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Lord<00:11:04.279><c> Jesus</c><00:11:04.639><c> Christ</c><00:11:04.899><c> made</c><00:11:05.080><c> that</c><00:11:05.299><c> precise</c>

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point.<00:11:06.100><c> He</c><00:11:06.320><c> said</c><00:11:06.620><c> in</c><00:11:06.860><c> John</c><00:11:07.240><c> chapter</c><00:11:07.580><c> 19</c><00:11:08.039><c> and</c><00:11:08.220><c> verse</c><00:11:08.460><c> 11,</c><00:11:08.919><c> to</c><00:11:09.139><c> Pilate,</c><00:11:10.500><c> there</c><00:11:10.659><c> could</c><00:11:10.879><c> have</c><00:11:11.120><c> no</c>

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power<00:11:11.879><c> at</c><00:11:12.320><c> all</c><00:11:12.620><c> against</c>

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except<00:11:14.399><c> it</c><00:11:15.000><c> were</c><00:11:15.279><c> given</c><00:11:15.580><c> thee</c><00:11:15.960><c> from</c><00:11:16.279><c> above.</c><00:11:17.019><c> You</c><00:11:17.320><c> see,</c><00:11:17.980><c> there</c>

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is<00:11:18.379><c> no</c><00:11:18.740><c> power</c><00:11:19.139><c> but</c><00:11:19.700><c> of</c><00:11:20.580><c> God.</c><00:11:21.799><c> And</c><00:11:21.980><c> it</c><00:11:22.039><c> was</c><00:11:22.139><c> on</c><00:11:22.320><c> that</c>

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basis<00:11:22.860><c> that</c><00:11:23.340><c> Christ</c><00:11:23.639><c> submitted</c><00:11:23.940><c> to</c><00:11:24.279><c> Pilate</c><00:11:24.539><c> because</c><00:11:24.919><c> God</c><00:11:25.279><c> put</c>

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Pilate<00:11:26.019><c> there.</c><00:11:27.960><c> Therefore,</c><00:11:28.360><c> he</c><00:11:28.580><c> says,</c><00:11:29.240><c> as</c><00:11:29.360><c> the</c><00:11:29.539><c> verse</c>

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opens,<00:11:30.200><c> let</c><00:11:30.320><c> every</c><00:11:30.980><c> soul</c><00:11:31.240><c> be</c><00:11:31.519><c> subject</c><00:11:31.980><c> to</c><00:11:32.200><c> the</c><00:11:32.440><c> higher</c><00:11:32.820><c> powers.</c><00:11:33.919><c> Higher</c>

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powers,<00:11:34.600><c> the</c><00:11:34.720><c> RSV</c><00:11:35.179><c> says,</c><00:11:35.700><c> to</c><00:11:35.860><c> the</c>

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governing<00:11:36.539><c> authorities.</c><00:11:37.320><c> We're</c><00:11:37.519><c> talking</c><00:11:37.820><c> about</c><00:11:38.120><c> the</c><00:11:38.440><c> governments</c><00:11:38.860><c> that</c>

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rule<00:11:39.559><c> over</c><00:11:39.879><c> us.</c><00:11:40.799><c> It</c><00:11:40.940><c> really</c><00:11:41.120><c> makes</c>

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no<00:11:41.500><c> difference,</c><00:11:41.860><c> you</c><00:11:41.940><c> see,</c><00:11:42.100><c> whether</c><00:11:42.179><c> that</c><00:11:42.399><c> government</c><00:11:42.600><c> is</c><00:11:42.700><c> good</c><00:11:42.820><c> or</c>

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bad.<00:11:44.159><c> In</c><00:11:44.299><c> Genesis</c><00:11:44.659><c> 41</c><00:11:45.039><c> and</c><00:11:45.179><c> verse</c><00:11:45.379><c> 14,</c>

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Joseph<00:11:46.799><c> shaved</c><00:11:47.139><c> his</c><00:11:47.379><c> head</c><00:11:47.539><c> and</c><00:11:47.799><c> changed</c><00:11:48.100><c> his</c><00:11:48.320><c> raiment</c><00:11:48.559><c> before</c>

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he<00:11:49.039><c> came</c><00:11:49.220><c> in</c><00:11:49.440><c> to</c><00:11:49.580><c> see</c><00:11:49.820><c> Pharaoh</c><00:11:50.139><c> as</c><00:11:50.500><c> a</c><00:11:50.659><c> sign</c><00:11:50.779><c> of</c>

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respect.<00:11:53.600><c> Daniel</c><00:11:53.899><c> was</c><00:11:54.100><c> always</c><00:11:54.580><c> respectful</c><00:11:54.940><c> before</c><00:11:55.299><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c><00:11:57.139><c> Nehemiah</c>

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was<00:11:57.700><c> always</c><00:11:58.440><c> respectful</c>

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before<00:11:59.399><c> Ahasuerus.</c><00:12:01.179><c> Jeremiah</c><00:12:01.500><c> 29</c><00:12:02.019><c> verse</c><00:12:02.379><c> 7,</c><00:12:03.279><c> Jeremiah</c><00:12:03.659><c> told</c>

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the<00:12:04.320><c> Jews</c><00:12:04.600><c> to</c><00:12:04.940><c> pray</c><00:12:05.259><c> for</c><00:12:05.460><c> the</c><00:12:05.740><c> peace</c><00:12:06.019><c> of</c><00:12:06.379><c> Babylon,</c>

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an<00:12:07.279><c> act</c><00:12:07.600><c> which</c><00:12:07.759><c> was</c><00:12:08.059><c> considered</c><00:12:08.419><c> to</c><00:12:08.539><c> be</c><00:12:08.919><c> treachery</c><00:12:09.500><c> by</c><00:12:09.700><c> many</c>

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of<00:12:10.039><c> his</c><00:12:10.279><c> countrymen,</c><00:12:11.360><c> but</c><00:12:11.360><c> which</c><00:12:11.620><c> nevertheless</c>

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was<00:12:12.360><c> God's</c><00:12:12.779><c> will.</c><00:12:13.220><c> Babylon</c><00:12:13.460><c> would</c><00:12:14.019><c> invade</c><00:12:14.519><c> the</c><00:12:14.720><c> nation</c><00:12:14.980><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:12:15.440><c> and</c><00:12:15.820><c> would</c><00:12:16.159><c> take</c><00:12:16.419><c> them</c><00:12:16.639><c> captive.</c><00:12:17.539><c> The</c><00:12:17.639><c> good</c>

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figs<00:12:18.100><c> would</c><00:12:18.220><c> go</c><00:12:18.379><c> to</c><00:12:18.580><c> Babylon.</c><00:12:18.940><c> The</c><00:12:19.120><c> bad</c><00:12:19.399><c> figs</c><00:12:19.620><c> would</c><00:12:19.779><c> be</c><00:12:19.940><c> destroyed</c><00:12:20.299><c> where</c>

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they<00:12:20.679><c> stood.</c><00:12:21.679><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:12:22.159><c> understood</c>

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that.<00:12:23.139><c> He</c><00:12:23.240><c> didn't</c><00:12:23.460><c> try</c><00:12:23.700><c> and</c><00:12:23.960><c> fight</c><00:12:24.159><c> the</c><00:12:24.419><c> prophecy</c><00:12:24.659><c> of</c><00:12:24.899><c> God.</c><00:12:25.580><c> He</c>

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gave<00:12:25.940><c> himself</c><00:12:26.340><c> up</c><00:12:26.620><c> to</c><00:12:26.759><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:12:27.279><c> was</c><00:12:27.480><c> taken</c>

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to<00:12:28.039><c> Babylon</c><00:12:28.340><c> and</c><00:12:29.019><c> lived</c><00:12:29.179><c> the</c><00:12:29.320><c> rest</c><00:12:29.559><c> of</c><00:12:29.720><c> his</c><00:12:29.940><c> days</c><00:12:30.100><c> in</c><00:12:30.340><c> Babylon</c>

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in<00:12:30.799><c> luxury.</c><00:12:32.659><c> Zedekiah</c><00:12:33.179><c> never</c><00:12:33.559><c> ever</c><00:12:34.019><c> understood</c>

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that.<00:12:34.779><c> So</c><00:12:34.919><c> he</c><00:12:34.980><c> had</c><00:12:35.120><c> his</c><00:12:35.399><c> sons</c><00:12:35.559><c> killed</c><00:12:35.820><c> before</c><00:12:36.220><c> him</c><00:12:36.399><c> and</c><00:12:36.580><c> his</c><00:12:36.799><c> eyes</c><00:12:37.100><c> put</c><00:12:37.360><c> out</c><00:12:37.840><c> before</c><00:12:38.279><c> much</c><00:12:38.539><c> of</c>

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his<00:12:38.860><c> city</c><00:12:39.000><c> was</c>

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destroyed<00:12:39.659><c> and</c><00:12:39.980><c> burned.</c><00:12:43.059><c> It</c><00:12:43.320><c> makes</c><00:12:43.659><c> no</c><00:12:43.879><c> difference,</c><00:12:44.399><c> you</c><00:12:44.399><c> see,</c><00:12:45.000><c> whether</c><00:12:45.159><c> they're</c><00:12:45.320><c> good</c><00:12:45.440><c> or</c>

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bad.<00:12:46.159><c> They're</c>

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ordained<00:12:47.000><c> of</c><00:12:47.279><c> God.</c><00:12:47.519><c> They're</c><00:12:47.860><c> appointed</c><00:12:48.240><c> of</c><00:12:48.500><c> God</c><00:12:48.940><c> and</c><00:12:49.620><c> there</c>

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are<00:12:50.080><c> obligations</c><00:12:50.559><c> that</c><00:12:50.759><c> we</c><00:12:50.960><c> have</c><00:12:51.179><c> before</c><00:12:51.620><c> them.</c>

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And<00:12:53.519><c> he</c><00:12:53.700><c> begins</c><00:12:54.059><c> the</c><00:12:54.320><c> verse</c><00:12:54.559><c> by</c><00:12:54.840><c> saying</c><00:12:55.080><c> this,</c><00:12:56.659><c> let</c><00:12:56.940><c> every</c><00:12:57.919><c> soul</c><00:12:58.500><c> be</c>

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subject<00:12:59.480><c> unto</c><00:12:59.879><c> those</c>

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higher<00:13:00.980><c> powers.</c><00:13:01.299><c> Now</c><00:13:01.399><c> that's,</c><00:13:02.299><c> what</c><00:13:02.539><c> do</c><00:13:02.639><c> you</c><00:13:02.779><c> say,</c><00:13:02.980><c> an</c><00:13:03.120><c> interesting</c><00:13:03.320><c> way</c><00:13:03.480><c> to</c>

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begin?<00:13:05.000><c> Why</c><00:13:05.159><c> does</c><00:13:05.259><c> he</c><00:13:05.440><c> say,</c>

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let<00:13:06.100><c> every</c><00:13:06.659><c> soul?</c><00:13:06.799><c> Why</c><00:13:07.019><c> doesn't</c><00:13:07.200><c> he</c><00:13:07.360><c> just</c><00:13:07.600><c> say,</c><00:13:09.820><c> be</c><00:13:09.980><c> subject</c>

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to<00:13:10.879><c> the</c><00:13:11.059><c> higher</c><00:13:11.279><c> powers?</c><00:13:12.759><c> What's</c><00:13:13.120><c> his</c><00:13:13.279><c> point?</c><00:13:13.679><c> Well,</c>

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that's<00:13:14.919><c> actually</c><00:13:15.179><c> a</c><00:13:15.379><c> quotation</c><00:13:15.860><c> or</c><00:13:16.799><c> perhaps</c><00:13:17.080><c> an</c><00:13:17.379><c> allusion.</c>

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You<00:13:17.940><c> come</c><00:13:18.059><c> back</c><00:13:18.139><c> with</c><00:13:18.279><c> me</c><00:13:18.419><c> to</c><00:13:18.860><c> chapter</c><00:13:19.220><c> 2,</c><00:13:19.679><c> Romans</c><00:13:20.000><c> chapter</c>

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2<00:13:20.740><c> and</c><00:13:20.960><c> verse</c><00:13:21.240><c> 9.</c><00:13:22.899><c> Every</c><00:13:23.340><c> soul,</c><00:13:23.860><c> there's</c><00:13:23.980><c> an</c><00:13:24.200><c> issue</c><00:13:24.320><c> in</c><00:13:24.460><c> this</c>

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ecclesia,<00:13:25.100><c> you</c><00:13:25.299><c> see.</c><00:13:26.600><c> Let</c><00:13:26.799><c> every</c><00:13:27.279><c> soul.</c><00:13:28.159><c> Every</c><00:13:28.460><c> soul</c>

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is<00:13:28.820><c> simply</c><00:13:29.000><c> a</c><00:13:29.259><c> phrase</c><00:13:29.460><c> that</c><00:13:29.759><c> encompasses</c><00:13:30.120><c> all</c><00:13:30.480><c> mankind,</c><00:13:31.200><c> be</c>

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they<00:13:31.580><c> Jew</c><00:13:31.740><c> or</c><00:13:32.059><c> Gentile.</c><00:13:32.679><c> But</c><00:13:32.679><c> look</c><00:13:32.899><c> at</c><00:13:33.059><c> Romans</c>

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chapter<00:13:34.700><c> 2,</c><00:13:34.980><c> verse</c><00:13:35.179><c> 9.</c><00:13:38.059><c> This</c><00:13:38.200><c> is</c><00:13:38.620><c> speaking</c><00:13:38.899><c> about</c><00:13:39.159><c> in</c><00:13:39.299><c> verse</c>

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6,<00:13:40.139><c> God</c><00:13:40.299><c> rendering</c><00:13:40.700><c> to</c><00:13:41.000><c> every</c><00:13:41.240><c> man</c><00:13:41.440><c> his</c><00:13:41.740><c> deeds.</c>

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anguish<00:13:47.320><c> upon</c><00:13:47.799><c> every</c><00:13:48.820><c> soul</c>

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of<00:13:49.620><c> man</c><00:13:50.139><c> that</c><00:13:50.580><c> doeth</c><00:13:50.899><c> evil</c><00:13:51.279><c> of</c><00:13:51.879><c> the</c><00:13:52.059><c> Jew</c><00:13:52.240><c> first</c><00:13:52.700><c> and</c><00:13:53.159><c> also</c><00:13:53.580><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:54.039><c> Gentile.</c><00:13:54.940><c> So</c><00:13:55.240><c> every</c><00:13:55.700><c> soul</c><00:13:56.259><c> in</c><00:13:56.700><c> Romans</c><00:13:56.980><c> 13,</c><00:13:57.460><c> verse</c>

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1,<00:13:58.039><c> simply</c><00:13:58.399><c> means</c><00:13:58.919><c> both</c><00:13:59.620><c> Jews</c><00:14:00.000><c> and</c><00:14:00.559><c> Gentiles.</c><00:14:01.860><c> Well,</c><00:14:02.120><c> that's</c>

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not<00:14:02.659><c> too</c><00:14:02.860><c> difficult</c><00:14:03.120><c> to</c><00:14:03.279><c> understand.</c><00:14:03.779><c> Why</c><00:14:04.000><c> would</c>

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we<00:14:04.299><c> need</c><00:14:04.500><c> to</c><00:14:04.720><c> labour</c><00:14:04.860><c> the</c><00:14:05.120><c> point?</c><00:14:05.299><c> Why</c><00:14:05.460><c> would</c><00:14:05.620><c> the</c><00:14:05.799><c> apostle</c><00:14:06.039><c> need</c><00:14:06.279><c> to</c>

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say<00:14:06.799><c> that?</c><00:14:08.340><c> Well,</c><00:14:08.480><c> because</c><00:14:08.639><c> you</c><00:14:08.860><c> see</c><00:14:08.960><c> from</c><00:14:09.120><c> the</c>

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day<00:14:09.419><c> he</c><00:14:09.460><c> was</c><00:14:09.779><c> born,</c><00:14:10.080><c> the</c><00:14:10.240><c> Jew</c><00:14:10.519><c> had</c><00:14:11.240><c> a</c><00:14:11.539><c> problem</c><00:14:12.080><c> submitting</c><00:14:12.659><c> to</c>

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governments,<00:14:14.700><c> particularly</c><00:14:15.320><c> foreign</c><00:14:16.159><c> governments,</c>

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an<00:14:17.639><c> enormous</c><00:14:18.039><c> problem.</c><00:14:18.360><c> He</c><00:14:18.399><c> could</c><00:14:18.580><c> never</c><00:14:18.860><c> ever</c><00:14:19.139><c> settle</c><00:14:19.379><c> down.</c>

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He<00:14:20.159><c> could</c><00:14:20.299><c> never</c><00:14:20.500><c> ever</c><00:14:20.759><c> submit</c><00:14:21.279><c> to</c><00:14:21.740><c> a</c><00:14:21.840><c> foreign</c>

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power.<00:14:22.340><c> He</c><00:14:22.340><c> would</c><00:14:22.600><c> forever</c><00:14:23.259><c> rebel.</c><00:14:24.759><c> It</c><00:14:24.899><c> was</c><00:14:25.100><c> happening</c><00:14:25.320><c> in</c><00:14:25.460><c> Israel</c><00:14:25.860><c> in</c>

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these<00:14:26.480><c> very</c><00:14:26.779><c> days.</c>

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And<00:14:28.100><c> here's</c><00:14:28.279><c> an</c><00:14:28.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:28.720><c> that's</c><00:14:28.940><c> 50</c><00:14:29.200><c>%</c><00:14:29.500><c> Jewish</c><00:14:29.840><c> or</c><00:14:30.100><c> something</c>

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like<00:14:30.860><c> that.</c><00:14:32.240><c> And</c><00:14:32.379><c> in</c><00:14:32.519><c> the</c><00:14:32.620><c> first</c><00:14:32.860><c> century,</c>

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the<00:14:33.379><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:33.639><c> was</c><00:14:33.820><c> seen</c><00:14:34.039><c> as</c><00:14:34.179><c> an</c><00:14:34.320><c> offshoot</c><00:14:34.580><c> of</c><00:14:34.759><c> Judaism.</c><00:14:35.259><c> So</c><00:14:35.360><c> the</c><00:14:36.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:36.779><c> had</c><00:14:36.940><c> to</c><00:14:37.500><c> exercise</c><00:14:37.899><c> a</c>

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special<00:14:38.440><c> care,</c>

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lest<00:14:39.139><c> they</c><00:14:39.299><c> be</c><00:14:39.480><c> regarded</c><00:14:39.980><c> by</c><00:14:40.299><c> the</c><00:14:40.539><c> authorities</c><00:14:40.799><c> of</c><00:14:41.059><c> their</c><00:14:41.279><c> day</c>

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like<00:14:42.419><c> the</c><00:14:42.700><c> Jews</c><00:14:42.940><c> were.</c><00:14:44.000><c> And</c><00:14:44.259><c> the</c><00:14:44.480><c> authorities</c><00:14:44.779><c> of</c>

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this<00:14:45.639><c> day</c><00:14:45.899><c> had</c><00:14:46.100><c> a</c><00:14:46.179><c> pretty</c><00:14:46.460><c> dim</c><00:14:46.679><c> view</c><00:14:47.139><c> of</c><00:14:47.639><c> natural</c><00:14:48.059><c> Israel.</c><00:14:48.500><c> I</c>

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mean,<00:14:48.659><c> they</c><00:14:48.840><c> did</c><00:14:49.039><c> destroy</c><00:14:49.460><c> them,</c><00:14:49.600><c> you</c><00:14:49.799><c> remember,</c>

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in<00:14:50.399><c> 70</c><00:14:50.740><c> AD,</c><00:14:51.460><c> because</c><00:14:52.080><c> of</c><00:14:52.500><c> their</c><00:14:52.740><c> continued</c><00:14:53.120><c> uprisings.</c><00:14:55.159><c> Well,</c>

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that's<00:14:55.600><c> fine.</c><00:14:55.940><c> But</c><00:14:56.139><c> the</c><00:14:56.279><c> Jews,</c><00:14:56.720><c> of</c><00:14:56.799><c> course,</c>

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for<00:14:57.159><c> their</c><00:14:57.399><c> purpose</c><00:14:57.860><c> or</c><00:14:58.080><c> their</c><00:14:58.259><c> reason,</c><00:14:59.779><c> had</c><00:14:59.960><c> scripture</c><00:15:00.279><c> behind</c><00:15:00.659><c> them,</c><00:15:01.659><c> or</c>

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so<00:15:01.940><c> they</c><00:15:02.179><c> believed.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:15:04.379><c> 17</c><00:15:04.940><c> in</c><00:15:05.200><c> verse</c><00:15:05.460><c> 15</c><00:15:05.960><c> says,</c><00:15:07.179><c> They</c><00:15:07.399><c> shall</c><00:15:07.580><c> in</c><00:15:08.059><c> any</c><00:15:08.340><c> wise</c><00:15:08.779><c> set</c><00:15:09.179><c> him</c><00:15:09.320><c> a</c>

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king<00:15:09.759><c> over</c><00:15:10.080><c> thee,</c><00:15:10.460><c> whom</c>

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Yahweh<00:15:10.940><c> thy</c><00:15:11.139><c> God</c><00:15:11.419><c> shall</c><00:15:11.740><c> choose.</c><00:15:12.440><c> One</c><00:15:12.720><c> from</c><00:15:12.919><c> among</c><00:15:13.159><c> thy</c><00:15:13.419><c> brethren</c><00:15:13.779><c> shall</c>

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they<00:15:14.220><c> set</c><00:15:14.399><c> king</c><00:15:14.740><c> over</c><00:15:15.039><c> thee.</c>

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They<00:15:16.000><c> mayest</c><00:15:16.399><c> not</c><00:15:16.779><c> set</c><00:15:17.059><c> a</c><00:15:17.440><c> stranger</c><00:15:17.740><c> over</c><00:15:18.100><c> thee,</c><00:15:18.419><c> which</c><00:15:18.700><c> is</c>

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not<00:15:19.460><c> thy</c><00:15:19.700><c> brother.</c>

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And<00:15:21.620><c> so</c><00:15:21.720><c> on</c><00:15:21.940><c> the</c><00:15:22.120><c> basis</c><00:15:22.460><c> of</c><00:15:22.720><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:23.220><c> 17</c><00:15:24.259><c> in</c><00:15:24.500><c> verse</c><00:15:24.779><c> 15,</c><00:15:26.159><c> they</c><00:15:26.440><c> could</c><00:15:26.700><c> only</c><00:15:27.100><c> ever</c><00:15:27.559><c> appoint</c><00:15:27.940><c> a</c>

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Jewish<00:15:28.539><c> king</c>

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over<00:15:29.320><c> themselves.</c><00:15:30.279><c> Therefore,</c><00:15:30.779><c> they</c><00:15:31.059><c> argued</c><00:15:31.559><c> that</c><00:15:32.220><c> they</c><00:15:32.399><c> could</c><00:15:32.720><c> never</c><00:15:33.220><c> accept</c><00:15:33.960><c> a</c>

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Roman<00:15:34.639><c> emperor.</c>

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There<00:15:37.000><c> are</c><00:15:37.139><c> at</c><00:15:37.259><c> least</c><00:15:37.419><c> two</c><00:15:37.679><c> problems</c><00:15:37.960><c> with</c><00:15:38.120><c> that</c><00:15:38.299><c> interpretation.</c><00:15:39.779><c> The</c><00:15:40.019><c> first</c><00:15:40.320><c> is</c>

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that<00:15:41.759><c> the</c><00:15:41.940><c> Roman</c><00:15:42.159><c> emperor</c><00:15:42.480><c> wasn't</c><00:15:42.779><c> appointed</c><00:15:43.059><c> by</c><00:15:43.320><c> the</c><00:15:43.500><c> Jews.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:15:46.019><c> only</c><00:15:46.639><c> deals</c><00:15:47.019><c> with</c><00:15:47.399><c> kings</c><00:15:47.679><c> that</c><00:15:47.820><c> they</c><00:15:48.019><c> could</c><00:15:48.200><c> appoint</c><00:15:48.559><c> themselves.</c><00:15:49.960><c> God</c>

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put<00:15:50.820><c> the</c><00:15:51.039><c> Roman</c>

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emperor<00:15:51.600><c> in</c><00:15:51.940><c> place.</c><00:15:52.200><c> He</c><00:15:52.399><c> never</c><00:15:52.679><c> gave</c><00:15:52.960><c> the</c><00:15:53.220><c> Jews</c><00:15:53.399><c> the</c><00:15:53.679><c> liberty</c>

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of<00:15:54.539><c> choosing</c><00:15:54.899><c> that</c><00:15:55.480><c> king.</c><00:15:56.519><c> It</c><00:15:56.600><c> was</c><00:15:56.799><c> God</c><00:15:57.100><c> that</c>

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put<00:15:57.500><c> the</c><00:15:57.740><c> Romans</c><00:15:57.940><c> in</c><00:15:58.240><c> power.</c><00:15:58.799><c> So</c><00:15:59.019><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:59.460><c> 17</c><00:15:59.840><c> doesn't</c>

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apply.<00:16:02.460><c> But</c><00:16:02.620><c> that's</c><00:16:02.820><c> the</c><00:16:02.960><c> first</c><00:16:03.139><c> problem.</c>

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The<00:16:03.519><c> second</c><00:16:03.759><c> problem</c><00:16:04.000><c> is</c><00:16:04.240><c> this.</c><00:16:06.120><c> There</c><00:16:06.340><c> was</c><00:16:06.559><c> a</c><00:16:06.679><c> day</c><00:16:06.779><c> in</c><00:16:06.960><c> the</c><00:16:07.080><c> first</c><00:16:07.340><c> century,</c><00:16:07.659><c> of</c><00:16:07.879><c> course,</c>

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where<00:16:09.539><c> the</c><00:16:09.740><c> Jews</c><00:16:09.919><c> were</c><00:16:10.259><c> given</c><00:16:10.899><c> the</c><00:16:11.360><c> choice</c><00:16:11.820><c> to</c><00:16:12.240><c> accept</c><00:16:12.559><c> a</c>

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Jewish<00:16:12.980><c> king.</c>

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And<00:16:14.759><c> in</c><00:16:14.919><c> John</c><00:16:15.100><c> 19</c><00:16:15.580><c> in</c><00:16:15.759><c> verse</c><00:16:15.940><c> 15,</c><00:16:16.580><c> Pontius</c><00:16:16.779><c> Pilate</c><00:16:17.139><c> said,</c><00:16:17.559><c> Shall</c><00:16:17.580><c> I</c>

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crucify<00:16:18.340><c> your</c><00:16:18.620><c> king?</c><00:16:18.940><c> And</c><00:16:19.120><c> they</c><00:16:19.500><c> said,</c>

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We<00:16:20.360><c> have</c><00:16:20.820><c> no</c><00:16:21.340><c> king</c><00:16:21.740><c> but</c><00:16:22.220><c> Caesar.</c><00:16:23.379><c> And</c><00:16:23.559><c> on</c><00:16:23.759><c> that</c><00:16:23.960><c> basis,</c><00:16:24.639><c> crucified</c><00:16:24.860><c> the</c><00:16:25.059><c> Lord</c><00:16:25.200><c> of</c>

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glory.<00:16:26.039><c> So</c><00:16:26.220><c> for</c><00:16:26.399><c> two</c><00:16:26.639><c> reasons,</c>

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you<00:16:28.299><c> might</c><00:16:28.539><c> say</c><00:16:28.779><c> the</c><00:16:29.059><c> Jews</c><00:16:29.240><c> are</c><00:16:29.600><c> out</c><00:16:29.820><c> of</c><00:16:30.019><c> line</c><00:16:30.539><c> thinking</c><00:16:31.139><c> that</c>

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they<00:16:31.580><c> should</c><00:16:31.860><c> not</c><00:16:32.259><c> submit</c><00:16:32.639><c> to</c><00:16:32.980><c> a</c><00:16:33.159><c> Roman</c><00:16:33.480><c> king.</c>

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Number<00:16:34.779><c> one,</c><00:16:36.259><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:36.620><c> 17</c><00:16:36.960><c> only</c><00:16:37.320><c> applies</c><00:16:37.659><c> to</c><00:16:37.879><c> kings</c><00:16:38.039><c> that</c>

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they<00:16:38.360><c> could</c><00:16:38.500><c> appoint.</c><00:16:38.899><c> And</c><00:16:39.039><c> number</c><00:16:39.379><c> two,</c>

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they<00:16:40.179><c> chose</c><00:16:40.840><c> the</c><00:16:41.419><c> Roman</c><00:16:41.820><c> king</c><00:16:42.299><c> in</c><00:16:42.980><c> John</c><00:16:43.279><c> 19</c><00:16:43.879><c> in</c><00:16:44.039><c> verse</c><00:16:44.259><c> 15.</c>

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Well,<00:16:47.200><c> on</c><00:16:47.320><c> account</c><00:16:47.519><c> of</c><00:16:47.679><c> that,</c><00:16:48.120><c> the</c><00:16:48.139><c> apostle</c><00:16:48.460><c> continues</c><00:16:49.000><c> in</c><00:16:49.200><c> verse</c><00:16:49.360><c> 20.</c><00:16:49.799><c> He</c>

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says,<00:16:50.100><c> Well,</c><00:16:50.240><c> whosoever</c><00:16:50.600><c> therefore,</c>

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given<00:16:51.899><c> that</c><00:16:52.620><c> the</c><00:16:52.879><c> powers</c><00:16:53.059><c> that</c><00:16:53.279><c> be</c><00:16:53.419><c> are</c><00:16:54.039><c> ordained</c><00:16:54.399><c> of</c><00:16:54.600><c> God,</c>

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whosoever<00:16:56.220><c> therefore</c><00:16:56.580><c> resisteth</c><00:16:57.320><c> the</c><00:16:57.539><c> power,</c>

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resisteth<00:16:58.500><c> the</c><00:16:58.679><c> ordinance</c><00:16:59.019><c> of</c><00:16:59.299><c> God.</c><00:17:01.080><c> And</c><00:17:01.340><c> they</c><00:17:02.220><c> that</c><00:17:02.279><c> resist</c>

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shall<00:17:03.039><c> receive</c><00:17:03.539><c> to</c><00:17:03.679><c> themselves</c><00:17:04.240><c> condemnation,</c>

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he<00:17:05.619><c> says.</c><00:17:06.819><c> If</c><00:17:07.140><c> you</c><00:17:07.500><c> resist</c><00:17:08.039><c> the</c><00:17:08.339><c> authorities,</c><00:17:09.019><c> you</c><00:17:09.200><c> resist</c><00:17:09.660><c> God,</c><00:17:10.160><c> because</c><00:17:10.420><c> God</c><00:17:10.680><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:10.960><c> one</c><00:17:11.079><c> who's</c><00:17:11.259><c> put</c>

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the<00:17:11.720><c> authorities</c><00:17:12.000><c> in</c><00:17:12.299><c> power.</c><00:17:13.339><c> And</c><00:17:13.500><c> therefore</c><00:17:13.720><c> condemnation</c>

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will<00:17:14.660><c> follow,</c><00:17:15.440><c> firstly,</c><00:17:15.799><c> from</c><00:17:16.000><c> the</c>

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authorities,<00:17:16.859><c> and</c><00:17:17.539><c> secondly,</c><00:17:18.019><c> from</c><00:17:18.319><c> God.</c><00:17:19.460><c> Of</c><00:17:19.759><c> course,</c><00:17:20.000><c> as</c><00:17:20.160><c> you</c><00:17:20.259><c> might</c><00:17:20.359><c> expect,</c><00:17:21.359><c> from</c><00:17:21.500><c> the</c><00:17:21.819><c> government's</c><00:17:22.339><c> point</c><00:17:22.420><c> of</c>

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view,<00:17:23.079><c> this</c><00:17:23.359><c> verse,</c><00:17:23.700><c> or</c><00:17:23.819><c> verses</c><00:17:24.099><c> one</c><00:17:24.359><c> and</c><00:17:24.559><c> two,</c><00:17:25.640><c> say</c><00:17:25.859><c> everything</c><00:17:26.460><c> they</c><00:17:26.680><c> could</c><00:17:26.920><c> ever</c><00:17:27.220><c> want.</c><00:17:28.720><c> Romans</c><00:17:29.019><c> 13,</c>

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you<00:17:29.740><c> see,</c><00:17:31.220><c> in</c><00:17:31.279><c> fact,</c><00:17:31.640><c> is</c><00:17:31.740><c> the</c><00:17:31.960><c> basis</c><00:17:32.299><c> for</c><00:17:32.539><c> a</c><00:17:32.680><c> medieval</c><00:17:33.099><c> doctrine</c><00:17:33.579><c> called</c>

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the<00:17:34.119><c> divine</c><00:17:34.460><c> right</c><00:17:34.680><c> of</c><00:17:34.980><c> kings,</c>

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in<00:17:36.579><c> which</c><00:17:36.720><c> it</c><00:17:36.839><c> was</c><00:17:37.019><c> believed</c><00:17:37.319><c> that</c><00:17:37.519><c> since</c><00:17:37.779><c> the</c><00:17:37.980><c> king</c><00:17:38.099><c> was</c><00:17:38.380><c> appointed</c><00:17:38.680><c> by</c>

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God,<00:17:39.259><c> he</c><00:17:39.420><c> could</c><00:17:39.680><c> act</c>

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like<00:17:40.539><c> God</c><00:17:40.940><c> and</c><00:17:41.299><c> did</c><00:17:41.559><c> not</c><00:17:41.779><c> have</c><00:17:42.000><c> to</c><00:17:42.160><c> answer</c><00:17:42.480><c> to</c><00:17:42.759><c> man</c><00:17:43.220><c> at</c><00:17:44.440><c> all.</c><00:17:46.059><c> And</c><00:17:46.279><c> this</c><00:17:46.440><c> is</c>

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how<00:17:46.720><c> it</c><00:17:46.920><c> works.</c>

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James<00:17:48.859><c> I,</c><00:17:49.599><c> that</c><00:17:49.759><c> is,</c><00:17:50.359><c> King</c><00:17:50.500><c> James</c><00:17:50.980><c> of</c><00:17:52.119><c> the</c><00:17:52.539><c> King</c><00:17:52.759><c> James</c><00:17:53.099><c> Version</c><00:17:53.599><c> fame.</c>

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authorised<00:17:57.359><c> and</c><00:17:57.539><c> published</c><00:17:57.740><c> in</c><00:17:57.940><c> 1611,</c><00:17:59.000><c> whilst</c><00:17:59.039><c> King</c><00:17:59.420><c> James</c><00:17:59.680><c> I</c>

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of<00:18:00.119><c> England</c><00:18:00.319><c> was</c><00:18:00.500><c> on</c><00:18:00.680><c> the</c><00:18:00.900><c> throne.</c>

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The<00:18:03.259><c> divine</c><00:18:03.500><c> right</c><00:18:03.640><c> of</c><00:18:03.839><c> kings</c><00:18:04.039><c> is</c><00:18:04.339><c> this,</c><00:18:05.660><c> a</c><00:18:05.799><c> political</c><00:18:06.220><c> doctrine</c><00:18:06.660><c> in</c><00:18:06.980><c> defence</c><00:18:07.319><c> of</c>

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monarchical<00:18:08.599><c> absolutism,</c>

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that<00:18:09.640><c> is,</c><00:18:09.900><c> that</c><00:18:10.059><c> the</c><00:18:10.259><c> monarch</c><00:18:10.660><c> is</c><00:18:11.460><c> an</c><00:18:11.940><c> absolute</c><00:18:12.500><c> ruler,</c><00:18:13.940><c> which</c>

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asserted<00:18:14.680><c> that</c><00:18:14.880><c> kings</c><00:18:15.160><c> derived</c><00:18:15.559><c> their</c><00:18:15.819><c> authority</c>

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from<00:18:16.380><c> God</c><00:18:16.759><c> and</c><00:18:17.079><c> not</c><00:18:17.339><c> from</c><00:18:17.539><c> the</c><00:18:17.700><c> people,</c><00:18:18.660><c> and</c><00:18:19.059><c> could</c><00:18:19.319><c> not</c><00:18:19.519><c> therefore</c><00:18:19.799><c> be</c>

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held<00:18:20.200><c> accountable</c><00:18:20.579><c> for</c><00:18:20.799><c> their</c><00:18:20.940><c> actions</c>

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by<00:18:21.680><c> any</c><00:18:22.019><c> earthly</c><00:18:22.420><c> authority</c><00:18:23.019><c> such</c><00:18:23.319><c> as</c><00:18:23.519><c> a</c><00:18:23.660><c> parliament.</c><00:18:24.059><c> So</c><00:18:24.299><c> no</c>

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pope,<00:18:25.339><c> no</c><00:18:25.559><c> parliament,</c><00:18:26.359><c> no</c><00:18:26.680><c> senate</c><00:18:26.900><c> could</c><00:18:27.220><c> ever</c>

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tell<00:18:27.900><c> the</c><00:18:28.119><c> king</c><00:18:28.259><c> what</c><00:18:28.519><c> to</c><00:18:28.700><c> do,</c><00:18:28.839><c> because</c><00:18:29.119><c> he</c><00:18:29.779><c> received</c><00:18:30.079><c> his</c><00:18:30.319><c> authority</c><00:18:30.680><c> direct</c><00:18:31.019><c> from</c><00:18:31.240><c> God,</c><00:18:31.920><c> or</c>

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so<00:18:32.400><c> it</c><00:18:32.519><c> was</c><00:18:32.680><c> believed.</c>

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You'll<00:18:33.400><c> appreciate</c><00:18:33.900><c> it's</c><00:18:34.480><c> very</c><00:18:34.740><c> convenient</c><00:18:35.319><c> for</c><00:18:35.640><c> kings</c><00:18:35.920><c> to</c>

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believe<00:18:36.519><c> in</c><00:18:36.680><c> the</c><00:18:36.819><c> divine</c><00:18:37.059><c> right</c><00:18:37.220><c> of</c><00:18:37.460><c> kings.</c>

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They<00:18:39.259><c> have</c><00:18:39.420><c> no</c><00:18:39.680><c> accountability.</c><00:18:41.839><c> The</c><00:18:42.059><c> theory</c><00:18:42.259><c> came</c><00:18:42.500><c> to</c><00:18:42.700><c> the</c><00:18:42.839><c> fore</c><00:18:42.980><c> during</c><00:18:43.240><c> the</c><00:18:43.380><c> reign</c><00:18:43.500><c> of</c><00:18:43.680><c> James</c><00:18:43.920><c> I</c>

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of<00:18:44.359><c> England,</c>

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and<00:18:44.779><c> was</c><00:18:45.019><c> used</c><00:18:45.319><c> to</c><00:18:45.640><c> justify</c><00:18:46.160><c> the</c><00:18:46.400><c> king's</c><00:18:47.000><c> absolute</c><00:18:47.380><c> authority</c>

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in<00:18:48.420><c> both</c><00:18:48.660><c> political</c><00:18:49.200><c> and</c><00:18:49.859><c> spiritual</c><00:18:50.299><c> matters.</c>

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He<00:18:53.059><c> uses</c><00:18:53.400><c> Romans</c><00:18:53.779><c> chapter</c><00:18:54.119><c> 13</c><00:18:54.700><c> to</c><00:18:55.539><c> defend</c><00:18:55.880><c> that</c><00:18:56.160><c> doctrine.</c><00:18:57.599><c> Well,</c><00:18:57.740><c> of</c>

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course,<00:18:58.099><c> in</c><00:18:58.240><c> a</c><00:18:58.420><c> modern</c><00:18:58.839><c> democratic</c>

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government<00:18:59.839><c> such</c><00:19:00.200><c> as</c><00:19:00.359><c> we</c><00:19:00.500><c> find</c><00:19:00.660><c> ourselves</c><00:19:01.019><c> in</c><00:19:01.180><c> today,</c><00:19:02.779><c> the</c>

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government<00:19:03.240><c> doesn't</c><00:19:03.599><c> claim</c><00:19:03.880><c> the</c><00:19:04.119><c> same</c><00:19:04.359><c> right</c>

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as<00:19:05.680><c> medieval</c><00:19:06.539><c> kings</c><00:19:07.000><c> used</c><00:19:07.339><c> to.</c><00:19:08.180><c> But</c><00:19:08.400><c> they</c><00:19:08.660><c> would,</c><00:19:09.000><c> however,</c><00:19:09.279><c> refer</c><00:19:09.680><c> to</c><00:19:09.859><c> these</c><00:19:10.059><c> verses</c><00:19:10.519><c> if</c><00:19:10.940><c> we</c><00:19:11.220><c> had</c><00:19:11.480><c> a</c><00:19:11.880><c> war,</c>

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if<00:19:12.799><c> we</c><00:19:13.119><c> had</c><00:19:13.400><c> a</c><00:19:13.779><c> conscription</c><00:19:14.420><c> to</c><00:19:15.359><c> pressure</c><00:19:15.980><c> conscientious</c>

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objectors<00:19:17.700><c> into</c><00:19:18.119><c> doing</c><00:19:18.440><c> what</c><00:19:18.759><c> the</c><00:19:19.059><c> king</c><00:19:19.559><c> said.</c>

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Now,<00:19:22.119><c> the</c><00:19:22.279><c> first</c><00:19:22.480><c> time</c><00:19:22.680><c> that</c><00:19:22.920><c> this</c><00:19:23.160><c> issue</c><00:19:23.420><c> became</c><00:19:23.799><c> an</c><00:19:24.039><c> issue</c>

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in<00:19:24.279><c> the</c><00:19:24.420><c> Brotherhood</c><00:19:24.819><c> was</c><00:19:25.200><c> during</c><00:19:25.460><c> the</c>

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American<00:19:25.940><c> Civil</c><00:19:26.339><c> War</c><00:19:26.640><c> of</c><00:19:27.019><c> 1861</c><00:19:28.240><c> to</c><00:19:28.559><c> 65,</c><00:19:29.819><c> where</c><00:19:30.000><c> brethren</c><00:19:30.279><c> had</c>

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to<00:19:31.339><c> take</c><00:19:31.539><c> a</c><00:19:31.799><c> stand,</c><00:19:32.579><c> or</c><00:19:32.660><c> had</c><00:19:32.759><c> to</c><00:19:32.960><c> make</c><00:19:33.099><c> a</c><00:19:33.319><c> stand</c><00:19:33.500><c> against</c>

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taking<00:19:34.180><c> up</c><00:19:34.579><c> arms</c><00:19:35.000><c> on</c><00:19:35.700><c> behalf</c><00:19:35.960><c> of</c><00:19:36.160><c> the</c><00:19:36.380><c> state.</c><00:19:37.819><c> And</c><00:19:38.059><c> in</c><00:19:38.240><c> the</c><00:19:38.380><c> context</c><00:19:38.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:40.599><c> publications</c><00:19:41.240><c> made</c><00:19:41.740><c> to</c><00:19:42.039><c> the</c>

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governments<00:19:42.960><c> of</c><00:19:43.160><c> the</c><00:19:43.359><c> states</c><00:19:43.599><c> of</c><00:19:43.859><c> America,</c><00:19:44.880><c> I</c><00:19:45.000><c> was</c><00:19:45.079><c> very</c><00:19:45.400><c> intrigued</c><00:19:45.720><c> to</c>

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read<00:19:46.240><c> this</c><00:19:47.420><c> particular,</c>

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this<00:19:48.319><c> is</c><00:19:48.480><c> an</c><00:19:48.599><c> excerpt</c><00:19:48.940><c> from</c><00:19:49.099><c> one</c><00:19:49.220><c> of</c><00:19:49.299><c> the</c><00:19:49.480><c> letters</c><00:19:49.740><c> written</c><00:19:50.039><c> by</c>

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brethren<00:19:50.700><c> in</c><00:19:51.240><c> Virginia.</c>

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Now,<00:19:53.200><c> they</c><00:19:53.339><c> were</c><00:19:53.519><c> called</c><00:19:53.720><c> Nazarenes</c><00:19:54.420><c> because,</c><00:19:54.819><c> of</c><00:19:54.920><c> course,</c>

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this<00:19:55.920><c> letter</c><00:19:56.119><c> was</c><00:19:56.319><c> written</c><00:19:56.660><c> in</c><00:19:57.119><c> 1862,</c>

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and<00:19:59.599><c> the</c><00:19:59.920><c> Christodelfian</c><00:20:00.599><c> name</c><00:20:00.940><c> wasn't</c><00:20:01.299><c> actually</c><00:20:01.720><c> adopted</c>

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until<00:20:02.319><c> 1864.</c><00:20:04.359><c> So</c><00:20:04.480><c> these</c><00:20:04.720><c> were</c><00:20:05.619><c> brethren,</c>

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they<00:20:06.160><c> were</c><00:20:06.400><c> believers,</c><00:20:07.339><c> but</c><00:20:07.480><c> they</c><00:20:07.700><c> called</c><00:20:07.819><c> themselves</c><00:20:08.299><c> the</c>

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Nazarenes,<00:20:09.019><c> and</c><00:20:09.140><c> this</c><00:20:09.299><c> is</c><00:20:09.400><c> what</c><00:20:09.500><c> they</c><00:20:09.759><c> said.</c><00:20:10.660><c> Now,</c>

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the<00:20:11.380><c> thing</c><00:20:11.519><c> that</c><00:20:11.720><c> struck</c><00:20:11.819><c> me</c><00:20:12.019><c> about</c><00:20:12.160><c> this</c><00:20:12.420><c> was</c><00:20:12.599><c> how</c><00:20:13.099><c> intelligently</c><00:20:13.559><c> they</c><00:20:13.740><c> had</c>

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read<00:20:14.299><c> Romans</c><00:20:14.700><c> chapter</c><00:20:15.059><c> 13</c>

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to<00:20:16.680><c> argue</c><00:20:16.940><c> that</c><00:20:17.140><c> Romans</c><00:20:17.400><c> 13</c><00:20:17.819><c> did</c><00:20:18.220><c> not</c><00:20:18.839><c> allow</c><00:20:19.299><c> the</c><00:20:19.740><c> government</c>

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to<00:20:20.559><c> force</c><00:20:20.759><c> them</c><00:20:21.059><c> into</c><00:20:21.319><c> military</c><00:20:21.740><c> service.</c>

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We<00:20:23.839><c> most</c><00:20:24.440><c> cheerfully</c><00:20:25.059><c> and</c><00:20:25.559><c> heartily,</c><00:20:25.920><c> they</c><00:20:26.240><c> say,</c><00:20:27.039><c> recognise</c>

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the<00:20:27.759><c> powers</c><00:20:27.980><c> that</c><00:20:28.319><c> exist</c><00:20:28.559><c> in</c><00:20:28.859><c> any</c><00:20:29.059><c> locality</c>

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in<00:20:30.400><c> which</c><00:20:30.579><c> we</c><00:20:30.819><c> may</c><00:20:31.079><c> at</c><00:20:31.359><c> any</c><00:20:31.640><c> time</c><00:20:31.900><c> sojourn</c><00:20:32.859><c> in</c><00:20:33.299><c> the</c><00:20:33.500><c> capacity</c>

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of<00:20:34.259><c> civil</c><00:20:34.480><c> magistrates</c><00:20:35.220><c> as</c><00:20:35.740><c> God's</c><00:20:36.500><c> executors</c>

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for<00:20:37.180><c> the</c><00:20:37.440><c> time</c><00:20:37.700><c> being,</c><00:20:38.480><c> for</c><00:20:38.619><c> we</c><00:20:38.819><c> are</c><00:20:39.200><c> explicitly</c><00:20:39.680><c> commanded</c>

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to<00:20:40.400><c> do</c><00:20:40.619><c> so.</c><00:20:42.519><c> But</c><00:20:42.720><c> we</c><00:20:42.900><c> are</c><00:20:43.059><c> nowhere</c><00:20:43.319><c> commanded</c><00:20:43.720><c> to</c><00:20:43.940><c> obey</c>

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them<00:20:44.359><c> as</c><00:20:44.700><c> military</c><00:20:45.220><c> commanders.</c><00:20:47.019><c> God</c><00:20:47.319><c> has</c><00:20:47.599><c> given</c><00:20:47.759><c> them</c><00:20:48.000><c> authority</c><00:20:48.339><c> to</c>

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exact<00:20:48.880><c> from</c><00:20:49.039><c> his</c><00:20:49.200><c> own</c><00:20:49.420><c> children</c><00:20:50.079><c> tribute,</c>

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custom<00:20:51.200><c> and</c><00:20:51.660><c> honour,</c><00:20:52.279><c> but</c><00:20:52.380><c> he</c><00:20:52.539><c> has</c><00:20:52.839><c> not</c><00:20:53.160><c> given</c><00:20:53.359><c> them</c><00:20:53.660><c> control</c>

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over<00:20:54.400><c> their</c><00:20:54.619><c> persons,</c><00:20:55.720><c> unless,</c><00:20:56.240><c> of</c><00:20:56.539><c> course,</c>

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they<00:20:57.680><c> should</c><00:20:58.039><c> forfeit</c><00:20:58.400><c> their</c><00:20:58.680><c> relationship</c><00:20:59.339><c> to</c><00:20:59.720><c> God</c><00:21:00.140><c> by</c><00:21:01.140><c> violating</c><00:21:01.700><c> the</c>

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laws<00:21:02.240><c> of</c><00:21:02.480><c> that</c><00:21:02.839><c> state.</c>

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position,<00:21:08.880><c> but</c><00:21:09.019><c> he</c><00:21:09.220><c> hasn't</c><00:21:09.500><c> given</c><00:21:09.700><c> you</c><00:21:10.140><c> ultimate</c>

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authority<00:21:11.160><c> over</c><00:21:11.579><c> everything.</c><00:21:12.259><c> He's</c><00:21:12.539><c> given</c><00:21:12.700><c> you</c><00:21:13.259><c> limited</c><00:21:13.740><c> authority</c><00:21:14.420><c> over</c><00:21:14.880><c> some</c><00:21:15.220><c> things.</c><00:21:15.900><c> You</c>

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do<00:21:16.519><c> not</c><00:21:16.799><c> have</c>

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authority<00:21:17.440><c> over</c><00:21:17.839><c> men</c><00:21:18.119><c> to</c><00:21:18.339><c> compel</c><00:21:18.700><c> them</c><00:21:18.920><c> to</c><00:21:19.259><c> break</c><00:21:19.680><c> the</c><00:21:20.079><c> commandments</c><00:21:20.420><c> of</c><00:21:20.700><c> God.</c><00:21:21.420><c> If</c>

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those<00:21:21.920><c> men,</c><00:21:22.359><c> however,</c><00:21:22.880><c> were</c>

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to<00:21:23.240><c> do</c><00:21:23.559><c> so,</c><00:21:24.299><c> to</c><00:21:24.539><c> comply</c><00:21:24.779><c> with</c><00:21:24.980><c> your</c><00:21:25.119><c> wishes</c><00:21:25.319><c> and</c><00:21:25.640><c> to</c><00:21:25.880><c> break</c><00:21:26.059><c> the</c>

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commandments<00:21:26.579><c> of</c><00:21:26.859><c> God,</c><00:21:27.299><c> they</c><00:21:27.579><c> say</c><00:21:27.920><c> they</c><00:21:28.500><c> should</c>

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forfeit<00:21:29.539><c> their</c><00:21:29.940><c> relationship</c><00:21:30.700><c> with</c><00:21:31.119><c> God.</c><00:21:33.039><c> And</c><00:21:33.160><c> I</c><00:21:33.240><c> looked</c><00:21:33.339><c> at</c>

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that<00:21:33.559><c> and</c><00:21:33.599><c> thought,</c><00:21:34.019><c> hmm,</c><00:21:34.819><c> that's</c><00:21:35.039><c> a</c><00:21:35.119><c> very</c><00:21:35.460><c> careful</c>

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and<00:21:36.880><c> diligent</c><00:21:37.339><c> reading</c><00:21:37.799><c> of</c><00:21:38.500><c> Romans</c><00:21:38.940><c> chapter</c><00:21:39.700><c> 13,</c><00:21:40.099><c> don't</c><00:21:40.259><c> you</c>

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think?<00:21:42.160><c> There's</c><00:21:42.579><c> the</c><00:21:42.779><c> skill</c><00:21:42.880><c> of</c><00:21:43.019><c> the</c><00:21:43.180><c> answer,</c>

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you<00:21:43.500><c> see</c><00:21:43.640><c> they've</c><00:21:43.940><c> drawn</c><00:21:44.039><c> a</c><00:21:44.339><c> line</c><00:21:44.839><c> between</c><00:21:45.480><c> what</c><00:21:45.900><c> rights</c><00:21:46.259><c> God</c>

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has<00:21:46.819><c> given</c><00:21:47.000><c> the</c><00:21:47.359><c> authorities</c>

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over<00:21:48.640><c> people</c><00:21:49.099><c> and</c><00:21:49.460><c> what</c><00:21:49.779><c> rights</c><00:21:50.059><c> he</c><00:21:50.279><c> hasn't.</c><00:21:51.599><c> And</c><00:21:51.819><c> taking</c><00:21:52.119><c> military</c><00:21:52.539><c> action</c><00:21:53.079><c> is</c>

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forbidden,<00:21:54.740><c> the</c><00:21:55.000><c> saints</c><00:21:55.279><c> in</c>

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scripture.<00:21:57.720><c> Well,</c><00:21:57.880><c> the</c><00:21:57.980><c> apostle</c><00:21:58.220><c> continues</c><00:21:58.680><c> in</c><00:21:58.880><c> verse</c><00:21:58.980><c> three,</c><00:22:00.720><c> that</c>

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rulers<00:22:01.200><c> are</c><00:22:01.880><c> not</c><00:22:02.119><c> a</c><00:22:02.319><c> terror</c><00:22:02.460><c> to</c><00:22:02.660><c> good</c><00:22:02.900><c> works,</c>

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but<00:22:03.779><c> to</c><00:22:04.000><c> the</c><00:22:04.240><c> evil.</c><00:22:05.299><c> Will</c><00:22:05.440><c> they</c><00:22:05.619><c> then</c><00:22:05.819><c> not</c><00:22:06.039><c> be</c><00:22:06.240><c> afraid</c><00:22:06.519><c> of</c><00:22:06.680><c> the</c>

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power?<00:22:07.759><c> Do</c><00:22:07.900><c> that</c><00:22:08.099><c> which</c><00:22:08.259><c> is</c><00:22:08.519><c> good,</c><00:22:08.859><c> and</c><00:22:09.039><c> they</c>

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are<00:22:13.619><c> not</c><00:22:13.619><c> a</c><00:22:13.619><c> terror</c><00:22:13.619><c> to</c><00:22:13.880><c> good</c><00:22:14.140><c> works.</c><00:22:15.660><c> Now,</c><00:22:15.819><c> the</c><00:22:15.940><c> fact</c><00:22:16.079><c> is,</c><00:22:16.299><c> sometimes</c><00:22:16.680><c> they</c><00:22:16.920><c> are.</c><00:22:18.000><c> If</c>

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they<00:22:18.480><c> are</c><00:22:18.619><c> to</c><00:22:18.819><c> persecute</c>

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the<00:22:19.460><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:22:19.779><c> they</c><00:22:20.000><c> clearly</c><00:22:20.400><c> are</c><00:22:20.940><c> a</c><00:22:21.119><c> terror</c><00:22:21.400><c> to</c><00:22:21.640><c> good</c><00:22:21.900><c> works.</c><00:22:23.000><c> But</c><00:22:23.180><c> Paul</c><00:22:23.380><c> here</c><00:22:23.599><c> is</c><00:22:23.839><c> speaking</c><00:22:24.079><c> in</c><00:22:24.339><c> a</c>

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general<00:22:24.799><c> sense.</c>

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Generally<00:22:27.380><c> speaking,</c><00:22:28.000><c> the</c><00:22:28.200><c> authorities</c><00:22:28.599><c> do</c><00:22:29.019><c> things</c><00:22:29.339><c> which</c>

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are<00:22:29.759><c> for</c><00:22:29.880><c> the</c><00:22:30.079><c> good</c><00:22:30.279><c> of</c><00:22:30.519><c> the</c><00:22:30.720><c> population.</c>

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If<00:22:32.700><c> we</c><00:22:32.980><c> comply</c><00:22:33.359><c> with</c><00:22:33.619><c> the</c><00:22:33.859><c> law,</c><00:22:34.099><c> therefore,</c><00:22:34.660><c> made</c><00:22:34.779><c> by</c><00:22:34.980><c> those</c>

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authorities,<00:22:35.980><c> we</c><00:22:36.140><c> will</c><00:22:36.380><c> have</c><00:22:36.619><c> no</c><00:22:36.900><c> trouble</c>

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from<00:22:37.700><c> them.</c><00:22:38.019><c> They're</c><00:22:38.259><c> not</c><00:22:38.640><c> a</c><00:22:38.859><c> terror</c><00:22:39.039><c> to</c><00:22:39.259><c> good</c><00:22:39.539><c> works.</c><00:22:40.779><c> And</c><00:22:40.920><c> then</c><00:22:41.019><c> he</c>

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says,<00:22:42.079><c> will</c><00:22:42.240><c> there</c><00:22:42.539><c> then</c><00:22:43.180><c> not</c><00:22:43.779><c> be</c><00:22:44.059><c> afraid</c>

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of<00:22:44.619><c> the</c><00:22:44.839><c> power?</c><00:22:45.079><c> Now,</c><00:22:45.259><c> it's</c><00:22:45.519><c> not</c><00:22:45.759><c> worded</c><00:22:46.099><c> very</c><00:22:46.319><c> well</c><00:22:46.740><c> in</c><00:22:47.559><c> that</c>

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particular<00:22:48.299><c> sentence.</c><00:22:49.559><c> Literally,</c><00:22:50.559><c> what</c><00:22:50.720><c> that</c>

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phrase,<00:22:52.140><c> will</c><00:22:52.299><c> there</c><00:22:52.460><c> then</c><00:22:52.660><c> not</c><00:22:52.799><c> be</c><00:22:52.960><c> afraid</c><00:22:53.180><c> of</c><00:22:53.339><c> the</c><00:22:53.539><c> power,</c>

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what<00:22:54.079><c> that</c><00:22:54.420><c> literally</c><00:22:54.799><c> means</c><00:22:55.200><c> is,</c><00:22:56.319><c> do</c><00:22:56.500><c> you</c><00:22:56.720><c> want</c><00:22:56.960><c> to</c><00:22:57.220><c> have</c>

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no<00:22:57.839><c> fear</c><00:22:58.079><c> of</c><00:22:58.259><c> the</c><00:22:58.519><c> power?</c><00:23:00.079><c> The</c><00:23:00.259><c> NOV</c><00:23:00.579><c> says,</c><00:23:01.420><c> do</c><00:23:01.619><c> you</c><00:23:01.720><c> want</c><00:23:01.779><c> to</c><00:23:01.920><c> be</c>

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free<00:23:02.920><c> from</c><00:23:03.900><c> fear</c><00:23:04.400><c> of</c><00:23:04.700><c> the</c><00:23:04.880><c> one</c><00:23:05.140><c> in</c><00:23:05.440><c> authority?</c>

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Then<00:23:06.880><c> do</c><00:23:07.140><c> what</c><00:23:07.279><c> is</c><00:23:07.539><c> right.</c><00:23:08.660><c> If</c><00:23:08.740><c> you</c><00:23:08.839><c> want</c><00:23:08.940><c> to</c><00:23:09.019><c> have</c><00:23:09.240><c> no</c><00:23:09.579><c> fear</c><00:23:09.680><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:10.039><c> authorities,</c><00:23:10.599><c> do</c><00:23:10.680><c> what</c><00:23:10.819><c> is</c><00:23:11.019><c> right.</c>

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You<00:23:11.619><c> want</c><00:23:11.759><c> to</c><00:23:11.859><c> have</c><00:23:12.000><c> no</c><00:23:12.279><c> fear</c><00:23:12.400><c> of</c><00:23:12.640><c> traffic</c><00:23:12.859><c> officers?</c><00:23:13.720><c> Don't</c>

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exceed<00:23:14.160><c> the</c><00:23:14.420><c> speed</c><00:23:14.640><c> limit.</c><00:23:15.559><c> Wear</c><00:23:15.799><c> your</c><00:23:16.119><c> seatbelt.</c>

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Don't<00:23:17.460><c> talk</c><00:23:17.759><c> on</c><00:23:17.920><c> your</c><00:23:18.180><c> cell</c><00:23:18.400><c> phone</c><00:23:18.579><c> while</c><00:23:18.779><c> you're</c><00:23:19.039><c> driving.</c>

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You<00:23:20.640><c> want</c><00:23:20.740><c> to</c><00:23:20.839><c> have</c><00:23:20.980><c> no</c><00:23:21.259><c> fear</c><00:23:21.359><c> of</c><00:23:21.559><c> the</c>

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Taxation<00:23:22.160><c> Office?</c><00:23:23.279><c> Pay</c><00:23:23.500><c> your</c><00:23:23.819><c> tax.</c><00:23:24.259><c> Pay</c><00:23:24.440><c> in</c><00:23:24.759><c> full.</c><00:23:25.200><c> Pay</c><00:23:25.319><c> on</c><00:23:25.680><c> time.</c><00:23:28.000><c> The</c><00:23:28.220><c> authorities</c><00:23:28.440><c> are</c><00:23:28.660><c> not</c><00:23:28.779><c> a</c>

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problem<00:23:29.319><c> to</c><00:23:29.599><c> people</c>

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that<00:23:30.599><c> they</c><00:23:30.900><c> regard</c><00:23:31.259><c> as</c><00:23:31.440><c> good</c><00:23:31.680><c> citizens.</c><00:23:32.980><c> In</c><00:23:33.059><c> fact,</c><00:23:33.259><c> quite</c><00:23:33.519><c> the</c>

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reverse,<00:23:34.200><c> he</c><00:23:34.460><c> says</c><00:23:34.619><c> at</c><00:23:34.819><c> the</c><00:23:34.859><c> end</c><00:23:35.000><c> of</c><00:23:35.200><c> the</c><00:23:35.240><c> verse,</c>

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if<00:23:36.319><c> you</c><00:23:36.480><c> are</c><00:23:36.680><c> a</c><00:23:36.839><c> good</c><00:23:37.000><c> citizen,</c><00:23:37.920><c> they</c><00:23:38.099><c> shall</c><00:23:38.299><c> have</c><00:23:38.660><c> praise</c><00:23:39.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:39.440><c> same.</c><00:23:40.140><c> The</c><00:23:40.420><c> authorities</c><00:23:40.920><c> will</c><00:23:41.400><c> praise</c><00:23:41.660><c> you.</c>

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They'll<00:23:42.339><c> commend</c><00:23:42.700><c> you</c><00:23:43.160><c> for</c><00:23:43.319><c> being</c><00:23:43.640><c> a</c><00:23:43.880><c> good</c><00:23:44.059><c> citizen.</c><00:23:45.579><c> Verse</c>

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four,<00:23:47.119><c> for</c><00:23:47.259><c> he</c><00:23:47.519><c> that</c><00:23:47.640><c> is</c><00:23:47.839><c> the</c><00:23:48.059><c> governor,</c><00:23:48.319><c> the</c>

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authority,<00:23:49.480><c> is</c><00:23:49.759><c> the</c><00:23:50.039><c> minister</c><00:23:50.359><c> of</c><00:23:50.660><c> God</c><00:23:50.980><c> to</c><00:23:51.339><c> thee</c><00:23:51.619><c> for</c><00:23:51.920><c> good.</c>

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But<00:23:53.200><c> if</c><00:23:53.500><c> they</c><00:23:53.619><c> do</c><00:23:53.759><c> that</c><00:23:53.920><c> which</c><00:23:54.059><c> is</c><00:23:54.299><c> evil,</c><00:23:54.920><c> be</c><00:23:55.039><c> afraid.</c>

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For<00:23:55.680><c> he</c><00:23:55.940><c> beareth</c><00:23:56.279><c> not</c><00:23:56.720><c> the</c><00:23:57.059><c> sword</c><00:23:57.279><c> in</c><00:23:57.640><c> vain.</c><00:23:58.299><c> He</c><00:23:58.759><c> will</c><00:23:59.059><c> use</c><00:23:59.400><c> corporal</c><00:23:59.859><c> punishment.</c><00:24:00.480><c> He</c>

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might<00:24:01.140><c> use</c><00:24:01.779><c> capital</c>

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punishment.<00:24:03.119><c> He</c><00:24:03.279><c> will</c><00:24:03.559><c> use</c><00:24:04.019><c> physical</c><00:24:04.519><c> coercion</c><00:24:05.220><c> if</c><00:24:05.519><c> he</c><00:24:05.740><c> needs</c>

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to.<00:24:07.380><c> For</c><00:24:07.460><c> he</c><00:24:07.640><c> is</c><00:24:07.819><c> the</c><00:24:07.960><c> minister</c><00:24:08.220><c> of</c><00:24:08.460><c> God,</c>

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a<00:24:09.539><c> revenger</c><00:24:09.980><c> to</c><00:24:10.240><c> execute</c><00:24:10.799><c> wrath</c><00:24:11.039><c> upon</c><00:24:11.299><c> him</c><00:24:11.539><c> that</c><00:24:11.759><c> doeth</c><00:24:12.019><c> evil.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:24:14.299><c> you</c><00:24:14.339><c> must</c><00:24:14.660><c> needs</c><00:24:14.880><c> be</c><00:24:15.140><c> subject.</c>

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Do<00:24:16.299><c> as</c><00:24:16.640><c> you're</c><00:24:17.019><c> told.</c><00:24:17.660><c> Don't</c><00:24:18.160><c> break</c><00:24:18.480><c> the</c><00:24:18.740><c> law.</c><00:24:19.779><c> Not</c><00:24:19.940><c> only</c><00:24:20.160><c> for</c>

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wrath,<00:24:21.440><c> but</c><00:24:21.599><c> also</c><00:24:21.920><c> for</c><00:24:22.160><c> conscience</c><00:24:22.680><c> sake.</c>

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Obey<00:24:24.660><c> the</c><00:24:24.940><c> authorities,</c><00:24:25.440><c> Paul</c><00:24:25.539><c> says,</c><00:24:26.200><c> for</c><00:24:26.420><c> two</c><00:24:26.680><c> reasons.</c><00:24:27.980><c> Number</c><00:24:28.299><c> one,</c><00:24:29.420><c> fear</c><00:24:29.559><c> of</c><00:24:29.839><c> retribution.</c>

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And<00:24:31.200><c> number</c><00:24:31.559><c> two,</c><00:24:32.380><c> for</c><00:24:32.660><c> conscience</c><00:24:33.099><c> sake,</c><00:24:33.720><c> because</c><00:24:34.000><c> of</c><00:24:34.220><c> course,</c><00:24:34.599><c> they</c>

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are<00:24:35.359><c> appointed</c><00:24:35.720><c> by</c><00:24:36.059><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:37.920><c> generally,</c><00:24:38.559><c> even</c><00:24:38.859><c> corrupt</c><00:24:39.400><c> governments</c><00:24:40.059><c> are</c><00:24:41.000><c> better</c><00:24:41.160><c> than</c><00:24:41.380><c> no</c>

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governments<00:24:41.859><c> at</c><00:24:42.099><c> all.</c>

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They<00:24:43.180><c> are</c><00:24:43.539><c> for</c><00:24:43.799><c> our</c><00:24:44.160><c> good,</c><00:24:44.460><c> he</c><00:24:44.859><c> says</c><00:24:45.160><c> in</c><00:24:45.460><c> verse</c><00:24:45.740><c> four.</c><00:24:46.400><c> They</c><00:24:46.660><c> maintain</c><00:24:47.220><c> law</c><00:24:47.460><c> and</c><00:24:47.660><c> order.</c><00:24:48.759><c> And</c><00:24:48.759><c> in</c>

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country<00:24:49.819><c> such</c><00:24:50.119><c> as</c><00:24:50.319><c> ours,</c><00:24:51.319><c> Protestant</c><00:24:51.660><c> Christian</c><00:24:52.059><c> countries</c>

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such<00:24:52.779><c> as</c><00:24:53.000><c> ours,</c><00:24:53.920><c> they</c><00:24:54.240><c> allow</c><00:24:54.480><c> ecclesias</c>

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to<00:24:55.359><c> exist</c><00:24:55.619><c> unmolested,</c><00:24:57.160><c> even</c><00:24:57.539><c> though</c><00:24:57.759><c> they</c><00:24:57.920><c> know</c><00:24:58.160><c> nothing</c><00:24:58.440><c> at</c>

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all<00:24:58.980><c> of</c><00:24:59.200><c> the</c><00:24:59.440><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:25:00.799><c> they</c><00:25:00.940><c> have</c><00:25:01.039><c> these</c><00:25:01.339><c> values</c><00:25:01.880><c> which</c><00:25:02.740><c> are</c><00:25:03.220><c> extremely</c><00:25:03.740><c> helpful</c>

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to<00:25:04.779><c> people</c><00:25:05.000><c> like</c><00:25:05.259><c> us.</c>

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But<00:25:07.259><c> there's</c><00:25:07.420><c> one</c><00:25:07.779><c> point</c><00:25:07.960><c> to</c><00:25:08.200><c> observe</c><00:25:08.579><c> here,</c><00:25:09.900><c> and</c><00:25:10.180><c> that's</c><00:25:10.359><c> at</c>

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the<00:25:10.559><c> end</c><00:25:10.720><c> of</c><00:25:10.839><c> verse</c><00:25:11.119><c> three.</c>

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Do<00:25:13.319><c> that</c><00:25:13.539><c> which</c><00:25:13.720><c> is</c><00:25:14.019><c> good,</c><00:25:14.740><c> and</c><00:25:14.940><c> they</c><00:25:15.079><c> shall</c><00:25:15.240><c> have</c><00:25:15.640><c> praise</c><00:25:16.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:16.700><c> same.</c><00:25:16.980><c> So</c><00:25:17.160><c> if</c><00:25:17.299><c> you</c><00:25:17.480><c> obey</c><00:25:17.740><c> the</c><00:25:18.579><c> law,</c>

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the<00:25:19.059><c> authorities</c><00:25:19.319><c> will</c><00:25:19.579><c> commend</c><00:25:19.960><c> you.</c><00:25:20.819><c> But</c><00:25:21.000><c> he</c><00:25:21.099><c> uses</c><00:25:21.299><c> the</c><00:25:21.579><c> phrase</c><00:25:21.779><c> that</c><00:25:22.059><c> they</c><00:25:22.640><c> shall</c><00:25:22.819><c> have</c><00:25:23.180><c> praise</c><00:25:23.680><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:24.319><c> same.</c>

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Now<00:25:25.819><c> Peter</c><00:25:26.339><c> picks</c><00:25:26.859><c> up</c><00:25:27.099><c> that</c><00:25:27.420><c> precise</c><00:25:27.980><c> point</c><00:25:28.380><c> using</c><00:25:28.720><c> that</c><00:25:29.079><c> precise</c><00:25:29.640><c> language</c><00:25:30.200><c> in</c><00:25:30.480><c> 1</c>

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Peter<00:25:30.980><c> 2.</c>

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Come<00:25:32.299><c> across</c><00:25:32.619><c> there</c><00:25:32.759><c> with</c><00:25:32.940><c> me.</c><00:25:33.980><c> Because</c><00:25:34.160><c> Peter</c><00:25:34.380><c> doesn't</c><00:25:34.640><c> just</c>

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say<00:25:35.180><c> we</c><00:25:35.380><c> shall</c><00:25:35.539><c> receive</c><00:25:36.039><c> praise</c><00:25:36.339><c> of</c><00:25:36.500><c> the</c><00:25:36.759><c> authorities,</c>

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he<00:25:37.779><c> adds</c><00:25:38.259><c> a</c><00:25:38.539><c> little</c><00:25:38.740><c> more</c><00:25:39.079><c> to</c><00:25:39.339><c> it.</c><00:25:40.880><c> In</c><00:25:41.079><c> 1</c><00:25:41.339><c> Peter</c><00:25:41.680><c> 2,</c><00:25:42.480><c> in</c><00:25:42.519><c> verse</c><00:25:42.940><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:25:48.859><c> here's</c><00:25:49.039><c> our</c><00:25:49.279><c> context</c><00:25:49.660><c> immediately.</c>

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Verse<00:25:51.900><c> to</c><00:25:52.079><c> Peter</c><00:25:52.259><c> 2,</c><00:25:53.119><c> verse</c><00:25:53.319><c> 13,</c><00:25:54.119><c> submit</c><00:25:54.400><c> yourselves</c><00:25:55.119><c> to</c><00:25:55.420><c> every</c><00:25:55.960><c> ordinance</c><00:25:56.519><c> of</c>

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man<00:25:57.099><c> for</c><00:25:57.319><c> the</c><00:25:57.599><c> Lord's</c><00:25:58.140><c> sake,</c>

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whether<00:25:59.539><c> it</c><00:25:59.779><c> be</c><00:25:59.880><c> to</c><00:26:00.039><c> the</c><00:26:00.240><c> king</c><00:26:00.480><c> as</c><00:26:00.759><c> supreme</c><00:26:01.119><c> or</c><00:26:01.319><c> to</c><00:26:01.440><c> the</c><00:26:01.660><c> governor</c><00:26:01.880><c> as</c><00:26:02.039><c> unto</c><00:26:02.279><c> them</c><00:26:02.460><c> that</c><00:26:02.619><c> are</c>

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sent<00:26:02.920><c> by</c><00:26:03.200><c> God,</c>

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or<00:26:04.039><c> sorry,</c><00:26:04.240><c> by</c><00:26:04.440><c> the</c><00:26:04.680><c> king,</c><00:26:05.599><c> for</c><00:26:05.720><c> the</c><00:26:05.940><c> punishment</c><00:26:06.180><c> of</c><00:26:06.460><c> evildoers,</c><00:26:07.460><c> and</c><00:26:07.740><c> for</c>

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the<00:26:08.279><c> praise</c><00:26:08.680><c> of</c><00:26:09.160><c> them</c><00:26:09.599><c> that</c><00:26:10.099><c> do</c>

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well,<00:26:10.779><c> he</c><00:26:11.119><c> says.</c><00:26:11.900><c> So</c><00:26:12.039><c> there's</c><00:26:12.279><c> our</c><00:26:12.480><c> point.</c><00:26:13.559><c> It's</c><00:26:13.799><c> exactly</c><00:26:14.079><c> the</c>

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context<00:26:14.640><c> of</c><00:26:14.819><c> Romans</c><00:26:15.039><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.380><c> 13,</c>

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and<00:26:18.140><c> the</c><00:26:18.660><c> government</c><00:26:18.880><c> will</c><00:26:19.220><c> praise</c><00:26:19.720><c> those</c><00:26:20.420><c> that</c><00:26:20.859><c> do</c><00:26:21.160><c> well.</c><00:26:22.940><c> But</c><00:26:23.119><c> look</c><00:26:23.299><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:23.559><c> next</c><00:26:23.819><c> verse.</c><00:26:24.019><c> Look</c><00:26:24.160><c> what</c><00:26:24.319><c> Peter</c><00:26:24.619><c> adds.</c>

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For<00:26:26.420><c> so</c><00:26:26.819><c> is</c><00:26:27.160><c> the</c><00:26:27.359><c> will</c><00:26:27.480><c> of</c><00:26:27.759><c> God,</c><00:26:28.660><c> that</c><00:26:28.819><c> with</c><00:26:29.200><c> well</c><00:26:29.559><c>-doing</c><00:26:29.859><c> you</c>

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may<00:26:30.480><c> put</c><00:26:30.819><c> to</c><00:26:31.180><c> silence</c><00:26:31.640><c> the</c><00:26:32.220><c> ignorance</c><00:26:32.680><c> of</c>

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men,<00:26:34.119><c> he</c><00:26:34.539><c> says.</c><00:26:35.759><c> The</c><00:26:35.839><c> word</c><00:26:36.059><c> foolish</c><00:26:36.359><c> here</c><00:26:36.700><c> means</c><00:26:37.140><c> unreasonable.</c><00:26:38.019><c> It</c><00:26:38.099><c> doesn't</c>

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mean<00:26:38.500><c> fool</c><00:26:38.779><c> as</c><00:26:39.559><c> in</c>

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stupidity.<00:26:43.299><c> It</c><00:26:43.440><c> means</c><00:26:43.960><c> unreasonable.</c><00:26:45.220><c> Ignorant</c><00:26:45.799><c> and</c><00:26:46.220><c> unreasonable</c><00:26:46.980><c> men.</c>

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There's<00:26:49.000><c> more</c><00:26:49.220><c> to</c><00:26:49.339><c> it,</c><00:26:49.460><c> you</c><00:26:49.539><c> see,</c><00:26:49.819><c> than</c><00:26:50.019><c> simply</c><00:26:50.559><c> receiving</c><00:26:51.000><c> the</c><00:26:51.339><c> praise</c><00:26:51.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:52.000><c> authorities</c><00:26:52.240><c> in</c><00:26:52.400><c> verse</c><00:26:52.619><c> 14,</c><00:26:52.940><c> which</c>

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you<00:26:53.700><c> might</c><00:26:53.940><c> say</c><00:26:54.339><c> creates</c><00:26:54.839><c> a</c><00:26:55.099><c> good</c><00:26:55.259><c> reputation</c><00:26:55.759><c> for</c><00:26:55.980><c> Christadelfia.</c><00:26:56.900><c> This</c><00:26:57.539><c> goes</c><00:26:58.160><c> further.</c>

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With<00:27:00.359><c> well</c><00:27:00.779><c>-doing</c><00:27:01.119><c> we</c><00:27:01.440><c> may</c><00:27:01.700><c> put</c><00:27:01.920><c> to</c><00:27:02.279><c> silence</c><00:27:02.559><c> or</c><00:27:02.839><c> we</c><00:27:02.859><c> may</c><00:27:03.440><c> muzzle</c><00:27:04.039><c> the</c>

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ignorance<00:27:05.099><c> of</c><00:27:05.740><c> unreasonable</c><00:27:06.859><c> men.</c>

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There<00:27:09.759><c> comes</c><00:27:09.980><c> a</c><00:27:10.140><c> time,</c><00:27:10.319><c> you</c><00:27:10.460><c> see,</c><00:27:11.299><c> when</c><00:27:11.460><c> it</c><00:27:11.599><c> may</c><00:27:11.759><c> be</c><00:27:11.880><c> you</c><00:27:11.980><c> can</c><00:27:12.180><c> give</c><00:27:12.339><c> no</c><00:27:12.579><c> answer.</c><00:27:13.119><c> I</c>

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mean,<00:27:13.380><c> you</c><00:27:13.480><c> might</c><00:27:13.700><c> have</c><00:27:13.859><c> 100</c>

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answers<00:27:14.500><c> in</c><00:27:14.660><c> your</c><00:27:14.839><c> pocket,</c><00:27:15.539><c> but</c><00:27:15.740><c> they</c><00:27:15.980><c> won't</c><00:27:16.279><c> listen</c><00:27:16.740><c> to</c><00:27:17.039><c> any</c>

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answer.<00:27:17.859><c> Logic</c><00:27:18.200><c> will</c><00:27:18.519><c> not</c><00:27:18.819><c> prevail.</c><00:27:19.180><c> You're</c><00:27:19.480><c> talking</c>

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to<00:27:20.299><c> unreasonable</c><00:27:21.140><c> people.</c><00:27:22.180><c> And</c><00:27:22.420><c> you</c><00:27:22.500><c> can</c><00:27:22.640><c> imagine</c><00:27:22.940><c> if</c><00:27:23.059><c> there</c>

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was<00:27:23.319><c> a</c><00:27:23.480><c> crisis</c><00:27:23.779><c> of</c><00:27:23.940><c> some</c><00:27:24.140><c> kind</c><00:27:24.299><c> in</c><00:27:24.420><c> the</c><00:27:24.559><c> country,</c>

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such<00:27:25.380><c> as</c><00:27:25.619><c> a</c><00:27:25.819><c> war</c><00:27:26.160><c> or</c><00:27:27.279><c> any</c><00:27:27.519><c> other</c><00:27:27.819><c> crisis</c><00:27:28.339><c> where</c><00:27:29.059><c> people</c><00:27:29.460><c> weren't</c><00:27:29.759><c> thinking</c><00:27:30.140><c> rationally,</c><00:27:30.559><c> they</c>

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needed<00:27:31.000><c> quick</c>

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responses<00:27:31.859><c> and</c><00:27:32.039><c> they</c><00:27:32.180><c> needed</c><00:27:32.359><c> everybody</c><00:27:32.740><c> to</c><00:27:33.059><c> fall</c><00:27:33.200><c> in</c><00:27:33.460><c> line</c>

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and<00:27:33.839><c> we</c><00:27:34.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:34.519><c> fall</c><00:27:34.839><c> in</c><00:27:35.099><c> line.</c><00:27:35.799><c> Your</c><00:27:36.099><c> logical</c>

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argument<00:27:37.640><c> may</c><00:27:38.220><c> not</c><00:27:38.599><c> carry</c><00:27:38.880><c> much</c><00:27:39.220><c> weight.</c><00:27:40.539><c> They</c><00:27:40.740><c> may</c><00:27:41.000><c> not</c><00:27:41.279><c> listen</c><00:27:41.660><c> because</c><00:27:42.559><c> they're</c><00:27:43.140><c> going</c><00:27:43.140><c> to</c>

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be<00:27:43.420><c> unreasonable.</c>

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They've<00:27:44.519><c> got</c><00:27:44.640><c> a</c><00:27:44.880><c> problem.</c><00:27:45.319><c> They've</c><00:27:45.519><c> got</c><00:27:45.720><c> a</c><00:27:45.940><c> crisis.</c><00:27:48.420><c> In</c><00:27:49.000><c> that</c>

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situation<00:27:50.079><c> it</c><00:27:50.759><c> may</c><00:27:50.980><c> be</c><00:27:51.140><c> that</c><00:27:51.299><c> your</c><00:27:51.599><c> conduct</c>

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makes<00:27:52.559><c> the</c><00:27:52.920><c> only</c><00:27:53.599><c> answer</c><00:27:54.160><c> you</c><00:27:54.420><c> can</c><00:27:54.680><c> give.</c><00:27:56.059><c> Let's</c><00:27:56.440><c> imagine</c><00:27:56.940><c> Australia</c><00:27:57.680><c> declares</c><00:27:58.019><c> war</c>

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on<00:27:58.380><c> New</c><00:27:58.559><c> Zealand</c>

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and<00:28:00.039><c> claims</c><00:28:00.279><c> to</c><00:28:00.460><c> have</c><00:28:00.559><c> a</c><00:28:00.700><c> divine</c><00:28:00.880><c> mandate</c><00:28:01.539><c> with</c><00:28:01.920><c> which</c><00:28:02.099><c> to</c><00:28:02.279><c> do</c>

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so<00:28:02.960><c> and</c><00:28:03.519><c> therefore</c><00:28:03.920><c> would</c><00:28:04.559><c> like</c><00:28:04.759><c> all</c><00:28:05.000><c> of</c><00:28:05.099><c> us</c><00:28:05.220><c> to</c><00:28:05.420><c> join</c>

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the<00:28:05.839><c> army.</c><00:28:07.440><c> Some</c><00:28:07.619><c> of</c><00:28:07.720><c> us</c><00:28:07.799><c> would</c><00:28:07.920><c> have</c><00:28:08.019><c> a</c><00:28:08.119><c> bigger</c><00:28:08.240><c> problem</c><00:28:08.519><c> with</c>

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that<00:28:08.759><c> than</c><00:28:08.940><c> others,</c><00:28:09.200><c> but</c><00:28:09.299><c> let's</c><00:28:09.599><c> just</c><00:28:10.160><c> stay</c><00:28:10.259><c> with</c><00:28:10.460><c> my</c>

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example.<00:28:12.759><c> We</c><00:28:12.920><c> might</c><00:28:13.119><c> say,</c><00:28:13.420><c> well,</c><00:28:13.420><c> how</c><00:28:13.500><c> does</c><00:28:13.619><c> that</c><00:28:13.900><c> work?</c><00:28:14.200><c> Because</c><00:28:14.480><c> New</c>

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Zealand<00:28:14.940><c> is</c><00:28:15.140><c> going</c><00:28:15.240><c> to</c><00:28:15.480><c> respond</c><00:28:15.779><c> and</c>

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presumably<00:28:16.339><c> they</c><00:28:16.660><c> believe</c><00:28:16.880><c> they've</c><00:28:17.079><c> got</c><00:28:17.180><c> a</c><00:28:17.319><c> divine</c><00:28:17.539><c> mandate</c>

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as<00:28:18.200><c> well,</c><00:28:18.960><c> so</c><00:28:19.059><c> that</c><00:28:19.180><c> now</c><00:28:19.380><c> both</c><00:28:19.640><c> armies</c><00:28:19.920><c> are</c>

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you<00:30:20.759><c> saying</c><00:30:20.940><c> you</c><00:30:21.140><c> see</c><00:30:21.279><c> in</c><00:30:21.440><c> verses</c><00:30:22.019><c> 13</c><00:30:22.539><c> and</c><00:30:22.700><c> 14</c>

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remarkable<00:30:51.019><c> thing.</c>

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visitation?<00:31:33.880><c> What's</c><00:31:34.259><c> the</c><00:31:34.299><c> day</c><00:31:34.420><c> of</c><00:31:34.640><c> Christ's</c><00:31:35.039><c> return?</c><00:31:37.140><c> So</c><00:31:37.420><c> what</c><00:31:37.519><c> he's</c><00:31:37.619><c> saying</c><00:31:37.799><c> here</c><00:31:37.980><c> is</c>

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that<00:31:38.180><c> there</c><00:31:38.259><c> are</c><00:31:38.319><c> going</c>

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to<00:31:38.420><c> be</c><00:31:38.579><c> people</c><00:31:38.859><c> that</c><00:31:39.039><c> you</c><00:31:39.220><c> meet</c><00:31:39.380><c> in</c><00:31:39.680><c> life</c><00:31:39.880><c> who</c><00:31:40.160><c> you</c><00:31:40.299><c> perhaps</c>

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might<00:31:40.799><c> try</c><00:31:41.019><c> and</c><00:31:41.180><c> preach</c><00:31:41.319><c> the</c><00:31:41.619><c> truth</c><00:31:41.839><c> to.</c>

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Perhaps<00:31:42.579><c> you</c><00:31:42.700><c> might</c><00:31:42.900><c> try</c><00:31:43.099><c> and</c><00:31:43.200><c> give</c><00:31:43.319><c> a</c><00:31:44.119><c> logical</c><00:31:44.680><c> argument</c><00:31:45.200><c> to.</c>

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:47.960
They<00:31:45.940><c> may</c><00:31:46.160><c> be</c><00:31:46.380><c> unreasonable.</c><00:31:47.059><c> They</c><00:31:47.339><c> may</c><00:31:47.599><c> be</c>

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disinterested.<00:31:48.500><c> You'll</c><00:31:48.720><c> never</c><00:31:48.940><c> convert</c><00:31:49.319><c> them</c><00:31:49.720><c> but</c><00:31:50.259><c> they</c><00:31:50.440><c> will</c><00:31:50.660><c> take</c><00:31:50.920><c> note</c><00:31:51.059><c> of</c>

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:53.099
what<00:31:51.380><c> sort</c><00:31:51.519><c> of</c><00:31:51.740><c> person</c><00:31:51.940><c> you</c><00:31:52.180><c> are.</c>

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And<00:31:54.279><c> the</c><00:31:54.480><c> very</c><00:31:54.779><c> fact</c><00:31:55.140><c> that</c><00:31:55.299><c> they've</c><00:31:55.579><c> taken</c><00:31:55.880><c> note</c><00:31:56.140><c> of</c><00:31:56.380><c> that</c><00:31:56.740><c> and</c>

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:59.880
have<00:31:57.299><c> been</c><00:31:57.539><c> impressed</c><00:31:57.980><c> by</c><00:31:58.279><c> it</c><00:31:58.599><c> saves</c><00:31:59.059><c> their</c><00:31:59.440><c> life</c>

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:05.579
in<00:32:00.259><c> Armageddon.</c><00:32:01.980><c> Saves</c><00:32:02.220><c> their</c><00:32:02.500><c> life</c><00:32:02.960><c> in</c><00:32:03.539><c> Armageddon</c><00:32:04.660><c> so</c><00:32:05.259><c> that</c>

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:10.259
as<00:32:06.619><c> a</c><00:32:07.099><c> mortal</c><00:32:07.460><c> person</c><00:32:08.160><c> they</c><00:32:08.799><c> glorify</c><00:32:09.460><c> God</c><00:32:09.799><c> in</c><00:32:10.059><c> the</c>

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:14.599
day<00:32:10.460><c> of</c><00:32:10.660><c> visitation</c><00:32:11.240><c> when</c><00:32:11.440><c> the</c><00:32:11.779><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:12.240><c> Age</c><00:32:12.640><c> begins.</c><00:32:14.019><c> It</c><00:32:14.299><c> may</c>

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:19.099
be<00:32:15.380><c> that</c><00:32:16.819><c> there</c><00:32:17.039><c> are</c><00:32:17.200><c> people</c><00:32:17.859><c> who</c><00:32:18.519><c> enter</c><00:32:18.740><c> the</c>

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:23.440
Kingdom<00:32:19.359><c> Age</c><00:32:19.700><c> as</c><00:32:20.339><c> mortal</c><00:32:20.759><c> people</c><00:32:21.500><c> because</c><00:32:22.160><c> of</c><00:32:22.319><c> what</c><00:32:22.619><c> you</c><00:32:22.920><c> or</c><00:32:23.180><c> I</c>

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:26.259
have<00:32:23.599><c> done</c><00:32:23.819><c> now</c><00:32:24.319><c> and</c><00:32:24.859><c> don't</c><00:32:25.259><c> perish</c><00:32:25.619><c> with</c><00:32:26.000><c> the</c>

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:31.740
millions<00:32:27.039><c> slain</c><00:32:28.279><c> in</c><00:32:28.480><c> the</c><00:32:28.559><c> Battle</c><00:32:28.720><c> of</c><00:32:28.859><c> Armageddon.</c><00:32:30.440><c> Remarkable.</c><00:32:31.119><c> So</c><00:32:31.279><c> the</c><00:32:31.440><c> point</c><00:32:31.559><c> is</c>

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:33.160
never<00:32:31.920><c> give</c><00:32:32.140><c> up.</c>

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I<00:32:33.619><c> mean</c><00:32:33.720><c> we're</c><00:32:33.859><c> talking</c><00:32:34.160><c> about</c><00:32:34.460><c> military</c><00:32:34.720><c> conscription</c><00:32:35.160><c> but</c>

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.420
in<00:32:35.500><c> the</c><00:32:35.660><c> wider</c><00:32:35.859><c> context</c>

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:39.700
never<00:32:37.079><c> give</c><00:32:37.279><c> up.</c><00:32:38.420><c> It</c><00:32:38.480><c> may</c><00:32:38.619><c> be</c><00:32:38.759><c> that</c><00:32:38.839><c> you</c><00:32:38.940><c> can</c><00:32:39.119><c> never</c><00:32:39.339><c> convert</c>

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.980
this<00:32:40.019><c> or</c><00:32:40.160><c> that</c><00:32:40.400><c> person</c><00:32:40.740><c> but</c><00:32:41.059><c> you</c><00:32:41.259><c> might</c><00:32:41.599><c> still</c>

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:46.700
save<00:32:42.240><c> their</c><00:32:42.480><c> life</c><00:32:42.859><c> in</c><00:32:43.099><c> a</c><00:32:43.279><c> mortal</c><00:32:43.660><c> sense</c><00:32:44.380><c> for</c><00:32:45.279><c> the</c><00:32:45.460><c> future</c><00:32:45.779><c> age.</c>

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:50.359
Well<00:32:48.859><c> if</c><00:32:49.319><c> I</c><00:32:49.440><c> was</c><00:32:49.579><c> to</c><00:32:49.740><c> summarise,</c>

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and<00:32:50.880><c> I</c><00:32:50.980><c> don't</c><00:32:51.220><c> expect</c><00:32:51.500><c> you</c><00:32:51.660><c> to</c><00:32:51.779><c> read</c><00:32:51.900><c> all</c><00:32:52.039><c> of</c><00:32:52.180><c> that,</c><00:32:52.339><c> but</c><00:32:52.440><c> if</c><00:32:52.519><c> I</c>

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:54.400
was<00:32:52.740><c> to</c><00:32:52.900><c> summarise</c><00:32:53.200><c> all</c><00:32:53.400><c> the</c><00:32:53.619><c> issues</c><00:32:53.859><c> surrounding</c>

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:59.880
conscience<00:32:54.900><c> objection</c><00:32:55.319><c> it</c><00:32:55.960><c> might</c><00:32:56.160><c> look</c><00:32:56.400><c> something</c><00:32:56.619><c> like</c><00:32:56.900><c> this.</c><00:32:58.619><c> I've</c><00:32:58.799><c> simply</c><00:32:59.039><c> tabulated</c><00:32:59.519><c> here</c><00:32:59.779><c> a</c>

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.420
summary<00:33:00.059><c> of</c><00:33:00.240><c> the</c>

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:04.819
issues.<00:33:01.480><c> We've</c><00:33:01.799><c> got</c><00:33:02.079><c> various</c><00:33:02.579><c> civil</c><00:33:03.160><c> obligations.</c><00:33:04.400><c> We</c><00:33:04.599><c> have</c>

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:07.539
to<00:33:04.980><c> be</c><00:33:05.180><c> subject</c><00:33:05.500><c> to</c><00:33:05.779><c> rulers,</c><00:33:06.660><c> to</c><00:33:06.819><c> be</c><00:33:07.000><c> afraid</c><00:33:07.299><c> to</c>

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:10.619
disobey<00:33:08.119><c> them,</c><00:33:08.640><c> to</c><00:33:08.779><c> do</c><00:33:08.900><c> what's</c><00:33:09.180><c> good,</c><00:33:09.519><c> to</c><00:33:09.619><c> pay</c><00:33:09.819><c> our</c><00:33:10.039><c> taxes,</c><00:33:10.559><c> to</c>

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:12.160
honour<00:33:10.819><c> them,</c><00:33:11.200><c> to</c><00:33:11.319><c> pray</c><00:33:11.579><c> for</c><00:33:11.799><c> them,</c>

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to<00:33:12.519><c> obey</c><00:33:12.799><c> their</c><00:33:13.039><c> laws</c><00:33:13.519><c> and</c><00:33:14.059><c> not</c><00:33:14.319><c> to</c><00:33:14.599><c> curse</c><00:33:14.880><c> them.</c><00:33:16.160><c> Quotes</c><00:33:16.599><c> beside</c><00:33:16.880><c> each</c>

00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:19.099
of<00:33:17.460><c> these,</c><00:33:17.720><c> these</c><00:33:18.019><c> are</c><00:33:18.220><c> our</c><00:33:18.519><c> obligations</c>

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:25.299
to<00:33:19.299><c> the</c><00:33:19.460><c> powers</c><00:33:19.700><c> that</c><00:33:20.019><c> be.</c><00:33:21.220><c> But</c><00:33:21.519><c> those</c><00:33:21.920><c> obligations</c><00:33:22.599><c> are</c><00:33:22.940><c> limited.</c><00:33:25.059><c> God</c>

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:28.720
appoints<00:33:25.819><c> them.</c><00:33:26.779><c> We</c><00:33:27.059><c> serve</c><00:33:27.359><c> God</c><00:33:27.779><c> and</c><00:33:28.440><c> we</c>

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.940
serve<00:33:29.019><c> these</c><00:33:29.400><c> rulers.</c><00:33:30.019><c> If</c><00:33:30.319><c> there</c><00:33:30.539><c> is</c><00:33:30.740><c> a</c><00:33:30.900><c> disagreement</c><00:33:31.319><c> between</c><00:33:31.700><c> what</c>

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.759
the<00:33:32.160><c> ruler</c><00:33:32.359><c> says</c><00:33:32.700><c> and</c><00:33:32.859><c> what</c><00:33:33.140><c> God</c><00:33:33.440><c> says,</c>

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:37.759
we<00:33:34.000><c> serve</c><00:33:34.339><c> God</c><00:33:34.680><c> first</c><00:33:35.220><c> because</c><00:33:36.220><c> God</c><00:33:36.819><c> after</c><00:33:37.200><c> all</c><00:33:37.319><c> is</c><00:33:37.519><c> the</c><00:33:37.660><c> one</c>

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:39.319
that's<00:33:38.059><c> appointed</c><00:33:38.299><c> the</c><00:33:38.559><c> ruler.</c>

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:44.519
Not<00:33:39.799><c> just</c><00:33:40.319><c> that</c><00:33:40.740><c> we</c><00:33:41.660><c> have</c><00:33:42.339><c> a</c><00:33:42.859><c> primary</c><00:33:43.259><c> relationship</c><00:33:43.940><c> with</c><00:33:44.160><c> God</c>

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:47.079
but<00:33:44.920><c> even</c><00:33:45.180><c> the</c><00:33:45.440><c> ruler</c><00:33:45.799><c> is</c><00:33:46.200><c> subject</c><00:33:46.579><c> to</c><00:33:46.839><c> God</c>

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:51.500
in<00:33:47.359><c> that</c><00:33:47.599><c> sense.</c><00:33:49.579><c> And</c><00:33:49.900><c> of</c><00:33:50.119><c> course</c><00:33:50.220><c> we're</c><00:33:50.400><c> not</c><00:33:50.619><c> pacifists.</c><00:33:51.319><c> The</c>

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:54.460
reason<00:33:51.920><c> in</c><00:33:52.640><c> a</c><00:33:53.160><c> military</c><00:33:53.480><c> context</c><00:33:53.880><c> we</c><00:33:54.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:54.240><c> join</c>

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:57.859
the<00:33:54.680><c> army</c><00:33:54.880><c> is</c><00:33:55.240><c> not</c><00:33:55.599><c> because</c><00:33:56.000><c> we're</c><00:33:56.240><c> pacifists,</c><00:33:57.359><c> it's</c><00:33:57.660><c> because</c>

00:33:57.859 --> 00:34:00.579
our<00:33:58.160><c> commander</c><00:33:58.700><c> has</c><00:33:59.180><c> not</c><00:33:59.420><c> yet</c><00:33:59.720><c> come.</c>

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:05.440
When<00:34:01.180><c> he</c><00:34:01.519><c> comes</c><00:34:02.140><c> then</c><00:34:02.740><c> will</c><00:34:03.000><c> his</c><00:34:03.359><c> servants</c><00:34:03.640><c> fight</c><00:34:04.339><c> and</c><00:34:05.240><c> not</c>

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:08.119
before.<00:34:07.240><c> But</c><00:34:07.319><c> the</c><00:34:07.500><c> crowning</c><00:34:07.900><c> principle</c>

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:14.340
surrounding<00:34:08.800><c> the</c><00:34:09.079><c> entire</c><00:34:09.380><c> subject</c><00:34:09.679><c> of</c><00:34:09.880><c> conscientious</c><00:34:10.380><c> objection</c><00:34:10.840><c> is</c><00:34:11.059><c> this.</c><00:34:12.139><c> It's</c><00:34:12.400><c> the</c><00:34:12.599><c> principle</c><00:34:12.960><c> of</c><00:34:13.239><c> allegiance.</c>

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The<00:34:14.960><c> reason</c><00:34:15.260><c> we</c><00:34:15.480><c> don't</c><00:34:15.760><c> fight</c><00:34:16.119><c> is</c><00:34:16.380><c> because</c><00:34:16.780><c> of</c><00:34:17.079><c> our</c><00:34:17.400><c> allegiance.</c><00:34:20.019><c> As</c><00:34:20.179><c> I</c><00:34:20.340><c> say</c>

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.500
if<00:34:20.599><c> a</c><00:34:20.780><c> commander</c><00:34:21.059><c> was</c><00:34:21.300><c> here</c>

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:24.179
we<00:34:21.699><c> would</c><00:34:22.000><c> fight</c><00:34:22.280><c> but</c><00:34:22.500><c> of</c><00:34:22.659><c> course</c><00:34:23.099><c> that's</c><00:34:23.659><c> because</c><00:34:23.900><c> we</c><00:34:24.059><c> have</c>

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:30.059
an<00:34:24.400><c> allegiance</c><00:34:24.719><c> to</c><00:34:24.940><c> that</c><00:34:25.159><c> commander.</c><00:34:26.159><c> We're</c><00:34:26.300><c> in</c><00:34:29.760><c> the</c>

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:33.860
of<00:34:30.719><c> a</c><00:34:30.840><c> different</c><00:34:31.400><c> nationality.</c><00:34:32.500><c> I'm</c><00:34:32.679><c> not</c><00:34:32.800><c> an</c><00:34:33.000><c> Australian</c><00:34:33.300><c> citizen.</c><00:34:33.699><c> I</c>

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:35.440
will<00:34:34.079><c> never</c><00:34:34.260><c> be</c><00:34:34.539><c> called</c><00:34:34.679><c> up</c><00:34:34.900><c> to</c><00:34:35.099><c> fight</c><00:34:35.280><c> in</c>

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:38.860
the<00:34:35.619><c> Australian</c><00:34:35.920><c> army.</c><00:34:37.460><c> I</c><00:34:37.619><c> might</c><00:34:37.699><c> be</c><00:34:37.900><c> called</c><00:34:38.000><c> up</c><00:34:38.199><c> to</c><00:34:38.380><c> fight</c><00:34:38.599><c> in</c>

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:42.980
the<00:34:38.960><c> New</c><00:34:39.159><c> Zealand</c><00:34:39.440><c> army.</c><00:34:40.880><c> If</c><00:34:41.239><c> our</c><00:34:41.699><c> citizenship</c><00:34:42.219><c> is</c><00:34:42.719><c> not</c>

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:46.360
of<00:34:43.199><c> this</c><00:34:43.480><c> country</c><00:34:44.019><c> we</c><00:34:44.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:44.800><c> participate</c><00:34:45.519><c> in</c><00:34:45.800><c> the</c><00:34:46.079><c> civil</c>

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:49.840
matters<00:34:46.860><c> of</c><00:34:47.699><c> this</c><00:34:48.059><c> country.</c><00:34:49.079><c> Well</c><00:34:49.139><c> our</c><00:34:49.360><c> citizenship</c>

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:54.880
is<00:34:50.079><c> in</c><00:34:50.239><c> Zion.</c><00:34:50.780><c> Our</c><00:34:51.039><c> king</c><00:34:51.340><c> is</c><00:34:51.699><c> yet</c><00:34:51.900><c> to</c><00:34:52.179><c> come.</c><00:34:53.519><c> Our</c><00:34:53.659><c> allegiance</c><00:34:54.139><c> therefore</c><00:34:54.460><c> is</c><00:34:54.619><c> to</c><00:34:54.760><c> a</c>

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.360
different<00:34:55.219><c> king</c><00:34:55.639><c> of</c><00:34:55.900><c> a</c><00:34:56.079><c> different</c>

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:59.340
country<00:34:56.800><c> and</c><00:34:57.300><c> a</c><00:34:57.480><c> different</c><00:34:57.719><c> government</c><00:34:58.079><c> which</c><00:34:58.340><c> is</c><00:34:58.559><c> yet</c><00:34:59.000><c> still</c>

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future.<00:35:00.539><c> That's</c><00:35:01.159><c> the</c><00:35:01.500><c> fundamental</c><00:35:01.940><c> principle</c>

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as<00:35:03.460><c> to</c><00:35:03.599><c> why</c><00:35:04.139><c> we</c><00:35:04.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:04.719><c> participate</c><00:35:05.380><c> in</c><00:35:05.719><c> civil</c><00:35:05.980><c> events</c>

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including<00:35:07.420><c> military</c><00:35:08.219><c> action.</c>

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Let<00:35:10.219><c> me</c><00:35:10.579><c> just</c><00:35:10.780><c> draw</c><00:35:10.860><c> your</c><00:35:11.019><c> attention</c><00:35:11.239><c> to</c><00:35:11.400><c> one</c><00:35:11.619><c> point</c><00:35:11.760><c> you</c><00:35:11.940><c> might</c><00:35:12.139><c> see</c>

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:14.579
on<00:35:12.400><c> the</c><00:35:12.639><c> slide.</c><00:35:13.300><c> Halfway</c><00:35:13.579><c> down</c><00:35:13.719><c> the</c><00:35:13.980><c> slide</c>

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:18.420
I've<00:35:15.099><c> got</c><00:35:15.260><c> a</c><00:35:15.360><c> comment</c><00:35:15.639><c> under</c><00:35:15.900><c> the</c><00:35:16.139><c> religious</c><00:35:16.500><c> limitations</c><00:35:17.079><c> section</c><00:35:17.480><c> of</c>

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.559
in<00:35:18.579><c> a</c><00:35:18.719><c> disagreement</c><00:35:19.039><c> we</c><00:35:19.360><c> serve</c><00:35:19.539><c> God</c><00:35:19.840><c> first.</c>

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:24.340
I'm<00:35:21.320><c> quoting</c><00:35:21.599><c> Acts</c><00:35:21.980><c> chapter</c><00:35:22.239><c> 4</c><00:35:22.480><c> verse</c><00:35:22.760><c> 19</c><00:35:23.380><c> and</c><00:35:23.739><c> Acts</c><00:35:24.059><c> chapter</c>

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:27.380
5<00:35:24.679><c> verse</c><00:35:24.980><c> 29.</c><00:35:26.019><c> Well</c><00:35:26.159><c> Acts</c><00:35:26.300><c> chapter</c><00:35:26.519><c> 5</c><00:35:26.800><c> verse</c><00:35:26.960><c> 29</c>

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simply<00:35:27.780><c> says</c><00:35:28.099><c> we</c><00:35:28.579><c> ought</c><00:35:28.880><c> to</c><00:35:29.119><c> obey</c><00:35:29.400><c> God</c><00:35:29.940><c> rather</c><00:35:30.440><c> than</c><00:35:30.699><c> men.</c><00:35:31.599><c> Okay</c><00:35:31.820><c> here's</c><00:35:32.019><c> my</c>

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:35.059
question.<00:35:33.780><c> Who</c><00:35:34.039><c> said</c><00:35:34.280><c> that?</c>

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:40.300
Who<00:35:36.519><c> was</c><00:35:36.739><c> it</c><00:35:36.960><c> that</c><00:35:37.320><c> said</c><00:35:37.619><c> we</c><00:35:38.099><c> ought</c><00:35:38.280><c> to</c><00:35:38.440><c> obey</c><00:35:38.639><c> God</c><00:35:38.880><c> rather</c><00:35:39.139><c> than</c><00:35:39.360><c> men?</c>

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:44.039
It<00:35:42.059><c> was</c><00:35:42.099><c> actually</c><00:35:42.300><c> more</c><00:35:42.440><c> than</c><00:35:42.579><c> one</c><00:35:42.719><c> person</c><00:35:43.199><c> because</c><00:35:43.699><c> there</c><00:35:43.820><c> was</c><00:35:43.900><c> a</c>

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:47.059
group<00:35:44.179><c> there</c><00:35:44.420><c> but</c><00:35:44.699><c> who</c><00:35:45.880><c> predominantly?</c>

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:56.179
All<00:35:51.519><c> right.</c><00:35:52.480><c> Who?</c><00:35:53.500><c> Peter.</c><00:35:54.059><c> It</c><00:35:54.159><c> was</c><00:35:54.340><c> the</c><00:35:54.480><c> 12</c><00:35:54.639><c> disciples.</c><00:35:55.699><c> Peter</c>

00:35:56.179 --> 00:36:01.860
and<00:35:56.699><c> the</c><00:35:56.860><c> 12.</c><00:35:58.619><c> The</c><00:35:58.960><c> same</c><00:35:59.239><c> Peter</c><00:35:59.719><c> who</c><00:36:01.159><c> said</c><00:36:01.380><c> in</c><00:36:01.639><c> this</c>

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:05.000
chapter<00:36:02.179><c> 1</c><00:36:02.420><c> Peter</c><00:36:02.619><c> 2</c><00:36:02.900><c> that</c><00:36:03.059><c> we</c><00:36:03.300><c> ought</c><00:36:03.539><c> to</c><00:36:03.739><c> obey</c><00:36:04.199><c> the</c><00:36:04.760><c> governing</c>

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authorities.<00:36:07.320><c> And</c><00:36:07.619><c> Peter</c><00:36:07.800><c> of</c><00:36:07.960><c> course</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:12.760
can't<00:36:08.579><c> contradict</c><00:36:09.400><c> himself</c><00:36:09.780><c> can</c><00:36:10.039><c> he?</c><00:36:10.440><c> So</c><00:36:10.599><c> we've</c><00:36:10.780><c> got</c><00:36:10.960><c> Peter</c><00:36:11.219><c> saying</c><00:36:11.519><c> one</c><00:36:11.860><c> thing</c><00:36:12.019><c> in</c><00:36:12.239><c> Acts</c><00:36:12.460><c> 5</c>

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or<00:36:13.099><c> Acts</c><00:36:13.539><c> 4</c><00:36:13.780><c> and</c><00:36:13.980><c> 5</c><00:36:14.199><c> actually</c>

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:18.139
and<00:36:15.199><c> apparently</c><00:36:15.880><c> another</c><00:36:16.199><c> thing</c><00:36:16.599><c> in</c><00:36:16.960><c> 1</c><00:36:17.139><c> Peter</c><00:36:17.380><c> 2.</c>

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:22.480
And<00:36:20.179><c> in</c><00:36:20.239><c> 1</c><00:36:20.400><c> Peter</c><00:36:20.579><c> 2</c><00:36:20.780><c> he</c><00:36:20.900><c> says</c><00:36:21.119><c> obey</c><00:36:21.320><c> the</c><00:36:21.599><c> authorities</c><00:36:21.940><c> and</c><00:36:22.280><c> in</c>

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:24.699
Acts<00:36:22.659><c> 4</c><00:36:22.860><c> and</c><00:36:22.900><c> 5</c><00:36:23.119><c> he</c><00:36:23.280><c> gives</c><00:36:23.480><c> an</c><00:36:23.739><c> exception.</c>

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:29.340
What<00:36:25.659><c> about</c><00:36:25.900><c> Paul?</c><00:36:27.820><c> Come</c><00:36:27.900><c> back</c><00:36:28.019><c> to</c><00:36:28.179><c> Romans</c><00:36:28.440><c> 13.</c>

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:36.119
That's<00:36:32.559><c> actually</c><00:36:32.739><c> a</c><00:36:32.760><c> very</c><00:36:32.980><c> powerful</c><00:36:33.300><c> point.</c><00:36:34.760><c> Peter</c><00:36:34.940><c> says</c><00:36:35.360><c> obey</c><00:36:35.780><c> the</c>

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authorities.<00:36:37.280><c> Peter</c><00:36:37.539><c> also</c><00:36:38.159><c> says</c><00:36:38.579><c> if</c><00:36:39.099><c> there's</c>

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conflict<00:36:40.099><c> obey</c><00:36:40.739><c> God</c><00:36:41.039><c> first.</c><00:36:42.960><c> Romans</c><00:36:43.099><c> chapter</c><00:36:43.400><c> 13</c><00:36:44.139><c> the</c><00:36:44.579><c> apostle</c><00:36:44.900><c> Paul</c><00:36:45.300><c> in</c><00:36:45.480><c> verses</c><00:36:45.699><c> 1</c>

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.619
to<00:36:46.000><c> 5</c><00:36:46.260><c> says</c>

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obey<00:36:47.119><c> the</c><00:36:47.480><c> authorities</c><00:36:48.059><c> but</c><00:36:48.639><c> in</c><00:36:48.900><c> verse</c><00:36:49.139><c> 9</c><00:36:49.440><c> he</c><00:36:49.699><c> says</c><00:36:50.079><c> they</c><00:36:51.300><c> shall</c><00:36:51.599><c> not</c>

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kill.<00:36:53.340><c> It's</c><00:36:53.860><c> the</c><00:36:54.159><c> same</c><00:36:54.400><c> apostle.</c>

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:59.280
And<00:36:56.300><c> so</c><00:36:56.380><c> you</c><00:36:56.579><c> see</c><00:36:56.780><c> he</c><00:36:57.239><c> can't</c><00:36:57.780><c> contradict</c><00:36:58.039><c> himself</c><00:36:58.519><c> especially</c>

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not<00:36:59.480><c> in</c><00:36:59.599><c> the</c><00:36:59.780><c> same</c><00:37:00.000><c> chapter.</c>

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So<00:37:01.260><c> it</c><00:37:01.420><c> would</c><00:37:01.619><c> be</c><00:37:01.820><c> a</c><00:37:01.960><c> bit</c><00:37:02.039><c> of</c><00:37:02.280><c> a</c><00:37:02.380><c> problem</c><00:37:02.760><c> to</c><00:37:03.059><c> quote</c><00:37:03.280><c> Romans</c><00:37:03.659><c> chapter</c><00:37:03.980><c> 13</c>

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and<00:37:05.139><c> say</c><00:37:05.280><c> that</c><00:37:05.460><c> that</c><00:37:05.719><c> compels</c>

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us<00:37:06.420><c> to</c><00:37:06.619><c> join</c><00:37:06.800><c> the</c><00:37:07.039><c> military</c><00:37:07.300><c> when</c><00:37:08.139><c> Romans</c><00:37:08.539><c> 13</c><00:37:08.920><c> verse</c><00:37:09.199><c> 9</c><00:37:09.500><c> would</c>

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forbid<00:37:10.380><c> the</c><00:37:11.000><c> very</c><00:37:11.360><c> activity</c><00:37:11.980><c> that</c><00:37:12.239><c> the</c><00:37:12.460><c> military</c>

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:17.440
has<00:37:12.880><c> been</c><00:37:13.159><c> created</c><00:37:13.480><c> for.</c><00:37:15.079><c> That's</c><00:37:15.260><c> interesting</c><00:37:15.539><c> isn't</c><00:37:15.760><c> it?</c><00:37:17.139><c> Well</c><00:37:17.280><c> in</c>

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:20.539
verses<00:37:17.659><c> 6</c><00:37:18.019><c> and</c><00:37:18.119><c> 7</c><00:37:18.420><c> of</c><00:37:18.639><c> Romans</c><00:37:18.900><c> 13</c><00:37:19.760><c> he</c><00:37:20.440><c> now</c>

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:25.260
moves<00:37:20.719><c> on</c><00:37:20.900><c> to</c><00:37:21.019><c> talking</c><00:37:21.239><c> about</c><00:37:21.519><c> taxes.</c><00:37:23.480><c> For</c><00:37:23.599><c> this</c><00:37:23.920><c> cause</c><00:37:24.539><c> pay</c>

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:27.659
your<00:37:25.480><c> tribute</c><00:37:25.719><c> also</c><00:37:26.400><c> for</c><00:37:26.920><c> they</c><00:37:27.119><c> that</c><00:37:27.260><c> is</c><00:37:27.380><c> the</c>

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:30.400
authorities<00:37:28.039><c> are</c><00:37:28.340><c> God's</c><00:37:28.800><c> ministers</c><00:37:29.079><c> attending</c><00:37:29.619><c> continually</c>

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:33.119
upon<00:37:31.139><c> this</c><00:37:31.460><c> very</c><00:37:31.800><c> thing.</c><00:37:32.780><c> It's</c><00:37:32.940><c> interesting</c>

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that's<00:37:33.440><c> the</c><00:37:33.659><c> reason</c><00:37:33.840><c> we</c><00:37:34.079><c> pay</c><00:37:34.360><c> tax</c><00:37:34.659><c> for</c><00:37:34.840><c> this</c><00:37:35.139><c> cause.</c><00:37:36.280><c> Which</c><00:37:36.579><c> cause?</c><00:37:37.340><c> Well</c><00:37:37.500><c> because</c><00:37:37.800><c> in</c>

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.260
verse<00:37:38.199><c> 4</c><00:37:38.460><c> the</c><00:37:38.760><c> authorities</c>

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:44.719
are<00:37:39.619><c> God's</c><00:37:40.199><c> ministers</c><00:37:40.460><c> to</c><00:37:40.719><c> us</c><00:37:41.000><c> for</c><00:37:41.239><c> good.</c><00:37:42.940><c> They</c><00:37:43.199><c> attend</c><00:37:43.579><c> continually</c><00:37:44.400><c> upon</c>

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:46.840
this<00:37:45.019><c> very</c><00:37:45.360><c> thing</c><00:37:45.760><c> that</c><00:37:46.039><c> is</c>

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:48.900
on<00:37:47.280><c> governing.</c><00:37:47.619><c> The</c><00:37:47.699><c> New</c><00:37:47.880><c> International</c><00:37:48.280><c> Version</c><00:37:48.579><c> in</c><00:37:48.739><c> verse</c>

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6<00:37:49.179><c> says</c><00:37:49.559><c> they</c><00:37:50.119><c> give</c><00:37:50.360><c> their</c><00:37:50.619><c> full</c><00:37:50.940><c> time</c><00:37:51.219><c> to</c><00:37:51.460><c> governing.</c>

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They<00:37:52.500><c> don't</c><00:37:52.739><c> know</c><00:37:52.900><c> it</c><00:37:53.179><c> but</c><00:37:53.300><c> they</c><00:37:53.519><c> are</c><00:37:53.800><c> the</c><00:37:54.059><c> consistent</c><00:37:54.840><c> performers</c><00:37:55.420><c> of</c><00:37:55.840><c> God's</c><00:37:56.480><c> will</c><00:37:56.800><c> day</c>

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after<00:37:57.900><c> day.</c><00:37:58.300><c> So</c><00:37:58.579><c> Paul</c>

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says<00:37:59.340><c> pay</c><00:38:00.039><c> your</c><00:38:00.280><c> taxes</c><00:38:00.960><c> on</c><00:38:02.400><c> time</c><00:38:03.079><c> in</c><00:38:04.059><c> full</c><00:38:04.440><c> without</c><00:38:05.320><c> complaining.</c><00:38:07.059><c> Now</c><00:38:07.179><c> that</c>

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:07.860
might<00:38:07.420><c> be</c><00:38:07.559><c> a</c><00:38:07.659><c> difficult</c>

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thing<00:38:08.039><c> to</c><00:38:08.199><c> do</c><00:38:08.400><c> at</c><00:38:08.480><c> times</c><00:38:08.739><c> especially</c><00:38:09.440><c> I</c><00:38:09.659><c> mean</c><00:38:09.840><c> even</c><00:38:10.019><c> if</c><00:38:10.119><c> you</c><00:38:10.300><c> had</c><00:38:10.579><c> the</c><00:38:10.920><c> cash</c><00:38:11.119><c> flow</c><00:38:11.260><c> to</c>

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do<00:38:11.579><c> so</c><00:38:11.960><c> especially</c><00:38:13.360><c> when</c>

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:17.460
you<00:38:13.659><c> see</c><00:38:13.760><c> how</c><00:38:13.940><c> your</c><00:38:14.059><c> money's</c><00:38:14.500><c> spent</c><00:38:15.099><c> but</c><00:38:16.440><c> think</c><00:38:16.599><c> about</c><00:38:17.000><c> what</c>

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taxes<00:38:17.820><c> do</c><00:38:18.079><c> pay</c><00:38:18.300><c> for.</c><00:38:19.400><c> They</c><00:38:19.599><c> pay</c><00:38:19.739><c> for</c><00:38:19.960><c> policing,</c>

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they<00:38:21.019><c> pay</c><00:38:21.239><c> for</c><00:38:21.480><c> roads</c><00:38:21.800><c> and</c><00:38:22.099><c> for</c><00:38:22.280><c> infrastructure,</c><00:38:23.280><c> they</c><00:38:23.440><c> pay</c>

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for<00:38:23.860><c> environmental</c><00:38:24.260><c> protection,</c><00:38:24.820><c> they</c><00:38:24.920><c> pay</c><00:38:25.119><c> for</c>

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:32.579
laws,<00:38:27.019><c> business</c><00:38:27.139><c> regulations,</c><00:38:28.119><c> subsidies</c><00:38:28.500><c> for</c><00:38:29.079><c> impoverished,</c><00:38:30.360><c> clean</c><00:38:30.599><c> drinking</c><00:38:31.019><c> water,</c><00:38:31.739><c> medical</c><00:38:32.079><c> care,</c>

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:37.260
taxes<00:38:33.219><c> pay</c><00:38:33.480><c> for</c><00:38:33.619><c> all</c><00:38:33.820><c> of</c><00:38:33.980><c> these</c><00:38:34.239><c> things.</c><00:38:36.639><c> Now</c><00:38:36.940><c> if</c><00:38:36.980><c> you</c><00:38:37.099><c> didn't</c>

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pay<00:38:37.519><c> tax</c><00:38:37.699><c> you</c><00:38:37.800><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:37.920><c> get</c><00:38:38.059><c> any</c><00:38:38.300><c> of</c><00:38:38.400><c> them.</c>

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That<00:38:39.000><c> would</c><00:38:39.239><c> be</c><00:38:39.400><c> a</c><00:38:39.500><c> big</c><00:38:39.699><c> problem.</c><00:38:41.579><c> Yes</c><00:38:41.699><c> there</c><00:38:41.840><c> might</c><00:38:42.019><c> be</c><00:38:42.239><c> inefficiencies,</c><00:38:43.000><c> yes</c>

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.039
there<00:38:43.320><c> might</c><00:38:43.500><c> be</c><00:38:43.760><c> corruption,</c>

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:46.579
there<00:38:44.199><c> might</c><00:38:44.460><c> be</c><00:38:44.760><c> wastage,</c><00:38:45.659><c> parliamentarians</c><00:38:46.119><c> might</c><00:38:46.380><c> spend</c>

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:49.880
money<00:38:46.880><c> on</c><00:38:47.380><c> wickedness</c><00:38:48.260><c> but</c><00:38:48.920><c> we</c><00:38:49.079><c> live,</c><00:38:49.500><c> the</c><00:38:49.719><c> fact</c>

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:56.019
is<00:38:50.179><c> in</c><00:38:50.719><c> one</c><00:38:50.980><c> of</c><00:38:51.099><c> the</c><00:38:51.179><c> most</c><00:38:51.619><c> privileged</c><00:38:52.059><c> countries</c><00:38:52.900><c> of</c><00:38:54.460><c> the</c><00:38:54.579><c> most</c><00:38:55.039><c> privileged</c><00:38:55.519><c> age</c>

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:57.619
in<00:38:56.360><c> history.</c>

00:38:58.619 --> 00:39:02.099
Things<00:38:58.840><c> could</c><00:38:59.059><c> be</c><00:38:59.159><c> a</c><00:38:59.260><c> lot</c><00:38:59.460><c> worse</c><00:38:59.900><c> than</c><00:39:00.639><c> what</c><00:39:00.840><c> they</c><00:39:01.019><c> are</c><00:39:01.179><c> here.</c>

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:04.840
And<00:39:02.980><c> by</c><00:39:03.119><c> the</c><00:39:03.199><c> way</c><00:39:03.300><c> Jesus</c><00:39:03.599><c> himself</c><00:39:03.960><c> paid</c><00:39:04.300><c> tax</c><00:39:04.599><c> didn't</c>

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:07.880
he?<00:39:05.699><c> You</c><00:39:05.800><c> remember</c><00:39:05.960><c> the</c><00:39:06.139><c> famous</c><00:39:06.360><c> words</c><00:39:06.619><c> in</c><00:39:06.739><c> Matthew</c><00:39:07.059><c> 22</c><00:39:07.579><c> verse</c>

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:10.739
21,<00:39:08.539><c> render</c><00:39:08.920><c> unto</c><00:39:09.579><c> Caesar</c><00:39:09.960><c> the</c><00:39:10.199><c> things</c><00:39:10.400><c> that</c><00:39:10.559><c> are</c>

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:16.380
Caesar's<00:39:11.380><c> and</c><00:39:11.519><c> unto</c><00:39:11.820><c> God's</c><00:39:12.300><c> the</c><00:39:12.440><c> things</c><00:39:12.679><c> that</c><00:39:12.880><c> are</c><00:39:13.039><c> God's.</c><00:39:15.820><c> Look</c><00:39:16.019><c> again</c><00:39:16.239><c> at</c>

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:18.460
verse<00:39:16.579><c> 5,</c><00:39:17.340><c> why</c><00:39:17.519><c> do</c><00:39:17.659><c> you</c><00:39:17.960><c> obey</c><00:39:18.199><c> the</c>

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:26.099
authorities?<00:39:19.219><c> Two</c><00:39:19.460><c> reasons,</c><00:39:21.039><c> for</c><00:39:21.300><c> wrath</c><00:39:21.699><c> and</c><00:39:22.559><c> for</c><00:39:23.159><c> conscience.</c><00:39:25.420><c> We're</c><00:39:25.699><c> fearful</c><00:39:25.920><c> if</c>

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:27.739
we<00:39:26.340><c> don't</c><00:39:27.139><c> and</c><00:39:27.460><c> for</c>

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:30.880
conscience<00:39:28.099><c> sake</c><00:39:28.320><c> because</c><00:39:28.619><c> God</c><00:39:28.840><c> put</c><00:39:29.000><c> them</c><00:39:29.179><c> in</c><00:39:29.400><c> place.</c><00:39:30.500><c> We</c><00:39:30.659><c> pay</c>

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:34.900
taxes<00:39:31.199><c> for</c><00:39:31.420><c> the</c><00:39:31.659><c> same</c><00:39:32.019><c> two</c><00:39:32.340><c> reasons,</c><00:39:34.119><c> we're</c><00:39:34.519><c> fearful</c>

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:38.559
so<00:39:35.420><c> render</c><00:39:35.780><c> unto</c><00:39:36.219><c> Caesar</c><00:39:36.619><c> the</c><00:39:36.980><c> things</c><00:39:37.199><c> that</c><00:39:37.440><c> are</c><00:39:37.639><c> Caesar's</c>

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:42.239
and<00:39:38.760><c> for</c><00:39:39.079><c> conscience</c><00:39:39.579><c> sake</c><00:39:39.980><c> and</c><00:39:40.420><c> render</c><00:39:40.760><c> unto</c><00:39:41.159><c> God</c><00:39:41.719><c> the</c>

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:45.739
things<00:39:42.599><c> that</c><00:39:42.860><c> are</c><00:39:43.179><c> God's.</c><00:39:43.820><c> You</c><00:39:44.079><c> see</c><00:39:44.320><c> we</c><00:39:44.800><c> pay</c><00:39:45.019><c> taxes,</c><00:39:45.360><c> the</c><00:39:45.619><c> fact</c>

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:47.860
is<00:39:46.000><c> for</c><00:39:46.260><c> the</c><00:39:46.360><c> very</c><00:39:46.639><c> same</c><00:39:46.860><c> two</c><00:39:47.099><c> reasons</c>

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:52.440
that<00:39:48.619><c> we</c><00:39:48.800><c> obey</c><00:39:48.920><c> the</c><00:39:49.179><c> authorities.</c><00:39:51.539><c> And</c><00:39:51.800><c> we</c><00:39:51.900><c> don't</c><00:39:52.000><c> only</c><00:39:52.179><c> pay</c>

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:56.059
tax,<00:39:53.780><c> we</c><00:39:53.900><c> also</c><00:39:54.199><c> pay</c><00:39:54.420><c> custom.</c><00:39:55.139><c> Verse</c><00:39:55.300><c> 7,</c>

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:59.559
render<00:39:57.000><c> therefore</c><00:39:57.300><c> to</c><00:39:57.559><c> all</c><00:39:57.820><c> their</c><00:39:58.079><c> dues,</c><00:39:58.900><c> tribute</c><00:39:59.159><c> to</c><00:39:59.360><c> whom</c>

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:01.900
tribute<00:39:59.860><c> is</c><00:40:00.139><c> due,</c><00:40:00.579><c> custom</c><00:40:00.940><c> to</c><00:40:01.139><c> whom</c><00:40:01.340><c> custom,</c>

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:05.940
fear<00:40:02.420><c> to</c><00:40:02.619><c> whom</c><00:40:02.800><c> fear,</c><00:40:03.579><c> honor</c><00:40:03.739><c> to</c><00:40:03.940><c> whom</c><00:40:04.199><c> honor.</c><00:40:05.219><c> Tribute</c><00:40:05.579><c> here</c>

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:07.980
is<00:40:06.300><c> just</c><00:40:06.599><c> tax</c><00:40:06.860><c> in</c><00:40:07.019><c> the</c><00:40:07.139><c> most</c><00:40:07.300><c> general</c><00:40:07.559><c> sense</c><00:40:07.820><c> of</c>

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:12.800
word,<00:40:08.239><c> think</c><00:40:08.400><c> of</c><00:40:08.500><c> it</c><00:40:08.619><c> as</c><00:40:08.860><c> income</c><00:40:09.139><c> tax.</c><00:40:10.420><c> Custom</c><00:40:10.860><c> is</c><00:40:11.420><c> another</c><00:40:11.900><c> tax</c><00:40:12.360><c> in</c>

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:14.820
addition<00:40:13.239><c> to</c><00:40:13.539><c> income</c><00:40:13.860><c> tax,</c>

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:24.579
this<00:40:15.300><c> would</c><00:40:15.559><c> be</c><00:40:16.039><c> import</c><00:40:16.460><c> duties,</c><00:40:18.219><c> council</c><00:40:18.739><c> rates,</c><00:40:20.679><c> GST,</c><00:40:22.739><c> motor</c><00:40:22.940><c> vehicle</c><00:40:23.159><c> registration</c><00:40:23.820><c> fees,</c><00:40:24.380><c> all</c>

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.800
the<00:40:24.840><c> myriad</c><00:40:25.119><c> of</c>

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:32.960
additional<00:40:26.300><c> taxes</c><00:40:26.780><c> we</c><00:40:27.360><c> pay</c><00:40:27.840><c> out</c><00:40:28.239><c> of</c><00:40:28.539><c> tax</c><00:40:28.880><c> paid</c><00:40:29.260><c> income.</c><00:40:32.059><c> Fear,</c>

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:35.539
render<00:40:33.619><c> unto</c><00:40:33.880><c> them</c><00:40:34.280><c> fear,</c><00:40:34.980><c> the</c><00:40:35.059><c> word</c><00:40:35.239><c> means</c>

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:38.719
respect,<00:40:36.019><c> that</c><00:40:36.199><c> is</c><00:40:36.500><c> an</c><00:40:36.719><c> acknowledgement</c><00:40:37.079><c> of</c><00:40:37.300><c> their</c><00:40:37.559><c> authority,</c><00:40:38.139><c> that</c><00:40:38.199><c> they</c><00:40:38.380><c> have</c><00:40:38.579><c> a</c>

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.980
job<00:40:39.059><c> to</c><00:40:39.360><c> do</c><00:40:39.619><c> and</c><00:40:39.820><c> they've</c>

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:44.460
been<00:40:40.239><c> appointed</c><00:40:40.619><c> by</c><00:40:40.960><c> God</c><00:40:41.239><c> to</c><00:40:41.480><c> do</c><00:40:41.679><c> it.</c><00:40:42.940><c> Honor,</c><00:40:43.659><c> render</c><00:40:43.900><c> honor,</c>

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:47.400
that<00:40:44.940><c> is</c><00:40:45.179><c> a</c><00:40:45.440><c> recognition</c><00:40:45.840><c> of</c><00:40:46.039><c> their</c><00:40:46.320><c> status,</c>

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:51.780
sometimes<00:40:48.619><c> hard</c><00:40:48.920><c> to</c><00:40:49.139><c> do,</c><00:40:50.980><c> particularly</c><00:40:51.320><c> if</c><00:40:51.420><c> you</c><00:40:51.480><c> don't</c><00:40:51.659><c> think</c>

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:54.360
they're<00:40:52.039><c> competent,</c><00:40:53.320><c> but</c><00:40:53.500><c> once</c><00:40:53.760><c> again</c><00:40:54.099><c> they've</c>

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:58.760
been<00:40:54.480><c> put</c><00:40:54.659><c> there</c><00:40:54.800><c> by</c><00:40:55.059><c> God.</c><00:40:56.179><c> Honor</c><00:40:56.420><c> to</c><00:40:56.679><c> whom</c><00:40:56.860><c> honor</c><00:40:57.079><c> is</c><00:40:57.320><c> due,</c><00:40:58.360><c> fear</c><00:40:58.519><c> to</c>

00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:02.840
who<00:40:59.019><c> fear</c><00:40:59.400><c> is</c><00:40:59.840><c> due.</c><00:41:01.860><c> And</c><00:41:02.119><c> on</c><00:41:02.219><c> the</c><00:41:02.320><c> back</c><00:41:02.440><c> of</c><00:41:02.619><c> verse</c>

00:41:02.840 --> 00:41:06.880
7,<00:41:03.840><c> he</c><00:41:04.179><c> commences</c><00:41:04.599><c> the</c><00:41:04.780><c> next</c><00:41:05.059><c> section,</c><00:41:05.480><c> verses</c><00:41:05.739><c> 8</c><00:41:06.179><c> to</c><00:41:06.360><c> 10</c><00:41:06.679><c> is</c>

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:09.599
our<00:41:07.179><c> obligations</c><00:41:07.780><c> to</c><00:41:08.360><c> fellow</c><00:41:08.599><c> men,</c><00:41:09.039><c> not</c><00:41:09.219><c> just</c><00:41:09.420><c> to</c>

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:13.579
brothers<00:41:09.760><c> and</c><00:41:09.940><c> sisters,</c><00:41:10.179><c> but</c><00:41:10.440><c> to</c><00:41:10.800><c> fellow</c><00:41:11.019><c> man.</c><00:41:13.019><c> Verses</c><00:41:13.260><c> 1</c><00:41:13.460><c> to</c>

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:15.619
7,<00:41:14.099><c> our</c><00:41:14.239><c> obligations</c><00:41:14.679><c> to</c><00:41:14.940><c> civil</c><00:41:15.099><c> authorities,</c>

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:20.880
verses<00:41:16.300><c> 8</c><00:41:16.780><c> to</c><00:41:16.960><c> 10,</c><00:41:17.300><c> our</c><00:41:17.460><c> obligation</c><00:41:17.900><c> to</c><00:41:18.119><c> fellow</c><00:41:18.300><c> man.</c><00:41:19.980><c> And</c><00:41:20.300><c> what</c><00:41:20.400><c> he's</c><00:41:20.599><c> going</c><00:41:20.719><c> to</c>

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:22.000
tell<00:41:20.980><c> us</c><00:41:21.179><c> in</c><00:41:21.300><c> this</c><00:41:21.539><c> next</c><00:41:21.800><c> little</c>

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:27.559
section<00:41:22.699><c> is</c><00:41:25.059><c> that</c><00:41:25.239><c> as</c><00:41:25.440><c> consistent</c><00:41:26.039><c> as</c><00:41:26.320><c> the</c><00:41:26.619><c> authorities</c><00:41:26.920><c> are</c>

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:30.940
in<00:41:27.940><c> their</c><00:41:28.199><c> governing</c><00:41:28.440><c> of</c><00:41:28.639><c> the</c><00:41:28.800><c> land,</c><00:41:29.719><c> we</c><00:41:30.219><c> also</c><00:41:30.639><c> have</c>

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:37.860
to<00:41:31.119><c> be</c><00:41:31.360><c> in</c><00:41:31.599><c> our</c><00:41:31.880><c> treatment</c><00:41:32.219><c> of</c><00:41:32.599><c> each</c><00:41:32.880><c> other,</c><00:41:33.500><c> but</c><00:41:33.780><c> of</c><00:41:33.980><c> course</c><00:41:34.139><c> for</c><00:41:34.380><c> different</c><00:41:34.719><c> reasons.</c><00:41:36.099><c> So</c><00:41:36.320><c> verse</c><00:41:36.539><c> 8</c><00:41:36.820><c> says,</c>

00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:42.059
oh<00:41:38.340><c> no</c><00:41:38.639><c> man</c><00:41:38.880><c> anything</c><00:41:39.300><c> but</c><00:41:39.760><c> to</c><00:41:40.059><c> love</c><00:41:40.219><c> one</c><00:41:40.440><c> another,</c><00:41:41.780><c> for</c><00:41:41.900><c> he</c>

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:45.099
that<00:41:42.260><c> loveth</c><00:41:42.480><c> another</c><00:41:42.820><c> hath</c><00:41:43.199><c> fulfilled</c><00:41:43.800><c> the</c><00:41:44.239><c> law.</c>

00:41:45.739 --> 00:41:49.079
And<00:41:46.079><c> the</c><00:41:46.260><c> link</c><00:41:46.460><c> between</c><00:41:47.079><c> verse</c><00:41:47.639><c> 8</c><00:41:47.940><c> and</c><00:41:48.139><c> the</c><00:41:48.360><c> previous</c><00:41:48.679><c> section</c>

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:51.579
is<00:41:49.340><c> found</c><00:41:49.500><c> in</c><00:41:49.699><c> the</c><00:41:49.800><c> very</c><00:41:50.099><c> first</c><00:41:50.539><c> word</c><00:41:50.920><c> of</c><00:41:51.199><c> verse</c>

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:58.059
8.<00:41:52.320><c> This</c><00:41:52.500><c> word</c><00:41:52.940><c> owe,</c><00:41:53.820><c> oh</c><00:41:54.199><c> no</c><00:41:54.579><c> man</c><00:41:54.960><c> anything.</c><00:41:56.280><c> The</c><00:41:56.460><c> word</c><00:41:56.719><c> owe</c><00:41:57.679><c> in</c>

00:41:58.059 --> 00:42:00.619
verse<00:41:58.360><c> 8</c><00:41:58.900><c> is</c><00:41:59.420><c> the</c><00:41:59.659><c> same</c><00:41:59.820><c> as</c><00:42:00.019><c> the</c><00:42:00.099><c> word</c>

00:42:00.619 --> 00:42:05.260
dues<00:42:01.159><c> in</c><00:42:01.539><c> verse</c><00:42:01.820><c> 7,</c><00:42:02.320><c> render</c><00:42:02.659><c> therefore</c><00:42:03.119><c> to</c><00:42:03.360><c> all</c><00:42:03.719><c> their</c><00:42:04.139><c> dues.</c>

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:09.619
So<00:42:06.099><c> you</c><00:42:06.619><c> owe</c><00:42:06.940><c> tax</c><00:42:07.559><c> to</c><00:42:07.760><c> the</c><00:42:07.960><c> government,</c><00:42:09.159><c> you</c><00:42:09.400><c> owe</c>

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:14.960
love<00:42:10.239><c> to</c><00:42:10.820><c> fellow</c><00:42:11.039><c> man,</c><00:42:11.440><c> that's</c><00:42:11.639><c> what</c><00:42:11.760><c> he's</c><00:42:12.000><c> saying</c><00:42:12.280><c> here,</c><00:42:12.699><c> that's</c><00:42:13.119><c> your</c><00:42:13.519><c> dues,</c><00:42:14.219><c> render</c><00:42:14.500><c> to</c>

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.340
everyone<00:42:15.460><c> what</c><00:42:15.880><c> you</c><00:42:16.139><c> owe</c>

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he<00:42:16.659><c> says.</c><00:42:17.539><c> So</c><00:42:17.639><c> if</c><00:42:17.800><c> we're</c><00:42:18.000><c> obligated</c><00:42:18.400><c> to</c><00:42:18.579><c> pay</c><00:42:18.699><c> our</c><00:42:18.900><c> taxes,</c><00:42:20.360><c> we're</c><00:42:20.579><c> also</c>

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obligated<00:42:21.199><c> to</c><00:42:21.320><c> love</c><00:42:21.519><c> each</c><00:42:21.800><c> other.</c>

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The<00:42:22.820><c> difference</c><00:42:23.320><c> is</c><00:42:24.039><c> that</c><00:42:24.559><c> when</c><00:42:24.739><c> you've</c><00:42:25.059><c> paid</c><00:42:25.420><c> your</c><00:42:25.739><c> tax,</c><00:42:26.860><c> you've</c><00:42:27.260><c> discharged</c><00:42:27.940><c> your</c><00:42:28.340><c> obligation</c><00:42:29.039><c> at</c>

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least<00:42:29.699><c> for</c>

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that<00:42:30.260><c> tax</c><00:42:30.559><c> year,</c><00:42:31.800><c> whereas</c><00:42:32.039><c> you</c><00:42:32.320><c> never</c><00:42:32.659><c> fulfil</c><00:42:33.059><c> your</c><00:42:33.360><c> obligation</c><00:42:33.840><c> to</c><00:42:34.059><c> pay</c>

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love.<00:42:35.219><c> That's</c><00:42:35.519><c> the</c><00:42:35.739><c> contrast.</c>

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Now<00:42:37.739><c> let's</c><00:42:37.860><c> just</c><00:42:38.079><c> read</c><00:42:38.159><c> the</c><00:42:38.280><c> next</c><00:42:38.460><c> couple</c><00:42:38.659><c> of</c><00:42:38.860><c> verses</c><00:42:39.059><c> because</c>

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this<00:42:39.579><c> is</c><00:42:39.719><c> only</c><00:42:39.920><c> a</c><00:42:40.059><c> small</c><00:42:40.300><c> section</c><00:42:40.619><c> from</c><00:42:40.820><c> verses</c>

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8<00:42:41.380><c> to</c><00:42:41.519><c> 10.</c><00:42:43.460><c> These</c><00:42:43.800><c> are</c><00:42:43.960><c> not</c><00:42:44.239><c> difficult</c><00:42:44.579><c> to</c><00:42:44.800><c> understand</c><00:42:45.219><c> but</c><00:42:45.480><c> I'll</c><00:42:45.800><c> explain</c><00:42:46.039><c> them</c><00:42:46.159><c> when</c><00:42:46.219><c> I</c>

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get<00:42:46.760><c> done.</c>

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Oh<00:42:48.719><c> no</c><00:42:48.960><c> man</c><00:42:49.139><c> anything</c><00:42:49.440><c> but</c><00:42:49.639><c> to</c><00:42:49.960><c> love</c><00:42:50.099><c> one</c><00:42:50.300><c> another,</c><00:42:51.079><c> for</c><00:42:51.079><c> he</c>

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that<00:42:51.719><c> loveth</c><00:42:52.000><c> another</c><00:42:52.460><c> hath</c><00:42:52.719><c> fulfilled</c><00:42:53.219><c> the</c><00:42:53.519><c> law.</c>

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For<00:42:55.000><c> this,</c><00:42:56.340><c> there</c><00:42:56.340><c> shalt</c><00:42:56.519><c> not</c><00:42:56.719><c> commit</c><00:42:56.980><c> adultery,</c><00:42:57.619><c> there</c><00:42:57.699><c> shalt</c><00:42:57.900><c> not</c>

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kill,<00:42:58.460><c> there</c><00:42:58.599><c> shalt</c><00:42:58.800><c> not</c><00:42:59.079><c> steal,</c>

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there<00:42:59.599><c> shalt</c><00:42:59.820><c> not</c><00:42:59.980><c> bear</c><00:43:00.179><c> false</c><00:43:00.480><c> witness,</c><00:43:01.440><c> there</c><00:43:01.579><c> shalt</c><00:43:01.800><c> not</c>

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covet,<00:43:02.860><c> and</c><00:43:03.079><c> if</c><00:43:03.280><c> there</c><00:43:03.400><c> be</c><00:43:03.539><c> any</c><00:43:03.800><c> other</c><00:43:04.059><c> commandment</c>

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briefly<00:43:05.059><c> comprehended</c><00:43:05.860><c> or</c><00:43:06.260><c> summarized</c><00:43:07.099><c> in</c><00:43:07.380><c> this</c><00:43:07.980><c> saying,</c>

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:10.880
namely,<00:43:09.679><c> there</c><00:43:09.699><c> shalt</c><00:43:10.019><c> love</c><00:43:10.380><c> thy</c><00:43:10.579><c> neighbour</c>

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as<00:43:11.059><c> thyself.</c><00:43:12.880><c> Love</c><00:43:13.400><c> worketh</c><00:43:13.820><c> no</c><00:43:14.079><c> ill</c><00:43:14.300><c> to</c><00:43:14.500><c> his</c><00:43:14.659><c> neighbour,</c><00:43:15.679><c> therefore</c><00:43:16.139><c> love</c><00:43:17.219><c> is</c>

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the<00:43:17.719><c> fulfilling</c><00:43:18.219><c> of</c><00:43:18.920><c> the</c><00:43:19.099><c> law.</c>

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:23.860
I<00:43:20.400><c> mean</c><00:43:20.519><c> it's</c><00:43:20.639><c> very</c><00:43:21.000><c> simple</c><00:43:21.199><c> really</c><00:43:21.500><c> isn't</c><00:43:21.699><c> it?</c><00:43:23.139><c> If</c><00:43:23.300><c> you</c><00:43:23.460><c> really</c><00:43:23.679><c> love</c>

00:43:23.860 --> 00:43:25.780
your<00:43:24.039><c> neighbour,</c><00:43:25.239><c> you</c><00:43:25.380><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:25.599><c> do</c>

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anything<00:43:26.000><c> to</c><00:43:26.260><c> hurt</c><00:43:26.440><c> him.</c><00:43:27.699><c> So</c><00:43:27.900><c> you</c><00:43:27.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:28.159><c> be</c><00:43:28.420><c> committing</c>

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:30.940
adultery,<00:43:29.219><c> you</c><00:43:29.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:29.440><c> be</c><00:43:29.760><c> killing</c><00:43:29.940><c> him,</c><00:43:30.179><c> you</c><00:43:30.219><c> wouldn't</c>

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:34.360
be<00:43:31.460><c> doing</c><00:43:31.460><c> any</c><00:43:32.139><c> of</c><00:43:32.179><c> those</c><00:43:32.519><c> sorts</c><00:43:32.860><c> of</c><00:43:32.960><c> things</c><00:43:33.400><c> if</c><00:43:33.780><c> you</c><00:43:34.000><c> really</c>

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:36.460
loved<00:43:34.619><c> your</c><00:43:34.820><c> neighbour.</c><00:43:35.900><c> You'd</c><00:43:36.159><c> do</c><00:43:36.219><c> whatever</c>

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:42.880
you<00:43:36.699><c> could</c><00:43:36.820><c> to</c><00:43:37.079><c> help</c><00:43:37.239><c> him.</c><00:43:39.519><c> And</c><00:43:39.760><c> if</c><00:43:39.880><c> you</c><00:43:40.019><c> want</c><00:43:40.300><c> one</c><00:43:40.780><c> commandment,</c><00:43:41.679><c> he</c><00:43:41.980><c> says,</c>

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:44.340
to<00:43:43.219><c> summarize</c><00:43:43.699><c> all</c><00:43:44.019><c> of</c><00:43:44.199><c> that,</c>

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as<00:43:44.539><c> I</c><00:43:44.679><c> say</c><00:43:44.760><c> the</c><00:43:44.900><c> word</c><00:43:45.239><c> comprehended</c><00:43:46.280><c> halfway</c><00:43:46.760><c> through</c><00:43:47.059><c> verse</c>

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:52.760
9,<00:43:48.599><c> the</c><00:43:48.780><c> RSV</c><00:43:49.300><c> says</c><00:43:49.780><c> summed</c><00:43:50.800><c> up.</c><00:43:51.679><c> You</c><00:43:51.840><c> want</c><00:43:52.119><c> one</c>

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:56.699
commandment<00:43:53.300><c> to</c><00:43:53.599><c> sum</c><00:43:53.760><c> up</c><00:43:54.420><c> love</c><00:43:54.719><c> for</c><00:43:54.940><c> your</c><00:43:55.139><c> neighbour,</c><00:43:55.960><c> or</c><00:43:56.119><c> sorry</c><00:43:56.420><c> all</c>

00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:58.860
of<00:43:56.860><c> those</c><00:43:57.500><c> portion</c><00:43:57.900><c> of</c><00:43:58.119><c> the</c><00:43:58.260><c> 10</c><00:43:58.440><c> commandments,</c>

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it's<00:43:59.699><c> this.</c><00:44:01.300><c> Love</c><00:44:01.380><c> thy</c><00:44:01.599><c> neighbour</c><00:44:01.860><c> as</c><00:44:02.099><c> thyself,</c><00:44:02.780><c> he</c><00:44:02.780><c> says.</c><00:44:04.300><c> A</c>

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:08.079
quotation<00:44:05.019><c> from</c><00:44:05.360><c> Leviticus</c><00:44:05.840><c> 19</c><00:44:06.519><c> in</c><00:44:06.820><c> verse</c><00:44:07.139><c> 18.</c>

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:10.820
And<00:44:08.900><c> that</c><00:44:09.059><c> commandment</c><00:44:09.500><c> at</c><00:44:09.619><c> the</c><00:44:09.659><c> end</c><00:44:09.820><c> of</c><00:44:09.940><c> verse</c><00:44:10.119><c> 9,</c><00:44:10.559><c> love</c><00:44:10.659><c> thy</c>

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:14.460
neighbour<00:44:11.039><c> as</c><00:44:11.199><c> thyself,</c><00:44:12.440><c> James</c><00:44:12.760><c> calls</c><00:44:13.360><c> the</c><00:44:14.059><c> royal</c>

00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:20.840
law.<00:44:16.059><c> In</c><00:44:16.239><c> James</c><00:44:16.539><c> 2</c><00:44:16.800><c> verse</c><00:44:17.019><c> 8</c><00:44:17.320><c> he</c><00:44:17.480><c> calls</c><00:44:17.699><c> it</c><00:44:17.880><c> the</c><00:44:18.179><c> royal</c><00:44:18.559><c> law,</c><00:44:19.659><c> not</c><00:44:19.900><c> because</c><00:44:20.500><c> it</c>

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was<00:44:21.099><c> given</c><00:44:21.280><c> by</c><00:44:21.619><c> a</c><00:44:21.840><c> king,</c><00:44:22.760><c> but</c><00:44:22.880><c> because</c>

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:27.460
it<00:44:23.400><c> reigns</c><00:44:24.059><c> over</c><00:44:24.420><c> all</c><00:44:24.820><c> other</c><00:44:25.219><c> laws.</c><00:44:26.719><c> Love</c><00:44:26.880><c> thy</c><00:44:27.039><c> neighbour</c><00:44:27.340><c> as</c>

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:30.260
thyself,<00:44:28.119><c> you</c><00:44:28.139><c> can</c><00:44:28.400><c> see</c><00:44:28.579><c> reigns</c><00:44:29.039><c> over</c><00:44:29.239><c> all</c><00:44:29.599><c> the</c><00:44:29.880><c> laws</c>

00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:35.820
of<00:44:30.619><c> the</c><00:44:30.840><c> first</c><00:44:31.159><c> half</c><00:44:31.619><c> of</c><00:44:31.860><c> verse</c><00:44:32.139><c> 9.</c><00:44:33.659><c> It's</c><00:44:34.260><c> a</c><00:44:34.480><c> preeminent</c><00:44:35.300><c> law,</c>

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you<00:44:36.179><c> see.</c><00:44:37.179><c> And</c><00:44:37.519><c> we</c><00:44:37.659><c> know</c><00:44:37.840><c> that</c><00:44:38.059><c> because</c><00:44:38.699><c> when</c><00:44:39.179><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:44:39.820><c> asked</c><00:44:40.019><c> what</c><00:44:40.340><c> the</c><00:44:40.820><c> greatest</c><00:44:41.300><c> commandment</c><00:44:41.960><c> is,</c><00:44:42.980><c> he</c><00:44:43.199><c> said,</c>

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:47.400
well<00:44:44.159><c> in</c><00:44:44.320><c> fact</c><00:44:44.440><c> there</c><00:44:44.619><c> are</c><00:44:44.860><c> two.</c><00:44:46.480><c> One</c><00:44:46.820><c> of</c><00:44:47.039><c> which</c>

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:54.519
was<00:44:48.260><c> Leviticus</c><00:44:48.739><c> 19</c><00:44:49.280><c> in</c><00:44:49.500><c> verse</c><00:44:49.739><c> 18.</c><00:44:51.440><c> Why?</c><00:44:52.980><c> Well</c><00:44:53.159><c> I'll</c><00:44:53.260><c> show</c><00:44:53.400><c> you</c><00:44:53.559><c> why.</c>

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:57.480
What's<00:44:55.659><c> the</c><00:44:55.800><c> greatest</c><00:44:56.079><c> commandment</c><00:44:56.460><c> of</c><00:44:56.579><c> all,</c><00:44:56.880><c> Lord?</c><00:44:57.059><c> He</c><00:44:57.099><c> says,</c><00:44:57.480><c> well</c>

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:59.460
there<00:44:57.599><c> are</c><00:44:57.800><c> two</c><00:44:58.059><c> great</c><00:44:58.380><c> commandments.</c>

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Thou<00:44:59.619><c> shalt</c><00:44:59.880><c> love</c><00:45:00.260><c> thou</c><00:45:00.420><c> thy</c><00:45:00.639><c> God</c><00:45:00.960><c> with</c><00:45:01.179><c> all</c><00:45:01.300><c> thy</c><00:45:01.579><c> heart,</c><00:45:01.940><c> soul</c>

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:05.019
and<00:45:02.300><c> mind,</c><00:45:03.300><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:45:03.739><c> chapter</c><00:45:04.039><c> 6</c><00:45:04.300><c> verse</c><00:45:04.519><c> 5,</c>

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and<00:45:05.940><c> thou</c><00:45:06.159><c> shalt</c><00:45:06.500><c> love</c><00:45:06.820><c> thy</c><00:45:07.039><c> neighbour</c><00:45:07.380><c> as</c><00:45:07.539><c> thyself,</c><00:45:08.719><c> Leviticus</c><00:45:09.139><c> 19</c><00:45:09.719><c> verse</c><00:45:09.960><c> 18.</c>

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They<00:45:11.380><c> are</c><00:45:11.679><c> two</c><00:45:12.420><c> equally</c><00:45:13.079><c> great</c>

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commandments.<00:45:14.340><c> Upon</c><00:45:14.800><c> these</c><00:45:15.300><c> hangs</c><00:45:15.719><c> the</c><00:45:16.039><c> whole</c><00:45:16.559><c> law,</c><00:45:17.239><c> he</c><00:45:17.539><c> says.</c><00:45:18.820><c> If</c>

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:20.960
we<00:45:19.219><c> could</c><00:45:19.539><c> summarize</c><00:45:19.980><c> the</c><00:45:20.320><c> entire</c><00:45:20.719><c> law</c>

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by<00:45:21.199><c> the</c><00:45:21.440><c> Ten</c><00:45:21.639><c> Commandments,</c><00:45:22.219><c> you'd</c><00:45:22.500><c> find</c><00:45:22.619><c> that</c><00:45:22.800><c> the</c><00:45:23.000><c> first</c><00:45:23.360><c> four</c><00:45:23.880><c> of</c>

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:26.280
the<00:45:24.639><c> Ten</c><00:45:24.860><c> Commandments</c><00:45:25.320><c> are</c><00:45:25.699><c> commandments</c>

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relating<00:45:26.820><c> to</c><00:45:27.079><c> our</c><00:45:27.380><c> relationship</c><00:45:27.920><c> with</c><00:45:28.199><c> God.</c><00:45:29.659><c> The</c><00:45:29.980><c> latter</c><00:45:30.400><c> six</c>

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of<00:45:31.559><c> those</c><00:45:31.840><c> Ten</c><00:45:32.139><c> Commandments</c><00:45:32.539><c> are</c><00:45:32.860><c> commandments</c>

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:37.679
relating<00:45:33.719><c> to</c><00:45:33.980><c> our</c><00:45:34.219><c> relationship</c><00:45:34.760><c> with</c><00:45:35.199><c> fellow</c><00:45:35.440><c> man.</c><00:45:36.960><c> You</c><00:45:37.280><c> want</c><00:45:37.480><c> a</c>

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capital<00:45:37.980><c> commandment</c><00:45:38.460><c> to</c><00:45:38.699><c> summarize</c><00:45:38.980><c> our</c>

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relationship<00:45:39.679><c> with</c><00:45:39.900><c> God,</c><00:45:40.460><c> that</c><00:45:40.539><c> is</c><00:45:40.739><c> the</c><00:45:40.940><c> first</c><00:45:41.159><c> four</c><00:45:41.380><c> of</c><00:45:41.539><c> the</c>

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Ten<00:45:41.900><c> Commandments,</c><00:45:43.400><c> love</c><00:45:43.559><c> thou</c><00:45:43.780><c> thy</c><00:45:44.099><c> God.</c>

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:50.159
You<00:45:45.840><c> want</c><00:45:46.179><c> one</c><00:45:46.699><c> commandment</c><00:45:47.400><c> to</c><00:45:47.699><c> summarize</c><00:45:48.280><c> the</c><00:45:48.980><c> latter</c><00:45:49.320><c> six</c>

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of<00:45:50.800><c> the</c><00:45:52.039><c> Ten</c><00:45:52.260><c> Commandments</c><00:45:53.280><c> relating</c><00:45:53.739><c> to</c><00:45:53.960><c> our</c>

00:45:54.440 --> 00:46:02.019
relationship<00:45:54.980><c> with</c><00:45:55.239><c> fellow</c><00:45:55.420><c> man,</c><00:45:57.239><c> love</c><00:45:57.460><c> your</c><00:45:57.619><c> neighbour.</c><00:45:59.480><c> Love</c><00:46:00.099><c> fulfills</c><00:46:01.119><c> the</c><00:46:01.559><c> law,</c><00:46:01.900><c> be</c>

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:03.719
it<00:46:02.219><c> love</c><00:46:02.480><c> for</c><00:46:02.760><c> God</c><00:46:03.059><c> or</c><00:46:03.440><c> love</c>

00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:07.400
your<00:46:03.960><c> neighbour.</c><00:46:04.579><c> And</c><00:46:04.659><c> of</c><00:46:04.820><c> course</c><00:46:05.159><c> in</c><00:46:05.800><c> Romans</c><00:46:06.079><c> 13,</c><00:46:06.800><c> he's</c><00:46:07.000><c> only</c>

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:08.960
speaking<00:46:07.719><c> about</c><00:46:08.079><c> love</c><00:46:08.300><c> for</c><00:46:08.480><c> your</c><00:46:08.619><c> neighbour,</c>

00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:14.119
so<00:46:09.420><c> he</c><00:46:09.440><c> only</c><00:46:09.619><c> mentions</c><00:46:10.079><c> one</c><00:46:10.699><c> of</c><00:46:11.119><c> these</c><00:46:11.500><c> two</c><00:46:12.099><c> great</c><00:46:12.420><c> commandments.</c><00:46:13.820><c> But</c><00:46:13.980><c> you</c>

00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:15.380
see<00:46:14.280><c> the</c><00:46:14.480><c> point,</c>

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:19.539
loving<00:46:16.360><c> your</c><00:46:16.539><c> neighbour</c><00:46:16.800><c> fulfills</c><00:46:17.360><c> the</c><00:46:17.599><c> law.</c><00:46:19.000><c> Now</c><00:46:19.099><c> think</c><00:46:19.199><c> about</c><00:46:19.400><c> the</c>

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:21.139
implications<00:46:19.940><c> of</c><00:46:20.159><c> that,</c>

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because<00:46:21.900><c> for</c><00:46:22.179><c> 1500</c><00:46:22.599><c> years</c><00:46:23.320><c> the</c><00:46:23.900><c> nation</c><00:46:24.179><c> of</c><00:46:24.300><c> Israel</c><00:46:24.480><c> had</c><00:46:24.639><c> been</c>

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:26.360
keeping<00:46:25.000><c> the</c><00:46:25.219><c> law</c><00:46:25.400><c> and</c><00:46:25.579><c> they</c><00:46:25.760><c> could</c><00:46:25.940><c> never</c><00:46:26.159><c> ever</c>

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:29.559
keep<00:46:26.579><c> it.</c><00:46:27.579><c> Never</c><00:46:27.800><c> ever</c><00:46:28.099><c> keep</c><00:46:28.300><c> it.</c><00:46:28.400><c> All</c><00:46:28.599><c> the</c><00:46:28.820><c> law</c><00:46:29.000><c> could</c><00:46:29.239><c> do</c><00:46:29.400><c> for</c>

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:32.119
them<00:46:29.679><c> was</c><00:46:29.860><c> to</c><00:46:30.239><c> expose</c><00:46:30.559><c> their</c><00:46:30.980><c> failings</c><00:46:31.420><c> and</c><00:46:31.659><c> their</c>

00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:36.920
ability<00:46:32.880><c> to</c><00:46:33.820><c> keep</c><00:46:34.039><c> it</c><00:46:34.619><c> and</c><00:46:35.320><c> illuminate</c><00:46:35.719><c> therefore</c><00:46:36.000><c> the</c><00:46:36.219><c> enormous</c><00:46:36.440><c> gulf</c>

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:38.300
that<00:46:37.199><c> existed</c><00:46:37.440><c> between</c><00:46:37.840><c> them</c>

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:42.199
and<00:46:38.820><c> God.</c><00:46:40.199><c> But</c><00:46:40.360><c> the</c><00:46:40.519><c> apostle</c><00:46:40.820><c> Paul</c><00:46:41.099><c> here</c><00:46:41.400><c> offers</c><00:46:41.599><c> a</c><00:46:41.760><c> solution</c>

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:44.159
to<00:46:42.400><c> the</c><00:46:42.599><c> Jew,</c><00:46:42.940><c> doesn't</c><00:46:43.079><c> he?</c><00:46:43.639><c> He</c><00:46:43.820><c> offers</c><00:46:44.039><c> a</c>

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:46.980
solution<00:46:44.599><c> to</c><00:46:44.780><c> the</c><00:46:44.960><c> Jew.</c><00:46:45.099><c> You</c><00:46:45.179><c> want</c><00:46:45.320><c> to</c><00:46:45.440><c> keep</c><00:46:45.579><c> the</c><00:46:45.780><c> law,</c><00:46:45.920><c> he</c><00:46:46.159><c> says,</c><00:46:46.639><c> you</c>

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:48.820
want<00:46:47.119><c> to</c><00:46:47.239><c> keep</c><00:46:47.360><c> the</c><00:46:47.619><c> law</c><00:46:47.760><c> to</c><00:46:48.000><c> its</c><00:46:48.440><c> greatest</c>

00:46:48.820 --> 00:46:53.159
extent?<00:46:50.440><c> Go</c><00:46:50.559><c> and</c><00:46:50.659><c> love</c><00:46:50.820><c> your</c><00:46:50.960><c> neighbour.</c><00:46:51.860><c> You</c><00:46:52.099><c> do</c><00:46:52.340><c> that</c><00:46:52.820><c> and</c>

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:56.820
you'll<00:46:53.460><c> fulfil</c><00:46:53.940><c> everything</c><00:46:54.980><c> in</c><00:46:55.900><c> the</c><00:46:56.059><c> law</c><00:46:56.179><c> of</c><00:46:56.440><c> Moses,</c>

00:46:56.820 --> 00:47:02.940
at<00:46:57.380><c> least</c><00:46:57.739><c> everything</c><00:46:58.360><c> in</c><00:46:58.860><c> relation</c><00:46:59.420><c> to</c><00:46:59.840><c> fellow</c><00:47:00.039><c> man.</c><00:47:02.360><c> So</c><00:47:02.500><c> once</c><00:47:02.719><c> the</c>

00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:05.019
law<00:47:03.039><c> of</c><00:47:03.219><c> Moses</c><00:47:03.500><c> was</c><00:47:03.719><c> done</c><00:47:04.000><c> away,</c>

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:10.219
you<00:47:06.739><c> had</c><00:47:06.880><c> a</c><00:47:07.159><c> freedom</c><00:47:07.440><c> from</c><00:47:07.880><c> law.</c><00:47:09.280><c> But</c><00:47:09.460><c> the</c><00:47:09.719><c> freedom</c><00:47:09.900><c> that</c><00:47:10.079><c> you</c>

00:47:10.219 --> 00:47:12.860
had<00:47:10.360><c> was</c><00:47:10.539><c> not</c><00:47:10.699><c> a</c><00:47:10.960><c> freedom</c><00:47:11.159><c> to</c><00:47:11.380><c> do</c><00:47:11.500><c> whatever</c><00:47:11.760><c> you</c><00:47:12.019><c> liked,</c>

00:47:13.219 --> 00:47:17.000
it<00:47:13.380><c> was</c><00:47:13.599><c> a</c><00:47:13.739><c> freedom</c><00:47:13.920><c> to</c><00:47:14.219><c> serve</c><00:47:14.539><c> in</c><00:47:15.000><c> an</c><00:47:15.119><c> even</c><00:47:15.780><c> greater</c><00:47:16.059><c> capacity.</c><00:47:16.539><c> It</c><00:47:16.619><c> was</c><00:47:16.760><c> a</c>

00:47:17.000 --> 00:47:18.179
freedom<00:47:17.219><c> to</c><00:47:17.480><c> love</c><00:47:17.699><c> your</c><00:47:17.980><c> brother.</c>

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:20.960
You<00:47:18.699><c> come</c><00:47:18.800><c> with</c><00:47:18.960><c> me</c><00:47:19.099><c> to</c><00:47:19.619><c> Galatians</c><00:47:20.139><c> chapter</c><00:47:20.400><c> five,</c><00:47:20.739><c> I'll</c><00:47:20.880><c> show</c>

00:47:20.960 --> 00:47:22.179
you<00:47:21.039><c> what</c><00:47:21.119><c> we</c><00:47:21.320><c> mean.</c><00:47:21.559><c> Now</c><00:47:21.760><c> Galatians,</c>

00:47:22.179 --> 00:47:29.639
you<00:47:22.260><c> might</c><00:47:22.420><c> be</c><00:47:22.639><c> aware,</c><00:47:23.460><c> is</c><00:47:23.539><c> like</c><00:47:23.739><c> a</c><00:47:23.960><c> mini</c><00:47:24.219><c>-Romans.</c><00:47:26.280><c> So</c><00:47:26.559><c> oftentimes</c><00:47:26.980><c> you</c><00:47:27.199><c> find</c><00:47:27.519><c> that</c><00:47:28.500><c> various</c><00:47:28.820><c> points</c><00:47:29.260><c> in</c><00:47:29.440><c> the</c>

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:35.679
epistle<00:47:29.840><c> of</c><00:47:30.019><c> the</c><00:47:30.179><c> Romans</c><00:47:30.380><c> are</c><00:47:30.880><c> summarised</c><00:47:31.659><c> extremely</c><00:47:32.340><c> succinctly</c><00:47:33.119><c> in</c><00:47:33.380><c> Galatians.</c><00:47:35.159><c> Galatians</c><00:47:35.519><c> is</c>

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:35.960
a<00:47:35.739><c> much</c>

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:39.460
smaller<00:47:36.219><c> book,</c><00:47:36.500><c> it</c><00:47:36.679><c> doesn't</c><00:47:36.880><c> have</c><00:47:37.019><c> a</c><00:47:37.119><c> lot</c><00:47:37.219><c> of</c><00:47:37.340><c> the</c><00:47:37.539><c> content</c><00:47:37.840><c> that</c><00:47:38.059><c> Romans</c><00:47:38.340><c> has,</c><00:47:39.219><c> but</c><00:47:39.360><c> it</c>

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.340
does<00:47:39.719><c> have</c><00:47:39.940><c> this,</c>

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:44.960
Galatians<00:47:41.280><c> chapter</c><00:47:41.599><c> five</c><00:47:41.960><c> and</c><00:47:42.119><c> verse</c><00:47:42.360><c> 13.</c><00:47:44.159><c> For</c><00:47:44.380><c> brethren,</c><00:47:44.780><c> he</c>

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:48.500
says,<00:47:46.559><c> you</c><00:47:46.739><c> have</c><00:47:46.860><c> been</c><00:47:47.159><c> called</c><00:47:47.380><c> unto</c><00:47:47.659><c> liberty</c><00:47:48.239><c> or</c>

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:52.559
freedom.<00:47:49.519><c> Only</c><00:47:50.119><c> use</c><00:47:50.559><c> not</c><00:47:50.920><c> liberty</c><00:47:51.300><c> for</c><00:47:51.539><c> an</c><00:47:51.800><c> occasion</c><00:47:52.119><c> to</c><00:47:52.300><c> the</c>

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:55.320
flesh,<00:47:53.059><c> but</c><00:47:53.179><c> by</c><00:47:53.559><c> love</c><00:47:54.079><c> serve</c><00:47:54.659><c> one</c><00:47:54.980><c> another.</c>

00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:58.639
You<00:47:55.719><c> see</c><00:47:55.800><c> what</c><00:47:55.880><c> he</c><00:47:56.019><c> says?</c><00:47:57.440><c> You've</c><00:47:57.659><c> been</c><00:47:57.980><c> freed</c><00:47:58.179><c> from</c><00:47:58.380><c> the</c><00:47:58.539><c> law</c>

00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:01.500
of<00:47:58.880><c> Moses,</c><00:47:59.179><c> you</c><00:47:59.320><c> no</c><00:47:59.539><c> longer</c><00:47:59.719><c> have</c><00:47:59.940><c> to</c><00:48:00.159><c> keep</c><00:48:00.420><c> rules.</c>

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:06.179
But<00:48:02.260><c> don't</c><00:48:02.579><c> use</c><00:48:02.860><c> your</c><00:48:03.079><c> newfound</c><00:48:03.539><c> freedom</c><00:48:04.139><c> to</c><00:48:05.239><c> satisfy</c><00:48:05.780><c> your</c>

00:48:06.179 --> 00:48:11.619
own<00:48:06.800><c> lusts.</c><00:48:08.559><c> Use</c><00:48:08.920><c> it</c><00:48:09.500><c> to</c><00:48:10.179><c> serve</c><00:48:10.599><c> one</c><00:48:10.940><c> another</c><00:48:11.219><c> in</c>

00:48:11.619 --> 00:48:17.260
love.<00:48:11.880><c> And</c><00:48:12.039><c> there's</c><00:48:12.199><c> a</c><00:48:12.440><c> paradox</c><00:48:12.840><c> there,</c><00:48:13.099><c> you</c><00:48:13.320><c> see.</c><00:48:14.260><c> You've</c><00:48:14.559><c> been</c><00:48:14.820><c> given</c><00:48:15.139><c> freedom,</c><00:48:16.579><c> you've</c><00:48:17.000><c> got</c><00:48:17.099><c> to</c>

00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:18.139
consign<00:48:17.679><c> yourself</c>

00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:23.380
to<00:48:18.559><c> slavery</c><00:48:18.840><c> or</c><00:48:19.139><c> to</c><00:48:19.579><c> service,</c><00:48:20.079><c> to</c><00:48:20.480><c> serve</c><00:48:21.219><c> one</c><00:48:21.519><c> another.</c><00:48:22.539><c> So</c><00:48:22.980><c> a</c>

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:26.980
paradox.<00:48:24.599><c> In</c><00:48:24.699><c> the</c><00:48:24.880><c> absence</c><00:48:25.099><c> of</c><00:48:25.460><c> law,</c><00:48:26.599><c> you're</c><00:48:26.840><c> free</c>

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:32.500
to<00:48:27.119><c> be</c><00:48:27.280><c> a</c><00:48:27.500><c> servant.</c><00:48:29.559><c> And</c><00:48:29.559><c> that</c><00:48:29.940><c> ironically,</c><00:48:30.619><c> if</c><00:48:30.760><c> you</c><00:48:31.079><c> do</c><00:48:31.320><c> choose</c><00:48:31.900><c> the</c>

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:35.219
service<00:48:32.800><c> of</c><00:48:33.039><c> verse</c><00:48:33.260><c> 13,</c><00:48:34.719><c> well</c><00:48:34.820><c> then</c><00:48:34.960><c> verse</c>

00:48:35.219 --> 00:48:39.039
14,<00:48:36.360><c> for</c><00:48:36.519><c> all</c><00:48:36.960><c> the</c><00:48:37.219><c> law</c><00:48:37.420><c> is</c><00:48:37.659><c> fulfilled</c><00:48:37.960><c> in</c><00:48:38.179><c> one</c><00:48:38.400><c> word,</c><00:48:38.699><c> even</c><00:48:38.840><c> in</c>

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:43.900
this,<00:48:40.119><c> thou</c><00:48:40.280><c> shalt</c><00:48:40.619><c> love</c><00:48:41.199><c> thy</c><00:48:41.380><c> neighbour</c><00:48:41.880><c> as</c><00:48:42.679><c> thyself.</c>

00:48:43.960 --> 00:48:47.480
You<00:48:44.440><c> bind</c><00:48:44.739><c> yourself</c><00:48:45.179><c> back</c><00:48:45.500><c> to</c><00:48:45.719><c> law,</c><00:48:45.940><c> not</c><00:48:46.260><c> to</c><00:48:46.460><c> the</c><00:48:46.780><c> dictates</c><00:48:47.320><c> of</c>

00:48:47.480 --> 00:48:49.980
the<00:48:47.619><c> law</c><00:48:47.719><c> of</c><00:48:47.960><c> Moses,</c><00:48:48.280><c> but</c><00:48:48.559><c> to</c><00:48:48.760><c> the</c><00:48:49.159><c> principles</c><00:48:49.639><c> of</c><00:48:49.840><c> the</c>

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:52.900
law<00:48:50.059><c> of</c><00:48:50.300><c> Moses</c><00:48:50.460><c> and</c><00:48:50.820><c> fulfill</c><00:48:51.539><c> something</c><00:48:52.139><c> the</c><00:48:52.380><c> law</c><00:48:52.480><c> of</c><00:48:52.699><c> Moses</c>

00:48:52.900 --> 00:48:56.099
could<00:48:53.320><c> never,</c><00:48:53.940><c> ever</c><00:48:54.619><c> get</c><00:48:54.980><c> you</c><00:48:55.179><c> to</c><00:48:55.360><c> do.</c>

00:48:56.820 --> 00:48:58.599
It's<00:48:57.059><c> remarkable,</c><00:48:57.559><c> isn't</c><00:48:57.579><c> it?</c><00:48:57.659><c> You</c><00:48:57.820><c> choose</c><00:48:58.019><c> the</c><00:48:58.199><c> service</c><00:48:58.340><c> of</c>

00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:00.960
love,<00:48:59.219><c> you</c><00:48:59.500><c> fulfill</c><00:48:59.980><c> the</c><00:49:00.199><c> very</c><00:49:00.480><c> law</c>

00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:05.840
you've<00:49:01.840><c> hitherto</c><00:49:02.139><c> been</c><00:49:02.400><c> made</c><00:49:02.679><c> free</c><00:49:03.039><c> from.</c><00:49:05.119><c> And</c><00:49:05.239><c> once</c><00:49:05.400><c> again,</c>

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:07.840
which<00:49:06.420><c> section</c><00:49:06.760><c> of</c><00:49:06.960><c> the</c><00:49:07.139><c> Ecclesia</c><00:49:07.460><c> do</c><00:49:07.639><c> you</c>

00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:10.960
suppose<00:49:08.019><c> the</c><00:49:08.219><c> apostle</c><00:49:08.480><c> has</c><00:49:08.739><c> in</c><00:49:08.920><c> mind</c><00:49:09.119><c> here?</c><00:49:10.420><c> Which</c><00:49:10.679><c> section</c>

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:13.099
of<00:49:11.119><c> the</c><00:49:11.260><c> Ecclesia</c><00:49:11.559><c> was</c><00:49:11.860><c> it,</c><00:49:12.219><c> Jew</c><00:49:12.380><c> or</c><00:49:12.559><c> Gentile?</c>

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00:49:16.940 --> 00:49:20.260
verse<00:49:17.199><c> 43.</c><00:49:18.659><c> You've</c><00:49:18.840><c> heard</c><00:49:18.940><c> that</c><00:49:19.079><c> it</c><00:49:19.159><c> was</c><00:49:19.340><c> said,</c>

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love<00:49:20.880><c> thy</c><00:49:21.039><c> neighbour</c><00:49:21.320><c> and</c><00:49:21.480><c> hate</c><00:49:21.659><c> thine</c><00:49:21.880><c> enemy.</c><00:49:23.820><c> Well</c><00:49:23.880><c> the</c><00:49:24.059><c> law</c>

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never<00:49:24.400><c> ever</c><00:49:24.840><c> said</c><00:49:25.219><c> hate</c><00:49:25.639><c> thine</c><00:49:25.840><c> enemy.</c><00:49:26.099><c> The</c><00:49:26.179><c> law</c>

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certainly<00:49:26.920><c> said</c><00:49:27.179><c> in</c><00:49:27.300><c> Leviticus</c><00:49:27.579><c> 19,</c><00:49:28.179><c> love</c><00:49:28.260><c> your</c><00:49:28.400><c> neighbour,</c>

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it<00:49:28.900><c> never</c><00:49:29.119><c> ever</c><00:49:29.639><c> said</c><00:49:29.940><c> hate</c><00:49:30.360><c> thine</c><00:49:30.659><c> enemy.</c><00:49:30.920><c> That</c><00:49:31.139><c> was</c><00:49:31.460><c> a</c>

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Jewish<00:49:32.119><c> interpretation</c><00:49:33.019><c> of</c><00:49:33.260><c> the</c><00:49:33.420><c> law.</c><00:49:34.460><c> The</c><00:49:34.699><c> lawyer,</c><00:49:35.780><c> the</c><00:49:36.039><c> lawyer</c><00:49:36.260><c> who</c>

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came<00:49:36.639><c> to</c><00:49:36.780><c> the</c><00:49:36.880><c> Lord</c><00:49:37.019><c> Jesus</c><00:49:37.400><c> Christ</c><00:49:37.699><c> in</c><00:49:37.880><c> Luke</c>

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10<00:49:38.440><c> verse</c><00:49:38.820><c> 29,</c><00:49:39.480><c> willing</c><00:49:39.800><c> to</c><00:49:40.260><c> justify</c><00:49:40.940><c> himself</c><00:49:41.599><c> said,</c><00:49:42.300><c> and</c><00:49:42.300><c> who</c>

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is<00:49:42.800><c> my</c><00:49:43.000><c> neighbour?</c><00:49:43.699><c> Which</c><00:49:43.900><c> resulted</c><00:49:44.280><c> of</c><00:49:44.519><c> course</c><00:49:44.659><c> in</c>

00:49:44.840 --> 00:49:48.219
the<00:49:45.000><c> parable</c><00:49:45.139><c> of</c><00:49:45.300><c> the</c><00:49:45.420><c> Good</c><00:49:45.579><c> Samaritan.</c><00:49:47.360><c> The</c><00:49:47.539><c> Jews</c><00:49:47.739><c> had</c><00:49:47.980><c> an</c>

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enormous<00:49:48.500><c> problem</c><00:49:49.460><c> deciding</c><00:49:50.300><c> who</c><00:49:50.599><c> their</c><00:49:50.739><c> neighbour</c><00:49:51.019><c> was</c>

00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:55.960
and<00:49:51.880><c> therefore</c><00:49:52.159><c> who</c><00:49:52.380><c> they</c><00:49:52.599><c> should</c><00:49:52.840><c> love.</c><00:49:55.159><c> You</c><00:49:55.219><c> see</c><00:49:55.440><c> verses</c><00:49:55.719><c> 1</c>

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to<00:49:56.099><c> 7</c><00:49:57.139><c> directed</c><00:49:57.940><c> at</c><00:49:58.199><c> the</c><00:49:58.420><c> Jewish</c><00:49:58.659><c> portion</c><00:49:59.079><c> of</c><00:49:59.260><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:49:59.699><c> who</c><00:49:59.900><c> had</c><00:50:00.059><c> a</c><00:50:00.320><c> problem</c><00:50:00.639><c> serving</c><00:50:00.940><c> a</c><00:50:01.179><c> Gentile</c><00:50:01.659><c> king.</c><00:50:02.219><c> Verses</c><00:50:02.599><c> 8</c>

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:05.360
to<00:50:03.079><c> 10</c><00:50:03.400><c> directed</c><00:50:03.920><c> at</c><00:50:04.199><c> the</c><00:50:04.500><c> Jewish</c><00:50:04.780><c> portion</c>

00:50:05.360 --> 00:50:10.079
of<00:50:05.800><c> the</c><00:50:06.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:50:06.460><c> who</c><00:50:06.659><c> had</c><00:50:06.860><c> a</c><00:50:07.119><c> problem</c><00:50:07.619><c> loving</c><00:50:08.139><c> their</c><00:50:08.440><c> neighbour.</c><00:50:09.800><c> Not</c>

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that<00:50:10.420><c> the</c><00:50:10.659><c> Gentiles</c><00:50:11.059><c> were</c><00:50:11.300><c> immune</c>

00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:15.420
from<00:50:12.619><c> the</c><00:50:12.800><c> excitation</c><00:50:13.159><c> of</c><00:50:13.340><c> these</c><00:50:13.539><c> words</c><00:50:13.699><c> but</c><00:50:14.179><c> it</c><00:50:14.780><c> was</c><00:50:15.099><c> tilted</c>

00:50:15.420 --> 00:50:17.019
toward<00:50:15.860><c> the</c><00:50:16.099><c> Jews</c><00:50:16.260><c> because</c><00:50:16.539><c> of</c><00:50:16.699><c> course</c>

00:50:17.019 --> 00:50:22.820
they<00:50:17.360><c> were</c><00:50:17.519><c> the</c><00:50:17.599><c> ones</c><00:50:17.739><c> that</c><00:50:17.940><c> had</c><00:50:18.179><c> big</c><00:50:18.599><c> problems</c><00:50:19.039><c> in</c><00:50:19.400><c> these</c><00:50:19.639><c> areas.</c><00:50:22.199><c> Well</c><00:50:22.300><c> verses</c><00:50:22.519><c> 11</c>

00:50:22.820 --> 00:50:24.139
to<00:50:22.940><c> 14,</c><00:50:23.460><c> come</c><00:50:23.579><c> back</c><00:50:23.719><c> to</c><00:50:23.900><c> Romans</c>

00:50:24.139 --> 00:50:28.820
now,<00:50:24.559><c> verses</c><00:50:24.679><c> 11</c><00:50:25.039><c> to</c><00:50:25.159><c> 14</c><00:50:25.860><c> concludes</c><00:50:26.539><c> the</c><00:50:26.800><c> chapter</c><00:50:27.340><c> and</c><00:50:28.659><c> it's</c><00:50:28.760><c> a</c>

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bit<00:50:28.900><c> of</c><00:50:29.260><c> a</c><00:50:29.340><c> strange</c><00:50:29.940><c> section.</c><00:50:32.340><c> Here</c><00:50:32.480><c> the</c><00:50:32.639><c> apostle</c><00:50:32.900><c> is</c>

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speaking<00:50:33.340><c> of</c><00:50:33.559><c> the</c><00:50:33.719><c> urgency</c><00:50:34.039><c> of</c><00:50:34.260><c> the</c><00:50:34.400><c> times</c><00:50:34.659><c> in</c><00:50:34.820><c> which</c><00:50:34.980><c> he</c><00:50:35.199><c> lived</c><00:50:35.500><c> but</c>

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this<00:50:37.019><c> is</c><00:50:37.199><c> a</c><00:50:37.300><c> section</c><00:50:37.519><c> all</c><00:50:37.880><c> about</c><00:50:38.219><c> night</c><00:50:38.619><c> and</c>

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day.<00:50:39.519><c> So</c><00:50:39.579><c> let</c><00:50:39.659><c> me</c><00:50:39.800><c> just</c><00:50:40.039><c> read</c><00:50:40.159><c> it,</c><00:50:40.519><c> just</c><00:50:40.599><c> read</c><00:50:40.840><c> 11</c><00:50:41.280><c> verse</c><00:50:41.599><c> 11</c><00:50:41.880><c> to</c>

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14<00:50:42.619><c> and</c><00:50:43.139><c> then</c><00:50:43.260><c> I'll</c><00:50:43.500><c> summarise</c><00:50:44.079><c> what</c><00:50:44.340><c> this</c><00:50:44.579><c> is</c><00:50:44.739><c> saying</c>

00:50:44.860 --> 00:50:49.559
on<00:50:45.039><c> the</c><00:50:45.280><c> screen.</c><00:50:47.280><c> Knowing</c><00:50:47.639><c> the</c><00:50:48.039><c> time</c><00:50:48.280><c> that</c><00:50:48.440><c> it</c><00:50:48.559><c> is</c><00:50:49.099><c> high</c><00:50:49.360><c> time</c>

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:52.380
to<00:50:49.739><c> awake</c><00:50:49.980><c> out</c><00:50:50.159><c> of</c><00:50:50.440><c> sleep,</c><00:50:51.239><c> for</c><00:50:51.320><c> now</c><00:50:51.519><c> is</c><00:50:51.739><c> our</c><00:50:51.880><c> salvation</c>

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nearer<00:50:52.800><c> than</c><00:50:52.860><c> when</c><00:50:53.000><c> we</c><00:50:53.159><c> believed,</c><00:50:53.659><c> he</c><00:50:53.860><c> says,</c><00:50:54.860><c> the</c><00:50:55.019><c> night</c><00:50:55.239><c> is</c>

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far<00:50:55.659><c> spent,</c><00:50:56.039><c> the</c><00:50:56.260><c> day</c><00:50:56.400><c> is</c><00:50:56.559><c> at</c><00:50:56.679><c> hand.</c><00:50:57.760><c> Let</c><00:50:57.820><c> us</c><00:50:57.960><c> therefore</c>

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cast<00:50:58.480><c> off</c><00:50:58.960><c> the</c><00:50:59.239><c> works</c><00:50:59.420><c> of</c><00:50:59.719><c> darkness</c><00:51:00.019><c> and</c><00:51:00.199><c> let</c><00:51:00.300><c> us</c><00:51:00.420><c> put</c><00:51:00.599><c> on</c><00:51:00.760><c> the</c>

00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:04.219
armour<00:51:01.079><c> of</c><00:51:01.300><c> light.</c><00:51:02.679><c> Let</c><00:51:02.800><c> us</c><00:51:02.960><c> walk</c><00:51:03.239><c> honestly</c><00:51:03.719><c> as</c><00:51:04.059><c> in</c>

00:51:04.219 --> 00:51:08.579
the<00:51:04.380><c> day,</c><00:51:04.840><c> not</c><00:51:05.639><c> in</c><00:51:05.860><c> rioting</c><00:51:06.239><c> and</c><00:51:06.420><c> drunkenness</c><00:51:06.940><c> and</c><00:51:07.199><c> chambering</c><00:51:07.619><c> and</c><00:51:07.780><c> wantonness</c><00:51:08.239><c> and</c>

00:51:08.579 --> 00:51:09.840
strife<00:51:08.820><c> and</c><00:51:09.039><c> envying</c>

00:51:09.840 --> 00:51:14.059
but<00:51:10.420><c> put</c><00:51:10.760><c> ye</c><00:51:10.980><c> on</c><00:51:11.179><c> the</c><00:51:11.380><c> Lord</c><00:51:11.619><c> Jesus</c><00:51:12.079><c> Christ</c><00:51:12.500><c> and</c><00:51:12.820><c> make</c><00:51:13.099><c> not</c><00:51:13.460><c> provision</c><00:51:13.840><c> for</c>

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:16.360
the<00:51:14.320><c> flesh</c><00:51:14.639><c> to</c><00:51:15.079><c> fulfil</c><00:51:15.579><c> the</c><00:51:15.900><c> lusts</c>

00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:21.300
thereof.<00:51:18.099><c> Now</c><00:51:18.300><c> what</c><00:51:18.400><c> does</c><00:51:18.559><c> that</c><00:51:18.900><c> mean?</c><00:51:20.480><c> Let's</c><00:51:20.820><c> say</c><00:51:20.920><c> I</c><00:51:21.019><c> show</c><00:51:21.159><c> it</c>

00:51:21.300 --> 00:51:25.500
to<00:51:21.300><c> you</c><00:51:21.460><c> like</c><00:51:21.699><c> this,</c><00:51:23.780><c> it's</c><00:51:24.039><c> making</c><00:51:24.260><c> a</c><00:51:24.639><c> contrast</c><00:51:25.059><c> between</c>

00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:31.280
night<00:51:25.800><c> and</c><00:51:26.019><c> day</c><00:51:26.440><c> and</c><00:51:27.900><c> if</c><00:51:28.019><c> I</c><00:51:28.159><c> just</c><00:51:28.360><c> read</c><00:51:28.579><c> down</c><00:51:29.219><c> all</c><00:51:29.880><c> the</c><00:51:30.360><c> you</c><00:51:30.360><c> know</c><00:51:30.579><c> every</c><00:51:30.860><c> verse</c><00:51:31.099><c> has</c>

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got<00:51:31.420><c> a</c><00:51:31.599><c> component</c><00:51:31.900><c> of</c><00:51:32.139><c> night</c>

00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:34.519
and<00:51:32.480><c> a</c><00:51:32.659><c> component</c><00:51:32.900><c> of</c><00:51:33.079><c> day</c><00:51:33.260><c> in</c><00:51:33.320><c> it.</c><00:51:33.460><c> If</c><00:51:33.599><c> I</c><00:51:33.719><c> just</c><00:51:33.960><c> read</c><00:51:34.099><c> down</c><00:51:34.300><c> the</c>

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:37.159
left<00:51:34.780><c> handmost</c><00:51:35.300><c> column</c><00:51:35.679><c> this</c><00:51:36.599><c> is</c><00:51:36.760><c> what's</c><00:51:37.000><c> happening</c>

00:51:37.159 --> 00:51:41.559
at<00:51:37.480><c> night.</c><00:51:39.579><c> Knowing</c><00:51:39.780><c> the</c><00:51:40.079><c> time</c><00:51:40.199><c> he</c><00:51:40.460><c> says</c><00:51:40.639><c> it's</c><00:51:40.960><c> high</c><00:51:41.159><c> time</c><00:51:41.360><c> to</c>

00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:43.219
awake<00:51:41.719><c> out</c><00:51:41.900><c> of</c><00:51:42.139><c> sleep</c><00:51:42.260><c> because</c><00:51:42.519><c> of</c><00:51:42.699><c> course</c><00:51:42.820><c> it's</c><00:51:43.079><c> still</c>

00:51:43.219 --> 00:51:46.820
night<00:51:43.639><c> because</c><00:51:44.599><c> the</c><00:51:44.860><c> night</c><00:51:44.960><c> is</c><00:51:45.219><c> far</c><00:51:45.380><c> spent</c><00:51:45.699><c> so</c><00:51:46.019><c> cast</c><00:51:46.320><c> off</c><00:51:46.559><c> the</c>

00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:48.900
works<00:51:47.039><c> of</c><00:51:47.320><c> darkness</c><00:51:47.579><c> which</c><00:51:47.780><c> are</c><00:51:48.019><c> listed</c><00:51:48.280><c> here,</c>

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rioting,<00:51:49.619><c> drunkenness,</c><00:51:50.320><c> chambering,</c><00:51:50.760><c> wantonness,</c><00:51:51.320><c> strife</c>

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and<00:51:51.659><c> envying</c><00:51:51.940><c> and</c><00:51:52.280><c> make</c><00:51:52.539><c> no</c><00:51:52.960><c> provision</c><00:51:53.380><c> for</c><00:51:53.599><c> the</c>

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flesh.<00:51:55.119><c> So</c><00:51:55.360><c> leave</c><00:51:55.820><c> the</c><00:51:56.159><c> events</c><00:51:56.480><c> of</c><00:51:56.840><c> night</c><00:51:57.159><c> time</c><00:51:57.460><c> and</c><00:51:58.159><c> move</c><00:51:58.559><c> into</c><00:51:58.940><c> the</c>

00:51:59.260 --> 00:52:01.260
events<00:51:59.519><c> of</c><00:51:59.840><c> day</c><00:52:00.139><c> time.</c><00:52:00.440><c> He</c><00:52:00.559><c> says</c><00:52:00.800><c> well</c><00:52:00.980><c> what</c><00:52:01.119><c> are</c>

00:52:01.260 --> 00:52:05.119
they?<00:52:02.340><c> Well</c><00:52:02.539><c> in</c><00:52:02.800><c> the</c><00:52:03.000><c> day</c><00:52:03.219><c> time</c><00:52:03.360><c> our</c><00:52:03.599><c> salvation</c><00:52:04.139><c> is</c><00:52:04.420><c> nearer</c><00:52:04.699><c> than</c><00:52:04.699><c> when</c><00:52:04.880><c> we</c>

00:52:05.119 --> 00:52:08.719
believed.<00:52:06.280><c> That</c><00:52:06.519><c> day</c><00:52:06.820><c> not</c><00:52:07.699><c> only</c><00:52:07.980><c> is</c><00:52:08.360><c> at</c>

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hand,<00:52:09.599><c> put</c><00:52:09.760><c> on</c><00:52:10.000><c> the</c><00:52:10.280><c> armour</c><00:52:10.500><c> of</c><00:52:10.780><c> light,</c><00:52:11.260><c> walk</c><00:52:11.579><c> honestly</c><00:52:12.119><c> in</c><00:52:12.440><c> the</c><00:52:12.659><c> day</c><00:52:12.900><c> and</c><00:52:13.159><c> put</c><00:52:13.380><c> on</c>

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the<00:52:13.840><c> Lord</c><00:52:14.239><c> Jesus</c><00:52:14.820><c> Christ.</c><00:52:15.960><c> So</c>

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he's<00:52:17.219><c> making</c><00:52:17.440><c> the</c><00:52:17.719><c> contrast</c><00:52:18.000><c> between</c><00:52:18.440><c> night</c><00:52:18.820><c> time</c><00:52:19.059><c> and</c><00:52:19.320><c> day</c>

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time<00:52:20.139><c> and</c><00:52:21.179><c> he</c><00:52:21.400><c> says</c><00:52:21.539><c> in</c><00:52:21.760><c> verse</c><00:52:22.019><c> 11</c><00:52:22.519><c> it's</c><00:52:23.800><c> high</c><00:52:24.019><c> time</c>

00:52:24.199 --> 00:52:28.360
to<00:52:24.360><c> awake</c><00:52:24.539><c> out</c><00:52:24.719><c> of</c><00:52:24.900><c> sleep.</c><00:52:26.380><c> The</c><00:52:26.440><c> New</c><00:52:26.599><c> American</c><00:52:26.940><c> Standard</c><00:52:27.219><c> Version</c><00:52:27.639><c> it's</c>

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:30.500
already<00:52:28.840><c> the</c><00:52:29.239><c> hour</c><00:52:29.500><c> for</c><00:52:29.699><c> you</c><00:52:29.860><c> to</c><00:52:30.119><c> awaken</c>

00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:32.820
out<00:52:30.780><c> of</c><00:52:31.079><c> sleep.</c><00:52:31.420><c> Now</c><00:52:31.559><c> sleep</c><00:52:31.679><c> of</c><00:52:31.880><c> course</c><00:52:32.039><c> can</c><00:52:32.219><c> mean</c><00:52:32.320><c> one</c><00:52:32.460><c> of</c><00:52:32.579><c> two</c>

00:52:32.820 --> 00:52:37.199
things.<00:52:33.900><c> In</c><00:52:34.059><c> scripture</c><00:52:34.340><c> sleep</c><00:52:34.760><c> could</c><00:52:35.039><c> mean</c><00:52:35.960><c> death</c>

00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:41.019
or<00:52:38.119><c> it</c><00:52:38.260><c> could</c><00:52:38.400><c> mean</c><00:52:38.639><c> spiritual</c><00:52:39.139><c> drowsiness.</c><00:52:40.500><c> Which</c><00:52:40.719><c> one</c><00:52:40.860><c> does</c>

00:52:41.019 --> 00:52:42.380
it<00:52:41.139><c> mean</c><00:52:41.239><c> here?</c>

00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:48.500
Well<00:52:44.119><c> obviously</c><00:52:44.579><c> drowsiness</c><00:52:45.179><c> because</c><00:52:46.159><c> we're</c><00:52:47.599><c> waking</c><00:52:47.860><c> up</c><00:52:48.079><c> under</c><00:52:48.300><c> our</c>

00:52:48.500 --> 00:52:51.119
own<00:52:48.679><c> control.</c><00:52:50.000><c> He's</c><00:52:50.199><c> telling</c><00:52:50.320><c> us</c><00:52:50.559><c> to</c><00:52:50.800><c> wake</c>

00:52:51.119 --> 00:52:54.320
up<00:52:51.559><c> out</c><00:52:51.780><c> of</c><00:52:52.119><c> sleep.</c><00:52:52.400><c> Now</c><00:52:52.559><c> if</c><00:52:52.699><c> we're</c><00:52:52.940><c> dead</c><00:52:53.179><c> we've</c><00:52:53.420><c> got</c><00:52:53.519><c> no</c><00:52:53.739><c> control</c><00:52:54.119><c> over</c>

00:52:54.320 --> 00:52:55.860
when<00:52:54.440><c> we</c><00:52:54.639><c> might</c><00:52:54.780><c> wake</c><00:52:55.079><c> up</c><00:52:55.260><c> so</c><00:52:55.519><c> clearly</c>

00:52:55.860 --> 00:53:00.699
he's<00:52:56.159><c> speaking</c><00:52:56.440><c> to</c><00:52:56.579><c> people</c><00:52:56.800><c> who</c><00:52:56.940><c> are</c><00:52:57.239><c> spiritually</c><00:52:57.619><c> drowsy</c><00:52:59.440><c> because</c><00:53:00.460><c> he</c>

00:53:00.699 --> 00:53:03.119
says<00:53:01.199><c> our</c><00:53:01.900><c> salvation</c><00:53:02.440><c> is</c><00:53:02.780><c> nearer</c>

00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:06.019
than<00:53:03.119><c> when</c><00:53:03.320><c> we</c><00:53:03.519><c> believe.</c><00:53:03.920><c> Now</c><00:53:04.039><c> of</c><00:53:04.179><c> course</c><00:53:04.340><c> that's</c><00:53:04.639><c> obvious</c><00:53:04.900><c> every</c><00:53:05.239><c> day</c><00:53:05.400><c> that</c><00:53:05.579><c> goes</c><00:53:05.739><c> by</c>

00:53:06.019 --> 00:53:07.300
is<00:53:06.239><c> a</c><00:53:06.300><c> day</c><00:53:06.460><c> closer</c><00:53:06.820><c> to</c><00:53:07.000><c> Christ</c>

00:53:07.300 --> 00:53:11.400
in<00:53:07.300><c> turn.</c><00:53:08.820><c> The</c><00:53:08.840><c> point</c><00:53:09.039><c> must</c><00:53:09.300><c> be</c><00:53:09.539><c> that</c><00:53:09.739><c> time's</c><00:53:10.000><c> slipping</c><00:53:10.320><c> away.</c>

00:53:11.619 --> 00:53:13.440
It's<00:53:11.800><c> time</c><00:53:12.039><c> to</c><00:53:12.280><c> shake</c><00:53:12.559><c> yourself</c><00:53:12.920><c> he</c><00:53:13.099><c> says</c><00:53:13.239><c> out</c>

00:53:13.440 --> 00:53:17.239
of<00:53:13.599><c> apathy,</c><00:53:14.280><c> out</c><00:53:14.400><c> of</c><00:53:14.679><c> lethargy,</c><00:53:15.579><c> out</c><00:53:15.780><c> of</c><00:53:16.059><c> indifference</c><00:53:16.619><c> because</c><00:53:16.940><c> the</c>

00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:20.139
times<00:53:17.460><c> are</c><00:53:17.659><c> going</c><00:53:17.760><c> to</c><00:53:18.039><c> change.</c><00:53:19.460><c> It's</c><00:53:19.840><c> high</c>

00:53:20.139 --> 00:53:26.820
time<00:53:20.440><c> he</c><00:53:20.679><c> says.</c><00:53:21.579><c> You</c><00:53:21.840><c> know</c><00:53:22.139><c> the</c><00:53:22.440><c> time</c><00:53:22.940><c> he</c><00:53:23.320><c> says.</c><00:53:25.099><c> Verse</c><00:53:25.260><c> 12</c><00:53:25.780><c> the</c>

00:53:26.820 --> 00:53:29.059
night's<00:53:27.320><c> far</c><00:53:27.480><c> spent</c><00:53:27.780><c> so</c><00:53:27.960><c> we're</c><00:53:28.179><c> still</c><00:53:28.420><c> in</c><00:53:28.659><c> night</c><00:53:28.920><c> time</c>

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:32.139
but<00:53:29.219><c> the</c><00:53:29.440><c> night's</c><00:53:29.760><c> coming</c><00:53:29.880><c> to</c><00:53:30.039><c> an</c><00:53:30.159><c> end</c><00:53:30.300><c> and</c><00:53:30.480><c> the</c><00:53:30.639><c> sun's</c><00:53:30.960><c> rising.</c><00:53:31.360><c> The</c><00:53:31.579><c> day's</c><00:53:31.920><c> at</c>

00:53:32.139 --> 00:53:34.219
hand.<00:53:33.159><c> Let</c><00:53:33.280><c> us</c><00:53:33.440><c> therefore</c><00:53:33.800><c> cast</c>

00:53:34.219 --> 00:53:38.659
off<00:53:34.659><c> the</c><00:53:34.960><c> works</c><00:53:35.139><c> of</c><00:53:35.340><c> darkness</c><00:53:35.719><c> and</c><00:53:35.980><c> put</c><00:53:36.219><c> on</c><00:53:36.639><c> the</c><00:53:36.880><c> armour</c><00:53:37.059><c> of</c><00:53:37.320><c> lights.</c><00:53:38.480><c> So</c>

00:53:38.659 --> 00:53:40.000
there<00:53:38.800><c> are</c><00:53:38.940><c> two</c><00:53:39.239><c> different</c><00:53:39.480><c> forms</c><00:53:39.719><c> of</c>

00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:42.800
clothing<00:53:40.280><c> being</c><00:53:40.659><c> spoken</c><00:53:40.960><c> about</c><00:53:41.219><c> here.</c><00:53:42.119><c> Clothing</c><00:53:42.420><c> for</c><00:53:42.619><c> the</c>

00:53:42.800 --> 00:53:44.900
night<00:53:43.039><c> and</c><00:53:43.340><c> clothing</c><00:53:43.619><c> for</c><00:53:43.820><c> the</c><00:53:44.019><c> day.</c>

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:48.460
He<00:53:45.219><c> says</c><00:53:45.340><c> take</c><00:53:45.559><c> off</c><00:53:45.739><c> your</c><00:53:45.940><c> pajamas</c><00:53:46.260><c> and</c><00:53:46.460><c> get</c><00:53:46.719><c> dressed.</c><00:53:48.340><c> Well</c>

00:53:48.460 --> 00:53:51.559
what<00:53:48.599><c> do</c><00:53:48.679><c> those</c><00:53:48.860><c> pajamas</c><00:53:49.239><c> look</c><00:53:49.500><c> like</c><00:53:49.780><c> in</c><00:53:49.960><c> verse</c><00:53:50.460><c> 12?</c>

00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:56.440
Well<00:53:52.599><c> you're</c><00:53:52.820><c> told</c><00:53:53.019><c> in</c><00:53:53.139><c> verse</c><00:53:53.360><c> 13,</c><00:53:54.800><c> walk</c><00:53:54.940><c> honestly</c><00:53:55.559><c> as</c><00:53:56.139><c> in</c><00:53:56.340><c> the</c>

00:53:56.440 --> 00:53:59.679
day<00:53:56.980><c> not</c><00:53:57.619><c> wearing</c><00:53:57.880><c> your</c><00:53:58.139><c> night</c><00:53:58.320><c> attire,</c>

00:54:00.099 --> 00:54:03.219
rioting,<00:54:00.619><c> drunkenness,</c><00:54:01.480><c> chambering,</c><00:54:02.119><c> wantonness,</c><00:54:02.860><c> strife</c>

00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:06.159
and<00:54:03.500><c> envy.</c><00:54:04.000><c> That's</c><00:54:04.300><c> what</c><00:54:04.460><c> the</c><00:54:04.619><c> pajamas</c><00:54:04.920><c> look</c><00:54:05.199><c> like.</c>

00:54:06.619 --> 00:54:11.860
Those<00:54:07.139><c> six</c><00:54:07.659><c> sins</c><00:54:07.940><c> of</c><00:54:08.159><c> the</c><00:54:08.400><c> flesh.</c><00:54:09.920><c> Walk</c><00:54:10.159><c> honestly</c><00:54:10.559><c> he</c><00:54:10.940><c> says.</c>

00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:13.480
The<00:54:12.079><c> margins</c><00:54:12.280><c> he</c><00:54:12.300><c> hears</c><00:54:12.619><c> decently.</c><00:54:13.260><c> The</c><00:54:13.360><c> word</c>

00:54:13.480 --> 00:54:17.619
means<00:54:13.719><c> with</c><00:54:14.039><c> decorum.</c><00:54:15.380><c> That</c><00:54:15.500><c> is</c><00:54:15.659><c> wearing</c><00:54:15.840><c> the</c><00:54:16.059><c> right</c><00:54:16.239><c> clothes.</c><00:54:16.639><c> Put</c><00:54:16.780><c> very</c><00:54:17.039><c> plainly</c><00:54:17.559><c> he</c>

00:54:17.619 --> 00:54:18.480
says<00:54:17.800><c> don't</c><00:54:18.320><c> wear</c>

00:54:18.480 --> 00:54:21.940
your<00:54:18.619><c> pajamas</c><00:54:18.920><c> during</c><00:54:19.159><c> the</c><00:54:19.400><c> daytime.</c><00:54:20.980><c> They</c><00:54:21.219><c> are</c><00:54:21.420><c> clothes</c><00:54:21.599><c> for</c>

00:54:21.940 --> 00:54:29.159
sleep.<00:54:22.300><c> They're</c><00:54:22.539><c> clothes</c><00:54:22.760><c> for</c><00:54:23.179><c> informality.</c><00:54:28.639><c> They're</c>

00:54:29.159 --> 00:54:33.059
the<00:54:29.380><c> works</c><00:54:29.679><c> of</c><00:54:29.940><c> darkness.</c><00:54:31.000><c> These</c><00:54:31.280><c> pajamas</c><00:54:31.699><c> if</c><00:54:31.920><c> you</c><00:54:32.039><c> like.</c><00:54:32.360><c> These</c><00:54:32.619><c> clothes</c><00:54:32.860><c> for</c>

00:54:33.059 --> 00:54:34.119
the<00:54:33.219><c> night.</c>

00:54:34.380 --> 00:54:39.440
Rioting.<00:54:35.280><c> The</c><00:54:35.420><c> word</c><00:54:35.539><c> means</c><00:54:36.159><c> revelry.</c><00:54:38.079><c> Drunkenness</c><00:54:38.719><c> means</c><00:54:39.039><c> what</c><00:54:39.199><c> it</c>

00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:43.599
says.<00:54:40.900><c> Chambering</c><00:54:41.500><c> is</c><00:54:42.159><c> immorality</c><00:54:42.880><c> or</c>

00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:49.260
lewd<00:54:44.019><c> or</c><00:54:44.539><c> immodest</c><00:54:45.159><c> conduct.</c><00:54:47.059><c> Wantonness</c><00:54:47.840><c> is</c><00:54:48.260><c> debauchery,</c>

00:54:49.659 --> 00:54:52.079
sensuality<00:54:50.599><c> or</c><00:54:51.059><c> lust.</c>

00:54:53.099 --> 00:54:58.420
Strife<00:54:53.659><c> means</c><00:54:54.000><c> dissension</c><00:54:54.599><c> or</c><00:54:54.840><c> quarrels</c><00:54:55.360><c> and</c><00:54:55.920><c> envy</c><00:54:56.340><c> is</c><00:54:57.119><c> jealousy.</c>

00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:05.139
They're<00:55:00.260><c> the</c><00:55:00.420><c> works</c><00:55:00.639><c> of</c><00:55:00.900><c> night</c><00:55:01.199><c> time</c><00:55:01.400><c> he</c><00:55:01.639><c> says.</c><00:55:03.360><c> Verse</c><00:55:03.380><c> 14</c><00:55:03.760><c> instead</c><00:55:04.320><c> put</c>

00:55:05.139 --> 00:55:07.519
she<00:55:05.340><c> on</c><00:55:05.719><c> the</c><00:55:05.940><c> Lord</c><00:55:06.159><c> Jesus</c><00:55:06.559><c> Christ.</c>

00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:09.900
Make<00:55:07.599><c> not</c><00:55:07.860><c> provision</c><00:55:08.219><c> for</c><00:55:08.400><c> the</c><00:55:08.619><c> flesh</c><00:55:08.780><c> to</c><00:55:08.980><c> fulfill</c><00:55:09.300><c> the</c><00:55:09.559><c> lusts</c>

00:55:09.900 --> 00:55:12.059
thereof.<00:55:10.340><c> Remove</c><00:55:10.659><c> your</c><00:55:11.000><c> night</c><00:55:11.280><c> clothes.</c><00:55:11.679><c> Put</c><00:55:11.820><c> on</c>

00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:15.300
your<00:55:12.340><c> day</c><00:55:12.619><c> clothes.</c><00:55:12.920><c> Change</c><00:55:13.340><c> your</c><00:55:13.639><c> lives.</c><00:55:15.019><c> It's</c><00:55:15.139><c> interesting</c>

00:55:15.300 --> 00:55:17.260
you<00:55:15.460><c> know</c><00:55:15.579><c> in</c><00:55:15.719><c> verse</c><00:55:15.900><c> 13</c><00:55:16.159><c> you've</c><00:55:16.440><c> got</c><00:55:16.679><c> six</c>

00:55:17.260 --> 00:55:22.059
works<00:55:17.599><c> of</c><00:55:17.900><c> darkness.</c><00:55:19.219><c> Verse</c><00:55:19.460><c> nine</c><00:55:19.960><c> listed</c><00:55:20.460><c> six</c><00:55:21.320><c> commandments</c>

00:55:22.059 --> 00:55:25.559
of<00:55:22.579><c> light.</c><00:55:24.179><c> Love</c><00:55:24.480><c> works</c><00:55:24.840><c> no</c><00:55:25.159><c> ill</c><00:55:25.400><c> to</c>

00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:34.920
his<00:55:25.780><c> neighbor</c><00:55:26.039><c> in</c><00:55:26.239><c> verse</c><00:55:26.539><c> 10</c><00:55:27.159><c> because</c><00:55:28.460><c> he</c><00:55:29.460><c> makes</c><00:55:29.719><c> no</c><00:55:29.980><c> provision</c><00:55:30.340><c> to</c><00:55:30.579><c> do</c><00:55:30.800><c> so.</c><00:55:31.679><c> Verse</c><00:55:31.940><c> 14.</c><00:55:34.619><c> But</c><00:55:34.699><c> you</c><00:55:34.780><c> know</c><00:55:34.880><c> as</c>

00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:43.500
you<00:55:35.119><c> read</c><00:55:35.260><c> this</c><00:55:35.559><c> section</c><00:55:35.860><c> here</c><00:55:36.539><c> clearly</c><00:55:37.719><c> verses</c><00:55:38.300><c> 11</c><00:55:38.539><c> to</c><00:55:38.619><c> 14</c><00:55:39.019><c> clearly</c><00:55:39.679><c> it's</c><00:55:42.639><c> a</c>

00:55:43.500 --> 00:55:45.380
move<00:55:44.000><c> by</c><00:55:44.219><c> the</c><00:55:44.440><c> apostle</c><00:55:44.800><c> to</c>

00:55:45.380 --> 00:55:50.179
shake<00:55:45.659><c> the</c><00:55:45.980><c> occlusion</c><00:55:46.300><c> to</c><00:55:46.519><c> its</c><00:55:46.760><c> senses.</c><00:55:48.579><c> To</c><00:55:48.900><c> wake</c><00:55:49.099><c> them</c><00:55:49.320><c> up</c><00:55:49.719><c> because</c><00:55:50.000><c> of</c>

00:55:50.179 --> 00:55:52.179
the<00:55:50.440><c> urgency</c><00:55:50.900><c> of</c><00:55:51.139><c> the</c><00:55:51.239><c> time.</c>

00:55:52.940 --> 00:55:55.719
You<00:55:53.159><c> might</c><00:55:53.320><c> be</c><00:55:53.699><c> struck</c><00:55:53.880><c> you</c><00:55:54.039><c> know</c><00:55:54.199><c> by</c><00:55:54.420><c> the</c><00:55:54.659><c> similarity</c><00:55:55.079><c> of</c><00:55:55.340><c> the</c>

00:55:55.719 --> 00:55:58.239
words<00:55:55.980><c> in</c><00:55:56.199><c> those</c><00:55:56.440><c> last</c><00:55:56.900><c> four</c><00:55:57.139><c> verses</c><00:55:57.519><c> with</c>

00:55:58.239 --> 00:56:01.960
what<00:55:58.599><c> the</c><00:55:58.739><c> apostle</c><00:55:59.039><c> Paul</c><00:55:59.300><c> writes</c><00:55:59.679><c> elsewhere.</c><00:56:01.659><c> You</c><00:56:01.659><c> can</c><00:56:01.840><c> look</c>

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at<00:56:02.460><c> 1</c><00:56:02.880><c> Thessalonians</c><00:56:03.519><c> chapter</c><00:56:03.940><c> 5.</c>

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but<00:57:00.039><c> let</c><00:57:00.199><c> us</c><00:57:00.420><c> who</c><00:57:00.480><c> are</c><00:57:00.579><c> of</c><00:57:00.699><c> the</c><00:57:00.840><c> day</c><00:57:01.320><c> be</c><00:57:01.820><c> sober</c>

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an<00:57:05.840><c> helmet</c><00:57:06.119><c> the</c><00:57:06.599><c> hope</c><00:57:06.880><c> of</c><00:57:07.400><c> salvation.</c>

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but<00:57:31.699><c> to</c><00:57:32.219><c> obtain</c><00:57:32.599><c> salvation</c><00:57:33.440><c> by</c><00:57:33.800><c> our</c><00:57:34.019><c> Lord</c><00:57:34.380><c> Jesus</c><00:57:34.960><c> Christ.</c><00:57:36.619><c> Romans</c><00:57:36.900><c> 13</c>

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about<00:57:44.360><c> here</c><00:57:44.619><c> is</c><00:57:44.900><c> clearly</c><00:57:45.139><c> eternal</c><00:57:45.500><c> salvation</c>

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Christ<00:57:49.260><c> returns</c>

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and<00:58:13.280><c> the</c><00:58:13.440><c> apostle</c><00:58:13.760><c> knew</c><00:58:14.000><c> that</c><00:58:14.380><c> so</c><00:58:15.659><c> what</c><00:58:15.760><c> I'm</c><00:58:15.860><c> saying</c><00:58:16.039><c> is</c><00:58:16.199><c> if</c><00:58:16.320><c> you</c><00:58:16.500><c> compare</c><00:58:16.719><c> what</c><00:58:16.860><c> we've</c><00:58:16.960><c> got</c><00:58:17.039><c> on</c>

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Romans<00:58:27.820><c> chapter</c><00:58:28.260><c> 13</c><00:58:28.980><c> which</c><00:58:30.119><c> you</c><00:58:30.280><c> might</c><00:58:30.539><c> presume</c><00:58:30.900><c> means</c><00:58:31.300><c> that</c>

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because<00:58:37.800><c> salvation</c><00:58:38.280><c> is</c>

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