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Ephesians,<00:14:10.159><c> Ephesians</c><00:14:10.879><c> chapter</c><00:14:11.340><c> four.</c>

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We'll<00:14:14.679><c> look</c><00:14:14.860><c> at</c><00:14:15.019><c> the</c><00:14:15.259><c> 11th</c><00:14:15.740><c> verse</c><00:14:15.940><c> to</c><00:14:16.279><c> start.</c>

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to<00:14:56.220><c> sort</c><00:14:56.480><c> of</c><00:14:57.259><c> learn</c><00:14:57.639><c> from</c><00:14:57.919><c> people.</c>

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Why,<00:15:12.940><c> verse</c><00:15:13.159><c> 12,</c><00:15:14.539><c> to</c><00:15:14.940><c> prepare</c><00:15:15.440><c> God's</c><00:15:15.940><c> people</c><00:15:16.159><c> for</c><00:15:16.419><c> works</c><00:15:16.720><c> of</c><00:15:17.080><c> service</c>

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where<00:15:44.259><c> there</c><00:15:44.460><c> was</c><00:15:44.620><c> this</c><00:15:44.960><c> controversy</c>

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each<00:15:56.759><c> one</c><00:15:57.639><c> must</c><00:15:58.120><c> be</c><00:15:58.460><c> persuaded,</c>

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must<00:16:01.419><c> be</c><00:16:01.799><c> fully</c><00:16:02.120><c> convinced</c><00:16:03.179><c> by</c><00:16:04.399><c> his</c><00:16:04.639><c> own</c><00:16:04.940><c> mind.</c>

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that<00:16:11.240><c> they</c><00:16:11.480><c> not</c><00:16:11.779><c> sort</c><00:16:12.000><c> of</c><00:16:12.500><c> rely</c><00:16:12.960><c> on</c><00:16:13.279><c> someone</c><00:16:13.600><c> else</c>

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or<00:16:36.700><c> this</c><00:16:37.639><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:38.379><c> changing</c><00:16:39.039><c> its</c><00:16:39.440><c> mind.</c>

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to<00:17:06.619><c> the</c><00:17:06.920><c> law</c><00:17:07.240><c> of</c><00:17:07.599><c> Moses.</c>

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to<00:17:15.920><c> imprison</c><00:17:16.500><c> them.</c>

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he<00:17:20.539><c> sees</c><00:17:20.859><c> this</c><00:17:21.339><c> vision</c><00:17:21.960><c> of</c><00:17:22.660><c> Jesus,</c>

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where<00:17:24.480><c> Jesus</c><00:17:25.460><c> cries</c><00:17:26.000><c> out</c><00:17:26.380><c> to</c><00:17:26.599><c> him,</c>

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Saul,<00:17:30.220><c> why</c><00:17:30.900><c> do</c><00:17:31.940><c> you</c><00:17:32.839><c> persecute</c><00:17:33.740><c> me?</c>

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And<00:17:36.539><c> how</c><00:17:37.180><c> was</c><00:17:37.500><c> it</c><00:17:38.160><c> that</c><00:17:38.740><c> Saul</c><00:17:39.160><c> responded</c><00:17:39.980><c> to</c><00:17:40.279><c> this?</c>

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And<00:17:40.579><c> I</c><00:17:40.720><c> think</c><00:17:40.839><c> this</c><00:17:41.099><c> is</c><00:17:41.579><c> absolutely</c><00:17:42.240><c> fascinating.</c>

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Turn<00:17:43.319><c> with</c><00:17:43.500><c> me</c><00:17:43.640><c> to</c><00:17:43.880><c> Galatians</c><00:17:44.319><c> chapter</c><00:17:44.799><c> one,</c><00:17:45.460><c> Galatians</c><00:17:46.059><c> now.</c>

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And<00:17:52.400><c> I</c><00:17:52.579><c> would</c><00:17:52.799><c> say</c><00:17:53.039><c> just</c><00:17:53.339><c> as</c><00:17:53.559><c> an</c><00:17:53.779><c> aside</c><00:17:54.119><c> brothers</c><00:17:54.440><c> and</c><00:17:54.759><c> sisters,</c>

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this<00:17:55.359><c> is</c><00:17:55.740><c> one</c><00:17:56.400><c> of</c><00:17:56.960><c> the</c><00:17:57.240><c> reasons</c>

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why<00:17:58.480><c> I</c><00:17:58.980><c> personally</c><00:17:59.619><c> have</c><00:18:00.059><c> such</c><00:18:00.759><c> confidence</c>

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I<00:18:09.539><c> believe</c><00:18:09.940><c> that</c><00:18:10.200><c> Jesus</c><00:18:10.619><c> died</c><00:18:11.180><c> and</c><00:18:12.099><c> was</c><00:18:12.420><c> raised</c><00:18:12.819><c> from</c><00:18:13.099><c> the</c><00:18:13.279><c> dead.</c>

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to<00:18:16.200><c> be</c><00:18:16.460><c> the</c><00:18:16.599><c> most</c><00:18:16.960><c> compelling</c><00:18:17.599><c> evidence</c><00:18:18.160><c> to</c><00:18:18.460><c> that.</c>

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You've<00:18:19.880><c> got</c><00:18:20.059><c> Paul,</c><00:18:21.440><c> Saul</c><00:18:21.740><c> on</c><00:18:22.200><c> the</c><00:18:22.460><c> road.</c>

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and<00:18:27.619><c> yet</c><00:18:27.940><c> he's</c><00:18:28.500><c> got</c><00:18:28.759><c> doubts</c><00:18:29.059><c> in</c><00:18:29.259><c> his</c><00:18:29.500><c> mind.</c>

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nor<00:18:46.759><c> was</c><00:18:46.980><c> I</c><00:18:47.220><c> taught</c><00:18:47.460><c> it,</c><00:18:47.680><c> rather</c><00:18:47.980><c> I</c><00:18:48.319><c> received</c><00:18:48.740><c> it</c>

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how<00:18:54.519><c> intensely</c><00:18:55.039><c> I</c><00:18:55.440><c> persecuted</c><00:18:55.900><c> the</c><00:18:56.180><c> church</c><00:18:56.420><c> of</c><00:18:56.700><c> God</c>

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and<00:18:57.160><c> tried</c><00:18:57.420><c> to</c><00:18:57.680><c> destroy</c><00:18:58.039><c> it.</c>

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so<00:19:14.200><c> that</c><00:19:14.380><c> I</c><00:19:14.519><c> might</c><00:19:14.740><c> preach</c><00:19:15.160><c> him</c><00:19:15.400><c> among</c><00:19:15.640><c> the</c><00:19:15.880><c> Gentiles,</c>

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but<00:19:26.980><c> I</c><00:19:27.240><c> went</c><00:19:27.500><c> immediately</c><00:19:28.519><c> into</c><00:19:29.960><c> Arabia.</c>

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I<00:19:42.339><c> think</c><00:19:42.500><c> he</c><00:19:42.660><c> does</c><00:19:42.819><c> it</c><00:19:43.039><c> to</c><00:19:43.299><c> pray.</c>

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this<00:19:51.440><c> supernatural</c><00:19:52.259><c> event</c><00:19:52.940><c> was</c><00:19:54.240><c> real.</c>

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and<00:20:08.759><c> he</c><00:20:08.980><c> wanted</c><00:20:09.099><c> to</c><00:20:09.460><c> think</c><00:20:09.680><c> about</c><00:20:09.940><c> it.</c>

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and<00:20:15.619><c> he</c><00:20:15.740><c> went</c><00:20:15.920><c> to</c><00:20:16.119><c> Damascus</c>

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and<00:20:18.119><c> then</c><00:20:18.200><c> in</c><00:20:18.400><c> verse</c><00:20:18.619><c> 18</c><00:20:19.200><c> it</c><00:20:19.359><c> says,</c>

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he<00:20:51.660><c> goes</c><00:20:51.960><c> to</c><00:20:52.180><c> Damascus,</c><00:20:52.740><c> then</c><00:20:53.019><c> three</c><00:20:53.220><c> years</c><00:20:53.440><c> later</c>

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he<00:20:53.880><c> goes</c><00:20:54.259><c> to</c><00:20:54.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:54.920><c> to</c><00:20:55.819><c> speak</c><00:20:56.339><c> to</c><00:20:57.240><c> eye</c><00:20:57.900><c> witnesses.</c>

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was<00:21:04.720><c> this</c><00:21:05.079><c> vision</c><00:21:05.500><c> thing</c><00:21:06.079><c> that</c><00:21:06.599><c> I</c><00:21:06.859><c> had,</c><00:21:07.359><c> was</c><00:21:07.680><c> this</c><00:21:07.980><c> real?</c>

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Did<00:21:10.079><c> Jesus</c><00:21:10.619><c> really</c><00:21:11.539><c> speak</c><00:21:12.220><c> to</c><00:21:12.480><c> me?</c>

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Did<00:21:14.920><c> you</c><00:21:15.599><c> see</c><00:21:16.079><c> him</c><00:21:16.880><c> alive</c><00:21:17.559><c> after</c><00:21:17.960><c> he</c><00:21:18.119><c> was</c><00:21:18.380><c> crucified?</c>

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To<00:21:20.519><c> me</c><00:21:20.740><c> I</c><00:21:20.859><c> think</c><00:21:21.059><c> that's</c><00:21:21.420><c> what's</c><00:21:21.799><c> happening</c><00:21:22.059><c> here.</c>

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I<00:21:25.579><c> saw</c><00:21:25.799><c> none</c><00:21:26.079><c> of</c><00:21:26.220><c> the</c><00:21:26.339><c> other</c><00:21:26.940><c> apostles,</c>

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only<00:21:28.200><c> James</c><00:21:28.839><c> the</c><00:21:29.220><c> Lord's</c><00:21:29.759><c> brother.</c>

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Verse<00:21:31.339><c> 20,</c><00:21:31.680><c> I</c><00:21:31.920><c> assure</c><00:21:32.319><c> you</c><00:21:32.539><c> before</c><00:21:32.900><c> God</c>

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that<00:21:33.420><c> what</c><00:21:34.240><c> I'm</c><00:21:34.420><c> writing</c><00:21:34.660><c> to</c><00:21:34.839><c> you</c><00:21:34.900><c> is</c><00:21:35.099><c> no</c><00:21:35.380><c> lie.</c>

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So<00:21:38.059><c> the</c><00:21:38.500><c> idea</c><00:21:39.000><c> here</c><00:21:39.420><c> is</c><00:21:39.779><c> that</c><00:21:40.180><c> Peter</c><00:21:40.519><c> has</c><00:21:41.160><c> changed,</c>

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that<00:21:41.940><c> Paul</c><00:21:42.420><c> has</c><00:21:42.859><c> changed</c><00:21:43.299><c> his</c><00:21:43.759><c> mind</c>

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and<00:21:44.960><c> he's</c><00:21:45.259><c> done</c><00:21:45.500><c> it</c><00:21:46.539><c> after</c><00:21:47.180><c> prayerful</c><00:21:47.799><c> meditation,</c>

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and<00:21:53.279><c> after</c><00:21:53.720><c> spiritual</c><00:21:54.400><c> counsel</c><00:21:55.140><c> by</c><00:21:55.980><c> Peter</c>

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and<00:21:57.480><c> James</c><00:21:57.900><c> the</c><00:21:58.099><c> Lord's</c><00:21:58.559><c> brother.</c>

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And<00:21:59.640><c> I</c><00:21:59.720><c> think</c><00:21:59.859><c> that's</c><00:22:00.160><c> a</c><00:22:00.440><c> great</c><00:22:00.599><c> example</c>

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for<00:22:01.380><c> us</c><00:22:01.640><c> brothers</c><00:22:01.920><c> and</c><00:22:02.259><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:22:03.359><c> we</c><00:22:03.900><c> be</c><00:22:04.119><c> like</c><00:22:04.460><c> the</c><00:22:04.720><c> Bereans</c><00:22:05.119><c> who</c><00:22:05.500><c> searched</c><00:22:05.839><c> the</c><00:22:06.140><c> scriptures,</c>

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that<00:22:06.740><c> we</c><00:22:07.000><c> be</c><00:22:07.480><c> like</c><00:22:07.779><c> Jesus</c><00:22:08.240><c> who</c><00:22:08.400><c> goes</c><00:22:08.599><c> up</c><00:22:08.839><c> into</c><00:22:09.059><c> a</c><00:22:09.299><c> mountain</c>

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to<00:22:09.759><c> be</c><00:22:09.920><c> by</c><00:22:10.160><c> himself,</c><00:22:10.700><c> free</c><00:22:11.400><c> from</c><00:22:11.619><c> the</c><00:22:12.039><c> distractions</c><00:22:12.500><c> of</c><00:22:12.740><c> the</c><00:22:12.920><c> world</c>

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where<00:22:13.279><c> he</c><00:22:13.440><c> can,</c><00:22:14.680><c> in</c><00:22:14.940><c> a</c><00:22:15.220><c> quiet</c><00:22:15.519><c> time,</c>

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pray<00:22:17.299><c> to</c><00:22:17.539><c> God</c><00:22:18.000><c> and</c><00:22:18.960><c> meditate</c><00:22:19.500><c> on</c><00:22:19.740><c> these</c><00:22:20.059><c> things.</c>

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And<00:22:22.279><c> I</c><00:22:22.359><c> think</c><00:22:22.480><c> this</c><00:22:22.680><c> is</c><00:22:22.839><c> the</c><00:22:23.160><c> appropriate</c><00:22:23.640><c> way</c>

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for<00:22:24.900><c> us</c><00:22:25.579><c> to</c><00:22:26.059><c> change</c><00:22:26.400><c> our</c><00:22:26.720><c> mind</c><00:22:26.980><c> on</c><00:22:27.279><c> things.</c>

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and<00:22:36.640><c> then</c><00:22:36.799><c> we'll</c><00:22:36.920><c> look</c><00:22:37.119><c> at</c><00:22:37.299><c> the</c><00:22:37.779><c> 24th</c><00:22:38.599><c> verse.</c>

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about<00:22:42.480><c> the</c><00:22:42.839><c> impact</c><00:22:43.319><c> of</c><00:22:43.539><c> his</c><00:22:43.839><c> conversion</c>

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that<00:22:46.920><c> used</c><00:22:47.140><c> to</c><00:22:47.440><c> persecute</c><00:22:47.900><c> the</c><00:22:48.119><c> church</c>

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and<00:22:48.539><c> now</c><00:22:48.940><c> he's</c><00:22:49.460><c> preaching</c><00:22:50.160><c> the</c><00:22:50.940><c> same</c><00:22:51.220><c> gospel</c><00:22:51.660><c> he</c><00:22:51.839><c> tried</c><00:22:52.079><c> to</c><00:22:52.339><c> destroy.</c>

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And<00:22:54.079><c> then</c><00:22:54.180><c> in</c><00:22:54.339><c> verse</c><00:22:54.539><c> 24</c><00:22:55.059><c> it</c><00:22:55.220><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:55.700><c> they</c><00:22:56.000><c> praised</c><00:22:56.519><c> God</c><00:22:57.279><c> because</c><00:22:58.039><c> of</c><00:22:58.259><c> me.</c>

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And<00:23:01.420><c> while</c><00:23:02.420><c> people</c><00:23:03.500><c> praised</c><00:23:04.299><c> God</c><00:23:04.799><c> because</c><00:23:05.140><c> of</c><00:23:05.400><c> Paul's</c><00:23:05.960><c> conversion,</c>

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we<00:23:07.720><c> have</c><00:23:07.980><c> to</c><00:23:08.220><c> recognize</c><00:23:08.940><c> brothers</c><00:23:09.279><c> and</c><00:23:09.619><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:23:10.400><c> sometimes</c><00:23:11.359><c> as</c><00:23:11.960><c> disciples,</c>

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we<00:23:13.059><c> can</c><00:23:13.339><c> be</c><00:23:14.500><c> deeply</c><00:23:15.480><c> disappointed</c>

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fall<00:23:25.819><c> from</c><00:23:26.099><c> grace.</c>

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who<00:23:31.720><c> were</c><00:23:32.160><c> baptized</c><00:23:32.700><c> into</c><00:23:33.019><c> the</c><00:23:33.279><c> one</c><00:23:33.500><c> body,</c>

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walk<00:23:34.900><c> away</c><00:23:35.619><c> from</c><00:23:36.140><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:23:37.859><c> a</c><00:23:38.119><c> hard</c><00:23:38.420><c> thing.</c>

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when<00:23:44.380><c> they</c><00:23:44.599><c> saw</c><00:23:44.859><c> Paul's</c><00:23:45.460><c> conversion,</c>

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it<00:23:46.920><c> can</c><00:23:47.119><c> be</c><00:23:47.319><c> sometimes</c><00:23:47.779><c> very</c><00:23:48.160><c> discouraging</c>

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And<00:23:52.579><c> this</c><00:23:52.759><c> is</c><00:23:52.940><c> what</c><00:23:53.220><c> happened</c><00:23:53.779><c> in</c><00:23:55.940><c> some</c><00:23:56.220><c> ways</c>

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to<00:23:57.740><c> Paul</c><00:23:58.460><c> with</c><00:23:59.400><c> his</c><00:23:59.660><c> friendship</c><00:24:00.240><c> with</c><00:24:01.539><c> Peter.</c>

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You<00:24:02.940><c> know,</c><00:24:03.880><c> he</c><00:24:04.119><c> went</c><00:24:04.380><c> to</c><00:24:04.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:05.119><c> to</c><00:24:05.359><c> meet</c><00:24:05.660><c> firsthand</c><00:24:06.299><c> with</c><00:24:06.640><c> Peter</c>

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and<00:24:07.380><c> to</c><00:24:07.619><c> sort</c><00:24:07.740><c> of</c><00:24:07.880><c> be</c><00:24:08.099><c> convinced</c><00:24:08.799><c> and</c><00:24:09.240><c> convicted</c>

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that<00:24:09.859><c> Jesus</c><00:24:10.220><c> did</c><00:24:10.539><c> rise</c><00:24:10.859><c> from</c><00:24:11.099><c> the</c><00:24:11.319><c> dead.</c>

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we<00:24:15.039><c> see</c><00:24:15.299><c> that</c><00:24:15.500><c> there's</c><00:24:15.859><c> a</c><00:24:16.039><c> tension</c><00:24:16.359><c> between</c><00:24:16.859><c> Paul</c><00:24:17.259><c> and</c><00:24:17.559><c> Peter.</c>

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Chapter<00:24:19.460><c> two,</c><00:24:19.900><c> verse</c><00:24:20.059><c> 11,</c>

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I<00:24:23.279><c> opposed</c><00:24:23.799><c> him</c><00:24:23.960><c> to</c><00:24:24.180><c> his</c><00:24:24.539><c> face</c>

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he<00:24:31.380><c> used</c><00:24:31.599><c> to</c><00:24:31.859><c> eat</c><00:24:32.039><c> with</c><00:24:32.299><c> the</c><00:24:32.440><c> Gentiles.</c>

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When<00:24:33.980><c> they</c><00:24:34.220><c> arrived,</c><00:24:34.720><c> he</c><00:24:34.900><c> began</c><00:24:35.180><c> to</c><00:24:35.500><c> draw</c><00:24:35.759><c> back</c>

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and<00:24:36.900><c> separate</c><00:24:37.319><c> himself</c><00:24:37.779><c> from</c><00:24:38.000><c> the</c><00:24:38.240><c> Gentiles</c>

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because<00:24:39.059><c> he</c><00:24:39.240><c> was</c><00:24:39.440><c> afraid</c><00:24:39.880><c> of</c><00:24:40.119><c> those</c>

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who<00:24:40.819><c> belonged</c><00:24:41.099><c> to</c><00:24:41.299><c> the</c><00:24:41.500><c> circumcision</c><00:24:42.059><c> group.</c>

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The<00:24:43.460><c> point</c><00:24:43.680><c> is,</c><00:24:44.799><c> Peter</c><00:24:44.880><c> changed</c><00:24:45.339><c> his</c><00:24:45.660><c> mind.</c>

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It<00:24:46.819><c> seems</c><00:24:47.119><c> bizarre.</c>

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I<00:24:48.619><c> mean,</c><00:24:48.619><c> Peter</c><00:24:48.920><c> was</c><00:24:49.160><c> the</c><00:24:49.420><c> one</c><00:24:49.700><c> who</c><00:24:49.960><c> had</c><00:24:50.220><c> this</c><00:24:50.619><c> vision,</c>

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you<00:24:51.599><c> know,</c><00:24:51.799><c> where</c><00:24:52.259><c> all</c><00:24:52.579><c> this</c><00:24:52.920><c> unclean</c><00:24:53.819><c> meat</c><00:24:54.200><c> was</c><00:24:55.079><c> lowered</c><00:24:55.460><c> down</c>

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and<00:24:56.099><c> he</c><00:24:56.279><c> was</c><00:24:56.539><c> to</c><00:24:56.759><c> eat.</c>

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He's<00:24:57.059><c> like,</c><00:24:57.200><c> oh,</c><00:24:57.400><c> I'm</c><00:24:57.500><c> not</c><00:24:57.700><c> gonna</c><00:24:57.880><c> touch</c><00:24:58.119><c> that.</c>

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My<00:24:58.440><c> whole</c><00:24:58.700><c> life</c><00:24:58.839><c> I've</c><00:24:59.039><c> never</c><00:24:59.240><c> touched</c><00:24:59.539><c> that</c><00:24:59.839><c> stuff.</c>

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Eat.

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And<00:25:02.740><c> after</c><00:25:03.019><c> this</c><00:25:03.400><c> vision</c><00:25:03.720><c> where</c><00:25:04.359><c> Peter</c><00:25:05.980><c> understands</c>

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that<00:25:06.960><c> it's</c><00:25:07.180><c> okay,</c><00:25:07.920><c> Peter's</c><00:25:08.380><c> the</c><00:25:08.579><c> one</c>

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that<00:25:10.119><c> meets</c><00:25:10.519><c> with</c><00:25:10.859><c> Cornelius,</c><00:25:11.640><c> the</c><00:25:11.900><c> Gentile,</c>

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and<00:25:13.000><c> baptizes</c><00:25:13.759><c> the</c><00:25:14.140><c> first</c><00:25:14.519><c> Gentile</c><00:25:15.279><c> into</c><00:25:15.559><c> the</c><00:25:15.779><c> body</c><00:25:16.079><c> of</c><00:25:16.279><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:25:18.599><c> now</c><00:25:18.900><c> when</c><00:25:19.039><c> we</c><00:25:19.240><c> come</c><00:25:19.420><c> to</c><00:25:19.680><c> Galatians,</c>

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we<00:25:20.359><c> see</c><00:25:20.579><c> Peter</c><00:25:20.859><c> not</c><00:25:21.119><c> even</c><00:25:21.339><c> willing</c>

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to<00:25:21.859><c> share</c><00:25:22.099><c> fellowship</c><00:25:22.599><c> with</c><00:25:22.839><c> the</c><00:25:23.019><c> Gentiles.</c>

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It<00:25:23.700><c> just</c><00:25:24.000><c> seems</c><00:25:24.460><c> weird.</c>

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And<00:25:26.119><c> it</c><00:25:26.240><c> must</c><00:25:26.519><c> have</c><00:25:26.700><c> been</c><00:25:26.900><c> just</c><00:25:28.099><c> devastating</c><00:25:29.240><c> to</c><00:25:29.579><c> Paul</c>

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who<00:25:30.160><c> had</c><00:25:30.640><c> committed</c><00:25:31.039><c> his</c><00:25:31.480><c> life</c><00:25:31.740><c> to</c><00:25:32.180><c> preaching</c><00:25:32.599><c> to</c><00:25:33.380><c> the</c><00:25:33.559><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Now,<00:25:37.940><c> in</c><00:25:38.240><c> the</c><00:25:38.519><c> end,</c><00:25:38.960><c> I</c><00:25:39.259><c> believe</c><00:25:39.779><c> that</c><00:25:39.980><c> we</c><00:25:40.099><c> can</c><00:25:40.259><c> be</c><00:25:40.599><c> confident</c>

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that<00:25:41.420><c> Peter</c><00:25:41.680><c> was</c><00:25:42.119><c> reconciled.</c>

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But<00:25:44.539><c> during</c><00:25:45.140><c> this</c><00:25:45.480><c> particular</c><00:25:46.259><c> time,</c>

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it<00:25:47.059><c> must</c><00:25:47.319><c> have</c><00:25:47.460><c> been</c><00:25:47.579><c> very</c><00:25:48.059><c> difficult</c><00:25:48.680><c> for</c><00:25:48.920><c> both</c><00:25:49.220><c> of</c><00:25:49.480><c> these</c><00:25:49.680><c> men,</c>

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Peter<00:25:50.480><c> and</c><00:25:51.180><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:25:53.420><c> sometimes,</c><00:25:54.140><c> brothers</c><00:25:54.200><c> and</c><00:25:54.539><c> sisters,</c><00:25:55.140><c> we're</c><00:25:56.440><c> disappointed,</c>

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just<00:25:58.180><c> as</c><00:25:58.480><c> Paul</c><00:25:58.839><c> must</c><00:25:59.119><c> have</c><00:25:59.279><c> been</c><00:25:59.480><c> disappointed</c><00:25:59.940><c> with</c><00:26:00.259><c> Peter.</c>

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We<00:26:01.359><c> can</c><00:26:01.519><c> be</c><00:26:01.880><c> disappointed</c><00:26:02.539><c> when</c><00:26:02.819><c> we</c><00:26:03.140><c> see</c><00:26:03.339><c> those</c>

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who<00:26:04.000><c> we</c><00:26:04.259><c> love</c><00:26:04.640><c> and</c><00:26:05.319><c> respect</c><00:26:06.079><c> make</c><00:26:07.380><c> poor</c><00:26:07.720><c> decisions</c><00:26:08.259><c> in</c><00:26:08.539><c> life.</c>

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But<00:26:12.240><c> just</c><00:26:12.779><c> as</c><00:26:13.000><c> God</c><00:26:13.460><c> allows</c><00:26:14.079><c> us</c><00:26:14.460><c> to</c><00:26:14.819><c> exercise</c><00:26:15.720><c> our</c><00:26:16.680><c> free</c><00:26:17.079><c> will,</c>

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remember<00:26:18.339><c> Jason's</c><00:26:18.900><c> class</c><00:26:19.200><c> this</c><00:26:19.519><c> morning</c>

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where<00:26:20.640><c> he</c><00:26:20.980><c> reminded</c><00:26:21.339><c> us</c><00:26:22.279><c> about</c><00:26:22.779><c> Joshua</c><00:26:23.819><c> saying</c><00:26:24.799><c> to</c><00:26:25.119><c> the</c><00:26:25.420><c> Israelites,</c>

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choose<00:26:27.539><c> this</c><00:26:27.960><c> day</c><00:26:28.339><c> whom</c><00:26:28.579><c> you</c><00:26:28.799><c> will</c><00:26:29.079><c> serve.</c>

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I<00:26:30.160><c> mean,</c><00:26:30.259><c> how</c><00:26:30.460><c> painful</c><00:26:31.039><c> must</c><00:26:31.359><c> it</c><00:26:31.539><c> have</c><00:26:31.720><c> been</c><00:26:31.980><c> for</c><00:26:32.299><c> God</c>

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to<00:26:32.900><c> look</c><00:26:33.160><c> down</c><00:26:33.539><c> on</c><00:26:33.759><c> the</c><00:26:34.079><c> children</c><00:26:34.460><c> whom</c><00:26:34.640><c> he</c><00:26:34.920><c> loved,</c>

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whom<00:26:35.420><c> he</c><00:26:35.779><c> adopted,</c><00:26:36.819><c> whom</c><00:26:36.940><c> he</c><00:26:37.240><c> chose</c><00:26:38.000><c> to</c><00:26:39.599><c> say,</c>

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we're<00:26:40.920><c> gonna</c><00:26:41.059><c> go</c><00:26:41.339><c> a</c><00:26:41.579><c> different</c><00:26:41.839><c> way.</c>

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God<00:26:44.500><c> was</c><00:26:45.180><c> comfortable</c><00:26:45.799><c> enough</c><00:26:46.440><c> to</c><00:26:47.259><c> allow</c><00:26:47.920><c> people</c>

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to<00:26:48.920><c> exercise</c><00:26:49.680><c> the</c><00:26:50.160><c> free</c><00:26:50.460><c> will</c><00:26:51.000><c> that</c><00:26:51.480><c> he</c><00:26:51.799><c> gave</c><00:26:52.140><c> them</c><00:26:52.319><c> at</c><00:26:52.500><c> the</c><00:26:52.740><c> beginning.</c>

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And<00:26:54.180><c> I</c><00:26:54.339><c> think</c><00:26:54.539><c> sometimes</c><00:26:55.200><c> we</c><00:26:55.680><c> need</c><00:26:56.059><c> to</c><00:26:56.359><c> be</c><00:26:56.700><c> comfortable</c>

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understanding<00:26:58.240><c> that</c><00:26:58.740><c> some</c><00:26:59.059><c> people</c><00:26:59.500><c> will</c><00:27:00.099><c> exercise</c><00:27:00.740><c> their</c>

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free<00:27:01.460><c> will</c>

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in<00:27:02.619><c> a</c><00:27:02.799><c> way</c><00:27:02.980><c> that</c><00:27:03.180><c> we</c><00:27:03.319><c> don't</c><00:27:03.559><c> agree</c><00:27:03.900><c> with.</c>

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Doesn't<00:27:06.559><c> make</c><00:27:06.779><c> it</c><00:27:07.000><c> easy,</c><00:27:08.200><c> but</c><00:27:09.079><c> we</c><00:27:09.279><c> should</c><00:27:09.480><c> understand</c><00:27:10.140><c> it.</c>

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First,<00:27:12.319><c> John,</c><00:27:13.559><c> let's</c><00:27:13.859><c> look</c><00:27:14.059><c> at</c><00:27:14.220><c> two</c><00:27:14.480><c> passages</c>

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about<00:27:15.500><c> those</c><00:27:16.039><c> who</c><00:27:16.299><c> have</c><00:27:16.619><c> walked</c><00:27:16.980><c> away.</c>

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Because<00:27:18.079><c> it's</c><00:27:18.339><c> not</c><00:27:18.700><c> just</c><00:27:19.000><c> something</c><00:27:19.359><c> that</c><00:27:19.660><c> we</c><00:27:20.059><c> experience</c>

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in<00:27:20.920><c> our</c><00:27:21.279><c> lives</c><00:27:21.880><c> and</c><00:27:22.279><c> in</c><00:27:22.480><c> our</c><00:27:22.779><c> community</c><00:27:23.299><c> around</c><00:27:23.779><c> the</c><00:27:24.059><c> world</c><00:27:24.359><c> today.</c>

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It's<00:27:25.680><c> something</c><00:27:25.920><c> that</c><00:27:26.240><c> the</c><00:27:26.640><c> community</c><00:27:27.119><c> of</c><00:27:27.519><c> early</c><00:27:27.920><c> believers</c>

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struggled<00:27:29.660><c> with</c><00:27:30.099><c> too.</c>

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First<00:27:31.500><c> John</c><00:27:31.839><c> chapter</c><00:27:32.420><c> two,</c><00:27:34.180><c> we're</c><00:27:34.680><c> gonna</c><00:27:34.680><c> look</c><00:27:34.839><c> at</c><00:27:34.980><c> the</c><00:27:35.160><c> 15th</c><00:27:35.819><c> verse.</c>

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John<00:27:37.960><c> this</c><00:27:38.240><c> time,</c><00:27:38.619><c> he</c><00:27:38.640><c> says,</c>

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do<00:27:39.619><c> not</c><00:27:40.440><c> love</c><00:27:41.119><c> the</c><00:27:41.579><c> world</c><00:27:42.240><c> or</c><00:27:43.579><c> anything</c><00:27:43.920><c> in</c><00:27:44.200><c> the</c><00:27:44.420><c> world.</c>

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If<00:27:46.299><c> anyone</c><00:27:46.599><c> loves</c><00:27:46.920><c> the</c><00:27:47.180><c> world,</c>

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the<00:27:47.539><c> love</c><00:27:47.759><c> of</c><00:27:47.920><c> the</c><00:27:48.140><c> Father</c><00:27:48.460><c> is</c><00:27:48.759><c> not</c><00:27:48.980><c> in</c><00:27:49.259><c> him</c>

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for<00:27:49.799><c> everything</c><00:27:50.180><c> in</c><00:27:50.380><c> the</c><00:27:50.579><c> world.</c>

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Here's<00:27:51.960><c> that</c><00:27:52.339><c> battle</c><00:27:52.940><c> between</c><00:27:53.500><c> the</c><00:27:53.880><c> mind,</c><00:27:54.460><c> right?</c>

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Are<00:27:54.819><c> we</c><00:27:54.940><c> gonna</c><00:27:55.119><c> follow</c><00:27:55.839><c> sinful</c><00:27:56.480><c> thinking</c><00:27:57.000><c> or</c><00:27:57.680><c> godly</c><00:27:58.279><c> thinking?</c>

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For<00:28:00.500><c> everything</c><00:28:00.900><c> in</c><00:28:01.099><c> the</c><00:28:01.259><c> world,</c><00:28:01.539><c> the</c><00:28:01.940><c> cravings</c><00:28:02.579><c> of</c><00:28:02.799><c> sinful</c><00:28:03.099><c> man,</c>

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the<00:28:04.559><c> lust</c><00:28:04.799><c> of</c><00:28:05.000><c> the</c><00:28:05.220><c> eyes,</c><00:28:05.559><c> the</c><00:28:05.759><c> boasting</c><00:28:06.140><c> of</c><00:28:06.319><c> what</c><00:28:06.440><c> he</c><00:28:06.660><c> has</c><00:28:06.940><c> and</c><00:28:07.220><c> does</c>

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does<00:28:07.740><c> not</c><00:28:08.000><c> come</c><00:28:08.259><c> from</c><00:28:08.480><c> the</c><00:28:08.700><c> Father,</c><00:28:08.960><c> but</c><00:28:09.140><c> the</c><00:28:09.400><c> world.</c>

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The<00:28:10.759><c> world</c><00:28:11.039><c> and</c><00:28:11.200><c> its</c><00:28:11.440><c> desires</c><00:28:11.940><c> pass</c><00:28:12.400><c> away,</c>

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but<00:28:13.000><c> the</c><00:28:13.200><c> man</c><00:28:13.380><c> who</c><00:28:13.740><c> does</c><00:28:14.059><c> the</c><00:28:14.380><c> will</c><00:28:15.000><c> of</c><00:28:15.420><c> God</c><00:28:16.079><c> lives</c><00:28:16.880><c> forever.</c>

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So<00:28:21.799><c> then</c><00:28:22.519><c> he</c><00:28:22.640><c> says</c><00:28:23.039><c> in</c><00:28:23.539><c> verse</c><00:28:23.799><c> 18,</c>

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dear<00:28:25.059><c> children,</c><00:28:26.640><c> this</c><00:28:27.000><c> is</c><00:28:27.220><c> the</c><00:28:27.400><c> last</c><00:28:27.740><c> hour.</c>

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Verse<00:28:38.559><c> 19,</c><00:28:40.559><c> they</c><00:28:41.539><c> went</c><00:28:42.119><c> out</c><00:28:42.980><c> from</c><00:28:43.519><c> us.</c>

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they<00:29:01.279><c> showed</c><00:29:01.480><c> that</c><00:29:01.700><c> none</c><00:29:01.880><c> of</c><00:29:02.079><c> them</c><00:29:02.240><c> really</c><00:29:02.720><c> belonged</c><00:29:03.059><c> to</c><00:29:03.339><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:29:04.539><c> a</c><00:29:04.720><c> sad</c><00:29:04.940><c> situation,</c><00:29:05.619><c> but</c><00:29:05.799><c> it's</c><00:29:06.200><c> not</c><00:29:06.579><c> unique.</c>

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Verse<00:29:23.960><c> 18,</c><00:29:25.960><c> Timothy</c><00:29:26.339><c> my</c><00:29:26.740><c> son.</c>

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is<00:29:30.880><c> that</c><00:29:31.259><c> Paul</c><00:29:31.579><c> is</c><00:29:31.819><c> giving</c><00:29:32.000><c> his</c><00:29:32.319><c> friend</c><00:29:32.500><c> Timothy.</c>

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in<00:29:36.559><c> keeping</c><00:29:36.839><c> with</c><00:29:37.140><c> the</c><00:29:37.420><c> prophecies</c><00:29:37.859><c> once</c><00:29:38.240><c> made</c><00:29:38.640><c> about</c><00:29:38.940><c> you</c>

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so<00:29:39.380><c> that</c><00:29:39.519><c> by</c><00:29:39.880><c> following</c><00:29:40.220><c> them,</c>

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and<00:29:52.900><c> have</c><00:29:53.220><c> shipwrecked</c><00:29:53.819><c> their</c><00:29:54.039><c> faith.</c>

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whom<00:29:57.720><c> I</c><00:29:58.019><c> handed</c><00:29:58.240><c> over.</c>

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It<00:30:12.960><c> happened</c><00:30:13.220><c> then,</c><00:30:13.720><c> it</c><00:30:14.180><c> can</c><00:30:14.460><c> happen</c><00:30:14.779><c> now.</c>

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Paul<00:30:42.900><c> concludes</c><00:30:43.700><c> the</c><00:30:44.359><c> chapter</c><00:30:44.759><c> by</c><00:30:45.140><c> saying,</c>

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then<00:30:49.779><c> you</c><00:30:50.039><c> are</c><00:30:50.380><c> Abraham's</c><00:30:51.200><c> seed</c>

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Let<00:30:56.619><c> us</c><00:30:56.859><c> brothers</c><00:30:57.140><c> and</c><00:30:57.480><c> sisters</c><00:30:58.200><c> continue</c><00:30:59.200><c> to</c><00:31:00.099><c> belong</c><00:31:00.660><c> to</c><00:31:01.099><c> Christ.</c>