:37.069><c> Watford</c><00:21:37.390><c> England</c><00:21:37.750><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:21:39.309><c> whose</c><00:21:39.450><c> first</c><00:21:39.730><c> session</c><00:21:40.029><c> is</c>

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entitled,<00:21:41.630><c> The</c><00:21:41.890><c> Basis</c><00:21:42.809><c> of</c><00:21:43.289><c> Ecclesial</c><00:21:43.690><c> Life.</c>

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Brother<00:21:44.950><c> Tennant.</c>

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How<00:21:50.789><c> many</c><00:21:51.049><c> of</c><00:21:51.230><c> you</c><00:21:52.009><c> came</c><00:21:52.349><c> into</c><00:21:52.529><c> the</c><00:21:52.869><c> truth</c><00:21:53.190><c> from</c><00:21:53.769><c> outside,</c><00:21:54.450><c> that</c><00:21:54.670><c> is</c>

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not<00:21:55.109><c> from</c><00:21:55.390><c> a</c><00:21:55.589><c> Christodophian</c><00:21:56.269><c> family?</c>

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Now<00:21:59.509><c> that's</c><00:21:59.789><c> a</c><00:21:59.890><c> very</c><00:22:00.410><c> interesting</c><00:22:01.549><c> result,</c><00:22:02.950><c> because</c><00:22:03.190><c> I</c><00:22:03.329><c> would</c>

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say<00:22:03.910><c> that</c><00:22:04.269><c> probably</c><00:22:05.430><c> 45</c><00:22:06.589><c>%</c><00:22:07.289><c> of</c><00:22:07.410><c> us</c><00:22:08.150><c> came</c><00:22:08.710><c> in</c><00:22:09.230><c> right</c><00:22:09.509><c> from</c><00:22:09.750><c> outside.</c>

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That<00:22:11.910><c> means</c><00:22:12.130><c> that</c><00:22:12.309><c> we</c><00:22:12.430><c> didn't</c><00:22:12.609><c> have</c><00:22:12.849><c> the</c><00:22:13.069><c> kind</c><00:22:13.210><c> of</c><00:22:13.430><c> background</c>

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that<00:22:14.109><c> comes</c><00:22:14.369><c> from</c><00:22:15.410><c> attending</c><00:22:16.190><c> Sunday</c><00:22:16.650><c> school</c><00:22:16.950><c> or</c><00:22:17.410><c> youth</c><00:22:17.690><c> group.</c>

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Or<00:22:18.529><c> it's</c><00:22:18.809><c> unlikely</c><00:22:19.190><c> that</c><00:22:19.390><c> we</c><00:22:19.509><c> had</c><00:22:19.730><c> that.</c>

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And<00:22:20.910><c> consequently</c><00:22:21.309><c> some</c><00:22:21.589><c> of</c><00:22:21.710><c> the</c><00:22:21.849><c> things</c><00:22:22.049><c> with</c><00:22:22.250><c> which</c><00:22:22.690><c> other</c>

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people<00:22:23.329><c> are</c><00:22:23.549><c> familiar,</c><00:22:24.170><c> we</c><00:22:24.369><c> are</c><00:22:24.509><c> not</c><00:22:24.730><c> familiar</c><00:22:25.089><c> with</c><00:22:25.349><c> them.</c>

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And<00:22:28.190><c> so</c><00:22:28.250><c> when</c><00:22:28.390><c> it</c><00:22:28.450><c> comes</c><00:22:28.670><c> to</c><00:22:28.990><c> major</c><00:22:29.369><c> tasks</c><00:22:29.990><c> in</c><00:22:30.230><c> the</c><00:22:30.430><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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we<00:22:32.029><c> haven't</c><00:22:32.269><c> got</c><00:22:33.490><c> something</c><00:22:33.950><c> to</c><00:22:34.230><c> fall</c><00:22:34.490><c> back</c><00:22:34.849><c> on,</c><00:22:35.630><c> which</c><00:22:35.829><c> we</c>

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are<00:22:36.230><c> used</c><00:22:36.630><c> to.</c>

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And<00:22:38.549><c> we</c><00:22:38.690><c> need</c><00:22:38.930><c> some</c><00:22:40.289><c> backing</c><00:22:40.869><c> whereby</c><00:22:41.430><c> we</c><00:22:41.849><c> can</c><00:22:42.029><c> do</c><00:22:42.230><c> our</c><00:22:42.470><c> job.</c>

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And<00:22:43.950><c> it's</c><00:22:44.130><c> that</c><00:22:44.230><c> that</c><00:22:44.349><c> I'm</c><00:22:44.470><c> going</c><00:22:44.589><c> to</c><00:22:44.730><c> have</c><00:22:44.849><c> a</c><00:22:44.930><c> look</c><00:22:45.069><c> at</c><00:22:45.269><c> today.</c>

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Today's<00:22:46.349><c> meeting</c><00:22:46.589><c> sprang</c><00:22:46.910><c> out</c><00:22:47.190><c> of</c><00:22:47.549><c> a</c><00:22:47.710><c> meeting</c><00:22:48.130><c> that</c><00:22:48.670><c> we</c><00:22:48.869><c> had,</c>

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first<00:22:49.549><c> of</c><00:22:49.750><c> all,</c><00:22:50.430><c> in</c><00:22:51.269><c> Birmingham,</c><00:22:51.829><c> England,</c>

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when<00:22:53.710><c> we</c><00:22:54.630><c> invited</c><00:22:54.990><c> the</c><00:22:57.069><c> recording</c><00:22:57.490><c> brethren</c><00:22:57.849><c> of</c><00:22:58.049><c> the</c><00:22:58.210><c> Ecclesias</c><00:22:58.569><c> in</c><00:22:58.750><c> Britain</c><00:22:59.130><c> to</c><00:23:00.089><c> attend</c><00:23:00.589><c> a</c><00:23:01.210><c> meeting.</c>

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The<00:23:01.910><c> CMPA</c><00:23:02.549><c> thought</c><00:23:03.069><c> it</c><00:23:03.150><c> would</c><00:23:03.349><c> be</c><00:23:03.430><c> a</c><00:23:03.549><c> good</c><00:23:03.690><c> idea</c><00:23:04.170><c> to</c><00:23:04.410><c> be</c><00:23:04.710><c> informative,</c><00:23:06.730><c> not</c>

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directive,<00:23:07.769><c> but</c><00:23:07.970><c> informative.</c>

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And<00:23:09.569><c> there</c><00:23:09.750><c> were</c><00:23:10.009><c> about</c><00:23:10.529><c> 300</c><00:23:11.190><c> of</c><00:23:11.470><c> us,</c><00:23:11.910><c> in</c><00:23:12.069><c> fact,</c><00:23:12.369><c> probably</c><00:23:12.670><c> rather</c><00:23:12.930><c> more</c><00:23:13.670><c> of</c>

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us<00:23:14.849><c> together</c><00:23:15.190><c> on</c><00:23:15.450><c> that</c><00:23:15.650><c> day.</c>

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And<00:23:17.009><c> the</c><00:23:17.150><c> result</c><00:23:17.289><c> of</c><00:23:17.430><c> that</c><00:23:17.529><c> was</c><00:23:17.710><c> published</c><00:23:18.230><c> in</c><00:23:19.430><c> articles</c><00:23:19.730><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:20.049><c> Christodophian.</c>

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And<00:23:21.690><c> then</c><00:23:21.890><c> on</c><00:23:22.910><c> an</c><00:23:23.089><c> occasion</c><00:23:23.390><c> over</c><00:23:23.670><c> here</c><00:23:23.849><c> I</c><00:23:24.029><c> repeated</c><00:23:24.549><c> at</c><00:23:25.069><c> least</c>

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the<00:23:25.529><c> talk</c><00:23:25.750><c> that</c><00:23:25.970><c> I</c><00:23:26.190><c> gave</c><00:23:26.650><c> to</c><00:23:27.490><c> that</c><00:23:27.730><c> session.</c>

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And<00:23:29.190><c> from</c><00:23:29.650><c> that</c><00:23:29.970><c> sprang</c><00:23:30.490><c> today's</c><00:23:31.230><c> meeting.</c>

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God<00:23:35.569><c> never</c><00:23:36.210><c> leaves</c><00:23:37.369><c> those</c><00:23:39.470><c> who</c><00:23:39.650><c> believe</c><00:23:39.970><c> in</c><00:23:40.150><c> him</c><00:23:40.869><c> without</c><00:23:41.930><c> organization.</c>

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It's<00:23:48.049><c> very</c><00:23:48.309><c> clear</c><00:23:48.450><c> if</c><00:23:48.589><c> you</c><00:23:48.730><c> read</c><00:23:49.509><c> Old</c><00:23:49.829><c> Testament</c><00:23:50.230><c> or</c><00:23:50.609><c> New</c><00:23:50.849><c> Testament</c><00:23:51.390><c> that</c>

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our<00:23:52.289><c> God</c><00:23:52.650><c> is</c><00:23:53.150><c> a</c><00:23:53.329><c> God</c><00:23:53.490><c> of</c><00:23:54.190><c> organization.</c>

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And<00:23:58.349><c> that</c><00:23:58.490><c> what</c><00:23:58.569><c> he</c><00:23:58.670><c> does</c><00:23:58.849><c> in</c><00:23:59.130><c> nature</c><00:23:59.509><c> is</c><00:24:00.950><c> well</c><00:24:01.390><c> organized.</c>

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And<00:24:03.529><c> how</c><00:24:03.710><c> he</c><00:24:04.009><c> called</c><00:24:04.369><c> those</c><00:24:04.730><c> who</c><00:24:04.890><c> would</c><00:24:05.130><c> serve</c><00:24:05.329><c> him</c><00:24:05.589><c> to</c><00:24:05.769><c> himself</c><00:24:06.329><c> was</c><00:24:07.789><c> an</c>

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organized<00:24:09.069><c> way</c><00:24:09.470><c> of</c><00:24:09.710><c> calling</c><00:24:09.930><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:11.430><c> they</c><00:24:11.569><c> were</c><00:24:11.869><c> called</c><00:24:12.309><c> to</c><00:24:13.450><c> a</c><00:24:14.049><c> group</c><00:24:14.369><c> that</c><00:24:14.710><c> knew</c><00:24:14.849><c> what</c><00:24:15.029><c> it</c><00:24:15.170><c> was</c>

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to<00:24:15.569><c> do,</c><00:24:16.130><c> how</c><00:24:16.349><c> it</c><00:24:16.529><c> was</c><00:24:16.789><c> to</c><00:24:17.369><c> comport</c><00:24:17.849><c> itself.</c>

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It<00:24:18.809><c> was</c><00:24:19.009><c> given</c><00:24:19.230><c> information</c><00:24:19.890><c> by</c><00:24:20.210><c> which</c><00:24:20.549><c> it</c><00:24:20.910><c> could</c><00:24:21.109><c> conduct</c>

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its<00:24:21.690><c> life.</c>

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And<00:24:23.809><c> so</c><00:24:23.990><c> in</c><00:24:24.130><c> the</c><00:24:24.309><c> Old</c><00:24:24.490><c> Testament</c><00:24:24.930><c> probably</c><00:24:25.930><c> the</c><00:24:26.569><c> standard</c><00:24:27.130><c> kind</c><00:24:27.490><c> of</c>

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verse<00:24:28.069><c> is</c><00:24:28.730><c> that</c><00:24:28.910><c> to</c><00:24:29.049><c> be</c><00:24:29.210><c> found</c><00:24:29.410><c> in</c><00:24:30.509><c> Exodus</c><00:24:30.849><c> chapter</c><00:24:31.190><c> 19.</c>

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That<00:24:32.690><c> we</c><00:24:32.910><c> are</c><00:24:33.250><c> a</c><00:24:33.490><c> special</c><00:24:33.869><c> people</c><00:24:34.250><c> and</c><00:24:34.410><c> then</c><00:24:34.549><c> God</c><00:24:34.730><c> sets</c><00:24:35.009><c> out</c>

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what<00:24:35.910><c> the</c><00:24:36.190><c> special</c><00:24:36.410><c> people</c><00:24:36.730><c> are,</c>

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what<00:24:37.509><c> their</c><00:24:37.769><c> privileges</c><00:24:38.190><c> are</c><00:24:38.549><c> and</c><00:24:38.890><c> what</c><00:24:39.009><c> their</c><00:24:39.309><c> responsibilities</c><00:24:39.950><c> are.</c>

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And<00:24:41.690><c> in</c><00:24:41.829><c> the</c><00:24:41.890><c> New</c><00:24:42.049><c> Testament</c><00:24:42.470><c> the</c><00:24:42.730><c> corresponding</c><00:24:43.410><c> kind</c><00:24:43.829><c> of</c><00:24:44.450><c> scripture</c><00:24:44.890><c> is</c>

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that<00:24:45.970><c> given</c><00:24:46.130><c> in</c><00:24:46.410><c> 1</c><00:24:46.609><c> Peter</c><00:24:46.890><c> chapter</c><00:24:47.309><c> 2.</c>

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That<00:24:48.390><c> we</c><00:24:48.529><c> are</c><00:24:48.690><c> a</c><00:24:48.809><c> holy</c><00:24:49.029><c> people</c><00:24:49.450><c> and</c><00:24:49.609><c> then</c><00:24:49.829><c> there</c><00:24:50.009><c> again</c><00:24:50.569><c> are</c>

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set<00:24:50.930><c> out</c><00:24:51.170><c> all</c><00:24:51.670><c> the</c><00:24:51.849><c> blessings</c><00:24:52.210><c> that</c><00:24:52.589><c> stem</c><00:24:52.750><c> from</c><00:24:52.950><c> that.</c>

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Together<00:24:54.450><c> with</c><00:24:54.789><c> all</c><00:24:55.150><c> the</c><00:24:56.529><c> oneness</c><00:24:57.009><c> that</c><00:24:57.230><c> rests</c><00:24:57.529><c> on</c><00:24:57.789><c> us</c><00:24:58.369><c> as</c><00:24:59.630><c> those</c><00:24:59.910><c> who</c>

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belong<00:25:00.390><c> to</c><00:25:00.650><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:03.250><c> so</c><00:25:03.509><c> we</c><00:25:03.769><c> have,</c><00:25:05.049><c> the</c><00:25:05.230><c> Christodophians</c><00:25:06.150><c> have</c><00:25:06.730><c> an</c><00:25:07.630><c> organized</c>

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way<00:25:08.950><c> of</c><00:25:09.269><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:10.849><c> we</c><00:25:10.990><c> are</c><00:25:11.029><c> used</c><00:25:11.230><c> to</c><00:25:11.450><c> that.</c>

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We<00:25:12.789><c> found</c><00:25:13.150><c> nothing</c><00:25:13.470><c> strange</c><00:25:14.150><c> this</c><00:25:14.549><c> morning</c><00:25:14.910><c> in</c><00:25:15.529><c> taking</c><00:25:15.750><c> our</c>

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seats,<00:25:17.369><c> in</c><00:25:17.450><c> waiting</c><00:25:17.710><c> for</c><00:25:17.950><c> the</c><00:25:18.130><c> chairman,</c>

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in<00:25:19.769><c> having</c><00:25:19.930><c> a</c><00:25:20.230><c> prayer</c><00:25:20.569><c> or</c><00:25:21.269><c> a</c><00:25:21.450><c> reading</c><00:25:21.809><c> or</c><00:25:22.309><c> singing</c><00:25:22.609><c> a</c><00:25:22.809><c> hymn.</c>

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And<00:25:23.930><c> that</c><00:25:24.049><c> is</c><00:25:24.210><c> part</c><00:25:24.450><c> of</c><00:25:24.609><c> our</c><00:25:24.869><c> standard</c><00:25:25.430><c> organization.</c>

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And<00:25:27.549><c> we</c><00:25:27.710><c> benefit</c><00:25:28.049><c> from</c><00:25:28.269><c> it</c><00:25:28.410><c> because</c><00:25:28.650><c> it</c><00:25:28.750><c> means</c><00:25:29.009><c> that</c><00:25:29.230><c> business</c>

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flows<00:25:30.069><c> smoothly.</c>

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Our<00:25:33.190><c> first</c><00:25:33.769><c> brethren</c><00:25:34.369><c> in</c><00:25:35.769><c> these</c><00:25:35.990><c> last</c><00:25:37.029><c> two</c><00:25:37.730><c> centuries</c><00:25:38.529><c> came</c>

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from<00:25:40.470><c> established</c><00:25:41.130><c> churches</c><00:25:41.690><c> and</c><00:25:41.950><c> chapels.</c>

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Which<00:25:42.789><c> some</c><00:25:43.009><c> of</c><00:25:43.170><c> you</c><00:25:43.269><c> may</c><00:25:43.470><c> have</c><00:25:43.609><c> done.</c>

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Where<00:25:45.410><c> everything</c><00:25:45.710><c> was</c><00:25:46.029><c> run</c><00:25:46.529><c> by</c><00:25:47.730><c> a</c><00:25:48.210><c> hierarchy</c><00:25:48.690><c> within</c><00:25:49.470><c> the</c><00:25:49.730><c> church</c><00:25:49.930><c> or</c><00:25:50.190><c> chapel.</c>

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And<00:25:51.410><c> the</c><00:25:51.630><c> average</c><00:25:52.470><c> attender,</c><00:25:53.289><c> the</c><00:25:53.349><c> member</c><00:25:53.609><c> of</c><00:25:53.789><c> the</c><00:25:53.990><c> congregation,</c><00:25:55.430><c> had</c><00:25:55.549><c> no</c>

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responsibility<00:25:56.509><c> for</c><00:25:56.930><c> it.</c>

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There<00:25:58.589><c> was</c><00:25:58.849><c> a</c><00:25:58.890><c> minister</c><00:25:59.490><c> and</c><00:26:00.710><c> there</c><00:26:00.789><c> were</c><00:26:01.029><c> elders</c><00:26:01.509><c> and</c><00:26:01.910><c> there</c>

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were<00:26:02.210><c> deacons.</c>

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And<00:26:03.910><c> they</c><00:26:04.150><c> ran</c><00:26:04.430><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:26:06.890><c> the</c><00:26:07.309><c> voice</c><00:26:07.529><c> of</c><00:26:07.750><c> the</c><00:26:07.910><c> congregation</c><00:26:08.450><c> was</c><00:26:08.990><c> not</c><00:26:09.309><c> necessary</c>

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to<00:26:09.930><c> keep</c><00:26:10.130><c> everything</c><00:26:10.490><c> going.</c>

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And<00:26:11.569><c> beyond</c><00:26:11.990><c> our</c><00:26:12.690><c> particular</c><00:26:13.109><c> church</c><00:26:13.390><c> or</c><00:26:13.609><c> chapel</c><00:26:14.049><c> there</c><00:26:15.170><c> was</c>

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an<00:26:15.789><c> affiliation.</c>

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In<00:26:16.670><c> some</c><00:26:16.849><c> cases</c><00:26:17.269><c> there</c><00:26:17.750><c> was</c><00:26:18.250><c> a</c><00:26:18.430><c> hierarchy</c><00:26:18.930><c> beyond</c><00:26:19.470><c> us</c><00:26:20.089><c> that</c><00:26:21.529><c> in</c>

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fact<00:26:21.829><c> governed</c><00:26:22.150><c> us.</c>

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And<00:26:22.710><c> so</c><00:26:22.849><c> if</c><00:26:23.009><c> we</c><00:26:23.009><c> came</c><00:26:23.130><c> from</c><00:26:23.309><c> some</c><00:26:23.789><c> churches</c><00:26:24.230><c> we</c><00:26:24.450><c> would</c><00:26:24.609><c> have</c>

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bishops<00:26:25.789><c> who</c><00:26:26.930><c> looked</c><00:26:27.089><c> after</c><00:26:27.369><c> us.</c>

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And<00:26:29.490><c> they</c><00:26:29.630><c> met</c><00:26:29.869><c> in</c><00:26:30.150><c> solemn</c><00:26:30.450><c> conclave</c><00:26:31.150><c> and</c><00:26:31.589><c> decided</c><00:26:31.970><c> what</c><00:26:32.150><c> was</c>

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best<00:26:32.849><c> for</c><00:26:33.170><c> their</c><00:26:33.430><c> church.</c>

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Now<00:26:35.769><c> we</c><00:26:35.910><c> don't</c><00:26:36.130><c> have</c><00:26:36.329><c> that</c><00:26:36.589><c> kind</c><00:26:36.789><c> of</c><00:26:37.049><c> organization</c><00:26:37.650><c> at</c><00:26:38.269><c> all.</c>

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And<00:26:39.450><c> if</c><00:26:39.529><c> you'd</c><00:26:39.730><c> like</c><00:26:39.750><c> to</c><00:26:39.930><c> look</c><00:26:40.049><c> at</c><00:26:40.230><c> two</c><00:26:40.529><c> scriptures</c><00:26:41.230><c> you'll</c><00:26:41.970><c> see</c><00:26:42.049><c> the</c><00:26:42.190><c> kind</c><00:26:42.430><c> of</c>

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organization<00:26:43.150><c> that</c><00:26:43.390><c> we've</c><00:26:43.730><c> got.</c>

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The<00:26:44.769><c> first</c><00:26:45.029><c> is</c><00:26:45.230><c> in</c><00:26:45.569><c> 1</c><00:26:45.769><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:46.309><c> chapter</c><00:26:46.829><c> 1.</c>

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So<00:27:02.369><c> here</c><00:27:02.569><c> we</c><00:27:02.750><c> have</c><00:27:02.930><c> an</c><00:27:03.130><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:03.470><c> in</c><00:27:03.650><c> what</c><00:27:03.809><c> we</c><00:27:03.970><c> would</c><00:27:04.190><c> call</c>

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today<00:27:04.750><c> Europe.</c>

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Greece<00:27:08.890><c> in</c><00:27:09.450><c> the</c><00:27:09.569><c> city</c><00:27:09.730><c> of</c><00:27:10.029><c> Corinth</c><00:27:10.309><c> and</c><00:27:10.589><c> Paul</c><00:27:10.789><c> writes</c><00:27:11.069><c> to</c><00:27:11.349><c> them.</c>

00:27:12.390 --> 00:27:16.250
Paul<00:27:12.950><c> called</c><00:27:13.609><c> to</c><00:27:13.750><c> be</c><00:27:13.910><c> an</c><00:27:14.069><c> apostle</c><00:27:14.369><c> of</c><00:27:14.549><c> Jesus</c><00:27:14.849><c> Christ</c><00:27:15.690><c> through</c>

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the<00:27:16.410><c> will</c><00:27:16.490><c> of</c><00:27:16.710><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:18.509><c> Sosten</c><00:27:18.809><c> is</c><00:27:19.029><c> our</c><00:27:19.309><c> brother</c><00:27:20.230><c> unto</c><00:27:20.730><c> the</c><00:27:21.029><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:21.390><c> of</c><00:27:21.630><c> God</c><00:27:21.990><c> which</c><00:27:22.349><c> is</c>

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at<00:27:23.430><c> Corinth.</c>

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And<00:27:28.930><c> then</c><00:27:29.049><c> it</c><00:27:29.289><c> describes</c><00:27:29.930><c> how</c><00:27:30.829><c> that</c><00:27:31.049><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:31.509><c> is</c><00:27:31.930><c> constituted.</c>

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And<00:27:36.029><c> the</c><00:27:36.150><c> revised</c><00:27:36.369><c> version</c><00:27:36.690><c> makes</c><00:27:36.930><c> it</c><00:27:37.509><c> even</c><00:27:37.809><c> plainer.</c>

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It<00:27:38.269><c> says</c><00:27:38.529><c> even</c><00:27:39.190><c> them</c><00:27:40.230><c> that</c><00:27:42.269><c> are</c><00:27:42.970><c> sanctified</c><00:27:43.670><c> in</c><00:27:43.829><c> Christ</c><00:27:44.190><c> Jesus</c>

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called<00:27:46.890><c> to</c><00:27:47.789><c> be</c><00:27:48.009><c> saints.</c>

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So<00:27:51.190><c> the</c><00:27:51.369><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:51.690><c> was</c><00:27:52.170><c> sanctified</c><00:27:52.910><c> in</c><00:27:53.089><c> Christ</c><00:27:53.430><c> Jesus</c><00:27:54.049><c> because</c><00:27:54.769><c> it</c><00:27:55.009><c> consisted</c><00:27:55.470><c> of</c>

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members<00:27:56.089><c> who</c><00:27:56.369><c> had</c><00:27:56.549><c> been</c><00:27:56.890><c> called</c><00:27:57.450><c> to</c><00:27:57.849><c> be</c><00:27:58.069><c> saints.</c>

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And<00:27:59.690><c> so</c><00:27:59.809><c> our</c><00:28:00.049><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:00.430><c> consists</c><00:28:00.890><c> of</c><00:28:01.349><c> called</c><00:28:01.789><c> out</c><00:28:02.329><c> ones.</c>

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And<00:28:04.089><c> that's</c><00:28:04.269><c> how</c><00:28:04.450><c> it</c><00:28:04.589><c> is</c><00:28:04.829><c> stated</c><00:28:05.049><c> here.</c>

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But<00:28:07.670><c> Paul</c><00:28:08.109><c> goes</c><00:28:08.349><c> beyond</c><00:28:08.730><c> that</c><00:28:09.109><c> and</c><00:28:09.269><c> says</c><00:28:10.150><c> with</c><00:28:12.089><c> all</c><00:28:12.950><c> that</c><00:28:13.849><c> in</c>

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every<00:28:14.450><c> place</c><00:28:15.130><c> called</c><00:28:15.730><c> upon</c><00:28:16.009><c> the</c><00:28:16.109><c> name</c><00:28:16.329><c> of</c><00:28:16.450><c> Jesus</c><00:28:16.730><c> Christ</c><00:28:17.089><c> our</c>

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Lord<00:28:17.670><c> both</c><00:28:18.089><c> theirs</c><00:28:18.450><c> and</c><00:28:18.869><c> ours.</c>

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So<00:28:20.329><c> now</c><00:28:20.490><c> he</c><00:28:20.670><c> said</c><00:28:20.829><c> that</c><00:28:21.369><c> all</c><00:28:21.609><c> those</c><00:28:21.869><c> in</c><00:28:22.049><c> other</c><00:28:22.250><c> places</c><00:28:22.589><c> who</c><00:28:22.809><c> are</c>

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similarly<00:28:23.450><c> sanctified</c><00:28:24.250><c> and</c><00:28:24.609><c> called</c><00:28:25.109><c> are</c><00:28:26.190><c> in</c><00:28:26.369><c> fact</c><00:28:26.549><c> part</c><00:28:26.910><c> of</c>

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this<00:28:28.990><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:29.630><c> of</c><00:28:29.930><c> God.</c>

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There<00:28:32.029><c> is</c><00:28:32.289><c> that</c><00:28:32.710><c> part</c><00:28:33.049><c> which</c><00:28:33.349><c> lies</c><00:28:33.650><c> in</c><00:28:34.029><c> Corinth</c><00:28:34.470><c> but</c><00:28:35.049><c> there</c><00:28:35.230><c> is</c>

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that<00:28:35.710><c> part</c><00:28:35.950><c> which</c><00:28:36.210><c> is</c><00:28:36.450><c> in</c><00:28:36.690><c> every</c><00:28:37.109><c> place.</c>

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In<00:28:38.690><c> fact</c><00:28:38.869><c> every</c><00:28:39.369><c> place</c><00:28:40.109><c> where</c><00:28:40.849><c> these</c><00:28:41.190><c> are</c><00:28:41.730><c> is</c><00:28:42.369><c> the</c><00:28:42.609><c> ecclesia</c>

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of<00:28:43.289><c> God.</c>

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There<00:28:43.730><c> is</c><00:28:44.009><c> one</c><00:28:44.329><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:45.089><c> that</c><00:28:45.650><c> consists</c><00:28:46.089><c> of</c><00:28:46.450><c> the</c><00:28:46.730><c> body</c><00:28:47.109><c> of</c>

00:28:47.349 --> 00:28:50.130
those<00:28:47.769><c> who</c><00:28:48.230><c> believe,</c><00:28:48.509><c> who</c><00:28:48.630><c> have</c><00:28:48.750><c> been</c><00:28:48.970><c> sanctified,</c><00:28:49.829><c> who</c><00:28:49.990><c> have</c>

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been<00:28:50.390><c> called.</c>

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In<00:28:51.170><c> fact</c><00:28:51.369><c> if</c><00:28:51.609><c> you</c><00:28:51.750><c> come</c><00:28:51.970><c> to</c><00:28:52.589><c> Colossians</c><00:28:53.150><c> chapter</c><00:28:53.609><c> 1</c><00:28:54.309><c> you'll</c><00:28:54.829><c> see</c><00:28:54.910><c> this</c><00:28:55.130><c> is</c>

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made<00:28:55.849><c> a</c><00:28:55.990><c> little</c><00:28:56.230><c> plainer.</c>

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Because<00:29:01.829><c> here</c><00:29:02.009><c> the</c><00:29:02.210><c> figure</c><00:29:02.410><c> is</c><00:29:02.630><c> somewhat</c><00:29:02.849><c> different</c><00:29:03.210><c> and</c><00:29:03.369><c> it's</c><00:29:03.609><c> easier</c><00:29:03.869><c> to</c><00:29:04.109><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:29:06.690><c> so</c><00:29:06.789><c> it</c><00:29:06.950><c> says</c><00:29:07.089><c> in</c><00:29:07.309><c> Colossians</c><00:29:07.730><c> chapter</c><00:29:08.109><c> 1</c><00:29:09.589><c> and</c><00:29:11.630><c> verse</c><00:29:11.829><c> 18</c>

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about<00:29:14.170><c> the</c><00:29:14.329><c> Lord</c><00:29:14.549><c> Jesus</c><00:29:14.930><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:29:16.269><c> he</c><00:29:16.849><c> is</c><00:29:17.589><c> the</c><00:29:17.789><c> head</c><00:29:17.890><c> of</c><00:29:18.049><c> the</c><00:29:18.190><c> body,</c><00:29:19.410><c> the</c><00:29:19.690><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:22.369 --> 00:29:25.450
So<00:29:22.509><c> the</c><00:29:22.630><c> whole</c><00:29:22.910><c> body</c><00:29:23.269><c> is</c><00:29:23.569><c> the</c><00:29:23.789><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:24.210><c> of</c><00:29:24.470><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:27.269><c> it's</c><00:29:27.390><c> useful</c><00:29:27.549><c> to</c><00:29:27.730><c> have</c><00:29:27.829><c> that</c><00:29:28.069><c> concept,</c><00:29:28.789><c> brothers</c><00:29:28.910><c> and</c><00:29:29.049><c> sisters,</c><00:29:29.390><c> because</c><00:29:29.849><c> it</c>

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means<00:29:30.349><c> that</c><00:29:30.630><c> our</c><00:29:31.329><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:31.789><c> in</c><00:29:32.049><c> our</c><00:29:32.390><c> town</c><00:29:32.650><c> wherever</c><00:29:32.950><c> we</c><00:29:33.190><c> come</c><00:29:33.430><c> from.</c>

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And<00:29:34.650><c> so</c><00:29:34.789><c> if</c><00:29:34.910><c> we</c><00:29:34.950><c> are</c><00:29:35.029><c> from</c><00:29:35.410><c> Morse</c><00:29:35.789><c> Town</c><00:29:36.029><c> or</c><00:29:36.309><c> Bucks</c><00:29:36.549><c> County</c><00:29:37.109><c> or</c><00:29:37.710><c> Worcester</c><00:29:38.910><c> or</c><00:29:39.230><c> Cramston</c><00:29:39.670><c> Road</c><00:29:40.029><c> Island</c><00:29:40.309><c> then</c><00:29:40.789><c> in</c><00:29:41.069><c> fact</c><00:29:41.390><c> our</c><00:29:42.150><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:42.650><c> is</c><00:29:43.250><c> a</c>

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part<00:29:43.970><c> of</c><00:29:44.250><c> the</c><00:29:44.509><c> total</c><00:29:44.910><c> ecclesia,</c><00:29:46.630><c> the</c><00:29:46.750><c> one</c><00:29:46.930><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:47.450><c> of</c><00:29:47.750><c> God.</c>

00:29:49.769 --> 00:29:53.789
Now<00:29:49.849><c> this</c><00:29:49.990><c> is</c><00:29:50.170><c> the</c><00:29:50.329><c> high,</c><00:29:51.309><c> I</c><00:29:51.450><c> was</c><00:29:51.509><c> going</c><00:29:51.609><c> to</c><00:29:51.690><c> say</c><00:29:51.930><c> theory</c><00:29:52.410><c> but</c><00:29:52.589><c> that</c><00:29:53.170><c> would</c><00:29:53.369><c> be</c><00:29:53.589><c> a</c>

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wrong<00:29:54.029><c> word.</c>

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It's<00:29:55.190><c> a</c><00:29:55.329><c> right</c><00:29:55.490><c> word</c><00:29:55.690><c> in</c><00:29:55.890><c> one</c><00:29:56.150><c> sense</c><00:29:56.410><c> but</c><00:29:56.589><c> it</c><00:29:56.869><c> conveys</c><00:29:57.089><c> a</c><00:29:57.289><c> wrong</c>

00:29:57.470 --> 00:30:00.269
meaning<00:29:57.730><c> because</c><00:29:58.069><c> generally</c><00:29:58.470><c> speaking</c><00:29:58.930><c> we</c><00:29:59.589><c> regard</c><00:29:59.930><c> theory</c>

00:30:00.269 --> 00:30:02.789
and<00:30:00.490><c> practice</c><00:30:00.809><c> as</c><00:30:01.029><c> being</c><00:30:01.269><c> two</c><00:30:01.450><c> entirely</c><00:30:01.910><c> different</c><00:30:02.250><c> things.</c>

00:30:02.789 --> 00:30:06.049
This<00:30:03.130><c> is</c><00:30:03.289><c> highly</c><00:30:03.589><c> practical,</c><00:30:04.230><c> God</c><00:30:04.410><c> has</c><00:30:04.650><c> called</c><00:30:04.849><c> us</c><00:30:04.990><c> to</c><00:30:05.130><c> himself,</c><00:30:05.829><c> each</c>

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of<00:30:06.170><c> us</c><00:30:06.309><c> has</c><00:30:06.390><c> been</c><00:30:06.670><c> called.</c>

00:30:09.390 --> 00:30:12.029
We<00:30:09.670><c> may</c><00:30:09.789><c> have</c><00:30:09.890><c> been</c><00:30:10.029><c> called</c><00:30:10.150><c> because</c><00:30:10.490><c> the</c><00:30:10.750><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:11.210><c> was</c><00:30:11.470><c> employed</c><00:30:11.869><c> in</c>

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doing<00:30:12.230><c> that.</c>

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It<00:30:13.170><c> may</c><00:30:13.269><c> have</c><00:30:13.329><c> been</c><00:30:13.369><c> by</c><00:30:13.549><c> some</c><00:30:13.789><c> other</c><00:30:13.950><c> method</c><00:30:14.250><c> altogether,</c><00:30:14.809><c> some</c><00:30:14.970><c> other</c><00:30:15.210><c> person</c><00:30:15.609><c> spoke</c><00:30:15.890><c> to</c><00:30:16.049><c> us.</c>

00:30:16.890 --> 00:30:20.750
Or<00:30:16.890><c> we</c><00:30:17.210><c> may</c><00:30:17.369><c> have</c><00:30:17.490><c> come</c><00:30:17.710><c> in</c><00:30:18.829><c> quite</c><00:30:19.250><c> apart</c><00:30:19.549><c> from</c><00:30:19.670><c> that,</c><00:30:20.210><c> we</c><00:30:20.329><c> read</c>

00:30:20.750 --> 00:30:23.250
and<00:30:20.990><c> we</c><00:30:21.089><c> were</c><00:30:21.289><c> dissatisfied</c><00:30:22.049><c> with</c><00:30:22.269><c> where</c><00:30:22.509><c> we</c><00:30:22.809><c> were.</c>

00:30:23.710 --> 00:30:26.369
And<00:30:23.890><c> we</c><00:30:23.950><c> were</c><00:30:24.150><c> seeking,</c><00:30:24.630><c> going</c><00:30:24.869><c> round,</c><00:30:25.250><c> looking</c><00:30:25.609><c> for</c><00:30:25.890><c> places</c>

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in<00:30:26.930><c> order</c><00:30:27.109><c> to</c><00:30:27.329><c> find</c><00:30:27.509><c> information.</c>

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Until<00:30:28.869><c> finally</c><00:30:29.470><c> what</c><00:30:29.950><c> we</c><00:30:30.150><c> discovered</c><00:30:30.549><c> was</c><00:30:30.970><c> that</c><00:30:31.549><c> it</c><00:30:31.670><c> was</c><00:30:31.890><c> possible</c><00:30:32.210><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:32.589><c> sanctified</c><00:30:33.089><c> in</c><00:30:33.289><c> Christ</c><00:30:33.609><c> Jesus.</c>

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That<00:30:34.609><c> there</c><00:30:34.829><c> was</c><00:30:34.970><c> a</c><00:30:35.269><c> call</c><00:30:35.509><c> in</c><00:30:35.789><c> scripture</c><00:30:36.210><c> to</c><00:30:36.470><c> which</c><00:30:36.589><c> we</c><00:30:36.789><c> responded</c><00:30:37.390><c> and</c><00:30:38.069><c> that</c><00:30:38.250><c> that</c><00:30:38.509><c> call</c><00:30:38.750><c> meant</c><00:30:38.970><c> everything</c><00:30:39.349><c> to</c><00:30:39.670><c> us.</c>

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And<00:30:40.690><c> that</c><00:30:40.849><c> nobody</c><00:30:40.990><c> was</c><00:30:41.190><c> going</c><00:30:41.289><c> to</c><00:30:41.470><c> take</c><00:30:41.569><c> it</c><00:30:41.750><c> away</c><00:30:41.950><c> from</c><00:30:42.170><c> us</c><00:30:42.349><c> and</c>

00:30:42.549 --> 00:30:46.309
nobody<00:30:42.710><c> was</c><00:30:42.890><c> going</c><00:30:42.990><c> to</c><00:30:43.269><c> drown</c><00:30:43.430><c> it</c><00:30:43.990><c> or</c><00:30:44.250><c> deafen</c><00:30:44.809><c> us</c><00:30:45.150><c> by</c><00:30:45.630><c> other</c><00:30:45.910><c> noises.</c>

00:30:46.369 --> 00:30:48.809
We<00:30:46.490><c> were</c><00:30:46.609><c> going</c><00:30:46.710><c> to</c><00:30:46.890><c> listen</c><00:30:47.210><c> to</c><00:30:47.390><c> the</c><00:30:47.609><c> call</c><00:30:47.829><c> and</c><00:30:48.049><c> respond</c><00:30:48.430><c> to</c><00:30:48.609><c> it</c>

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and<00:30:48.990><c> finally</c><00:30:49.490><c> we</c><00:30:50.009><c> became</c><00:30:50.250><c> part</c><00:30:50.609><c> of</c><00:30:50.750><c> the</c><00:30:50.910><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:51.210><c> of</c><00:30:51.490><c> God.</c>

00:30:53.630 --> 00:30:59.930
Now<00:30:54.069><c> when</c><00:30:54.329><c> I</c><00:30:54.490><c> was</c><00:30:54.670><c> baptised</c><00:30:55.509><c> I</c><00:30:56.329><c> was</c><00:30:56.569><c> given</c><00:30:57.230><c> my</c><00:30:58.589><c> copy</c><00:30:58.829><c> of</c><00:30:59.170><c> the</c><00:30:59.349><c> constitution.</c>

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This<00:31:00.130><c> is</c><00:31:00.289><c> the</c><00:31:00.410><c> actual</c><00:31:00.650><c> copy</c><00:31:00.910><c> I</c><00:31:01.049><c> was</c><00:31:01.250><c> given</c><00:31:01.609><c> at</c><00:31:02.150><c> the</c><00:31:02.289><c> time</c><00:31:02.490><c> that</c>

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I<00:31:02.769><c> was</c><00:31:02.970><c> baptised.</c>

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It's<00:31:05.869><c> very</c><00:31:06.130><c> much</c><00:31:06.470><c> like</c><00:31:07.009><c> the</c><00:31:07.630><c> one</c><00:31:07.769><c> that</c><00:31:07.930><c> you</c><00:31:08.069><c> will</c><00:31:08.269><c> have.</c><00:31:08.730><c> You've</c><00:31:08.910><c> probably</c><00:31:09.170><c> got</c>

00:31:09.390 --> 00:31:10.250
one<00:31:09.569><c> in</c><00:31:09.730><c> your</c><00:31:10.029><c> folder.</c>

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It's<00:31:10.490><c> worth</c><00:31:10.609><c> getting</c><00:31:10.809><c> it</c><00:31:11.029><c> out</c><00:31:11.210><c> just</c><00:31:11.410><c> to</c><00:31:11.549><c> have</c><00:31:11.670><c> a</c><00:31:11.750><c> look</c><00:31:11.849><c> at</c><00:31:11.970><c> it</c>

00:31:12.130 --> 00:31:17.289
because<00:31:12.529><c> let's</c><00:31:12.970><c> just</c><00:31:13.150><c> be</c><00:31:13.390><c> practical</c><00:31:13.769><c> about</c><00:31:14.069><c> it</c><00:31:14.750><c> and</c><00:31:15.630><c> see</c><00:31:17.170><c> what</c>

00:31:17.289 --> 00:31:18.890
we've<00:31:17.529><c> got</c><00:31:17.690><c> here.</c>

00:31:26.549 --> 00:31:32.130
Mine<00:31:27.269><c> says</c><00:31:27.490><c> the</c><00:31:27.630><c> constitution</c><00:31:28.250><c> of</c><00:31:28.589><c> the</c><00:31:28.710><c> Oldham</c><00:31:29.529><c> Christadelphian</c><00:31:30.430><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:31:32.410 --> 00:31:36.950
It<00:31:32.430><c> says</c><00:31:32.549><c> first</c><00:31:32.910><c> printed</c><00:31:33.349><c> in</c><00:31:33.730><c> 1894</c><00:31:34.369><c> and</c><00:31:35.210><c> revised</c><00:31:35.609><c> later</c><00:31:36.130><c> in</c><00:31:36.630><c> which</c><00:31:36.809><c> it</c>

00:31:36.950 --> 00:31:41.230
contained<00:31:37.309><c> a</c><00:31:37.710><c> statement</c><00:31:37.950><c> of</c><00:31:38.130><c> the</c><00:31:38.349><c> faith</c><00:31:38.589><c> forming</c><00:31:39.009><c> their</c><00:31:39.690><c> basis</c><00:31:40.009><c> of</c><00:31:40.269><c> fellowship,</c>

00:31:41.490 --> 00:31:45.410
doctrines<00:31:41.769><c> to</c><00:31:41.950><c> be</c><00:31:42.150><c> rejected</c><00:31:42.609><c> and</c><00:31:43.730><c> the</c><00:31:44.269><c> leading</c><00:31:44.589><c> features</c><00:31:45.069><c> of</c>

00:31:45.410 --> 00:31:47.130
the<00:31:45.569><c> commandments</c><00:31:45.930><c> of</c><00:31:46.150><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:31:47.589><c> it</c><00:31:47.910><c> combines</c><00:31:48.210><c> all</c><00:31:48.470><c> these</c><00:31:48.650><c> things</c><00:31:48.950><c> together.</c>

00:31:49.490 --> 00:31:55.109
So<00:31:50.549><c> if</c><00:31:50.710><c> you</c><00:31:50.869><c> just</c><00:31:51.130><c> flip</c><00:31:51.450><c> through</c><00:31:52.329><c> your</c><00:31:52.849><c> constitution</c><00:31:53.509><c> you</c><00:31:54.490><c> will</c><00:31:54.869><c> see</c>

00:31:55.109 --> 00:31:59.069
in<00:31:55.390><c> fact</c><00:31:55.730><c> that</c><00:31:56.170><c> the</c><00:31:56.349><c> first</c><00:31:56.549><c> part</c><00:31:56.809><c> is</c><00:31:57.410><c> a</c><00:31:57.829><c> constitution</c>

00:31:59.569 --> 00:32:02.910
and<00:32:00.289><c> it's</c><00:32:00.549><c> probably</c><00:32:00.809><c> headed</c><00:32:01.150><c> the</c><00:32:01.470><c> constitution</c><00:32:02.170><c> of</c><00:32:02.569><c> whatever</c>

00:32:02.910 --> 00:32:05.369
name<00:32:03.230><c> of</c><00:32:03.450><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:03.769><c> yours</c><00:32:04.089><c> is.</c>

00:32:05.670 --> 00:32:10.190
And<00:32:05.789><c> then</c><00:32:05.910><c> the</c><00:32:06.089><c> first</c><00:32:06.289><c> item</c><00:32:06.609><c> probably</c><00:32:07.029><c> says</c><00:32:07.730><c> the</c><00:32:08.630><c> name</c><00:32:09.150><c> that</c>

00:32:10.190 --> 00:32:14.190
we<00:32:10.490><c> constitute</c><00:32:11.109><c> the</c><00:32:12.430><c> Christadelphian</c><00:32:12.990><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:32:15.549 --> 00:32:20.410
So<00:32:16.069><c> that's</c><00:32:16.390><c> the</c><00:32:16.549><c> basis</c><00:32:16.750><c> on</c><00:32:17.009><c> which</c><00:32:18.589><c> each</c><00:32:18.829><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:19.109><c> is</c><00:32:19.349><c> founded.</c>

00:32:21.009 --> 00:32:23.930
Now<00:32:21.109><c> that's</c><00:32:21.410><c> the</c><00:32:21.609><c> constitution</c><00:32:22.349><c> which</c><00:32:22.670><c> then</c><00:32:22.930><c> goes</c><00:32:23.190><c> through</c>

00:32:23.930 --> 00:32:26.769
the<00:32:24.470><c> organisation</c><00:32:25.349><c> of</c><00:32:26.009><c> our</c><00:32:26.230><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:32:27.369><c> as</c><00:32:27.509><c> you've</c><00:32:27.730><c> just</c><00:32:28.390><c> turned</c><00:32:28.769><c> the</c><00:32:28.950><c> pages</c><00:32:29.190><c> over</c><00:32:29.490><c> you'll</c><00:32:29.769><c> see</c>

00:32:29.869 --> 00:32:32.170
that<00:32:30.089><c> pretty</c><00:32:30.269><c> well</c><00:32:30.509><c> everything</c><00:32:30.869><c> is</c><00:32:31.150><c> dealt</c><00:32:31.369><c> with</c><00:32:31.650><c> there.</c>

00:32:32.670 --> 00:32:35.490
Just<00:32:32.910><c> as</c><00:32:33.049><c> you</c><00:32:33.130><c> might</c><00:32:33.289><c> have</c><00:32:33.470><c> a</c><00:32:33.670><c> constitution</c><00:32:34.089><c> for</c><00:32:34.369><c> any</c><00:32:34.789><c> other</c>

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group<00:32:35.930><c> of</c><00:32:36.190><c> people</c><00:32:36.569><c> that</c><00:32:37.029><c> meet.</c>

00:32:37.849 --> 00:32:39.589
The<00:32:38.009><c> people</c><00:32:38.170><c> who</c><00:32:38.329><c> meet</c><00:32:38.430><c> in</c><00:32:38.549><c> this</c><00:32:38.769><c> place,</c><00:32:39.069><c> I've</c><00:32:39.250><c> forgotten</c><00:32:39.450><c> who</c>

00:32:39.589 --> 00:32:40.390
they<00:32:39.789><c> are</c><00:32:40.009><c> now.</c>

00:32:40.390 --> 00:32:44.150
But<00:32:41.049><c> no</c><00:32:41.269><c> doubt</c><00:32:41.509><c> they</c><00:32:41.670><c> have</c><00:32:42.009><c> rules</c><00:32:42.369><c> by</c><00:32:42.690><c> which</c><00:32:42.849><c> they</c><00:32:43.049><c> meet.</c>

00:32:45.410 --> 00:32:47.670
The<00:32:45.509><c> township</c><00:32:45.950><c> in</c><00:32:46.049><c> which</c><00:32:46.210><c> we</c><00:32:46.369><c> are</c><00:32:46.549><c> has</c><00:32:46.809><c> similar</c><00:32:47.069><c> rules.</c>

00:32:48.009 --> 00:32:52.730
And<00:32:48.150><c> then</c><00:32:48.390><c> after</c><00:32:48.750><c> that</c><00:32:49.509><c> we</c><00:32:50.309><c> have</c><00:32:50.470><c> the</c><00:32:50.809><c> statement</c><00:32:51.150><c> of</c><00:32:51.509><c> faith.</c>

00:32:56.890 --> 00:33:02.089
Now<00:32:57.190><c> mine</c><00:32:57.450><c> is</c><00:32:57.769><c> headed</c><00:32:58.089><c> a</c><00:32:59.710><c> statement</c><00:33:00.529><c> of</c><00:33:01.130><c> faith.</c>

00:33:02.250 --> 00:33:04.509
Is<00:33:02.390><c> yours</c><00:33:02.609><c> headed</c><00:33:02.869><c> in</c><00:33:03.309><c> that</c><00:33:03.509><c> way?</c>

00:33:05.430 --> 00:33:06.990
That's<00:33:05.710><c> very</c><00:33:05.930><c> interesting.</c>

00:33:07.630 --> 00:33:10.950
We<00:33:08.210><c> have</c><00:33:08.410><c> become</c><00:33:08.589><c> accustomed</c><00:33:08.970><c> to</c><00:33:09.190><c> saying</c><00:33:09.410><c> the</c><00:33:10.269><c> statement</c><00:33:10.650><c> of</c>

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faith<00:33:11.410><c> and</c><00:33:13.630><c> there's</c><00:33:13.890><c> good</c><00:33:14.049><c> reason</c><00:33:14.329><c> for</c><00:33:14.549><c> that</c>

00:33:14.869 --> 00:33:17.769
which<00:33:15.250><c> we</c><00:33:15.470><c> needn't</c><00:33:15.730><c> discuss</c><00:33:16.009><c> at</c><00:33:16.210><c> the</c><00:33:16.309><c> present</c><00:33:16.509><c> time.</c>

00:33:18.150 --> 00:33:21.670
But<00:33:18.230><c> in</c><00:33:18.390><c> actual</c><00:33:18.609><c> fact</c><00:33:19.170><c> our</c><00:33:19.890><c> first</c><00:33:20.170><c> brethren</c><00:33:20.490><c> said</c><00:33:21.009><c> that</c><00:33:21.509><c> that</c>

00:33:21.670 --> 00:33:22.609
which<00:33:21.789><c> they</c><00:33:22.049><c> believed</c>

00:33:22.609 --> 00:33:27.269
was<00:33:23.250><c> conveniently</c><00:33:23.990><c> set</c><00:33:24.410><c> forth</c><00:33:24.829><c> in</c><00:33:25.069><c> this</c><00:33:25.650><c> statement</c><00:33:26.029><c> of</c><00:33:26.390><c> faith.</c>

00:33:28.269 --> 00:33:32.430
But<00:33:28.529><c> they</c><00:33:28.789><c> called</c><00:33:28.910><c> it</c><00:33:29.089><c> a</c><00:33:29.490><c> statement</c><00:33:29.829><c> of</c><00:33:30.109><c> faith</c><00:33:30.250><c> and</c><00:33:30.430><c> they</c><00:33:30.690><c> resisted</c><00:33:31.869><c> calling</c><00:33:32.150><c> it</c>

00:33:32.430 --> 00:33:34.029
the<00:33:32.950><c> statement</c><00:33:33.309><c> of</c><00:33:33.609><c> faith.</c>

00:33:34.029 --> 00:33:39.269
And<00:33:34.509><c> consequently</c><00:33:35.049><c> we</c><00:33:35.650><c> all</c><00:33:35.970><c> still</c><00:33:36.269><c> have</c><00:33:36.849><c> a</c><00:33:37.430><c> statement</c><00:33:37.769><c> of</c><00:33:38.049><c> faith</c><00:33:38.230><c> which</c><00:33:38.450><c> is</c>

00:33:39.269 --> 00:33:40.450
very<00:33:39.490><c> interesting.</c>

00:33:40.970 --> 00:33:43.809
And<00:33:41.089><c> at</c><00:33:41.269><c> the</c><00:33:41.390><c> end</c><00:33:41.549><c> we</c><00:33:41.710><c> have</c><00:33:41.910><c> the</c><00:33:42.089><c> doctrines</c><00:33:42.430><c> to</c><00:33:42.650><c> be</c><00:33:42.869><c> rejected.</c>

00:33:44.450 --> 00:33:47.829
So<00:33:44.529><c> what</c><00:33:44.609><c> we've</c><00:33:44.849><c> got</c><00:33:44.970><c> then</c><00:33:45.230><c> are</c><00:33:45.690><c> what</c><00:33:45.869><c> we</c><00:33:46.150><c> believe,</c><00:33:47.390><c> what</c><00:33:47.549><c> we</c>

00:33:47.829 --> 00:33:48.710
don't<00:33:48.069><c> believe</c>

00:33:48.710 --> 00:33:52.210
and<00:33:49.490><c> how</c><00:33:49.769><c> those</c><00:33:50.009><c> who</c><00:33:50.329><c> believe</c><00:33:50.890><c> organise</c><00:33:51.569><c> themselves.</c>

00:33:52.549 --> 00:33:54.549
That's<00:33:52.849><c> the</c><00:33:53.009><c> first</c><00:33:53.170><c> part</c><00:33:53.410><c> of</c><00:33:53.589><c> the</c><00:33:53.690><c> book.</c>

00:33:57.029 --> 00:34:00.849
Now<00:33:57.589><c> there</c><00:33:58.150><c> are</c><00:33:58.390><c> some</c><00:33:58.549><c> brethren</c><00:33:58.789><c> who</c><00:33:59.089><c> say</c><00:33:59.529><c> we</c><00:34:00.190><c> ought</c><00:34:00.369><c> not</c><00:34:00.589><c> to</c>

00:34:00.849 --> 00:34:02.369
have<00:34:01.069><c> organisation.</c>

00:34:03.589 --> 00:34:08.309
That<00:34:04.109><c> may</c><00:34:04.329><c> be</c><00:34:04.549><c> the</c><00:34:04.589><c> case</c><00:34:05.430><c> but</c><00:34:07.190><c> it's</c><00:34:07.410><c> not</c><00:34:07.569><c> possible</c><00:34:07.950><c> to</c><00:34:08.150><c> live</c>

00:34:08.309 --> 00:34:09.849
without<00:34:08.670><c> it.</c>

00:34:10.550 --> 00:34:15.150
Organisation<00:34:11.070><c> is</c><00:34:11.590><c> an</c><00:34:11.989><c> efficient</c><00:34:12.429><c> way</c><00:34:13.130><c> of</c><00:34:13.889><c> discharging</c><00:34:14.730><c> our</c>

00:34:15.150 --> 00:34:19.190
business<00:34:16.050><c> properly</c><00:34:16.809><c> at</c><00:34:17.550><c> the</c><00:34:17.750><c> proper</c><00:34:17.989><c> time.</c>

00:34:20.050 --> 00:34:21.070
That's<00:34:20.230><c> what</c><00:34:20.389><c> it</c><00:34:20.530><c> is.</c>

00:34:21.429 --> 00:34:23.409
There<00:34:21.590><c> may</c><00:34:21.789><c> be</c><00:34:21.969><c> other</c><00:34:22.190><c> ways</c><00:34:22.530><c> of</c><00:34:22.869><c> organising.</c>

00:34:23.690 --> 00:34:25.570
We<00:34:23.909><c> work</c><00:34:24.170><c> on</c><00:34:24.349><c> a</c><00:34:24.550><c> democratic</c><00:34:25.150><c> way.</c>

00:34:25.710 --> 00:34:27.510
It's<00:34:25.909><c> not</c><00:34:26.130><c> a</c><00:34:26.250><c> perfect</c><00:34:26.630><c> way</c><00:34:26.829><c> by</c><00:34:27.090><c> any</c><00:34:27.329><c> means.</c>

00:34:27.590 --> 00:34:30.090
None<00:34:27.730><c> of</c><00:34:27.909><c> our</c><00:34:28.070><c> brethren</c><00:34:28.349><c> have</c><00:34:28.710><c> ever</c><00:34:28.929><c> said</c><00:34:29.090><c> it's</c><00:34:29.289><c> the</c><00:34:29.510><c> best</c><00:34:29.829><c> way.</c>

00:34:30.090 --> 00:34:33.070
But<00:34:30.929><c> they</c><00:34:31.110><c> don't</c><00:34:31.429><c> know</c><00:34:31.670><c> of</c><00:34:31.849><c> any</c><00:34:32.030><c> other</c><00:34:32.289><c> way.</c>

00:34:33.070 --> 00:34:37.429
It<00:34:33.070><c> was</c><00:34:34.909><c> Winston</c><00:34:35.190><c> Churchill</c><00:34:35.550><c> who</c><00:34:35.730><c> said</c><00:34:36.030><c> that</c><00:34:36.409><c> democracy</c><00:34:37.090><c> was</c>

00:34:37.429 --> 00:34:39.309
the<00:34:38.050><c> best</c><00:34:38.329><c> kind</c><00:34:38.610><c> of</c><00:34:38.750><c> government</c>

00:34:39.309 --> 00:34:43.289
that<00:34:39.710><c> man</c><00:34:40.730><c> had</c><00:34:40.869><c> come</c><00:34:41.090><c> up</c><00:34:41.309><c> with</c><00:34:41.429><c> but</c><00:34:41.550><c> it</c><00:34:41.670><c> wasn't</c><00:34:42.130><c> the</c><00:34:42.369><c> best</c><00:34:42.929><c> kind</c>

00:34:43.289 --> 00:34:43.949
of<00:34:43.429><c> government.</c>

00:34:44.329 --> 00:34:46.769
Because<00:34:44.630><c> there</c><00:34:44.809><c> are</c><00:34:44.989><c> always</c><00:34:45.550><c> flaws</c><00:34:45.949><c> in</c><00:34:46.210><c> every</c><00:34:46.510><c> kind.</c>

00:34:46.789 --> 00:34:48.650
It's<00:34:47.010><c> a</c><00:34:47.150><c> human</c><00:34:47.510><c> arrangement.</c>

00:34:48.889 --> 00:34:51.409
But<00:34:49.030><c> it</c><00:34:49.130><c> is</c><00:34:49.329><c> an</c><00:34:49.489><c> arrangement</c><00:34:49.909><c> that</c><00:34:50.050><c> has</c><00:34:50.269><c> been</c><00:34:50.610><c> convenient.</c>

00:34:51.730 --> 00:34:54.110
And<00:34:51.809><c> what</c><00:34:51.929><c> is</c><00:34:52.130><c> more,</c><00:34:52.429><c> as</c><00:34:52.610><c> we</c><00:34:52.789><c> move</c><00:34:52.929><c> from</c><00:34:53.110><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:53.489><c> to</c><00:34:53.670><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:34:54.110 --> 00:34:57.090
we<00:34:54.289><c> discover</c><00:34:54.710><c> in</c><00:34:54.949><c> fact</c><00:34:55.170><c> that</c><00:34:55.469><c> we're</c><00:34:55.710><c> all</c><00:34:55.989><c> operating</c><00:34:56.449><c> on</c><00:34:56.809><c> a</c>

00:34:57.090 --> 00:34:58.550
similar<00:34:57.409><c> basis.</c>

00:34:58.989 --> 00:35:01.170
And<00:34:59.510><c> that</c><00:34:59.949><c> makes</c><00:35:00.309><c> things</c><00:35:00.550><c> easy.</c>

00:35:01.329 --> 00:35:05.449
One<00:35:01.489><c> doesn't</c><00:35:01.670><c> have</c><00:35:01.849><c> to</c><00:35:02.110><c> think</c><00:35:03.090><c> this</c><00:35:04.030><c> first</c><00:35:04.389><c> part</c><00:35:04.670><c> through</c><00:35:04.909><c> at</c><00:35:05.170><c> all.</c>

00:35:05.769 --> 00:35:09.070
In<00:35:05.829><c> fact,</c><00:35:06.349><c> probably</c><00:35:06.429><c> very</c><00:35:06.730><c> few</c><00:35:06.889><c> of</c><00:35:07.050><c> us</c><00:35:07.489><c> have</c><00:35:07.829><c> read</c><00:35:08.309><c> more</c><00:35:08.909><c> than</c>

00:35:09.070 --> 00:35:10.849
two<00:35:09.289><c> or</c><00:35:09.389><c> three</c><00:35:09.690><c> times,</c><00:35:10.110><c> if</c><00:35:10.409><c> that,</c>

00:35:11.329 --> 00:35:13.750
the<00:35:11.570><c> first</c><00:35:11.829><c> part,</c><00:35:12.929><c> the</c><00:35:13.090><c> Constitution.</c>

00:35:14.190 --> 00:35:15.250
Because<00:35:14.449><c> you</c><00:35:14.610><c> don't</c><00:35:14.849><c> need</c><00:35:15.030><c> to.</c>

00:35:15.250 --> 00:35:17.269
You<00:35:15.369><c> don't</c><00:35:15.550><c> need</c><00:35:15.690><c> to</c><00:35:15.829><c> worry</c><00:35:16.010><c> about</c><00:35:16.269><c> the</c><00:35:16.510><c> law.</c>

00:35:17.369 --> 00:35:20.170
You<00:35:17.469><c> haven't</c><00:35:17.590><c> got</c><00:35:17.710><c> to</c><00:35:17.869><c> worry</c><00:35:18.070><c> about</c><00:35:18.289><c> the</c><00:35:18.489><c> law,</c><00:35:19.190><c> about</c><00:35:19.510><c> drainage</c><00:35:19.949><c> from</c>

00:35:20.170 --> 00:35:20.710
your<00:35:20.429><c> house,</c>

00:35:20.769 --> 00:35:22.570
until<00:35:20.989><c> something</c><00:35:21.250><c> goes</c><00:35:21.550><c> wrong.</c>

00:35:23.610 --> 00:35:26.010
It's<00:35:23.750><c> only</c><00:35:23.909><c> when</c><00:35:24.090><c> things</c><00:35:24.289><c> go</c><00:35:24.550><c> wrong</c><00:35:24.929><c> that</c><00:35:25.130><c> generally</c><00:35:25.409><c> speaking</c><00:35:25.710><c> we</c><00:35:25.829><c> have</c>

00:35:26.010 --> 00:35:27.090
to<00:35:26.170><c> dig</c><00:35:26.369><c> into</c><00:35:26.650><c> this</c>

00:35:27.090 --> 00:35:29.889
and<00:35:27.309><c> see</c><00:35:27.730><c> how</c><00:35:28.110><c> we</c><00:35:28.250><c> can</c><00:35:28.409><c> put</c><00:35:28.610><c> it</c><00:35:28.809><c> right.</c>

00:35:30.250 --> 00:35:33.230
However,<00:35:31.070><c> I</c><00:35:31.090><c> believe</c><00:35:31.570><c> that</c><00:35:31.969><c> organization,</c>

00:35:33.889 --> 00:35:37.630
sensible<00:35:34.329><c> organization,</c><00:35:35.590><c> is</c><00:35:35.769><c> a</c><00:35:36.030><c> reasonable</c><00:35:36.610><c> thing.</c>

00:35:37.710 --> 00:35:41.190
And<00:35:37.869><c> that</c><00:35:38.010><c> the</c><00:35:38.250><c> best</c><00:35:38.590><c> way</c><00:35:38.989><c> in</c><00:35:39.150><c> which</c><00:35:39.389><c> all</c><00:35:39.670><c> of</c><00:35:39.809><c> us</c><00:35:39.989><c> can</c><00:35:40.269><c> become</c><00:35:40.550><c> efficient</c>

00:35:41.190 --> 00:35:43.849
is<00:35:41.769><c> to</c><00:35:41.969><c> be</c><00:35:42.150><c> properly</c><00:35:42.570><c> organized.</c>

00:35:44.289 --> 00:35:45.929
That's<00:35:44.730><c> in</c><00:35:44.869><c> the</c><00:35:44.949><c> running</c><00:35:45.070><c> of</c><00:35:45.269><c> our</c><00:35:45.449><c> meetings</c>

00:35:45.929 --> 00:35:48.510
and<00:35:46.610><c> in</c><00:35:46.710><c> the</c><00:35:46.829><c> running</c><00:35:46.969><c> of</c><00:35:47.150><c> our</c><00:35:47.269><c> arranging</c><00:35:47.590><c> brethren's</c><00:35:48.170><c> meetings.</c>

00:35:48.929 --> 00:35:51.349
And<00:35:49.110><c> there</c><00:35:49.190><c> should</c><00:35:49.309><c> be</c><00:35:49.489><c> nothing</c><00:35:49.690><c> casual</c><00:35:50.389><c> in</c><00:35:50.570><c> our</c><00:35:50.789><c> preparation.</c>

00:35:51.829 --> 00:35:53.710
We<00:35:51.949><c> shouldn't</c><00:35:52.150><c> be</c><00:35:52.309><c> knocking</c><00:35:52.510><c> up</c><00:35:52.730><c> an</c><00:35:52.869><c> agenda</c><00:35:53.150><c> when</c><00:35:53.309><c> we</c><00:35:53.510><c> come</c><00:35:53.630><c> in,</c>

00:35:53.710 --> 00:35:55.769
what<00:35:53.789><c> are</c><00:35:53.889><c> we</c><00:35:53.989><c> going</c><00:35:54.110><c> to</c><00:35:54.269><c> talk</c><00:35:54.409><c> about</c><00:35:54.670><c> tonight?</c>

00:35:56.110 --> 00:35:59.530
That<00:35:56.630><c> everything</c><00:35:56.949><c> should</c><00:35:57.230><c> be</c><00:35:58.409><c> prepared</c><00:35:58.769><c> beforehand.</c>

00:36:00.030 --> 00:36:01.969
Now<00:36:00.130><c> these</c><00:36:00.250><c> are</c><00:36:00.469><c> all</c><00:36:00.670><c> simple</c><00:36:01.030><c> things</c><00:36:01.329><c> that</c><00:36:01.510><c> we</c><00:36:01.590><c> shall</c><00:36:01.710><c> see</c><00:36:01.829><c> as</c>

00:36:01.969 --> 00:36:03.250
we<00:36:02.090><c> go</c><00:36:02.289><c> along.</c>

00:36:03.530 --> 00:36:07.809
But<00:36:03.650><c> they</c><00:36:03.809><c> are</c><00:36:03.829><c> things</c><00:36:04.070><c> by</c><00:36:04.309><c> which</c><00:36:04.590><c> we</c><00:36:04.889><c> can</c><00:36:05.750><c> function</c><00:36:06.510><c> well.</c>

00:36:09.150 --> 00:36:13.469
Together<00:36:09.670><c> with</c><00:36:10.190><c> this</c><00:36:10.909><c> Constitution</c><00:36:11.570><c> and</c><00:36:11.869><c> Statement</c><00:36:12.190><c> of</c><00:36:12.369><c> Faith,</c>

00:36:13.869 --> 00:36:16.510
I've<00:36:14.130><c> got,</c><00:36:15.010><c> and</c><00:36:15.150><c> yours</c><00:36:15.329><c> is</c><00:36:15.530><c> probably</c><00:36:15.710><c> a</c><00:36:15.949><c> different</c><00:36:16.230><c> color</c>

00:36:16.510 --> 00:36:17.190
from<00:36:16.750><c> this,</c>

00:36:17.650 --> 00:36:20.409
and<00:36:17.789><c> this</c><00:36:17.929><c> is</c><00:36:18.090><c> in</c><00:36:18.190><c> your</c><00:36:18.969><c> folder,</c><00:36:19.349><c> your</c><00:36:19.570><c> binder,</c>

00:36:20.489 --> 00:36:22.070
and<00:36:20.630><c> it's</c><00:36:20.750><c> in</c><00:36:20.849><c> the</c><00:36:20.989><c> front</c><00:36:21.150><c> part</c><00:36:21.429><c> of</c><00:36:21.570><c> your</c><00:36:21.730><c> binder,</c>

00:36:22.070 --> 00:36:30.570
and<00:36:22.289><c> that</c><00:36:22.510><c> is</c><00:36:23.989><c> the</c><00:36:25.050><c> Guide</c><00:36:25.730><c> to</c><00:36:26.489><c> the</c><00:36:26.670><c> Formation</c><00:36:27.210><c> and</c><00:36:27.449><c> Conduct</c><00:36:28.570><c> of</c><00:36:28.849><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:36:36.230 --> 00:36:39.210
Mine's<00:36:36.750><c> a</c><00:36:36.909><c> kind</c><00:36:37.150><c> of</c><00:36:37.269><c> collector's</c><00:36:37.889><c> piece.</c>

00:36:40.309 --> 00:36:42.889
My<00:36:40.550><c> copy</c><00:36:40.750><c> is</c><00:36:40.989><c> dated</c><00:36:41.210><c> 1883.</c>

00:36:44.130 --> 00:36:47.150
It<00:36:44.269><c> may</c><00:36:44.309><c> even</c><00:36:44.489><c> be</c><00:36:44.750><c> very</c><00:36:44.969><c> slightly</c><00:36:45.230><c> different</c><00:36:45.590><c> from</c><00:36:45.789><c> yours,</c>

00:36:48.530 --> 00:36:52.989
but<00:36:49.269><c> it's</c><00:36:50.010><c> one</c><00:36:50.190><c> of</c><00:36:50.389><c> the</c><00:36:50.710><c> early</c><00:36:50.989><c> ones</c><00:36:51.250><c> that</c><00:36:51.349><c> was</c><00:36:51.530><c> produced.</c>

00:36:54.429 --> 00:36:56.469
Now<00:36:54.530><c> this</c><00:36:54.710><c> Ecclesial</c><00:36:55.250><c> Guide</c>

00:36:57.170 --> 00:37:02.269
is<00:36:57.909><c> an</c><00:36:58.269><c> extension</c><00:36:58.889><c> of</c><00:36:59.769><c> that</c><00:37:00.170><c> part</c><00:37:00.409><c> that's</c><00:37:00.630><c> in</c><00:37:00.789><c> our</c><00:37:01.030><c> Constitution.</c>

00:37:03.130 --> 00:37:05.929
It<00:37:03.389><c> opens</c><00:37:03.769><c> out</c><00:37:04.130><c> the</c><00:37:04.389><c> spiritual</c><00:37:05.070><c> principles</c>

00:37:05.929 --> 00:37:09.809
that<00:37:06.710><c> lie</c><00:37:06.989><c> behind</c><00:37:07.590><c> how</c><00:37:08.090><c> we</c><00:37:08.429><c> behave,</c>

00:37:09.889 --> 00:37:13.429
one<00:37:10.070><c> to</c><00:37:10.309><c> another,</c><00:37:11.489><c> and</c><00:37:11.690><c> towards</c><00:37:11.929><c> our</c><00:37:12.210><c> membership,</c>

00:37:14.090 --> 00:37:16.789
and<00:37:14.610><c> in</c><00:37:14.829><c> circumstances</c><00:37:15.469><c> that</c><00:37:15.730><c> are</c><00:37:15.889><c> happy</c>

00:37:16.929 --> 00:37:19.769
or<00:37:17.309><c> circumstances</c><00:37:18.030><c> that</c><00:37:18.389><c> are</c><00:37:18.650><c> difficult.</c>

00:37:19.849 --> 00:37:21.130
And<00:37:20.050><c> it</c><00:37:20.230><c> sets</c><00:37:20.409><c> it</c><00:37:20.670><c> out.</c>

00:37:21.570 --> 00:37:23.869
So<00:37:21.730><c> you'll</c><00:37:22.010><c> see</c><00:37:22.090><c> there's</c><00:37:22.289><c> a</c><00:37:22.389><c> whole</c><00:37:22.690><c> variety</c><00:37:23.170><c> of</c><00:37:23.409><c> headings</c>

00:37:23.869 --> 00:37:26.730
under<00:37:24.769><c> this</c><00:37:25.230><c> matter</c><00:37:25.429><c> of</c><00:37:25.630><c> the</c><00:37:25.789><c> Ecclesial</c><00:37:26.230><c> Guide.</c>

00:37:26.809 --> 00:37:28.230
Why<00:37:27.050><c> we</c><00:37:27.210><c> are</c><00:37:27.369><c> called</c><00:37:27.550><c> an</c><00:37:27.789><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:37:28.489 --> 00:37:30.929
what<00:37:28.690><c> the</c><00:37:28.909><c> name</c><00:37:29.110><c> Christadelphian</c><00:37:29.829><c> means.</c>

00:37:31.449 --> 00:37:34.250
Mine<00:37:31.969><c> talks</c><00:37:32.250><c> about</c><00:37:32.469><c> the</c><00:37:32.769><c> Apostolic</c><00:37:33.710><c> Ministry</c>

00:37:34.250 --> 00:37:36.250
and<00:37:34.469><c> the</c><00:37:34.650><c> revival</c><00:37:34.909><c> of</c><00:37:35.190><c> the</c><00:37:35.329><c> Apostolic</c><00:37:35.829><c> Faith,</c>

00:37:36.369 --> 00:37:37.690
then<00:37:36.510><c> the</c><00:37:36.610><c> modern</c><00:37:36.909><c> situation,</c>

00:37:38.110 --> 00:37:40.469
what's<00:37:38.489><c> a</c><00:37:38.550><c> man</c><00:37:38.690><c> in</c><00:37:38.909><c> isolation</c><00:37:39.369><c> to</c><00:37:39.610><c> do</c><00:37:39.690><c> and</c><00:37:39.829><c> so</c><00:37:40.110><c> on,</c>

00:37:40.469 --> 00:37:43.590
how<00:37:40.969><c> we</c><00:37:41.190><c> conduct</c><00:37:41.530><c> our</c><00:37:41.789><c> baptismal</c><00:37:42.489><c> services,</c>

00:37:43.829 --> 00:37:47.349
the<00:37:43.949><c> form</c><00:37:44.150><c> of</c><00:37:44.489><c> procedure,</c><00:37:45.670><c> the</c><00:37:45.789><c> baptismal</c><00:37:46.429><c> formula.</c>

00:37:47.469 --> 00:37:50.750
These<00:37:47.690><c> are</c><00:37:47.889><c> the</c><00:37:47.949><c> headings</c><00:37:48.170><c> in</c><00:37:48.329><c> my</c><00:37:48.809><c> particular</c><00:37:49.289><c> Ecclesial</c><00:37:49.710><c> Guide.</c>

00:37:51.010 --> 00:37:53.130
Now<00:37:51.190><c> Brother</c><00:37:51.389><c> Roberts</c><00:37:51.690><c> did</c><00:37:51.909><c> this.</c>

00:37:53.510 --> 00:37:55.489
He<00:37:53.590><c> was</c><00:37:54.329><c> the</c><00:37:54.489><c> brother</c><00:37:54.929><c> who,</c>

00:37:55.750 --> 00:37:58.190
as<00:37:56.210><c> the</c><00:37:56.650><c> brotherhood</c><00:37:57.050><c> increased</c><00:37:57.530><c> in</c><00:37:57.769><c> number,</c>

00:37:58.530 --> 00:38:01.329
and<00:37:58.670><c> at</c><00:37:58.809><c> the</c><00:37:58.929><c> time</c><00:37:59.510><c> that</c><00:38:00.170><c> he</c><00:38:00.570><c> was</c><00:38:00.909><c> in</c><00:38:01.110><c> Birmingham,</c>

00:38:01.469 --> 00:38:04.369
there<00:38:01.590><c> were</c><00:38:02.030><c> at</c><00:38:02.269><c> least</c><00:38:02.750><c> 1200</c><00:38:03.409><c> members</c>

00:38:04.369 --> 00:38:07.590
of<00:38:04.869><c> the</c><00:38:05.010><c> one</c><00:38:05.210><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:05.849><c> in</c><00:38:06.530><c> Birmingham.</c>

00:38:08.590 --> 00:38:09.730
1200<00:38:09.230><c> members.</c>

00:38:09.809 --> 00:38:11.630
That<00:38:10.010><c> required</c><00:38:10.409><c> organization.</c>

00:38:12.130 --> 00:38:14.309
It<00:38:12.190><c> takes</c><00:38:12.429><c> time</c><00:38:12.730><c> for</c><00:38:12.949><c> 1200</c><00:38:13.210><c> people</c><00:38:13.530><c> to</c><00:38:13.730><c> sit</c><00:38:13.949><c> down,</c>

00:38:14.329 --> 00:38:16.170
stand<00:38:14.690><c> up,</c><00:38:14.969><c> come</c><00:38:15.150><c> in,</c><00:38:15.469><c> go</c><00:38:15.650><c> out,</c>

00:38:16.570 --> 00:38:18.949
and<00:38:16.610><c> therefore</c><00:38:16.889><c> you</c><00:38:17.130><c> need</c><00:38:17.510><c> organization.</c>

00:38:19.110 --> 00:38:22.730
And<00:38:19.349><c> this</c><00:38:19.909><c> was</c><00:38:20.190><c> his</c><00:38:20.409><c> means</c><00:38:20.730><c> of</c><00:38:21.630><c> seeking</c><00:38:21.909><c> to</c><00:38:22.130><c> produce</c><00:38:22.409><c> order.</c>

00:38:22.849 --> 00:38:27.469
I<00:38:23.210><c> find</c><00:38:23.550><c> the</c><00:38:23.869><c> rules</c><00:38:24.210><c> in</c><00:38:24.489><c> here</c><00:38:24.909><c> extremely</c><00:38:26.170><c> helpful,</c>

00:38:28.289 --> 00:38:29.889
especially<00:38:28.730><c> in</c><00:38:29.150><c> the</c><00:38:29.409><c> relationship</c>

00:38:29.889 --> 00:38:32.929
of<00:38:30.269><c> one</c><00:38:30.489><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:30.949><c> with</c><00:38:32.010><c> another.</c>

00:38:33.869 --> 00:38:37.889
So,<00:38:35.389><c> if</c><00:38:35.489><c> you</c><00:38:35.610><c> haven't</c><00:38:35.829><c> read</c><00:38:36.070><c> this</c><00:38:36.510><c> with</c><00:38:36.829><c> care,</c>

00:38:38.449 --> 00:38:39.570
read<00:38:39.010><c> it.</c>

00:38:39.989 --> 00:38:41.389
Put<00:38:40.190><c> your</c><00:38:40.389><c> notes</c><00:38:40.610><c> in</c><00:38:40.809><c> the</c><00:38:41.010><c> margin.</c>

00:38:41.630 --> 00:38:42.909
If<00:38:41.670><c> you've</c><00:38:41.869><c> got</c><00:38:41.989><c> questions</c><00:38:42.369><c> about</c><00:38:42.630><c> it,</c>

00:38:43.130 --> 00:38:44.070
ask<00:38:43.369><c> yourself</c><00:38:43.710><c> questions.</c>

00:38:44.110 --> 00:38:45.769
Why<00:38:44.409><c> did</c><00:38:44.690><c> they</c><00:38:44.949><c> say</c><00:38:45.269><c> this?</c>

00:38:46.269 --> 00:38:47.590
And<00:38:46.530><c> you'll</c><00:38:46.849><c> usually</c><00:38:47.110><c> discover</c>

00:38:47.590 --> 00:38:50.030
that<00:38:47.829><c> there</c><00:38:47.989><c> are</c><00:38:48.090><c> very</c><00:38:48.409><c> sound</c><00:38:48.730><c> reasons</c>

00:38:51.130 --> 00:38:53.730
for<00:38:51.690><c> having</c><00:38:51.869><c> made</c><00:38:52.150><c> particular</c><00:38:52.550><c> choice.</c>

00:38:54.989 --> 00:38:56.230
The<00:38:55.230><c> orders</c><00:38:55.550><c> of</c><00:38:55.769><c> our</c><00:38:55.969><c> meeting</c>

00:38:56.230 --> 00:38:58.110
have<00:38:56.610><c> varied</c><00:38:56.929><c> from</c><00:38:57.170><c> time</c><00:38:57.389><c> to</c><00:38:57.570><c> time.</c>

00:38:58.530 --> 00:39:00.929
And<00:38:58.849><c> without</c><00:38:59.130><c> exaggeration,</c>

00:39:02.530 --> 00:39:06.110
I<00:39:03.010><c> could</c><00:39:03.489><c> list</c><00:39:04.050><c> a</c><00:39:04.650><c> thousand</c><00:39:05.010><c> ways</c>

00:39:06.630 --> 00:39:08.630
of<00:39:07.110><c> running</c><00:39:07.329><c> the</c><00:39:07.510><c> breaking</c><00:39:07.730><c> of</c><00:39:07.929><c> bread</c><00:39:08.090><c> service,</c>

00:39:08.989 --> 00:39:11.070
a<00:39:09.170><c> thousand</c><00:39:09.610><c> extant</c><00:39:10.570><c> ways</c>

00:39:11.070 --> 00:39:13.429
of<00:39:11.429><c> running</c><00:39:11.869><c> the</c><00:39:12.570><c> breaking</c><00:39:12.789><c> of</c><00:39:12.949><c> bread</c><00:39:13.110><c> service.</c>

00:39:13.510 --> 00:39:15.969
And<00:39:13.590><c> you</c><00:39:13.650><c> might</c><00:39:13.889><c> say,</c><00:39:14.190><c> I</c><00:39:14.429><c> don't</c><00:39:14.630><c> believe</c><00:39:14.889><c> that.</c>

00:39:16.489 --> 00:39:18.710
I<00:39:16.610><c> don't</c><00:39:16.829><c> think</c><00:39:16.949><c> there</c><00:39:17.070><c> are</c><00:39:17.230><c> a</c><00:39:17.250><c> thousand</c><00:39:17.550><c> ways</c><00:39:17.809><c> of</c><00:39:17.989><c> doing</c><00:39:18.150><c> it.</c>

00:39:19.010 --> 00:39:21.010
If<00:39:19.150><c> you</c><00:39:19.289><c> go</c><00:39:19.530><c> through</c><00:39:19.710><c> all</c><00:39:20.170><c> the</c><00:39:20.369><c> permutations</c>

00:39:21.010 --> 00:39:22.550
and<00:39:21.389><c> combinations,</c>

00:39:22.889 --> 00:39:24.849
and<00:39:22.949><c> those</c><00:39:23.130><c> who</c><00:39:23.289><c> have</c><00:39:23.329><c> gone</c><00:39:23.429><c> to</c><00:39:23.590><c> other</c><00:39:23.829><c> Ecchesias</c><00:39:24.070><c> will</c><00:39:24.250><c> know</c><00:39:24.489><c> this.</c>

00:39:25.230 --> 00:39:27.909
Some<00:39:25.429><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:39:26.130><c> before</c><00:39:26.409><c> they</c><00:39:26.670><c> start</c><00:39:26.929><c> anything</c><00:39:27.289><c> at</c><00:39:27.610><c> all,</c>

00:39:28.130 --> 00:39:29.730
do<00:39:28.230><c> all</c><00:39:28.469><c> the</c><00:39:28.630><c> announcements.</c>

00:39:30.309 --> 00:39:31.989
Before<00:39:30.789><c> their</c><00:39:31.030><c> first</c><00:39:31.289><c> hymn.</c>

00:39:32.250 --> 00:39:33.329
Others<00:39:32.429><c> do</c><00:39:32.610><c> all</c><00:39:32.769><c> their</c><00:39:32.949><c> announcements</c>

00:39:33.329 --> 00:39:34.570
right<00:39:33.789><c> at</c><00:39:33.949><c> the</c><00:39:34.130><c> end,</c>

00:39:34.809 --> 00:39:36.630
after<00:39:35.110><c> they've</c><00:39:35.409><c> closed</c><00:39:35.530><c> the</c><00:39:35.690><c> meeting.</c>

00:39:38.090 --> 00:39:39.349
Now,<00:39:38.230><c> you</c><00:39:38.349><c> work</c><00:39:38.590><c> that</c><00:39:38.889><c> alongside</c>

00:39:39.349 --> 00:39:40.429
with<00:39:39.710><c> your</c><00:39:39.969><c> variations,</c>

00:39:40.550 --> 00:39:42.210
you've<00:39:40.650><c> already</c><00:39:40.809><c> got</c><00:39:41.050><c> two.</c>

00:39:42.630 --> 00:39:43.969
And<00:39:42.889><c> then</c><00:39:43.030><c> some</c><00:39:43.510><c> play,</c>

00:39:44.110 --> 00:39:45.349
the<00:39:44.289><c> Lord</c><00:39:44.489><c> is</c><00:39:44.670><c> in</c><00:39:44.730><c> his</c><00:39:44.889><c> holy</c><00:39:45.110><c> temple,</c>

00:39:45.409 --> 00:39:47.190
and<00:39:45.510><c> you</c><00:39:45.610><c> stand</c><00:39:45.829><c> up</c><00:39:46.010><c> and</c><00:39:46.210><c> sing</c><00:39:46.309><c> it</c><00:39:46.489><c> straight</c><00:39:46.769><c> off</c>

00:39:47.190 --> 00:39:49.329
without<00:39:47.570><c> any</c><00:39:47.869><c> announcement</c><00:39:48.230><c> whatsoever.</c>

00:39:49.670 --> 00:39:50.809
And<00:39:49.869><c> that's</c><00:39:50.070><c> on</c><00:39:50.210><c> this</c><00:39:50.369><c> continent,</c>

00:39:50.969 --> 00:39:53.030
you'll<00:39:51.210><c> find</c><00:39:51.510><c> that</c><00:39:52.190><c> in</c><00:39:52.530><c> some</c><00:39:52.670><c> Ecchesias</c>

00:39:53.030 --> 00:39:54.510
that<00:39:53.210><c> is</c><00:39:53.329><c> what</c><00:39:53.409><c> he's</c><00:39:53.650><c> done.</c>

00:39:54.650 --> 00:39:56.809
In<00:39:55.050><c> others,</c><00:39:55.530><c> the</c><00:39:55.829><c> collection</c>

00:39:57.070 --> 00:39:59.070
is<00:39:57.469><c> right</c><00:39:57.750><c> at</c><00:39:57.929><c> the</c><00:39:58.070><c> end.</c>

00:39:59.789 --> 00:40:00.809
Right<00:40:00.010><c> at</c><00:40:00.190><c> the</c><00:40:00.269><c> very</c><00:40:00.530><c> end.</c>

00:40:00.829 --> 00:40:02.210
Almost<00:40:01.090><c> as</c><00:40:01.250><c> though</c><00:40:01.369><c> it's</c><00:40:02.110><c> a</c>

00:40:02.210 --> 00:40:04.349
kind<00:40:02.309><c> of</c><00:40:02.469><c> indecent</c><00:40:02.849><c> thing</c><00:40:03.050><c> to</c><00:40:03.190><c> be</c><00:40:03.389><c> doing.</c>

00:40:05.429 --> 00:40:06.730
In<00:40:05.829><c> others,</c>

00:40:07.389 --> 00:40:09.150
you<00:40:07.789><c> sit</c><00:40:07.989><c> down</c><00:40:08.230><c> after</c><00:40:08.409><c> the</c><00:40:08.610><c> opening</c><00:40:08.789><c> hymn.</c>

00:40:09.329 --> 00:40:10.289
In<00:40:09.429><c> others,</c><00:40:09.730><c> you</c><00:40:09.829><c> stand</c><00:40:10.090><c> up</c>

00:40:10.289 --> 00:40:11.550
and<00:40:10.429><c> have</c><00:40:10.550><c> the</c><00:40:10.769><c> prayer</c><00:40:10.949><c> right</c><00:40:11.210><c> away.</c>

00:40:11.789 --> 00:40:13.650
In<00:40:11.949><c> others,</c><00:40:12.130><c> you</c><00:40:12.230><c> have</c><00:40:12.409><c> a</c><00:40:12.590><c> reading.</c>

00:40:14.190 --> 00:40:15.150
And<00:40:14.429><c> then</c><00:40:14.570><c> your</c><00:40:14.750><c> prayer.</c>

00:40:15.489 --> 00:40:18.250
And<00:40:15.650><c> sometimes</c><00:40:15.909><c> a</c><00:40:16.090><c> reading</c><00:40:16.250><c> after</c><00:40:16.550><c> that</c><00:40:16.750><c> in</c><00:40:16.969><c> some</c><00:40:17.150><c> Ecchesias.</c>

00:40:18.349 --> 00:40:19.690
In<00:40:18.510><c> some</c><00:40:18.630><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:18.949><c> you</c><00:40:19.090><c> sit</c><00:40:19.289><c> down</c>

00:40:19.690 --> 00:40:22.610
for<00:40:20.070><c> giving</c><00:40:20.309><c> thanks</c><00:40:20.550><c> for</c><00:40:20.710><c> the</c><00:40:20.869><c> bread</c><00:40:21.070><c> and</c><00:40:21.250><c> for</c><00:40:21.389><c> the</c><00:40:21.550><c> wine.</c>

00:40:23.530 --> 00:40:25.110
In<00:40:23.909><c> other</c><00:40:24.050><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:24.309><c> you</c><00:40:24.469><c> stand</c><00:40:24.809><c> up.</c>

00:40:25.170 --> 00:40:26.809
In<00:40:25.190><c> some</c><00:40:25.389><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:25.710><c> you</c><00:40:25.829><c> have</c><00:40:25.989><c> individual</c><00:40:26.510><c> cups</c>

00:40:26.809 --> 00:40:27.949
for<00:40:26.989><c> the</c><00:40:27.170><c> wine.</c>

00:40:28.030 --> 00:40:30.429
In<00:40:28.110><c> some</c><00:40:28.369><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:28.590><c> you</c><00:40:28.690><c> have</c><00:40:29.670><c> ordinary</c><00:40:30.250><c> bread.</c>

00:40:30.429 --> 00:40:31.969
In<00:40:30.510><c> other</c><00:40:30.750><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:31.070><c> unleavened</c><00:40:31.630><c> bread.</c>

00:40:32.289 --> 00:40:34.090
In<00:40:32.429><c> some</c><00:40:32.650><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:32.849><c> you</c><00:40:32.949><c> have</c><00:40:33.110><c> two</c><00:40:33.369><c> exaltations.</c>

00:40:34.130 --> 00:40:35.369
One<00:40:34.309><c> by</c><00:40:34.489><c> the</c><00:40:34.630><c> presiding</c><00:40:35.010><c> brother,</c>

00:40:35.630 --> 00:40:38.030
and<00:40:35.769><c> one</c><00:40:35.929><c> by</c><00:40:36.369><c> the</c><00:40:36.590><c> speaker</c><00:40:36.809><c> for</c><00:40:36.989><c> the</c><00:40:37.170><c> day.</c>

00:40:38.389 --> 00:40:40.489
In<00:40:38.510><c> some</c><00:40:38.750><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:38.929><c> you</c><00:40:39.070><c> read</c><00:40:39.250><c> from</c><00:40:39.409><c> the</c><00:40:39.570><c> commandments</c><00:40:39.869><c> of</c><00:40:40.070><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:40.570 --> 00:40:42.670
In<00:40:40.590><c> other</c><00:40:40.809><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:41.030><c> you</c><00:40:41.190><c> don't</c><00:40:41.469><c> read</c><00:40:41.650><c> from</c><00:40:41.869><c> the</c><00:40:41.909><c> commandments</c><00:40:42.250><c> of</c><00:40:42.449><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:42.750 --> 00:40:43.769
And<00:40:42.989><c> so</c><00:40:43.130><c> it</c><00:40:43.230><c> goes</c><00:40:43.469><c> on.</c>

00:40:43.949 --> 00:40:46.250
And<00:40:44.050><c> if</c><00:40:44.150><c> you</c><00:40:44.269><c> multiply</c><00:40:44.630><c> them</c><00:40:44.809><c> out,</c><00:40:45.010><c> there</c><00:40:45.050><c> are</c><00:40:45.309><c> a</c><00:40:45.389><c> thousand</c><00:40:45.690><c> ways</c>

00:40:46.250 --> 00:40:47.769
in<00:40:46.670><c> which</c><00:40:46.809><c> you</c><00:40:46.869><c> could</c><00:40:47.070><c> arrange</c>

00:40:47.769 --> 00:40:48.809
the<00:40:48.050><c> breaking</c><00:40:48.250><c> of</c><00:40:48.530><c> bread.</c>

00:40:48.809 --> 00:40:50.989
So<00:40:49.230><c> we're</c><00:40:49.429><c> not</c><00:40:49.610><c> an</c><00:40:49.929><c> inflexible</c><00:40:50.630><c> body.</c>

00:40:51.329 --> 00:40:52.690
Organization<00:40:51.769><c> hasn't</c><00:40:52.289><c> produced</c>

00:40:52.690 --> 00:40:54.250
inflexibility.

00:40:55.230 --> 00:40:56.650
The<00:40:55.369><c> early</c><00:40:55.670><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:56.190><c> by</c><00:40:56.369><c> the</c><00:40:56.510><c> way,</c>

00:40:56.710 --> 00:40:59.309
our<00:40:56.969><c> early</c><00:40:57.309><c> Ecchesias,</c><00:40:58.110><c> had</c><00:40:58.150><c> their</c>

00:40:59.690 --> 00:41:00.929
exaltation<00:41:00.269><c> before</c><00:41:00.750><c> the</c>

00:41:00.929 --> 00:41:02.170
breaking<00:41:01.130><c> of</c><00:41:01.389><c> bread.</c>

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Sorry.

00:41:04.750 --> 00:41:06.530
After<00:41:05.170><c> the</c><00:41:05.349><c> breaking</c><00:41:05.530><c> of</c><00:41:05.769><c> bread.</c>

00:41:07.170 --> 00:41:09.320
That<00:41:07.349><c> was</c><00:41:07.929><c> in</c><00:41:08.110><c> the</c><00:41:08.230><c> time</c><00:41:08.530><c> of</c>

00:41:10.030 --> 00:41:10.989
brother<00:41:10.389><c> Thomas,</c><00:41:10.730><c> brother</c>

00:41:10.989 --> 00:41:13.010
Roberts.<00:41:12.389><c> And</c><00:41:12.610><c> so</c>

00:41:13.010 --> 00:41:14.989
if<00:41:13.269><c> you</c><00:41:13.530><c> still</c><00:41:13.730><c> go</c><00:41:14.050><c> to</c><00:41:14.170><c> some</c><00:41:14.349><c> of</c><00:41:14.510><c> the</c><00:41:14.590><c> Ecchesias</c>

00:41:14.989 --> 00:41:16.650
where<00:41:15.489><c> brother</c><00:41:15.829><c> Roberts</c><00:41:16.110><c> was</c>

00:41:16.650 --> 00:41:18.710
in<00:41:17.070><c> Yorkshire,</c><00:41:17.670><c> in</c><00:41:17.750><c> England,</c><00:41:18.090><c> you</c><00:41:18.150><c> will</c><00:41:18.409><c> find</c>

00:41:18.710 --> 00:41:21.010
that<00:41:18.989><c> the</c><00:41:19.210><c> exaltation</c><00:41:19.610><c> comes</c><00:41:19.889><c> after</c><00:41:20.289><c> the</c><00:41:20.489><c> breaking</c><00:41:20.650><c> of</c><00:41:20.929><c> bread.</c>

00:41:21.150 --> 00:41:22.630
It's<00:41:21.250><c> the</c><00:41:21.489><c> last</c><00:41:21.849><c> thing</c>

00:41:22.630 --> 00:41:24.329
for<00:41:23.250><c> the</c><00:41:23.389><c> day.</c>

00:41:25.090 --> 00:41:26.829
Now<00:41:25.170><c> you</c><00:41:25.250><c> and</c><00:41:25.369><c> I</c><00:41:25.530><c> feel,</c><00:41:26.309><c> well</c><00:41:26.449><c> I</c><00:41:26.590><c> thought</c>

00:41:26.829 --> 00:41:28.610
the<00:41:27.230><c> exaltation</c><00:41:27.769><c> was</c><00:41:28.050><c> to</c>

00:41:28.610 --> 00:41:30.369
prepare<00:41:29.150><c> us</c><00:41:29.349><c> for</c><00:41:29.510><c> the</c><00:41:29.650><c> breaking</c><00:41:29.829><c> of</c><00:41:30.130><c> bread.</c>

00:41:30.550 --> 00:41:32.409
Well<00:41:30.690><c> that's</c><00:41:30.949><c> become</c><00:41:31.150><c> our</c><00:41:31.429><c> custom.</c>

00:41:32.449 --> 00:41:34.630
But<00:41:32.550><c> they</c><00:41:32.789><c> began</c><00:41:33.190><c> by</c><00:41:33.449><c> the</c><00:41:33.630><c> other</c><00:41:33.789><c> method.</c>

00:41:34.989 --> 00:41:36.949
And<00:41:35.210><c> they</c><00:41:35.590><c> have</c><00:41:35.849><c> continued</c><00:41:36.170><c> it</c><00:41:36.349><c> in</c><00:41:36.489><c> some</c><00:41:36.650><c> places</c>

00:41:36.949 --> 00:41:38.929
since<00:41:37.610><c> that</c><00:41:37.869><c> time.</c>

00:41:39.050 --> 00:41:40.690
You<00:41:39.150><c> go</c><00:41:39.210><c> to</c><00:41:39.369><c> smaller</c><00:41:39.690><c> meetings</c><00:41:40.010><c> and</c><00:41:40.170><c> you</c><00:41:40.309><c> discover</c>

00:41:40.690 --> 00:41:43.570
that<00:41:41.090><c> the</c><00:41:41.289><c> exaltation</c><00:41:41.730><c> is</c><00:41:41.909><c> not</c><00:41:42.130><c> prepared</c><00:41:42.389><c> by</c><00:41:42.630><c> anybody.</c>

00:41:44.409 --> 00:41:44.849
But<00:41:44.590><c> is</c>

00:41:44.849 --> 00:41:46.730
you<00:41:44.849><c> discover</c><00:41:44.989><c> an</c><00:41:45.329><c> exaltation</c><00:41:45.829><c> from</c>

00:41:46.730 --> 00:41:48.670
the<00:41:47.070><c> isolation</c><00:41:47.610><c> league,</c><00:41:47.929><c> which</c><00:41:48.030><c> is</c><00:41:48.210><c> going</c><00:41:48.309><c> to</c><00:41:48.449><c> be</c>

00:41:48.670 --> 00:41:49.449
rare.

00:41:50.869 --> 00:41:52.590
In<00:41:51.010><c> other</c><00:41:51.190><c> places</c><00:41:51.369><c> you</c><00:41:51.449><c> may</c><00:41:51.670><c> even</c><00:41:51.869><c> find</c><00:41:52.090><c> that</c>

00:41:52.590 --> 00:41:54.030
there<00:41:52.789><c> are</c><00:41:52.969><c> no</c><00:41:53.170><c> brethren.</c>

00:41:54.650 --> 00:41:56.750
Just<00:41:54.889><c> two</c><00:41:55.050><c> or</c><00:41:55.130><c> three</c><00:41:55.329><c> sisters</c><00:41:55.630><c> meeting.</c>

00:41:56.769 --> 00:41:58.789
Seeking<00:41:57.130><c> how</c><00:41:57.369><c> best</c><00:41:57.610><c> they</c><00:41:57.769><c> can</c><00:41:57.969><c> conduct</c><00:41:58.269><c> themselves</c>

00:41:58.789 --> 00:42:00.889
without<00:41:59.130><c> any</c><00:41:59.389><c> brother</c><00:41:59.590><c> being</c><00:41:59.949><c> present.</c>

00:42:01.210 --> 00:42:03.429
And<00:42:01.369><c> they</c><00:42:01.969><c> produce</c><00:42:02.389><c> a</c><00:42:02.610><c> brother</c>

00:42:03.710 --> 00:42:04.869
by<00:42:04.190><c> reading</c><00:42:04.590><c> from</c>

00:42:04.869 --> 00:42:06.889
seasons<00:42:05.090><c> of</c><00:42:05.369><c> comfort,</c><00:42:05.849><c> or</c><00:42:06.010><c> further</c><00:42:06.289><c> seasons</c><00:42:06.610><c> of</c>

00:42:06.889 --> 00:42:09.010
comfort.<00:42:08.010><c> Or</c><00:42:08.130><c> reading</c><00:42:08.369><c> an</c><00:42:08.570><c> exaltation</c>

00:42:09.010 --> 00:42:10.650
that<00:42:09.170><c> somebody</c><00:42:09.429><c> else</c><00:42:09.670><c> has</c><00:42:09.849><c> given.</c>

00:42:12.010 --> 00:42:12.909
My<00:42:12.289><c> own</c><00:42:12.469><c> uncle</c><00:42:12.690><c> lived</c>

00:42:12.909 --> 00:42:14.829
in<00:42:13.110><c> isolation</c><00:42:13.590><c> all</c><00:42:13.969><c> by</c><00:42:14.210><c> himself</c>

00:42:14.829 --> 00:42:16.849
with<00:42:15.170><c> his</c><00:42:15.449><c> wife,</c><00:42:16.349><c> many</c><00:42:16.469><c> miles</c>

00:42:16.849 --> 00:42:18.349
from<00:42:17.030><c> other</c><00:42:17.250><c> people.</c>

00:42:18.530 --> 00:42:20.690
When<00:42:18.750><c> I</c><00:42:18.889><c> went</c><00:42:19.030><c> to</c><00:42:19.210><c> visit</c><00:42:19.369><c> him,</c><00:42:20.070><c> he</c><00:42:20.250><c> conducted</c>

00:42:20.690 --> 00:42:22.710
everything<00:42:21.389><c> as</c><00:42:21.769><c> though</c><00:42:21.949><c> he</c><00:42:22.050><c> was</c><00:42:22.269><c> in</c><00:42:22.469><c> his</c>

00:42:22.710 --> 00:42:25.550
original<00:42:23.130><c> meeting,</c><00:42:23.730><c> which</c><00:42:23.889><c> was</c><00:42:24.070><c> a</c><00:42:24.170><c> hundred</c><00:42:24.429><c> strong.</c>

00:42:26.090 --> 00:42:27.070
Everything.

00:42:27.210 --> 00:42:28.889
He<00:42:27.409><c> started,</c><00:42:28.150><c> and</c><00:42:28.230><c> their</c><00:42:28.389><c> breaking</c><00:42:28.610><c> of</c><00:42:28.789><c> bread</c>

00:42:28.889 --> 00:42:30.210
started<00:42:29.230><c> at</c><00:42:29.429><c> 2</c><00:42:29.630><c>.30.</c>

00:42:30.550 --> 00:42:32.710
He<00:42:30.809><c> started</c><00:42:31.250><c> at</c><00:42:31.989><c> 2</c><00:42:32.250><c>.30</c>

00:42:32.710 --> 00:42:33.909
precisely.

00:42:35.070 --> 00:42:36.730
And<00:42:35.449><c> he</c><00:42:35.550><c> took</c><00:42:35.690><c> the</c><00:42:35.869><c> hymn.</c>

00:42:37.030 --> 00:42:38.289
And<00:42:37.150><c> though</c><00:42:37.250><c> there</c><00:42:37.269><c> were</c><00:42:37.429><c> two</c><00:42:37.590><c> of</c><00:42:37.670><c> them</c><00:42:37.829><c> who</c><00:42:37.989><c> therefore</c>

00:42:38.289 --> 00:42:40.449
didn't<00:42:38.690><c> sing,</c><00:42:39.130><c> he</c><00:42:39.389><c> read</c><00:42:39.610><c> the</c><00:42:39.789><c> hymn.</c>

00:42:40.449 --> 00:42:43.090
And<00:42:40.710><c> they</c><00:42:40.829><c> did</c><00:42:40.989><c> everything.</c><00:42:41.429><c> And</c><00:42:41.610><c> they</c><00:42:41.710><c> had</c><00:42:41.929><c> collections.</c>

00:42:43.789 --> 00:42:45.150
Every<00:42:44.110><c> single</c><00:42:44.429><c> thing</c><00:42:44.650><c> they</c><00:42:44.829><c> did.</c>

00:42:45.250 --> 00:42:46.650
According<00:42:45.650><c> to</c><00:42:45.849><c> the</c><00:42:46.130><c> organization</c>

00:42:46.650 --> 00:42:48.750
of<00:42:46.849><c> their</c><00:42:47.050><c> own</c><00:42:47.250><c> ecclesia,</c><00:42:47.929><c> and</c><00:42:48.050><c> that</c><00:42:48.170><c> was</c><00:42:48.349><c> a</c><00:42:48.469><c> comfort</c>

00:42:48.750 --> 00:42:49.809
to<00:42:48.949><c> them.</c>

00:42:50.170 --> 00:42:52.250
So,<00:42:50.530><c> brethren</c><00:42:50.630><c> sisters,</c><00:42:51.889><c> brethren,</c>

00:42:52.690 --> 00:42:54.369
our<00:42:53.110><c> organization</c>

00:42:54.789 --> 00:42:56.610
has<00:42:55.429><c> come</c><00:42:56.070><c> as</c>

00:42:56.610 --> 00:42:58.530
a<00:42:56.909><c> result</c><00:42:57.210><c> of</c><00:42:57.550><c> the</c><00:42:57.909><c> experience</c>

00:42:58.530 --> 00:43:00.150
of<00:42:58.769><c> our</c><00:42:58.949><c> early</c><00:42:59.269><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:01.349 --> 00:43:01.869
You<00:43:01.449><c> see,</c>

00:43:02.329 --> 00:43:04.550
and<00:43:02.590><c> Brother</c><00:43:03.150><c> Paul</c><00:43:03.789><c> drew</c><00:43:04.110><c> attention</c>

00:43:04.550 --> 00:43:05.809
to<00:43:04.769><c> this.</c>

00:43:06.349 --> 00:43:08.710
We<00:43:06.989><c> do</c><00:43:07.449><c> not</c><00:43:07.789><c> have</c>

00:43:08.710 --> 00:43:11.210
a<00:43:09.630><c> spirit</c><00:43:10.329><c>-gifted</c>

00:43:12.789 --> 00:43:13.309
eldership,

00:43:13.429 --> 00:43:15.349
do<00:43:13.570><c> we?</c><00:43:13.949><c> We</c><00:43:14.170><c> haven't</c><00:43:14.369><c> got</c><00:43:14.590><c> that.</c>

00:43:17.670 --> 00:43:18.869
And<00:43:17.769><c> sometimes</c><00:43:18.030><c> some</c><00:43:18.210><c> of</c><00:43:18.309><c> us</c><00:43:18.409><c> may</c><00:43:18.610><c> think</c>

00:43:18.869 --> 00:43:21.610
if<00:43:19.230><c> only</c><00:43:19.789><c> we</c><00:43:20.070><c> had</c><00:43:20.349><c> a</c><00:43:20.630><c> spirit</c><00:43:21.030><c>-gifted</c>

00:43:21.610 --> 00:43:22.550
eldership,

00:43:22.989 --> 00:43:25.829
all<00:43:23.150><c> our</c><00:43:23.409><c> problems</c><00:43:23.969><c> would</c><00:43:24.469><c> be</c><00:43:24.769><c> solved.</c>

00:43:28.050 --> 00:43:28.869
If<00:43:28.190><c> it</c><00:43:28.190><c> was</c><00:43:28.530><c> just</c>

00:43:28.869 --> 00:43:30.710
a<00:43:28.909><c> sufficient</c><00:43:29.309><c> number</c><00:43:29.630><c> of</c><00:43:29.750><c> us</c><00:43:29.829><c> with</c><00:43:30.030><c> the</c><00:43:30.170><c> Holy</c><00:43:30.369><c> Spirit</c>

00:43:30.710 --> 00:43:32.869
in<00:43:30.889><c> each</c><00:43:31.090><c> ecclesia,</c><00:43:32.030><c> we</c><00:43:32.269><c> would</c><00:43:32.489><c> have</c>

00:43:32.869 --> 00:43:34.610
no<00:43:33.130><c> problems</c><00:43:33.449><c> at</c><00:43:33.710><c> all.</c>

00:43:34.929 --> 00:43:36.550
All<00:43:35.050><c> we'd</c><00:43:35.230><c> have</c><00:43:35.329><c> to</c><00:43:35.389><c> do</c><00:43:35.489><c> would</c><00:43:35.610><c> be</c><00:43:35.710><c> to</c><00:43:35.949><c> consult</c>

00:43:36.550 --> 00:43:38.110
these<00:43:37.170><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:38.750 --> 00:43:41.269
The<00:43:38.849><c> brother</c><00:43:39.010><c> who</c><00:43:39.170><c> had</c><00:43:39.289><c> the</c><00:43:39.489><c> gift</c><00:43:39.710><c> of</c><00:43:40.250><c> government</c>

00:43:41.670 --> 00:43:42.690
or<00:43:42.210><c> the</c><00:43:42.349><c> gift</c><00:43:42.489><c> of</c>

00:43:42.690 --> 00:43:44.650
exaltation<00:43:43.190><c> or</c><00:43:43.369><c> of</c><00:43:43.550><c> teaching,</c><00:43:43.969><c> we</c><00:43:44.170><c> would</c><00:43:44.369><c> talk</c>

00:43:44.650 --> 00:43:46.489
to<00:43:44.789><c> those</c><00:43:45.050><c> brethren</c><00:43:45.409><c> and</c><00:43:45.809><c> we'd</c><00:43:45.989><c> get</c><00:43:46.070><c> the</c><00:43:46.190><c> answers</c>

00:43:46.489 --> 00:43:48.230
to<00:43:46.730><c> all</c><00:43:46.929><c> our</c><00:43:47.130><c> problems.</c>

00:43:48.889 --> 00:43:51.110
Now,<00:43:49.570><c> that's</c><00:43:49.929><c> a</c><00:43:50.090><c> dream</c>

00:43:51.730 --> 00:43:52.809
that<00:43:52.269><c> has</c>

00:43:52.809 --> 00:43:54.610
never<00:43:53.250><c> been</c><00:43:53.550><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:43:55.010 --> 00:43:56.650
It<00:43:55.230><c> never</c><00:43:55.570><c> was,</c>

00:43:57.510 --> 00:43:59.150
it<00:43:57.730><c> never</c><00:43:58.010><c> is,</c>

00:43:59.449 --> 00:44:00.530
and<00:43:59.690><c> it</c><00:43:59.869><c> never</c><00:44:00.110><c> will</c><00:44:00.309><c> be</c>

00:44:00.530 --> 00:44:02.230
this<00:44:00.829><c> side</c><00:44:01.010><c> of</c><00:44:01.150><c> the</c><00:44:01.289><c> kingdom.</c>

00:44:03.349 --> 00:44:04.309
Brother<00:44:03.510><c> Thomas</c><00:44:03.809><c> wrote,</c>

00:44:04.309 --> 00:44:06.070
doubtless,<00:44:05.429><c> he</c><00:44:05.650><c> said,</c>

00:44:06.409 --> 00:44:08.090
if<00:44:06.550><c> I</c><00:44:06.610><c> can</c><00:44:06.889><c> paraphrase</c><00:44:07.309><c> his</c><00:44:07.550><c> words,</c>

00:44:08.349 --> 00:44:10.929
if<00:44:08.710><c> the</c><00:44:09.070><c> spirit</c><00:44:09.469><c> could</c><00:44:10.190><c> have</c>

00:44:11.070 --> 00:44:12.170
produced

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the<00:44:13.050><c> perfect</c><00:44:13.329><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:44:14.349 --> 00:44:16.349
it<00:44:14.570><c> would</c><00:44:14.769><c> have</c><00:44:14.929><c> done</c><00:44:15.170><c> so,</c>

00:44:17.170 --> 00:44:18.630
but<00:44:17.389><c> it</c><00:44:17.570><c> has</c><00:44:17.750><c> not</c><00:44:18.050><c> done</c><00:44:18.289><c> so</c>

00:44:18.630 --> 00:44:19.869
hitherto,

00:44:20.869 --> 00:44:22.269
and<00:44:21.030><c> there</c><00:44:21.250><c> is</c><00:44:21.449><c> no</c><00:44:21.730><c> prospect</c>

00:44:22.269 --> 00:44:24.909
of<00:44:22.829><c> it</c><00:44:22.969><c> doing</c><00:44:23.190><c> so</c><00:44:23.489><c> in</c><00:44:23.650><c> the</c><00:44:23.789><c> future.</c>

00:44:25.789 --> 00:44:26.289
And<00:44:25.889><c> so</c><00:44:25.949><c> the</c><00:44:26.150><c> spirit</c>

00:44:26.289 --> 00:44:28.489
never<00:44:26.610><c> produced</c><00:44:27.769><c> perfect</c>

00:44:28.489 --> 00:44:29.849
ecclesias.

00:44:31.070 --> 00:44:32.150
Corinth,

00:44:32.510 --> 00:44:34.010
where<00:44:33.110><c> these</c><00:44:33.429><c> chapters</c>

00:44:34.010 --> 00:44:35.429
on<00:44:34.349><c> spirit</c><00:44:34.670><c> gifts</c>

00:44:35.429 --> 00:44:37.309
are<00:44:36.210><c> strongest,</c>

00:44:37.510 --> 00:44:39.670
was<00:44:37.590><c> a</c><00:44:37.849><c> divided</c><00:44:38.190><c> place</c><00:44:38.750><c> with</c><00:44:39.090><c> all</c><00:44:39.369><c> kinds</c>

00:44:39.670 --> 00:44:41.190
of<00:44:39.889><c> moral</c><00:44:40.090><c> problems.</c>

00:44:41.489 --> 00:44:43.869
Those<00:44:41.829><c> gifts</c><00:44:42.170><c> of</c><00:44:42.369><c> the</c><00:44:42.670><c> spirit</c><00:44:42.889><c> did</c><00:44:43.210><c> not</c><00:44:43.469><c> remove</c>

00:44:43.869 --> 00:44:46.230
problems,<00:44:44.769><c> did</c><00:44:44.869><c> they?</c>

00:44:47.409 --> 00:44:48.110
Problems<00:44:47.750><c> were</c><00:44:47.909><c> not</c>

00:44:48.110 --> 00:44:49.530
removed<00:44:48.449><c> when</c><00:44:48.670><c> the</c><00:44:48.849><c> Lord</c><00:44:49.070><c> was</c><00:44:49.309><c> there</c>

00:44:49.530 --> 00:44:51.030
with<00:44:49.690><c> the</c><00:44:49.829><c> twelve</c><00:44:50.010><c> apostles.</c>

00:44:51.389 --> 00:44:54.389
They<00:44:51.789><c> still</c><00:44:52.010><c> existed</c><00:44:52.650><c> whilst</c><00:44:53.230><c> He</c><00:44:53.349><c> was</c><00:44:53.590><c> there.</c>

00:44:54.789 --> 00:44:55.929
In<00:44:55.090><c> the</c><00:44:55.250><c> first</c><00:44:55.429><c> century,</c>

00:44:56.090 --> 00:44:57.690
whilst<00:44:56.349><c> the</c><00:44:56.570><c> apostles</c><00:44:56.869><c> were</c><00:44:57.090><c> writing</c><00:44:57.429><c> their</c>

00:44:57.690 --> 00:44:59.429
letters,<00:44:58.329><c> going</c><00:44:58.570><c> round</c><00:44:58.869><c> preaching,</c>

00:44:59.429 --> 00:45:01.829
there<00:45:00.210><c> were</c><00:45:00.409><c> problems</c><00:45:00.929><c> in</c><00:45:01.289><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:45:02.090 --> 00:45:03.110
everywhere.

00:45:04.110 --> 00:45:05.869
There<00:45:04.789><c> is</c><00:45:05.010><c> no</c><00:45:05.250><c> way</c><00:45:05.570><c> in</c><00:45:05.650><c> which</c>

00:45:05.869 --> 00:45:07.530
problems<00:45:06.150><c> can</c><00:45:06.349><c> be</c><00:45:06.570><c> solved</c><00:45:06.809><c> without</c><00:45:07.130><c> changing</c>

00:45:07.530 --> 00:45:08.849
human<00:45:07.849><c> nature.</c>

00:45:10.130 --> 00:45:11.769
So<00:45:10.230><c> the</c><00:45:10.409><c> basis</c><00:45:10.829><c> of</c><00:45:11.030><c> our</c><00:45:11.329><c> existence,</c>

00:45:11.989 --> 00:45:13.550
brethren<00:45:12.210><c> and</c><00:45:12.369><c> sisters,</c><00:45:13.030><c> is</c>

00:45:13.550 --> 00:45:15.929
that<00:45:13.909><c> we</c><00:45:14.070><c> are</c><00:45:14.789><c> fallible</c>

00:45:16.369 --> 00:45:18.230
human<00:45:17.050><c> beings</c>

00:45:18.530 --> 00:45:19.849
called<00:45:19.210><c> by</c><00:45:19.610><c> the</c>

00:45:19.849 --> 00:45:21.349
grace<00:45:20.050><c> of</c><00:45:20.329><c> God</c>

00:45:21.349 --> 00:45:23.650
according<00:45:22.230><c> to</c><00:45:22.590><c> His</c><00:45:22.969><c> eternal</c>

00:45:23.650 --> 00:45:24.969
purpose,

00:45:25.530 --> 00:45:27.030
so<00:45:25.809><c> that</c><00:45:25.969><c> we</c><00:45:26.110><c> have</c><00:45:26.329><c> believed</c>

00:45:27.030 --> 00:45:28.989
and<00:45:28.070><c> being</c><00:45:28.389><c> baptized</c>

00:45:28.989 --> 00:45:30.590
into<00:45:29.230><c> the</c><00:45:29.429><c> Lord</c><00:45:29.630><c> Jesus</c><00:45:30.030><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:31.010 --> 00:45:33.070
we<00:45:31.210><c> cherish</c><00:45:31.630><c> the</c><00:45:31.869><c> things</c><00:45:32.110><c> concerning</c><00:45:32.590><c> the</c><00:45:32.829><c> kingdom</c>

00:45:33.070 --> 00:45:35.210
of<00:45:33.349><c> God</c><00:45:33.710><c> and</c><00:45:34.230><c> the</c><00:45:34.469><c> name</c><00:45:34.670><c> of</c><00:45:34.909><c> Jesus</c>

00:45:35.210 --> 00:45:36.250
Christ.

00:45:40.269 --> 00:45:40.989
It<00:45:40.570><c> is</c>

00:45:40.989 --> 00:45:42.530
what<00:45:41.230><c> we</c><00:45:41.530><c> believe</c>

00:45:42.769 --> 00:45:44.789
and<00:45:43.130><c> what</c><00:45:43.449><c> we</c><00:45:43.789><c> are</c>

00:45:44.750 --> 00:45:47.250
that<00:45:45.110><c> will</c><00:45:45.329><c> determine</c><00:45:45.909><c> how</c><00:45:46.409><c> we</c><00:45:46.769><c> stand</c>

00:45:47.250 --> 00:45:49.110
at<00:45:47.829><c> the</c><00:45:47.969><c> coming</c><00:45:48.150><c> of</c><00:45:48.389><c> the</c><00:45:48.449><c> Lord</c><00:45:48.670><c> Jesus</c>

00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:51.269
Christ.<00:45:50.590><c> What</c><00:45:50.909><c> we</c>

00:45:51.570 --> 00:45:52.909
believe

00:45:53.489 --> 00:45:55.429
and<00:45:54.210><c> what</c><00:45:54.670><c> we</c>

00:45:55.429 --> 00:45:56.769
are

00:45:56.949 --> 00:45:59.409
will<00:45:57.469><c> determine</c><00:45:57.869><c> how</c><00:45:58.070><c> we</c><00:45:58.309><c> stand</c>

00:45:59.269 --> 00:46:02.050
at<00:45:59.530><c> the</c><00:45:59.650><c> coming</c><00:45:59.869><c> of</c><00:46:00.110><c> our</c><00:46:00.210><c> Lord</c><00:46:00.449><c> Jesus</c><00:46:00.829><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:02.789 --> 00:46:03.650
And<00:46:02.929><c> therefore,</c><00:46:03.309><c> in</c><00:46:03.409><c> our</c>

00:46:03.650 --> 00:46:05.469
statement<00:46:03.969><c> of</c><00:46:04.469><c> faith,</c><00:46:04.989><c> that</c><00:46:05.190><c> is</c>

00:46:05.469 --> 00:46:07.630
what<00:46:05.710><c> we</c><00:46:06.090><c> believe.</c>

00:46:08.630 --> 00:46:09.409
Set<00:46:09.150><c> out</c>

00:46:09.409 --> 00:46:11.409
in<00:46:09.670><c> human</c><00:46:10.030><c> words,</c>

00:46:12.389 --> 00:46:13.369
which,<00:46:13.010><c> were</c><00:46:13.110><c> we</c>

00:46:13.369 --> 00:46:15.309
starting<00:46:13.690><c> now,</c><00:46:14.110><c> we</c><00:46:14.289><c> would</c><00:46:14.489><c> doubtless</c>

00:46:15.309 --> 00:46:17.409
here<00:46:15.829><c> and</c><00:46:16.010><c> there</c><00:46:16.250><c> put</c><00:46:16.449><c> a</c><00:46:16.630><c> different</c><00:46:16.869><c> emphasis</c>

00:46:17.409 --> 00:46:19.030
on<00:46:17.909><c> a</c><00:46:18.110><c> particular</c><00:46:18.489><c> word</c>

00:46:19.030 --> 00:46:22.289
because<00:46:19.670><c> of</c><00:46:19.869><c> the</c><00:46:20.030><c> needs</c><00:46:20.369><c> of</c><00:46:20.590><c> our</c><00:46:20.769><c> present</c><00:46:20.989><c> time.</c>

00:46:23.730 --> 00:46:24.510
We<00:46:24.250><c> might</c>

00:46:24.510 --> 00:46:25.929
think<00:46:24.750><c> that</c><00:46:24.929><c> in</c><00:46:25.030><c> our</c><00:46:25.369><c> age</c>

00:46:25.929 --> 00:46:28.289
something<00:46:26.429><c> should</c><00:46:26.630><c> be</c><00:46:26.869><c> said</c><00:46:27.110><c> about</c>

00:46:29.949 --> 00:46:30.969
divorce,

00:46:33.650 --> 00:46:33.809
about

00:46:33.809 --> 00:46:34.969
relationships<00:46:34.469><c> with</c>

00:46:34.969 --> 00:46:36.289
other<00:46:35.349><c> fellowships.</c>

00:46:36.530 --> 00:46:38.269
We<00:46:36.630><c> might</c><00:46:36.889><c> think</c><00:46:37.090><c> that</c><00:46:37.269><c> something</c><00:46:37.449><c> ought</c><00:46:37.630><c> to</c><00:46:37.769><c> be</c><00:46:38.010><c> here,</c>

00:46:38.309 --> 00:46:40.050
either<00:46:38.630><c> in</c><00:46:39.090><c> our</c><00:46:39.309><c> statement</c><00:46:39.550><c> of</c><00:46:39.829><c> faith</c>

00:46:40.050 --> 00:46:42.070
or<00:46:40.409><c> in</c><00:46:40.650><c> our</c><00:46:40.929><c> constitution.</c>

00:46:42.989 --> 00:46:44.289
And<00:46:43.090><c> the</c><00:46:43.210><c> fact</c><00:46:43.389><c> is</c>

00:46:44.869 --> 00:46:45.889
that<00:46:45.389><c> whenever</c>

00:46:45.889 --> 00:46:47.510
this<00:46:46.130><c> was</c><00:46:46.349><c> written,</c>

00:46:48.869 --> 00:46:49.969
whether<00:46:49.190><c> in</c><00:46:49.610><c> the</c><00:46:49.750><c> past</c>

00:46:49.969 --> 00:46:52.010
a<00:46:50.130><c> century</c><00:46:50.409><c> ago,</c><00:46:51.170><c> or</c><00:46:51.289><c> fifty</c><00:46:51.489><c> years</c><00:46:51.809><c> ago,</c>

00:46:52.110 --> 00:46:53.969
or<00:46:52.190><c> twenty</c><00:46:52.489><c>-five</c><00:46:52.670><c> years</c><00:46:52.909><c> ago,</c><00:46:53.170><c> or</c><00:46:53.269><c> five</c><00:46:53.510><c> years</c><00:46:53.769><c> ago,</c>

00:46:54.050 --> 00:46:55.949
or<00:46:54.190><c> a</c><00:46:54.309><c> year</c><00:46:54.530><c> ago,</c><00:46:55.210><c> we</c><00:46:55.329><c> would</c><00:46:55.449><c> discover</c>

00:46:55.949 --> 00:46:58.889
now<00:46:56.730><c> we</c><00:46:57.150><c> would</c><00:46:57.389><c> want</c><00:46:57.670><c> in</c><00:46:58.010><c> some</c><00:46:58.190><c> way</c>

00:46:58.889 --> 00:47:00.269
to<00:46:59.429><c> underline</c><00:46:59.889><c> something,</c>

00:47:00.349 --> 00:47:02.510
put<00:47:00.489><c> it</c><00:47:00.690><c> in</c><00:47:00.829><c> bold</c><00:47:01.429><c> type,</c>

00:47:02.809 --> 00:47:04.030
or<00:47:03.250><c> put</c><00:47:03.469><c> something</c><00:47:03.670><c> at</c><00:47:03.809><c> the</c><00:47:03.889><c> end</c>

00:47:04.030 --> 00:47:06.570
of<00:47:04.210><c> a</c><00:47:04.309><c> sentence</c><00:47:04.550><c> rather</c><00:47:04.869><c> than</c><00:47:04.989><c> at</c><00:47:05.130><c> the</c><00:47:05.170><c> beginning,</c><00:47:05.590><c> without</c><00:47:05.849><c> altering</c>

00:47:06.710 --> 00:47:08.369
the<00:47:06.929><c> basis</c><00:47:07.329><c> of</c><00:47:07.510><c> what</c><00:47:07.650><c> we</c><00:47:07.889><c> believe</c>

00:47:08.369 --> 00:47:10.170
but<00:47:08.829><c> trying</c><00:47:09.070><c> to</c><00:47:09.289><c> meet</c><00:47:09.630><c> a</c><00:47:09.889><c> current</c>

00:47:10.170 --> 00:47:12.110
problem.<00:47:11.670><c> And</c><00:47:11.869><c> I</c><00:47:11.969><c> think</c>

00:47:12.110 --> 00:47:13.750
the<00:47:12.250><c> best</c><00:47:12.429><c> thing</c><00:47:12.610><c> to</c><00:47:12.769><c> do,</c><00:47:13.130><c> brethren</c><00:47:13.269><c> and</c><00:47:13.510><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:13.969 --> 00:47:16.449
is<00:47:14.170><c> to</c><00:47:14.289><c> be</c><00:47:14.489><c> content</c><00:47:14.710><c> with</c><00:47:14.849><c> what</c><00:47:14.989><c> we've</c><00:47:15.309><c> got.</c>

00:47:17.710 --> 00:47:18.389
Just<00:47:18.030><c> to</c><00:47:18.190><c> be</c>

00:47:18.389 --> 00:47:20.809
content.<00:47:19.869><c> It</c><00:47:20.050><c> is</c>

00:47:20.809 --> 00:47:22.610
a<00:47:21.190><c> human</c><00:47:21.469><c> document.</c>

00:47:23.630 --> 00:47:24.389
It<00:47:23.650><c> must</c><00:47:23.989><c> therefore</c>

00:47:24.389 --> 00:47:26.610
be<00:47:24.710><c> imperfect.</c><00:47:25.489><c> They're</c><00:47:25.570><c> not</c><00:47:25.869><c> inspired</c>

00:47:26.610 --> 00:47:28.250
words.<00:47:27.150><c> They</c><00:47:27.250><c> were</c><00:47:27.469><c> not</c><00:47:27.690><c> written</c><00:47:27.869><c> by</c>

00:47:28.250 --> 00:47:30.409
inspired<00:47:28.909><c> men.</c><00:47:29.889><c> And</c><00:47:30.030><c> we</c><00:47:30.130><c> are</c><00:47:30.230><c> not</c>

00:47:30.409 --> 00:47:33.030
inspired<00:47:31.050><c> people</c><00:47:31.449><c> seeking</c><00:47:31.730><c> to</c><00:47:32.110><c> interpret.</c>

00:47:33.150 --> 00:47:34.590
What<00:47:33.309><c> we</c><00:47:33.510><c> are,</c><00:47:33.809><c> are</c><00:47:34.130><c> ordinary</c>

00:47:34.590 --> 00:47:36.289
brethren<00:47:34.969><c> and</c><00:47:35.269><c> sisters</c>

00:47:36.389 --> 00:47:39.269
equipped<00:47:37.210><c> with</c><00:47:37.409><c> the</c><00:47:37.570><c> Word</c><00:47:37.710><c> of</c><00:47:37.929><c> God,</c>

00:47:39.349 --> 00:47:40.570
seeking<00:47:39.889><c> to</c>

00:47:40.570 --> 00:47:41.889
implement<00:47:41.110><c> our</c><00:47:41.489><c> faith</c>

00:47:41.889 --> 00:47:44.210
in<00:47:42.730><c> our</c><00:47:43.010><c> own</c><00:47:43.250><c> lives</c>

00:47:44.289 --> 00:47:46.489
and<00:47:44.650><c> in</c><00:47:44.789><c> the</c><00:47:44.909><c> lives</c><00:47:45.110><c> of</c><00:47:45.389><c> our</c>

00:47:46.489 --> 00:47:49.309
fellow<00:47:46.730><c> brethren</c><00:47:47.070><c> and</c><00:47:47.250><c> sisters</c><00:47:47.489><c> in</c><00:47:47.690><c> our</c><00:47:47.869><c> own</c><00:47:48.110><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:47:50.269 --> 00:47:50.630
So<00:47:50.429><c> let's</c>

00:47:50.630 --> 00:47:52.570
start<00:47:50.929><c> with</c><00:47:51.170><c> the</c><00:47:51.329><c> basis</c><00:47:51.670><c> and</c><00:47:51.889><c> work</c><00:47:52.150><c> out</c><00:47:52.349><c> from</c>

00:47:52.570 --> 00:47:54.349
that,<00:47:53.030><c> brethren</c><00:47:53.190><c> and</c><00:47:53.409><c> sisters.</c>

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Is<00:47:56.449><c> that</c>

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the<00:47:56.809><c> basis?</c>

00:47:59.570 --> 00:48:01.090
Is<00:47:59.750><c> this</c><00:48:00.329><c> the</c><00:48:00.550><c> basis</c>

00:48:01.570 --> 00:48:02.630
of<00:48:02.030><c> why</c><00:48:02.250><c> we</c><00:48:02.429><c> are</c>

00:48:02.630 --> 00:48:04.489
a<00:48:02.750><c> Christadelphian</c><00:48:03.369><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:48:05.469 --> 00:48:06.730
This<00:48:05.929><c> constitution</c><00:48:06.389><c> and</c>

00:48:06.730 --> 00:48:08.469
statement<00:48:07.030><c> of</c><00:48:07.329><c> faith.</c><00:48:07.510><c> And</c><00:48:07.670><c> we</c><00:48:07.769><c> say,</c><00:48:07.989><c> well</c><00:48:08.070><c> it</c><00:48:08.210><c> is,</c>

00:48:08.510 --> 00:48:10.949
it<00:48:08.570><c> says,</c><00:48:09.369><c> right</c><00:48:09.530><c> at</c><00:48:09.670><c> the</c><00:48:09.809><c> beginning</c><00:48:10.010><c> we</c><00:48:10.269><c> constitute</c>

00:48:10.949 --> 00:48:12.110
the,<00:48:11.590><c> whatever,</c>

00:48:12.610 --> 00:48:15.170
Christadelphian<00:48:13.070><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:48:13.510><c> But</c><00:48:13.650><c> that</c><00:48:13.829><c> isn't</c><00:48:14.050><c> the</c><00:48:14.210><c> basis.</c>

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The<00:48:16.309><c> basis</c>

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lies<00:48:16.869><c> in</c><00:48:17.010><c> the</c><00:48:17.110><c> Word</c><00:48:17.210><c> of</c><00:48:17.369><c> God,</c><00:48:17.590><c> doesn't</c><00:48:17.769><c> it?</c>

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Some<00:48:20.449><c> have</c><00:48:20.670><c> said,</c>

00:48:21.550 --> 00:48:22.650
well<00:48:21.690><c> if</c><00:48:21.750><c> that's</c><00:48:22.090><c> the</c><00:48:22.210><c> case</c><00:48:22.469><c> then</c>

00:48:22.650 --> 00:48:24.389
why<00:48:22.829><c> don't</c><00:48:22.989><c> we</c><00:48:23.150><c> have</c><00:48:23.289><c> a</c><00:48:23.469><c> statement</c><00:48:23.670><c> of</c><00:48:23.989><c> faith</c>

00:48:24.389 --> 00:48:27.389
that<00:48:24.909><c> just</c><00:48:25.170><c> consists</c><00:48:25.550><c> of</c><00:48:25.730><c> the</c><00:48:25.869><c> Word</c><00:48:26.010><c> of</c><00:48:26.250><c> God?</c>

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Why<00:48:28.550><c> have</c><00:48:28.670><c> it</c>

00:48:28.929 --> 00:48:30.989
stated<00:48:29.170><c> in</c><00:48:29.369><c> this</c><00:48:29.530><c> particular</c><00:48:29.989><c> form?</c>

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A<00:48:31.250><c> form</c><00:48:31.489><c> which</c><00:48:32.190><c> has</c><00:48:32.449><c> caused</c>

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trouble<00:48:33.389><c> from</c><00:48:34.110><c> time</c><00:48:34.329><c> to</c><00:48:34.530><c> time.</c>

00:48:35.869 --> 00:48:36.750
And<00:48:35.949><c> so</c><00:48:36.070><c> clauses</c><00:48:36.369><c> 5</c>

00:48:36.750 --> 00:48:38.869
to<00:48:36.889><c> 12</c><00:48:37.690><c> disturb</c><00:48:38.369><c> our</c><00:48:38.610><c> brethren</c>

00:48:38.869 --> 00:48:41.070
in<00:48:39.150><c> Australia</c><00:48:39.690><c> because</c>

00:48:41.309 --> 00:48:43.150
of<00:48:41.829><c> deviation</c><00:48:42.349><c> from</c><00:48:42.670><c> them</c>

00:48:43.150 --> 00:48:45.869
by<00:48:43.650><c> some</c><00:48:43.829><c> brethren</c><00:48:44.190><c> in</c><00:48:44.730><c> time</c><00:48:45.070><c> past.</c>

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And<00:48:47.090><c> the</c>

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wording<00:48:47.550><c> there</c><00:48:48.050><c> comes</c><00:48:48.369><c> under</c><00:48:48.650><c> great</c><00:48:48.969><c> stress.</c>

00:48:50.110 --> 00:48:51.150
Why<00:48:50.289><c> shouldn't</c><00:48:50.449><c> we</c><00:48:50.590><c> just</c><00:48:50.809><c> have</c>

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ordinary<00:48:51.449><c> Bible</c><00:48:51.829><c> wording?</c>

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Wouldn't<00:48:53.889><c> that</c><00:48:54.030><c> be</c><00:48:54.230><c> easier?</c>

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Just<00:48:56.150><c> to</c><00:48:56.269><c> list</c>

00:48:56.829 --> 00:48:59.389
actual<00:48:57.730><c> scriptural</c><00:48:58.889><c> phrases</c>

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and<00:49:00.429><c> then</c><00:49:00.670><c> support</c><00:49:00.989><c> them</c><00:49:01.110><c> by</c>

00:49:01.329 --> 00:49:03.289
other<00:49:01.610><c> scriptural</c><00:49:02.130><c> verses.</c><00:49:02.530><c> Wouldn't</c><00:49:02.690><c> that</c><00:49:02.889><c> be</c><00:49:03.050><c> the</c>

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easiest<00:49:03.570><c> thing</c><00:49:03.789><c> to</c><00:49:04.030><c> do?</c>

00:49:06.090 --> 00:49:07.989
Try<00:49:06.369><c> it</c><00:49:06.590><c> and</c><00:49:06.829><c> see.</c>

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You<00:49:08.610><c> will</c><00:49:08.769><c> discover</c>

00:49:09.309 --> 00:49:11.690
that<00:49:09.769><c> it</c><00:49:09.949><c> doesn't</c><00:49:10.150><c> matter</c><00:49:10.650><c> whether</c><00:49:10.949><c> it</c><00:49:11.190><c> is</c>

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using<00:49:12.050><c> scriptural</c><00:49:12.690><c> wording</c>

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or<00:49:13.989><c> human</c><00:49:14.349><c> wording.</c>

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You<00:49:15.570><c> will</c><00:49:15.869><c> always</c><00:49:16.329><c> find</c><00:49:16.690><c> someone</c>

00:49:17.369 --> 00:49:19.630
who<00:49:18.010><c> wishes</c><00:49:18.389><c> to</c><00:49:18.809><c> make</c><00:49:18.949><c> it</c><00:49:19.230><c> mean</c>

00:49:19.630 --> 00:49:21.869
something<00:49:20.150><c> different</c><00:49:20.690><c> from</c><00:49:21.010><c> what</c><00:49:21.170><c> it</c><00:49:21.469><c> obviously</c>

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was<00:49:22.349><c> intended</c><00:49:22.710><c> to</c><00:49:22.969><c> mean.</c>

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And<00:49:24.409><c> therefore</c><00:49:24.590><c> if</c><00:49:24.750><c> we</c><00:49:24.969><c> said,</c><00:49:25.389><c> there</c><00:49:25.389><c> is</c>

00:49:25.630 --> 00:49:27.670
one<00:49:25.869><c> God,</c><00:49:26.750><c> we</c><00:49:26.909><c> would</c><00:49:27.010><c> find</c><00:49:27.150><c> all</c><00:49:27.510><c> the</c>

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churches<00:49:28.010><c> round</c><00:49:28.389><c> about</c><00:49:28.610><c> would</c><00:49:28.809><c> say,</c><00:49:29.269><c> yeah</c><00:49:29.469><c> that's</c>

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right,<00:49:30.309><c> we</c><00:49:30.469><c> believe</c><00:49:30.710><c> there</c><00:49:30.869><c> is</c><00:49:31.050><c> one</c><00:49:31.269><c> God.</c>

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So<00:49:32.070><c> we</c><00:49:32.269><c> say,</c><00:49:32.469><c> oh</c><00:49:32.630><c> we</c><00:49:32.730><c> don't</c><00:49:32.989><c> mean</c><00:49:33.090><c> what</c><00:49:33.250><c> you</c><00:49:33.489><c> mean.</c>

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And<00:49:34.730><c> so</c><00:49:34.849><c> we</c><00:49:35.030><c> are</c><00:49:35.090><c> actually</c><00:49:35.409><c> saying</c>

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that<00:49:36.349><c> that</c><00:49:36.510><c> verse</c><00:49:36.630><c> of</c><00:49:36.869><c> scripture</c>

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is<00:49:37.710><c> insufficient.</c>

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So<00:49:39.550><c> we</c><00:49:39.670><c> need</c><00:49:39.789><c> to</c><00:49:39.909><c> bring</c><00:49:39.989><c> other</c><00:49:40.210><c> verses</c><00:49:40.510><c> of</c><00:49:40.650><c> scripture</c>

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alongside.

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And<00:49:43.190><c> so</c><00:49:43.389><c> what</c><00:49:43.610><c> happens</c><00:49:43.949><c> in</c><00:49:44.130><c> our</c><00:49:44.369><c> statement</c>

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of<00:49:44.929><c> faith</c><00:49:45.309><c> is</c><00:49:45.889><c> that</c><00:49:46.269><c> we</c>

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amplify<00:49:47.409><c> our</c><00:49:48.010><c> meaning.</c>

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And<00:49:49.250><c> then</c><00:49:49.389><c> we</c><00:49:49.650><c> reinforce</c><00:49:50.329><c> that</c>

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by<00:49:51.170><c> saying,</c><00:49:51.710><c> and</c><00:49:51.849><c> these</c><00:49:52.050><c> are</c><00:49:52.269><c> the</c>

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doctrines<00:49:52.869><c> that</c><00:49:53.230><c> we</c><00:49:53.550><c> reject.</c><00:49:54.030><c> In</c><00:49:54.150><c> other</c><00:49:54.349><c> words</c>

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we've<00:49:54.750><c> got</c><00:49:54.849><c> to</c><00:49:55.150><c> meet</c><00:49:55.489><c> the</c><00:49:55.969><c> opposition.</c>

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And<00:49:57.590><c> so</c><00:49:57.849><c> the</c>

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epistles

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of<00:50:00.690><c> our</c><00:50:00.849><c> New</c><00:50:01.030><c> Testament</c><00:50:01.369><c> are</c><00:50:01.550><c> doing</c><00:50:01.710><c> precisely</c><00:50:02.190><c> that.</c>

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You<00:50:03.030><c> have</c><00:50:03.449><c> what</c><00:50:03.710><c> people</c><00:50:04.010><c> believed</c>

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and<00:50:04.690><c> then</c><00:50:05.090><c> how</c><00:50:05.769><c> all</c><00:50:06.250><c> the</c>

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errors<00:50:07.190><c> of</c><00:50:07.389><c> the</c><00:50:07.630><c> time</c>

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and<00:50:08.730><c> the</c><00:50:08.949><c> forces</c><00:50:09.210><c> against</c><00:50:09.610><c> the</c><00:50:09.909><c> truth</c>

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were<00:50:10.590><c> being</c><00:50:10.909><c> met.</c><00:50:11.789><c> What</c><00:50:12.030><c> Paul</c><00:50:12.269><c> had</c><00:50:12.409><c> to</c><00:50:12.710><c> say</c>

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about<00:50:13.730><c> incest</c><00:50:14.329><c> in</c><00:50:14.510><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:50:15.090><c> in</c><00:50:15.530><c> 1</c><00:50:15.750><c> Corinthians</c>

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chapter<00:50:16.909><c> 5.</c>

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Meeting<00:50:18.690><c> the</c><00:50:19.130><c> kind</c><00:50:19.250><c> of</c><00:50:19.469><c> moral</c><00:50:19.690><c> problems</c><00:50:20.070><c> in</c><00:50:20.269><c> our</c><00:50:20.429><c> present</c>

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age.<00:50:21.010><c> What</c><00:50:21.230><c> did</c><00:50:21.429><c> they</c><00:50:21.670><c> do?</c>

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How<00:50:22.989><c> did</c><00:50:23.130><c> they</c><00:50:23.369><c> tackle</c><00:50:23.650><c> it?</c><00:50:23.829><c> Well</c><00:50:23.949><c> just</c><00:50:24.090><c> have</c><00:50:24.250><c> a</c><00:50:24.329><c> look</c>

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at<00:50:24.590><c> 1</c><00:50:24.829><c> Corinthians</c><00:50:25.190><c> 5</c><00:50:25.530><c> and</c><00:50:25.710><c> see</c><00:50:25.829><c> what</c><00:50:25.949><c> you</c><00:50:26.210><c> think.</c>

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Now<00:50:34.110><c> remember</c><00:50:34.409><c> this</c><00:50:34.570><c> is</c><00:50:34.750><c> a</c><00:50:35.030><c> spirit</c>

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a<00:50:35.309><c> gifted</c><00:50:35.730><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:36.269><c> which</c><00:50:36.550><c> we</c><00:50:36.849><c> are</c><00:50:37.130><c> not.</c>

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And<00:50:39.869><c> they</c><00:50:40.050><c> had</c><00:50:40.449><c> fornication</c>

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amongst<00:50:41.630><c> them.</c>

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And<00:50:43.750><c> what</c><00:50:43.929><c> is</c><00:50:44.150><c> more</c><00:50:44.309><c> they</c><00:50:44.510><c> had</c><00:50:44.829><c> done</c><00:50:45.070><c> nothing</c>

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about<00:50:45.769><c> it.</c><00:50:46.889><c> Although</c>

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there<00:50:47.650><c> were</c><00:50:47.869><c> members</c><00:50:48.210><c> of</c><00:50:48.429><c> the</c><00:50:48.610><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:48.989><c> with</c><00:50:49.269><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:50:49.690><c> Spirit.</c><00:50:50.929><c> And</c><00:50:51.230><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:50:51.630><c> Spirit</c><00:50:51.809><c> had</c><00:50:52.030><c> not</c><00:50:52.170><c> been</c><00:50:52.369><c> withdrawn</c><00:50:52.769><c> from</c><00:50:53.030><c> them.</c>

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They<00:50:53.489><c> were</c><00:50:53.690><c> still</c><00:50:53.909><c> operating</c><00:50:54.369><c> with</c><00:50:54.590><c> it.</c>

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But<00:50:55.889><c> they</c><00:50:56.050><c> had</c><00:50:56.230><c> this</c><00:50:56.449><c> problem</c><00:50:56.730><c> in</c><00:50:56.909><c> their</c><00:50:57.090><c> midst.</c>

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And<00:50:59.769><c> so</c><00:50:59.889><c> Paul</c><00:51:00.130><c> now</c><00:51:00.449><c> spells</c><00:51:00.650><c> it</c><00:51:00.929><c> out.</c>

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And<00:51:03.670><c> he</c><00:51:03.849><c> tells</c><00:51:04.090><c> them</c><00:51:04.289><c> precisely</c>

00:51:05.090 --> 00:51:07.610
that<00:51:05.469><c> that</c><00:51:05.670><c> is</c><00:51:05.829><c> a</c><00:51:06.110><c> simple</c><00:51:06.429><c> matter</c>

00:51:08.510 --> 00:51:11.670
and<00:51:09.030><c> they</c><00:51:09.150><c> have</c><00:51:09.230><c> got</c><00:51:09.269><c> to</c><00:51:09.389><c> do</c><00:51:09.449><c> something</c><00:51:09.690><c> about</c><00:51:09.969><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:51:11.949><c> have</c><00:51:12.110><c> a</c><00:51:12.230><c> look</c><00:51:12.489><c> as</c><00:51:12.849><c> to</c>

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who<00:51:13.489><c> it</c><00:51:13.710><c> is</c>

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that<00:51:14.710><c> is</c><00:51:14.769><c> going</c><00:51:14.969><c> to</c><00:51:15.210><c> do</c><00:51:15.610><c> the</c><00:51:15.969><c> something</c>

00:51:16.469 --> 00:51:17.809
about<00:51:16.949><c> it.</c>

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Verse<00:51:18.989><c> 3.</c>

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For<00:51:19.789><c> I</c><00:51:20.130><c> verily</c>

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as<00:51:21.889><c> absent</c><00:51:22.269><c> in</c><00:51:22.510><c> body</c><00:51:22.730><c> but</c><00:51:22.969><c> present</c><00:51:23.250><c> in</c><00:51:23.550><c> spirit</c>

00:51:23.750 --> 00:51:26.030
have<00:51:23.949><c> judged</c><00:51:24.150><c> already</c><00:51:24.670><c> as</c><00:51:24.849><c> though</c><00:51:24.989><c> I</c><00:51:25.050><c> were</c><00:51:25.269><c> present</c>

00:51:26.170 --> 00:51:27.809
concerning<00:51:26.690><c> him</c><00:51:26.949><c> that</c><00:51:27.130><c> had</c><00:51:27.329><c> done</c>

00:51:27.809 --> 00:51:29.610
so<00:51:28.110><c> done</c><00:51:28.329><c> this</c><00:51:28.650><c> deed.</c>

00:51:29.869 --> 00:51:33.010
In<00:51:30.349><c> the</c><00:51:30.570><c> name</c><00:51:30.829><c> of</c><00:51:31.050><c> our</c><00:51:31.190><c> Lord</c><00:51:31.389><c> Jesus</c><00:51:31.769><c> Christ</c>

00:51:33.449 --> 00:51:35.329
when<00:51:33.929><c> ye</c><00:51:34.170><c> are</c><00:51:34.329><c> gathered</c><00:51:34.590><c> together</c>

00:51:35.329 --> 00:51:37.150
and<00:51:36.170><c> my</c><00:51:36.630><c> spirit</c>

00:51:37.150 --> 00:51:39.369
with<00:51:37.489><c> the</c><00:51:37.809><c> power</c><00:51:37.989><c> of</c><00:51:38.170><c> the</c><00:51:38.289><c> Lord</c><00:51:38.469><c> Jesus</c><00:51:38.909><c> Christ</c>

00:51:39.369 --> 00:51:41.289
to<00:51:39.769><c> deliver</c><00:51:40.050><c> such</c><00:51:40.369><c> and</c><00:51:40.530><c> one</c><00:51:40.630><c> unto</c><00:51:40.849><c> Satan</c>

00:51:41.289 --> 00:51:43.030
for<00:51:41.710><c> the</c><00:51:41.969><c> destruction</c><00:51:42.309><c> of</c><00:51:42.489><c> the</c><00:51:42.710><c> flesh</c>

00:51:43.030 --> 00:51:44.829
that<00:51:43.449><c> the</c><00:51:43.769><c> spirit</c><00:51:43.969><c> may</c><00:51:44.190><c> be</c><00:51:44.449><c> saved</c>

00:51:44.829 --> 00:51:47.469
in<00:51:45.449><c> the</c><00:51:45.650><c> day</c><00:51:45.769><c> of</c><00:51:45.929><c> the</c><00:51:46.050><c> Lord</c><00:51:46.250><c> Jesus.</c>

00:51:47.949 --> 00:51:49.130
So<00:51:48.050><c> what</c><00:51:48.130><c> he</c><00:51:48.269><c> says</c><00:51:48.429><c> now</c><00:51:48.710><c> is</c>

00:51:49.130 --> 00:51:51.530
you<00:51:49.449><c> have</c><00:51:49.570><c> got</c><00:51:49.710><c> to</c><00:51:49.829><c> get</c><00:51:49.929><c> the</c><00:51:50.170><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:50.469><c> together.</c>

00:51:51.789 --> 00:51:52.969
You<00:51:52.269><c> have</c><00:51:52.389><c> got</c><00:51:52.530><c> to</c><00:51:52.730><c> meet</c>

00:51:52.969 --> 00:51:55.510
in<00:51:53.210><c> the</c><00:51:53.289><c> name</c><00:51:53.469><c> of</c><00:51:53.630><c> the</c><00:51:53.730><c> Lord</c><00:51:53.889><c> Jesus</c><00:51:54.230><c> Christ.</c>

00:51:55.829 --> 00:51:57.449
But<00:51:56.070><c> these</c><00:51:56.210><c> are</c><00:51:56.289><c> not</c><00:51:56.429><c> the</c><00:51:56.650><c> elders</c><00:51:56.969><c> who</c><00:51:57.230><c> meet</c>

00:51:57.449 --> 00:51:59.989
because<00:51:57.889><c> the</c><00:51:58.289><c> first</c><00:51:58.550><c> chapter</c><00:51:58.829><c> says</c><00:51:59.050><c> to</c><00:51:59.210><c> the</c><00:51:59.369><c> Holy</c><00:51:59.590><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:51:59.989 --> 00:52:02.429
doesn't<00:52:00.289><c> it?</c><00:52:00.969><c> And</c><00:52:01.070><c> we</c><00:52:01.150><c> read</c><00:52:01.369><c> that.</c>

00:52:02.489 --> 00:52:03.170
And<00:52:02.570><c> now</c><00:52:02.710><c> he</c><00:52:02.849><c> says</c>

00:52:03.170 --> 00:52:05.170
the<00:52:03.489><c> Holy</c><00:52:03.769><c> Ecclesia</c><00:52:04.110><c> has</c><00:52:04.309><c> got</c><00:52:04.449><c> to</c>

00:52:05.170 --> 00:52:06.570
settle<00:52:05.429><c> this</c><00:52:05.670><c> issue.</c>

00:52:07.610 --> 00:52:09.889
The<00:52:07.710><c> spirit</c><00:52:08.050><c> gifted</c><00:52:08.389><c> amongst</c><00:52:08.750><c> you</c><00:52:08.889><c> will</c><00:52:09.090><c> be</c><00:52:09.309><c> there</c>

00:52:09.889 --> 00:52:11.690
and<00:52:10.530><c> that</c><00:52:10.750><c> which</c><00:52:10.889><c> I</c><00:52:11.130><c> have</c><00:52:11.230><c> told</c><00:52:11.489><c> you</c>

00:52:11.690 --> 00:52:13.570
by<00:52:11.909><c> my</c><00:52:12.190><c> word,</c><00:52:12.489><c> by</c><00:52:12.670><c> the</c><00:52:12.869><c> Holy</c><00:52:13.050><c> Spirit</c>

00:52:13.570 --> 00:52:15.570
will<00:52:13.969><c> be</c><00:52:14.190><c> there</c><00:52:14.369><c> as</c><00:52:14.610><c> counsel</c><00:52:14.909><c> for</c><00:52:15.110><c> you.</c>

00:52:15.929 --> 00:52:17.489
But<00:52:16.090><c> you</c><00:52:16.250><c> have</c><00:52:16.349><c> got</c><00:52:16.469><c> to</c><00:52:16.590><c> do</c><00:52:16.710><c> this</c><00:52:17.090><c> as</c><00:52:17.349><c> an</c>

00:52:17.489 --> 00:52:19.750
ecclesia<00:52:18.090><c> because</c><00:52:19.269><c> he</c><00:52:19.449><c> now</c>

00:52:19.750 --> 00:52:21.369
says<00:52:20.289><c> in</c><00:52:20.690><c> verse</c><00:52:20.909><c> 7</c>

00:52:21.369 --> 00:52:23.449
purge<00:52:21.889><c> out</c><00:52:22.110><c> therefore</c><00:52:22.389><c> the</c><00:52:22.730><c> old</c><00:52:23.030><c> leaven</c>

00:52:23.449 --> 00:52:25.610
that<00:52:23.869><c> you</c><00:52:23.989><c> may</c><00:52:24.190><c> be</c><00:52:24.329><c> a</c><00:52:24.449><c> new</c><00:52:24.610><c> lump</c>

00:52:26.349 --> 00:52:28.630
even<00:52:26.869><c> as</c><00:52:27.110><c> you</c><00:52:27.250><c> are</c><00:52:27.489><c> unleavened.</c>

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Alright,<00:52:29.030><c> so</c><00:52:29.150><c> he</c><00:52:29.210><c> is</c><00:52:29.289><c> now</c><00:52:29.590><c> telling</c><00:52:29.750><c> them</c>

00:52:30.030 --> 00:52:31.409
that<00:52:30.530><c> as</c><00:52:30.869><c> a</c><00:52:31.090><c> lump</c>

00:52:31.409 --> 00:52:33.730
they<00:52:31.929><c> have</c><00:52:32.050><c> got</c><00:52:32.170><c> to</c><00:52:32.309><c> get</c><00:52:32.409><c> rid</c><00:52:32.570><c> of</c><00:52:32.670><c> that</c><00:52:32.929><c> which</c><00:52:33.130><c> is</c>

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not<00:52:34.030><c> acceptable.</c>

00:52:34.989 --> 00:52:37.610
So<00:52:35.070><c> there</c><00:52:35.190><c> was</c><00:52:35.409><c> a</c><00:52:35.550><c> principle</c><00:52:35.889><c> laid</c><00:52:36.289><c> down</c>

00:52:37.670 --> 00:52:39.449
and<00:52:37.929><c> it</c><00:52:38.010><c> was</c><00:52:38.150><c> very</c><00:52:38.469><c> clear.</c>

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And<00:52:39.809><c> we</c><00:52:39.909><c> might</c><00:52:40.130><c> say,</c><00:52:40.489><c> ah</c><00:52:40.650><c> well</c>

00:52:41.190 --> 00:52:43.130
it<00:52:41.969><c> was</c><00:52:42.170><c> a</c><00:52:42.269><c> pretty</c><00:52:42.510><c> extraordinary</c>

00:52:43.130 --> 00:52:45.929
and<00:52:43.550><c> extreme</c><00:52:44.170><c> case,</c><00:52:45.070><c> this.</c>

00:52:45.989 --> 00:52:47.630
Well<00:52:46.150><c> it's</c><00:52:46.210><c> not</c><00:52:46.389><c> so</c><00:52:46.550><c> extreme</c><00:52:46.829><c> in</c><00:52:46.989><c> our</c><00:52:47.190><c> generation</c>

00:52:47.630 --> 00:52:49.469
that's<00:52:48.309><c> pretty</c><00:52:48.590><c> clear.</c>

00:52:49.969 --> 00:52:51.289
But<00:52:50.409><c> this</c><00:52:50.750><c> chapter</c><00:52:51.030><c> doesn't</c>

00:52:51.289 --> 00:52:52.449
finish<00:52:51.570><c> with</c><00:52:51.750><c> that,</c><00:52:51.989><c> does</c><00:52:52.070><c> it?</c>

00:52:52.449 --> 00:52:54.110
When<00:52:52.849><c> you</c><00:52:52.969><c> go</c><00:52:53.090><c> down</c><00:52:53.210><c> to</c><00:52:53.329><c> verse</c><00:52:53.489><c> 9</c>

00:52:54.110 --> 00:52:56.530
he<00:52:54.610><c> now</c><00:52:54.929><c> spells</c><00:52:55.090><c> it</c><00:52:55.369><c> out</c><00:52:55.710><c> that</c><00:52:55.989><c> the</c><00:52:56.210><c> principles</c>

00:52:56.530 --> 00:52:58.650
that<00:52:56.710><c> he</c><00:52:56.889><c> has</c><00:52:57.409><c> just</c><00:52:57.670><c> been</c><00:52:57.909><c> delineating</c>

00:52:58.650 --> 00:53:00.389
are<00:52:59.050><c> principles</c><00:52:59.449><c> that</c><00:52:59.710><c> apply</c>

00:53:00.389 --> 00:53:02.409
much<00:53:00.929><c> more</c><00:53:01.329><c> widely</c><00:53:01.829><c> than</c>

00:53:02.409 --> 00:53:04.449
just<00:53:02.710><c> to</c><00:53:02.929><c> the</c><00:53:03.010><c> case</c><00:53:03.309><c> of</c><00:53:03.670><c> incense.</c><00:53:04.230><c> I</c><00:53:04.230><c> wrote</c>

00:53:04.449 --> 00:53:06.449
unto<00:53:04.690><c> you</c><00:53:04.849><c> in</c><00:53:04.989><c> my</c><00:53:05.190><c> epistle</c><00:53:05.610><c> not</c><00:53:06.070><c> to</c><00:53:06.269><c> have</c>

00:53:06.449 --> 00:53:08.309
company<00:53:06.769><c> with</c><00:53:07.010><c> fornicators.</c>

00:53:08.530 --> 00:53:10.590
Now<00:53:08.610><c> he</c><00:53:08.610><c> doesn't</c><00:53:08.809><c> say</c><00:53:09.070><c> just</c><00:53:09.349><c> those</c><00:53:09.610><c> committing</c><00:53:09.929><c> incense</c>

00:53:10.590 --> 00:53:12.070
does<00:53:11.030><c> he?</c>

00:53:14.449 --> 00:53:16.789
So<00:53:14.969><c> he</c><00:53:15.090><c> is</c><00:53:15.090><c> telling</c><00:53:15.309><c> them</c>

00:53:17.110 --> 00:53:19.070
don't<00:53:17.630><c> have</c><00:53:17.829><c> company</c><00:53:18.090><c> with</c><00:53:18.309><c> fornicators.</c>

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And<00:53:19.190><c> he</c><00:53:19.210><c> says</c><00:53:19.309><c> I</c><00:53:19.409><c> don't</c><00:53:19.590><c> just</c><00:53:19.809><c> mean</c><00:53:19.929><c> the</c><00:53:20.090><c> people</c><00:53:20.269><c> outside</c>

00:53:20.710 --> 00:53:23.550
in<00:53:20.949><c> the</c><00:53:21.030><c> world.</c><00:53:21.349><c> I'm</c><00:53:21.389><c> not</c><00:53:21.650><c> spelling</c><00:53:21.829><c> that</c><00:53:22.090><c> out</c><00:53:22.349><c> to</c><00:53:22.550><c> you.</c>

00:53:23.909 --> 00:53:24.730
I'm<00:53:24.050><c> saying</c><00:53:24.289><c> if</c><00:53:24.449><c> any</c><00:53:24.590><c> man</c>

00:53:24.730 --> 00:53:27.510
that<00:53:24.889><c> is</c><00:53:25.070><c> called</c><00:53:25.250><c> a</c><00:53:25.489><c> brother,</c><00:53:25.869><c> verse</c><00:53:26.269><c> 11</c>

00:53:28.070 --> 00:53:29.230
is<00:53:28.550><c> a</c><00:53:28.710><c> fornicator</c>

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or<00:53:29.570><c> covetous</c>

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or<00:53:31.369><c> an</c><00:53:31.670><c> idolater</c>

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or<00:53:33.170><c> a</c><00:53:33.489><c> reviler,</c><00:53:34.070><c> a</c><00:53:34.269><c> railer</c>

00:53:34.809 --> 00:53:37.210
or<00:53:35.150><c> a</c><00:53:35.369><c> drunkard</c><00:53:35.730><c> or</c><00:53:35.949><c> an</c><00:53:36.250><c> extortioner</c>

00:53:37.510 --> 00:53:39.710
with<00:53:37.849><c> such</c><00:53:38.030><c> a</c><00:53:38.170><c> one</c><00:53:38.269><c> know</c><00:53:38.429><c> not</c><00:53:38.550><c> to</c><00:53:38.769><c> eat.</c>

00:53:39.909 --> 00:53:41.030
So<00:53:40.030><c> now</c><00:53:40.150><c> he</c><00:53:40.329><c> has</c><00:53:40.489><c> broadened</c>

00:53:41.030 --> 00:53:42.750
the<00:53:41.289><c> basis</c><00:53:41.550><c> to</c><00:53:41.789><c> tell</c><00:53:41.909><c> them</c><00:53:42.250><c> that</c>

00:53:42.750 --> 00:53:44.869
these<00:53:43.010><c> things</c><00:53:43.230><c> are</c><00:53:43.389><c> what</c><00:53:43.489><c> not</c><00:53:43.630><c> to</c><00:53:43.869><c> be.</c>

00:53:45.610 --> 00:53:47.210
We<00:53:45.789><c> might</c><00:53:46.010><c> say,</c><00:53:46.349><c> well</c><00:53:46.449><c> it's</c>

00:53:47.730 --> 00:53:48.789
astounding<00:53:48.190><c> that</c><00:53:48.449><c> Paul</c><00:53:48.630><c> should</c>

00:53:48.789 --> 00:53:50.510
have<00:53:49.030><c> to</c><00:53:49.050><c> say</c><00:53:49.289><c> this</c>

00:53:50.610 --> 00:53:52.710
to<00:53:51.170><c> these</c><00:53:51.409><c> people.</c>

00:53:54.309 --> 00:53:55.130
Would<00:53:54.449><c> it</c><00:53:54.550><c> be</c><00:53:54.750><c> extraordinary</c>

00:53:55.130 --> 00:53:56.849
today<00:53:55.510><c> in</c><00:53:55.690><c> your</c><00:53:55.929><c> ecclesia</c><00:53:56.329><c> to</c><00:53:56.530><c> have</c><00:53:56.650><c> to</c>

00:53:56.849 --> 00:53:58.829
spell<00:53:56.989><c> out</c><00:53:57.190><c> some</c><00:53:57.409><c> of</c><00:53:57.550><c> these</c><00:53:57.789><c> things?</c>

00:54:00.570 --> 00:54:01.630
Has<00:54:00.710><c> there</c><00:54:00.949><c> not</c><00:54:01.210><c> been</c>

00:54:01.630 --> 00:54:02.949
within<00:54:02.570><c> your</c>

00:54:02.949 --> 00:54:04.829
knowledge<00:54:03.429><c> either</c><00:54:03.989><c> in</c><00:54:04.170><c> your</c><00:54:04.449><c> ecclesia</c>

00:54:04.829 --> 00:54:06.690
or<00:54:05.130><c> round</c><00:54:05.409><c> about</c><00:54:06.190><c> a</c>

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fornicator?

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The<00:54:10.110><c> covetous</c><00:54:10.510><c> one</c>

00:54:13.989 --> 00:54:15.690
which<00:54:14.550><c> Paul</c><00:54:14.849><c> says</c><00:54:15.110><c> in</c><00:54:15.289><c> Colossians</c>

00:54:15.690 --> 00:54:17.170
is<00:54:15.989><c> idolatry</c><00:54:16.570><c> as</c><00:54:16.730><c> a</c><00:54:16.769><c> matter</c><00:54:16.969><c> of</c>

00:54:17.170 --> 00:54:18.829
matter,<00:54:17.710><c> somebody</c><00:54:18.230><c> who</c><00:54:18.429><c> is</c><00:54:18.510><c> pursuing</c>

00:54:18.829 --> 00:54:20.590
only<00:54:19.190><c> the</c><00:54:19.289><c> things</c><00:54:19.469><c> of</c><00:54:19.650><c> this</c><00:54:19.889><c> life</c><00:54:20.190><c> and</c><00:54:20.369><c> not</c>

00:54:20.590 --> 00:54:21.849
leading<00:54:20.789><c> the</c><00:54:20.929><c> life</c><00:54:21.090><c> of</c><00:54:21.250><c> the</c><00:54:21.429><c> truth</c>

00:54:21.849 --> 00:54:24.329
or<00:54:22.710><c> somebody</c><00:54:22.989><c> who</c><00:54:23.150><c> is</c><00:54:23.269><c> an</c><00:54:23.389><c> actual</c><00:54:23.769><c> idolater</c>

00:54:24.329 --> 00:54:27.130
which<00:54:24.510><c> there</c><00:54:24.789><c> were</c><00:54:25.210><c> in</c><00:54:25.650><c> Paul's</c><00:54:26.050><c> day</c>

00:54:27.449 --> 00:54:29.030
and<00:54:27.929><c> those</c><00:54:28.170><c> who</c>

00:54:29.030 --> 00:54:31.349
broke<00:54:29.329><c> the</c><00:54:29.469><c> meeting</c><00:54:29.750><c> up</c><00:54:29.969><c> in</c><00:54:30.210><c> some</c><00:54:30.409><c> way</c>

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And<00:54:40.030><c> so</c><00:54:40.190><c> Paul</c><00:54:40.349><c> says</c><00:54:40.489><c> you</c><00:54:40.570><c> don't</c><00:54:40.750><c> eat</c><00:54:40.869><c> with</c><00:54:41.050><c> those</c>

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If<00:54:45.289><c> you</c><00:54:45.429><c> couldn't</c><00:54:45.690><c> eat</c><00:54:45.789><c> in</c><00:54:45.869><c> your</c><00:54:46.090><c> own</c><00:54:46.269><c> home</c><00:54:46.469><c> then</c><00:54:46.630><c> you</c><00:54:46.789><c> certainly</c>

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couldn't<00:54:47.269><c> eat</c><00:54:47.389><c> at</c><00:54:47.510><c> the</c><00:54:47.610><c> table</c><00:54:47.809><c> of</c><00:54:47.949><c> the</c><00:54:48.090><c> Lord.</c>

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way<00:54:57.190><c> of</c><00:54:57.429><c> life</c><00:54:57.610><c> in</c><00:54:57.869><c> Christ.</c><00:54:58.349><c> And</c><00:54:58.510><c> that's</c><00:54:58.690><c> why</c>

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They<00:55:01.590><c> are</c><00:55:01.750><c> a</c><00:55:01.849><c> summary</c><00:55:02.190><c> of</c><00:55:02.550><c> the</c><00:55:02.710><c> things</c>

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these<00:55:05.869><c> commandments</c><00:55:06.329><c> of</c><00:55:06.570><c> Christ.</c>

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disturbed.<00:55:14.389><c> And</c><00:55:14.469><c> Paul</c><00:55:14.590><c> says</c><00:55:14.710><c> you</c><00:55:14.789><c> can't</c>

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ecclesia.

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What<00:55:21.250><c> we</c><00:55:21.429><c> shall</c><00:55:21.570><c> discuss</c><00:55:22.190><c> later</c><00:55:22.530><c> on,</c><00:55:22.769><c> brethren</c>

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is<00:55:23.389><c> how</c><00:55:23.909><c> we</c><00:55:24.389><c> set</c><00:55:24.570><c> about</c>

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What<00:55:35.429><c> we</c><00:55:35.610><c> have</c><00:55:35.789><c> got</c><00:55:35.929><c> here</c><00:55:36.130><c> in</c><00:55:36.309><c> 1</c><00:55:36.510><c> Corinthians</c><00:55:36.849><c> 5</c>

00:55:38.630 --> 00:55:41.150
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that

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and<00:55:54.090><c> those</c><00:55:54.449><c> who</c><00:55:55.070><c> deliberately</c>

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desecrate

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Christ

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This<00:56:18.630><c> is</c><00:56:18.789><c> a</c><00:56:18.829><c> very</c><00:56:19.010><c> useful</c><00:56:19.289><c> chapter</c>

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you<00:56:31.130><c> will</c><00:56:31.289><c> see</c><00:56:31.409><c> that</c>

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they<00:56:33.630><c> are</c><00:56:33.829><c> sound.</c>

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to<00:56:41.969><c> anybody</c><00:56:42.329><c> that</c><00:56:42.909><c> expresses</c>

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this<00:56:44.070><c> matter</c><00:56:44.309><c> of</c><00:56:44.630><c> fellowship.</c>

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but<00:56:53.869><c> the</c><00:56:54.050><c> Lord</c><00:56:54.250><c> Jesus</c><00:56:54.570><c> said</c><00:56:54.809><c> that</c>

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we<00:56:55.570><c> mustn't</c><00:56:55.909><c> judge.</c>

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people<00:57:02.429><c> and</c><00:57:02.909><c> to</c><00:57:03.170><c> judge</c><00:57:03.389><c> them?</c>

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And<00:57:06.050><c> some</c><00:57:06.210><c> of</c><00:57:06.289><c> us</c><00:57:06.369><c> may</c><00:57:06.570><c> be</c><00:57:06.889><c> feeling</c><00:57:06.949><c> uncomfortable</c><00:57:07.510><c> about</c>

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really<00:57:12.030><c> feel</c><00:57:12.250><c> like</c><00:57:12.530><c> judging.</c>

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imperfections<00:57:16.570><c> to</c><00:57:16.809><c> express</c><00:57:17.110><c> myself</c>

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as<00:57:18.489><c> a</c><00:57:18.610><c> judge</c><00:57:18.769><c> of</c><00:57:18.889><c> other</c><00:57:19.070><c> people?</c>

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What<00:57:21.710><c> we</c><00:57:21.929><c> do</c><00:57:22.070><c> brethren</c><00:57:22.349><c> and</c><00:57:22.610><c> sisters</c>

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is<00:57:24.269><c> this</c>

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we<00:57:28.670><c> are</c><00:57:29.030><c> expressing</c>

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what<00:57:33.369><c> Christ</c>

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says<00:57:34.530><c> we</c><00:57:35.050><c> must</c><00:57:35.349><c> believe</c>

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and<00:57:36.789><c> what</c><00:57:37.110><c> Christ</c><00:57:37.530><c> says</c>

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we<00:57:39.329><c> should</c><00:57:39.590><c> do</c>

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in<00:57:40.329><c> our</c><00:57:40.590><c> life</c><00:57:41.070><c> as</c><00:57:41.510><c> believers.</c>

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That's<00:57:42.469><c> what</c><00:57:42.550><c> he</c><00:57:42.769><c> said</c><00:57:42.889><c> that's</c><00:57:43.150><c> what</c><00:57:43.210><c> we've</c><00:57:43.530><c> got</c>

00:57:43.849 --> 00:57:46.030
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should<00:57:46.190><c> do.</c>

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Now<00:57:48.889><c> when</c><00:57:49.409><c> somebody</c>

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deliberately

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flouts<00:57:52.550><c> that</c><00:57:52.949><c> in</c><00:57:53.329><c> some</c><00:57:53.650><c> way</c>

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we<00:57:55.130><c> are</c><00:57:55.429><c> not</c><00:57:55.690><c> ourselves</c>

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judging

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of<00:58:02.030><c> the</c><00:58:02.250><c> person</c><00:58:02.630><c> concerned.</c>

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What<00:58:04.750><c> we</c><00:58:04.929><c> are</c><00:58:05.010><c> saying</c><00:58:05.269><c> is</c>

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that<00:58:07.070><c> that</c>

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which<00:58:08.489><c> you</c><00:58:08.670><c> have</c><00:58:08.909><c> done</c>

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or<00:58:10.530><c> that</c><00:58:10.949><c> which</c><00:58:11.369><c> you</c><00:58:11.630><c> say</c>

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is<00:58:15.090><c> what</c><00:58:15.230><c> we</c><00:58:15.429><c> are</c><00:58:15.469><c> judging.</c>

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We<00:58:17.530><c> are</c><00:58:17.650><c> examining</c>

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that<00:58:18.289><c> matter.</c>

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Is<00:58:20.610><c> it</c><00:58:20.869><c> right</c><00:58:21.210><c> then</c>

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00:58:35.889 --> 00:58:38.190
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00:58:38.190 --> 00:58:39.590
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00:58:39.590 --> 00:58:42.230
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00:58:42.230 --> 00:58:44.849
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00:58:45.409 --> 00:58:46.570
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00:58:46.570 --> 00:58:48.730
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00:58:49.130 --> 00:58:49.849
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00:58:51.570 --> 00:58:53.630
Do<00:58:51.690><c> you</c><00:58:51.809><c> think</c><00:58:51.929><c> that</c><00:58:52.110><c> is</c><00:58:52.289><c> right?</c><00:58:52.730><c> And</c><00:58:52.869><c> the</c><00:58:52.949><c> answer</c><00:58:53.230><c> is</c>

00:58:53.630 --> 00:58:55.869
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00:58:56.030 --> 00:58:58.289
If<00:58:56.190><c> the</c><00:58:56.309><c> brother</c><00:58:56.409><c> says</c><00:58:56.610><c> yes</c><00:58:56.829><c> I</c><00:58:57.110><c> do</c><00:58:57.409><c> think</c><00:58:57.550><c> it's</c><00:58:57.809><c> right</c>

00:58:58.289 --> 00:59:00.690
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00:59:00.690 --> 00:59:01.929
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00:59:01.929 --> 00:59:04.809
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00:59:06.150 --> 00:59:08.090
as<00:59:06.630><c> a</c><00:59:06.750><c> Christodophian</c><00:59:07.590><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:59:08.230 --> 00:59:10.130
If<00:59:08.389><c> you</c><00:59:08.650><c> think</c><00:59:08.829><c> that</c><00:59:09.090><c> is</c><00:59:09.349><c> right</c><00:59:09.610><c> behaviour</c>

00:59:10.130 --> 00:59:12.050
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00:59:12.030 --> 00:59:14.550
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00:59:14.550 --> 00:59:16.710
that<00:59:14.929><c> and</c><00:59:15.250><c> belong</c><00:59:15.650><c> to</c><00:59:15.929><c> it.</c>

00:59:17.110 --> 00:59:18.550
But<00:59:17.349><c> don't</c><00:59:17.610><c> seek</c><00:59:17.909><c> to</c><00:59:18.210><c> belong</c>

00:59:18.550 --> 00:59:20.650
to<00:59:18.769><c> a</c><00:59:18.929><c> Christodophian</c><00:59:19.590><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:59:21.530 --> 00:59:23.510
So<00:59:21.590><c> what</c><00:59:21.710><c> we</c><00:59:21.849><c> are</c><00:59:21.849><c> looking</c><00:59:22.110><c> at</c><00:59:22.389><c> is</c>

00:59:23.510 --> 00:59:24.469
either

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00:59:26.650 --> 00:59:29.150
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00:59:29.630 --> 00:59:30.670
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00:59:30.670 --> 00:59:32.690
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00:59:32.690 --> 00:59:34.469
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00:59:34.769 --> 00:59:36.329
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00:59:36.469 --> 00:59:38.949
And<00:59:36.610><c> then</c><00:59:36.690><c> we</c><00:59:36.889><c> express</c><00:59:37.309><c> and</c><00:59:37.530><c> judge</c><00:59:37.789><c> those</c><00:59:38.070><c> and</c><00:59:38.250><c> so</c><00:59:38.309><c> we</c><00:59:38.429><c> have</c><00:59:38.550><c> got</c><00:59:38.650><c> to</c><00:59:38.829><c> do.</c>

00:59:39.150 --> 00:59:40.989
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00:59:40.989 --> 00:59:42.989
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00:59:42.989 --> 00:59:44.750
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00:59:44.750 --> 00:59:46.289
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00:59:46.289 --> 00:59:49.849
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00:59:50.730 --> 00:59:52.530
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00:59:52.530 --> 00:59:55.389
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00:59:55.389 --> 00:59:58.090
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00:59:58.210 --> 00:59:59.489
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01:00:03.590 --> 01:00:05.769
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01:00:19.250 --> 01:00:22.329
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01:00:23.250 --> 01:00:25.349
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01:00:27.289 --> 01:00:28.710
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01:00:28.710 --> 01:00:30.010
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01:00:30.010 --> 01:00:33.050
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01:00:33.050 --> 01:00:34.650
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01:00:39.809 --> 01:00:41.469
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01:00:41.610 --> 01:00:43.170
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01:00:43.389 --> 01:00:45.809
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01:00:45.809 --> 01:00:47.969
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01:00:47.969 --> 01:00:50.309
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01:00:52.510 --> 01:00:55.289
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01:00:56.110 --> 01:00:56.710
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01:01:00.630 --> 01:01:02.070
voluntarily.

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01:01:06.090 --> 01:01:07.150
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01:01:09.030 --> 01:01:10.510
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01:01:10.989 --> 01:01:13.030
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01:01:13.110 --> 01:01:16.130
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01:01:16.130 --> 01:01:18.289
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01:01:18.289 --> 01:01:19.469
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01:01:26.409 --> 01:01:28.230
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01:01:39.670 --> 01:01:42.690
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01:02:28.309 --> 01:02:30.449
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01:02:30.449 --> 01:02:32.150
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01:03:06.210 --> 01:03:08.590
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01:03:08.590 --> 01:03:10.130
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01:03:10.289 --> 01:03:12.309
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01:03:12.309 --> 01:03:13.130
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01:03:26.090 --> 01:03:28.730
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01:03:30.289 --> 01:03:32.210
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01:03:56.110 --> 01:03:56.809
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01:03:56.809 --> 01:03:58.489
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01:04:00.809 --> 01:04:02.409
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01:04:05.409 --> 01:04:07.030
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01:04:08.690 --> 01:04:11.309
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01:04:11.369 --> 01:04:13.210
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01:04:13.909 --> 01:04:14.829
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01:04:14.829 --> 01:04:17.030
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01:04:17.030 --> 01:04:18.829
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01:04:20.030 --> 01:04:23.170
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01:04:23.650 --> 01:04:25.110
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01:04:25.110 --> 01:04:26.570
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01:04:26.610 --> 01:04:28.369
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01:04:28.550 --> 01:04:30.170
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01:04:30.730 --> 01:04:32.809
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01:04:32.989 --> 01:04:34.130
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01:04:34.130 --> 01:04:36.570
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01:04:36.710 --> 01:04:38.789
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01:04:39.530 --> 01:04:40.389
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01:04:40.389 --> 01:04:42.150
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01:04:42.150 --> 01:04:44.369
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01:04:44.409 --> 01:04:45.710
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01:04:45.730 --> 01:04:47.969
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01:04:48.469 --> 01:04:50.530
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01:04:50.530 --> 01:04:52.630
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01:04:53.349 --> 01:04:54.269
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01:04:54.269 --> 01:04:56.050
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01:04:56.110 --> 01:04:58.030
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01:04:58.030 --> 01:04:59.730
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01:04:59.730 --> 01:05:01.489
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01:05:01.489 --> 01:05:03.610
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01:05:03.610 --> 01:05:05.409
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01:05:05.409 --> 01:05:07.630
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01:05:08.050 --> 01:05:09.309
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01:05:09.309 --> 01:05:11.989
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01:05:12.030 --> 01:05:13.929
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01:05:13.929 --> 01:05:15.550
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01:05:15.550 --> 01:05:17.289
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01:05:20.050 --> 01:05:21.309
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01:05:21.309 --> 01:05:24.090
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01:05:24.869 --> 01:05:26.510
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01:05:26.510 --> 01:05:27.989
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01:05:32.070 --> 01:05:33.769
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01:05:40.170 --> 01:05:41.409
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01:05:41.409 --> 01:05:42.809
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01:05:44.849 --> 01:05:46.329
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01:05:46.329 --> 01:05:48.630
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01:05:53.670 --> 01:05:55.289
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01:05:59.849 --> 01:06:01.570
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01:06:08.210 --> 01:06:09.829
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01:06:13.190 --> 01:06:15.030
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01:06:15.030 --> 01:06:16.329
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01:07:29.030 --> 01:07:30.570
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01:07:34.489 --> 01:07:36.309
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01:07:36.309 --> 01:07:38.130
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01:07:44.449 --> 01:07:46.409
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01:07:46.409 --> 01:07:48.590
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01:07:48.590 --> 01:07:50.809
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01:07:50.809 --> 01:07:53.030
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01:07:53.030 --> 01:07:54.710
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01:07:54.710 --> 01:07:57.090
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01:07:57.690 --> 01:07:59.030
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01:07:59.030 --> 01:08:00.769
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01:08:00.769 --> 01:08:03.250
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