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what<00:10:33.799><c> Christ</c><00:10:34.120><c> is</c><00:10:34.379><c> saying</c><00:10:34.519><c> when</c><00:10:34.639><c> he</c><00:10:34.840><c> speaks</c><00:10:34.960><c> to</c><00:10:35.139><c> the</c><00:10:35.259><c> Ecclesias.</c>

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But<00:10:38.860><c> Paul</c><00:10:39.019><c> had</c><00:10:39.179><c> a</c><00:10:39.440><c> problem</c><00:10:39.759><c> here</c><00:10:40.059><c> in</c><00:10:41.419><c> relation</c><00:10:42.120><c> to</c><00:10:42.340><c> the</c><00:10:42.480><c> Thessalonian</c><00:10:43.059><c> brethren</c><00:10:43.360><c> and</c><00:10:43.580><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:10:45.740><c> was</c><00:10:45.860><c> not</c><00:10:46.059><c> created</c><00:10:46.480><c> by</c><00:10:46.799><c> him,</c><00:10:47.059><c> but</c><00:10:47.200><c> it</c><00:10:47.299><c> was</c><00:10:47.559><c> created</c><00:10:47.960><c> by</c><00:10:48.399><c> those,</c>

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remember<00:10:49.860><c> those</c><00:10:50.159><c> unbelieving</c><00:10:50.879><c> Jews</c><00:10:51.299><c> that</c><00:10:51.559><c> just</c><00:10:51.799><c> like</c><00:10:51.960><c> to</c><00:10:52.299><c> follow</c><00:10:52.559><c> him</c>

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wherever<00:10:52.919><c> he</c><00:10:53.220><c> went</c>

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and<00:10:53.960><c> be</c><00:10:54.480><c> the</c><00:10:55.220><c> ones</c><00:10:55.399><c> who</c><00:10:55.700><c> undermine</c><00:10:56.179><c> the</c><00:10:56.519><c> work</c><00:10:56.860><c> that</c><00:10:57.539><c> put</c><00:10:57.759><c> the</c><00:10:58.220><c> pressure</c><00:10:58.679><c> on</c><00:10:58.919><c> him</c><00:10:59.000><c> to</c><00:10:59.120><c> such</c><00:10:59.279><c> a</c><00:10:59.519><c> degree</c>

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that<00:11:00.139><c> he</c><00:11:00.500><c> really,</c><00:11:00.759><c> he</c><00:11:00.759><c> couldn't</c><00:11:00.879><c> go</c><00:11:01.100><c> any</c><00:11:01.279><c> further</c><00:11:01.600><c> in</c><00:11:01.720><c> his</c>

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preaching<00:11:02.179><c> work.</c>

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And<00:11:02.600><c> the</c><00:11:02.779><c> brethren</c><00:11:03.039><c> had</c><00:11:03.200><c> to</c><00:11:03.440><c> say,</c><00:11:03.779><c> well,</c><00:11:03.919><c> would</c><00:11:04.100><c> you</c><00:11:04.200><c> just</c><00:11:04.419><c> move</c><00:11:04.600><c> on,</c><00:11:05.120><c> Paul?</c>

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And<00:11:06.620><c> help</c><00:11:06.779><c> them</c><00:11:06.980><c> along</c><00:11:07.200><c> the</c><00:11:07.399><c> way.</c>

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And<00:11:07.659><c> he</c><00:11:08.000><c> literally</c><00:11:08.360><c> had</c><00:11:08.620><c> to</c><00:11:09.320><c> leave</c><00:11:09.759><c> sometimes</c><00:11:10.220><c> by</c><00:11:10.580><c> night</c><00:11:10.759><c> to</c>

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go<00:11:11.080><c> to</c><00:11:11.240><c> another</c><00:11:11.399><c> location</c>

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because<00:11:12.500><c> of</c><00:11:12.639><c> this</c><00:11:12.919><c> pressure</c><00:11:13.200><c> of</c><00:11:13.360><c> these</c><00:11:13.559><c> unbelieving</c><00:11:14.120><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:11:15.539><c> there</c><00:11:15.700><c> were</c><00:11:15.799><c> the</c><00:11:16.100><c> detractors</c><00:11:17.259><c> as</c><00:11:17.700><c> far</c><00:11:17.860><c> as</c><00:11:18.000><c> the</c><00:11:18.200><c> Ecclesia</c>

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and<00:11:18.679><c> Thessalonica</c><00:11:19.240><c> was</c><00:11:19.480><c> concerned.</c>

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There<00:11:20.639><c> were</c><00:11:20.879><c> those</c><00:11:21.379><c> critics</c><00:11:22.019><c> who</c><00:11:22.580><c> wanted</c><00:11:22.799><c> to</c><00:11:23.159><c> tell</c><00:11:23.340><c> the</c><00:11:23.600><c> folks</c>

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you<00:11:24.860><c> know,</c><00:11:25.259><c> Paul</c><00:11:25.340><c> doesn't</c><00:11:25.580><c> really</c><00:11:26.000><c> care</c><00:11:26.299><c> about</c><00:11:26.600><c> you.</c>

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He<00:11:28.759><c> doesn't</c><00:11:28.940><c> really</c><00:11:29.259><c> care</c><00:11:29.500><c> about</c><00:11:29.659><c> you.</c>

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He's<00:11:30.039><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:11:31.039><c> obviously</c><00:11:31.379><c> he</c><00:11:31.639><c> had,</c><00:11:31.840><c> he'd</c><00:11:32.120><c> moved</c><00:11:32.299><c> on</c><00:11:32.539><c> from</c><00:11:32.720><c> the</c><00:11:32.899><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:11:33.539><c> they</c><00:11:33.740><c> say,</c><00:11:34.039><c> well,</c><00:11:34.220><c> look,</c><00:11:34.399><c> he</c><00:11:34.600><c> just</c><00:11:34.820><c> left</c><00:11:35.179><c> you</c><00:11:35.600><c> and</c><00:11:36.259><c> you're</c>

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on<00:11:36.779><c> your</c><00:11:37.019><c> own</c><00:11:37.220><c> here.</c>

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And<00:11:38.139><c> how</c><00:11:38.580><c> are</c><00:11:38.720><c> you</c><00:11:38.740><c> going</c><00:11:38.840><c> to</c><00:11:39.059><c> deal</c><00:11:39.240><c> with</c><00:11:39.500><c> this?</c>

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And<00:11:40.519><c> they</c><00:11:40.639><c> put</c><00:11:40.759><c> that</c><00:11:41.100><c> kind</c><00:11:41.299><c> of</c><00:11:41.720><c> anxiety</c><00:11:42.480><c> into</c><00:11:42.779><c> them.</c>

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And<00:11:43.879><c> Paul</c><00:11:44.059><c> was</c><00:11:44.340><c> apart</c><00:11:44.659><c> from</c><00:11:44.960><c> them.</c>

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And<00:11:45.600><c> so</c><00:11:45.740><c> when</c><00:11:45.879><c> he</c><00:11:45.980><c> writes</c><00:11:46.220><c> his</c><00:11:46.500><c> letter,</c><00:11:46.679><c> he's</c><00:11:46.899><c> got</c><00:11:46.980><c> to</c><00:11:47.220><c> answer</c>

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the<00:11:48.480><c> critics,</c><00:11:48.879><c> in</c><00:11:49.159><c> a</c><00:11:49.399><c> sense,</c>

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and<00:11:50.220><c> show</c><00:11:50.440><c> that</c><00:11:50.600><c> it's</c><00:11:50.779><c> just</c><00:11:51.039><c> not</c><00:11:51.299><c> true</c><00:11:51.500><c> what</c><00:11:51.620><c> they're</c><00:11:51.860><c> saying.</c>

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It<00:11:52.960><c> isn't</c><00:11:53.259><c> true</c><00:11:53.580><c> that</c><00:11:53.759><c> he</c><00:11:54.379><c> doesn't</c><00:11:54.820><c> care</c><00:11:55.159><c> for</c><00:11:55.460><c> them,</c>

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but<00:11:56.700><c> he</c><00:11:56.940><c> cares</c><00:11:57.240><c> for</c><00:11:57.419><c> them</c><00:11:57.539><c> in</c><00:11:57.659><c> the</c><00:11:57.960><c> bond</c><00:11:58.179><c> of</c><00:11:58.480><c> love,</c><00:11:58.679><c> the</c><00:11:58.840><c> love</c>

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And<00:12:02.059><c> the</c><00:12:02.259><c> connection</c><00:12:02.539><c> is</c><00:12:02.820><c> intimate.</c>

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And<00:12:04.220><c> we'll</c><00:12:04.379><c> see</c><00:12:04.519><c> how</c><00:12:04.919><c> close</c><00:12:05.340><c> it</c><00:12:05.559><c> is.</c>

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What<00:12:06.279><c> a</c><00:12:06.600><c> tight</c><00:12:07.299><c> family</c><00:12:08.080><c> relationship</c>

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We<00:12:12.200><c> talk</c><00:12:12.320><c> about</c><00:12:12.559><c> family,</c><00:12:14.159><c> the</c><00:12:14.360><c> family</c><00:12:14.600><c> in</c><00:12:14.840><c> Christ.</c>

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It's<00:12:15.519><c> a</c><00:12:15.519><c> wonderful</c><00:12:15.519><c> way</c><00:12:15.820><c> that</c><00:12:16.059><c> Paul</c><00:12:16.419><c> uses</c><00:12:17.139><c> the</c><00:12:17.480><c> family</c><00:12:17.840><c> figures</c>

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to<00:12:19.299><c> talk</c><00:12:19.620><c> about</c><00:12:19.799><c> his</c><00:12:20.019><c> relationship</c><00:12:20.559><c> with</c><00:12:20.740><c> this</c><00:12:20.919><c> particular</c><00:12:21.419><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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But<00:12:22.879><c> those</c><00:12:23.500><c> detractors</c><00:12:24.139><c> are</c><00:12:24.320><c> saying,</c><00:12:25.159><c> it's</c><00:12:25.799><c> like</c><00:12:25.919><c> Paul's</c><00:12:26.399><c> only</c><00:12:26.600><c> in</c>

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it<00:12:26.879><c> for</c><00:12:26.919><c> himself.</c>

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It's<00:12:27.539><c> always,</c><00:12:28.259><c> you</c><00:12:28.279><c> know,</c><00:12:28.580><c> isn't</c><00:12:28.779><c> it</c><00:12:29.000><c> true,</c><00:12:29.279><c> brothers</c><00:12:29.379><c> and</c><00:12:29.559><c> sisters?</c>

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he<00:12:38.500><c> didn't</c><00:12:38.679><c> do</c><00:12:38.799><c> it</c><00:12:38.840><c> for</c><00:12:38.960><c> the</c><00:12:39.159><c> right</c><00:12:39.360><c> reason.</c>

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You<00:12:40.860><c> know,</c><00:12:41.000><c> and</c><00:12:41.179><c> what</c><00:12:41.419><c> they're</c><00:12:41.600><c> doing</c><00:12:41.779><c> is</c><00:12:42.019><c> they're</c><00:12:42.580><c> kind</c><00:12:42.820><c> of,</c>

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with<00:12:44.120><c> supposed</c><00:12:44.659><c> great</c><00:12:45.059><c> insight,</c><00:12:46.220><c> looking</c><00:12:46.500><c> into</c><00:12:46.779><c> your</c><00:12:47.100><c> motives,</c>

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looking<00:12:47.879><c> into</c><00:12:48.159><c> your</c><00:12:48.480><c> mind</c><00:12:48.840><c> and</c><00:12:49.039><c> saying,</c><00:12:49.220><c> it's</c><00:12:49.419><c> not</c><00:12:49.600><c> done</c><00:12:49.740><c> for</c>

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the<00:12:50.039><c> right</c><00:12:50.259><c> reason,</c>

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done<00:12:51.080><c> for</c><00:12:51.440><c> self</c><00:12:51.740><c>-glory,</c><00:12:52.259><c> it's</c><00:12:52.460><c> done</c><00:12:52.580><c> for</c><00:12:53.519><c> praise.</c>

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That's<00:12:55.440><c> an</c><00:12:55.519><c> awful</c><00:12:55.820><c> approach.</c>

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That's<00:12:57.779><c> a</c><00:12:57.919><c> horrible</c><00:12:58.279><c> approach</c><00:12:58.720><c> to</c><00:12:58.940><c> have</c><00:12:59.440><c> in</c><00:12:59.659><c> existence</c><00:13:00.220><c> in</c>

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our<00:13:00.720><c> brotherhood.</c>

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We're<00:13:07.659><c> thankful,</c><00:13:08.179><c> aren't</c><00:13:08.179><c> we,</c><00:13:08.460><c> that</c><00:13:09.659><c> one</c><00:13:09.820><c> of</c><00:13:09.960><c> the</c><00:13:10.120><c> eyes</c><00:13:10.360><c> like</c>

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deepest<00:13:15.600><c> heart,</c>

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I'll<00:13:32.080><c> push</c><00:13:32.200><c> that</c><00:13:32.379><c> right</c><00:13:32.519><c> to</c><00:13:32.720><c> the</c><00:13:32.960><c> top</c><00:13:33.100><c> so</c><00:13:33.240><c> you</c><00:13:33.320><c> can</c><00:13:33.519><c> get</c><00:13:33.639><c> as</c><00:13:33.820><c> much</c><00:13:33.980><c> of</c>

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it<00:13:34.279><c> as</c><00:13:34.539><c> possible</c><00:13:35.159><c> here.</c>

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And<00:13:56.240><c> these</c><00:13:56.480><c> are</c><00:13:57.139><c> the</c><00:13:57.240><c> verses,</c><00:13:57.519><c> if</c><00:13:57.620><c> you</c><00:13:57.779><c> want</c><00:13:57.940><c> to</c><00:13:58.259><c> check.</c>

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I<00:13:58.539><c> didn't</c><00:13:58.740><c> make</c><00:13:59.159><c> copies</c><00:13:59.779><c> of</c><00:13:59.940><c> this,</c><00:14:00.279><c> brethren</c><00:14:00.399><c> and</c><00:14:00.539><c> sisters.</c>

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I've<00:14:01.940><c> already</c><00:14:02.159><c> been</c><00:14:02.340><c> asked</c><00:14:02.600><c> for</c><00:14:02.820><c> one,</c><00:14:02.980><c> and</c><00:14:03.139><c> I'm</c><00:14:03.840><c> sorry,</c><00:14:04.240><c> but</c>

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this<00:14:05.659><c> is</c><00:14:05.879><c> it.</c>

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You<00:14:06.080><c> can</c><00:14:06.279><c> copy</c><00:14:06.539><c> it</c><00:14:06.720><c> later</c><00:14:06.899><c> if</c><00:14:07.019><c> you'd</c><00:14:07.220><c> like</c><00:14:07.340><c> to.</c>

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But<00:14:08.659><c> Paul's</c><00:14:09.860><c> message,</c><00:14:10.080><c> we'll</c><00:14:10.379><c> go</c><00:14:10.580><c> through</c><00:14:10.740><c> these</c><00:14:10.980><c> things</c><00:14:11.220><c> afterwards.</c>

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I<00:14:11.779><c> just</c><00:14:12.080><c> wanted</c><00:14:12.320><c> to</c><00:14:12.460><c> put</c><00:14:12.559><c> it</c><00:14:12.799><c> all</c><00:14:13.019><c> before</c><00:14:13.899><c> you</c><00:14:14.080><c> at</c><00:14:14.320><c> one</c><00:14:16.860><c> offering</c><00:14:17.320><c> here.</c>

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First,<00:14:19.539><c> he's</c><00:14:19.720><c> got</c><00:14:19.799><c> the</c><00:14:20.019><c> message,</c><00:14:20.299><c> of</c><00:14:20.480><c> course,</c><00:14:20.679><c> which</c><00:14:20.820><c> is</c><00:14:20.940><c> the</c>

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gospel,<00:14:21.659><c> God's</c><00:14:22.039><c> good</c><00:14:22.220><c> news.</c>

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That's<00:14:24.440><c> verse</c><00:14:24.679><c> two,</c><00:14:24.980><c> isn't</c><00:14:25.120><c> it?</c>

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And<00:14:26.480><c> we</c><00:14:26.779><c> were</c><00:14:26.980><c> bold</c><00:14:27.179><c> in</c><00:14:27.360><c> our</c><00:14:27.580><c> God</c><00:14:27.720><c> to</c><00:14:28.000><c> speak</c><00:14:28.159><c> unto</c><00:14:28.320><c> you</c><00:14:28.419><c> the</c><00:14:28.600><c> gospel.</c>

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We<00:14:29.120><c> just</c><00:14:29.299><c> want</c><00:14:29.379><c> to</c><00:14:29.620><c> speak</c><00:14:29.759><c> about</c><00:14:29.980><c> some</c><00:14:30.200><c> of</c><00:14:30.320><c> these</c><00:14:30.559><c> points.</c>

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But<00:14:31.659><c> I</c><00:14:31.759><c> just</c><00:14:31.940><c> wanted</c><00:14:32.059><c> you</c><00:14:32.220><c> to</c><00:14:32.399><c> see</c><00:14:32.580><c> the</c><00:14:33.139><c> full</c><00:14:33.440><c> thing.</c>

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What<00:14:34.539><c> he's</c><00:14:34.840><c> got</c><00:14:34.960><c> to</c><00:14:35.259><c> talk</c><00:14:35.440><c> about</c><00:14:35.700><c> and</c><00:14:35.840><c> what</c><00:14:35.960><c> an</c><00:14:36.200><c> awful</c><00:14:36.399><c> thing</c>

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that<00:14:36.779><c> he</c><00:14:36.899><c> has</c><00:14:37.259><c> got</c><00:14:37.580><c> to</c><00:14:38.200><c> bring</c><00:14:38.460><c> before</c><00:14:38.980><c> them</c><00:14:40.039><c> his</c><00:14:40.519><c> reasons</c><00:14:40.980><c> for</c><00:14:41.279><c> preaching,</c>

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his<00:14:42.600><c> manner</c><00:14:42.940><c> of</c><00:14:43.240><c> preaching.</c>

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It's<00:14:43.639><c> an</c><00:14:43.799><c> awful</c><00:14:43.960><c> thing</c><00:14:44.200><c> that</c><00:14:44.320><c> he</c><00:14:44.440><c> even</c><00:14:44.559><c> had</c><00:14:44.720><c> to</c><00:14:45.059><c> explain</c><00:14:45.279><c> it.</c>

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But<00:14:46.960><c> it's</c><00:14:47.159><c> for</c><00:14:47.320><c> the</c><00:14:47.559><c> sake</c><00:14:47.700><c> of</c><00:14:47.879><c> the</c><00:14:48.019><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:48.340><c> that</c><00:14:48.480><c> he's</c><00:14:48.720><c> doing</c><00:14:48.919><c> this</c>

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because<00:14:49.419><c> it</c><00:14:49.580><c> was</c><00:14:49.759><c> the</c><00:14:50.360><c> outsiders,</c><00:14:50.980><c> so</c><00:14:51.220><c> to</c><00:14:51.440><c> speak,</c>

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that<00:14:51.759><c> were</c><00:14:51.860><c> trying</c><00:14:52.039><c> to</c><00:14:52.360><c> undermine</c><00:14:52.679><c> the</c><00:14:52.940><c> work</c><00:14:53.100><c> and</c><00:14:53.299><c> destroy</c>

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the<00:14:53.820><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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These<00:14:54.779><c> Jews</c><00:14:54.980><c> were</c><00:14:55.240><c> following</c><00:14:55.480><c> him</c><00:14:55.740><c> everywhere.</c>

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And<00:14:57.379><c> so</c><00:14:57.700><c> he</c><00:14:57.820><c> talks</c><00:14:58.059><c> about</c><00:14:58.279><c> his</c><00:14:58.519><c> motive.</c>

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And<00:14:59.159><c> there</c><00:14:59.379><c> are</c><00:15:00.039><c> what</c><00:15:00.399><c> we</c><00:15:00.600><c> might</c><00:15:00.740><c> call</c><00:15:01.039><c> negative</c><00:15:01.500><c> and</c><00:15:01.879><c> positive</c><00:15:02.500><c> clauses</c>

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to<00:15:03.340><c> this.</c>

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He<00:15:04.139><c> tried</c><00:15:04.299><c> to</c><00:15:04.480><c> make</c><00:15:04.600><c> the</c><00:15:04.820><c> negatives</c><00:15:05.139><c> in</c><00:15:05.600><c> red</c><00:15:05.860><c> and</c><00:15:06.080><c> the</c><00:15:06.440><c> positives</c><00:15:06.879><c> in</c><00:15:07.399><c> blue</c>

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so<00:15:08.399><c> the</c><00:15:08.740><c> differences</c><00:15:09.059><c> will</c><00:15:09.299><c> really</c><00:15:09.559><c> stand</c><00:15:09.879><c> out.</c>

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And<00:15:11.039><c> you</c><00:15:11.080><c> can</c><00:15:11.220><c> see</c><00:15:11.320><c> there</c><00:15:11.440><c> were</c><00:15:11.559><c> a</c><00:15:11.600><c> lot</c><00:15:11.740><c> of</c><00:15:12.000><c> things</c><00:15:12.159><c> that</c><00:15:12.360><c> were</c><00:15:13.720><c> criticisms</c>

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concerning<00:15:15.620><c> Paul</c><00:15:16.080><c> that</c><00:15:16.240><c> were</c><00:15:16.419><c> brought</c><00:15:16.659><c> forward,</c><00:15:17.899><c> that</c><00:15:17.980><c> his</c><00:15:18.200><c> motives.</c>

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Look,<00:15:19.379><c> he</c><00:15:19.539><c> says</c><00:15:19.659><c> it's</c><00:15:19.759><c> not</c><00:15:19.980><c> from</c><00:15:20.200><c> impurity.</c>

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It<00:15:21.600><c> wasn't</c><00:15:21.860><c> to</c><00:15:22.299><c> please</c><00:15:22.580><c> people.</c>

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It<00:15:23.860><c> wasn't</c><00:15:24.259><c> covetousness.</c>

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And<00:15:26.200><c> some</c><00:15:26.419><c> were</c><00:15:26.580><c> even</c><00:15:26.799><c> saying</c><00:15:27.000><c> this,</c><00:15:27.580><c> not</c><00:15:27.840><c> for</c><00:15:28.120><c> glory.</c>

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The<00:15:29.899><c> positive</c><00:15:30.240><c> thing</c><00:15:30.500><c> was</c><00:15:30.840><c> it</c><00:15:31.019><c> was</c><00:15:31.200><c> to</c><00:15:31.460><c> please</c><00:15:31.659><c> God.</c>

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First<00:15:33.759><c> and</c><00:15:34.019><c> foremost,</c><00:15:34.419><c> and</c><00:15:34.539><c> only</c><00:15:34.840><c> that,</c><00:15:35.220><c> brethren</c><00:15:35.539><c> and</c><00:15:35.759><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:15:36.720><c> mean,</c><00:15:36.720><c> is</c><00:15:36.820><c> there</c><00:15:36.980><c> anything</c><00:15:37.200><c> else</c><00:15:37.500><c> really</c><00:15:37.799><c> when</c><00:15:37.960><c> we</c><00:15:38.799><c> become</c><00:15:39.059><c> involved</c>

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in<00:15:40.000><c> a</c><00:15:40.200><c> message</c><00:15:40.620><c> of</c><00:15:41.360><c> preaching</c><00:15:41.940><c> God's</c><00:15:43.080><c> good</c><00:15:43.299><c> news,</c><00:15:43.679><c> preaching</c>

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the<00:15:44.200><c> gospel,</c>

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is<00:15:45.659><c> there</c><00:15:45.799><c> anything</c><00:15:46.000><c> we</c><00:15:46.200><c> can</c><00:15:46.379><c> do</c><00:15:46.580><c> other</c><00:15:46.899><c> than</c><00:15:47.059><c> to</c><00:15:47.440><c> attempt</c><00:15:47.679><c> to</c>

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please<00:15:48.159><c> God</c><00:15:48.419><c> himself?</c>

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You<00:15:51.799><c> know,</c><00:15:51.860><c> these</c><00:15:52.080><c> things</c><00:15:52.320><c> shouldn't</c><00:15:52.840><c> even</c><00:15:53.100><c> be</c><00:15:53.320><c> brought</c><00:15:53.460><c> into</c>

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the<00:15:53.820><c> picture.</c>

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His<00:15:54.519><c> manner,</c><00:15:55.559><c> just...</c>

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Is<00:15:59.860><c> that</c><00:16:00.000><c> better?</c>

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OK,<00:16:02.559><c> his</c><00:16:02.779><c> manner.</c>

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And<00:16:04.139><c> again,</c><00:16:04.740><c> these</c><00:16:05.039><c> things</c><00:16:05.279><c> were</c><00:16:05.440><c> being</c><00:16:05.860><c> brought</c><00:16:06.100><c> against</c><00:16:06.379><c> him.</c>

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He'll<00:16:06.659><c> go</c><00:16:06.860><c> into</c><00:16:07.120><c> that,</c><00:16:07.679><c> he'll</c><00:16:07.899><c> talk</c><00:16:08.139><c> about</c><00:16:08.399><c> these</c><00:16:08.779><c> words,</c>

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and<00:16:10.159><c> we</c><00:16:10.379><c> can</c><00:16:10.480><c> just</c><00:16:10.700><c> open</c><00:16:10.899><c> them</c><00:16:11.080><c> out</c><00:16:11.179><c> a</c><00:16:11.299><c> little</c><00:16:11.460><c> bit</c><00:16:11.620><c> and</c><00:16:11.759><c> see</c>

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the<00:16:12.200><c> awful</c><00:16:12.539><c> criticism</c>

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that<00:16:13.659><c> was</c><00:16:13.799><c> being</c><00:16:14.279><c> brought</c><00:16:14.580><c> against</c><00:16:14.919><c> Paul.</c>

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Of<00:16:15.840><c> course,</c><00:16:17.200><c> you</c><00:16:17.360><c> know,</c><00:16:17.360><c> he</c><00:16:17.480><c> had</c><00:16:17.580><c> to</c><00:16:17.740><c> answer</c><00:16:17.980><c> this</c><00:16:18.179><c> by</c><00:16:18.440><c> letter,</c>

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which<00:16:19.440><c> made</c><00:16:19.600><c> it</c><00:16:19.840><c> difficult</c><00:16:20.179><c> too.</c>

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He's<00:16:21.080><c> saying</c><00:16:21.179><c> it</c><00:16:21.220><c> wasn't</c><00:16:21.419><c> from</c><00:16:21.860><c> his</c><00:16:22.179><c> manner,</c><00:16:22.419><c> it</c><00:16:22.580><c> wasn't</c><00:16:22.659><c> from</c>

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deceit<00:16:23.440><c> or</c><00:16:23.700><c> guile,</c>

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it<00:16:24.220><c> wasn't</c><00:16:24.500><c> flattery,</c><00:16:25.399><c> it</c><00:16:25.559><c> wasn't</c><00:16:25.740><c> a</c><00:16:26.019><c> cover</c><00:16:26.220><c>-up.</c>

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But<00:16:26.980><c> look</c><00:16:27.100><c> at</c><00:16:27.220><c> all</c><00:16:27.419><c> these</c><00:16:27.840><c> positive</c><00:16:28.519><c> things,</c><00:16:29.200><c> brethren</c><00:16:29.340><c> and</c><00:16:29.539><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:16:31.120><c> was</c><00:16:31.360><c> with</c><00:16:31.500><c> courage,</c><00:16:33.220><c> it</c><00:16:33.220><c> was</c><00:16:33.440><c> with</c><00:16:33.759><c> gentleness.</c>

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We<00:16:35.240><c> talk</c><00:16:35.399><c> about</c><00:16:35.580><c> the</c><00:16:35.899><c> family</c><00:16:36.240><c> relationship</c><00:16:36.899><c> in</c><00:16:37.100><c> this</c>

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wonderful<00:16:38.879><c> gentleness</c>

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in<00:16:39.860><c> the</c><00:16:40.120><c> intimacy</c><00:16:40.500><c> of</c><00:16:40.700><c> the</c><00:16:40.879><c> relationship</c><00:16:41.360><c> of</c><00:16:41.559><c> our</c><00:16:41.740><c> brother</c><00:16:41.919><c> Paul</c>

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with<00:16:43.100><c> the</c><00:16:43.299><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:16:43.799><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:16:44.620><c> wonderful</c><00:16:45.220><c> relationship</c><00:16:46.139><c> there.</c>

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It<00:16:47.580><c> was</c><00:16:47.759><c> with</c><00:16:48.039><c> gentleness,</c><00:16:48.519><c> it</c><00:16:48.519><c> was</c><00:16:48.740><c> with</c><00:16:49.000><c> love,</c><00:16:49.460><c> it</c><00:16:49.500><c> was</c><00:16:49.759><c> with</c><00:16:50.059><c> labor,</c>

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it<00:16:51.059><c> was</c><00:16:51.320><c> with</c><00:16:52.039><c> holiness.</c>

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Now,<00:16:55.379><c> those</c><00:16:55.539><c> are</c><00:16:55.820><c> terms</c><00:16:56.139><c> that</c><00:16:56.399><c> we</c><00:16:56.580><c> don't</c><00:16:56.799><c> often</c><00:16:57.159><c> use</c>

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in<00:16:57.700><c> relation</c><00:16:58.039><c> to</c><00:16:58.279><c> our</c><00:16:58.480><c> own</c><00:16:58.720><c> work</c><00:16:58.919><c> in</c><00:16:59.059><c> the</c><00:16:59.299><c> truth.</c>

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Our<00:16:59.960><c> own</c><00:17:00.360><c> ministry,</c><00:17:00.740><c> if</c><00:17:00.919><c> you</c><00:17:01.100><c> will.</c>

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We<00:17:02.919><c> don't</c><00:17:03.159><c> think</c><00:17:03.340><c> of</c><00:17:03.519><c> our</c><00:17:03.700><c> ministry,</c><00:17:04.160><c> I</c><00:17:04.519><c> don't</c><00:17:04.700><c> think</c><00:17:04.819><c> we'd</c>

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tell<00:17:05.299><c> someone,</c>

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well,<00:17:06.220><c> when</c><00:17:06.420><c> I</c><00:17:06.700><c> was</c><00:17:07.420><c> ministering</c><00:17:07.900><c> to</c><00:17:08.059><c> this</c><00:17:08.339><c> particular</c><00:17:08.819><c> situation,</c>

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we<00:17:09.539><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:09.720><c> be</c><00:17:10.440><c> probably</c><00:17:10.680><c> telling</c><00:17:10.920><c> people</c><00:17:11.200><c> about</c><00:17:11.420><c> these</c>

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things<00:17:11.799><c> anyway.</c>

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But<00:17:12.880><c> if</c><00:17:13.200><c> we</c><00:17:13.440><c> were</c><00:17:13.579><c> to</c><00:17:13.880><c> verbalize</c><00:17:14.400><c> this,</c><00:17:14.599><c> we</c><00:17:14.680><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:14.880><c> say,</c>

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I<00:17:15.579><c> did</c><00:17:15.799><c> it</c><00:17:15.960><c> with</c><00:17:16.319><c> holiness,</c><00:17:17.500><c> because</c><00:17:17.779><c> they'd</c><00:17:18.119><c> say</c><00:17:18.420><c> pompous,</c>

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you<00:17:20.259><c> know,</c><00:17:20.480><c> this</c><00:17:20.700><c> kind</c><00:17:20.880><c> of</c><00:17:21.000><c> thing.</c>

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They<00:17:21.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:21.420><c> believe</c><00:17:21.700><c> it,</c><00:17:21.819><c> they'd</c><00:17:22.039><c> think</c><00:17:22.059><c> you</c><00:17:22.259><c> were</c><00:17:22.319><c> just,</c>

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you<00:17:23.319><c> know,</c><00:17:23.559><c> kind</c><00:17:23.740><c> of,</c><00:17:23.940><c> as</c><00:17:24.079><c> they</c><00:17:24.279><c> say,</c><00:17:24.779><c> tooting</c><00:17:24.940><c> your</c><00:17:25.200><c> own</c><00:17:25.460><c> horn.</c>

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But<00:17:26.519><c> nonetheless,</c><00:17:27.079><c> that's</c><00:17:27.839><c> the</c><00:17:28.019><c> overall</c><00:17:28.299><c> picture.</c>

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I<00:17:31.640><c> need</c><00:17:31.779><c> to</c><00:17:31.980><c> leave</c><00:17:32.079><c> this</c><00:17:32.339><c> up</c><00:17:32.500><c> while</c><00:17:32.720><c> we're</c><00:17:33.420><c> talking</c><00:17:33.680><c> about</c>

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these<00:17:34.180><c> things.</c>

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You<00:17:34.559><c> might</c><00:17:34.680><c> want</c><00:17:34.819><c> to</c><00:17:34.920><c> just</c><00:17:35.160><c> follow</c><00:17:35.339><c> it</c><00:17:35.539><c> step</c><00:17:35.720><c> by</c><00:17:36.000><c> step.</c>

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So<00:17:37.099><c> I'll</c><00:17:37.200><c> just</c><00:17:38.059><c> leave</c><00:17:38.259><c> that</c><00:17:38.539><c> there.</c>

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First,<00:17:47.740><c> Thessalonians</c><00:17:48.140><c> chapter</c><00:17:48.539><c> two,</c><00:17:48.859><c> let's</c><00:17:49.039><c> just</c><00:17:49.240><c> go</c><00:17:49.359><c> into</c>

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it<00:17:49.680><c> a</c><00:17:49.779><c> bit</c>

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and<00:17:49.980><c> look</c><00:17:50.140><c> at</c><00:17:50.240><c> some</c><00:17:52.119><c> of</c><00:17:52.279><c> these</c><00:17:52.400><c> things</c><00:17:52.640><c> that</c><00:17:52.759><c> were</c><00:17:52.920><c> being</c>

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directed<00:17:54.160><c> toward</c><00:17:54.539><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:17:57.119><c> this</c><00:17:57.299><c> is</c><00:17:57.380><c> what</c><00:17:57.440><c> he</c><00:17:57.539><c> has</c><00:17:57.779><c> to</c><00:17:58.000><c> say,</c><00:17:58.619><c> brothers</c><00:17:58.740><c> and</c><00:17:58.980><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:17:59.839><c> verse</c><00:18:00.220><c> one</c><00:18:00.460><c> of</c><00:18:00.619><c> chapter</c><00:18:00.920><c> two,</c><00:18:01.740><c> he</c><00:18:01.839><c> says,</c>

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for<00:18:02.140><c> yourselves,</c><00:18:03.339><c> brethren,</c><00:18:03.960><c> talking</c><00:18:04.200><c> right</c><00:18:04.519><c> to</c><00:18:04.720><c> the</c><00:18:04.839><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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he<00:18:05.759><c> says,</c><00:18:05.940><c> for</c><00:18:06.079><c> yourselves,</c><00:18:06.859><c> brethren,</c><00:18:07.279><c> know</c><00:18:07.519><c> our</c><00:18:07.940><c> entrance</c>

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in<00:18:08.680><c> unto</c><00:18:08.960><c> you,</c>

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that<00:18:09.799><c> it</c><00:18:09.940><c> was</c><00:18:10.220><c> not</c><00:18:10.579><c> in</c><00:18:10.920><c> vain.</c>

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First<00:18:12.440><c> chapter,</c><00:18:12.980><c> ninth</c><00:18:13.180><c> verse,</c><00:18:13.460><c> he</c><00:18:13.660><c> talks</c><00:18:13.839><c> about</c><00:18:14.059><c> the</c><00:18:14.420><c> entering</c><00:18:14.740><c> in</c><00:18:14.940><c> as</c>

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the<00:18:15.960><c> manner,</c>

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the<00:18:16.720><c> means</c><00:18:16.940><c> by</c><00:18:17.160><c> which</c><00:18:17.319><c> he</c><00:18:17.740><c> came</c><00:18:18.140><c> in</c><00:18:18.480><c> amongst</c><00:18:18.880><c> those</c><00:18:19.859><c> that</c><00:18:20.039><c> would</c><00:18:20.200><c> become</c><00:18:20.460><c> brothers</c><00:18:20.720><c> and</c><00:18:20.980><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:18:22.019><c> the</c><00:18:22.359><c> nucleus</c><00:18:22.700><c> of</c><00:18:22.900><c> the</c><00:18:23.039><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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How<00:18:24.200><c> did</c><00:18:24.339><c> he</c><00:18:24.460><c> do</c><00:18:24.660><c> it?</c>

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He<00:18:25.539><c> says</c><00:18:25.640><c> it</c><00:18:25.779><c> wasn't</c><00:18:26.259><c> in</c><00:18:26.920><c> vain.</c>

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That's<00:18:27.220><c> what</c><00:18:27.319><c> people</c><00:18:27.559><c> were</c><00:18:27.720><c> saying.</c>

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Paul<00:18:28.460><c> came</c><00:18:28.779><c> to</c><00:18:28.980><c> you.</c><00:18:29.140><c> Now</c><00:18:29.319><c> he's</c><00:18:29.680><c> gone.</c>

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It<00:18:30.140><c> was</c><00:18:30.319><c> all</c><00:18:30.519><c> for</c><00:18:30.740><c> nothing.</c><00:18:32.000><c> Vain.</c>

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That's<00:18:33.079><c> what</c><00:18:33.160><c> the</c><00:18:33.319><c> word</c><00:18:33.619><c> means.</c>

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It<00:18:34.039><c> means</c><00:18:34.220><c> empty,</c><00:18:35.299><c> brethren</c><00:18:35.480><c> and</c><00:18:35.660><c> sisters.</c>

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That<00:18:36.140><c> word</c><00:18:36.460><c> vain</c><00:18:36.779><c> there</c><00:18:37.440><c> means</c><00:18:37.960><c> empty.</c>

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Now,<00:18:38.460><c> isn't</c><00:18:38.599><c> that</c><00:18:38.779><c> a</c><00:18:39.000><c> discouraging</c><00:18:39.440><c> thing</c><00:18:40.079><c> to</c><00:18:40.799><c> hear?</c>

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And<00:18:41.359><c> even</c><00:18:41.599><c> more</c><00:18:41.960><c> so</c><00:18:42.500><c> if</c><00:18:43.220><c> it</c><00:18:43.380><c> was</c><00:18:43.599><c> coming</c><00:18:43.799><c> from</c><00:18:44.140><c> within</c><00:18:44.460><c> the</c><00:18:44.700><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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That<00:18:46.400><c> would</c><00:18:46.519><c> be</c><00:18:46.660><c> an</c><00:18:46.859><c> awful</c><00:18:47.000><c> thing</c><00:18:47.240><c> to</c><00:18:47.480><c> hear.</c>

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But<00:18:48.579><c> it</c><00:18:48.779><c> wasn't.</c><00:18:48.960><c> These</c><00:18:49.160><c> were</c><00:18:49.339><c> directed</c><00:18:49.759><c> from</c><00:18:50.380><c> those</c><00:18:50.920><c> unbelieving</c><00:18:51.599><c> Jews</c>

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that<00:18:52.160><c> were</c><00:18:52.559><c> attempting</c><00:18:52.940><c> to</c><00:18:53.259><c> undermine</c><00:18:53.720><c> the</c><00:18:53.960><c> work</c><00:18:54.140><c> of</c><00:18:55.059><c> the</c><00:18:55.180><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:18:58.359><c> they're</c><00:18:58.599><c> saying</c><00:18:58.819><c> in</c><00:18:59.119><c> effect</c><00:18:59.339><c> to</c><00:18:59.480><c> him,</c><00:18:59.599><c> Paul</c><00:18:59.799><c> ran</c><00:19:00.059><c> out</c><00:19:00.279><c> on</c><00:19:00.500><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:19:02.880><c> a</c><00:19:02.980><c> hard</c><00:19:03.119><c> thing</c><00:19:03.299><c> to</c><00:19:03.579><c> hear.</c>

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They're<00:19:04.759><c> saying,</c><00:19:05.059><c> you</c><00:19:05.200><c> know,</c><00:19:05.519><c> he</c><00:19:05.720><c> threw</c><00:19:05.960><c> you</c><00:19:06.079><c> to</c><00:19:06.259><c> the</c><00:19:06.460><c> wolves.</c>

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He's<00:19:07.180><c> left</c><00:19:07.380><c> you</c><00:19:07.559><c> on</c><00:19:07.759><c> your</c><00:19:08.019><c> own</c><00:19:08.240><c> to</c><00:19:08.960><c> to</c><00:19:09.079><c> fair</c><00:19:09.180><c> for</c><00:19:09.420><c> yourselves.</c>

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You<00:19:11.019><c> know,</c><00:19:11.059><c> if</c><00:19:11.200><c> he</c><00:19:11.240><c> was</c><00:19:11.359><c> really</c><00:19:11.660><c> serious</c><00:19:12.059><c> about</c><00:19:12.339><c> you,</c><00:19:12.440><c> he'd</c><00:19:12.599><c> be</c><00:19:12.880><c> here.</c>

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That's<00:19:14.839><c> the</c><00:19:15.119><c> kernel</c><00:19:15.339><c> of</c><00:19:15.539><c> what</c><00:19:15.940><c> what</c><00:19:16.019><c> they're</c><00:19:16.279><c> getting</c><00:19:16.460><c> at.</c>

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And,<00:19:17.940><c> you</c><00:19:18.460><c> know,</c><00:19:18.619><c> the</c><00:19:18.799><c> Thessalonians</c><00:19:19.319><c> would</c><00:19:19.519><c> know</c><00:19:19.740><c> better</c>

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than<00:19:20.200><c> that.</c>

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They'd<00:19:20.940><c> know</c><00:19:21.059><c> why</c><00:19:21.380><c> Paul</c><00:19:21.680><c> came.</c>

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They'd<00:19:22.339><c> know</c><00:19:22.440><c> how</c><00:19:22.740><c> he</c><00:19:22.920><c> came.</c>

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They'd<00:19:23.359><c> know</c><00:19:23.420><c> what</c><00:19:23.599><c> he</c><00:19:23.799><c> did</c><00:19:24.279><c> amongst</c><00:19:24.660><c> them.</c>

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Be<00:19:26.420><c> a</c><00:19:26.579><c> wonderful</c><00:19:26.819><c> thing</c><00:19:27.019><c> if</c><00:19:27.140><c> we</c><00:19:27.259><c> could</c><00:19:27.440><c> always</c><00:19:27.779><c> say</c><00:19:28.079><c> when</c><00:19:28.240><c> there</c><00:19:28.400><c> was</c>

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a<00:19:28.960><c> detractor</c>

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with<00:19:31.119><c> absolute</c><00:19:31.519><c> clear</c><00:19:31.819><c> conscience,</c><00:19:32.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:32.500><c> it</c><00:19:32.579><c> be</c><00:19:32.740><c> a</c>

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great<00:19:33.019><c> thing</c>

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if<00:19:33.319><c> we</c><00:19:33.420><c> could</c><00:19:33.559><c> just</c><00:19:33.779><c> say,</c><00:19:34.059><c> you</c><00:19:34.279><c> know</c><00:19:34.480><c> better</c><00:19:34.680><c> than</c><00:19:34.980><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:19:36.299><c> that's</c><00:19:36.440><c> what</c><00:19:36.539><c> Paul</c><00:19:36.819><c> is</c><00:19:37.079><c> saying.</c>

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He's<00:19:38.519><c> saying,</c><00:19:38.619><c> you</c><00:19:38.740><c> know</c><00:19:38.920><c> better</c><00:19:39.200><c> than</c><00:19:39.500><c> that.</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:41.140><c> we</c><00:19:41.339><c> can't</c><00:19:41.559><c> really</c><00:19:41.880><c> say</c><00:19:42.099><c> it.</c>

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We<00:19:42.319><c> feel</c><00:19:42.500><c> a</c><00:19:42.599><c> little</c><00:19:42.720><c> bit</c><00:19:42.900><c> uncomfortable,</c><00:19:43.619><c> but</c><00:19:44.559><c> Paul</c><00:19:45.160><c> could</c>

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say<00:19:45.660><c> that.</c>

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He<00:19:45.960><c> says,</c><00:19:46.099><c> you</c><00:19:46.200><c> know</c><00:19:46.400><c> better</c><00:19:46.619><c> than</c><00:19:46.880><c> that.</c>

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And<00:19:47.660><c> the</c><00:19:47.799><c> Thessalonians</c><00:19:48.380><c> did,</c><00:19:48.960><c> too.</c>

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So<00:19:49.859><c> here,</c><00:19:50.640><c> just</c><00:19:50.880><c> pick</c><00:19:51.019><c> that</c><00:19:51.299><c> first</c><00:19:51.559><c> verse</c><00:19:51.779><c> again</c><00:19:52.059><c> with</c><00:19:52.279><c> the</c>

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second<00:19:52.779><c> verse.</c>

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He<00:19:53.740><c> says</c><00:19:53.940><c> for</c><00:19:54.000><c> yourselves,</c><00:19:54.680><c> brethren,</c><00:19:54.940><c> know</c><00:19:55.160><c> our</c><00:19:55.440><c> entrance</c>

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in<00:19:55.940><c> unto</c><00:19:56.140><c> you</c><00:19:56.380><c> that</c><00:19:56.480><c> it</c><00:19:56.619><c> was</c><00:19:56.900><c> not</c>

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in<00:19:57.519><c> vain,</c><00:19:58.180><c> but</c><00:19:58.500><c> even</c><00:19:59.000><c> after</c><00:19:59.500><c> that,</c><00:19:59.720><c> we</c><00:19:59.779><c> had</c><00:20:00.180><c> suffered</c><00:20:00.440><c> before</c>

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and<00:20:01.920><c> were</c><00:20:02.279><c> shamefully</c><00:20:02.839><c> entreated,</c><00:20:03.400><c> as</c><00:20:03.720><c> you</c><00:20:03.960><c> know,</c><00:20:04.500><c> at</c><00:20:04.740><c> Philippi.</c>

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We<00:20:06.099><c> were</c><00:20:06.480><c> bold</c><00:20:06.880><c> in</c><00:20:07.079><c> our</c><00:20:07.359><c> God</c><00:20:07.539><c> to</c><00:20:07.859><c> speak</c><00:20:08.000><c> unto</c><00:20:08.240><c> you</c><00:20:08.420><c> the</c><00:20:08.660><c> gospel</c>

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of<00:20:09.480><c> God</c><00:20:09.799><c> with</c><00:20:10.380><c> much</c><00:20:10.819><c> contention.</c>

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So<00:20:12.720><c> Paul</c><00:20:12.859><c> saying</c><00:20:13.099><c> it</c><00:20:13.259><c> was</c><00:20:13.559><c> not</c><00:20:13.819><c> easy.</c>

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It<00:20:15.240><c> was</c><00:20:15.420><c> a</c><00:20:15.559><c> very,</c><00:20:16.059><c> very</c><00:20:16.400><c> difficult</c><00:20:16.859><c> thing</c><00:20:17.160><c> for</c><00:20:18.019><c> for</c><00:20:18.279><c> us</c><00:20:18.460><c> to</c><00:20:18.680><c> bring</c><00:20:18.799><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:20:19.480><c> of</c><00:20:19.740><c> God</c><00:20:19.980><c> to</c><00:20:20.259><c> you.</c>

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There<00:20:20.900><c> was</c><00:20:21.099><c> much</c><00:20:21.400><c> contention</c><00:20:21.980><c> there.</c>

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I<00:20:22.880><c> mean,</c><00:20:23.180><c> where</c><00:20:23.380><c> is</c><00:20:23.640><c> the</c><00:20:24.420><c> where's</c><00:20:24.960><c> the</c><00:20:25.259><c> glory</c><00:20:25.559><c> in</c><00:20:25.759><c> being</c><00:20:26.019><c> beaten?</c>

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Where's<00:20:27.400><c> the</c><00:20:27.720><c> glory</c><00:20:28.019><c> in</c><00:20:28.240><c> being</c><00:20:28.599><c> cast</c><00:20:29.140><c> into</c><00:20:29.359><c> the</c><00:20:29.619><c> inner</c><00:20:29.880><c> prison</c>

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to<00:20:31.180><c> have</c><00:20:31.299><c> your</c><00:20:31.660><c> feet</c><00:20:32.079><c> locked</c><00:20:32.680><c> into</c><00:20:32.940><c> the</c><00:20:33.299><c> stocks?</c>

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Who<00:20:35.359><c> could</c><00:20:35.579><c> say</c><00:20:35.799><c> he's</c><00:20:36.180><c> doing</c><00:20:36.420><c> it</c><00:20:36.579><c> for</c><00:20:36.740><c> the</c><00:20:37.019><c> wrong</c><00:20:37.319><c> reason?</c>

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But<00:20:39.440><c> that's</c><00:20:39.759><c> the</c><00:20:39.920><c> route</c><00:20:40.059><c> that</c><00:20:40.319><c> Paul</c><00:20:40.500><c> had</c><00:20:40.740><c> come</c><00:20:41.000><c> to</c><00:20:41.299><c> Thessalonica.</c>

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And<00:20:42.220><c> even</c><00:20:42.460><c> there,</c><00:20:44.960><c> the</c><00:20:45.160><c> the</c><00:20:45.160><c> ecclesial</c><00:20:45.759><c> scene</c><00:20:46.220><c> was</c><00:20:46.519><c> assaulted</c>

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by<00:20:48.240><c> those</c><00:20:48.519><c> who</c><00:20:48.680><c> were</c><00:20:48.779><c> the</c><00:20:49.000><c> unbelievers.</c>

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So<00:20:51.079><c> Paul</c><00:20:51.660><c> could</c><00:20:51.859><c> very</c><00:20:52.299><c> rightly</c><00:20:52.599><c> say</c><00:20:53.059><c> the</c><00:20:53.420><c> entering</c><00:20:53.720><c> in</c><00:20:54.039><c> was</c><00:20:54.279><c> not</c><00:20:54.720><c> a</c><00:20:55.039><c> failure,</c>

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as<00:20:56.539><c> he</c><00:20:56.759><c> says</c><00:20:56.880><c> in</c><00:20:57.200><c> Chapter</c><00:20:57.539><c> one</c><00:20:57.779><c> and</c><00:20:57.940><c> verse</c><00:20:58.160><c> nine,</c><00:20:58.539><c> the</c><00:20:58.799><c> entering</c><00:20:59.000><c> in</c><00:20:59.180><c> was</c>

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not<00:20:59.539><c> a</c><00:20:59.779><c> failure.</c>

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It<00:21:00.319><c> was</c><00:21:00.619><c> not</c><00:21:00.880><c> in</c><00:21:01.180><c> vain.</c>

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It<00:21:01.759><c> was</c><00:21:02.000><c> not</c><00:21:02.279><c> empty.</c>

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That's<00:21:03.339><c> the</c><00:21:03.539><c> point</c><00:21:03.700><c> that</c><00:21:03.839><c> he's</c><00:21:04.019><c> making.</c>

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And<00:21:04.859><c> the</c><00:21:05.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:05.279><c> was</c><00:21:05.480><c> the</c><00:21:05.660><c> proof</c><00:21:05.779><c> of</c><00:21:06.019><c> that.</c>

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This<00:21:07.740><c> wonderful</c><00:21:08.240><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Represented<00:21:10.880><c> the</c><00:21:11.180><c> fruit</c><00:21:11.460><c> of</c><00:21:11.640><c> his</c><00:21:11.859><c> labors.</c>

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The<00:21:13.940><c> proof</c><00:21:14.200><c> that</c><00:21:14.400><c> the</c><00:21:14.640><c> entering</c><00:21:14.880><c> in</c><00:21:15.059><c> was</c><00:21:15.259><c> not</c><00:21:15.519><c> in</c><00:21:15.779><c> vain</c><00:21:16.059><c> and</c><00:21:17.460><c> and</c><00:21:17.740><c> empty,</c><00:21:17.940><c> as</c>

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they<00:21:18.299><c> were</c><00:21:18.500><c> saying,</c>

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they<00:21:19.579><c> turned</c><00:21:19.799><c> to</c><00:21:20.079><c> God.</c>

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They<00:21:22.099><c> turned</c><00:21:22.259><c> their</c><00:21:22.519><c> back</c><00:21:22.759><c> on</c><00:21:23.079><c> idols.</c>

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So<00:21:24.640><c> the</c><00:21:24.900><c> accusations</c><00:21:25.440><c> that</c><00:21:25.640><c> were</c><00:21:25.799><c> coming</c><00:21:26.039><c> against</c><00:21:26.400><c> Paul.</c>

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We're<00:21:28.920><c> false.</c>

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The<00:21:31.200><c> accusers</c><00:21:31.579><c> were</c><00:21:31.880><c> wrong.</c>

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And<00:21:34.220><c> Paul</c><00:21:34.380><c> could</c><00:21:34.619><c> very</c><00:21:35.160><c> rightly</c><00:21:35.779><c> and</c><00:21:36.000><c> with</c><00:21:36.119><c> a</c><00:21:36.299><c> clear</c><00:21:36.460><c> conscience</c>

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defend<00:21:37.339><c> what</c><00:21:37.519><c> he'd</c><00:21:37.799><c> done</c><00:21:38.380><c> amongst</c><00:21:38.859><c> the</c><00:21:39.099><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:21:39.559><c> he</c><00:21:39.680><c> reminds</c><00:21:40.000><c> them</c><00:21:40.200><c> about</c><00:21:40.519><c> Philippi.</c>

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He<00:21:41.180><c> reminds</c><00:21:41.380><c> them</c><00:21:41.579><c> about</c><00:21:41.799><c> being</c><00:21:42.559><c> shamefully</c><00:21:43.180><c> entreated.</c>

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And<00:21:43.839><c> he</c><00:21:43.940><c> says,</c><00:21:44.440><c> we</c><00:21:44.799><c> were</c><00:21:45.099><c> bold</c><00:21:45.480><c> in</c><00:21:45.740><c> our</c><00:21:46.000><c> God.</c>

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That<00:21:47.940><c> doesn't</c><00:21:48.180><c> mean</c><00:21:48.420><c> self</c><00:21:48.779><c>-righteous.</c>

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Doesn't<00:21:49.839><c> even</c><00:21:50.079><c> mean</c><00:21:50.279><c> self</c><00:21:50.660><c>-confident.</c>

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That<00:21:52.200><c> word</c><00:21:52.440><c> bold</c><00:21:52.720><c> is</c><00:21:52.920><c> the</c><00:21:53.160><c> same</c><00:21:53.380><c> word</c><00:21:53.579><c> that's</c><00:21:54.059><c> that's</c><00:21:54.220><c> picked</c><00:21:54.359><c> up</c>

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that<00:21:55.259><c> we</c><00:21:55.440><c> have</c><00:21:55.900><c> boldness</c><00:21:56.539><c> to</c><00:21:56.720><c> come</c><00:21:56.839><c> before</c><00:21:57.160><c> the</c><00:21:57.700><c> throne</c><00:21:58.039><c> of</c><00:21:58.420><c> grace.</c>

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You<00:21:58.920><c> remember</c><00:21:59.039><c> the</c><00:21:59.240><c> reference</c><00:21:59.480><c> in</c><00:21:59.720><c> Hebrews?</c>

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That<00:22:00.859><c> just</c><00:22:01.059><c> means</c><00:22:01.279><c> all</c><00:22:01.720><c> outspokenness.</c>

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That's<00:22:03.279><c> it.</c>

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Why<00:22:04.319><c> do</c><00:22:04.460><c> we</c><00:22:04.720><c> why</c><00:22:04.920><c> do</c><00:22:05.059><c> we</c><00:22:05.160><c> have</c><00:22:05.359><c> boldness</c><00:22:05.819><c> to</c><00:22:06.000><c> come</c><00:22:06.099><c> to</c><00:22:06.259><c> the</c><00:22:06.460><c> throne</c><00:22:06.599><c> of</c><00:22:06.900><c> grace,</c>

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brethren<00:22:07.420><c> and</c><00:22:07.599><c> sisters?</c>

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Isn't<00:22:10.559><c> it</c><00:22:10.779><c> to</c><00:22:11.460><c> find</c><00:22:11.799><c> help</c><00:22:12.339><c> in</c><00:22:13.039><c> time</c><00:22:13.180><c> of</c><00:22:13.460><c> trouble,</c>

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to<00:22:14.440><c> find</c><00:22:14.579><c> an</c><00:22:14.839><c> answer</c><00:22:15.119><c> for</c><00:22:15.380><c> our</c><00:22:15.579><c> needs?</c>

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And<00:22:16.519><c> we</c><00:22:16.640><c> receive</c><00:22:17.039><c> this.</c>

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And<00:22:18.660><c> Paul</c><00:22:18.819><c> says</c><00:22:19.180><c> he</c><00:22:19.900><c> was</c><00:22:20.259><c> bold</c><00:22:20.700><c> to</c><00:22:21.279><c> to</c><00:22:21.519><c> speak</c><00:22:21.660><c> the</c><00:22:22.000><c> truth</c><00:22:22.460><c> amongst</c><00:22:23.039><c> the</c>

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the<00:22:24.720><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:25.119><c> environment</c><00:22:25.660><c> in</c><00:22:25.920><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:22:26.559><c> even</c><00:22:26.819><c> though</c><00:22:27.019><c> it's</c>

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great,<00:22:27.779><c> great</c><00:22:28.059><c> difficulty.</c>

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Where<00:22:29.880><c> bold</c><00:22:30.200><c> means</c><00:22:30.500><c> all</c><00:22:30.940><c> outspokenness,</c>

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frank<00:22:32.940><c> utterance,</c><00:22:34.440><c> confident</c><00:22:34.799><c> in</c><00:22:35.279><c> spirit</c><00:22:35.619><c> and</c><00:22:35.900><c> in</c><00:22:36.140><c> demeanor.</c>

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That's<00:22:36.579><c> what</c><00:22:36.779><c> Paul</c><00:22:37.099><c> was.</c>

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That's<00:22:37.759><c> the</c><00:22:37.839><c> way</c><00:22:37.960><c> it</c><00:22:38.180><c> worked</c><00:22:38.619><c> for</c><00:22:39.319><c> him.</c>

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We<00:22:40.819><c> come</c><00:22:41.000><c> boldly</c><00:22:41.420><c> onto</c><00:22:41.559><c> the</c><00:22:41.779><c> throne</c><00:22:41.920><c> of</c><00:22:42.160><c> grace.</c>

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Same<00:22:42.940><c> word</c><00:22:43.180><c> for</c><00:22:43.380><c> us</c><00:22:43.640><c> when</c><00:22:43.740><c> we</c><00:22:43.940><c> come</c><00:22:44.160><c> to</c><00:22:45.000><c> to</c><00:22:45.240><c> God</c><00:22:45.539><c> to</c><00:22:46.140><c> find</c><00:22:46.359><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:22:47.839><c> find</c><00:22:48.119><c> grace</c><00:22:48.380><c> to</c><00:22:48.599><c> help</c><00:22:48.759><c> in</c><00:22:49.000><c> time</c><00:22:49.119><c> of</c><00:22:49.420><c> trouble.</c>

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But<00:22:52.099><c> he</c><00:22:52.259><c> says</c><00:22:52.339><c> we</c><00:22:52.500><c> were</c><00:22:52.700><c> bold</c><00:22:52.859><c> in</c><00:22:53.180><c> God</c><00:22:53.579><c> in</c><00:22:54.220><c> spite</c><00:22:54.460><c> of.</c>

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Sometimes<00:22:56.319><c> because</c><00:22:56.859><c> of</c><00:22:57.759><c> the</c><00:22:59.039><c> cruel</c><00:22:59.500><c> opposition,</c>

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the<00:23:01.440><c> contention</c><00:23:01.880><c> that</c><00:23:02.039><c> was</c><00:23:02.259><c> involved</c><00:23:02.640><c> there.</c>

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And,<00:23:03.559><c> you</c><00:23:03.839><c> know,</c><00:23:04.039><c> it's</c><00:23:04.380><c> interesting</c><00:23:04.859><c> when</c><00:23:05.000><c> he</c><00:23:05.180><c> defends</c><00:23:05.579><c> his</c>

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way<00:23:06.000><c> of</c><00:23:06.240><c> life</c>

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amongst<00:23:07.180><c> the</c><00:23:07.400><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:23:08.599><c> he</c><00:23:08.779><c> uses</c><00:23:09.160><c> the</c><00:23:09.440><c> term</c><00:23:09.779><c> exhortation.</c>

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Ever<00:23:12.400><c> heard</c><00:23:12.579><c> anybody</c><00:23:12.880><c> say</c><00:23:13.200><c> about</c><00:23:13.420><c> another</c><00:23:13.660><c> person?</c>

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Their<00:23:15.579><c> whole</c><00:23:15.880><c> life</c><00:23:16.140><c> was</c><00:23:16.359><c> an</c><00:23:16.839><c> exhortation.</c>

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Someone<00:23:19.259><c> who's</c><00:23:19.759><c> particularly</c><00:23:20.140><c> exemplary</c><00:23:20.819><c> in</c><00:23:21.740><c> the</c><00:23:21.819><c> in</c><00:23:21.819><c> the</c><00:23:22.000><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:23:23.599><c> now</c><00:23:23.779><c> they've</c><00:23:24.059><c> fallen</c><00:23:24.180><c> asleep</c><00:23:24.559><c> in</c><00:23:24.880><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:25.440><c> we</c><00:23:25.660><c> say</c><00:23:25.779><c> their</c><00:23:26.039><c> life</c><00:23:26.660><c> was</c><00:23:27.359><c> an</c><00:23:27.599><c> exhortation.</c>

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Well,<00:23:29.339><c> Paul</c><00:23:29.660><c> is</c><00:23:29.880><c> saying</c><00:23:30.039><c> that</c><00:23:30.220><c> the</c><00:23:30.420><c> things</c><00:23:30.640><c> that</c><00:23:30.819><c> he</c><00:23:30.940><c> did</c><00:23:31.220><c> amongst</c><00:23:31.720><c> the</c>

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the<00:23:33.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:33.640><c> at</c><00:23:33.839><c> Thessalonica</c><00:23:34.740><c> was</c><00:23:35.319><c> an</c><00:23:35.539><c> exhortation,</c>

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and<00:23:36.279><c> he</c><00:23:36.519><c> refers</c><00:23:36.759><c> to</c><00:23:36.940><c> it</c><00:23:37.039><c> in</c><00:23:37.180><c> that</c><00:23:37.420><c> term.</c>

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So<00:23:38.460><c> in</c><00:23:38.660><c> verse</c><00:23:38.880><c> three,</c><00:23:39.799><c> he</c><00:23:39.960><c> says</c><00:23:40.099><c> our</c><00:23:40.859><c> exhortation,</c>

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you<00:23:42.859><c> see,</c><00:23:43.019><c> was</c><00:23:43.180><c> not</c><00:23:43.500><c> in</c><00:23:43.759><c> deceit,</c><00:23:45.019><c> nor</c><00:23:45.180><c> of</c><00:23:45.480><c> uncleanness,</c>

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nor<00:23:47.240><c> in</c><00:23:47.660><c> guile.</c>

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Some<00:23:48.200><c> of</c><00:23:48.339><c> these</c><00:23:48.839><c> these</c><00:23:49.079><c> points</c><00:23:49.259><c> that</c><00:23:49.420><c> we're</c><00:23:49.559><c> talking</c><00:23:49.859><c> about</c><00:23:50.140><c> here.</c>

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No<00:23:53.859><c> deceit,</c><00:23:54.519><c> no</c><00:23:54.700><c> guile.</c>

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Some<00:23:56.480><c> of</c><00:23:56.619><c> the</c><00:23:56.740><c> other</c><00:23:56.940><c> points</c><00:23:57.240><c> from</c><00:23:57.700><c> from</c><00:23:57.880><c> verse</c><00:23:58.119><c> three</c><00:23:58.380><c> that</c>

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we've<00:23:59.140><c> not</c><00:23:59.640><c> impurity.</c>

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He's<00:24:01.140><c> saying</c><00:24:01.220><c> it</c><00:24:01.400><c> wasn't</c><00:24:01.640><c> that</c><00:24:01.880><c> our</c><00:24:02.299><c> exhortation.</c>

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:08.160
Now,<00:24:03.460><c> do</c><00:24:03.460><c> you</c><00:24:03.720><c> just</c><00:24:04.579><c> picture</c><00:24:05.140><c> that</c><00:24:05.980><c> Paul</c><00:24:06.299><c> is</c><00:24:06.519><c> kind</c><00:24:06.660><c> of</c><00:24:06.920><c> standing</c><00:24:07.160><c> before</c><00:24:07.680><c> them</c>

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giving<00:24:08.519><c> a</c><00:24:08.859><c> talk?</c>

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Because<00:24:11.099><c> I</c><00:24:11.259><c> don't,</c><00:24:11.619><c> brothers</c><00:24:11.720><c> and</c><00:24:11.920><c> sisters,</c><00:24:12.099><c> I</c><00:24:12.339><c> see</c><00:24:12.599><c> that</c><00:24:13.000><c> Paul</c><00:24:13.259><c> is</c>

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is<00:24:14.059><c> working</c><00:24:14.359><c> amongst</c>

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amongst<00:24:15.140><c> them,</c><00:24:15.640><c> he's</c><00:24:16.019><c> living</c><00:24:16.319><c> amongst</c><00:24:16.799><c> them,</c><00:24:17.160><c> he's</c><00:24:17.599><c> preaching</c><00:24:17.960><c> amongst</c><00:24:18.420><c> them.</c>

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Every<00:24:19.519><c> aspect</c><00:24:19.920><c> of</c><00:24:20.079><c> his</c><00:24:20.259><c> life</c><00:24:20.440><c> is</c><00:24:20.779><c> woven</c><00:24:21.319><c> into</c><00:24:21.619><c> the</c><00:24:22.160><c> creation</c>

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of<00:24:22.779><c> this</c><00:24:22.960><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:24:24.619><c> that</c><00:24:25.000><c> whole</c><00:24:25.420><c> thing</c><00:24:26.339><c> constitutes</c><00:24:27.160><c> an</c><00:24:27.599><c> exhortation.</c>

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That's<00:24:30.920><c> quite</c><00:24:31.099><c> a</c><00:24:31.319><c> picture,</c><00:24:31.559><c> isn't</c><00:24:31.759><c> it?</c>

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To<00:24:32.559><c> get</c><00:24:32.720><c> in</c><00:24:32.900><c> quite</c><00:24:33.019><c> a</c><00:24:33.319><c> term</c><00:24:33.579><c> to</c><00:24:34.279><c> to</c><00:24:34.859><c> use</c><00:24:35.059><c> there.</c>

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The<00:24:35.900><c> word</c><00:24:36.039><c> exhortation</c><00:24:36.619><c> means</c><00:24:36.980><c> to</c><00:24:37.480><c> call</c><00:24:37.859><c> near,</c><00:24:38.819><c> to</c><00:24:39.039><c> comfort,</c>

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to<00:24:40.299><c> give</c><00:24:40.559><c> solace.</c>

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That's<00:24:41.740><c> the</c><00:24:41.880><c> idea</c><00:24:42.079><c> in</c><00:24:42.240><c> the</c><00:24:42.359><c> word</c><00:24:42.500><c> exhortation</c><00:24:43.519><c> is</c><00:24:43.960><c> parakaleo,</c>

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:48.000
to<00:24:45.579><c> recognize</c><00:24:46.039><c> the</c><00:24:46.299><c> kaleo</c><00:24:46.839><c> part,</c><00:24:47.019><c> because</c><00:24:47.259><c> that's</c><00:24:47.619><c> part</c><00:24:47.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:48.819><c> the</c><00:24:49.380><c> the</c><00:24:49.440><c> word</c>

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that<00:24:49.759><c> makes</c><00:24:49.960><c> up</c><00:24:50.599><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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It<00:24:52.039><c> becomes</c><00:24:52.319><c> clasis</c><00:24:53.359><c> and</c><00:24:53.779><c> it</c><00:24:53.880><c> becomes</c><00:24:54.259><c> the</c><00:24:54.960><c> the</c><00:24:55.160><c> noun</c><00:24:55.160><c> aspect.</c>

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But<00:24:56.140><c> this</c><00:24:57.220><c> whole</c><00:24:57.740><c> thing</c><00:24:58.079><c> of</c><00:24:58.420><c> calling,</c><00:24:59.119><c> calling</c><00:24:59.599><c> near,</c><00:25:00.400><c> that's</c>

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what<00:25:00.720><c> Paul</c><00:25:00.960><c> is</c><00:25:01.220><c> doing.</c>

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That's<00:25:02.680><c> the</c><00:25:02.700><c> way</c><00:25:02.819><c> we</c><00:25:03.019><c> work</c><00:25:03.180><c> in</c><00:25:03.299><c> the</c><00:25:03.440><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:25:04.039><c> kind</c><00:25:04.259><c> of</c><00:25:04.640><c> call</c><00:25:05.019><c> near</c><00:25:05.519><c> to</c><00:25:06.319><c> comfort,</c><00:25:06.880><c> to</c><00:25:07.039><c> give</c><00:25:07.299><c> solace</c><00:25:07.779><c> to</c>

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one<00:25:08.099><c> another.</c>

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Tighten<00:25:09.599><c> up</c><00:25:09.759><c> the</c><00:25:10.000><c> group.</c>

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This<00:25:11.059><c> is</c><00:25:11.200><c> what</c><00:25:11.279><c> he's</c><00:25:11.480><c> saying.</c>

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That's<00:25:12.480><c> the</c><00:25:12.519><c> way</c><00:25:12.640><c> his</c><00:25:12.859><c> life</c><00:25:13.099><c> was</c><00:25:13.319><c> amongst</c><00:25:13.640><c> them.</c>

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When<00:25:14.359><c> he</c><00:25:14.579><c> says</c><00:25:15.019><c> when</c><00:25:15.519><c> he</c><00:25:15.740><c> says</c><00:25:15.839><c> it</c><00:25:16.000><c> was</c><00:25:16.220><c> not</c><00:25:16.720><c> in</c><00:25:17.039><c> deceit</c><00:25:17.539><c> in</c>

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verse<00:25:18.000><c> three,</c>

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I<00:25:20.460><c> guess</c><00:25:20.880><c> he</c><00:25:21.000><c> was</c><00:25:21.119><c> being</c><00:25:21.420><c> accused</c><00:25:21.700><c> of</c><00:25:21.880><c> being</c><00:25:22.039><c> a</c><00:25:22.319><c> fraud,</c>

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because<00:25:23.819><c> that's</c><00:25:24.019><c> what</c><00:25:24.180><c> the</c><00:25:24.380><c> word</c><00:25:24.500><c> means.</c>

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He<00:25:25.500><c> said</c><00:25:25.579><c> it</c><00:25:25.640><c> wasn't</c><00:25:25.960><c> fraudulent.</c>

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He<00:25:26.920><c> said</c><00:25:26.980><c> I</c><00:25:27.079><c> wasn't</c><00:25:27.579><c> I</c><00:25:27.660><c> wasn't</c><00:25:27.880><c> a</c><00:25:28.200><c> fraud</c><00:25:28.380><c> in</c><00:25:28.559><c> the</c><00:25:28.700><c> things</c><00:25:28.839><c> that</c>

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I<00:25:29.059><c> was</c><00:25:29.240><c> doing</c><00:25:29.420><c> or</c><00:25:29.839><c> an</c><00:25:30.119><c> imposter.</c>

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The<00:25:31.559><c> word</c><00:25:31.660><c> also</c><00:25:32.000><c> means</c><00:25:32.220><c> a</c><00:25:32.539><c> misleader.</c>

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He<00:25:34.640><c> was</c><00:25:34.799><c> a</c><00:25:35.019><c> leader,</c><00:25:35.380><c> not</c><00:25:35.480><c> a</c><00:25:35.740><c> misleader.</c>

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All<00:25:37.640><c> right,</c><00:25:37.680><c> so</c><00:25:37.859><c> Paul</c><00:25:38.000><c> can</c><00:25:38.200><c> say</c><00:25:38.480><c> that</c><00:25:38.839><c> clear</c><00:25:39.140><c> conscience</c><00:25:39.759><c> eye</c>

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to<00:25:40.420><c> eye,</c>

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and<00:25:41.160><c> he</c><00:25:41.259><c> can</c><00:25:41.660><c> say</c><00:25:42.079><c> it</c><00:25:42.240><c> like</c><00:25:42.380><c> it</c><00:25:42.599><c> is.</c>

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He<00:25:43.259><c> says,</c><00:25:43.420><c> as</c><00:25:43.700><c> far</c><00:25:43.920><c> as</c><00:25:44.099><c> uncleanness,</c><00:25:45.140><c> it</c><00:25:45.240><c> was</c><00:25:45.420><c> not</c><00:25:45.599><c> of</c><00:25:45.779><c> uncleanness.</c>

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You<00:25:46.960><c> know,</c><00:25:48.359><c> why</c><00:25:48.640><c> does</c><00:25:48.799><c> this</c><00:25:48.980><c> have</c><00:25:49.180><c> to</c><00:25:49.319><c> be</c><00:25:49.500><c> mentioned?</c>

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You<00:25:50.779><c> know,</c><00:25:51.279><c> it's</c><00:25:51.599><c> a</c><00:25:51.599><c> it's</c><00:25:51.740><c> a</c><00:25:51.900><c> word</c><00:25:52.119><c> that</c><00:25:52.460><c> has</c><00:25:52.700><c> to</c><00:25:52.839><c> do</c><00:25:52.940><c> with</c><00:25:53.240><c> impurity.</c>

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He<00:25:55.559><c> says</c><00:25:55.680><c> there</c><00:25:55.880><c> were</c><00:25:55.880><c> no</c><00:25:56.220><c> impure</c><00:25:56.839><c> motives</c><00:25:57.259><c> involved</c><00:25:57.779><c> in</c><00:25:58.200><c> in</c>

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my<00:25:58.740><c> preaching</c><00:25:59.000><c> the</c><00:25:59.259><c> truth</c><00:25:59.440><c> among</c><00:25:59.759><c> you.</c>

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It<00:26:00.299><c> it's</c><00:26:00.539><c> a</c><00:26:00.599><c> word</c><00:26:00.740><c> that</c><00:26:00.900><c> has</c><00:26:01.099><c> to</c><00:26:01.240><c> do</c><00:26:01.339><c> with</c><00:26:01.500><c> physical</c><00:26:01.960><c> or</c><00:26:02.460><c> moral</c><00:26:02.859><c> impurity.</c>

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And<00:26:05.019><c> he</c><00:26:05.099><c> says</c><00:26:05.160><c> it</c><00:26:05.279><c> was</c><00:26:05.440><c> not</c><00:26:05.619><c> of</c><00:26:05.819><c> uncleanness.</c>

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That<00:26:07.200><c> must</c><00:26:07.359><c> have</c><00:26:07.460><c> been</c><00:26:07.660><c> leveled</c><00:26:07.940><c> against</c><00:26:08.160><c> him</c><00:26:08.319><c> as</c><00:26:08.559><c> well.</c>

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But<00:26:10.339><c> doesn't</c><00:26:10.559><c> it</c><00:26:10.700><c> need</c><00:26:10.799><c> to</c><00:26:10.940><c> be</c><00:26:11.180><c> said,</c><00:26:11.480><c> brethren</c><00:26:11.660><c> and</c><00:26:11.859><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:26:12.380><c> life</c><00:26:12.740><c> in</c><00:26:13.000><c> the</c><00:26:13.279><c> truth</c>

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and<00:26:14.559><c> perhaps</c><00:26:14.720><c> it</c><00:26:14.859><c> needs</c><00:26:14.980><c> to</c><00:26:15.140><c> be</c><00:26:15.319><c> said</c><00:26:15.460><c> more</c><00:26:15.779><c> now</c><00:26:16.019><c> than</c><00:26:16.259><c> ever.</c>

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Life<00:26:17.880><c> in</c><00:26:18.039><c> the</c><00:26:18.259><c> truth</c><00:26:18.400><c> is</c><00:26:18.680><c> clean.</c>

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It<00:26:21.579><c> is</c><00:26:22.099><c> these</c><00:26:22.779><c> kind</c><00:26:23.079><c> of</c><00:26:23.299><c> things,</c><00:26:23.799><c> these</c><00:26:24.160><c> these</c><00:26:24.500><c> words</c><00:26:24.660><c> that</c>

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are<00:26:25.039><c> used.</c>

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Don't<00:26:27.279><c> fit</c><00:26:27.660><c> the.</c>

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The<00:26:29.799><c> model</c><00:26:30.000><c> servant</c><00:26:30.619><c> don't</c><00:26:31.599><c> fit</c><00:26:31.759><c> any</c><00:26:32.079><c> servant.</c>

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Life<00:26:33.599><c> in</c><00:26:33.740><c> the</c><00:26:33.940><c> truth</c><00:26:34.079><c> is</c><00:26:34.400><c> clean,</c><00:26:34.960><c> he's</c><00:26:35.000><c> saying,</c><00:26:35.720><c> and</c><00:26:35.960><c> that</c>

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needs<00:26:36.559><c> saying</c><00:26:36.839><c> today.</c>

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The<00:26:39.140><c> world</c><00:26:39.319><c> around</c><00:26:39.640><c> us</c><00:26:39.859><c> is</c><00:26:40.099><c> very</c><00:26:40.579><c> unclean</c><00:26:41.299><c> indeed.</c>

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And<00:26:43.140><c> it</c><00:26:43.299><c> wants</c><00:26:43.539><c> to</c><00:26:44.519><c> wants</c><00:26:44.819><c> to</c><00:26:45.039><c> put</c><00:26:45.140><c> its</c><00:26:45.400><c> mark</c><00:26:45.640><c> on</c><00:26:45.940><c> us.</c>

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And<00:26:46.200><c> we</c><00:26:46.299><c> know</c><00:26:46.519><c> this</c><00:26:46.799><c> very</c><00:26:47.460><c> well.</c>

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He<00:26:48.519><c> says</c><00:26:48.700><c> it</c><00:26:48.839><c> was</c><00:26:49.079><c> not</c><00:26:49.259><c> of</c><00:26:49.579><c> guile.</c>

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That's<00:26:51.500><c> a</c><00:26:51.579><c> word</c><00:26:51.700><c> that</c><00:26:51.940><c> means</c><00:26:52.539><c> trickery</c><00:26:53.420><c> or</c><00:26:54.220><c> to</c><00:26:54.839><c> lure,</c><00:26:55.259><c> almost</c>

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:57.140
like<00:26:55.960><c> trying</c><00:26:56.259><c> to</c><00:26:56.440><c> catch</c><00:26:56.660><c> a</c><00:26:56.900><c> fish.</c>

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He<00:26:57.700><c> he's</c><00:26:57.799><c> saying</c><00:26:57.900><c> it's</c><00:26:58.299><c> not</c><00:26:58.460><c> like</c><00:26:58.799><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:26:59.099><c> not</c><00:26:59.240><c> like</c><00:26:59.400><c> you</c><00:26:59.619><c> cast</c><00:26:59.900><c> something</c><00:27:00.240><c> out</c><00:27:00.500><c> and</c><00:27:00.619><c> you</c><00:27:00.779><c> try</c><00:27:00.880><c> to</c>

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entice<00:27:01.779><c> somebody.</c>

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And<00:27:02.279><c> you've</c><00:27:02.720><c> got</c><00:27:02.819><c> them,</c><00:27:02.920><c> you've</c><00:27:03.079><c> got</c><00:27:03.140><c> them</c><00:27:03.339><c> hooked.</c>

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And<00:27:04.619><c> now</c><00:27:04.859><c> they're</c><00:27:05.000><c> kind</c><00:27:05.200><c> of</c><00:27:05.420><c> helpless</c><00:27:05.779><c> and</c><00:27:06.460><c> they're</c><00:27:07.279><c> dead</c><00:27:07.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:07.819><c> water,</c><00:27:07.980><c> as</c><00:27:08.140><c> you</c><00:27:08.319><c> say.</c>

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You<00:27:08.900><c> know,</c><00:27:09.180><c> using</c><00:27:09.319><c> all</c><00:27:09.579><c> those</c><00:27:09.880><c> those</c><00:27:10.460><c> things</c><00:27:10.619><c> that</c><00:27:10.819><c> come</c><00:27:10.920><c> to</c><00:27:11.180><c> mind</c>

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from<00:27:11.539><c> that</c><00:27:11.799><c> figure,</c><00:27:12.019><c> from</c><00:27:12.180><c> the</c><00:27:12.420><c> scripture</c><00:27:13.059><c> is</c><00:27:13.460><c> there's</c><00:27:13.720><c> nothing</c><00:27:13.920><c> like</c><00:27:14.279><c> that.</c>

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:16.359
There<00:27:14.519><c> was</c><00:27:14.660><c> no</c><00:27:14.960><c> guile</c><00:27:15.319><c> intended</c><00:27:15.720><c> into</c><00:27:16.000><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:27:16.880><c> it's</c><00:27:17.039><c> what</c><00:27:17.140><c> it</c><00:27:17.339><c> really</c><00:27:17.579><c> appears</c><00:27:17.880><c> to</c><00:27:18.119><c> be.</c>

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That's<00:27:21.279><c> the</c><00:27:21.279><c> way</c><00:27:21.380><c> it's</c><00:27:21.579><c> got</c><00:27:21.660><c> to</c><00:27:21.779><c> be</c><00:27:21.880><c> for</c><00:27:22.039><c> us</c><00:27:22.259><c> again.</c>

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There's<00:27:23.940><c> no</c><00:27:24.160><c> guile</c><00:27:24.519><c> in</c><00:27:24.680><c> the</c><00:27:24.859><c> things</c><00:27:25.000><c> that</c><00:27:25.140><c> we</c><00:27:25.319><c> say,</c><00:27:25.640><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:27:26.019><c> sisters.</c>

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Christ<00:27:27.980><c> says,</c><00:27:28.180><c> let</c><00:27:28.319><c> your</c><00:27:28.519><c> yay</c><00:27:28.759><c> be</c><00:27:28.980><c> yay</c><00:27:29.140><c> and</c><00:27:29.339><c> your</c><00:27:29.519><c> nay</c><00:27:29.640><c> be</c><00:27:29.859><c> nay.</c>

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In<00:27:30.259><c> other</c><00:27:30.400><c> words,</c><00:27:30.599><c> we're</c><00:27:30.940><c> straight</c><00:27:31.339><c> talkers.</c>

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What<00:27:32.559><c> we</c><00:27:32.839><c> say</c><00:27:33.059><c> is</c><00:27:33.359><c> what</c><00:27:33.579><c> it</c><00:27:33.779><c> really</c><00:27:34.059><c> is.</c>

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If<00:27:35.119><c> we're</c><00:27:35.319><c> using</c><00:27:35.579><c> guile</c><00:27:36.119><c> or</c><00:27:36.460><c> trickery</c><00:27:36.940><c> or</c><00:27:37.180><c> deceit</c><00:27:37.660><c> or</c><00:27:37.799><c> any</c><00:27:38.000><c> any</c>

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of<00:27:38.640><c> these</c><00:27:38.880><c> things,</c>

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then<00:27:39.500><c> we</c><00:27:40.359><c> should</c><00:27:40.519><c> not</c><00:27:40.779><c> speak</c><00:27:41.000><c> at</c><00:27:41.240><c> all.</c>

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But<00:27:43.059><c> it's</c><00:27:43.259><c> evident</c><00:27:43.480><c> from</c><00:27:43.660><c> the</c><00:27:43.940><c> context</c><00:27:44.380><c> here,</c><00:27:44.599><c> when</c><00:27:44.740><c> we</c><00:27:44.859><c> look</c>

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at<00:27:45.119><c> Chapter</c><00:27:45.519><c> two.</c>

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And<00:27:48.160><c> I</c><00:27:48.259><c> think</c><00:27:48.380><c> there's</c><00:27:48.640><c> a</c><00:27:48.839><c> tone</c><00:27:49.039><c> in</c><00:27:49.259><c> this.</c>

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I<00:27:49.759><c> think</c><00:27:49.980><c> if</c><00:27:50.299><c> you</c><00:27:50.420><c> if</c><00:27:50.420><c> you</c><00:27:50.839><c> if</c><00:27:51.039><c> you</c><00:27:51.160><c> just</c><00:27:51.380><c> read</c><00:27:51.539><c> this</c><00:27:51.839><c> carefully,</c><00:27:52.240><c> you</c><00:27:52.359><c> can</c><00:27:52.539><c> almost</c>

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:56.559
hear<00:27:54.019><c> Paul</c><00:27:54.440><c> speaking,</c><00:27:55.319><c> he's</c><00:27:55.619><c> writing,</c><00:27:55.839><c> of</c><00:27:56.119><c> course,</c><00:27:56.319><c> but</c><00:27:56.440><c> you</c>

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can<00:27:56.640><c> almost</c><00:27:56.859><c> hear</c><00:27:57.059><c> it</c>

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as<00:27:57.799><c> a</c><00:27:58.119><c> tone</c><00:27:58.500><c> with</c><00:27:59.400><c> some</c><00:27:59.880><c> distress</c><00:28:00.500><c> in</c><00:28:00.779><c> it</c><00:28:00.920><c> that</c><00:28:01.039><c> he's</c><00:28:01.299><c> got</c><00:28:01.339><c> to</c><00:28:01.599><c> even</c>

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even<00:28:02.359><c> kind</c><00:28:02.559><c> of</c><00:28:02.819><c> deal</c><00:28:03.000><c> with</c><00:28:03.220><c> these</c><00:28:03.519><c> things,</c><00:28:04.700><c> that</c><00:28:04.759><c> he's</c><00:28:04.980><c> got</c><00:28:05.079><c> to</c>

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answer<00:28:05.700><c> detractors,</c>

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criticisms,<00:28:08.420><c> things</c><00:28:08.579><c> that</c><00:28:08.759><c> are</c><00:28:08.920><c> designed</c><00:28:09.259><c> to</c><00:28:09.759><c> discredit</c><00:28:10.779><c> him.</c>

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:14.039
To<00:28:11.900><c> discredit</c><00:28:12.400><c> the</c><00:28:12.700><c> work</c><00:28:12.880><c> that</c><00:28:13.019><c> he's</c><00:28:13.220><c> done,</c><00:28:13.500><c> to</c><00:28:13.559><c> tear</c><00:28:13.779><c> down</c>

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.619
the<00:28:14.240><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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They're<00:28:15.220><c> saying,</c><00:28:15.400><c> in</c><00:28:15.559><c> effect,</c><00:28:16.019><c> Paul's</c><00:28:16.400><c> a</c><00:28:16.539><c> phony.</c>

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That's<00:28:19.700><c> what</c><00:28:19.779><c> they're</c><00:28:19.960><c> saying,</c><00:28:20.299><c> brethren</c><00:28:20.460><c> and</c><00:28:20.619><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:28:20.940><c> he's</c><00:28:21.240><c> answering</c><00:28:21.519><c> these</c><00:28:22.359><c> these</c><00:28:22.579><c> charges.</c>

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There's<00:28:23.720><c> an</c><00:28:25.220><c> interesting</c><00:28:25.720><c> paragraph</c><00:28:26.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:28.539><c> New</c><00:28:28.960><c> Bible</c><00:28:29.380><c> Dictionary</c><00:28:30.960><c> that</c>

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just<00:28:32.960><c> says</c><00:28:33.160><c> this</c><00:28:33.400><c> about</c><00:28:33.619><c> the</c><00:28:33.839><c> first</c><00:28:34.059><c> century</c><00:28:34.420><c> and</c><00:28:34.559><c> the</c><00:28:34.759><c> times</c>

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when<00:28:35.319><c> the</c><00:28:35.839><c> the</c><00:28:35.960><c> Ecclesias</c>

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were<00:28:36.460><c> being</c><00:28:36.720><c> developed</c><00:28:37.140><c> during</c><00:28:37.420><c> the</c><00:28:38.359><c> the</c><00:28:38.799><c> work</c><00:28:38.920><c> of</c><00:28:39.099><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:28:40.400><c> it</c><00:28:40.500><c> says</c><00:28:40.740><c> that</c><00:28:41.119><c> and</c><00:28:41.180><c> I'm</c><00:28:41.660><c> quoting</c><00:28:41.900><c> here,</c>

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it<00:28:43.740><c> says</c><00:28:43.940><c> there</c><00:28:44.039><c> were</c><00:28:44.299><c> so</c><00:28:44.559><c> many</c><00:28:44.880><c> wandering</c><00:28:45.680><c> charlatans</c>

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that<00:28:47.519><c> made</c><00:28:47.680><c> their</c><00:28:47.920><c> way</c><00:28:48.099><c> about</c><00:28:48.299><c> the</c><00:28:48.519><c> Roman</c><00:28:48.779><c> world,</c><00:28:49.319><c> peddling</c>

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their<00:28:50.039><c> religious</c>

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or<00:28:51.059><c> philosophical</c><00:28:51.799><c> nostrums,</c><00:28:53.619><c> that</c><00:28:53.700><c> it</c><00:28:53.799><c> was</c><00:28:54.039><c> necessary</c><00:28:54.559><c> for</c>

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the<00:28:55.019><c> apostles</c>

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to<00:28:55.740><c> emphasize</c><00:28:56.299><c> the</c><00:28:56.720><c> purity</c><00:28:57.039><c> of</c><00:28:57.380><c> their</c><00:28:57.619><c> motives</c><00:28:58.079><c> and</c><00:28:58.660><c> procedures</c><00:28:59.220><c> by</c><00:28:59.799><c> contrast</c><00:29:00.420><c> with</c><00:29:00.700><c> these.</c>

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That's<00:29:03.559><c> an</c><00:29:03.740><c> interesting</c><00:29:04.039><c> thing,</c><00:29:04.339><c> isn't</c><00:29:04.519><c> it?</c>

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I<00:29:04.740><c> mean,</c><00:29:04.799><c> that's</c><00:29:05.119><c> something</c><00:29:05.279><c> I</c><00:29:05.500><c> suppose</c><00:29:05.759><c> is</c><00:29:06.059><c> drawn</c><00:29:06.200><c> from</c><00:29:06.660><c> the</c>

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history<00:29:07.339><c> of</c><00:29:07.519><c> the</c><00:29:07.720><c> times</c>

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that<00:29:08.920><c> there</c><00:29:09.039><c> were</c><00:29:09.380><c> charlatans</c><00:29:09.980><c> going</c><00:29:10.220><c> around.</c>

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They're<00:29:10.740><c> trying</c><00:29:10.880><c> to</c><00:29:11.039><c> make</c><00:29:11.160><c> a</c><00:29:11.400><c> living</c><00:29:11.660><c> off,</c><00:29:12.619><c> well,</c><00:29:12.779><c> much</c><00:29:13.039><c> like</c>

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we<00:29:13.420><c> would</c><00:29:13.559><c> have</c><00:29:13.720><c> today</c>

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with<00:29:14.279><c> these</c><00:29:15.539><c> cult</c><00:29:16.000><c> things</c><00:29:16.359><c> that</c><00:29:16.700><c> we</c><00:29:17.099><c> are</c><00:29:17.319><c> so</c><00:29:17.619><c> current</c><00:29:17.799><c> in</c><00:29:17.980><c> the</c><00:29:18.119><c> news.</c>

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We<00:29:18.500><c> see</c><00:29:18.700><c> it</c><00:29:19.779><c> probably</c><00:29:20.039><c> more</c><00:29:20.359><c> often</c><00:29:20.559><c> than</c><00:29:20.700><c> we</c><00:29:20.920><c> care</c><00:29:21.099><c> to</c><00:29:21.359><c> see,</c>

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the<00:29:21.759><c> grotesque</c><00:29:22.480><c> aspects</c><00:29:22.980><c> related</c><00:29:23.420><c> to</c><00:29:23.759><c> this.</c>

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But<00:29:24.880><c> it</c><00:29:26.359><c> seems</c><00:29:26.559><c> like</c><00:29:26.759><c> it</c><00:29:26.839><c> was</c><00:29:27.019><c> that</c><00:29:27.380><c> that</c><00:29:27.539><c> way</c><00:29:27.599><c> in</c><00:29:27.740><c> the</c><00:29:27.880><c> first</c>

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century<00:29:28.400><c> as</c><00:29:28.660><c> well.</c>

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And<00:29:29.299><c> obviously,</c><00:29:29.819><c> Paul</c><00:29:30.079><c> didn't</c><00:29:30.279><c> want</c><00:29:30.460><c> to</c><00:29:30.559><c> be</c><00:29:30.740><c> lumped</c><00:29:30.960><c> with</c>

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these<00:29:31.339><c> anymore</c>

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than<00:29:32.099><c> we</c><00:29:32.380><c> would</c><00:29:32.599><c> want</c><00:29:32.720><c> to</c><00:29:32.839><c> be</c><00:29:33.039><c> lumped</c><00:29:33.279><c> with</c><00:29:33.380><c> any</c><00:29:33.579><c> of</c><00:29:33.700><c> these</c>

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other<00:29:34.140><c> things</c>

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that<00:29:34.539><c> are</c><00:29:34.640><c> going</c><00:29:34.779><c> on</c><00:29:35.019><c> around</c><00:29:35.279><c> us</c><00:29:35.500><c> that</c><00:29:35.619><c> are</c><00:29:35.859><c> so</c><00:29:36.740><c> distasteful.</c>

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He's<00:29:39.180><c> TV</c><00:29:39.619><c> evangelist</c><00:29:40.799><c> and</c><00:29:40.940><c> things</c><00:29:41.119><c> of</c><00:29:41.259><c> that</c><00:29:41.400><c> nature.</c>

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But<00:29:42.700><c> Paul</c><00:29:42.900><c> is</c><00:29:43.099><c> very</c><00:29:43.500><c> careful,</c><00:29:45.099><c> meticulous</c><00:29:45.579><c> in</c><00:29:45.759><c> assuring</c><00:29:46.240><c> the</c><00:29:46.460><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:29:46.900><c> sisters</c><00:29:47.160><c> there</c><00:29:47.480><c> of</c><00:29:47.819><c> his</c><00:29:48.140><c> credentials.</c>

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Of<00:29:51.400><c> the</c><00:29:51.839><c> divine</c><00:29:52.240><c> motivation.</c>

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He's<00:29:55.460><c> doing</c><00:29:55.660><c> this</c><00:29:55.859><c> for</c><00:29:56.059><c> a</c><00:29:56.319><c> comfort</c><00:29:56.539><c> factor</c><00:29:56.880><c> for</c><00:29:57.099><c> the</c><00:29:57.259><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:29:57.720><c> sisters</c><00:29:57.920><c> there.</c>

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And<00:29:58.880><c> as</c><00:29:59.079><c> I</c><00:29:59.279><c> say,</c><00:29:59.460><c> he</c><00:29:59.579><c> calls</c><00:29:59.720><c> it</c><00:29:59.940><c> an</c><00:30:00.119><c> exhortation.</c>

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Everything<00:30:01.920><c> he</c><00:30:02.119><c> did</c><00:30:02.299><c> with</c><00:30:02.480><c> them</c><00:30:02.559><c> was</c><00:30:02.720><c> an</c><00:30:02.900><c> exhortation.</c>

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This<00:30:04.119><c> was</c><00:30:04.299><c> his</c><00:30:04.579><c> life</c><00:30:04.839><c> among</c><00:30:05.140><c> them</c><00:30:05.299><c> as</c><00:30:05.460><c> a</c><00:30:05.680><c> model</c><00:30:05.920><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:30:07.059><c> so</c><00:30:07.220><c> just</c><00:30:07.539><c> these</c><00:30:07.799><c> points.</c>

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First,<00:30:09.940><c> there</c><00:30:10.000><c> was</c><00:30:10.200><c> no</c><00:30:10.460><c> attempt.</c>

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And,<00:30:11.640><c> you</c><00:30:12.059><c> know,</c><00:30:12.099><c> you</c><00:30:12.240><c> can</c><00:30:12.660><c> check</c><00:30:12.880><c> this</c><00:30:13.140><c> out</c><00:30:13.259><c> very</c><00:30:13.519><c> carefully</c>

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in<00:30:13.940><c> the</c><00:30:14.140><c> scripture.</c>

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Read<00:30:14.539><c> the</c><00:30:14.859><c> acts</c><00:30:15.299><c> record.</c>

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Read<00:30:16.259><c> the</c><00:30:16.700><c> dealings</c><00:30:17.079><c> with</c><00:30:17.279><c> the</c><00:30:17.960><c> the</c><00:30:18.200><c> letters</c><00:30:18.380><c> to</c><00:30:18.599><c> the</c><00:30:18.759><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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There<00:30:20.119><c> was</c><00:30:20.359><c> no</c><00:30:20.660><c> attempt</c><00:30:21.099><c> to</c><00:30:21.539><c> exploit</c><00:30:21.960><c> them</c><00:30:22.240><c> or</c><00:30:22.380><c> to</c><00:30:22.680><c> live</c><00:30:22.920><c> off</c>

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.279
of<00:30:23.440><c> them.</c>

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:27.099
He<00:30:24.859><c> showed</c><00:30:25.000><c> all</c><00:30:25.359><c> gentleness</c><00:30:25.880><c> and</c><00:30:26.259><c> care.</c>

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:31.420
He<00:30:28.839><c> worked</c><00:30:29.099><c> night</c><00:30:29.619><c> and</c><00:30:30.059><c> day</c><00:30:30.299><c> to</c><00:30:30.539><c> earn</c><00:30:30.759><c> his</c><00:30:31.000><c> own</c><00:30:31.220><c> living.</c>

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:33.859
He<00:30:31.599><c> would</c><00:30:31.799><c> say</c><00:30:32.059><c> these</c><00:30:32.359><c> things</c><00:30:32.539><c> and</c><00:30:32.720><c> no</c><00:30:32.839><c> one</c><00:30:32.920><c> could</c><00:30:33.119><c> dispute</c><00:30:33.440><c> it.</c>

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:35.579
He<00:30:34.299><c> gives</c><00:30:34.559><c> us</c><00:30:34.759><c> as</c><00:30:35.059><c> an</c><00:30:35.259><c> answer.</c>

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:37.839
If<00:30:35.900><c> it</c><00:30:36.059><c> wasn't</c><00:30:36.259><c> true,</c><00:30:36.500><c> they'd</c><00:30:36.799><c> say,</c><00:30:37.079><c> you</c><00:30:37.220><c> didn't</c><00:30:37.400><c> work</c><00:30:37.599><c> night</c>

00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.839
and<00:30:38.059><c> day.</c>

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:40.359
You<00:30:39.200><c> were</c><00:30:39.359><c> in</c><00:30:39.460><c> our</c><00:30:39.619><c> house</c><00:30:39.859><c> all</c><00:30:40.099><c> the</c><00:30:40.220><c> time.</c>

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.519
We<00:30:40.559><c> fed</c><00:30:40.740><c> you</c><00:30:40.940><c> every</c><00:30:41.180><c> meal.</c>

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What<00:30:41.799><c> did</c><00:30:41.920><c> you</c><00:30:42.099><c> do?</c>

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But<00:30:43.339><c> he</c><00:30:43.460><c> could</c><00:30:43.640><c> say</c><00:30:43.920><c> these</c><00:30:44.180><c> things.</c>

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:46.339
It<00:30:44.420><c> would</c><00:30:44.480><c> be</c><00:30:44.680><c> ridiculous</c><00:30:45.220><c> to</c><00:30:45.460><c> say</c><00:30:45.579><c> it</c><00:30:45.700><c> if</c><00:30:45.759><c> it</c><00:30:45.900><c> wasn't</c><00:30:46.059><c> true,</c>

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wouldn't<00:30:46.579><c> it?</c>

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:50.099
He<00:30:47.819><c> said</c><00:30:47.920><c> he's</c><00:30:48.200><c> not</c><00:30:48.700><c> burdensome</c><00:30:49.240><c> as</c><00:30:49.440><c> an</c><00:30:49.660><c> apostle.</c>

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.920
That<00:30:50.619><c> was</c><00:30:50.779><c> his</c><00:30:51.059><c> ministry.</c>

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:56.619
He<00:30:52.900><c> maintained</c><00:30:53.299><c> himself</c><00:30:54.019><c> and</c><00:30:54.980><c> preached</c><00:30:55.420><c> and</c><00:30:56.119><c> edify.</c>

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:58.299
The<00:30:56.940><c> word</c><00:30:57.079><c> edify</c><00:30:57.480><c> means</c><00:30:57.759><c> built</c><00:30:58.099><c> up.</c>

00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:01.759
He<00:30:58.599><c> built</c><00:30:58.740><c> up</c><00:30:59.019><c> the</c><00:30:59.200><c> ecclesia,</c><00:30:59.980><c> this</c><00:31:00.240><c> newborn</c><00:31:00.700><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:06.259
And<00:31:03.359><c> he</c><00:31:03.619><c> instructs</c><00:31:04.000><c> Timothy</c><00:31:04.240><c> later</c><00:31:04.619><c> on,</c><00:31:04.960><c> keying</c><00:31:05.279><c> off</c><00:31:05.519><c> that</c><00:31:05.759><c> example.</c>

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:08.180
And<00:31:06.799><c> he</c><00:31:06.980><c> uses</c><00:31:07.259><c> very</c><00:31:07.559><c> similar</c><00:31:07.940><c> words.</c>

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:12.579
Timothy,<00:31:08.759><c> a</c><00:31:08.759><c> young</c><00:31:09.000><c> man,</c><00:31:10.259><c> he</c><00:31:10.359><c> says,</c><00:31:10.640><c> watch</c><00:31:10.960><c> in</c><00:31:11.160><c> all</c><00:31:11.440><c> things,</c>

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endure<00:31:13.079><c> afflictions,</c>

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:19.579
do<00:31:15.099><c> the</c><00:31:15.359><c> work</c><00:31:15.519><c> of</c><00:31:15.680><c> an</c><00:31:15.880><c> evangelist,</c><00:31:17.440><c> make</c><00:31:17.700><c> full</c><00:31:18.180><c> proof</c><00:31:18.420><c> of</c><00:31:18.640><c> thy</c><00:31:18.839><c> ministry,</c>

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.640
as<00:31:19.920><c> the</c><00:31:20.099><c> word</c><00:31:20.240><c> again.</c>

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:22.279
And<00:31:21.240><c> Paul</c><00:31:21.380><c> was</c><00:31:21.599><c> able</c><00:31:21.759><c> to</c><00:31:21.940><c> do</c><00:31:22.099><c> that.</c>

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:24.980
He's<00:31:22.480><c> telling</c><00:31:22.740><c> Timothy,</c><00:31:23.519><c> you've</c><00:31:23.819><c> got</c><00:31:23.940><c> to</c><00:31:24.099><c> be</c><00:31:24.339><c> sure</c><00:31:24.480><c> that</c><00:31:24.619><c> you're</c><00:31:24.779><c> able</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:26.420
to<00:31:25.220><c> do</c><00:31:25.420><c> that.</c>

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:29.779
Make<00:31:26.960><c> full</c><00:31:27.259><c> proof</c><00:31:27.480><c> of</c><00:31:27.640><c> thy</c><00:31:27.759><c> ministry,</c><00:31:28.180><c> be</c><00:31:28.319><c> able</c><00:31:28.480><c> to</c><00:31:28.599><c> give</c><00:31:28.700><c> an</c><00:31:28.900><c> answer.</c>

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:33.720
Now,<00:31:31.400><c> that</c><00:31:31.660><c> was</c><00:31:31.859><c> the</c><00:31:32.019><c> work</c><00:31:32.259><c> of</c><00:31:32.559><c> Paul,</c><00:31:32.980><c> brethren</c><00:31:33.140><c> and</c><00:31:33.359><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:36.240
These<00:31:34.319><c> were</c><00:31:34.900><c> talking</c><00:31:35.420><c> about</c><00:31:35.660><c> his</c><00:31:35.920><c> motives.</c>

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.480
We<00:31:36.519><c> talk</c><00:31:36.700><c> about</c><00:31:36.920><c> his</c><00:31:37.240><c> manner.</c>

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:41.720
Just<00:31:38.059><c> think</c><00:31:38.200><c> about</c><00:31:38.380><c> the</c><00:31:38.660><c> attitude</c><00:31:39.279><c> of</c><00:31:40.299><c> our</c><00:31:40.480><c> brother</c><00:31:40.680><c> Paul.</c>

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:45.640
You<00:31:42.279><c> know,</c><00:31:43.099><c> he's</c><00:31:43.519><c> working</c><00:31:43.819><c> the</c><00:31:44.059><c> work</c><00:31:44.220><c> of</c><00:31:44.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:50.680
To<00:31:47.380><c> be</c><00:31:47.599><c> involved</c><00:31:47.960><c> in</c><00:31:48.119><c> the</c><00:31:48.299><c> work</c><00:31:48.460><c> of</c><00:31:48.799><c> Christ</c><00:31:49.099><c> is</c><00:31:49.680><c> it's</c><00:31:49.900><c> a</c><00:31:50.000><c> great</c><00:31:50.259><c> privilege,</c>

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.420
brethren<00:31:51.000><c> and</c><00:31:51.220><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:54.160
I<00:31:51.619><c> hope</c><00:31:51.740><c> we</c><00:31:52.279><c> hope</c><00:31:52.420><c> we</c><00:31:52.759><c> realize</c><00:31:53.079><c> that</c><00:31:53.240><c> it's</c><00:31:53.440><c> a</c><00:31:53.599><c> great</c><00:31:53.779><c> privilege</c>

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.559
for<00:31:54.420><c> us.</c>

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:58.200
God<00:31:54.779><c> has</c><00:31:55.099><c> allowed</c><00:31:55.380><c> us</c><00:31:55.900><c> to</c><00:31:56.339><c> understand</c><00:31:56.779><c> his</c><00:31:57.000><c> purpose.</c>

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:03.059
More<00:31:59.240><c> than</c><00:31:59.539><c> that,</c><00:32:01.559><c> he's</c><00:32:02.059><c> called</c><00:32:02.259><c> us</c>

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:09.359
to<00:32:04.779><c> be</c><00:32:04.920><c> a</c><00:32:05.079><c> partaker</c><00:32:05.700><c> of</c><00:32:07.099><c> his</c><00:32:07.400><c> kingdom</c><00:32:07.900><c> and</c><00:32:08.400><c> glory.</c>

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Is<00:32:11.380><c> that</c><00:32:11.559><c> not</c><00:32:11.799><c> amazing?</c>

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:17.119
We're<00:32:14.920><c> here</c><00:32:15.099><c> because</c><00:32:15.400><c> God</c><00:32:15.680><c> has</c><00:32:16.059><c> called</c><00:32:16.319><c> us.</c>

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:21.140
To<00:32:18.440><c> partake</c><00:32:18.839><c> of</c><00:32:18.960><c> his</c><00:32:19.180><c> kingdom</c><00:32:19.420><c> and</c><00:32:19.740><c> glory,</c><00:32:20.339><c> you</c><00:32:20.400><c> know,</c><00:32:20.660><c> an</c><00:32:20.799><c> old</c>

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.680
an<00:32:21.700><c> older</c><00:32:21.980><c> brother,</c>

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:25.480
in<00:32:22.980><c> fact,</c><00:32:23.119><c> the</c><00:32:23.339><c> oldest</c><00:32:23.660><c> brother</c><00:32:24.000><c> in</c><00:32:24.240><c> our</c><00:32:24.539><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:28.599
He's<00:32:26.480><c> recently</c><00:32:26.720><c> fallen</c><00:32:27.079><c> asleep</c><00:32:27.440><c> in</c><00:32:27.720><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:33.440
He's<00:32:30.759><c> into</c><00:32:31.220><c> his</c><00:32:31.519><c> 90s.</c>

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:37.640
And<00:32:35.180><c> that</c><00:32:35.660><c> brother,</c><00:32:35.960><c> when</c><00:32:36.099><c> he</c><00:32:36.200><c> was</c><00:32:36.339><c> able</c><00:32:36.579><c> to</c><00:32:36.700><c> come</c><00:32:36.880><c> to</c><00:32:36.980><c> the</c><00:32:37.140><c> meeting</c>

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:41.480
and<00:32:38.400><c> for</c><00:32:38.799><c> a</c><00:32:39.039><c> long</c><00:32:39.220><c> period</c><00:32:39.519><c> of</c><00:32:39.740><c> time</c><00:32:39.880><c> now,</c><00:32:40.039><c> he</c><00:32:40.180><c> hasn't</c><00:32:40.539><c> been.</c>

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:45.839
But<00:32:42.339><c> every</c><00:32:42.740><c> time</c><00:32:43.000><c> he</c><00:32:43.380><c> prayed</c><00:32:43.619><c> and</c><00:32:43.759><c> even</c><00:32:43.960><c> when</c><00:32:44.119><c> we</c><00:32:44.319><c> met</c><00:32:44.579><c> at</c><00:32:45.160><c> his</c><00:32:45.460><c> house</c>

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.839
and<00:32:46.079><c> we</c><00:32:46.220><c> had</c><00:32:46.400><c> breaking</c><00:32:46.680><c> of</c><00:32:46.900><c> bread</c><00:32:47.019><c> with</c><00:32:47.160><c> him</c><00:32:47.279><c> at</c><00:32:47.380><c> his</c><00:32:47.619><c> house</c>

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:49.920
and<00:32:47.960><c> we</c><00:32:48.039><c> had</c><00:32:48.220><c> arranged</c><00:32:48.480><c> in</c><00:32:48.680><c> every</c><00:32:48.880><c> other</c><00:32:49.119><c> week</c><00:32:49.319><c> kind</c><00:32:49.579><c> of</c><00:32:49.779><c> thing</c>

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:51.380
for<00:32:50.440><c> someone</c><00:32:50.720><c> to</c><00:32:50.900><c> be</c><00:32:51.099><c> there.</c>

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:54.319
Every<00:32:52.039><c> time</c><00:32:52.299><c> we</c><00:32:52.700><c> always</c><00:32:53.099><c> would</c><00:32:53.279><c> ask</c><00:32:53.460><c> him</c><00:32:53.559><c> to</c><00:32:53.700><c> give</c><00:32:53.799><c> a</c><00:32:54.059><c> prayer</c>

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:56.440
because<00:32:54.880><c> at</c><00:32:55.099><c> the</c><00:32:55.240><c> end</c><00:32:55.359><c> it</c><00:32:55.500><c> was</c><00:32:55.799><c> it</c><00:32:55.799><c> was</c><00:32:56.000><c> difficult.</c>

00:32:56.480 --> 00:33:02.059
He<00:32:56.539><c> would</c><00:32:56.880><c> ramble</c><00:32:57.420><c> and</c><00:32:58.039><c> they</c><00:32:58.180><c> would</c><00:32:58.299><c> go</c><00:32:58.420><c> on</c><00:32:58.579><c> a</c><00:32:58.680><c> long</c><00:32:58.960><c> time</c><00:32:59.279><c> sometimes,</c><00:33:00.500><c> but</c>

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:05.160
never<00:33:02.900><c> excluded</c><00:33:03.500><c> from</c><00:33:03.759><c> his</c><00:33:04.059><c> prayer</c>

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was<00:33:06.279><c> the</c><00:33:06.559><c> expression</c><00:33:07.079><c> of</c><00:33:07.900><c> thanks</c>

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:13.519
for<00:33:09.619><c> God</c><00:33:09.940><c> had</c><00:33:10.319><c> called</c><00:33:10.519><c> us</c><00:33:10.759><c> to</c><00:33:10.920><c> his</c><00:33:11.220><c> kingdom</c><00:33:11.740><c> and</c><00:33:12.619><c> glory.</c>

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It<00:33:14.180><c> was</c><00:33:14.460><c> always</c><00:33:14.799><c> there.</c>

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That's<00:33:16.559><c> that's</c><00:33:16.839><c> verse</c><00:33:17.019><c> 12,</c><00:33:18.140><c> brothers</c><00:33:18.240><c> and</c><00:33:18.380><c> sisters</c><00:33:18.640><c> of</c><00:33:18.819><c> the</c>

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second<00:33:19.299><c> chapter.</c>

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:23.900
He<00:33:21.400><c> says</c><00:33:21.460><c> that</c><00:33:21.619><c> he</c><00:33:21.819><c> would</c><00:33:22.039><c> walk</c><00:33:22.460><c> worthy</c><00:33:23.059><c> of</c><00:33:23.460><c> God</c>

00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:28.619
who<00:33:24.900><c> have</c><00:33:25.259><c> called</c><00:33:25.640><c> you</c><00:33:26.240><c> onto</c><00:33:26.519><c> his</c><00:33:26.839><c> kingdom</c><00:33:27.180><c> and</c><00:33:27.539><c> glory.</c>

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:33.980
That's<00:33:30.000><c> that's</c><00:33:30.079><c> just</c><00:33:30.259><c> a</c><00:33:30.480><c> marvel</c><00:33:30.819><c> to</c><00:33:31.180><c> my</c><00:33:31.359><c> mind</c><00:33:31.900><c> that</c><00:33:32.940><c> what</c><00:33:33.660><c> God</c>

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.359
is<00:33:34.240><c> asking</c>

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:38.240
what<00:33:34.559><c> Paul</c><00:33:34.900><c> is</c><00:33:35.480><c> is</c><00:33:35.680><c> is</c><00:33:36.019><c> telling</c><00:33:36.180><c> the</c><00:33:36.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:36.940><c> here</c><00:33:37.380><c> is</c>

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through<00:33:39.259><c> your</c><00:33:39.579><c> ministry.</c>

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As<00:33:42.079><c> a</c><00:33:42.359><c> as</c><00:33:42.359><c> a</c><00:33:42.680><c> servant,</c><00:33:43.079><c> you're</c><00:33:44.299><c> attempting</c><00:33:44.619><c> to</c>

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:48.859
give<00:33:46.259><c> something</c><00:33:46.700><c> back</c><00:33:47.059><c> to</c><00:33:47.319><c> God,</c><00:33:47.619><c> and</c><00:33:47.900><c> it's</c><00:33:48.339><c> yourself.</c>

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:51.299
That's<00:33:50.019><c> all</c><00:33:50.160><c> you</c><00:33:50.279><c> can</c><00:33:50.480><c> offer.</c>

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:54.079
Right.<00:33:52.200><c> A</c><00:33:52.480><c> living</c><00:33:52.839><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:56.579
And<00:33:54.859><c> you</c><00:33:55.019><c> give</c><00:33:55.140><c> it</c><00:33:55.339><c> back</c><00:33:55.519><c> to</c><00:33:55.700><c> God</c>

00:33:56.960 --> 00:34:00.160
because<00:33:57.440><c> he's</c><00:33:57.859><c> called</c><00:33:58.079><c> you</c><00:33:58.299><c> onto</c><00:33:58.480><c> his</c><00:33:58.720><c> kingdom</c><00:33:59.000><c> and</c><00:33:59.279><c> glory.</c>

00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:04.740
I<00:34:02.059><c> find</c><00:34:02.240><c> that</c><00:34:02.420><c> an</c><00:34:02.579><c> incredible</c><00:34:02.960><c> thing,</c><00:34:03.460><c> brethren</c><00:34:03.579><c> and</c><00:34:03.759><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:10.480
The<00:34:06.099><c> things</c><00:34:06.319><c> that</c><00:34:06.539><c> we</c><00:34:06.759><c> know,</c><00:34:07.839><c> the</c><00:34:07.980><c> things</c><00:34:08.099><c> that</c><00:34:08.260><c> we</c><00:34:08.519><c> understand</c><00:34:08.940><c> of</c><00:34:09.099><c> the</c><00:34:09.380><c> truth.</c>

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:13.880
Have<00:34:11.500><c> been</c><00:34:11.820><c> entrusted</c><00:34:12.260><c> to</c><00:34:12.559><c> us</c><00:34:12.780><c> by</c><00:34:13.000><c> God.</c>

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:17.000
And<00:34:14.539><c> that</c><00:34:14.739><c> means</c><00:34:14.920><c> that</c><00:34:15.059><c> we're</c><00:34:15.159><c> to</c><00:34:15.300><c> do</c><00:34:15.460><c> something</c><00:34:15.780><c> with</c><00:34:16.000><c> it.</c>

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:20.460
Just<00:34:17.719><c> isn't</c><00:34:18.059><c> ours</c><00:34:18.280><c> to</c><00:34:18.559><c> revel</c><00:34:18.820><c> in</c><00:34:19.079><c> because</c><00:34:19.320><c> we</c><00:34:19.519><c> know</c><00:34:19.760><c> something</c><00:34:20.219><c> and</c>

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:25.239
and,<00:34:21.039><c> you</c><00:34:22.300><c> know,</c><00:34:22.480><c> it</c><00:34:22.599><c> kind</c><00:34:22.699><c> of</c><00:34:22.860><c> makes</c><00:34:23.039><c> us</c><00:34:23.539><c> unique</c><00:34:23.920><c> or</c><00:34:24.260><c> special.</c>

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.639
These<00:34:26.119><c> things</c><00:34:26.280><c> have</c><00:34:26.440><c> been</c><00:34:26.719><c> entrusted</c><00:34:27.119><c> to</c><00:34:27.380><c> us.</c>

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:31.019
Just<00:34:28.320><c> look</c><00:34:28.559><c> at</c><00:34:28.880><c> verse</c><00:34:29.380><c> four</c><00:34:29.980><c> here.</c>

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:33.920
This<00:34:31.579><c> is</c><00:34:31.699><c> the</c><00:34:31.739><c> way</c><00:34:31.860><c> Paul</c><00:34:32.119><c> talks</c><00:34:32.480><c> about</c><00:34:32.760><c> this.</c>

00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:37.800
He<00:34:34.260><c> said,</c><00:34:34.519><c> but</c><00:34:34.519><c> as</c><00:34:34.920><c> we</c><00:34:35.139><c> were</c><00:34:35.380><c> allowed</c><00:34:36.019><c> as</c><00:34:36.400><c> the</c><00:34:36.920><c> interesting</c><00:34:37.420><c> words,</c>

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:43.239
as<00:34:38.300><c> we</c><00:34:38.480><c> were</c><00:34:38.719><c> allowed</c><00:34:39.300><c> of</c><00:34:39.619><c> God</c><00:34:40.019><c> to</c><00:34:40.480><c> be</c><00:34:40.719><c> put</c><00:34:40.920><c> in</c><00:34:41.440><c> trust</c><00:34:41.699><c> with</c><00:34:41.940><c> the</c><00:34:42.199><c> gospel,</c>

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:47.579
even<00:34:44.039><c> so,</c><00:34:44.400><c> we</c><00:34:44.719><c> speak</c><00:34:45.099><c> not</c><00:34:45.860><c> as</c><00:34:46.219><c> pleasing</c><00:34:46.559><c> men,</c>

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:51.519
but<00:34:47.860><c> God,</c><00:34:49.019><c> which</c><00:34:49.400><c> trieth</c><00:34:49.820><c> our</c><00:34:50.260><c> hearts.</c>

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:55.719
So<00:34:53.239><c> the</c><00:34:53.380><c> gospel</c><00:34:53.800><c> has</c><00:34:54.039><c> been</c><00:34:54.219><c> put</c><00:34:54.360><c> in</c><00:34:54.719><c> trust.</c>

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:58.739
We're<00:34:56.719><c> entrusted</c><00:34:57.179><c> with</c><00:34:57.440><c> it.</c>

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:01.679
What<00:34:59.900><c> do</c><00:35:00.000><c> we</c><00:35:00.079><c> do</c><00:35:00.199><c> with</c><00:35:00.380><c> it?</c>

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:06.199
Well,<00:35:04.820><c> it's</c><00:35:04.860><c> only</c><00:35:05.039><c> one</c><00:35:05.320><c> thing,</c><00:35:05.539><c> brethren</c><00:35:05.800><c> and</c><00:35:05.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.679
there's<00:35:06.400><c> only</c><00:35:06.679><c> one</c><00:35:06.900><c> thing</c><00:35:07.019><c> that's</c><00:35:07.300><c> proper.</c>

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:10.380
Paul<00:35:08.139><c> did</c><00:35:08.380><c> it</c><00:35:09.019><c> not</c><00:35:09.579><c> pleasing</c><00:35:10.039><c> men.</c>

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.340
That's<00:35:10.699><c> not</c><00:35:10.920><c> our</c><00:35:11.119><c> goal.</c>

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:15.039
And<00:35:11.500><c> he</c><00:35:11.659><c> says</c><00:35:11.840><c> that,</c><00:35:12.960><c> but</c><00:35:13.159><c> it's</c><00:35:13.480><c> pleasing</c><00:35:13.840><c> God.</c>

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:21.099
It's<00:35:17.639><c> showing</c><00:35:17.940><c> our</c><00:35:18.340><c> appreciation</c><00:35:19.039><c> to</c><00:35:19.260><c> God</c><00:35:19.500><c> with</c><00:35:19.699><c> the</c><00:35:19.920><c> response</c><00:35:20.440><c> of</c><00:35:20.659><c> our</c><00:35:20.900><c> heart,</c>

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:23.599
never<00:35:21.579><c> taking</c><00:35:21.920><c> the</c><00:35:22.159><c> truth</c><00:35:22.320><c> for</c><00:35:22.619><c> granted.</c>

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:26.400
We<00:35:24.860><c> never</c><00:35:25.039><c> do</c><00:35:25.260><c> that.</c>

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:31.880
Let<00:35:27.280><c> me</c><00:35:27.420><c> just</c><00:35:28.519><c> link</c><00:35:29.280><c> this</c><00:35:29.519><c> with</c><00:35:29.739><c> another</c><00:35:30.000><c> reference</c><00:35:30.420><c> in</c><00:35:31.599><c> the</c>

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:35.639
epistle<00:35:32.199><c> of</c><00:35:32.380><c> Paul</c><00:35:32.539><c> to</c><00:35:32.760><c> Timothy,</c><00:35:33.880><c> first</c><00:35:34.119><c> Timothy,</c><00:35:34.440><c> chapter</c><00:35:34.860><c> one.</c>

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:41.059
There's<00:35:38.639><c> so</c><00:35:38.940><c> many</c><00:35:39.159><c> connections,</c><00:35:39.880><c> brethren</c><00:35:40.019><c> and</c><00:35:40.239><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:44.619
just<00:35:42.739><c> parallels</c><00:35:43.219><c> in</c><00:35:43.639><c> the</c><00:35:43.820><c> letters,</c><00:35:44.099><c> obviously.</c>

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:48.219
I<00:35:44.719><c> mean,</c><00:35:45.000><c> as</c><00:35:45.219><c> they</c><00:35:45.380><c> say,</c><00:35:45.699><c> he's</c><00:35:46.039><c> talking</c><00:35:46.320><c> to</c><00:35:46.500><c> people</c><00:35:47.360><c> like</c><00:35:47.920><c> us,</c>

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:49.219
made<00:35:48.400><c> of</c><00:35:48.539><c> the</c><00:35:48.719><c> same</c><00:35:48.960><c> stuff.</c>

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:51.599
You<00:35:49.320><c> would</c><00:35:49.579><c> expect</c><00:35:49.820><c> there'd</c><00:35:50.039><c> be</c><00:35:50.179><c> some</c><00:35:50.460><c> things</c><00:35:50.619><c> would</c><00:35:50.760><c> be</c><00:35:50.860><c> very</c><00:35:51.219><c> similar.</c>

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:57.300
But<00:35:52.099><c> in</c><00:35:52.300><c> first</c><00:35:52.500><c> Timothy,</c><00:35:53.800><c> chapter</c><00:35:54.480><c> one,</c><00:35:56.380><c> and</c><00:35:56.480><c> just</c><00:35:56.900><c> going</c><00:35:57.119><c> in</c>

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.579
at<00:35:57.440><c> verse</c><00:35:57.679><c> 11.</c>

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:07.039
He<00:36:02.519><c> says,</c><00:36:02.639><c> according</c><00:36:03.059><c> to</c><00:36:03.239><c> the</c><00:36:03.480><c> glorious</c><00:36:04.039><c> gospel</c><00:36:04.860><c> of</c><00:36:05.880><c> the</c><00:36:06.199><c> blessed</c><00:36:06.599><c> God,</c>

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:08.860
which<00:36:07.260><c> was</c><00:36:07.500><c> committed</c><00:36:07.800><c> to</c><00:36:08.039><c> my</c><00:36:08.320><c> trust.</c>

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:11.679
This<00:36:09.539><c> is</c><00:36:09.739><c> where</c><00:36:09.739><c> I</c><00:36:09.860><c> say</c><00:36:10.199><c> the</c><00:36:10.719><c> things</c><00:36:11.000><c> that</c><00:36:11.239><c> we</c><00:36:11.460><c> know,</c>

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:13.920
the<00:36:11.880><c> things</c><00:36:12.059><c> that</c><00:36:12.239><c> we've</c><00:36:12.539><c> received</c><00:36:12.920><c> and</c><00:36:13.159><c> understood</c><00:36:13.539><c> of</c><00:36:13.679><c> the</c>

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.400
truth<00:36:14.199><c> have</c><00:36:14.559><c> been</c><00:36:14.860><c> entrusted</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:19.519
to<00:36:15.659><c> us</c><00:36:15.820><c> by</c><00:36:16.039><c> God</c><00:36:16.320><c> who</c><00:36:16.460><c> has</c><00:36:16.780><c> called</c><00:36:17.039><c> us</c><00:36:17.519><c> to</c><00:36:17.860><c> his</c><00:36:18.039><c> kingdom</c><00:36:18.320><c> and</c><00:36:18.579><c> glory.</c>

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:21.239
He<00:36:19.840><c> says,</c><00:36:20.079><c> they're</c><00:36:20.079><c> committed</c><00:36:20.500><c> to</c><00:36:20.719><c> my</c><00:36:21.019><c> trust.</c>

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:24.920
And<00:36:21.480><c> I</c><00:36:21.960><c> thank</c><00:36:22.219><c> Christ</c><00:36:22.679><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:23.119><c> our</c><00:36:23.440><c> Lord,</c><00:36:24.059><c> who</c><00:36:24.159><c> hath</c><00:36:24.380><c> enabled</c>

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:26.179
me<00:36:25.440><c> for</c><00:36:26.019><c> that.</c>

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:29.400
He<00:36:26.420><c> counted</c><00:36:26.719><c> me</c><00:36:27.059><c> faithful,</c><00:36:28.119><c> putting</c><00:36:28.340><c> me</c><00:36:28.559><c> into</c><00:36:28.719><c> the</c><00:36:29.000><c> ministry.</c>

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:32.360
And<00:36:29.860><c> then</c><00:36:30.039><c> Paul</c><00:36:30.219><c> talks</c><00:36:30.539><c> about</c><00:36:30.760><c> his</c><00:36:31.059><c> former</c><00:36:31.280><c> life.</c>

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:34.699
He's<00:36:32.880><c> turned</c><00:36:33.059><c> from</c><00:36:33.300><c> that,</c><00:36:33.519><c> just</c><00:36:33.699><c> like</c><00:36:33.880><c> the</c><00:36:34.099><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:38.280
just<00:36:35.079><c> like</c><00:36:35.300><c> all</c><00:36:35.559><c> of</c><00:36:35.679><c> us</c><00:36:35.800><c> need</c><00:36:35.960><c> to</c><00:36:36.260><c> turn</c><00:36:36.500><c> from</c><00:36:37.019><c> from</c><00:36:37.260><c> anything.</c>

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:42.199
Now,<00:36:39.820><c> or</c><00:36:40.000><c> the</c><00:36:40.159><c> things</c><00:36:40.420><c> that</c><00:36:40.900><c> were</c><00:36:41.079><c> before</c><00:36:41.340><c> we</c><00:36:41.460><c> came</c><00:36:41.659><c> into</c><00:36:41.820><c> the</c><00:36:42.059><c> truth,</c>

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:45.519
anything<00:36:42.719><c> now,</c><00:36:43.360><c> brother</c><00:36:43.559><c> and</c><00:36:43.739><c> sisters,</c><00:36:44.199><c> by</c><00:36:44.400><c> the</c><00:36:44.639><c> grace</c><00:36:44.880><c> of</c><00:36:45.139><c> God,</c><00:36:45.340><c> we</c>

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:47.539
can<00:36:45.860><c> still</c><00:36:46.079><c> do</c><00:36:46.360><c> this.</c>

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:51.340
But<00:36:49.340><c> what</c><00:36:49.480><c> happens</c><00:36:49.739><c> when</c><00:36:49.960><c> Christ</c><00:36:50.320><c> comes?</c>

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:55.699
What<00:36:52.320><c> happens</c><00:36:52.639><c> to</c><00:36:52.840><c> the</c><00:36:53.119><c> baggage</c><00:36:53.440><c> that</c><00:36:53.760><c> we</c><00:36:54.219><c> wish</c><00:36:54.559><c> we</c><00:36:54.900><c> had</c><00:36:55.500><c> had</c>

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:59.760
kind<00:36:55.820><c> of</c><00:36:55.920><c> just</c><00:36:56.940><c> labeled</c><00:36:57.360><c> as</c><00:36:58.860><c> idle</c>

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:03.599
and<00:37:00.980><c> turn</c><00:37:01.440><c> from</c><00:37:01.719><c> that</c><00:37:01.960><c> to</c><00:37:02.239><c> serve</c><00:37:02.420><c> the</c><00:37:02.699><c> living</c><00:37:02.940><c> and</c><00:37:03.199><c> true</c><00:37:03.340><c> God?</c>

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:06.360
What<00:37:04.099><c> happens</c><00:37:04.460><c> to</c><00:37:04.659><c> that</c><00:37:04.760><c> when</c><00:37:04.960><c> Christ</c><00:37:05.320><c> comes?</c>

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:11.119
Do<00:37:08.739><c> you</c><00:37:08.860><c> think</c><00:37:09.019><c> we</c><00:37:09.099><c> can</c><00:37:09.340><c> then</c><00:37:09.559><c> say,</c><00:37:10.380><c> well,</c><00:37:10.380><c> Lord,</c><00:37:10.639><c> this</c><00:37:10.860><c> never</c>

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:12.719
really<00:37:11.440><c> meant</c><00:37:11.699><c> anything</c><00:37:12.059><c> to</c><00:37:12.340><c> me.</c>

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:14.239
Do<00:37:13.239><c> you</c><00:37:13.239><c> think</c><00:37:13.360><c> we</c><00:37:13.460><c> can</c><00:37:13.579><c> do</c><00:37:13.800><c> that?</c>

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:16.079
I<00:37:15.000><c> don't.</c>

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:21.280
And<00:37:16.619><c> Jesus</c><00:37:16.960><c> says</c><00:37:17.199><c> we</c><00:37:17.400><c> can't</c><00:37:19.139><c> because</c><00:37:20.179><c> there</c><00:37:20.360><c> comes</c><00:37:20.579><c> a</c><00:37:20.840><c> time</c><00:37:21.019><c> in</c>

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:22.019
all<00:37:21.519><c> our</c><00:37:21.800><c> lives</c>

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:27.019
and<00:37:22.179><c> we've</c><00:37:22.500><c> got</c><00:37:22.639><c> to</c><00:37:22.860><c> face</c><00:37:23.059><c> it</c><00:37:23.860><c> when</c><00:37:24.420><c> time</c><00:37:25.199><c> stands</c><00:37:25.840><c> still.</c>

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:29.659
And<00:37:27.739><c> it's</c><00:37:27.880><c> when</c><00:37:28.019><c> Christ</c><00:37:28.360><c> comes.</c>

00:37:30.099 --> 00:37:33.519
Because<00:37:30.380><c> Jesus</c><00:37:30.800><c> says,</c><00:37:32.159><c> he</c><00:37:32.260><c> that</c><00:37:32.380><c> is</c><00:37:32.599><c> righteous,</c><00:37:33.079><c> let</c><00:37:33.199><c> him</c><00:37:33.300><c> be</c>

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.880
righteous<00:37:33.840><c> still.</c>

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:39.019
He<00:37:35.840><c> that</c><00:37:36.059><c> is</c><00:37:36.599><c> filthy,</c><00:37:37.860><c> let</c><00:37:37.940><c> him</c><00:37:38.099><c> be</c><00:37:38.360><c> filthy</c><00:37:38.639><c> still.</c>

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:42.679
He<00:37:39.539><c> that</c><00:37:39.699><c> is</c><00:37:39.920><c> unjust,</c><00:37:40.679><c> let</c><00:37:40.739><c> him</c><00:37:40.920><c> be</c><00:37:41.079><c> unjust</c><00:37:41.480><c> still.</c>

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:46.239
Revelation<00:37:43.940><c> 22,</c><00:37:45.199><c> time</c><00:37:45.480><c> stands</c><00:37:45.840><c> still.</c>

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:49.480
We<00:37:46.780><c> can't</c><00:37:46.980><c> say,</c><00:37:47.119><c> oh,</c><00:37:47.300><c> this</c><00:37:47.539><c> thing</c><00:37:47.960><c> that</c><00:37:48.619><c> I've</c><00:37:48.760><c> been</c><00:37:48.960><c> doing</c><00:37:49.139><c> right</c><00:37:49.360><c> up</c>

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.300
to<00:37:49.599><c> the</c><00:37:49.739><c> point</c><00:37:49.860><c> where</c><00:37:49.980><c> you</c><00:37:50.119><c> came,</c>

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:52.059
I<00:37:50.579><c> really</c><00:37:50.860><c> don't</c><00:37:51.139><c> like</c><00:37:51.340><c> it.</c>

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.860
Time<00:37:53.320><c> stands</c><00:37:53.659><c> still.</c>

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:56.539
We<00:37:54.019><c> can't</c><00:37:54.300><c> change</c><00:37:54.579><c> it</c><00:37:54.739><c> at</c><00:37:54.860><c> that</c><00:37:55.059><c> point,</c><00:37:55.400><c> brother</c><00:37:55.480><c> and</c><00:37:55.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:03.440
And<00:37:59.179><c> time</c><00:37:59.400><c> really</c><00:38:00.320><c> only</c><00:38:00.920><c> goes</c><00:38:01.199><c> on</c><00:38:01.960><c> for</c><00:38:02.320><c> those</c><00:38:02.559><c> that</c><00:38:02.719><c> he's</c><00:38:02.880><c> going</c><00:38:03.059><c> to</c><00:38:03.260><c> say,</c>

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:07.019
come,<00:38:04.039><c> be</c><00:38:04.039><c> blessed</c><00:38:04.239><c> of</c><00:38:04.440><c> my</c><00:38:04.599><c> father,</c><00:38:05.599><c> inherit</c><00:38:05.900><c> the</c><00:38:06.119><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.900
So<00:38:10.519><c> these</c><00:38:10.699><c> things</c><00:38:10.900><c> have</c><00:38:11.079><c> been</c><00:38:11.280><c> entrusted</c><00:38:11.659><c> to</c><00:38:11.960><c> us</c><00:38:12.260><c> and</c><00:38:12.440><c> we're</c>

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:15.360
thinking<00:38:13.219><c> along</c><00:38:13.579><c> those</c><00:38:13.860><c> lines,</c><00:38:14.360><c> aren't</c><00:38:14.480><c> we?</c>

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:19.719
No<00:38:16.039><c> flattering</c><00:38:16.480><c> words</c><00:38:16.780><c> for</c><00:38:17.000><c> Paul</c><00:38:17.699><c> in</c><00:38:18.480><c> his</c><00:38:18.679><c> dealing</c><00:38:18.880><c> with</c><00:38:19.079><c> the</c><00:38:19.260><c> Ecclesiastical</c>

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:21.880
and<00:38:19.739><c> bringing</c><00:38:20.019><c> them</c><00:38:20.219><c> to</c><00:38:20.320><c> the</c><00:38:20.480><c> knowledge</c><00:38:20.699><c> of</c><00:38:20.840><c> the</c><00:38:21.059><c> truth.</c>

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:27.960
In<00:38:22.280><c> verse</c><00:38:23.099><c> five,</c><00:38:23.639><c> let's</c><00:38:23.800><c> go</c><00:38:23.960><c> back</c><00:38:24.179><c> to</c><00:38:25.659><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:38:26.519><c> second</c><00:38:26.739><c> chapter.</c>

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:30.360
See,<00:38:28.760><c> we're</c><00:38:28.820><c> not</c><00:38:29.019><c> getting</c><00:38:29.159><c> very</c><00:38:29.559><c> far</c><00:38:29.719><c> in</c><00:38:29.820><c> this,</c><00:38:30.139><c> brother</c><00:38:30.199><c> and</c>

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:31.500
sisters,<00:38:30.659><c> but</c>

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:37.840
I<00:38:34.380><c> think</c><00:38:34.880><c> these</c><00:38:35.219><c> exhortations</c><00:38:35.860><c> kind</c><00:38:36.079><c> of</c><00:38:36.780><c> make</c><00:38:36.920><c> us</c><00:38:37.199><c> extend</c><00:38:37.579><c> the</c>

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:39.239
thoughts<00:38:38.079><c> somewhat.</c>

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:44.420
But<00:38:41.219><c> in</c><00:38:41.380><c> the</c><00:38:41.539><c> second</c><00:38:41.760><c> chapter,</c><00:38:43.599><c> there</c><00:38:43.699><c> are</c><00:38:43.760><c> no</c><00:38:44.000><c> flattering</c>

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.239
words<00:38:44.739><c> from</c><00:38:44.940><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:47.199
He<00:38:45.340><c> was</c><00:38:45.559><c> accused</c><00:38:45.880><c> of</c><00:38:46.099><c> that,</c><00:38:46.440><c> evidently.</c>

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:50.380
Verse<00:38:47.760><c> five,</c><00:38:48.239><c> he</c><00:38:48.320><c> says,</c><00:38:48.960><c> neither</c><00:38:49.139><c> at</c><00:38:49.360><c> any</c><00:38:49.599><c> time</c><00:38:49.840><c> used</c><00:38:50.059><c> to</c><00:38:50.199><c> be</c>

00:38:50.380 --> 00:38:52.980
flattering<00:38:50.760><c> words</c><00:38:51.159><c> as</c><00:38:51.440><c> he</c><00:38:51.780><c> know,</c>

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:55.320
nor<00:38:53.840><c> a</c><00:38:54.199><c> cloak</c><00:38:54.340><c> of</c><00:38:54.679><c> covetousness.</c>

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.440
God<00:38:55.780><c> is</c><00:38:56.039><c> witness.</c>

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:59.139
Everything<00:38:57.179><c> he</c><00:38:57.340><c> did</c><00:38:57.460><c> was</c><00:38:57.639><c> before</c><00:38:58.019><c> God.</c>

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:03.519
And<00:39:00.320><c> he</c><00:39:00.539><c> could</c><00:39:00.760><c> say</c><00:39:01.000><c> this</c><00:39:01.219><c> to</c><00:39:01.420><c> them</c><00:39:01.820><c> with</c><00:39:02.159><c> a</c><00:39:02.320><c> full</c><00:39:02.519><c> understanding</c><00:39:03.039><c> that</c><00:39:03.219><c> if</c><00:39:03.360><c> it</c>

00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:04.480
was<00:39:03.739><c> not</c><00:39:04.059><c> true,</c>

00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:07.719
they<00:39:04.920><c> would</c><00:39:05.119><c> get</c><00:39:05.260><c> a</c><00:39:05.559><c> rejoinder</c><00:39:06.119><c> that</c><00:39:06.300><c> would</c><00:39:06.519><c> say</c><00:39:06.739><c> so.</c>

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:11.320
But<00:39:08.079><c> Paul</c><00:39:08.159><c> could</c><00:39:08.639><c> state</c><00:39:09.019><c> this</c><00:39:09.719><c> as</c><00:39:10.400><c> absolute</c><00:39:10.840><c> fact.</c>

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:13.219
No<00:39:11.880><c> flattering</c><00:39:12.300><c> words.</c>

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:18.119
The<00:39:13.420><c> word</c><00:39:13.659><c> here</c><00:39:13.980><c> is</c><00:39:14.860><c> a</c><00:39:15.059><c> word</c><00:39:15.239><c> that,</c><00:39:17.300><c> I</c><00:39:17.559><c> mean,</c><00:39:17.679><c> if</c><00:39:17.780><c> they</c><00:39:17.940><c> were</c>

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:19.099
calling<00:39:18.480><c> Paul</c><00:39:18.920><c> this,</c>

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:24.280
or<00:39:19.400><c> saying</c><00:39:19.639><c> that</c><00:39:19.820><c> this</c><00:39:20.039><c> was</c><00:39:20.699><c> Paul's</c><00:39:21.260><c> approach,</c><00:39:23.019><c> it</c><00:39:23.420><c> really</c><00:39:23.820><c> was</c><00:39:24.019><c> an</c>

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.079
awful<00:39:24.539><c> lie</c>

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:28.280
because<00:39:25.639><c> it's</c><00:39:25.920><c> a</c><00:39:26.039><c> word</c><00:39:26.219><c> that's</c><00:39:26.659><c> flattering,</c><00:39:27.280><c> that</c><00:39:27.440><c> means</c><00:39:27.619><c> a</c><00:39:28.019><c> fawner.</c>

00:39:28.639 --> 00:39:33.159
It<00:39:29.300><c> means</c><00:39:29.500><c> someone</c><00:39:29.760><c> who</c><00:39:30.159><c> courts</c><00:39:30.519><c> favor</c><00:39:31.079><c> in</c><00:39:32.000><c> a</c><00:39:32.320><c> cringing</c><00:39:32.679><c> or</c>

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.139
flattering<00:39:33.619><c> manner.</c>

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:37.219
And<00:39:34.679><c> we</c><00:39:34.719><c> can</c><00:39:34.880><c> almost</c><00:39:35.179><c> picture</c><00:39:35.639><c> the</c><00:39:36.159><c> person</c><00:39:36.500><c> that</c><00:39:36.719><c> does</c><00:39:36.880><c> this</c>

00:39:37.219 --> 00:39:37.699
sort<00:39:37.360><c> of</c><00:39:37.559><c> thing</c>

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:42.840
with<00:39:37.960><c> these</c><00:39:38.679><c> slick</c><00:39:39.340><c> words</c><00:39:40.159><c> and</c><00:39:40.639><c> just</c><00:39:41.119><c> kind</c><00:39:41.300><c> of</c><00:39:41.780><c> sugar</c><00:39:42.159><c> coating</c><00:39:42.500><c> things</c>

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:46.760
and<00:39:43.059><c> trying</c><00:39:43.219><c> to</c><00:39:43.460><c> win</c><00:39:43.659><c> favor</c><00:39:44.059><c> in</c><00:39:44.579><c> this</c><00:39:45.000><c> fawning</c><00:39:45.900><c> matter.</c>

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:48.239
And<00:39:46.920><c> it's</c><00:39:47.119><c> not</c><00:39:47.320><c> that.</c>

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.960
Paul<00:39:48.539><c> was,</c><00:39:48.940><c> there</c><00:39:49.119><c> was</c><00:39:49.340><c> straight</c><00:39:49.639><c> talk.</c>

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:52.860
We<00:39:50.539><c> in</c><00:39:50.679><c> the</c><00:39:50.920><c> truth</c><00:39:51.079><c> are</c><00:39:51.280><c> people</c><00:39:51.519><c> of</c><00:39:51.659><c> a</c><00:39:51.960><c> straight</c><00:39:52.460><c> talk.</c>

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:58.019
There's<00:39:53.119><c> no</c><00:39:53.420><c> cloak,</c><00:39:54.480><c> no</c><00:39:55.659><c> mask,</c><00:39:56.159><c> as</c><00:39:56.380><c> the</c><00:39:56.659><c> NIV</c><00:39:57.000><c> says.</c>

00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:01.659
It<00:39:59.079><c> may</c><00:39:59.260><c> not</c><00:39:59.420><c> be</c><00:39:59.699><c> fancy,</c><00:40:00.119><c> the</c><00:40:00.320><c> things</c><00:40:00.500><c> we</c><00:40:00.639><c> have</c><00:40:00.800><c> to</c><00:40:00.980><c> say,</c>

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:05.519
but<00:40:02.480><c> they</c><00:40:02.920><c> had</c><00:40:03.019><c> better</c><00:40:03.199><c> be</c><00:40:03.559><c> straight</c><00:40:03.960><c> and</c><00:40:04.699><c> true.</c>

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:08.340
And<00:40:06.179><c> I</c><00:40:06.280><c> think</c><00:40:06.420><c> this</c><00:40:06.579><c> is</c><00:40:06.679><c> all</c><00:40:06.800><c> we</c><00:40:06.920><c> can</c><00:40:07.059><c> hope</c><00:40:07.280><c> for.</c>

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:12.380
But<00:40:10.039><c> look</c><00:40:10.139><c> at</c><00:40:10.219><c> some</c><00:40:10.380><c> of</c><00:40:10.500><c> the</c><00:40:10.719><c> terms</c><00:40:10.980><c> here,</c><00:40:11.219><c> just</c><00:40:11.420><c> as</c><00:40:11.840><c> we</c><00:40:11.980><c> go</c><00:40:12.159><c> on,</c>

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:16.340
that<00:40:12.579><c> are</c><00:40:12.760><c> descriptive</c><00:40:13.219><c> of</c><00:40:13.519><c> Paul's</c><00:40:14.119><c> approach</c><00:40:14.679><c> in</c><00:40:15.960><c> his</c><00:40:16.199><c> work</c>

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.119
with<00:40:16.519><c> the</c><00:40:16.699><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:19.300
And<00:40:17.679><c> again,</c><00:40:17.860><c> there</c><00:40:18.000><c> are</c><00:40:18.179><c> principles</c><00:40:18.460><c> for</c><00:40:18.820><c> us</c><00:40:19.039><c> here,</c>

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:21.719
brethren<00:40:19.579><c> and</c><00:40:19.860><c> sisters,</c><00:40:20.019><c> that</c><00:40:20.179><c> are</c><00:40:20.559><c> practical.</c>

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:25.059
And<00:40:22.059><c> they</c><00:40:22.340><c> provide</c><00:40:22.739><c> insight</c><00:40:23.380><c> into</c><00:40:23.659><c> the</c><00:40:24.000><c> character</c><00:40:24.280><c> of</c><00:40:24.500><c> Brother</c><00:40:24.699><c> Paul</c>

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:27.579
that<00:40:25.300><c> are</c><00:40:25.639><c> important</c><00:40:26.000><c> for</c><00:40:26.340><c> us.</c>

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:30.380
They<00:40:28.679><c> help</c><00:40:28.980><c> us</c><00:40:29.320><c> see</c><00:40:29.480><c> him</c><00:40:29.659><c> as</c><00:40:29.820><c> an</c><00:40:30.059><c> example.</c>

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:32.440
Oftentimes,<00:40:30.980><c> we</c><00:40:31.079><c> look</c><00:40:31.260><c> at</c><00:40:31.380><c> things</c><00:40:31.579><c> like</c><00:40:31.860><c> this</c><00:40:32.000><c> and</c><00:40:32.079><c> we</c><00:40:32.219><c> say,</c>

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:34.079
well,<00:40:32.780><c> that's</c><00:40:32.960><c> too</c><00:40:33.260><c> high</c><00:40:33.480><c> for</c><00:40:33.699><c> us.</c>

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:37.159
I<00:40:34.599><c> mean,</c><00:40:34.659><c> this</c><00:40:34.820><c> is</c><00:40:34.920><c> the</c><00:40:35.079><c> apostle</c><00:40:35.400><c> Paul,</c><00:40:36.559><c> the</c><00:40:36.699><c> great</c><00:40:36.739><c> apostle</c>

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:38.739
to<00:40:37.360><c> the</c><00:40:37.500><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:41.900
And<00:40:39.360><c> while</c><00:40:39.500><c> it's</c><00:40:39.780><c> true,</c><00:40:40.000><c> we</c><00:40:40.199><c> won't</c><00:40:40.420><c> be</c><00:40:40.639><c> apostle</c><00:40:41.059><c> Paul's.</c>

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.659
The<00:40:43.079><c> examples</c><00:40:43.360><c> are</c><00:40:43.559><c> there.</c>

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:48.159
Aren't<00:40:43.880><c> we</c><00:40:44.099><c> told</c><00:40:44.320><c> that</c><00:40:44.519><c> we're</c><00:40:45.139><c> to</c><00:40:45.480><c> grow</c><00:40:46.840><c> up</c><00:40:47.119><c> into</c><00:40:47.559><c> a</c><00:40:47.920><c> measure</c>

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:50.840
of<00:40:48.380><c> the</c><00:40:48.619><c> stature</c><00:40:48.900><c> of</c><00:40:49.099><c> the</c><00:40:49.340><c> fullness</c><00:40:49.599><c> of</c><00:40:49.900><c> Christ?</c>

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:52.699
That's<00:40:51.639><c> our</c><00:40:51.840><c> goal.</c>

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:56.059
I<00:40:53.440><c> don't</c><00:40:53.599><c> think</c><00:40:53.679><c> it's</c><00:40:53.900><c> an</c><00:40:54.039><c> accident</c><00:40:54.340><c> that</c><00:40:54.519><c> it</c><00:40:54.659><c> says</c><00:40:54.800><c> a</c><00:40:55.199><c> measure.</c>

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:59.300
But<00:40:56.539><c> nonetheless,</c><00:40:57.179><c> the</c><00:40:57.340><c> stature</c><00:40:57.659><c> of</c><00:40:57.820><c> the</c><00:40:58.000><c> fullness</c><00:40:58.260><c> of</c><00:40:58.519><c> Christ</c><00:40:58.840><c> is</c>

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:00.019
our<00:40:59.599><c> goal,</c>

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:03.239
the<00:41:00.639><c> example,</c><00:41:01.519><c> the</c><00:41:01.739><c> perfect</c><00:41:01.920><c> minister,</c><00:41:02.380><c> the</c><00:41:02.559><c> perfect</c><00:41:02.920><c> servant.</c>

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:06.980
And<00:41:03.780><c> Paul</c><00:41:04.000><c> is</c><00:41:04.179><c> giving</c><00:41:04.699><c> his</c><00:41:05.440><c> life</c><00:41:05.760><c> as</c><00:41:05.960><c> an</c><00:41:06.159><c> example</c><00:41:06.440><c> to</c><00:41:06.719><c> follow</c>

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:08.219
as<00:41:07.239><c> well.</c>

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:13.300
But<00:41:11.000><c> there's</c><00:41:11.559><c> a</c><00:41:11.840><c> sensitivity</c><00:41:12.400><c> in</c><00:41:12.619><c> the</c><00:41:12.820><c> relationship</c>

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:15.639
that<00:41:13.500><c> I</c><00:41:13.639><c> think</c><00:41:13.800><c> we</c><00:41:13.960><c> should</c><00:41:14.079><c> look</c><00:41:14.380><c> at,</c><00:41:14.639><c> brethren</c><00:41:14.760><c> and</c><00:41:14.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:20.360
We<00:41:16.260><c> just</c><00:41:16.260><c> kind</c><00:41:16.579><c> of</c><00:41:17.280><c> draw</c><00:41:17.500><c> this</c><00:41:18.539><c> session</c><00:41:19.179><c> to</c><00:41:19.460><c> a</c><00:41:19.619><c> close.</c>

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:23.480
We<00:41:20.699><c> spoke</c><00:41:20.900><c> about</c><00:41:21.260><c> the</c><00:41:21.679><c> family</c><00:41:22.159><c> relationship.</c>

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:27.619
And<00:41:24.440><c> Paul</c><00:41:24.699><c> uses</c><00:41:25.059><c> terms</c><00:41:25.719><c> that</c><00:41:26.099><c> I</c><00:41:26.579><c> think</c><00:41:26.840><c> have</c><00:41:27.099><c> to</c><00:41:27.219><c> do</c><00:41:27.280><c> with</c><00:41:27.380><c> a</c>

00:41:27.619 --> 00:41:28.480
family<00:41:27.880><c> relationship,</c>

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:33.119
the<00:41:28.860><c> ecclesia,</c><00:41:30.179><c> a</c><00:41:30.380><c> family,</c><00:41:31.420><c> a</c><00:41:31.420><c> relationship</c><00:41:31.880><c> one</c><00:41:32.079><c> to</c><00:41:32.300><c> another.</c>

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:39.139
He<00:41:33.519><c> writes</c><00:41:34.199><c> in</c><00:41:35.360><c> the</c><00:41:35.579><c> bond</c><00:41:35.800><c> of</c><00:41:36.059><c> family</c><00:41:36.460><c> love,</c><00:41:37.659><c> verse</c><00:41:37.840><c> seven</c><00:41:38.139><c> and</c><00:41:38.340><c> eight.</c>

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:46.320
He<00:41:41.579><c> says,</c><00:41:41.739><c> we</c><00:41:41.860><c> were</c><00:41:42.159><c> gentle</c><00:41:42.579><c> among</c><00:41:42.920><c> you,</c><00:41:44.380><c> even</c><00:41:44.639><c> as</c><00:41:44.860><c> a</c><00:41:45.139><c> nurse</c><00:41:45.599><c> cherish</c><00:41:46.139><c> of</c>

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:47.679
her<00:41:46.539><c> children.</c>

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:50.739
So<00:41:48.719><c> being</c><00:41:49.019><c> affectionately</c><00:41:49.760><c> desirous</c><00:41:50.440><c> of</c><00:41:50.599><c> you,</c>

00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:53.210
we<00:41:50.940><c> were</c><00:41:51.079><c> willing</c><00:41:51.360><c> to</c><00:41:51.559><c> have</c><00:41:51.820><c> imparted</c><00:41:52.219><c> unto</c><00:41:52.460><c> you,</c>

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:59.019
not<00:41:54.400><c> the</c><00:41:54.900><c> gospel</c><00:41:55.260><c> of</c><00:41:55.460><c> God</c><00:41:55.780><c> only,</c><00:41:56.980><c> but</c><00:41:57.199><c> also</c><00:41:57.719><c> our</c><00:41:58.059><c> own</c><00:41:58.519><c> souls,</c>

00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:01.500
because<00:41:59.380><c> you</c><00:41:59.579><c> were</c><00:41:59.900><c> dear</c><00:42:00.179><c> to</c><00:42:00.480><c> us.</c>

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:05.000
There's<00:42:02.719><c> the</c><00:42:03.219><c> intimate</c><00:42:03.579><c> relationship</c><00:42:04.260><c> of</c><00:42:04.480><c> brother</c><00:42:04.639><c> Paul</c>

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.940
with<00:42:05.179><c> the</c><00:42:05.340><c> members</c><00:42:05.519><c> of</c><00:42:05.699><c> this</c><00:42:05.880><c> ecclesia,</c><00:42:06.940><c> writing</c><00:42:07.159><c> in</c><00:42:07.340><c> the</c><00:42:07.519><c> bonds</c><00:42:07.699><c> of</c>

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:08.940
family<00:42:08.239><c> life.</c>

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:11.219
He<00:42:09.320><c> says,</c><00:42:09.900><c> we</c><00:42:09.920><c> were</c><00:42:10.159><c> gentle.</c>

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.380
We<00:42:11.880><c> were</c><00:42:12.059><c> gentle.</c>

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:15.460
It<00:42:12.579><c> doesn't</c><00:42:12.719><c> mean,</c><00:42:13.039><c> it</c><00:42:13.280><c> means</c><00:42:13.619><c> mild,</c><00:42:14.199><c> gentle,</c><00:42:15.199><c> kind.</c>

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:17.199
It<00:42:15.619><c> doesn't</c><00:42:15.780><c> mean</c><00:42:16.000><c> weak,</c><00:42:16.480><c> brethren</c><00:42:16.619><c> and</c><00:42:16.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:20.480
but<00:42:17.780><c> he</c><00:42:17.900><c> was</c><00:42:18.059><c> gentle</c><00:42:18.460><c> like</c><00:42:18.940><c> love</c><00:42:19.420><c> suffereth</c><00:42:20.019><c> long.</c>

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:22.500
And<00:42:21.260><c> is</c><00:42:21.260><c> kind.</c>

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:24.820
And<00:42:23.260><c> that's</c><00:42:23.440><c> our</c><00:42:23.579><c> brother</c><00:42:23.780><c> Paul</c><00:42:24.119><c> with</c><00:42:24.340><c> the</c><00:42:24.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:27.960
And<00:42:25.219><c> the</c><00:42:25.360><c> example</c><00:42:25.719><c> he</c><00:42:25.940><c> gives</c><00:42:26.199><c> is</c><00:42:26.519><c> as</c><00:42:26.739><c> a</c><00:42:26.960><c> nurse.</c>

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:31.519
Imagine<00:42:29.340><c> Paul</c><00:42:29.639><c> in</c><00:42:29.800><c> that</c><00:42:30.119><c> role</c><00:42:30.400><c> here.</c>

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:37.260
As<00:42:31.800><c> a</c><00:42:32.079><c> nurse</c><00:42:32.539><c> cherishing</c><00:42:33.619><c> her</c><00:42:34.000><c> children,</c><00:42:35.360><c> that's</c><00:42:35.699><c> the</c><00:42:36.199><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:40.559
Think<00:42:38.079><c> of</c><00:42:38.239><c> your</c><00:42:38.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:39.079><c> in</c><00:42:39.500><c> that</c><00:42:39.739><c> light.</c>

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:46.380
The<00:42:41.300><c> servant</c><00:42:41.659><c> of</c><00:42:41.880><c> the</c><00:42:42.039><c> Lord</c><00:42:42.260><c> must</c><00:42:42.599><c> not</c><00:42:42.980><c> strive,</c><00:42:44.440><c> but</c><00:42:44.559><c> be</c><00:42:44.960><c> gentle</c><00:42:45.800><c> unto</c>

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:47.840
all<00:42:46.800><c> men.</c>

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:53.079
But<00:42:49.739><c> you</c><00:42:50.219><c> know</c><00:42:50.320><c> that</c><00:42:50.500><c> term</c><00:42:50.840><c> nurse,</c><00:42:51.780><c> if</c><00:42:51.920><c> you've</c><00:42:52.019><c> got</c><00:42:52.139><c> another</c><00:42:52.380><c> translation,</c>

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:55.840
such<00:42:53.380><c> as</c><00:42:53.559><c> the</c><00:42:53.760><c> NIV,</c><00:42:54.139><c> or</c><00:42:54.300><c> perhaps</c><00:42:54.679><c> yours,</c><00:42:55.159><c> Gene,</c><00:42:55.340><c> I</c><00:42:55.380><c> don't</c><00:42:55.559><c> know,</c><00:42:55.719><c> it</c>

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:57.440
may<00:42:55.980><c> say</c><00:42:56.420><c> mother.</c>

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.500
Interesting,<00:42:58.119><c> isn't</c><00:42:58.260><c> it?</c>

00:42:58.519 --> 00:43:02.480
And<00:42:58.840><c> I</c><00:42:59.059><c> see</c><00:42:59.300><c> that</c><00:42:59.679><c> in</c><00:43:00.719><c> more</c><00:43:01.179><c> places</c><00:43:01.559><c> here.</c>

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.659
You<00:43:02.760><c> may</c><00:43:03.019><c> see</c><00:43:03.239><c> the</c><00:43:03.360><c> word</c><00:43:03.519><c> mother.</c>

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:06.679
Paul<00:43:03.940><c> is</c><00:43:04.099><c> saying</c><00:43:04.320><c> he's</c><00:43:04.659><c> like</c><00:43:04.800><c> a</c><00:43:05.039><c> mother</c><00:43:05.219><c> to</c><00:43:05.460><c> the</c><00:43:05.659><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:06.059><c> with</c><00:43:06.500><c> the</c>

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:08.139
little<00:43:06.920><c> child,</c>

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:10.219
nurturing<00:43:08.800><c> that</c><00:43:09.239><c> child.</c>

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:13.019
That's<00:43:11.119><c> the</c><00:43:11.400><c> intimacy</c><00:43:11.780><c> he</c><00:43:12.019><c> has,</c><00:43:12.460><c> brethren</c><00:43:12.639><c> and</c><00:43:12.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:16.840
the<00:43:13.440><c> cherishing</c><00:43:13.940><c> of</c><00:43:14.639><c> the</c><00:43:15.219><c> members</c><00:43:15.500><c> of</c><00:43:15.699><c> the</c><00:43:15.840><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:16.159><c> like</c><00:43:16.340><c> a</c><00:43:16.579><c> mother,</c>

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:19.019
caring<00:43:17.460><c> for</c><00:43:17.699><c> the</c><00:43:17.840><c> little</c><00:43:18.079><c> children.</c>

00:43:19.059 --> 00:43:22.400
And<00:43:19.179><c> the</c><00:43:19.280><c> word</c><00:43:19.559><c> nurse</c><00:43:19.920><c> is</c><00:43:20.179><c> a</c><00:43:20.280><c> word</c><00:43:20.480><c> that</c><00:43:20.880><c> means</c><00:43:21.219><c> nourishing,</c>

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:25.039
pampering,<00:43:24.260><c> feeding.</c>

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:28.059
And<00:43:25.960><c> Paul</c><00:43:26.139><c> is</c><00:43:26.340><c> doing</c><00:43:26.500><c> all</c><00:43:26.860><c> those</c><00:43:27.119><c> things</c><00:43:27.400><c> to</c><00:43:27.599><c> the</c><00:43:27.760><c> ecclesia</c>

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:29.400
and<00:43:28.179><c> for</c><00:43:28.420><c> the</c><00:43:28.599><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:35.980
As<00:43:30.000><c> a</c><00:43:30.219><c> servant,</c><00:43:31.980><c> nourishing,</c><00:43:33.659><c> pampering,</c><00:43:35.199><c> feeding.</c>

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:39.019
These<00:43:36.820><c> are</c><00:43:37.139><c> family</c><00:43:37.599><c> terms</c><00:43:38.019><c> that</c><00:43:38.260><c> Paul</c><00:43:38.480><c> is</c><00:43:38.699><c> using.</c>

00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:43.880
He<00:43:39.559><c> starts</c><00:43:39.739><c> off</c><00:43:40.019><c> with</c><00:43:40.219><c> the</c><00:43:40.340><c> term</c><00:43:40.500><c> mother,</c><00:43:41.739><c> and</c><00:43:41.860><c> then</c><00:43:41.960><c> he</c><00:43:42.079><c> speaks</c><00:43:42.280><c> of</c><00:43:42.420><c> himself</c><00:43:43.039><c> as</c>

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:45.139
a<00:43:44.179><c> father.</c>

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:49.539
After<00:43:47.260><c> saying</c><00:43:47.480><c> that</c><00:43:47.639><c> he,</c><00:43:48.079><c> you</c><00:43:48.260><c> know,</c><00:43:48.420><c> we</c><00:43:48.739><c> love</c><00:43:48.940><c> you</c><00:43:49.159><c> so</c><00:43:49.420><c> much,</c>

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:52.400
we're<00:43:49.800><c> not</c><00:43:49.980><c> only</c><00:43:50.280><c> willing</c><00:43:50.619><c> to</c><00:43:50.940><c> impart</c><00:43:51.219><c> the</c><00:43:51.519><c> gospel</c><00:43:51.920><c> of</c><00:43:52.179><c> God,</c>

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:54.559
but<00:43:52.780><c> our</c><00:43:53.019><c> own</c><00:43:53.260><c> lives</c><00:43:53.639><c> to</c><00:43:53.900><c> you.</c>

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:56.559
The<00:43:54.960><c> mother</c><00:43:55.179><c> with</c><00:43:55.360><c> her</c><00:43:55.559><c> children.</c>

00:43:58.440 --> 00:44:01.840
Then<00:43:58.539><c> he</c><00:43:58.659><c> goes</c><00:43:58.860><c> on</c><00:43:59.179><c> to</c><00:43:59.559><c> speak</c><00:43:59.860><c> of</c><00:44:00.000><c> himself</c><00:44:00.320><c> as</c><00:44:00.519><c> a</c><00:44:00.780><c> father.</c>

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:04.059
Verse<00:44:02.719><c> 11</c><00:44:03.039><c> and</c><00:44:03.239><c> 12.</c>

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:09.159
He<00:44:05.679><c> said,</c><00:44:05.940><c> as</c><00:44:06.139><c> ye</c><00:44:06.400><c> know</c><00:44:06.579><c> how</c><00:44:06.920><c> we</c><00:44:07.380><c> exhorted</c><00:44:08.000><c> and</c><00:44:08.460><c> comforted</c><00:44:08.960><c> and</c>

00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:10.460
charged<00:44:09.579><c> every</c><00:44:09.900><c> one</c><00:44:10.059><c> of</c><00:44:10.199><c> you,</c>

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:15.079
as<00:44:10.800><c> a</c><00:44:11.099><c> father</c><00:44:11.460><c> doth</c><00:44:11.719><c> his</c><00:44:12.059><c> children,</c><00:44:13.380><c> that</c><00:44:13.460><c> ye</c><00:44:13.619><c> would</c><00:44:13.800><c> walk</c><00:44:14.159><c> worthy</c><00:44:14.559><c> of</c><00:44:14.860><c> God,</c>

00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:17.880
who<00:44:15.179><c> hath</c><00:44:15.340><c> called</c><00:44:15.639><c> you</c><00:44:15.840><c> unto</c><00:44:15.980><c> his</c><00:44:16.219><c> kingdom</c><00:44:16.760><c> and</c><00:44:17.280><c> glory.</c>

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:19.219
Father<00:44:18.679><c> with</c><00:44:18.840><c> the</c><00:44:19.039><c> children.</c>

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:21.139
Iron<00:44:20.039><c> hand,</c><00:44:20.760><c> right?</c>

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:23.260
Father<00:44:21.860><c> with</c><00:44:22.059><c> the</c><00:44:22.280><c> children.</c>

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:28.099
Maybe<00:44:24.199><c> looked</c><00:44:24.420><c> upon</c><00:44:24.760><c> as</c><00:44:24.920><c> kind</c><00:44:25.079><c> of</c><00:44:25.280><c> a</c><00:44:25.400><c> family</c><00:44:26.519><c> dictator.</c>

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:29.840
Of<00:44:28.820><c> course,</c><00:44:28.980><c> it's</c><00:44:29.179><c> not</c><00:44:29.380><c> that,</c><00:44:29.719><c> is</c><00:44:29.739><c> it?</c>

00:44:29.840 --> 00:44:32.340
Paul's<00:44:30.219><c> talking</c><00:44:30.460><c> about</c><00:44:30.719><c> the</c><00:44:30.960><c> terms</c><00:44:31.199><c> of</c><00:44:31.420><c> this.</c>

00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:36.139
Council,<00:44:34.300><c> encouragement,</c><00:44:35.820><c> comfort.</c>

00:44:36.179 --> 00:44:37.719
These<00:44:36.360><c> are</c><00:44:36.539><c> the</c><00:44:36.679><c> things</c><00:44:36.820><c> the</c><00:44:37.119><c> father</c><00:44:37.380><c> does.</c>

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:40.480
These<00:44:38.320><c> are</c><00:44:38.480><c> the</c><00:44:38.559><c> things</c><00:44:38.699><c> the</c><00:44:38.940><c> father</c><00:44:39.159><c> must</c><00:44:39.440><c> do</c><00:44:39.599><c> in</c><00:44:39.719><c> the</c><00:44:39.960><c> family</c>

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:42.300
and<00:44:41.039><c> in</c><00:44:41.280><c> the</c><00:44:41.440><c> ecclesia</c>

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:45.780
or<00:44:42.940><c> in</c><00:44:43.099><c> the</c><00:44:43.260><c> family</c><00:44:43.559><c> or</c><00:44:44.000><c> in</c><00:44:44.139><c> the</c><00:44:44.300><c> ecclesial</c><00:44:44.659><c> family.</c>

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:48.000
But<00:44:46.079><c> that's</c><00:44:46.380><c> the</c><00:44:46.519><c> role</c><00:44:46.639><c> of</c><00:44:46.840><c> the</c><00:44:47.039><c> father.</c>

00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:50.219
Walk<00:44:48.599><c> worthy</c><00:44:49.079><c> of</c><00:44:49.460><c> God,</c><00:44:49.679><c> he</c><00:44:49.920><c> says.</c>

00:44:50.679 --> 00:44:52.940
That's<00:44:50.960><c> the</c><00:44:51.079><c> kind</c><00:44:51.219><c> of</c><00:44:51.460><c> counsel</c><00:44:51.719><c> you</c><00:44:51.860><c> would</c><00:44:52.039><c> expect</c><00:44:52.440><c> a</c><00:44:52.619><c> father</c>

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:54.440
to<00:44:53.400><c> be</c><00:44:53.780><c> giving</c><00:44:53.980><c> his</c><00:44:54.219><c> children.</c>

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:56.599
That's<00:44:54.739><c> the</c><00:44:54.840><c> kind</c><00:44:54.960><c> of</c><00:44:55.260><c> guidance,</c><00:44:56.019><c> brethren</c><00:44:56.179><c> and</c><00:44:56.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:56.739 --> 00:44:58.550
that<00:44:57.420><c> pays</c><00:44:57.800><c> off.</c>

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:07.300
We<00:45:03.380><c> just</c><00:45:03.659><c> wonder,</c><00:45:03.980><c> you</c><00:45:04.099><c> know,</c><00:45:04.420><c> about</c><00:45:05.480><c> how</c><00:45:06.139><c> we</c><00:45:06.400><c> just</c><00:45:06.739><c> fit</c><00:45:06.880><c> into</c><00:45:07.119><c> this.</c>

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:10.199
I<00:45:07.619><c> always</c><00:45:08.019><c> say,</c><00:45:08.639><c> when</c><00:45:08.760><c> we</c><00:45:08.960><c> read</c><00:45:09.159><c> scripture,</c>

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:14.510
we've<00:45:12.199><c> got</c><00:45:12.300><c> to</c><00:45:12.440><c> put</c><00:45:12.579><c> ourselves</c><00:45:13.179><c> on</c><00:45:13.500><c> the</c><00:45:13.760><c> page.</c>

00:45:14.980 --> 00:45:16.449
We've<00:45:15.239><c> got</c><00:45:15.380><c> to</c><00:45:15.500><c> do</c><00:45:15.699><c> it.</c>

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:20.880
When<00:45:17.820><c> Paul's</c><00:45:18.199><c> writing</c><00:45:18.400><c> to</c><00:45:18.579><c> that</c><00:45:18.719><c> ecclesia,</c><00:45:19.159><c> he's</c><00:45:19.380><c> writing</c><00:45:19.599><c> to</c><00:45:19.820><c> us.</c>

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:22.880
We're<00:45:22.579><c> there.</c>

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:24.900
We're<00:45:23.179><c> members</c><00:45:23.500><c> of</c><00:45:23.679><c> that</c><00:45:23.840><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:26.760
How<00:45:25.579><c> do</c><00:45:25.739><c> we</c><00:45:25.920><c> respond</c><00:45:26.320><c> to</c><00:45:26.500><c> it?</c>

00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:32.840
How<00:45:27.079><c> do</c><00:45:27.280><c> we,</c><00:45:28.940><c> in</c><00:45:29.760><c> this</c><00:45:30.079><c> day</c><00:45:30.280><c> and</c><00:45:30.420><c> age,</c><00:45:32.019><c> fit</c><00:45:32.219><c> the</c><00:45:32.460><c> picture?</c>

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:34.460
Do<00:45:33.500><c> we</c><00:45:33.659><c> fit</c><00:45:33.820><c> it</c><00:45:34.079><c> all?</c>

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:37.820
That's<00:45:35.219><c> what</c><00:45:35.340><c> we've</c><00:45:35.559><c> got</c><00:45:35.599><c> to</c><00:45:35.800><c> ask</c><00:45:36.059><c> ourselves,</c><00:45:36.659><c> brethren</c><00:45:36.780><c> and</c><00:45:36.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:40.619
Are<00:45:39.099><c> we</c><00:45:39.320><c> true</c><00:45:39.539><c> believers?</c>

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:43.179
We<00:45:41.699><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:41.940><c> ask</c><00:45:42.199><c> that</c><00:45:42.440><c> kind</c><00:45:42.659><c> of</c><00:45:42.860><c> question.</c>

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:46.000
Maybe<00:45:43.460><c> it's</c><00:45:43.579><c> not</c><00:45:43.840><c> fair</c><00:45:44.039><c> to</c><00:45:44.260><c> ask</c><00:45:44.400><c> that</c><00:45:44.659><c> kind</c><00:45:44.840><c> of</c><00:45:45.019><c> question.</c>

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:54.400
Because<00:45:47.019><c> when</c><00:45:47.219><c> I</c><00:45:47.460><c> read</c><00:45:48.019><c> that</c><00:45:49.619><c> God's</c><00:45:50.599><c> word</c><00:45:50.900><c> is</c><00:45:51.420><c> effectually</c><00:45:52.420><c> working</c><00:45:52.980><c> in</c><00:45:53.280><c> us,</c>

00:45:54.500 --> 00:45:55.920
that's<00:45:54.780><c> what</c><00:45:54.880><c> he</c><00:45:55.000><c> says</c><00:45:55.139><c> to</c><00:45:55.320><c> this</c><00:45:55.500><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:59.420
The<00:45:56.360><c> word</c><00:45:56.519><c> of</c><00:45:56.679><c> God</c><00:45:56.920><c> effectually</c><00:45:57.820><c> works</c><00:45:58.260><c> in</c><00:45:58.579><c> them.</c>

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:02.260
Is<00:45:59.960><c> it</c><00:46:00.179><c> effectually</c><00:46:00.739><c> working</c><00:46:01.059><c> in</c><00:46:01.260><c> us?</c>

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:04.480
Because<00:46:02.719><c> that</c><00:46:03.000><c> word</c><00:46:03.239><c> effectually</c><00:46:03.960><c> is</c><00:46:04.199><c> the</c><00:46:04.300><c> word</c>

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:08.260
from<00:46:04.699><c> which</c><00:46:04.840><c> we</c><00:46:05.039><c> get</c><00:46:05.260><c> our</c><00:46:05.639><c> English</c><00:46:06.019><c> word</c><00:46:06.360><c> energy</c><00:46:06.900><c> or</c><00:46:07.179><c> energize.</c>

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:10.179
It<00:46:09.199><c> means</c><00:46:09.559><c> active.</c>

00:46:10.579 --> 00:46:12.300
Is<00:46:10.739><c> the</c><00:46:10.880><c> word</c><00:46:11.000><c> of</c><00:46:11.199><c> God</c><00:46:11.400><c> active</c><00:46:11.900><c> in</c><00:46:12.079><c> us?</c>

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:14.159
Is<00:46:12.739><c> it</c><00:46:13.059><c> operative?</c>

00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:16.599
Is<00:46:14.420><c> it</c><00:46:14.940><c> energy</c><00:46:15.420><c> in</c><00:46:15.639><c> us?</c>

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:22.159
Is<00:46:17.699><c> it</c><00:46:17.880><c> the</c><00:46:18.199><c> fuel</c><00:46:18.500><c> that</c><00:46:18.760><c> runs</c><00:46:19.019><c> our</c><00:46:19.420><c> life,</c><00:46:20.760><c> brothers</c><00:46:20.920><c> and</c><00:46:21.159><c> sisters?</c>

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:26.380
Because<00:46:23.300><c> that's</c><00:46:23.500><c> what</c><00:46:23.639><c> Paul</c><00:46:23.920><c> is</c><00:46:24.139><c> saying</c><00:46:24.539><c> to</c><00:46:25.019><c> the</c><00:46:25.179><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:28.880
Energized<00:46:27.159><c> by</c><00:46:27.340><c> the</c><00:46:27.539><c> word</c><00:46:27.679><c> of</c><00:46:27.960><c> God.</c>

00:46:29.579 --> 00:46:31.219
But<00:46:29.739><c> that's</c><00:46:29.980><c> the</c><00:46:30.159><c> counsel</c><00:46:30.400><c> of</c><00:46:30.599><c> the</c><00:46:30.800><c> Father.</c>

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:33.019
You've<00:46:31.940><c> got</c><00:46:32.019><c> the</c><00:46:32.219><c> mother.</c>

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:34.699
You've<00:46:33.380><c> got</c><00:46:33.480><c> the</c><00:46:33.719><c> father.</c>

00:46:35.139 --> 00:46:36.579
But<00:46:35.320><c> Paul</c><00:46:35.539><c> isn't</c><00:46:35.760><c> with</c><00:46:36.019><c> them</c><00:46:36.159><c> now.</c>

00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:38.500
That's<00:46:37.059><c> part</c><00:46:37.260><c> of</c><00:46:37.400><c> the</c><00:46:37.559><c> criticism.</c>

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:41.739
How<00:46:38.820><c> does</c><00:46:39.000><c> he</c><00:46:39.179><c> feel</c><00:46:39.480><c> because</c><00:46:39.739><c> he's</c><00:46:40.019><c> apart</c><00:46:40.360><c> from</c><00:46:40.559><c> the</c><00:46:40.760><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:44.739
What's<00:46:43.159><c> another</c><00:46:43.360><c> family</c><00:46:43.780><c> figure?</c>

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:48.460
One<00:46:45.679><c> that's</c><00:46:45.940><c> not</c><00:46:46.179><c> too</c><00:46:46.659><c> happy</c><00:46:47.119><c> a</c><00:46:47.960><c> figure.</c>

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:51.920
Because<00:46:49.159><c> Paul</c><00:46:49.480><c> is</c><00:46:49.679><c> going</c><00:46:49.800><c> to</c><00:46:50.039><c> tell</c><00:46:50.179><c> them</c><00:46:50.320><c> that</c><00:46:50.500><c> he</c><00:46:50.719><c> feels</c><00:46:51.119><c> just</c>

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:53.519
like<00:46:52.280><c> an</c><00:46:52.599><c> orphan.</c>

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:56.300
Because<00:46:54.559><c> he's</c><00:46:54.840><c> apart</c><00:46:55.079><c> from</c><00:46:55.380><c> them.</c>

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:58.420
Just<00:46:57.280><c> like</c><00:46:57.480><c> an</c><00:46:57.659><c> orphan.</c>

00:46:58.659 --> 00:46:59.519
That's<00:46:58.980><c> the</c><00:46:59.159><c> word.</c>

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:01.139
Verse<00:47:00.079><c> 17.</c>

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:05.360
He<00:47:02.539><c> says,</c><00:47:02.820><c> but</c><00:47:02.820><c> we,</c><00:47:03.320><c> brethren,</c><00:47:03.619><c> being</c><00:47:03.900><c> taken</c><00:47:04.300><c> from</c><00:47:04.639><c> you</c><00:47:04.880><c> for</c><00:47:05.119><c> a</c>

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:06.820
short<00:47:05.599><c> time</c><00:47:06.079><c> in</c><00:47:06.500><c> presence,</c>

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:08.599
not<00:47:07.260><c> in</c><00:47:07.559><c> heart,</c>

00:47:08.780 --> 00:47:11.679
endeavored<00:47:09.139><c> the</c><00:47:09.320><c> more</c><00:47:09.659><c> abundantly</c><00:47:10.119><c> to</c><00:47:10.340><c> see</c><00:47:10.519><c> your</c><00:47:10.860><c> face</c><00:47:11.159><c> with</c>

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:13.739
great<00:47:12.260><c> desire.</c>

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:17.050
Expression<00:47:15.500><c> taken</c><00:47:15.900><c> from</c><00:47:16.239><c> you.</c>

00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:20.219
NIV<00:47:18.059><c> says,</c><00:47:18.659><c> torn</c><00:47:19.099><c> away.</c>

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:24.719
The<00:47:21.860><c> word</c><00:47:21.960><c> in</c><00:47:22.119><c> the</c><00:47:22.340><c> Greek,</c><00:47:22.900><c> I'll</c><00:47:23.039><c> attempt</c><00:47:23.179><c> to</c><00:47:23.400><c> pronounce</c><00:47:23.659><c> it,</c>

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:27.000
is<00:47:25.079><c> apophenyzo.</c>

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:31.639
Built<00:47:28.079><c> into</c><00:47:28.300><c> that</c><00:47:28.659><c> word</c><00:47:28.980><c> is</c><00:47:29.360><c> our</c><00:47:29.579><c> English</c><00:47:29.960><c> word</c><00:47:30.519><c> orphan.</c>

00:47:32.179 --> 00:47:34.619
And<00:47:32.300><c> it</c><00:47:32.400><c> has</c><00:47:32.619><c> to</c><00:47:32.820><c> do</c><00:47:32.920><c> with</c><00:47:33.099><c> that,</c><00:47:33.460><c> brethren</c><00:47:33.519><c> and</c><00:47:33.739><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:36.519
Literally<00:47:35.219><c> means</c><00:47:35.679><c> orphaned.</c>

00:47:37.960 --> 00:47:39.239
He<00:47:38.119><c> said,</c><00:47:38.239><c> I'm</c><00:47:38.480><c> taken</c><00:47:38.719><c> from</c><00:47:39.059><c> you.</c>

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:43.619
I'm<00:47:39.679><c> orphaned</c><00:47:40.400><c> from</c><00:47:40.539><c> the</c><00:47:41.239><c> people</c><00:47:41.539><c> that</c><00:47:41.739><c> I</c><00:47:41.960><c> love,</c><00:47:42.159><c> from</c><00:47:42.300><c> my</c><00:47:42.579><c> family.</c>

00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:46.679
And<00:47:45.019><c> it's</c><00:47:45.099><c> as</c><00:47:45.179><c> though</c><00:47:45.340><c> it</c><00:47:45.619><c> tears</c><00:47:45.840><c> at</c><00:47:46.039><c> his</c><00:47:46.300><c> heart.</c>

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:50.320
That's<00:47:47.599><c> the</c><00:47:47.780><c> intimacy</c><00:47:48.079><c> of</c><00:47:48.260><c> the</c><00:47:48.500><c> relationship</c><00:47:48.900><c> of</c><00:47:49.099><c> our</c><00:47:49.260><c> brother</c><00:47:49.460><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:53.340
That's<00:47:50.900><c> the</c><00:47:51.139><c> family</c><00:47:51.519><c> feeling</c><00:47:51.840><c> he</c><00:47:52.099><c> had</c><00:47:52.219><c> for</c><00:47:52.400><c> the</c><00:47:52.579><c> ecclesia</c><00:47:52.900><c> there,</c><00:47:53.179><c> for</c>

00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:54.159
the<00:47:53.500><c> brethren</c><00:47:53.699><c> and</c><00:47:53.900><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:56.420
They<00:47:54.619><c> meant</c><00:47:54.840><c> everything</c><00:47:55.320><c> to</c><00:47:55.579><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:58.019
As<00:47:57.000><c> a</c><00:47:57.239><c> mother.</c>

00:47:58.260 --> 00:47:59.039
As<00:47:58.400><c> a</c><00:47:58.599><c> father.</c>

00:47:59.300 --> 00:48:02.320
And<00:47:59.400><c> when</c><00:47:59.480><c> he</c><00:47:59.579><c> couldn't</c><00:47:59.800><c> be</c><00:48:00.059><c> with</c><00:48:00.219><c> them,</c><00:48:00.559><c> he</c><00:48:00.639><c> was</c><00:48:00.880><c> as</c><00:48:01.239><c> an</c><00:48:01.539><c> orphan.</c>

00:48:04.139 --> 00:48:05.920
And<00:48:04.239><c> this</c><00:48:04.340><c> is</c><00:48:04.480><c> the</c><00:48:04.659><c> model</c><00:48:04.900><c> servant.</c>

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:08.860
His<00:48:07.039><c> love</c><00:48:07.119><c> for</c><00:48:07.300><c> the</c><00:48:07.480><c> ecclesia</c><00:48:07.820><c> is</c><00:48:07.960><c> very</c><00:48:08.280><c> evident,</c><00:48:08.719><c> brethren</c>

00:48:08.860 --> 00:48:09.300
and<00:48:09.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:12.719
giving<00:48:09.659><c> all</c><00:48:10.179><c> that</c><00:48:10.300><c> he's</c><00:48:10.619><c> got</c><00:48:11.059><c> for</c><00:48:11.920><c> the</c><00:48:12.079><c> brothers</c><00:48:12.260><c> and</c><00:48:12.500><c> sisters</c>

00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:14.579
in<00:48:13.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:26.480
So,<00:48:19.340><c> in</c><00:48:19.539><c> terms</c><00:48:19.880><c> that</c><00:48:20.219><c> are</c><00:48:22.820><c> characteristic</c><00:48:23.679><c> of</c><00:48:23.900><c> his</c><00:48:24.119><c> own</c><00:48:25.039><c> confidence</c><00:48:25.539><c> in</c><00:48:25.780><c> the</c><00:48:25.960><c> promises</c><00:48:26.300><c> of</c><00:48:26.480><c> God,</c>

00:48:26.500 --> 00:48:28.360
the<00:48:26.880><c> one</c><00:48:27.179><c> hope,</c><00:48:27.820><c> brethren</c><00:48:27.820><c> and</c><00:48:28.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:28.679 --> 00:48:32.539
What<00:48:28.880><c> Paul</c><00:48:29.199><c> is</c><00:48:29.400><c> going</c><00:48:29.559><c> to</c><00:48:29.739><c> do</c><00:48:29.840><c> is</c><00:48:29.980><c> he</c><00:48:30.119><c> draws</c><00:48:30.380><c> this</c><00:48:30.659><c> little</c><00:48:30.880><c> section</c><00:48:31.159><c> to</c><00:48:31.380><c> a</c><00:48:31.500><c> conclusion.</c>

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Is<00:48:33.139><c> he's</c><00:48:33.360><c> going</c><00:48:33.460><c> to</c><00:48:33.679><c> project</c><00:48:34.039><c> himself</c><00:48:34.920><c> and</c><00:48:36.420><c> the</c><00:48:36.599><c> Thessalonian</c>

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brethren<00:48:37.500><c> and</c><00:48:37.760><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:48:38.679><c> could</c><00:48:38.800><c> we</c><00:48:38.960><c> say,</c><00:48:39.480><c> and</c><00:48:39.840><c> us?</c>

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If<00:48:42.280><c> we're</c><00:48:42.500><c> on</c><00:48:42.739><c> the</c><00:48:43.000><c> page,</c><00:48:43.480><c> it's</c><00:48:43.719><c> us</c><00:48:44.019><c> too.</c>

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But<00:48:45.500><c> he's</c><00:48:45.699><c> going</c><00:48:45.800><c> to</c><00:48:46.000><c> project</c><00:48:46.420><c> us</c><00:48:46.840><c> all</c><00:48:47.699><c> in</c><00:48:48.960><c> prospect</c><00:48:49.599><c> to</c><00:48:50.699><c> the</c>

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presence<00:48:51.340><c> of</c><00:48:51.519><c> the</c><00:48:51.659><c> Lord</c><00:48:51.940><c> Jesus</c><00:48:52.480><c> Christ</c><00:48:52.880><c> himself.</c>

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Just<00:48:55.559><c> look</c><00:48:55.739><c> at</c><00:48:55.880><c> verse</c><00:48:56.079><c> 19</c><00:48:56.519><c> and</c><00:48:56.659><c> 20.</c>

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He<00:48:59.539><c> says,</c><00:48:59.880><c> for</c><00:48:59.880><c> what</c><00:49:00.159><c> is</c><00:49:00.460><c> our</c><00:49:00.760><c> hope</c><00:49:01.280><c> or</c><00:49:02.440><c> joy</c><00:49:03.199><c> or</c><00:49:04.079><c> crown</c><00:49:04.400><c> of</c><00:49:04.679><c> rejoicing?</c>

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Are<00:49:06.539><c> not</c><00:49:06.860><c> even</c><00:49:07.440><c> ye</c><00:49:07.840><c> in</c><00:49:08.519><c> the</c><00:49:08.880><c> presence</c><00:49:09.199><c> of</c><00:49:09.440><c> our</c><00:49:09.599><c> Lord</c><00:49:09.840><c> Jesus</c><00:49:10.320><c> Christ</c><00:49:10.820><c> at</c>

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his<00:49:11.699><c> coming?</c>

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For<00:49:13.880><c> ye</c><00:49:14.219><c> are</c><00:49:14.719><c> our</c><00:49:15.219><c> glory</c><00:49:15.940><c> and</c><00:49:17.280><c> joy.</c>

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Amen.