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involvement<00:11:02.220><c> of</c><00:11:02.559><c> people</c><00:11:02.899><c> has</c><00:11:03.340><c> changed.</c>

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We<00:13:06.179><c> just</c><00:13:06.440><c> read</c><00:13:06.980><c> the</c><00:13:07.480><c> spirit</c><00:13:07.799><c> of</c><00:13:07.940><c> those</c><00:13:08.120><c> words</c><00:13:08.379><c> here</c><00:13:08.639><c> in</c><00:13:08.820><c> Acts</c><00:13:09.299><c> 11.</c>

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He<00:13:10.980><c> could</c><00:13:11.179><c> not</c><00:13:11.360><c> deny</c><00:13:11.659><c> that</c><00:13:11.879><c> God</c><00:13:12.059><c> was</c><00:13:12.240><c> at</c><00:13:12.480><c> work.</c>

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it<00:13:24.179><c> because</c><00:13:24.360><c> I</c><00:13:24.500><c> have</c><00:13:24.700><c> to,</c>

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but<00:13:25.779><c> there</c><00:13:26.019><c> was</c><00:13:26.179><c> an</c><00:13:26.440><c> attitude</c><00:13:26.799><c> of</c><00:13:27.000><c> act</c><00:13:27.259><c> of</c><00:13:27.500><c> love.</c>

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arms<00:13:29.799><c> length,</c>

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go<00:13:30.639><c> back</c><00:13:31.279><c> to</c><00:13:31.759><c> Joppa</c><00:13:32.019><c> and</c><00:13:32.200><c> forget</c><00:13:32.419><c> about</c><00:13:32.679><c> it.</c>

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change<00:13:36.559><c> the</c><00:13:36.779><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:13:37.700><c> Peter</c><00:13:38.159><c> and</c><00:13:38.840><c> all</c><00:13:39.220><c> other</c><00:13:39.539><c> Christian</c><00:13:40.019><c> Jews</c><00:13:40.700><c> had</c><00:13:41.440><c> toward</c>

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the<00:13:42.240><c> Gentiles.</c>

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It<00:13:43.320><c> is</c><00:13:43.580><c> a</c><00:13:43.860><c> most</c><00:13:44.200><c> significant</c><00:13:45.059><c> event.</c>

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It<00:13:45.580><c> is</c><00:13:45.879><c> a</c><00:13:46.039><c> turning</c><00:13:46.279><c> point</c><00:13:46.980><c> in</c><00:13:47.539><c> the</c><00:13:47.779><c> record</c><00:13:48.000><c> of</c><00:13:48.259><c> scripture</c>

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where<00:13:50.139><c> the</c><00:13:50.360><c> gospel</c><00:13:50.700><c> is</c><00:13:50.899><c> now</c><00:13:51.200><c> actively</c><00:13:51.620><c> preached</c><00:13:52.059><c> to</c><00:13:52.240><c> the</c><00:13:52.399><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Paul<00:13:54.159><c> had</c><00:13:54.379><c> been</c><00:13:54.840><c> called</c><00:13:55.320><c> in</c><00:13:55.899><c> chapter</c><00:13:56.220><c> 9</c><00:13:56.659><c> of</c><00:13:56.940><c> Acts,</c>

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but<00:13:57.360><c> his</c><00:13:57.559><c> work</c><00:13:57.740><c> begins</c><00:13:58.460><c> following</c><00:13:58.980><c> this</c><00:13:59.279><c> incident.</c>

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And<00:14:01.059><c> Peter,</c><00:14:02.259><c> representing</c><00:14:03.019><c> the</c><00:14:03.440><c> established</c><00:14:04.200><c> Christian</c>

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Jewish<00:14:05.620><c> position,</c>

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had<00:14:07.519><c> to</c><00:14:07.740><c> understand</c><00:14:08.240><c> it</c><00:14:08.539><c> first.</c>

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Paul<00:14:09.919><c> didn't</c><00:14:10.100><c> have</c><00:14:10.299><c> to</c><00:14:10.440><c> learn</c><00:14:10.559><c> this</c><00:14:10.799><c> lesson.</c><00:14:11.240><c> Isn't</c><00:14:11.440><c> that</c><00:14:11.600><c> an</c>

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amazing<00:14:13.120><c> feature?</c>

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Paul<00:14:14.980><c> was</c><00:14:15.279><c> called</c><00:14:15.539><c> on</c><00:14:15.919><c> the</c><00:14:16.080><c> road</c><00:14:16.220><c> to</c><00:14:16.399><c> Damascus,</c>

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and<00:14:18.799><c> none</c><00:14:19.220><c> of</c><00:14:19.399><c> the</c><00:14:19.519><c> things</c><00:14:19.639><c> happened</c><00:14:20.000><c> to</c><00:14:20.139><c> him</c><00:14:20.500><c> about</c><00:14:20.860><c> going</c><00:14:21.059><c> to</c>

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I<00:14:25.940><c> made</c><00:14:26.120><c> a</c><00:14:26.240><c> list</c><00:14:26.340><c> of</c><00:14:26.519><c> these,</c><00:14:26.840><c> they're</c><00:14:27.100><c> not</c><00:14:27.299><c> in</c><00:14:27.440><c> your</c><00:14:27.620><c> notes,</c>

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but<00:14:27.960><c> just</c><00:14:28.360><c> listen</c><00:14:28.639><c> to</c><00:14:28.799><c> this</c><00:14:29.000><c> list</c><00:14:29.220><c> here.</c>

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He<00:14:31.340><c> used</c><00:14:31.740><c> a</c><00:14:32.419><c> vision</c><00:14:32.700><c> for</c><00:14:33.019><c> Cornelius</c><00:14:34.080><c> and</c><00:14:34.879><c> a</c><00:14:35.960><c> vision</c><00:14:36.360><c> for</c><00:14:36.860><c> Peter.</c>

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He<00:14:39.059><c> dispatched</c><00:14:39.559><c> an</c><00:14:39.940><c> angel</c><00:14:40.460><c> directly</c><00:14:41.259><c> to</c><00:14:41.639><c> go</c><00:14:41.879><c> to</c><00:14:41.980><c> Cornelius</c><00:14:42.419><c> and</c><00:14:42.559><c> tell</c><00:14:42.679><c> him</c><00:14:42.779><c> what</c><00:14:42.960><c> to</c><00:14:43.139><c> do.</c>

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He<00:14:44.580><c> used</c><00:14:45.000><c> repetition.</c>

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Three<00:14:46.259><c> times</c><00:14:46.639><c> the</c><00:14:46.879><c> vision</c><00:14:47.220><c> was</c><00:14:48.100><c> presented</c><00:14:48.500><c> to</c><00:14:48.879><c> Peter.</c>

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It<00:14:49.440><c> was</c><00:14:49.700><c> graphic,</c><00:14:50.519><c> it</c><00:14:50.659><c> wasn't</c><00:14:50.779><c> just</c><00:14:51.059><c> words,</c><00:14:51.399><c> it</c><00:14:51.399><c> wasn't</c><00:14:51.600><c> just</c>

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a<00:14:52.700><c> dialogue.</c>

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It<00:14:58.419><c> was</c><00:14:59.179><c> provocative</c><00:15:00.000><c> to</c><00:15:00.460><c> Peter.</c>

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He<00:15:02.399><c> used</c><00:15:02.659><c> the</c><00:15:02.899><c> Holy</c><00:15:03.139><c> Spirit.</c>

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There<00:15:15.059><c> was</c><00:15:15.220><c> the</c><00:15:15.500><c> confirmation</c><00:15:16.080><c> in</c><00:15:16.700><c> understanding</c><00:15:17.200><c> the</c><00:15:17.460><c> vision</c><00:15:17.639><c> when</c>

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Then<00:15:33.740><c> remembered</c><00:15:34.240><c> I</c><00:15:34.539><c> the</c><00:15:34.820><c> word</c><00:15:35.500><c> of</c><00:15:35.779><c> the</c><00:15:35.960><c> Lord,</c><00:15:37.200><c> how</c><00:15:37.399><c> that</c><00:15:37.500><c> he</c><00:15:37.720><c> said,</c>

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I<00:15:46.080><c> ask</c><00:15:46.639><c> you</c><00:15:46.799><c> now</c><00:15:46.940><c> to</c><00:15:47.120><c> turn</c><00:15:47.440><c> to</c><00:15:47.639><c> the</c><00:15:47.759><c> Gospel</c><00:15:48.080><c> of</c><00:15:48.220><c> John,</c><00:15:51.460><c> Chapter</c><00:15:52.899><c> 14.</c>

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John<00:16:03.919><c> 14,</c><00:16:04.700><c> Verse</c><00:16:05.220><c> 25.</c>

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This<00:16:14.879><c> is</c><00:16:15.039><c> in</c><00:16:15.279><c> the</c><00:16:15.860><c> last</c><00:16:16.259><c> few</c><00:16:16.480><c> hours</c><00:16:16.779><c> of</c><00:16:16.899><c> his</c><00:16:17.120><c> life</c><00:16:17.360><c> when</c><00:16:17.480><c> he's</c>

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These<00:16:22.620><c> things</c><00:16:23.139><c> have</c><00:16:23.399><c> I</c><00:16:23.639><c> spoken</c><00:16:23.960><c> unto</c><00:16:24.240><c> you,</c><00:16:24.480><c> being</c><00:16:24.820><c> yet</c><00:16:25.120><c> present</c><00:16:25.419><c> with</c><00:16:25.740><c> you.</c>

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But<00:16:26.580><c> the</c><00:16:26.919><c> Comforter,</c><00:16:28.240><c> which</c><00:16:28.440><c> is</c><00:16:28.879><c> the</c><00:16:29.139><c> Holy</c><00:16:29.539><c> Spirit,</c><00:16:30.980><c> whom</c><00:16:31.240><c> the</c>

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Father<00:16:31.799><c> will</c><00:16:32.059><c> send</c><00:16:32.240><c> in</c><00:16:32.460><c> my</c><00:16:32.679><c> name,</c>

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he<00:16:33.840><c> shall</c><00:16:34.159><c> teach</c><00:16:34.559><c> you</c><00:16:35.019><c> all</c><00:16:35.440><c> things</c><00:16:36.019><c> and</c><00:16:36.559><c> bring</c><00:16:36.919><c> all</c><00:16:37.419><c> things</c><00:16:37.759><c> to</c>

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whatsoever<00:16:39.700><c> I</c><00:16:40.259><c> have</c><00:16:40.500><c> said</c><00:16:40.659><c> unto</c><00:16:40.940><c> you.</c>

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Spirit<00:16:51.639><c> to</c><00:16:51.840><c> all</c><00:16:52.059><c> believers</c><00:16:52.340><c> in</c><00:16:52.539><c> all</c><00:16:52.720><c> ages.</c>

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This<00:16:53.120><c> was</c><00:16:53.320><c> spoken</c><00:16:53.740><c> to</c><00:16:54.039><c> the</c><00:16:54.179><c> Twelve.</c>

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This<00:16:57.200><c> was</c><00:16:57.379><c> spoken</c><00:16:57.580><c> to</c><00:16:57.759><c> the</c><00:16:57.879><c> immediate</c><00:16:58.179><c> disciples</c><00:16:58.779><c> of</c><00:16:59.120><c> the</c>

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these<00:17:04.960><c> men</c><00:17:05.259><c> would</c><00:17:05.480><c> be</c><00:17:05.680><c> able</c><00:17:05.859><c> to</c><00:17:06.259><c> recall</c><00:17:06.700><c> accurately</c><00:17:07.420><c> what</c>

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taking<00:17:12.960><c> shorthand</c><00:17:13.799><c> and</c><00:17:14.339><c> transcribing</c><00:17:14.880><c> his</c><00:17:15.140><c> words</c>

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and<00:17:16.000><c> having</c><00:17:16.440><c> a</c><00:17:16.940><c> precise,</c><00:17:17.720><c> documented</c><00:17:19.099><c> file</c><00:17:19.799><c> of</c><00:17:20.319><c> everything</c>

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the<00:17:20.799><c> Lord</c><00:17:21.160><c> said</c><00:17:21.619><c> in</c><00:17:21.779><c> his</c><00:17:22.039><c> ministry.</c>

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The<00:17:24.940><c> accuracy</c><00:17:25.519><c> of</c><00:17:26.279><c> the</c><00:17:26.480><c> words</c><00:17:26.640><c> of</c><00:17:26.920><c> scripture</c><00:17:27.400><c> and</c><00:17:28.859><c> the</c><00:17:29.059><c> quotations</c><00:17:29.480><c> of</c><00:17:29.640><c> the</c>

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and<00:17:37.299><c> to</c><00:17:37.660><c> record</c><00:17:37.980><c> accurately</c><00:17:38.680><c> what</c><00:17:39.539><c> Jesus</c><00:17:40.079><c> said.</c>

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That<00:17:42.079><c> is</c><00:17:42.220><c> a</c><00:17:42.339><c> very</c><00:17:42.599><c> important</c><00:17:43.000><c> point.</c>

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It's<00:17:43.319><c> an</c><00:17:43.460><c> important</c><00:17:43.680><c> point</c><00:17:43.859><c> about</c><00:17:44.079><c> the</c><00:17:44.240><c> general</c><00:17:44.500><c> use</c><00:17:44.680><c> of</c><00:17:44.839><c> the</c>

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but<00:17:46.079><c> it's</c><00:17:46.200><c> an</c><00:17:46.420><c> extremely</c><00:17:46.720><c> important</c><00:17:47.079><c> point</c><00:17:48.339><c> to</c><00:17:48.579><c> us</c><00:17:48.839><c> because</c>

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it<00:17:50.339><c> gives</c><00:17:50.599><c> us</c><00:17:50.980><c> assurance</c>

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that<00:17:51.759><c> the</c><00:17:52.519><c> record</c><00:17:52.859><c> that</c><00:17:53.119><c> we</c><00:17:53.400><c> read</c><00:17:53.720><c> is</c><00:17:54.079><c> accurate.</c>

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It's<00:17:56.839><c> divinely</c><00:17:57.359><c> guided</c><00:17:58.039><c> and</c><00:17:58.420><c> protected</c><00:17:59.000><c> so</c><00:17:59.279><c> that</c><00:17:59.440><c> the</c><00:17:59.559><c> words</c>

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we<00:18:00.200><c> read,</c>

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those<00:18:05.079><c> are</c><00:18:05.359><c> true,</c><00:18:05.720><c> accurate</c><00:18:06.160><c> words</c><00:18:06.599><c> recorded</c><00:18:07.400><c> by</c><00:18:08.700><c> men</c><00:18:08.960><c> who</c>

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had<00:18:09.240><c> the</c><00:18:09.480><c> Holy</c><00:18:09.700><c> Spirit,</c>

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who<00:18:10.400><c> remembered</c><00:18:10.880><c> what</c><00:18:11.039><c> he</c><00:18:11.259><c> said</c><00:18:11.460><c> and</c><00:18:11.700><c> recorded</c><00:18:12.099><c> it</c><00:18:12.519><c> accurately.</c>

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And<00:18:13.819><c> so</c><00:18:13.920><c> when</c><00:18:14.140><c> Peter</c><00:18:14.359><c> says</c><00:18:14.700><c> in</c><00:18:14.839><c> Acts</c><00:18:15.079><c> chapter</c><00:18:15.380><c> 11,</c>

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then<00:18:16.119><c> remembered</c><00:18:16.599><c> I</c><00:18:16.900><c> the</c><00:18:17.059><c> words</c><00:18:17.299><c> of</c><00:18:17.480><c> the</c><00:18:17.559><c> Lord</c><00:18:17.759><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:18.900><c> it's</c>

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good<00:18:19.740><c> that</c><00:18:19.920><c> he</c><00:18:20.140><c> remembered.</c>

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It's<00:18:20.779><c> good</c><00:18:20.960><c> that</c><00:18:21.119><c> he</c><00:18:21.220><c> wanted</c><00:18:21.420><c> to</c><00:18:21.720><c> remember.</c>

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But<00:18:22.680><c> he</c><00:18:22.839><c> was</c><00:18:23.180><c> guided</c><00:18:23.640><c> in</c><00:18:23.940><c> the</c><00:18:24.220><c> accuracy</c><00:18:24.640><c> of</c><00:18:24.779><c> what</c><00:18:24.920><c> he</c><00:18:25.099><c> remembered</c>

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a<00:18:31.779><c> very</c><00:18:32.119><c> important</c><00:18:32.559><c> principle.</c>

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Now,<00:18:35.900><c> we</c><00:18:36.220><c> were</c><00:18:36.400><c> going</c><00:18:36.539><c> through</c><00:18:36.779><c> a</c><00:18:36.880><c> list</c><00:18:37.059><c> there,</c><00:18:37.339><c> the</c><00:18:37.559><c> vision,</c>

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the<00:18:38.140><c> angel,</c>

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the<00:18:38.880><c> repetition,</c><00:18:39.559><c> the</c><00:18:39.680><c> conferral</c><00:18:40.000><c> of</c><00:18:40.119><c> the</c><00:18:40.180><c> Holy</c><00:18:40.359><c> Spirit</c><00:18:40.579><c> on</c><00:18:40.759><c> Cornelius,</c>

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That's<00:18:49.660><c> a</c><00:18:49.720><c> lot</c><00:18:49.900><c> of</c><00:18:50.119><c> tools</c><00:18:50.480><c> for</c><00:18:50.759><c> God</c><00:18:50.900><c> to</c><00:18:51.240><c> use</c><00:18:52.059><c> just</c><00:18:52.539><c> to</c><00:18:52.740><c> tell</c><00:18:52.859><c> Peter</c>

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he<00:18:53.339><c> better</c><00:18:53.539><c> travel</c><00:18:53.880><c> 30</c><00:18:54.140><c> miles</c><00:18:54.640><c> down</c><00:18:55.099><c> to</c><00:18:55.319><c> Caesarea.</c>

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There's<00:18:58.319><c> not</c><00:18:58.500><c> many</c><00:18:59.000><c> incidents</c><00:18:59.380><c> in</c><00:18:59.599><c> the</c><00:18:59.799><c> scripture</c><00:19:00.099><c> that</c><00:19:00.380><c> have</c>

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that<00:19:00.940><c> combination</c>

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of<00:19:03.759><c> divine</c><00:19:04.380><c> methodology</c><00:19:05.259><c> being</c><00:19:05.740><c> used</c><00:19:06.420><c> in</c><00:19:06.839><c> a</c><00:19:07.039><c> single</c><00:19:07.319><c> transaction.</c>

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This<00:19:09.839><c> is</c><00:19:10.200><c> clearly</c><00:19:10.779><c> an</c><00:19:11.519><c> event</c><00:19:11.880><c> that</c><00:19:12.299><c> stands</c><00:19:12.559><c> out</c><00:19:12.900><c> from</c><00:19:13.039><c> the</c><00:19:13.200><c> rest</c><00:19:13.359><c> of</c>

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This<00:19:14.400><c> is</c><00:19:14.640><c> something</c><00:19:15.099><c> that</c><00:19:15.799><c> God</c><00:19:16.079><c> is</c><00:19:16.319><c> saying</c><00:19:16.460><c> to</c><00:19:16.660><c> us</c><00:19:16.859><c> is</c><00:19:17.099><c> very</c><00:19:17.539><c> important.</c>

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It<00:19:18.079><c> was</c><00:19:18.220><c> important</c><00:19:18.500><c> to</c><00:19:18.759><c> Peter,</c><00:19:19.019><c> it</c><00:19:19.019><c> was</c><00:19:19.200><c> important</c><00:19:19.460><c> to</c><00:19:19.700><c> Cornelius,</c>

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but<00:19:20.480><c> it's</c><00:19:20.640><c> important</c><00:19:20.900><c> to</c><00:19:21.119><c> us.</c>

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Because<00:19:22.359><c> if</c><00:19:23.400><c> Cornelius</c><00:19:23.940><c> was</c><00:19:24.099><c> the</c><00:19:24.380><c> first,</c><00:19:25.339><c> he</c><00:19:25.539><c> was</c><00:19:25.700><c> the</c><00:19:25.819><c> first</c>

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of<00:19:26.279><c> what?</c>

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He<00:19:27.240><c> was</c><00:19:27.400><c> the</c><00:19:27.539><c> first</c><00:19:27.859><c> of</c><00:19:28.099><c> a</c><00:19:28.259><c> whole</c><00:19:28.980><c> world</c><00:19:29.519><c> of</c><00:19:29.700><c> Gentile</c><00:19:30.160><c> believers</c><00:19:30.579><c> that</c>

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and<00:19:35.759><c> recognized</c><00:19:36.279><c> by</c><00:19:36.579><c> God.</c>

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But<00:19:41.019><c> that</c><00:19:42.059><c> assures</c><00:19:42.460><c> us</c><00:19:42.619><c> we</c><00:19:42.740><c> have</c><00:19:42.940><c> no</c><00:19:43.619><c> fear</c><00:19:44.160><c> of</c><00:19:44.480><c> rejection</c>

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and<00:19:48.259><c> therefore</c><00:19:48.579><c> excluded</c><00:19:49.059><c> from</c><00:19:49.319><c> the</c><00:19:49.500><c> covenants</c><00:19:49.779><c> of</c><00:19:49.980><c> promise.</c>

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What<00:19:53.119><c> happens</c><00:19:53.519><c> here</c><00:19:54.160><c> gives</c><00:19:54.519><c> us</c><00:19:54.740><c> the</c><00:19:55.000><c> divine</c><00:19:55.319><c> stamp</c><00:19:55.799><c> of</c><00:19:56.319><c> inclusion.</c>

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It<00:20:00.259><c> teaches</c><00:20:00.519><c> us</c><00:20:00.980><c> that</c><00:20:01.519><c> what</c><00:20:01.779><c> happened</c><00:20:02.099><c> between</c><00:20:02.539><c> Peter</c><00:20:02.920><c> and</c><00:20:03.140><c> Cornelius</c>

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is<00:20:05.000><c> a</c><00:20:05.200><c> transaction</c><00:20:05.759><c> which</c><00:20:06.099><c> paved</c><00:20:06.359><c> the</c><00:20:06.619><c> way</c><00:20:07.019><c> for</c><00:20:07.599><c> our</c><00:20:08.220><c> relationship</c><00:20:08.920><c> with</c><00:20:09.200><c> God</c><00:20:09.559><c> today</c>

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That's<00:20:14.119><c> the</c><00:20:14.339><c> importance</c><00:20:14.819><c> of</c><00:20:15.460><c> this</c><00:20:16.160><c> whole</c><00:20:16.579><c> transaction.</c>

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So<00:20:18.779><c> let's</c><00:20:18.960><c> take</c><00:20:19.220><c> a</c><00:20:19.319><c> look</c><00:20:19.619><c> now</c><00:20:20.039><c> at</c><00:20:22.200><c> Cornelius</c><00:20:22.880><c> and</c><00:20:23.259><c> what</c><00:20:23.680><c> we</c>

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know<00:20:24.140><c> about</c><00:20:24.380><c> him.</c>

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There<00:20:39.180><c> are</c><00:20:39.700><c> some</c><00:20:39.700><c> very</c><00:20:40.240><c> brief</c><00:20:40.500><c> verses</c><00:20:40.980><c> that</c><00:20:41.440><c> give</c><00:20:41.680><c> us</c><00:20:41.859><c> the</c>

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information<00:20:42.440><c> about</c><00:20:42.740><c> this</c><00:20:43.000><c> man,</c>

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but<00:20:43.279><c> they're</c><00:20:43.440><c> very</c><00:20:43.740><c> important.</c>

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In<00:20:44.680><c> Acts</c><00:20:44.920><c> 10,</c><00:20:45.559><c> verse</c><00:20:45.759><c> 1,</c><00:20:46.799><c> there</c><00:20:46.839><c> was</c><00:20:47.099><c> a</c><00:20:47.220><c> certain</c><00:20:47.460><c> man</c><00:20:47.799><c> in</c>

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Caesarea<00:20:48.480><c> called</c><00:20:48.839><c> Cornelius,</c>

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a<00:20:50.160><c> centurion</c><00:20:50.880><c> of</c><00:20:51.099><c> the</c><00:20:51.319><c> band</c><00:20:51.480><c> called</c><00:20:51.759><c> the</c><00:20:51.920><c> Italian</c><00:20:52.319><c> Band,</c>

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a<00:20:53.559><c> devout</c><00:20:54.079><c> man,</c><00:20:54.460><c> one</c><00:20:54.660><c> that</c><00:20:54.960><c> feared</c><00:20:55.160><c> God</c><00:20:55.500><c> with</c><00:20:55.779><c> all</c><00:20:56.000><c> his</c><00:20:56.240><c> house,</c>

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which<00:20:56.900><c> gave</c><00:20:57.160><c> much</c><00:20:57.500><c> alms</c><00:20:57.759><c> to</c><00:20:57.980><c> the</c><00:20:58.160><c> people,</c><00:20:59.160><c> and</c><00:20:59.359><c> prayed</c><00:20:59.619><c> to</c><00:20:59.839><c> God</c><00:21:00.299><c> always.</c>

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Continually<00:21:02.019><c> is</c><00:21:02.200><c> the</c><00:21:02.380><c> word,</c><00:21:02.619><c> prayed</c><00:21:02.880><c> to</c><00:21:03.160><c> God</c><00:21:03.759><c> continually.</c>

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And<00:21:04.640><c> then</c><00:21:04.759><c> he</c><00:21:04.779><c> has</c><00:21:04.960><c> his</c><00:21:05.180><c> vision.</c>

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Verse<00:21:09.200><c> 22,</c><00:21:10.799><c> the</c><00:21:11.059><c> men</c><00:21:11.339><c> who</c><00:21:11.539><c> come</c><00:21:11.680><c> to</c><00:21:11.920><c> Peter</c><00:21:12.119><c> and</c><00:21:12.359><c> describe</c><00:21:13.019><c> who</c>

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their<00:21:14.259><c> master</c><00:21:14.680><c> is,</c>

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they<00:21:15.700><c> said,</c><00:21:15.880><c> Cornelius</c><00:21:16.579><c> the</c><00:21:16.839><c> centurion,</c><00:21:18.220><c> a</c><00:21:18.380><c> just</c><00:21:18.680><c> man,</c>

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and<00:21:19.960><c> one</c><00:21:20.220><c> that</c><00:21:20.640><c> feareth</c><00:21:21.079><c> God</c><00:21:21.619><c> and</c><00:21:22.279><c> of</c><00:21:22.480><c> good</c><00:21:22.680><c> report</c><00:21:23.180><c> among</c><00:21:23.519><c> all</c>

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the<00:21:24.000><c> nation</c><00:21:24.259><c> of</c><00:21:24.440><c> the</c><00:21:24.640><c> Jews</c>

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was<00:21:25.319><c> warned</c><00:21:25.779><c> from</c><00:21:26.140><c> God</c><00:21:26.500><c> by</c><00:21:26.740><c> an</c><00:21:26.920><c> holy</c><00:21:27.180><c> angel</c><00:21:27.619><c> to</c><00:21:28.140><c> send</c><00:21:28.339><c> for</c><00:21:28.619><c> thee</c>

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into<00:21:29.559><c> his</c><00:21:29.859><c> house</c>

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and<00:21:31.180><c> to</c><00:21:31.359><c> hear</c><00:21:31.500><c> the</c><00:21:31.759><c> words,</c><00:21:32.619><c> to</c><00:21:32.799><c> hear</c><00:21:32.980><c> words</c><00:21:33.240><c> of</c><00:21:33.519><c> thee.</c>

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Now<00:21:35.660><c> those</c><00:21:35.859><c> are</c><00:21:36.039><c> the</c><00:21:36.059><c> verses</c><00:21:36.240><c> that</c><00:21:36.460><c> really</c><00:21:36.660><c> tell</c><00:21:36.859><c> us</c><00:21:37.519><c> what</c><00:21:37.819><c> we</c>

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know<00:21:38.099><c> about</c><00:21:38.519><c> Cornelius.</c>

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And<00:21:40.160><c> when</c><00:21:40.380><c> we</c><00:21:40.579><c> put</c><00:21:40.799><c> those</c><00:21:41.079><c> facts</c><00:21:41.319><c> together,</c><00:21:42.240><c> they're</c><00:21:42.299><c> very</c><00:21:42.539><c> important.</c>

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I've<00:21:43.299><c> summarized</c><00:21:43.640><c> them</c><00:21:43.819><c> here</c><00:21:44.059><c> in</c><00:21:44.180><c> this</c><00:21:45.079><c> slide.</c>

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He<00:21:46.440><c> was</c><00:21:46.759><c> a</c><00:21:47.259><c> centurion</c><00:21:48.240><c> of</c><00:21:48.839><c> the</c><00:21:49.059><c> Italian</c><00:21:49.640><c> Band.</c>

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Just<00:21:51.480><c> a</c><00:21:51.680><c> reference</c><00:21:51.920><c> to</c><00:21:52.240><c> rank,</c><00:21:53.559><c> to</c><00:21:53.859><c> a</c><00:21:54.119><c> position</c><00:21:54.619><c> in</c><00:21:54.940><c> life.</c>

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You<00:21:57.119><c> can</c><00:21:57.279><c> almost</c><00:21:57.519><c> read</c><00:21:57.779><c> by</c><00:21:57.980><c> it</c><00:21:58.119><c> and</c><00:21:58.200><c> say,</c><00:21:59.079><c> well,</c><00:21:59.660><c> that's</c><00:22:00.059><c> interesting,</c><00:22:00.579><c> it's</c><00:22:00.799><c> unusual.</c>

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Not<00:22:02.380><c> only</c><00:22:02.519><c> was</c><00:22:02.660><c> he</c><00:22:02.799><c> a</c><00:22:02.940><c> Gentile,</c><00:22:03.359><c> but</c><00:22:03.500><c> he</c><00:22:04.279><c> was</c><00:22:04.420><c> an</c><00:22:04.619><c> army</c><00:22:04.859><c> official.</c>

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And<00:22:06.779><c> the</c><00:22:06.920><c> next</c><00:22:07.160><c> page</c><00:22:07.440><c> in</c><00:22:07.599><c> your</c><00:22:07.759><c> notes</c><00:22:07.940><c> will</c><00:22:08.220><c> show</c><00:22:08.759><c> what</c><00:22:09.180><c> we</c><00:22:09.359><c> know</c><00:22:09.539><c> about</c><00:22:09.779><c> some</c><00:22:09.960><c> of</c>

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these<00:22:10.200><c> army</c><00:22:10.480><c> officials.</c>

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We'll<00:22:11.079><c> just</c><00:22:11.279><c> pause</c><00:22:11.519><c> a</c><00:22:11.680><c> moment</c><00:22:11.940><c> to</c><00:22:12.839><c> look</c><00:22:13.059><c> at</c><00:22:13.240><c> that.</c>

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There<00:22:15.160><c> are</c><00:22:15.559><c> five</c><00:22:17.200><c> Roman</c><00:22:17.740><c> army</c><00:22:18.220><c> officers</c><00:22:18.980><c> who</c><00:22:20.140><c> are</c><00:22:20.319><c> described</c>

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in<00:22:20.819><c> the</c><00:22:20.900><c> New</c><00:22:21.099><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:22:23.240><c> all</c><00:22:23.460><c> of</c><00:22:23.619><c> them</c><00:22:23.900><c> are</c><00:22:24.200><c> men</c><00:22:24.619><c> of</c><00:22:25.059><c> principle</c><00:22:25.640><c> and</c><00:22:26.119><c> integrity.</c>

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While<00:22:28.500><c> the</c><00:22:28.759><c> Romans</c><00:22:29.119><c> in</c><00:22:29.720><c> general</c><00:22:30.000><c> might</c><00:22:30.240><c> have</c><00:22:30.440><c> been</c><00:22:30.740><c> people</c><00:22:31.220><c> of</c>

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aggressive<00:22:33.339><c> and</c><00:22:33.859><c> certainly</c><00:22:34.339><c> political</c><00:22:35.019><c> ambition,</c>

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the<00:22:37.140><c> Roman</c><00:22:37.539><c> army</c><00:22:37.940><c> officers</c><00:22:38.339><c> were</c><00:22:38.559><c> doing</c><00:22:38.759><c> their</c><00:22:39.099><c> job</c><00:22:39.359><c> as</c><00:22:39.599><c> servants</c><00:22:39.839><c> of</c><00:22:40.180><c> Caesar.</c>

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But<00:22:41.720><c> they</c><00:22:41.960><c> got</c><00:22:42.160><c> their</c><00:22:42.380><c> promotion</c><00:22:42.740><c> because</c><00:22:43.019><c> they</c><00:22:43.180><c> were</c><00:22:43.339><c> men</c>

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who<00:22:43.940><c> had</c><00:22:44.140><c> some</c><00:22:44.619><c> values</c><00:22:45.400><c> and</c><00:22:45.799><c> ethics</c><00:22:46.000><c> and</c><00:22:46.279><c> integrity.</c>

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They<00:22:46.920><c> weren't</c><00:22:47.220><c> riffraff.</c>

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And<00:22:49.539><c> the</c><00:22:49.740><c> five</c><00:22:50.000><c> who</c><00:22:50.119><c> were</c><00:22:50.299><c> mentioned</c><00:22:50.579><c> here</c><00:22:51.279><c> all</c><00:22:51.960><c> play</c><00:22:52.279><c> an</c><00:22:52.660><c> interesting</c><00:22:53.579><c> part</c>

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in<00:22:54.339><c> the</c><00:22:54.519><c> purpose</c><00:22:54.720><c> of</c><00:22:55.019><c> God.</c>

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We'll<00:22:55.599><c> just</c><00:22:55.740><c> look</c><00:22:55.920><c> up</c><00:22:56.059><c> the</c><00:22:56.279><c> first</c><00:22:56.539><c> one</c><00:22:57.339><c> in</c><00:22:57.920><c> Luke</c><00:22:58.119><c> chapter</c><00:22:58.500><c> 7.</c>

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The<00:22:58.920><c> rest</c><00:22:59.079><c> you</c><00:22:59.200><c> can</c><00:23:00.339><c> have</c><00:23:01.680><c> a</c><00:23:01.779><c> look</c><00:23:01.920><c> at</c><00:23:02.079><c> some</c><00:23:02.319><c> time.</c>

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I<00:23:03.480><c> think</c><00:23:03.660><c> you'll</c><00:23:03.859><c> find</c><00:23:04.039><c> them</c><00:23:04.200><c> all</c><00:23:04.380><c> interesting.</c>

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But<00:23:05.119><c> the</c><00:23:05.299><c> one</c><00:23:05.480><c> in</c><00:23:05.779><c> Luke</c><00:23:06.039><c> chapter</c><00:23:06.500><c> 7</c><00:23:07.640><c> is</c><00:23:09.539><c> very</c><00:23:09.900><c> interesting.</c>

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I<00:23:17.740><c> remember</c><00:23:18.019><c> reading</c><00:23:18.339><c> in</c><00:23:18.700><c> one</c><00:23:18.900><c> of</c><00:23:19.059><c> John</c><00:23:19.319><c> Carter's</c><00:23:19.660><c> books</c><00:23:20.339><c> about</c><00:23:21.640><c> this</c><00:23:21.900><c> incident.</c>

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And<00:23:23.400><c> what</c><00:23:23.640><c> Brother</c><00:23:23.940><c> Carter</c><00:23:24.299><c> pointed</c><00:23:25.079><c> out</c><00:23:25.759><c> was</c><00:23:26.240><c> that</c><00:23:26.400><c> in</c><00:23:26.519><c> this</c>

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little<00:23:27.000><c> narrative</c><00:23:27.339><c> here</c><00:23:27.640><c> about</c><00:23:27.980><c> the</c><00:23:28.660><c> centurion</c><00:23:29.299><c> who</c><00:23:29.559><c> had</c><00:23:29.740><c> a</c>

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servant<00:23:30.240><c> who</c><00:23:30.500><c> was</c><00:23:30.920><c> sick,</c>

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verse<00:23:32.619><c> 2,</c><00:23:33.960><c> and</c><00:23:34.099><c> who</c><00:23:34.339><c> sends</c><00:23:34.599><c> to</c><00:23:34.839><c> Jesus</c><00:23:35.180><c> to</c><00:23:35.420><c> ask</c><00:23:35.640><c> for</c><00:23:35.819><c> a</c><00:23:35.960><c> miracle</c>

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to<00:23:36.359><c> be</c><00:23:36.579><c> performed,</c>

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that<00:23:38.579><c> within</c><00:23:38.819><c> this</c><00:23:39.140><c> incident</c><00:23:39.480><c> are</c><00:23:39.799><c> embedded</c><00:23:40.240><c> three</c><00:23:41.119><c> assessments</c><00:23:41.720><c> of</c><00:23:41.920><c> this</c><00:23:42.180><c> man.</c>

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And<00:23:43.660><c> that's</c><00:23:43.799><c> what</c><00:23:43.960><c> I</c><00:23:44.240><c> wanted</c><00:23:44.400><c> to</c><00:23:44.720><c> particularly</c><00:23:45.160><c> point</c><00:23:45.940><c> your</c>

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attention<00:23:46.460><c> to.</c>

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Verse<00:23:47.200><c> 4,</c><00:23:49.799><c> when</c><00:23:50.059><c> they</c><00:23:50.319><c> came</c><00:23:50.519><c> to</c><00:23:50.720><c> Jesus</c><00:23:51.039><c> they</c><00:23:51.299><c> besought</c><00:23:51.799><c> him</c><00:23:52.519><c> instantly</c><00:23:53.200><c> saying</c><00:23:53.819><c> that</c><00:23:54.660><c> he</c>

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was<00:23:55.319><c> worthy</c><00:23:55.900><c> for</c><00:23:56.559><c> whom</c><00:23:56.859><c> he</c><00:23:57.240><c> should</c><00:23:57.400><c> do</c><00:23:57.700><c> this.</c>

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For<00:23:58.559><c> he</c><00:23:58.920><c> loveth</c><00:23:59.180><c> our</c><00:23:59.400><c> nation</c><00:23:59.900><c> and</c><00:24:00.420><c> he</c><00:24:00.619><c> hath</c><00:24:00.740><c> built</c><00:24:01.019><c> us</c><00:24:01.559><c> a</c><00:24:01.720><c> synagogue.</c>

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Now<00:24:03.079><c> this</c><00:24:03.339><c> is</c><00:24:04.059><c> a</c><00:24:04.339><c> Roman</c><00:24:05.019><c> centurion</c><00:24:06.160><c> who</c><00:24:06.839><c> sends</c><00:24:07.119><c> to</c><00:24:07.359><c> Jesus</c><00:24:07.819><c> to</c>

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ask<00:24:08.420><c> for</c><00:24:08.619><c> Jesus'</c><00:24:09.660><c> help.</c>

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And<00:24:11.599><c> the</c><00:24:11.779><c> Jews</c><00:24:12.000><c> who</c><00:24:12.319><c> were</c><00:24:12.380><c> around</c><00:24:12.779><c> said</c><00:24:13.119><c> that</c><00:24:13.299><c> he</c><00:24:13.359><c> was</c><00:24:13.579><c> worthy.</c>

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That's<00:24:14.259><c> the</c><00:24:14.440><c> first</c><00:24:14.680><c> assessment</c><00:24:15.039><c> of</c><00:24:15.220><c> this</c><00:24:15.460><c> man</c><00:24:15.799><c> because</c><00:24:16.259><c> he</c><00:24:16.420><c> loved</c><00:24:16.579><c> the</c><00:24:16.779><c> nation</c><00:24:16.980><c> and</c><00:24:17.140><c> he</c>

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built<00:24:17.380><c> a</c><00:24:17.559><c> synagogue.</c>

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So<00:24:20.440><c> he</c><00:24:20.920><c> has</c><00:24:21.079><c> to</c><00:24:21.240><c> do</c><00:24:21.339><c> his</c><00:24:21.480><c> job</c><00:24:21.700><c> as</c><00:24:21.839><c> a</c><00:24:22.019><c> centurion</c><00:24:22.500><c> but</c><00:24:22.700><c> he</c><00:24:22.900><c> is</c><00:24:23.119><c> clearly</c><00:24:23.359><c> aligned</c><00:24:23.859><c> and</c>

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has<00:24:24.119><c> some</c><00:24:24.339><c> understanding</c><00:24:24.960><c> and</c><00:24:25.240><c> sympathy</c><00:24:25.519><c> for</c><00:24:25.759><c> the</c><00:24:25.900><c> Jewish</c><00:24:26.099><c> people.</c>

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The<00:24:28.019><c> second</c><00:24:28.359><c> assessment</c><00:24:28.980><c> is</c><00:24:30.359><c> given</c><00:24:31.279><c> starting</c><00:24:33.259><c> in</c><00:24:33.400><c> verse</c><00:24:33.539><c> 6.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:34.220><c> went</c><00:24:35.000><c> with</c><00:24:35.319><c> them</c><00:24:35.519><c> and</c><00:24:35.619><c> when</c><00:24:35.819><c> he</c><00:24:35.960><c> was</c><00:24:36.339><c> now</c><00:24:36.599><c> not</c><00:24:36.880><c> far</c><00:24:37.079><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:37.400><c> house,</c>

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the<00:24:37.799><c> centurion</c><00:24:38.299><c> sent</c><00:24:38.559><c> friends</c><00:24:38.880><c> to</c><00:24:39.000><c> him</c><00:24:39.240><c> saying</c><00:24:39.740><c> unto</c><00:24:40.079><c> him,</c><00:24:40.380><c> Lord,</c><00:24:40.680><c> trouble</c><00:24:41.160><c> not</c><00:24:41.480><c> thyself,</c><00:24:42.079><c> for</c><00:24:42.420><c> I</c>

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am<00:24:43.420><c> not</c><00:24:43.859><c> worthy</c><00:24:44.440><c> that</c><00:24:44.960><c> thou</c><00:24:45.200><c> shouldest</c><00:24:45.700><c> enter</c><00:24:45.980><c> unto</c><00:24:46.279><c> my</c><00:24:46.619><c> roof.</c>

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Neither<00:24:47.460><c> thought</c><00:24:48.079><c> I</c><00:24:48.900><c> myself</c><00:24:49.440><c> worthy</c><00:24:49.819><c> to</c><00:24:50.099><c> come</c><00:24:50.440><c> unto</c><00:24:50.720><c> thee,</c><00:24:51.559><c> but</c><00:24:51.720><c> say</c><00:24:51.859><c> in</c>

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a<00:24:52.160><c> word</c><00:24:52.579><c> and</c><00:24:53.059><c> my</c><00:24:53.279><c> servant</c><00:24:53.480><c> shall</c><00:24:53.700><c> be</c><00:24:53.900><c> healed.</c>

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So<00:24:54.299><c> the</c><00:24:54.500><c> second</c><00:24:54.859><c> assessment</c><00:24:55.380><c> in</c><00:24:55.579><c> this</c><00:24:55.799><c> chapter</c><00:24:56.220><c> is</c><00:24:57.279><c> the</c><00:24:57.559><c> centurion's</c><00:24:58.140><c> own</c><00:24:58.359><c> assessment.</c>

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I<00:24:59.700><c> am</c><00:25:00.240><c> not</c><00:25:00.640><c> worthy.</c><00:25:02.619><c> I</c><00:25:02.839><c> thought</c><00:25:03.599><c> myself</c><00:25:04.980><c> not</c><00:25:05.619><c> to</c><00:25:05.799><c> be</c><00:25:06.000><c> worthy.</c>

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The<00:25:06.440><c> people</c><00:25:06.680><c> thought</c><00:25:06.900><c> he</c><00:25:07.019><c> was</c><00:25:07.180><c> worthy.</c><00:25:07.880><c> Jesus</c><00:25:08.279><c> should</c><00:25:08.680><c> listen</c>

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to<00:25:09.160><c> this</c><00:25:09.359><c> appeal.</c>

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The<00:25:10.559><c> centurion</c><00:25:10.980><c> says,</c><00:25:11.339><c> no,</c><00:25:11.599><c> I'm</c><00:25:12.039><c> not</c><00:25:12.259><c> worthy.</c><00:25:12.539><c> Just</c><00:25:12.700><c> say</c><00:25:12.920><c> the</c>

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word.<00:25:13.339><c> Don't</c><00:25:13.480><c> come</c><00:25:13.680><c> to</c><00:25:13.779><c> my</c><00:25:13.900><c> house.</c><00:25:14.099><c> Just</c><00:25:14.299><c> say</c><00:25:14.500><c> the</c><00:25:14.680><c> word</c><00:25:15.079><c> and</c>

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it<00:25:15.299><c> can</c><00:25:15.480><c> happen.</c>

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The<00:25:17.119><c> third</c><00:25:17.380><c> assessment</c><00:25:18.000><c> and</c><00:25:18.940><c> the</c><00:25:19.079><c> most</c><00:25:19.299><c> important</c><00:25:19.819><c> assessment</c><00:25:20.299><c> is</c><00:25:20.559><c> this</c>

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one<00:25:21.019><c> in</c><00:25:21.200><c> verse</c><00:25:21.660><c> 9.</c>

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When<00:25:23.579><c> Jesus</c><00:25:24.019><c> heard</c><00:25:24.279><c> these</c><00:25:24.640><c> things,</c><00:25:26.119><c> he</c><00:25:26.299><c> marveled</c><00:25:27.140><c> at</c><00:25:27.500><c> him</c><00:25:28.000><c> and</c>

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turned<00:25:28.880><c> him</c><00:25:29.079><c> about</c><00:25:29.339><c> and</c><00:25:29.599><c> said</c><00:25:29.720><c> unto</c><00:25:29.920><c> the</c><00:25:30.160><c> people</c><00:25:30.420><c> that</c><00:25:30.740><c> followed</c><00:25:30.900><c> him,</c>

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I<00:25:31.380><c> say</c><00:25:31.619><c> unto</c><00:25:31.880><c> you,</c><00:25:32.619><c> I</c><00:25:33.079><c> have</c><00:25:33.359><c> not</c><00:25:34.680><c> found</c><00:25:35.200><c> so</c><00:25:35.599><c> great</c><00:25:36.019><c> faith,</c><00:25:37.180><c> no,</c>

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not<00:25:38.440><c> in</c><00:25:38.880><c> Israel.</c>

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That's<00:25:41.700><c> amazing.</c><00:25:43.000><c> An</c><00:25:43.180><c> absolutely</c><00:25:43.559><c> amazing</c><00:25:44.079><c> disclosure</c><00:25:44.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:44.819><c> Lord</c><00:25:44.940><c> Jesus.</c>

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In<00:25:45.380><c> all</c><00:25:45.599><c> his</c><00:25:45.779><c> preaching</c><00:25:46.019><c> he</c><00:25:46.180><c> says,</c><00:25:46.640><c> I</c><00:25:46.660><c> haven't</c><00:25:47.000><c> found</c><00:25:47.299><c> so</c><00:25:47.500><c> great</c><00:25:47.799><c> faith</c><00:25:48.180><c> as</c><00:25:48.660><c> I</c>

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see<00:25:49.339><c> in</c><00:25:49.579><c> this</c><00:25:49.880><c> Roman</c><00:25:50.299><c> centurion.</c>

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The<00:25:53.079><c> people</c><00:25:53.299><c> said</c><00:25:53.500><c> he</c><00:25:53.579><c> was</c><00:25:53.799><c> worthy.</c><00:25:54.859><c> He</c><00:25:55.140><c> said</c><00:25:55.299><c> he</c><00:25:55.400><c> wasn't</c><00:25:55.680><c> worthy.</c>

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And<00:25:56.680><c> Jesus</c><00:25:56.940><c> said</c><00:25:57.299><c> he's</c><00:25:58.200><c> better</c><00:25:58.420><c> than</c><00:25:58.579><c> anybody</c><00:25:58.759><c> I've</c><00:25:58.980><c> seen</c><00:25:59.160><c> so</c><00:25:59.500><c> far.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:26:01.000><c> we</c><00:26:01.279><c> like</c><00:26:01.460><c> to</c><00:26:01.660><c> have</c><00:26:01.740><c> that</c><00:26:02.000><c> assessment</c><00:26:02.319><c> of</c><00:26:02.519><c> ourselves?</c>

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And<00:26:04.720><c> so</c><00:26:05.319><c> my</c><00:26:06.059><c> point</c><00:26:06.420><c> here</c><00:26:06.759><c> is</c><00:26:06.980><c> that</c><00:26:07.160><c> the</c><00:26:07.400><c> centurions</c><00:26:07.839><c> we</c><00:26:08.059><c> encounter</c><00:26:08.440><c> in</c><00:26:08.579><c> the</c>

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New<00:26:08.839><c> Testament</c><00:26:09.160><c> are</c><00:26:09.460><c> men</c><00:26:09.980><c> of</c><00:26:10.700><c> character.</c>

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They're<00:26:11.460><c> not</c><00:26:11.700><c> riffraff.</c><00:26:12.339><c> They're</c><00:26:12.480><c> not</c><00:26:12.680><c> just</c><00:26:12.940><c> selfish</c><00:26:13.200><c> men</c><00:26:13.440><c> out</c><00:26:13.640><c> to</c>

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exploit<00:26:14.180><c> their</c><00:26:14.359><c> position.</c>

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The<00:26:15.640><c> centurion</c><00:26:16.000><c> at</c><00:26:16.140><c> the</c><00:26:16.400><c> cross</c><00:26:16.599><c> said,</c><00:26:18.099><c> truly,</c><00:26:19.700><c> this</c><00:26:19.839><c> was</c><00:26:20.059><c> a</c><00:26:20.200><c> son</c><00:26:20.299><c> of</c>

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God<00:26:20.960><c> when</c><00:26:22.079><c> he</c><00:26:22.240><c> witnessed</c><00:26:22.500><c> the</c><00:26:22.660><c> death</c><00:26:22.819><c> of</c><00:26:23.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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How<00:26:24.019><c> many</c><00:26:24.359><c> people,</c><00:26:25.500><c> how</c><00:26:25.759><c> many</c><00:26:26.099><c> other</c><00:26:26.480><c> people</c><00:26:27.140><c> at</c><00:26:27.779><c> that</c><00:26:28.079><c> moment</c>

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said,<00:26:29.759><c> truly,</c><00:26:31.640><c> this</c><00:26:31.759><c> was</c><00:26:32.000><c> a</c><00:26:32.119><c> son</c><00:26:32.220><c> of</c><00:26:32.440><c> God?</c>

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They<00:26:34.640><c> had</c><00:26:34.720><c> that</c><00:26:34.980><c> insight.</c>

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I<00:26:38.319><c> think</c><00:26:38.480><c> we</c><00:26:38.599><c> could</c><00:26:38.779><c> count</c><00:26:39.000><c> them</c><00:26:39.359><c> on</c><00:26:39.579><c> the</c><00:26:39.700><c> fingers</c><00:26:39.859><c> of</c><00:26:40.019><c> our</c><00:26:40.240><c> hand.</c>

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Cornelius<00:26:44.039><c> we're</c><00:26:44.220><c> looking</c><00:26:44.519><c> at,</c><00:26:44.819><c> the</c><00:26:44.980><c> chief</c><00:26:45.259><c> captain</c><00:26:45.559><c> who</c><00:26:45.799><c> rescued</c><00:26:46.119><c> Paul</c><00:26:46.559><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:26:47.819><c> Claudius</c><00:26:48.359><c> Lysius.</c>

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He's<00:26:50.200><c> the</c><00:26:50.380><c> next</c><00:26:50.640><c> level</c><00:26:50.920><c> up.</c><00:26:51.180><c> He</c><00:26:51.240><c> wasn't</c><00:26:51.559><c> a</c><00:26:51.839><c> centurion.</c><00:26:52.440><c> He's</c>

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the<00:26:52.819><c> next</c><00:26:53.039><c> level</c><00:26:53.299><c> up.</c><00:26:53.460><c> He's</c><00:26:53.619><c> in</c><00:26:53.839><c> charge</c><00:26:54.039><c> of</c><00:26:54.279><c> centurions.</c>

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He's<00:26:55.660><c> a</c><00:26:55.839><c> man</c><00:26:56.220><c> who's</c><00:26:56.599><c> a</c><00:26:56.839><c> prince.</c><00:26:58.240><c> He</c><00:26:58.519><c> looked</c><00:26:58.740><c> after</c><00:26:59.099><c> Paul.</c>

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He's<00:27:01.259><c> a</c><00:27:01.319><c> man</c><00:27:01.500><c> who</c><00:27:01.720><c> acts</c><00:27:01.940><c> with</c><00:27:02.240><c> discretion</c><00:27:02.880><c> in</c><00:27:03.440><c> the</c><00:27:03.640><c> matter</c><00:27:03.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:04.720><c> conspiracy</c><00:27:05.579><c> when</c><00:27:06.720><c> Paul's</c><00:27:07.200><c> nephew</c><00:27:07.599><c> went</c><00:27:08.039><c> to</c><00:27:08.400><c> see</c><00:27:09.220><c> Claudius</c><00:27:09.700><c> Lysius.</c>

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And<00:27:10.519><c> he</c><00:27:10.680><c> calls</c><00:27:10.940><c> him</c><00:27:11.220><c> aside</c><00:27:11.559><c> privately</c><00:27:12.140><c> and</c><00:27:12.779><c> asks</c><00:27:13.059><c> him</c><00:27:13.940><c> what</c>

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the<00:27:15.119><c> reason</c><00:27:15.480><c> that</c><00:27:15.900><c> Paul</c><00:27:16.200><c> sent</c><00:27:16.539><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:17.940><c> he</c><00:27:18.180><c> ensures</c><00:27:18.599><c> his</c><00:27:18.920><c> safety</c><00:27:19.240><c> by</c><00:27:20.079><c> delivering</c><00:27:20.720><c> Paul</c><00:27:21.859><c> out</c><00:27:22.099><c> of</c>

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Jerusalem<00:27:22.640><c> and</c><00:27:22.839><c> taking</c><00:27:23.039><c> him</c><00:27:23.380><c> to</c><00:27:23.640><c> Caesarea.</c>

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The<00:27:24.519><c> city</c><00:27:24.720><c> we're</c><00:27:25.039><c> looking</c><00:27:25.319><c> at</c><00:27:25.519><c> now,</c><00:27:26.359><c> taking</c><00:27:26.460><c> him</c><00:27:26.640><c> from</c><00:27:26.839><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:27.200><c> to</c><00:27:27.480><c> Caesarea</c><00:27:27.980><c> with</c><00:27:28.500><c> this</c><00:27:28.819><c> great</c><00:27:29.160><c> entourage</c><00:27:29.759><c> of</c>

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Roman<00:27:31.000><c> soldiers</c><00:27:31.480><c> and</c><00:27:31.759><c> horsemen.</c>

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And<00:27:33.359><c> an</c><00:27:33.500><c> inordinate</c><00:27:33.720><c> number</c><00:27:34.000><c> of</c><00:27:34.200><c> men</c><00:27:34.579><c> to</c><00:27:35.059><c> ensure</c><00:27:35.339><c> the</c><00:27:35.539><c> safety</c>

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of<00:27:36.019><c> Paul.</c>

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The<00:27:37.000><c> man</c><00:27:37.079><c> is</c><00:27:37.240><c> a</c><00:27:37.480><c> prince</c><00:27:37.779><c> and</c><00:27:38.000><c> then</c><00:27:38.200><c> Julius</c><00:27:38.660><c> who</c><00:27:39.380><c> escorts</c><00:27:39.779><c> Paul</c>

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from<00:27:40.480><c> Caesarea</c><00:27:41.279><c> to</c><00:27:41.660><c> Rome</c><00:27:41.920><c> for</c><00:27:42.119><c> his</c><00:27:42.380><c> trial</c><00:27:42.559><c> before</c><00:27:42.940><c> Caesar.</c>

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Who<00:27:43.940><c> again,</c><00:27:45.700><c> when</c><00:27:45.880><c> the</c><00:27:46.119><c> ship</c><00:27:46.400><c> was</c><00:27:47.200><c> wrecked</c><00:27:48.720><c> and</c><00:27:49.000><c> there</c><00:27:49.380><c> was</c><00:27:49.599><c> concern</c><00:27:50.160><c> by</c>

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the<00:27:50.660><c> soldiers</c><00:27:50.900><c> that</c><00:27:51.079><c> the</c><00:27:51.259><c> prisoners</c><00:27:51.500><c> would</c><00:27:51.740><c> escape.</c>

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It<00:27:53.039><c> says,</c><00:27:53.599><c> the</c><00:27:53.859><c> record</c><00:27:54.079><c> says,</c><00:27:55.059><c> that</c><00:27:55.319><c> Julius,</c><00:27:56.019><c> the</c><00:27:56.220><c> centurion,</c>

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willing<00:27:57.839><c> to</c><00:27:59.019><c> ensure</c><00:27:59.599><c> Paul's</c><00:28:00.440><c> safety</c><00:28:00.859><c> says,</c>

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no,<00:28:02.480><c> we're</c><00:28:02.579><c> not</c><00:28:02.759><c> going</c><00:28:02.880><c> to</c><00:28:02.960><c> kill</c><00:28:03.059><c> the</c><00:28:03.279><c> prisoners.</c><00:28:03.619><c> We'll</c><00:28:03.819><c> try</c>

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.640
to<00:28:04.259><c> protect</c><00:28:04.539><c> them.</c>

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:11.039
So<00:28:06.279><c> in</c><00:28:06.420><c> every</c><00:28:06.720><c> case</c><00:28:07.059><c> when</c><00:28:07.240><c> we</c><00:28:07.359><c> read</c><00:28:07.539><c> of</c><00:28:07.740><c> centurions</c><00:28:08.140><c> in</c><00:28:08.299><c> the</c><00:28:08.339><c> New</c><00:28:08.519><c> Testament,</c><00:28:08.880><c> they</c><00:28:08.980><c> are</c><00:28:09.259><c> men</c><00:28:09.740><c> who</c><00:28:10.359><c> act</c><00:28:10.700><c> on</c>

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:13.240
behalf<00:28:11.740><c> of</c><00:28:12.359><c> God's</c><00:28:12.859><c> people.</c>

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:19.279
They<00:28:13.619><c> play</c><00:28:13.799><c> an</c><00:28:14.119><c> important</c><00:28:14.460><c> role</c><00:28:14.859><c> here.</c><00:28:17.859><c> And</c><00:28:18.460><c> Cornelius</c><00:28:18.880><c> was</c><00:28:19.079><c> a</c>

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.839
man<00:28:19.539><c> of</c><00:28:19.740><c> this</c><00:28:19.980><c> caliber.</c>

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:34.420
That<00:28:30.660><c> was</c><00:28:31.000><c> the</c><00:28:31.720><c> station</c><00:28:32.180><c> where</c><00:28:32.519><c> the</c><00:28:32.940><c> Romans</c><00:28:33.299><c> had</c><00:28:33.880><c> established</c>

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:39.859
as<00:28:34.680><c> a</c><00:28:34.819><c> base</c><00:28:35.119><c> in</c><00:28:35.359><c> Judea</c><00:28:36.640><c> to</c><00:28:37.240><c> have</c><00:28:38.259><c> their</c><00:28:38.980><c> Roman</c><00:28:39.319><c> garrison.</c>

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:43.240
They<00:28:40.420><c> had</c><00:28:40.619><c> troops</c><00:28:40.859><c> up</c><00:28:41.059><c> in</c><00:28:41.299><c> Syria.</c><00:28:41.819><c> They</c><00:28:41.940><c> had</c><00:28:42.099><c> a</c><00:28:42.180><c> big</c><00:28:42.359><c> garrison</c><00:28:42.720><c> there.</c>

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:47.799
But<00:28:43.799><c> so</c><00:28:44.039><c> far</c><00:28:44.180><c> as</c><00:28:44.380><c> Palestine</c><00:28:44.740><c> was</c><00:28:44.980><c> concerned,</c><00:28:47.000><c> Caesarea</c><00:28:47.440><c> was</c>

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:49.000
the<00:28:47.980><c> location.</c>

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:53.180
And<00:28:49.400><c> the</c><00:28:49.599><c> Italian</c><00:28:49.940><c> band</c><00:28:50.259><c> was</c><00:28:50.440><c> one</c><00:28:50.619><c> of</c><00:28:51.500><c> several</c><00:28:51.500><c> large</c><00:28:52.599><c> bands</c>

00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:59.240
of<00:28:54.819><c> Roman</c><00:28:55.880><c> troops</c><00:28:56.279><c> that</c><00:28:56.440><c> were</c><00:28:56.680><c> stationed</c><00:28:57.119><c> in</c><00:28:57.700><c> Judea</c><00:28:58.079><c> to</c><00:28:58.380><c> ensure</c><00:28:58.700><c> the</c><00:28:58.940><c> safety.</c>

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:02.359
And<00:28:59.740><c> it</c><00:28:59.799><c> was</c><00:28:59.940><c> from</c><00:29:00.140><c> this</c><00:29:00.299><c> location</c><00:29:00.900><c> that</c><00:29:01.440><c> the</c><00:29:01.640><c> soldiers</c><00:29:01.940><c> went</c>

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:06.619
on<00:29:02.759><c> the</c><00:29:02.920><c> Jewish</c><00:29:03.220><c> feast</c><00:29:03.500><c> days</c><00:29:03.819><c> when</c><00:29:04.240><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:05.559><c> swelled</c><00:29:06.000><c> from</c>

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:09.299
a<00:29:06.980><c> population</c><00:29:07.420><c> of</c><00:29:07.640><c> 50</c><00:29:07.920><c>,000</c><00:29:08.259><c> to</c><00:29:08.420><c> 500</c><00:29:08.839><c>,000.</c>

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:12.900
All<00:29:09.460><c> these</c><00:29:09.660><c> Jews</c><00:29:09.859><c> migrating</c><00:29:10.359><c> back</c><00:29:10.700><c> for</c><00:29:11.640><c> the</c><00:29:12.079><c> national</c><00:29:12.660><c> feast,</c>

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:16.559
the<00:29:13.220><c> Passover,</c><00:29:14.559><c> and</c><00:29:14.880><c> the</c><00:29:15.019><c> other</c><00:29:15.279><c> feasts,</c><00:29:15.619><c> and</c><00:29:15.779><c> they</c><00:29:16.380><c> worried</c>

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:18.619
about<00:29:16.819><c> insurrection</c><00:29:17.380><c> and</c><00:29:17.619><c> rebellion.</c>

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:22.880
The<00:29:19.200><c> troops</c><00:29:19.500><c> came</c><00:29:19.920><c> from</c><00:29:20.380><c> Caesarea</c><00:29:21.160><c> down</c><00:29:22.000><c> into</c><00:29:22.200><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:22.680><c> to</c>

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.259
ensure<00:29:23.140><c> the</c><00:29:23.380><c> safety.</c>

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:30.599
He<00:29:25.440><c> feared</c><00:29:25.779><c> God.</c><00:29:26.599><c> He</c><00:29:26.720><c> was</c><00:29:26.940><c> a</c><00:29:27.140><c> devout</c><00:29:27.519><c> man.</c><00:29:28.660><c> He</c><00:29:28.819><c> gave</c><00:29:29.299><c> alms</c><00:29:30.039><c> to</c>

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.240
the<00:29:30.799><c> people.</c>

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:35.859
He<00:29:32.619><c> prayed</c><00:29:33.140><c> to</c><00:29:33.619><c> God</c><00:29:34.480><c> continually.</c>

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:43.079
And<00:29:37.119><c> here</c><00:29:37.279><c> we</c><00:29:37.559><c> stop</c><00:29:38.019><c> and</c><00:29:39.240><c> we</c><00:29:39.460><c> say,</c><00:29:41.220><c> this</c><00:29:41.299><c> is</c><00:29:41.480><c> an</c><00:29:41.660><c> amazing</c><00:29:41.940><c> thing.</c>

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:50.079
A<00:29:44.759><c> Roman</c><00:29:45.119><c> army</c><00:29:45.519><c> officer,</c><00:29:46.480><c> a</c><00:29:46.640><c> Gentile,</c><00:29:48.019><c> praying</c><00:29:48.400><c> to</c><00:29:49.039><c> God.</c>

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:52.579
And<00:29:50.680><c> God</c><00:29:51.180><c> hears</c><00:29:51.759><c> this</c><00:29:52.099><c> prayer.</c>

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:58.700
Thine<00:29:53.940><c> alms</c><00:29:54.579><c> and</c><00:29:54.980><c> thy</c><00:29:55.140><c> prayers</c><00:29:55.660><c> are</c><00:29:55.920><c> come</c><00:29:56.160><c> up</c><00:29:56.819><c> before</c><00:29:57.579><c> God,</c>

00:29:59.299 --> 00:30:00.819
the<00:29:59.440><c> record</c><00:29:59.680><c> tells</c><00:30:00.000><c> us.</c>

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:04.440
God<00:30:01.460><c> heard</c><00:30:01.819><c> the</c><00:30:02.119><c> prayers</c><00:30:02.579><c> of</c><00:30:03.119><c> Cornelius.</c>

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:08.119
And<00:30:04.880><c> we</c><00:30:05.039><c> sometimes</c><00:30:05.460><c> debate</c><00:30:06.099><c> whether</c><00:30:06.559><c> or</c><00:30:06.759><c> not</c><00:30:07.019><c> people</c><00:30:07.500><c> who</c><00:30:07.960><c> are</c>

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.700
unbaptized<00:30:08.740><c> can</c><00:30:09.000><c> pray</c><00:30:09.140><c> to</c><00:30:09.400><c> God.</c>

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.240
We<00:30:10.220><c> wonder</c><00:30:10.519><c> about</c><00:30:11.200><c> the</c><00:30:11.680><c> relationship</c><00:30:12.279><c> of</c><00:30:12.700><c> these</c><00:30:12.920><c> people</c><00:30:13.099><c> to</c>

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:15.380
God,<00:30:13.559><c> their</c><00:30:13.700><c> access</c><00:30:14.200><c> to</c><00:30:14.400><c> God.</c>

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:19.960
And<00:30:16.359><c> I</c><00:30:16.460><c> think</c><00:30:16.599><c> the</c><00:30:16.819><c> issue</c><00:30:17.420><c> can</c><00:30:18.519><c> really</c><00:30:19.019><c> be</c><00:30:19.319><c> broken</c><00:30:19.579><c> down</c><00:30:19.819><c> in</c>

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.420
this<00:30:20.180><c> way.</c>

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:27.519
That<00:30:23.019><c> people</c><00:30:23.420><c> unbaptized</c><00:30:24.720><c> can</c><00:30:26.119><c> pray</c><00:30:26.339><c> to</c><00:30:26.579><c> God.</c>

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.700
And<00:30:28.119><c> God</c><00:30:28.319><c> will</c><00:30:28.539><c> hear</c><00:30:28.700><c> them.</c><00:30:28.839><c> This</c><00:30:29.019><c> tells</c><00:30:29.240><c> us</c><00:30:29.440><c> that.</c><00:30:29.559><c> There's</c>

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.859
no<00:30:29.839><c> mistake.</c>

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:34.779
But<00:30:31.700><c> what</c><00:30:31.900><c> do</c><00:30:32.000><c> they</c><00:30:32.160><c> pray</c><00:30:32.339><c> about?</c><00:30:33.380><c> That's</c><00:30:33.700><c> the</c><00:30:33.859><c> issue.</c>

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:41.559
Anyone<00:30:36.119><c> who</c><00:30:36.640><c> realizes</c><00:30:37.220><c> what</c><00:30:38.240><c> they</c><00:30:38.500><c> enjoy</c><00:30:38.779><c> in</c><00:30:39.000><c> life</c><00:30:39.420><c> can</c><00:30:39.819><c> be</c><00:30:40.079><c> thankful</c><00:30:40.339><c> to</c><00:30:40.539><c> God.</c>

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:44.680
And<00:30:42.539><c> express</c><00:30:43.019><c> that</c><00:30:43.279><c> thanks</c><00:30:43.500><c> to</c><00:30:43.680><c> God.</c>

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:50.579
They<00:30:45.980><c> can</c><00:30:46.220><c> ask</c><00:30:46.480><c> God</c><00:30:46.920><c> for</c><00:30:47.700><c> help</c><00:30:48.200><c> and</c><00:30:49.759><c> guidance,</c><00:30:50.339><c> particularly</c>

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:52.900
in<00:30:50.779><c> a</c><00:30:50.859><c> matter</c><00:30:51.099><c> of</c><00:30:51.599><c> trying</c><00:30:51.900><c> to</c><00:30:52.140><c> improve</c><00:30:52.400><c> their</c><00:30:52.660><c> lives.</c>

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:56.299
And<00:30:53.119><c> live</c><00:30:53.779><c> a</c><00:30:53.880><c> life</c><00:30:54.099><c> that</c><00:30:54.259><c> might</c><00:30:54.539><c> be</c><00:30:54.839><c> pleasing</c><00:30:55.119><c> to</c><00:30:55.380><c> God.</c>

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:59.900
So<00:30:57.140><c> they</c><00:30:57.259><c> can</c><00:30:57.420><c> ask</c><00:30:57.640><c> for</c><00:30:57.799><c> direction.</c><00:30:58.220><c> They</c><00:30:58.339><c> can</c><00:30:58.519><c> ask</c><00:30:58.720><c> for</c><00:30:58.920><c> guidance.</c>

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:05.460
What<00:31:01.180><c> a</c><00:31:01.539><c> person</c><00:31:02.000><c> unbaptized</c><00:31:02.920><c> cannot</c><00:31:03.380><c> pray</c><00:31:03.740><c> for</c><00:31:04.460><c> and</c><00:31:04.980><c> expect</c>

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:09.160
to<00:31:05.720><c> have</c><00:31:05.940><c> answered</c><00:31:06.440><c> is</c><00:31:07.140><c> forgiveness</c><00:31:07.660><c> of</c><00:31:08.220><c> sins.</c>

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:14.380
And<00:31:10.480><c> the</c><00:31:10.619><c> reason</c><00:31:10.859><c> we</c><00:31:11.099><c> say</c><00:31:11.279><c> that</c><00:31:11.500><c> is,</c><00:31:12.079><c> forgiveness</c><00:31:12.200><c> of</c><00:31:12.660><c> sins</c><00:31:12.900><c> comes</c><00:31:13.500><c> as</c>

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:18.119
a<00:31:14.740><c> consequence</c><00:31:15.220><c> of</c><00:31:15.380><c> our</c><00:31:15.660><c> relationship</c><00:31:16.299><c> to</c><00:31:17.200><c> Jesus</c><00:31:17.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:24.099
We<00:31:18.339><c> are</c><00:31:18.680><c> baptized</c><00:31:19.440><c> into</c><00:31:20.180><c> Christ.</c><00:31:21.259><c> Christ</c><00:31:21.640><c> died</c><00:31:22.220><c> for</c><00:31:22.799><c> our</c><00:31:23.099><c> sins.</c>

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:27.039
So<00:31:25.099><c> if</c><00:31:25.220><c> you</c><00:31:25.359><c> think</c><00:31:25.519><c> about</c><00:31:25.740><c> it</c><00:31:25.859><c> in</c><00:31:25.980><c> that</c><00:31:26.180><c> way,</c><00:31:26.339><c> when</c><00:31:26.480><c> we</c><00:31:26.680><c> teach</c><00:31:26.839><c> a</c>

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:29.740
child<00:31:27.220><c> to</c><00:31:27.559><c> pray,</c><00:31:28.339><c> that</c><00:31:28.559><c> is</c><00:31:28.759><c> a</c><00:31:28.920><c> valid</c><00:31:29.119><c> thing</c><00:31:29.359><c> to</c><00:31:29.599><c> do.</c>

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:33.200
We<00:31:29.920><c> teach</c><00:31:30.140><c> a</c><00:31:30.319><c> child</c><00:31:30.460><c> to</c><00:31:30.599><c> be</c><00:31:30.839><c> thankful.</c><00:31:31.640><c> We</c><00:31:32.119><c> teach</c><00:31:32.380><c> a</c><00:31:32.640><c> child</c><00:31:32.940><c> to</c>

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.920
pray<00:31:33.420><c> for</c><00:31:33.680><c> help</c><00:31:33.839><c> and</c><00:31:34.039><c> guidance</c><00:31:34.299><c> in</c><00:31:34.480><c> their</c><00:31:34.640><c> lives.</c>

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:37.579
And<00:31:35.119><c> that</c><00:31:35.119><c> God</c><00:31:35.339><c> will</c><00:31:35.519><c> help</c><00:31:35.660><c> them</c><00:31:35.859><c> to</c><00:31:36.000><c> grow</c><00:31:36.140><c> up</c><00:31:36.400><c> and</c><00:31:37.000><c> to</c><00:31:37.180><c> be</c><00:31:37.359><c> an</c>

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:39.039
obedient<00:31:37.940><c> person.</c>

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:41.579
And<00:31:39.759><c> we</c><00:31:39.859><c> can</c><00:31:40.019><c> pray</c><00:31:40.180><c> for</c><00:31:40.299><c> that</c><00:31:40.440><c> ourselves.</c>

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:46.660
But<00:31:42.039><c> there</c><00:31:42.299><c> comes</c><00:31:42.559><c> a</c><00:31:42.779><c> point</c><00:31:43.039><c> where</c><00:31:43.259><c> if</c><00:31:43.420><c> a</c><00:31:43.539><c> person</c><00:31:43.819><c> is</c><00:31:44.859><c> genuinely</c><00:31:45.480><c> sincere</c>

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:48.259
about<00:31:47.099><c> having</c><00:31:47.440><c> sins</c><00:31:47.700><c> forgiven,</c>

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:51.940
they<00:31:48.799><c> can't</c><00:31:49.180><c> pray</c><00:31:49.660><c> to</c><00:31:50.220><c> have</c><00:31:50.359><c> sins</c><00:31:50.619><c> forgiven</c><00:31:51.119><c> and</c><00:31:51.380><c> expect</c><00:31:51.759><c> that</c>

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:54.980
to<00:31:52.180><c> happen</c><00:31:52.440><c> if</c><00:31:52.839><c> they</c><00:31:53.039><c> don't</c><00:31:53.220><c> take</c><00:31:53.460><c> the</c><00:31:53.680><c> next</c><00:31:54.019><c> essential</c><00:31:54.579><c> step</c>

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.160
and<00:31:55.380><c> get</c><00:31:55.579><c> baptized.</c>

00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.220
That's<00:31:56.740><c> the</c><00:31:56.880><c> command</c><00:31:57.140><c> of</c><00:31:57.339><c> God.</c><00:31:57.660><c> To</c><00:31:57.859><c> repent</c><00:31:58.460><c> and</c><00:31:59.019><c> be</c><00:31:59.380><c> baptized</c>

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:03.859
for<00:32:01.339><c> the</c><00:32:01.920><c> remission</c><00:32:02.720><c> of</c><00:32:03.079><c> your</c><00:32:03.319><c> sins.</c>

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:08.259
For<00:32:04.400><c> the</c><00:32:04.599><c> forgiveness</c><00:32:05.220><c> of</c><00:32:05.859><c> your</c><00:32:06.160><c> sins.</c><00:32:06.400><c> It's</c><00:32:06.700><c> really</c><00:32:06.980><c> very</c><00:32:07.240><c> simple,</c><00:32:07.579><c> isn't</c><00:32:07.740><c> it,</c><00:32:07.819><c> when</c><00:32:07.920><c> you</c><00:32:08.059><c> think</c><00:32:08.180><c> of</c>

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.519
it<00:32:08.380><c> in</c><00:32:08.500><c> that</c><00:32:08.700><c> way?</c>

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:12.279
The<00:32:09.779><c> unbaptized</c><00:32:10.279><c> can</c><00:32:10.420><c> give</c><00:32:10.619><c> thanks</c><00:32:10.859><c> and</c><00:32:11.000><c> pray</c><00:32:11.140><c> for</c><00:32:11.359><c> guidance.</c>

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:18.680
Those<00:32:12.660><c> who</c><00:32:12.839><c> are</c><00:32:13.099><c> baptized</c><00:32:13.480><c> into</c><00:32:13.720><c> Christ</c><00:32:14.279><c> can</c><00:32:14.740><c> now</c><00:32:15.099><c> add</c><00:32:15.440><c> to</c><00:32:15.559><c> their</c><00:32:15.759><c> prayers,</c><00:32:17.779><c> petition</c><00:32:18.220><c> for</c>

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.579
forgiveness<00:32:18.980><c> of</c><00:32:19.299><c> sins.</c>

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:23.579
And<00:32:19.980><c> because</c><00:32:20.480><c> they</c><00:32:20.660><c> are</c><00:32:20.859><c> in</c><00:32:21.119><c> Christ,</c><00:32:22.220><c> God</c><00:32:22.579><c> has</c><00:32:23.099><c> promised</c><00:32:23.380><c> that</c>

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.599
our<00:32:23.759><c> sins</c><00:32:23.900><c> will</c><00:32:24.119><c> be</c><00:32:24.339><c> forgiven.</c>

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:27.779
And<00:32:24.799><c> that's</c><00:32:25.079><c> why</c><00:32:25.339><c> Cornelius</c><00:32:26.119><c> had</c><00:32:26.440><c> to</c><00:32:26.619><c> be</c><00:32:26.880><c> baptized.</c><00:32:27.480><c> That's</c>

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:31.519
why<00:32:28.380><c> Peter</c><00:32:28.900><c> was</c><00:32:29.420><c> sent</c><00:32:29.859><c> to</c><00:32:30.319><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:35.059
Cornelius<00:32:32.839><c> was</c><00:32:33.000><c> already</c><00:32:33.400><c> a</c><00:32:33.680><c> devout</c><00:32:33.960><c> man</c><00:32:34.200><c> and</c><00:32:34.319><c> one</c><00:32:34.400><c> that</c><00:32:34.640><c> feared</c><00:32:34.779><c> God</c>

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:36.980
and<00:32:35.299><c> prayed</c><00:32:35.559><c> and</c><00:32:35.880><c> gave</c><00:32:36.119><c> alms</c><00:32:36.339><c> to</c><00:32:36.500><c> the</c><00:32:36.660><c> people.</c>

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:42.240
He<00:32:37.279><c> already</c><00:32:37.539><c> did</c><00:32:37.740><c> those</c><00:32:38.000><c> things.</c><00:32:38.819><c> If</c><00:32:39.099><c> those</c><00:32:39.559><c> things</c><00:32:39.880><c> were</c><00:32:40.160><c> sufficient,</c><00:32:41.799><c> there</c><00:32:41.960><c> was</c>

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:47.299
no<00:32:42.579><c> reason</c><00:32:43.000><c> for</c><00:32:43.319><c> Peter</c><00:32:43.640><c> to</c><00:32:44.099><c> go</c><00:32:44.500><c> to</c><00:32:44.779><c> Caesarea</c><00:32:45.279><c> and</c><00:32:45.660><c> meet</c><00:32:45.880><c> Cornelius.</c>

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:51.500
They<00:32:47.839><c> were</c><00:32:48.079><c> not</c><00:32:48.339><c> sufficient.</c><00:32:49.539><c> There</c><00:32:49.680><c> was</c><00:32:49.980><c> still</c><00:32:50.799><c> something</c>

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:53.539
more<00:32:52.259><c> required.</c>

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:57.359
And<00:32:54.000><c> that</c><00:32:54.160><c> was</c><00:32:54.440><c> baptism</c><00:32:55.099><c> into</c><00:32:55.779><c> the</c><00:32:56.059><c> name</c><00:32:56.519><c> of</c><00:32:56.839><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:59.539
And<00:32:57.559><c> that's</c><00:32:57.779><c> what</c><00:32:57.940><c> Peter</c><00:32:58.160><c> talks</c><00:32:58.539><c> about</c><00:32:58.819><c> in</c><00:32:58.960><c> this</c><00:32:59.240><c> speech.</c><00:32:59.500><c> He</c>

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:01.059
talks<00:32:59.819><c> about</c><00:33:00.000><c> the</c><00:33:00.180><c> work</c><00:33:00.339><c> of</c><00:33:00.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.839
And<00:33:01.619><c> how</c><00:33:01.799><c> Christ</c><00:33:02.160><c> died.</c><00:33:02.960><c> And</c><00:33:03.059><c> how</c><00:33:03.259><c> Christ</c><00:33:03.720><c> was</c><00:33:04.240><c> raised</c><00:33:04.539><c> again</c>

00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.359
on<00:33:05.039><c> the</c><00:33:05.200><c> third</c><00:33:05.420><c> day.</c>

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:10.359
And<00:33:06.920><c> he</c><00:33:07.039><c> adds</c><00:33:07.299><c> that</c><00:33:07.539><c> information</c><00:33:08.059><c> to</c><00:33:08.220><c> what</c><00:33:08.700><c> Cornelius</c><00:33:09.119><c> already</c><00:33:09.539><c> knew.</c>

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:13.940
So<00:33:11.220><c> it's</c><00:33:11.460><c> a</c><00:33:11.559><c> very</c><00:33:11.940><c> important</c><00:33:12.420><c> passage</c><00:33:12.859><c> here.</c><00:33:13.259><c> This</c><00:33:13.599><c> section</c>

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:16.720
that's<00:33:14.220><c> teaching</c><00:33:14.559><c> us</c><00:33:14.859><c> about</c><00:33:15.079><c> our</c><00:33:15.319><c> relationship</c><00:33:15.700><c> to</c><00:33:15.859><c> God</c><00:33:16.039><c> as</c><00:33:16.220><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:20.140
And<00:33:16.880><c> how</c><00:33:17.180><c> it's</c><00:33:17.700><c> not</c><00:33:17.900><c> good</c><00:33:18.099><c> enough</c><00:33:18.400><c> just</c><00:33:18.980><c> to</c><00:33:19.180><c> be</c><00:33:19.339><c> a</c><00:33:19.480><c> good</c><00:33:19.619><c> person.</c>

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:25.019
We<00:33:21.079><c> know</c><00:33:21.299><c> countless</c><00:33:21.700><c> people</c><00:33:22.099><c> around</c><00:33:22.380><c> us</c><00:33:22.559><c> who</c><00:33:22.779><c> say,</c><00:33:23.180><c> I</c><00:33:24.640><c> lead</c><00:33:24.819><c> a</c>

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.180
good<00:33:25.180><c> life.</c>

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:29.680
I<00:33:26.339><c> don't</c><00:33:27.000><c> abuse</c><00:33:27.440><c> people.</c><00:33:27.859><c> I</c><00:33:27.859><c> don't</c><00:33:28.140><c> steal.</c><00:33:28.539><c> I</c><00:33:28.640><c> try</c><00:33:28.819><c> to</c><00:33:29.059><c> work</c><00:33:29.259><c> hard.</c><00:33:29.559><c> I</c>

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.680
try<00:33:29.819><c> to</c><00:33:29.940><c> be</c><00:33:30.059><c> a</c><00:33:30.200><c> good</c><00:33:30.339><c> neighbor.</c>

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:34.359
And<00:33:31.319><c> they</c><00:33:31.599><c> think</c><00:33:31.819><c> that</c><00:33:32.059><c> within</c><00:33:32.559><c> those</c><00:33:33.180><c> descriptors,</c><00:33:34.039><c> they're</c>

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:35.059
pleasing<00:33:34.660><c> God.</c>

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:37.220
So<00:33:35.259><c> long</c><00:33:35.359><c> as</c><00:33:35.440><c> they</c><00:33:35.539><c> don't</c><00:33:35.740><c> offend</c><00:33:36.000><c> people</c><00:33:36.359><c> and</c><00:33:36.660><c> steal</c><00:33:36.859><c> and</c><00:33:37.039><c> pay</c>

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.859
their<00:33:37.400><c> taxes,</c><00:33:37.700><c> they're</c><00:33:38.000><c> okay.</c>

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:41.400
It<00:33:39.299><c> is</c><00:33:39.700><c> not</c><00:33:40.220><c> enough.</c>

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:46.180
And<00:33:42.740><c> the</c><00:33:42.900><c> lesson</c><00:33:43.240><c> of</c><00:33:43.519><c> Peter</c><00:33:43.900><c> and</c><00:33:44.539><c> Cornelius</c><00:33:45.119><c> is</c><00:33:45.400><c> that</c><00:33:45.700><c> there's</c>

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:47.440
another<00:33:46.380><c> part</c><00:33:46.599><c> of</c><00:33:46.720><c> the</c><00:33:46.940><c> transaction.</c>

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:50.440
It's<00:33:47.880><c> an</c><00:33:48.039><c> understanding</c><00:33:48.559><c> of</c><00:33:48.740><c> the</c><00:33:48.859><c> work</c><00:33:49.000><c> of</c><00:33:49.240><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:54.440
And<00:33:51.039><c> then</c><00:33:51.259><c> being</c><00:33:51.579><c> baptized</c><00:33:52.400><c> and</c><00:33:53.220><c> related</c><00:33:53.640><c> to</c><00:33:53.859><c> Christ</c><00:33:54.200><c> through</c>

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.019
that<00:33:54.640><c> baptism.</c>

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:58.000
So<00:33:55.319><c> that</c><00:33:55.500><c> our</c><00:33:55.720><c> sins</c><00:33:56.000><c> can</c><00:33:56.279><c> now</c><00:33:56.460><c> be</c><00:33:57.079><c> forgiven.</c>

00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:01.619
A<00:33:59.380><c> very</c><00:33:59.680><c> important</c><00:34:00.119><c> principle</c><00:34:00.539><c> here.</c>

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:06.359
His<00:34:02.819><c> family,</c><00:34:04.160><c> returning</c><00:34:04.660><c> to</c><00:34:04.859><c> Cornelius,</c><00:34:05.200><c> his</c><00:34:05.480><c> family</c><00:34:05.880><c> also</c>

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.599
feared<00:34:06.599><c> God.</c>

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:12.300
He<00:34:08.940><c> was</c><00:34:09.199><c> there</c><00:34:09.940><c> with</c><00:34:10.239><c> all</c><00:34:10.440><c> his</c><00:34:10.679><c> house,</c><00:34:11.019><c> a</c><00:34:11.139><c> devout</c><00:34:11.340><c> man</c><00:34:11.719><c> which</c>

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:13.739
feared<00:34:12.480><c> God</c><00:34:12.780><c> with</c><00:34:13.079><c> all</c><00:34:13.300><c> his</c><00:34:13.519><c> house.</c>

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:17.800
So<00:34:13.900><c> he's</c><00:34:14.059><c> a</c><00:34:14.179><c> man</c><00:34:14.320><c> that</c><00:34:14.639><c> used</c><00:34:15.159><c> his</c><00:34:15.539><c> perspective,</c><00:34:16.179><c> his</c><00:34:16.460><c> influence</c><00:34:16.940><c> in</c><00:34:17.679><c> a</c>

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.440
positive<00:34:18.159><c> way.</c>

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:21.519
He<00:34:18.539><c> was</c><00:34:18.719><c> a</c><00:34:18.920><c> just</c><00:34:19.159><c> man.</c><00:34:19.800><c> He</c><00:34:19.880><c> was</c><00:34:20.059><c> a</c><00:34:20.239><c> good</c><00:34:20.380><c> report</c><00:34:20.739><c> among</c><00:34:20.980><c> the</c><00:34:21.219><c> Jews.</c>

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.920
And<00:34:22.059><c> he</c><00:34:22.159><c> was</c><00:34:22.360><c> willing</c><00:34:22.619><c> and</c><00:34:22.820><c> responsive</c><00:34:23.139><c> to</c><00:34:23.360><c> God.</c><00:34:23.599><c> He</c><00:34:23.699><c> didn't</c>

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.539
debate<00:34:24.260><c> either.</c>

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:27.039
Peter<00:34:24.880><c> didn't</c><00:34:25.099><c> debate,</c><00:34:26.019><c> nor</c><00:34:26.179><c> did</c><00:34:26.380><c> Cornelius.</c>

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:29.639
When<00:34:27.500><c> he</c><00:34:27.579><c> had</c><00:34:27.739><c> his</c><00:34:27.960><c> vision</c><00:34:28.380><c> and</c><00:34:28.880><c> the</c><00:34:29.039><c> angel</c><00:34:29.159><c> tells</c><00:34:29.420><c> him</c><00:34:29.519><c> what</c>

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.579
to<00:34:29.800><c> do,</c><00:34:30.320><c> he</c><00:34:30.480><c> sends</c><00:34:30.760><c> the</c><00:34:31.000><c> men</c>

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:34.360
on<00:34:32.219><c> the</c><00:34:32.519><c> strange</c><00:34:32.760><c> and</c><00:34:32.960><c> unusual</c><00:34:33.280><c> mission</c><00:34:33.599><c> to</c><00:34:33.780><c> go</c><00:34:33.880><c> to</c><00:34:33.980><c> the</c><00:34:34.079><c> house</c>

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.739
of<00:34:34.920><c> Peter.</c>

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:38.579
He<00:34:36.199><c> acted</c><00:34:36.579><c> with</c><00:34:36.880><c> dispatch</c><00:34:37.320><c> as</c><00:34:37.719><c> well.</c>

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:42.300
So<00:34:39.599><c> an</c><00:34:40.099><c> amazing</c><00:34:40.440><c> situation</c><00:34:41.019><c> here,</c><00:34:41.239><c> amazing</c><00:34:41.659><c> temperament.</c>

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:46.480
And<00:34:43.000><c> we</c><00:34:43.159><c> put</c><00:34:43.280><c> it</c><00:34:43.440><c> all</c><00:34:43.599><c> together</c><00:34:43.920><c> and</c><00:34:44.059><c> we</c><00:34:44.280><c> say</c><00:34:44.420><c> God</c><00:34:44.980><c> is</c><00:34:45.760><c> calling</c>

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:48.380
out<00:34:47.260><c> of</c><00:34:47.420><c> the</c><00:34:47.639><c> Gentiles</c>

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:50.059
a<00:34:48.679><c> people</c><00:34:49.039><c> for</c><00:34:49.360><c> his</c><00:34:49.679><c> name.</c>

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:54.420
And<00:34:50.599><c> it</c><00:34:50.960><c> started</c><00:34:51.179><c> with</c><00:34:51.480><c> Cornelius.</c><00:34:52.679><c> He</c><00:34:52.960><c> called</c><00:34:53.260><c> a</c><00:34:53.519><c> wonderful</c><00:34:53.940><c> man.</c>

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:57.019
But<00:34:54.760><c> he</c><00:34:54.980><c> called</c><00:34:55.139><c> him</c><00:34:55.679><c> as</c><00:34:56.159><c> good</c><00:34:56.380><c> as</c><00:34:56.500><c> he</c><00:34:56.679><c> was.</c>

00:34:57.239 --> 00:35:01.139
He<00:34:57.500><c> still</c><00:34:57.840><c> needed</c><00:34:58.280><c> to</c><00:34:58.760><c> be</c><00:34:58.980><c> baptized</c><00:34:59.559><c> into</c><00:35:00.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:06.559
We<00:35:04.139><c> have</c><00:35:04.320><c> a</c><00:35:04.460><c> note,</c><00:35:04.659><c> just</c><00:35:04.940><c> a</c><00:35:05.119><c> brief</c><00:35:05.260><c> note</c><00:35:05.460><c> here</c><00:35:05.739><c> on</c><00:35:06.039><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:09.659
We<00:35:07.460><c> won't</c><00:35:07.659><c> spend</c><00:35:08.219><c> much</c><00:35:09.119><c> time</c><00:35:09.420><c> with</c><00:35:09.559><c> it.</c>

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:13.840
But<00:35:09.780><c> just</c><00:35:10.699><c> note</c><00:35:11.079><c> that</c><00:35:11.280><c> it</c><00:35:11.340><c> is</c><00:35:11.619><c> worth</c><00:35:11.860><c> some</c><00:35:13.079><c> attention</c><00:35:13.500><c> to</c><00:35:13.699><c> look</c>

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.360
at<00:35:13.980><c> the</c><00:35:14.159><c> city.</c>

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:18.079
It<00:35:14.880><c> was</c><00:35:15.119><c> the</c><00:35:15.460><c> headquarters</c><00:35:16.159><c> of</c><00:35:17.539><c> the</c><00:35:17.760><c> Romans.</c>

00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:20.440
It<00:35:18.380><c> was</c><00:35:18.559><c> built</c><00:35:18.800><c> by</c><00:35:19.079><c> Herod</c><00:35:19.340><c> the</c><00:35:19.539><c> Great.</c>

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:25.739
It<00:35:21.179><c> was</c><00:35:21.800><c> located</c><00:35:22.239><c> on</c><00:35:22.480><c> the</c><00:35:22.639><c> Mediterranean</c><00:35:23.039><c> coast,</c><00:35:23.519><c> 100</c><00:35:23.960><c> kilometers</c><00:35:24.599><c> northwest</c><00:35:25.019><c> of</c><00:35:25.300><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:29.539
It<00:35:26.280><c> was</c><00:35:26.539><c> named</c><00:35:26.780><c> in</c><00:35:26.980><c> honor</c><00:35:27.179><c> of</c><00:35:27.300><c> the</c><00:35:27.460><c> Roman</c><00:35:27.639><c> Emperor</c><00:35:27.980><c> Caesar</c><00:35:28.400><c> Augustus.</c>

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:33.900
It<00:35:29.659><c> was</c><00:35:29.840><c> the</c><00:35:30.039><c> Roman</c><00:35:30.320><c> capital</c><00:35:30.940><c> in</c><00:35:31.699><c> the</c><00:35:31.880><c> metropolis</c><00:35:32.320><c> of</c><00:35:33.119><c> Judea,</c>

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.980
that<00:35:34.320><c> whole</c><00:35:34.559><c> region.</c>

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:37.500
This<00:35:35.579><c> was</c><00:35:35.780><c> the</c><00:35:36.000><c> capital</c><00:35:36.260><c> city,</c><00:35:36.639><c> the</c><00:35:36.840><c> Roman</c><00:35:37.079><c> base.</c>

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:40.019
It<00:35:38.000><c> was</c><00:35:38.139><c> the</c><00:35:38.320><c> official</c><00:35:38.619><c> residence</c><00:35:39.039><c> of</c><00:35:39.219><c> the</c><00:35:39.360><c> Herodian</c><00:35:39.760><c> kings.</c>

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:43.940
That's<00:35:40.320><c> where</c><00:35:40.519><c> they</c><00:35:41.219><c> went</c><00:35:41.760><c> when</c><00:35:42.900><c> they</c><00:35:43.000><c> wanted</c><00:35:43.179><c> to</c><00:35:43.280><c> get</c><00:35:43.360><c> out</c><00:35:43.480><c> of</c><00:35:43.639><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:47.099
When<00:35:44.119><c> they</c><00:35:44.179><c> had</c><00:35:44.360><c> enough</c><00:35:44.719><c> of</c><00:35:45.380><c> the</c><00:35:45.880><c> Jews</c><00:35:46.039><c> squabbling</c><00:35:46.519><c> amongst</c><00:35:46.760><c> themselves.</c>

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:49.300
They<00:35:47.260><c> left</c><00:35:47.500><c> the</c><00:35:47.699><c> city</c><00:35:47.860><c> and</c><00:35:47.960><c> went</c><00:35:48.119><c> to</c><00:35:48.300><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:55.800
And<00:35:49.579><c> that's</c><00:35:49.800><c> why</c><00:35:51.860><c> Felix</c><00:35:52.719><c> and</c><00:35:53.440><c> Festus</c><00:35:53.900><c> are</c><00:35:54.059><c> there</c><00:35:54.760><c> and</c><00:35:55.340><c> who</c>

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:56.739
interrogate<00:35:56.380><c> Paul.</c>

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.920
They<00:35:56.920><c> don't</c><00:35:57.079><c> want</c><00:35:57.159><c> to</c><00:35:57.280><c> be</c><00:35:57.380><c> in</c><00:35:57.539><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:58.119 --> 00:36:00.239
Jerusalem<00:35:58.500><c> was</c><00:35:58.719><c> hot</c><00:35:59.059><c> and</c><00:35:59.519><c> it</c><00:35:59.619><c> was</c><00:35:59.880><c> troublesome.</c>

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:03.260
So<00:36:00.500><c> they</c><00:36:00.619><c> had</c><00:36:00.780><c> this</c><00:36:01.000><c> nice</c><00:36:01.699><c> home</c><00:36:02.000><c> here</c><00:36:02.320><c> in</c><00:36:02.460><c> Caesarea</c><00:36:02.920><c> on</c><00:36:03.139><c> the</c>

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:03.699
sea<00:36:03.460><c> coast.</c>

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:06.159
It<00:36:03.820><c> was</c><00:36:03.980><c> a</c><00:36:04.119><c> delightful</c><00:36:04.500><c> place</c><00:36:05.019><c> and</c><00:36:05.639><c> they</c><00:36:05.800><c> knew</c><00:36:05.880><c> what</c><00:36:06.000><c> they</c>

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.460
were<00:36:06.300><c> doing.</c>

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:09.800
It<00:36:06.519><c> was</c><00:36:06.739><c> located</c><00:36:07.059><c> on</c><00:36:07.659><c> the</c><00:36:08.539><c> trade</c><00:36:08.820><c> route,</c><00:36:09.000><c> the</c><00:36:09.239><c> Caribbean</c><00:36:09.539><c> route,</c>

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:14.519
between<00:36:10.280><c> Tyre</c><00:36:10.739><c> to</c><00:36:10.900><c> the</c><00:36:11.059><c> north</c><00:36:11.320><c> in</c><00:36:11.699><c> Phoenicia</c><00:36:12.800><c> and</c><00:36:13.940><c> Egypt</c><00:36:14.300><c> to</c>

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.920
the<00:36:14.699><c> south.</c>

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:17.260
So<00:36:15.119><c> there</c><00:36:15.179><c> was</c><00:36:15.340><c> a</c><00:36:15.599><c> major</c><00:36:15.900><c> trade</c><00:36:16.219><c> route</c><00:36:16.400><c> that</c><00:36:16.840><c> went</c><00:36:17.019><c> through</c>

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.400
this<00:36:17.519><c> area.</c>

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:21.039
And<00:36:18.599><c> it</c><00:36:18.699><c> was</c><00:36:18.820><c> an</c><00:36:19.079><c> important</c><00:36:19.440><c> maritime</c><00:36:20.079><c> trading</c><00:36:20.460><c> center.</c>

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.699
It<00:36:21.139><c> was</c><00:36:21.280><c> on</c><00:36:21.480><c> the</c><00:36:21.659><c> coast</c><00:36:21.860><c> and</c><00:36:22.019><c> ships</c><00:36:22.199><c> would</c><00:36:22.400><c> come</c><00:36:22.579><c> in.</c>

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:25.820
It<00:36:22.940><c> was</c><00:36:23.059><c> a</c><00:36:23.199><c> very,</c><00:36:23.579><c> very</c><00:36:23.820><c> important</c><00:36:24.619><c> location.</c>

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:30.019
So<00:36:26.659><c> it</c><00:36:26.760><c> was</c><00:36:26.960><c> no</c><00:36:27.159><c> accident</c><00:36:27.619><c> that</c><00:36:29.000><c> Cornelius</c><00:36:29.559><c> is</c><00:36:29.760><c> there.</c>

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:31.760
And<00:36:30.159><c> it's</c><00:36:30.320><c> no</c><00:36:30.559><c> accident</c><00:36:30.900><c> that</c><00:36:31.159><c> that</c><00:36:31.500><c> city,</c>

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:36.860
the<00:36:32.019><c> center</c><00:36:32.559><c> of</c><00:36:33.579><c> gentile</c><00:36:34.360><c> authority</c><00:36:35.079><c> and</c><00:36:35.460><c> prominence</c><00:36:36.019><c> in</c><00:36:36.239><c> Judea</c><00:36:36.679><c> at</c>

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.519
this<00:36:37.099><c> time,</c>

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.659
was<00:36:38.179><c> the</c><00:36:38.440><c> place</c><00:36:38.739><c> that</c><00:36:38.980><c> Peter</c><00:36:39.119><c> had</c><00:36:39.340><c> to</c><00:36:39.539><c> go.</c>

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:42.400
It<00:36:39.860><c> wasn't</c><00:36:39.980><c> some</c><00:36:40.219><c> nice</c><00:36:40.559><c> little</c><00:36:40.840><c> Jewish</c><00:36:41.199><c> outport.</c>

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:47.280
It<00:36:42.659><c> wasn't</c><00:36:43.340><c> Bethlehem</c><00:36:44.659><c> or</c><00:36:45.559><c> some</c><00:36:45.920><c> other</c><00:36:46.239><c> suburb</c><00:36:46.679><c> of</c><00:36:46.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:53.440
It's<00:36:47.780><c> right</c><00:36:48.159><c> in</c><00:36:48.519><c> the</c><00:36:48.760><c> center</c><00:36:49.340><c> of</c><00:36:50.079><c> gentile</c><00:36:50.800><c> authority</c><00:36:51.880><c> and</c><00:36:52.400><c> influence.</c>

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:56.880
So<00:36:54.420><c> you</c><00:36:54.500><c> can</c><00:36:55.340><c> have</c><00:36:55.539><c> a</c><00:36:55.579><c> look</c><00:36:55.719><c> at</c><00:36:55.900><c> that</c><00:36:56.139><c> note.</c>

00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:02.880
Now,<00:36:57.940><c> we</c><00:36:59.019><c> need</c><00:36:59.300><c> then</c><00:36:59.500><c> just</c><00:36:59.780><c> to</c><00:37:00.179><c> pull</c><00:37:00.780><c> perspective</c><00:37:01.460><c> together</c><00:37:01.900><c> here.</c>

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:13.480
And<00:37:08.440><c> this</c><00:37:08.880><c> is</c><00:37:09.179><c> very</c><00:37:09.460><c> important</c><00:37:10.039><c> for</c><00:37:10.519><c> ourselves,</c><00:37:11.519><c> extremely</c><00:37:12.280><c> important.</c>

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:18.440
I've<00:37:14.900><c> spoken</c><00:37:15.099><c> a</c><00:37:15.260><c> couple</c><00:37:15.440><c> of</c><00:37:15.599><c> times</c><00:37:15.880><c> about</c><00:37:16.179><c> having</c><00:37:17.039><c> a</c><00:37:18.059><c> general</c>

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:20.800
notional<00:37:19.139><c> understanding</c><00:37:19.820><c> of</c><00:37:20.099><c> a</c><00:37:20.340><c> principle,</c>

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:26.320
but<00:37:21.880><c> not</c><00:37:22.280><c> understanding</c><00:37:22.980><c> its</c><00:37:24.019><c> practice</c><00:37:24.760><c> in</c><00:37:25.239><c> reality.</c>

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:32.219
God's<00:37:28.360><c> purpose</c><00:37:28.900><c> with</c><00:37:29.219><c> the</c><00:37:29.480><c> world</c><00:37:30.039><c> has</c><00:37:31.380><c> from</c><00:37:31.579><c> the</c><00:37:31.840><c> beginning</c>

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.179
been<00:37:32.559><c> universal.</c>

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:39.019
It<00:37:33.420><c> was</c><00:37:33.659><c> never</c><00:37:33.940><c> intended</c><00:37:34.320><c> to</c><00:37:34.599><c> be</c><00:37:35.079><c> with</c><00:37:36.159><c> a</c><00:37:36.659><c> clan,</c><00:37:37.599><c> a</c><00:37:37.860><c> family</c><00:37:38.380><c> of</c>

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:40.860
descendants<00:37:39.559><c> of</c><00:37:39.900><c> Abraham.</c>

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:42.699
Abraham<00:37:41.420><c> was</c><00:37:41.739><c> called.</c>

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:48.079
Abraham<00:37:43.440><c> was</c><00:37:43.659><c> the</c><00:37:43.880><c> vehicle</c><00:37:44.539><c> by</c><00:37:45.960><c> which</c><00:37:46.320><c> the</c><00:37:46.900><c> promises</c><00:37:47.179><c> were</c><00:37:47.519><c> implanted</c>

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:50.940
and<00:37:48.519><c> expanded</c><00:37:49.360><c> through</c><00:37:49.659><c> his</c><00:37:49.900><c> descendants.</c>

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:52.940
They<00:37:51.420><c> are</c><00:37:51.579><c> the</c><00:37:51.719><c> foundation.</c>

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.340
Those<00:37:53.179><c> descendants</c><00:37:53.559><c> are</c><00:37:53.780><c> the</c><00:37:53.840><c> foundation</c><00:37:54.420><c> of</c><00:37:54.579><c> what</c><00:37:54.659><c> we</c><00:37:55.039><c> call</c>

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:57.139
the<00:37:55.639><c> promises</c><00:37:55.880><c> to</c><00:37:56.139><c> Abraham,</c>

00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:00.539
promises<00:37:57.679><c> that</c><00:37:58.139><c> are</c><00:37:58.280><c> to</c><00:37:58.400><c> be</c><00:37:58.579><c> fulfilled</c><00:37:59.139><c> completely</c><00:37:59.820><c> in</c><00:38:00.380><c> the</c>

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:02.340
work<00:38:00.699><c> of</c><00:38:00.860><c> Jesus</c><00:38:01.199><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:08.760
But<00:38:03.800><c> let's</c><00:38:03.940><c> go</c><00:38:04.179><c> back</c><00:38:04.420><c> to</c><00:38:04.559><c> Genesis</c><00:38:05.059><c> chapter</c><00:38:05.599><c> 12,</c><00:38:07.900><c> where</c><00:38:08.460><c> the</c>

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:10.920
promises<00:38:09.099><c> are</c><00:38:09.480><c> first</c><00:38:09.860><c> stated.</c>

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.719
We<00:38:15.099><c> know</c><00:38:15.400><c> this.</c>

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.679
There's<00:38:16.039><c> no</c><00:38:16.219><c> mistake.</c>

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:19.079
Most<00:38:17.059><c> people</c><00:38:17.320><c> in</c><00:38:17.420><c> this</c><00:38:17.639><c> room</c><00:38:17.739><c> will</c><00:38:17.960><c> know</c><00:38:18.340><c> what</c><00:38:18.619><c> we're</c><00:38:18.880><c> about</c>

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:21.099
to<00:38:19.360><c> read.</c>

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:25.260
Genesis<00:38:22.360><c> 12,</c><00:38:23.440><c> God</c><00:38:23.659><c> has</c><00:38:23.880><c> called</c><00:38:24.059><c> Abraham.</c>

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.980
Verse<00:38:26.739><c> 2,</c>

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:29.059
And<00:38:27.099><c> I</c><00:38:27.099><c> will</c><00:38:27.219><c> make</c><00:38:27.380><c> of</c><00:38:27.539><c> thee</c><00:38:27.659><c> a</c><00:38:27.820><c> great</c><00:38:28.000><c> nation,</c><00:38:28.719><c> and</c><00:38:28.719><c> I</c><00:38:28.840><c> will</c>

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:30.539
bless<00:38:29.300><c> thee</c><00:38:29.579><c> and</c><00:38:29.699><c> make</c><00:38:29.880><c> thy</c><00:38:30.039><c> name</c><00:38:30.280><c> great,</c>

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.739
and<00:38:30.639><c> thou</c><00:38:30.800><c> shalt</c><00:38:30.980><c> be</c><00:38:31.219><c> a</c><00:38:31.380><c> blessing.</c>

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:34.639
And<00:38:32.280><c> I</c><00:38:32.460><c> will</c><00:38:32.679><c> bless</c><00:38:32.920><c> them</c><00:38:33.239><c> that</c><00:38:33.500><c> bless</c><00:38:33.760><c> thee,</c><00:38:34.079><c> and</c><00:38:34.260><c> curse</c><00:38:34.460><c> him</c>

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:36.179
that<00:38:34.940><c> curseth</c><00:38:35.340><c> thee.</c>

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:41.300
And<00:38:36.400><c> in</c><00:38:36.780><c> thee</c><00:38:37.559><c> shall</c><00:38:38.099><c> all</c><00:38:38.559><c> families</c><00:38:39.099><c> of</c><00:38:39.400><c> the</c><00:38:39.619><c> earth</c><00:38:39.860><c> be</c><00:38:40.159><c> blessed.</c>

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:44.340
In<00:38:41.840><c> thee</c><00:38:42.280><c> shall</c><00:38:42.579><c> all</c><00:38:42.920><c> families</c><00:38:43.260><c> of</c><00:38:43.440><c> the</c><00:38:43.559><c> earth</c><00:38:43.699><c> be</c><00:38:43.920><c> blessed.</c>

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:46.400
And<00:38:44.840><c> we</c><00:38:44.960><c> say,</c><00:38:45.199><c> what's</c><00:38:45.380><c> that</c><00:38:45.599><c> mean?</c>

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:49.579
Well,<00:38:47.639><c> it</c><00:38:47.760><c> means</c><00:38:47.940><c> that</c><00:38:48.139><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:48.460><c> going</c><00:38:48.619><c> to</c><00:38:48.719><c> have</c><00:38:48.900><c> a</c><00:38:49.059><c> natural</c><00:38:49.340><c> seed.</c>

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:51.539
He's<00:38:49.780><c> going</c><00:38:49.880><c> to</c><00:38:49.960><c> have</c><00:38:50.099><c> Isaac,</c><00:38:50.519><c> and</c><00:38:50.639><c> Isaac</c><00:38:50.840><c> will</c><00:38:51.000><c> have</c><00:38:51.139><c> Jacob,</c>

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:56.400
and<00:38:51.780><c> Jacob</c><00:38:51.980><c> will</c><00:38:52.119><c> have</c><00:38:52.300><c> 12</c><00:38:52.599><c> sons,</c><00:38:53.460><c> which</c><00:38:53.619><c> will</c><00:38:54.079><c> become</c><00:38:54.519><c> 12</c><00:38:55.619><c> families,</c>

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:59.400
which<00:38:56.559><c> will</c><00:38:56.760><c> become</c><00:38:57.000><c> 12</c><00:38:57.380><c> tribes,</c><00:38:57.840><c> which</c><00:38:57.980><c> will</c><00:38:58.179><c> become</c><00:38:58.420><c> the</c><00:38:58.539><c> nation</c><00:38:58.780><c> of</c><00:38:58.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:59.860 --> 00:39:07.980
In<00:38:59.940><c> a</c><00:39:00.179><c> natural</c><00:39:00.480><c> seed</c><00:39:00.739><c> of</c><00:39:01.619><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:02.659><c> God</c><00:39:03.119><c> will</c><00:39:03.900><c> begin</c><00:39:04.579><c> to</c><00:39:05.599><c> fulfill</c><00:39:06.300><c> this</c><00:39:06.860><c> promise.</c>

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:11.039
But<00:39:08.380><c> in</c><00:39:08.699><c> thee</c><00:39:08.920><c> shall</c><00:39:09.280><c> all</c><00:39:09.840><c> families</c><00:39:10.199><c> of</c><00:39:10.380><c> the</c><00:39:10.460><c> earth</c><00:39:10.559><c> be</c><00:39:10.800><c> blessed.</c>

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:12.420
That's<00:39:11.340><c> us.</c>

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:13.900
That's<00:39:12.980><c> not</c><00:39:13.219><c> just</c><00:39:13.539><c> Jews.</c>

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:16.059
That's<00:39:14.280><c> not</c><00:39:14.539><c> just</c><00:39:14.860><c> the</c><00:39:15.320><c> descendants</c><00:39:15.619><c> of</c><00:39:15.820><c> Abraham.</c>

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.500
All<00:39:16.920><c> families</c><00:39:17.300><c> of</c><00:39:17.500><c> the</c><00:39:17.679><c> earth.</c>

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:23.679
And<00:39:18.820><c> so</c><00:39:18.960><c> I</c><00:39:19.119><c> say</c><00:39:19.300><c> to</c><00:39:19.400><c> you,</c><00:39:19.619><c> we</c><00:39:19.739><c> understand</c><00:39:20.500><c> on</c><00:39:22.019><c> a</c><00:39:22.340><c> notional</c><00:39:22.760><c> basis</c><00:39:23.139><c> here</c>

00:39:23.679 --> 00:39:27.260
that<00:39:24.260><c> God's</c><00:39:24.679><c> purpose</c><00:39:24.960><c> from</c><00:39:25.159><c> the</c><00:39:25.380><c> beginning</c><00:39:25.639><c> included</c><00:39:26.139><c> everyone.</c>

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:29.559
But<00:39:27.579><c> it</c><00:39:27.679><c> didn't</c><00:39:27.940><c> happen</c><00:39:28.340><c> for</c><00:39:28.579><c> 2</c><00:39:28.820><c>,000</c><00:39:29.119><c> years.</c>

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:32.639
It<00:39:29.840><c> didn't</c><00:39:30.199><c> happen</c><00:39:30.659><c> until</c><00:39:31.159><c> Acts</c><00:39:31.559><c> chapter</c><00:39:31.920><c> 10,</c>

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:36.920
where<00:39:33.000><c> God</c><00:39:33.300><c> begins</c><00:39:33.679><c> to</c><00:39:34.119><c> expand</c><00:39:34.460><c> His</c><00:39:34.679><c> purpose</c><00:39:35.300><c> from</c><00:39:35.840><c> the</c><00:39:36.079><c> specific</c><00:39:36.699><c> seed</c>

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.679
of<00:39:37.139><c> Abraham</c>

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:40.559
into<00:39:38.739><c> the</c><00:39:38.960><c> Gentile</c><00:39:39.500><c> world.</c>

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:45.099
If<00:39:41.460><c> we</c><00:39:41.579><c> go</c><00:39:41.780><c> to</c><00:39:41.920><c> Galatians</c><00:39:42.340><c> chapter</c><00:39:42.739><c> 3,</c>

00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:50.380
Paul<00:39:48.119><c> picks</c><00:39:48.880><c> this</c><00:39:49.219><c> up.</c>

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:54.380
We're<00:39:51.699><c> not</c><00:39:51.960><c> speculating</c><00:39:52.519><c> here.</c>

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:02.380
Galatians<00:40:00.639><c> 3</c><00:40:01.059><c> verse</c><00:40:01.340><c> 8,</c>

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:06.820
the<00:40:02.820><c> Apostle</c><00:40:03.260><c> Paul,</c><00:40:03.860><c> inspired</c><00:40:04.360><c> by</c><00:40:04.639><c> God</c><00:40:04.940><c> to</c><00:40:05.159><c> write</c><00:40:05.340><c> these</c><00:40:05.619><c> words,</c>

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:08.460
says,<00:40:07.280><c> Galatians</c><00:40:07.679><c> 3</c><00:40:07.940><c> verse</c><00:40:08.159><c> 8,</c>

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:12.480
and<00:40:08.639><c> the</c><00:40:08.880><c> scripture</c><00:40:09.699><c> foreseeing</c><00:40:10.840><c> that</c><00:40:11.059><c> God</c><00:40:11.360><c> would</c><00:40:11.679><c> justify,</c>

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:18.079
the<00:40:13.280><c> King</c><00:40:13.440><c> James</c><00:40:13.619><c> says,</c><00:40:15.219><c> heathen,</c><00:40:16.099><c> the</c><00:40:16.179><c> word</c><00:40:16.400><c> is</c><00:40:16.659><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:40:18.579 --> 00:40:23.300
God<00:40:19.300><c> would</c><00:40:19.719><c> justify</c><00:40:20.539><c> the</c><00:40:20.960><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:21.619><c> through</c><00:40:21.980><c> faith,</c>

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:25.659
preached<00:40:23.559><c> before</c><00:40:24.199><c> the</c><00:40:24.460><c> gospel</c><00:40:24.880><c> unto</c><00:40:25.119><c> Abraham,</c>

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:29.659
saying,<00:40:26.719><c> in</c><00:40:26.719><c> thee</c><00:40:27.440><c> shall</c><00:40:27.860><c> all</c><00:40:28.219><c> nations</c><00:40:28.579><c> be</c><00:40:28.920><c> blessed,</c>

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:33.179
so<00:40:30.340><c> then</c><00:40:30.980><c> they</c><00:40:31.500><c> which</c><00:40:31.699><c> be</c><00:40:31.900><c> of</c><00:40:32.139><c> faith</c><00:40:32.340><c> are</c><00:40:32.579><c> blessed</c><00:40:32.920><c> with</c>

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:34.579
faithful<00:40:33.539><c> Abraham.</c>

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:36.139
There's<00:40:35.519><c> the</c><00:40:35.780><c> connection.</c>

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:38.300
And<00:40:36.599><c> it's</c><00:40:36.800><c> right</c><00:40:37.039><c> from</c><00:40:37.239><c> the</c><00:40:37.420><c> beginning.</c>

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:43.860
And<00:40:40.119><c> all</c><00:40:40.599><c> these</c><00:40:40.960><c> Jews,</c><00:40:41.920><c> these</c><00:40:42.320><c> followers</c><00:40:42.739><c> of</c><00:40:42.960><c> Jesus</c><00:40:43.320><c> Christ,</c>

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:46.699
Peter,<00:40:44.760><c> Paul,</c><00:40:45.179><c> and</c><00:40:45.300><c> all</c><00:40:45.420><c> the</c><00:40:45.579><c> disciples</c><00:40:45.840><c> are</c><00:40:46.019><c> now</c><00:40:46.280><c> able</c><00:40:46.460><c> to</c>

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.420
put<00:40:46.820><c> this</c><00:40:47.019><c> together,</c>

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:50.679
and<00:40:47.539><c> they</c><00:40:47.739><c> see</c><00:40:48.320><c> how</c><00:40:48.719><c> the</c><00:40:49.019><c> great</c><00:40:49.300><c> covenant</c><00:40:49.840><c> with</c><00:40:50.079><c> Abraham</c>

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:54.739
is<00:40:51.320><c> to</c><00:40:51.500><c> be</c><00:40:51.739><c> expanded</c><00:40:52.260><c> and</c><00:40:52.940><c> fulfilled</c><00:40:53.539><c> now</c><00:40:53.900><c> in</c><00:40:54.099><c> this</c><00:40:54.460><c> work</c>

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:59.159
of<00:40:55.300><c> the</c><00:40:55.500><c> extension</c><00:40:55.760><c> of</c><00:40:55.940><c> the</c><00:40:56.079><c> gospel</c><00:40:56.400><c> to</c><00:40:57.539><c> the</c><00:40:57.719><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:40:59.199 --> 00:41:00.719
specifically<00:40:59.559><c> fulfilled</c><00:41:00.019><c> in</c><00:41:00.280><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:05.480
but<00:41:01.139><c> the</c><00:41:01.420><c> benefit</c><00:41:01.659><c> applies</c><00:41:02.260><c> to</c><00:41:02.739><c> both</c><00:41:03.119><c> Jew</c><00:41:03.579><c> and</c><00:41:04.380><c> Greek.</c>

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:12.019
Read<00:41:05.739><c> the</c><00:41:05.860><c> last</c><00:41:06.739><c> section</c><00:41:07.079><c> of</c><00:41:07.239><c> this</c><00:41:07.480><c> chapter,</c><00:41:10.380><c> verse</c><00:41:10.739><c> 26.</c>

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:13.719
These<00:41:12.400><c> are</c><00:41:12.639><c> first</c><00:41:12.880><c> principle</c><00:41:13.300><c> subjects,</c>

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:16.079
but<00:41:13.920><c> look</c><00:41:14.119><c> at</c><00:41:14.219><c> how</c><00:41:14.380><c> they</c><00:41:14.639><c> apply</c><00:41:14.940><c> to</c><00:41:15.460><c> our</c><00:41:15.639><c> topic.</c>

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:19.199
For<00:41:16.360><c> ye</c><00:41:16.599><c> are</c><00:41:16.760><c> all</c><00:41:16.980><c> the</c><00:41:17.099><c> children</c><00:41:17.320><c> of</c><00:41:17.460><c> God</c><00:41:17.699><c> by</c><00:41:18.000><c> faith</c><00:41:18.239><c> in</c><00:41:18.400><c> Christ</c><00:41:18.679><c> Jesus,</c>

00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:23.099
for<00:41:19.659><c> as</c><00:41:19.860><c> many</c><00:41:20.099><c> of</c><00:41:20.280><c> you</c><00:41:20.460><c> as</c><00:41:20.679><c> have</c><00:41:20.800><c> been</c><00:41:21.519><c> baptized</c><00:41:22.300><c> into</c><00:41:22.659><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:24.559
that's<00:41:23.340><c> why</c><00:41:23.579><c> Cornelius</c><00:41:23.960><c> was</c><00:41:24.179><c> baptized,</c>

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:27.239
so<00:41:24.739><c> he</c><00:41:25.199><c> could</c><00:41:25.380><c> be</c><00:41:25.579><c> baptized</c><00:41:25.960><c> into</c><00:41:26.199><c> Christ,</c><00:41:26.460><c> had</c><00:41:26.559><c> put</c><00:41:26.719><c> on</c><00:41:26.900><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:30.619
there<00:41:27.480><c> is</c><00:41:27.599><c> neither</c><00:41:28.139><c> Jew</c><00:41:28.599><c> nor</c><00:41:28.900><c> Greek,</c><00:41:29.679><c> there</c><00:41:29.800><c> is</c><00:41:29.960><c> neither</c><00:41:30.280><c> bond</c>

00:41:30.619 --> 00:41:31.260
nor<00:41:30.940><c> free,</c>

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:33.099
there<00:41:31.659><c> is</c><00:41:31.800><c> neither</c><00:41:32.079><c> male</c><00:41:32.360><c> nor</c><00:41:32.559><c> female,</c>

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:36.820
for<00:41:33.820><c> ye</c><00:41:34.119><c> are</c><00:41:34.320><c> all</c><00:41:34.659><c> one</c><00:41:34.980><c> in</c><00:41:35.300><c> Christ</c><00:41:35.639><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:42.460
In<00:41:37.219><c> other</c><00:41:37.440><c> words,</c><00:41:38.719><c> God</c><00:41:39.280><c> is</c><00:41:40.119><c> no</c><00:41:40.400><c> respecter</c><00:41:41.280><c> of</c><00:41:41.539><c> persons.</c>

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:46.599
There<00:41:43.400><c> is</c><00:41:43.599><c> the</c><00:41:43.800><c> principle</c><00:41:44.440><c> in</c><00:41:45.039><c> action,</c><00:41:45.739><c> in</c><00:41:45.840><c> black</c><00:41:46.159><c> and</c><00:41:46.420><c> white</c>

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.280
in<00:41:46.880><c> front</c><00:41:47.019><c> of</c><00:41:47.139><c> us,</c>

00:41:47.480 --> 00:41:51.300
in<00:41:47.579><c> practice,</c><00:41:48.619><c> in</c><00:41:48.659><c> what</c><00:41:48.880><c> happened</c><00:41:49.139><c> between</c><00:41:49.500><c> Cornelius</c><00:41:50.199><c> and</c><00:41:50.780><c> Peter,</c>

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:53.780
and<00:41:51.880><c> what</c><00:41:52.159><c> happened</c><00:41:52.320><c> with</c><00:41:52.539><c> Paul</c><00:41:52.840><c> going</c><00:41:53.079><c> into</c><00:41:53.300><c> all</c><00:41:53.539><c> those</c>

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:55.320
Gentile<00:41:54.340><c> areas,</c>

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:58.500
in<00:41:55.900><c> Asia</c><00:41:56.139><c> Minor,</c><00:41:56.599><c> and</c><00:41:56.679><c> then</c><00:41:56.800><c> into</c><00:41:56.980><c> Macedonia,</c><00:41:57.679><c> and</c><00:41:57.739><c> then</c><00:41:57.880><c> into</c><00:41:58.119><c> Greece,</c>

00:41:58.579 --> 00:42:02.059
and<00:41:58.760><c> finally</c><00:41:59.000><c> into</c><00:41:59.239><c> Italy,</c><00:42:00.519><c> and</c><00:42:00.780><c> by</c><00:42:01.019><c> extension</c><00:42:01.380><c> through</c><00:42:01.679><c> others,</c>

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:03.980
to<00:42:02.500><c> all</c><00:42:02.719><c> parts</c><00:42:02.960><c> of</c><00:42:03.139><c> the</c><00:42:03.239><c> ancient</c><00:42:03.460><c> world.</c>

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:09.300
The<00:42:04.719><c> gospel</c><00:42:05.300><c> was</c><00:42:06.019><c> taken</c><00:42:06.579><c> to</c><00:42:07.019><c> those</c><00:42:07.599><c> who</c><00:42:08.059><c> did</c><00:42:08.320><c> not</c><00:42:08.480><c> know</c><00:42:08.699><c> God</c><00:42:09.079><c> or</c>

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:10.239
Jesus<00:42:09.679><c> Christ,</c>

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:13.099
to<00:42:10.800><c> the</c><00:42:11.239><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:17.659
And<00:42:14.239><c> so</c><00:42:14.340><c> on</c><00:42:14.460><c> the</c><00:42:14.559><c> rest</c><00:42:14.699><c> of</c><00:42:14.860><c> this</c><00:42:15.079><c> list</c><00:42:15.300><c> here,</c><00:42:16.820><c> we</c><00:42:17.059><c> sang</c><00:42:17.300><c> the</c><00:42:17.519><c> words,</c>

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:21.239
we'll<00:42:17.820><c> just</c><00:42:18.019><c> look</c><00:42:18.199><c> at</c><00:42:18.400><c> Psalm</c><00:42:18.559><c> 117</c><00:42:19.320><c> and</c><00:42:19.460><c> then</c><00:42:19.599><c> we'll</c><00:42:19.760><c> have</c><00:42:19.920><c> to</c><00:42:20.780><c> conclude,</c>

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:24.019
but<00:42:21.480><c> we</c><00:42:21.699><c> sang</c><00:42:21.900><c> these</c><00:42:22.139><c> words</c><00:42:22.519><c> in</c><00:42:22.739><c> our</c><00:42:22.920><c> anthem.</c>

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:30.260
Psalm<00:42:26.480><c> 117</c><00:42:26.920><c> is</c><00:42:28.179><c> part</c><00:42:28.460><c> of</c><00:42:28.599><c> a</c><00:42:28.760><c> group</c><00:42:28.900><c> of</c><00:42:29.199><c> Psalms</c>

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:34.619
that<00:42:30.659><c> was</c><00:42:30.880><c> either</c><00:42:31.219><c> recited</c><00:42:31.820><c> or</c><00:42:32.219><c> sung</c><00:42:32.679><c> at</c><00:42:33.280><c> every</c><00:42:33.559><c> Passover.</c>

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:40.500
They<00:42:37.780><c> are</c><00:42:38.300><c> called</c><00:42:38.440><c> the</c><00:42:38.840><c> Hallow</c><00:42:39.500><c> Psalms.</c>

00:42:40.780 --> 00:42:45.619
There's<00:42:40.860><c> a</c><00:42:40.980><c> group</c><00:42:41.139><c> of</c><00:42:41.400><c> Psalms</c><00:42:41.659><c> here,</c><00:42:42.539><c> Psalms</c><00:42:43.099><c> 113</c><00:42:44.039><c> through</c><00:42:44.539><c> 118,</c>

00:42:46.219 --> 00:42:48.719
were<00:42:46.500><c> sung</c><00:42:46.719><c> or</c><00:42:46.860><c> recited</c><00:42:47.260><c> at</c><00:42:47.480><c> every</c><00:42:47.739><c> Passover.</c>

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:53.039
And<00:42:49.420><c> so</c><00:42:49.940><c> if</c><00:42:50.380><c> you</c><00:42:50.480><c> look</c><00:42:50.619><c> at</c><00:42:50.739><c> Psalm</c><00:42:50.920><c> 118,</c><00:42:51.860><c> for</c><00:42:51.860><c> example,</c>

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:56.840
Jesus<00:42:54.980><c> has</c><00:42:55.500><c> quoted</c><00:42:55.739><c> these</c><00:42:56.000><c> words</c><00:42:56.199><c> in</c><00:42:56.340><c> verse</c><00:42:56.519><c> 22,</c>

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:59.460
The<00:42:57.039><c> stone</c><00:42:57.400><c> which</c><00:42:57.599><c> the</c><00:42:57.800><c> builders</c><00:42:57.980><c> rejected</c><00:42:58.539><c> is</c><00:42:58.920><c> become</c><00:42:59.260><c> the</c>

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head<00:42:59.539><c> of</c><00:42:59.699><c> the</c><00:42:59.880><c> corner.</c>

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:03.619
This<00:43:00.679><c> is</c><00:43:00.860><c> the</c><00:43:01.000><c> Lord's</c><00:43:01.400><c> doing,</c><00:43:02.099><c> and</c><00:43:02.139><c> it</c><00:43:02.300><c> is</c><00:43:02.519><c> marvelous</c><00:43:02.800><c> in</c><00:43:03.019><c> our</c><00:43:03.199><c> eyes.</c>

00:43:03.619 --> 00:43:09.219
It<00:43:04.880><c> was</c><00:43:04.880><c> quoted,</c><00:43:05.719><c> it</c><00:43:05.719><c> was</c><00:43:05.980><c> recited</c><00:43:06.440><c> by</c><00:43:06.820><c> Jews</c><00:43:07.280><c> on</c><00:43:07.780><c> the</c><00:43:07.960><c> very</c><00:43:08.659><c> holiday,</c>

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:13.019
on<00:43:09.619><c> the</c><00:43:09.780><c> very</c><00:43:10.199><c> national</c><00:43:10.760><c> feast</c><00:43:11.119><c> day</c><00:43:11.420><c> when</c><00:43:11.760><c> Jesus</c><00:43:12.139><c> was</c><00:43:12.460><c> crucified,</c>

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fulfilling<00:43:13.679><c> that</c><00:43:14.019><c> prophecy.</c>

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:18.269
But<00:43:15.900><c> at</c><00:43:16.079><c> Psalm</c><00:43:16.260><c> 117</c><00:43:17.019><c> we</c><00:43:17.179><c> look</c><00:43:17.420><c> at,</c>

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:24.340
O<00:43:18.559><c> praise</c><00:43:19.019><c> the</c><00:43:19.260><c> Lord,</c><00:43:20.659><c> all</c><00:43:20.960><c> ye</c><00:43:21.179><c> nations,</c><00:43:22.360><c> praise</c><00:43:22.639><c> him</c><00:43:23.019><c> all</c><00:43:23.599><c> ye</c><00:43:23.900><c> people,</c>

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:27.260
for<00:43:24.599><c> his</c><00:43:24.920><c> merciful</c><00:43:25.380><c> kindness</c><00:43:25.940><c> is</c><00:43:26.260><c> great</c><00:43:26.519><c> toward</c><00:43:26.780><c> us,</c>

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:30.420
and<00:43:27.800><c> the</c><00:43:28.000><c> truth</c><00:43:28.199><c> of</c><00:43:28.380><c> the</c><00:43:28.539><c> Lord</c><00:43:29.300><c> endureth</c><00:43:29.960><c> forever.</c>

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:35.059
In<00:43:31.519><c> this</c><00:43:31.960><c> Psalm</c><00:43:32.519><c> that</c><00:43:33.239><c> was</c><00:43:33.559><c> recited</c><00:43:34.019><c> every</c><00:43:34.539><c> year</c>

00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:40.000
is<00:43:36.039><c> embedded</c><00:43:36.360><c> the</c><00:43:36.699><c> principle</c><00:43:37.219><c> of</c><00:43:37.679><c> the</c><00:43:37.980><c> universal</c><00:43:38.679><c> offer</c><00:43:39.219><c> of</c><00:43:39.480><c> salvation</c>

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:43.980
that<00:43:40.239><c> would</c><00:43:40.500><c> come</c><00:43:41.599><c> following</c><00:43:42.480><c> the</c><00:43:43.199><c> death</c><00:43:43.380><c> and</c><00:43:43.619><c> resurrection</c>

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of<00:43:44.219><c> Christ</c>

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:50.780
through<00:43:45.860><c> Peter</c><00:43:46.360><c> and</c><00:43:47.099><c> then</c><00:43:47.380><c> Paul</c><00:43:47.860><c> and</c><00:43:48.340><c> then</c><00:43:49.000><c> all</c><00:43:49.280><c> the</c><00:43:49.780><c> other</c><00:43:50.199><c> disciples</c>

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:53.039
to<00:43:51.440><c> preach</c><00:43:51.679><c> the</c><00:43:51.900><c> Gospel</c><00:43:52.260><c> to</c><00:43:52.500><c> the</c><00:43:52.619><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:57.599
It<00:43:53.300><c> was</c><00:43:53.639><c> always</c><00:43:54.179><c> in</c><00:43:54.480><c> the</c><00:43:54.639><c> purpose</c><00:43:54.860><c> of</c><00:43:55.159><c> God</c><00:43:55.559><c> to</c><00:43:56.440><c> include</c><00:43:57.099><c> the</c>

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worldwide<00:43:58.039><c> family.</c>

00:43:58.619 --> 00:44:02.880
It<00:43:58.840><c> would</c><00:43:59.179><c> start</c><00:43:59.480><c> with</c><00:43:59.739><c> the</c><00:43:59.920><c> Jews</c><00:44:00.320><c> and</c><00:44:00.860><c> it</c><00:44:00.920><c> would</c><00:44:01.119><c> then</c><00:44:01.380><c> be</c><00:44:01.739><c> extended</c><00:44:02.280><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:03.019><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:44:04.780><c> so</c><00:44:05.039><c> what</c><00:44:05.219><c> we</c><00:44:05.340><c> have</c><00:44:05.480><c> looked</c><00:44:05.699><c> at</c><00:44:06.260><c> is</c><00:44:06.639><c> an</c><00:44:06.860><c> extremely</c>

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important<00:44:07.739><c> incident</c>

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in<00:44:08.400><c> confirming</c><00:44:08.800><c> that</c><00:44:09.079><c> purpose.</c>

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:12.539
The<00:44:10.139><c> title</c><00:44:10.280><c> of</c><00:44:10.440><c> this</c><00:44:10.699><c> class</c><00:44:10.940><c> is</c><00:44:11.260><c> The</c><00:44:11.420><c> Conversion</c><00:44:11.800><c> of</c><00:44:12.019><c> Cornelius,</c>

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a<00:44:13.079><c> promise</c><00:44:13.559><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:19.780
And<00:44:16.280><c> it</c><00:44:16.460><c> was</c><00:44:16.800><c> through</c><00:44:17.139><c> Peter</c><00:44:17.619><c> going</c><00:44:18.420><c> to</c><00:44:18.679><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:25.079
And<00:44:20.500><c> it</c><00:44:20.619><c> is</c><00:44:20.780><c> based</c><00:44:21.019><c> on</c><00:44:21.179><c> the</c><00:44:21.360><c> principle,</c><00:44:22.619><c> God</c><00:44:23.139><c> is</c><00:44:23.900><c> no</c><00:44:24.159><c> respecter</c>

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of<00:44:25.300><c> persons.</c>

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Just<00:44:26.940><c> a</c><00:44:27.179><c> reminder</c><00:44:27.619><c> to</c><00:44:28.260><c> those</c><00:44:28.539><c> for</c><00:44:28.800><c> his</c><00:44:29.059><c> labors</c><00:44:29.639><c> on</c><00:44:30.900><c> our</c><00:44:31.139><c> behalf</c>

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this<00:44:31.800><c> morning.</c>

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We'll<00:44:34.480><c> ask</c><00:44:34.639><c> Brother</c><00:44:35.860><c> Bill</c><00:44:36.199><c> Link</c><00:44:36.519><c> Jr.</c><00:44:37.039><c> to</c><00:44:37.260><c> please</c><00:44:37.480><c> come</c><00:44:37.780><c> forward</c>

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:41.099
and<00:44:38.280><c> offer</c><00:44:38.500><c> a</c><00:44:39.059><c> concluding</c><00:44:39.559><c> prayer</c><00:44:39.840><c> of</c><00:44:40.300><c> thankfulness</c><00:44:40.719><c> for</c><00:44:40.940><c> our</c>

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morning<00:44:41.360><c> activities</c>

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after<00:44:42.760><c> we</c><00:44:43.039><c> sing</c><00:44:43.199><c> together</c><00:44:44.019><c> hymn</c><00:44:44.380><c> number</c><00:44:44.760><c> 123,</c>

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:51.340
a<00:44:47.159><c> hymn</c><00:44:47.380><c> of</c><00:44:47.699><c> praise</c><00:44:48.099><c> and</c><00:44:48.400><c> thanksgiving</c><00:44:48.920><c> for</c><00:44:49.139><c> the</c><00:44:50.619><c> great</c><00:44:50.619><c> hope</c>

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.940
that<00:44:51.539><c> we</c><00:44:51.780><c> have</c>

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:54.260
and<00:44:52.059><c> that</c><00:44:52.159><c> we</c><00:44:52.360><c> share</c><00:44:52.539><c> together</c><00:44:52.940><c> in</c><00:44:53.159><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:58.400
The<00:44:55.239><c> earth,</c><00:44:55.599><c> O</c><00:44:55.800><c> Lord,</c><00:44:56.300><c> is</c><00:44:56.480><c> one</c><00:44:56.719><c> great</c><00:44:57.099><c> field</c><00:44:57.539><c> of</c><00:44:57.920><c> all</c><00:44:58.199><c> thy</c>

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.300
chosen<00:44:58.820><c> seed.</c>

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:03.280
Thy<00:45:00.000><c> saints</c><00:45:00.320><c> in</c><00:45:00.619><c> former</c><00:45:00.860><c> days</c><00:45:01.239><c> labored</c><00:45:01.639><c> to</c><00:45:01.940><c> sow</c><00:45:02.039><c> thy</c><00:45:02.400><c> word.</c>

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:07.719
Thy<00:45:03.699><c> son,</c><00:45:04.019><c> O</c><00:45:04.079><c> Lord,</c><00:45:04.260><c> in</c><00:45:04.480><c> later</c><00:45:04.679><c> days</c><00:45:05.179><c> to</c><00:45:05.480><c> harvest</c><00:45:06.000><c> white</c><00:45:06.519><c> did</c><00:45:06.780><c> seed.</c>

00:45:08.179 --> 00:45:10.900
That<00:45:08.480><c> harvest,</c><00:45:08.880><c> Lord,</c><00:45:09.480><c> is</c><00:45:09.659><c> thine</c><00:45:09.900><c> alone.</c>

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:15.960
More<00:45:11.260><c> reapers</c><00:45:12.340><c> send</c><00:45:13.000><c> thou</c><00:45:13.300><c> forth</c><00:45:14.079><c> and</c><00:45:14.639><c> bind</c><00:45:14.840><c> us</c><00:45:15.260><c> in</c><00:45:15.760><c> thy</c>

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:17.599
harvest<00:45:16.440><c> sheaves</c>

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when<00:45:17.920><c> thou</c><00:45:18.199><c> dost</c><00:45:18.480><c> reign</c><00:45:18.900><c> on</c><00:45:19.219><c> high.</c>

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Hymn<00:45:20.000><c> number</c><00:45:20.340><c> 123.</c>

00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:44.900
The<00:45:23.840><c> earth,</c><00:45:39.099><c> O</c><00:45:39.599><c> Lord,</c><00:45:40.800><c> is</c><00:45:41.019><c> one</c><00:45:41.760><c> great</c><00:45:42.400><c> field</c><00:45:42.780><c> of</c><00:45:43.679><c> all</c><00:45:44.579><c> thy</c>

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:46.639
chosen<00:45:45.960><c> seed.</c>

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The<00:45:48.420><c> crop</c><00:45:49.519><c> prepared</c><00:45:50.539><c> is</c><00:45:51.380><c> rude</c><00:45:51.699><c> to</c><00:45:52.219><c> live,</c><00:45:53.659><c> the</c><00:45:54.059><c> papers</c><00:45:54.940><c> filled</c>

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with<00:45:56.659><c> me.</c>

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Thy<00:45:59.760><c> saints,</c><00:46:00.679><c> O</c><00:46:01.019><c> Lord,</c><00:46:02.199><c> in</c><00:46:02.500><c> former</c><00:46:03.420><c> days</c><00:46:04.039><c> labored</c><00:46:05.539><c> to</c><00:46:06.300><c> sow</c><00:46:07.000><c> thy</c><00:46:07.860><c> word.</c>

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:20.239
Thy<00:46:10.019><c> prophets</c><00:46:11.260><c> in</c><00:46:12.119><c> thy</c><00:46:12.579><c> chosen</c><00:46:13.800><c> land,</c><00:46:15.159><c> the</c><00:46:15.619><c> faithful,</c><00:46:16.960><c> some</c><00:46:17.380><c> and</c><00:46:18.420><c> o</c><00:46:19.420><c>'er.</c>

00:46:20.900 --> 00:46:30.840
Thy<00:46:21.820><c> son,</c><00:46:23.119><c> O</c><00:46:23.119><c> Lord,</c><00:46:23.960><c> in</c><00:46:24.480><c> later</c><00:46:25.280><c> days</c><00:46:26.039><c> to</c><00:46:26.739><c> harvest</c><00:46:28.159><c> white</c><00:46:29.219><c> did</c><00:46:29.739><c> seed.</c>

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:41.940
And<00:46:32.119><c> he</c><00:46:32.860><c> shall</c><00:46:33.380><c> sow</c><00:46:34.219><c> the</c><00:46:34.880><c> seed,</c><00:46:36.599><c> and</c><00:46:37.500><c> the</c><00:46:38.179><c> crop</c><00:46:38.380><c> will</c><00:46:39.219><c> grow</c><00:46:40.179><c> again.</c>

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:50.380
And<00:46:43.639><c> we,</c><00:46:44.599><c> O</c><00:46:45.000><c> Lord,</c><00:46:45.619><c> in</c><00:46:46.199><c> these</c><00:46:46.960><c> last</c><00:46:47.599><c> days</c><00:46:48.139><c> will</c><00:46:49.139><c> reign</c><00:46:49.760><c> thy</c>

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:52.860
kingdom<00:46:51.420><c> high.</c>

00:46:52.860 --> 00:47:01.840
O<00:46:54.099><c> bind</c><00:46:54.920><c> us</c><00:46:55.639><c> in</c><00:46:56.119><c> thy</c><00:46:56.840><c> harvest</c><00:46:57.980><c> sheaves</c><00:46:58.960><c> when</c><00:46:59.579><c> thou</c><00:47:00.260><c> dost</c><00:47:00.820><c> reign</c>

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on<00:47:02.659><c> high.</c>

00:47:05.019 --> 00:47:10.079
That<00:47:05.800><c> harvest,</c><00:47:07.440><c> Lord,</c><00:47:07.739><c> is</c><00:47:08.699><c> thine</c><00:47:09.440><c> alone.</c>

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:15.539
And<00:47:11.380><c> O</c><00:47:12.019><c> world,</c><00:47:12.980><c> why</c><00:47:13.960><c> do</c><00:47:14.860><c> you?</c>

00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:21.840
More<00:47:16.579><c> reapers</c><00:47:17.719><c> send</c><00:47:18.320><c> thou</c><00:47:19.000><c> forth</c><00:47:19.940><c> and</c><00:47:20.480><c> bind</c><00:47:20.840><c> us</c><00:47:21.840><c> in</c><00:47:21.840><c> thy</c>

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harvest<00:47:22.739><c> sheaves.</c>

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Heavenly<00:47:31.320><c> Father,</c><00:47:32.900><c> we</c><00:47:33.380><c> thank</c><00:47:33.619><c> thee</c><00:47:33.780><c> that</c><00:47:33.900><c> thou</c><00:47:34.139><c> art</c><00:47:34.320><c> no</c><00:47:34.619><c> respecter</c><00:47:35.280><c> of</c><00:47:35.420><c> persons.</c>

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:43.920
For<00:47:38.039><c> we</c><00:47:38.219><c> realize</c><00:47:38.659><c> how</c><00:47:38.940><c> insignificant</c><00:47:39.619><c> we</c><00:47:39.960><c> are,</c><00:47:42.599><c> how</c><00:47:42.860><c> great</c><00:47:43.139><c> thy</c><00:47:43.340><c> love</c><00:47:43.599><c> is</c>

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:45.199
toward<00:47:44.079><c> us,</c>

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:49.800
to<00:47:45.579><c> have</c><00:47:45.800><c> called</c><00:47:46.019><c> us</c><00:47:46.219><c> out</c><00:47:46.420><c> of</c><00:47:46.619><c> darkness</c><00:47:47.260><c> into</c><00:47:48.320><c> thy</c><00:47:48.559><c> light,</c><00:47:49.599><c> and</c>

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:51.860
to<00:47:50.019><c> show</c><00:47:50.219><c> forth</c><00:47:50.579><c> thy</c><00:47:50.860><c> light.</c>

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:59.199
We<00:47:53.599><c> pray</c><00:47:53.940><c> that</c><00:47:54.280><c> this</c><00:47:54.619><c> morning</c><00:47:54.860><c> we</c><00:47:55.059><c> may</c><00:47:55.280><c> have</c><00:47:55.500><c> learned</c><00:47:56.199><c> to</c><00:47:57.500><c> think</c><00:47:57.840><c> like</c><00:47:58.239><c> they,</c>

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:05.659
that<00:48:01.059><c> we</c><00:48:01.219><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:01.860><c> look</c><00:48:02.400><c> on</c><00:48:02.780><c> the</c><00:48:02.980><c> outward</c><00:48:03.260><c> appearance</c><00:48:03.980><c> or</c><00:48:05.159><c> judge</c><00:48:05.420><c> as</c>

00:48:05.659 --> 00:48:07.219
man<00:48:05.960><c> judges,</c>

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but<00:48:08.800><c> that</c><00:48:08.940><c> we</c><00:48:09.039><c> may</c><00:48:09.239><c> learn</c><00:48:09.480><c> to</c><00:48:10.059><c> look</c><00:48:10.280><c> on</c><00:48:10.500><c> the</c><00:48:10.719><c> heart.</c>

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Help<00:48:13.800><c> us</c><00:48:14.079><c> to</c><00:48:14.219><c> be</c><00:48:14.400><c> built</c><00:48:14.599><c> up</c><00:48:14.980><c> and</c><00:48:15.260><c> to</c><00:48:15.360><c> be</c><00:48:15.460><c> more</c><00:48:15.659><c> like</c><00:48:15.940><c> thee.</c>

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Accept<00:48:18.059><c> our</c><00:48:18.320><c> thanks</c><00:48:18.719><c> for</c><00:48:19.119><c> the</c><00:48:19.260><c> privilege</c><00:48:19.619><c> of</c><00:48:19.900><c> studying</c><00:48:20.139><c> my</c>

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word<00:48:20.719><c> together</c>

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and<00:48:22.820><c> for</c><00:48:22.980><c> the</c><00:48:23.159><c> blessings</c><00:48:23.500><c> of</c><00:48:23.760><c> fellowship</c><00:48:24.139><c> which</c><00:48:24.380><c> we</c><00:48:24.679><c> share.</c>

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We<00:48:27.260><c> approach</c><00:48:27.539><c> thee</c><00:48:27.860><c> in</c><00:48:28.000><c> humility</c><00:48:28.440><c> and</c><00:48:28.820><c> in</c><00:48:29.059><c> thanksgiving.</c>

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In<00:48:31.320><c> Jesus'</c><00:48:31.920><c> name,</c><00:48:32.519><c> Amen.</c>

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Thank<00:49:11.739><c> you.</c>