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After<00:23:49.559><c> that,</c><00:23:50.240><c> the</c><00:23:50.460><c> care</c><00:23:51.000><c> and</c><00:23:51.779><c> anxiety</c><00:23:52.480><c> he</c><00:23:52.920><c> had</c><00:23:53.140><c> to</c><00:23:53.380><c> deal</c><00:23:53.599><c> and</c>

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live<00:23:54.259><c> with</c>

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over<00:23:56.599><c> the</c><00:23:56.859><c> welfare</c><00:23:57.339><c> of</c><00:23:57.859><c> the</c><00:23:58.039><c> early</c><00:23:58.279><c> church.</c>

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You<00:24:01.339><c> know,</c><00:24:02.440><c> at</c><00:24:02.720><c> the</c><00:24:02.799><c> time</c><00:24:02.960><c> of</c><00:24:03.180><c> Paul's</c><00:24:03.519><c> writing</c><00:24:03.700><c> to</c><00:24:03.960><c> Timothy,</c>

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physical<00:24:07.319><c> persecutions</c><00:24:08.279><c> were</c><00:24:09.059><c> a</c><00:24:09.480><c> real</c><00:24:10.039><c> and</c><00:24:11.200><c> present</c><00:24:11.440><c> danger.</c>

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Today,<00:24:15.779><c> right</c><00:24:16.099><c> now,</c><00:24:17.900><c> there</c><00:24:18.160><c> is</c><00:24:18.359><c> no</c><00:24:18.640><c> threat</c><00:24:18.940><c> of</c><00:24:19.220><c> physical</c><00:24:19.539><c> harm.</c>

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Of<00:24:23.000><c> course,</c><00:24:24.220><c> many</c><00:24:24.500><c> of</c><00:24:24.740><c> us</c><00:24:25.160><c> have</c><00:24:25.500><c> physical</c><00:24:25.980><c> problems.</c>

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Illnesses,<00:24:30.380><c> many</c><00:24:30.640><c> rounds</c><00:24:30.980><c> of</c><00:24:31.299><c> doctor's</c><00:24:31.799><c> visits,</c><00:24:33.000><c> tests,</c><00:24:34.259><c> and</c>

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medications<00:24:34.900><c> by</c><00:24:35.200><c> the</c><00:24:35.500><c> score.</c>

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All<00:24:38.140><c> these</c><00:24:38.480><c> problems</c><00:24:39.039><c> are</c><00:24:40.099><c> trials,</c><00:24:40.579><c> aren't</c><00:24:40.859><c> they?</c>

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We<00:24:43.559><c> can</c><00:24:43.799><c> become</c><00:24:44.200><c> tired,</c>

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listless,<00:24:48.200><c> confused</c><00:24:49.000><c> at</c><00:24:49.619><c> times</c><00:24:49.960><c> and</c><00:24:50.140><c> reluctant</c><00:24:50.559><c> to</c><00:24:50.819><c> travel.</c>

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These<00:24:53.259><c> conditions</c><00:24:53.700><c> cause</c><00:24:54.039><c> us</c><00:24:55.259><c> to</c><00:24:55.779><c> miss</c><00:24:56.039><c> the</c><00:24:56.339><c> communion</c><00:24:56.720><c> service</c>

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and<00:25:00.039><c> make</c><00:25:00.299><c> us</c><00:25:01.440><c> less</c><00:25:01.839><c> diligent</c><00:25:02.299><c> in</c><00:25:02.859><c> our</c><00:25:03.059><c> Bible</c><00:25:03.359><c> studies.</c>

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But<00:25:07.240><c> these</c><00:25:07.579><c> things</c><00:25:08.380><c> happen</c><00:25:09.000><c> to</c><00:25:09.460><c> every</c><00:25:09.900><c> generation</c><00:25:10.619><c> of</c><00:25:11.000><c> believers.</c>

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The<00:25:15.400><c> bigger</c><00:25:15.700><c> problem</c><00:25:16.240><c> today,</c><00:25:16.720><c> I</c><00:25:17.039><c> believe,</c><00:25:18.259><c> is</c><00:25:18.599><c> worldliness.</c>

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There<00:25:21.880><c> is</c><00:25:22.240><c> so</c><00:25:22.559><c> much</c><00:25:22.779><c> more</c><00:25:23.039><c> out</c><00:25:23.319><c> there</c><00:25:23.519><c> today</c><00:25:24.099><c> to</c><00:25:25.460><c> distract</c><00:25:25.940><c> us,</c>

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to<00:25:27.259><c> deceive</c><00:25:27.700><c> us.</c>

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More<00:25:31.940><c> so,</c><00:25:32.220><c> I</c><00:25:32.400><c> think,</c><00:25:32.880><c> than</c><00:25:33.000><c> in</c><00:25:33.240><c> any</c><00:25:33.440><c> generation.</c>

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That's<00:25:41.039><c> the</c><00:25:41.220><c> society</c><00:25:41.640><c> in</c><00:25:41.819><c> which</c><00:25:41.980><c> we</c><00:25:42.160><c> live.</c>

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The<00:25:43.559><c> pressures</c><00:25:44.000><c> are</c><00:25:44.500><c> all</c><00:25:44.759><c> around</c><00:25:45.059><c> us</c><00:25:46.119><c> to</c><00:25:46.559><c> conform</c><00:25:47.200><c> to</c><00:25:47.500><c> the</c><00:25:47.740><c> world</c>

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and<00:25:49.339><c> be</c><00:25:49.640><c> partakers</c><00:25:50.180><c> of</c><00:25:50.420><c> the</c><00:25:50.740><c> characteristics</c><00:25:51.440><c> that</c><00:25:52.279><c> Paul</c><00:25:52.579><c> listed</c><00:25:52.940><c> for</c><00:25:53.259><c> us.</c>

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But<00:25:55.579><c> this</c><00:25:56.500><c> shouldn't</c><00:25:56.799><c> surprise</c><00:25:57.380><c> us.</c>

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Peter<00:25:59.839><c> says</c><00:26:00.359><c> in</c><00:26:00.640><c> his</c><00:26:00.980><c> first</c><00:26:01.339><c> epistle,</c><00:26:03.119><c> chapter</c><00:26:03.279><c> 4,</c><00:26:04.400><c> verse</c><00:26:04.740><c> 12,</c>

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Beloved,<00:26:09.380><c> think</c><00:26:09.619><c> it</c><00:26:09.859><c> not</c><00:26:10.099><c> strange</c><00:26:11.099><c> concerning</c><00:26:12.240><c> the</c><00:26:13.160><c> fiery</c><00:26:13.519><c> trial</c><00:26:14.500><c> which</c><00:26:15.859><c> is</c>

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to<00:26:16.299><c> try</c><00:26:16.559><c> you?</c>

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Back<00:26:21.480><c> in</c><00:26:21.839><c> 1</c><00:26:22.160><c> Timothy,</c><00:26:25.180><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.480><c> 6,</c>

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Paul<00:26:28.400><c> exhorts</c><00:26:28.859><c> us.</c>

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Let's<00:26:32.660><c> take</c><00:26:32.900><c> a</c><00:26:32.980><c> look</c><00:26:33.079><c> at</c><00:26:33.279><c> that.</c><00:26:33.519><c> 1</c><00:26:33.759><c> Timothy,</c><00:26:34.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.059><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:26:49.859><c> he</c><00:26:50.220><c> says,</c><00:26:51.539><c> if</c><00:26:51.940><c> I</c><00:26:52.059><c> can</c><00:26:52.259><c> remember</c><00:26:52.599><c> where</c><00:26:52.819><c> I</c><00:26:53.019><c> am</c><00:26:53.180><c> here,</c>

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verse<00:27:04.440><c> 6,</c><00:27:08.779><c> from</c><00:27:09.160><c> which</c><00:27:09.940><c> some</c><00:27:10.720><c> having</c><00:27:11.619><c> swerved</c><00:27:12.799><c> have</c><00:27:14.019><c> turned</c>

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aside<00:27:15.519><c> unto</c><00:27:16.220><c> vain</c><00:27:16.660><c> jangling,</c>

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desiring<00:27:18.319><c> to</c><00:27:18.599><c> be</c><00:27:18.759><c> teachers.</c><00:27:19.700><c> No,</c><00:27:20.079><c> I'm</c><00:27:20.259><c> in</c><00:27:20.400><c> the</c><00:27:20.539><c> wrong</c><00:27:20.740><c> place.</c>

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Chapter<00:27:21.539><c> 6.</c><00:27:22.119><c> I'm</c><00:27:22.400><c> sorry.</c>

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Here<00:27:28.539><c> we</c><00:27:28.839><c> are,</c><00:27:29.279><c> verse</c><00:27:29.640><c> 6.</c>

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But<00:27:31.859><c> godliness</c><00:27:32.519><c> with</c><00:27:34.539><c> contentment</c><00:27:35.299><c> is</c><00:27:35.740><c> great</c><00:27:36.059><c> gain.</c>

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For<00:27:37.759><c> we</c><00:27:38.000><c> brought</c><00:27:38.200><c> nothing</c><00:27:38.640><c> into</c><00:27:39.039><c> the</c><00:27:39.319><c> world,</c><00:27:40.140><c> and</c><00:27:40.380><c> it</c><00:27:40.500><c> is</c><00:27:40.779><c> certain</c><00:27:41.099><c> we</c>

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can<00:27:42.119><c> carry</c><00:27:42.460><c> nothing</c><00:27:42.779><c> out.</c>

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And<00:27:44.539><c> having</c><00:27:44.900><c> food</c><00:27:45.559><c> and</c><00:27:46.099><c> raiment,</c><00:27:47.519><c> let</c><00:27:47.660><c> us</c><00:27:48.400><c> be</c><00:27:49.359><c> therewith</c><00:27:50.220><c> content.</c>

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But<00:27:52.559><c> they</c><00:27:53.099><c> that</c><00:27:53.559><c> will</c><00:27:53.799><c> be</c><00:27:54.119><c> rich</c><00:27:54.819><c> fall</c><00:27:55.940><c> into</c><00:27:56.420><c> temptation</c><00:27:57.019><c> and</c><00:27:57.319><c> a</c><00:27:57.539><c> snare,</c>

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and<00:27:59.000><c> unto</c><00:27:59.259><c> many</c><00:27:59.839><c> foolish</c><00:28:00.380><c> and</c><00:28:01.460><c> hurtful</c><00:28:02.039><c> lusts</c><00:28:04.160><c> which</c><00:28:04.420><c> drown</c>

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men<00:28:05.579><c> to</c><00:28:06.160><c> destruction</c><00:28:06.880><c> and</c><00:28:07.819><c> perdition.</c>

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For<00:28:09.940><c> the</c><00:28:10.119><c> love</c><00:28:10.259><c> of</c><00:28:10.440><c> money</c><00:28:11.019><c> is</c><00:28:12.420><c> the</c><00:28:12.599><c> root</c><00:28:12.720><c> of</c><00:28:12.960><c> all</c><00:28:13.160><c> evil.</c>

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While<00:28:14.680><c> some</c><00:28:15.059><c> covet</c><00:28:15.460><c> it</c><00:28:16.799><c> after,</c><00:28:17.940><c> they</c><00:28:18.279><c> have</c><00:28:18.839><c> erred</c><00:28:19.380><c> from</c><00:28:19.799><c> the</c><00:28:20.019><c> faith</c>

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and<00:28:21.319><c> pursed</c><00:28:21.640><c> themselves</c><00:28:22.200><c> through</c><00:28:22.859><c> with</c><00:28:23.559><c> many</c><00:28:23.920><c> sorrows.</c>

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But<00:28:26.460><c> though,</c><00:28:27.440><c> O</c><00:28:27.440><c> men</c><00:28:27.599><c> of</c><00:28:27.859><c> God,</c><00:28:28.779><c> flee</c><00:28:29.019><c> these</c><00:28:29.380><c> things</c><00:28:30.099><c> and</c><00:28:30.940><c> follow</c><00:28:31.299><c> after</c><00:28:31.779><c> righteousness,</c>

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godliness,<00:28:35.059><c> faith,</c><00:28:36.059><c> love,</c><00:28:37.220><c> patience,</c><00:28:38.720><c> meekness.</c>

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But<00:28:48.259><c> Paul</c><00:28:48.559><c> goes</c><00:28:48.900><c> on</c><00:28:49.180><c> to</c><00:28:49.420><c> tell</c><00:28:49.519><c> us</c><00:28:50.559><c> what</c><00:28:52.680><c> to</c><00:28:52.900><c> do.</c>

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He<00:28:55.700><c> tells</c><00:28:56.019><c> us</c><00:28:56.799><c> in</c><00:28:57.579><c> the</c><00:28:58.940><c> second</c><00:28:59.400><c> book</c><00:28:59.799><c> of</c><00:29:00.079><c> Timothy,</c><00:29:02.019><c> chapter</c><00:29:02.460><c> 3,</c>

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starting<00:29:03.759><c> at</c><00:29:05.259><c> verse</c><00:29:05.539><c> 12.</c>

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All<00:29:09.720><c> that</c><00:29:09.960><c> will</c><00:29:10.220><c> live</c><00:29:10.460><c> godly</c><00:29:11.299><c> in</c><00:29:11.720><c> Jesus</c><00:29:12.319><c> Christ</c><00:29:12.859><c> shall</c><00:29:13.259><c> suffer</c><00:29:13.559><c> persecution.</c>

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But<00:29:16.099><c> evil</c><00:29:16.619><c> men</c><00:29:17.160><c> and</c><00:29:17.559><c> seducious</c><00:29:18.460><c> shall</c><00:29:19.160><c> wax</c><00:29:19.599><c> worse</c><00:29:20.319><c> and</c><00:29:20.859><c> worse,</c>

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deceiving<00:29:22.720><c> and</c><00:29:23.519><c> being</c><00:29:24.160><c> deceived.</c>

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And<00:29:26.980><c> here's</c><00:29:27.160><c> his</c><00:29:27.339><c> advice,</c><00:29:28.779><c> but</c><00:29:29.160><c> continue</c><00:29:29.819><c> thou</c><00:29:30.259><c> in</c><00:29:31.079><c> the</c><00:29:31.339><c> things</c><00:29:31.640><c> which</c>

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thou<00:29:32.200><c> hast</c><00:29:32.539><c> learned</c>

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and<00:29:34.019><c> hast</c><00:29:34.339><c> been</c><00:29:34.640><c> assured</c><00:29:35.140><c> of,</c><00:29:36.420><c> knowing</c><00:29:36.839><c> of</c><00:29:38.039><c> whom</c><00:29:38.420><c> thou</c><00:29:38.740><c> hast</c>

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learned<00:29:39.359><c> them.</c>

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And<00:29:41.299><c> that</c><00:29:41.900><c> from</c><00:29:42.200><c> a</c><00:29:42.480><c> child</c><00:29:43.440><c> thou</c><00:29:45.039><c> hast</c><00:29:45.440><c> known</c><00:29:45.920><c> the</c><00:29:46.279><c> holy</c><00:29:46.599><c> scriptures,</c>

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which<00:29:48.220><c> are</c><00:29:48.400><c> able</c><00:29:48.680><c> to</c><00:29:48.940><c> make</c><00:29:49.180><c> thee</c><00:29:49.519><c> wise</c><00:29:50.240><c> unto</c><00:29:50.700><c> salvation</c><00:29:51.440><c> through</c><00:29:52.519><c> faith,</c><00:29:53.859><c> which</c>

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is<00:29:54.240><c> in</c><00:29:54.440><c> Christ</c><00:29:54.759><c> Jesus.</c>

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All<00:29:57.220><c> scripture</c><00:29:57.839><c> is</c><00:29:59.099><c> given</c><00:29:59.299><c> by</c><00:29:59.619><c> inspiration</c><00:30:00.279><c> of</c><00:30:00.539><c> God</c><00:30:01.339><c> and</c><00:30:01.819><c> is</c>

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profitable<00:30:02.880><c> for</c><00:30:03.440><c> doctrine,</c>

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for<00:30:04.519><c> reproof,</c><00:30:05.579><c> for</c><00:30:05.960><c> correction,</c><00:30:07.099><c> for</c><00:30:07.279><c> instruction</c><00:30:07.900><c> in</c><00:30:08.279><c> righteousness,</c>

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that<00:30:09.799><c> the</c><00:30:10.059><c> man</c><00:30:10.279><c> of</c><00:30:10.579><c> God</c><00:30:11.619><c> might</c><00:30:12.059><c> be</c><00:30:12.519><c> perfect,</c><00:30:14.079><c> thoroughly</c><00:30:14.519><c> furnished</c><00:30:15.299><c> unto</c>

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all<00:30:16.140><c> good</c><00:30:16.460><c> works.</c>

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As<00:30:19.920><c> we</c><00:30:20.359><c> remember</c><00:30:20.720><c> our</c><00:30:21.099><c> Lord</c><00:30:21.579><c> this</c><00:30:22.279><c> morning,</c><00:30:22.640><c> brothers</c><00:30:22.960><c> and</c><00:30:23.259><c> sisters,</c><00:30:24.579><c> in</c>

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this<00:30:25.019><c> communion</c><00:30:25.519><c> service,</c>

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