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15.<00:13:19.070><c> Now</c><00:13:19.169><c> coming</c><00:13:19.350><c> back</c><00:13:19.570><c> to</c><00:13:19.669><c> the</c><00:13:19.809><c> second</c><00:13:19.970><c> of</c><00:13:20.129><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:20.490><c> chapter</c><00:13:20.850><c> 9</c><00:13:21.149><c> just</c><00:13:21.570><c> briefly,</c><00:13:22.490><c> because</c><00:13:22.590><c> we're</c><00:13:22.730><c> going</c><00:13:22.830><c> to</c>

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make<00:13:26.450><c> sure</c><00:13:26.669><c> that</c><00:13:26.809><c> we've</c><00:13:26.970><c> got</c><00:13:27.129><c> the</c><00:13:27.370><c> thread</c><00:13:27.490><c> of</c><00:13:27.889><c> what</c>

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we're<00:13:28.289><c> saying</c><00:13:28.570><c> here.</c><00:13:29.269><c> So</c><00:13:29.269><c> in</c><00:13:29.389><c> the</c><00:13:29.570><c> second</c><00:13:29.769><c> of</c><00:13:29.970><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:30.409><c> 9,</c>

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sufficiency<00:13:39.169><c> in</c><00:13:39.490><c> all</c><00:13:39.870><c> things</c><00:13:40.169><c> may</c><00:13:40.389><c> abound</c>

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he<00:13:45.649><c> hath</c><00:13:46.129><c> given</c><00:13:46.850><c> to</c><00:13:48.009><c> the</c><00:13:48.490><c> poor.</c>

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his<00:13:52.909><c> righteousness</c><00:13:54.049><c> remaineth</c><00:13:55.149><c> forever.</c>

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is<00:13:59.309><c> a</c><00:13:59.509><c> very</c><00:13:59.909><c> interesting</c><00:14:00.429><c> passage</c><00:14:00.809><c> that</c><00:14:01.070><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:14:01.549><c> uses.</c><00:14:01.990><c> We</c><00:14:02.049><c> might</c><00:14:02.250><c> just</c><00:14:02.409><c> come</c><00:14:02.629><c> back</c><00:14:02.809><c> to</c><00:14:02.889><c> it</c><00:14:03.009><c> and</c><00:14:03.029><c> have</c>

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a<00:14:03.269><c> look</c><00:14:03.389><c> at</c><00:14:03.490><c> this</c><00:14:03.690><c> one,</c><00:14:04.690><c> because</c><00:14:04.970><c> there's</c><00:14:05.769><c> more</c><00:14:06.210><c> to</c>

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this<00:14:06.669><c> than</c><00:14:06.870><c> meets</c><00:14:07.230><c> the</c><00:14:07.529><c> eye.</c><00:14:08.649><c> Psalm</c><00:14:08.909><c> 112,</c><00:14:09.690><c> so</c><00:14:09.850><c> God</c><00:14:10.090><c> is</c><00:14:10.330><c> able</c><00:14:10.490><c> to</c>

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bless<00:14:11.049><c> us</c><00:14:11.590><c> if</c><00:14:11.970><c> we</c><00:14:12.450><c> are</c><00:14:12.669><c> bound</c><00:14:12.909><c> towards</c><00:14:13.429><c> others,</c>

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as<00:14:14.509><c> it</c><00:14:14.649><c> is</c><00:14:14.870><c> written,</c><00:14:15.190><c> he</c><00:14:15.309><c> quotes</c><00:14:15.490><c> Psalm</c><00:14:15.889><c> 112</c><00:14:16.669><c> verse</c><00:14:17.490><c> 9.</c><00:14:19.309><c> Verse</c>

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Psalm<00:14:48.110><c> 112</c><00:14:48.649><c> verse</c><00:14:49.090><c> 9</c><00:14:49.389><c> is</c><00:14:49.610><c> this.</c><00:14:50.610><c> He</c><00:14:50.669><c> hath</c><00:14:50.950><c> dispersed,</c><00:14:51.610><c> he</c><00:14:51.710><c> hath</c>

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endureth<00:14:56.110><c> forever.</c><00:14:57.230><c> Now</c><00:14:57.450><c> what</c><00:14:57.610><c> may</c><00:14:57.870><c> not</c><00:14:58.049><c> be</c><00:14:58.330><c> clear</c><00:14:58.549><c> from</c><00:14:58.909><c> a</c><00:14:59.110><c> first</c><00:14:59.350><c> consideration</c><00:15:00.070><c> of</c>

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believe,<00:15:05.070><c> in</c><00:15:05.230><c> a</c><00:15:05.450><c> very</c><00:15:06.110><c> special</c><00:15:06.889><c> and</c><00:15:07.570><c> specific</c><00:15:08.190><c> sense.</c>

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There<00:15:09.389><c> is</c><00:15:09.570><c> a</c><00:15:09.690><c> set</c><00:15:09.789><c> of</c><00:15:10.190><c> passages</c><00:15:10.690><c> that</c><00:15:11.509><c> speak</c><00:15:11.809><c> about</c><00:15:12.129><c> the</c><00:15:12.370><c> idea</c>

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is<00:15:16.070><c> almsgiving,</c><00:15:18.570><c> the</c><00:15:18.950><c> giving</c><00:15:19.350><c> of</c><00:15:20.110><c> alms.</c><00:15:21.990><c> And</c><00:15:22.149><c> because</c><00:15:22.470><c> the</c><00:15:22.710><c> giving</c><00:15:22.889><c> of</c>

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alms<00:15:23.470><c> was</c><00:15:23.769><c> a</c><00:15:24.129><c> righteous</c><00:15:24.590><c> act,</c>

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it's<00:15:26.110><c> deemed</c><00:15:26.389><c> to</c><00:15:26.750><c> be</c><00:15:27.129><c> in</c><00:15:27.350><c> itself</c><00:15:28.049><c> righteousness.</c><00:15:29.610><c> Not</c><00:15:29.809><c> that</c><00:15:30.009><c> it</c><00:15:30.269><c> justifies</c><00:15:30.789><c> a</c>

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but<00:15:32.950><c> it</c><00:15:33.070><c> is</c><00:15:33.330><c> the</c><00:15:33.590><c> doing</c><00:15:33.809><c> of</c><00:15:34.049><c> that</c><00:15:34.230><c> which</c><00:15:34.409><c> is</c><00:15:34.690><c> right,</c><00:15:34.870><c> the</c><00:15:35.090><c> giving</c><00:15:35.250><c> of</c><00:15:35.549><c> alms.</c><00:15:36.049><c> And</c><00:15:36.330><c> I</c>

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believe<00:15:36.750><c> that</c><00:15:36.990><c> the</c><00:15:37.149><c> word</c>

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righteousness<00:15:38.049><c> in</c><00:15:38.529><c> this</c><00:15:38.970><c> particular</c><00:15:39.750><c> passage,</c><00:15:40.690><c> it</c><00:15:41.009><c> isn't</c><00:15:41.110><c> just</c><00:15:41.450><c> the</c><00:15:41.789><c> general</c><00:15:42.230><c> idea</c><00:15:42.570><c> of</c><00:15:42.830><c> righteousness,</c>

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it<00:15:43.549><c> is</c><00:15:43.809><c> specifically</c><00:15:44.529><c> the</c><00:15:44.990><c> righteousness</c><00:15:45.549><c> of</c><00:15:46.210><c> giving</c><00:15:46.509><c> alms.</c>

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passages<00:15:49.250><c> to</c><00:15:49.490><c> see</c><00:15:49.629><c> how</c><00:15:49.789><c> we</c><00:15:49.929><c> build</c><00:15:50.129><c> that</c><00:15:50.350><c> idea</c><00:15:50.610><c> up.</c><00:15:51.129><c> Come</c><00:15:51.309><c> back</c>

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to<00:15:51.730><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:15:52.190><c> chapter</c><00:15:52.509><c> 24</c><00:15:52.990><c> first</c><00:15:53.370><c> of</c><00:15:53.570><c> all.</c>

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together.<00:15:58.289><c> What</c><00:15:58.629><c> did</c><00:15:59.049><c> Psalm</c><00:15:59.409><c> 112</c><00:16:00.169><c> mean</c><00:16:00.610><c> when</c><00:16:00.789><c> it</c>

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says<00:16:01.409><c> that</c><00:16:01.889><c> the</c><00:16:01.970><c> man</c><00:16:02.250><c> who</c><00:16:02.409><c> gives</c><00:16:02.610><c> to</c><00:16:02.830><c> the</c><00:16:03.049><c> poor</c><00:16:03.350><c> finds</c><00:16:03.870><c> that</c>

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his<00:16:04.370><c> righteousness</c><00:16:04.889><c> endures</c><00:16:05.789><c> forever?</c><00:16:06.490><c> What</c><00:16:06.750><c> does</c><00:16:07.029><c> that</c>

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Well,<00:16:08.789><c> it</c><00:16:08.830><c> means</c><00:16:09.250><c> something</c><00:16:09.710><c> very</c><00:16:10.490><c> special.</c><00:16:12.529><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:12.889><c> 24</c>

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puts<00:16:13.610><c> it</c><00:16:13.789><c> this</c><00:16:14.049><c> way.</c><00:16:14.429><c> Now</c><00:16:14.570><c> let's</c><00:16:14.730><c> just</c><00:16:15.009><c> have</c><00:16:15.149><c> a</c><00:16:15.210><c> look</c>

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then<00:16:15.870><c> at</c><00:16:16.230><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:16:16.649><c> 24</c><00:16:17.190><c> verse</c><00:16:17.649><c> 10</c><00:16:18.149><c> for</c><00:16:18.529><c> connection.</c><00:16:21.029><c> So</c><00:16:21.190><c> here's</c><00:16:22.090><c> an</c>

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illustration<00:16:23.129><c> of</c><00:16:23.330><c> how</c><00:16:23.549><c> this</c><00:16:23.809><c> term</c>

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righteousness<00:16:24.789><c> is</c><00:16:25.549><c> used</c><00:16:25.909><c> in</c><00:16:26.190><c> this</c><00:16:26.409><c> way.</c><00:16:26.990><c> When</c><00:16:27.230><c> thou</c><00:16:27.529><c> dost</c><00:16:27.870><c> lend</c><00:16:28.429><c> thy</c>

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brother<00:16:29.210><c> anything,</c><00:16:30.629><c> thou</c><00:16:30.789><c> shalt</c><00:16:31.090><c> not</c><00:16:31.350><c> go</c><00:16:31.549><c> into</c>

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his<00:16:31.990><c> house</c><00:16:32.110><c> to</c><00:16:32.870><c> fetch</c><00:16:33.049><c> his</c><00:16:33.590><c> pledge.</c><00:16:34.789><c> Thou</c><00:16:34.950><c> shalt</c><00:16:35.309><c> stand</c><00:16:35.950><c> abroad,</c><00:16:37.210><c> and</c>

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be<00:16:41.789><c> poor,</c><00:16:42.490><c> thou</c><00:16:42.730><c> shalt</c><00:16:43.090><c> not</c><00:16:43.429><c> sleep</c><00:16:43.769><c> with</c><00:16:43.970><c> his</c><00:16:44.269><c> pledge.</c>

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when<00:16:48.210><c> the</c><00:16:48.429><c> sun</c><00:16:48.629><c> goeth</c><00:16:48.870><c> down,</c><00:16:49.549><c> that</c><00:16:49.629><c> he</c><00:16:49.769><c> may</c><00:16:49.990><c> sleep</c>

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in<00:16:50.450><c> his</c><00:16:50.629><c> own</c><00:16:50.970><c> raiment</c><00:16:51.250><c> and</c><00:16:51.730><c> bless</c><00:16:52.149><c> thee,</c><00:16:52.730><c> and</c><00:16:53.169><c> it</c><00:16:53.750><c> shall</c><00:16:54.149><c> be</c>

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righteousness<00:16:55.590><c> unto</c><00:16:56.450><c> thee</c><00:16:57.070><c> before</c><00:16:57.870><c> Yahweh</c><00:16:58.450><c> thy</c><00:16:58.750><c> God.</c>

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So<00:16:59.190><c> what</c><00:16:59.509><c> was</c><00:16:59.970><c> the</c><00:17:00.389><c> righteousness</c><00:17:01.070><c> of</c><00:17:01.690><c> the</c><00:17:01.990><c> person</c><00:17:02.389><c> in</c><00:17:02.710><c> this</c>

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chapter?<00:17:03.610><c> And</c><00:17:03.809><c> the</c><00:17:03.950><c> answer</c><00:17:04.329><c> is</c><00:17:04.789><c> that</c><00:17:04.950><c> he</c><00:17:05.069><c> has</c><00:17:05.470><c> given</c>

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back<00:17:06.269><c> to</c><00:17:06.609><c> the</c><00:17:06.890><c> poor</c><00:17:07.150><c> that</c><00:17:07.970><c> pledge</c><00:17:08.269><c> which</c><00:17:08.509><c> he</c><00:17:08.750><c> needs.</c><00:17:09.009><c> In</c><00:17:09.130><c> this</c>

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particular<00:17:09.630><c> case</c><00:17:09.890><c> it</c><00:17:09.970><c> was</c><00:17:10.190><c> the</c><00:17:10.369><c> raiment</c><00:17:10.589><c> of</c><00:17:10.789><c> the</c><00:17:10.930><c> man.</c>

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What<00:17:11.869><c> was</c><00:17:12.269><c> the</c><00:17:12.650><c> righteousness</c><00:17:13.329><c> counted</c><00:17:13.769><c> before</c><00:17:14.230><c> God?</c><00:17:15.029><c> And</c><00:17:15.230><c> that</c><00:17:15.369><c> is</c>

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that<00:17:15.670><c> he</c><00:17:15.990><c> showed</c><00:17:16.289><c> mercy</c><00:17:17.170><c> to</c><00:17:17.589><c> the</c><00:17:17.890><c> poor.</c>

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Isn't<00:17:20.549><c> that</c><00:17:21.210><c> right</c><00:17:21.430><c> in</c><00:17:21.589><c> that</c><00:17:21.750><c> context?</c><00:17:23.390><c> It</c><00:17:23.589><c> shall</c><00:17:23.809><c> be</c><00:17:24.089><c> right.</c>

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What's<00:17:24.670><c> he</c><00:17:24.809><c> done?</c><00:17:25.130><c> He's</c><00:17:25.509><c> given</c><00:17:25.730><c> his</c><00:17:26.150><c> pledge</c>

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back<00:17:26.690><c> to</c><00:17:26.930><c> a</c><00:17:27.250><c> poor</c><00:17:27.650><c> man</c><00:17:28.210><c> again,</c><00:17:28.950><c> and</c><00:17:29.190><c> it</c><00:17:29.329><c> shall</c><00:17:29.470><c> be</c><00:17:29.750><c> righteousness</c><00:17:30.170><c> unto</c><00:17:30.529><c> thee,</c>

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says<00:17:31.369><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:17:31.750><c> 24.</c>

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Come<00:17:33.529><c> and</c><00:17:33.609><c> have</c><00:17:33.690><c> a</c><00:17:33.690><c> look</c><00:17:33.769><c> at</c><00:17:33.910><c> Daniel</c><00:17:34.250><c> chapter</c><00:17:34.609><c> 4.</c><00:17:35.329><c> You</c><00:17:35.450><c> might</c>

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not<00:17:35.829><c> be</c><00:17:36.029><c> convinced</c><00:17:36.309><c> with</c><00:17:36.470><c> one</c><00:17:36.650><c> or</c><00:17:36.730><c> two</c><00:17:36.930><c> of</c><00:17:37.109><c> these,</c>

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but<00:17:37.710><c> by</c><00:17:37.970><c> the</c><00:17:38.089><c> time</c><00:17:38.250><c> you</c><00:17:38.450><c> see</c><00:17:38.650><c> them</c><00:17:38.829><c> all</c><00:17:39.009><c> in</c><00:17:39.470><c> context,</c><00:17:40.549><c> you'll</c><00:17:40.730><c> see</c><00:17:40.910><c> that</c><00:17:41.029><c> there</c><00:17:41.190><c> is</c><00:17:41.329><c> a</c>

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definite<00:17:41.730><c> idea</c><00:17:42.250><c> here.</c>

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Daniel<00:17:43.009><c> chapter</c><00:17:43.509><c> 4</c><00:17:44.509><c> and</c><00:17:45.349><c> verse</c><00:17:45.670><c> 27.</c>

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Daniel<00:17:51.549><c> 4</c><00:17:53.230><c> verse</c><00:17:54.869><c> 27.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:17:59.210><c> O</c><00:17:59.569><c> King,</c><00:18:01.329><c> let</c><00:18:01.609><c> my</c><00:18:02.029><c> counsel</c><00:18:02.569><c> be</c><00:18:03.029><c> acceptable</c><00:18:03.410><c> unto</c>

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thee,<00:18:04.049><c> and</c><00:18:04.230><c> break</c><00:18:04.529><c> off</c><00:18:04.910><c> thy</c><00:18:05.450><c> sins,</c><00:18:07.490><c> thy</c><00:18:07.789><c> righteousness,</c>

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and<00:18:11.369><c> thine</c><00:18:11.710><c> iniquities</c><00:18:12.730><c> by</c><00:18:14.289><c> showing</c><00:18:14.589><c> mercy</c><00:18:14.990><c> to</c><00:18:15.170><c> the</c><00:18:15.329><c> poor.</c><00:18:15.690><c> Now</c><00:18:15.869><c> you</c><00:18:16.029><c> see</c><00:18:16.150><c> that's</c><00:18:16.569><c> a</c>

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Hebrew<00:18:17.230><c> parallelism,</c>

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isn't<00:18:18.230><c> it?</c><00:18:19.109><c> You</c><00:18:19.250><c> see</c><00:18:19.430><c> the</c><00:18:19.730><c> parallel</c><00:18:20.009><c> of</c><00:18:20.250><c> expression</c><00:18:20.690><c> here.</c><00:18:21.490><c> Break</c><00:18:21.730><c> off</c><00:18:22.089><c> thy</c><00:18:22.430><c> sins</c><00:18:23.029><c> by</c><00:18:23.549><c> righteousness,</c>

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that<00:18:24.910><c> is,</c><00:18:25.710><c> thine</c><00:18:25.970><c> iniquities</c><00:18:26.769><c> by</c><00:18:27.569><c> showing</c><00:18:27.990><c> mercy</c><00:18:28.789><c> to</c><00:18:29.009><c> the</c><00:18:29.230><c> poor.</c><00:18:29.609><c> So</c>

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what<00:18:30.150><c> was</c><00:18:30.430><c> the</c><00:18:30.769><c> righteousness</c><00:18:31.410><c> of</c><00:18:31.910><c> this</c>

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man<00:18:32.549><c> on</c><00:18:32.769><c> this</c><00:18:32.930><c> occasion?</c><00:18:33.430><c> And</c><00:18:33.589><c> the</c><00:18:33.670><c> answer</c><00:18:33.970><c> is</c><00:18:34.150><c> that</c><00:18:34.250><c> he</c><00:18:34.549><c> shows</c>

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mercy<00:18:36.049><c> to</c><00:18:36.309><c> the</c><00:18:36.569><c> poor.</c>

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That's<00:18:39.029><c> the</c><00:18:39.269><c> spirit</c><00:18:39.450><c> of</c><00:18:39.670><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:18:40.230><c> 24.</c><00:18:40.930><c> It</c><00:18:41.049><c> shall</c><00:18:41.349><c> be</c><00:18:41.670><c> counted</c><00:18:41.950><c> as</c>

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righteousness<00:18:42.730><c> unto</c><00:18:43.089><c> thee.</c>

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Come<00:18:44.630><c> and</c><00:18:44.730><c> have</c><00:18:44.789><c> a</c><00:18:44.789><c> look</c><00:18:44.910><c> at</c><00:18:45.049><c> Matthew</c><00:18:45.470><c> chapter</c><00:18:45.809><c> 6.</c><00:18:46.150><c> Here's</c><00:18:46.349><c> a</c>

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New<00:18:46.690><c> Testament</c><00:18:47.049><c> illustration</c><00:18:47.750><c> of</c><00:18:48.269><c> the</c><00:18:48.450><c> same</c><00:18:48.690><c> principle.</c>

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Take<00:19:15.049><c> heed</c><00:19:15.630><c> that</c><00:19:16.670><c> ye</c><00:19:16.950><c> do</c><00:19:17.170><c> not</c><00:19:17.470><c> your</c><00:19:18.569><c> arms</c><00:19:19.549><c> before</c><00:19:21.190><c> men.</c><00:19:22.930><c> See</c>

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their<00:19:37.450><c> righteousness.</c><00:19:39.349><c> Now</c><00:19:39.569><c> I</c><00:19:39.690><c> believe</c><00:19:40.089><c> that</c>

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that's<00:19:40.710><c> the</c><00:19:40.930><c> term,</c><00:19:41.529><c> that's</c><00:19:41.910><c> the</c><00:19:42.069><c> meaning</c><00:19:42.289><c> of</c><00:19:42.549><c> the</c><00:19:42.730><c> term</c><00:19:42.970><c> righteousness</c><00:19:43.690><c> in</c><00:19:45.309><c> Psalm</c><00:19:45.630><c> 112.</c><00:19:46.269><c> Come</c><00:19:46.410><c> back</c><00:19:46.589><c> to</c>

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Now<00:19:55.910><c> let's</c><00:19:56.069><c> have</c><00:19:56.250><c> a</c><00:19:56.309><c> look</c><00:19:56.410><c> at</c><00:19:56.549><c> the</c><00:19:56.869><c> spirit</c><00:19:57.150><c> of</c><00:19:57.730><c> the</c><00:19:58.069><c> good</c><00:19:58.329><c> man</c>

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of<00:19:59.009><c> Psalm</c><00:19:59.210><c> 112.</c><00:19:59.990><c> Is</c><00:20:00.190><c> he</c><00:20:00.349><c> the</c><00:20:00.630><c> spirit</c><00:20:00.970><c> that</c><00:20:01.349><c> the</c>

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verse<00:20:08.509><c> 4,</c><00:20:09.089><c> unto</c><00:20:09.190><c> the</c><00:20:09.410><c> upright,</c>

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darkness.<00:20:14.250><c> He</c><00:20:14.589><c> is</c><00:20:15.230><c> gracious</c>

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favor<00:20:24.690><c> and</c><00:20:26.490><c> lendeth.</c><00:20:27.529><c> You</c><00:20:27.670><c> see</c><00:20:27.809><c> the</c><00:20:27.990><c> spirit</c><00:20:28.170><c> of</c><00:20:28.329><c> this</c><00:20:28.509><c> man?</c>

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Verse<00:20:28.970><c> 9,</c><00:20:29.569><c> he</c><00:20:29.710><c> hath</c><00:20:29.990><c> dispersed,</c><00:20:31.170><c> he</c><00:20:31.329><c> hath</c><00:20:31.869><c> given</c><00:20:32.289><c> to</c><00:20:32.509><c> the</c><00:20:32.730><c> poor.</c><00:20:33.130><c> You</c>

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see<00:20:33.390><c> the</c><00:20:33.630><c> spirit</c><00:20:33.849><c> of</c><00:20:34.130><c> this</c><00:20:34.589><c> one</c><00:20:34.769><c> is</c><00:20:34.970><c> that</c><00:20:35.069><c> he</c>

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shows<00:20:35.759><c> mercy</c><00:20:36.440><c> to</c><00:20:36.680><c> those</c><00:20:37.099><c> in</c><00:20:37.480><c> need.</c><00:20:38.220><c> And</c><00:20:38.400><c> as</c><00:20:38.660><c> a</c><00:20:38.779><c> result</c><00:20:39.279><c> of</c><00:20:39.460><c> that,</c><00:20:39.779><c> says</c>

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verse<00:20:40.180><c> 9,</c><00:20:40.680><c> his</c><00:20:41.119><c> righteousness</c><00:20:41.920><c> endures</c>

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forever.<00:20:43.240><c> And</c><00:20:43.440><c> I</c><00:20:43.640><c> believe</c><00:20:43.839><c> that</c><00:20:44.039><c> the</c><00:20:44.240><c> phrase</c><00:20:44.460><c> his</c><00:20:44.779><c> righteousness</c><00:20:45.299><c> there</c><00:20:45.660><c> in</c>

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to<00:20:55.400><c> keep</c><00:20:55.619><c> on</c><00:20:55.900><c> giving</c><00:20:56.119><c> arms</c><00:20:56.500><c> to</c><00:20:56.720><c> the</c><00:20:56.900><c> poor.</c><00:20:57.039><c> It</c><00:20:57.279><c> endures</c><00:20:57.619><c> forever.</c><00:21:00.099><c> On</c><00:21:00.259><c> the</c>

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So<00:21:30.220><c> Psalm</c><00:21:30.480><c> 112</c><00:21:30.980><c> is</c><00:21:31.299><c> a</c><00:21:31.480><c> more</c><00:21:31.900><c> powerful</c><00:21:32.640><c> passage</c><00:21:33.180><c> than</c><00:21:33.640><c> you</c><00:21:33.799><c> might</c><00:21:34.079><c> think</c><00:21:34.420><c> that</c>

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righteousness<00:21:41.420><c> I</c><00:21:41.759><c> believe</c><00:21:41.980><c> of</c><00:21:42.140><c> this</c><00:21:42.359><c> verse.</c><00:21:42.900><c> And</c><00:21:42.920><c> there</c><00:21:43.059><c> was</c>

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spirit<00:21:45.880><c> of</c><00:21:46.200><c> the</c><00:21:46.420><c> Judaizer.</c><00:21:47.180><c> Verse</c><00:21:47.500><c> 10</c><00:21:48.099><c> of</c><00:21:48.420><c> Psalm</c><00:21:48.660><c> 112.</c><00:21:49.599><c> Because</c><00:21:49.720><c> when</c>

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the<00:21:52.680><c> thinking</c><00:21:53.019><c> of</c><00:21:53.279><c> the</c><00:21:53.440><c> apostle</c><00:21:53.720><c> was</c><00:21:54.079><c> indeed</c><00:21:54.480><c> that</c><00:21:54.720><c> the</c><00:21:54.980><c> wicked</c><00:21:55.339><c> shall</c>

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see<00:21:56.119><c> it</c><00:21:56.380><c> and</c><00:21:56.700><c> be</c><00:21:57.059><c> grieved.</c>

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He<00:21:57.920><c> shall</c><00:21:58.259><c> gnash</c><00:21:58.599><c> with</c><00:21:58.799><c> his</c><00:21:59.019><c> teeth</c><00:21:59.180><c> and</c><00:21:59.460><c> melt</c><00:21:59.660><c> away</c><00:21:59.920><c> and</c><00:22:00.079><c> the</c>

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desire<00:22:00.500><c> of</c><00:22:00.700><c> the</c><00:22:00.839><c> wicked</c><00:22:01.000><c> shall</c><00:22:01.279><c> perish.</c>

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whose<00:22:05.319><c> righteousness</c><00:22:05.819><c> remains</c><00:22:06.460><c> forever,</c>

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was<00:22:07.059><c> to</c><00:22:07.279><c> be</c><00:22:07.460><c> seen</c><00:22:07.660><c> in</c><00:22:08.019><c> that</c><00:22:08.279><c> collection.</c><00:22:08.940><c> And</c><00:22:09.160><c> the</c><00:22:09.319><c> apostle</c><00:22:09.680><c> earnestly</c><00:22:10.460><c> wished</c><00:22:10.700><c> that</c><00:22:10.900><c> that</c><00:22:11.140><c> might</c><00:22:11.359><c> be</c><00:22:11.640><c> so</c>

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and<00:22:12.339><c> that</c><00:22:12.519><c> the</c><00:22:12.740><c> spirit</c><00:22:12.859><c> of</c><00:22:13.039><c> the</c><00:22:13.160><c> Judaizers</c><00:22:13.720><c> would</c><00:22:14.059><c> thus</c><00:22:14.420><c> be</c><00:22:14.819><c> quenched</c><00:22:15.400><c> when</c><00:22:15.799><c> the</c><00:22:16.059><c> fund</c><00:22:16.240><c> arrived</c><00:22:16.740><c> in</c><00:22:16.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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he<00:23:22.019><c> gives</c><00:23:22.339><c> to</c><00:23:22.559><c> the</c><00:23:22.740><c> poor,</c><00:23:23.240><c> he</c><00:23:23.460><c> gives</c><00:23:23.900><c> to</c><00:23:24.079><c> the</c><00:23:24.240><c> poor,</c><00:23:24.500><c> but</c><00:23:24.880><c> God</c>

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gives<00:23:25.740><c> it</c><00:23:26.180><c> back</c><00:23:26.519><c> to</c><00:23:27.000><c> him.</c><00:23:27.799><c> His</c><00:23:28.119><c> righteousness</c><00:23:28.680><c> endures</c>

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forever<00:23:29.640><c> in</c><00:23:30.380><c> the</c><00:23:30.480><c> words</c><00:23:30.700><c> of</c><00:23:30.920><c> Psalm</c><00:23:31.140><c> 112.</c><00:23:32.980><c> Why</c><00:23:33.240><c> does</c><00:23:33.420><c> his</c><00:23:33.599><c> righteousness</c><00:23:33.980><c> endure</c><00:23:34.259><c> forever?</c><00:23:34.680><c> Because</c><00:23:35.000><c> God</c>

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gives<00:23:36.140><c> back</c><00:23:36.539><c> to</c><00:23:36.700><c> him</c><00:23:37.119><c> in</c><00:23:37.480><c> a</c><00:23:37.680><c> sense</c><00:23:37.920><c> what</c><00:23:38.099><c> he's</c><00:23:38.359><c> given.</c><00:23:39.279><c> What</c><00:23:39.420><c> about</c><00:23:39.720><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:40.180><c> 22</c>

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hath<00:23:42.599><c> a</c><00:23:42.799><c> bountiful</c><00:23:43.259><c> eye</c><00:23:43.700><c> shall</c><00:23:43.980><c> be</c><00:23:44.359><c> blessed</c><00:23:44.759><c> for</c><00:23:45.400><c> he</c><00:23:46.000><c> giveth</c>

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righteousness<00:24:01.440><c> therefore</c><00:24:02.160><c> remains</c><00:24:02.660><c> forever.</c><00:24:03.140><c> He's</c>

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always<00:24:03.940><c> able</c><00:24:04.319><c> to</c><00:24:04.500><c> keep</c><00:24:04.700><c> giving</c><00:24:05.000><c> to</c><00:24:05.220><c> the</c><00:24:05.400><c> poor</c><00:24:05.460><c> because</c><00:24:05.619><c> God</c><00:24:05.900><c> blesses</c><00:24:06.420><c> him.</c><00:24:08.720><c> Here's</c><00:24:08.880><c> another</c><00:24:09.099><c> one.</c><00:24:10.059><c> Proverbs</c><00:24:10.299><c> 28</c>

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verse<00:24:11.519><c> 27.</c><00:24:12.660><c> He</c><00:24:12.839><c> that</c><00:24:13.619><c> giveth</c><00:24:14.259><c> to</c><00:24:14.519><c> the</c><00:24:14.859><c> poor</c><00:24:15.180><c> shall</c><00:24:15.720><c> not</c><00:24:16.259><c> lack,</c>

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but<00:24:17.259><c> he</c><00:24:17.480><c> that</c><00:24:17.859><c> hideth</c><00:24:18.220><c> his</c><00:24:18.500><c> eyes</c><00:24:18.779><c> shall</c><00:24:18.980><c> have</c><00:24:19.339><c> many</c>

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a<00:24:20.099><c> curse.</c><00:24:20.700><c> So</c><00:24:20.940><c> you</c><00:24:21.059><c> see</c><00:24:21.200><c> the</c><00:24:21.460><c> spirit</c><00:24:21.660><c> of</c><00:24:21.859><c> these</c><00:24:22.220><c> three</c><00:24:22.539><c> Proverbs,</c><00:24:23.440><c> Proverbs</c><00:24:23.940><c> chapter</c>

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19<00:24:24.779><c> verse</c><00:24:25.079><c> 17,</c>

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Proverbs<00:24:26.859><c> chapter</c><00:24:27.480><c> 22</c><00:24:29.339><c> verse</c><00:24:29.799><c> 9,</c><00:24:31.059><c> and</c><00:24:31.200><c> Proverbs</c><00:24:31.599><c> 28</c><00:24:32.160><c> verse</c><00:24:32.779><c> 27.</c><00:24:33.400><c> The</c><00:24:33.640><c> spirit</c><00:24:33.940><c> of</c>

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these<00:24:34.579><c> passages</c><00:24:35.059><c> is,</c>

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in<00:24:36.640><c> each</c><00:24:36.920><c> case,</c><00:24:37.559><c> the</c><00:24:37.640><c> spirit</c><00:24:37.880><c> of</c><00:24:38.099><c> Psalm</c><00:24:38.259><c> 112.</c><00:24:38.880><c> Let's</c><00:24:39.079><c> just</c><00:24:39.559><c> underline</c><00:24:40.000><c> their</c><00:24:40.319><c> color</c><00:24:40.500><c> and</c>

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the<00:24:40.880><c> key</c><00:24:41.059><c> ideas.</c>

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So<00:24:42.339><c> Psalm</c><00:24:42.599><c> 112</c><00:24:43.259><c> says</c><00:24:43.759><c> that</c><00:24:44.200><c> the</c><00:24:44.279><c> man</c><00:24:44.599><c> who's</c><00:24:45.119><c> captured</c><00:24:45.579><c> this</c>

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spirit,<00:24:46.680><c> his</c><00:24:46.920><c> righteousness</c><00:24:47.420><c> remains</c><00:24:48.140><c> forever.</c>

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That<00:24:49.200><c> is</c><00:24:49.380><c> his</c><00:24:49.519><c> ability</c><00:24:50.019><c> to</c><00:24:50.259><c> give</c><00:24:50.519><c> alms.</c><00:24:50.940><c> Why?</c><00:24:51.259><c> Because</c><00:24:51.579><c> God</c><00:24:51.920><c> pays</c><00:24:52.319><c> him</c><00:24:52.539><c> back</c><00:24:52.759><c> again.</c><00:24:53.359><c> God</c><00:24:53.759><c> blesses</c><00:24:54.339><c> him.</c><00:24:54.640><c> He</c><00:24:55.000><c> shall</c>

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not<00:24:55.619><c> lack</c><00:24:55.859><c> because</c><00:24:56.299><c> there's</c><00:24:56.519><c> an</c><00:24:56.720><c> everlasting</c><00:24:57.380><c> cycle</c><00:24:58.079><c> that</c>

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somehow<00:24:59.099><c> that</c><00:24:59.640><c> person</c><00:24:59.960><c> has</c><00:25:00.299><c> tapped</c><00:25:00.480><c> into</c><00:25:00.900><c> and</c><00:25:01.319><c> it's</c><00:25:01.559><c> the</c>

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cycle<00:25:02.019><c> of</c><00:25:02.240><c> God's</c><00:25:02.759><c> blessing</c><00:25:03.039><c> of</c><00:25:03.400><c> them</c><00:25:03.599><c> in</c><00:25:03.819><c> return.</c><00:25:04.759><c> Now</c><00:25:04.859><c> come</c><00:25:05.079><c> back</c><00:25:05.279><c> to</c><00:25:05.440><c> the</c><00:25:05.559><c> second</c><00:25:05.740><c> of</c><00:25:05.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:06.240><c> chapter</c><00:25:06.599><c> 9</c>

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and<00:25:07.440><c> let's</c><00:25:07.680><c> just</c><00:25:07.900><c> try</c><00:25:08.119><c> and</c><00:25:08.619><c> see</c><00:25:08.819><c> that</c><00:25:09.000><c> that</c><00:25:09.160><c> is</c><00:25:09.440><c> the</c><00:25:09.660><c> spirit</c><00:25:09.859><c> of</c>

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what<00:25:10.460><c> the</c><00:25:10.720><c> apostles</c><00:25:11.079><c> first</c><00:25:11.380><c> of</c><00:25:11.500><c> all</c><00:25:11.660><c> talking</c><00:25:11.900><c> about</c>

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and<00:25:12.960><c> why</c><00:25:13.380><c> in</c><00:25:13.660><c> fact</c><00:25:13.819><c> he</c><00:25:14.039><c> has</c><00:25:14.359><c> used</c><00:25:14.960><c> the</c><00:25:15.700><c> quotation</c><00:25:16.180><c> from</c><00:25:17.519><c> Psalm</c>

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112.<00:25:20.059><c> So</c><00:25:20.420><c> in</c><00:25:20.900><c> the</c><00:25:21.220><c> second</c><00:25:21.380><c> of</c><00:25:21.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:21.920><c> chapter</c>

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9,<00:25:23.200><c> let's</c><00:25:23.500><c> read</c><00:25:23.759><c> from</c><00:25:23.980><c> verse</c><00:25:24.200><c> 8</c><00:25:24.359><c> again</c><00:25:24.619><c> just</c><00:25:24.819><c> to</c><00:25:24.980><c> make</c><00:25:25.140><c> sure</c><00:25:25.259><c> that</c><00:25:25.480><c> that</c><00:25:25.700><c> is</c>

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the<00:25:26.119><c> sense</c><00:25:26.400><c> of</c><00:25:26.599><c> the</c><00:25:26.759><c> passage.</c>

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So<00:25:27.799><c> verse</c><00:25:28.019><c> 8</c><00:25:28.180><c> says,</c><00:25:28.519><c> God</c><00:25:28.559><c> is</c><00:25:28.759><c> able</c><00:25:28.920><c> to</c><00:25:29.119><c> make</c><00:25:29.279><c> all</c><00:25:29.519><c> grace</c><00:25:29.819><c> abound</c>

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so<00:25:31.380><c> that</c><00:25:31.619><c> you,</c><00:25:32.579><c> having</c><00:25:32.740><c> all</c><00:25:33.059><c> things</c><00:25:33.380><c> that</c><00:25:33.619><c> you</c>

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need,<00:25:34.480><c> may</c><00:25:34.720><c> abound</c><00:25:35.039><c> to</c><00:25:35.279><c> others</c><00:25:35.539><c> in</c><00:25:35.799><c> every</c><00:25:36.019><c> good</c><00:25:36.279><c> work.</c><00:25:36.519><c> As</c><00:25:36.819><c> it</c>

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is<00:25:37.119><c> written,</c><00:25:37.740><c> he</c><00:25:37.839><c> hath</c><00:25:38.160><c> dispersed</c><00:25:38.680><c> abroad,</c>

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he<00:25:39.240><c> hath</c><00:25:39.420><c> given</c><00:25:39.700><c> to</c><00:25:39.900><c> the</c><00:25:40.079><c> poor</c><00:25:40.259><c> his</c><00:25:41.099><c> righteousness,</c><00:25:42.400><c> his</c><00:25:42.779><c> ability</c><00:25:43.480><c> to</c>

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give<00:25:44.240><c> alms,</c><00:25:45.059><c> his</c><00:25:45.500><c> ability</c><00:25:46.240><c> to</c><00:25:46.759><c> extend</c>

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mercy<00:25:48.079><c> to</c><00:25:48.440><c> the</c><00:25:48.759><c> poor,</c><00:25:50.240><c> remaineth</c><00:25:50.640><c> forever</c><00:25:50.960><c> because</c><00:25:53.160><c> God's</c><00:25:53.640><c> blessed</c><00:25:53.900><c> him</c><00:25:54.180><c> so</c>

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that<00:25:54.500><c> he</c><00:25:54.559><c> can</c><00:25:54.720><c> do</c><00:25:54.960><c> that.</c>

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Verse<00:25:56.019><c> 10,</c><00:25:57.259><c> now</c><00:25:57.559><c> he</c><00:25:58.019><c> that</c><00:25:58.380><c> ministereth</c><00:25:59.019><c> seed</c><00:25:59.259><c> to</c><00:25:59.539><c> the</c><00:25:59.759><c> sower</c>

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both<00:26:00.240><c> minister</c><00:26:00.720><c> bread</c><00:26:01.019><c> for</c><00:26:01.259><c> your</c><00:26:01.539><c> food</c><00:26:01.759><c> and</c>

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multiply<00:26:02.740><c> your</c><00:26:03.160><c> seed</c><00:26:03.500><c> sown</c><00:26:03.839><c> and</c><00:26:04.420><c> increase</c><00:26:04.900><c> the</c><00:26:05.299><c> fruits</c><00:26:05.539><c> of</c><00:26:05.740><c> your</c><00:26:06.099><c> righteousness.</c><00:26:07.160><c> So</c>

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now<00:26:07.480><c> we've</c><00:26:07.660><c> got</c><00:26:07.819><c> another</c>

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Bible<00:26:08.519><c> passage.</c><00:26:09.900><c> In</c><00:26:09.900><c> the</c><00:26:11.019><c> ninth</c><00:26:11.380><c> verse,</c><00:26:12.079><c> the</c><00:26:12.259><c> apostle</c><00:26:12.579><c> is</c><00:26:12.880><c> drawing</c><00:26:13.059><c> from</c><00:26:13.420><c> Psalm</c><00:26:13.720><c> 112.</c><00:26:15.160><c> Where's</c><00:26:15.599><c> he</c>

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drawing<00:26:16.200><c> from?</c>

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In<00:26:17.259><c> the</c><00:26:17.920><c> 10th</c><00:26:18.359><c> verse.</c><00:26:20.180><c> What</c><00:26:20.299><c> Old</c><00:26:20.619><c> Testament</c><00:26:21.019><c> passage</c><00:26:21.460><c> in</c><00:26:21.759><c> the</c>

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main<00:26:22.180><c> can</c><00:26:22.420><c> we</c><00:26:22.599><c> think</c><00:26:22.819><c> of</c><00:26:23.200><c> that</c><00:26:23.539><c> the</c><00:26:23.759><c> apostle</c>

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is<00:26:24.279><c> drawing</c><00:26:24.500><c> from</c><00:26:24.819><c> in</c><00:26:25.119><c> the</c><00:26:25.220><c> next</c><00:26:25.500><c> verse?</c><00:26:28.339><c> I'd</c><00:26:28.539><c> like</c><00:26:28.559><c> to</c><00:26:28.660><c> have</c><00:26:28.759><c> a</c>

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crack<00:26:28.980><c> at</c><00:26:29.140><c> that.</c>

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He<00:26:33.000><c> that</c><00:26:33.380><c> ministereth</c><00:26:34.480><c> seed</c><00:26:35.059><c> to</c><00:26:36.140><c> the</c><00:26:36.440><c> sower.</c><00:26:37.359><c> Well,</c><00:26:38.539><c> that</c><00:26:39.039><c> is</c>

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really<00:26:39.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:39.880><c> 55.</c><00:26:40.480><c> It</c><00:26:40.559><c> is</c><00:26:40.720><c> in</c><00:26:40.799><c> the</c><00:26:40.960><c> margin.</c>

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Don't<00:26:41.440><c> be</c><00:26:41.720><c> frightened.</c><00:26:42.220><c> That</c><00:26:42.460><c> was</c><00:26:42.740><c> the</c><00:26:43.000><c> correct</c><00:26:43.220><c> answer.</c><00:26:43.980><c> Let's</c><00:26:44.180><c> come</c><00:26:44.319><c> and</c>

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have<00:26:44.460><c> a</c><00:26:44.460><c> look</c><00:26:44.619><c> at</c><00:26:44.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:45.380><c> 55.</c>

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He<00:26:46.119><c> that</c><00:26:46.440><c> ministers</c><00:26:46.839><c> bread</c><00:26:47.400><c> to</c><00:26:47.660><c> the</c><00:26:47.880><c> sower,</c><00:26:48.339><c> seed</c><00:26:48.660><c> to</c><00:26:48.920><c> the</c><00:26:49.200><c> sower.</c><00:26:50.180><c> Now</c>

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let's<00:26:50.640><c> have</c><00:26:50.779><c> a</c><00:26:50.819><c> look</c><00:26:50.920><c> at</c><00:26:51.000><c> the</c><00:26:51.259><c> spirit</c><00:26:51.460><c> then</c>

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of<00:26:52.259><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:52.740><c> 55.</c><00:27:04.240><c> Now</c><00:27:04.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:05.279><c> 55</c><00:27:05.960><c> says,</c><00:27:06.579><c> verse</c><00:27:07.279><c> 10,</c><00:27:08.960><c> for</c><00:27:09.319><c> as</c>

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the<00:27:10.099><c> rain</c><00:27:10.500><c> cometh</c><00:27:10.839><c> down</c><00:27:11.339><c> and</c><00:27:11.539><c> the</c><00:27:11.819><c> snow</c><00:27:12.160><c> from</c><00:27:12.460><c> heaven</c>

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and<00:27:12.920><c> returneth</c><00:27:13.519><c> not</c><00:27:13.839><c> further</c><00:27:14.039><c> but</c><00:27:14.279><c> watereth</c><00:27:14.839><c> the</c><00:27:14.980><c> earth</c><00:27:15.180><c> and</c>

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maketh<00:27:15.740><c> it</c><00:27:15.900><c> to</c><00:27:16.079><c> bring</c><00:27:16.299><c> forth</c><00:27:16.619><c> and</c><00:27:16.900><c> bud</c><00:27:17.039><c> that</c><00:27:17.160><c> it</c><00:27:17.299><c> may</c>

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give<00:27:18.160><c> seed</c><00:27:18.819><c> to</c><00:27:19.259><c> the</c><00:27:19.579><c> sower.</c><00:27:19.799><c> There's</c><00:27:20.160><c> the</c><00:27:20.380><c> reference.</c><00:27:20.940><c> That</c>

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it<00:27:21.259><c> may</c><00:27:21.480><c> give</c><00:27:21.839><c> seed</c><00:27:22.400><c> to</c><00:27:22.599><c> the</c><00:27:22.819><c> sower</c><00:27:23.039><c> and</c><00:27:23.400><c> bread</c><00:27:23.680><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:24.160><c> eater.</c><00:27:25.920><c> Now</c><00:27:26.099><c> what</c><00:27:26.319><c> does</c><00:27:26.640><c> verse</c><00:27:26.960><c> 10</c><00:27:27.319><c> say</c><00:27:27.579><c> of</c><00:27:27.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:28.160><c> 55?</c>

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You<00:27:28.880><c> know,</c><00:27:28.980><c> it</c><00:27:29.220><c> seems</c><00:27:29.460><c> to</c><00:27:29.740><c> say</c><00:27:29.920><c> that</c><00:27:30.220><c> as</c><00:27:30.759><c> the</c><00:27:30.980><c> rain</c>

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cometh<00:27:31.579><c> down</c><00:27:32.000><c> and</c><00:27:32.420><c> returneth</c><00:27:32.900><c> not</c><00:27:33.259><c> further.</c><00:27:33.559><c> Is</c><00:27:33.720><c> that</c><00:27:33.839><c> what</c>

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it<00:27:34.119><c> says?</c><00:27:35.339><c> The</c><00:27:35.500><c> rain</c><00:27:35.680><c> comes</c><00:27:36.039><c> down</c><00:27:36.900><c> and</c><00:27:38.039><c> it</c><00:27:38.420><c> returneth</c>

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not<00:27:39.180><c> further.</c><00:27:39.579><c> Is</c><00:27:39.720><c> that</c><00:27:39.900><c> what</c><00:27:40.259><c> verse</c><00:27:40.559><c> 10</c><00:27:40.859><c> says</c><00:27:41.660><c> of</c><00:27:42.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:42.319><c> 55?</c>

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Hands<00:27:43.619><c> up</c><00:27:43.740><c> those</c><00:27:43.900><c> that</c><00:27:44.099><c> think</c><00:27:44.220><c> yes.</c>

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Hands<00:27:46.160><c> up</c><00:27:46.299><c> those</c><00:27:46.480><c> that</c><00:27:46.619><c> think</c><00:27:46.759><c> no.</c><00:27:48.480><c> Hands</c><00:27:48.680><c> up</c><00:27:48.819><c> those</c><00:27:49.019><c> that</c>

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aren't<00:27:49.420><c> sure.</c>

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Hands<00:27:51.759><c> up</c><00:27:52.039><c> those</c><00:27:52.220><c> that</c><00:27:52.380><c> don't</c><00:27:52.599><c> think</c><00:27:52.799><c> at</c><00:27:53.019><c> all.</c><00:27:54.819><c> So</c><00:27:55.019><c> you</c><00:27:55.259><c> see</c><00:27:55.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:55.819><c> 55</c>

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verse<00:27:56.640><c> 10</c><00:27:56.880><c> appears</c><00:27:57.259><c> to</c><00:27:57.519><c> say</c><00:27:57.680><c> that</c><00:27:58.099><c> the</c>

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rain<00:27:58.380><c> comes</c><00:27:58.680><c> down</c><00:27:58.900><c> but</c><00:27:59.039><c> it</c><00:27:59.259><c> doesn't</c><00:27:59.539><c> return</c><00:27:59.960><c> further.</c><00:28:00.160><c> But</c><00:28:00.319><c> that's</c><00:28:00.500><c> actually</c><00:28:00.720><c> not</c><00:28:00.880><c> what</c><00:28:00.980><c> it's</c><00:28:01.279><c> saying</c><00:28:01.400><c> at</c><00:28:01.599><c> all</c>

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because<00:28:02.220><c> you</c><00:28:02.519><c> see</c><00:28:02.640><c> the</c><00:28:02.920><c> rain</c><00:28:03.119><c> of</c><00:28:03.359><c> verse</c><00:28:03.599><c> 10</c><00:28:03.839><c> is</c><00:28:04.240><c> parallel</c><00:28:04.500><c> with</c>

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God's<00:28:05.140><c> word,</c><00:28:05.420><c> isn't</c><00:28:05.500><c> it,</c><00:28:05.579><c> verse</c><00:28:05.799><c> 11.</c><00:28:06.079><c> So</c><00:28:06.220><c> let's</c><00:28:06.380><c> have</c>

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first<00:28:06.940><c> of</c><00:28:07.099><c> all</c><00:28:07.180><c> at</c><00:28:07.299><c> what</c><00:28:07.420><c> happens</c><00:28:07.700><c> to</c><00:28:07.900><c> the</c><00:28:08.039><c> word.</c><00:28:08.819><c> So</c><00:28:09.180><c> shall</c><00:28:09.480><c> my</c>

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word<00:28:10.099><c> be</c><00:28:10.339><c> that</c><00:28:10.539><c> goeth</c><00:28:10.819><c> forth</c><00:28:11.019><c> out</c><00:28:11.279><c> of</c><00:28:11.359><c> my</c><00:28:11.599><c> mouth.</c><00:28:11.880><c> It</c>

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shall<00:28:12.380><c> not</c><00:28:12.660><c> return</c><00:28:13.039><c> unto</c><00:28:13.259><c> me</c><00:28:13.819><c> void.</c><00:28:14.819><c> Ah,</c><00:28:15.420><c> so</c><00:28:15.559><c> you</c><00:28:15.680><c> see</c><00:28:15.740><c> when</c><00:28:15.880><c> it</c>

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says<00:28:16.140><c> it</c><00:28:16.299><c> shall</c><00:28:16.480><c> not</c><00:28:16.660><c> return</c><00:28:17.039><c> it</c><00:28:17.160><c> doesn't</c><00:28:17.400><c> mean</c><00:28:17.579><c> so</c>

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much<00:28:17.900><c> that</c><00:28:18.019><c> it's</c><00:28:18.180><c> not</c><00:28:18.359><c> coming</c><00:28:18.519><c> back</c><00:28:18.779><c> but</c><00:28:18.940><c> that</c><00:28:19.039><c> it</c><00:28:19.200><c> won't</c><00:28:19.460><c> return</c><00:28:20.200><c> void.</c><00:28:21.640><c> But</c>

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it<00:28:22.400><c> shall</c><00:28:22.700><c> accomplish</c><00:28:23.180><c> that</c><00:28:23.440><c> which</c><00:28:23.640><c> I</c>

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please<00:28:24.119><c> and</c><00:28:24.359><c> it</c><00:28:24.740><c> shall</c><00:28:25.059><c> prosper</c><00:28:25.519><c> in</c><00:28:25.779><c> the</c><00:28:25.920><c> thing</c><00:28:26.119><c> whereto</c><00:28:26.440><c> I</c><00:28:26.640><c> sent</c><00:28:26.799><c> it.</c><00:28:27.039><c> Now</c><00:28:27.279><c> what</c><00:28:27.500><c> does</c><00:28:27.779><c> happen</c><00:28:27.980><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:28.319><c> rain?</c>

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The<00:28:28.900><c> rain</c><00:28:29.140><c> comes</c><00:28:29.460><c> down.</c><00:28:29.740><c> Where</c><00:28:29.920><c> does</c><00:28:30.039><c> it</c><00:28:30.220><c> go?</c><00:28:30.819><c> Where</c><00:28:31.019><c> does</c><00:28:31.180><c> it</c>

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go<00:28:31.420><c> by</c><00:28:31.579><c> the</c><00:28:31.700><c> way?</c><00:28:32.920><c> Where</c><00:28:33.359><c> does</c><00:28:33.680><c> the</c><00:28:33.960><c> rain</c><00:28:34.319><c> go?</c>

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Sorry?<00:28:38.079><c> It</c><00:28:38.180><c> goes</c><00:28:38.420><c> into</c><00:28:38.559><c> the</c><00:28:38.720><c> earth.</c><00:28:38.920><c> Where</c><00:28:39.059><c> does</c><00:28:39.180><c> it</c><00:28:39.299><c> go</c><00:28:39.420><c> then?</c>

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Into<00:28:45.140><c> the</c><00:28:45.299><c> rivers,</c><00:28:45.619><c> yes.</c><00:28:46.319><c> Having</c><00:28:46.539><c> gone</c><00:28:46.700><c> into</c><00:28:46.859><c> the</c><00:28:47.039><c> earth</c><00:28:47.140><c> where</c><00:28:47.299><c> does</c>

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it<00:28:47.619><c> go?</c>

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Yeah,<00:28:49.700><c> there's</c><00:28:49.839><c> a</c><00:28:49.960><c> brother</c><00:28:50.079><c> over</c><00:28:50.319><c> here</c><00:28:50.720><c> that</c><00:28:51.099><c> can</c><00:28:51.880><c> only</c><00:28:52.059><c> speak</c>

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with<00:28:52.460><c> sign</c><00:28:52.640><c> language.</c>

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Brother,<00:28:56.380><c> the</c><00:28:56.579><c> recording</c><00:28:57.000><c> brother.</c><00:28:59.400><c> It's</c><00:28:59.680><c> quite</c><00:28:59.859><c> right</c><00:29:00.019><c> Brian.</c><00:29:02.240><c> What</c>

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happens<00:29:02.740><c> to</c><00:29:02.920><c> the</c><00:29:03.099><c> water</c><00:29:03.299><c> of</c><00:29:03.500><c> course</c><00:29:03.740><c> is</c>

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it<00:29:04.440><c> comes</c><00:29:04.680><c> down,</c><00:29:05.200><c> doesn't</c><00:29:05.299><c> it,</c><00:29:05.480><c> and</c><00:29:05.599><c> when</c><00:29:05.759><c> it</c><00:29:05.900><c> comes</c><00:29:06.039><c> up</c><00:29:06.200><c> it</c><00:29:06.299><c> comes</c><00:29:06.500><c> up</c>

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through<00:29:06.819><c> the</c><00:29:07.079><c> plants</c><00:29:07.319><c> and</c><00:29:07.480><c> through</c><00:29:07.680><c> the</c><00:29:07.960><c> trees</c>

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and<00:29:08.799><c> it</c><00:29:08.960><c> comes</c><00:29:09.119><c> up</c><00:29:09.339><c> through</c><00:29:09.500><c> the</c><00:29:09.720><c> trunk</c><00:29:09.859><c> and</c><00:29:10.099><c> out</c><00:29:10.279><c> into</c><00:29:10.480><c> the</c>

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branches<00:29:10.900><c> and</c><00:29:11.220><c> out</c><00:29:11.420><c> into</c><00:29:11.579><c> the</c><00:29:11.759><c> leaves</c>

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and<00:29:12.480><c> has</c><00:29:12.779><c> expired</c><00:29:13.400><c> back</c><00:29:13.680><c> into</c><00:29:13.880><c> the</c><00:29:14.039><c> atmosphere</c><00:29:14.339><c> and</c><00:29:14.579><c> eventually</c><00:29:15.079><c> the</c><00:29:15.500><c> water</c><00:29:15.720><c> returns,</c><00:29:16.279><c> doesn't</c><00:29:16.400><c> it,</c>

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and<00:29:16.619><c> then</c><00:29:16.799><c> it</c><00:29:16.900><c> comes</c><00:29:17.180><c> down</c><00:29:17.440><c> again.</c><00:29:17.680><c> So</c><00:29:18.099><c> you</c><00:29:18.319><c> see</c><00:29:18.440><c> what</c><00:29:18.640><c> verse</c>

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10<00:29:19.160><c> of</c><00:29:19.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:19.640><c> 55</c><00:29:20.180><c> really</c><00:29:20.640><c> means</c><00:29:21.099><c> is</c><00:29:21.640><c> that</c><00:29:21.819><c> when</c>

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the<00:29:22.279><c> rain</c><00:29:22.480><c> comes</c><00:29:22.900><c> down</c><00:29:23.240><c> it</c><00:29:23.619><c> doesn't</c><00:29:24.160><c> return</c><00:29:24.839><c> thither</c><00:29:25.259><c> but</c><00:29:25.779><c> that</c><00:29:26.319><c> first</c><00:29:26.799><c> it</c>

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waters<00:29:27.880><c> the</c><00:29:28.160><c> earth</c><00:29:28.440><c> and</c><00:29:29.019><c> makes</c><00:29:29.359><c> it</c><00:29:29.559><c> to</c>

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and<00:29:30.740><c> that</c><00:29:31.099><c> it</c><00:29:31.380><c> may</c><00:29:31.680><c> give</c><00:29:31.980><c> seed</c><00:29:32.220><c> to</c><00:29:32.420><c> the</c><00:29:32.619><c> cellar</c><00:29:32.880><c> and</c><00:29:33.019><c> bread</c><00:29:33.240><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:33.480><c> eat</c><00:29:33.519><c> it.</c><00:29:33.579><c> So</c><00:29:33.740><c> what</c><00:29:34.079><c> really</c><00:29:34.480><c> happens</c><00:29:34.799><c> is</c>

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that<00:29:35.420><c> when</c><00:29:35.599><c> the</c><00:29:35.759><c> water</c><00:29:35.920><c> comes</c><00:29:36.220><c> down</c><00:29:36.500><c> it</c><00:29:36.819><c> goes</c><00:29:37.079><c> back</c><00:29:37.299><c> to</c><00:29:37.460><c> God</c><00:29:37.680><c> all</c><00:29:37.839><c> right</c><00:29:37.920><c> but</c><00:29:38.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:38.319><c> very</c><00:29:38.539><c> process</c><00:29:38.880><c> of</c><00:29:39.099><c> returning</c>

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up<00:29:40.660><c> come</c><00:29:40.859><c> shoots</c><00:29:41.319><c> and</c><00:29:41.720><c> buds</c><00:29:42.000><c> and</c><00:29:42.319><c> plants</c><00:29:42.640><c> and</c><00:29:42.960><c> leaves</c><00:29:43.359><c> and</c><00:29:43.779><c> there's</c><00:29:44.000><c> growth</c><00:29:44.359><c> and</c>

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beauty<00:29:45.079><c> and</c><00:29:45.500><c> all</c><00:29:45.859><c> that</c><00:29:46.019><c> is</c>

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accomplished<00:29:46.579><c> as</c><00:29:46.720><c> the</c><00:29:46.960><c> water</c><00:29:47.140><c> comes</c><00:29:47.400><c> back</c><00:29:47.660><c> and</c><00:29:47.839><c> there's</c><00:29:48.000><c> a</c><00:29:48.180><c> mysterious</c><00:29:49.019><c> multiplication</c><00:29:50.019><c> of</c>

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other<00:29:50.660><c> things</c><00:29:50.980><c> that</c>

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are<00:29:51.299><c> done</c><00:29:51.460><c> just</c><00:29:51.779><c> in</c><00:29:51.920><c> the</c><00:29:52.099><c> water</c><00:29:52.259><c> going</c><00:29:52.519><c> back</c><00:29:52.740><c> to</c><00:29:52.900><c> God.</c><00:29:53.519><c> That's</c>

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what<00:29:53.839><c> my</c><00:29:54.140><c> words</c><00:29:54.339><c> like</c><00:29:54.640><c> says</c><00:29:54.819><c> God.</c><00:29:55.539><c> Verse</c><00:29:55.779><c> 11,</c>

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when<00:29:56.680><c> I</c><00:29:56.920><c> send</c><00:29:57.039><c> my</c><00:29:57.339><c> word</c><00:29:57.579><c> forth</c><00:29:57.880><c> it</c><00:29:58.099><c> won't</c><00:29:58.359><c> return</c><00:29:58.640><c> unto</c><00:29:58.839><c> me</c><00:29:59.099><c> void</c><00:29:59.440><c> but</c>

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it<00:29:59.960><c> comes</c><00:30:00.160><c> back</c><00:30:00.400><c> in</c><00:30:00.539><c> the</c><00:30:00.700><c> process</c><00:30:00.960><c> of</c><00:30:01.140><c> having</c>

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changed<00:30:01.720><c> the</c><00:30:02.039><c> hearts</c><00:30:02.279><c> of</c><00:30:02.559><c> many</c><00:30:02.880><c> people</c><00:30:03.319><c> that</c><00:30:03.700><c> eventually</c><00:30:04.099><c> the</c>

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whole<00:30:04.579><c> earth</c><00:30:04.900><c> might</c><00:30:05.119><c> be</c><00:30:05.380><c> filled</c><00:30:05.519><c> with</c><00:30:05.720><c> my</c><00:30:06.019><c> glory</c><00:30:06.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:06.720><c> very</c><00:30:06.940><c> returning</c><00:30:07.380><c> of</c><00:30:07.579><c> the</c><00:30:07.759><c> word</c><00:30:08.099><c> unto</c><00:30:08.599><c> me,</c><00:30:08.940><c> the</c><00:30:09.059><c> very</c><00:30:09.259><c> purpose</c><00:30:09.599><c> for</c>

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which<00:30:09.980><c> I've</c><00:30:10.240><c> sent</c><00:30:10.480><c> it.</c><00:30:10.980><c> So</c><00:30:11.160><c> there's</c><00:30:11.319><c> a</c>

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mysterious<00:30:12.279><c> cycle</c><00:30:13.059><c> of</c><00:30:13.660><c> life</c><00:30:13.920><c> isn't</c><00:30:14.279><c> there</c><00:30:14.599><c> and</c><00:30:15.980><c> somehow</c><00:30:16.359><c> in</c>

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that<00:30:16.720><c> mysterious</c><00:30:17.279><c> cycle</c><00:30:17.660><c> the</c><00:30:17.900><c> word</c><00:30:18.180><c> goes</c><00:30:18.599><c> forth</c><00:30:18.920><c> and</c>

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the<00:30:19.299><c> water</c><00:30:19.519><c> goes</c><00:30:19.859><c> forth</c><00:30:20.200><c> and</c><00:30:20.579><c> in</c><00:30:20.740><c> the</c><00:30:20.839><c> very</c><00:30:21.059><c> bringing</c><00:30:21.339><c> of</c><00:30:21.519><c> it</c>

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back<00:30:21.880><c> to</c><00:30:22.119><c> God</c><00:30:22.299><c> it</c><00:30:22.500><c> somehow</c><00:30:23.000><c> multiplies</c><00:30:23.740><c> up</c><00:30:23.940><c> all</c><00:30:24.400><c> sorts</c>

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of<00:30:24.940><c> other</c><00:30:25.119><c> marvelous</c><00:30:25.720><c> things</c><00:30:26.339><c> that</c><00:30:26.599><c> are</c><00:30:26.819><c> grown</c><00:30:27.220><c> and</c><00:30:27.859><c> developed</c><00:30:28.200><c> thereby.</c>

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Now<00:30:29.920><c> that's</c><00:30:30.140><c> a</c><00:30:30.420><c> marvelous</c><00:30:30.859><c> passage</c>

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for<00:30:31.380><c> the</c><00:30:31.539><c> apostle</c><00:30:31.779><c> to</c><00:30:31.960><c> quote.</c><00:30:32.079><c> Let's</c><00:30:32.259><c> go</c><00:30:32.460><c> back</c><00:30:32.700><c> to</c><00:30:33.140><c> 2nd</c><00:30:33.359><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:33.619><c> 9</c><00:30:34.039><c> and</c>

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see<00:30:34.460><c> exactly</c><00:30:34.900><c> well</c><00:30:35.440><c> let's</c><00:30:35.680><c> see</c><00:30:35.799><c> what</c>

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the<00:30:36.140><c> apostle</c><00:30:36.400><c> does</c><00:30:36.720><c> say</c><00:30:36.920><c> and</c><00:30:37.099><c> why</c><00:30:37.500><c> does</c><00:30:38.059><c> he</c><00:30:38.420><c> make</c><00:30:38.640><c> allusion</c><00:30:39.019><c> to</c>

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that<00:30:39.420><c> passage.</c><00:30:41.519><c> Well</c><00:30:41.740><c> he</c><00:30:41.880><c> says</c><00:30:42.200><c> verse</c><00:30:42.519><c> 10</c><00:30:42.819><c> of</c><00:30:43.000><c> 2nd</c>

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Corinthians<00:30:43.579><c> 9,</c><00:30:44.599><c> now</c><00:30:44.740><c> he</c><00:30:45.160><c> that</c><00:30:45.460><c> ministereth</c><00:30:46.119><c> seed</c><00:30:46.480><c> to</c><00:30:46.779><c> the</c>

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sower<00:30:47.420><c> both</c><00:30:47.880><c> minister</c><00:30:48.319><c> bread</c><00:30:48.720><c> for</c><00:30:48.960><c> your</c><00:30:49.259><c> food</c><00:30:49.460><c> and</c>

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multiply<00:30:50.480><c> your</c><00:30:50.900><c> seed</c><00:30:51.220><c> sown</c><00:30:51.500><c> and</c><00:30:51.980><c> increase</c><00:30:52.500><c> the</c><00:30:52.819><c> fruits</c><00:30:53.160><c> of</c><00:30:53.519><c> your</c><00:30:54.420><c> righteousness.</c><00:30:57.220><c> So</c>

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you<00:30:57.440><c> see</c><00:30:57.519><c> there's</c><00:30:57.700><c> three</c>

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different<00:30:58.220><c> things</c><00:30:58.559><c> here</c><00:30:58.759><c> isn't</c><00:30:58.940><c> there?</c><00:30:59.119><c> When</c><00:30:59.180><c> you</c><00:30:59.319><c> read</c><00:30:59.480><c> verse</c><00:30:59.720><c> 10</c>

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that<00:31:02.299><c> happen.</c><00:31:03.640><c> He</c><00:31:03.819><c> that</c><00:31:03.980><c> ministereth</c><00:31:04.420><c> seed</c><00:31:04.579><c> to</c><00:31:04.740><c> the</c><00:31:04.900><c> sower,</c>

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what's<00:31:05.279><c> he</c><00:31:05.400><c> going</c><00:31:05.480><c> to</c><00:31:05.660><c> do?</c><00:31:06.160><c> Both</c><00:31:06.619><c> minister</c><00:31:07.140><c> bread</c><00:31:07.519><c> for</c>

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your<00:31:08.339><c> food,</c><00:31:10.440><c> that's</c><00:31:10.839><c> the</c><00:31:10.980><c> first</c><00:31:11.180><c> thing,</c><00:31:12.140><c> and</c><00:31:12.500><c> secondly</c><00:31:12.779><c> multiply</c><00:31:13.480><c> your</c>

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seed<00:31:14.819><c> sown</c><00:31:16.079><c> and</c><00:31:17.059><c> thirdly</c><00:31:17.779><c> increase</c>

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the<00:31:19.119><c> fruits</c><00:31:19.380><c> of</c><00:31:19.619><c> your</c><00:31:20.200><c> righteousness.</c><00:31:21.380><c> So</c><00:31:21.559><c> there's</c><00:31:21.759><c> three</c><00:31:22.079><c> things</c><00:31:22.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:23.759><c> paradox</c><00:31:24.339><c> of</c><00:31:24.779><c> learning</c><00:31:25.119><c> to</c><00:31:25.559><c> give</c>

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there<00:31:26.240><c> are</c><00:31:26.460><c> three</c><00:31:26.759><c> things</c><00:31:27.160><c> as</c><00:31:27.440><c> far</c><00:31:27.640><c> as</c><00:31:27.799><c> the</c><00:31:27.940><c> use</c><00:31:28.079><c> of</c><00:31:28.299><c> the</c><00:31:28.599><c> seed</c>

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which<00:31:31.700><c> must</c><00:31:32.000><c> be</c><00:31:32.279><c> so</c><00:31:32.539><c> here's</c><00:31:32.819><c> the</c><00:31:33.359><c> store</c><00:31:33.720><c> of</c><00:31:34.059><c> seed</c><00:31:34.259><c> that</c><00:31:34.420><c> a</c><00:31:34.579><c> person</c><00:31:34.799><c> starts</c><00:31:35.200><c> off</c>

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at<00:31:35.640><c> the</c><00:31:35.640><c> start</c><00:31:35.839><c> of</c><00:31:36.039><c> the</c><00:31:36.160><c> year.</c>

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He<00:31:36.740><c> says</c><00:31:36.900><c> well</c><00:31:37.180><c> I've</c><00:31:37.400><c> got</c><00:31:37.460><c> to</c><00:31:37.599><c> take</c><00:31:37.700><c> some</c><00:31:37.900><c> of</c><00:31:38.039><c> my</c><00:31:38.240><c> seed</c><00:31:38.339><c> and</c><00:31:38.440><c> we're</c><00:31:38.640><c> going</c><00:31:38.680><c> to</c>

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eat<00:31:39.079><c> it.</c><00:31:39.680><c> So</c><00:31:39.859><c> that's</c><00:31:40.119><c> the</c><00:31:40.220><c> bit</c><00:31:40.319><c> that</c><00:31:40.559><c> says</c>

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minister<00:31:41.480><c> bread</c><00:31:41.779><c> for</c><00:31:42.039><c> your</c><00:31:42.460><c> food.</c><00:31:42.900><c> Some</c><00:31:43.119><c> of</c><00:31:43.299><c> the</c><00:31:43.559><c> seed</c><00:31:43.819><c> is</c><00:31:44.059><c> going</c><00:31:44.180><c> to</c>

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go<00:31:44.420><c> into</c><00:31:44.559><c> that</c><00:31:44.920><c> and</c><00:31:45.579><c> some</c><00:31:45.900><c> of</c><00:31:46.019><c> it</c><00:31:46.259><c> is</c><00:31:46.940><c> multiply</c>

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your<00:31:47.960><c> seed</c><00:31:48.099><c> sown.</c><00:31:48.599><c> Some</c><00:31:48.819><c> of</c><00:31:48.940><c> it's</c><00:31:49.140><c> got</c><00:31:49.359><c> to</c><00:31:49.559><c> be</c><00:31:49.960><c> sown</c><00:31:50.400><c> for</c><00:31:50.640><c> the</c><00:31:50.859><c> future</c><00:31:51.319><c> in</c><00:31:51.980><c> the</c><00:31:52.019><c> hope</c><00:31:52.099><c> of</c><00:31:52.339><c> a</c>

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harvest<00:31:53.039><c> to</c><00:31:53.299><c> come.</c>

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says<00:31:57.480><c> here</c><00:31:57.680><c> in</c><00:31:57.819><c> verse</c><00:31:58.019><c> 10</c><00:31:58.640><c> increase</c><00:32:00.220><c> the</c><00:32:01.079><c> fruits</c>

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of<00:32:02.180><c> your</c><00:32:03.839><c> righteousness.</c><00:32:04.960><c> Now</c><00:32:05.099><c> be</c><00:32:05.319><c> careful</c><00:32:05.579><c> here</c><00:32:05.799><c> you</c><00:32:05.940><c> see</c>

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how<00:32:07.039><c> has</c><00:32:07.240><c> the</c><00:32:07.440><c> apostle</c><00:32:07.759><c> used</c><00:32:08.099><c> the</c><00:32:08.319><c> term</c><00:32:08.539><c> righteousness</c>

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in<00:32:09.920><c> the</c><00:32:10.180><c> ninth</c><00:32:10.500><c> verse</c><00:32:10.980><c> in</c><00:32:11.299><c> quoting</c><00:32:11.440><c> from</c><00:32:11.779><c> Psalm</c><00:32:11.980><c> 112.</c><00:32:12.420><c> It's</c>

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the<00:32:12.819><c> same</c><00:32:13.240><c> sense</c><00:32:13.579><c> here</c><00:32:13.839><c> what's</c><00:32:14.380><c> what</c><00:32:14.539><c> does</c><00:32:14.720><c> the</c>

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righteousness<00:32:15.599><c> stand</c><00:32:15.960><c> for</c><00:32:16.339><c> here</c><00:32:16.619><c> in</c><00:32:16.920><c> this</c><00:32:17.319><c> chapter.</c><00:32:19.420><c> It's</c><00:32:20.019><c> the</c><00:32:20.279><c> righteousness</c><00:32:20.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:21.180><c> person</c><00:32:21.500><c> who</c><00:32:22.000><c> gives</c>

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to<00:32:23.039><c> the</c><00:32:23.259><c> poor</c><00:32:23.440><c> isn't</c><00:32:23.680><c> it.</c><00:32:24.299><c> Remember</c><00:32:24.539><c> that.</c><00:32:26.460><c> So</c><00:32:26.700><c> what</c><00:32:27.000><c> sort</c><00:32:27.200><c> of</c>

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righteousness<00:32:27.859><c> is</c><00:32:28.079><c> going</c><00:32:28.140><c> to</c><00:32:28.279><c> be</c><00:32:28.440><c> increased</c><00:32:28.960><c> here.</c>

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to<00:32:33.759><c> some</c><00:32:33.960><c> other</c><00:32:34.359><c> translations</c><00:32:34.859><c> to</c><00:32:35.160><c> see</c><00:32:35.299><c> how</c>

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that<00:32:35.839><c> sense</c><00:32:36.119><c> is</c><00:32:36.400><c> captured</c><00:32:36.859><c> in</c><00:32:37.619><c> the</c><00:32:38.200><c> in</c><00:32:38.200><c> the</c><00:32:38.579><c> translating</c><00:32:38.900><c> of</c>

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that<00:32:39.359><c> last</c><00:32:39.819><c> phrase</c><00:32:40.160><c> of</c><00:32:40.339><c> verse</c><00:32:40.579><c> 10.</c><00:32:41.200><c> Increase</c><00:32:41.799><c> the</c>

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fruits<00:32:42.440><c> of</c><00:32:42.839><c> your</c><00:32:43.319><c> righteousness.</c><00:32:44.019><c> Moffat</c><00:32:44.299><c> says</c><00:32:44.859><c> he</c><00:32:45.619><c> will</c><00:32:46.019><c> increase</c><00:32:46.640><c> the</c>

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crop<00:32:47.740><c> of</c><00:32:48.200><c> your</c><00:32:48.579><c> charities.</c>

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Weymouth<00:32:52.359><c> says</c><00:32:52.799><c> he</c><00:32:53.180><c> will</c><00:32:53.500><c> increase</c><00:32:54.099><c> the</c><00:32:54.660><c> benefits</c><00:32:55.240><c> wrought</c>

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by<00:32:56.400><c> your</c><00:32:57.099><c> arms</c><00:32:57.880><c> giving.</c><00:32:58.579><c> That's</c><00:32:58.819><c> how</c><00:32:58.980><c> he</c>

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translates<00:32:59.660><c> the</c><00:32:59.880><c> words</c><00:33:00.099><c> righteousness.</c><00:33:01.880><c> The</c><00:33:02.059><c> New</c><00:33:02.200><c> English</c>

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Bible<00:33:02.859><c> says</c><00:33:03.240><c> he</c><00:33:03.619><c> will</c><00:33:04.059><c> multiply</c><00:33:04.839><c> and</c><00:33:05.779><c> swell</c>

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the<00:33:07.240><c> harvest</c><00:33:07.799><c> of</c><00:33:08.380><c> your</c><00:33:08.819><c> benevolence.</c><00:33:09.680><c> That's</c><00:33:10.059><c> the</c><00:33:10.180><c> word</c><00:33:10.380><c> righteousness.</c><00:33:11.339><c> So</c>

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you<00:33:11.539><c> see</c><00:33:11.619><c> those</c><00:33:12.000><c> translations</c><00:33:12.579><c> took</c>

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up<00:33:13.119><c> the</c><00:33:13.319><c> idea</c><00:33:13.500><c> of</c><00:33:13.680><c> the</c><00:33:13.819><c> word</c><00:33:13.980><c> righteousness</c><00:33:14.539><c> there</c><00:33:14.759><c> and</c><00:33:14.920><c> they</c>

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say<00:33:15.539><c> yes</c><00:33:16.180><c> it</c><00:33:16.400><c> relates</c><00:33:16.799><c> in</c><00:33:17.180><c> this</c><00:33:17.400><c> particular</c><00:33:18.000><c> verse</c>

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to<00:33:18.519><c> the</c><00:33:18.980><c> giving</c><00:33:19.200><c> of</c><00:33:19.559><c> arms</c><00:33:19.819><c> to</c><00:33:20.079><c> the</c><00:33:20.259><c> poor.</c><00:33:20.700><c> That</c><00:33:21.039><c> spirit</c><00:33:21.400><c> of</c><00:33:21.740><c> generosity</c><00:33:22.259><c> to</c>

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others.<00:33:23.039><c> So</c><00:33:23.220><c> the</c><00:33:23.460><c> seeds</c><00:33:23.660><c> divided</c><00:33:24.140><c> each</c>

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person<00:33:24.759><c> has</c><00:33:25.160><c> seed</c><00:33:25.460><c> and</c><00:33:25.640><c> it's</c><00:33:25.859><c> divided</c><00:33:26.180><c> in</c><00:33:26.400><c> three</c><00:33:26.599><c> ways.</c><00:33:26.980><c> That</c>

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which<00:33:27.339><c> must</c><00:33:27.579><c> be</c><00:33:27.900><c> eaten,</c><00:33:28.319><c> that</c><00:33:28.400><c> which</c><00:33:28.599><c> must</c><00:33:28.859><c> be</c><00:33:29.220><c> sown,</c>

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that<00:33:29.980><c> which</c><00:33:30.180><c> must</c><00:33:30.460><c> be</c><00:33:30.740><c> given.</c><00:33:34.420><c> And</c><00:33:34.539><c> what</c><00:33:34.700><c> this</c><00:33:34.960><c> verse</c><00:33:35.180><c> says</c><00:33:35.880><c> remember</c><00:33:36.740><c> quoting</c><00:33:37.079><c> from</c><00:33:37.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:38.160><c> 55</c>

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what<00:33:38.960><c> this</c>

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verse<00:33:39.480><c> says</c><00:33:39.859><c> in</c><00:33:40.180><c> effect</c><00:33:40.480><c> is</c><00:33:41.019><c> that</c><00:33:41.200><c> when</c><00:33:41.359><c> we</c><00:33:41.640><c> learn</c><00:33:41.880><c> the</c><00:33:42.180><c> secret</c>

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:44.819
of<00:33:42.880><c> giving</c><00:33:43.079><c> that</c><00:33:43.279><c> in</c><00:33:43.500><c> fact</c><00:33:43.619><c> there</c><00:33:43.799><c> is</c><00:33:44.000><c> a</c><00:33:44.480><c> somehow</c>

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:48.779
a<00:33:45.200><c> mysterious</c><00:33:45.880><c> multiplication</c><00:33:46.960><c> process</c><00:33:47.519><c> and</c><00:33:47.700><c> it</c><00:33:47.900><c> returns</c><00:33:48.299><c> back</c><00:33:48.619><c> to</c>

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:50.839
us<00:33:49.279><c> multiplied</c><00:33:49.859><c> up</c><00:33:50.059><c> even</c><00:33:50.279><c> though</c><00:33:50.440><c> we've</c><00:33:50.680><c> given</c>

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:54.559
it.<00:33:50.980><c> Now</c><00:33:51.299><c> look</c><00:33:51.619><c> what</c><00:33:51.819><c> happens.</c><00:33:53.160><c> We</c><00:33:53.299><c> take</c><00:33:53.559><c> of</c><00:33:53.700><c> our</c><00:33:53.980><c> seed</c><00:33:54.140><c> and</c><00:33:54.299><c> we</c>

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eat<00:33:54.680><c> and</c><00:33:54.880><c> we</c><00:33:55.140><c> sow</c><00:33:55.319><c> and</c><00:33:55.579><c> we</c><00:33:55.799><c> give</c><00:33:56.000><c> and</c><00:33:56.240><c> yet</c><00:33:56.500><c> somehow</c>

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in<00:33:57.859><c> that</c><00:33:58.140><c> very</c><00:33:58.720><c> cycle</c><00:33:59.119><c> of</c><00:33:59.380><c> generosity</c><00:34:00.019><c> we</c><00:34:01.279><c> get</c><00:34:01.579><c> back</c><00:34:01.920><c> more</c><00:34:02.200><c> than</c><00:34:02.279><c> we</c>

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started<00:34:02.980><c> with</c><00:34:03.440><c> and</c><00:34:03.779><c> the</c><00:34:03.940><c> whole</c><00:34:04.319><c> process</c><00:34:04.779><c> is</c>

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able<00:34:05.160><c> to</c><00:34:05.380><c> begin</c><00:34:05.599><c> all</c><00:34:05.920><c> over</c><00:34:06.200><c> again.</c><00:34:08.199><c> And</c><00:34:08.380><c> God</c><00:34:08.619><c> has</c><00:34:08.940><c> the</c><00:34:09.239><c> power</c>

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to<00:34:09.900><c> bless</c><00:34:10.940><c> the</c><00:34:11.340><c> generous</c><00:34:11.739><c> hearted</c><00:34:12.159><c> and</c><00:34:12.420><c> there</c>

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is<00:34:12.760><c> somehow</c><00:34:13.119><c> a</c><00:34:13.619><c> mysterious</c><00:34:14.480><c> multiplication</c><00:34:15.599><c> of</c><00:34:16.119><c> that</c><00:34:16.400><c> which</c>

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:19.300
we<00:34:17.099><c> have.</c><00:34:17.599><c> The</c><00:34:17.699><c> very</c><00:34:17.960><c> lessons</c><00:34:18.320><c> of</c><00:34:18.639><c> harvest</c><00:34:19.039><c> tell</c>

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:22.699
us<00:34:19.519><c> that</c><00:34:19.699><c> when</c><00:34:20.119><c> harvest</c><00:34:20.760><c> ripens</c><00:34:21.360><c> there's</c><00:34:21.820><c> an</c><00:34:22.000><c> indication</c><00:34:22.480><c> of</c>

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:25.760
that<00:34:23.039><c> marvelous</c><00:34:23.559><c> spirit</c><00:34:23.940><c> of</c><00:34:24.380><c> God's</c><00:34:25.059><c> giving</c><00:34:25.320><c> to</c><00:34:25.579><c> the</c>

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:29.380
harvest<00:34:26.679><c> is</c><00:34:26.920><c> the</c><00:34:27.139><c> standard</c><00:34:27.460><c> of</c><00:34:27.719><c> God's</c><00:34:28.179><c> giving</c><00:34:28.320><c> isn't</c><00:34:28.579><c> it?</c>

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:34.599
We've<00:34:32.179><c> actually</c><00:34:32.360><c> got</c><00:34:32.500><c> to</c><00:34:32.739><c> believe</c><00:34:33.079><c> in</c><00:34:33.360><c> that</c><00:34:33.480><c> as</c><00:34:33.699><c> a</c><00:34:34.139><c> principle</c>

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.900
for<00:34:34.920><c> life.</c>

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:39.219
You<00:34:36.659><c> know</c><00:34:36.719><c> what</c><00:34:36.800><c> this</c><00:34:37.000><c> is</c><00:34:37.099><c> really</c><00:34:37.400><c> telling</c><00:34:37.579><c> us?</c><00:34:38.199><c> What</c><00:34:38.360><c> it's</c><00:34:38.699><c> telling</c><00:34:38.820><c> us</c>

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:43.219
is<00:34:39.420><c> that</c><00:34:39.760><c> giving</c><00:34:40.440><c> doesn't</c><00:34:41.860><c> mean</c><00:34:42.199><c> losing</c>

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:48.480
because<00:34:45.659><c> one</c><00:34:45.960><c> will</c><00:34:46.260><c> find</c><00:34:46.659><c> strangely</c><00:34:47.139><c> enough</c><00:34:47.480><c> that</c><00:34:47.619><c> as</c><00:34:47.800><c> we</c><00:34:47.980><c> learn</c><00:34:48.159><c> the</c>

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:50.840
secret<00:34:48.900><c> of</c><00:34:49.519><c> giving</c><00:34:49.880><c> in</c><00:34:50.300><c> the</c><00:34:50.559><c> truth,</c>

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:56.860
of<00:34:51.440><c> giving</c><00:34:52.000><c> in</c><00:34:52.519><c> life</c><00:34:52.940><c> that</c><00:34:53.360><c> we</c><00:34:53.679><c> somehow</c><00:34:54.679><c> get</c><00:34:55.280><c> it</c><00:34:55.440><c> all</c><00:34:55.699><c> back</c><00:34:56.039><c> and</c>

00:34:56.860 --> 00:35:00.019
more<00:34:57.199><c> besides</c><00:34:57.960><c> through</c><00:34:58.659><c> some</c><00:34:59.059><c> mysterious</c>

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:04.039
magic<00:35:00.820><c> as</c><00:35:00.980><c> it</c><00:35:01.199><c> were</c><00:35:01.300><c> whereby</c><00:35:01.619><c> God</c><00:35:01.880><c> is</c><00:35:02.099><c> able</c><00:35:02.280><c> to</c><00:35:02.739><c> multiply</c><00:35:03.300><c> things</c><00:35:03.760><c> up</c>

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:05.699
for<00:35:04.280><c> us.</c><00:35:04.699><c> Verse</c><00:35:04.880><c> 10,</c>

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:10.039
he<00:35:06.199><c> that</c><00:35:06.519><c> ministers</c><00:35:06.960><c> seed</c><00:35:07.639><c> to</c><00:35:08.300><c> the</c><00:35:08.480><c> sower</c><00:35:08.619><c> both</c><00:35:08.980><c> minister</c><00:35:09.400><c> bread</c><00:35:09.760><c> for</c>

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:12.260
your<00:35:10.280><c> food</c><00:35:10.440><c> and</c><00:35:10.900><c> multiply</c><00:35:11.460><c> your</c><00:35:11.800><c> seed</c><00:35:11.920><c> and</c>

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:15.780
increase<00:35:12.840><c> the</c><00:35:13.139><c> fruits</c><00:35:13.320><c> of</c><00:35:13.599><c> your</c><00:35:14.019><c> generosity</c><00:35:14.619><c> to</c><00:35:14.860><c> others.</c><00:35:15.500><c> I</c>

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believe<00:35:16.059><c> that</c><00:35:16.239><c> that's</c><00:35:16.440><c> one</c><00:35:16.659><c> of</c><00:35:16.820><c> the</c><00:35:16.920><c> reasons</c><00:35:17.400><c> why</c>

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:22.340
the<00:35:18.440><c> apostle</c><00:35:18.820><c> says</c><00:35:19.139><c> in</c><00:35:19.320><c> Acts</c><00:35:19.519><c> chapter</c><00:35:19.800><c> 20</c><00:35:20.139><c> in</c><00:35:20.380><c> quoting</c><00:35:20.599><c> the</c><00:35:20.820><c> Lord</c><00:35:21.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:21.460><c> Christ</c><00:35:21.820><c> he</c><00:35:21.980><c> says</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:24.760
that<00:35:22.739><c> we</c><00:35:22.780><c> ought</c><00:35:22.960><c> to</c><00:35:23.099><c> remember</c><00:35:23.420><c> the</c><00:35:23.559><c> words</c><00:35:23.820><c> of</c><00:35:24.019><c> the</c><00:35:24.159><c> Lord</c><00:35:24.380><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:26.500
when<00:35:24.940><c> he</c><00:35:25.139><c> said</c><00:35:25.300><c> it</c><00:35:25.400><c> is</c><00:35:25.679><c> more,</c>

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:35.199
what's<00:35:28.420><c> the</c><00:35:28.579><c> quotation?</c><00:35:30.760><c> It</c><00:35:30.900><c> is</c><00:35:31.099><c> more</c><00:35:31.400><c> blessed</c><00:35:31.840><c> to</c><00:35:32.320><c> give</c><00:35:33.159><c> than</c>

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:38.119
to<00:35:35.519><c> receive.</c><00:35:36.960><c> Do</c><00:35:37.099><c> you</c><00:35:37.099><c> know</c><00:35:37.239><c> why?</c>

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:43.219
Well<00:35:39.380><c> one</c><00:35:39.579><c> of</c><00:35:39.739><c> the</c><00:35:39.840><c> reasons</c><00:35:40.280><c> why</c><00:35:40.619><c> is</c><00:35:40.800><c> because</c><00:35:41.860><c> the</c><00:35:42.320><c> man</c><00:35:42.699><c> or</c><00:35:43.019><c> the</c>

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:46.219
woman<00:35:44.000><c> that</c><00:35:44.679><c> learns</c><00:35:45.039><c> to</c><00:35:45.400><c> give</c>

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:56.460
does<00:35:48.420><c> receive.</c><00:35:51.500><c> They</c><00:35:51.800><c> get</c><00:35:52.000><c> it</c><00:35:52.139><c> all</c><00:35:52.360><c> back</c><00:35:53.159><c> and</c><00:35:55.199><c> more</c><00:35:55.440><c> besides.</c>

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:04.139
There's<00:35:58.800><c> a</c><00:35:59.000><c> secret</c><00:35:59.340><c> to</c><00:35:59.599><c> life</c><00:35:59.880><c> here</c><00:36:00.500><c> in</c><00:36:01.880><c> the</c><00:36:02.000><c> way</c><00:36:02.159><c> that</c><00:36:02.360><c> we</c><00:36:02.519><c> approach</c><00:36:03.079><c> our</c>

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:05.940
everyday<00:36:04.619><c> life,</c><00:36:05.000><c> our</c><00:36:05.260><c> family</c><00:36:05.699><c> life,</c>

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:08.800
our<00:36:06.219><c> ecclesial</c><00:36:06.639><c> life.</c><00:36:07.280><c> Have</c><00:36:07.420><c> we</c><00:36:07.639><c> really</c><00:36:08.019><c> locked</c><00:36:08.260><c> onto</c><00:36:08.500><c> that</c>

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:11.659
secret<00:36:09.119><c> of</c><00:36:09.719><c> giving</c><00:36:10.019><c> our</c><00:36:10.739><c> hearts</c><00:36:11.119><c> for</c><00:36:11.340><c> the</c><00:36:11.500><c> work</c>

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:14.599
of<00:36:11.800><c> the</c><00:36:11.940><c> truth</c><00:36:12.139><c> because</c><00:36:12.559><c> God's</c><00:36:12.940><c> able</c><00:36:13.119><c> to</c><00:36:13.260><c> give</c><00:36:13.340><c> it</c><00:36:13.480><c> all</c><00:36:13.639><c> back</c><00:36:13.840><c> to</c><00:36:14.039><c> us</c><00:36:14.340><c> in</c><00:36:14.519><c> a</c>

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.699
way<00:36:14.719><c> that</c><00:36:14.860><c> we</c><00:36:14.920><c> don't</c><00:36:15.139><c> even</c><00:36:15.460><c> really</c>

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:22.139
properly<00:36:16.440><c> truly</c><00:36:18.440><c> understand?</c><00:36:19.559><c> But</c><00:36:19.559><c> it</c><00:36:19.719><c> works.</c><00:36:21.500><c> It</c><00:36:21.500><c> does,</c><00:36:21.820><c> says</c><00:36:21.920><c> the</c>

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.559
apostle.<00:36:22.500><c> Believe</c><00:36:22.820><c> me,</c><00:36:23.059><c> says</c><00:36:23.179><c> the</c><00:36:23.380><c> apostle,</c>

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:27.320
it<00:36:23.760><c> works.</c><00:36:25.900><c> Now</c><00:36:26.199><c> you've</c><00:36:26.500><c> got</c><00:36:26.559><c> to</c><00:36:26.619><c> be</c><00:36:26.800><c> careful</c><00:36:26.980><c> here</c><00:36:27.119><c> because</c>

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:29.739
it<00:36:27.519><c> doesn't</c><00:36:27.699><c> mean</c><00:36:27.900><c> that</c><00:36:28.139><c> if</c><00:36:28.360><c> you</c><00:36:28.480><c> put</c><00:36:28.639><c> $10</c><00:36:28.960><c> more</c><00:36:29.519><c> into</c>

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:32.159
the<00:36:30.000><c> collection</c><00:36:30.420><c> each</c><00:36:30.760><c> Sunday</c><00:36:31.099><c> that</c><00:36:31.320><c> you're</c><00:36:31.480><c> necessarily</c><00:36:31.880><c> going</c><00:36:32.039><c> to</c>

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:35.940
get<00:36:32.219><c> a</c><00:36:32.440><c> $10</c><00:36:32.719><c> a</c><00:36:32.940><c> week</c><00:36:33.219><c> pay</c><00:36:33.639><c> rise.</c><00:36:35.400><c> It's</c><00:36:35.599><c> not</c><00:36:35.760><c> as</c>

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:38.920
specific<00:36:36.340><c> as</c><00:36:36.500><c> that,</c><00:36:36.659><c> is</c><00:36:36.820><c> it?</c><00:36:37.400><c> We</c><00:36:37.699><c> may</c><00:36:37.900><c> give</c><00:36:38.079><c> money</c><00:36:38.340><c> for</c><00:36:38.500><c> the</c><00:36:38.659><c> work</c><00:36:38.800><c> of</c>

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:41.079
the<00:36:39.079><c> truth</c><00:36:39.219><c> and</c><00:36:39.860><c> in</c><00:36:40.139><c> fact</c><00:36:40.320><c> have</c><00:36:40.500><c> financial</c>

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:43.860
woes.<00:36:41.539><c> It's</c><00:36:41.739><c> not</c><00:36:41.980><c> saying</c><00:36:42.179><c> that</c><00:36:42.360><c> we</c><00:36:42.460><c> will</c><00:36:42.659><c> be</c><00:36:42.840><c> repaid</c><00:36:43.260><c> in</c><00:36:43.639><c> kind.</c>

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:46.019
We<00:36:44.039><c> don't</c><00:36:44.420><c> know</c><00:36:44.760><c> exactly</c><00:36:45.260><c> how</c><00:36:45.480><c> it</c><00:36:45.579><c> will</c><00:36:45.800><c> work</c>

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:49.579
but<00:36:46.440><c> what</c><00:36:46.760><c> the</c><00:36:47.039><c> apostle</c><00:36:47.340><c> says</c><00:36:47.679><c> is</c><00:36:47.980><c> that</c><00:36:48.219><c> God</c><00:36:48.579><c> will</c><00:36:49.000><c> make</c><00:36:49.300><c> his</c>

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:52.440
grace<00:36:49.900><c> to</c><00:36:50.159><c> abound</c><00:36:50.460><c> towards</c><00:36:50.860><c> you</c><00:36:51.059><c> in</c><00:36:51.559><c> various</c><00:36:52.000><c> ways</c>

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:56.179
and<00:36:52.900><c> sometimes</c><00:36:53.380><c> the</c><00:36:53.579><c> way</c><00:36:53.760><c> in</c><00:36:53.840><c> which</c><00:36:54.000><c> we're</c><00:36:54.440><c> recompensed</c><00:36:54.860><c> by</c><00:36:55.159><c> God</c><00:36:55.340><c> is</c><00:36:55.519><c> in</c><00:36:55.739><c> quite</c><00:36:55.880><c> a</c>

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:57.179
different<00:36:56.360><c> way</c><00:36:56.579><c> to</c><00:36:56.719><c> what</c><00:36:56.900><c> we've</c>

00:36:57.179 --> 00:37:01.500
given<00:36:57.380><c> but</c><00:36:57.760><c> we're</c><00:36:58.119><c> still</c><00:36:58.340><c> recompensed.</c><00:37:00.260><c> And</c><00:37:00.460><c> those</c><00:37:00.679><c> that</c><00:37:00.980><c> find</c><00:37:01.119><c> the</c>

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:03.280
truth<00:37:01.639><c> of</c><00:37:01.820><c> that</c><00:37:02.000><c> principle</c><00:37:02.480><c> are</c><00:37:02.860><c> those</c><00:37:03.079><c> that</c>

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:05.639
say<00:37:03.380><c> you</c><00:37:03.500><c> know</c><00:37:03.599><c> it's</c><00:37:03.800><c> an</c><00:37:04.000><c> amazing</c><00:37:04.400><c> thing</c><00:37:04.619><c> that</c><00:37:04.820><c> God's</c><00:37:05.400><c> blessed</c>

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:07.400
us<00:37:05.900><c> so</c><00:37:06.199><c> abundantly.</c><00:37:06.719><c> You</c><00:37:06.719><c> know</c><00:37:07.079><c> there</c><00:37:07.300><c> are</c>

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:09.599
people<00:37:07.659><c> like</c><00:37:07.840><c> that</c><00:37:08.039><c> in</c><00:37:08.159><c> the</c><00:37:08.219><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:37:08.519><c> out</c><00:37:08.739><c> there</c><00:37:08.940><c> that</c>

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:11.860
are<00:37:09.840><c> full</c><00:37:10.099><c> of</c><00:37:10.280><c> the</c><00:37:10.559><c> blessings</c><00:37:10.980><c> that</c><00:37:11.280><c> God</c><00:37:11.539><c> has</c>

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:14.519
graciously<00:37:12.360><c> bestowed</c><00:37:12.739><c> upon</c><00:37:12.960><c> them.</c><00:37:13.340><c> You'll</c><00:37:13.659><c> often</c><00:37:13.980><c> find</c><00:37:14.300><c> that</c>

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.260
those<00:37:14.780><c> people</c><00:37:15.000><c> also</c><00:37:15.380><c> have</c><00:37:15.619><c> given</c><00:37:15.820><c> much</c><00:37:16.079><c> to</c><00:37:16.360><c> others.</c>

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:24.159
They've<00:37:18.340><c> locked</c><00:37:18.579><c> into</c><00:37:19.079><c> a</c><00:37:19.719><c> secret</c><00:37:20.219><c> of</c><00:37:20.679><c> life</c><00:37:21.119><c> in</c><00:37:21.639><c> the</c><00:37:21.880><c> truth.</c><00:37:22.400><c> Now</c><00:37:22.619><c> you</c><00:37:22.800><c> see</c><00:37:22.920><c> what</c><00:37:23.119><c> the</c><00:37:23.539><c> apostle</c><00:37:23.780><c> goes</c><00:37:23.980><c> on</c>

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.679
to<00:37:24.360><c> say</c><00:37:24.460><c> in</c>

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:28.599
verse<00:37:25.139><c> 11.</c><00:37:26.539><c> In</c><00:37:26.659><c> fact</c><00:37:26.820><c> you've</c><00:37:27.039><c> got</c><00:37:27.159><c> to</c><00:37:27.280><c> note</c><00:37:27.400><c> first</c><00:37:27.699><c> of</c><00:37:27.920><c> all,</c><00:37:28.420><c> no</c>

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actually<00:37:28.960><c> before</c><00:37:29.320><c> I</c><00:37:29.880><c> move</c><00:37:30.019><c> on</c><00:37:30.199><c> to</c><00:37:30.300><c> verse</c><00:37:30.480><c> 11,</c>

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:34.820
I<00:37:31.159><c> should</c><00:37:31.360><c> just</c><00:37:32.739><c> quote</c><00:37:32.980><c> something</c><00:37:33.320><c> else</c><00:37:33.599><c> that's</c><00:37:34.280><c> significant</c>

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here.<00:37:35.380><c> So</c><00:37:35.659><c> you</c><00:37:35.880><c> see</c><00:37:35.960><c> this</c><00:37:36.119><c> is</c><00:37:36.320><c> interesting</c>

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because<00:37:37.079><c> these</c><00:37:37.980><c> arms</c><00:37:38.460><c> that</c><00:37:38.679><c> were</c><00:37:38.880><c> in</c><00:37:39.119><c> this</c><00:37:39.460><c> bag,</c><00:37:40.360><c> this</c><00:37:40.599><c> collection</c><00:37:41.320><c> is</c><00:37:41.920><c> actually,</c><00:37:43.039><c> if</c>

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you<00:37:43.500><c> like,</c>

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you<00:37:43.800><c> can</c><00:37:44.099><c> describe</c><00:37:44.500><c> it</c><00:37:44.659><c> as</c><00:37:45.199><c> their</c><00:37:45.679><c> righteousness.</c><00:37:47.639><c> That's</c>

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the<00:37:47.980><c> way</c><00:37:48.119><c> it's</c><00:37:48.500><c> described</c><00:37:48.780><c> here</c><00:37:48.940><c> isn't</c><00:37:49.039><c> it?</c>

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Their<00:37:50.159><c> righteousness</c><00:37:50.800><c> was</c><00:37:51.119><c> in</c><00:37:51.360><c> that</c><00:37:51.659><c> bag.</c><00:37:52.519><c> He</c><00:37:52.780><c> was</c><00:37:53.019><c> going</c><00:37:53.139><c> to</c>

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go<00:37:53.420><c> back</c><00:37:53.579><c> to</c><00:37:53.780><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:54.179><c> and</c><00:37:55.519><c> he</c><00:37:55.559><c> was</c><00:37:55.719><c> going</c><00:37:55.880><c> to</c><00:37:56.039><c> plonk</c>

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the<00:37:56.480><c> bags</c><00:37:56.679><c> on</c><00:37:56.900><c> the</c><00:37:57.159><c> table</c><00:37:57.619><c> and</c><00:37:58.900><c> he</c><00:37:58.980><c> was</c><00:37:59.159><c> going</c><00:37:59.300><c> to</c><00:37:59.340><c> look</c><00:37:59.539><c> up</c><00:37:59.800><c> to</c>

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the<00:38:00.159><c> Judaizers</c><00:38:00.679><c> and</c><00:38:00.860><c> he</c><00:38:00.900><c> was</c><00:38:01.099><c> going</c><00:38:01.239><c> to</c><00:38:01.440><c> say</c>

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what<00:38:02.679><c> shall</c><00:38:03.219><c> we</c><00:38:03.480><c> say</c><00:38:03.760><c> then?</c><00:38:06.360><c> That</c><00:38:06.559><c> the</c><00:38:06.760><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:07.719><c> which</c><00:38:09.320><c> followed</c><00:38:09.699><c> not</c>

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after<00:38:10.420><c> righteousness</c>

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have<00:38:13.420><c> attained</c><00:38:14.159><c> to</c><00:38:14.739><c> righteousness,</c><00:38:17.780><c> even</c><00:38:18.099><c> the</c><00:38:18.340><c> righteousness</c><00:38:18.860><c> which</c><00:38:19.239><c> is</c><00:38:19.380><c> of</c><00:38:19.659><c> faith.</c>

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All<00:38:23.219><c> those</c><00:38:23.599><c> bags</c><00:38:23.980><c> were</c><00:38:24.199><c> going</c><00:38:24.320><c> to</c><00:38:24.420><c> be</c><00:38:24.579><c> a</c><00:38:24.699><c> testimony</c><00:38:25.079><c> of</c><00:38:25.320><c> that</c>

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spirit,<00:38:25.980><c> weren't</c><00:38:26.039><c> they?</c>

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Unanswerable<00:38:29.699><c> really</c><00:38:30.139><c> and</c><00:38:31.619><c> that's</c><00:38:31.760><c> what</c><00:38:31.900><c> the</c><00:38:32.099><c> apostle</c><00:38:32.360><c> hoped</c>

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would<00:38:33.480><c> be</c><00:38:33.679><c> the</c><00:38:33.860><c> case.</c><00:38:34.960><c> Now</c><00:38:34.960><c> you</c><00:38:35.159><c> notice</c><00:38:35.420><c> that</c><00:38:35.780><c> in</c>

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verse<00:38:36.179><c> 11</c><00:38:36.440><c> he</c><00:38:36.639><c> says</c><00:38:36.780><c> being</c><00:38:37.099><c> enriched</c><00:38:37.539><c> in</c><00:38:37.840><c> everything</c><00:38:38.239><c> to</c><00:38:38.480><c> all</c>

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bountifulness<00:38:39.219><c> but</c><00:38:39.400><c> did</c><00:38:39.559><c> you</c><00:38:39.679><c> notice</c><00:38:39.940><c> that</c><00:38:40.179><c> verses</c>

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nine<00:38:40.820><c> and</c><00:38:41.119><c> ten</c><00:38:41.260><c> are</c><00:38:41.440><c> in</c><00:38:41.579><c> brackets?</c><00:38:42.619><c> So</c><00:38:42.800><c> you</c><00:38:43.059><c> see</c><00:38:43.099><c> we</c><00:38:43.260><c> really</c><00:38:43.559><c> should</c><00:38:43.739><c> read</c><00:38:44.059><c> from</c><00:38:44.360><c> verse</c><00:38:44.679><c> eight</c><00:38:44.920><c> straight</c><00:38:45.239><c> through</c><00:38:45.440><c> to</c>

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verse<00:38:45.800><c> 11.</c><00:38:46.380><c> You</c><00:38:46.519><c> see</c><00:38:46.599><c> what</c><00:38:46.780><c> the</c><00:38:46.980><c> apostle</c><00:38:47.260><c> says</c><00:38:47.559><c> is,</c><00:38:48.099><c> verse</c><00:38:48.099><c> eight,</c><00:38:48.480><c> God</c>

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is<00:38:48.820><c> able</c><00:38:48.980><c> to</c><00:38:49.199><c> abound</c><00:38:49.579><c> in</c><00:38:49.800><c> grace</c><00:38:50.000><c> towards</c><00:38:50.340><c> us</c>

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so<00:38:51.059><c> that</c><00:38:51.199><c> we</c><00:38:51.360><c> can</c><00:38:51.559><c> in</c><00:38:51.719><c> turn</c><00:38:51.900><c> bless</c><00:38:52.380><c> others.</c><00:38:53.199><c> Oh</c><00:38:53.280><c> now</c><00:38:53.539><c> a</c><00:38:53.739><c> couple</c>

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of<00:38:54.119><c> quotations</c><00:38:54.519><c> that</c><00:38:54.659><c> we</c><00:38:54.840><c> ought</c><00:38:54.920><c> to</c><00:38:55.079><c> think</c>

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about<00:38:55.380><c> in</c><00:38:55.460><c> that</c><00:38:55.679><c> context.</c><00:38:56.679><c> Psalm</c><00:38:56.719><c> 112</c><00:38:57.380><c> about</c><00:38:58.039><c> the</c><00:38:58.239><c> fact</c><00:38:58.380><c> that</c>

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our<00:38:58.840><c> ability</c><00:38:59.179><c> to</c><00:38:59.420><c> give</c><00:38:59.559><c> will</c><00:39:00.260><c> be</c><00:39:00.519><c> preserved</c><00:39:00.980><c> by</c><00:39:01.260><c> God</c>

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and<00:39:02.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:02.780><c> 55</c><00:39:03.380><c> and</c><00:39:03.579><c> verse</c><00:39:03.800><c> 10</c><00:39:04.079><c> the</c><00:39:04.320><c> way</c><00:39:04.519><c> that</c><00:39:04.760><c> God</c><00:39:05.000><c> himself</c>

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experiences<00:39:06.420><c> that</c><00:39:06.719><c> principle</c><00:39:07.079><c> of</c><00:39:07.619><c> giving</c><00:39:07.960><c> forth</c>

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of<00:39:08.679><c> his</c><00:39:08.920><c> goodness</c><00:39:09.320><c> and</c><00:39:10.360><c> receiving</c><00:39:10.880><c> it</c><00:39:11.179><c> back</c><00:39:11.460><c> multiplied</c><00:39:12.159><c> up.</c>

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Now<00:39:13.239><c> back</c><00:39:13.480><c> onto</c><00:39:13.659><c> the</c><00:39:13.820><c> subject,</c><00:39:14.119><c> verse</c><00:39:14.360><c> 11</c><00:39:14.619><c> being</c>

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enriched<00:39:15.579><c> in</c><00:39:15.820><c> everything.</c><00:39:16.539><c> So</c><00:39:16.539><c> you</c><00:39:16.780><c> see</c><00:39:16.900><c> the</c><00:39:17.920><c> verses</c><00:39:18.280><c> in</c><00:39:18.519><c> between</c><00:39:18.780><c> nine</c>

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and<00:39:19.300><c> ten</c><00:39:19.440><c> are</c><00:39:19.940><c> almost</c><00:39:20.320><c> a</c><00:39:20.519><c> digression</c><00:39:20.980><c> as</c>

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the<00:39:21.480><c> apostle</c><00:39:21.579><c> weaves</c><00:39:22.119><c> in</c><00:39:22.360><c> those</c><00:39:22.739><c> two</c><00:39:23.019><c> references</c><00:39:23.420><c> from</c><00:39:24.019><c> Psalm</c>

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112<00:39:25.260><c> and</c><00:39:25.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:26.320><c> 55.</c><00:39:27.000><c> So</c><00:39:27.099><c> let's</c><00:39:27.320><c> read</c><00:39:27.559><c> verse</c><00:39:27.800><c> eight</c>

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and<00:39:28.239><c> then</c><00:39:28.659><c> straight</c><00:39:28.860><c> through</c><00:39:29.039><c> to</c><00:39:29.179><c> verse</c><00:39:29.340><c> 11.</c><00:39:29.840><c> And</c><00:39:29.900><c> God</c><00:39:30.099><c> is</c><00:39:30.280><c> able</c><00:39:30.460><c> to</c>

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make<00:39:30.760><c> all</c><00:39:31.199><c> grace</c><00:39:31.579><c> abound</c><00:39:31.960><c> toward</c><00:39:32.320><c> you</c><00:39:32.500><c> that</c><00:39:32.719><c> ye</c>

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always<00:39:33.920><c> having</c><00:39:34.280><c> all</c><00:39:34.960><c> sufficiency</c><00:39:35.420><c> in</c><00:39:35.780><c> all</c><00:39:36.260><c> things</c><00:39:36.860><c> may</c><00:39:37.380><c> abound</c><00:39:37.780><c> to</c><00:39:38.199><c> every</c><00:39:38.699><c> good</c><00:39:39.059><c> work</c><00:39:39.320><c> being</c><00:39:39.900><c> enriched</c><00:39:40.960><c> in</c>

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everything<00:39:42.340><c> to</c><00:39:43.179><c> all</c><00:39:43.699><c> bountifulness</c><00:39:44.760><c> which</c><00:39:45.199><c> causeth</c><00:39:45.719><c> through</c>

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us<00:39:46.840><c> thanksgiving</c><00:39:47.820><c> to</c><00:39:48.079><c> God.</c><00:39:49.039><c> Being</c><00:39:49.579><c> enriched</c>

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as<00:39:50.460><c> the</c><00:39:50.719><c> apostle</c><00:39:51.039><c> in</c><00:39:51.699><c> everything.</c><00:39:53.099><c> You</c><00:39:53.199><c> notice</c><00:39:53.440><c> that?</c><00:39:54.739><c> You</c><00:39:54.840><c> know</c><00:39:54.900><c> what</c><00:39:54.980><c> he's</c><00:39:55.179><c> saying?</c><00:39:55.780><c> What</c><00:39:56.039><c> the</c><00:39:56.260><c> apostle</c><00:39:56.539><c> is</c>

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saying<00:39:57.079><c> here</c><00:39:57.480><c> is</c><00:39:57.699><c> that</c><00:39:57.840><c> if</c><00:39:58.039><c> we</c><00:39:58.380><c> can</c><00:39:58.880><c> learn</c><00:39:59.559><c> the</c><00:40:00.360><c> secret</c><00:40:00.960><c> of</c><00:40:01.820><c> giving</c><00:40:02.179><c> in</c>

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the<00:40:02.860><c> truth</c><00:40:03.079><c> it</c><00:40:03.280><c> will</c><00:40:03.500><c> enrich</c><00:40:03.840><c> our</c><00:40:04.159><c> lives</c>

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in<00:40:04.880><c> everything.</c><00:40:05.980><c> Not</c><00:40:06.219><c> just</c><00:40:06.480><c> in</c><00:40:06.739><c> spiritual</c><00:40:07.139><c> matters</c><00:40:07.420><c> or</c><00:40:07.820><c> temporal</c><00:40:08.119><c> matters</c><00:40:08.440><c> in</c><00:40:08.940><c> everything.</c><00:40:10.340><c> So</c>

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paradox<00:40:10.940><c> you</c><00:40:11.159><c> see</c>

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what<00:40:11.639><c> he's</c><00:40:11.880><c> saying</c><00:40:12.039><c> in</c><00:40:12.239><c> verse</c><00:40:12.420><c> 11</c><00:40:12.719><c> is</c><00:40:13.079><c> that</c><00:40:13.440><c> giving</c><00:40:14.159><c> will</c><00:40:16.039><c> enrich</c><00:40:16.420><c> us.</c>

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Isn't<00:40:17.119><c> that</c><00:40:17.300><c> a</c><00:40:17.480><c> paradox?</c>

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Learning<00:40:21.860><c> the</c><00:40:22.099><c> secret</c><00:40:22.420><c> of</c><00:40:22.719><c> giving</c><00:40:23.199><c> will</c><00:40:24.960><c> actually</c><00:40:26.320><c> enrich</c><00:40:27.460><c> our</c><00:40:28.019><c> lives.</c><00:40:30.159><c> And</c><00:40:30.179><c> you</c><00:40:30.340><c> know</c><00:40:30.340><c> one</c><00:40:30.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:30.679><c> reasons</c><00:40:31.059><c> for</c>

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that<00:40:31.420><c> is</c><00:40:31.559><c> that</c><00:40:31.699><c> when</c><00:40:31.840><c> we</c><00:40:32.059><c> learn</c><00:40:32.239><c> the</c><00:40:32.559><c> spirit</c><00:40:32.739><c> of</c><00:40:33.039><c> care</c><00:40:33.219><c> for</c><00:40:33.460><c> others</c><00:40:33.619><c> and</c>

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we<00:40:34.059><c> are</c><00:40:34.179><c> concerned</c><00:40:34.679><c> about</c><00:40:35.000><c> others</c><00:40:35.239><c> and</c>

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own<00:40:39.800><c> problems</c><00:40:40.239><c> shrink</c><00:40:40.780><c> back</c><00:40:41.159><c> in</c><00:40:41.440><c> size.</c><00:40:41.860><c> Don't</c><00:40:41.900><c> they</c>

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even<00:40:42.199><c> notice</c><00:40:42.400><c> that?</c><00:40:43.519><c> If</c><00:40:43.699><c> your</c><00:40:43.900><c> life</c><00:40:44.019><c> is</c><00:40:44.260><c> full</c><00:40:44.480><c> of</c><00:40:44.739><c> care</c><00:40:45.019><c> and</c>

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brooding<00:40:53.519><c> on</c><00:40:53.739><c> yourself</c>

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your<00:40:54.340><c> own</c><00:40:54.679><c> problems</c><00:40:55.119><c> loom</c><00:40:55.619><c> larger</c><00:40:56.159><c> and</c><00:40:56.579><c> larger.</c><00:40:56.900><c> Don't</c><00:40:57.099><c> they</c>

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in<00:40:57.599><c> mine?</c><00:40:58.659><c> Learn</c><00:40:58.920><c> the</c><00:40:59.099><c> secret</c><00:40:59.420><c> of</c><00:40:59.639><c> giving.</c><00:41:00.500><c> You'll</c>

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find<00:41:00.900><c> that</c><00:41:01.079><c> even</c><00:41:01.239><c> the</c><00:41:01.539><c> difficulties</c><00:41:01.820><c> and</c><00:41:02.119><c> circumstances</c><00:41:02.719><c> of</c>

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your<00:41:03.199><c> own</c><00:41:03.460><c> life</c><00:41:03.760><c> that</c><00:41:04.000><c> are</c><00:41:04.320><c> a</c><00:41:04.420><c> trial</c><00:41:04.659><c> to</c><00:41:04.860><c> you</c><00:41:04.960><c> will</c>

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somehow<00:41:05.599><c> and</c><00:41:06.159><c> maybe</c><00:41:06.400><c> that's</c><00:41:06.699><c> part</c><00:41:06.900><c> of</c><00:41:07.059><c> the</c><00:41:07.179><c> blessing</c><00:41:07.420><c> of</c><00:41:07.579><c> God</c>

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will<00:41:08.059><c> somehow</c><00:41:09.059><c> be</c><00:41:09.820><c> diminished</c><00:41:10.239><c> as</c><00:41:10.519><c> we're</c><00:41:10.960><c> enriched</c>

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:15.219
in<00:41:11.719><c> other</c><00:41:11.920><c> ways.</c><00:41:12.699><c> But</c><00:41:12.840><c> the</c><00:41:13.000><c> apostle</c><00:41:13.300><c> sounds</c><00:41:13.679><c> a</c><00:41:13.920><c> note</c><00:41:13.980><c> of</c><00:41:14.239><c> warning</c><00:41:14.500><c> in</c><00:41:14.699><c> verse</c><00:41:14.940><c> 11</c>

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because<00:41:15.480><c> he</c><00:41:15.739><c> says</c><00:41:16.059><c> being</c><00:41:16.840><c> enriched</c>

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:22.559
in<00:41:17.780><c> everything</c><00:41:18.460><c> to</c><00:41:19.019><c> all</c><00:41:19.539><c> bountifulness.</c><00:41:21.920><c> And</c><00:41:22.079><c> whilst</c><00:41:22.340><c> it's</c>

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:24.579
true<00:41:22.760><c> that</c><00:41:22.920><c> the</c><00:41:23.039><c> word</c><00:41:23.179><c> could</c><00:41:23.400><c> mean</c><00:41:23.679><c> bountifulness</c>

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:32.800
the<00:41:24.980><c> real</c><00:41:25.320><c> meaning</c><00:41:25.619><c> of</c><00:41:25.920><c> the</c><00:41:26.199><c> Greek</c><00:41:26.440><c> word</c><00:41:26.800><c> is</c><00:41:27.559><c> singleness.</c><00:41:31.019><c> Singleness.</c><00:41:32.139><c> It's</c><00:41:32.619><c> a</c>

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reference<00:41:33.179><c> here</c><00:41:33.500><c> not</c><00:41:33.780><c> to</c><00:41:33.960><c> the</c><00:41:34.219><c> act</c>

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:37.219
of<00:41:34.940><c> giving.</c><00:41:35.179><c> It's</c><00:41:35.219><c> not</c><00:41:35.380><c> talking</c><00:41:35.619><c> about</c><00:41:35.860><c> their</c><00:41:36.119><c> act</c><00:41:36.639><c> of</c><00:41:36.940><c> giving</c>

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:40.659
but<00:41:37.920><c> the</c><00:41:38.400><c> motive</c><00:41:38.840><c> behind</c><00:41:39.920><c> their</c><00:41:40.400><c> giving.</c>

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:48.480
They<00:41:41.360><c> must</c><00:41:41.960><c> give</c><00:41:42.699><c> in</c><00:41:43.440><c> singleness.</c><00:41:45.679><c> God</c><00:41:45.960><c> is</c><00:41:46.300><c> one</c><00:41:46.619><c> and</c><00:41:47.119><c> the</c><00:41:47.380><c> moral</c><00:41:47.760><c> force</c><00:41:48.139><c> of</c>

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:50.739
the<00:41:48.980><c> oneness</c><00:41:49.380><c> of</c><00:41:49.539><c> God</c><00:41:49.800><c> is</c><00:41:50.000><c> that</c><00:41:50.139><c> we</c><00:41:50.320><c> also</c>

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:55.820
must<00:41:51.000><c> be</c><00:41:51.599><c> single</c><00:41:52.239><c>-minded</c><00:41:52.880><c> about</c><00:41:53.360><c> the</c><00:41:53.659><c> truth.</c><00:41:54.260><c> And</c><00:41:54.360><c> even</c><00:41:54.639><c> in</c><00:41:54.960><c> this</c><00:41:55.239><c> matter</c><00:41:55.480><c> of</c>

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:57.159
giving<00:41:56.079><c> for</c><00:41:56.320><c> the</c><00:41:56.460><c> needs</c><00:41:56.619><c> of</c><00:41:56.840><c> the</c><00:41:57.000><c> poor</c>

00:41:57.159 --> 00:42:01.400
there<00:41:57.300><c> was</c><00:41:57.440><c> a</c><00:41:57.619><c> great</c><00:41:57.840><c> need</c><00:41:58.039><c> to</c><00:41:58.260><c> ensure</c><00:41:58.739><c> that</c><00:41:59.139><c> they</c><00:41:59.380><c> gave</c><00:41:59.679><c> in</c><00:42:00.300><c> singleness</c><00:42:00.960><c> of</c>

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heart.<00:42:01.860><c> There</c><00:42:02.000><c> were</c><00:42:02.139><c> to</c><00:42:02.239><c> be</c><00:42:02.400><c> no</c>

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:07.460
ulterior<00:42:03.480><c> motives,</c><00:42:04.260><c> no</c><00:42:04.679><c> secret</c><00:42:05.199><c> pride,</c><00:42:06.079><c> no</c><00:42:06.420><c> self</c><00:42:06.920><c>-elevation.</c>

00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:09.239
Sometimes<00:42:07.940><c> we</c><00:42:08.099><c> can</c><00:42:08.239><c> do</c><00:42:08.420><c> that</c><00:42:08.599><c> can't</c><00:42:08.860><c> we?</c>

00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:11.880
You<00:42:09.500><c> know</c><00:42:09.800><c> there's</c><00:42:10.179><c> been</c><00:42:10.400><c> some</c><00:42:10.679><c> activity</c><00:42:11.099><c> on</c><00:42:11.320><c> in</c><00:42:11.519><c> ecclesial</c>

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life.<00:42:12.559><c> We</c><00:42:12.699><c> almost</c><00:42:12.940><c> sort</c><00:42:13.079><c> of</c><00:42:13.199><c> you</c><00:42:14.320><c> know</c>

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:18.380
well<00:42:15.099><c> done</c><00:42:15.320><c> a</c><00:42:15.480><c> pretty</c><00:42:15.579><c> good</c><00:42:15.800><c> job</c><00:42:16.019><c> there</c><00:42:16.260><c> I</c><00:42:16.460><c> think.</c><00:42:17.460><c> I</c><00:42:17.619><c> gave</c><00:42:17.960><c> quite</c><00:42:18.219><c> a</c>

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lot<00:42:18.519><c> really.</c>

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That's<00:42:21.079><c> not</c><00:42:21.260><c> the</c><00:42:21.440><c> spirit</c><00:42:21.639><c> of</c><00:42:21.860><c> giving</c><00:42:21.980><c> is</c><00:42:22.199><c> it?</c><00:42:24.059><c> We've</c><00:42:24.420><c> got</c><00:42:24.519><c> to</c>

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:28.340
give<00:42:24.840><c> in</c><00:42:25.300><c> singleness</c><00:42:26.159><c> of</c><00:42:26.739><c> heart</c><00:42:27.079><c> and</c><00:42:27.639><c> the</c><00:42:27.980><c> singleness</c>

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:31.860
with<00:42:28.579><c> which</c><00:42:28.739><c> we</c><00:42:28.980><c> give</c><00:42:29.179><c> is</c><00:42:29.420><c> that</c><00:42:29.579><c> the</c><00:42:29.940><c> cause</c><00:42:30.280><c> of</c><00:42:30.599><c> the</c><00:42:30.840><c> truth</c><00:42:30.980><c> itself</c><00:42:31.519><c> may</c>

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:33.340
be<00:42:32.079><c> advanced.</c><00:42:32.420><c> That's</c><00:42:32.719><c> all</c><00:42:33.000><c> we</c>

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:37.699
that's<00:42:33.860><c> all</c><00:42:34.179><c> we</c><00:42:34.400><c> should</c><00:42:34.480><c> be</c><00:42:34.679><c> thinking</c><00:42:34.900><c> about.</c><00:42:36.039><c> Is</c><00:42:36.199><c> that</c><00:42:36.380><c> in</c><00:42:36.579><c> whatever</c><00:42:36.860><c> we've</c><00:42:37.159><c> given</c><00:42:37.380><c> is</c>

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:38.539
that<00:42:37.860><c> that</c><00:42:38.000><c> the</c><00:42:38.340><c> cause</c>

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:41.480
of<00:42:38.699><c> the</c><00:42:38.940><c> truth</c><00:42:39.280><c> might</c><00:42:39.739><c> be</c><00:42:40.039><c> advanced.</c><00:42:40.619><c> And</c><00:42:40.739><c> the</c><00:42:40.900><c> apostle</c><00:42:41.159><c> was</c>

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:44.099
anxious<00:42:41.940><c> that</c><00:42:42.500><c> the</c><00:42:42.900><c> spirit</c><00:42:43.119><c> with</c><00:42:43.360><c> which</c><00:42:43.519><c> they</c><00:42:43.820><c> did</c>

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:47.440
give<00:42:44.340><c> would</c><00:42:44.599><c> be</c><00:42:44.840><c> in</c><00:42:45.079><c> that</c><00:42:45.559><c> singleness</c><00:42:46.139><c> of</c><00:42:46.579><c> mind.</c><00:42:47.099><c> And</c><00:42:47.239><c> then</c><00:42:47.360><c> he</c>

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:50.219
goes<00:42:47.579><c> on</c><00:42:47.780><c> to</c><00:42:47.960><c> say</c><00:42:48.059><c> in</c><00:42:48.199><c> verse</c><00:42:48.440><c> 11.</c><00:42:48.860><c> Now</c><00:42:49.000><c> this</c><00:42:49.420><c> is</c>

00:42:50.219 --> 00:42:53.340
interesting<00:42:50.739><c> he</c><00:42:50.960><c> says.</c><00:42:51.900><c> Being</c><00:42:52.199><c> enriched</c><00:42:52.539><c> in</c><00:42:52.780><c> everything</c><00:42:53.039><c> to</c>

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:57.099
all<00:42:53.820><c> singleness</c><00:42:54.300><c> which</c><00:42:55.000><c> causes</c><00:42:55.579><c> through</c><00:42:56.320><c> us</c>

00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:02.960
thanksgiving<00:42:58.679><c> to</c><00:42:59.059><c> God.</c><00:42:59.960><c> Now</c><00:43:00.199><c> why</c><00:43:00.420><c> do</c><00:43:00.539><c> you</c><00:43:00.619><c> think</c><00:43:00.699><c> he</c><00:43:00.980><c> says</c><00:43:01.239><c> causes</c><00:43:01.800><c> through</c><00:43:02.480><c> us?</c>

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Why<00:43:03.440><c> does</c><00:43:03.599><c> he</c><00:43:03.960><c> mention</c><00:43:04.300><c> causes</c>

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through<00:43:05.119><c> us</c><00:43:05.519><c> do</c><00:43:05.659><c> you</c><00:43:05.800><c> think</c><00:43:06.099><c> at</c><00:43:06.440><c> this</c><00:43:06.599><c> particular</c><00:43:07.019><c> time?</c><00:43:08.699><c> What's</c><00:43:09.059><c> the</c>

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:12.320
meaning<00:43:09.420><c> of</c><00:43:09.679><c> that?</c><00:43:10.320><c> Causes</c><00:43:10.920><c> through</c><00:43:11.480><c> us</c>

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thanksgiving<00:43:13.480><c> to</c><00:43:13.739><c> God.</c><00:43:14.940><c> Why</c><00:43:15.239><c> was</c><00:43:15.480><c> the</c><00:43:15.780><c> thanksgiving</c><00:43:16.340><c> that</c><00:43:16.559><c> would</c><00:43:16.739><c> be</c>

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caused<00:43:17.519><c> through</c><00:43:18.639><c> him?</c><00:43:21.019><c> Any</c><00:43:21.219><c> thoughts</c><00:43:21.480><c> on</c><00:43:21.719><c> that?</c>

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Why<00:43:24.579><c> through</c><00:43:24.920><c> him?</c>

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Well<00:43:30.760><c> there</c><00:43:31.559><c> was</c><00:43:31.840><c> a</c><00:43:32.000><c> reason</c><00:43:32.400><c> and</c><00:43:33.360><c> the</c><00:43:33.500><c> reason</c><00:43:33.699><c> is</c><00:43:33.860><c> simple</c><00:43:34.079><c> enough</c><00:43:34.260><c> really.</c><00:43:35.199><c> In</c>

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:36.980
fact<00:43:35.460><c> the</c><00:43:36.039><c> 20th</c><00:43:36.460><c> century</c><00:43:36.719><c> New</c>

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Testament<00:43:37.360><c> translation</c><00:43:38.179><c> translates</c><00:43:38.719><c> verse</c><00:43:38.980><c> 11.</c><00:43:39.960><c> Your</c><00:43:40.079><c> generosity</c><00:43:40.760><c> which</c>

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through<00:43:41.739><c> our</c><00:43:42.559><c> instrumentality</c>

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:49.860
produces<00:43:45.539><c> thanksgiving</c><00:43:46.219><c> to</c><00:43:46.420><c> God.</c><00:43:46.780><c> Through</c><00:43:46.960><c> our</c><00:43:47.440><c> instrumentality</c><00:43:48.139><c> because</c><00:43:48.539><c> the</c><00:43:48.800><c> apostle</c>

00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:52.920
was<00:43:50.360><c> going</c><00:43:50.579><c> to</c><00:43:50.800><c> journey</c><00:43:51.059><c> back</c><00:43:51.559><c> to</c><00:43:51.800><c> Jerusalem</c><00:43:52.199><c> with</c><00:43:52.579><c> the</c><00:43:52.760><c> fund</c>

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:55.880
wasn't<00:43:53.179><c> he?</c><00:43:54.719><c> And</c><00:43:54.840><c> so</c><00:43:54.940><c> he</c><00:43:55.099><c> was</c><00:43:55.280><c> going</c><00:43:55.380><c> to</c><00:43:55.500><c> be</c><00:43:55.619><c> the</c><00:43:55.760><c> one</c>

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:58.260
with<00:43:56.119><c> all</c><00:43:56.300><c> the</c><00:43:56.639><c> other</c><00:43:56.760><c> delegates</c><00:43:57.159><c> of</c><00:43:57.400><c> course</c><00:43:57.619><c> who</c><00:43:57.920><c> was</c><00:43:58.119><c> going</c>

00:43:58.260 --> 00:44:00.280
to<00:43:58.340><c> go</c><00:43:58.480><c> back</c><00:43:58.639><c> to</c><00:43:58.820><c> Jerusalem</c><00:43:59.099><c> and</c><00:43:59.480><c> present</c><00:43:59.980><c> the</c>

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fruits<00:44:00.519><c> of</c><00:44:00.780><c> their</c><00:44:01.019><c> righteousness</c><00:44:01.480><c> verse</c><00:44:01.980><c> 10.</c><00:44:02.800><c> And</c><00:44:03.019><c> through</c>

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:06.599
us<00:44:03.920><c> he</c><00:44:04.280><c> sees</c><00:44:04.619><c> that</c><00:44:04.960><c> time</c><00:44:05.159><c> when</c><00:44:05.420><c> thanksgiving</c><00:44:06.159><c> to</c><00:44:06.360><c> God</c>

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would<00:44:06.800><c> abound</c><00:44:07.239><c> through</c><00:44:07.599><c> our</c><00:44:08.159><c> instrumentality</c><00:44:08.840><c> because</c><00:44:09.099><c> now</c>

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he's<00:44:10.019><c> made</c><00:44:10.300><c> the</c><00:44:10.539><c> decision</c><00:44:10.780><c> that</c><00:44:10.980><c> he</c><00:44:11.199><c> also</c><00:44:11.599><c> will</c>

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accompany<00:44:12.280><c> the</c><00:44:12.559><c> fund</c><00:44:12.760><c> back</c><00:44:13.000><c> to</c><00:44:13.199><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:44:13.920><c> You</c><00:44:14.059><c> know</c><00:44:14.219><c> something</c><00:44:14.480><c> brothers</c><00:44:14.780><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:44:15.199><c> when</c><00:44:15.380><c> the</c><00:44:15.599><c> apostle</c>

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wrote<00:44:16.179><c> this</c><00:44:16.460><c> in</c><00:44:16.559><c> the</c><00:44:16.679><c> second</c><00:44:16.900><c> of</c><00:44:17.059><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:17.400><c> chapter</c><00:44:17.780><c> 9</c><00:44:18.260><c> and</c>

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he<00:44:18.820><c> says</c><00:44:18.980><c> that</c><00:44:19.239><c> all</c><00:44:19.500><c> this</c><00:44:19.760><c> wonderful</c><00:44:20.219><c> thing</c><00:44:20.500><c> will</c>

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:24.599
be<00:44:21.099><c> done</c><00:44:21.380><c> through</c><00:44:21.860><c> our</c><00:44:22.599><c> instrumentality.</c><00:44:23.820><c> Do</c><00:44:23.980><c> you</c><00:44:24.139><c> know</c><00:44:24.360><c> that</c>

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even<00:44:24.900><c> the</c><00:44:25.239><c> apostle</c><00:44:25.820><c> didn't</c><00:44:26.559><c> realize</c><00:44:27.219><c> how</c><00:44:28.000><c> true</c><00:44:28.179><c> that</c>

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would<00:44:28.639><c> be?</c><00:44:29.300><c> Come</c><00:44:29.500><c> back</c><00:44:29.659><c> to</c><00:44:29.800><c> Acts</c><00:44:29.980><c> chapter</c><00:44:30.239><c> 20</c><00:44:30.539><c> just</c><00:44:30.739><c> for</c><00:44:30.900><c> a</c><00:44:31.000><c> moment.</c><00:44:32.420><c> Even</c><00:44:32.739><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:44:33.500><c> didn't</c><00:44:33.800><c> realize</c><00:44:34.300><c> the</c><00:44:34.739><c> fullness</c>

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of<00:44:35.300><c> what</c><00:44:35.480><c> he</c><00:44:35.619><c> was</c><00:44:35.880><c> saying</c><00:44:36.159><c> in</c><00:44:36.659><c> that</c><00:44:36.920><c> phrase.</c><00:44:38.679><c> Being</c><00:44:39.019><c> enriched</c>

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in<00:44:39.739><c> everything</c><00:44:40.400><c> to</c><00:44:40.780><c> all</c><00:44:41.059><c> bountifulness</c>

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which<00:44:43.179><c> causes</c><00:44:43.800><c> thanksgiving</c><00:44:44.719><c> through</c><00:44:45.340><c> us.</c><00:44:46.260><c> Thanksgiving</c><00:44:46.880><c> shall</c><00:44:47.199><c> be</c>

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brought<00:44:48.119><c> forth</c><00:44:48.619><c> unto</c><00:44:49.019><c> God.</c>

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:52.099
You<00:44:49.940><c> remember</c><00:44:50.079><c> in</c><00:44:50.199><c> Acts</c><00:44:50.400><c> chapter</c><00:44:50.679><c> 20</c><00:44:51.039><c> we</c><00:44:51.260><c> have</c><00:44:51.440><c> the</c><00:44:51.679><c> story</c><00:44:51.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:44:52.320><c> delegates.</c>

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You'll<00:44:54.300><c> remember</c><00:44:54.579><c> that</c><00:44:54.760><c> we're</c><00:44:55.019><c> told</c><00:44:55.320><c> of</c><00:44:55.679><c> the</c><00:44:56.199><c> delegates</c><00:44:56.519><c> from</c>

00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:59.579
the<00:44:57.000><c> various</c><00:44:57.420><c> parts</c><00:44:58.219><c> of</c><00:44:58.440><c> the</c><00:44:58.619><c> ecclesial</c><00:44:59.079><c> world.</c>

00:44:59.719 --> 00:45:02.880
We<00:44:59.900><c> looked</c><00:45:00.019><c> at</c><00:45:00.159><c> this</c><00:45:00.460><c> in</c><00:45:00.820><c> our</c><00:45:01.099><c> opening</c><00:45:01.519><c> studies.</c><00:45:02.340><c> So</c><00:45:02.579><c> remember</c>

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:05.599
the<00:45:03.159><c> two</c><00:45:03.440><c> delegates</c><00:45:03.800><c> from</c><00:45:04.159><c> Galatia</c><00:45:05.199><c> were</c>

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:11.639
in<00:45:05.940><c> fact</c><00:45:06.059><c> Gaius</c><00:45:06.880><c> of</c><00:45:07.159><c> Derbe</c><00:45:07.599><c> and</c><00:45:08.199><c> Timothy</c><00:45:08.679><c> of</c><00:45:09.119><c> Lystra.</c><00:45:11.219><c> The</c><00:45:11.380><c> two</c>

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:14.679
delegates<00:45:11.960><c> from</c><00:45:12.340><c> Asia</c><00:45:12.940><c> were</c><00:45:13.639><c> Titicus</c><00:45:14.239><c> and</c>

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:18.820
Trophimus<00:45:15.239><c> both</c><00:45:15.559><c> from</c><00:45:15.960><c> Ephesus.</c><00:45:17.059><c> We</c><00:45:17.179><c> believe</c><00:45:17.539><c> that</c><00:45:17.780><c> the</c><00:45:17.980><c> delegates</c><00:45:18.300><c> from</c>

00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:21.340
Macedonia<00:45:19.539><c> were,</c><00:45:20.519><c> well</c><00:45:20.840><c> we're</c><00:45:21.039><c> told,</c>

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verse<00:45:21.739><c> 4,</c><00:45:22.760><c> Sepata</c><00:45:23.280><c> of</c><00:45:23.619><c> Berea,</c><00:45:25.860><c> Aristarchus</c><00:45:26.800><c> and</c><00:45:27.099><c> Secundus</c><00:45:27.960><c> of</c>

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Thessalonica<00:45:29.440><c> and</c><00:45:30.820><c> we</c><00:45:31.059><c> believe</c><00:45:31.639><c> Luke</c><00:45:32.639><c> of</c><00:45:33.699><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:45:34.639><c> of</c><00:45:35.119><c> Philippi</c><00:45:35.880><c> and</c><00:45:36.179><c> that's</c><00:45:36.539><c> very</c><00:45:36.739><c> appropriate</c><00:45:37.199><c> isn't</c><00:45:37.380><c> it</c>

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:39.059
because<00:45:37.679><c> with</c><00:45:37.880><c> regard</c><00:45:38.179><c> to</c><00:45:38.360><c> the</c><00:45:38.599><c> spirit</c><00:45:38.860><c> of</c>

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:42.860
these<00:45:39.280><c> places,</c><00:45:40.320><c> two</c><00:45:40.440><c> delegates</c><00:45:40.840><c> from</c><00:45:41.059><c> Galatia,</c><00:45:41.980><c> two</c><00:45:42.320><c> delegates</c><00:45:42.659><c> from</c>

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:45.500
Asia,<00:45:43.699><c> four</c><00:45:44.260><c> delegates</c><00:45:44.679><c> from</c><00:45:44.920><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:48.960
How<00:45:45.800><c> appropriate</c><00:45:46.420><c> that</c><00:45:46.639><c> would</c><00:45:46.860><c> be</c><00:45:47.300><c> in</c><00:45:47.599><c> terms</c><00:45:47.860><c> of</c><00:45:48.039><c> the</c><00:45:48.219><c> generosity</c><00:45:48.659><c> of</c><00:45:48.820><c> the</c>

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Macedonian<00:45:49.460><c> ecclesias.</c>

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But<00:45:50.320><c> did</c><00:45:50.440><c> you</c><00:45:50.519><c> notice</c><00:45:50.760><c> the</c><00:45:50.900><c> other</c><00:45:51.079><c> night</c><00:45:51.539><c> that</c><00:45:52.860><c> we</c><00:45:53.019><c> never</c><00:45:53.280><c> ever</c>

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:55.699
did<00:45:53.639><c> mention,</c><00:45:54.199><c> did</c><00:45:54.199><c> we,</c><00:45:54.420><c> who</c><00:45:54.780><c> were</c><00:45:55.139><c> the</c><00:45:55.360><c> delegates</c>

00:45:55.699 --> 00:46:02.119
from<00:45:56.739><c> the</c><00:45:57.039><c> province</c><00:45:57.320><c> of</c><00:45:57.539><c> Achaia?</c><00:46:00.159><c> Well</c><00:46:00.500><c> who</c><00:46:00.679><c> are</c><00:46:00.940><c> they?</c><00:46:01.079><c> They're</c><00:46:01.260><c> in</c><00:46:01.420><c> Acts</c><00:46:01.599><c> chapter</c><00:46:01.840><c> 20</c>

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:03.179
by<00:46:02.320><c> the</c><00:46:02.460><c> way.</c><00:46:02.880><c> You've</c>

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:08.280
just<00:46:03.300><c> got</c><00:46:03.440><c> to</c><00:46:03.559><c> work</c><00:46:03.699><c> out</c><00:46:03.840><c> who</c><00:46:03.980><c> they</c><00:46:04.139><c> are.</c><00:46:06.699><c> Well</c><00:46:06.900><c> it</c><00:46:06.980><c> can't</c><00:46:07.480><c> be</c>

00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:10.820
Sepata,<00:46:09.000><c> Aristarchus,</c><00:46:09.780><c> Secundus,</c><00:46:10.360><c> Gaius,</c><00:46:10.559><c> Timothy,</c>

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:15.199
Titicus<00:46:11.380><c> or</c><00:46:11.599><c> Trophimus</c><00:46:12.039><c> or</c><00:46:12.239><c> Luke</c><00:46:12.739><c> because</c><00:46:13.699><c> we've</c><00:46:13.860><c> already</c><00:46:14.039><c> got</c><00:46:14.179><c> all</c><00:46:14.360><c> those</c><00:46:14.599><c> ones.</c><00:46:15.119><c> So</c>

00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:16.820
who<00:46:15.400><c> else</c><00:46:15.840><c> could</c><00:46:16.159><c> there</c><00:46:16.519><c> be</c>

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:21.199
in<00:46:17.360><c> this</c><00:46:17.760><c> company,</c><00:46:18.739><c> who</c><00:46:18.920><c> else</c><00:46:19.300><c> could</c><00:46:19.599><c> there</c><00:46:19.900><c> be</c><00:46:20.260><c> who</c><00:46:20.659><c> could</c><00:46:20.900><c> be</c>

00:46:21.199 --> 00:46:23.579
delegates<00:46:21.579><c> of</c><00:46:21.820><c> the</c><00:46:22.139><c> only</c><00:46:22.619><c> other</c><00:46:23.000><c> area</c><00:46:23.380><c> that</c>

00:46:23.579 --> 00:46:27.360
we<00:46:23.760><c> haven't</c><00:46:24.000><c> looked</c><00:46:24.280><c> at</c><00:46:24.440><c> yet?</c><00:46:24.599><c> We</c><00:46:24.760><c> know</c><00:46:24.940><c> that</c><00:46:25.099><c> they</c><00:46:25.340><c> gave</c><00:46:25.679><c> because</c><00:46:26.099><c> remember</c><00:46:26.579><c> Romans</c><00:46:26.900><c> 15</c>

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says<00:46:27.639><c> it</c><00:46:27.800><c> has</c><00:46:28.059><c> pleased</c>

00:46:28.320 --> 00:46:31.199
them<00:46:28.539><c> of</c><00:46:28.820><c> Achaia</c><00:46:29.360><c> to</c><00:46:29.699><c> make</c><00:46:29.900><c> a</c><00:46:30.099><c> certain</c><00:46:30.360><c> contribution.</c><00:46:31.179><c> The</c>

00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:35.059
question<00:46:31.639><c> was</c><00:46:32.199><c> who</c><00:46:32.880><c> represented</c><00:46:33.900><c> Achaia</c>

00:46:35.840 --> 00:46:38.940
in<00:46:36.599><c> taking</c><00:46:36.900><c> their</c><00:46:37.460><c> collections</c><00:46:38.059><c> back?</c>

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:48.000
Good<00:46:41.960><c> answer.</c><00:46:43.880><c> Titus.</c><00:46:45.380><c> So</c><00:46:45.760><c> why</c><00:46:46.320><c> isn't</c><00:46:46.639><c> he</c><00:46:46.880><c> in</c><00:46:47.099><c> the</c><00:46:47.239><c> list</c><00:46:47.659><c> of</c>

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:49.739
Acts<00:46:48.260><c> chapter</c><00:46:48.559><c> 20?</c>

00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:54.800
And<00:46:51.039><c> the</c><00:46:51.179><c> answer</c><00:46:51.480><c> is</c><00:46:52.179><c> because</c><00:46:53.300><c> Luke's</c><00:46:53.699><c> writing</c><00:46:53.920><c> the</c><00:46:54.219><c> story</c>

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:58.300
and<00:46:55.400><c> Titus</c><00:46:55.760><c> was</c><00:46:55.940><c> his</c><00:46:56.139><c> brother</c><00:46:56.519><c> and</c><00:46:57.380><c> Luke</c><00:46:57.780><c> doesn't</c><00:46:58.099><c> even</c>

00:46:58.300 --> 00:47:00.480
mention<00:46:58.559><c> that</c><00:46:58.699><c> he</c><00:46:58.860><c> was</c><00:46:59.039><c> a</c><00:46:59.219><c> delegate</c><00:46:59.460><c> apart</c><00:46:59.820><c> from</c><00:47:00.039><c> the</c><00:47:00.260><c> change</c>

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:02.400
of<00:47:00.780><c> pronouns</c><00:47:01.119><c> so</c><00:47:01.539><c> he's</c><00:47:01.800><c> certainly</c><00:47:01.980><c> not</c><00:47:02.260><c> going</c>

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:05.219
to<00:47:02.480><c> write</c><00:47:02.539><c> his</c><00:47:02.860><c> brother</c><00:47:03.000><c> into</c><00:47:03.300><c> the</c><00:47:03.500><c> narrative</c><00:47:03.760><c> but</c><00:47:04.159><c> how</c><00:47:04.500><c> appropriate</c><00:47:05.019><c> that</c>

00:47:05.219 --> 00:47:06.880
it<00:47:05.400><c> should</c><00:47:05.519><c> be</c><00:47:05.820><c> Titus</c><00:47:06.260><c> who'd</c><00:47:06.659><c> been</c>

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:10.880
there<00:47:07.159><c> on</c><00:47:07.400><c> at</c><00:47:07.599><c> least</c><00:47:07.960><c> two</c><00:47:08.300><c> occasions</c><00:47:08.800><c> to</c><00:47:09.260><c> stimulate</c><00:47:09.699><c> the</c><00:47:09.960><c> Achaian</c><00:47:10.320><c> ecclesiast</c><00:47:10.719><c> into</c>

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giving.<00:47:14.760><c> And</c><00:47:14.920><c> guess</c><00:47:15.099><c> who</c><00:47:15.320><c> else?</c>

00:47:18.780 --> 00:47:20.119
Why<00:47:18.900><c> not</c><00:47:19.219><c> Paul?</c>

00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:27.500
I<00:47:23.199><c> believe</c><00:47:23.420><c> it</c><00:47:23.639><c> was.</c><00:47:25.780><c> Let</c><00:47:25.940><c> every</c><00:47:26.179><c> man</c><00:47:26.380><c> be</c><00:47:26.639><c> fully</c><00:47:26.820><c> persuaded</c><00:47:27.280><c> in</c>

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.739
his<00:47:27.639><c> own</c><00:47:27.860><c> mind.</c>

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:32.800
So<00:47:30.719><c> we'd</c><00:47:31.000><c> then</c><00:47:31.079><c> have</c><00:47:31.280><c> two</c><00:47:31.599><c> delegates</c><00:47:31.940><c> from</c><00:47:32.219><c> Achaia,</c><00:47:32.699><c> wouldn't</c>

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:35.320
we?<00:47:33.099><c> Paul</c><00:47:33.659><c> and</c><00:47:34.260><c> Titus.</c>

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:39.800
You<00:47:36.880><c> see</c><00:47:37.000><c> what</c><00:47:37.280><c> better</c><00:47:37.579><c> way</c><00:47:37.840><c> could</c><00:47:38.019><c> the</c><00:47:38.300><c> ecclesiast</c><00:47:38.719><c> of</c><00:47:38.860><c> Achaia,</c><00:47:39.480><c> when</c>

00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:41.880
Paul<00:47:40.139><c> finally</c><00:47:40.619><c> arrived</c><00:47:41.059><c> in</c><00:47:41.440><c> Corinth</c><00:47:41.659><c> as</c>

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:46.019
he<00:47:42.139><c> did</c><00:47:42.420><c> in</c><00:47:42.820><c> Acts</c><00:47:43.099><c> 20</c><00:47:43.800><c> and</c><00:47:44.860><c> lived</c><00:47:45.019><c> there</c><00:47:45.219><c> for</c><00:47:45.400><c> three</c><00:47:45.599><c> months,</c>

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:48.159
verse<00:47:46.460><c> three,</c><00:47:46.860><c> what</c><00:47:47.139><c> better</c><00:47:47.539><c> way</c><00:47:47.760><c> could</c><00:47:47.920><c> the</c>

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:52.639
Achaian<00:47:48.559><c> ecclesiast</c><00:47:49.159><c> say,</c><00:47:49.760><c> look</c><00:47:49.940><c> Paul,</c><00:47:50.219><c> we</c><00:47:50.300><c> got</c><00:47:50.519><c> your</c><00:47:50.719><c> epistle,</c><00:47:51.980><c> we</c><00:47:52.159><c> read</c><00:47:52.440><c> the</c>

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.880
second<00:47:52.840><c> of</c><00:47:53.019><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:53.400><c> 8</c><00:47:53.800><c> and</c>

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9,<00:47:55.380><c> we're</c><00:47:55.659><c> ever</c><00:47:55.960><c> so</c><00:47:56.320><c> thankful</c><00:47:56.719><c> for</c><00:47:56.880><c> what</c><00:47:57.059><c> you</c><00:47:57.219><c> said</c><00:47:57.400><c> to</c><00:47:57.619><c> us,</c><00:47:59.300><c> in</c>

00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:01.860
fact<00:47:59.619><c> we're</c><00:47:59.900><c> so</c><00:48:00.320><c> thankful</c><00:48:00.780><c> and</c><00:48:01.059><c> we're</c><00:48:01.460><c> so</c><00:48:01.679><c> at</c>

00:48:01.860 --> 00:48:05.559
one<00:48:02.039><c> with</c><00:48:02.340><c> your</c><00:48:02.780><c> spirit</c><00:48:03.179><c> concerning</c><00:48:03.679><c> that</c><00:48:03.960><c> firm</c><00:48:04.159><c> that</c><00:48:04.360><c> Paul,</c>

00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:08.860
we'd<00:48:07.099><c> like</c><00:48:07.179><c> you</c><00:48:07.380><c> to</c><00:48:07.539><c> be</c><00:48:07.679><c> our</c><00:48:07.960><c> delegate.</c>

00:48:12.300 --> 00:48:15.980
Now<00:48:12.619><c> what</c><00:48:12.860><c> an</c><00:48:13.639><c> end</c><00:48:13.880><c> to</c><00:48:14.039><c> the</c><00:48:14.239><c> story</c><00:48:14.460><c> that</c><00:48:14.760><c> would</c><00:48:14.880><c> have</c><00:48:15.019><c> been.</c>

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There<00:48:17.800><c> are</c><00:48:18.320><c> no</c><00:48:18.519><c> other</c><00:48:18.719><c> delegates</c><00:48:19.039><c> mentioned</c><00:48:19.699><c> in</c><00:48:20.719><c> Acts</c><00:48:20.940><c> chapter</c><00:48:21.199><c> 20</c><00:48:22.019><c> and</c>

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yet<00:48:23.760><c> we</c><00:48:23.880><c> know</c><00:48:24.139><c> that</c><00:48:24.300><c> there</c><00:48:24.400><c> must</c><00:48:24.639><c> have</c>

00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:29.320
been<00:48:25.280><c> representatives</c><00:48:25.940><c> for</c><00:48:26.239><c> Achaia.</c><00:48:28.000><c> So</c><00:48:28.179><c> coming</c><00:48:28.420><c> back</c><00:48:28.659><c> to</c><00:48:28.820><c> the</c><00:48:28.900><c> second</c><00:48:29.139><c> of</c>

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Corinthians<00:48:29.639><c> chapter</c><00:48:30.099><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:48:31.679><c> remember</c><00:48:32.000><c> I</c><00:48:32.119><c> think</c><00:48:32.320><c> the</c><00:48:32.500><c> apostle</c><00:48:32.780><c> probably</c><00:48:33.079><c> didn't</c><00:48:33.320><c> know</c>

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that<00:48:33.760><c> himself</c><00:48:34.219><c> as</c><00:48:34.579><c> he</c><00:48:34.820><c> writes</c><00:48:35.059><c> this</c><00:48:35.460><c> 11th</c><00:48:36.059><c> verse</c><00:48:36.260><c> of</c>

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the<00:48:36.619><c> chapter</c><00:48:36.980><c> and</c><00:48:37.360><c> he</c><00:48:37.539><c> says,</c><00:48:38.260><c> he</c><00:48:38.400><c> says,</c><00:48:38.820><c> being</c><00:48:38.920><c> enriched</c><00:48:39.280><c> in</c>

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everything<00:48:39.760><c> to</c><00:48:40.019><c> all</c><00:48:40.300><c> bountifulness</c><00:48:40.900><c> which</c><00:48:41.199><c> causes</c>

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through<00:48:42.219><c> us,</c><00:48:43.000><c> through</c><00:48:43.380><c> our</c><00:48:44.159><c> instrumentality,</c><00:48:45.760><c> thanksgiving</c>

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:48.019
to<00:48:46.659><c> God.</c><00:48:47.119><c> I</c><00:48:47.179><c> think</c><00:48:47.380><c> that</c><00:48:47.599><c> even</c><00:48:47.800><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:48:48.280><c> himself</c><00:48:48.739><c> didn't</c><00:48:49.219><c> really</c><00:48:49.800><c> appreciate</c><00:48:50.559><c> the</c><00:48:51.219><c> fullness</c>

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of<00:48:51.840><c> what</c><00:48:52.139><c> that</c><00:48:52.420><c> would</c><00:48:52.659><c> mean,</c><00:48:53.519><c> that</c><00:48:53.679><c> he</c><00:48:53.860><c> would</c>

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indeed<00:48:54.619><c> finally</c><00:48:55.619><c> be</c><00:48:56.320><c> the</c><00:48:56.500><c> very</c><00:48:56.739><c> one</c><00:48:56.960><c> who</c><00:48:57.099><c> would</c><00:48:57.360><c> accompany</c><00:48:57.679><c> their</c><00:48:58.099><c> own</c><00:48:58.639><c> personal</c><00:48:59.440><c> collections</c><00:49:00.000><c> to</c><00:49:00.400><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Causes<00:49:01.619><c> through</c><00:49:01.860><c> us,</c><00:49:02.179><c> says</c><00:49:02.300><c> verse</c><00:49:02.500><c> 11,</c><00:49:03.139><c> thanksgiving</c><00:49:04.099><c> to</c><00:49:04.659><c> God.</c><00:49:04.880><c> So</c>

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you<00:49:05.099><c> see</c><00:49:05.199><c> the</c><00:49:05.420><c> collection</c><00:49:05.699><c> was</c><00:49:05.880><c> going</c><00:49:05.960><c> to</c>

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do<00:49:06.139><c> two</c><00:49:06.380><c> things,</c><00:49:06.860><c> verse</c><00:49:07.079><c> 11.</c><00:49:09.099><c> First</c><00:49:09.400><c> of</c><00:49:09.659><c> all,</c><00:49:10.800><c> sorry</c><00:49:11.219><c> verse</c><00:49:11.519><c> 12,</c><00:49:12.219><c> the</c><00:49:12.440><c> administration</c><00:49:13.119><c> of</c>

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this<00:49:13.760><c> service,</c>

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verse<00:49:14.360><c> 12,</c><00:49:14.760><c> not</c><00:49:14.960><c> only</c><00:49:15.219><c> supplies</c><00:49:15.699><c> the</c><00:49:16.139><c> want</c><00:49:16.340><c> of</c><00:49:16.599><c> the</c><00:49:16.760><c> saints</c><00:49:17.000><c> but</c><00:49:17.559><c> is</c>

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abundant<00:49:18.219><c> also</c><00:49:18.659><c> by</c><00:49:18.980><c> many</c><00:49:19.500><c> thanksgivings.</c>

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So<00:49:21.139><c> it</c><00:49:21.159><c> was</c><00:49:21.300><c> going</c><00:49:21.420><c> to</c><00:49:21.500><c> do</c><00:49:21.619><c> two</c><00:49:21.880><c> things.</c><00:49:22.400><c> It</c><00:49:22.559><c> was</c><00:49:22.719><c> going</c><00:49:22.860><c> to</c><00:49:23.039><c> supply</c><00:49:23.239><c> the</c>

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want<00:49:23.579><c> of</c><00:49:23.780><c> the</c><00:49:23.980><c> saints,</c><00:49:24.519><c> a</c><00:49:24.659><c> practical</c><00:49:24.960><c> need,</c>

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and<00:49:25.599><c> it</c><00:49:25.659><c> was</c><00:49:25.820><c> also</c><00:49:26.179><c> going</c><00:49:26.340><c> to</c><00:49:26.500><c> generate</c><00:49:26.960><c> thanksgivings</c><00:49:28.360><c> to</c><00:49:28.639><c> God.</c><00:49:29.599><c> So</c>

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the<00:49:30.019><c> gifts</c><00:49:30.300><c> solved</c><00:49:30.780><c> their</c><00:49:31.099><c> poverty,</c>

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practical<00:49:32.199><c> problem,</c><00:49:32.920><c> but</c><00:49:33.119><c> also</c><00:49:33.860><c> would</c><00:49:34.300><c> change</c><00:49:34.820><c> hopefully</c><00:49:35.440><c> the</c><00:49:35.820><c> spiritual</c><00:49:36.500><c> attitude</c><00:49:37.260><c> of</c>

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those<00:49:38.380><c> who</c><00:49:38.659><c> receive</c><00:49:39.119><c> the</c>

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gift.<00:49:39.920><c> So</c><00:49:40.239><c> who</c><00:49:40.679><c> gives</c><00:49:41.059><c> the</c><00:49:41.380><c> thanksgiving</c><00:49:41.900><c> to</c><00:49:42.139><c> God</c><00:49:42.360><c> in</c><00:49:42.579><c> verses</c>

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11<00:49:43.099><c> and</c><00:49:43.280><c> 12?</c><00:49:43.860><c> And</c><00:49:44.019><c> the</c><00:49:44.159><c> answer</c><00:49:44.420><c> is</c><00:49:44.619><c> of</c><00:49:44.780><c> course</c>

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the<00:49:45.739><c> Jewish</c><00:49:46.179><c> brethren</c><00:49:46.719><c> of</c><00:49:47.219><c> Judea</c><00:49:47.739><c> who</c><00:49:48.000><c> would</c><00:49:48.280><c> receive</c><00:49:48.760><c> the</c><00:49:49.019><c> gift.</c><00:49:49.820><c> It</c>

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was<00:49:50.280><c> going</c><00:49:50.420><c> to</c><00:49:50.539><c> come</c><00:49:50.719><c> through</c><00:49:50.940><c> the</c>

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instrumentality<00:49:51.900><c> of</c><00:49:52.079><c> the</c><00:49:52.239><c> apostle</c><00:49:52.579><c> but</c><00:49:53.099><c> it</c><00:49:53.260><c> was</c><00:49:53.440><c> the</c><00:49:53.739><c> Jewish</c>

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brethren<00:49:54.420><c> themselves</c><00:49:55.239><c> that</c><00:49:56.000><c> would</c><00:49:56.320><c> give</c><00:49:56.619><c> the</c>

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giving<00:49:57.619><c> to</c><00:49:57.960><c> God</c><00:49:58.440><c> as</c><00:49:58.920><c> a</c><00:49:59.000><c> result</c><00:49:59.500><c> of</c><00:50:00.099><c> the</c><00:50:00.500><c> reception</c><00:50:00.980><c> of</c><00:50:01.420><c> this</c><00:50:01.719><c> gift.</c><00:50:02.079><c> And</c><00:50:02.139><c> so</c>

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the<00:50:02.440><c> apostle</c><00:50:02.699><c> says</c><00:50:02.980><c> in</c><00:50:03.159><c> verse</c><00:50:03.400><c> 12,</c>

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he<00:50:04.440><c> says</c><00:50:04.659><c> the</c><00:50:04.820><c> administration</c><00:50:05.760><c> of</c><00:50:06.480><c> this</c><00:50:06.900><c> service,</c><00:50:07.880><c> the</c><00:50:08.320><c> administration</c><00:50:09.260><c> of</c>

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this<00:50:10.480><c> service</c><00:50:11.119><c> says</c><00:50:11.579><c> the</c><00:50:11.900><c> apostle.</c>

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And<00:50:12.739><c> in</c><00:50:13.059><c> the</c><00:50:13.440><c> Greek</c><00:50:13.599><c> the</c><00:50:13.840><c> word</c><00:50:14.139><c> service</c><00:50:14.559><c> is</c><00:50:15.039><c> liturgia.</c><00:50:18.579><c> Now</c><00:50:18.719><c> that's</c><00:50:19.019><c> not</c><00:50:19.219><c> a</c>

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common<00:50:19.579><c> word</c><00:50:19.780><c> is</c><00:50:19.960><c> it?</c><00:50:20.599><c> Liturgia,</c>

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the<00:50:21.480><c> word</c><00:50:21.760><c> from</c><00:50:22.019><c> which</c><00:50:22.460><c> liturgy</c><00:50:23.320><c> comes.</c><00:50:24.199><c> It's</c><00:50:24.500><c> used</c><00:50:24.800><c> in</c><00:50:25.019><c> the</c>

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Septuagint<00:50:25.880><c> translation</c><00:50:26.619><c> almost</c><00:50:27.579><c> exclusively</c>

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of<00:50:29.739><c> sacrificial</c><00:50:31.079><c> services.</c><00:50:32.019><c> It</c><00:50:32.280><c> denotes</c><00:50:33.039><c> priestly</c><00:50:34.000><c> service.</c>

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If<00:50:35.619><c> we</c><00:50:35.739><c> come</c><00:50:35.880><c> back</c><00:50:36.059><c> to</c><00:50:36.219><c> Romans</c><00:50:36.500><c> 15</c><00:50:36.980><c> and</c><00:50:37.139><c> remember</c>

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Paul<00:50:37.960><c> wrote</c><00:50:38.179><c> Romans</c><00:50:38.539><c> 15</c><00:50:38.940><c> on</c><00:50:39.159><c> the</c><00:50:39.320><c> very</c><00:50:39.699><c> eve</c><00:50:39.980><c> of</c><00:50:40.179><c> his</c><00:50:40.400><c> departure</c>

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with<00:50:41.199><c> the</c><00:50:41.400><c> fun,</c><00:50:41.980><c> here's</c><00:50:42.320><c> the</c><00:50:42.699><c> spirit</c><00:50:42.900><c> of</c>

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course<00:50:43.360><c> of</c><00:50:43.539><c> that</c><00:50:43.800><c> word</c><00:50:44.079><c> liturgos</c><00:50:45.079><c> and</c><00:50:45.659><c> in</c><00:50:46.059><c> the</c><00:50:46.260><c> very</c><00:50:46.500><c> context</c>

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of<00:50:47.179><c> what</c><00:50:47.360><c> the</c><00:50:47.599><c> apostle</c><00:50:47.900><c> had</c><00:50:48.139><c> in</c><00:50:48.380><c> mind.</c><00:50:48.639><c> Romans</c>

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15<00:50:49.800><c> and</c><00:50:50.079><c> verse</c><00:50:50.519><c> 16.</c><00:50:51.719><c> He</c><00:50:51.920><c> says</c><00:50:52.239><c> there</c><00:50:53.000><c> that</c><00:50:53.719><c> I</c><00:50:54.039><c> should</c><00:50:54.340><c> be</c><00:50:54.679><c> the</c>

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minister<00:50:55.519><c> of</c><00:50:55.920><c> Jesus</c><00:50:56.380><c> Christ</c><00:50:56.800><c> to</c><00:50:57.019><c> the</c><00:50:57.179><c> Gentiles,</c>

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and<00:50:58.340><c> the</c><00:50:58.500><c> word</c><00:50:58.739><c> minister</c><00:50:59.159><c> there</c><00:50:59.440><c> is</c><00:51:00.320><c> the</c><00:51:00.659><c> Greek</c><00:51:00.960><c> word</c><00:51:01.199><c> again</c><00:51:01.719><c> liturgos.</c><00:51:03.260><c> That</c><00:51:03.519><c> I</c>

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should<00:51:03.960><c> be</c><00:51:04.219><c> the</c><00:51:05.039><c> priestly</c>

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minister<00:51:06.280><c> of</c><00:51:06.639><c> Jesus</c><00:51:07.039><c> Christ</c><00:51:07.300><c> to</c><00:51:07.440><c> the</c><00:51:07.619><c> Gentiles,</c><00:51:08.619><c> ministering</c>

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the<00:51:09.260><c> gospel</c><00:51:09.619><c> of</c><00:51:09.840><c> God</c><00:51:10.039><c> that</c><00:51:10.280><c> the</c><00:51:10.900><c> offering</c>

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up<00:51:12.000><c> of</c><00:51:12.239><c> the</c><00:51:12.519><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:13.119><c> might</c><00:51:13.480><c> be</c><00:51:14.079><c> acceptable.</c><00:51:14.760><c> You</c><00:51:14.860><c> know</c><00:51:14.960><c> that's</c><00:51:15.239><c> the</c>

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very<00:51:15.659><c> spirit</c><00:51:16.079><c> that</c><00:51:16.260><c> the</c><00:51:16.420><c> apostle</c><00:51:16.679><c> had</c><00:51:16.880><c> in</c>

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mind<00:51:17.280><c> here</c><00:51:17.420><c> in</c><00:51:17.539><c> the</c><00:51:17.659><c> second</c><00:51:17.920><c> Corinthians</c><00:51:18.280><c> chapter</c><00:51:18.619><c> 9.</c><00:51:19.300><c> He</c><00:51:19.300><c> says</c><00:51:19.559><c> verse</c><00:51:19.820><c> 12,</c>

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the<00:51:20.440><c> administration</c><00:51:21.199><c> of</c><00:51:21.679><c> this</c>

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priestly<00:51:23.599><c> service.</c><00:51:24.559><c> And</c><00:51:24.559><c> so</c><00:51:24.699><c> what</c><00:51:24.880><c> the</c><00:51:25.059><c> apostle,</c><00:51:25.360><c> I'll</c><00:51:25.659><c> tell</c>

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you<00:51:25.840><c> what's</c><00:51:26.079><c> happening</c><00:51:26.320><c> in</c><00:51:27.219><c> these</c>

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verses<00:51:27.760><c> brothers</c><00:51:28.079><c> and</c><00:51:28.300><c> sisters.</c><00:51:28.760><c> The</c><00:51:28.920><c> apostle's</c><00:51:29.420><c> mind</c><00:51:29.539><c> is</c><00:51:29.699><c> just,</c><00:51:30.340><c> as</c>

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he<00:51:30.719><c> writes</c><00:51:30.960><c> the</c><00:51:31.239><c> story</c><00:51:31.400><c> to</c><00:51:31.579><c> a</c><00:51:31.800><c> conclusion,</c>

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his<00:51:32.380><c> apostle's</c><00:51:32.880><c> mind</c><00:51:33.000><c> just</c><00:51:33.659><c> wanders</c><00:51:34.280><c> off</c><00:51:34.539><c> into</c><00:51:34.760><c> the</c><00:51:34.940><c> heights.</c>

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The<00:51:36.800><c> apostle,</c><00:51:37.099><c> he</c><00:51:37.320><c> just</c><00:51:37.739><c> loses</c><00:51:38.099><c> himself</c>

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in<00:51:38.920><c> a</c><00:51:39.119><c> reverie</c><00:51:39.500><c> of</c><00:51:39.960><c> seeing</c><00:51:40.260><c> what's</c><00:51:40.820><c> going</c><00:51:40.940><c> to</c><00:51:41.139><c> happen.</c><00:51:41.500><c> The</c><00:51:41.659><c> apostle's</c><00:51:42.219><c> mind</c><00:51:42.420><c> is</c>

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already<00:51:43.039><c> in</c><00:51:43.260><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He's<00:51:44.380><c> writing</c><00:51:44.679><c> to</c><00:51:44.860><c> the</c><00:51:45.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:51:45.360><c> to</c><00:51:45.599><c> be</c><00:51:45.780><c> a</c><00:51:45.880><c> kind,</c><00:51:46.420><c> but</c><00:51:46.500><c> already</c><00:51:46.920><c> the</c>

00:51:47.179 --> 00:51:48.860
apostle's<00:51:47.739><c> heart</c><00:51:47.860><c> and</c><00:51:48.059><c> mind</c><00:51:48.159><c> has</c><00:51:48.480><c> gone</c><00:51:48.679><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem<00:51:49.179><c> and</c><00:51:49.539><c> he</c><00:51:49.840><c> sees</c><00:51:50.059><c> himself</c><00:51:50.559><c> there</c><00:51:50.860><c> as</c><00:51:50.980><c> the</c><00:51:51.360><c> priest</c><00:51:51.619><c> of</c>

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:55.300
the<00:51:52.039><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:52.719><c> offering</c><00:51:53.420><c> up</c><00:51:53.840><c> the</c><00:51:54.179><c> sacrifice</c><00:51:54.820><c> of</c><00:51:55.139><c> the</c>

00:51:55.300 --> 00:51:58.659
Gentiles.<00:51:55.820><c> And</c><00:51:56.000><c> the</c><00:51:56.300><c> sacrifice</c><00:51:56.760><c> of</c><00:51:56.920><c> the</c><00:51:57.059><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:57.440><c> was</c><00:51:58.079><c> the</c>

00:51:58.659 --> 00:52:01.099
collection<00:51:59.159><c> of</c><00:51:59.400><c> the</c><00:51:59.539><c> money</c><00:51:59.699><c> itself.</c><00:52:00.159><c> And</c><00:52:00.480><c> here</c><00:52:00.699><c> was</c>

00:52:01.099 --> 00:52:05.280
their<00:52:01.380><c> offering</c><00:52:01.699><c> and</c><00:52:02.139><c> he</c><00:52:02.400><c> was</c><00:52:02.599><c> going</c><00:52:02.699><c> to</c><00:52:02.780><c> be</c><00:52:02.880><c> the</c><00:52:03.119><c> priest.</c><00:52:05.099><c> Now</c>

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that's<00:52:05.400><c> how</c><00:52:05.539><c> the</c><00:52:05.739><c> apostle</c><00:52:06.059><c> saw</c><00:52:06.400><c> this.</c><00:52:06.820><c> He</c><00:52:06.860><c> had</c><00:52:07.119><c> a</c>

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priestly<00:52:14.539><c> service,</c><00:52:14.980><c> he</c><00:52:15.159><c> says,</c><00:52:15.940><c> not</c><00:52:16.179><c> only</c><00:52:16.500><c> supplies</c><00:52:17.019><c> the</c><00:52:17.420><c> want</c>

00:52:17.619 --> 00:52:21.260
of<00:52:17.860><c> the</c><00:52:18.039><c> saints,</c><00:52:19.099><c> but</c><00:52:19.179><c> is</c><00:52:19.420><c> also</c><00:52:19.820><c> abundant</c><00:52:20.239><c> by</c><00:52:20.619><c> many</c>

00:52:21.260 --> 00:52:24.440
thanksgivings<00:52:22.360><c> to</c><00:52:22.559><c> God.</c><00:52:23.199><c> As</c><00:52:23.340><c> the</c><00:52:23.440><c> New</c><00:52:23.599><c> English</c><00:52:23.840><c> Bible</c><00:52:24.159><c> says,</c>

00:52:24.739 --> 00:52:27.900
it<00:52:24.739><c> overflows</c><00:52:25.639><c> in</c><00:52:25.900><c> a</c><00:52:26.179><c> flood</c><00:52:26.320><c> of</c><00:52:26.699><c> thanksgiving</c><00:52:27.699><c> to</c>

00:52:27.900 --> 00:52:32.619
God.<00:52:28.559><c> Moffat</c><00:52:28.800><c> says,</c><00:52:29.360><c> it</c><00:52:29.539><c> overflows</c><00:52:30.019><c> with</c><00:52:30.460><c> many</c><00:52:30.739><c> a</c><00:52:31.119><c> cry</c><00:52:31.400><c> of</c><00:52:31.659><c> thanksgiving</c><00:52:32.360><c> to</c>

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God.<00:52:33.260><c> Verse</c><00:52:33.480><c> 13,</c><00:52:34.480><c> whilst</c><00:52:34.719><c> by</c><00:52:35.099><c> the</c>

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experiment<00:52:36.019><c> of</c><00:52:36.280><c> this</c><00:52:36.559><c> ministration,</c><00:52:37.679><c> they</c><00:52:38.000><c> glorify</c><00:52:38.679><c> God</c><00:52:38.960><c> for</c>

00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:41.840
your<00:52:39.559><c> professed</c><00:52:40.179><c> subjection</c><00:52:40.739><c> unto</c><00:52:40.920><c> the</c><00:52:41.159><c> gospel</c><00:52:41.559><c> of</c>

00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:47.519
Christ<00:52:42.159><c> and</c><00:52:42.659><c> for</c><00:52:42.900><c> your</c><00:52:43.179><c> liberal</c><00:52:43.679><c> distribution</c><00:52:44.300><c> unto</c><00:52:44.559><c> them</c><00:52:44.800><c> and</c><00:52:44.920><c> unto</c><00:52:45.179><c> all</c><00:52:45.519><c> men.</c><00:52:46.739><c> You</c><00:52:46.820><c> know,</c><00:52:47.000><c> when</c><00:52:47.099><c> it</c><00:52:47.320><c> says</c>

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:50.559
whilst<00:52:47.900><c> by</c><00:52:48.219><c> the</c><00:52:48.559><c> experiment,</c><00:52:49.179><c> that's</c><00:52:49.679><c> probably</c><00:52:50.000><c> not</c><00:52:50.239><c> a</c><00:52:50.340><c> good</c>

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:53.000
translation<00:52:51.159><c> because</c><00:52:51.539><c> the</c><00:52:51.739><c> word</c><00:52:51.940><c> really</c><00:52:52.300><c> means</c>

00:52:53.000 --> 00:52:57.219
the<00:52:53.619><c> test</c><00:52:54.139><c> or</c><00:52:54.960><c> proof.</c><00:52:55.500><c> This</c><00:52:55.760><c> wasn't</c><00:52:56.019><c> just</c><00:52:56.400><c> an</c><00:52:56.679><c> experiment,</c>

00:52:57.440 --> 00:53:00.960
brothers<00:52:57.619><c> and</c><00:52:57.860><c> sisters.</c><00:52:58.599><c> This</c><00:52:58.920><c> was</c><00:52:59.519><c> concrete</c><00:53:00.300><c> evidence</c>

00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:07.360
of<00:53:01.619><c> the</c><00:53:02.039><c> love</c><00:53:02.360><c> of</c><00:53:02.860><c> the</c><00:53:03.079><c> Gentiles</c><00:53:03.800><c> for</c><00:53:04.260><c> their</c><00:53:04.500><c> Jewish</c><00:53:04.860><c> presence.</c><00:53:05.900><c> So</c><00:53:06.139><c> instead</c><00:53:06.460><c> of</c><00:53:06.619><c> translating</c><00:53:07.059><c> it</c>

00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:07.739
while<00:53:07.460><c> by</c>

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experiment<00:53:08.619><c> of</c><00:53:08.840><c> this</c><00:53:09.099><c> ministration,</c><00:53:10.239><c> well,</c><00:53:10.440><c> Weymouth</c><00:53:10.679><c> says,</c>

00:53:11.440 --> 00:53:14.639
by<00:53:11.599><c> the</c><00:53:12.059><c> evidence</c><00:53:12.599><c> of</c><00:53:13.119><c> this</c><00:53:13.559><c> service.</c><00:53:14.219><c> Here</c><00:53:14.420><c> was</c>

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:17.840
going<00:53:14.800><c> to</c><00:53:14.920><c> be</c><00:53:15.199><c> absolute</c><00:53:15.679><c> proof</c><00:53:16.179><c> of</c><00:53:16.380><c> how</c><00:53:16.599><c> the</c><00:53:16.760><c> Gentiles</c><00:53:17.400><c> felt.</c>

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And<00:53:18.320><c> what</c><00:53:18.480><c> would</c><00:53:18.679><c> the</c><00:53:18.800><c> Jews,</c><00:53:19.599><c> the</c><00:53:19.880><c> Jewish</c><00:53:20.179><c> brethren</c>

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react<00:53:20.820><c> like?</c><00:53:21.400><c> It</c><00:53:21.619><c> says</c><00:53:21.820><c> there</c><00:53:22.000><c> that</c><00:53:22.139><c> they</c><00:53:22.300><c> will</c><00:53:22.679><c> glorify</c><00:53:23.440><c> God</c>

00:53:23.800 --> 00:53:27.940
for<00:53:24.179><c> your</c><00:53:25.119><c> professed</c><00:53:26.340><c> subjection</c><00:53:27.119><c> unto</c><00:53:27.420><c> the</c><00:53:27.599><c> gospel</c>

00:53:27.940 --> 00:53:32.119
of<00:53:28.179><c> Christ</c><00:53:28.500><c> and</c><00:53:29.320><c> for</c><00:53:29.679><c> your</c><00:53:30.260><c> liberal</c><00:53:30.940><c> distribution.</c><00:53:31.739><c> The</c><00:53:31.880><c> word</c>

00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:34.760
liberal<00:53:32.460><c> is</c><00:53:32.719><c> the</c><00:53:32.940><c> same</c><00:53:33.340><c> word</c><00:53:33.619><c> as</c><00:53:33.920><c> bountiful</c><00:53:34.340><c> in</c><00:53:34.500><c> verse</c>

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11.<00:53:35.039><c> It</c><00:53:35.119><c> means</c><00:53:35.519><c> single.</c><00:53:37.079><c> And</c><00:53:37.199><c> the</c><00:53:37.280><c> word</c><00:53:37.559><c> distribution</c><00:53:38.159><c> here</c>

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is<00:53:38.599><c> the</c><00:53:38.659><c> word</c><00:53:40.039><c> quenonia,</c><00:53:40.699><c> which</c><00:53:40.780><c> is</c><00:53:41.000><c> fellowship,</c>

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of<00:53:41.579><c> course.</c><00:53:42.079><c> So</c><00:53:42.320><c> they</c><00:53:42.559><c> will</c><00:53:42.840><c> bless</c><00:53:43.139><c> God.</c><00:53:43.500><c> They</c><00:53:43.619><c> will</c><00:53:43.880><c> glorify</c>

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God<00:53:44.760><c> for</c><00:53:45.059><c> your</c><00:53:45.599><c> single</c><00:53:46.460><c>-minded</c><00:53:47.119><c> fellowship</c>

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unto<00:53:48.300><c> them.</c><00:53:48.940><c> You</c><00:53:49.000><c> know,</c><00:53:49.139><c> it's</c><00:53:49.380><c> interesting</c><00:53:49.639><c> the</c><00:53:49.739><c> way</c><00:53:49.920><c> the</c><00:53:50.119><c> apostle</c><00:53:50.420><c> writes</c><00:53:50.780><c> this</c><00:53:50.980><c> because,</c><00:53:51.719><c> you</c>

00:53:51.719 --> 00:53:52.320
see,<00:53:51.760><c> he's</c><00:53:52.039><c> writing</c>

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to<00:53:52.539><c> the</c><00:53:52.659><c> Gentiles.</c><00:53:53.599><c> You</c><00:53:53.739><c> see,</c><00:53:53.800><c> if</c><00:53:53.940><c> he'd</c><00:53:54.039><c> been</c><00:53:54.219><c> writing</c><00:53:54.460><c> to</c><00:53:54.860><c> Jews,</c><00:53:55.599><c> he</c>

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would<00:53:55.960><c> have</c><00:53:56.159><c> stressed</c><00:53:56.440><c> a</c><00:53:56.679><c> whole</c><00:53:56.920><c> lot</c><00:53:57.019><c> of</c><00:53:57.219><c> other</c>

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reasons.<00:53:58.699><c> You</c><00:53:58.880><c> see,</c><00:53:59.039><c> he</c><00:53:59.139><c> doesn't</c><00:53:59.519><c> say,</c><00:54:00.019><c> does</c><00:54:00.239><c> he,</c><00:54:00.360><c> when</c><00:54:00.480><c> he</c><00:54:00.659><c> writes</c><00:54:00.920><c> these</c><00:54:01.639><c> last</c><00:54:02.000><c> few</c><00:54:02.199><c> verses,</c><00:54:02.679><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:54:03.320><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:54:04.239><c> by</c><00:54:04.480><c> the</c><00:54:04.599><c> time</c><00:54:04.780><c> we</c><00:54:04.920><c> take</c><00:54:05.179><c> the</c><00:54:05.300><c> money</c><00:54:05.519><c> back</c><00:54:05.739><c> to</c><00:54:05.920><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:54:06.539><c> it</c><00:54:06.739><c> will</c><00:54:07.199><c> deal</c><00:54:07.599><c> a</c>

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death<00:54:08.280><c> blow</c><00:54:08.679><c> to</c><00:54:08.960><c> Judaism.</c>

00:54:11.280 --> 00:54:14.380
I<00:54:11.400><c> mean,</c><00:54:11.579><c> that's</c><00:54:11.719><c> what</c><00:54:11.780><c> he</c><00:54:11.920><c> wanted,</c><00:54:12.380><c> but</c><00:54:12.840><c> he</c><00:54:13.099><c> doesn't</c><00:54:13.340><c> say</c><00:54:13.639><c> that,</c><00:54:13.920><c> does</c><00:54:14.099><c> he?</c>

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Because<00:54:14.659><c> he's</c><00:54:14.900><c> writing</c><00:54:15.139><c> to</c><00:54:15.360><c> the</c>

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Gentiles.<00:54:16.119><c> What</c><00:54:16.320><c> he</c><00:54:16.679><c> stresses</c><00:54:16.960><c> to</c><00:54:17.199><c> the</c><00:54:17.420><c> Gentiles</c><00:54:18.159><c> is</c><00:54:18.460><c> the</c><00:54:18.739><c> marvelous</c><00:54:19.280><c> effect</c><00:54:19.599><c> that</c><00:54:19.800><c> he</c>

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believes<00:54:20.519><c> and</c><00:54:20.960><c> hopes</c><00:54:21.340><c> and</c>

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prays<00:54:22.579><c> that</c><00:54:22.760><c> it</c><00:54:22.860><c> will</c><00:54:23.039><c> have</c><00:54:23.179><c> on</c><00:54:23.380><c> their</c><00:54:23.639><c> Jewish</c><00:54:23.940><c> brethren</c><00:54:24.380><c> in</c>

00:54:24.900 --> 00:54:28.440
terms<00:54:25.219><c> of</c><00:54:25.539><c> binding</c><00:54:25.840><c> them</c><00:54:26.300><c> all</c><00:54:26.780><c> together,</c><00:54:27.500><c> that</c><00:54:27.619><c> their</c>

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Jewish<00:54:28.780><c> brethren</c><00:54:28.980><c> will</c><00:54:29.320><c> glorify</c><00:54:30.059><c> God</c><00:54:30.380><c> for</c><00:54:30.639><c> your</c><00:54:31.219><c> single</c><00:54:31.960><c>-minded</c><00:54:32.420><c> fellowship</c><00:54:33.019><c> with</c>

00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:34.559
them.<00:54:34.219><c> You</c><00:54:34.420><c> see,</c>

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here<00:54:34.739><c> was</c><00:54:34.940><c> the</c><00:54:35.099><c> point.</c><00:54:36.780><c> How</c><00:54:37.199><c> could</c><00:54:37.699><c> the</c><00:54:38.099><c> brethren</c><00:54:38.360><c> of</c><00:54:38.679><c> Judea,</c>

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how<00:54:41.079><c> could</c><00:54:41.320><c> they</c><00:54:41.659><c> accept</c><00:54:42.320><c> these</c><00:54:43.440><c> Gentile</c>

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contributions<00:54:45.099><c> unless</c><00:54:47.739><c> they</c><00:54:48.059><c> also</c><00:54:49.320><c> accepted</c><00:54:50.219><c> the</c><00:54:50.500><c> brethren</c>

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who<00:54:52.300><c> had</c><00:54:52.539><c> given</c><00:54:53.000><c> the</c><00:54:53.599><c> contributions?</c>

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If<00:54:57.840><c> Judea</c><00:54:58.400><c> accepted</c><00:54:58.820><c> the</c><00:54:59.099><c> fund,</c><00:55:01.659><c> they</c><00:55:01.820><c> had</c><00:55:02.019><c> to</c><00:55:02.159><c> also</c><00:55:02.519><c> accept</c>

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the<00:55:04.400><c> brethren</c><00:55:04.619><c> who'd</c><00:55:04.960><c> given</c><00:55:05.380><c> the</c><00:55:06.019><c> fund.</c>

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That's<00:55:08.159><c> what</c><00:55:08.300><c> the</c><00:55:08.480><c> apostle</c><00:55:08.719><c> wanted,</c><00:55:09.179><c> wasn't</c><00:55:09.360><c> it?</c><00:55:10.800><c> His</c><00:55:11.159><c> heart's</c><00:55:11.599><c> desire</c>

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was<00:55:12.119><c> that</c><00:55:12.360><c> Jew</c><00:55:12.679><c> and</c><00:55:13.000><c> Gentile</c><00:55:13.300><c> might</c><00:55:13.539><c> be</c>

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bound<00:55:14.119><c> together</c><00:55:14.500><c> in</c><00:55:14.739><c> this</c><00:55:15.039><c> act</c><00:55:15.360><c> of</c><00:55:15.760><c> service,</c><00:55:16.460><c> that</c><00:55:16.679><c> the</c><00:55:17.199><c> Jewish</c><00:55:17.440><c> brethren</c><00:55:17.719><c> might</c>

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see<00:55:18.679><c> their</c><00:55:19.000><c> subjection</c><00:55:19.699><c> to</c><00:55:19.860><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:55:24.639><c> brethren.</c><00:55:24.639><c> Oh,</c><00:55:24.760><c> says</c><00:55:24.940><c> Paul,</c><00:55:25.280><c> I</c><00:55:25.659><c> do</c><00:55:26.019><c> hope</c><00:55:26.260><c> that</c><00:55:26.420><c> that</c>

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will<00:55:26.659><c> be</c><00:55:26.800><c> the</c><00:55:26.880><c> case.</c><00:55:27.360><c> And</c><00:55:27.539><c> not</c><00:55:27.699><c> only</c><00:55:27.880><c> that,</c><00:55:28.059><c> he</c><00:55:28.139><c> says,</c>

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verse<00:55:28.699><c> 14,</c><00:55:29.380><c> and</c><00:55:29.719><c> by</c><00:55:30.119><c> their</c><00:55:30.559><c> prayer</c><00:55:31.099><c> for</c><00:55:31.460><c> you,</c><00:55:32.039><c> which</c><00:55:32.500><c> long</c><00:55:32.940><c> after</c><00:55:33.440><c> you</c>

00:55:33.639 --> 00:55:37.320
in<00:55:33.860><c> the</c><00:55:34.320><c> exceeding</c><00:55:35.039><c> grace</c><00:55:35.480><c> of</c><00:55:35.880><c> God</c><00:55:36.219><c> in</c><00:55:36.599><c> you.</c>

00:55:37.400 --> 00:55:40.219
And<00:55:37.579><c> so</c><00:55:37.659><c> the</c><00:55:37.800><c> apostle</c><00:55:38.099><c> now</c><00:55:38.460><c> sees</c><00:55:38.659><c> the</c><00:55:38.900><c> brethren</c><00:55:39.039><c> of</c><00:55:39.320><c> Judea</c><00:55:39.800><c> not</c>

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only<00:55:40.619><c> accepting</c><00:55:41.039><c> the</c><00:55:41.280><c> gift</c><00:55:41.440><c> and</c><00:55:41.639><c> having</c><00:55:41.860><c> their</c><00:55:42.099><c> needs</c>

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satisfied,<00:55:43.719><c> but</c><00:55:43.820><c> that</c><00:55:44.099><c> these</c><00:55:44.380><c> Jewish</c><00:55:44.659><c> brethren</c><00:55:44.940><c> would</c><00:55:45.179><c> now</c>

00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:47.840
lift<00:55:45.820><c> up</c><00:55:46.099><c> their</c><00:55:46.380><c> prayer</c><00:55:46.619><c> for</c><00:55:46.900><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Here<00:55:48.579><c> would</c><00:55:48.780><c> be</c><00:55:48.960><c> the</c><00:55:49.099><c> prayer</c><00:55:49.280><c> now</c><00:55:49.639><c> of</c><00:55:49.860><c> the</c><00:55:50.179><c> Jewish</c><00:55:50.539><c> brethren</c>

00:55:50.860 --> 00:55:54.840
for<00:55:51.440><c> their</c><00:55:51.920><c> Gentiles,</c><00:55:53.119><c> for</c><00:55:53.280><c> their</c><00:55:53.539><c> Gentile</c><00:55:54.059><c> brethren.</c>

00:55:55.500 --> 00:56:00.719
Moffat<00:55:55.760><c> says</c><00:55:56.039><c> they</c><00:55:56.219><c> are</c><00:55:56.679><c> drawn</c><00:55:57.099><c> to</c><00:55:57.480><c> you</c><00:55:57.840><c> and</c><00:55:58.480><c> pray</c><00:55:58.980><c> for</c><00:55:59.460><c> you</c><00:56:00.000><c> because</c><00:56:00.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:56:01.019><c> surpassing</c><00:56:02.219><c> grace</c><00:56:02.539><c> of</c><00:56:02.760><c> God</c>

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which<00:56:03.599><c> rests</c><00:56:03.880><c> upon</c><00:56:04.199><c> you.</c><00:56:04.619><c> And</c><00:56:04.739><c> you</c><00:56:04.840><c> see,</c><00:56:05.019><c> in</c><00:56:05.119><c> these</c><00:56:05.420><c> verses,</c>

00:56:05.760 --> 00:56:08.119
verses<00:56:06.099><c> 12</c><00:56:06.500><c> to</c><00:56:06.619><c> 14,</c><00:56:07.039><c> it's</c><00:56:07.320><c> almost</c><00:56:07.599><c> as</c><00:56:07.800><c> if</c><00:56:07.920><c> the</c>

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apostle,<00:56:08.659><c> well,</c><00:56:08.900><c> he</c><00:56:09.000><c> just</c><00:56:09.199><c> lets</c><00:56:09.400><c> go.</c><00:56:10.159><c> And</c><00:56:10.280><c> he</c><00:56:10.360><c> just,</c><00:56:10.780><c> he</c><00:56:10.780><c> lets</c>

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his<00:56:11.199><c> mind</c><00:56:11.360><c> just</c><00:56:12.380><c> wander</c><00:56:12.820><c> away</c><00:56:13.219><c> to</c><00:56:13.380><c> what</c><00:56:13.559><c> he</c><00:56:14.039><c> now</c><00:56:14.480><c> hopes</c>

00:56:14.900 --> 00:56:19.860
and<00:56:15.360><c> dreams</c><00:56:16.019><c> of</c><00:56:16.760><c> what</c><00:56:17.019><c> this</c><00:56:17.440><c> whole</c><00:56:18.199><c> gathering</c><00:56:18.539><c> will</c><00:56:18.860><c> accomplish.</c><00:56:19.559><c> So</c><00:56:19.679><c> what</c>

00:56:19.860 --> 00:56:22.099
does<00:56:20.000><c> he</c><00:56:20.119><c> see?</c><00:56:21.159><c> He</c><00:56:21.340><c> sees</c><00:56:21.699><c> Jew</c>

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and<00:56:22.440><c> Gentile</c><00:56:22.900><c> bound</c><00:56:23.219><c> together.</c><00:56:24.059><c> He</c><00:56:24.239><c> sees</c><00:56:24.480><c> the</c><00:56:24.860><c> poverty</c><00:56:25.360><c> that</c>

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was<00:56:26.179><c> desperately</c><00:56:26.760><c> there</c><00:56:27.300><c> in</c><00:56:27.659><c> the</c><00:56:27.840><c> Judean</c><00:56:28.219><c> ecclesias</c>

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alleviated.<00:56:29.639><c> But</c><00:56:29.760><c> he</c><00:56:29.920><c> also</c><00:56:30.300><c> sees</c><00:56:30.900><c> the</c><00:56:31.159><c> Jewish</c><00:56:31.400><c> brethren</c><00:56:31.699><c> with</c>

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a<00:56:32.260><c> changed</c><00:56:32.880><c> heart</c><00:56:33.460><c> and</c><00:56:33.820><c> mind.</c><00:56:34.280><c> He</c><00:56:34.500><c> sees</c><00:56:34.800><c> them</c><00:56:35.019><c> now</c>

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accepting<00:56:36.099><c> of</c><00:56:36.440><c> the</c><00:56:36.619><c> Gentiles.</c><00:56:37.239><c> He</c><00:56:37.440><c> sees</c><00:56:37.739><c> them</c><00:56:37.960><c> lifting</c><00:56:38.239><c> up</c><00:56:38.539><c> their</c><00:56:38.860><c> prayers</c><00:56:39.320><c> for</c><00:56:39.739><c> the</c><00:56:39.960><c> Gentiles.</c><00:56:40.559><c> He</c>

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sees<00:56:41.059><c> them</c><00:56:41.320><c> down</c>

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their<00:56:42.000><c> knees</c><00:56:42.500><c> with</c><00:56:42.900><c> a</c><00:56:43.119><c> chorus</c><00:56:43.400><c> of</c><00:56:43.820><c> thanksgivings</c><00:56:44.699><c> to</c><00:56:44.880><c> God.</c><00:56:45.940><c> He</c>

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sees<00:56:46.400><c> the</c><00:56:46.659><c> humility</c><00:56:47.239><c> of</c><00:56:47.579><c> the</c><00:56:47.780><c> Jewish</c><00:56:48.079><c> brethren</c>

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as<00:56:48.760><c> they're</c><00:56:49.199><c> bound</c><00:56:49.400><c> together</c><00:56:49.780><c> with</c><00:56:50.019><c> their</c><00:56:50.380><c> Gentile</c><00:56:51.099><c> brethren.</c><00:56:52.219><c> Oh,</c><00:56:52.639><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:56:53.119><c> could</c><00:56:53.340><c> see</c><00:56:53.460><c> all</c><00:56:53.679><c> of</c><00:56:53.840><c> that.</c>

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These<00:56:55.719><c> verses</c><00:56:56.079><c> are</c><00:56:57.460><c> Paul's</c><00:56:57.980><c> own</c><00:56:58.340><c> heart</c><00:56:58.659><c> in</c><00:56:58.940><c> this</c><00:56:59.179><c> matter.</c><00:56:59.719><c> That's</c><00:56:59.920><c> what</c><00:57:00.039><c> he</c>

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wanted.<00:57:01.739><c> That's</c><00:57:01.860><c> what</c><00:57:01.900><c> he</c><00:57:02.159><c> prayed</c>

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out.<00:57:04.079><c> That's</c><00:57:04.300><c> what</c><00:57:04.420><c> he</c><00:57:04.599><c> deserved.</c><00:57:07.760><c> And</c><00:57:07.960><c> then</c><00:57:08.119><c> he</c><00:57:08.219><c> finishes,</c>

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in<00:57:08.880><c> the</c><00:57:09.000><c> 15th</c><00:57:09.559><c> verse,</c><00:57:09.780><c> with</c><00:57:09.960><c> this</c><00:57:10.300><c> remarkable</c>

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statement.<00:57:14.079><c> Thanks</c><00:57:14.659><c> be</c><00:57:15.059><c> unto</c><00:57:15.260><c> God,</c><00:57:15.539><c> he</c><00:57:15.699><c> says,</c><00:57:17.579><c> as</c><00:57:17.659><c> he</c><00:57:17.960><c> concludes</c><00:57:18.280><c> his</c><00:57:18.619><c> considerations.</c>

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Thanks<00:57:20.860><c> be</c><00:57:21.239><c> unto</c><00:57:21.480><c> God</c><00:57:21.940><c> for</c><00:57:22.500><c> his</c><00:57:23.699><c> unspeakable</c><00:57:25.199><c> gift.</c><00:57:25.380><c> The</c><00:57:25.500><c> word</c>

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thanks,<00:57:26.199><c> there,</c><00:57:26.500><c> is</c><00:57:26.619><c> the</c><00:57:26.739><c> Greek</c><00:57:26.920><c> word</c>

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again.<00:57:28.599><c> Grace</c><00:57:28.619><c> be</c><00:57:29.579><c> to</c><00:57:29.739><c> God</c><00:57:30.199><c> for</c><00:57:31.599><c> his</c><00:57:32.760><c> unspeakable</c><00:57:34.260><c> gift.</c><00:57:34.820><c> You</c>

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know,<00:57:35.159><c> the</c><00:57:35.179><c> word</c><00:57:35.599><c> gift,</c><00:57:36.360><c> there,</c>

00:57:37.159 --> 00:57:41.639
the<00:57:37.300><c> word</c><00:57:37.980><c> gift</c><00:57:38.360><c> in</c><00:57:38.619><c> this</c><00:57:38.920><c> verse</c><00:57:39.099><c> is</c><00:57:39.360><c> the</c><00:57:39.739><c> Greek</c><00:57:40.039><c> word</c><00:57:40.579><c> doria.</c>

00:57:43.900 --> 00:57:51.280
It<00:57:44.619><c> means</c><00:57:45.199><c> a</c><00:57:46.380><c> free</c><00:57:46.820><c> gift.</c><00:57:48.639><c> The</c><00:57:48.940><c> stress</c><00:57:49.199><c> is</c><00:57:49.400><c> on</c><00:57:49.599><c> the</c><00:57:49.800><c> word</c><00:57:50.079><c> free.</c>

00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:53.960
It<00:57:52.039><c> comes</c><00:57:52.400><c> from</c><00:57:52.699><c> the</c><00:57:52.960><c> Greek</c><00:57:53.179><c> word</c><00:57:53.420><c> duron,</c>

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which<00:57:54.159><c> means</c><00:57:54.579><c> a</c><00:57:55.119><c> present,</c><00:57:55.519><c> but</c><00:57:55.880><c> especially</c><00:57:56.900><c> a</c><00:57:58.000><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:58:01.559><c> when</c><00:58:01.760><c> the</c><00:58:01.940><c> apostle</c><00:58:02.219><c> says,</c>

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thanks<00:58:03.039><c> be</c><00:58:03.239><c> unto</c><00:58:03.420><c> God</c><00:58:03.659><c> for</c><00:58:03.960><c> his</c><00:58:04.739><c> unspeakable</c><00:58:05.840><c> gift,</c><00:58:06.219><c> the</c><00:58:06.300><c> word</c>

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unspeakable<00:58:07.300><c> means</c><00:58:07.659><c> literally</c><00:58:08.340><c> that</c><00:58:08.940><c> which</c><00:58:09.260><c> is</c>

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indescribable,<00:58:12.159><c> that</c><00:58:12.380><c> which</c><00:58:12.719><c> is</c><00:58:13.079><c> inexpressible,</c><00:58:15.860><c> that</c><00:58:16.079><c> which</c><00:58:16.420><c> is</c><00:58:16.739><c> inestimable.</c>

00:58:19.659 --> 00:58:22.679
What<00:58:20.260><c> he's</c><00:58:20.440><c> saying</c><00:58:20.820><c> is</c><00:58:21.019><c> that</c><00:58:21.199><c> the</c><00:58:21.380><c> gift</c><00:58:21.659><c> of</c><00:58:21.940><c> God</c><00:58:22.159><c> that</c><00:58:22.320><c> he</c><00:58:22.420><c> has</c>

00:58:22.679 --> 00:58:25.199
in<00:58:22.880><c> mind</c><00:58:23.119><c> is</c><00:58:23.320><c> something</c><00:58:23.659><c> that's</c><00:58:24.340><c> hard</c><00:58:24.699><c> to</c><00:58:25.019><c> put</c>

00:58:25.199 --> 00:58:28.500
into<00:58:25.599><c> words,</c><00:58:26.639><c> says</c><00:58:26.719><c> the</c><00:58:26.940><c> apostle.</c><00:58:27.360><c> He</c><00:58:27.480><c> says,</c><00:58:27.760><c> I</c><00:58:27.760><c> find</c><00:58:28.099><c> it</c><00:58:28.260><c> hard</c>

00:58:28.500 --> 00:58:32.340
to<00:58:28.780><c> express.</c><00:58:29.539><c> It's</c><00:58:29.739><c> inexpressible</c><00:58:30.940><c> what</c><00:58:31.440><c> God</c><00:58:31.900><c> has</c>

00:58:32.340 --> 00:58:40.559
done<00:58:32.900><c> in</c><00:58:33.920><c> what</c><00:58:34.179><c> he's</c><00:58:34.900><c> given</c><00:58:35.400><c> to</c><00:58:36.039><c> us.</c><00:58:38.719><c> Now</c><00:58:39.000><c> what</c><00:58:39.340><c> was</c><00:58:39.860><c> or</c><00:58:40.300><c> what</c>

00:58:40.559 --> 00:58:46.119
is<00:58:41.579><c> the</c><00:58:42.280><c> unspeakable</c><00:58:43.280><c> gift</c><00:58:43.760><c> of</c><00:58:44.159><c> God?</c><00:58:44.579><c> Well,</c><00:58:45.739><c> the</c><00:58:45.860><c> Lord</c>

00:58:46.119 --> 00:58:53.860
Jesus<00:58:46.500><c> Christ</c><00:58:47.000><c> on</c><00:58:47.300><c> one</c><00:58:47.519><c> occasion</c><00:58:48.099><c> in</c><00:58:48.699><c> the</c><00:58:48.920><c> gospel</c><00:58:49.400><c> of</c><00:58:50.400><c> John</c><00:58:50.760><c> chapter</c><00:58:51.099><c> four</c><00:58:51.400><c> said</c><00:58:51.699><c> these</c><00:58:52.159><c> words</c><00:58:52.699><c> to</c><00:58:53.360><c> a</c>

00:58:53.860 --> 00:59:00.679
woman<00:58:54.159><c> by</c><00:58:54.800><c> the</c><00:58:55.300><c> well.</c><00:58:56.380><c> He</c><00:58:56.820><c> asked</c><00:58:57.099><c> her</c><00:58:57.219><c> for</c><00:58:57.440><c> water</c><00:58:57.920><c> and</c><00:58:59.539><c> she</c><00:58:59.760><c> said,</c><00:59:00.019><c> well,</c><00:59:00.599><c> why</c>

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would<00:59:00.780><c> you</c><00:59:00.900><c> be</c><00:59:01.139><c> asking</c><00:59:01.380><c> me,</c>

00:59:02.420 --> 00:59:05.320
a<00:59:02.460><c> Samaritan,</c><00:59:03.059><c> for</c><00:59:03.239><c> water</c><00:59:03.440><c> since</c><00:59:03.719><c> you're</c><00:59:04.039><c> a</c><00:59:04.219><c> Jew?</c><00:59:05.199><c> You</c><00:59:05.280><c> know</c>

00:59:05.320 --> 00:59:07.760
what<00:59:05.440><c> the</c><00:59:05.619><c> Lord</c><00:59:05.780><c> said</c><00:59:06.000><c> in</c><00:59:06.219><c> return</c><00:59:06.699><c> in</c><00:59:07.239><c> John</c><00:59:07.500><c> chapter</c>

00:59:07.760 --> 00:59:13.639
four<00:59:07.940><c> verse</c><00:59:08.280><c> 10.</c><00:59:08.800><c> He</c><00:59:08.800><c> said,</c><00:59:10.460><c> if</c><00:59:10.619><c> thou</c><00:59:11.099><c> knewest</c><00:59:12.300><c> the</c><00:59:13.000><c> gift</c><00:59:13.360><c> of</c>

00:59:13.639 --> 00:59:18.679
God,<00:59:14.320><c> Doria,</c><00:59:16.260><c> and</c><00:59:16.719><c> who</c><00:59:17.300><c> it</c><00:59:17.519><c> is</c><00:59:17.760><c> that</c><00:59:18.059><c> said</c><00:59:18.219><c> unto</c><00:59:18.480><c> thee,</c>

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give<00:59:18.860><c> me</c><00:59:19.039><c> to</c><00:59:19.260><c> drink,</c><00:59:20.760><c> thou</c><00:59:20.900><c> would</c><00:59:21.099><c> have</c><00:59:21.239><c> asked</c><00:59:21.460><c> of</c><00:59:21.699><c> him</c><00:59:22.400><c> water.</c>

00:59:23.539 --> 00:59:28.699
If<00:59:24.000><c> thou</c><00:59:24.380><c> knewest</c><00:59:25.320><c> the</c><00:59:25.980><c> gift</c><00:59:26.400><c> of</c><00:59:26.940><c> God</c><00:59:27.239><c> and</c><00:59:27.860><c> who</c><00:59:28.360><c> it</c>

00:59:28.699 --> 00:59:31.900
is<00:59:29.360><c> that</c><00:59:30.039><c> spoke</c><00:59:30.320><c> with</c><00:59:30.579><c> thee.</c><00:59:30.880><c> You</c><00:59:31.000><c> know</c><00:59:31.119><c> who</c><00:59:31.219><c> the</c><00:59:31.360><c> gift</c><00:59:31.539><c> of</c><00:59:31.760><c> God</c>

00:59:31.900 --> 00:59:35.659
was?<00:59:33.980><c> It's</c><00:59:34.320><c> the</c><00:59:34.460><c> Lord</c><00:59:34.579><c> himself.</c>

00:59:36.679 --> 00:59:44.320
He<00:59:37.519><c> was</c><00:59:37.920><c> the</c><00:59:38.079><c> gift.</c><00:59:40.039><c> Now</c><00:59:40.199><c> look</c><00:59:40.360><c> at</c><00:59:40.519><c> these</c><00:59:40.780><c> passages.</c><00:59:43.980><c> Romans</c>

00:59:44.320 --> 00:59:50.980
chapter<00:59:44.800><c> five</c><00:59:46.019><c> and</c><00:59:47.320><c> verse</c><00:59:47.619><c> 15.</c><00:59:49.880><c> For</c><00:59:50.119><c> if</c><00:59:50.539><c> through</c>

00:59:50.980 --> 00:59:56.960
the<00:59:51.219><c> offence</c><00:59:51.659><c> of</c><00:59:51.980><c> one,</c><00:59:52.880><c> many</c><00:59:53.179><c> be</c><00:59:53.480><c> dead,</c><00:59:55.519><c> much</c><00:59:55.940><c> more</c><00:59:56.280><c> the</c><00:59:56.639><c> grace</c>

00:59:56.960 --> 01:00:00.699
of<00:59:57.260><c> God</c><00:59:57.559><c> and</c><00:59:58.059><c> the</c><00:59:58.340><c> gift</c><00:59:59.079><c> Doria</c><00:59:59.679><c> by</c><01:00:00.219><c> grace,</c>

01:00:00.699 --> 01:00:07.300
which<01:00:01.019><c> is</c><01:00:01.340><c> by</c><01:00:01.599><c> one</c><01:00:01.940><c> man,</c><01:00:02.780><c> Jesus</c><01:00:03.320><c> Christ,</c><01:00:04.440><c> hath</c><01:00:05.619><c> abounded</c><01:00:05.980><c> unto</c><01:00:06.239><c> many.</c>

01:00:08.860 --> 01:00:14.980
The<01:00:09.179><c> gift</c><01:00:09.539><c> of</c><01:00:09.820><c> God</c><01:00:10.139><c> was</c><01:00:10.500><c> shown</c><01:00:10.900><c> in</c><01:00:11.280><c> the</c><01:00:11.480><c> fact</c><01:00:11.639><c> that</c><01:00:11.800><c> he</c><01:00:11.900><c> gave</c><01:00:12.320><c> his</c><01:00:12.699><c> only</c><01:00:13.079><c> begotten</c><01:00:13.679><c> son</c><01:00:14.239><c> as</c>

01:00:14.980 --> 01:00:17.579
a<01:00:15.400><c> sacrifice</c><01:00:16.199><c> for</c><01:00:16.679><c> us.</c>

01:00:18.780 --> 01:00:23.719
Romans<01:00:19.199><c> chapter</c><01:00:19.579><c> eight</c><01:00:19.860><c> verses</c><01:00:20.239><c> 31</c><01:00:20.760><c> and</c><01:00:21.019><c> 32.</c><01:00:21.840><c> If</c><01:00:22.340><c> God</c><01:00:23.199><c> be</c><01:00:23.500><c> for</c>

01:00:23.719 --> 01:00:28.320
us,<01:00:25.539><c> who</c><01:00:25.820><c> can</c><01:00:26.260><c> be</c><01:00:26.739><c> against</c><01:00:27.219><c> us?</c>

01:00:28.599 --> 01:00:35.099
He<01:00:29.179><c> that</c><01:00:29.780><c> spared</c><01:00:30.460><c> not</c><01:00:31.039><c> his</c><01:00:31.300><c> own</c><01:00:31.980><c> son,</c><01:00:33.840><c> but</c><01:00:34.000><c> delivered</c><01:00:34.420><c> him</c><01:00:34.699><c> up</c>

01:00:35.099 --> 01:00:39.940
for<01:00:35.340><c> us</c><01:00:35.579><c> all,</c><01:00:36.539><c> how</c><01:00:36.920><c> shall</c><01:00:37.320><c> he</c><01:00:37.719><c> not</c><01:00:38.099><c> with</c><01:00:38.599><c> him</c><01:00:39.360><c> also</c>

01:00:40.400 --> 01:00:49.659
freely<01:00:41.400><c> give</c><01:00:42.039><c> us</c><01:00:43.139><c> all</c><01:00:43.920><c> things?</c><01:00:46.320><c> Wasn't</c><01:00:47.480><c> that</c><01:00:47.760><c> the</c><01:00:48.019><c> unspeakable</c><01:00:48.539><c> gift?</c>

01:00:51.500 --> 01:00:57.400
And<01:00:52.179><c> of</c><01:00:52.380><c> course,</c><01:00:54.739><c> what</c><01:00:54.960><c> about</c><01:00:55.239><c> John</c><01:00:55.519><c> three</c><01:00:55.840><c> verse</c><01:00:56.139><c> 16?</c>

01:00:59.280 --> 01:01:06.139
For<01:00:59.519><c> God</c><01:01:00.340><c> so</c><01:01:00.960><c> loved</c><01:01:01.260><c> the</c><01:01:01.559><c> world</c><01:01:02.079><c> that</c><01:01:04.059><c> he</c><01:01:04.300><c> gave.</c><01:01:05.619><c> There's</c><01:01:05.940><c> the</c>

01:01:06.139 --> 01:01:11.099
word.<01:01:08.139><c> God</c><01:01:08.500><c> so</c><01:01:08.820><c> loved</c><01:01:08.980><c> the</c><01:01:09.239><c> world</c><01:01:09.440><c> that</c><01:01:09.699><c> he</c><01:01:10.260><c> gave</c>

01:01:12.000 --> 01:01:17.599
his<01:01:12.679><c> only</c><01:01:13.039><c> begotten</c><01:01:13.639><c> son,</c><01:01:16.320><c> that</c><01:01:16.460><c> whosoever</c><01:01:17.019><c> believeth</c><01:01:17.320><c> in</c>

01:01:17.599 --> 01:01:19.139
him<01:01:17.880><c> should</c><01:01:18.199><c> not</c><01:01:18.500><c> perish.</c>

01:01:19.159 --> 01:01:27.579
But<01:01:20.900><c> have</c><01:01:21.219><c> everlasting</c><01:01:22.239><c> life.</c><01:01:26.059><c> And</c><01:01:26.099><c> the</c><01:01:26.559><c> indescribable,</c>

01:01:27.800 --> 01:01:32.519
inexpressible,<01:01:29.480><c> unspeakable</c><01:01:30.440><c> gift</c><01:01:30.760><c> that</c><01:01:31.119><c> Yahweh</c><01:01:31.559><c> gave</c>

01:01:34.199 --> 01:01:40.780
was<01:01:34.659><c> finally</c><01:01:35.119><c> his</c><01:01:35.320><c> own</c><01:01:35.719><c> son</c><01:01:36.260><c> for</c><01:01:39.059><c> the</c><01:01:39.260><c> sins</c><01:01:39.440><c> of</c><01:01:39.619><c> the</c><01:01:39.760><c> world.</c>

01:01:42.519 --> 01:01:46.760
You<01:01:43.039><c> know</c><01:01:43.139><c> what</c><01:01:43.280><c> the</c><01:01:43.460><c> apostle's</c><01:01:44.119><c> saying</c><01:01:44.280><c> in</c><01:01:45.239><c> this</c><01:01:45.480><c> final</c><01:01:45.719><c> verse?</c>

01:01:48.159 --> 01:01:51.099
What<01:01:48.380><c> he's</c><01:01:48.760><c> saying</c><01:01:48.900><c> as</c><01:01:49.039><c> he</c><01:01:49.219><c> comes</c><01:01:49.420><c> to</c><01:01:49.639><c> the</c><01:01:49.679><c> conclusion</c><01:01:50.119><c> of</c><01:01:50.300><c> these</c><01:01:50.659><c> two</c>

01:01:51.099 --> 01:01:52.639
marvelous<01:01:51.659><c> chapters,</c><01:01:52.059><c> he</c><01:01:52.179><c> says,</c><01:01:52.360><c> you</c><01:01:52.480><c> know</c>

01:01:52.639 --> 01:01:58.920
what<01:01:52.760><c> brothers</c><01:01:53.019><c> and</c><01:01:53.260><c> sisters,</c><01:01:55.079><c> whatever</c><01:01:55.500><c> you</c><01:01:55.840><c> give,</c><01:01:57.039><c> you</c><01:01:58.639><c> can</c>

01:01:58.920 --> 01:02:03.719
never<01:01:59.159><c> ever</c><01:01:59.500><c> hope</c><01:01:59.719><c> to</c><01:02:00.039><c> match</c><01:02:01.059><c> what</c><01:02:02.440><c> God</c><01:02:02.699><c> gave.</c>

01:02:04.679 --> 01:02:09.480
Because<01:02:05.199><c> Yahweh</c><01:02:05.719><c> himself</c><01:02:06.480><c> is</c><01:02:07.300><c> the</c><01:02:07.460><c> supreme</c><01:02:08.699><c> giver.</c>

01:02:11.579 --> 01:02:16.619
We'll<01:02:11.699><c> never</c><01:02:11.920><c> give</c><01:02:12.239><c> what</c><01:02:12.420><c> he's</c><01:02:12.760><c> given.</c><01:02:15.139><c> And</c><01:02:15.340><c> even</c><01:02:15.559><c> if</c><01:02:15.739><c> we</c><01:02:15.900><c> endeavor</c><01:02:16.300><c> to</c>

01:02:16.619 --> 01:02:18.500
fulfill<01:02:17.039><c> that</c><01:02:17.380><c> spirit</c><01:02:17.619><c> of</c><01:02:17.920><c> giving</c><01:02:18.179><c> to</c><01:02:18.380><c> the</c>

01:02:18.500 --> 01:02:21.519
needs<01:02:18.719><c> of</c><01:02:18.960><c> others</c><01:02:19.139><c> all</c><01:02:19.739><c> our</c><01:02:20.039><c> life,</c><01:02:20.519><c> we'll</c><01:02:20.659><c> only</c><01:02:20.840><c> be</c><01:02:21.079><c> a</c><01:02:21.260><c> faint</c>

01:02:21.519 --> 01:02:25.900
shadow<01:02:21.960><c> of</c><01:02:22.380><c> the</c><01:02:23.320><c> wonder</c><01:02:23.679><c> of</c><01:02:23.920><c> what</c><01:02:24.099><c> God</c><01:02:24.400><c> has</c><01:02:24.619><c> done</c><01:02:24.840><c> for</c><01:02:25.039><c> us.</c>

01:02:25.920 --> 01:02:28.739
There's<01:02:26.440><c> the</c><01:02:26.719><c> moving</c><01:02:27.079><c> spirit,</c><01:02:27.619><c> says</c><01:02:27.699><c> the</c><01:02:27.960><c> apostle</c><01:02:28.239><c> finally,</c>

01:02:28.800 --> 01:02:30.260
to<01:02:28.940><c> whatever</c><01:02:29.199><c> we</c><01:02:29.460><c> do.</c>

01:02:30.400 --> 01:02:34.360
It's<01:02:30.880><c> the</c><01:02:31.079><c> Father</c><01:02:31.400><c> himself</c><01:02:32.059><c> who</c><01:02:32.460><c> is</c><01:02:32.719><c> the</c><01:02:32.860><c> great</c><01:02:33.300><c> giver.</c><01:02:34.139><c> And</c>

01:02:34.360 --> 01:02:36.519
in<01:02:34.780><c> giving</c><01:02:35.079><c> for</c><01:02:35.480><c> others,</c><01:02:35.940><c> says</c><01:02:36.000><c> the</c><01:02:36.260><c> apostle,</c>

01:02:36.659 --> 01:02:43.900
all<01:02:37.179><c> we're</c><01:02:37.679><c> doing,</c><01:02:38.880><c> frankly,</c><01:02:40.440><c> is</c><01:02:40.800><c> echoing</c><01:02:41.340><c> the</c><01:02:41.940><c> Spirit</c><01:02:42.559><c> of</c>

01:02:43.900 --> 01:02:45.599
God<01:02:44.340><c> himself.</c>

01:02:47.099 --> 01:02:54.820
Grace<01:02:47.679><c> be</c><01:02:48.280><c> unto</c><01:02:48.739><c> God</c><01:02:49.360><c> for</c><01:02:50.760><c> his</c><01:02:52.280><c> unspeakable</c><01:02:53.760><c> gift.</c>

01:02:56.619 --> 01:03:01.619
Now<01:02:57.420><c> brothers</c><01:02:57.619><c> and</c><01:02:57.860><c> sisters,</c><01:03:00.360><c> I</c><01:03:00.400><c> want</c><01:03:00.639><c> you</c><01:03:00.739><c> to</c><01:03:00.840><c> hear</c><01:03:00.940><c> the</c><01:03:01.159><c> words</c><01:03:01.360><c> of</c>

01:03:01.619 --> 01:03:03.820
the<01:03:01.760><c> closing</c><01:03:02.059><c> hymn,</c>

01:03:04.440 --> 01:03:09.039
which<01:03:04.840><c> take</c><01:03:05.099><c> up</c><01:03:05.320><c> the</c><01:03:05.639><c> spirit</c><01:03:06.179><c> of</c><01:03:07.760><c> this</c><01:03:08.019><c> passage.</c>

01:03:11.239 --> 01:03:20.400
O<01:03:12.039><c> Lord</c><01:03:12.519><c> of</c><01:03:12.699><c> heaven</c><01:03:13.360><c> and</c><01:03:14.659><c> earth</c><01:03:15.360><c> and</c><01:03:16.179><c> sea,</c><01:03:18.420><c> to</c><01:03:18.599><c> thee</c><01:03:18.840><c> all</c><01:03:19.179><c> praise</c><01:03:19.800><c> and</c>

01:03:20.400 --> 01:03:21.920
glory<01:03:20.760><c> be,</c>

01:03:22.420 --> 01:03:28.360
How<01:03:23.260><c> shall</c><01:03:23.679><c> we</c><01:03:23.920><c> show</c><01:03:24.139><c> our</c><01:03:24.400><c> love</c><01:03:24.619><c> to</c><01:03:24.900><c> thee,</c><01:03:26.019><c> who</c><01:03:26.519><c> givest</c><01:03:27.119><c> all?</c>

01:03:30.400 --> 01:03:36.199
The<01:03:30.579><c> golden</c><01:03:31.079><c> sunshine,</c><01:03:32.940><c> vernal</c><01:03:33.280><c> air,</c><01:03:35.179><c> sweet</c><01:03:35.420><c> flowers</c><01:03:35.840><c> and</c>

01:03:36.199 --> 01:03:37.420
fruit<01:03:36.579><c> thy</c><01:03:36.800><c> love</c><01:03:37.099><c> declare,</c>

01:03:37.579 --> 01:03:44.559
When<01:03:38.260><c> harvests</c><01:03:39.199><c> ripen,</c><01:03:40.599><c> thou</c><01:03:40.860><c> art</c><01:03:41.280><c> there,</c><01:03:43.539><c> who</c><01:03:43.800><c> givest</c><01:03:44.139><c> all.</c>

01:03:44.559 --> 01:03:51.980
For<01:03:46.880><c> peaceful</c><01:03:47.460><c> homes</c><01:03:48.260><c> and</c><01:03:49.460><c> healthful</c><01:03:50.059><c> days,</c><01:03:50.920><c> for</c><01:03:51.139><c> all</c><01:03:51.599><c> the</c>

01:03:51.980 --> 01:03:54.820
blessings<01:03:52.920><c> earth</c><01:03:53.599><c> displays,</c>

01:03:55.800 --> 01:04:04.500
We<01:03:56.119><c> owe</c><01:03:56.900><c> thee</c><01:03:58.719><c> thankfulness</c><01:04:00.500><c> and</c><01:04:02.179><c> praise.</c><01:04:04.079><c> Thanks</c><01:04:04.179><c> be</c><01:04:04.380><c> unto</c>

01:04:04.500 --> 01:04:08.079
God,<01:04:06.280><c> who</c><01:04:06.519><c> givest</c><01:04:06.880><c> all.</c>

01:04:08.139 --> 01:04:19.719
Thou<01:04:10.280><c> didst</c><01:04:10.840><c> not</c><01:04:11.260><c> spare</c><01:04:12.019><c> thine</c><01:04:13.300><c> only</c><01:04:13.699><c> Son,</c><01:04:16.239><c> but</c><01:04:16.500><c> gavest</c><01:04:17.179><c> him</c><01:04:18.039><c> for</c><01:04:19.539><c> a</c>

01:04:19.719 --> 01:04:21.179
world<01:04:19.980><c> undone,</c>

01:04:22.539 --> 01:04:30.960
And<01:04:23.179><c> freely,</c><01:04:25.460><c> with</c><01:04:25.800><c> that</c><01:04:26.519><c> blessed</c><01:04:26.900><c> one,</c><01:04:29.179><c> thou</c><01:04:29.440><c> givest</c><01:04:29.760><c> all.</c>

01:04:32.519 --> 01:04:37.739
Thanks<01:04:33.199><c> be</c><01:04:33.400><c> unto</c><01:04:33.579><c> God,</c><01:04:34.460><c> brothers</c><01:04:34.599><c> and</c><01:04:34.860><c> sisters,</c><01:04:37.239><c> for</c><01:04:37.460><c> his</c>

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unspeakable<01:04:38.860><c> gift.</c>