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He<00:15:52.799><c> would</c><00:15:52.980><c> have</c><00:15:53.120><c> had</c><00:15:53.279><c> the</c><00:15:53.539><c> first</c><00:15:53.840><c> hand</c><00:15:54.100><c> experience</c><00:15:54.659><c> of</c><00:15:54.940><c> prejudice</c><00:15:55.320><c> against</c><00:15:55.700><c> Jesus.</c>

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That's<00:15:56.919><c> interesting</c><00:15:57.299><c> because</c><00:15:57.639><c> he</c><00:15:57.779><c> would</c><00:15:57.940><c> have</c><00:15:58.179><c> seen</c><00:15:58.580><c> how</c><00:15:59.059><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:15:59.720><c> community</c><00:16:00.360><c> treated</c><00:16:00.860><c> his</c><00:16:01.200><c> half</c><00:16:01.460><c> brother</c>

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and<00:16:02.419><c> realized</c><00:16:03.080><c> that</c><00:16:03.320><c> this</c><00:16:03.559><c> same</c><00:16:03.779><c> kind</c><00:16:03.980><c> of</c><00:16:04.080><c> thing</c><00:16:04.200><c> was</c><00:16:04.399><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:04.580><c> go</c><00:16:04.799><c> on</c><00:16:05.000><c> at</c><00:16:05.200><c> this</c><00:16:05.440><c> time</c><00:16:05.720><c> amongst</c><00:16:06.019><c> the</c><00:16:06.340><c> believers.</c>

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And<00:16:07.299><c> he</c><00:16:07.440><c> had</c><00:16:07.740><c> seen</c><00:16:07.980><c> the</c><00:16:08.240><c> dependence</c><00:16:08.639><c> that</c><00:16:09.000><c> the</c><00:16:09.200><c> pharisaical</c>

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community<00:16:10.259><c> had</c><00:16:10.620><c> on</c><00:16:10.960><c> legalism,</c>

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in<00:16:11.720><c> fact</c><00:16:11.879><c> all</c><00:16:12.120><c> of</c><00:16:12.360><c> Judaism,</c><00:16:13.200><c> you</c><00:16:13.480><c> go</c><00:16:13.679><c> back</c><00:16:13.899><c> and</c><00:16:14.080><c> trace</c><00:16:14.320><c> its</c><00:16:14.559><c> roots</c><00:16:14.799><c> as</c>

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to<00:16:15.159><c> how</c><00:16:15.340><c> it</c><00:16:15.519><c> actually</c><00:16:15.799><c> worked.</c>

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And<00:16:17.039><c> he</c><00:16:17.259><c> also</c><00:16:17.620><c> was</c><00:16:17.960><c> personally</c><00:16:18.360><c> called</c><00:16:18.720><c> by</c><00:16:19.059><c> Jesus</c><00:16:19.480><c> after</c><00:16:19.899><c> his</c><00:16:20.159><c> resurrection.</c>

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Remember<00:16:20.899><c> in</c><00:16:21.080><c> 1</c><00:16:21.279><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:21.620><c> 15</c><00:16:22.080><c> there</c><00:16:22.340><c> it</c><00:16:22.480><c> says</c><00:16:22.679><c> that</c><00:16:22.840><c> he</c><00:16:22.960><c> appeared</c><00:16:23.279><c> to</c>

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James<00:16:24.240><c> after</c><00:16:24.820><c> his</c><00:16:25.100><c> resurrection.</c>

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So<00:16:26.480><c> that's</c><00:16:27.299><c> some</c><00:16:27.500><c> of</c><00:16:27.620><c> the</c><00:16:27.799><c> background</c><00:16:28.159><c> at</c><00:16:28.320><c> least</c><00:16:28.500><c> as</c><00:16:28.700><c> to</c><00:16:28.899><c> possibly</c><00:16:29.279><c> who</c>

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this<00:16:29.799><c> man</c><00:16:29.960><c> actually</c><00:16:30.379><c> was</c>

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that<00:16:31.000><c> wrote</c><00:16:31.179><c> the</c><00:16:31.399><c> letter</c><00:16:31.659><c> and</c><00:16:32.179><c> that</c><00:16:32.460><c> it's</c><00:16:32.779><c> fun</c><00:16:32.940><c> to</c><00:16:33.139><c> watch</c><00:16:33.320><c> that</c>

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when<00:16:33.559><c> he</c><00:16:33.779><c> introduces</c><00:16:34.120><c> himself</c><00:16:34.580><c> he</c><00:16:34.779><c> doesn't</c><00:16:35.139><c> call</c>

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himself<00:16:36.039><c> the</c><00:16:36.279><c> half</c><00:16:36.480><c> brother</c><00:16:36.759><c> of</c><00:16:36.799><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:37.440><c> he</c><00:16:37.559><c> doesn't</c><00:16:37.860><c> elevate</c>

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himself<00:16:38.820><c> up</c><00:16:39.059><c> there</c><00:16:39.240><c> in</c><00:16:39.360><c> any</c><00:16:39.580><c> way,</c>

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he<00:16:40.259><c> simply</c><00:16:40.720><c> introduces</c><00:16:41.220><c> himself</c><00:16:41.860><c> as</c><00:16:42.559><c> a</c><00:16:42.840><c> servant</c><00:16:43.159><c> of</c><00:16:43.440><c> God</c><00:16:43.899><c> and</c>

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of<00:16:44.440><c> the</c><00:16:44.539><c> Lord</c><00:16:44.759><c> Jesus</c><00:16:45.139><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:46.039><c> that's</c><00:16:46.320><c> typical</c><00:16:46.700><c> of</c><00:16:46.899><c> this</c><00:16:47.139><c> man,</c><00:16:47.600><c> that's</c><00:16:47.840><c> probably</c><00:16:48.279><c> why</c>

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he<00:16:48.659><c> was</c>

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so<00:16:49.200><c> well</c><00:16:49.419><c> respected</c><00:16:49.960><c> in</c><00:16:50.200><c> the</c><00:16:50.379><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:50.679><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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He<00:16:51.700><c> didn't</c><00:16:52.039><c> view</c><00:16:52.299><c> himself</c><00:16:52.879><c> as</c><00:16:53.179><c> towering</c><00:16:53.580><c> over</c><00:16:53.820><c> everybody</c><00:16:54.220><c> else</c><00:16:54.580><c> and</c>

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looking<00:16:55.340><c> down</c><00:16:55.620><c> at</c><00:16:55.759><c> them,</c>

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he<00:16:56.279><c> viewed</c><00:16:56.460><c> himself</c><00:16:56.879><c> as</c><00:16:57.080><c> just</c><00:16:57.259><c> a</c><00:16:57.559><c> servant</c><00:16:57.860><c> of</c><00:16:58.440><c> the</c><00:16:58.620><c> Lord</c><00:16:58.899><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:16:59.759><c> and</c><00:16:59.960><c> of</c><00:17:00.120><c> his</c><00:17:00.299><c> heavenly</c><00:17:00.620><c> father</c>

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and<00:17:01.580><c> that's</c><00:17:01.960><c> probably</c><00:17:02.379><c> why</c><00:17:02.679><c> James</c><00:17:02.960><c> was</c><00:17:03.200><c> such</c><00:17:03.419><c> an</c><00:17:03.659><c> effective</c>

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worker<00:17:04.420><c> in</c><00:17:05.259><c> the</c><00:17:05.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:05.700><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Now<00:17:07.220><c> as</c><00:17:07.339><c> far</c><00:17:07.539><c> as</c><00:17:07.700><c> the</c><00:17:07.859><c> reasons</c><00:17:08.160><c> for</c><00:17:08.359><c> the</c><00:17:08.539><c> letter,</c><00:17:08.759><c> when</c><00:17:08.859><c> you</c><00:17:08.960><c> go</c>

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back<00:17:09.259><c> and</c><00:17:09.339><c> look</c>

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at<00:17:09.619><c> why</c><00:17:09.819><c> did</c><00:17:09.920><c> he</c><00:17:10.059><c> write</c><00:17:10.299><c> the</c><00:17:10.519><c> letter,</c><00:17:10.819><c> well</c><00:17:11.019><c> we</c><00:17:11.119><c> got</c><00:17:11.319><c> a</c><00:17:11.400><c> couple</c>

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of<00:17:11.920><c> possibilities</c><00:17:12.359><c> here.</c>

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First<00:17:12.980><c> of</c><00:17:13.240><c> all,</c><00:17:13.740><c> the</c><00:17:13.880><c> Jews</c><00:17:14.140><c> were</c><00:17:14.420><c> facing</c><00:17:14.759><c> persecution,</c><00:17:15.980><c> the</c>

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believers<00:17:16.759><c> at</c><00:17:17.000><c> this</c><00:17:17.220><c> time</c>

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and<00:17:17.819><c> the</c><00:17:18.180><c> persecution</c><00:17:18.799><c> wasn't</c><00:17:19.339><c> coming</c><00:17:19.740><c> from</c><00:17:20.019><c> the</c><00:17:20.180><c> Gentiles.</c>

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See<00:17:21.599><c> it's</c><00:17:21.960><c> not</c><00:17:22.200><c> a</c><00:17:22.500><c> Gentile</c><00:17:23.220><c> Jew</c><00:17:23.420><c> problem</c><00:17:23.900><c> here</c><00:17:24.220><c> in</c><00:17:24.380><c> this</c><00:17:24.619><c> letter,</c><00:17:24.960><c> this</c>

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is<00:17:25.579><c> all</c><00:17:25.980><c> Jew</c><00:17:26.359><c> versus</c><00:17:26.960><c> Jew.</c>

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That's<00:17:28.200><c> different</c><00:17:28.519><c> than</c><00:17:28.740><c> Paul</c><00:17:29.119><c> and</c><00:17:29.299><c> his</c><00:17:29.460><c> letter</c><00:17:29.619><c> to</c><00:17:29.799><c> the</c><00:17:29.940><c> Romans</c><00:17:30.200><c> that</c>

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we<00:17:30.500><c> were</c><00:17:30.579><c> looking</c><00:17:30.799><c> at</c><00:17:30.960><c> yesterday.</c>

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In<00:17:31.839><c> the</c><00:17:32.039><c> Romans</c><00:17:32.299><c> letter</c><00:17:32.599><c> it</c><00:17:32.759><c> was</c><00:17:33.019><c> the</c><00:17:33.299><c> Jews</c><00:17:33.500><c> thinking</c><00:17:33.799><c> they</c>

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were<00:17:34.119><c> better</c><00:17:34.319><c> than</c><00:17:34.539><c> the</c><00:17:34.680><c> Gentiles</c>

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and<00:17:35.420><c> the</c><00:17:35.539><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:36.259><c> thinking</c><00:17:36.480><c> they</c><00:17:36.619><c> were</c><00:17:36.779><c> better</c><00:17:36.920><c> than</c><00:17:37.079><c> the</c><00:17:37.259><c> Jews.</c>

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In<00:17:38.259><c> this</c><00:17:38.680><c> letter,</c><00:17:39.319><c> in</c><00:17:39.559><c> James'</c><00:17:39.980><c> letter,</c><00:17:40.339><c> this</c><00:17:40.640><c> is</c><00:17:41.079><c> Jews</c><00:17:41.420><c> against</c><00:17:42.000><c> Jews.</c>

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So<00:17:43.259><c> the</c><00:17:43.559><c> Gentile</c><00:17:44.180><c> problem</c><00:17:44.599><c> doesn't</c><00:17:44.920><c> seem</c><00:17:45.200><c> to</c><00:17:45.400><c> have</c><00:17:45.599><c> developed</c>

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yet<00:17:46.279><c> when</c><00:17:46.519><c> James</c><00:17:46.880><c> wrote</c><00:17:47.140><c> his</c><00:17:47.420><c> letter</c>

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but<00:17:48.160><c> the</c><00:17:48.500><c> very</c><00:17:48.920><c> rich</c><00:17:49.259><c> and</c><00:17:49.700><c> established</c><00:17:50.220><c> Jews</c><00:17:50.819><c> were</c><00:17:51.119><c> looking</c>

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down<00:17:51.859><c> on</c><00:17:52.099><c> the</c><00:17:52.339><c> poor,</c>

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the<00:17:53.039><c> ones</c><00:17:53.160><c> that</c><00:17:53.440><c> probably</c><00:17:53.779><c> had</c><00:17:53.960><c> just</c><00:17:54.259><c> migrated</c><00:17:54.619><c> out</c><00:17:54.900><c> there</c><00:17:55.099><c> as</c>

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a<00:17:55.440><c> result</c><00:17:55.680><c> of</c><00:17:55.920><c> Stephen's</c><00:17:56.299><c> persecution.</c>

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Too<00:17:58.039><c> many</c><00:17:58.299><c> of</c><00:17:58.380><c> the</c><00:17:58.579><c> Jewish</c><00:17:58.819><c> believers</c><00:17:59.380><c> had</c><00:17:59.980><c> a</c><00:18:00.420><c> belief</c><00:18:00.559><c> system</c>

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that<00:18:01.259><c> wasn't</c><00:18:01.480><c> really</c><00:18:01.819><c> manifested</c><00:18:02.299><c> in</c><00:18:02.480><c> their</c><00:18:02.619><c> way</c><00:18:02.779><c> of</c><00:18:02.980><c> life.</c>

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They<00:18:03.500><c> had</c><00:18:03.720><c> inherited</c><00:18:04.119><c> this</c><00:18:04.420><c> from</c><00:18:04.640><c> their</c><00:18:04.980><c> Judaism,</c><00:18:05.579><c> from</c><00:18:05.759><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:18:06.240><c> community</c><00:18:06.680><c> and</c><00:18:06.839><c> the</c><00:18:07.039><c> synagogues.</c>

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And<00:18:08.259><c> so</c><00:18:08.500><c> James</c><00:18:08.799><c> has</c><00:18:09.039><c> to</c><00:18:09.279><c> write</c><00:18:09.420><c> this</c><00:18:09.660><c> letter</c><00:18:09.880><c> to</c><00:18:10.119><c> say</c><00:18:10.259><c> that</c><00:18:10.500><c> look,</c>

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our<00:18:11.220><c> faith</c><00:18:11.539><c> has</c><00:18:12.059><c> to</c><00:18:12.299><c> impact</c><00:18:12.779><c> the</c><00:18:12.960><c> way</c><00:18:13.039><c> we</c><00:18:13.279><c> live</c><00:18:13.519><c> and</c><00:18:13.960><c> that's</c><00:18:14.200><c> why</c><00:18:14.359><c> we</c>

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like<00:18:14.700><c> the</c><00:18:14.900><c> letter.</c>

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He<00:18:15.579><c> doesn't,</c><00:18:16.279><c> at</c><00:18:16.559><c> the</c><00:18:16.660><c> end</c><00:18:16.779><c> of</c><00:18:16.900><c> this</c><00:18:17.079><c> week</c><00:18:17.240><c> when</c><00:18:17.400><c> you</c><00:18:17.480><c> go</c><00:18:17.619><c> home</c>

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you<00:18:17.980><c> know</c><00:18:18.140><c> from</c><00:18:18.339><c> reading</c><00:18:18.619><c> James,</c>

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you<00:18:19.519><c> can't</c><00:18:19.960><c> read</c><00:18:20.180><c> this</c><00:18:20.460><c> book</c><00:18:20.720><c> without</c><00:18:21.079><c> being</c><00:18:21.559><c> challenged</c>

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about<00:18:22.299><c> what</c><00:18:22.460><c> are</c><00:18:22.559><c> you</c><00:18:22.599><c> going</c><00:18:22.680><c> to</c><00:18:22.819><c> do</c><00:18:22.920><c> when</c><00:18:23.019><c> you</c><00:18:23.180><c> go</c><00:18:23.319><c> home.</c>

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He's<00:18:24.319><c> so</c><00:18:24.779><c> precise</c><00:18:25.539><c> in</c><00:18:25.839><c> his</c><00:18:26.140><c> exhortational</c><00:18:26.680><c> points,</c><00:18:27.240><c> you</c><00:18:27.500><c> can't</c><00:18:27.839><c> miss</c><00:18:28.059><c> them.</c>

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There's<00:18:29.259><c> also</c><00:18:29.579><c> the</c><00:18:29.819><c> problem</c><00:18:30.140><c> of</c><00:18:30.380><c> riches</c><00:18:30.660><c> and</c><00:18:31.000><c> covetousness</c>

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which<00:18:31.859><c> are</c><00:18:32.119><c> affecting</c><00:18:32.359><c> some</c>

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there<00:18:45.920><c> and</c><00:18:46.180><c> established</c>

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the<00:18:59.339><c> same</c><00:18:59.599><c> Jews</c>

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that<00:18:59.940><c> would</c><00:19:00.059><c> also</c><00:19:00.220><c> go</c><00:19:00.359><c> to</c><00:19:00.539><c> the</c><00:19:00.680><c> synagogues.</c>

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And<00:19:02.059><c> so</c><00:19:02.259><c> there</c><00:19:02.440><c> was</c><00:19:02.740><c> this</c><00:19:03.079><c> transition</c><00:19:03.640><c> period</c><00:19:04.019><c> going</c><00:19:04.319><c> on.</c>

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In<00:19:04.859><c> fact,</c><00:19:05.099><c> James</c><00:19:05.460><c> even</c><00:19:05.799><c> uses</c><00:19:06.220><c> the</c><00:19:06.500><c> word</c><00:19:06.759><c> synagogue</c><00:19:07.299><c> in</c><00:19:07.579><c> Chapter</c><00:19:07.880><c> 2.</c>

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He<00:19:08.339><c> actually</c><00:19:08.660><c> pulls</c><00:19:08.980><c> that</c><00:19:09.279><c> word</c><00:19:09.460><c> in</c><00:19:09.660><c> and</c><00:19:09.839><c> uses</c><00:19:10.079><c> it</c><00:19:10.579><c> because</c><00:19:11.019><c> many</c>

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of<00:19:11.720><c> the</c><00:19:11.920><c> believers</c><00:19:12.200><c> were</c><00:19:12.480><c> still</c><00:19:12.779><c> attending</c><00:19:13.160><c> synagogues.</c>

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They<00:19:14.279><c> were</c><00:19:14.480><c> going</c><00:19:14.619><c> to</c><00:19:14.799><c> the</c><00:19:14.940><c> Jewish</c><00:19:15.180><c> synagogues,</c><00:19:15.779><c> they</c><00:19:15.920><c> were</c><00:19:16.099><c> coming</c>

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to<00:19:16.559><c> their</c><00:19:16.900><c> Christian</c><00:19:17.319><c> meetings</c><00:19:17.660><c> that</c><00:19:17.799><c> they</c><00:19:17.960><c> were</c><00:19:18.160><c> having</c>

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and<00:19:18.880><c> so</c><00:19:19.220><c> they</c><00:19:19.420><c> were</c><00:19:19.660><c> being</c><00:19:20.000><c> influenced</c><00:19:20.579><c> still</c><00:19:21.079><c> a</c><00:19:21.380><c> lot</c><00:19:21.619><c> by</c><00:19:21.880><c> the</c>

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They<00:19:23.140><c> really</c><00:19:23.460><c> hadn't</c><00:19:23.779><c> made</c><00:19:24.140><c> the</c><00:19:24.480><c> break</c><00:19:24.700><c> yet</c><00:19:24.980><c> at</c><00:19:25.099><c> this</c><00:19:25.319><c> point</c>

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and<00:19:26.160><c> because</c><00:19:26.660><c> of</c><00:19:26.900><c> that,</c>

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it's<00:19:27.480><c> another</c><00:19:27.680><c> indication</c><00:19:28.259><c> that</c><00:19:28.440><c> this</c><00:19:28.640><c> letter</c><00:19:28.819><c> was</c><00:19:29.099><c> probably</c>

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written<00:19:29.960><c> fairly</c><00:19:30.680><c> early</c><00:19:31.019><c> on.</c>

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And<00:19:32.279><c> what</c><00:19:32.460><c> this</c><00:19:32.859><c> did,</c><00:19:33.440><c> all</c><00:19:33.779><c> these</c><00:19:34.119><c> problems</c><00:19:34.559><c> that</c><00:19:34.759><c> had</c><00:19:34.940><c> developed</c><00:19:35.279><c> at</c><00:19:35.460><c> this</c><00:19:35.680><c> time</c><00:19:35.920><c> up</c>

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there<00:19:36.519><c> in</c><00:19:36.640><c> these,</c>

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to<00:19:37.279><c> these</c><00:19:37.539><c> Jews</c><00:19:37.700><c> that</c><00:19:37.819><c> were</c><00:19:38.039><c> scattered</c><00:19:38.319><c> abroad</c><00:19:38.720><c> between</c><00:19:39.039><c> the</c>

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rich<00:19:39.420><c> and</c><00:19:39.599><c> the</c><00:19:39.819><c> poor,</c>

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that<00:19:42.700><c> were</c><00:19:42.859><c> still</c><00:19:43.160><c> trying</c><00:19:43.400><c> to</c><00:19:43.660><c> follow</c><00:19:43.839><c> the</c><00:19:44.079><c> law</c>

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in<00:19:47.380><c> Jesus</c><00:19:47.660><c> Christ,</c>

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what<00:19:48.440><c> it</c><00:19:48.619><c> did</c><00:19:48.759><c> is</c><00:19:49.000><c> create</c><00:19:49.220><c> all</c><00:19:49.539><c> this</c><00:19:49.799><c> conflict</c><00:19:50.200><c> in</c><00:19:50.400><c> the</c><00:19:50.519><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:19:51.420><c> if</c><00:19:51.619><c> you</c><00:19:51.799><c> think</c><00:19:52.000><c> that</c><00:19:52.220><c> we</c><00:19:52.420><c> have</c><00:19:52.619><c> a</c><00:19:52.779><c> collegial</c><00:19:53.059><c> conflict</c><00:19:53.440><c> sometimes,</c>

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these<00:19:55.279><c> conflicts</c><00:19:55.720><c> developed</c><00:19:56.220><c> in</c><00:19:56.420><c> the</c><00:19:56.519><c> first</c><00:19:56.680><c> century,</c><00:19:57.180><c> these</c>

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were<00:19:57.640><c> pretty</c><00:19:58.000><c> strong</c><00:19:58.420><c> conflicts.</c>

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and<00:20:01.960><c> having</c><00:20:02.200><c> real</c><00:20:02.740><c> good</c><00:20:03.079><c> battles.</c>

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There's<00:20:04.440><c> verbal</c><00:20:04.720><c> wars</c><00:20:05.079><c> that</c><00:20:05.259><c> go</c><00:20:05.380><c> on.</c>

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When<00:20:05.720><c> we</c><00:20:05.799><c> get</c><00:20:05.920><c> to</c><00:20:06.099><c> Chapter</c><00:20:06.359><c> 4,</c><00:20:06.799><c> you</c><00:20:06.940><c> know,</c><00:20:07.000><c> he</c><00:20:07.180><c> actually</c><00:20:07.480><c> deals</c>

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people<00:20:11.200><c> would</c><00:20:11.380><c> get</c><00:20:11.519><c> up</c>

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wars<00:20:14.660><c> for</c><00:20:14.900><c> sure,</c><00:20:15.480><c> but</c><00:20:15.660><c> the</c><00:20:15.799><c> word</c><00:20:15.900><c> that's</c><00:20:16.140><c> used</c>

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and<00:20:18.640><c> so</c><00:20:18.799><c> it's</c><00:20:19.079><c> possible</c>

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you<00:20:23.400><c> can't</c><00:20:23.660><c> act</c><00:20:23.839><c> like</c><00:20:24.099><c> this.</c>

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about<00:20:29.839><c> friendship</c><00:20:30.279><c> with</c><00:20:30.500><c> the</c><00:20:30.680><c> world,</c><00:20:30.980><c> which</c><00:20:31.059><c> is</c><00:20:31.319><c> enmity</c><00:20:31.539><c> with</c>

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God<00:20:31.960><c> that</c><00:20:32.119><c> we</c><00:20:32.339><c> always</c><00:20:32.579><c> used</c><00:20:32.779><c> to</c><00:20:32.900><c> use</c>

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dating<00:20:35.140><c> outside</c><00:20:35.480><c> the</c><00:20:35.759><c> truth</c>

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that<00:20:43.380><c> when</c><00:20:43.700><c> we</c><00:20:44.039><c> behave</c><00:20:44.500><c> like</c><00:20:44.819><c> that</c><00:20:45.019><c> in</c><00:20:45.220><c> Ecclesias,</c>

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we<00:20:49.980><c> do</c><00:20:50.240><c> these</c><00:20:50.579><c> battles</c>

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They<00:20:54.000><c> see</c><00:20:54.200><c> us</c><00:20:54.400><c> behaving</c><00:20:54.640><c> like</c><00:20:54.819><c> the</c><00:20:55.039><c> world</c><00:20:55.400><c> and</c><00:20:56.220><c> friendship</c><00:20:56.660><c> with</c><00:20:56.940><c> the</c><00:20:57.160><c> world</c><00:20:57.660><c> is</c>

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enmity<00:20:58.680><c> with</c><00:20:58.980><c> God.</c>

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and<00:21:03.319><c> the</c><00:21:03.519><c> warning</c><00:21:03.680><c> is</c><00:21:03.960><c> still</c><00:21:04.099><c> there</c><00:21:04.279><c> today</c><00:21:04.559><c> that</c><00:21:04.740><c> we're</c><00:21:04.940><c> no</c><00:21:05.079><c> different.</c>

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So,<00:21:07.500><c> we'll</c><00:21:07.680><c> look</c><00:21:07.859><c> at</c><00:21:08.000><c> that</c><00:21:08.240><c> in</c><00:21:08.420><c> Chapter</c><00:21:08.640><c> 4</c><00:21:08.940><c> when</c><00:21:09.119><c> we</c><00:21:09.200><c> get</c><00:21:09.359><c> there.</c>

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So,<00:21:10.599><c> that's</c><00:21:11.039><c> just</c><00:21:11.279><c> some</c><00:21:11.500><c> suggestions</c><00:21:11.980><c> at</c><00:21:12.380><c> least</c><00:21:12.619><c> as</c><00:21:12.819><c> to</c><00:21:12.940><c> why</c>

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this<00:21:13.380><c> letter</c><00:21:13.519><c> may</c><00:21:13.720><c> have</c><00:21:13.819><c> been</c><00:21:13.980><c> written.</c>

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As<00:21:14.599><c> far</c><00:21:14.880><c> as</c><00:21:15.039><c> when</c><00:21:15.220><c> the</c><00:21:15.359><c> letter</c><00:21:15.500><c> was</c><00:21:15.700><c> written,</c><00:21:16.440><c> well,</c><00:21:16.660><c> the</c><00:21:16.799><c> suggestion</c><00:21:17.299><c> that</c>

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made<00:21:17.859><c> the</c><00:21:18.000><c> most</c><00:21:18.180><c> sense</c>

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to<00:21:18.559><c> me</c><00:21:18.700><c> is</c><00:21:18.819><c> it</c><00:21:18.880><c> was</c><00:21:19.140><c> probably</c><00:21:19.480><c> written</c><00:21:19.700><c> early</c><00:21:20.079><c> on.</c>

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I<00:21:20.819><c> think</c><00:21:20.980><c> you're</c><00:21:21.140><c> going</c><00:21:21.279><c> to</c><00:21:21.400><c> find</c><00:21:21.579><c> that</c><00:21:21.880><c> James'</c><00:21:22.339><c> letter</c><00:21:22.720><c> was</c>

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probably<00:21:23.660><c> the</c><00:21:24.000><c> first</c><00:21:24.319><c> thing</c><00:21:24.680><c> sent</c>

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out<00:21:25.579><c> in</c><00:21:26.119><c> the</c><00:21:26.299><c> first</c><00:21:26.480><c> century</c><00:21:26.759><c> Ecclesia</c><00:21:27.119><c> after</c><00:21:27.460><c> the</c><00:21:27.660><c> Gospels</c>

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were<00:21:28.220><c> done</c>

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and<00:21:29.420><c> actually</c><00:21:29.839><c> hadn't</c><00:21:30.140><c> even</c><00:21:30.339><c> been</c><00:21:30.619><c> compiled</c><00:21:30.920><c> yet.</c>

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It<00:21:31.500><c> was</c><00:21:31.759><c> probably</c><00:21:32.019><c> written</c><00:21:32.200><c> about</c><00:21:32.539><c> 45,</c><00:21:33.140><c> 46</c><00:21:33.640><c> AD,</c>

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first<00:21:37.740><c> journey.</c>

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The<00:21:39.140><c> persecution</c><00:21:39.700><c> in</c><00:21:39.960><c> this</c><00:21:40.160><c> case</c><00:21:40.359><c> is</c><00:21:40.579><c> by</c><00:21:40.720><c> the</c><00:21:40.880><c> rich</c><00:21:41.119><c> Jews,</c><00:21:41.559><c> not</c>

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the<00:21:41.980><c> Gentiles,</c><00:21:42.660><c> so</c><00:21:42.880><c> we're</c><00:21:43.019><c> not</c><00:21:43.220><c> looking</c>

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at<00:21:43.640><c> like</c><00:21:43.839><c> a</c><00:21:44.140><c> Gentile</c><00:21:44.680><c> community</c><00:21:45.140><c> coming</c><00:21:45.380><c> in</c><00:21:45.559><c> at</c><00:21:45.680><c> this</c><00:21:45.900><c> point.</c>

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There's<00:21:46.960><c> no</c><00:21:47.200><c> mention,</c><00:21:47.500><c> in</c><00:21:47.640><c> fact,</c><00:21:47.900><c> even</c><00:21:48.019><c> of</c><00:21:48.119><c> any</c><00:21:48.380><c> Gentile</c><00:21:48.880><c> problems,</c>

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which<00:21:49.799><c> probably</c><00:21:50.400><c> means</c><00:21:50.819><c> it's</c><00:21:51.220><c> before</c><00:21:51.740><c> Acts</c><00:21:52.019><c> 15.</c>

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It<00:21:53.319><c> was</c><00:21:53.599><c> late</c><00:21:53.799><c> enough</c><00:21:54.059><c> though</c><00:21:54.359><c> for</c><00:21:54.579><c> James'</c><00:21:55.160><c> authority</c><00:21:55.400><c> to</c><00:21:55.559><c> be</c><00:21:55.799><c> established,</c>

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which<00:21:56.859><c> probably</c><00:21:57.240><c> happened</c><00:21:57.519><c> right</c><00:21:57.720><c> around</c><00:21:58.019><c> Acts</c><00:21:58.319><c> 12</c><00:21:58.619><c> because</c>

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we<00:21:59.099><c> know</c><00:21:59.279><c> that</c><00:21:59.440><c> he</c><00:21:59.640><c> came</c><00:21:59.900><c> forward</c><00:22:00.279><c> pretty</c><00:22:00.660><c> quickly</c>

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as<00:22:01.200><c> a</c><00:22:01.460><c> leader</c><00:22:01.640><c> of</c><00:22:01.940><c> the</c><00:22:02.160><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:02.500><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:02.960><c> and</c><00:22:03.759><c> it's</c><00:22:04.019><c> early</c>

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enough<00:22:04.559><c> that</c><00:22:04.759><c> the</c><00:22:05.000><c> inclusion</c>

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of<00:22:05.480><c> the</c><00:22:05.640><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:06.059><c> was</c><00:22:06.299><c> not</c><00:22:06.559><c> yet</c><00:22:06.720><c> a</c><00:22:06.839><c> major</c><00:22:07.039><c> issue.</c>

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There's<00:22:08.019><c> nearly</c><00:22:08.259><c> no</c><00:22:08.519><c> mention</c><00:22:08.720><c> of</c><00:22:08.980><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:09.339><c> at</c><00:22:09.539><c> all.</c>

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So<00:22:10.339><c> that's</c><00:22:10.900><c> just</c><00:22:11.140><c> a</c><00:22:11.579><c> suggestion,</c><00:22:12.099><c> at</c><00:22:12.180><c> least</c><00:22:12.339><c> as</c><00:22:12.539><c> to</c><00:22:12.700><c> when</c><00:22:12.819><c> you</c>

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wonder<00:22:13.079><c> like</c><00:22:13.339><c> how</c><00:22:13.519><c> do</c><00:22:13.660><c> people</c><00:22:13.900><c> try</c>

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to<00:22:14.259><c> figure</c><00:22:14.400><c> out</c><00:22:14.500><c> when</c><00:22:14.619><c> this</c><00:22:14.839><c> letter</c><00:22:14.980><c> was</c><00:22:15.200><c> written,</c><00:22:15.859><c> those</c><00:22:16.059><c> are</c>

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some<00:22:16.400><c> of</c><00:22:16.559><c> the</c><00:22:16.660><c> points</c><00:22:16.880><c> that</c><00:22:17.099><c> folks</c><00:22:17.240><c> look</c><00:22:17.500><c> at</c>

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and<00:22:17.819><c> try</c><00:22:18.000><c> to</c><00:22:18.180><c> figure</c><00:22:18.339><c> out,</c><00:22:18.500><c> all</c><00:22:18.619><c> right,</c><00:22:18.839><c> well,</c><00:22:19.019><c> when</c><00:22:19.180><c> was</c><00:22:19.380><c> this?</c>

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So<00:22:20.740><c> those</c><00:22:20.980><c> of</c><00:22:21.059><c> you</c><00:22:21.119><c> that</c><00:22:21.400><c> recognize</c><00:22:21.759><c> that</c><00:22:21.940><c> little</c><00:22:22.160><c> chart</c><00:22:22.380><c> up</c>

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there,<00:22:22.759><c> the</c><00:22:23.059><c> one</c><00:22:23.180><c> that's</c><00:22:23.400><c> put</c><00:22:23.539><c> out</c><00:22:23.640><c> by</c><00:22:23.960><c> CSSS</c>

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on<00:22:24.839><c> the</c><00:22:25.059><c> Acts</c><00:22:25.180><c> of</c><00:22:25.299><c> the</c><00:22:25.480><c> Apostles,</c><00:22:26.259><c> the</c><00:22:26.400><c> suggestion</c><00:22:26.880><c> is</c><00:22:27.079><c> it</c><00:22:27.140><c> was</c>

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probably<00:22:27.619><c> written</c><00:22:27.799><c> at</c><00:22:28.099><c> some</c><00:22:28.319><c> point</c>

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in<00:22:28.660><c> that</c><00:22:28.839><c> little</c><00:22:28.960><c> red</c><00:22:29.119><c> box</c><00:22:29.420><c> right</c><00:22:29.680><c> there</c><00:22:29.940><c> in</c><00:22:30.140><c> 45,</c><00:22:30.700><c> 46</c><00:22:31.200><c> AD.</c>

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So<00:22:32.359><c> what</c><00:22:32.559><c> you</c><00:22:32.759><c> end</c><00:22:32.960><c> up</c><00:22:33.200><c> with</c><00:22:33.460><c> is</c><00:22:33.640><c> that</c><00:22:33.779><c> it's</c><00:22:34.039><c> probably</c><00:22:34.519><c> sometime</c><00:22:34.940><c> after</c>

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the<00:22:36.180><c> other</c><00:22:36.420><c> James</c><00:22:36.740><c> was</c><00:22:37.099><c> killed,</c>

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remember<00:22:37.660><c> when</c><00:22:37.900><c> Herod</c><00:22:38.220><c> killed</c><00:22:38.500><c> James</c><00:22:38.839><c> in</c><00:22:39.079><c> Acts</c><00:22:39.319><c> chapter</c><00:22:39.599><c> 12</c>

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and<00:22:40.759><c> that</c><00:22:41.160><c> caused</c><00:22:41.599><c> trouble</c>

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in<00:22:42.519><c> the</c><00:22:42.779><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:43.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:43.440><c> as</c><00:22:43.720><c> well</c><00:22:43.859><c> and</c><00:22:44.039><c> some</c><00:22:44.279><c> of</c><00:22:44.359><c> them</c><00:22:44.500><c> ended</c><00:22:44.660><c> up</c><00:22:44.920><c> leaving.</c>

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It<00:22:45.259><c> may</c><00:22:45.359><c> have</c><00:22:45.460><c> been</c><00:22:45.519><c> why</c><00:22:45.759><c> Peter</c><00:22:45.980><c> left</c><00:22:46.220><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:46.640><c> at</c><00:22:46.839><c> that</c><00:22:47.039><c> time</c>

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and<00:22:47.859><c> yet</c><00:22:48.059><c> before</c><00:22:48.640><c> Paul's</c><00:22:49.259><c> first</c><00:22:49.480><c> missionary</c><00:22:49.859><c> journey</c><00:22:50.200><c> over</c><00:22:50.480><c> there,</c>

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so<00:22:51.380><c> this</c><00:22:51.579><c> was</c><00:22:51.859><c> probably</c><00:22:52.220><c> a</c><00:22:52.400><c> letter</c><00:22:52.539><c> that</c><00:22:52.680><c> was</c><00:22:52.880><c> written</c><00:22:53.119><c> fairly</c>

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early<00:22:53.940><c> on</c>

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and<00:22:54.559><c> this</c><00:22:54.900><c> problem</c><00:22:55.140><c> developed</c><00:22:55.559><c> very</c><00:22:56.039><c> quick</c><00:22:56.299><c> and</c><00:22:56.700><c> so</c><00:22:56.980><c> James</c>

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sends<00:22:57.680><c> this</c><00:22:58.019><c> letter</c>

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out<00:22:58.480><c> to</c><00:22:58.799><c> handle</c><00:22:59.180><c> the</c><00:22:59.599><c> Jewish</c><00:23:00.059><c> problem,</c><00:23:00.900><c> which</c><00:23:01.180><c> makes</c><00:23:01.460><c> sense</c>

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because<00:23:02.599><c> Paul</c><00:23:03.079><c> dealt</c>

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with<00:23:03.619><c> the</c><00:23:03.940><c> Jew</c><00:23:04.220><c> Gentile</c><00:23:04.839><c> problems</c><00:23:05.359><c> because</c><00:23:05.960><c> Paul</c><00:23:06.279><c> was</c><00:23:06.500><c> the</c><00:23:06.720><c> apostle</c><00:23:07.059><c> to</c>

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and<00:23:08.819><c> yet</c><00:23:09.059><c> Peter</c><00:23:09.380><c> was</c><00:23:09.660><c> the</c><00:23:09.880><c> apostle</c><00:23:10.220><c> to</c><00:23:10.440><c> the</c><00:23:10.660><c> circumcised</c><00:23:11.299><c> and</c>

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James<00:23:11.900><c> was</c><00:23:12.119><c> working</c><00:23:12.420><c> in</c><00:23:12.619><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:13.000><c> with</c><00:23:13.240><c> him</c>

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and<00:23:13.960><c> so</c><00:23:14.259><c> James,</c><00:23:14.799><c> the</c><00:23:14.960><c> leader</c><00:23:15.160><c> of</c><00:23:15.380><c> the</c><00:23:15.599><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:15.900><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:23:16.720><c> which</c><00:23:16.900><c> had</c><00:23:17.059><c> a</c>

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lot<00:23:17.380><c> of</c><00:23:17.579><c> respect</c><00:23:18.000><c> amongst</c><00:23:18.319><c> the</c><00:23:18.619><c> Jews,</c>

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he<00:23:19.460><c> sends</c><00:23:19.700><c> this</c><00:23:20.019><c> letter</c><00:23:20.200><c> out</c><00:23:20.460><c> to</c><00:23:20.740><c> all</c><00:23:21.099><c> of</c><00:23:21.279><c> the</c><00:23:21.480><c> Jews</c><00:23:21.740><c> that</c><00:23:21.960><c> had</c>

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been<00:23:22.380><c> scattered</c><00:23:22.660><c> as</c><00:23:23.000><c> a</c><00:23:23.140><c> result</c>

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of<00:23:24.160><c> all</c><00:23:24.460><c> the</c><00:23:24.619><c> different</c><00:23:24.880><c> persecutions</c><00:23:25.400><c> over</c><00:23:25.720><c> time</c><00:23:25.960><c> and</c><00:23:26.259><c> sends</c>

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the<00:23:26.700><c> letter</c><00:23:26.799><c> out</c><00:23:27.019><c> to</c><00:23:27.200><c> try</c><00:23:27.339><c> to</c><00:23:27.559><c> influence</c><00:23:27.900><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:23:29.480><c> this</c><00:23:29.960><c> balance</c><00:23:30.400><c> issue</c><00:23:30.740><c> that</c><00:23:30.940><c> comes</c><00:23:31.140><c> up</c><00:23:31.380><c> when</c><00:23:31.559><c> you</c><00:23:31.619><c> look</c><00:23:31.859><c> at</c>

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when<00:23:32.660><c> James</c><00:23:32.920><c> balancing</c>

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like<00:23:33.819><c> Paul's</c><00:23:34.200><c> letter,</c><00:23:35.460><c> Galatians,</c><00:23:36.220><c> really</c><00:23:36.420><c> the</c><00:23:36.680><c> letter</c><00:23:36.900><c> of</c><00:23:37.079><c> Galatians</c><00:23:37.539><c> is</c><00:23:37.740><c> really</c><00:23:37.980><c> just</c><00:23:38.240><c> like</c><00:23:38.400><c> a</c><00:23:38.660><c> sort</c>

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of<00:23:38.880><c> like</c><00:23:39.160><c> a</c><00:23:39.240><c> nutshell,</c><00:23:39.799><c> the</c><00:23:39.940><c> letter</c><00:23:40.099><c> to</c><00:23:40.299><c> the</c><00:23:40.460><c> Romans,</c><00:23:40.799><c> so</c><00:23:41.019><c> you</c>

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really<00:23:41.339><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:41.480><c> even</c><00:23:41.660><c> have</c>

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to<00:23:41.940><c> have</c><00:23:42.119><c> just</c><00:23:42.519><c> balances</c><00:23:42.759><c> Galatians</c><00:23:43.279><c> up</c><00:23:43.460><c> there</c><00:23:43.640><c> but</c><00:23:44.019><c> what</c><00:23:44.279><c> I</c>

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think<00:23:44.660><c> happened</c><00:23:45.160><c> is</c>

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that<00:23:45.779><c> in</c><00:23:46.019><c> the</c><00:23:46.240><c> first</c><00:23:46.559><c> century</c><00:23:46.900><c> of</c><00:23:47.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:47.900><c> immediately</c>

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problems<00:23:49.140><c> developed</c>

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when<00:23:50.180><c> the</c><00:23:50.380><c> Jews</c><00:23:50.519><c> got</c><00:23:50.900><c> scattered</c><00:23:51.200><c> out</c><00:23:51.460><c> and</c><00:23:51.619><c> they</c><00:23:51.779><c> took</c><00:23:51.880><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:23:53.079><c> with</c><00:23:53.339><c> them</c>

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and<00:23:53.940><c> they</c><00:23:54.099><c> went</c><00:23:54.220><c> off</c><00:23:54.420><c> into</c><00:23:54.619><c> the</c><00:23:54.819><c> Jewish</c><00:23:54.980><c> community.</c>

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So<00:23:56.119><c> what</c><00:23:56.640><c> James</c><00:23:57.079><c> does</c><00:23:57.559><c> is</c><00:23:57.960><c> James</c><00:23:58.299><c> immediately</c><00:23:59.059><c> handles</c><00:23:59.559><c> the</c>

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problem<00:24:00.440><c> that</c><00:24:00.920><c> developed</c><00:24:01.339><c> amongst</c><00:24:01.759><c> the</c><00:24:02.099><c> Jews.</c>

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Then<00:24:03.680><c> within</c><00:24:04.160><c> a</c><00:24:04.380><c> few</c><00:24:04.559><c> years</c><00:24:05.079><c> Paul</c><00:24:05.420><c> went</c><00:24:05.579><c> on</c><00:24:05.740><c> his</c><00:24:06.000><c> first</c><00:24:06.220><c> missionary</c><00:24:06.640><c> journey,</c><00:24:07.380><c> he</c><00:24:07.539><c> goes</c><00:24:07.799><c> up</c><00:24:08.099><c> there</c>

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into<00:24:08.480><c> Galatia</c><00:24:08.920><c> and</c><00:24:09.059><c> he</c><00:24:09.160><c> goes</c><00:24:09.359><c> up</c><00:24:09.539><c> to</c><00:24:09.680><c> that</c><00:24:09.799><c> area</c><00:24:10.039><c> of</c><00:24:10.279><c> Turkey</c><00:24:10.539><c> and</c><00:24:10.700><c> then</c><00:24:10.839><c> he</c>

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comes<00:24:11.200><c> back</c><00:24:11.500><c> on</c><00:24:11.680><c> down</c>

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and<00:24:12.099><c> settles</c><00:24:12.380><c> in</c><00:24:12.680><c> Antioch</c><00:24:13.019><c> in</c><00:24:13.299><c> Syria</c><00:24:13.680><c> and</c><00:24:14.259><c> immediately</c><00:24:14.799><c> there's</c><00:24:15.099><c> a</c><00:24:15.339><c> problem</c><00:24:15.640><c> amongst</c><00:24:16.019><c> the</c><00:24:16.339><c> Jews</c>

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and<00:24:16.819><c> the</c><00:24:16.960><c> Gentiles</c><00:24:17.619><c> and</c><00:24:18.019><c> so</c><00:24:18.339><c> Paul</c><00:24:18.619><c> then</c><00:24:18.839><c> has</c><00:24:19.000><c> to</c><00:24:19.220><c> write</c><00:24:19.359><c> a</c><00:24:19.640><c> letter</c><00:24:19.920><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:20.380><c> Galatians</c><00:24:20.839><c> because</c><00:24:21.240><c> of</c><00:24:21.460><c> the</c><00:24:21.660><c> influence</c>

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of<00:24:22.259><c> the</c><00:24:22.460><c> Judaizers</c><00:24:23.059><c> up</c><00:24:23.339><c> there</c><00:24:23.640><c> in</c><00:24:23.839><c> Galatia.</c>

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What<00:24:25.039><c> you</c><00:24:25.359><c> get</c><00:24:25.599><c> in</c><00:24:25.839><c> these</c><00:24:26.119><c> two</c><00:24:26.339><c> letters</c><00:24:26.680><c> between</c><00:24:27.079><c> Galatians</c><00:24:27.660><c> and</c><00:24:27.940><c> James</c><00:24:28.339><c> is</c><00:24:28.900><c> a</c>

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perfect<00:24:29.599><c> balance</c>

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of<00:24:30.259><c> the</c><00:24:30.500><c> pendulum</c><00:24:30.779><c> where</c><00:24:31.019><c> they</c><00:24:31.519><c> handle</c><00:24:31.779><c> the</c><00:24:32.019><c> extreme</c><00:24:32.480><c> ends</c><00:24:32.859><c> where</c><00:24:33.400><c> in</c>

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one<00:24:33.799><c> case</c><00:24:34.119><c> Galatians</c><00:24:34.759><c> is</c><00:24:35.000><c> written</c>

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to<00:24:35.420><c> handle</c><00:24:35.619><c> when</c><00:24:35.819><c> the</c><00:24:35.980><c> pendulum</c><00:24:36.279><c> swings</c><00:24:36.660><c> over</c><00:24:37.000><c> towards</c><00:24:37.339><c> Judaism</c><00:24:37.859><c> and</c>

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on<00:24:38.660><c> the</c><00:24:38.779><c> other</c><00:24:38.980><c> hand</c><00:24:39.200><c> James</c><00:24:39.859><c> hits</c><00:24:40.200><c> the</c><00:24:40.420><c> other</c>

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end<00:24:40.740><c> of</c><00:24:40.839><c> the</c><00:24:41.000><c> pendulum</c><00:24:41.380><c> when</c><00:24:41.759><c> it</c><00:24:42.019><c> swings</c><00:24:42.259><c> over</c><00:24:42.519><c> to</c><00:24:42.660><c> the</c><00:24:42.819><c> fact</c>

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that<00:24:43.160><c> well</c><00:24:43.680><c> Christ</c><00:24:43.920><c> did</c><00:24:44.140><c> it</c><00:24:44.359><c> all</c>

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so<00:24:45.119><c> I</c><00:24:45.279><c> might</c><00:24:45.460><c> as</c><00:24:45.619><c> well</c><00:24:45.759><c> just</c><00:24:46.119><c> send</c><00:24:46.220><c> that</c><00:24:46.440><c> grace</c><00:24:46.680><c> may</c><00:24:46.900><c> abound</c><00:24:47.259><c> or</c>

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I<00:24:47.519><c> might</c><00:24:47.599><c> as</c><00:24:47.700><c> well</c><00:24:47.779><c> just</c><00:24:48.059><c> sit</c><00:24:48.259><c> back</c>

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and<00:24:48.740><c> enjoy</c><00:24:48.940><c> the</c><00:24:49.180><c> fact</c><00:24:49.440><c> that</c><00:24:49.880><c> Jesus</c><00:24:50.220><c> Christ</c><00:24:50.500><c> has</c><00:24:50.700><c> died</c><00:24:50.859><c> for</c><00:24:51.039><c> my</c>

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sins,<00:24:51.440><c> I</c><00:24:51.640><c> don't</c><00:24:51.759><c> have</c><00:24:51.900><c> to</c><00:24:52.019><c> do</c><00:24:52.160><c> anything.</c>

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And<00:24:53.480><c> both</c><00:24:53.700><c> of</c><00:24:53.880><c> those</c><00:24:54.200><c> extreme</c><00:24:54.680><c> cases</c><00:24:55.299><c> developed</c><00:24:55.960><c> very</c><00:24:56.700><c> quickly</c><00:24:57.000><c> in</c><00:24:57.240><c> the</c>

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first<00:24:57.599><c> century</c><00:24:57.839><c> of</c><00:24:57.980><c> Ecclesia</c>

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so<00:24:58.839><c> if</c><00:24:58.960><c> you're</c><00:24:59.140><c> ever</c><00:24:59.359><c> wondering</c><00:24:59.660><c> where</c><00:24:59.920><c> to</c><00:25:00.160><c> go</c><00:25:00.359><c> when</c><00:25:00.500><c> you're</c>

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looking<00:25:00.940><c> for</c><00:25:01.559><c> like</c><00:25:01.779><c> how</c><00:25:01.960><c> to</c><00:25:02.220><c> balance</c><00:25:02.559><c> that,</c>

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to<00:25:03.140><c> swing</c><00:25:03.259><c> that</c><00:25:03.519><c> pendulum</c><00:25:03.720><c> back</c><00:25:04.019><c> towards</c><00:25:04.339><c> the</c><00:25:04.500><c> middle,</c><00:25:05.339><c> James</c>

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is<00:25:05.740><c> going</c><00:25:05.839><c> to</c><00:25:05.960><c> do</c><00:25:06.160><c> one</c>

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and<00:25:06.759><c> Galatians</c><00:25:07.220><c> will</c><00:25:07.420><c> do</c><00:25:07.559><c> the</c><00:25:07.720><c> other</c><00:25:07.920><c> and</c><00:25:08.059><c> they</c><00:25:08.240><c> try</c><00:25:08.420><c> to</c><00:25:08.640><c> swing</c>

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us<00:25:09.019><c> back</c><00:25:09.279><c> into</c><00:25:09.500><c> the</c><00:25:09.660><c> middle.</c>

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So<00:25:10.539><c> that's</c><00:25:11.059><c> where</c><00:25:11.680><c> they</c><00:25:11.859><c> attempt</c><00:25:12.099><c> to</c><00:25:12.380><c> get</c><00:25:12.500><c> at</c><00:25:12.640><c> least</c><00:25:12.839><c> is</c><00:25:13.099><c> back</c>

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towards<00:25:13.660><c> the</c><00:25:13.819><c> middle.</c>

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It's<00:25:14.579><c> not</c><00:25:14.759><c> like</c><00:25:15.059><c> James</c><00:25:15.440><c> and</c><00:25:15.779><c> Paul</c><00:25:15.980><c> were</c><00:25:16.200><c> working</c><00:25:16.460><c> against</c>

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each<00:25:17.119><c> other,</c>

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they<00:25:17.519><c> were</c><00:25:17.759><c> working</c><00:25:18.140><c> on</c><00:25:18.640><c> different</c><00:25:19.099><c> extreme</c><00:25:19.759><c> cases,</c><00:25:20.640><c> one's</c>

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handling<00:25:21.400><c> Judaism,</c>

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the<00:25:22.519><c> other</c><00:25:22.759><c> one</c><00:25:22.960><c> is</c><00:25:23.200><c> handling</c><00:25:23.460><c> the</c><00:25:23.680><c> problem</c><00:25:24.079><c> of</c><00:25:24.819><c> just</c><00:25:25.079><c> sitting</c>

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there<00:25:25.519><c> thinking</c><00:25:25.779><c> that</c><00:25:26.000><c> Christ</c><00:25:26.279><c> did</c><00:25:26.480><c> it</c><00:25:26.680><c> all.</c>

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So<00:25:27.420><c> what</c><00:25:27.619><c> they</c><00:25:27.920><c> both</c><00:25:28.160><c> bring</c><00:25:28.299><c> us</c><00:25:28.539><c> back</c><00:25:28.759><c> to</c><00:25:28.960><c> whether</c><00:25:29.200><c> it's</c><00:25:29.460><c> James</c>

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or<00:25:29.980><c> whether</c><00:25:30.140><c> it's</c><00:25:30.420><c> Paul,</c>

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they<00:25:31.079><c> both</c><00:25:31.380><c> bring</c><00:25:31.519><c> us</c><00:25:31.759><c> back</c><00:25:32.000><c> towards</c><00:25:32.319><c> the</c><00:25:32.640><c> middle</c><00:25:33.059><c> that</c><00:25:33.519><c> what</c>

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God<00:25:34.140><c> has</c><00:25:34.519><c> done</c><00:25:34.900><c> is</c><00:25:35.400><c> he's</c><00:25:35.720><c> provided</c><00:25:36.099><c> a</c><00:25:36.440><c> mechanism</c>

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where<00:25:37.440><c> he</c><00:25:37.640><c> can</c><00:25:38.019><c> freely</c><00:25:38.519><c> forgive</c><00:25:39.079><c> your</c><00:25:39.440><c> sins</c><00:25:39.799><c> by</c><00:25:40.019><c> the</c><00:25:40.200><c> mercy</c><00:25:40.460><c> of</c>

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God<00:25:41.019><c> and</c><00:25:41.740><c> give</c><00:25:42.099><c> you</c><00:25:42.460><c> eternal</c><00:25:42.960><c> life</c>

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by<00:25:43.660><c> the</c><00:25:43.819><c> grace</c><00:25:44.079><c> of</c><00:25:44.319><c> God</c><00:25:44.700><c> and</c><00:25:45.220><c> what</c><00:25:45.539><c> that</c><00:25:45.720><c> is</c><00:25:45.960><c> supposed</c><00:25:46.319><c> to</c><00:25:46.619><c> do</c>

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is<00:25:47.660><c> motivate</c><00:25:48.119><c> us</c>

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so<00:25:49.480><c> that</c><00:25:49.740><c> we</c><00:25:49.980><c> let</c><00:25:50.339><c> faith</c><00:25:50.819><c> work</c><00:25:51.140><c> in</c><00:25:51.299><c> our</c><00:25:51.480><c> lives</c><00:25:51.880><c> but</c><00:25:52.319><c> it's</c><00:25:52.559><c> a</c><00:25:52.799><c> faith</c><00:25:53.059><c> that's</c><00:25:53.599><c> motivated</c><00:25:54.059><c> by</c>

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love<00:25:54.880><c> and</c><00:25:55.339><c> what</c>

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that<00:25:55.720><c> will</c><00:25:55.920><c> do</c><00:25:56.119><c> to</c><00:25:56.319><c> us</c><00:25:56.519><c> then</c><00:25:56.720><c> is</c><00:25:57.099><c> cause</c><00:25:57.380><c> us</c><00:25:57.759><c> to</c><00:25:58.140><c> serve</c><00:25:58.519><c> one</c><00:25:58.779><c> another</c><00:25:59.119><c> and</c>

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they're<00:26:00.140><c> both</c><00:26:00.480><c> trying</c><00:26:00.759><c> to</c><00:26:00.839><c> come</c><00:26:01.099><c> back</c>

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to<00:26:01.460><c> that</c><00:26:01.640><c> middle</c><00:26:01.859><c> ground</c><00:26:02.319><c> of</c><00:26:02.819><c> really</c><00:26:03.059><c> just</c><00:26:03.440><c> manifesting</c><00:26:03.980><c> the</c>

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character<00:26:04.579><c> of</c><00:26:04.759><c> Jesus</c><00:26:05.059><c> Christ,</c>

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manifesting<00:26:06.220><c> the</c><00:26:06.500><c> character</c><00:26:06.779><c> of</c><00:26:06.980><c> God</c><00:26:07.319><c> and</c><00:26:07.880><c> living</c><00:26:08.099><c> amongst</c>

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one<00:26:08.700><c> another</c><00:26:08.980><c> as</c><00:26:09.359><c> members</c><00:26:09.759><c> of</c><00:26:10.019><c> God's</c><00:26:10.480><c> family.</c>

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So<00:26:11.240><c> you'll</c><00:26:11.740><c> see</c><00:26:11.880><c> that</c><00:26:12.099><c> come</c><00:26:12.319><c> up</c><00:26:12.480><c> as</c><00:26:12.640><c> we're</c><00:26:12.779><c> going</c><00:26:12.980><c> through</c><00:26:13.200><c> the</c>

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letter<00:26:13.539><c> and</c><00:26:13.759><c> that's</c><00:26:14.079><c> what</c><00:26:14.259><c> they</c><00:26:14.480><c> attempt</c><00:26:14.700><c> to</c><00:26:14.900><c> do.</c>

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So<00:26:15.920><c> James</c><00:26:16.220><c> corrects</c><00:26:17.759><c> the</c><00:26:17.799><c> problem</c><00:26:18.160><c> about</c><00:26:18.519><c> the</c><00:26:18.740><c> hearers</c><00:26:18.980><c> only</c>

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and<00:26:19.839><c> Paul</c><00:26:20.200><c> fixes</c><00:26:20.680><c> the</c><00:26:20.920><c> Galatian</c><00:26:21.319><c> problem</c>

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of<00:26:22.140><c> Judaism</c><00:26:22.619><c> and</c><00:26:22.859><c> thinking</c><00:26:23.039><c> we're</c><00:26:23.240><c> going</c><00:26:23.380><c> to</c><00:26:23.420><c> earn</c><00:26:23.619><c> our</c><00:26:23.880><c> way</c>

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into<00:26:24.180><c> the</c><00:26:24.359><c> kingdom</c><00:26:24.660><c> and</c><00:26:25.119><c> we've</c><00:26:25.319><c> got</c>

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to<00:26:25.420><c> do</c><00:26:25.539><c> all</c><00:26:25.640><c> these</c><00:26:25.859><c> works,</c><00:26:26.119><c> works,</c><00:26:26.460><c> works.</c>

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Now<00:26:28.140><c> in</c><00:26:28.359><c> the</c><00:26:28.599><c> transition</c><00:26:29.019><c> period</c><00:26:29.380><c> you</c><00:26:29.559><c> see</c><00:26:29.740><c> what's</c><00:26:30.119><c> happening</c>

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at<00:26:30.619><c> this</c><00:26:30.859><c> point</c><00:26:31.079><c> is</c><00:26:31.319><c> that</c><00:26:31.500><c> many</c>

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of<00:26:32.000><c> the</c><00:26:32.140><c> Jews</c><00:26:32.359><c> were</c><00:26:32.619><c> still</c><00:26:32.859><c> attending</c><00:26:33.140><c> the</c><00:26:33.400><c> synagogues</c><00:26:34.000><c> and</c><00:26:34.339><c> chapter</c><00:26:35.039><c> 2</c>

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and<00:26:35.400><c> verse</c><00:26:35.599><c> 2</c><00:26:35.839><c> is</c>

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where<00:26:36.099><c> that</c><00:26:36.339><c> passage</c><00:26:36.660><c> actually</c><00:26:37.000><c> comes</c><00:26:37.220><c> up</c><00:26:37.440><c> where</c><00:26:37.599><c> you</c><00:26:37.700><c> find</c>

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:40.019
he<00:26:38.200><c> actually</c><00:26:38.480><c> uses,</c><00:26:39.380><c> it</c><00:26:39.500><c> says</c><00:26:39.640><c> right</c><00:26:39.880><c> here,</c>

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:42.519
they<00:26:40.200><c> should</c><00:26:40.319><c> come</c><00:26:40.519><c> into</c><00:26:40.759><c> your</c><00:26:41.140><c> assembly,</c><00:26:41.839><c> that's</c><00:26:42.180><c> actually</c>

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.680
the<00:26:42.660><c> word</c><00:26:42.940><c> synagogue</c><00:26:43.420><c> there.</c>

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So<00:26:43.859><c> you</c><00:26:43.960><c> could</c><00:26:44.240><c> see</c><00:26:44.420><c> that</c><00:26:44.660><c> they</c><00:26:45.180><c> were</c><00:26:45.339><c> just</c><00:26:45.619><c> in</c><00:26:45.759><c> the</c><00:26:45.839><c> midst</c><00:26:46.019><c> of</c><00:26:46.299><c> transitioning</c>

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between<00:26:47.240><c> their</c><00:26:47.660><c> general</c><00:26:48.059><c> synagogues</c><00:26:48.700><c> and</c><00:26:48.920><c> now</c><00:26:49.319><c> they're,</c><00:26:50.039><c> the</c>

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believers<00:26:50.900><c> meeting</c><00:26:51.339><c> together.</c>

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You'll<00:26:53.259><c> find</c><00:26:53.359><c> that</c><00:26:53.559><c> the</c><00:26:53.759><c> Jewish</c><00:26:53.940><c> community</c><00:26:54.420><c> at</c><00:26:54.599><c> this</c><00:26:54.779><c> point</c><00:26:54.920><c> is</c><00:26:55.099><c> having</c><00:26:55.220><c> a</c>

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huge<00:26:55.819><c> impact</c><00:26:56.279><c> upon</c><00:26:56.519><c> the</c><00:26:56.779><c> Jews.</c>

00:26:57.400 --> 00:27:00.220
So<00:26:57.559><c> what's</c><00:26:57.920><c> happening</c><00:26:58.160><c> is</c><00:26:58.400><c> that</c><00:26:58.579><c> the</c><00:26:58.759><c> Jews</c><00:26:58.940><c> were</c><00:26:59.140><c> coming</c><00:26:59.319><c> in</c><00:26:59.500><c> and</c><00:26:59.720><c> causing</c><00:26:59.940><c> a</c>

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lot<00:27:00.359><c> of</c><00:27:00.640><c> trouble</c>

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as<00:27:01.140><c> they</c><00:27:01.400><c> did</c><00:27:01.519><c> in</c><00:27:01.779><c> Paul's</c><00:27:02.140><c> time</c><00:27:02.259><c> as</c><00:27:02.519><c> well</c><00:27:02.819><c> and</c><00:27:03.500><c> many</c>

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:06.160
of<00:27:03.900><c> these</c><00:27:04.119><c> Jewish</c><00:27:04.400><c> believers</c><00:27:04.759><c> were</c><00:27:05.059><c> still</c><00:27:05.380><c> keeping</c><00:27:05.660><c> the</c><00:27:05.940><c> law.</c>

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:09.119
So<00:27:06.480><c> James</c><00:27:06.779><c> has</c><00:27:07.000><c> to</c><00:27:07.160><c> be</c><00:27:07.259><c> very</c><00:27:07.579><c> careful</c><00:27:07.900><c> how</c><00:27:08.099><c> he</c><00:27:08.400><c> balances</c><00:27:08.740><c> out</c>

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this<00:27:09.380><c> problem.</c>

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Because<00:27:10.259><c> he</c><00:27:10.460><c> has</c><00:27:10.700><c> some</c><00:27:11.059><c> Jews</c><00:27:11.279><c> that</c><00:27:11.400><c> were</c><00:27:11.579><c> still</c><00:27:11.799><c> keeping</c><00:27:12.059><c> the</c>

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:14.460
law<00:27:12.359><c> on</c><00:27:12.599><c> one</c><00:27:12.819><c> hand</c><00:27:13.200><c> and</c><00:27:13.460><c> he</c><00:27:13.579><c> has</c><00:27:13.799><c> other</c><00:27:14.180><c> Jews</c>

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:17.599
that<00:27:14.740><c> realized</c><00:27:15.099><c> that</c><00:27:15.259><c> they</c><00:27:15.339><c> had</c><00:27:15.480><c> this</c><00:27:15.819><c> freedom</c><00:27:16.019><c> in</c><00:27:16.180><c> Jesus</c><00:27:16.480><c> Christ</c><00:27:17.019><c> for</c>

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freedom,<00:27:17.920><c> they</c><00:27:18.059><c> had</c><00:27:18.259><c> been</c><00:27:18.480><c> set</c><00:27:18.740><c> free</c>

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but<00:27:19.599><c> they</c><00:27:19.799><c> were</c><00:27:20.039><c> using</c><00:27:20.359><c> their</c><00:27:20.799><c> freedom</c><00:27:21.079><c> now</c><00:27:21.440><c> to</c><00:27:21.680><c> just</c><00:27:22.000><c> like</c><00:27:22.400><c> do</c>

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.119
what<00:27:22.660><c> they</c><00:27:22.960><c> want,</c><00:27:23.359><c> take</c><00:27:23.640><c> a</c><00:27:23.900><c> break</c>

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and<00:27:24.640><c> not</c><00:27:24.920><c> really</c><00:27:25.160><c> be</c><00:27:25.359><c> a</c><00:27:25.500><c> part</c><00:27:25.720><c> of</c><00:27:26.079><c> living</c><00:27:26.380><c> the</c><00:27:26.680><c> character</c><00:27:26.980><c> of</c>

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God<00:27:27.339><c> at</c><00:27:27.579><c> all.</c>

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So<00:27:28.359><c> he</c><00:27:28.700><c> has</c><00:27:28.900><c> to</c><00:27:29.059><c> be</c><00:27:29.140><c> very</c><00:27:29.480><c> careful</c><00:27:29.680><c> in</c><00:27:29.819><c> how</c><00:27:29.940><c> he</c><00:27:30.180><c> balances</c><00:27:30.480><c> this</c><00:27:30.779><c> out.</c>

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:34.599
So<00:27:31.299><c> what</c><00:27:31.519><c> James</c><00:27:31.759><c> attempts</c><00:27:32.099><c> to</c><00:27:32.339><c> do</c><00:27:32.500><c> then</c><00:27:32.720><c> is</c><00:27:32.960><c> to</c><00:27:33.160><c> give</c><00:27:33.240><c> us</c><00:27:33.500><c> a</c><00:27:33.740><c> mechanism</c><00:27:34.119><c> to</c>

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:36.779
sort<00:27:34.940><c> of</c><00:27:35.140><c> like</c><00:27:35.599><c> we</c><00:27:36.259><c> can</c><00:27:36.539><c> weigh</c>

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out<00:27:37.039><c> in</c><00:27:37.220><c> our</c><00:27:37.440><c> life</c><00:27:37.700><c> where</c><00:27:38.319><c> are</c><00:27:38.579><c> we</c><00:27:38.759><c> at?</c>

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And<00:27:39.599><c> that's</c><00:27:40.059><c> basically</c><00:27:40.460><c> what</c><00:27:40.619><c> he</c><00:27:40.779><c> does</c><00:27:40.960><c> in</c><00:27:41.140><c> this</c><00:27:41.339><c> letter.</c>

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He<00:27:41.779><c> lays</c><00:27:42.059><c> out</c><00:27:42.339><c> the</c><00:27:42.599><c> basic</c><00:27:42.940><c> idea</c><00:27:43.420><c> in</c><00:27:43.599><c> the</c><00:27:43.740><c> first</c><00:27:43.940><c> chapter</c><00:27:44.380><c> and</c>

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then<00:27:45.160><c> really</c><00:27:45.400><c> at</c><00:27:45.559><c> the</c><00:27:45.599><c> end</c><00:27:45.759><c> of</c><00:27:45.839><c> that</c><00:27:46.059><c> chapter</c>

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in<00:27:46.559><c> two,</c><00:27:46.799><c> three,</c><00:27:47.140><c> four,</c><00:27:47.440><c> five,</c><00:27:47.759><c> he</c><00:27:47.880><c> simply</c><00:27:48.279><c> gives</c><00:27:48.579><c> us</c><00:27:49.099><c> mechanisms</c>

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to<00:27:50.059><c> monitor</c><00:27:50.559><c> how</c><00:27:51.200><c> are</c><00:27:51.460><c> we</c><00:27:51.619><c> doing</c><00:27:51.980><c> on</c><00:27:52.539><c> faith</c><00:27:52.839><c> working</c><00:27:53.200><c> through</c><00:27:53.460><c> love.</c>

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And<00:27:54.339><c> so</c><00:27:54.460><c> he</c><00:27:54.660><c> brings</c><00:27:54.839><c> specific</c><00:27:55.359><c> examples</c><00:27:55.859><c> up</c><00:27:56.039><c> to</c><00:27:56.240><c> find</c><00:27:56.420><c> out</c><00:27:56.579><c> if</c>

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it's<00:27:57.019><c> challenging</c><00:27:57.279><c> our</c><00:27:57.559><c> life</c>

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and<00:27:58.059><c> if</c><00:27:58.119><c> it's</c><00:27:58.299><c> really</c><00:27:58.480><c> influencing</c><00:27:58.940><c> the</c><00:27:59.140><c> way</c><00:27:59.220><c> that</c><00:27:59.359><c> we</c><00:27:59.539><c> live.</c>

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So<00:28:00.740><c> the</c><00:28:00.960><c> problem</c><00:28:01.240><c> with</c><00:28:01.400><c> the</c><00:28:01.599><c> Jewish</c><00:28:01.799><c> background</c><00:28:02.259><c> was</c><00:28:02.480><c> that</c><00:28:02.619><c> some</c><00:28:02.779><c> of</c>

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these<00:28:03.119><c> people</c><00:28:03.359><c> that</c><00:28:03.720><c> were</c><00:28:03.880><c> there</c>

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that<00:28:04.220><c> he's</c><00:28:04.400><c> dealing</c><00:28:04.680><c> with,</c><00:28:04.980><c> what</c><00:28:05.200><c> they</c><00:28:05.440><c> did</c><00:28:05.599><c> is</c><00:28:05.779><c> they</c><00:28:06.000><c> depended</c><00:28:06.259><c> on</c>

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their<00:28:06.680><c> Jewish</c><00:28:06.859><c> heritage.</c>

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They<00:28:07.539><c> thought</c><00:28:07.759><c> they</c><00:28:07.920><c> were</c><00:28:08.079><c> the</c><00:28:08.259><c> chosen</c><00:28:08.480><c> people.</c>

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They<00:28:09.460><c> believed</c><00:28:09.720><c> that</c><00:28:09.920><c> that</c><00:28:10.059><c> gave</c><00:28:10.220><c> them</c><00:28:10.460><c> access</c><00:28:10.880><c> to</c><00:28:11.079><c> the</c><00:28:11.220><c> grace</c>

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:14.140
of<00:28:11.599><c> God</c><00:28:11.859><c> now</c><00:28:12.220><c> because</c><00:28:13.059><c> of</c><00:28:13.400><c> the</c><00:28:13.779><c> gospel</c>

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of<00:28:14.420><c> grace</c><00:28:14.599><c> that</c><00:28:14.740><c> was</c><00:28:14.900><c> being</c><00:28:15.180><c> preached</c><00:28:15.539><c> and</c><00:28:16.140><c> they</c><00:28:16.380><c> understood</c>

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that<00:28:17.019><c> Jesus</c><00:28:17.279><c> Christ</c><00:28:17.539><c> had</c><00:28:17.759><c> died</c><00:28:17.900><c> for</c><00:28:18.099><c> their</c><00:28:18.319><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:28:19.579><c> so</c><00:28:19.759><c> God</c><00:28:20.440><c> will</c><00:28:20.680><c> now,</c><00:28:20.819><c> they</c><00:28:21.200><c> figure</c><00:28:21.400><c> will</c><00:28:21.599><c> save</c><00:28:21.779><c> them</c><00:28:21.940><c> because</c><00:28:22.160><c> they're</c><00:28:22.380><c> Jews</c>

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without<00:28:23.480><c> Christ</c><00:28:23.779><c> having</c><00:28:24.000><c> any</c><00:28:24.339><c> impact</c><00:28:24.619><c> on</c><00:28:24.799><c> their</c><00:28:24.940><c> behavior.</c>

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.559
And<00:28:25.740><c> so</c><00:28:25.859><c> this</c><00:28:26.039><c> is</c><00:28:26.140><c> what</c><00:28:26.240><c> he</c><00:28:26.460><c> calls</c><00:28:26.660><c> the</c><00:28:27.019><c> hearer</c><00:28:27.339><c> group.</c>

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Don't,<00:28:28.259><c> you</c><00:28:28.380><c> know,</c><00:28:28.440><c> I</c><00:28:28.519><c> don't</c><00:28:28.559><c> want</c><00:28:28.680><c> to</c><00:28:28.700><c> be</c><00:28:28.819><c> hearers</c><00:28:29.059><c> only.</c>

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We<00:28:29.480><c> got</c><00:28:29.539><c> to</c><00:28:29.700><c> be</c><00:28:29.779><c> doers</c><00:28:30.019><c> of</c><00:28:30.200><c> the</c><00:28:30.319><c> word</c><00:28:30.480><c> but</c><00:28:30.700><c> not</c><00:28:31.119><c> just</c><00:28:31.519><c> hearers.</c>

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So<00:28:32.380><c> that's</c><00:28:32.779><c> a</c><00:28:32.940><c> segment</c><00:28:33.200><c> of</c><00:28:33.420><c> the</c><00:28:33.579><c> Jewish</c><00:28:33.740><c> community</c><00:28:34.259><c> now</c><00:28:34.519><c> that</c>

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has<00:28:34.839><c> come</c><00:28:35.059><c> in</c><00:28:35.339><c> who</c><00:28:35.740><c> thinks</c>

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:38.660
that<00:28:36.059><c> they</c><00:28:36.160><c> can</c><00:28:36.420><c> really</c><00:28:36.720><c> just</c><00:28:36.980><c> be</c><00:28:37.279><c> like</c><00:28:37.539><c> armchair</c><00:28:37.940><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:40.859
and<00:28:38.799><c> it</c><00:28:38.880><c> really</c><00:28:39.119><c> doesn't</c><00:28:39.299><c> have</c><00:28:39.500><c> to</c><00:28:39.700><c> affect</c><00:28:39.880><c> their</c><00:28:40.119><c> life.</c>

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One<00:28:41.380><c> of</c><00:28:41.500><c> the</c><00:28:41.619><c> other</c><00:28:41.839><c> fun</c><00:28:42.039><c> things</c><00:28:42.279><c> to</c><00:28:42.539><c> watch</c><00:28:42.759><c> in</c><00:28:42.940><c> the</c><00:28:43.140><c> story</c><00:28:43.319><c> as</c>

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you're<00:28:43.700><c> going</c><00:28:43.880><c> through</c><00:28:44.079><c> the</c><00:28:44.180><c> letter</c>

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.279
to<00:28:44.559><c> James</c><00:28:44.799><c> is</c><00:28:44.920><c> just</c><00:28:45.200><c> watch</c><00:28:45.380><c> for</c><00:28:45.599><c> all</c><00:28:45.759><c> of</c><00:28:46.039><c> his</c><00:28:46.240><c> allusions</c><00:28:46.640><c> to</c><00:28:46.940><c> nature.</c>

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He<00:28:47.700><c> does</c><00:28:47.900><c> a</c><00:28:48.019><c> lot</c><00:28:48.259><c> of</c><00:28:48.500><c> references</c><00:28:48.819><c> to</c><00:28:49.059><c> things</c><00:28:49.279><c> that</c><00:28:49.500><c> are</c><00:28:49.660><c> out</c><00:28:49.819><c> there</c><00:28:49.980><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:50.460><c> natural</c><00:28:50.740><c> world.</c>

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Maybe<00:28:51.720><c> being</c><00:28:51.940><c> up</c><00:28:52.140><c> here</c><00:28:52.259><c> at</c><00:28:52.359><c> Rogue</c><00:28:52.460><c> River</c><00:28:52.720><c> will</c><00:28:53.119><c> make</c><00:28:53.299><c> us</c><00:28:53.559><c> in</c>

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tune<00:28:53.720><c> with</c><00:28:53.900><c> that.</c>

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But<00:28:54.559><c> you'll</c><00:28:54.740><c> notice</c><00:28:54.900><c> here</c><00:28:55.119><c> first</c><00:28:55.279><c> like</c><00:28:55.500><c> the</c><00:28:55.740><c> waves</c><00:28:55.920><c> of</c><00:28:56.099><c> the</c><00:28:56.359><c> sea</c><00:28:56.539><c> in</c>

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.880
chapter<00:28:57.079><c> one</c><00:28:57.259><c> at</c><00:28:57.400><c> verse</c><00:28:57.579><c> six.</c>

00:28:58.059 --> 00:29:00.220
He'll<00:28:58.279><c> talk</c><00:28:58.440><c> about</c><00:28:58.619><c> the</c><00:28:58.920><c> flowers</c><00:28:59.180><c> of</c><00:28:59.380><c> the</c><00:28:59.539><c> field</c><00:28:59.759><c> withering</c>

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.359
in<00:29:00.400><c> verses</c><00:29:00.640><c> 10</c><00:29:00.900><c> and</c><00:29:01.039><c> 11.</c>

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:04.240
The<00:29:02.079><c> human</c><00:29:02.400><c> life</c><00:29:02.700><c> cycle</c><00:29:03.039><c> in</c><00:29:03.279><c> this</c><00:29:03.500><c> first</c><00:29:03.700><c> chapter</c><00:29:03.980><c> is</c><00:29:04.140><c> going</c>

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.160
to<00:29:04.380><c> pop</c><00:29:04.559><c> up</c><00:29:04.720><c> as</c><00:29:04.940><c> well.</c>

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:09.039
And<00:29:05.579><c> the</c><00:29:05.759><c> idea</c><00:29:06.059><c> of</c><00:29:06.259><c> the</c><00:29:06.519><c> shadow</c><00:29:06.779><c> of</c><00:29:07.079><c> turning</c><00:29:07.359><c> with</c><00:29:07.700><c> God,</c><00:29:08.160><c> there's</c><00:29:08.240><c> no</c><00:29:08.539><c> variableness.</c>

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:11.819
It's<00:29:09.319><c> not</c><00:29:09.500><c> like</c><00:29:09.759><c> the</c><00:29:10.240><c> light</c><00:29:10.519><c> and</c><00:29:10.839><c> the</c><00:29:11.000><c> shadow</c><00:29:11.259><c> of</c><00:29:11.440><c> turning</c><00:29:11.619><c> that</c><00:29:11.819><c> you</c>

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:14.000
get<00:29:11.880><c> as</c><00:29:12.819><c> the</c><00:29:13.180><c> earth</c><00:29:13.460><c> rotates</c>

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.660
and<00:29:14.180><c> the</c><00:29:14.279><c> sun</c><00:29:14.420><c> goes</c><00:29:14.599><c> around</c><00:29:14.779><c> the</c><00:29:14.920><c> earth.</c>

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:18.299
And<00:29:16.059><c> he</c><00:29:16.220><c> also</c><00:29:16.480><c> mentions</c><00:29:17.019><c> the</c><00:29:17.279><c> bringing</c><00:29:17.480><c> forth</c><00:29:17.759><c> of</c><00:29:17.900><c> the</c><00:29:18.099><c> first</c>

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.180
fruits<00:29:18.500><c> in</c><00:29:18.720><c> chapter</c><00:29:18.980><c> one.</c>

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And<00:29:19.319><c> those</c><00:29:19.480><c> are</c><00:29:19.640><c> just</c><00:29:19.839><c> references</c><00:29:20.220><c> out</c><00:29:20.440><c> of</c><00:29:20.599><c> chapter</c><00:29:20.880><c> one,</c><00:29:21.299><c> let</c>

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.079
alone<00:29:21.640><c> the</c><00:29:21.880><c> others</c>

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.680
that<00:29:22.220><c> you're</c><00:29:22.359><c> going</c><00:29:22.460><c> to</c><00:29:22.619><c> see</c><00:29:22.799><c> as</c><00:29:23.039><c> we</c><00:29:23.180><c> go</c><00:29:23.380><c> along.</c>

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:26.099
So<00:29:24.119><c> that</c><00:29:24.279><c> just</c><00:29:24.519><c> might</c><00:29:24.640><c> be</c><00:29:24.819><c> a</c><00:29:24.960><c> theme</c><00:29:25.099><c> that</c><00:29:25.259><c> some</c><00:29:25.420><c> of</c><00:29:25.539><c> you</c><00:29:25.640><c> are</c><00:29:25.819><c> interested</c>

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:28.920
in<00:29:26.359><c> watching</c><00:29:26.720><c> as</c><00:29:27.579><c> we</c><00:29:27.740><c> go</c><00:29:27.859><c> through</c><00:29:28.039><c> the</c><00:29:28.220><c> letter.</c>

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:31.960
Now,<00:29:30.000><c> what</c><00:29:30.140><c> he</c><00:29:30.359><c> does</c><00:29:30.599><c> here</c><00:29:30.819><c> in</c><00:29:30.960><c> chapter</c><00:29:31.240><c> one,</c><00:29:31.460><c> what</c><00:29:31.599><c> I</c><00:29:31.720><c> want</c><00:29:31.839><c> to</c>

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:33.099
do<00:29:32.079><c> today</c><00:29:32.339><c> is</c><00:29:32.500><c> we'll</c><00:29:32.660><c> just</c><00:29:32.920><c> look</c>

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:35.619
at<00:29:33.319><c> this</c><00:29:33.559><c> background</c><00:29:33.940><c> information</c><00:29:34.480><c> and</c><00:29:34.700><c> the</c><00:29:34.880><c> purpose</c><00:29:35.079><c> of</c><00:29:35.279><c> the</c><00:29:35.400><c> letter.</c>

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:38.140
And<00:29:35.920><c> we</c><00:29:36.160><c> probably</c><00:29:36.440><c> won't</c><00:29:36.720><c> get</c><00:29:36.940><c> all</c><00:29:37.140><c> the</c><00:29:37.220><c> way</c><00:29:37.279><c> through</c><00:29:37.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:37.779><c> one.</c>

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:40.880
But<00:29:38.579><c> we'll</c><00:29:38.700><c> look</c><00:29:38.900><c> at</c><00:29:39.039><c> part</c><00:29:39.200><c> of</c><00:29:39.339><c> chapter</c><00:29:39.579><c> one</c><00:29:39.759><c> today</c><00:29:40.059><c> and</c><00:29:40.299><c> hopefully</c><00:29:40.640><c> pick</c>

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:42.420
up<00:29:41.019><c> the</c><00:29:41.119><c> rest</c><00:29:41.319><c> of</c><00:29:41.440><c> it</c><00:29:41.599><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:45.660
Now,<00:29:42.880><c> what</c><00:29:43.160><c> James</c><00:29:43.519><c> does</c><00:29:43.880><c> then</c><00:29:44.039><c> is</c><00:29:44.200><c> he</c><00:29:44.380><c> lays</c><00:29:44.700><c> out</c><00:29:45.019><c> in</c><00:29:45.220><c> the</c><00:29:45.359><c> beginning,</c>

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:48.720
right<00:29:46.019><c> at</c><00:29:46.220><c> the</c><00:29:46.339><c> very</c><00:29:46.559><c> beginning</c><00:29:46.839><c> of</c><00:29:47.039><c> the</c><00:29:47.160><c> letter,</c><00:29:47.339><c> he</c><00:29:47.599><c> lays</c><00:29:47.839><c> out</c><00:29:48.140><c> the</c><00:29:48.359><c> reason</c><00:29:48.519><c> he</c>

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.220
wrote<00:29:48.799><c> the</c><00:29:49.019><c> letter.</c>

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:51.160
Here's<00:29:49.799><c> his</c><00:29:49.980><c> purpose</c><00:29:50.319><c> that's</c><00:29:50.559><c> going</c><00:29:50.640><c> to</c><00:29:50.720><c> come</c><00:29:50.920><c> up.</c>

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:54.059
And<00:29:51.660><c> then</c><00:29:51.940><c> for</c><00:29:52.160><c> the</c><00:29:52.380><c> rest</c><00:29:52.599><c> of</c><00:29:52.819><c> the</c><00:29:52.960><c> letter,</c><00:29:53.119><c> he</c><00:29:53.339><c> simply</c><00:29:53.720><c> builds</c>

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.539
on<00:29:54.319><c> that.</c>

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:57.339
It<00:29:55.099><c> would</c><00:29:55.240><c> be</c><00:29:55.400><c> like</c><00:29:55.559><c> the</c><00:29:55.740><c> apostle</c><00:29:56.019><c> Paul</c><00:29:56.279><c> when</c><00:29:56.440><c> he</c><00:29:56.559><c> wrote</c><00:29:56.660><c> Romans</c><00:29:57.140><c> that</c>

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:59.079
he<00:29:57.539><c> lays</c><00:29:57.700><c> out</c><00:29:57.980><c> all</c><00:29:58.319><c> that</c><00:29:58.559><c> exposition</c>

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:01.019
in<00:29:59.259><c> chapters,</c><00:29:59.700><c> you</c><00:30:00.140><c> know,</c><00:30:00.380><c> one</c><00:30:00.440><c> through</c><00:30:00.619><c> 11.</c>

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:04.839
And<00:30:01.720><c> then</c><00:30:02.019><c> he</c><00:30:02.279><c> builds</c><00:30:02.640><c> on</c><00:30:03.019><c> that</c><00:30:03.380><c> to</c><00:30:03.880><c> build</c><00:30:04.099><c> his</c><00:30:04.339><c> exudational</c>

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:06.319
values<00:30:05.259><c> in</c><00:30:05.460><c> 12,</c><00:30:05.660><c> 13,</c><00:30:06.000><c> 14.</c>

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:09.500
Well,<00:30:07.059><c> James</c><00:30:07.440><c> lays</c><00:30:07.740><c> his</c><00:30:08.059><c> purpose</c><00:30:08.400><c> out</c><00:30:08.640><c> right</c><00:30:08.859><c> away,</c><00:30:09.099><c> right</c><00:30:09.339><c> in</c>

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.859
the<00:30:09.539><c> beginning.</c>

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:13.099
And<00:30:10.240><c> then</c><00:30:10.440><c> the</c><00:30:10.619><c> whole</c><00:30:10.799><c> rest</c><00:30:10.960><c> of</c><00:30:11.160><c> the</c><00:30:11.319><c> letter</c><00:30:11.559><c> is</c><00:30:11.920><c> just</c><00:30:12.200><c> examples</c><00:30:12.740><c> really</c>

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.240
of<00:30:13.380><c> what</c><00:30:13.519><c> he's</c><00:30:13.740><c> aiming</c><00:30:14.039><c> at</c>

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.880
and<00:30:14.279><c> what</c><00:30:14.380><c> he's</c><00:30:14.559><c> trying</c><00:30:14.740><c> to</c><00:30:14.859><c> get</c><00:30:14.980><c> across.</c>

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:18.980
So<00:30:16.559><c> in</c><00:30:17.039><c> chapter</c><00:30:17.359><c> one</c><00:30:17.619><c> right</c><00:30:17.880><c> here,</c><00:30:18.140><c> in</c><00:30:18.259><c> verses</c><00:30:18.500><c> two</c><00:30:18.779><c> through</c>

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:21.200
11,<00:30:19.559><c> you'll</c><00:30:19.859><c> see</c><00:30:20.019><c> that</c><00:30:20.200><c> what</c><00:30:20.339><c> he</c><00:30:20.599><c> does</c><00:30:20.839><c> is</c><00:30:21.059><c> says,</c>

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:25.099
God<00:30:21.500><c> will</c><00:30:21.779><c> help</c><00:30:21.980><c> us</c><00:30:22.279><c> understand</c><00:30:22.700><c> our</c><00:30:23.019><c> trials</c><00:30:23.319><c> if,</c><00:30:24.380><c> there's</c><00:30:24.660><c> the</c><00:30:24.779><c> big</c><00:30:24.920><c> F,</c>

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.500
you<00:30:25.339><c> see,</c>

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:28.740
if<00:30:26.039><c> we</c><00:30:26.680><c> believe</c><00:30:27.119><c> and</c><00:30:27.500><c> trust</c><00:30:27.859><c> him.</c>

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:31.200
See,<00:30:29.160><c> now,</c><00:30:29.299><c> what</c><00:30:29.539><c> James</c><00:30:29.799><c> is</c><00:30:29.960><c> going</c><00:30:30.079><c> to</c><00:30:30.200><c> get</c><00:30:30.339><c> at</c><00:30:30.539><c> here</c><00:30:30.740><c> is</c><00:30:30.920><c> a</c>

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.359
mental<00:30:31.759><c> attitude.</c>

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.259
It's<00:30:32.700><c> about</c><00:30:33.079><c> here</c><00:30:33.460><c> in</c><00:30:33.700><c> our</c><00:30:33.920><c> heads.</c>

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:37.980
We<00:30:34.920><c> have</c><00:30:35.279><c> to</c><00:30:35.519><c> do</c><00:30:35.779><c> a</c><00:30:36.039><c> mental</c><00:30:36.519><c> adjustment</c><00:30:37.059><c> about</c><00:30:37.460><c> our</c><00:30:37.680><c> life.</c>

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:41.359
And<00:30:38.559><c> if</c><00:30:38.640><c> we</c><00:30:38.859><c> don't</c><00:30:39.079><c> get</c><00:30:39.259><c> on</c><00:30:39.480><c> his</c><00:30:39.799><c> wavelength</c><00:30:40.259><c> of</c><00:30:40.640><c> thinking,</c><00:30:41.259><c> if</c>

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:43.539
we<00:30:41.500><c> don't</c><00:30:41.619><c> get</c><00:30:41.779><c> into</c><00:30:41.940><c> this</c><00:30:42.319><c> single</c><00:30:42.799><c>-mindedness</c>

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:48.039
that<00:30:43.680><c> he</c><00:30:43.940><c> talks</c><00:30:44.160><c> about</c><00:30:44.519><c> and</c><00:30:44.660><c> we</c><00:30:44.819><c> get</c><00:30:44.940><c> on</c><00:30:45.140><c> his</c><00:30:45.480><c> wavelength,</c><00:30:46.200><c> then</c><00:30:46.420><c> life</c><00:30:46.660><c> doesn't</c><00:30:46.980><c> make</c><00:30:47.240><c> any</c><00:30:47.500><c> sense.</c>

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.180
And<00:30:48.539><c> we</c><00:30:48.859><c> challenge</c><00:30:49.299><c> everything</c><00:30:49.700><c> in</c><00:30:49.940><c> life.</c>

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:53.579
We<00:30:50.539><c> start</c><00:30:50.740><c> to</c><00:30:50.960><c> wonder,</c><00:30:51.420><c> is</c><00:30:51.519><c> God</c><00:30:51.819><c> involved,</c><00:30:52.380><c> you</c><00:30:52.559><c> know,</c><00:30:52.779><c> and</c><00:30:53.220><c> then</c><00:30:53.380><c> it</c>

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.900
starts<00:30:53.779><c> to</c><00:30:54.099><c> affect</c><00:30:54.259><c> the</c><00:30:54.420><c> way</c><00:30:54.519><c> we</c><00:30:54.759><c> live</c>

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:57.160
and<00:30:55.019><c> how</c><00:30:55.119><c> we</c><00:30:55.400><c> treat</c><00:30:55.579><c> each</c><00:30:55.819><c> other,</c><00:30:56.319><c> because</c><00:30:56.440><c> we</c><00:30:56.619><c> really</c><00:30:56.920><c> didn't</c>

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:58.680
believe<00:30:57.440><c> God</c><00:30:57.640><c> was</c><00:30:57.880><c> involved</c><00:30:58.220><c> in</c><00:30:58.420><c> that.</c>

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:01.200
And<00:30:59.259><c> so</c><00:30:59.420><c> that's,</c><00:30:59.819><c> I</c><00:30:59.920><c> think</c><00:31:00.079><c> that's</c><00:31:00.319><c> really</c><00:31:00.539><c> what</c><00:31:00.660><c> he's</c><00:31:00.960><c> after</c>

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.559
here<00:31:01.539><c> in</c><00:31:01.960><c> the</c><00:31:02.140><c> very</c><00:31:02.299><c> beginning</c>

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:04.779
of<00:31:02.720><c> the</c><00:31:02.839><c> letter,</c><00:31:03.019><c> and</c><00:31:03.119><c> you'll</c><00:31:03.299><c> see</c><00:31:03.440><c> that</c><00:31:03.680><c> pop</c><00:31:03.960><c> up.</c>

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:07.579
So<00:31:05.299><c> look</c><00:31:05.480><c> at</c><00:31:05.599><c> what</c><00:31:05.839><c> happens</c><00:31:06.140><c> in</c><00:31:06.440><c> James</c><00:31:06.700><c> chapter</c><00:31:06.980><c> one</c><00:31:07.180><c> here</c><00:31:07.400><c> at</c>

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.680
verse<00:31:07.819><c> two,</c><00:31:08.099><c> for</c><00:31:08.319><c> example.</c>

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:12.180
My<00:31:09.240><c> brethren,</c><00:31:09.880><c> count</c><00:31:09.960><c> it</c><00:31:10.200><c> all</c><00:31:10.559><c> joy</c><00:31:10.980><c> when</c><00:31:11.319><c> you</c><00:31:11.660><c> fall</c><00:31:11.960><c> into</c>

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.200
various<00:31:12.579><c> trials,</c>

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:16.279
knowing<00:31:13.880><c> that</c><00:31:14.119><c> the</c><00:31:14.339><c> testing</c><00:31:14.599><c> of</c><00:31:14.799><c> your</c><00:31:15.079><c> faith</c><00:31:15.279><c> produces</c><00:31:15.660><c> patience,</c>

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:19.420
but<00:31:16.880><c> let</c><00:31:17.079><c> patience</c><00:31:17.559><c> have</c><00:31:17.759><c> its</c><00:31:18.039><c> perfect</c><00:31:18.460><c> work,</c><00:31:18.940><c> that</c><00:31:19.079><c> you</c><00:31:19.259><c> may</c>

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:22.319
be<00:31:19.720><c> perfect</c><00:31:20.079><c> and</c><00:31:20.500><c> complete,</c><00:31:21.039><c> lacking</c><00:31:21.319><c> nothing.</c>

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:25.619
So,<00:31:23.160><c> you</c><00:31:23.299><c> know,</c><00:31:23.680><c> we</c><00:31:23.839><c> know</c><00:31:24.000><c> these</c><00:31:24.259><c> passages,</c><00:31:24.859><c> and</c><00:31:24.940><c> when</c><00:31:25.019><c> he</c><00:31:25.279><c> says,</c><00:31:25.519><c> you</c>

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.880
know,<00:31:26.000><c> count</c><00:31:26.079><c> it</c><00:31:26.279><c> all</c><00:31:26.619><c> joy</c>

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.359
when<00:31:27.079><c> you</c><00:31:27.319><c> fall</c><00:31:27.500><c> into</c><00:31:27.700><c> these</c><00:31:27.940><c> various</c><00:31:28.319><c> trials,</c><00:31:29.019><c> it</c><00:31:29.140><c> doesn't</c>

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:31.359
mean<00:31:29.599><c> that</c><00:31:29.819><c> everybody</c><00:31:30.180><c> just</c><00:31:30.519><c> gets</c><00:31:30.660><c> all</c><00:31:30.920><c> excited</c>

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:33.160
and<00:31:31.599><c> pumped</c><00:31:31.819><c> up</c><00:31:32.019><c> if</c><00:31:32.180><c> you</c><00:31:32.359><c> have</c><00:31:32.480><c> a</c><00:31:32.660><c> car</c><00:31:32.839><c> accident.</c>

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.839
We're<00:31:33.400><c> so</c><00:31:33.640><c> glad</c><00:31:33.839><c> that</c><00:31:34.019><c> our</c><00:31:34.200><c> car</c><00:31:34.380><c> got</c><00:31:34.599><c> ruined.</c>

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:36.480
That's<00:31:35.299><c> not</c><00:31:35.539><c> really</c><00:31:35.799><c> what</c><00:31:35.920><c> he's</c><00:31:36.180><c> after.</c>

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:39.500
I<00:31:37.039><c> mean,</c><00:31:37.220><c> if</c><00:31:37.539><c> a</c><00:31:37.779><c> fire</c><00:31:38.039><c> broke</c><00:31:38.319><c> out</c><00:31:38.619><c> here</c><00:31:38.819><c> at</c><00:31:39.000><c> Rogue</c><00:31:39.119><c> River</c><00:31:39.380><c> and</c>

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.839
we<00:31:39.640><c> had</c><00:31:39.819><c> to</c><00:31:40.019><c> evacuate</c><00:31:40.380><c> the</c><00:31:40.680><c> camp</c>

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.839
and<00:31:41.039><c> leave</c><00:31:41.180><c> the</c><00:31:41.420><c> place,</c><00:31:41.859><c> I</c><00:31:41.980><c> mean,</c><00:31:42.099><c> it's</c><00:31:42.240><c> not</c><00:31:42.420><c> like</c><00:31:42.559><c> we're</c><00:31:42.700><c> going</c><00:31:42.779><c> to</c>

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:44.119
go<00:31:42.960><c> out</c><00:31:43.160><c> rejoicing</c><00:31:43.640><c> that,</c><00:31:43.839><c> oh,</c>

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.720
the<00:31:44.359><c> camp's</c><00:31:44.980><c> Bible</c><00:31:45.160><c> school's</c><00:31:45.480><c> over.</c>

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.359
It's,<00:31:46.240><c> I</c><00:31:46.319><c> hope</c><00:31:46.500><c> it</c><00:31:46.619><c> wouldn't,</c><00:31:46.799><c> at</c><00:31:46.940><c> least.</c>

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.480
I<00:31:47.779><c> mean,</c><00:31:47.880><c> that</c><00:31:48.059><c> isn't</c><00:31:48.259><c> really</c><00:31:48.519><c> what</c><00:31:48.619><c> he's</c><00:31:48.920><c> after</c><00:31:49.160><c> here,</c><00:31:49.319><c> but</c>

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:51.140
you<00:31:49.720><c> understand</c><00:31:50.400><c> where</c><00:31:50.599><c> he's</c><00:31:50.920><c> headed.</c>

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:54.059
He's<00:31:51.779><c> trying</c><00:31:52.099><c> to</c><00:31:52.160><c> get</c><00:31:52.319><c> them</c><00:31:52.559><c> to</c><00:31:52.819><c> realize</c><00:31:53.160><c> that</c><00:31:53.380><c> when</c><00:31:53.599><c> bad</c>

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.960
things<00:31:54.480><c> happen,</c>

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:58.140
when<00:31:55.579><c> trouble</c><00:31:55.920><c> comes</c><00:31:56.259><c> into</c><00:31:56.599><c> your</c><00:31:56.900><c> life,</c><00:31:57.440><c> it's</c><00:31:57.720><c> okay.</c>

00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:03.700
You<00:31:58.380><c> can</c><00:31:58.660><c> have</c><00:31:58.859><c> an</c><00:31:59.140><c> inner</c><00:31:59.400><c> joy</c><00:31:59.799><c> and</c><00:31:59.980><c> a</c><00:32:00.299><c> peace</c><00:32:00.519><c> about</c><00:32:00.859><c> it</c><00:32:01.279><c> because</c><00:32:01.619><c> we</c><00:32:02.000><c> realize</c><00:32:02.680><c> that</c><00:32:03.339><c> God</c>

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.740
is<00:32:04.140><c> doing</c><00:32:04.400><c> it.</c>

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:07.559
You<00:32:05.259><c> see,</c><00:32:05.500><c> God's</c><00:32:05.980><c> behind</c><00:32:06.339><c> these</c><00:32:06.599><c> things,</c><00:32:06.839><c> and</c><00:32:06.980><c> we</c><00:32:07.119><c> know</c><00:32:07.339><c> that</c>

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.119
the<00:32:07.819><c> testing</c>

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:11.460
of<00:32:08.400><c> our</c><00:32:08.720><c> faith</c><00:32:08.940><c> produces</c><00:32:09.480><c> patience,</c><00:32:10.519><c> and</c><00:32:10.640><c> then</c><00:32:10.960><c> patience</c><00:32:11.220><c> is</c>

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.940
going<00:32:11.559><c> to</c><00:32:11.680><c> have</c><00:32:11.839><c> its</c><00:32:12.119><c> perfect</c><00:32:12.519><c> work,</c>

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:15.599
that<00:32:13.319><c> you</c><00:32:13.480><c> may</c><00:32:13.660><c> be</c><00:32:13.940><c> perfect</c><00:32:14.279><c> and</c><00:32:14.500><c> complete,</c><00:32:15.160><c> lacking</c><00:32:15.240><c> nothing.</c>

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:20.740
God<00:32:16.480><c> is</c><00:32:16.740><c> going</c><00:32:16.859><c> to</c><00:32:17.079><c> use</c><00:32:17.359><c> those</c><00:32:17.680><c> events</c><00:32:18.180><c> to</c><00:32:18.660><c> change</c><00:32:18.900><c> our</c><00:32:19.240><c> character,</c><00:32:19.720><c> to</c><00:32:19.960><c> change</c><00:32:20.180><c> our</c><00:32:20.460><c> life,</c>

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:23.279
so<00:32:21.160><c> that</c><00:32:21.339><c> we'll</c><00:32:21.619><c> learn</c><00:32:21.839><c> to</c><00:32:22.119><c> live</c><00:32:22.279><c> more</c><00:32:22.500><c> like</c><00:32:22.700><c> his</c><00:32:22.960><c> son.</c>

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:26.500
So<00:32:23.839><c> that's</c><00:32:24.019><c> what</c><00:32:24.140><c> he's</c><00:32:24.400><c> trying</c><00:32:24.640><c> to</c><00:32:24.900><c> get</c><00:32:25.119><c> across</c><00:32:25.539><c> in</c><00:32:25.680><c> these</c><00:32:25.920><c> first</c><00:32:26.140><c> few</c><00:32:26.279><c> verses,</c>

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:29.200
not<00:32:26.759><c> that,</c><00:32:27.039><c> as</c><00:32:27.400><c> the</c><00:32:27.599><c> apostle</c><00:32:27.880><c> Paul</c><00:32:28.200><c> said,</c><00:32:28.759><c> you</c><00:32:28.859><c> remember</c><00:32:29.039><c> in</c>

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.539
Hebrews<00:32:29.440><c> chapter</c><00:32:29.759><c> 12,</c><00:32:30.119><c> he</c><00:32:30.119><c> said,</c><00:32:30.539><c> look,</c>

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:33.640
for<00:32:30.740><c> the</c><00:32:30.980><c> moment,</c><00:32:31.559><c> none</c><00:32:31.680><c> of</c><00:32:31.819><c> these</c><00:32:32.119><c> trials</c><00:32:32.519><c> are</c><00:32:32.779><c> really</c><00:32:33.240><c> pleasurable.</c>

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:36.539
It's<00:32:33.920><c> not</c><00:32:34.019><c> like</c><00:32:34.160><c> we're</c><00:32:34.380><c> happy,</c><00:32:35.039><c> but</c><00:32:35.400><c> later,</c><00:32:35.900><c> you</c><00:32:36.099><c> see,</c><00:32:36.259><c> they</c>

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:38.259
yield<00:32:36.940><c> the</c><00:32:37.319><c> peaceable</c><00:32:37.940><c> fruits</c>

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:40.799
of<00:32:38.519><c> righteousness</c><00:32:38.920><c> to</c><00:32:39.259><c> those</c><00:32:39.519><c> that</c><00:32:39.680><c> have</c><00:32:39.839><c> been</c><00:32:39.980><c> trained</c><00:32:40.220><c> by</c><00:32:40.559><c> them.</c>

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:43.059
So<00:32:41.240><c> I</c><00:32:41.319><c> think</c><00:32:41.480><c> that's</c><00:32:41.759><c> really</c><00:32:41.940><c> the</c><00:32:42.099><c> kind</c><00:32:42.259><c> of</c><00:32:42.480><c> joy</c><00:32:42.660><c> that</c><00:32:42.900><c> James</c>

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.539
is<00:32:43.279><c> after.</c>

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.220
But<00:32:43.980><c> it's</c><00:32:44.240><c> a</c><00:32:44.400><c> mindset,</c><00:32:44.839><c> you</c><00:32:45.059><c> see.</c>

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.059
This<00:32:45.460><c> is</c><00:32:45.779><c> mental.</c>

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:49.339
This<00:32:46.339><c> is</c><00:32:46.619><c> a</c><00:32:47.019><c> mental</c><00:32:47.359><c> battle</c><00:32:47.839><c> that</c><00:32:48.039><c> we</c><00:32:48.220><c> have</c><00:32:48.400><c> to</c><00:32:48.599><c> get</c><00:32:48.759><c> a</c><00:32:48.920><c> hold</c><00:32:49.079><c> of,</c>

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:52.299
and<00:32:49.660><c> it's</c><00:32:50.039><c> a</c><00:32:50.359><c> mental</c><00:32:50.660><c> mindset</c><00:32:51.259><c> that</c><00:32:51.440><c> we</c><00:32:51.579><c> want</c><00:32:51.779><c> to</c><00:32:51.920><c> leave</c><00:32:52.019><c> this</c>

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.660
camp<00:32:52.519><c> with.</c>

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:54.640
That's<00:32:53.200><c> what</c><00:32:53.440><c> James</c><00:32:53.700><c> is</c><00:32:53.880><c> going</c><00:32:53.980><c> to</c><00:32:54.140><c> try</c><00:32:54.279><c> to</c><00:32:54.460><c> do.</c>

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:57.220
It's<00:32:55.220><c> really,</c><00:32:55.480><c> when</c><00:32:55.559><c> you</c><00:32:55.680><c> look</c><00:32:55.880><c> at</c><00:32:56.000><c> his</c><00:32:56.240><c> letter,</c><00:32:56.799><c> it's</c><00:32:57.019><c> like</c>

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.579
an<00:32:57.519><c> attitude</c><00:32:57.880><c> adjustment</c><00:32:58.319><c> letter.</c>

00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:01.960
It's<00:32:59.420><c> changed</c><00:32:59.740><c> the</c><00:32:59.920><c> way</c><00:33:00.039><c> that</c><00:33:00.220><c> we</c><00:33:00.359><c> look</c><00:33:00.519><c> at</c><00:33:00.720><c> life,</c><00:33:01.339><c> and</c><00:33:01.460><c> if</c><00:33:01.599><c> we</c>

00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:03.339
change<00:33:02.180><c> the</c><00:33:02.380><c> way</c><00:33:02.500><c> that</c><00:33:02.660><c> we</c><00:33:02.759><c> look</c><00:33:02.920><c> at</c><00:33:03.119><c> life,</c>

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:05.819
and<00:33:03.539><c> we</c><00:33:03.640><c> are</c><00:33:03.900><c> in</c><00:33:04.039><c> tune</c><00:33:04.200><c> with</c><00:33:04.420><c> God</c><00:33:04.720><c> really</c><00:33:05.059><c> working</c><00:33:05.299><c> in</c><00:33:05.480><c> everything,</c>

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:09.099
that<00:33:06.380><c> will</c><00:33:06.640><c> inevitably</c><00:33:07.299><c> change</c><00:33:07.779><c> the</c><00:33:07.920><c> way</c><00:33:08.039><c> we</c><00:33:08.240><c> live,</c><00:33:08.779><c> and</c><00:33:08.960><c> how</c>

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:10.759
we<00:33:09.299><c> treat</c><00:33:09.460><c> each</c><00:33:09.700><c> other,</c><00:33:10.000><c> and</c><00:33:10.099><c> what</c><00:33:10.220><c> we</c><00:33:10.420><c> do.</c>

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:12.039
That's<00:33:11.420><c> what</c><00:33:11.539><c> he's</c><00:33:11.759><c> after.</c>

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:15.119
So,<00:33:12.920><c> you</c><00:33:13.059><c> know,</c><00:33:13.220><c> these</c><00:33:13.480><c> trials,</c><00:33:13.900><c> they</c><00:33:14.180><c> make</c><00:33:14.359><c> us</c><00:33:14.599><c> reevaluate</c>

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.940
what's<00:33:15.359><c> really</c><00:33:15.559><c> important,</c>

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:17.480
and<00:33:16.259><c> why</c><00:33:16.339><c> we're</c><00:33:16.579><c> alive,</c><00:33:16.920><c> and</c><00:33:17.079><c> our</c><00:33:17.259><c> motives.</c>

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.980
That's<00:33:17.799><c> what</c><00:33:17.880><c> God</c><00:33:18.079><c> does</c><00:33:18.339><c> with</c><00:33:18.559><c> trials.</c>

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:21.680
And<00:33:19.640><c> it</c><00:33:19.740><c> only</c><00:33:19.980><c> works,</c><00:33:20.420><c> though,</c><00:33:20.480><c> if</c><00:33:20.640><c> we</c><00:33:20.819><c> really</c><00:33:21.119><c> believe</c><00:33:21.359><c> God's</c>

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.799
in<00:33:21.779><c> the</c><00:33:21.980><c> trials.</c>

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:26.160
You<00:33:22.940><c> see,</c><00:33:23.059><c> if</c><00:33:23.299><c> we</c><00:33:23.440><c> have</c><00:33:23.559><c> a</c><00:33:23.799><c> car</c><00:33:23.980><c> accident</c><00:33:24.319><c> on</c><00:33:24.599><c> the</c><00:33:24.680><c> way</c><00:33:24.819><c> home</c><00:33:25.039><c> from</c><00:33:25.160><c> the</c><00:33:25.299><c> Bible</c><00:33:25.539><c> school,</c><00:33:25.980><c> if</c>

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.220
that<00:33:26.400><c> happens</c><00:33:26.700><c> to</c><00:33:26.940><c> us,</c>

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:29.519
and<00:33:27.420><c> we</c><00:33:27.579><c> just</c><00:33:27.819><c> think,</c><00:33:27.980><c> oh,</c><00:33:28.259><c> we're</c><00:33:28.440><c> one</c><00:33:28.619><c> of</c><00:33:28.700><c> those</c><00:33:28.980><c> statistics</c>

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:31.579
out<00:33:29.859><c> there,</c><00:33:30.240><c> and</c><00:33:30.359><c> that</c><00:33:30.559><c> the</c><00:33:30.819><c> stat</c><00:33:30.980><c> keepers</c><00:33:31.359><c> keep,</c>

00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:36.960
and<00:33:32.000><c> it</c><00:33:32.099><c> just</c><00:33:32.359><c> was</c><00:33:32.559><c> random</c><00:33:32.980><c> chance</c><00:33:33.339><c> that</c><00:33:33.480><c> we</c><00:33:33.640><c> happen</c><00:33:33.819><c> to</c><00:33:34.000><c> do</c><00:33:34.160><c> that,</c><00:33:34.799><c> that</c><00:33:35.160><c> changes</c><00:33:35.660><c> the</c><00:33:35.960><c> way</c><00:33:36.119><c> we</c><00:33:36.480><c> respond.</c>

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:41.599
But<00:33:37.640><c> if</c><00:33:38.039><c> we</c><00:33:38.480><c> believe</c><00:33:38.799><c> that</c><00:33:39.099><c> God</c><00:33:39.440><c> is</c><00:33:39.779><c> in</c><00:33:40.059><c> the</c><00:33:40.400><c> trial,</c><00:33:41.319><c> whatever</c>

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.420
it<00:33:41.859><c> might</c><00:33:42.059><c> be,</c>

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:45.940
if<00:33:42.960><c> we</c><00:33:43.299><c> believe</c><00:33:43.480><c> that</c><00:33:43.680><c> God's</c><00:33:44.079><c> there</c><00:33:44.200><c> in</c><00:33:44.299><c> our</c><00:33:44.500><c> economic</c><00:33:44.940><c> situation,</c><00:33:45.680><c> he's</c>

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:47.059
there<00:33:46.319><c> in</c><00:33:46.519><c> our</c><00:33:46.680><c> marriage,</c>

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:53.180
he's<00:33:47.579><c> there</c><00:33:47.920><c> with</c><00:33:48.180><c> our</c><00:33:48.440><c> kids,</c><00:33:49.359><c> God's</c><00:33:49.940><c> in</c><00:33:50.079><c> it,</c><00:33:50.319><c> he's</c><00:33:50.559><c> in</c><00:33:50.700><c> it</c><00:33:50.920><c> all,</c><00:33:51.799><c> because</c><00:33:52.039><c> he's</c><00:33:52.559><c> trying</c><00:33:52.779><c> to</c>

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.220
work<00:33:53.500><c> for</c><00:33:53.900><c> good,</c>

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:56.220
and<00:33:54.579><c> help</c><00:33:54.779><c> us</c><00:33:55.099><c> develop</c><00:33:55.500><c> his</c><00:33:55.839><c> character.</c>

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:59.759
If<00:33:56.900><c> we</c><00:33:57.140><c> believe</c><00:33:57.440><c> that,</c><00:33:57.900><c> that</c><00:33:58.059><c> will</c><00:33:58.339><c> change</c><00:33:58.759><c> the</c><00:33:58.960><c> way</c><00:33:59.119><c> we</c><00:33:59.299><c> respond.</c>

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:03.680
But<00:34:00.299><c> we've</c><00:34:00.700><c> got</c><00:34:00.700><c> to</c><00:34:00.839><c> believe,</c><00:34:01.339><c> we've</c><00:34:01.480><c> got</c><00:34:01.559><c> to</c><00:34:01.640><c> have</c><00:34:01.740><c> that</c><00:34:02.240><c> single</c><00:34:02.839><c> mindedness</c><00:34:03.480><c> that</c>

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.559
James<00:34:03.940><c> talks</c><00:34:04.259><c> about.</c>

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:07.319
So<00:34:05.099><c> what</c><00:34:05.240><c> happens</c><00:34:05.680><c> then</c><00:34:05.859><c> is</c><00:34:06.000><c> we</c><00:34:06.099><c> don't</c><00:34:06.359><c> fight</c><00:34:06.619><c> and</c><00:34:06.839><c> resist</c><00:34:07.099><c> the</c>

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:09.880
trials,<00:34:08.000><c> we</c><00:34:08.179><c> just</c><00:34:08.460><c> patiently</c><00:34:08.840><c> work</c><00:34:09.159><c> through</c><00:34:09.420><c> them,</c>

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:12.579
you<00:34:09.920><c> know,</c><00:34:10.360><c> trusting</c><00:34:10.679><c> that</c><00:34:11.000><c> God's</c><00:34:11.340><c> going</c><00:34:11.460><c> to</c><00:34:11.579><c> help</c><00:34:11.739><c> us,</c><00:34:12.380><c> and</c>

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:15.320
that<00:34:12.699><c> we</c><00:34:12.840><c> just</c><00:34:13.079><c> got</c><00:34:13.199><c> to</c><00:34:13.619><c> maintain</c><00:34:14.320><c> his</c><00:34:15.039><c> way</c>

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:16.440
of<00:34:15.519><c> living</c><00:34:15.719><c> through</c><00:34:15.940><c> the</c><00:34:16.179><c> trials.</c>

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:20.239
This<00:34:16.599><c> is</c><00:34:16.800><c> his</c><00:34:17.059><c> test,</c><00:34:18.059><c> if</c><00:34:18.159><c> God's</c><00:34:18.400><c> going</c><00:34:18.579><c> to</c><00:34:18.699><c> give</c><00:34:18.780><c> us</c><00:34:19.039><c> immortality,</c><00:34:20.099><c> brothers</c>

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:20.659
and<00:34:20.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:23.159
he's<00:34:20.880><c> going</c><00:34:20.960><c> to</c><00:34:20.980><c> let</c><00:34:21.099><c> us</c><00:34:21.320><c> live</c><00:34:21.559><c> forever,</c><00:34:22.519><c> forever.</c>

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:26.940
He<00:34:23.900><c> can't</c><00:34:24.320><c> entrust</c><00:34:24.820><c> somebody</c><00:34:25.179><c> with</c><00:34:25.460><c> immortality</c><00:34:26.079><c> if</c><00:34:26.239><c> he</c><00:34:26.440><c> hasn't</c><00:34:26.679><c> run</c>

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:28.300
them<00:34:27.179><c> through</c><00:34:27.400><c> the</c><00:34:27.639><c> test</c><00:34:27.840><c> to</c><00:34:28.079><c> find</c>

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:31.940
out<00:34:28.480><c> what</c><00:34:28.599><c> are</c><00:34:28.699><c> we</c><00:34:28.760><c> going</c><00:34:28.880><c> to</c><00:34:29.039><c> do</c><00:34:29.159><c> when</c><00:34:29.300><c> things</c><00:34:29.539><c> go</c><00:34:29.820><c> bad,</c><00:34:30.639><c> he</c><00:34:30.900><c> can't</c><00:34:31.219><c> just</c><00:34:31.480><c> give</c><00:34:31.639><c> us</c><00:34:31.880><c> that,</c>

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.360
because<00:34:32.119><c> once</c><00:34:32.360><c> he</c><00:34:32.539><c> gives</c><00:34:32.780><c> it</c><00:34:33.000><c> to</c><00:34:33.159><c> us,</c><00:34:33.519><c> it's</c><00:34:33.860><c> forever.</c>

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:37.760
And<00:34:35.000><c> so</c><00:34:35.159><c> he</c><00:34:35.420><c> runs</c><00:34:35.659><c> us</c><00:34:35.960><c> through</c><00:34:36.179><c> series</c><00:34:36.579><c> of</c><00:34:36.980><c> trials</c><00:34:37.280><c> and</c><00:34:37.579><c> tests</c>

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:39.500
in<00:34:37.940><c> this</c><00:34:38.199><c> life</c><00:34:38.420><c> to</c><00:34:38.639><c> help</c><00:34:38.780><c> us</c><00:34:39.039><c> develop,</c>

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:43.840
and<00:34:40.059><c> find</c><00:34:40.300><c> out</c><00:34:40.539><c> are</c><00:34:40.840><c> we</c><00:34:41.079><c> ready</c><00:34:41.300><c> for</c><00:34:41.539><c> immortality,</c><00:34:42.400><c> are</c><00:34:42.559><c> we</c><00:34:42.760><c> ready,</c><00:34:43.420><c> before</c><00:34:43.679><c> he</c>

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.940
just<00:34:44.219><c> grants</c><00:34:44.480><c> us</c><00:34:44.719><c> that.</c>

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:48.360
And<00:34:45.340><c> it's</c><00:34:45.719><c> a</c><00:34:45.960><c> great</c><00:34:46.139><c> way</c><00:34:46.420><c> to</c><00:34:46.659><c> really</c><00:34:47.059><c> run</c><00:34:47.380><c> the</c><00:34:47.579><c> test</c><00:34:47.820><c> and</c><00:34:48.099><c> try</c>

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.159
it<00:34:48.539><c> out</c><00:34:48.639><c> and</c><00:34:48.739><c> find</c><00:34:48.980><c> out</c><00:34:49.159><c> if</c><00:34:49.260><c> we</c><00:34:49.559><c> really</c><00:34:49.940><c> want</c>

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.599
to<00:34:50.340><c> live</c><00:34:50.480><c> as</c><00:34:50.679><c> family</c><00:34:50.980><c> members</c><00:34:51.260><c> forever.</c>

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:55.980
And<00:34:52.179><c> that's</c><00:34:52.599><c> our</c><00:34:53.079><c> challenge,</c><00:34:54.019><c> that's</c><00:34:54.300><c> that</c><00:34:54.739><c> mental</c><00:34:55.139><c> adjustment</c><00:34:55.699><c> that</c><00:34:55.880><c> we</c>

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.559
have<00:34:56.159><c> to</c><00:34:56.340><c> make.</c>

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.300
Do<00:34:57.059><c> we</c><00:34:57.239><c> believe</c><00:34:57.559><c> he's</c><00:34:57.840><c> in</c><00:34:57.960><c> everything?</c>

00:34:58.539 --> 00:35:00.300
Do<00:34:58.760><c> we</c><00:34:59.000><c> believe</c><00:34:59.219><c> he's</c><00:34:59.420><c> doing</c><00:34:59.619><c> it</c><00:34:59.820><c> for</c><00:34:59.900><c> our</c><00:35:00.099><c> good?</c>

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:04.380
And<00:35:00.679><c> can</c><00:35:01.079><c> we</c><00:35:01.360><c> still</c><00:35:01.579><c> be</c><00:35:01.920><c> nice</c><00:35:02.199><c> to</c><00:35:02.480><c> people,</c><00:35:03.159><c> our</c><00:35:03.440><c> spouse,</c><00:35:04.119><c> our</c>

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.519
kids,<00:35:04.900><c> our</c><00:35:05.079><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:07.900
our<00:35:06.079><c> friends</c><00:35:06.360><c> that</c><00:35:06.519><c> we</c><00:35:06.619><c> have</c><00:35:06.760><c> back</c><00:35:07.059><c> home,</c><00:35:07.340><c> the</c><00:35:07.539><c> people</c><00:35:07.719><c> that</c>

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:10.760
we<00:35:08.079><c> work</c><00:35:08.260><c> with,</c><00:35:08.880><c> can</c><00:35:09.059><c> we</c><00:35:09.440><c> still</c><00:35:09.659><c> be</c><00:35:09.980><c> nice</c><00:35:10.239><c> to</c><00:35:10.500><c> people</c>

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:14.199
and<00:35:11.019><c> treat</c><00:35:11.219><c> them</c><00:35:11.460><c> properly,</c><00:35:12.619><c> even</c><00:35:12.719><c> in</c><00:35:12.920><c> the</c><00:35:13.079><c> midst</c><00:35:13.300><c> of</c><00:35:13.500><c> all</c><00:35:13.659><c> our</c><00:35:13.820><c> troubles,</c>

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:16.880
and<00:35:14.719><c> realize</c><00:35:15.079><c> that</c><00:35:15.320><c> God</c><00:35:15.519><c> is</c><00:35:15.739><c> in</c><00:35:15.820><c> it</c><00:35:15.940><c> for</c><00:35:16.119><c> good.</c>

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:19.599
It's<00:35:17.440><c> also,</c><00:35:17.699><c> it's</c><00:35:18.019><c> interesting</c><00:35:18.239><c> to</c><00:35:18.460><c> note</c><00:35:18.619><c> there</c><00:35:18.800><c> that</c><00:35:18.920><c> he</c><00:35:19.099><c> does</c><00:35:19.320><c> say</c>

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:22.119
it<00:35:19.800><c> in</c><00:35:19.900><c> verse</c><00:35:20.179><c> 2,</c><00:35:21.099><c> that</c><00:35:21.219><c> count</c><00:35:21.400><c> it</c><00:35:21.599><c> all</c><00:35:21.880><c> joy</c>

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:24.599
when<00:35:22.400><c> you</c><00:35:22.840><c> fall</c><00:35:23.360><c> into</c><00:35:23.780><c> various</c><00:35:24.139><c> trials.</c>

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:27.519
So<00:35:25.340><c> that's</c><00:35:25.639><c> a</c><00:35:25.760><c> little</c><00:35:25.940><c> bit</c><00:35:26.179><c> different</c><00:35:26.460><c> than</c><00:35:26.699><c> just</c><00:35:27.139><c> jumping</c>

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.440
into<00:35:28.019><c> trials.</c>

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:31.260
See,<00:35:28.920><c> the</c><00:35:29.039><c> idea</c><00:35:29.239><c> of</c><00:35:29.579><c> falling</c><00:35:29.800><c> is</c><00:35:30.019><c> that</c><00:35:30.199><c> God's</c><00:35:30.659><c> brought</c><00:35:30.760><c> it</c><00:35:30.940><c> on</c><00:35:31.079><c> you.</c>

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:33.400
These<00:35:31.559><c> are</c><00:35:31.820><c> trials</c><00:35:32.079><c> that</c><00:35:32.340><c> God</c><00:35:32.579><c> brings</c><00:35:32.840><c> into</c><00:35:33.039><c> your</c><00:35:33.239><c> life.</c>

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.760
This<00:35:33.920><c> isn't</c><00:35:34.139><c> a</c><00:35:34.300><c> case</c><00:35:34.519><c> of</c><00:35:34.679><c> where</c><00:35:34.800><c> you</c><00:35:34.900><c> just</c><00:35:35.179><c> leave</c><00:35:35.300><c> the</c><00:35:35.480><c> Bible</c>

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:37.920
school,<00:35:36.380><c> you</c><00:35:36.519><c> go</c><00:35:36.719><c> 90</c><00:35:37.019><c> miles</c><00:35:37.380><c> down</c><00:35:37.619><c> the</c><00:35:37.780><c> road</c>

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:41.159
and<00:35:38.320><c> have</c><00:35:38.480><c> a</c><00:35:38.619><c> car</c><00:35:38.880><c> accident,</c><00:35:39.719><c> although</c><00:35:39.880><c> God</c><00:35:40.099><c> is</c><00:35:40.360><c> probably</c><00:35:40.739><c> involved</c><00:35:41.079><c> in</c>

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.820
that<00:35:41.360><c> as</c><00:35:41.559><c> well.</c>

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:44.920
But<00:35:42.360><c> sometimes</c><00:35:42.760><c> we</c><00:35:43.000><c> bring</c><00:35:43.219><c> trouble</c><00:35:43.539><c> into</c><00:35:43.739><c> our</c><00:35:43.940><c> own</c><00:35:44.099><c> life.</c>

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.300
You<00:35:45.079><c> watch</c><00:35:45.380><c> the</c><00:35:45.599><c> people</c><00:35:45.840><c> in</c><00:35:46.099><c> our</c><00:35:46.440><c> situation</c><00:35:46.960><c> here</c><00:35:47.159><c> in</c><00:35:47.219><c> the</c>

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.820
United<00:35:47.539><c> States</c>

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:49.780
that<00:35:47.980><c> are</c><00:35:48.119><c> just</c><00:35:48.440><c> economically</c><00:35:48.920><c> overspent.</c>

00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:53.059
They've<00:35:50.300><c> overspent</c><00:35:50.800><c> because</c><00:35:51.099><c> they</c><00:35:51.340><c> took</c><00:35:51.500><c> out</c><00:35:51.960><c> mortgages</c><00:35:52.380><c> galore,</c><00:35:52.940><c> and</c>

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.440
they<00:35:53.280><c> used</c><00:35:53.460><c> credit</c><00:35:53.780><c> cards</c><00:35:54.059><c> galore,</c>

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:56.219
and<00:35:54.539><c> they</c><00:35:54.599><c> have</c><00:35:54.679><c> all</c><00:35:54.940><c> kinds</c><00:35:55.139><c> of</c><00:35:55.420><c> financial</c><00:35:55.739><c> trouble.</c>

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:58.619
And<00:35:56.780><c> that's</c><00:35:57.039><c> just,</c><00:35:57.199><c> it's</c><00:35:57.500><c> a</c><00:35:57.659><c> mistake</c><00:35:57.980><c> of</c><00:35:58.239><c> like,</c><00:35:58.420><c> you</c><00:35:58.420><c> know,</c>

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.460
just<00:35:58.900><c> overspending.</c>

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:02.260
Now,<00:36:00.260><c> that's</c><00:36:00.659><c> a</c><00:36:00.840><c> mistake</c><00:36:01.039><c> that</c><00:36:01.219><c> we</c><00:36:01.440><c> might</c><00:36:01.619><c> make,</c><00:36:01.980><c> you</c><00:36:02.179><c> see.</c>

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.880
That's<00:36:02.599><c> not</c><00:36:02.780><c> necessarily</c><00:36:03.260><c> something</c><00:36:03.579><c> that</c><00:36:03.900><c> God</c><00:36:04.320><c> directly</c>

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.860
brought<00:36:05.139><c> into</c><00:36:05.360><c> their</c><00:36:05.639><c> life,</c>

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:08.179
although<00:36:06.139><c> I</c><00:36:06.300><c> do</c><00:36:06.559><c> believe</c><00:36:06.880><c> that</c><00:36:07.119><c> even</c><00:36:07.280><c> in</c><00:36:07.559><c> the</c><00:36:07.599><c> end,</c><00:36:07.940><c> depending</c>

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.440
on<00:36:08.320><c> how</c><00:36:08.480><c> we</c><00:36:08.599><c> respond</c><00:36:09.000><c> to</c><00:36:09.179><c> that,</c>

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:11.019
God<00:36:09.880><c> can</c><00:36:10.139><c> use</c><00:36:10.340><c> that</c><00:36:10.539><c> for</c><00:36:10.780><c> good.</c>

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:14.260
But<00:36:11.579><c> the</c><00:36:11.699><c> way</c><00:36:11.900><c> James</c><00:36:12.219><c> writes</c><00:36:12.579><c> it,</c><00:36:12.800><c> he</c><00:36:13.000><c> says,</c><00:36:13.360><c> when</c><00:36:13.460><c> you</c><00:36:13.800><c> fall</c>

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.139
into<00:36:14.480><c> various</c><00:36:14.820><c> trials,</c>

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:17.840
because<00:36:15.420><c> I</c><00:36:15.539><c> think</c><00:36:15.599><c> he's</c><00:36:15.900><c> focusing</c><00:36:16.340><c> on</c><00:36:16.719><c> all</c><00:36:16.960><c> those</c><00:36:17.199><c> things</c><00:36:17.460><c> that</c><00:36:17.619><c> are</c>

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.980
happening<00:36:18.239><c> that</c><00:36:18.699><c> are</c><00:36:18.860><c> sort</c>

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.420
of<00:36:19.139><c> like</c><00:36:19.340><c> outside</c><00:36:19.739><c> our</c><00:36:19.920><c> control.</c>

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:22.179
It<00:36:20.860><c> wasn't</c><00:36:21.099><c> my</c><00:36:21.480><c> fault</c><00:36:21.659><c> this</c><00:36:21.860><c> happened.</c>

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:25.000
I<00:36:22.500><c> didn't</c><00:36:22.760><c> ask</c><00:36:23.119><c> for</c><00:36:23.280><c> this</c><00:36:23.500><c> to</c><00:36:23.619><c> have</c><00:36:23.780><c> to</c><00:36:23.980><c> leave</c><00:36:24.119><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:24.559><c> because</c><00:36:24.860><c> of</c>

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.619
the<00:36:25.179><c> persecution</c>

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.460
over<00:36:25.880><c> Stephen's</c><00:36:26.360><c> death.</c>

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:29.179
I<00:36:26.739><c> didn't</c><00:36:27.000><c> ask</c><00:36:27.280><c> for</c><00:36:27.420><c> the</c><00:36:27.639><c> trouble</c><00:36:27.840><c> that</c><00:36:27.980><c> I'm</c><00:36:28.239><c> experiencing</c><00:36:28.659><c> by</c>

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:30.079
these<00:36:29.460><c> rich</c><00:36:29.780><c> Jews</c>

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:31.539
that<00:36:30.260><c> are</c><00:36:30.460><c> suppressing</c><00:36:30.800><c> me</c><00:36:31.079><c> right</c><00:36:31.300><c> now.</c>

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:34.519
This<00:36:32.000><c> is</c><00:36:32.199><c> just</c><00:36:32.440><c> what</c><00:36:32.780><c> happened</c><00:36:33.059><c> in</c><00:36:33.300><c> our</c><00:36:33.480><c> economic</c><00:36:33.920><c> society.</c>

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:36.960
And<00:36:34.880><c> so,</c><00:36:35.139><c> he's</c><00:36:35.239><c> helping</c><00:36:35.500><c> people</c><00:36:35.840><c> work</c><00:36:36.119><c> through</c><00:36:36.300><c> those</c><00:36:36.539><c> problems</c>

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:39.039
where<00:36:37.199><c> they</c><00:36:37.300><c> had</c><00:36:37.519><c> fallen</c><00:36:37.800><c> into</c><00:36:38.059><c> trial.</c>

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:43.440
And<00:36:39.559><c> there's</c><00:36:39.780><c> the</c><00:36:40.019><c> passage</c><00:36:40.300><c> that</c><00:36:40.619><c> Paul</c><00:36:40.840><c> mentioned</c><00:36:41.179><c> in</c><00:36:41.380><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:41.599><c> chapter</c><00:36:41.920><c> 12</c><00:36:42.440><c> about</c><00:36:42.880><c> later</c><00:36:43.199><c> on,</c>

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:45.260
it<00:36:43.579><c> yields</c><00:36:43.840><c> that</c><00:36:44.119><c> peaceful</c><00:36:44.380><c> fruits</c><00:36:44.679><c> of</c><00:36:44.900><c> righteousness.</c>

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:49.800
And<00:36:45.579><c> I</c><00:36:45.820><c> really</c><00:36:46.039><c> think</c><00:36:46.260><c> that</c><00:36:46.480><c> that</c><00:36:47.340><c> is</c><00:36:47.480><c> what</c><00:36:47.980><c> helps</c><00:36:48.400><c> us</c><00:36:48.639><c> get</c><00:36:48.780><c> through</c><00:36:49.000><c> this</c><00:36:49.440><c> is</c>

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.300
that<00:36:50.039><c> there's</c>

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:53.639
where<00:36:50.480><c> the</c><00:36:50.659><c> joy</c><00:36:50.820><c> comes</c><00:36:51.139><c> from</c><00:36:51.400><c> because</c><00:36:51.619><c> we</c><00:36:51.840><c> really</c><00:36:52.119><c> believe</c><00:36:52.539><c> that</c><00:36:53.000><c> later</c><00:36:53.199><c> on,</c><00:36:53.500><c> it</c>

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.739
will<00:36:53.900><c> work.</c>

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:57.559
Now,<00:36:55.199><c> what</c><00:36:55.420><c> Paul</c><00:36:55.719><c> does</c><00:36:56.000><c> though</c><00:36:56.380><c> at</c><00:36:56.539><c> this</c><00:36:56.840><c> point</c><00:36:57.039><c> is</c><00:36:57.219><c> he</c><00:36:57.400><c> says,</c>

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.840
look,<00:36:58.099><c> when</c><00:36:58.400><c> these</c><00:36:58.739><c> troubles</c><00:36:59.059><c> come</c><00:36:59.360><c> on</c><00:36:59.579><c> you,</c>

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:02.980
and<00:36:59.920><c> what</c><00:37:00.320><c> James</c><00:37:00.619><c> does</c><00:37:00.800><c> here</c><00:37:01.019><c> in</c><00:37:01.159><c> verse</c><00:37:01.360><c> 5,</c><00:37:01.980><c> he</c><00:37:02.119><c> says,</c><00:37:02.619><c> look,</c>

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:05.039
when<00:37:03.659><c> trouble</c><00:37:03.980><c> comes</c><00:37:04.300><c> into</c><00:37:04.519><c> your</c><00:37:04.719><c> life,</c>

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.079
and<00:37:05.639><c> we</c><00:37:05.860><c> quote</c><00:37:06.099><c> verse</c><00:37:06.340><c> 5</c><00:37:06.619><c> a</c><00:37:06.739><c> lot,</c><00:37:07.000><c> if</c><00:37:07.019><c> anybody</c><00:37:07.380><c> lacks</c><00:37:07.760><c> wisdom,</c>

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:09.420
let<00:37:08.320><c> them</c><00:37:08.440><c> ask</c><00:37:08.679><c> God</c><00:37:09.019><c> who</c><00:37:09.179><c> gives</c>

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:11.619
to<00:37:09.599><c> all</c><00:37:09.800><c> liberally</c><00:37:10.199><c> and</c><00:37:10.380><c> without</c><00:37:10.539><c> reproach</c><00:37:11.119><c> and</c><00:37:11.199><c> it</c><00:37:11.320><c> will</c><00:37:11.480><c> be</c>

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:13.599
given<00:37:11.739><c> to</c><00:37:11.940><c> him,</c><00:37:12.420><c> but</c><00:37:12.559><c> let</c><00:37:12.719><c> them</c><00:37:12.840><c> ask</c><00:37:13.039><c> in</c><00:37:13.300><c> faith.</c>

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:16.559
Now,<00:37:14.440><c> what's</c><00:37:14.760><c> this</c><00:37:15.059><c> wisdom</c><00:37:15.380><c> all</c><00:37:15.719><c> about?</c>

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:19.260
See,<00:37:16.800><c> this</c><00:37:17.039><c> isn't</c><00:37:17.280><c> just</c><00:37:17.599><c> wisdom</c><00:37:17.960><c> to</c><00:37:18.099><c> be</c><00:37:18.260><c> a</c><00:37:18.539><c> smart</c><00:37:18.739><c> person.</c>

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:23.039
It's<00:37:19.800><c> not</c><00:37:19.960><c> just</c><00:37:20.239><c> wisdom</c><00:37:20.639><c> to</c><00:37:20.920><c> like</c><00:37:21.179><c> make</c><00:37:21.460><c> all</c><00:37:21.679><c> kinds</c><00:37:21.840><c> of</c><00:37:22.139><c> wise</c><00:37:22.360><c> decisions.</c>

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:29.139
What<00:37:23.800><c> James</c><00:37:24.280><c> is</c><00:37:24.559><c> focusing</c><00:37:25.000><c> on</c><00:37:25.320><c> here</c><00:37:25.579><c> is</c><00:37:25.800><c> the</c><00:37:26.119><c> wisdom</c><00:37:26.679><c> to</c><00:37:27.119><c> understand</c><00:37:28.159><c> why</c>

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:31.159
the<00:37:29.579><c> trouble</c><00:37:29.940><c> is</c><00:37:30.239><c> on</c><00:37:30.440><c> me.</c>

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:35.380
God<00:37:31.820><c> gives</c><00:37:32.059><c> us</c><00:37:32.340><c> a</c><00:37:32.559><c> child,</c><00:37:33.800><c> and</c><00:37:33.860><c> the</c><00:37:34.059><c> child</c><00:37:34.360><c> maybe</c><00:37:34.619><c> has</c><00:37:34.820><c> all</c><00:37:34.980><c> kinds</c><00:37:35.219><c> of</c>

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:36.099
health<00:37:35.579><c> problems.</c>

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:38.880
And<00:37:36.519><c> so,</c><00:37:36.699><c> we</c><00:37:36.699><c> start</c><00:37:37.000><c> to</c><00:37:37.099><c> wonder,</c><00:37:37.260><c> what</c><00:37:37.559><c> is</c><00:37:37.840><c> God</c><00:37:38.039><c> trying</c><00:37:38.340><c> to</c><00:37:38.559><c> do?</c>

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:42.000
Or,<00:37:39.739><c> you</c><00:37:39.780><c> know,</c><00:37:40.000><c> somebody</c><00:37:40.300><c> moves</c><00:37:40.559><c> into</c><00:37:40.800><c> the</c><00:37:40.940><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:37:41.380><c> and</c><00:37:41.519><c> now</c><00:37:41.699><c> all</c><00:37:41.840><c> of</c><00:37:42.000><c> a</c>

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:42.719
sudden<00:37:42.079><c> we</c><00:37:42.239><c> have</c><00:37:42.340><c> all</c><00:37:42.519><c> kinds</c>

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:45.659
of<00:37:42.980><c> troubles</c><00:37:43.199><c> in</c><00:37:43.340><c> the</c><00:37:43.500><c> Ecclesial</c><00:37:43.820><c> life,</c><00:37:44.460><c> or</c><00:37:44.699><c> an</c><00:37:44.760><c> issue</c><00:37:44.960><c> develops</c><00:37:45.400><c> in</c><00:37:45.519><c> the</c>

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.519
Ecclesia,<00:37:46.199><c> whereas,</c><00:37:46.260><c> you</c><00:37:46.380><c> know,</c>

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:49.260
somebody<00:37:46.800><c> has</c><00:37:47.059><c> done</c><00:37:47.239><c> something</c><00:37:47.559><c> and</c><00:37:47.699><c> the</c><00:37:47.880><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:48.119><c> has</c><00:37:48.320><c> to</c><00:37:48.519><c> make</c><00:37:48.659><c> a</c><00:37:48.840><c> decision.</c>

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:51.460
And<00:37:49.719><c> you</c><00:37:49.820><c> start</c><00:37:49.980><c> to</c><00:37:50.079><c> wonder,</c><00:37:50.280><c> what</c><00:37:50.559><c> is</c><00:37:50.820><c> God</c><00:37:51.079><c> doing?</c>

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:55.619
See,<00:37:52.539><c> what</c><00:37:52.719><c> we</c><00:37:52.900><c> need</c><00:37:53.079><c> to</c><00:37:53.260><c> do</c><00:37:53.420><c> then</c><00:37:53.699><c> is</c><00:37:53.920><c> pray</c><00:37:54.280><c> to</c><00:37:54.440><c> God</c><00:37:54.800><c> and</c><00:37:55.159><c> ask</c>

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:58.940
for<00:37:55.960><c> wisdom</c><00:37:56.500><c> and</c><00:37:57.019><c> look</c><00:37:57.340><c> in</c><00:37:57.519><c> the</c><00:37:57.800><c> word</c><00:37:58.059><c> for</c><00:37:58.300><c> the</c><00:37:58.500><c> answers</c>

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:01.980
and<00:37:59.099><c> be</c><00:37:59.340><c> aware</c><00:37:59.699><c> of</c><00:37:59.840><c> what</c><00:37:59.960><c> he's</c><00:38:00.440><c> bringing</c><00:38:00.780><c> into</c><00:38:01.059><c> our</c><00:38:01.320><c> life</c><00:38:01.539><c> through</c><00:38:01.760><c> all</c>

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.280
the<00:38:02.239><c> discussions</c><00:38:02.579><c> that</c><00:38:02.760><c> we</c><00:38:02.980><c> have</c>

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:06.099
that<00:38:03.840><c> God</c><00:38:04.179><c> is</c><00:38:04.559><c> trying</c><00:38:04.760><c> to</c><00:38:05.119><c> help</c><00:38:05.239><c> us</c><00:38:05.519><c> through</c><00:38:05.760><c> this.</c>

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:11.019
But<00:38:06.639><c> it</c><00:38:06.860><c> only</c><00:38:07.280><c> works,</c><00:38:07.679><c> you</c><00:38:07.960><c> see,</c><00:38:08.340><c> if</c><00:38:08.860><c> we</c><00:38:09.320><c> ask</c><00:38:09.639><c> in</c><00:38:10.139><c> faith</c><00:38:10.440><c> with</c>

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:13.280
no<00:38:11.380><c> doubting,</c><00:38:12.300><c> for</c><00:38:12.519><c> he</c><00:38:12.679><c> who</c><00:38:12.860><c> doubts</c><00:38:13.079><c> is</c>

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:16.079
like<00:38:13.460><c> the</c><00:38:13.739><c> waves,</c><00:38:14.139><c> it</c><00:38:14.280><c> goes</c><00:38:14.440><c> up</c><00:38:14.780><c> and</c><00:38:14.960><c> it</c><00:38:15.079><c> goes</c><00:38:15.239><c> down</c><00:38:15.579><c> and</c><00:38:15.719><c> it's</c>

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:17.139
tossed<00:38:16.239><c> by</c><00:38:16.500><c> the</c><00:38:16.639><c> wind</c><00:38:16.760><c> like</c><00:38:17.039><c> that.</c>

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:18.539
There's<00:38:17.340><c> no</c><00:38:17.559><c> stability</c><00:38:18.099><c> in</c><00:38:18.360><c> that.</c>

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:21.719
If<00:38:18.960><c> we're</c><00:38:19.260><c> constantly</c><00:38:19.699><c> second</c><00:38:20.219><c> guessing,</c><00:38:20.739><c> was</c><00:38:21.099><c> God</c><00:38:21.340><c> in</c><00:38:21.519><c> it</c><00:38:21.639><c> or</c>

00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:22.119
wasn't<00:38:21.960><c> he?</c>

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:25.219
See,<00:38:22.840><c> that's</c><00:38:23.199><c> not</c><00:38:23.380><c> what</c><00:38:23.639><c> single</c><00:38:23.860><c> mindedness</c><00:38:24.380><c> does.</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:28.219
So,<00:38:25.699><c> we've</c><00:38:25.940><c> got</c><00:38:26.079><c> to</c><00:38:26.219><c> look</c><00:38:26.380><c> at</c><00:38:26.500><c> these</c><00:38:26.780><c> trials</c><00:38:27.099><c> from</c><00:38:27.420><c> God's</c><00:38:27.880><c> viewpoint.</c>

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:31.139
What<00:38:28.800><c> are</c><00:38:29.079><c> the</c><00:38:29.320><c> angels</c><00:38:29.619><c> trying</c><00:38:29.940><c> to</c><00:38:30.219><c> accomplish</c><00:38:30.559><c> in</c><00:38:30.739><c> our</c><00:38:30.920><c> life?</c>

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:33.619
Can<00:38:31.760><c> you</c><00:38:31.840><c> imagine</c><00:38:32.119><c> the</c><00:38:32.420><c> challenge</c><00:38:32.780><c> that</c><00:38:33.159><c> that</c><00:38:33.260><c> would</c><00:38:33.460><c> be?</c>

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:36.619
Imagine<00:38:34.280><c> being</c><00:38:34.539><c> an</c><00:38:34.820><c> angel</c><00:38:35.139><c> that's</c><00:38:35.539><c> working</c><00:38:35.780><c> with</c><00:38:36.019><c> us</c><00:38:36.239><c> today</c>

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:38.039
and<00:38:37.039><c> trying</c><00:38:37.260><c> to</c><00:38:37.500><c> figure</c><00:38:37.659><c> out,</c>

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:40.280
what<00:38:38.280><c> do</c><00:38:38.519><c> I</c><00:38:38.519><c> need</c><00:38:38.679><c> to</c><00:38:38.980><c> bring</c><00:38:39.159><c> into</c><00:38:39.480><c> this</c><00:38:39.739><c> person's</c><00:38:40.179><c> life?</c>

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:44.380
What<00:38:40.400><c> do</c><00:38:40.559><c> I</c><00:38:40.599><c> got</c><00:38:40.699><c> to</c><00:38:40.820><c> do</c><00:38:40.900><c> to</c><00:38:41.159><c> Jim</c><00:38:41.380><c> to</c><00:38:41.579><c> help</c><00:38:41.760><c> him</c><00:38:42.219><c> get</c><00:38:42.440><c> the</c><00:38:42.719><c> blinders</c><00:38:43.059><c> off</c><00:38:43.320><c> and</c><00:38:43.599><c> see</c><00:38:43.940><c> an</c><00:38:44.199><c> issue</c>

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:46.940
that<00:38:44.559><c> he's</c><00:38:44.840><c> blind</c><00:38:45.039><c> on</c><00:38:45.219><c> right</c><00:38:45.420><c> now,</c><00:38:45.860><c> or</c><00:38:46.059><c> to</c><00:38:46.260><c> understand</c><00:38:46.639><c> a</c>

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:48.519
concept,<00:38:47.400><c> maybe</c><00:38:47.619><c> about</c><00:38:47.840><c> compassion,</c>

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:51.300
or<00:38:48.920><c> a</c><00:38:49.320><c> concept</c><00:38:49.679><c> about</c><00:38:49.980><c> understanding</c><00:38:50.420><c> the</c><00:38:50.719><c> troubles</c><00:38:51.079><c> that</c>

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:52.340
other<00:38:51.460><c> people</c><00:38:51.699><c> are</c><00:38:51.900><c> going</c><00:38:52.059><c> through?</c>

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:54.880
Can<00:38:52.800><c> you</c><00:38:52.960><c> imagine</c><00:38:53.239><c> being</c><00:38:53.500><c> in</c><00:38:53.679><c> the</c><00:38:53.880><c> angels</c><00:38:54.099><c> predicament</c><00:38:54.619><c> right</c>

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.840
now,<00:38:55.239><c> the</c><00:38:55.440><c> challenge</c><00:38:55.980><c> that</c><00:38:56.179><c> that</c><00:38:56.300><c> would</c><00:38:56.480><c> be</c>

00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:00.159
to<00:38:57.199><c> bring</c><00:38:57.400><c> the</c><00:38:57.719><c> right</c><00:38:58.059><c> experiences</c><00:38:58.880><c> into</c><00:38:59.239><c> somebody's</c><00:38:59.860><c> life</c>

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:04.440
to<00:39:00.599><c> help</c><00:39:00.780><c> them</c><00:39:01.079><c> develop</c><00:39:01.500><c> a</c><00:39:01.920><c> broader</c><00:39:02.179><c> perspective</c><00:39:02.820><c> of</c><00:39:03.000><c> the</c><00:39:03.239><c> character</c><00:39:03.460><c> of</c><00:39:03.760><c> God?</c>

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.699
I<00:39:04.599><c> mean,</c><00:39:04.679><c> that's</c><00:39:04.940><c> what</c><00:39:04.940><c> we'll</c><00:39:05.099><c> do</c><00:39:05.179><c> in</c><00:39:05.340><c> the</c><00:39:05.440><c> kingdom.</c>

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:07.300
That's<00:39:06.400><c> what</c><00:39:06.500><c> it's</c><00:39:06.699><c> all</c><00:39:06.920><c> about.</c>

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:09.179
And<00:39:07.900><c> this</c><00:39:08.079><c> is</c><00:39:08.239><c> the</c><00:39:08.440><c> practice</c><00:39:08.760><c> time.</c>

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:11.940
And<00:39:09.739><c> if</c><00:39:09.800><c> we</c><00:39:09.920><c> don't</c><00:39:10.099><c> see</c><00:39:10.320><c> it</c><00:39:10.579><c> happening</c><00:39:10.739><c> in</c><00:39:10.920><c> our</c><00:39:11.079><c> own</c><00:39:11.300><c> lives,</c><00:39:11.639><c> then</c><00:39:11.880><c> I</c>

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.699
don't<00:39:12.119><c> really</c><00:39:12.340><c> think</c><00:39:12.460><c> we're</c><00:39:12.579><c> going</c>

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.940
to<00:39:12.780><c> be</c><00:39:12.900><c> ready</c><00:39:13.099><c> to</c><00:39:13.260><c> do</c><00:39:13.380><c> it</c><00:39:13.440><c> in</c><00:39:13.539><c> the</c><00:39:13.639><c> kingdom.</c>

00:39:14.260 --> 00:39:15.460
This<00:39:14.460><c> is</c><00:39:14.659><c> our</c><00:39:14.920><c> trial</c><00:39:15.199><c> period.</c>

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.219
This<00:39:15.639><c> is</c><00:39:15.800><c> our</c><00:39:15.980><c> test.</c>

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:19.159
This<00:39:16.380><c> is</c><00:39:17.059><c> where</c><00:39:17.260><c> we</c><00:39:17.619><c> practice</c><00:39:17.980><c> all</c><00:39:18.280><c> these</c><00:39:18.500><c> things</c><00:39:18.659><c> right</c><00:39:18.920><c> now.</c>

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:21.860
We<00:39:19.320><c> do</c><00:39:19.480><c> this</c><00:39:19.639><c> with</c><00:39:19.800><c> our</c><00:39:20.000><c> children,</c><00:39:20.440><c> our</c><00:39:20.599><c> families,</c><00:39:21.059><c> and</c><00:39:21.219><c> our</c><00:39:21.420><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:39:22.179 --> 00:39:24.400
because<00:39:22.500><c> this</c><00:39:22.880><c> is</c><00:39:23.019><c> what</c><00:39:23.139><c> we</c><00:39:23.360><c> hope</c><00:39:23.480><c> to</c><00:39:23.699><c> do</c><00:39:23.780><c> in</c><00:39:23.940><c> the</c><00:39:24.099><c> kingdom.</c>

00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:27.179
It's<00:39:24.920><c> a</c><00:39:25.019><c> very</c><00:39:25.360><c> active,</c><00:39:25.980><c> challenging</c><00:39:26.219><c> thing</c><00:39:26.579><c> where</c><00:39:26.739><c> you</c><00:39:27.000><c> work</c>

00:39:27.179 --> 00:39:28.039
with<00:39:27.420><c> people</c><00:39:27.719><c> and</c><00:39:27.860><c> try</c>

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:30.559
to<00:39:28.300><c> help</c><00:39:28.500><c> them</c><00:39:29.039><c> develop</c><00:39:29.519><c> the</c><00:39:29.800><c> character</c><00:39:30.039><c> of</c><00:39:30.280><c> God.</c>

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:33.699
So<00:39:31.239><c> this</c><00:39:31.860><c> is</c><00:39:32.019><c> part</c><00:39:32.199><c> of</c><00:39:32.300><c> what</c><00:39:32.400><c> it's</c><00:39:32.559><c> all</c><00:39:32.800><c> about,</c><00:39:33.099><c> is</c><00:39:33.239><c> looking</c><00:39:33.500><c> at</c>

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.980
it<00:39:33.780><c> from</c><00:39:33.900><c> the</c><00:39:34.099><c> perspective</c><00:39:34.460><c> of</c><00:39:34.699><c> God.</c>

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:38.099
And<00:39:35.679><c> so</c><00:39:35.860><c> when</c><00:39:36.019><c> we</c><00:39:36.280><c> ask</c><00:39:36.519><c> God</c><00:39:36.739><c> for</c><00:39:36.960><c> help</c><00:39:37.159><c> and</c><00:39:37.320><c> we</c><00:39:37.500><c> try</c><00:39:37.699><c> to</c><00:39:37.860><c> look</c><00:39:37.980><c> at</c>

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:39.059
it<00:39:38.239><c> from</c><00:39:38.260><c> God's</c><00:39:38.679><c> perspective,</c>

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:42.960
it's<00:39:39.659><c> not</c><00:39:39.840><c> that</c><00:39:39.940><c> we're</c><00:39:40.119><c> going</c><00:39:40.219><c> to</c><00:39:40.340><c> see</c><00:39:40.480><c> it</c><00:39:40.599><c> right</c><00:39:40.800><c> away,</c><00:39:41.119><c> brothers</c><00:39:41.420><c> and</c><00:39:41.639><c> sisters,</c><00:39:42.019><c> but</c><00:39:42.280><c> when</c><00:39:42.699><c> a</c>

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.380
trial<00:39:43.139><c> comes</c>

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:46.800
into<00:39:43.539><c> our</c><00:39:43.760><c> life,</c><00:39:44.320><c> many</c><00:39:44.599><c> times</c><00:39:45.000><c> after</c><00:39:45.400><c> a</c><00:39:45.579><c> year,</c><00:39:46.059><c> or</c><00:39:46.239><c> two</c><00:39:46.440><c> years,</c>

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:48.320
or<00:39:47.239><c> sometimes</c><00:39:47.579><c> five</c><00:39:47.980><c> years,</c>

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:51.980
we<00:39:48.719><c> can</c><00:39:49.039><c> look</c><00:39:49.340><c> back</c><00:39:49.699><c> and</c><00:39:50.000><c> realize</c><00:39:50.400><c> that,</c><00:39:50.699><c> wow,</c><00:39:51.380><c> look</c><00:39:51.619><c> at</c><00:39:51.780><c> what</c>

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.599
God<00:39:52.239><c> did.</c>

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:55.679
Look<00:39:53.099><c> at</c><00:39:53.179><c> how</c><00:39:53.320><c> he</c><00:39:53.599><c> helped</c><00:39:53.760><c> us</c><00:39:54.059><c> understand</c><00:39:54.519><c> an</c><00:39:54.780><c> issue</c><00:39:55.059><c> that</c><00:39:55.480><c> at</c>

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:57.659
the<00:39:55.880><c> time</c><00:39:56.019><c> we</c><00:39:56.260><c> just</c><00:39:56.619><c> couldn't</c><00:39:56.880><c> get.</c>

00:39:57.679 --> 00:40:00.300
You<00:39:57.699><c> know,</c><00:39:57.860><c> we</c><00:39:57.960><c> just</c><00:39:58.139><c> like,</c><00:39:58.500><c> we</c><00:39:58.739><c> just</c><00:39:59.079><c> couldn't</c><00:39:59.360><c> see</c><00:39:59.639><c> it</c><00:39:59.840><c> from</c>

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:01.719
a<00:40:00.659><c> broad</c><00:40:00.840><c> enough</c><00:40:01.079><c> perspective</c>

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:04.260
to<00:40:02.000><c> understand</c><00:40:02.420><c> why</c><00:40:02.719><c> a</c><00:40:02.900><c> brother</c><00:40:03.079><c> or</c><00:40:03.179><c> sister</c><00:40:03.559><c> was</c><00:40:03.780><c> having</c><00:40:03.980><c> this</c>

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:05.699
problem<00:40:04.460><c> in</c><00:40:04.639><c> their</c><00:40:04.820><c> life,</c><00:40:05.219><c> or</c><00:40:05.440><c> why,</c>

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:09.019
you<00:40:05.940><c> know,</c><00:40:05.980><c> we</c><00:40:06.619><c> couldn't</c><00:40:06.820><c> learn</c><00:40:07.139><c> to</c><00:40:07.400><c> show</c><00:40:07.699><c> a</c><00:40:07.960><c> concept</c><00:40:08.280><c> about</c><00:40:08.519><c> ourselves.</c>

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:11.840
Or<00:40:09.559><c> maybe</c><00:40:09.780><c> when</c><00:40:10.099><c> the</c><00:40:10.360><c> swing</c><00:40:10.480><c> of</c><00:40:10.719><c> pendulum,</c><00:40:11.159><c> one</c><00:40:11.300><c> of</c><00:40:11.440><c> the,</c><00:40:11.500><c> we're</c><00:40:11.719><c> one</c>

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.119
of<00:40:11.880><c> those</c><00:40:12.119><c> people</c><00:40:12.559><c> that's</c>

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:16.500
over<00:40:13.260><c> here</c><00:40:13.559><c> and</c><00:40:13.760><c> we're</c><00:40:14.159><c> like,</c><00:40:14.260><c> we're</c><00:40:14.300><c> pretty,</c><00:40:14.559><c> we're</c><00:40:14.940><c> hard</c><00:40:15.099><c> and</c><00:40:15.360><c> fast</c><00:40:15.639><c> on</c><00:40:16.159><c> rules,</c>

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:18.219
and<00:40:16.760><c> we</c><00:40:16.900><c> don't</c><00:40:17.099><c> see</c><00:40:17.400><c> mercy</c><00:40:17.820><c> enough.</c>

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:21.159
And<00:40:18.619><c> so</c><00:40:18.760><c> God</c><00:40:18.980><c> brings</c><00:40:19.340><c> a</c><00:40:19.519><c> situation</c><00:40:20.039><c> into</c><00:40:20.260><c> our</c><00:40:20.460><c> life</c><00:40:20.579><c> to</c><00:40:20.760><c> try</c><00:40:20.880><c> to</c>

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:22.559
swing<00:40:21.440><c> the</c><00:40:21.760><c> pendulum</c><00:40:21.880><c> back</c><00:40:22.199><c> a</c><00:40:22.320><c> little</c><00:40:22.420><c> bit</c>

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:24.360
over<00:40:22.760><c> here,</c><00:40:23.260><c> like</c><00:40:23.420><c> he</c><00:40:23.599><c> did</c><00:40:23.719><c> with</c><00:40:23.980><c> David.</c>

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:27.199
Because<00:40:25.159><c> David,</c><00:40:25.679><c> you</c><00:40:25.760><c> know,</c><00:40:25.960><c> look</c><00:40:26.039><c> at</c><00:40:26.199><c> the</c><00:40:26.539><c> change</c><00:40:26.860><c> that</c><00:40:27.039><c> took</c>

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:29.460
place<00:40:27.420><c> in</c><00:40:27.639><c> him</c><00:40:27.900><c> after</c><00:40:28.420><c> he</c><00:40:28.639><c> had</c><00:40:28.760><c> committed</c><00:40:29.019><c> murder</c>

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:32.699
and<00:40:29.800><c> adultery,</c><00:40:30.679><c> and</c><00:40:30.960><c> then</c><00:40:31.179><c> the</c><00:40:31.519><c> compassion</c><00:40:31.980><c> that</c><00:40:32.159><c> he</c><00:40:32.260><c> had</c><00:40:32.420><c> for</c>

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.840
his<00:40:32.820><c> son,</c><00:40:33.039><c> Absalom.</c>

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:35.159
That<00:40:34.019><c> was</c><00:40:34.239><c> a</c><00:40:34.420><c> changed</c><00:40:34.699><c> man.</c>

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:38.159
And<00:40:35.840><c> God</c><00:40:36.079><c> had</c><00:40:36.360><c> brought</c><00:40:36.559><c> events</c><00:40:36.940><c> into</c><00:40:37.219><c> his</c><00:40:37.539><c> life,</c><00:40:37.760><c> you</c><00:40:37.980><c> see,</c>

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:40.320
which<00:40:38.420><c> helped</c><00:40:38.599><c> him</c><00:40:38.880><c> swing</c><00:40:39.039><c> the</c><00:40:39.320><c> pendulum</c><00:40:39.579><c> and</c><00:40:39.780><c> bring</c><00:40:39.940><c> it</c><00:40:40.139><c> back</c>

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.719
to<00:40:40.539><c> center.</c>

00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:44.019
That's<00:40:41.340><c> a</c><00:40:41.460><c> very</c><00:40:41.699><c> tough,</c><00:40:42.199><c> challenging</c><00:40:42.360><c> thing</c><00:40:42.579><c> to</c><00:40:42.760><c> do</c><00:40:43.320><c> from</c><00:40:43.800><c> the</c>

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.980
perspective<00:40:44.460><c> of</c><00:40:44.699><c> angels.</c>

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:46.679
But<00:40:45.480><c> that's</c><00:40:45.780><c> part</c><00:40:46.000><c> of</c><00:40:46.079><c> what</c><00:40:46.179><c> they</c><00:40:46.380><c> do.</c>

00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:48.800
And<00:40:46.900><c> I</c><00:40:47.019><c> imagine</c><00:40:47.260><c> how</c><00:40:47.400><c> they</c><00:40:47.599><c> talk</c><00:40:47.820><c> to</c><00:40:47.980><c> each</c><00:40:48.179><c> other</c><00:40:48.360><c> and</c><00:40:48.460><c> try</c><00:40:48.619><c> to</c>

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:50.760
figure,<00:40:49.059><c> oh,</c><00:40:49.199><c> I</c><00:40:49.380><c> tried</c><00:40:49.619><c> this,</c><00:40:49.980><c> I</c><00:40:50.179><c> tried</c><00:40:50.420><c> that.</c>

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.480
And<00:40:51.260><c> it</c><00:40:51.599><c> would</c><00:40:51.719><c> be</c><00:40:51.920><c> a</c><00:40:51.960><c> very</c><00:40:52.280><c> fun</c><00:40:52.500><c> thing</c><00:40:52.679><c> to</c><00:40:52.880><c> do</c><00:40:53.000><c> as</c><00:40:53.179><c> an</c><00:40:53.360><c> angel,</c>

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:55.300
but<00:40:53.659><c> also</c><00:40:54.000><c> very</c><00:40:54.280><c> challenging.</c>

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:57.960
But<00:40:55.519><c> what</c><00:40:55.699><c> it</c><00:40:55.880><c> does</c><00:40:56.019><c> also</c><00:40:56.400><c> is</c><00:40:56.579><c> it</c><00:40:56.739><c> helps</c><00:40:56.920><c> us</c><00:40:57.199><c> respond</c><00:40:57.659><c> to</c>

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:58.699
trials<00:40:58.199><c> properly.</c>

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:01.699
So<00:40:59.239><c> that</c><00:40:59.340><c> when</c><00:40:59.460><c> the</c><00:40:59.699><c> trouble</c><00:40:59.860><c> comes</c><00:41:00.159><c> to</c><00:41:00.460><c> us,</c><00:41:01.079><c> then</c><00:41:01.340><c> we</c><00:41:01.500><c> don't</c>

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:03.119
sit<00:41:01.920><c> there</c><00:41:02.159><c> and</c><00:41:02.340><c> pick</c><00:41:02.460><c> on</c><00:41:02.599><c> each</c><00:41:02.860><c> other.</c>

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:04.820
We<00:41:03.480><c> don't</c><00:41:03.679><c> take</c><00:41:03.860><c> it</c><00:41:04.019><c> out</c><00:41:04.159><c> on</c><00:41:04.280><c> our</c><00:41:04.500><c> spouse.</c>

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:06.300
We<00:41:05.059><c> don't</c><00:41:05.219><c> take</c><00:41:05.400><c> it</c><00:41:05.539><c> out</c><00:41:05.619><c> on</c><00:41:05.760><c> our</c><00:41:05.980><c> children.</c>

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:09.579
This<00:41:07.059><c> helps</c><00:41:07.340><c> us</c><00:41:07.599><c> to</c><00:41:07.840><c> respond</c><00:41:08.179><c> the</c><00:41:08.559><c> right</c><00:41:08.800><c> way</c><00:41:09.000><c> in</c><00:41:09.300><c> troubles.</c>

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:12.619
But<00:41:09.940><c> we've</c><00:41:10.360><c> got</c><00:41:10.380><c> to</c><00:41:10.480><c> believe</c><00:41:10.780><c> that</c><00:41:11.000><c> God</c><00:41:11.139><c> is</c><00:41:11.360><c> behind</c><00:41:11.579><c> the</c><00:41:11.840><c> trouble.</c>

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:15.639
So<00:41:13.039><c> he</c><00:41:13.239><c> brings</c><00:41:13.519><c> up</c><00:41:13.739><c> this</c><00:41:13.940><c> issue</c><00:41:14.219><c> in</c><00:41:14.420><c> verse</c><00:41:14.639><c> 8</c><00:41:14.800><c> of</c><00:41:15.000><c> the</c><00:41:15.260><c> double</c>

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.980
-minded<00:41:16.019><c> man.</c>

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:21.539
You<00:41:17.219><c> see,</c><00:41:17.559><c> the</c><00:41:17.820><c> double</c><00:41:18.219><c>-minded</c><00:41:18.619><c> man</c><00:41:19.000><c> is</c><00:41:19.300><c> unstable</c><00:41:20.079><c> in</c><00:41:20.699><c> all</c><00:41:20.960><c> his</c><00:41:21.179><c> ways.</c>

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:24.639
He<00:41:22.280><c> sometimes</c><00:41:22.739><c> thinks</c><00:41:23.039><c> God's</c><00:41:23.400><c> involved</c><00:41:23.699><c> in</c><00:41:23.900><c> events</c><00:41:24.099><c> of</c><00:41:24.260><c> his</c><00:41:24.440><c> life.</c>

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:26.599
And<00:41:24.860><c> then</c><00:41:25.000><c> other</c><00:41:25.159><c> times</c><00:41:25.360><c> he</c><00:41:25.480><c> thinks,</c><00:41:25.719><c> well,</c><00:41:26.059><c> maybe</c><00:41:26.300><c> that</c><00:41:26.460><c> was</c>

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.639
just<00:41:26.820><c> a</c><00:41:26.980><c> statistical</c><00:41:27.320><c> thing.</c>

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:29.420
So<00:41:28.059><c> many</c><00:41:28.280><c> people</c><00:41:28.539><c> are</c><00:41:28.659><c> being</c><00:41:28.860><c> laid</c><00:41:29.000><c> off</c><00:41:29.179><c> right</c><00:41:29.340><c> now.</c>

00:41:29.420 --> 00:41:30.960
I'm<00:41:29.559><c> just</c><00:41:29.739><c> one</c><00:41:29.860><c> of</c><00:41:29.980><c> the</c><00:41:30.139><c> layoffs,</c><00:41:30.519><c> you</c><00:41:30.739><c> see.</c>

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:33.960
Or<00:41:31.480><c> so</c><00:41:31.619><c> many</c><00:41:31.820><c> people</c><00:41:32.039><c> are</c><00:41:32.320><c> experiencing</c><00:41:32.679><c> marriage</c><00:41:33.460><c> problems</c>

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.699
that<00:41:34.119><c> I'm</c><00:41:34.300><c> just</c><00:41:34.539><c> one</c>

00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:36.239
of<00:41:34.800><c> those</c><00:41:35.019><c> people</c><00:41:35.320><c> in</c><00:41:35.559><c> the</c><00:41:35.739><c> statistics.</c>

00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:39.780
And<00:41:36.820><c> I</c><00:41:37.039><c> don't</c><00:41:37.320><c> think</c><00:41:37.559><c> James</c><00:41:37.860><c> allows</c><00:41:38.400><c> us</c><00:41:38.760><c> that</c><00:41:39.039><c> wiggle</c><00:41:39.300><c> room</c><00:41:39.579><c> to</c>

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:41.219
get<00:41:39.920><c> over</c><00:41:40.079><c> to</c><00:41:40.260><c> that</c><00:41:40.480><c> point.</c>

00:41:41.639 --> 00:41:44.980
As<00:41:41.840><c> I</c><00:41:42.059><c> read</c><00:41:42.239><c> this</c><00:41:42.519><c> letter</c><00:41:42.800><c> and</c><00:41:43.159><c> follow</c><00:41:43.579><c> James'</c><00:41:44.179><c> argument,</c><00:41:44.639><c> his</c>

00:41:44.980 --> 00:41:47.059
concept<00:41:45.500><c> is</c><00:41:45.780><c> that</c><00:41:46.000><c> we've</c><00:41:46.320><c> got</c><00:41:46.420><c> to</c><00:41:46.659><c> believe</c>

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:50.219
that<00:41:47.619><c> God</c><00:41:48.000><c> is</c><00:41:48.300><c> in</c><00:41:48.559><c> every</c><00:41:49.039><c> aspect</c><00:41:49.519><c> of</c><00:41:49.739><c> our</c><00:41:49.940><c> life.</c>

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:53.900
God<00:41:50.780><c> is</c><00:41:51.039><c> using</c><00:41:51.320><c> all</c><00:41:51.860><c> these</c><00:41:52.139><c> things</c><00:41:52.519><c> to</c><00:41:52.840><c> fashion</c><00:41:53.159><c> us</c><00:41:53.420><c> and</c><00:41:53.639><c> mold</c>

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:55.840
us<00:41:54.300><c> and</c><00:41:54.719><c> shape</c><00:41:54.880><c> us</c><00:41:55.119><c> like</c><00:41:55.440><c> stones</c>

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:59.340
so<00:41:56.019><c> that</c><00:41:56.119><c> we'll</c><00:41:56.420><c> fit</c><00:41:56.739><c> into</c><00:41:57.300><c> his</c><00:41:57.880><c> building</c><00:41:58.320><c> in</c><00:41:58.559><c> the</c><00:41:58.719><c> end,</c><00:41:59.139><c> and</c>

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.320
he<00:41:59.519><c> uses</c><00:41:59.699><c> these</c><00:42:00.000><c> events.</c>

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:04.780
And<00:42:00.760><c> we</c><00:42:00.920><c> can't</c><00:42:01.340><c> give</c><00:42:01.639><c> that</c><00:42:02.039><c> mind</c><00:42:02.300><c> of</c><00:42:02.480><c> the</c><00:42:02.760><c> flesh</c><00:42:03.099><c> even</c><00:42:03.599><c> a</c><00:42:03.900><c> little</c><00:42:04.400><c> inch</c>

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:06.159
of<00:42:05.039><c> room</c><00:42:05.320><c> to</c><00:42:05.639><c> think</c><00:42:05.860><c> that,</c>

00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:07.800
oh,<00:42:06.300><c> that</c><00:42:06.400><c> was</c><00:42:06.599><c> just</c><00:42:06.860><c> a</c><00:42:07.019><c> statistical</c><00:42:07.460><c> thing.</c>

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:10.380
It<00:42:07.920><c> was</c><00:42:08.159><c> just,</c><00:42:08.340><c> it</c><00:42:08.619><c> was</c><00:42:08.780><c> by</c><00:42:09.099><c> chance</c><00:42:09.420><c> that</c><00:42:09.619><c> that</c><00:42:09.780><c> event</c><00:42:09.960><c> occurred.</c>

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:13.960
Because<00:42:10.980><c> as</c><00:42:11.179><c> soon</c><00:42:11.300><c> as</c><00:42:11.440><c> we</c><00:42:11.639><c> go</c><00:42:11.860><c> that</c><00:42:12.199><c> route,</c><00:42:12.619><c> brothers</c><00:42:12.659><c> and</c><00:42:12.900><c> sisters,</c><00:42:13.460><c> that</c><00:42:13.739><c> one</c>

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:15.019
inch<00:42:14.159><c> becomes</c><00:42:14.519><c> two,</c>

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:18.420
five,<00:42:15.619><c> a</c><00:42:15.880><c> foot,</c><00:42:16.159><c> three</c><00:42:16.519><c> feet,</c><00:42:17.019><c> and</c><00:42:17.199><c> all</c><00:42:17.380><c> of</c><00:42:17.559><c> a</c><00:42:17.619><c> sudden</c><00:42:17.719><c> we</c><00:42:17.880><c> start</c><00:42:18.099><c> to</c><00:42:18.300><c> wonder,</c>

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:20.300
is<00:42:18.639><c> God</c><00:42:18.840><c> really</c><00:42:19.179><c> involved</c><00:42:19.420><c> in</c><00:42:19.519><c> our</c><00:42:19.719><c> life</c><00:42:19.840><c> at</c><00:42:20.059><c> all?</c>

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:22.440
Is<00:42:20.659><c> he</c><00:42:20.840><c> really</c><00:42:21.219><c> involved</c><00:42:21.539><c> in</c><00:42:21.699><c> the</c><00:42:21.840><c> things</c><00:42:21.940><c> that</c><00:42:22.239><c> happen?</c>

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:25.659
So<00:42:23.179><c> that's</c><00:42:23.659><c> why</c><00:42:23.900><c> I</c><00:42:24.000><c> think</c><00:42:24.159><c> he</c><00:42:24.320><c> brings</c><00:42:24.519><c> up</c><00:42:24.719><c> this</c><00:42:24.940><c> issue</c><00:42:25.239><c> of</c>

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:27.400
single<00:42:26.000><c>-minded</c><00:42:26.300><c> versus</c><00:42:26.699><c> double</c><00:42:27.099><c>-minded,</c>

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:30.179
and<00:42:27.659><c> then</c><00:42:27.860><c> the</c><00:42:28.099><c> entire</c><00:42:28.440><c> rest</c><00:42:28.659><c> of</c><00:42:28.860><c> the</c><00:42:28.980><c> letter</c><00:42:29.179><c> is</c><00:42:29.400><c> really</c><00:42:29.719><c> dealing</c><00:42:29.960><c> with</c>

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.679
this<00:42:30.420><c> issue.</c>

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:34.219
If<00:42:31.199><c> we</c><00:42:31.539><c> believe</c><00:42:31.980><c> that</c><00:42:32.199><c> God</c><00:42:32.400><c> is</c><00:42:32.619><c> involved</c><00:42:33.000><c> in</c><00:42:33.079><c> these</c><00:42:33.320><c> events,</c>

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:37.099
then,<00:42:34.480><c> you</c><00:42:34.920><c> know,</c><00:42:35.739><c> we're</c><00:42:36.519><c> going</c><00:42:36.679><c> to</c><00:42:36.860><c> believe</c>

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:39.880
that<00:42:37.360><c> God</c><00:42:37.539><c> is</c><00:42:37.780><c> doing</c><00:42:38.039><c> these</c><00:42:38.360><c> things</c><00:42:38.619><c> to</c><00:42:39.079><c> help</c><00:42:39.380><c> us.</c>

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:43.079
And<00:42:40.480><c> what</c><00:42:40.679><c> happens</c><00:42:41.119><c> if</c><00:42:41.360><c> we're</c><00:42:41.659><c> double</c><00:42:41.920><c>-minded,</c><00:42:42.519><c> what</c><00:42:42.719><c> happens</c>

00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:44.820
is<00:42:43.300><c> that</c><00:42:43.480><c> sometimes</c><00:42:43.880><c> we</c><00:42:44.119><c> decide,</c><00:42:44.460><c> well,</c>

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.280
we're<00:42:45.300><c> not</c><00:42:45.440><c> going</c><00:42:45.599><c> to</c><00:42:45.719><c> take</c><00:42:45.880><c> responsibility</c><00:42:46.599><c> for</c><00:42:46.860><c> the</c><00:42:47.019><c> issue,</c>

00:42:47.579 --> 00:42:49.619
and<00:42:47.820><c> then</c><00:42:47.980><c> other</c><00:42:48.179><c> times</c><00:42:48.440><c> people</c><00:42:48.699><c> even</c><00:42:48.960><c> blame</c><00:42:49.179><c> God.</c>

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:52.360
Something<00:42:50.340><c> happens</c><00:42:50.679><c> in</c><00:42:50.860><c> our</c><00:42:51.059><c> life</c><00:42:51.199><c> and</c><00:42:51.360><c> we</c><00:42:51.500><c> think,</c><00:42:51.699><c> well,</c><00:42:52.280><c> you</c>

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:54.320
know,<00:42:52.960><c> God</c><00:42:53.199><c> wasn't</c><00:42:53.480><c> doing</c><00:42:53.699><c> this</c><00:42:53.920><c> for</c><00:42:54.159><c> good.</c>

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:56.619
He<00:42:54.480><c> just</c><00:42:54.699><c> brought</c><00:42:54.900><c> this</c><00:42:55.139><c> on</c><00:42:55.400><c> me,</c><00:42:55.579><c> and,</c><00:42:55.920><c> you</c><00:42:56.039><c> know,</c><00:42:56.280><c> how</c><00:42:56.460><c> did</c>

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:57.659
God<00:42:56.800><c> let</c><00:42:56.960><c> this</c><00:42:57.280><c> happen?</c>

00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.880
And<00:42:58.059><c> we</c><00:42:58.260><c> blame</c><00:42:58.460><c> God</c><00:42:58.719><c> for</c><00:42:58.900><c> our</c><00:42:59.119><c> trouble.</c>

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:02.659
Sometimes,<00:43:00.539><c> you</c><00:43:01.000><c> know,</c><00:43:01.280><c> for</c><00:43:01.420><c> double</c><00:43:01.659><c>-minded</c><00:43:01.920><c> we</c><00:43:02.139><c> figure,</c><00:43:02.460><c> all</c>

00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:03.519
right,<00:43:03.139><c> you</c><00:43:03.300><c> know,</c>

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:06.960
I<00:43:03.860><c> want</c><00:43:04.079><c> to</c><00:43:04.219><c> get</c><00:43:04.320><c> to</c><00:43:04.519><c> this</c><00:43:04.780><c> point</c><00:43:05.000><c> over</c><00:43:05.320><c> here,</c><00:43:05.659><c> and</c><00:43:05.760><c> then</c><00:43:05.880><c> we</c><00:43:05.960><c> just</c><00:43:06.219><c> figure</c><00:43:06.480><c> that</c><00:43:06.780><c> in</c>

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.360
the<00:43:07.099><c> end,</c>

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:10.679
the<00:43:07.900><c> end</c><00:43:08.159><c> justifies</c><00:43:08.739><c> the</c><00:43:08.960><c> means</c><00:43:09.179><c> and</c><00:43:09.599><c> however</c><00:43:09.900><c> we</c><00:43:10.139><c> treat</c><00:43:10.460><c> our</c>

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:13.139
spouse<00:43:11.019><c> or</c><00:43:11.199><c> our</c><00:43:11.400><c> kids</c><00:43:11.559><c> or</c><00:43:11.760><c> our</c><00:43:11.940><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:12.219><c> doesn't</c><00:43:12.860><c> really</c>

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:15.000
matter<00:43:13.420><c> because</c><00:43:13.739><c> in</c><00:43:13.960><c> the</c><00:43:13.980><c> end</c><00:43:14.079><c> I'm</c><00:43:14.239><c> going</c><00:43:14.320><c> to</c><00:43:14.480><c> solve</c><00:43:14.619><c> it</c><00:43:14.800><c> my</c>

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:17.159
way,<00:43:15.559><c> and</c><00:43:15.739><c> the</c><00:43:15.860><c> ends</c><00:43:15.960><c> will</c><00:43:16.239><c> justify</c><00:43:16.579><c> the</c><00:43:16.820><c> means.</c>

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:20.719
And<00:43:17.739><c> what</c><00:43:17.940><c> this</c><00:43:18.199><c> does</c><00:43:18.559><c> in</c><00:43:18.860><c> families</c><00:43:19.400><c> and</c><00:43:19.659><c> Ecclesias</c><00:43:20.199><c> is</c><00:43:20.440><c> just</c>

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:22.219
lead<00:43:20.920><c> to</c><00:43:21.179><c> all</c><00:43:21.380><c> kinds</c><00:43:21.579><c> of</c><00:43:21.820><c> conflict,</c>

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:25.400
all<00:43:22.980><c> kinds</c><00:43:23.239><c> of</c><00:43:23.480><c> trouble,</c><00:43:23.980><c> brothers</c><00:43:24.219><c> and</c><00:43:24.500><c> sisters</c><00:43:24.840><c> don't</c><00:43:25.179><c> get</c>

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:28.079
along,<00:43:26.099><c> husbands</c><00:43:26.480><c> and</c><00:43:26.719><c> wives</c><00:43:27.000><c> don't</c><00:43:27.380><c> get</c><00:43:27.659><c> along,</c>

00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:31.539
kids<00:43:28.679><c> and</c><00:43:28.960><c> parents</c><00:43:29.260><c> don't</c><00:43:29.619><c> get</c><00:43:29.860><c> along</c><00:43:30.239><c> because</c><00:43:30.679><c> we</c><00:43:30.980><c> don't</c>

00:43:31.539 --> 00:43:33.059
have<00:43:31.920><c> single</c><00:43:32.199><c>-mindedness.</c>

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:36.019
Single<00:43:33.639><c>-mindedness</c><00:43:34.139><c> brings</c><00:43:34.460><c> peace</c><00:43:34.980><c> to</c><00:43:35.260><c> people's</c><00:43:35.760><c> lives.</c>

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:38.579
It<00:43:36.579><c> changes</c><00:43:36.980><c> their</c><00:43:37.239><c> whole</c><00:43:37.480><c> perspective.</c>

00:43:38.619 --> 00:43:42.860
It<00:43:39.119><c> eliminates</c><00:43:39.579><c> the</c><00:43:39.920><c> fights</c><00:43:40.239><c> and</c><00:43:40.460><c> the</c><00:43:40.699><c> wars</c><00:43:41.079><c> because</c><00:43:41.679><c> you</c><00:43:41.960><c> believe</c><00:43:42.380><c> that</c><00:43:42.699><c> God</c>

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.519
is<00:43:43.099><c> in</c><00:43:43.199><c> it</c>

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:45.219
and<00:43:43.739><c> he's</c><00:43:44.000><c> doing</c><00:43:44.239><c> it</c><00:43:44.480><c> for</c><00:43:44.699><c> our</c><00:43:44.960><c> good.</c>

00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:48.119
I'm<00:43:45.739><c> supposed</c><00:43:45.880><c> to</c><00:43:46.119><c> learn</c><00:43:46.280><c> something</c><00:43:46.619><c> from</c><00:43:46.840><c> this,</c><00:43:47.320><c> not</c><00:43:47.420><c> because</c><00:43:47.719><c> he's</c>

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:49.079
after<00:43:48.400><c> somebody</c><00:43:48.739><c> else.</c>

00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:51.239
We<00:43:49.320><c> start</c><00:43:49.579><c> to</c><00:43:49.719><c> look</c><00:43:49.860><c> at</c><00:43:49.980><c> it,</c><00:43:50.159><c> what</c><00:43:50.300><c> are</c><00:43:50.460><c> we</c><00:43:50.639><c> supposed</c><00:43:50.960><c> to</c><00:43:51.119><c> learn</c>

00:43:51.239 --> 00:43:52.960
from<00:43:51.460><c> it,</c><00:43:52.039><c> single</c><00:43:52.380><c>-mindedness.</c>

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:56.340
So<00:43:53.519><c> you</c><00:43:53.619><c> start</c><00:43:53.860><c> to</c><00:43:54.039><c> look</c><00:43:54.179><c> at,</c><00:43:54.460><c> well,</c><00:43:54.579><c> what</c><00:43:54.739><c> kind</c><00:43:54.960><c> of</c><00:43:55.079><c> things</c><00:43:55.500><c> are</c><00:43:56.079><c> some</c><00:43:56.239><c> of</c>

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:57.360
the<00:43:56.519><c> trials</c><00:43:56.739><c> that</c><00:43:56.900><c> he's</c><00:43:57.059><c> talking</c>

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:59.539
about<00:43:57.559><c> right</c><00:43:57.780><c> here</c><00:43:57.940><c> that</c><00:43:58.139><c> reveal</c><00:43:58.400><c> the</c><00:43:58.639><c> double</c><00:43:58.840><c>-minded</c><00:43:59.099><c> thinking?</c>

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:03.400
Well,<00:44:00.159><c> certainly</c><00:44:00.480><c> economics</c><00:44:01.059><c> does</c><00:44:01.500><c> and</c><00:44:01.760><c> God</c><00:44:01.980><c> brings</c><00:44:02.320><c> economic</c><00:44:02.820><c> problems</c><00:44:03.179><c> into</c>

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.659
our<00:44:03.559><c> life,</c><00:44:03.840><c> money</c><00:44:04.179><c> problems.</c>

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:06.840
These<00:44:05.139><c> are</c><00:44:05.239><c> just</c><00:44:05.380><c> the</c><00:44:05.619><c> common</c><00:44:05.820><c> problems</c><00:44:06.179><c> people</c><00:44:06.420><c> have,</c>

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:09.800
sickness,<00:44:08.159><c> accidents,</c><00:44:08.960><c> marriage</c><00:44:09.219><c> problems,</c>

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:12.460
problems<00:44:10.300><c> with</c><00:44:10.539><c> our</c><00:44:10.760><c> children,</c><00:44:11.480><c> Ecclesial</c><00:44:11.739><c> members</c><00:44:12.179><c> or</c>

00:44:12.460 --> 00:44:13.760
Ecclesial<00:44:12.840><c> issues.</c>

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:17.900
And<00:44:13.920><c> see</c><00:44:14.039><c> what</c><00:44:14.260><c> James</c><00:44:14.639><c> does</c><00:44:15.039><c> then</c><00:44:15.219><c> is</c><00:44:15.440><c> now</c><00:44:15.760><c> he</c><00:44:16.000><c> uses</c><00:44:16.440><c> all</c><00:44:16.840><c> of</c><00:44:17.039><c> those,</c><00:44:17.380><c> he's</c><00:44:17.599><c> going</c><00:44:17.739><c> to</c>

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.920
bring<00:44:18.000><c> them</c><00:44:18.260><c> all</c><00:44:18.539><c> up,</c>

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:21.440
one<00:44:19.280><c> after</c><00:44:19.579><c> another</c><00:44:19.940><c> and</c><00:44:20.360><c> he's</c><00:44:20.579><c> going</c><00:44:20.719><c> to</c><00:44:20.860><c> bring</c><00:44:21.000><c> them</c><00:44:21.159><c> up</c><00:44:21.280><c> and</c>

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say,<00:44:21.699><c> well,</c><00:44:21.920><c> how</c><00:44:22.179><c> are</c><00:44:22.400><c> you</c><00:44:22.619><c> doing</c><00:44:22.900><c> on</c><00:44:23.159><c> this</c><00:44:23.380><c> issue?</c>

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:27.559
How<00:44:24.840><c> are</c><00:44:25.079><c> you</c><00:44:25.300><c> doing</c><00:44:25.659><c> at</c><00:44:26.039><c> being</c><00:44:26.420><c> single</c><00:44:26.800><c>-minded</c><00:44:27.119><c> when</c><00:44:27.300><c> this</c>

00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:28.639
trouble<00:44:27.780><c> comes</c><00:44:28.000><c> into</c><00:44:28.219><c> your</c><00:44:28.420><c> life?</c>

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:30.619
What<00:44:29.119><c> about</c><00:44:29.260><c> when</c><00:44:29.380><c> you</c><00:44:29.500><c> have</c><00:44:29.679><c> economic</c><00:44:30.099><c> problems?</c>

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:33.699
What<00:44:31.219><c> about</c><00:44:31.440><c> when</c><00:44:31.579><c> there's</c><00:44:31.980><c> sickness</c><00:44:32.480><c> in</c><00:44:33.000><c> James</c><00:44:33.280><c> 5?</c>

00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:37.179
What<00:44:34.179><c> about</c><00:44:34.360><c> when</c><00:44:34.460><c> you're</c><00:44:34.599><c> having</c><00:44:34.780><c> problems</c><00:44:35.380><c> in</c><00:44:35.840><c> your</c><00:44:36.039><c> marriages</c><00:44:36.340><c> and</c><00:44:36.539><c> your</c><00:44:36.739><c> kids</c><00:44:36.980><c> or</c>

00:44:37.179 --> 00:44:37.980
your<00:44:37.400><c> Ecclesial</c><00:44:37.719><c> members</c>

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:41.059
or<00:44:38.119><c> somebody</c><00:44:38.360><c> comes</c><00:44:38.619><c> into</c><00:44:38.840><c> the</c><00:44:39.059><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:39.480><c> and</c><00:44:39.880><c> how</c><00:44:40.780><c> do</c><00:44:40.960><c> you</c>

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:41.579
treat<00:44:41.360><c> them?</c>

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:45.519
You<00:44:41.719><c> see,</c><00:44:42.019><c> he</c><00:44:42.179><c> brings</c><00:44:42.440><c> up</c><00:44:42.679><c> all</c><00:44:42.900><c> these</c><00:44:43.199><c> things</c><00:44:43.420><c> to</c><00:44:43.699><c> help</c><00:44:43.840><c> us</c><00:44:44.179><c> understand</c><00:44:44.820><c> where</c><00:44:45.360><c> are</c>

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.239
we<00:44:45.599><c> really</c><00:44:45.880><c> at.</c>

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:48.460
He<00:44:46.900><c> gives</c><00:44:47.039><c> us,</c><00:44:47.320><c> it's</c><00:44:47.500><c> like</c><00:44:47.719><c> a</c><00:44:47.880><c> barometer</c><00:44:48.179><c> reading.</c>

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:52.420
How<00:44:48.800><c> are</c><00:44:48.880><c> we</c><00:44:49.119><c> doing</c><00:44:49.420><c> at</c><00:44:49.659><c> really</c><00:44:49.920><c> being</c><00:44:50.380><c> single</c><00:44:50.719><c>-minded</c><00:44:51.159><c> and</c><00:44:51.420><c> believing</c><00:44:51.739><c> that</c><00:44:52.000><c> God</c><00:44:52.179><c> is</c>

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:53.260
involved<00:44:52.699><c> in</c><00:44:52.900><c> everything?</c>

00:44:53.260 --> 00:44:57.119
And<00:44:53.820><c> so</c><00:44:54.019><c> to</c><00:44:54.199><c> do</c><00:44:54.400><c> that,</c><00:44:54.699><c> he</c><00:44:54.780><c> has</c><00:44:54.980><c> to</c><00:44:55.179><c> bring</c><00:44:55.280><c> up</c><00:44:55.460><c> the</c><00:44:55.659><c> specific</c><00:44:56.000><c> cases,</c><00:44:56.780><c> which</c><00:44:56.920><c> is</c>

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:59.000
why<00:44:57.380><c> James</c><00:44:57.639><c> is</c><00:44:57.840><c> so</c><00:44:58.059><c> practical.</c>

00:44:59.059 --> 00:45:01.639
So<00:44:59.280><c> immediately</c><00:44:59.699><c> what</c><00:44:59.860><c> he</c><00:45:00.039><c> goes</c><00:45:00.239><c> into</c><00:45:00.599><c> in</c><00:45:00.820><c> verse</c><00:45:01.039><c> 9</c><00:45:01.360><c> there</c><00:45:01.519><c> is</c>

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.760
he<00:45:01.800><c> says,</c><00:45:02.360><c> look,</c>

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:06.900
let<00:45:03.320><c> the</c><00:45:03.599><c> lowly</c><00:45:03.980><c> brother</c><00:45:04.280><c> glory</c><00:45:04.900><c> in</c><00:45:05.139><c> his</c><00:45:05.380><c> exultation</c><00:45:06.239><c> but</c><00:45:06.579><c> the</c>

00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:08.119
rich<00:45:07.139><c> in</c><00:45:07.320><c> his</c><00:45:07.539><c> humiliation</c>

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:11.119
because<00:45:08.800><c> as</c><00:45:09.039><c> a</c><00:45:09.260><c> flower</c><00:45:09.480><c> of</c><00:45:09.679><c> the</c><00:45:09.900><c> field,</c><00:45:10.099><c> he</c><00:45:10.239><c> will</c><00:45:10.420><c> pass</c><00:45:10.719><c> away.</c>

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:14.420
So<00:45:11.780><c> what</c><00:45:12.619><c> James</c><00:45:12.860><c> immediately</c><00:45:13.380><c> goes</c><00:45:13.659><c> to</c><00:45:13.860><c> then</c><00:45:13.940><c> is,</c><00:45:14.260><c> all</c><00:45:14.300><c> right,</c>

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.900
let's<00:45:14.679><c> take</c><00:45:15.000><c> economics</c><00:45:15.519><c> first.</c>

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:18.440
We've<00:45:16.320><c> got</c><00:45:16.500><c> rich</c><00:45:16.800><c> people</c><00:45:17.139><c> and</c><00:45:17.360><c> we've</c><00:45:17.579><c> got</c><00:45:17.699><c> poor</c><00:45:17.960><c> people.</c>

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:21.480
And<00:45:18.800><c> he</c><00:45:18.960><c> says,</c><00:45:19.159><c> look,</c><00:45:19.400><c> let</c><00:45:19.559><c> the</c><00:45:19.860><c> poor</c><00:45:20.039><c> brother,</c><00:45:20.679><c> don't</c><00:45:21.079><c> blame</c>

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.880
God<00:45:21.880><c> for</c><00:45:22.139><c> being</c><00:45:22.360><c> poor.</c>

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:26.659
Just<00:45:23.639><c> instead</c><00:45:24.440><c> do</c><00:45:24.679><c> a</c><00:45:24.900><c> mental</c><00:45:25.280><c> adjustment</c><00:45:25.800><c> here,</c><00:45:26.179><c> an</c><00:45:26.320><c> attitude</c>

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:29.719
fix,<00:45:27.400><c> and</c><00:45:27.599><c> instead</c><00:45:28.059><c> realize</c><00:45:28.619><c> that</c><00:45:28.820><c> you've</c><00:45:29.099><c> been</c><00:45:29.320><c> raised</c>

00:45:29.719 --> 00:45:33.480
up<00:45:30.099><c> to</c><00:45:30.260><c> the</c><00:45:30.659><c> same</c><00:45:31.239><c> status</c><00:45:31.679><c> in</c><00:45:31.940><c> Christ</c><00:45:32.199><c> Jesus</c><00:45:32.599><c> as</c><00:45:33.079><c> that</c><00:45:33.280><c> rich</c>

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.260
brother<00:45:33.699><c> over</c><00:45:33.920><c> there.</c>

00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:35.800
You<00:45:34.980><c> all</c><00:45:35.199><c> have</c><00:45:35.300><c> the</c><00:45:35.440><c> same</c><00:45:35.679><c> status.</c>

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:38.940
You've<00:45:36.340><c> been</c><00:45:36.579><c> exalted</c><00:45:37.320><c> in</c><00:45:37.619><c> Christ</c><00:45:37.960><c> Jesus</c><00:45:38.320><c> and</c><00:45:38.500><c> look</c><00:45:38.679><c> at</c><00:45:38.820><c> what</c>

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:39.800
God<00:45:39.139><c> has</c><00:45:39.380><c> given</c><00:45:39.519><c> you.</c>

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:42.760
You<00:45:40.179><c> are</c><00:45:40.420><c> Arabs</c><00:45:40.679><c> of</c><00:45:40.880><c> the</c><00:45:41.079><c> world</c><00:45:41.440><c> now</c><00:45:41.860><c> because</c><00:45:42.219><c> of</c><00:45:42.420><c> what</c><00:45:42.539><c> God</c>

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:43.179
has<00:45:42.900><c> given</c><00:45:42.980><c> you.</c>

00:45:43.260 --> 00:45:46.519
Not<00:45:43.480><c> right</c><00:45:43.659><c> this</c><00:45:43.880><c> moment</c><00:45:44.239><c> you</c><00:45:44.380><c> don't</c><00:45:44.619><c> get</c><00:45:44.760><c> it,</c><00:45:45.059><c> but</c><00:45:45.219><c> you</c><00:45:45.380><c> are</c><00:45:45.659><c> in</c><00:45:46.320><c> a</c>

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:47.820
situation<00:45:46.980><c> where</c><00:45:47.260><c> God</c><00:45:47.480><c> is</c><00:45:47.679><c> going</c>

00:45:47.820 --> 00:45:50.559
to<00:45:47.980><c> give</c><00:45:48.099><c> you</c><00:45:48.380><c> eternal</c><00:45:48.619><c> life</c><00:45:48.940><c> and</c><00:45:49.260><c> you</c><00:45:49.420><c> have</c><00:45:49.599><c> been</c><00:45:49.800><c> exalted</c><00:45:50.320><c> to</c>

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:52.000
the<00:45:50.719><c> heavenlies</c><00:45:51.079><c> in</c><00:45:51.320><c> Christ</c><00:45:51.519><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:54.719
And<00:45:52.639><c> then</c><00:45:52.820><c> he</c><00:45:52.900><c> says,</c><00:45:53.320><c> look</c><00:45:53.320><c> at</c><00:45:53.539><c> the</c><00:45:53.780><c> poor,</c><00:45:54.000><c> the</c><00:45:54.199><c> rich</c><00:45:54.420><c> people</c>

00:45:54.719 --> 00:45:56.760
up<00:45:54.900><c> here,</c><00:45:55.159><c> look,</c><00:45:55.639><c> you've</c><00:45:55.920><c> got</c><00:45:55.920><c> to</c><00:45:56.019><c> realize</c><00:45:56.420><c> too</c>

00:45:56.760 --> 00:46:00.199
that<00:45:57.159><c> the</c><00:45:57.619><c> rich</c><00:45:57.800><c> have</c><00:45:58.000><c> got</c><00:45:58.139><c> a</c><00:45:58.340><c> problem</c><00:45:58.599><c> that</c><00:45:58.960><c> let</c><00:45:59.300><c> them</c><00:45:59.579><c> exult</c>

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:02.139
and<00:46:00.739><c> let</c><00:46:00.900><c> the</c><00:46:01.099><c> rich</c><00:46:01.239><c> in</c><00:46:01.400><c> his</c><00:46:01.579><c> humiliation</c>

00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:04.599
because<00:46:02.599><c> as</c><00:46:02.800><c> a</c><00:46:02.960><c> flower</c><00:46:03.199><c> of</c><00:46:03.360><c> the</c><00:46:03.519><c> field,</c><00:46:03.679><c> he</c><00:46:03.800><c> will</c><00:46:03.960><c> pass</c><00:46:04.239><c> away.</c>

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:06.900
And<00:46:05.079><c> so</c><00:46:05.179><c> the</c><00:46:05.380><c> rich</c><00:46:05.539><c> brother</c><00:46:05.760><c> has</c><00:46:05.940><c> to</c><00:46:06.159><c> realize</c><00:46:06.400><c> that</c><00:46:06.599><c> look,</c><00:46:06.719><c> all</c>

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:07.900
this<00:46:07.139><c> stuff</c><00:46:07.260><c> that</c><00:46:07.420><c> he's</c><00:46:07.699><c> got,</c>

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:09.159
this<00:46:08.280><c> is</c><00:46:08.420><c> just</c><00:46:08.739><c> temporary.</c>

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:10.860
It's<00:46:09.679><c> like</c><00:46:09.960><c> a</c><00:46:10.099><c> fading</c><00:46:10.320><c> flower.</c>

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:12.280
Don't<00:46:11.440><c> trust</c><00:46:11.840><c> in</c><00:46:12.099><c> that.</c>

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.940
Don't<00:46:12.800><c> depend</c><00:46:13.159><c> on</c><00:46:13.340><c> that</c><00:46:13.559><c> kind</c><00:46:13.719><c> of</c><00:46:13.840><c> stuff.</c>

00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:16.619
You've<00:46:14.519><c> got</c><00:46:14.619><c> a</c><00:46:14.880><c> problem</c><00:46:15.019><c> of</c><00:46:15.199><c> trying</c><00:46:15.380><c> to</c><00:46:15.679><c> come</c><00:46:15.940><c> back</c><00:46:16.159><c> down</c><00:46:16.440><c> here</c>

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:19.139
and<00:46:16.800><c> realize</c><00:46:17.119><c> that</c><00:46:17.340><c> we're</c><00:46:17.539><c> all</c><00:46:17.760><c> the</c><00:46:18.000><c> same</c><00:46:18.199><c> in</c><00:46:18.460><c> Christ</c><00:46:18.739><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:23.119
You<00:46:19.619><c> see,</c><00:46:19.960><c> no</c><00:46:20.099><c> matter</c><00:46:20.460><c> which</c><00:46:20.980><c> group</c><00:46:21.519><c> you're</c><00:46:21.880><c> in,</c><00:46:22.539><c> whether</c><00:46:22.739><c> you're</c><00:46:22.920><c> one</c>

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:24.420
of<00:46:23.239><c> the</c><00:46:23.500><c> rich</c><00:46:23.679><c> or</c><00:46:23.900><c> you're</c><00:46:24.159><c> one</c>

00:46:24.420 --> 00:46:28.840
of<00:46:24.559><c> the</c><00:46:24.860><c> poor,</c><00:46:25.480><c> both</c><00:46:25.920><c> of</c><00:46:26.179><c> them</c><00:46:26.360><c> have</c><00:46:26.599><c> a</c><00:46:26.900><c> problem</c><00:46:27.360><c> and</c><00:46:27.800><c> they</c><00:46:28.059><c> both</c><00:46:28.320><c> need</c><00:46:28.539><c> an</c>

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:29.659
attitude<00:46:29.179><c> adjustment</c>

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:32.619
to<00:46:29.960><c> appreciate</c><00:46:30.539><c> the</c><00:46:30.820><c> other</c><00:46:31.059><c> and</c><00:46:31.340><c> realize</c><00:46:31.860><c> the</c><00:46:32.159><c> oneness</c><00:46:32.420><c> that</c>

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:34.340
we<00:46:32.780><c> have</c><00:46:32.940><c> in</c><00:46:33.199><c> Christ</c><00:46:33.420><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:36.119
And<00:46:34.539><c> so</c><00:46:34.719><c> what</c><00:46:34.940><c> a</c><00:46:35.139><c> great</c><00:46:35.239><c> example</c><00:46:35.619><c> to</c><00:46:35.860><c> use.</c>

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:39.239
It<00:46:36.659><c> doesn't</c><00:46:36.940><c> matter</c><00:46:37.280><c> which</c><00:46:37.579><c> one</c><00:46:37.760><c> we're</c><00:46:38.019><c> in,</c><00:46:38.219><c> it</c><00:46:38.300><c> doesn't</c><00:46:38.460><c> matter</c><00:46:38.739><c> whether</c><00:46:38.920><c> we're</c><00:46:39.159><c> a</c>

00:46:39.239 --> 00:46:39.760
rich<00:46:39.420><c> person</c>

00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:42.820
or<00:46:39.900><c> a</c><00:46:40.099><c> poor</c><00:46:40.260><c> person,</c><00:46:40.739><c> both</c><00:46:41.079><c> of</c><00:46:41.280><c> us</c><00:46:41.460><c> have</c><00:46:41.739><c> challenges</c><00:46:42.360><c> in</c><00:46:42.659><c> life</c>

00:46:42.820 --> 00:46:46.980
that<00:46:43.380><c> God</c><00:46:43.780><c> is</c><00:46:44.300><c> using</c><00:46:44.800><c> custom</c><00:46:45.539><c> made</c><00:46:46.079><c> for</c><00:46:46.519><c> you</c>

00:46:46.980 --> 00:46:50.300
in<00:46:47.639><c> order</c><00:46:47.900><c> for</c><00:46:48.320><c> you</c><00:46:48.659><c> to</c><00:46:48.900><c> develop</c><00:46:49.179><c> his</c><00:46:49.480><c> character.</c>

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:52.380
So<00:46:50.519><c> we</c><00:46:50.599><c> don't</c><00:46:50.800><c> look</c><00:46:51.019><c> at</c><00:46:51.139><c> the</c><00:46:51.260><c> other</c><00:46:51.460><c> class</c><00:46:51.739><c> anymore</c><00:46:52.119><c> and</c><00:46:52.280><c> say,</c>

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:53.519
well,<00:46:52.500><c> I</c><00:46:52.559><c> wish</c><00:46:52.739><c> I</c><00:46:52.880><c> was</c><00:46:53.039><c> like</c><00:46:53.260><c> them</c>

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:55.599
or<00:46:53.679><c> I</c><00:46:53.820><c> don't</c><00:46:54.079><c> like</c><00:46:54.239><c> that</c><00:46:54.539><c> class</c><00:46:54.800><c> over</c><00:46:55.099><c> there</c><00:46:55.239><c> or</c><00:46:55.320><c> something</c>

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.099
like<00:46:55.880><c> that.</c>

00:46:56.260 --> 00:46:59.260
We<00:46:56.519><c> realize</c><00:46:56.900><c> that</c><00:46:57.159><c> God</c><00:46:57.480><c> has</c><00:46:57.820><c> put</c><00:46:57.980><c> us</c><00:46:58.280><c> in</c><00:46:58.480><c> this</c><00:46:58.739><c> predicament.</c>

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:00.480
God<00:46:59.800><c> is</c><00:47:00.039><c> behind</c><00:47:00.320><c> it.</c>

00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:04.159
This<00:47:00.719><c> is</c><00:47:01.079><c> single</c><00:47:01.280><c> mindedness</c><00:47:01.960><c> because</c><00:47:02.400><c> this</c><00:47:02.780><c> is</c><00:47:02.980><c> what</c><00:47:03.420><c> I</c><00:47:03.800><c> need</c>

00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:05.179
right<00:47:04.699><c> now</c>

00:47:05.179 --> 00:47:06.820
to<00:47:05.400><c> develop</c><00:47:05.739><c> the</c><00:47:06.039><c> character</c><00:47:06.300><c> of</c><00:47:06.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:08.119
This<00:47:07.119><c> is</c><00:47:07.380><c> what</c><00:47:07.619><c> I</c><00:47:07.840><c> need.</c>

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:09.500
And<00:47:08.659><c> so</c><00:47:08.780><c> that's</c><00:47:08.900><c> what</c><00:47:09.059><c> we</c><00:47:09.239><c> do.</c>

00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:12.079
And<00:47:09.840><c> the</c><00:47:10.059><c> rich</c><00:47:10.199><c> and</c><00:47:10.340><c> the</c><00:47:10.539><c> poor</c><00:47:10.659><c> then,</c><00:47:10.880><c> both</c><00:47:11.139><c> of</c><00:47:11.340><c> them,</c><00:47:11.659><c> can</c>

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:13.320
learn<00:47:12.340><c> from</c><00:47:12.539><c> those</c><00:47:12.699><c> situations.</c>

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:16.059
And<00:47:13.699><c> see,</c><00:47:13.820><c> this</c><00:47:14.000><c> is</c><00:47:14.179><c> what</c><00:47:14.340><c> single</c><00:47:14.619><c> mindedness</c><00:47:15.119><c> does</c><00:47:15.400><c> to</c><00:47:15.639><c> our</c><00:47:15.820><c> life.</c>

00:47:16.059 --> 00:47:17.980
It<00:47:16.440><c> changes</c><00:47:16.900><c> the</c><00:47:17.119><c> way</c><00:47:17.239><c> we</c><00:47:17.360><c> look</c><00:47:17.559><c> at</c><00:47:17.679><c> those.</c>

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:22.480
So<00:47:18.519><c> then</c><00:47:18.659><c> he</c><00:47:18.739><c> goes</c><00:47:18.960><c> into</c><00:47:19.340><c> in</c><00:47:19.480><c> verses</c><00:47:19.699><c> 12</c><00:47:20.019><c> to</c><00:47:20.119><c> 18,</c><00:47:21.260><c> he</c><00:47:21.340><c> just</c><00:47:21.579><c> start,</c><00:47:21.800><c> we'll</c><00:47:22.039><c> start</c><00:47:22.219><c> that</c>

00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:22.800
section<00:47:22.659><c> there,</c>

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:25.420
but<00:47:22.920><c> he</c><00:47:23.079><c> starts</c><00:47:23.260><c> looking</c><00:47:23.519><c> at</c><00:47:23.699><c> how</c><00:47:23.880><c> God</c><00:47:24.139><c> uses</c><00:47:24.440><c> these</c><00:47:24.760><c> trials</c><00:47:25.099><c> to</c>

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:26.800
develop<00:47:25.639><c> us</c><00:47:25.880><c> into</c><00:47:26.139><c> his</c><00:47:26.420><c> children,</c>

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:28.460
not<00:47:27.300><c> really</c><00:47:27.559><c> to</c><00:47:27.880><c> destroy</c><00:47:28.119><c> us.</c>

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:31.739
So<00:47:28.940><c> he</c><00:47:29.059><c> says,</c><00:47:29.380><c> look,</c><00:47:29.460><c> when</c><00:47:29.639><c> these</c><00:47:29.900><c> problems</c><00:47:30.340><c> come,</c><00:47:31.460><c> look</c><00:47:31.559><c> at</c>

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:33.179
blessed<00:47:32.059><c> is</c><00:47:32.320><c> the</c><00:47:32.480><c> man</c><00:47:32.619><c> in</c><00:47:32.780><c> verse</c><00:47:32.960><c> 12</c>

00:47:33.179 --> 00:47:36.539
who<00:47:33.440><c> endures</c><00:47:33.940><c> temptation</c><00:47:34.559><c> for</c><00:47:34.800><c> when</c><00:47:34.960><c> he's</c><00:47:35.199><c> been</c><00:47:35.539><c> proved,</c><00:47:35.780><c> he'll</c><00:47:36.139><c> receive</c><00:47:36.340><c> the</c>

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.219
crown<00:47:36.639><c> of</c><00:47:36.920><c> life</c>

00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:39.880
which<00:47:37.699><c> the</c><00:47:37.920><c> Lord</c><00:47:38.039><c> has</c><00:47:38.320><c> promised</c><00:47:38.699><c> to</c><00:47:38.900><c> those</c><00:47:39.099><c> who</c><00:47:39.340><c> love</c><00:47:39.480><c> him.</c>

00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:43.039
And<00:47:40.340><c> the</c><00:47:40.500><c> crown</c><00:47:40.619><c> of</c><00:47:40.880><c> life</c><00:47:41.059><c> is</c><00:47:41.579><c> really</c><00:47:41.900><c> out</c><00:47:42.179><c> there</c><00:47:42.340><c> for</c><00:47:42.519><c> all</c><00:47:42.780><c> of</c><00:47:42.900><c> us.</c>

00:47:43.039 --> 00:47:47.059
Everybody<00:47:43.820><c> gets</c><00:47:44.320><c> the</c><00:47:44.599><c> same</c><00:47:44.880><c> thing,</c><00:47:45.420><c> rich,</c><00:47:45.940><c> poor,</c><00:47:46.320><c> it</c><00:47:46.360><c> doesn't</c><00:47:46.659><c> matter.</c>

00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:48.800
If<00:47:47.519><c> you're</c><00:47:47.739><c> the</c><00:47:47.920><c> rich,</c><00:47:48.219><c> you're</c><00:47:48.460><c> the</c><00:47:48.619><c> poor.</c>

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:52.119
If<00:47:49.199><c> you</c><00:47:49.460><c> endure</c><00:47:49.719><c> the</c><00:47:50.059><c> trials</c><00:47:50.400><c> and</c><00:47:50.639><c> you</c><00:47:50.860><c> go</c><00:47:51.059><c> through</c><00:47:51.300><c> the</c><00:47:51.539><c> challenges</c><00:47:51.880><c> of</c>

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:53.219
life<00:47:52.400><c> and</c><00:47:52.679><c> you</c><00:47:52.840><c> realize</c>

00:47:53.219 --> 00:47:56.039
and<00:47:53.420><c> yet</c><00:47:53.599><c> everybody</c><00:47:54.260><c> gets</c><00:47:54.559><c> the</c><00:47:54.820><c> same</c><00:47:55.059><c> thing,</c><00:47:55.480><c> eternal</c><00:47:55.780><c> life.</c>

00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:58.800
We're<00:47:56.340><c> all</c><00:47:56.480><c> aiming</c><00:47:56.719><c> at</c><00:47:56.900><c> the</c><00:47:57.099><c> same</c><00:47:57.280><c> goal,</c><00:47:57.900><c> the</c><00:47:58.179><c> crown</c><00:47:58.360><c> of</c><00:47:58.619><c> life.</c>

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.679
And<00:47:58.980><c> it's</c><00:47:59.159><c> worth</c><00:47:59.400><c> it.</c>

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:02.639
When<00:48:00.059><c> the</c><00:48:00.300><c> troubles</c><00:48:00.579><c> come</c><00:48:00.940><c> and</c><00:48:01.099><c> the</c><00:48:01.380><c> problems</c><00:48:01.659><c> are</c><00:48:01.920><c> there,</c><00:48:02.440><c> we</c>

00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:04.659
endure<00:48:03.079><c> through</c><00:48:03.420><c> them</c><00:48:03.639><c> because</c><00:48:03.960><c> we</c><00:48:04.320><c> know</c>

00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:07.440
in<00:48:04.980><c> the</c><00:48:05.219><c> end</c><00:48:05.519><c> that</c><00:48:05.880><c> they're</c><00:48:06.099><c> going</c><00:48:06.239><c> to</c><00:48:06.400><c> yield</c><00:48:06.539><c> that</c><00:48:06.900><c> peaceable</c>

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:08.900
fruit<00:48:07.679><c> of</c><00:48:07.900><c> righteousness</c><00:48:08.280><c> to</c><00:48:08.659><c> those</c>

00:48:08.900 --> 00:48:11.579
that<00:48:09.099><c> are</c><00:48:09.260><c> trained</c><00:48:09.420><c> by</c><00:48:09.760><c> them</c><00:48:09.960><c> and</c><00:48:10.480><c> it</c><00:48:10.739><c> will</c><00:48:10.940><c> end</c><00:48:11.159><c> up</c><00:48:11.340><c> helping</c>

00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:12.920
us<00:48:11.840><c> get</c><00:48:11.980><c> through</c><00:48:12.199><c> these</c><00:48:12.480><c> problems.</c>

00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:14.039
And<00:48:13.300><c> that's</c><00:48:13.480><c> what</c><00:48:13.619><c> it</c><00:48:13.739><c> does.</c>

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:17.059
So<00:48:14.380><c> we</c><00:48:14.619><c> focus</c><00:48:15.139><c> on</c><00:48:15.400><c> our</c><00:48:15.739><c> love</c><00:48:15.980><c> for</c><00:48:16.139><c> the</c><00:48:16.300><c> kingdom.</c>

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:20.539
You<00:48:17.940><c> see</c><00:48:18.199><c> that</c><00:48:18.480><c> then</c><00:48:18.639><c> he</c><00:48:18.760><c> deals</c><00:48:19.059><c> with</c><00:48:19.300><c> the</c><00:48:19.579><c> trials</c><00:48:19.860><c> versus</c><00:48:20.239><c> the</c>

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:21.679
temptations<00:48:21.159><c> in</c><00:48:21.320><c> this</c><00:48:21.519><c> section.</c>

00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:24.559
I<00:48:21.800><c> just</c><00:48:22.039><c> want</c><00:48:22.139><c> to</c><00:48:22.280><c> make</c><00:48:22.400><c> sure,</c><00:48:22.739><c> maybe</c><00:48:22.840><c> we'll</c><00:48:23.260><c> look</c><00:48:23.480><c> at</c><00:48:23.579><c> that</c><00:48:23.800><c> today</c><00:48:24.019><c> and</c><00:48:24.219><c> pick</c><00:48:24.440><c> it</c>

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:25.219
up<00:48:24.659><c> there</c><00:48:24.860><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:48:25.639 --> 00:48:27.940
But<00:48:25.780><c> what</c><00:48:25.960><c> he</c><00:48:26.139><c> does</c><00:48:26.420><c> is</c><00:48:26.619><c> he</c><00:48:26.719><c> deals</c><00:48:26.960><c> with</c><00:48:27.179><c> the</c><00:48:27.320><c> fact</c><00:48:27.460><c> that</c><00:48:27.679><c> God</c>

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:30.579
uses<00:48:28.380><c> trials</c><00:48:28.940><c> to</c><00:48:29.260><c> develop</c><00:48:29.500><c> our</c><00:48:29.780><c> character.</c>

00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:34.440
Now,<00:48:30.960><c> you</c><00:48:31.139><c> see,</c><00:48:31.360><c> that's</c><00:48:31.780><c> a</c><00:48:31.900><c> little</c><00:48:32.119><c> bit</c><00:48:32.420><c> different</c><00:48:32.760><c> from</c><00:48:33.139><c> temptations</c><00:48:34.019><c> and</c>

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:35.119
you<00:48:34.539><c> got</c><00:48:34.599><c> to</c><00:48:34.679><c> be</c><00:48:34.880><c> careful</c>

00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:36.940
as<00:48:35.320><c> to</c><00:48:35.420><c> how</c><00:48:35.559><c> he</c><00:48:35.679><c> uses</c><00:48:35.960><c> the</c><00:48:36.219><c> word.</c>

00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:39.739
The<00:48:37.360><c> trials</c><00:48:37.780><c> that</c><00:48:38.039><c> God</c><00:48:38.239><c> brings</c><00:48:38.539><c> into</c><00:48:38.780><c> our</c><00:48:39.000><c> life,</c><00:48:39.219><c> these</c><00:48:39.440><c> are</c>

00:48:39.739 --> 00:48:40.820
situations<00:48:40.420><c> that</c><00:48:40.619><c> are</c><00:48:40.739><c> going</c>

00:48:40.820 --> 00:48:43.380
to<00:48:41.079><c> help</c><00:48:41.079><c> us</c><00:48:41.380><c> make</c><00:48:41.539><c> a</c><00:48:41.780><c> decision</c><00:48:42.039><c> as</c><00:48:42.280><c> to</c><00:48:42.380><c> which</c><00:48:42.519><c> way</c><00:48:42.679><c> we're</c><00:48:42.800><c> going</c><00:48:42.920><c> to</c><00:48:43.059><c> go.</c>

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:49.980
What<00:48:44.079><c> happens</c><00:48:44.539><c> is</c><00:48:44.739><c> that</c><00:48:45.000><c> I'm</c><00:48:45.340><c> tempted</c><00:48:45.920><c> by</c><00:48:46.559><c> my</c><00:48:46.920><c> own</c><00:48:47.460><c> mind</c><00:48:47.800><c> of</c><00:48:48.019><c> the</c><00:48:48.239><c> flesh</c><00:48:48.460><c> that's</c><00:48:48.760><c> there</c><00:48:49.119><c> to</c><00:48:49.579><c> do</c>

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:52.699
and<00:48:50.179><c> respond</c><00:48:50.679><c> the</c><00:48:50.900><c> wrong</c><00:48:51.139><c> way</c><00:48:51.280><c> to</c><00:48:51.440><c> God's</c><00:48:51.860><c> trials.</c>

00:48:52.800 --> 00:48:54.780
And<00:48:52.920><c> you</c><00:48:53.000><c> got</c><00:48:53.079><c> to</c><00:48:53.239><c> watch</c><00:48:53.460><c> that</c><00:48:53.760><c> difference</c><00:48:54.059><c> as</c><00:48:54.239><c> to</c><00:48:54.360><c> how</c><00:48:54.539><c> James</c>

00:48:54.780 --> 00:48:55.539
is<00:48:55.000><c> using</c><00:48:55.179><c> it.</c>

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God<00:48:56.019><c> uses</c><00:48:56.360><c> the</c><00:48:56.820><c> trials</c><00:48:57.119><c> to</c><00:48:57.440><c> develop</c><00:48:57.639><c> our</c><00:48:57.900><c> character</c><00:48:58.039><c> because</c>

00:48:58.300 --> 00:49:00.139
he's<00:48:58.659><c> hoping</c><00:48:58.980><c> that</c><00:48:59.179><c> we</c><00:48:59.300><c> will</c><00:48:59.559><c> succeed</c>

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and<00:49:00.579><c> make</c><00:49:00.699><c> it</c><00:49:00.880><c> through</c><00:49:01.039><c> those</c><00:49:01.320><c> trials</c><00:49:01.599><c> and</c><00:49:01.780><c> be</c><00:49:01.980><c> successful.</c>

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But<00:49:03.260><c> what</c><00:49:03.539><c> happens</c><00:49:03.900><c> as</c><00:49:04.099><c> we're</c><00:49:04.320><c> going</c><00:49:04.519><c> through</c><00:49:04.739><c> the</c><00:49:05.019><c> trials,</c>

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whether<00:49:05.579><c> they're</c><00:49:05.860><c> economic</c>

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or<00:49:06.619><c> they're</c><00:49:06.860><c> family</c><00:49:07.199><c> problems</c><00:49:07.659><c> or</c><00:49:07.880><c> ecclesial</c><00:49:08.280><c> things,</c><00:49:09.079><c> is</c><00:49:09.300><c> our</c><00:49:09.739><c> crazy</c><00:49:10.079><c> brains</c><00:49:10.539><c> are</c><00:49:10.900><c> so</c><00:49:11.300><c> tempted</c>

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to<00:49:12.300><c> respond</c><00:49:12.820><c> the</c><00:49:13.119><c> wrong</c><00:49:13.380><c> way</c><00:49:13.659><c> to</c><00:49:13.820><c> those</c><00:49:14.059><c> trials.</c>

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But<00:49:15.139><c> James</c><00:49:15.400><c> wants</c><00:49:15.659><c> to</c><00:49:15.840><c> say,</c><00:49:16.440><c> don't</c><00:49:16.500><c> blame</c><00:49:16.980><c> God</c><00:49:17.280><c> for</c><00:49:17.519><c> that.</c>

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Just<00:49:18.239><c> make</c><00:49:18.420><c> sure</c><00:49:18.639><c> you</c><00:49:18.880><c> realize</c><00:49:19.300><c> that</c><00:49:19.480><c> when</c><00:49:19.659><c> you</c><00:49:19.860><c> go</c><00:49:20.079><c> through</c>

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those<00:49:20.539><c> trials,</c>

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when<00:49:21.519><c> God</c><00:49:21.780><c> brings</c><00:49:22.099><c> those</c><00:49:22.360><c> situations</c><00:49:22.960><c> into</c><00:49:23.219><c> your</c><00:49:23.460><c> life,</c><00:49:23.820><c> he's</c>

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not<00:49:24.420><c> trying</c><00:49:24.659><c> to</c><00:49:24.900><c> destroy</c><00:49:25.300><c> you.</c>

00:49:25.800 --> 00:49:27.519
He's<00:49:26.000><c> not</c><00:49:26.260><c> trying</c><00:49:26.440><c> to</c><00:49:26.639><c> make</c><00:49:26.760><c> you</c><00:49:27.119><c> fall.</c>

00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:30.920
He's<00:49:28.159><c> trying</c><00:49:28.400><c> to</c><00:49:28.539><c> give</c><00:49:28.639><c> you</c><00:49:28.880><c> an</c><00:49:29.219><c> opportunity</c><00:49:29.860><c> to</c><00:49:30.159><c> find</c><00:49:30.380><c> out</c>

00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:32.719
how<00:49:31.260><c> far</c><00:49:31.500><c> have</c><00:49:31.679><c> you</c><00:49:31.900><c> grown.</c>

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Are<00:49:33.179><c> you</c><00:49:33.739><c> developing</c><00:49:34.260><c> the</c><00:49:34.579><c> character</c><00:49:34.820><c> of</c><00:49:35.039><c> God?</c>

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Here's<00:49:35.579><c> an</c><00:49:35.780><c> opportunity</c><00:49:36.280><c> to</c><00:49:36.539><c> grow.</c>

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And<00:49:37.659><c> our</c><00:49:37.900><c> brains</c><00:49:38.260><c> sometimes</c><00:49:38.860><c> think</c><00:49:39.260><c> that,</c><00:49:39.440><c> oh,</c><00:49:39.940><c> you</c><00:49:39.940><c> know,</c><00:49:40.199><c> it's</c><00:49:40.320><c> just</c><00:49:40.739><c> God's</c><00:49:41.139><c> brought</c><00:49:41.280><c> this</c><00:49:41.559><c> in</c>

00:49:41.699 --> 00:49:44.000
or<00:49:42.039><c> sometimes</c><00:49:42.360><c> we</c><00:49:42.699><c> don't</c><00:49:42.900><c> even</c><00:49:43.079><c> believe</c><00:49:43.199><c> God's</c><00:49:43.579><c> involved</c><00:49:43.860><c> in</c>

00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:44.480
the<00:49:44.199><c> trial.</c>

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:47.500
And<00:49:44.900><c> so</c><00:49:45.000><c> we</c><00:49:45.159><c> respond</c><00:49:45.500><c> the</c><00:49:45.679><c> wrong</c><00:49:45.880><c> way</c><00:49:46.059><c> and</c><00:49:46.159><c> we</c><00:49:46.340><c> go</c><00:49:46.500><c> after</c><00:49:46.800><c> the</c><00:49:47.019><c> temptation.</c>

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:51.119
But<00:49:48.119><c> God</c><00:49:48.360><c> doesn't</c><00:49:48.679><c> tempt</c><00:49:48.920><c> anybody</c><00:49:49.360><c> with</c><00:49:49.639><c> evil</c><00:49:49.860><c> and</c><00:49:50.280><c> he</c><00:49:50.500><c> himself</c><00:49:50.840><c> can't</c>

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be<00:49:51.300><c> tempted</c><00:49:51.500><c> as</c><00:49:51.780><c> well.</c>

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So<00:49:52.699><c> we'll</c><00:49:52.900><c> pick</c><00:49:53.019><c> it</c><00:49:53.139><c> up</c><00:49:53.260><c> there</c><00:49:53.420><c> tomorrow</c><00:49:53.760><c> and</c><00:49:54.159><c> hopefully</c><00:49:54.480><c> finish</c><00:49:54.820><c> up</c>

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chapter<00:49:55.280><c> one</c>

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and<00:49:55.739><c> move</c><00:49:55.860><c> into</c><00:49:56.059><c> two</c><00:49:56.239><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Thanks<00:49:57.559><c> very</c><00:49:57.800><c> much.</c>

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Break<00:50:01.320><c> time.</c>