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You<00:21:22.069><c> can't</c><00:21:22.369><c> stop</c><00:21:22.630><c> there.</c>

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You've<00:21:29.130><c> tried</c><00:21:29.549><c> the</c><00:21:30.109><c> people.</c>

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The<00:21:31.789><c> patient</c><00:21:32.190><c> and</c><00:21:32.509><c> enduring</c><00:21:32.930><c> ecclesia.</c>

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You<00:21:34.569><c> have</c><00:21:34.890><c> borne</c><00:21:35.410><c> and</c><00:21:35.589><c> had</c><00:21:35.829><c> patience</c><00:21:36.309><c> and</c><00:21:36.609><c> had</c><00:21:36.829><c> labor.</c>

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You've<00:21:40.089><c> left</c><00:21:40.289><c> your</c><00:21:40.569><c> first</c><00:21:40.950><c> love.</c>

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They<00:21:41.430><c> were</c><00:21:41.650><c> a</c><00:21:41.829><c> failing</c><00:21:42.130><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:43.569><c> and</c><00:21:44.730><c> uncompromising</c><00:21:46.029><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Though<00:21:46.869><c> in</c><00:21:47.089><c> verse</c><00:21:47.450><c> 6,</c><00:21:47.950><c> you</c><00:21:48.089><c> hate</c><00:21:49.470><c> the</c><00:21:50.009><c> works</c><00:21:51.130><c> of</c><00:21:51.369><c> the</c><00:21:51.490><c> Nicolaitans.</c>

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So<00:21:52.930><c> I</c><00:21:53.049><c> want</c><00:21:53.309><c> to</c><00:21:53.529><c> deal</c><00:21:53.730><c> with</c><00:21:55.970><c> one</c><00:21:56.829><c> of</c><00:21:56.890><c> these</c><00:21:57.150><c> at</c><00:21:57.410><c> a</c><00:21:57.630><c> time.</c>

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We'll<00:22:02.230><c> just</c><00:22:03.470><c> read</c><00:22:04.190><c> Revelation</c><00:22:05.130><c> 2</c><00:22:05.630><c> verses</c><00:22:05.990><c> 2</c><00:22:06.289><c> to</c><00:22:06.390><c> 7.</c>

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We've<00:22:09.509><c> got</c><00:22:09.549><c> that</c><00:22:09.910><c> right</c><00:22:10.549><c> here.</c>

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Revelation<00:22:17.730><c> 2</c><00:22:18.329><c> verses</c><00:22:18.869><c> 2</c><00:22:19.230><c> to</c><00:22:19.450><c> 7.</c>

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I<00:22:21.049><c> know</c><00:22:21.309><c> thy</c><00:22:21.609><c> works</c><00:22:21.950><c> and</c><00:22:22.190><c> thy</c><00:22:22.349><c> labor</c><00:22:22.690><c> and</c><00:22:22.849><c> thy</c><00:22:23.069><c> patience.</c>

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How<00:22:23.930><c> thou</c><00:22:24.109><c> canst</c><00:22:24.549><c> not</c><00:22:24.829><c> bear</c><00:22:24.970><c> them</c><00:22:25.269><c> which</c><00:22:25.470><c> are</c><00:22:25.690><c> evil.</c>

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Thou<00:22:26.809><c> hast</c><00:22:27.150><c> tried</c><00:22:27.490><c> them</c><00:22:27.769><c> which</c><00:22:28.109><c> say</c><00:22:28.349><c> they</c><00:22:28.609><c> are</c><00:22:28.869><c> apostles</c><00:22:29.369><c> and</c>

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And<00:22:31.250><c> hast</c><00:22:31.569><c> found</c><00:22:31.829><c> them</c><00:22:32.130><c> liars.</c>

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You<00:22:36.130><c> have</c><00:22:36.349><c> borne</c><00:22:36.930><c> and</c><00:22:37.230><c> had</c><00:22:37.470><c> patience</c><00:22:37.990><c> and</c><00:22:38.329><c> for</c><00:22:38.569><c> my</c><00:22:38.769><c> name's</c><00:22:39.269><c> sake</c><00:22:39.369><c> have</c><00:22:39.750><c> labored</c><00:22:40.230><c> and</c>

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has<00:22:40.789><c> not</c><00:22:41.029><c> fainted.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:22:42.890><c> I</c><00:22:43.170><c> have</c><00:22:43.410><c> somewhat</c><00:22:43.670><c> against</c><00:22:44.089><c> thee</c><00:22:44.309><c> because</c>

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thou<00:22:44.950><c> hast</c><00:22:45.150><c> left</c><00:22:45.430><c> thy</c><00:22:45.730><c> first</c><00:22:46.150><c> love.</c>

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Remember<00:22:47.750><c> therefore</c><00:22:48.250><c> from</c><00:22:48.609><c> whence</c><00:22:49.009><c> thou</c><00:22:49.170><c> art</c><00:22:49.450><c> fallen</c><00:22:49.869><c> and</c><00:22:50.269><c> repent.</c>

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And<00:22:51.289><c> do</c><00:22:51.670><c> the</c><00:22:52.049><c> first</c><00:22:52.430><c> works</c><00:22:52.730><c> or</c><00:22:52.990><c> else</c><00:22:53.190><c> I</c><00:22:53.390><c> come</c><00:22:53.650><c> unto</c><00:22:53.849><c> thee</c><00:22:54.069><c> quickly</c><00:22:54.650><c> and</c>

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thou<00:22:58.890><c> repent.</c>

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But<00:23:00.390><c> this</c><00:23:00.650><c> thou</c><00:23:00.950><c> hast</c><00:23:01.509><c> that</c><00:23:02.069><c> thou</c><00:23:02.349><c> hatest</c><00:23:02.869><c> the</c><00:23:03.130><c> deeds</c><00:23:03.349><c> of</c><00:23:03.549><c> the</c>

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Nicolaitans<00:23:04.750><c> which</c><00:23:05.190><c> I</c><00:23:05.509><c> also</c><00:23:06.029><c> hate.</c>

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So<00:23:07.809><c> that</c><00:23:08.289><c> slide</c><00:23:08.650><c> is</c><00:23:08.950><c> a</c><00:23:09.009><c> summary</c><00:23:09.670><c> of</c><00:23:10.950><c> the</c><00:23:11.269><c> key</c><00:23:11.470><c> points.</c>

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those<00:23:15.630><c> key</c><00:23:15.910><c> points</c><00:23:16.230><c> in</c><00:23:16.450><c> the</c><00:23:16.670><c> time</c><00:23:16.789><c> we</c><00:23:16.990><c> have</c><00:23:17.130><c> remaining.</c>

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I<00:23:19.569><c> know</c><00:23:19.950><c> your</c><00:23:20.329><c> works</c><00:23:20.750><c> said</c><00:23:21.109><c> Jesus.</c>

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In<00:23:24.130><c> Romans</c><00:23:24.549><c> 2</c><00:23:25.130><c> verses</c><00:23:25.789><c> 5</c><00:23:26.210><c> and</c><00:23:26.369><c> 6</c><00:23:27.109><c> we</c><00:23:27.769><c> read.</c>

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After<00:23:28.230><c> thy</c><00:23:28.470><c> hardness</c><00:23:28.869><c> and</c><00:23:29.210><c> impenitent</c><00:23:29.670><c> heart</c><00:23:30.009><c> treasure</c><00:23:30.430><c> a</c><00:23:30.650><c> stuff</c><00:23:30.829><c> unto</c><00:23:31.170><c> thyself</c><00:23:31.930><c> wrath</c><00:23:32.250><c> against</c><00:23:32.630><c> the</c><00:23:32.829><c> day</c><00:23:32.970><c> of</c><00:23:33.190><c> judgment.</c>

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Who<00:23:40.710><c> will</c><00:23:40.990><c> render</c><00:23:41.289><c> to</c><00:23:41.630><c> every</c><00:23:42.009><c> man</c><00:23:42.430><c> according</c><00:23:42.930><c> to</c><00:23:43.289><c> his</c><00:23:43.609><c> deeds.</c>

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He<00:23:48.170><c> knows</c><00:23:48.650><c> our</c><00:23:49.410><c> works.</c>

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throne<00:24:00.829><c> of</c><00:24:00.990><c> his</c><00:24:01.230><c> glory.</c>

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Before<00:24:02.670><c> him</c><00:24:02.950><c> shall</c><00:24:03.109><c> be</c><00:24:03.329><c> gathered</c><00:24:03.549><c> all</c><00:24:03.849><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:24:05.390><c> shall</c><00:24:05.569><c> the</c><00:24:05.769><c> King</c><00:24:05.990><c> say</c><00:24:06.250><c> unto</c><00:24:06.430><c> them</c><00:24:06.670><c> on</c><00:24:06.829><c> his</c><00:24:07.049><c> right</c><00:24:07.390><c> hand.</c>

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Come<00:24:07.990><c> ye</c><00:24:08.210><c> blessed</c><00:24:08.529><c> of</c><00:24:08.769><c> my</c><00:24:08.950><c> father</c><00:24:09.269><c> inherit</c><00:24:09.650><c> the</c><00:24:09.890><c> kingdom</c><00:24:10.109><c> prepared</c><00:24:10.529><c> for</c>

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you<00:24:10.990><c> from</c><00:24:11.190><c> the</c><00:24:11.329><c> foundation</c><00:24:11.809><c> of</c><00:24:11.990><c> the</c><00:24:12.190><c> world.</c>

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I<00:24:15.829><c> was</c><00:24:16.089><c> thirsty</c><00:24:16.390><c> and</c><00:24:16.509><c> you</c><00:24:16.630><c> gave</c><00:24:16.789><c> me</c><00:24:17.049><c> drink</c><00:24:17.289><c> and</c><00:24:17.430><c> I</c><00:24:17.589><c> was</c><00:24:17.789><c> a</c><00:24:17.910><c> stranger</c><00:24:18.109><c> and</c>

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you<00:24:18.369><c> took</c><00:24:18.529><c> me</c><00:24:18.789><c> in</c><00:24:19.009><c> naked</c><00:24:19.369><c> and</c><00:24:19.769><c> you</c><00:24:20.009><c> clothed</c><00:24:20.309><c> me.</c>

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I<00:24:21.089><c> was</c><00:24:21.369><c> sick</c><00:24:21.569><c> and</c><00:24:21.710><c> you</c><00:24:21.910><c> visited</c><00:24:22.230><c> me.</c>

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Then<00:24:25.289><c> shall</c><00:24:25.549><c> the</c><00:24:25.670><c> righteous</c><00:24:25.970><c> answer</c><00:24:26.250><c> him</c><00:24:26.450><c> saying</c><00:24:26.690><c> Lord</c><00:24:27.029><c> when</c>

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and<00:24:29.910><c> gave</c><00:24:30.170><c> thee</c><00:24:30.369><c> drink.</c>

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When<00:24:31.789><c> saw</c><00:24:31.950><c> we</c><00:24:32.150><c> thee</c><00:24:32.269><c> a</c><00:24:32.490><c> stranger</c><00:24:32.750><c> and</c><00:24:33.009><c> took</c><00:24:33.150><c> thee</c><00:24:33.390><c> in</c><00:24:33.490><c> or</c><00:24:33.710><c> naked</c>

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came<00:24:37.750><c> unto</c><00:24:38.029><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:24:38.869><c> the</c><00:24:39.049><c> King</c><00:24:39.349><c> shall</c><00:24:39.630><c> answer</c><00:24:39.890><c> and</c><00:24:40.130><c> say</c><00:24:40.230><c> unto</c><00:24:40.430><c> them</c><00:24:41.250><c> verily</c><00:24:41.970><c> I</c>

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say<00:24:42.430><c> unto</c><00:24:42.670><c> you</c><00:24:43.150><c> inasmuch</c><00:24:43.769><c> as</c><00:24:43.930><c> ye</c><00:24:44.069><c> have</c><00:24:44.190><c> done</c><00:24:44.369><c> it</c><00:24:44.569><c> unto</c><00:24:44.750><c> one</c><00:24:44.990><c> of</c>

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I<00:24:50.789><c> know</c><00:24:51.029><c> your</c><00:24:51.369><c> works</c><00:24:51.990><c> said</c><00:24:53.130><c> Jesus.</c>

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Many<00:27:13.390><c> false</c><00:27:13.890><c> prophets</c><00:27:14.390><c> are</c><00:27:14.670><c> gone</c><00:27:14.829><c> out</c><00:27:15.150><c> into</c><00:27:15.470><c> the</c><00:27:15.690><c> world.</c>

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not<00:27:28.529><c> manifest</c><00:27:29.269><c> in</c><00:27:29.809><c> his</c><00:27:30.150><c> sight.</c>

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shook<00:27:53.630><c> his</c><00:27:53.910><c> clothes</c><00:27:54.170><c> out</c><00:27:54.869><c> and</c><00:27:55.410><c> walked</c><00:27:55.630><c> away.</c>

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the<00:28:01.529><c> gospel</c><00:28:01.890><c> message.</c>

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So<00:28:08.090><c> try</c><00:28:08.930><c> the</c><00:28:09.250><c> spirits</c><00:28:09.910><c> test</c><00:28:10.750><c> the</c><00:28:11.089><c> spirits.</c>

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John<00:28:12.309><c> said,</c><00:28:12.910><c> believe</c><00:28:13.710><c> not</c><00:28:14.029><c> every</c><00:28:14.390><c> spirit,</c><00:28:15.170><c> but</c><00:28:15.589><c> try</c><00:28:15.849><c> the</c><00:28:16.170><c> spirits.</c>

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The<00:28:17.670><c> second</c><00:28:17.910><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:18.410><c> 11</c><00:28:18.890><c> verses</c><00:28:19.410><c> 13</c><00:28:19.990><c> and</c><00:28:20.650><c> 14.</c>

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There<00:28:22.609><c> are</c><00:28:22.809><c> false</c><00:28:23.069><c> prophets,</c><00:28:23.809><c> deceitful</c><00:28:24.349><c> workers,</c><00:28:24.829><c> transforming</c><00:28:25.410><c> themselves</c><00:28:25.869><c> into</c><00:28:26.150><c> the</c>

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apostles<00:28:26.769><c> of</c><00:28:27.109><c> Christ.</c>

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No<00:28:28.730><c> model</c><00:28:29.230><c> for</c><00:28:29.569><c> Satan</c><00:28:29.769><c> himself</c><00:28:30.269><c> is</c><00:28:30.609><c> transformed</c><00:28:31.069><c> into</c><00:28:31.349><c> an</c><00:28:31.569><c> angel</c><00:28:31.750><c> of</c><00:28:32.089><c> light.</c>

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mythology<00:29:25.910><c> and</c><00:29:26.750><c> teaching</c><00:29:27.430><c> about</c><00:29:27.829><c> the</c><00:29:28.130><c> afterlife,</c><00:29:29.349><c> which</c><00:29:30.710><c> is</c>

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basically<00:29:31.910><c> the</c><00:29:32.109><c> same</c><00:29:32.329><c> as</c><00:29:32.509><c> the</c><00:29:32.730><c> Egyptian.</c>

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They<00:30:09.109><c> were</c><00:30:09.369><c> definitely</c><00:30:09.950><c> working.</c>

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had<00:30:52.569><c> left</c><00:30:52.789><c> their</c><00:30:53.049><c> first</c><00:30:53.450><c> love.</c>

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Agape<00:31:00.349><c> is</c><00:31:01.150><c> Greek</c><00:31:01.549><c> 25</c><00:31:02.329><c> and</c><00:31:02.549><c> 26</c><00:31:03.170><c> and</c><00:31:04.009><c> is</c><00:31:04.650><c> self</c><00:31:05.190><c> sacrificial</c><00:31:05.910><c> love.</c>

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to<00:31:26.269><c> the</c><00:31:26.410><c> seven</c><00:31:26.670><c> Ephesians,</c><00:31:27.849><c> Revelation</c><00:31:28.230><c> two,</c><00:31:28.690><c> verse</c><00:31:28.869><c> four,</c>

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appear,<00:31:38.470><c> remains</c><00:31:38.730><c> strong.</c>

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It<00:31:42.049><c> is</c><00:31:42.450><c> said,</c><00:31:43.730><c> and</c><00:31:44.730><c> it's</c><00:31:45.410><c> been</c><00:31:46.150><c> very</c><00:31:47.210><c> obvious</c><00:31:47.529><c> to</c><00:31:47.789><c> me</c><00:31:48.509><c> that</c><00:31:49.589><c> the</c>

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equal<00:31:59.690><c> in</c><00:32:00.309><c> magnitude</c><00:32:01.150><c> to</c><00:32:02.430><c> the</c><00:32:02.670><c> height</c><00:32:02.869><c> of</c><00:32:03.109><c> the</c><00:32:03.309><c> love</c><00:32:03.509><c> that</c><00:32:03.769><c> you</c><00:32:04.089><c> share.</c>

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terrible,<00:32:13.970><c> terrible</c><00:32:14.750><c> thing</c><00:32:15.150><c> for</c><00:32:16.329><c> the</c><00:32:17.569><c> Lord</c><00:32:17.789><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:18.690><c> who</c><00:32:18.930><c> endured</c><00:32:19.369><c> so</c>

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first<00:32:25.269><c> love.</c>

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In<00:32:29.009><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:29.609><c> two,</c><00:32:30.869><c> the</c><00:32:30.869><c> history</c><00:32:31.309><c> of</c><00:32:31.549><c> the</c><00:32:31.750><c> nation</c><00:32:32.430><c> just</c>

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doesn't<00:32:34.670><c> change.</c>

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Go<00:32:35.670><c> and</c><00:32:36.029><c> cry</c><00:32:36.230><c> in</c><00:32:36.450><c> the</c><00:32:36.569><c> ears</c><00:32:36.809><c> of</c><00:32:37.029><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:32:37.789><c> saying,</c><00:32:37.930><c> Thus</c><00:32:38.210><c> saith</c><00:32:38.450><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:32:39.710><c> I</c><00:32:39.930><c> remember</c><00:32:40.470><c> thee,</c><00:32:41.170><c> the</c><00:32:41.470><c> kindness</c><00:32:41.890><c> of</c><00:32:42.130><c> thy</c><00:32:42.390><c> youth,</c><00:32:42.769><c> the</c>

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love<00:32:43.170><c> of</c><00:32:43.390><c> thine</c><00:32:43.670><c> espouses,</c><00:32:44.490><c> when</c><00:32:44.650><c> thou</c><00:32:44.849><c> wentest</c><00:32:45.410><c> after</c><00:32:45.630><c> me</c><00:32:45.869><c> in</c>

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Israel<00:32:49.430><c> was</c><00:32:49.650><c> holiness</c><00:32:50.109><c> unto</c><00:32:50.430><c> the</c><00:32:50.670><c> Lord,</c><00:32:50.890><c> and</c><00:32:51.069><c> the</c><00:32:51.250><c> first</c><00:32:51.470><c> fruits</c><00:32:51.710><c> of</c>

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his<00:32:52.069><c> increase,</c><00:32:53.009><c> all</c><00:32:53.329><c> that</c><00:32:53.529><c> devour</c><00:32:53.930><c> him</c><00:32:54.289><c> shall</c><00:32:55.470><c> offend,</c><00:32:56.410><c> evil</c>

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shall<00:32:56.890><c> come</c><00:32:57.150><c> unto</c><00:32:57.369><c> them,</c><00:32:57.829><c> saith</c><00:32:57.970><c> the</c><00:32:58.230><c> Lord.</c>

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Hear<00:32:59.390><c> ye</c><00:32:59.690><c> the</c><00:32:59.869><c> word</c><00:33:00.069><c> of</c><00:33:00.210><c> the</c><00:33:00.349><c> Lord,</c><00:33:00.710><c> O</c><00:33:00.710><c> house</c><00:33:01.009><c> of</c><00:33:01.190><c> Jacob,</c><00:33:01.549><c> and</c>

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all<00:33:01.910><c> the</c><00:33:02.150><c> families</c><00:33:02.430><c> of</c><00:33:02.630><c> the</c><00:33:02.750><c> house</c><00:33:02.930><c> of</c><00:33:03.109><c> Israel.</c>

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Thus<00:33:04.269><c> saith</c><00:33:04.529><c> the</c><00:33:04.769><c> Lord,</c><00:33:04.990><c> What</c><00:33:05.230><c> iniquity</c><00:33:05.769><c> of</c><00:33:05.970><c> your</c><00:33:06.170><c> fathers</c><00:33:06.529><c> found</c><00:33:06.930><c> in</c>

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me,<00:33:07.670><c> that</c><00:33:07.730><c> they</c><00:33:07.950><c> have</c><00:33:08.130><c> gone</c><00:33:08.369><c> far</c><00:33:08.710><c> from</c><00:33:09.049><c> me,</c><00:33:09.750><c> and</c><00:33:09.990><c> have</c><00:33:10.170><c> walked</c>

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after<00:33:10.769><c> vanity,</c><00:33:11.750><c> and</c><00:33:11.890><c> are</c><00:33:12.109><c> become</c><00:33:12.529><c> vain?</c>

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God<00:33:14.750><c> is</c><00:33:15.009><c> not</c><00:33:15.230><c> unrighteous</c><00:33:15.789><c> to</c><00:33:15.990><c> forget</c><00:33:16.329><c> your</c><00:33:16.589><c> work</c><00:33:16.869><c> and</c><00:33:17.049><c> labor</c>

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of<00:33:17.630><c> love,</c><00:33:18.390><c> Paul</c><00:33:18.509><c> wrote</c><00:33:18.710><c> in</c><00:33:18.970><c> Hebrews,</c><00:33:20.109><c> which</c><00:33:20.289><c> ye</c><00:33:20.529><c> have</c><00:33:20.829><c> shown</c>

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toward<00:33:21.589><c> his</c><00:33:21.849><c> name,</c><00:33:22.210><c> and</c><00:33:22.289><c> that</c><00:33:22.430><c> ye</c><00:33:22.630><c> have</c><00:33:22.910><c> ministered</c><00:33:23.430><c> to</c><00:33:23.670><c> the</c>

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saints,<00:33:24.309><c> and</c><00:33:24.529><c> do</c><00:33:24.750><c> minister.</c>

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The<00:33:26.529><c> great</c><00:33:26.910><c> work</c><00:33:27.250><c> of</c><00:33:27.549><c> God</c><00:33:27.829><c> in</c><00:33:28.950><c> caring</c><00:33:29.390><c> for</c><00:33:29.730><c> the</c><00:33:29.910><c> nation</c><00:33:30.410><c> that</c>

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he<00:33:30.910><c> loved,</c><00:33:31.750><c> and</c><00:33:31.869><c> that</c><00:33:32.049><c> loved</c><00:33:32.250><c> him,</c><00:33:34.049><c> and</c><00:33:34.190><c> yet</c><00:33:34.309><c> they</c><00:33:34.549><c> turned</c><00:33:34.809><c> their</c><00:33:35.089><c> backs</c><00:33:35.329><c> so</c>

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many<00:33:35.890><c> times</c><00:33:36.309><c> and</c><00:33:36.569><c> walked</c><00:33:36.829><c> away.</c>

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Food<00:33:42.170><c> for</c><00:33:42.470><c> thought,</c><00:33:43.170><c> we</c><00:33:43.430><c> desire</c><00:33:43.849><c> that</c><00:33:44.190><c> every</c><00:33:44.490><c> one</c><00:33:44.670><c> of</c><00:33:44.849><c> you</c><00:33:45.029><c> do</c>

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show<00:33:45.509><c> the</c><00:33:45.769><c> same</c><00:33:46.009><c> diligence</c><00:33:46.529><c> to</c><00:33:46.890><c> the</c><00:33:47.109><c> full</c><00:33:47.309><c> assurance</c><00:33:47.789><c> of</c><00:33:48.109><c> hope</c>

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unto<00:33:49.230><c> the</c><00:33:49.549><c> end.</c>

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You<00:33:53.450><c> be</c><00:33:53.829><c> not</c><00:33:54.029><c> slothful,</c><00:33:55.029><c> but</c><00:33:55.289><c> followers</c><00:33:55.690><c> of</c><00:33:55.970><c> them</c><00:33:56.269><c> who</c><00:33:56.670><c> through</c><00:33:56.930><c> faith</c>

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and<00:33:57.789><c> patience</c><00:33:58.269><c> inherit</c><00:33:58.990><c> the</c><00:33:59.369><c> promises.</c>

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Ephesians<00:34:02.910><c> 1</c><00:34:03.430><c> and</c><00:34:03.869><c> verse</c><00:34:04.210><c> 4,</c><00:34:04.869><c> Paul</c><00:34:05.009><c> didn't</c><00:34:05.269><c> get</c><00:34:05.470><c> very</c><00:34:05.869><c> far</c><00:34:06.069><c> into</c><00:34:06.329><c> the</c><00:34:06.549><c> letter.</c>

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According<00:34:08.190><c> as</c><00:34:08.449><c> he</c><00:34:08.590><c> hath</c><00:34:08.769><c> chosen</c><00:34:09.110><c> us</c><00:34:09.389><c> in</c><00:34:09.570><c> him</c><00:34:09.789><c> before</c><00:34:10.130><c> the</c><00:34:10.389><c> foundation</c><00:34:10.929><c> of</c>

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the<00:34:11.329><c> world,</c><00:34:11.630><c> that</c><00:34:11.730><c> we</c><00:34:11.889><c> should</c><00:34:12.070><c> be</c><00:34:12.349><c> holy,</c><00:34:13.110><c> and</c><00:34:13.349><c> without</c><00:34:13.750><c> blame</c>

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before<00:34:14.570><c> him,</c><00:34:15.449><c> in</c><00:34:15.809><c> love.</c>

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And<00:34:19.369><c> 1</c><00:34:19.710><c> Thessalonians</c><00:34:20.630><c> 1,</c><00:34:21.250><c> same</c><00:34:21.510><c> thing,</c><00:34:22.110><c> early</c><00:34:22.230><c> on</c><00:34:22.489><c> in</c><00:34:22.630><c> the</c><00:34:22.769><c> message</c><00:34:23.090><c> to</c>

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Thessalonians,<00:34:24.269><c> we</c><00:34:24.409><c> give</c><00:34:24.849><c> thanks</c><00:34:25.210><c> to</c><00:34:25.409><c> God</c><00:34:25.630><c> always</c><00:34:26.110><c> for</c><00:34:26.369><c> you</c>

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all,<00:34:27.050><c> making</c><00:34:27.210><c> mention</c><00:34:27.590><c> of</c><00:34:27.750><c> you</c><00:34:27.949><c> in</c><00:34:28.190><c> our</c><00:34:28.429><c> prayers,</c>

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remembering<00:34:29.889><c> without</c><00:34:30.289><c> ceasing</c><00:34:30.769><c> your</c><00:34:31.090><c> work</c><00:34:31.329><c> of</c><00:34:31.630><c> faith</c><00:34:31.869><c> and</c><00:34:32.070><c> labor</c><00:34:32.349><c> of</c>

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love,<00:34:33.010><c> and</c><00:34:33.190><c> patience</c><00:34:33.510><c> of</c><00:34:33.829><c> hope</c><00:34:34.150><c> in</c><00:34:34.769><c> our</c><00:34:34.969><c> Lord</c><00:34:35.170><c> Jesus</c><00:34:35.570><c> Christ,</c>

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in<00:34:36.230><c> the</c><00:34:36.369><c> sight</c><00:34:36.530><c> of</c><00:34:36.710><c> God</c><00:34:37.010><c> and</c><00:34:37.210><c> our</c><00:34:37.409><c> Father,</c>

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knowing,<00:34:38.650><c> brethren,</c><00:34:39.309><c> beloved,</c><00:34:40.409><c> your</c><00:34:40.730><c> election</c><00:34:41.230><c> of</c><00:34:41.530><c> God,</c><00:34:41.989><c> and</c>

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that<00:34:42.289><c> is</c><00:34:42.750><c> as</c><00:34:42.989><c> in</c><00:34:43.369><c> chosen,</c><00:34:44.849><c> chosen</c><00:34:45.210><c> by</c><00:34:45.590><c> God</c><00:34:45.809><c> since</c><00:34:46.170><c> the</c><00:34:46.489><c> foundation</c><00:34:47.130><c> of</c><00:34:47.369><c> the</c><00:34:47.590><c> world.</c>

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Jesus<00:34:49.769><c> used</c><00:34:50.389><c> the</c><00:34:51.070><c> same</c><00:34:51.530><c> word</c><00:34:52.050><c> in</c><00:34:52.329><c> the</c><00:34:52.630><c> description</c><00:34:52.989><c> of</c><00:34:53.369><c> Paul</c>

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to<00:34:54.050><c> Ananias.</c>

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He<00:34:54.989><c> is</c><00:34:55.250><c> a</c><00:34:55.550><c> chosen</c><00:34:56.010><c> vessel.</c>

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It's<00:34:58.030><c> beyond</c><00:34:58.469><c> our</c><00:34:58.929><c> finite</c><00:34:59.250><c> minds</c><00:34:59.789><c> to</c><00:35:00.090><c> think</c><00:35:00.289><c> that</c><00:35:01.090><c> God</c><00:35:01.590><c> has</c><00:35:02.090><c> called</c><00:35:02.269><c> us</c>

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and<00:35:03.349><c> chosen</c><00:35:03.630><c> us</c><00:35:03.989><c> from</c><00:35:04.610><c> the</c><00:35:04.829><c> foundation</c><00:35:05.409><c> of</c><00:35:05.690><c> the</c><00:35:05.949><c> world.</c>

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A<00:35:11.409><c> failing</c><00:35:11.710><c> at</c><00:35:11.969><c> leisure,</c><00:35:12.929><c> repent,</c><00:35:13.929><c> undo</c><00:35:14.150><c> the</c><00:35:14.489><c> first</c><00:35:14.829><c> works.</c>

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What<00:35:17.329><c> were</c><00:35:17.550><c> the</c><00:35:17.789><c> first</c><00:35:18.130><c> works?</c>

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God<00:35:18.949><c> is</c><00:35:20.329><c> not</c><00:35:20.510><c> unrighteous</c><00:35:21.130><c> to</c><00:35:21.349><c> forget</c><00:35:21.650><c> your</c><00:35:22.010><c> work</c><00:35:22.230><c> and</c><00:35:22.489><c> labor</c>

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of<00:35:23.090><c> love,</c><00:35:24.010><c> we</c><00:35:24.010><c> read</c><00:35:24.289><c> earlier.</c>

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When<00:35:26.769><c> Paul</c><00:35:27.110><c> laid</c><00:35:27.329><c> his</c><00:35:27.590><c> hands</c><00:35:27.869><c> upon</c><00:35:28.210><c> them</c><00:35:28.570><c> in</c><00:35:29.090><c> Acts</c><00:35:29.329><c> 19</c><00:35:29.889><c> and</c><00:35:30.150><c> verse</c><00:35:30.409><c> 6,</c>

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the<00:35:32.010><c> Holy</c><00:35:32.230><c> Spirit</c><00:35:32.550><c> came</c><00:35:32.849><c> on</c><00:35:33.090><c> them</c><00:35:33.389><c> and</c><00:35:33.670><c> they</c><00:35:33.949><c> spake</c><00:35:34.250><c> with</c><00:35:34.550><c> tongues</c><00:35:34.889><c> and</c><00:35:35.269><c> prophesied.</c>

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These<00:35:38.090><c> were</c><00:35:38.369><c> really</c><00:35:38.769><c> the</c><00:35:39.090><c> first</c><00:35:39.409><c> works</c><00:35:40.090><c> in</c><00:35:41.550><c> the</c><00:35:42.150><c> love</c><00:35:42.829><c> of</c><00:35:43.210><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:35:43.570><c> Jesus.</c>

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Psalm<00:35:46.110><c> of</c><00:35:46.449><c> David</c><00:35:46.789><c> said,</c><00:35:47.110><c> I</c><00:35:47.230><c> will</c><00:35:47.449><c> take</c><00:35:47.690><c> heed</c><00:35:47.989><c> to</c><00:35:48.230><c> my</c><00:35:48.449><c> ways</c><00:35:48.710><c> that</c>

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I<00:35:49.150><c> sit</c><00:35:49.289><c> not</c><00:35:49.489><c> with</c><00:35:49.769><c> my</c><00:35:50.070><c> tongue.</c>

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I<00:35:50.389><c> will</c><00:35:50.610><c> keep</c><00:35:50.710><c> my</c><00:35:51.070><c> mouth</c><00:35:51.289><c> with</c><00:35:51.489><c> a</c><00:35:51.690><c> bridle</c><00:35:52.389><c> while</c><00:35:52.849><c> the</c><00:35:53.090><c> wicked</c>

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is<00:35:53.650><c> before</c><00:35:53.969><c> me.</c>

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I<00:35:55.489><c> was</c><00:35:55.750><c> done</c><00:35:55.969><c> with</c><00:35:56.329><c> silence.</c>

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I<00:35:57.030><c> held</c><00:35:57.230><c> my</c><00:35:57.610><c> peace</c><00:35:57.889><c> even</c><00:35:58.289><c> from</c><00:35:58.650><c> good</c><00:35:58.969><c> and</c><00:35:59.730><c> my</c><00:36:00.090><c> sorrow</c><00:36:00.630><c> was</c><00:36:01.110><c> stirred.</c>

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My<00:36:02.269><c> heart</c><00:36:02.650><c> was</c><00:36:02.989><c> hot</c><00:36:03.210><c> within</c><00:36:03.630><c> me.</c>

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I<00:36:12.949><c> hate</c><00:36:13.190><c> the</c><00:36:13.489><c> deeds</c><00:36:13.789><c> of</c><00:36:14.010><c> the</c><00:36:14.150><c> Nicolaitans,</c><00:36:14.849><c> which</c><00:36:15.070><c> I</c><00:36:15.309><c> also</c><00:36:15.710><c> hate.</c>

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I<00:36:18.269><c> want</c><00:36:18.510><c> to</c><00:36:18.710><c> just</c><00:36:19.010><c> back</c><00:36:19.269><c> up</c><00:36:19.550><c> and</c><00:36:19.789><c> just</c><00:36:20.170><c> think</c><00:36:20.369><c> for</c><00:36:20.630><c> a</c><00:36:20.750><c> minute.</c>

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We've<00:36:21.789><c> considered</c><00:36:22.329><c> that</c><00:36:22.750><c> the</c><00:36:23.090><c> first</c><00:36:23.389><c> works</c><00:36:24.070><c> were</c><00:36:25.349><c> the</c><00:36:25.889><c> preaching</c><00:36:26.409><c> and</c><00:36:27.809><c> the</c><00:36:28.389><c> work</c><00:36:28.789><c> of</c>

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spreading<00:36:29.309><c> the</c><00:36:29.590><c> gospel</c><00:36:29.929><c> message.</c>

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But<00:36:31.849><c> they</c><00:36:32.949><c> were</c><00:36:33.349><c> motivated</c><00:36:34.329><c> by</c><00:36:36.530><c> this</c><00:36:36.969><c> extreme</c><00:36:37.730><c> love</c><00:36:38.010><c> that</c><00:36:38.210><c> they</c><00:36:38.409><c> felt</c><00:36:38.690><c> for</c>

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the<00:36:38.989><c> Lord</c><00:36:39.150><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.730><c> because</c><00:36:40.429><c> of</c><00:36:40.610><c> what</c><00:36:40.849><c> he</c><00:36:41.110><c> had</c><00:36:41.369><c> done</c><00:36:41.909><c> to</c><00:36:42.909><c> set</c><00:36:43.130><c> them</c><00:36:43.570><c> free</c><00:36:43.909><c> from</c><00:36:44.230><c> the</c>

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law<00:36:44.710><c> of</c><00:36:45.010><c> sin</c><00:36:45.210><c> and</c><00:36:45.530><c> death.</c>

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And<00:36:47.389><c> they've</c><00:36:48.070><c> taken</c><00:36:48.289><c> away</c><00:36:48.670><c> the</c><00:36:49.030><c> fear</c><00:36:49.269><c> of</c><00:36:49.610><c> death.</c>

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So<00:36:51.829><c> this</c><00:36:52.429><c> motivated</c><00:36:52.989><c> them</c><00:36:53.510><c> to</c><00:36:53.929><c> do</c><00:36:54.389><c> everything</c><00:36:55.050><c> through</c><00:36:55.650><c> this</c>

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great<00:36:56.329><c> love</c><00:36:56.630><c> that</c><00:36:56.909><c> they</c><00:36:57.070><c> had</c><00:36:57.510><c> for</c><00:36:58.170><c> the</c><00:36:58.510><c> Lord</c><00:36:58.829><c> Jesus.</c>

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Thou<00:37:01.550><c> art</c><00:37:01.869><c> not</c><00:37:02.150><c> a</c><00:37:02.329><c> God</c><00:37:02.630><c> that</c><00:37:02.889><c> hath</c><00:37:03.070><c> pleasure</c><00:37:03.449><c> in</c><00:37:03.710><c> wickedness,</c>

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Psalm<00:37:04.849><c> 5</c><00:37:05.309><c> tells</c><00:37:05.670><c> us.</c>

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They<00:37:07.070><c> hate</c><00:37:07.289><c> the</c><00:37:07.590><c> deeds</c><00:37:07.849><c> of</c><00:37:08.070><c> the</c><00:37:08.230><c> Nicolaitans.</c>

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God<00:37:11.190><c> hath</c><00:37:11.570><c> no</c><00:37:11.909><c> pleasure</c><00:37:12.250><c> in</c><00:37:12.530><c> wickedness,</c><00:37:13.190><c> neither</c><00:37:13.429><c> shall</c>

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evil<00:37:14.070><c> dwell</c><00:37:14.369><c> with</c><00:37:14.630><c> thee.</c>

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The<00:37:15.050><c> foolish</c><00:37:15.269><c> shall</c><00:37:15.570><c> not</c><00:37:15.769><c> stand</c><00:37:16.110><c> in</c><00:37:16.309><c> thy</c><00:37:16.570><c> sight.</c>

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Whole<00:37:18.530><c> workers</c><00:37:19.010><c> of</c><00:37:19.230><c> iniquity.</c>

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Hate<00:37:20.090><c> is</c><00:37:20.730><c> a</c><00:37:20.769><c> very</c><00:37:21.190><c> strong</c><00:37:21.489><c> word.</c>

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In<00:37:23.650><c> John's</c><00:37:24.070><c> second</c><00:37:24.309><c> letter,</c><00:37:25.469><c> we</c><00:37:25.909><c> read,</c>

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Look<00:37:27.289><c> to</c><00:37:27.670><c> yourselves</c><00:37:28.170><c> that</c><00:37:28.409><c> we</c><00:37:28.650><c> lose</c><00:37:28.809><c> not</c><00:37:29.050><c> those</c><00:37:29.309><c> things</c><00:37:29.650><c> which</c><00:37:29.889><c> we</c><00:37:30.130><c> have</c><00:37:30.349><c> wrought,</c><00:37:30.550><c> but</c><00:37:30.630><c> that</c><00:37:30.849><c> we</c><00:37:31.010><c> receive</c><00:37:31.389><c> a</c>

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full<00:37:31.809><c> reward.</c>

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Whosoever<00:37:34.090><c> transgresseth</c><00:37:34.570><c> and</c><00:37:34.769><c> abideth</c><00:37:35.210><c> not</c><00:37:35.510><c> in</c><00:37:35.690><c> the</c><00:37:35.849><c> doctrine</c><00:37:36.110><c> of</c><00:37:36.329><c> Christ,</c><00:37:36.829><c> hath</c><00:37:36.949><c> not</c><00:37:37.230><c> God.</c>

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He<00:37:38.610><c> that</c><00:37:38.769><c> abideth</c><00:37:39.230><c> in</c><00:37:39.389><c> the</c><00:37:39.550><c> doctrine</c><00:37:39.809><c> of</c><00:37:40.050><c> Christ,</c><00:37:40.489><c> he</c><00:37:40.590><c> hath</c>

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both<00:37:40.969><c> the</c><00:37:41.210><c> Father</c><00:37:41.469><c> and</c><00:37:41.610><c> the</c><00:37:41.849><c> Son.</c>

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If<00:37:43.010><c> there</c><00:37:43.309><c> come</c><00:37:43.530><c> any</c><00:37:43.829><c> unto</c><00:37:44.090><c> you</c><00:37:44.349><c> and</c><00:37:44.550><c> bring</c><00:37:44.710><c> not</c><00:37:44.909><c> this</c><00:37:45.250><c> doctrine,</c><00:37:45.809><c> receive</c>

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him<00:37:46.449><c> not</c><00:37:46.710><c> into</c><00:37:47.070><c> your</c><00:37:47.349><c> house.</c>

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Neither<00:37:48.670><c> bid</c><00:37:48.889><c> him</c><00:37:49.170><c> Godspeed,</c><00:37:50.570><c> for</c><00:37:50.670><c> he</c><00:37:50.889><c> that</c><00:37:51.150><c> bideth</c><00:37:51.409><c> him</c><00:37:51.610><c> Godspeed</c><00:37:52.130><c> is</c><00:37:52.409><c> a</c>

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partaker<00:37:52.989><c> of</c><00:37:53.130><c> his</c><00:37:53.369><c> evil</c><00:37:53.670><c> deeds.</c>

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The<00:37:54.730><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:37:55.110><c> was</c><00:37:55.289><c> doing</c><00:37:55.530><c> well.</c>

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They<00:37:56.289><c> hated</c><00:37:56.550><c> the</c><00:37:56.849><c> deeds</c><00:37:57.010><c> of</c><00:37:57.210><c> the</c><00:37:57.349><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:37:57.969><c> that</c><00:37:58.150><c> were</c><00:37:58.389><c> coming</c><00:37:58.610><c> in</c>

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and<00:38:00.530><c> teaching</c><00:38:00.969><c> these</c><00:38:01.530><c> false</c><00:38:02.969><c> doctrines.</c>

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x
So,<00:38:07.389><c> the</c><00:38:07.570><c> Nicolaitans,</c><00:38:09.150><c> the</c><00:38:09.329><c> word</c><00:38:09.530><c> is</c><00:38:10.190><c> compromised</c><00:38:10.949><c> of</c><00:38:11.849><c> two</c><00:38:12.469><c> words.</c>

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Nicolaitans,<00:38:16.989><c> those</c><00:38:17.329><c> were</c><00:38:17.530><c> what</c><00:38:17.710><c> we</c><00:38:17.869><c> were</c><00:38:18.030><c> talking</c><00:38:18.349><c> about.</c>

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In<00:38:19.670><c> Eureka,</c><00:38:23.429><c> we're</c><00:38:23.710><c> told</c><00:38:23.949><c> by</c><00:38:24.590><c> Dr.</c><00:38:25.510><c> Thomas</c><00:38:25.670><c> that</c><00:38:26.210><c> the</c><00:38:26.650><c> word</c><00:38:26.889><c> is</c>

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a<00:38:27.309><c> symbolical</c><00:38:27.869><c> name,</c><00:38:28.469><c> like</c><00:38:28.670><c> Balaam</c><00:38:29.110><c> and</c><00:38:29.289><c> Jezebel,</c>

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consisting<00:38:30.329><c> of</c><00:38:30.510><c> two</c><00:38:30.789><c> words</c><00:38:31.110><c> signifying</c><00:38:31.909><c> victory</c><00:38:32.489><c> and</c><00:38:32.929><c> people.</c>

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Nicos<00:38:36.809><c> and</c><00:38:37.409><c> Laos,</c><00:38:37.809><c> I</c><00:38:37.909><c> believe.</c>

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It<00:38:39.030><c> was</c><00:38:39.230><c> these</c><00:38:39.510><c> people</c><00:38:39.889><c> that</c><00:38:40.230><c> claimed</c><00:38:40.409><c> they</c><00:38:40.650><c> were</c><00:38:40.909><c> the</c><00:38:41.050><c> true</c>

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successors<00:38:41.909><c> to</c><00:38:42.130><c> the</c><00:38:42.309><c> apostles,</c>

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and<00:38:43.469><c> added</c><00:38:43.710><c> their</c><00:38:44.050><c> own</c><00:38:44.369><c> interpretation</c><00:38:45.010><c> on</c><00:38:45.269><c> the</c><00:38:45.489><c> true</c><00:38:45.650><c> gospel</c>

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message<00:38:46.570><c> as</c><00:38:46.829><c> presented</c><00:38:47.210><c> by</c><00:38:47.570><c> Paul.</c>

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They<00:38:49.030><c> acquired</c><00:38:49.449><c> a</c><00:38:49.730><c> following</c><00:38:49.989><c> by</c><00:38:50.329><c> their</c><00:38:50.610><c> teachings,</c>

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and<00:38:51.829><c> led</c><00:38:51.969><c> men</c><00:38:52.289><c> astray</c><00:38:52.670><c> from</c><00:38:52.889><c> the</c><00:38:53.150><c> pure</c><00:38:53.389><c> gospel</c><00:38:53.809><c> message</c><00:38:54.269><c> of</c><00:38:54.469><c> the</c><00:38:54.610><c> name</c><00:38:54.809><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:38:55.349><c> Christ</c><00:38:55.730><c> and</c><00:38:55.909><c> the</c><00:38:56.050><c> kingdom</c><00:38:56.269><c> of</c><00:38:56.570><c> God.</c>

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Dr.<00:38:58.190><c> Thomas</c><00:38:58.369><c> considers</c><00:38:58.809><c> them</c><00:38:59.090><c> to</c><00:38:59.250><c> be</c><00:38:59.389><c> of</c><00:38:59.510><c> the</c><00:38:59.690><c> class</c><00:38:59.929><c> of</c><00:39:00.130><c> men</c>

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that<00:39:00.710><c> were</c><00:39:00.909><c> the</c><00:39:01.090><c> grievous</c><00:39:01.449><c> wolves</c><00:39:02.070><c> that</c><00:39:02.789><c> Paul</c><00:39:03.030><c> refers</c><00:39:03.530><c> to,</c>

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appealing<00:39:04.710><c> to</c><00:39:04.929><c> those</c><00:39:05.190><c> of</c><00:39:05.510><c> tender</c><00:39:05.769><c> age</c><00:39:06.289><c> in</c><00:39:06.670><c> the</c><00:39:06.909><c> truth.</c>

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In<00:39:08.769><c> Acts</c><00:39:08.969><c> 20</c><00:39:09.289><c> and</c><00:39:09.449><c> verse</c><00:39:09.690><c> 29,</c>

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I<00:39:10.849><c> know</c><00:39:11.150><c> this,</c><00:39:11.909><c> after</c><00:39:12.150><c> my</c><00:39:12.449><c> departing</c><00:39:12.989><c> shall</c><00:39:13.230><c> grievous</c><00:39:13.750><c> wolves</c>

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enter<00:39:14.590><c> in</c><00:39:14.789><c> among</c><00:39:15.030><c> you,</c><00:39:15.710><c> not</c><00:39:15.989><c> sparing</c><00:39:16.389><c> the</c><00:39:16.690><c> flock.</c>

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Also<00:39:17.889><c> of</c><00:39:18.110><c> your</c><00:39:18.349><c> own</c><00:39:18.650><c> selves</c><00:39:18.969><c> shall</c><00:39:19.269><c> men</c><00:39:19.570><c> arise,</c><00:39:20.070><c> speaking</c><00:39:20.489><c> perverse</c><00:39:20.929><c> things</c><00:39:21.289><c> to</c>

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draw<00:39:21.730><c> away</c><00:39:22.010><c> disciples</c><00:39:22.570><c> after</c><00:39:22.989><c> them.</c>

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And<00:39:24.329><c> so</c><00:39:24.630><c> was</c><00:39:24.889><c> creeping</c><00:39:25.210><c> in</c><00:39:25.789><c> the</c><00:39:26.369><c> teaching</c><00:39:26.690><c> of</c><00:39:26.949><c> the</c><00:39:27.150><c> immortality</c><00:39:27.769><c> of</c><00:39:27.989><c> the</c><00:39:28.150><c> soul.</c>

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And<00:39:29.809><c> the</c><00:39:30.010><c> immortality</c><00:39:30.630><c> of</c><00:39:30.829><c> the</c><00:39:31.050><c> soul,</c><00:39:31.369><c> that</c><00:39:31.809><c> doctrine,</c>

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completely<00:39:34.110><c> undermines</c><00:39:34.750><c> the</c><00:39:35.150><c> purpose</c><00:39:35.550><c> and</c><00:39:35.789><c> the</c><00:39:35.989><c> work</c><00:39:36.170><c> of</c><00:39:36.389><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:39:36.690><c> Jesus</c><00:39:37.090><c> Christ</c><00:39:37.510><c> in</c><00:39:38.230><c> his</c><00:39:38.389><c> death,</c>

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in<00:39:39.809><c> the</c><00:39:40.030><c> sacrificial</c><00:39:40.690><c> work.</c>

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Because<00:39:43.289><c> if</c><00:39:43.929><c> you</c><00:39:44.090><c> have</c><00:39:44.230><c> an</c><00:39:44.409><c> immortal</c><00:39:44.730><c> soul,</c><00:39:45.909><c> that</c><00:39:46.130><c> wasn't</c><00:39:46.449><c> necessary.</c>

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So<00:39:48.409><c> this</c><00:39:48.969><c> is</c><00:39:49.349><c> why</c><00:39:49.449><c> it</c><00:39:49.630><c> is</c><00:39:49.869><c> so</c><00:39:50.110><c> hateful</c><00:39:51.090><c> to</c><00:39:51.309><c> the</c><00:39:51.429><c> Lord</c><00:39:51.650><c> Jesus</c><00:39:52.070><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:39:55.690><c> the</c><00:39:56.869><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:39:57.869><c> hated.</c>

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So<00:39:59.610><c> I</c><00:39:59.789><c> just</c><00:40:00.030><c> want</c><00:40:00.150><c> to</c><00:40:00.409><c> think</c><00:40:00.690><c> briefly</c><00:40:01.170><c> now</c><00:40:01.670><c> about</c><00:40:02.570><c> letters</c><00:40:02.969><c> from</c><00:40:03.230><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:40:03.929><c> John,</c><00:40:05.389><c> Jesus'</c><00:40:05.889><c> cousin.</c>

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The<00:40:09.250><c> events</c><00:40:09.489><c> that</c><00:40:09.750><c> took</c><00:40:09.889><c> John</c><00:40:10.130><c> to</c><00:40:10.409><c> Patmos,</c>

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tradition<00:40:14.050><c> holds,</c><00:40:15.909><c> and</c><00:40:15.909><c> that's</c><00:40:17.829><c> also</c><00:40:18.710><c> sort</c><00:40:19.090><c> of</c><00:40:19.389><c> supported</c><00:40:19.750><c> by</c>

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Brother<00:40:22.030><c> Mansfield</c><00:40:22.510><c> in</c><00:40:22.750><c> the</c><00:40:22.989><c> introduction</c><00:40:23.389><c> to</c><00:40:23.690><c> his</c><00:40:23.949><c> book</c><00:40:24.170><c> on</c>

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the<00:40:24.710><c> letters</c><00:40:25.070><c> to</c><00:40:26.150><c> John.</c>

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The<00:40:29.349><c> tradition</c><00:40:29.650><c> holds</c><00:40:29.989><c> that</c><00:40:30.210><c> John</c><00:40:30.389><c> was</c><00:40:30.750><c> baptized</c><00:40:31.469><c> in</c><00:40:32.909><c> a</c><00:40:33.050><c> vat</c>

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of<00:40:33.449><c> boiling</c><00:40:33.710><c> oil,</c><00:40:34.889><c> which</c><00:40:35.110><c> he</c><00:40:35.369><c> survived.</c>

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And<00:40:37.150><c> I</c><00:40:37.590><c> know</c><00:40:38.409><c> that</c><00:40:39.449><c> raises</c><00:40:39.949><c> a</c><00:40:40.090><c> lot</c><00:40:40.309><c> of</c><00:40:40.469><c> eyebrows</c><00:40:40.889><c> amongst</c><00:40:41.349><c> brothers</c><00:40:41.750><c> and</c><00:40:42.070><c> sisters.</c>

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But<00:40:43.650><c> when</c><00:40:44.309><c> we</c><00:40:44.530><c> think</c><00:40:44.769><c> about</c><00:40:46.329><c> the</c><00:40:49.550><c> Shadrach,</c><00:40:51.010><c> Meshach,</c><00:40:51.489><c> and</c><00:40:51.630><c> Abednego,</c>

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who<00:40:53.110><c> were</c><00:40:53.349><c> thrown</c><00:40:53.530><c> into</c><00:40:53.909><c> a</c><00:40:54.170><c> fire</c><00:40:54.449><c> furnace</c><00:40:55.030><c> and</c><00:40:55.590><c> were</c><00:40:55.769><c> protected,</c>

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we<00:40:57.429><c> think</c><00:40:57.610><c> about</c><00:40:58.050><c> Daniel</c><00:40:58.510><c> and</c><00:40:58.730><c> the</c><00:40:58.929><c> lion's</c><00:40:59.429><c> den,</c><00:40:59.849><c> and</c><00:41:00.190><c> he</c><00:41:00.289><c> was</c><00:41:00.530><c> protected.</c>

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And<00:41:02.230><c> they</c><00:41:02.590><c> were</c><00:41:02.849><c> sent</c><00:41:03.070><c> to</c><00:41:04.030><c> the</c><00:41:04.469><c> Isle</c><00:41:04.730><c> of</c><00:41:04.909><c> Patmos.</c>

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John<00:41:06.070><c> was</c><00:41:06.309><c> sent</c><00:41:06.530><c> to</c><00:41:06.769><c> the</c><00:41:06.889><c> Isle</c><00:41:07.130><c> of</c><00:41:07.329><c> Patmos.</c>

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So<00:41:17.630><c> when</c><00:41:18.170><c> John</c><00:41:18.610><c> came</c><00:41:19.110><c> in,</c><00:41:20.110><c> he</c><00:41:20.110><c> was</c><00:41:20.829><c> talking</c><00:41:22.329><c> about</c><00:41:22.809><c> the...</c>

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He<00:41:25.210><c> was</c><00:41:26.050><c> putting</c><00:41:26.309><c> in</c><00:41:26.670><c> some</c><00:41:26.909><c> answers</c><00:41:27.610><c> to</c><00:41:28.309><c> the</c><00:41:28.789><c> questions</c><00:41:29.210><c> of</c><00:41:29.570><c> Gnosticism.</c>

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The<00:41:33.469><c> Gnosis</c><00:41:34.170><c> teaching</c><00:41:34.949><c> was</c><00:41:35.510><c> the</c><00:41:35.929><c> blending</c><00:41:36.230><c> of</c><00:41:36.550><c> these</c><00:41:38.210><c> thinking</c><00:41:40.550><c> about</c>

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life<00:41:41.630><c> after</c><00:41:42.010><c> death.</c>

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And<00:41:46.070><c> as</c><00:41:47.630><c> a</c><00:41:48.289><c> result</c><00:41:48.730><c> of</c><00:41:49.030><c> that,</c><00:41:49.550><c> in</c><00:41:49.909><c> the</c><00:41:49.969><c> second</c><00:41:50.349><c> century,</c><00:41:50.969><c> we</c><00:41:51.210><c> started</c><00:41:51.530><c> to</c>

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get<00:41:51.849><c> the</c><00:41:52.190><c> terminology</c><00:41:52.710><c> of</c><00:41:53.110><c> Gnostics.</c>

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Some<00:41:54.630><c> of</c><00:41:54.829><c> their</c><00:41:55.030><c> teachings</c><00:41:55.449><c> were</c><00:41:55.769><c> absolutely</c><00:41:56.429><c> incredible.</c>

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They<00:41:57.610><c> were</c><00:41:57.909><c> almost</c><00:41:58.429><c> like</c><00:41:59.030><c> they</c><00:41:59.230><c> were</c><00:41:59.869><c> in</c><00:42:00.110><c> a</c><00:42:00.369><c> trance.</c>

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And<00:42:03.010><c> we</c><00:42:03.210><c> have,</c><00:42:03.429><c> of</c><00:42:03.630><c> course,</c><00:42:03.989><c> the</c><00:42:04.170><c> warning</c><00:42:04.510><c> from</c><00:42:05.050><c> Paul</c><00:42:05.570><c> in</c><00:42:05.889><c> Galatians,</c><00:42:06.769><c> Chapter</c><00:42:07.010><c> 5,</c>

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about<00:42:08.630><c> witchcraft.</c>

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And<00:42:10.329><c> it</c><00:42:10.389><c> was</c><00:42:10.710><c> witchcraft</c><00:42:11.389><c> that...</c>

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The<00:42:14.230><c> Greek</c><00:42:14.590><c> word</c><00:42:14.809><c> for</c><00:42:15.010><c> that</c><00:42:15.190><c> is</c><00:42:15.409><c> pharmakeia,</c><00:42:16.730><c> which</c><00:42:16.849><c> is</c><00:42:17.210><c> pharmacy</c><00:42:17.969><c> and</c>

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deals<00:42:18.909><c> with</c><00:42:19.269><c> drugs.</c>

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And<00:42:20.710><c> psychedelic</c><00:42:21.769><c> drugs</c><00:42:22.170><c> have</c><00:42:22.469><c> been</c><00:42:22.690><c> known</c><00:42:22.949><c> to</c><00:42:23.210><c> mankind</c><00:42:23.829><c> for</c>

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a<00:42:24.829><c> long</c><00:42:25.150><c> time,</c><00:42:25.929><c> a</c><00:42:26.170><c> long</c><00:42:26.469><c> time</c><00:42:26.730><c> before</c><00:42:27.130><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:42:28.429><c> this</c><00:42:28.650><c> is</c><00:42:28.869><c> what</c><00:42:29.210><c> it's</c><00:42:29.750><c> believed.</c>

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These<00:42:30.329><c> people</c><00:42:30.789><c> that</c><00:42:31.630><c> wrote</c><00:42:31.849><c> these</c><00:42:32.250><c> tractates</c><00:42:32.849><c> and</c><00:42:33.110><c> different</c>

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things<00:42:33.769><c> about</c><00:42:34.150><c> their</c><00:42:34.550><c> visions</c><00:42:35.030><c> that</c><00:42:35.250><c> they'd</c><00:42:35.630><c> had</c>

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and<00:42:37.349><c> placed</c><00:42:37.550><c> themselves</c><00:42:38.130><c> at</c><00:42:38.489><c> the</c><00:42:38.590><c> same</c><00:42:38.889><c> level</c><00:42:39.230><c> as</c><00:42:39.489><c> apostles</c>

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in<00:42:40.369><c> their</c><00:42:40.630><c> own</c><00:42:40.889><c> mind,</c><00:42:41.730><c> and</c><00:42:42.030><c> they</c><00:42:42.289><c> heaped</c><00:42:42.570><c> up</c><00:42:43.349><c> people</c><00:42:43.969><c> following</c><00:42:44.429><c> them.</c>

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This<00:42:45.769><c> was</c><00:42:46.090><c> the</c><00:42:46.250><c> problem</c><00:42:46.710><c> that</c><00:42:46.929><c> was</c><00:42:47.110><c> going</c><00:42:47.449><c> on</c><00:42:47.949><c> in</c><00:42:48.309><c> Ephesus.</c>

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So<00:42:51.430><c> the</c><00:42:52.170><c> reason</c><00:42:52.650><c> for</c><00:42:53.170><c> John's</c><00:42:53.690><c> return</c><00:42:54.110><c> to</c><00:42:54.369><c> Ephesus</c><00:42:55.170><c> after</c><00:42:55.650><c> Patmos,</c><00:42:56.230><c> where</c><00:42:56.550><c> he</c>

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was<00:42:57.030><c> given</c><00:42:57.269><c> the</c><00:42:57.550><c> revelation</c><00:42:58.070><c> by</c><00:42:58.389><c> Jesus,</c>

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he<00:42:59.989><c> went</c><00:43:00.190><c> back</c><00:43:00.570><c> to</c><00:43:01.230><c> Ephesus</c><00:43:01.989><c> to</c><00:43:02.250><c> continue</c><00:43:02.670><c> the</c><00:43:02.989><c> work</c><00:43:03.170><c> from</c><00:43:03.389><c> Timothy</c><00:43:03.829><c> after</c><00:43:04.250><c> he</c>

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was<00:43:04.730><c> martyred.</c>

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And<00:43:06.469><c> from</c><00:43:06.730><c> there,</c><00:43:07.150><c> he</c><00:43:07.409><c> wrote</c><00:43:07.730><c> the</c><00:43:07.989><c> three</c><00:43:08.170><c> letters.</c>

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Those<00:43:11.050><c> letters</c><00:43:11.409><c> were</c><00:43:11.710><c> distributed</c><00:43:12.550><c> and</c><00:43:14.250><c> basically</c><00:43:14.829><c> firstly</c>

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to<00:43:15.510><c> the</c><00:43:15.730><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:43:18.750><c> message</c><00:43:19.170><c> contained</c><00:43:19.769><c> in</c><00:43:20.090><c> John's</c><00:43:20.489><c> letters,</c><00:43:21.010><c> Agape</c><00:43:21.329><c> is</c><00:43:21.769><c> there</c><00:43:22.570><c> 54</c>

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times<00:43:24.090><c> in</c><00:43:24.469><c> John's</c><00:43:24.969><c> letters.</c>

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And<00:43:25.670><c> is</c><00:43:25.829><c> it</c><00:43:26.090><c> surprising</c><00:43:26.789><c> when</c><00:43:27.889><c> he</c><00:43:28.250><c> knows</c><00:43:28.730><c> that</c><00:43:29.469><c> Jesus</c><00:43:29.949><c> had</c><00:43:30.329><c> said</c><00:43:30.570><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:43:31.309><c> was</c><00:43:31.630><c> losing</c><00:43:32.070><c> their</c><00:43:32.449><c> first</c><00:43:32.829><c> love,</c>

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that<00:43:35.109><c> John</c><00:43:35.869><c> talks</c><00:43:36.429><c> about</c><00:43:36.849><c> these</c><00:43:37.210><c> letters,</c><00:43:38.030><c> talks</c><00:43:38.389><c> about</c><00:43:38.829><c> love</c>

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in<00:43:39.349><c> his</c><00:43:39.530><c> letters.</c>

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So<00:43:41.170><c> are</c><00:43:42.110><c> these</c><00:43:42.389><c> letters</c><00:43:42.769><c> the</c><00:43:43.090><c> last</c><00:43:43.389><c> recorded</c><00:43:43.929><c> appeal</c><00:43:44.369><c> to</c><00:43:44.690><c> a</c>

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dying<00:43:45.170><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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Sadly,<00:43:48.610><c> Ephesus</c><00:43:49.030><c> has</c><00:43:49.550><c> become</c><00:43:49.829><c> a</c><00:43:50.110><c> pattern</c><00:43:50.389><c> that's</c><00:43:50.869><c> been</c><00:43:51.130><c> repeated.</c>

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In<00:43:53.469><c> Eureka</c><00:43:53.909><c> Volume</c><00:43:54.230><c> 1,</c><00:43:54.710><c> page</c><00:43:54.949><c> 190,</c>

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The<00:43:56.710><c> whole</c><00:43:57.030><c> town</c><00:43:57.449><c> is</c><00:43:57.730><c> nothing</c><00:43:58.070><c> but</c><00:43:58.309><c> a</c><00:43:58.469><c> habitation</c><00:43:59.050><c> for</c><00:43:59.309><c> herdsmen</c><00:43:59.969><c> and</c><00:44:00.170><c> farmers</c><00:44:00.769><c> living</c><00:44:01.210><c> in</c>

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low<00:44:01.849><c> and</c><00:44:02.090><c> humble</c><00:44:02.489><c> cottages</c><00:44:03.010><c> of</c><00:44:03.250><c> dirt,</c>

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sheltered<00:44:04.590><c> from</c><00:44:04.869><c> the</c><00:44:05.210><c> extremities</c><00:44:05.650><c> of</c><00:44:05.889><c> weather</c><00:44:06.070><c> by</c><00:44:06.369><c> the</c>

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mighty<00:44:06.889><c> ruinous</c><00:44:07.409><c> walls,</c>

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the<00:44:08.809><c> pride</c><00:44:09.070><c> and</c><00:44:09.309><c> ostentation</c><00:44:10.130><c> of</c><00:44:10.429><c> former</c><00:44:10.650><c> days</c><00:44:11.130><c> and</c><00:44:11.769><c> the</c><00:44:12.130><c> emblem</c><00:44:12.349><c> in</c>

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these<00:44:12.849><c> of</c><00:44:13.110><c> the</c><00:44:13.269><c> frailty</c><00:44:13.610><c> of</c><00:44:13.789><c> the</c><00:44:14.030><c> world</c><00:44:14.429><c> and</c><00:44:14.989><c> the</c><00:44:15.230><c> transient</c>

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vanity<00:44:16.389><c> of</c><00:44:16.789><c> human</c><00:44:17.150><c> glory.</c>

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All<00:44:20.789><c> the</c><00:44:21.090><c> inhabitants</c><00:44:21.610><c> of</c><00:44:21.869><c> this</c><00:44:22.130><c> once</c><00:44:22.449><c> famous</c><00:44:22.889><c> city</c><00:44:23.510><c> amount</c>

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now<00:44:24.429><c> to</c><00:44:24.610><c> not</c><00:44:24.750><c> above</c><00:44:25.050><c> 40</c><00:44:25.429><c> or</c><00:44:25.630><c> 50</c><00:44:26.030><c> families</c><00:44:26.550><c> of</c><00:44:26.929><c> Turks.</c>

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The<00:44:28.070><c> light</c><00:44:28.289><c> has</c><00:44:28.530><c> gone</c><00:44:28.710><c> out</c><00:44:29.210><c> and</c><00:44:29.570><c> darkness</c><00:44:30.030><c> is</c><00:44:30.369><c> complete.</c>

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Here's<00:44:33.190><c> pictures</c><00:44:33.769><c> of</c><00:44:34.510><c> Ephesus.</c><00:44:35.210><c> The</c><00:44:35.369><c> light</c><00:44:35.690><c> has</c><00:44:35.949><c> gone</c><00:44:36.190><c> out.</c>

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Darkness<00:44:39.989><c> is</c><00:44:40.510><c> complete.</c><00:44:41.469><c> A</c><00:44:41.670><c> sad</c><00:44:41.869><c> testimony</c><00:44:42.469><c> of</c><00:44:42.690><c> the</c><00:44:42.869><c> once</c><00:44:43.130><c> vibrant</c><00:44:43.650><c> society</c><00:44:44.610><c> and</c>

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an<00:44:45.349><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:45.690><c> with</c><00:44:46.369><c> a</c><00:44:46.690><c> strong</c><00:44:46.969><c> Ecclesial</c><00:44:47.550><c> light</c><00:44:47.949><c> stand.</c>

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Ephesus<00:44:49.789><c> and</c><00:44:50.070><c> the</c><00:44:50.230><c> Ecclesial</c><00:44:50.630><c> history</c><00:44:51.070><c> can</c><00:44:51.309><c> be</c><00:44:51.469><c> a</c><00:44:51.690><c> stark</c><00:44:51.929><c> warning</c><00:44:52.329><c> to</c>

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us<00:44:52.809><c> in</c><00:44:53.030><c> these</c><00:44:53.289><c> last</c><00:44:53.630><c> days</c><00:44:53.969><c> of</c><00:44:54.230><c> the</c><00:44:54.530><c> insidious</c><00:44:54.989><c> dangers</c><00:44:55.429><c> we</c><00:44:55.849><c> face.</c>

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May<00:44:57.710><c> our</c><00:44:58.030><c> prayer</c><00:44:58.210><c> be</c><00:44:58.489><c> for</c><00:44:58.690><c> the</c><00:44:58.929><c> strength</c><00:44:59.250><c> and</c><00:44:59.530><c> resilience</c><00:44:59.989><c> of</c>

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our<00:45:00.449><c> brethren</c><00:45:00.750><c> and</c><00:45:01.010><c> sisters</c><00:45:01.469><c> to</c><00:45:02.170><c> stand</c><00:45:02.489><c> fast</c><00:45:03.110><c> and</c><00:45:03.550><c> work</c><00:45:03.889><c> in</c>

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love<00:45:04.610><c> for</c><00:45:04.929><c> Jesus.</c>

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To<00:45:07.550><c> him</c><00:45:07.730><c> that</c><00:45:08.030><c> overcometh.</c><00:45:09.570><c> In</c><00:45:09.730><c> Ephesus.</c>

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To<00:45:11.289><c> him</c><00:45:11.590><c> that</c><00:45:11.849><c> overcometh</c><00:45:12.449><c> will</c><00:45:12.610><c> I</c><00:45:12.789><c> give</c><00:45:12.969><c> to</c><00:45:13.250><c> eat</c><00:45:13.409><c> of</c><00:45:13.590><c> the</c><00:45:13.750><c> tree</c>

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of<00:45:14.190><c> life</c><00:45:14.530><c> which</c><00:45:14.869><c> is</c><00:45:15.110><c> in</c><00:45:15.289><c> the</c><00:45:15.369><c> midst</c><00:45:15.590><c> of</c><00:45:15.809><c> the</c><00:45:16.010><c> paradise</c><00:45:16.449><c> of</c><00:45:16.750><c> God.</c>

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Smyrna.<00:45:22.050><c> He</c><00:45:22.150><c> that</c><00:45:22.329><c> hath</c><00:45:22.530><c> an</c><00:45:22.690><c> ear,</c><00:45:22.949><c> let</c><00:45:22.989><c> him</c><00:45:23.170><c> hear</c><00:45:23.409><c> what</c><00:45:23.690><c> the</c><00:45:23.889><c> Spirit</c><00:45:24.070><c> saith</c><00:45:24.369><c> unto</c><00:45:24.630><c> the</c><00:45:24.909><c> churches.</c><00:45:25.349><c> He</c>

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that<00:45:25.809><c> overcometh</c><00:45:26.929><c> shall</c><00:45:27.150><c> not</c><00:45:27.429><c> be</c><00:45:27.670><c> hurt</c><00:45:27.849><c> of</c><00:45:28.030><c> the</c><00:45:28.250><c> second</c><00:45:28.510><c> death.</c>

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Pergamos.

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It<00:49:26.210><c> is</c><00:49:26.489><c> a</c><00:49:26.670><c> love</c><00:49:27.190><c> springing</c><00:49:28.070><c> from</c><00:49:28.389><c> identical</c><00:49:28.969><c> convictions</c><00:49:29.710><c> a</c><00:49:30.469><c> common</c><00:49:30.889><c> love</c><00:49:31.210><c> resulting</c><00:49:31.730><c> from</c><00:49:32.190><c> common</c><00:49:32.550><c> enlightenment</c><00:49:33.309><c> a</c>

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