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There<00:10:43.919><c> has</c><00:10:44.100><c> to</c><00:10:44.220><c> be</c><00:10:44.340><c> a</c><00:10:44.419><c> very</c><00:10:44.879><c> clear</c><00:10:45.200><c> objective</c><00:10:45.919><c> and</c><00:10:46.360><c> a</c><00:10:46.559><c> wholehearted</c><00:10:46.940><c> commitment</c><00:10:47.340><c> to</c><00:10:47.559><c> achieve</c><00:10:48.259><c> that</c><00:10:49.080><c> objective.</c>

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There's<00:10:54.399><c> no</c><00:10:54.679><c> work</c><00:10:54.879><c> to</c><00:10:55.179><c> rule</c><00:10:55.460><c> in</c><00:10:55.700><c> the</c><00:10:55.879><c> military.</c><00:10:56.299><c> You</c><00:10:56.379><c> don't</c><00:10:56.600><c> do</c>

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One<00:11:00.460><c> is</c><00:11:01.059><c> committed</c><00:11:01.440><c> with</c><00:11:01.779><c> full</c><00:11:02.039><c> diligence</c><00:11:02.500><c> to</c><00:11:02.799><c> get</c><00:11:02.960><c> the</c><00:11:03.159><c> job</c><00:11:03.379><c> done.</c>

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So<00:11:04.940><c> those</c><00:11:05.120><c> are</c><00:11:05.279><c> some</c><00:11:05.740><c> some</c><00:11:06.080><c> basic</c><00:11:06.399><c> characteristics</c><00:11:06.919><c> we</c><00:11:07.139><c> might</c>

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observe<00:11:08.360><c> about</c><00:11:08.799><c> someone</c><00:11:09.320><c> in</c><00:11:10.179><c> the</c><00:11:10.379><c> military</c><00:11:10.940><c> working</c><00:11:11.840><c> as</c><00:11:12.220><c> a</c><00:11:12.440><c> soldier.</c>

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a<00:11:19.159><c> very</c><00:11:19.639><c> specific</c><00:11:20.179><c> one</c><00:11:20.440><c> which</c><00:11:20.700><c> applies</c><00:11:21.700><c> especially</c><00:11:23.059><c> to</c><00:11:23.360><c> the</c><00:11:23.559><c> disciple.</c>

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You<00:11:31.259><c> cannot,</c><00:11:32.539><c> as</c><00:11:32.799><c> a</c><00:11:33.080><c> soldier,</c><00:11:33.919><c> be</c><00:11:34.120><c> encumbered</c><00:11:34.919><c> with</c><00:11:35.120><c> all</c><00:11:35.299><c> the</c>

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accoutrements<00:11:36.200><c> of</c><00:11:36.720><c> domestic</c><00:11:37.220><c> living.</c>

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You<00:11:38.500><c> don't</c><00:11:38.740><c> see</c><00:11:38.960><c> soldiers</c><00:11:39.379><c> going</c><00:11:39.740><c> into</c><00:11:40.000><c> battle</c><00:11:40.139><c> with</c><00:11:40.320><c> big</c><00:11:40.580><c> suitcases</c><00:11:41.220><c> and</c>

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all<00:11:41.899><c> the</c><00:11:42.120><c> souvenirs</c><00:11:42.519><c> from</c><00:11:42.720><c> home</c>

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and<00:11:43.919><c> all</c><00:11:44.259><c> the</c><00:11:44.500><c> comforts</c><00:11:44.940><c> that</c><00:11:45.019><c> they</c><00:11:45.159><c> might</c><00:11:45.360><c> like</c><00:11:45.559><c> to</c><00:11:45.779><c> retain</c>

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as<00:11:46.659><c> they</c><00:11:46.799><c> go</c><00:11:46.980><c> into</c><00:11:47.179><c> difficult</c><00:11:47.580><c> situations.</c>

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They<00:11:48.960><c> are</c><00:11:49.299><c> down</c><00:11:49.779><c> to</c><00:11:50.080><c> the</c><00:11:50.279><c> bare</c><00:11:50.460><c> necessities.</c><00:11:51.159><c> They</c><00:11:51.279><c> can</c><00:11:51.460><c> be</c>

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carried,<00:11:52.220><c> they're</c><00:11:52.379><c> portable,</c><00:11:52.820><c> they're</c><00:11:53.100><c> packed</c><00:11:53.279><c> easily.</c>

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So<00:11:57.179><c> there's</c><00:11:57.820><c> nothing</c><00:11:58.139><c> here</c><00:11:58.519><c> to</c><00:11:58.720><c> encumber</c><00:11:59.200><c> the</c><00:11:59.460><c> soldier</c><00:11:59.860><c> from</c>

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accomplishing<00:12:01.200><c> his</c><00:12:01.539><c> task.</c>

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So<00:12:04.620><c> the</c><00:12:04.779><c> Apostle</c><00:12:05.139><c> there</c><00:12:05.259><c> gives</c><00:12:05.440><c> that</c><00:12:05.759><c> as</c><00:12:05.980><c> one</c><00:12:06.159><c> example.</c>

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And<00:12:07.620><c> it</c><00:12:07.759><c> could</c><00:12:07.899><c> be</c><00:12:08.159><c> expanded,</c><00:12:08.559><c> I'm</c><00:12:08.759><c> sure,</c><00:12:09.200><c> to</c><00:12:09.360><c> include</c><00:12:09.600><c> lots</c>

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of<00:12:10.000><c> other</c><00:12:10.139><c> dimensions.</c>

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But<00:12:11.639><c> one</c><00:12:12.259><c> way</c><00:12:12.820><c> of</c><00:12:13.200><c> viewing</c><00:12:13.580><c> your</c><00:12:14.620><c> role</c><00:12:14.799><c> as</c><00:12:15.100><c> a</c><00:12:15.100><c> disciple,</c><00:12:16.039><c> Paul</c>

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says<00:12:16.500><c> to</c><00:12:17.059><c> Timothy,</c><00:12:18.059><c> is</c><00:12:18.179><c> to</c><00:12:18.399><c> think</c><00:12:18.519><c> of</c><00:12:18.659><c> yourself</c><00:12:19.059><c> as</c><00:12:19.320><c> a</c><00:12:19.539><c> soldier.</c>

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He<00:12:21.720><c> then</c><00:12:21.899><c> goes</c><00:12:22.120><c> on</c><00:12:22.320><c> to</c><00:12:22.500><c> give</c><00:12:23.080><c> quite</c><00:12:23.419><c> a</c><00:12:23.700><c> different</c><00:12:24.019><c> example</c><00:12:24.639><c> in</c>

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verse<00:12:25.259><c> 5.</c>

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If<00:12:27.799><c> a</c><00:12:28.139><c> man</c><00:12:28.639><c> also</c><00:12:29.639><c> strive</c><00:12:30.480><c> for</c><00:12:31.100><c> masteries,</c><00:12:32.840><c> yet</c><00:12:33.000><c> is</c><00:12:33.200><c> he</c><00:12:33.379><c> not</c><00:12:33.679><c> crowned,</c><00:12:34.320><c> except</c><00:12:34.759><c> he</c>

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strive<00:12:35.600><c> lawfully.</c>

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Now<00:12:39.519><c> what</c><00:12:39.659><c> is</c><00:12:39.820><c> being</c><00:12:40.059><c> spoken</c><00:12:40.320><c> of</c><00:12:40.500><c> here</c><00:12:41.080><c> is</c><00:12:41.659><c> the</c><00:12:42.259><c> activities</c><00:12:42.879><c> of</c>

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an<00:12:43.580><c> athlete.</c>

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If<00:12:44.759><c> a</c><00:12:45.000><c> man</c><00:12:45.240><c> also</c><00:12:45.799><c> strive,</c><00:12:46.980><c> the</c><00:12:47.200><c> word</c><00:12:47.580><c> strive</c><00:12:47.899><c> being</c><00:12:48.179><c> the</c><00:12:48.240><c> word</c><00:12:48.639><c> Athlos,</c>

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and<00:12:50.460><c> that</c><00:12:50.600><c> means</c><00:12:51.000><c> to</c><00:12:52.200><c> contend</c><00:12:52.759><c> or</c><00:12:52.919><c> compete</c><00:12:53.440><c> in</c><00:12:53.759><c> games.</c>

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If<00:13:01.120><c> a</c><00:13:01.259><c> man</c><00:13:01.480><c> competes</c><00:13:02.080><c> in</c><00:13:02.259><c> games,</c><00:13:03.580><c> yet</c><00:13:03.659><c> is</c><00:13:03.840><c> he</c><00:13:04.000><c> not</c><00:13:04.299><c> crowned,</c><00:13:05.179><c> except</c><00:13:05.539><c> he</c>

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strive<00:13:06.659><c> lawfully.</c>

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The<00:13:08.330><c> RSV</c><00:13:08.809><c> will</c><00:13:09.009><c> tell</c><00:13:09.190><c> you</c><00:13:09.370><c> there,</c><00:13:09.730><c> unless</c><00:13:10.090><c> he</c><00:13:10.409><c> competes</c><00:13:11.610><c> according</c><00:13:12.149><c> to</c>

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So<00:13:15.570><c> Paul's</c><00:13:15.809><c> using</c><00:13:15.950><c> a</c><00:13:16.029><c> very</c><00:13:16.350><c> different</c><00:13:16.590><c> figure</c><00:13:16.850><c> here</c><00:13:17.149><c> now.</c>

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He's<00:13:17.610><c> talked</c><00:13:17.750><c> about</c><00:13:17.909><c> a</c><00:13:18.210><c> soldier</c><00:13:18.429><c> first</c><00:13:18.909><c> and</c><00:13:19.110><c> the</c><00:13:19.350><c> kinds</c><00:13:19.529><c> of</c><00:13:19.730><c> things</c><00:13:19.889><c> required</c><00:13:20.529><c> of</c>

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a<00:13:21.309><c> soldier.</c>

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And<00:13:22.190><c> now</c><00:13:22.330><c> he</c><00:13:22.450><c> moves</c><00:13:22.649><c> to</c><00:13:22.850><c> the</c><00:13:23.129><c> athlete.</c>

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And<00:13:24.549><c> he</c><00:13:24.690><c> points</c><00:13:24.870><c> out</c><00:13:25.110><c> just</c><00:13:25.289><c> this</c><00:13:25.570><c> one</c><00:13:25.850><c> aspect</c><00:13:26.649><c> of</c><00:13:26.909><c> an</c><00:13:27.149><c> athlete.</c>

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Not<00:13:27.649><c> all</c><00:13:27.870><c> the</c><00:13:28.149><c> disciplines</c><00:13:28.490><c> and</c><00:13:28.690><c> things</c><00:13:28.850><c> that</c><00:13:28.970><c> we</c><00:13:29.090><c> looked</c><00:13:29.230><c> at</c>

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yesterday<00:13:30.110><c> involved</c><00:13:30.909><c> with</c><00:13:31.169><c> training.</c>

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He<00:13:32.070><c> simply</c><00:13:32.490><c> says</c><00:13:33.210><c> that</c><00:13:34.029><c> if</c><00:13:34.289><c> you're</c><00:13:34.470><c> going</c><00:13:34.669><c> to</c><00:13:35.009><c> compete,</c><00:13:37.190><c> and</c>

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you<00:13:37.330><c> expect</c><00:13:37.870><c> to</c><00:13:38.009><c> be</c><00:13:38.230><c> honored</c><00:13:38.409><c> if</c><00:13:38.590><c> you</c><00:13:38.809><c> win,</c>

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then<00:13:40.889><c> you've</c><00:13:41.110><c> got</c><00:13:41.190><c> to</c><00:13:41.309><c> play</c><00:13:41.429><c> by</c><00:13:41.629><c> the</c><00:13:41.830><c> rules.</c>

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That<00:13:44.169><c> makes</c><00:13:44.409><c> very</c><00:13:44.610><c> good</c><00:13:44.789><c> sense.</c><00:13:45.009><c> We</c><00:13:45.110><c> understand</c><00:13:45.590><c> that.</c>

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Anybody<00:13:46.149><c> who's</c><00:13:46.330><c> been</c><00:13:46.570><c> involved</c><00:13:46.870><c> in</c><00:13:47.070><c> athletic</c><00:13:47.370><c> competition</c>

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knows<00:13:48.269><c> that</c><00:13:48.710><c> there</c><00:13:48.909><c> are</c><00:13:49.110><c> rules,</c>

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and<00:13:50.370><c> there</c><00:13:50.470><c> are</c><00:13:50.730><c> referees</c><00:13:51.169><c> to</c><00:13:51.309><c> ensure</c><00:13:51.629><c> that</c><00:13:51.830><c> those</c><00:13:52.009><c> rules</c><00:13:52.190><c> are</c>

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carried<00:13:52.610><c> out.</c>

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And<00:13:54.269><c> if</c><00:13:54.350><c> there's</c><00:13:54.629><c> a</c><00:13:54.830><c> foul</c><00:13:55.029><c> or</c><00:13:55.169><c> somebody</c><00:13:55.370><c> steps</c><00:13:55.690><c> out</c><00:13:55.950><c> of</c><00:13:56.149><c> bounds,</c><00:13:56.450><c> if</c><00:13:56.669><c> they</c><00:13:57.370><c> use</c>

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an<00:13:57.730><c> illegal</c><00:13:57.990><c> procedure,</c>

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the<00:13:59.429><c> particular</c><00:13:59.990><c> play</c><00:14:00.429><c> is</c><00:14:00.610><c> disqualified</c><00:14:01.269><c> or</c><00:14:01.509><c> the</c><00:14:01.590><c> person</c><00:14:01.889><c> themselves</c><00:14:02.389><c> may</c>

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be<00:14:03.129><c> disqualified</c><00:14:03.929><c> from</c><00:14:04.610><c> further</c><00:14:04.889><c> participation.</c>

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But<00:14:06.549><c> it's</c><00:14:06.710><c> very</c><00:14:07.009><c> important</c><00:14:07.809><c> to</c><00:14:08.250><c> realize</c><00:14:08.929><c> that</c><00:14:09.450><c> an</c><00:14:09.710><c> athlete,</c>

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if<00:14:11.009><c> he's</c><00:14:11.250><c> going</c><00:14:11.450><c> to</c><00:14:11.710><c> play</c><00:14:12.009><c> for</c><00:14:12.370><c> keeps,</c>

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he's<00:14:13.250><c> going</c><00:14:13.389><c> to</c><00:14:13.570><c> go</c><00:14:13.889><c> for</c><00:14:14.149><c> the</c><00:14:14.389><c> gold</c><00:14:14.730><c> and</c><00:14:15.029><c> try</c><00:14:15.190><c> to</c><00:14:15.450><c> win</c><00:14:15.769><c> and</c><00:14:16.649><c> retain</c><00:14:16.970><c> that</c>

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honor,<00:14:17.649><c> he's</c><00:14:18.070><c> got</c><00:14:18.250><c> to</c><00:14:18.450><c> play</c><00:14:18.629><c> within</c><00:14:18.850><c> the</c><00:14:19.070><c> rules.</c>

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And<00:14:20.909><c> in</c><00:14:21.070><c> recent</c><00:14:21.289><c> years</c><00:14:21.529><c> there's</c><00:14:21.710><c> been</c><00:14:21.950><c> some</c><00:14:22.769><c> very</c><00:14:23.149><c> disgraceful</c><00:14:23.889><c> violations</c>

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in<00:14:26.129><c> international</c><00:14:26.610><c> sport</c>

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that<00:14:27.309><c> people</c><00:14:27.370><c> have</c><00:14:27.649><c> broken</c><00:14:27.809><c> the</c><00:14:28.049><c> rules.</c>

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I<00:14:31.210><c> can</c><00:14:31.690><c> remind</c><00:14:32.690><c> you</c><00:14:32.950><c> of</c><00:14:34.009><c> the</c><00:14:34.210><c> man</c><00:14:34.330><c> in</c><00:14:34.629><c> Canada,</c><00:14:34.970><c> the</c><00:14:35.090><c> athlete</c><00:14:35.429><c> in</c>

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Canada,<00:14:37.529><c> who</c><00:14:37.710><c> won</c><00:14:38.169><c> the</c><00:14:38.809><c> 100</c><00:14:39.190><c> meter</c><00:14:39.450><c> race.</c>

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And<00:14:41.309><c> for</c><00:14:41.450><c> the</c><00:14:41.590><c> country</c><00:14:41.809><c> of</c><00:14:42.009><c> Canada</c><00:14:42.269><c> this</c><00:14:42.529><c> was</c><00:14:42.809><c> a</c><00:14:43.070><c> matter</c><00:14:43.250><c> of</c>

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great<00:14:43.690><c> national</c><00:14:44.149><c> pride.</c>

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It<00:14:44.590><c> was</c><00:14:44.710><c> the</c><00:14:44.850><c> only</c><00:14:45.330><c> medal</c><00:14:45.549><c> Canada</c><00:14:45.929><c> won</c><00:14:46.190><c> in</c><00:14:46.370><c> this</c><00:14:46.549><c> Olympics,</c><00:14:46.889><c> only</c><00:14:47.110><c> gold</c><00:14:47.350><c> medal</c><00:14:47.529><c> at</c>

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least<00:14:47.850><c> they</c><00:14:48.070><c> won</c><00:14:48.169><c> in</c><00:14:48.330><c> the</c><00:14:48.490><c> Olympics.</c>

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And<00:14:50.830><c> this</c><00:14:51.149><c> man</c><00:14:51.590><c> had</c><00:14:52.690><c> taken,</c><00:14:52.929><c> of</c><00:14:53.090><c> course,</c><00:14:54.129><c> steroids,</c><00:14:54.909><c> which</c>

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disqualified<00:14:55.970><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:56.730><c> so</c><00:14:57.450><c> one</c><00:14:58.210><c> week</c><00:14:58.470><c> there</c><00:14:58.610><c> was</c><00:14:59.210><c> a</c><00:14:59.809><c> matter</c><00:15:00.049><c> of</c><00:15:00.409><c> great</c><00:15:00.610><c> national</c><00:15:01.129><c> pride,</c>

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a<00:15:02.230><c> picture</c><00:15:02.629><c> on</c><00:15:02.809><c> the</c><00:15:03.029><c> front</c><00:15:03.230><c> page</c><00:15:03.649><c> of</c><00:15:03.809><c> every</c><00:15:04.009><c> magazine,</c><00:15:04.509><c> a</c><00:15:04.629><c> newspaper,</c>

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and<00:15:05.669><c> one</c><00:15:06.070><c> week</c><00:15:06.409><c> later</c><00:15:06.669><c> the</c><00:15:06.830><c> whole</c><00:15:07.070><c> country</c><00:15:07.330><c> was</c><00:15:07.549><c> hanging</c><00:15:07.809><c> its</c>

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head<00:15:08.250><c> in</c><00:15:08.490><c> disgrace.</c>

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It<00:15:10.090><c> had</c><00:15:10.149><c> not</c><00:15:10.330><c> played</c><00:15:10.509><c> according</c><00:15:10.830><c> to</c><00:15:11.029><c> the</c><00:15:11.210><c> rules.</c>

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And<00:15:13.950><c> this</c><00:15:14.350><c> happens,</c><00:15:14.690><c> I</c><00:15:14.830><c> guess,</c><00:15:15.029><c> all</c><00:15:15.269><c> the</c><00:15:15.429><c> time.</c>

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You<00:15:15.830><c> see</c><00:15:16.549><c> individuals</c><00:15:17.190><c> or</c><00:15:17.470><c> teams</c><00:15:17.710><c> that</c><00:15:17.990><c> are</c><00:15:18.210><c> disqualified</c><00:15:19.070><c> for</c><00:15:19.970><c> one</c><00:15:20.129><c> or</c>

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more<00:15:20.490><c> violations.</c>

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So<00:15:22.009><c> that</c><00:15:22.389><c> is</c><00:15:22.610><c> pointed</c><00:15:22.870><c> out</c><00:15:23.169><c> by</c><00:15:23.370><c> the</c><00:15:23.570><c> apostle.</c>

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An<00:15:25.629><c> athlete</c><00:15:25.929><c> must</c><00:15:26.269><c> play</c><00:15:26.789><c> by</c><00:15:27.070><c> the</c><00:15:27.309><c> rules.</c>

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And<00:15:28.429><c> so</c><00:15:28.570><c> must</c><00:15:28.730><c> disciples.</c>

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They<00:15:30.230><c> must</c><00:15:30.450><c> play</c><00:15:30.870><c> by</c><00:15:31.190><c> the</c><00:15:31.389><c> rules.</c>

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They<00:15:31.710><c> must</c><00:15:32.009><c> do</c><00:15:32.590><c> what</c><00:15:33.149><c> is</c><00:15:33.850><c> expected.</c>

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Now<00:15:36.690><c> the</c><00:15:36.830><c> third</c><00:15:37.009><c> example,</c><00:15:37.509><c> verse</c><00:15:37.750><c> 6.</c>

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The<00:15:40.450><c> husbandman,</c><00:15:41.289><c> that's</c><00:15:41.590><c> the</c><00:15:41.809><c> farmer,</c>

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the<00:15:43.049><c> husbandman</c><00:15:44.190><c> that</c><00:15:44.789><c> laboreth</c><00:15:45.870><c> must</c><00:15:46.509><c> be</c><00:15:46.950><c> first</c><00:15:47.389><c> partaker</c>

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of<00:15:48.570><c> the</c><00:15:48.889><c> fruits.</c>

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Now<00:15:51.929><c> this</c><00:15:52.070><c> is</c><00:15:52.230><c> a</c><00:15:52.269><c> very</c><00:15:52.529><c> different</c><00:15:52.710><c> example</c><00:15:53.129><c> again.</c>

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We've<00:15:54.149><c> looked</c><00:15:54.230><c> at</c><00:15:54.389><c> a</c><00:15:54.629><c> soldier,</c><00:15:54.929><c> we've</c><00:15:55.190><c> looked</c><00:15:55.289><c> at</c><00:15:55.470><c> an</c><00:15:55.730><c> athlete,</c><00:15:55.990><c> now</c><00:15:56.149><c> we're</c><00:15:56.330><c> looking</c><00:15:56.450><c> at</c>

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a<00:15:56.809><c> farmer.</c>

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And<00:15:57.590><c> in</c><00:15:57.730><c> each</c><00:15:57.889><c> of</c><00:15:58.029><c> these</c><00:15:58.210><c> cases</c><00:15:58.710><c> the</c><00:15:58.950><c> apostle</c><00:15:59.289><c> was</c><00:15:59.529><c> saying</c><00:15:59.789><c> there's</c><00:16:00.509><c> something</c><00:16:00.830><c> about</c><00:16:01.690><c> the</c><00:16:02.309><c> work</c>

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and<00:16:03.090><c> the</c><00:16:03.309><c> approach</c><00:16:03.750><c> to</c><00:16:04.009><c> work</c><00:16:04.549><c> of</c><00:16:05.009><c> these</c><00:16:05.429><c> three</c><00:16:05.809><c> different</c><00:16:06.129><c> types</c>

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that's<00:16:07.110><c> very</c><00:16:07.389><c> relevant</c><00:16:07.750><c> to</c><00:16:07.970><c> you,</c><00:16:08.230><c> Timothy.</c>

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May<00:16:10.230><c> I</c><00:16:10.289><c> ask</c><00:16:10.450><c> you</c><00:16:10.570><c> to</c><00:16:10.710><c> turn</c><00:16:10.889><c> to</c><00:16:11.049><c> the</c><00:16:11.269><c> Proverbs.</c>

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We'll<00:16:12.610><c> just</c><00:16:12.789><c> pick</c><00:16:12.990><c> up</c><00:16:13.169><c> a</c><00:16:13.409><c> thought</c><00:16:13.570><c> or</c><00:16:14.149><c> two</c><00:16:14.529><c> here</c><00:16:14.789><c> in</c><00:16:14.889><c> the</c><00:16:15.129><c> Proverbs</c>

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that<00:16:15.769><c> illustrates</c><00:16:16.330><c> the</c><00:16:17.350><c> attitude</c><00:16:17.850><c> and</c><00:16:18.029><c> the</c><00:16:18.389><c> approach</c><00:16:18.610><c> to</c><00:16:18.889><c> work</c><00:16:19.429><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:20.490><c> husbandman.</c>

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Look<00:16:23.909><c> at</c><00:16:24.110><c> Proverbs</c><00:16:24.710><c> chapter</c><00:16:25.470><c> 20.</c>

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Verse<00:16:33.350><c> 4.</c>

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The<00:16:35.490><c> sluggard</c><00:16:36.090><c> will</c><00:16:36.470><c> not</c><00:16:36.809><c> plow</c><00:16:37.269><c> by</c><00:16:37.570><c> reason</c><00:16:38.029><c> of</c><00:16:38.269><c> the</c><00:16:38.570><c> cold.</c>

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Therefore<00:16:40.429><c> shall</c><00:16:41.029><c> he</c><00:16:41.429><c> beg</c><00:16:41.889><c> in</c><00:16:42.370><c> harvest</c><00:16:42.950><c> and</c><00:16:43.570><c> have</c><00:16:43.750><c> nothing.</c>

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I<00:16:46.610><c> guess</c><00:16:46.809><c> we</c><00:16:46.990><c> all</c><00:16:47.129><c> understand</c><00:16:47.549><c> how</c><00:16:47.730><c> that</c><00:16:47.950><c> principle</c><00:16:48.289><c> works.</c>

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If<00:16:48.730><c> you</c><00:16:48.789><c> don't</c><00:16:48.909><c> go</c><00:16:49.110><c> out</c><00:16:49.330><c> and</c><00:16:49.450><c> do</c><00:16:49.549><c> the</c><00:16:49.750><c> work</c>

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and<00:16:51.330><c> sometimes</c><00:16:51.889><c> work</c><00:16:52.190><c> under</c><00:16:52.409><c> very</c><00:16:52.710><c> adverse</c><00:16:53.090><c> circumstances</c>

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you<00:16:54.169><c> cannot</c><00:16:54.470><c> expect</c><00:16:54.929><c> a</c><00:16:55.149><c> harvest</c><00:16:55.409><c> at</c><00:16:55.590><c> the</c><00:16:55.649><c> end</c><00:16:55.769><c> of</c><00:16:55.929><c> the</c><00:16:56.070><c> season.</c>

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So<00:16:57.230><c> a</c><00:16:57.750><c> simple</c><00:16:58.190><c> lesson</c><00:16:58.669><c> there</c><00:16:58.950><c> about</c><00:16:59.809><c> those</c><00:17:00.409><c> who</c><00:17:00.570><c> would</c><00:17:00.690><c> work</c>

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in<00:17:01.049><c> the</c><00:17:01.149><c> field.</c>

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Chapter<00:17:01.850><c> 24.</c>

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Verse<00:17:08.390><c> 30.</c>

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I<00:17:13.910><c> went</c><00:17:14.349><c> by</c><00:17:14.710><c> the</c><00:17:14.970><c> field</c><00:17:15.410><c> of</c><00:17:15.789><c> the</c><00:17:16.069><c> slothful</c>

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and<00:17:17.509><c> by</c><00:17:17.789><c> the</c><00:17:18.049><c> vineyard</c><00:17:18.710><c> of</c><00:17:19.490><c> the</c><00:17:19.710><c> man</c><00:17:19.990><c> void</c><00:17:20.410><c> of</c><00:17:20.769><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:17:22.349><c> lo,</c><00:17:23.230><c> it</c><00:17:23.390><c> was</c><00:17:23.730><c> all</c><00:17:24.089><c> grown</c><00:17:24.250><c> over</c><00:17:24.509><c> with</c><00:17:24.829><c> thorns</c>

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and<00:17:25.970><c> nettles</c><00:17:26.750><c> had</c><00:17:27.269><c> covered</c><00:17:27.569><c> the</c><00:17:27.849><c> face</c><00:17:28.089><c> thereof</c>

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and<00:17:29.589><c> the</c><00:17:29.950><c> stone</c><00:17:30.250><c> wall</c><00:17:30.589><c> thereof</c><00:17:31.190><c> was</c><00:17:31.529><c> broken</c><00:17:31.849><c> down.</c>

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Then<00:17:33.589><c> I</c><00:17:33.890><c> saw</c><00:17:34.329><c> and</c><00:17:34.750><c> considered</c><00:17:35.130><c> it</c><00:17:35.470><c> well</c>

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and<00:17:36.529><c> I</c><00:17:36.769><c> looked</c><00:17:36.910><c> upon</c><00:17:37.269><c> it</c><00:17:37.890><c> and</c><00:17:38.250><c> received</c><00:17:38.869><c> instruction.</c>

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That's<00:17:42.170><c> very</c><00:17:42.390><c> interesting,</c><00:17:42.890><c> isn't</c><00:17:43.049><c> it?</c>

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Man<00:17:44.109><c> of</c><00:17:44.349><c> God</c><00:17:45.150><c> will</c><00:17:45.569><c> look</c><00:17:45.769><c> at</c><00:17:45.890><c> what's</c><00:17:46.230><c> going</c><00:17:46.430><c> on</c><00:17:46.710><c> around.</c>

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He<00:17:47.109><c> looks</c><00:17:47.309><c> at</c><00:17:47.589><c> all</c><00:17:47.950><c> kinds</c><00:17:48.210><c> of</c><00:17:48.529><c> situations</c>

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and<00:17:50.269><c> he's</c><00:17:50.430><c> able</c><00:17:50.630><c> to</c><00:17:50.829><c> learn</c><00:17:51.089><c> from</c><00:17:51.390><c> it.</c>

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The<00:17:52.210><c> man</c><00:17:52.289><c> who's</c><00:17:52.829><c> exercised,</c><00:17:53.670><c> we</c><00:17:53.789><c> looked</c><00:17:53.970><c> at</c><00:17:54.150><c> this</c><00:17:54.349><c> yesterday,</c>

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trained<00:17:55.950><c> by</c><00:17:56.470><c> what</c><00:17:56.630><c> is</c><00:17:56.890><c> happening</c><00:17:57.150><c> in</c><00:17:57.309><c> his</c><00:17:57.549><c> life</c>

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to<00:17:58.410><c> discern</c><00:17:58.990><c> between</c><00:17:59.450><c> good</c><00:17:59.670><c> and</c><00:17:59.890><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:18:01.230><c> here's</c><00:18:01.410><c> a</c><00:18:01.529><c> man</c><00:18:01.630><c> who's</c><00:18:02.109><c> exercised</c><00:18:02.630><c> by</c><00:18:02.829><c> looking</c><00:18:03.109><c> around</c>

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he<00:18:03.589><c> sees</c><00:18:03.750><c> an</c><00:18:04.829><c> unkept</c><00:18:05.309><c> farmyard</c>

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and<00:18:07.349><c> it's</c><00:18:07.609><c> overgrown</c><00:18:08.049><c> and</c><00:18:08.210><c> the</c><00:18:08.369><c> walls</c><00:18:08.549><c> are</c><00:18:08.789><c> broken</c><00:18:08.990><c> down</c>

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and<00:18:09.630><c> he</c><00:18:09.730><c> looks</c><00:18:09.869><c> at</c><00:18:10.109><c> that</c>

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and<00:18:11.670><c> he</c><00:18:11.789><c> can</c><00:18:12.029><c> draw</c><00:18:12.329><c> for</c><00:18:12.490><c> himself</c><00:18:13.089><c> a</c><00:18:13.809><c> very</c><00:18:14.109><c> important</c><00:18:14.490><c> lesson.</c>

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Yet<00:18:16.470><c> a</c><00:18:16.670><c> little</c><00:18:16.910><c> sleep,</c><00:18:18.329><c> a</c><00:18:18.450><c> little</c><00:18:18.690><c> slumber,</c>

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a<00:18:19.630><c> little</c><00:18:19.890><c> folding</c><00:18:20.230><c> of</c><00:18:20.430><c> the</c><00:18:20.589><c> hands</c><00:18:20.829><c> to</c><00:18:21.190><c> sleep,</c>

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so<00:18:23.009><c> shall</c><00:18:23.750><c> thy</c><00:18:24.269><c> poverty</c><00:18:24.769><c> come</c><00:18:25.190><c> as</c><00:18:25.549><c> one</c><00:18:25.730><c> that</c><00:18:25.970><c> travaileth</c>

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and<00:18:27.329><c> as</c><00:18:27.690><c> one,</c><00:18:28.690><c> and</c><00:18:28.890><c> I</c><00:18:29.170><c> want</c><00:18:29.470><c> as</c><00:18:30.329><c> an</c><00:18:30.609><c> armed</c><00:18:30.849><c> man.</c>

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So<00:18:32.869><c> he</c><00:18:33.009><c> looks</c><00:18:33.250><c> and</c><00:18:33.430><c> he</c><00:18:33.549><c> sees</c><00:18:33.650><c> the</c><00:18:34.009><c> consequence</c>

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of<00:18:35.430><c> not</c><00:18:36.190><c> applying</c><00:18:36.930><c> oneself</c><00:18:37.410><c> to</c><00:18:37.690><c> the</c><00:18:37.890><c> maintenance</c><00:18:38.289><c> of</c><00:18:39.069><c> this</c><00:18:39.390><c> farm.</c>

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Just<00:18:41.690><c> an</c><00:18:41.970><c> ordinary</c><00:18:42.930><c> domestic</c><00:18:43.750><c> situation</c>

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and<00:18:44.670><c> he</c><00:18:44.910><c> sees</c><00:18:45.309><c> in</c><00:18:45.390><c> that</c><00:18:45.589><c> an</c><00:18:45.710><c> important</c><00:18:46.130><c> lesson.</c>

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Now<00:18:48.470><c> when</c><00:18:48.630><c> Paul</c><00:18:48.890><c> talks</c><00:18:49.170><c> about</c><00:18:49.390><c> the</c><00:18:49.630><c> husbandman,</c>

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I'm<00:18:51.410><c> sure</c><00:18:51.509><c> he</c><00:18:51.650><c> knows</c><00:18:52.150><c> and</c><00:18:52.529><c> he's</c><00:18:53.049><c> thinking</c><00:18:53.369><c> partially</c>

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about<00:18:54.650><c> the</c><00:18:54.809><c> fact</c><00:18:55.009><c> that</c><00:18:55.269><c> diligence</c><00:18:55.730><c> and</c><00:18:56.170><c> application</c><00:18:56.630><c> are</c><00:18:56.930><c> required.</c>

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But<00:18:58.490><c> the</c><00:18:58.650><c> lesson</c><00:18:58.890><c> that</c><00:18:59.069><c> he</c><00:18:59.250><c> points</c><00:18:59.470><c> out</c><00:18:59.809><c> there</c>

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is<00:19:00.210><c> a</c><00:19:00.410><c> principle</c><00:19:00.710><c> which</c><00:19:00.950><c> comes</c><00:19:01.190><c> from</c><00:19:01.410><c> the</c><00:19:01.589><c> law</c>

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and<00:19:01.970><c> that</c><00:19:02.130><c> is</c><00:19:02.730><c> that</c><00:19:03.069><c> when</c><00:19:04.109><c> someone</c><00:19:04.990><c> labors</c>

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that<00:19:06.849><c> they</c><00:19:07.009><c> are</c><00:19:07.250><c> entitled</c><00:19:07.650><c> to</c><00:19:07.849><c> the</c><00:19:08.049><c> first</c><00:19:08.309><c> fruits</c><00:19:08.549><c> of</c><00:19:08.750><c> that</c><00:19:08.970><c> labor.</c>

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They've<00:19:10.150><c> got</c><00:19:10.210><c> to</c><00:19:10.349><c> put</c><00:19:10.470><c> the</c><00:19:10.650><c> labor</c><00:19:10.849><c> in</c><00:19:11.130><c> first</c>

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as<00:19:12.230><c> those</c><00:19:12.450><c> Proverbs</c><00:19:12.769><c> have</c><00:19:12.950><c> pointed</c><00:19:13.170><c> out.</c>

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But<00:19:14.710><c> they</c><00:19:15.029><c> are</c><00:19:15.289><c> entitled</c><00:19:15.690><c> to</c><00:19:15.970><c> receive</c><00:19:17.269><c> some</c><00:19:17.890><c> benefit,</c>

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immediate<00:19:18.890><c> benefit</c><00:19:19.549><c> of</c><00:19:20.049><c> what</c><00:19:20.309><c> comes.</c>

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I'm<00:19:21.390><c> not</c><00:19:21.549><c> talking</c><00:19:21.730><c> about</c><00:19:21.970><c> the</c><00:19:22.190><c> tithe</c><00:19:22.430><c> which</c><00:19:22.630><c> goes</c><00:19:22.829><c> to</c><00:19:23.029><c> the</c><00:19:23.190><c> Lord,</c>

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but<00:19:24.410><c> for</c><00:19:24.750><c> example,</c>

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thou<00:19:25.349><c> shalt</c><00:19:25.549><c> not</c><00:19:25.809><c> muzzle</c><00:19:26.009><c> the</c><00:19:26.269><c> ox</c><00:19:26.430><c> that</c><00:19:26.670><c> treadeth</c><00:19:26.910><c> out</c><00:19:27.049><c> the</c><00:19:27.230><c> corn.</c>

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As<00:19:27.750><c> one</c><00:19:28.109><c> works,</c><00:19:29.549><c> there</c><00:19:29.750><c> is</c><00:19:29.930><c> a</c><00:19:30.190><c> benefit</c><00:19:30.509><c> which</c><00:19:30.849><c> comes</c>

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in<00:19:31.509><c> order</c><00:19:31.750><c> to</c><00:19:31.990><c> carry</c><00:19:32.190><c> out</c><00:19:32.490><c> that</c><00:19:32.769><c> work.</c>

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The<00:19:34.589><c> husbandman</c><00:19:35.089><c> that</c><00:19:35.289><c> labors</c><00:19:35.630><c> must</c><00:19:36.109><c> be</c><00:19:36.910><c> first</c><00:19:37.329><c> partaker</c><00:19:38.069><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:38.769><c> fruits.</c>

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And<00:19:40.430><c> so</c><00:19:40.650><c> he's</c><00:19:40.869><c> going</c><00:19:41.190><c> to</c><00:19:41.450><c> test</c><00:19:41.630><c> as</c><00:19:41.789><c> he</c><00:19:41.910><c> goes</c><00:19:42.109><c> along</c><00:19:42.430><c> what</c><00:19:42.750><c> is</c><00:19:43.309><c> happening</c>

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and<00:19:43.930><c> he's</c><00:19:44.190><c> going</c><00:19:44.410><c> to</c><00:19:45.150><c> enjoy</c><00:19:46.750><c> the</c><00:19:47.650><c> benefit</c><00:19:48.049><c> of</c><00:19:48.410><c> that</c><00:19:48.650><c> labor.</c>

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And<00:19:50.029><c> we</c><00:19:50.190><c> saw</c><00:19:50.349><c> that</c><00:19:50.569><c> principle</c><00:19:50.970><c> yesterday</c><00:19:51.450><c> as</c><00:19:51.730><c> well.</c>

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That<00:19:52.710><c> as</c><00:19:52.890><c> we</c><00:19:53.170><c> serve</c><00:19:53.329><c> the</c><00:19:53.529><c> Lord,</c>

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there<00:19:53.910><c> is</c><00:19:54.069><c> benefit</c><00:19:54.589><c> in</c><00:19:55.130><c> this</c><00:19:55.470><c> life</c><00:19:55.970><c> and</c><00:19:56.670><c> the</c><00:19:57.130><c> life</c><00:19:57.369><c> to</c><00:19:57.670><c> come.</c>

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You<00:19:59.630><c> see</c><00:19:59.710><c> how</c><00:20:00.029><c> ideas</c><00:20:00.410><c> here</c><00:20:00.730><c> can</c><00:20:00.970><c> be</c><00:20:02.190><c> repeated</c><00:20:03.410><c> many</c><00:20:03.789><c> times</c><00:20:04.069><c> in</c><00:20:04.309><c> Scripture.</c>

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They're<00:20:05.089><c> not</c><00:20:05.470><c> singular</c><00:20:06.069><c> concepts</c><00:20:06.690><c> which</c><00:20:06.950><c> show</c><00:20:07.170><c> up</c><00:20:07.650><c> just</c><00:20:08.009><c> here</c>

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and<00:20:08.549><c> you've</c><00:20:08.750><c> got</c><00:20:08.809><c> to</c><00:20:09.369><c> extrapolate</c><00:20:10.109><c> and</c><00:20:10.309><c> hope</c><00:20:10.470><c> that</c><00:20:10.630><c> you're</c><00:20:10.869><c> right.</c>

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These<00:20:11.609><c> concepts</c><00:20:12.069><c> are</c><00:20:12.930><c> repeated</c><00:20:13.250><c> over</c><00:20:13.569><c> and</c><00:20:13.630><c> over</c><00:20:13.849><c> again.</c>

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We<00:20:14.190><c> can</c><00:20:14.329><c> be</c><00:20:14.569><c> quite</c><00:20:14.829><c> sure</c><00:20:15.430><c> that</c><00:20:15.809><c> we're</c><00:20:15.990><c> on</c><00:20:16.150><c> firm</c><00:20:16.390><c> ground</c><00:20:16.690><c> here.</c>

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And<00:20:17.970><c> this</c><00:20:18.210><c> husbandman</c><00:20:18.990><c> must</c><00:20:19.289><c> work</c><00:20:19.710><c> first.</c>

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He<00:20:20.990><c> must</c><00:20:21.329><c> labor</c><00:20:21.849><c> under</c><00:20:22.430><c> adverse</c><00:20:22.910><c> circumstances.</c>

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And<00:20:24.509><c> then</c><00:20:24.650><c> there</c><00:20:24.809><c> is</c><00:20:24.970><c> a</c><00:20:25.170><c> benefit.</c>

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And<00:20:26.390><c> he</c><00:20:26.589><c> gets</c><00:20:26.829><c> that</c><00:20:27.130><c> benefit.</c>

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And<00:20:28.609><c> he</c><00:20:28.910><c> makes</c><00:20:29.309><c> a</c><00:20:29.690><c> donation</c><00:20:30.130><c> of</c><00:20:30.289><c> that</c><00:20:30.509><c> benefit</c><00:20:30.809><c> first</c><00:20:31.150><c> to</c><00:20:31.369><c> the</c><00:20:31.549><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:20:32.309><c> then</c><00:20:32.549><c> of</c><00:20:32.690><c> course</c><00:20:33.309><c> for</c><00:20:33.809><c> sale</c><00:20:35.089><c> to</c><00:20:35.890><c> make</c><00:20:36.069><c> his</c><00:20:36.349><c> living</c>

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and<00:20:36.849><c> the</c><00:20:36.950><c> maintenance</c><00:20:37.250><c> of</c><00:20:37.410><c> his</c><00:20:37.529><c> own</c><00:20:37.789><c> family.</c>

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So<00:20:40.390><c> we</c><00:20:40.609><c> have</c><00:20:40.829><c> then</c><00:20:41.150><c> in</c><00:20:41.390><c> the</c><00:20:41.509><c> early</c><00:20:41.750><c> part</c><00:20:42.230><c> of</c><00:20:43.309><c> Timothy</c><00:20:43.630><c> chapter</c><00:20:44.130><c> 2,</c>

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three<00:20:44.730><c> examples</c><00:20:45.430><c> of</c><00:20:46.190><c> diligence,</c><00:20:47.029><c> application,</c><00:20:48.910><c> submission,</c>

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the<00:20:51.069><c> attitudes</c><00:20:51.490><c> that</c><00:20:51.849><c> surround</c><00:20:52.490><c> one</c><00:20:52.930><c> who</c><00:20:53.109><c> is</c><00:20:53.329><c> trying</c><00:20:53.509><c> to</c><00:20:53.769><c> achieve</c><00:20:53.990><c> a</c><00:20:54.210><c> goal.</c>

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These<00:20:55.569><c> are</c><00:20:55.849><c> personally</c><00:20:56.210><c> directed</c><00:20:56.730><c> to</c><00:20:56.970><c> the</c><00:20:57.069><c> man</c><00:20:57.250><c> Timothy.</c>

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And<00:20:59.390><c> that</c><00:20:59.690><c> forms</c><00:21:00.029><c> the</c><00:21:00.329><c> background</c><00:21:00.710><c> now</c><00:21:01.309><c> to</c><00:21:01.789><c> the</c><00:21:01.990><c> section</c><00:21:02.250><c> that</c>

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we<00:21:02.630><c> come</c><00:21:02.849><c> to</c><00:21:03.390><c> in</c><00:21:04.130><c> verse</c><00:21:04.490><c> 11.</c>

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This<00:21:06.690><c> is</c><00:21:07.210><c> a</c><00:21:07.369><c> faithful</c><00:21:07.789><c> saying.</c>

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If<00:21:09.809><c> we</c><00:21:10.029><c> be</c><00:21:10.230><c> dead</c><00:21:10.430><c> with</c><00:21:10.650><c> him,</c><00:21:11.190><c> we</c><00:21:11.369><c> shall</c><00:21:11.589><c> also</c><00:21:11.950><c> live</c><00:21:12.150><c> with</c><00:21:12.410><c> him.</c>

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If<00:21:12.849><c> we</c><00:21:13.150><c> suffer,</c><00:21:14.089><c> we</c><00:21:14.230><c> shall</c><00:21:14.470><c> also</c><00:21:14.910><c> reign</c><00:21:15.109><c> with</c><00:21:15.369><c> him.</c>

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If<00:21:16.150><c> we</c><00:21:16.589><c> deny</c><00:21:17.009><c> him,</c><00:21:17.890><c> he</c><00:21:18.130><c> also</c><00:21:18.670><c> will</c><00:21:19.089><c> deny</c><00:21:19.390><c> us.</c>

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If<00:21:20.589><c> we</c><00:21:20.890><c> believe</c><00:21:21.150><c> not,</c><00:21:21.650><c> yet</c><00:21:22.130><c> he</c><00:21:22.630><c> abideth</c><00:21:23.049><c> faithful.</c>

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Now<00:21:26.130><c> if</c><00:21:26.230><c> you</c><00:21:26.349><c> look</c><00:21:26.509><c> at</c><00:21:26.630><c> the</c><00:21:26.769><c> little</c><00:21:27.029><c> sheet</c><00:21:27.269><c> that</c><00:21:27.450><c> we've</c><00:21:27.690><c> given</c><00:21:27.849><c> out,</c>

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I've<00:21:29.529><c> arranged</c><00:21:30.490><c> that</c><00:21:31.970><c> saying</c><00:21:32.369><c> in</c><00:21:33.450><c> a</c><00:21:33.650><c> slightly</c><00:21:33.849><c> different</c><00:21:34.170><c> order.</c>

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Not<00:21:34.650><c> by</c><00:21:34.970><c> verse</c><00:21:35.269><c> format,</c><00:21:35.730><c> which</c><00:21:35.890><c> we</c><00:21:36.049><c> have</c><00:21:36.170><c> in</c><00:21:36.309><c> our</c><00:21:36.470><c> Bibles,</c>

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but<00:21:37.509><c> in</c><00:21:37.910><c> a</c><00:21:38.150><c> format</c><00:21:38.450><c> which</c><00:21:38.710><c> really</c><00:21:39.029><c> demonstrates</c><00:21:39.630><c> what</c><00:21:39.869><c> we're</c>

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looking<00:21:40.289><c> at</c><00:21:40.529><c> here.</c>

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We're<00:21:41.690><c> looking</c><00:21:42.170><c> at</c><00:21:42.650><c> something</c><00:21:43.009><c> which</c><00:21:43.309><c> is</c><00:21:43.710><c> written</c><00:21:44.009><c> in</c><00:21:44.789><c> a</c>

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poetic<00:21:45.309><c> structure.</c>

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It<00:21:48.369><c> is</c><00:21:48.630><c> a</c><00:21:48.829><c> saying</c><00:21:49.109><c> which</c><00:21:49.549><c> has</c><00:21:50.410><c> eight</c><00:21:51.150><c> separate</c><00:21:52.029><c> phrases.</c>

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Four<00:21:54.569><c> conditions,</c><00:21:56.170><c> four</c><00:21:56.490><c> consequences.</c>

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If<00:21:58.549><c> we</c><00:21:58.750><c> do</c><00:21:59.029><c> this,</c><00:22:00.369><c> then</c><00:22:00.589><c> this</c><00:22:00.809><c> will</c><00:22:01.049><c> happen.</c>

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So<00:22:02.170><c> there's</c><00:22:02.890><c> four</c><00:22:03.349><c> if</c><00:22:03.650><c> statements,</c><00:22:04.710><c> and</c><00:22:04.849><c> there's</c><00:22:05.130><c> four</c><00:22:05.910><c> statements</c><00:22:06.470><c> of</c><00:22:07.009><c> consequence.</c>

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So<00:22:08.710><c> that's</c><00:22:08.970><c> the</c><00:22:09.109><c> first</c><00:22:09.269><c> way</c><00:22:09.410><c> we</c><00:22:09.509><c> look</c><00:22:09.730><c> at</c><00:22:09.849><c> it.</c>

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The<00:22:11.029><c> second</c><00:22:11.150><c> way</c><00:22:11.309><c> we</c><00:22:11.410><c> look</c><00:22:11.650><c> at</c><00:22:11.769><c> it</c><00:22:11.910><c> is</c><00:22:12.089><c> to</c><00:22:12.470><c> go</c><00:22:12.710><c> across.</c>

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And<00:22:13.430><c> we</c><00:22:13.589><c> see</c><00:22:13.789><c> that</c><00:22:14.529><c> the</c><00:22:15.029><c> first</c><00:22:15.250><c> two</c><00:22:15.470><c> lines</c><00:22:15.789><c> there,</c>

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the<00:22:16.769><c> first</c><00:22:17.069><c> two</c><00:22:17.410><c> if</c><00:22:17.670><c> statements</c><00:22:18.089><c> and</c><00:22:18.349><c> their</c><00:22:18.589><c> consequences,</c>

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deal<00:22:21.829><c> with</c><00:22:22.390><c> faithfulness</c><00:22:23.250><c> to</c><00:22:23.529><c> Christ.</c>

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If<00:22:24.269><c> we</c><00:22:24.490><c> are</c><00:22:24.690><c> dead</c><00:22:24.890><c> with</c><00:22:25.109><c> him,</c><00:22:26.130><c> if</c><00:22:26.509><c> we</c><00:22:26.849><c> suffer,</c><00:22:28.170><c> then</c><00:22:28.450><c> this</c><00:22:28.710><c> happens.</c>

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These<00:22:29.250><c> are</c><00:22:29.670><c> attributes</c><00:22:30.190><c> of</c><00:22:30.490><c> faithfulness.</c>

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The<00:22:32.470><c> second</c><00:22:32.769><c> two</c><00:22:33.829><c> involve</c><00:22:35.230><c> unfaithfulness.</c>

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If<00:22:36.369><c> we</c><00:22:36.690><c> deny</c><00:22:37.190><c> him,</c><00:22:37.849><c> if</c><00:22:38.230><c> we</c><00:22:38.789><c> believe</c><00:22:39.150><c> not.</c>

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I<00:22:41.369><c> think</c><00:22:41.509><c> that's</c><00:22:41.690><c> very</c><00:22:41.930><c> interesting.</c>

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When<00:22:42.470><c> we</c><00:22:42.589><c> read</c><00:22:42.910><c> the</c><00:22:43.750><c> way</c><00:22:44.869><c> in</c><00:22:44.950><c> which</c><00:22:45.069><c> this</c><00:22:45.329><c> is</c><00:22:45.509><c> set</c><00:22:45.690><c> out</c><00:22:45.829><c> in</c><00:22:46.309><c> our</c>

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ordinary<00:22:46.890><c> Bibles,</c>

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that<00:22:47.470><c> may</c><00:22:47.690><c> not</c><00:22:47.869><c> be</c><00:22:48.049><c> apparent.</c>

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But<00:22:48.609><c> what</c><00:22:48.730><c> we're</c><00:22:48.890><c> looking</c><00:22:49.170><c> at</c><00:22:49.630><c> is</c><00:22:50.029><c> really</c><00:22:50.609><c> the</c><00:22:51.490><c> verse</c><00:22:51.869><c> of</c><00:22:52.089><c> either</c><00:22:52.569><c> a</c><00:22:52.809><c> poem</c><00:22:53.109><c> or</c>

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more<00:22:53.950><c> likely</c><00:22:54.369><c> a</c><00:22:54.690><c> hymn.</c>

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The<00:22:57.990><c> commentators</c><00:22:58.670><c> and</c><00:22:59.029><c> the</c><00:22:59.789><c> people</c><00:22:59.990><c> who</c><00:23:00.170><c> have</c><00:23:00.430><c> studied</c><00:23:00.670><c> this</c>

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feel<00:23:02.130><c> quite</c><00:23:02.569><c> certain</c>

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that<00:23:04.130><c> what</c><00:23:04.309><c> we're</c><00:23:04.390><c> looking</c><00:23:04.670><c> at</c><00:23:04.910><c> here</c><00:23:05.190><c> is</c><00:23:05.529><c> the</c><00:23:05.849><c> verse</c><00:23:06.150><c> of</c><00:23:06.390><c> a</c><00:23:06.569><c> well</c><00:23:06.829><c>-known</c><00:23:07.049><c> hymn</c><00:23:07.470><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:08.150><c> first</c><00:23:08.349><c> century.</c>

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So<00:23:10.329><c> we</c><00:23:10.650><c> have</c><00:23:10.910><c> then</c><00:23:11.130><c> these</c><00:23:11.430><c> four</c><00:23:11.670><c> lines</c><00:23:12.269><c> that</c><00:23:12.950><c> give</c><00:23:13.509><c> four</c><00:23:14.490><c> if</c><00:23:15.130><c> statements,</c>

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four<00:23:16.250><c> conditional</c><00:23:16.869><c> statements</c><00:23:17.509><c> and</c><00:23:18.049><c> the</c><00:23:18.329><c> consequences</c>

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which<00:23:19.930><c> follow.</c>

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Well,<00:23:22.190><c> now</c><00:23:22.349><c> let's</c><00:23:22.509><c> just</c><00:23:22.789><c> take</c><00:23:22.970><c> a</c><00:23:23.049><c> look</c><00:23:23.150><c> for</c><00:23:23.390><c> a</c><00:23:23.509><c> minute</c><00:23:23.769><c> about</c>

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the<00:23:24.430><c> use</c><00:23:24.609><c> of</c><00:23:24.910><c> hymns.</c>

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Because<00:23:25.609><c> I</c><00:23:25.750><c> think</c><00:23:25.970><c> that</c><00:23:26.130><c> that</c><00:23:26.230><c> is</c><00:23:26.430><c> right.</c>

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I<00:23:26.930><c> think</c><00:23:27.170><c> that</c><00:23:27.329><c> that</c><00:23:27.450><c> is</c><00:23:27.950><c> a</c><00:23:28.170><c> correct</c><00:23:28.769><c> assessment</c><00:23:29.769><c> of</c><00:23:29.910><c> what</c><00:23:30.069><c> it</c>

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is<00:23:30.309><c> we're</c><00:23:30.430><c> looking</c><00:23:30.650><c> at.</c>

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We<00:23:31.930><c> said</c><00:23:32.170><c> last</c><00:23:32.549><c> night</c><00:23:32.769><c> we</c><00:23:32.990><c> don't</c><00:23:33.269><c> know</c><00:23:33.390><c> the</c><00:23:33.589><c> music,</c><00:23:33.849><c> of</c><00:23:34.130><c> course.</c>

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We<00:23:34.430><c> don't</c><00:23:34.569><c> have</c><00:23:34.690><c> any</c><00:23:35.529><c> copies</c><00:23:36.670><c> of</c><00:23:36.829><c> the</c><00:23:36.970><c> music</c><00:23:37.250><c> or</c><00:23:37.490><c> any</c><00:23:38.269><c> recordings</c><00:23:38.609><c> of</c><00:23:38.849><c> how</c>

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this<00:23:39.190><c> may</c><00:23:39.329><c> have</c><00:23:39.470><c> been</c><00:23:39.670><c> sung.</c>

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But<00:23:41.170><c> we</c><00:23:41.509><c> have</c><00:23:41.670><c> something</c><00:23:41.930><c> here</c><00:23:42.150><c> which</c><00:23:42.289><c> is</c><00:23:42.569><c> clearly</c><00:23:42.769><c> poetic.</c>

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And<00:23:43.650><c> if</c><00:23:43.750><c> it</c><00:23:43.849><c> was</c><00:23:44.049><c> a</c><00:23:44.210><c> faithful</c><00:23:44.509><c> saying,</c><00:23:44.890><c> it</c><00:23:44.990><c> must</c><00:23:45.230><c> have</c><00:23:45.390><c> had</c>

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some<00:23:46.049><c> common</c><00:23:46.430><c> currency.</c>

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It<00:23:47.390><c> must</c><00:23:47.789><c> have</c><00:23:48.150><c> been</c><00:23:48.710><c> familiar</c><00:23:49.309><c> in</c><00:23:50.150><c> a</c><00:23:50.690><c> general</c><00:23:51.289><c> sense</c><00:23:51.890><c> to</c><00:23:52.190><c> the</c>

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early<00:23:52.690><c> church.</c>

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There<00:23:55.230><c> are</c><00:23:55.509><c> in</c><00:23:55.710><c> fact</c><00:23:56.170><c> three</c><00:23:56.890><c> hymns,</c><00:23:58.789><c> what</c><00:23:58.910><c> appear</c><00:23:59.190><c> to</c><00:23:59.349><c> be</c><00:23:59.609><c> verses</c><00:23:59.990><c> of</c>

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hymns<00:24:00.650><c> in</c><00:24:00.809><c> the</c><00:24:00.890><c> New</c><00:24:01.069><c> Testament.</c>

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I'll<00:24:01.970><c> just</c><00:24:02.230><c> give</c><00:24:02.390><c> these</c><00:24:02.630><c> to</c><00:24:02.869><c> you</c><00:24:03.130><c> to</c><00:24:03.650><c> have</c><00:24:03.849><c> a</c><00:24:03.970><c> look</c><00:24:04.109><c> at.</c>

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This<00:24:04.369><c> is</c><00:24:04.589><c> the</c><00:24:04.730><c> first</c><00:24:04.930><c> one.</c>

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Certainly<00:24:07.349><c> the</c><00:24:07.589><c> first</c><00:24:07.769><c> we're</c><00:24:07.910><c> looking</c><00:24:08.150><c> at.</c>

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The<00:24:08.549><c> other</c><00:24:08.710><c> two</c><00:24:08.910><c> appear</c><00:24:09.529><c> in</c><00:24:10.390><c> 1</c><00:24:10.730><c> Timothy.</c>

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You<00:24:12.269><c> may</c><00:24:12.569><c> just</c><00:24:12.769><c> like</c><00:24:12.950><c> to</c><00:24:13.130><c> note</c><00:24:13.250><c> these</c><00:24:13.589><c> and</c><00:24:13.750><c> have</c><00:24:13.970><c> a</c><00:24:14.109><c> closer</c><00:24:14.349><c> look</c><00:24:15.569><c> in</c>

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your<00:24:16.150><c> own</c><00:24:16.410><c> study.</c>

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1<00:24:22.549><c> Timothy</c><00:24:22.869><c> chapter</c><00:24:23.509><c> 3</c><00:24:24.569><c> verse</c><00:24:28.349><c> 16.</c>

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Again,<00:24:35.670><c> an</c><00:24:35.849><c> unusual</c><00:24:36.410><c> verse</c><00:24:36.789><c> in</c><00:24:36.950><c> its</c><00:24:37.230><c> structure</c><00:24:37.730><c> and</c><00:24:38.309><c> one</c><00:24:38.569><c> which</c><00:24:38.829><c> I</c><00:24:38.930><c> think</c><00:24:39.450><c> obviously</c><00:24:40.029><c> is</c><00:24:40.329><c> poetic.</c>

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Without<00:24:43.069><c> controversy,</c><00:24:43.990><c> great</c><00:24:44.289><c> is</c><00:24:44.549><c> the</c><00:24:44.670><c> mystery</c><00:24:44.930><c> of</c><00:24:45.210><c> godliness.</c>

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And<00:24:46.509><c> now</c><00:24:46.829><c> follows</c><00:24:47.289><c> the</c><00:24:47.509><c> verse.</c>

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God<00:24:48.910><c> was</c><00:24:49.130><c> manifest</c><00:24:49.630><c> in</c><00:24:49.809><c> the</c><00:24:50.089><c> Spirit.</c>

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God<00:24:52.609><c> manifested</c><00:24:53.089><c> in</c><00:24:53.250><c> the</c><00:24:53.430><c> flesh.</c>

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Justified<00:24:54.769><c> in</c><00:24:55.049><c> the</c><00:24:55.289><c> Spirit.</c>

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Seen<00:24:56.670><c> of</c><00:24:56.890><c> angels.</c>

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Preached<00:24:58.549><c> unto</c><00:24:58.950><c> the</c><00:24:59.109><c> Gentiles.</c>

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Believed<00:25:00.769><c> on</c><00:25:01.210><c> in</c><00:25:01.589><c> the</c><00:25:01.809><c> world.</c>

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Received<00:25:03.269><c> up</c><00:25:03.710><c> into</c><00:25:04.190><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:25:05.609><c> there's</c><00:25:05.849><c> a</c><00:25:05.910><c> series</c><00:25:06.250><c> of</c><00:25:06.450><c> phrases</c><00:25:06.789><c> there</c><00:25:07.230><c> which</c><00:25:08.009><c> if</c><00:25:08.410><c> set</c><00:25:08.569><c> out</c>

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in<00:25:08.869><c> a</c><00:25:08.970><c> different</c><00:25:09.210><c> way</c><00:25:09.410><c> would</c><00:25:09.589><c> appear</c><00:25:10.089><c> to</c><00:25:10.549><c> be</c><00:25:11.089><c> in</c><00:25:11.609><c> the</c><00:25:11.809><c> form</c><00:25:11.970><c> of</c>

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some<00:25:12.589><c> kind</c><00:25:12.809><c> of</c><00:25:12.950><c> a</c><00:25:13.170><c> poetic</c><00:25:13.450><c> structure.</c>

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And<00:25:15.190><c> again</c><00:25:15.410><c> the</c><00:25:15.549><c> suggestion</c><00:25:16.029><c> is</c><00:25:16.210><c> put</c><00:25:16.390><c> forward</c><00:25:16.670><c> that</c><00:25:16.809><c> these</c><00:25:17.029><c> were</c><00:25:17.289><c> probably</c><00:25:17.529><c> put</c><00:25:17.970><c> to</c><00:25:18.970><c> music.</c>

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These<00:25:20.369><c> particular</c><00:25:20.809><c> words</c><00:25:21.269><c> probably</c><00:25:21.829><c> form</c><00:25:22.170><c> part</c><00:25:22.569><c> of</c><00:25:22.849><c> a</c><00:25:22.970><c> hymn.</c>

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Chapter<00:25:26.730><c> 6.</c>

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Verse<00:25:42.329><c> 15.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:47.930><c> Christ,</c><00:25:49.750><c> which</c><00:25:50.289><c> in</c><00:25:50.789><c> his</c><00:25:51.190><c> time</c><00:25:51.509><c> shall</c><00:25:51.910><c> show</c><00:25:52.829><c> who</c><00:25:53.769><c> is,</c><00:25:54.710><c> and</c><00:25:55.349><c> here's</c><00:25:55.650><c> the</c><00:25:55.789><c> hymn,</c><00:25:56.789><c> the</c><00:25:56.930><c> blessed</c><00:25:57.490><c> and</c><00:25:58.170><c> only</c><00:25:58.470><c> potentate,</c><00:26:00.009><c> the</c><00:26:00.190><c> king</c><00:26:00.390><c> of</c>

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kings<00:26:01.309><c> and</c><00:26:01.930><c> lord</c><00:26:02.210><c> of</c><00:26:02.430><c> lords,</c><00:26:03.630><c> who</c><00:26:03.890><c> only</c><00:26:04.470><c> hath</c><00:26:04.650><c> the</c><00:26:04.650><c> power</c><00:26:04.650><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:04.650><c> Spirit.</c>

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Who<00:26:04.650><c> hath</c><00:26:04.730><c> immortality,</c><00:26:06.750><c> dwelling</c><00:26:07.009><c> in</c><00:26:07.210><c> the</c><00:26:07.369><c> light</c><00:26:07.630><c> which</c><00:26:07.950><c> no</c>

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man<00:26:08.410><c> can</c><00:26:08.650><c> approach</c><00:26:09.049><c> unto,</c><00:26:10.130><c> whom</c><00:26:10.250><c> no</c><00:26:10.490><c> man</c><00:26:10.769><c> has</c><00:26:11.069><c> seen</c><00:26:11.589><c> nor</c><00:26:12.329><c> can</c>

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see,<00:26:13.630><c> to</c><00:26:13.869><c> whom</c><00:26:14.009><c> be</c><00:26:14.269><c> honor</c><00:26:14.769><c> and</c><00:26:15.390><c> power</c><00:26:15.890><c> everlasting.</c><00:26:17.809><c> Amen.</c>

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And<00:26:19.910><c> so</c><00:26:20.109><c> again</c><00:26:20.490><c> I</c><00:26:21.210><c> submit</c><00:26:21.509><c> to</c><00:26:21.730><c> you</c><00:26:21.930><c> that</c><00:26:22.369><c> in</c><00:26:22.710><c> those</c><00:26:23.069><c> three</c><00:26:23.430><c> passages,</c><00:26:23.930><c> the</c>

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one<00:26:24.150><c> we're</c><00:26:24.329><c> looking</c><00:26:24.549><c> at</c><00:26:24.769><c> today</c><00:26:25.289><c> and</c><00:26:26.089><c> these</c><00:26:26.430><c> two</c><00:26:26.609><c> in</c><00:26:26.809><c> 1st</c><00:26:27.190><c> Timothy,</c><00:26:28.710><c> there</c>

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appears<00:26:29.329><c> to</c><00:26:29.670><c> be</c><00:26:30.269><c> the</c><00:26:30.569><c> quotation,</c><00:26:31.190><c> the</c><00:26:31.569><c> extraction</c><00:26:32.069><c> from</c><00:26:33.049><c> something</c><00:26:33.490><c> that</c>

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was<00:26:33.970><c> commonly</c><00:26:34.369><c> known</c><00:26:34.690><c> and</c><00:26:35.029><c> used</c><00:26:35.329><c> in</c><00:26:35.490><c> the</c><00:26:35.650><c> first</c><00:26:35.849><c> century</c><00:26:36.369><c> either</c><00:26:37.009><c> as</c><00:26:37.769><c> a</c>

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poetic<00:26:38.450><c> form</c><00:26:39.009><c> or</c><00:26:40.930><c> extracted</c><00:26:41.390><c> from</c><00:26:41.710><c> a</c><00:26:41.950><c> hymn</c><00:26:42.630><c> and</c><00:26:43.089><c> used</c><00:26:43.349><c> by</c><00:26:43.630><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:26:44.269><c> just</c><00:26:44.509><c> to</c><00:26:44.890><c> catch</c><00:26:45.069><c> a</c><00:26:45.349><c> thought.</c>

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Just<00:26:45.690><c> as</c><00:26:45.890><c> we</c><00:26:45.990><c> might</c><00:26:46.549><c> in</c><00:26:46.750><c> a</c><00:26:47.569><c> sentence</c><00:26:48.029><c> quote</c><00:26:48.589><c> a</c><00:26:48.849><c> familiar</c><00:26:49.569><c> statement.</c>

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It<00:26:50.990><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:51.250><c> require</c><00:26:51.670><c> any</c><00:26:52.009><c> elaboration.</c>

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It<00:26:53.069><c> would</c><00:26:53.210><c> be</c><00:26:53.430><c> totally</c><00:26:53.730><c> familiar</c><00:26:54.289><c> to</c><00:26:54.769><c> everyone</c><00:26:55.089><c> who</c><00:26:55.329><c> heard</c><00:26:55.490><c> it</c>

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and<00:26:55.890><c> it</c><00:26:56.009><c> would</c><00:26:56.170><c> just</c><00:26:56.529><c> be</c><00:26:56.910><c> recognized</c><00:26:57.329><c> as</c><00:26:58.210><c> a</c><00:26:58.650><c> quotation</c><00:26:59.210><c> but</c><00:26:59.769><c> applied</c><00:27:00.309><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:00.990><c> particular</c><00:27:01.309><c> setting</c><00:27:01.630><c> in</c><00:27:01.789><c> which</c><00:27:01.849><c> it</c><00:27:01.970><c> was</c><00:27:02.210><c> used.</c>

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Well<00:27:05.990><c> that's</c><00:27:06.250><c> not</c><00:27:06.910><c> critical</c><00:27:07.390><c> in</c><00:27:07.690><c> fact</c><00:27:07.910><c> to</c><00:27:08.190><c> whether</c><00:27:08.349><c> or</c><00:27:08.490><c> not</c><00:27:08.789><c> this</c><00:27:09.089><c> was</c><00:27:10.670><c> a</c>

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hymn<00:27:11.650><c> and</c><00:27:12.269><c> it's</c><00:27:12.490><c> not</c><00:27:12.650><c> critical</c><00:27:12.950><c> to</c><00:27:13.130><c> the</c><00:27:13.309><c> understanding.</c>

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What<00:27:14.170><c> we</c><00:27:14.369><c> now</c><00:27:14.609><c> want</c><00:27:14.789><c> to</c><00:27:14.910><c> do</c><00:27:15.029><c> is</c><00:27:15.289><c> examine</c><00:27:16.049><c> in</c><00:27:16.769><c> fact</c><00:27:17.069><c> what</c><00:27:17.910><c> is</c><00:27:18.269><c> being</c><00:27:18.589><c> spoken</c><00:27:18.950><c> of.</c>

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We<00:27:20.890><c> look</c><00:27:21.130><c> now</c><00:27:21.789><c> at</c><00:27:22.390><c> the</c><00:27:22.589><c> saying</c><00:27:22.730><c> itself.</c>

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And<00:27:25.690><c> the</c><00:27:25.910><c> first</c><00:27:26.190><c> word</c><00:27:26.890><c> that</c><00:27:27.930><c> is</c><00:27:28.849><c> present</c><00:27:29.210><c> in</c><00:27:29.529><c> each</c><00:27:29.910><c> of</c><00:27:30.069><c> the</c><00:27:30.210><c> four</c><00:27:30.390><c> lines</c><00:27:30.869><c> is</c>

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the<00:27:31.769><c> word</c><00:27:32.190><c> if.</c>

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That<00:27:34.509><c> tiny</c><00:27:35.150><c> little</c><00:27:36.230><c> word</c><00:27:36.710><c> if</c><00:27:37.309><c> which</c><00:27:37.910><c> carries</c><00:27:38.349><c> with</c><00:27:38.630><c> it</c><00:27:39.069><c> a</c><00:27:39.349><c> world</c><00:27:39.609><c> of</c><00:27:39.890><c> implications.</c>

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If<00:27:41.769><c> this</c><00:27:42.470><c> happened</c><00:27:43.150><c> then</c><00:27:44.609><c> something</c><00:27:45.509><c> else</c><00:27:46.049><c> important</c><00:27:46.970><c> may</c>

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have<00:27:47.809><c> happened.</c>

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That<00:27:49.930><c> conditional</c><00:27:50.670><c> statement.</c>

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If<00:27:53.089><c> I</c><00:27:53.430><c> had</c><00:27:53.490><c> gone</c><00:27:53.710><c> here</c><00:27:53.950><c> this</c><00:27:54.210><c> day</c><00:27:54.650><c> then</c><00:27:55.089><c> this</c><00:27:55.329><c> would</c><00:27:55.430><c> have</c><00:27:55.630><c> happened.</c>

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If<00:27:56.170><c> I</c><00:27:56.329><c> had</c><00:27:57.029><c> done</c><00:27:57.569><c> such</c><00:27:57.869><c> and</c><00:27:58.089><c> such</c><00:27:58.250><c> a</c><00:27:58.470><c> thing</c><00:27:58.849><c> then</c><00:27:59.309><c> this</c><00:27:59.730><c> would</c>

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not<00:28:00.190><c> have</c><00:28:00.470><c> happened.</c>

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And<00:28:01.190><c> our</c><00:28:01.390><c> lives</c><00:28:01.569><c> are</c><00:28:01.769><c> filled</c><00:28:02.150><c> with</c><00:28:02.589><c> these</c><00:28:03.670><c> if</c><00:28:04.089><c> statements,</c>

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the<00:28:04.789><c> conditional</c><00:28:05.250><c> statements.</c>

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And<00:28:07.309><c> when</c><00:28:07.450><c> it</c><00:28:07.549><c> comes</c><00:28:07.750><c> to</c><00:28:07.930><c> the</c><00:28:07.930><c> matter</c><00:28:08.230><c> of</c><00:28:08.470><c> salvation</c><00:28:08.930><c> and</c><00:28:09.190><c> service</c><00:28:09.690><c> to</c>

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God<00:28:10.349><c> the</c><00:28:10.529><c> if</c><00:28:10.809><c> statement</c><00:28:11.170><c> is</c><00:28:11.470><c> absolutely</c><00:28:11.950><c> critical.</c>

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It<00:28:14.130><c> is</c><00:28:14.369><c> the</c><00:28:14.650><c> premise</c><00:28:15.150><c> upon</c><00:28:15.509><c> which</c><00:28:16.210><c> so</c><00:28:16.529><c> much</c><00:28:16.769><c> of</c><00:28:16.990><c> our</c><00:28:17.349><c> relationship</c><00:28:17.890><c> with</c><00:28:18.150><c> God</c>

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is<00:28:19.049><c> determined.</c>

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Now<00:28:21.450><c> I</c><00:28:21.529><c> want</c><00:28:21.670><c> to</c><00:28:21.769><c> give</c><00:28:21.829><c> you</c><00:28:21.930><c> some</c><00:28:22.089><c> examples.</c>

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They'll<00:28:23.349><c> be</c><00:28:23.630><c> easy</c><00:28:23.910><c> to</c><00:28:24.230><c> follow</c><00:28:24.549><c> because</c><00:28:25.009><c> we're</c><00:28:25.190><c> going</c><00:28:25.250><c> to</c><00:28:25.329><c> look</c>

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at<00:28:25.569><c> just</c><00:28:25.769><c> two</c><00:28:25.950><c> books</c><00:28:26.230><c> here.</c>

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And<00:28:26.490><c> I'd</c><00:28:26.829><c> like</c><00:28:26.990><c> just</c><00:28:27.170><c> to</c><00:28:27.410><c> ask</c><00:28:27.509><c> you</c><00:28:27.730><c> to</c><00:28:28.329><c> put</c><00:28:28.910><c> a</c><00:28:29.190><c> tick</c><00:28:29.349><c> mark</c><00:28:29.529><c> in</c><00:28:29.690><c> the</c><00:28:29.910><c> margin</c><00:28:30.369><c> or</c>

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make<00:28:31.289><c> a</c><00:28:31.490><c> note</c><00:28:31.609><c> or</c><00:28:31.789><c> whatever.</c>

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But<00:28:32.410><c> the</c><00:28:32.690><c> if</c><00:28:32.950><c> statements</c><00:28:33.349><c> here</c><00:28:33.869><c> are</c><00:28:34.470><c> absolutely</c><00:28:34.970><c> critical.</c>

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First<00:28:35.730><c> we'll</c><00:28:35.890><c> look</c><00:28:36.109><c> at</c><00:28:36.349><c> is</c><00:28:36.549><c> in</c><00:28:36.789><c> Colossians,</c><00:28:37.750><c> the</c><00:28:37.849><c> book</c><00:28:37.970><c> of</c><00:28:38.329><c> Colossians.</c>

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In<00:28:44.390><c> chapter</c><00:28:44.849><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:28:49.190><c> talking</c><00:28:49.390><c> about</c><00:28:49.609><c> the</c><00:28:49.789><c> work</c><00:28:49.910><c> of</c><00:28:50.089><c> Jesus.</c>

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In<00:28:51.769><c> verse</c><00:28:52.049><c> 22.</c>

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He<00:28:53.589><c> was</c><00:28:53.769><c> able</c><00:28:53.990><c> to</c><00:28:54.250><c> present</c><00:28:54.549><c> you</c><00:28:54.890><c> holy</c><00:28:55.309><c> and</c><00:28:55.730><c> unblameable</c><00:28:56.549><c> and</c>

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unreprovable<00:28:57.730><c> in</c><00:28:58.309><c> His</c><00:28:58.670><c> sight.</c>

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That's<00:28:59.589><c> what</c><00:28:59.710><c> we</c><00:29:00.009><c> want.</c>

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We<00:29:00.470><c> want</c><00:29:00.609><c> to</c><00:29:00.730><c> be</c><00:29:00.910><c> presented</c><00:29:01.569><c> before</c><00:29:02.250><c> God</c><00:29:03.329><c> holy</c><00:29:04.329><c> and</c><00:29:04.690><c> unblameable</c><00:29:05.369><c> and</c><00:29:05.529><c> unreprovable.</c>

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That's<00:29:06.509><c> what</c><00:29:06.589><c> we</c><00:29:06.869><c> want.</c>

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If<00:29:08.509><c> ye</c><00:29:09.069><c> continue</c><00:29:09.910><c> in</c><00:29:10.630><c> the</c><00:29:11.109><c> faith</c><00:29:11.670><c> grounded</c><00:29:12.569><c> and</c><00:29:12.970><c> settled</c><00:29:13.329><c> and</c>

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be<00:29:14.170><c> not</c><00:29:14.490><c> moved</c><00:29:14.809><c> away</c><00:29:15.309><c> from</c><00:29:15.650><c> the</c><00:29:15.890><c> hope</c><00:29:16.029><c> of</c><00:29:16.170><c> the</c><00:29:16.349><c> gospel</c><00:29:16.849><c> which</c>

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ye<00:29:18.109><c> have</c><00:29:18.390><c> heard.</c>

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Now<00:29:20.789><c> that's</c><00:29:21.349><c> a</c><00:29:21.490><c> critical</c><00:29:21.750><c> passage.</c>

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That<00:29:22.549><c> is</c><00:29:22.750><c> a</c><00:29:22.890><c> first</c><00:29:23.109><c> principle</c><00:29:23.569><c> passage</c><00:29:24.029><c> which</c><00:29:24.349><c> we</c><00:29:24.549><c> would</c><00:29:24.769><c> use</c>

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with<00:29:25.210><c> our</c><00:29:25.470><c> friends</c><00:29:25.670><c> who</c><00:29:26.009><c> say</c><00:29:26.269><c> they</c><00:29:26.750><c> are</c><00:29:27.029><c> saved</c><00:29:27.250><c> now.</c>

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Once<00:29:28.130><c> saved</c><00:29:28.349><c> always</c><00:29:28.710><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:29:29.849><c> we'd</c><00:29:30.109><c> say</c><00:29:30.230><c> to</c><00:29:30.289><c> them</c><00:29:30.589><c> that</c><00:29:30.950><c> is</c><00:29:31.130><c> not</c><00:29:31.450><c> so.</c>

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A<00:29:32.890><c> person</c><00:29:33.109><c> is</c><00:29:33.369><c> not</c><00:29:34.269><c> once</c><00:29:34.829><c> saved</c><00:29:34.990><c> always</c><00:29:35.369><c> saved</c><00:29:35.670><c> because</c><00:29:36.589><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:37.349><c> possibility</c><00:29:37.950><c> that</c><00:29:38.130><c> they</c><00:29:38.250><c> can</c><00:29:38.430><c> move</c><00:29:38.690><c> away</c><00:29:39.269><c> from</c><00:29:40.269><c> their</c>

00:29:40.630 --> 00:29:42.990
original<00:29:41.049><c> hope</c><00:29:41.450><c> and</c><00:29:41.869><c> their</c><00:29:42.049><c> original</c><00:29:42.430><c> commitment.</c>

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So<00:29:44.289><c> the</c><00:29:45.529><c> the</c><00:29:46.190><c> willingness</c><00:29:46.529><c> of</c><00:29:46.829><c> Jesus</c><00:29:47.210><c> to</c><00:29:47.470><c> present</c><00:29:47.690><c> us</c><00:29:47.970><c> holy</c><00:29:48.289><c> and</c><00:29:48.490><c> unblameable</c><00:29:49.069><c> and</c><00:29:49.269><c> unreprovable</c><00:29:50.009><c> before</c><00:29:50.670><c> God</c><00:29:52.250><c> only</c><00:29:54.009><c> exists</c><00:29:54.690><c> if</c>

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we<00:29:56.130><c> continue</c><00:29:56.910><c> in</c><00:29:58.029><c> the</c><00:29:58.269><c> faith.</c>

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So<00:29:59.950><c> it's</c><00:30:00.109><c> a</c><00:30:00.250><c> first</c><00:30:00.470><c> principle</c><00:30:00.970><c> to</c><00:30:01.150><c> be</c><00:30:01.390><c> sure.</c>

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But<00:30:02.349><c> it's</c><00:30:02.569><c> a</c><00:30:02.670><c> personal</c><00:30:03.450><c> issue</c><00:30:03.990><c> for</c><00:30:04.230><c> us</c><00:30:05.269><c> in</c><00:30:05.609><c> that</c><00:30:05.710><c> we</c><00:30:05.849><c> have</c><00:30:06.069><c> to</c>

00:30:06.349 --> 00:30:11.690
stay<00:30:06.950><c> committed</c><00:30:07.630><c> to</c><00:30:08.470><c> what</c><00:30:08.690><c> we</c><00:30:09.170><c> originally</c><00:30:10.170><c> engaged</c><00:30:11.309><c> in</c><00:30:11.509><c> when</c>

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we<00:30:11.809><c> were</c><00:30:11.970><c> baptized.</c>

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So<00:30:13.490><c> in</c><00:30:13.890><c> Colossians</c><00:30:14.269><c> now</c><00:30:14.450><c> we</c><00:30:14.529><c> have</c><00:30:14.690><c> a</c><00:30:14.869><c> series</c><00:30:15.109><c> of</c><00:30:15.309><c> these</c><00:30:15.509><c> if</c><00:30:15.730><c> statements.</c>

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That's<00:30:16.970><c> the</c><00:30:17.150><c> first.</c>

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Chapter<00:30:18.410><c> 2</c><00:30:18.750><c> verse</c><00:30:19.509><c> 20.</c>

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We<00:30:25.369><c> won't</c><00:30:25.589><c> now</c><00:30:25.789><c> look</c><00:30:25.950><c> at</c><00:30:26.069><c> the</c><00:30:26.230><c> exposition</c><00:30:26.690><c> of</c><00:30:26.849><c> each</c><00:30:27.009><c> of</c><00:30:27.130><c> these</c>

00:30:27.210 --> 00:30:30.349
but<00:30:27.390><c> just</c><00:30:28.509><c> look</c><00:30:29.309><c> at</c><00:30:29.430><c> how</c><00:30:29.609><c> this</c><00:30:29.829><c> is</c><00:30:30.089><c> used.</c>

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And<00:30:30.529><c> the</c><00:30:30.710><c> critical</c><00:30:31.150><c> place</c><00:30:31.650><c> in</c><00:30:31.930><c> the</c><00:30:32.289><c> exposition</c><00:30:32.829><c> of</c><00:30:33.069><c> Paul</c><00:30:33.309><c> in</c>

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this<00:30:33.630><c> section.</c>

00:30:44.529 --> 00:30:47.049
He's<00:30:45.049><c> talking</c><00:30:45.269><c> here</c><00:30:45.490><c> about</c><00:30:45.670><c> people</c><00:30:45.990><c> who</c><00:30:46.170><c> go</c><00:30:46.369><c> back</c><00:30:46.710><c> and</c><00:30:46.890><c> look</c>

00:30:47.049 --> 00:30:52.269
for<00:30:48.029><c> the</c><00:30:48.029><c> for</c><00:30:48.029><c> control</c><00:30:48.529><c> the</c><00:30:48.750><c> rigors</c><00:30:49.470><c> of</c><00:30:50.109><c> the</c><00:30:50.569><c> flesh</c><00:30:50.809><c> through</c><00:30:51.130><c> ritual.</c>

00:30:52.529 --> 00:30:53.349
All<00:30:52.690><c> kinds</c><00:30:52.950><c> of</c><00:30:53.170><c> ritual.</c>

00:30:53.589 --> 00:30:54.509
Jewish<00:30:53.849><c> ritual.</c>

00:30:54.869 --> 00:30:56.210
Greek<00:30:55.150><c> ritual.</c>

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Control<00:30:57.309><c> the</c><00:30:57.569><c> flesh</c><00:30:57.769><c> as</c><00:30:58.069><c> thinking</c><00:30:58.329><c> that</c><00:30:58.710><c> that's</c><00:30:58.970><c> what</c><00:30:59.089><c> was</c><00:30:59.250><c> going</c><00:30:59.369><c> to</c>

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save<00:30:59.750><c> them.</c>

00:30:59.950 --> 00:31:01.730
He<00:31:00.049><c> says</c><00:31:00.190><c> why</c><00:31:00.410><c> do</c><00:31:00.509><c> you</c><00:31:00.509><c> go</c><00:31:00.710><c> back</c><00:31:00.890><c> to</c><00:31:01.049><c> those</c><00:31:01.190><c> things</c><00:31:01.369><c> if</c><00:31:01.549><c> you're</c>

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dead<00:31:01.890><c> in</c><00:31:02.089><c> Christ?</c>

00:31:02.670 --> 00:31:05.250
Why<00:31:02.950><c> are</c><00:31:03.069><c> you</c><00:31:03.150><c> going</c><00:31:03.309><c> back</c><00:31:03.670><c> to</c><00:31:03.829><c> that</c><00:31:03.990><c> kind</c><00:31:04.130><c> of</c><00:31:04.250><c> behavior?</c>

00:31:05.750 --> 00:31:07.450
Chapter<00:31:05.789><c> 3</c><00:31:06.329><c> verse</c><00:31:06.630><c> 1.</c>

00:31:15.849 --> 00:31:18.150
Perfectly<00:31:16.410><c> reasonable</c><00:31:16.970><c> kind</c><00:31:17.410><c> of</c><00:31:17.650><c> proposition.</c>

00:31:18.490 --> 00:31:21.529
If<00:31:18.490><c> we're</c><00:31:18.809><c> risen</c><00:31:19.049><c> with</c><00:31:19.309><c> Christ</c><00:31:19.789><c> then</c><00:31:20.250><c> seek</c><00:31:20.529><c> those</c><00:31:20.869><c> things</c><00:31:21.049><c> which</c><00:31:21.250><c> are</c>

00:31:21.529 --> 00:31:23.430
associated<00:31:22.049><c> with</c><00:31:22.329><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:24.329 --> 00:31:25.670
Very<00:31:24.650><c> obvious</c><00:31:25.109><c> and</c><00:31:25.390><c> reasonable.</c>

00:31:25.730 --> 00:31:27.430
But<00:31:25.869><c> it's</c><00:31:26.130><c> the</c><00:31:26.269><c> if</c><00:31:26.569><c> statement</c><00:31:26.930><c> you</c><00:31:27.230><c> see.</c>

00:31:27.430 --> 00:31:32.769
It's<00:31:27.990><c> the</c><00:31:28.109><c> condition</c><00:31:28.869><c> that</c><00:31:29.930><c> that</c><00:31:30.309><c> sets</c><00:31:30.509><c> the</c><00:31:30.829><c> tone</c><00:31:30.990><c> for</c><00:31:31.190><c> what</c><00:31:31.470><c> follows.</c>

00:31:33.890 --> 00:31:34.450
All<00:31:33.990><c> right.</c>

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Another<00:31:35.069><c> example</c><00:31:35.630><c> in</c><00:31:36.849><c> another</c><00:31:37.309><c> book.</c>

00:31:37.990 --> 00:31:39.210
First<00:31:38.230><c> John.</c>

00:31:40.490 --> 00:31:42.009
First<00:31:40.750><c> letter</c><00:31:40.990><c> of</c><00:31:41.210><c> John.</c>

00:31:42.470 --> 00:31:46.690
This<00:31:42.670><c> is</c><00:31:42.829><c> an</c><00:31:42.970><c> amazing</c><00:31:43.829><c> sequence</c><00:31:45.150><c> of</c><00:31:45.450><c> thought</c><00:31:45.609><c> here.</c>

00:31:46.769 --> 00:31:48.990
In<00:31:47.329><c> First</c><00:31:47.630><c> John.</c>

00:31:49.130 --> 00:31:50.690
Chapter<00:31:49.470><c> 1.</c>

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Verse<00:32:00.490><c> 6.</c>

00:32:02.509 --> 00:32:03.670
Verse<00:32:02.690><c> 7.</c>

00:32:03.829 --> 00:32:04.369
Verse<00:32:03.970><c> 8.</c>

00:32:04.509 --> 00:32:05.109
Verse<00:32:04.670><c> 9.</c>

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Verse<00:32:05.410><c> 10.</c>

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If<00:32:06.230><c> statements</c><00:32:06.670><c> in</c><00:32:06.950><c> every</c><00:32:07.170><c> one</c><00:32:07.289><c> of</c><00:32:07.349><c> those</c><00:32:07.589><c> passages.</c>

00:32:08.490 --> 00:32:11.210
If<00:32:08.670><c> we</c><00:32:08.930><c> say</c><00:32:09.150><c> we</c><00:32:09.369><c> have</c><00:32:10.109><c> fellowship</c><00:32:10.589><c> with</c><00:32:10.890><c> him.</c>

00:32:11.529 --> 00:32:12.349
Of<00:32:11.789><c> course</c><00:32:11.990><c> we</c><00:32:12.190><c> do.</c>

00:32:12.349 --> 00:32:14.329
We're<00:32:12.490><c> all</c><00:32:12.670><c> here</c><00:32:12.829><c> this</c><00:32:13.009><c> morning</c><00:32:13.329><c> believing</c><00:32:13.730><c> that</c><00:32:13.930><c> we</c><00:32:13.970><c> are</c><00:32:14.170><c> in</c>

00:32:14.329 --> 00:32:16.349
fellowship<00:32:14.609><c> with</c><00:32:14.829><c> him.</c>

00:32:16.650 --> 00:32:21.109
And<00:32:16.650><c> walk</c><00:32:16.890><c> in</c><00:32:17.170><c> darkness</c><00:32:17.829><c> we</c><00:32:18.369><c> lie</c><00:32:18.890><c> and</c><00:32:19.410><c> do</c><00:32:19.650><c> not</c><00:32:19.849><c> the</c><00:32:20.109><c> truth.</c>

00:32:21.950 --> 00:32:24.390
That<00:32:22.170><c> lays</c><00:32:22.410><c> some</c><00:32:22.730><c> responsibility</c><00:32:23.329><c> on</c><00:32:23.529><c> our</c><00:32:23.750><c> thinking</c><00:32:23.990><c> doesn't</c><00:32:24.269><c> it?</c>

00:32:24.450 --> 00:32:26.950
An<00:32:24.789><c> examination</c><00:32:25.250><c> of</c><00:32:25.890><c> conscience.</c>

00:32:27.250 --> 00:32:29.210
We're<00:32:27.410><c> going</c><00:32:27.529><c> to</c><00:32:27.809><c> examine</c><00:32:28.029><c> ourselves</c><00:32:28.509><c> very</c><00:32:28.849><c> shortly.</c>

00:32:29.690 --> 00:32:30.910
We<00:32:29.809><c> should</c><00:32:29.950><c> have</c><00:32:30.069><c> done</c><00:32:30.210><c> so</c><00:32:30.470><c> already.</c>

00:32:31.329 --> 00:32:34.230
But<00:32:31.470><c> we're</c><00:32:31.650><c> going</c><00:32:31.769><c> to</c><00:32:32.009><c> examine</c><00:32:32.250><c> ourselves</c><00:32:32.650><c> as</c><00:32:32.829><c> we</c><00:32:32.990><c> take</c><00:32:33.190><c> the</c><00:32:33.430><c> emblems.</c>

00:32:34.230 --> 00:32:36.269
We<00:32:34.609><c> claim</c><00:32:34.910><c> to</c><00:32:35.049><c> be</c><00:32:35.170><c> in</c><00:32:35.329><c> fellowship</c><00:32:35.609><c> with</c><00:32:35.829><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:36.390 --> 00:32:39.230
If<00:32:36.529><c> we're</c><00:32:36.869><c> walking</c><00:32:37.150><c> in</c><00:32:37.430><c> darkness</c><00:32:37.690><c> we</c><00:32:37.950><c> lie</c><00:32:38.250><c> and</c><00:32:38.390><c> we</c><00:32:38.509><c> do</c><00:32:38.650><c> not</c><00:32:38.809><c> the</c><00:32:39.029><c> truth.</c>

00:32:39.230 --> 00:32:43.470
If<00:32:39.809><c> we</c><00:32:40.049><c> walk</c><00:32:40.349><c> in</c><00:32:40.750><c> the</c><00:32:40.970><c> light</c><00:32:41.369><c> as</c><00:32:41.869><c> he</c><00:32:42.089><c> is</c><00:32:42.230><c> in</c><00:32:42.329><c> the</c><00:32:42.470><c> light</c><00:32:42.849><c> we</c><00:32:43.269><c> have</c>

00:32:43.470 --> 00:32:45.630
fellowship<00:32:43.809><c> with</c><00:32:44.430><c> one</c><00:32:44.650><c> another.</c>

00:32:45.930 --> 00:32:46.650
Verse<00:32:45.930><c> 8.</c>

00:32:46.890 --> 00:32:52.829
If<00:32:46.910><c> we</c><00:32:47.349><c> say</c><00:32:47.690><c> that</c><00:32:47.930><c> we</c><00:32:48.089><c> have</c><00:32:48.910><c> no</c><00:32:49.410><c> sin</c><00:32:49.849><c> we</c><00:32:50.769><c> deceive</c><00:32:51.269><c> ourselves</c><00:32:51.930><c> and</c><00:32:52.210><c> the</c><00:32:52.390><c> truth</c><00:32:52.589><c> is</c>

00:32:52.829 --> 00:32:54.170
not<00:32:52.970><c> in</c><00:32:53.109><c> us.</c>

00:32:54.750 --> 00:32:56.569
That<00:32:54.829><c> was</c><00:32:54.990><c> our</c><00:32:55.210><c> first</c><00:32:55.490><c> faithful</c><00:32:55.809><c> saying</c><00:32:56.109><c> yesterday.</c>

00:32:56.769 --> 00:32:58.710
Jesus<00:32:56.990><c> Christ</c><00:32:57.329><c> came</c><00:32:57.529><c> into</c><00:32:57.730><c> the</c><00:32:57.869><c> world</c><00:32:58.009><c> to</c><00:32:58.230><c> save</c><00:32:58.390><c> sinners.</c>

00:32:59.029 --> 00:33:01.329
We<00:32:59.190><c> are</c><00:32:59.529><c> not</c><00:32:59.789><c> righteous</c><00:33:00.190><c> people.</c>

00:33:01.890 --> 00:33:05.029
We<00:33:02.069><c> are</c><00:33:02.329><c> people</c><00:33:02.670><c> forgiven</c><00:33:03.230><c> by</c><00:33:03.529><c> the</c><00:33:03.710><c> mercy</c><00:33:04.009><c> and</c><00:33:04.210><c> grace</c><00:33:04.369><c> of</c><00:33:04.549><c> God.</c>

00:33:05.450 --> 00:33:07.009
But<00:33:05.650><c> we</c><00:33:05.809><c> are</c><00:33:06.049><c> not</c><00:33:06.269><c> righteous</c><00:33:06.609><c> people.</c>

00:33:07.009 --> 00:33:09.849
We<00:33:07.170><c> are</c><00:33:07.529><c> not</c><00:33:07.869><c> sinless</c><00:33:08.329><c> people</c><00:33:08.730><c> sitting</c><00:33:08.990><c> here</c><00:33:09.230><c> this</c><00:33:09.490><c> morning.</c>

00:33:10.130 --> 00:33:13.369
And<00:33:10.329><c> if</c><00:33:10.430><c> we</c><00:33:10.670><c> say</c><00:33:10.809><c> we</c><00:33:10.990><c> have</c><00:33:11.150><c> no</c><00:33:11.410><c> sin</c><00:33:11.609><c> we're</c><00:33:12.230><c> deceiving</c><00:33:12.690><c> ourselves.</c>

00:33:13.789 --> 00:33:17.529
We<00:33:14.029><c> haven't</c><00:33:14.329><c> looked</c><00:33:14.650><c> into</c><00:33:14.890><c> our</c><00:33:15.150><c> hearts</c><00:33:15.630><c> and</c><00:33:16.130><c> looked</c><00:33:16.349><c> at</c><00:33:16.549><c> ourselves</c><00:33:17.069><c> the</c>

00:33:17.529 --> 00:33:19.650
way<00:33:17.710><c> God</c><00:33:17.970><c> would</c><00:33:18.210><c> see</c><00:33:18.410><c> us.</c>

00:33:20.309 --> 00:33:21.869
So<00:33:20.529><c> there's</c><00:33:20.809><c> a</c><00:33:20.990><c> condition.</c>

00:33:21.950 --> 00:33:25.190
If<00:33:22.170><c> we</c><00:33:22.410><c> confess</c><00:33:22.829><c> our</c><00:33:23.130><c> sins</c><00:33:23.329><c> he</c><00:33:23.509><c> is</c><00:33:23.789><c> faithful</c><00:33:24.150><c> and</c><00:33:24.349><c> just</c><00:33:24.509><c> to</c><00:33:24.710><c> forgive</c><00:33:24.930><c> us</c>

00:33:25.190 --> 00:33:25.849
our<00:33:25.450><c> sins.</c>

00:33:26.170 --> 00:33:30.349
And<00:33:26.329><c> to</c><00:33:26.569><c> cleanse</c><00:33:26.809><c> us</c><00:33:27.470><c> from</c><00:33:27.950><c> all</c><00:33:28.230><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:33:30.990 --> 00:33:33.829
Sins<00:33:31.529><c> confessed</c><00:33:32.069><c> are</c><00:33:33.069><c> sins</c><00:33:33.309><c> forgiven.</c>

00:33:33.829 --> 00:33:36.329
That's<00:33:34.609><c> the</c><00:33:34.710><c> condition.</c>

00:33:37.769 --> 00:33:39.150
Absolutely<00:33:38.009><c> critical</c><00:33:38.589><c> condition.</c>

00:33:39.630 --> 00:33:44.170
Have<00:33:39.730><c> you</c><00:33:39.849><c> ever</c><00:33:40.069><c> thought</c><00:33:40.490><c> of</c><00:33:41.289><c> your</c><00:33:41.809><c> personal</c><00:33:42.250><c> confession</c><00:33:42.890><c> of</c><00:33:43.250><c> sins?</c>

00:33:44.809 --> 00:33:48.630
Not<00:33:44.910><c> in</c><00:33:45.069><c> the</c><00:33:45.190><c> Catholic</c><00:33:45.450><c> sense</c><00:33:45.890><c> where</c><00:33:46.210><c> one</c><00:33:46.450><c> would</c><00:33:46.609><c> go</c><00:33:46.910><c> to</c><00:33:47.150><c> a</c><00:33:47.690><c> priest</c><00:33:48.170><c> in</c>

00:33:48.630 --> 00:33:51.430
some<00:33:48.890><c> little</c><00:33:49.170><c> booth</c><00:33:49.470><c> and</c><00:33:49.910><c> recite</c><00:33:50.269><c> these</c><00:33:50.589><c> verbally.</c>

00:33:51.490 --> 00:33:55.970
But<00:33:51.750><c> just</c><00:33:52.009><c> to</c><00:33:52.210><c> have</c><00:33:52.349><c> a</c><00:33:52.589><c> good</c><00:33:52.789><c> honest</c><00:33:53.289><c> introspection</c><00:33:54.049><c> and</c><00:33:54.269><c> be</c><00:33:54.430><c> able</c><00:33:54.609><c> to</c><00:33:54.789><c> say</c><00:33:55.069><c> I</c>

00:33:55.970 --> 00:33:56.890
know<00:33:56.289><c> I'm</c><00:33:56.549><c> this</c><00:33:56.789><c> way.</c>

00:33:56.910 --> 00:33:58.289
I<00:33:57.170><c> know</c><00:33:57.450><c> I</c><00:33:57.670><c> have</c><00:33:57.789><c> this</c><00:33:58.049><c> weakness.</c>

00:33:58.369 --> 00:33:59.829
I<00:33:58.509><c> need</c><00:33:58.769><c> help</c><00:33:59.029><c> with</c><00:33:59.230><c> this</c><00:33:59.430><c> problem.</c>

00:33:59.829 --> 00:34:03.869
I<00:34:00.769><c> continue</c><00:34:01.210><c> to</c><00:34:01.509><c> fail</c><00:34:01.769><c> in</c><00:34:01.890><c> this</c><00:34:02.089><c> area</c><00:34:02.309><c> of</c><00:34:02.490><c> my</c><00:34:02.670><c> life.</c>

00:34:04.369 --> 00:34:05.329
And<00:34:04.470><c> say</c><00:34:04.569><c> that</c><00:34:04.769><c> to</c><00:34:04.890><c> God.</c>

00:34:05.809 --> 00:34:08.730
And<00:34:05.890><c> perhaps</c><00:34:06.210><c> say</c><00:34:06.470><c> that</c><00:34:06.650><c> to</c><00:34:06.869><c> others</c><00:34:07.109><c> that</c><00:34:07.289><c> you</c><00:34:07.430><c> can</c><00:34:07.730><c> trust</c><00:34:08.070><c> to</c>

00:34:08.730 --> 00:34:10.510
help<00:34:09.030><c> you</c><00:34:09.230><c> with</c><00:34:09.349><c> this</c><00:34:09.570><c> issue.</c>

00:34:10.690 --> 00:34:12.809
Confession<00:34:11.090><c> of</c><00:34:11.369><c> sin</c><00:34:11.570><c> is</c><00:34:11.909><c> very</c><00:34:12.250><c> important.</c>

00:34:13.190 --> 00:34:16.929
If<00:34:13.289><c> we</c><00:34:13.510><c> confess</c><00:34:14.010><c> our</c><00:34:14.329><c> sins</c><00:34:14.650><c> he</c><00:34:15.050><c> is</c><00:34:15.329><c> faithful</c><00:34:15.690><c> and</c><00:34:15.929><c> just</c><00:34:16.090><c> to</c><00:34:16.309><c> forgive</c><00:34:16.510><c> us</c>

00:34:16.929 --> 00:34:18.070
our<00:34:17.150><c> sins.</c>

00:34:18.889 --> 00:34:21.869
If<00:34:19.010><c> we</c><00:34:19.250><c> say</c><00:34:19.369><c> we</c><00:34:19.550><c> have</c><00:34:19.710><c> not</c><00:34:20.030><c> sinned</c><00:34:20.289><c> we</c><00:34:20.489><c> make</c><00:34:20.730><c> him</c><00:34:20.909><c> a</c><00:34:21.110><c> liar</c><00:34:21.369><c> and</c>

00:34:21.869 --> 00:34:22.869
his<00:34:22.090><c> word</c><00:34:22.230><c> is</c><00:34:22.429><c> not</c><00:34:22.570><c> in</c><00:34:22.690><c> us.</c>

00:34:22.869 --> 00:34:24.449
That<00:34:23.030><c> comes</c><00:34:23.250><c> back</c><00:34:23.530><c> again.</c>

00:34:24.929 --> 00:34:26.429
If<00:34:25.090><c> we</c><00:34:25.309><c> say</c><00:34:25.389><c> we</c><00:34:25.530><c> have</c><00:34:25.690><c> no</c><00:34:26.030><c> sin.</c>

00:34:26.429 --> 00:34:29.510
Imagine<00:34:27.369><c> that</c><00:34:27.610><c> being</c><00:34:27.869><c> twice</c><00:34:28.409><c> in</c><00:34:28.869><c> this</c><00:34:29.110><c> list</c><00:34:29.329><c> here.</c>

00:34:29.769 --> 00:34:34.090
It<00:34:29.789><c> must</c><00:34:30.130><c> be</c><00:34:30.710><c> a</c><00:34:30.849><c> weakness</c><00:34:31.190><c> of</c><00:34:31.510><c> disciples</c><00:34:32.250><c> to</c><00:34:32.929><c> deny</c><00:34:33.590><c> that</c><00:34:33.949><c> they</c>

00:34:34.090 --> 00:34:35.250
are<00:34:34.309><c> sinful.</c>

00:34:36.230 --> 00:34:37.230
It<00:34:36.469><c> must</c><00:34:36.730><c> be</c><00:34:36.949><c> a</c><00:34:37.030><c> weakness.</c>

00:34:37.329 --> 00:34:40.469
We<00:34:37.409><c> are</c><00:34:37.769><c> seeing</c><00:34:38.010><c> this</c><00:34:38.590><c> with</c><00:34:39.010><c> such</c><00:34:39.309><c> emphasis.</c>

00:34:42.550 --> 00:34:45.809
It's<00:34:42.789><c> not</c><00:34:42.929><c> that</c><00:34:43.090><c> we</c><00:34:43.210><c> deny</c><00:34:43.610><c> that</c><00:34:44.349><c> we're</c><00:34:45.070><c> not</c><00:34:45.389><c> sinners.</c>

00:34:46.090 --> 00:34:49.110
We<00:34:46.230><c> would</c><00:34:46.469><c> all</c><00:34:46.730><c> assent</c><00:34:47.030><c> that</c><00:34:47.289><c> we</c><00:34:47.530><c> are</c><00:34:47.750><c> sinners</c><00:34:48.050><c> in</c><00:34:48.230><c> a</c><00:34:48.369><c> generic</c><00:34:48.710><c> sense.</c>

00:34:49.269 --> 00:34:54.190
We're<00:34:49.429><c> weak</c><00:34:49.710><c> and</c><00:34:49.889><c> we</c><00:34:50.650><c> have</c><00:34:50.809><c> mortal</c><00:34:51.190><c> flesh</c><00:34:51.650><c> and</c><00:34:51.949><c> we</c><00:34:52.030><c> have</c><00:34:52.429><c> tendencies</c><00:34:52.809><c> to</c><00:34:53.050><c> do</c><00:34:53.210><c> wrong.</c>

00:34:54.590 --> 00:34:55.630
But<00:34:54.809><c> we</c><00:34:54.969><c> are</c><00:34:55.230><c> sinners.</c>

00:34:55.630 --> 00:35:01.349
We<00:34:56.329><c> do</c><00:34:56.769><c> bad</c><00:34:57.110><c> things</c><00:34:57.829><c> that</c><00:34:58.449><c> displease</c><00:34:59.050><c> God</c><00:34:59.550><c> all</c><00:35:00.110><c> the</c><00:35:00.349><c> time.</c>

00:35:01.650 --> 00:35:04.750
We<00:35:01.869><c> need</c><00:35:02.030><c> to</c><00:35:02.269><c> find</c><00:35:02.389><c> out</c><00:35:02.489><c> what</c><00:35:02.550><c> they</c><00:35:02.750><c> are</c><00:35:03.289><c> by</c><00:35:03.889><c> reading</c><00:35:04.230><c> the</c><00:35:04.469><c> word</c>

00:35:04.750 --> 00:35:06.230
and<00:35:05.090><c> measuring</c><00:35:05.449><c> our</c><00:35:05.730><c> conduct.</c>

00:35:06.550 --> 00:35:09.809
And<00:35:06.690><c> our</c><00:35:06.929><c> attitudes</c><00:35:07.329><c> and</c><00:35:07.610><c> behaviors</c><00:35:08.090><c> against</c><00:35:08.769><c> the</c><00:35:09.030><c> high</c><00:35:09.250><c> standards</c><00:35:09.630><c> that</c>

00:35:09.809 --> 00:35:11.570
we<00:35:10.010><c> see</c><00:35:10.190><c> here.</c>

00:35:12.250 --> 00:35:13.849
So<00:35:12.489><c> our</c><00:35:12.750><c> point</c><00:35:12.929><c> then</c><00:35:13.110><c> in</c><00:35:13.230><c> looking</c><00:35:13.449><c> at</c><00:35:13.690><c> that.</c>

00:35:13.849 --> 00:35:17.510
The<00:35:14.050><c> if</c><00:35:14.909><c> passages</c><00:35:15.530><c> in</c><00:35:15.929><c> Colossians</c><00:35:16.449><c> and</c><00:35:16.670><c> the</c><00:35:16.889><c> if</c><00:35:17.150><c> statements</c>

00:35:17.510 --> 00:35:19.030
here<00:35:18.010><c> in</c><00:35:18.329><c> 1st</c><00:35:18.730><c> John.</c>

00:35:19.030 --> 00:35:25.630
Is<00:35:19.510><c> that</c><00:35:20.230><c> whatever</c><00:35:20.809><c> the</c><00:35:21.150><c> source</c><00:35:21.510><c> of</c><00:35:21.769><c> this</c><00:35:22.030><c> passage</c><00:35:22.570><c> in</c><00:35:23.650><c> 2nd</c><00:35:24.050><c> Timothy</c><00:35:24.289><c> chapter</c><00:35:24.789><c> 2.</c>

00:35:26.289 --> 00:35:30.030
Paul<00:35:26.289><c> is</c><00:35:26.590><c> picking</c><00:35:26.829><c> up</c><00:35:27.190><c> here</c><00:35:27.449><c> something</c><00:35:27.750><c> which</c><00:35:27.969><c> is</c><00:35:28.309><c> very</c><00:35:28.730><c> very</c><00:35:29.030><c> important.</c>

00:35:30.090 --> 00:35:34.510
If<00:35:30.230><c> we</c><00:35:30.530><c> be</c><00:35:30.769><c> dead</c><00:35:30.909><c> with</c><00:35:31.170><c> him</c><00:35:31.570><c> we</c><00:35:32.050><c> shall</c><00:35:32.289><c> also</c><00:35:32.789><c> reign</c><00:35:33.030><c> with</c><00:35:33.289><c> him.</c>

00:35:37.909 --> 00:35:41.449
Now<00:35:38.590><c> I'd</c><00:35:39.269><c> like</c><00:35:39.369><c> to</c><00:35:39.550><c> just</c><00:35:39.730><c> remind</c><00:35:40.090><c> you</c><00:35:40.269><c> that</c><00:35:40.429><c> Paul</c><00:35:40.769><c> is</c><00:35:41.090><c> writing</c>

00:35:41.449 --> 00:35:43.909
to<00:35:42.130><c> an</c><00:35:42.389><c> experienced</c><00:35:42.869><c> disciple.</c>

00:35:44.130 --> 00:35:46.849
He's<00:35:44.530><c> not</c><00:35:44.710><c> writing</c><00:35:44.929><c> to</c><00:35:45.150><c> someone</c><00:35:45.429><c> who</c><00:35:45.730><c> needs</c><00:35:46.070><c> to</c><00:35:46.289><c> be</c><00:35:46.489><c> nurtured</c>

00:35:46.849 --> 00:35:47.969
in<00:35:47.010><c> the</c><00:35:47.210><c> first</c><00:35:47.429><c> principles.</c>

00:35:47.969 --> 00:35:52.889
And<00:35:48.210><c> just</c><00:35:49.210><c> taken</c><00:35:49.670><c> from</c><00:35:50.489><c> rudimentary</c><00:35:51.130><c> knowledge</c><00:35:51.570><c> to</c><00:35:52.309><c> know</c><00:35:52.750><c> a</c>

00:35:52.889 --> 00:35:54.289
little<00:35:53.070><c> bit</c><00:35:53.269><c> more.</c>

00:35:54.369 --> 00:35:57.789
He's<00:35:54.530><c> dealing</c><00:35:54.750><c> with</c><00:35:54.949><c> a</c><00:35:55.110><c> man</c><00:35:55.369><c> who</c><00:35:55.750><c> has</c><00:35:55.989><c> very</c><00:35:56.449><c> important</c><00:35:57.050><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:35:57.849 --> 00:36:00.110
He's<00:35:58.130><c> an</c><00:35:58.309><c> experienced</c><00:35:59.010><c> disciple.</c>

00:36:00.989 --> 00:36:04.590
And<00:36:01.110><c> yet</c><00:36:01.190><c> he's</c><00:36:01.449><c> reminding</c><00:36:01.769><c> him</c><00:36:02.030><c> now</c><00:36:02.570><c> through</c><00:36:02.929><c> this</c><00:36:03.210><c> passage</c><00:36:03.750><c> of</c><00:36:04.389><c> a</c>

00:36:04.590 --> 00:36:05.650
very<00:36:04.949><c> great</c><00:36:05.230><c> principle.</c>

00:36:05.769 --> 00:36:07.489
If<00:36:05.969><c> we</c><00:36:06.150><c> be</c><00:36:06.349><c> dead</c><00:36:06.469><c> with</c><00:36:06.710><c> him.</c>

00:36:07.650 --> 00:36:08.849
Are<00:36:07.929><c> we</c><00:36:08.110><c> dead</c><00:36:08.269><c> with</c><00:36:08.510><c> Christ?</c>

00:36:08.909 --> 00:36:11.369
What<00:36:09.070><c> do</c><00:36:09.190><c> we</c><00:36:09.369><c> think</c><00:36:09.590><c> of</c><00:36:10.210><c> when</c><00:36:10.489><c> we</c><00:36:10.630><c> read</c><00:36:10.750><c> that</c><00:36:11.050><c> phrase?</c>

00:36:11.469 --> 00:36:12.869
If<00:36:11.670><c> we</c><00:36:11.869><c> be</c><00:36:12.070><c> dead</c><00:36:12.250><c> with</c><00:36:12.489><c> him?</c>

00:36:12.869 --> 00:36:17.420
Well<00:36:14.130><c> the</c><00:36:14.269><c> passage</c><00:36:14.710><c> that</c><00:36:15.010><c> obviously</c><00:36:15.230><c> comes</c><00:36:15.530><c> to</c><00:36:15.769><c> mind</c><00:36:15.969><c> is</c><00:36:16.190><c> Romans</c><00:36:16.510><c> 6.</c>

00:36:24.130 --> 00:36:30.849
Romans<00:36:24.449><c> chapter</c><00:36:25.449><c> 6</c><00:36:26.789><c> verse</c><00:36:28.869><c> 3.</c>

00:36:33.289 --> 00:36:38.130
Know<00:36:33.309><c> ye</c><00:36:33.590><c> not</c><00:36:34.070><c> that</c><00:36:34.869><c> so</c><00:36:35.170><c> many</c><00:36:35.409><c> of</c><00:36:35.630><c> us</c><00:36:36.170><c> as</c><00:36:36.590><c> were</c><00:36:36.989><c> baptized</c><00:36:37.730><c> into</c>

00:36:38.130 --> 00:36:42.010
Jesus<00:36:38.570><c> Christ</c><00:36:38.989><c> were</c><00:36:39.190><c> baptized</c><00:36:39.989><c> into</c><00:36:40.730><c> his</c><00:36:41.090><c> death.</c>

00:36:42.010 --> 00:36:46.170
Therefore,<00:36:44.610><c> you</c><00:36:44.730><c> know</c><00:36:44.929><c> the</c><00:36:45.110><c> principle</c><00:36:45.409><c> of</c><00:36:45.670><c> baptism</c><00:36:45.909><c> and</c><00:36:46.050><c> what</c>

00:36:46.170 --> 00:36:48.610
it's<00:36:46.710><c> supposed</c><00:36:46.929><c> to</c><00:36:47.210><c> do.</c>

00:36:48.650 --> 00:36:52.650
But<00:36:49.010><c> the</c><00:36:49.329><c> consequence</c><00:36:49.869><c> is</c><00:36:50.389><c> therefore</c><00:36:51.150><c> we</c><00:36:51.469><c> are</c><00:36:51.789><c> buried</c><00:36:52.170><c> with</c>

00:36:52.650 --> 00:36:55.869
him<00:36:52.849><c> by</c><00:36:53.250><c> baptism</c><00:36:53.829><c> into</c><00:36:54.690><c> death.</c>

00:36:56.070 --> 00:36:57.670
And<00:36:56.269><c> here's</c><00:36:56.409><c> what</c><00:36:56.550><c> it</c><00:36:56.769><c> means.</c>

00:36:57.829 --> 00:37:02.690
That<00:36:58.150><c> like</c><00:36:59.110><c> as</c><00:36:59.550><c> Christ</c><00:36:59.889><c> was</c><00:37:00.289><c> raised</c><00:37:00.610><c> up</c><00:37:00.909><c> from</c><00:37:01.150><c> the</c><00:37:01.349><c> dead</c><00:37:01.489><c> by</c><00:37:01.769><c> the</c><00:37:01.969><c> glory</c><00:37:02.349><c> of</c>

00:37:02.690 --> 00:37:03.489
the<00:37:02.889><c> father.</c>

00:37:03.630 --> 00:37:09.530
Even<00:37:04.269><c> so</c><00:37:04.769><c> we</c><00:37:05.190><c> also</c><00:37:05.889><c> should</c><00:37:06.309><c> walk</c><00:37:06.849><c> in</c><00:37:07.570><c> newness</c><00:37:08.090><c> of</c><00:37:08.429><c> life.</c>

00:37:10.070 --> 00:37:12.250
When<00:37:10.550><c> we're</c><00:37:10.789><c> baptized</c><00:37:11.190><c> we</c><00:37:11.309><c> don't</c><00:37:11.550><c> die.</c>

00:37:12.469 --> 00:37:13.489
Physically<00:37:12.869><c> don't</c><00:37:13.090><c> die.</c>

00:37:13.610 --> 00:37:16.550
We<00:37:13.710><c> come</c><00:37:13.929><c> back</c><00:37:14.250><c> as</c><00:37:15.090><c> breathing</c><00:37:15.489><c> people.</c>

00:37:16.949 --> 00:37:19.090
So<00:37:17.150><c> we're</c><00:37:17.449><c> still</c><00:37:17.690><c> the</c><00:37:17.849><c> same</c><00:37:18.050><c> people.</c>

00:37:19.409 --> 00:37:23.630
But<00:37:19.590><c> the</c><00:37:19.869><c> figure</c><00:37:20.269><c> is</c><00:37:20.650><c> teaching</c><00:37:20.909><c> us</c><00:37:21.210><c> that</c><00:37:21.389><c> we</c><00:37:21.530><c> should</c><00:37:21.690><c> be</c><00:37:22.110><c> a</c><00:37:22.429><c> new</c><00:37:22.590><c> person.</c>

00:37:23.730 --> 00:37:27.110
Had<00:37:23.849><c> we</c><00:37:24.130><c> stayed</c><00:37:24.369><c> under</c><00:37:24.590><c> the</c><00:37:24.809><c> water</c><00:37:25.110><c> we</c><00:37:25.630><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:25.829><c> have</c><00:37:26.070><c> survived.</c>

00:37:27.150 --> 00:37:29.329
And<00:37:27.309><c> so</c><00:37:27.570><c> the</c><00:37:28.170><c> symbol</c><00:37:28.489><c> there</c><00:37:28.769><c> is</c><00:37:28.949><c> valid.</c>

00:37:29.809 --> 00:37:31.309
It<00:37:29.889><c> was</c><00:37:30.010><c> like</c><00:37:30.250><c> Christ</c><00:37:30.530><c> going</c><00:37:30.789><c> into</c><00:37:30.989><c> the</c><00:37:31.190><c> grave.</c>

00:37:31.449 --> 00:37:33.409
Had<00:37:31.469><c> we</c><00:37:31.710><c> stayed</c><00:37:31.989><c> there</c><00:37:32.190><c> we'd</c><00:37:32.409><c> be</c><00:37:32.550><c> dead.</c>

00:37:33.570 --> 00:37:36.449
But<00:37:33.829><c> coming</c><00:37:34.070><c> out</c><00:37:34.369><c> we</c><00:37:34.510><c> now</c><00:37:34.710><c> have</c><00:37:34.869><c> a</c><00:37:34.969><c> new</c><00:37:35.110><c> life</c><00:37:35.429><c> as</c><00:37:35.710><c> Christ</c><00:37:36.170><c> was</c>

00:37:36.449 --> 00:37:37.230
raised<00:37:36.710><c> from</c><00:37:36.909><c> the</c><00:37:37.070><c> dead.</c>

00:37:37.230 --> 00:37:42.489
We<00:37:37.550><c> have</c><00:37:37.710><c> a</c><00:37:37.809><c> new</c><00:37:38.030><c> life</c><00:37:38.530><c> with</c><00:37:39.070><c> new</c><00:37:39.409><c> opportunities</c><00:37:40.150><c> and</c><00:37:40.829><c> new</c><00:37:41.170><c> responsibilities.</c>

00:37:44.269 --> 00:37:47.070
So<00:37:44.510><c> the</c><00:37:44.949><c> figure</c><00:37:45.230><c> I</c><00:37:45.429><c> believe</c><00:37:45.650><c> is</c><00:37:45.829><c> very</c><00:37:46.349><c> simple</c><00:37:46.670><c> then.</c>

00:37:47.309 --> 00:37:54.969
If<00:37:47.869><c> we</c><00:37:49.170><c> are</c><00:37:49.449><c> dead</c><00:37:49.630><c> with</c><00:37:49.849><c> Christ</c><00:37:50.309><c> then</c><00:37:50.929><c> we</c><00:37:51.429><c> will</c><00:37:51.750><c> walk</c><00:37:52.610><c> in</c><00:37:53.190><c> newness</c><00:37:53.590><c> of</c><00:37:53.889><c> life.</c>

00:37:56.769 --> 00:38:03.909
Now<00:37:56.889><c> going</c><00:37:56.989><c> back</c><00:37:57.409><c> to</c><00:37:57.690><c> 2</c><00:37:57.909><c> Timothy</c><00:37:58.650><c> we</c><00:38:00.769><c> see</c><00:38:01.090><c> then</c><00:38:02.070><c> the</c><00:38:03.289><c> assurance</c>

00:38:03.909 --> 00:38:05.929
that's<00:38:04.510><c> given</c><00:38:04.849><c> by</c><00:38:05.349><c> the</c><00:38:05.530><c> apostle.</c>

00:38:05.929 --> 00:38:10.789
If<00:38:06.190><c> we</c><00:38:06.409><c> be</c><00:38:06.690><c> dead</c><00:38:06.889><c> with</c><00:38:07.150><c> him</c><00:38:07.530><c> we</c><00:38:08.070><c> shall</c><00:38:08.409><c> also</c><00:38:09.469><c> live</c><00:38:09.730><c> with</c><00:38:10.050><c> him.</c>

00:38:11.030 --> 00:38:14.489
Live<00:38:11.190><c> with</c><00:38:11.530><c> him</c><00:38:12.230><c> now</c><00:38:12.989><c> in</c><00:38:13.610><c> this</c><00:38:13.969><c> life.</c>

00:38:14.969 --> 00:38:18.429
And<00:38:15.150><c> live</c><00:38:15.269><c> with</c><00:38:15.489><c> him</c><00:38:15.750><c> in</c><00:38:15.949><c> the</c><00:38:16.190><c> future</c><00:38:16.670><c> if</c><00:38:17.130><c> we</c><00:38:17.309><c> are</c><00:38:17.510><c> faithful.</c>

00:38:18.889 --> 00:38:20.530
We're<00:38:19.130><c> walking</c><00:38:19.469><c> in</c><00:38:19.670><c> newness</c><00:38:19.909><c> of</c><00:38:20.150><c> life.</c>

00:38:21.010 --> 00:38:24.230
We're<00:38:21.250><c> walking</c><00:38:21.670><c> as</c><00:38:22.250><c> Christ's</c><00:38:22.869><c> men</c><00:38:23.090><c> and</c><00:38:23.329><c> women.</c>

00:38:25.389 --> 00:38:27.469
You<00:38:25.510><c> see</c><00:38:25.630><c> what</c><00:38:26.610><c> Paul</c><00:38:26.929><c> is</c><00:38:27.170><c> saying</c><00:38:27.289><c> there.</c>

00:38:27.670 --> 00:38:30.730
There's<00:38:27.969><c> a</c><00:38:28.110><c> powerful</c><00:38:29.250><c> implication</c><00:38:30.050><c> of</c><00:38:30.230><c> that</c><00:38:30.489><c> statement.</c>

00:38:30.789 --> 00:38:34.789
It's<00:38:31.010><c> not</c><00:38:31.150><c> just</c><00:38:31.489><c> a</c><00:38:32.230><c> nice</c><00:38:32.889><c> pleasant</c><00:38:33.730><c> poetic</c><00:38:34.210><c> phrase.</c>

00:38:34.789 --> 00:38:39.730
He's<00:38:35.530><c> drawing</c><00:38:35.889><c> on</c><00:38:36.170><c> some</c><00:38:36.489><c> very</c><00:38:36.889><c> deep</c><00:38:37.230><c> roots</c><00:38:37.750><c> of</c><00:38:39.250><c> fundamental</c>

00:38:39.730 --> 00:38:40.429
doctrine<00:38:40.170><c> here.</c>

00:38:40.550 --> 00:38:43.510
If<00:38:40.630><c> we</c><00:38:40.829><c> be</c><00:38:41.030><c> dead</c><00:38:41.150><c> with</c><00:38:41.309><c> him</c><00:38:41.510><c> and</c><00:38:41.650><c> we</c><00:38:41.949><c> are,</c><00:38:42.130><c> we</c><00:38:42.329><c> claim</c><00:38:42.570><c> to</c><00:38:42.849><c> be,</c><00:38:43.389><c> we</c>

00:38:43.510 --> 00:38:44.489
believe<00:38:43.909><c> we</c><00:38:44.150><c> are,</c>

00:38:44.730 --> 00:38:47.329
then<00:38:44.949><c> there</c><00:38:45.150><c> are</c><00:38:45.309><c> implications</c><00:38:45.889><c> and</c><00:38:46.150><c> we</c><00:38:46.389><c> shall</c><00:38:46.550><c> live</c><00:38:46.750><c> with</c><00:38:47.010><c> him.</c>

00:38:47.630 --> 00:38:50.269
Now<00:38:48.150><c> we</c><00:38:48.289><c> will</c><00:38:48.530><c> live</c><00:38:48.670><c> with</c><00:38:48.929><c> him</c><00:38:49.110><c> in</c><00:38:49.309><c> the</c><00:38:49.489><c> way</c><00:38:49.650><c> of</c><00:38:49.829><c> life</c><00:38:50.010><c> which</c>

00:38:50.269 --> 00:38:51.849
he's<00:38:51.170><c> shown</c><00:38:51.369><c> us.</c>

00:38:52.230 --> 00:38:54.690
And<00:38:52.570><c> we</c><00:38:52.690><c> will</c><00:38:52.869><c> live</c><00:38:53.030><c> with</c><00:38:53.250><c> him</c><00:38:53.349><c> in</c><00:38:53.469><c> the</c><00:38:53.610><c> future.</c>

00:38:56.250 --> 00:39:01.289
If<00:38:56.769><c> we</c><00:38:57.090><c> suffer</c><00:38:57.710><c> we</c><00:38:58.889><c> shall</c><00:38:59.289><c> also</c><00:38:59.949><c> reign</c><00:39:00.250><c> with</c><00:39:00.510><c> him.</c>

00:39:04.809 --> 00:39:11.309
Suffering,<00:39:05.309><c> effort,</c><00:39:06.710><c> inconvenience,</c><00:39:09.809><c> living</c><00:39:10.010><c> other</c><00:39:11.150><c> than</c>

00:39:11.309 --> 00:39:14.050
the<00:39:11.409><c> way</c><00:39:11.630><c> we</c><00:39:11.789><c> would</c><00:39:12.170><c> prefer</c><00:39:12.650><c> to</c><00:39:12.909><c> live</c>

00:39:14.570 --> 00:39:16.869
is<00:39:15.070><c> implied</c><00:39:15.550><c> in</c><00:39:15.730><c> the</c><00:39:15.969><c> examples</c><00:39:16.329><c> that</c><00:39:16.510><c> were</c><00:39:16.630><c> given.</c>

00:39:17.110 --> 00:39:18.849
A<00:39:17.230><c> soldier</c><00:39:17.510><c> will</c><00:39:17.789><c> suffer.</c>

00:39:19.610 --> 00:39:20.510
A<00:39:19.809><c> soldier</c><00:39:19.829><c> is</c><00:39:20.010><c> going</c><00:39:20.130><c> to</c><00:39:20.369><c> suffer.</c>

00:39:20.550 --> 00:39:25.010
If<00:39:20.630><c> he's</c><00:39:20.829><c> really</c><00:39:21.329><c> involved</c><00:39:21.929><c> in</c><00:39:22.769><c> what</c><00:39:23.630><c> is</c><00:39:24.289><c> the</c><00:39:24.489><c> responsibility</c>

00:39:25.010 --> 00:39:25.489
of<00:39:25.190><c> a</c><00:39:25.309><c> soldier</c>

00:39:25.489 --> 00:39:28.130
he<00:39:25.630><c> can</c><00:39:25.869><c> count</c><00:39:26.130><c> on</c><00:39:26.429><c> suffering</c><00:39:26.769><c> of</c><00:39:26.969><c> some</c><00:39:27.190><c> form.</c>

00:39:28.670 --> 00:39:32.809
An<00:39:29.110><c> athlete</c><00:39:29.550><c> training</c><00:39:30.630><c> for</c><00:39:31.250><c> some</c><00:39:31.769><c> very</c><00:39:32.190><c> high</c><00:39:32.369><c> goal</c><00:39:32.530><c> is</c><00:39:32.690><c> going</c>

00:39:32.809 --> 00:39:33.190
to<00:39:33.010><c> suffer.</c>

00:39:33.269 --> 00:39:34.909
There's<00:39:33.469><c> going</c><00:39:33.590><c> to</c><00:39:33.670><c> be</c><00:39:33.869><c> pain.</c>

00:39:35.369 --> 00:39:36.610
That's<00:39:35.630><c> what</c><00:39:35.789><c> the</c><00:39:35.929><c> young</c><00:39:36.070><c> people</c><00:39:36.250><c> will</c><00:39:36.449><c> say.</c>

00:39:36.690 --> 00:39:38.130
No<00:39:36.849><c> pain,</c><00:39:37.110><c> no</c><00:39:37.329><c> gain.</c>

00:39:38.230 --> 00:39:39.190
You've<00:39:38.429><c> got</c><00:39:38.590><c> to</c><00:39:38.710><c> work</c><00:39:38.929><c> hard.</c>

00:39:39.309 --> 00:39:40.409
You've<00:39:39.409><c> got</c><00:39:39.469><c> to</c><00:39:39.690><c> stretch</c><00:39:39.969><c> the</c><00:39:40.170><c> muscles.</c>

00:39:40.469 --> 00:39:44.369
You've<00:39:40.750><c> got</c><00:39:40.750><c> to</c><00:39:41.170><c> feel</c><00:39:41.369><c> it</c><00:39:41.909><c> that</c><00:39:42.150><c> you</c><00:39:42.309><c> put</c><00:39:42.469><c> the</c><00:39:42.710><c> effort</c><00:39:42.909><c> in</c>

00:39:44.510 --> 00:39:47.750
and<00:39:44.949><c> in</c><00:39:45.389><c> time</c><00:39:45.889><c> there's</c><00:39:46.369><c> a</c><00:39:46.550><c> result</c><00:39:46.929><c> to</c><00:39:47.150><c> that</c><00:39:47.389><c> pain.</c>

00:39:48.190 --> 00:39:50.909
You<00:39:48.309><c> get</c><00:39:48.570><c> stronger</c><00:39:49.250><c> and</c><00:39:49.769><c> your</c><00:39:49.869><c> body</c><00:39:50.150><c> changes</c>

00:39:50.909 --> 00:39:53.289
so<00:39:51.369><c> that</c><00:39:51.489><c> you</c><00:39:51.590><c> can</c><00:39:51.789><c> achieve</c><00:39:52.050><c> the</c><00:39:52.230><c> goal</c><00:39:52.349><c> you're</c><00:39:52.550><c> setting</c><00:39:52.769><c> out</c><00:39:53.070><c> to.</c>

00:39:53.289 --> 00:39:56.530
The<00:39:54.010><c> farmer</c><00:39:54.469><c> has</c><00:39:54.809><c> to</c><00:39:55.170><c> endure</c><00:39:55.469><c> great</c><00:39:55.789><c> inconvenience</c>

00:39:56.530 --> 00:39:58.809
and<00:39:56.829><c> work</c><00:39:57.070><c> hard</c><00:39:57.329><c> when</c><00:39:57.449><c> he</c><00:39:57.550><c> doesn't</c><00:39:57.809><c> feel</c><00:39:58.070><c> like</c><00:39:58.349><c> it</c>

00:39:58.809 --> 00:40:00.809
and<00:39:58.909><c> when</c><00:39:58.969><c> he's</c><00:39:59.190><c> got</c><00:39:59.289><c> a</c><00:39:59.449><c> headache</c><00:39:59.710><c> and</c><00:39:59.849><c> when</c><00:39:59.929><c> his</c><00:40:00.130><c> back</c><00:40:00.349><c> hurts.</c>

00:40:01.110 --> 00:40:06.369
They<00:40:01.289><c> can't</c><00:40:01.550><c> say,</c><00:40:02.329><c> well,</c><00:40:02.630><c> I'll</c><00:40:03.150><c> just</c><00:40:03.829><c> take</c><00:40:04.590><c> a</c><00:40:04.849><c> sick</c><00:40:05.050><c> leave</c><00:40:05.309><c> day</c><00:40:05.630><c> today</c>

00:40:06.369 --> 00:40:10.690
because<00:40:07.250><c> it's</c><00:40:07.550><c> raining</c><00:40:07.809><c> outside</c><00:40:08.409><c> and</c><00:40:08.670><c> I</c><00:40:08.909><c> don't</c><00:40:09.190><c> feel</c><00:40:09.429><c> so</c><00:40:09.730><c> good.</c>

00:40:11.269 --> 00:40:14.110
There's<00:40:11.449><c> nobody</c><00:40:11.710><c> paying</c><00:40:11.989><c> his</c><00:40:12.389><c> sick</c><00:40:12.610><c> leave</c><00:40:13.050><c> when</c><00:40:13.650><c> the</c><00:40:13.969><c> field</c>

00:40:14.110 --> 00:40:16.030
is<00:40:14.389><c> there</c><00:40:14.630><c> to</c><00:40:14.809><c> be</c><00:40:15.030><c> tended.</c>

00:40:17.690 --> 00:40:22.710
There<00:40:18.250><c> is</c><00:40:18.809><c> suffering</c><00:40:19.190><c> involved</c><00:40:20.050><c> in</c><00:40:20.469><c> the</c><00:40:20.750><c> commitment</c><00:40:21.070><c> of</c><00:40:21.409><c> things</c><00:40:21.750><c> done</c><00:40:22.170><c> right</c>

00:40:22.710 --> 00:40:26.550
and<00:40:23.650><c> there</c><00:40:23.809><c> is</c><00:40:24.190><c> going</c><00:40:24.329><c> to</c><00:40:24.489><c> be</c><00:40:24.750><c> suffering</c><00:40:25.210><c> for</c><00:40:25.710><c> the</c><00:40:25.989><c> servant</c><00:40:26.269><c> of</c>

00:40:26.550 --> 00:40:28.409
the<00:40:26.750><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:29.389 --> 00:40:30.909
Different<00:40:29.590><c> kinds</c><00:40:29.849><c> of</c><00:40:30.110><c> suffering,</c><00:40:30.329><c> to</c><00:40:30.449><c> be</c><00:40:30.690><c> sure.</c>

00:40:30.909 --> 00:40:34.610
We're<00:40:31.090><c> not</c><00:40:31.369><c> thrown</c><00:40:31.650><c> in</c><00:40:31.789><c> this</c><00:40:32.070><c> age</c><00:40:32.650><c> into</c><00:40:33.489><c> the</c><00:40:34.269><c> arena</c>

00:40:34.610 --> 00:40:37.230
to<00:40:34.829><c> be</c><00:40:34.989><c> consumed</c><00:40:35.409><c> by</c><00:40:35.869><c> gladiators</c><00:40:36.469><c> or</c><00:40:36.750><c> lions.</c>

00:40:37.550 --> 00:40:38.510
But<00:40:37.750><c> there</c><00:40:37.949><c> is</c><00:40:38.170><c> suffering.</c>

00:40:38.530 --> 00:40:41.590
If<00:40:38.710><c> we</c><00:40:38.869><c> are</c><00:40:39.050><c> doing</c><00:40:39.329><c> the</c><00:40:39.570><c> work</c><00:40:39.889><c> of</c><00:40:40.170><c> Christ</c><00:40:40.869><c> today</c>

00:40:41.590 --> 00:40:46.230
we<00:40:42.210><c> are</c><00:40:42.369><c> going</c><00:40:42.610><c> to</c><00:40:42.889><c> feel</c><00:40:43.110><c> a</c><00:40:43.469><c> test</c><00:40:43.789><c> and</c><00:40:44.210><c> tension</c><00:40:44.630><c> in</c><00:40:44.869><c> our</c><00:40:45.050><c> lives.</c>

00:40:46.349 --> 00:40:48.409
And<00:40:46.469><c> sometimes</c><00:40:46.869><c> it</c><00:40:47.070><c> hurts.</c>

00:40:49.889 --> 00:40:53.110
1<00:40:50.070><c> Peter</c><00:40:50.510><c> chapter</c><00:40:51.230><c> 3.</c>

00:40:57.389 --> 00:40:59.590
We<00:40:57.489><c> don't</c><00:40:57.670><c> like</c><00:40:57.789><c> to</c><00:40:58.030><c> think</c><00:40:58.170><c> about</c><00:40:58.469><c> this.</c>

00:41:00.630 --> 00:41:03.309
We<00:41:00.750><c> like</c><00:41:00.989><c> generally</c><00:41:01.329><c> to</c><00:41:01.590><c> follow</c><00:41:01.769><c> that</c><00:41:02.030><c> path</c><00:41:02.309><c> of</c><00:41:02.530><c> least</c><00:41:02.750><c> resistance</c>

00:41:03.309 --> 00:41:06.250
where<00:41:03.570><c> we</c><00:41:03.809><c> avoid</c><00:41:04.170><c> pain</c><00:41:04.550><c> and</c><00:41:04.829><c> inconvenience.</c>

00:41:06.570 --> 00:41:07.889
But<00:41:06.730><c> look</c><00:41:06.909><c> at</c><00:41:07.030><c> this</c><00:41:07.230><c> passage.</c>

00:41:07.889 --> 00:41:13.690
1<00:41:08.550><c> Peter</c><00:41:10.150><c> chapter</c><00:41:11.869><c> 2.</c>

00:41:22.289 --> 00:41:27.989
We<00:41:23.030><c> know</c><00:41:23.769><c> that.</c>

00:41:28.210 --> 00:41:30.849
We<00:41:28.389><c> understand</c><00:41:28.969><c> his</c><00:41:29.329><c> work</c><00:41:29.630><c> on</c><00:41:29.889><c> the</c><00:41:30.070><c> cross.</c>

00:41:31.090 --> 00:41:32.639
He<00:41:31.110><c> suffered</c><00:41:31.429><c> for</c><00:41:31.769><c> us.</c>

00:41:32.809 --> 00:41:37.630
Leaving<00:41:33.190><c> us</c><00:41:33.909><c> an</c><00:41:34.210><c> example</c><00:41:34.849><c> that</c><00:41:35.150><c> you</c><00:41:35.369><c> should</c><00:41:35.650><c> follow</c><00:41:36.090><c> his</c><00:41:36.449><c> steps.</c>

00:41:38.269 --> 00:41:41.230
And<00:41:38.909><c> that's</c><00:41:39.250><c> the</c><00:41:39.389><c> difficult</c><00:41:39.710><c> part,</c><00:41:40.269><c> isn't</c><00:41:40.289><c> it?</c>

00:41:41.570 --> 00:41:43.230
He<00:41:41.829><c> suffered</c><00:41:42.170><c> for</c><00:41:42.530><c> us.</c>

00:41:43.530 --> 00:41:46.610
He's<00:41:43.829><c> accomplished</c><00:41:44.250><c> in</c><00:41:44.429><c> his</c><00:41:44.769><c> work</c><00:41:45.250><c> what</c><00:41:45.610><c> is</c><00:41:45.829><c> required</c><00:41:46.349><c> for</c>

00:41:46.610 --> 00:41:47.730
our<00:41:46.789><c> redemption.</c>

00:41:48.670 --> 00:41:49.789
But<00:41:48.889><c> it's</c><00:41:49.130><c> more</c><00:41:49.369><c> than</c><00:41:49.570><c> that.</c>

00:41:49.809 --> 00:41:52.070
He's<00:41:50.150><c> shown</c><00:41:50.369><c> us</c><00:41:50.630><c> what</c><00:41:50.789><c> we</c><00:41:50.949><c> can</c><00:41:51.110><c> expect</c><00:41:51.429><c> in</c><00:41:51.590><c> our</c><00:41:51.730><c> lives.</c>

00:41:52.150 --> 00:41:55.550
Not<00:41:52.329><c> that</c><00:41:52.449><c> we're</c><00:41:52.630><c> going</c><00:41:52.829><c> to</c><00:41:53.050><c> the</c><00:41:53.269><c> stake</c><00:41:53.530><c> and</c><00:41:54.130><c> be</c><00:41:54.389><c> crucified.</c>

00:41:56.570 --> 00:42:01.170
But<00:41:57.210><c> he</c><00:41:57.849><c> suffered</c><00:41:58.429><c> for</c><00:41:58.949><c> us</c><00:41:59.349><c> leaving</c><00:41:59.809><c> us</c><00:42:00.429><c> an</c><00:42:00.670><c> example.</c>

00:42:01.630 --> 00:42:04.849
And<00:42:01.949><c> I</c><00:42:02.269><c> believe</c><00:42:02.550><c> that</c><00:42:02.989><c> every</c><00:42:03.409><c> disciple</c><00:42:03.969><c> will</c><00:42:04.389><c> suffer</c>

00:42:04.849 --> 00:42:08.250
in<00:42:05.349><c> some</c><00:42:05.710><c> way</c><00:42:05.889><c> or</c><00:42:06.170><c> another</c><00:42:06.550><c> in</c><00:42:07.030><c> his</c><00:42:07.269><c> service</c><00:42:07.550><c> to</c><00:42:07.710><c> God.</c>

00:42:08.710 --> 00:42:10.190
Perhaps<00:42:08.929><c> not</c><00:42:09.230><c> physically.</c>

00:42:10.530 --> 00:42:14.030
But<00:42:10.690><c> certainly</c><00:42:11.170><c> in</c><00:42:12.130><c> some</c><00:42:12.530><c> form</c><00:42:12.969><c> of</c><00:42:13.329><c> anguish.</c>

00:42:14.449 --> 00:42:17.369
Mental<00:42:14.690><c> anguish</c><00:42:15.369><c> or</c><00:42:16.250><c> whatever.</c>

00:42:17.489 --> 00:42:20.929
A<00:42:17.750><c> tension</c><00:42:18.050><c> will</c><00:42:18.269><c> come</c><00:42:18.389><c> into</c><00:42:18.570><c> his</c><00:42:18.789><c> life</c><00:42:19.030><c> as</c><00:42:19.309><c> a</c><00:42:19.449><c> result</c><00:42:19.849><c> of</c><00:42:20.190><c> his</c>

00:42:20.929 --> 00:42:22.349
commitment<00:42:21.449><c> to</c><00:42:21.829><c> serve</c><00:42:22.050><c> God.</c>

00:42:22.489 --> 00:42:24.530
There's<00:42:22.849><c> going</c><00:42:23.030><c> to</c><00:42:23.230><c> be</c><00:42:23.409><c> a</c><00:42:23.670><c> testing.</c>

00:42:24.750 --> 00:42:26.570
There's<00:42:24.929><c> going</c><00:42:25.110><c> to</c><00:42:25.309><c> be</c><00:42:25.630><c> a</c><00:42:26.190><c> pull.</c>

00:42:26.909 --> 00:42:30.710
A<00:42:27.230><c> conflict</c><00:42:27.809><c> which</c><00:42:28.550><c> takes</c><00:42:28.809><c> place</c><00:42:29.150><c> which</c><00:42:29.309><c> is</c><00:42:29.489><c> going</c><00:42:29.630><c> to</c><00:42:29.869><c> hurt.</c>

00:42:31.170 --> 00:42:32.349
And<00:42:31.349><c> we</c><00:42:31.429><c> need</c><00:42:31.590><c> to</c><00:42:31.710><c> be</c><00:42:31.909><c> prepared</c><00:42:32.190><c> for</c><00:42:32.309><c> it.</c>

00:42:32.349 --> 00:42:33.670
We<00:42:32.449><c> need</c><00:42:32.610><c> to</c><00:42:32.789><c> expect</c><00:42:33.210><c> it.</c>

00:42:33.670 --> 00:42:36.909
We<00:42:34.530><c> read</c><00:42:34.730><c> it</c><00:42:34.909><c> again</c><00:42:35.150><c> yesterday</c><00:42:35.650><c> in</c><00:42:35.769><c> Mark</c><00:42:36.030><c> chapter</c><00:42:36.409><c> 10.</c>

00:42:37.269 --> 00:42:41.329
That<00:42:37.269><c> we'll</c><00:42:37.570><c> receive</c><00:42:38.250><c> a</c><00:42:38.610><c> hundred</c><00:42:38.869><c> fold</c><00:42:39.269><c> with</c><00:42:40.409><c> persecutions</c>

00:42:41.329 --> 00:42:42.789
in<00:42:41.510><c> this</c><00:42:41.769><c> life.</c>

00:42:43.210 --> 00:42:44.610
Maybe<00:42:43.349><c> not</c><00:42:43.590><c> physical</c><00:42:43.949><c> persecution.</c>

00:42:44.829 --> 00:42:48.130
But<00:42:44.889><c> if</c><00:42:45.090><c> we</c><00:42:45.269><c> are</c><00:42:45.469><c> living</c><00:42:45.809><c> and</c><00:42:46.230><c> shining</c><00:42:46.610><c> as</c><00:42:47.190><c> lights</c><00:42:47.409><c> in</c><00:42:47.590><c> the</c><00:42:47.789><c> world</c>

00:42:48.130 --> 00:42:52.949
we<00:42:48.630><c> are</c><00:42:48.929><c> going</c><00:42:49.090><c> to</c><00:42:49.349><c> feel</c><00:42:49.510><c> the</c><00:42:49.809><c> effects</c><00:42:50.210><c> of</c><00:42:50.909><c> that</c><00:42:51.349><c> holiness</c><00:42:51.789><c> and</c><00:42:52.309><c> separation</c>

00:42:52.949 --> 00:42:55.989
from<00:42:53.949><c> all</c><00:42:54.329><c> that</c><00:42:54.489><c> is</c><00:42:54.710><c> ungodly.</c>

00:42:57.269 --> 00:42:59.110
So<00:42:57.489><c> that</c><00:42:57.869><c> is</c><00:42:58.150><c> a</c><00:42:58.269><c> very</c><00:42:58.449><c> large</c><00:42:58.690><c> principle.</c>

00:42:59.230 --> 00:43:01.769
But<00:42:59.429><c> we</c><00:42:59.829><c> identify</c><00:43:00.309><c> it</c><00:43:00.510><c> there</c><00:43:00.730><c> simply</c><00:43:01.010><c> to</c><00:43:01.250><c> point</c><00:43:01.469><c> out</c>

00:43:01.769 --> 00:43:05.630
that<00:43:02.329><c> in</c><00:43:02.650><c> the</c><00:43:03.250><c> statement</c><00:43:03.550><c> given</c><00:43:04.050><c> by</c><00:43:05.050><c> the</c><00:43:05.250><c> apostle</c>

00:43:05.630 --> 00:43:08.369
if<00:43:05.889><c> we</c><00:43:06.170><c> suffer</c><00:43:06.570><c> we</c><00:43:07.130><c> shall</c><00:43:07.409><c> also</c><00:43:07.789><c> reign</c><00:43:07.989><c> with</c><00:43:08.210><c> him.</c>

00:43:08.429 --> 00:43:12.969
That<00:43:08.750><c> suffering</c><00:43:09.210><c> will</c><00:43:09.610><c> have</c><00:43:10.030><c> as</c><00:43:10.289><c> a</c><00:43:10.650><c> consequence</c><00:43:11.210><c> reward</c><00:43:12.250><c> in</c>

00:43:12.969 --> 00:43:14.510
the<00:43:13.190><c> final</c><00:43:13.429><c> analysis.</c>

00:43:15.369 --> 00:43:17.010
So<00:43:15.530><c> we</c><00:43:15.690><c> have</c><00:43:15.829><c> then</c><00:43:15.989><c> two</c><00:43:16.210><c> positive</c><00:43:16.610><c> statements.</c>

00:43:17.190 --> 00:43:19.389
If<00:43:17.230><c> we</c><00:43:17.409><c> be</c><00:43:17.590><c> dead</c><00:43:17.690><c> with</c><00:43:17.889><c> him</c><00:43:18.230><c> we</c><00:43:18.530><c> shall</c><00:43:18.670><c> live</c><00:43:18.849><c> with</c><00:43:19.090><c> him.</c>

00:43:19.570 --> 00:43:23.789
If<00:43:19.750><c> we</c><00:43:20.050><c> suffer</c><00:43:20.469><c> we</c><00:43:21.170><c> shall</c><00:43:21.550><c> also</c><00:43:22.269><c> reign</c><00:43:22.650><c> with</c><00:43:22.909><c> him.</c>

00:43:24.230 --> 00:43:29.409
Now<00:43:24.590><c> we</c><00:43:24.849><c> come</c><00:43:25.329><c> to</c><00:43:26.909><c> the</c><00:43:27.110><c> two</c><00:43:27.309><c> aspects</c><00:43:27.730><c> of</c><00:43:28.070><c> unfaithfulness.</c>

00:43:30.309 --> 00:43:33.250
And<00:43:30.929><c> there's</c><00:43:31.070><c> an</c><00:43:31.329><c> important</c><00:43:31.590><c> principle</c><00:43:31.969><c> here</c><00:43:32.210><c> just</c><00:43:32.409><c> to</c><00:43:32.670><c> observe</c>

00:43:33.250 --> 00:43:37.829
about<00:43:34.329><c> the</c><00:43:34.590><c> way</c><00:43:34.809><c> God</c><00:43:35.070><c> works</c><00:43:36.050><c> through</c><00:43:36.590><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:38.389 --> 00:43:42.590
We<00:43:38.550><c> tend</c><00:43:38.809><c> to</c><00:43:39.130><c> think</c><00:43:39.389><c> of</c><00:43:39.730><c> the</c><00:43:39.969><c> assurance</c><00:43:40.550><c> of</c><00:43:41.269><c> God</c><00:43:41.769><c> in</c><00:43:42.369><c> keeping</c>

00:43:42.590 --> 00:43:43.269
his<00:43:42.889><c> promises.</c>

00:43:43.349 --> 00:43:46.730
When<00:43:43.650><c> God</c><00:43:43.949><c> makes</c><00:43:44.210><c> a</c><00:43:44.530><c> promise</c><00:43:44.809><c> it's</c><00:43:45.429><c> going</c><00:43:45.570><c> to</c><00:43:45.889><c> happen.</c>

00:43:46.769 --> 00:43:47.389
Absolutely.

00:43:47.730 --> 00:43:51.090
What<00:43:47.909><c> God</c><00:43:48.329><c> promised</c><00:43:48.610><c> to</c><00:43:48.869><c> Abraham</c><00:43:49.329><c> is</c><00:43:49.969><c> going</c><00:43:50.090><c> to</c><00:43:50.269><c> be</c><00:43:50.449><c> fulfilled</c>

00:43:51.090 --> 00:43:53.570
exactly<00:43:51.949><c> as</c><00:43:52.170><c> God</c><00:43:52.469><c> promised.</c>

00:43:54.050 --> 00:43:58.710
And<00:43:54.469><c> that's</c><00:43:54.769><c> a</c><00:43:54.889><c> matter</c><00:43:55.050><c> of</c><00:43:55.289><c> great</c><00:43:55.610><c> strength</c><00:43:56.289><c> and</c><00:43:56.969><c> comfort</c><00:43:57.210><c> to</c><00:43:57.510><c> us.</c>

00:43:59.210 --> 00:44:02.750
But<00:43:59.750><c> there's</c><00:43:59.969><c> two</c><00:44:00.250><c> sides</c><00:44:01.110><c> of</c><00:44:01.750><c> God.</c>

00:44:02.909 --> 00:44:07.289
There's<00:44:03.110><c> the</c><00:44:03.269><c> goodness</c><00:44:03.510><c> of</c><00:44:03.789><c> God</c><00:44:04.269><c> and</c><00:44:04.949><c> the</c><00:44:05.489><c> severity</c><00:44:05.889><c> of</c><00:44:06.190><c> God.</c>

00:44:08.170 --> 00:44:12.789
And<00:44:08.349><c> God's</c><00:44:09.329><c> promises</c><00:44:09.329><c> to</c><00:44:10.010><c> keep</c><00:44:10.809><c> what</c><00:44:11.190><c> is</c><00:44:11.449><c> good</c><00:44:11.809><c> and</c><00:44:12.150><c> beneficial</c>

00:44:12.789 --> 00:44:15.570
will<00:44:13.570><c> absolutely</c><00:44:14.150><c> take</c><00:44:14.469><c> place.</c>

00:44:16.369 --> 00:44:21.710
And<00:44:16.570><c> God's</c><00:44:17.070><c> promises</c><00:44:17.489><c> to</c><00:44:17.949><c> punish</c><00:44:18.909><c> those</c><00:44:20.110><c> who</c><00:44:20.289><c> are</c><00:44:20.449><c> disobedient</c>

00:44:21.789 --> 00:44:24.929
will<00:44:22.289><c> just</c><00:44:22.670><c> as</c><00:44:22.929><c> assuredly</c><00:44:23.670><c> take</c><00:44:23.929><c> place.</c>

00:44:25.329 --> 00:44:27.929
So<00:44:25.849><c> God</c><00:44:26.050><c> is</c><00:44:26.250><c> not</c><00:44:26.409><c> just</c><00:44:26.670><c> faithful</c><00:44:27.010><c> on</c><00:44:27.170><c> the</c><00:44:27.329><c> one</c><00:44:27.550><c> side</c>

00:44:27.929 --> 00:44:31.050
on<00:44:28.650><c> the</c><00:44:29.050><c> matters</c><00:44:29.329><c> that</c><00:44:29.650><c> are</c><00:44:29.909><c> beneficial</c><00:44:30.289><c> to</c><00:44:30.630><c> us.</c>

00:44:31.250 --> 00:44:36.449
He<00:44:31.429><c> is</c><00:44:31.789><c> going</c><00:44:32.050><c> to</c><00:44:32.389><c> keep</c><00:44:32.949><c> his</c><00:44:33.429><c> promise</c><00:44:34.050><c> to</c><00:44:34.929><c> punish</c><00:44:35.230><c> those</c><00:44:35.590><c> who</c><00:44:35.869><c> disobey.</c>

00:44:36.670 --> 00:44:42.610
And<00:44:36.849><c> where</c><00:44:37.050><c> retribution</c><00:44:37.789><c> is</c><00:44:39.449><c> required</c><00:44:40.989><c> then</c><00:44:42.110><c> that</c><00:44:42.289><c> will</c><00:44:42.469><c> be</c>

00:44:42.610 --> 00:44:43.869
put<00:44:42.730><c> in</c><00:44:42.969><c> effect.</c>

00:44:44.389 --> 00:44:47.409
So<00:44:44.570><c> there's</c><00:44:44.809><c> the</c><00:44:45.010><c> two</c><00:44:45.210><c> sides</c><00:44:45.630><c> and</c><00:44:46.030><c> the</c><00:44:46.369><c> assurance</c><00:44:46.829><c> to</c><00:44:47.070><c> us</c><00:44:47.269><c> on</c>

00:44:47.409 --> 00:44:48.929
the<00:44:47.590><c> one</c><00:44:47.809><c> is</c><00:44:48.230><c> very</c><00:44:48.550><c> comforting.</c>

00:44:49.110 --> 00:44:51.610
But<00:44:49.469><c> we</c><00:44:49.750><c> need</c><00:44:49.949><c> to</c><00:44:50.110><c> be</c><00:44:50.369><c> warned</c><00:44:50.630><c> by</c><00:44:50.969><c> the</c><00:44:51.110><c> other</c><00:44:51.349><c> side.</c>

00:44:51.610 --> 00:44:52.690
And<00:44:51.789><c> that's</c><00:44:51.909><c> what</c><00:44:52.010><c> we</c><00:44:52.190><c> now</c><00:44:52.409><c> have.</c>

00:44:52.690 --> 00:44:57.090
If<00:44:53.170><c> we</c><00:44:53.389><c> deny</c><00:44:53.809><c> him,</c><00:44:54.730><c> he</c><00:44:54.929><c> also</c><00:44:55.409><c> will</c><00:44:55.829><c> deny</c><00:44:56.110><c> us.</c>

00:44:57.130 --> 00:44:59.309
It's<00:44:57.329><c> wonderful</c><00:44:57.730><c> to</c><00:44:58.010><c> think</c><00:44:58.170><c> that</c><00:44:58.329><c> if</c><00:44:58.449><c> we</c><00:44:58.570><c> be</c><00:44:58.750><c> dead</c><00:44:58.849><c> with</c><00:44:59.030><c> him</c>

00:44:59.309 --> 00:45:00.590
we<00:44:59.570><c> shall</c><00:44:59.789><c> also</c><00:45:00.050><c> live</c><00:45:00.210><c> with</c><00:45:00.449><c> him.</c>

00:45:00.590 --> 00:45:01.409
That<00:45:00.789><c> is</c><00:45:01.070><c> true.</c>

00:45:01.670 --> 00:45:04.409
But<00:45:01.929><c> if</c><00:45:02.289><c> we</c><00:45:02.489><c> deny</c><00:45:02.929><c> him,</c><00:45:03.369><c> he</c><00:45:03.570><c> will</c><00:45:03.789><c> deny</c><00:45:04.110><c> us.</c>

00:45:04.449 --> 00:45:06.030
And<00:45:04.650><c> he</c><00:45:04.849><c> said</c><00:45:05.030><c> that.</c>

00:45:06.510 --> 00:45:09.690
I<00:45:06.730><c> want</c><00:45:06.889><c> to</c><00:45:06.929><c> look</c><00:45:07.070><c> at</c><00:45:07.170><c> two</c><00:45:07.369><c> passages</c><00:45:07.769><c> here</c><00:45:08.130><c> because</c><00:45:08.809><c> this</c><00:45:09.530><c> is</c>

00:45:09.690 --> 00:45:10.889
an<00:45:09.949><c> important</c><00:45:10.269><c> point.</c>

00:45:11.369 --> 00:45:13.610
Matthew<00:45:11.670><c> chapter</c><00:45:12.030><c> 10.</c>

00:45:35.130 --> 00:45:40.449
Matthew<00:45:36.170><c> 10</c><00:45:37.210><c> verse</c><00:45:38.730><c> 32.</c>

00:45:44.670 --> 00:45:47.530
Whosoever<00:45:45.130><c> therefore</c><00:45:45.610><c> shall</c><00:45:45.849><c> confess</c><00:45:46.369><c> me</c><00:45:46.590><c> before</c><00:45:46.969><c> men,</c>

00:45:47.530 --> 00:45:52.590
him<00:45:48.170><c> will</c><00:45:48.570><c> I</c><00:45:48.769><c> confess</c><00:45:49.190><c> also</c><00:45:49.730><c> before</c><00:45:50.070><c> my</c><00:45:50.349><c> Father</c><00:45:50.849><c> which</c><00:45:51.329><c> is</c><00:45:51.510><c> in</c><00:45:51.630><c> heaven.</c>

00:45:53.429 --> 00:45:54.610
There's<00:45:53.610><c> a</c><00:45:53.769><c> blessing.</c>

00:45:54.849 --> 00:45:59.070
There's<00:45:55.469><c> an</c><00:45:55.750><c> assurance</c><00:45:56.269><c> which</c><00:45:56.869><c> we're</c><00:45:57.190><c> glad</c><00:45:57.369><c> is</c><00:45:57.610><c> printed</c><00:45:57.829><c> there.</c>

00:45:59.369 --> 00:46:04.469
But,<00:45:59.750><c> verse</c><00:46:00.030><c> 33,</c><00:46:01.489><c> whosoever</c><00:46:02.070><c> shall</c><00:46:02.349><c> deny</c><00:46:02.690><c> me</c><00:46:02.929><c> before</c><00:46:03.250><c> men,</c>

00:46:04.769 --> 00:46:09.789
him<00:46:05.030><c> will</c><00:46:05.670><c> I</c><00:46:06.090><c> also</c><00:46:06.429><c> deny</c><00:46:06.869><c> before</c><00:46:07.250><c> my</c><00:46:07.530><c> Father</c><00:46:07.989><c> which</c><00:46:08.510><c> is</c><00:46:08.690><c> in</c><00:46:08.889><c> heaven.</c>

00:46:10.650 --> 00:46:13.550
That's<00:46:11.050><c> a</c><00:46:11.349><c> horrifying</c><00:46:11.909><c> situation,</c><00:46:12.869><c> isn't</c><00:46:13.110><c> it?</c>

00:46:13.550 --> 00:46:15.730
We're<00:46:14.530><c> glad</c><00:46:14.750><c> the</c><00:46:14.969><c> one</c><00:46:15.130><c> verse</c><00:46:15.349><c> is</c><00:46:15.489><c> there,</c>

00:46:15.750 --> 00:46:20.670
but<00:46:15.909><c> that</c><00:46:16.170><c> next</c><00:46:16.409><c> one</c><00:46:16.670><c> is</c><00:46:16.869><c> a</c><00:46:17.130><c> very,</c><00:46:17.449><c> very</c><00:46:17.909><c> sobering</c><00:46:18.869><c> kind</c><00:46:19.090><c> of</c><00:46:19.349><c> statement</c><00:46:19.610><c> to</c><00:46:19.889><c> us.</c>

00:46:20.929 --> 00:46:24.150
That<00:46:21.170><c> if</c><00:46:21.309><c> we</c><00:46:21.510><c> deny</c><00:46:21.969><c> Jesus</c><00:46:22.590><c> before</c><00:46:23.110><c> men,</c>

00:46:24.610 --> 00:46:28.369
Jesus<00:46:25.110><c> will</c><00:46:25.449><c> deny</c><00:46:25.869><c> us</c><00:46:26.590><c> before</c><00:46:27.110><c> his</c><00:46:27.389><c> Father.</c>

00:46:29.289 --> 00:46:30.230
That's<00:46:29.650><c> the</c><00:46:29.849><c> statement.</c>

00:46:30.449 --> 00:46:31.730
What<00:46:30.909><c> does</c><00:46:31.170><c> it</c><00:46:31.349><c> mean?</c>

00:46:32.230 --> 00:46:34.070
And<00:46:32.429><c> here's</c><00:46:32.530><c> our</c><00:46:32.750><c> second</c><00:46:32.989><c> passage.</c>

00:46:34.130 --> 00:46:36.269
Titus<00:46:34.610><c> chapter</c><00:46:34.989><c> 1.</c>

00:46:56.829 --> 00:47:00.409
Titus<00:46:58.030><c> 1</c><00:46:58.369><c> verse</c><00:46:58.650><c> 16.</c>

00:47:01.710 --> 00:47:04.590
Talking<00:47:02.030><c> about</c><00:47:03.010><c> ungodly</c><00:47:03.610><c> people,</c>

00:47:04.829 --> 00:47:07.469
they<00:47:04.969><c> profess</c><00:47:05.690><c> that</c><00:47:06.329><c> they</c><00:47:06.630><c> know</c><00:47:06.909><c> God,</c>

00:47:07.469 --> 00:47:10.809
but<00:47:08.449><c> in</c><00:47:08.750><c> works</c><00:47:09.309><c> they</c><00:47:09.949><c> deny</c><00:47:10.409><c> him,</c>

00:47:11.289 --> 00:47:15.190
being<00:47:11.789><c> abominable</c><00:47:12.829><c> and</c><00:47:13.349><c> disobedient,</c>

00:47:15.250 --> 00:47:18.570
and<00:47:15.449><c> unto</c><00:47:15.690><c> every</c><00:47:16.130><c> good</c><00:47:16.469><c> work</c><00:47:16.969><c> reprobate.</c>

00:47:18.750 --> 00:47:20.250
They<00:47:19.170><c> deny</c><00:47:19.750><c> God.</c>

00:47:20.510 --> 00:47:21.869
They<00:47:20.710><c> claim</c><00:47:20.929><c> that</c><00:47:21.130><c> they</c><00:47:21.210><c> know</c><00:47:21.429><c> God,</c>

00:47:22.250 --> 00:47:25.230
but<00:47:22.429><c> they</c><00:47:22.670><c> deny</c><00:47:23.070><c> him</c><00:47:23.489><c> in</c><00:47:23.909><c> their</c><00:47:24.289><c> works.</c>

00:47:26.070 --> 00:47:28.949
So<00:47:26.269><c> there's</c><00:47:26.469><c> no</c><00:47:26.710><c> one</c><00:47:26.849><c> sitting</c><00:47:27.050><c> here</c><00:47:27.329><c> would</c><00:47:27.489><c> deny</c><00:47:27.769><c> God.</c>

00:47:30.610 --> 00:47:34.449
See,<00:47:30.909><c> I</c><00:47:31.090><c> think</c><00:47:31.489><c> it's</c><00:47:31.849><c> very</c><00:47:32.349><c> comfortable</c><00:47:32.769><c> to</c><00:47:33.030><c> feel</c><00:47:33.190><c> that</c><00:47:34.050><c> we</c>

00:47:34.449 --> 00:47:35.570
understand<00:47:34.889><c> the</c><00:47:35.150><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:47:35.570 --> 00:47:39.570
we've<00:47:36.130><c> been</c><00:47:36.429><c> trained</c><00:47:37.409><c> through</c><00:47:38.929><c> the</c><00:47:39.150><c> community</c>

00:47:39.570 --> 00:47:42.730
and<00:47:39.829><c> through</c><00:47:39.989><c> our</c><00:47:40.210><c> reading</c><00:47:40.550><c> of</c><00:47:40.849><c> the</c><00:47:41.010><c> Scriptures</c><00:47:41.449><c> about</c><00:47:42.409><c> God.</c>

00:47:42.809 --> 00:47:44.949
We<00:47:42.849><c> don't</c><00:47:43.269><c> deny</c><00:47:43.610><c> that</c><00:47:43.829><c> God</c><00:47:44.030><c> doesn't</c><00:47:44.349><c> exist.</c>

00:47:45.070 --> 00:47:48.849
We<00:47:45.329><c> don't</c><00:47:45.550><c> deny</c><00:47:45.869><c> that</c><00:47:46.070><c> he</c><00:47:46.469><c> is</c><00:47:47.690><c> active</c><00:47:48.130><c> in</c><00:47:48.289><c> the</c><00:47:48.550><c> world</c>

00:47:48.849 --> 00:47:50.650
or<00:47:49.070><c> deny</c><00:47:49.449><c> that</c><00:47:49.610><c> he's</c><00:47:49.750><c> going</c><00:47:49.929><c> to</c><00:47:50.130><c> send</c><00:47:50.250><c> his</c><00:47:50.469><c> son.</c>

00:47:50.670 --> 00:47:53.329
We<00:47:50.849><c> don't</c><00:47:51.070><c> deny</c><00:47:51.389><c> him</c><00:47:51.849><c> in</c><00:47:52.090><c> that</c><00:47:52.329><c> sense,</c>

00:47:53.670 --> 00:47:58.409
but<00:47:53.989><c> we</c><00:47:54.710><c> possibly</c><00:47:55.469><c> deny</c><00:47:56.170><c> him</c><00:47:56.650><c> in</c><00:47:57.110><c> our</c><00:47:57.389><c> works.</c>

00:47:58.469 --> 00:48:00.789
That<00:47:58.710><c> is,</c><00:47:58.829><c> as</c><00:47:58.969><c> we</c><00:47:59.130><c> go</c><00:47:59.369><c> about</c><00:47:59.750><c> living</c><00:48:00.030><c> our</c><00:48:00.329><c> lives,</c>

00:48:00.789 --> 00:48:05.630
what<00:48:01.230><c> we</c><00:48:01.369><c> are</c><00:48:01.550><c> doing</c><00:48:01.889><c> is</c><00:48:02.190><c> inconsistent</c><00:48:03.210><c> with</c><00:48:04.110><c> what</c><00:48:04.269><c> we've</c><00:48:04.650><c> said</c><00:48:04.829><c> we</c><00:48:05.090><c> believe.</c>

00:48:05.969 --> 00:48:07.409
That's<00:48:06.469><c> denial.</c>

00:48:09.210 --> 00:48:10.769
That's<00:48:09.630><c> denial.</c>

00:48:11.070 --> 00:48:15.750
Where<00:48:11.389><c> our</c><00:48:11.769><c> works,</c><00:48:12.369><c> our</c><00:48:12.570><c> words,</c><00:48:13.150><c> our</c><00:48:13.289><c> attitudes</c><00:48:13.730><c> are</c><00:48:14.090><c> inconsistent</c>

00:48:15.789 --> 00:48:20.429
with<00:48:16.530><c> what</c><00:48:16.929><c> we</c><00:48:17.250><c> espouse,</c><00:48:18.510><c> what</c><00:48:18.670><c> we</c><00:48:18.989><c> say</c><00:48:19.170><c> we</c><00:48:19.489><c> believe,</c>

00:48:20.690 --> 00:48:22.289
then<00:48:21.070><c> we</c><00:48:21.389><c> have</c><00:48:21.550><c> denied</c><00:48:21.809><c> the</c><00:48:22.030><c> Lord.</c>

00:48:22.750 --> 00:48:26.730
Of<00:48:23.010><c> course</c><00:48:23.210><c> it's</c><00:48:23.429><c> possible</c><00:48:23.909><c> to</c><00:48:24.849><c> deny</c><00:48:25.369><c> through</c><00:48:26.230><c> words,</c>

00:48:26.949 --> 00:48:29.630
deny<00:48:27.429><c> Jesus</c><00:48:27.929><c> Christ</c><00:48:28.429><c> and</c><00:48:28.889><c> belief</c><00:48:29.070><c> in</c><00:48:29.309><c> God,</c>

00:48:29.630 --> 00:48:32.550
but<00:48:30.269><c> I</c><00:48:30.349><c> don't</c><00:48:30.570><c> think</c><00:48:30.710><c> that's</c><00:48:30.949><c> what</c><00:48:31.050><c> that's</c><00:48:31.409><c> talking</c><00:48:31.570><c> about.</c>

00:48:32.630 --> 00:48:36.090
I<00:48:32.750><c> think</c><00:48:32.809><c> it's</c><00:48:33.210><c> talking</c><00:48:33.389><c> about</c><00:48:34.110><c> the</c><00:48:34.489><c> inconsistency,</c>

00:48:36.309 --> 00:48:38.949
the<00:48:36.530><c> incompatibility</c><00:48:37.349><c> of</c><00:48:37.530><c> our</c><00:48:37.769><c> actions</c><00:48:38.150><c> and</c><00:48:38.469><c> activities</c>

00:48:38.949 --> 00:48:41.469
with<00:48:39.469><c> what</c><00:48:39.690><c> it</c><00:48:39.889><c> is</c><00:48:40.050><c> we</c><00:48:40.289><c> espouse.</c>

00:48:42.849 --> 00:48:44.650
And<00:48:43.130><c> then</c><00:48:43.409><c> finally,</c><00:48:43.809><c> the</c><00:48:44.070><c> last</c><00:48:44.329><c> phrase,</c>

00:48:44.789 --> 00:48:49.409
if<00:48:45.210><c> we</c><00:48:45.769><c> believe</c><00:48:46.090><c> not,</c><00:48:46.909><c> yet</c><00:48:47.389><c> he</c><00:48:47.909><c> abodeth</c><00:48:48.369><c> faithful.</c>

00:48:49.809 --> 00:48:51.570
One<00:48:50.110><c> passage</c><00:48:50.530><c> here,</c>

00:48:51.570 --> 00:48:59.210
1<00:48:52.289><c> John</c><00:48:52.849><c> chapter</c><00:48:53.809><c> 5</c><00:48:55.010><c> and</c><00:48:57.050><c> verse</c><00:48:57.289><c> 13.</c>

00:49:08.949 --> 00:49:11.989
The<00:49:08.949><c> thing</c><00:49:09.150><c> that</c><00:49:09.329><c> has</c><00:49:09.550><c> impressed</c><00:49:09.929><c> me</c><00:49:10.250><c> in</c><00:49:10.530><c> these</c><00:49:11.010><c> faithful</c><00:49:11.489><c> sayings,</c>

00:49:12.070 --> 00:49:14.030
and<00:49:12.190><c> particularly</c><00:49:12.690><c> this</c><00:49:13.030><c> one,</c>

00:49:14.150 --> 00:49:17.409
is<00:49:14.349><c> that</c><00:49:14.690><c> Paul</c><00:49:15.090><c> is</c><00:49:15.449><c> writing</c><00:49:15.750><c> to</c><00:49:16.010><c> an</c><00:49:16.230><c> experienced</c><00:49:16.789><c> disciple</c>

00:49:17.409 --> 00:49:22.829
and<00:49:17.730><c> reminding</c><00:49:18.309><c> him</c><00:49:18.949><c> of</c><00:49:19.510><c> some</c><00:49:19.929><c> fundamental</c><00:49:20.730><c> rudimentary</c><00:49:21.610><c> ideas.</c>

00:49:23.389 --> 00:49:26.550
Not<00:49:23.590><c> because</c><00:49:24.250><c> he</c><00:49:24.650><c> was</c><00:49:24.869><c> likely</c><00:49:25.130><c> to</c><00:49:25.349><c> have</c><00:49:25.590><c> forgotten</c><00:49:26.010><c> them,</c>

00:49:26.909 --> 00:49:30.210
but<00:49:27.050><c> because</c><00:49:27.429><c> he</c><00:49:27.590><c> needed</c><00:49:27.869><c> to</c><00:49:28.210><c> understand</c><00:49:28.710><c> their</c><00:49:29.050><c> fullness</c>

00:49:30.409 --> 00:49:33.570
and<00:49:30.849><c> the</c><00:49:31.510><c> extent</c><00:49:32.429><c> of</c><00:49:32.769><c> their</c><00:49:32.949><c> application.</c>

00:49:33.869 --> 00:49:37.909
Now<00:49:34.010><c> look</c><00:49:34.170><c> at</c><00:49:34.409><c> the</c><00:49:34.570><c> same</c><00:49:34.929><c> idea</c><00:49:35.269><c> here,</c><00:49:35.949><c> 1</c><00:49:36.170><c> John</c><00:49:36.409><c> chapter</c><00:49:36.909><c> 5.</c>

00:49:38.010 --> 00:49:42.130
These<00:49:38.070><c> things</c><00:49:38.690><c> have</c><00:49:39.130><c> I</c><00:49:39.329><c> written</c><00:49:39.630><c> unto</c><00:49:40.010><c> you</c><00:49:40.610><c> that</c><00:49:40.909><c> believe.</c>

00:49:43.550 --> 00:49:45.610
And<00:49:43.789><c> this</c><00:49:43.949><c> idea</c><00:49:44.190><c> comes</c><00:49:44.409><c> up</c><00:49:44.670><c> all</c><00:49:44.869><c> through</c><00:49:45.090><c> 1</c><00:49:45.369><c> John.</c>

00:49:45.610 --> 00:49:47.570
These<00:49:45.849><c> things</c><00:49:46.070><c> I</c><00:49:46.230><c> have</c><00:49:46.369><c> written</c><00:49:46.510><c> unto</c><00:49:46.710><c> you</c><00:49:47.010><c> that</c><00:49:47.250><c> believe.</c>

00:49:47.889 --> 00:49:49.690
Why<00:49:48.110><c> then</c><00:49:48.289><c> is</c><00:49:48.389><c> he</c><00:49:48.590><c> writing</c><00:49:48.789><c> them?</c>

00:49:50.090 --> 00:49:52.650
They<00:49:50.309><c> already</c><00:49:50.690><c> know</c><00:49:50.969><c> them</c><00:49:51.289><c> and</c><00:49:51.630><c> they</c><00:49:51.789><c> already</c><00:49:52.030><c> believe</c><00:49:52.389><c> them.</c>

00:49:52.909 --> 00:49:54.969
These<00:49:53.070><c> things</c><00:49:53.329><c> I</c><00:49:53.510><c> have</c><00:49:53.650><c> written</c><00:49:53.730><c> unto</c><00:49:53.989><c> you</c><00:49:54.389><c> that</c><00:49:54.630><c> believe</c>

00:49:54.969 --> 00:49:56.429
on<00:49:55.269><c> the</c><00:49:55.429><c> name</c><00:49:55.550><c> of</c><00:49:55.710><c> the</c><00:49:55.809><c> Son</c><00:49:55.969><c> of</c><00:49:56.170><c> God,</c>

00:49:56.489 --> 00:49:58.650
that<00:49:56.610><c> ye</c><00:49:56.869><c> may</c><00:49:57.050><c> know</c><00:49:57.349><c> that</c><00:49:57.510><c> ye</c><00:49:57.670><c> have</c><00:49:57.809><c> eternal</c><00:49:58.190><c> life,</c>

00:49:58.809 --> 00:50:03.469
and<00:49:59.070><c> that</c><00:49:59.230><c> ye</c><00:49:59.429><c> may</c><00:49:59.650><c> believe</c><00:50:00.449><c> on</c><00:50:00.809><c> the</c><00:50:00.989><c> name</c><00:50:01.570><c> of</c><00:50:01.829><c> the</c><00:50:01.989><c> Son</c><00:50:02.170><c> of</c><00:50:02.409><c> God.</c>

00:50:04.829 --> 00:50:07.469
If<00:50:05.309><c> you</c><00:50:05.530><c> read</c><00:50:05.730><c> that</c><00:50:05.969><c> without</c><00:50:06.469><c> some</c><00:50:06.869><c> thought</c><00:50:07.070><c> you'd</c><00:50:07.309><c> say,</c>

00:50:07.710 --> 00:50:12.150
why<00:50:08.110><c> on</c><00:50:08.489><c> earth</c><00:50:09.090><c> is</c><00:50:09.530><c> John</c><00:50:10.050><c> writing</c><00:50:10.789><c> that</c><00:50:11.269><c> to</c><00:50:11.570><c> these</c><00:50:11.869><c> people</c>

00:50:12.150 --> 00:50:14.449
that<00:50:12.309><c> they</c><00:50:12.530><c> may</c><00:50:12.690><c> believe</c><00:50:13.070><c> on</c><00:50:13.269><c> the</c><00:50:13.329><c> name</c><00:50:13.489><c> of</c><00:50:13.650><c> the</c><00:50:13.730><c> Son</c><00:50:13.889><c> of</c><00:50:14.110><c> God?</c>

00:50:14.449 --> 00:50:17.630
Everything<00:50:15.050><c> in</c><00:50:15.190><c> this</c><00:50:15.469><c> letter</c><00:50:15.809><c> is</c><00:50:16.409><c> a</c><00:50:16.489><c> profound</c><00:50:17.269><c> explanation</c>

00:50:18.050 --> 00:50:20.369
of<00:50:18.230><c> the</c><00:50:18.369><c> work</c><00:50:18.489><c> of</c><00:50:18.670><c> the</c><00:50:18.750><c> Son</c><00:50:18.869><c> of</c><00:50:19.110><c> God.</c>

00:50:20.530 --> 00:50:23.150
And<00:50:20.690><c> it</c><00:50:20.789><c> is</c><00:50:21.010><c> because</c><00:50:21.369><c> people</c><00:50:21.730><c> forget.</c>

00:50:24.190 --> 00:50:25.730
They<00:50:24.550><c> forget.</c>

00:50:26.050 --> 00:50:29.269
They<00:50:26.190><c> lose</c><00:50:26.510><c> the</c><00:50:26.889><c> impact</c><00:50:27.610><c> and</c><00:50:28.449><c> the</c><00:50:28.769><c> relevancy</c>

00:50:29.269 --> 00:50:33.530
and<00:50:29.489><c> the</c><00:50:29.710><c> daily</c><00:50:29.929><c> application</c><00:50:30.750><c> of</c><00:50:31.269><c> the</c><00:50:31.489><c> things</c><00:50:31.809><c> which</c><00:50:32.230><c> they</c><00:50:32.510><c> believe.</c>

00:50:34.130 --> 00:50:38.929
Hence<00:50:34.489><c> the</c><00:50:35.369><c> need</c><00:50:35.630><c> to</c><00:50:35.949><c> impress</c><00:50:36.389><c> this</c><00:50:36.809><c> time</c><00:50:37.230><c> and</c><00:50:37.469><c> time</c><00:50:37.769><c> again,</c>

00:50:39.409 --> 00:50:43.250
as<00:50:39.630><c> we</c><00:50:39.929><c> will</c><00:50:40.489><c> in</c><00:50:40.989><c> a</c><00:50:41.050><c> very</c><00:50:41.309><c> few</c><00:50:41.469><c> minutes</c><00:50:41.969><c> take</c><00:50:42.590><c> the</c><00:50:42.869><c> emblems.</c>

00:50:43.250 --> 00:50:46.989
Not<00:50:43.489><c> because</c><00:50:43.730><c> we</c><00:50:44.070><c> forget</c><00:50:44.690><c> that</c><00:50:44.869><c> Jesus</c><00:50:45.210><c> died</c><00:50:45.510><c> on</c><00:50:45.690><c> the</c><00:50:45.849><c> cross.</c>

00:50:47.090 --> 00:50:50.210
Not<00:50:47.369><c> likely</c><00:50:47.690><c> to</c><00:50:47.929><c> forget</c><00:50:48.170><c> that,</c><00:50:48.449><c> but</c><00:50:48.590><c> we</c><00:50:48.809><c> need</c><00:50:49.130><c> to</c><00:50:49.269><c> have</c><00:50:49.369><c> it</c><00:50:49.550><c> up</c><00:50:49.849><c> front</c>

00:50:50.210 --> 00:50:53.510
to<00:50:50.849><c> think</c><00:50:51.150><c> about</c><00:50:51.429><c> it</c><00:50:51.690><c> and</c><00:50:51.750><c> have</c><00:50:51.929><c> it</c><00:50:52.150><c> influence</c><00:50:52.730><c> everything</c>

00:50:53.510 --> 00:50:55.150
that<00:50:53.690><c> we're</c><00:50:53.809><c> doing</c><00:50:54.010><c> in</c><00:50:54.250><c> life.</c>

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Well,<00:50:56.949><c> brothers</c><00:50:57.110><c> and</c><00:50:57.289><c> sisters,</c><00:50:57.469><c> our</c><00:50:57.610><c> time</c><00:50:57.789><c> is</c><00:50:58.030><c> up.</c>

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We<00:50:58.489><c> will</c><00:50:58.769><c> not</c><00:50:58.969><c> get</c><00:50:59.170><c> to</c><00:50:59.349><c> saying</c><00:50:59.469><c> number</c><00:50:59.809><c> five.</c>

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I<00:51:02.469><c> leave</c><00:51:02.710><c> that</c><00:51:02.949><c> with</c><00:51:03.130><c> you</c><00:51:03.750><c> to</c><00:51:04.630><c> study</c><00:51:05.150><c> on</c><00:51:05.349><c> your</c><00:51:05.550><c> own.</c>

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There<00:51:05.789><c> are</c><00:51:05.989><c> some</c><00:51:06.170><c> helpful</c><00:51:06.469><c> ideas</c><00:51:06.809><c> I</c><00:51:07.050><c> think</c><00:51:07.210><c> in</c><00:51:07.449><c> the</c><00:51:07.670><c> outline.</c>

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I<00:51:09.849><c> hope</c><00:51:09.969><c> you</c><00:51:10.210><c> found</c><00:51:10.449><c> the</c><00:51:10.750><c> series</c><00:51:11.070><c> interesting.</c>

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It's<00:51:12.630><c> just</c><00:51:12.929><c> one</c><00:51:13.230><c> little</c><00:51:13.449><c> way</c><00:51:13.690><c> to</c><00:51:13.789><c> go</c><00:51:14.050><c> back</c><00:51:14.349><c> into</c><00:51:14.590><c> familiar</c><00:51:15.010><c> ground,</c>

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take<00:51:16.250><c> some</c><00:51:16.610><c> special</c><00:51:17.090><c> thoughts</c><00:51:17.489><c> identified</c><00:51:18.090><c> by</c><00:51:18.349><c> the</c><00:51:18.550><c> Apostle,</c>

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give<00:51:19.630><c> them</c><00:51:20.369><c> particular</c><00:51:20.989><c> attention,</c>

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and<00:51:22.570><c> maybe</c><00:51:23.010><c> in</c><00:51:23.309><c> the</c><00:51:23.550><c> process</c><00:51:24.130><c> remind</c><00:51:24.690><c> ourselves</c>

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of<00:51:25.750><c> the</c><00:51:25.969><c> kinds</c><00:51:26.170><c> of</c><00:51:26.409><c> things</c><00:51:27.050><c> Paul</c><00:51:27.469><c> was</c><00:51:27.730><c> reminding</c><00:51:28.349><c> Timothy</c><00:51:29.010><c> and</c><00:51:29.409><c> Titus.</c>

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Thank<00:51:41.849><c> you.</c>