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doctrine.

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homework<00:11:39.899><c> assignment.</c>

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Well,<00:13:14.620><c> they</c><00:13:14.879><c> believed</c><00:13:15.200><c> that</c><00:13:15.799><c> everything</c><00:13:16.379><c> physical</c><00:13:17.059><c> was</c><00:13:18.059><c> evil.</c>

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So<00:13:20.519><c> they</c><00:13:20.620><c> had</c><00:13:20.740><c> all</c><00:13:20.919><c> kinds</c><00:13:21.080><c> of</c><00:13:21.240><c> rules.</c>

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Don't<00:13:21.679><c> touch</c><00:13:21.960><c> things,</c><00:13:22.240><c> don't</c><00:13:22.460><c> eat</c><00:13:22.720><c> things,</c><00:13:24.940><c> touch</c><00:13:25.100><c> not,</c><00:13:25.340><c> taste</c><00:13:25.539><c> not,</c>

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handle<00:13:26.080><c> not,</c><00:13:26.440><c> as</c><00:13:26.620><c> it</c><00:13:26.840><c> says.</c>

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that<00:13:31.600><c> Paul</c><00:13:31.799><c> said</c><00:13:32.019><c> about</c><00:13:32.279><c> flesh.</c>

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evil,<00:13:38.320><c> carnal</c><00:13:38.659><c> things.</c>

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And<00:13:39.919><c> they</c><00:13:40.159><c> ran</c><00:13:40.299><c> it</c><00:13:40.759><c> to</c><00:13:40.940><c> the</c><00:13:41.039><c> very</c><00:13:41.299><c> extreme.</c>

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Anything<00:13:42.659><c> physical</c><00:13:43.220><c> must</c><00:13:43.620><c> be</c><00:13:43.860><c> bad.</c>

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Everything<00:13:46.279><c> physical</c><00:13:46.799><c> is</c><00:13:47.039><c> bad.</c>

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In<00:13:47.620><c> fact,</c><00:13:47.879><c> creating</c><00:13:48.580><c> a</c><00:13:49.200><c> physical</c><00:13:49.519><c> world</c><00:13:49.980><c> is</c><00:13:50.379><c> bad.</c>

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So<00:13:51.779><c> in</c><00:13:51.940><c> their</c><00:13:52.179><c> very</c><00:13:52.620><c> strange</c><00:13:53.600><c> teaching,</c><00:13:55.860><c> the</c><00:13:55.940><c> part</c><00:13:56.100><c> of</c><00:13:56.279><c> the</c><00:13:56.399><c> devil</c><00:13:56.600><c> is</c>

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actually<00:13:57.139><c> played</c><00:13:57.299><c> by</c><00:13:57.539><c> God.</c>

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Because<00:13:58.679><c> if</c><00:13:58.860><c> you</c><00:13:59.059><c> create</c><00:13:59.360><c> the</c><00:13:59.559><c> world,</c><00:14:00.059><c> you're</c><00:14:00.259><c> creating</c><00:14:00.659><c> something</c><00:14:01.019><c> bad.</c>

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I<00:14:03.059><c> didn't</c><00:14:03.259><c> mean</c><00:14:03.399><c> to</c><00:14:03.500><c> go</c><00:14:03.580><c> that</c><00:14:03.840><c> far</c><00:14:04.000><c> into</c><00:14:04.200><c> it</c><00:14:04.379><c> even,</c><00:14:04.960><c> because</c><00:14:05.179><c> now</c><00:14:05.340><c> you</c><00:14:05.440><c> want</c><00:14:05.559><c> me</c>

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to<00:14:05.740><c> go</c><00:14:05.860><c> a</c><00:14:05.899><c> little</c><00:14:06.039><c> further</c>

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and<00:14:06.519><c> explain</c><00:14:06.740><c> it,</c><00:14:06.919><c> because</c><00:14:07.000><c> that</c><00:14:07.179><c> sounds</c><00:14:07.360><c> completely</c><00:14:08.000><c> deranged,</c><00:14:08.580><c> right?</c>

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So<00:14:10.699><c> look</c><00:14:11.159><c> into</c><00:14:11.399><c> it,</c><00:14:11.600><c> it's</c><00:14:12.320><c> really,</c><00:14:12.620><c> really</c><00:14:12.899><c> strange</c><00:14:13.120><c> stuff.</c>

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But<00:14:14.379><c> what's</c><00:14:14.580><c> the</c><00:14:14.740><c> upshot?</c>

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So<00:14:16.860><c> the</c><00:14:17.019><c> upshot</c><00:14:17.340><c> is</c><00:14:18.039><c> that</c><00:14:18.700><c> they're</c><00:14:19.100><c> teaching</c><00:14:19.360><c> things</c><00:14:19.759><c> like</c><00:14:20.340><c> gluttony</c><00:14:20.779><c> is</c>

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bad,<00:14:21.379><c> not</c><00:14:21.659><c> just</c><00:14:21.940><c> that,</c><00:14:22.159><c> eating</c><00:14:22.440><c> is</c><00:14:22.659><c> bad.</c>

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So<00:14:24.240><c> maybe</c><00:14:24.559><c> you</c><00:14:24.720><c> should</c><00:14:24.799><c> be</c><00:14:24.980><c> a</c><00:14:25.120><c> vegetarian,</c><00:14:26.019><c> maybe</c><00:14:26.299><c> you</c><00:14:26.480><c> should</c>

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fast<00:14:27.200><c> as</c><00:14:27.620><c> much</c><00:14:27.779><c> as</c><00:14:28.000><c> possible.</c>

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That<00:14:29.179><c> makes</c><00:14:29.340><c> you</c><00:14:29.559><c> more</c><00:14:29.820><c> holy.</c>

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Marriage<00:14:31.679><c> is</c><00:14:32.039><c> bad,</c><00:14:32.500><c> so</c><00:14:32.759><c> you</c><00:14:32.879><c> shouldn't</c><00:14:33.080><c> be</c><00:14:33.320><c> married.</c>

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If<00:14:33.679><c> you</c><00:14:33.860><c> are</c><00:14:34.059><c> married,</c><00:14:34.320><c> you</c><00:14:34.460><c> should</c><00:14:34.659><c> stop</c><00:14:34.960><c> that.</c>

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And<00:14:37.940><c> maybe</c><00:14:38.200><c> that</c><00:14:38.460><c> explains</c><00:14:39.000><c> one</c><00:14:39.419><c> of</c><00:14:39.500><c> the</c><00:14:39.740><c> strangest</c><00:14:40.200><c> verses</c>

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in<00:14:40.779><c> the</c><00:14:40.860><c> New</c><00:14:41.019><c> Testament,</c>

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and<00:14:42.100><c> that's</c><00:14:42.500><c> 1</c><00:14:42.679><c> Timothy</c><00:14:42.960><c> 2</c><00:14:43.340><c> and</c><00:14:43.460><c> verse</c><00:14:43.679><c> 15.</c>

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And<00:14:45.279><c> that</c><00:14:45.500><c> verse</c><00:14:45.740><c> says</c><00:14:46.399><c> about</c><00:14:46.740><c> women,</c><00:14:47.899><c> it</c><00:14:47.919><c> says,</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:14:48.940><c> in</c><00:14:49.019><c> the</c><00:14:49.120><c> King</c><00:14:49.320><c> James,</c><00:14:49.919><c> she</c><00:14:50.179><c> shall</c><00:14:50.379><c> be</c><00:14:50.659><c> saved</c>

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through<00:14:51.399><c> childbearing,</c>

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if<00:14:53.019><c> she</c><00:14:53.179><c> continue</c><00:14:53.600><c> in</c><00:14:53.860><c> faith</c><00:14:54.159><c> and</c><00:14:54.360><c> love</c><00:14:54.559><c> and</c><00:14:54.759><c> holiness</c><00:14:55.100><c> with</c>

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self<00:14:55.860><c>-control.</c>

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And<00:14:58.899><c> this</c><00:14:59.379><c> idea,</c><00:14:59.759><c> what's</c><00:15:00.019><c> it</c><00:15:00.120><c> mean</c><00:15:00.200><c> to</c><00:15:00.360><c> be</c><00:15:00.600><c> saved</c><00:15:00.879><c> through</c><00:15:01.279><c> childbearing?</c>

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It's<00:15:02.179><c> very</c><00:15:02.419><c> strange.</c>

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Every<00:15:03.360><c> time</c><00:15:03.500><c> the</c><00:15:03.679><c> verse</c><00:15:03.840><c> gets</c><00:15:04.120><c> read,</c><00:15:04.700><c> I've</c><00:15:04.899><c> heard</c><00:15:04.980><c> debates</c>

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about<00:15:05.559><c> it,</c>

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all<00:15:06.220><c> my</c><00:15:06.399><c> life</c><00:15:06.620><c> in</c><00:15:06.759><c> Bible</c><00:15:07.059><c> classes</c><00:15:07.419><c> and</c><00:15:07.580><c> Sunday</c><00:15:07.860><c> schools,</c>

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because<00:15:09.059><c> it</c><00:15:09.259><c> doesn't</c><00:15:09.440><c> seem</c><00:15:09.700><c> to</c><00:15:09.919><c> make</c><00:15:10.039><c> a</c><00:15:10.100><c> lot</c><00:15:10.279><c> of</c><00:15:10.440><c> sense.</c>

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It<00:15:12.239><c> suggests</c><00:15:12.679><c> that</c><00:15:12.980><c> the</c><00:15:13.100><c> way</c><00:15:13.480><c> to</c><00:15:13.740><c> get</c><00:15:13.899><c> into</c><00:15:14.100><c> the</c><00:15:14.259><c> kingdom,</c><00:15:14.559><c> if</c>

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you're<00:15:14.879><c> a</c><00:15:14.980><c> woman,</c>

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is<00:15:15.360><c> to</c><00:15:15.480><c> be</c><00:15:15.580><c> as</c><00:15:15.779><c> fertile</c><00:15:15.940><c> as</c><00:15:16.179><c> possible,</c><00:15:16.659><c> which</c><00:15:17.419><c> really</c><00:15:18.559><c> is</c><00:15:18.860><c> strange.</c>

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But<00:15:21.479><c> imagine</c><00:15:21.919><c> for</c><00:15:22.139><c> a</c><00:15:22.240><c> second</c><00:15:22.399><c> that</c><00:15:22.600><c> Paul</c><00:15:22.820><c> is</c><00:15:23.159><c> talking</c><00:15:23.500><c> to</c><00:15:24.039><c> an</c>

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ecclesia<00:15:24.559><c> who</c><00:15:24.779><c> has</c><00:15:24.960><c> been</c><00:15:25.240><c> told</c><00:15:25.580><c> again</c><00:15:25.860><c> and</c><00:15:26.019><c> again</c>

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that<00:15:27.139><c> the</c><00:15:27.299><c> only</c><00:15:27.559><c> way</c><00:15:27.720><c> into</c><00:15:27.919><c> the</c><00:15:28.120><c> kingdom</c><00:15:28.419><c> is</c><00:15:28.759><c> to</c><00:15:28.879><c> be</c><00:15:29.039><c> single,</c>

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that<00:15:30.759><c> being</c><00:15:31.100><c> married</c><00:15:31.399><c> is</c><00:15:31.620><c> bad</c><00:15:31.840><c> and</c><00:15:31.980><c> having</c><00:15:32.279><c> children</c><00:15:32.580><c> is</c><00:15:32.799><c> even</c><00:15:33.000><c> worse.</c>

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So<00:15:35.679><c> what</c><00:15:35.919><c> Paul</c><00:15:36.159><c> is</c><00:15:36.379><c> doing</c><00:15:36.539><c> is</c><00:15:36.740><c> he's</c><00:15:36.960><c> saying</c><00:15:37.019><c> something</c><00:15:37.320><c> weird,</c>

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but<00:15:37.899><c> it's</c><00:15:38.259><c> to</c><00:15:38.440><c> answer</c><00:15:38.779><c> someone</c><00:15:39.179><c> who's</c><00:15:39.539><c> saying</c><00:15:39.639><c> something</c>

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even<00:15:40.360><c> weirder.</c>

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He's<00:15:42.679><c> really</c><00:15:43.059><c> saying,</c><00:15:44.059><c> you're</c><00:15:44.179><c> fine.</c>

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Have<00:15:45.259><c> children,</c><00:15:45.799><c> whatever,</c><00:15:46.440><c> be</c><00:15:46.659><c> married,</c><00:15:47.039><c> whatever.</c>

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You<00:15:48.240><c> are</c><00:15:48.460><c> perfectly</c><00:15:48.779><c> fine.</c>

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You<00:15:49.519><c> will</c><00:15:49.799><c> still</c><00:15:50.080><c> be</c><00:15:50.279><c> in</c><00:15:50.379><c> the</c><00:15:50.539><c> kingdom</c><00:15:50.879><c> if,</c><00:15:51.740><c> and</c><00:15:52.179><c> this</c><00:15:52.360><c> is</c><00:15:52.539><c> the</c><00:15:52.720><c> point,</c>

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you<00:15:53.940><c> continue</c><00:15:54.379><c> in</c><00:15:54.659><c> faith</c><00:15:54.980><c> and</c><00:15:55.440><c> love</c><00:15:55.720><c> and</c><00:15:56.000><c> holiness</c><00:15:56.279><c> and</c><00:15:56.559><c> self</c><00:15:56.720><c>-control.</c>

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That's<00:15:58.019><c> the</c><00:15:58.200><c> thing</c><00:15:58.539><c> that</c><00:15:58.799><c> gets</c><00:15:58.940><c> you</c><00:15:59.080><c> into</c><00:15:59.179><c> the</c><00:15:59.360><c> kingdom,</c><00:15:59.659><c> not</c>

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being<00:16:00.740><c> single,</c>

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not<00:16:02.779><c> abstaining</c><00:16:03.500><c> from</c><00:16:04.039><c> things.</c>

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So<00:16:07.600><c> if</c><00:16:07.980><c> Paul</c><00:16:08.240><c> was</c><00:16:08.580><c> combating</c><00:16:09.340><c> the</c><00:16:09.600><c> Gnostics,</c><00:16:10.000><c> that</c><00:16:10.120><c> would</c><00:16:10.279><c> also</c><00:16:10.559><c> explain</c><00:16:11.019><c> in</c>

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1<00:16:11.740><c> Timothy</c><00:16:12.220><c> 6</c><00:16:12.600><c> and</c><00:16:12.779><c> 20,</c>

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when<00:16:14.799><c> he</c><00:16:15.000><c> says</c><00:16:15.360><c> in</c><00:16:15.679><c> the</c><00:16:15.799><c> King</c><00:16:16.019><c> James,</c>

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avoiding<00:16:17.279><c> profane</c><00:16:17.980><c> and</c><00:16:18.240><c> vain</c><00:16:18.480><c> babblings</c><00:16:19.399><c> and</c><00:16:19.919><c> oppositions</c>

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of<00:16:21.059><c> science,</c><00:16:21.679><c> falsely</c><00:16:22.039><c> so</c><00:16:22.340><c>-called.</c>

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If<00:16:23.860><c> he's</c><00:16:24.019><c> talking</c><00:16:24.299><c> about</c><00:16:24.600><c> Gnostics,</c><00:16:25.379><c> this</c><00:16:25.620><c> is</c><00:16:25.940><c> actually</c><00:16:26.600><c> kind</c>

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of<00:16:27.360><c> a</c><00:16:27.559><c> dig</c><00:16:27.840><c> that</c><00:16:28.220><c> Paul's</c><00:16:28.620><c> getting</c><00:16:28.740><c> in.</c>

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Unfortunately,<00:16:35.700><c> the</c><00:16:35.820><c> King</c><00:16:36.000><c> James</c><00:16:36.299><c> translates</c><00:16:36.740><c> it</c><00:16:36.919><c> with</c><00:16:37.059><c> the</c>

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word<00:16:37.320><c> science.</c>

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And<00:16:38.620><c> so</c><00:16:39.039><c> people</c><00:16:39.419><c> sometimes</c><00:16:39.940><c> quote</c><00:16:40.179><c> it</c><00:16:41.080><c> to</c><00:16:41.519><c> disparage</c><00:16:42.279><c> science,</c>

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And<00:17:26.480><c> Paul</c><00:17:26.740><c> says,</c><00:17:28.920><c> avoid</c><00:17:28.960><c> these</c><00:17:29.240><c> profane</c><00:17:29.619><c> and</c><00:17:29.799><c> vain</c><00:17:29.960><c> babblings.</c>

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So<00:17:46.059><c> what</c><00:17:46.440><c> was</c><00:17:46.640><c> Paul's</c><00:17:47.099><c> answer</c><00:17:47.240><c> to</c><00:17:47.380><c> these</c><00:17:47.559><c> false</c><00:17:47.819><c> teachings?</c>

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Well,<00:17:48.559><c> that's</c><00:17:48.960><c> interesting,</c><00:17:50.240><c> because</c><00:17:50.599><c> in</c><00:17:50.880><c> Corinthians,</c><00:17:51.339><c> for</c>

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case<00:17:57.779><c> may</c><00:17:58.019><c> be,</c>

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and<00:18:39.799><c> then</c><00:18:40.079><c> follow</c><00:18:40.279><c> them.</c>

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else<00:18:56.400><c> next</c><00:18:56.640><c> time.</c>

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lead<00:19:02.779><c> in</c><00:19:03.059><c> that</c><00:19:03.299><c> way.</c>

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So<00:19:06.240><c> am</c><00:19:06.380><c> I</c><00:19:06.480><c> suggesting</c><00:19:06.799><c> that</c><00:19:06.980><c> we</c><00:19:07.079><c> should</c><00:19:07.259><c> switch</c><00:19:07.539><c> and</c><00:19:07.720><c> do</c><00:19:07.819><c> it</c>

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this<00:19:08.140><c> way?</c>

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In<00:19:09.599><c> fact,</c><00:19:09.779><c> if</c><00:19:10.000><c> someone</c><00:19:10.259><c> suggested</c><00:19:10.700><c> it,</c><00:19:10.900><c> I'd</c><00:19:11.099><c> be</c><00:19:11.240><c> very</c><00:19:11.460><c> nervous.</c>

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And<00:19:14.039><c> I</c><00:19:14.440><c> would</c><00:19:14.599><c> also</c><00:19:14.819><c> never</c><00:19:15.039><c> vote</c><00:19:15.240><c> for</c><00:19:15.400><c> them</c><00:19:15.539><c> for</c><00:19:15.720><c> the</c><00:19:15.900><c> AB</c><00:19:16.000><c> after</c><00:19:16.279><c> that.</c>

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And<00:19:18.799><c> one</c><00:19:18.960><c> of</c><00:19:19.059><c> the</c><00:19:19.079><c> reasons</c><00:19:19.339><c> I</c><00:19:19.500><c> have</c><00:19:19.680><c> such</c><00:19:19.920><c> reservations</c><00:19:20.380><c> is</c><00:19:21.200><c> that</c><00:19:21.440><c> I</c>

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and<00:19:23.779><c> we</c><00:19:23.920><c> were</c><00:19:24.119><c> raised</c><00:19:24.380><c> on</c><00:19:24.599><c> the</c><00:19:24.779><c> idea</c><00:19:25.119><c> of</c><00:19:25.660><c> studying</c><00:19:25.880><c> the</c><00:19:26.079><c> Bible</c>

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So<00:19:28.440><c> this</c><00:19:28.640><c> idea</c><00:19:28.940><c> of</c><00:19:29.099><c> a</c><00:19:29.259><c> teacher</c><00:19:29.480><c> telling</c><00:19:29.799><c> us</c><00:19:30.220><c> how</c><00:19:30.420><c> to</c><00:19:30.619><c> understand</c><00:19:30.940><c> the</c><00:19:31.119><c> Bible</c>

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But<00:19:35.359><c> also</c><00:19:35.660><c> I</c><00:19:35.779><c> have</c><00:19:35.900><c> another</c><00:19:36.099><c> problem</c><00:19:36.480><c> with</c><00:19:36.680><c> it</c><00:19:36.799><c> and</c><00:19:36.880><c> that's</c><00:19:37.180><c> sort</c><00:19:37.279><c> of</c>

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a<00:19:37.539><c> practical</c><00:19:37.859><c> reason.</c>

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He<00:19:43.799><c> said</c><00:19:44.000><c> Titus</c><00:19:44.480><c> picked</c><00:19:44.720><c> the</c><00:19:44.900><c> right</c><00:19:45.059><c> elders.</c>

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I<00:19:46.740><c> picked</c><00:19:46.980><c> Titus</c><00:19:47.359><c> and</c><00:19:47.539><c> Titus</c><00:19:47.900><c> picks</c><00:19:48.099><c> the</c><00:19:48.339><c> elders.</c>

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And<00:19:55.299><c> the</c><00:19:55.440><c> trouble</c><00:19:55.619><c> is</c><00:19:55.839><c> that</c><00:19:56.079><c> that</c><00:19:56.339><c> chain</c><00:19:56.599><c> of</c><00:19:56.859><c> succession</c><00:19:57.299><c> is</c><00:19:58.279><c> broken.</c>

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And<00:19:59.579><c> once</c><00:19:59.740><c> it's</c><00:19:59.920><c> broken,</c><00:20:00.279><c> it's</c><00:20:00.460><c> broken</c><00:20:00.680><c> for</c><00:20:00.960><c> good.</c>

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We<00:20:01.339><c> don't</c><00:20:01.480><c> know</c><00:20:01.539><c> who</c><00:20:01.720><c> Paul</c><00:20:01.880><c> would</c><00:20:02.099><c> pick.</c>

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So<00:20:03.220><c> we're</c><00:20:03.359><c> just</c><00:20:03.579><c> out</c><00:20:03.779><c> of</c><00:20:03.859><c> luck.</c>

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And<00:20:06.500><c> my</c><00:20:06.700><c> third</c><00:20:06.940><c> problem</c><00:20:07.299><c> is</c><00:20:07.519><c> we</c><00:20:07.660><c> know</c><00:20:07.799><c> it's</c><00:20:07.960><c> not</c><00:20:08.099><c> a</c><00:20:08.240><c> foolproof</c><00:20:08.559><c> system.</c>

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Because<00:20:10.639><c> once</c><00:20:11.119><c> the</c><00:20:11.380><c> wrong</c><00:20:11.559><c> teachers</c><00:20:12.019><c> do</c><00:20:12.319><c> get</c><00:20:12.539><c> into</c><00:20:13.059><c> a</c><00:20:13.440><c> position</c><00:20:13.740><c> of</c><00:20:14.000><c> authority,</c>

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now<00:20:15.759><c> the</c><00:20:16.000><c> elders</c><00:20:16.279><c> are</c><00:20:16.460><c> part</c><00:20:16.619><c> of</c><00:20:16.740><c> the</c><00:20:16.880><c> problem</c><00:20:17.359><c> instead</c><00:20:17.880><c> of</c><00:20:18.059><c> the</c><00:20:18.200><c> solution.</c>

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And<00:20:19.200><c> now</c><00:20:19.440><c> the</c><00:20:19.619><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:19.880><c> starts</c><00:20:20.160><c> going</c><00:20:20.500><c> downhill</c><00:20:20.920><c> and</c><00:20:21.240><c> goes</c>

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from<00:20:21.619><c> bad</c><00:20:21.819><c> to</c><00:20:22.039><c> worse.</c>

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So<00:20:25.039><c> what</c><00:20:25.599><c> Paul</c><00:20:25.960><c> outlines</c><00:20:26.579><c> in</c><00:20:26.920><c> the</c><00:20:27.059><c> pastoral</c><00:20:27.440><c> letters</c><00:20:27.819><c> is</c><00:20:28.119><c> not</c><00:20:28.299><c> foolproof.</c>

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Could<00:20:31.279><c> something</c><00:20:31.559><c> like</c><00:20:31.819><c> that</c><00:20:32.059><c> be</c><00:20:32.420><c> part</c><00:20:32.680><c> of</c><00:20:32.839><c> the</c><00:20:33.000><c> solution?</c>

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Maybe.<00:20:33.839><c> I</c><00:20:33.880><c> don't</c><00:20:34.039><c> know.</c>

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Our<00:20:35.880><c> community</c><00:20:36.240><c> has</c><00:20:36.500><c> its</c><00:20:36.619><c> share</c><00:20:36.799><c> of</c><00:20:37.000><c> challenges.</c>

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We<00:20:37.900><c> have</c><00:20:38.380><c> factions</c><00:20:39.039><c> that</c><00:20:39.519><c> divide</c><00:20:39.779><c> us.</c>

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We<00:20:41.220><c> have</c><00:20:41.420><c> trouble</c><00:20:41.700><c> keeping</c><00:20:41.960><c> our</c><00:20:42.180><c> young</c><00:20:42.339><c> people</c><00:20:42.700><c> in</c><00:20:43.240><c> the</c><00:20:43.460><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:20:45.140><c> have</c><00:20:45.700><c> difficulty</c><00:20:46.420><c> making</c><00:20:46.980><c> new</c><00:20:47.339><c> converts.</c>

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But<00:20:54.160><c> in</c><00:20:54.299><c> the</c><00:20:54.519><c> English</c><00:20:54.779><c>-speaking</c><00:20:55.119><c> world,</c><00:20:56.440><c> overall,</c><00:20:56.880><c> we</c><00:20:57.000><c> are</c>

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But<00:21:01.880><c> those</c><00:21:02.240><c> questions</c><00:21:02.539><c> are</c><00:21:02.680><c> too</c><00:21:02.880><c> big</c><00:21:03.000><c> for</c><00:21:03.200><c> today.</c>

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This<00:21:03.640><c> is</c><00:21:03.960><c> Sunday</c><00:21:04.220><c> morning,</c><00:21:05.319><c> and</c><00:21:05.720><c> we've</c><00:21:06.000><c> gathered</c><00:21:06.279><c> to</c><00:21:06.539><c> share</c>

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the<00:21:06.920><c> emblems.</c>

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And<00:21:07.720><c> the</c><00:21:07.799><c> point</c><00:21:07.960><c> of</c><00:21:08.099><c> an</c><00:21:08.240><c> exhortation</c><00:21:08.740><c> is</c><00:21:08.940><c> not</c><00:21:09.160><c> to</c><00:21:09.420><c> solve</c><00:21:09.660><c> the</c><00:21:09.900><c> problems</c>

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It's<00:21:13.460><c> to</c><00:21:13.640><c> take</c><00:21:13.859><c> these</c><00:21:14.119><c> emblems</c><00:21:14.819><c> as</c><00:21:15.400><c> one</c><00:21:15.940><c> and</c><00:21:16.900><c> to</c><00:21:17.220><c> examine</c>

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ourselves<00:21:18.680><c> individually.</c>

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So<00:21:21.079><c> when</c><00:21:21.240><c> I</c><00:21:21.420><c> shut</c><00:21:21.559><c> up</c><00:21:21.720><c> and</c><00:21:21.819><c> sit</c><00:21:21.980><c> down,</c><00:21:22.380><c> which</c><00:21:22.539><c> I</c><00:21:22.799><c> promise</c><00:21:22.960><c> is</c>

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I'm<00:21:25.660><c> going</c><00:21:25.759><c> to</c><00:21:26.000><c> ask</c><00:21:26.160><c> myself,</c><00:21:27.460><c> what</c><00:21:27.700><c> am</c><00:21:27.980><c> I</c><00:21:28.259><c> doing</c><00:21:28.700><c> today?</c>

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And<00:21:30.380><c> what</c><00:21:30.680><c> could</c><00:21:30.900><c> I</c><00:21:31.099><c> be</c><00:21:31.299><c> doing</c><00:21:31.720><c> to</c><00:21:33.680><c> do</c><00:21:33.859><c> two</c><00:21:34.099><c> things?</c>

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How<00:21:39.460><c> do</c><00:21:39.660><c> I</c><00:21:39.720><c> keep</c><00:21:40.000><c> alive</c><00:21:40.759><c> this</c><00:21:42.140><c> true</c><00:21:43.339><c> belief</c><00:21:44.299><c> that</c><00:21:45.240><c> Christ</c><00:21:45.559><c> could</c><00:21:45.759><c> come</c><00:21:46.039><c> tomorrow?</c>

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How<00:21:48.559><c> do</c><00:21:48.740><c> I</c><00:21:48.859><c> not</c><00:21:49.039><c> get</c><00:21:49.279><c> tired</c><00:21:49.519><c> out?</c>

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How<00:21:50.900><c> do</c><00:21:51.140><c> I</c><00:21:51.819><c> truly</c><00:21:52.720><c> believe</c><00:21:53.380><c> and</c><00:21:53.720><c> act</c><00:21:54.099><c> like</c><00:21:54.940><c> he</c><00:21:55.099><c> might</c><00:21:55.339><c> be</c><00:21:55.599><c> here</c><00:21:55.799><c> tomorrow?</c>

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But<00:21:57.700><c> on</c><00:21:57.859><c> the</c><00:21:57.980><c> other</c><00:21:58.180><c> hand,</c><00:21:58.700><c> at</c><00:21:58.799><c> the</c><00:21:58.960><c> same</c><00:21:59.240><c> time,</c>

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how<00:22:00.480><c> do</c><00:22:00.619><c> I</c><00:22:00.779><c> build</c><00:22:00.940><c> up</c><00:22:01.160><c> my</c><00:22:01.359><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:01.819><c> to</c><00:22:02.420><c> last</c><00:22:02.740><c> another</c><00:22:03.000><c> 100</c><00:22:03.279><c> years</c><00:22:03.599><c> if</c>

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it<00:22:03.880><c> has</c><00:22:04.119><c> to?</c>

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And<00:22:12.079><c> that</c><00:22:12.279><c> someday</c><00:22:12.559><c> his</c><00:22:12.900><c> children</c><00:22:13.440><c> become</c><00:22:14.460><c> a</c><00:22:14.700><c> part</c><00:22:14.799><c> of</c><00:22:14.960><c> the</c><00:22:15.079><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:22:16.559><c> if</c><00:22:16.720><c> the</c><00:22:16.839><c> Lord</c><00:22:16.940><c> remains</c><00:22:17.259><c> away,</c><00:22:18.000><c> his</c><00:22:18.140><c> grandchildren</c><00:22:18.660><c> become</c><00:22:19.579><c> a</c><00:22:19.759><c> part</c><00:22:19.859><c> of</c>

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