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overcome,<00:15:41.210><c> brothers</c><00:15:41.289><c> and</c><00:15:41.610><c> sisters,</c><00:15:44.149><c> is</c><00:15:44.350><c> our</c><00:15:44.610><c> faith.</c><00:15:47.570><c> 1</c><00:15:47.870><c> John</c>

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our<00:16:05.389><c> faith</c><00:16:05.730><c> remains</c><00:16:06.250><c> intact.</c>

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times.<00:17:29.970><c> But</c><00:17:30.210><c> not</c><00:17:30.569><c> so.</c><00:17:31.210><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:31.470><c> chapter</c><00:17:31.950><c> 12</c><00:17:32.349><c> tells</c><00:17:32.690><c> us</c>

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prove<00:19:19.210><c> again</c><00:19:19.529><c> if</c><00:19:19.730><c> need</c><00:19:19.930><c> be</c><00:19:20.250><c> that</c><00:19:20.410><c> we</c>

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misdirected,<00:19:25.450><c> then</c><00:19:25.609><c> let's</c><00:19:25.829><c> go</c><00:19:26.089><c> down</c><00:19:26.269><c> with</c>

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us.<00:19:42.309><c> Now</c><00:19:42.410><c> brothers</c><00:19:42.549><c> and</c><00:19:42.829><c> sisters,</c><00:19:43.769><c> there's</c><00:19:44.470><c> more</c><00:19:44.750><c> to</c><00:19:44.950><c> it</c><00:19:45.069><c> than</c>

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that.<00:19:46.869><c> When</c><00:19:47.029><c> the</c><00:19:47.349><c> apostle</c><00:19:47.789><c> was</c><00:19:48.049><c> on</c><00:19:48.329><c> that</c>

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transfiguration,<00:19:51.269><c> he</c><00:19:51.589><c> saw</c><00:19:51.890><c> a</c><00:19:52.089><c> vision.</c><00:19:53.569><c> There</c><00:19:53.670><c> was</c><00:19:53.890><c> a</c><00:19:54.130><c> drama</c>

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unfolded<00:19:55.509><c> before</c><00:19:55.869><c> him</c><00:19:56.069><c> with</c><00:19:56.309><c> Moses</c><00:19:56.789><c> and</c><00:19:56.950><c> Elijah</c>

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and<00:19:57.650><c> the</c><00:19:57.809><c> Lord.</c><00:19:59.950><c> There's</c><00:20:00.190><c> been</c><00:20:00.369><c> a</c><00:20:00.609><c> drama</c><00:20:00.869><c> to</c><00:20:01.190><c> some</c><00:20:01.369><c> extent</c><00:20:02.049><c> unfolded</c><00:20:02.829><c> before</c><00:20:03.150><c> us</c>

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things<00:20:05.609><c> the</c><00:20:05.890><c> Word</c><00:20:06.009><c> has</c><00:20:06.269><c> talked</c><00:20:06.470><c> about</c><00:20:06.809><c> and</c><00:20:07.109><c> how</c><00:20:07.390><c> they</c><00:20:07.589><c> are</c><00:20:07.769><c> laid</c><00:20:07.990><c> out</c>

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things<00:20:54.730><c> that</c><00:20:55.089><c> happened</c><00:20:55.369><c> at</c><00:20:55.670><c> Ephesus.</c><00:20:57.650><c> You</c><00:20:57.869><c> can</c><00:20:58.029><c> imagine</c><00:20:58.609><c> that</c>

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of<00:21:25.069><c> the</c><00:21:25.430><c> people</c><00:21:25.730><c> crying</c><00:21:26.170><c> out,</c><00:21:26.549><c> Great</c><00:21:26.950><c> is</c>

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Diana<00:21:27.630><c> of</c><00:21:27.890><c> the</c><00:21:28.089><c> Ephesians.</c><00:21:30.430><c> And</c><00:21:30.630><c> it</c><00:21:30.829><c> says,</c><00:21:31.569><c> in</c><00:21:31.630><c> Acts</c><00:21:31.809><c> of</c><00:21:31.930><c> the</c>

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Apostles,<00:21:33.069><c> or</c><00:21:33.269><c> directs</c><00:21:33.589><c> our</c><00:21:33.750><c> attention</c><00:21:34.109><c> to</c>

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these<00:21:39.869><c> people,</c><00:21:41.049><c> different</c><00:21:41.250><c> from</c><00:21:41.789><c> other</c><00:21:42.089><c> of</c><00:21:42.329><c> the</c>

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could<00:22:39.369><c> the</c><00:22:39.609><c> Spirit</c><00:22:39.930><c> emphasize</c><00:22:40.829><c> this</c><00:22:41.150><c> lesson</c>

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more<00:22:41.809><c> than</c><00:22:41.990><c> drawing</c><00:22:42.250><c> attention</c><00:22:42.829><c> to</c><00:22:43.130><c> that</c><00:22:43.750><c> particular</c><00:22:44.569><c> aspect</c>

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of<00:22:45.650><c> drama?</c><00:22:47.730><c> Of</c><00:22:47.829><c> where</c><00:22:47.990><c> Adam</c><00:22:48.210><c> and</c><00:22:48.410><c> Eve,</c><00:22:48.589><c> who</c>

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walked<00:22:49.150><c> in</c><00:22:49.349><c> the</c><00:22:49.549><c> garden,</c><00:22:50.049><c> it</c><00:22:50.230><c> was</c><00:22:50.589><c> the</c><00:22:50.789><c> most</c><00:22:51.089><c> beautiful</c><00:22:51.549><c> place</c>

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we<00:22:52.009><c> could</c><00:22:52.190><c> imagine.</c><00:22:54.029><c> Where</c><00:22:54.190><c> there</c><00:22:54.329><c> was</c><00:22:54.630><c> complete</c>

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harmony,<00:22:56.410><c> and</c><00:22:56.410><c> the</c><00:22:56.569><c> beauty</c><00:22:56.789><c> of</c><00:22:56.970><c> the</c><00:22:57.150><c> Lord</c><00:22:57.289><c> laid</c><00:22:57.529><c> out</c><00:22:57.710><c> in</c><00:22:57.890><c> all</c>

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that<00:22:58.190><c> he</c><00:22:58.289><c> had</c><00:22:58.509><c> created.</c><00:23:00.730><c> Yet</c><00:23:00.910><c> because</c><00:23:01.289><c> of</c><00:23:01.589><c> sin,</c>

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they<00:23:03.569><c> had</c><00:23:03.990><c> fallen.</c><00:23:05.970><c> And</c><00:23:06.170><c> now</c><00:23:06.369><c> entrance</c><00:23:06.809><c> to</c><00:23:07.130><c> that</c><00:23:07.390><c> garden</c><00:23:07.789><c> was</c><00:23:08.269><c> barred.</c>

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And<00:23:10.849><c> he's</c><00:23:11.069><c> saying,</c><00:23:11.410><c> you</c><00:23:11.630><c> have</c><00:23:12.069><c> fallen</c><00:23:12.470><c> from</c><00:23:12.890><c> your</c><00:23:13.250><c> first</c><00:23:13.630><c> love.</c><00:23:15.230><c> You</c>

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can<00:23:15.750><c> see</c><00:23:15.930><c> how</c><00:23:16.170><c> the</c><00:23:16.470><c> Spirit</c><00:23:16.670><c> didn't</c><00:23:16.970><c> miss</c>

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anything.<00:23:17.789><c> If</c><00:23:18.069><c> we</c><00:23:18.349><c> can't</c><00:23:18.829><c> attach</c><00:23:19.150><c> it,</c><00:23:19.470><c> it's</c><00:23:19.910><c> only</c><00:23:20.109><c> because</c><00:23:20.450><c> of</c>

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us.<00:23:21.269><c> Surely</c><00:23:21.690><c> in</c><00:23:22.069><c> all</c><00:23:22.430><c> of</c><00:23:22.589><c> the</c><00:23:22.789><c> things</c><00:23:23.089><c> that</c><00:23:23.549><c> the</c><00:23:23.789><c> Spirit</c>

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says,<00:23:24.490><c> to</c><00:23:24.910><c> each</c><00:23:25.150><c> of</c><00:23:25.250><c> these</c><00:23:25.490><c> ecclesias</c><00:23:25.890><c> there's</c><00:23:26.170><c> an</c><00:23:26.390><c> attachment.</c><00:23:28.630><c> And</c><00:23:28.849><c> so</c><00:23:29.289><c> we</c>

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can<00:23:30.009><c> in</c><00:23:30.109><c> our</c><00:23:30.309><c> own</c><00:23:30.529><c> imagination</c>

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imagine<00:23:32.009><c> the</c><00:23:32.470><c> drama</c><00:23:32.890><c> of</c><00:23:35.569><c> people</c><00:23:35.930><c> being</c><00:23:36.230><c> allowed</c><00:23:36.690><c> to</c><00:23:37.130><c> partake</c>

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of<00:23:37.630><c> the</c><00:23:37.890><c> tree</c><00:23:37.990><c> of</c><00:23:38.230><c> life.</c><00:23:39.329><c> From</c><00:23:39.529><c> once</c><00:23:39.769><c> it</c><00:23:39.990><c> was</c>

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barred<00:23:41.029><c> before</c><00:23:41.650><c> because</c><00:23:42.190><c> of</c><00:23:42.509><c> sin,</c><00:23:44.369><c> now</c><00:23:44.569><c> that</c><00:23:44.910><c> gate</c><00:23:45.049><c> no</c><00:23:45.329><c> longer</c>

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there,<00:23:46.329><c> that</c><00:23:46.710><c> barring</c><00:23:47.230><c> of</c><00:23:47.450><c> entrance,</c><00:23:48.470><c> people</c><00:23:48.789><c> are</c>

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allowed<00:23:49.410><c> to</c><00:23:49.549><c> partake</c><00:23:49.869><c> of</c><00:23:49.990><c> the</c><00:23:50.210><c> tree</c><00:23:50.309><c> of</c><00:23:50.490><c> life</c><00:23:50.690><c> again.</c><00:23:51.990><c> Now</c><00:23:52.269><c> it's</c><00:23:52.529><c> that</c><00:23:52.930><c> drama,</c><00:23:53.670><c> it's</c><00:23:53.849><c> that</c><00:23:54.250><c> vision</c><00:23:54.750><c> that</c><00:23:55.190><c> is</c>

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the<00:23:55.710><c> joy</c>

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set<00:23:56.289><c> before</c><00:23:56.750><c> us.</c><00:23:58.069><c> It's</c><00:23:58.450><c> a</c><00:23:58.670><c> different</c><00:23:58.930><c> picture</c><00:23:59.309><c> given</c><00:23:59.630><c> for</c><00:23:59.910><c> almost</c><00:24:00.130><c> every</c><00:24:00.450><c> one</c>

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of<00:24:00.730><c> these</c><00:24:00.930><c> ecclesias</c><00:24:01.589><c> because</c><00:24:02.309><c> it</c>

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may<00:24:02.769><c> very</c><00:24:03.130><c> well</c><00:24:03.390><c> be</c><00:24:03.650><c> that</c><00:24:03.829><c> only</c><00:24:04.190><c> one</c><00:24:04.390><c> of</c><00:24:04.549><c> them</c><00:24:04.670><c> can</c><00:24:04.930><c> really</c><00:24:05.210><c> motivate</c><00:24:05.650><c> us.</c>

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But<00:24:07.130><c> surely</c><00:24:07.309><c> one</c><00:24:07.490><c> of</c><00:24:07.630><c> them,</c><00:24:08.349><c> if</c><00:24:08.569><c> not</c><00:24:08.789><c> many</c>

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of<00:24:09.250><c> them.</c><00:24:10.549><c> And</c><00:24:10.809><c> if</c><00:24:10.930><c> we</c><00:24:11.130><c> can</c><00:24:11.490><c> hang</c><00:24:11.750><c> on</c><00:24:11.970><c> to</c><00:24:12.109><c> that,</c><00:24:12.450><c> brothers</c><00:24:12.509><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:13.529><c> if</c><00:24:13.750><c> that</c><00:24:14.069><c> just</c><00:24:14.329><c> seems</c><00:24:14.490><c> to</c><00:24:14.730><c> be</c><00:24:14.849><c> the</c><00:24:15.069><c> one</c><00:24:15.269><c> for</c>

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us<00:24:16.269><c> to</c><00:24:16.430><c> create</c><00:24:16.670><c> a</c><00:24:16.970><c> drama</c><00:24:17.250><c> in</c><00:24:17.450><c> our</c><00:24:17.690><c> mind,</c><00:24:17.829><c> a</c><00:24:18.130><c> vision</c><00:24:18.369><c> in</c><00:24:18.569><c> our</c><00:24:18.769><c> mind,</c><00:24:19.710><c> then</c><00:24:19.809><c> how</c>

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important<00:24:20.549><c> it</c><00:24:20.710><c> will</c><00:24:20.890><c> be</c><00:24:21.150><c> to</c><00:24:21.329><c> be</c><00:24:21.529><c> motivated</c>

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by<00:24:22.269><c> it.</c><00:24:25.829><c> In</c><00:24:26.170><c> Smyrna,</c><00:24:29.390><c> where</c><00:24:29.769><c> it's</c><00:24:30.430><c> a</c><00:24:30.569><c> rather</c><00:24:30.869><c> dismal</c><00:24:31.289><c> picture</c>

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given<00:24:32.089><c> because</c><00:24:33.150><c> there</c><00:24:33.430><c> is</c><00:24:33.730><c> so</c><00:24:34.049><c> little</c><00:24:34.670><c> that</c>

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can<00:24:35.609><c> be</c><00:24:35.970><c> said</c><00:24:36.309><c> about</c><00:24:37.029><c> the</c><00:24:37.950><c> tranquility</c><00:24:38.509><c> of</c><00:24:38.730><c> these</c><00:24:38.950><c> people,</c><00:24:40.009><c> it</c>

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seems<00:24:40.470><c> that</c><00:24:40.630><c> they</c><00:24:40.829><c> were</c><00:24:41.049><c> dwelling</c><00:24:41.349><c> in</c><00:24:41.569><c> a</c><00:24:41.809><c> time</c><00:24:42.089><c> when</c>

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there<00:24:42.789><c> was</c><00:24:43.049><c> a</c><00:24:43.049><c> lot</c><00:24:43.329><c> of</c><00:24:43.529><c> persecution.</c><00:24:46.269><c> It</c><00:24:46.470><c> says,</c><00:24:46.730><c> I</c><00:24:46.730><c> know</c><00:24:47.009><c> thy</c>

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works,<00:24:47.529><c> verse</c><00:24:47.789><c> nine,</c><00:24:48.809><c> tribulation,</c><00:24:49.890><c> poverty,</c>

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but<00:24:50.609><c> thou</c><00:24:50.829><c> art</c><00:24:51.049><c> rich.</c><00:24:52.109><c> I</c><00:24:52.170><c> know</c><00:24:52.369><c> the</c><00:24:52.630><c> blasphemy</c><00:24:53.069><c> of</c><00:24:53.230><c> them</c><00:24:53.410><c> which</c>

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say<00:24:53.809><c> they</c><00:24:53.950><c> are</c><00:24:54.130><c> Jews</c><00:24:54.349><c> and</c><00:24:54.509><c> are</c><00:24:54.670><c> not,</c><00:24:55.029><c> but</c><00:24:55.049><c> are</c><00:24:55.170><c> the</c>

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synagogue<00:24:55.730><c> of</c><00:24:56.009><c> Satan.</c><00:24:56.990><c> Fear</c><00:24:57.150><c> none</c><00:24:57.369><c> of</c><00:24:57.509><c> those</c><00:24:57.710><c> things</c><00:24:57.990><c> which</c>

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thou<00:24:58.450><c> shalt</c><00:24:58.769><c> suffer.</c><00:24:59.250><c> Behold,</c><00:25:00.170><c> the</c><00:25:00.309><c> devil</c><00:25:00.589><c> shall</c>

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cast<00:25:01.369><c> some</c><00:25:01.569><c> of</c><00:25:01.670><c> you</c><00:25:01.789><c> into</c><00:25:01.970><c> prison</c><00:25:02.309><c> that</c><00:25:02.470><c> you</c><00:25:02.630><c> may</c><00:25:02.809><c> be</c><00:25:03.069><c> tried,</c>

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and<00:25:03.990><c> you</c><00:25:04.170><c> shall</c><00:25:04.309><c> have</c><00:25:04.509><c> tribulation</c><00:25:05.190><c> ten</c><00:25:05.509><c> days.</c>

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Be<00:25:07.089><c> thou</c><00:25:07.589><c> faithful</c><00:25:08.069><c> unto</c><00:25:08.450><c> death,</c><00:25:08.990><c> I</c><00:25:08.990><c> will</c><00:25:09.210><c> give</c><00:25:09.349><c> thee</c><00:25:09.549><c> the</c><00:25:09.769><c> crown</c><00:25:10.009><c> of</c>

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life.<00:25:11.630><c> He</c><00:25:11.789><c> that</c><00:25:11.930><c> hath</c><00:25:12.109><c> an</c><00:25:12.230><c> ear,</c>

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let<00:25:12.509><c> him</c><00:25:12.670><c> hear</c><00:25:12.910><c> what</c><00:25:13.130><c> the</c><00:25:13.390><c> Spirit</c><00:25:13.630><c> saith</c><00:25:13.829><c> unto</c><00:25:14.069><c> the</c><00:25:14.269><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:25:15.589><c> He</c><00:25:15.750><c> that</c>

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overcomeeth<00:25:16.430><c> shall</c><00:25:16.630><c> not</c><00:25:16.930><c> be</c>

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heard<00:25:17.250><c> of</c><00:25:17.390><c> the</c><00:25:17.529><c> second</c><00:25:17.809><c> death.</c><00:25:18.109><c> And</c><00:25:18.190><c> you</c><00:25:18.329><c> need</c><00:25:18.509><c> to</c><00:25:18.690><c> know</c><00:25:18.809><c> what</c>

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was<00:25:19.250><c> facing</c><00:25:19.569><c> Smyrna.</c><00:25:22.430><c> He</c><00:25:22.509><c> had</c><00:25:22.650><c> this</c><00:25:22.930><c> problem</c><00:25:23.329><c> of</c>

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emperor<00:25:24.210><c> worship</c><00:25:24.890><c> that</c><00:25:26.869><c> made</c><00:25:27.089><c> demands</c><00:25:27.549><c> upon</c><00:25:27.890><c> the</c><00:25:28.150><c> Christians</c>

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that<00:25:28.829><c> at</c><00:25:28.970><c> least</c><00:25:29.250><c> once</c><00:25:29.609><c> a</c><00:25:29.849><c> year</c><00:25:30.250><c> they</c><00:25:30.650><c> gave</c>

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allegiance<00:25:31.490><c> by</c><00:25:31.769><c> bowing</c><00:25:32.150><c> the</c><00:25:32.269><c> knee</c><00:25:32.390><c> to</c><00:25:32.630><c> Caesar.</c><00:25:34.910><c> And</c><00:25:35.029><c> although</c>

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the<00:25:35.410><c> Jews,</c><00:25:35.789><c> it</c><00:25:36.349><c> would</c><00:25:36.630><c> seem</c><00:25:36.849><c> from</c><00:25:37.130><c> history,</c>

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from<00:25:38.490><c> historians</c><00:25:38.990><c> that</c><00:25:39.269><c> is,</c><00:25:40.589><c> had</c><00:25:40.769><c> told</c><00:25:40.910><c> us</c><00:25:41.109><c> that</c><00:25:41.289><c> the</c><00:25:41.470><c> Jews</c><00:25:41.630><c> had</c><00:25:41.890><c> worked</c><00:25:42.089><c> around</c><00:25:42.490><c> this</c><00:25:42.950><c> and</c><00:25:43.230><c> had</c><00:25:43.390><c> been</c><00:25:43.549><c> able</c><00:25:43.769><c> to</c><00:25:44.109><c> find</c>

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a<00:25:44.690><c> way</c><00:25:44.890><c> to</c><00:25:45.130><c> get</c><00:25:45.309><c> an</c><00:25:45.609><c> exemption,</c><00:25:46.710><c> not</c><00:25:46.930><c> so</c><00:25:47.109><c> for</c><00:25:47.289><c> the</c><00:25:47.450><c> Christians.</c>

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To<00:25:49.490><c> be</c><00:25:49.670><c> put</c><00:25:49.769><c> in</c><00:25:50.089><c> prison</c><00:25:50.349><c> in</c><00:25:50.529><c> those</c><00:25:50.809><c> days</c><00:25:51.069><c> was</c>

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not<00:25:51.509><c> to</c><00:25:51.670><c> be</c><00:25:51.769><c> put</c><00:25:51.930><c> in</c><00:25:52.190><c> prison</c><00:25:52.390><c> like</c><00:25:52.549><c> it</c><00:25:52.690><c> is</c><00:25:52.869><c> now</c><00:25:53.130><c> where</c><00:25:53.269><c> you</c><00:25:53.430><c> have</c>

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a<00:25:53.769><c> sentence</c><00:25:54.049><c> of</c><00:25:54.250><c> three</c><00:25:54.390><c> or</c><00:25:54.529><c> four</c><00:25:54.809><c> years.</c>

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Prison,<00:25:56.170><c> it</c><00:25:56.170><c> would</c><00:25:56.410><c> seem,</c><00:25:56.849><c> even</c><00:25:57.069><c> by</c><00:25:57.230><c> the</c><00:25:57.369><c> way</c><00:25:57.529><c> it's</c><00:25:57.829><c> revealed</c>

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to<00:26:00.630><c> be</c><00:26:00.650><c> held</c><00:26:00.990><c> before</c><00:26:01.329><c> a</c><00:26:01.609><c> trial,</c><00:26:02.930><c> which</c><00:26:02.930><c> in</c><00:26:03.470><c> most</c><00:26:03.670><c> cases</c><00:26:04.190><c> would</c>

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be<00:26:05.170><c> death</c><00:26:05.490><c> or</c><00:26:05.789><c> complete</c><00:26:06.170><c> freedom.</c>

00:26:08.430 --> 00:26:12.569
So<00:26:08.630><c> these</c><00:26:08.769><c> people</c><00:26:09.029><c> were</c><00:26:09.289><c> facing</c><00:26:09.569><c> death.</c><00:26:11.730><c> And</c><00:26:11.910><c> what</c><00:26:12.049><c> is</c><00:26:12.269><c> the</c>

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encouragement<00:26:13.009><c> for</c><00:26:13.289><c> people</c><00:26:13.670><c> facing</c><00:26:14.109><c> death?</c>

00:26:15.869 --> 00:26:18.349
What<00:26:16.029><c> is</c><00:26:16.250><c> the</c><00:26:16.529><c> encouragement</c><00:26:16.910><c> for</c><00:26:17.170><c> a</c><00:26:17.329><c> brother</c><00:26:17.529><c> or</c><00:26:17.750><c> sister</c><00:26:18.150><c> at</c>

00:26:18.349 --> 00:26:20.210
any<00:26:18.549><c> age</c><00:26:18.730><c> in</c><00:26:18.829><c> their</c><00:26:19.009><c> life</c><00:26:19.190><c> knowing</c><00:26:19.509><c> they're</c><00:26:19.809><c> facing</c>

00:26:20.210 --> 00:26:24.289
death,<00:26:21.049><c> if</c><00:26:21.230><c> not</c><00:26:21.490><c> because</c><00:26:21.769><c> of</c><00:26:21.990><c> persecution</c><00:26:22.490><c> or</c><00:26:22.809><c> because</c><00:26:23.190><c> of</c><00:26:23.490><c> the</c><00:26:23.730><c> frailty</c><00:26:24.089><c> of</c>

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our<00:26:24.470><c> nature?</c>

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Well,<00:26:27.049><c> it's</c><00:26:27.289><c> right</c><00:26:27.569><c> here.</c><00:26:29.470><c> Be</c><00:26:29.470><c> faithful</c><00:26:29.890><c> unto</c><00:26:30.190><c> death.</c><00:26:31.329><c> I'll</c>

00:26:31.710 --> 00:26:33.630
give<00:26:31.869><c> thee</c><00:26:32.029><c> the</c><00:26:32.230><c> crown</c><00:26:32.430><c> of</c><00:26:32.670><c> life.</c>

00:26:34.009 --> 00:26:36.349
To<00:26:34.109><c> him</c><00:26:34.250><c> that</c><00:26:34.490><c> overcomeeth</c><00:26:35.029><c> shall</c><00:26:35.230><c> not</c><00:26:35.630><c> be</c><00:26:35.849><c> heard</c><00:26:35.990><c> of</c><00:26:36.150><c> the</c>

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second<00:26:36.609><c> death.</c>

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So<00:26:38.349><c> there</c><00:26:38.529><c> may</c><00:26:38.710><c> be</c><00:26:38.950><c> times</c><00:26:39.230><c> in</c><00:26:39.390><c> our</c><00:26:39.549><c> life</c><00:26:39.750><c> when</c><00:26:40.009><c> this</c><00:26:40.829><c> address</c>

00:26:41.269 --> 00:26:43.509
that<00:26:41.470><c> was</c><00:26:41.670><c> given</c><00:26:41.930><c> to</c><00:26:42.230><c> Smyrna</c><00:26:42.589><c> will</c><00:26:42.809><c> have</c>

00:26:43.509 --> 00:26:49.190
the<00:26:44.069><c> greatest</c><00:26:44.529><c> of</c><00:26:45.230><c> confidence</c><00:26:45.630><c> for</c><00:26:45.950><c> us.</c><00:26:46.730><c> Even</c><00:26:47.009><c> as</c><00:26:47.529><c> that</c><00:26:47.769><c> reflection</c><00:26:48.250><c> of</c><00:26:48.470><c> Hebrews</c><00:26:48.769><c> 11</c>

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comes<00:26:49.490><c> to</c><00:26:49.750><c> us,</c>

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that<00:26:51.130><c> people</c><00:26:51.930><c> desired</c><00:26:52.710><c> a</c><00:26:53.230><c> better</c><00:26:53.829><c> resurrection.</c><00:26:56.369><c> And</c><00:26:56.589><c> surely</c>

00:26:56.789 --> 00:26:58.529
that's<00:26:57.190><c> the</c><00:26:57.390><c> same</c><00:26:57.710><c> thought</c><00:26:58.009><c> here,</c>

00:26:58.769 --> 00:27:01.569
who<00:26:58.950><c> facing</c><00:26:59.470><c> death,</c><00:27:00.009><c> which</c><00:27:00.210><c> may</c><00:27:00.369><c> have</c><00:27:00.509><c> been</c><00:27:00.630><c> on</c><00:27:00.849><c> the</c><00:27:01.069><c> rack</c><00:27:01.289><c> or</c>

00:27:01.569 --> 00:27:03.450
any<00:27:01.849><c> other</c><00:27:02.150><c> way</c><00:27:02.349><c> of</c><00:27:02.630><c> torturing,</c>

00:27:04.670 --> 00:27:08.049
had<00:27:04.789><c> to</c><00:27:05.230><c> go</c><00:27:05.430><c> in</c><00:27:05.589><c> their</c><00:27:05.869><c> mind</c><00:27:06.150><c> to</c><00:27:06.369><c> consider,</c><00:27:07.170><c> am</c><00:27:07.490><c> I</c><00:27:07.750><c> following</c>

00:27:08.049 --> 00:27:09.789
what's<00:27:08.509><c> right?</c><00:27:09.390><c> You</c><00:27:09.569><c> know,</c><00:27:09.569><c> you</c><00:27:09.650><c> can</c>

00:27:09.789 --> 00:27:13.490
imagine<00:27:10.309><c> the</c><00:27:10.930><c> basic</c><00:27:11.509><c> things</c><00:27:11.890><c> which</c><00:27:12.309><c> would</c><00:27:12.490><c> come</c><00:27:12.730><c> to</c><00:27:12.890><c> your</c><00:27:13.109><c> mind</c><00:27:13.309><c> at</c>

00:27:13.490 --> 00:27:15.809
a<00:27:13.670><c> time</c><00:27:13.990><c> when</c><00:27:14.329><c> you're</c><00:27:14.569><c> facing</c><00:27:14.930><c> imminent</c><00:27:15.289><c> death.</c>

00:27:15.809 --> 00:27:20.190
Either<00:27:16.509><c> give</c><00:27:16.809><c> up</c><00:27:17.109><c> your</c><00:27:17.650><c> confidence</c><00:27:18.130><c> in</c><00:27:18.329><c> the</c><00:27:18.490><c> Lord</c><00:27:18.869><c> and</c><00:27:19.450><c> live</c>

00:27:20.190 --> 00:27:23.390
temporarily,<00:27:21.789><c> or</c><00:27:21.910><c> maintain</c><00:27:22.470><c> your</c><00:27:22.809><c> confidence</c><00:27:23.230><c> in</c>

00:27:23.390 --> 00:27:29.150
the<00:27:23.549><c> Lord</c><00:27:23.769><c> and</c><00:27:24.029><c> die</c><00:27:24.549><c> immediately,</c><00:27:25.670><c> but</c><00:27:25.910><c> then</c><00:27:26.450><c> to</c><00:27:26.789><c> live</c><00:27:26.910><c> forever.</c><00:27:28.869><c> Surely</c>

00:27:29.150 --> 00:27:31.990
these<00:27:29.809><c> words</c><00:27:30.450><c> would</c><00:27:30.970><c> burn</c><00:27:31.369><c> themselves</c>

00:27:31.990 --> 00:27:38.250
in<00:27:32.190><c> the</c><00:27:32.430><c> minds</c><00:27:32.750><c> of</c><00:27:33.009><c> those</c><00:27:33.309><c> for</c><00:27:33.589><c> whom</c><00:27:33.710><c> it</c><00:27:33.829><c> was</c><00:27:34.049><c> important</c><00:27:34.549><c> to</c><00:27:34.809><c> remember</c><00:27:35.190><c> that</c><00:27:36.289><c> their</c><00:27:36.589><c> trial</c><00:27:36.849><c> was</c><00:27:37.150><c> to</c><00:27:37.329><c> moral.</c>

00:27:38.670 --> 00:27:41.069
And<00:27:39.069><c> because</c><00:27:39.250><c> they</c><00:27:39.470><c> would</c><00:27:39.710><c> not</c><00:27:39.970><c> bow</c><00:27:40.150><c> the</c><00:27:40.230><c> knee</c><00:27:40.309><c> to</c><00:27:40.549><c> Caesar,</c><00:27:40.990><c> it</c>

00:27:41.069 --> 00:27:42.789
was<00:27:41.390><c> death</c><00:27:41.710><c> that</c><00:27:41.890><c> was</c><00:27:42.150><c> facing</c><00:27:42.410><c> them.</c>

00:27:42.789 --> 00:27:46.950
The<00:27:43.390><c> Lord</c><00:27:43.569><c> didn't</c><00:27:43.869><c> offer</c><00:27:44.150><c> them</c><00:27:44.509><c> tranquility.</c><00:27:45.049><c> He</c><00:27:45.329><c> offered</c><00:27:45.630><c> them</c><00:27:45.990><c> that</c><00:27:46.130><c> they</c><00:27:46.309><c> would</c><00:27:46.549><c> not</c><00:27:46.750><c> be</c>

00:27:46.950 --> 00:27:47.630
heard<00:27:47.069><c> of</c><00:27:47.210><c> the</c><00:27:47.390><c> second</c>

00:27:47.630 --> 00:27:53.450
death.<00:27:48.990><c> That</c><00:27:49.250><c> may</c><00:27:49.470><c> come</c><00:27:49.730><c> in</c><00:27:50.170><c> our</c><00:27:50.410><c> life,</c><00:27:51.269><c> not</c><00:27:51.529><c> necessarily</c><00:27:52.109><c> through</c><00:27:52.490><c> trial,</c><00:27:53.230><c> but</c>

00:27:53.450 --> 00:27:55.269
through<00:27:53.869><c> the</c><00:27:54.369><c> circumstances</c><00:27:54.970><c> of</c>

00:27:55.269 --> 00:27:59.490
mortality,<00:27:57.009><c> that</c><00:27:57.250><c> we've</c><00:27:57.490><c> got</c><00:27:57.589><c> to</c><00:27:57.750><c> express</c><00:27:58.049><c> confidence</c><00:27:58.650><c> in</c><00:27:58.910><c> that</c><00:27:59.109><c> hope</c><00:27:59.289><c> of</c>

00:27:59.490 --> 00:28:02.269
the<00:27:59.630><c> Lord.</c><00:28:00.390><c> The</c><00:28:00.710><c> joy</c><00:28:01.109><c> set</c><00:28:01.410><c> before</c><00:28:01.950><c> him,</c>

00:28:02.269 --> 00:28:07.650
he<00:28:02.950><c> overcame.</c><00:28:04.369><c> And</c><00:28:04.670><c> it's</c><00:28:04.890><c> our</c><00:28:05.170><c> faith</c><00:28:05.430><c> that</c><00:28:05.670><c> allows</c><00:28:05.910><c> us</c><00:28:06.190><c> to</c><00:28:06.470><c> overcome</c><00:28:06.930><c> if</c>

00:28:07.650 --> 00:28:09.829
we<00:28:08.250><c> have</c><00:28:08.369><c> it</c><00:28:08.609><c> directed</c><00:28:08.890><c> to</c><00:28:09.190><c> this</c><00:28:09.470><c> word,</c>

00:28:09.829 --> 00:28:12.150
the<00:28:10.490><c> basis</c><00:28:10.910><c> of</c><00:28:11.130><c> our</c><00:28:11.390><c> faith.</c>

00:28:15.869 --> 00:28:18.849
Pergamus<00:28:16.170><c> was</c><00:28:16.369><c> a</c><00:28:16.630><c> great</c><00:28:16.849><c> center</c><00:28:17.130><c> of</c><00:28:17.369><c> learning,</c><00:28:17.769><c> we're</c><00:28:17.950><c> told.</c>

00:28:19.650 --> 00:28:21.950
It<00:28:19.809><c> was</c><00:28:20.069><c> a</c><00:28:20.269><c> rival</c><00:28:20.609><c> of</c><00:28:20.890><c> Alexandria.</c>

00:28:23.029 --> 00:28:26.269
There<00:28:23.170><c> were</c><00:28:23.329><c> a</c><00:28:23.430><c> great</c><00:28:23.569><c> number</c><00:28:23.910><c> of</c><00:28:24.190><c> books.</c><00:28:25.150><c> You</c><00:28:25.250><c> can</c><00:28:25.430><c> imagine</c><00:28:25.710><c> it</c><00:28:25.869><c> like</c><00:28:25.970><c> a</c>

00:28:26.269 --> 00:28:27.589
university<00:28:26.690><c> town</c><00:28:27.009><c> where</c><00:28:27.230><c> people</c>

00:28:27.589 --> 00:28:30.769
were<00:28:27.809><c> coming</c><00:28:28.029><c> up</c><00:28:28.210><c> with</c><00:28:28.369><c> all</c><00:28:28.650><c> kinds</c><00:28:28.950><c> of</c><00:28:29.250><c> ideas.</c><00:28:30.349><c> Interesting,</c>

00:28:30.910 --> 00:28:32.529
isn't<00:28:31.029><c> it,</c><00:28:31.430><c> that</c><00:28:31.609><c> the</c><00:28:31.869><c> spirit</c>

00:28:32.529 --> 00:28:35.630
tells<00:28:33.109><c> that</c><00:28:33.410><c> ecclesia,</c><00:28:33.849><c> you</c><00:28:33.990><c> have</c><00:28:34.329><c> to</c><00:28:34.569><c> deal</c><00:28:34.730><c> with</c><00:28:34.930><c> the</c><00:28:35.130><c> ideas,</c>

00:28:35.930 --> 00:28:38.109
the<00:28:36.250><c> doctrines</c><00:28:36.650><c> that</c><00:28:36.789><c> are</c><00:28:36.950><c> in</c><00:28:37.069><c> your</c><00:28:37.210><c> midst.</c>

00:28:38.250 --> 00:28:42.029
He<00:28:38.569><c> seems</c><00:28:38.910><c> to</c><00:28:39.130><c> be</c><00:28:39.309><c> directing</c><00:28:39.710><c> the</c><00:28:39.970><c> attention</c><00:28:40.329><c> to</c><00:28:40.589><c> any</c><00:28:40.869><c> particular</c><00:28:41.470><c> age</c><00:28:41.789><c> or</c>

00:28:42.029 --> 00:28:43.630
any<00:28:42.250><c> particular</c><00:28:42.730><c> ecclesia</c>

00:28:44.190 --> 00:28:47.869
where<00:28:44.710><c> ideas,</c><00:28:45.309><c> we</c><00:28:45.869><c> don't</c><00:28:46.109><c> wrestle</c><00:28:46.569><c> against</c><00:28:47.049><c> flesh</c><00:28:47.289><c> and</c><00:28:47.509><c> blood,</c><00:28:47.750><c> but</c>

00:28:47.869 --> 00:28:49.569
it<00:28:47.950><c> is</c><00:28:48.190><c> those</c><00:28:48.450><c> ideas.</c>

00:28:50.130 --> 00:28:53.950
It's<00:28:50.349><c> the</c><00:28:50.569><c> ideas</c><00:28:50.769><c> of</c><00:28:50.970><c> the</c><00:28:51.170><c> age,</c><00:28:51.930><c> which</c><00:28:52.190><c> are</c><00:28:52.849><c> so</c><00:28:53.230><c> difficult</c><00:28:53.710><c> at</c>

00:28:53.950 --> 00:28:57.569
times<00:28:54.210><c> to</c><00:28:54.450><c> deal</c><00:28:54.650><c> with,</c><00:28:54.910><c> but</c><00:28:55.109><c> what</c><00:28:55.329><c> we</c><00:28:55.730><c> have</c><00:28:56.029><c> to</c>

00:28:57.569 --> 00:29:01.009
deal<00:28:58.150><c> with</c><00:28:58.369><c> and</c><00:28:58.529><c> wrestle</c><00:28:58.829><c> with</c><00:28:58.970><c> in</c><00:28:59.109><c> our</c><00:28:59.269><c> life.</c><00:29:00.470><c> And</c><00:29:00.569><c> of</c><00:29:00.690><c> course,</c><00:29:00.809><c> many</c>

00:29:01.009 --> 00:29:04.369
of<00:29:01.130><c> those</c><00:29:01.369><c> ideas</c><00:29:01.970><c> weren't</c><00:29:02.269><c> just</c><00:29:03.089><c> ideas</c><00:29:03.609><c> of</c>

00:29:04.829 --> 00:29:11.130
theory.<00:29:06.589><c> The</c><00:29:06.730><c> outward</c><00:29:07.109><c> practicing</c><00:29:07.609><c> of</c><00:29:07.869><c> those</c><00:29:08.109><c> ideas</c><00:29:08.630><c> was</c><00:29:09.390><c> utter</c><00:29:09.670><c> immorality</c><00:29:10.450><c> according</c><00:29:10.910><c> to</c>

00:29:11.130 --> 00:29:12.069
the<00:29:11.289><c> word,</c>

00:29:12.930 --> 00:29:16.470
utter<00:29:13.490><c> licentiousness.</c><00:29:14.809><c> And</c><00:29:15.230><c> you</c><00:29:15.410><c> can</c><00:29:15.589><c> imagine</c><00:29:15.990><c> trying</c><00:29:16.289><c> to</c>

00:29:16.470 --> 00:29:18.769
live<00:29:16.589><c> the</c><00:29:16.869><c> truth</c><00:29:17.029><c> in</c><00:29:17.329><c> festivals</c><00:29:17.730><c> like</c><00:29:18.089><c> they</c><00:29:18.410><c> may</c><00:29:18.589><c> have</c>

00:29:18.769 --> 00:29:24.450
had<00:29:18.890><c> in</c><00:29:19.170><c> Sodom.</c><00:29:21.369><c> And</c><00:29:21.589><c> yet,</c><00:29:22.509><c> God</c><00:29:22.690><c> expected</c><00:29:23.349><c> those</c><00:29:23.809><c> people</c><00:29:24.150><c> to</c>

00:29:24.450 --> 00:29:28.150
maintain<00:29:25.069><c> the</c><00:29:25.390><c> faith</c><00:29:25.710><c> and</c><00:29:26.210><c> to</c><00:29:26.390><c> be</c><00:29:26.609><c> able</c><00:29:26.849><c> to</c><00:29:27.210><c> overcome.</c>

00:29:28.289 --> 00:29:31.269
Well,<00:29:28.470><c> we</c><00:29:28.630><c> may</c><00:29:28.789><c> live</c><00:29:28.970><c> in</c><00:29:29.130><c> a</c><00:29:29.269><c> city</c><00:29:29.369><c> like</c><00:29:29.670><c> that</c><00:29:29.829><c> today.</c><00:29:30.849><c> In</c><00:29:31.089><c> fact,</c>

00:29:31.450 --> 00:29:33.130
many<00:29:31.589><c> cities</c><00:29:31.869><c> are</c><00:29:32.130><c> becoming</c><00:29:32.410><c> more</c><00:29:32.750><c> like</c><00:29:32.970><c> that</c>

00:29:33.130 --> 00:29:39.269
all<00:29:33.369><c> the</c><00:29:33.549><c> time.</c><00:29:34.950><c> What</c><00:29:35.190><c> our</c><00:29:35.430><c> Lord</c><00:29:35.549><c> expects</c><00:29:36.049><c> us</c><00:29:36.349><c> to</c><00:29:36.549><c> do</c><00:29:36.730><c> is</c><00:29:37.029><c> to</c><00:29:37.430><c> overcome,</c><00:29:39.170><c> is</c>

00:29:39.269 --> 00:29:41.009
to<00:29:39.390><c> be</c><00:29:39.549><c> able</c><00:29:39.730><c> to</c><00:29:39.950><c> understand</c><00:29:40.490><c> that</c><00:29:40.750><c> although,</c>

00:29:41.289 --> 00:29:46.230
yes,<00:29:41.890><c> we're</c><00:29:42.049><c> on</c><00:29:42.269><c> the</c><00:29:42.549><c> last</c><00:29:42.849><c> lap</c><00:29:43.250><c> and</c><00:29:44.089><c> the</c><00:29:44.410><c> pain</c><00:29:44.609><c> of</c><00:29:44.769><c> it</c><00:29:45.170><c> is</c><00:29:45.549><c> feeling</c><00:29:45.829><c> all</c>

00:29:46.230 --> 00:29:47.509
through<00:29:46.450><c> our</c><00:29:46.710><c> body</c><00:29:46.910><c> where</c><00:29:47.069><c> we're</c><00:29:47.250><c> feeling</c>

00:29:47.509 --> 00:29:52.049
that<00:29:47.769><c> pain,</c><00:29:48.549><c> yet</c><00:29:48.769><c> if</c><00:29:49.109><c> we</c><00:29:49.369><c> keep</c><00:29:49.549><c> our</c><00:29:49.930><c> mind</c><00:29:50.309><c> on</c><00:29:50.529><c> what</c><00:29:50.769><c> we're</c><00:29:51.009><c> doing,</c><00:29:51.609><c> very</c>

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focused,<00:29:53.609><c> we're</c><00:29:53.910><c> able</c><00:29:54.069><c> to</c><00:29:54.450><c> complete</c><00:29:54.630><c> the</c><00:29:54.849><c> race.</c>

00:29:57.029 --> 00:30:00.130
And<00:29:57.549><c> he</c><00:29:57.710><c> says</c><00:29:57.950><c> in</c><00:29:58.130><c> verse</c><00:29:59.089><c> 17,</c>

00:30:00.789 --> 00:30:06.890
To<00:30:01.069><c> him</c><00:30:01.390><c> that</c><00:30:01.690><c> overcomes,</c><00:30:03.190><c> will</c><00:30:03.289><c> I</c><00:30:03.470><c> give</c><00:30:03.670><c> to</c><00:30:04.470><c> eat</c><00:30:04.529><c> of</c><00:30:04.829><c> the</c><00:30:05.150><c> hidden</c><00:30:05.609><c> manna,</c><00:30:06.690><c> and</c>

00:30:06.890 --> 00:30:08.309
will<00:30:07.109><c> give</c><00:30:07.190><c> him</c><00:30:07.369><c> a</c><00:30:07.609><c> white</c><00:30:07.910><c> stone,</c>

00:30:08.410 --> 00:30:12.069
and<00:30:08.490><c> in</c><00:30:08.569><c> the</c><00:30:08.829><c> stone</c><00:30:08.990><c> a</c><00:30:09.170><c> new</c><00:30:09.470><c> name</c><00:30:09.789><c> written,</c><00:30:10.470><c> which</c><00:30:10.690><c> no</c><00:30:10.950><c> man</c><00:30:11.210><c> knoweth,</c><00:30:11.569><c> saving</c><00:30:11.789><c> he</c>

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that<00:30:12.369><c> receiveth</c><00:30:12.650><c> it.</c>

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It<00:30:13.609><c> may</c><00:30:13.730><c> very</c><00:30:14.069><c> well</c><00:30:14.349><c> have</c><00:30:14.450><c> been,</c><00:30:14.650><c> although</c><00:30:14.950><c> there</c><00:30:15.210><c> doesn't</c><00:30:15.509><c> seem</c><00:30:15.769><c> to</c>

00:30:15.950 --> 00:30:18.430
be<00:30:16.269><c> much</c><00:30:16.809><c> information</c><00:30:17.490><c> to</c><00:30:17.710><c> base</c><00:30:17.869><c> it</c><00:30:18.069><c> on,</c>

00:30:18.930 --> 00:30:22.130
that<00:30:19.029><c> this</c><00:30:19.190><c> would</c><00:30:19.329><c> have</c><00:30:19.509><c> had</c><00:30:19.750><c> special</c><00:30:20.150><c> meaning</c><00:30:20.430><c> to</c><00:30:20.650><c> the</c><00:30:20.809><c> people</c><00:30:20.970><c> of</c><00:30:21.170><c> Pergamos,</c>

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who<00:30:23.089><c> maybe</c><00:30:23.369><c> because</c><00:30:23.769><c> of</c><00:30:23.930><c> their</c><00:30:24.170><c> learning</c><00:30:24.569><c> and</c><00:30:25.670><c> of</c><00:30:26.049><c> the</c><00:30:26.910><c> customs</c><00:30:27.349><c> that</c>

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were<00:30:27.849><c> associated</c><00:30:28.269><c> with</c><00:30:28.490><c> that</c><00:30:28.710><c> town,</c>

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would<00:30:29.890><c> have</c><00:30:30.069><c> been</c><00:30:30.329><c> very</c><00:30:30.690><c> aware</c><00:30:31.029><c> of</c><00:30:31.250><c> the</c><00:30:31.589><c> trials</c><00:30:31.950><c> for</c><00:30:32.210><c> which</c><00:30:32.410><c> a</c>

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white<00:30:32.910><c> stone</c><00:30:33.210><c> meant</c><00:30:33.470><c> acquittal</c>

00:30:34.589 --> 00:30:38.730
and<00:30:35.069><c> a</c><00:30:35.329><c> black</c><00:30:35.630><c> stone</c><00:30:36.049><c> meant</c><00:30:36.430><c> one</c><00:30:36.650><c> was</c><00:30:36.970><c> condemned.</c><00:30:38.269><c> Surely</c><00:30:38.470><c> the</c>

00:30:38.730 --> 00:30:41.440
Lord<00:30:38.849><c> was</c><00:30:39.130><c> picking</c><00:30:39.390><c> up</c><00:30:39.670><c> on</c><00:30:39.910><c> details</c><00:30:40.289><c> like</c><00:30:40.650><c> this.</c>

00:30:42.069 --> 00:30:45.690
But<00:30:42.190><c> look</c><00:30:42.269><c> at</c><00:30:42.390><c> the</c><00:30:42.589><c> drama.</c><00:30:43.490><c> I</c><00:30:43.490><c> mean,</c><00:30:43.849><c> people</c><00:30:43.990><c> today</c><00:30:44.369><c> watch</c><00:30:44.890><c> films</c><00:30:45.349><c> one</c>

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after<00:30:46.069><c> another</c><00:30:46.329><c> with</c><00:30:46.509><c> the</c><00:30:46.809><c> drama</c><00:30:47.009><c> of</c><00:30:47.289><c> a</c>

00:30:51.250 --> 00:30:56.589
picture<00:30:51.509><c> in</c><00:30:51.670><c> our</c><00:30:51.849><c> mind,</c><00:30:52.630><c> too,</c><00:30:53.049><c> and</c><00:30:53.589><c> as</c><00:30:53.930><c> joy</c><00:30:54.309><c> set</c><00:30:54.529><c> before</c><00:30:55.029><c> us</c><00:30:55.809><c> of</c>

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being<00:30:56.809><c> able</c><00:30:57.009><c> to</c><00:30:57.289><c> see</c><00:30:57.829><c> the</c><00:30:58.309><c> judge</c><00:30:58.509><c> making</c><00:30:58.869><c> the</c>

00:30:59.150 --> 00:31:05.250
decision<00:30:59.470><c> and</c><00:30:59.730><c> the</c><00:31:00.170><c> white</c><00:31:00.410><c> pebble</c><00:31:01.390><c> revealed</c><00:31:02.230><c> were</c><00:31:02.710><c> acquitted.</c><00:31:04.930><c> And</c><00:31:05.109><c> for</c>

00:31:05.250 --> 00:31:06.849
those<00:31:05.529><c> with</c><00:31:05.789><c> sin</c><00:31:05.910><c> in</c><00:31:06.049><c> their</c><00:31:06.289><c> life</c>

00:31:06.849 --> 00:31:11.210
who<00:31:07.569><c> have</c><00:31:07.769><c> prayed</c><00:31:07.950><c> to</c><00:31:08.130><c> their</c><00:31:08.349><c> Lord</c><00:31:08.549><c> for</c><00:31:08.849><c> forgiveness</c><00:31:09.329><c> and</c><00:31:10.349><c> have</c><00:31:10.490><c> been</c><00:31:10.650><c> humbled</c><00:31:10.930><c> by</c>

00:31:11.210 --> 00:31:12.609
the<00:31:11.509><c> experience,</c>

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that's<00:31:13.150><c> drama.</c><00:31:14.250><c> That's</c><00:31:14.849><c> the</c><00:31:15.069><c> joy</c><00:31:15.309><c> that's</c><00:31:15.670><c> set</c><00:31:15.769><c> before</c><00:31:16.170><c> us</c><00:31:16.509><c> in</c>

00:31:16.890 --> 00:31:20.329
real<00:31:17.230><c> figure</c><00:31:17.650><c> to</c><00:31:18.130><c> take</c><00:31:18.369><c> down</c><00:31:18.869><c> from</c><00:31:19.170><c> this</c><00:31:19.430><c> mountain.</c>

00:31:21.569 --> 00:31:25.690
When<00:31:22.130><c> we</c><00:31:22.329><c> come</c><00:31:22.490><c> to</c><00:31:22.730><c> Thyatira,</c><00:31:23.309><c> we're</c><00:31:23.549><c> told</c><00:31:23.930><c> that</c><00:31:24.210><c> this</c><00:31:24.509><c> particular</c><00:31:25.170><c> place</c>

00:31:25.690 --> 00:31:30.190
was<00:31:26.809><c> a</c><00:31:27.049><c> place</c><00:31:27.250><c> of</c><00:31:27.910><c> strong</c><00:31:28.609><c> trade</c><00:31:29.150><c> unions.</c>

00:31:32.069 --> 00:31:35.190
It<00:31:32.329><c> was</c><00:31:32.509><c> a</c><00:31:32.710><c> place</c><00:31:32.890><c> where</c><00:31:33.470><c> these</c><00:31:33.849><c> unions</c><00:31:34.289><c> were</c><00:31:34.529><c> very</c><00:31:34.789><c> much</c><00:31:34.950><c> like</c>

00:31:35.190 --> 00:31:37.130
some<00:31:35.410><c> of</c><00:31:35.529><c> the</c><00:31:35.730><c> companies</c><00:31:36.009><c> of</c><00:31:36.210><c> our</c><00:31:36.470><c> present</c><00:31:36.750><c> day</c><00:31:36.930><c> who</c>

00:31:37.130 --> 00:31:40.869
not<00:31:37.329><c> only</c><00:31:37.589><c> wanted</c><00:31:37.890><c> to</c><00:31:38.190><c> employ</c><00:31:38.549><c> people</c><00:31:39.009><c> but</c><00:31:39.650><c> control</c><00:31:40.250><c> people</c>

00:31:40.869 --> 00:31:44.250
and<00:31:42.730><c> to</c><00:31:42.930><c> get</c><00:31:43.069><c> them</c><00:31:43.269><c> involved</c><00:31:43.630><c> in</c><00:31:43.930><c> certain</c>

00:31:44.250 --> 00:31:48.970
social<00:31:44.769><c> activities</c><00:31:45.269><c> which</c><00:31:45.730><c> may</c><00:31:46.109><c> have</c><00:31:46.710><c> made</c><00:31:47.069><c> them</c><00:31:47.289><c> more</c><00:31:48.329><c> active</c><00:31:48.789><c> in</c>

00:31:48.970 --> 00:31:51.349
the<00:31:49.170><c> company</c><00:31:49.509><c> but</c><00:31:49.990><c> also</c><00:31:50.609><c> involved</c>

00:31:51.349 --> 00:31:58.250
very<00:31:51.990><c> licentious</c><00:31:52.609><c> behavior.</c><00:31:55.589><c> And</c><00:31:55.809><c> for</c><00:31:55.970><c> people</c><00:31:56.269><c> who</c><00:31:56.990><c> were</c><00:31:57.450><c> holding</c><00:31:57.829><c> the</c>

00:31:58.250 --> 00:32:00.529
truth,<00:31:59.150><c> knowing</c><00:31:59.470><c> that</c><00:31:59.730><c> this</c><00:32:00.009><c> was</c><00:32:00.269><c> not</c>

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possible,<00:32:01.430><c> you</c><00:32:01.529><c> can</c><00:32:01.710><c> well</c><00:32:01.849><c> imagine</c><00:32:02.190><c> they</c><00:32:02.369><c> may</c><00:32:02.509><c> have</c><00:32:02.650><c> had</c><00:32:02.750><c> a</c><00:32:02.970><c> hard</c><00:32:03.150><c> time</c><00:32:03.569><c> finding</c><00:32:03.930><c> a</c><00:32:04.109><c> living.</c>

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As<00:32:06.529><c> people</c><00:32:06.730><c> today</c><00:32:07.029><c> who</c><00:32:07.289><c> want</c><00:32:07.430><c> to</c><00:32:07.589><c> stay</c><00:32:07.750><c> away</c><00:32:07.910><c> from</c><00:32:08.170><c> trade</c><00:32:08.450><c> unions</c><00:32:08.910><c> will</c>

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find<00:32:09.650><c> that</c><00:32:09.890><c> there</c><00:32:10.049><c> are</c><00:32:10.230><c> certain</c><00:32:10.410><c> places</c>

00:32:10.789 --> 00:32:13.190
you<00:32:11.170><c> can't</c><00:32:11.569><c> find</c><00:32:11.809><c> a</c><00:32:11.950><c> job</c><00:32:12.210><c> if</c><00:32:12.349><c> you're</c><00:32:12.490><c> going</c><00:32:12.609><c> to</c><00:32:12.730><c> work</c><00:32:12.849><c> in</c><00:32:12.990><c> that</c>

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trade.<00:32:14.609><c> So</c><00:32:14.809><c> it</c><00:32:14.950><c> would</c><00:32:15.029><c> have</c><00:32:15.170><c> put</c><00:32:15.329><c> pressure</c><00:32:15.730><c> on</c><00:32:15.930><c> a</c>

00:32:16.109 --> 00:32:19.849
community<00:32:16.589><c> and</c><00:32:17.849><c> what</c><00:32:17.950><c> he's</c><00:32:18.170><c> saying</c><00:32:18.410><c> to</c><00:32:18.589><c> them</c><00:32:18.789><c> is</c><00:32:19.130><c> keep</c><00:32:19.490><c> this</c>

00:32:19.849 --> 00:32:23.549
figure<00:32:20.109><c> before</c><00:32:20.490><c> your</c><00:32:20.750><c> mind.</c><00:32:21.710><c> In</c><00:32:21.789><c> verse</c><00:32:22.009><c> 26</c><00:32:22.589><c> and</c><00:32:22.769><c> 27,</c>

00:32:23.990 --> 00:32:27.250
he<00:32:24.109><c> that</c><00:32:24.349><c> overcomes</c><00:32:24.950><c> and</c><00:32:25.329><c> keeps</c><00:32:25.630><c> my</c><00:32:26.109><c> works</c><00:32:26.369><c> unto</c><00:32:26.589><c> the</c><00:32:26.849><c> end,</c><00:32:27.230><c> do</c>

00:32:27.250 --> 00:32:29.789
him<00:32:27.430><c> while</c><00:32:27.589><c> I</c><00:32:27.809><c> give</c><00:32:28.009><c> power</c><00:32:28.430><c> over</c><00:32:28.670><c> the</c><00:32:28.829><c> nations</c>

00:32:29.910 --> 00:32:33.349
and<00:32:30.190><c> he</c><00:32:30.369><c> shall</c><00:32:30.490><c> rule</c><00:32:30.789><c> them</c><00:32:30.950><c> with</c><00:32:31.190><c> a</c><00:32:31.309><c> rod</c><00:32:31.410><c> of</c><00:32:31.670><c> iron.</c><00:32:32.990><c> And</c><00:32:33.150><c> it's</c>

00:32:33.349 --> 00:32:35.910
interesting<00:32:33.849><c> when</c><00:32:34.309><c> you've</c><00:32:34.930><c> got</c><00:32:35.029><c> to</c><00:32:35.230><c> stay</c><00:32:35.410><c> away</c><00:32:35.670><c> from</c>

00:32:35.910 --> 00:32:39.829
politics<00:32:36.710><c> of</c><00:32:37.549><c> employment,</c><00:32:38.730><c> not</c><00:32:38.809><c> just</c><00:32:39.089><c> the</c><00:32:39.250><c> politics</c><00:32:39.509><c> of</c><00:32:39.710><c> the</c>

00:32:39.829 --> 00:32:42.970
country<00:32:40.130><c> but</c><00:32:40.529><c> the</c><00:32:40.950><c> politics</c><00:32:41.329><c> of</c><00:32:41.710><c> trade</c><00:32:41.930><c> unions</c>

00:32:43.190 --> 00:32:47.170
and<00:32:43.710><c> you</c><00:32:43.829><c> have</c><00:32:44.009><c> to</c><00:32:44.269><c> live</c><00:32:44.410><c> a</c><00:32:44.609><c> different</c><00:32:44.970><c> life</c><00:32:45.369><c> because</c><00:32:45.730><c> of</c><00:32:45.849><c> it.</c>

00:32:48.049 --> 00:32:52.009
That<00:32:48.170><c> the</c><00:32:48.369><c> Lord</c><00:32:48.549><c> sustains</c><00:32:49.089><c> us</c><00:32:49.329><c> with</c><00:32:49.549><c> the</c><00:32:49.710><c> vision</c><00:32:50.150><c> when</c><00:32:50.829><c> all</c><00:32:51.089><c> those</c><00:32:51.329><c> things</c><00:32:51.549><c> which</c><00:32:51.750><c> we</c>

00:32:52.009 --> 00:32:52.730
know<00:32:52.170><c> are</c><00:32:52.369><c> wrong</c>

00:32:52.730 --> 00:32:56.369
and<00:32:53.170><c> are</c><00:32:53.529><c> corrupt</c><00:32:53.869><c> and</c><00:32:54.829><c> are</c><00:32:55.029><c> causing</c><00:32:55.289><c> so</c><00:32:55.630><c> many</c><00:32:55.849><c> problems</c><00:32:56.230><c> and</c>

00:32:56.369 --> 00:32:58.430
if<00:32:56.470><c> they</c><00:32:56.589><c> could</c><00:32:56.690><c> only</c><00:32:56.930><c> be</c><00:32:57.170><c> removed</c><00:32:57.589><c> from</c><00:32:57.869><c> society</c>

00:32:58.430 --> 00:33:02.230
it<00:32:58.549><c> would</c><00:32:58.710><c> be</c><00:32:58.910><c> so</c><00:32:59.109><c> much</c><00:32:59.289><c> better</c><00:32:59.569><c> but</c><00:32:59.769><c> not</c><00:33:00.009><c> now.</c><00:33:01.170><c> That's</c><00:33:01.549><c> the</c><00:33:01.670><c> vision</c><00:33:01.970><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:02.450><c> future</c><00:33:02.730><c> age</c><00:33:03.470><c> of</c><00:33:03.869><c> when</c><00:33:04.029><c> the</c><00:33:04.289><c> saints</c><00:33:04.470><c> will</c>

00:33:04.690 --> 00:33:08.690
go<00:33:05.069><c> forth</c><00:33:05.210><c> with</c><00:33:05.410><c> their</c><00:33:05.650><c> Lord</c><00:33:06.009><c> to</c><00:33:06.650><c> make</c><00:33:07.230><c> what's</c><00:33:07.650><c> wrong</c><00:33:08.029><c> right</c>

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by<00:33:09.970><c> overthrowing</c><00:33:10.710><c> all</c><00:33:10.930><c> these</c><00:33:11.309><c> elements</c><00:33:11.809><c> and</c>

00:33:12.190 --> 00:33:17.430
organizations<00:33:12.869><c> of</c><00:33:13.130><c> men.</c><00:33:15.009><c> Isn't</c><00:33:15.269><c> it</c><00:33:15.450><c> wonderful</c><00:33:15.750><c> to</c><00:33:16.029><c> contemplate</c><00:33:16.490><c> Joseph?</c>

00:33:18.470 --> 00:33:20.150
Joseph<00:33:18.930><c> was</c><00:33:19.170><c> being</c><00:33:19.509><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:33:20.549><c> be</c><00:33:20.769><c> second</c><00:33:20.970><c> in</c><00:33:21.210><c> command</c><00:33:21.430><c> in</c><00:33:21.630><c> Egypt</c><00:33:21.950><c> but</c><00:33:23.029><c> he</c><00:33:23.150><c> was</c><00:33:23.269><c> in</c><00:33:23.369><c> the</c><00:33:23.569><c> prison</c><00:33:23.950><c> in</c>

00:33:24.349 --> 00:33:26.730
that<00:33:24.589><c> preparation</c><00:33:25.109><c> period</c><00:33:25.589><c> where</c><00:33:26.490><c> he</c><00:33:26.589><c> had</c>

00:33:26.730 --> 00:33:32.069
learned<00:33:27.150><c> first</c><00:33:27.529><c> of</c><00:33:27.750><c> all</c><00:33:28.289><c> the</c><00:33:28.690><c> principles</c><00:33:29.349><c> of</c><00:33:30.650><c> submission</c><00:33:31.230><c> and</c>

00:33:32.069 --> 00:33:35.329
the<00:33:32.190><c> principles</c><00:33:32.630><c> of</c><00:33:32.970><c> humility</c><00:33:33.509><c> but</c><00:33:34.269><c> in</c><00:33:34.470><c> all</c><00:33:34.690><c> of</c><00:33:34.950><c> that</c>

00:33:35.329 --> 00:33:38.710
his<00:33:35.829><c> character</c><00:33:36.190><c> was</c><00:33:36.470><c> being</c><00:33:36.910><c> perfected</c><00:33:37.769><c> so</c><00:33:37.990><c> that</c><00:33:38.130><c> he</c><00:33:38.309><c> would</c><00:33:38.450><c> at</c>

00:33:38.710 --> 00:33:40.890
times<00:33:39.269><c> be</c><00:33:39.589><c> out</c><00:33:39.750><c> there</c><00:33:40.009><c> ruling</c><00:33:40.230><c> the</c><00:33:40.450><c> nations.</c>

00:33:41.289 --> 00:33:44.869
It's<00:33:41.650><c> a</c><00:33:41.769><c> wonderful</c><00:33:41.990><c> thing</c><00:33:42.230><c> to</c><00:33:42.470><c> contemplate</c><00:33:42.950><c> and</c><00:33:43.109><c> very</c><00:33:43.369><c> motivational</c><00:33:43.930><c> brothers</c><00:33:44.210><c> and</c><00:33:44.470><c> sisters</c>

00:33:44.869 --> 00:33:47.970
and<00:33:45.490><c> sometimes</c><00:33:45.950><c> it's</c><00:33:46.250><c> really</c><00:33:46.509><c> worth</c><00:33:46.750><c> thinking</c><00:33:47.089><c> about</c><00:33:47.670><c> when</c>

00:33:47.970 --> 00:33:50.170
you<00:33:48.109><c> go</c><00:33:48.269><c> into</c><00:33:48.509><c> an</c><00:33:48.710><c> organization</c><00:33:49.269><c> of</c><00:33:49.630><c> just</c><00:33:49.910><c> thinking</c>

00:33:50.170 --> 00:33:54.990
well<00:33:50.730><c> certainly</c><00:33:51.210><c> I</c><00:33:51.450><c> can't</c><00:33:51.670><c> do</c><00:33:51.809><c> anything</c><00:33:52.150><c> presently</c><00:33:53.250><c> but</c><00:33:54.130><c> based</c><00:33:54.450><c> on</c><00:33:54.569><c> what</c><00:33:54.690><c> I</c>

00:33:54.990 --> 00:33:56.230
know<00:33:55.230><c> about</c><00:33:55.490><c> the</c><00:33:55.730><c> scriptures</c>

00:33:56.230 --> 00:33:58.630
given<00:33:56.690><c> the</c><00:33:56.970><c> opportunity</c><00:33:57.490><c> this</c><00:33:57.769><c> is</c><00:33:57.910><c> what</c><00:33:58.049><c> I</c><00:33:58.230><c> think</c><00:33:58.349><c> ought</c><00:33:58.509><c> to</c>

00:33:58.630 --> 00:34:02.329
be<00:33:58.809><c> done.</c><00:34:00.349><c> In</c><00:34:00.410><c> some</c><00:34:00.609><c> cases</c><00:34:00.950><c> it's</c><00:34:01.190><c> not</c><00:34:01.450><c> just</c><00:34:01.690><c> us</c><00:34:02.089><c> sweeping</c>

00:34:02.329 --> 00:34:05.309
it<00:34:02.529><c> all</c><00:34:02.690><c> away</c><00:34:03.089><c> but</c><00:34:03.490><c> you</c><00:34:03.609><c> can</c><00:34:03.829><c> see</c><00:34:03.970><c> the</c><00:34:04.269><c> obvious</c><00:34:04.690><c> things</c><00:34:05.150><c> that</c>

00:34:05.309 --> 00:34:07.549
have<00:34:05.470><c> gone</c><00:34:05.670><c> wrong</c><00:34:06.190><c> where</c><00:34:06.910><c> you</c><00:34:07.029><c> know</c><00:34:07.190><c> that</c><00:34:07.329><c> an</c>

00:34:07.549 --> 00:34:10.690
organization<00:34:08.050><c> quite</c><00:34:08.550><c> often</c><00:34:08.809><c> it's</c><00:34:08.989><c> not</c><00:34:09.170><c> what</c><00:34:09.309><c> you</c><00:34:09.489><c> can</c><00:34:09.750><c> do</c><00:34:10.170><c> it's</c><00:34:10.570><c> not</c>

00:34:10.690 --> 00:34:12.929
the<00:34:10.929><c> skills</c><00:34:11.110><c> you</c><00:34:11.389><c> have</c><00:34:11.489><c> it's</c><00:34:11.690><c> who</c><00:34:11.909><c> you</c><00:34:12.210><c> know</c>

00:34:13.789 --> 00:34:17.269
that<00:34:14.230><c> advances</c><00:34:14.550><c> you</c><00:34:14.849><c> up</c><00:34:15.070><c> or</c><00:34:15.429><c> you</c><00:34:15.789><c> still</c><00:34:15.949><c> have</c><00:34:16.110><c> a</c><00:34:16.309><c> job</c><00:34:16.530><c> or</c><00:34:16.809><c> allows</c><00:34:17.050><c> you</c>

00:34:17.269 --> 00:34:19.230
to<00:34:17.389><c> get</c><00:34:17.489><c> into</c><00:34:17.710><c> some</c><00:34:17.889><c> other</c><00:34:18.070><c> area.</c>

00:34:21.829 --> 00:34:30.250
In<00:34:22.429><c> Sardis</c><00:34:23.030><c> this</c><00:34:24.289><c> was</c><00:34:24.530><c> the</c><00:34:24.929><c> strong</c><00:34:25.449><c> fortified</c><00:34:26.269><c> city</c><00:34:26.869><c> a</c><00:34:28.289><c> thousand</c><00:34:28.670><c> feet</c><00:34:29.010><c> above</c><00:34:29.349><c> the</c><00:34:29.730><c> plain</c><00:34:29.889><c> of</c><00:34:30.070><c> a</c>

00:34:30.250 --> 00:34:30.989
very<00:34:30.590><c> fertile</c>

00:34:30.989 --> 00:34:35.010
river<00:34:31.590><c> where</c><00:34:32.730><c> it</c><00:34:32.829><c> would</c><00:34:33.030><c> seem</c><00:34:33.250><c> by</c><00:34:33.489><c> just</c><00:34:33.829><c> living</c><00:34:34.050><c> in</c><00:34:34.250><c> this</c><00:34:34.489><c> place</c><00:34:34.829><c> you</c>

00:34:35.010 --> 00:34:37.570
would<00:34:35.309><c> feel</c><00:34:35.630><c> confident</c><00:34:36.329><c> because</c><00:34:37.210><c> no</c><00:34:37.449><c> one</c>

00:34:37.570 --> 00:34:40.130
could<00:34:37.789><c> attack</c><00:34:38.110><c> you</c><00:34:38.349><c> from</c><00:34:38.570><c> any</c><00:34:38.829><c> position</c><00:34:39.250><c> except</c><00:34:39.650><c> the</c><00:34:39.949><c> south</c>

00:34:40.130 --> 00:34:42.449
and<00:34:40.329><c> the</c><00:34:40.510><c> south</c><00:34:40.650><c> was</c><00:34:40.869><c> heavily</c><00:34:41.230><c> defended.</c>

00:34:43.230 --> 00:34:47.030
Now<00:34:43.469><c> it</c><00:34:43.630><c> is</c><00:34:43.829><c> interesting</c><00:34:44.329><c> brothers</c><00:34:44.630><c> and</c><00:34:44.909><c> sisters</c><00:34:45.150><c> to</c><00:34:45.449><c> contemplate</c><00:34:46.130><c> that</c><00:34:46.349><c> aspect</c><00:34:46.829><c> of</c>

00:34:47.030 --> 00:34:47.530
our<00:34:47.230><c> life.</c>

00:34:47.530 --> 00:34:51.349
The<00:34:48.369><c> Lord's</c><00:34:48.690><c> trying</c><00:34:48.809><c> to</c><00:34:49.090><c> tell</c><00:34:49.210><c> us</c><00:34:49.409><c> I</c><00:34:49.650><c> believe</c><00:34:50.369><c> again</c><00:34:50.969><c> we</c><00:34:51.190><c> have</c>

00:34:51.349 --> 00:34:54.170
to<00:34:51.570><c> say</c><00:34:51.769><c> this</c><00:34:52.250><c> that</c><00:34:52.510><c> when</c><00:34:52.769><c> John</c><00:34:53.010><c> looked</c><00:34:53.309><c> back</c><00:34:53.789><c> over</c>

00:34:54.170 --> 00:34:58.650
all<00:34:54.510><c> of</c><00:34:54.650><c> that</c><00:34:54.889><c> time</c><00:34:55.110><c> and</c><00:34:55.349><c> saw</c><00:34:55.550><c> all</c><00:34:55.829><c> of</c><00:34:55.949><c> the</c><00:34:56.110><c> Ecclesias</c><00:34:56.670><c> that</c><00:34:57.590><c> there's</c><00:34:57.949><c> something</c><00:34:58.230><c> in</c>

00:34:58.650 --> 00:35:00.670
each<00:34:58.989><c> of</c><00:34:59.250><c> these</c><00:34:59.489><c> for</c><00:34:59.809><c> all</c><00:35:00.030><c> of</c><00:35:00.170><c> us</c>

00:35:00.670 --> 00:35:05.530
there's<00:35:01.530><c> nothing</c><00:35:01.909><c> to</c><00:35:02.190><c> be</c><00:35:02.829><c> discarded</c><00:35:03.309><c> or</c><00:35:03.530><c> put</c><00:35:03.690><c> on</c><00:35:03.909><c> the</c><00:35:04.170><c> side.</c><00:35:05.269><c> I</c>

00:35:05.530 --> 00:35:07.309
think<00:35:05.650><c> he's</c><00:35:06.050><c> trying</c><00:35:06.170><c> to</c><00:35:06.389><c> tell</c><00:35:06.489><c> us</c><00:35:06.710><c> amongst</c><00:35:06.909><c> other</c>

00:35:07.309 --> 00:35:14.809
things<00:35:07.530><c> with</c><00:35:07.829><c> Sardis</c><00:35:09.190><c> that</c><00:35:09.909><c> don't</c><00:35:10.949><c> discount</c><00:35:11.570><c> the</c><00:35:12.090><c> effect</c><00:35:12.730><c> that</c><00:35:13.650><c> living</c><00:35:13.949><c> where</c><00:35:14.389><c> you</c>

00:35:14.809 --> 00:35:16.210
live<00:35:15.090><c> will</c><00:35:15.449><c> have</c><00:35:15.650><c> upon</c><00:35:15.949><c> your</c>

00:35:16.210 --> 00:35:22.710
attitudes.<00:35:19.130><c> So</c><00:35:19.510><c> people</c><00:35:19.809><c> in</c><00:35:20.070><c> Sardis</c><00:35:20.349><c> were</c><00:35:20.630><c> asleep</c><00:35:21.170><c> they</c><00:35:22.389><c> were</c>

00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:25.670
confident<00:35:23.150><c> but</c><00:35:23.369><c> it</c><00:35:23.489><c> was</c><00:35:23.730><c> a</c><00:35:24.010><c> false</c><00:35:24.349><c> confidence</c>

00:35:25.989 --> 00:35:31.530
yet<00:35:26.670><c> the</c><00:35:26.989><c> city</c><00:35:27.389><c> where</c><00:35:27.670><c> they</c><00:35:28.010><c> lived</c><00:35:28.730><c> conveyed</c><00:35:29.449><c> that</c><00:35:29.690><c> to</c><00:35:29.949><c> everybody</c><00:35:30.389><c> it</c><00:35:31.309><c> was</c>

00:35:31.530 --> 00:35:35.510
so<00:35:31.809><c> secure</c><00:35:32.469><c> it</c><00:35:33.789><c> was</c><00:35:34.050><c> so</c><00:35:34.369><c> wealthy</c>

00:35:36.090 --> 00:35:43.030
that<00:35:36.769><c> daily</c><00:35:37.250><c> living</c><00:35:37.929><c> emphasized</c><00:35:39.230><c> that</c><00:35:40.210><c> confidence</c><00:35:40.889><c> and</c><00:35:42.949><c> it</c>

00:35:43.030 --> 00:35:44.969
seemed<00:35:43.170><c> to</c><00:35:43.369><c> rub</c><00:35:43.510><c> off</c><00:35:43.710><c> on</c><00:35:43.869><c> the</c><00:35:44.030><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:35:45.070 --> 00:35:49.190
and<00:35:45.630><c> that's</c><00:35:45.769><c> why</c><00:35:45.949><c> we</c><00:35:46.090><c> have</c><00:35:46.289><c> to</c><00:35:46.409><c> be</c><00:35:46.650><c> so</c><00:35:46.969><c> much</c><00:35:47.210><c> on</c><00:35:47.550><c> guard</c><00:35:47.869><c> to</c><00:35:48.170><c> where</c><00:35:48.389><c> we</c><00:35:48.670><c> live.</c><00:35:49.050><c> As</c><00:35:49.050><c> I</c>

00:35:49.190 --> 00:35:50.349
say<00:35:49.269><c> you</c><00:35:49.409><c> can't</c><00:35:49.869><c> generalize</c>

00:35:50.349 --> 00:35:54.769
and<00:35:50.570><c> say</c><00:35:50.710><c> that</c><00:35:51.130><c> this</c><00:35:51.389><c> age</c><00:35:51.650><c> is</c><00:35:51.989><c> all</c><00:35:52.750><c> like</c><00:35:53.349><c> Sardis</c><00:35:53.909><c> or</c><00:35:54.250><c> all</c><00:35:54.429><c> like</c>

00:35:54.769 --> 00:35:57.550
Laodicea.<00:35:56.250><c> That</c><00:35:56.409><c> surely</c><00:35:56.690><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:56.929><c> be</c><00:35:57.210><c> true</c><00:35:57.389><c> of</c>

00:35:57.550 --> 00:36:00.670
many<00:35:57.750><c> of</c><00:35:57.889><c> our</c><00:35:58.050><c> brethren</c><00:35:58.230><c> in</c><00:35:58.409><c> the</c><00:35:58.590><c> Philippines</c><00:35:58.949><c> or</c><00:36:00.010><c> in</c><00:36:00.190><c> Malawi</c>

00:36:00.670 --> 00:36:04.650
but<00:36:01.730><c> nevertheless</c><00:36:02.429><c> these</c><00:36:03.610><c> exhortations</c><00:36:04.369><c> may</c>

00:36:04.650 --> 00:36:10.210
be<00:36:04.929><c> stronger</c><00:36:05.210><c> for</c><00:36:05.489><c> us</c><00:36:05.989><c> who</c><00:36:06.329><c> do</c><00:36:06.650><c> live</c><00:36:06.989><c> in</c><00:36:07.170><c> a</c><00:36:07.329><c> land</c><00:36:07.449><c> of</c><00:36:07.690><c> plenty</c><00:36:07.969><c> and</c><00:36:08.949><c> who</c><00:36:09.170><c> because</c><00:36:09.610><c> of</c>

00:36:10.210 --> 00:36:11.730
the<00:36:10.489><c> wealth</c><00:36:10.849><c> and</c><00:36:11.489><c> the</c>

00:36:11.730 --> 00:36:16.590
opportunity<00:36:12.210><c> that</c><00:36:12.489><c> surrounds</c><00:36:12.949><c> us</c><00:36:13.230><c> may</c><00:36:13.630><c> just</c><00:36:14.110><c> go</c><00:36:14.349><c> to</c><00:36:14.590><c> sleep</c><00:36:15.030><c> being</c><00:36:16.090><c> lulled</c><00:36:16.389><c> by</c>

00:36:16.590 --> 00:36:17.570
the<00:36:16.789><c> fact</c><00:36:16.969><c> that</c><00:36:17.130><c> we</c><00:36:17.289><c> think</c>

00:36:17.570 --> 00:36:23.849
there<00:36:17.869><c> is</c><00:36:18.030><c> no</c><00:36:18.210><c> other</c><00:36:18.389><c> needs.</c><00:36:22.469><c> And</c><00:36:22.469><c> then</c><00:36:22.670><c> he</c><00:36:22.889><c> sets</c><00:36:23.090><c> before</c><00:36:23.550><c> them</c>

00:36:23.849 --> 00:36:26.610
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them<00:43:42.050><c> through</c><00:43:42.489><c> it</c><00:43:42.949><c> would</c>

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