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Israel</c><00:17:49.779><c> would</c><00:17:50.079><c> refuse,</c><00:17:50.539><c> isn't</c><00:17:50.700><c> that</c><00:17:50.859><c> an</c><00:17:51.000><c> implication?</c> 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.960 But<00:17:53.279><c> nevertheless</c><00:17:53.619><c> the</c><00:17:53.839><c> work</c><00:17:54.059><c> of</c><00:17:54.220><c> God</c><00:17:54.420><c> would</c><00:17:54.599><c> go</c><00:17:55.339><c> beyond</c><00:17:55.680><c> the</c> 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:56.440 borders<00:17:56.140><c> of</c><00:17:56.339><c> Israel.</c> 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:58.039 Why<00:17:56.900><c> couldn't</c><00:17:57.240><c> they</c><00:17:57.500><c> see</c><00:17:57.759><c> that?</c> 00:17:58.180 --> 00:18:00.839 We<00:17:58.299><c> were</c><00:17:58.339><c> looking</c><00:17:58.500><c> at</c><00:17:58.579><c> this</c><00:17:58.720><c> last</c><00:17:59.099><c> night,</c><00:17:59.539><c> weren't</c><00:17:59.680><c> we?</c> 00:18:01.460 --> 00:18:05.740 It<00:18:01.660><c> 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reasonable</c><00:20:34.299><c> reason</c><00:20:35.240><c> for</c> 00:20:36.779 --> 00:20:37.940 accepting<00:20:37.299><c> his</c><00:20:37.559><c> message.</c> 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:38.880 I'm<00:20:38.420><c> sure</c><00:20:38.619><c> he</c><00:20:38.759><c> would.</c> 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:43.220 And<00:20:39.259><c> with</c><00:20:39.460><c> a</c><00:20:39.819><c> skill</c><00:20:40.119><c> and</c><00:20:41.140><c> a</c><00:20:41.500><c> becoming</c><00:20:41.859><c> manner</c><00:20:42.319><c> and</c><00:20:42.599><c> an</c><00:20:42.759><c> urgency</c> 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.759 and<00:20:43.579><c> sincerity</c> 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:47.640 that<00:20:45.279><c> would</c><00:20:45.460><c> have</c><00:20:45.599><c> been</c><00:20:45.799><c> exceedingly</c><00:20:46.500><c> powerful.</c> 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:53.119 And<00:20:48.099><c> so</c><00:20:48.259><c> I</c><00:20:48.339><c> think</c><00:20:48.519><c> in</c><00:20:48.680><c> verse</c><00:20:48.839><c> 28,</c><00:20:49.460><c> therefore,</c><00:20:50.279><c> he's</c><00:20:50.680><c> deliberately</c><00:20:51.319><c> reflecting</c><00:20:52.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:52.819><c> 49</c> 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:56.640 because<00:20:53.819><c> that</c><00:20:54.140><c> would</c><00:20:54.279><c> have</c><00:20:54.359><c> been</c><00:20:54.460><c> a</c><00:20:54.740><c> principle</c><00:20:55.059><c> passage</c><00:20:55.440><c> among</c><00:20:55.740><c> many</c> 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:00.640 in<00:20:57.200><c> which</c><00:20:57.380><c> he</c><00:20:57.500><c> would</c><00:20:57.680><c> have</c><00:20:57.859><c> spoken</c><00:20:58.160><c> to</c><00:20:58.380><c> them</c><00:20:59.000><c> about</c><00:20:59.700><c> what</c><00:21:00.380><c> God</c> 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:02.720 said<00:21:00.980><c> their</c><00:21:01.279><c> reaction</c><00:21:01.640><c> would</c><00:21:01.920><c> be.</c> 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:06.059 And<00:21:03.599><c> therefore</c><00:21:04.000><c> 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going</c><00:21:14.960><c> to</c><00:21:15.240><c> accept</c><00:21:15.480><c> it.</c> 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:18.740 You've<00:21:16.380><c> got</c><00:21:16.460><c> your</c><00:21:16.619><c> own</c><00:21:16.720><c> little</c><00:21:16.900><c> exclusive</c><00:21:17.839><c> Jewish</c><00:21:18.440><c> quarter</c> 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.359 over<00:21:19.059><c> here</c> 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:22.480 and<00:21:19.559><c> you're</c><00:21:19.779><c> unrelated</c><00:21:20.180><c> to</c><00:21:21.119><c> all</c><00:21:21.460><c> these</c><00:21:21.619><c> other</c><00:21:21.759><c> people</c><00:21:22.000><c> in</c><00:21:22.200><c> Rome,</c><00:21:22.319><c> but</c> 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.619 I'm<00:21:22.740><c> not.</c> 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:27.720 I've<00:21:24.420><c> got</c><00:21:24.519><c> the</c><00:21:24.680><c> hope</c><00:21:24.779><c> of</c><00:21:25.000><c> Israel</c><00:21:25.539><c> and</c><00:21:26.640><c> I'm</c><00:21:26.880><c> going</c><00:21:26.960><c> to</c><00:21:27.140><c> make</c><00:21:27.279><c> it</c> 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:29.319 related<00:21:28.079><c> to</c><00:21:28.359><c> all.</c> 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:32.599 And<00:21:30.259><c> they're</c><00:21:30.420><c> going</c><00:21:30.500><c> to</c><00:21:30.680><c> come</c><00:21:30.819><c> and</c><00:21:30.960><c> I'll</c><00:21:31.180><c> receive</c><00:21:31.500><c> them.</c> 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:35.579 I'm<00:21:33.180><c> telling</c><00:21:33.319><c> you</c><00:21:33.500><c> now,</c><00:21:33.839><c> he</c><00:21:33.859><c> says,</c><00:21:34.740><c> to</c><00:21:34.880><c> the</c><00:21:35.000><c> Jew</c><00:21:35.099><c> first,</c><00:21:35.579><c> but</c> 00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:37.400 also<00:21:35.980><c> to</c><00:21:36.180><c> the</c><00:21:36.299><c> Gentile.</c> 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.279 You've<00:21:37.839><c> had</c><00:21:37.940><c> your</c><00:21:38.099><c> chance.</c> 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:42.059 You<00:21:39.799><c> can</c><00:21:39.799><c> come</c><00:21:39.920><c> any</c><00:21:40.079><c> time</c><00:21:40.180><c> you</c><00:21:40.339><c> like,</c><00:21:40.700><c> but</c><00:21:41.200><c> you've</c><00:21:41.559><c> got</c><00:21:41.720><c> to</c><00:21:41.940><c> see</c> 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:43.519 that<00:21:42.180><c> this</c><00:21:42.359><c> is</c><00:21:42.599><c> right.</c> 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:49.220 It's<00:21:46.720><c> very</c><00:21:46.960><c> difficult</c><00:21:47.319><c> with</c><00:21:47.640><c> the</c><00:21:47.880><c> Apostle</c><00:21:48.200><c> Paul</c><00:21:48.319><c> later</c><00:21:48.619><c> on</c> 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:53.279 because<00:21:49.720><c> Nero</c><00:21:50.099><c> married,</c><00:21:51.200><c> he</c><00:21:51.779><c> married</c><00:21:52.079><c> Poppia</c><00:21:52.519><c> and</c><00:21:52.700><c> she</c><00:21:52.900><c> was</c><00:21:53.119><c> a</c> 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.960 Jewish<00:21:53.640><c> convert.</c> 00:21:55.940 --> 00:22:01.740 And<00:21:56.579><c> he</c><00:21:56.660><c> put</c><00:21:56.720><c> away</c><00:21:56.920><c> his</c><00:21:57.099><c> first</c><00:21:57.380><c> wife</c><00:21:58.079><c> and</c><00:21:59.400><c> he</c><00:21:59.759><c> married</c><00:22:00.059><c> Poppia.</c> 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:05.980 And<00:22:03.140><c> the</c><00:22:03.279><c> Jews,</c><00:22:03.460><c> of</c><00:22:03.599><c> course,</c><00:22:04.099><c> were</c><00:22:04.259><c> not</c><00:22:04.400><c> on</c><00:22:04.660><c> Paul's</c><00:22:04.980><c> side.</c> 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:10.500 You<00:22:07.579><c> know,</c><00:22:07.700><c> the</c><00:22:07.779><c> Jews</c><00:22:08.019><c> really</c><00:22:08.420><c> in</c><00:22:08.579><c> almost</c><00:22:08.980><c> every</c><00:22:09.819><c> area</c><00:22:10.220><c> of</c><00:22:10.440><c> the</c> 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:12.759 New<00:22:10.680><c> Testament</c><00:22:11.140><c> were</c><00:22:11.500><c> the</c><00:22:11.680><c> troublemakers.</c> 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:17.579 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read</c><00:22:28.019><c> it</c><00:22:28.200><c> tonight,</c><00:22:28.380><c> you'd</c><00:22:28.619><c> love</c><00:22:28.740><c> it,</c><00:22:29.279><c> because</c> 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:31.799 it<00:22:29.740><c> really</c><00:22:30.160><c> tracks</c><00:22:30.440><c> that</c><00:22:30.839><c> course.</c> 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:35.039 I<00:22:32.299><c> think</c><00:22:32.500><c> it's</c><00:22:32.759><c> somewhere</c><00:22:32.940><c> where</c><00:22:33.200><c> it</c><00:22:33.380><c> speaks</c><00:22:33.660><c> about</c> 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.660 apostolic<00:22:36.059><c> succession.</c> 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:39.019 Just<00:22:37.339><c> back</c><00:22:37.539><c> in</c><00:22:37.700><c> the</c><00:22:37.799><c> early</c><00:22:38.000><c> sections</c><00:22:38.400><c> of</c><00:22:38.599><c> that,</c><00:22:38.759><c> I</c><00:22:38.759><c> think</c><00:22:38.940><c> it</c> 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.880 is<00:22:39.380><c> where</c><00:22:39.640><c> it's</c><00:22:39.940><c> contained.</c> 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:44.039 See,<00:22:41.799><c> because</c><00:22:42.019><c> you</c><00:22:42.119><c> look</c><00:22:42.259><c> at</c><00:22:42.380><c> all</c><00:22:42.500><c> the</c><00:22:42.819><c> New</c><00:22:43.000><c> Testament</c><00:22:43.299><c> epistles,</c><00:22:43.660><c> where's</c><00:22:43.900><c> the</c> 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.460 trouble<00:22:44.259><c> coming</c><00:22:44.500><c> from?</c> 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.819 Brother<00:22:46.579><c> Thomas</c><00:22:46.799><c> says</c><00:22:46.980><c> it</c><00:22:47.099><c> always</c><00:22:47.279><c> comes</c><00:22:47.460><c> from</c><00:22:47.640><c> Jewish</c> 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:49.660 people,<00:22:48.319><c> Jewish</c><00:22:48.579><c> groups.</c> 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:56.079 And<00:22:51.059><c> then</c><00:22:51.299><c> that</c><00:22:52.559><c> approach</c><00:22:53.099><c> that</c><00:22:53.279><c> they</c><00:22:53.539><c> had,</c><00:22:54.480><c> this</c><00:22:54.960><c> very</c><00:22:55.359><c> limited</c><00:22:55.799><c> and</c> 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.819 legal<00:22:56.420><c> approach</c> 00:22:56.819 --> 00:23:00.619 which<00:22:57.019><c> they</c><00:22:57.220><c> had</c><00:22:57.380><c> all</c><00:22:57.700><c> questions</c><00:22:58.119><c> of</c><00:22:58.319><c> the</c><00:22:58.500><c> law,</c><00:22:59.859><c> that</c><00:23:00.180><c> sort</c><00:23:00.359><c> of</c> 00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.279 bound<00:23:00.819><c> them</c><00:23:01.059><c> up.</c> 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:05.480 And<00:23:01.539><c> so</c><00:23:01.640><c> they</c><00:23:01.819><c> became</c><00:23:02.079><c> opposition</c><00:23:02.859><c> to</c><00:23:04.180><c> what</c><00:23:04.380><c> he</c><00:23:04.559><c> was</c><00:23:04.779><c> doing.</c> 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:09.240 There<00:23:05.720><c> was</c><00:23:05.859><c> an</c><00:23:06.319><c> exclusivity</c><00:23:06.940><c> about</c><00:23:07.319><c> their</c><00:23:07.960><c> relationships.</c> 00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:11.720 They<00:23:10.039><c> didn't</c><00:23:10.259><c> really</c><00:23:10.519><c> want</c><00:23:10.839><c> the</c><00:23:11.099><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:14.700 It<00:23:12.279><c> was</c><00:23:12.440><c> against</c><00:23:12.700><c> their</c><00:23:12.900><c> law</c><00:23:12.960><c> to</c><00:23:13.099><c> have</c><00:23:13.220><c> a</c><00:23:13.380><c> Gentile</c><00:23:13.539><c> in</c><00:23:13.720><c> their</c><00:23:13.819><c> house.</c> 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:16.559 Awful,<00:23:15.859><c> just</c><00:23:16.160><c> awful.</c> 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:18.900 That's<00:23:17.420><c> what</c><00:23:17.559><c> Peter</c><00:23:17.839><c> said.</c> 00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:24.900 It<00:23:21.400><c> was</c><00:23:22.420><c> contrary</c><00:23:22.940><c> to</c><00:23:23.099><c> go</c><00:23:23.299><c> into</c><00:23:23.519><c> the</c><00:23:23.700><c> house</c><00:23:23.960><c> of</c><00:23:24.140><c> one</c><00:23:24.279><c> that</c><00:23:24.359><c> wasn't</c><00:23:24.720><c> a</c> 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:27.559 Jew,<00:23:25.460><c> Acts</c><00:23:25.680><c> 10,</c><00:23:26.079><c> verse</c><00:23:26.299><c> 28.</c> 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:30.539 So<00:23:28.519><c> they</c><00:23:28.680><c> would</c><00:23:28.859><c> have</c><00:23:28.940><c> been</c><00:23:29.119><c> in</c><00:23:29.259><c> Rome,</c><00:23:29.920><c> huddled</c><00:23:30.180><c> together</c><00:23:30.460><c> in</c> 00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:32.960 their<00:23:30.799><c> own</c><00:23:31.220><c> exclusive</c><00:23:31.819><c> little</c><00:23:32.079><c> area.</c> 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:35.680 And<00:23:33.940><c> the</c><00:23:34.259><c> Apostle</c><00:23:34.519><c> says,</c><00:23:34.940><c> well,</c><00:23:34.960><c> you're</c><00:23:35.160><c> going</c><00:23:35.299><c> to</c><00:23:35.440><c> see</c><00:23:35.519><c> a</c> 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.700 different<00:23:35.900><c> thing,</c> 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:42.119 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these</c><00:23:51.279><c> words,</c><00:23:52.660><c> the</c><00:23:52.759><c> Jews</c><00:23:52.920><c> departed</c> 00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:56.000 and<00:23:53.619><c> had</c><00:23:53.799><c> great</c><00:23:54.119><c> reasoning</c><00:23:54.500><c> among</c><00:23:54.799><c> themselves.</c> 00:23:57.700 --> 00:24:03.400 You<00:23:57.819><c> know,</c><00:23:57.880><c> it</c><00:23:57.980><c> was</c><00:23:59.079><c> a</c><00:23:59.680><c> tragedy</c><00:24:00.000><c> because,</c><00:24:01.019><c> as</c><00:24:01.319><c> I</c><00:24:01.500><c> said,</c><00:24:02.839><c> 80</c><00:24:03.039><c>-70</c> 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:05.140 was<00:24:03.640><c> getting</c><00:24:03.980><c> closer.</c> 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:08.819 It<00:24:06.319><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:06.539><c> be</c><00:24:07.019><c> that</c><00:24:07.299><c> much</c><00:24:07.559><c> longer</c><00:24:07.779><c> before</c><00:24:08.200><c> the</c><00:24:08.400><c> Jews</c><00:24:08.579><c> would</c> 00:24:08.819 --> 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00:24:27.859 And<00:24:23.579><c> the</c><00:24:23.839><c> evil</c><00:24:24.119><c> thing</c><00:24:24.359><c> is</c><00:24:24.559><c> that</c><00:24:24.779><c> the</c><00:24:24.980><c> Jews</c><00:24:25.420><c> then</c><00:24:26.000><c> sought</c><00:24:26.279><c> to</c><00:24:26.740><c> get</c><00:24:26.880><c> themselves</c><00:24:27.359><c> on</c> 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.059 side<00:24:28.200><c> with</c><00:24:28.420><c> the</c><00:24:28.599><c> Romans</c> 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:34.039 by<00:24:29.960><c> doing</c><00:24:30.160><c> whatever</c><00:24:30.420><c> they</c><00:24:30.759><c> could</c><00:24:31.000><c> to</c><00:24:31.480><c> bring</c><00:24:31.680><c> evil</c><00:24:32.059><c> report</c><00:24:32.420><c> against</c><00:24:32.720><c> the</c><00:24:32.960><c> Christians.</c> 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:36.799 Again,<00:24:35.240><c> the</c><00:24:35.359><c> sections</c><00:24:35.619><c> in</c><00:24:35.859><c> Eureka</c><00:24:36.079><c> are</c><00:24:36.180><c> on</c><00:24:36.279><c> that</c><00:24:36.440><c> very</c><00:24:36.640><c> thing</c> 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.920 as<00:24:37.019><c> well,</c><00:24:37.240><c> isn't</c><00:24:37.380><c> it?</c> 00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:40.279 In<00:24:38.579><c> the</c><00:24:38.700><c> Letters</c><00:24:38.960><c> to</c><00:24:39.119><c> the</c><00:24:39.259><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:24:39.640><c> in</c><00:24:39.740><c> that</c><00:24:39.960><c> section,</c> 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.559 you'll<00:24:40.640><c> see</c><00:24:41.019><c> how</c><00:24:41.619><c> they</c><00:24:41.900><c> worked</c><00:24:42.099><c> to</c><00:24:42.299><c> do</c><00:24:42.420><c> that.</c> 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.819 It's<00:24:42.900><c> a</c><00:24:42.920><c> terrible</c><00:24:43.119><c> thing,</c><00:24:43.640><c> isn't</c><00:24:43.640><c> it?</c><00:24:43.819><c> A</c><00:24:44.180><c> terrible</c><00:24:44.440><c> thing</c><00:24:44.660><c> to</c> 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:46.140 think<00:24:44.960><c> about</c><00:24:45.240><c> that.</c> 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.799 It<00:24:46.660><c> was</c><00:24:46.920><c> Jews</c><00:24:47.160><c> that</c><00:24:47.380><c> did</c><00:24:47.559><c> that.</c> 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:54.099 And<00:24:48.079><c> so</c><00:24:48.400><c> all</c><00:24:49.059><c> of</c><00:24:49.220><c> the</c><00:24:49.559><c> early</c><00:24:50.200><c> ecclesial</c><00:24:50.759><c> problems</c><00:24:51.380><c> were</c><00:24:52.359><c> generated</c><00:24:52.880><c> by</c><00:24:53.140><c> Jewish</c><00:24:53.420><c> influence</c><00:24:53.900><c> in</c> 00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.819 ecclesial<00:24:54.500><c> life</c> 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:57.859 until<00:24:55.640><c> eventually</c><00:24:55.940><c> the</c><00:24:56.180><c> apostasy</c><00:24:56.579><c> came</c><00:24:56.839><c> through</c><00:24:57.039><c> and</c><00:24:57.140><c> took</c><00:24:57.339><c> that.</c> 00:24:58.200 --> 00:25:02.460 And<00:24:58.480><c> it</c><00:24:58.660><c> flowered</c><00:24:59.319><c> out</c><00:24:59.579><c> in</c><00:25:00.380><c> the</c><00:25:00.599><c> great</c><00:25:01.440><c> Christendom</c><00:25:02.119><c> that</c><00:25:02.259><c> was</c> 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:04.319 being<00:25:02.940><c> gradually</c><00:25:03.380><c> developed.</c> 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:12.720 Now<00:25:07.880><c> it</c><00:25:08.059><c> says</c><00:25:08.240><c> in</c><00:25:08.660><c> our</c><00:25:09.039><c> final</c><00:25:09.380><c> two</c><00:25:09.640><c> verses</c><00:25:10.319><c> that</c><00:25:12.039><c> Paul</c><00:25:12.339><c> dwelt</c> 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:16.000 two<00:25:13.140><c> whole</c><00:25:13.460><c> years</c><00:25:13.960><c> in</c><00:25:14.180><c> his</c><00:25:14.420><c> own</c><00:25:14.640><c> hired</c><00:25:14.839><c> house.</c> 00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:20.440 Well,<00:25:17.079><c> although</c><00:25:17.359><c> that</c><00:25:17.559><c> was</c><00:25:17.759><c> in</c><00:25:17.960><c> Rome,</c><00:25:18.180><c> it</c><00:25:18.220><c> was</c><00:25:18.380><c> a</c><00:25:18.420><c> much</c><00:25:18.680><c> happier</c><00:25:18.940><c> two</c><00:25:19.240><c> years</c><00:25:19.480><c> than</c><00:25:19.599><c> those</c><00:25:19.880><c> in</c><00:25:20.119><c> Caesarea.</c> 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:23.059 It<00:25:20.660><c> wasn't</c><00:25:20.799><c> much</c><00:25:21.119><c> more</c><00:25:21.859><c> effective.</c> 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:27.700 Two<00:25:24.579><c> whole</c><00:25:25.099><c> years</c><00:25:25.599><c> in</c><00:25:25.740><c> his</c><00:25:25.960><c> own</c><00:25:26.220><c> hired</c><00:25:26.539><c> house.</c> 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:31.319 And<00:25:28.359><c> it's</c><00:25:28.700><c> sort</c><00:25:28.859><c> of</c><00:25:29.019><c> like</c><00:25:29.220><c> a</c><00:25:29.799><c> happy</c><00:25:30.079><c> picture.</c> 00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:36.299 Accept<00:25:32.240><c> the</c><00:25:32.440><c> bonds,</c><00:25:33.500><c> received</c><00:25:33.980><c> all</c><00:25:34.380><c> that</c><00:25:34.579><c> came</c><00:25:34.839><c> in</c><00:25:35.119><c> unto</c><00:25:35.279><c> him.</c> 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:40.319 I<00:25:38.140><c> wonder</c><00:25:38.240><c> where</c><00:25:38.380><c> he</c><00:25:38.579><c> was,</c><00:25:38.880><c> my</c><00:25:39.039><c> dear</c><00:25:39.180><c> brothers</c><00:25:39.359><c> and</c><00:25:39.480><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:43.539 The<00:25:41.099><c> ghetto</c><00:25:41.299><c> in</c><00:25:41.539><c> Rome</c><00:25:41.740><c> is</c><00:25:41.859><c> at</c><00:25:41.960><c> a</c><00:25:42.099><c> place</c><00:25:42.220><c> called</c><00:25:42.440><c> the</c><00:25:42.839><c> Travestier.</c> 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:46.319 It's<00:25:44.059><c> called</c><00:25:44.200><c> the</c><00:25:44.519><c> Travestier</c><00:25:45.000><c> because</c><00:25:45.279><c> there's</c><00:25:45.740><c> a</c><00:25:45.920><c> bend</c><00:25:46.140><c> in</c> 00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:49.220 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on</c><00:26:02.960><c> kept</c><00:26:03.220><c> in</c><00:26:03.380><c> that</c><00:26:03.559><c> area</c><00:26:03.759><c> because</c><00:26:04.000><c> it</c> 00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:06.339 was<00:26:04.779><c> subject</c><00:26:05.140><c> to</c><00:26:05.380><c> flooding</c><00:26:05.660><c> and</c><00:26:05.960><c> so</c><00:26:06.119><c> forth.</c> 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:09.420 It<00:26:06.500><c> was</c><00:26:07.420><c> not</c><00:26:07.619><c> a</c><00:26:07.740><c> very</c><00:26:07.980><c> desired</c><00:26:08.460><c> area.</c> 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:14.119 It's<00:26:10.200><c> also,</c><00:26:10.599><c> of</c><00:26:10.619><c> course,</c><00:26:10.720><c> where</c><00:26:10.900><c> the</c><00:26:11.079><c> Jews</c><00:26:11.279><c> were</c><00:26:11.619><c> in</c><00:26:12.339><c> 1939</c><00:26:13.140><c> and</c> 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:18.019 1940<00:26:14.940><c> and</c><00:26:15.759><c> 1941</c><00:26:16.359><c> and</c><00:26:16.700><c> 1942</c> 00:26:18.740 --> 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00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:50.079 the<00:26:47.980><c> Germans</c><00:26:48.220><c> immediately</c><00:26:48.720><c> took</c><00:26:48.920><c> hold</c><00:26:49.140><c> of</c><00:26:49.259><c> the</c><00:26:49.440><c> Jewish</c><00:26:49.680><c> quarters.</c> 00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:53.880 And<00:26:50.259><c> there</c><00:26:50.440><c> it</c><00:26:50.619><c> was,</c><00:26:50.799><c> sitting</c><00:26:51.119><c> under</c><00:26:51.440><c> the</c><00:26:51.740><c> nose</c><00:26:52.240><c> of</c><00:26:52.579><c> Pius</c><00:26:52.819><c> XII.</c> 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:59.740 And<00:26:54.619><c> he</c><00:26:54.779><c> said</c><00:26:55.039><c> nothing,</c><00:26:57.880><c> as</c><00:26:58.039><c> he</c><00:26:58.220><c> hadn't</c><00:26:58.400><c> for</c><00:26:58.720><c> all</c><00:26:58.980><c> the</c><00:26:59.200><c> other</c> 00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:01.660 thousands<00:27:00.579><c> of</c><00:27:00.839><c> Jewish</c><00:27:01.140><c> communities</c> 00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:03.819 throughout<00:27:01.980><c> Europe</c><00:27:02.319><c> that</c><00:27:02.500><c> had</c><00:27:02.519><c> been</c><00:27:02.720><c> destroyed.</c> 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:07.059 Amazing<00:27:04.640><c> thing,</c><00:27:05.059><c> isn't</c><00:27:05.059><c> it?</c> 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:09.019 Bit<00:27:07.359><c> off</c><00:27:07.559><c> the</c><00:27:07.680><c> subject,</c><00:27:08.099><c> I</c><00:27:08.180><c> suppose.</c> 00:27:09.700 --> 00:27:10.700 But<00:27:09.900><c> amazing</c><00:27:10.380><c> things.</c> 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:13.099 And<00:27:10.880><c> you</c><00:27:10.960><c> know,</c><00:27:11.059><c> we</c><00:27:11.180><c> heard</c><00:27:11.400><c> a</c><00:27:11.599><c> few</c><00:27:11.900><c> muttered</c><00:27:12.259><c> words</c><00:27:12.640><c> recently,</c> 00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.900 didn't<00:27:13.339><c> we,</c> 00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:18.799 about<00:27:14.839><c> Christians</c><00:27:16.240><c> of</c><00:27:16.799><c> all</c><00:27:17.059><c> ages</c><00:27:17.400><c> or</c><00:27:17.619><c> all</c><00:27:17.839><c> places</c><00:27:18.160><c> that</c><00:27:18.500><c> may</c> 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.640 have<00:27:19.500><c> persecuted</c><00:27:20.099><c> the</c><00:27:20.400><c> Jews</c> 00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:23.599 and<00:27:20.920><c> sought</c><00:27:21.259><c> repentance.</c> 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:27.980 Wow.<00:27:26.599><c> Six</c><00:27:26.880><c> million.</c> 00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:34.720 Six<00:27:29.200><c> million</c><00:27:29.480><c> satisfied</c><00:27:30.160><c> in</c><00:27:30.420><c> a</c><00:27:31.480><c> half</c><00:27:31.779><c>-spoken,</c><00:27:32.799><c> one</c><00:27:33.079><c>-sentence</c><00:27:33.519><c> phrase.</c> 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:39.559 Tragic<00:27:38.180><c> things,</c><00:27:38.640><c> dear</c><00:27:38.759><c> brethren</c><00:27:39.000><c> and</c><00:27:39.220><c> sisters,</c><00:27:39.319><c> aren't</c> 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.440 they,<00:27:39.720><c> really?</c> 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:45.759 All<00:27:41.619><c> right.</c><00:27:42.160><c> So</c><00:27:42.420><c> in</c><00:27:42.660><c> verse</c><00:27:42.940><c> 30,</c><00:27:44.079><c> we</c><00:27:44.680><c> have</c><00:27:44.880><c> two</c><00:27:45.099><c> years</c><00:27:45.299><c> in</c><00:27:45.519><c> Rome,</c> 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:48.759 and<00:27:46.059><c> we</c><00:27:46.200><c> link</c><00:27:46.319><c> that,</c><00:27:46.880><c> too,</c><00:27:47.440><c> with</c><00:27:47.660><c> the</c><00:27:47.799><c> fact</c><00:27:47.940><c> that</c><00:27:48.119><c> he</c><00:27:48.200><c> had</c><00:27:48.440><c> 80</c> 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.539 months<00:27:49.059><c> in</c><00:27:49.359><c> Corinth</c> 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:51.440 and<00:27:49.880><c> three</c><00:27:50.200><c> years</c><00:27:50.480><c> in</c><00:27:50.779><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.079 So<00:27:52.000><c> we're</c><00:27:52.099><c> getting</c><00:27:52.240><c> to</c><00:27:52.559><c> see</c><00:27:52.779><c> where</c><00:27:53.019><c> he</c><00:27:53.279><c> spent</c><00:27:53.480><c> the</c><00:27:53.759><c> larger</c><00:27:54.460><c> portions</c><00:27:54.880><c> of</c> 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:55.660 his<00:27:55.359><c> time.</c> 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:58.099 Two<00:27:56.000><c> years</c><00:27:56.259><c> in</c><00:27:57.019><c> Caesarea.</c> 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:02.240 These<00:27:59.519><c> years</c><00:27:59.740><c> are</c><00:27:59.940><c> the</c><00:28:00.079><c> years</c><00:28:00.279><c> 60</c><00:28:00.740><c> to</c><00:28:00.980><c> 62.</c> 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:05.980 But<00:28:04.400><c> it's</c><00:28:04.539><c> a</c><00:28:04.619><c> lot</c><00:28:04.720><c> better</c><00:28:04.920><c> than</c><00:28:05.099><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:28:05.599><c> isn't</c><00:28:05.759><c> it?</c> 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.380 When<00:28:06.319><c> he</c><00:28:06.400><c> went</c><00:28:06.539><c> to</c><00:28:06.759><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:28:07.039><c> he</c><00:28:07.200><c> spent</c><00:28:07.259><c> about</c><00:28:07.539><c> two</c><00:28:07.740><c> days</c><00:28:08.039><c> in</c><00:28:08.200><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:10.240 And<00:28:08.380><c> that's</c><00:28:08.539><c> about</c><00:28:08.779><c> all</c><00:28:08.920><c> he</c><00:28:09.039><c> could</c><00:28:09.279><c> spend.</c> 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:12.299 At<00:28:10.279><c> least</c><00:28:10.519><c> he's</c><00:28:10.819><c> had</c><00:28:11.200><c> a</c><00:28:11.579><c> peaceful</c><00:28:11.920><c> time,</c> 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:16.519 and<00:28:13.240><c> he's</c><00:28:13.519><c> seen</c><00:28:13.599><c> it</c><00:28:13.799><c> out</c><00:28:13.940><c> until</c><00:28:14.119><c> the</c><00:28:14.319><c> time</c><00:28:14.599><c> of</c><00:28:14.920><c> his</c><00:28:15.839><c> trial</c><00:28:16.160><c> came</c> 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.440 up,<00:28:16.740><c> I</c><00:28:16.900><c> suppose,</c> 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:23.059 until<00:28:17.740><c> it</c><00:28:19.960><c> came</c><00:28:20.160><c> up</c><00:28:20.319><c> on</c><00:28:20.480><c> the</c><00:28:20.700><c> schedule</c><00:28:20.980><c> of</c><00:28:22.180><c> Nero's</c><00:28:22.779><c> court,</c> 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:24.819 and<00:28:23.400><c> it</c><00:28:23.500><c> would</c><00:28:23.619><c> have</c><00:28:23.759><c> been</c><00:28:24.000><c> heard,</c> 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:29.259 and<00:28:25.220><c> then</c><00:28:25.420><c> he</c><00:28:25.619><c> was</c><00:28:26.160><c> obviously</c><00:28:27.400><c> acquitted</c><00:28:27.839><c> of</c><00:28:28.119><c> the</c><00:28:28.359><c> charge.</c> 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:33.180 We<00:28:29.740><c> know</c><00:28:29.859><c> he</c><00:28:29.900><c> was</c><00:28:30.099><c> acquitted</c><00:28:30.339><c> because</c><00:28:30.660><c> he</c><00:28:30.819><c> did</c><00:28:31.039><c> work</c><00:28:31.579><c> in</c><00:28:31.960><c> other</c><00:28:32.240><c> places.</c> 00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:36.539 The<00:28:33.940><c> writings</c><00:28:34.299><c> of</c><00:28:34.579><c> Paul</c><00:28:34.779><c> make</c><00:28:35.200><c> that</c><00:28:35.539><c> very,</c><00:28:35.819><c> very</c><00:28:36.200><c> clear.</c> 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:38.779 We'll<00:28:37.279><c> be</c><00:28:37.319><c> dealing</c><00:28:37.579><c> with</c><00:28:37.759><c> that</c><00:28:37.900><c> today,</c> 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:41.460 and<00:28:39.220><c> we'll</c><00:28:39.339><c> deal</c><00:28:39.460><c> just</c><00:28:39.720><c> with</c><00:28:39.920><c> a</c><00:28:40.119><c> little</c><00:28:40.279><c> bit</c><00:28:40.400><c> of</c><00:28:40.480><c> that</c><00:28:40.779><c> tomorrow</c><00:28:41.099><c> morning</c> 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.539 in<00:28:41.720><c> our</c><00:28:42.099><c> final</c><00:28:42.500><c> session.</c> 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:49.359 Well,<00:28:46.380><c> there</c><00:28:46.440><c> was</c><00:28:46.859><c> many,</c><00:28:47.299><c> many</c><00:28:47.539><c> people</c><00:28:47.940><c> in</c><00:28:48.119><c> that</c><00:28:48.380><c> city.</c> 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.440 I<00:28:51.799><c> wonder</c><00:28:51.960><c> how</c><00:28:52.079><c> he</c><00:28:52.220><c> paid</c><00:28:52.420><c> the</c><00:28:52.579><c> rent.</c> 00:28:56.740 --> 00:29:01.960 In<00:28:56.960><c> Philippians</c><00:28:57.380><c> chapter</c><00:28:57.700><c> 4,</c><00:28:58.960><c> we</c><00:28:59.220><c> have</c><00:29:00.480><c> another</c><00:29:01.380><c> little</c><00:29:01.640><c> passage</c> 00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.339 which<00:29:02.400><c> leans</c><00:29:02.700><c> upon</c><00:29:02.980><c> this</c><00:29:03.240><c> one,</c> 00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:05.099 and<00:29:03.480><c> it's</c><00:29:03.680><c> interesting</c><00:29:04.019><c> to</c><00:29:04.279><c> take</c><00:29:04.460><c> these</c><00:29:04.779><c> passages</c> 00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:11.599 and<00:29:05.759><c> put</c><00:29:06.000><c> them</c><00:29:06.220><c> in</c><00:29:06.440><c> like</c><00:29:08.319><c> a</c><00:29:08.539><c> jigsaw</c><00:29:08.859><c> puzzle</c><00:29:09.259><c> of</c><00:29:09.980><c> how</c><00:29:10.359><c> the</c><00:29:10.740><c> circumstances</c><00:29:11.359><c> were</c> 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:13.039 all<00:29:11.839><c> filled</c><00:29:12.000><c> out.</c> 00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:16.039 He<00:29:13.279><c> wasn't</c><00:29:13.619><c> in</c><00:29:13.799><c> any</c><00:29:14.059><c> opulence,</c><00:29:14.579><c> make</c><00:29:14.759><c> no</c><00:29:15.000><c> mistake.</c> 00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:20.259 In<00:29:16.319><c> Philippians</c><00:29:16.680><c> chapter</c><00:29:17.019><c> 4,</c><00:29:17.599><c> however,</c><00:29:17.960><c> it</c><00:29:18.079><c> says</c><00:29:18.240><c> this,</c><00:29:19.599><c> verse</c><00:29:19.839><c> 14,</c> 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:25.960 Notwithstanding<00:29:21.099><c> ye</c><00:29:21.319><c> have</c><00:29:21.539><c> well</c><00:29:21.880><c> done</c><00:29:22.220><c> that</c><00:29:23.200><c> ye</c><00:29:23.440><c> did</c><00:29:23.599><c> communicate</c><00:29:24.259><c> with</c><00:29:24.500><c> my</c><00:29:24.779><c> affliction,</c> 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:29.380 now<00:29:27.019><c> ye</c><00:29:27.200><c> Philippians</c><00:29:27.680><c> know</c><00:29:27.940><c> also</c><00:29:28.359><c> that</c><00:29:28.519><c> in</c><00:29:28.720><c> the</c><00:29:28.859><c> beginning</c><00:29:29.160><c> of</c> 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:30.579 the<00:29:29.500><c> Gospel,</c> 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:32.400 when<00:29:31.099><c> I</c><00:29:31.299><c> departed</c><00:29:31.619><c> from</c><00:29:31.880><c> Macedonia,</c> 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:36.359 no<00:29:32.680><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:33.119><c> communicated</c><00:29:33.779><c> with</c><00:29:34.119><c> me</c><00:29:34.440><c> as</c><00:29:34.779><c> concerning</c><00:29:35.339><c> giving</c> 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.980 and<00:29:36.859><c> receiving,</c> 00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.700 but<00:29:38.779><c> ye</c><00:29:39.059><c> own</c><00:29:39.299><c> me.</c> 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:43.200 For<00:29:40.380><c> even</c><00:29:40.660><c> in</c><00:29:40.839><c> Thessaloniki</c><00:29:41.480><c> he</c><00:29:41.619><c> sent</c><00:29:41.720><c> once</c><00:29:42.220><c> and</c><00:29:42.480><c> again</c><00:29:42.920><c> unto</c> 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.420 my<00:29:43.440><c> necessity,</c> 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:47.519 not<00:29:45.240><c> because</c><00:29:45.480><c> I</c><00:29:45.680><c> desire</c><00:29:46.119><c> a</c><00:29:46.240><c> gift,</c><00:29:46.400><c> but</c><00:29:46.579><c> I</c><00:29:46.880><c> desire</c><00:29:47.059><c> fruit</c><00:29:47.359><c> that</c> 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:49.339 may<00:29:47.720><c> abound</c><00:29:48.039><c> to</c><00:29:48.240><c> your</c><00:29:48.460><c> account.</c> 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:55.740 Notice<00:29:50.579><c> it</c><00:29:50.700><c> was</c><00:29:51.059><c> necessity,</c><00:29:53.220><c> so</c><00:29:53.279><c> he</c><00:29:53.319><c> wasn't</c><00:29:53.819><c> there</c><00:29:54.140><c> in</c><00:29:54.259><c> any</c><00:29:54.500><c> opulence,</c> 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:58.359 and<00:29:56.059><c> it</c><00:29:56.160><c> was</c><00:29:56.299><c> the</c><00:29:56.500><c> Philippians</c><00:29:56.880><c> from</c><00:29:57.160><c> afar</c><00:29:57.480><c> distant</c> 00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:02.680 that<00:29:59.059><c> thought</c><00:29:59.440><c> to</c><00:29:59.740><c> send</c><00:30:00.220><c> for</c><00:30:01.200><c> his</c><00:30:01.440><c> necessity.</c> 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.859 It's<00:30:03.140><c> interesting,</c><00:30:03.579><c> isn't</c><00:30:03.720><c> it?</c> 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:10.779 He<00:30:07.940><c> was</c><00:30:08.380><c> in</c><00:30:08.819><c> Rome,</c><00:30:09.859><c> bound,</c> 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:15.180 and<00:30:12.500><c> the</c><00:30:12.799><c> Philippians</c><00:30:13.299><c> thought</c><00:30:13.680><c> of</c><00:30:13.859><c> that</c><00:30:14.039><c> circumstance</c> 00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:17.220 and<00:30:15.680><c> moved</c><00:30:16.039><c> ecclesially</c><00:30:16.660><c> to</c><00:30:16.920><c> help</c><00:30:17.119><c> him.</c> 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:20.000 What<00:30:17.359><c> a</c><00:30:17.539><c> beautiful</c><00:30:17.779><c> thing</c><00:30:17.960><c> that</c><00:30:18.160><c> is.</c> 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:26.420 Although<00:30:23.660><c> he</c><00:30:24.759><c> had</c><00:30:25.079><c> saved</c><00:30:25.319><c> all</c><00:30:25.559><c> of</c><00:30:25.720><c> those</c><00:30:25.900><c> men,</c> 00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:29.640 and<00:30:27.460><c> that</c><00:30:27.819><c> account</c><00:30:28.059><c> had</c><00:30:28.279><c> no</c><00:30:28.480><c> doubt</c><00:30:28.619><c> been</c><00:30:28.880><c> given</c><00:30:29.119><c> to</c><00:30:29.400><c> Boris,</c> 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:32.559 yet<00:30:30.220><c> nevertheless</c><00:30:30.500><c> he</c><00:30:30.660><c> was</c><00:30:30.960><c> left</c><00:30:31.339><c> in</c><00:30:31.660><c> bonds</c><00:30:31.980><c> because</c><00:30:32.339><c> that</c> 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:34.559 was<00:30:33.220><c> Roman</c><00:30:33.599><c> law.</c> 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:37.519 If<00:30:34.859><c> we</c><00:30:35.039><c> turn</c><00:30:35.200><c> to</c><00:30:35.339><c> Philippians</c><00:30:35.680><c> chapter</c><00:30:36.019><c> 1,</c> 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:42.880 we<00:30:39.359><c> see</c><00:30:39.599><c> again</c><00:30:39.940><c> that</c><00:30:40.140><c> he</c><00:30:40.220><c> was</c><00:30:40.519><c> definitely</c><00:30:41.039><c> still</c><00:30:41.500><c> in</c><00:30:41.720><c> bonds.</c> 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:44.440 Philippians<00:30:43.359><c> 1,</c><00:30:43.740><c> verse</c><00:30:43.900><c> 13,</c> 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:50.240 So<00:30:44.960><c> that</c><00:30:45.220><c> my</c><00:30:45.579><c> bonds</c><00:30:45.940><c> in</c><00:30:46.259><c> Christ</c><00:30:46.700><c> are</c><00:30:47.079><c> manifest</c><00:30:47.579><c> in</c><00:30:48.579><c> the</c><00:30:48.859><c> palace</c> 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:54.079 and<00:30:52.000><c> in</c><00:30:52.240><c> all</c><00:30:52.480><c> other</c><00:30:52.759><c> places.</c> 00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:59.059 The<00:30:55.160><c> praetorian</c><00:30:55.720><c> guard</c><00:30:56.119><c> is</c><00:30:56.380><c> the</c><00:30:56.660><c> term</c><00:30:56.900><c> for</c><00:30:57.519><c> the</c><00:30:57.859><c> palace.</c> 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:04.819 My<00:31:00.299><c> bonds</c><00:31:00.599><c> in</c><00:31:00.880><c> Christ</c><00:31:01.579><c> are</c><00:31:02.640><c> manifest</c><00:31:03.180><c> to</c><00:31:03.420><c> the</c><00:31:03.599><c> praetorian</c><00:31:04.220><c> guard.</c> 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.559 He<00:31:05.319><c> was</c><00:31:05.440><c> obviously</c><00:31:05.779><c> still</c><00:31:06.180><c> in</c><00:31:06.400><c> bonds.</c> 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:09.240 We<00:31:06.940><c> find</c><00:31:07.180><c> again</c><00:31:07.579><c> in</c><00:31:07.759><c> Philippians,</c><00:31:08.460><c> in</c><00:31:08.680><c> Philomene</c><00:31:08.920><c> rather,</c> 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:13.200 that<00:31:09.420><c> we</c><00:31:09.579><c> read</c><00:31:09.720><c> today</c><00:31:10.200><c> that</c><00:31:10.680><c> he</c><00:31:10.819><c> was</c><00:31:11.079><c> distinctly</c><00:31:11.779><c> in</c><00:31:12.059><c> bonds.</c> 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:19.220 In<00:31:15.900><c> Philomene,</c><00:31:16.720><c> verse</c><00:31:17.160><c> 9,</c> 00:31:19.900 --> 00:31:22.720 Yet<00:31:20.140><c> for</c><00:31:20.319><c> love's</c><00:31:20.960><c> sake</c><00:31:21.180><c> I</c><00:31:21.559><c> rather</c><00:31:21.880><c> beseech</c><00:31:22.299><c> thee,</c> 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:25.339 being<00:31:23.059><c> such</c><00:31:23.359><c> in</c><00:31:23.539><c> one</c><00:31:23.680><c> as</c><00:31:23.940><c> Paul</c><00:31:24.240><c> the</c><00:31:24.500><c> Aged,</c> 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:28.400 and<00:31:25.759><c> now</c><00:31:26.000><c> also</c><00:31:26.440><c> a</c><00:31:26.920><c> prisoner</c><00:31:27.200><c> of</c><00:31:27.420><c> Jesus</c><00:31:27.839><c> Christ.</c> 00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:31.559 Verse<00:31:28.720><c> 10,</c><00:31:29.460><c> I</c><00:31:29.680><c> beseech</c><00:31:30.079><c> thee</c><00:31:30.220><c> for</c><00:31:30.400><c> my</c><00:31:30.660><c> son</c><00:31:30.859><c> Anesimus,</c> 00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:34.339 whom<00:31:31.759><c> I</c><00:31:31.920><c> have</c><00:31:32.079><c> begotten</c><00:31:32.460><c> in</c><00:31:32.680><c> my</c><00:31:32.980><c> bonds.</c> 00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:39.920 So<00:31:36.579><c> that</c><00:31:36.759><c> seems</c><00:31:37.079><c> to</c><00:31:37.319><c> be</c><00:31:37.460><c> the</c><00:31:37.640><c> way</c><00:31:37.819><c> he</c><00:31:38.059><c> was</c><00:31:38.240><c> in</c><00:31:38.400><c> all</c><00:31:38.559><c> of</c><00:31:38.700><c> that</c><00:31:38.940><c> time.</c> 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:42.859 Very<00:31:40.720><c> frustrating</c><00:31:41.299><c> in</c><00:31:41.539><c> many</c><00:31:41.740><c> ways,</c> 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:46.640 but<00:31:43.339><c> you</c><00:31:43.380><c> know</c><00:31:43.579><c> frustrations</c><00:31:44.180><c> can</c><00:31:44.500><c> be</c><00:31:44.839><c> put</c><00:31:45.619><c> to</c><00:31:45.859><c> good,</c><00:31:46.259><c> can't</c><00:31:46.400><c> they?</c> 00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:50.839 I<00:31:47.240><c> explained</c><00:31:47.440><c> how</c><00:31:47.640><c> the</c><00:31:47.900><c> soldier</c><00:31:48.140><c> would</c><00:31:48.680><c> have</c><00:31:49.039><c> his</c><00:31:49.640><c> left</c><00:31:50.059><c> hand</c> 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:53.480 to<00:31:51.480><c> Paul's</c><00:31:51.940><c> right</c><00:31:52.339><c> hand,</c> 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.640 and<00:31:53.640><c> it</c><00:31:53.680><c> would</c><00:31:53.799><c> have</c><00:31:53.900><c> been</c><00:31:54.000><c> a</c><00:31:54.099><c> deep</c><00:31:54.299><c> frustration</c><00:31:55.019><c> to</c><00:31:55.220><c> him.</c> 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:59.380 And<00:31:56.099><c> yet,</c><00:31:56.460><c> verse</c><00:31:56.579><c> 30,</c> 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:02.779 he<00:31:59.579><c> received</c><00:32:00.279><c> all</c><00:32:00.740><c> that</c><00:32:00.940><c> came</c><00:32:01.259><c> unto</c><00:32:01.579><c> him.</c> 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:06.839 And<00:32:04.359><c> furthermore,</c><00:32:05.220><c> what</c><00:32:05.440><c> went</c><00:32:05.660><c> out</c><00:32:05.819><c> was</c><00:32:06.019><c> a</c><00:32:06.380><c> preaching,</c> 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:10.079 a<00:32:07.700><c> preaching</c><00:32:07.940><c> of</c><00:32:08.140><c> the</c><00:32:08.420><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:08.779><c> of</c><00:32:09.000><c> God.</c> 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.880 Where<00:32:10.380><c> are</c><00:32:10.599><c> we?</c><00:32:10.720><c> In</c><00:32:10.880><c> Rome!</c> 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.460 Isn't<00:32:12.339><c> there</c><00:32:12.539><c> an</c><00:32:12.700><c> empire</c><00:32:12.960><c> already?</c> 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:15.799 Preaching<00:32:14.319><c> the</c><00:32:14.559><c> Kingdom</c><00:32:15.000><c> of</c><00:32:15.180><c> God</c> 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:18.559 and<00:32:16.200><c> teaching</c><00:32:16.599><c> those</c><00:32:16.940><c> things</c><00:32:17.259><c> which</c><00:32:17.640><c> concern</c> 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:20.500 the<00:32:19.299><c> Lord</c><00:32:19.619><c> Jesus</c><00:32:20.099><c> Christ,</c> 00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:23.359 who<00:32:20.779><c> by</c><00:32:21.400><c> Roman</c><00:32:21.740><c> act</c><00:32:22.140><c> was</c><00:32:22.519><c> crucified</c> 00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:26.099 at<00:32:23.640><c> the</c><00:32:23.880><c> instigation</c><00:32:24.359><c> of</c><00:32:24.539><c> the</c><00:32:24.640><c> Jewish</c><00:32:24.839><c> people,</c> 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:30.119 with<00:32:27.240><c> all</c><00:32:27.599><c> confidence,</c><00:32:28.440><c> no</c><00:32:28.559><c> man</c><00:32:28.839><c> forbidding</c><00:32:29.259><c> Him.</c> 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:34.599 You<00:32:32.859><c> can</c><00:32:33.039><c> imagine</c><00:32:33.259><c> the</c><00:32:33.539><c> drama,</c><00:32:33.980><c> my</c><00:32:34.039><c> dear</c><00:32:34.180><c> friends</c><00:32:34.359><c> and</c><00:32:34.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:36.380 of<00:32:34.740><c> going</c><00:32:35.019><c> to</c><00:32:35.279><c> Rome,</c> 00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.559 and<00:32:37.880><c> in</c><00:32:38.319><c> the</c><00:32:38.539><c> teeth</c><00:32:38.759><c> of</c><00:32:38.960><c> that</c><00:32:39.119><c> empire,</c> 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:41.599 in<00:32:39.920><c> its</c><00:32:40.220><c> capital</c><00:32:40.660><c> city,</c> 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:44.900 the<00:32:42.160><c> fourth</c><00:32:42.599><c> great</c><00:32:43.160><c> power</c><00:32:43.559><c> that</c><00:32:43.920><c> Daniel</c><00:32:44.140><c> had</c><00:32:44.279><c> spoken</c><00:32:44.579><c> about.</c> 00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:46.099 And<00:32:45.279><c> here</c><00:32:45.500><c> it</c><00:32:45.640><c> is.</c> 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:48.920 And<00:32:46.680><c> it's</c><00:32:46.799><c> in</c><00:32:46.900><c> the</c><00:32:47.259><c> prime</c><00:32:47.500><c> of</c><00:32:47.660><c> its</c><00:32:47.940><c> days.</c> 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:53.119 And<00:32:49.539><c> you</c><00:32:49.680><c> go</c><00:32:49.940><c> into</c><00:32:50.380><c> that</c><00:32:50.859><c> city</c><00:32:51.160><c> in</c><00:32:51.440><c> a</c><00:32:51.619><c> bound</c><00:32:51.920><c> condition,</c> 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:55.059 and<00:32:53.839><c> people</c><00:32:54.059><c> come</c><00:32:54.299><c> into</c><00:32:54.420><c> your</c><00:32:54.619><c> house,</c> 00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:57.180 and<00:32:55.279><c> there's</c><00:32:55.500><c> a</c><00:32:55.720><c> guard</c><00:32:55.920><c> there</c><00:32:56.099><c> all</c><00:32:56.440><c> the</c><00:32:56.660><c> time,</c> 00:32:57.180 --> 00:33:00.000 who<00:32:57.960><c> can</c><00:32:58.140><c> take</c><00:32:58.339><c> whatever</c><00:32:58.619><c> way</c><00:32:58.799><c> likes,</c> 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:02.160 right<00:33:00.599><c> to</c><00:33:00.779><c> the</c><00:33:00.940><c> emperor</c><00:33:01.119><c> virtually,</c> 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:05.579 and<00:33:03.059><c> you're</c><00:33:03.220><c> preaching</c><00:33:03.519><c> the</c><00:33:03.880><c> Kingdom</c><00:33:04.200><c> of</c><00:33:04.380><c> God.</c> 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.740 Jerusalem's<00:33:06.279><c> going</c><00:33:06.400><c> to</c><00:33:06.460><c> be</c><00:33:06.559><c> the</c><00:33:06.779><c> capital.</c> 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:10.740 And<00:33:08.900><c> Messiah</c><00:33:09.339><c> will</c><00:33:09.579><c> be</c><00:33:09.799><c> king.</c> 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:13.319 Let<00:33:11.880><c> Nero</c><00:33:12.160><c> hear</c><00:33:12.359><c> that.</c> 00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.660 Well,<00:33:13.559><c> he</c><00:33:13.819><c> preached</c><00:33:14.220><c> it.</c> 00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:17.059 No<00:33:15.180><c> man</c><00:33:15.480><c> forbidding</c><00:33:15.940><c> him.</c> 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:19.960 There<00:33:18.259><c> was</c><00:33:18.299><c> no</c><00:33:18.440><c> cry</c><00:33:18.619><c> about</c><00:33:18.980><c> cults,</c><00:33:19.539><c> cults,</c> 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.799 as<00:33:20.059><c> somebody</c><00:33:20.279><c> was</c><00:33:20.500><c> telling</c><00:33:20.640><c> me.</c> 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:24.119 And<00:33:22.960><c> it's</c><00:33:23.279><c> a</c><00:33:23.359><c> really</c><00:33:23.500><c> amazing</c><00:33:23.920><c> thing.</c> 00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.839 He<00:33:24.240><c> must</c><00:33:24.460><c> have</c><00:33:24.619><c> felt</c><00:33:24.740><c> a</c><00:33:24.960><c> tremendous</c><00:33:25.339><c> thrill</c> 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:29.099 to<00:33:26.480><c> be</c><00:33:26.819><c> preaching</c><00:33:27.180><c> in</c><00:33:27.680><c> Rome</c><00:33:28.140><c> at</c><00:33:28.380><c> that</c><00:33:28.660><c> time.</c> 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:31.240 And<00:33:29.759><c> by</c><00:33:30.039><c> some</c><00:33:30.299><c> remarkable</c><00:33:30.900><c> way,</c> 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:33.099 he<00:33:31.359><c> was</c><00:33:31.599><c> allowed</c><00:33:31.799><c> to</c><00:33:32.119><c> continue</c><00:33:32.299><c> that</c><00:33:32.420><c> for</c><00:33:32.559><c> two</c><00:33:32.819><c> years.</c> 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.279 It<00:33:33.640><c> was</c><00:33:33.640><c> really</c><00:33:33.819><c> astonishing.</c> 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:36.220 Didn't<00:33:34.940><c> some</c><00:33:35.200><c> guard</c><00:33:35.440><c> go</c><00:33:35.599><c> up</c><00:33:35.740><c> to</c><00:33:35.839><c> Nero</c><00:33:36.000><c> and</c><00:33:36.099><c> say,</c> 00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:38.000 listen,<00:33:36.619><c> that</c><00:33:36.680><c> chap</c><00:33:36.859><c> down</c><00:33:37.059><c> the</c><00:33:37.240><c> back,</c> 00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:39.559 he<00:33:38.200><c> doesn't</c><00:33:38.480><c> preach</c><00:33:38.779><c> you.</c> 00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.799 He's<00:33:40.819><c> looking</c><00:33:40.960><c> for</c><00:33:41.160><c> a</c><00:33:41.279><c> different</c><00:33:41.440><c> kingdom.</c> 00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:44.559 That's<00:33:42.519><c> what</c><00:33:42.660><c> happened</c><00:33:42.779><c> in</c><00:33:43.000><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:33:43.380><c> wasn't</c><00:33:43.599><c> it?</c> 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.519 That's<00:33:44.900><c> exactly</c><00:33:45.220><c> what</c><00:33:45.440><c> happened.</c> 00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:47.640 The<00:33:45.779><c> Jews</c><00:33:45.980><c> themselves</c><00:33:46.440><c> said,</c><00:33:46.579><c> we</c><00:33:46.700><c> have</c><00:33:46.839><c> no</c><00:33:47.019><c> king</c><00:33:47.140><c> but</c><00:33:47.400><c> Caesar.</c> 00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:49.200 This<00:33:48.099><c> man</c><00:33:48.319><c> is</c><00:33:48.519><c> after</c><00:33:48.680><c> another</c><00:33:48.880><c> king.</c> 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.599 But<00:33:49.819><c> when</c><00:33:49.980><c> he's</c><00:33:50.200><c> in</c><00:33:50.420><c> Rome,</c> 00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:52.839 he<00:33:50.680><c> gets</c><00:33:50.900><c> better</c><00:33:51.220><c> treatment</c><00:33:51.400><c> than</c><00:33:51.539><c> he</c><00:33:51.700><c> did</c><00:33:51.759><c> in</c><00:33:51.980><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:55.839 Christ<00:33:53.579><c> was</c><00:33:53.720><c> put</c><00:33:53.920><c> to</c><00:33:54.099><c> death</c><00:33:54.279><c> by</c><00:33:54.460><c> that</c><00:33:54.559><c> by</c><00:33:54.759><c> his</c><00:33:54.920><c> own</c><00:33:55.160><c> people.</c> 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:58.299 His<00:33:56.400><c> emissary</c><00:33:57.539><c> in</c><00:33:57.980><c> Rome,</c> 00:33:58.380 --> 00:33:59.539 preaching<00:33:58.740><c> the</c><00:33:58.960><c> same</c><00:33:59.240><c> thing,</c> 00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:01.819 and<00:34:00.000><c> not</c><00:34:00.119><c> a</c><00:34:00.240><c> thing</c><00:34:00.359><c> happens</c><00:34:00.599><c> for</c><00:34:00.779><c> two</c><00:34:01.119><c> years.</c> 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.319 That's<00:34:02.480><c> Nero.</c> 00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.200 And<00:34:04.480><c> I'm</c><00:34:04.599><c> sure</c><00:34:04.740><c> every</c><00:34:05.000><c> day,</c> 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:07.160 he<00:34:05.299><c> would</c><00:34:05.480><c> have</c><00:34:05.539><c> thanked</c><00:34:05.799><c> God</c><00:34:06.039><c> for</c><00:34:06.279><c> that.</c> 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:09.420 I<00:34:07.900><c> thought,</c><00:34:08.199><c> this</c><00:34:08.280><c> is</c><00:34:08.599><c> an</c><00:34:08.599><c> amazing</c><00:34:09.119><c> thing</c> 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.780 that<00:34:09.599><c> I</c><00:34:09.760><c> came</c><00:34:09.900><c> to</c><00:34:10.079><c> this</c><00:34:10.239><c> city</c><00:34:10.500><c> bound,</c> 00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:12.820 but<00:34:11.340><c> the</c><00:34:11.820><c> Gospel</c><00:34:12.139><c> is</c><00:34:12.340><c> not</c><00:34:12.599><c> bound.</c> 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.639 It<00:34:13.059><c> just</c><00:34:13.239><c> goes</c><00:34:13.460><c> on.</c> 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.639 It<00:34:15.340><c> just</c><00:34:15.539><c> spread</c><00:34:15.760><c> wherever</c><00:34:16.159><c> he</c><00:34:16.460><c> would.</c> 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:19.199 If<00:34:17.139><c> you</c><00:34:17.159><c> look</c><00:34:17.340><c> in</c><00:34:17.559><c> the</c><00:34:17.599><c> Philippians</c><00:34:17.940><c> again,</c> 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:23.579 these<00:34:20.719><c> little</c><00:34:21.320><c> pieces</c><00:34:22.159><c> in</c><00:34:22.460><c> Philippians</c><00:34:22.880><c> and</c><00:34:23.039><c> other</c><00:34:23.239><c> places</c> 00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:26.719 just<00:34:24.380><c> reflect</c><00:34:24.739><c> back</c><00:34:25.000><c> on</c><00:34:25.179><c> the</c><00:34:25.420><c> circumstances.</c> 00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.679 He<00:34:30.579><c> says,</c> 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:33.260 verse<00:34:32.960><c> 12,</c> 00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:35.820 Ye<00:34:33.380><c> should</c><00:34:34.800><c> understand,</c><00:34:35.679><c> brethren,</c> 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:38.800 that<00:34:36.039><c> the</c><00:34:36.260><c> things</c><00:34:36.480><c> which</c><00:34:36.820><c> happened</c><00:34:37.059><c> unto</c><00:34:37.380><c> me</c> 00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:40.500 have<00:34:39.619><c> fallen</c><00:34:39.880><c> out</c><00:34:40.239><c> rather</c> 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:42.900 unto<00:34:40.880><c> the</c><00:34:41.179><c> furtherment,</c><00:34:41.659><c> the</c><00:34:41.920><c> advancement</c><00:34:42.340><c> of</c><00:34:42.599><c> the</c><00:34:42.699><c> Gospel.</c> 00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:44.139 Isn't<00:34:43.039><c> that</c><00:34:43.260><c> lovely?</c> 00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:47.199 He<00:34:45.380><c> was</c><00:34:45.559><c> a</c><00:34:45.760><c> positive</c><00:34:46.280><c>-minded</c><00:34:46.639><c> man.</c> 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:50.179 And<00:34:48.179><c> he</c><00:34:48.320><c> could</c><00:34:48.579><c> see</c><00:34:48.780><c> that</c><00:34:48.980><c> through</c><00:34:49.119><c> all</c><00:34:49.420><c> the</c><00:34:49.699><c> difficulties,</c> 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:53.400 in<00:34:50.440><c> fact,</c><00:34:50.719><c> the</c><00:34:50.860><c> work</c><00:34:51.059><c> of</c><00:34:51.260><c> the</c><00:34:51.519><c> truth</c><00:34:51.639><c> was</c><00:34:51.900><c> going</c><00:34:52.239><c> ahead,</c> 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:56.440 so<00:34:54.760><c> that</c><00:34:54.960><c> my</c><00:34:55.239><c> bonds</c><00:34:55.460><c> in</c><00:34:55.780><c> Christ</c> 00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:58.940 are<00:34:57.360><c> manifest</c><00:34:57.900><c> in</c><00:34:58.159><c> all</c><00:34:58.460><c> the</c><00:34:58.719><c> palace,</c> 00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.159 in<00:34:59.139><c> the</c><00:34:59.300><c> Praetorian</c><00:34:59.820><c> Garden,</c> 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:02.320 and<00:35:00.619><c> in</c><00:35:00.860><c> all</c><00:35:01.039><c> other</c><00:35:01.260><c> places.</c> 00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:04.579 What<00:35:03.000><c> an</c><00:35:03.179><c> incredible</c><00:35:03.619><c> story.</c> 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.119 Not<00:35:05.519><c> as</c><00:35:05.679><c> only</c><00:35:05.880><c> that,</c> 00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:09.400 but<00:35:06.519><c> he</c><00:35:06.820><c> noticed</c><00:35:07.159><c> that</c><00:35:08.079><c> the</c><00:35:08.360><c> brethren</c><00:35:08.719><c> who</c><00:35:08.940><c> were</c><00:35:09.079><c> with</c><00:35:09.280><c> him,</c> 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:11.900 the<00:35:09.619><c> team</c><00:35:09.880><c> that</c><00:35:10.039><c> was</c><00:35:10.260><c> working</c><00:35:10.539><c> with</c><00:35:10.820><c> him,</c> 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.960 they<00:35:12.619><c> were</c><00:35:12.800><c> naturally</c><00:35:13.159><c> a</c><00:35:13.280><c> bit</c><00:35:13.440><c> apprehensive</c> 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:16.739 to<00:35:14.159><c> be</c><00:35:14.340><c> involved</c><00:35:14.659><c> in</c><00:35:15.159><c> company</c><00:35:15.659><c> of</c><00:35:15.980><c> Roman</c><00:35:16.360><c> soldiers</c> 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:18.039 who<00:35:16.900><c> from</c><00:35:17.079><c> time</c><00:35:17.300><c> to</c><00:35:17.460><c> time</c><00:35:17.719><c> changed.</c> 00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:19.559 They<00:35:18.199><c> didn't</c><00:35:18.400><c> know</c><00:35:18.500><c> this</c><00:35:18.739><c> one,</c><00:35:18.880><c> they</c><00:35:19.000><c> knew</c><00:35:19.079><c> the</c><00:35:19.260><c> other</c><00:35:19.380><c> one.</c> 00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:21.380 Now<00:35:19.940><c> a</c><00:35:20.079><c> different</c><00:35:20.199><c> one</c><00:35:20.360><c> comes,</c><00:35:20.659><c> what's</c><00:35:20.920><c> he</c><00:35:21.079><c> like?</c> 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.300 What's<00:35:22.019><c> he</c><00:35:22.159><c> going</c><00:35:22.280><c> to</c><00:35:22.539><c> say?</c> 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:25.980 Well,<00:35:23.920><c> they</c><00:35:24.059><c> came</c><00:35:24.360><c> and</c><00:35:24.440><c> they</c><00:35:24.639><c> went</c><00:35:24.820><c> and</c><00:35:24.940><c> they</c><00:35:25.099><c> came</c><00:35:25.300><c> and</c><00:35:25.400><c> they</c><00:35:25.619><c> went</c> 00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:27.699 until<00:35:26.239><c> eventually</c><00:35:26.599><c> the</c><00:35:26.800><c> brethren</c><00:35:26.940><c> became</c> 00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:30.500 quite<00:35:28.320><c> used</c><00:35:28.639><c> to</c><00:35:28.820><c> that</c><00:35:29.079><c> kind</c><00:35:29.300><c> of</c><00:35:29.500><c> company.</c> 00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.480 And<00:35:30.780><c> what</c><00:35:30.940><c> was</c><00:35:31.139><c> happening?</c> 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:33.079 There's<00:35:31.920><c> people</c><00:35:32.179><c> in</c><00:35:32.340><c> the</c><00:35:32.500><c> room</c> 00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:34.639 and<00:35:33.699><c> Paul's</c><00:35:34.099><c> teaching</c><00:35:34.360><c> them</c> 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:37.739 and<00:35:34.840><c> the</c><00:35:35.960><c> soldiers</c><00:35:36.280><c> leaning</c><00:35:36.599><c> over</c><00:35:36.860><c> listening.</c> 00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:40.719 He<00:35:38.960><c> finds</c><00:35:39.179><c> it</c><00:35:39.360><c> interesting</c><00:35:39.780><c> too.</c> 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:42.360 And<00:35:41.300><c> then</c><00:35:41.440><c> the</c><00:35:41.619><c> brethren</c><00:35:41.800><c> began</c><00:35:42.039><c> to</c><00:35:42.260><c> see,</c> 00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.900 wow,<00:35:42.659><c> God</c><00:35:42.860><c> is</c><00:35:43.059><c> involved</c><00:35:43.420><c> in</c><00:35:43.579><c> this.</c> 00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:47.539 This<00:35:44.639><c> is</c><00:35:44.820><c> an</c><00:35:44.960><c> amazing</c><00:35:45.400><c> thing</c><00:35:45.639><c> that's</c><00:35:45.880><c> happening</c><00:35:46.119><c> in</c><00:35:46.340><c> this</c><00:35:46.539><c> room.</c> 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:51.719 This<00:35:48.880><c> lodgement</c><00:35:49.360><c> here</c><00:35:49.659><c> in</c><00:35:50.179><c> Rome,</c><00:35:50.780><c> the</c><00:35:50.780><c> capital.</c> 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.539 Sometimes<00:35:53.280><c> the</c><00:35:53.480><c> Jews</c><00:35:53.619><c> must</c><00:35:53.860><c> have</c><00:35:53.940><c> looked</c><00:35:54.059><c> through</c><00:35:54.280><c> the</c><00:35:54.400><c> door</c> 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:56.340 and<00:35:54.679><c> thought,</c><00:35:55.360><c> this</c><00:35:55.400><c> is</c><00:35:55.539><c> an</c><00:35:55.559><c> astonishing</c><00:35:55.920><c> man.</c> 00:35:56.559 --> 00:36:00.480 We<00:35:56.679><c> never</c><00:35:56.900><c> got</c><00:35:57.039><c> people</c><00:35:57.320><c> listening</c><00:35:57.599><c> to</c><00:35:58.719><c> our</c><00:35:59.400><c> message</c><00:35:59.840><c> like</c><00:36:00.179><c> that.</c> 00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:04.320 We<00:36:00.960><c> never</c><00:36:01.139><c> got</c><00:36:01.380><c> converts</c><00:36:02.039><c> like</c><00:36:03.280><c> he</c><00:36:03.559><c> is.</c> 00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:09.260 So<00:36:06.519><c> God</c><00:36:06.699><c> was</c><00:36:06.940><c> obviously</c><00:36:07.320><c> blessing</c><00:36:07.699><c> the</c><00:36:08.000><c> activities</c><00:36:08.460><c> of</c><00:36:08.679><c> that</c><00:36:08.920><c> room.</c> 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.800 Many<00:36:09.800><c> of</c><00:36:09.940><c> the</c><00:36:10.039><c> brethren</c><00:36:10.239><c> of</c><00:36:10.440><c> the</c><00:36:10.579><c> Lord,</c> 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:13.500 who<00:36:10.940><c> are</c><00:36:11.079><c> waxing</c><00:36:11.519><c> confident</c><00:36:11.960><c> by</c><00:36:12.260><c> my</c><00:36:12.480><c> bonds,</c> 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:17.179 are<00:36:14.039><c> much</c><00:36:14.320><c> more</c><00:36:14.619><c> bold</c><00:36:14.860><c> to</c><00:36:15.099><c> speak</c><00:36:15.340><c> the</c><00:36:15.559><c> Word</c><00:36:15.800><c> without</c><00:36:16.159><c> fear.</c> 00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:19.280 So<00:36:17.780><c> Paul</c><00:36:17.880><c> says,</c><00:36:18.119><c> everything's</c><00:36:18.539><c> going.</c> 00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:21.340 Never<00:36:19.840><c> mind</c><00:36:19.940><c> what</c><00:36:20.159><c> their</c><00:36:20.820><c> motive</c><00:36:21.179><c> is.</c> 00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:23.840 Some<00:36:21.559><c> indeed</c><00:36:21.840><c> preach</c><00:36:22.079><c> Christ</c><00:36:22.519><c> even</c><00:36:22.719><c> of</c><00:36:22.920><c> envy</c><00:36:23.159><c> and</c><00:36:23.500><c> strife</c> 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:25.280 and<00:36:24.179><c> some</c><00:36:24.420><c> also</c><00:36:24.739><c> of</c><00:36:24.860><c> goodwill.</c> 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:27.420 That<00:36:25.480><c> is,</c><00:36:25.619><c> some</c><00:36:25.840><c> of</c><00:36:25.920><c> them</c><00:36:26.219><c> were</c><00:36:26.460><c> passing</c><00:36:26.760><c> messages</c><00:36:27.139><c> around</c> 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:29.340 but<00:36:27.960><c> it</c><00:36:28.159><c> all</c><00:36:28.280><c> was</c><00:36:28.440><c> still</c><00:36:28.659><c> going</c><00:36:28.960><c> on.</c> 00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.679 It<00:36:29.599><c> was</c><00:36:29.760><c> happening</c><00:36:30.119><c> well</c><00:36:30.579><c> and</c><00:36:30.900><c> people</c><00:36:31.139><c> were</c><00:36:31.380><c> coming,</c> 00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:34.780 converted<00:36:32.400><c> and</c><00:36:32.599><c> other</c><00:36:32.780><c> people</c><00:36:33.000><c> were</c><00:36:33.539><c> coming</c><00:36:33.780><c> at</c><00:36:33.960><c> their</c><00:36:34.199><c> reference.</c> 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:36.760 He<00:36:35.380><c> didn't</c><00:36:35.579><c> have</c><00:36:35.780><c> bills.</c> 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:40.920 He<00:36:37.280><c> didn't</c><00:36:37.440><c> have</c><00:36:37.659><c> placards</c><00:36:38.139><c> and</c><00:36:38.340><c> advertisements</c><00:36:38.699><c> in</c><00:36:38.900><c> the</c><00:36:39.019><c> paper,</c><00:36:39.800><c> did</c><00:36:39.940><c> he?</c> 00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:43.300 But<00:36:41.420><c> it</c><00:36:41.460><c> was</c><00:36:41.739><c> by</c><00:36:42.059><c> word</c><00:36:42.260><c> of</c><00:36:42.519><c> mouth</c><00:36:42.719><c> that</c><00:36:42.840><c> was</c><00:36:43.039><c> entering</c> 00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.760 into<00:36:43.559><c> the</c><00:36:43.639><c> hearts</c><00:36:43.820><c> of</c><00:36:44.039><c> many</c><00:36:44.300><c> people</c> 00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:48.440 and<00:36:45.099><c> they</c><00:36:45.320><c> were</c><00:36:45.559><c> coming</c><00:36:45.840><c> from</c><00:36:46.099><c> all</c><00:36:46.360><c> different</c><00:36:47.000><c> parts</c><00:36:47.460><c> of</c><00:36:48.300><c> the</c> 00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.780 city<00:36:48.719><c> of</c><00:36:48.960><c> Rome.</c> 00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:53.559 What<00:36:50.420><c> a</c><00:36:51.059><c> wonderful</c><00:36:51.599><c> encouragement</c><00:36:52.239><c> that</c><00:36:52.480><c> must</c><00:36:52.739><c> have</c><00:36:52.920><c> been.</c> 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:56.780 Must<00:36:54.039><c> have</c><00:36:54.179><c> been</c><00:36:54.280><c> something</c><00:36:54.559><c> too</c><00:36:54.860><c> to</c><00:36:54.980><c> the</c><00:36:55.139><c> Apostle</c><00:36:55.480><c> Paul,</c> 00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:59.920 or<00:36:57.940><c> rather</c><00:36:58.139><c> for</c><00:36:58.460><c> the</c><00:36:58.980><c> younger</c><00:36:59.380><c> members</c> 00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.360 to<00:37:00.260><c> look</c><00:37:00.420><c> over</c><00:37:00.659><c> and</c><00:37:00.880><c> see</c><00:37:01.099><c> the</c><00:37:01.320><c> Apostle</c><00:37:01.679><c> Paul.</c> 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:06.239 Paul<00:37:03.519><c> the</c><00:37:03.820><c> Aged,</c><00:37:04.519><c> as</c><00:37:04.659><c> he</c><00:37:04.880><c> himself</c><00:37:05.199><c> describes</c><00:37:05.679><c> himself</c><00:37:06.059><c> at</c> 00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:06.659 this<00:37:06.460><c> stage.</c> 00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.900 It's<00:37:06.920><c> in</c><00:37:07.059><c> the</c><00:37:07.119><c> winter</c><00:37:07.300><c> of</c><00:37:07.440><c> his</c><00:37:07.619><c> life.</c> 00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:12.380 And<00:37:08.460><c> there</c><00:37:08.659><c> he</c><00:37:08.800><c> is,</c><00:37:09.179><c> flat</c><00:37:09.320><c> out,</c><00:37:10.539><c> from</c><00:37:10.900><c> morning</c><00:37:11.179><c> till</c><00:37:11.380><c> evening.</c> 00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.380 Morning<00:37:12.739><c> till</c><00:37:12.980><c> evening.</c> 00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:16.039 People<00:37:14.039><c> coming</c><00:37:14.340><c> and</c><00:37:14.519><c> he's</c><00:37:14.780><c> teaching,</c><00:37:15.179><c> teaching,</c><00:37:15.760><c> teaching.</c> 00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:17.860 Timothy,<00:37:16.659><c> can</c><00:37:16.820><c> you</c><00:37:16.940><c> take</c><00:37:17.119><c> this</c><00:37:17.340><c> one</c><00:37:17.480><c> over?</c> 00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:20.360 Anesimus,<00:37:18.739><c> can</c><00:37:18.900><c> you</c><00:37:19.000><c> look</c><00:37:19.179><c> after</c><00:37:19.460><c> this?</c> 00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:23.239 And<00:37:21.199><c> all</c><00:37:21.360><c> of</c><00:37:21.500><c> those</c><00:37:22.000><c> brethren</c><00:37:22.239><c> would</c><00:37:22.400><c> have</c><00:37:22.539><c> become</c><00:37:22.760><c> involved</c> 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:26.000 in<00:37:23.420><c> a</c><00:37:23.599><c> team</c><00:37:23.739><c> of</c><00:37:24.000><c> workers</c><00:37:24.360><c> and</c><00:37:24.579><c> they're</c><00:37:25.159><c> almost</c><00:37:25.380><c> unaware</c><00:37:25.639><c> of</c> 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.579 where<00:37:26.099><c> they</c><00:37:26.280><c> are,</c> 00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:28.559 sitting<00:37:26.800><c> under</c><00:37:27.059><c> Nero's</c><00:37:27.599><c> nose.</c> 00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:32.059 By<00:37:30.739><c> this</c><00:37:30.920><c> time</c><00:37:31.099><c> it's</c><00:37:31.219><c> getting</c><00:37:31.460><c> close,</c><00:37:31.760><c> isn't</c><00:37:31.960><c> it,</c> 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:34.900 to<00:37:32.320><c> the</c><00:37:32.659><c> next</c><00:37:33.000><c> five</c><00:37:33.380><c> years</c><00:37:33.619><c> of</c><00:37:33.780><c> his</c><00:37:34.019><c> reign.</c> 00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:37.760 And<00:37:35.719><c> things</c><00:37:35.840><c> are</c><00:37:36.000><c> going</c><00:37:36.099><c> to</c><00:37:36.340><c> change</c><00:37:36.659><c> dramatically.</c> 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:40.820 So<00:37:38.219><c> there</c><00:37:38.380><c> was</c><00:37:38.619><c> opportunity</c><00:37:39.239><c> and</c><00:37:39.480><c> he</c><00:37:39.659><c> used</c><00:37:39.900><c> that</c><00:37:40.179><c> opportunity</c> 00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:43.460 as<00:37:41.619><c> it</c><00:37:41.739><c> was</c><00:37:41.940><c> given</c><00:37:42.179><c> to</c><00:37:42.460><c> him.</c> 00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:46.659 Well,<00:37:44.760><c> who</c><00:37:44.880><c> do</c><00:37:45.039><c> you</c><00:37:45.039><c> think</c><00:37:45.179><c> came</c><00:37:45.400><c> through</c><00:37:45.599><c> that</c><00:37:45.880><c> door?</c> 00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:50.139 How<00:37:47.539><c> do</c><00:37:47.599><c> you</c><00:37:47.760><c> see</c><00:37:47.920><c> in</c><00:37:48.079><c> that</c><00:37:48.280><c> room,</c><00:37:48.559><c> my</c><00:37:48.699><c> dear</c><00:37:48.820><c> brothers</c><00:37:49.039><c> and</c><00:37:49.179><c> sisters?</c> 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.480 Well,<00:37:52.099><c> there</c><00:37:52.179><c> was</c><00:37:52.280><c> an</c><00:37:52.460><c> interchange</c><00:37:52.840><c> of</c><00:37:53.059><c> soldiers</c> 00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:57.420 that<00:37:55.760><c> in</c><00:37:55.940><c> itself</c><00:37:56.199><c> is</c><00:37:56.539><c> extremely</c><00:37:56.980><c> interesting.</c> 00:37:57.420 --> 00:38:00.940 Do<00:37:57.760><c> you</c><00:37:57.760><c> remember</c><00:37:58.139><c> Paul's</c><00:37:58.739><c> description</c><00:37:59.119><c> in</c><00:37:59.340><c> Ephesians</c><00:37:59.800><c> 6?</c> 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:04.860 He<00:38:03.079><c> doesn't</c><00:38:03.360><c> miss</c><00:38:03.639><c> a</c><00:38:03.719><c> point.</c> 00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:11.179 In<00:38:05.780><c> his</c><00:38:06.079><c> mind</c><00:38:06.219><c> he</c><00:38:06.320><c> can</c><00:38:06.539><c> just</c><00:38:06.800><c> sketch</c><00:38:07.000><c> the</c><00:38:07.280><c> whole</c><00:38:08.860><c> attire</c> 00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:14.260 and<00:38:11.760><c> weaponry</c><00:38:12.539><c> of</c><00:38:12.820><c> the</c><00:38:12.940><c> Roman</c><00:38:13.239><c> soldier.</c> 00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:17.780 Take<00:38:14.860><c> unto</c><00:38:15.059><c> you</c><00:38:15.239><c> the</c><00:38:15.559><c> whole</c><00:38:15.960><c> armour</c><00:38:16.260><c> of</c><00:38:16.420><c> God,</c><00:38:16.719><c> verse</c><00:38:16.920><c> 13,</c> 00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:20.539 that<00:38:18.260><c> ye</c><00:38:18.400><c> may</c><00:38:18.480><c> be</c><00:38:18.679><c> able</c><00:38:18.960><c> to</c><00:38:19.139><c> withstand</c><00:38:19.579><c> in</c><00:38:19.800><c> the</c><00:38:20.000><c> evil</c><00:38:20.219><c> day,</c> 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.780 and<00:38:20.719><c> having</c><00:38:20.880><c> done</c><00:38:21.059><c> all</c><00:38:21.320><c> to</c><00:38:21.579><c> stand.</c> 00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:24.219 And<00:38:22.380><c> the</c><00:38:22.579><c> interesting</c><00:38:22.920><c> thing</c><00:38:23.219><c> about</c><00:38:23.539><c> this,</c><00:38:24.139><c> really,</c> 00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:26.340 when<00:38:25.159><c> you</c><00:38:25.300><c> think</c><00:38:25.480><c> of</c><00:38:25.579><c> the</c><00:38:25.719><c> Apostle</c><00:38:26.059><c> Paul</c> 00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:28.059 and<00:38:26.760><c> sitting</c><00:38:26.900><c> perhaps</c><00:38:27.199><c> in</c><00:38:27.480><c> a</c><00:38:27.579><c> chair</c><00:38:27.739><c> there</c> 00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:32.719 and<00:38:28.900><c> he</c><00:38:29.000><c> had</c><00:38:29.159><c> an</c><00:38:29.960><c> opportunity</c><00:38:30.420><c> just</c><00:38:30.739><c> to</c><00:38:31.059><c> reflect</c><00:38:31.400><c> upon</c><00:38:31.699><c> things.</c> 00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:36.420 And<00:38:33.139><c> there's</c><00:38:33.340><c> the</c><00:38:33.519><c> Roman</c><00:38:33.739><c> soldier</c><00:38:34.119><c> with</c><00:38:34.280><c> his</c><00:38:35.079><c> strong</c><00:38:35.599><c> frame</c> 00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:39.760 and<00:38:37.519><c> his</c><00:38:38.019><c> muscly</c><00:38:38.780><c> physique</c> 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:43.900 and<00:38:40.559><c> his</c><00:38:41.159><c> well</c><00:38:41.380><c>-disciplined</c><00:38:42.480><c> composure.</c> 00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:46.280 The<00:38:44.019><c> Apostle</c><00:38:44.340><c> Paul</c><00:38:44.559><c> looks</c><00:38:44.760><c> at</c><00:38:44.860><c> him,</c><00:38:45.119><c> not</c><00:38:45.239><c> the</c><00:38:45.539><c> slightest</c><00:38:45.960><c> bit</c> 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.800 afraid<00:38:46.519><c> of</c><00:38:46.739><c> him,</c> 00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:51.519 and<00:38:47.739><c> he</c><00:38:48.000><c> just</c><00:38:48.320><c> interprets</c><00:38:48.780><c> everything</c><00:38:49.179><c> around</c><00:38:49.599><c> in</c><00:38:49.940><c> spiritual</c><00:38:50.460><c> terms,</c> 00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:53.260 which<00:38:51.840><c> is</c><00:38:52.000><c> a</c><00:38:52.099><c> great</c><00:38:52.260><c> lesson</c><00:38:52.519><c> in</c><00:38:52.739><c> life,</c><00:38:52.940><c> isn't</c><00:38:53.099><c> it?</c> 00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:55.280 That's<00:38:53.539><c> what</c><00:38:53.659><c> he</c><00:38:53.800><c> obviously</c><00:38:54.119><c> did.</c> 00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:58.420 He<00:38:55.860><c> mentions</c><00:38:55.860><c> his</c><00:38:57.019><c> loins</c><00:38:57.360><c> girt</c><00:38:57.519><c> about</c><00:38:57.780><c> with</c><00:38:58.139><c> truth</c> 00:38:58.420 --> 00:39:00.860 and<00:38:58.679><c> a</c><00:38:58.820><c> breastplate</c><00:38:59.320><c> and</c><00:38:59.619><c> feet</c><00:38:59.840><c> shot</c> 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:04.059 and<00:39:01.920><c> shield</c><00:39:02.239><c> of</c><00:39:02.519><c> faith</c><00:39:02.760><c> and</c><00:39:03.099><c> fiery</c><00:39:03.420><c> darts</c> 00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:06.659 and<00:39:04.539><c> helmet</c><00:39:04.760><c> of</c><00:39:05.019><c> salvation,</c><00:39:05.800><c> sword</c><00:39:05.920><c> of</c><00:39:06.119><c> the</c><00:39:06.300><c> spirit,</c> 00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.739 and<00:39:06.940><c> he's</c><00:39:07.039><c> just</c><00:39:07.219><c> looking</c><00:39:07.500><c> straight</c><00:39:08.059><c> through</c><00:39:08.360><c> him.</c> 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:11.079 He<00:39:09.280><c> doesn't</c><00:39:09.519><c> see</c><00:39:09.739><c> him</c><00:39:09.860><c> as</c><00:39:09.900><c> something</c><00:39:10.179><c> to</c><00:39:10.340><c> be</c><00:39:10.500><c> fearful</c><00:39:10.780><c> of.</c> 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:14.980 He<00:39:11.440><c> turns</c><00:39:11.719><c> it</c><00:39:12.000><c> rather</c><00:39:12.239><c> into</c><00:39:12.880><c> what</c><00:39:13.260><c> the</c><00:39:13.480><c> man</c><00:39:13.880><c> is</c><00:39:14.420><c> symbolising</c> 00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:16.920 in<00:39:15.199><c> spiritual</c><00:39:15.760><c> terms,</c> 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:19.179 because<00:39:17.760><c> he's</c><00:39:18.019><c> seen</c><00:39:18.239><c> that</c><00:39:18.400><c> there</c><00:39:18.559><c> is</c><00:39:18.719><c> a</c><00:39:19.000><c> force</c> 00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:21.440 that's<00:39:19.579><c> greater</c><00:39:19.840><c> than</c><00:39:20.039><c> the</c><00:39:20.219><c> Roman</c><00:39:20.420><c> power,</c><00:39:20.940><c> greater</c><00:39:21.239><c> than</c> 00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.099 that<00:39:21.679><c> soldier.</c> 00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:24.940 The<00:39:23.019><c> soldier</c><00:39:23.219><c> thinks</c><00:39:23.460><c> that</c><00:39:23.599><c> he's</c><00:39:23.780><c> got</c><00:39:23.920><c> power</c><00:39:24.199><c> on</c><00:39:24.340><c> his</c><00:39:24.639><c> side.</c> 00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:26.579 The<00:39:25.159><c> Roman</c><00:39:25.460><c> name</c><00:39:25.760><c> is</c><00:39:25.980><c> behind</c><00:39:26.280><c> him.</c> 00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:28.940 But<00:39:26.960><c> Paul</c><00:39:27.059><c> doesn't</c><00:39:27.280><c> think</c><00:39:27.500><c> that.</c> 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.599 He<00:39:29.199><c> says,</c><00:39:29.400><c> there's</c><00:39:29.400><c> a</c><00:39:29.500><c> far</c><00:39:29.639><c> greater</c><00:39:29.880><c> power</c><00:39:30.179><c> than</c><00:39:30.440><c> you</c> 00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:33.400 if<00:39:30.800><c> you</c><00:39:30.920><c> could</c><00:39:31.039><c> only</c><00:39:31.360><c> see</c><00:39:31.559><c> a</c><00:39:31.780><c> sword</c><00:39:31.900><c> of</c><00:39:32.059><c> the</c><00:39:32.360><c> spirit,</c> 00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:36.659 feet<00:39:34.079><c> shot,</c><00:39:34.900><c> not</c><00:39:35.099><c> with</c><00:39:35.239><c> those</c><00:39:35.460><c> sandals,</c> 00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:40.800 but<00:39:37.460><c> feet</c><00:39:37.719><c> shot</c><00:39:37.920><c> with</c><00:39:38.139><c> the</c><00:39:38.360><c> preparation</c><00:39:38.800><c> of</c><00:39:38.980><c> the</c><00:39:39.119><c> Gospel</c><00:39:39.380><c> of</c><00:39:39.699><c> Peace.</c> 00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.980 That's<00:39:41.980><c> how</c><00:39:42.059><c> he</c><00:39:42.239><c> thought.</c> 00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:45.039 A<00:39:43.820><c> beautiful</c><00:39:44.159><c> thing.</c> 00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:47.440 That's<00:39:45.539><c> how</c><00:39:45.619><c> he</c><00:39:45.699><c> thought</c><00:39:45.800><c> in</c><00:39:45.980><c> all</c><00:39:46.139><c> things,</c><00:39:46.340><c> I'm</c><00:39:46.599><c> sure.</c> 00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:50.480 I<00:39:48.340><c> wonder</c><00:39:48.500><c> if</c><00:39:48.780><c> we</c><00:39:49.559><c> are</c><00:39:49.860><c> given</c><00:39:50.039><c> to</c><00:39:50.300><c> that.</c> 00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:52.880 When<00:39:50.760><c> you</c><00:39:50.900><c> go</c><00:39:51.019><c> along</c><00:39:51.219><c> the</c><00:39:51.920><c> countryside,</c><00:39:52.719><c> my</c><00:39:52.780><c> dear,</c> 00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:54.920 and<00:39:53.039><c> you've</c><00:39:53.199><c> got</c><00:39:53.380><c> your</c><00:39:53.619><c> children</c><00:39:53.880><c> in</c><00:39:54.059><c> the</c><00:39:54.260><c> car,</c> 00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:57.559 do<00:39:55.679><c> you</c><00:39:55.880><c> tell</c><00:39:56.019><c> them</c><00:39:56.199><c> about</c><00:39:56.420><c> the</c><00:39:56.699><c> countryside?</c> 00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:00.619 It's<00:39:58.719><c> a</c><00:39:58.840><c> beautiful</c><00:39:59.099><c> time</c><00:39:59.380><c> at</c><00:39:59.579><c> the</c><00:39:59.679><c> moment.</c> 00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:02.139 The<00:40:00.760><c> tulips</c><00:40:01.039><c> are</c><00:40:01.300><c> out.</c> 00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.639 The<00:40:02.679><c> bulbs</c><00:40:02.940><c> are</c><00:40:03.400><c> shooting.</c> 00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:05.500 The<00:40:03.940><c> daffodils</c><00:40:04.300><c> are</c><00:40:04.539><c> gorgeous.</c> 00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:08.519 The<00:40:05.780><c> trees</c><00:40:05.980><c> are</c><00:40:06.179><c> sending</c><00:40:06.380><c> out</c><00:40:06.679><c> their</c><00:40:07.460><c> leaves.</c> 00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.159 It's<00:40:09.980><c> a</c><00:40:10.059><c> very</c><00:40:10.260><c> beautiful</c><00:40:10.639><c> thing,</c><00:40:10.960><c> isn't</c><00:40:11.059><c> it?</c> 00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:13.139 The<00:40:11.380><c> dogwoods</c><00:40:12.159><c> are</c><00:40:12.199><c> coming</c><00:40:12.420><c> out</c><00:40:12.619><c> in</c><00:40:12.679><c> their</c><00:40:12.900><c> glory.</c> 00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:14.519 The<00:40:13.519><c> apple</c><00:40:13.699><c> blossoms</c><00:40:13.980><c> are</c><00:40:14.219><c> there.</c> 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.860 Have<00:40:14.900><c> you</c><00:40:14.980><c> stopped</c><00:40:15.219><c> to</c><00:40:15.360><c> think</c><00:40:15.480><c> about</c><00:40:15.719><c> it?</c> 00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:17.280 Do<00:40:16.000><c> you</c><00:40:16.039><c> tell</c><00:40:16.219><c> your</c><00:40:16.440><c> children</c><00:40:16.679><c> those</c><00:40:16.960><c> things?</c> 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:21.019 I<00:40:17.719><c> mean,</c><00:40:18.940><c> it</c><00:40:18.940><c> doesn't</c><00:40:19.119><c> have</c><00:40:19.400><c> to</c><00:40:19.519><c> be</c><00:40:19.619><c> like</c><00:40:19.860><c> that,</c><00:40:20.019><c> does</c><00:40:20.159><c> it?</c> 00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:26.380 Why<00:40:21.619><c> does</c><00:40:21.820><c> dead</c><00:40:22.019><c> wood</c><00:40:22.400><c> have</c><00:40:22.800><c> to</c><00:40:23.039><c> push</c><00:40:23.260><c> out</c><00:40:23.639><c> and</c><00:40:24.840><c> have</c><00:40:25.139><c> all</c><00:40:25.300><c> that</c><00:40:25.500><c> life?</c> 00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:29.460 It's<00:40:27.440><c> a</c><00:40:27.559><c> miracle,</c><00:40:28.000><c> isn't</c><00:40:28.079><c> it?</c><00:40:28.159><c> Every</c><00:40:28.559><c> year.</c> 00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:33.079 It's<00:40:29.579><c> only</c><00:40:29.739><c> because</c><00:40:29.980><c> the</c><00:40:30.199><c> world</c><00:40:30.360><c> is</c><00:40:30.679><c> so</c><00:40:30.980><c> set</c><00:40:31.579><c> on</c><00:40:32.360><c> its</c><00:40:32.659><c> axis</c> 00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:35.239 and<00:40:33.260><c> because</c><00:40:33.460><c> the</c><00:40:33.659><c> sun</c><00:40:33.800><c> is</c><00:40:33.980><c> just</c><00:40:34.239><c> there</c> 00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:37.400 and<00:40:35.400><c> the</c><00:40:35.679><c> seasons</c><00:40:36.039><c> and</c><00:40:36.219><c> the</c><00:40:36.400><c> turning</c><00:40:36.559><c> of</c><00:40:36.780><c> the</c><00:40:36.840><c> world</c><00:40:37.000><c> makes</c> 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.699 that<00:40:37.699><c> happen.</c> 00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.400 Charts. 00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:43.699 So<00:40:40.880><c> all</c><00:40:41.059><c> of</c><00:40:41.179><c> those</c><00:40:41.380><c> things</c><00:40:41.659><c> rest</c><00:40:41.940><c> with</c><00:40:42.139><c> us</c><00:40:42.360><c> in</c><00:40:42.619><c> everyday</c><00:40:42.940><c> life.</c> 00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:45.099 Whether<00:40:44.380><c> it's</c><00:40:44.579><c> our</c><00:40:44.719><c> motorcade,</c> 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:47.440 we<00:40:45.260><c> can</c><00:40:45.280><c> turn</c><00:40:45.380><c> that</c><00:40:45.619><c> into</c><00:40:45.860><c> spiritual</c><00:40:46.300><c> applications.</c> 00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:49.880 I<00:40:47.820><c> mean,</c><00:40:47.820><c> who</c><00:40:47.940><c> would</c><00:40:48.119><c> have</c><00:40:48.119><c> thought</c><00:40:48.300><c> to</c><00:40:48.780><c> turn</c><00:40:49.039><c> a</c><00:40:49.219><c> soldier</c><00:40:49.619><c> into</c> 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:51.360 a<00:40:49.880><c> spiritual</c><00:40:50.280><c> application?</c> 00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:54.539 So<00:40:52.500><c> it's</c><00:40:52.639><c> a</c><00:40:52.719><c> tremendous</c><00:40:53.239><c> lesson,</c><00:40:53.679><c> that</c><00:40:53.800><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:54.179><c> 6,</c> 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:58.039 of<00:40:54.980><c> how</c><00:40:55.139><c> the</c><00:40:55.300><c> Apostle</c><00:40:55.619><c> undoubtedly</c><00:40:56.159><c> looked</c><00:40:56.360><c> at</c><00:40:56.619><c> all</c><00:40:56.920><c> things.</c> 00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:00.440 Imagine<00:40:58.840><c> what</c><00:40:59.000><c> a</c><00:40:59.159><c> story</c><00:40:59.280><c> he</c><00:40:59.400><c> would</c><00:40:59.519><c> have</c><00:40:59.579><c> made</c><00:40:59.739><c> about</c><00:40:59.940><c> the</c><00:41:00.139><c> shipwreck</c> 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.920 when<00:41:00.619><c> he</c><00:41:00.719><c> got</c><00:41:00.860><c> to</c><00:41:01.039><c> Melitta.</c> 00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.500 The<00:41:02.199><c> brethren</c><00:41:02.320><c> started</c><00:41:02.719><c> talking</c><00:41:03.000><c> about</c><00:41:03.280><c> it.</c> 00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:06.000 He<00:41:03.639><c> would</c><00:41:03.780><c> have</c><00:41:03.940><c> turned</c><00:41:04.019><c> that</c><00:41:04.199><c> into</c><00:41:04.360><c> a</c><00:41:04.539><c> story</c><00:41:04.760><c> of</c><00:41:04.980><c> life,</c><00:41:05.159><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:05.340><c> he?</c> 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:07.239 Without<00:41:06.199><c> a</c><00:41:06.420><c> doubt.</c> 00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:09.480 He<00:41:08.219><c> said,</c><00:41:08.380><c> oh,</c><00:41:08.480><c> there's</c><00:41:08.760><c> a</c><00:41:08.920><c> story,</c><00:41:09.179><c> brethren,</c> 00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:11.239 of<00:41:09.860><c> the</c><00:41:10.119><c> ups</c><00:41:10.320><c> and</c><00:41:10.519><c> downs</c><00:41:10.760><c> of</c><00:41:11.000><c> life.</c> 00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:13.400 And<00:41:12.239><c> everything</c><00:41:12.440><c> was</c><00:41:12.760><c> black</c><00:41:13.079><c> as</c><00:41:13.239><c> snow.</c> 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:15.460 We<00:41:13.480><c> didn't</c><00:41:13.599><c> have</c><00:41:13.800><c> a</c><00:41:13.900><c> clue</c><00:41:14.300><c> where</c><00:41:14.460><c> we</c><00:41:14.599><c> were</c><00:41:14.719><c> going.</c> 00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:18.059 God<00:41:15.900><c> was,</c><00:41:16.159><c> in</c><00:41:16.300><c> fact,</c><00:41:16.599><c> right</c><00:41:16.860><c> in</c><00:41:17.119><c> control.</c> 00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:23.199 So<00:41:19.199><c> there's</c><00:41:19.659><c> wonderful</c><00:41:20.159><c> lessons</c><00:41:20.599><c> in</c><00:41:21.099><c> things</c><00:41:21.460><c> like</c><00:41:21.800><c> this.</c> 00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:27.440 And<00:41:24.599><c> so</c><00:41:24.719><c> there</c><00:41:24.840><c> was</c><00:41:25.000><c> an</c><00:41:25.300><c> interchange</c><00:41:25.800><c> of</c><00:41:26.340><c> soldiers.</c> 00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:33.239 And<00:41:28.320><c> as</c><00:41:28.480><c> we</c><00:41:28.679><c> said,</c><00:41:30.039><c> they</c><00:41:30.199><c> went</c><00:41:30.460><c> right</c><00:41:30.900><c> into</c><00:41:31.519><c> the</c><00:41:31.780><c> Praetorian</c><00:41:32.619><c> Palace.</c> 00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:36.380 The<00:41:33.480><c> Praetorian</c><00:41:35.019><c> Palace.</c> 00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:39.960 And<00:41:38.079><c> that's</c><00:41:38.420><c> in</c><00:41:38.480><c> itself</c><00:41:38.840><c> an</c><00:41:39.179><c> incredible</c><00:41:39.619><c> thing,</c> 00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.920 my<00:41:40.119><c> dear</c><00:41:40.260><c> brothers</c><00:41:40.460><c> and</c><00:41:40.659><c> sisters.</c> 00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.920 You<00:41:41.420><c> know,</c><00:41:41.599><c> those</c><00:41:41.880><c> guards</c><00:41:42.219><c> then</c><00:41:42.460><c> went</c><00:41:42.619><c> off</c> 00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:47.860 and<00:41:43.260><c> had</c><00:41:43.500><c> their</c><00:41:43.719><c> duty</c><00:41:43.980><c> of</c><00:41:44.260><c> service</c><00:41:44.900><c> in</c><00:41:46.159><c> the</c><00:41:46.440><c> Emperor's</c><00:41:46.980><c> Palace.</c> 00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:53.280 You<00:41:51.059><c> couldn't</c><00:41:51.340><c> have</c><00:41:51.679><c> thought</c><00:41:51.900><c> of</c><00:41:52.079><c> a</c><00:41:52.219><c> better</c><00:41:52.440><c> way</c><00:41:52.719><c> of</c><00:41:52.860><c> Gospel</c> 00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:55.119 extension,<00:41:54.059><c> could</c><00:41:54.179><c> you?</c> 00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:58.400 If<00:41:55.780><c> he</c><00:41:55.920><c> was</c><00:41:56.079><c> going</c><00:41:56.260><c> to</c><00:41:56.460><c> be</c><00:41:57.019><c> a</c><00:41:57.300><c> bearer</c><00:41:57.659><c> of</c><00:41:57.699><c> Christ's</c><00:41:58.280><c> name</c> 00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:00.380 before<00:41:58.920><c> kings,</c> 00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:04.760 how<00:42:02.599><c> better</c><00:42:02.900><c> to</c><00:42:03.139><c> have</c><00:42:03.260><c> those</c><00:42:03.579><c> who</c><00:42:03.699><c> were</c><00:42:03.880><c> looking</c><00:42:04.079><c> after</c><00:42:04.519><c> the</c> 00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:06.460 Emperor,<00:42:05.239><c> the</c><00:42:05.239><c> king,</c> 00:42:06.980 --> 00:42:09.280 coming<00:42:07.199><c> down</c><00:42:07.420><c> to</c><00:42:07.599><c> your</c><00:42:07.940><c> house</c> 00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:12.559 and<00:42:10.559><c> to</c><00:42:10.739><c> listen</c><00:42:10.880><c> to</c><00:42:11.019><c> what</c><00:42:11.179><c> you're</c><00:42:11.380><c> saying</c><00:42:11.719><c> for</c><00:42:12.059><c> week</c><00:42:12.320><c> after</c> 00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:14.340 week,<00:42:13.320><c> month</c><00:42:13.440><c> after</c><00:42:13.719><c> month,</c> 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:16.219 year<00:42:14.960><c> after</c><00:42:15.239><c> year.</c> 00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:19.380 So<00:42:17.559><c> that's</c><00:42:17.820><c> how</c><00:42:17.960><c> he</c><00:42:18.159><c> saw</c><00:42:18.360><c> it.</c> 00:42:19.760 --> 00:42:22.039 This<00:42:20.019><c> chap</c><00:42:20.219><c> that</c><00:42:20.480><c> seems</c><00:42:20.719><c> to</c><00:42:20.900><c> be</c><00:42:21.000><c> a</c><00:42:21.099><c> bit</c><00:42:21.219><c> of</c><00:42:21.380><c> a</c><00:42:21.440><c> nuisance</c><00:42:21.739><c> to</c><00:42:21.940><c> me,</c> 00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:24.099 that's<00:42:22.300><c> always</c><00:42:22.539><c> on</c><00:42:22.679><c> my</c><00:42:22.920><c> right</c><00:42:23.179><c> hand,</c> 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:28.380 is<00:42:24.960><c> in</c><00:42:25.239><c> fact</c><00:42:25.500><c> a</c><00:42:25.980><c> means</c><00:42:26.179><c> of</c><00:42:26.480><c> linking</c><00:42:26.719><c> me</c><00:42:27.000><c> right</c><00:42:27.219><c> to</c><00:42:27.380><c> the</c><00:42:27.460><c> very</c><00:42:27.940><c> centre</c><00:42:28.199><c> of</c> 00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:29.420 that<00:42:28.559><c> empire.</c> 00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:33.820 Under<00:42:31.099><c> Nero's</c><00:42:31.619><c> nose</c><00:42:31.900><c> he</c><00:42:32.099><c> had</c><00:42:32.340><c> such</c><00:42:32.579><c> liberty,</c><00:42:33.119><c> under</c><00:42:33.519><c> God.</c> 00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:36.280 What<00:42:34.059><c> a</c><00:42:34.320><c> beautiful</c><00:42:34.579><c> thing</c><00:42:34.820><c> that</c><00:42:35.019><c> is.</c> 00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:40.099 And<00:42:36.500><c> it</c><00:42:36.699><c> had</c><00:42:36.739><c> been</c><00:42:36.900><c> effective,</c><00:42:37.360><c> if</c><00:42:37.519><c> we</c><00:42:37.599><c> turn</c><00:42:37.760><c> back</c><00:42:37.980><c> to</c><00:42:38.139><c> Philippians</c><00:42:38.480><c> again</c> 00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:43.659 and<00:42:40.920><c> look</c><00:42:41.039><c> at</c><00:42:41.159><c> the</c><00:42:41.280><c> last</c><00:42:41.980><c> chapter,</c> 00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:49.059 it<00:42:47.760><c> says</c><00:42:48.019><c> in</c><00:42:48.199><c> verse</c><00:42:48.599><c> 21,</c> 00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:50.900 Salute<00:42:49.420><c> every</c><00:42:49.699><c> saint</c><00:42:49.940><c> in</c><00:42:50.139><c> Christ</c><00:42:50.440><c> Jesus,</c> 00:42:51.219 --> 00:42:55.000 the<00:42:51.440><c> brethren</c><00:42:51.780><c> which</c><00:42:52.079><c> are</c><00:42:52.440><c> with</c><00:42:52.659><c> me,</c><00:42:53.320><c> greet</c><00:42:53.440><c> you.</c> 00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:56.659 There's<00:42:55.460><c> brethren</c><00:42:55.800><c> with</c><00:42:56.139><c> him.</c> 00:42:56.659 --> 00:43:00.159 All<00:42:57.760><c> the</c><00:42:58.219><c> saints</c><00:42:58.579><c> salute</c><00:42:59.099><c> you.</c> 00:43:02.079 --> 00:43:04.099 Look<00:43:02.179><c> at</c><00:43:02.260><c> the</c><00:43:02.340><c> next</c><00:43:02.619><c> verse.</c> 00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:08.260 Chiefly,<00:43:05.559><c> they</c><00:43:05.800><c> that</c><00:43:06.079><c> are</c><00:43:06.340><c> of</c><00:43:06.639><c> Caesar's</c><00:43:07.260><c> household.</c> 00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:10.219 That's<00:43:09.079><c> astonishing,</c><00:43:09.679><c> isn't</c><00:43:09.800><c> it?</c> 00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:12.239 They're<00:43:10.860><c> Caesar's</c><00:43:11.420><c> own</c><00:43:11.699><c> household.</c> 00:43:12.659 --> 00:43:15.360 Some<00:43:12.900><c> of</c><00:43:13.119><c> the</c><00:43:13.340><c> royal</c><00:43:13.639><c> family,</c><00:43:13.980><c> is</c><00:43:14.139><c> that</c><00:43:14.239><c> what</c><00:43:14.320><c> it's</c><00:43:14.619><c> saying?</c> 00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:18.739 Or<00:43:16.440><c> was</c><00:43:16.579><c> it</c><00:43:16.719><c> the</c><00:43:16.980><c> servants</c><00:43:17.239><c> in</c><00:43:17.460><c> his</c><00:43:17.679><c> household</c> 00:43:19.780 --> 00:43:22.400 were<00:43:20.360><c> actually</c><00:43:20.940><c> tripping</c><00:43:21.260><c> down</c><00:43:21.579><c> and</c><00:43:21.940><c> when</c><00:43:22.019><c> they</c><00:43:22.159><c> weren't</c> 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.920 seen<00:43:22.639><c> perhaps,</c> 00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:25.659 shot<00:43:24.340><c> through</c><00:43:24.579><c> the</c><00:43:24.760><c> doors</c> 00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:29.500 and<00:43:26.440><c> sat</c><00:43:26.619><c> down</c><00:43:26.860><c> for</c><00:43:27.039><c> an</c><00:43:27.159><c> hour</c><00:43:27.320><c> or</c><00:43:27.500><c> two</c><00:43:27.960><c> and</c><00:43:28.519><c> listened.</c> 00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:30.960 Why<00:43:30.380><c> did</c><00:43:30.480><c> they</c><00:43:30.599><c> do</c><00:43:30.760><c> that?</c> 00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:34.179 Because<00:43:31.320><c> somehow</c><00:43:31.659><c> they</c><00:43:31.800><c> got</c><00:43:32.000><c> the</c><00:43:32.219><c> message</c><00:43:32.440><c> of</c><00:43:32.599><c> this</c><00:43:32.780><c> amazing</c><00:43:33.380><c> man.</c> 00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:36.340 The<00:43:34.539><c> story</c><00:43:34.820><c> of</c><00:43:34.960><c> the</c><00:43:35.139><c> Mediterranean</c><00:43:35.619><c> and</c><00:43:35.840><c> the</c><00:43:36.039><c> shipwreck</c> 00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:39.679 would<00:43:36.500><c> all</c><00:43:36.699><c> have</c><00:43:36.860><c> been</c><00:43:36.980><c> going</c><00:43:37.340><c> around</c><00:43:38.059><c> the</c><00:43:38.320><c> place,</c><00:43:38.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:38.780><c> it?</c> 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:42.219 Just<00:43:39.960><c> like</c><00:43:40.099><c> the</c><00:43:40.260><c> miracles</c><00:43:40.599><c> of</c><00:43:40.780><c> Jesus</c><00:43:41.099><c> before</c><00:43:41.380><c> he</c><00:43:41.539><c> ever</c><00:43:41.659><c> got</c><00:43:41.800><c> to</c><00:43:42.000><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:44.420 were<00:43:42.420><c> all</c><00:43:42.639><c> known</c><00:43:42.780><c> to</c><00:43:42.960><c> the</c><00:43:43.099><c> elders</c><00:43:43.300><c> in</c><00:43:43.480><c> Israel.</c> 00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.440 They<00:43:44.500><c> knew</c><00:43:44.539><c> all</c><00:43:44.739><c> about</c><00:43:44.960><c> it.</c> 00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:47.659 They<00:43:45.719><c> knew</c><00:43:45.760><c> what</c><00:43:45.880><c> had</c><00:43:46.079><c> happened</c><00:43:46.239><c> up</c><00:43:46.460><c> there.</c> 00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:50.679 The<00:43:48.480><c> whole</c><00:43:48.619><c> of</c><00:43:48.800><c> the</c><00:43:48.920><c> nation</c><00:43:49.199><c> knew</c><00:43:49.420><c> about</c><00:43:49.699><c> that.</c> 00:43:50.960 --> 00:43:52.519 And<00:43:51.199><c> that's</c><00:43:51.300><c> why</c><00:43:51.440><c> people</c><00:43:51.719><c> were</c><00:43:51.960><c> ready</c><00:43:52.219><c> for</c><00:43:52.460><c> him.</c> 00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:56.360 When<00:43:52.599><c> he</c><00:43:52.699><c> came</c><00:43:52.980><c> to</c><00:43:53.159><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:43:53.639><c> they</c><00:43:53.800><c> actually</c><00:43:54.139><c> came</c><00:43:54.440><c> out.</c> 00:43:56.739 --> 00:43:59.039 Strew<00:43:57.000><c> their</c><00:43:57.460><c> garments</c><00:43:57.760><c> in</c><00:43:57.960><c> the</c><00:43:58.119><c> way.</c> 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:03.260 Because<00:44:01.079><c> what</c><00:44:01.460><c> happened</c><00:44:01.760><c> to</c><00:44:02.019><c> Lazarus</c><00:44:02.280><c> had</c><00:44:02.519><c> gone</c><00:44:02.639><c> before</c><00:44:03.000><c> back</c> 00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:04.460 into<00:44:03.480><c> the</c><00:44:03.639><c> city.</c> 00:44:04.599 --> 00:44:06.699 And<00:44:04.699><c> the</c><00:44:04.860><c> record</c><00:44:05.079><c> says</c><00:44:05.340><c> in</c><00:44:05.539><c> John</c><00:44:05.739><c> 12,</c><00:44:06.099><c> they</c><00:44:06.260><c> came</c><00:44:06.519><c> out</c> 00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:08.739 because<00:44:06.940><c> they</c><00:44:07.139><c> had</c><00:44:07.260><c> heard</c><00:44:07.460><c> what</c><00:44:07.639><c> those</c><00:44:08.039><c> who</c><00:44:08.300><c> were</c><00:44:08.539><c> there</c> 00:44:08.739 --> 00:44:10.940 when<00:44:08.920><c> he</c><00:44:09.179><c> raised</c><00:44:09.440><c> Lazarus</c><00:44:09.800><c> from</c><00:44:10.019><c> the</c><00:44:10.159><c> dead</c><00:44:10.280><c> had</c><00:44:10.739><c> said.</c> 00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:13.159 Their<00:44:11.320><c> witness</c><00:44:11.579><c> had</c><00:44:11.780><c> gone</c><00:44:11.900><c> into</c><00:44:12.099><c> that</c><00:44:12.340><c> city.</c> 00:44:13.739 --> 00:44:15.519 And<00:44:13.900><c> they</c><00:44:13.960><c> couldn't</c><00:44:14.219><c> stop</c><00:44:14.500><c> themselves</c><00:44:14.900><c> at</c><00:44:15.079><c> what</c><00:44:15.199><c> went</c><00:44:15.320><c> around</c> 00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.059 the<00:44:15.739><c> city.</c> 00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:18.099 The<00:44:16.539><c> elders</c><00:44:16.659><c> were</c><00:44:16.880><c> frustrated</c><00:44:17.380><c> to</c><00:44:17.559><c> heck</c><00:44:17.659><c> with</c><00:44:17.800><c> all</c><00:44:18.000><c> that.</c> 00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:19.539 What<00:44:18.420><c> do</c><00:44:18.519><c> we</c><00:44:18.659><c> do</c><00:44:18.780><c> to</c><00:44:18.980><c> stop</c><00:44:19.139><c> this?</c> 00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.519 Everybody's<00:44:20.480><c> talking</c><00:44:20.679><c> about</c><00:44:20.940><c> Lazarus.</c> 00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:24.199 And<00:44:22.260><c> people</c><00:44:22.400><c> went</c><00:44:22.539><c> out</c><00:44:22.679><c> and</c><00:44:22.760><c> had</c><00:44:22.840><c> a</c><00:44:22.900><c> look</c><00:44:23.019><c> at</c><00:44:23.199><c> Lazarus.</c> 00:44:24.699 --> 00:44:26.440 Hey,<00:44:25.000><c> is</c><00:44:25.340><c> that</c><00:44:25.500><c> Lazarus?</c><00:44:25.880><c> Yes,</c><00:44:26.039><c> it</c><00:44:26.159><c> is.</c> 00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:28.179 Was<00:44:26.719><c> he</c><00:44:26.860><c> really</c><00:44:27.159><c> dead?</c><00:44:27.280><c> Yes,</c><00:44:27.500><c> he</c><00:44:27.619><c> was.</c> 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:31.079 Goodness,<00:44:29.420><c> how</c><00:44:29.639><c> did</c><00:44:29.739><c> that</c><00:44:29.860><c> ever</c><00:44:30.019><c> happen?</c> 00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.239 And<00:44:31.639><c> they</c><00:44:31.699><c> would</c><00:44:31.840><c> have</c><00:44:31.940><c> gone</c><00:44:31.960><c> back</c><00:44:32.119><c> and</c><00:44:32.239><c> said,</c> 00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:34.400 you<00:44:32.340><c> know,</c><00:44:32.440><c> I</c><00:44:32.559><c> was</c><00:44:32.599><c> out</c><00:44:32.840><c> there.</c><00:44:33.239><c> I</c><00:44:33.300><c> went</c><00:44:33.460><c> and</c><00:44:33.719><c> saw.</c> 00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:36.739 So<00:44:35.179><c> when</c><00:44:35.340><c> the</c><00:44:35.460><c> Lord</c><00:44:35.579><c> did</c><00:44:35.760><c> come</c><00:44:35.980><c> to</c><00:44:36.159><c> the</c><00:44:36.300><c> city,</c><00:44:36.420><c> that's</c><00:44:36.619><c> why</c> 00:44:36.739 --> 00:44:38.079 they<00:44:36.940><c> went</c><00:44:37.099><c> out.</c> 00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:40.420 And<00:44:38.599><c> the</c><00:44:38.780><c> wisdom</c><00:44:39.039><c> and</c><00:44:39.539><c> glory</c><00:44:39.980><c> of</c><00:44:40.219><c> God,</c> 00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:44.860 he<00:44:40.699><c> had</c><00:44:40.920><c> made</c><00:44:41.099><c> that</c><00:44:41.400><c> city</c><00:44:42.119><c> stand</c><00:44:43.079><c> to</c><00:44:43.619><c> the</c><00:44:43.860><c> power</c><00:44:44.099><c> of</c><00:44:44.380><c> resurrection</c> 00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:46.719 before<00:44:45.679><c> he</c><00:44:45.860><c> ever</c><00:44:46.079><c> got</c><00:44:46.320><c> there.</c> 00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.920 And<00:44:47.219><c> that's</c><00:44:47.400><c> why</c><00:44:47.539><c> they</c><00:44:47.780><c> went.</c> 00:44:47.920 --> 00:44:50.440 And<00:44:47.920><c> John</c><00:44:48.320><c> says</c><00:44:48.639><c> that's</c><00:44:48.920><c> why</c><00:44:49.099><c> they</c><00:44:49.340><c> went.</c> 00:45:04.360 --> 00:45:06.340 We<00:45:04.619><c> think</c><00:45:04.800><c> it's</c><00:45:04.940><c> just</c><00:45:05.059><c> sort</c><00:45:05.199><c> of</c><00:45:05.860><c> an</c><00:45:05.960><c> amazing</c><00:45:06.179><c> thing.</c> 00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:07.619 They<00:45:06.460><c> all</c><00:45:06.539><c> just</c><00:45:06.780><c> went</c><00:45:06.920><c> crazy</c><00:45:07.340><c> or</c><00:45:07.519><c> something.</c> 00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.699 It<00:45:07.739><c> wasn't</c><00:45:07.940><c> because</c><00:45:08.179><c> of</c><00:45:08.380><c> that.</c> 00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:10.420 It<00:45:09.360><c> was</c><00:45:09.480><c> because</c><00:45:09.800><c> of</c><00:45:10.039><c> Lazarus,</c> 00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:12.800 because<00:45:10.679><c> that</c><00:45:10.920><c> miracle</c><00:45:11.159><c> happened</c><00:45:11.400><c> just</c><00:45:11.679><c> outside</c><00:45:12.099><c> the</c><00:45:12.280><c> big</c><00:45:12.519><c> city,</c> 00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:13.920 in<00:45:13.139><c> the</c><00:45:13.320><c> little</c><00:45:13.519><c> city.</c> 00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:16.659 But<00:45:14.539><c> the</c><00:45:14.699><c> news</c><00:45:14.880><c> of</c><00:45:15.039><c> the</c><00:45:15.139><c> little</c><00:45:15.360><c> city</c><00:45:15.579><c> came</c><00:45:15.840><c> and</c><00:45:16.199><c> filled</c><00:45:16.460><c> the</c> 00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:17.159 big<00:45:16.880><c> city</c> 00:45:17.159 --> 00:45:18.619 until<00:45:17.539><c> eventually</c><00:45:17.940><c> they</c><00:45:18.179><c> went</c><00:45:18.400><c> out.</c> 00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:20.900 And<00:45:18.760><c> it's</c><00:45:18.940><c> happening</c><00:45:19.139><c> again</c><00:45:19.500><c> here</c><00:45:19.820><c> in</c><00:45:20.500><c> Rome.</c> 00:45:21.260 --> 00:45:24.300 Paul<00:45:21.460><c> comes</c><00:45:21.719><c> to</c><00:45:21.860><c> that</c><00:45:21.980><c> city</c><00:45:22.179><c> before</c><00:45:22.460><c> he</c><00:45:22.619><c> ever</c><00:45:22.780><c> gets</c><00:45:23.039><c> its</c><00:45:23.199><c> condition.</c> 00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:27.940 There<00:45:25.719><c> are</c><00:45:25.900><c> people</c><00:45:26.139><c> who</c><00:45:26.320><c> are</c><00:45:26.420><c> talking</c><00:45:26.679><c> all</c><00:45:26.960><c> about</c><00:45:27.139><c> what</c><00:45:27.380><c> happened</c><00:45:27.599><c> to</c><00:45:27.840><c> them</c> 00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:33.480 in<00:45:28.239><c> the</c><00:45:28.440><c> miraculous</c><00:45:28.880><c> events</c><00:45:29.360><c> of</c><00:45:30.300><c> the</c><00:45:30.519><c> salvation</c><00:45:31.139><c> on</c><00:45:31.400><c> the</c><00:45:31.599><c> Mediterranean</c><00:45:32.260><c> Sea</c> 00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:36.199 and<00:45:34.500><c> how</c><00:45:34.599><c> they</c><00:45:34.760><c> came</c><00:45:35.039><c> to</c><00:45:35.260><c> Rome.</c> 00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:39.659 Julius'<00:45:37.320><c> account</c><00:45:37.460><c> has</c><00:45:37.579><c> gone</c><00:45:37.739><c> all</c><00:45:37.980><c> around</c><00:45:38.199><c> the</c><00:45:38.380><c> place.</c> 00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:44.760 And<00:45:40.000><c> so</c><00:45:40.139><c> some</c><00:45:40.360><c> of</c><00:45:40.699><c> Caesar's</c><00:45:41.239><c> household,</c><00:45:43.380><c> Nero</c><00:45:43.579><c> the</c><00:45:43.780><c> madman,</c> 00:45:44.760 --> 00:45:49.280 some<00:45:45.619><c> of</c><00:45:45.840><c> his</c><00:45:46.239><c> own</c><00:45:46.719><c> household</c><00:45:47.260><c> are</c><00:45:47.639><c> slipping</c><00:45:47.679><c> through</c><00:45:47.980><c> the</c><00:45:48.139><c> doors.</c> 00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:50.840 Never<00:45:50.159><c> give</c><00:45:50.380><c> up,</c><00:45:50.840><c> eh?</c> 00:45:51.059 --> 00:45:54.659 You<00:45:51.199><c> know,</c><00:45:51.440><c> Brother</c><00:45:51.599><c> Thomas</c><00:45:51.900><c> used</c><00:45:52.179><c> to</c><00:45:52.360><c> write</c><00:45:52.559><c> to</c><00:45:53.039><c> men</c><00:45:53.260><c> in</c><00:45:53.480><c> high</c><00:45:53.639><c> places.</c> 00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:58.300 It's<00:45:56.739><c> an</c><00:45:56.760><c> interesting</c><00:45:56.980><c> thing,</c><00:45:57.260><c> isn't</c><00:45:57.380><c> it?</c> 00:45:58.460 --> 00:46:02.199 The<00:45:58.739><c> first</c><00:45:59.019><c> governor</c><00:45:59.400><c> of</c><00:45:59.860><c> South</c><00:46:00.059><c> Australia</c><00:46:00.659><c> was</c><00:46:01.920><c> a</c><00:46:02.039><c> man</c> 00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:03.539 called<00:46:02.480><c> Gaula.</c> 00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:09.539 And<00:46:05.320><c> I</c><00:46:05.460><c> don't</c><00:46:05.639><c> know</c><00:46:05.820><c> if</c><00:46:06.920><c> you've</c><00:46:07.599><c> heard</c><00:46:07.800><c> about</c><00:46:08.039><c> him.</c> 00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:15.019 Well,<00:46:11.539><c> in</c><00:46:11.820><c> some</c><00:46:12.000><c> of</c><00:46:12.139><c> the</c><00:46:12.340><c> old</c><00:46:12.679><c> early</c><00:46:13.260><c> writings</c><00:46:13.659><c> of</c><00:46:13.920><c> Brother</c><00:46:14.119><c> Thomas,</c> 00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:17.420 in<00:46:15.619><c> the</c><00:46:15.780><c> Heralds</c><00:46:16.159><c> it</c><00:46:16.239><c> was,</c><00:46:16.739><c> in</c><00:46:16.860><c> the</c><00:46:17.039><c> Heralds,</c> 00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:22.239 you'll<00:46:17.780><c> see</c><00:46:18.059><c> that</c><00:46:18.239><c> there</c><00:46:18.440><c> are</c><00:46:18.599><c> letters</c><00:46:19.019><c> from</c><00:46:20.320><c> a</c><00:46:20.960><c> Governor</c><00:46:21.219><c> Gaula.</c> 00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:26.380 He<00:46:24.119><c> was</c><00:46:24.340><c> the</c><00:46:24.760><c> first</c><00:46:25.199><c> governor</c><00:46:25.559><c> of</c><00:46:25.780><c> South</c><00:46:25.980><c> Australia</c> 00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:28.519 when<00:46:26.500><c> it</c><00:46:26.579><c> was</c><00:46:26.699><c> a</c><00:46:26.880><c> colony</c><00:46:27.079><c> of</c><00:46:27.219><c> the</c><00:46:27.300><c> British</c><00:46:27.480><c> Empire,</c> 00:46:29.179 --> 00:46:32.539 back<00:46:29.320><c> in</c><00:46:29.579><c> around</c><00:46:30.199><c> the</c><00:46:30.440><c> 1840s.</c> 00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:34.619 He<00:46:32.920><c> was</c><00:46:32.980><c> the</c><00:46:33.019><c> second</c><00:46:33.260><c> governor</c><00:46:33.539><c> actually.</c> 00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:39.199 But<00:46:36.579><c> it's</c><00:46:36.860><c> intriguing</c><00:46:37.179><c> to</c><00:46:37.440><c> me</c><00:46:37.579><c> to</c><00:46:37.820><c> think</c><00:46:38.019><c> that</c><00:46:38.219><c> he</c><00:46:38.420><c> wrote</c><00:46:38.840><c> to</c> 00:46:39.199 --> 00:46:40.440 Brother<00:46:39.460><c> Thomas.</c> 00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:42.119 Very,<00:46:41.539><c> very</c><00:46:41.820><c> intriguing.</c> 00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:44.079 You<00:46:42.519><c> know,</c><00:46:42.719><c> things</c><00:46:43.000><c> happen</c><00:46:43.440><c> out.</c> 00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:46.480 It's<00:46:44.599><c> quite</c><00:46:44.800><c> intriguing</c><00:46:45.300><c> sometimes.</c> 00:46:47.219 --> 00:46:49.280 As<00:46:47.300><c> a</c><00:46:47.340><c> matter</c><00:46:47.440><c> of</c><00:46:47.579><c> fact,</c><00:46:48.099><c> a</c><00:46:48.179><c> brother</c><00:46:48.320><c> came</c><00:46:48.559><c> to</c><00:46:48.659><c> the</c><00:46:48.900><c> truth</c><00:46:49.059><c> not</c> 00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:50.699 so<00:46:49.500><c> long</c><00:46:49.679><c> ago.</c> 00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:53.239 And<00:46:51.119><c> when</c><00:46:51.260><c> the</c><00:46:51.420><c> brother</c><00:46:51.539><c> went</c><00:46:51.780><c> to</c><00:46:52.079><c> see</c><00:46:52.579><c> him,</c><00:46:52.920><c> he</c><00:46:52.940><c> said,</c> 00:46:53.420 --> 00:46:54.880 look,<00:46:53.579><c> I'm</c><00:46:53.780><c> delivering</c><00:46:54.039><c> these</c><00:46:54.400><c> pamphlets.</c> 00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:56.960 It's<00:46:55.460><c> the</c><00:46:55.579><c> most</c><00:46:55.739><c> incredible</c><00:46:56.320><c> story.</c> 00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:59.119 Do<00:46:57.460><c> you</c><00:46:57.539><c> mind</c><00:46:57.539><c> me</c><00:46:57.739><c> telling</c><00:46:57.820><c> it?</c> 00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:03.420 And<00:47:00.739><c> he</c><00:47:01.099><c> said,</c><00:47:01.260><c> look,</c><00:47:02.079><c> here's</c><00:47:02.500><c> these</c><00:47:02.719><c> two</c><00:47:02.920><c> little</c><00:47:03.139><c> booklets</c> 00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:04.139 that<00:47:03.599><c> you</c><00:47:03.760><c> asked</c><00:47:03.980><c> for.</c> 00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:04.860 And<00:47:04.300><c> he</c><00:47:04.300><c> said,</c><00:47:04.380><c> oh,</c><00:47:04.500><c> that's</c><00:47:04.739><c> good.</c> 00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:07.059 And<00:47:04.980><c> he</c><00:47:04.980><c> looked</c><00:47:05.159><c> at</c><00:47:05.340><c> the</c><00:47:05.380><c> first</c><00:47:05.539><c> one,</c><00:47:05.760><c> immortality</c><00:47:06.659><c> promised</c> 00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:08.699 but<00:47:07.780><c> not</c><00:47:08.199><c> possessed.</c> 00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:10.679 Oh,<00:47:09.300><c> he</c><00:47:09.400><c> said,</c><00:47:09.420><c> I</c><00:47:09.500><c> agree</c><00:47:09.659><c> with</c><00:47:09.880><c> that.</c> 00:47:10.760 --> 00:47:11.699 Oh,<00:47:11.159><c> brother,</c><00:47:11.320><c> that's</c><00:47:11.599><c> good.</c> 00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:13.139 The<00:47:12.320><c> other</c><00:47:12.460><c> one's</c><00:47:12.599><c> about</c><00:47:12.780><c> the</c><00:47:13.000><c> Trinity.</c> 00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:16.079 Oh,<00:47:13.480><c> he</c><00:47:13.599><c> said,</c><00:47:13.699><c> I</c><00:47:13.739><c> agree</c><00:47:14.300><c> with</c><00:47:14.880><c> what</c><00:47:15.059><c> you're</c><00:47:15.219><c> saying</c><00:47:15.460><c> there</c><00:47:15.800><c> too.</c> 00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:17.199 No<00:47:16.380><c> Trinity.</c> 00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:19.960 So<00:47:18.599><c> he</c><00:47:18.619><c> said,</c><00:47:19.320><c> do</c><00:47:19.340><c> you</c><00:47:19.460><c> agree</c><00:47:19.639><c> with</c><00:47:19.820><c> that?</c> 00:47:20.099 --> 00:47:21.300 Oh,<00:47:20.400><c> yes,</c><00:47:20.579><c> he</c><00:47:20.719><c> said,</c><00:47:20.900><c> absolutely.</c> 00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:23.219 Big,<00:47:22.000><c> tall</c><00:47:22.099><c> man</c><00:47:22.360><c> he</c><00:47:22.480><c> was.</c> 00:47:24.980 --> 00:47:27.059 And<00:47:25.340><c> the</c><00:47:25.699><c> brother</c><00:47:25.900><c> said</c><00:47:26.199><c> to</c><00:47:26.280><c> him,</c> 00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:31.599 then<00:47:30.219><c> do</c><00:47:30.579><c> you</c><00:47:30.679><c> believe</c><00:47:30.860><c> that</c><00:47:31.059><c> Christ</c><00:47:31.219><c> will</c><00:47:31.440><c> return?</c> 00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:32.900 Oh,<00:47:31.820><c> absolutely.</c> 00:47:33.860 --> 00:47:35.639 Will<00:47:33.960><c> he</c><00:47:34.059><c> return</c><00:47:34.460><c> to</c><00:47:34.679><c> Jerusalem?</c> 00:47:36.460 --> 00:47:36.900 Will<00:47:36.500><c> he</c><00:47:36.579><c> be</c><00:47:36.659><c> a</c><00:47:36.780><c> king?</c> 00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:37.500 Absolutely. 00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:38.460 What<00:47:37.980><c> about</c><00:47:38.119><c> the</c><00:47:38.300><c> Jews?</c> 00:47:38.599 --> 00:47:39.760 Oh,<00:47:38.679><c> they'll</c><00:47:38.820><c> be</c><00:47:39.000><c> saved.</c> 00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:42.199 He<00:47:40.840><c> thought,</c><00:47:40.940><c> this</c><00:47:41.079><c> is</c><00:47:41.280><c> amazing.</c> 00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:44.000 How<00:47:42.579><c> come</c><00:47:42.840><c> this</c><00:47:43.059><c> man</c><00:47:43.219><c> knows</c><00:47:43.400><c> all</c><00:47:43.599><c> these</c><00:47:43.820><c> things?</c> 00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:45.440 What<00:47:44.360><c> about</c><00:47:44.500><c> the</c><00:47:44.699><c> devil?</c> 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:47.519 And<00:47:46.000><c> his</c><00:47:46.079><c> wife</c><00:47:46.280><c> who</c><00:47:46.400><c> was</c><00:47:46.519><c> just</c><00:47:46.639><c> down</c><00:47:46.820><c> the</c><00:47:47.019><c> passageway,</c> 00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:48.440 she<00:47:47.780><c> called</c><00:47:47.980><c> out</c><00:47:48.159><c> and</c><00:47:48.280><c> she</c><00:47:48.360><c> said,</c> 00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:50.659 The<00:47:48.539><c> devil,</c><00:47:49.019><c> she</c><00:47:49.039><c> said,</c><00:47:49.099><c> you'll</c><00:47:49.320><c> see</c><00:47:49.380><c> it</c><00:47:49.480><c> in</c><00:47:49.559><c> the</c><00:47:49.639><c> mirror.</c> 00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:55.320 I<00:47:53.019><c> don't</c><00:47:53.199><c> know</c><00:47:53.260><c> why</c><00:47:53.380><c> he</c><00:47:53.539><c> didn't</c><00:47:53.739><c> say</c><00:47:53.960><c> that,</c><00:47:54.119><c> but</c><00:47:54.300><c> she</c><00:47:54.539><c> did.</c> 00:47:58.360 --> 00:48:00.659 So<00:47:58.739><c> this</c><00:47:58.980><c> brother</c><00:47:59.199><c> was</c><00:47:59.420><c> absolutely</c><00:47:59.699><c> out</c><00:48:00.000><c> of</c><00:48:00.019><c> puff</c><00:48:00.219><c> by</c><00:48:00.420><c> that.</c> 00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:02.199 He<00:48:01.460><c> couldn't</c><00:48:01.780><c> work</c><00:48:01.960><c> it</c><00:48:02.099><c> out.</c> 00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:05.920 He<00:48:02.340><c> said,</c><00:48:02.639><c> tell</c><00:48:02.840><c> me,</c><00:48:03.460><c> how</c><00:48:03.719><c> is</c><00:48:03.920><c> it</c><00:48:04.019><c> that</c><00:48:04.199><c> you</c><00:48:04.519><c> believe</c><00:48:04.760><c> those</c><00:48:05.059><c> things?</c> 00:48:06.619 --> 00:48:09.440 And<00:48:06.800><c> he</c><00:48:06.860><c> said,</c><00:48:06.980><c> well,</c><00:48:07.179><c> my</c><00:48:07.340><c> great</c><00:48:07.599><c>-grandfather</c><00:48:08.079><c> wrote</c><00:48:08.300><c> little</c><00:48:08.480><c> books.</c> 00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:14.599 His<00:48:11.179><c> great</c><00:48:11.440><c>-grandfather</c><00:48:11.880><c> was</c><00:48:12.119><c> really</c><00:48:12.500><c> the</c><00:48:12.820><c> father</c><00:48:13.099><c> of</c><00:48:13.519><c> our,</c><00:48:14.300><c> I</c> 00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:15.920 think,<00:48:15.000><c> our</c><00:48:15.280><c> second</c><00:48:15.500><c> premier.</c> 00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:19.800 And<00:48:17.000><c> his</c><00:48:17.280><c> grandson</c><00:48:17.739><c> was</c><00:48:17.980><c> also</c><00:48:18.380><c> a</c><00:48:18.500><c> premier,</c><00:48:18.780><c> Sir</c><00:48:18.980><c> Thomas</c><00:48:19.280><c> Clayford.</c> 00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:21.420 You<00:48:20.059><c> may</c><00:48:20.159><c> have</c><00:48:20.320><c> even</c><00:48:20.480><c> heard</c><00:48:20.639><c> them.</c> 00:48:21.460 --> 00:48:25.900 He<00:48:21.599><c> has</c><00:48:21.940><c> the</c><00:48:23.380><c> record</c><00:48:23.760><c> number</c><00:48:24.059><c> of</c><00:48:24.300><c> years,</c><00:48:24.599><c> 30</c><00:48:24.900><c> years,</c> 00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:29.820 as<00:48:26.739><c> the</c><00:48:27.119><c> elected</c><00:48:27.440><c> premier</c><00:48:27.920><c> of</c><00:48:28.179><c> a</c><00:48:28.460><c> state</c><00:48:28.619><c> in</c><00:48:28.800><c> the</c><00:48:29.000><c> Commonwealth.</c> 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:32.360 Most<00:48:30.199><c> amazing</c><00:48:31.679><c> manuals.</c> 00:48:32.739 --> 00:48:34.840 But<00:48:32.840><c> we're</c><00:48:33.019><c> back</c><00:48:33.500><c> with</c><00:48:33.900><c> great</c><00:48:34.159><c>-grandfather,</c> 00:48:35.260 --> 00:48:36.840 and<00:48:35.480><c> he</c><00:48:35.800><c> left</c><00:48:36.019><c> behind</c><00:48:36.360><c> these</c><00:48:36.559><c> books.</c> 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:40.320 He<00:48:37.039><c> said,</c><00:48:37.619><c> and</c><00:48:37.719><c> my</c><00:48:38.000><c> grandmother</c><00:48:38.539><c> said</c><00:48:39.440><c> to</c><00:48:39.679><c> me,</c> 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:44.019 son,<00:48:41.320><c> take</c><00:48:41.559><c> these</c><00:48:41.800><c> books</c><00:48:42.260><c> if</c><00:48:42.880><c> you</c><00:48:43.000><c> want</c><00:48:43.099><c> to</c><00:48:43.159><c> know</c><00:48:43.260><c> about</c><00:48:43.480><c> religion,</c> 00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:47.300 and<00:48:44.579><c> what's</c><00:48:45.019><c> right</c><00:48:45.159><c> in</c><00:48:45.320><c> the</c><00:48:45.420><c> Bible,</c><00:48:45.760><c> take</c><00:48:45.940><c> these</c><00:48:46.159><c> books.</c> 00:48:48.280 --> 00:48:51.300 Now,<00:48:48.380><c> that</c><00:48:48.480><c> great</c><00:48:48.699><c>-grandfather</c><00:48:49.519><c> was</c><00:48:50.320><c> right</c><00:48:50.639><c> in</c><00:48:50.900><c> Adelaide</c><00:48:51.159><c> at</c> 00:48:51.300 --> 00:48:53.219 the<00:48:51.460><c> same</c><00:48:51.679><c> time</c><00:48:51.840><c> as</c><00:48:52.019><c> Governor</c><00:48:52.280><c> Gawler.</c> 00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:58.019 I've<00:48:54.900><c> got</c><00:48:55.000><c> hold</c><00:48:55.179><c> of</c><00:48:55.300><c> those</c><00:48:55.519><c> books</c><00:48:55.820><c> now,</c><00:48:56.880><c> and</c><00:48:57.000><c> I've</c><00:48:57.159><c> gone</c><00:48:57.360><c> through</c><00:48:57.619><c> them.</c> 00:48:58.300 --> 00:49:00.760 You<00:48:58.500><c> could</c><00:48:58.679><c> put</c><00:48:58.820><c> them</c><00:48:59.000><c> on</c><00:48:59.139><c> our</c><00:48:59.320><c> Kristialkin</c><00:48:59.880><c> Press.</c> 00:49:01.820 --> 00:49:04.860 Even<00:49:02.099><c> Ezekiel</c><00:49:02.519><c> 38</c><00:49:03.199><c> is</c><00:49:03.659><c> all</c><00:49:03.920><c> there.</c> 00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:08.559 Now,<00:49:06.039><c> I</c><00:49:06.280><c> don't</c><00:49:06.420><c> think</c><00:49:06.559><c> all</c><00:49:06.699><c> that's</c><00:49:07.000><c> accident</c><00:49:07.320><c> to</c><00:49:07.539><c> you,</c> 00:49:09.260 --> 00:49:12.480 but<00:49:09.760><c> the</c><00:49:09.980><c> story</c><00:49:10.179><c> is</c><00:49:10.400><c> absolutely</c><00:49:10.699><c> incredible,</c><00:49:11.360><c> isn't</c><00:49:11.480><c> it?</c> 00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:15.119 Dr.<00:49:13.480><c> Thomas</c><00:49:13.619><c> gets</c><00:49:13.860><c> a</c><00:49:14.099><c> correspondent.</c> 00:49:15.219 --> 00:49:16.820 He<00:49:15.300><c> sends</c><00:49:15.500><c> to</c><00:49:15.699><c> him</c><00:49:15.800><c> the</c><00:49:16.019><c> Herald.</c> 00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:19.019 Obviously,<00:49:17.320><c> a</c><00:49:17.420><c> man</c><00:49:17.579><c> subscribes</c><00:49:18.039><c> to</c><00:49:18.260><c> the</c><00:49:18.320><c> Herald.</c> 00:49:19.039 --> 00:49:21.260 By<00:49:19.219><c> that,</c><00:49:19.420><c> he</c><00:49:19.559><c> knew</c><00:49:19.679><c> the</c><00:49:19.940><c> hope</c><00:49:20.079><c> of</c><00:49:20.360><c> Israel.</c> 00:49:22.019 --> 00:49:25.340 He's<00:49:22.119><c> out</c><00:49:22.219><c> in</c><00:49:22.320><c> a</c><00:49:22.420><c> little</c><00:49:22.619><c> colony</c><00:49:23.159><c> called</c><00:49:23.880><c> South</c><00:49:24.300><c> Australia.</c> 00:49:25.460 --> 00:49:27.239 There's<00:49:25.519><c> not</c><00:49:25.659><c> too</c><00:49:25.820><c> many</c><00:49:25.980><c> of</c><00:49:26.099><c> them</c><00:49:26.260><c> there.</c> 00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:29.000 Not<00:49:27.719><c> too</c><00:49:27.900><c> many</c><00:49:28.059><c> now.</c> 00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:34.639 And<00:49:31.599><c> his</c><00:49:31.920><c> two</c><00:49:32.360><c> very</c><00:49:33.480><c> Bible</c><00:49:33.960><c>-minded</c><00:49:34.260><c> people,</c> 00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:37.440 no<00:49:35.420><c> chance</c><00:49:35.699><c> in</c><00:49:35.880><c> the</c><00:49:36.000><c> world</c><00:49:36.139><c> they</c><00:49:36.300><c> didn't</c><00:49:36.460><c> know</c><00:49:36.659><c> each</c><00:49:36.920><c> other,</c> 00:49:37.820 --> 00:49:39.739 would<00:49:37.940><c> have</c><00:49:38.079><c> had</c><00:49:38.280><c> to</c><00:49:38.480><c> know</c><00:49:38.639><c> each</c><00:49:38.860><c> other.</c> 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:42.940 And<00:49:40.400><c> this</c><00:49:40.679><c> man</c><00:49:41.340><c> has</c><00:49:41.639><c> a</c><00:49:41.840><c> congregation</c><00:49:42.300><c> of</c><00:49:42.519><c> 85</c> 00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:44.699 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things</c><00:49:54.420><c> yet,</c><00:49:54.840><c> do</c><00:49:54.840><c> we?</c> 00:49:55.199 --> 00:49:56.920 I<00:49:55.519><c> think</c><00:49:55.699><c> that's</c><00:49:56.039><c> true.</c> 00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:59.360 We<00:49:57.340><c> just</c><00:49:57.539><c> don't</c><00:49:57.760><c> know</c><00:49:57.960><c> where</c><00:49:58.119><c> it's</c><00:49:58.320><c> all</c><00:49:58.519><c> gone.</c> 00:49:59.840 --> 00:50:03.239 And<00:49:59.980><c> it</c><00:50:00.039><c> would</c><00:50:00.099><c> have</c><00:50:00.219><c> been</c><00:50:00.320><c> very</c><00:50:00.619><c> much</c><00:50:01.219><c> like</c><00:50:02.000><c> that</c><00:50:02.380><c> story,</c><00:50:02.880><c> just</c><00:50:03.079><c> by</c> 00:50:03.239 --> 00:50:03.659 the<00:50:03.400><c> way,</c> 00:50:03.659 --> 00:50:09.139 The<00:50:04.099><c> brother</c><00:50:04.340><c> who</c><00:50:04.579><c> was</c><00:50:05.820><c> standing</c><00:50:06.179><c> in</c><00:50:06.480><c> front</c><00:50:06.619><c> of</c><00:50:06.820><c> this</c><00:50:08.480><c> member</c> 00:50:09.139 --> 00:50:10.920 of<00:50:09.360><c> the</c><00:50:09.480><c> Playford</c><00:50:09.739><c> family,</c> 00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:14.599 it<00:50:12.079><c> turned</c><00:50:12.300><c> out,</c><00:50:12.679><c> and</c><00:50:12.860><c> this</c><00:50:13.059><c> is</c><00:50:13.179><c> just</c><00:50:13.619><c> astonishing,</c> 00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:16.860 that<00:50:15.380><c> when</c><00:50:15.519><c> he</c><00:50:15.760><c> asked</c><00:50:16.019><c> who</c><00:50:16.219><c> the</c><00:50:16.320><c> person</c><00:50:16.599><c> was,</c> 00:50:16.980 --> 00:50:20.579 he<00:50:17.000><c> said</c><00:50:17.260><c> it</c><00:50:18.199><c> was</c><00:50:18.440><c> old,</c><00:50:18.760><c> the</c><00:50:18.980><c> original</c><00:50:19.320><c> Tom</c><00:50:19.679><c> Playford.</c> 00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:24.000 Old,<00:50:21.099><c> said</c><00:50:21.239><c> Lee,</c><00:50:21.500><c> who</c><00:50:21.659><c> was</c><00:50:21.880><c> the</c><00:50:21.960><c> man</c><00:50:22.119><c> at</c><00:50:22.280><c> the</c><00:50:22.400><c> door</c><00:50:22.639><c> on</c><00:50:22.920><c> our</c><00:50:23.079><c> behalf.</c> 00:50:24.539 --> 00:50:27.280 He<00:50:24.860><c> said,</c><00:50:25.139><c> I</c><00:50:25.139><c> married</c><00:50:25.460><c> one</c><00:50:25.840><c> of</c><00:50:25.940><c> his</c><00:50:26.119><c> relatives.</c> 00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:34.820 Said<00:50:29.559><c> Thomas,</c><00:50:30.239><c> Playford,</c><00:50:32.099><c> his</c><00:50:32.619><c> wife</c><00:50:33.159><c> had</c><00:50:34.059><c> a</c><00:50:34.199><c> brother,</c> 00:50:35.219 --> 00:50:36.800 and<00:50:35.280><c> that</c><00:50:35.440><c> brother</c><00:50:35.619><c> was</c><00:50:35.780><c> a</c><00:50:35.820><c> Kristialkin.</c> 00:50:37.739 --> 00:50:41.239 And<00:50:38.199><c> this</c><00:50:38.400><c> Lee</c><00:50:38.679><c> married</c><00:50:39.179><c> a</c><00:50:39.519><c> daughter</c><00:50:39.920><c> of</c><00:50:40.099><c> that</c><00:50:40.360><c> brother.</c> 00:50:41.360 --> 00:50:44.039 So<00:50:41.539><c> there</c><00:50:41.699><c> they</c><00:50:41.880><c> were</c><00:50:42.139><c> standing,</c><00:50:43.059><c> total</c><00:50:43.300><c> foreigners,</c><00:50:43.960><c> but</c> 00:50:44.039 --> 00:50:45.260 actually<00:50:44.300><c> related.</c> 00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:48.820 And<00:50:46.239><c> the</c><00:50:46.400><c> truth</c><00:50:46.500><c> had</c><00:50:46.679><c> gone</c><00:50:46.820><c> two</c><00:50:47.039><c> different</c><00:50:47.320><c> ways,</c><00:50:47.659><c> I</c><00:50:47.940><c> believe,</c> 00:50:49.039 --> 00:50:50.880 and<00:50:49.179><c> it</c><00:50:49.340><c> had</c><00:50:49.360><c> actually</c><00:50:49.599><c> brought</c><00:50:49.780><c> them</c><00:50:49.940><c> together.</c> 00:50:51.400 --> 00:50:57.079 So<00:50:52.000><c> if</c><00:50:52.380><c> you</c><00:50:52.559><c> think</c><00:50:52.800><c> these</c><00:50:53.119><c> things</c><00:50:53.659><c> in</c><00:50:55.179><c> Acts</c><00:50:55.420><c> 28</c><00:50:56.039><c> are</c><00:50:56.440><c> just</c><00:50:56.659><c> for</c> 00:50:57.079 --> 00:50:57.679 other<00:50:57.340><c> times,</c> 00:50:57.699 --> 00:50:58.980 it's<00:50:57.880><c> not</c><00:50:58.099><c> true,</c><00:50:58.579><c> is</c><00:50:58.579><c> it?</c> 00:50:59.460 --> 00:51:02.400 It's<00:50:59.820><c> the</c><00:50:59.960><c> same</c><00:51:00.179><c> God</c><00:51:00.420><c> who</c><00:51:00.599><c> works</c><00:51:00.900><c> the</c><00:51:01.119><c> same</c><00:51:01.420><c> way.</c> 00:51:02.739 --> 00:51:04.539 And<00:51:02.940><c> here</c><00:51:03.099><c> we</c><00:51:03.239><c> have</c><00:51:03.420><c> very</c><00:51:03.739><c> beautiful</c><00:51:04.139><c> things,</c> 00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:08.880 how<00:51:04.820><c> the</c><00:51:05.000><c> Gospel</c><00:51:05.380><c> found</c><00:51:05.820><c> its</c><00:51:06.099><c> way</c><00:51:06.420><c> under</c><00:51:07.159><c> Nero's</c><00:51:07.880><c> nose.</c> 00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:11.659 Perhaps<00:51:09.280><c> it</c><00:51:09.440><c> was</c><00:51:09.679><c> that</c><00:51:09.920><c> some</c><00:51:10.059><c> of</c><00:51:10.260><c> these</c><00:51:10.260><c> actual</c><00:51:11.239><c> servants</c> 00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:13.360 were<00:51:11.960><c> Kristialkins,</c> 00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:16.860 in<00:51:14.780><c> public</c><00:51:15.139><c> service</c><00:51:15.440><c> in</c><00:51:15.639><c> those</c><00:51:15.900><c> places.</c> 00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:20.420 And<00:51:18.420><c> in</c><00:51:18.860><c> fact,</c><00:51:19.079><c> they</c><00:51:19.159><c> were</c><00:51:19.360><c> fervent</c><00:51:19.800><c> Kristialkins.</c> 00:51:20.440 --> 00:51:22.099 Look<00:51:20.619><c> at</c><00:51:20.699><c> verse</c><00:51:20.860><c> 22.</c> 00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:25.480 There<00:51:23.380><c> were</c><00:51:23.579><c> lots</c><00:51:23.840><c> of</c><00:51:24.019><c> lovely</c><00:51:24.219><c> people</c><00:51:24.500><c> in</c><00:51:24.659><c> the</c><00:51:24.820><c> Roman</c><00:51:25.079><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:51:25.940 --> 00:51:27.460 but<00:51:25.980><c> when</c><00:51:26.199><c> Paul</c><00:51:26.360><c> was</c><00:51:26.539><c> writing</c><00:51:26.860><c> this</c><00:51:27.139><c> letter,</c> 00:51:27.780 --> 00:51:29.820 some<00:51:27.980><c> of</c><00:51:28.079><c> them</c><00:51:28.159><c> said</c><00:51:28.360><c> to</c><00:51:28.440><c> Paul,</c><00:51:28.760><c> don't</c><00:51:29.039><c> forget</c><00:51:29.340><c> us.</c> 00:51:30.019 --> 00:51:33.079 They<00:51:30.199><c> kept</c><00:51:30.300><c> on</c><00:51:30.559><c> saying,</c><00:51:30.900><c> don't</c><00:51:31.119><c> forget</c><00:51:31.360><c> us</c><00:51:31.639><c> to</c><00:51:31.780><c> the</c><00:51:31.940><c> Philippians.</c> 00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:39.340 Chiefly,<00:51:34.239><c> he</c><00:51:34.519><c> says,</c><00:51:35.780><c> it</c><00:51:35.940><c> is</c><00:51:36.119><c> from</c><00:51:36.300><c> those</c><00:51:36.639><c> people</c><00:51:37.260><c> that</c><00:51:38.980><c> I</c><00:51:39.199><c> send</c> 00:51:39.340 --> 00:51:40.199 you<00:51:39.539><c> salutations,</c> 00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:43.780 because<00:51:40.539><c> they</c><00:51:40.760><c> must</c><00:51:40.940><c> have</c><00:51:41.260><c> stressed</c><00:51:42.019><c> the</c><00:51:42.659><c> ardent</c><00:51:43.000><c> desire</c><00:51:43.380><c> that</c><00:51:43.539><c> he</c> 00:51:43.780 --> 00:51:45.219 conveyed<00:51:44.119><c> to</c><00:51:44.320><c> the</c><00:51:44.500><c> Philippians,</c> 00:51:45.219 --> 00:51:49.039 their<00:51:45.699><c> great</c><00:51:46.079><c> appreciation</c><00:51:46.940><c> of</c><00:51:47.579><c> what</c><00:51:48.219><c> the</c><00:51:48.539><c> Philippians</c><00:51:48.900><c> had</c> 00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:49.780 done<00:51:49.219><c> for</c><00:51:49.539><c> Paul.</c> 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:53.139 All<00:51:50.139><c> the</c><00:51:50.400><c> saints</c><00:51:50.659><c> salute</c><00:51:50.980><c> you,</c><00:51:51.659><c> chiefly</c><00:51:52.099><c> they</c><00:51:52.280><c> that</c><00:51:52.440><c> are</c><00:51:52.860><c> of</c> 00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:53.880 Caesar's<00:51:53.599><c> household.</c> 00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:58.940 So<00:51:54.079><c> some</c><00:51:54.360><c> of</c><00:51:54.579><c> Caesar's</c><00:51:55.039><c> household</c><00:51:55.519><c> must</c><00:51:56.199><c> have</c><00:51:56.360><c> come</c><00:51:56.599><c> into</c><00:51:56.840><c> that</c><00:51:57.139><c> house</c><00:51:57.639><c> through</c><00:51:57.940><c> the</c><00:51:58.099><c> doors.</c> 00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:01.280 Then,<00:51:59.679><c> of</c><00:51:59.800><c> course,</c><00:51:59.940><c> there</c><00:52:00.119><c> was</c><00:52:00.340><c> the</c><00:52:00.500><c> rest</c><00:52:00.719><c> of</c><00:52:00.960><c> the</c><00:52:01.099><c> team,</c> 00:52:01.340 --> 00:52:02.619 wasn't<00:52:01.659><c> there?</c> 00:52:05.500 --> 00:52:06.539 Two<00:52:06.019><c> teams,</c><00:52:06.260><c> really.</c> 00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:09.199 Come<00:52:06.739><c> back</c><00:52:06.940><c> to</c><00:52:07.099><c> Romans</c><00:52:07.380><c> 16</c><00:52:07.940><c> first.</c> 00:52:20.380 --> 00:52:22.760 This<00:52:20.900><c> is</c><00:52:21.099><c> an</c><00:52:21.280><c> amazing</c><00:52:21.619><c> chapter.</c> 00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:25.659 It's<00:52:23.980><c> an</c><00:52:24.159><c> absolute</c><00:52:24.480><c> lesson</c><00:52:24.739><c> to</c><00:52:24.920><c> all</c><00:52:25.099><c> of</c><00:52:25.239><c> us.</c> 00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:28.599 Have<00:52:26.179><c> trouble</c><00:52:26.460><c> with</c><00:52:26.719><c> names,</c><00:52:27.099><c> my</c><00:52:27.300><c> dear</c><00:52:27.440><c> brethren</c><00:52:27.659><c> and</c><00:52:27.800><c> sisters?</c> 00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:30.760 How<00:52:29.059><c> do</c><00:52:29.199><c> you</c><00:52:29.199><c> think</c><00:52:29.360><c> you'd</c><00:52:29.619><c> go</c><00:52:29.739><c> if</c><00:52:29.920><c> you</c><00:52:30.039><c> were</c><00:52:30.059><c> the</c><00:52:30.159><c> Apostle</c><00:52:30.500><c> Paul</c> 00:52:30.760 --> 00:52:34.579 and<00:52:30.980><c> you</c><00:52:31.599><c> had</c><00:52:31.880><c> all</c><00:52:32.320><c> those</c><00:52:32.619><c> ecclesias</c><00:52:33.000><c> to</c><00:52:33.239><c> remember,</c><00:52:34.079><c> eh?</c> 00:52:35.900 --> 00:52:37.440 Romans<00:52:36.420><c> 16.</c> 00:52:38.860 --> 00:52:41.239 Greek<00:52:39.000><c> Priscilla</c><00:52:39.400><c> and</c><00:52:39.639><c> Aquila,</c><00:52:39.900><c> he</c><00:52:40.059><c> knows</c><00:52:40.360><c> those.</c> 00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:44.920 Likewise,<00:52:42.920><c> also</c><00:52:43.139><c> the</c><00:52:43.420><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:52:43.940><c> which</c><00:52:44.059><c> is</c><00:52:44.260><c> in</c><00:52:44.320><c> their</c><00:52:44.579><c> house,</c> 00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:46.199 verse<00:52:45.139><c> 5.</c> 00:52:46.300 --> 00:52:51.360 Salute<00:52:46.739><c> the</c><00:52:46.880><c> well</c><00:52:47.260><c>-beloved</c><00:52:47.639><c> Epinetus,</c><00:52:49.500><c> who</c><00:52:49.599><c> is</c><00:52:49.800><c> the</c><00:52:50.059><c> first</c><00:52:50.380><c> root</c><00:52:50.579><c> of</c><00:52:50.780><c> Achaion.</c> 00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:52.699 Greet<00:52:51.639><c> Mary.</c> 00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:54.980 Who's<00:52:54.019><c> Mary?</c> 00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:57.400 Greet<00:52:55.300><c> Adronicus</c><00:52:56.019><c> and</c><00:52:56.300><c> Junio.</c> 00:52:57.860 --> 00:52:59.179 How<00:52:58.039><c> does</c><00:52:58.119><c> he</c><00:52:58.199><c> know</c><00:52:58.300><c> them?</c> 00:52:59.820 --> 00:53:02.500 Greet<00:53:00.039><c> Amplius,</c><00:53:00.840><c> my</c><00:53:01.019><c> beloved</c><00:53:01.260><c> and</c><00:53:01.400><c> the</c><00:53:01.559><c> Lord.</c> 00:53:03.099 --> 00:53:06.280 Salute<00:53:03.360><c> Urbane,</c><00:53:04.780><c> which</c><00:53:04.940><c> means</c><00:53:05.179><c> polite.</c> 00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:08.699 Staches,<00:53:08.139><c> my</c><00:53:08.340><c> beloved.</c> 00:53:08.699 --> 00:53:10.699 How<00:53:08.880><c> does</c><00:53:09.039><c> he</c><00:53:09.139><c> know</c><00:53:09.320><c> these</c><00:53:09.599><c> people?</c> 00:53:10.820 --> 00:53:12.500 He<00:53:10.820><c> has</c><00:53:10.900><c> never</c><00:53:11.119><c> been</c><00:53:11.480><c> to</c><00:53:11.760><c> Rome.</c> 00:53:12.840 --> 00:53:14.340 How<00:53:12.960><c> does</c><00:53:13.159><c> he</c><00:53:13.239><c> know</c><00:53:13.480><c> them?</c> 00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:17.039 Salute<00:53:14.980><c> Apelis,</c><00:53:15.679><c> approved</c><00:53:15.840><c> in</c><00:53:16.099><c> Christ.</c> 00:53:17.500 --> 00:53:19.099 Those<00:53:17.639><c> in</c><00:53:17.860><c> Aristobulus'</c><00:53:18.619><c> household.</c> 00:53:19.340 --> 00:53:22.400 He's<00:53:19.500><c> got</c><00:53:19.679><c> a</c><00:53:19.860><c> whole</c><00:53:20.039><c> picture</c><00:53:20.380><c> of</c><00:53:20.579><c> Ecclesia</c><00:53:20.880><c> life</c><00:53:21.239><c> in</c><00:53:21.440><c> Rome.</c> 00:53:22.860 --> 00:53:24.739 What<00:53:23.019><c> an</c><00:53:23.320><c> amazing</c><00:53:23.699><c> man.</c> 00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:28.500 And<00:53:25.880><c> yet</c><00:53:26.000><c> he's</c><00:53:26.219><c> in</c><00:53:26.340><c> the</c><00:53:26.440><c> midst</c><00:53:26.659><c> of</c><00:53:26.920><c> all</c><00:53:27.219><c> the</c><00:53:27.980><c> activities</c> 00:53:28.500 --> 00:53:29.800 that<00:53:28.699><c> were</c><00:53:28.880><c> going</c><00:53:29.119><c> on</c><00:53:29.260><c> at</c><00:53:29.420><c> that</c><00:53:29.579><c> time.</c> 00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:33.059 Tremendous<00:53:30.559><c> activities,</c><00:53:31.179><c> tremendous</c><00:53:31.519><c> anxieties.</c> 00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:35.059 And<00:53:33.699><c> yet</c><00:53:33.860><c> his</c><00:53:34.019><c> mind</c><00:53:34.179><c> is</c><00:53:34.400><c> free</c><00:53:34.719><c> enough.</c> 00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:37.099 He<00:53:35.719><c> writes</c><00:53:36.059><c> and</c><00:53:36.219><c> he</c><00:53:36.280><c> can</c><00:53:36.539><c> see</c><00:53:36.719><c> them.</c> 00:53:37.099 --> 00:53:37.860 He<00:53:37.099><c> can</c><00:53:37.519><c> see</c><00:53:37.559><c> the</c><00:53:37.719><c> walls.</c> 00:53:37.980 --> 00:53:39.960 I<00:53:38.260><c> wonder</c><00:53:38.440><c> if</c><00:53:38.559><c> he</c><00:53:38.579><c> left</c><00:53:38.780><c> anybody</c><00:53:39.119><c> out.</c> 00:53:40.039 --> 00:53:42.559 I<00:53:40.119><c> mean,</c><00:53:40.219><c> if</c><00:53:40.320><c> I</c><00:53:40.400><c> was</c><00:53:40.500><c> the</c><00:53:40.579><c> one</c><00:53:40.639><c> left</c><00:53:40.840><c> out,</c><00:53:40.940><c> I'd</c><00:53:41.139><c> feel</c><00:53:41.199><c> pretty</c><00:53:41.460><c> bad.</c> 00:53:42.900 --> 00:53:43.440 Wouldn't<00:53:43.179><c> you?</c> 00:53:43.579 --> 00:53:45.320 Because<00:53:43.840><c> there's</c><00:53:44.039><c> so</c><00:53:44.199><c> many</c><00:53:44.440><c> mentions.</c> 00:53:45.719 --> 00:53:49.840 And<00:53:45.940><c> you</c><00:53:46.059><c> wonder</c><00:53:46.239><c> if</c><00:53:46.340><c> that's</c><00:53:46.639><c> perhaps</c><00:53:46.900><c> not</c><00:53:47.300><c> the</c><00:53:48.119><c> entire</c><00:53:48.880><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:51.739 that's<00:53:50.179><c> mentioned</c><00:53:50.400><c> from</c><00:53:50.619><c> verses</c><00:53:51.019><c> 5</c><00:53:51.659><c> down.</c> 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:53.860 There's<00:53:51.980><c> no</c><00:53:52.199><c> mention</c><00:53:52.440><c> of</c><00:53:52.559><c> anyone</c><00:53:52.820><c> from</c><00:53:53.000><c> verse</c><00:53:53.179><c> 5</c><00:53:53.519><c> down.</c> 00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:56.460 There's<00:53:54.280><c> no</c><00:53:54.440><c> mention</c><00:53:54.639><c> of</c><00:53:54.760><c> them</c><00:53:54.920><c> anywhere</c><00:53:55.300><c> else.</c> 00:53:58.500 --> 00:54:00.239 It's<00:53:58.619><c> a</c><00:53:58.719><c> lesson</c><00:53:58.880><c> to</c><00:53:59.079><c> us,</c><00:53:59.239><c> isn't</c><00:53:59.400><c> it?</c> 00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:03.260 Sometimes<00:54:01.039><c> when</c><00:54:01.340><c> a</c><00:54:01.380><c> child</c><00:54:01.679><c> in</c><00:54:01.780><c> our</c><00:54:02.000><c> own</c><00:54:02.199><c> meeting</c><00:54:02.460><c> goes</c><00:54:02.719><c> past</c><00:54:03.079><c> us</c> 00:54:03.260 --> 00:54:07.019 a<00:54:03.440><c> 14</c><00:54:03.960><c>-year</c><00:54:04.219><c>-old,</c><00:54:04.559><c> and</c><00:54:04.719><c> he</c><00:54:04.840><c> really</c><00:54:05.179><c> needs</c><00:54:05.400><c> to</c><00:54:05.559><c> know</c><00:54:05.659><c> our</c><00:54:05.920><c> brethren</c><00:54:06.159><c> love</c><00:54:06.400><c> him.</c> 00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:09.019 And<00:54:07.440><c> we</c><00:54:07.599><c> go,</c><00:54:07.739><c> what's</c><00:54:08.079><c> his</c><00:54:08.179><c> name?</c> 00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:11.059 That's<00:54:10.119><c> not</c><00:54:10.280><c> good</c><00:54:10.460><c> enough,</c><00:54:10.820><c> is</c><00:54:10.840><c> it?</c> 00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:14.579 If<00:54:11.599><c> that's</c><00:54:11.940><c> a</c><00:54:12.059><c> child</c><00:54:12.260><c> in</c><00:54:12.420><c> our</c><00:54:12.599><c> meeting,</c><00:54:12.820><c> we</c><00:54:12.960><c> should</c><00:54:13.239><c> know</c><00:54:13.460><c> his</c><00:54:13.699><c> name.</c> 00:54:14.860 --> 00:54:17.260 If<00:54:14.940><c> it's</c><00:54:15.119><c> a</c><00:54:15.199><c> child</c><00:54:15.360><c> meeting</c><00:54:16.320><c> down</c><00:54:16.500><c> the</c><00:54:16.619><c> road,</c><00:54:16.679><c> we</c><00:54:16.820><c> should</c><00:54:17.059><c> know</c> 00:54:17.260 --> 00:54:18.400 his<00:54:17.500><c> 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meeting</c><00:54:57.679><c> where</c><00:54:58.480><c> it</c><00:54:58.579><c> was</c><00:54:58.800><c> a</c><00:54:59.079><c> large</c><00:54:59.300><c> meeting.</c> 00:55:01.219 --> 00:55:02.739 625<00:55:01.579><c> on</c><00:55:01.739><c> the</c><00:55:01.920><c> road.</c> 00:55:04.239 --> 00:55:06.139 And<00:55:04.360><c> you</c><00:55:04.500><c> could</c><00:55:04.699><c> really</c><00:55:05.099><c> easily,</c><00:55:05.400><c> couldn't</c><00:55:05.619><c> you</c><00:55:05.780><c> just</c><00:55:06.000><c> be,</c> 00:55:06.139 --> 00:55:06.340 you<00:55:06.260><c> know,</c> 00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:07.900 like<00:55:06.519><c> one</c><00:55:06.599><c> of</c><00:55:06.719><c> the</c><00:55:06.800><c> pop</c><00:55:06.960><c> plants.</c> 00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:09.780 You<00:55:08.980><c> could</c><00:55:09.159><c> walk</c><00:55:09.260><c> in,</c><00:55:09.440><c> walk</c><00:55:09.599><c> out.</c> 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:11.539 I<00:55:10.019><c> suppose</c><00:55:10.119><c> people</c><00:55:10.340><c> did</c><00:55:10.659><c> that.</c> 00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:14.219 But<00:55:12.199><c> I</c><00:55:12.420><c> really</c><00:55:12.599><c> remember</c><00:55:12.960><c> with</c><00:55:13.260><c> deep</c><00:55:13.539><c> appreciation</c> 00:55:14.219 --> 00:55:16.619 that<00:55:14.500><c> there</c><00:55:14.599><c> was</c><00:55:14.679><c> a</c><00:55:14.840><c> whole</c><00:55:15.260><c> raft</c><00:55:15.579><c> of</c><00:55:15.820><c> older</c><00:55:16.039><c> people</c><00:55:16.360><c> who'd</c><00:55:16.559><c> say,</c> 00:55:16.659 --> 00:55:18.559 hello,<00:55:16.980><c> Brian,</c><00:55:17.139><c> how</c><00:55:17.300><c> are</c><00:55:17.380><c> you</c><00:55:17.500><c> this</c><00:55:17.719><c> morning?</c> 00:55:18.619 --> 00:55:20.320 And<00:55:18.820><c> ask</c><00:55:18.920><c> me</c><00:55:19.079><c> about</c><00:55:19.260><c> this</c><00:55:19.480><c> and</c><00:55:19.659><c> about</c><00:55:19.920><c> that.</c> 00:55:20.699 --> 00:55:22.260 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see</c><00:56:38.079><c> the</c><00:56:38.320><c> atmosphere</c><00:56:38.800><c> that</c><00:56:38.980><c> was</c><00:56:39.159><c> there.</c> 00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:41.360 And<00:56:39.539><c> there</c><00:56:39.659><c> was</c><00:56:39.840><c> Timothy</c><00:56:40.139><c> going</c><00:56:40.440><c> out</c><00:56:40.679><c> and</c><00:56:40.800><c> he</c><00:56:40.960><c> was</c><00:56:41.159><c> Luke</c> 00:56:41.360 --> 00:56:43.280 and<00:56:41.519><c> Aristarchus</c><00:56:42.260><c> was</c><00:56:42.440><c> going</c><00:56:42.639><c> in.</c> 00:56:43.800 --> 00:56:45.440 And<00:56:44.199><c> this</c><00:56:44.519><c> one</c><00:56:44.659><c> was</c><00:56:44.800><c> learning</c><00:56:45.079><c> the</c><00:56:45.320><c> truth.</c> 00:56:45.500 --> 00:56:46.639 And<00:56:45.579><c> he</c><00:56:45.739><c> came</c><00:56:45.980><c> from</c><00:56:46.199><c> so</c><00:56:46.380><c>-and</c><00:56:46.539><c>-so.</c> 00:56:46.679 --> 00:56:47.960 He's<00:56:47.000><c> come</c><00:56:47.159><c> from</c><00:56:47.420><c> a</c><00:56:47.420><c> distant</c><00:56:47.719><c> part.</c> 00:56:48.039 --> 00:56:49.280 He's<00:56:48.159><c> just</c><00:56:48.539><c> visiting</c><00:56:48.800><c> through</c><00:56:49.119><c> Rome.</c> 00:56:49.280 --> 00:56:50.480 He<00:56:49.420><c> came</c><00:56:49.840><c> through</c><00:56:50.039><c> the</c><00:56:50.219><c> doors.</c> 00:56:50.860 --> 00:56:53.440 And<00:56:50.960><c> now</c><00:56:51.199><c> he's</c><00:56:51.519><c> locked</c><00:56:51.679><c> in</c><00:56:51.920><c> conversation</c><00:56:52.360><c> with</c><00:56:52.539><c> the</c><00:56:52.639><c> Apostle.</c> 00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:56.719 So<00:56:54.019><c> it</c><00:56:54.059><c> was</c><00:56:54.280><c> a</c><00:56:54.519><c> really</c><00:56:54.940><c> bustling</c><00:56:55.539><c> enterprise.</c> 00:56:57.400 --> 00:56:59.780 But<00:56:57.500><c> just</c><00:56:57.780><c> finally</c><00:56:58.159><c> one</c><00:56:58.619><c> person.</c> 00:57:00.619 --> 00:57:06.780 There<00:57:00.800><c> was</c><00:57:01.019><c> a</c><00:57:01.219><c> day</c><00:57:01.380><c> when</c><00:57:02.500><c> this</c><00:57:03.800><c> slave</c><00:57:04.760><c> came.</c> 00:57:06.820 --> 00:57:08.639 He<00:57:06.920><c> looked</c><00:57:07.039><c> like</c><00:57:07.219><c> the</c><00:57:07.420><c> prodigal</c><00:57:07.739><c> son.</c> 00:57:09.019 --> 00:57:11.159 He<00:57:09.260><c> was</c><00:57:09.519><c> blown</c><00:57:09.719><c> right</c><00:57:10.019><c> out</c><00:57:10.199><c> of</c><00:57:10.400><c> life.</c> 00:57:12.260 --> 00:57:15.320 He'd<00:57:12.780><c> come</c><00:57:12.920><c> to</c><00:57:13.139><c> Rome</c><00:57:13.280><c> because</c><00:57:13.719><c> he</c><00:57:14.099><c> really</c><00:57:14.380><c> was</c><00:57:14.679><c> drawn</c><00:57:14.900><c> by</c><00:57:15.119><c> the</c> 00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:15.960 bright<00:57:15.519><c> lights.</c> 00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:21.940 He<00:57:16.380><c> had</c><00:57:16.559><c> a</c><00:57:16.639><c> good</c><00:57:16.860><c> place</c><00:57:17.599><c> back</c><00:57:18.380><c> in</c><00:57:20.780><c> Colossus.</c> 00:57:22.280 --> 00:57:24.280 And<00:57:22.440><c> his</c><00:57:22.599><c> master</c><00:57:22.940><c> was</c><00:57:23.260><c> Philemon.</c> 00:57:25.260 --> 00:57:26.599 But<00:57:25.380><c> he'd</c><00:57:25.599><c> run</c><00:57:25.760><c> away</c><00:57:26.039><c> from</c><00:57:26.219><c> Philemon</c> 00:57:26.599 --> 00:57:30.079 because<00:57:27.260><c> I</c><00:57:28.019><c> suppose</c><00:57:28.440><c> the</c><00:57:28.679><c> life</c><00:57:28.840><c> of</c><00:57:29.019><c> a</c><00:57:29.219><c> slave</c><00:57:29.340><c> was</c><00:57:29.539><c> pretty</c><00:57:29.860><c> tough.</c> 00:57:30.199 --> 00:57:33.059 And<00:57:30.219><c> he</c><00:57:30.360><c> thought,</c><00:57:30.940><c> must</c><00:57:31.039><c> be</c><00:57:31.219><c> better</c><00:57:31.420><c> times</c><00:57:31.840><c> in</c><00:57:32.199><c> Rome.</c> 00:57:33.420 --> 00:57:34.559 There<00:57:33.500><c> were</c><00:57:33.539><c> a</c><00:57:33.739><c> lot</c><00:57:33.820><c> of</c><00:57:34.099><c> slaves</c><00:57:34.300><c> in</c><00:57:34.480><c> Rome.</c> 00:57:34.860 --> 00:57:37.480 A<00:57:35.039><c> big</c><00:57:35.219><c> percentage</c><00:57:35.800><c> of</c><00:57:36.079><c> people</c><00:57:36.260><c> were,</c><00:57:36.699><c> in</c><00:57:36.920><c> fact,</c><00:57:37.280><c> slaves.</c> 00:57:37.599 --> 00:57:40.820 And<00:57:37.699><c> so</c><00:57:38.360><c> he</c><00:57:38.559><c> came</c><00:57:38.900><c> through</c><00:57:39.679><c> Rome.</c> 00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:44.760 And<00:57:41.500><c> when</c><00:57:41.679><c> life</c><00:57:41.940><c> was</c><00:57:42.239><c> washed</c><00:57:42.539><c> up</c><00:57:43.139><c> and</c><00:57:43.719><c> he</c><00:57:43.800><c> was</c><00:57:44.059><c> destitute</c> 00:57:44.760 --> 00:57:47.059 and<00:57:45.519><c> he'd</c><00:57:45.800><c> spent</c><00:57:45.900><c> all</c><00:57:46.059><c> he</c><00:57:46.199><c> had,</c><00:57:46.460><c> so</c><00:57:46.659><c> to</c><00:57:46.860><c> speak,</c> 00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:50.119 everything<00:57:47.480><c> that</c><00:57:47.699><c> he'd</c><00:57:48.380><c> stolen</c><00:57:48.599><c> from</c><00:57:49.840><c> Philemon</c> 00:57:50.119 --> 00:57:54.400 because<00:57:50.380><c> that's</c><00:57:50.739><c> the</c><00:57:50.900><c> import,</c><00:57:51.440><c> isn't</c><00:57:51.440><c> it,</c><00:57:51.820><c> in</c><00:57:52.079><c> Philemon.</c> 00:57:54.960 --> 00:57:58.380 Somebody,<00:57:55.639><c> somewhere</c><00:57:55.920><c> in</c><00:57:56.320><c> some</c><00:57:56.579><c> what,</c><00:57:57.019><c> cafe</c><00:57:57.159><c> or</c><00:57:57.480><c> something</c> 00:57:58.420 --> 00:58:02.260 in<00:57:58.940><c> the</c><00:57:59.179><c> kind</c><00:57:59.500><c> of</c><00:58:00.460><c> environment</c><00:58:01.000><c> he</c><00:58:01.239><c> was</c><00:58:01.460><c> keeping</c> 00:58:02.539 --> 00:58:05.659 must<00:58:03.059><c> have</c><00:58:03.219><c> said</c><00:58:03.400><c> something</c><00:58:03.760><c> about,</c><00:58:04.280><c> you</c><00:58:04.500><c> know,</c><00:58:04.960><c> that</c><00:58:05.199><c> Paul</c> 00:58:05.659 --> 00:58:07.300 over<00:58:05.920><c> in</c><00:58:06.099><c> the</c><00:58:06.320><c> travesty,</c> 00:58:07.980 --> 00:58:10.039 that<00:58:08.440><c> Jewish</c><00:58:08.800><c> man</c><00:58:09.099><c> that's</c><00:58:09.400><c> come</c><00:58:09.539><c> into</c><00:58:09.699><c> the</c><00:58:09.880><c> city,</c> 00:58:10.139 --> 00:58:11.860 but<00:58:10.179><c> he's</c><00:58:10.260><c> not</c><00:58:10.420><c> actually</c><00:58:10.579><c> with</c><00:58:10.800><c> the</c><00:58:10.920><c> Jews.</c> 00:58:12.380 --> 00:58:13.860 You<00:58:12.559><c> heard</c><00:58:12.699><c> about</c><00:58:12.980><c> him?</c> 00:58:14.460 --> 00:58:16.159 No,<00:58:14.880><c> well,</c><00:58:15.159><c> you</c><00:58:15.219><c> know,</c><00:58:15.380><c> he's</c><00:58:15.480><c> an</c><00:58:15.480><c> incredible</c><00:58:15.920><c> fellow.</c> 00:58:16.280 --> 00:58:18.420 Even<00:58:16.380><c> the</c><00:58:16.579><c> soldiers</c><00:58:16.860><c> are</c><00:58:17.079><c> talking</c><00:58:17.239><c> about</c><00:58:17.519><c> him.</c> 00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:21.500 There<00:58:18.699><c> are</c><00:58:18.800><c> people</c><00:58:19.159><c> of</c><00:58:19.420><c> his</c><00:58:19.599><c> religion</c> 00:58:25.860 --> 00:58:29.199 who<00:58:26.179><c> tells</c><00:58:26.280><c> him</c><00:58:26.500><c> that,</c><00:58:26.840><c> you</c><00:58:27.300><c> owe</c><00:58:27.420><c> me</c><00:58:27.579><c> your</c><00:58:27.840><c> own</c><00:58:28.239><c> life.</c> 00:58:29.440 --> 00:58:32.500 If<00:58:29.579><c> you</c><00:58:29.699><c> think</c><00:58:29.840><c> you're</c><00:58:30.139><c> in</c><00:58:30.219><c> debt,</c><00:58:30.619><c> what</c><00:58:30.780><c> about</c><00:58:31.440><c> you</c><00:58:31.579><c> are</c><00:58:31.860><c> in</c><00:58:31.960><c> debt</c><00:58:32.099><c> to</c><00:58:32.280><c> me,</c> 00:58:32.579 --> 00:58:33.840 says<00:58:32.659><c> the</c><00:58:32.760><c> Apostle</c><00:58:33.079><c> Paul.</c> 00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:36.739 If<00:58:35.039><c> you're</c><00:58:35.139><c> going</c><00:58:35.260><c> to</c><00:58:35.400><c> exact</c><00:58:35.559><c> upon</c><00:58:35.840><c> him,</c> 00:58:36.780 --> 00:58:37.679 what<00:58:36.960><c> about</c><00:58:37.099><c> what</c><00:58:37.260><c> you</c><00:58:37.400><c> owe</c><00:58:37.539><c> me?</c> 00:58:37.719 --> 00:58:39.260 You<00:58:37.900><c> owe</c><00:58:37.960><c> me</c><00:58:38.059><c> your</c><00:58:38.179><c> whole</c><00:58:38.380><c> life.</c> 00:58:39.539 --> 00:58:41.920 That<00:58:39.980><c> clearly</c><00:58:40.340><c> means</c><00:58:40.639><c> the</c><00:58:40.800><c> Apostle</c><00:58:41.139><c> Paul</c><00:58:41.260><c> taught</c><00:58:41.539><c> him</c><00:58:41.719><c> the</c> 00:58:41.920 --> 00:58:43.760 truth,<00:58:42.079><c> doesn't</c><00:58:42.340><c> it?</c> 00:58:45.480 --> 00:58:47.840 So,<00:58:45.920><c> Philemon's</c><00:58:46.360><c> slave</c><00:58:46.679><c> most</c><00:58:46.980><c> certainly</c><00:58:47.300><c> would</c><00:58:47.500><c> have</c><00:58:47.619><c> known</c> 00:58:47.840 --> 00:58:49.019 about<00:58:48.179><c> him.</c> 00:58:49.420 --> 00:58:52.039 Why<00:58:49.639><c> has</c><00:58:49.780><c> he</c><00:58:49.820><c> gone</c><00:58:50.059><c> in</c><00:58:50.239><c> the</c><00:58:50.400><c> door,</c><00:58:50.699><c> my</c><00:58:50.820><c> dear</c><00:58:50.960><c> brother</c><00:58:51.159><c> and</c><00:58:51.199><c> sister?</c> 00:58:54.639 --> 00:58:58.059 I<00:58:55.079><c> suppose</c><00:58:55.400><c> it</c><00:58:55.559><c> must</c><00:58:55.760><c> be</c><00:58:55.960><c> because</c><00:58:56.260><c> when</c><00:58:56.500><c> he</c><00:58:56.679><c> was</c><00:58:56.960><c> in</c><00:58:57.159><c> Philemon's</c><00:58:57.579><c> house,</c> 00:58:58.199 --> 00:59:00.280 when<00:58:58.380><c> Paul</c><00:58:58.639><c> was</c><00:58:58.960><c> staying</c><00:58:59.239><c> there,</c> 00:59:00.900 --> 00:59:03.920 in<00:59:01.059><c> his</c><00:59:01.219><c> letter</c><00:59:01.440><c> he</c><00:59:01.599><c> says,</c><00:59:02.119><c> prepare</c><00:59:02.300><c> me</c><00:59:02.800><c> a</c><00:59:02.900><c> bed,</c><00:59:03.079><c> doesn't</c><00:59:03.400><c> he?</c> 00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:06.420 It<00:59:04.539><c> sort</c><00:59:04.659><c> of</c><00:59:04.860><c> implies</c><00:59:05.179><c> that</c><00:59:05.340><c> he</c><00:59:05.400><c> wasn't</c><00:59:05.699><c> shy</c><00:59:06.000><c> to</c><00:59:06.179><c> say</c><00:59:06.280><c> that.</c> 00:59:06.420 --> 00:59:08.019 He'd<00:59:06.500><c> been</c><00:59:06.679><c> there</c><00:59:06.880><c> before.</c> 00:59:08.159 --> 00:59:09.000 Without<00:59:08.599><c> a</c><00:59:08.840><c> doubt.</c> 00:59:09.179 --> 00:59:10.420 He<00:59:09.179><c> was</c><00:59:09.300><c> three</c><00:59:09.599><c> years</c><00:59:09.880><c> in</c><00:59:10.079><c> Ephesus,</c> 00:59:10.659 --> 00:59:12.380 and<00:59:10.760><c> undoubtedly</c><00:59:11.139><c> would</c><00:59:11.360><c> have</c><00:59:11.460><c> gone</c><00:59:11.619><c> into</c><00:59:11.860><c> the</c><00:59:12.079><c> territories</c> 00:59:12.380 --> 00:59:14.460 beyond<00:59:12.840><c> that.</c> 00:59:17.440 --> 00:59:20.099 Colossi<00:59:17.880><c> was</c><00:59:18.039><c> one</c><00:59:18.260><c> of</c><00:59:18.420><c> the</c><00:59:18.539><c> cities</c><00:59:19.000><c> of</c><00:59:19.239><c> the</c><00:59:19.400><c> province</c><00:59:19.719><c> of</c><00:59:19.900><c> Asia.</c> 00:59:20.219 --> 00:59:21.820 So<00:59:20.360><c> undoubtedly</c><00:59:20.619><c> he</c><00:59:20.739><c> would</c><00:59:20.860><c> have</c><00:59:20.940><c> gone</c><00:59:21.159><c> into</c><00:59:21.360><c> that</c><00:59:21.519><c> area.</c> 00:59:22.159 --> 00:59:24.139 And<00:59:22.260><c> so</c><00:59:22.360><c> he'd</c><00:59:22.500><c> been</c><00:59:22.699><c> in</c><00:59:22.840><c> that</c><00:59:23.000><c> house</c><00:59:23.179><c> and</c><00:59:23.320><c> he'd</c><00:59:23.559><c> met</c><00:59:23.800><c> this</c> 00:59:24.139 --> 00:59:25.539 slave<00:59:24.380><c> before.</c> 00:59:26.500 --> 00:59:29.059 And<00:59:26.619><c> one</c><00:59:26.780><c> day,</c><00:59:27.199><c> Anesimus</c><00:59:27.880><c> packed</c><00:59:28.179><c> up</c><00:59:28.460><c> courage</c><00:59:28.719><c> and</c><00:59:28.940><c> said,</c> 00:59:29.260 --> 00:59:30.559 that's<00:59:29.380><c> the</c><00:59:29.460><c> man</c><00:59:29.579><c> I</c><00:59:29.780><c> want.</c> 00:59:31.539 --> 00:59:33.059 Life<00:59:31.800><c> was</c><00:59:32.079><c> grim.</c> 00:59:33.199 --> 00:59:37.019 He<00:59:33.199><c> was</c><00:59:34.079><c> in</c><00:59:34.079><c> company</c><00:59:34.599><c> that</c><00:59:34.920><c> was</c><00:59:35.900><c> depraved.</c> 00:59:37.179 --> 00:59:38.480 Everything<00:59:37.659><c> came</c><00:59:38.019><c> to</c><00:59:38.280><c> Rome.</c> 00:59:38.639 --> 00:59:40.000 It<00:59:38.639><c> was</c><00:59:38.760><c> the</c><00:59:39.059><c> wash</c><00:59:39.260><c>-up</c><00:59:39.360><c> of</c><00:59:39.539><c> the</c><00:59:39.719><c> world.</c> 00:59:40.239 --> 00:59:44.599 And<00:59:40.360><c> he</c><00:59:40.460><c> was</c><00:59:40.639><c> in</c><00:59:40.760><c> the</c><00:59:41.039><c> worst</c><00:59:41.300><c> layers</c><00:59:41.639><c> of</c><00:59:41.840><c> the</c><00:59:42.039><c> wash</c><00:59:42.260><c>-up</c><00:59:42.619><c> in</c><00:59:43.019><c> the</c><00:59:43.260><c> month.</c> 00:59:44.699 --> 00:59:47.019 He<00:59:45.119><c> sneaked</c><00:59:45.360><c> into</c><00:59:45.579><c> that</c><00:59:45.820><c> house,</c> 00:59:47.079 --> 00:59:50.639 risking<00:59:47.280><c> perhaps</c><00:59:47.920><c> that</c><00:59:48.880><c> he'd</c><00:59:49.059><c> be</c><00:59:49.320><c> recognized</c> 00:59:50.699 --> 00:59:54.019 and<00:59:51.179><c> came</c><00:59:51.400><c> to</c><00:59:51.539><c> the</c><00:59:51.659><c> Apostle</c><00:59:51.980><c> Paul</c><00:59:52.199><c> and</c><00:59:52.440><c> said</c><00:59:52.659><c> who</c><00:59:52.940><c> he</c><00:59:53.139><c> was.</c> 00:59:55.380 --> 00:59:57.400 You<00:59:55.500><c> know,</c><00:59:55.860><c> the</c><00:59:55.940><c> Apostle</c><00:59:56.260><c> received</c><00:59:56.579><c> him,</c><00:59:56.800><c> didn't</c><00:59:56.960><c> he?</c> 00:59:57.760 --> 01:00:00.599 Why<00:59:58.000><c> didn't</c><00:59:59.019><c> Anesimus</c><00:59:59.360><c> have</c><00:59:59.539><c> the</c><00:59:59.820><c> confidence</c><01:00:00.119><c> to</c><01:00:00.360><c> do</c><01:00:00.460><c> that?</c> 01:00:00.599 --> 01:00:03.619 Because<01:00:00.820><c> he</c><01:00:01.099><c> knew</c><01:00:01.380><c> that</c><01:00:01.639><c> that's</c><01:00:01.940><c> the</c><01:00:02.019><c> type</c><01:00:02.199><c> of</c><01:00:02.340><c> man</c><01:00:02.480><c> Paul</c><01:00:02.699><c> was.</c> 01:00:03.940 --> 01:00:06.980 He<01:00:04.420><c> was</c><01:00:04.539><c> a</c><01:00:04.639><c> man</c><01:00:04.880><c> that</c><01:00:05.320><c> built</c><01:00:05.519><c> people's</c><01:00:06.059><c> lives</c><01:00:06.239><c> up.</c> 01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:10.179 He<01:00:07.400><c> forgave</c><01:00:08.360><c> on</c><01:00:08.900><c> proper</c><01:00:09.179><c> terms,</c> 01:00:10.599 --> 01:00:11.739 and<01:00:10.679><c> he</c><01:00:10.860><c> built</c><01:00:10.960><c> their</c><01:00:11.239><c> lives</c><01:00:11.480><c> up</c> 01:00:11.739 --> 01:00:14.860 and<01:00:11.940><c> took</c><01:00:12.139><c> interest</c><01:00:12.440><c> in</c><01:00:12.699><c> everybody</c><01:00:13.039><c> that</c><01:00:13.340><c> was</c><01:00:13.559><c> about</c><01:00:13.840><c> him.</c> 01:00:15.199 --> 01:00:17.320 That's<01:00:15.500><c> the</c><01:00:15.599><c> kind</c><01:00:15.820><c> of</c><01:00:15.940><c> man</c><01:00:16.059><c> he</c><01:00:16.280><c> was.</c> 01:00:17.860 --> 01:00:19.119 Knew<01:00:18.019><c> his</c><01:00:18.219><c> scriptures?</c><01:00:18.639><c> Undoubtedly.</c> 01:00:19.340 --> 01:00:21.440 Could<01:00:19.559><c> reason</c><01:00:19.820><c> his</c><01:00:20.000><c> scriptures?</c><01:00:20.460><c> Undoubtedly.</c> 01:00:21.659 --> 01:00:24.039 But<01:00:21.760><c> he</c><01:00:21.820><c> had</c><01:00:22.000><c> a</c><01:00:22.139><c> heart</c><01:00:22.280><c> as</c><01:00:22.639><c> wide</c><01:00:22.880><c> as</c><01:00:23.059><c> the</c><01:00:23.219><c> ocean.</c> 01:00:24.659 --> 01:00:27.820 There<01:00:24.739><c> was</c><01:00:24.860><c> none</c><01:00:25.039><c> of</c><01:00:25.139><c> that</c><01:00:25.460><c> exclusivity</c><01:00:26.340><c> with</c><01:00:26.539><c> which</c><01:00:26.699><c> 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him</c><01:00:55.960><c> as</c><01:00:56.239><c> a</c><01:00:56.380><c> vagabond</c><01:00:56.900><c> slave.</c> 01:00:57.800 --> 01:00:59.480 And<01:00:58.239><c> he</c><01:00:58.460><c> changed</c><01:00:58.719><c> his</c><01:00:58.960><c> whole</c><01:00:59.199><c> life,</c> 01:00:59.639 --> 01:01:02.099 and<01:00:59.679><c> the</c><01:00:59.739><c> Apostle</c><01:01:00.099><c> Paul</c><01:01:00.239><c> would</c><01:01:00.400><c> have</c><01:01:00.480><c> put</c><01:01:00.599><c> that</c><01:01:00.780><c> all</c><01:01:00.960><c> together</c> 01:01:02.260 --> 01:01:05.300 until<01:01:02.699><c> eventually</c><01:01:03.059><c> he</c><01:01:03.099><c> became</c><01:01:03.400><c> one</c><01:01:03.579><c> of</c><01:01:03.699><c> the</c><01:01:03.800><c> workers</c><01:01:04.139><c> in</c><01:01:04.380><c> the</c><01:01:04.559><c> team.</c> 01:01:05.760 --> 01:01:07.519 And<01:01:05.960><c> then</c><01:01:06.099><c> Paul</c><01:01:06.199><c> thought,</c><01:01:06.659><c> we've</c><01:01:06.780><c> got</c><01:01:06.860><c> to</c><01:01:06.940><c> get</c><01:01:07.059><c> this</c><01:01:07.340><c> right.</c> 01:01:07.599 --> 01:01:10.480 I'll<01:01:07.800><c> send</c><01:01:08.000><c> him</c><01:01:08.199><c> off</c><01:01:08.820><c> with</c><01:01:09.400><c> this</c><01:01:09.639><c> letter</c><01:01:09.860><c> to</c><01:01:10.219><c> Philomene.</c> 01:01:10.820 --> 01:01:11.960 And<01:01:11.019><c> he</c><01:01:11.159><c> did.</c> 01:01:12.039 --> 01:01:14.019 I'm<01:01:12.360><c> sure</c><01:01:12.539><c> that</c><01:01:12.739><c> letter</c><01:01:12.920><c> would</c><01:01:13.139><c> have</c><01:01:13.219><c> broken</c><01:01:13.440><c> the</c><01:01:13.659><c> bone</c><01:01:13.860><c> of</c> 01:01:14.019 --> 01:01:14.940 Philomene,<01:01:14.440><c> wouldn't</c><01:01:14.579><c> it?</c> 01:01:15.159 --> 01:01:17.559 So<01:01:15.340><c> all</c><01:01:15.539><c> sorts</c><01:01:15.860><c> of</c><01:01:16.059><c> people</c><01:01:16.320><c> came</c><01:01:16.599><c> through</c><01:01:16.840><c> that</c><01:01:17.119><c> door</c> 01:01:17.559 --> 01:01:21.079 in<01:01:18.059><c> the</c><01:01:18.219><c> two</c><01:01:18.440><c> years</c><01:01:18.960><c> that</c><01:01:19.480><c> he</c><01:01:19.579><c> had</c><01:01:19.739><c> in</c><01:01:19.880><c> his</c><01:01:20.059><c> own</c><01:01:20.340><c> hired</c><01:01:20.559><c> house.</c> 01:01:21.440 --> 01:01:22.539 What<01:01:21.619><c> a</c><01:01:21.820><c> team.</c> 01:01:31.059 --> 01:01:33.019 Our<01:01:31.619><c> time</c><01:01:31.820><c> is</c><01:01:31.980><c> being</c><01:01:32.280><c> compressed</c><01:01:32.760><c> here,</c> 01:01:33.019 --> 01:01:35.320 so<01:01:33.260><c> we'll</c><01:01:33.480><c> take</c><01:01:33.659><c> a</c><01:01:33.880><c> short</c><01:01:34.159><c> five</c><01:01:34.800><c>-minute</c><01:01:35.000><c> break</c> 01:01:35.320 --> 01:01:38.340 before<01:01:35.900><c> we</c><01:01:36.139><c> start</c><01:01:36.340><c> our</c><01:01:37.119><c> final</c><01:01:37.420><c> session.</c>