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an<00:11:50.240><c> opportunity</c><00:11:50.659><c> comes</c><00:11:51.059><c> to</c><00:11:52.059><c> change</c><00:11:52.659><c> the</c><00:11:53.320><c> situation,</c><00:11:55.100><c> then</c><00:11:55.340><c> do</c>

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so.<00:11:56.700><c> So</c><00:11:56.899><c> he</c><00:11:56.980><c> talks</c><00:11:57.139><c> about</c><00:11:57.379><c> the</c><00:11:57.580><c> issues</c><00:11:57.700><c> of</c><00:11:57.860><c> marriage,</c>

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of<00:11:59.220><c> the</c><00:11:59.779><c> circumcision</c><00:12:00.440><c> issue,</c><00:12:02.159><c> and</c><00:12:02.299><c> finally,</c><00:12:02.759><c> of</c><00:12:02.980><c> slavery.</c>

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that<00:12:04.899><c> apart</c><00:12:05.159><c> in</c><00:12:05.299><c> very</c><00:12:05.519><c> close</c><00:12:05.779><c> detail.</c><00:12:06.720><c> But</c><00:12:06.720><c> we</c><00:12:07.240><c> look</c><00:12:07.419><c> at</c><00:12:07.559><c> it</c><00:12:07.799><c> today</c><00:12:08.000><c> just</c><00:12:08.419><c> because</c><00:12:08.899><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:09.879><c> issue</c><00:12:10.200><c> here</c><00:12:10.480><c> of</c><00:12:10.759><c> slavery</c>

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and<00:12:11.320><c> how</c><00:12:11.860><c> it</c><00:12:12.120><c> may</c><00:12:12.559><c> apply</c><00:12:13.100><c> now</c><00:12:13.320><c> as</c><00:12:13.480><c> we</c><00:12:13.620><c> come</c><00:12:13.759><c> to</c><00:12:13.960><c> look</c><00:12:14.220><c> at</c><00:12:14.700><c> Onesimus.</c><00:12:17.200><c> All</c>

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right,<00:12:19.279><c> one</c><00:12:19.500><c> other</c><00:12:20.139><c> consideration</c>

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just<00:12:21.419><c> before</c><00:12:21.720><c> we</c><00:12:21.879><c> get</c><00:12:22.460><c> to</c><00:12:22.740><c> Onesimus.</c><00:12:25.000><c> I've</c><00:12:25.399><c> thought</c><00:12:25.480><c> a</c><00:12:25.700><c> lot</c>

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about<00:12:26.779><c> this</c><00:12:27.120><c> situation</c>

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and<00:12:28.840><c> what</c><00:12:29.740><c> we</c><00:12:30.059><c> have</c><00:12:30.220><c> here</c><00:12:30.600><c> in</c><00:12:31.840><c> the</c><00:12:32.480><c> letter</c><00:12:32.679><c> to</c><00:12:32.919><c> Philemon.</c><00:12:33.320><c> If</c>

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we'd<00:12:33.700><c> like</c><00:12:33.799><c> to</c><00:12:34.139><c> turn</c><00:12:34.480><c> there</c>

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just<00:12:35.779><c> to</c><00:12:36.399><c> catch</c><00:12:36.659><c> those</c><00:12:36.879><c> first</c><00:12:37.120><c> couple</c><00:12:37.379><c> verses,</c><00:12:40.179><c> we</c><00:12:40.600><c> want</c><00:12:40.720><c> to</c>

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make<00:12:40.919><c> an</c><00:12:41.139><c> observation</c><00:12:41.559><c> about</c><00:12:41.860><c> this</c><00:12:42.080><c> situation.</c>

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Letter<00:12:49.000><c> to</c><00:12:49.240><c> Philemon,</c><00:12:50.440><c> verse</c><00:12:50.620><c> one.</c><00:12:52.399><c> Paul,</c><00:12:53.820><c> a</c><00:12:54.100><c> prisoner</c><00:12:54.539><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:12:55.399><c> Christ,</c><00:12:56.960><c> and</c><00:12:57.139><c> Timothy,</c><00:12:57.620><c> our</c><00:12:58.000><c> brother,</c>

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unto<00:12:59.659><c> Philemon,</c><00:13:00.799><c> our</c><00:13:01.059><c> dearly</c><00:13:01.460><c> beloved</c><00:13:01.840><c> and</c><00:13:02.700><c> fellow</c><00:13:03.019><c> laborer,</c>

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and<00:13:05.000><c> to</c><00:13:05.179><c> our</c><00:13:05.460><c> beloved</c><00:13:05.940><c> Afia,</c><00:13:07.379><c> that's</c><00:13:07.679><c> his</c><00:13:07.820><c> wife,</c>

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and<00:13:09.759><c> to</c><00:13:11.159><c> Archippus,</c><00:13:12.679><c> our</c><00:13:12.860><c> fellow</c><00:13:13.220><c> soldier.</c><00:13:14.519><c> Archippus</c><00:13:15.240><c> is</c><00:13:16.259><c> most</c><00:13:17.000><c> likely</c><00:13:17.399><c> the</c><00:13:17.759><c> son</c><00:13:18.320><c> of</c>

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Philemon<00:13:19.580><c> and</c><00:13:20.200><c> Afia.</c>

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So<00:13:20.700><c> here</c><00:13:20.840><c> we</c><00:13:20.919><c> have</c><00:13:21.100><c> a</c><00:13:22.399><c> family,</c><00:13:22.720><c> a</c><00:13:22.919><c> familia</c><00:13:23.259><c> we</c><00:13:23.419><c> talked</c><00:13:23.700><c> about</c><00:13:23.860><c> yesterday.</c><00:13:24.399><c> We</c><00:13:24.500><c> have</c><00:13:24.940><c> a</c>

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husband,<00:13:25.460><c> wife,</c><00:13:25.879><c> son,</c>

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and<00:13:27.059><c> we</c><00:13:27.120><c> have</c><00:13:27.279><c> a</c><00:13:27.539><c> slave</c><00:13:27.919><c> named</c><00:13:28.600><c> Onesimus.</c><00:13:30.080><c> It's</c><00:13:30.259><c> a</c><00:13:30.440><c> household.</c>

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And<00:13:33.279><c> he</c><00:13:33.639><c> goes</c><00:13:33.879><c> on</c><00:13:34.179><c> to</c><00:13:34.700><c> commend</c><00:13:35.139><c> these</c><00:13:35.500><c> people.</c>

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He<00:13:36.440><c> talks</c><00:13:36.720><c> about</c><00:13:37.019><c> our</c><00:13:37.279><c> fellow</c><00:13:37.600><c> soldier</c><00:13:38.000><c> and</c><00:13:38.320><c> to</c><00:13:38.899><c> the</c><00:13:39.120><c> church</c>

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in<00:13:40.080><c> thy</c><00:13:40.320><c> house.</c><00:13:42.039><c> So</c><00:13:42.360><c> what</c><00:13:42.620><c> appears</c><00:13:43.059><c> to</c><00:13:43.340><c> exist</c>

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here<00:13:43.960><c> is</c><00:13:44.360><c> a</c><00:13:45.559><c> well</c><00:13:45.899><c>-functioning</c><00:13:46.379><c> family.</c><00:13:47.679><c> The</c><00:13:47.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:48.399><c> is</c><00:13:49.360><c> in</c>

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their<00:13:49.879><c> home</c><00:13:50.100><c> in</c><00:13:50.320><c> some</c><00:13:50.539><c> way</c><00:13:50.779><c> with</c><00:13:51.240><c> meetings</c><00:13:51.580><c> there.</c>

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There's<00:13:53.419><c> no</c><00:13:53.659><c> evidence</c><00:13:54.039><c> of</c><00:13:55.279><c> problems,</c><00:13:55.899><c> particular</c><00:13:56.179><c> problems</c>

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that<00:13:58.240><c> are</c><00:13:58.500><c> addressed.</c><00:13:59.580><c> It</c><00:13:59.879><c> looks</c><00:14:00.120><c> to</c><00:14:00.299><c> be</c>

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pretty<00:14:00.740><c> happy</c><00:14:01.200><c> circumstance.</c><00:14:01.960><c> And</c><00:14:02.120><c> if</c><00:14:02.220><c> you</c><00:14:02.360><c> think</c><00:14:02.559><c> of</c><00:14:02.779><c> that</c>

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being<00:14:04.460><c> in</c><00:14:04.639><c> that</c><00:14:04.779><c> situation,</c>

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imagine<00:14:07.399><c> now</c><00:14:07.879><c> the</c><00:14:08.379><c> issues</c><00:14:08.679><c> that</c><00:14:08.960><c> surround</c><00:14:09.240><c> this</c><00:14:09.559><c> letter.</c><00:14:10.139><c> Everything</c><00:14:10.399><c> is</c>

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running<00:14:10.820><c> good.</c><00:14:11.600><c> We</c><00:14:11.600><c> have</c>

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these<00:14:12.879><c> families</c><00:14:13.279><c> in</c><00:14:13.480><c> the</c><00:14:13.759><c> truth.</c><00:14:14.559><c> They're</c><00:14:14.799><c> serving</c><00:14:15.179><c> well.</c>

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They're<00:14:15.879><c> commended</c>

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for<00:14:18.580><c> their</c><00:14:18.860><c> strong</c><00:14:19.220><c> faith</c><00:14:19.759><c> and</c><00:14:20.159><c> their</c><00:14:20.480><c> generosity</c><00:14:21.100><c> and</c><00:14:21.519><c> love</c>

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in<00:14:22.480><c> their</c><00:14:22.700><c> service</c><00:14:22.960><c> to</c><00:14:23.159><c> God.</c><00:14:24.440><c> And</c><00:14:24.740><c> all</c><00:14:24.919><c> of</c><00:14:25.120><c> a</c><00:14:25.200><c> sudden</c>

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there's<00:14:26.960><c> a</c><00:14:27.120><c> problem</c><00:14:27.600><c> in</c><00:14:28.019><c> this</c><00:14:28.240><c> household.</c><00:14:29.440><c> One</c><00:14:29.620><c> of</c><00:14:29.740><c> the</c><00:14:29.980><c> slaves</c><00:14:30.279><c> has</c>

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run<00:14:30.700><c> away.</c>

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often<00:14:38.159><c> it</c><00:14:38.360><c> is</c><00:14:38.639><c> in</c><00:14:38.879><c> life</c><00:14:39.399><c> for</c><00:14:40.039><c> us</c><00:14:40.440><c> and</c><00:14:40.700><c> for</c>

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people<00:14:41.259><c> in</c><00:14:41.480><c> the</c><00:14:41.659><c> Bible</c><00:14:42.039><c> where</c><00:14:43.120><c> just</c><00:14:44.019><c> as</c><00:14:44.419><c> things</c><00:14:44.820><c> are</c><00:14:45.200><c> running</c>

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along<00:14:45.919><c> smoothly,</c><00:14:46.740><c> just</c><00:14:47.000><c> as</c><00:14:47.259><c> we</c><00:14:47.700><c> sort</c><00:14:47.940><c> of</c><00:14:48.139><c> got</c>

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our<00:14:48.580><c> life</c><00:14:48.759><c> the</c><00:14:48.960><c> way</c><00:14:49.100><c> we</c><00:14:49.379><c> like</c><00:14:49.559><c> it</c><00:14:49.799><c> and</c><00:14:49.899><c> it's</c><00:14:50.879><c> comfortable</c><00:14:51.500><c> and</c>

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it's<00:14:52.159><c> functioning</c><00:14:52.580><c> and</c><00:14:53.120><c> it's</c><00:14:53.440><c> headed</c><00:14:53.559><c> in</c><00:14:53.759><c> the</c><00:14:53.860><c> right</c>

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direction,<00:14:54.740><c> just</c><00:14:55.159><c> as</c><00:14:55.480><c> we</c><00:14:56.059><c> have</c><00:14:56.220><c> all</c><00:14:56.440><c> those</c><00:14:56.639><c> things</c><00:14:56.840><c> in</c><00:14:57.100><c> place,</c>

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something<00:14:58.919><c> comes</c><00:14:59.700><c> crashing</c><00:15:00.299><c> in</c><00:15:00.580><c> to</c><00:15:00.720><c> ruin</c><00:15:00.919><c> it.</c>

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Did<00:15:02.460><c> you</c><00:15:02.460><c> ever</c><00:15:02.620><c> have</c><00:15:02.740><c> that</c><00:15:02.919><c> experience?</c><00:15:05.659><c> I</c><00:15:06.139><c> think</c><00:15:06.379><c> so.</c><00:15:07.019><c> I</c><00:15:07.259><c> think</c><00:15:07.419><c> we've</c><00:15:07.639><c> all</c>

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had<00:15:08.019><c> that</c><00:15:08.919><c> experience</c><00:15:09.440><c> where</c>

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you<00:15:10.559><c> can't</c><00:15:10.919><c> believe</c><00:15:11.120><c> it.</c><00:15:11.500><c> You</c><00:15:11.799><c> think</c><00:15:12.039><c> you're</c><00:15:12.220><c> doing</c><00:15:12.460><c> the</c><00:15:12.639><c> right</c><00:15:12.840><c> thing.</c><00:15:13.039><c> You're</c><00:15:13.279><c> trying</c><00:15:13.480><c> to</c>

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do<00:15:13.700><c> the</c><00:15:13.820><c> right</c><00:15:14.100><c> thing</c>

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and<00:15:15.220><c> things</c><00:15:15.519><c> are</c><00:15:15.759><c> going</c><00:15:15.960><c> well</c><00:15:16.360><c> either</c><00:15:16.740><c> in</c><00:15:16.860><c> your</c><00:15:17.120><c> family</c><00:15:17.480><c> or</c><00:15:17.679><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:17.960><c> ecclesia.</c><00:15:18.700><c> And</c><00:15:18.879><c> then</c><00:15:19.080><c> all</c><00:15:19.279><c> of</c><00:15:19.500><c> a</c><00:15:19.539><c> sudden</c>

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there<00:15:20.639><c> is</c><00:15:21.559><c> some</c><00:15:22.559><c> totally</c><00:15:23.279><c> unexpected</c><00:15:24.620><c> interruption,</c><00:15:26.500><c> unwelcome</c><00:15:27.139><c> interruption</c><00:15:27.840><c> that</c>

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you<00:15:28.279><c> can't</c>

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understand<00:15:29.059><c> why</c><00:15:29.360><c> it's</c><00:15:29.600><c> happening</c><00:15:30.000><c> and</c><00:15:31.220><c> it</c><00:15:31.840><c> disturbs</c><00:15:33.080><c> everything</c><00:15:33.600><c> that</c><00:15:33.820><c> was</c><00:15:34.340><c> going</c><00:15:34.580><c> along</c><00:15:34.860><c> so</c><00:15:35.200><c> well.</c>

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It<00:15:36.759><c> is</c><00:15:36.960><c> a</c><00:15:37.159><c> great</c><00:15:37.360><c> exercise</c><00:15:38.139><c> to,</c><00:15:38.840><c> as</c><00:15:39.039><c> you're</c><00:15:39.580><c> doing</c><00:15:39.820><c> the</c><00:15:40.019><c> readings,</c><00:15:40.659><c> watch</c>

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for<00:15:41.320><c> situations</c><00:15:41.799><c> like</c><00:15:42.159><c> that.</c><00:15:42.340><c> The</c>

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Bible<00:15:42.759><c> is</c><00:15:43.059><c> full</c><00:15:43.299><c> of</c><00:15:43.440><c> them,</c><00:15:44.080><c> absolutely</c><00:15:44.480><c> full</c><00:15:44.759><c> of</c><00:15:44.840><c> them.</c><00:15:45.960><c> I'm</c>

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book<00:15:49.899><c> of</c><00:15:49.899><c> Acts.</c><00:15:49.899><c> You'll</c><00:15:49.980><c> recognize</c><00:15:50.480><c> immediately.</c><00:15:52.159><c> The</c><00:15:52.779><c> first</c>

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I<00:16:00.679><c> stop</c><00:16:01.019><c> and</c><00:16:01.620><c> create</c><00:16:02.379><c> this</c><00:16:02.919><c> picture</c><00:16:03.259><c> here</c><00:16:03.500><c> because</c><00:16:03.700><c> I</c><00:16:03.899><c> think</c>

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when<00:16:04.580><c> we</c><00:16:04.740><c> get</c><00:16:04.919><c> into</c><00:16:05.700><c> Philemon,</c><00:16:07.019><c> it's</c><00:16:07.600><c> important</c>

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that<00:16:08.200><c> we</c><00:16:08.379><c> understand</c><00:16:09.039><c> the</c><00:16:09.539><c> level</c><00:16:10.059><c> of</c><00:16:10.519><c> interruption</c><00:16:11.019><c> and</c><00:16:11.399><c> disturbance</c><00:16:12.000><c> that</c>

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the<00:16:14.360><c> fugitive</c><00:16:15.019><c> Onesimus</c><00:16:15.639><c> has</c><00:16:16.000><c> caused</c>

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to<00:16:16.899><c> this</c><00:16:17.600><c> family</c><00:16:18.340><c> and</c><00:16:18.639><c> to</c><00:16:18.799><c> the</c><00:16:19.000><c> ecclesia.</c><00:16:20.120><c> So</c><00:16:20.279><c> Acts</c><00:16:20.460><c> chapter</c>

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14,<00:16:22.480><c> we</c><00:16:22.639><c> come</c>

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to<00:16:25.159><c> the</c><00:16:25.320><c> end</c><00:16:25.480><c> of</c><00:16:25.679><c> Paul's</c><00:16:26.139><c> first</c><00:16:26.399><c> missionary</c><00:16:26.820><c> journey</c><00:16:27.220><c> at</c><00:16:27.440><c> verse</c><00:16:27.779><c> 26.</c>

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He<00:16:28.639><c> started</c><00:16:28.879><c> this</c><00:16:29.139><c> journey</c><00:16:29.379><c> at</c><00:16:29.779><c> Antioch</c>

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and<00:16:30.580><c> he</c><00:16:30.779><c> ends</c><00:16:30.960><c> it</c><00:16:31.220><c> at</c><00:16:31.419><c> Antioch.</c><00:16:32.059><c> Verse</c><00:16:32.259><c> 26,</c><00:16:33.080><c> Acts</c><00:16:33.360><c> 14.</c><00:16:35.179><c> And</c><00:16:35.320><c> then</c><00:16:35.679><c> sailed</c><00:16:36.000><c> to</c>

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Antioch<00:16:36.840><c> from</c><00:16:37.120><c> whence</c>

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they<00:16:38.340><c> had</c><00:16:38.500><c> been</c><00:16:38.759><c> recommended</c><00:16:39.220><c> to</c><00:16:39.480><c> the</c><00:16:39.639><c> grace</c><00:16:39.879><c> of</c><00:16:40.139><c> God</c><00:16:40.340><c> for</c><00:16:40.519><c> the</c>

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work<00:16:40.879><c> which</c><00:16:41.080><c> they</c><00:16:41.340><c> fulfilled.</c>

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And<00:16:42.460><c> when</c><00:16:42.639><c> they</c><00:16:42.840><c> were</c><00:16:43.080><c> come</c><00:16:43.360><c> and</c><00:16:43.940><c> had</c><00:16:44.179><c> gathered</c><00:16:44.480><c> the</c><00:16:44.679><c> church</c>

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together,<00:16:45.799><c> they</c><00:16:46.000><c> rehearsed</c><00:16:46.580><c> all</c><00:16:46.960><c> that</c><00:16:47.200><c> God</c><00:16:47.580><c> had</c>

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done<00:16:48.019><c> with</c><00:16:48.340><c> them</c><00:16:48.700><c> and</c><00:16:49.059><c> how</c><00:16:49.279><c> he</c><00:16:49.460><c> had</c><00:16:49.679><c> opened</c><00:16:49.980><c> the</c><00:16:50.200><c> door</c><00:16:50.419><c> of</c><00:16:50.720><c> faith</c><00:16:50.919><c> unto</c>

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the<00:16:51.460><c> Gentiles.</c><00:16:52.740><c> And</c><00:16:53.080><c> there</c><00:16:53.460><c> they</c><00:16:53.820><c> abode</c>

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long<00:16:54.799><c> time</c><00:16:55.139><c> with</c><00:16:55.360><c> the</c><00:16:55.580><c> disciples.</c><00:16:56.899><c> So</c><00:16:57.159><c> after</c><00:16:57.440><c> all</c><00:16:57.679><c> the</c><00:16:57.940><c> concern</c><00:16:58.379><c> and</c>

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anxiety<00:16:59.460><c> and</c><00:17:00.539><c> uncertainty</c><00:17:01.500><c> about</c><00:17:02.600><c> should</c>

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there<00:17:04.380><c> be</c><00:17:04.660><c> a</c><00:17:04.940><c> mission</c><00:17:05.279><c> to</c><00:17:05.660><c> the</c><00:17:05.839><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:06.440><c> that</c><00:17:07.059><c> Paul</c><00:17:07.599><c> had</c><00:17:08.059><c> just</c>

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undertaken<00:17:08.880><c> and</c><00:17:09.160><c> how</c><00:17:09.359><c> would</c><00:17:09.500><c> it</c><00:17:09.700><c> turn</c><00:17:09.920><c> out</c><00:17:10.259><c> and</c>

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what<00:17:10.720><c> would</c><00:17:10.980><c> be</c><00:17:11.180><c> the</c><00:17:11.319><c> consequences?</c><00:17:12.700><c> They</c><00:17:12.980><c> come</c><00:17:13.259><c> back</c><00:17:13.619><c> and</c>

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they<00:17:14.079><c> report</c><00:17:14.460><c> that</c><00:17:15.059><c> the</c><00:17:15.279><c> mission</c><00:17:15.500><c> has</c><00:17:15.740><c> been</c><00:17:15.900><c> successful</c>

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and<00:17:17.059><c> they've</c><00:17:17.400><c> gone</c><00:17:17.920><c> to</c><00:17:18.440><c> Lystra</c><00:17:18.819><c> and</c><00:17:19.099><c> Derbe</c><00:17:19.480><c> and</c><00:17:19.680><c> Iconium</c><00:17:20.240><c> and</c>

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Antioch<00:17:21.180><c> and</c><00:17:21.740><c> disciples</c><00:17:22.359><c> have</c><00:17:23.259><c> been</c><00:17:23.480><c> made</c><00:17:23.680><c> for</c><00:17:23.859><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:17:24.279><c> and</c><00:17:24.579><c> small</c><00:17:24.859><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:25.259><c> established</c><00:17:25.859><c> and</c><00:17:26.059><c> God</c><00:17:26.279><c> has</c><00:17:26.599><c> blessed</c><00:17:26.799><c> their</c><00:17:27.119><c> work.</c><00:17:28.099><c> It</c>

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hasn't<00:17:28.359><c> always</c><00:17:28.599><c> been</c><00:17:28.799><c> easy</c><00:17:29.059><c> but</c>

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it's<00:17:29.420><c> been</c><00:17:29.579><c> a</c><00:17:29.720><c> successful</c><00:17:30.339><c> mission.</c><00:17:31.319><c> And</c><00:17:31.359><c> they</c><00:17:31.839><c> review</c><00:17:32.180><c> this</c>

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with<00:17:33.059><c> the</c><00:17:33.319><c> sponsoring</c><00:17:33.779><c> ecclesia,</c><00:17:34.380><c> Antioch,</c>

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the<00:17:35.579><c> Ones</c><00:17:35.940><c> that</c><00:17:36.220><c> had</c><00:17:36.480><c> laid</c><00:17:36.680><c> their</c><00:17:36.900><c> hands</c><00:17:37.140><c> on</c><00:17:37.319><c> them</c><00:17:37.519><c> and</c><00:17:38.119><c> sent</c>

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them<00:17:38.579><c> off</c><00:17:38.740><c> on</c><00:17:38.859><c> that</c><00:17:39.059><c> mission.</c>

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And<00:17:40.440><c> so</c><00:17:40.599><c> they</c><00:17:40.700><c> come</c><00:17:40.880><c> and</c><00:17:41.019><c> give</c><00:17:41.140><c> a</c><00:17:41.279><c> report</c><00:17:41.599><c> as</c><00:17:41.799><c> they</c><00:17:42.099><c> should</c><00:17:42.420><c> and</c>

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they<00:17:43.720><c> talk</c><00:17:43.900><c> about</c><00:17:44.200><c> the</c><00:17:44.640><c> door</c><00:17:45.200><c> of</c><00:17:46.079><c> faith</c><00:17:46.279><c> being</c><00:17:46.559><c> open</c>

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to<00:17:47.000><c> the</c><00:17:47.140><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:47.700><c> and</c><00:17:48.480><c> this</c><00:17:49.160><c> has</c><00:17:49.440><c> to</c><00:17:49.579><c> be</c><00:17:49.740><c> a</c><00:17:49.920><c> high.</c><00:17:50.839><c> This</c><00:17:51.099><c> is</c><00:17:51.599><c> good</c><00:17:51.900><c> news</c><00:17:52.480><c> and</c><00:17:53.480><c> you</c><00:17:53.680><c> can</c><00:17:53.839><c> imagine</c><00:17:54.240><c> the</c><00:17:54.599><c> spirit</c><00:17:54.839><c> of</c>

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goodwill<00:17:57.099><c> and</c><00:17:57.420><c> enthusiasm</c><00:17:58.079><c> that</c><00:17:58.380><c> would</c><00:17:58.859><c> have</c><00:17:59.259><c> existed</c><00:17:59.799><c> as</c>

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they<00:18:01.000><c> think</c><00:18:01.319><c> about</c><00:18:01.680><c> the</c><00:18:02.019><c> next</c><00:18:02.319><c> steps.</c>

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But<00:18:04.279><c> what</c><00:18:04.519><c> happens</c><00:18:04.900><c> in</c><00:18:05.079><c> the</c><00:18:05.200><c> middle</c><00:18:05.480><c> of</c><00:18:05.960><c> this</c><00:18:06.720><c> very</c><00:18:07.640><c> happy</c><00:18:08.319><c> report,</c>

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the<00:18:11.359><c> sobering</c><00:18:11.880><c> words</c><00:18:12.160><c> of</c><00:18:12.359><c> Acts</c><00:18:12.559><c> 15</c><00:18:12.980><c> verse</c><00:18:13.299><c> 1,</c><00:18:14.920><c> and</c><00:18:15.079><c> certain</c>

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men<00:18:16.460><c> which</c><00:18:17.200><c> came</c><00:18:17.559><c> down</c><00:18:18.000><c> from</c><00:18:18.299><c> Judea</c>

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taught<00:18:20.000><c> brethren</c><00:18:20.559><c> and</c><00:18:21.119><c> said,</c><00:18:22.339><c> except</c><00:18:22.539><c> you</c><00:18:22.700><c> be</c><00:18:23.019><c> circumcised</c>

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after<00:18:23.980><c> the</c><00:18:24.259><c> manner</c><00:18:24.420><c> of</c><00:18:24.700><c> Moses,</c><00:18:25.619><c> he</c><00:18:25.880><c> cannot</c><00:18:26.420><c> be</c><00:18:27.059><c> saved.</c>

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When<00:18:29.920><c> therefore</c><00:18:30.480><c> Paul</c><00:18:30.819><c> and</c><00:18:31.019><c> Barnabas</c><00:18:31.420><c> had</c><00:18:31.720><c> no</c><00:18:32.160><c> small</c>

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dissension<00:18:35.839><c> and</c><00:18:36.500><c> disputation</c><00:18:37.420><c> with</c><00:18:37.740><c> them,</c><00:18:38.039><c> they</c><00:18:38.200><c> determined</c>

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that<00:18:38.900><c> Paul</c><00:18:39.200><c> and</c><00:18:39.420><c> Barnabas</c><00:18:39.819><c> and</c><00:18:40.019><c> certain</c>

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other<00:18:40.759><c> of</c><00:18:40.920><c> them</c><00:18:41.400><c> should</c><00:18:41.839><c> go</c><00:18:42.059><c> to</c><00:18:42.220><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:42.740><c> unto</c><00:18:43.039><c> the</c><00:18:43.279><c> apostles</c><00:18:43.839><c> and</c>

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elders<00:18:44.799><c> about</c><00:18:45.140><c> this</c><00:18:45.480><c> question.</c>

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No<00:18:47.039><c> small</c><00:18:47.980><c> dissension</c><00:18:48.599><c> and</c><00:18:48.940><c> disputation.</c><00:18:49.559><c> Can</c><00:18:49.759><c> you</c><00:18:49.980><c> imagine</c>

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the<00:18:50.880><c> level,</c><00:18:51.240><c> the</c><00:18:51.500><c> intensity</c><00:18:51.900><c> of</c><00:18:52.180><c> that</c><00:18:52.799><c> argument</c>

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and<00:18:53.839><c> debate.</c><00:18:55.680><c> So</c><00:18:56.299><c> here's</c><00:18:57.039><c> the</c><00:18:57.279><c> interruption.</c><00:18:58.079><c> They're</c><00:18:58.259><c> all</c>

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very<00:18:58.819><c> happy</c><00:18:59.059><c> about</c><00:18:59.359><c> the</c><00:18:59.539><c> successful</c>

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first<00:19:01.460><c> missionary</c><00:19:01.920><c> journey.</c><00:19:02.900><c> They've</c><00:19:03.140><c> reported</c><00:19:03.539><c> that</c><00:19:03.779><c> God</c>

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has<00:19:04.299><c> blessed</c><00:19:04.519><c> them.</c><00:19:04.900><c> They</c><00:19:05.019><c> have</c><00:19:05.180><c> disciples.</c><00:19:05.740><c> They</c>

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have<00:19:06.039><c> ecclesias.</c><00:19:09.579><c> Up</c><00:19:09.900><c> from</c><00:19:10.099><c> Judea</c><00:19:10.579><c> comes</c><00:19:11.619><c> some</c><00:19:12.059><c> brethren,</c><00:19:13.180><c> troublemakers</c><00:19:13.720><c> really,</c><00:19:14.059><c> that's</c><00:19:14.200><c> what</c><00:19:14.319><c> we</c>

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call<00:19:14.740><c> them.</c>

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They<00:19:15.339><c> come</c><00:19:15.720><c> and</c><00:19:16.000><c> they</c><00:19:16.220><c> say,</c><00:19:17.059><c> it's</c><00:19:18.140><c> all</c><00:19:18.279><c> right</c><00:19:18.440><c> baptizing</c><00:19:18.940><c> these</c><00:19:19.200><c> people</c><00:19:19.660><c> and</c>

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having<00:19:20.539><c> them</c><00:19:21.599><c> become</c><00:19:21.900><c> followers</c>

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of<00:19:22.339><c> the</c><00:19:22.460><c> Lord,</c><00:19:22.740><c> but</c><00:19:22.839><c> they're</c><00:19:23.039><c> going</c><00:19:23.140><c> to</c><00:19:23.200><c> have</c><00:19:23.339><c> to</c><00:19:23.460><c> be</c><00:19:23.680><c> circumcised.</c><00:19:25.039><c> And</c><00:19:25.480><c> we</c>

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have<00:19:25.720><c> this</c><00:19:25.920><c> enormous</c><00:19:26.539><c> debate,</c>

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a<00:19:28.259><c> very</c><00:19:28.819><c> serious</c><00:19:29.440><c> critical</c><00:19:29.839><c> issue</c><00:19:30.240><c> and</c><00:19:30.579><c> one</c><00:19:30.819><c> which</c><00:19:31.099><c> was</c><00:19:31.579><c> never</c>

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fully<00:19:32.420><c> resolved.</c><00:19:34.019><c> They</c><00:19:34.220><c> come</c><00:19:34.440><c> to</c><00:19:34.660><c> an</c><00:19:34.839><c> accommodation</c>

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for<00:19:36.160><c> a</c><00:19:36.259><c> time.</c><00:19:36.460><c> They</c><00:19:36.579><c> have</c><00:19:36.700><c> an</c><00:19:36.900><c> agreement</c><00:19:37.099><c> here</c><00:19:37.359><c> in</c><00:19:37.559><c> the</c><00:19:37.740><c> Council</c><00:19:37.980><c> of</c><00:19:38.160><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:38.519><c> but</c>

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we're<00:19:40.220><c> looking</c><00:19:40.420><c> here</c><00:19:40.640><c> just</c>

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at<00:19:41.079><c> the</c><00:19:41.299><c> disruption.</c><00:19:41.900><c> Things</c><00:19:42.099><c> were</c><00:19:42.279><c> going</c><00:19:42.559><c> along</c><00:19:42.880><c> well.</c><00:19:43.279><c> They're</c><00:19:43.519><c> planning</c><00:19:43.680><c> their</c><00:19:43.900><c> next</c>

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trip<00:19:44.400><c> and</c><00:19:45.079><c> bang,</c><00:19:45.660><c> here</c>

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the<00:19:46.059><c> troublemakers</c><00:19:46.819><c> and</c><00:19:47.640><c> you</c><00:19:48.160><c> can</c><00:19:48.420><c> imagine</c><00:19:48.900><c> the</c><00:19:50.220><c> turmoil</c>

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I<00:20:59.799><c> believe,</c><00:21:00.140><c> 20</c><00:21:00.460><c> miracles</c><00:21:00.980><c> reported</c>

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place<00:23:30.839><c> comes</c><00:23:31.380><c> crashing</c><00:23:32.059><c> down</c><00:23:32.400><c> on</c><00:23:32.559><c> them</c><00:23:32.799><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:33.400><c> don't</c><00:23:33.640><c> understand</c><00:23:34.180><c> it.</c><00:23:34.980><c> We're</c><00:23:35.160><c> told</c><00:23:35.319><c> in</c><00:23:35.500><c> another</c><00:23:35.680><c> place</c>

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they<00:23:36.640><c> feared</c><00:23:37.160><c> to</c><00:23:37.460><c> ask</c><00:23:37.740><c> him.</c><00:23:38.559><c> They</c><00:23:38.740><c> didn't</c><00:23:38.960><c> want</c>

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to<00:23:39.240><c> know.</c><00:23:39.819><c> It's</c><00:23:39.960><c> like</c><00:23:40.079><c> going</c><00:23:40.279><c> to</c><00:23:40.420><c> the</c><00:23:40.480><c> doctor</c><00:23:40.819><c> and</c><00:23:41.319><c> he</c><00:23:41.559><c> says,</c><00:23:43.380><c> there's</c><00:23:44.140><c> some</c><00:23:44.380><c> bad</c><00:23:44.619><c> news</c><00:23:44.920><c> here</c><00:23:45.160><c> I</c>

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want<00:23:45.380><c> to</c><00:23:45.460><c> talk</c>

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about.<00:23:45.920><c> You</c><00:23:46.140><c> almost</c><00:23:46.380><c> don't</c><00:23:46.599><c> want</c><00:23:46.759><c> to</c><00:23:46.920><c> ask.</c><00:23:47.640><c> You</c><00:23:48.079><c> want</c><00:23:48.299><c> to</c><00:23:48.460><c> know,</c><00:23:49.059><c> but</c>

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you're<00:23:49.700><c> afraid</c><00:23:50.000><c> how</c><00:23:50.559><c> far</c><00:23:50.759><c> to</c><00:23:50.900><c> go</c><00:23:51.039><c> with</c><00:23:51.339><c> that.</c>

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I<00:23:51.740><c> think</c><00:23:51.940><c> that's</c><00:23:52.140><c> how</c><00:23:52.980><c> Peter</c><00:23:53.319><c> felt.</c><00:23:55.259><c> He</c><00:23:55.259><c> just</c><00:23:55.259><c> didn't</c><00:23:55.799><c> want</c><00:23:55.960><c> it</c>

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to<00:23:56.259><c> happen.</c><00:23:56.599><c> The</c><00:23:56.680><c> other</c><00:23:57.359><c> disciples,</c><00:23:58.180><c> they</c><00:23:58.180><c> were</c>

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afraid<00:23:59.180><c> to</c><00:23:59.619><c> ask.</c><00:24:01.799><c> The</c><00:24:01.940><c> Lord</c><00:24:02.079><c> would</c><00:24:02.299><c> tell</c><00:24:02.440><c> them.</c><00:24:02.779><c> He'd</c><00:24:03.160><c> explain</c>

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with<00:24:05.039><c> increasing</c><00:24:05.660><c> clarity</c><00:24:06.140><c> what</c><00:24:06.319><c> would</c><00:24:06.539><c> take</c>

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place.<00:24:07.900><c> But</c><00:24:08.079><c> I</c><00:24:08.240><c> think</c><00:24:08.400><c> it</c><00:24:08.519><c> was</c><00:24:08.819><c> a</c><00:24:09.779><c> tremendous</c><00:24:10.599><c> change</c><00:24:11.240><c> from</c><00:24:11.440><c> this</c><00:24:11.700><c> point</c><00:24:11.920><c> on.</c><00:24:12.220><c> It</c>

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was<00:24:13.180><c> an</c><00:24:13.380><c> interruption</c><00:24:13.880><c> in</c>

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what<00:24:14.359><c> seemed</c><00:24:14.539><c> to</c><00:24:14.640><c> be</c><00:24:14.740><c> on</c><00:24:14.920><c> a</c><00:24:15.019><c> positive</c><00:24:15.339><c> track.</c><00:24:16.099><c> Now</c><00:24:16.339><c> they</c><00:24:16.460><c> have</c>

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to<00:24:16.880><c> reset.</c><00:24:17.880><c> They</c><00:24:18.039><c> have</c><00:24:18.200><c> to</c><00:24:18.359><c> adjust</c><00:24:18.740><c> their</c><00:24:19.000><c> whole</c>

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approach<00:24:19.779><c> and</c><00:24:20.019><c> understanding</c><00:24:20.519><c> of</c><00:24:20.759><c> what</c><00:24:21.420><c> this</c><00:24:21.839><c> following</c><00:24:22.079><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:24:22.859><c> would</c><00:24:23.079><c> mean</c><00:24:23.240><c> for</c><00:24:23.440><c> them</c><00:24:24.000><c> and</c><00:24:24.940><c> how</c><00:24:25.279><c> events</c><00:24:25.660><c> would</c>

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unfold.<00:24:28.519><c> All</c><00:24:28.599><c> right.</c><00:24:28.819><c> Well,</c><00:24:29.259><c> excuse</c><00:24:29.599><c> that</c><00:24:29.839><c> little</c><00:24:30.160><c> diversion,</c><00:24:30.579><c> but</c><00:24:31.140><c> I</c><00:24:31.740><c> think</c><00:24:31.900><c> it's</c><00:24:32.160><c> important</c><00:24:32.500><c> when</c><00:24:32.619><c> we</c>

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go<00:24:32.900><c> back</c><00:24:33.099><c> now</c><00:24:33.420><c> to</c><00:24:33.779><c> Philemon</c><00:24:34.279><c> and</c><00:24:35.779><c> have</c><00:24:36.099><c> a</c><00:24:36.259><c> look</c><00:24:36.380><c> here.</c><00:24:37.319><c> Let's</c>

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see<00:24:38.599><c> what's</c><00:24:39.000><c> happening.</c>

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The<00:24:53.839><c> story,</c><00:24:54.700><c> the</c><00:24:54.980><c> account</c><00:24:55.440><c> of</c><00:24:56.299><c> Onesimus</c><00:24:57.099><c> running</c><00:24:58.059><c> away</c><00:24:58.420><c> and</c><00:24:58.599><c> becoming</c><00:24:58.839><c> a</c>

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fugitive<00:24:59.440><c> is</c><00:24:59.819><c> really</c><00:25:00.059><c> a</c><00:25:00.180><c> very</c><00:25:00.440><c> simple</c>

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transaction<00:25:02.480><c> to</c><00:25:02.740><c> report.</c><00:25:04.420><c> Onesimus</c><00:25:04.859><c> was</c><00:25:05.079><c> a</c><00:25:05.319><c> slave</c><00:25:05.599><c> belonging</c>

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to<00:25:07.039><c> his</c><00:25:07.220><c> owner</c><00:25:07.619><c> Philemon</c><00:25:08.299><c> and</c><00:25:09.119><c> probably</c>

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directed<00:25:09.940><c> in</c><00:25:10.359><c> daily</c><00:25:10.640><c> affairs</c><00:25:11.059><c> by</c><00:25:11.319><c> his</c><00:25:11.539><c> wife,</c><00:25:13.359><c> Afia.</c><00:25:14.660><c> And</c><00:25:15.400><c> he</c>

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runs<00:25:16.240><c> away.</c><00:25:16.799><c> He</c><00:25:17.039><c> has</c><00:25:17.519><c> no</c><00:25:17.839><c> legal</c><00:25:18.140><c> protection.</c>

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None<00:25:20.039><c> whatsoever.</c><00:25:21.539><c> There</c><00:25:22.140><c> are</c><00:25:22.740><c> no</c><00:25:22.960><c> laws.</c><00:25:23.579><c> There's</c><00:25:23.779><c> no</c><00:25:24.160><c> appeal</c>

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for<00:25:24.799><c> him,</c><00:25:24.980><c> no</c><00:25:25.180><c> place</c><00:25:25.440><c> to</c><00:25:25.660><c> go</c><00:25:26.019><c> for</c><00:25:26.480><c> him</c><00:25:26.799><c> to</c>

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have<00:25:28.019><c> refuge.</c><00:25:29.599><c> So</c><00:25:30.000><c> he</c><00:25:30.460><c> runs</c><00:25:30.740><c> away.</c><00:25:32.700><c> Paul,</c><00:25:33.099><c> on</c><00:25:33.339><c> the</c><00:25:33.440><c> other</c><00:25:33.680><c> hand,</c><00:25:35.140><c> is</c>

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morally<00:25:36.000><c> obligated,</c><00:25:36.920><c> having</c><00:25:37.400><c> now</c><00:25:38.339><c> received</c>

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this<00:25:39.099><c> man</c><00:25:39.400><c> and</c><00:25:39.819><c> it</c><00:25:40.079><c> would</c><00:25:40.339><c> seem</c><00:25:40.519><c> in</c><00:25:40.680><c> the</c><00:25:40.819><c> course</c><00:25:41.000><c> of</c><00:25:41.240><c> time</c><00:25:41.980><c> converted</c><00:25:42.900><c> this</c>

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man<00:25:43.519><c> or</c><00:25:43.779><c> completed</c><00:25:44.180><c> the</c><00:25:44.400><c> conversion</c><00:25:44.680><c> of</c>

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this<00:25:44.920><c> man</c><00:25:45.180><c> through</c><00:25:45.400><c> baptism,</c><00:25:46.980><c> he</c><00:25:47.259><c> is</c><00:25:47.859><c> as</c><00:25:48.220><c> morally</c><00:25:48.660><c> and</c><00:25:50.539><c> legally</c><00:25:51.079><c> obligated</c><00:25:52.099><c> to</c>

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return<00:25:53.039><c> Onesimus</c>

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as<00:25:55.400><c> a</c><00:25:55.539><c> Roman</c><00:25:55.740><c> citizen.</c><00:25:57.519><c> You</c><00:25:57.599><c> may</c><00:25:57.740><c> remember</c><00:25:58.019><c> when</c><00:25:58.180><c> we</c><00:25:58.259><c> looked</c>

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at<00:25:59.240><c> the</c><00:25:59.339><c> Old</c><00:25:59.579><c> Testament</c><00:25:59.920><c> law,</c><00:26:01.339><c> when</c><00:26:01.660><c> the</c><00:26:01.859><c> Jews</c>

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lived<00:26:02.160><c> together</c><00:26:02.440><c> in</c><00:26:02.599><c> Israel,</c><00:26:03.160><c> they</c><00:26:03.299><c> were</c><00:26:03.519><c> not</c><00:26:03.700><c> required</c><00:26:04.279><c> to</c><00:26:05.180><c> return</c><00:26:05.940><c> a</c>

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runaway<00:26:06.539><c> slave.</c><00:26:07.819><c> But</c><00:26:08.460><c> under</c><00:26:09.519><c> Roman</c><00:26:09.799><c> law</c>

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and<00:26:10.900><c> as</c><00:26:11.079><c> a</c><00:26:11.200><c> Roman</c><00:26:11.420><c> citizen,</c><00:26:12.420><c> Paul</c><00:26:12.420><c> would</c><00:26:12.980><c> be</c><00:26:13.259><c> obligated</c><00:26:14.299><c> to</c>

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return<00:26:15.019><c> Onesimus.</c>

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And<00:26:17.539><c> the</c><00:26:17.599><c> other</c><00:26:17.859><c> player,</c><00:26:18.259><c> Philemon,</c><00:26:19.380><c> in</c><00:26:19.779><c> this</c><00:26:20.339><c> transaction</c>

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would<00:26:21.440><c> have</c><00:26:21.680><c> to</c><00:26:21.839><c> decide</c><00:26:22.319><c> how</c><00:26:22.819><c> he</c><00:26:22.980><c> was</c>

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going<00:26:23.240><c> to</c><00:26:23.380><c> handle</c><00:26:23.539><c> the</c><00:26:23.720><c> matter.</c><00:26:27.940><c> So</c><00:26:28.220><c> it's</c><00:26:28.339><c> very</c><00:26:28.599><c> simple.</c><00:26:29.160><c> The</c>

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slave<00:26:29.440><c> runs</c><00:26:29.700><c> away.</c><00:26:30.039><c> He</c><00:26:30.200><c> ends</c><00:26:30.380><c> up</c><00:26:30.559><c> in</c><00:26:30.720><c> Paul's</c><00:26:31.019><c> company.</c>

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Paul<00:26:33.519><c> works</c><00:26:34.039><c> with</c><00:26:34.299><c> him,</c><00:26:34.599><c> baptizes</c><00:26:35.160><c> him,</c><00:26:36.579><c> and</c><00:26:36.599><c> now</c><00:26:37.000><c> has</c><00:26:37.299><c> to</c><00:26:38.059><c> engineer</c><00:26:38.680><c> somehow</c><00:26:39.200><c> the</c>

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return<00:26:39.960><c> of</c><00:26:40.559><c> this</c><00:26:40.839><c> man,</c>

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Onesimus.<00:26:43.460><c> And</c><00:26:43.660><c> Philemon,</c><00:26:44.380><c> the</c><00:26:44.579><c> master,</c><00:26:44.960><c> has</c><00:26:45.160><c> to</c><00:26:45.359><c> decide</c><00:26:45.880><c> how</c>

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he's<00:26:47.039><c> going</c><00:26:47.180><c> to</c><00:26:47.359><c> handle</c><00:26:47.559><c> the</c><00:26:47.740><c> matter.</c>

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So<00:26:50.259><c> those</c><00:26:50.460><c> are</c><00:26:50.619><c> the</c><00:26:50.759><c> facts.</c><00:26:52.420><c> But</c><00:26:52.579><c> the</c><00:26:52.759><c> issue</c><00:26:53.019><c> is</c><00:26:53.400><c> much</c><00:26:53.660><c> deeper</c>

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as<00:26:54.519><c> we</c><00:26:55.019><c> start</c><00:26:55.259><c> to</c><00:26:55.480><c> take</c><00:26:55.539><c> it</c><00:26:55.740><c> apart.</c><00:26:55.960><c> The</c><00:26:56.140><c> issue</c>

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is<00:26:56.339><c> very</c><00:26:56.680><c> much</c><00:26:56.940><c> deeper</c><00:26:57.240><c> because</c><00:26:57.980><c> now</c><00:26:59.059><c> in</c><00:26:59.339><c> this</c><00:26:59.519><c> situation,</c><00:27:01.259><c> all</c><00:27:01.279><c> three</c><00:27:01.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:02.539><c> three</c><00:27:02.920><c> principles</c><00:27:03.420><c> are</c><00:27:04.119><c> disciples.</c>

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Philemon,<00:27:08.140><c> Paul,</c><00:27:08.900><c> and</c><00:27:09.000><c> Onesimus</c><00:27:09.720><c> are</c><00:27:10.440><c> now</c><00:27:10.900><c> all</c><00:27:11.380><c> disciples</c><00:27:12.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:12.599><c> Lord.</c>

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First<00:27:14.779><c> factor.</c><00:27:16.380><c> How</c><00:27:16.660><c> the</c><00:27:16.900><c> matter</c><00:27:17.400><c> was</c><00:27:17.980><c> to</c><00:27:18.119><c> be</c><00:27:18.400><c> handled</c><00:27:18.960><c> would</c>

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attract<00:27:20.059><c> a</c><00:27:20.160><c> lot</c><00:27:20.339><c> of</c><00:27:20.539><c> attention.</c>

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You<00:27:22.180><c> can</c><00:27:22.359><c> be</c><00:27:22.619><c> sure</c><00:27:22.819><c> it</c><00:27:22.980><c> would</c><00:27:23.119><c> attract</c><00:27:23.400><c> a</c><00:27:23.480><c> lot</c><00:27:23.640><c> of</c><00:27:23.799><c> attention.</c>

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From<00:27:24.819><c> what</c><00:27:25.160><c> audiences</c><00:27:25.700><c> would</c><00:27:25.940><c> this</c>

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attract<00:27:27.319><c> attention?</c><00:27:28.700><c> Well,</c><00:27:28.859><c> the</c><00:27:28.980><c> most</c><00:27:29.200><c> immediate</c><00:27:29.539><c> audience</c>

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would<00:27:30.059><c> be</c><00:27:30.220><c> the</c><00:27:30.359><c> household</c><00:27:30.980><c> of</c><00:27:32.720><c> Philemon.</c>

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The<00:27:34.279><c> slave</c><00:27:34.579><c> comes</c><00:27:34.920><c> back.</c><00:27:36.140><c> All</c><00:27:36.380><c> the</c><00:27:36.559><c> other</c><00:27:36.759><c> slaves,</c><00:27:37.980><c> assuming</c>

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there<00:27:38.420><c> were</c><00:27:38.579><c> other</c><00:27:38.839><c> slaves,</c><00:27:39.420><c> if</c><00:27:39.660><c> not</c><00:27:39.859><c> in</c><00:27:40.019><c> that</c>

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house,<00:27:40.400><c> certainly</c><00:27:40.779><c> in</c><00:27:41.460><c> the</c><00:27:41.640><c> community,</c><00:27:42.160><c> they'd</c><00:27:42.380><c> all</c><00:27:42.500><c> be</c><00:27:42.680><c> watching.</c><00:27:43.319><c> What's</c><00:27:43.660><c> going</c><00:27:43.799><c> to</c>

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happen<00:27:44.180><c> to</c><00:27:44.400><c> him?</c>

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:49.960
How's<00:27:46.140><c> Philemon</c><00:27:46.460><c> going</c><00:27:46.680><c> to</c><00:27:46.940><c> treat</c><00:27:47.099><c> him?</c><00:27:49.079><c> So</c><00:27:49.299><c> the</c><00:27:49.460><c> community</c>

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.400
would<00:27:50.220><c> be</c><00:27:50.460><c> watching.</c>

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:56.779
The<00:27:52.759><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:53.259><c> would</c><00:27:53.839><c> be</c><00:27:54.140><c> watching.</c><00:27:55.380><c> This</c><00:27:55.559><c> is</c><00:27:56.640><c> a</c>

00:27:56.779 --> 00:28:00.279
trailblazing<00:27:58.720><c> transaction.</c>

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:03.460
There's<00:28:00.779><c> no</c><00:28:00.980><c> record</c><00:28:01.140><c> of</c><00:28:01.279><c> it</c><00:28:01.660><c> before.</c><00:28:02.180><c> So</c><00:28:02.380><c> here</c><00:28:02.539><c> we</c><00:28:02.740><c> are,</c><00:28:03.339><c> the</c>

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:05.900
New<00:28:03.640><c> Testament</c><00:28:04.019><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:04.660><c> established.</c><00:28:05.579><c> We</c><00:28:05.740><c> have</c>

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:11.599
this<00:28:06.119><c> mix</c><00:28:06.319><c> of</c><00:28:06.579><c> people</c><00:28:06.900><c> and</c><00:28:07.119><c> includes</c><00:28:07.680><c> masters</c><00:28:08.839><c> and</c><00:28:10.119><c> slave</c><00:28:10.440><c> owners</c><00:28:10.859><c> and</c>

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:14.319
slaves.<00:28:12.240><c> Now</c><00:28:12.500><c> we've</c><00:28:12.759><c> got</c><00:28:13.019><c> a</c><00:28:13.640><c> test</c><00:28:13.940><c> case,</c>

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:20.480
a<00:28:14.480><c> really</c><00:28:15.079><c> important</c><00:28:15.519><c> test</c><00:28:15.799><c> case</c><00:28:16.039><c> about</c><00:28:16.579><c> how</c><00:28:17.160><c> to</c><00:28:17.440><c> handle</c><00:28:17.599><c> a</c><00:28:17.839><c> runaway</c><00:28:18.779><c> slave</c><00:28:19.220><c> who</c><00:28:19.940><c> has</c><00:28:20.119><c> become</c><00:28:20.339><c> a</c>

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.380
disciple.<00:28:21.220><c> So</c>

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:25.480
there's<00:28:21.640><c> a</c><00:28:21.759><c> lot</c><00:28:22.000><c> of</c><00:28:22.559><c> people</c><00:28:22.900><c> watching</c><00:28:23.359><c> this.</c><00:28:24.640><c> The</c><00:28:24.980><c> household</c>

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:27.799
of<00:28:25.960><c> Philemon</c><00:28:26.259><c> is</c><00:28:26.559><c> watching</c><00:28:26.759><c> it.</c><00:28:27.500><c> Other</c>

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:31.799
slaves<00:28:28.180><c> are</c><00:28:28.460><c> watching</c><00:28:28.680><c> it.</c><00:28:29.700><c> The</c><00:28:29.900><c> community</c><00:28:30.259><c> is</c><00:28:30.579><c> watching</c><00:28:30.819><c> it.</c>

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:35.000
The<00:28:32.799><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:33.220><c> is</c><00:28:33.660><c> watching</c><00:28:33.980><c> it.</c>

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:41.180
And<00:28:36.420><c> God</c><00:28:36.579><c> is</c><00:28:36.839><c> watching</c><00:28:37.099><c> it.</c><00:28:39.079><c> God's</c><00:28:39.619><c> watching</c><00:28:39.819><c> it.</c><00:28:40.720><c> Just</c><00:28:40.960><c> like</c>

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:44.299
he<00:28:41.579><c> watches</c><00:28:41.940><c> us</c><00:28:42.720><c> in</c><00:28:43.180><c> all</c><00:28:43.359><c> of</c><00:28:43.460><c> our</c><00:28:43.680><c> transactions,</c>

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:47.819
we<00:28:44.500><c> go</c><00:28:44.859><c> through</c><00:28:45.220><c> the</c><00:28:45.779><c> daily</c><00:28:46.140><c> struggle,</c><00:28:47.200><c> all</c><00:28:47.440><c> the</c><00:28:47.619><c> different</c>

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.819
issues,<00:28:48.579><c> some</c><00:28:48.799><c> transactions</c><00:28:49.420><c> small,</c>

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:53.839
some<00:28:50.599><c> a</c><00:28:50.640><c> little</c><00:28:51.079><c> larger</c><00:28:51.460><c> and</c><00:28:51.720><c> strategic.</c><00:28:52.460><c> But</c><00:28:52.559><c> God</c><00:28:52.680><c> is</c><00:28:52.880><c> watching.</c><00:28:53.640><c> We</c>

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.960
have<00:28:54.000><c> other</c><00:28:54.180><c> people</c><00:28:54.400><c> watching</c><00:28:54.700><c> too,</c>

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:57.380
our<00:28:55.160><c> family,</c><00:28:55.559><c> the</c><00:28:55.700><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:28:56.099><c> the</c><00:28:56.259><c> community,</c><00:28:56.819><c> lots</c><00:28:57.019><c> of</c><00:28:57.220><c> eyes</c>

00:28:57.380 --> 00:29:00.819
on<00:28:57.579><c> us.</c><00:28:58.740><c> But</c><00:28:59.019><c> God</c><00:28:59.440><c> is</c><00:28:59.880><c> watching.</c>

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:06.160
And<00:29:01.380><c> think</c><00:29:01.519><c> of</c><00:29:01.740><c> God</c><00:29:02.279><c> as</c><00:29:03.099><c> being</c><00:29:03.380><c> up</c><00:29:03.660><c> here,</c><00:29:04.319><c> just</c><00:29:04.619><c> watching</c><00:29:05.019><c> what's</c><00:29:05.400><c> happening</c><00:29:05.660><c> here.</c><00:29:05.900><c> This</c>

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:07.240
great<00:29:06.500><c> drama</c><00:29:06.980><c> is</c>

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:10.940
unfolding.<00:29:08.799><c> There's</c><00:29:09.000><c> no</c><00:29:09.160><c> surprise</c><00:29:09.579><c> to</c><00:29:09.779><c> God,</c><00:29:10.000><c> of</c><00:29:10.220><c> course,</c><00:29:10.759><c> and</c>

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:13.920
he<00:29:10.980><c> knows</c><00:29:11.200><c> the</c><00:29:11.440><c> outcome,</c><00:29:12.359><c> but</c><00:29:12.519><c> he's</c><00:29:12.859><c> watching</c><00:29:13.279><c> to</c><00:29:13.660><c> see</c>

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:18.400
what<00:29:14.640><c> takes</c><00:29:14.960><c> place</c><00:29:15.460><c> and</c><00:29:15.940><c> perhaps</c><00:29:16.339><c> influencing</c><00:29:16.920><c> and</c><00:29:17.220><c> Godding.</c>

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:23.819
So<00:29:19.119><c> it</c><00:29:19.480><c> becomes</c><00:29:19.859><c> then</c><00:29:20.579><c> a</c><00:29:21.299><c> real</c><00:29:22.000><c> and</c><00:29:23.319><c> important</c>

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:30.960
test<00:29:24.220><c> case</c><00:29:24.700><c> of</c><00:29:25.519><c> faith</c><00:29:25.920><c> and</c><00:29:26.380><c> values</c><00:29:26.859><c> in</c><00:29:27.420><c> this</c><00:29:27.599><c> situation</c><00:29:28.140><c> for</c><00:29:28.460><c> all</c><00:29:28.799><c> these</c><00:29:29.079><c> players.</c><00:29:30.759><c> A</c>

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:34.039
test<00:29:31.160><c> case</c><00:29:31.660><c> of</c><00:29:32.220><c> faith</c><00:29:32.599><c> and</c><00:29:33.099><c> values.</c>

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:42.420
All<00:29:36.240><c> right,</c><00:29:36.900><c> you</c><00:29:40.259><c> have</c><00:29:40.440><c> this</c><00:29:40.779><c> chart</c><00:29:41.119><c> in</c><00:29:41.339><c> your</c><00:29:41.539><c> handout.</c>

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:53.140
Here<00:29:48.019><c> are</c><00:29:48.259><c> kind</c><00:29:48.380><c> of</c><00:29:48.579><c> the</c><00:29:50.640><c> basics,</c><00:29:51.339><c> then,</c><00:29:51.599><c> that</c><00:29:52.039><c> exist</c>

00:29:54.220 --> 00:30:01.880
in<00:29:55.099><c> what</c><00:29:55.319><c> has</c><00:29:55.519><c> happened.</c><00:29:56.079><c> Onesimus</c><00:29:56.660><c> had</c><00:29:56.940><c> committed</c><00:29:57.380><c> two</c><00:29:57.960><c> serious</c><00:29:58.599><c> offenses</c><00:29:59.279><c> under</c><00:30:00.240><c> Roman</c><00:30:00.720><c> law.</c>

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:07.579
Desertion.<00:30:04.299><c> He'd</c><00:30:04.519><c> run</c><00:30:04.660><c> away</c><00:30:04.960><c> from</c><00:30:05.180><c> his</c><00:30:05.380><c> master</c><00:30:05.799><c> and</c><00:30:06.519><c> robbery.</c>

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:14.279
He<00:30:09.960><c> said,</c><00:30:10.079><c> well,</c><00:30:10.539><c> how</c><00:30:10.660><c> do</c><00:30:10.759><c> you</c><00:30:10.839><c> know</c><00:30:11.140><c> about</c><00:30:11.720><c> robbery?</c><00:30:13.660><c> There's</c>

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:18.720
a<00:30:14.519><c> suggestion</c><00:30:14.900><c> that</c><00:30:15.839><c> he</c><00:30:17.680><c> may</c><00:30:18.079><c> have</c><00:30:18.460><c> done</c>

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.680
something<00:30:19.059><c> wrong.</c><00:30:19.480><c> It</c><00:30:19.539><c> doesn't</c><00:30:19.720><c> say</c><00:30:20.000><c> robbery,</c><00:30:20.359><c> but</c><00:30:20.480><c> if</c><00:30:20.599><c> you</c>

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.960
look<00:30:20.779><c> at</c><00:30:20.920><c> verse</c><00:30:21.140><c> 18,</c><00:30:21.720><c> Paul</c><00:30:21.980><c> says,</c>

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:27.660
if<00:30:23.180><c> he</c><00:30:23.539><c> hath</c><00:30:23.859><c> wronged</c><00:30:24.400><c> thee,</c><00:30:25.339><c> or</c><00:30:25.539><c> oweth</c><00:30:25.859><c> thee</c><00:30:26.180><c> ought,</c><00:30:26.940><c> put</c><00:30:27.079><c> that</c><00:30:27.420><c> on</c>

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:32.400
my<00:30:27.920><c> account.</c><00:30:29.640><c> So</c><00:30:30.140><c> he</c><00:30:30.880><c> doesn't</c><00:30:31.160><c> say</c><00:30:31.619><c> or</c>

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:34.680
acknowledge<00:30:32.799><c> in</c><00:30:32.920><c> any</c><00:30:33.000><c> way</c><00:30:33.180><c> that</c><00:30:33.420><c> Onesimus</c><00:30:33.900><c> may</c><00:30:34.099><c> have</c><00:30:34.339><c> robbed,</c>

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.559
but<00:30:35.640><c> it's</c><00:30:36.259><c> a</c><00:30:36.380><c> possibility.</c><00:30:37.059><c> He</c><00:30:37.059><c> doesn't</c><00:30:37.059><c> say</c>

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:43.220
but<00:30:38.299><c> what</c><00:30:38.519><c> is</c><00:30:38.819><c> certain</c><00:30:39.200><c> is</c><00:30:39.859><c> that</c><00:30:40.740><c> Onesimus</c><00:30:41.359><c> did</c><00:30:42.200><c> rob</c><00:30:42.559><c> Philemon</c>

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:46.519
and<00:30:44.200><c> here's</c><00:30:44.539><c> how</c><00:30:44.759><c> the</c><00:30:44.960><c> Roman</c><00:30:45.099><c> law</c><00:30:45.299><c> regarded</c><00:30:45.660><c> it.</c>

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:54.160
A<00:30:47.119><c> slave</c><00:30:47.619><c> was</c><00:30:48.180><c> a</c><00:30:48.460><c> thing.</c><00:30:51.420><c> It</c><00:30:51.519><c> wasn't</c><00:30:51.619><c> a</c><00:30:51.759><c> person,</c><00:30:52.059><c> it</c><00:30:52.160><c> was</c><00:30:52.420><c> a</c><00:30:52.579><c> thing</c><00:30:53.160><c> and</c>

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:57.900
the<00:30:54.599><c> thing</c><00:30:54.859><c> was</c><00:30:55.259><c> property</c><00:30:55.940><c> to</c><00:30:56.519><c> its</c><00:30:56.940><c> owner</c>

00:30:58.480 --> 00:31:02.539
and<00:30:59.200><c> Onesimus</c><00:30:59.619><c> ran</c><00:30:59.880><c> away.</c><00:31:00.619><c> He</c><00:31:00.920><c> stole</c><00:31:01.160><c> himself.</c><00:31:01.839><c> That's</c><00:31:02.059><c> how</c>

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:04.059
the<00:31:02.539><c> that's</c><00:31:02.880><c> how</c><00:31:03.039><c> Roman</c><00:31:03.240><c> law</c><00:31:03.460><c> interpreted</c><00:31:03.859><c> this.</c>

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:08.819
He<00:31:04.240><c> stole</c><00:31:04.759><c> himself</c><00:31:05.420><c> away</c><00:31:06.299><c> and</c><00:31:07.339><c> so</c><00:31:07.480><c> he</c><00:31:07.579><c> was</c><00:31:07.759><c> guilty</c><00:31:08.079><c> of</c><00:31:08.359><c> robbery</c>

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:11.299
and<00:31:09.759><c> of</c><00:31:10.319><c> desertion.</c>

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:21.579
Both<00:31:14.740><c> of</c><00:31:14.980><c> which</c><00:31:15.559><c> could</c><00:31:16.099><c> result</c><00:31:16.500><c> in</c><00:31:16.680><c> severe</c><00:31:16.900><c> punishment</c><00:31:17.480><c> or</c><00:31:18.400><c> perhaps</c><00:31:18.779><c> even</c><00:31:19.359><c> crucifixion.</c><00:31:21.500><c> It</c>

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:24.000
was<00:31:21.859><c> expected</c><00:31:22.500><c> and</c>

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:29.339
at<00:31:25.599><c> various</c><00:31:25.900><c> times</c><00:31:26.299><c> in</c><00:31:26.940><c> under</c><00:31:27.119><c> Roman</c><00:31:27.380><c> law</c><00:31:27.779><c> required</c><00:31:28.680><c> that</c><00:31:29.319><c> a</c>

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:32.240
fugitive<00:31:29.839><c> that</c><00:31:29.940><c> fugitive</c><00:31:30.500><c> slaves</c><00:31:30.779><c> be</c><00:31:31.039><c> returned.</c>

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:37.319
So<00:31:33.319><c> depending</c><00:31:33.880><c> on</c><00:31:34.720><c> on</c><00:31:34.819><c> when</c><00:31:34.920><c> and</c><00:31:35.220><c> where</c><00:31:35.740><c> in</c><00:31:36.220><c> the</c><00:31:36.359><c> Roman</c><00:31:36.579><c> Empire</c>

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:40.460
there<00:31:38.799><c> may</c><00:31:39.000><c> have</c><00:31:39.079><c> been</c><00:31:39.160><c> very</c><00:31:39.460><c> exact</c><00:31:39.880><c> laws</c><00:31:40.200><c> about</c>

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:45.500
the<00:31:40.700><c> return,</c><00:31:41.940><c> but</c><00:31:42.059><c> there</c><00:31:42.759><c> certainly</c><00:31:43.019><c> was</c><00:31:43.240><c> the</c><00:31:43.500><c> expectation</c><00:31:44.019><c> at</c><00:31:44.299><c> all</c><00:31:44.539><c> times</c><00:31:45.019><c> that</c><00:31:45.380><c> a</c>

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:47.240
fugitive<00:31:45.900><c> slave</c><00:31:46.259><c> be</c><00:31:46.700><c> returned.</c>

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:58.559
Once<00:31:47.859><c> returned</c><00:31:48.380><c> to</c><00:31:48.920><c> his</c><00:31:49.099><c> owner,</c><00:31:49.420><c> a</c><00:31:49.660><c> slave</c><00:31:49.799><c> may</c><00:31:50.000><c> be</c><00:31:50.180><c> severely</c><00:31:50.440><c> punished</c><00:31:50.960><c> by</c><00:31:51.339><c> brandings</c><00:31:52.299><c> where</c><00:31:52.839><c> they</c><00:31:53.200><c> they</c><00:31:53.380><c> might</c><00:31:53.500><c> put</c><00:31:53.779><c> a</c>

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:05.200
forehead<00:31:59.099><c> of</c><00:31:59.619><c> the</c><00:31:59.880><c> slave.</c><00:32:02.480><c> Fugitive</c><00:32:03.119><c> was</c><00:32:03.400><c> a</c><00:32:04.140><c> common</c><00:32:04.539><c> brand.</c>

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:08.619
It<00:32:05.660><c> could</c><00:32:05.799><c> be</c><00:32:06.119><c> beatings,</c><00:32:07.559><c> very</c><00:32:07.779><c> often</c><00:32:08.119><c> beatings</c>

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:12.279
to<00:32:08.720><c> the</c><00:32:08.880><c> legs</c><00:32:09.140><c> which</c><00:32:09.519><c> would</c><00:32:10.420><c> be</c><00:32:10.640><c> so</c><00:32:10.859><c> severe</c><00:32:11.180><c> that</c><00:32:11.799><c> the</c><00:32:12.039><c> person</c>

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:15.019
would<00:32:12.480><c> have</c><00:32:12.640><c> trouble</c><00:32:13.079><c> walking</c><00:32:13.480><c> let</c><00:32:13.720><c> alone</c><00:32:13.980><c> running.</c>

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:18.299
So<00:32:15.579><c> it</c><00:32:16.079><c> would</c><00:32:16.279><c> impair</c><00:32:16.640><c> their</c><00:32:16.880><c> ability</c><00:32:17.220><c> to</c><00:32:17.660><c> ever</c><00:32:17.880><c> try</c><00:32:18.099><c> to</c><00:32:18.180><c> get</c>

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:21.299
away<00:32:18.500><c> again</c><00:32:18.799><c> or</c><00:32:19.619><c> death</c><00:32:19.960><c> by</c><00:32:20.240><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:29.619
Paul<00:32:23.539><c> urged</c><00:32:24.039><c> Philemon</c><00:32:24.519><c> to</c><00:32:24.819><c> accept</c><00:32:25.119><c> Onesimus</c><00:32:25.740><c> back</c><00:32:26.039><c> without</c><00:32:26.440><c> penalty,</c><00:32:27.880><c> but</c><00:32:28.259><c> kindly</c><00:32:28.700><c> and</c><00:32:29.140><c> now</c><00:32:29.319><c> as</c><00:32:29.500><c> a</c>

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:31.200
brother<00:32:29.799><c> in</c><00:32:30.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:36.859
Now<00:32:33.420><c> I'd</c><00:32:33.660><c> like</c><00:32:33.759><c> you</c><00:32:33.900><c> to</c><00:32:34.099><c> think</c><00:32:34.220><c> of</c><00:32:34.380><c> the</c><00:32:34.599><c> options</c><00:32:35.039><c> that</c><00:32:35.880><c> that</c><00:32:36.140><c> occur</c><00:32:36.460><c> in</c>

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:38.680
to<00:32:37.079><c> the</c><00:32:37.640><c> the</c><00:32:37.819><c> various</c><00:32:37.980><c> players</c><00:32:38.319><c> in</c><00:32:38.559><c> this</c>

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:44.759
situation.<00:32:40.660><c> It</c><00:32:41.039><c> looks</c><00:32:41.259><c> fairly</c><00:32:41.619><c> clear</c><00:32:42.039><c> what</c><00:32:42.420><c> what's</c><00:32:42.920><c> proposed,</c><00:32:43.940><c> but</c><00:32:44.480><c> each</c>

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:46.099
of<00:32:44.880><c> the</c><00:32:45.039><c> players</c><00:32:45.240><c> has</c><00:32:45.500><c> options</c>

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:52.160
and<00:32:46.779><c> here</c><00:32:47.000><c> are</c><00:32:47.140><c> the</c><00:32:47.220><c> options.</c><00:32:48.859><c> Number</c><00:32:49.059><c> one,</c><00:32:50.880><c> the</c><00:32:50.880><c> man</c><00:32:51.400><c> Onesimus</c><00:32:51.940><c> could</c>

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:53.700
refuse<00:32:52.539><c> to</c><00:32:52.759><c> return.</c>

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:57.619
Paul<00:32:54.240><c> is</c><00:32:54.420><c> trying</c><00:32:54.660><c> to</c><00:32:54.839><c> engineer</c><00:32:55.559><c> a</c><00:32:56.500><c> climate</c><00:32:56.799><c> where</c><00:32:57.160><c> Onesimus</c>

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:59.359
can<00:32:57.779><c> be</c><00:32:57.960><c> received,</c><00:32:58.420><c> but</c><00:32:58.579><c> Onesimus</c><00:32:59.119><c> could</c>

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:03.279
in<00:32:59.500><c> fact</c><00:32:59.700><c> refuse</c><00:33:00.099><c> to</c><00:33:00.339><c> return</c><00:33:00.680><c> or</c><00:33:01.779><c> or</c><00:33:01.980><c> leave</c><00:33:02.160><c> Paul</c><00:33:02.500><c> and</c><00:33:02.779><c> not</c><00:33:03.279><c> and</c>

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:08.140
not<00:33:03.420><c> go</c><00:33:03.640><c> back.</c><00:33:05.660><c> So</c><00:33:05.859><c> that</c><00:33:06.019><c> was</c><00:33:06.759><c> that</c><00:33:07.039><c> was</c><00:33:07.559><c> one</c><00:33:07.900><c> option.</c>

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:14.299
He<00:33:08.259><c> could</c><00:33:08.380><c> refuse</c><00:33:08.779><c> to</c><00:33:09.000><c> return.</c><00:33:09.519><c> He</c><00:33:09.700><c> could</c><00:33:10.000><c> implore</c><00:33:10.640><c> Paul</c><00:33:11.000><c> to</c><00:33:11.819><c> to</c><00:33:12.000><c> let</c><00:33:12.059><c> him</c><00:33:12.279><c> stay</c><00:33:12.559><c> there.</c><00:33:13.279><c> That</c><00:33:13.519><c> would</c><00:33:13.660><c> be</c><00:33:13.839><c> a</c><00:33:14.119><c> hard</c>

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:17.720
thing<00:33:14.579><c> for</c><00:33:14.960><c> Paul</c><00:33:15.220><c> to</c><00:33:15.519><c> resist</c><00:33:15.799><c> on</c><00:33:16.140><c> one</c><00:33:16.359><c> hand</c><00:33:16.519><c> because</c><00:33:16.980><c> he</c><00:33:17.440><c> loves</c>

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:20.160
this<00:33:18.019><c> brother</c><00:33:18.220><c> as</c><00:33:18.559><c> we</c><00:33:18.779><c> come</c><00:33:18.920><c> to</c><00:33:19.140><c> understand.</c>

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:26.440
He's<00:33:21.420><c> impressed</c><00:33:21.859><c> with</c><00:33:22.339><c> where</c><00:33:22.940><c> he</c><00:33:23.140><c> has</c><00:33:23.299><c> come</c><00:33:23.519><c> from</c><00:33:23.839><c> and</c><00:33:24.180><c> how</c><00:33:24.440><c> far</c><00:33:24.640><c> he's</c><00:33:24.859><c> developed.</c><00:33:26.000><c> So</c>

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:28.039
if<00:33:27.000><c> he</c><00:33:27.140><c> asked</c>

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:30.579
Paul<00:33:28.259><c> to</c><00:33:28.519><c> stay,</c><00:33:28.660><c> he'd</c><00:33:28.900><c> have</c><00:33:29.059><c> to</c><00:33:29.460><c> seriously</c><00:33:29.880><c> consider</c><00:33:30.259><c> that.</c>

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:33.079
He<00:33:31.079><c> could</c><00:33:31.259><c> hide</c><00:33:31.480><c> elsewhere.</c><00:33:32.279><c> He</c><00:33:32.480><c> could</c><00:33:32.619><c> just</c><00:33:32.799><c> go</c>

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:38.960
and<00:33:33.460><c> not</c><00:33:33.680><c> be</c><00:33:33.940><c> anywhere</c><00:33:34.200><c> near.</c><00:33:36.779><c> For</c><00:33:37.099><c> Philemon,</c><00:33:38.059><c> he</c><00:33:38.279><c> has</c><00:33:38.460><c> a</c><00:33:38.539><c> number</c><00:33:38.700><c> of</c>

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:41.000
options.<00:33:39.460><c> If</c><00:33:39.839><c> Onesimus</c><00:33:40.380><c> returns,</c>

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:46.279
does<00:33:41.759><c> he</c><00:33:41.960><c> beat</c><00:33:42.140><c> or</c><00:33:42.319><c> kill</c><00:33:42.559><c> him?</c><00:33:44.880><c> To</c><00:33:45.279><c> use</c><00:33:45.480><c> the</c><00:33:45.680><c> two</c><00:33:45.779><c> most</c><00:33:46.019><c> brutal</c>

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:48.559
options,<00:33:46.960><c> he</c><00:33:47.059><c> has</c><00:33:47.059><c> to</c><00:33:47.359><c> decide</c><00:33:47.640><c> does</c><00:33:47.880><c> he</c>

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:54.539
does<00:33:48.559><c> he</c><00:33:48.700><c> do</c><00:33:48.839><c> that?</c><00:33:49.779><c> If</c><00:33:50.099><c> Onesimus</c><00:33:51.259><c> stays</c><00:33:52.220><c> with</c><00:33:52.519><c> Paul,</c><00:33:54.180><c> will</c><00:33:54.279><c> it</c>

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:57.019
create<00:33:54.779><c> a</c><00:33:55.259><c> tension</c><00:33:55.579><c> and</c><00:33:55.880><c> rift?</c>

00:33:57.660 --> 00:34:02.039
Philemon<00:33:57.920><c> could</c><00:33:58.140><c> have</c><00:33:58.339><c> given</c><00:33:58.960><c> Onesimus</c><00:33:59.880><c> to</c><00:34:00.160><c> Paul.</c><00:34:01.819><c> He</c><00:34:01.940><c> could</c>

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:04.000
have<00:34:02.099><c> given</c><00:34:02.259><c> Onesimus</c><00:34:02.779><c> his</c><00:34:03.000><c> freedom.</c><00:34:03.900><c> It's</c><00:34:03.900><c> been</c>

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:06.839
very<00:34:04.380><c> hard</c><00:34:04.680><c> in</c><00:34:05.380><c> the</c><00:34:05.420><c> in</c><00:34:05.420><c> the</c><00:34:05.619><c> setting</c><00:34:05.759><c> of</c><00:34:05.960><c> running</c><00:34:06.119><c> away,</c><00:34:06.759><c> but</c>

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.940
he<00:34:07.519><c> could</c><00:34:07.700><c> through</c><00:34:07.960><c> a</c><00:34:08.079><c> series</c><00:34:08.340><c> of</c><00:34:08.579><c> steps</c>

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:12.760
engineered<00:34:09.699><c> it</c><00:34:09.940><c> so</c><00:34:10.199><c> that</c><00:34:11.059><c> that</c><00:34:11.059><c> that</c><00:34:11.559><c> Onesimus</c><00:34:11.940><c> was</c><00:34:12.239><c> given</c><00:34:12.500><c> to</c>

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:14.980
Paul<00:34:13.079><c> and</c><00:34:13.539><c> then</c><00:34:13.780><c> in</c><00:34:14.059><c> due</c><00:34:14.219><c> course</c><00:34:14.519><c> he</c><00:34:14.659><c> would</c>

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:17.559
he<00:34:15.300><c> would</c><00:34:15.480><c> get</c><00:34:15.599><c> his</c><00:34:15.860><c> freedom.</c><00:34:16.039><c> But</c><00:34:16.219><c> what</c><00:34:16.420><c> would</c><00:34:16.559><c> that</c><00:34:16.900><c> if</c><00:34:17.300><c> he</c>

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:19.420
refuses<00:34:18.179><c> to</c><00:34:18.440><c> do</c><00:34:18.619><c> that</c>

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:24.860
would<00:34:20.699><c> it</c><00:34:20.880><c> would</c><00:34:21.179><c> create</c><00:34:21.579><c> some</c><00:34:21.900><c> tension</c><00:34:22.300><c> and</c><00:34:23.019><c> and</c><00:34:23.119><c> rift?</c><00:34:24.639><c> Will</c>

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:28.219
he<00:34:25.199><c> recognize</c><00:34:26.059><c> Onesimus</c><00:34:26.820><c> as</c><00:34:27.099><c> a</c><00:34:27.400><c> brother?</c>

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:32.099
The<00:34:29.260><c> previous</c><00:34:29.460><c> relationship</c><00:34:29.980><c> had</c><00:34:30.159><c> been</c><00:34:30.340><c> as</c><00:34:30.920><c> a</c><00:34:31.119><c> slave</c><00:34:31.539><c> slave</c>

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:34.719
and<00:34:32.300><c> master</c><00:34:32.539><c> relationship.</c><00:34:33.500><c> Now</c><00:34:34.039><c> the</c><00:34:34.300><c> man</c><00:34:34.460><c> comes</c>

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:41.659
back<00:34:35.199><c> and</c><00:34:35.699><c> this</c><00:34:35.900><c> is</c><00:34:36.079><c> brother</c><00:34:36.380><c> Onesimus,</c><00:34:38.239><c> not</c><00:34:39.000><c> Onesimus</c><00:34:40.639><c> the</c>

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:45.599
slave<00:34:41.940><c> do</c><00:34:42.199><c> this</c><00:34:42.440><c> do</c><00:34:42.619><c> that.</c><00:34:45.099><c> So</c>

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:49.699
how's<00:34:46.699><c> he</c><00:34:46.760><c> going</c><00:34:46.880><c> to</c><00:34:47.099><c> treat</c><00:34:47.239><c> him</c><00:34:47.539><c> as</c><00:34:48.199><c> a</c><00:34:48.280><c> as</c><00:34:48.280><c> a</c><00:34:48.420><c> fellow</c><00:34:48.599><c> disciple?</c>

00:34:53.840 --> 00:35:01.300
For<00:34:54.039><c> Paul,</c><00:34:55.639><c> does</c><00:34:55.719><c> he</c><00:34:55.920><c> allow</c><00:34:56.260><c> Onesimus</c><00:34:56.780><c> to</c><00:34:57.119><c> stay?</c><00:34:58.099><c> Does</c><00:34:58.300><c> he</c><00:34:58.559><c> send</c><00:34:58.840><c> Onesimus</c><00:34:59.480><c> back</c><00:35:00.039><c> with</c><00:35:01.099><c> the</c>

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.119
possibility<00:35:01.820><c> of</c>

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:04.880
your<00:35:02.360><c> punishment</c><00:35:02.820><c> not</c><00:35:03.119><c> knowing</c><00:35:03.420><c> the</c><00:35:03.599><c> outcome?</c><00:35:04.199><c> He</c><00:35:04.719><c> doesn't</c>

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:06.440
know<00:35:05.099><c> how</c><00:35:05.340><c> Philemon</c><00:35:05.659><c> is</c><00:35:05.820><c> going</c><00:35:05.940><c> to</c><00:35:06.099><c> react.</c><00:35:06.420><c> He</c>

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:10.119
doesn't<00:35:06.699><c> know</c><00:35:06.960><c> what</c><00:35:07.599><c> what</c><00:35:08.000><c> local</c><00:35:08.440><c> pressure</c><00:35:08.880><c> community</c><00:35:09.340><c> pressure</c><00:35:09.820><c> might</c>

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:12.280
might<00:35:10.659><c> be</c><00:35:10.940><c> brought</c><00:35:11.079><c> to</c><00:35:11.260><c> bear</c><00:35:11.400><c> upon</c>

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:16.800
Philemon<00:35:13.059><c> to</c><00:35:13.280><c> deal</c><00:35:13.440><c> with</c><00:35:13.659><c> the</c><00:35:13.820><c> situation</c><00:35:14.400><c> severely</c><00:35:14.980><c> and</c><00:35:15.360><c> publicly.</c><00:35:16.619><c> The</c>

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:18.139
next<00:35:16.980><c> door</c><00:35:17.139><c> neighbor</c><00:35:17.400><c> who</c><00:35:17.619><c> has</c><00:35:17.780><c> eight</c>

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:22.219
slaves<00:35:18.500><c> all</c><00:35:18.800><c> watching</c><00:35:19.119><c> this</c><00:35:19.840><c> he</c><00:35:20.699><c> he</c><00:35:20.719><c> come</c><00:35:20.960><c> over</c><00:35:21.199><c> and</c><00:35:21.360><c> have</c><00:35:21.480><c> a</c><00:35:21.780><c> have</c><00:35:22.139><c> a</c>

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:24.739
little<00:35:22.380><c> cup</c><00:35:22.519><c> of</c><00:35:23.139><c> coffee</c><00:35:23.519><c> with</c><00:35:24.019><c> Philemon</c><00:35:24.480><c> one</c>

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:27.320
night<00:35:24.880><c> and</c><00:35:25.019><c> he</c><00:35:25.139><c> said</c><00:35:25.219><c> that</c><00:35:25.440><c> I</c><00:35:25.519><c> hear</c><00:35:25.840><c> Onesimus</c><00:35:26.360><c> is</c><00:35:26.619><c> coming</c><00:35:26.780><c> back</c>

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:31.219
and<00:35:28.099><c> it</c><00:35:28.340><c> would</c><00:35:28.519><c> sure</c><00:35:28.659><c> be</c><00:35:28.880><c> helpful</c><00:35:29.300><c> if</c><00:35:29.920><c> if</c><00:35:30.800><c> you</c><00:35:31.079><c> make</c>

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:34.880
good<00:35:31.460><c> public</c><00:35:32.019><c> statement</c><00:35:32.599><c> here</c><00:35:33.159><c> about</c><00:35:34.000><c> about</c><00:35:34.539><c> what</c><00:35:34.639><c> happens</c>

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:36.579
to<00:35:35.099><c> runaway</c><00:35:35.440><c> slaves</c><00:35:35.860><c> and</c><00:35:36.000><c> you</c><00:35:36.079><c> can</c><00:35:36.219><c> imagine</c>

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:40.000
the<00:35:36.940><c> neighbors</c><00:35:37.380><c> being</c><00:35:38.099><c> more</c><00:35:38.380><c> than</c><00:35:38.599><c> mildly</c><00:35:39.059><c> interested</c><00:35:39.400><c> in</c><00:35:39.840><c> in</c>

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:42.699
the<00:35:40.119><c> outcome</c><00:35:40.440><c> of</c><00:35:40.599><c> this</c><00:35:40.800><c> this</c><00:35:41.320><c> whole</c><00:35:41.480><c> situation.</c>

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:46.900
So<00:35:43.719><c> there's</c><00:35:44.280><c> a</c><00:35:44.440><c> lot</c><00:35:44.579><c> of</c><00:35:44.820><c> issues</c><00:35:45.019><c> here</c><00:35:45.500><c> a</c><00:35:45.860><c> lot</c><00:35:46.039><c> of</c><00:35:46.260><c> options</c><00:35:46.619><c> on</c>

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:50.880
the<00:35:47.099><c> table.</c><00:35:48.659><c> Now</c><00:35:48.860><c> the</c><00:35:49.260><c> option</c><00:35:49.699><c> an</c><00:35:50.099><c> issue</c><00:35:50.300><c> we're</c>

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concerned<00:35:51.099><c> about</c><00:35:51.360><c> mostly</c><00:35:51.699><c> is</c><00:35:52.300><c> the</c><00:35:52.579><c> one</c><00:35:52.679><c> that's</c><00:35:53.019><c> recorded</c><00:35:53.260><c> in</c>

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:56.820
scripture.<00:35:53.880><c> So</c><00:35:54.059><c> I'd</c><00:35:54.280><c> like</c><00:35:54.300><c> to</c><00:35:54.500><c> pick</c><00:35:54.659><c> up</c><00:35:54.800><c> now</c><00:35:55.099><c> in</c><00:35:55.699><c> in</c><00:35:56.159><c> the</c>

00:35:56.940 --> 00:36:02.460
two<00:35:57.480><c> Philemon</c><00:35:58.000><c> where</c><00:35:58.159><c> we</c><00:35:58.420><c> stopped</c><00:35:58.659><c> reading</c><00:35:59.079><c> the</c><00:35:59.619><c> introduction</c><00:36:00.260><c> is</c><00:36:01.119><c> a</c><00:36:01.440><c> very</c>

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:06.260
kind<00:36:03.980><c> and</c><00:36:04.559><c> careful</c><00:36:05.099><c> and</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:14.900
and<00:36:07.500><c> skillfully</c><00:36:08.000><c> crafted</c><00:36:09.099><c> introduction</c><00:36:10.300><c> a</c><00:36:11.579><c> meeting</c><00:36:12.159><c> bringing</c><00:36:12.820><c> together</c><00:36:13.380><c> of</c><00:36:14.340><c> of</c><00:36:14.719><c> Paul</c>

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:19.840
with<00:36:15.599><c> the</c><00:36:15.900><c> recipients</c><00:36:16.280><c> of</c><00:36:16.480><c> this</c><00:36:16.739><c> letter</c><00:36:17.099><c> he</c><00:36:17.820><c> commends</c><00:36:18.380><c> their</c><00:36:18.800><c> work</c>

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:28.000
and<00:36:21.800><c> and</c><00:36:21.800><c> the</c><00:36:22.199><c> way</c><00:36:22.460><c> they</c><00:36:22.760><c> they</c><00:36:23.219><c> have</c><00:36:24.179><c> acted</c><00:36:25.219><c> faithfully</c><00:36:25.900><c> as</c><00:36:26.780><c> disciples.</c>

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.340
So<00:36:31.900><c> we</c><00:36:32.079><c> pick</c><00:36:32.280><c> up</c><00:36:32.440><c> now</c>

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:42.300
at<00:36:36.519><c> verse</c><00:36:36.760><c> 10</c><00:36:37.360><c> now</c><00:36:38.539><c> we</c><00:36:38.840><c> come</c><00:36:39.199><c> to</c><00:36:40.460><c> to</c><00:36:40.639><c> the</c><00:36:41.059><c> stronger</c><00:36:41.599><c> appeal</c><00:36:42.000><c> the</c>

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:44.579
essence<00:36:42.579><c> here</c><00:36:42.739><c> of</c><00:36:42.860><c> the</c><00:36:42.980><c> letter</c><00:36:43.139><c> I</c><00:36:43.460><c> beseech</c><00:36:44.059><c> thee</c>

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:49.559
for<00:36:45.039><c> my</c><00:36:45.440><c> son</c><00:36:45.900><c> Onesimus</c><00:36:47.099><c> whom</c><00:36:47.440><c> I</c><00:36:47.659><c> have</c><00:36:47.840><c> begotten</c><00:36:48.500><c> in</c><00:36:48.699><c> my</c><00:36:49.019><c> bonds</c>

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:52.940
now<00:36:50.719><c> he</c><00:36:50.800><c> was</c><00:36:50.960><c> a</c><00:36:51.159><c> prisoner</c><00:36:51.920><c> he</c><00:36:52.420><c> was</c><00:36:52.539><c> a</c><00:36:52.719><c> prisoner</c>

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:55.960
at<00:36:53.119><c> this</c><00:36:53.340><c> time</c><00:36:53.820><c> and</c><00:36:54.099><c> Onesimus</c><00:36:54.599><c> sought</c><00:36:54.840><c> him</c><00:36:55.039><c> out</c><00:36:55.280><c> so</c><00:36:55.460><c> there's</c><00:36:55.860><c> a</c>

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:59.000
big<00:36:56.079><c> questions</c><00:36:56.460><c> how</c><00:36:57.119><c> did</c><00:36:57.260><c> he</c><00:36:57.360><c> know</c><00:36:57.519><c> where</c><00:36:57.760><c> he</c><00:36:57.980><c> was</c><00:36:58.260><c> or</c>

00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:03.360
you<00:36:59.719><c> know</c><00:36:59.880><c> how</c><00:37:00.079><c> did</c><00:37:00.199><c> he</c><00:37:00.380><c> gain</c><00:37:00.519><c> access</c><00:37:01.079><c> to</c><00:37:01.599><c> to</c><00:37:01.820><c> Paul</c><00:37:02.000><c> but</c><00:37:02.900><c> a</c><00:37:03.219><c> lot</c>

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:05.480
of<00:37:03.559><c> speculation</c><00:37:04.019><c> there</c><00:37:04.179><c> but</c><00:37:04.300><c> in</c><00:37:04.539><c> some</c><00:37:04.739><c> way</c>

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:10.360
maybe<00:37:06.059><c> Paul</c><00:37:06.440><c> visited</c><00:37:07.000><c> visited</c><00:37:07.679><c> here</c><00:37:08.059><c> the</c><00:37:08.280><c> household</c><00:37:08.579><c> of</c><00:37:08.820><c> Philemon</c><00:37:09.519><c> and</c>

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.360
the<00:37:11.099><c> slave</c><00:37:11.320><c> observed</c><00:37:11.780><c> maybe</c><00:37:12.000><c> they</c><00:37:12.139><c> had</c>

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:16.199
conversations<00:37:13.079><c> in</c><00:37:13.699><c> some</c><00:37:13.920><c> way</c><00:37:14.119><c> the</c><00:37:14.340><c> connection</c><00:37:14.579><c> was</c><00:37:14.800><c> made</c><00:37:15.320><c> so</c>

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:19.500
he<00:37:17.099><c> beseeches</c><00:37:17.539><c> for</c><00:37:17.960><c> my</c><00:37:18.239><c> son</c><00:37:18.440><c> Onesimus</c>

00:37:20.250 --> 00:37:23.940
there's<00:37:20.679><c> clearly</c><00:37:21.000><c> an</c><00:37:21.260><c> endearment</c><00:37:21.659><c> there</c><00:37:21.960><c> he's</c><00:37:22.659><c> he's</c><00:37:22.800><c> established</c><00:37:23.340><c> a</c>

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.320
strong<00:37:24.199><c> personal</c><00:37:24.659><c> relationship</c>

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:30.639
with<00:37:25.840><c> Onesimus</c><00:37:26.860><c> whom</c><00:37:27.039><c> I</c><00:37:27.280><c> have</c><00:37:27.420><c> begotten</c><00:37:27.900><c> in</c><00:37:28.079><c> my</c><00:37:28.280><c> bonds</c><00:37:29.019><c> which</c>

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:35.099
in<00:37:31.039><c> time</c><00:37:31.400><c> past</c><00:37:31.960><c> was</c><00:37:32.860><c> to</c><00:37:33.519><c> the</c><00:37:33.780><c> unprofitable</c>

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:43.800
unsatisfactory<00:37:36.679><c> but</c><00:37:36.960><c> now</c><00:37:37.900><c> profitable</c><00:37:38.659><c> to</c><00:37:39.360><c> the</c><00:37:39.739><c> and</c><00:37:40.019><c> to</c><00:37:40.199><c> me</c><00:37:41.179><c> useful</c><00:37:42.099><c> which</c><00:37:43.679><c> is</c>

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:45.500
what<00:37:43.960><c> the</c><00:37:44.239><c> name</c><00:37:44.579><c> Onesimus</c><00:37:45.119><c> means</c>

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:51.659
useful<00:37:46.380><c> but</c><00:37:47.900><c> he's</c><00:37:48.260><c> saying</c><00:37:48.400><c> here</c><00:37:48.739><c> that</c><00:37:49.260><c> that</c><00:37:49.659><c> Onesimus</c><00:37:50.219><c> at</c><00:37:50.360><c> points</c><00:37:50.699><c> he's</c><00:37:51.159><c> been</c><00:37:51.320><c> a</c>

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.860
questionable<00:37:52.119><c> slave</c><00:37:52.500><c> we</c><00:37:52.679><c> don't</c>

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:55.960
know<00:37:53.019><c> just</c><00:37:53.179><c> what's</c><00:37:53.500><c> behind</c><00:37:53.780><c> that</c><00:37:54.199><c> he</c><00:37:54.579><c> was</c><00:37:54.780><c> certainly</c><00:37:55.019><c> a</c><00:37:55.280><c> questionable</c><00:37:55.599><c> slave</c>

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:57.559
when<00:37:56.119><c> he</c><00:37:56.360><c> when</c><00:37:56.500><c> he</c><00:37:56.739><c> fled</c><00:37:57.119><c> the</c>

00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:00.559
household<00:37:57.860><c> of</c><00:37:58.059><c> Philemon</c><00:37:58.619><c> a</c><00:37:58.920><c> big</c><00:37:59.099><c> question</c><00:37:59.440><c> mark</c><00:37:59.599><c> there</c><00:38:00.059><c> but</c>

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:04.440
Paul<00:38:00.719><c> says</c><00:38:00.880><c> he's</c><00:38:01.119><c> now</c><00:38:01.420><c> profitable</c><00:38:01.920><c> to</c><00:38:02.420><c> the</c><00:38:02.719><c> and</c><00:38:02.940><c> to</c><00:38:03.099><c> me</c>

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:07.340
whom<00:38:04.980><c> I</c><00:38:05.719><c> have</c><00:38:06.059><c> sent</c><00:38:06.380><c> again</c>

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:15.360
thou<00:38:09.719><c> therefore</c><00:38:10.340><c> receive</c><00:38:11.039><c> him</c><00:38:11.559><c> that</c><00:38:12.119><c> is</c><00:38:12.780><c> mine</c><00:38:13.019><c> own</c><00:38:13.340><c> bows</c><00:38:13.900><c> whom</c>

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:17.420
I<00:38:15.579><c> would</c><00:38:15.800><c> have</c><00:38:16.059><c> retained</c><00:38:16.579><c> with</c><00:38:16.960><c> me</c>

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:22.960
that<00:38:18.599><c> in</c><00:38:19.179><c> thy</c><00:38:19.420><c> stead</c><00:38:19.880><c> he</c><00:38:20.579><c> might</c><00:38:20.840><c> have</c><00:38:21.119><c> ministered</c><00:38:21.579><c> unto</c><00:38:21.780><c> me</c><00:38:22.440><c> in</c>

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:25.019
the<00:38:23.199><c> bonds</c><00:38:23.539><c> of</c><00:38:23.820><c> the</c><00:38:23.980><c> gospel</c>

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:30.159
but<00:38:26.179><c> without</c><00:38:26.659><c> thy</c><00:38:27.159><c> mind</c><00:38:27.940><c> would</c><00:38:28.440><c> I</c><00:38:28.619><c> do</c><00:38:28.840><c> nothing</c><00:38:29.260><c> very</c><00:38:29.739><c> careful</c>

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:32.079
here<00:38:30.360><c> isn't</c><00:38:30.780><c> it</c><00:38:30.980><c> Paul's</c><00:38:31.320><c> the</c><00:38:31.460><c> apostle</c>

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:35.340
Paul's<00:38:32.739><c> the</c><00:38:33.199><c> senior</c><00:38:33.719><c> the</c><00:38:34.179><c> senior</c><00:38:34.480><c> man</c><00:38:34.639><c> has</c><00:38:34.840><c> probably</c><00:38:35.019><c> taught</c>

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:36.960
these<00:38:35.579><c> people</c><00:38:35.780><c> the</c><00:38:36.059><c> truth</c><00:38:36.219><c> and</c><00:38:36.400><c> certainly</c>

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:40.440
nurtured<00:38:37.500><c> them</c><00:38:37.639><c> in</c><00:38:37.900><c> the</c><00:38:38.179><c> truth</c><00:38:38.500><c> but</c><00:38:38.920><c> he</c><00:38:39.079><c> says</c><00:38:39.179><c> without</c><00:38:39.519><c> thy</c><00:38:39.840><c> mind</c><00:38:40.139><c> would</c><00:38:40.260><c> I</c>

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:43.679
do<00:38:40.599><c> nothing</c><00:38:41.079><c> that</c><00:38:42.340><c> thy</c><00:38:42.840><c> benefit</c><00:38:43.400><c> should</c>

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:47.940
not<00:38:44.500><c> be</c><00:38:44.880><c> as</c><00:38:45.079><c> it</c><00:38:45.260><c> were</c><00:38:45.380><c> of</c><00:38:45.659><c> necessity</c><00:38:46.159><c> but</c><00:38:46.579><c> willingly</c><00:38:46.960><c> so</c><00:38:47.539><c> he</c>

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:49.980
wants<00:38:48.219><c> concurrence</c><00:38:48.900><c> here</c><00:38:49.239><c> that's</c><00:38:49.460><c> what</c><00:38:49.539><c> he's</c><00:38:49.760><c> saying</c>

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:53.119
he<00:38:50.599><c> wants</c><00:38:50.980><c> Philemon</c><00:38:51.579><c> to</c><00:38:51.840><c> think</c><00:38:52.039><c> about</c><00:38:52.280><c> this</c><00:38:52.519><c> matter</c><00:38:52.739><c> he</c><00:38:52.900><c> wants</c>

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.719
his<00:38:53.500><c> concurrence</c><00:38:53.960><c> and</c><00:38:54.199><c> support</c>

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:58.420
in<00:38:55.119><c> whatever</c><00:38:55.380><c> the</c><00:38:55.619><c> outcome</c><00:38:56.400><c> sounds</c><00:38:57.559><c> like</c><00:38:57.739><c> his</c><00:38:57.920><c> first</c><00:38:58.159><c> choice</c>

00:38:58.420 --> 00:39:00.920
was<00:38:58.539><c> to</c><00:38:58.780><c> keep</c><00:38:59.239><c> Onesimus</c><00:38:59.780><c> with</c><00:39:00.079><c> him</c>

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:03.360
but<00:39:01.480><c> on</c><00:39:01.679><c> the</c><00:39:01.780><c> other</c><00:39:01.940><c> hand</c><00:39:02.159><c> there</c><00:39:02.539><c> were</c><00:39:02.679><c> very</c><00:39:02.920><c> good</c><00:39:03.099><c> reasons</c>

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:05.210
for<00:39:03.619><c> sending</c><00:39:03.780><c> back</c><00:39:04.360><c> sending</c><00:39:04.679><c> him</c><00:39:04.900><c> back</c>

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:09.139
so<00:39:06.219><c> now</c><00:39:06.380><c> we</c><00:39:06.539><c> come</c><00:39:06.639><c> to</c><00:39:06.780><c> a</c><00:39:06.880><c> very</c><00:39:07.099><c> interesting</c><00:39:07.420><c> verse</c><00:39:07.679><c> here</c><00:39:07.920><c> in</c><00:39:08.000><c> verse</c><00:39:08.179><c> 15</c>

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:12.039
for<00:39:09.840><c> perhaps</c><00:39:10.639><c> he</c><00:39:11.519><c> therefore</c>

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:17.280
departed<00:39:12.679><c> for</c><00:39:13.079><c> a</c><00:39:13.360><c> season</c><00:39:13.820><c> that</c><00:39:14.820><c> thou</c><00:39:15.380><c> shouldest</c><00:39:16.059><c> receive</c><00:39:16.559><c> him</c>

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:21.119
forever<00:39:17.880><c> and</c><00:39:19.760><c> that's</c><00:39:20.119><c> the</c><00:39:20.260><c> verse</c><00:39:20.420><c> in</c><00:39:20.599><c> this</c><00:39:20.800><c> letter</c>

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:24.880
which<00:39:21.559><c> which</c><00:39:21.980><c> moves</c><00:39:22.239><c> all</c><00:39:22.599><c> this</c><00:39:23.099><c> this</c><00:39:23.420><c> discussion</c><00:39:23.980><c> from</c><00:39:24.239><c> being</c>

00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:27.980
a<00:39:25.920><c> debate</c><00:39:26.179><c> about</c><00:39:26.480><c> how</c><00:39:26.699><c> to</c><00:39:26.860><c> handle</c><00:39:27.039><c> a</c><00:39:27.219><c> runaway</c><00:39:27.599><c> slave</c>

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:34.219
it<00:39:28.139><c> lifts</c><00:39:28.579><c> the</c><00:39:28.840><c> whole</c><00:39:29.159><c> thing</c><00:39:29.820><c> to</c><00:39:30.219><c> a</c><00:39:30.699><c> divine</c><00:39:31.639><c> perspective</c><00:39:32.599><c> and</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:36.360
Paul's<00:39:34.659><c> reasoning</c><00:39:34.880><c> here</c><00:39:35.139><c> very</c><00:39:35.440><c> carefully</c><00:39:35.800><c> and</c><00:39:36.019><c> he</c>

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:41.559
says<00:39:36.519><c> in</c><00:39:36.719><c> effect</c><00:39:37.000><c> well</c><00:39:38.219><c> well</c><00:39:38.380><c> maybe</c><00:39:38.619><c> the</c><00:39:38.960><c> reason</c><00:39:39.460><c> that</c><00:39:39.699><c> Onesimus</c><00:39:40.980><c> left</c>

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:46.079
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