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harmony<00:10:36.279><c> with</c><00:10:36.559><c> God</c><00:10:37.039><c> and</c><00:10:37.559><c> in</c><00:10:37.720><c> their</c><00:10:37.940><c> worship.</c><00:10:39.980><c> But</c><00:10:40.159><c> we</c><00:10:40.460><c> see</c><00:10:40.980><c> that</c><00:10:42.039><c> God</c>

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altar,<00:10:45.500><c> and</c><00:10:45.740><c> then</c><00:10:45.960><c> there</c><00:10:46.100><c> was</c><00:10:46.299><c> this</c><00:10:46.559><c> conspiracy</c><00:10:47.179><c> between</c><00:10:47.679><c> Nadab</c><00:10:48.039><c> and</c>

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no<00:11:01.779><c> funeral</c><00:11:02.080><c> for</c><00:11:02.259><c> them</c><00:11:02.419><c> either.</c><00:11:03.200><c> So</c>

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we<00:11:03.519><c> have</c><00:11:03.679><c> a</c><00:11:03.700><c> very</c><00:11:04.100><c> similar</c><00:11:04.460><c> situation,</c><00:11:05.320><c> both</c><00:11:05.580><c> in</c><00:11:05.759><c> the</c><00:11:05.899><c> history</c>

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when<00:11:09.039><c> things</c><00:11:09.259><c> are</c><00:11:09.460><c> going</c><00:11:09.679><c> right,</c><00:11:10.500><c> we</c><00:11:10.720><c> have</c><00:11:11.000><c> something</c><00:11:11.360><c> that</c>

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life.<00:11:28.019><c> It's</c><00:11:28.259><c> in</c><00:11:28.360><c> a</c><00:11:28.580><c> fountain</c><00:11:28.779><c> of</c><00:11:29.120><c> encouragement,</c>

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lives,<00:11:42.179><c> we</c><00:11:42.279><c> can</c><00:11:42.519><c> become</c><00:11:42.860><c> very</c><00:11:43.559><c> disenchanted</c><00:11:44.440><c> with</c><00:11:44.980><c> problems</c>

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have<00:11:59.840><c> disappointment.</c><00:12:01.500><c> There</c><00:12:01.620><c> are</c><00:12:01.860><c> times</c><00:12:02.179><c> where</c><00:12:02.419><c> we</c><00:12:02.559><c> can</c><00:12:02.759><c> be</c>

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of<00:12:06.980><c> the</c><00:12:07.039><c> time,</c><00:12:07.159><c> I</c><00:12:07.279><c> should</c><00:12:07.419><c> say,</c><00:12:07.639><c> by</c><00:12:07.860><c> our</c><00:12:08.039><c> own</c><00:12:08.279><c> selves,</c><00:12:08.639><c> right?</c>

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this.<00:12:43.779><c> He</c><00:12:43.940><c> says,</c><00:12:44.659><c> you</c>

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was<00:12:52.039><c> this.</c><00:12:52.779><c> He</c><00:12:52.960><c> says,</c><00:12:54.360><c> search</c><00:12:54.779><c> for</c><00:12:54.960><c> the</c><00:12:55.159><c> perfect</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:12:56.440><c> and</c><00:12:57.059><c> when</c><00:12:57.240><c> you</c><00:12:57.500><c> find</c><00:12:57.700><c> it,</c><00:12:58.679><c> don't</c><00:12:59.000><c> join</c><00:12:59.240><c> it,</c><00:12:59.519><c> because</c><00:12:59.620><c> you'll</c>

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just<00:13:00.080><c> ruin</c><00:13:00.299><c> it.</c><00:13:03.200><c> I</c><00:13:03.500><c> thought</c><00:13:03.639><c> that</c><00:13:03.759><c> was</c>

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I've<00:16:16.919><c> done</c><00:16:17.120><c> this,</c><00:16:17.740><c> I've</c><00:16:17.919><c> only</c><00:16:18.100><c> had</c><00:16:18.279><c> one</c><00:16:18.639><c> sister</c><00:16:19.080><c> that</c><00:16:19.279><c> came</c><00:16:19.460><c> up</c>

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to<00:16:19.720><c> me</c><00:16:19.919><c> and</c><00:16:20.019><c> said,</c><00:16:20.659><c> that</c><00:16:20.840><c> was</c><00:16:21.059><c> the</c><00:16:21.159><c> way</c><00:16:21.299><c> it</c><00:16:21.440><c> works</c><00:16:21.580><c> for</c>

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her.<00:16:25.779><c> And</c><00:16:26.100><c> I'm</c><00:16:26.379><c> sure</c><00:16:26.600><c> it</c><00:16:26.820><c> does.</c><00:16:27.120><c> I'm</c><00:16:27.379><c> sure</c><00:16:27.539><c> it</c><00:16:27.700><c> does.</c><00:16:28.440><c> But,</c><00:16:28.700><c> you</c>

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know,<00:16:29.480><c> we</c><00:16:30.100><c> oftentimes</c><00:16:30.700><c> in</c><00:16:31.139><c> a</c><00:16:31.440><c> joking</c><00:16:31.740><c> way</c><00:16:32.039><c> will</c><00:16:32.259><c> say</c>

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things<00:16:32.899><c> about</c><00:16:33.360><c> henpecking</c><00:16:33.980><c> and</c><00:16:34.179><c> so</c><00:16:34.440><c> forth.</c><00:16:35.559><c> But</c><00:16:35.740><c> brothers</c><00:16:35.960><c> and</c><00:16:36.240><c> sisters,</c><00:16:37.700><c> think</c><00:16:37.980><c> about</c><00:16:38.480><c> how</c><00:16:38.940><c> much</c><00:16:39.179><c> better</c><00:16:39.440><c> it</c><00:16:39.539><c> would</c>

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have<00:16:39.659><c> been</c><00:16:40.039><c> in</c><00:16:40.299><c> the</c><00:16:40.480><c> life</c><00:16:40.720><c> of</c><00:16:40.980><c> Ananias</c><00:16:41.360><c> and</c><00:16:41.559><c> Sapphira</c><00:16:42.320><c> if</c><00:16:42.720><c> they</c>

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would<00:16:43.100><c> have</c><00:16:43.220><c> been</c><00:16:43.360><c> there</c><00:16:43.600><c> to</c><00:16:43.899><c> challenge</c><00:16:44.220><c> each</c><00:16:44.500><c> other,</c>

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to<00:16:45.580><c> ask</c><00:16:45.980><c> the</c><00:16:46.179><c> right</c><00:16:46.460><c> question.</c><00:16:47.059><c> Are</c><00:16:47.159><c> you</c><00:16:47.440><c> sure</c><00:16:47.620><c> this</c><00:16:47.799><c> is</c><00:16:47.940><c> the</c>

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right<00:16:48.240><c> thing</c><00:16:48.399><c> to</c><00:16:48.600><c> do?</c><00:16:49.139><c> Why</c><00:16:49.480><c> are</c><00:16:49.580><c> you</c><00:16:49.759><c> doing</c><00:16:50.039><c> this?</c><00:16:50.899><c> What's</c>

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the<00:16:51.340><c> purpose</c><00:16:51.700><c> of</c><00:16:51.860><c> this?</c><00:16:52.000><c> Who</c><00:16:52.240><c> are</c><00:16:52.320><c> we</c><00:16:52.539><c> trying</c><00:16:52.720><c> to</c><00:16:53.019><c> impress?</c><00:16:54.620><c> Don't</c><00:16:54.879><c> we</c>

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understand<00:16:55.440><c> that</c><00:16:55.620><c> God</c><00:16:55.840><c> sees</c><00:16:56.120><c> everything?</c><00:16:57.779><c> That</c>

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is<00:16:58.580><c> one</c><00:16:58.759><c> of</c><00:16:58.879><c> the</c><00:16:59.019><c> wonderful</c><00:17:00.000><c> features</c><00:17:00.600><c> of</c><00:17:00.879><c> marriage.</c><00:17:01.279><c> It's</c><00:17:01.519><c> a</c>

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check<00:17:01.799><c> and</c><00:17:01.919><c> a</c><00:17:02.120><c> balance.</c><00:17:02.440><c> It</c><00:17:02.559><c> keeps</c><00:17:02.860><c> us</c><00:17:03.059><c> in</c><00:17:03.659><c> the</c>

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straight<00:17:04.119><c> and</c><00:17:04.339><c> narrow.</c><00:17:04.819><c> And</c><00:17:05.099><c> certainly</c><00:17:05.279><c> we</c><00:17:05.400><c> can</c><00:17:05.599><c> get</c><00:17:05.799><c> this</c><00:17:06.160><c> outside</c><00:17:06.619><c> of</c>

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marriage<00:17:07.059><c> from</c><00:17:07.400><c> our</c><00:17:07.619><c> brothers</c><00:17:07.799><c> and</c><00:17:08.059><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:17:08.940><c> the</c><00:17:09.079><c> whole</c><00:17:09.299><c> value</c><00:17:09.619><c> of</c><00:17:09.900><c> rebuke.</c><00:17:10.680><c> In</c><00:17:10.960><c> the</c><00:17:11.259><c> Proverbs,</c><00:17:11.960><c> think</c><00:17:12.240><c> of</c>

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all<00:17:12.559><c> the</c><00:17:12.720><c> different</c><00:17:12.940><c> times</c><00:17:13.279><c> that</c><00:17:13.500><c> we</c><00:17:13.660><c> hear</c><00:17:13.920><c> about</c>

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times<00:17:15.059><c> where</c><00:17:15.779><c> rebuke</c><00:17:16.420><c> is</c><00:17:16.599><c> talked</c><00:17:16.839><c> about.</c><00:17:17.140><c> Boy,</c><00:17:17.339><c> we</c><00:17:17.539><c> don't</c><00:17:17.759><c> like</c><00:17:18.019><c> rebuke</c><00:17:18.359><c> too</c>

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much,<00:17:18.839><c> do</c><00:17:18.960><c> we?</c><00:17:19.079><c> We</c><00:17:19.279><c> don't</c><00:17:19.480><c> like</c><00:17:19.680><c> to</c><00:17:19.819><c> be</c>

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challenged<00:17:20.460><c> and</c><00:17:21.059><c> rebuke.</c><00:17:22.000><c> But</c><00:17:22.140><c> the</c><00:17:22.440><c> fact</c><00:17:22.660><c> is,</c><00:17:22.940><c> is</c><00:17:23.079><c> that</c><00:17:23.220><c> we</c><00:17:23.380><c> need</c><00:17:23.640><c> to</c>

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love<00:17:24.339><c> rebuke.</c><00:17:25.559><c> Open</c><00:17:25.779><c> rebuke</c><00:17:26.180><c> is</c><00:17:26.460><c> better</c><00:17:26.720><c> than</c>

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secret<00:17:27.259><c> love.</c><00:17:27.819><c> We</c><00:17:27.880><c> read</c><00:17:28.220><c> in</c><00:17:28.380><c> the</c><00:17:28.519><c> 27th</c><00:17:29.000><c> chapter,</c><00:17:29.359><c> verse</c><00:17:29.579><c> 5,</c><00:17:30.740><c> iron</c><00:17:31.119><c> sharpeneth</c><00:17:31.700><c> iron.</c><00:17:32.140><c> So</c>

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a<00:17:32.519><c> man</c><00:17:32.859><c> sharpeneth</c><00:17:33.380><c> the</c>

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countenance<00:17:33.859><c> of</c><00:17:33.940><c> his</c><00:17:34.180><c> friend.</c><00:17:34.920><c> He</c><00:17:35.000><c> that</c><00:17:35.259><c> being</c><00:17:35.599><c> often</c><00:17:36.140><c> reproved</c><00:17:36.700><c> hardeneth</c><00:17:37.200><c> his</c><00:17:38.279><c> neck,</c><00:17:39.660><c> he</c>

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that<00:17:40.160><c> being</c><00:17:40.420><c> often</c>

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reproved<00:17:41.700><c> hardeneth</c><00:17:42.160><c> his</c><00:17:42.339><c> neck</c><00:17:42.740><c> shall</c><00:17:43.119><c> suddenly</c><00:17:43.460><c> be</c><00:17:43.660><c> destroyed,</c><00:17:44.099><c> and</c><00:17:44.220><c> that</c><00:17:44.359><c> without</c><00:17:44.619><c> remedy.</c><00:17:45.539><c> A</c>

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fool<00:17:45.900><c> despiseth</c>

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his<00:17:46.839><c> father's</c><00:17:47.339><c> instruction,</c><00:17:48.099><c> but</c><00:17:48.259><c> he</c><00:17:48.500><c> that</c><00:17:48.819><c> regardeth</c><00:17:49.160><c> reproof</c><00:17:49.819><c> is</c><00:17:50.160><c> prudent.</c><00:17:51.180><c> Correction</c><00:17:51.740><c> or</c>

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instruction<00:17:52.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:52.759><c> margin</c><00:17:53.079><c> is</c><00:17:53.680><c> grievous</c><00:17:54.099><c> unto</c><00:17:54.359><c> him</c><00:17:54.619><c> that</c><00:17:54.880><c> forsaketh</c><00:17:55.339><c> the</c><00:17:55.599><c> way.</c><00:17:56.180><c> And</c><00:17:56.339><c> he</c>

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that<00:17:56.779><c> hateth</c><00:17:56.920><c> reproof</c><00:17:57.720><c> shall</c><00:17:57.980><c> die.</c><00:17:58.940><c> And</c><00:17:59.119><c> the</c>

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woman<00:18:06.680><c> in,</c><00:18:07.420><c> it's</c><00:18:07.640><c> actually</c><00:18:07.839><c> be</c><00:18:08.059><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.559><c> 31,</c><00:18:09.539><c> actually,</c><00:18:09.799><c> instead</c><00:18:10.079><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:18:10.500><c> 21.</c><00:18:11.759><c> So</c><00:18:12.240><c> we</c><00:18:12.619><c> look</c><00:18:12.839><c> at</c><00:18:13.059><c> these</c><00:18:13.440><c> and</c><00:18:14.160><c> we</c>

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see<00:18:14.660><c> that</c><00:18:15.059><c> there</c><00:18:15.420><c> are</c><00:18:16.160><c> a</c><00:18:16.579><c> number</c><00:18:16.839><c> of</c><00:18:17.240><c> things</c><00:18:17.579><c> telling</c><00:18:17.859><c> us</c><00:18:18.180><c> is</c>

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that<00:18:18.619><c> one</c><00:18:18.900><c> of</c><00:18:19.019><c> the</c><00:18:19.279><c> values</c><00:18:19.619><c> we</c><00:18:19.880><c> need</c><00:18:20.000><c> to</c><00:18:20.240><c> have</c><00:18:20.339><c> in</c><00:18:20.500><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:18:21.099><c> and</c><00:18:21.740><c> in</c><00:18:21.980><c> our</c><00:18:22.319><c> own</c><00:18:22.559><c> individual</c><00:18:23.039><c> lives</c><00:18:23.480><c> is</c><00:18:24.099><c> that</c><00:18:24.339><c> we're</c><00:18:24.640><c> willing</c><00:18:24.940><c> to</c>

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listen<00:18:25.440><c> to</c><00:18:25.759><c> correction.</c><00:18:26.119><c> No,</c><00:18:26.319><c> no,</c><00:18:26.400><c> no,</c>

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we're<00:18:26.519><c> not</c><00:18:26.700><c> willing</c><00:18:26.960><c> to</c><00:18:27.140><c> listen</c><00:18:27.319><c> to</c><00:18:27.559><c> correction.</c><00:18:28.460><c> That</c><00:18:28.559><c> we</c><00:18:28.720><c> love</c><00:18:28.940><c> rebuke.</c><00:18:30.420><c> We</c>

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love<00:18:31.180><c> correction</c><00:18:31.900><c> because</c><00:18:32.839><c> we</c><00:18:33.119><c> know</c>

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that<00:18:33.980><c> what's</c><00:18:34.279><c> being</c><00:18:34.539><c> done</c><00:18:35.039><c> is</c><00:18:35.559><c> it's</c><00:18:35.960><c> helping</c><00:18:36.160><c> us</c><00:18:36.740><c> to</c><00:18:37.160><c> walk</c><00:18:37.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:38.400><c> truth.</c><00:18:38.940><c> It's</c><00:18:39.079><c> helping</c><00:18:39.240><c> us</c><00:18:39.460><c> to</c><00:18:39.799><c> correct</c><00:18:39.980><c> something</c>

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that<00:18:40.819><c> if</c><00:18:40.920><c> it</c><00:18:41.180><c> doesn't</c><00:18:41.400><c> get</c><00:18:41.819><c> corrected</c><00:18:42.059><c> could</c><00:18:42.480><c> lead</c><00:18:42.740><c> to</c><00:18:42.980><c> disaster.</c><00:18:44.200><c> And</c><00:18:44.559><c> certainly</c><00:18:44.940><c> I</c>

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know<00:18:45.839><c> that</c><00:18:46.380><c> in</c><00:18:46.539><c> my</c><00:18:46.720><c> own</c>

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marriage,<00:18:47.460><c> that</c><00:18:47.539><c> when</c><00:18:47.660><c> my</c><00:18:47.900><c> wife</c><00:18:48.099><c> is</c><00:18:48.460><c> correcting</c><00:18:48.700><c> me</c><00:18:48.960><c> on</c><00:18:49.299><c> most</c>

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things,<00:18:50.759><c> that</c><00:18:50.839><c> when</c><00:18:50.980><c> she's</c><00:18:51.299><c> correcting</c><00:18:51.460><c> me</c><00:18:51.640><c> on</c><00:18:51.700><c> most</c>

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things,<00:18:51.859><c> she's</c><00:18:52.339><c> doing</c><00:18:52.619><c> it</c><00:18:53.259><c> really,</c><00:18:53.819><c> I</c><00:18:54.160><c> know,</c><00:18:54.599><c> for</c><00:18:54.740><c> my</c><00:18:54.940><c> own</c><00:18:55.140><c> good.</c><00:18:55.680><c> And</c>

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really<00:18:56.279><c> with</c><00:18:56.440><c> my</c><00:18:56.680><c> own,</c><00:18:56.900><c> with</c><00:18:57.140><c> my</c><00:18:57.460><c> interest</c>

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involved.<00:18:59.599><c> We</c><00:18:59.819><c> need</c><00:19:00.019><c> to</c><00:19:00.180><c> understand</c><00:19:00.519><c> that</c><00:19:00.779><c> that</c><00:19:01.059><c> is</c><00:19:01.440><c> the</c><00:19:01.599><c> way</c>

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our<00:19:02.039><c> community</c><00:19:02.519><c> as</c><00:19:02.839><c> a</c><00:19:03.059><c> whole</c><00:19:03.200><c> needs</c><00:19:03.440><c> to</c><00:19:03.700><c> work.</c><00:19:04.619><c> That</c>

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if<00:19:05.059><c> a</c><00:19:05.299><c> brother</c><00:19:05.500><c> provides</c><00:19:05.980><c> us</c><00:19:06.180><c> with</c><00:19:06.440><c> correction</c><00:19:06.720><c> or</c><00:19:07.039><c> rebuke,</c>

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we<00:19:07.960><c> should</c><00:19:08.259><c> openly</c><00:19:08.759><c> welcome</c><00:19:09.220><c> it</c><00:19:09.420><c> because</c><00:19:09.700><c> we</c><00:19:09.960><c> know</c><00:19:10.160><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:10.819><c> only</c><00:19:11.160><c> concern</c><00:19:11.579><c> that</c><00:19:11.819><c> person</c><00:19:12.140><c> has</c><00:19:12.680><c> is</c><00:19:13.380><c> for</c><00:19:13.640><c> us</c><00:19:13.940><c> and</c><00:19:14.099><c> for</c>

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our<00:19:14.460><c> eternal</c><00:19:14.720><c> life.</c><00:19:16.480><c> And</c><00:19:16.839><c> that,</c><00:19:17.579><c> brothers</c><00:19:17.640><c> and</c><00:19:17.880><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:19:18.259><c> a</c><00:19:18.980><c> check</c><00:19:19.140><c> and</c><00:19:19.359><c> balance</c><00:19:19.599><c> that</c><00:19:19.839><c> can</c><00:19:20.119><c> keep</c><00:19:20.319><c> us</c><00:19:20.759><c> in</c><00:19:20.960><c> a</c><00:19:21.079><c> lot</c><00:19:21.240><c> of</c>

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cases<00:19:21.720><c> away</c><00:19:22.039><c> from</c><00:19:22.259><c> some</c><00:19:22.440><c> of</c><00:19:22.500><c> these</c><00:19:22.759><c> disastrous</c>

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issues<00:19:24.500><c> that</c><00:19:24.980><c> can</c><00:19:25.220><c> happen</c><00:19:25.420><c> in</c><00:19:25.599><c> our</c><00:19:25.740><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:19:26.839><c> Listen</c><00:19:27.200><c> to</c><00:19:27.480><c> rebuke.</c><00:19:28.259><c> Welcome</c><00:19:28.700><c> rebuke.</c><00:19:29.900><c> It</c>

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can<00:19:30.099><c> help</c><00:19:30.299><c> us</c><00:19:31.019><c> to</c><00:19:31.440><c> stay</c>

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on.<00:19:56.779><c> Thankfully,</c><00:19:57.539><c> we're</c><00:19:57.720><c> very</c><00:19:58.039><c> happy</c><00:19:58.400><c> that</c>

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administration.<00:20:47.640><c> Okay.</c><00:20:48.680><c> So</c><00:20:48.839><c> right</c><00:20:49.079><c> in</c><00:20:49.240><c> the</c><00:20:49.299><c> middle</c><00:20:49.519><c> of</c><00:20:49.660><c> them</c>

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Jesus,<00:20:53.740><c> and</c><00:20:53.880><c> the</c><00:20:54.079><c> number</c><00:20:54.400><c> of</c><00:20:54.940><c> being</c><00:20:54.940><c> of</c><00:20:55.400><c> disciples</c><00:20:55.759><c> being</c><00:20:56.079><c> multiplied</c><00:20:56.619><c> right</c><00:20:57.019><c> in</c>

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versus<00:22:43.539><c> the</c><00:22:43.740><c> Hebraic.</c><00:22:44.680><c> Look</c><00:22:44.920><c> at</c><00:22:45.000><c> some</c><00:22:45.160><c> of</c><00:22:45.259><c> these</c><00:22:45.400><c> versions.</c>

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JB<00:22:46.779><c> Phillips</c><00:22:47.140><c> says</c><00:22:47.460><c> the</c><00:22:47.619><c> Greeks</c><00:22:47.900><c> complained</c><00:22:48.579><c> that</c><00:22:49.039><c> in</c><00:22:49.200><c> the</c>

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daily<00:22:49.720><c> distribution</c><00:22:50.339><c> of</c><00:22:50.660><c> food</c><00:22:50.920><c> the</c><00:22:51.420><c> Hebrew</c><00:22:51.799><c> widows</c><00:22:52.319><c> were</c><00:22:52.640><c> being</c><00:22:52.920><c> given</c><00:22:53.359><c> preferential</c><00:22:54.200><c> treatment.</c><00:22:56.079><c> The</c>

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RSV<00:22:56.779><c> says</c>

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because<00:22:57.400><c> their</c><00:22:57.700><c> widows</c><00:22:58.299><c> were</c><00:22:58.660><c> neglected</c><00:22:59.140><c> in</c><00:22:59.339><c> the</c><00:22:59.519><c> daily</c><00:22:59.779><c> menstruation.</c><00:23:01.220><c> And</c>

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the<00:23:01.640><c> Diaglot,</c><00:23:02.140><c> because</c><00:23:02.420><c> their</c><00:23:02.660><c> widows</c>

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were<00:23:03.000><c> neglected</c><00:23:03.519><c> in</c><00:23:03.700><c> the</c><00:23:03.900><c> daily</c><00:23:04.119><c> service.</c><00:23:05.279><c> The</c><00:23:05.420><c> NIV</c><00:23:05.779><c> says</c><00:23:06.099><c> their</c><00:23:06.359><c> widows</c><00:23:06.619><c> were</c><00:23:06.799><c> being</c><00:23:07.059><c> overlooked</c><00:23:07.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:07.839><c> daily</c>

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distribution<00:23:09.019><c> of</c><00:23:09.319><c> food.</c><00:23:09.859><c> And</c><00:23:10.079><c> the</c><00:23:10.259><c> Peshitta,</c><00:23:10.700><c> which</c><00:23:10.900><c> is</c><00:23:11.240><c> going</c><00:23:11.500><c> back</c>

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and<00:23:13.019><c> taking</c><00:23:13.220><c> the</c><00:23:13.440><c> Aramaic</c><00:23:13.859><c> and</c><00:23:14.099><c> translating</c>

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that<00:23:14.779><c> into</c><00:23:14.960><c> English,</c><00:23:15.519><c> it</c><00:23:15.519><c> says</c><00:23:15.700><c> because</c><00:23:16.279><c> their</c><00:23:16.519><c> widows</c><00:23:16.759><c> were</c>

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discriminated<00:23:17.779><c> against</c><00:23:18.279><c> in</c><00:23:18.819><c> the</c><00:23:19.039><c> daily</c>

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ministration.<00:23:20.440><c> So</c><00:23:20.660><c> these</c><00:23:20.920><c> were</c><00:23:21.460><c> the</c><00:23:22.240><c> different</c><00:23:22.579><c> translations</c><00:23:23.220><c> about</c><00:23:23.539><c> how</c>

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they<00:23:23.960><c> look</c><00:23:24.099><c> at</c><00:23:24.259><c> that</c><00:23:24.400><c> issue</c>

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about<00:23:24.940><c> murmuring.</c><00:23:26.779><c> Now</c><00:23:26.940><c> there</c><00:23:27.019><c> have</c><00:23:27.119><c> been</c><00:23:27.220><c> plenty</c><00:23:27.500><c> of</c><00:23:27.660><c> prior</c>

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murmurings.<00:23:29.140><c> There</c><00:23:29.380><c> was</c><00:23:29.599><c> the</c><00:23:29.799><c> murmings</c><00:23:30.119><c> of</c><00:23:30.339><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:23:30.940><c> during</c><00:23:31.319><c> the</c><00:23:31.539><c> time</c><00:23:31.759><c> of</c><00:23:31.920><c> Jesus.</c><00:23:32.759><c> When</c><00:23:33.039><c> Jesus</c><00:23:33.480><c> entered</c><00:23:33.740><c> into</c><00:23:33.980><c> the</c>

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home<00:23:34.259><c> of</c><00:23:34.460><c> Zacchaeus,</c><00:23:35.380><c> it</c><00:23:35.500><c> goes</c><00:23:35.759><c> and</c><00:23:35.960><c> it</c><00:23:36.160><c> uses</c>

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that<00:23:36.740><c> word</c><00:23:37.019><c> murmuring,</c><00:23:37.579><c> that</c><00:23:37.720><c> the</c><00:23:37.920><c> Jews</c><00:23:38.140><c> murmured</c><00:23:39.059><c> when</c><00:23:39.359><c> they</c>

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heard<00:23:39.920><c> that</c><00:23:40.359><c> Jesus</c><00:23:40.740><c> had</c><00:23:41.000><c> gone</c><00:23:41.160><c> into</c><00:23:41.500><c> the</c><00:23:41.900><c> home</c><00:23:42.160><c> of</c>

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a<00:23:42.539><c> sinner,</c><00:23:42.960><c> Zacchaeus.</c><00:23:44.420><c> And</c><00:23:44.900><c> when</c><00:23:45.119><c> Jesus</c><00:23:45.519><c> ate</c><00:23:45.779><c> and</c><00:23:45.980><c> drank</c><00:23:46.160><c> with</c><00:23:46.480><c> publicans,</c><00:23:47.500><c> as</c>

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we<00:23:48.420><c> see</c><00:23:48.819><c> in</c><00:23:49.339><c> that</c><00:23:49.960><c> same</c><00:23:50.240><c> case</c><00:23:50.559><c> and</c>

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in<00:23:50.819><c> other</c><00:23:50.960><c> cases,</c><00:23:52.000><c> that</c><00:23:52.319><c> was</c><00:23:52.519><c> something</c><00:23:52.740><c> they</c><00:23:52.980><c> murmured</c><00:23:53.259><c> about.</c><00:23:53.859><c> Or</c>

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the<00:23:54.180><c> teaching</c><00:23:54.480><c> of</c><00:23:54.799><c> bread</c><00:23:55.000><c> come</c><00:23:55.259><c> down</c><00:23:55.519><c> from</c>

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heaven<00:23:56.019><c> was</c><00:23:56.880><c> subject</c><00:23:57.259><c> to</c><00:23:57.519><c> murmuring.</c><00:23:58.660><c> But</c><00:23:58.799><c> there</c><00:23:58.920><c> were</c><00:23:59.079><c> times</c>

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when<00:23:59.519><c> the</c><00:23:59.640><c> disciples</c><00:24:00.019><c> murmured</c><00:24:00.380><c> also.</c>

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Judas<00:24:01.160><c> and</c><00:24:01.359><c> the</c><00:24:01.519><c> others</c><00:24:01.700><c> murmured</c><00:24:02.359><c> about</c><00:24:02.779><c> the</c><00:24:03.059><c> alabaster</c><00:24:03.640><c> box.</c><00:24:04.759><c> And</c>

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also<00:24:05.559><c> there</c><00:24:06.240><c> was</c><00:24:06.500><c> murmuring</c><00:24:07.019><c> amongst</c><00:24:07.440><c> disciples</c>

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over<00:24:08.259><c> the</c><00:24:08.579><c> teaching</c><00:24:08.839><c> of</c><00:24:09.059><c> the</c><00:24:09.279><c> eating</c><00:24:09.460><c> of</c><00:24:09.599><c> his</c><00:24:09.859><c> body</c><00:24:10.299><c> and</c><00:24:10.819><c> drinking</c><00:24:11.200><c> of</c><00:24:11.380><c> his</c><00:24:11.539><c> blood</c><00:24:11.859><c> found</c><00:24:12.180><c> in</c>

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John<00:24:12.680><c> chapter</c><00:24:13.099><c> 6.</c>

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So<00:24:14.299><c> there</c><00:24:14.539><c> had</c><00:24:14.839><c> been</c><00:24:15.099><c> murmurings</c><00:24:15.819><c> that</c><00:24:16.079><c> had</c><00:24:16.279><c> gone</c><00:24:16.500><c> on</c><00:24:16.859><c> through</c>

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this<00:24:17.539><c> Ecclesia</c><00:24:18.079><c> and</c><00:24:18.640><c> through</c><00:24:18.920><c> Israel</c><00:24:19.440><c> at</c><00:24:19.940><c> this</c>

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time.<00:24:21.740><c> Now</c><00:24:22.180><c> before</c><00:24:23.019><c> we</c><00:24:23.180><c> go</c><00:24:23.359><c> on</c><00:24:23.500><c> to</c><00:24:23.660><c> solve</c><00:24:23.839><c> this</c><00:24:24.059><c> problem,</c><00:24:24.579><c> we</c>

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have<00:24:24.839><c> to</c><00:24:25.000><c> understand</c><00:24:25.319><c> what</c><00:24:25.680><c> was</c><00:24:25.960><c> the</c><00:24:26.180><c> work</c><00:24:26.359><c> that</c><00:24:26.559><c> the</c>

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apostles<00:24:27.339><c> were</c><00:24:27.940><c> involved</c><00:24:28.359><c> with?</c><00:24:29.059><c> What</c><00:24:29.220><c> kind</c><00:24:29.440><c> of</c><00:24:29.539><c> work</c><00:24:29.680><c> did</c>

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they<00:24:29.980><c> do?</c><00:24:30.920><c> Well,</c><00:24:31.460><c> brothers</c><00:24:31.519><c> and</c><00:24:31.700><c> sisters,</c><00:24:31.900><c> they</c><00:24:32.059><c> were</c>

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doing<00:24:32.380><c> almost</c><00:24:32.680><c> everything.</c><00:24:33.619><c> If</c><00:24:33.779><c> you</c><00:24:33.920><c> look</c><00:24:34.079><c> at</c><00:24:34.259><c> it,</c><00:24:34.440><c> first</c><00:24:34.700><c> of</c>

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all,<00:24:35.000><c> they</c><00:24:35.140><c> had</c><00:24:35.359><c> to</c><00:24:35.559><c> preach</c><00:24:35.700><c> the</c><00:24:35.920><c> word</c><00:24:36.039><c> to</c><00:24:36.180><c> non</c><00:24:36.440><c>-believers.</c>

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They<00:24:38.660><c> had</c><00:24:38.940><c> to</c><00:24:39.160><c> act</c><00:24:39.380><c> similar</c><00:24:39.859><c> to</c><00:24:40.180><c> rabbis</c><00:24:40.839><c> in</c><00:24:41.140><c> the</c><00:24:41.420><c> giving</c><00:24:41.559><c> of</c><00:24:41.920><c> regular</c><00:24:42.259><c> instruction</c><00:24:43.019><c> to</c>

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those<00:24:44.039><c> who</c><00:24:44.200><c> were</c><00:24:44.400><c> believers.</c>

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They<00:24:44.900><c> needed</c><00:24:45.119><c> to</c><00:24:45.400><c> preside</c><00:24:45.859><c> over</c><00:24:46.119><c> regular</c><00:24:46.559><c> meetings,</c><00:24:47.480><c> the</c><00:24:47.700><c> breaking</c><00:24:47.960><c> of</c>

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bread,<00:24:49.000><c> and</c><00:24:49.299><c> special</c><00:24:49.599><c> purpose</c>

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meetings.<00:24:51.200><c> They</c><00:24:51.720><c> performed</c><00:24:52.259><c> signs</c><00:24:53.359><c> and</c><00:24:53.660><c> wonders.</c><00:24:54.680><c> And</c><00:24:54.880><c> they</c>

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formed<00:24:55.380><c> sort</c><00:24:55.660><c> of</c><00:24:55.839><c> a</c><00:24:56.079><c> college</c><00:24:56.359><c> separate</c><00:24:56.740><c> from</c><00:24:56.940><c> the</c>

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rest<00:24:57.220><c> of</c><00:24:57.420><c> the</c><00:24:57.539><c> brethren.</c><00:24:58.059><c> You</c><00:24:58.240><c> might</c><00:24:58.440><c> call</c><00:24:58.640><c> it</c><00:24:58.720><c> more</c><00:24:58.940><c> of</c><00:24:59.079><c> an</c>

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elder's<00:25:00.059><c> role</c><00:25:00.259><c> that</c><00:25:00.460><c> they</c><00:25:01.079><c> performed.</c><00:25:02.819><c> They</c><00:25:03.140><c> conferred</c>

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responsibilities<00:25:04.539><c> and</c><00:25:05.099><c> offices.</c><00:25:06.140><c> They</c><00:25:06.559><c> exercised</c><00:25:07.200><c> discipline</c><00:25:07.680><c> with</c>

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ecclesial<00:25:08.359><c> concerns.</c><00:25:09.440><c> They</c><00:25:09.680><c> became</c>

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officers<00:25:10.579><c> or</c><00:25:10.920><c> representatives</c><00:25:11.380><c> of</c><00:25:11.579><c> the</c><00:25:11.740><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:25:12.660><c> recipients</c><00:25:13.299><c> of</c><00:25:13.599><c> special</c><00:25:13.880><c> gifts.</c><00:25:15.359><c> They</c><00:25:15.440><c> administered</c>

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the<00:25:16.180><c> funds</c><00:25:16.380><c> of</c><00:25:16.559><c> the</c><00:25:16.700><c> community.</c><00:25:16.980><c> And</c><00:25:17.099><c> of</c><00:25:17.240><c> course,</c><00:25:17.420><c> this</c><00:25:17.539><c> is</c><00:25:17.740><c> one</c><00:25:17.859><c> that's</c><00:25:18.079><c> going</c><00:25:18.160><c> to</c>

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come<00:25:18.380><c> up</c><00:25:18.539><c> now.</c>

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And<00:25:20.079><c> these</c><00:25:20.339><c> are</c><00:25:20.599><c> all</c><00:25:20.859><c> things</c><00:25:21.359><c> that</c><00:25:21.920><c> the</c><00:25:22.160><c> apostles</c><00:25:22.480><c> were</c><00:25:22.740><c> involved</c><00:25:23.119><c> with.</c>

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And<00:25:23.940><c> you</c><00:25:24.099><c> can</c><00:25:24.259><c> imagine</c><00:25:24.720><c> in</c><00:25:24.980><c> a</c><00:25:25.160><c> given</c><00:25:25.319><c> day,</c>

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because<00:25:26.200><c> they</c><00:25:26.500><c> still</c><00:25:26.700><c> had</c><00:25:26.859><c> 24</c><00:25:27.299><c> hours</c><00:25:27.660><c> a</c><00:25:27.819><c> day,</c><00:25:28.460><c> just</c><00:25:28.599><c> as</c><00:25:28.779><c> we</c><00:25:29.019><c> do,</c>

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and<00:25:29.680><c> they</c><00:25:29.900><c> had</c><00:25:30.140><c> their</c><00:25:30.460><c> needs</c><00:25:30.680><c> for</c><00:25:31.059><c> sleep</c><00:25:31.380><c> and</c><00:25:31.680><c> for</c>

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rest,<00:25:32.680><c> just</c><00:25:32.900><c> like</c><00:25:33.119><c> we</c><00:25:33.359><c> do.</c><00:25:34.059><c> And</c><00:25:34.380><c> yet</c><00:25:34.599><c> the</c><00:25:34.900><c> apostles</c><00:25:35.299><c> were</c><00:25:35.539><c> involved</c><00:25:35.799><c> in</c>

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all<00:25:36.579><c> of</c><00:25:36.740><c> these</c><00:25:36.940><c> different</c><00:25:37.180><c> things.</c><00:25:38.019><c> And</c><00:25:38.259><c> so</c>

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what<00:25:38.539><c> comes</c><00:25:38.880><c> up</c><00:25:39.099><c> to</c><00:25:39.200><c> them</c><00:25:39.380><c> is</c><00:25:39.599><c> now</c><00:25:40.059><c> one</c><00:25:40.599><c> of</c><00:25:40.740><c> the</c><00:25:40.980><c> issues</c><00:25:41.500><c> that</c>

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they<00:25:42.039><c> were</c><00:25:42.240><c> involved</c><00:25:42.559><c> with,</c><00:25:42.839><c> which</c><00:25:42.900><c> is</c><00:25:43.119><c> the</c>

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administration<00:25:43.819><c> of</c><00:25:44.180><c> funds</c><00:25:44.619><c> for</c><00:25:45.279><c> the</c><00:25:45.480><c> community.</c><00:25:47.700><c> Now</c><00:25:47.839><c> there</c>

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are<00:25:48.160><c> a</c><00:25:48.180><c> number</c><00:25:48.420><c> of</c><00:25:48.759><c> possibilities</c><00:25:49.140><c> regarding</c><00:25:49.619><c> this</c>

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complaint.<00:25:50.480><c> Three</c><00:25:50.980><c> different</c><00:25:51.519><c> possibilities,</c><00:25:52.220><c> I</c><00:25:52.400><c> think.</c><00:25:53.140><c> One</c><00:25:53.420><c> would</c><00:25:53.640><c> be</c>

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that<00:25:54.339><c> it</c><00:25:54.460><c> was</c><00:25:54.640><c> fact</c><00:25:54.960><c>-based.</c><00:25:55.900><c> That</c><00:25:56.059><c> there</c>

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was<00:25:56.640><c> some</c><00:25:56.980><c> sort</c><00:25:57.259><c> of</c><00:25:57.480><c> discrimination,</c><00:25:58.279><c> either</c><00:25:58.660><c> wittingly</c><00:25:59.240><c> or</c>

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unwittingly.<00:26:00.259><c> And</c><00:26:00.420><c> if</c><00:26:00.539><c> you</c><00:26:00.779><c> buy</c><00:26:01.019><c> into</c><00:26:01.220><c> that,</c><00:26:01.799><c> then</c><00:26:02.000><c> you</c>

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have<00:26:02.400><c> to</c><00:26:02.640><c> say</c><00:26:02.880><c> that</c><00:26:03.279><c> the</c><00:26:03.539><c> apostles</c><00:26:03.960><c> were</c><00:26:04.259><c> directly</c><00:26:04.700><c> involved</c>

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in<00:26:05.180><c> this</c><00:26:05.440><c> work,</c><00:26:05.859><c> and</c><00:26:06.160><c> that</c><00:26:06.359><c> they</c><00:26:06.680><c> consciously</c>

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made<00:26:07.400><c> a</c><00:26:07.640><c> decision</c><00:26:08.000><c> to</c><00:26:08.740><c> favor</c><00:26:09.140><c> the</c><00:26:09.640><c> Hebraic</c><00:26:10.140><c> widows</c><00:26:10.500><c> over</c><00:26:10.759><c> the</c>

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Grecian<00:26:11.220><c> widows.</c><00:26:12.319><c> Now</c><00:26:12.460><c> that's</c><00:26:12.720><c> a</c><00:26:12.880><c> real</c><00:26:13.119><c> hard</c><00:26:13.420><c> thing</c>

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to<00:26:13.759><c> buy</c><00:26:13.940><c> into,</c><00:26:14.359><c> isn't</c><00:26:14.359><c> it?</c><00:26:14.920><c> It's</c><00:26:15.240><c> awful</c><00:26:15.500><c> hard</c><00:26:15.740><c> to</c><00:26:15.940><c> imagine</c><00:26:16.259><c> that</c><00:26:16.460><c> that</c><00:26:16.680><c> could</c><00:26:16.839><c> have</c><00:26:16.940><c> been</c><00:26:17.039><c> the</c><00:26:17.200><c> case.</c>

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It<00:26:19.660><c> was</c><00:26:19.920><c> also</c><00:26:20.319><c> another</c><00:26:21.180><c> possibility.</c><00:26:21.799><c> It</c><00:26:21.880><c> was</c><00:26:22.099><c> based</c><00:26:22.400><c> on</c><00:26:22.740><c> weaker</c><00:26:23.059><c> circumstantial</c><00:26:23.920><c> evidence.</c><00:26:24.640><c> And</c>

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it<00:26:25.059><c> was</c><00:26:25.200><c> being</c>

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read<00:26:25.680><c> this</c><00:26:26.000><c> way</c><00:26:26.339><c> because</c><00:26:26.900><c> of</c><00:26:27.079><c> an</c><00:26:27.259><c> emerging,</c><00:26:28.140><c> underlying</c><00:26:28.500><c> feeling</c><00:26:28.960><c> of</c>

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difference<00:26:29.980><c> in</c><00:26:30.160><c> the</c><00:26:30.380><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:26:31.059><c> That</c><00:26:31.500><c> those</c>

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who<00:26:31.940><c> were</c><00:26:32.279><c> Grecian</c><00:26:32.700><c> Jews</c><00:26:32.980><c> just</c><00:26:33.440><c> didn't</c><00:26:33.799><c> feel</c><00:26:34.279><c> as</c><00:26:34.759><c> much</c><00:26:35.099><c> part</c>

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of<00:26:35.740><c> the</c><00:26:36.039><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:36.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:36.980><c> as</c><00:26:37.500><c> those</c><00:26:37.799><c> who</c><00:26:38.000><c> were</c>

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Hebraic<00:26:38.539><c> Jews.</c><00:26:39.180><c> And</c><00:26:39.500><c> certainly</c><00:26:39.839><c> they</c><00:26:40.259><c> were</c><00:26:40.420><c> much</c><00:26:40.660><c> more</c><00:26:40.900><c> accepted,</c><00:26:41.480><c> if</c><00:26:41.680><c> you</c><00:26:41.819><c> were</c><00:26:41.940><c> a</c>

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Hebraic<00:26:42.500><c> Jew,</c><00:26:43.119><c> by</c><00:26:43.440><c> the</c><00:26:43.740><c> Jews</c>

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themselves<00:26:44.720><c> than</c><00:26:45.420><c> the</c><00:26:45.740><c> Grecian</c><00:26:46.079><c> Jews.</c><00:26:46.400><c> In</c><00:26:46.539><c> fact,</c><00:26:46.779><c> when</c><00:26:46.940><c> we</c><00:26:47.180><c> see</c><00:26:47.359><c> the</c><00:26:47.599><c> Apostle</c><00:26:48.000><c> Paul</c><00:26:48.519><c> and</c><00:26:48.880><c> his</c><00:26:50.019><c> prosecution</c><00:26:51.380><c> or</c><00:26:51.599><c> his</c>

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persecution<00:26:52.559><c> of</c><00:26:53.420><c> the</c><00:26:53.819><c> believers,</c><00:26:54.359><c> he</c><00:26:54.660><c> really</c><00:26:54.960><c> goes</c><00:26:55.220><c> after</c><00:26:55.619><c> Grecian</c><00:26:56.059><c> Jews</c><00:26:56.319><c> first.</c><00:26:56.660><c> That</c><00:26:56.799><c> is</c>

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his<00:26:57.200><c> main</c><00:26:57.440><c> target.</c>

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And<00:26:59.279><c> finally,</c><00:27:00.539><c> it</c><00:27:00.839><c> could</c><00:27:01.079><c> be</c><00:27:01.339><c> that</c><00:27:01.420><c> it</c><00:27:01.519><c> was</c><00:27:01.680><c> not</c><00:27:01.859><c> based</c><00:27:02.119><c> on</c><00:27:02.380><c> facts</c><00:27:02.599><c> at</c>

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all.<00:27:03.359><c> There</c><00:27:03.460><c> was</c><00:27:03.680><c> no</c><00:27:03.960><c> difference</c><00:27:04.259><c> in</c>

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distribution.<00:27:05.359><c> It</c><00:27:05.599><c> just</c><00:27:05.839><c> might</c><00:27:06.019><c> have</c><00:27:06.240><c> seemed</c><00:27:06.460><c> that</c><00:27:06.700><c> way</c><00:27:06.819><c> to</c><00:27:07.099><c> some.</c><00:27:09.740><c> And</c><00:27:09.940><c> I</c>

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think<00:27:10.140><c> the</c><00:27:10.359><c> point</c><00:27:10.500><c> on</c><00:27:10.640><c> this</c><00:27:10.859><c> one</c><00:27:11.000><c> is,</c>

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whether<00:27:11.980><c> it's</c><00:27:12.279><c> true</c><00:27:12.720><c> or</c><00:27:13.059><c> whether</c><00:27:13.279><c> it's</c><00:27:13.519><c> not</c><00:27:13.720><c> true,</c><00:27:14.119><c> isn't</c><00:27:14.380><c> the</c>

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point<00:27:14.900><c> of</c><00:27:15.140><c> this</c><00:27:15.420><c> story.</c><00:27:16.339><c> The</c><00:27:16.680><c> point</c><00:27:17.079><c> is</c><00:27:17.799><c> the</c><00:27:17.980><c> way</c><00:27:18.440><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:18.940><c> matter</c><00:27:19.160><c> was</c><00:27:19.440><c> handled</c><00:27:20.019><c> and</c><00:27:20.579><c> what</c><00:27:20.799><c> the</c><00:27:21.079><c> impact</c><00:27:21.400><c> is</c><00:27:21.640><c> on</c><00:27:21.819><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia.<00:27:23.980><c> So</c><00:27:24.400><c> how</c><00:27:24.579><c> do</c><00:27:24.720><c> you</c><00:27:24.819><c> solve</c><00:27:25.039><c> this</c><00:27:25.259><c> problem?</c>

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This<00:27:25.599><c> is</c><00:27:26.180><c> what</c><00:27:26.299><c> the</c><00:27:26.539><c> disciples</c><00:27:26.819><c> do.</c><00:27:27.200><c> First</c><00:27:27.460><c> of</c><00:27:27.700><c> all,</c><00:27:28.779><c> it</c><00:27:28.799><c> was</c>

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made<00:27:29.339><c> clear</c><00:27:29.599><c> the</c><00:27:29.819><c> need</c><00:27:30.019><c> for</c><00:27:30.359><c> division</c><00:27:30.700><c> of</c><00:27:30.980><c> labor</c><00:27:31.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:31.480><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:27:31.920><c> I'm</c><00:27:32.180><c> sure</c><00:27:32.460><c> that</c><00:27:32.680><c> disciples</c><00:27:33.099><c> may</c><00:27:33.339><c> have</c><00:27:33.460><c> been</c>

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thinking<00:27:33.960><c> about</c><00:27:34.240><c> this</c><00:27:34.500><c> before</c><00:27:34.980><c> and</c><00:27:35.599><c> they</c><00:27:35.920><c> recognize</c>

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this<00:27:36.819><c> and</c><00:27:37.160><c> it</c><00:27:37.859><c> begins</c><00:27:38.299><c> to</c><00:27:38.759><c> drive</c><00:27:39.299><c> change</c><00:27:40.059><c> in</c><00:27:40.559><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:41.119><c> organization</c><00:27:41.819><c> and</c>

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the<00:27:42.500><c> roles</c><00:27:42.640><c> of</c><00:27:42.839><c> the</c><00:27:42.980><c> Apostles.</c>

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From<00:27:43.960><c> this</c><00:27:44.220><c> point</c><00:27:44.400><c> on,</c><00:27:44.660><c> we</c><00:27:44.720><c> see</c><00:27:44.980><c> more</c><00:27:45.380><c> and</c><00:27:45.539><c> more</c><00:27:46.119><c> division</c><00:27:46.539><c> of</c>

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labor.<00:27:47.039><c> We</c><00:27:47.200><c> see</c><00:27:47.460><c> people</c><00:27:47.759><c> being</c><00:27:48.019><c> appointed</c><00:27:48.519><c> to</c><00:27:48.940><c> look</c>

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after<00:27:49.339><c> certain</c><00:27:49.819><c> things.</c><00:27:51.519><c> Secondly,</c><00:27:52.740><c> the</c><00:27:52.859><c> facts</c><00:27:53.079><c> of</c><00:27:53.279><c> the</c><00:27:53.500><c> complaint</c><00:27:53.720><c> are</c>

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not<00:27:54.220><c> provided.</c><00:27:55.019><c> It's</c><00:27:55.259><c> not</c><00:27:55.599><c> sure</c><00:27:55.880><c> if</c><00:27:56.019><c> it's</c>

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true<00:27:56.440><c> or</c><00:27:56.599><c> not.</c><00:27:58.519><c> And</c><00:27:58.519><c> another</c><00:27:59.500><c> problem</c><00:28:00.700><c> here</c><00:28:00.920><c> would</c><00:28:01.079><c> be,</c><00:28:02.359><c> are</c>

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the<00:28:02.720><c> underlying</c><00:28:03.200><c> issues</c><00:28:03.640><c> here</c><00:28:04.200><c> really</c><00:28:04.619><c> regarding</c>

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:08.220
Greek<00:28:05.500><c> and</c><00:28:05.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:06.220><c> believers</c><00:28:06.779><c> more</c><00:28:07.180><c> than</c><00:28:07.440><c> just</c><00:28:07.700><c> this</c><00:28:07.940><c> issue?</c>

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And<00:28:09.180><c> what</c><00:28:09.519><c> would</c><00:28:09.720><c> have</c><00:28:09.819><c> been</c><00:28:09.900><c> the</c><00:28:10.059><c> reaction</c><00:28:10.359><c> if</c>

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this<00:28:10.759><c> murmur</c><00:28:11.019><c> was</c><00:28:11.339><c> not</c><00:28:11.680><c> dealt</c><00:28:11.920><c> with</c><00:28:12.119><c> immediately?</c><00:28:12.960><c> So</c><00:28:13.200><c> these</c>

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are<00:28:13.500><c> some</c><00:28:13.660><c> of</c><00:28:13.740><c> the</c><00:28:13.980><c> challenges</c><00:28:14.339><c> to</c><00:28:14.559><c> this</c><00:28:14.759><c> problem.</c>

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You<00:28:15.440><c> had</c><00:28:15.759><c> to</c><00:28:15.920><c> deal</c><00:28:16.059><c> with</c><00:28:16.200><c> it</c><00:28:16.279><c> and</c><00:28:16.339><c> you</c><00:28:16.339><c> had</c><00:28:16.519><c> to</c><00:28:16.619><c> deal</c><00:28:16.700><c> with</c><00:28:16.779><c> it</c>

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right<00:28:17.059><c> away.</c><00:28:18.859><c> So</c><00:28:18.960><c> what</c><00:28:19.099><c> was</c><00:28:19.279><c> the</c><00:28:19.460><c> process</c><00:28:19.779><c> that</c><00:28:19.940><c> they</c>

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used?<00:28:20.759><c> Look</c><00:28:21.019><c> carefully</c><00:28:21.460><c> at</c><00:28:21.619><c> the</c><00:28:21.859><c> process.</c><00:28:23.400><c> Number</c><00:28:23.619><c> one,</c><00:28:24.460><c> the</c>

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complaint<00:28:25.140><c> is</c><00:28:25.519><c> heard</c><00:28:25.940><c> and</c><00:28:26.700><c> it's</c><00:28:27.099><c> acted</c><00:28:27.380><c> promptly</c><00:28:27.859><c> on.</c>

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I<00:28:28.420><c> believe</c><00:28:28.599><c> it's</c><00:28:28.900><c> promptly</c><00:28:29.140><c> acted</c><00:28:29.400><c> on.</c><00:28:30.059><c> We</c><00:28:30.279><c> have</c><00:28:30.559><c> no</c><00:28:30.799><c> reason</c><00:28:31.160><c> to</c><00:28:31.619><c> think</c><00:28:31.779><c> that</c><00:28:31.900><c> there</c><00:28:32.059><c> was</c><00:28:32.220><c> a</c>

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long<00:28:32.640><c> delay.</c>

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There<00:28:33.559><c> is</c><00:28:33.859><c> no</c><00:28:34.240><c> statement</c><00:28:34.700><c> made</c><00:28:34.980><c> by</c><00:28:35.240><c> the</c><00:28:35.440><c> Apostles</c><00:28:36.039><c> over</c><00:28:36.619><c> the</c>

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murmuring.<00:28:37.599><c> There's</c><00:28:38.019><c> no</c><00:28:38.400><c> self</c><00:28:38.740><c>-defense</c><00:28:39.299><c> that's</c><00:28:40.140><c> noted.</c>

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Do<00:28:41.160><c> you</c><00:28:41.359><c> ever</c><00:28:41.680><c> hear</c><00:28:41.880><c> about</c><00:28:42.160><c> the</c><00:28:42.339><c> Apostles</c><00:28:42.680><c> saying,</c><00:28:43.339><c> well</c><00:28:43.359><c> that's</c><00:28:43.619><c> just</c>

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not<00:28:43.980><c> true,</c>

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or<00:28:46.660><c> apologizing</c><00:28:47.160><c> because</c><00:28:47.380><c> it</c><00:28:47.579><c> was</c><00:28:47.759><c> true?</c><00:28:48.559><c> It</c><00:28:48.759><c> isn't</c><00:28:49.079><c> the</c><00:28:49.339><c> point.</c><00:28:49.559><c> There's</c><00:28:49.819><c> no</c>

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self<00:28:50.440><c>-defense.</c><00:28:50.859><c> What</c><00:28:51.019><c> they</c><00:28:51.220><c> do</c><00:28:51.460><c> is</c>

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they<00:28:52.000><c> hear</c><00:28:52.180><c> the</c><00:28:52.500><c> complaint</c><00:28:52.740><c> and</c><00:28:52.920><c> they</c><00:28:53.140><c> begin</c><00:28:53.279><c> to</c><00:28:53.599><c> act</c><00:28:53.720><c> on</c><00:28:53.920><c> it</c>

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to<00:28:54.519><c> resolve</c><00:28:54.900><c> it</c><00:28:55.079><c> immediately.</c><00:28:56.019><c> The</c><00:28:56.220><c> elders,</c><00:28:56.599><c> and</c><00:28:56.700><c> in</c>

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this<00:28:56.960><c> case</c><00:28:57.140><c> the</c><00:28:57.339><c> Apostles,</c><00:28:58.220><c> call</c><00:28:58.519><c> the</c><00:28:58.700><c> multitude</c><00:28:59.180><c> together</c><00:28:59.700><c> and</c><00:29:00.160><c> they</c><00:29:00.380><c> determine</c><00:29:00.799><c> that</c><00:29:00.960><c> it's</c><00:29:01.240><c> time</c><00:29:01.500><c> for</c><00:29:01.720><c> a</c><00:29:01.940><c> change.</c>

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There's<00:29:02.779><c> a</c><00:29:02.920><c> need</c><00:29:03.019><c> for</c><00:29:03.220><c> this</c><00:29:03.359><c> division</c><00:29:03.720><c> of</c><00:29:03.980><c> labor.</c><00:29:05.400><c> And</c><00:29:05.819><c> the</c><00:29:06.019><c> elders</c><00:29:06.279><c> then,</c><00:29:06.660><c> or</c>

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:08.880
the<00:29:07.059><c> Apostles,</c><00:29:07.680><c> see</c><00:29:07.839><c> their</c><00:29:08.119><c> role</c><00:29:08.400><c> as</c>

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:12.859
more<00:29:09.279><c> important</c><00:29:09.900><c> service</c><00:29:10.440><c> with</c><00:29:10.920><c> regard</c><00:29:11.319><c> to</c><00:29:11.519><c> prayer</c><00:29:11.819><c> and</c><00:29:12.019><c> ministry.</c><00:29:12.539><c> Where</c><00:29:12.680><c> we</c>

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:14.259
really<00:29:13.079><c> need</c><00:29:13.259><c> to</c><00:29:13.500><c> put</c><00:29:13.640><c> our</c><00:29:13.940><c> time</c>

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:18.400
is<00:29:14.720><c> in</c><00:29:14.880><c> the</c><00:29:15.039><c> issues</c><00:29:15.259><c> of</c><00:29:15.460><c> prayer</c><00:29:15.920><c> and</c><00:29:16.460><c> ministry.</c><00:29:17.640><c> And</c><00:29:17.940><c> so</c><00:29:18.140><c> what</c>

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:21.900
they<00:29:18.740><c> did</c><00:29:19.220><c> was</c><00:29:19.720><c> they</c><00:29:20.400><c> set</c><00:29:20.599><c> the</c><00:29:20.880><c> criteria</c><00:29:21.440><c> for</c><00:29:21.680><c> the</c>

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:25.680
Ecclesia<00:29:22.380><c> to</c><00:29:23.180><c> select</c><00:29:23.680><c> the</c><00:29:24.359><c> servants</c><00:29:24.660><c> that</c><00:29:24.859><c> would</c><00:29:25.000><c> be</c><00:29:25.160><c> the</c><00:29:25.359><c> ones</c><00:29:25.539><c> who</c>

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:27.980
would<00:29:25.819><c> look</c><00:29:26.039><c> over</c><00:29:26.640><c> the</c><00:29:27.119><c> distribution</c><00:29:27.680><c> to</c>

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widows.<00:29:29.259><c> So</c><00:29:29.660><c> there's</c><00:29:30.619><c> a</c><00:29:30.720><c> lot</c><00:29:30.799><c> of</c><00:29:30.900><c> ways</c><00:29:31.000><c> they</c><00:29:31.119><c> could</c><00:29:31.240><c> have</c><00:29:31.299><c> done</c>

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this,<00:29:31.660><c> right?</c><00:29:32.180><c> They</c><00:29:32.380><c> could</c><00:29:32.539><c> have</c><00:29:32.700><c> said,</c><00:29:32.839><c> okay,</c>

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we<00:29:33.880><c> know</c><00:29:34.059><c> who</c><00:29:34.220><c> the</c><00:29:34.420><c> people</c><00:29:34.660><c> are.</c><00:29:34.900><c> We're</c><00:29:35.019><c> the</c><00:29:35.220><c> most</c><00:29:35.440><c> qualified</c>

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here.<00:29:36.680><c> So</c><00:29:36.940><c> what</c><00:29:37.099><c> we'll</c><00:29:37.279><c> do</c><00:29:37.420><c> is</c><00:29:37.559><c> we'll</c><00:29:37.819><c> pick</c>

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out<00:29:38.160><c> seven</c><00:29:38.519><c> of</c><00:29:38.660><c> the</c><00:29:38.799><c> best</c><00:29:39.000><c> people,</c><00:29:39.920><c> hand</c><00:29:40.160><c> pick</c><00:29:40.299><c> them,</c><00:29:40.900><c> and</c><00:29:41.059><c> put</c>

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them<00:29:41.339><c> over</c><00:29:41.500><c> this</c><00:29:41.799><c> work.</c><00:29:42.740><c> That</c><00:29:42.980><c> could</c><00:29:43.140><c> have</c><00:29:43.240><c> easily</c>

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been<00:29:43.720><c> done,</c><00:29:43.880><c> but</c><00:29:43.960><c> that's</c><00:29:44.200><c> not</c><00:29:44.519><c> what</c><00:29:44.700><c> the</c><00:29:44.880><c> Apostles</c><00:29:45.200><c> did.</c><00:29:45.960><c> What</c>

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:48.859
the<00:29:46.380><c> Apostles</c><00:29:46.740><c> did</c><00:29:47.099><c> is</c><00:29:47.500><c> they</c><00:29:47.700><c> gave</c><00:29:47.880><c> a</c><00:29:48.140><c> criteria</c><00:29:48.599><c> to</c>

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:52.039
the<00:29:49.039><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:49.420><c> for</c><00:29:49.940><c> how</c><00:29:50.200><c> to</c><00:29:50.420><c> select</c><00:29:50.660><c> the</c><00:29:50.920><c> servants.</c><00:29:51.660><c> And</c><00:29:51.859><c> then</c>

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:55.039
the<00:29:52.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:52.579><c> itself</c><00:29:53.240><c> indicated</c><00:29:54.039><c> its</c><00:29:54.460><c> satisfaction</c>

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:58.900
with<00:29:55.240><c> the</c><00:29:55.460><c> proposal</c><00:29:55.839><c> and</c><00:29:56.500><c> then</c><00:29:56.759><c> went</c><00:29:56.880><c> on</c><00:29:57.240><c> to</c><00:29:57.559><c> select</c><00:29:58.039><c> and</c><00:29:58.599><c> take</c>

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those<00:29:59.119><c> positions.</c><00:30:00.619><c> And</c><00:30:00.940><c> they</c><00:30:01.220><c> bring</c><00:30:01.380><c> them</c><00:30:01.539><c> in</c><00:30:01.660><c> before</c>

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:05.480
the<00:30:02.059><c> Apostles,</c><00:30:02.680><c> who</c><00:30:02.759><c> then</c><00:30:03.059><c> pray</c><00:30:03.440><c> for</c><00:30:03.740><c> them</c><00:30:04.059><c> and</c><00:30:04.480><c> lay</c><00:30:04.740><c> their</c><00:30:04.940><c> hands</c><00:30:05.220><c> on</c>

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them.<00:30:06.079><c> So</c><00:30:06.319><c> that's</c><00:30:06.700><c> the</c><00:30:06.859><c> process.</c>

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A<00:30:08.339><c> problem</c><00:30:08.619><c> is</c><00:30:09.099><c> understood.</c><00:30:11.359><c> There</c><00:30:11.559><c> is</c><00:30:12.079><c> a</c><00:30:12.539><c> determination</c><00:30:13.140><c> that</c><00:30:13.359><c> there</c><00:30:13.579><c> is</c>

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a<00:30:13.859><c> need</c><00:30:13.980><c> for</c><00:30:14.200><c> some</c><00:30:14.440><c> change,</c>

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and<00:30:16.220><c> they</c><00:30:16.740><c> work</c><00:30:16.960><c> with</c><00:30:17.200><c> the</c><00:30:17.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:17.940><c> for</c><00:30:18.339><c> the</c><00:30:18.579><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:19.039><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:19.420><c> able</c><00:30:19.599><c> to</c><00:30:19.839><c> solve</c><00:30:20.039><c> this</c><00:30:20.319><c> problem.</c>

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Now<00:30:22.779><c> there's</c><00:30:23.000><c> a</c><00:30:23.160><c> precedent</c><00:30:23.400><c> here,</c><00:30:23.859><c> and</c><00:30:24.240><c> I'm</c><00:30:24.460><c> sure</c><00:30:24.740><c> that</c><00:30:24.920><c> the</c>

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Apostles<00:30:25.500><c> must</c><00:30:25.740><c> have</c><00:30:25.859><c> thought</c><00:30:26.079><c> about</c><00:30:26.319><c> this,</c>

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and<00:30:27.059><c> that</c><00:30:27.220><c> is</c><00:30:27.519><c> Moses</c><00:30:27.880><c> and</c><00:30:28.119><c> Jethro.</c><00:30:28.900><c> You</c><00:30:29.000><c> might</c><00:30:29.200><c> remember</c><00:30:29.579><c> that</c>

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:32.900
Moses<00:30:30.099><c> was</c><00:30:30.299><c> being</c><00:30:30.660><c> greatly</c><00:30:31.240><c> weighed</c><00:30:31.579><c> down</c><00:30:32.119><c> by</c><00:30:32.559><c> all</c>

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:36.319
the<00:30:33.220><c> responsibilities</c><00:30:33.740><c> that</c><00:30:34.000><c> he</c><00:30:34.140><c> was</c><00:30:34.380><c> taking</c><00:30:34.640><c> on</c><00:30:34.880><c> his</c><00:30:35.019><c> own</c><00:30:35.240><c> shoulders.</c><00:30:36.079><c> I</c>

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believe<00:30:36.640><c> that</c><00:30:36.779><c> we're</c><00:30:36.920><c> told</c><00:30:37.240><c> that</c><00:30:37.400><c> he</c><00:30:37.500><c> was</c>

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:41.180
going<00:30:38.019><c> from</c><00:30:38.279><c> day</c><00:30:38.599><c> until</c><00:30:38.859><c> night</c><00:30:39.460><c> judging</c><00:30:40.059><c> the</c><00:30:40.339><c> people.</c><00:30:40.759><c> It</c><00:30:40.920><c> was</c>

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:46.160
wearing<00:30:41.460><c> them</c><00:30:41.700><c> down.</c><00:30:43.140><c> And</c><00:30:43.240><c> his</c><00:30:44.440><c> father</c><00:30:45.119><c>-in</c><00:30:45.359><c>-law,</c>

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:50.259
not<00:30:46.400><c> even</c><00:30:46.720><c> a</c><00:30:46.960><c> Jew,</c><00:30:47.599><c> his</c><00:30:47.839><c> father</c><00:30:48.220><c>-in</c><00:30:48.420><c>-law</c><00:30:48.859><c> sees</c><00:30:49.220><c> this.</c><00:30:49.980><c> We</c><00:30:50.099><c> read</c>

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:53.059
about<00:30:50.460><c> this</c><00:30:50.640><c> in</c><00:30:50.799><c> Exodus</c><00:30:50.940><c> 18,</c><00:30:51.779><c> where</c><00:30:52.579><c> it</c><00:30:52.779><c> says,</c>

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:55.720
And<00:30:53.400><c> it</c><00:30:53.500><c> came</c><00:30:53.779><c> to</c><00:30:53.960><c> pass</c><00:30:54.099><c> on</c><00:30:54.259><c> the</c><00:30:54.440><c> morrow</c><00:30:54.660><c> that</c><00:30:54.859><c> Moses</c><00:30:55.220><c> sat</c><00:30:55.519><c> to</c>

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:58.480
judge<00:30:55.980><c> the</c><00:30:56.180><c> people,</c><00:30:56.880><c> and</c><00:30:56.920><c> the</c><00:30:57.119><c> people</c><00:30:57.420><c> stood</c><00:30:57.759><c> by</c><00:30:58.019><c> Moses</c>

00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:02.799
from<00:30:59.099><c> morning</c><00:30:59.480><c> unto</c><00:30:59.720><c> the</c><00:31:00.079><c> evening.</c><00:31:01.299><c> Moses</c><00:31:01.680><c> himself</c><00:31:02.140><c> had</c><00:31:02.460><c> all</c>

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:05.900
this<00:31:03.079><c> responsibility.</c><00:31:04.339><c> And</c><00:31:04.480><c> when</c><00:31:04.720><c> Moses'</c><00:31:05.299><c> father</c><00:31:05.640><c>-in</c><00:31:05.819><c>-law</c>

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:09.019
saw<00:31:06.279><c> all</c><00:31:06.599><c> that</c><00:31:06.680><c> he</c><00:31:06.819><c> did</c><00:31:06.980><c> to</c><00:31:07.180><c> the</c><00:31:07.359><c> people,</c><00:31:07.740><c> he</c><00:31:07.799><c> said,</c><00:31:08.579><c> What</c><00:31:08.819><c> is</c>

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.660
this<00:31:09.200><c> thing</c><00:31:09.339><c> that</c><00:31:09.519><c> thou</c><00:31:09.700><c> doest</c><00:31:10.000><c> to</c><00:31:10.119><c> the</c><00:31:10.319><c> people?</c>

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:15.140
Why<00:31:11.500><c> sittest</c><00:31:11.900><c> thou</c><00:31:12.240><c> thyself</c><00:31:12.819><c> alone,</c><00:31:13.480><c> and</c><00:31:13.759><c> all</c><00:31:14.079><c> the</c><00:31:14.259><c> people</c><00:31:14.460><c> stand</c><00:31:14.839><c> by</c>

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:17.759
thee<00:31:15.339><c> from</c><00:31:15.579><c> morning</c><00:31:16.059><c> until</c><00:31:16.720><c> evening?</c>

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:22.559
And<00:31:18.240><c> his</c><00:31:18.819><c> counsel</c><00:31:19.180><c> was</c><00:31:19.460><c> this,</c><00:31:21.460><c> The</c><00:31:21.500><c> thing</c><00:31:21.740><c> that</c><00:31:21.920><c> thou</c><00:31:22.119><c> doest</c>

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.500
is<00:31:22.940><c> not</c><00:31:23.220><c> good.</c><00:31:24.380><c> Thou</c><00:31:24.480><c> wilt</c><00:31:24.740><c> surely</c><00:31:25.099><c> wear</c><00:31:25.440><c> away</c><00:31:25.759><c> both</c><00:31:26.180><c> thou</c>

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:30.720
and<00:31:26.599><c> the</c><00:31:26.779><c> people</c><00:31:27.000><c> that</c><00:31:27.140><c> is</c><00:31:27.339><c> with</c><00:31:27.579><c> thee.</c><00:31:29.039><c> He</c><00:31:29.339><c> says</c><00:31:29.559><c> to</c><00:31:29.779><c> him,</c><00:31:30.599><c> Be</c>

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:33.460
thou<00:31:30.940><c> for</c><00:31:31.119><c> the</c><00:31:31.339><c> people</c><00:31:31.559><c> to</c><00:31:31.839><c> Godward,</c><00:31:32.700><c> that</c><00:31:32.819><c> thou</c><00:31:33.059><c> mayest</c>

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:36.380
bring<00:31:33.759><c> the</c><00:31:34.039><c> causes</c><00:31:34.319><c> unto</c><00:31:34.559><c> God.</c><00:31:34.839><c> Now</c><00:31:35.019><c> that</c><00:31:35.200><c> has</c><00:31:35.440><c> a</c><00:31:35.640><c> ring,</c><00:31:35.799><c> doesn't</c><00:31:36.099><c> it,</c>

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:39.099
with<00:31:36.700><c> what</c><00:31:36.880><c> we</c><00:31:37.180><c> saw</c><00:31:37.480><c> in</c><00:31:37.920><c> Acts</c><00:31:38.160><c> chapter</c><00:31:38.539><c> 6.</c>

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:45.539
The<00:31:39.720><c> best</c><00:31:40.140><c> time</c><00:31:40.920><c> use</c><00:31:41.180><c> for</c><00:31:41.500><c> you,</c><00:31:42.079><c> Moses,</c><00:31:42.559><c> is</c><00:31:42.940><c> to</c><00:31:43.240><c> be</c><00:31:43.720><c> this,</c><00:31:44.799><c> this</c>

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:47.599
inaccessor,<00:31:46.140><c> this</c><00:31:46.400><c> one</c><00:31:46.579><c> who</c><00:31:46.720><c> would</c><00:31:46.880><c> pray</c><00:31:47.200><c> for</c><00:31:47.400><c> the</c>

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:53.539
people<00:31:48.059><c> and</c><00:31:48.920><c> take</c><00:31:49.220><c> their</c><00:31:49.480><c> causes</c><00:31:49.819><c> to</c><00:31:50.039><c> God,</c><00:31:51.140><c> and</c><00:31:51.420><c> to</c><00:31:51.680><c> teach</c><00:31:51.859><c> them</c><00:31:52.359><c> ordinances</c><00:31:53.140><c> and</c>

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:56.099
laws<00:31:54.079><c> and</c><00:31:54.579><c> to</c><00:31:54.839><c> exhort.</c><00:31:55.799><c> This</c><00:31:55.980><c> is</c>

00:31:56.099 --> 00:32:01.519
the<00:31:56.240><c> counsel</c><00:31:56.500><c> of</c><00:31:56.740><c> Jethro.</c><00:31:58.259><c> Also,</c><00:31:59.460><c> provide</c><00:31:59.920><c> able</c><00:32:00.319><c> men</c><00:32:00.779><c> who</c><00:32:01.140><c> would</c><00:32:01.279><c> be</c>

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:04.299
there<00:32:01.759><c> to</c><00:32:02.079><c> judge</c><00:32:02.299><c> the</c><00:32:02.619><c> people</c><00:32:03.079><c> at</c><00:32:03.640><c> all</c><00:32:03.920><c> seasons,</c>

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:07.420
and<00:32:04.500><c> then</c><00:32:04.700><c> you</c><00:32:05.180><c> would</c><00:32:05.640><c> only</c><00:32:06.000><c> take</c><00:32:06.240><c> on</c><00:32:06.460><c> the</c><00:32:06.640><c> hard</c><00:32:06.920><c> cases.</c><00:32:07.319><c> The</c>

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most<00:32:07.700><c> difficult</c><00:32:08.180><c> cases</c><00:32:08.839><c> would</c><00:32:09.220><c> be</c><00:32:09.400><c> the</c><00:32:09.519><c> ones</c><00:32:09.680><c> to</c><00:32:09.859><c> be</c>

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brought<00:32:10.160><c> to</c><00:32:10.359><c> Moses.</c><00:32:11.500><c> That's</c><00:32:11.819><c> wonderful</c><00:32:12.220><c> counsel</c><00:32:12.579><c> by</c><00:32:12.839><c> Jethro,</c>

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and<00:32:13.279><c> it's</c><00:32:13.500><c> interesting</c><00:32:13.839><c> how</c><00:32:14.140><c> it</c><00:32:14.359><c> was</c><00:32:14.599><c> not</c><00:32:14.779><c> only</c>

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:20.119
heard<00:32:15.660><c> but</c><00:32:15.839><c> embraced</c><00:32:16.400><c> by</c><00:32:16.640><c> Moses,</c><00:32:17.480><c> and</c><00:32:17.680><c> leads</c><00:32:17.920><c> to</c><00:32:18.119><c> the</c><00:32:18.380><c> appointment</c><00:32:18.700><c> of</c><00:32:18.920><c> the</c><00:32:19.119><c> Seventy.</c>

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:25.279
Beyond<00:32:20.859><c> that,</c><00:32:21.480><c> what</c><00:32:21.559><c> it</c><00:32:21.859><c> says</c><00:32:22.099><c> is,</c><00:32:22.500><c> Moses,</c><00:32:23.079><c> as</c><00:32:23.339><c> leader</c><00:32:23.640><c> in</c><00:32:23.799><c> Israel,</c><00:32:24.519><c> what</c><00:32:24.759><c> you</c>

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need<00:32:25.480><c> to</c><00:32:25.740><c> use</c><00:32:25.920><c> your</c><00:32:26.240><c> time</c><00:32:26.480><c> best</c><00:32:26.799><c> for</c>

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:31.259
is<00:32:27.759><c> things</c><00:32:28.200><c> such</c><00:32:28.559><c> as</c><00:32:28.740><c> we</c><00:32:28.960><c> hear</c><00:32:29.180><c> in</c><00:32:29.500><c> Acts</c><00:32:29.900><c> chapter</c><00:32:30.200><c> 6,</c><00:32:30.920><c> which</c><00:32:31.099><c> is</c>

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to<00:32:31.440><c> put</c><00:32:31.559><c> yourself</c><00:32:31.980><c> into</c><00:32:32.240><c> the</c><00:32:32.519><c> ministry</c><00:32:32.900><c> further</c>

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:37.579
and<00:32:34.039><c> into</c><00:32:34.480><c> prayer.</c><00:32:35.960><c> So</c><00:32:36.119><c> that's</c><00:32:36.480><c> the</c><00:32:36.660><c> counsel</c><00:32:36.940><c> of</c><00:32:37.200><c> Jethro,</c><00:32:37.460><c> and</c>

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it<00:32:37.740><c> had</c><00:32:37.880><c> a</c><00:32:38.079><c> ring,</c><00:32:38.299><c> doesn't</c><00:32:38.579><c> it,</c><00:32:39.079><c> to</c><00:32:39.299><c> what</c><00:32:39.460><c> the</c><00:32:39.740><c> apostles</c>

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:43.559
do<00:32:40.339><c> themselves.</c><00:32:41.660><c> Can</c><00:32:41.819><c> there</c><00:32:42.000><c> be</c><00:32:42.099><c> any</c><00:32:42.319><c> doubt</c><00:32:42.559><c> that</c><00:32:42.740><c> the</c><00:32:42.960><c> apostles</c><00:32:43.299><c> would</c>

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:45.240
have<00:32:43.779><c> remembered</c><00:32:44.220><c> this</c><00:32:44.660><c> and</c><00:32:45.059><c> would</c>

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:51.019
have<00:32:45.480><c> seen</c><00:32:45.759><c> and</c><00:32:46.039><c> gotten</c><00:32:46.279><c> guidance</c><00:32:46.759><c> from</c><00:32:47.079><c> scripture</c><00:32:47.539><c> about</c><00:32:48.500><c> their</c><00:32:48.740><c> own</c><00:32:48.920><c> situation?</c><00:32:50.200><c> Because</c><00:32:50.619><c> when</c><00:32:50.819><c> we</c>

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compare<00:32:51.299><c> the</c>

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apostle's<00:32:52.079><c> decision,</c><00:32:52.380><c> they</c><00:32:52.700><c> say,</c><00:32:53.460><c> it's</c><00:32:53.640><c> not</c><00:32:53.920><c> reason</c><00:32:54.279><c> that</c><00:32:54.440><c> we</c>

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should<00:32:54.819><c> leave</c><00:32:55.140><c> the</c><00:32:55.380><c> word</c><00:32:55.480><c> of</c><00:32:55.720><c> God</c><00:32:55.880><c> and</c><00:32:56.160><c> serve</c><00:32:56.380><c> tables.</c>

00:32:57.619 --> 00:33:00.359
Wherefore,<00:32:58.220><c> brethren,</c><00:32:58.559><c> look</c><00:32:58.720><c> ye</c><00:32:58.859><c> out</c><00:32:59.019><c> among</c><00:32:59.240><c> you</c><00:32:59.819><c> seven</c><00:33:00.140><c> men</c>

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:03.099
of<00:33:00.680><c> honest</c><00:33:00.960><c> report,</c><00:33:01.799><c> full</c><00:33:02.099><c> of</c><00:33:02.259><c> the</c><00:33:02.400><c> Holy</c><00:33:02.559><c> Spirit</c><00:33:02.880><c> and</c>

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:06.279
wisdom,<00:33:03.839><c> whom</c><00:33:03.980><c> we</c><00:33:04.200><c> may</c><00:33:04.359><c> appoint</c><00:33:04.680><c> over</c><00:33:04.940><c> this</c><00:33:05.160><c> business.</c><00:33:06.099><c> But</c>

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:08.980
we<00:33:06.460><c> will</c><00:33:06.660><c> give</c><00:33:06.819><c> ourselves</c><00:33:07.279><c> continually</c><00:33:08.019><c> unto</c><00:33:08.440><c> prayer</c>

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:13.079
and<00:33:09.519><c> to</c><00:33:09.680><c> the</c><00:33:09.839><c> ministry</c><00:33:10.160><c> of</c><00:33:10.339><c> the</c><00:33:10.500><c> word.</c><00:33:11.380><c> So</c><00:33:11.940><c> taking</c><00:33:12.460><c> from</c><00:33:12.700><c> this</c>

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:15.400
precedent<00:33:13.400><c> that</c><00:33:13.559><c> had</c><00:33:13.700><c> been</c><00:33:13.920><c> set</c><00:33:14.220><c> by</c><00:33:14.720><c> Moses</c><00:33:15.140><c> and</c>

00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:19.079
Jethro,<00:33:16.140><c> the</c><00:33:16.380><c> apostles</c><00:33:16.859><c> themselves</c><00:33:17.579><c> understood</c><00:33:18.579><c> that</c><00:33:18.880><c> where</c>

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:22.240
the<00:33:19.339><c> best</c><00:33:19.619><c> use</c><00:33:19.880><c> of</c><00:33:20.059><c> an</c><00:33:20.319><c> elder</c><00:33:20.559><c> is,</c><00:33:21.279><c> is</c><00:33:21.559><c> in</c><00:33:21.799><c> prayer</c>

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:26.740
and<00:33:22.680><c> in</c><00:33:22.799><c> the</c><00:33:23.000><c> ministry</c><00:33:23.319><c> of</c><00:33:23.519><c> the</c><00:33:23.680><c> word.</c><00:33:25.220><c> Now</c><00:33:25.539><c> again,</c><00:33:25.859><c> that</c><00:33:26.000><c> issue</c><00:33:26.420><c> of</c>

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:30.660
being<00:33:27.079><c> serving</c><00:33:28.400><c> tables</c><00:33:28.880><c> really</c><00:33:29.220><c> isn't,</c><00:33:30.660><c> you</c>

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necessarily,<00:33:31.900><c> but</c><00:33:32.180><c> in</c><00:33:32.559><c> Aramaic,</c><00:33:33.140><c> money</c><00:33:33.460><c> changers</c><00:33:33.880><c> are</c><00:33:34.079><c> called</c><00:33:34.380><c> table</c>

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men.<00:33:35.359><c> And</c><00:33:35.579><c> it's</c><00:33:35.799><c> probable</c><00:33:36.160><c> that</c><00:33:36.359><c> this</c><00:33:36.599><c> role</c>

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included<00:33:37.700><c> not</c><00:33:38.000><c> only</c><00:33:38.700><c> the</c><00:33:39.819><c> setting</c><00:33:40.299><c> of</c><00:33:40.480><c> a</c><00:33:40.640><c> table,</c><00:33:41.380><c> perhaps,</c><00:33:41.460><c> but</c><00:33:41.619><c> also</c><00:33:41.960><c> the</c><00:33:42.319><c> disbursement</c><00:33:42.680><c> of</c>

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:44.220
funds<00:33:43.299><c> from</c><00:33:43.759><c> the</c><00:33:44.019><c> common</c>

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:46.900
treasury.<00:33:44.980><c> And</c><00:33:45.140><c> as</c><00:33:45.279><c> you</c><00:33:45.359><c> can</c><00:33:45.559><c> imagine,</c><00:33:45.980><c> the</c><00:33:46.099><c> number</c><00:33:46.339><c> of</c><00:33:46.480><c> people</c><00:33:46.720><c> who</c>

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:48.819
were<00:33:47.079><c> having</c><00:33:47.259><c> access</c><00:33:47.859><c> to</c><00:33:48.299><c> that</c><00:33:48.519><c> common</c>

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:52.339
treasury,<00:33:49.259><c> you</c><00:33:49.400><c> can</c><00:33:49.619><c> imagine</c><00:33:50.079><c> how</c><00:33:50.660><c> much</c><00:33:50.920><c> of</c><00:33:51.059><c> the</c><00:33:51.200><c> day</c><00:33:51.359><c> was</c><00:33:51.579><c> being</c><00:33:51.880><c> taken</c><00:33:52.140><c> up</c>

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:54.819
by<00:33:52.519><c> these</c><00:33:52.720><c> apostles</c><00:33:53.240><c> in</c><00:33:53.819><c> taking</c><00:33:54.119><c> care</c><00:33:54.400><c> of</c>

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:58.920
who<00:33:55.059><c> gets</c><00:33:55.319><c> what</c><00:33:55.740><c> and</c><00:33:56.200><c> listening</c><00:33:56.519><c> to</c><00:33:56.779><c> the</c><00:33:56.980><c> needs</c><00:33:57.160><c> of</c><00:33:57.359><c> these</c><00:33:57.559><c> individuals.</c><00:33:58.640><c> And</c>

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.559
so<00:33:59.400><c> what</c><00:33:59.740><c> they</c><00:33:59.880><c> have</c><00:34:00.039><c> done</c><00:34:00.180><c> at</c><00:34:00.339><c> this</c>

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:02.740
point<00:34:00.640><c> is</c><00:34:00.839><c> say,</c><00:34:01.200><c> what</c><00:34:01.200><c> we're</c><00:34:01.420><c> going</c><00:34:01.599><c> to</c><00:34:01.740><c> do</c><00:34:01.859><c> now</c><00:34:02.140><c> ourselves</c><00:34:02.519><c> is</c>

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:05.579
focus<00:34:03.160><c> on</c><00:34:03.720><c> prayer</c><00:34:04.059><c> and</c><00:34:04.319><c> ministry</c><00:34:04.599><c> of</c><00:34:04.779><c> the</c><00:34:04.940><c> word.</c><00:34:05.359><c> And</c>

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:08.960
the<00:34:05.839><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:06.220><c> then</c><00:34:06.599><c> chooses</c><00:34:06.940><c> seven.</c><00:34:08.059><c> Look</c><00:34:08.280><c> at</c><00:34:08.440><c> these</c><00:34:08.679><c> seven.</c>

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:11.840
They're<00:34:09.460><c> all</c><00:34:09.699><c> Grecian</c><00:34:10.039><c> Jews,</c><00:34:10.400><c> except</c><00:34:10.800><c> for</c><00:34:11.059><c> one.</c>

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:15.860
That<00:34:12.480><c> person's</c><00:34:12.920><c> a</c><00:34:13.079><c> proselyte</c><00:34:13.579><c> from</c><00:34:13.820><c> Antioch,</c><00:34:14.400><c> Nicholas.</c><00:34:15.539><c> We</c>

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:18.800
hear<00:34:16.079><c> about</c><00:34:16.340><c> the</c><00:34:16.559><c> first</c><00:34:16.780><c> two</c><00:34:17.039><c> a</c><00:34:17.179><c> lot.</c><00:34:17.659><c> Stephen,</c><00:34:18.519><c> we</c>

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:22.699
hear<00:34:19.019><c> about</c><00:34:19.340><c> in</c><00:34:19.579><c> the</c><00:34:19.719><c> next</c><00:34:19.940><c> chapter,</c><00:34:20.860><c> and</c><00:34:21.739><c> we</c><00:34:22.079><c> see</c><00:34:22.219><c> that</c><00:34:22.360><c> he</c><00:34:22.539><c> is</c>

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:24.960
actually<00:34:23.019><c> martyred.</c><00:34:23.500><c> He's</c><00:34:23.699><c> the</c><00:34:23.880><c> first</c><00:34:24.059><c> of</c><00:34:24.199><c> the</c>

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:30.179
And<00:34:25.219><c> then</c><00:34:25.400><c> we</c><00:34:25.559><c> have</c><00:34:25.780><c> Philip</c><00:34:26.079><c> the</c><00:34:26.360><c> evangelist,</c><00:34:27.960><c> who</c><00:34:27.960><c> is,</c><00:34:30.000><c> what</c>

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:32.460
we<00:34:30.340><c> hear</c><00:34:30.519><c> about</c><00:34:30.780><c> him</c><00:34:31.039><c> is</c><00:34:31.300><c> not</c><00:34:31.559><c> involved</c><00:34:31.840><c> in</c><00:34:32.019><c> this</c><00:34:32.300><c> work.</c>

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We're<00:34:32.739><c> going</c><00:34:32.800><c> to</c><00:34:32.800><c> talk</c><00:34:33.039><c> about</c><00:34:33.619><c> Philip</c><00:34:33.980><c> tomorrow,</c><00:34:34.780><c> but</c><00:34:35.000><c> we</c><00:34:35.219><c> hear</c><00:34:35.380><c> about</c><00:34:35.599><c> him</c>

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particularly<00:34:36.460><c> in</c><00:34:36.639><c> his</c><00:34:36.900><c> evangelist</c><00:34:37.440><c> work</c>

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:41.820
that<00:34:37.840><c> he</c><00:34:37.940><c> does.</c><00:34:38.719><c> The</c><00:34:39.059><c> others</c><00:34:39.400><c> we</c><00:34:39.900><c> either</c><00:34:40.139><c> hear</c><00:34:40.320><c> nothing</c><00:34:40.639><c> about,</c><00:34:41.139><c> or</c><00:34:41.539><c> in</c>

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:44.639
Fox's<00:34:42.199><c> Book</c><00:34:42.440><c> of</c><00:34:42.639><c> Martyrs,</c><00:34:43.900><c> Timon</c><00:34:44.179><c> and</c>

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:48.539
or<00:34:44.780><c> Timon</c><00:34:45.079><c> and</c><00:34:45.320><c> Parmenas</c><00:34:45.900><c> are</c><00:34:46.400><c> both</c><00:34:46.760><c> killed</c><00:34:47.079><c> according</c><00:34:47.480><c> to</c><00:34:47.780><c> Fox</c><00:34:48.079><c> at</c>

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:51.760
the<00:34:48.780><c> same</c><00:34:49.019><c> time</c><00:34:49.360><c> as</c><00:34:49.820><c> James</c><00:34:50.239><c> in</c><00:34:50.639><c> Acts</c><00:34:50.900><c> chapter</c><00:34:51.159><c> 12.</c>

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:56.420
Timon<00:34:52.699><c> though</c><00:34:52.900><c> in</c><00:34:53.159><c> Corinth</c><00:34:53.460><c> and</c><00:34:53.980><c> Parmenas</c><00:34:54.519><c> in</c><00:34:54.880><c> Philippi.</c><00:34:56.139><c> So</c>

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:58.380
that's<00:34:56.820><c> all</c><00:34:57.000><c> we</c><00:34:57.179><c> hear</c><00:34:57.300><c> about</c><00:34:57.519><c> these,</c><00:34:57.760><c> but</c><00:34:57.900><c> the</c><00:34:58.199><c> seven</c>

00:34:58.380 --> 00:35:01.559
that<00:34:58.480><c> were</c><00:34:58.739><c> selected</c><00:34:59.179><c> by</c><00:34:59.719><c> the</c><00:34:59.960><c> criteria</c><00:35:00.519><c> established</c><00:35:01.099><c> by</c><00:35:01.360><c> the</c>

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arranging<00:35:01.940><c> brethren,</c><00:35:02.579><c> the</c><00:35:02.900><c> apostles,</c><00:35:04.300><c> were</c><00:35:04.519><c> these</c>

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:07.440
seven<00:35:05.219><c> Grecian</c><00:35:05.579><c> Jews.</c><00:35:05.880><c> And</c><00:35:06.019><c> that's</c><00:35:06.260><c> quite</c><00:35:06.480><c> interesting,</c><00:35:07.000><c> isn't</c><00:35:07.159><c> it?</c>

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:10.300
They<00:35:08.159><c> picked</c><00:35:08.380><c> people</c><00:35:08.980><c> who</c><00:35:09.519><c> were</c><00:35:09.800><c> Grecian</c>

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Jews<00:35:10.760><c> to</c><00:35:11.380><c> be</c><00:35:11.699><c> able</c><00:35:11.880><c> to</c><00:35:12.199><c> solve</c><00:35:12.380><c> a</c><00:35:12.639><c> problem</c><00:35:13.019><c> with</c><00:35:13.519><c> regard</c><00:35:14.059><c> to</c><00:35:14.460><c> Grecian</c><00:35:14.860><c> widows.</c><00:35:17.199><c> That's</c><00:35:17.800><c> kind</c><00:35:17.940><c> of</c>

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an<00:35:18.219><c> insight</c><00:35:18.460><c> for</c><00:35:18.780><c> us</c>

00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:22.539
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00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:24.699
own<00:35:22.739><c> ecclesias.</c><00:35:24.280><c> Some</c><00:35:24.420><c> of</c><00:35:24.539><c> the</c>

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:29.860
important<00:35:25.000><c> lessons.</c><00:35:26.019><c> First</c><00:35:26.239><c> of</c><00:35:26.440><c> all,</c><00:35:26.659><c> often</c><00:35:27.119><c> in</c><00:35:27.760><c> debates,</c><00:35:29.360><c> what</c><00:35:29.500><c> we</c>

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:31.880
hear,<00:35:30.340><c> and</c><00:35:30.340><c> what</c><00:35:30.539><c> it's</c><00:35:30.679><c> not</c><00:35:30.960><c> always</c><00:35:31.260><c> the</c><00:35:31.559><c> debate</c>

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:35.119
or<00:35:32.159><c> itself,</c><00:35:32.599><c> it's</c><00:35:32.860><c> how</c><00:35:33.139><c> we</c><00:35:33.440><c> treat</c><00:35:33.579><c> one</c><00:35:33.780><c> another</c><00:35:34.039><c> in</c><00:35:34.179><c> the</c><00:35:34.360><c> debate.</c><00:35:35.000><c> It's</c>

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.880
as<00:35:35.420><c> important</c><00:35:35.739><c> as</c><00:35:36.039><c> what</c><00:35:36.219><c> the</c><00:35:36.500><c> facts</c><00:35:36.719><c> to</c>

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:43.159
themselves<00:35:37.280><c> are,</c><00:35:38.199><c> how</c><00:35:38.519><c> we</c><00:35:38.820><c> treat</c><00:35:38.940><c> one</c><00:35:39.179><c> another.</c><00:35:39.659><c> We</c><00:35:39.940><c> often</c><00:35:40.219><c> lose</c><00:35:40.440><c> this</c><00:35:40.699><c> sometimes,</c><00:35:41.119><c> don't</c><00:35:41.360><c> we?</c><00:35:42.219><c> It's</c><00:35:42.519><c> how</c><00:35:42.739><c> we</c><00:35:43.019><c> treat</c>

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:47.119
one<00:35:43.440><c> another</c><00:35:43.719><c> may</c><00:35:44.000><c> be</c><00:35:44.119><c> as</c><00:35:44.360><c> important</c><00:35:44.579><c> as</c><00:35:44.760><c> the</c><00:35:44.980><c> facts.</c><00:35:45.840><c> Arranging</c><00:35:46.219><c> brethren</c><00:35:46.599><c> need</c><00:35:46.900><c> to</c>

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:48.099
look<00:35:47.239><c> for</c><00:35:47.619><c> scriptural</c>

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:52.679
precedence<00:35:48.900><c> first</c><00:35:49.579><c> and</c><00:35:50.500><c> rapidly</c><00:35:51.000><c> commit</c><00:35:51.300><c> it</c><00:35:51.460><c> to</c><00:35:51.599><c> prayer.</c><00:35:52.679><c> An</c>

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:54.980
arranging<00:35:53.119><c> brethren</c><00:35:53.440><c> need</c><00:35:53.699><c> to</c><00:35:53.960><c> recommend</c><00:35:54.420><c> selection</c>

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:58.659
criteria<00:35:55.519><c> to</c><00:35:55.719><c> the</c><00:35:55.920><c> ecclesia,</c><00:35:56.719><c> and</c><00:35:56.820><c> the</c><00:35:57.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:57.519><c> then</c><00:35:57.900><c> ratifies</c><00:35:58.420><c> it</c>

00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:00.579
and<00:35:58.980><c> implements</c><00:35:59.360><c> it.</c><00:35:59.860><c> Not</c><00:36:00.099><c> the</c><00:36:00.280><c> arranging</c>

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:03.239
brethren<00:36:00.880><c> doing</c><00:36:01.159><c> everything,</c><00:36:02.139><c> but</c><00:36:02.340><c> the</c><00:36:02.599><c> arranging</c><00:36:02.960><c> brethren</c>

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:05.360
have<00:36:03.480><c> a</c><00:36:03.679><c> certain,</c><00:36:03.800><c> have</c><00:36:04.000><c> a</c><00:36:04.260><c> role,</c><00:36:04.800><c> and</c><00:36:05.059><c> that</c><00:36:05.199><c> is</c>

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:07.960
to<00:36:05.619><c> recommend</c><00:36:06.000><c> criteria</c><00:36:06.420><c> to</c><00:36:06.619><c> the</c><00:36:06.780><c> ecclesia,</c><00:36:07.360><c> and</c><00:36:07.639><c> then</c><00:36:07.800><c> the</c>

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:12.239
ecclesia<00:36:08.280><c> ratifies</c><00:36:08.860><c> and</c><00:36:09.199><c> implements.</c><00:36:11.179><c> And</c><00:36:11.739><c> then</c>

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:14.539
the<00:36:12.460><c> last</c><00:36:12.719><c> one</c><00:36:12.880><c> is</c><00:36:13.000><c> it</c><00:36:13.239><c> challenges</c><00:36:13.519><c> what</c><00:36:13.760><c> the</c><00:36:13.940><c> role</c><00:36:14.079><c> is</c><00:36:14.219><c> of</c><00:36:14.380><c> our</c>

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:17.340
arranging<00:36:14.860><c> brethren</c><00:36:15.219><c> today.</c><00:36:16.280><c> Are</c><00:36:16.659><c> we</c><00:36:16.940><c> primarily</c>

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:21.539
focused<00:36:17.880><c> on</c><00:36:18.260><c> prayer</c><00:36:18.739><c> and</c><00:36:19.320><c> teaching</c><00:36:19.699><c> and</c><00:36:20.019><c> preaching,</c><00:36:20.699><c> or</c><00:36:21.420><c> do</c>

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:23.599
we<00:36:21.699><c> find</c><00:36:21.900><c> ourselves</c><00:36:22.320><c> more</c><00:36:22.679><c> involved</c><00:36:22.980><c> sometimes</c>

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:27.960
with<00:36:24.380><c> serving</c><00:36:24.739><c> tables?</c><00:36:25.780><c> I've</c><00:36:26.159><c> remembered</c><00:36:26.559><c> arranging</c><00:36:27.059><c> brethren's</c><00:36:27.599><c> meetings</c><00:36:27.760><c> where</c>

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:29.400
we<00:36:28.179><c> spent</c><00:36:28.400><c> no</c><00:36:28.760><c> time</c><00:36:29.059><c> talking</c>

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:34.679
about<00:36:29.679><c> welfare,</c><00:36:30.699><c> no</c><00:36:30.920><c> time</c><00:36:31.159><c> talking</c><00:36:31.440><c> about</c><00:36:31.599><c> preaching,</c><00:36:32.179><c> and</c><00:36:32.699><c> talk</c><00:36:32.920><c> an</c><00:36:33.260><c> awful</c><00:36:33.519><c> lot</c><00:36:33.940><c> about</c><00:36:34.460><c> a</c>

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.340
leaky<00:36:34.880><c> toilet,</c>

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:39.840
or<00:36:36.059><c> the</c><00:36:36.260><c> need</c><00:36:36.440><c> for</c><00:36:36.679><c> us</c><00:36:36.820><c> to</c><00:36:37.119><c> improve</c><00:36:37.519><c> another</c><00:36:38.099><c> room</c><00:36:38.679><c> in</c><00:36:39.119><c> a</c><00:36:39.280><c> different</c><00:36:39.440><c> area.</c>

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:42.039
That<00:36:40.599><c> is</c><00:36:40.860><c> not</c><00:36:41.099><c> what</c><00:36:41.300><c> arranging</c><00:36:41.699><c> brethren</c>

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:46.019
are<00:36:42.260><c> to</c><00:36:42.460><c> be</c><00:36:42.760><c> about</c><00:36:43.139><c> primarily.</c><00:36:44.139><c> It's</c><00:36:44.679><c> to</c><00:36:44.840><c> be</c><00:36:45.079><c> about</c><00:36:45.360><c> ministry</c>

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:48.780
and<00:36:46.559><c> prayer,</c><00:36:47.320><c> and</c><00:36:47.519><c> it</c><00:36:47.739><c> really</c><00:36:48.039><c> questions</c><00:36:48.460><c> what</c>

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:51.219
the<00:36:49.059><c> agenda</c><00:36:49.380><c> is</c><00:36:49.739><c> for</c><00:36:50.019><c> our</c><00:36:50.179><c> arranging</c><00:36:50.460><c> brethren's</c><00:36:50.980><c> meeting.</c>

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.699
I'll<00:36:51.920><c> leave</c><00:36:52.059><c> that</c><00:36:52.280><c> with</c><00:36:52.440><c> you</c><00:36:52.599><c> to</c><00:36:52.840><c> consider.</c>

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:57.719
Now<00:36:54.840><c> in</c><00:36:54.940><c> the</c><00:36:55.079><c> last</c><00:36:55.280><c> few</c><00:36:55.460><c> minutes</c><00:36:55.760><c> here,</c><00:36:56.820><c> I'm</c><00:36:57.179><c> going</c><00:36:57.260><c> to</c><00:36:57.440><c> skip</c>

00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:01.159
past<00:36:58.079><c> these</c><00:36:58.460><c> to</c><00:36:58.619><c> go</c><00:36:58.880><c> on</c><00:36:59.179><c> to</c>

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:05.079
the<00:37:01.940><c> results.</c><00:37:02.420><c> The</c><00:37:02.699><c> results</c><00:37:03.000><c> was</c><00:37:03.260><c> that</c><00:37:03.440><c> the</c><00:37:03.639><c> word</c><00:37:03.920><c> of</c><00:37:04.119><c> God</c><00:37:04.320><c> increased</c><00:37:04.920><c> and</c>

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:06.099
the<00:37:05.199><c> number</c><00:37:05.420><c> of</c><00:37:05.639><c> disciples</c>

00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:09.380
multiplied<00:37:07.019><c> in</c><00:37:07.199><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:07.619><c> greatly,</c><00:37:08.340><c> and</c><00:37:08.639><c> it</c><00:37:08.780><c> says</c><00:37:08.880><c> a</c><00:37:09.199><c> great</c>

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:11.780
company<00:37:09.719><c> of</c><00:37:10.000><c> priests</c><00:37:10.139><c> were</c><00:37:10.360><c> obedient</c><00:37:10.619><c> to</c><00:37:10.800><c> the</c><00:37:11.000><c> faith,</c>

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:18.460
and<00:37:13.019><c> I'm</c><00:37:13.500><c> having</c><00:37:13.559><c> problems</c><00:37:13.840><c> with</c><00:37:13.980><c> this</c><00:37:14.119><c> today.</c><00:37:14.980><c> In</c><00:37:15.199><c> Exodus</c><00:37:15.500><c> chapter</c><00:37:15.920><c> 32,</c><00:37:17.059><c> the</c><00:37:17.179><c> interesting</c><00:37:17.500><c> thing</c><00:37:17.739><c> about</c><00:37:18.000><c> this</c><00:37:18.199><c> is</c><00:37:18.340><c> it</c>

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:21.000
talks<00:37:18.739><c> about</c><00:37:18.960><c> that</c><00:37:19.139><c> the</c><00:37:19.340><c> priests</c><00:37:19.460><c> were</c><00:37:19.619><c> the</c><00:37:19.880><c> first</c><00:37:20.139><c> group</c><00:37:20.539><c> to</c>

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:23.920
take<00:37:21.199><c> a</c><00:37:21.420><c> stand</c><00:37:21.579><c> in</c><00:37:21.719><c> the</c><00:37:21.860><c> wilderness,</c><00:37:23.280><c> and</c><00:37:23.360><c> undoubtedly</c>

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:27.159
this<00:37:24.320><c> was</c><00:37:24.539><c> the</c><00:37:24.679><c> thing</c><00:37:24.780><c> that</c><00:37:24.980><c> really</c><00:37:25.860><c> accelerated</c><00:37:26.699><c> the</c><00:37:27.039><c> threat</c>

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:29.219
to<00:37:27.340><c> people</c><00:37:27.519><c> like</c><00:37:27.760><c> Paul.</c><00:37:28.039><c> They</c><00:37:28.239><c> saw</c><00:37:28.539><c> priests</c>

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:35.820
who<00:37:29.679><c> were</c><00:37:29.960><c> leaving</c><00:37:30.139><c> the</c><00:37:30.440><c> faith</c><00:37:30.599><c> and</c><00:37:30.820><c> becoming</c><00:37:31.179><c> part</c><00:37:31.659><c> of</c><00:37:32.300><c> the</c><00:37:32.739><c> of</c><00:37:33.219><c> the</c><00:37:33.219><c> new</c><00:37:33.719><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:37:34.679><c> and</c><00:37:34.900><c> this</c><00:37:35.079><c> is</c><00:37:35.219><c> causing</c><00:37:35.539><c> a</c>

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:37.860
defection,<00:37:36.219><c> and</c><00:37:36.360><c> I'm</c><00:37:36.559><c> sure</c><00:37:36.739><c> it</c><00:37:36.940><c> caused</c><00:37:37.059><c> a</c><00:37:37.179><c> lot</c><00:37:37.320><c> of</c><00:37:37.579><c> concern.</c>

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:41.119
The<00:37:38.380><c> question</c><00:37:38.679><c> is</c><00:37:38.900><c> why</c><00:37:39.119><c> is</c><00:37:39.300><c> it</c><00:37:39.420><c> we're</c><00:37:39.639><c> told</c><00:37:40.000><c> about</c><00:37:40.280><c> the</c>

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:44.400
becoming<00:37:42.159><c> obedient</c><00:37:42.599><c> to</c><00:37:42.780><c> the</c><00:37:43.000><c> faith</c><00:37:43.239><c> right</c><00:37:43.719><c> at</c><00:37:43.900><c> the</c><00:37:44.000><c> end</c><00:37:44.099><c> of</c><00:37:44.239><c> a</c>

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:47.539
conflict?<00:37:46.039><c> It</c><00:37:46.119><c> might</c><00:37:46.320><c> be</c><00:37:46.860><c> that</c><00:37:47.019><c> what</c><00:37:47.179><c> they</c><00:37:47.360><c> were</c>

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:53.119
able<00:37:48.039><c> to</c><00:37:48.280><c> do</c><00:37:48.559><c> is</c><00:37:48.820><c> to</c><00:37:49.119><c> see</c><00:37:49.480><c> in</c><00:37:50.239><c> the</c><00:37:50.400><c> way</c><00:37:50.539><c> that</c><00:37:50.719><c> that</c><00:37:50.980><c> conflict</c><00:37:51.280><c> was</c><00:37:51.559><c> handled</c><00:37:52.000><c> the</c><00:37:52.719><c> hand</c><00:37:52.960><c> of</c>

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.460
the<00:37:53.260><c> Lord</c><00:37:53.420><c> working.</c>

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:56.960
I've<00:37:55.460><c> kind</c><00:37:55.579><c> of</c><00:37:55.679><c> rushed</c><00:37:55.880><c> this</c><00:37:56.099><c> last</c><00:37:56.360><c> part</c><00:37:56.500><c> because</c><00:37:56.599><c> I</c><00:37:56.739><c> really</c>

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.500
want<00:37:57.079><c> to</c><00:37:57.179><c> be</c><00:37:57.239><c> able</c><00:37:57.400><c> to</c><00:37:57.599><c> spend</c><00:37:57.699><c> some</c><00:37:58.019><c> time</c>

00:37:58.500 --> 00:38:01.300
talking<00:37:58.920><c> about</c><00:37:59.239><c> the</c><00:37:59.500><c> council</c><00:37:59.780><c> in</c><00:37:59.980><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:38:00.699><c> because</c><00:38:01.059><c> the</c>

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:04.659
council<00:38:01.619><c> in</c><00:38:01.820><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:02.300><c> is</c><00:38:03.739><c> certainly</c><00:38:04.119><c> not</c><00:38:04.500><c> something</c>

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:06.920
we<00:38:04.820><c> should</c><00:38:04.940><c> try</c><00:38:05.119><c> to</c><00:38:05.320><c> talk</c><00:38:05.500><c> about</c><00:38:05.699><c> in</c><00:38:05.880><c> a</c><00:38:05.980><c> matter</c><00:38:06.159><c> of</c><00:38:06.579><c> less</c><00:38:06.739><c> than</c>

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:09.920
10<00:38:07.079><c> minutes,</c><00:38:07.539><c> but</c><00:38:08.039><c> it</c><00:38:08.260><c> does</c><00:38:08.639><c> bring</c><00:38:09.199><c> together</c><00:38:09.619><c> some</c>

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:15.760
major<00:38:10.199><c> conflict.</c><00:38:11.559><c> We</c><00:38:11.559><c> certainly</c><00:38:12.000><c> see</c><00:38:12.260><c> that</c><00:38:12.460><c> the</c><00:38:12.699><c> Jews</c><00:38:12.880><c> had</c><00:38:13.119><c> their</c><00:38:13.360><c> perspective,</c><00:38:14.360><c> and</c><00:38:14.559><c> Paul</c><00:38:14.820><c> and</c><00:38:14.980><c> Barnabas,</c><00:38:15.440><c> and</c><00:38:15.619><c> I</c>

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:19.960
say<00:38:15.880><c> the</c><00:38:16.119><c> Jews,</c><00:38:16.340><c> these</c><00:38:17.079><c> were</c><00:38:17.219><c> believers,</c><00:38:18.300><c> and</c><00:38:18.619><c> they</c><00:38:18.820><c> had</c><00:38:19.079><c> their</c><00:38:19.360><c> perspective</c><00:38:19.800><c> on</c>

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:21.679
what<00:38:20.179><c> was</c><00:38:20.400><c> going</c><00:38:20.639><c> on.</c>

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:26.019
The<00:38:22.300><c> Jews</c><00:38:22.559><c> believed</c><00:38:22.980><c> that</c><00:38:23.260><c> salvation</c><00:38:23.780><c> requires</c><00:38:24.599><c> a</c><00:38:25.219><c> full</c><00:38:25.500><c> keeping</c><00:38:25.800><c> of</c>

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:28.519
the<00:38:26.179><c> law.</c><00:38:26.960><c> You</c><00:38:27.280><c> cannot,</c><00:38:27.940><c> and</c><00:38:28.159><c> this</c><00:38:28.320><c> is</c><00:38:28.400><c> what</c>

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:31.599
they<00:38:28.780><c> say,</c><00:38:29.280><c> it's</c><00:38:29.500><c> not</c><00:38:29.679><c> a</c><00:38:29.880><c> matter</c><00:38:30.059><c> of</c><00:38:30.340><c> a</c><00:38:30.480><c> possibility</c><00:38:31.019><c> you</c><00:38:31.159><c> could</c><00:38:31.360><c> be</c>

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.500
saved.<00:38:32.079><c> You</c><00:38:32.400><c> cannot</c><00:38:32.880><c> be</c><00:38:33.300><c> saved</c><00:38:33.800><c> without</c>

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:37.860
compliance<00:38:35.039><c> to</c><00:38:35.260><c> the</c><00:38:35.380><c> law.</c><00:38:36.420><c> This</c><00:38:36.500><c> is</c><00:38:36.679><c> their</c><00:38:36.840><c> position.</c><00:38:37.619><c> It's</c><00:38:37.760><c> a</c>

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:39.360
very<00:38:38.059><c> hard</c><00:38:38.260><c> position.</c>

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.760
Paul<00:38:39.880><c> and</c><00:38:40.059><c> Barnabas,</c><00:38:41.280><c> their</c><00:38:41.659><c> position</c><00:38:42.099><c> was</c><00:38:42.280><c> that</c><00:38:42.440><c> the</c><00:38:42.559><c> law</c>

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:45.659
had<00:38:42.920><c> been</c><00:38:43.139><c> fulfilled,</c><00:38:43.639><c> and</c><00:38:43.800><c> that</c><00:38:43.960><c> God</c><00:38:44.579><c> accepts</c><00:38:45.219><c> men</c>

00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:49.760
not<00:38:46.300><c> under</c><00:38:46.559><c> the</c><00:38:46.739><c> law,</c><00:38:47.300><c> and</c><00:38:47.559><c> does</c><00:38:47.880><c> not</c><00:38:48.139><c> require</c><00:38:48.639><c> full</c><00:38:48.940><c> compliance</c><00:38:49.440><c> of</c><00:38:49.619><c> the</c>

00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:51.920
law<00:38:50.079><c> for</c><00:38:50.400><c> those</c><00:38:50.780><c> who</c><00:38:50.960><c> were</c><00:38:51.179><c> gentiles,</c>

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:56.679
and<00:38:52.659><c> that</c><00:38:53.059><c> God</c><00:38:53.340><c> has</c><00:38:53.639><c> in</c><00:38:53.920><c> fact</c><00:38:54.280><c> given</c><00:38:54.880><c> Holy</c><00:38:55.260><c> Spirit</c><00:38:55.599><c> gifts</c><00:38:56.099><c> to</c>

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:59.480
these<00:38:57.059><c> who</c><00:38:57.440><c> were</c><00:38:57.659><c> gentiles</c><00:38:58.340><c> and</c><00:38:58.559><c> were</c><00:38:58.820><c> not</c><00:38:59.159><c> involved</c>

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:03.219
in<00:38:59.599><c> keeping</c><00:38:59.920><c> the</c><00:39:00.179><c> law</c><00:39:00.300><c> itself.</c><00:39:01.039><c> So</c><00:39:01.159><c> there's</c><00:39:01.280><c> a</c><00:39:01.639><c> major</c><00:39:01.940><c> conflict,</c><00:39:02.539><c> a</c><00:39:02.760><c> crash</c>

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:05.260
that<00:39:03.739><c> happens.</c><00:39:04.239><c> In</c><00:39:04.420><c> fact,</c><00:39:04.639><c> it's</c><00:39:04.900><c> a</c>

00:39:05.260 --> 00:39:09.659
very<00:39:05.679><c> harsh</c><00:39:06.099><c> issue.</c><00:39:07.440><c> Now,</c><00:39:08.380><c> this</c><00:39:08.599><c> is</c><00:39:08.820><c> a</c><00:39:08.980><c> quote,</c><00:39:09.179><c> and</c><00:39:09.320><c> you</c><00:39:09.380><c> might</c>

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:11.559
wonder<00:39:10.000><c> who</c><00:39:10.179><c> this</c><00:39:10.380><c> is</c><00:39:10.579><c> from.</c><00:39:10.840><c> It's</c><00:39:11.059><c> not</c><00:39:11.199><c> a</c><00:39:11.300><c> biblical</c>

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:14.820
quote,<00:39:12.360><c> but</c><00:39:12.719><c> oftentimes</c><00:39:13.300><c> when</c><00:39:13.519><c> we</c><00:39:13.679><c> have</c><00:39:13.900><c> conflict</c><00:39:14.260><c> in</c><00:39:14.380><c> the</c><00:39:14.519><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:39:14.780><c> we</c>

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.840
think,<00:39:14.960><c> oh,</c><00:39:15.079><c> it's</c><00:39:15.280><c> all</c><00:39:15.480><c> terrible.</c>

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:18.380
Terrible<00:39:16.659><c> to</c><00:39:16.820><c> have</c><00:39:16.960><c> conflict</c><00:39:17.280><c> in</c><00:39:17.400><c> the</c><00:39:17.539><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:39:17.679><c> It's</c><00:39:18.000><c> not</c>

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:20.059
terrible<00:39:18.760><c> to</c><00:39:18.940><c> have</c><00:39:19.119><c> conflict</c><00:39:19.440><c> in</c><00:39:19.579><c> the</c><00:39:19.719><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:23.760
It's<00:39:20.679><c> terrible</c><00:39:20.940><c> when</c><00:39:21.079><c> we</c><00:39:21.199><c> don't</c><00:39:21.400><c> work</c><00:39:21.639><c> it</c><00:39:21.900><c> through</c><00:39:22.260><c> and</c><00:39:23.000><c> resolve</c><00:39:23.420><c> it.</c>

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.760
This<00:39:24.360><c> quote</c><00:39:24.539><c> says,</c>

00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:27.840
Many<00:39:24.980><c> people</c><00:39:25.380><c> fear</c><00:39:25.599><c> nothing</c><00:39:25.900><c> more</c><00:39:26.260><c> terribly</c><00:39:26.719><c> than</c><00:39:27.239><c> to</c><00:39:27.480><c> take</c><00:39:27.619><c> a</c>

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:29.760
position<00:39:28.159><c> which</c><00:39:28.599><c> stands</c><00:39:28.960><c> out</c><00:39:29.360><c> sharply</c>

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:33.139
and<00:39:30.480><c> clearly</c><00:39:30.820><c> from</c><00:39:31.039><c> the</c><00:39:31.239><c> prevailing</c><00:39:31.579><c> opinion.</c><00:39:32.639><c> The</c><00:39:32.800><c> tendency</c>

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:35.039
of<00:39:33.360><c> most</c><00:39:33.559><c> people</c><00:39:33.840><c> is</c><00:39:34.019><c> to</c><00:39:34.199><c> adopt</c><00:39:34.539><c> a</c><00:39:34.780><c> view</c>

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:38.860
that<00:39:35.500><c> is</c><00:39:35.760><c> so</c><00:39:36.019><c> ambiguous</c><00:39:36.760><c> that</c><00:39:37.300><c> it</c><00:39:37.420><c> will</c><00:39:37.679><c> include</c><00:39:38.119><c> everything</c>

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:41.539
and<00:39:39.519><c> so</c><00:39:39.920><c> popular</c><00:39:40.460><c> that</c><00:39:40.980><c> it</c><00:39:41.079><c> will</c><00:39:41.280><c> include</c>

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:46.900
everybody.<00:39:43.400><c> It</c><00:39:43.519><c> happens</c><00:39:43.659><c> a</c><00:39:43.840><c> lot,</c><00:39:44.139><c> doesn't</c><00:39:44.239><c> it?</c><00:39:45.380><c> And</c><00:39:45.900><c> if</c><00:39:46.679><c> that</c>

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:48.940
would<00:39:47.079><c> have</c><00:39:47.219><c> happened</c><00:39:47.539><c> with</c><00:39:47.980><c> the</c><00:39:48.199><c> Apostle</c><00:39:48.579><c> Paul,</c>

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:52.920
if<00:39:49.559><c> he</c><00:39:49.900><c> would</c><00:39:50.139><c> have</c><00:39:50.500><c> taken</c><00:39:51.000><c> that</c><00:39:51.260><c> position,</c><00:39:52.420><c> what</c><00:39:52.619><c> we</c><00:39:52.820><c> would</c>

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:55.079
have<00:39:53.099><c> found</c><00:39:53.500><c> is</c><00:39:54.000><c> certainly</c><00:39:54.400><c> that</c><00:39:54.780><c> it</c><00:39:54.920><c> would</c>

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:57.599
have<00:39:55.199><c> been</c><00:39:55.320><c> to</c><00:39:55.519><c> the</c><00:39:55.679><c> detriment</c><00:39:56.000><c> of</c><00:39:56.400><c> the</c><00:39:56.579><c> future</c><00:39:56.840><c> of</c><00:39:57.039><c> the</c><00:39:57.179><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:39:57.420><c> By</c>

00:39:57.599 --> 00:40:00.340
the<00:39:57.719><c> way,</c><00:39:58.380><c> this</c><00:39:58.699><c> quote</c><00:39:58.900><c> was</c><00:39:59.260><c> from</c><00:40:00.059><c> Martin</c>

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:03.420
Luther<00:40:00.519><c> King,</c><00:40:01.639><c> who</c><00:40:01.860><c> was</c><00:40:02.059><c> talking</c><00:40:02.380><c> about</c><00:40:02.679><c> the</c><00:40:02.940><c> position</c><00:40:03.219><c> that</c>

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:06.639
he<00:40:03.579><c> needed</c><00:40:03.760><c> to</c><00:40:04.059><c> take.</c><00:40:04.699><c> So</c><00:40:05.139><c> sometimes</c><00:40:05.980><c> we</c><00:40:06.179><c> have</c><00:40:06.440><c> to</c>

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:10.579
take<00:40:06.820><c> a</c><00:40:07.059><c> position.</c><00:40:07.340><c> Sometimes</c><00:40:07.739><c> it's</c><00:40:08.219><c> a</c><00:40:08.500><c> position</c><00:40:08.860><c> which</c><00:40:09.139><c> really</c><00:40:09.460><c> defines</c><00:40:09.960><c> us,</c>

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:13.320
and<00:40:11.179><c> yet</c><00:40:11.519><c> it's</c><00:40:12.340><c> not</c><00:40:12.679><c> that</c><00:40:12.940><c> it's</c><00:40:13.079><c> just</c>

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:15.780
a<00:40:13.599><c> position</c><00:40:13.860><c> that</c><00:40:14.019><c> defines</c><00:40:14.400><c> us.</c><00:40:14.639><c> It's</c><00:40:14.719><c> something</c><00:40:15.099><c> that</c><00:40:15.559><c> needs</c>

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:17.599
to<00:40:15.940><c> be</c><00:40:16.119><c> worked</c><00:40:16.280><c> out</c><00:40:16.400><c> in</c><00:40:16.539><c> the</c><00:40:16.659><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:20.940
Now<00:40:17.900><c> the</c><00:40:18.159><c> issue</c><00:40:18.539><c> was,</c><00:40:18.840><c> was</c><00:40:19.019><c> the</c><00:40:19.199><c> answer</c><00:40:19.420><c> clear?</c><00:40:20.000><c> And</c><00:40:20.199><c> I</c><00:40:20.280><c> want</c><00:40:20.440><c> to</c><00:40:20.539><c> tell</c><00:40:20.659><c> you,</c><00:40:20.820><c> I</c>

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.960
don't<00:40:21.139><c> think</c><00:40:21.239><c> it</c><00:40:21.360><c> was</c><00:40:21.500><c> all</c><00:40:21.659><c> that</c>

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:26.400
clear<00:40:22.260><c> for</c><00:40:22.780><c> a</c><00:40:22.880><c> lot</c><00:40:23.039><c> of</c><00:40:23.239><c> reasons.</c><00:40:24.079><c> All</c><00:40:24.340><c> the</c><00:40:24.579><c> Apostles</c><00:40:25.000><c> were</c><00:40:25.380><c> actively</c><00:40:25.900><c> keeping</c><00:40:26.239><c> the</c>

00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:28.539
law<00:40:26.559><c> of</c><00:40:26.760><c> Moses.</c><00:40:27.260><c> Were</c><00:40:27.420><c> they</c><00:40:27.619><c> wrong?</c>

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:31.860
The<00:40:29.739><c> Apostles</c><00:40:30.119><c> were</c><00:40:30.320><c> keeping</c><00:40:30.500><c> the</c><00:40:30.639><c> law</c><00:40:30.780><c> of</c><00:40:30.980><c> Moses.</c><00:40:31.440><c> They</c><00:40:31.599><c> were</c>

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:33.340
daily<00:40:32.159><c> in</c><00:40:32.320><c> the</c><00:40:32.519><c> temple</c><00:40:32.780><c> praying</c>

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:38.219
and<00:40:33.900><c> involved</c><00:40:34.199><c> very</c><00:40:34.539><c> much</c><00:40:34.719><c> in</c><00:40:35.099><c> the</c><00:40:35.199><c> law.</c><00:40:36.800><c> The</c><00:40:37.039><c> Ecclesian</c><00:40:37.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:37.920><c> was</c>

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:39.920
still<00:40:38.539><c> quite</c><00:40:38.820><c> attached</c><00:40:39.219><c> to</c><00:40:39.420><c> the</c><00:40:39.599><c> temple</c>

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:46.539
and<00:40:40.380><c> to</c><00:40:40.579><c> the</c><00:40:40.739><c> law.</c><00:40:42.599><c> And</c><00:40:42.840><c> it</c><00:40:43.000><c> was</c><00:40:43.320><c> not</c><00:40:43.639><c> impossible</c><00:40:44.519><c> for</c><00:40:44.860><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:45.380><c> to</c><00:40:45.679><c> follow</c><00:40:45.960><c> what</c>

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.340
proselytes<00:40:47.039><c> had</c><00:40:47.179><c> been</c>

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:50.360
required<00:40:47.639><c> to</c><00:40:47.800><c> do.</c><00:40:47.920><c> We</c><00:40:48.059><c> just</c><00:40:48.260><c> read</c><00:40:48.619><c> about</c><00:40:49.159><c> Nicholas,</c><00:40:50.039><c> who</c><00:40:50.159><c> was</c>

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:52.099
a<00:40:50.599><c> proselyte.</c><00:40:51.079><c> He</c><00:40:51.159><c> was</c><00:40:51.340><c> named</c><00:40:51.559><c> to</c><00:40:51.679><c> the</c><00:40:51.880><c> seven.</c>

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:56.920
Here's<00:40:52.679><c> an</c><00:40:52.920><c> example</c><00:40:53.280><c> of</c><00:40:53.480><c> a</c><00:40:53.659><c> Greek,</c><00:40:54.340><c> and</c><00:40:54.579><c> yet</c><00:40:54.860><c> he</c><00:40:55.599><c> believed</c><00:40:56.000><c> enough</c><00:40:56.460><c> in</c>

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:59.219
order<00:40:57.119><c> for</c><00:40:57.280><c> him</c><00:40:57.400><c> to</c><00:40:57.599><c> become</c><00:40:57.760><c> a</c><00:40:58.059><c> proselyte.</c>

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:03.420
So<00:40:59.679><c> was</c><00:40:59.880><c> it</c><00:41:00.099><c> wrong</c><00:41:00.380><c> to</c><00:41:00.760><c> expect</c><00:41:01.019><c> that</c><00:41:01.179><c> of</c><00:41:01.320><c> other</c><00:41:01.579><c> believers?</c><00:41:03.039><c> And</c><00:41:03.280><c> in</c>

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:04.380
the<00:41:03.559><c> absence</c><00:41:03.840><c> of</c><00:41:04.039><c> the</c><00:41:04.159><c> law,</c>

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:07.119
you<00:41:04.659><c> have</c><00:41:04.960><c> to</c><00:41:05.199><c> wonder,</c><00:41:05.639><c> if</c><00:41:05.900><c> we're</c><00:41:06.119><c> not</c><00:41:06.340><c> going</c><00:41:06.500><c> to</c><00:41:06.639><c> observe</c><00:41:06.900><c> the</c>

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.360
law,<00:41:07.539><c> how</c><00:41:07.840><c> are</c><00:41:08.000><c> we</c><00:41:08.159><c> all</c><00:41:08.380><c> going</c><00:41:08.539><c> to</c><00:41:08.760><c> be</c><00:41:08.860><c> able</c><00:41:09.059><c> to</c><00:41:09.159><c> agree</c>

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about<00:41:09.539><c> what's</c><00:41:09.900><c> right</c><00:41:10.079><c> or</c><00:41:10.320><c> wrong</c><00:41:10.659><c> and</c><00:41:11.159><c> what</c><00:41:11.460><c> is</c><00:41:11.900><c> comfortable</c>

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and<00:41:12.480><c> uncomfortable?</c><00:41:14.280><c> So</c><00:41:14.659><c> the</c><00:41:14.840><c> answer</c><00:41:15.119><c> may</c><00:41:15.360><c> not</c><00:41:15.539><c> have</c><00:41:15.760><c> been</c>

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dramatically<00:41:17.219><c> clear</c><00:41:17.639><c> for</c><00:41:17.840><c> anybody.</c><00:41:18.480><c> But</c><00:41:18.699><c> then,</c><00:41:19.360><c> on</c><00:41:19.659><c> the</c><00:41:19.760><c> other</c><00:41:20.019><c> side,</c><00:41:20.199><c> how</c>

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do<00:41:20.460><c> you</c><00:41:20.719><c> explain</c><00:41:21.119><c> the</c><00:41:21.739><c> Samaritans</c>

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responding<00:41:23.019><c> to</c><00:41:23.340><c> Philip's</c><00:41:23.719><c> preaching?</c><00:41:24.480><c> Or</c><00:41:24.739><c> the</c><00:41:25.000><c> eunuch</c><00:41:25.239><c> accepting</c><00:41:25.800><c> and</c>

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being<00:41:26.320><c> baptized?</c><00:41:27.400><c> Or</c><00:41:27.579><c> the</c><00:41:27.760><c> conversion</c>

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of<00:41:28.420><c> the</c><00:41:28.500><c> Holy</c><00:41:28.880><c> and</c><00:41:29.800><c> Holy</c><00:41:30.139><c> Spirit</c><00:41:30.400><c> gifts</c><00:41:30.719><c> being</c><00:41:31.000><c> given</c><00:41:31.400><c> to</c><00:41:31.920><c> Cornelius?</c><00:41:33.079><c> Or</c>

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Peter<00:41:33.780><c> declaring</c><00:41:34.539><c> the</c><00:41:35.440><c> Gentiles</c>

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officially<00:41:36.559><c> accepted</c><00:41:37.139><c> of</c><00:41:37.380><c> God</c><00:41:37.760><c> to</c><00:41:38.219><c> the</c><00:41:38.460><c> apostles,</c><00:41:39.500><c> to</c><00:41:39.699><c> brethren,</c><00:41:40.300><c> and</c><00:41:40.380><c> to</c>

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the<00:41:40.679><c> party</c><00:41:40.840><c> of</c><00:41:41.019><c> the</c><00:41:41.179><c> circumcision?</c>

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And<00:41:42.579><c> finally,</c><00:41:43.400><c> to</c><00:41:43.860><c> the</c><00:41:44.079><c> preaching</c><00:41:44.380><c> of</c><00:41:45.980><c> Grecian</c><00:41:46.599><c> Jews</c><00:41:46.900><c> being</c>

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successful<00:41:48.019><c> in</c><00:41:48.739><c> Antioch.</c><00:41:49.320><c> So</c><00:41:49.659><c> you</c><00:41:50.179><c> can't</c>

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look<00:41:51.679><c> past</c><00:41:52.019><c> this</c><00:41:52.239><c> information.</c><00:41:53.239><c> It's</c><00:41:53.739><c> information</c><00:41:54.239><c> that</c><00:41:54.460><c> has</c>

00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:57.579
to<00:41:54.920><c> be</c><00:41:55.079><c> looked</c><00:41:55.260><c> at.</c><00:41:56.440><c> And</c><00:41:56.659><c> just</c><00:41:56.900><c> as</c><00:41:57.019><c> it's</c><00:41:57.179><c> difficult</c>

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to<00:41:57.820><c> understand</c><00:41:58.179><c> why</c><00:41:58.360><c> you</c><00:41:58.500><c> would</c><00:41:58.719><c> not</c><00:41:59.280><c> require</c><00:41:59.619><c> everybody</c><00:41:59.960><c> to</c>

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continue<00:42:01.059><c> in</c><00:42:01.179><c> the</c><00:42:01.340><c> law,</c><00:42:01.820><c> you</c><00:42:02.079><c> also</c><00:42:02.460><c> see</c><00:42:02.679><c> the</c><00:42:02.880><c> hand</c><00:42:03.039><c> of</c>

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that<00:42:05.980><c> he</c><00:42:06.619><c> is</c><00:42:07.019><c> accepting</c><00:42:07.320><c> people</c><00:42:07.719><c> who</c><00:42:07.920><c> are</c><00:42:08.199><c> not</c><00:42:08.880><c> following</c><00:42:09.239><c> after</c><00:42:09.639><c> the</c>

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law.<00:42:10.920><c> So</c><00:42:11.099><c> there's</c><00:42:11.360><c> a</c><00:42:11.500><c> building</c><00:42:11.780><c> evidence</c>

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that<00:42:12.500><c> the</c><00:42:12.679><c> Lord</c><00:42:12.800><c> is</c><00:42:13.019><c> not</c><00:42:13.139><c> only</c><00:42:13.380><c> accepting</c><00:42:13.940><c> but</c><00:42:14.360><c> validating</c><00:42:15.019><c> the</c><00:42:15.300><c> believer</c><00:42:15.599><c> who</c><00:42:16.079><c> is</c>

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apart<00:42:16.559><c> from</c><00:42:16.760><c> the</c><00:42:16.880><c> law</c><00:42:17.039><c> of</c><00:42:17.239><c> Moses.</c>

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So<00:42:18.420><c> we</c><00:42:18.599><c> see</c><00:42:18.800><c> an</c><00:42:19.280><c> accumulation</c><00:42:20.039><c> here</c><00:42:20.340><c> of</c><00:42:20.619><c> threats,</c><00:42:21.539><c> misled</c><00:42:21.800><c> brethren</c><00:42:22.159><c> trying</c><00:42:22.440><c> to</c>

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force<00:42:22.940><c> the</c><00:42:23.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:23.519><c> to</c><00:42:23.980><c> adopt</c>

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their<00:42:24.639><c> view</c><00:42:24.860><c> and</c><00:42:25.340><c> willing</c><00:42:25.579><c> to</c><00:42:25.840><c> take</c><00:42:25.960><c> it</c><00:42:26.119><c> to</c><00:42:26.239><c> the</c><00:42:26.460><c> highest</c><00:42:26.760><c> level</c><00:42:27.039><c> of</c>

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appeal.<00:42:27.980><c> That's</c><00:42:28.280><c> not</c><00:42:28.480><c> necessarily</c><00:42:28.880><c> wrong,</c>

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is<00:42:29.420><c> it?</c><00:42:29.780><c> They</c><00:42:30.199><c> believe</c><00:42:30.539><c> strongly,</c><00:42:31.159><c> and</c><00:42:31.679><c> so</c><00:42:31.780><c> they</c><00:42:32.019><c> took</c><00:42:32.159><c> it</c><00:42:32.420><c> to</c>

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a<00:42:32.800><c> point</c><00:42:32.940><c> of</c><00:42:33.219><c> appeal.</c>

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A<00:42:35.280><c> potential</c><00:42:35.599><c> break</c><00:42:35.920><c> that</c><00:42:36.119><c> could</c><00:42:36.300><c> happen</c><00:42:36.559><c> between</c><00:42:36.980><c> Jew</c><00:42:37.219><c> and</c><00:42:37.619><c> Gentile</c><00:42:38.099><c> believers.</c><00:42:39.199><c> A</c>

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schism.<00:42:39.860><c> Can</c><00:42:40.000><c> you</c><00:42:40.179><c> imagine</c>

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if<00:42:40.980><c> this</c><00:42:41.179><c> had</c><00:42:41.400><c> not</c><00:42:41.539><c> been</c><00:42:41.739><c> worked</c><00:42:41.940><c> out,</c><00:42:42.480><c> how</c><00:42:42.739><c> Paul</c><00:42:42.980><c> would</c><00:42:43.179><c> be</c><00:42:43.340><c> able</c><00:42:43.519><c> to</c>

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go<00:42:43.940><c> to</c><00:42:44.420><c> different</c><00:42:44.860><c> cities</c><00:42:45.360><c> and</c><00:42:45.820><c> to</c><00:42:45.940><c> be</c><00:42:46.059><c> able</c><00:42:46.219><c> to</c>

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preach<00:42:46.519><c> in</c><00:42:46.699><c> the</c><00:42:46.860><c> synagogues?</c><00:42:47.619><c> It</c><00:42:47.719><c> would</c><00:42:48.079><c> really</c><00:42:48.480><c> severely</c><00:42:49.019><c> hamper</c><00:42:49.639><c> Paul's</c><00:42:50.219><c> work</c><00:42:50.360><c> in</c>

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Asia<00:42:50.860><c> and</c><00:42:51.019><c> Europe.</c><00:42:51.500><c> In</c><00:42:51.619><c> other</c>

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words,<00:42:51.920><c> this</c><00:42:52.099><c> wasn't</c><00:42:52.300><c> about</c><00:42:52.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:53.219><c> and</c><00:42:53.539><c> Gentile</c><00:42:54.019><c> areas.</c>

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This<00:42:54.980><c> was</c><00:42:55.239><c> about</c><00:42:55.619><c> all</c><00:42:56.059><c> areas</c><00:42:56.440><c> that</c><00:42:56.579><c> would</c><00:42:56.760><c> be</c>

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preached<00:42:57.179><c> to.</c><00:42:58.139><c> And</c><00:42:58.320><c> in</c><00:42:58.579><c> short,</c><00:42:59.320><c> the</c><00:42:59.400><c> very</c><00:42:59.760><c> future</c><00:43:00.079><c> of</c><00:43:00.219><c> the</c><00:43:00.420><c> worldwide</c><00:43:00.699><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:01.119><c> was</c>

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at<00:43:01.619><c> stake</c><00:43:01.820><c> and</c><00:43:02.019><c> many</c>

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who<00:43:02.760><c> you</c><00:43:03.920><c> depended</c><00:43:04.280><c> upon</c><00:43:04.659><c> could</c><00:43:05.179><c> be</c><00:43:05.420><c> lost.</c><00:43:05.599><c> There</c><00:43:05.719><c> was</c><00:43:05.940><c> a</c><00:43:06.119><c> lot</c>

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at<00:43:06.440><c> stake</c><00:43:06.699><c> here</c><00:43:07.059><c> and</c><00:43:07.599><c> it</c><00:43:07.800><c> couldn't</c><00:43:08.000><c> be</c><00:43:08.239><c> ignored</c>

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or<00:43:09.139><c> deflected.</c><00:43:09.719><c> Action</c><00:43:10.059><c> was</c><00:43:10.340><c> required.</c><00:43:13.619><c> Just</c><00:43:14.099><c> real</c><00:43:14.960><c> quickly,</c>

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:16.920
this<00:43:15.480><c> was</c><00:43:15.739><c> not</c><00:43:16.079><c> something</c><00:43:16.400><c> that</c><00:43:16.559><c> was</c><00:43:16.679><c> just</c>

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kind<00:43:17.039><c> of</c><00:43:17.719><c> an</c><00:43:17.800><c> academic</c><00:43:18.199><c> debate.</c><00:43:18.980><c> We</c><00:43:19.179><c> can</c><00:43:19.420><c> see</c><00:43:19.559><c> that</c><00:43:19.760><c> this</c><00:43:19.940><c> was</c>

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something<00:43:20.639><c> that</c><00:43:21.900><c> was</c><00:43:22.099><c> involving</c><00:43:22.679><c> debate,</c>

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dispute,<00:43:24.260><c> questioning.</c><00:43:24.940><c> It</c><00:43:25.219><c> was</c><00:43:25.699><c> a</c><00:43:26.039><c> heated</c><00:43:26.280><c> discussion.</c><00:43:27.500><c> Toe</c>

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-to<00:43:27.820><c>-toe</c><00:43:28.079><c> is</c><00:43:28.219><c> what</c><00:43:28.340><c> we</c><00:43:28.500><c> could</c><00:43:28.659><c> expect</c><00:43:29.260><c> between</c>

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Paul<00:43:30.780><c> and</c><00:43:31.380><c> the</c><00:43:31.739><c> others.</c><00:43:32.579><c> I'm</c><00:43:32.780><c> going</c><00:43:32.800><c> to</c><00:43:32.900><c> skip</c><00:43:33.179><c> over</c><00:43:33.400><c> this</c><00:43:33.539><c> one</c>

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for<00:43:33.840><c> a</c><00:43:33.920><c> moment.</c><00:43:34.079><c> Let's</c><00:43:34.239><c> go</c><00:43:34.420><c> into</c><00:43:34.820><c> Acts</c><00:43:35.159><c> chapter</c><00:43:35.519><c> 15</c>

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where<00:43:36.699><c> we</c><00:43:36.880><c> now</c><00:43:37.159><c> read</c><00:43:37.380><c> about</c><00:43:37.820><c> how</c><00:43:38.639><c> this</c><00:43:39.380><c> is</c><00:43:39.659><c> dealt</c><00:43:39.840><c> with.</c><00:43:40.840><c> And</c>

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Peter,<00:43:42.340><c> who</c><00:43:42.460><c> had</c><00:43:42.719><c> been</c><00:43:43.079><c> already</c><00:43:43.539><c> once</c><00:43:43.860><c> before,</c>

00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:50.079
and<00:43:44.460><c> Galatians</c><00:43:45.219><c> had</c><00:43:46.039><c> been</c><00:43:47.179><c> rebuked</c><00:43:48.059><c> by</c><00:43:48.400><c> Paul,</c><00:43:49.340><c> is</c><00:43:49.519><c> now</c><00:43:49.820><c> put</c><00:43:49.980><c> in</c>

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a<00:43:50.179><c> position</c><00:43:50.679><c> where</c><00:43:51.159><c> he's</c><00:43:51.440><c> going</c><00:43:51.619><c> to</c><00:43:51.800><c> be</c><00:43:52.039><c> asked</c><00:43:52.300><c> to</c>

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comment<00:43:53.480><c> on</c><00:43:53.739><c> what</c><00:43:53.940><c> he's</c><00:43:54.239><c> seen</c><00:43:54.579><c> in</c><00:43:55.119><c> Gentile</c><00:43:55.599><c> areas.</c><00:43:56.039><c> And</c><00:43:56.320><c> I</c><00:43:56.400><c> don't</c><00:43:56.500><c> know</c><00:43:56.579><c> about</c><00:43:56.699><c> you,</c><00:43:56.940><c> but</c>

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if<00:43:57.219><c> I</c><00:43:57.340><c> were</c><00:43:57.420><c> Paul,</c>

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I<00:43:58.239><c> would</c><00:43:58.420><c> have</c><00:43:58.539><c> been</c><00:43:58.719><c> a</c><00:43:58.900><c> little</c><00:43:59.119><c> bit</c><00:43:59.320><c> uneasy</c><00:43:59.659><c> about</c><00:43:59.980><c> this</c><00:44:00.280><c> because</c><00:44:00.480><c> the</c>

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last<00:44:00.880><c> time</c><00:44:01.079><c> I</c><00:44:01.219><c> saw</c><00:44:01.420><c> Peter,</c>

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I<00:44:02.340><c> rebuked</c><00:44:02.699><c> him</c><00:44:02.840><c> on</c><00:44:02.980><c> this</c><00:44:03.159><c> issue.</c><00:44:03.900><c> And</c><00:44:04.059><c> now</c><00:44:04.340><c> we</c><00:44:04.539><c> see</c><00:44:04.699><c> in</c><00:44:04.820><c> Acts</c>

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chapter<00:44:05.300><c> 15</c><00:44:05.920><c> that</c><00:44:07.119><c> it</c><00:44:08.059><c> said</c><00:44:08.239><c> that</c><00:44:08.480><c> Simeon</c><00:44:08.820><c> hath</c>

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declared<00:44:09.360><c> how</c><00:44:09.599><c> God</c><00:44:09.860><c> at</c><00:44:10.000><c> the</c><00:44:10.199><c> first</c><00:44:10.400><c> did</c><00:44:10.619><c> visit</c><00:44:10.900><c> the</c><00:44:11.099><c> Gentiles</c>

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to<00:44:12.159><c> take</c><00:44:12.519><c> out</c><00:44:12.780><c> of</c><00:44:12.880><c> them</c><00:44:13.099><c> a</c><00:44:13.460><c> people</c><00:44:13.679><c> for</c><00:44:13.900><c> his</c>

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name<00:44:14.420><c> and</c><00:44:14.940><c> to</c><00:44:15.139><c> this</c><00:44:15.360><c> agree</c><00:44:15.599><c> the</c><00:44:15.780><c> words</c><00:44:15.980><c> of</c><00:44:16.159><c> the</c><00:44:16.340><c> prophets</c><00:44:16.659><c> as</c><00:44:16.900><c> it</c><00:44:17.039><c> is</c><00:44:17.179><c> written.</c><00:44:17.780><c> After</c><00:44:18.119><c> this</c><00:44:18.400><c> I</c>

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will<00:44:18.739><c> return</c><00:44:19.239><c> and</c>

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will<00:44:19.880><c> build</c><00:44:20.019><c> again</c><00:44:20.260><c> the</c><00:44:20.500><c> tabernacle</c><00:44:20.940><c> of</c><00:44:21.179><c> David</c><00:44:21.360><c> which</c><00:44:21.539><c> has</c><00:44:21.820><c> fallen</c><00:44:22.019><c> down</c><00:44:22.440><c> and</c><00:44:22.820><c> I</c>

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will<00:44:23.119><c> build</c><00:44:23.300><c> again</c><00:44:23.519><c> the</c><00:44:23.780><c> ruins</c>

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thereof<00:44:24.400><c> and</c><00:44:24.460><c> I</c><00:44:24.579><c> will</c><00:44:24.820><c> set</c><00:44:25.000><c> it</c><00:44:25.139><c> up</c><00:44:25.539><c> that</c><00:44:25.739><c> the</c><00:44:25.980><c> residue</c><00:44:26.380><c> of</c><00:44:26.599><c> men</c>

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might<00:44:27.179><c> seek</c><00:44:27.519><c> after</c><00:44:27.820><c> the</c><00:44:27.980><c> Lord</c><00:44:28.300><c> and</c><00:44:28.739><c> all</c><00:44:29.059><c> the</c><00:44:29.219><c> Gentiles</c>

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upon<00:44:30.019><c> whom</c><00:44:30.559><c> my</c><00:44:31.039><c> name</c><00:44:31.679><c> is</c><00:44:32.579><c> called,</c><00:44:33.199><c> saith</c><00:44:33.340><c> the</c><00:44:33.519><c> Lord,</c><00:44:33.840><c> who</c><00:44:33.980><c> knows</c><00:44:34.980><c> all</c>

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:37.980
these<00:44:35.539><c> things.</c><00:44:36.340><c> So</c><00:44:36.440><c> this</c><00:44:36.760><c> is</c><00:44:36.940><c> what</c><00:44:37.260><c> James</c><00:44:37.659><c> has</c>

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:44.599
said.<00:44:39.219><c> Now</c><00:44:39.219><c> when</c><00:44:39.699><c> you</c><00:44:39.960><c> read</c><00:44:40.159><c> it</c><00:44:41.260><c> from</c><00:44:42.619><c> the</c><00:44:43.340><c> King</c><00:44:43.519><c> James,</c><00:44:44.500><c> after</c>

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:46.159
this<00:44:44.800><c> I</c><00:44:44.940><c> will</c><00:44:45.119><c> return</c><00:44:45.380><c> and</c><00:44:45.559><c> build</c><00:44:45.739><c> again</c><00:44:45.920><c> the</c>

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:49.400
tabernacle<00:44:46.559><c> of</c><00:44:46.780><c> David</c><00:44:46.960><c> which</c><00:44:47.099><c> has</c><00:44:47.340><c> fallen</c><00:44:47.539><c> down</c><00:44:48.079><c> and</c><00:44:49.059><c> I</c><00:44:49.199><c> will</c>

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build<00:44:49.579><c> again</c><00:44:49.800><c> the</c><00:44:50.019><c> ruins</c><00:44:50.199><c> thereof</c><00:44:50.579><c> and</c><00:44:50.760><c> set</c><00:44:50.880><c> it</c><00:44:51.000><c> up,</c>

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:56.039
you<00:44:51.619><c> say</c><00:44:51.920><c> to</c><00:44:52.079><c> yourself,</c><00:44:53.480><c> why</c><00:44:53.500><c> did</c><00:44:53.900><c> he</c><00:44:54.119><c> select</c><00:44:54.460><c> that</c><00:44:54.900><c> particular</c><00:44:55.559><c> account</c>

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to<00:44:56.820><c> think</c><00:44:57.159><c> of</c><00:44:58.500><c> an</c><00:44:58.960><c> example</c><00:44:59.519><c> where</c>

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:05.059
the<00:45:00.300><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:00.780><c> were</c><00:45:00.980><c> to</c><00:45:01.760><c> be</c><00:45:01.980><c> accepted?</c><00:45:02.980><c> Why</c><00:45:03.260><c> that</c><00:45:03.539><c> one?</c><00:45:03.760><c> I</c><00:45:03.940><c> mean</c><00:45:04.019><c> I</c><00:45:04.139><c> could</c><00:45:04.340><c> think</c><00:45:04.480><c> of</c><00:45:04.639><c> other</c><00:45:04.780><c> ones.</c><00:45:04.960><c> I</c>

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could<00:45:05.239><c> think</c>

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of<00:45:05.559><c> going</c><00:45:05.780><c> back</c><00:45:06.159><c> into</c><00:45:06.840><c> the</c><00:45:07.199><c> promises</c><00:45:07.500><c> to</c><00:45:08.260><c> Abraham</c><00:45:08.840><c> where</c><00:45:09.380><c> we</c>

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see<00:45:09.840><c> that</c><00:45:10.019><c> the</c><00:45:10.260><c> promises</c><00:45:10.539><c> that</c><00:45:10.719><c> were</c><00:45:10.860><c> made</c><00:45:11.280><c> were</c><00:45:11.820><c> not</c>

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only<00:45:12.420><c> to</c><00:45:12.599><c> the</c><00:45:12.780><c> Jews</c><00:45:12.920><c> but</c><00:45:13.119><c> to</c><00:45:13.360><c> all</c><00:45:13.639><c> nations.</c><00:45:14.159><c> In</c><00:45:14.219><c> thee</c><00:45:14.380><c> shall</c><00:45:14.619><c> all</c><00:45:14.980><c> nations</c><00:45:15.260><c> be</c>

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blessed.<00:45:16.820><c> And</c><00:45:17.119><c> yet</c><00:45:17.239><c> when</c><00:45:17.380><c> you</c><00:45:17.539><c> look</c><00:45:17.659><c> at</c>

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:20.599
the<00:45:17.820><c> Septuagint</c><00:45:18.539><c> version</c><00:45:19.019><c> what</c><00:45:19.420><c> we</c><00:45:19.659><c> see</c><00:45:19.860><c> is</c><00:45:20.039><c> in</c><00:45:20.139><c> that</c><00:45:20.380><c> day</c><00:45:20.539><c> I</c>

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will<00:45:20.820><c> raise</c><00:45:21.039><c> up</c><00:45:21.219><c> the</c><00:45:21.400><c> tabernacle</c><00:45:21.800><c> of</c><00:45:22.000><c> David</c><00:45:22.400><c> that</c><00:45:22.699><c> has</c>

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:25.539
fallen,<00:45:23.340><c> I</c><00:45:23.340><c> will</c><00:45:23.519><c> rebuild</c><00:45:23.960><c> the</c><00:45:24.199><c> ruins</c><00:45:24.380><c> of</c><00:45:24.559><c> it,</c><00:45:24.820><c> I</c><00:45:25.000><c> will</c><00:45:25.239><c> set</c><00:45:25.420><c> up</c>

00:45:25.539 --> 00:45:27.119
the<00:45:25.739><c> parts</c><00:45:25.920><c> thereof</c><00:45:26.179><c> that</c><00:45:26.239><c> have</c><00:45:26.360><c> been</c><00:45:26.500><c> broken</c><00:45:26.820><c> down</c>

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:30.960
and<00:45:27.480><c> I</c><00:45:27.619><c> will</c><00:45:27.800><c> build</c><00:45:28.000><c> it</c><00:45:28.139><c> up</c><00:45:28.280><c> as</c><00:45:28.480><c> in</c><00:45:28.619><c> the</c><00:45:28.739><c> ancient</c><00:45:29.000><c> days</c><00:45:29.360><c> that</c><00:45:29.820><c> the</c><00:45:30.139><c> remnant</c><00:45:30.579><c> of</c>

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men<00:45:31.380><c> and</c><00:45:31.960><c> all</c><00:45:32.320><c> the</c><00:45:32.559><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:33.460><c> upon</c><00:45:33.860><c> whom</c>

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my<00:45:34.400><c> name</c><00:45:34.539><c> is</c><00:45:34.840><c> called</c><00:45:35.139><c> may</c><00:45:35.659><c> earnestly</c><00:45:36.179><c> seek</c><00:45:36.500><c> me,</c><00:45:36.980><c> saith</c><00:45:37.079><c> the</c><00:45:37.300><c> Lord,</c><00:45:37.880><c> who</c><00:45:38.219><c> does</c><00:45:38.579><c> all</c><00:45:38.800><c> these</c><00:45:39.059><c> things.</c><00:45:39.880><c> So</c>

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here<00:45:40.239><c> was</c><00:45:40.400><c> the</c>

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which<00:45:48.239><c> from</c><00:45:48.619><c> among</c><00:45:48.820><c> the</c><00:45:49.019><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:49.440><c> are</c><00:45:49.679><c> turned</c><00:45:49.840><c> to</c><00:45:50.019><c> God,</c><00:45:50.860><c> but</c>

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that<00:45:51.260><c> we</c><00:45:51.519><c> write</c><00:45:51.739><c> unto</c><00:45:52.039><c> them</c><00:45:52.320><c> that</c><00:45:52.440><c> they</c><00:45:52.679><c> abstain</c><00:45:53.179><c> from</c>

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pollutions<00:45:53.920><c> of</c><00:45:54.179><c> idols</c><00:45:54.420><c> and</c><00:45:55.039><c> from</c><00:45:55.340><c> fornication</c><00:45:56.099><c> and</c><00:45:56.519><c> from</c><00:45:56.760><c> things</c><00:45:57.099><c> strangled</c><00:45:57.840><c> and</c>

00:45:58.340 --> 00:45:59.619
from<00:45:58.619><c> blood.</c><00:45:58.900><c> Now</c><00:45:59.039><c> those</c><00:45:59.219><c> are</c><00:45:59.420><c> kind</c>

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:04.119
of<00:46:00.039><c> interesting.</c><00:46:00.619><c> Why</c><00:46:00.900><c> those</c><00:46:01.219><c> things?</c><00:46:03.539><c> It's</c><00:46:03.840><c> interesting.</c>

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Brother<00:46:04.420><c> Norris</c><00:46:04.699><c> gave</c><00:46:04.940><c> in</c><00:46:05.099><c> his</c><00:46:05.380><c> talks</c><00:46:05.739><c> on</c><00:46:06.400><c> the</c><00:46:06.699><c> Acts</c><00:46:06.820><c> of</c>

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the<00:46:07.119><c> Apostles.</c><00:46:07.940><c> He</c><00:46:08.199><c> said</c><00:46:08.340><c> what</c><00:46:08.539><c> is</c><00:46:08.739><c> it</c><00:46:09.280><c> really</c><00:46:09.519><c> that's</c><00:46:09.800><c> being</c>

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said<00:46:10.300><c> here?</c><00:46:11.159><c> He</c><00:46:11.559><c> says</c><00:46:11.880><c> to</c><00:46:12.099><c> them</c><00:46:12.380><c> it's</c><00:46:13.000><c> not</c><00:46:13.260><c> that</c><00:46:13.500><c> you,</c>

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I<00:46:14.260><c> mean</c><00:46:14.739><c> you</c><00:46:15.340><c> don't</c><00:46:15.579><c> have</c><00:46:15.820><c> to</c><00:46:15.940><c> be</c><00:46:16.099><c> a</c><00:46:16.280><c> Jew,</c><00:46:17.179><c> but</c><00:46:17.320><c> you</c><00:46:17.480><c> have</c><00:46:17.699><c> to</c>

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stop<00:46:18.260><c> doing</c><00:46:18.599><c> things</c><00:46:18.880><c> that</c><00:46:19.059><c> are</c><00:46:19.280><c> pagan.</c>

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:23.900
You<00:46:20.400><c> have</c><00:46:20.639><c> to</c><00:46:20.820><c> stop</c><00:46:21.039><c> being</c><00:46:21.260><c> a</c><00:46:21.440><c> pagan</c><00:46:21.679><c> and</c><00:46:22.940><c> these</c><00:46:23.400><c> are</c><00:46:23.559><c> some</c><00:46:23.739><c> of</c>

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:25.460
the<00:46:24.000><c> things</c><00:46:24.159><c> that</c><00:46:24.340><c> were</c><00:46:24.559><c> associated</c><00:46:25.000><c> with</c><00:46:25.199><c> this.</c>

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Also<00:46:26.119><c> this</c><00:46:26.380><c> is</c><00:46:26.579><c> believed</c><00:46:26.780><c> by</c><00:46:26.960><c> the</c><00:46:27.139><c> Jews</c><00:46:27.280><c> to</c><00:46:27.460><c> go</c><00:46:27.679><c> back</c><00:46:27.920><c> to</c><00:46:28.219><c> the</c>

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:31.119
commandments<00:46:28.880><c> all</c><00:46:29.199><c> the</c><00:46:29.320><c> way</c><00:46:29.460><c> back</c><00:46:29.699><c> to</c><00:46:29.960><c> Noah,</c><00:46:30.780><c> but</c>

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:36.360
you<00:46:32.000><c> don't</c><00:46:32.239><c> have</c><00:46:32.539><c> to</c><00:46:32.760><c> be</c><00:46:33.480><c> a</c><00:46:33.699><c> Jew,</c><00:46:33.840><c> but</c><00:46:33.980><c> you</c><00:46:34.139><c> have</c><00:46:34.340><c> to</c><00:46:34.559><c> stop</c><00:46:34.780><c> doing</c><00:46:35.059><c> things</c><00:46:35.599><c> as</c><00:46:36.199><c> a</c>

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pagan<00:46:36.579><c> and</c><00:46:36.719><c> these</c><00:46:36.900><c> would</c><00:46:37.019><c> have</c><00:46:37.119><c> been</c>

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:40.320
things<00:46:37.519><c> associated</c><00:46:38.019><c> with</c><00:46:38.320><c> that.</c><00:46:39.360><c> So</c><00:46:39.559><c> what</c><00:46:39.679><c> was</c><00:46:39.860><c> the</c><00:46:40.019><c> process?</c>

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We'd<00:46:40.539><c> like</c><00:46:40.579><c> to</c><00:46:40.760><c> get</c><00:46:40.840><c> this</c><00:46:41.039><c> in</c><00:46:41.199><c> real</c><00:46:41.440><c> quickly.</c>

00:46:41.780 --> 00:46:45.519
First<00:46:41.780><c> of</c><00:46:43.320><c> all,</c><00:46:43.460><c> what</c><00:46:43.599><c> did</c><00:46:43.719><c> they</c><00:46:43.820><c> do?</c><00:46:44.679><c> They</c><00:46:44.840><c> did</c><00:46:45.039><c> their</c><00:46:45.300><c> pre</c>

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:48.559
-work.<00:46:46.139><c> They</c><00:46:46.300><c> got</c><00:46:46.559><c> the</c><00:46:46.760><c> perspective</c><00:46:47.280><c> from</c><00:46:47.539><c> both</c><00:46:47.880><c> sides</c>

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separately<00:46:49.119><c> before</c><00:46:49.739><c> they</c><00:46:50.019><c> had</c><00:46:50.199><c> the</c><00:46:50.400><c> meeting.</c><00:46:51.260><c> Very</c><00:46:51.579><c> interesting.</c><00:46:52.440><c> They</c><00:46:52.599><c> bring</c><00:46:53.139><c> Paul</c><00:46:53.480><c> and</c>

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Barnabas<00:46:53.940><c> in</c>

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and<00:46:54.579><c> they</c><00:46:54.880><c> talk</c><00:46:55.039><c> to</c><00:46:55.199><c> them</c><00:46:55.320><c> after</c><00:46:55.599><c> accepting</c><00:46:56.059><c> them.</c><00:46:56.699><c> They</c><00:46:57.059><c> talk</c>

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to<00:46:57.579><c> them</c><00:46:57.900><c> and</c><00:46:58.219><c> get</c><00:46:58.380><c> their</c><00:46:58.599><c> perspective.</c>

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They<00:47:00.940><c> then</c><00:47:01.199><c> call</c><00:47:01.400><c> a</c><00:47:01.679><c> special</c><00:47:01.940><c> meeting</c><00:47:02.159><c> of</c><00:47:02.340><c> the</c><00:47:02.500><c> elders</c><00:47:02.719><c> to</c><00:47:02.980><c> consider</c><00:47:03.380><c> the</c><00:47:03.579><c> matter</c>

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:07.940
and<00:47:05.699><c> they</c><00:47:05.980><c> invite</c><00:47:06.179><c> those</c><00:47:06.559><c> who</c><00:47:06.719><c> have</c><00:47:06.840><c> been</c><00:47:07.039><c> eyewitnesses</c><00:47:07.820><c> of</c>

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the<00:47:08.099><c> issue</c><00:47:08.260><c> to</c><00:47:08.539><c> speak.</c><00:47:08.940><c> So</c><00:47:09.199><c> the</c><00:47:09.340><c> first</c><00:47:09.559><c> one</c><00:47:09.719><c> who</c><00:47:09.960><c> speaks</c>

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:14.980
is<00:47:10.239><c> Peter</c><00:47:10.659><c> and</c><00:47:11.199><c> he</c><00:47:11.420><c> talks</c><00:47:11.699><c> about</c><00:47:12.000><c> what</c><00:47:12.179><c> was</c><00:47:12.440><c> seen</c><00:47:12.940><c> and</c><00:47:14.500><c> then</c>

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they<00:47:15.719><c> allow</c><00:47:16.099><c> those</c><00:47:16.579><c> who</c><00:47:16.780><c> were</c><00:47:16.980><c> accused</c><00:47:17.360><c> and</c><00:47:17.699><c> Paul</c>

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gets<00:47:18.780><c> up</c><00:47:19.000><c> and</c><00:47:19.119><c> he</c><00:47:19.440><c> speaks</c><00:47:19.719><c> and</c><00:47:20.219><c> talks</c><00:47:20.500><c> about</c><00:47:20.760><c> the</c><00:47:20.980><c> things</c><00:47:21.119><c> that</c>

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had<00:47:21.420><c> happened</c><00:47:21.780><c> with</c><00:47:22.599><c> the</c><00:47:22.760><c> Gentiles</c><00:47:23.400><c> and</c><00:47:23.960><c> then</c><00:47:24.239><c> they</c>

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search<00:47:24.900><c> undoubtedly</c><00:47:25.420><c> for</c><00:47:25.800><c> scriptural</c><00:47:26.260><c> principles</c><00:47:26.800><c> which</c><00:47:27.300><c> may</c><00:47:27.539><c> provide</c><00:47:27.900><c> the</c><00:47:28.159><c> resolution</c><00:47:28.619><c> and</c><00:47:29.079><c> what</c><00:47:29.280><c> is</c>

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it<00:47:29.559><c> that</c><00:47:29.739><c> James</c><00:47:29.960><c> finds?</c><00:47:30.659><c> He</c><00:47:30.920><c> finds</c><00:47:31.260><c> that</c><00:47:31.559><c> account,</c><00:47:32.460><c> that</c><00:47:32.699><c> account</c><00:47:33.099><c> that</c>

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we<00:47:33.619><c> read</c><00:47:33.780><c> about</c><00:47:34.059><c> by</c><00:47:34.360><c> the</c><00:47:34.719><c> establishment</c>

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00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:45.599
their<00:47:42.300><c> reasoning.</c><00:47:44.059><c> The</c><00:47:44.179><c> elders</c><00:47:44.400><c> present</c><00:47:44.739><c> the</c><00:47:44.960><c> proposal</c><00:47:45.360><c> to</c>

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the<00:47:45.820><c> entire</c><00:47:46.199><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:46.679><c> and</c><00:47:47.539><c> then</c><00:47:47.880><c> finally</c><00:47:48.119><c> when</c>

00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:54.199
ratified,<00:47:49.099><c> chosen</c><00:47:49.599><c> men</c><00:47:50.019><c> are</c><00:47:50.539><c> then</c><00:47:50.880><c> sent</c><00:47:51.039><c> to</c><00:47:51.380><c> deliver</c><00:47:51.539><c> the</c><00:47:51.920><c> formal</c><00:47:52.380><c> written</c><00:47:52.880><c> communication</c><00:47:53.619><c> to</c>

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Ecclesias.<00:47:55.179><c> Just</c><00:47:55.380><c> one</c><00:47:55.599><c> point</c><00:47:55.719><c> I</c><00:47:55.820><c> want</c><00:47:55.900><c> to</c><00:47:56.019><c> make</c><00:47:56.139><c> to</c><00:47:56.300><c> you</c><00:47:56.360><c> quickly</c><00:47:56.739><c> and</c>

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went<00:48:00.559><c> to</c><00:48:00.860><c> all</c><00:48:01.260><c> the</c><00:48:01.519><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:48:03.139><c> There</c><00:48:03.519><c> is</c><00:48:03.719><c> only</c><00:48:03.940><c> a</c><00:48:04.159><c> record</c><00:48:04.360><c> that</c><00:48:04.559><c> that</c><00:48:04.900><c> went</c><00:48:05.159><c> to</c>

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those<00:48:05.760><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:09.679
who<00:48:06.780><c> were</c><00:48:07.039><c> directly</c><00:48:07.420><c> involved</c><00:48:07.840><c> in</c><00:48:07.960><c> this</c><00:48:08.179><c> process.</c><00:48:09.380><c> So</c><00:48:09.539><c> what</c>

00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:12.019
are<00:48:09.739><c> some</c><00:48:09.900><c> of</c><00:48:10.039><c> the</c><00:48:10.119><c> lessons</c><00:48:10.400><c> from</c><00:48:10.619><c> Acts</c><00:48:10.820><c> 15?</c>

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First<00:48:14.300><c> of</c><00:48:14.500><c> all</c><00:48:14.619><c> when</c><00:48:14.840><c> disputes</c><00:48:15.280><c> arise</c><00:48:16.000><c> try</c><00:48:16.820><c> to</c><00:48:17.059><c> keep</c><00:48:17.199><c> the</c><00:48:17.480><c> debate</c><00:48:17.719><c> limited</c><00:48:18.199><c> to</c>

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those<00:48:18.820><c> who</c><00:48:19.280><c> know</c><00:48:19.519><c> the</c><00:48:19.800><c> issue</c><00:48:20.159><c> and</c>

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must<00:48:20.719><c> be</c><00:48:20.980><c> directly</c><00:48:21.460><c> involved</c><00:48:21.860><c> in</c><00:48:22.340><c> solving</c><00:48:22.800><c> it</c><00:48:23.059><c> and</c><00:48:23.340><c> this</c><00:48:23.500><c> is</c><00:48:23.699><c> a</c>

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warning<00:48:24.139><c> today</c><00:48:24.519><c> to</c><00:48:24.780><c> us</c><00:48:25.000><c> isn't</c><00:48:25.199><c> it</c><00:48:25.539><c> about</c><00:48:25.980><c> letter</c>

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campaigns<00:48:26.940><c> and</c><00:48:27.139><c> email</c><00:48:27.559><c> campaigns</c><00:48:28.159><c> that</c><00:48:28.739><c> seem</c><00:48:28.960><c> sometimes</c><00:48:29.559><c> to</c>

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get<00:48:30.019><c> out</c><00:48:30.260><c> there</c><00:48:30.539><c> real</c><00:48:30.780><c> rapidly</c><00:48:31.300><c> when</c><00:48:31.780><c> there's</c><00:48:32.019><c> a</c>

00:48:32.260 --> 00:48:35.320
conflict<00:48:32.519><c> going</c><00:48:32.820><c> on.</c><00:48:33.199><c> That's</c><00:48:33.559><c> wrong</c><00:48:33.840><c> brothers</c><00:48:34.139><c> and</c><00:48:34.400><c> sisters.</c>

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Keep<00:48:35.679><c> it</c><00:48:36.119><c> to</c><00:48:36.440><c> the</c><00:48:36.719><c> people</c><00:48:37.000><c> who</c><00:48:37.300><c> must</c><00:48:37.579><c> be</c><00:48:37.860><c> involved</c>

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in<00:48:38.800><c> solving</c><00:48:39.059><c> it.</c><00:48:40.300><c> Unfortunately</c><00:48:40.860><c> these</c><00:48:41.219><c> days</c><00:48:41.800><c> particularly</c>

00:48:42.659 --> 00:48:45.119
with<00:48:42.920><c> email</c><00:48:43.159><c> you</c><00:48:43.380><c> can</c><00:48:43.599><c> have</c><00:48:43.760><c> the</c><00:48:44.079><c> spread</c><00:48:44.219><c> of</c><00:48:44.440><c> a</c><00:48:44.579><c> problem</c>

00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:48.219
across<00:48:45.739><c> the</c><00:48:46.000><c> brotherhood</c><00:48:46.599><c> in</c><00:48:46.960><c> a</c><00:48:47.119><c> touch</c><00:48:47.239><c> of</c><00:48:47.440><c> a</c><00:48:47.539><c> couple</c><00:48:47.699><c> of</c><00:48:47.900><c> keys</c>

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and<00:48:49.219><c> we</c><00:48:49.460><c> have</c><00:48:49.619><c> to</c><00:48:49.760><c> be</c><00:48:49.940><c> very</c><00:48:50.260><c> careful</c><00:48:50.539><c> not</c><00:48:50.719><c> to</c><00:48:50.880><c> do</c><00:48:51.019><c> that.</c>

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When<00:48:51.579><c> they</c><00:48:51.820><c> arise</c><00:48:52.340><c> keep</c><00:48:52.840><c> it</c><00:48:53.059><c> limited</c><00:48:53.239><c> to</c><00:48:53.480><c> those</c><00:48:53.840><c> who</c><00:48:54.239><c> know</c><00:48:54.460><c> the</c>

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issue<00:48:54.940><c> and</c><00:48:55.079><c> must</c><00:48:55.260><c> be</c><00:48:55.500><c> directly</c><00:48:55.860><c> involved</c>

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in<00:48:56.440><c> solving</c><00:48:56.699><c> it</c><00:48:57.139><c> and</c><00:48:57.800><c> also</c><00:48:58.179><c> one's</c><00:48:58.659><c> behavior</c><00:48:59.019><c> during</c><00:48:59.400><c> these</c><00:48:59.639><c> times</c><00:48:59.920><c> of</c>

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dispute<00:49:00.500><c> is</c><00:49:01.099><c> critical.</c><00:49:02.400><c> Sometimes</c>

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this<00:49:03.099><c> is</c><00:49:03.300><c> important</c><00:49:03.699><c> as</c><00:49:03.920><c> the</c><00:49:04.159><c> solution</c><00:49:04.460><c> itself.</c><00:49:06.539><c> Know</c><00:49:06.780><c> the</c><00:49:07.000><c> difference</c><00:49:07.519><c> between</c><00:49:08.280><c> compromise</c><00:49:09.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:09.400><c> truth</c>

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and<00:49:10.559><c> accommodation</c><00:49:11.079><c> of</c><00:49:11.300><c> our</c><00:49:11.500><c> brethren</c><00:49:11.820><c> and</c><00:49:12.820><c> if</c><00:49:12.960><c> you</c><00:49:13.179><c> look</c><00:49:13.340><c> at</c>

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the<00:49:13.719><c> decision</c><00:49:14.059><c> that</c><00:49:14.219><c> was</c><00:49:14.440><c> made</c><00:49:14.659><c> there</c><00:49:14.840><c> was</c><00:49:15.059><c> no</c>

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compromise<00:49:15.940><c> of</c><00:49:16.739><c> the</c><00:49:17.000><c> truth</c><00:49:17.239><c> in</c><00:49:17.440><c> what</c><00:49:17.699><c> James</c><00:49:18.059><c> talked</c><00:49:18.440><c> about.</c>

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his<00:49:22.260><c> brethren.</c><00:49:23.539><c> The</c><00:49:23.719><c> apostles</c><00:49:24.139><c> and</c><00:49:24.320><c> the</c><00:49:24.480><c> elders</c><00:49:24.659><c> considered</c>

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the<00:49:25.340><c> matter</c><00:49:25.559><c> and</c><00:49:26.079><c> then</c><00:49:26.400><c> took</c><00:49:26.559><c> it</c><00:49:26.719><c> to</c><00:49:26.860><c> the</c>

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:29.699
ecclesia<00:49:27.480><c> for</c><00:49:28.000><c> ratification.</c><00:49:28.940><c> They</c><00:49:29.079><c> didn't</c><00:49:29.280><c> do</c><00:49:29.380><c> it</c><00:49:29.480><c> of</c><00:49:29.519><c> their</c>

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own<00:49:29.960><c> selves</c><00:49:30.280><c> but</c><00:49:30.739><c> rather</c><00:49:31.139><c> they</c><00:49:31.679><c> took</c><00:49:31.820><c> it</c><00:49:31.960><c> to</c><00:49:32.079><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:49:32.679><c> and</c><00:49:33.260><c> decisions</c><00:49:33.800><c> not</c><00:49:34.219><c> explicitly</c><00:49:34.900><c> taught</c><00:49:35.159><c> in</c><00:49:35.380><c> scripture</c><00:49:35.719><c> are</c>

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handled<00:49:36.659><c> by</c><00:49:37.000><c> implicit</c><00:49:37.460><c> interpretation</c>

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looking<00:49:38.800><c> for</c><00:49:39.039><c> the</c><00:49:39.219><c> principle</c><00:49:39.699><c> and</c><00:49:40.599><c> also</c><00:49:41.260><c> looking</c><00:49:41.639><c> at</c><00:49:41.920><c> personal</c><00:49:42.360><c> observation</c><00:49:43.019><c> of</c><00:49:43.579><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:49:44.139><c> work.</c>

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So<00:49:45.219><c> it's</c><00:49:45.500><c> a</c><00:49:45.639><c> problem</c><00:49:45.960><c> for</c><00:49:46.260><c> a</c><00:49:46.400><c> lot</c><00:49:46.579><c> of</c><00:49:46.760><c> ways</c><00:49:46.980><c> to</c><00:49:47.260><c> solve</c><00:49:47.420><c> problems.</c><00:49:48.280><c> I</c><00:49:48.280><c> mean</c><00:49:48.320><c> a</c>

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process<00:49:48.880><c> for</c><00:49:49.519><c> solving</c><00:49:49.860><c> many</c>

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problems.<00:49:51.000><c> A</c><00:49:51.320><c> controversy</c><00:49:51.739><c> between</c><00:49:52.119><c> two</c><00:49:52.420><c> or</c><00:49:52.579><c> more</c><00:49:52.800><c> ecclesias.</c><00:49:53.760><c> An</c><00:49:54.000><c> agreed</c>

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process<00:49:54.659><c> for</c><00:49:54.900><c> working</c><00:49:55.159><c> through</c>

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difficulties<00:49:56.119><c> between</c><00:49:56.840><c> and</c><00:49:57.059><c> within</c><00:49:57.260><c> ecclesias.</c><00:49:58.340><c> Defining</c>

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ecclesial<00:49:59.480><c> autonomy</c><00:49:59.900><c> and</c><00:50:00.159><c> interdependence.</c>

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Conduct<00:50:01.739><c> during</c><00:50:02.019><c> times</c><00:50:02.400><c> of</c><00:50:02.679><c> debate</c><00:50:03.380><c> and</c><00:50:04.500><c> conflict.</c><00:50:05.920><c> A</c><00:50:06.179><c> difference</c><00:50:06.340><c> between</c><00:50:06.800><c> compromise</c><00:50:07.420><c> and</c>

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accommodation.<00:50:08.239><c> It</c><00:50:08.420><c> gives</c><00:50:08.619><c> instruction</c><00:50:09.079><c> on</c><00:50:09.320><c> that.</c><00:50:10.219><c> Also</c><00:50:10.579><c> the</c>

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documentation<00:50:11.460><c> process</c><00:50:11.880><c> which</c><00:50:12.079><c> we</c><00:50:12.360><c> tend</c><00:50:12.519><c> to</c><00:50:12.719><c> not</c>

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really<00:50:13.000><c> pay</c><00:50:13.219><c> a</c><00:50:13.340><c> lot</c><00:50:13.460><c> of</c><00:50:13.579><c> attention</c><00:50:13.920><c> to.</c><00:50:14.800><c> It's</c><00:50:14.900><c> something</c><00:50:15.159><c> that's</c><00:50:15.539><c> very</c>

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ranging<00:50:21.159><c> brother</c><00:50:21.400><c> really</c><00:50:21.820><c> need</c>

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I'm<00:50:28.780><c> going</c><00:50:28.880><c> to</c><00:50:29.039><c> skip</c><00:50:29.260><c> right</c><00:50:29.599><c> through</c><00:50:29.840><c> these</c>

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this?<00:50:35.219><c> Problems</c><00:50:35.679><c> from</c><00:50:35.860><c> within</c>

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of<00:50:43.300><c> difficulty</c><00:50:43.920><c> today</c><00:50:44.360><c> there</c><00:50:44.860><c> are</c><00:50:45.219><c> spiritual</c><00:50:46.139><c> guideposts</c><00:50:47.260><c> precedents</c><00:50:47.760><c> and</c><00:50:48.000><c> principles.</c><00:50:48.500><c> We're</c><00:50:48.539><c> not</c><00:50:48.880><c> on</c>

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our<00:50:49.320><c> own</c>

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to<00:50:50.000><c> figure</c><00:50:50.239><c> these</c><00:50:50.519><c> things</c><00:50:50.739><c> out.</c><00:50:51.860><c> Righteous</c><00:50:52.300><c> saints</c><00:50:52.760><c> will</c><00:50:53.380><c> seek</c><00:50:53.639><c> them</c><00:50:53.900><c> out</c>

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and<00:50:54.739><c> apply</c><00:50:55.119><c> them</c><00:50:55.320><c> in</c><00:50:55.559><c> love</c><00:50:55.739><c> and</c><00:50:56.019><c> patience</c>

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and<00:50:57.039><c> rely</c><00:50:57.380><c> on</c><00:50:57.519><c> the</c><00:50:57.719><c> Lord</c><00:50:57.940><c> to</c><00:50:58.179><c> work</c><00:50:58.360><c> his</c><00:50:58.619><c> will.</c><00:50:59.360><c> And</c><00:50:59.739><c> finally</c><00:51:00.159><c> delays</c><00:51:00.980><c> that</c><00:51:01.320><c> happen</c><00:51:01.539><c> in</c>

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resolution.<00:51:02.159><c> I</c><00:51:02.260><c> heard</c><00:51:02.400><c> this</c><00:51:02.559><c> from</c>

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a<00:51:02.860><c> number</c><00:51:03.059><c> of</c><00:51:03.239><c> you</c><00:51:03.500><c> when</c><00:51:03.860><c> we</c><00:51:04.019><c> were</c><00:51:04.179><c> talking</c><00:51:04.519><c> about</c><00:51:04.960><c> issues</c><00:51:05.380><c> of</c>

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being<00:51:05.679><c> in</c><00:51:05.860><c> one</c><00:51:06.019><c> accord.</c><00:51:06.820><c> Delays</c><00:51:07.139><c> in</c><00:51:07.380><c> resolution</c><00:51:07.820><c> are</c>

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negative.<00:51:09.480><c> They</c><00:51:09.579><c> often</c><00:51:09.900><c> can</c><00:51:10.179><c> prevent</c><00:51:10.519><c> good</c><00:51:11.039><c> and</c><00:51:11.539><c> positive</c><00:51:12.000><c> work</c><00:51:12.219><c> from</c><00:51:12.460><c> happening.</c><00:51:13.199><c> So</c>

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let<00:51:13.579><c> us</c><00:51:13.719><c> keep</c><00:51:13.960><c> in</c><00:51:14.159><c> mind</c>

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brothers<00:51:14.679><c> and</c><00:51:15.219><c> sisters</c><00:51:15.539><c> the</c><00:51:15.840><c> need</c><00:51:16.019><c> for</c><00:51:16.260><c> us</c><00:51:16.380><c> to</c><00:51:16.559><c> have</c><00:51:16.679><c> the</c><00:51:16.980><c> standard</c><00:51:17.340><c> of</c>

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being<00:51:18.019><c> in</c><00:51:18.239><c> one</c><00:51:18.420><c> accord.</c><00:51:19.159><c> But</c><00:51:19.320><c> when</c><00:51:19.639><c> problems</c>

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come<00:51:20.300><c> up</c><00:51:20.460><c> in</c><00:51:20.579><c> our</c><00:51:20.760><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:21.300><c> the</c><00:51:21.699><c> Bible</c><00:51:22.039><c> is</c><00:51:22.260><c> not</c><00:51:22.519><c> silent</c><00:51:22.920><c> about</c>

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how<00:51:23.579><c> to</c><00:51:23.900><c> work</c><00:51:24.139><c> through</c><00:51:24.420><c> those</c><00:51:24.980><c> kinds</c><00:51:25.300><c> of</c><00:51:25.579><c> problems.</c>

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Brothers<00:51:26.840><c> and</c><00:51:27.119><c> sisters</c><00:51:27.340><c> need</c><00:51:27.539><c> to</c><00:51:27.780><c> go</c><00:51:28.000><c> to</c><00:51:28.219><c> these</c><00:51:28.420><c> scriptures.</c>

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We<00:51:29.480><c> all</c><00:51:29.739><c> do</c><00:51:30.039><c> in</c><00:51:30.480><c> order</c><00:51:30.719><c> to</c><00:51:31.000><c> find</c><00:51:31.179><c> a</c>

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process<00:51:31.800><c> for</c><00:51:32.039><c> dealing</c><00:51:32.219><c> with</c><00:51:32.480><c> them</c><00:51:32.739><c> and</c><00:51:33.119><c> also</c><00:51:33.619><c> the</c><00:51:33.800><c> way</c><00:51:33.940><c> that</c>

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we<00:51:34.199><c> should</c><00:51:34.360><c> behave</c><00:51:34.699><c> during</c><00:51:34.980><c> them.</c><00:51:35.340><c> And</c><00:51:35.619><c> with</c><00:51:35.780><c> God's</c>

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grace<00:51:36.719><c> we'll</c><00:51:37.139><c> be</c><00:51:37.300><c> able</c><00:51:37.480><c> to</c><00:51:37.679><c> work</c><00:51:37.920><c> through</c><00:51:38.239><c> those</c><00:51:38.719><c> and</c><00:51:39.179><c> be</c><00:51:39.320><c> able</c>

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to<00:51:39.739><c> go</c><00:51:39.940><c> on</c><00:51:40.179><c> to</c><00:51:40.400><c> the</c><00:51:40.599><c> kinds</c><00:51:40.780><c> of</c><00:51:41.000><c> work</c>

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that<00:51:41.719><c> brings</c><00:51:41.960><c> light</c><00:51:42.219><c> to</c><00:51:42.460><c> our</c><00:51:42.599><c> community</c><00:51:43.079><c> as</c><00:51:43.719><c> well</c><00:51:43.920><c> as</c><00:51:44.059><c> to</c><00:51:44.199><c> that</c>

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around<00:51:44.639><c> us.</c>