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Now,<00:10:03.460><c> it's</c><00:10:03.799><c> interesting,</c><00:10:04.259><c> isn't</c><00:10:04.399><c> it,</c><00:10:04.500><c> that</c><00:10:04.659><c> he</c><00:10:04.820><c> didn't</c><00:10:05.000><c> say</c>

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that<00:10:05.460><c> before</c><00:10:05.759><c> the</c><00:10:05.940><c> beating.</c>

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I'd<00:10:08.799><c> have</c><00:10:08.899><c> been</c><00:10:09.519><c> instantaneously</c><00:10:10.399><c> on</c><00:10:10.720><c> that</c><00:10:11.080><c> and</c><00:10:11.320><c> said,</c><00:10:11.440><c> wait,</c>

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Romans,<00:10:11.960><c> we</c><00:10:12.100><c> can't</c><00:10:12.299><c> be</c><00:10:12.480><c> beaten.</c>

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And<00:10:13.480><c> he</c><00:10:13.600><c> does</c><00:10:13.659><c> it</c><00:10:13.899><c> other</c><00:10:14.100><c> times,</c><00:10:14.440><c> doesn't</c><00:10:14.639><c> he?</c><00:10:15.340><c> He</c><00:10:15.500><c> does</c><00:10:15.679><c> it</c>

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other<00:10:16.039><c> times.</c>

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So<00:10:17.299><c> it's</c><00:10:17.519><c> interesting</c><00:10:17.879><c> that</c><00:10:18.039><c> he</c><00:10:18.179><c> had</c><00:10:18.399><c> a</c><00:10:18.620><c> right,</c><00:10:20.399><c> he</c><00:10:20.620><c> had</c><00:10:20.919><c> a</c><00:10:21.320><c> citizenship</c><00:10:21.960><c> of</c><00:10:22.580><c> Rome,</c>

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which<00:10:23.620><c> he</c><00:10:23.840><c> could</c><00:10:24.019><c> have</c><00:10:24.559><c> utilized,</c><00:10:25.320><c> and</c><00:10:25.419><c> he</c><00:10:25.500><c> could</c><00:10:25.639><c> have</c><00:10:25.860><c> claimed,</c><00:10:26.620><c> and</c>

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he<00:10:26.820><c> could</c><00:10:26.980><c> have</c><00:10:27.139><c> taken</c><00:10:27.419><c> advantage</c><00:10:27.940><c> of,</c><00:10:28.279><c> and</c><00:10:28.460><c> he</c><00:10:28.720><c> chose</c><00:10:29.179><c> not</c><00:10:29.659><c> to.</c>

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Now,<00:10:30.360><c> that's</c><00:10:30.720><c> the</c><00:10:30.879><c> thing</c><00:10:31.000><c> that's</c><00:10:31.179><c> really</c><00:10:31.419><c> set</c><00:10:31.600><c> before</c><00:10:31.980><c> me</c><00:10:32.179><c> here.</c>

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And<00:10:32.960><c> it's</c><00:10:33.120><c> really</c><00:10:33.399><c> intriguing</c><00:10:33.799><c> that</c><00:10:34.039><c> he</c><00:10:34.299><c> had</c><00:10:34.460><c> the</c><00:10:34.679><c> opportunity</c><00:10:35.399><c> to</c><00:10:35.820><c> say,</c><00:10:36.659><c> I'm</c><00:10:36.799><c> a</c>

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Roman<00:10:37.139><c> and</c><00:10:37.340><c> avoid</c><00:10:37.580><c> the</c><00:10:37.779><c> beating,</c>

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and<00:10:38.340><c> he</c><00:10:38.519><c> said</c><00:10:38.679><c> nothing,</c><00:10:39.559><c> and</c><00:10:39.759><c> took</c><00:10:40.019><c> the</c><00:10:40.240><c> beating.</c><00:10:40.919><c> Isn't</c><00:10:41.080><c> that</c><00:10:41.240><c> fascinating?</c>

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And<00:10:42.299><c> you</c><00:10:42.539><c> know,</c><00:10:42.940><c> this</c><00:10:43.139><c> is</c><00:10:43.379><c> the</c><00:10:43.600><c> amazing</c><00:10:43.899><c> bit,</c><00:10:44.340><c> we</c><00:10:44.500><c> know</c><00:10:44.740><c> that</c>

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that's<00:10:45.139><c> not</c><00:10:45.519><c> always</c><00:10:46.340><c> the</c><00:10:47.000><c> way</c><00:10:47.200><c> he</c><00:10:47.440><c> acted.</c>

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Later<00:10:48.899><c> on</c><00:10:49.120><c> in</c><00:10:49.379><c> Acts,</c><00:10:50.200><c> we</c><00:10:50.360><c> find</c><00:10:50.620><c> out</c><00:10:51.539><c> when</c><00:10:52.100><c> he's</c><00:10:53.039><c> in</c><00:10:53.480><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:10:54.980><c> he's</c><00:10:55.139><c> in</c><00:10:55.299><c> a</c><00:10:55.440><c> private</c><00:10:55.759><c> place,</c>

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and<00:10:57.139><c> he's</c><00:10:57.399><c> about</c><00:10:57.519><c> to</c><00:10:57.639><c> be</c><00:10:57.840><c> bound</c><00:10:57.960><c> to</c><00:10:58.139><c> be</c><00:10:58.419><c> scourged,</c><00:10:59.299><c> that</c><00:10:59.379><c> he</c><00:10:59.600><c> says,</c><00:10:59.879><c> is</c>

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it<00:11:00.179><c> lawful</c><00:11:00.480><c> for</c><00:11:00.659><c> you</c><00:11:00.779><c> to</c><00:11:00.980><c> beat</c><00:11:01.100><c> me?</c><00:11:01.379><c> I'm</c><00:11:01.460><c> a</c><00:11:01.559><c> Roman.</c>

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So<00:11:03.139><c> it</c><00:11:03.259><c> was</c><00:11:03.519><c> obviously</c><00:11:03.820><c> acceptable</c><00:11:04.299><c> at</c><00:11:04.500><c> that</c><00:11:04.700><c> point,</c><00:11:05.460><c> but</c><00:11:05.679><c> it's</c><00:11:05.899><c> not</c>

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here<00:11:06.299><c> in</c><00:11:06.460><c> Acts</c><00:11:06.639><c> 16.</c>

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So<00:11:08.659><c> that's</c><00:11:08.960><c> interesting.</c><00:11:09.379><c> So</c><00:11:09.519><c> the</c><00:11:09.700><c> actual</c><00:11:10.480><c> utilization</c><00:11:11.539><c> of</c><00:11:11.960><c> the</c><00:11:12.220><c> right</c><00:11:12.580><c> itself</c><00:11:13.600><c> wasn't</c><00:11:14.720><c> something</c><00:11:15.080><c> which</c><00:11:15.320><c> was</c><00:11:16.340><c> a</c>

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blank<00:11:17.019><c> good</c><00:11:17.559><c> or</c><00:11:17.840><c> bad</c><00:11:18.080><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:11:19.320><c> depended</c><00:11:19.980><c> on</c><00:11:20.460><c> the</c><00:11:20.679><c> context.</c><00:11:21.960><c> I</c><00:11:22.240><c> find</c><00:11:22.460><c> that</c><00:11:22.639><c> absolutely</c><00:11:22.919><c> fascinating.</c>

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And<00:11:24.559><c> why</c><00:11:24.700><c> is</c><00:11:24.940><c> that?</c><00:11:25.759><c> Well,</c><00:11:25.940><c> the</c><00:11:26.139><c> context</c><00:11:26.460><c> of</c><00:11:26.679><c> Acts</c><00:11:26.799><c> 16</c><00:11:27.340><c> is</c><00:11:27.659><c> a</c>

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public<00:11:28.179><c> marketplace.</c>

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The<00:11:30.399><c> context</c><00:11:30.899><c> of</c><00:11:31.179><c> Acts</c><00:11:31.340><c> 16</c><00:11:31.919><c> is</c><00:11:32.240><c> that</c><00:11:32.320><c> he's</c><00:11:32.519><c> before</c><00:11:32.840><c> people</c><00:11:33.259><c> and</c>

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presented<00:11:34.080><c> to</c><00:11:34.360><c> him.</c>

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The<00:11:34.700><c> way</c><00:11:34.879><c> it's</c><00:11:35.120><c> presented</c><00:11:35.519><c> is,</c><00:11:36.240><c> are</c><00:11:36.480><c> you</c><00:11:36.759><c> of</c><00:11:37.039><c> Rome</c><00:11:37.399><c> or</c><00:11:37.860><c> are</c><00:11:38.240><c> you</c>

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a<00:11:38.940><c> Jew?</c>

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And<00:11:40.519><c> when</c><00:11:40.620><c> it's</c><00:11:40.899><c> presented</c><00:11:41.240><c> like</c><00:11:41.580><c> that,</c><00:11:42.620><c> Paul</c><00:11:42.799><c> can't</c><00:11:43.179><c> claim</c><00:11:43.460><c> to</c><00:11:43.639><c> be</c><00:11:43.779><c> a</c>

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Roman<00:11:44.179><c> until</c><00:11:44.580><c> later</c><00:11:44.860><c> on.</c>

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He<00:11:45.980><c> can't,</c><00:11:46.659><c> because</c><00:11:47.019><c> now</c><00:11:47.279><c> I've</c><00:11:47.539><c> been</c><00:11:47.779><c> presented</c><00:11:48.059><c> with</c><00:11:48.279><c> a</c><00:11:48.419><c> very</c>

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stark<00:11:49.019><c> choice.</c>

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Am<00:11:49.980><c> I</c><00:11:50.379><c> of</c><00:11:50.799><c> Babylon,</c><00:11:51.639><c> of</c><00:11:51.919><c> Rome,</c><00:11:53.120><c> or</c><00:11:53.299><c> am</c><00:11:53.500><c> I</c><00:11:53.639><c> of</c><00:11:53.960><c> Zion,</c><00:11:54.460><c> of</c><00:11:54.700><c> Jerusalem?</c>

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Am<00:11:56.320><c> I</c><00:11:56.539><c> a</c><00:11:56.720><c> Jew</c><00:11:56.919><c> or</c><00:11:57.159><c> a</c><00:11:57.340><c> Roman?</c><00:11:57.720><c> But</c><00:11:57.860><c> when</c><00:11:57.919><c> it's</c><00:11:58.159><c> presented</c><00:11:58.460><c> like</c>

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that,<00:11:58.980><c> there's</c><00:11:59.059><c> only</c><00:11:59.259><c> one</c><00:11:59.460><c> choice.</c>

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But<00:12:01.360><c> when</c><00:12:01.480><c> it's</c><00:12:01.740><c> presented</c><00:12:02.059><c> differently</c><00:12:02.440><c> later</c><00:12:02.759><c> on</c><00:12:02.899><c> in</c><00:12:03.100><c> Acts,</c>

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it's<00:12:03.980><c> not</c><00:12:04.139><c> presented</c><00:12:04.559><c> in</c><00:12:04.740><c> a</c><00:12:04.960><c> stark</c><00:12:05.220><c> public</c><00:12:05.639><c> way,</c><00:12:06.100><c> are</c><00:12:06.200><c> you</c><00:12:06.340><c> Jew</c>

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or<00:12:06.639><c> Roman?</c>

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It's<00:12:07.860><c> just</c><00:12:08.139><c> in</c><00:12:08.340><c> a</c><00:12:08.460><c> different</c><00:12:08.639><c> situation.</c><00:12:10.240><c> Don't</c><00:12:10.399><c> you</c><00:12:10.480><c> find</c>

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that<00:12:10.820><c> interesting?</c>

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That<00:12:12.240><c> in</c><00:12:12.460><c> our</c><00:12:12.600><c> lives,</c><00:12:13.720><c> we</c><00:12:13.879><c> can</c><00:12:14.100><c> have</c><00:12:14.320><c> rights</c><00:12:14.720><c> which</c><00:12:15.059><c> we</c><00:12:15.279><c> can</c><00:12:15.500><c> use,</c><00:12:16.240><c> one</c><00:12:16.440><c> way</c><00:12:16.659><c> or</c>

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the<00:12:17.019><c> other,</c><00:12:17.580><c> that</c><00:12:17.740><c> aren't</c><00:12:17.940><c> necessarily</c><00:12:18.919><c> sinful</c><00:12:19.639><c> or</c><00:12:20.279><c> good.</c>

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It<00:12:21.179><c> just</c><00:12:21.460><c> depends</c><00:12:21.879><c> on</c><00:12:22.039><c> the</c><00:12:22.240><c> context</c><00:12:22.600><c> of</c><00:12:22.799><c> how</c><00:12:22.940><c> the</c><00:12:23.200><c> presentation</c><00:12:23.679><c> comes</c><00:12:23.980><c> to</c><00:12:24.179><c> us.</c>

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I<00:12:25.080><c> find</c><00:12:25.299><c> that</c><00:12:25.559><c> absolutely</c><00:12:26.120><c> really</c><00:12:26.720><c> interesting.</c>

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And<00:12:28.379><c> I've</c><00:12:28.700><c> struggled,</c><00:12:28.960><c> to</c><00:12:29.100><c> be</c><00:12:29.220><c> honest,</c><00:12:29.539><c> to</c><00:12:29.620><c> come</c><00:12:29.779><c> up</c><00:12:29.960><c> with</c><00:12:30.080><c> a</c>

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But<00:12:35.519><c> I</c><00:12:35.600><c> was</c><00:12:35.759><c> thinking</c><00:12:36.019><c> perhaps</c><00:12:36.580><c> of,</c><00:12:37.679><c> I</c><00:12:38.000><c> mean</c><00:12:38.080><c> we</c><00:12:38.279><c> are</c><00:12:38.539><c> citizens,</c><00:12:38.919><c> most</c><00:12:39.179><c> of</c>

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us,<00:12:39.679><c> of</c><00:12:39.820><c> America,</c><00:12:41.019><c> even</c><00:12:41.279><c> me,</c><00:12:42.080><c> with</c><00:12:42.259><c> this</c><00:12:42.480><c> accent.</c>

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So<00:12:43.600><c> we</c><00:12:43.940><c> have</c><00:12:44.179><c> rights</c><00:12:44.580><c> and</c><00:12:45.500><c> we</c><00:12:45.840><c> can</c><00:12:46.039><c> assume</c><00:12:46.340><c> them</c><00:12:46.600><c> if</c><00:12:46.779><c> we</c><00:12:46.940><c> want</c><00:12:47.120><c> to.</c>

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And<00:12:47.919><c> not</c><00:12:48.080><c> all</c><00:12:48.299><c> of</c><00:12:48.440><c> those</c><00:12:48.659><c> rights</c><00:12:49.039><c> are</c><00:12:49.639><c> right</c><00:12:49.940><c> or</c><00:12:50.220><c> wrong.</c><00:12:51.299><c> It</c><00:12:51.539><c> just</c><00:12:51.759><c> perhaps</c><00:12:52.080><c> depends</c><00:12:52.620><c> on</c>

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So<00:12:54.299><c> if</c><00:12:54.399><c> somebody</c><00:12:54.620><c> comes</c><00:12:54.919><c> to</c><00:12:55.080><c> you</c><00:12:55.220><c> and</c><00:12:55.279><c> says,</c><00:12:55.519><c> you're</c><00:12:55.700><c> American,</c><00:12:56.399><c> prove</c><00:12:56.679><c> it</c>

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by<00:12:57.039><c> this</c><00:12:57.220><c> or</c><00:12:57.440><c> that,</c>

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then<00:12:57.820><c> we</c><00:12:57.940><c> can</c><00:12:58.179><c> sort</c><00:12:58.340><c> of</c><00:12:58.379><c> say,</c><00:12:59.039><c> well,</c><00:12:59.360><c> I'm</c><00:12:59.580><c> not</c><00:13:00.220><c> of</c><00:13:00.460><c> American</c><00:13:01.019><c> in</c>

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terms<00:13:02.500><c> of</c><00:13:02.720><c> spirit,</c><00:13:03.139><c> I'm</c><00:13:03.399><c> of</c><00:13:03.659><c> Israel.</c>

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it's<00:13:15.740><c> acceptable</c><00:13:16.179><c> to</c><00:13:17.059><c> drink</c><00:13:17.179><c> alcohol.</c>

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That's<00:13:18.940><c> your</c><00:13:19.159><c> right.</c><00:13:20.860><c> If</c><00:13:21.019><c> you</c><00:13:21.200><c> want</c><00:13:21.419><c> it,</c><00:13:22.019><c> you</c><00:13:22.120><c> can</c><00:13:22.340><c> take</c><00:13:22.580><c> it</c>

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It's<00:13:24.659><c> neither</c><00:13:24.879><c> right</c><00:13:25.279><c> nor</c><00:13:25.460><c> wrong.</c><00:13:25.899><c> Obviously</c><00:13:26.279><c> overindulgence</c><00:13:26.980><c> is</c><00:13:27.139><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:13:27.919><c> it's</c><00:13:28.019><c> neither</c><00:13:28.220><c> right</c><00:13:28.840><c> nor</c><00:13:29.059><c> wrong</c><00:13:29.539><c> to</c><00:13:29.879><c> drink</c><00:13:30.460><c> it</c><00:13:30.600><c> or</c><00:13:30.659><c> not</c>

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But<00:13:32.059><c> say,</c><00:13:32.220><c> for</c><00:13:32.440><c> example,</c><00:13:33.500><c> you</c><00:13:33.580><c> want</c><00:13:33.779><c> to</c><00:13:33.840><c> hold</c><00:13:34.059><c> your</c><00:13:34.279><c> right</c><00:13:34.399><c> to</c>

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have<00:13:34.799><c> your</c><00:13:35.019><c> beer,</c>

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and<00:13:36.080><c> as</c><00:13:36.240><c> a</c><00:13:36.320><c> brother</c><00:13:36.500><c> comes</c><00:13:36.799><c> in</c><00:13:37.039><c> who</c><00:13:37.159><c> has</c><00:13:37.340><c> a</c><00:13:37.460><c> problem</c><00:13:37.740><c> with</c><00:13:37.940><c> drinking,</c><00:13:38.779><c> do</c>

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you<00:13:39.159><c> still</c><00:13:39.360><c> enforce</c><00:13:39.720><c> your</c><00:13:39.980><c> right?</c>

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Of<00:13:40.799><c> course</c><00:13:40.899><c> you</c><00:13:41.039><c> don't.</c><00:13:41.740><c> You</c><00:13:41.940><c> don't</c><00:13:42.100><c> put</c><00:13:42.279><c> that</c><00:13:42.519><c> in</c><00:13:42.639><c> his</c><00:13:42.879><c> way.</c>

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We've<00:13:43.639><c> had</c><00:13:43.759><c> situations</c><00:13:44.340><c> where</c><00:13:45.139><c> people</c><00:13:45.500><c> who</c><00:13:45.840><c> are</c><00:13:45.919><c> recovering</c>

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alcoholics<00:13:46.840><c> have</c><00:13:46.980><c> come</c><00:13:47.120><c> over</c><00:13:47.299><c> for</c><00:13:47.460><c> dinner</c>

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and<00:13:47.740><c> I'm</c><00:13:48.259><c> in</c><00:13:48.460><c> the</c><00:13:48.580><c> middle</c><00:13:48.720><c> of</c><00:13:48.879><c> setting</c><00:13:49.080><c> the</c><00:13:49.299><c> table</c><00:13:49.500><c> and</c><00:13:49.639><c> putting</c><00:13:49.799><c> the</c>

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wine<00:13:50.240><c> out</c>

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and<00:13:50.519><c> I've</c><00:13:50.720><c> suddenly</c><00:13:50.980><c> realized,</c><00:13:51.639><c> why</c><00:13:52.100><c> would</c><00:13:52.299><c> you</c><00:13:52.379><c> do</c><00:13:52.539><c> it?</c>

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Why<00:13:52.820><c> would</c><00:13:52.980><c> you</c><00:13:53.100><c> put</c><00:13:53.200><c> that</c><00:13:53.399><c> in</c><00:13:53.539><c> front</c><00:13:53.659><c> of</c><00:13:53.779><c> your</c><00:13:53.919><c> brother?</c>

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So<00:13:54.980><c> you</c><00:13:55.059><c> don't</c><00:13:55.639><c> assume</c><00:13:56.080><c> that</c><00:13:56.360><c> right,</c><00:13:56.639><c> well,</c><00:13:56.799><c> I</c><00:13:56.919><c> don't</c><00:13:57.120><c> care</c><00:13:57.299><c> if</c>

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they've<00:13:57.659><c> got</c><00:13:57.740><c> a</c><00:13:57.919><c> problem,</c>

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I<00:13:58.220><c> haven't</c><00:13:58.299><c> got</c><00:13:58.460><c> a</c><00:13:58.639><c> problem,</c><00:13:58.840><c> I've</c><00:13:59.019><c> got</c><00:13:59.120><c> a</c><00:13:59.220><c> right</c><00:13:59.340><c> to</c><00:13:59.559><c> drink</c><00:13:59.740><c> this.</c>

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Of<00:14:00.500><c> course</c><00:14:00.659><c> that</c><00:14:00.940><c> whole</c><00:14:01.240><c> mindset</c><00:14:01.639><c> is</c><00:14:01.899><c> wrong,</c><00:14:02.139><c> isn't</c><00:14:02.240><c> it?</c>

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So<00:14:03.019><c> we</c><00:14:03.120><c> just</c><00:14:03.600><c> clear</c><00:14:03.740><c> the</c><00:14:03.960><c> wine</c><00:14:04.100><c> out,</c><00:14:04.259><c> it's</c><00:14:04.320><c> not</c><00:14:04.399><c> a</c><00:14:04.460><c> big</c><00:14:04.639><c> deal.</c>

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We'll<00:14:05.580><c> have</c><00:14:05.659><c> it</c><00:14:05.860><c> another</c><00:14:06.000><c> time</c><00:14:06.360><c> or</c><00:14:06.779><c> not</c><00:14:06.980><c> have</c><00:14:07.120><c> it</c><00:14:07.299><c> tonight,</c><00:14:07.500><c> whatever.</c>

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So<00:14:08.559><c> there</c><00:14:09.019><c> are</c><00:14:09.240><c> times</c><00:14:09.580><c> when</c><00:14:09.980><c> it</c><00:14:10.299><c> depends</c><00:14:10.639><c> on</c><00:14:10.820><c> the</c><00:14:11.019><c> presentation</c><00:14:11.519><c> to</c><00:14:11.759><c> us.</c>

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And<00:14:13.879><c> so,</c><00:14:14.600><c> depending</c><00:14:14.840><c> on</c><00:14:14.980><c> the</c><00:14:15.200><c> presentation</c><00:14:15.620><c> and</c><00:14:15.820><c> the</c><00:14:16.080><c> circumstances,</c>

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we<00:14:17.720><c> use</c><00:14:18.159><c> the</c><00:14:18.600><c> mind</c><00:14:18.860><c> of</c><00:14:19.039><c> the</c><00:14:19.259><c> spirit</c><00:14:19.580><c> to</c><00:14:19.860><c> determine</c><00:14:20.220><c> what</c><00:14:20.419><c> to</c><00:14:20.600><c> do.</c>

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We<00:14:21.240><c> suffer.</c><00:14:21.940><c> I</c><00:14:22.039><c> mean,</c><00:14:22.220><c> it's</c><00:14:22.360><c> not</c><00:14:22.500><c> a</c><00:14:22.539><c> big</c><00:14:22.700><c> deal,</c><00:14:22.919><c> is</c><00:14:23.019><c> it,</c><00:14:23.340><c> to</c><00:14:23.519><c> have</c><00:14:23.700><c> a</c><00:14:23.820><c> drink</c><00:14:23.919><c> or</c><00:14:24.000><c> not</c><00:14:24.179><c> to</c><00:14:24.279><c> have</c><00:14:24.379><c> a</c><00:14:24.500><c> drink?</c>

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Don't<00:14:25.220><c> have</c><00:14:25.360><c> a</c><00:14:25.480><c> drink</c><00:14:25.620><c> if</c><00:14:25.720><c> it's</c><00:14:25.860><c> going</c><00:14:26.019><c> to</c><00:14:26.159><c> cause</c><00:14:26.279><c> your</c><00:14:26.460><c> brother</c><00:14:26.620><c> to</c><00:14:26.820><c> stumble.</c>

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So<00:14:28.179><c> there</c><00:14:28.320><c> are</c><00:14:28.500><c> times</c><00:14:28.840><c> when,</c><00:14:29.399><c> depending</c><00:14:29.700><c> on</c><00:14:29.840><c> the</c><00:14:30.059><c> presentation</c><00:14:30.440><c> and</c><00:14:30.600><c> the</c><00:14:30.779><c> context,</c><00:14:31.419><c> we</c>

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Now<00:14:33.179><c> what's</c><00:14:33.419><c> lovely</c><00:14:33.639><c> is,</c><00:14:34.220><c> the</c><00:14:34.360><c> choice</c><00:14:34.639><c> of</c><00:14:34.840><c> Paul</c><00:14:35.039><c> here</c><00:14:35.460><c> is</c><00:14:36.139><c> just</c><00:14:36.419><c> amazing.</c>

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He's<00:14:37.159><c> happy</c><00:14:37.500><c> about</c><00:14:37.779><c> it.</c><00:14:38.159><c> He</c><00:14:38.299><c> was</c><00:14:38.500><c> happy</c><00:14:38.899><c> to</c><00:14:39.200><c> choose</c><00:14:39.480><c> to</c><00:14:39.720><c> suffer</c><00:14:39.960><c> affliction.</c>

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Now<00:14:41.860><c> what's</c><00:14:42.120><c> interesting</c><00:14:42.440><c> at</c><00:14:42.639><c> the</c><00:14:42.779><c> time</c><00:14:42.980><c> of</c><00:14:43.139><c> the</c><00:14:43.200><c> Lord</c><00:14:43.379><c> Jesus</c>

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was<00:14:44.860><c> those</c><00:14:45.700><c> who</c><00:14:46.379><c> were</c><00:14:46.600><c> against</c><00:14:46.919><c> Jesus</c><00:14:47.440><c> chose</c><00:14:48.059><c> Rome,</c><00:14:48.899><c> didn't</c><00:14:49.059><c> they?</c>

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It<00:14:50.440><c> says</c><00:14:50.779><c> in</c><00:14:51.100><c> John</c><00:14:51.340><c> chapter</c><00:14:51.620><c> 19,</c>

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If<00:14:54.639><c> you</c><00:14:54.759><c> let</c><00:14:54.940><c> this</c><00:14:55.200><c> man</c><00:14:55.440><c> go,</c><00:14:56.259><c> you</c><00:14:56.460><c> are</c><00:14:56.639><c> not</c><00:14:56.879><c> Caesar's</c><00:14:57.379><c> friend.</c>

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Whosoever<00:14:58.580><c> makes</c><00:14:58.840><c> himself</c><00:14:59.220><c> a</c><00:14:59.399><c> king</c><00:14:59.580><c> speaks</c><00:14:59.919><c> against</c><00:15:00.259><c> Caesar.</c>

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Pilate<00:15:01.799><c> said</c><00:15:02.019><c> to</c><00:15:02.120><c> them,</c><00:15:02.500><c> Shall</c><00:15:02.700><c> I</c><00:15:02.860><c> crucify</c><00:15:03.320><c> your</c><00:15:03.519><c> king?</c>

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So<00:15:05.179><c> it's</c><00:15:05.379><c> presented</c><00:15:05.740><c> starkly,</c>

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Shall<00:15:13.480><c> I</c><00:15:13.620><c> crucify</c><00:15:14.039><c> your</c><00:15:14.299><c> king?</c>

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King<00:15:15.500><c> of</c><00:15:15.980><c> the</c><00:15:16.139><c> Jews</c><00:15:16.419><c> or</c><00:15:16.799><c> Caesar</c><00:15:17.279><c> of</c><00:15:17.720><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:15:18.679><c> the</c><00:15:18.820><c> chief</c><00:15:19.000><c> priests</c><00:15:19.220><c> answered,</c><00:15:19.620><c> We</c><00:15:19.759><c> have</c><00:15:20.000><c> no</c><00:15:20.240><c> king</c><00:15:20.559><c> but</c><00:15:20.840><c> Caesar.</c>

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There<00:15:22.179><c> we</c><00:15:22.399><c> have</c><00:15:22.539><c> it,</c><00:15:23.120><c> a</c><00:15:23.259><c> very</c><00:15:23.539><c> stark</c><00:15:23.740><c> choice</c><00:15:24.120><c> between</c><00:15:24.460><c> Rome</c>

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and<00:15:25.700><c> Zion,</c><00:15:26.200><c> and</c><00:15:26.399><c> they</c><00:15:26.620><c> choose.</c>

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Those<00:15:27.139><c> chief</c><00:15:27.440><c> priests</c><00:15:27.759><c> chose</c><00:15:28.399><c> not</c><00:15:29.700><c> to</c><00:15:30.000><c> suffer</c><00:15:30.159><c> affliction,</c>

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but<00:15:31.019><c> to</c><00:15:31.240><c> indulge</c><00:15:32.440><c> in</c><00:15:32.620><c> the</c><00:15:32.799><c> present.</c>

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And<00:15:35.720><c> it's</c><00:15:35.899><c> interesting</c><00:15:36.179><c> when</c><00:15:36.320><c> we</c><00:15:36.500><c> come</c><00:15:36.659><c> to</c><00:15:36.799><c> Hebrews</c><00:15:37.059><c> 11,</c>

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it<00:15:38.100><c> says</c><00:15:38.340><c> in</c><00:15:38.539><c> verses</c><00:15:38.960><c> 24</c><00:15:39.480><c> to</c><00:15:39.659><c> 26</c><00:15:40.159><c> of</c><00:15:40.419><c> Moses,</c><00:15:40.779><c> of</c><00:15:41.019><c> course,</c>

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that<00:15:41.820><c> he</c><00:15:42.019><c> chose</c><00:15:42.320><c> to</c><00:15:42.559><c> suffer</c><00:15:42.720><c> affliction.</c>

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Now<00:15:43.419><c> what</c><00:15:43.539><c> I</c><00:15:43.720><c> love</c><00:15:43.840><c> about</c><00:15:44.039><c> this</c><00:15:44.340><c> passage,</c><00:15:44.740><c> if</c><00:15:44.840><c> you</c><00:15:44.980><c> have</c><00:15:45.139><c> a</c><00:15:45.240><c> look</c><00:15:45.580><c> at</c>

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sorry,<00:15:47.879><c> Hebrews</c><00:15:48.100><c> chapter</c><00:15:48.440><c> 11,</c>

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I<00:15:54.019><c> mean,</c><00:15:54.879><c> so</c><00:15:55.000><c> the</c><00:15:55.259><c> flesh,</c><00:15:55.519><c> it</c><00:15:55.519><c> doesn't</c><00:15:55.639><c> make</c><00:15:55.820><c> any</c><00:15:56.000><c> sense,</c><00:15:56.419><c> does</c><00:15:56.419><c> it?</c>

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Why<00:15:56.759><c> on</c><00:15:56.899><c> earth</c><00:15:57.100><c> would</c><00:15:57.220><c> you</c><00:15:57.340><c> do</c><00:15:57.419><c> such</c><00:15:57.580><c> a</c><00:15:57.779><c> stupid</c><00:15:58.080><c> thing</c>

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not<00:15:59.240><c> to</c><00:15:59.480><c> say</c><00:15:59.659><c> something</c><00:15:59.919><c> about</c><00:16:00.179><c> being</c><00:16:00.519><c> Roman</c><00:16:00.799><c> until</c><00:16:01.039><c> a</c><00:16:01.159><c> bit</c><00:16:01.360><c> late?</c>

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Imagine<00:16:02.700><c> somebody</c><00:16:03.059><c> being</c><00:16:03.360><c> a</c><00:16:03.480><c> bit</c><00:16:03.700><c> late.</c>

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So<00:16:04.779><c> Romans,</c><00:16:05.279><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:05.480><c> chapter</c><00:16:05.779><c> 11,</c><00:16:06.179><c> verse</c><00:16:06.320><c> 24,</c>

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it<00:16:07.419><c> says,</c><00:16:07.720><c> By</c><00:16:07.720><c> faith</c><00:16:08.059><c> Moses,</c><00:16:08.759><c> when</c><00:16:08.919><c> he</c><00:16:09.039><c> was</c><00:16:09.200><c> come</c><00:16:09.440><c> to</c><00:16:09.639><c> yours,</c>

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refused<00:16:10.379><c> to</c><00:16:10.559><c> be</c><00:16:10.759><c> called</c><00:16:10.980><c> the</c><00:16:11.179><c> son</c><00:16:11.480><c> of</c><00:16:11.759><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:16:11.980><c> daughter.</c>

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It<00:16:12.440><c> was</c><00:16:12.600><c> a</c><00:16:12.740><c> conscious</c><00:16:13.059><c> choice.</c>

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Are<00:16:14.440><c> you</c><00:16:14.620><c> a</c><00:16:14.879><c> Pharaoh</c><00:16:15.200><c> or</c><00:16:15.679><c> are</c><00:16:15.960><c> you</c><00:16:16.100><c> of</c><00:16:16.340><c> Israel?</c>

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Are<00:16:17.700><c> you</c><00:16:17.820><c> a</c><00:16:17.899><c> descendant</c><00:16:18.240><c> of</c><00:16:18.360><c> Abraham</c><00:16:18.779><c> or</c><00:16:19.059><c> are</c><00:16:19.240><c> you</c><00:16:19.360><c> a</c><00:16:19.480><c> descendant</c><00:16:19.820><c> of</c><00:16:20.000><c> Pharaoh?</c>

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You<00:16:20.299><c> see</c><00:16:20.419><c> the</c><00:16:20.559><c> conscious</c><00:16:21.460><c> distinction</c><00:16:22.000><c> that's</c><00:16:22.259><c> laid</c><00:16:22.379><c> before</c><00:16:22.679><c> him.</c>

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And<00:16:23.299><c> he</c><00:16:23.440><c> chooses</c><00:16:24.159><c> not</c><00:16:24.879><c> to</c><00:16:25.139><c> be</c><00:16:25.299><c> called</c><00:16:25.820><c> the</c><00:16:26.220><c> son</c><00:16:26.419><c> of</c><00:16:26.600><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:16:26.899><c> daughter.</c>

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Choosing,<00:16:29.620><c> rather,</c><00:16:30.600><c> to</c><00:16:30.820><c> suffer</c><00:16:31.080><c> affliction</c><00:16:31.919><c> with</c><00:16:32.279><c> the</c><00:16:32.460><c> people</c><00:16:32.659><c> of</c><00:16:32.879><c> God</c>

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than<00:16:34.720><c> to</c><00:16:34.879><c> enjoy</c><00:16:35.139><c> the</c><00:16:35.379><c> pleasures</c><00:16:35.600><c> of</c><00:16:35.820><c> sin</c><00:16:36.039><c> for</c><00:16:36.279><c> a</c><00:16:36.379><c> season.</c>

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That<00:16:36.820><c> same</c><00:16:37.320><c> mindset,</c><00:16:38.480><c> that</c><00:16:38.779><c> same</c><00:16:39.039><c> mind</c><00:16:39.639><c> that</c><00:16:39.980><c> is</c><00:16:40.179><c> in</c><00:16:40.360><c> Paul</c><00:16:40.559><c> and</c><00:16:40.820><c> Silas,</c>

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they<00:16:41.419><c> chose</c><00:16:41.960><c> to</c><00:16:42.759><c> suffer</c><00:16:43.039><c> affliction</c>

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and<00:16:44.480><c> be</c><00:16:44.679><c> with</c><00:16:44.860><c> the</c><00:16:45.000><c> people</c><00:16:45.179><c> of</c><00:16:45.419><c> God</c>

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than<00:16:46.320><c> to</c><00:16:46.600><c> claim</c><00:16:46.840><c> their</c><00:16:47.360><c> rights</c><00:16:47.860><c> as</c><00:16:48.399><c> a</c><00:16:48.559><c> Roman</c><00:16:48.820><c> citizen.</c>

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And<00:16:50.200><c> in</c><00:16:50.320><c> verse</c><00:16:50.480><c> 26</c><00:16:50.980><c> it</c><00:16:51.120><c> says,</c><00:16:51.539><c> this</c><00:16:51.799><c> is</c><00:16:51.980><c> lovely,</c><00:16:52.200><c> look</c><00:16:52.379><c> at</c><00:16:52.500><c> this.</c>

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This<00:16:53.000><c> is</c><00:16:53.460><c> part</c><00:16:53.700><c> of</c><00:16:53.860><c> the</c><00:16:54.000><c> mindset.</c>

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This<00:16:54.980><c> is</c><00:16:55.139><c> what</c><00:16:55.259><c> they</c><00:16:55.460><c> showed</c><00:16:55.740><c> by</c><00:16:55.960><c> their</c><00:16:56.200><c> choice.</c>

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Esteeming<00:16:57.940><c> the</c><00:16:58.080><c> reproach</c><00:16:58.899><c> of</c><00:16:59.139><c> Christ</c><00:17:00.080><c> greater</c><00:17:00.759><c> riches</c>

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than<00:17:01.919><c> the</c><00:17:02.200><c> treasures</c><00:17:02.539><c> in</c><00:17:02.919><c> Egypt,</c>

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for<00:17:04.440><c> he</c><00:17:04.920><c> had</c><00:17:05.160><c> respect</c><00:17:06.220><c> unto</c><00:17:06.799><c> the</c><00:17:07.059><c> recompense</c><00:17:07.779><c> of</c><00:17:08.259><c> the</c><00:17:08.440><c> reward.</c>

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The<00:17:10.460><c> choices</c><00:17:10.819><c> that</c><00:17:11.900><c> we</c><00:17:12.059><c> have</c><00:17:12.240><c> before</c><00:17:12.640><c> us</c>

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are<00:17:13.720><c> opportunities</c><00:17:14.339><c> for</c><00:17:14.640><c> us</c><00:17:15.380><c> to</c><00:17:16.000><c> demonstrate</c><00:17:16.619><c> respect</c>

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for<00:17:18.660><c> the</c><00:17:18.839><c> reward</c><00:17:19.079><c> of</c><00:17:19.279><c> God.</c>

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Isn't<00:17:20.779><c> that</c><00:17:20.940><c> lovely?</c>

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That<00:17:22.119><c> really</c><00:17:22.380><c> sets</c><00:17:22.640><c> the</c><00:17:22.799><c> scene,</c><00:17:22.960><c> doesn't</c><00:17:23.160><c> it?</c>

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So<00:17:24.079><c> Paul</c><00:17:24.319><c> and</c><00:17:24.539><c> Silas,</c><00:17:24.920><c> before</c><00:17:25.279><c> the</c><00:17:25.480><c> Philippian</c><00:17:25.839><c> ecclesia,</c>

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who<00:17:26.319><c> would</c><00:17:26.480><c> have</c><00:17:26.599><c> been</c><00:17:26.740><c> looking</c><00:17:27.019><c> on,</c>

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this<00:17:28.019><c> was</c><00:17:28.180><c> done</c><00:17:28.299><c> in</c><00:17:28.460><c> an</c><00:17:28.619><c> open</c><00:17:28.839><c> place,</c>

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chose<00:17:30.079><c> to</c><00:17:30.319><c> suffer</c><00:17:30.519><c> affliction.</c>

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They<00:17:32.519><c> chose</c><00:17:32.819><c> to</c><00:17:33.059><c> respect</c><00:17:33.779><c> the</c><00:17:34.240><c> recompense</c><00:17:35.000><c> of</c><00:17:35.359><c> the</c><00:17:35.500><c> reward</c><00:17:35.779><c> of</c><00:17:35.960><c> Christ</c>

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rather<00:17:37.359><c> than</c><00:17:37.599><c> indulge</c><00:17:38.000><c> themselves</c><00:17:38.519><c> for</c><00:17:38.880><c> a</c><00:17:39.000><c> season.</c>

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And<00:17:40.279><c> they</c><00:17:40.400><c> weren't</c><00:17:40.660><c> sad</c><00:17:41.039><c> about</c><00:17:41.279><c> this.</c>

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They<00:17:41.720><c> were</c><00:17:41.960><c> absolutely</c><00:17:42.359><c> delighted.</c>

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It's<00:17:44.079><c> amazing.</c>

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And<00:17:45.440><c> it</c><00:17:45.539><c> beggars</c><00:17:45.779><c> belief</c><00:17:46.160><c> from</c><00:17:46.819><c> a</c><00:17:47.299><c> perspective</c><00:17:47.740><c> of</c><00:17:47.980><c> the</c><00:17:48.200><c> flesh.</c>

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It<00:17:48.880><c> just</c><00:17:49.059><c> doesn't</c><00:17:49.339><c> make</c><00:17:49.599><c> sense.</c>

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But<00:17:50.400><c> from</c><00:17:50.680><c> the</c><00:17:50.920><c> sense</c><00:17:51.220><c> of</c><00:17:51.539><c> the</c><00:17:51.920><c> Lord</c><00:17:52.119><c> Jesus</c><00:17:52.460><c> Christ's</c><00:17:52.980><c> mindset,</c>

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from<00:17:54.019><c> the</c><00:17:54.160><c> sense</c><00:17:54.319><c> of</c><00:17:54.539><c> the</c><00:17:54.680><c> Moses</c><00:17:55.220><c> mindset,</c>

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it<00:17:56.500><c> made</c><00:17:56.680><c> a</c><00:17:56.740><c> lot</c><00:17:56.900><c> of</c><00:17:57.079><c> sense.</c>

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They're<00:17:57.779><c> choosing</c><00:17:58.119><c> to</c><00:17:58.339><c> suffer</c><00:17:58.519><c> affliction</c>

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because<00:17:59.240><c> they</c><00:17:59.460><c> want</c><00:17:59.680><c> to</c><00:17:59.900><c> be</c><00:18:00.500><c> with</c><00:18:00.940><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:18:01.440><c> want</c><00:18:01.680><c> to</c><00:18:01.799><c> be</c><00:18:01.980><c> Christ</c><00:18:02.299><c>-like.</c>

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And<00:18:03.019><c> of</c><00:18:03.220><c> course</c><00:18:03.700><c> the</c><00:18:04.079><c> choice</c><00:18:04.339><c> was</c><00:18:04.539><c> there</c>

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before<00:18:04.920><c> the</c><00:18:05.059><c> Lord</c><00:18:05.220><c> Jesus</c><00:18:05.500><c> Christ,</c><00:18:06.079><c> wasn't</c><00:18:06.339><c> it?</c>

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He<00:18:07.019><c> chose</c><00:18:07.380><c> to</c><00:18:07.619><c> suffer</c><00:18:07.779><c> affliction</c>

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and<00:18:09.079><c> he</c><00:18:09.279><c> gave</c><00:18:09.460><c> us</c><00:18:10.079><c> a</c><00:18:10.319><c> recompense</c><00:18:10.799><c> and</c><00:18:10.940><c> a</c><00:18:11.079><c> redemption.</c>

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Just<00:18:12.440><c> as</c><00:18:12.700><c> Paul,</c><00:18:13.480><c> by</c><00:18:13.700><c> his</c><00:18:13.940><c> suffering,</c>

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occasioned<00:18:15.559><c> the</c><00:18:15.839><c> freeing</c><00:18:16.559><c> of</c><00:18:16.900><c> his</c><00:18:17.119><c> jailer.</c>

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How<00:18:18.319><c> interesting</c><00:18:18.839><c> and</c><00:18:19.000><c> how</c><00:18:19.200><c> ironic.</c>

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So<00:18:21.880><c> the</c><00:18:22.000><c> lesson</c><00:18:22.279><c> is</c><00:18:22.539><c> interesting</c>

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because<00:18:23.579><c> the</c><00:18:24.119><c> clarity</c><00:18:24.720><c> that</c><00:18:25.839><c> was</c><00:18:26.019><c> given</c><00:18:26.220><c> to</c><00:18:26.400><c> them</c>

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was<00:18:26.660><c> given</c><00:18:26.900><c> to</c><00:18:27.079><c> them</c><00:18:27.180><c> by</c><00:18:27.400><c> the</c><00:18:27.640><c> people</c><00:18:27.839><c> tempting</c><00:18:28.200><c> them,</c><00:18:28.420><c> if</c><00:18:28.539><c> you</c><00:18:28.680><c> like.</c>

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Something<00:18:29.660><c> like</c><00:18:29.940><c> that</c><00:18:30.220><c> happened,</c><00:18:30.480><c> didn't</c><00:18:30.619><c> it,</c>

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at<00:18:30.960><c> the</c><00:18:31.019><c> time</c><00:18:31.259><c> of</c><00:18:32.299><c> the</c><00:18:32.660><c> three</c><00:18:32.859><c> friends</c><00:18:33.140><c> of</c><00:18:33.299><c> Daniel.</c>

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When<00:18:34.920><c> Daniel</c><00:18:35.220><c> goes...</c>

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Three<00:18:36.579><c> friends</c><00:18:36.799><c> of</c><00:18:36.920><c> Daniel...</c>

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I've<00:18:39.000><c> got</c><00:18:39.119><c> a</c><00:18:39.319><c> blank</c><00:18:39.440><c> mind.</c><00:18:39.759><c> What's</c><00:18:39.920><c> their</c><00:18:40.019><c> names?</c>

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Hananiah,<00:18:40.799><c> Mishael</c><00:18:41.180><c> and</c><00:18:41.240><c> Azariah.</c>

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They<00:18:42.299><c> go</c><00:18:42.519><c> before</c><00:18:42.839><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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and<00:18:44.519><c> he</c><00:18:45.160><c> gives</c><00:18:45.420><c> them</c><00:18:45.579><c> a</c><00:18:45.619><c> very</c><00:18:46.059><c> clear</c><00:18:46.279><c> thing,</c><00:18:47.059><c> doesn't</c><00:18:47.279><c> he?</c>

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He<00:18:47.539><c> says,</c><00:18:48.420><c> which</c><00:18:48.599><c> one</c><00:18:48.759><c> are</c><00:18:48.859><c> you</c><00:18:48.920><c> going</c><00:18:49.059><c> to</c><00:18:49.240><c> choose?</c>

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If<00:18:50.059><c> you</c><00:18:50.240><c> do</c><00:18:50.400><c> it</c><00:18:50.599><c> again</c>

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then<00:18:52.279><c> you're</c><00:18:52.480><c> going</c><00:18:52.559><c> to</c><00:18:52.660><c> be</c><00:18:52.819><c> going</c><00:18:53.079><c> into</c><00:18:53.579><c> this</c><00:18:54.019><c> fiery</c><00:18:54.339><c> furnace</c>

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or<00:18:55.180><c> are</c><00:18:55.380><c> you</c><00:18:55.480><c> going</c><00:18:55.599><c> to</c><00:18:55.680><c> believe</c><00:18:55.940><c> the</c><00:18:56.079><c> ways</c><00:18:56.259><c> of</c><00:18:56.480><c> your</c><00:18:56.640><c> God?</c>

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And<00:18:57.000><c> he</c><00:18:57.119><c> makes</c><00:18:57.500><c> it</c><00:18:57.720><c> very</c><00:18:57.960><c> clear.</c>

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And<00:18:59.160><c> because</c><00:18:59.420><c> the</c><00:18:59.640><c> choice</c><00:18:59.819><c> is</c><00:19:00.000><c> so</c><00:19:00.259><c> stark</c><00:19:00.500><c> for</c><00:19:00.720><c> them</c>

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they<00:19:01.440><c> make</c><00:19:01.640><c> the</c><00:19:01.839><c> choice</c><00:19:02.039><c> there</c><00:19:02.279><c> as</c><00:19:02.480><c> well.</c>

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So<00:19:02.880><c> there's</c><00:19:03.019><c> many</c><00:19:03.279><c> times</c><00:19:03.779><c> when</c><00:19:04.220><c> this</c><00:19:04.400><c> happens</c><00:19:04.700><c> in</c><00:19:04.880><c> the</c><00:19:05.019><c> Scripture</c>

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and<00:19:05.440><c> it's</c><00:19:05.720><c> really</c><00:19:05.960><c> interesting.</c>

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There<00:19:07.299><c> was</c><00:19:07.480><c> one</c><00:19:07.640><c> more</c><00:19:07.799><c> thing</c><00:19:07.940><c> I</c><00:19:08.039><c> wanted</c><00:19:08.200><c> to</c><00:19:08.380><c> look</c><00:19:08.559><c> at.</c>

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I<00:19:08.819><c> mean,</c><00:19:09.059><c> there's</c><00:19:09.440><c> a</c><00:19:09.539><c> lot</c><00:19:09.680><c> more</c><00:19:09.940><c> than</c><00:19:10.039><c> one</c><00:19:10.200><c> more</c><00:19:10.420><c> thing</c><00:19:10.559><c> in</c>

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this<00:19:11.019><c> chapter</c>

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but<00:19:11.720><c> verse</c><00:19:12.000><c> 34,</c><00:19:12.519><c> we'll</c><00:19:12.779><c> finish</c><00:19:13.380><c> here.</c>

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It<00:19:14.740><c> says,</c>

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When<00:19:17.680><c> the</c><00:19:18.259><c> Philippian</c><00:19:18.599><c> jailer</c><00:19:18.900><c> had</c><00:19:19.099><c> brought</c><00:19:19.240><c> them</c><00:19:19.460><c> into</c><00:19:19.700><c> his</c><00:19:19.920><c> house</c>

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he<00:19:20.819><c> set</c><00:19:21.079><c> meat</c><00:19:21.279><c> before</c><00:19:21.700><c> them</c><00:19:22.099><c> and</c><00:19:22.759><c> rejoiced</c>

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believing<00:19:24.119><c> in</c><00:19:24.420><c> God</c><00:19:24.660><c> with</c><00:19:24.940><c> all</c><00:19:25.160><c> his</c><00:19:25.359><c> house.</c>

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So<00:19:26.460><c> here's</c><00:19:26.700><c> another</c><00:19:27.819><c> point</c><00:19:28.339><c> of</c><00:19:28.579><c> course</c>

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which<00:19:28.900><c> we</c><00:19:29.119><c> touched</c><00:19:29.299><c> on</c><00:19:29.460><c> yesterday</c>

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was<00:19:30.359><c> that</c><00:19:30.640><c> all</c><00:19:31.140><c> of</c><00:19:31.279><c> his</c><00:19:31.420><c> house</c><00:19:31.700><c> was</c><00:19:31.960><c> involved</c><00:19:32.359><c> in</c><00:19:32.579><c> this</c><00:19:32.799><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:19:34.160><c> that</c><00:19:34.400><c> word</c><00:19:34.619><c> for</c><00:19:34.920><c> rejoiced</c><00:19:35.579><c> is</c><00:19:36.519><c> a</c><00:19:36.839><c> lovely</c><00:19:37.119><c> word.</c>

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It<00:19:37.980><c> means</c><00:19:38.259><c> literally,</c><00:19:39.339><c> he</c><00:19:39.559><c> jumped</c><00:19:40.039><c> for</c><00:19:40.460><c> joy</c><00:19:41.039><c> much.</c>

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So<00:19:42.859><c> that's</c><00:19:43.460><c> the</c><00:19:43.819><c> reaction</c><00:19:44.259><c> of</c><00:19:44.519><c> their</c><00:19:44.680><c> jailer.</c>

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He<00:19:45.559><c> literally</c><00:19:46.039><c> jumped</c><00:19:46.480><c> for</c><00:19:46.859><c> joy</c><00:19:47.160><c> much.</c>

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He<00:19:48.200><c> rejoiced</c><00:19:49.220><c> at</c><00:19:49.720><c> his</c><00:19:50.019><c> redemption.</c>

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He<00:19:51.859><c> was</c><00:19:52.039><c> the</c><00:19:52.279><c> jailer</c><00:19:52.640><c> and</c><00:19:52.740><c> he</c><00:19:52.900><c> was</c><00:19:53.119><c> set</c><00:19:53.319><c> free.</c>

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And<00:19:54.000><c> he</c><00:19:54.180><c> jumped</c><00:19:54.759><c> for</c><00:19:55.059><c> joy</c><00:19:55.259><c> much.</c>

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He<00:19:55.819><c> rejoiced.</c>

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And<00:19:57.740><c> that</c><00:19:58.559><c> idea</c><00:19:58.960><c> is</c><00:19:59.160><c> used</c><00:19:59.380><c> in</c><00:19:59.539><c> Matthew</c><00:19:59.859><c> 5,</c><00:20:00.579><c> verse</c><00:20:00.819><c> 12</c>

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about<00:20:02.660><c> Jesus</c><00:20:03.259><c> exhorting</c><00:20:03.759><c> us</c><00:20:04.019><c> to</c><00:20:04.220><c> rejoice</c><00:20:04.559><c> at</c><00:20:04.720><c> being</c><00:20:04.960><c> persecuted.</c>

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And<00:20:06.700><c> in</c><00:20:07.000><c> Revelation</c><00:20:07.380><c> 19,</c><00:20:07.880><c> verse</c><00:20:08.059><c> 7,</c><00:20:08.440><c> the</c><00:20:08.460><c> word</c><00:20:08.660><c> is</c><00:20:08.920><c> used</c><00:20:09.140><c> again</c>

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and<00:20:09.740><c> it</c><00:20:09.839><c> says</c><00:20:10.180><c> of</c><00:20:10.519><c> the</c><00:20:10.740><c> saints</c><00:20:11.000><c> of</c><00:20:11.180><c> the</c><00:20:11.299><c> Most</c><00:20:11.619><c> High,</c>

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God<00:20:13.440><c> willing</c><00:20:13.680><c> us</c><00:20:14.039><c> in</c><00:20:14.240><c> the</c><00:20:14.400><c> Kingdom,</c>

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it<00:20:14.759><c> says</c><00:20:14.940><c> of</c><00:20:15.119><c> the</c><00:20:15.299><c> saints</c><00:20:15.500><c> that</c><00:20:15.740><c> they</c><00:20:15.839><c> would</c><00:20:16.019><c> praise</c><00:20:16.259><c> God</c>

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and<00:20:16.640><c> they</c><00:20:16.819><c> say,</c><00:20:17.380><c> let</c><00:20:17.480><c> us</c><00:20:17.700><c> be</c><00:20:17.900><c> glad</c><00:20:18.180><c> and</c><00:20:18.660><c> rejoice.</c>

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And<00:20:19.339><c> it's</c><00:20:19.500><c> that</c><00:20:19.640><c> same</c><00:20:19.839><c> word,</c><00:20:20.160><c> to</c><00:20:20.279><c> jump</c><00:20:20.539><c> for</c><00:20:20.759><c> joy</c><00:20:21.039><c> much.</c>

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And<00:20:21.960><c> that's</c><00:20:22.119><c> the</c><00:20:22.339><c> desire</c><00:20:22.839><c> and</c><00:20:23.259><c> the</c><00:20:23.779><c> excitement</c><00:20:24.220><c> in</c><00:20:24.720><c> the</c><00:20:24.900><c> Kingdom</c><00:20:25.140><c> age.</c>

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Let<00:20:26.000><c> us</c><00:20:26.180><c> be</c><00:20:26.420><c> glad</c><00:20:26.640><c> and</c><00:20:26.920><c> jump</c><00:20:27.140><c> for</c><00:20:27.359><c> joy</c><00:20:27.500><c> much</c>

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and<00:20:27.960><c> give</c><00:20:28.119><c> honor</c><00:20:28.359><c> to</c><00:20:28.480><c> him,</c><00:20:28.819><c> to</c><00:20:28.900><c> God.</c>

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For<00:20:29.579><c> the</c><00:20:29.779><c> marriage</c><00:20:30.019><c> of</c><00:20:30.200><c> the</c><00:20:30.359><c> Lamb</c><00:20:30.500><c> has</c><00:20:30.740><c> come</c>

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and<00:20:31.359><c> his</c><00:20:31.579><c> wife</c><00:20:32.019><c> has</c><00:20:32.400><c> made</c><00:20:32.559><c> herself</c><00:20:32.940><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:20:34.079><c> it's</c><00:20:34.359><c> that</c><00:20:35.019><c> elixir</c><00:20:35.819><c> that</c><00:20:36.039><c> is</c><00:20:36.279><c> just</c><00:20:36.599><c> so</c><00:20:37.019><c> full</c><00:20:37.180><c> of</c><00:20:37.440><c> the</c><00:20:37.700><c> truth</c>

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and<00:20:38.279><c> just</c><00:20:38.480><c> literally</c><00:20:39.059><c> jumping</c><00:20:39.400><c> for</c><00:20:39.700><c> joy</c><00:20:39.920><c> with</c><00:20:40.099><c> it</c><00:20:40.279><c> to</c><00:20:40.420><c> be</c><00:20:40.640><c> released.</c>

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It's<00:20:41.180><c> lovely.</c>

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And<00:20:43.279><c> so</c><00:20:43.559><c> we</c><00:20:43.799><c> leave</c><00:20:44.099><c> that</c><00:20:44.500><c> introduction</c><00:20:45.019><c> then</c><00:20:45.339><c> in</c><00:20:45.519><c> chapter</c><00:20:45.779><c> 16</c>

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and<00:20:47.940><c> we</c><00:20:48.160><c> move</c><00:20:48.339><c> on</c><00:20:48.700><c> to</c><00:20:49.039><c> the</c><00:20:49.240><c> Philippians</c><00:20:49.740><c> themselves</c>

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in<00:20:51.319><c> the</c><00:20:51.519><c> book</c><00:20:51.720><c> of</c><00:20:51.960><c> Philippi.</c>

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Pretty<00:20:54.299><c> much</c><00:20:54.579><c> the</c><00:20:54.900><c> best</c><00:20:55.359><c> of</c><00:20:55.680><c> all</c><00:20:55.900><c> the</c><00:20:56.059><c> ecclesias</c>

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that<00:20:56.599><c> we</c><00:20:56.880><c> read</c><00:20:57.079><c> of</c><00:20:57.359><c> in</c><00:20:57.559><c> the</c><00:20:57.740><c> Scripture.</c>

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A<00:20:58.259><c> very</c><00:20:58.579><c> special</c><00:20:58.839><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:59.220><c> to</c><00:20:59.359><c> the</c><00:20:59.480><c> Lord</c><00:20:59.619><c> Jesus</c><00:20:59.900><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:21:01.779><c> momentum</c><00:21:02.339><c> of</c><00:21:03.900><c> the</c><00:21:04.099><c> Gospel</c><00:21:04.420><c> coming</c><00:21:04.700><c> into</c><00:21:04.960><c> Europe.</c>

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And<00:21:06.359><c> Paul</c><00:21:06.619><c> didn't</c><00:21:06.859><c> forget</c><00:21:07.220><c> the</c><00:21:07.480><c> welcome</c><00:21:07.680><c> he</c><00:21:07.799><c> received,</c><00:21:08.380><c> did</c><00:21:08.380><c> he?</c>

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So<00:21:08.900><c> we</c><00:21:09.079><c> move</c><00:21:09.220><c> on</c><00:21:09.519><c> to</c><00:21:09.799><c> Philippians</c><00:21:10.220><c> chapter</c><00:21:10.640><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:21:14.640><c> it's</c><00:21:14.799><c> interesting,</c><00:21:15.140><c> when</c><00:21:15.279><c> you</c><00:21:15.539><c> first</c><00:21:15.859><c> read</c><00:21:16.500><c> any</c><00:21:17.700><c> of</c><00:21:17.859><c> the</c><00:21:18.000><c> epistles,</c>

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at<00:21:21.079><c> least</c><00:21:21.559><c> judging</c><00:21:21.960><c> from</c><00:21:22.180><c> my</c><00:21:22.460><c> own</c><00:21:23.079><c> use</c><00:21:23.279><c> of</c><00:21:23.420><c> it,</c>

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when<00:21:23.980><c> I</c><00:21:24.140><c> read</c><00:21:24.240><c> the</c><00:21:24.460><c> first</c><00:21:24.640><c> three</c><00:21:24.880><c> verses</c><00:21:25.380><c> or</c><00:21:26.140><c> so,</c>

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it's<00:21:26.839><c> pretty</c><00:21:27.059><c> much</c><00:21:27.259><c> autopilot.</c>

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I'm<00:21:28.759><c> waiting</c><00:21:29.019><c> for</c><00:21:29.359><c> the</c><00:21:30.019><c> actual</c><00:21:30.319><c> stuff</c><00:21:30.579><c> to</c><00:21:30.740><c> be</c><00:21:30.900><c> gotten</c><00:21:31.059><c> to.</c>

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Because<00:21:31.779><c> they</c><00:21:31.920><c> all</c><00:21:32.039><c> sound</c><00:21:32.220><c> the</c><00:21:32.420><c> same,</c><00:21:32.680><c> don't</c><00:21:32.799><c> they?</c>

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Have<00:21:34.019><c> a</c><00:21:34.099><c> look</c><00:21:34.240><c> at</c><00:21:34.619><c> Philippians</c><00:21:35.019><c> 1,</c><00:21:35.460><c> verse</c><00:21:35.660><c> 1.</c>

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Paul<00:21:36.220><c> and</c><00:21:36.359><c> Timotheus,</c><00:21:36.920><c> the</c><00:21:37.079><c> servants</c><00:21:37.279><c> of</c><00:21:37.420><c> Jesus</c><00:21:37.740><c> Christ,</c>

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all<00:21:38.900><c> the</c><00:21:39.160><c> saints</c><00:21:39.319><c> in</c><00:21:39.539><c> Christ</c><00:21:39.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:40.240><c> which</c><00:21:40.359><c> are</c><00:21:40.480><c> at</c><00:21:40.640><c> Philippi,</c>

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with<00:21:41.680><c> the</c><00:21:41.839><c> bishops</c><00:21:42.039><c> and</c><00:21:42.279><c> deacons,</c><00:21:42.799><c> grace</c><00:21:42.960><c> be</c><00:21:43.160><c> to</c><00:21:43.279><c> you,</c>

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and<00:21:43.640><c> peace</c><00:21:43.799><c> from</c><00:21:44.000><c> God</c><00:21:44.220><c> our</c><00:21:44.420><c> Father</c><00:21:44.599><c> and</c><00:21:44.740><c> from</c><00:21:44.920><c> the</c><00:21:44.960><c> Lord</c><00:21:45.099><c> Jesus</c><00:21:45.380><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:21:46.279><c> thank</c><00:21:46.400><c> my</c><00:21:46.559><c> God</c><00:21:46.759><c> upon</c><00:21:46.980><c> every</c><00:21:47.220><c> remembrance</c><00:21:47.579><c> of</c><00:21:47.779><c> you.</c>

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It<00:21:48.200><c> all</c><00:21:48.359><c> seems</c><00:21:48.640><c> the</c><00:21:48.900><c> same.</c>

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Don't<00:21:50.180><c> you</c><00:21:50.400><c> think</c><00:21:50.579><c> that?</c><00:21:50.940><c> Is</c><00:21:51.000><c> it</c><00:21:51.099><c> just</c><00:21:51.339><c> me?</c>

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They<00:21:52.079><c> all</c><00:21:52.259><c> sound</c><00:21:52.480><c> the</c><00:21:52.720><c> same.</c>

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But<00:21:53.700><c> what's</c><00:21:54.059><c> intriguing</c><00:21:54.319><c> is,</c><00:21:55.099><c> I've</c><00:21:55.299><c> got</c><00:21:55.480><c> a</c><00:21:55.859><c> comparison</c><00:21:56.400><c> chart</c>

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I've<00:21:57.099><c> done.</c>

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They're<00:21:58.140><c> all</c><00:21:58.420><c> very,</c><00:21:58.779><c> very</c><00:21:59.119><c> similar,</c>

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but<00:22:00.400><c> they</c><00:22:00.579><c> all</c><00:22:00.759><c> have</c><00:22:01.079><c> slightly</c><00:22:01.539><c> unique</c><00:22:02.000><c> phrases.</c>

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And<00:22:03.500><c> in</c><00:22:03.619><c> those</c><00:22:03.960><c> unique</c><00:22:04.359><c> phrases,</c>

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it<00:22:05.720><c> seems</c><00:22:06.140><c> like</c><00:22:06.559><c> a</c><00:22:06.720><c> summary</c><00:22:07.000><c> of</c><00:22:07.180><c> the</c><00:22:07.319><c> whole</c><00:22:07.500><c> book</c><00:22:07.859><c> comes</c><00:22:08.200><c> up.</c>

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And<00:22:09.720><c> so</c><00:22:09.839><c> what's</c><00:22:10.160><c> different</c><00:22:10.400><c> and</c><00:22:10.579><c> what's</c><00:22:11.240><c> the</c><00:22:11.440><c> same</c><00:22:11.640><c> here?</c>

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Well,<00:22:12.680><c> they</c><00:22:12.920><c> all</c><00:22:13.380><c> say</c><00:22:13.619><c> very</c><00:22:13.960><c> similar</c><00:22:14.299><c> stuff.</c>

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So<00:22:15.059><c> here,</c><00:22:15.700><c> the</c><00:22:15.839><c> bishops</c><00:22:16.079><c> and</c><00:22:16.359><c> deacons</c><00:22:16.619><c> are</c><00:22:16.859><c> called</c><00:22:16.980><c> out.</c>

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That's<00:22:17.440><c> unusual.</c><00:22:18.319><c> That's</c><00:22:18.660><c> not</c><00:22:18.839><c> normal.</c>

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So<00:22:20.180><c> why</c><00:22:20.539><c> do</c><00:22:20.740><c> we</c><00:22:20.900><c> need</c><00:22:21.059><c> to</c><00:22:21.180><c> know</c><00:22:21.319><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:22:22.119><c> it</c><00:22:22.299><c> shows</c><00:22:22.579><c> that</c><00:22:23.619><c> that</c><00:22:24.059><c> first</c><00:22:24.319><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:28.859
established<00:22:25.619><c> as</c><00:22:25.819><c> it</c><00:22:26.079><c> was</c><00:22:26.460><c> by</c><00:22:27.000><c> Paul</c><00:22:27.279><c> and</c><00:22:27.519><c> Silas,</c><00:22:28.000><c> has</c><00:22:28.279><c> flourished.</c>

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:32.839
It's<00:22:29.599><c> not</c><00:22:29.759><c> just</c><00:22:30.079><c> the</c><00:22:30.339><c> Philippian</c><00:22:30.859><c> jailer</c><00:22:31.779><c> and</c><00:22:32.220><c> Lydia</c><00:22:32.539><c> and</c>

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their<00:22:33.000><c> families.</c>

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They<00:22:33.740><c> must</c><00:22:33.960><c> have</c><00:22:34.200><c> flourished,</c>

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because<00:22:35.000><c> here</c><00:22:35.220><c> they're</c><00:22:35.359><c> writing</c><00:22:35.579><c> to</c><00:22:35.839><c> bishops</c><00:22:36.099><c> and</c><00:22:36.359><c> deacons.</c>

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:43.279
They've<00:22:40.599><c> also</c><00:22:40.759><c> written</c><00:22:41.000><c> a</c><00:22:41.180><c> letter</c><00:22:41.440><c> to</c><00:22:41.619><c> him</c><00:22:42.019><c> and</c><00:22:42.500><c> sent</c><00:22:42.740><c> a</c><00:22:42.960><c> gift,</c>

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.700
so<00:22:43.640><c> he's</c><00:22:43.859><c> returning</c><00:22:44.180><c> it</c><00:22:44.400><c> to</c><00:22:44.460><c> them.</c>

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:46.440
So<00:22:44.900><c> it's</c><00:22:45.059><c> taken</c><00:22:45.259><c> us</c><00:22:45.420><c> to</c><00:22:45.599><c> that.</c>

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:52.180
And<00:22:48.000><c> it</c><00:22:48.359><c> also</c><00:22:48.759><c> tells</c><00:22:49.019><c> us</c><00:22:49.380><c> that</c><00:22:49.900><c> he</c><00:22:50.160><c> styles</c><00:22:50.359><c> himself</c><00:22:50.759><c> here</c><00:22:51.079><c> as</c><00:22:51.240><c> servants.</c>

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It<00:22:52.839><c> says</c><00:22:53.180><c> they</c><00:22:53.500><c> are</c><00:22:53.740><c> servants.</c>

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Paul<00:22:56.059><c> and</c><00:22:56.140><c> Timothy</c><00:22:56.400><c> are</c><00:22:56.539><c> the</c><00:22:56.839><c> servants</c><00:22:57.240><c> of</c><00:22:57.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:57.720><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:22:58.359><c> another</c><00:22:58.660><c> unusual</c><00:22:59.220><c> one.</c>

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Usually<00:23:00.400><c> it</c><00:23:00.740><c> says</c><00:23:00.960><c> the</c><00:23:01.180><c> apostles.</c>

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That's<00:23:02.519><c> usually</c><00:23:02.759><c> what</c><00:23:02.920><c> it</c><00:23:03.099><c> says.</c>

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But<00:23:04.140><c> here</c><00:23:04.279><c> it</c><00:23:04.480><c> says</c><00:23:04.700><c> the</c><00:23:04.980><c> servants</c><00:23:05.200><c> or</c><00:23:05.359><c> the</c><00:23:05.660><c> slaves.</c>

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That's<00:23:07.920><c> unusual.</c>

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And<00:23:09.880><c> I</c><00:23:10.079><c> think</c><00:23:10.319><c> that</c><00:23:10.599><c> probably</c><00:23:11.019><c> highlights</c><00:23:11.539><c> the</c><00:23:11.980><c> special</c><00:23:12.299><c> relationship</c>

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:15.460
that<00:23:13.539><c> was</c><00:23:13.759><c> here</c><00:23:14.299><c> with</c><00:23:14.819><c> the</c><00:23:15.039><c> Philippians.</c>

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:18.240
He<00:23:15.940><c> doesn't</c><00:23:16.200><c> need</c><00:23:16.440><c> to</c><00:23:16.680><c> establish</c><00:23:17.039><c> himself</c><00:23:17.539><c> as</c><00:23:17.819><c> an</c><00:23:17.960><c> apostle.</c>

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:20.240
They<00:23:18.519><c> knew</c><00:23:18.700><c> it.</c><00:23:19.160><c> They'd</c><00:23:19.579><c> seen</c><00:23:19.700><c> it.</c>

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:22.880
They<00:23:20.519><c> were</c><00:23:20.680><c> very</c><00:23:20.980><c> aware</c><00:23:21.200><c> of</c><00:23:21.339><c> it.</c><00:23:21.460><c> They</c><00:23:21.619><c> didn't</c><00:23:21.859><c> challenge</c><00:23:22.240><c> it.</c>

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And<00:23:23.279><c> so</c><00:23:23.460><c> Paul</c><00:23:23.559><c> doesn't</c><00:23:23.819><c> need</c><00:23:23.960><c> to</c><00:23:24.119><c> do</c><00:23:24.279><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:23:31.420><c> and</c><00:23:31.559><c> Timotheus</c><00:23:32.019><c> are</c><00:23:32.200><c> servants</c><00:23:32.519><c> of</c><00:23:32.660><c> Jesus</c><00:23:33.000><c> Christ</c>

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to<00:23:33.460><c> all</c><00:23:33.579><c> the</c><00:23:33.779><c> saints</c><00:23:34.039><c> in</c><00:23:34.279><c> Christ</c><00:23:34.539><c> Jesus,</c>

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:37.019
which<00:23:35.240><c> are</c><00:23:35.380><c> at</c><00:23:35.559><c> Philippi</c><00:23:35.960><c> with</c><00:23:36.140><c> the</c><00:23:36.299><c> bishops</c><00:23:36.500><c> and</c><00:23:36.740><c> deacons.</c>

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Grace<00:23:37.380><c> be</c><00:23:37.579><c> to</c><00:23:37.720><c> you.</c><00:23:37.839><c> That's</c><00:23:38.180><c> normal,</c><00:23:38.460><c> isn't</c><00:23:38.619><c> it?</c>

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:41.259
And<00:23:39.640><c> peace</c><00:23:39.839><c> from</c><00:23:40.000><c> God</c><00:23:40.220><c> our</c><00:23:40.380><c> Father.</c><00:23:40.640><c> That's</c><00:23:40.980><c> normal.</c>

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:43.400
And<00:23:41.619><c> from</c><00:23:41.819><c> the</c><00:23:41.920><c> Lord</c><00:23:42.079><c> Jesus</c><00:23:42.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:45.759
I<00:23:43.579><c> thank</c><00:23:43.759><c> my</c><00:23:44.019><c> God</c><00:23:44.180><c> upon</c><00:23:44.420><c> every</c><00:23:44.819><c> remembrance</c><00:23:45.220><c> of</c><00:23:45.480><c> you,</c>

00:23:45.900 --> 00:23:47.819
always<00:23:46.359><c> in</c><00:23:46.559><c> every</c><00:23:46.839><c> prayer</c><00:23:47.039><c> of</c><00:23:47.259><c> mine</c><00:23:47.400><c> for</c><00:23:47.599><c> you,</c>

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all<00:23:48.099><c> making</c><00:23:48.440><c> requests</c><00:23:49.279><c> with</c><00:23:49.579><c> joy.</c>

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Now<00:23:51.339><c> what's</c><00:23:51.619><c> unusual</c><00:23:51.900><c> there?</c>

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Well,<00:23:52.900><c> it's</c><00:23:53.039><c> not</c><00:23:53.619><c> what's</c><00:23:54.039><c> unusual</c><00:23:54.380><c> there.</c>

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:56.680
It's<00:23:54.839><c> what's</c><00:23:55.180><c> normal</c><00:23:55.400><c> there</c><00:23:55.680><c> I</c><00:23:55.779><c> wanted</c><00:23:55.960><c> to</c><00:23:56.160><c> pick</c><00:23:56.319><c> up</c><00:23:56.460><c> on.</c>

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:58.799
He<00:23:57.259><c> talks</c><00:23:57.519><c> about</c><00:23:57.819><c> prayer,</c><00:23:58.299><c> doesn't</c><00:23:58.460><c> he?</c>

00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:01.000
I<00:23:59.259><c> thank</c><00:23:59.420><c> my</c><00:23:59.619><c> God</c><00:23:59.779><c> upon</c><00:24:00.000><c> every</c><00:24:00.279><c> remembrance</c><00:24:00.619><c> of</c><00:24:00.819><c> you,</c>

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:03.019
always<00:24:01.339><c> in</c><00:24:01.539><c> every</c><00:24:01.779><c> prayer</c><00:24:02.000><c> of</c><00:24:02.200><c> mine</c><00:24:02.279><c> for</c><00:24:02.480><c> you</c><00:24:02.680><c> all,</c>

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.960
making<00:24:03.460><c> requests</c><00:24:03.920><c> with</c><00:24:04.240><c> joy.</c>

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.900
And<00:24:06.160><c> so</c><00:24:06.259><c> I</c><00:24:06.319><c> wanted</c><00:24:06.500><c> to</c><00:24:06.819><c> concentrate</c><00:24:07.200><c> here</c><00:24:07.460><c> on</c><00:24:07.640><c> something</c>

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:10.480
which<00:24:08.180><c> occurs</c><00:24:08.519><c> pretty</c><00:24:08.880><c> much</c><00:24:09.059><c> in</c><00:24:09.279><c> every</c><00:24:09.460><c> epistle.</c>

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.859
If<00:24:11.740><c> he</c><00:24:11.940><c> said</c><00:24:12.039><c> a</c><00:24:12.299><c> prayer</c><00:24:12.440><c> for</c><00:24:12.680><c> the</c><00:24:12.839><c> Philippians,</c>

00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:15.319
who<00:24:14.279><c> else</c><00:24:14.460><c> did</c><00:24:14.559><c> he</c><00:24:14.700><c> say</c><00:24:14.839><c> prayers</c><00:24:15.099><c> for?</c>

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Because<00:24:15.480><c> he</c><00:24:15.680><c> says</c><00:24:15.819><c> this</c><00:24:16.000><c> in</c><00:24:16.140><c> almost</c><00:24:16.319><c> every</c><00:24:16.599><c> letter.</c>

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:19.019
He<00:24:17.460><c> says</c><00:24:17.599><c> prayers</c><00:24:17.880><c> in</c><00:24:18.119><c> Romans.</c>

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:22.440
He<00:24:19.339><c> says</c><00:24:19.460><c> prayers</c><00:24:19.740><c> in</c><00:24:20.000><c> Corinthians,</c><00:24:20.900><c> Colossians,</c><00:24:21.839><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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2<00:24:22.779><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:24:23.579><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:24.839><c> Philemon.</c>

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:27.140
And<00:24:25.259><c> he</c><00:24:25.400><c> says</c><00:24:25.579><c> he</c><00:24:25.680><c> does</c><00:24:25.779><c> it</c><00:24:25.960><c> every</c><00:24:26.160><c> day.</c>

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:29.299
So<00:24:27.539><c> you</c><00:24:27.720><c> think</c><00:24:28.259><c> of</c><00:24:28.740><c> the</c><00:24:28.980><c> prayers,</c>

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:32.839
like<00:24:29.759><c> think</c><00:24:30.180><c> of</c><00:24:30.319><c> the</c><00:24:30.500><c> prayers</c><00:24:30.799><c> of</c><00:24:31.579><c> Apostle</c><00:24:32.019><c> Paul.</c>

00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:35.039
I<00:24:33.839><c> don't</c><00:24:33.940><c> know</c><00:24:34.019><c> if</c><00:24:34.119><c> he</c><00:24:34.140><c> did</c><00:24:34.279><c> them</c><00:24:34.420><c> when</c><00:24:34.480><c> he</c><00:24:34.559><c> went</c><00:24:34.700><c> to</c><00:24:34.880><c> bed,</c>

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:38.099
but<00:24:35.220><c> if</c><00:24:35.980><c> he's</c><00:24:36.240><c> got</c><00:24:36.400><c> to</c><00:24:36.579><c> continue</c><00:24:36.960><c> to</c><00:24:37.180><c> have</c><00:24:37.299><c> all</c><00:24:37.619><c> these</c><00:24:37.819><c> people,</c>

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.900
and<00:24:38.339><c> these</c><00:24:38.599><c> are</c><00:24:38.759><c> just</c><00:24:38.900><c> the</c><00:24:39.000><c> ones</c><00:24:39.099><c> we</c><00:24:39.259><c> know</c><00:24:39.440><c> of,</c>

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:40.980
there<00:24:40.140><c> was</c><00:24:40.240><c> presumably</c><00:24:40.640><c> others,</c>

00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:44.460
think<00:24:41.539><c> how</c><00:24:42.039><c> they're</c><00:24:42.700><c> not</c><00:24:42.960><c> self</c><00:24:43.279><c>-centered,</c><00:24:43.759><c> are</c><00:24:43.759><c> they?</c>

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:46.220
His<00:24:44.779><c> prayers</c><00:24:45.000><c> were</c><00:24:45.180><c> for</c><00:24:45.380><c> others.</c>

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.940
They're<00:24:46.759><c> centered</c><00:24:46.900><c> on</c><00:24:47.099><c> the</c><00:24:47.259><c> things</c><00:24:47.460><c> of</c><00:24:47.680><c> others.</c>

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And<00:24:48.180><c> he</c><00:24:48.279><c> puts</c><00:24:48.480><c> them</c><00:24:48.740><c> first.</c>

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:51.160
So<00:24:49.640><c> just</c><00:24:49.819><c> imagine</c><00:24:50.220><c> that.</c>

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I<00:24:51.400><c> have</c><00:24:51.420><c> to</c><00:24:51.539><c> be</c><00:24:51.700><c> honest,</c><00:24:51.920><c> this</c><00:24:52.119><c> morning</c><00:24:52.319><c> I</c><00:24:52.460><c> woke</c><00:24:52.700><c> up</c>

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:55.319
and<00:24:52.859><c> my</c><00:24:53.059><c> prayers,</c><00:24:53.680><c> after</c><00:24:53.960><c> I</c><00:24:54.140><c> said</c><00:24:54.299><c> them,</c>

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:57.200
I<00:24:55.539><c> realized</c><00:24:55.940><c> revolved</c><00:24:56.380><c> around</c><00:24:56.619><c> one</c><00:24:56.880><c> person.</c>

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I<00:24:57.380><c> think</c><00:24:57.579><c> you</c><00:24:57.779><c> can</c><00:24:57.779><c> guess</c><00:24:57.940><c> who</c><00:24:58.059><c> that</c><00:24:58.259><c> is.</c>

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:01.200
I<00:24:59.859><c> don't</c><00:25:00.039><c> know</c><00:25:00.099><c> if</c><00:25:00.160><c> you've</c><00:25:00.339><c> ever</c><00:25:00.579><c> had</c><00:25:00.720><c> that.</c>

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.839
And<00:25:01.480><c> you</c><00:25:01.579><c> said,</c><00:25:01.900><c> our</c><00:25:02.000><c> man,</c><00:25:02.200><c> and</c><00:25:02.299><c> you</c><00:25:02.480><c> realized</c>

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:05.240
there<00:25:03.119><c> wasn't</c><00:25:03.460><c> a</c><00:25:03.660><c> bit</c><00:25:03.779><c> about</c><00:25:04.019><c> anyone</c><00:25:04.319><c> else.</c>

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:08.420
But<00:25:05.660><c> these</c><00:25:05.839><c> were</c><00:25:06.000><c> not</c><00:25:06.180><c> the</c><00:25:06.440><c> prayers</c><00:25:06.759><c> of</c><00:25:07.539><c> the</c><00:25:07.740><c> Apostle</c><00:25:08.119><c> Paul.</c>

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:10.200
He<00:25:09.039><c> was</c><00:25:09.200><c> like</c><00:25:09.380><c> the</c><00:25:09.480><c> Lord</c><00:25:09.660><c> Jesus</c><00:25:09.900><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:25:10.380><c> put</c><00:25:10.519><c> others</c><00:25:10.759><c> first.</c>

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You<00:25:11.880><c> know</c><00:25:12.140><c> that</c><00:25:12.359><c> list</c><00:25:12.660><c> in</c><00:25:12.819><c> 2</c><00:25:13.019><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:13.400><c> 11,</c>

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which<00:25:14.559><c> speaks</c><00:25:14.819><c> of</c><00:25:15.000><c> all</c><00:25:15.160><c> the</c><00:25:15.279><c> things</c><00:25:15.400><c> he</c><00:25:15.619><c> suffered.</c>

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And<00:25:16.559><c> one</c><00:25:16.660><c> of</c><00:25:16.759><c> the</c><00:25:16.839><c> things</c><00:25:17.000><c> he</c><00:25:17.160><c> says</c><00:25:17.279><c> at</c><00:25:17.480><c> the</c><00:25:17.599><c> very</c><00:25:17.839><c> end</c><00:25:18.079><c> is,</c>

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and<00:25:18.819><c> beyond</c><00:25:19.160><c> all</c><00:25:19.420><c> this,</c><00:25:20.319><c> that</c><00:25:20.440><c> which</c><00:25:20.579><c> cometh</c><00:25:20.839><c> upon</c><00:25:21.099><c> me</c><00:25:21.319><c> daily,</c>

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the<00:25:21.680><c> care</c><00:25:22.019><c> of</c><00:25:22.240><c> the</c><00:25:22.380><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

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So<00:25:23.740><c> that</c><00:25:23.920><c> was</c><00:25:24.299><c> a</c><00:25:24.400><c> weight,</c><00:25:24.759><c> a</c><00:25:24.779><c> burden.</c>

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He<00:25:25.200><c> was</c><00:25:25.359><c> glad</c><00:25:25.500><c> to</c><00:25:25.700><c> take</c><00:25:25.880><c> it.</c>

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But<00:25:26.440><c> it</c><00:25:26.519><c> was</c><00:25:26.700><c> something</c><00:25:26.940><c> he</c><00:25:27.099><c> took</c><00:25:27.220><c> very</c><00:25:27.619><c> seriously.</c>

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And<00:25:29.039><c> I'm</c><00:25:29.119><c> sure</c><00:25:29.299><c> our</c><00:25:29.579><c> prayers</c><00:25:29.720><c> would</c><00:25:29.960><c> be</c><00:25:30.240><c> that</c><00:25:30.440><c> much</c><00:25:30.720><c> sweeter</c>

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if<00:25:32.359><c> they</c><00:25:32.619><c> revolved</c><00:25:33.000><c> around</c><00:25:33.240><c> others,</c>

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:36.299
and<00:25:34.019><c> the</c><00:25:34.119><c> Lord</c><00:25:34.299><c> Jesus</c><00:25:34.680><c> and</c><00:25:34.880><c> God</c><00:25:35.220><c> first,</c>

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and<00:25:36.539><c> that</c><00:25:36.720><c> our</c><00:25:36.940><c> requests</c><00:25:37.319><c> were</c><00:25:37.579><c> made</c><00:25:38.180><c> at</c><00:25:38.539><c> the</c><00:25:38.660><c> end,</c><00:25:38.900><c> after</c><00:25:39.220><c> others.</c>

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So<00:25:40.720><c> that's</c><00:25:40.960><c> a</c><00:25:41.019><c> lovely</c><00:25:41.240><c> thing,</c><00:25:41.519><c> isn't</c><00:25:41.640><c> it?</c>

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Verse<00:25:41.920><c> 4</c><00:25:42.160><c> there.</c>

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Always,<00:25:43.339><c> in</c><00:25:43.440><c> every</c><00:25:43.680><c> remembrance,</c>

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in<00:25:44.720><c> every</c><00:25:44.920><c> prayer</c><00:25:45.119><c> of</c><00:25:45.339><c> mine</c><00:25:45.480><c> for</c><00:25:45.700><c> you</c><00:25:45.920><c> all,</c>

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making<00:25:46.500><c> requests</c><00:25:47.000><c> with</c><00:25:47.460><c> joy.</c>

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Now<00:25:49.500><c> this</c><00:25:49.819><c> standard</c><00:25:50.319><c> type</c><00:25:50.599><c> of</c><00:25:50.859><c> opening</c>

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does<00:25:51.480><c> have</c><00:25:51.720><c> a</c><00:25:51.880><c> benefit,</c><00:25:52.880><c> doesn't</c><00:25:52.900><c> it?</c>

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You<00:25:54.119><c> know,</c><00:25:54.119><c> you</c><00:25:54.259><c> come</c><00:25:54.440><c> to</c><00:25:54.900><c> Hebrews,</c>

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and<00:25:56.019><c> it's</c><00:25:56.279><c> distinguished</c><00:25:56.619><c> by</c><00:25:56.880><c> the</c><00:25:57.019><c> fact</c><00:25:57.160><c> it's</c><00:25:57.359><c> not</c><00:25:57.559><c> the</c><00:25:57.740><c> same.</c>

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That's<00:25:59.079><c> an</c><00:25:59.299><c> outlier,</c><00:25:59.700><c> if</c><00:25:59.880><c> you</c><00:26:00.000><c> like.</c>

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All<00:26:00.480><c> of</c><00:26:00.619><c> the</c><00:26:00.740><c> others</c><00:26:01.059><c> pretty</c><00:26:01.440><c> much</c><00:26:01.660><c> have</c><00:26:01.779><c> the</c><00:26:01.980><c> same</c><00:26:02.140><c> approach.</c>

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There's<00:26:05.059><c> slight</c><00:26:05.259><c> differences.</c>

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And<00:26:06.940><c> when</c><00:26:07.039><c> you</c><00:26:07.160><c> come</c><00:26:07.299><c> to</c><00:26:07.480><c> Revelation,</c>

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Revelation<00:26:08.700><c> chapters</c><00:26:09.660><c> 2</c><00:26:09.980><c> and</c><00:26:10.119><c> 3,</c>

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:13.599
the<00:26:11.579><c> Lord</c><00:26:11.720><c> Jesus</c><00:26:12.079><c> Christ</c><00:26:12.400><c> there</c><00:26:12.660><c> is</c><00:26:12.839><c> giving</c><00:26:13.160><c> epistles,</c>

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:15.579
giving<00:26:14.059><c> letters</c><00:26:14.460><c> to</c><00:26:14.680><c> those</c><00:26:14.900><c> seven</c><00:26:15.160><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

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and<00:26:15.720><c> they're</c><00:26:16.059><c> pretty</c><00:26:16.420><c> much</c><00:26:16.839><c> all</c><00:26:17.140><c> the</c><00:26:17.339><c> same.</c>

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You<00:26:18.740><c> know,</c><00:26:18.799><c> they</c><00:26:19.019><c> have</c><00:26:19.200><c> a</c><00:26:19.559><c> standard</c><00:26:19.839><c> opening.</c>

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They<00:26:21.039><c> have</c><00:26:21.220><c> a</c><00:26:21.440><c> standard</c><00:26:21.799><c> second</c><00:26:22.160><c> thing.</c>

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They<00:26:22.440><c> have</c><00:26:22.539><c> a</c><00:26:22.740><c> standard</c><00:26:22.960><c> third</c><00:26:23.299><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:26:24.400><c> every</c><00:26:25.019><c> single</c><00:26:25.259><c> one</c><00:26:25.460><c> of</c><00:26:25.619><c> those</c><00:26:26.279><c> seven</c><00:26:26.599><c> epistles</c>

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:29.880
has<00:26:27.480><c> the</c><00:26:27.799><c> same</c><00:26:28.099><c> pro</c><00:26:28.480><c> forma,</c><00:26:28.819><c> if</c><00:26:29.019><c> you</c><00:26:29.180><c> like.</c>

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.759
But<00:26:30.680><c> it's</c><00:26:30.799><c> not</c><00:26:30.920><c> a</c><00:26:31.160><c> form</c><00:26:31.380><c> letter.</c>

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There<00:26:32.279><c> are</c><00:26:32.579><c> differences.</c>

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But<00:26:33.839><c> the</c><00:26:34.160><c> standard</c><00:26:34.500><c> approach</c><00:26:34.920><c> is</c><00:26:35.140><c> the</c><00:26:35.339><c> same.</c>

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:39.559
Now<00:26:36.859><c> when</c><00:26:36.960><c> we</c><00:26:37.160><c> need</c><00:26:37.319><c> to</c><00:26:37.819><c> write</c><00:26:38.019><c> or</c><00:26:38.539><c> correspond</c><00:26:38.960><c> with</c><00:26:39.259><c> people,</c>

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:42.319
either<00:26:40.059><c> by</c><00:26:40.240><c> email</c><00:26:40.539><c> or</c><00:26:40.740><c> letter</c><00:26:41.119><c> or</c><00:26:41.480><c> whatever,</c>

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.500
that<00:26:42.779><c> can</c><00:26:43.000><c> actually</c><00:26:43.220><c> be</c><00:26:43.420><c> a</c><00:26:43.579><c> benefit,</c><00:26:43.880><c> I</c><00:26:44.140><c> think.</c>

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This<00:26:45.140><c> use</c><00:26:45.440><c> of</c><00:26:45.640><c> a</c><00:26:45.900><c> standard</c><00:26:46.299><c> approach.</c>

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.279
It<00:26:48.500><c> can</c><00:26:48.700><c> be</c><00:26:48.880><c> a</c><00:26:49.000><c> benefit.</c>

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It's<00:26:49.519><c> not</c><00:26:50.019><c> necessarily</c><00:26:50.579><c> formulaic,</c>

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because<00:26:52.579><c> that</c><00:26:52.740><c> would</c><00:26:52.940><c> lose</c><00:26:53.380><c> something</c><00:26:53.819><c> of</c><00:26:54.460><c> the</c><00:26:54.880><c> love</c><00:26:55.200><c> involved.</c>

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But<00:26:57.240><c> it's</c><00:26:57.400><c> not</c><00:26:57.619><c> necessarily</c><00:26:58.039><c> incorrect</c>

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to<00:26:58.759><c> have</c><00:26:58.900><c> this</c><00:26:59.180><c> standard</c><00:26:59.400><c> approach.</c>

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And<00:27:00.000><c> it</c><00:27:00.039><c> sets</c><00:27:00.279><c> the</c><00:27:00.539><c> minds</c><00:27:00.720><c> of</c><00:27:00.900><c> the</c><00:27:01.039><c> writer</c>

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and<00:27:02.480><c> the</c><00:27:02.920><c> minds</c><00:27:03.099><c> of</c><00:27:03.299><c> the</c><00:27:03.400><c> reader</c><00:27:03.619><c> in</c><00:27:03.759><c> the</c><00:27:03.859><c> right</c><00:27:04.039><c> place.</c>

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.980
Now<00:27:05.559><c> when</c><00:27:05.640><c> you</c><00:27:05.740><c> come</c><00:27:05.940><c> to</c><00:27:06.099><c> the</c><00:27:06.299><c> Revelation,</c><00:27:06.839><c> of</c><00:27:06.839><c> course,</c>

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:10.019
it's<00:27:07.119><c> lovely</c><00:27:07.480><c> because</c><00:27:08.220><c> what</c><00:27:08.559><c> Jesus</c><00:27:08.900><c> does</c><00:27:09.180><c> there,</c>

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he<00:27:10.640><c> addresses</c><00:27:11.160><c> them.</c>

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For<00:27:12.339><c> example,</c><00:27:13.400><c> in</c><00:27:13.440><c> Revelation</c><00:27:13.940><c> 2</c><00:27:14.299><c> it</c><00:27:14.380><c> says,</c>

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.619
the<00:27:15.000><c> angel</c><00:27:15.359><c> of</c><00:27:15.559><c> the</c><00:27:15.700><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:16.099><c> of,</c>

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and<00:27:16.740><c> in</c><00:27:16.920><c> this</c><00:27:17.299><c> case</c><00:27:17.539><c> it's</c><00:27:17.799><c> Ephesus,</c><00:27:18.500><c> right,</c>

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:21.079
these<00:27:19.240><c> things</c><00:27:19.500><c> says</c><00:27:19.700><c> he</c><00:27:19.920><c> that</c><00:27:20.119><c> holds</c><00:27:20.400><c> the</c><00:27:20.599><c> seven</c><00:27:20.799><c> stars.</c>

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So<00:27:21.480><c> he</c><00:27:21.759><c> talks</c><00:27:22.019><c> about</c><00:27:22.259><c> things.</c>

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He<00:27:22.640><c> sets</c><00:27:22.880><c> the</c><00:27:23.119><c> context.</c>

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And<00:27:24.099><c> what</c><00:27:24.200><c> we</c><00:27:24.380><c> do</c><00:27:24.519><c> is</c><00:27:24.700><c> we</c><00:27:24.819><c> put</c><00:27:24.980><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:27:26.059><c> our</c><00:27:26.299><c> grounding</c><00:27:26.599><c> correctly.</c>

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And<00:27:28.019><c> when</c><00:27:28.180><c> we</c><00:27:28.539><c> step</c><00:27:28.759><c> back</c><00:27:29.019><c> a</c><00:27:29.119><c> little</c><00:27:29.339><c> bit</c>

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:31.400
and<00:27:29.980><c> use</c><00:27:30.339><c> that</c><00:27:30.680><c> kind</c><00:27:30.920><c> of</c><00:27:31.140><c> approach,</c>

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:33.920
what<00:27:31.619><c> we</c><00:27:31.839><c> do</c><00:27:32.099><c> is</c><00:27:32.519><c> we</c><00:27:32.859><c> prepare</c><00:27:33.259><c> the</c><00:27:33.579><c> heart</c>

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of<00:27:34.259><c> those</c><00:27:34.460><c> we</c><00:27:34.680><c> write</c><00:27:34.859><c> to,</c>

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and<00:27:35.619><c> we</c><00:27:35.660><c> also</c><00:27:35.960><c> prepare</c><00:27:36.299><c> our</c><00:27:36.559><c> own</c><00:27:36.740><c> heart</c>

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:40.220
that<00:27:37.279><c> is</c><00:27:37.480><c> done</c><00:27:37.740><c> in</c><00:27:38.079><c> accordance</c><00:27:38.359><c> with</c><00:27:38.599><c> the</c><00:27:38.759><c> grand</c><00:27:38.940><c> scheme</c><00:27:39.200><c> of</c><00:27:39.420><c> things.</c>

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Often,<00:27:41.480><c> you</c><00:27:41.539><c> know,</c><00:27:41.660><c> when</c><00:27:41.799><c> you</c><00:27:41.940><c> want</c><00:27:42.079><c> to</c><00:27:42.200><c> say</c><00:27:42.339><c> something,</c>

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.779
you<00:27:42.740><c> just</c><00:27:42.920><c> want</c><00:27:43.039><c> to</c><00:27:43.140><c> get</c><00:27:43.259><c> to</c><00:27:43.400><c> the</c><00:27:43.519><c> bit.</c>

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:47.640
But<00:27:44.380><c> when</c><00:27:44.480><c> you</c><00:27:44.700><c> say</c><00:27:45.000><c> to</c><00:27:45.240><c> my</c><00:27:45.720><c> beloved</c><00:27:45.980><c> brother</c><00:27:46.339><c> in</c><00:27:46.519><c> the</c><00:27:46.759><c> truth,</c>

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:52.240
love<00:27:48.119><c> to</c><00:27:48.400><c> you</c><00:27:49.079><c> from</c><00:27:50.359><c> Joseph</c><00:27:50.900><c> or</c><00:27:51.200><c> from</c><00:27:51.480><c> my</c><00:27:51.680><c> wife</c><00:27:51.859><c> or</c><00:27:52.019><c> family,</c>

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.599
in<00:27:52.859><c> the</c><00:27:52.980><c> bonds</c><00:27:53.140><c> of</c><00:27:53.319><c> the</c><00:27:53.480><c> truth,</c>

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:55.640
now<00:27:53.839><c> you</c><00:27:54.039><c> start</c><00:27:54.180><c> to</c><00:27:54.319><c> set</c><00:27:54.460><c> a</c><00:27:54.660><c> context</c>

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:57.779
that<00:27:55.759><c> makes</c><00:27:56.059><c> your</c><00:27:56.500><c> thoughts</c><00:27:56.759><c> very</c><00:27:57.039><c> different,</c><00:27:57.400><c> doesn't</c><00:27:57.559><c> it,</c>

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:59.039
than<00:27:57.940><c> what</c><00:27:58.059><c> they</c><00:27:58.180><c> could</c><00:27:58.299><c> otherwise</c><00:27:58.700><c> have</c><00:27:58.900><c> been.</c>

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:01.500
You<00:27:59.500><c> think</c><00:27:59.680><c> of</c><00:27:59.839><c> Galatians</c><00:28:00.599><c> in</c><00:28:00.940><c> chapter</c><00:28:01.200><c> 3,</c>

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.660
you<00:28:01.759><c> foolish</c><00:28:02.059><c> Galatians.</c>

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.359
If<00:28:03.119><c> he'd</c><00:28:03.339><c> have</c><00:28:03.480><c> started</c><00:28:03.740><c> there,</c>

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:06.039
and<00:28:04.819><c> that</c><00:28:04.940><c> wasn't</c><00:28:05.180><c> chapter</c><00:28:05.420><c> 3</c><00:28:05.720><c> verse</c><00:28:05.880><c> 1,</c>

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:07.380
it<00:28:06.099><c> was</c><00:28:06.279><c> chapter</c><00:28:06.500><c> 1</c><00:28:06.759><c> verse</c><00:28:07.019><c> 1,</c>

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is<00:28:08.019><c> a</c><00:28:08.099><c> very</c><00:28:08.319><c> different</c><00:28:08.599><c> thing.</c>

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So<00:28:09.599><c> almost</c><00:28:09.920><c> every</c><00:28:10.400><c> time</c>

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:14.839
Paul<00:28:12.339><c> or</c><00:28:12.980><c> Jesus</c><00:28:13.460><c> or</c><00:28:13.680><c> one</c><00:28:13.839><c> of</c><00:28:13.960><c> the</c><00:28:14.059><c> other</c><00:28:14.259><c> writers</c><00:28:14.480><c> speaks,</c>

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:18.259
they<00:28:15.319><c> praise</c><00:28:15.799><c> the</c><00:28:15.980><c> person</c><00:28:16.299><c> first</c><00:28:16.660><c> for</c><00:28:16.819><c> what</c><00:28:16.880><c> they're</c><00:28:17.079><c> doing</c><00:28:17.259><c> right.</c>

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.299
Not<00:28:19.200><c> in</c><00:28:19.400><c> a</c><00:28:19.539><c> formulaic</c><00:28:20.079><c> way,</c>

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:22.740
but<00:28:20.599><c> we've</c><00:28:20.799><c> all</c><00:28:21.200><c> done</c><00:28:21.359><c> things</c><00:28:21.640><c> that</c><00:28:21.799><c> were</c><00:28:22.019><c> right</c><00:28:22.240><c> as</c><00:28:22.480><c> well.</c>

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.480
So<00:28:23.079><c> when</c><00:28:23.259><c> we</c><00:28:23.660><c> converse</c><00:28:24.039><c> with</c><00:28:24.259><c> others,</c>

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:26.900
if<00:28:25.099><c> we've</c><00:28:25.279><c> got</c><00:28:25.420><c> a</c><00:28:25.640><c> problem</c><00:28:25.940><c> or</c><00:28:26.180><c> a</c><00:28:26.319><c> point</c><00:28:26.460><c> to</c><00:28:26.680><c> make,</c>

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:29.440
we<00:28:27.339><c> don't</c><00:28:27.559><c> go</c><00:28:27.819><c> straight</c><00:28:28.079><c> to</c><00:28:28.339><c> that.</c>

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.420
It<00:28:30.240><c> can</c><00:28:30.440><c> sound</c><00:28:30.720><c> twee,</c><00:28:31.200><c> perhaps,</c>

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.480
if<00:28:31.599><c> the</c><00:28:31.759><c> first</c><00:28:31.940><c> thing</c><00:28:32.059><c> you</c><00:28:32.240><c> say</c><00:28:32.339><c> is,</c>

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.599
hey,<00:28:32.660><c> I</c><00:28:32.740><c> like</c><00:28:32.900><c> the</c><00:28:32.980><c> way</c><00:28:33.119><c> you</c><00:28:33.240><c> did</c><00:28:33.380><c> this,</c>

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:35.740
but<00:28:33.759><c> that's</c><00:28:34.339><c> the</c><00:28:34.400><c> way</c><00:28:34.559><c> the</c><00:28:34.680><c> Lord</c><00:28:34.839><c> Jesus</c><00:28:35.059><c> approached</c><00:28:35.420><c> him.</c>

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:38.599
He<00:28:36.140><c> first</c><00:28:36.400><c> of</c><00:28:36.480><c> all</c><00:28:36.640><c> commended</c><00:28:37.099><c> that</c><00:28:37.319><c> which</c><00:28:37.440><c> was</c><00:28:37.640><c> good.</c>

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:41.220
He<00:28:39.079><c> secondly</c><00:28:39.380><c> addressed</c><00:28:39.799><c> that</c><00:28:40.019><c> which</c><00:28:40.200><c> he</c><00:28:40.279><c> had</c><00:28:40.440><c> a</c><00:28:40.539><c> problem</c><00:28:40.799><c> with,</c>

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.359
and<00:28:41.779><c> then</c><00:28:41.900><c> he</c><00:28:42.079><c> said,</c>

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:44.559
and<00:28:42.660><c> if</c><00:28:42.799><c> you</c><00:28:42.980><c> change,</c><00:28:43.420><c> this</c><00:28:43.599><c> is</c><00:28:43.740><c> what</c><00:28:43.880><c> the</c><00:28:44.059><c> future</c><00:28:44.240><c> holds.</c>

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.440
That's<00:28:45.079><c> how</c><00:28:45.220><c> he</c><00:28:45.380><c> writes</c><00:28:45.619><c> in</c><00:28:45.779><c> Revelation,</c>

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.599
in<00:28:46.799><c> chapters</c><00:28:46.960><c> 2</c><00:28:47.160><c> and</c><00:28:47.220><c> 3.</c>

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.440
Every<00:28:48.019><c> single</c><00:28:48.279><c> time,</c>

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:51.400
he<00:28:48.759><c> commends</c><00:28:49.039><c> every</c><00:28:49.420><c> single</c><00:28:49.720><c> one</c><00:28:49.859><c> of</c><00:28:49.940><c> the</c><00:28:50.039><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:28:50.400><c> of</c><00:28:50.599><c> something,</c>

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:53.519
even<00:28:51.779><c> the</c><00:28:51.980><c> ones</c><00:28:52.279><c> that</c><00:28:52.539><c> appear</c><00:28:52.839><c> appalling,</c>

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.319
like<00:28:53.839><c> those</c><00:28:54.000><c> here,</c>

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:56.839
he<00:28:54.960><c> commends</c><00:28:55.420><c> every</c><00:28:55.799><c> single</c><00:28:56.039><c> one</c><00:28:56.200><c> of</c><00:28:56.279><c> them</c><00:28:56.359><c> first,</c>

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:59.059
then<00:28:57.440><c> he</c><00:28:57.640><c> addresses</c><00:28:57.900><c> whatever</c><00:28:58.240><c> issues</c><00:28:58.500><c> they</c><00:28:58.680><c> may</c><00:28:58.920><c> have,</c>

00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.779
if<00:28:59.180><c> they</c><00:28:59.359><c> have</c><00:28:59.539><c> some,</c>

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.480
and<00:29:00.420><c> then</c><00:29:00.539><c> after</c><00:29:00.819><c> he</c><00:29:00.980><c> said</c><00:29:01.160><c> that,</c>

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.400
oh,<00:29:01.660><c> and</c><00:29:01.799><c> by</c><00:29:01.940><c> the</c><00:29:02.140><c> way,</c>

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.359
if<00:29:02.619><c> you</c><00:29:02.759><c> address</c><00:29:03.059><c> this,</c>

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.440
this<00:29:03.579><c> is</c><00:29:03.700><c> what</c><00:29:03.819><c> the</c><00:29:04.000><c> hope</c><00:29:04.160><c> is.</c>

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:06.440
Here's<00:29:05.059><c> the</c><00:29:05.220><c> blessing</c><00:29:05.579><c> that</c><00:29:05.759><c> comes</c><00:29:05.980><c> from</c><00:29:06.200><c> it.</c>

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.420
And<00:29:06.839><c> if</c><00:29:06.920><c> we</c><00:29:07.079><c> have</c><00:29:07.180><c> that</c><00:29:07.400><c> mindset,</c>

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:10.400
that<00:29:08.660><c> gets</c><00:29:08.920><c> attention,</c><00:29:09.359><c> doesn't</c><00:29:09.539><c> it?</c>

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.140
Even<00:29:10.779><c> if</c><00:29:10.920><c> you</c><00:29:11.019><c> think</c><00:29:11.200><c> back</c><00:29:11.460><c> to</c><00:29:11.680><c> the</c><00:29:11.819><c> way</c>

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:15.680
of<00:29:12.759><c> the</c><00:29:12.980><c> use</c><00:29:13.319><c> of</c><00:29:13.859><c> the</c><00:29:14.079><c> words</c><00:29:14.339><c> of</c><00:29:14.900><c> God,</c>

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.900
the<00:29:15.940><c> Most</c><00:29:16.299><c> High</c><00:29:16.579><c> God,</c>

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:19.839
that<00:29:17.579><c> was</c><00:29:17.960><c> the</c><00:29:18.400><c> first</c><00:29:18.740><c> introductory</c><00:29:19.380><c> thing</c>

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:22.299
that<00:29:20.119><c> was</c><00:29:20.299><c> brought,</c><00:29:20.579><c> it</c><00:29:20.759><c> seems,</c><00:29:21.059><c> to</c><00:29:21.240><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:24.980
Paul<00:29:23.099><c> didn't</c><00:29:23.359><c> stand</c><00:29:23.640><c> up</c><00:29:24.079><c> on</c><00:29:24.279><c> Mars</c><00:29:24.500><c> Hill</c><00:29:24.680><c> and</c><00:29:24.859><c> say,</c>

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:26.160
oh,<00:29:25.240><c> your</c><00:29:25.420><c> other</c><00:29:25.559><c> gods</c><00:29:25.700><c> are</c><00:29:25.859><c> rubbish.</c>

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:28.019
I'm<00:29:26.460><c> talking</c><00:29:26.640><c> about</c><00:29:26.859><c> the</c><00:29:27.019><c> real</c><00:29:27.240><c> God.</c>

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.660
So<00:29:28.500><c> the</c><00:29:28.640><c> first</c><00:29:28.940><c> thing</c><00:29:29.099><c> that's</c><00:29:29.359><c> done</c>

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:31.339
is<00:29:29.940><c> not</c><00:29:30.240><c> necessarily</c><00:29:30.700><c> to</c><00:29:30.980><c> challenge</c><00:29:31.259><c> that.</c>

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.519
He<00:29:31.460><c> will</c><00:29:31.700><c> challenge</c><00:29:32.019><c> it</c><00:29:32.200><c> later.</c>

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But<00:29:33.019><c> the</c><00:29:33.180><c> first</c><00:29:33.380><c> thing</c><00:29:33.559><c> he</c><00:29:33.680><c> does,</c><00:29:34.119><c> it</c><00:29:34.359><c> seems,</c>

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:37.339
is<00:29:35.220><c> that</c><00:29:35.579><c> the</c><00:29:35.839><c> Most</c><00:29:36.099><c> High</c><00:29:36.400><c> God</c><00:29:36.640><c> is</c><00:29:36.920><c> presented,</c>

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:39.119
and<00:29:37.900><c> then</c><00:29:38.039><c> these</c><00:29:38.200><c> things</c><00:29:38.299><c> are</c><00:29:38.460><c> dealt</c><00:29:38.619><c> with</c><00:29:38.779><c> later.</c>

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.880
The<00:29:39.720><c> challenge</c><00:29:40.019><c> isn't</c><00:29:40.420><c> necessarily</c><00:29:41.039><c> straight</c><00:29:41.339><c> in</c><00:29:41.559><c> the</c><00:29:41.680><c> face,</c>

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straight<00:29:42.200><c> away.</c>

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The<00:29:43.440><c> commendation</c><00:29:43.940><c> comes</c><00:29:44.279><c> first,</c>

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.480
then<00:29:45.359><c> things</c><00:29:45.700><c> are</c><00:29:45.859><c> dealt</c><00:29:46.059><c> with,</c>

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:50.440
and<00:29:46.980><c> afterwards</c><00:29:47.460><c> do</c><00:29:48.640><c> we</c><00:29:48.740><c> have</c><00:29:48.880><c> a</c><00:29:48.980><c> hope</c><00:29:49.119><c> to</c><00:29:49.259><c> look</c><00:29:49.460><c> forward</c><00:29:49.700><c> to.</c>

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:53.660
So<00:29:51.799><c> the</c><00:29:51.920><c> other</c><00:29:52.099><c> thing</c><00:29:52.220><c> that</c><00:29:52.440><c> stands</c><00:29:52.680><c> out</c><00:29:52.900><c> from</c><00:29:53.079><c> here</c><00:29:53.279><c> is</c><00:29:53.460><c> what?</c>

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:57.880
It<00:29:54.200><c> says</c><00:29:54.539><c> in</c><00:29:54.779><c> verse</c><00:29:55.039><c> one,</c><00:29:55.500><c> three,</c><00:29:56.200><c> and</c><00:29:56.440><c> four,</c><00:29:57.460><c> all.</c>

00:29:57.880 --> 00:30:00.660
Verse<00:29:58.579><c> one</c><00:29:58.980><c> says,</c><00:29:59.900><c> to</c><00:29:59.900><c> all</c><00:30:00.200><c> the</c><00:30:00.420><c> saints.</c>

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:03.019
Verse<00:30:01.359><c> four</c><00:30:01.880><c> says,</c><00:30:02.440><c> for</c><00:30:02.440><c> you</c><00:30:02.759><c> all,</c>

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:05.140
making<00:30:03.319><c> requests</c><00:30:03.819><c> with</c><00:30:04.259><c> joy.</c>

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:07.980
Verse<00:30:05.619><c> seven,</c><00:30:06.400><c> even</c><00:30:06.599><c> as</c><00:30:06.900><c> it</c><00:30:07.019><c> is</c><00:30:07.400><c> meat</c><00:30:07.579><c> for</c><00:30:07.779><c> me</c>

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.900
to<00:30:08.200><c> think</c><00:30:08.380><c> this</c><00:30:08.539><c> of</c><00:30:08.640><c> you</c><00:30:08.940><c> all.</c>

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.700
Verse<00:30:10.680><c> seven</c><00:30:11.200><c> goes</c><00:30:11.440><c> on,</c>

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:13.819
you<00:30:11.960><c> all</c><00:30:12.480><c> are</c><00:30:12.740><c> partakers</c><00:30:13.079><c> of</c><00:30:13.279><c> my</c><00:30:13.500><c> grace.</c>

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:17.799
Verse<00:30:14.559><c> nine,</c><00:30:15.579><c> in</c><00:30:15.720><c> knowledge</c><00:30:16.019><c> and</c><00:30:16.400><c> in</c><00:30:16.619><c> all</c><00:30:16.880><c> judgment.</c>

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:20.039
All<00:30:18.079><c> comes</c><00:30:18.380><c> out</c><00:30:18.619><c> so</c><00:30:18.859><c> many</c><00:30:19.099><c> times.</c>

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.700
And<00:30:20.500><c> it's</c><00:30:20.700><c> an</c><00:30:20.799><c> inclusive</c><00:30:21.140><c> thing,</c><00:30:21.440><c> isn't</c><00:30:21.599><c> it?</c>

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:24.220
This<00:30:21.920><c> is</c><00:30:22.079><c> the</c><00:30:22.299><c> family</c><00:30:22.980><c> orientation,</c>

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special<00:30:24.819><c> to</c><00:30:25.019><c> this</c><00:30:25.220><c> Ecclesiastical.</c>

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All<00:30:26.099><c> and</c><00:30:26.299><c> every.</c>

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And<00:30:26.559><c> it</c><00:30:26.640><c> keeps</c><00:30:26.880><c> going.</c>

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We<00:30:27.299><c> haven't</c><00:30:27.519><c> even</c><00:30:27.880><c> exhausted</c><00:30:28.220><c> that.</c>

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.940
And<00:30:29.339><c> it</c><00:30:29.440><c> talks</c><00:30:29.640><c> of</c><00:30:29.839><c> Lydia</c><00:30:30.079><c> and</c><00:30:30.299><c> her</c><00:30:30.519><c> household,</c>

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:32.220
the<00:30:31.240><c> jailer</c><00:30:31.539><c> and</c><00:30:31.779><c> all</c><00:30:32.019><c> his.</c>

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:35.740
That<00:30:32.839><c> inclusiveness</c><00:30:33.420><c> of</c><00:30:33.779><c> all</c><00:30:34.099><c> of</c><00:30:34.220><c> them</c><00:30:34.420><c> is</c><00:30:35.019><c> a</c><00:30:35.240><c> special</c><00:30:35.460><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:30:36.160><c> probably</c><00:30:36.420><c> the</c><00:30:36.700><c> most</c><00:30:36.960><c> special</c><00:30:37.460><c> in</c><00:30:37.859><c> verse</c><00:30:38.140><c> four,</c>

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:41.799
always<00:30:40.019><c> in</c><00:30:40.299><c> every</c><00:30:40.539><c> prayer</c><00:30:40.839><c> of</c><00:30:41.099><c> mine</c><00:30:41.259><c> for</c><00:30:41.400><c> you</c><00:30:41.599><c> all,</c>

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:43.640
making<00:30:42.059><c> requests</c><00:30:42.480><c> with</c><00:30:42.819><c> joy.</c>

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And<00:30:44.559><c> in</c><00:30:45.079><c> stark</c><00:30:45.299><c> contrast</c><00:30:45.779><c> to</c><00:30:45.940><c> what</c><00:30:46.039><c> we</c><00:30:46.220><c> would</c><00:30:46.400><c> think</c>

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.440
of<00:30:47.119><c> the</c><00:30:47.319><c> affliction</c><00:30:47.680><c> in</c><00:30:47.900><c> that</c><00:30:48.099><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:51.660
of<00:30:48.980><c> the</c><00:30:49.200><c> poverty</c><00:30:49.759><c> of</c><00:30:50.359><c> that</c><00:30:50.599><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:53.319
was<00:30:51.859><c> the</c><00:30:52.160><c> joy</c><00:30:52.460><c> that</c><00:30:52.740><c> stands</c><00:30:53.000><c> out.</c>

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And<00:30:53.500><c> that's</c><00:30:53.900><c> what</c><00:30:54.160><c> is</c><00:30:54.440><c> recollected</c>

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by<00:30:55.640><c> the</c><00:30:55.779><c> beloved</c><00:30:56.059><c> brother</c><00:30:56.859><c> Paul,</c>

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was<00:30:57.779><c> the</c><00:30:58.079><c> joy.</c>

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:00.859
And<00:30:58.420><c> this</c><00:30:58.599><c> is</c><00:30:58.759><c> something</c><00:30:58.980><c> that</c><00:30:59.240><c> just</c><00:30:59.460><c> comes</c><00:30:59.680><c> out</c><00:31:00.339><c> so</c><00:31:00.640><c> much.</c>

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:05.380
So<00:31:01.359><c> we</c><00:31:01.519><c> think</c><00:31:01.700><c> of</c><00:31:02.019><c> joy</c><00:31:02.519><c> as</c><00:31:03.640><c> really</c><00:31:03.880><c> this</c><00:31:04.799><c> whole</c><00:31:05.019><c> epistle</c>

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:06.099
is<00:31:05.559><c> about</c><00:31:05.779><c> joy.</c>

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:09.140
So<00:31:06.720><c> we</c><00:31:06.859><c> see</c><00:31:07.019><c> in</c><00:31:07.160><c> verse</c><00:31:07.380><c> eighteen</c><00:31:07.779><c> of</c><00:31:07.960><c> chapter</c><00:31:08.220><c> one,</c>

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:11.259
the<00:31:09.539><c> rejoicing,</c><00:31:10.119><c> two</c><00:31:10.359><c> times.</c>

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:14.940
In<00:31:11.900><c> verse</c><00:31:12.180><c> twenty</c><00:31:12.720><c>-five</c><00:31:12.960><c> of</c><00:31:13.140><c> chapter</c><00:31:13.400><c> one,</c><00:31:13.819><c> the</c><00:31:14.059><c> joy.</c>

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:17.740
In<00:31:15.319><c> verse</c><00:31:15.720><c> two</c><00:31:16.220><c> of</c><00:31:16.400><c> chapter</c><00:31:16.619><c> two,</c><00:31:17.259><c> the</c><00:31:17.460><c> joy.</c>

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:19.460
And<00:31:18.119><c> it</c><00:31:18.200><c> goes</c><00:31:18.400><c> on,</c><00:31:18.660><c> joy,</c><00:31:19.059><c> rejoice.</c>

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.980
And<00:31:19.680><c> it's</c><00:31:19.779><c> almost</c><00:31:20.059><c> tripping</c><00:31:20.339><c> over</c><00:31:20.619><c> itself</c>

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:23.660
and<00:31:21.119><c> throughout</c><00:31:21.299><c> the</c><00:31:22.480><c> whole</c><00:31:22.759><c> epistle.</c>

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.680
It<00:31:24.019><c> talks</c><00:31:24.220><c> about</c><00:31:24.480><c> joy.</c>

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:26.319
And<00:31:24.839><c> what</c><00:31:25.240><c> I</c><00:31:25.400><c> find</c><00:31:25.640><c> intriguing</c><00:31:26.059><c> is,</c>

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:27.900
what<00:31:26.559><c> gives</c><00:31:26.880><c> the</c><00:31:27.140><c> joy?</c>

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:29.200
If<00:31:28.140><c> you</c><00:31:28.299><c> think</c><00:31:28.500><c> about</c><00:31:28.740><c> in</c><00:31:28.859><c> your</c><00:31:29.039><c> mind</c>

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:30.079
what<00:31:29.339><c> gives</c><00:31:29.519><c> you</c><00:31:29.720><c> happiness,</c>

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.119
what<00:31:30.299><c> gives</c><00:31:30.460><c> you</c><00:31:30.700><c> rejoicing,</c>

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.980
what<00:31:31.259><c> gives</c><00:31:31.460><c> you</c><00:31:31.740><c> joy,</c>

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.180
look<00:31:32.559><c> at</c><00:31:32.680><c> what</c><00:31:32.779><c> gives</c><00:31:32.980><c> him</c><00:31:33.259><c> joy.</c>

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:37.880
To<00:31:34.980><c> be</c><00:31:35.119><c> able</c><00:31:35.359><c> to</c><00:31:36.579><c> pray</c><00:31:36.799><c> for</c><00:31:36.980><c> his</c><00:31:37.180><c> brothers</c><00:31:37.400><c> and</c><00:31:37.640><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.740
in<00:31:38.039><c> verse</c><00:31:38.220><c> four,</c><00:31:38.539><c> gives</c><00:31:38.700><c> him</c><00:31:38.940><c> joy.</c>

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.220
In<00:31:39.980><c> verse</c><00:31:40.240><c> eighteen,</c><00:31:41.619><c> what</c><00:31:41.880><c> then?</c>

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:43.779
Notwithstanding<00:31:43.019><c> every</c><00:31:43.440><c> way,</c>

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.220
whether<00:31:44.220><c> in</c><00:31:44.440><c> pretence</c><00:31:44.740><c> or</c><00:31:44.920><c> in</c><00:31:45.059><c> truth,</c>

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.799
Christ<00:31:45.640><c> is</c><00:31:45.900><c> preached,</c>

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.220
and<00:31:47.119><c> I</c><00:31:47.279><c> therein</c><00:31:47.640><c> do</c><00:31:47.819><c> rejoice.</c>

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:50.420
So<00:31:48.759><c> these</c><00:31:48.920><c> are</c><00:31:49.099><c> the</c><00:31:49.220><c> things</c><00:31:49.400><c> that</c><00:31:49.680><c> give</c>

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.400
Brother<00:31:50.680><c> Paul</c><00:31:51.099><c> joy</c><00:31:51.539><c> and</c><00:31:51.819><c> rejoicing</c>

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:54.420
is<00:31:52.900><c> to</c><00:31:53.140><c> pray</c><00:31:53.319><c> for</c><00:31:53.460><c> his</c><00:31:53.640><c> brothers</c><00:31:53.839><c> and</c><00:31:54.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.700
to<00:31:54.859><c> know</c><00:31:55.059><c> that</c><00:31:55.240><c> the</c><00:31:55.339><c> Lord</c><00:31:55.519><c> Jesus</c><00:31:55.819><c> Christ</c><00:31:56.119><c> is</c><00:31:56.359><c> preached</c>

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.579
in<00:31:57.000><c> verse</c><00:31:57.220><c> eighteen.</c>

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.859
What<00:31:57.819><c> about</c><00:31:57.980><c> verse</c><00:31:58.180><c> twenty</c><00:31:58.559><c>-five?</c>

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.140
Having<00:31:59.480><c> this</c><00:31:59.759><c> confidence,</c>

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:02.720
I<00:32:00.319><c> know</c><00:32:00.559><c> that</c><00:32:00.740><c> I</c><00:32:00.880><c> shall</c><00:32:01.019><c> abide</c><00:32:01.380><c> and</c><00:32:01.660><c> continue</c><00:32:01.980><c> with</c><00:32:02.220><c> you</c><00:32:02.400><c> all</c>

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:05.460
for<00:32:03.059><c> your</c><00:32:03.319><c> furtherance</c><00:32:03.880><c> and</c><00:32:04.180><c> joy</c><00:32:04.440><c> of</c><00:32:04.700><c> faith.</c>

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.940
So<00:32:06.059><c> to</c><00:32:06.240><c> be</c><00:32:06.460><c> with</c><00:32:06.700><c> people,</c>

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.240
to<00:32:07.160><c> have</c><00:32:07.380><c> fellowship</c><00:32:07.880><c> with</c><00:32:08.180><c> his</c><00:32:08.339><c> brothers</c><00:32:08.559><c> and</c><00:32:08.819><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:12.079
that<00:32:09.579><c> they</c><00:32:09.779><c> may</c><00:32:10.039><c> continue,</c><00:32:11.339><c> is</c><00:32:11.539><c> his</c><00:32:11.779><c> joy.</c>

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:14.680
And<00:32:12.599><c> we</c><00:32:12.720><c> could</c><00:32:12.819><c> go</c><00:32:13.039><c> on</c><00:32:13.259><c> throughout</c><00:32:13.500><c> all</c><00:32:13.779><c> of</c><00:32:13.960><c> these</c><00:32:14.160><c> examples</c>

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:17.279
and<00:32:15.180><c> see</c><00:32:15.579><c> the</c><00:32:16.200><c> beautiful</c><00:32:16.700><c> mindset</c>

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.180
that<00:32:17.460><c> is</c><00:32:17.680><c> the</c><00:32:18.359><c> Apostle</c><00:32:18.839><c> Paul,</c>

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.599
and<00:32:19.660><c> what</c><00:32:19.819><c> he</c><00:32:20.099><c> rejoices</c><00:32:20.480><c> in,</c>

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:22.640
and<00:32:20.759><c> it's</c><00:32:20.920><c> all</c><00:32:21.180><c> spiritual,</c><00:32:21.799><c> beautiful</c><00:32:22.259><c> thing,</c>

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.940
it's<00:32:23.039><c> the</c><00:32:23.160><c> things</c><00:32:23.319><c> of</c><00:32:23.619><c> others,</c>

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:25.420
the<00:32:24.500><c> things</c><00:32:24.660><c> of</c><00:32:24.839><c> the</c><00:32:24.960><c> Lord</c><00:32:25.119><c> Jesus,</c>

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.539
the<00:32:25.700><c> things</c><00:32:25.859><c> of</c><00:32:26.079><c> the</c><00:32:26.220><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.920
the<00:32:27.039><c> growth</c><00:32:27.339><c> of</c><00:32:27.559><c> the</c><00:32:27.680><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:30.200
the<00:32:28.480><c> growth</c><00:32:28.759><c> of</c><00:32:29.079><c> everything</c><00:32:29.359><c> in</c><00:32:29.619><c> Europe</c><00:32:29.859><c> here.</c>

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:32.119
It's<00:32:30.759><c> absolutely</c><00:32:31.140><c> lovely.</c>

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:35.880
And<00:32:33.500><c> it</c><00:32:33.740><c> seems,</c><00:32:34.339><c> when</c><00:32:34.420><c> we</c><00:32:34.619><c> read</c><00:32:34.799><c> on</c><00:32:34.960><c> here,</c>

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:37.579
that<00:32:36.119><c> it's,</c><00:32:36.599><c> in</c><00:32:36.740><c> verse</c><00:32:36.900><c> five,</c>

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.420
a<00:32:38.099><c> special</c><00:32:38.440><c> place</c><00:32:38.720><c> in</c><00:32:38.900><c> Paul's</c><00:32:39.259><c> heart,</c>

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.960
for<00:32:39.579><c> it</c><00:32:39.799><c> says,</c>

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:42.480
for<00:32:40.240><c> your</c><00:32:40.559><c> fellowship</c><00:32:41.140><c> in</c><00:32:41.940><c> the</c><00:32:42.079><c> Gospel</c>

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:44.400
from<00:32:42.900><c> the</c><00:32:43.180><c> first</c><00:32:43.500><c> day</c><00:32:43.759><c> until</c><00:32:44.019><c> now.</c>

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:47.759
We<00:32:44.980><c> may</c><00:32:45.259><c> say</c><00:32:45.539><c> from</c><00:32:45.859><c> day</c><00:32:46.160><c> one,</c><00:32:46.519><c> it's</c><00:32:46.640><c> been</c><00:32:46.779><c> like</c><00:32:47.059><c> this,</c>

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:49.700
and<00:32:47.900><c> there's</c><00:32:48.299><c> brothers</c><00:32:48.519><c> and</c><00:32:48.779><c> sisters</c><00:32:49.000><c> we</c><00:32:49.259><c> meet,</c><00:32:49.640><c> aren't</c><00:32:49.660><c> there,</c>

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.859
that<00:32:49.839><c> give</c><00:32:50.019><c> us</c><00:32:50.319><c> particular</c><00:32:50.859><c> delight,</c>

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:54.059
and<00:32:52.019><c> from</c><00:32:52.200><c> the</c><00:32:52.420><c> first</c><00:32:52.700><c> day</c><00:32:52.880><c> you</c><00:32:53.019><c> hit</c><00:32:53.200><c> it</c><00:32:53.339><c> off,</c>

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.180
shared<00:32:54.740><c> whatever,</c>

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:57.319
you've<00:32:55.579><c> got</c><00:32:55.759><c> something</c><00:32:56.059><c> in</c><00:32:56.259><c> common</c><00:32:56.480><c> with</c><00:32:56.660><c> that</c><00:32:56.839><c> brother</c><00:32:57.039><c> and</c><00:32:57.119><c> sister,</c>

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.799
and<00:32:57.519><c> it's</c><00:32:57.640><c> like</c><00:32:57.819><c> being</c><00:32:58.079><c> in</c><00:32:58.200><c> an</c><00:32:58.359><c> oasis,</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:00.240
being<00:32:59.119><c> in</c><00:32:59.259><c> their</c><00:32:59.420><c> presence.</c>

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:03.720
And<00:33:00.519><c> that's</c><00:33:00.660><c> what</c><00:33:00.819><c> he</c><00:33:01.059><c> feels</c><00:33:01.559><c> for</c><00:33:02.119><c> this</c><00:33:02.380><c> Philippian</c><00:33:02.799><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.019
And<00:33:04.099><c> when</c><00:33:04.200><c> he</c><00:33:04.400><c> thought</c><00:33:04.619><c> of</c><00:33:04.799><c> it,</c>

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.680
you<00:33:05.240><c> can</c><00:33:05.400><c> imagine</c><00:33:05.720><c> him</c><00:33:05.940><c> having</c><00:33:06.220><c> warm</c><00:33:06.619><c> feelings</c><00:33:07.000><c> in</c><00:33:07.160><c> his</c><00:33:07.380><c> heart,</c>

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:10.619
and<00:33:08.180><c> just</c><00:33:08.500><c> all</c><00:33:09.079><c> the</c><00:33:09.319><c> problems</c><00:33:09.759><c> he</c><00:33:09.980><c> was</c><00:33:10.160><c> thinking</c><00:33:10.420><c> of</c>

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:12.380
at<00:33:10.740><c> the</c><00:33:10.960><c> present</c><00:33:11.160><c> time</c><00:33:11.440><c> would</c><00:33:11.859><c> dissipate</c>

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.539
when<00:33:12.519><c> he</c><00:33:12.700><c> thought</c><00:33:12.859><c> of</c><00:33:12.920><c> this</c><00:33:13.119><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:15.819
and<00:33:14.039><c> how</c><00:33:14.180><c> from</c><00:33:14.400><c> the</c><00:33:14.680><c> very</c><00:33:15.099><c> first</c><00:33:15.480><c> day,</c>

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.279
I<00:33:16.400><c> remember</c><00:33:16.700><c> your</c><00:33:16.960><c> fellowship,</c>

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.779
I<00:33:17.539><c> remember</c><00:33:17.880><c> you,</c><00:33:18.299><c> Sister</c><00:33:18.460><c> Lydia,</c>

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.660
and<00:33:19.200><c> how</c><00:33:19.400><c> you</c><00:33:19.660><c> constrained</c><00:33:20.240><c> us,</c>

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:22.900
and<00:33:21.039><c> wanted</c><00:33:21.200><c> us</c><00:33:21.440><c> to</c><00:33:21.619><c> come</c><00:33:21.819><c> and</c><00:33:22.019><c> abide</c><00:33:22.299><c> in</c><00:33:22.460><c> your</c><00:33:22.660><c> house.</c>

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.200
I<00:33:23.559><c> remember</c><00:33:23.900><c> that.</c>

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:26.900
I<00:33:24.700><c> remember</c><00:33:25.000><c> you,</c><00:33:25.680><c> Brother</c><00:33:26.019><c> Philippian</c><00:33:26.539><c> Jayler,</c>

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:28.319
how<00:33:27.119><c> you</c><00:33:27.460><c> wanted</c><00:33:27.599><c> us</c><00:33:27.819><c> to</c><00:33:27.960><c> come</c><00:33:28.119><c> home,</c>

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:30.680
and<00:33:28.460><c> you</c><00:33:28.559><c> were</c><00:33:28.700><c> jumping</c><00:33:29.019><c> around</c><00:33:29.319><c> the</c><00:33:29.500><c> place</c><00:33:29.660><c> with</c><00:33:29.920><c> happiness.</c>

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.519
You<00:33:30.819><c> know,</c><00:33:30.960><c> look</c><00:33:31.180><c> at</c><00:33:31.380><c> that.</c>

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:34.579
That's<00:33:31.900><c> the</c><00:33:32.099><c> delight</c><00:33:32.500><c> of</c><00:33:32.980><c> this</c><00:33:33.160><c> wonderful</c><00:33:33.599><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:37.220
From<00:33:34.940><c> the</c><00:33:35.240><c> first</c><00:33:35.579><c> day</c><00:33:36.019><c> until</c><00:33:36.900><c> now,</c>

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.240
it's<00:33:37.559><c> a</c><00:33:37.720><c> very</c><00:33:38.039><c> special</c><00:33:38.420><c> place.</c>

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:41.319
And,<00:33:39.579><c> of</c><00:33:39.700><c> course,</c><00:33:39.859><c> the</c><00:33:40.000><c> Lord</c><00:33:40.119><c> Jesus</c><00:33:40.400><c> had</c><00:33:40.660><c> special</c><00:33:41.000><c> places,</c>

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.660
didn't<00:33:41.599><c> he?</c>

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:43.720
Think<00:33:41.859><c> of</c><00:33:42.000><c> that</c><00:33:42.220><c> home</c><00:33:42.599><c> he</c><00:33:42.880><c> had</c><00:33:43.119><c> with</c><00:33:43.400><c> Martha,</c>

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:47.059
Mary,<00:33:44.220><c> and</c><00:33:44.359><c> Lazarus,</c><00:33:45.019><c> Simon's</c><00:33:45.380><c> house.</c>

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:50.440
In<00:33:47.880><c> verse</c><00:33:48.180><c> 6</c><00:33:48.599><c> of</c><00:33:48.859><c> Philippians</c><00:33:49.440><c> 1,</c><00:33:50.200><c> it</c><00:33:50.200><c> says,</c>

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:52.319
Being<00:33:50.720><c> confident</c><00:33:51.099><c> of</c><00:33:51.319><c> this</c><00:33:51.440><c> very</c><00:33:51.720><c> thing,</c>

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:54.960
that<00:33:52.700><c> he</c><00:33:53.059><c> which</c><00:33:53.279><c> has</c><00:33:53.559><c> begun</c><00:33:53.839><c> a</c><00:33:54.019><c> good</c><00:33:54.180><c> work</c><00:33:54.440><c> in</c><00:33:54.619><c> you,</c>

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:59.000
will<00:33:55.380><c> perform</c><00:33:55.759><c> it</c><00:33:56.259><c> until</c><00:33:56.700><c> the</c><00:33:56.900><c> day</c><00:33:57.480><c> of</c><00:33:57.660><c> Jesus</c><00:33:58.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:03.099
Being<00:34:01.700><c> confident</c><00:34:02.000><c> of</c><00:34:02.160><c> this</c><00:34:02.339><c> very</c><00:34:02.599><c> thing,</c>

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:05.759
that<00:34:03.400><c> he</c><00:34:03.619><c> which</c><00:34:03.799><c> has</c><00:34:04.039><c> begun</c><00:34:04.480><c> a</c><00:34:05.019><c> good</c><00:34:05.200><c> work</c><00:34:05.440><c> in</c><00:34:05.599><c> you,</c>

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:07.960
will<00:34:06.160><c> perform</c><00:34:06.660><c> it.</c>

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:10.460
The<00:34:09.179><c> things</c><00:34:09.500><c> that</c><00:34:09.699><c> just</c><00:34:10.000><c> started,</c>

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:13.340
their<00:34:11.199><c> baptism</c><00:34:11.579><c> was</c><00:34:11.900><c> the</c><00:34:12.119><c> start</c><00:34:12.320><c> of</c><00:34:12.480><c> the</c><00:34:12.619><c> road.</c>

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:16.440
And<00:34:13.840><c> they</c><00:34:13.960><c> don't</c><00:34:14.099><c> want</c><00:34:14.280><c> to</c><00:34:14.400><c> lose</c><00:34:14.559><c> sight</c><00:34:14.800><c> of</c><00:34:14.960><c> what</c><00:34:15.119><c> is</c><00:34:15.380><c> before</c><00:34:15.639><c> them.</c>

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:18.159
The<00:34:16.599><c> Lord</c><00:34:16.719><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:17.079><c> of</c><00:34:17.260><c> course,</c><00:34:17.440><c> on</c><00:34:17.619><c> the</c><00:34:17.840><c> cross,</c>

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.780
what<00:34:18.800><c> got</c><00:34:18.940><c> him</c><00:34:19.119><c> through</c><00:34:19.340><c> it?</c>

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:22.440
What<00:34:20.079><c> got</c><00:34:20.219><c> him</c><00:34:20.380><c> to</c><00:34:20.679><c> despise</c><00:34:21.360><c> the</c><00:34:21.639><c> shame?</c>

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.719
It<00:34:22.559><c> was</c><00:34:22.679><c> that</c><00:34:22.900><c> which</c><00:34:23.019><c> was</c><00:34:23.260><c> before,</c><00:34:23.619><c> wasn't</c><00:34:23.840><c> it?</c>

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:27.800
And<00:34:25.519><c> so</c><00:34:25.699><c> here,</c><00:34:25.940><c> he's</c><00:34:26.219><c> giving</c><00:34:26.380><c> them</c><00:34:27.199><c> encouragement</c>

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:30.260
not<00:34:28.119><c> to</c><00:34:28.300><c> just</c><00:34:28.679><c> sit</c><00:34:28.980><c> on</c><00:34:29.139><c> their</c><00:34:29.340><c> laurels.</c>

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:32.400
They've<00:34:30.780><c> done</c><00:34:30.900><c> a</c><00:34:31.159><c> great</c><00:34:31.340><c> job</c><00:34:31.619><c> to</c><00:34:31.820><c> start</c><00:34:32.059><c> with.</c>

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:35.219
But<00:34:32.820><c> don't</c><00:34:33.059><c> sit</c><00:34:33.280><c> on</c><00:34:33.480><c> that,</c><00:34:34.179><c> because</c><00:34:34.420><c> we</c><00:34:34.559><c> want</c><00:34:34.699><c> to</c><00:34:34.860><c> perform.</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.619
We<00:34:35.420><c> want</c><00:34:35.579><c> to</c><00:34:35.739><c> finish.</c>

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:38.940
And<00:34:37.059><c> this</c><00:34:37.199><c> takes</c><00:34:37.420><c> us</c><00:34:37.599><c> back</c><00:34:37.900><c> to</c><00:34:38.460><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:41.780
We<00:34:39.039><c> don't</c><00:34:39.199><c> have</c><00:34:39.380><c> time</c><00:34:39.559><c> to</c><00:34:39.639><c> look</c><00:34:39.840><c> at</c><00:34:39.960><c> that</c><00:34:40.139><c> today.</c>

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:45.239
We<00:34:43.059><c> have</c><00:34:43.440><c> time,</c><00:34:43.940><c> hopefully,</c><00:34:44.320><c> in</c><00:34:44.480><c> our</c><00:34:44.679><c> sixth</c><00:34:44.900><c> class</c>

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:47.760
to<00:34:45.460><c> consider</c><00:34:45.860><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:34:46.940><c> but</c><00:34:47.119><c> today</c><00:34:47.340><c> we</c><00:34:47.519><c> don't.</c>

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:50.440
But<00:34:48.199><c> it</c><00:34:48.280><c> seems</c><00:34:48.539><c> like</c><00:34:48.760><c> that's</c><00:34:49.059><c> the</c><00:34:49.179><c> person</c><00:34:49.460><c> he's</c><00:34:49.699><c> thinking</c><00:34:49.940><c> of</c><00:34:50.119><c> here.</c>

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:54.920
From<00:34:51.039><c> day</c><00:34:51.400><c> one,</c><00:34:52.260><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:52.860><c> is</c><00:34:53.619><c> the</c><00:34:53.840><c> king</c><00:34:54.039><c> who</c><00:34:54.340><c> trusted</c>

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.420
in<00:34:55.380><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:55.559><c> more</c><00:34:55.800><c> than</c><00:34:55.940><c> any</c><00:34:56.119><c> other.</c>

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:59.239
And<00:34:57.059><c> as</c><00:34:57.360><c> soon</c><00:34:57.539><c> as</c><00:34:57.679><c> he</c><00:34:57.760><c> was</c><00:34:57.940><c> king,</c><00:34:58.079><c> it</c><00:34:58.219><c> says</c><00:34:58.400><c> from</c><00:34:58.619><c> day</c><00:34:58.940><c> one,</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.760
he<00:34:59.559><c> got</c><00:34:59.739><c> in</c><00:34:59.940><c> there,</c><00:35:00.119><c> he</c><00:35:00.320><c> cleaned</c><00:35:00.440><c> the</c><00:35:00.639><c> temple</c><00:35:00.860><c> up.</c>

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:05.679
What<00:35:03.460><c> is</c><00:35:03.780><c> more</c><00:35:03.980><c> here</c><00:35:04.380><c> is</c><00:35:04.619><c> that</c><00:35:05.079><c> God</c><00:35:05.260><c> wanted,</c>

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:08.960
or<00:35:05.920><c> Lord</c><00:35:06.719><c> Jesus</c><00:35:07.079><c> through</c><00:35:07.300><c> Paul,</c><00:35:07.800><c> wanted</c><00:35:07.820><c> them</c><00:35:08.059><c> to</c><00:35:08.320><c> perform</c>

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.780
that<00:35:09.440><c> which</c><00:35:09.599><c> they'd</c><00:35:09.920><c> begun.</c>

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:15.000
And<00:35:11.519><c> with</c><00:35:11.719><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:35:13.300><c> on</c><00:35:13.440><c> the</c><00:35:13.619><c> first</c><00:35:13.860><c> day</c><00:35:14.059><c> he</c><00:35:14.199><c> did</c><00:35:14.420><c> that,</c>

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:19.260
but<00:35:15.519><c> perhaps</c><00:35:15.900><c> he</c><00:35:16.039><c> lost</c><00:35:16.219><c> some</c><00:35:16.480><c> of</c><00:35:16.639><c> his</c><00:35:16.780><c> energy</c><00:35:17.280><c> over</c><00:35:17.739><c> time,</c><00:35:18.159><c> didn't</c><00:35:18.159><c> he?</c>

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:22.920
Because<00:35:20.219><c> by</c><00:35:20.659><c> the</c><00:35:20.820><c> fifteenth</c><00:35:21.199><c> year</c><00:35:21.400><c> of</c><00:35:21.579><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:25.500
he'd<00:35:23.019><c> been,</c><00:35:23.719><c> if</c><00:35:24.159><c> you</c><00:35:24.280><c> like,</c><00:35:24.519><c> he</c><00:35:24.639><c> sat</c><00:35:24.760><c> on</c><00:35:24.900><c> his</c><00:35:25.079><c> laurels,</c>

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:28.039
and<00:35:26.079><c> he</c><00:35:26.199><c> got</c><00:35:26.380><c> somewhat</c><00:35:26.860><c> consumed</c><00:35:27.400><c> with</c><00:35:27.599><c> himself</c>

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:30.179
after<00:35:28.780><c> all</c><00:35:29.000><c> of</c><00:35:29.099><c> the</c><00:35:29.260><c> attention</c><00:35:29.500><c> that</c><00:35:29.599><c> was</c><00:35:29.739><c> paid</c><00:35:29.960><c> to</c><00:35:30.059><c> him</c>

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:33.219
when<00:35:30.880><c> he</c><00:35:31.079><c> was</c><00:35:31.360><c> made</c><00:35:31.980><c> better</c><00:35:32.199><c> from</c><00:35:32.460><c> all</c><00:35:32.599><c> of</c><00:35:32.719><c> his</c><00:35:32.860><c> diseases.</c>

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:37.000
And<00:35:34.199><c> I</c><00:35:34.360><c> wonder,</c><00:35:35.179><c> in</c><00:35:35.340><c> verse</c><00:35:35.539><c> nine</c><00:35:35.800><c> it</c><00:35:36.039><c> says,</c>

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.900
this<00:35:37.320><c> I</c><00:35:37.639><c> pray,</c><00:35:38.000><c> that</c><00:35:38.159><c> your</c><00:35:38.460><c> love</c><00:35:38.760><c> may</c><00:35:39.019><c> abound</c><00:35:39.380><c> yet</c><00:35:39.739><c> more</c><00:35:40.179><c> and</c><00:35:40.500><c> more</c>

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:43.019
in<00:35:41.260><c> knowledge</c><00:35:41.599><c> and</c><00:35:41.860><c> in</c><00:35:41.960><c> all</c><00:35:42.139><c> judgment.</c>

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:46.699
And<00:35:44.159><c> what</c><00:35:44.260><c> you</c><00:35:44.440><c> wonder</c><00:35:44.679><c> is</c><00:35:44.960><c> whether</c><00:35:45.239><c> there's</c><00:35:45.659><c> a</c><00:35:45.820><c> Macedonian</c><00:35:46.380><c> trait</c>

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.519
coming<00:35:46.960><c> through</c><00:35:47.260><c> here.</c>

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:50.940
Perhaps<00:35:48.019><c> they</c><00:35:48.179><c> were</c><00:35:48.300><c> great</c><00:35:48.699><c> starters,</c><00:35:49.539><c> but</c><00:35:49.639><c> not</c><00:35:49.900><c> great</c><00:35:50.179><c> finishers.</c>

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:53.320
I<00:35:51.579><c> don't</c><00:35:51.599><c> know</c><00:35:51.699><c> about</c><00:35:51.840><c> you,</c><00:35:52.079><c> but</c><00:35:52.219><c> I</c><00:35:52.340><c> have</c><00:35:52.440><c> lots</c><00:35:52.739><c> of</c><00:35:52.920><c> good</c><00:35:53.059><c> ideas</c>

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:56.659
that<00:35:54.239><c> get</c><00:35:54.480><c> started,</c><00:35:55.699><c> and</c><00:35:55.800><c> lots</c><00:35:55.980><c> of</c><00:35:56.280><c> projects</c>

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:59.179
that<00:35:56.980><c> are</c><00:35:57.099><c> left</c><00:35:57.619><c> not</c><00:35:58.320><c> finished.</c>

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:01.880
And<00:35:59.579><c> some</c><00:35:59.719><c> people</c><00:35:59.900><c> have</c><00:36:00.059><c> a</c><00:36:00.179><c> real</c><00:36:00.360><c> gift</c><00:36:00.739><c> and</c><00:36:01.139><c> bring</c><00:36:01.340><c> to</c><00:36:01.539><c> the</c><00:36:01.679><c> table,</c>

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:04.460
to<00:36:01.940><c> the</c><00:36:02.079><c> brotherhood,</c><00:36:03.260><c> a</c><00:36:03.420><c> finisher</c><00:36:03.920><c> gift.</c>

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:06.619
They<00:36:04.960><c> can</c><00:36:05.239><c> finish,</c><00:36:05.480><c> they</c><00:36:05.699><c> complete</c><00:36:06.079><c> and</c><00:36:06.260><c> they</c><00:36:06.440><c> finish.</c>

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:09.579
Now<00:36:06.860><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:36:07.360><c> he</c><00:36:07.639><c> started</c><00:36:08.000><c> and</c><00:36:08.519><c> he</c><00:36:08.719><c> finished</c>

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:13.260
what<00:36:09.920><c> he</c><00:36:10.219><c> planned</c><00:36:10.480><c> when</c><00:36:10.980><c> he</c><00:36:11.119><c> first</c><00:36:11.300><c> came</c><00:36:11.500><c> into</c><00:36:11.760><c> office</c><00:36:12.139><c> as</c><00:36:12.559><c> king.</c>

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.739
The<00:36:13.639><c> Philippians</c><00:36:13.980><c> have</c><00:36:14.239><c> started</c><00:36:14.480><c> well.</c>

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:17.760
Now<00:36:15.079><c> Paul's</c><00:36:15.460><c> saying,</c><00:36:15.699><c> don't</c><00:36:16.199><c> sit</c><00:36:16.519><c> back</c><00:36:16.739><c> on</c><00:36:16.920><c> that.</c>

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.260
Abound<00:36:18.320><c> more</c><00:36:18.739><c> and</c><00:36:19.000><c> more.</c>

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:22.340
And<00:36:19.800><c> the</c><00:36:20.500><c> reason</c><00:36:20.719><c> I</c><00:36:20.860><c> wonder</c><00:36:21.099><c> if</c><00:36:21.219><c> it's</c><00:36:21.519><c> a</c><00:36:21.619><c> Macedonian</c><00:36:22.139><c> trait</c>

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:24.719
is<00:36:22.500><c> because</c><00:36:22.699><c> the</c><00:36:22.920><c> same</c><00:36:23.119><c> thing</c><00:36:23.300><c> is</c><00:36:23.519><c> told</c><00:36:23.760><c> of</c><00:36:24.000><c> the</c><00:36:24.219><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:26.840
In<00:36:24.920><c> 1</c><00:36:25.059><c> Thessalonians</c><00:36:25.659><c> 3,</c><00:36:25.980><c> verse</c><00:36:26.099><c> 12,</c><00:36:26.480><c> it</c><00:36:26.539><c> says</c>

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:29.460
that<00:36:27.199><c> they</c><00:36:27.320><c> should</c><00:36:27.539><c> increase</c><00:36:28.099><c> and</c><00:36:28.420><c> abound</c><00:36:28.980><c> in</c><00:36:29.260><c> love</c>

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:31.099
one<00:36:29.719><c> toward</c><00:36:29.920><c> another</c><00:36:30.260><c> and</c><00:36:30.500><c> toward</c><00:36:30.679><c> all</c><00:36:30.880><c> men.</c>

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:33.260
1<00:36:31.599><c> Thessalonians</c><00:36:32.159><c> 4,</c><00:36:32.619><c> verse</c><00:36:32.780><c> 1</c><00:36:33.059><c> says,</c>

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:35.960
we<00:36:33.420><c> beseech</c><00:36:33.860><c> you</c><00:36:34.019><c> brethren</c><00:36:34.300><c> and</c><00:36:34.579><c> exhort</c><00:36:34.860><c> you</c><00:36:35.000><c> by</c><00:36:35.179><c> the</c><00:36:35.320><c> Lord</c><00:36:35.460><c> Jesus</c>

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:38.699
that<00:36:36.420><c> as</c><00:36:36.599><c> you</c><00:36:36.699><c> have</c><00:36:36.900><c> received</c><00:36:37.340><c> of</c><00:36:37.519><c> us</c><00:36:37.760><c> how</c><00:36:38.019><c> you</c><00:36:38.199><c> ought</c><00:36:38.320><c> to</c><00:36:38.519><c> walk</c>

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:42.340
and<00:36:38.900><c> to</c><00:36:39.099><c> please</c><00:36:39.260><c> God,</c><00:36:40.059><c> so</c><00:36:40.199><c> you</c><00:36:40.420><c> would</c><00:36:40.559><c> abound</c><00:36:41.079><c> more</c><00:36:41.500><c> and</c><00:36:41.739><c> more.</c>

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:44.699
In<00:36:42.880><c> 1</c><00:36:43.079><c> Thessalonians</c><00:36:43.579><c> 4,</c><00:36:44.019><c> verse</c><00:36:44.159><c> 10</c><00:36:44.380><c> it</c><00:36:44.599><c> says,</c>

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:46.699
and<00:36:44.900><c> indeed</c><00:36:45.119><c> you</c><00:36:45.340><c> do</c><00:36:45.460><c> it</c><00:36:45.880><c> toward</c><00:36:46.079><c> all</c><00:36:46.340><c> the</c><00:36:46.500><c> brethren</c>

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:49.559
in<00:36:47.199><c> all</c><00:36:47.619><c> Macedonia,</c><00:36:48.539><c> but</c><00:36:48.619><c> we</c><00:36:48.800><c> beseech</c><00:36:49.079><c> you</c><00:36:49.280><c> brethren</c>

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:51.619
that<00:36:49.780><c> you</c><00:36:50.000><c> increase</c><00:36:50.400><c> more</c><00:36:50.800><c> and</c><00:36:51.320><c> more.</c>

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:56.099
So<00:36:52.159><c> the</c><00:36:52.239><c> Lord</c><00:36:53.460><c> Jesus</c><00:36:53.960><c> is</c><00:36:54.699><c> writing</c><00:36:54.980><c> to</c><00:36:55.280><c> them</c><00:36:55.500><c> through</c><00:36:55.719><c> Paul</c>

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:57.960
and<00:36:56.619><c> He</c><00:36:56.699><c> doesn't</c><00:36:56.900><c> want</c><00:36:57.059><c> them</c><00:36:57.199><c> to</c><00:36:57.460><c> sit</c><00:36:57.679><c> there.</c>

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:59.920
What<00:36:58.360><c> God</c><00:36:58.579><c> loves</c><00:36:58.880><c> is</c><00:36:59.119><c> growth,</c><00:36:59.440><c> isn't</c><00:36:59.679><c> it?</c>

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.519
They<00:37:00.699><c> started</c><00:37:01.159><c> well,</c><00:37:01.719><c> but</c><00:37:01.980><c> push</c><00:37:02.260><c> on.</c>

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.699
Don't<00:37:02.840><c> leave</c><00:37:03.059><c> it</c><00:37:03.239><c> like</c><00:37:03.460><c> that.</c>

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:06.179
You've<00:37:04.159><c> opened</c><00:37:04.320><c> your</c><00:37:04.579><c> homes,</c><00:37:05.460><c> well</c><00:37:05.579><c> keep</c><00:37:05.760><c> going.</c>

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:08.099
Open<00:37:06.639><c> more</c><00:37:06.900><c> and</c><00:37:07.119><c> more.</c>

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.800
Include,<00:37:09.219><c> preach,</c><00:37:09.780><c> teach.</c>

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.699
Let<00:37:10.920><c> your</c><00:37:11.099><c> love</c><00:37:11.280><c> abound.</c>

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:14.400
Let<00:37:11.940><c> the</c><00:37:12.199><c> fruitfulness</c><00:37:12.780><c> come</c><00:37:13.400><c> forth</c><00:37:13.639><c> more</c><00:37:13.960><c> and</c><00:37:14.139><c> more.</c>

00:37:14.739 --> 00:37:16.880
And<00:37:14.900><c> so</c><00:37:15.000><c> they</c><00:37:15.099><c> have</c><00:37:15.239><c> a</c><00:37:15.360><c> real</c><00:37:15.800><c> sort</c><00:37:15.940><c> of</c><00:37:16.139><c> rocket,</c><00:37:16.360><c> if</c><00:37:16.539><c> you</c><00:37:16.679><c> like,</c>

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.360
to<00:37:17.059><c> just</c><00:37:17.280><c> keep</c><00:37:17.480><c> going.</c>

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.360
And<00:37:18.659><c> that's</c><00:37:18.780><c> what</c><00:37:18.880><c> we</c><00:37:19.039><c> need</c><00:37:19.179><c> to</c><00:37:19.320><c> hear,</c><00:37:19.519><c> isn't</c><00:37:19.639><c> it?</c>

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:23.519
Sometimes<00:37:21.639><c> you</c><00:37:22.059><c> can</c><00:37:22.199><c> do</c><00:37:22.340><c> so</c><00:37:22.619><c> well</c><00:37:22.739><c> to</c><00:37:23.000><c> start</c><00:37:23.199><c> with</c>

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:26.019
and<00:37:24.300><c> you</c><00:37:24.460><c> realize,</c><00:37:24.880><c> you</c><00:37:25.039><c> can</c><00:37:25.179><c> look</c><00:37:25.320><c> back</c><00:37:25.639><c> on</c><00:37:25.739><c> your</c><00:37:25.900><c> life</c>

00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:28.519
and<00:37:26.199><c> say</c><00:37:26.199><c> that</c><00:37:26.400><c> was</c><00:37:26.960><c> something</c><00:37:27.380><c> that</c><00:37:27.900><c> worked</c><00:37:28.079><c> out</c><00:37:28.320><c> well.</c>

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.840
It<00:37:28.639><c> did</c><00:37:28.840><c> do</c><00:37:29.039><c> good.</c>

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:31.539
And<00:37:30.059><c> there</c><00:37:30.440><c> is</c><00:37:30.619><c> a</c><00:37:30.800><c> tendency,</c><00:37:31.260><c> perhaps,</c>

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.940
for<00:37:31.659><c> us</c><00:37:31.840><c> to</c><00:37:32.000><c> just</c><00:37:32.239><c> rest</c><00:37:32.480><c> back</c><00:37:32.719><c> and</c><00:37:32.860><c> say,</c>

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.380
hey,<00:37:33.340><c> that</c><00:37:33.599><c> first</c><00:37:33.880><c> class</c><00:37:34.119><c> we</c><00:37:34.340><c> did</c><00:37:34.519><c> was</c><00:37:35.039><c> great.</c>

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:37.699
That<00:37:35.800><c> first</c><00:37:36.719><c> opportunity</c><00:37:37.280><c> I</c><00:37:37.559><c> took</c>

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:39.280
to<00:37:37.920><c> teach</c><00:37:38.199><c> to</c><00:37:38.380><c> that</c><00:37:38.539><c> person</c><00:37:38.800><c> was</c><00:37:39.039><c> great.</c>

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:41.760
And<00:37:39.519><c> the</c><00:37:39.900><c> tendency</c><00:37:40.239><c> can</c><00:37:40.559><c> be,</c><00:37:40.840><c> okay,</c><00:37:41.079><c> I've</c><00:37:41.219><c> done</c><00:37:41.340><c> it</c><00:37:41.500><c> now.</c>

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.079
I'm<00:37:42.420><c> done,</c><00:37:42.780><c> I'm</c><00:37:42.900><c> dusted.</c>

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.960
But<00:37:43.719><c> we're</c><00:37:43.940><c> really</c><00:37:44.260><c> getting</c><00:37:44.460><c> pushed</c><00:37:44.780><c> here</c>

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:46.960
to<00:37:45.079><c> do</c><00:37:45.320><c> more</c><00:37:45.739><c> and</c><00:37:46.139><c> more.</c>

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:50.079
Now<00:37:47.619><c> the</c><00:37:47.719><c> lesson,</c><00:37:48.559><c> when</c><00:37:48.719><c> we</c><00:37:48.920><c> think</c><00:37:49.139><c> back,</c>

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:53.239
is<00:37:50.980><c> not</c><00:37:51.420><c> to</c><00:37:51.579><c> be</c><00:37:51.719><c> a</c><00:37:51.900><c> flash</c><00:37:52.059><c> in</c><00:37:52.239><c> the</c><00:37:52.420><c> pan.</c>

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:55.119
It's<00:37:53.940><c> not</c><00:37:54.139><c> just</c><00:37:54.320><c> to</c><00:37:54.500><c> be</c><00:37:54.860><c> done.</c>

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:57.800
One<00:37:55.719><c> and</c><00:37:55.920><c> done,</c><00:37:56.219><c> as</c><00:37:56.400><c> they</c><00:37:56.599><c> say</c><00:37:56.760><c> in</c><00:37:56.880><c> America.</c>

00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:00.719
You've<00:37:58.639><c> got</c><00:37:58.639><c> to</c><00:37:58.719><c> keep</c><00:37:58.920><c> going</c><00:37:59.360><c> and</c><00:38:00.059><c> keep</c><00:38:00.300><c> moving</c><00:38:00.539><c> on.</c>

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:03.940
Now,<00:38:01.179><c> one</c><00:38:01.360><c> of</c><00:38:01.500><c> the</c><00:38:01.539><c> lessons</c><00:38:01.980><c> that</c><00:38:02.380><c> comes</c><00:38:02.619><c> to</c><00:38:02.780><c> us</c><00:38:03.019><c> from</c><00:38:03.380><c> creation</c>

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:06.159
is<00:38:04.519><c> interesting</c><00:38:04.920><c> on</c><00:38:05.099><c> this</c><00:38:05.260><c> topic.</c>

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:08.460
Not<00:38:06.780><c> to</c><00:38:06.940><c> be</c><00:38:07.099><c> one</c><00:38:07.219><c> and</c><00:38:07.420><c> done,</c><00:38:07.539><c> but</c><00:38:07.699><c> to</c><00:38:07.840><c> keep</c><00:38:07.980><c> moving</c><00:38:08.239><c> on,</c>

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.840
to<00:38:08.659><c> keep</c><00:38:08.860><c> plodding</c><00:38:09.099><c> on.</c>

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:13.360
I<00:38:10.179><c> was</c><00:38:10.320><c> looking</c><00:38:10.559><c> at</c><00:38:10.900><c> a</c><00:38:11.199><c> series</c><00:38:11.800><c> by</c><00:38:12.260><c> the</c><00:38:12.500><c> BBC</c>

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:15.019
and<00:38:13.940><c> it</c><00:38:14.059><c> was</c><00:38:14.179><c> looking</c><00:38:14.420><c> at</c><00:38:14.579><c> the</c><00:38:14.760><c> differences</c>

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:16.760
between<00:38:15.360><c> the</c><00:38:15.579><c> feet</c><00:38:15.719><c> of</c><00:38:15.980><c> animals.</c>

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:18.179
And<00:38:17.159><c> it</c><00:38:17.219><c> was</c><00:38:17.360><c> talking</c><00:38:17.559><c> about</c><00:38:17.739><c> the</c><00:38:17.940><c> lion</c>

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:22.159
and<00:38:18.380><c> how</c><00:38:18.559><c> its</c><00:38:18.800><c> feet</c><00:38:19.159><c> and</c><00:38:19.639><c> legs</c><00:38:19.940><c> are</c><00:38:20.099><c> very</c><00:38:20.340><c> different</c><00:38:20.780><c> from</c><00:38:21.079><c> its</c><00:38:21.300><c> prey.</c>

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:24.639
The<00:38:22.980><c> cloven</c><00:38:23.500><c>-hoofed</c><00:38:24.139><c> animal</c>

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:28.099
can't<00:38:25.400><c> accelerate</c><00:38:26.019><c> as</c><00:38:26.380><c> fast</c><00:38:26.900><c> as</c><00:38:27.099><c> the</c><00:38:27.280><c> lion.</c>

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.760
The<00:38:29.139><c> cloven</c><00:38:29.519><c>-hoofed</c><00:38:30.539><c> animal</c>

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:33.639
can't<00:38:31.199><c> run</c><00:38:31.639><c> as</c><00:38:32.099><c> fast</c><00:38:32.400><c> as</c><00:38:32.559><c> the</c><00:38:32.760><c> cheetah.</c>

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:35.719
But<00:38:34.280><c> what</c><00:38:34.440><c> it</c><00:38:34.599><c> does</c><00:38:34.940><c> do</c>

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:37.400
is<00:38:36.380><c> it</c><00:38:36.460><c> can</c><00:38:36.639><c> just</c><00:38:36.880><c> keep</c><00:38:37.059><c> going</c>

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:39.039
and<00:38:37.719><c> going</c><00:38:38.019><c> and</c><00:38:38.260><c> going.</c>

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:42.360
And<00:38:39.960><c> of</c><00:38:40.159><c> course,</c><00:38:40.619><c> when</c><00:38:40.760><c> we</c><00:38:40.920><c> think</c><00:38:41.079><c> back</c><00:38:41.280><c> to</c><00:38:41.440><c> the</c><00:38:41.639><c> law,</c>

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.280
what<00:38:42.659><c> was</c><00:38:42.960><c> clean?</c>

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:45.019
It<00:38:43.780><c> was</c><00:38:43.900><c> the</c><00:38:44.019><c> cloven</c><00:38:44.380><c>-footed</c><00:38:44.739><c> animal.</c>

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:47.400
We<00:38:45.400><c> may</c><00:38:45.579><c> not</c><00:38:45.719><c> have</c><00:38:45.840><c> the</c><00:38:45.980><c> best</c><00:38:46.260><c> acceleration.</c>

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:49.360
We<00:38:47.739><c> may</c><00:38:47.900><c> not</c><00:38:48.059><c> have</c><00:38:48.179><c> the</c><00:38:48.380><c> highest</c><00:38:48.699><c> top</c><00:38:48.980><c> speed.</c>

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:51.699
But<00:38:49.920><c> that</c><00:38:50.199><c> animal</c><00:38:50.679><c> stays</c><00:38:51.099><c> out</c><00:38:51.320><c> of</c><00:38:51.440><c> trouble</c>

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.900
by<00:38:51.960><c> just</c><00:38:52.239><c> keeping</c><00:38:52.420><c> on</c><00:38:52.699><c> going.</c>

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:54.719
And<00:38:53.599><c> I</c><00:38:53.719><c> thought</c><00:38:53.860><c> that</c><00:38:53.980><c> was</c><00:38:54.179><c> really</c><00:38:54.400><c> intriguing</c>

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:57.480
when<00:38:54.900><c> I</c><00:38:55.039><c> heard</c><00:38:55.239><c> that</c><00:38:55.820><c> the</c><00:38:56.099><c> cloven</c><00:38:56.559><c>-footed</c><00:38:56.940><c> animal,</c>

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.780
its<00:38:57.860><c> leg</c><00:38:58.119><c> is</c><00:38:58.380><c> built</c>

00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:01.159
for<00:38:59.440><c> sustained</c><00:39:00.000><c> endurance.</c>

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:03.000
And<00:39:01.699><c> that's</c><00:39:01.980><c> us,</c><00:39:02.159><c> isn't</c><00:39:02.300><c> it?</c>

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:05.280
That's<00:39:03.340><c> what</c><00:39:03.420><c> he's</c><00:39:03.719><c> exhorting</c><00:39:04.159><c> them</c><00:39:04.340><c> to</c><00:39:04.559><c> do</c><00:39:04.659><c> in</c><00:39:04.900><c> Philippi.</c>

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:07.639
It's<00:39:05.760><c> not</c><00:39:05.980><c> just</c><00:39:06.219><c> to</c><00:39:06.400><c> be</c><00:39:06.559><c> like</c><00:39:06.760><c> the</c><00:39:06.880><c> acceleration</c>

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.880
of<00:39:08.320><c> the</c><00:39:08.539><c> lion</c>

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:10.800
or<00:39:09.539><c> the</c><00:39:09.739><c> top</c><00:39:09.940><c> speed</c><00:39:10.239><c> of</c><00:39:10.400><c> the</c><00:39:10.579><c> cheetah</c>

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:13.099
which<00:39:11.039><c> lasts</c><00:39:11.579><c> 90</c><00:39:12.099><c> seconds.</c>

00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:15.679
But<00:39:13.480><c> to</c><00:39:13.659><c> be</c><00:39:13.840><c> the</c><00:39:14.159><c> cloven</c><00:39:14.599><c>-footed</c><00:39:15.039><c> clean</c><00:39:15.300><c> animal</c>

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:17.780
that<00:39:15.980><c> keeps</c><00:39:16.239><c> on</c><00:39:16.519><c> going</c><00:39:16.760><c> and</c><00:39:17.000><c> going</c><00:39:17.280><c> and</c><00:39:17.500><c> going.</c>

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:19.139
The<00:39:18.400><c> endurance</c><00:39:18.860><c> runner</c>

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:20.539
is<00:39:19.860><c> built</c><00:39:20.099><c> for</c><00:39:20.360><c> it.</c>

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:22.119
So<00:39:21.159><c> that's</c><00:39:21.440><c> what</c><00:39:21.619><c> the</c><00:39:21.860><c> Philippians</c>

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:23.619
have<00:39:22.340><c> been</c><00:39:22.559><c> exhorted</c><00:39:22.840><c> to</c><00:39:23.059><c> do.</c>

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:26.179
Now<00:39:24.039><c> back</c><00:39:24.400><c> in...</c>

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.900
It's<00:39:26.800><c> my</c><00:39:26.980><c> alarm.</c>

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.619
I've<00:39:28.380><c> got</c><00:39:28.480><c> five</c><00:39:28.760><c> minutes.</c>

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.980
Back<00:39:30.760><c> in</c><00:39:30.920><c> Acts</c><00:39:31.079><c> chapter</c><00:39:31.340><c> 16,</c>

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:34.139
the<00:39:32.480><c> presentation</c><00:39:32.780><c> had</c><00:39:32.920><c> been</c><00:39:33.119><c> made,</c>

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:35.639
the<00:39:34.659><c> choice</c><00:39:34.920><c> had</c><00:39:35.099><c> been</c><00:39:35.360><c> made</c>

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:37.900
to<00:39:35.880><c> choose</c><00:39:36.320><c> to</c><00:39:36.619><c> suffer</c><00:39:36.820><c> affliction.</c>

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:40.800
Now,<00:39:39.639><c> in</c><00:39:39.940><c> chapter</c><00:39:40.360><c> one</c>

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:43.260
of<00:39:41.159><c> Philippians,</c><00:39:41.619><c> verse</c><00:39:41.920><c> 23,</c>

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.940
there's<00:39:44.039><c> another</c><00:39:44.559><c> choice</c>

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.300
being<00:39:45.199><c> made</c><00:39:45.460><c> here.</c>

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:48.860
And<00:39:47.079><c> Paul,</c><00:39:47.400><c> very</c><00:39:47.820><c> calmly,</c>

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:50.360
describes<00:39:49.599><c> his</c><00:39:50.000><c> choice</c>

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.980
that<00:39:50.559><c> he</c><00:39:50.679><c> has</c><00:39:50.940><c> before</c><00:39:51.300><c> him.</c>

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:54.119
For<00:39:52.460><c> I</c><00:39:52.679><c> am</c><00:39:52.860><c> in</c><00:39:52.940><c> a</c><00:39:53.199><c> straight</c><00:39:53.360><c> betwixt</c><00:39:53.800><c> two.</c>

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.820
Having<00:39:54.579><c> a</c><00:39:54.880><c> desire</c><00:39:55.099><c> to</c><00:39:55.340><c> depart</c>

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:58.480
and<00:39:56.119><c> to</c><00:39:56.280><c> be</c><00:39:56.380><c> with</c><00:39:56.579><c> Christ,</c><00:39:57.019><c> which</c><00:39:57.179><c> is</c><00:39:57.400><c> far</c><00:39:57.539><c> better,</c>

00:39:58.619 --> 00:40:00.239
nevertheless,<00:39:59.239><c> to</c><00:39:59.420><c> abide</c><00:39:59.679><c> in</c><00:39:59.860><c> the</c><00:40:00.079><c> flesh</c>

00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:02.079
is<00:40:00.400><c> more</c><00:40:00.639><c> needful</c><00:40:01.000><c> for</c><00:40:01.199><c> you.</c>

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:03.820
And<00:40:02.400><c> having</c><00:40:02.599><c> this</c><00:40:02.860><c> confidence,</c><00:40:03.280><c> I</c><00:40:03.500><c> know</c>

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:06.280
that<00:40:04.039><c> I</c><00:40:04.260><c> shall</c><00:40:04.420><c> abide</c><00:40:04.820><c> and</c><00:40:05.219><c> continue</c><00:40:05.559><c> with</c><00:40:05.800><c> you</c><00:40:05.980><c> all</c>

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:08.780
for<00:40:06.699><c> your</c><00:40:06.980><c> furtherance</c><00:40:07.440><c> and</c><00:40:07.679><c> joy</c><00:40:07.800><c> of</c><00:40:08.019><c> faith.</c>

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.960
What's<00:40:09.739><c> going</c><00:40:09.920><c> on</c><00:40:10.119><c> here?</c>

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:12.340
Paul<00:40:11.380><c> is</c><00:40:11.639><c> in</c><00:40:11.739><c> a</c><00:40:12.079><c> straight</c>

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:15.179
betwixt<00:40:12.880><c> two.</c><00:40:13.219><c> He's</c><00:40:13.480><c> got</c><00:40:13.599><c> a</c><00:40:13.820><c> choice</c><00:40:14.079><c> before</c><00:40:14.440><c> him.</c>

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.340
Now,<00:40:15.980><c> most</c>

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:18.440
commentators<00:40:17.019><c> think</c><00:40:17.519><c> that</c>

00:40:18.440 --> 00:40:20.840
Philippians<00:40:18.820><c> was</c><00:40:19.019><c> written</c><00:40:19.219><c> from</c><00:40:19.559><c> Rome.</c>

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.400
Minority

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.300
are<00:40:23.800><c> of</c><00:40:23.900><c> the</c><00:40:24.079><c> opinion</c>

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:26.960
that<00:40:24.420><c> it's</c><00:40:24.639><c> written</c><00:40:24.880><c> from</c><00:40:25.179><c> Caesarea</c><00:40:25.679><c> Philippi.</c>

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:28.920
And<00:40:27.179><c> that's</c><00:40:27.380><c> what</c><00:40:27.420><c> I</c><00:40:27.619><c> think,</c><00:40:27.960><c> too.</c>

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:30.420
In<00:40:29.380><c> chapter</c><00:40:29.619><c> one,</c><00:40:29.900><c> verse</c><00:40:30.079><c> 13,</c>

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:32.280
it<00:40:30.639><c> talks</c><00:40:30.840><c> about</c><00:40:31.079><c> the</c><00:40:31.400><c> palace.</c>

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:34.400
Now,<00:40:33.380><c> that</c><00:40:33.619><c> word,</c><00:40:33.940><c> the</c><00:40:34.179><c> palace,</c>

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:36.360
is<00:40:34.719><c> the</c><00:40:34.880><c> word</c><00:40:35.039><c> for</c><00:40:35.320><c> praetorian.</c>

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:38.920
And<00:40:36.840><c> in</c><00:40:36.980><c> Acts</c><00:40:37.159><c> chapter</c><00:40:37.400><c> 23,</c><00:40:38.019><c> verse</c><00:40:38.179><c> 35,</c>

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.780
it's<00:40:39.800><c> used</c><00:40:40.039><c> of</c><00:40:40.300><c> Herod's</c>

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:42.860
judgment<00:40:41.159><c> hall</c><00:40:41.539><c> in</c><00:40:41.860><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:44.340
That's<00:40:43.420><c> exactly</c><00:40:43.719><c> the</c><00:40:43.840><c> same</c><00:40:44.079><c> word.</c>

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:45.840
This<00:40:44.619><c> phrase,</c><00:40:44.980><c> judgment</c><00:40:45.300><c> hall,</c>

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:48.360
in<00:40:46.539><c> Caesarea,</c><00:40:47.019><c> in</c><00:40:47.159><c> chapter</c><00:40:47.320><c> 23,</c><00:40:47.760><c> verse</c><00:40:47.900><c> 25,</c>

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:51.039
is<00:40:48.539><c> the</c><00:40:48.679><c> same</c><00:40:48.800><c> as</c><00:40:49.059><c> palace</c><00:40:49.300><c> here.</c><00:40:49.599><c> It's</c><00:40:49.719><c> the</c><00:40:49.840><c> word</c><00:40:49.980><c> praetorian.</c>

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.340
In<00:40:51.840><c> chapter</c><00:40:52.039><c> 4,</c>

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:55.019
verse<00:40:52.500><c> 22,</c><00:40:52.940><c> it</c><00:40:53.000><c> talks</c><00:40:53.260><c> about</c><00:40:53.559><c> Caesar's</c><00:40:54.119><c> household.</c>

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.219
Now,<00:40:55.760><c> the</c><00:40:55.960><c> civil</c>

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:58.760
service<00:40:56.739><c> staffers</c>

00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:00.320
throughout<00:40:59.199><c> the</c><00:40:59.480><c> empire</c><00:40:59.780><c> were</c><00:40:59.980><c> known</c>

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:02.739
as<00:41:00.820><c> the</c><00:41:01.280><c> Caesariani.</c>

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:04.460
And<00:41:03.699><c> so,</c><00:41:04.079><c> it</c><00:41:04.179><c> is</c>

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:06.300
possible,<00:41:04.900><c> and</c><00:41:05.059><c> I</c><00:41:05.199><c> think</c><00:41:05.340><c> it's</c><00:41:05.519><c> true,</c><00:41:06.139><c> that</c>

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:08.460
Paul<00:41:06.599><c> was</c><00:41:06.820><c> writing</c><00:41:07.139><c> this,</c><00:41:07.980><c> not</c><00:41:08.199><c> from</c>

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:11.019
Rome,<00:41:09.159><c> but</c><00:41:09.300><c> from</c><00:41:09.619><c> Caesarea</c><00:41:10.059><c> Philippi.</c>

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.559
From

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:14.559
Caesarea<00:41:13.260><c> itself,</c><00:41:13.760><c> not</c><00:41:13.880><c> Caesarea</c><00:41:14.199><c> Philippi,</c>

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:16.300
but<00:41:14.800><c> from</c><00:41:15.039><c> Caesarea,</c><00:41:16.139><c> and</c>

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:18.480
not<00:41:16.480><c> from</c><00:41:16.760><c> Rome.</c><00:41:17.400><c> And</c><00:41:17.559><c> what</c><00:41:17.659><c> was</c><00:41:17.760><c> he</c><00:41:17.900><c> doing</c><00:41:18.119><c> there?</c>

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:20.340
He<00:41:18.880><c> was</c><00:41:19.099><c> imprisoned,</c><00:41:19.519><c> wasn't</c><00:41:19.659><c> he,</c><00:41:19.800><c> at</c><00:41:19.920><c> the</c><00:41:19.980><c> end</c><00:41:20.159><c> of</c>

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:22.400
Acts,<00:41:22.019><c> from</c><00:41:22.199><c> a</c>

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:24.579
choice<00:41:22.579><c> he</c><00:41:22.820><c> made</c><00:41:23.039><c> to</c><00:41:23.179><c> go</c><00:41:23.360><c> to</c><00:41:23.559><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:26.159
And<00:41:25.219><c> he</c><00:41:25.320><c> was</c><00:41:25.460><c> imprisoned</c><00:41:25.780><c> there</c><00:41:25.980><c> for</c>

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:28.320
two<00:41:26.420><c> years.</c><00:41:27.800><c> Now,</c><00:41:28.039><c> what</c>

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:30.059
choice<00:41:28.739><c> could</c><00:41:28.920><c> he</c><00:41:29.059><c> have</c><00:41:29.219><c> been,</c><00:41:29.400><c> what</c><00:41:29.820><c> straight</c>

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:31.960
could<00:41:30.280><c> he</c><00:41:30.420><c> have</c><00:41:30.480><c> been</c><00:41:30.719><c> in</c><00:41:31.000><c> betwixt</c><00:41:31.440><c> two</c>

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:33.739
at<00:41:32.659><c> this</c><00:41:32.920><c> time?</c>

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:36.340
Well,<00:41:34.340><c> I</c><00:41:34.460><c> suggest</c><00:41:34.820><c> that</c><00:41:35.360><c> the</c><00:41:36.059><c> straight</c>

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:38.139
he's<00:41:36.559><c> in,</c><00:41:36.679><c> in</c><00:41:36.840><c> verse</c><00:41:37.000><c> 23,</c>

00:41:38.219 --> 00:41:40.179
is<00:41:38.340><c> to</c><00:41:38.619><c> choose,</c><00:41:39.440><c> interestingly,</c>

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:41.739
whether<00:41:40.639><c> to</c><00:41:40.940><c> appeal</c><00:41:41.219><c> to</c><00:41:41.500><c> Caesar</c>

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:43.860
or<00:41:42.400><c> not.</c>

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:46.079
That's<00:41:44.360><c> the</c><00:41:44.420><c> suggestion,</c><00:41:45.079><c> I'm</c><00:41:45.219><c> putting</c><00:41:45.320><c> before</c><00:41:45.719><c> you,</c>

00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:48.019
is<00:41:46.400><c> that</c><00:41:46.579><c> Paul</c><00:41:46.760><c> is</c><00:41:46.980><c> in</c><00:41:47.239><c> Caesarea</c>

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:50.039
as<00:41:48.760><c> in</c><00:41:48.880><c> those</c><00:41:49.139><c> first</c><00:41:49.420><c> few</c><00:41:49.619><c> days</c>

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:52.480
after<00:41:50.400><c> he</c><00:41:50.480><c> gets</c><00:41:50.699><c> back,</c><00:41:52.099><c> to</c><00:41:52.099><c> Tullus</c>

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:54.780
the<00:41:52.760><c> orator</c><00:41:53.059><c> comes</c><00:41:53.340><c> down,</c><00:41:53.760><c> remember?</c>

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:56.000
And<00:41:55.059><c> Paul</c><00:41:55.280><c> is</c><00:41:55.519><c> there</c>

00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:57.940
in<00:41:56.159><c> a</c><00:41:56.380><c> straight</c><00:41:56.639><c> betwixt</c><00:41:57.099><c> two.</c>

00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:00.179
Now,<00:41:58.280><c> if</c><00:41:58.460><c> he</c><00:41:58.699><c> appeals</c><00:41:59.019><c> to</c><00:41:59.280><c> Caesar,</c>

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:02.199
he<00:42:01.119><c> then</c><00:42:01.820><c> uses</c>

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:04.559
his<00:42:02.539><c> Roman</c><00:42:02.820><c> citizenship,</c><00:42:03.460><c> ironically,</c>

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:06.280
to<00:42:05.119><c> a</c><00:42:05.280><c> good</c><00:42:05.460><c> effect.</c>

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.780
If<00:42:06.780><c> he</c><00:42:07.000><c> doesn't,</c><00:42:07.239><c> what</c><00:42:07.420><c> happens?</c>

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:09.840
Why<00:42:08.059><c> is</c><00:42:08.239><c> it</c><00:42:08.400><c> a</c><00:42:08.559><c> straight?</c><00:42:09.239><c> Well,</c><00:42:09.340><c> the</c><00:42:09.519><c> choice</c><00:42:09.739><c> is</c>

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:11.840
if<00:42:09.920><c> he</c><00:42:10.099><c> doesn't</c><00:42:10.440><c> appeal</c><00:42:10.719><c> to</c><00:42:10.940><c> Caesar,</c><00:42:11.179><c> he</c><00:42:11.300><c> knows</c><00:42:11.539><c> he</c><00:42:11.639><c> goes</c>

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:13.800
to<00:42:12.059><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:42:12.539><c> and</c><00:42:12.699><c> he</c><00:42:12.860><c> knows</c><00:42:13.219><c> that</c><00:42:13.480><c> equals</c>

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:16.059
death,<00:42:14.440><c> because</c><00:42:14.579><c> he</c><00:42:14.719><c> knows</c><00:42:14.980><c> the</c><00:42:15.179><c> people</c><00:42:15.360><c> he's</c><00:42:15.519><c> dealing</c><00:42:15.719><c> with.</c>

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:17.980
Forty<00:42:16.639><c> of</c><00:42:16.739><c> them</c><00:42:16.880><c> have</c><00:42:17.000><c> said</c><00:42:17.079><c> they're</c><00:42:17.159><c> not</c><00:42:17.320><c> going</c><00:42:17.460><c> to</c><00:42:17.539><c> eat</c><00:42:17.639><c> anything</c>

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:19.139
until<00:42:18.119><c> he's</c><00:42:18.340><c> dead.</c>

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:21.760
He<00:42:19.719><c> knows</c><00:42:20.099><c> that</c><00:42:20.360><c> if</c><00:42:20.480><c> he</c><00:42:20.599><c> goes</c><00:42:20.739><c> to</c><00:42:20.940><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:42:21.320><c> that</c><00:42:21.539><c> is</c>

00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:23.840
the<00:42:21.940><c> choice</c><00:42:22.300><c> of</c><00:42:22.659><c> death,</c><00:42:22.900><c> and</c><00:42:23.039><c> he</c><00:42:23.139><c> kind</c><00:42:23.320><c> of</c><00:42:23.460><c> finds</c><00:42:23.599><c> it</c>

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.679
appealing.

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:27.760
So,<00:42:26.079><c> in</c><00:42:26.260><c> the</c><00:42:26.440><c> straight</c><00:42:26.559><c> betwixt</c><00:42:27.380><c> two,</c>

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:29.860
having<00:42:28.039><c> a</c><00:42:28.239><c> desire</c><00:42:28.519><c> to</c><00:42:28.760><c> depart,</c><00:42:29.599><c> perhaps</c>

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:31.780
that's<00:42:30.159><c> meaning</c><00:42:30.559><c> to</c><00:42:31.199><c> not</c><00:42:31.500><c> appeal</c>

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:33.860
to<00:42:31.980><c> Caesar,</c><00:42:32.460><c> to</c><00:42:32.579><c> go</c><00:42:32.760><c> to</c><00:42:32.940><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:42:33.500><c> to</c><00:42:33.579><c> depart.</c>

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:35.860
I<00:42:34.019><c> know</c><00:42:34.199><c> I'm</c><00:42:34.300><c> going</c><00:42:34.380><c> to</c><00:42:34.480><c> get</c><00:42:34.639><c> killed,</c><00:42:35.480><c> and</c><00:42:35.619><c> to</c><00:42:35.739><c> be</c>

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:38.099
with<00:42:35.920><c> Christ.</c><00:42:36.639><c> At</c><00:42:36.739><c> least</c><00:42:36.920><c> when</c><00:42:37.039><c> I'm</c><00:42:37.199><c> killed,</c><00:42:37.659><c> the</c><00:42:37.679><c> next</c><00:42:37.880><c> waking</c>

00:42:38.099 --> 00:42:39.940
moment,<00:42:38.480><c> I'm</c><00:42:38.679><c> with</c><00:42:38.880><c> the</c><00:42:38.980><c> Lord.</c>

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:42.260
Nevertheless,<00:42:41.460><c> verse</c><00:42:41.699><c> 24,</c>

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.860
to<00:42:42.760><c> abide</c><00:42:43.139><c> in</c><00:42:43.360><c> the</c><00:42:43.579><c> flesh</c>

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:45.900
is<00:42:44.099><c> more</c><00:42:44.340><c> needful</c><00:42:44.679><c> for</c><00:42:44.880><c> you.</c>

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:48.059
So,<00:42:47.019><c> interestingly,</c>

00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:50.039
in<00:42:49.239><c> chapter</c><00:42:49.500><c> 16</c>

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:51.679
of<00:42:50.340><c> Romans,</c><00:42:51.000><c> he</c><00:42:51.260><c> chose</c>

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:54.320
not<00:42:52.480><c> to</c><00:42:52.900><c> declare</c><00:42:53.159><c> his</c><00:42:53.440><c> Roman</c><00:42:53.659><c> citizenship</c>

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:56.340
and<00:42:54.920><c> to</c><00:42:55.119><c> suffer</c><00:42:55.260><c> affliction.</c>

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And<00:42:57.340><c> in</c><00:42:57.579><c> Philippians,</c>

00:42:58.199 --> 00:43:00.159
chapter<00:42:58.420><c> 1,</c><00:42:59.659><c> conversely,</c>

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:01.400
he<00:43:00.420><c> chose</c>

00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:03.840
to<00:43:02.219><c> suffer</c><00:43:02.599><c> affliction</c><00:43:03.099><c> by</c>

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:06.360
choosing<00:43:04.119><c> to</c><00:43:04.519><c> use</c><00:43:04.760><c> his</c><00:43:04.940><c> Roman</c><00:43:05.199><c> citizenship</c>

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.719
as<00:43:06.940><c> a</c><00:43:06.980><c> very</c><00:43:07.340><c> intriguing</c>

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:09.900
choice.<00:43:09.280><c> And</c><00:43:09.380><c> that</c><00:43:09.559><c> mindset</c>

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:12.539
is<00:43:10.119><c> a</c><00:43:10.239><c> lovely</c><00:43:10.480><c> one.</c><00:43:11.119><c> Verse</c><00:43:11.119><c> 28,</c>

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.599
And<00:43:13.039><c> in</c><00:43:13.179><c> nothing</c>

00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:15.219
terrified<00:43:14.119><c> by</c><00:43:14.360><c> your</c><00:43:14.599><c> adversaries,</c>

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:17.460
which<00:43:15.659><c> is</c><00:43:15.860><c> to</c><00:43:15.960><c> them</c><00:43:16.159><c> an</c><00:43:16.380><c> evident</c><00:43:16.619><c> token</c><00:43:17.019><c> of</c><00:43:17.280><c> your</c>

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:19.860
perdition,<00:43:18.559><c> but</c><00:43:18.699><c> to</c><00:43:18.880><c> you</c><00:43:19.059><c> of</c><00:43:19.260><c> salvation</c>

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:21.400
and<00:43:20.099><c> that</c><00:43:20.260><c> of</c><00:43:20.360><c> God.</c>

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.579
For<00:43:22.519><c> unto</c><00:43:22.739><c> you</c><00:43:22.960><c> it</c><00:43:23.079><c> is</c><00:43:23.300><c> given</c>

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:25.780
in<00:43:23.940><c> the</c><00:43:24.079><c> behalf</c><00:43:24.360><c> of</c><00:43:24.579><c> Christ,</c><00:43:25.320><c> not</c><00:43:25.539><c> only</c>

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:27.840
to<00:43:26.059><c> believe</c><00:43:26.280><c> on</c><00:43:26.480><c> him,</c><00:43:27.119><c> but</c><00:43:27.340><c> also</c>

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:29.659
to<00:43:28.139><c> suffer</c><00:43:28.360><c> for</c><00:43:28.539><c> his</c><00:43:28.800><c> sake.</c>

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:31.760
It's<00:43:30.159><c> given</c><00:43:30.500><c> to</c><00:43:31.440><c> you</c>

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:33.559
to<00:43:31.840><c> suffer</c><00:43:32.199><c> for</c><00:43:32.460><c> his</c><00:43:32.699><c> sake.</c>

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:35.719
It<00:43:33.679><c> wasn't</c><00:43:34.000><c> something</c><00:43:34.360><c> that</c><00:43:34.599><c> might</c><00:43:34.860><c> happen</c>

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:37.039
if<00:43:35.780><c> you're</c><00:43:35.920><c> a</c><00:43:35.940><c> bit</c><00:43:36.139><c> unlucky.</c>

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:39.800
It<00:43:37.460><c> was</c><00:43:37.719><c> a</c><00:43:37.880><c> blessing.</c><00:43:39.000><c> And</c><00:43:39.079><c> you</c><00:43:39.119><c> can</c><00:43:39.340><c> imagine</c>

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:41.519
going<00:43:40.099><c> back</c><00:43:40.380><c> to</c><00:43:40.559><c> Acts,</c><00:43:40.780><c> how</c><00:43:40.960><c> delighted</c><00:43:41.320><c> the</c>

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.760
apostles<00:43:41.820><c> were,</c><00:43:42.699><c> almost</c><00:43:42.960><c> jumping</c><00:43:43.239><c> with</c><00:43:43.519><c> joy</c>

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:45.320
that<00:43:43.900><c> they</c><00:43:44.079><c> could</c><00:43:44.940><c> suffer</c>

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:47.460
and<00:43:45.559><c> were</c><00:43:45.719><c> deemed</c><00:43:45.880><c> worthy</c><00:43:46.260><c> to</c><00:43:46.559><c> suffer.</c>

00:43:48.579 --> 00:43:49.840
Verse<00:43:48.739><c> 30,</c><00:43:49.099><c> Having</c><00:43:49.320><c> the</c><00:43:49.559><c> same</c>

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:52.500
conflict<00:43:50.519><c> which</c><00:43:51.179><c> you</c><00:43:51.340><c> saw</c><00:43:51.539><c> in</c><00:43:51.739><c> me.</c>

00:43:53.219 --> 00:43:53.820
That<00:43:53.559><c> choice</c>

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:55.179
is<00:43:53.960><c> not</c><00:43:54.099><c> an</c><00:43:54.239><c> easy</c><00:43:54.420><c> one,</c><00:43:54.659><c> is</c><00:43:54.739><c> it?</c>

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:57.719
Choose<00:43:55.920><c> to</c><00:43:56.139><c> suffer</c><00:43:56.340><c> affliction</c><00:43:56.719><c> is</c><00:43:57.139><c> not</c><00:43:57.360><c> an</c><00:43:57.500><c> easy</c>

00:43:57.719 --> 00:43:59.760
choice.<00:43:58.860><c> And</c><00:43:59.059><c> they</c><00:43:59.199><c> saw</c><00:43:59.400><c> that</c>

00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:01.860
conflict<00:43:59.880><c> in</c><00:44:00.159><c> him.</c><00:44:01.019><c> And</c><00:44:01.260><c> here</c><00:44:01.380><c> he</c><00:44:01.460><c> has</c><00:44:01.619><c> that</c>

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:03.920
conflict<00:44:02.199><c> again.</c><00:44:03.239><c> Having</c><00:44:03.440><c> the</c><00:44:03.699><c> same</c>

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:05.420
conflict<00:44:04.340><c> which</c><00:44:04.559><c> you</c><00:44:04.719><c> saw</c><00:44:04.900><c> in</c><00:44:05.079><c> me,</c>

00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:08.159
and<00:44:05.940><c> now</c><00:44:06.179><c> here</c><00:44:06.559><c> to</c><00:44:06.860><c> be</c><00:44:07.099><c> in</c><00:44:07.360><c> me.</c>

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:09.900
The<00:44:08.619><c> conflict</c><00:44:08.980><c> of</c><00:44:09.159><c> choosing</c><00:44:09.460><c> to</c><00:44:09.699><c> suffer</c>

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:11.880
affliction,<00:44:10.880><c> the</c><00:44:11.079><c> conflict</c><00:44:11.440><c> here</c>

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:14.059
of<00:44:12.219><c> whether</c><00:44:12.440><c> to</c><00:44:12.880><c> choose</c><00:44:13.159><c> to</c>

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:15.800
use<00:44:14.280><c> his</c><00:44:14.500><c> Roman</c><00:44:14.800><c> citizenship</c><00:44:15.340><c> and</c><00:44:15.619><c> go</c>

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:17.599
to<00:44:16.000><c> Caesar,</c><00:44:16.300><c> to</c><00:44:16.440><c> appeal</c><00:44:16.679><c> to</c><00:44:16.880><c> Caesar,</c>

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:19.820
or<00:44:17.860><c> to</c><00:44:18.079><c> take,</c><00:44:18.219><c> if</c><00:44:18.400><c> you</c><00:44:18.559><c> like,</c><00:44:19.460><c> a</c><00:44:19.659><c> sort</c>

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:21.639
of<00:44:20.000><c> easy</c><00:44:20.320><c> way,</c><00:44:20.900><c> a</c><00:44:21.059><c> quick</c><00:44:21.239><c> death</c>

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:23.199
at<00:44:21.800><c> the</c><00:44:21.960><c> hands</c><00:44:22.159><c> of</c><00:44:22.300><c> the</c><00:44:22.440><c> Jews.</c>

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:25.760
And<00:44:24.219><c> whichever</c><00:44:24.500><c> way</c><00:44:24.699><c> he</c><00:44:24.920><c> chose,</c><00:44:25.460><c> he</c><00:44:25.559><c> was</c>

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:27.380
putting<00:44:26.019><c> before</c><00:44:26.400><c> him</c><00:44:26.579><c> the</c><00:44:26.800><c> context</c>

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:29.320
and<00:44:27.960><c> the</c><00:44:28.119><c> way</c><00:44:28.400><c> of</c><00:44:28.699><c> presenting</c>

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:31.219
of<00:44:29.980><c> the</c><00:44:30.099><c> Lord</c><00:44:30.300><c> Jesus</c><00:44:30.639><c> Christ</c>

00:44:31.219 --> 00:44:33.739
and<00:44:31.539><c> Him</c><00:44:31.699><c> crucified</c><00:44:32.300><c> and</c><00:44:32.980><c> risen.</c>

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:35.880
And<00:44:33.960><c> it's</c><00:44:34.139><c> beautiful</c><00:44:34.559><c> language</c><00:44:35.039><c> and</c>

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:37.280
tomorrow<00:44:36.300><c> we'll</c><00:44:36.519><c> have</c><00:44:36.719><c> a</c><00:44:36.780><c> little</c><00:44:36.980><c> look</c>

00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:39.179
at<00:44:37.519><c> the</c><00:44:37.719><c> mindset</c><00:44:38.139><c> that</c><00:44:38.380><c> goes</c><00:44:38.539><c> into</c><00:44:38.800><c> that.</c>

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:41.440
It<00:44:39.639><c> is</c><00:44:39.800><c> my</c><00:44:39.980><c> belief</c><00:44:40.480><c> that</c><00:44:41.019><c> he</c><00:44:41.239><c> saw</c>

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:43.860
himself<00:44:41.980><c> in</c><00:44:42.519><c> regards</c><00:44:42.920><c> to</c><00:44:43.159><c> Rome</c>

00:44:43.860 --> 00:44:45.699
versus<00:44:44.940><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:44:45.699 --> 00:44:48.099
between<00:44:46.320><c> Babylon</c><00:44:46.860><c> and</c><00:44:47.320><c> Zion.</c>

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:49.559
And<00:44:48.340><c> by</c><00:44:48.539><c> setting</c><00:44:48.840><c> that</c><00:44:49.139><c> context</c>

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:51.659
in<00:44:50.239><c> his</c><00:44:50.460><c> mind,</c><00:44:51.059><c> he</c><00:44:51.219><c> reduced</c>

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:53.699
himself<00:44:52.360><c> and</c><00:44:53.199><c> was</c><00:44:53.380><c> able</c>

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:55.380
to<00:44:53.960><c> therefore</c><00:44:54.480><c> allow</c><00:44:54.940><c> these</c><00:44:55.179><c> things</c>

00:44:55.380 --> 00:44:57.139
to<00:44:55.599><c> conspire</c><00:44:56.320><c> against</c>

00:44:57.139 --> 00:44:59.500
all<00:44:57.639><c> the</c><00:44:57.840><c> things</c><00:44:58.159><c> of</c><00:44:58.440><c> the</c><00:44:58.639><c> truth,</c><00:44:58.880><c> of</c><00:44:59.019><c> the</c><00:44:59.260><c> world,</c>

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:01.880
and<00:45:00.039><c> be</c><00:45:00.139><c> able</c><00:45:00.300><c> to</c><00:45:00.619><c> declare</c><00:45:00.900><c> plainly</c>

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:03.900
the<00:45:02.219><c> risen</c><00:45:02.420><c> Lord</c><00:45:02.679><c> Jesus</c><00:45:03.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:05.619
And<00:45:04.079><c> so</c><00:45:04.159><c> let's</c><00:45:04.380><c> have</c><00:45:04.480><c> a</c><00:45:04.559><c> look</c><00:45:04.699><c> tomorrow</c><00:45:05.059><c> about</c><00:45:05.239><c> that</c>

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:07.320
mind<00:45:06.159><c> that</c><00:45:06.579><c> is</c><00:45:06.820><c> in</c>

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:08.559
the<00:45:07.500><c> Apostle</c><00:45:07.880><c> Paul.</c>