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pure,<00:14:02.440><c> then</c><00:14:02.639><c> peaceable,</c><00:14:03.899><c> gentle</c><00:14:04.399><c> and</c><00:14:05.039><c> easy</c><00:14:05.399><c> to</c><00:14:05.639><c> be</c><00:14:05.799><c> entreated,</c>

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full<00:14:07.059><c> of</c><00:14:07.259><c> mercy</c><00:14:07.600><c> and</c><00:14:07.879><c> good</c><00:14:08.120><c> fruits</c><00:14:08.740><c> without</c><00:14:09.740><c> partiality</c><00:14:10.659><c> and</c>

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without<00:14:11.240><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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them<00:14:17.779><c> that</c><00:14:18.299><c> make</c><00:14:18.759><c> peace.</c>

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we<00:14:25.960><c> have</c><00:14:26.519><c> an</c><00:14:27.019><c> inner</c><00:14:27.320><c> peace</c><00:14:27.879><c> that</c><00:14:28.500><c> allows</c><00:14:28.840><c> us</c><00:14:29.159><c> to</c><00:14:29.360><c> rise</c><00:14:29.600><c> above</c>

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disturbing<00:14:30.759><c> circumstances</c><00:14:31.679><c> and</c><00:14:32.700><c> live</c><00:14:33.059><c> at</c><00:14:33.659><c> peace</c><00:14:34.220><c> with</c><00:14:34.679><c> each</c><00:14:35.000><c> other.</c>

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And<00:14:36.120><c> it's</c><00:14:36.320><c> those</c><00:14:36.519><c> two</c><00:14:37.259><c> prongs,</c><00:14:37.720><c> if</c><00:14:37.879><c> you</c><00:14:38.080><c> like,</c><00:14:39.059><c> the</c><00:14:39.320><c> two</c><00:14:39.559><c> aspects</c><00:14:40.120><c> to</c><00:14:40.419><c> peace.</c>

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We<00:14:42.100><c> have</c><00:14:42.480><c> inner</c><00:14:42.860><c> peace</c><00:14:43.159><c> for</c><00:14:43.460><c> ourselves</c><00:14:44.200><c> and</c><00:14:45.100><c> we</c><00:14:45.440><c> live</c><00:14:45.759><c> at</c><00:14:46.299><c> peace</c><00:14:46.899><c> with</c>

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each<00:14:47.740><c> other.</c>

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It's<00:14:49.100><c> quite</c><00:14:49.340><c> easily</c><00:14:49.759><c> said,</c><00:14:50.240><c> isn't</c><00:14:50.299><c> it?</c><00:14:50.879><c> But</c><00:14:51.100><c> we</c><00:14:51.279><c> all</c><00:14:51.519><c> find</c><00:14:51.799><c> it's</c><00:14:52.120><c> quite</c><00:14:52.399><c> difficult</c><00:14:53.139><c> in</c><00:14:53.659><c> practice.</c>

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The<00:14:56.559><c> next</c><00:14:56.840><c> in</c><00:14:57.019><c> our</c><00:14:57.259><c> list</c><00:14:57.700><c> is</c><00:14:58.360><c> the</c><00:14:58.500><c> word</c><00:14:58.940><c> long</c><00:14:59.580><c>-suffering.</c>

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Literally<00:15:02.179><c> in</c><00:15:02.360><c> the</c><00:15:02.539><c> Greek</c><00:15:02.679><c> it</c><00:15:02.860><c> means</c><00:15:03.360><c> long</c><00:15:04.000><c> temper.</c>

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And<00:15:06.039><c> there's</c><00:15:06.179><c> some</c><00:15:06.460><c> confusion</c><00:15:07.000><c> in</c><00:15:07.240><c> English</c><00:15:07.519><c> because</c><00:15:07.899><c> there</c>

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are<00:15:08.279><c> two</c><00:15:08.539><c> quite</c><00:15:08.899><c> different</c><00:15:09.480><c> Greek</c><00:15:09.779><c> words</c><00:15:10.399><c> that</c><00:15:10.860><c> are</c><00:15:11.100><c> both</c><00:15:11.399><c> translated</c><00:15:12.059><c> as</c><00:15:12.500><c> patience.</c>

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The<00:15:14.879><c> word</c><00:15:15.179><c> here</c><00:15:15.440><c> in</c><00:15:15.679><c> Galatians</c><00:15:16.220><c> in</c><00:15:16.399><c> our</c><00:15:16.600><c> list,</c><00:15:16.980><c> the</c><00:15:17.100><c> word</c><00:15:17.399><c> long</c><00:15:17.820><c>-suffering,</c>

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is<00:15:19.659><c> mostly</c><00:15:20.179><c> translated</c><00:15:20.919><c> in</c><00:15:21.379><c> the</c><00:15:21.620><c> AV</c><00:15:21.879><c> as</c><00:15:22.080><c> long</c><00:15:22.419><c>-suffering</c><00:15:23.120><c> and</c>

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occasionally<00:15:24.240><c> patience.</c>

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never<00:15:29.879><c> as</c><00:15:30.100><c> long</c><00:15:30.340><c>-suffering.</c>

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I'm<00:15:31.820><c> going</c><00:15:31.919><c> to</c><00:15:32.220><c> in</c><00:15:32.320><c> a</c><00:15:32.500><c> moment</c><00:15:32.840><c> have</c><00:15:33.379><c> a</c><00:15:33.399><c> look</c><00:15:33.580><c> at</c><00:15:33.840><c> Vine's</c><00:15:34.379><c> definition</c><00:15:34.940><c> because</c><00:15:35.620><c> it</c><00:15:35.960><c> illustrates</c><00:15:36.379><c> the</c>

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difference<00:15:36.980><c> between</c><00:15:37.360><c> them</c><00:15:37.879><c> quite</c><00:15:38.259><c> well.</c>

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If<00:15:38.620><c> we</c><00:15:38.759><c> could</c><00:15:38.879><c> have</c><00:15:39.080><c> the</c><00:15:39.279><c> first</c><00:15:39.679><c> of</c><00:15:40.340><c> those</c><00:15:40.659><c> slides,</c><00:15:40.980><c> please,</c><00:15:41.460><c> Daniel.</c>

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So<00:15:43.879><c> this</c><00:15:44.100><c> is</c><00:15:44.360><c> our</c><00:15:44.559><c> word</c><00:15:44.899><c> in</c><00:15:45.399><c> Galatians,</c><00:15:46.679><c> the</c><00:15:46.879><c> word</c><00:15:47.179><c> long</c><00:15:47.580><c>-suffering.</c>

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And<00:15:49.639><c> Vine</c><00:15:49.899><c> says</c><00:15:50.179><c> of</c><00:15:50.379><c> it,</c><00:15:51.460><c> it</c><00:15:51.580><c> is</c><00:15:51.799><c> that</c><00:15:52.059><c> quality</c><00:15:52.659><c> with</c><00:15:53.500><c> only</c><00:15:53.799><c> one</c>

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of,<00:15:54.539><c> which</c><00:15:54.779><c> I</c><00:15:54.960><c> didn't</c><00:15:55.159><c> notice</c><00:15:55.460><c> until</c><00:15:55.740><c> I</c><00:15:55.940><c> just</c><00:15:56.139><c> read</c><00:15:56.279><c> that</c>

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slide<00:15:56.799><c> then.</c>

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It's<00:15:58.200><c> that</c><00:15:58.360><c> quality</c><00:15:58.860><c> of</c><00:15:59.460><c> self</c><00:15:59.799><c>-restraint</c><00:16:00.639><c> in</c><00:16:00.960><c> the</c><00:16:01.159><c> face</c><00:16:01.379><c> of</c><00:16:01.639><c> provocation,</c><00:16:02.799><c> which</c><00:16:03.059><c> does</c><00:16:03.340><c> not</c><00:16:03.559><c> hastily</c><00:16:04.159><c> retaliate</c><00:16:04.919><c> or</c>

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promptly<00:16:05.559><c> punish.</c>

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It<00:16:07.100><c> is</c><00:16:07.340><c> the</c><00:16:07.539><c> opposite</c><00:16:08.000><c> of</c><00:16:08.320><c> anger</c><00:16:08.919><c> and</c><00:16:09.779><c> is</c><00:16:10.000><c> associated</c><00:16:10.580><c> with</c><00:16:10.919><c> mercy</c><00:16:11.399><c> and</c><00:16:11.899><c> is</c>

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So<00:16:13.820><c> that's</c><00:16:14.159><c> the</c><00:16:14.299><c> word</c><00:16:14.519><c> that</c><00:16:14.639><c> we're</c><00:16:14.919><c> going</c><00:16:14.919><c> to</c><00:16:15.100><c> talk</c><00:16:15.279><c> about.</c>

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please,<00:16:19.700><c> Daniel.</c>

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translated<00:16:24.759><c> patience.</c>

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surrender<00:16:30.039><c> to</c><00:16:30.419><c> circumstances</c><00:16:31.100><c> or</c><00:16:31.799><c> succumb</c><00:16:32.179><c> under</c><00:16:32.539><c> trial.</c>

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It<00:16:33.600><c> is</c><00:16:33.899><c> the</c><00:16:34.019><c> opposite</c><00:16:34.419><c> of</c><00:16:34.740><c> despondency</c><00:16:35.440><c> and</c><00:16:35.659><c> is</c><00:16:36.240><c> associated</c>

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with<00:16:37.039><c> hope.</c>

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It<00:16:37.940><c> is</c><00:16:38.320><c> not</c><00:16:38.519><c> used</c><00:16:39.000><c> of</c><00:16:39.220><c> God.</c>

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So<00:16:42.799><c> since</c><00:16:43.240><c> that</c><00:16:43.639><c> word,</c><00:16:44.720><c> hupermon,</c><00:16:45.240><c> or</c><00:16:45.500><c> something</c><00:16:45.840><c> like</c><00:16:46.179><c> that,</c>

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is<00:16:48.940><c> the</c><00:16:49.419><c> word</c><00:16:49.700><c> that</c><00:16:50.000><c> refers</c><00:16:50.919><c> to</c><00:16:51.419><c> endurance</c><00:16:51.799><c> under</c><00:16:52.220><c> adverse</c><00:16:52.919><c> circumstances,</c>

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we<00:16:54.440><c> can</c><00:16:54.679><c> readily</c><00:16:55.019><c> see</c><00:16:55.299><c> why</c><00:16:55.600><c> it's</c><00:16:55.899><c> not</c><00:16:56.120><c> used</c><00:16:56.320><c> of</c><00:16:56.519><c> God.</c>

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God<00:17:01.559><c> doesn't</c><00:17:01.879><c> need</c><00:17:02.159><c> to</c><00:17:02.340><c> endure</c><00:17:02.679><c> anything.</c>

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God<00:17:05.380><c> has</c><00:17:05.599><c> given</c><00:17:05.759><c> us</c><00:17:06.160><c> free</c><00:17:06.480><c> will,</c><00:17:07.279><c> which</c><00:17:07.539><c> we</c><00:17:07.819><c> have</c><00:17:08.119><c> abused,</c><00:17:09.240><c> and</c>

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he<00:17:09.599><c> often</c><00:17:09.920><c> needs</c><00:17:10.299><c> to</c><00:17:10.680><c> exercise</c><00:17:11.059><c> patience</c><00:17:11.700><c> with</c><00:17:12.099><c> us,</c><00:17:12.759><c> which</c><00:17:13.039><c> is</c>

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that<00:17:13.539><c> first</c><00:17:13.920><c> word.</c>

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I<00:17:16.880><c> think</c><00:17:17.099><c> it's</c><00:17:17.819><c> probably</c><00:17:18.220><c> much</c><00:17:18.599><c> easier</c><00:17:19.400><c> for</c><00:17:20.240><c> us</c><00:17:20.700><c> to</c><00:17:21.599><c> display</c>

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endurance,<00:17:23.920><c> this</c><00:17:24.259><c> word</c><00:17:24.500><c> that</c><00:17:24.660><c> you</c><00:17:24.720><c> can</c><00:17:24.920><c> see</c><00:17:25.019><c> on</c><00:17:25.180><c> the</c><00:17:25.359><c> screen</c>

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before<00:17:25.900><c> you.</c>

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I<00:17:26.559><c> think</c><00:17:26.680><c> we</c><00:17:26.880><c> find</c><00:17:27.339><c> that</c><00:17:27.859><c> easier</c><00:17:28.480><c> than</c><00:17:29.640><c> long</c><00:17:30.059><c>-suffering.</c>

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Because<00:17:32.140><c> this</c><00:17:32.680><c> word,</c><00:17:33.640><c> patience,</c><00:17:34.339><c> or</c><00:17:34.559><c> the</c><00:17:34.660><c> idea</c><00:17:34.980><c> of</c><00:17:35.240><c> endurance,</c><00:17:37.200><c> often</c><00:17:37.420><c> involves</c><00:17:37.960><c> circumstances</c><00:17:38.819><c> over</c><00:17:39.259><c> which</c><00:17:39.440><c> we</c>

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have<00:17:39.799><c> no</c><00:17:40.059><c> control.</c>

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So<00:17:42.180><c> we</c><00:17:42.400><c> say</c><00:17:43.099><c> that</c><00:17:43.880><c> which</c><00:17:44.140><c> can't</c><00:17:44.460><c> be</c><00:17:44.779><c> cured</c><00:17:45.160><c> must</c><00:17:45.579><c> be</c><00:17:45.859><c> endured,</c>

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and<00:17:46.319><c> we</c><00:17:46.480><c> just</c><00:17:46.960><c> plod</c><00:17:47.220><c> along,</c><00:17:48.319><c> stoically</c><00:17:49.119><c> accepting</c><00:17:49.880><c> that</c><00:17:50.099><c> there</c><00:17:50.359><c> is</c>

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little<00:17:50.839><c> alternative.</c>

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But<00:17:54.539><c> the</c><00:17:54.779><c> word</c><00:17:55.079><c> we</c><00:17:55.259><c> want</c><00:17:55.500><c> to</c><00:17:55.740><c> consider</c><00:17:56.359><c> is</c><00:17:57.299><c> about</c><00:17:57.759><c> tolerating</c>

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idiots,<00:18:01.960><c> about</c><00:18:02.259><c> dealing</c><00:18:02.940><c> gently</c><00:18:03.519><c> with</c><00:18:03.920><c> aggravating</c><00:18:04.720><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:18:07.480><c> far</c><00:18:07.839><c> more</c><00:18:08.180><c> challenging.</c>

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It's<00:18:11.420><c> that</c><00:18:11.980><c> that's</c><00:18:12.440><c> the</c><00:18:12.599><c> fruit</c><00:18:12.880><c> of</c><00:18:13.279><c> the</c><00:18:13.480><c> spirit.</c>

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It's<00:18:16.039><c> related</c><00:18:16.460><c> to</c><00:18:16.779><c> the</c><00:18:17.000><c> forbearance</c><00:18:18.200><c> of</c><00:18:18.420><c> which</c><00:18:18.599><c> Paul</c><00:18:18.880><c> praised</c>

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the<00:18:20.240><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:20.779><c> for</c><00:18:21.500><c> suffering</c><00:18:22.140><c> fools</c><00:18:22.920><c> gladly.</c>

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And<00:18:26.700><c> perhaps</c><00:18:26.960><c> we</c><00:18:27.240><c> understand</c><00:18:28.319><c> the</c><00:18:29.940><c> endurance</c><00:18:30.819><c> in</c><00:18:31.359><c> our</c><00:18:31.619><c> list</c>

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of<00:18:32.019><c> the</c><00:18:32.180><c> fruit</c><00:18:32.279><c> of</c><00:18:32.460><c> the</c><00:18:32.660><c> spirit</c><00:18:32.900><c> by</c><00:18:33.240><c> considering</c><00:18:33.799><c> the</c><00:18:34.160><c> opposite.</c>

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A<00:18:37.079><c> short</c><00:18:37.339><c> temper.</c>

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So<00:18:40.599><c> long</c><00:18:41.140><c>-suffering</c><00:18:41.559><c> means</c><00:18:41.960><c> a</c><00:18:42.259><c> long</c><00:18:42.559><c> temper.</c>

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The<00:18:43.220><c> opposite</c><00:18:43.660><c> is</c><00:18:44.000><c> a</c><00:18:44.240><c> short</c><00:18:44.579><c> fuse,</c><00:18:46.039><c> often</c><00:18:46.440><c> associated</c><00:18:47.099><c> with</c>

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an<00:18:47.740><c> acid</c><00:18:47.980><c> tongue,</c><00:18:49.079><c> with</c><00:18:49.359><c> harsh</c><00:18:49.640><c> words,</c><00:18:50.940><c> with</c><00:18:51.599><c> angry</c><00:18:52.099><c> looks.</c>

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And<00:18:54.059><c> those</c><00:18:54.259><c> things</c><00:18:54.579><c> are</c><00:18:54.799><c> the</c><00:18:54.900><c> very</c><00:18:55.259><c> opposite</c><00:18:55.920><c> of</c><00:18:56.519><c> long</c><00:18:56.839><c>-suffering.</c>

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It's<00:18:59.440><c> difficult.</c><00:19:00.259><c> It's</c><00:19:00.640><c> not</c><00:19:00.819><c> impossible</c><00:19:01.599><c> to</c><00:19:02.140><c> show</c><00:19:02.400><c> the</c><00:19:02.640><c> love</c>

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of<00:19:03.039><c> God</c><00:19:03.440><c> when</c><00:19:04.019><c> we're</c><00:19:04.480><c> angry.</c>

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James<00:19:07.079><c> wrote,</c><00:19:08.519><c> Wherefore,</c><00:19:08.960><c> my</c><00:19:09.220><c> beloved</c><00:19:09.619><c> brethren,</c><00:19:10.579><c> let</c><00:19:10.819><c> every</c><00:19:11.180><c> man</c>

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be<00:19:11.839><c> swift</c><00:19:12.299><c> to</c><00:19:12.740><c> hear,</c><00:19:14.220><c> slow</c><00:19:14.660><c> to</c><00:19:15.019><c> speak,</c><00:19:16.460><c> slow</c><00:19:16.859><c> to</c><00:19:17.180><c> wrath.</c>

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For<00:19:19.160><c> the</c><00:19:19.380><c> wrath</c><00:19:19.539><c> of</c><00:19:19.779><c> man</c><00:19:20.559><c> worketh</c><00:19:21.099><c> not</c><00:19:21.380><c> the</c><00:19:21.619><c> righteousness</c><00:19:22.119><c> of</c><00:19:22.480><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:19:23.819><c> James</c><00:19:24.119><c> 1</c><00:19:24.380><c> verse</c><00:19:24.619><c> 19</c><00:19:25.180><c> to</c><00:19:25.359><c> 20.</c>

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While<00:19:27.880><c> he</c><00:19:28.059><c> doesn't</c><00:19:28.359><c> in</c><00:19:28.519><c> that</c><00:19:28.799><c> passage</c><00:19:29.119><c> use</c><00:19:29.440><c> the</c><00:19:29.640><c> word</c><00:19:29.799><c> long</c><00:19:30.160><c>-suffering,</c><00:19:31.220><c> he</c>

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describes<00:19:32.200><c> it.</c>

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Slow<00:19:33.839><c> to</c><00:19:34.200><c> speak</c><00:19:34.559><c> and</c><00:19:35.359><c> slow</c><00:19:35.660><c> to</c><00:19:35.920><c> wrath.</c>

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If<00:19:37.740><c> we</c><00:19:37.900><c> could</c><00:19:38.039><c> have</c><00:19:38.220><c> the</c><00:19:38.380><c> next</c><00:19:38.599><c> slide,</c><00:19:38.940><c> please,</c><00:19:39.160><c> Daniel.</c>

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The<00:19:43.559><c> passage</c><00:19:43.880><c> on</c><00:19:44.079><c> the</c><00:19:44.279><c> screen</c><00:19:44.519><c> there</c><00:19:44.779><c> from</c><00:19:45.240><c> Proverbs</c><00:19:46.400><c> makes</c><00:19:47.160><c> it</c><00:19:47.519><c> clear</c><00:19:47.900><c> that</c><00:19:48.559><c> long</c><00:19:49.019><c>-suffering</c><00:19:49.700><c> is</c><00:19:50.180><c> not</c><00:19:50.539><c> the</c><00:19:50.759><c> result</c><00:19:51.240><c> of</c><00:19:51.740><c> a</c>

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mild<00:19:52.460><c> character,</c><00:19:54.400><c> but</c><00:19:54.599><c> of</c><00:19:54.920><c> inner</c><00:19:55.240><c> strength.</c>

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Anger<00:19:57.900><c> is</c><00:19:58.019><c> like</c><00:19:58.319><c> a</c><00:19:58.500><c> beast</c><00:19:58.779><c> that</c><00:19:59.000><c> must</c><00:19:59.220><c> be</c><00:19:59.559><c> restrained,</c><00:20:01.160><c> or</c>

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better<00:20:01.599><c> yet,</c><00:20:02.440><c> tamed.</c>

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So<00:20:05.099><c> long</c><00:20:05.440><c>-suffering</c><00:20:06.339><c> means</c><00:20:06.980><c> you</c><00:20:07.200><c> have</c><00:20:07.380><c> the</c><00:20:07.640><c> strength</c><00:20:07.980><c> of</c><00:20:08.380><c> character</c><00:20:08.859><c> to</c>

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withhold,<00:20:11.079><c> to</c><00:20:11.259><c> forbear,</c><00:20:12.700><c> to</c><00:20:12.920><c> rein</c><00:20:13.279><c> in</c><00:20:14.680><c> our</c><00:20:15.480><c> inner</c><00:20:15.960><c> beast,</c><00:20:16.539><c> as</c>

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it<00:20:16.920><c> were.</c>

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Seems<00:20:19.079><c> easy</c><00:20:19.420><c> to</c><00:20:19.660><c> say</c><00:20:20.240><c> in</c><00:20:21.539><c> theory,</c><00:20:22.500><c> but</c><00:20:22.619><c> I</c><00:20:22.839><c> dare</c><00:20:23.019><c> say</c><00:20:23.240><c> we</c><00:20:23.440><c> all</c><00:20:23.660><c> know</c><00:20:23.880><c> how</c><00:20:24.220><c> hard</c><00:20:24.420><c> it</c>

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is<00:20:25.200><c> in</c><00:20:25.539><c> practice.</c>

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And<00:20:28.380><c> it's</c><00:20:28.640><c> in</c><00:20:28.799><c> practice</c><00:20:29.160><c> where</c><00:20:29.519><c> things</c><00:20:29.900><c> get</c><00:20:30.500><c> a</c><00:20:30.559><c> little</c><00:20:30.859><c> tricky.</c>

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Those<00:20:33.680><c> who</c><00:20:33.859><c> know</c><00:20:33.980><c> me</c><00:20:34.240><c> well</c><00:20:34.460><c> will</c><00:20:35.019><c> identify</c><00:20:35.759><c> that</c><00:20:36.000><c> I</c><00:20:36.079><c> don't</c><00:20:36.359><c> manage</c><00:20:36.740><c> this</c><00:20:37.799><c> perhaps</c><00:20:38.380><c> as</c>

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well<00:20:38.799><c> as</c><00:20:38.980><c> I</c><00:20:39.240><c> should.</c>

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So<00:20:40.940><c> in</c><00:20:41.160><c> offering</c><00:20:41.599><c> advice</c><00:20:42.099><c> that</c><00:20:42.400><c> we</c><00:20:42.740><c> ought</c><00:20:43.019><c> to</c><00:20:43.279><c> be</c><00:20:44.039><c> long</c><00:20:44.500><c>-suffering,</c><00:20:46.240><c> I'm</c><00:20:46.420><c> only</c><00:20:46.819><c> too</c><00:20:47.099><c> aware</c><00:20:47.339><c> that</c><00:20:48.039><c> the</c><00:20:48.400><c> first</c><00:20:48.660><c> one</c><00:20:48.920><c> who</c><00:20:49.119><c> needs</c><00:20:49.460><c> this</c><00:20:49.779><c> advice</c><00:20:50.319><c> is</c><00:20:50.819><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:20:53.259><c> for</c><00:20:53.420><c> each</c><00:20:53.720><c> of</c><00:20:53.859><c> us,</c><00:20:54.440><c> there</c><00:20:54.579><c> are</c><00:20:54.819><c> different</c><00:20:55.200><c> things</c><00:20:55.640><c> that</c>

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push<00:20:56.160><c> our</c><00:20:56.400><c> buttons,</c><00:20:57.200><c> as</c><00:20:57.480><c> we</c><00:20:57.660><c> might</c><00:20:57.900><c> say.</c>

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What<00:20:59.799><c> annoys</c><00:21:00.240><c> me,</c><00:21:00.920><c> you</c><00:21:01.160><c> can</c><00:21:01.420><c> accept</c><00:21:01.779><c> with</c><00:21:02.019><c> good</c><00:21:02.259><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:21:04.279><c> what</c><00:21:04.500><c> bothers</c><00:21:04.799><c> you</c><00:21:05.119><c> might</c><00:21:05.380><c> not</c><00:21:05.720><c> disturb</c><00:21:06.160><c> me</c><00:21:06.500><c> at</c><00:21:06.700><c> all.</c>

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So<00:21:08.400><c> the</c><00:21:08.660><c> advice</c><00:21:08.980><c> I'm</c><00:21:09.220><c> going</c><00:21:09.559><c> to</c><00:21:10.359><c> offer</c><00:21:10.839><c> is</c><00:21:11.859><c> necessarily</c><00:21:12.599><c> generic.</c>

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We<00:21:17.140><c> might</c><00:21:17.559><c> firstly</c><00:21:17.940><c> note</c><00:21:18.539><c> that</c><00:21:19.160><c> long</c><00:21:19.440><c>-suffering</c><00:21:20.259><c> is</c><00:21:20.880><c> not</c><00:21:21.119><c> about</c><00:21:21.599><c> our</c>

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character<00:21:22.799><c> or</c><00:21:23.680><c> our</c><00:21:24.140><c> temperament.</c>

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Some<00:21:26.420><c> of</c><00:21:26.559><c> us</c><00:21:26.700><c> are</c><00:21:26.920><c> naturally</c><00:21:27.400><c> pleasant,</c><00:21:29.059><c> and</c><00:21:29.220><c> others</c><00:21:29.480><c> of</c><00:21:29.579><c> us</c>

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are<00:21:30.140><c> naturally</c><00:21:30.559><c> fiery.</c>

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This<00:21:32.519><c> fruit</c><00:21:32.759><c> of</c><00:21:32.960><c> the</c><00:21:33.220><c> spirit</c><00:21:33.640><c> is</c><00:21:34.140><c> not</c><00:21:34.380><c> related</c><00:21:34.880><c> to</c><00:21:35.180><c> natural</c><00:21:35.660><c> things.</c>

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It's<00:21:37.099><c> not</c><00:21:37.299><c> about,</c><00:21:37.900><c> well,</c><00:21:37.940><c> if</c><00:21:38.099><c> you're</c><00:21:39.180><c> a</c><00:21:39.299><c> placid</c><00:21:39.759><c> person,</c><00:21:40.160><c> that's</c><00:21:40.500><c> a</c><00:21:40.619><c> good</c><00:21:40.839><c> thing,</c><00:21:41.079><c> and</c><00:21:41.200><c> that's</c><00:21:41.519><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:21:42.039><c> thing.</c>

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Well,<00:21:44.019><c> it</c><00:21:44.319><c> might</c><00:21:44.579><c> be</c><00:21:44.819><c> a</c><00:21:44.900><c> good</c><00:21:45.059><c> thing</c><00:21:45.240><c> to</c><00:21:45.420><c> be</c><00:21:45.619><c> placid,</c><00:21:45.940><c> but</c><00:21:46.059><c> that's</c><00:21:46.299><c> not</c>

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what<00:21:46.660><c> Paul</c><00:21:46.940><c> is</c><00:21:48.180><c> bringing</c><00:21:48.519><c> our</c><00:21:48.819><c> attention</c><00:21:49.240><c> to.</c>

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A<00:21:51.380><c> timid</c><00:21:51.779><c> and</c><00:21:52.160><c> a</c><00:21:52.380><c> gentle</c><00:21:52.640><c> person</c><00:21:53.440><c> may</c><00:21:53.960><c> be</c><00:21:54.180><c> just</c><00:21:54.500><c> as</c><00:21:54.799><c> angry,</c><00:21:56.140><c> but</c>

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they're<00:21:56.839><c> angry</c><00:21:57.140><c> on</c><00:21:57.400><c> the</c><00:21:57.579><c> inside.</c>

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It<00:22:00.220><c> might</c><00:22:00.500><c> do</c><00:22:00.680><c> a</c><00:22:00.759><c> lot</c><00:22:00.920><c> less</c><00:22:01.220><c> damage</c><00:22:01.880><c> to</c><00:22:02.759><c> be</c><00:22:03.200><c> angry</c><00:22:03.500><c> on</c><00:22:03.759><c> the</c><00:22:03.920><c> inside,</c><00:22:04.559><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:04.940><c> reserved</c><00:22:05.539><c> in</c><00:22:05.940><c> spirit,</c><00:22:06.880><c> and</c><00:22:06.980><c> to</c><00:22:07.099><c> be</c><00:22:07.460><c> fiery.</c>

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But<00:22:08.700><c> long</c><00:22:08.980><c>-suffering</c><00:22:09.400><c> is</c><00:22:09.720><c> not</c><00:22:10.000><c> a</c><00:22:10.119><c> product</c><00:22:10.519><c> of</c><00:22:10.779><c> natural</c><00:22:11.359><c> timidity.</c>

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It's<00:22:13.660><c> a</c><00:22:13.759><c> product</c><00:22:14.160><c> of</c><00:22:14.400><c> the</c><00:22:14.619><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:22:17.420><c> because</c><00:22:17.740><c> long</c><00:22:18.079><c>-suffering</c><00:22:18.400><c> is</c><00:22:18.640><c> a</c><00:22:18.720><c> product</c><00:22:19.099><c> of</c><00:22:19.299><c> the</c><00:22:19.579><c> spirit,</c><00:22:20.519><c> it</c><00:22:20.700><c> takes</c><00:22:21.059><c> away</c><00:22:21.339><c> the</c>

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excuse<00:22:22.059><c> that</c><00:22:22.240><c> we</c><00:22:22.440><c> might</c><00:22:22.619><c> say,</c>

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Well,<00:22:23.420><c> it's</c><00:22:23.799><c> just</c><00:22:24.019><c> how</c><00:22:24.299><c> I</c><00:22:24.500><c> am.</c><00:22:25.140><c> I</c><00:22:25.400><c> was</c><00:22:25.579><c> made</c><00:22:25.859><c> this</c><00:22:26.180><c> way.</c>

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It<00:22:28.500><c> need</c><00:22:28.819><c> not</c><00:22:29.160><c> be</c><00:22:29.619><c> how</c><00:22:29.920><c> you</c><00:22:30.180><c> are.</c>

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God<00:22:31.920><c> wants</c><00:22:32.220><c> us</c><00:22:32.500><c> to</c><00:22:32.819><c> change</c><00:22:33.539><c> from</c><00:22:34.099><c> how</c><00:22:34.460><c> we</c><00:22:34.839><c> are</c><00:22:35.200><c> in</c><00:22:35.779><c> so</c><00:22:36.099><c> many</c><00:22:36.380><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:22:37.859><c> long</c><00:22:38.059><c>-suffering</c><00:22:38.480><c> should</c><00:22:38.720><c> not</c><00:22:38.960><c> be</c><00:22:39.160><c> seen</c><00:22:39.599><c> as</c><00:22:40.579><c> an</c><00:22:40.859><c> exception.</c>

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For<00:22:43.660><c> humans,</c><00:22:45.180><c> righteous</c><00:22:45.440><c> anger</c><00:22:46.019><c> is</c><00:22:46.640><c> so</c><00:22:47.099><c> elusive</c><00:22:47.960><c> that</c><00:22:48.720><c> it's</c><00:22:49.119><c> barely</c><00:22:49.380><c> even</c><00:22:49.799><c> a</c><00:22:50.039><c> possibility.</c>

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How<00:22:53.119><c> then</c><00:22:53.599><c> do</c><00:22:53.859><c> we,</c><00:22:54.099><c> as</c><00:22:54.960><c> the</c><00:22:56.200><c> quote</c><00:22:56.500><c> from</c><00:22:56.839><c> Proverbs</c><00:22:57.220><c> there</c><00:22:57.420><c> on</c>

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the<00:22:57.880><c> screen</c><00:22:58.359><c> suggests,</c>

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How<00:23:00.519><c> do</c><00:23:00.759><c> we</c><00:23:01.240><c> tame</c><00:23:01.759><c> that</c><00:23:02.200><c> beast?</c><00:23:03.859><c> How</c><00:23:04.140><c> do</c><00:23:04.339><c> we</c><00:23:04.599><c> keep</c><00:23:04.859><c> it</c><00:23:05.180><c> back?</c>

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Well,<00:23:08.019><c> we're</c><00:23:08.180><c> not</c><00:23:08.420><c> left</c><00:23:08.740><c> without</c><00:23:09.119><c> an</c><00:23:09.420><c> example</c><00:23:09.859><c> in</c><00:23:10.099><c> this</c><00:23:10.380><c> regard.</c>

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And<00:23:12.779><c> the</c><00:23:12.960><c> premier</c><00:23:13.299><c> example</c><00:23:14.000><c> is</c><00:23:14.599><c> our</c><00:23:14.880><c> Lord.</c>

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Our<00:23:17.000><c> Lord</c><00:23:17.299><c> was</c><00:23:17.579><c> not</c><00:23:18.279><c> an</c><00:23:18.779><c> angry</c><00:23:19.440><c> man.</c>

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In<00:23:21.740><c> fact,</c><00:23:22.640><c> in</c><00:23:22.740><c> Scripture,</c><00:23:23.720><c> He</c><00:23:23.880><c> is</c><00:23:24.119><c> only</c><00:23:24.460><c> recorded</c><00:23:25.259><c> as</c><00:23:25.940><c> being</c>

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angry<00:23:26.940><c> just</c><00:23:28.339><c> once.</c>

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Clearly<00:23:32.319><c> that's</c><00:23:32.720><c> the</c><00:23:32.900><c> ultimate</c><00:23:33.380><c> example</c><00:23:34.240><c> of</c><00:23:34.700><c> being</c><00:23:35.099><c> slow</c><00:23:35.460><c> to</c><00:23:35.700><c> anger.</c>

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And<00:23:38.319><c> considering</c><00:23:38.700><c> that</c><00:23:39.480><c> our</c><00:23:39.720><c> Lord</c><00:23:39.900><c> had</c><00:23:40.119><c> the</c><00:23:40.400><c> same</c><00:23:40.640><c> nature</c><00:23:41.220><c> as</c><00:23:41.680><c> us,</c>

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we<00:23:42.859><c> ask</c><00:23:43.119><c> the</c><00:23:43.299><c> question,</c><00:23:44.279><c> Well,</c><00:23:44.579><c> how</c><00:23:44.940><c> did</c><00:23:45.059><c> He</c><00:23:45.180><c> do</c><00:23:45.400><c> it?</c>

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And<00:23:47.200><c> then</c><00:23:47.319><c> by</c><00:23:47.579><c> extension,</c><00:23:48.279><c> and</c><00:23:48.339><c> perhaps</c><00:23:48.559><c> more</c><00:23:48.880><c> importantly,</c>

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how<00:23:50.559><c> do</c><00:23:50.759><c> we</c><00:23:50.960><c> do</c><00:23:51.160><c> it?</c>

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And<00:23:52.960><c> I</c><00:23:53.099><c> think</c><00:23:53.259><c> the</c><00:23:53.519><c> answer</c><00:23:53.880><c> is</c><00:23:54.619><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Now,<00:23:57.839><c> forgiveness</c><00:23:58.420><c> is</c><00:23:59.160><c> not</c><00:23:59.799><c> a</c><00:24:00.160><c> response,</c><00:24:01.160><c> or</c><00:24:01.319><c> rather</c><00:24:01.539><c> it</c><00:24:01.779><c> ought</c><00:24:01.920><c> not</c>

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to<00:24:02.359><c> be</c><00:24:02.839><c> merely</c><00:24:03.359><c> a</c><00:24:03.640><c> response</c><00:24:03.980><c> to</c><00:24:04.240><c> a</c><00:24:04.380><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:24:06.000><c> forgiveness</c><00:24:06.619><c> is</c><00:24:07.079><c> a</c><00:24:07.380><c> character</c><00:24:07.720><c> virtue.</c>

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It's<00:24:09.359><c> an</c><00:24:09.559><c> attitude.</c><00:24:12.480><c> It's</c><00:24:13.059><c> a</c><00:24:13.559><c> trait</c><00:24:13.900><c> of</c><00:24:14.220><c> our</c><00:24:14.500><c> character</c><00:24:15.019><c> that</c>

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desires<00:24:16.339><c> to</c><00:24:16.799><c> forgive</c>

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and<00:24:18.400><c> is</c><00:24:18.660><c> looking</c><00:24:18.960><c> for</c><00:24:19.180><c> an</c><00:24:19.319><c> opportunity</c><00:24:20.059><c> to</c><00:24:20.640><c> practice.</c>

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Paul<00:24:24.519><c> explains</c><00:24:25.019><c> the</c><00:24:25.380><c> connection</c><00:24:25.839><c> when</c><00:24:26.420><c> he</c><00:24:26.619><c> wrote</c><00:24:26.819><c> to</c><00:24:27.039><c> the</c><00:24:27.200><c> Colossians.</c>

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If<00:24:27.779><c> we</c><00:24:27.960><c> could</c><00:24:28.079><c> have</c><00:24:28.220><c> the</c><00:24:28.359><c> next</c><00:24:28.579><c> slide,</c><00:24:28.940><c> please,</c><00:24:29.319><c> Daniel.</c>

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He<00:24:31.819><c> says,</c><00:24:32.519><c> Put</c><00:24:32.519><c> on</c><00:24:32.839><c> therefore,</c><00:24:33.400><c> as</c><00:24:33.579><c> the</c><00:24:33.779><c> elect</c><00:24:33.980><c> of</c><00:24:34.259><c> God,</c><00:24:34.599><c> holy</c>

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and<00:24:35.119><c> beloved,</c>

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bowels<00:24:36.359><c> of</c><00:24:36.579><c> mercies,</c><00:24:37.240><c> kindness,</c><00:24:38.480><c> humbleness</c><00:24:38.839><c> of</c><00:24:39.140><c> mind,</c><00:24:39.920><c> meekness,</c><00:24:40.960><c> long</c><00:24:41.220><c>-suffering.</c>

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And<00:24:42.539><c> then</c><00:24:42.740><c> as</c><00:24:42.900><c> if</c><00:24:43.140><c> to</c><00:24:43.579><c> explain</c><00:24:44.220><c> long</c><00:24:44.640><c>-suffering,</c><00:24:45.920><c> he</c><00:24:46.119><c> says,</c>

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Forbearing<00:24:48.400><c> one</c><00:24:48.680><c> another</c><00:24:49.200><c> and</c><00:24:50.079><c> forgiving</c><00:24:50.500><c> one</c><00:24:50.980><c> another,</c>

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if<00:24:51.839><c> any</c><00:24:52.099><c> man</c><00:24:52.400><c> have</c><00:24:52.660><c> a</c><00:24:52.920><c> quarrel</c><00:24:53.200><c> against</c><00:24:53.619><c> any,</c><00:24:54.400><c> even</c><00:24:54.680><c> as</c><00:24:54.960><c> Christ</c>

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forgave<00:24:55.859><c> you,</c><00:24:56.980><c> so</c><00:24:57.240><c> also</c><00:24:58.079><c> do</c><00:24:58.599><c> ye.</c>

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Now,<00:25:02.559><c> Jesus</c><00:25:02.559><c> didn't</c><00:25:03.599><c> decide</c><00:25:04.299><c> on</c><00:25:04.819><c> the</c><00:25:05.079><c> cross</c><00:25:05.559><c> that</c><00:25:06.339><c> it</c><00:25:06.440><c> would</c><00:25:06.619><c> be</c><00:25:06.799><c> a</c>

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nice<00:25:07.200><c> thing</c><00:25:07.519><c> to</c><00:25:07.799><c> forgive</c><00:25:08.200><c> His</c><00:25:08.559><c> tormentors.</c>

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And<00:25:11.460><c> so</c><00:25:11.720><c> pray,</c><00:25:12.160><c> Father,</c><00:25:12.619><c> forgive</c><00:25:13.059><c> them,</c><00:25:13.680><c> for</c><00:25:13.819><c> they</c><00:25:14.039><c> know</c><00:25:14.259><c> not</c>

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what<00:25:14.720><c> they</c><00:25:14.980><c> do.</c>

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That<00:25:16.839><c> would</c><00:25:17.019><c> have</c><00:25:17.240><c> been</c><00:25:17.440><c> an</c><00:25:17.779><c> utterly,</c><00:25:18.400><c> amazingly</c><00:25:19.119><c> astonishing</c><00:25:19.920><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:25:22.339><c> surprising</c><00:25:22.819><c> enough</c><00:25:23.460><c> that</c><00:25:24.059><c> He</c><00:25:24.140><c> had</c><00:25:24.400><c> the</c><00:25:24.579><c> strength</c><00:25:24.880><c> of</c><00:25:25.200><c> character</c><00:25:25.500><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:25:26.079><c> them</c>

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while<00:25:27.220><c> they</c><00:25:27.420><c> were</c><00:25:27.640><c> crucifying</c><00:25:28.319><c> Him</c><00:25:29.119><c> and</c><00:25:30.339><c> while</c><00:25:30.759><c> they</c><00:25:30.960><c> were</c>

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mocking<00:25:31.420><c> Him.</c>

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But<00:25:32.960><c> the</c><00:25:33.079><c> reason</c><00:25:33.400><c> is</c><00:25:34.200><c> that</c><00:25:34.700><c> He</c><00:25:34.900><c> had</c><00:25:35.079><c> already,</c><00:25:36.119><c> in</c><00:25:36.460><c> His</c><00:25:36.779><c> life,</c><00:25:37.759><c> developed</c><00:25:38.140><c> a</c>

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forgiving<00:25:38.740><c> spirit.</c>

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He<00:25:40.079><c> had</c><00:25:40.180><c> already</c><00:25:40.599><c> made</c><00:25:40.859><c> it</c><00:25:41.039><c> His</c><00:25:41.240><c> business</c><00:25:41.740><c> to</c><00:25:42.099><c> forgive</c><00:25:42.420><c> people.</c>

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So<00:25:44.259><c> for</c><00:25:44.579><c> Christ,</c><00:25:45.740><c> forgiveness</c><00:25:46.119><c> is</c><00:25:46.480><c> not</c><00:25:46.680><c> a</c><00:25:47.119><c> reaction,</c><00:25:49.200><c> but</c><00:25:49.319><c> a</c>

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pro<00:25:50.140><c>-action.</c>

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It<00:25:52.259><c> was</c><00:25:52.480><c> not</c><00:25:52.660><c> generated</c><00:25:53.200><c> in</c><00:25:53.460><c> response</c><00:25:53.980><c> to</c><00:25:54.220><c> His</c><00:25:54.500><c> crucifixion,</c>

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but<00:25:56.039><c> it</c><00:25:56.180><c> was</c><00:25:56.440><c> brought</c><00:25:56.839><c> to</c><00:25:57.299><c> the</c><00:25:57.500><c> crucifixion</c><00:25:58.660><c> ready</c><00:25:59.099><c>-made.</c>

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It<00:26:00.400><c> came</c><00:26:00.819><c> with</c><00:26:01.119><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:03.839><c> for</c><00:26:03.960><c> us,</c><00:26:04.619><c> waiting</c><00:26:04.980><c> for</c><00:26:05.359><c> a</c><00:26:05.559><c> wrong</c><00:26:05.779><c> to</c><00:26:06.079><c> occur,</c>

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and<00:26:07.500><c> then</c><00:26:07.740><c> hoping</c><00:26:08.059><c> that</c><00:26:08.339><c> in</c><00:26:08.559><c> response</c><00:26:09.000><c> to</c><00:26:09.279><c> a</c><00:26:09.480><c> wrong,</c>

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we'll<00:26:10.579><c> have</c><00:26:10.779><c> the</c><00:26:10.980><c> right</c><00:26:11.339><c> attitude,</c><00:26:12.500><c> it</c><00:26:12.859><c> simply</c><00:26:13.319><c> won't</c><00:26:13.680><c> work.</c>

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We<00:26:15.339><c> need</c><00:26:15.700><c> to</c><00:26:16.599><c> think</c><00:26:17.160><c> in</c><00:26:18.180><c> a</c><00:26:18.339><c> forgiving</c><00:26:18.859><c> way</c><00:26:19.539><c> and</c><00:26:20.180><c> in</c><00:26:20.440><c> a</c><00:26:20.539><c> long</c><00:26:20.819><c>-suffering</c><00:26:21.279><c> way</c>

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ahead<00:26:22.420><c> of</c><00:26:22.720><c> schedule</c>

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so<00:26:23.980><c> that</c><00:26:24.119><c> when</c><00:26:24.359><c> things</c><00:26:24.700><c> happen,</c><00:26:26.240><c> we</c><00:26:26.380><c> can</c><00:26:26.680><c> respond</c><00:26:27.180><c> appropriately.</c>

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And<00:26:29.319><c> while</c><00:26:29.420><c> we're</c><00:26:29.640><c> thinking</c><00:26:29.880><c> in</c><00:26:30.140><c> this</c><00:26:30.539><c> vein,</c><00:26:31.440><c> it's</c><00:26:31.619><c> worth</c><00:26:31.960><c> noting</c><00:26:32.500><c> as</c>

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we<00:26:33.039><c> go</c><00:26:33.319><c> along</c>

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how<00:26:34.519><c> many</c><00:26:34.900><c> of</c><00:26:35.059><c> these</c><00:26:35.400><c> virtues</c><00:26:36.160><c> require</c><00:26:37.220><c> adverse</c><00:26:38.000><c> circumstances</c>

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to<00:26:39.900><c> be</c><00:26:40.140><c> seen</c><00:26:40.640><c> in</c><00:26:41.079><c> all</c><00:26:41.339><c> of</c><00:26:41.480><c> their</c><00:26:41.640><c> beauty.</c>

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It's<00:26:43.980><c> almost</c><00:26:44.380><c> as</c><00:26:44.599><c> if</c><00:26:44.839><c> the</c><00:26:45.019><c> virtue</c><00:26:45.279><c> of</c><00:26:45.539><c> long</c><00:26:45.759><c>-suffering</c>

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is<00:26:47.059><c> begging</c><00:26:47.400><c> for</c><00:26:47.740><c> annoying</c><00:26:48.220><c> things</c><00:26:48.619><c> to</c><00:26:48.940><c> beset</c><00:26:49.259><c> us</c>

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in<00:26:50.460><c> order</c><00:26:50.740><c> that</c><00:26:50.940><c> it</c><00:26:51.160><c> might</c><00:26:51.400><c> be</c><00:26:51.920><c> demonstrated</c><00:26:52.680><c> for</c><00:26:53.220><c> what</c><00:26:53.359><c> it</c>

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truly<00:26:53.880><c> is.</c>

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And<00:26:56.480><c> one</c><00:26:56.640><c> can't</c><00:26:56.920><c> help</c><00:26:57.200><c> but</c><00:26:57.420><c> think</c><00:26:57.599><c> that</c><00:26:57.859><c> this</c><00:26:58.079><c> is</c><00:26:58.319><c> one</c><00:26:58.519><c> of</c><00:26:58.720><c> the</c>

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divine<00:26:59.259><c> purposes</c><00:26:59.980><c> in</c><00:27:00.680><c> trial.</c>

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When,<00:27:03.160><c> for</c><00:27:03.339><c> example,</c><00:27:03.960><c> we</c><00:27:04.079><c> ask</c><00:27:04.319><c> God</c><00:27:04.599><c> to</c><00:27:04.839><c> help</c><00:27:05.220><c> develop</c><00:27:05.940><c> long</c><00:27:06.299><c>-suffering,</c>

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the<00:27:07.960><c> response</c><00:27:08.400><c> from</c><00:27:08.619><c> heaven</c><00:27:08.880><c> must</c><00:27:09.160><c> surely</c><00:27:09.619><c> be</c><00:27:10.440><c> to</c><00:27:10.720><c> send</c><00:27:10.940><c> us</c><00:27:11.220><c> a</c>

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stream<00:27:11.500><c> of</c><00:27:11.799><c> frustrations</c>

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that<00:27:13.359><c> give</c><00:27:13.559><c> us</c><00:27:13.779><c> opportunity</c><00:27:14.359><c> to</c><00:27:14.599><c> practice.</c>

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Let's<00:27:18.500><c> now</c><00:27:18.700><c> move</c><00:27:18.960><c> along</c><00:27:19.259><c> to</c><00:27:19.480><c> gentleness.</c>

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The<00:27:22.660><c> Greek</c><00:27:22.880><c> word</c><00:27:23.160><c> is</c><00:27:23.339><c> only</c><00:27:23.759><c> translated</c><00:27:24.380><c> gentleness</c><00:27:25.079><c> in</c><00:27:25.480><c> this</c>

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place,<00:27:27.460><c> in</c><00:27:27.660><c> Galatians</c><00:27:28.119><c> 5.</c>

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I<00:27:29.299><c> can't</c><00:27:29.859><c> think</c><00:27:30.140><c> quite</c><00:27:30.440><c> why</c><00:27:30.700><c> the</c><00:27:30.920><c> King</c><00:27:31.119><c> James</c><00:27:31.539><c> translators</c>

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use<00:27:32.900><c> gentleness</c><00:27:33.400><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:27:35.420><c> actually</c><00:27:35.819><c> quite</c><00:27:36.059><c> a</c><00:27:36.240><c> good</c><00:27:36.420><c> translation</c><00:27:37.000><c> of</c><00:27:37.200><c> the</c><00:27:37.319><c> next</c><00:27:37.579><c> word</c><00:27:37.839><c> we'll</c><00:27:38.019><c> look</c><00:27:38.259><c> at,</c><00:27:38.559><c> which</c><00:27:38.640><c> is</c><00:27:38.839><c> meekness,</c>

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and<00:27:39.819><c> we'll</c><00:27:40.000><c> come</c><00:27:40.220><c> to</c><00:27:40.279><c> that</c><00:27:40.519><c> in</c><00:27:40.660><c> a</c><00:27:40.799><c> moment.</c>

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:48.200
But<00:27:42.680><c> mostly,</c><00:27:43.960><c> the</c><00:27:44.039><c> word</c><00:27:44.339><c> translated</c><00:27:44.980><c> in</c><00:27:45.599><c> Galatians</c><00:27:46.099><c> 5</c><00:27:46.680><c> as</c><00:27:47.359><c> gentleness</c>

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is<00:27:49.259><c> translated</c><00:27:49.900><c> by</c><00:27:50.220><c> the</c><00:27:50.539><c> Av</c><00:27:50.859><c> as</c><00:27:51.359><c> goodness</c><00:27:52.019><c> and</c><00:27:53.160><c> kindness.</c>

00:27:55.220 --> 00:28:01.019
In<00:27:55.819><c> Greek,</c><00:27:56.539><c> the</c><00:27:56.619><c> word</c><00:27:56.859><c> has</c><00:27:57.299><c> as</c><00:27:57.660><c> its</c><00:27:57.920><c> root</c><00:27:58.200><c> the</c><00:27:58.700><c> word</c><00:27:58.920><c> for</c><00:27:59.279><c> usefulness,</c>

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:05.220
from<00:28:01.640><c> which</c><00:28:01.819><c> we</c><00:28:02.059><c> understand</c><00:28:02.460><c> that</c><00:28:02.619><c> it's</c><00:28:02.759><c> not</c><00:28:03.039><c> just</c><00:28:03.359><c> an</c><00:28:04.000><c> attitude,</c>

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:10.059
but<00:28:06.259><c> it's</c><00:28:06.559><c> a</c><00:28:06.740><c> practical</c><00:28:07.319><c> outworking</c><00:28:08.220><c> of</c><00:28:08.819><c> an</c><00:28:09.059><c> attitude.</c>

00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:16.160
So<00:28:11.519><c> you</c><00:28:11.539><c> can</c><00:28:11.700><c> do</c><00:28:11.880><c> a</c><00:28:12.079><c> kind</c><00:28:12.279><c> deed</c><00:28:13.079><c> and</c><00:28:13.799><c> yet</c><00:28:14.000><c> have</c><00:28:14.240><c> the</c><00:28:14.539><c> wrong</c><00:28:14.960><c> attitude.</c>

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But<00:28:17.720><c> if</c><00:28:17.859><c> you</c><00:28:18.019><c> have</c><00:28:18.140><c> the</c><00:28:18.339><c> right</c><00:28:18.680><c> attitude,</c><00:28:19.299><c> you</c><00:28:19.380><c> will</c><00:28:19.700><c> surely</c>

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:22.779
want<00:28:20.380><c> to</c><00:28:20.660><c> do</c><00:28:21.220><c> acts</c><00:28:21.500><c> of</c><00:28:21.779><c> kindness.</c>

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:27.700
Now<00:28:24.559><c> we</c><00:28:24.720><c> have</c><00:28:24.940><c> all</c><00:28:25.160><c> received</c><00:28:25.619><c> kindness</c><00:28:26.220><c> from</c><00:28:26.539><c> God</c><00:28:26.920><c> by</c><00:28:27.240><c> way</c><00:28:27.480><c> of</c>

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grace<00:28:28.160><c> and</c><00:28:28.440><c> mercy,</c>

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and<00:28:29.519><c> the</c><00:28:29.680><c> difference,</c><00:28:30.299><c> if</c><00:28:30.819><c> you</c><00:28:31.099><c> want</c><00:28:31.380><c> a</c><00:28:31.799><c> nice</c><00:28:32.160><c> succinct</c><00:28:33.140><c> definition,</c>

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is<00:28:35.099><c> grace</c><00:28:35.539><c> offers</c><00:28:35.980><c> us</c><00:28:36.359><c> blessings</c><00:28:36.839><c> that</c><00:28:37.079><c> we</c><00:28:37.200><c> do</c><00:28:37.480><c> not</c><00:28:37.660><c> deserve,</c>

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and<00:28:39.599><c> mercy</c><00:28:40.000><c> withholds</c><00:28:40.819><c> punishment</c><00:28:41.339><c> that</c><00:28:41.880><c> we</c><00:28:42.039><c> do</c><00:28:42.319><c> deserve.</c>

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But<00:28:44.740><c> both</c><00:28:45.059><c> of</c><00:28:45.339><c> these</c><00:28:46.160><c> things,</c><00:28:46.599><c> grace</c><00:28:46.920><c> and</c><00:28:47.119><c> mercy</c><00:28:47.680><c> from</c><00:28:48.279><c> God,</c>

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:52.619
spring<00:28:49.420><c> from</c><00:28:49.839><c> the</c><00:28:50.079><c> divine</c><00:28:50.579><c> attitude</c><00:28:51.180><c> of</c><00:28:51.480><c> kindness.</c>

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A<00:28:54.420><c> word</c><00:28:54.700><c> sometimes</c><00:28:55.299><c> associated</c><00:28:56.079><c> with</c><00:28:56.759><c> the</c><00:28:57.059><c> kindness</c><00:28:57.480><c> of</c><00:28:57.740><c> God</c>

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is<00:28:59.000><c> the</c><00:28:59.079><c> word</c><00:28:59.799><c> riches.</c>

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God<00:29:02.220><c> doesn't</c><00:29:02.660><c> offer</c><00:29:03.160><c> begrudging</c><00:29:04.000><c> kindness,</c>

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:09.740
nor<00:29:05.839><c> does</c><00:29:06.059><c> God</c><00:29:06.359><c> carefully</c><00:29:07.000><c> get</c><00:29:07.259><c> out</c><00:29:07.519><c> of</c><00:29:07.640><c> his</c><00:29:08.119><c> measuring</c><00:29:08.640><c> things</c><00:29:09.140><c> and</c>

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measure<00:29:10.079><c> just</c><00:29:10.660><c> enough</c>

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so<00:29:14.160><c> as</c><00:29:14.680><c> to</c><00:29:14.859><c> not</c><00:29:15.059><c> offer</c><00:29:15.299><c> us</c><00:29:15.500><c> too</c><00:29:15.819><c> much</c><00:29:16.039><c> by</c><00:29:16.319><c> mistake.</c>

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:22.859
God<00:29:18.720><c> spreads</c><00:29:19.259><c> kindness</c><00:29:20.039><c> with</c><00:29:20.859><c> overflowing</c><00:29:21.500><c> generosity,</c>

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:27.819
and<00:29:24.359><c> this</c><00:29:24.599><c> tells</c><00:29:24.859><c> us</c><00:29:25.359><c> how</c><00:29:25.680><c> we</c><00:29:25.940><c> should</c><00:29:26.119><c> practice</c><00:29:26.579><c> the</c><00:29:26.859><c> virtue.</c>

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:35.299
Considering<00:29:30.960><c> what</c><00:29:31.460><c> the</c><00:29:31.759><c> kindness</c><00:29:32.160><c> of</c><00:29:32.480><c> God</c><00:29:32.859><c> has</c><00:29:33.460><c> done</c><00:29:33.740><c> for</c><00:29:34.000><c> us,</c>

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:39.680
we<00:29:36.220><c> can</c><00:29:36.500><c> scarcely</c><00:29:36.980><c> agree</c><00:29:37.319><c> with</c><00:29:37.559><c> the</c><00:29:37.779><c> expression,</c><00:29:38.960><c> kindness</c>

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costs<00:29:40.400><c> nothing.</c>

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It<00:29:42.640><c> costs</c><00:29:43.000><c> God</c><00:29:43.400><c> a</c><00:29:43.680><c> lot.</c>

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And<00:29:45.599><c> if</c><00:29:45.799><c> we</c><00:29:46.079><c> truly</c><00:29:46.420><c> have</c><00:29:46.720><c> it,</c><00:29:47.420><c> it</c><00:29:47.559><c> will</c><00:29:47.819><c> cost</c><00:29:48.119><c> us</c><00:29:48.819><c> also.</c>

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:55.539
The<00:29:51.359><c> spirit</c><00:29:51.640><c> of</c><00:29:51.900><c> kindness</c><00:29:52.660><c> shown</c><00:29:53.440><c> towards</c><00:29:53.940><c> others</c><00:29:54.440><c> will</c><00:29:55.059><c> cause</c><00:29:55.279><c> us</c>

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to<00:29:55.819><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:56.819><c> ourself</c>

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and<00:29:58.720><c> esteem</c><00:29:59.259><c> others</c><00:29:59.859><c> better</c><00:30:00.480><c> than</c><00:30:00.720><c> ourselves.</c>

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Kindness<00:30:04.799><c> leaves</c><00:30:05.180><c> us</c><00:30:05.500><c> vulnerable</c><00:30:06.180><c> to</c><00:30:06.500><c> others</c><00:30:06.759><c> taking</c><00:30:07.180><c> advantage,</c>

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and<00:30:08.779><c> we</c><00:30:08.900><c> need</c><00:30:09.099><c> to</c><00:30:09.319><c> trust</c><00:30:09.660><c> in</c><00:30:09.960><c> God</c><00:30:10.180><c> to</c><00:30:10.480><c> see</c><00:30:10.640><c> that</c><00:30:10.779><c> we</c><00:30:10.960><c> will</c><00:30:11.079><c> be</c><00:30:11.299><c> okay.</c>

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:21.900
Let's<00:30:18.539><c> move</c><00:30:18.799><c> on</c><00:30:19.119><c> to</c><00:30:19.359><c> the</c><00:30:19.680><c> word</c><00:30:20.680><c> goodness.</c>

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It's<00:30:23.200><c> similar</c><00:30:23.559><c> to</c><00:30:23.799><c> kindness,</c><00:30:25.180><c> but</c><00:30:25.240><c> it</c><00:30:25.500><c> refers</c><00:30:25.740><c> more</c><00:30:26.259><c> to</c><00:30:26.440><c> the</c>

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intent<00:30:27.220><c> than</c><00:30:27.720><c> the</c><00:30:27.960><c> action.</c>

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This<00:30:30.839><c> is</c><00:30:31.180><c> not</c><00:30:31.480><c> so</c><00:30:31.660><c> much</c><00:30:31.839><c> a</c><00:30:32.039><c> gentle</c><00:30:32.519><c> concept</c><00:30:33.180><c> like</c><00:30:33.539><c> kindness,</c>

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:39.539
but<00:30:35.859><c> it</c><00:30:36.119><c> also</c><00:30:36.440><c> involves</c><00:30:36.980><c> doing</c><00:30:37.359><c> things</c><00:30:37.700><c> for</c><00:30:37.920><c> others</c><00:30:38.299><c> good</c><00:30:38.759><c> that</c><00:30:39.259><c> may</c>

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:42.440
not<00:30:39.900><c> seem</c><00:30:40.220><c> so</c><00:30:40.839><c> at</c><00:30:41.259><c> the</c><00:30:41.519><c> time.</c>

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:47.640
Now<00:30:43.299><c> the</c><00:30:43.480><c> word</c><00:30:44.079><c> translated</c><00:30:44.680><c> in</c><00:30:44.960><c> Galatians</c><00:30:45.579><c> as</c><00:30:45.940><c> goodness</c><00:30:46.440><c> occurs</c><00:30:47.240><c> four</c>

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times<00:30:48.140><c> in</c><00:30:48.500><c> the</c><00:30:48.579><c> New</c><00:30:48.779><c> Testament.</c>

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:53.259
Two<00:30:50.460><c> of</c><00:30:50.599><c> them</c><00:30:50.779><c> are</c><00:30:51.000><c> in</c><00:30:51.180><c> the</c><00:30:51.319><c> list</c><00:30:51.500><c> of</c><00:30:51.759><c> the</c><00:30:51.859><c> fruit</c><00:30:52.000><c> of</c><00:30:52.140><c> the</c><00:30:52.339><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:30:54.039><c> first</c><00:30:54.319><c> of</c><00:30:54.519><c> the</c><00:30:54.700><c> others</c><00:30:54.940><c> is</c><00:30:55.279><c> in</c><00:30:55.440><c> Romans</c><00:30:55.700><c> 15</c><00:30:56.240><c> verse</c><00:30:56.519><c> 14,</c>

00:30:57.640 --> 00:31:03.539
where<00:30:57.799><c> the</c><00:30:58.019><c> Apostle</c><00:30:58.500><c> says</c><00:30:59.359><c> that</c><00:31:00.160><c> the</c><00:31:00.380><c> Romans</c><00:31:00.579><c> are</c><00:31:00.799><c> filled</c><00:31:01.079><c> with</c><00:31:01.339><c> goodness</c><00:31:01.900><c> and</c><00:31:02.519><c> knowledge.</c>

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:09.759
It<00:31:05.319><c> is</c><00:31:05.579><c> doubtful</c><00:31:06.079><c> that</c><00:31:06.240><c> he</c><00:31:06.420><c> meant</c><00:31:06.720><c> they</c><00:31:07.079><c> had</c><00:31:07.259><c> the</c><00:31:07.559><c> same</c><00:31:07.819><c> measure</c><00:31:08.460><c> of</c><00:31:09.140><c> goodness</c><00:31:09.480><c> and</c>

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.700
knowledge<00:31:10.039><c> as</c><00:31:10.299><c> God.</c>

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:18.559
I<00:31:11.720><c> think</c><00:31:11.920><c> what</c><00:31:12.140><c> he</c><00:31:12.940><c> wants</c><00:31:15.220><c> us</c><00:31:15.460><c> to</c><00:31:15.619><c> understand</c><00:31:16.279><c> is</c><00:31:17.240><c> that</c><00:31:18.180><c> when</c>

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.579
they<00:31:18.720><c> were</c><00:31:19.059><c> filled,</c>

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they<00:31:20.279><c> were</c><00:31:20.539><c> filled</c><00:31:20.819><c> so</c><00:31:21.220><c> far</c><00:31:21.380><c> as</c><00:31:21.599><c> they</c><00:31:21.720><c> were</c><00:31:21.980><c> able</c><00:31:22.359><c> at</c><00:31:22.559><c> that</c><00:31:22.880><c> stage</c><00:31:23.140><c> in</c>

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:28.039
their<00:31:23.500><c> spiritual</c><00:31:23.980><c> development</c><00:31:24.619><c> with</c><00:31:25.359><c> goodness</c><00:31:25.960><c> and</c><00:31:26.900><c> knowledge.</c>

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:32.460
The<00:31:29.359><c> other</c><00:31:29.640><c> passage</c><00:31:30.059><c> is</c><00:31:30.319><c> in</c><00:31:30.559><c> 2</c><00:31:30.759><c> Thessalonians</c><00:31:31.500><c> 1</c><00:31:31.740><c> verse</c><00:31:32.099><c> 11,</c>

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:36.960
and<00:31:32.619><c> if</c><00:31:32.819><c> you</c><00:31:32.940><c> would</c><00:31:33.119><c> be</c><00:31:33.339><c> so</c><00:31:33.640><c> kind</c><00:31:33.880><c> as</c><00:31:34.039><c> to</c><00:31:34.240><c> turn</c><00:31:34.420><c> that</c><00:31:34.660><c> up</c><00:31:35.140><c> with</c><00:31:35.420><c> me,</c>

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:40.619
you<00:31:38.200><c> might</c><00:31:38.500><c> notice</c><00:31:38.920><c> if</c><00:31:39.099><c> you've</c><00:31:39.359><c> got</c><00:31:39.460><c> a</c><00:31:39.700><c> different</c><00:31:40.000><c> version</c>

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:47.599
that<00:31:42.000><c> your</c><00:31:43.539><c> Bible</c><00:31:44.079><c> reads</c><00:31:44.759><c> differently</c><00:31:45.559><c> from</c><00:31:46.180><c> the</c><00:31:46.400><c> King</c><00:31:46.619><c> James,</c>

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:52.500
or<00:31:48.319><c> if</c><00:31:48.440><c> you</c><00:31:48.579><c> have</c><00:31:48.759><c> a</c><00:31:48.940><c> King</c><00:31:49.099><c> James,</c><00:31:50.000><c> you</c><00:31:50.160><c> will</c><00:31:50.420><c> see</c><00:31:50.559><c> that</c><00:31:50.740><c> the</c><00:31:50.880><c> word</c><00:31:51.099><c> his</c><00:31:51.680><c> is</c>

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in<00:31:53.039><c> italics.</c>

00:31:55.980 --> 00:32:00.880
Paul<00:31:56.200><c> is</c><00:31:56.440><c> not</c><00:31:56.660><c> speaking</c><00:31:57.200><c> about</c><00:31:58.200><c> the</c><00:31:58.440><c> goodness</c><00:31:58.720><c> of</c><00:31:58.980><c> God,</c><00:31:59.380><c> but</c><00:31:59.519><c> goodness</c><00:31:59.900><c> is</c><00:32:00.200><c> a</c><00:32:00.299><c> concept.</c>

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:03.660
The<00:32:01.779><c> King</c><00:32:02.039><c> James</c><00:32:02.380><c> reads,</c>

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:21.859
The<00:32:18.119><c> NET</c><00:32:19.579><c> translates</c><00:32:20.440><c> this</c><00:32:20.839><c> verse,</c>

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:38.200
And<00:32:34.660><c> I</c><00:32:35.559><c> think</c><00:32:35.779><c> that</c><00:32:36.000><c> brings</c><00:32:36.299><c> us</c><00:32:36.539><c> nearer</c><00:32:37.059><c> to</c><00:32:37.359><c> understand</c><00:32:37.960><c> what</c>

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.700
Paul<00:32:38.480><c> is</c><00:32:39.039><c> speaking</c><00:32:39.480><c> about</c><00:32:39.859><c> here</c><00:32:40.319><c> in</c><00:32:40.759><c> this</c><00:32:41.079><c> virtue</c><00:32:41.420><c> of</c><00:32:41.660><c> goodness.</c>

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:48.589
It<00:32:43.680><c> is</c><00:32:43.940><c> the</c><00:32:44.079><c> desire</c><00:32:44.599><c> for</c><00:32:45.000><c> goodness</c><00:32:45.640><c> in</c><00:32:46.579><c> contrast</c><00:32:47.180><c> to</c><00:32:47.640><c> badness.</c>

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:56.960
It's<00:32:51.539><c> primarily</c><00:32:52.059><c> directed</c><00:32:52.680><c> at</c><00:32:53.000><c> ourselves</c><00:32:53.880><c> to</c><00:32:55.180><c> make</c><00:32:55.480><c> us</c><00:32:55.900><c> good.</c>

00:32:57.779 --> 00:33:02.880
But<00:32:58.460><c> we</c><00:32:58.640><c> can</c><00:32:58.859><c> direct</c><00:32:59.180><c> it</c><00:32:59.660><c> with</c><00:33:00.039><c> some</c><00:33:00.380><c> care,</c><00:33:01.980><c> outwardly,</c><00:33:02.680><c> to</c>

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:04.180
help<00:33:03.119><c> others.</c>

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:13.480
The<00:33:05.700><c> goodness</c><00:33:06.059><c> of</c><00:33:06.299><c> which</c><00:33:06.480><c> Paul</c><00:33:06.779><c> speaks</c><00:33:07.180><c> here</c><00:33:08.160><c> is</c><00:33:09.900><c> a</c><00:33:10.519><c> reflection</c><00:33:11.299><c> of</c><00:33:11.799><c> the</c><00:33:12.079><c> character</c><00:33:12.400><c> of</c><00:33:12.640><c> God.</c>

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:18.500
And<00:33:14.660><c> it's</c><00:33:14.960><c> obtained</c><00:33:15.420><c> by</c><00:33:16.059><c> studying</c><00:33:16.539><c> the</c><00:33:16.900><c> character</c><00:33:17.380><c> of</c><00:33:17.680><c> God</c><00:33:18.019><c> and</c><00:33:18.240><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:33:19.019><c> in</c><00:33:19.720><c> Scripture.</c>

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.539
If<00:33:21.559><c> we</c><00:33:21.740><c> could</c><00:33:21.859><c> have</c><00:33:22.039><c> the</c><00:33:22.180><c> next</c><00:33:22.440><c> slide</c><00:33:22.680><c> please,</c><00:33:23.200><c> Daniel.</c>

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:27.180
Brother<00:33:24.359><c> Attridge</c><00:33:24.980><c> defines</c><00:33:25.480><c> it</c><00:33:25.660><c> this</c><00:33:26.059><c> way,</c>

00:33:27.410 --> 00:33:31.720
It's<00:33:27.859><c> basically</c><00:33:28.480><c> the</c><00:33:28.900><c> inner</c><00:33:29.200><c> goodness</c><00:33:29.720><c> that</c><00:33:30.440><c> constant</c><00:33:30.980><c> recourse</c><00:33:31.519><c> to</c>

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:34.519
the<00:33:31.880><c> Scriptures</c><00:33:32.180><c> will</c><00:33:32.440><c> generate</c><00:33:32.920><c> inside</c><00:33:33.420><c> us.</c>

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:39.859
It<00:33:34.720><c> is</c><00:33:34.960><c> the</c><00:33:35.220><c> good</c><00:33:35.460><c> word</c><00:33:35.680><c> of</c><00:33:35.920><c> God</c><00:33:36.319><c> in</c><00:33:36.920><c> our</c><00:33:37.279><c> head</c><00:33:37.619><c> and</c><00:33:38.279><c> in</c><00:33:38.500><c> our</c><00:33:38.740><c> heart,</c>

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admonishing<00:33:40.500><c> and</c><00:33:40.740><c> reproving</c><00:33:41.359><c> the</c><00:33:41.680><c> old</c><00:33:42.039><c> negative</c><00:33:42.640><c> man</c><00:33:43.380><c> of</c><00:33:44.019><c> the</c><00:33:44.319><c> flesh.</c>

00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:56.980
So<00:33:48.339><c> it's</c><00:33:49.259><c> not</c><00:33:49.740><c> just</c><00:33:50.180><c> a</c><00:33:51.700><c> mushy</c><00:33:52.759><c> kind</c><00:33:53.200><c> of</c><00:33:54.160><c> virtue</c><00:33:54.619><c> that</c><00:33:55.359><c> the</c><00:33:55.579><c> churches</c><00:33:55.880><c> around</c><00:33:56.259><c> us</c>

00:33:56.980 --> 00:34:01.519
might<00:33:56.980><c> think</c><00:33:57.880><c> that</c><00:33:58.180><c> we</c><00:33:58.339><c> just</c><00:33:58.599><c> have</c><00:33:58.839><c> to</c><00:33:59.059><c> be</c><00:34:00.420><c> nice.</c>

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:06.599
It's<00:34:03.339><c> about</c><00:34:03.920><c> goodness</c><00:34:04.460><c> in</c><00:34:04.779><c> contrast</c><00:34:05.240><c> to</c><00:34:05.519><c> badness.</c>

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:12.139
And<00:34:07.079><c> it's</c><00:34:07.700><c> about</c><00:34:08.059><c> the</c><00:34:08.320><c> virtue,</c><00:34:09.400><c> a</c><00:34:09.500><c> godly</c><00:34:10.019><c> virtue,</c><00:34:11.480><c> which</c><00:34:11.780><c> has</c>

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:14.300
strength<00:34:13.019><c> to</c><00:34:13.980><c> say,</c>

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:19.179
We<00:34:14.519><c> reject</c><00:34:15.039><c> the</c><00:34:15.320><c> bad</c><00:34:15.820><c> and</c><00:34:16.320><c> we</c><00:34:17.059><c> hold</c><00:34:17.360><c> fast</c><00:34:17.820><c> to</c><00:34:18.039><c> the</c><00:34:18.199><c> good.</c>

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:25.239
Let's<00:34:21.940><c> move</c><00:34:22.179><c> on</c><00:34:22.400><c> now</c><00:34:22.659><c> to</c><00:34:22.840><c> the</c><00:34:22.940><c> next</c><00:34:23.260><c> word,</c><00:34:23.880><c> which</c><00:34:23.880><c> is</c><00:34:24.159><c> faith.</c>

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:32.619
It's<00:34:27.179><c> the</c><00:34:27.360><c> only</c><00:34:27.699><c> word</c><00:34:28.019><c> in</c><00:34:28.219><c> our</c><00:34:28.440><c> list</c><00:34:28.679><c> of</c><00:34:28.880><c> the</c><00:34:29.059><c> fruit</c><00:34:29.179><c> of</c><00:34:29.320><c> the</c><00:34:29.539><c> Spirit</c><00:34:29.920><c> that</c><00:34:30.719><c> comes</c><00:34:31.280><c> ready</c><00:34:31.679><c>-made</c><00:34:31.980><c> with</c><00:34:32.199><c> what</c><00:34:32.380><c> we</c>

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:36.500
might<00:34:32.860><c> call</c><00:34:33.380><c> a</c><00:34:33.940><c> proper</c><00:34:34.599><c> scriptural</c><00:34:35.320><c> definition.</c>

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:40.940
And<00:34:36.940><c> if</c><00:34:37.039><c> we</c><00:34:37.199><c> could</c><00:34:37.420><c> have</c><00:34:37.840><c> the</c><00:34:38.099><c> Hebrews</c><00:34:38.440><c> 11</c><00:34:38.960><c> slide</c><00:34:39.440><c> please,</c><00:34:39.980><c> Daniel,</c><00:34:40.320><c> we</c>

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:42.679
know<00:34:41.199><c> this</c><00:34:41.780><c> quite</c><00:34:42.099><c> well.</c>

00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:48.699
Now<00:34:43.960><c> faith</c><00:34:44.280><c> is</c><00:34:44.539><c> a</c><00:34:44.619><c> substance,</c><00:34:46.199><c> and</c><00:34:46.440><c> the</c><00:34:47.260><c> little</c><00:34:47.460><c> words</c><00:34:47.679><c> in</c><00:34:48.480><c> the</c>

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:50.139
brackets<00:34:48.960><c> are</c><00:34:49.239><c> mine.</c>

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:53.900
Faith<00:34:50.460><c> is</c><00:34:50.760><c> the</c><00:34:50.840><c> substance</c><00:34:51.300><c> of</c><00:34:51.559><c> things</c><00:34:51.800><c> hoped</c><00:34:52.099><c> for,</c><00:34:52.920><c> the</c><00:34:53.179><c> evidence</c><00:34:53.559><c> of</c>

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:56.159
things<00:34:54.460><c> not</c><00:34:55.260><c> seen.</c>

00:34:56.840 --> 00:35:01.139
And<00:34:57.079><c> hopefully</c><00:34:57.400><c> you</c><00:34:57.699><c> agree</c><00:34:58.260><c> with</c><00:34:59.280><c> my</c><00:34:59.800><c> explanatory</c><00:35:00.619><c> brackets</c>

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:03.320
of<00:35:01.460><c> future</c><00:35:01.900><c> and</c><00:35:02.340><c> past.</c>

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:09.519
I<00:35:05.440><c> think</c><00:35:05.719><c> for</c><00:35:05.920><c> us</c><00:35:06.320><c> it's</c><00:35:06.860><c> fair</c><00:35:07.099><c> to</c><00:35:07.400><c> say</c><00:35:07.659><c> that</c><00:35:07.960><c> it's</c><00:35:08.880><c> generated</c>

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:14.440
in<00:35:09.960><c> reverse</c><00:35:10.400><c> order</c><00:35:11.119><c> from</c><00:35:11.780><c> what</c><00:35:12.059><c> the</c><00:35:12.280><c> apostle</c><00:35:12.639><c> puts</c><00:35:13.099><c> it.</c>

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:17.539
That<00:35:14.940><c> is,</c><00:35:15.260><c> we're</c><00:35:15.420><c> convinced</c><00:35:15.980><c> of</c><00:35:16.179><c> the</c><00:35:16.360><c> working</c><00:35:16.619><c> of</c><00:35:16.920><c> God</c><00:35:17.079><c> in</c><00:35:17.300><c> the</c>

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:23.099
past,<00:35:18.820><c> and</c><00:35:19.119><c> that</c><00:35:19.380><c> gives</c><00:35:19.619><c> substance</c><00:35:20.219><c> to</c><00:35:20.519><c> our</c><00:35:20.780><c> hopes</c><00:35:21.179><c> for</c><00:35:21.780><c> the</c><00:35:21.980><c> future.</c>

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:29.079
Such<00:35:25.519><c> faith</c><00:35:25.900><c> is</c><00:35:26.139><c> not</c><00:35:26.340><c> presented</c><00:35:26.760><c> by</c><00:35:27.079><c> the</c><00:35:27.340><c> apostle</c><00:35:27.659><c> as</c><00:35:27.980><c> a</c><00:35:28.320><c> human</c><00:35:28.760><c> virtue,</c>

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:35.119
so<00:35:30.280><c> he's</c><00:35:30.519><c> not</c><00:35:30.719><c> praising</c><00:35:31.099><c> us</c><00:35:31.880><c> for</c><00:35:32.320><c> faith,</c><00:35:34.139><c> but</c><00:35:34.239><c> it's</c><00:35:34.539><c> a</c><00:35:34.639><c> product</c>

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.800
of<00:35:35.559><c> the</c><00:35:35.880><c> Spirit.</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:42.039
As<00:35:37.280><c> he</c><00:35:37.480><c> said</c><00:35:37.679><c> to</c><00:35:37.900><c> the</c><00:35:38.079><c> Romans,</c><00:35:39.460><c> faith</c><00:35:39.579><c> cometh</c><00:35:40.059><c> by</c><00:35:40.460><c> hearing</c><00:35:41.039><c> and</c>

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:44.179
hearing<00:35:42.599><c> by</c><00:35:43.300><c> the</c><00:35:43.579><c> word</c><00:35:43.800><c> of</c><00:35:44.000><c> God.</c>

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.579
That's<00:35:44.980><c> 10</c><00:35:45.300><c>.17.</c>

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:53.079
Through<00:35:50.260><c> such</c><00:35:50.619><c> faith,</c><00:35:51.239><c> Paul</c><00:35:51.420><c> goes</c><00:35:51.619><c> on</c><00:35:51.840><c> to</c><00:35:52.079><c> say,</c><00:35:52.340><c> verse</c><00:35:52.559><c> 3</c><00:35:52.880><c> of</c>

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.920
Hebrews<00:35:53.360><c> 11,</c>

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We<00:35:54.980><c> understand</c><00:35:55.860><c> that</c><00:35:56.139><c> the</c><00:35:56.340><c> worlds</c><00:35:56.559><c> were</c><00:35:56.920><c> formed</c><00:35:57.340><c> by</c><00:35:57.699><c> the</c><00:35:57.880><c> word</c>

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.300
of<00:35:58.280><c> God.</c>

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:06.239
Now<00:36:01.219><c> in</c><00:36:01.480><c> practice,</c><00:36:01.940><c> I</c><00:36:02.219><c> put</c><00:36:02.420><c> it</c><00:36:02.599><c> to</c><00:36:02.780><c> you</c><00:36:03.460><c> that</c><00:36:04.099><c> we</c><00:36:04.920><c> understand</c>

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.079
almost<00:36:07.400><c> nothing</c><00:36:07.920><c> at</c><00:36:08.239><c> all.</c>

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:13.159
You<00:36:10.260><c> and</c><00:36:10.460><c> I</c><00:36:10.619><c> cannot</c><00:36:11.019><c> fathom</c><00:36:11.519><c> how</c><00:36:11.820><c> God</c><00:36:12.079><c> framed</c><00:36:12.480><c> the</c><00:36:12.780><c> universe.</c>

00:36:13.260 --> 00:36:15.579
We<00:36:13.400><c> don't</c><00:36:13.659><c> understand</c><00:36:14.119><c> the</c><00:36:14.440><c> times</c><00:36:14.960><c> of</c><00:36:15.260><c> God.</c>

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:18.239
We<00:36:16.199><c> can't</c><00:36:16.500><c> see</c><00:36:16.760><c> the</c><00:36:17.039><c> working</c><00:36:17.400><c> of</c><00:36:17.800><c> God.</c>

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:23.739
So<00:36:19.420><c> we</c><00:36:19.539><c> don't</c><00:36:19.860><c> know</c><00:36:20.639><c> how</c><00:36:21.079><c> that</c><00:36:21.900><c> God</c><00:36:22.079><c> has</c><00:36:22.420><c> framed</c><00:36:22.840><c> things.</c>

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:31.300
It's<00:36:27.340><c> only</c><00:36:27.619><c> just</c><00:36:28.019><c> within</c><00:36:28.300><c> our</c><00:36:28.659><c> grasp</c><00:36:29.119><c> to</c><00:36:29.480><c> understand</c><00:36:30.099><c> why</c><00:36:31.039><c> God</c>

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:33.340
is<00:36:31.539><c> doing</c><00:36:31.840><c> what</c><00:36:32.199><c> he's</c><00:36:32.500><c> doing.</c>

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:37.400
But<00:36:35.199><c> I</c><00:36:35.300><c> think</c><00:36:35.440><c> that's</c><00:36:35.639><c> what</c><00:36:35.780><c> Paul's</c><00:36:36.219><c> talking</c><00:36:36.420><c> about.</c>

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:43.440
The<00:36:38.119><c> Greek</c><00:36:38.380><c> word</c><00:36:38.679><c> translated</c><00:36:39.320><c> as</c><00:36:39.739><c> understand</c><00:36:40.800><c> means</c><00:36:41.980><c> to</c><00:36:42.380><c> exercise</c><00:36:43.119><c> the</c>

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:45.699
mind<00:36:43.880><c> by</c><00:36:44.340><c> observation.</c>

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:50.940
So<00:36:47.300><c> when</c><00:36:47.519><c> we</c><00:36:47.679><c> know</c><00:36:48.179><c> that</c><00:36:48.420><c> God</c><00:36:48.579><c> has</c><00:36:48.840><c> done</c><00:36:49.079><c> things,</c><00:36:49.940><c> when</c><00:36:50.119><c> we</c><00:36:50.280><c> know</c><00:36:50.599><c> that</c><00:36:50.800><c> God</c>

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.659
is<00:36:51.139><c> in</c><00:36:51.360><c> control,</c>

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:56.900
we<00:36:54.059><c> know</c><00:36:54.420><c> this</c><00:36:55.019><c> by</c><00:36:55.619><c> faith.</c>

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:04.980
Faith<00:36:58.820><c> is</c><00:36:59.079><c> the</c><00:36:59.300><c> quality</c><00:36:59.800><c> that</c><00:37:00.260><c> affirms</c><00:37:01.440><c> that</c><00:37:02.000><c> God</c><00:37:02.340><c> said</c><00:37:02.719><c> it,</c><00:37:04.599><c> I</c>

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:08.659
believe<00:37:05.300><c> it,</c><00:37:06.500><c> and</c><00:37:06.739><c> that</c><00:37:07.019><c> settles</c><00:37:07.420><c> it.</c>

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:13.119
Without<00:37:09.380><c> such</c><00:37:09.780><c> faith,</c><00:37:10.260><c> verse</c><00:37:10.420><c> 6</c><00:37:10.760><c> of</c><00:37:10.900><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:11.219><c> 11</c><00:37:11.980><c> reminds</c><00:37:12.619><c> us</c>

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:15.679
that<00:37:13.420><c> we</c><00:37:13.699><c> cannot</c><00:37:14.239><c> please</c><00:37:14.780><c> God.</c>

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:21.099
Now<00:37:17.260><c> this</c><00:37:17.619><c> faith</c><00:37:17.900><c> is</c><00:37:18.179><c> not</c><00:37:18.659><c> a</c><00:37:19.000><c> static</c><00:37:19.460><c> quality.</c>

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:27.380
Paul<00:37:21.960><c> said</c><00:37:22.239><c> to</c><00:37:22.440><c> the</c><00:37:22.639><c> Romans,</c><00:37:24.000><c> the</c><00:37:24.000><c> just</c><00:37:24.440><c> shall</c><00:37:24.860><c> live</c><00:37:25.519><c> by</c><00:37:26.260><c> faith.</c>

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:33.179
And<00:37:28.639><c> James</c><00:37:28.960><c> wrote</c><00:37:29.539><c> that</c><00:37:30.159><c> faith</c><00:37:30.860><c> without</c><00:37:31.480><c> works</c><00:37:31.920><c> is</c><00:37:32.260><c> dead.</c>

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:38.099
So<00:37:33.980><c> we</c><00:37:34.179><c> aren't</c><00:37:34.380><c> just</c><00:37:34.739><c> talking</c><00:37:35.139><c> about</c><00:37:35.519><c> the</c><00:37:35.719><c> ability</c><00:37:36.139><c> to</c><00:37:36.519><c> believe</c><00:37:36.940><c> in</c><00:37:37.239><c> God.</c>

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:42.000
James<00:37:38.880><c> said,</c><00:37:39.260><c> even</c><00:37:39.460><c> the</c><00:37:39.719><c> demons</c><00:37:39.940><c> believe</c><00:37:40.340><c> and</c><00:37:40.599><c> tremble</c><00:37:40.840><c> with</c><00:37:41.099><c> fear.</c>

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:47.260
We<00:37:42.860><c> are</c><00:37:43.460><c> talking</c><00:37:43.840><c> about</c><00:37:44.199><c> the</c><00:37:44.460><c> faith</c><00:37:45.059><c> that</c><00:37:45.739><c> frames</c><00:37:46.059><c> our</c><00:37:46.460><c> life</c>

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:52.000
around<00:37:47.920><c> God</c><00:37:48.579><c> and</c><00:37:49.579><c> then</c><00:37:49.860><c> blossoms</c><00:37:50.340><c> into</c><00:37:51.139><c> faithfulness.</c>

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:55.039
If<00:37:52.579><c> we</c><00:37:52.760><c> could</c><00:37:52.900><c> have</c><00:37:53.099><c> the</c><00:37:53.280><c> next</c><00:37:53.460><c> slide</c><00:37:53.780><c> please.</c>

00:37:58.699 --> 00:38:02.840
As<00:37:58.820><c> you</c><00:37:58.980><c> can</c><00:37:59.280><c> see</c><00:37:59.500><c> on</c><00:37:59.699><c> the</c><00:37:59.900><c> screen</c><00:38:00.119><c> there,</c><00:38:00.519><c> there's</c><00:38:00.800><c> the</c><00:38:01.159><c> etymology</c><00:38:02.059><c> of</c>

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:05.380
the<00:38:03.139><c> English</c><00:38:03.519><c> word</c><00:38:04.000><c> believe.</c>

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:10.800
It<00:38:06.619><c> comes</c><00:38:07.059><c> from</c><00:38:07.340><c> an</c><00:38:07.760><c> old</c><00:38:08.199><c> Germanic</c><00:38:08.880><c> word,</c><00:38:09.579><c> Galalben,</c><00:38:10.579><c> which</c>

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:13.539
means<00:38:11.179><c> to</c><00:38:11.400><c> love</c><00:38:11.880><c> or</c><00:38:12.239><c> to</c><00:38:12.400><c> hold</c><00:38:12.699><c> dear.</c>

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:18.119
Quite<00:38:14.480><c> how</c><00:38:14.639><c> we</c><00:38:14.840><c> get</c><00:38:15.099><c> Galifa</c><00:38:15.739><c> from</c><00:38:16.079><c> Galalben,</c><00:38:16.719><c> I'm</c><00:38:16.840><c> not</c><00:38:17.159><c> sure.</c>

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:20.199
They<00:38:18.539><c> both</c><00:38:18.739><c> start</c><00:38:18.960><c> with</c><00:38:19.139><c> G</c><00:38:19.420><c> I</c><00:38:19.599><c> suppose.</c>

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:23.159
And<00:38:20.840><c> then</c><00:38:20.960><c> from</c><00:38:21.179><c> Galifa</c><00:38:21.599><c> we</c><00:38:21.800><c> get</c><00:38:22.039><c> belief.</c>

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:25.579
And<00:38:23.880><c> then</c><00:38:24.019><c> we</c><00:38:24.159><c> get</c><00:38:24.480><c> believe.</c>

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:32.559
So<00:38:27.820><c> the</c><00:38:28.239><c> idea</c><00:38:28.800><c> behind</c><00:38:29.179><c> the</c><00:38:29.400><c> word</c><00:38:29.619><c> believe,</c><00:38:30.139><c> which</c><00:38:30.320><c> is</c><00:38:30.500><c> very</c><00:38:30.800><c> closely</c><00:38:31.179><c> related</c><00:38:31.619><c> to</c><00:38:31.960><c> faith,</c>

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:37.599
is<00:38:33.699><c> the</c><00:38:33.900><c> idea</c><00:38:34.380><c> of</c><00:38:35.119><c> holding</c><00:38:35.699><c> on</c><00:38:36.019><c> to</c><00:38:36.199><c> something,</c><00:38:36.619><c> of</c><00:38:36.739><c> holding</c><00:38:37.000><c> it</c>

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:39.860
close,<00:38:38.300><c> holding</c><00:38:38.659><c> it</c><00:38:39.019><c> dear.</c>

00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:44.960
It's<00:38:40.739><c> not</c><00:38:41.219><c> a</c><00:38:41.460><c> dispassionate</c><00:38:42.260><c> belief</c><00:38:42.860><c> that</c><00:38:43.519><c> means</c><00:38:43.940><c> nothing</c><00:38:44.340><c> of</c>

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.900
significance<00:38:45.539><c> either</c><00:38:45.940><c> way.</c>

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:52.699
I<00:38:48.480><c> believe</c><00:38:48.820><c> that</c><00:38:49.079><c> the</c><00:38:49.280><c> Coriolis</c><00:38:49.860><c> effect</c><00:38:50.239><c> is</c><00:38:50.599><c> different</c><00:38:51.139><c> in</c><00:38:51.519><c> your</c><00:38:51.800><c> hemisphere</c><00:38:52.320><c> than</c><00:38:52.559><c> it</c>

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:54.380
is<00:38:52.880><c> for</c><00:38:53.099><c> us.</c>

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:59.260
The<00:38:55.679><c> Coriolis</c><00:38:56.219><c> effect</c><00:38:56.539><c> for</c><00:38:56.719><c> those</c><00:38:57.019><c> who</c><00:38:57.219><c> aren't</c><00:38:57.480><c> sure</c><00:38:57.880><c> is</c><00:38:58.619><c> what</c>

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:02.539
direction<00:38:59.739><c> the</c><00:39:00.000><c> water</c><00:39:00.159><c> goes</c><00:39:00.500><c> down</c><00:39:00.739><c> the</c><00:39:00.980><c> bath</c><00:39:01.360><c> plug</c><00:39:01.719><c> hole.</c>

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:08.039
When<00:39:03.360><c> you</c><00:39:03.559><c> pull</c><00:39:03.739><c> the</c><00:39:03.960><c> plug</c><00:39:04.119><c> out,</c><00:39:06.300><c> I'm</c><00:39:07.079><c> not</c><00:39:07.320><c> sure</c><00:39:07.460><c> which</c><00:39:07.699><c> is</c><00:39:07.860><c> which,</c>

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:10.900
but<00:39:08.380><c> it's</c><00:39:08.820><c> anti</c><00:39:09.039><c>-clockwise</c><00:39:09.440><c> here</c><00:39:09.760><c> and</c><00:39:09.980><c> clockwise</c><00:39:10.360><c> for</c><00:39:10.599><c> you</c><00:39:10.699><c> or</c>

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:12.300
the<00:39:11.039><c> other</c><00:39:11.199><c> way</c><00:39:11.380><c> around.</c>

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:15.820
I<00:39:14.300><c> believe</c><00:39:14.539><c> it's</c><00:39:14.800><c> different.</c>

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.619
Well,<00:39:16.579><c> so</c><00:39:16.780><c> what?</c>

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:20.500
It<00:39:18.739><c> means</c><00:39:19.099><c> nothing</c><00:39:19.480><c> of</c><00:39:19.739><c> any</c><00:39:20.000><c> consequence.</c>

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:22.619
It's<00:39:21.139><c> not</c><00:39:21.380><c> something</c><00:39:21.639><c> I</c><00:39:22.000><c> cherish.</c>

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.500
It's<00:39:23.340><c> not</c><00:39:23.500><c> a</c><00:39:23.679><c> belief</c><00:39:23.820><c> I</c><00:39:24.079><c> hold</c><00:39:24.300><c> dear.</c>

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:27.119
I<00:39:24.719><c> just</c><00:39:25.239><c> believe</c><00:39:25.760><c> that</c><00:39:25.940><c> it's</c><00:39:26.119><c> true.</c>

00:39:27.699 --> 00:39:35.440
The<00:39:28.500><c> belief</c><00:39:28.840><c> we're</c><00:39:29.099><c> talking</c><00:39:29.480><c> about</c><00:39:29.860><c> is</c><00:39:31.320><c> something</c><00:39:31.920><c> that</c><00:39:32.320><c> means</c><00:39:33.099><c> something</c><00:39:33.820><c> for</c><00:39:34.199><c> us,</c>

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:40.340
that<00:39:36.039><c> makes</c><00:39:36.340><c> a</c><00:39:36.559><c> difference</c><00:39:36.920><c> to</c><00:39:37.179><c> our</c><00:39:37.420><c> life</c><00:39:38.119><c> and</c><00:39:38.900><c> to</c><00:39:39.119><c> our</c><00:39:39.360><c> living.</c>

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:47.239
The<00:39:42.119><c> faith</c><00:39:42.440><c> of</c><00:39:42.619><c> which</c><00:39:42.860><c> Paul</c><00:39:43.219><c> speaks</c><00:39:43.860><c> is</c><00:39:44.739><c> not</c><00:39:45.039><c> just</c><00:39:45.519><c> accepting</c><00:39:46.239><c> God,</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:54.340
but<00:39:48.500><c> is</c><00:39:48.860><c> framing</c><00:39:49.219><c> our</c><00:39:49.619><c> lives</c><00:39:50.280><c> around</c><00:39:51.019><c> Him</c><00:39:51.739><c> and</c><00:39:52.539><c> for</c><00:39:52.980><c> Him.</c>

00:39:56.619 --> 00:39:59.119
We<00:39:57.099><c> come</c><00:39:57.400><c> now</c><00:39:57.760><c> to</c><00:39:57.980><c> meekness.</c>

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:04.219
If<00:40:01.519><c> we</c><00:40:01.719><c> could</c><00:40:01.860><c> have</c><00:40:02.039><c> the</c><00:40:02.139><c> next</c><00:40:02.380><c> slide</c><00:40:02.659><c> please,</c><00:40:03.079><c> Daniel.</c>

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:10.820
Meekness<00:40:06.139><c> as</c><00:40:06.539><c> a</c><00:40:06.719><c> concept</c><00:40:07.119><c> has</c><00:40:07.519><c> suffered</c><00:40:07.760><c> from</c><00:40:08.079><c> an</c><00:40:08.420><c> unfortunate</c><00:40:09.019><c> association</c><00:40:09.880><c> with</c><00:40:10.659><c> the</c>

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:12.840
concept<00:40:11.380><c> of</c><00:40:11.699><c> wimpiness.</c>

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:16.239
And<00:40:13.780><c> it's</c><00:40:14.059><c> a</c><00:40:14.219><c> really</c><00:40:14.559><c> unfortunate</c><00:40:15.420><c> association.</c>

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:19.019
And<00:40:16.880><c> the</c><00:40:17.039><c> picture</c><00:40:17.400><c> on</c><00:40:17.679><c> the</c><00:40:17.900><c> screen</c><00:40:18.099><c> and</c><00:40:18.300><c> the</c><00:40:18.480><c> words</c><00:40:18.659><c> that</c><00:40:18.920><c> go</c>

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:23.800
with<00:40:19.239><c> it</c><00:40:20.019><c> are</c><00:40:20.400><c> what</c><00:40:20.619><c> the</c><00:40:20.860><c> world</c><00:40:21.119><c> often</c><00:40:21.659><c> thinks</c><00:40:22.360><c> meekness</c><00:40:23.159><c> is.</c>

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:29.920
That<00:40:24.719><c> it's</c><00:40:24.960><c> some</c><00:40:25.860><c> timid,</c><00:40:26.960><c> shy</c><00:40:27.159><c> creature</c><00:40:27.639><c> that</c><00:40:28.039><c> cringes</c><00:40:29.059><c> in</c><00:40:29.599><c> a</c>

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:33.469
servile<00:40:30.460><c> attitude,</c><00:40:31.579><c> afraid</c><00:40:31.940><c> of</c><00:40:32.219><c> almost</c><00:40:32.599><c> everything.</c>

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:38.480
Vine<00:40:35.579><c> says,</c><00:40:35.960><c> if</c><00:40:36.099><c> we</c><00:40:36.260><c> could</c><00:40:36.400><c> have</c><00:40:36.579><c> the</c><00:40:36.719><c> next</c><00:40:36.980><c> slide</c><00:40:37.219><c> please,</c><00:40:37.679><c> Daniel,</c>

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:47.380
that<00:40:40.099><c> meekness</c><00:40:41.079><c> in</c><00:40:42.539><c> the</c><00:40:43.780><c> Greek</c><00:40:44.039><c> has</c><00:40:44.539><c> quite</c><00:40:44.880><c> a</c><00:40:45.340><c> different</c><00:40:46.179><c> concept.</c>

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:52.079
He<00:40:48.440><c> says</c><00:40:48.619><c> it</c><00:40:48.739><c> consists</c><00:40:49.239><c> not</c><00:40:49.480><c> in</c><00:40:49.679><c> a</c><00:40:49.840><c> person's</c><00:40:50.440><c> outward</c><00:40:50.699><c> behavior</c><00:40:51.260><c> only,</c>

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:56.400
nor<00:40:52.579><c> yet</c><00:40:52.880><c> in</c><00:40:53.019><c> his</c><00:40:53.239><c> relations</c><00:40:53.679><c> to</c><00:40:53.880><c> his</c><00:40:54.079><c> fellow</c><00:40:54.300><c> men,</c><00:40:55.860><c> as</c><00:40:56.139><c> little</c>

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:59.000
in<00:40:56.639><c> his</c><00:40:56.920><c> mere</c><00:40:57.179><c> natural</c><00:40:57.739><c> disposition.</c>

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:03.420
Rather,<00:41:00.159><c> it</c><00:41:00.260><c> is</c><00:41:00.599><c> an</c><00:41:00.960><c> inwrought</c><00:41:01.559><c> grace</c><00:41:02.000><c> of</c><00:41:02.219><c> the</c><00:41:02.460><c> soul,</c>

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:08.300
and<00:41:03.539><c> the</c><00:41:03.820><c> exercises</c><00:41:04.360><c> of</c><00:41:04.960><c> it</c><00:41:05.440><c> are</c><00:41:05.920><c> firstly</c><00:41:06.260><c> and</c><00:41:06.539><c> chiefly</c><00:41:06.960><c> towards</c><00:41:07.260><c> God.</c>

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:13.480
It<00:41:09.099><c> is</c><00:41:09.360><c> that</c><00:41:09.599><c> temper</c><00:41:10.039><c> of</c><00:41:10.420><c> spirit</c><00:41:10.980><c> in</c><00:41:11.539><c> which</c><00:41:11.739><c> we</c><00:41:11.960><c> accept</c><00:41:12.320><c> His</c><00:41:12.619><c> dealings</c><00:41:13.079><c> with</c><00:41:13.239><c> us</c>

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.079
as<00:41:13.739><c> good,</c>

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:16.940
and<00:41:14.619><c> therefore</c><00:41:14.880><c> without</c><00:41:15.239><c> disputing</c><00:41:15.820><c> or</c><00:41:16.000><c> resisting.</c>

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:21.460
The<00:41:17.860><c> meaning</c><00:41:18.159><c> of</c><00:41:18.519><c> priorities</c><00:41:18.960><c> is</c><00:41:19.699><c> not</c><00:41:20.019><c> readily</c><00:41:20.440><c> expressed</c><00:41:20.900><c> in</c><00:41:21.079><c> English</c>

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:27.639
for<00:41:21.719><c> the</c><00:41:21.940><c> terms</c><00:41:22.179><c> meekness,</c><00:41:23.219><c> mildness,</c><00:41:24.579><c> commonly</c><00:41:24.860><c> used,</c><00:41:25.920><c> suggest</c><00:41:26.159><c> weakness</c><00:41:26.840><c> and</c>

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:30.300
pusillanimity,<00:41:29.340><c> or</c><00:41:29.559><c> cowardice,</c>

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:34.960
to<00:41:30.820><c> a</c><00:41:31.019><c> greater</c><00:41:31.280><c> or</c><00:41:31.500><c> lesser</c><00:41:31.820><c> extent,</c><00:41:33.079><c> whereas</c><00:41:33.380><c> priorities</c><00:41:33.940><c> does</c><00:41:34.360><c> nothing</c><00:41:34.739><c> of</c>

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:36.260
the<00:41:35.179><c> kind.</c>

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:40.739
It<00:41:36.820><c> must</c><00:41:37.079><c> be</c><00:41:37.360><c> clearly</c><00:41:37.699><c> understood</c><00:41:38.420><c> that</c><00:41:39.019><c> the</c><00:41:39.300><c> meekness</c><00:41:39.760><c> manifested</c><00:41:40.420><c> by</c>

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:41.380
the<00:41:40.940><c> Lord</c>

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:46.260
and<00:41:41.940><c> commended</c><00:41:42.360><c> to</c><00:41:42.619><c> the</c><00:41:42.840><c> believer</c><00:41:43.179><c> is</c><00:41:43.820><c> the</c><00:41:44.139><c> fruit</c><00:41:44.440><c> of</c><00:41:45.400><c> power.</c>

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:53.619
And<00:41:47.760><c> this</c><00:41:48.320><c> leads</c><00:41:48.619><c> us</c><00:41:49.019><c> to</c><00:41:49.219><c> a</c><00:41:49.400><c> far</c><00:41:49.579><c> superior</c><00:41:50.440><c> image</c><00:41:51.019><c> than</c><00:41:51.300><c> the</c><00:41:51.980><c> cringing</c><00:41:52.440><c> little</c><00:41:52.940><c> squirrel</c><00:41:53.199><c> that</c><00:41:53.440><c> we</c>

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.380
had<00:41:53.820><c> before.</c>

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:57.519
If<00:41:54.840><c> we</c><00:41:55.019><c> could</c><00:41:55.179><c> have</c><00:41:55.380><c> the</c><00:41:55.579><c> next</c><00:41:55.860><c> slide</c><00:41:56.119><c> please,</c><00:41:56.699><c> Daniel.</c>

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:06.179
We<00:42:00.699><c> have</c><00:42:00.940><c> the</c><00:42:01.219><c> strength</c><00:42:01.719><c> of</c><00:42:02.179><c> the</c><00:42:02.420><c> lion</c><00:42:02.980><c> being</c><00:42:03.920><c> restrained</c><00:42:04.840><c> in</c><00:42:05.400><c> meekness.</c>

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:11.239
So<00:42:08.079><c> the</c><00:42:08.300><c> meek</c><00:42:08.639><c> is</c><00:42:09.059><c> the</c><00:42:09.420><c> lion</c><00:42:09.800><c> on</c><00:42:10.039><c> the</c><00:42:10.219><c> right,</c><00:42:10.539><c> not</c><00:42:10.659><c> the</c><00:42:10.820><c> man</c><00:42:11.019><c> on</c>

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:12.179
the<00:42:11.400><c> left.</c>

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:17.340
Meekness<00:42:15.099><c> is</c><00:42:15.360><c> a</c><00:42:15.500><c> divine</c><00:42:16.139><c> quality.</c>

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:24.659
It's<00:42:18.079><c> not</c><00:42:18.440><c> timidity</c><00:42:19.219><c> or</c><00:42:20.300><c> wimpiness,</c><00:42:22.059><c> but</c><00:42:22.239><c> it's</c><00:42:22.559><c> the</c><00:42:22.820><c> controlled</c><00:42:23.619><c> strength</c>

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of<00:42:25.219><c> gentleness.</c>

00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:30.000
Now<00:42:27.860><c> since</c><00:42:28.099><c> meekness</c><00:42:28.599><c> isn't</c><00:42:28.960><c> weakness,</c>

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:33.019
it<00:42:30.460><c> follows</c><00:42:30.880><c> that</c><00:42:31.179><c> the</c><00:42:31.380><c> timid</c><00:42:31.659><c> among</c><00:42:31.900><c> us</c><00:42:32.119><c> don't</c><00:42:32.400><c> have</c><00:42:32.659><c> a</c><00:42:32.800><c> head</c>

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:35.980
start<00:42:33.539><c> in</c><00:42:34.059><c> developing</c><00:42:34.579><c> this</c><00:42:34.960><c> virtue.</c>

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:41.019
The<00:42:37.139><c> picture</c><00:42:37.519><c> of</c><00:42:37.780><c> a</c><00:42:37.940><c> lion</c><00:42:38.219><c> controlling</c><00:42:38.880><c> his</c><00:42:39.199><c> strength</c><00:42:39.719><c> in</c><00:42:40.619><c> his</c>

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:43.239
relationship<00:42:41.699><c> with</c><00:42:41.940><c> the</c><00:42:42.079><c> man</c><00:42:42.340><c> there</c>

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:48.260
is<00:42:44.039><c> quite</c><00:42:44.500><c> appropriate</c><00:42:45.360><c> to</c><00:42:45.699><c> consider</c><00:42:46.300><c> when</c><00:42:46.760><c> we</c><00:42:47.000><c> think</c><00:42:47.159><c> of</c><00:42:47.360><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:55.199
We<00:42:50.079><c> saw</c><00:42:50.400><c> no</c><00:42:50.800><c> displays</c><00:42:51.460><c> of</c><00:42:51.960><c> outward</c><00:42:52.360><c> strength</c><00:42:53.199><c> and</c><00:42:54.019><c> grandeur.</c>

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:57.840
They<00:42:56.099><c> were</c><00:42:56.340><c> all</c><00:42:56.699><c> within.</c>

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:05.659
But<00:43:00.460><c> on</c><00:43:01.340><c> the</c><00:43:01.519><c> outside</c><00:43:02.019><c> of</c><00:43:02.260><c> Christ</c><00:43:02.739><c> we</c><00:43:03.039><c> saw</c><00:43:03.480><c> a</c><00:43:03.980><c> gentle</c><00:43:04.519><c> and</c><00:43:05.380><c> a</c>

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:07.300
mild<00:43:06.320><c> exterior,</c>

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:12.940
a<00:43:08.760><c> humble</c><00:43:09.360><c> acceptance</c><00:43:10.219><c> of</c><00:43:10.880><c> the</c><00:43:11.019><c> will</c><00:43:11.139><c> of</c><00:43:11.380><c> God</c><00:43:11.599><c> for</c><00:43:11.920><c> him.</c>

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:17.699
Not<00:43:14.320><c> that</c><00:43:14.500><c> our</c><00:43:14.679><c> Lord</c><00:43:14.880><c> wasn't</c><00:43:15.239><c> great</c><00:43:16.019><c> or</c><00:43:16.440><c> powerful,</c>

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.840
but<00:43:18.559><c> he</c><00:43:18.699><c> didn't</c><00:43:19.019><c> seem</c><00:43:19.539><c> to</c><00:43:19.840><c> men</c><00:43:20.219><c> to</c><00:43:20.480><c> be</c><00:43:20.699><c> great.</c>

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:26.900
He<00:43:23.099><c> was</c><00:43:23.820><c> despised</c><00:43:24.900><c> and</c><00:43:25.260><c> esteemed</c><00:43:25.739><c> not.</c>

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:33.780
Yet<00:43:29.460><c> we</c><00:43:29.639><c> get</c><00:43:29.980><c> no</c><00:43:30.380><c> suggestion</c><00:43:31.219><c> of</c><00:43:31.800><c> complaint</c><00:43:32.420><c> that</c><00:43:33.119><c> as</c><00:43:33.340><c> son</c><00:43:33.500><c> of</c>

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:36.400
God<00:43:34.119><c> he</c><00:43:34.679><c> deserved</c><00:43:35.119><c> better.</c>

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:41.260
How<00:43:38.280><c> came</c><00:43:38.619><c> the</c><00:43:38.820><c> Lord</c><00:43:39.139><c> to</c><00:43:39.460><c> have</c><00:43:39.820><c> no</c><00:43:40.199><c> home?</c>

00:43:42.820 --> 00:43:47.320
Surely<00:43:43.219><c> this</c><00:43:43.639><c> basic</c><00:43:44.099><c> comfort</c><00:43:44.940><c> might</c><00:43:45.420><c> have</c><00:43:45.619><c> been</c><00:43:45.739><c> afforded</c><00:43:46.219><c> him.</c>

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:51.219
Can<00:43:48.500><c> you</c><00:43:48.699><c> imagine</c><00:43:49.079><c> Prince</c><00:43:49.460><c> Charles</c><00:43:49.880><c> as</c><00:43:50.099><c> the</c><00:43:50.260><c> heir</c><00:43:50.420><c> to</c><00:43:50.639><c> the</c><00:43:50.840><c> throne</c>

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:55.340
being<00:43:52.340><c> content</c><00:43:52.840><c> to</c><00:43:53.239><c> slum</c><00:43:53.420><c> it</c><00:43:53.639><c> in</c><00:43:54.039><c> humble</c><00:43:54.420><c> acceptance</c><00:43:55.019><c> to</c>

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:56.219
parental<00:43:55.699><c> command</c>

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:59.599
and<00:43:56.900><c> have</c><00:43:57.199><c> no</c><00:43:57.539><c> place</c><00:43:57.800><c> to</c><00:43:58.019><c> lay</c><00:43:58.159><c> his</c><00:43:58.440><c> head?</c>

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:06.070
Christ's<00:44:01.440><c> meekness</c><00:44:02.019><c> was</c><00:44:02.460><c> absolute</c><00:44:03.059><c> power</c><00:44:03.800><c> under</c><00:44:04.539><c> perfect</c><00:44:05.179><c> control.</c>

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:10.400
Remember<00:44:08.380><c> the</c><00:44:08.639><c> lovely</c><00:44:09.059><c> description</c><00:44:09.559><c> we</c><00:44:09.780><c> just</c><00:44:09.980><c> looked</c><00:44:10.199><c> at</c>

00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:11.659
from<00:44:10.679><c> Vine.</c>

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:17.199
It<00:44:12.079><c> is</c><00:44:12.380><c> that</c><00:44:12.679><c> temper</c><00:44:13.159><c> of</c><00:44:13.619><c> spirit</c><00:44:14.119><c> in</c><00:44:14.880><c> which</c><00:44:15.119><c> we</c><00:44:15.480><c> accept</c><00:44:15.820><c> his</c><00:44:16.199><c> dealings</c><00:44:16.699><c> with</c><00:44:16.900><c> us</c>

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:17.840
as<00:44:17.480><c> good</c>

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:22.900
and<00:44:18.719><c> therefore</c><00:44:19.559><c> without</c><00:44:20.420><c> disputing</c><00:44:21.559><c> or</c><00:44:21.800><c> resisting.</c>

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:28.380
It<00:44:24.219><c> actually</c><00:44:24.619><c> takes</c><00:44:25.099><c> great</c><00:44:25.639><c> strength</c><00:44:26.500><c> to</c><00:44:26.980><c> do</c><00:44:27.139><c> this.</c>

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:31.480
If<00:44:29.019><c> we</c><00:44:29.179><c> could</c><00:44:29.300><c> have</c><00:44:29.460><c> the</c><00:44:29.619><c> next</c><00:44:29.860><c> slide</c><00:44:30.019><c> please</c><00:44:30.280><c> Daniel.</c>

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:37.559
This<00:44:34.380><c> is</c><00:44:34.659><c> quite</c><00:44:34.880><c> a</c><00:44:35.199><c> humorous</c><00:44:35.739><c> expression</c><00:44:36.280><c> but</c><00:44:36.639><c> it</c><00:44:37.059><c> carries</c><00:44:37.380><c> a</c>

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:40.159
lot<00:44:37.760><c> of</c><00:44:38.539><c> spiritual</c><00:44:39.079><c> thought.</c>

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:44.940
If<00:44:40.699><c> you</c><00:44:40.900><c> think</c><00:44:41.079><c> being</c><00:44:41.380><c> meek</c><00:44:41.639><c> is</c><00:44:41.880><c> weak</c><00:44:42.219><c> then</c><00:44:42.860><c> try</c><00:44:43.199><c> being</c><00:44:43.559><c> meek</c><00:44:44.179><c> for</c><00:44:44.440><c> a</c><00:44:44.599><c> week</c>

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:49.659
and<00:44:45.840><c> you</c><00:44:45.980><c> will</c><00:44:46.260><c> quickly</c><00:44:46.639><c> discover</c><00:44:47.500><c> that</c><00:44:48.059><c> you</c><00:44:48.260><c> need</c><00:44:48.920><c> a</c><00:44:49.400><c> great</c>

00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:52.780
amount<00:44:49.980><c> of</c><00:44:50.219><c> strength</c><00:44:50.659><c> to</c><00:44:50.860><c> be</c><00:44:51.079><c> meek.</c>

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:57.300
To<00:44:54.460><c> be</c><00:44:54.739><c> meek</c><00:44:55.400><c> is</c><00:44:55.840><c> to</c><00:44:56.119><c> surrender.</c>

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:05.679
Not<00:44:58.920><c> to</c><00:44:59.199><c> others,</c><00:45:01.179><c> nor</c><00:45:01.400><c> even</c><00:45:01.760><c> indeed</c><00:45:02.119><c> to</c><00:45:02.340><c> yourself,</c><00:45:04.219><c> but</c><00:45:04.500><c> to</c><00:45:04.739><c> God.</c>

00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:09.960
To<00:45:06.960><c> surrender</c><00:45:07.400><c> to</c><00:45:07.659><c> God</c><00:45:07.980><c> you</c><00:45:08.139><c> must</c><00:45:08.440><c> have</c><00:45:08.760><c> absolute</c><00:45:09.159><c> confidence</c>

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:11.559
in<00:45:10.559><c> God.</c>

00:45:11.679 --> 00:45:13.519
Complete<00:45:12.239><c> trust.</c>

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:18.719
Meekness<00:45:15.659><c> allows</c><00:45:16.079><c> you</c><00:45:16.300><c> to</c><00:45:16.539><c> do</c><00:45:16.679><c> what</c><00:45:16.900><c> God</c><00:45:17.179><c> wants</c><00:45:17.599><c> of</c><00:45:17.820><c> you.</c>

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:23.699
There<00:45:20.800><c> is</c><00:45:21.019><c> a</c><00:45:21.159><c> line</c><00:45:21.320><c> in</c><00:45:21.480><c> the</c><00:45:21.659><c> hymn</c><00:45:21.920><c> which</c><00:45:22.300><c> says,</c>

00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:31.880
Oh<00:45:23.800><c> use</c><00:45:24.139><c> me</c><00:45:24.519><c> Lord,</c><00:45:25.840><c> use</c><00:45:26.239><c> even</c><00:45:26.780><c> me</c><00:45:27.599><c> just</c><00:45:28.099><c> as</c><00:45:28.440><c> thou</c><00:45:28.739><c> wilt</c><00:45:29.119><c> and</c><00:45:29.920><c> when</c><00:45:30.400><c> and</c><00:45:30.920><c> where.</c>

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:34.519
This<00:45:33.239><c> is</c><00:45:33.480><c> meekness.</c>

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:41.960
The<00:45:36.820><c> flip</c><00:45:37.099><c> side</c><00:45:37.500><c> of</c><00:45:38.219><c> surrendering</c><00:45:38.719><c> to</c><00:45:38.920><c> God</c><00:45:39.179><c> is</c><00:45:40.099><c> mastering</c><00:45:40.940><c> our</c><00:45:41.460><c> self.</c>

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:46.460
And<00:45:42.500><c> so</c><00:45:42.780><c> we</c><00:45:43.000><c> come</c><00:45:43.260><c> to</c><00:45:43.480><c> our</c><00:45:43.659><c> final</c><00:45:44.039><c> virtue</c><00:45:44.659><c> of</c><00:45:45.440><c> temperance.</c>

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:52.940
Temperance<00:45:49.179><c> is</c><00:45:49.579><c> about</c><00:45:49.920><c> self</c><00:45:50.280><c> control</c><00:45:50.800><c> in</c><00:45:51.059><c> all</c><00:45:51.380><c> things</c><00:45:52.059><c> and</c>

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:54.980
not<00:45:53.179><c> just</c><00:45:53.539><c> alcoholic</c><00:45:54.019><c> overindulgence</c>

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:58.940
which<00:45:55.260><c> is</c><00:45:56.019><c> the</c><00:45:56.239><c> principle</c><00:45:56.699><c> concern</c><00:45:57.239><c> of</c><00:45:57.579><c> the</c><00:45:58.179><c> more</c><00:45:58.480><c> modern</c>

00:45:58.940 --> 00:46:00.500
temperance<00:45:59.480><c> movements.</c>

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:07.400
When<00:46:02.980><c> we</c><00:46:03.119><c> think</c><00:46:03.340><c> about</c><00:46:03.599><c> it</c><00:46:03.780><c> in</c><00:46:03.900><c> terms</c><00:46:04.179><c> of</c><00:46:04.360><c> the</c><00:46:04.619><c> temperance</c><00:46:05.099><c> movements</c><00:46:05.679><c> the</c>

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:09.699
idea<00:46:07.880><c> emerges</c><00:46:08.420><c> of</c><00:46:08.800><c> moderation.</c>

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:13.519
Now<00:46:10.960><c> moderation</c><00:46:11.500><c> is</c><00:46:11.699><c> not</c><00:46:11.920><c> such</c><00:46:12.139><c> a</c><00:46:12.300><c> bad</c><00:46:12.579><c> thing,</c>

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:17.400
but<00:46:14.019><c> it's</c><00:46:14.260><c> not</c><00:46:14.460><c> the</c><00:46:14.699><c> subject</c><00:46:15.139><c> or</c><00:46:15.539><c> at</c><00:46:15.599><c> least</c><00:46:15.880><c> not</c><00:46:16.860><c> nearly</c><00:46:17.079><c> the</c>

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:21.820
whole<00:46:17.699><c> of</c><00:46:18.500><c> the</c><00:46:18.820><c> idea</c><00:46:19.340><c> of</c><00:46:20.119><c> the</c><00:46:20.320><c> word</c><00:46:20.539><c> that</c><00:46:20.820><c> Paul</c><00:46:21.000><c> used.</c>

00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:28.039
Scripturally<00:46:24.320><c> moderation</c><00:46:24.960><c> is</c><00:46:25.280><c> about</c><00:46:25.539><c> being</c><00:46:26.039><c> flexible,</c><00:46:27.880><c> but</c>

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:30.460
temperance<00:46:28.599><c> is</c><00:46:28.900><c> about</c><00:46:29.219><c> control.</c>

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:36.980
If<00:46:32.619><c> we</c><00:46:32.900><c> accept</c><00:46:33.400><c> that</c><00:46:33.659><c> the</c><00:46:33.880><c> usage</c><00:46:34.199><c> in</c><00:46:34.440><c> 2</c><00:46:34.679><c> Peter</c><00:46:34.980><c> 1</c><00:46:35.320><c> verse</c><00:46:35.599><c> 6</c><00:46:36.280><c> is</c>

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:41.179
at<00:46:37.119><c> the</c><00:46:37.300><c> very</c><00:46:37.559><c> least</c><00:46:38.460><c> related</c><00:46:39.440><c> to</c><00:46:39.719><c> Galatians</c><00:46:40.239><c> 5,</c>

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:44.780
and<00:46:41.880><c> so</c><00:46:42.079><c> it's</c><00:46:42.500><c> a</c><00:46:42.719><c> list</c><00:46:42.980><c> of</c><00:46:43.260><c> the</c><00:46:43.340><c> fruit</c><00:46:43.460><c> of</c><00:46:43.619><c> the</c><00:46:43.840><c> Spirit,</c>

00:46:44.860 --> 00:46:49.079
there's<00:46:45.199><c> only</c><00:46:45.659><c> one</c><00:46:45.900><c> other</c><00:46:46.199><c> place</c><00:46:46.539><c> in</c><00:46:46.860><c> Scripture</c><00:46:47.360><c> where</c><00:46:48.559><c> the</c>

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:52.420
exact<00:46:49.579><c> word</c><00:46:50.400><c> of</c><00:46:51.400><c> temperance</c><00:46:51.900><c> is</c><00:46:52.179><c> used</c>

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:56.820
and<00:46:52.659><c> that's</c><00:46:52.860><c> Acts</c><00:46:53.079><c> 24</c><00:46:53.679><c> verse</c><00:46:54.039><c> 25</c><00:46:55.019><c> where</c><00:46:55.719><c> we</c><00:46:55.940><c> find</c><00:46:56.119><c> the</c><00:46:56.360><c> Apostle</c>

00:46:56.820 --> 00:47:00.260
Paul<00:46:57.659><c> speaking</c><00:46:58.840><c> with</c><00:46:59.219><c> Felix</c>

00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:07.599
and<00:47:00.719><c> he</c><00:47:01.059><c> reasoned</c><00:47:01.780><c> of</c><00:47:02.099><c> righteousness,</c><00:47:04.420><c> temperance</c><00:47:05.099><c> and</c><00:47:05.880><c> judgment</c><00:47:06.400><c> to</c><00:47:06.739><c> come.</c>

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:11.199
And<00:47:08.440><c> the</c><00:47:08.579><c> reason</c><00:47:08.840><c> for</c><00:47:09.139><c> Felix's</c><00:47:09.639><c> subsequent</c><00:47:10.059><c> trembling</c><00:47:10.639><c> no</c>

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:13.300
doubt<00:47:11.480><c> was</c><00:47:11.760><c> the</c><00:47:12.099><c> explanation</c>

00:47:13.280 --> 00:47:18.159
that<00:47:13.780><c> judgment</c><00:47:14.500><c> was</c><00:47:15.300><c> the</c><00:47:15.579><c> consequence</c><00:47:16.360><c> of</c><00:47:17.219><c> failure</c><00:47:17.619><c> to</c><00:47:17.900><c> be</c>

00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:20.880
righteous<00:47:18.739><c> and</c><00:47:19.619><c> temperate.</c>

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:26.030
The<00:47:23.619><c> root</c><00:47:23.880><c> word</c><00:47:24.239><c> in</c><00:47:24.380><c> Greek</c><00:47:24.699><c> is</c><00:47:25.219><c> strength,</c>

00:47:27.559 --> 00:47:31.920
and<00:47:27.559><c> so</c><00:47:27.760><c> we</c><00:47:27.840><c> can</c><00:47:28.039><c> be</c><00:47:28.300><c> sure</c><00:47:28.539><c> that</c><00:47:29.019><c> self</c><00:47:29.320><c>-control</c><00:47:30.159><c> takes</c><00:47:30.980><c> strength,</c>

00:47:33.820 --> 00:47:37.150
but<00:47:33.900><c> is</c><00:47:34.079><c> it</c><00:47:34.320><c> our</c><00:47:34.559><c> strength</c><00:47:35.360><c> or</c><00:47:36.340><c> God's?</c>

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:40.699
Paul<00:47:39.059><c> famously</c><00:47:39.639><c> said,</c>

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:44.579
When<00:47:41.139><c> I</c><00:47:41.440><c> am</c><00:47:41.619><c> weak,</c><00:47:42.800><c> then</c><00:47:43.019><c> I</c><00:47:43.280><c> am</c><00:47:43.500><c> strong.</c>

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:47.719
And<00:47:45.679><c> he</c><00:47:45.860><c> also</c><00:47:46.139><c> said</c><00:47:46.440><c> in</c><00:47:46.619><c> the</c><00:47:46.840><c> same</c><00:47:47.039><c> context,</c>

00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:54.139
I<00:47:48.500><c> can</c><00:47:48.719><c> do</c><00:47:49.019><c> all</c><00:47:49.400><c> things</c><00:47:49.880><c> through</c><00:47:50.260><c> Christ</c><00:47:51.059><c> which</c><00:47:52.059><c> strengtheneth</c><00:47:52.940><c> me.</c>

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:58.820
So<00:47:55.840><c> this</c><00:47:56.039><c> idea</c><00:47:56.460><c> of</c><00:47:56.800><c> temperance</c><00:47:57.519><c> may</c><00:47:57.760><c> be</c><00:47:58.000><c> expressed</c><00:47:58.300><c> in</c><00:47:58.519><c> one</c><00:47:58.659><c> of</c>

00:47:58.820 --> 00:48:00.119
two<00:47:59.019><c> ways.</c>

00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:05.820
It's<00:48:01.000><c> either</c><00:48:01.400><c> controlling</c><00:48:02.119><c> our</c><00:48:02.659><c> strength</c><00:48:03.280><c> or</c><00:48:04.440><c> having</c><00:48:04.840><c> the</c><00:48:05.179><c> strength</c><00:48:05.460><c> to</c>

00:48:05.820 --> 00:48:07.539
control<00:48:06.280><c> ourselves.</c>

00:48:09.719 --> 00:48:12.340
In<00:48:09.980><c> Proverbs</c><00:48:10.340><c> 16</c><00:48:10.840><c> verse</c><00:48:11.079><c> 32</c><00:48:11.619><c> we</c><00:48:11.960><c> read,</c>

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:17.679
He<00:48:13.500><c> that</c><00:48:13.780><c> is</c><00:48:14.139><c> slow</c><00:48:14.360><c> to</c><00:48:14.639><c> anger</c><00:48:15.219><c> is</c><00:48:15.840><c> better</c><00:48:16.179><c> than</c><00:48:16.380><c> the</c><00:48:16.619><c> mighty,</c>

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:20.239
and<00:48:18.019><c> he</c><00:48:18.239><c> that</c><00:48:18.400><c> ruleeth</c><00:48:18.719><c> his</c><00:48:18.920><c> spirit</c><00:48:19.320><c> than</c><00:48:19.519><c> he</c><00:48:19.739><c> that</c><00:48:19.980><c> taketh</c>

00:48:20.239 --> 00:48:21.460
the<00:48:20.539><c> city.</c>

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:26.539
We're<00:48:23.340><c> told</c><00:48:23.599><c> that</c><00:48:23.800><c> it</c><00:48:23.920><c> takes</c><00:48:24.219><c> more</c><00:48:24.579><c> strength</c><00:48:25.239><c> to</c><00:48:25.780><c> control</c><00:48:26.219><c> one</c>

00:48:26.539 --> 00:48:30.780
man<00:48:27.340><c> than</c><00:48:27.780><c> to</c><00:48:28.159><c> overpower</c><00:48:28.860><c> an</c><00:48:29.300><c> entire</c><00:48:29.719><c> city.</c>

00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:36.099
James<00:48:32.519><c> presents</c><00:48:32.940><c> similar</c><00:48:33.420><c> ideas</c><00:48:33.900><c> about</c><00:48:34.320><c> controlling</c><00:48:34.780><c> our</c><00:48:35.139><c> tongue.</c>

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:39.900
And<00:48:37.820><c> we</c><00:48:38.519><c> ask</c><00:48:38.760><c> the</c><00:48:38.900><c> question,</c>

00:48:40.139 --> 00:48:44.429
Well,<00:48:40.280><c> in</c><00:48:40.639><c> what</c><00:48:40.960><c> things</c><00:48:41.500><c> do</c><00:48:41.739><c> we</c><00:48:41.880><c> need</c><00:48:42.079><c> to</c><00:48:42.320><c> practice</c><00:48:43.000><c> self</c><00:48:43.579><c>-control?</c>

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:47.269
If<00:48:44.860><c> we</c><00:48:45.039><c> could</c><00:48:45.159><c> have</c><00:48:45.340><c> the</c><00:48:45.519><c> next</c><00:48:45.800><c> slide</c><00:48:46.079><c> please</c><00:48:46.420><c> Daniel.</c>

00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:51.719
Paul<00:48:50.099><c> said</c><00:48:50.340><c> to</c><00:48:50.539><c> the</c><00:48:50.760><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:56.780
In<00:48:52.019><c> all</c><00:48:52.380><c> things,</c><00:48:53.920><c> every</c><00:48:54.320><c> athlete</c><00:48:54.900><c> exercises</c><00:48:55.679><c> self</c><00:48:56.159><c>-control</c>

00:48:56.780 --> 00:48:59.900
in<00:48:57.900><c> all</c><00:48:58.639><c> things.</c>

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:03.690
They<00:49:00.460><c> do</c><00:49:00.659><c> it</c><00:49:00.780><c> to</c><00:49:00.980><c> receive</c><00:49:01.219><c> a</c><00:49:01.500><c> perishable</c><00:49:01.980><c> wreath,</c><00:49:02.579><c> but</c><00:49:02.659><c> we</c><00:49:03.000><c> an</c><00:49:03.340><c> imperishable.</c>

00:49:03.690 --> 00:49:09.230
So<00:49:04.909><c> I</c><00:49:04.989><c> do</c><00:49:05.269><c> not</c><00:49:05.409><c> run</c><00:49:05.630><c> aimlessly,</c><00:49:06.949><c> I</c><00:49:07.010><c> do</c><00:49:07.230><c> not</c><00:49:07.429><c> box</c><00:49:07.730><c> as</c><00:49:07.909><c> one</c><00:49:08.110><c> beating</c><00:49:08.489><c> the</c><00:49:08.789><c> air,</c>

00:49:09.510 --> 00:49:12.769
but<00:49:09.710><c> I</c><00:49:10.030><c> discipline</c><00:49:10.369><c> my</c><00:49:10.670><c> body</c><00:49:10.909><c> and</c><00:49:11.150><c> keep</c><00:49:11.349><c> it</c><00:49:11.530><c> under</c><00:49:11.829><c> control,</c>

00:49:13.050 --> 00:49:17.670
lest<00:49:13.150><c> after</c><00:49:13.550><c> preaching</c><00:49:13.909><c> to</c><00:49:14.269><c> others</c><00:49:14.610><c> I</c><00:49:15.170><c> myself</c><00:49:15.690><c> should</c><00:49:15.949><c> be</c><00:49:16.329><c> disqualified.</c>

00:49:18.369 --> 00:49:23.130
So<00:49:18.750><c> all</c><00:49:19.030><c> of</c><00:49:19.170><c> our</c><00:49:19.329><c> bodily</c><00:49:19.769><c> urges</c><00:49:20.250><c> and</c><00:49:20.570><c> lusts</c><00:49:21.530><c> must</c><00:49:21.710><c> be</c><00:49:22.030><c> controlled.</c>

00:49:24.389 --> 00:49:28.289
But<00:49:24.650><c> there's</c><00:49:24.869><c> one</c><00:49:25.110><c> that</c><00:49:25.309><c> Paul</c><00:49:26.190><c> peculiarly</c><00:49:27.210><c> talks</c><00:49:27.469><c> about,</c>

00:49:29.210 --> 00:49:33.610
and<00:49:29.489><c> he</c><00:49:29.730><c> singles</c><00:49:30.070><c> it</c><00:49:30.389><c> out</c><00:49:31.210><c> for</c><00:49:32.150><c> special</c><00:49:33.050><c> treatment.</c>

00:49:33.690 --> 00:49:36.969
And<00:49:34.590><c> that</c><00:49:34.769><c> is</c><00:49:35.250><c> sexual</c><00:49:35.849><c> lust.</c>

00:49:38.809 --> 00:49:42.789
Jesus<00:49:39.110><c> we</c><00:49:39.409><c> know</c><00:49:39.690><c> advocated</c><00:49:40.409><c> control</c><00:49:41.010><c> of</c><00:49:41.730><c> sexual</c><00:49:42.130><c> desire</c>

00:49:42.789 --> 00:49:47.309
to<00:49:43.289><c> the</c><00:49:43.610><c> extent</c><00:49:43.809><c> that</c><00:49:44.010><c> we</c><00:49:44.190><c> wouldn't</c><00:49:44.510><c> even</c><00:49:44.889><c> look</c><00:49:45.210><c> at</c><00:49:45.469><c> another</c><00:49:45.949><c> lustfully.</c>

00:49:50.010 --> 00:49:54.150
Now<00:49:50.250><c> in</c><00:49:50.690><c> this</c><00:49:51.090><c> regard</c><00:49:51.429><c> we're</c><00:49:51.670><c> not</c><00:49:51.869><c> all</c><00:49:52.150><c> troubled</c><00:49:52.710><c> by</c><00:49:53.530><c> the</c><00:49:53.829><c> same</c>

00:49:54.150 --> 00:49:57.429
thoughts<00:49:54.750><c> and</c><00:49:55.190><c> by</c><00:49:55.369><c> the</c><00:49:55.570><c> same</c><00:49:55.789><c> lusts.</c>

00:49:57.429 --> 00:50:02.550
One<00:49:58.650><c> might</c><00:49:59.090><c> stereotypically</c><00:50:00.150><c> suggest</c><00:50:00.929><c> that</c><00:50:01.909><c> the</c><00:50:02.070><c> men</c><00:50:02.250><c> need</c>

00:50:02.550 --> 00:50:05.949
to<00:50:02.750><c> practice</c><00:50:03.050><c> hardest</c><00:50:03.530><c> at</c><00:50:03.929><c> controlling</c><00:50:04.409><c> sexual</c><00:50:04.929><c> lust,</c>

00:50:06.250 --> 00:50:09.409
and<00:50:06.269><c> perhaps</c><00:50:06.630><c> the</c><00:50:06.849><c> ladies</c><00:50:07.369><c> at</c><00:50:08.349><c> controlling</c><00:50:08.750><c> the</c><00:50:09.050><c> tongue.</c>

00:50:09.909 --> 00:50:14.289
But<00:50:10.090><c> even</c><00:50:10.389><c> that</c><00:50:10.690><c> generalization</c><00:50:11.630><c> is</c><00:50:12.630><c> far</c><00:50:12.949><c> from</c><00:50:13.349><c> satisfactory.</c>

00:50:17.289 --> 00:50:23.070
Control<00:50:17.730><c> of</c><00:50:18.050><c> human</c><00:50:18.349><c> nature</c><00:50:18.989><c> as</c><00:50:19.829><c> a</c><00:50:20.130><c> package</c><00:50:20.690><c> is</c><00:50:21.309><c> what</c><00:50:21.590><c> Paul</c><00:50:21.809><c> is</c><00:50:22.110><c> advocating.</c>

00:50:23.710 --> 00:50:28.429
It's<00:50:24.429><c> not</c><00:50:24.610><c> going</c><00:50:24.789><c> to</c><00:50:24.889><c> be</c><00:50:25.110><c> accomplished</c><00:50:25.969><c> except</c><00:50:27.150><c> by</c><00:50:27.590><c> recourse</c>

00:50:28.429 --> 00:50:31.030
to<00:50:28.929><c> the</c><00:50:29.150><c> things</c><00:50:29.630><c> of</c><00:50:30.289><c> the</c><00:50:30.570><c> spirit,</c>

00:50:31.289 --> 00:50:35.909
and<00:50:32.349><c> it's</c><00:50:32.570><c> something</c><00:50:32.909><c> we</c><00:50:33.190><c> really</c><00:50:33.570><c> need</c><00:50:34.170><c> to</c><00:50:34.530><c> work</c><00:50:34.809><c> at.</c>

00:50:37.849 --> 00:50:41.389
So<00:50:37.989><c> this</c><00:50:38.250><c> draws</c><00:50:38.610><c> our</c><00:50:39.130><c> consideration</c><00:50:39.869><c> of</c><00:50:40.210><c> the</c><00:50:40.650><c> fruits</c><00:50:40.949><c> of</c><00:50:41.150><c> the</c>

00:50:41.389 --> 00:50:42.710
spirit<00:50:41.829><c> together,</c>

00:50:42.750 --> 00:50:46.809
but<00:50:42.989><c> if</c><00:50:43.130><c> we</c><00:50:43.309><c> could</c><00:50:43.429><c> just</c><00:50:43.670><c> have</c><00:50:43.869><c> the</c><00:50:44.210><c> final</c><00:50:44.630><c> slide</c><00:50:45.030><c> please</c><00:50:45.769><c> Daniel.</c>

00:50:47.130 --> 00:50:52.250
I<00:50:47.769><c> promised</c><00:50:48.090><c> you</c><00:50:48.349><c> before</c><00:50:49.030><c> that</c><00:50:49.949><c> I</c><00:50:50.550><c> would</c><00:50:50.789><c> explain</c><00:50:51.250><c> why</c><00:50:51.570><c> I've</c>

00:50:52.250 --> 00:50:54.769
looked<00:50:52.469><c> at</c><00:50:52.769><c> them</c><00:50:53.010><c> in</c><00:50:53.630><c> pairs,</c>

00:50:55.730 --> 00:50:58.610
and<00:50:55.889><c> the</c><00:50:56.510><c> slide</c><00:50:56.710><c> you</c><00:50:56.849><c> can</c><00:50:57.070><c> see</c><00:50:57.170><c> on</c><00:50:57.329><c> the</c><00:50:57.449><c> screen</c><00:50:57.730><c> before</c><00:50:58.150><c> you</c>

00:50:58.610 --> 00:51:01.070
has<00:50:59.130><c> only</c><00:50:59.570><c> four</c><00:50:59.949><c> virtues.</c>

00:51:01.829 --> 00:51:05.630
They<00:51:02.190><c> are</c><00:51:02.429><c> the</c><00:51:02.530><c> peace</c><00:51:02.829><c> of</c><00:51:03.090><c> God,</c><00:51:03.769><c> the</c><00:51:03.969><c> grace</c><00:51:04.230><c> of</c><00:51:04.469><c> God,</c><00:51:05.150><c> the</c><00:51:05.329><c> mind</c>

00:51:05.630 --> 00:51:08.650
of<00:51:05.869><c> God,</c><00:51:06.429><c> and</c><00:51:06.769><c> the</c><00:51:06.969><c> strength</c><00:51:07.269><c> of</c><00:51:07.550><c> God.</c>

00:51:09.530 --> 00:51:14.110
And<00:51:09.909><c> in</c><00:51:10.130><c> those</c><00:51:10.489><c> four</c><00:51:10.789><c> virtues</c><00:51:11.329><c> there's</c><00:51:11.789><c> an</c><00:51:12.010><c> active</c><00:51:12.530><c> virtue</c><00:51:13.170><c> and</c><00:51:13.889><c> a</c>

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passive<00:51:14.690><c> virtue.</c>

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So<00:51:17.050><c> the</c><00:51:17.349><c> active</c><00:51:17.869><c> virtue</c><00:51:18.590><c> of</c><00:51:19.429><c> the</c><00:51:19.630><c> peace</c><00:51:19.849><c> of</c><00:51:20.050><c> God</c><00:51:20.210><c> is</c><00:51:20.489><c> joy,</c><00:51:21.869><c> and</c>

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the<00:51:22.130><c> passive</c><00:51:22.510><c> virtue</c><00:51:22.909><c> is</c><00:51:23.190><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:51:25.110><c> the</c><00:51:25.309><c> same</c><00:51:25.530><c> as</c><00:51:25.789><c> you,</c><00:51:26.190><c> I</c><00:51:26.409><c> won't</c><00:51:26.610><c> read</c><00:51:26.789><c> them</c><00:51:26.969><c> all</c><00:51:27.130><c> out,</c><00:51:27.309><c> you</c>

00:51:27.389 --> 00:51:30.469
can<00:51:27.630><c> see</c><00:51:27.809><c> them</c><00:51:28.389><c> on</c><00:51:29.010><c> the</c><00:51:29.250><c> list</c><00:51:29.550><c> there.</c>

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So<00:51:31.650><c> I</c><00:51:31.869><c> think</c><00:51:32.050><c> that's</c><00:51:32.389><c> a</c><00:51:32.550><c> really</c><00:51:32.869><c> helpful</c><00:51:33.349><c> way</c><00:51:33.789><c> of</c><00:51:34.849><c> sort</c><00:51:35.469><c> of</c><00:51:35.469><c> categorizing</c><00:51:36.230><c> these</c><00:51:37.050><c> attributes</c><00:51:37.710><c> of</c>

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the<00:51:38.610><c> fruit</c><00:51:38.769><c> of</c><00:51:38.989><c> the</c><00:51:39.190><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:51:40.650><c> whole</c><00:51:40.949><c> of</c><00:51:41.150><c> it</c><00:51:41.469><c> is</c><00:51:41.809><c> love,</c><00:51:43.110><c> and</c><00:51:43.170><c> the</c><00:51:43.429><c> peculiar</c><00:51:43.909><c> virtues</c><00:51:44.449><c> are</c>

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peace,<00:51:45.869><c> grace,</c><00:51:46.690><c> a</c><00:51:46.829><c> divine</c><00:51:47.210><c> mind,</c><00:51:48.409><c> and</c><00:51:49.090><c> divine</c><00:51:49.670><c> strength.</c>

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Four<00:51:52.269><c> lovely</c><00:51:52.789><c> virtues,</c><00:51:53.989><c> each</c><00:51:54.329><c> with</c><00:51:54.670><c> an</c><00:51:55.070><c> active</c><00:51:55.550><c> and</c><00:51:56.190><c> a</c><00:51:56.389><c> passive</c><00:51:57.090><c> focus.</c>

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And<00:52:00.050><c> I</c><00:52:00.210><c> hope</c><00:52:00.389><c> brothers</c><00:52:00.690><c> and</c><00:52:00.949><c> sisters</c><00:52:01.309><c> that</c><00:52:01.570><c> these</c><00:52:02.510><c> couple</c><00:52:03.010><c> of</c>

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classes<00:52:03.550><c> that</c><00:52:03.809><c> we've</c><00:52:04.110><c> shared</c><00:52:04.250><c> together,</c>

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as<00:52:05.730><c> well</c><00:52:05.849><c> as</c><00:52:06.050><c> any</c><00:52:06.269><c> subsequent</c><00:52:06.769><c> reading</c><00:52:07.190><c> and</c><00:52:07.570><c> thinking</c><00:52:07.829><c> you</c><00:52:08.030><c> might</c><00:52:08.329><c> do</c>

00:52:09.010 --> 00:52:13.070
on<00:52:09.710><c> this</c><00:52:10.389><c> concept</c><00:52:11.130><c> of</c><00:52:11.349><c> the</c><00:52:11.570><c> fruit</c><00:52:11.730><c> of</c><00:52:11.969><c> the</c><00:52:12.190><c> spirit,</c>

00:52:13.289 --> 00:52:17.409
might<00:52:13.389><c> help</c><00:52:13.670><c> you</c><00:52:13.949><c> to</c><00:52:14.250><c> develop</c><00:52:14.550><c> the</c><00:52:14.849><c> peace,</c><00:52:15.909><c> grace,</c><00:52:16.769><c> mind</c><00:52:17.090><c> and</c>

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strength<00:52:17.769><c> of</c><00:52:18.010><c> God</c><00:52:18.329><c> in</c><00:52:19.110><c> all</c><00:52:19.409><c> of</c><00:52:19.590><c> their</c><00:52:19.789><c> loveliness.</c>

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Thank<00:52:21.769><c> you.</c>