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continuing<00:11:41.419><c> division</c><00:11:42.080><c> in</c><00:11:42.340><c> our</c><00:11:42.539><c> midst.</c><00:11:44.220><c> What</c><00:11:44.559><c> was</c><00:11:44.779><c> the</c><00:11:45.000><c> cause</c>

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let<00:11:49.299><c> nothing</c><00:11:49.759><c> be</c><00:11:50.019><c> done</c><00:11:50.299><c> through</c><00:11:50.799><c> strife</c><00:11:51.799><c> or</c><00:11:52.240><c> vainglory.</c><00:11:53.559><c> That</c>

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was<00:11:53.940><c> the</c><00:11:54.159><c> problem.</c><00:11:54.879><c> That</c><00:11:55.059><c> was</c><00:11:55.320><c> the</c><00:11:55.500><c> basic</c><00:11:55.879><c> cause</c>

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and<00:11:57.460><c> that</c><00:11:57.659><c> word</c><00:11:58.019><c> translated</c><00:11:58.659><c> strife</c><00:11:59.340><c> is</c><00:11:59.799><c> translated</c><00:12:00.399><c> by</c><00:12:00.759><c> the</c>

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revised<00:12:01.340><c> version</c><00:12:01.720><c> and</c><00:12:01.960><c> Rotherham</c><00:12:02.820><c> faction.</c>

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We<00:12:04.679><c> read</c><00:12:04.879><c> a</c><00:12:04.960><c> lot</c><00:12:05.080><c> about</c><00:12:05.379><c> factions</c><00:12:05.840><c> today</c><00:12:06.799><c> in</c><00:12:07.460><c> Australian</c><00:12:07.679><c> politics.</c><00:12:08.200><c> There's</c><00:12:08.399><c> all</c>

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sorts<00:12:08.860><c> of</c><00:12:09.100><c> factions</c>

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even<00:12:10.179><c> within</c><00:12:10.480><c> the</c><00:12:10.720><c> one</c><00:12:11.000><c> party.</c><00:12:11.919><c> There's</c><00:12:12.259><c> the</c><00:12:12.519><c> far</c><00:12:12.759><c> left</c><00:12:12.940><c> and</c>

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the<00:12:13.299><c> centre</c><00:12:13.559><c> left</c><00:12:13.820><c> and</c><00:12:14.080><c> the</c>

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right<00:12:14.860><c> of</c><00:12:15.080><c> centre</c><00:12:15.379><c> and</c><00:12:15.700><c> so</c><00:12:15.860><c> it</c><00:12:16.000><c> goes</c><00:12:16.240><c> on.</c><00:12:16.980><c> They're</c><00:12:17.179><c> all</c><00:12:17.340><c> divided</c><00:12:17.740><c> within</c><00:12:17.940><c> themselves.</c>

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Men<00:12:19.559><c> are</c><00:12:19.700><c> very</c><00:12:20.080><c> fractious</c><00:12:20.580><c> creatures</c><00:12:21.240><c> but</c><00:12:22.539><c> those</c><00:12:22.799><c> sorts</c><00:12:23.000><c> of</c>

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things<00:12:23.919><c> are</c><00:12:24.340><c> not</c><00:12:24.480><c> to</c><00:12:24.639><c> be</c><00:12:24.860><c> seen</c><00:12:25.059><c> in</c><00:12:25.240><c> the</c><00:12:25.399><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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This<00:12:26.259><c> division</c><00:12:26.639><c> and</c><00:12:27.259><c> suspicion</c><00:12:28.000><c> and</c><00:12:29.159><c> the</c><00:12:29.299><c> regarding</c><00:12:29.659><c> of</c><00:12:30.399><c> others</c><00:12:30.740><c> as</c>

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party<00:12:42.379><c> spirit.</c><00:12:43.720><c> Let</c><00:12:43.899><c> nothing</c><00:12:44.220><c> be</c><00:12:44.460><c> done</c><00:12:44.700><c> through</c><00:12:45.059><c> party</c><00:12:45.440><c> spirit</c><00:12:45.840><c> as</c>

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though<00:12:46.919><c> we're</c><00:12:47.220><c> barracking</c><00:12:47.539><c> for</c><00:12:47.759><c> this</c><00:12:48.019><c> group</c>

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and<00:12:48.399><c> then</c><00:12:48.620><c> there's</c><00:12:49.019><c> the</c><00:12:49.299><c> other</c><00:12:49.500><c> group.</c><00:12:50.220><c> It</c><00:12:50.399><c> mustn't</c><00:12:50.740><c> exist</c><00:12:51.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:51.360><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:12:51.720><c> It</c><00:12:51.879><c> should</c><00:12:52.000><c> be</c><00:12:52.720><c> dissolved</c>

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immediately<00:12:53.799><c> and</c><00:12:54.059><c> we</c><00:12:54.139><c> should</c><00:12:54.360><c> recognise</c><00:12:55.919><c> the</c><00:12:56.279><c> very</c><00:12:56.740><c> commencement</c><00:12:57.159><c> of</c><00:12:57.419><c> such</c>

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factions<00:12:58.320><c> forming</c><00:12:58.960><c> and</c><00:12:59.639><c> pour</c>

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cold<00:13:00.159><c> water</c><00:13:00.399><c> on</c><00:13:00.580><c> it.</c><00:13:02.299><c> Vine</c><00:13:02.500><c> translates</c><00:13:03.200><c> the</c><00:13:03.440><c> word</c><00:13:04.100><c> ambition,</c>

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self<00:13:06.460><c>-seeking</c><00:13:06.899><c> or</c><00:13:07.440><c> rivalry.</c>

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we're<00:13:15.080><c> interested</c><00:13:15.559><c> in</c><00:13:16.299><c> is</c><00:13:16.500><c> our</c><00:13:16.740><c> own</c><00:13:16.919><c> position.</c><00:13:18.259><c> We</c><00:13:18.659><c> can</c><00:13:18.899><c> masquerade</c><00:13:19.500><c> as</c><00:13:19.700><c> though</c><00:13:19.899><c> we</c>

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factions<00:13:31.559><c> and</c><00:13:31.820><c> divisions</c><00:13:32.159><c> everywhere,</c>

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Don't<00:13:38.940><c> let</c><00:13:39.100><c> anyone</c><00:13:39.379><c> tell</c><00:13:39.620><c> you</c><00:13:39.779><c> what</c><00:13:39.919><c> to</c><00:13:40.080><c> do.</c><00:13:40.360><c> You</c><00:13:40.659><c> think</c><00:13:40.799><c> it</c>

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out<00:13:41.080><c> for</c><00:13:41.279><c> yourself.</c><00:13:41.840><c> It's</c><00:13:42.139><c> your</c><00:13:42.360><c> life</c><00:13:42.600><c> that</c><00:13:42.759><c> you</c><00:13:42.919><c> are</c>

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living<00:13:43.379><c> and</c><00:13:44.059><c> so</c><00:13:44.600><c> division</c><00:13:45.580><c> is</c><00:13:45.980><c> encouraged</c><00:13:46.740><c> and</c><00:13:47.639><c> marriages</c><00:13:47.919><c> break</c><00:13:48.379><c> down</c><00:13:48.879><c> and</c><00:13:49.240><c> society</c><00:13:49.720><c> is</c>

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deeply<00:13:50.399><c> divided.</c>

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Ecclesia<00:13:55.080><c> because</c><00:13:56.620><c> factions</c><00:13:57.200><c> cause</c><00:13:57.759><c> partiality.</c>

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They<00:13:59.679><c> cause</c><00:14:00.519><c> injustice,</c><00:14:02.320><c> mistrust</c><00:14:03.000><c> and</c><00:14:03.440><c> division.</c><00:14:06.159><c> And</c><00:14:06.279><c> then</c>

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we're<00:14:06.500><c> given</c><00:14:06.659><c> the</c><00:14:07.039><c> antidote</c><00:14:07.440><c> to</c><00:14:07.600><c> this.</c>

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You<00:14:08.600><c> see</c><00:14:08.700><c> the</c><00:14:08.840><c> Apostle</c><00:14:09.200><c> Paul</c><00:14:09.299><c> just</c><00:14:09.600><c> doesn't</c><00:14:09.879><c> make</c><00:14:10.279><c> a</c><00:14:10.519><c> statement.</c><00:14:11.419><c> It</c><00:14:11.580><c> gives</c>

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us<00:14:11.960><c> a</c><00:14:12.039><c> few</c><00:14:12.259><c> practical</c><00:14:12.679><c> steps</c>

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on<00:14:13.840><c> how</c><00:14:13.980><c> we</c><00:14:14.120><c> might</c><00:14:14.360><c> ensure</c><00:14:14.840><c> that</c><00:14:15.120><c> unity</c><00:14:15.440><c> is</c><00:14:15.879><c> preserved.</c><00:14:17.200><c> And</c>

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so<00:14:17.460><c> we</c><00:14:17.639><c> have</c><00:14:17.820><c> the</c><00:14:18.159><c> antidote</c><00:14:18.779><c> in</c><00:14:19.100><c> the</c><00:14:19.200><c> end</c><00:14:19.360><c> of</c><00:14:19.519><c> verse</c>

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3.<00:14:21.279><c> But</c><00:14:21.679><c> in</c><00:14:21.960><c> lowliness</c><00:14:22.360><c> of</c><00:14:22.659><c> mind,</c><00:14:23.440><c> let</c><00:14:23.659><c> each</c><00:14:24.000><c> esteem</c><00:14:24.480><c> other</c>

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better<00:14:25.120><c> than</c><00:14:25.259><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:14:26.440><c> that's</c><00:14:26.759><c> a</c><00:14:26.980><c> wonderful</c><00:14:27.360><c> verse.</c><00:14:27.980><c> In</c><00:14:28.279><c> lowliness</c><00:14:28.799><c> of</c><00:14:29.120><c> mind,</c><00:14:30.019><c> we've</c><00:14:30.279><c> got</c><00:14:30.379><c> to</c><00:14:30.519><c> have</c><00:14:30.620><c> a</c>

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humble<00:14:31.139><c> opinion</c><00:14:31.620><c> of</c>

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ourselves.<00:14:33.139><c> And</c><00:14:33.299><c> as</c><00:14:33.419><c> I</c><00:14:33.600><c> said,</c><00:14:34.059><c> that's</c><00:14:35.080><c> running</c><00:14:35.360><c> against</c><00:14:35.759><c> the</c>

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tide<00:14:36.299><c> of</c><00:14:37.100><c> what</c><00:14:37.279><c> is</c><00:14:37.879><c> encouraged</c><00:14:38.399><c> in</c><00:14:38.559><c> the</c><00:14:38.759><c> world,</c>

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where<00:14:39.679><c> we're</c><00:14:39.840><c> told</c><00:14:40.080><c> to</c><00:14:40.360><c> have</c><00:14:40.480><c> our</c><00:14:40.639><c> own</c><00:14:40.820><c> opinion.</c><00:14:41.679><c> Of</c><00:14:41.899><c> course</c>

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we'll<00:14:42.259><c> have</c><00:14:42.360><c> our</c><00:14:42.539><c> own</c><00:14:42.679><c> opinion,</c>

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but<00:14:43.659><c> we</c><00:14:43.820><c> should</c><00:14:43.980><c> have</c><00:14:44.200><c> some</c><00:14:44.419><c> respect</c><00:14:44.779><c> for</c><00:14:44.940><c> others'</c><00:14:46.059><c> opinions</c>

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as<00:14:46.399><c> well.</c><00:14:47.600><c> In</c><00:14:47.779><c> lowliness</c><00:14:48.200><c> of</c><00:14:48.519><c> mind,</c>

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let<00:14:49.559><c> each</c><00:14:49.899><c> esteem</c><00:14:50.399><c> other</c><00:14:50.620><c> better</c><00:14:50.940><c> than</c><00:14:51.080><c> themselves.</c><00:14:54.139><c> So</c><00:14:54.440><c> humility</c><00:14:55.279><c> and</c>

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for.<00:14:59.100><c> We</c><00:14:59.240><c> have</c><00:14:59.460><c> to</c><00:14:59.600><c> be</c><00:14:59.759><c> able</c><00:15:00.019><c> to</c><00:15:00.259><c> see</c><00:15:00.440><c> in</c><00:15:00.659><c> others</c><00:15:01.000><c> the</c><00:15:01.559><c> good</c><00:15:01.940><c> because</c><00:15:02.940><c> when</c><00:15:03.120><c> we</c>

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it<00:15:04.860><c> helps</c><00:15:05.200><c> to</c><00:15:05.480><c> rectify</c><00:15:06.659><c> the</c><00:15:06.899><c> balance.</c><00:15:08.299><c> Two</c><00:15:08.500><c> things</c><00:15:08.799><c> we</c><00:15:09.039><c> need.</c>

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our<00:15:16.519><c> own</c><00:15:16.759><c> personal</c><00:15:17.220><c> failures</c>

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brethren.<00:15:22.159><c> And</c><00:15:22.279><c> when</c><00:15:22.399><c> that</c><00:15:22.559><c> is</c><00:15:22.840><c> coupled</c><00:15:23.200><c> with</c>

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brother<00:15:27.539><c> can</c><00:15:27.799><c> have,</c><00:15:29.019><c> the</c><00:15:29.200><c> balance</c><00:15:29.519><c> is</c><00:15:29.860><c> beginning</c>

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someday<00:15:35.960><c> you</c><00:15:36.360><c> sit</c><00:15:36.519><c> at</c><00:15:36.659><c> the</c><00:15:36.799><c> back</c><00:15:36.940><c> of</c><00:15:37.100><c> the</c><00:15:37.240><c> hall</c><00:15:37.440><c> and</c><00:15:37.899><c> you</c><00:15:38.000><c> look</c>

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sisters,<00:15:41.059><c> you'll</c><00:15:41.399><c> be</c><00:15:41.539><c> able</c><00:15:41.759><c> to</c><00:15:41.919><c> think</c><00:15:42.059><c> of</c><00:15:42.259><c> some</c><00:15:42.539><c> aspect</c><00:15:42.899><c> in</c><00:15:43.059><c> which</c><00:15:43.259><c> they</c><00:15:43.539><c> greatly</c><00:15:43.980><c> excel</c><00:15:44.340><c> you</c><00:15:44.639><c> if</c>

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you're<00:15:45.100><c> honest</c>

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with<00:15:45.440><c> yourself.</c><00:15:45.820><c> Every</c><00:15:46.080><c> one</c><00:15:46.240><c> of</c><00:15:46.360><c> them.</c><00:15:47.120><c> And</c><00:15:47.320><c> I</c><00:15:47.519><c> believe</c><00:15:47.759><c> that</c>

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that's<00:15:48.139><c> the</c><00:15:48.320><c> case.</c><00:15:49.259><c> And</c><00:15:49.480><c> sometimes</c><00:15:49.639><c> we</c><00:15:49.799><c> can</c><00:15:50.000><c> feel</c>

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very<00:15:50.740><c> small</c><00:15:51.340><c> when</c><00:15:52.080><c> we</c><00:15:52.240><c> look</c><00:15:52.399><c> at</c><00:15:53.120><c> the</c><00:15:53.340><c> brethren,</c><00:15:53.799><c> all</c><00:15:54.080><c> of</c><00:15:54.220><c> the</c>

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brethren,<00:15:55.019><c> because</c><00:15:55.240><c> they</c><00:15:55.600><c> excel</c><00:15:55.860><c> us</c><00:15:56.059><c> in</c><00:15:56.299><c> certain</c>

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qualities.<00:15:57.360><c> There</c><00:15:57.500><c> are</c><00:15:57.740><c> some</c><00:15:58.000><c> things</c><00:15:58.200><c> that</c><00:15:58.440><c> they</c><00:15:58.639><c> can</c><00:15:58.759><c> do</c><00:15:58.879><c> a</c>

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lot<00:15:59.200><c> better</c><00:15:59.440><c> in</c><00:15:59.580><c> the</c><00:15:59.799><c> truth,</c><00:16:00.019><c> some</c><00:16:00.279><c> attitudes</c><00:16:00.820><c> that</c>

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they've<00:16:01.539><c> got</c><00:16:01.639><c> that</c><00:16:01.779><c> are</c><00:16:01.899><c> a</c><00:16:02.000><c> lot</c><00:16:02.120><c> better</c><00:16:02.320><c> than</c><00:16:02.600><c> ours</c><00:16:02.799><c> in</c><00:16:02.980><c> the</c><00:16:03.179><c> truth.</c><00:16:03.620><c> And</c><00:16:03.799><c> it's</c><00:16:04.080><c> very</c><00:16:04.399><c> good</c><00:16:04.559><c> for</c><00:16:04.720><c> us</c>

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brethren's<00:16:10.820><c> sisters</c><00:16:11.019><c> where</c><00:16:11.240><c> they</c><00:16:11.580><c> excel</c><00:16:11.879><c> us.</c>

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But<00:16:13.620><c> you</c><00:16:13.779><c> see,</c><00:16:13.980><c> the</c><00:16:14.080><c> problem</c><00:16:14.299><c> very</c><00:16:14.639><c> often</c><00:16:14.779><c> is</c><00:16:15.379><c> that</c><00:16:15.659><c> we</c><00:16:15.779><c> can</c><00:16:15.919><c> be</c>

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very<00:16:16.659><c> conscious</c><00:16:17.159><c> of</c><00:16:17.419><c> our</c><00:16:17.659><c> own</c><00:16:17.879><c> virtues</c><00:16:18.419><c> and</c><00:16:19.100><c> very</c>

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It's<00:16:46.220><c> the</c><00:16:46.440><c> antidote</c><00:16:46.980><c> to</c><00:16:47.340><c> division</c>

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and<00:16:48.899><c> destruction</c><00:16:49.399><c> of</c><00:16:49.639><c> a</c><00:16:49.779><c> pleasurable</c><00:16:50.080><c> life.</c><00:16:52.679><c> And</c><00:16:52.759><c> then</c><00:16:52.860><c> he</c>

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says,<00:16:53.279><c> following</c><00:16:53.759><c> that</c><00:16:54.139><c> through,</c>

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look<00:16:56.179><c> not</c><00:16:56.519><c> every</c><00:16:56.919><c> man</c><00:16:57.460><c> on</c><00:16:57.919><c> his</c><00:16:58.299><c> own</c><00:16:58.860><c> things,</c><00:17:00.220><c> but</c><00:17:00.379><c> every</c><00:17:00.779><c> man</c>

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on<00:17:02.080><c> the</c><00:17:02.399><c> things.</c><00:17:03.200><c> Or</c><00:17:03.440><c> as</c><00:17:03.740><c> the</c>

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Diaglott<00:17:06.579><c>-Rotherham</c><00:17:07.299><c> revised</c><00:17:07.859><c> version</c><00:17:08.220><c> says,</c><00:17:09.099><c> on</c><00:17:09.279><c> the</c><00:17:09.660><c> interests</c><00:17:10.180><c> of</c><00:17:10.460><c> others.</c><00:17:11.039><c> And</c><00:17:11.180><c> that's</c><00:17:11.500><c> a</c><00:17:11.759><c> difficult</c>

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our<00:17:17.079><c> own</c><00:17:17.559><c> special</c><00:17:17.980><c> interests.</c>

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We've<00:17:25.000><c> got</c><00:17:25.200><c> to</c><00:17:25.279><c> ask</c><00:17:25.799><c> about</c><00:17:26.599><c> what</c><00:17:26.819><c> they</c><00:17:27.019><c> are</c><00:17:27.279><c> doing,</c><00:17:29.220><c> about</c><00:17:29.359><c> their</c><00:17:29.700><c> family,</c><00:17:31.059><c> about</c><00:17:31.359><c> the</c>

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family<00:17:32.880><c> members.</c><00:17:34.119><c> We've</c><00:17:34.319><c> got</c><00:17:34.400><c> to</c><00:17:34.599><c> extend</c><00:17:35.180><c> ourselves.</c><00:17:36.200><c> That's</c>

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expanded.<00:17:39.220><c> We've</c><00:17:39.359><c> got</c><00:17:39.380><c> to</c><00:17:39.519><c> be</c><00:17:39.599><c> like</c><00:17:39.819><c> God,</c><00:17:40.740><c> who</c><00:17:40.960><c> so</c><00:17:41.200><c> loved</c><00:17:41.359><c> the</c>

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we<00:17:58.160><c> have</c><00:17:58.400><c> done.</c><00:17:59.559><c> We</c><00:17:59.700><c> don't</c><00:17:59.940><c> listen</c>

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or<00:18:08.079><c> prominence.</c><00:18:08.599><c> We</c><00:18:08.640><c> may</c><00:18:08.839><c> seek</c><00:18:09.119><c> prominence.</c><00:18:10.440><c> We</c><00:18:10.559><c> are</c><00:18:10.700><c> very</c><00:18:11.160><c> interested</c><00:18:11.859><c> in</c>

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ourselves<00:18:12.519><c> and</c><00:18:12.660><c> we</c><00:18:12.759><c> are</c><00:18:12.960><c> ambitious</c><00:18:13.359><c> of</c>

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affairs.<00:18:21.440><c> That's</c><00:18:21.680><c> one</c><00:18:21.859><c> of</c><00:18:21.960><c> the</c><00:18:21.980><c> great</c><00:18:22.299><c> challenges</c><00:18:22.740><c> of</c><00:18:22.940><c> the</c><00:18:23.059><c> Gospel.</c><00:18:24.259><c> In</c>

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the<00:18:25.220><c> rest</c><00:18:25.460><c> of</c><00:18:25.640><c> this</c><00:18:26.160><c> chapter</c><00:18:26.579><c> that</c>

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we<00:18:26.839><c> are</c><00:18:26.980><c> to</c><00:18:27.119><c> consider,</c><00:18:28.119><c> we</c><00:18:28.160><c> have</c><00:18:28.400><c> four</c><00:18:28.740><c> great</c><00:18:29.160><c> examples</c><00:18:29.599><c> set</c>

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before<00:18:30.240><c> us.</c><00:18:31.339><c> Foremost,</c><00:18:32.400><c> the</c><00:18:32.480><c> example</c><00:18:32.839><c> of</c><00:18:33.019><c> Christ,</c>

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let<00:18:33.940><c> this</c><00:18:34.259><c> mind</c><00:18:34.500><c> be</c><00:18:34.700><c> anew,</c><00:18:35.000><c> in</c><00:18:35.200><c> verse</c><00:18:35.440><c> 5.</c><00:18:36.539><c> Then</c><00:18:36.700><c> we</c><00:18:36.819><c> have</c><00:18:37.019><c> the</c>

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example<00:18:37.519><c> of</c><00:18:37.700><c> the</c><00:18:37.859><c> apostle</c><00:18:38.200><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:18:39.619><c> then</c><00:18:39.859><c> of</c><00:18:40.440><c> Timothy,</c><00:18:41.200><c> and</c><00:18:41.460><c> finally</c><00:18:41.920><c> of</c><00:18:42.160><c> Epaphroditus.</c><00:18:43.460><c> They</c><00:18:43.619><c> all</c>

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exemplify<00:18:45.160><c> that</c><00:18:45.599><c> interest</c><00:18:45.880><c> in</c><00:18:46.119><c> others.</c>

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Look<00:18:48.720><c> at</c><00:18:49.279><c> verse</c><00:18:49.519><c> 20.</c><00:18:50.119><c> So</c><00:18:50.119><c> far</c><00:18:50.359><c> as</c><00:18:50.539><c> Timothy</c><00:18:50.839><c> is</c><00:18:51.099><c> concerned,</c><00:18:51.500><c> I've</c><00:18:51.640><c> no</c>

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man<00:18:52.059><c> like</c><00:18:52.420><c> my</c><00:18:52.599><c> who</c><00:18:53.099><c> will</c><00:18:53.559><c> naturally</c>

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care<00:18:54.640><c> for</c><00:18:54.880><c> your</c><00:18:55.200><c> state.</c><00:18:56.119><c> He</c><00:18:56.319><c> was</c><00:18:56.599><c> concerned</c><00:18:56.980><c> not</c><00:18:57.259><c> about</c><00:18:57.480><c> himself,</c><00:18:58.539><c> about</c>

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building<00:18:59.099><c> up</c><00:18:59.700><c> his</c><00:18:59.900><c> own</c><00:19:00.539><c> sense</c><00:19:00.859><c> of</c>

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self<00:19:01.640><c>-importance</c><00:19:02.200><c> and</c><00:19:02.440><c> position,</c><00:19:03.619><c> who</c><00:19:03.900><c> will</c><00:19:04.220><c> naturally</c><00:19:04.819><c> care</c>

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about<00:19:05.500><c> your</c><00:19:06.079><c> state,</c><00:19:06.660><c> your</c><00:19:07.079><c> state,</c><00:19:07.400><c> what</c><00:19:07.599><c> you're</c>

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doing.<00:19:08.859><c> He</c><00:19:08.980><c> has</c><00:19:09.220><c> your</c><00:19:09.519><c> interests</c><00:19:10.259><c> at</c><00:19:10.660><c> heart.</c><00:19:11.579><c> And</c><00:19:11.599><c> of</c><00:19:11.779><c> course,</c>

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then<00:19:12.299><c> there</c><00:19:12.460><c> was</c><00:19:12.740><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:19:13.680><c> who</c>

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jeoparded<00:19:14.779><c> his</c><00:19:15.099><c> life</c><00:19:15.519><c> for</c><00:19:16.200><c> the</c><00:19:16.400><c> sake</c><00:19:16.559><c> of</c><00:19:16.799><c> Paul</c><00:19:16.960><c> and</c><00:19:17.099><c> for</c><00:19:17.299><c> their</c>

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sakes.<00:19:18.720><c> And</c><00:19:18.859><c> so</c><00:19:18.980><c> he</c><00:19:19.119><c> was</c><00:19:19.339><c> a</c><00:19:19.539><c> great</c><00:19:19.680><c> example,</c>

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a<00:19:21.779><c> great</c><00:19:21.960><c> example</c><00:19:22.380><c> to</c><00:19:22.640><c> them.</c><00:19:23.740><c> And</c><00:19:23.779><c> then</c><00:19:23.940><c> of</c><00:19:24.059><c> course,</c><00:19:24.380><c> there's</c>

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the<00:19:24.759><c> apostle</c><00:19:25.200><c> who</c><00:19:26.319><c> was</c><00:19:26.559><c> prepared</c><00:19:26.819><c> to</c><00:19:26.960><c> be</c>

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offered,<00:19:27.380><c> as</c><00:19:27.500><c> we</c><00:19:27.700><c> read</c><00:19:27.839><c> in</c><00:19:28.019><c> verse</c><00:19:28.200><c> 17,</c><00:19:29.299><c> upon</c><00:19:29.460><c> the</c><00:19:29.799><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:19:30.640><c> service</c><00:19:30.960><c> of</c><00:19:31.599><c> their</c><00:19:31.880><c> faith.</c>

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take<00:19:36.059><c> the</c><00:19:36.339><c> cue</c><00:19:36.500><c> from.</c><00:19:38.420><c> So</c><00:19:38.599><c> then</c><00:19:38.759><c> let</c><00:19:38.900><c> us</c><00:19:39.140><c> take</c><00:19:39.380><c> up</c>

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the<00:19:40.140><c> example</c><00:19:40.460><c> firstly</c><00:19:40.960><c> of</c><00:19:41.259><c> our</c><00:19:41.480><c> Lord</c><00:19:41.640><c> Jesus</c><00:19:42.039><c> Christ,</c><00:19:42.799><c> the</c><00:19:43.099><c> greatest</c><00:19:43.420><c> of</c>

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examples.<00:19:45.299><c> Let</c><00:19:45.740><c> this</c><00:19:46.319><c> mind</c><00:19:46.799><c> be</c><00:19:47.839><c> in</c><00:19:48.859><c> you,</c>

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in<00:19:50.559><c> you,</c><00:19:52.180><c> in</c><00:19:52.200><c> me,</c>

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which<00:19:56.740><c> was</c><00:19:57.079><c> also</c><00:19:57.599><c> in</c><00:19:58.339><c> Christ</c><00:19:58.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:00.779><c> who</c><00:20:01.019><c> being</c><00:20:01.519><c> in</c><00:20:02.960><c> the</c><00:20:03.339><c> form</c>

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of<00:20:03.799><c> God,</c><00:20:05.039><c> thought</c><00:20:05.119><c> it</c><00:20:05.339><c> not</c><00:20:05.720><c> robbery</c>

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to<00:20:06.640><c> be</c><00:20:06.920><c> equal</c><00:20:07.200><c> with</c><00:20:07.460><c> God.</c><00:20:08.700><c> Now</c><00:20:08.920><c> what</c><00:20:09.099><c> have</c><00:20:09.279><c> we</c><00:20:09.539><c> here?</c><00:20:10.920><c> The</c>

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revised<00:20:11.460><c> standard</c><00:20:11.819><c> version</c><00:20:12.160><c> says,</c>

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he<00:20:13.420><c> did</c><00:20:13.640><c> not</c><00:20:13.859><c> count</c><00:20:14.180><c> equality</c><00:20:14.700><c> with</c><00:20:14.980><c> God,</c><00:20:15.700><c> a</c><00:20:16.019><c> thing</c><00:20:16.240><c> to</c><00:20:16.440><c> be</c><00:20:16.660><c> grasped</c><00:20:17.039><c> at.</c>

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at<00:20:19.200><c> that</c><00:20:19.500><c> phrase,</c><00:20:20.299><c> thought</c><00:20:20.539><c> it</c><00:20:20.720><c> not</c><00:20:20.940><c> robbery</c><00:20:21.579><c> to</c><00:20:21.759><c> be</c><00:20:21.920><c> equal</c><00:20:22.180><c> with</c><00:20:22.380><c> God,</c><00:20:23.619><c> the</c><00:20:23.740><c> one</c><00:20:23.940><c> before</c><00:20:24.519><c> being</c><00:20:25.279><c> in</c>

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tremendous<00:20:40.880><c> power.</c><00:20:42.420><c> And</c><00:20:42.539><c> the</c><00:20:42.619><c> word</c><00:20:42.759><c> of</c><00:20:43.000><c> God</c><00:20:43.099><c> was</c><00:20:43.480><c> in</c><00:20:43.680><c> his</c><00:20:43.920><c> mouth.</c><00:20:44.460><c> He</c><00:20:44.640><c> had</c><00:20:44.900><c> a</c>

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what<00:20:45.460><c> we</c><00:20:45.680><c> might</c><00:20:45.839><c> call</c><00:20:46.339><c> divine</c><00:20:47.099><c> status.</c>

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He<00:20:54.740><c> had</c><00:20:54.960><c> a</c><00:20:55.319><c> divine</c><00:20:55.700><c> status.</c><00:20:57.079><c> But</c><00:20:57.180><c> despite</c><00:20:57.740><c> that</c><00:20:58.079><c> divine</c><00:20:58.500><c> status</c><00:20:58.859><c> that</c>

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was<00:20:59.299><c> his,</c><00:21:00.119><c> we</c><00:21:00.299><c> find</c><00:21:00.500><c> that</c><00:21:00.660><c> he</c><00:21:00.779><c> took</c><00:21:00.960><c> upon</c>

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himself<00:21:01.880><c> the</c><00:21:02.779><c> status</c><00:21:03.160><c> or</c><00:21:03.460><c> the</c><00:21:03.779><c> form</c><00:21:03.960><c> of</c><00:21:04.200><c> a</c><00:21:04.339><c> servant.</c><00:21:05.000><c> So</c><00:21:05.180><c> that</c>

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particular<00:21:05.859><c> phrase</c><00:21:06.259><c> form</c><00:21:06.839><c> of</c><00:21:07.079><c> God</c><00:21:07.240><c> in</c><00:21:07.460><c> verse</c><00:21:07.700><c> six</c>

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is<00:21:08.900><c> set</c><00:21:09.059><c> against</c><00:21:09.359><c> the</c><00:21:09.619><c> phrase</c><00:21:09.819><c> in</c><00:21:10.019><c> verse</c><00:21:10.220><c> seven,</c><00:21:11.220><c> form</c><00:21:11.700><c> of</c><00:21:12.019><c> a</c><00:21:12.279><c> servant,</c><00:21:12.920><c> the</c><00:21:13.279><c> status</c><00:21:13.740><c> of</c><00:21:14.079><c> a</c><00:21:14.339><c> servant,</c>

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that's<00:21:14.819><c> how</c><00:21:15.039><c> he</c><00:21:15.180><c> became.</c><00:21:16.539><c> He</c><00:21:16.740><c> might</c><00:21:17.039><c> have</c><00:21:17.460><c> led</c><00:21:17.619><c> a</c><00:21:17.700><c> different</c>

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endowed<00:21:20.980><c> with</c><00:21:21.200><c> great</c><00:21:21.460><c> power,</c><00:21:22.339><c> with</c><00:21:22.599><c> tremendous</c><00:21:23.519><c> mental</c><00:21:24.519><c> force.</c><00:21:25.740><c> He</c>

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could<00:21:26.039><c> have</c><00:21:26.220><c> ruled</c><00:21:26.420><c> the</c><00:21:26.640><c> world</c><00:21:26.799><c> there</c><00:21:27.059><c> and</c>

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then<00:21:27.720><c> had</c><00:21:28.059><c> he</c><00:21:28.240><c> so</c><00:21:28.460><c> desired,</c><00:21:29.240><c> but</c><00:21:29.359><c> he</c><00:21:29.480><c> didn't.</c><00:21:30.460><c> He</c><00:21:30.740><c> complied</c><00:21:31.099><c> with</c><00:21:31.279><c> the</c><00:21:31.319><c> will</c><00:21:31.440><c> of</c>

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his<00:21:31.680><c> heavenly</c><00:21:31.980><c> father,</c>

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and<00:21:33.140><c> he</c><00:21:33.339><c> fulfilled</c><00:21:33.740><c> our</c><00:21:34.099><c> needs</c><00:21:34.339><c> in</c><00:21:34.519><c> laying</c><00:21:34.720><c> down</c><00:21:34.920><c> his</c><00:21:35.180><c> life</c><00:21:35.579><c> on</c>

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our<00:21:36.079><c> behalf.</c><00:21:37.019><c> So</c><00:21:37.180><c> those</c><00:21:37.400><c> are</c><00:21:37.599><c> the</c><00:21:37.680><c> thoughts</c>

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evil.<00:22:19.579><c> And</c><00:22:19.779><c> it</c><00:22:19.839><c> was</c><00:22:19.980><c> that</c><00:22:20.279><c> thought</c><00:22:20.799><c> implanted</c><00:22:21.420><c> in</c>

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her<00:22:35.880><c> thinking.</c><00:22:36.880><c> She</c><00:22:37.000><c> knew</c><00:22:37.220><c> that</c><00:22:37.359><c> they</c><00:22:37.519><c> were</c><00:22:37.799><c> superior</c><00:22:38.259><c> creatures</c><00:22:38.819><c> and</c><00:22:39.299><c> she</c><00:22:39.640><c> desired</c><00:22:39.900><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:40.180><c> like</c><00:22:40.500><c> that.</c>

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precincts<00:22:45.099><c> of</c><00:22:45.160><c> the</c><00:22:45.400><c> tree</c><00:22:45.740><c> and</c><00:22:46.480><c> at</c><00:22:46.640><c> length</c><00:22:46.940><c> the</c><00:22:47.259><c> other</c>

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lusts<00:22:48.220><c> also</c><00:22:48.700><c> became</c><00:22:49.660><c> enlivened</c><00:22:50.299><c> that</c><00:22:50.440><c> were</c><00:22:50.759><c> formerly</c><00:22:51.140><c> dormant.</c><00:22:52.259><c> And</c>

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she<00:22:52.579><c> put</c><00:22:52.819><c> forth</c><00:22:53.019><c> her</c><00:22:53.259><c> hand</c><00:22:53.400><c> and</c><00:22:53.599><c> she</c><00:22:53.880><c> sinned</c>

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God.<00:23:07.220><c> But</c><00:23:07.460><c> in</c><00:23:07.680><c> verse</c><00:23:07.859><c> 7</c><00:23:08.740><c> the</c><00:23:09.160><c> record</c><00:23:09.380><c> says</c><00:23:09.720><c> he</c><00:23:09.900><c> made</c><00:23:10.240><c> himself</c>

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of<00:23:11.359><c> no</c><00:23:11.859><c> reputation.</c><00:23:13.779><c> The</c><00:23:13.880><c> revised</c><00:23:14.200><c> standard</c>

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version<00:23:14.819><c> translates</c><00:23:15.440><c> that</c><00:23:15.839><c> and</c><00:23:16.079><c> others.</c><00:23:17.299><c> He</c><00:23:17.400><c> emptied</c><00:23:18.160><c> himself.</c><00:23:19.660><c> He</c><00:23:19.880><c> became</c><00:23:20.259><c> a</c>

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nothing<00:23:20.880><c> in</c><00:23:21.279><c> the</c><00:23:21.720><c> service</c><00:23:21.960><c> of</c>

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God.<00:23:23.240><c> He</c><00:23:23.480><c> had</c><00:23:24.240><c> no</c><00:23:24.640><c> personal</c><00:23:25.180><c> dimensions.</c><00:23:27.559><c> He</c><00:23:27.720><c> was</c><00:23:28.039><c> totally</c><00:23:28.460><c> absorbed</c><00:23:28.940><c> in</c>

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mean.<00:23:35.759><c> He</c><00:23:35.940><c> had</c><00:23:36.119><c> no</c><00:23:36.440><c> private</c><00:23:36.859><c> agenda,</c>

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shall<00:23:37.599><c> we</c><00:23:37.779><c> say,</c><00:23:38.619><c> other</c><00:23:38.920><c> than</c><00:23:39.079><c> that</c><00:23:39.299><c> which</c><00:23:39.480><c> God</c><00:23:39.700><c> would</c><00:23:39.920><c> have</c><00:23:40.099><c> him</c><00:23:40.299><c> do.</c><00:23:42.819><c> You</c><00:23:42.960><c> know,</c><00:23:43.039><c> when</c><00:23:43.180><c> we</c>

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think<00:23:43.480><c> about</c><00:23:43.700><c> ourselves</c>

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in<00:23:44.220><c> that</c><00:23:44.400><c> regard,</c><00:23:44.700><c> how</c><00:23:44.960><c> do</c><00:23:45.200><c> we</c><00:23:45.380><c> compare?</c><00:23:46.599><c> We've</c><00:23:46.740><c> all</c><00:23:46.880><c> got</c><00:23:47.059><c> our</c>

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little<00:23:47.359><c> agendas,</c><00:23:47.740><c> haven't</c><00:23:47.940><c> we?</c><00:23:48.779><c> Our</c><00:23:49.059><c> little</c>

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ambitions<00:23:49.640><c> in</c><00:23:49.819><c> this</c><00:23:50.059><c> life</c><00:23:50.259><c> that</c><00:23:50.359><c> we're</c><00:23:50.559><c> going</c><00:23:50.700><c> to</c><00:23:50.880><c> fulfil.</c>

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of<00:23:54.920><c> the</c><00:23:55.039><c> wings</c><00:23:55.259><c> of</c><00:23:55.440><c> the</c><00:23:55.579><c> Almighty.</c><00:23:56.579><c> We've</c><00:23:56.839><c> come</c><00:23:57.019><c> to</c><00:23:57.180><c> a</c><00:23:57.359><c> knowledge</c><00:23:57.579><c> of</c><00:23:57.779><c> his</c>

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purpose.<00:23:59.240><c> And</c><00:23:59.519><c> really</c><00:23:59.799><c> all</c><00:24:00.220><c> the</c>

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speak<00:24:05.960><c> to</c><00:24:06.140><c> our</c><00:24:06.299><c> young</c><00:24:06.519><c> people.</c><00:24:07.579><c> You</c><00:24:07.660><c> may</c><00:24:07.819><c> be</c>

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forget<00:24:11.440><c> the</c><00:24:11.819><c> greater</c><00:24:12.160><c> interests.</c><00:24:13.779><c> Let</c><00:24:14.000><c> university</c>

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course<00:24:14.740><c> serve</c><00:24:15.279><c> a</c><00:24:15.519><c> greater</c><00:24:15.740><c> interest.</c><00:24:17.140><c> You</c><00:24:17.200><c> know</c><00:24:17.359><c> what</c><00:24:17.500><c> can</c><00:24:17.759><c> so</c>

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course<00:24:20.779><c> can</c><00:24:21.000><c> become</c><00:24:21.240><c> the</c><00:24:21.579><c> end</c><00:24:21.759><c> in</c><00:24:21.920><c> itself.</c><00:24:22.980><c> As</c><00:24:23.099><c> though</c><00:24:23.240><c> that</c>

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was<00:24:23.579><c> the</c><00:24:23.819><c> all</c><00:24:24.019><c>-important</c><00:24:24.400><c> thing.</c><00:24:24.660><c> That's</c><00:24:25.000><c> the</c>

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objective.<00:24:26.359><c> And</c><00:24:26.480><c> the</c><00:24:26.680><c> truth</c><00:24:26.799><c> can</c><00:24:27.039><c> get</c><00:24:27.299><c> squeezed</c><00:24:27.680><c> out</c><00:24:27.859><c> of</c><00:24:27.980><c> the</c>

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door<00:24:28.299><c> and</c><00:24:28.579><c> forgotten.</c><00:24:29.559><c> It's</c><00:24:29.819><c> a</c><00:24:29.920><c> disaster</c><00:24:30.480><c> when</c><00:24:30.940><c> that</c>

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happens.<00:24:32.220><c> And</c><00:24:32.400><c> we</c><00:24:32.500><c> need</c><00:24:32.599><c> to</c><00:24:32.740><c> be</c><00:24:32.839><c> very</c><00:24:33.220><c> conscious</c><00:24:33.539><c> of</c><00:24:33.740><c> that</c><00:24:34.000><c> potentiality.</c><00:24:35.400><c> Because</c><00:24:35.660><c> if</c>

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we<00:24:36.039><c> pursue</c><00:24:36.259><c> that</c><00:24:36.539><c> road,</c><00:24:36.839><c> we</c>

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lose<00:24:37.200><c> all.</c><00:24:38.240><c> We'll</c><00:24:38.440><c> end</c><00:24:38.539><c> up</c><00:24:38.680><c> with</c><00:24:38.859><c> ashes</c><00:24:39.079><c> in</c><00:24:39.259><c> our</c><00:24:39.500><c> hands.</c><00:24:40.799><c> We'll</c>

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be<00:24:48.460><c> the</c><00:24:48.619><c> case.</c><00:24:49.640><c> We</c><00:24:49.759><c> need</c><00:24:49.920><c> to</c><00:24:50.039><c> be</c>

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very<00:24:50.660><c> wary</c><00:24:50.859><c> of</c><00:24:51.019><c> that.</c><00:24:51.880><c> And</c><00:24:52.059><c> always</c><00:24:52.539><c> maintain</c><00:24:53.099><c> our</c><00:24:53.400><c> readings</c>

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whenever<00:24:54.660><c> the</c><00:24:54.900><c> demands</c><00:24:55.220><c> of</c><00:24:55.539><c> university</c><00:24:56.119><c> exams</c><00:24:56.460><c> or</c>

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other<00:24:59.660><c> areas</c><00:25:00.059><c> in</c><00:25:00.220><c> which</c><00:25:00.359><c> we</c><00:25:00.559><c> may</c><00:25:00.740><c> excel.</c><00:25:01.779><c> Whenever</c>

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the<00:25:02.240><c> demands</c><00:25:02.500><c> upon</c><00:25:02.740><c> our</c><00:25:02.980><c> time</c><00:25:03.220><c> are</c><00:25:03.460><c> high,</c><00:25:04.519><c> let</c><00:25:04.680><c> us</c><00:25:04.900><c> never</c><00:25:05.119><c> forget</c><00:25:05.380><c> our</c>

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daily<00:25:05.960><c> readings</c><00:25:06.519><c> and</c><00:25:07.200><c> realise</c><00:25:07.599><c> always</c><00:25:08.119><c> that</c>

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this<00:25:08.539><c> is</c><00:25:08.720><c> the</c><00:25:09.000><c> source</c><00:25:09.339><c> of</c><00:25:09.640><c> life.</c><00:25:10.599><c> It</c><00:25:10.720><c> is</c><00:25:10.940><c> this</c><00:25:11.160><c> that</c><00:25:11.259><c> will</c><00:25:11.519><c> take</c>

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us<00:25:12.039><c> through</c><00:25:12.359><c> into</c><00:25:12.759><c> eternity.</c><00:25:13.900><c> The</c><00:25:14.119><c> other</c><00:25:14.220><c> will</c><00:25:14.460><c> not.</c>

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The<00:25:15.259><c> other</c><00:25:15.380><c> must</c><00:25:15.819><c> serve</c><00:25:16.619><c> the</c><00:25:17.079><c> greater</c><00:25:17.319><c> objective.</c><00:25:18.759><c> And</c><00:25:18.980><c> we</c><00:25:19.140><c> must</c><00:25:19.359><c> always</c><00:25:19.880><c> have</c><00:25:20.099><c> that</c><00:25:20.440><c> priority</c><00:25:21.000><c> in</c>

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its<00:25:21.799><c> rightful</c>

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and<00:25:22.839><c> proper</c><00:25:23.059><c> place.</c><00:25:24.460><c> He</c><00:25:24.839><c> emptied</c><00:25:25.500><c> himself.</c><00:25:26.519><c> He</c><00:25:26.720><c> had</c><00:25:27.019><c> no</c><00:25:27.500><c> personal</c><00:25:28.039><c> agenda.</c><00:25:29.519><c> And</c>

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the<00:25:29.819><c> record</c><00:25:30.019><c> says</c><00:25:30.460><c> he</c><00:25:31.099><c> took</c><00:25:31.380><c> upon</c>

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him<00:25:31.880><c> the</c><00:25:32.319><c> form</c><00:25:32.680><c> of</c><00:25:33.019><c> a</c><00:25:33.140><c> servant</c><00:25:33.539><c> and</c><00:25:34.980><c> was</c><00:25:35.200><c> made</c><00:25:35.700><c> in</c><00:25:36.140><c> the</c><00:25:36.460><c> likeness</c><00:25:36.920><c> of</c><00:25:37.099><c> men.</c>

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And<00:25:38.539><c> being</c><00:25:38.740><c> found</c><00:25:39.059><c> in</c><00:25:39.380><c> fashion</c><00:25:39.619><c> as</c><00:25:39.799><c> a</c>

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man,<00:25:40.559><c> he</c><00:25:40.779><c> humbled</c><00:25:41.079><c> himself</c><00:25:41.460><c> and</c><00:25:41.660><c> became</c><00:25:41.900><c> obedient</c><00:25:42.380><c> unto</c><00:25:42.940><c> death,</c><00:25:43.380><c> even</c>

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the<00:25:43.819><c> death</c><00:25:43.940><c> of</c><00:25:44.099><c> the</c><00:25:44.319><c> cross.</c>

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Of<00:25:46.220><c> course,</c><00:25:46.539><c> those</c><00:25:46.720><c> that</c><00:25:47.039><c> believe</c><00:25:47.160><c> in</c><00:25:47.359><c> the</c><00:25:47.539><c> pre</c><00:25:47.779><c>-existence</c><00:25:48.160><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:25:48.599><c> will</c><00:25:48.799><c> say,</c>

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oh,<00:25:49.599><c> here</c><00:25:49.759><c> you</c><00:25:49.920><c> are.</c><00:25:50.359><c> He</c><00:25:50.500><c> was</c><00:25:50.700><c> in</c><00:25:50.920><c> heaven</c><00:25:51.200><c> and</c><00:25:51.819><c> he</c><00:25:52.180><c> decided</c><00:25:52.519><c> to</c>

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take<00:25:53.420><c> upon</c><00:25:53.619><c> himself</c><00:25:54.019><c> the</c><00:25:54.359><c> form</c><00:25:54.480><c> of</c><00:25:54.700><c> a</c><00:25:54.880><c> servant</c>

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and<00:25:56.079><c> be</c><00:25:58.779><c> made</c><00:25:59.119><c> in</c><00:25:59.319><c> the</c><00:25:59.500><c> likeness</c><00:25:59.819><c> of</c><00:26:00.000><c> men.</c><00:26:00.240><c> That</c><00:26:00.359><c> this</c><00:26:00.619><c> was</c><00:26:00.859><c> a</c>

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conscious<00:26:01.319><c> decision</c><00:26:01.819><c> that</c><00:26:02.019><c> he</c><00:26:02.099><c> made</c><00:26:02.339><c> when</c><00:26:02.559><c> he</c><00:26:02.640><c> was</c>

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in<00:26:03.299><c> heaven.</c><00:26:04.839><c> It's</c><00:26:05.019><c> nothing</c><00:26:05.200><c> of</c><00:26:05.380><c> the</c><00:26:05.559><c> sort.</c><00:26:06.700><c> It's</c><00:26:06.920><c> nothing</c><00:26:07.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:07.660><c> sort.</c><00:26:08.500><c> It</c><00:26:08.559><c> wasn't</c><00:26:08.799><c> a</c><00:26:08.980><c> case</c><00:26:09.160><c> of</c><00:26:09.299><c> him</c><00:26:09.539><c> pre</c><00:26:10.380><c>-existing</c>

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and<00:26:11.019><c> deciding</c><00:26:11.680><c> that</c><00:26:12.200><c> he</c><00:26:12.319><c> would</c><00:26:13.359><c> become</c><00:26:13.759><c> incarnate</c><00:26:14.660><c> and</c><00:26:14.880><c> be</c><00:26:15.140><c> a</c>

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man<00:26:15.400><c> at</c><00:26:15.640><c> all.</c><00:26:16.460><c> This</c><00:26:16.819><c> is</c><00:26:17.140><c> the</c><00:26:17.279><c> decision</c><00:26:17.660><c> which</c><00:26:17.900><c> he</c><00:26:18.119><c> took</c>

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once<00:26:19.619><c> he</c><00:26:19.740><c> had</c><00:26:20.059><c> conscious</c><00:26:20.480><c> existence.</c><00:26:21.779><c> As</c><00:26:21.940><c> he</c><00:26:22.160><c> grew</c><00:26:22.339><c> up</c><00:26:22.640><c> and</c><00:26:22.819><c> he</c>

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realized<00:26:23.539><c> the</c><00:26:23.980><c> status</c><00:26:24.240><c> that</c><00:26:24.460><c> he</c><00:26:24.640><c> had</c><00:26:24.960><c> in</c><00:26:25.500><c> all</c><00:26:25.720><c> his</c>

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life,<00:26:26.099><c> he</c><00:26:26.160><c> was</c><00:26:26.380><c> making</c><00:26:26.740><c> this</c><00:26:27.319><c> decision,</c><00:26:27.819><c> as</c><00:26:28.039><c> it</c><00:26:28.240><c> were,</c><00:26:29.059><c> to</c><00:26:29.220><c> serve</c><00:26:29.519><c> God</c>

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in<00:26:30.059><c> its</c><00:26:30.880><c> entirety.</c><00:26:32.259><c> And</c><00:26:32.420><c> we</c><00:26:32.579><c> have</c><00:26:32.720><c> a</c><00:26:32.839><c> number</c>

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of<00:26:33.359><c> illustrations</c><00:26:33.960><c> where</c><00:26:34.460><c> that</c><00:26:34.680><c> can</c><00:26:34.859><c> be</c><00:26:35.079><c> seen</c><00:26:35.220><c> to</c><00:26:35.359><c> be</c><00:26:35.480><c> the</c><00:26:35.660><c> case.</c><00:26:37.400><c> In</c>

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his<00:26:37.819><c> early</c><00:26:38.059><c> life,</c><00:26:38.319><c> he</c><00:26:38.519><c> began</c><00:26:38.759><c> to</c><00:26:39.160><c> accept</c><00:26:39.400><c> the</c>

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enormous<00:26:40.039><c> demands</c><00:26:40.779><c> that</c><00:26:42.420><c> sonship</c><00:26:42.880><c> of</c><00:26:43.140><c> God</c><00:26:43.660><c> and</c><00:26:44.380><c> designate</c><00:26:45.180><c> savior</c><00:26:45.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:45.960><c> world</c><00:26:46.339><c> required</c><00:26:47.059><c> of</c><00:26:47.380><c> him.</c>

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He<00:26:49.359><c> began</c><00:26:49.700><c> to</c><00:26:49.960><c> learn</c><00:26:50.140><c> what</c><00:26:50.279><c> his</c><00:26:50.539><c> father's</c><00:26:51.059><c> will</c><00:26:51.180><c> was.</c><00:26:52.339><c> His</c><00:26:52.539><c> ear</c>

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was<00:26:53.039><c> opened</c><00:26:53.339><c> morning</c><00:26:53.900><c> by</c><00:26:54.220><c> morning.</c>

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He<00:26:55.920><c> did</c><00:26:56.519><c> not</c><00:26:56.779><c> turn</c><00:26:57.039><c> that</c><00:26:57.259><c> ear</c><00:26:57.660><c> away</c><00:26:58.240><c> in</c><00:26:59.099><c> rebellion,</c><00:26:59.680><c> but</c><00:26:59.720><c> he</c><00:26:59.940><c> listened</c><00:27:00.200><c> constantly</c><00:27:01.140><c> and</c><00:27:01.619><c> he</c>

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knew<00:27:01.880><c> what</c><00:27:02.059><c> the</c><00:27:02.240><c> purpose</c>

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of<00:27:02.680><c> God</c><00:27:02.900><c> was</c><00:27:03.380><c> with</c><00:27:03.640><c> him,</c><00:27:04.359><c> that</c><00:27:04.539><c> he</c><00:27:04.740><c> should</c><00:27:04.920><c> represent</c><00:27:05.380><c> God</c><00:27:05.779><c> in</c>

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every<00:27:06.380><c> respect.</c><00:27:08.059><c> And</c><00:27:08.220><c> he</c><00:27:08.400><c> realized</c><00:27:08.740><c> that</c><00:27:08.900><c> he</c><00:27:09.059><c> was</c><00:27:09.319><c> a</c>

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man<00:27:09.779><c> being</c><00:27:10.339><c> found</c><00:27:10.660><c> in</c><00:27:11.019><c> fashion</c><00:27:11.400><c> as</c><00:27:11.740><c> a</c><00:27:12.039><c> man.</c><00:27:13.180><c> The</c><00:27:13.339><c> word</c><00:27:13.660><c> schemati</c><00:27:15.099><c> refers</c>

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to<00:27:16.000><c> his</c><00:27:16.420><c> outward</c><00:27:16.740><c> appearance,</c>

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his<00:27:18.460><c> bearing,</c><00:27:19.079><c> his</c><00:27:19.140><c> capacity,</c><00:27:20.420><c> his</c><00:27:20.579><c> wants</c><00:27:20.779><c> and</c><00:27:20.980><c> his</c><00:27:21.180><c> habits.</c>

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He<00:27:21.500><c> was</c><00:27:21.839><c> a</c><00:27:22.019><c> man.</c><00:27:22.640><c> He</c><00:27:22.759><c> was</c><00:27:22.960><c> not</c><00:27:23.099><c> a</c><00:27:23.380><c> Superman.</c>

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He<00:27:25.059><c> was</c><00:27:25.339><c> a</c><00:27:25.500><c> representative</c><00:27:26.200><c> of</c><00:27:26.599><c> the</c><00:27:26.799><c> human</c><00:27:27.019><c> race</c><00:27:27.579><c> in</c><00:27:28.099><c> all</c><00:27:28.299><c> of</c>

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its<00:27:28.579><c> weakness,</c><00:27:29.579><c> in</c><00:27:29.680><c> all</c><00:27:29.880><c> of</c><00:27:30.000><c> its</c><00:27:30.180><c> need,</c><00:27:30.640><c> albeit</c><00:27:31.039><c> not</c>

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mere<00:27:31.980><c> man.</c><00:27:32.680><c> He</c><00:27:32.819><c> was</c><00:27:33.140><c> the</c><00:27:33.299><c> son</c><00:27:33.480><c> of</c><00:27:33.700><c> God.</c><00:27:34.720><c> He</c><00:27:34.920><c> had</c><00:27:35.299><c> a</c><00:27:35.680><c> capacity</c><00:27:36.079><c> for</c><00:27:36.519><c> spiritual</c><00:27:36.980><c> things</c><00:27:37.579><c> in</c>

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excess<00:27:38.480><c> of</c><00:27:38.700><c> those</c><00:27:38.940><c> that</c><00:27:39.079><c> he</c>

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came<00:27:39.480><c> to</c><00:27:39.740><c> save,</c><00:27:40.200><c> but</c><00:27:40.740><c> it</c><00:27:40.859><c> was</c><00:27:41.039><c> not</c><00:27:41.220><c> automatic.</c><00:27:42.200><c> It</c><00:27:42.380><c> required</c>

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:47.400
him<00:27:43.079><c> to</c><00:27:43.480><c> exercise</c><00:27:44.359><c> his</c><00:27:46.200><c> mind</c><00:27:46.440><c> in</c><00:27:46.599><c> the</c><00:27:46.819><c> things</c><00:27:47.019><c> of</c><00:27:47.180><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:27:48.140><c> that</c><00:27:48.279><c> he</c><00:27:48.359><c> might</c><00:27:49.079><c> become</c><00:27:49.619><c> the</c><00:27:49.740><c> son</c><00:27:49.980><c> of</c><00:27:50.099><c> God,</c><00:27:51.140><c> indeed,</c>

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the<00:27:51.460><c> savior,</c><00:27:52.019><c> the</c><00:27:52.240><c> sinless</c><00:27:52.680><c> savior</c><00:27:53.180><c> of</c><00:27:53.680><c> the</c><00:27:53.859><c> world.</c>

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There<00:27:55.799><c> are</c><00:27:56.180><c> a</c><00:27:56.240><c> number</c><00:27:56.460><c> of</c><00:27:56.700><c> examples</c><00:27:57.019><c> where</c><00:27:57.220><c> we</c><00:27:57.380><c> see</c><00:27:57.960><c> him</c><00:27:58.240><c> to</c><00:27:58.420><c> be</c>

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challenged.<00:28:00.779><c> For</c><00:28:01.039><c> example,</c><00:28:01.799><c> at</c><00:28:01.940><c> his</c><00:28:02.140><c> temptation,</c>

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:08.200
we<00:28:03.000><c> know</c><00:28:03.259><c> that</c><00:28:04.119><c> the</c><00:28:04.440><c> diabolos</c><00:28:05.059><c> came</c><00:28:05.339><c> to</c><00:28:05.480><c> him</c><00:28:05.700><c> and</c><00:28:05.920><c> said,</c><00:28:07.359><c> if</c><00:28:07.539><c> thou</c><00:28:07.940><c> be</c>

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the<00:28:08.380><c> son</c><00:28:08.539><c> of</c><00:28:08.779><c> God,</c><00:28:09.740><c> turn</c><00:28:10.059><c> these</c><00:28:10.460><c> stones</c><00:28:10.940><c> into</c>

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bread.<00:28:12.480><c> The</c><00:28:12.740><c> record</c><00:28:13.059><c> tells</c><00:28:13.420><c> us</c><00:28:13.700><c> that</c><00:28:13.799><c> he</c><00:28:13.980><c> was</c><00:28:14.279><c> led</c><00:28:14.420><c> in</c><00:28:14.619><c> the</c><00:28:14.779><c> wilderness</c><00:28:15.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:15.640><c> spirit</c><00:28:16.119><c> and</c><00:28:16.599><c> there</c><00:28:16.819><c> he</c>

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hungered<00:28:17.599><c> for</c><00:28:17.920><c> forty</c><00:28:18.279><c> days.</c><00:28:19.559><c> There</c><00:28:19.660><c> he</c><00:28:19.799><c> was</c><00:28:20.200><c> tempted</c><00:28:20.539><c> of</c><00:28:20.799><c> the</c>

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devil,<00:28:21.480><c> of</c><00:28:21.619><c> the</c><00:28:21.839><c> diabolos.</c><00:28:23.039><c> He</c><00:28:23.420><c> was</c><00:28:23.859><c> hungry</c>

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and<00:28:25.160><c> he</c><00:28:25.400><c> had</c><00:28:25.599><c> divine</c><00:28:25.980><c> power</c><00:28:26.480><c> so</c><00:28:26.980><c> recently</c><00:28:27.619><c> bestowed</c><00:28:28.099><c> upon</c><00:28:28.400><c> him.</c><00:28:29.839><c> We</c>

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read<00:28:30.839><c> that</c><00:28:31.380><c> the</c><00:28:31.619><c> spirit</c><00:28:31.819><c> came</c><00:28:32.079><c> upon</c><00:28:32.440><c> him</c>

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in<00:28:33.599><c> the</c><00:28:33.740><c> form</c><00:28:33.900><c> of</c><00:28:34.099><c> a</c><00:28:34.240><c> dove</c><00:28:34.660><c> and</c><00:28:35.539><c> God</c><00:28:35.740><c> declared,</c><00:28:36.440><c> thou</c><00:28:36.440><c> art</c><00:28:36.619><c> my</c><00:28:36.859><c> beloved</c><00:28:37.200><c> son,</c><00:28:37.660><c> in</c><00:28:37.700><c> whom</c><00:28:37.839><c> I</c>

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am<00:28:38.420><c> well</c><00:28:38.680><c> pleased.</c>

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So<00:28:40.579><c> the</c><00:28:40.720><c> spirit</c><00:28:40.940><c> came</c><00:28:41.200><c> upon</c><00:28:41.500><c> him</c><00:28:41.680><c> because</c><00:28:42.039><c> of</c><00:28:42.200><c> God's</c><00:28:42.579><c> pleasure</c>

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:45.220
in<00:28:43.039><c> him,</c><00:28:43.859><c> but</c><00:28:44.119><c> that</c><00:28:44.299><c> did</c><00:28:44.500><c> not</c><00:28:44.700><c> exempt</c><00:28:44.980><c> him</c>

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from<00:28:45.640><c> test.</c><00:28:46.119><c> Immediately,</c><00:28:47.140><c> he</c><00:28:47.140><c> was</c><00:28:47.359><c> driven</c><00:28:47.619><c> of</c><00:28:47.740><c> the</c><00:28:47.980><c> same</c><00:28:48.240><c> spirit</c><00:28:48.440><c> into</c><00:28:48.640><c> the</c>

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wilderness<00:28:49.339><c> that</c><00:28:49.940><c> that</c><00:28:50.160><c> temptation</c>

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might<00:28:50.980><c> come</c><00:28:51.200><c> upon</c><00:28:51.500><c> him.</c><00:28:53.059><c> He</c><00:28:53.160><c> was</c><00:28:53.380><c> hungry</c><00:28:54.140><c> and</c><00:28:55.519><c> the</c><00:28:55.900><c> power</c><00:28:56.160><c> had</c>

00:28:56.380 --> 00:29:00.000
been<00:28:56.880><c> recently</c><00:28:57.319><c> given</c><00:28:57.500><c> to</c><00:28:57.700><c> him.</c><00:28:59.259><c> The</c><00:28:59.440><c> tempter</c><00:28:59.720><c> said,</c>

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if<00:29:00.599><c> thou</c><00:29:00.900><c> be</c><00:29:01.099><c> the</c><00:29:01.279><c> son</c><00:29:01.420><c> of</c><00:29:01.619><c> God,</c><00:29:02.019><c> turn</c><00:29:02.319><c> these</c><00:29:02.559><c> stones</c><00:29:02.880><c> into</c><00:29:03.119><c> bread.</c><00:29:04.960><c> That</c><00:29:05.099><c> would</c><00:29:05.579><c> demonstrate</c><00:29:06.279><c> so</c><00:29:07.000><c> clearly</c>

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that<00:29:07.559><c> God's</c><00:29:07.900><c> power</c><00:29:08.160><c> is</c><00:29:08.259><c> with</c><00:29:08.420><c> him</c><00:29:08.660><c> and</c><00:29:08.839><c> that</c><00:29:09.000><c> he</c><00:29:09.099><c> was</c><00:29:09.400><c> the</c><00:29:09.480><c> son</c>

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of<00:29:09.900><c> God.</c><00:29:10.980><c> We</c><00:29:11.099><c> know</c><00:29:11.339><c> that</c><00:29:11.500><c> he</c><00:29:11.839><c> resisted</c><00:29:12.319><c> that</c>

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temptation<00:29:13.200><c> with</c><00:29:13.859><c> the</c><00:29:14.039><c> words,</c><00:29:14.279><c> man</c><00:29:14.539><c> shall</c><00:29:14.759><c> not</c><00:29:15.000><c> live</c><00:29:15.200><c> by</c><00:29:15.480><c> bread</c><00:29:15.660><c> alone,</c><00:29:16.599><c> but</c>

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by<00:29:16.960><c> every</c><00:29:17.279><c> word</c><00:29:17.519><c> that</c><00:29:17.859><c> proceedeth</c>

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out<00:29:18.400><c> of</c><00:29:18.519><c> the</c><00:29:18.660><c> mouth</c><00:29:18.960><c> of</c><00:29:19.180><c> the</c><00:29:19.339><c> Lord</c><00:29:19.559><c> shall</c><00:29:19.819><c> man</c><00:29:20.160><c> live.</c><00:29:21.299><c> And</c><00:29:21.559><c> so</c>

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he<00:29:21.779><c> was</c><00:29:21.960><c> able</c><00:29:22.240><c> to</c><00:29:22.500><c> resist.</c><00:29:23.420><c> And</c><00:29:23.420><c> so</c><00:29:23.660><c> constantly</c>

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he<00:29:25.460><c> is</c><00:29:25.700><c> tempted</c><00:29:25.980><c> to</c><00:29:26.440><c> demonstrate</c><00:29:27.039><c> that</c><00:29:27.279><c> he</c><00:29:27.400><c> is</c><00:29:27.579><c> the</c><00:29:27.740><c> son</c><00:29:27.880><c> of</c><00:29:28.099><c> God.</c><00:29:29.140><c> He</c>

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could<00:29:29.519><c> easily</c><00:29:29.859><c> have</c><00:29:30.039><c> done</c><00:29:30.240><c> that</c><00:29:30.480><c> by</c><00:29:30.880><c> the</c>

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display<00:29:31.619><c> of</c><00:29:31.940><c> power</c><00:29:32.319><c> that</c><00:29:32.799><c> God</c><00:29:33.059><c> had</c><00:29:33.339><c> invested</c><00:29:33.740><c> in</c><00:29:34.019><c> him,</c><00:29:34.599><c> but</c><00:29:35.019><c> it</c>

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would<00:29:35.240><c> have</c><00:29:35.400><c> been</c><00:29:35.799><c> an</c><00:29:36.079><c> abuse</c><00:29:36.440><c> of</c><00:29:36.720><c> that</c><00:29:36.960><c> power</c>

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and<00:29:37.900><c> he</c><00:29:38.099><c> refused</c><00:29:39.000><c> to</c><00:29:39.380><c> use</c><00:29:39.640><c> it</c><00:29:39.960><c> in</c><00:29:40.359><c> his</c><00:29:40.680><c> own</c><00:29:41.059><c> interests.</c><00:29:43.380><c> We</c><00:29:43.460><c> have</c><00:29:43.700><c> the</c>

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example<00:29:44.220><c> of</c><00:29:44.420><c> him</c><00:29:44.599><c> washing</c><00:29:45.000><c> the</c><00:29:45.500><c> disciples</c>

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feet.<00:29:46.720><c> Maybe</c><00:29:46.920><c> we</c><00:29:47.119><c> should</c><00:29:47.240><c> turn</c><00:29:47.500><c> to</c><00:29:47.640><c> John</c><00:29:47.940><c> 13</c><00:29:48.559><c> and</c><00:29:48.759><c> verse</c><00:29:48.960><c> 13.</c>

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Why<00:30:00.480><c> should</c><00:30:00.700><c> he</c><00:30:01.000><c> wash</c><00:30:01.279><c> the</c><00:30:01.559><c> disciples</c><00:30:01.960><c> feet?</c>

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:13.480
Record<00:30:08.000><c> says</c><00:30:08.299><c> in</c><00:30:08.500><c> verse</c><00:30:08.720><c> 13,</c><00:30:10.119><c> he</c><00:30:10.480><c> says,</c><00:30:12.039><c> you</c><00:30:12.039><c> call</c><00:30:12.400><c> me</c><00:30:12.880><c> master</c>

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:17.920
and<00:30:13.960><c> Lord,</c><00:30:14.980><c> and</c><00:30:15.200><c> you</c><00:30:15.400><c> say,</c><00:30:15.839><c> well,</c><00:30:16.400><c> for</c><00:30:16.579><c> so</c><00:30:16.819><c> am</c><00:30:17.000><c> I.</c>

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If<00:30:19.500><c> I</c><00:30:19.839><c> then</c><00:30:20.180><c> your</c><00:30:20.579><c> Lord</c><00:30:20.839><c> and</c><00:30:21.079><c> master</c><00:30:21.720><c> have</c><00:30:22.519><c> washed</c><00:30:23.019><c> your</c><00:30:23.420><c> feet,</c>

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he<00:30:25.400><c> also</c><00:30:25.920><c> ought</c><00:30:26.140><c> to</c><00:30:26.640><c> wash</c><00:30:26.980><c> one</c><00:30:27.279><c> another's</c><00:30:27.819><c> feet.</c>

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For<00:30:28.920><c> I</c><00:30:29.160><c> have</c><00:30:29.380><c> given</c><00:30:29.559><c> you</c><00:30:29.839><c> an</c><00:30:30.059><c> example</c><00:30:30.799><c> that</c><00:30:31.440><c> you</c><00:30:31.640><c> should</c><00:30:31.819><c> do</c><00:30:32.220><c> as</c>

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:35.920
I<00:30:32.759><c> have</c><00:30:32.940><c> done.</c><00:30:34.559><c> Verily,</c><00:30:34.960><c> verily,</c><00:30:35.519><c> I</c><00:30:35.519><c> say</c><00:30:35.640><c> to</c><00:30:35.779><c> you,</c>

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the<00:30:36.240><c> servant</c><00:30:36.400><c> is</c><00:30:36.819><c> not</c><00:30:37.079><c> greater</c><00:30:37.400><c> than</c><00:30:37.539><c> his</c><00:30:37.819><c> Lord,</c><00:30:38.779><c> neither</c><00:30:38.980><c> he</c>

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.720
that<00:30:39.359><c> is</c><00:30:39.579><c> sent</c><00:30:39.720><c> greater</c><00:30:40.039><c> than</c><00:30:40.200><c> he</c><00:30:40.420><c> that</c><00:30:40.660><c> sent</c><00:30:40.819><c> him.</c>

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If<00:30:42.779><c> you</c><00:30:42.980><c> know</c><00:30:43.240><c> these</c><00:30:43.559><c> things,</c><00:30:45.099><c> happy</c><00:30:45.480><c> are</c><00:30:45.759><c> you</c><00:30:45.880><c> if</c><00:30:46.099><c> you</c><00:30:46.220><c> do</c><00:30:46.420><c> them.</c><00:30:47.380><c> And</c>

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:51.680
what<00:30:47.819><c> a</c><00:30:48.960><c> great</c><00:30:49.599><c> message</c><00:30:50.339><c> that</c><00:30:50.559><c> is</c><00:30:50.799><c> for</c><00:30:51.059><c> us</c><00:30:51.299><c> all.</c>

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:58.680
The<00:30:52.299><c> Lord</c><00:30:52.660><c> and</c><00:30:52.960><c> the</c><00:30:53.200><c> master</c><00:30:53.579><c> above</c><00:30:54.099><c> all</c><00:30:55.240><c> washed</c><00:30:55.640><c> his</c><00:30:56.079><c> disciples</c><00:30:56.559><c> feet.</c><00:30:57.519><c> What</c><00:30:57.700><c> does</c><00:30:57.819><c> that</c><00:30:58.099><c> mean</c><00:30:58.400><c> so</c>

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far<00:30:58.859><c> as</c>

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you<00:30:59.220><c> are</c><00:30:59.420><c> concerned</c><00:30:59.839><c> or</c><00:31:00.319><c> so</c><00:31:00.599><c> far</c><00:31:00.740><c> as</c><00:31:01.000><c> I</c><00:31:01.619><c> am</c><00:31:01.759><c> concerned</c><00:31:02.279><c> in</c><00:31:03.059><c> our</c>

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relationships<00:31:03.880><c> one</c><00:31:04.180><c> to</c><00:31:04.319><c> another?</c>

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Shows<00:31:06.359><c> tremendous</c><00:31:06.920><c> humility</c><00:31:07.339><c> of</c><00:31:07.640><c> mine,</c><00:31:08.460><c> the</c><00:31:08.579><c> coming</c><00:31:08.819><c> king</c><00:31:09.059><c> of</c>

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all<00:31:09.720><c> the</c><00:31:09.940><c> world</c><00:31:10.500><c> to</c><00:31:11.319><c> whom</c><00:31:11.500><c> every</c><00:31:12.140><c> knee</c><00:31:12.319><c> will</c><00:31:12.559><c> bow</c>

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:18.019
of<00:31:13.099><c> things</c><00:31:13.359><c> in</c><00:31:13.619><c> heaven,</c><00:31:14.440><c> in</c><00:31:14.660><c> earth</c><00:31:14.799><c> and</c><00:31:14.920><c> under</c><00:31:15.160><c> the</c><00:31:15.400><c> earth.</c><00:31:16.559><c> Washed</c><00:31:16.759><c> his</c><00:31:17.039><c> disciples</c><00:31:17.460><c> feet</c><00:31:17.680><c> when</c><00:31:17.859><c> he</c>

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was<00:31:18.140><c> upon</c><00:31:18.400><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:31:19.559><c> I</c><00:31:19.759><c> have</c><00:31:19.960><c> given</c><00:31:20.200><c> an</c><00:31:20.619><c> example</c><00:31:21.240><c> unto</c><00:31:21.579><c> you.</c><00:31:23.180><c> He</c><00:31:23.619><c> humbled</c>

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himself<00:31:24.259><c> and</c><00:31:24.519><c> made</c><00:31:24.720><c> himself</c><00:31:25.099><c> of</c><00:31:25.319><c> no</c><00:31:25.519><c> reputation.</c>

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It<00:31:26.960><c> is</c><00:31:27.440><c> an</c><00:31:27.440><c> incredible</c><00:31:28.220><c> example</c><00:31:28.819><c> that</c><00:31:29.019><c> he</c><00:31:29.119><c> sets.</c><00:31:30.119><c> If</c><00:31:30.119><c> we</c><00:31:30.259><c> turn</c>

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:32.720
back<00:31:30.640><c> to</c><00:31:30.779><c> Mark</c><00:31:30.980><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.259><c> 10,</c><00:31:31.640><c> we</c><00:31:31.640><c> have</c><00:31:31.880><c> a</c><00:31:31.960><c> similar</c>

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:48.460
lesson.<00:31:39.319><c> He</c><00:31:39.319><c> is</c><00:31:44.880><c> dealing</c><00:31:45.140><c> with</c><00:31:45.460><c> the</c><00:31:45.759><c> fact</c><00:31:45.960><c> that</c><00:31:46.319><c> the</c><00:31:46.500><c> gentiles,</c><00:31:47.819><c> the</c><00:31:48.039><c> rulers</c><00:31:48.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:48.640><c> gentiles</c><00:31:49.119><c> exercise</c>

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lordship<00:31:50.700><c> over</c><00:31:50.940><c> their</c><00:31:51.180><c> fellows.</c><00:31:51.740><c> They</c><00:31:51.740><c> are</c><00:31:51.799><c> great</c><00:31:52.079><c> ones</c><00:31:52.440><c> in</c>

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:58.000
verse<00:31:52.819><c> 42,</c><00:31:54.299><c> exercise</c><00:31:55.740><c> authority</c><00:31:56.900><c> upon</c><00:31:57.279><c> them.</c>

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That<00:31:58.859><c> is</c><00:31:58.920><c> how</c><00:31:59.119><c> it</c><00:31:59.119><c> is</c><00:31:59.359><c> in</c><00:31:59.539><c> the</c><00:31:59.700><c> world.</c><00:31:59.900><c> That</c><00:32:00.079><c> is</c><00:32:00.240><c> the</c><00:32:00.440><c> world</c><00:32:00.680><c> order.</c><00:32:02.019><c> I</c>

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.519
think<00:32:02.259><c> you</c><00:32:02.380><c> can</c><00:32:02.599><c> see</c><00:32:02.700><c> that</c><00:32:02.880><c> very</c><00:32:03.099><c> much</c><00:32:03.299><c> in</c>

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Africa,<00:32:04.980><c> in</c><00:32:05.079><c> the</c><00:32:05.259><c> tribal</c><00:32:05.559><c> system</c><00:32:06.019><c> of</c><00:32:06.240><c> many</c><00:32:06.519><c> of</c><00:32:06.680><c> the</c><00:32:06.859><c> countries.</c><00:32:08.019><c> The</c><00:32:08.220><c> chiefs</c><00:32:08.960><c> are</c>

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the<00:32:09.259><c> ones</c><00:32:09.480><c> that</c><00:32:09.700><c> call</c>

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shots.<00:32:11.819><c> They</c><00:32:11.819><c> call</c><00:32:12.079><c> the</c><00:32:12.279><c> tunes.</c><00:32:13.599><c> In</c><00:32:13.940><c> verse</c><00:32:14.880><c> 43,</c><00:32:16.900><c> the</c><00:32:17.000><c> Lord</c><00:32:17.319><c> says,</c>

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Though<00:32:19.220><c> this</c><00:32:19.519><c> might</c><00:32:19.799><c> pertain</c><00:32:20.359><c> to</c><00:32:20.519><c> men,</c><00:32:22.420><c> so</c><00:32:22.680><c> shall</c><00:32:22.839><c> it</c><00:32:22.980><c> not</c><00:32:23.220><c> be</c>

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among<00:32:23.759><c> you.</c><00:32:25.380><c> But</c><00:32:25.680><c> whosoever</c><00:32:26.660><c> will</c><00:32:26.980><c> be</c><00:32:27.299><c> great</c><00:32:27.599><c> among</c>

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:32.859
you<00:32:28.099><c> shall</c><00:32:28.319><c> be</c><00:32:28.660><c> your</c><00:32:28.900><c> minister,</c><00:32:30.799><c> and</c><00:32:31.180><c> whosoever</c><00:32:31.700><c> will</c><00:32:31.940><c> be</c><00:32:32.539><c> the</c>

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:36.140
chiefest<00:32:33.880><c> shall</c><00:32:34.380><c> be</c><00:32:34.799><c> servant</c><00:32:35.140><c> of</c><00:32:35.299><c> all.</c>

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What<00:32:36.680><c> an</c><00:32:37.000><c> amazing</c><00:32:37.380><c> statement.</c><00:32:39.019><c> What</c><00:32:39.220><c> an</c><00:32:39.500><c> apparent</c><00:32:39.819><c> paradox</c>

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that<00:32:40.519><c> is.</c>

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And<00:32:42.259><c> then</c><00:32:42.579><c> he</c><00:32:43.000><c> illustrates</c><00:32:43.779><c> his</c><00:32:44.619><c> words</c><00:32:44.859><c> by</c><00:32:45.119><c> his</c><00:32:45.299><c> own</c><00:32:45.480><c> example.</c>

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For<00:32:47.000><c> even</c><00:32:47.279><c> the</c><00:32:47.599><c> son</c><00:32:47.720><c> of</c><00:32:47.940><c> man,</c>

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now<00:32:48.500><c> that</c><00:32:48.720><c> term</c><00:32:48.980><c> son</c><00:32:49.259><c> of</c><00:32:49.440><c> man</c><00:32:49.640><c> is</c><00:32:49.859><c> always</c><00:32:50.380><c> used</c><00:32:50.940><c> in</c><00:32:51.880><c> the</c><00:32:52.099><c> sense</c>

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:55.359
of<00:32:52.599><c> him</c><00:32:53.140><c> being</c><00:32:53.539><c> given</c><00:32:53.799><c> dominion</c><00:32:54.380><c> over</c><00:32:54.700><c> all</c><00:32:55.000><c> things.</c>

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:58.299
It<00:32:55.660><c> is</c><00:32:55.660><c> taken</c><00:32:55.940><c> from</c><00:32:56.259><c> Psalm</c><00:32:56.519><c> 8</c><00:32:57.099><c> where</c><00:32:57.460><c> we</c><00:32:57.619><c> read</c><00:32:57.779><c> that</c><00:32:57.940><c> the</c><00:32:58.059><c> son</c>

00:32:58.299 --> 00:33:01.240
of<00:32:58.539><c> man</c><00:32:59.220><c> will</c><00:32:59.539><c> have</c><00:32:59.740><c> all</c><00:33:00.039><c> things</c><00:33:00.319><c> placed</c><00:33:00.640><c> under</c><00:33:00.900><c> his</c>

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feet.<00:33:01.960><c> He</c><00:33:02.019><c> will</c><00:33:02.259><c> be</c><00:33:02.519><c> crowned</c><00:33:02.960><c> with</c><00:33:03.119><c> glory</c><00:33:03.519><c> and</c><00:33:03.740><c> honour</c><00:33:04.240><c> as</c><00:33:04.480><c> we</c>

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shall<00:33:05.140><c> see</c><00:33:05.319><c> on</c><00:33:05.480><c> Saturday</c><00:33:05.920><c> when</c><00:33:06.059><c> we</c><00:33:06.160><c> look</c><00:33:06.359><c> at</c><00:33:06.519><c> Psalm</c><00:33:06.720><c> 8.</c>

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Even<00:33:08.640><c> the</c><00:33:08.980><c> son</c><00:33:09.279><c> of</c><00:33:09.440><c> man,</c><00:33:09.880><c> destined</c><00:33:10.539><c> to</c><00:33:10.900><c> rule</c><00:33:11.160><c> the</c><00:33:11.299><c> world,</c><00:33:12.480><c> came</c>

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not<00:33:13.079><c> to</c><00:33:13.279><c> be</c><00:33:13.480><c> ministered</c><00:33:13.940><c> unto,</c>

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but<00:33:16.559><c> to</c><00:33:16.900><c> minister</c><00:33:17.579><c> and</c><00:33:18.339><c> to</c><00:33:18.519><c> give</c><00:33:18.619><c> his</c><00:33:18.859><c> life</c><00:33:19.099><c> a</c><00:33:19.319><c> ransom</c><00:33:19.839><c> for</c><00:33:20.279><c> many.</c><00:33:21.119><c> That</c><00:33:21.279><c> was</c>

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:23.240
his<00:33:21.660><c> perspective</c><00:33:22.200><c> in</c><00:33:22.440><c> life,</c>

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:27.740
and<00:33:23.819><c> ours</c><00:33:24.200><c> should</c><00:33:24.619><c> be</c><00:33:25.180><c> no</c><00:33:25.400><c> different.</c><00:33:26.559><c> And</c><00:33:26.700><c> so</c><00:33:26.880><c> this</c><00:33:27.079><c> is</c><00:33:27.200><c> really</c><00:33:27.539><c> what</c>

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:30.099
this<00:33:28.019><c> section</c><00:33:28.420><c> is</c><00:33:29.339><c> teaching</c><00:33:29.660><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:33:30.920><c> teaching</c><00:33:31.279><c> us</c><00:33:31.660><c> what</c><00:33:31.920><c> a</c><00:33:32.259><c> servant</c><00:33:32.460><c> is.</c><00:33:33.200><c> He</c><00:33:33.400><c> was</c><00:33:33.740><c> in</c><00:33:33.980><c> the</c><00:33:34.279><c> form</c><00:33:34.480><c> of</c>

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:38.200
a<00:33:34.880><c> servant.</c><00:33:35.740><c> He</c><00:33:35.839><c> took</c><00:33:36.039><c> on</c><00:33:36.799><c> servant</c><00:33:37.160><c> status,</c>

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:43.299
though<00:33:38.420><c> son</c><00:33:38.599><c> of</c><00:33:38.859><c> God,</c><00:33:39.700><c> and</c><00:33:40.019><c> being</c><00:33:40.259><c> found</c><00:33:40.599><c> in</c><00:33:40.960><c> fashion</c><00:33:41.400><c> as</c><00:33:41.779><c> a</c><00:33:41.960><c> man,</c><00:33:43.019><c> he</c>

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humbled<00:33:43.559><c> himself</c><00:33:44.240><c> and</c><00:33:45.140><c> he</c><00:33:45.500><c> became</c><00:33:45.799><c> obedient</c>

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:51.359
unto<00:33:47.420><c> death,</c><00:33:48.339><c> even</c><00:33:48.700><c> the</c><00:33:49.059><c> death</c><00:33:49.259><c> of</c><00:33:49.440><c> the</c><00:33:49.680><c> cross.</c><00:33:50.960><c> Wherefore</c>

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God<00:33:51.619><c> also</c><00:33:52.140><c> hath</c><00:33:52.400><c> highly</c><00:33:52.819><c> exalted</c><00:33:53.160><c> him</c>

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and<00:33:54.519><c> given</c><00:33:54.720><c> him</c><00:33:55.000><c> a</c><00:33:55.059><c> name</c><00:33:55.259><c> which</c><00:33:55.420><c> is</c><00:33:55.619><c> above</c><00:33:55.859><c> every</c><00:33:56.319><c> name.</c><00:33:57.359><c> And</c>

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so<00:33:57.740><c> his</c><00:33:58.039><c> obedience</c><00:33:58.740><c> was</c><00:33:59.339><c> total.</c><00:34:00.819><c> He</c><00:34:00.839><c> was</c><00:34:01.140><c> the</c><00:34:01.380><c> willing</c>

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:09.639
servant<00:34:02.259><c> of</c><00:34:03.220><c> whom</c><00:34:03.380><c> we</c><00:34:03.640><c> have</c><00:34:04.019><c> considered</c><00:34:04.599><c> this</c><00:34:05.240><c> morning.</c><00:34:06.900><c> He</c><00:34:07.019><c> came</c><00:34:07.519><c> to</c><00:34:08.280><c> do</c><00:34:08.559><c> God's</c><00:34:09.059><c> will.</c><00:34:09.579><c> I</c>

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delight<00:34:10.099><c> to</c><00:34:10.380><c> do</c><00:34:10.599><c> thy</c><00:34:10.780><c> will.</c>

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Thy<00:34:11.880><c> law</c><00:34:12.260><c> is</c><00:34:12.760><c> within</c><00:34:13.000><c> my</c><00:34:13.380><c> heart.</c><00:34:14.840><c> Not</c><00:34:15.039><c> my</c><00:34:15.420><c> will,</c><00:34:15.800><c> but</c><00:34:15.920><c> thine</c><00:34:16.219><c> be</c>

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done,<00:34:17.039><c> he</c><00:34:17.300><c> was</c><00:34:17.559><c> to</c><00:34:17.840><c> say.</c>

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:23.239
You<00:34:18.179><c> know</c><00:34:19.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:34:19.940><c> chapter</c><00:34:20.260><c> 5</c><00:34:20.639><c> and</c><00:34:20.780><c> verse</c><00:34:21.019><c> 8</c><00:34:21.579><c> illustrates</c><00:34:22.139><c> the</c><00:34:22.420><c> same</c><00:34:22.719><c> point</c><00:34:22.960><c> that</c><00:34:23.079><c> is</c>

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:24.559
being<00:34:23.480><c> made</c><00:34:23.800><c> here</c>

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:27.420
where<00:34:26.400><c> we</c><00:34:26.659><c> read</c>

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:36.340
in<00:34:31.119><c> verse</c><00:34:31.420><c> 8,</c><00:34:31.820><c> though</c><00:34:31.900><c> he</c><00:34:32.400><c> were</c><00:34:32.699><c> a</c><00:34:33.059><c> son,</c><00:34:34.579><c> yet</c><00:34:35.000><c> learned</c><00:34:35.420><c> he</c><00:34:35.599><c> obedience</c><00:34:36.000><c> by</c>

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:38.280
the<00:34:36.579><c> things</c><00:34:36.900><c> which</c><00:34:37.139><c> he</c><00:34:37.420><c> suffered.</c>

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.760
Although<00:34:38.500><c> he</c><00:34:38.719><c> was,</c><00:34:38.920><c> if</c><00:34:39.039><c> you</c><00:34:39.179><c> like,</c><00:34:39.380><c> in</c><00:34:39.559><c> the</c><00:34:39.840><c> form</c><00:34:40.039><c> of</c><00:34:40.300><c> God,</c><00:34:40.519><c> the</c>

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:44.420
son<00:34:41.019><c> of</c><00:34:41.260><c> God,</c><00:34:42.920><c> yet</c><00:34:43.000><c> he</c><00:34:43.159><c> took</c><00:34:43.300><c> upon</c><00:34:43.519><c> himself</c><00:34:43.920><c> the</c><00:34:44.260><c> form</c>

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:49.699
of<00:34:44.599><c> a</c><00:34:44.699><c> servant.</c><00:34:45.539><c> He</c><00:34:45.699><c> learned</c><00:34:46.440><c> obedience</c><00:34:47.539><c> by</c><00:34:48.579><c> the</c><00:34:48.820><c> things</c><00:34:49.199><c> which</c><00:34:49.440><c> he</c>

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:52.219
suffered,<00:34:51.039><c> and</c><00:34:51.059><c> that</c><00:34:51.239><c> was</c><00:34:51.559><c> the</c>

00:34:52.219 --> 00:35:00.199
way<00:34:52.519><c> to</c><00:34:52.780><c> perfection.</c><00:34:53.280><c> Being</c><00:34:53.739><c> made</c><00:34:54.400><c> morally</c><00:34:54.739><c> perfect</c><00:34:55.539><c> as</c><00:34:57.380><c> a</c><00:34:57.659><c> consequence,</c><00:34:58.480><c> he's</c><00:34:58.820><c> become</c><00:34:59.099><c> the</c><00:34:59.320><c> author</c><00:34:59.579><c> of</c><00:34:59.880><c> eternal</c>

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:07.079
salvation<00:35:00.960><c> to</c><00:35:02.099><c> all</c><00:35:02.440><c> them</c><00:35:02.679><c> who</c><00:35:02.960><c> in</c><00:35:03.239><c> turn</c><00:35:03.920><c> obey</c><00:35:04.559><c> him.</c><00:35:06.440><c> And</c><00:35:06.780><c> that's</c><00:35:06.900><c> what</c>

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:09.000
the<00:35:07.260><c> apostle</c><00:35:07.500><c> Paul</c><00:35:07.840><c> enjoins</c><00:35:08.360><c> upon</c><00:35:08.579><c> us,</c>

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:14.079
that<00:35:09.539><c> same</c><00:35:09.920><c> obedience</c><00:35:10.599><c> in</c><00:35:11.199><c> verse</c><00:35:11.480><c> 12,</c><00:35:13.000><c> as</c><00:35:13.119><c> the</c><00:35:13.320><c> Lord</c><00:35:13.619><c> showed</c>

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:19.179
as<00:35:14.440><c> we</c><00:35:14.639><c> read</c><00:35:15.099><c> in</c><00:35:15.559><c> verse</c><00:35:15.860><c> 8,</c><00:35:17.059><c> all</c><00:35:17.420><c> those</c><00:35:17.860><c> who</c><00:35:18.079><c> obey</c><00:35:18.340><c> him.</c>

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:26.079
So<00:35:22.380><c> this</c><00:35:22.739><c> death</c><00:35:23.099><c> of</c><00:35:23.340><c> the</c><00:35:23.460><c> Lord</c><00:35:23.639><c> Jesus</c><00:35:24.019><c> Christ,</c><00:35:24.539><c> we</c><00:35:24.659><c> might</c><00:35:24.900><c> consider,</c><00:35:25.920><c> was</c>

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:28.760
not<00:35:26.559><c> an</c><00:35:26.800><c> option.</c><00:35:28.019><c> It</c><00:35:28.159><c> was</c><00:35:28.380><c> something</c>

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:32.800
required<00:35:29.460><c> of</c><00:35:29.639><c> him.</c><00:35:30.260><c> He</c><00:35:30.519><c> became</c><00:35:30.980><c> obedient</c><00:35:31.840><c> unto</c><00:35:32.179><c> death,</c><00:35:32.559><c> even</c>

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:35.320
the<00:35:32.960><c> death</c><00:35:33.119><c> of</c><00:35:33.280><c> the</c><00:35:33.480><c> cross.</c><00:35:34.400><c> In</c><00:35:34.619><c> Australia</c><00:35:35.039><c> we've</c>

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:40.960
a<00:35:35.559><c> number</c><00:35:35.820><c> of</c><00:35:37.179><c> false</c><00:35:37.719><c> ideas</c><00:35:38.260><c> put</c><00:35:38.539><c> forward</c><00:35:38.900><c> on</c><00:35:39.079><c> the</c><00:35:39.340><c> attainment,</c><00:35:40.400><c> and</c><00:35:40.679><c> one</c><00:35:40.900><c> of</c>

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:42.320
them<00:35:41.420><c> has</c><00:35:41.739><c> been</c><00:35:41.980><c> that</c><00:35:42.179><c> it</c>

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:46.360
was<00:35:42.500><c> not</c><00:35:42.639><c> essential</c><00:35:43.199><c> for</c><00:35:43.699><c> the</c><00:35:43.820><c> Lord</c><00:35:44.119><c> to</c><00:35:44.360><c> die</c><00:35:44.920><c> in</c><00:35:45.260><c> order</c><00:35:45.699><c> for</c><00:35:46.179><c> he</c>

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:49.679
himself<00:35:46.960><c> to</c><00:35:47.280><c> be</c><00:35:47.579><c> redeemed.</c><00:35:48.820><c> It</c><00:35:48.880><c> was</c><00:35:49.079><c> an</c><00:35:49.239><c> option</c><00:35:49.519><c> that</c>

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:54.739
God<00:35:49.940><c> gave</c><00:35:50.280><c> to</c><00:35:50.500><c> him.</c><00:35:51.239><c> He</c><00:35:51.380><c> could</c><00:35:51.579><c> have</c><00:35:51.739><c> chosen</c><00:35:52.579><c> at</c><00:35:53.860><c> his</c><00:35:54.119><c> baptism</c>

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:57.500
to<00:35:55.599><c> have</c><00:35:55.780><c> entered</c><00:35:56.000><c> into</c><00:35:56.300><c> eternal</c><00:35:56.719><c> life,</c>

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:02.480
or<00:35:59.000><c> to</c><00:35:59.360><c> have</c><00:35:59.519><c> gone</c><00:35:59.760><c> the</c><00:36:00.019><c> second</c><00:36:00.360><c> mile</c><00:36:00.980><c> and</c><00:36:01.820><c> to</c><00:36:01.940><c> have</c><00:36:02.099><c> laid</c><00:36:02.260><c> down</c>

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:05.099
his<00:36:02.679><c> life</c><00:36:03.260><c> for</c><00:36:03.599><c> others.</c><00:36:04.440><c> He</c><00:36:04.519><c> had</c><00:36:04.699><c> both</c><00:36:04.980><c> of</c>

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choices<00:36:05.739><c> before</c><00:36:06.199><c> him.</c><00:36:06.980><c> That</c><00:36:07.039><c> is</c><00:36:07.179><c> quite</c><00:36:07.480><c> wrong.</c><00:36:08.340><c> God</c><00:36:08.539><c> required</c>

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of<00:36:09.320><c> him</c><00:36:09.760><c> obedience</c><00:36:10.440><c> unto</c><00:36:10.800><c> death,</c>

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:15.019
and<00:36:11.719><c> it</c><00:36:11.840><c> was</c><00:36:12.059><c> that</c><00:36:12.280><c> obedience</c><00:36:12.719><c> unto</c><00:36:12.980><c> death</c><00:36:13.440><c> which</c><00:36:14.239><c> led</c><00:36:14.500><c> to</c><00:36:14.719><c> his</c>

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:19.840
own<00:36:15.500><c> personal</c><00:36:16.079><c> exaltation.</c><00:36:18.559><c> Had</c><00:36:18.900><c> he</c><00:36:19.000><c> not</c><00:36:19.280><c> complied</c>

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:23.139
with<00:36:20.000><c> his</c><00:36:20.179><c> father's</c><00:36:20.659><c> will,</c><00:36:21.079><c> there</c><00:36:21.159><c> would</c><00:36:21.340><c> have</c><00:36:21.500><c> been</c><00:36:21.679><c> disobedience.</c><00:36:22.639><c> He</c><00:36:22.900><c> too</c>

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:24.059
would<00:36:23.280><c> have</c><00:36:23.420><c> been</c><00:36:23.579><c> a</c><00:36:23.760><c> sinner,</c>

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:28.900
and<00:36:24.519><c> he</c><00:36:24.619><c> would</c><00:36:24.860><c> never</c><00:36:25.059><c> have</c><00:36:25.239><c> come</c><00:36:25.380><c> again</c><00:36:25.940><c> from</c><00:36:27.059><c> the</c><00:36:27.360><c> tomb.</c><00:36:28.519><c> So</c>

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:31.760
this<00:36:29.199><c> obedience</c><00:36:29.639><c> was</c><00:36:29.860><c> what</c><00:36:30.099><c> God</c><00:36:30.539><c> required</c><00:36:31.079><c> of</c><00:36:31.320><c> him,</c>

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:37.920
and<00:36:32.219><c> that's</c><00:36:32.880><c> implicit</c><00:36:33.380><c> in</c><00:36:33.559><c> the</c><00:36:33.659><c> words</c><00:36:33.900><c> of</c><00:36:34.119><c> verse</c><00:36:34.300><c> 8</c><00:36:34.619><c> and</c><00:36:34.659><c> 9.</c><00:36:35.639><c> That</c><00:36:35.780><c> little</c><00:36:36.099><c> word,</c><00:36:36.860><c> wherefore,</c><00:36:37.699><c> is</c>

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.719
a<00:36:38.039><c> very</c><00:36:38.300><c> important</c>

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:44.800
one.<00:36:40.300><c> Wherefore,</c><00:36:40.739><c> God</c><00:36:41.019><c> also</c><00:36:41.639><c> hath</c><00:36:42.320><c> highly</c><00:36:42.920><c> exalted</c><00:36:43.440><c> him.</c><00:36:44.460><c> As</c>

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:46.639
a<00:36:44.900><c> matter</c><00:36:45.000><c> of</c><00:36:45.139><c> fact,</c><00:36:45.219><c> that's</c><00:36:45.539><c> drawn</c><00:36:45.679><c> from</c><00:36:45.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:46.119><c> 52</c>

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:49.380
and<00:36:46.840><c> verse</c><00:36:47.099><c> 13.</c><00:36:48.000><c> We're</c><00:36:48.159><c> going</c><00:36:48.260><c> to</c><00:36:48.320><c> look</c><00:36:48.460><c> at</c><00:36:48.519><c> that</c><00:36:48.780><c> tomorrow,</c><00:36:49.139><c> but</c><00:36:49.300><c> I</c>

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:51.500
want<00:36:49.500><c> you</c><00:36:49.659><c> to</c><00:36:49.840><c> note</c><00:36:49.980><c> that</c><00:36:50.260><c> here</c><00:36:50.500><c> today.</c>

00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:55.440
God<00:36:52.219><c> hath</c><00:36:52.480><c> highly</c><00:36:52.900><c> exalted</c><00:36:53.300><c> him,</c><00:36:54.280><c> and</c><00:36:54.539><c> given</c><00:36:54.659><c> him</c><00:36:54.880><c> a</c><00:36:54.940><c> name</c><00:36:55.099><c> which</c><00:36:55.260><c> is</c>

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:58.400
above<00:36:55.639><c> every</c><00:36:56.159><c> name,</c><00:36:57.420><c> that</c><00:36:57.559><c> at</c><00:36:57.719><c> the</c><00:36:57.900><c> name</c><00:36:58.079><c> of</c>

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:02.860
Jesus,<00:36:59.059><c> every</c><00:36:59.519><c> knee</c><00:36:59.739><c> should</c><00:36:59.940><c> bow</c><00:37:00.280><c> of</c><00:37:00.639><c> things</c><00:37:00.960><c> in</c><00:37:01.179><c> heaven,</c><00:37:02.179><c> things</c><00:37:02.559><c> in</c>

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:04.940
the<00:37:03.059><c> earth,</c><00:37:03.440><c> and</c><00:37:03.699><c> things</c><00:37:04.119><c> under</c><00:37:04.360><c> the</c><00:37:04.619><c> earth,</c>

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:07.920
and<00:37:05.380><c> every</c><00:37:05.679><c> tongue</c><00:37:05.860><c> should</c><00:37:06.099><c> confess</c><00:37:06.619><c> that</c><00:37:06.860><c> Jesus</c><00:37:07.260><c> Christ</c><00:37:07.639><c> is</c>

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:12.000
Lord<00:37:08.380><c> to</c><00:37:09.940><c> the</c><00:37:10.199><c> glory</c><00:37:10.440><c> of</c><00:37:10.639><c> God</c><00:37:10.880><c> the</c><00:37:11.099><c> Father.</c>

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:15.219
Now<00:37:12.400><c> come</c><00:37:12.579><c> back</c><00:37:12.880><c> to</c><00:37:13.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:14.019><c> 45.</c>

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:22.119
This<00:37:18.760><c> is</c><00:37:18.940><c> part</c><00:37:19.119><c> of</c><00:37:19.320><c> the</c><00:37:19.480><c> servant</c><00:37:19.719><c> prophecy,</c><00:37:21.539><c> part</c><00:37:21.800><c> that</c><00:37:21.960><c> we</c>

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.420
didn't<00:37:22.380><c> consider.</c>

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:35.980
Verse<00:37:31.159><c> 23,</c><00:37:31.639><c> I've</c><00:37:32.940><c> sworn</c><00:37:33.139><c> by</c><00:37:33.420><c> myself,</c><00:37:34.139><c> says</c><00:37:34.280><c> Yahweh,</c><00:37:35.500><c> the</c><00:37:35.719><c> word</c>

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:37.860
has<00:37:36.179><c> gone</c><00:37:36.300><c> out</c><00:37:36.519><c> of</c><00:37:36.599><c> my</c><00:37:36.800><c> mouth</c><00:37:37.039><c> in</c><00:37:37.420><c> righteousness,</c>

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:42.559
and<00:37:38.360><c> shall</c><00:37:38.659><c> not</c><00:37:38.980><c> return.</c><00:37:40.480><c> And</c><00:37:40.619><c> here</c><00:37:40.699><c> are</c><00:37:40.820><c> the</c><00:37:40.920><c> words,</c><00:37:41.320><c> that</c><00:37:41.400><c> unto</c><00:37:41.659><c> me</c>

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:45.179
every<00:37:43.179><c> knee</c><00:37:43.420><c> shall</c><00:37:43.699><c> bow,</c><00:37:44.500><c> and</c><00:37:44.699><c> every</c><00:37:45.000><c> tongue</c>

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:48.179
shall<00:37:45.480><c> swear.</c><00:37:45.719><c> Now</c><00:37:45.900><c> that's</c><00:37:46.460><c> interesting,</c><00:37:46.880><c> because</c><00:37:47.579><c> here</c><00:37:48.000><c> the</c>

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:51.699
knees<00:37:48.380><c> are</c><00:37:48.559><c> to</c><00:37:48.719><c> bow</c><00:37:48.900><c> to</c><00:37:49.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:37:50.679><c> but</c><00:37:50.800><c> in</c><00:37:51.000><c> Philippians</c>

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:56.480
it<00:37:52.159><c> is</c><00:37:52.579><c> at</c><00:37:52.840><c> the</c><00:37:53.000><c> name</c><00:37:53.239><c> of</c><00:37:53.460><c> Jesus</c><00:37:53.920><c> that</c><00:37:54.199><c> every</c><00:37:54.539><c> knee</c><00:37:55.179><c> shall</c><00:37:55.639><c> bow.</c>

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:58.940
And<00:37:56.639><c> so</c><00:37:56.739><c> we</c><00:37:56.880><c> can</c><00:37:57.139><c> see</c><00:37:57.360><c> that</c><00:37:57.579><c> God</c><00:37:57.840><c> has</c><00:37:58.159><c> been</c><00:37:58.460><c> revealed</c>

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:03.800
in<00:37:59.179><c> his</c><00:37:59.440><c> Son,</c><00:38:00.820><c> and</c><00:38:00.820><c> in</c><00:38:01.699><c> bowing</c><00:38:02.119><c> before</c><00:38:02.440><c> him,</c><00:38:03.079><c> they</c><00:38:03.300><c> bow</c><00:38:03.460><c> before</c>

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:07.039
God.<00:38:05.760><c> Unto</c><00:38:06.000><c> me</c><00:38:06.239><c> every</c><00:38:06.519><c> knee</c><00:38:06.719><c> shall</c><00:38:06.900><c> bow,</c>

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:11.460
and<00:38:07.239><c> every</c><00:38:07.460><c> tongue</c><00:38:07.659><c> shall</c><00:38:07.960><c> swear.</c><00:38:08.780><c> And</c><00:38:08.960><c> what</c><00:38:09.059><c> will</c><00:38:09.179><c> those</c><00:38:09.519><c> tongues</c><00:38:10.000><c> say,</c><00:38:11.219><c> as</c>

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:13.860
we<00:38:11.800><c> say</c><00:38:12.019><c> this</c><00:38:12.300><c> day,</c><00:38:13.079><c> having</c><00:38:13.360><c> this</c>

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:21.739
knowledge<00:38:14.440><c> in</c><00:38:14.900><c> our</c><00:38:15.139><c> possession?</c><00:38:16.800><c> They'll</c><00:38:17.059><c> say,</c><00:38:19.119><c> surely</c><00:38:19.119><c> in</c><00:38:20.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:20.940><c> have</c><00:38:21.380><c> I</c>

00:38:21.739 --> 00:38:23.760
righteousness<00:38:22.300><c> and</c><00:38:22.900><c> strength.</c>

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:27.059
Interesting,<00:38:25.059><c> isn't</c><00:38:25.159><c> it?</c><00:38:25.360><c> We</c><00:38:25.679><c> attain</c><00:38:26.059><c> unto</c><00:38:26.360><c> righteousness</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:30.699
because<00:38:28.119><c> of</c><00:38:28.320><c> the</c><00:38:28.519><c> salvation</c><00:38:28.960><c> that</c><00:38:29.199><c> he's</c><00:38:29.559><c> wrought.</c><00:38:29.920><c> In</c><00:38:30.159><c> him,</c>

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:34.380
in<00:38:31.340><c> the</c><00:38:31.500><c> work</c><00:38:31.619><c> that</c><00:38:31.780><c> he</c><00:38:31.880><c> has</c><00:38:32.059><c> performed</c><00:38:32.460><c> in</c><00:38:32.699><c> his</c><00:38:33.000><c> Son,</c><00:38:33.860><c> we</c><00:38:34.079><c> have</c>

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:37.679
righteousness<00:38:34.960><c> and</c><00:38:36.179><c> strength.</c><00:38:37.059><c> And</c><00:38:37.219><c> men</c><00:38:37.320><c> will</c><00:38:37.579><c> come,</c>

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:40.980
the<00:38:37.860><c> whole</c><00:38:38.119><c> world</c><00:38:38.320><c> will</c><00:38:38.579><c> come,</c><00:38:39.480><c> to</c><00:38:39.619><c> that</c><00:38:39.940><c> recognition</c><00:38:40.519><c> in</c><00:38:40.760><c> due</c>

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:45.079
time.<00:38:42.320><c> Even</c><00:38:42.579><c> to</c><00:38:43.139><c> him</c><00:38:43.539><c> shall</c><00:38:43.880><c> men</c><00:38:44.199><c> come,</c>

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:51.500
and<00:38:46.300><c> all</c><00:38:46.539><c> that</c><00:38:46.719><c> are</c><00:38:46.960><c> incensed</c><00:38:47.320><c> against</c><00:38:47.699><c> him,</c><00:38:48.579><c> all</c><00:38:49.300><c> the</c><00:38:49.480><c> doubters</c><00:38:50.440><c> who</c>

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:53.199
stand<00:38:51.880><c> foresquare</c><00:38:52.539><c> against</c>

00:38:53.199 --> 00:39:01.340
his<00:38:53.760><c> work</c><00:38:54.239><c> and</c><00:38:54.920><c> believe</c><00:38:55.219><c> in</c><00:38:55.420><c> him,</c><00:38:56.500><c> they</c><00:38:56.880><c> shall</c><00:38:57.099><c> be</c><00:38:57.380><c> ashamed.</c><00:39:00.239><c> Verse</c><00:39:00.539><c> 25,</c><00:39:01.340><c> a</c>

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:02.579
crowning<00:39:01.780><c> statement,</c>

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:10.800
in<00:39:02.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:03.480><c> shall</c><00:39:03.900><c> all</c><00:39:04.679><c> the</c><00:39:05.079><c> seed</c><00:39:05.219><c> of</c><00:39:05.340><c> Israel,</c><00:39:05.780><c> Jew</c><00:39:05.900><c> and</c><00:39:06.079><c> Gentile,</c><00:39:07.659><c> be</c><00:39:07.800><c> justified.</c><00:39:08.980><c> They</c><00:39:09.179><c> won't</c><00:39:09.360><c> be</c><00:39:09.619><c> justified</c>

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:14.440
by<00:39:11.280><c> dint</c><00:39:11.420><c> of</c><00:39:11.599><c> their</c><00:39:11.840><c> own</c><00:39:12.159><c> works.</c><00:39:13.239><c> They</c><00:39:13.420><c> won't</c><00:39:13.619><c> be</c><00:39:13.860><c> able</c><00:39:14.119><c> to</c>

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:18.340
save<00:39:14.679><c> themselves.</c><00:39:16.980><c> That</c><00:39:17.099><c> justification</c><00:39:17.860><c> through</c>

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:23.940
faith,<00:39:19.239><c> through</c><00:39:19.519><c> waiting</c><00:39:19.880><c> for</c><00:39:20.300><c> God's</c><00:39:20.780><c> righteousness</c><00:39:21.079><c> to</c><00:39:21.360><c> come</c><00:39:21.559><c> near,</c><00:39:23.059><c> will</c><00:39:23.239><c> come</c><00:39:23.440><c> from</c><00:39:23.639><c> God</c>

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:25.340
himself.<00:39:25.099><c> They'll</c>

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:30.500
be<00:39:25.559><c> justified</c><00:39:26.079><c> in</c><00:39:26.300><c> him,</c><00:39:26.940><c> and</c><00:39:27.219><c> they</c><00:39:27.500><c> shall</c><00:39:27.679><c> glory</c><00:39:28.280><c> in</c><00:39:28.559><c> him.</c><00:39:29.059><c> Beautiful</c><00:39:29.519><c> statement.</c><00:39:30.260><c> And</c>

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.500
that<00:39:30.599><c> of</c><00:39:30.760><c> course</c><00:39:31.019><c> is</c><00:39:31.179><c> what</c>

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:34.800
we<00:39:31.760><c> have</c><00:39:31.960><c> here.</c><00:39:32.699><c> Every</c><00:39:33.039><c> tongue</c><00:39:33.360><c> should</c><00:39:33.619><c> confess</c><00:39:34.059><c> that</c><00:39:34.320><c> Jesus</c>

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:38.480
Christ<00:39:35.139><c> is</c><00:39:35.320><c> Lord,</c><00:39:36.000><c> to</c><00:39:36.539><c> the</c><00:39:36.800><c> glory</c><00:39:37.480><c> of</c><00:39:37.980><c> God</c><00:39:38.300><c> the</c>

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:42.539
Father.<00:39:39.199><c> In</c><00:39:39.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:39.780><c> have</c><00:39:39.980><c> I</c><00:39:40.239><c> righteousness</c><00:39:40.820><c> and</c><00:39:41.480><c> strength.</c>

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:45.900
Now<00:39:43.579><c> if</c><00:39:43.679><c> you</c><00:39:43.840><c> turn</c><00:39:44.079><c> over</c><00:39:44.300><c> to</c><00:39:44.440><c> Revelation</c><00:39:44.960><c> 4,</c>

00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:51.039
chapter<00:39:46.380><c> 5,</c><00:39:48.239><c> you</c><00:39:48.340><c> find</c><00:39:48.659><c> here</c><00:39:49.099><c> that</c><00:39:49.320><c> very</c><00:39:49.679><c> day</c><00:39:50.340><c> when</c><00:39:50.619><c> all</c><00:39:50.900><c> of</c>

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.559
that<00:39:51.179><c> shall</c><00:39:51.400><c> take</c><00:39:51.739><c> place.</c>

00:39:57.239 --> 00:40:03.739
So<00:39:57.719><c> here</c><00:39:58.199><c> we</c><00:39:58.380><c> are</c><00:39:58.659><c> projected</c><00:39:59.059><c> forth</c><00:39:59.559><c> in</c><00:39:59.980><c> vision</c><00:40:00.739><c> in</c><00:40:01.659><c> verse</c><00:40:02.199><c> 13,</c>

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:07.159
and<00:40:05.019><c> every</c><00:40:05.500><c> creature</c><00:40:05.860><c> which</c><00:40:06.079><c> is</c><00:40:06.260><c> in</c><00:40:06.420><c> heaven.</c><00:40:06.860><c> Now</c><00:40:06.960><c> these</c><00:40:07.000><c> are</c>

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the<00:40:07.360><c> same</c><00:40:07.579><c> words</c><00:40:07.780><c> as</c><00:40:07.960><c> we</c><00:40:08.159><c> have</c>

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in<00:40:09.340><c> Philippians</c><00:40:09.739><c> chapter</c><00:40:10.360><c> 2</c><00:40:12.039><c> and</c><00:40:12.260><c> verse</c><00:40:13.079><c> 10,</c><00:40:14.280><c> where</c><00:40:14.340><c> we</c><00:40:14.460><c> read</c>

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of<00:40:14.820><c> things</c><00:40:15.019><c> in</c><00:40:15.219><c> heaven,</c><00:40:15.559><c> things</c><00:40:15.840><c> in</c><00:40:16.059><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:40:16.820><c> things</c><00:40:17.260><c> under</c><00:40:17.539><c> the</c><00:40:17.739><c> earth.</c><00:40:17.900><c> So</c><00:40:18.059><c> it's</c><00:40:18.440><c> angels,</c><00:40:19.820><c> things</c><00:40:20.179><c> in</c>

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the<00:40:20.679><c> earth,</c><00:40:21.039><c> that</c><00:40:21.179><c> is</c><00:40:21.360><c> those</c><00:40:21.599><c> who</c><00:40:21.699><c> are</c><00:40:21.780><c> living,</c>

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under<00:40:22.500><c> the</c><00:40:22.760><c> earth,</c><00:40:23.619><c> those</c><00:40:23.860><c> who</c><00:40:24.079><c> are</c><00:40:24.400><c> under</c><00:40:24.679><c> the</c><00:40:24.940><c> ground,</c><00:40:25.539><c> those</c><00:40:25.780><c> who</c>

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:29.039
are<00:40:27.360><c> at</c><00:40:27.460><c> the</c><00:40:27.699><c> time</c><00:40:27.900><c> of</c><00:40:28.059><c> the</c><00:40:28.239><c> writing</c><00:40:28.440><c> of</c><00:40:28.579><c> that,</c>

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dead<00:40:29.599><c> and</c><00:40:30.000><c> requiring</c><00:40:30.480><c> resurrection.</c><00:40:31.860><c> But</c><00:40:32.079><c> here</c><00:40:32.340><c> in</c><00:40:32.539><c> verse</c><00:40:33.000><c> 13</c>

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it<00:40:33.500><c> says,</c>

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under<00:40:37.239><c> the</c><00:40:37.440><c> earth,</c><00:40:37.719><c> and</c><00:40:37.820><c> such</c><00:40:38.000><c> as</c><00:40:38.179><c> are</c><00:40:38.380><c> in</c><00:40:38.539><c> the</c><00:40:38.760><c> sea,</c>

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and<00:40:39.559><c> all</c><00:40:39.760><c> that</c><00:40:39.900><c> are</c><00:40:40.079><c> in</c><00:40:40.199><c> them,</c><00:40:40.719><c> heard</c><00:40:40.820><c> I</c><00:40:41.059><c> saying.</c><00:40:41.780><c> What</c><00:40:42.079><c> did</c>

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:47.440
they<00:40:42.420><c> say?</c><00:40:43.780><c> Blessing</c><00:40:44.260><c> and</c><00:40:44.579><c> honour</c><00:40:45.019><c> and</c><00:40:46.000><c> glory</c><00:40:46.400><c> and</c><00:40:46.699><c> power,</c>

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be<00:40:48.780><c> unto</c><00:40:49.079><c> him</c><00:40:49.280><c> that</c><00:40:49.579><c> sitteth</c><00:40:49.820><c> upon</c><00:40:50.119><c> the</c><00:40:50.440><c> throne</c><00:40:51.139><c> and</c><00:40:53.360><c> unto</c><00:40:53.719><c> the</c>

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Lamb<00:40:54.159><c> for</c><00:40:54.500><c> ever</c><00:40:54.760><c> and</c><00:40:54.960><c> ever.</c>

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And<00:40:56.219><c> the</c><00:40:56.380><c> four</c><00:40:56.539><c> beasts</c><00:40:56.760><c> said,</c><00:40:57.199><c> Amen.</c><00:40:58.599><c> And</c><00:40:58.760><c> the</c><00:40:58.920><c> four</c><00:40:59.059><c> and</c><00:40:59.219><c> twenty</c><00:40:59.420><c> elders</c><00:40:59.679><c> fell</c>

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down<00:41:00.340><c> and</c><00:41:00.539><c> worshipped</c><00:41:00.900><c> him</c><00:41:01.460><c> that</c>

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liveth<00:41:02.159><c> for</c><00:41:02.440><c> ever</c><00:41:02.639><c> and</c><00:41:02.820><c> ever.</c><00:41:03.219><c> It's</c><00:41:03.480><c> the</c><00:41:03.679><c> same</c><00:41:04.000><c> picture,</c><00:41:05.079><c> glory</c><00:41:05.340><c> to</c>

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God<00:41:06.119><c> by</c><00:41:06.860><c> reason</c><00:41:07.139><c> of</c><00:41:07.320><c> the</c><00:41:07.440><c> work</c><00:41:07.599><c> of</c><00:41:07.760><c> his</c><00:41:07.980><c> Son,</c>

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by<00:41:09.019><c> all</c><00:41:09.300><c> that</c><00:41:09.599><c> live</c><00:41:09.940><c> in</c><00:41:10.340><c> that</c><00:41:10.619><c> day</c><00:41:11.019><c> of</c><00:41:11.440><c> his</c><00:41:11.760><c> power</c><00:41:12.199><c> and</c><00:41:12.739><c> throne</c>

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and<00:41:13.280><c> kingdom.</c>

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So<00:41:16.039><c> then</c><00:41:16.559><c> there</c><00:41:16.679><c> is</c><00:41:17.480><c> a</c><00:41:17.480><c> section</c><00:41:18.179><c> where</c><00:41:19.380><c> the</c><00:41:19.539><c> apostle</c><00:41:19.880><c> gives</c><00:41:20.219><c> them</c><00:41:20.679><c> an</c>

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exhortation.<00:41:22.559><c> And</c><00:41:22.679><c> notice</c><00:41:22.940><c> how</c><00:41:23.360><c> it</c><00:41:23.659><c> is</c>

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appended<00:41:25.679><c> to</c><00:41:26.360><c> what</c><00:41:26.639><c> has</c><00:41:26.940><c> gone</c><00:41:27.139><c> before</c><00:41:27.880><c> by</c><00:41:28.380><c> the</c><00:41:28.539><c> word</c><00:41:28.980><c> wherefore.</c><00:41:30.659><c> After</c><00:41:30.980><c> considering</c><00:41:31.719><c> the</c><00:41:32.400><c> greatness</c><00:41:32.679><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:41:34.340><c> we</c><00:41:34.460><c> find</c><00:41:34.719><c> that</c><00:41:34.880><c> he</c><00:41:34.960><c> makes</c><00:41:35.420><c> this</c><00:41:35.820><c> appeal.</c><00:41:37.039><c> Wherefore,</c>

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in<00:41:38.239><c> view</c><00:41:38.420><c> of</c><00:41:38.599><c> that</c><00:41:38.800><c> which</c><00:41:38.980><c> has</c><00:41:39.239><c> just</c><00:41:39.539><c> been</c>

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expressed,<00:41:41.119><c> my</c><00:41:41.760><c> beloved.</c><00:41:43.380><c> It's</c><00:41:43.760><c> a</c><00:41:43.840><c> beautiful</c><00:41:44.079><c> term,</c><00:41:44.380><c> isn't</c>

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it?<00:41:45.360><c> That</c><00:41:45.500><c> he</c><00:41:45.639><c> could</c><00:41:46.019><c> speak</c><00:41:46.380><c> so</c><00:41:46.780><c> tenderly</c><00:41:47.179><c> to</c><00:41:47.440><c> them,</c>

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not<00:41:49.059><c> having</c><00:41:49.300><c> seen</c><00:41:49.579><c> them</c><00:41:49.820><c> for</c><00:41:50.920><c> five</c><00:41:51.360><c> or</c><00:41:51.579><c> so</c><00:41:51.820><c> years.</c><00:41:52.800><c> They</c><00:41:53.000><c> were</c>

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his<00:41:53.780><c> beloved</c><00:41:54.360><c> brethren</c><00:41:54.699><c> and</c><00:41:54.960><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:41:56.900><c> was</c><00:41:57.159><c> prepared</c><00:41:57.500><c> to</c><00:41:57.739><c> bear</c><00:41:57.860><c> his</c><00:41:58.199><c> feelings</c><00:41:58.679><c> before</c><00:41:59.079><c> them.</c><00:41:59.980><c> They</c><00:42:00.179><c> were</c><00:42:00.360><c> genuine</c><00:42:00.800><c> feelings.</c><00:42:01.659><c> He</c>

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had<00:42:02.059><c> a</c><00:42:02.400><c> real</c><00:42:02.739><c> love</c>

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for<00:42:03.179><c> them.</c><00:42:04.099><c> He</c><00:42:04.219><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:04.380><c> have</c><00:42:04.519><c> written</c><00:42:04.599><c> this</c><00:42:04.820><c> letter,</c><00:42:05.059><c> otherwise</c><00:42:05.380><c> would</c>

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:08.219
he?<00:42:06.800><c> But</c><00:42:06.960><c> he</c><00:42:07.059><c> had</c><00:42:07.179><c> a</c><00:42:07.440><c> great</c><00:42:07.659><c> affection</c>

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for<00:42:08.579><c> these</c><00:42:08.820><c> people.</c><00:42:10.920><c> As</c><00:42:11.400><c> ye</c><00:42:12.119><c> have</c><00:42:12.460><c> always</c><00:42:13.019><c> obeyed</c><00:42:14.579><c> and</c><00:42:14.739><c> as</c><00:42:15.000><c> Christ</c><00:42:15.619><c> had</c>

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obeyed,<00:42:16.619><c> as</c><00:42:16.619><c> we</c><00:42:16.800><c> read</c><00:42:17.280><c> in</c><00:42:17.800><c> verse</c>

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eight,<00:42:19.840><c> being</c><00:42:20.099><c> obedient</c><00:42:20.519><c> unto</c><00:42:20.860><c> death,</c><00:42:21.960><c> the</c><00:42:22.099><c> awful</c><00:42:22.599><c> death</c><00:42:22.860><c> of</c>

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:26.500
the<00:42:23.239><c> cross,</c><00:42:24.659><c> there</c><00:42:24.840><c> is</c><00:42:25.199><c> incumbent</c><00:42:25.519><c> upon</c><00:42:25.760><c> us</c><00:42:26.000><c> to</c><00:42:26.219><c> follow</c>

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in<00:42:26.719><c> those</c><00:42:27.000><c> footsteps.</c><00:42:28.619><c> Not</c><00:42:28.900><c> as</c><00:42:29.079><c> in</c><00:42:29.199><c> my</c><00:42:29.500><c> presence</c><00:42:29.800><c> only,</c><00:42:30.840><c> but</c>

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:38.699
now<00:42:31.280><c> much</c><00:42:31.599><c> more</c><00:42:32.039><c> in</c><00:42:32.360><c> my</c><00:42:32.659><c> absence.</c><00:42:34.159><c> So</c><00:42:34.480><c> that's</c><00:42:34.860><c> the</c>

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:41.519
it's<00:42:39.119><c> one</c><00:42:39.400><c> thing</c><00:42:39.579><c> to</c><00:42:39.760><c> be</c><00:42:39.940><c> zealous</c><00:42:40.199><c> in</c><00:42:40.380><c> the</c><00:42:40.579><c> presence</c><00:42:40.840><c> of</c><00:42:41.099><c> others,</c><00:42:41.380><c> but</c>

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what<00:42:41.679><c> are</c><00:42:41.800><c> we</c><00:42:41.940><c> like</c>

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when<00:42:43.400><c> they're</c><00:42:43.599><c> not</c><00:42:43.880><c> there?</c><00:42:44.460><c> Are</c><00:42:44.639><c> we</c><00:42:44.900><c> still</c><00:42:45.079><c> as</c><00:42:45.500><c> keen</c><00:42:45.719><c> about</c><00:42:45.960><c> the</c><00:42:46.179><c> things</c><00:42:46.360><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:46.739><c> truth?</c>

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Work<00:42:49.599><c> out</c><00:42:49.820><c> your</c><00:42:50.079><c> own</c><00:42:50.320><c> salvation</c><00:42:50.980><c> with</c><00:42:51.500><c> fear</c><00:42:51.840><c> and</c><00:42:52.159><c> trembling,</c>

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:56.820
for<00:42:54.199><c> it</c><00:42:54.360><c> is</c><00:42:54.500><c> God</c><00:42:54.760><c> which</c><00:42:55.119><c> worketh</c><00:42:55.380><c> in</c><00:42:55.519><c> you</c><00:42:55.679><c> both</c><00:42:55.940><c> to</c><00:42:56.219><c> will</c><00:42:56.480><c> and</c>

00:42:56.820 --> 00:42:58.860
to<00:42:56.980><c> do</c><00:42:57.260><c> of</c><00:42:57.500><c> his</c><00:42:57.679><c> good</c><00:42:57.920><c> pleasure.</c>

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And<00:42:59.519><c> we</c><00:42:59.679><c> have</c><00:42:59.860><c> considered</c><00:43:00.260><c> those</c><00:43:00.599><c> words,</c><00:43:02.059><c> that</c><00:43:02.139><c> the</c><00:43:02.360><c> work</c><00:43:02.500><c> that</c><00:43:02.659><c> we</c>

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:05.260
do<00:43:02.980><c> in</c><00:43:03.139><c> the</c><00:43:03.340><c> truth</c><00:43:03.860><c> has</c><00:43:04.519><c> been</c>

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:09.679
been<00:43:06.699><c> actuated</c><00:43:07.159><c> in</c><00:43:07.300><c> our</c><00:43:07.539><c> minds</c><00:43:08.139><c> by</c><00:43:08.559><c> the</c><00:43:08.699><c> convictions</c><00:43:09.280><c> that</c><00:43:09.519><c> we</c>

00:43:09.679 --> 00:43:11.960
have.<00:43:10.480><c> We</c><00:43:10.659><c> have</c><00:43:10.920><c> read</c><00:43:11.099><c> and</c><00:43:11.260><c> we</c><00:43:11.539><c> understand</c>

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:15.159
what<00:43:12.139><c> our</c><00:43:12.460><c> responsibilities</c><00:43:13.019><c> are.</c><00:43:14.300><c> We</c><00:43:14.420><c> believe</c><00:43:14.699><c> that</c><00:43:14.920><c> this</c>

00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:18.219
is<00:43:15.780><c> the</c><00:43:15.960><c> word</c><00:43:16.119><c> of</c><00:43:16.340><c> God.</c><00:43:17.059><c> It's</c><00:43:17.320><c> the</c><00:43:17.500><c> inspired</c><00:43:18.019><c> word</c>

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:22.159
of<00:43:18.440><c> God</c><00:43:18.619><c> for</c><00:43:18.780><c> men,</c><00:43:19.219><c> for</c><00:43:19.340><c> the</c><00:43:19.519><c> benefit</c><00:43:19.780><c> of</c><00:43:20.000><c> men.</c><00:43:21.059><c> And</c><00:43:21.179><c> we've</c><00:43:21.420><c> learned</c><00:43:21.619><c> of</c>

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his<00:43:22.519><c> requirements</c><00:43:23.280><c> of</c><00:43:23.619><c> men.</c>

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And<00:43:24.860><c> because</c><00:43:25.079><c> of</c><00:43:25.239><c> our</c><00:43:25.440><c> conviction</c><00:43:25.900><c> that</c><00:43:26.059><c> this</c><00:43:26.300><c> is</c><00:43:26.519><c> God's</c><00:43:26.960><c> will,</c><00:43:27.880><c> we</c>

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:31.260
do<00:43:28.380><c> what</c><00:43:28.559><c> we</c><00:43:28.800><c> do</c><00:43:29.179><c> in</c><00:43:29.780><c> the</c><00:43:30.219><c> cause</c><00:43:30.460><c> of</c><00:43:30.679><c> the</c><00:43:30.920><c> truth.</c>

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It<00:43:32.000><c> is</c><00:43:32.239><c> God</c><00:43:32.539><c> that</c><00:43:32.900><c> worketh</c><00:43:33.199><c> in</c><00:43:33.340><c> us</c><00:43:33.699><c> both</c><00:43:34.019><c> to</c><00:43:34.340><c> will</c><00:43:34.719><c> by</c><00:43:35.280><c> the</c><00:43:35.519><c> information</c><00:43:36.019><c> that</c>

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we<00:43:36.280><c> have</c><00:43:36.500><c> here</c>

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and<00:43:37.940><c> to</c><00:43:38.239><c> do</c><00:43:38.440><c> his</c><00:43:38.679><c> good</c><00:43:38.960><c> pleasure.</c><00:43:40.780><c> So</c><00:43:40.940><c> that</c><00:43:41.300><c> being</c><00:43:41.519><c> the</c><00:43:41.780><c> case,</c>

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there's<00:43:43.480><c> a</c><00:43:43.579><c> logical</c><00:43:44.000><c> outworking.</c><00:43:44.900><c> Do</c><00:43:44.960><c> all</c><00:43:45.320><c> things</c>

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without<00:43:46.000><c> murmurings</c><00:43:46.739><c> and</c><00:43:47.219><c> disputings,</c><00:43:48.719><c> because</c><00:43:49.000><c> where</c><00:43:49.260><c> there</c><00:43:49.440><c> are</c>

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:51.340
murmurings<00:43:50.199><c> and</c><00:43:50.500><c> disputings,</c>

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:58.900
there<00:43:51.840><c> is</c><00:43:52.119><c> no</c><00:43:52.539><c> real</c><00:43:52.900><c> faith.</c><00:43:54.780><c> Is</c><00:43:55.320><c> there?</c><00:43:56.360><c> The</c><00:43:56.739><c> faithless</c><00:43:57.260><c> wilderness</c><00:43:57.579><c> generation</c><00:43:58.440><c> were</c>

00:43:58.900 --> 00:44:00.719
murmurers,<00:44:00.000><c> the</c><00:44:00.380><c> first</c>

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:04.639
and<00:44:00.920><c> the</c><00:44:01.139><c> last</c><00:44:01.519><c> sin</c><00:44:01.719><c> of</c><00:44:01.900><c> the</c><00:44:02.039><c> children</c><00:44:02.260><c> of</c><00:44:02.400><c> Israel</c><00:44:02.800><c> was</c><00:44:03.500><c> murmuring.</c><00:44:04.420><c> If</c><00:44:04.539><c> we</c>

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:07.119
look<00:44:04.820><c> at</c><00:44:05.360><c> Psalm</c><00:44:05.539><c> 106</c><00:44:06.340><c> to</c><00:44:06.599><c> illustrate</c>

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:13.920
that,<00:44:09.500><c> we</c><00:44:09.539><c> can</c><00:44:09.780><c> see</c><00:44:09.980><c> that</c><00:44:10.280><c> murmuring,</c><00:44:12.840><c> speaking</c><00:44:13.079><c> against</c><00:44:13.519><c> what</c><00:44:13.719><c> is</c>

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:17.420
being<00:44:14.159><c> done,</c><00:44:15.719><c> is</c><00:44:16.119><c> virtual</c><00:44:16.519><c> rebellion</c><00:44:17.019><c> against</c>

00:44:17.420 --> 00:44:23.320
God.<00:44:20.480><c> And</c><00:44:20.619><c> the</c><00:44:20.760><c> Psalmist</c><00:44:21.079><c> here</c><00:44:21.280><c> picks</c><00:44:21.500><c> up</c><00:44:22.360><c> the</c><00:44:22.840><c> murmurings</c><00:44:23.159><c> of</c>

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:25.360
the<00:44:23.500><c> children</c><00:44:23.679><c> of</c><00:44:23.920><c> Israel</c><00:44:24.059><c> in</c><00:44:24.199><c> the</c><00:44:24.360><c> wilderness.</c>

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:31.380
And<00:44:27.300><c> he</c><00:44:27.460><c> says</c><00:44:27.739><c> of</c><00:44:27.900><c> them</c><00:44:28.139><c> in</c><00:44:28.360><c> verse</c><00:44:29.320><c> 24,</c><00:44:30.139><c> they</c><00:44:30.260><c> despised</c><00:44:31.179><c> the</c>

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pleasant<00:44:31.639><c> land.</c><00:44:32.960><c> They</c><00:44:32.960><c> believed</c><00:44:33.579><c> not</c><00:44:33.980><c> his</c><00:44:34.320><c> word,</c>

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:39.679
but<00:44:35.039><c> murmured.</c><00:44:36.260><c> See,</c><00:44:36.440><c> when</c><00:44:36.559><c> you</c><00:44:36.719><c> don't</c><00:44:37.039><c> believe,</c><00:44:38.340><c> you</c><00:44:38.519><c> murmur.</c><00:44:39.519><c> When</c>

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:42.820
you<00:44:39.900><c> do</c><00:44:40.119><c> believe</c><00:44:40.780><c> that</c><00:44:41.960><c> God</c><00:44:42.199><c> is</c><00:44:42.500><c> with</c>

00:44:42.820 --> 00:44:48.219
the<00:44:43.360><c> work</c><00:44:43.559><c> of</c><00:44:44.019><c> the</c><00:44:44.179><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:44:45.139><c> it's</c><00:44:45.300><c> then</c><00:44:45.440><c> that</c><00:44:45.619><c> you</c><00:44:45.880><c> cease</c><00:44:46.119><c> from</c><00:44:46.420><c> murmuring</c><00:44:46.960><c> against</c><00:44:47.400><c> the</c><00:44:47.659><c> work</c><00:44:47.900><c> that</c><00:44:48.099><c> is</c>

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being<00:44:48.480><c> done.</c>

00:44:49.500 --> 00:44:52.340
So<00:44:49.699><c> we</c><00:44:49.860><c> should</c><00:44:50.019><c> be</c><00:44:50.320><c> happy</c><00:44:50.559><c> to</c><00:44:50.780><c> do</c><00:44:50.920><c> the</c><00:44:51.199><c> truth's</c><00:44:51.559><c> work</c><00:44:51.739><c> and</c><00:44:52.159><c> to</c>

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be<00:44:52.579><c> involved.</c>

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We<00:44:53.679><c> should</c><00:44:53.900><c> attend</c><00:44:54.260><c> its</c><00:44:54.500><c> functions,</c><00:44:55.719><c> the</c><00:44:55.920><c> distribution</c><00:44:56.400><c> of</c>

00:44:56.679 --> 00:44:59.860
leaflets,<00:44:58.000><c> all</c><00:44:58.239><c> things</c><00:44:58.639><c> that</c><00:44:58.820><c> are</c><00:44:59.000><c> on</c><00:44:59.199><c> we</c><00:44:59.340><c> should</c><00:44:59.500><c> be</c>

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:04.159
interested<00:45:00.159><c> in,</c><00:45:01.199><c> and</c><00:45:01.300><c> we</c><00:45:01.380><c> should</c><00:45:02.260><c> do</c><00:45:02.579><c> all</c><00:45:02.840><c> that</c><00:45:02.980><c> we</c><00:45:03.239><c> can</c><00:45:03.760><c> to</c>

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:06.760
ensure<00:45:04.539><c> that</c><00:45:04.719><c> they</c><00:45:04.900><c> are</c><00:45:05.119><c> successful</c><00:45:05.880><c> and</c><00:45:06.360><c> that</c><00:45:06.559><c> others</c>

00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:11.840
are<00:45:07.079><c> incorporated</c><00:45:07.800><c> into</c><00:45:08.400><c> that</c><00:45:08.780><c> great</c><00:45:09.260><c> work.</c><00:45:10.480><c> Do</c><00:45:10.679><c> all</c><00:45:11.139><c> things</c>

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:23.460
without<00:45:12.539><c> murmurings</c><00:45:13.239><c> and</c><00:45:13.559><c> disputings.</c><00:45:20.760><c> A</c><00:45:21.500><c> very</c>

00:45:39.380 --> 00:45:43.980
This<00:45:40.780><c> is</c><00:45:42.179><c> an</c><00:45:42.260><c> interesting</c><00:45:42.780><c> statement.</c>

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It's<00:45:58.380><c> a</c><00:45:58.860><c> repeated</c><00:45:58.860><c> thought,</c><00:45:59.219><c> isn't</c><00:45:59.440><c> it,</c><00:45:59.480><c> that</c><00:45:59.579><c> they</c><00:45:59.780><c> should</c>

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be<00:46:00.460><c> blameless.</c>

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So<00:46:10.659><c> we</c><00:46:10.840><c> live</c><00:46:10.960><c> in</c><00:46:11.119><c> the</c><00:46:11.239><c> midst</c><00:46:11.400><c> of</c><00:46:11.639><c> a</c><00:46:11.920><c> crooked</c><00:46:12.159><c> and</c><00:46:12.719><c> perverse</c>

00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:19.920
nation.<00:46:15.380><c> That</c><00:46:15.460><c> was</c><00:46:15.739><c> true</c><00:46:16.139><c> of</c><00:46:16.619><c> the</c><00:46:16.800><c> Philippians.</c><00:46:18.340><c> The</c><00:46:18.460><c> very</c><00:46:18.719><c> phrase</c><00:46:19.019><c> was</c><00:46:19.300><c> used</c><00:46:19.599><c> of</c>

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:21.920
the<00:46:20.079><c> apostle</c><00:46:20.400><c> in</c><00:46:20.619><c> Acts</c><00:46:20.800><c> chapter</c><00:46:21.139><c> 2</c>

00:46:23.260 --> 00:46:29.460
when<00:46:23.820><c> he</c><00:46:23.980><c> spoke</c><00:46:24.280><c> of</c><00:46:24.920><c> the</c><00:46:25.380><c> need</c><00:46:25.579><c> for</c><00:46:25.860><c> those</c><00:46:26.119><c> who</c><00:46:26.380><c> heard</c><00:46:26.559><c> the</c><00:46:26.739><c> gospel</c><00:46:27.079><c> message.</c><00:46:28.480><c> When</c><00:46:28.659><c> Peter</c><00:46:28.920><c> spoke</c><00:46:29.219><c> to</c><00:46:29.360><c> them,</c>

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:34.739
he<00:46:29.619><c> called</c><00:46:29.820><c> upon</c><00:46:30.079><c> them</c><00:46:30.300><c> to</c><00:46:30.639><c> save</c><00:46:30.920><c> themselves</c><00:46:31.579><c> from</c><00:46:32.719><c> that</c><00:46:33.300><c> untoward</c><00:46:33.920><c> generation.</c><00:46:34.639><c> And</c>

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it's<00:46:34.940><c> the</c><00:46:35.039><c> same</c><00:46:35.280><c> Greek</c><00:46:35.539><c> word</c>

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:38.619
as<00:46:35.940><c> we</c><00:46:36.079><c> have</c><00:46:36.260><c> here</c><00:46:36.500><c> for</c><00:46:36.699><c> crooked.</c><00:46:37.559><c> And</c><00:46:37.699><c> it's</c><00:46:37.940><c> actually</c><00:46:38.280><c> drawn</c>

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:42.239
from<00:46:39.980><c> a</c><00:46:40.559><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:46:40.880><c> chapter</c><00:46:41.219><c> 32</c><00:46:41.639><c> and</c><00:46:41.840><c> verse</c><00:46:42.039><c> 4,</c>

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if<00:46:42.320><c> you</c><00:46:42.480><c> turn</c><00:46:42.679><c> back</c><00:46:42.980><c> there,</c><00:46:43.599><c> just</c><00:46:43.900><c> interesting</c><00:46:44.260><c> to</c><00:46:44.460><c> do</c><00:46:44.679><c> that.</c>

00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:48.559
Because<00:46:46.780><c> we</c><00:46:47.000><c> find</c><00:46:47.139><c> other</c><00:46:47.440><c> thoughts</c><00:46:47.900><c> in</c><00:46:48.340><c> the</c>

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:53.260
context.<00:46:50.219><c> This</c><00:46:50.400><c> is</c><00:46:50.579><c> the</c><00:46:50.739><c> song</c><00:46:50.920><c> of</c><00:46:51.139><c> witness.</c><00:46:52.019><c> These</c><00:46:52.239><c> were</c><00:46:52.420><c> Moses</c><00:46:52.820><c> last</c>

00:46:53.260 --> 00:46:56.619
words.<00:46:54.360><c> And</c><00:46:54.659><c> these</c><00:46:54.960><c> are</c><00:46:55.239><c> Paul's</c><00:46:55.900><c> last</c><00:46:56.079><c> words</c>

00:46:56.619 --> 00:47:03.340
to<00:46:57.179><c> the</c><00:46:57.360><c> Philippians.</c><00:46:59.920><c> So</c><00:47:00.159><c> in</c><00:47:00.340><c> verse</c><00:47:00.559><c> 5,</c><00:47:01.000><c> we</c><00:47:01.139><c> read</c><00:47:01.639><c> that</c><00:47:02.980><c> these</c>

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:06.079
ones<00:47:03.519><c> had</c><00:47:04.079><c> corrupted</c><00:47:04.440><c> themselves</c><00:47:04.840><c> or</c><00:47:05.559><c> Israel</c>

00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:09.880
at<00:47:06.360><c> length</c><00:47:06.699><c> corrupt</c><00:47:07.099><c> themselves.</c><00:47:08.820><c> Their</c><00:47:08.960><c> spot</c><00:47:09.179><c> is</c><00:47:09.400><c> not</c><00:47:09.699><c> the</c>

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:14.079
spot<00:47:10.139><c> of</c><00:47:10.300><c> his</c><00:47:10.860><c> sons.</c><00:47:13.260><c> But</c><00:47:13.400><c> the</c><00:47:13.579><c> Philippians</c><00:47:13.860><c> are</c>

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:19.360
called<00:47:14.219><c> upon</c><00:47:14.519><c> to</c><00:47:14.659><c> be</c><00:47:14.840><c> the</c><00:47:15.119><c> sons</c><00:47:15.360><c> of</c><00:47:15.480><c> God</c><00:47:15.920><c> without</c><00:47:16.659><c> rebuke,</c><00:47:17.159><c> without</c><00:47:17.519><c> sin,</c><00:47:17.860><c> without</c><00:47:18.219><c> spots.</c><00:47:19.000><c> You</c><00:47:19.159><c> see,</c>

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:25.500
the<00:47:19.719><c> ideas</c><00:47:20.059><c> are</c><00:47:20.260><c> the</c><00:47:20.440><c> same.</c><00:47:21.760><c> They</c><00:47:22.019><c> are</c><00:47:22.380><c> a</c><00:47:22.619><c> perverse</c><00:47:23.239><c> and</c><00:47:23.820><c> crooked</c><00:47:24.079><c> generation.</c><00:47:25.340><c> And</c>

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:26.480
that's<00:47:25.739><c> the</c><00:47:25.920><c> passage</c><00:47:26.239><c> which</c>

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:30.980
is<00:47:27.019><c> being</c><00:47:27.340><c> quoted.</c><00:47:28.579><c> These</c><00:47:28.760><c> are</c><00:47:28.940><c> the</c><00:47:29.059><c> last</c><00:47:29.320><c> words</c><00:47:29.519><c> of</c><00:47:29.679><c> Moses,</c>

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:33.260
Philippians,<00:47:32.280><c> the</c><00:47:32.480><c> words</c><00:47:32.679><c> that</c><00:47:32.840><c> were</c><00:47:32.980><c> written</c>

00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:38.260
in<00:47:33.659><c> that</c><00:47:33.920><c> epistle</c><00:47:34.519><c> were</c><00:47:34.940><c> Paul's</c><00:47:35.559><c> last</c><00:47:35.920><c> words</c><00:47:36.440><c> to</c><00:47:36.659><c> them.</c><00:47:38.099><c> And</c>

00:47:38.260 --> 00:47:41.019
so<00:47:38.400><c> they</c><00:47:38.579><c> were</c><00:47:38.739><c> to</c><00:47:38.940><c> be</c><00:47:39.199><c> lights</c><00:47:39.760><c> in</c><00:47:40.480><c> the</c><00:47:40.760><c> world,</c>

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as<00:47:41.420><c> we</c><00:47:41.659><c> must</c><00:47:41.980><c> be</c><00:47:42.539><c> lights</c><00:47:43.059><c> in</c><00:47:43.260><c> the</c><00:47:43.440><c> world,</c><00:47:44.440><c> willing</c><00:47:44.639><c> to</c><00:47:44.960><c> shine</c>

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forth<00:47:45.840><c> as</c><00:47:46.460><c> the</c><00:47:46.659><c> Lord</c><00:47:46.860><c> said,</c><00:47:47.199><c> let</c><00:47:47.400><c> your</c><00:47:47.639><c> light</c><00:47:47.880><c> so</c>

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shine<00:47:49.119><c> among</c><00:47:49.400><c> men.</c><00:47:50.059><c> Men</c><00:47:50.260><c> don't</c><00:47:50.559><c> light</c><00:47:50.800><c> a</c><00:47:51.039><c> candle</c><00:47:51.460><c> and</c><00:47:52.139><c> put</c><00:47:52.300><c> it</c>

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under<00:47:52.679><c> a</c><00:47:52.900><c> bed.</c><00:47:53.980><c> They</c><00:47:54.179><c> light</c><00:47:54.380><c> a</c><00:47:54.579><c> candle</c><00:47:54.739><c> and</c><00:47:54.900><c> put</c><00:47:55.059><c> it</c><00:47:55.219><c> in</c>

00:47:55.420 --> 00:48:00.659
a<00:47:55.579><c> prominent</c><00:47:55.780><c> place</c><00:47:56.400><c> so</c><00:47:57.139><c> that</c><00:47:57.340><c> the</c><00:47:57.559><c> light</c><00:47:57.699><c> will</c><00:47:57.900><c> be</c><00:47:58.199><c> thrown</c><00:47:58.539><c> abroad</c><00:47:58.940><c> into</c><00:47:59.159><c> the</c><00:47:59.400><c> darkness.</c><00:48:00.440><c> We</c>

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don't<00:48:00.880><c> hang</c><00:48:01.119><c> lights</c>

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under<00:48:01.659><c> tables,</c><00:48:02.119><c> do</c><00:48:02.400><c> we?</c><00:48:03.039><c> They're</c><00:48:03.219><c> right</c><00:48:03.400><c> up</c><00:48:03.579><c> there</c><00:48:03.760><c> where</c><00:48:03.880><c> they</c><00:48:04.079><c> can</c>

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shed<00:48:04.659><c> their</c><00:48:04.940><c> light</c><00:48:05.099><c> upon</c><00:48:05.400><c> all.</c>

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And<00:48:06.400><c> that's</c><00:48:06.539><c> how</c><00:48:06.739><c> we</c><00:48:07.000><c> have</c><00:48:07.139><c> to</c><00:48:07.420><c> be</c><00:48:07.940><c> holding</c><00:48:08.579><c> forth,</c><00:48:08.960><c> as</c><00:48:09.059><c> we</c><00:48:09.280><c> read</c><00:48:09.420><c> in</c>

00:48:09.639 --> 00:48:12.980
verse<00:48:09.800><c> 16,</c><00:48:10.920><c> the</c><00:48:11.099><c> word</c><00:48:11.380><c> of</c><00:48:11.639><c> life</c><00:48:12.039><c> that</c><00:48:12.599><c> I</c><00:48:12.820><c> may</c>

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rejoice<00:48:13.460><c> in</c><00:48:13.659><c> the</c><00:48:13.880><c> day</c><00:48:14.039><c> of</c><00:48:14.320><c> Christ</c><00:48:14.780><c> that</c><00:48:15.500><c> I</c><00:48:15.760><c> have</c><00:48:15.940><c> not</c><00:48:16.280><c> run</c><00:48:16.480><c> in</c><00:48:16.820><c> vain,</c><00:48:17.960><c> neither</c><00:48:18.119><c> labored</c><00:48:18.539><c> in</c><00:48:18.820><c> vain.</c><00:48:19.679><c> Now</c><00:48:19.840><c> there's</c><00:48:20.000><c> a</c>

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:22.699
couple<00:48:20.260><c> of</c><00:48:20.460><c> thoughts</c><00:48:20.679><c> there.</c><00:48:21.579><c> We</c><00:48:21.739><c> know</c><00:48:21.880><c> that</c><00:48:22.059><c> the</c><00:48:22.260><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:48:22.699 --> 00:48:26.619
are<00:48:22.940><c> likened</c><00:48:23.280><c> to</c><00:48:23.480><c> lamp</c><00:48:23.800><c> stands</c><00:48:24.260><c> in</c><00:48:25.920><c> revelation.</c>

00:48:26.619 --> 00:48:29.780
That's<00:48:27.360><c> how</c><00:48:27.599><c> the</c><00:48:27.840><c> Ecclesia</c><00:48:28.179><c> must</c><00:48:28.420><c> be</c><00:48:28.619><c> with</c><00:48:28.760><c> the</c><00:48:29.019><c> oil</c><00:48:29.199><c> of</c><00:48:29.440><c> truth</c>

00:48:29.780 --> 00:48:31.500
burning<00:48:30.380><c> brightly</c>

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:36.860
in<00:48:32.320><c> the</c><00:48:32.500><c> eyes</c><00:48:32.780><c> and</c><00:48:33.500><c> in</c><00:48:33.699><c> the</c><00:48:34.099><c> speech</c><00:48:34.460><c> of</c><00:48:34.900><c> all</c><00:48:35.159><c> that</c><00:48:35.360><c> are</c><00:48:35.539><c> members.</c><00:48:36.539><c> We</c><00:48:36.639><c> have</c>

00:48:36.860 --> 00:48:39.420
to<00:48:37.000><c> be</c><00:48:37.280><c> lights.</c><00:48:38.440><c> What</c><00:48:38.699><c> sort</c><00:48:38.960><c> of</c><00:48:39.179><c> light</c>

00:48:39.420 --> 00:48:43.059
is<00:48:39.739><c> blowing</c><00:48:40.000><c> forth</c><00:48:40.480><c> from</c><00:48:40.840><c> our</c><00:48:41.059><c> example?</c><00:48:42.280><c> Is</c><00:48:42.440><c> there</c><00:48:42.679><c> a</c><00:48:42.840><c> light</c>

00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:45.800
shown?<00:48:43.920><c> Are</c><00:48:44.139><c> we</c><00:48:44.380><c> exemplary</c><00:48:44.980><c> in</c><00:48:45.159><c> our</c><00:48:45.380><c> ways,</c>

00:48:46.300 --> 00:48:50.599
in<00:48:46.440><c> the</c><00:48:46.639><c> things</c><00:48:46.820><c> that</c><00:48:47.019><c> we</c><00:48:47.159><c> do</c><00:48:47.400><c> and</c><00:48:47.739><c> say?</c><00:48:49.079><c> Or</c><00:48:49.219><c> do</c><00:48:49.340><c> we</c><00:48:49.440><c> find</c><00:48:49.639><c> it</c><00:48:49.840><c> difficult</c><00:48:50.239><c> to</c>

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:52.079
initiate<00:48:51.000><c> the</c><00:48:51.300><c> issues</c><00:48:51.440><c> of</c><00:48:51.619><c> the</c><00:48:51.840><c> truth?</c>

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:54.699
It's<00:48:52.539><c> a</c><00:48:52.599><c> very</c><00:48:52.880><c> difficult</c><00:48:53.159><c> thing,</c><00:48:53.400><c> isn't</c><00:48:53.619><c> it?</c><00:48:54.119><c> Because</c><00:48:54.340><c> it</c><00:48:54.500><c> may</c>

00:48:54.699 --> 00:48:57.059
mean<00:48:54.940><c> that</c><00:48:55.239><c> scorn</c><00:48:55.500><c> is</c><00:48:55.679><c> hiked</c><00:48:55.820><c> upon</c><00:48:56.079><c> us.</c>

00:48:57.280 --> 00:49:01.139
But<00:48:57.440><c> we</c><00:48:57.599><c> have</c><00:48:57.800><c> to</c><00:48:58.000><c> be</c><00:48:58.360><c> lights</c><00:48:58.719><c> lit</c><00:48:59.099><c> by</c><00:48:59.380><c> the</c><00:48:59.639><c> truth</c><00:48:59.780><c> of</c><00:49:00.059><c> God.</c><00:49:00.980><c> We</c>

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:03.280
have<00:49:01.460><c> to</c><00:49:01.639><c> be</c><00:49:01.820><c> prepared</c><00:49:02.119><c> to</c><00:49:02.500><c> speak</c><00:49:02.699><c> about</c><00:49:02.940><c> the</c><00:49:03.139><c> things</c>

00:49:03.280 --> 00:49:05.900
of<00:49:03.460><c> the</c><00:49:03.679><c> truth.</c><00:49:04.579><c> And</c><00:49:04.800><c> we</c><00:49:04.920><c> don't</c><00:49:05.079><c> have</c><00:49:05.179><c> to</c><00:49:05.280><c> be</c><00:49:05.539><c> intellectually</c>

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:09.219
smart<00:49:06.420><c> to</c><00:49:06.639><c> do</c><00:49:06.860><c> that.</c><00:49:07.659><c> Often</c><00:49:07.900><c> the</c><00:49:08.139><c> wise</c><00:49:08.380><c> in</c><00:49:08.519><c> this</c><00:49:08.800><c> world</c>

00:49:09.219 --> 00:49:13.219
are<00:49:09.940><c> dark,</c><00:49:10.599><c> so</c><00:49:10.840><c> far</c><00:49:11.019><c> as</c><00:49:11.179><c> the</c><00:49:11.400><c> truth</c><00:49:11.539><c> is</c><00:49:11.820><c> concerned.</c><00:49:12.780><c> So</c><00:49:13.019><c> full</c>

00:49:13.219 --> 00:49:15.500
are<00:49:13.360><c> they</c><00:49:13.519><c> of</c><00:49:13.639><c> themselves</c><00:49:14.300><c> that</c><00:49:14.820><c> the</c><00:49:15.019><c> light</c><00:49:15.159><c> cannot</c>

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have.<00:49:15.980><c> It's</c><00:49:16.539><c> out</c><00:49:16.820><c> working</c><00:49:17.079><c> in</c><00:49:17.440><c> them.</c><00:49:18.320><c> It's</c><00:49:18.619><c> been</c><00:49:18.880><c> obliterated</c>

00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:23.639
by<00:49:20.079><c> self</c><00:49:20.400><c>-interest.</c><00:49:22.539><c> But</c><00:49:22.699><c> we</c><00:49:22.900><c> must</c><00:49:23.179><c> be</c>

00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:26.099
lights.<00:49:23.980><c> We</c><00:49:24.119><c> are</c><00:49:24.320><c> called</c><00:49:24.480><c> upon</c><00:49:24.880><c> to</c><00:49:25.239><c> be</c><00:49:25.400><c> lights</c><00:49:25.679><c> in</c><00:49:25.880><c> the</c><00:49:25.960><c> midst</c>

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of<00:49:26.280><c> this</c><00:49:26.579><c> dark</c><00:49:26.900><c> world.</c><00:49:28.599><c> That</c><00:49:28.739><c> I</c><00:49:28.940><c> may</c><00:49:29.079><c> rejoice</c>

00:49:29.619 --> 00:49:32.019
in<00:49:29.880><c> the</c><00:49:30.039><c> day</c><00:49:30.159><c> of</c><00:49:30.420><c> Christ,</c><00:49:30.800><c> because</c><00:49:31.079><c> Paul</c><00:49:31.340><c> will</c><00:49:31.539><c> be</c><00:49:31.679><c> there</c><00:49:31.880><c> when</c>

00:49:32.019 --> 00:49:34.980
they<00:49:32.239><c> are</c><00:49:32.420><c> judged.</c><00:49:33.340><c> And</c><00:49:33.559><c> he'll</c><00:49:33.960><c> gain</c><00:49:34.219><c> great</c><00:49:34.659><c> joy</c>

00:49:34.980 --> 00:49:41.679
from<00:49:35.360><c> their</c><00:49:35.860><c> approval</c><00:49:36.380><c> in</c><00:49:36.960><c> that</c><00:49:37.179><c> day.</c><00:49:38.400><c> And</c><00:49:38.599><c> then</c><00:49:38.679><c> we</c><00:49:38.800><c> have</c><00:49:38.900><c> some</c><00:49:39.099><c> interesting</c><00:49:39.460><c> words.</c><00:49:41.099><c> That</c><00:49:41.440><c> I</c>

00:49:41.679 --> 00:49:42.820
have<00:49:41.920><c> not</c><00:49:42.280><c> run</c><00:49:42.539><c> in</c>

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:46.280
vain,<00:49:43.820><c> neither</c><00:49:44.139><c> laboured</c><00:49:44.559><c> in</c><00:49:44.820><c> vain.</c><00:49:45.420><c> Now</c><00:49:45.639><c> who</c><00:49:45.840><c> can</c><00:49:46.039><c> tell</c><00:49:46.139><c> me</c>

00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:48.360
where<00:49:46.440><c> those</c><00:49:46.719><c> words</c><00:49:46.980><c> are</c><00:49:47.199><c> drawn</c><00:49:47.340><c> from?</c>

00:49:49.179 --> 00:49:56.840
Where<00:49:49.340><c> are</c><00:49:49.460><c> those</c><00:49:49.699><c> words</c><00:49:49.940><c> found?</c><00:49:52.719><c> Yes,</c><00:49:53.380><c> that's</c><00:49:53.719><c> true.</c><00:49:54.800><c> But</c><00:49:55.239><c> where</c><00:49:56.460><c> is</c>

00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:58.780
the<00:49:57.119><c> Old</c><00:49:57.400><c> Testament</c><00:49:57.780><c> backdrop</c><00:49:58.280><c> for</c><00:49:58.500><c> those</c>

00:49:58.780 --> 00:50:05.440
words?<00:50:00.420><c> We've</c><00:50:00.760><c> looked</c><00:50:00.900><c> at</c><00:50:01.059><c> it</c><00:50:01.619><c> a</c><00:50:01.659><c> couple</c><00:50:01.860><c> of</c><00:50:02.019><c> days</c><00:50:02.179><c> ago,</c><00:50:02.860><c> or</c><00:50:03.159><c> yesterday.</c><00:50:04.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:04.760><c> 49</c>

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verse<00:50:05.739><c> 4.</c>

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But<00:50:06.880><c> I</c><00:50:07.079><c> have</c><00:50:07.340><c> laboured</c><00:50:07.639><c> in</c><00:50:07.980><c> vain.</c><00:50:08.260><c> I</c><00:50:08.480><c> have</c><00:50:08.699><c> spent</c><00:50:08.800><c> my</c><00:50:09.219><c> strength</c>

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for<00:50:09.840><c> naught,</c><00:50:10.480><c> said</c><00:50:11.260><c> Yahweh's</c><00:50:12.179><c> servant.</c>

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Remember?<00:50:13.260><c> He</c><00:50:13.400><c> was</c><00:50:13.699><c> discouraged</c><00:50:14.119><c> because</c><00:50:14.599><c> of</c><00:50:15.119><c> the</c><00:50:15.440><c> change</c><00:50:15.699><c> in</c>

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attitude<00:50:16.219><c> towards</c><00:50:16.659><c> him</c><00:50:16.860><c> after</c>

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his<00:50:17.739><c> popularity</c><00:50:18.300><c> peaked,</c><00:50:19.039><c> when</c><00:50:19.139><c> they</c><00:50:19.280><c> would</c><00:50:19.480><c> make</c><00:50:19.659><c> him</c><00:50:19.860><c> a</c><00:50:20.059><c> king.</c><00:50:21.079><c> And</c>

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many<00:50:21.460><c> of</c><00:50:21.579><c> his</c><00:50:21.739><c> disciples</c><00:50:22.199><c> went</c><00:50:22.480><c> backward.</c>

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And<00:50:23.920><c> in</c><00:50:24.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:24.460><c> 49,</c><00:50:25.099><c> in</c><00:50:25.239><c> depicting</c><00:50:25.679><c> that</c><00:50:26.099><c> as</c><00:50:26.460><c> the</c><00:50:26.639><c> work</c><00:50:26.800><c> of</c><00:50:27.000><c> God's</c><00:50:27.320><c> servant,</c><00:50:27.880><c> we</c>

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:29.400
find<00:50:28.239><c> that</c><00:50:28.360><c> he</c><00:50:28.500><c> is</c><00:50:28.699><c> discouraged.</c>

00:50:29.619 --> 00:50:32.380
And<00:50:29.880><c> that's</c><00:50:30.039><c> what</c><00:50:30.159><c> he</c><00:50:30.400><c> says.</c><00:50:31.199><c> I</c><00:50:31.420><c> have</c><00:50:31.599><c> laboured</c><00:50:31.820><c> in</c><00:50:32.059><c> vain.</c><00:50:32.260><c> I</c>

00:50:32.380 --> 00:50:33.539
have<00:50:32.559><c> spent</c><00:50:32.619><c> my</c><00:50:32.940><c> strength</c><00:50:33.159><c> for</c><00:50:33.340><c> naught.</c>

00:50:33.539 --> 00:50:38.199
Yet<00:50:33.880><c> surely</c><00:50:34.320><c> my</c><00:50:34.619><c> work</c><00:50:34.840><c> is</c><00:50:35.000><c> with</c><00:50:35.179><c> my</c><00:50:35.519><c> God.</c><00:50:37.380><c> He</c><00:50:37.539><c> was</c><00:50:37.780><c> confident,</c>

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nonetheless,<00:50:39.119><c> even</c><00:50:39.340><c> though</c><00:50:39.679><c> the</c><00:50:39.960><c> tide</c>

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:43.440
of<00:50:40.400><c> popular</c><00:50:40.659><c> opinion</c><00:50:41.179><c> was</c><00:50:41.639><c> ebbing</c><00:50:41.900><c> against</c><00:50:42.300><c> him.</c><00:50:43.219><c> And</c><00:50:43.260><c> here</c>

00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:46.420
the<00:50:43.579><c> Apostle</c><00:50:43.960><c> Paul</c><00:50:44.380><c> finds</c><00:50:44.800><c> the</c><00:50:45.099><c> same</c><00:50:45.480><c> thing.</c><00:50:46.300><c> He</c>

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:50.059
found<00:50:46.679><c> the</c><00:50:46.920><c> same</c><00:50:47.179><c> thing</c><00:50:47.460><c> in</c><00:50:47.719><c> his</c><00:50:47.920><c> work,</c><00:50:48.059><c> that</c><00:50:48.159><c> there</c><00:50:48.440><c> was</c><00:50:48.679><c> opposition.</c><00:50:49.920><c> He</c>

00:50:50.059 --> 00:50:51.659
was<00:50:50.300><c> the</c><00:50:50.619><c> extension</c><00:50:50.920><c> of</c><00:50:51.119><c> that</c><00:50:51.340><c> work</c><00:50:51.460><c> to</c>

00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:55.179
the<00:50:51.820><c> Gentiles.</c><00:50:52.699><c> He</c><00:50:52.920><c> represented</c><00:50:53.360><c> Christ</c><00:50:53.780><c> to</c><00:50:54.019><c> them.</c><00:50:54.900><c> And</c><00:50:55.039><c> so</c>

00:50:55.179 --> 00:50:57.280
those<00:50:55.380><c> words</c><00:50:55.619><c> were</c><00:50:55.860><c> always</c><00:50:56.280><c> in</c><00:50:56.440><c> his</c><00:50:56.760><c> thinking,</c>

00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:01.860
that<00:50:57.860><c> his</c><00:50:58.119><c> labour</c><00:50:58.340><c> might</c><00:50:58.659><c> not</c><00:50:59.059><c> be</c><00:50:59.400><c> in</c><00:50:59.639><c> vain.</c><00:51:01.119><c> And</c><00:51:01.219><c> here,</c><00:51:01.400><c> of</c><00:51:01.559><c> course,</c><00:51:01.760><c> we</c>

00:51:01.860 --> 00:51:03.719
are<00:51:02.059><c> projected</c><00:51:02.420><c> to</c><00:51:02.699><c> the</c><00:51:02.900><c> judgment</c><00:51:03.260><c> day.</c>

00:51:04.059 --> 00:51:08.420
And<00:51:04.219><c> he</c><00:51:04.300><c> would</c><00:51:04.599><c> have</c><00:51:05.099><c> these</c><00:51:05.619><c> ones,</c><00:51:05.840><c> as</c><00:51:06.019><c> it</c><00:51:06.159><c> were,</c><00:51:06.920><c> sealed.</c><00:51:08.260><c> He</c>

00:51:08.420 --> 00:51:12.139
might<00:51:08.659><c> have</c><00:51:09.019><c> joy</c><00:51:09.280><c> of</c><00:51:09.500><c> them</c><00:51:09.960><c> in</c><00:51:10.519><c> the</c><00:51:10.679><c> day</c><00:51:10.920><c> of</c><00:51:11.199><c> judgment.</c>

00:51:13.019 --> 00:51:15.440
And<00:51:13.159><c> then</c><00:51:13.340><c> in</c><00:51:13.500><c> verse</c><00:51:13.719><c> 7,</c><00:51:14.079><c> then,</c><00:51:14.159><c> he</c><00:51:14.360><c> speaks</c><00:51:14.679><c> about</c><00:51:14.980><c> what</c><00:51:15.139><c> he's</c>

00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:16.260
prepared<00:51:15.760><c> to</c><00:51:15.960><c> do.</c>

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If<00:51:16.800><c> I</c><00:51:17.059><c> be</c><00:51:17.460><c> offered</c><00:51:18.139><c> upon</c><00:51:18.980><c> the</c><00:51:19.300><c> sacrifice</c><00:51:20.119><c> and</c><00:51:21.099><c> service</c><00:51:21.480><c> of</c><00:51:21.699><c> your</c><00:51:21.940><c> faith,</c><00:51:22.380><c> I</c>

00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:24.880
joy<00:51:22.960><c> and</c><00:51:23.280><c> rejoice</c><00:51:23.599><c> with</c><00:51:23.820><c> you</c><00:51:23.980><c> all.</c>

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If<00:51:26.059><c> what</c><00:51:26.300><c> I'm</c><00:51:26.920><c> about,</c><00:51:27.460><c> he's</c><00:51:27.579><c> saying,</c><00:51:28.719><c> requires</c><00:51:29.139><c> me</c><00:51:29.380><c> to</c><00:51:29.619><c> die,</c>

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then<00:51:31.039><c> so</c><00:51:31.920><c> be</c><00:51:32.079><c> it.</c><00:51:32.579><c> That</c><00:51:32.760><c> is</c><00:51:32.940><c> God's</c><00:51:33.320><c> will.</c>

00:51:33.860 --> 00:51:37.940
I<00:51:34.159><c> joy</c><00:51:34.480><c> and</c><00:51:34.780><c> rejoice.</c><00:51:35.159><c> I</c><00:51:35.400><c> am</c><00:51:35.500><c> prepared</c><00:51:35.820><c> to</c><00:51:36.099><c> expend</c><00:51:36.519><c> my</c><00:51:36.840><c> life</c><00:51:37.360><c> in</c>

00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:39.780
the<00:51:38.179><c> cause</c><00:51:38.320><c> of</c><00:51:38.519><c> your</c><00:51:38.739><c> interest.</c>

00:51:40.380 --> 00:51:43.860
For<00:51:40.519><c> the</c><00:51:40.780><c> same</c><00:51:41.059><c> cause</c><00:51:41.360><c> also</c><00:51:41.940><c> do</c><00:51:42.360><c> you</c><00:51:42.699><c> joy</c><00:51:43.000><c> and</c><00:51:43.320><c> rejoice</c><00:51:43.619><c> with</c>

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:46.280
me,<00:51:44.119><c> because</c><00:51:44.460><c> they</c><00:51:44.840><c> too</c><00:51:45.019><c> were</c><00:51:45.239><c> subject.</c>

00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:50.780
To<00:51:47.440><c> danger</c><00:51:47.920><c> and</c><00:51:48.639><c> they</c><00:51:48.820><c> may</c><00:51:49.079><c> also</c><00:51:49.619><c> lose</c><00:51:49.900><c> their</c><00:51:50.179><c> lives</c><00:51:50.420><c> for</c><00:51:50.579><c> the</c>

00:51:50.780 --> 00:51:53.219
sake<00:51:50.940><c> of</c><00:51:51.159><c> Christ.</c><00:51:51.840><c> So</c><00:51:52.079><c> both</c><00:51:52.320><c> of</c><00:51:52.500><c> them</c><00:51:52.579><c> were</c><00:51:52.800><c> in</c><00:51:52.960><c> that</c>

00:51:53.219 --> 00:51:58.619
jeopardy<00:51:54.119><c> because</c><00:51:54.480><c> of</c><00:51:54.719><c> the</c><00:51:54.840><c> situation</c><00:51:55.460><c> that</c><00:51:56.239><c> existed</c><00:51:56.679><c> between</c><00:51:57.639><c> the</c><00:51:57.860><c> authorities</c><00:51:58.420><c> of</c>

00:51:58.619 --> 00:51:59.219
the<00:51:58.780><c> day</c><00:51:58.880><c> and</c><00:51:59.059><c> the</c>

00:51:59.219 --> 00:52:02.000
Ecclesiastes.<00:52:00.000><c> They</c><00:52:00.139><c> could</c><00:52:00.320><c> have</c><00:52:00.460><c> been</c><00:52:00.679><c> persecuted.</c><00:52:01.579><c> Others</c>

00:52:02.000 --> 00:52:04.559
soon<00:52:02.519><c> after</c><00:52:02.820><c> this</c><00:52:03.039><c> were</c><00:52:03.320><c> persecuted</c><00:52:03.980><c> in</c><00:52:04.380><c> the</c>

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Diocletian<00:52:05.139><c> persecution</c><00:52:05.739><c> at</c><00:52:05.980><c> the</c><00:52:06.340><c> end</c><00:52:06.460><c> of</c><00:52:06.639><c> the</c><00:52:06.800><c> century.</c><00:52:07.920><c> And</c>

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so<00:52:08.300><c> it</c><00:52:08.360><c> goes</c><00:52:08.559><c> on</c><00:52:08.719><c> in</c><00:52:08.920><c> the</c><00:52:09.119><c> persecution</c><00:52:09.639><c> of</c><00:52:09.920><c> Trajan</c>

00:52:10.260 --> 00:52:13.920
at<00:52:10.659><c> the</c><00:52:10.679><c> end</c><00:52:10.860><c> of</c><00:52:11.000><c> the</c><00:52:11.019><c> first</c><00:52:11.300><c> century,</c><00:52:11.679><c> I</c><00:52:11.820><c> mean.</c><00:52:12.960><c> And</c><00:52:13.079><c> so</c><00:52:13.420><c> that</c>

00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:15.880
was<00:52:14.119><c> the</c><00:52:14.260><c> position</c><00:52:14.599><c> at</c><00:52:14.840><c> Philippi.</c>

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And<00:52:16.619><c> then</c><00:52:16.800><c> in</c><00:52:16.980><c> verse</c><00:52:17.219><c> 19,</c><00:52:18.280><c> we</c><00:52:18.380><c> come</c><00:52:18.639><c> to</c><00:52:19.780><c> a</c><00:52:20.159><c> new</c><00:52:20.380><c> section</c>

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where<00:52:23.340><c> he</c><00:52:23.500><c> tells</c><00:52:23.860><c> them</c><00:52:24.139><c> of</c><00:52:24.380><c> his</c><00:52:24.840><c> plans,</c><00:52:26.019><c> how</c><00:52:26.320><c> that</c><00:52:26.440><c> he</c><00:52:26.699><c> promises</c><00:52:27.000><c> to</c><00:52:27.480><c> send</c>

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Timothy<00:52:28.099><c> to</c><00:52:28.500><c> them</c>

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once<00:52:29.599><c> his</c><00:52:30.300><c> verdict</c><00:52:30.639><c> has</c><00:52:30.880><c> been</c><00:52:31.119><c> declared.</c><00:52:31.679><c> And</c><00:52:32.280><c> he</c><00:52:32.500><c> hopes</c><00:52:32.699><c> also</c>

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to<00:52:33.300><c> go</c><00:52:33.440><c> himself,</c><00:52:33.880><c> as</c><00:52:34.079><c> I've</c><00:52:34.340><c> said</c><00:52:34.480><c> before.</c>

00:52:35.019 --> 00:52:38.800
So<00:52:35.760><c> let's</c><00:52:36.019><c> read</c><00:52:36.239><c> these</c><00:52:36.460><c> words.</c><00:52:36.980><c> I</c><00:52:36.980><c> trust</c><00:52:37.380><c> in</c><00:52:37.559><c> the</c><00:52:37.699><c> Lord</c><00:52:38.139><c> Jesus</c>

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to<00:52:39.079><c> send</c>

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Timotheus<00:52:41.139><c> shortly</c><00:52:41.719><c> unto</c><00:52:42.019><c> you.</c><00:52:43.579><c> It</c><00:52:43.780><c> would</c><00:52:43.940><c> have</c><00:52:44.099><c> been</c><00:52:44.239><c> a</c><00:52:44.400><c> great</c><00:52:44.599><c> source</c><00:52:44.860><c> of</c>

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:47.059
comfort<00:52:45.420><c> for</c><00:52:45.679><c> him</c><00:52:45.840><c> to</c><00:52:46.059><c> have</c><00:52:46.219><c> him</c><00:52:46.500><c> there</c>

00:52:47.059 --> 00:52:51.440
at<00:52:47.780><c> such</c><00:52:47.960><c> a</c><00:52:48.199><c> time</c><00:52:48.659><c> when</c><00:52:49.260><c> he</c><00:52:49.400><c> was</c><00:52:49.679><c> standing</c><00:52:50.099><c> trial,</c><00:52:51.099><c> when</c><00:52:51.260><c> he</c>

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was<00:52:51.860><c> awaiting</c><00:52:52.360><c> verdict.</c>

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That<00:52:56.079><c> I</c><00:52:56.360><c> also</c><00:52:57.019><c> may</c><00:52:57.519><c> be</c><00:52:58.260><c> of</c><00:52:58.500><c> good</c><00:52:58.760><c> comfort</c><00:52:59.239><c> when</c><00:53:00.059><c> I</c><00:53:00.340><c> know</c><00:53:00.780><c> your</c>

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estate.<00:53:02.659><c> So</c><00:53:02.980><c> he</c><00:53:03.159><c> wished</c><00:53:03.380><c> to</c><00:53:03.619><c> send</c><00:53:03.739><c> Timothy</c><00:53:04.219><c> so</c>

00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:09.420
Timothy<00:53:04.940><c> might</c><00:53:05.360><c> report</c><00:53:06.360><c> on</c><00:53:07.480><c> the</c><00:53:07.699><c> state</c><00:53:07.860><c> of</c><00:53:08.019><c> the</c><00:53:08.159><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:53:08.519><c> the</c><00:53:08.699><c> affairs</c><00:53:09.159><c> of</c>

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the<00:53:09.599><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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your<00:53:10.519><c> state</c><00:53:10.840><c> or</c><00:53:11.099><c> your</c><00:53:11.380><c> affairs.</c><00:53:13.340><c> And</c><00:53:13.340><c> then</c><00:53:13.539><c> he</c><00:53:13.940><c> makes</c><00:53:14.440><c> a</c><00:53:14.920><c> recommendation</c><00:53:15.599><c> regarding</c><00:53:16.139><c> Timothy,</c><00:53:16.739><c> which</c><00:53:16.739><c> is</c>

00:53:17.199 --> 00:53:23.760
quite<00:53:17.440><c> remarkable.</c><00:53:19.099><c> He</c><00:53:19.320><c> says</c><00:53:19.559><c> that</c><00:53:19.820><c> he</c><00:53:19.920><c> is</c><00:53:21.059><c> singular.</c><00:53:22.099><c> He's</c><00:53:22.739><c> unique.</c><00:53:23.760><c> I</c>

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have<00:53:24.099><c> no</c><00:53:24.420><c> man</c><00:53:24.860><c> like</c><00:53:25.219><c> minded</c><00:53:25.539><c> who</c><00:53:26.079><c> will</c>

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naturally<00:53:26.679><c> care</c><00:53:26.960><c> for</c><00:53:27.179><c> your</c><00:53:27.500><c> state.</c><00:53:28.260><c> He</c><00:53:28.420><c> must</c><00:53:28.659><c> have</c><00:53:28.820><c> been</c><00:53:28.980><c> an</c>

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outstanding<00:53:29.920><c> young</c><00:53:30.280><c> man.</c><00:53:31.420><c> You</c><00:53:31.420><c> know,</c><00:53:31.699><c> young</c><00:53:31.820><c> men</c>

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usually<00:53:32.380><c> full</c><00:53:32.699><c> of</c><00:53:32.780><c> themselves.</c><00:53:33.480><c> Well,</c><00:53:33.679><c> that's</c><00:53:34.179><c> how</c><00:53:34.380><c> it</c><00:53:34.500><c> tends</c>

00:53:34.860 --> 00:53:38.639
to<00:53:35.099><c> be.</c><00:53:36.260><c> The</c><00:53:36.400><c> promises</c><00:53:36.659><c> of</c><00:53:36.860><c> life</c><00:53:37.099><c> are</c><00:53:37.380><c> before</c><00:53:37.699><c> them.</c>

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All<00:53:38.960><c> the</c><00:53:40.099><c> things</c><00:53:40.840><c> that</c><00:53:41.000><c> they</c><00:53:41.159><c> can</c><00:53:41.360><c> do</c><00:53:41.800><c> are</c><00:53:42.139><c> there.</c><00:53:42.980><c> And</c><00:53:43.119><c> they're</c><00:53:43.519><c> anxious</c><00:53:43.900><c> and</c><00:53:44.159><c> keen</c><00:53:44.280><c> to</c>

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become<00:53:44.739><c> involved</c>

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in<00:53:47.400><c> the</c><00:53:47.960><c> fullness</c><00:53:48.219><c> of</c><00:53:48.500><c> their</c><00:53:48.760><c> strength,</c><00:53:49.619><c> their</c><00:53:49.840><c> youthful</c><00:53:50.280><c> strength</c><00:53:50.719><c> and</c>

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their<00:53:51.260><c> vigor</c><00:53:51.420><c> that</c><00:53:51.599><c> is</c><00:53:51.780><c> before</c><00:53:52.119><c> them.</c>

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But<00:53:53.139><c> he</c><00:53:53.260><c> was</c><00:53:53.440><c> a</c><00:53:53.579><c> young</c><00:53:53.739><c> man</c><00:53:55.039><c> into</c><00:53:55.480><c> whose</c><00:53:55.860><c> heart</c><00:53:56.300><c> the</c><00:53:56.739><c> truth</c><00:53:56.980><c> had</c>

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entered.<00:53:57.920><c> And</c><00:53:58.380><c> he</c><00:53:58.460><c> was</c><00:53:58.679><c> able</c><00:53:58.900><c> to</c><00:53:59.360><c> turn</c>

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the<00:54:00.139><c> natural</c><00:54:00.639><c> instincts</c><00:54:01.159><c> and</c><00:54:01.460><c> interests</c><00:54:01.820><c> that</c><00:54:01.980><c> he</c><00:54:02.079><c> had</c><00:54:02.920><c> into</c>

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the<00:54:03.619><c> cause</c><00:54:03.820><c> of</c><00:54:04.079><c> Christ.</c><00:54:04.719><c> He</c><00:54:04.820><c> was</c><00:54:05.000><c> an</c><00:54:05.099><c> outstanding</c>

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person.<00:54:07.059><c> I</c><00:54:07.139><c> have</c><00:54:07.460><c> no</c><00:54:07.840><c> man</c><00:54:08.460><c> like</c><00:54:08.840><c> minded</c><00:54:09.099><c> or</c><00:54:09.280><c> of</c><00:54:09.460><c> the</c><00:54:09.820><c> same</c><00:54:10.300><c> mind</c>

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who<00:54:12.219><c> was</c><00:54:12.820><c> so</c><00:54:13.159><c> changed</c><00:54:13.460><c> about</c>

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that<00:54:14.500><c> to</c><00:54:14.760><c> serve</c><00:54:14.960><c> Christ</c><00:54:15.380><c> almost</c><00:54:15.840><c> came</c><00:54:16.119><c> naturally</c><00:54:16.579><c> to</c><00:54:16.940><c> him.</c><00:54:18.539><c> That's</c><00:54:18.900><c> how</c><00:54:19.219><c> converted</c><00:54:19.679><c> he</c>

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was,<00:54:20.480><c> how</c><00:54:20.820><c> interested</c>

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he<00:54:21.739><c> was,</c><00:54:21.960><c> how</c><00:54:22.260><c> great</c><00:54:22.480><c> his</c><00:54:22.719><c> faith</c><00:54:22.940><c> was,</c><00:54:23.820><c> that</c><00:54:23.980><c> the</c><00:54:24.179><c> things</c><00:54:24.360><c> of</c>

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God<00:54:24.659><c> were</c><00:54:24.900><c> really</c><00:54:25.219><c> the</c><00:54:25.539><c> important</c><00:54:25.820><c> things.</c>

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It<00:54:26.760><c> was</c><00:54:26.900><c> this</c><00:54:27.199><c> that</c><00:54:27.380><c> actuated</c><00:54:27.900><c> him.</c><00:54:29.980><c> And</c><00:54:30.099><c> then</c><00:54:30.219><c> we</c><00:54:30.280><c> have</c><00:54:30.420><c> the</c>

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sad<00:54:30.900><c> comment</c><00:54:31.619><c> that</c><00:54:32.159><c> is</c><00:54:32.480><c> only</c><00:54:32.880><c> so</c><00:54:33.360><c> true.</c>

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All<00:54:35.539><c> seek</c><00:54:36.039><c> their</c><00:54:36.380><c> own,</c><00:54:37.860><c> not</c><00:54:38.219><c> the</c><00:54:38.480><c> things</c><00:54:38.840><c> which</c><00:54:39.239><c> are</c><00:54:39.440><c> Jesus</c><00:54:39.880><c> Christ's.</c><00:54:40.940><c> That's</c><00:54:41.280><c> a</c>

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challenge,<00:54:41.900><c> isn't</c><00:54:42.000><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:54:42.820><c> a</c><00:54:42.920><c> challenge</c><00:54:43.239><c> to</c><00:54:43.400><c> me,</c><00:54:43.780><c> my</c><00:54:43.800><c> dear</c><00:54:43.920><c> and</c><00:54:44.119><c> sisters.</c><00:54:45.179><c> I've</c><00:54:45.699><c> got</c><00:54:45.840><c> things</c><00:54:46.079><c> that</c><00:54:46.320><c> I</c>

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like<00:54:46.820><c> to</c><00:54:47.059><c> do.</c><00:54:47.820><c> And</c><00:54:47.980><c> sometimes</c>

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the<00:54:48.619><c> things</c><00:54:48.739><c> that</c><00:54:48.940><c> I</c><00:54:49.179><c> like</c><00:54:49.340><c> to</c><00:54:49.559><c> do</c><00:54:49.880><c> take</c><00:54:50.440><c> time.</c><00:54:52.320><c> And</c><00:54:52.400><c> there</c><00:54:52.559><c> are</c>

00:54:52.739 --> 00:54:55.199
things<00:54:52.940><c> that</c><00:54:53.559><c> the</c><00:54:53.760><c> ecclesia</c><00:54:54.139><c> requires</c><00:54:54.599><c> of</c><00:54:54.800><c> me</c><00:54:54.920><c> to</c><00:54:55.079><c> do,</c>

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that<00:54:55.420><c> Christ</c><00:54:55.760><c> requires</c><00:54:56.219><c> of</c><00:54:56.360><c> me</c><00:54:56.460><c> to</c><00:54:56.639><c> do.</c><00:54:57.780><c> And</c><00:54:57.940><c> there's</c><00:54:58.139><c> a</c><00:54:58.320><c> conflict.</c><00:54:58.699><c> You</c>

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must<00:54:59.079><c> feel</c><00:54:59.280><c> that</c><00:54:59.539><c> conflict</c><00:54:59.900><c> yourselves.</c>

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How<00:55:01.559><c> do</c><00:55:01.719><c> we</c><00:55:01.880><c> resolve</c><00:55:02.320><c> that</c><00:55:02.619><c> conflict?</c><00:55:03.019><c> That's</c><00:55:03.320><c> the</c><00:55:03.480><c> question,</c>

00:55:03.760 --> 00:55:05.880
isn't<00:55:03.980><c> it?</c><00:55:04.820><c> Do</c><00:55:04.940><c> we</c><00:55:05.119><c> put</c><00:55:05.320><c> the</c><00:55:05.519><c> things</c><00:55:05.699><c> of</c>

00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:10.059
Christ<00:55:06.280><c> first</c><00:55:06.880><c> or</c><00:55:07.380><c> do</c><00:55:07.599><c> we</c><00:55:07.840><c> serve</c><00:55:08.079><c> self?</c><00:55:08.840><c> All</c><00:55:09.159><c> men</c><00:55:09.420><c> seek</c><00:55:09.719><c> their</c>

00:55:10.059 --> 00:55:13.300
own,<00:55:11.360><c> what</c><00:55:11.619><c> they</c><00:55:11.880><c> want</c><00:55:12.039><c> to</c><00:55:12.219><c> do,</c>

00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:17.480
not<00:55:15.320><c> the</c><00:55:15.559><c> things</c><00:55:15.820><c> which</c><00:55:16.099><c> are</c><00:55:16.280><c> Jesus</c><00:55:16.619><c> Christ's.</c><00:55:16.980><c> But</c><00:55:17.179><c> Timothy</c>

00:55:17.480 --> 00:55:18.380
was<00:55:17.699><c> not</c><00:55:17.840><c> like</c><00:55:18.059><c> that.</c>

00:55:18.380 --> 00:55:22.719
You<00:55:19.039><c> know</c><00:55:19.340><c> the</c><00:55:19.619><c> proof</c><00:55:19.940><c> of</c><00:55:20.260><c> him.</c><00:55:21.039><c> He'd</c><00:55:21.119><c> been</c><00:55:21.340><c> there</c><00:55:21.739><c> before.</c>

00:55:28.300 --> 00:55:32.059
Now<00:55:28.900><c> that's</c><00:55:29.360><c> an</c><00:55:29.659><c> interesting</c><00:55:30.239><c> phrase,</c><00:55:30.960><c> isn't</c><00:55:30.960><c> it?</c><00:55:31.619><c> The</c><00:55:31.719><c> word</c>

00:55:32.059 --> 00:55:35.559
serve<00:55:32.460><c> means</c><00:55:32.940><c> to</c><00:55:33.360><c> slave.</c><00:55:34.360><c> It's</c><00:55:34.659><c> a</c><00:55:34.840><c> cognate</c><00:55:35.159><c> of</c><00:55:35.360><c> that</c>

00:55:35.559 --> 00:55:39.639
word<00:55:35.760><c> doulos</c><00:55:36.159><c> that</c><00:55:36.360><c> we</c><00:55:36.579><c> spoke</c><00:55:36.800><c> about</c><00:55:37.039><c> before.</c><00:55:38.400><c> He</c><00:55:38.500><c> was</c><00:55:38.739><c> a</c><00:55:39.079><c> slave</c><00:55:39.340><c> with</c>

00:55:39.639 --> 00:55:41.860
Paul<00:55:39.860><c> as</c><00:55:40.079><c> a</c><00:55:40.380><c> son</c><00:55:40.639><c> with</c><00:55:40.900><c> the</c><00:55:41.079><c> father.</c>

00:55:41.900 --> 00:55:45.039
What's<00:55:42.219><c> the</c><00:55:42.500><c> parallel</c><00:55:42.739><c> that's</c><00:55:43.019><c> being</c><00:55:43.260><c> drawn</c><00:55:43.519><c> here?</c><00:55:44.719><c> Well,</c><00:55:44.860><c> we</c>

00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:47.280
have<00:55:45.360><c> the</c><00:55:45.760><c> servant,</c><00:55:46.099><c> don't</c><00:55:46.380><c> we,</c>

00:55:47.340 --> 00:55:50.280
who<00:55:47.699><c> made</c><00:55:48.119><c> himself</c><00:55:48.619><c> in</c><00:55:48.800><c> the</c><00:55:48.920><c> form</c><00:55:49.079><c> of</c><00:55:49.360><c> a</c><00:55:49.440><c> servant,</c><00:55:49.960><c> in</c><00:55:50.059><c> verse</c>

00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:52.300
seven,<00:55:50.880><c> in</c><00:55:51.039><c> the</c><00:55:51.159><c> Lord</c><00:55:51.360><c> Jesus</c><00:55:51.780><c> Christ,</c>

00:55:52.539 --> 00:55:57.940
who<00:55:52.679><c> did</c><00:55:52.860><c> the</c><00:55:53.139><c> will</c><00:55:53.280><c> of</c><00:55:53.480><c> his</c><00:55:53.699><c> father.</c><00:55:55.119><c> And</c><00:55:55.239><c> Paul</c><00:55:55.440><c> sees</c><00:55:56.119><c> his</c><00:55:56.579><c> relationship</c><00:55:57.320><c> as</c>

00:55:57.940 --> 00:55:59.590
a<00:55:58.199><c> cameo</c><00:55:58.559><c> of</c><00:55:58.820><c> that.</c>

00:56:00.539 --> 00:56:04.119
Timothy<00:56:00.760><c> served</c><00:56:01.360><c> with</c><00:56:01.659><c> him</c><00:56:01.960><c> in</c><00:56:02.239><c> the</c><00:56:02.400><c> gospel</c><00:56:02.820><c> as</c><00:56:03.400><c> a</c><00:56:03.719><c> son</c><00:56:03.920><c> with</c>

00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:05.920
the<00:56:04.300><c> father.</c><00:56:05.059><c> And</c><00:56:05.179><c> you</c><00:56:05.300><c> know</c><00:56:05.380><c> it's</c><00:56:05.619><c> rather</c>

00:56:05.920 --> 00:56:09.800
interesting<00:56:06.519><c> that</c><00:56:06.679><c> he</c><00:56:06.900><c> speaks</c><00:56:07.139><c> of</c><00:56:07.340><c> him</c><00:56:07.519><c> as</c><00:56:08.119><c> my</c><00:56:08.400><c> own</c><00:56:08.840><c> son,</c><00:56:09.500><c> my</c>

00:56:09.800 --> 00:56:12.980
beloved<00:56:10.300><c> son,</c><00:56:11.059><c> the</c><00:56:11.239><c> very</c><00:56:11.559><c> terms</c><00:56:11.800><c> that</c><00:56:12.039><c> God</c><00:56:12.260><c> uses</c><00:56:12.639><c> of</c>

00:56:12.980 --> 00:56:17.440
his<00:56:13.239><c> son.</c><00:56:14.480><c> And</c><00:56:14.579><c> so</c><00:56:14.760><c> he</c><00:56:14.900><c> couldn't</c><00:56:15.219><c> but</c><00:56:15.599><c> feel</c><00:56:16.219><c> the</c><00:56:16.840><c> parallel</c><00:56:17.139><c> in</c>

00:56:17.440 --> 00:56:20.300
relationships<00:56:18.099><c> that</c><00:56:18.679><c> existed</c><00:56:19.059><c> there.</c>

00:56:21.139 --> 00:56:26.099
Him<00:56:21.300><c> therefore</c><00:56:21.800><c> I</c><00:56:22.260><c> hope</c><00:56:22.539><c> to</c><00:56:22.880><c> send</c><00:56:23.599><c> presently.</c><00:56:25.059><c> That's</c><00:56:25.599><c> an</c><00:56:25.920><c> old</c>

00:56:26.099 --> 00:56:28.079
English<00:56:26.380><c> word</c><00:56:26.619><c> meaning</c><00:56:26.920><c> immediately.</c>

00:56:28.179 --> 00:56:31.420
We<00:56:28.380><c> might</c><00:56:28.599><c> think</c><00:56:28.800><c> that</c><00:56:28.980><c> he</c><00:56:29.099><c> was</c><00:56:29.579><c> rather</c><00:56:29.840><c> casual</c><00:56:30.219><c> about</c><00:56:30.480><c> it.</c><00:56:31.039><c> It's</c><00:56:31.139><c> not</c><00:56:31.260><c> at</c>

00:56:31.420 --> 00:56:33.039
all.<00:56:31.920><c> He</c><00:56:32.099><c> meant</c><00:56:32.159><c> to</c><00:56:32.420><c> send</c><00:56:32.519><c> him</c><00:56:32.719><c> straight</c>

00:56:33.039 --> 00:56:36.719
away<00:56:33.460><c> so</c><00:56:33.780><c> soon</c><00:56:34.019><c> as</c><00:56:34.199><c> I</c><00:56:34.360><c> shall</c><00:56:34.579><c> see</c><00:56:35.099><c> how</c><00:56:35.500><c> it</c><00:56:35.719><c> will</c><00:56:35.860><c> go</c><00:56:36.059><c> with</c><00:56:36.300><c> me.</c>

00:56:37.219 --> 00:56:40.079
And<00:56:37.539><c> then</c><00:56:37.639><c> he</c><00:56:37.860><c> speaks</c><00:56:38.059><c> of</c><00:56:38.199><c> his</c><00:56:38.400><c> own</c><00:56:38.619><c> personal</c><00:56:39.059><c> hopes.</c>

00:56:40.219 --> 00:56:45.820
But<00:56:40.539><c> I</c><00:56:40.840><c> trust</c><00:56:41.260><c> in</c><00:56:41.539><c> the</c><00:56:41.679><c> Lord</c><00:56:42.400><c> that</c><00:56:43.860><c> I</c><00:56:44.219><c> also</c><00:56:44.619><c> myself</c><00:56:45.159><c> shall</c><00:56:45.420><c> come</c>

00:56:45.820 --> 00:56:48.619
shortly.<00:56:47.000><c> Upon</c><00:56:47.320><c> his</c><00:56:47.579><c> release,</c>

00:56:48.659 --> 00:56:51.719
he<00:56:48.679><c> would</c><00:56:48.960><c> seek</c><00:56:49.139><c> to</c><00:56:49.360><c> go</c><00:56:49.539><c> there.</c><00:56:50.840><c> He</c><00:56:50.900><c> hadn't</c><00:56:51.079><c> been</c><00:56:51.300><c> there</c><00:56:51.539><c> for</c>

00:56:51.719 --> 00:56:55.320
four<00:56:51.960><c> or</c><00:56:52.039><c> five</c><00:56:52.360><c> years.</c><00:56:53.360><c> He</c><00:56:53.500><c> was</c><00:56:54.099><c> very</c><00:56:54.639><c> anxious</c><00:56:55.079><c> to</c>

00:56:55.320 --> 00:56:59.440
be<00:56:55.579><c> in</c><00:56:55.679><c> their</c><00:56:56.000><c> presence</c><00:56:56.300><c> again.</c><00:56:57.440><c> Locked</c><00:56:57.739><c> up</c><00:56:57.900><c> in</c><00:56:58.199><c> Caesarea</c><00:56:58.679><c> two</c>

00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:02.500
years.<00:56:59.860><c> Locked</c><00:57:00.159><c> up</c><00:57:00.340><c> in</c><00:57:00.599><c> Rome.</c><00:57:01.820><c> And</c><00:57:01.820><c> then</c><00:57:02.219><c> there</c><00:57:02.300><c> were</c>

00:57:02.500 --> 00:57:07.019
various<00:57:02.739><c> things</c><00:57:03.039><c> that</c><00:57:03.280><c> happened</c><00:57:03.420><c> before.</c><00:57:04.139><c> He</c><00:57:04.280><c> was</c><00:57:04.539><c> imprisoned</c><00:57:04.960><c> in</c><00:57:05.239><c> Caesarea.</c><00:57:06.780><c> And</c>

00:57:07.019 --> 00:57:07.800
then<00:57:07.159><c> there</c><00:57:07.280><c> was</c><00:57:07.460><c> his</c>

00:57:07.800 --> 00:57:11.059
trial<00:57:08.239><c> in</c><00:57:08.579><c> Rome.</c><00:57:09.400><c> And</c><00:57:09.400><c> so</c><00:57:09.699><c> time</c><00:57:09.960><c> had</c><00:57:10.139><c> elapsed</c><00:57:10.460><c> since</c><00:57:10.719><c> he</c><00:57:10.820><c> had</c>

00:57:11.059 --> 00:57:14.039
seen<00:57:11.260><c> them</c><00:57:11.480><c> last.</c><00:57:12.400><c> And</c><00:57:12.599><c> he</c><00:57:12.639><c> was</c><00:57:12.920><c> anxious</c><00:57:13.519><c> that</c><00:57:13.840><c> that</c>

00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:20.059
might<00:57:14.219><c> be</c><00:57:14.460><c> the</c><00:57:14.619><c> case.</c><00:57:16.619><c> Then</c><00:57:16.760><c> in</c><00:57:16.940><c> verse</c><00:57:17.219><c> 25</c><00:57:17.980><c> to</c><00:57:18.159><c> 30,</c><00:57:19.360><c> we</c><00:57:19.400><c> are</c><00:57:19.639><c> told</c><00:57:19.820><c> that</c><00:57:19.980><c> he</c>

00:57:20.059 --> 00:57:22.780
will<00:57:20.260><c> send</c><00:57:20.539><c> to</c><00:57:20.619><c> them</c><00:57:21.199><c> Epaphroditus,</c>

00:57:23.320 --> 00:57:26.360
their<00:57:23.539><c> tender</c><00:57:23.840><c> hearted</c><00:57:24.260><c> and</c><00:57:24.440><c> faithful</c><00:57:24.800><c> messenger.</c><00:57:25.280><c> He</c><00:57:25.380><c> was</c><00:57:25.579><c> a</c>

00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:28.920
very<00:57:26.719><c> gentle</c><00:57:27.079><c> person.</c><00:57:28.059><c> He</c><00:57:28.239><c> was</c><00:57:28.480><c> the</c><00:57:28.639><c> one</c><00:57:28.780><c> that</c>

00:57:28.920 --> 00:57:36.039
they<00:57:29.280><c> chose</c><00:57:29.800><c> to</c><00:57:30.199><c> take</c><00:57:30.420><c> this</c><00:57:30.800><c> present</c><00:57:31.119><c> of</c><00:57:31.420><c> theirs</c><00:57:31.780><c> to</c><00:57:32.179><c> the</c><00:57:32.360><c> Apostle</c><00:57:32.760><c> Paul.</c><00:57:34.219><c> So</c><00:57:34.519><c> he</c><00:57:34.699><c> says,</c><00:57:35.539><c> yet</c><00:57:35.679><c> I</c>

00:57:36.039 --> 00:57:36.719
supposed<00:57:36.360><c> it</c>

00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:42.119
is<00:57:37.179><c> necessary</c><00:57:37.179><c> to</c><00:57:37.420><c> send</c><00:57:37.880><c> to</c><00:57:37.880><c> you</c><00:57:38.599><c> Epaphroditus.</c><00:57:40.659><c> Now,</c><00:57:41.019><c> of</c><00:57:41.179><c> course,</c><00:57:42.059><c> his</c>

00:57:42.119 --> 00:57:44.340
name<00:57:42.360><c> actually</c><00:57:42.820><c> is</c><00:57:43.079><c> drawn</c><00:57:43.280><c> from</c>

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:49.280
the<00:57:44.639><c> pagan</c><00:57:45.119><c> goddess,</c><00:57:47.860><c> the</c><00:57:47.940><c> Aphrodite.</c><00:57:48.679><c> You've</c><00:57:48.679><c> probably</c><00:57:48.940><c> heard</c><00:57:49.199><c> of</c>

00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:52.099
the<00:57:49.539><c> Aphrodite.</c><00:57:50.960><c> But</c><00:57:51.099><c> he</c><00:57:51.260><c> was</c><00:57:51.679><c> therefore</c>

00:57:52.099 --> 00:57:56.460
probably<00:57:52.539><c> a</c><00:57:52.760><c> Gentile.</c><00:57:54.340><c> And</c><00:57:54.480><c> he</c><00:57:54.659><c> was</c><00:57:55.019><c> a</c><00:57:55.219><c> man</c><00:57:55.519><c> greatly</c><00:57:55.960><c> esteemed</c>

00:57:56.460 --> 00:57:59.659
because<00:57:57.739><c> the</c><00:57:58.019><c> Philippians</c><00:57:58.539><c> had</c><00:57:59.079><c> chosen</c><00:57:59.420><c> him</c>

00:57:59.659 --> 00:58:03.360
above<00:57:59.960><c> all</c><00:58:00.460><c> to</c><00:58:00.760><c> represent</c><00:58:01.159><c> them.</c><00:58:02.300><c> And</c><00:58:02.480><c> we</c><00:58:02.639><c> can</c><00:58:02.820><c> see</c><00:58:02.960><c> that</c><00:58:03.179><c> the</c>

00:58:03.360 --> 00:58:06.360
Apostle<00:58:03.820><c> also</c><00:58:04.480><c> has</c><00:58:04.900><c> a</c><00:58:05.099><c> great</c><00:58:05.280><c> estimation</c><00:58:05.820><c> of</c><00:58:06.059><c> him.</c>

00:58:06.719 --> 00:58:11.440
As<00:58:07.280><c> brotherly</c><00:58:07.960><c> and</c><00:58:08.099><c> cooperative</c><00:58:08.860><c> firm.</c><00:58:10.340><c> And</c><00:58:10.340><c> he</c><00:58:10.400><c> was</c><00:58:10.840><c> concerned</c><00:58:11.019><c> to</c><00:58:11.280><c> send</c>

00:58:11.440 --> 00:58:13.659
him<00:58:11.659><c> back</c><00:58:12.119><c> because</c><00:58:12.659><c> he</c><00:58:12.860><c> knew</c><00:58:13.019><c> that</c>

00:58:13.659 --> 00:58:18.559
his<00:58:13.880><c> absence</c><00:58:14.280><c> from</c><00:58:14.460><c> their</c><00:58:14.739><c> presence</c><00:58:15.179><c> would</c><00:58:15.480><c> be</c><00:58:15.659><c> at</c><00:58:15.780><c> their</c><00:58:16.059><c> expense.</c><00:58:18.500><c> And</c>

00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:19.980
then<00:58:18.699><c> we</c><00:58:18.840><c> read</c><00:58:19.039><c> something</c><00:58:19.360><c> about</c><00:58:19.659><c> him</c><00:58:19.820><c> in</c>

00:58:19.980 --> 00:58:26.719
verse<00:58:20.199><c> 26.</c><00:58:21.179><c> He</c><00:58:21.179><c> longed</c><00:58:21.699><c> after</c><00:58:22.059><c> you</c><00:58:22.360><c> all</c><00:58:22.800><c> and</c><00:58:23.239><c> was</c><00:58:23.480><c> full</c><00:58:23.739><c> of</c><00:58:24.019><c> heaviness</c><00:58:24.739><c> because</c><00:58:25.539><c> that</c><00:58:25.739><c> you'd</c><00:58:26.039><c> heard</c><00:58:26.199><c> that</c><00:58:26.400><c> he</c><00:58:26.539><c> had</c>

00:58:26.719 --> 00:58:29.880
been<00:58:26.980><c> sick.</c><00:58:28.019><c> Now,</c><00:58:28.179><c> he</c><00:58:28.320><c> didn't</c><00:58:28.559><c> want</c><00:58:28.800><c> them</c><00:58:29.019><c> to</c><00:58:29.320><c> know</c><00:58:29.519><c> that</c><00:58:29.719><c> he</c>

00:58:29.880 --> 00:58:32.900
had<00:58:30.039><c> been</c><00:58:30.300><c> sick.</c><00:58:31.019><c> He</c><00:58:31.239><c> had</c><00:58:31.440><c> been</c><00:58:31.719><c> very</c><00:58:32.280><c> sick,</c>

00:58:32.900 --> 00:58:38.599
nigh<00:58:33.360><c> unto</c><00:58:33.599><c> death.</c><00:58:34.780><c> He</c><00:58:34.780><c> didn't</c><00:58:35.039><c> want</c><00:58:35.320><c> them</c><00:58:35.480><c> to</c><00:58:35.639><c> know</c><00:58:35.820><c> that,</c><00:58:36.239><c> but</c><00:58:36.380><c> they</c><00:58:36.619><c> had</c><00:58:36.940><c> heard</c><00:58:37.219><c> that.</c><00:58:38.340><c> And</c><00:58:38.500><c> he</c>

00:58:38.599 --> 00:58:39.119
was<00:58:38.739><c> upset</c>

00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:42.960
about<00:58:39.360><c> that</c><00:58:39.539><c> because</c><00:58:40.280><c> what</c><00:58:40.679><c> that</c><00:58:40.860><c> would</c><00:58:41.019><c> mean</c><00:58:41.239><c> was</c><00:58:41.760><c> their</c><00:58:42.099><c> attention</c><00:58:42.539><c> would</c><00:58:42.719><c> be</c>

00:58:42.960 --> 00:58:45.260
towards<00:58:43.380><c> him</c><00:58:44.059><c> instead</c><00:58:44.800><c> of</c><00:58:44.980><c> towards</c>

00:58:45.260 --> 00:58:48.900
the<00:58:45.440><c> Apostle.</c><00:58:46.219><c> Now,</c><00:58:46.380><c> that's</c><00:58:46.719><c> the</c><00:58:46.920><c> sort</c><00:58:47.099><c> of</c><00:58:47.619><c> sensitivity</c><00:58:48.320><c> that</c>

00:58:48.900 --> 00:58:51.539
that<00:58:49.119><c> man</c><00:58:49.340><c> displayed.</c><00:58:50.780><c> And</c><00:58:50.900><c> the</c><00:58:51.000><c> Apostle</c><00:58:51.300><c> says,</c>

00:58:51.719 --> 00:58:55.719
indeed,<00:58:52.019><c> he</c><00:58:52.260><c> was</c><00:58:52.619><c> sick,</c><00:58:53.000><c> nigh</c><00:58:53.079><c> unto</c><00:58:53.320><c> death,</c><00:58:54.500><c> but</c><00:58:54.719><c> God</c><00:58:54.940><c> had</c><00:58:55.199><c> mercy</c><00:58:55.519><c> on</c>

00:58:55.719 --> 00:58:58.739
him.<00:58:56.239><c> He's</c><00:58:56.539><c> recovered</c><00:58:57.000><c> and</c><00:58:57.719><c> not</c><00:58:57.880><c> on</c><00:58:58.039><c> him</c><00:58:58.260><c> only,</c>

00:58:58.739 --> 00:59:03.360
but<00:58:59.219><c> on</c><00:58:59.380><c> me</c><00:58:59.579><c> also.</c><00:59:00.460><c> Imagine</c><00:59:00.820><c> how</c><00:59:01.059><c> I</c><00:59:01.300><c> would</c><00:59:01.460><c> have</c><00:59:01.619><c> felt</c><00:59:01.940><c> if</c><00:59:02.960><c> in</c>

00:59:03.360 --> 00:59:06.079
coming<00:59:03.599><c> to</c><00:59:03.840><c> me</c><00:59:04.039><c> his</c><00:59:04.280><c> life</c><00:59:04.539><c> had</c><00:59:04.760><c> been</c><00:59:05.019><c> expanded.</c>

00:59:06.340 --> 00:59:14.619
And<00:59:06.340><c> so</c><00:59:06.739><c> Paul</c><00:59:07.800><c> saw</c><00:59:08.079><c> his</c><00:59:08.360><c> recovery</c><00:59:09.079><c> as</c><00:59:10.760><c> a</c><00:59:11.179><c> mercy</c><00:59:11.500><c> from</c><00:59:11.800><c> God,</c><00:59:12.440><c> lest</c><00:59:14.360><c> I</c>

00:59:14.619 --> 00:59:17.320
should<00:59:14.800><c> have</c><00:59:15.159><c> sorrow</c><00:59:15.699><c> upon</c><00:59:16.280><c> sorrow.</c>

00:59:18.099 --> 00:59:21.460
I<00:59:18.239><c> sent</c><00:59:18.519><c> him</c><00:59:18.840><c> therefore,</c><00:59:19.559><c> or</c><00:59:19.940><c> I</c><00:59:20.199><c> am</c><00:59:20.360><c> the</c><00:59:20.500><c> more</c><00:59:20.739><c> eager</c><00:59:20.960><c> to</c><00:59:21.260><c> send</c>

00:59:21.460 --> 00:59:25.340
him<00:59:22.599><c> carefully,</c><00:59:23.440><c> that</c><00:59:23.820><c> when</c><00:59:24.300><c> you</c><00:59:24.539><c> see</c><00:59:24.739><c> him</c><00:59:25.000><c> again,</c>

00:59:25.340 --> 00:59:29.219
he<00:59:25.579><c> may</c><00:59:25.780><c> rejoice</c><00:59:26.719><c> and</c><00:59:27.260><c> that</c><00:59:27.460><c> I</c><00:59:27.659><c> may</c><00:59:27.900><c> be</c><00:59:28.099><c> the</c><00:59:28.239><c> less</c><00:59:28.440><c> sorrowful.</c>

00:59:29.320 --> 00:59:30.559
And<00:59:29.380><c> I'll</c><00:59:29.559><c> be</c><00:59:29.659><c> very</c><00:59:30.059><c> pleased</c><00:59:30.239><c> when</c><00:59:30.360><c> he's</c>

00:59:30.559 --> 00:59:33.539
in<00:59:30.840><c> your</c><00:59:31.079><c> midst.</c><00:59:31.679><c> And</c><00:59:31.820><c> I</c><00:59:31.920><c> know</c><00:59:32.059><c> that</c><00:59:32.239><c> you'll</c><00:59:32.519><c> rejoice</c><00:59:32.980><c> because</c>

00:59:33.539 --> 00:59:36.119
you<00:59:34.039><c> will</c><00:59:34.280><c> find</c><00:59:34.460><c> him</c><00:59:34.699><c> safe</c><00:59:35.019><c> and</c><00:59:35.280><c> well.</c>

00:59:36.579 --> 00:59:39.960
And<00:59:36.659><c> then</c><00:59:36.980><c> he</c><00:59:37.179><c> gives</c><00:59:37.420><c> them</c><00:59:37.719><c> some</c><00:59:37.940><c> advice,</c><00:59:38.440><c> receive</c><00:59:38.880><c> him</c><00:59:39.099><c> therefore</c><00:59:39.500><c> in</c>

00:59:39.960 --> 00:59:42.579
the<00:59:40.239><c> Lord</c><00:59:40.619><c> with</c><00:59:41.559><c> all</c><00:59:41.940><c> gladness.</c>

00:59:42.880 --> 00:59:50.099
Be<00:59:43.099><c> thankful</c><00:59:43.639><c> for</c><00:59:44.539><c> the</c><00:59:44.800><c> presence</c><00:59:45.079><c> of</c><00:59:45.400><c> such</c><00:59:45.679><c> in</c><00:59:46.059><c> your</c><00:59:46.280><c> midst</c><00:59:46.579><c> and</c><00:59:47.480><c> hold</c><00:59:47.980><c> such</c><00:59:48.420><c> in</c><00:59:48.880><c> reputation,</c>

00:59:50.239 --> 00:59:54.780
because<00:59:50.699><c> this</c><00:59:51.019><c> is</c><00:59:51.239><c> his</c><00:59:51.500><c> measure.</c><00:59:52.800><c> For</c><00:59:52.900><c> the</c><00:59:53.219><c> work</c><00:59:53.420><c> of</c><00:59:53.639><c> Christ,</c>

00:59:54.920 --> 00:59:57.019
he<00:59:54.920><c> was</c><00:59:55.440><c> nigh</c><00:59:55.739><c> unto</c><00:59:56.079><c> death.</c>

00:59:57.500 --> 01:00:01.599
He<00:59:57.619><c> didn't</c><00:59:57.940><c> flinch,</c><00:59:58.880><c> he</c><00:59:59.039><c> didn't</c><00:59:59.260><c> go</c><00:59:59.619><c> back,</c><01:00:00.579><c> he</c><01:00:00.719><c> continued</c><01:00:01.360><c> on.</c>

01:00:01.639 --> 01:00:04.579
For<01:00:01.739><c> the</c><01:00:02.039><c> work</c><01:00:02.300><c> of</c><01:00:02.519><c> Christ,</c><01:00:03.519><c> he</c><01:00:03.619><c> was</c><01:00:04.099><c> nigh</c><01:00:04.360><c> unto</c>

01:00:04.579 --> 01:00:08.960
death,<01:00:05.400><c> not</c><01:00:05.579><c> regarding</c><01:00:06.000><c> his</c><01:00:06.360><c> life</c><01:00:06.960><c> to</c><01:00:07.780><c> supply</c><01:00:08.139><c> your</c><01:00:08.400><c> lack</c><01:00:08.619><c> of</c>

01:00:08.960 --> 01:00:11.679
service.<01:00:09.679><c> Not</c><01:00:09.840><c> that</c><01:00:10.039><c> their</c><01:00:10.280><c> service</c><01:00:10.579><c> was</c><01:00:10.880><c> lacking,</c>

01:00:12.559 --> 01:00:16.039
but<01:00:12.719><c> as</c><01:00:12.920><c> the</c><01:00:13.179><c> RSV</c><01:00:13.599><c> puts</c><01:00:13.880><c> it,</c><01:00:14.179><c> for</c><01:00:14.360><c> he</c><01:00:14.639><c> nearly</c><01:00:14.880><c> died</c><01:00:15.219><c> for</c><01:00:15.400><c> the</c><01:00:15.579><c> work</c><01:00:15.760><c> of</c>

01:00:16.039 --> 01:00:19.219
Christ,<01:00:17.159><c> risking</c><01:00:17.719><c> his</c><01:00:18.099><c> life</c><01:00:18.380><c> to</c><01:00:18.639><c> complete</c>

01:00:19.599 --> 01:00:23.139
your<01:00:20.019><c> service.</c><01:00:21.619><c> And</c><01:00:21.760><c> so</c><01:00:21.880><c> we</c><01:00:21.980><c> can</c><01:00:22.219><c> see</c><01:00:22.360><c> that</c><01:00:22.539><c> he</c><01:00:22.599><c> was</c><01:00:22.780><c> a</c><01:00:22.940><c> great</c>

01:00:23.139 --> 01:00:26.019
man.<01:00:24.320><c> He</c><01:00:24.320><c> was</c><01:00:24.559><c> prepared</c><01:00:24.940><c> to</c><01:00:25.380><c> spend</c><01:00:25.659><c> and</c><01:00:25.800><c> be</c>

01:00:26.019 --> 01:00:29.420
spent<01:00:26.239><c> for</c><01:00:26.400><c> the</c><01:00:26.579><c> cause</c><01:00:26.739><c> of</c><01:00:26.940><c> Christ.</c><01:00:28.039><c> He</c><01:00:28.159><c> was</c><01:00:28.380><c> prepared</c><01:00:28.679><c> to</c><01:00:28.860><c> lose</c><01:00:29.099><c> his</c>

01:00:29.420 --> 01:00:31.639
life<01:00:29.719><c> that</c><01:00:30.059><c> he</c><01:00:30.219><c> might</c><01:00:30.460><c> find</c><01:00:30.820><c> it.</c>

01:00:31.800 --> 01:00:34.340
And<01:00:31.940><c> so</c><01:00:32.059><c> what</c><01:00:32.260><c> amazing</c><01:00:32.780><c> lessons</c><01:00:33.139><c> there</c><01:00:33.460><c> are</c><01:00:33.659><c> in</c><01:00:33.840><c> that</c><01:00:34.059><c> chapter</c>

01:00:34.340 --> 01:00:36.420
for<01:00:34.659><c> us,</c><01:00:35.000><c> my</c><01:00:35.059><c> dear</c><01:00:35.219><c> Britain</c><01:00:35.460><c> sisters.</c>

01:00:36.559 --> 01:00:38.940
You<01:00:36.679><c> know,</c><01:00:36.739><c> when</c><01:00:36.880><c> we</c><01:00:37.039><c> do</c><01:00:37.179><c> our</c><01:00:37.360><c> daily</c><01:00:37.519><c> readings,</c><01:00:37.860><c> we</c><01:00:38.059><c> read</c><01:00:38.300><c> through</c><01:00:38.539><c> the</c>

01:00:38.940 --> 01:00:40.719
one<01:00:39.079><c> or</c><01:00:39.219><c> two</c><01:00:39.500><c> chapters</c><01:00:39.840><c> in</c><01:00:40.019><c> the</c><01:00:40.119><c> New</c><01:00:40.300><c> Testament.</c>

01:00:41.219 --> 01:00:45.019
We<01:00:41.340><c> might</c><01:00:41.539><c> spend</c><01:00:41.800><c> five</c><01:00:42.179><c> or</c><01:00:42.639><c> perhaps</c><01:00:42.940><c> 10</c><01:00:43.159><c> minutes</c><01:00:43.420><c> doing</c><01:00:43.739><c> it.</c><01:00:44.300><c> Sometimes</c><01:00:44.699><c> it's</c><01:00:44.920><c> a</c>

01:00:45.019 --> 01:00:46.380
good<01:00:45.139><c> idea</c><01:00:45.480><c> just</c><01:00:45.699><c> to</c><01:00:45.940><c> take</c><01:00:46.079><c> a</c><01:00:46.239><c> few</c>

01:00:46.380 --> 01:00:50.340
verses<01:00:46.900><c> and</c><01:00:47.780><c> to</c><01:00:48.000><c> think</c><01:00:48.119><c> a</c><01:00:48.179><c> little</c><01:00:48.420><c> bit</c><01:00:48.559><c> more</c><01:00:48.739><c> deeply</c><01:00:49.059><c> upon</c><01:00:49.300><c> them.</c><01:00:50.280><c> And</c>

01:00:50.340 --> 01:00:51.980
it's<01:00:50.480><c> when</c><01:00:50.579><c> we</c><01:00:50.840><c> reflect</c><01:00:51.239><c> upon</c><01:00:51.519><c> them,</c>

01:00:52.340 --> 01:00:54.659
when<01:00:52.500><c> we</c><01:00:52.719><c> meditate</c><01:00:53.119><c> day</c><01:00:53.480><c> and</c><01:00:53.559><c> night</c><01:00:53.679><c> in</c><01:00:53.900><c> them</c><01:00:54.000><c> that</c><01:00:54.139><c> the</c><01:00:54.380><c> real</c>

01:00:54.659 --> 01:00:58.380
power<01:00:55.539><c> comes</c><01:00:56.260><c> to</c><01:00:56.579><c> us.</c><01:00:57.460><c> When</c><01:00:57.579><c> we</c><01:00:57.800><c> actually</c><01:00:58.099><c> commit</c>

01:00:58.380 --> 01:01:02.960
to<01:00:58.639><c> memory</c><01:00:59.280><c> so</c><01:00:59.960><c> that</c><01:01:00.219><c> during</c><01:01:00.539><c> the</c><01:01:00.719><c> course</c><01:01:00.920><c> of</c><01:01:01.119><c> the</c><01:01:01.239><c> day</c><01:01:01.500><c> we</c><01:01:01.739><c> can</c>

01:01:02.960 --> 01:01:05.920
reflect<01:01:03.599><c> upon</c><01:01:03.860><c> the</c><01:01:04.039><c> word</c><01:01:04.159><c> of</c><01:01:04.420><c> God.</c><01:01:05.179><c> In</c><01:01:05.400><c> that</c><01:01:05.639><c> way,</c>

01:01:06.099 --> 01:01:09.360
the<01:01:06.219><c> fullness</c><01:01:06.559><c> of</c><01:01:06.880><c> the</c><01:01:07.119><c> meaning</c><01:01:07.340><c> and</c><01:01:07.519><c> the</c><01:01:07.760><c> power</c><01:01:08.179><c> is</c><01:01:08.940><c> imparted</c>

01:01:09.360 --> 01:01:13.440
to<01:01:09.599><c> us.</c><01:01:11.059><c> And</c><01:01:11.219><c> so</c><01:01:12.119><c> having</c><01:01:12.760><c> read</c><01:01:12.980><c> of</c><01:01:13.179><c> those</c>

01:01:13.440 --> 01:01:18.820
examples,<01:01:14.400><c> may</c><01:01:14.579><c> it</c><01:01:14.760><c> indeed</c><01:01:15.119><c> be</c><01:01:15.800><c> that</c><01:01:16.480><c> we</c><01:01:16.860><c> too</c><01:01:17.079><c> might</c><01:01:17.840><c> endeavour</c><01:01:18.260><c> to</c><01:01:18.539><c> serve</c>

01:01:18.820 --> 01:01:21.000
more<01:01:19.179><c> effectively</c><01:01:19.679><c> so</c><01:01:20.719><c> that</c><01:01:20.860><c> in</c>

01:01:21.000 --> 01:01:24.500
the<01:01:21.139><c> day</c><01:01:21.300><c> when</c><01:01:21.480><c> the</c><01:01:21.599><c> Lord</c><01:01:21.800><c> Jesus</c><01:01:22.239><c> Christ</c><01:01:22.559><c> does</c><01:01:22.900><c> come,</c><01:01:23.860><c> we</c><01:01:24.039><c> might</c><01:01:24.280><c> be</c>

01:01:24.500 --> 01:01:27.119
among<01:01:24.760><c> those</c><01:01:25.059><c> who</c><01:01:25.260><c> are</c><01:01:25.519><c> redeemed</c><01:01:26.380><c> and</c><01:01:26.699><c> who</c><01:01:26.960><c> sing</c>

01:01:27.119 --> 01:01:32.119
those<01:01:27.699><c> praises</c><01:01:28.460><c> and</c><01:01:29.099><c> give</c><01:01:29.239><c> that</c><01:01:29.519><c> glory</c><01:01:29.800><c> to</c><01:01:30.000><c> God,</c><01:01:31.619><c> that</c><01:01:31.880><c> glory</c>

01:01:32.119 --> 01:01:35.000
to<01:01:32.340><c> the</c><01:01:32.539><c> lamb</c><01:01:32.920><c> and</c><01:01:33.400><c> also</c><01:01:33.840><c> to</c><01:01:34.019><c> the</c><01:01:34.159><c> one</c><01:01:34.340><c> who</c><01:01:34.619><c> sits</c>

01:01:35.000 --> 01:01:36.400
upon<01:01:35.360><c> the</c><01:01:35.619><c> throne.</c>