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repository<00:13:22.879><c> for</c><00:13:23.139><c> the</c><00:13:23.340><c> riches</c><00:13:23.840><c> of</c><00:13:24.940><c> Asia.</c><00:13:26.080><c> There</c><00:13:26.399><c> was</c><00:13:26.600><c> a</c><00:13:26.799><c> banking</c><00:13:27.139><c> system</c>

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the<00:13:29.759><c> temple</c><00:13:30.059><c> of</c><00:13:30.279><c> Diana</c><00:13:30.600><c> at</c><00:13:30.860><c> Ephesus.</c><00:13:32.360><c> Do</c><00:13:32.399><c> you</c><00:13:32.480><c> want</c><00:13:32.639><c> riches,</c>

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says<00:13:33.600><c> Paul?</c><00:13:34.139><c> You</c><00:13:34.240><c> can</c><00:13:34.559><c> have</c><00:13:34.720><c> riches,</c><00:13:35.139><c> all</c><00:13:35.220><c> right.</c>

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You<00:13:36.360><c> can</c><00:13:36.519><c> have</c><00:13:36.759><c> riches</c><00:13:37.039><c> of</c><00:13:37.259><c> which</c><00:13:37.519><c> Ephesus</c><00:13:37.940><c> knows</c><00:13:38.259><c> nothing</c><00:13:38.580><c> about.</c><00:13:40.259><c> So</c>

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Paul<00:13:40.779><c> begins</c><00:13:41.220><c> this</c><00:13:41.700><c> theme</c><00:13:42.019><c> of</c><00:13:42.240><c> the</c><00:13:42.700><c> great</c>

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grandeur,<00:13:44.580><c> the</c><00:13:44.740><c> highness</c><00:13:45.379><c> of</c><00:13:45.720><c> the</c><00:13:45.980><c> calling</c><00:13:46.320><c> in</c><00:13:46.639><c> Christ.</c><00:13:46.980><c> Do</c>

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we<00:13:47.360><c> appreciate</c><00:13:47.860><c> that</c><00:13:48.100><c> always,</c><00:13:48.539><c> brothers</c><00:13:48.679><c> and</c><00:13:48.860><c> sisters,</c>

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or<00:13:49.259><c> we</c><00:13:49.259><c> just</c><00:13:49.600><c> think</c><00:13:49.759><c> of</c><00:13:49.840><c> ourselves</c><00:13:50.299><c> as</c><00:13:50.679><c> a</c><00:13:50.860><c> Christadelphian</c><00:13:51.860><c> or</c>

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a<00:13:52.299><c> Christadelphian</c><00:13:52.860><c> ecclesiast?</c><00:13:53.200><c> Do</c><00:13:53.340><c> we</c><00:13:53.519><c> appreciate</c>

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the<00:13:54.500><c> scope,</c><00:13:55.120><c> the</c><00:13:55.299><c> breadth,</c><00:13:55.899><c> as</c><00:13:56.000><c> he</c><00:13:56.159><c> says</c><00:13:56.379><c> later,</c><00:13:57.039><c> the</c><00:13:57.299><c> type,</c>

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the<00:13:57.840><c> depth,</c><00:13:58.519><c> the</c><00:13:58.639><c> breadth</c><00:13:59.120><c> of</c><00:13:59.820><c> our</c><00:14:00.379><c> calling,</c>

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the<00:14:00.940><c> dimensions</c><00:14:01.419><c> of</c><00:14:01.639><c> it?</c><00:14:04.240><c> What</c><00:14:04.419><c> a</c><00:14:04.600><c> wonderful</c><00:14:04.860><c> thing,</c><00:14:05.440><c> brothers</c><00:14:05.600><c> and</c><00:14:05.779><c> sisters.</c><00:14:06.960><c> Brother</c><00:14:07.259><c> once</c><00:14:07.500><c> said</c><00:14:07.720><c> to</c><00:14:07.899><c> me,</c>

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I'm<00:14:08.840><c> not</c><00:14:09.080><c> sure</c><00:14:09.299><c> about</c><00:14:09.500><c> this</c><00:14:09.799><c> term</c><00:14:10.120><c> worldwide</c><00:14:10.740><c> ecclesia.</c><00:14:11.399><c> I</c>

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said,<00:14:12.019><c> brother,</c><00:14:12.559><c> you've</c><00:14:12.779><c> missed</c><00:14:12.940><c> the</c><00:14:13.139><c> point.</c>

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Christadelphian<00:14:15.379><c> at</c><00:14:15.399><c> last</c><00:14:16.039><c> is</c><00:14:16.279><c> waking</c><00:14:16.559><c> up</c><00:14:16.840><c> to</c><00:14:17.019><c> the</c><00:14:17.159><c> fact</c><00:14:17.460><c> because</c><00:14:18.299><c> of</c>

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one<00:14:18.940><c> of</c><00:14:18.940><c> the</c><00:14:19.259><c> one</c><00:14:19.580><c> virtues</c><00:14:19.919><c> of</c><00:14:20.179><c> communication,</c>

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air<00:14:21.120><c> travel</c><00:14:21.360><c> and</c><00:14:21.500><c> all</c><00:14:21.639><c> the</c><00:14:21.799><c> rest.</c><00:14:22.120><c> We're</c><00:14:22.259><c> a</c><00:14:22.480><c> worldwide</c><00:14:23.600><c> ecclesia.</c><00:14:24.120><c> We're</c>

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connected<00:14:24.840><c> with</c><00:14:25.100><c> each</c><00:14:25.379><c> other.</c>

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We're<00:14:26.080><c> extending</c><00:14:26.399><c> the</c><00:14:26.639><c> gospel</c><00:14:27.100><c> out</c><00:14:27.679><c> into</c><00:14:27.960><c> the</c><00:14:28.159><c> third</c><00:14:28.460><c> world.</c>

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And<00:14:33.940><c> young</c><00:14:34.179><c> Tim</c><00:14:34.360><c> Bailey</c><00:14:34.580><c> down</c><00:14:34.879><c> here</c><00:14:35.039><c> and</c><00:14:35.279><c> I</c>

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been<00:14:36.360><c> to</c><00:14:36.519><c> the</c><00:14:36.779><c> Solomon</c><00:14:37.000><c> Islands</c><00:14:37.340><c> together,</c><00:14:38.220><c> Philippines,</c><00:14:39.019><c> Malaysia,</c><00:14:41.080><c> all</c><00:14:41.299><c> over</c><00:14:41.559><c> the</c><00:14:41.799><c> place</c><00:14:42.000><c> in</c>

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our<00:14:42.600><c> part</c><00:14:42.799><c> of</c><00:14:42.960><c> the</c>

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world.<00:14:43.360><c> And</c><00:14:43.440><c> others</c><00:14:43.679><c> are</c><00:14:43.919><c> working</c><00:14:44.179><c> in</c><00:14:44.340><c> Eastern</c><00:14:44.659><c> Europe</c><00:14:45.000><c> and</c>

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new<00:14:45.360><c> people</c><00:14:45.659><c> working</c><00:14:46.000><c> in</c><00:14:46.259><c> Central</c><00:14:46.519><c> America</c><00:14:47.039><c> and</c>

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people<00:14:47.879><c> responding</c><00:14:48.379><c> to</c><00:14:48.600><c> the</c><00:14:48.840><c> truth.</c><00:14:49.440><c> And</c><00:14:49.580><c> what's</c><00:14:49.799><c> happening</c>

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in<00:14:50.159><c> the</c><00:14:50.320><c> Pacific</c><00:14:50.639><c> Islands</c><00:14:50.940><c> is</c><00:14:51.120><c> amazing.</c>

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The<00:14:51.779><c> New</c><00:14:51.960><c> Zealanders</c><00:14:53.740><c> and</c><00:14:53.899><c> us</c><00:14:54.379><c> are</c><00:14:54.799><c> going</c><00:14:55.620><c> into</c><00:14:56.240><c> places</c><00:14:56.559><c> you've</c><00:14:56.980><c> never</c>

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heard<00:14:57.480><c> of,</c><00:14:57.799><c> Kiribati,</c><00:14:58.519><c> the</c><00:14:58.639><c> Marshall</c>

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Islands,<00:14:59.840><c> Cook</c><00:15:00.019><c> Islands</c><00:15:00.500><c> and</c><00:15:00.720><c> all</c><00:15:00.940><c> these</c><00:15:01.159><c> sort</c><00:15:01.299><c> of</c><00:15:01.480><c> places.</c><00:15:01.919><c> As</c><00:15:02.159><c> the</c><00:15:02.360><c> gospel</c><00:15:02.720><c> extends,</c><00:15:04.620><c> we're</c><00:15:04.759><c> a</c><00:15:04.820><c> worldwide</c>

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ecclesia.<00:15:06.440><c> It's</c><00:15:06.659><c> got</c><00:15:06.799><c> a</c><00:15:06.980><c> dimension</c><00:15:07.279><c> we</c><00:15:07.580><c> scarcely</c><00:15:07.919><c> would</c><00:15:08.100><c> have</c>

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comprehended<00:15:08.820><c> a</c><00:15:09.080><c> few</c><00:15:09.220><c> years</c><00:15:09.519><c> ago.</c><00:15:10.860><c> God</c><00:15:11.080><c> is</c>

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allowing<00:15:11.679><c> us</c><00:15:11.980><c> to</c><00:15:12.100><c> use</c><00:15:12.399><c> some</c><00:15:12.620><c> of</c><00:15:12.700><c> the</c><00:15:13.039><c> tools</c><00:15:13.379><c> which</c><00:15:13.940><c> now</c><00:15:14.320><c> are</c><00:15:14.580><c> available,</c><00:15:15.039><c> quick</c><00:15:15.320><c> transport,</c><00:15:16.039><c> etc.</c><00:15:16.440><c> to</c>

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get<00:15:16.759><c> into</c>

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these<00:15:17.460><c> places.</c><00:15:18.779><c> It's</c><00:15:18.840><c> a</c><00:15:18.879><c> wonderful</c><00:15:19.320><c> high</c><00:15:19.720><c> calling.</c><00:15:20.279><c> So</c><00:15:20.299><c> we</c><00:15:20.460><c> go</c>

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to<00:15:20.820><c> chapter</c><00:15:21.259><c> one</c><00:15:22.039><c> of</c><00:15:22.299><c> Ephesians.</c><00:15:23.240><c> Blessed</c><00:15:23.480><c> be</c><00:15:23.779><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:15:24.179><c> God,</c><00:15:25.000><c> the</c><00:15:25.159><c> God</c><00:15:25.320><c> of</c><00:15:25.419><c> our</c><00:15:25.639><c> Father,</c><00:15:26.220><c> of</c><00:15:26.399><c> our</c><00:15:26.539><c> Lord</c><00:15:26.799><c> Jesus</c><00:15:27.240><c> Christ,</c><00:15:27.740><c> verse</c><00:15:28.039><c> three,</c><00:15:28.519><c> who</c><00:15:28.679><c> hath</c><00:15:28.919><c> blessed</c><00:15:29.220><c> us</c>

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places.<00:15:37.320><c> And</c><00:15:37.500><c> Paul</c><00:15:37.700><c> is</c><00:15:37.960><c> going</c><00:15:38.159><c> to</c><00:15:38.519><c> use</c>

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these<00:15:40.139><c> language,</c><00:15:40.940><c> this</c><00:15:41.419><c> language,</c><00:15:42.100><c> which</c><00:15:42.279><c> is</c><00:15:43.139><c> a</c><00:15:43.279><c> part</c><00:15:43.559><c> of</c><00:15:43.779><c> the</c>

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very<00:15:46.080><c> often</c><00:15:46.360><c> outside</c><00:15:46.980><c> of</c><00:15:47.299><c> the</c><00:15:48.200><c> Ephesian</c><00:15:48.580><c> epistle</c><00:15:48.940><c> because</c><00:15:49.200><c> it's</c><00:15:49.539><c> related</c><00:15:49.899><c> to</c>

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Ephesus.<00:15:50.700><c> It's</c><00:15:50.879><c> related</c><00:15:51.259><c> to</c><00:15:51.620><c> the</c>

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system<00:15:52.460><c> of</c><00:15:52.779><c> worship</c><00:15:53.159><c> in</c><00:15:53.500><c> Ephesus.</c><00:15:54.720><c> The</c><00:15:54.860><c> high</c><00:15:55.139><c> calling</c><00:15:55.480><c> in</c><00:15:55.840><c> Christ</c><00:15:56.179><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:57.000><c> spiritual</c><00:15:57.480><c> blessings</c><00:15:58.059><c> in</c><00:15:58.440><c> heavenly</c>

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places.<00:16:00.700><c> In</c><00:16:00.700><c> chapter</c><00:16:02.120><c> two,</c><00:16:05.500><c> verse</c><00:16:06.059><c> two,</c><00:16:10.720><c> verse</c><00:16:10.720><c> six,</c><00:16:14.740><c> having</c>

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raised<00:16:15.539><c> us</c><00:16:15.799><c> up</c><00:16:16.100><c> together</c><00:16:16.879><c> and</c><00:16:17.320><c> made</c><00:16:17.539><c> us</c><00:16:17.860><c> sit</c>

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together.<00:16:18.899><c> What</c><00:16:19.080><c> a</c><00:16:19.279><c> wonderful</c><00:16:19.500><c> word</c><00:16:19.720><c> that</c><00:16:19.919><c> is.</c><00:16:20.519><c> Imagine,</c><00:16:20.580><c> together</c><00:16:21.320><c> with</c><00:16:21.639><c> Christ.</c><00:16:22.480><c> He's</c><00:16:22.919><c> sitting</c><00:16:23.080><c> in</c><00:16:23.460><c> literal</c>

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heaven.<00:16:25.720><c> That's</c><00:16:26.080><c> what</c><00:16:27.559><c> the</c><00:16:27.740><c> book</c><00:16:27.960><c> of</c><00:16:28.100><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:28.320><c> says</c><00:16:28.639><c> in</c><00:16:29.220><c> chapter</c><00:16:29.519><c> nine,</c>

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doesn't<00:16:30.399><c> it?</c><00:16:33.039><c> That</c><00:16:33.259><c> through</c><00:16:33.500><c> his</c><00:16:33.679><c> own</c>

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work,<00:16:34.299><c> his</c><00:16:34.480><c> own</c><00:16:34.759><c> blood,</c><00:16:35.080><c> he's</c><00:16:35.320><c> gone</c><00:16:35.779><c> into</c><00:16:36.320><c> heaven</c><00:16:36.580><c> itself,</c><00:16:37.379><c> there</c><00:16:37.559><c> to</c>

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appear<00:16:38.299><c> in</c><00:16:38.679><c> the</c><00:16:38.899><c> presence</c><00:16:39.179><c> of</c><00:16:39.440><c> God</c><00:16:39.720><c> for</c><00:16:39.960><c> us,</c>

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his<00:16:40.480><c> sacrificial</c><00:16:41.000><c> mission</c><00:16:41.379><c> having</c><00:16:41.659><c> been</c><00:16:42.059><c> completed,</c><00:16:42.740><c> his</c><00:16:42.980><c> perfect</c><00:16:43.399><c> life</c><00:16:43.759><c> having</c><00:16:44.000><c> been</c><00:16:44.279><c> presented</c><00:16:44.600><c> to</c><00:16:44.799><c> God</c>

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as<00:16:45.700><c> a</c><00:16:45.899><c> burnt</c><00:16:46.100><c> offering</c><00:16:46.419><c> of</c><00:16:46.600><c> a</c><00:16:46.799><c> sweet</c><00:16:47.039><c> savor,</c><00:16:48.220><c> a</c><00:16:48.379><c> life</c><00:16:48.559><c> which</c><00:16:48.899><c> in</c>

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fact<00:16:49.340><c> will</c><00:16:49.580><c> save</c><00:16:49.840><c> us</c><00:16:50.580><c> if</c><00:16:51.399><c> we</c><00:16:51.600><c> conform</c><00:16:52.019><c> to</c><00:16:52.240><c> it.</c>

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God<00:16:56.919><c> for</c><00:16:57.139><c> us.</c><00:16:57.600><c> But</c><00:16:57.759><c> now</c><00:16:58.100><c> Paul</c><00:16:58.240><c> says,</c>

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we're<00:16:58.980><c> there</c><00:16:59.480><c> together</c><00:17:00.360><c> with</c><00:17:01.059><c> him.</c><00:17:02.980><c> These</c><00:17:03.279><c> heavenlies</c><00:17:03.659><c> of</c><00:17:03.840><c> which</c><00:17:04.019><c> he</c>

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speaks<00:17:04.859><c> is</c><00:17:05.480><c> a</c><00:17:05.819><c> status,</c><00:17:06.200><c> a</c><00:17:06.279><c> position</c><00:17:06.839><c> we</c>

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enjoy<00:17:07.579><c> in</c><00:17:07.839><c> Christ.</c><00:17:08.180><c> He's</c><00:17:08.539><c> physically</c><00:17:08.900><c> there,</c><00:17:09.160><c> we're</c><00:17:09.420><c> not.</c><00:17:09.880><c> But</c><00:17:10.140><c> in</c>

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effect,<00:17:10.839><c> we're</c><00:17:11.140><c> together</c><00:17:11.759><c> with</c><00:17:12.079><c> him.</c>

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There's<00:17:12.660><c> a</c><00:17:12.900><c> status</c><00:17:13.220><c> being</c><00:17:13.500><c> achieved</c><00:17:14.059><c> through</c><00:17:14.359><c> Christ,</c><00:17:15.019><c> which</c>

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brings<00:17:15.539><c> us</c><00:17:15.819><c> into</c><00:17:16.039><c> relationship</c><00:17:16.680><c> with</c><00:17:16.900><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:17.599><c> so</c><00:17:17.799><c> we</c><00:17:18.039><c> sit</c><00:17:18.660><c> together.</c><00:17:20.180><c> There's</c><00:17:20.420><c> a</c><00:17:20.599><c> contrast</c><00:17:20.980><c> in</c><00:17:21.220><c> the</c><00:17:21.319><c> epistle</c><00:17:21.579><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:21.900><c> Ephesians,</c><00:17:22.420><c> isn't</c><00:17:22.500><c> there?</c>

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Because<00:17:23.240><c> there's</c><00:17:23.480><c> two</c><00:17:23.799><c> competitive</c><00:17:24.759><c> systems</c><00:17:25.339><c> working</c><00:17:25.900><c> one</c>

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against<00:17:26.839><c> the</c><00:17:27.079><c> other.</c><00:17:29.339><c> And</c><00:17:29.339><c> Paul</c><00:17:29.900><c> in</c><00:17:30.119><c> chapter</c><00:17:30.460><c> six</c>

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says<00:17:31.720><c> in</c><00:17:31.920><c> verse</c><00:17:32.440><c> 12,</c><00:17:34.160><c> for</c><00:17:34.259><c> we</c><00:17:34.640><c> wrestle</c><00:17:35.019><c> not</c><00:17:35.279><c> against</c><00:17:35.619><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:17:36.099><c> blood,</c><00:17:36.579><c> but</c><00:17:36.740><c> against</c><00:17:37.380><c> spirit</c><00:17:37.920><c> principalities,</c>

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against<00:17:39.240><c> powers,</c><00:17:39.920><c> against</c><00:17:40.119><c> the</c><00:17:40.400><c> rulers</c><00:17:40.660><c> of</c><00:17:40.859><c> the</c><00:17:41.039><c> darkness</c><00:17:41.380><c> of</c>

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this<00:17:42.039><c> world,</c><00:17:42.960><c> against</c><00:17:43.380><c> spiritual</c><00:17:44.119><c> wickedness,</c>

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the<00:17:46.079><c> wicked</c><00:17:46.140><c> spirit</c><00:17:47.220><c> of</c><00:17:47.440><c> wickedness</c><00:17:49.180><c> in</c><00:17:50.000><c> heavenly.</c><00:17:50.339><c> See,</c><00:17:50.599><c> it</c>

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says<00:17:50.859><c> high</c><00:17:51.259><c> places</c><00:17:51.740><c> there,</c><00:17:52.079><c> but</c><00:17:52.200><c> you</c><00:17:52.359><c> look</c><00:17:52.460><c> at</c><00:17:52.579><c> your</c>

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margin.<00:17:53.279><c> It's</c><00:17:53.480><c> the</c><00:17:53.640><c> same</c><00:17:53.839><c> word</c><00:17:54.099><c> as</c><00:17:54.259><c> he's</c><00:17:54.359><c> been</c><00:17:54.640><c> using.</c><00:17:55.160><c> So</c><00:17:55.319><c> the</c>

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world<00:17:55.680><c> has</c><00:17:55.900><c> its</c><00:17:56.180><c> heavenlies.</c><00:17:56.920><c> It's</c><00:17:57.019><c> full</c><00:17:57.259><c> of</c>

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authorities<00:17:58.299><c> of</c><00:17:58.640><c> powers</c><00:17:59.039><c> and</c><00:17:59.599><c> wicked</c><00:17:59.940><c> people.</c><00:18:01.259><c> And</c><00:18:01.480><c> we</c><00:18:01.680><c> contend</c><00:18:02.140><c> against</c><00:18:02.460><c> them</c>

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on<00:18:04.680><c> the</c><00:18:05.039><c> spiritual</c><00:18:05.599><c> plane.</c>

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Because<00:18:08.559><c> as</c><00:18:09.039><c> we</c><00:18:09.220><c> learned</c><00:18:09.319><c> in</c><00:18:09.539><c> our</c><00:18:09.660><c> last</c><00:18:10.319><c> session,</c><00:18:10.640><c> it's</c><00:18:10.900><c> a</c><00:18:11.160><c> competitive</c><00:18:11.579><c> thing.</c><00:18:11.859><c> The</c>

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world<00:18:12.180><c> is</c><00:18:12.420><c> trying</c><00:18:12.579><c> to</c><00:18:12.779><c> get</c><00:18:12.940><c> us</c>

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and<00:18:13.799><c> we're</c><00:18:14.579><c> trying</c><00:18:14.839><c> to</c><00:18:15.039><c> keep</c><00:18:15.220><c> ourselves</c><00:18:15.660><c> away</c><00:18:15.940><c> from</c><00:18:16.119><c> it.</c><00:18:16.839><c> And</c>

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Paul<00:18:17.140><c> says,</c><00:18:17.480><c> this</c><00:18:17.579><c> is</c><00:18:17.819><c> a</c><00:18:17.940><c> wrestle.</c><00:18:18.319><c> This</c><00:18:18.480><c> is</c><00:18:19.099><c> a</c><00:18:19.240><c> fight</c>

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to<00:18:19.740><c> the</c><00:18:19.920><c> finish.</c><00:18:21.640><c> And</c><00:18:21.940><c> they've</c><00:18:22.200><c> got</c><00:18:22.339><c> their</c><00:18:22.660><c> heavenly</c><00:18:23.119><c> positions</c><00:18:23.599><c> and</c><00:18:23.740><c> we've</c><00:18:24.000><c> got</c>

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our<00:18:24.440><c> heavenly</c><00:18:24.799><c> positions</c>

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in<00:18:25.700><c> Christ.</c><00:18:26.240><c> And</c><00:18:26.359><c> it's</c><00:18:26.579><c> a</c><00:18:26.799><c> competitive</c><00:18:28.359><c> thing.</c><00:18:31.160><c> So</c><00:18:31.380><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:31.900><c> sisters,</c><00:18:33.240><c> if</c><00:18:33.460><c> the</c><00:18:33.660><c> Ephesians</c>

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looked<00:18:36.039><c> at</c><00:18:36.319><c> the</c><00:18:36.480><c> system,</c><00:18:37.599><c> which</c><00:18:37.599><c> dominated</c><00:18:38.240><c> Ephesus</c><00:18:38.920><c> with</c>

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its<00:18:41.339><c> apparent</c><00:18:42.019><c> position,</c><00:18:43.059><c> its</c><00:18:43.460><c> apparent</c><00:18:43.759><c> appearance</c>

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of<00:18:45.720><c> power</c><00:18:46.140><c> and</c><00:18:46.599><c> glory</c><00:18:47.079><c> and</c><00:18:47.319><c> omnipotence,</c><00:18:48.339><c> then</c><00:18:48.720><c> Christ</c><00:18:49.400><c> can</c>

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give<00:18:49.700><c> us</c><00:18:49.960><c> better,</c><00:18:50.339><c> says</c><00:18:50.440><c> Paul.</c><00:18:50.920><c> Christ</c><00:18:51.319><c> can</c><00:18:51.539><c> give</c><00:18:51.640><c> us</c>

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better.<00:18:52.180><c> We</c><00:18:52.319><c> can</c><00:18:52.539><c> sit</c><00:18:52.720><c> together</c><00:18:53.240><c> with</c><00:18:53.579><c> him.</c><00:18:53.819><c> In</c><00:18:54.000><c> what</c><00:18:54.220><c> way</c><00:18:54.420><c> are</c>

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we<00:18:54.720><c> together</c><00:18:55.019><c> with</c><00:18:55.319><c> Christ?</c><00:18:56.119><c> Well,</c><00:18:56.339><c> if</c><00:18:56.480><c> we</c><00:18:56.640><c> go</c><00:18:56.759><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:57.140><c> twin</c><00:18:57.339><c> epistle,</c><00:18:59.259><c> and</c><00:18:59.500><c> I</c><00:18:59.799><c> think</c><00:19:00.039><c> most</c><00:19:00.339><c> of</c><00:19:00.519><c> you</c><00:19:00.619><c> know</c><00:19:00.900><c> that</c>

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Ephesians<00:19:02.519><c> and</c><00:19:02.759><c> Colossians</c><00:19:03.119><c> are</c><00:19:03.380><c> sort</c><00:19:03.500><c> of</c><00:19:03.660><c> twin</c>

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epistles.<00:19:05.160><c> They</c><00:19:05.660><c> are</c><00:19:05.940><c> written</c><00:19:06.460><c> really</c><00:19:08.339><c> to</c><00:19:09.500><c> two</c><00:19:09.779><c> ecclesiastes</c>

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who<00:19:10.539><c> had</c><00:19:11.519><c> similar</c><00:19:12.240><c> problems,</c><00:19:13.380><c> but</c>

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different<00:19:13.859><c> problems.</c><00:19:14.920><c> Colossians</c><00:19:15.319><c> was</c><00:19:16.420><c> legalistic.</c><00:19:18.900><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:19.700><c> liberal.</c><00:19:22.299><c> But</c><00:19:22.480><c> the</c><00:19:22.740><c> second</c><00:19:22.960><c> half</c><00:19:23.279><c> of</c><00:19:23.460><c> each</c>

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epistle<00:19:24.000><c> addresses</c><00:19:24.539><c> the</c><00:19:25.019><c> issue,</c><00:19:25.259><c> which</c><00:19:25.460><c> is</c><00:19:25.700><c> the</c><00:19:25.920><c> common</c><00:19:26.119><c> issue,</c><00:19:26.480><c> that</c>

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is<00:19:28.019><c> flesh.</c><00:19:29.400><c> It</c><00:19:29.500><c> doesn't</c><00:19:29.779><c> matter</c><00:19:29.920><c> if</c><00:19:30.200><c> flesh</c>

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is<00:19:31.299><c> Jewish</c><00:19:31.740><c> or</c><00:19:32.440><c> Gentile.</c><00:19:34.259><c> The</c><00:19:34.440><c> problem</c><00:19:34.660><c> is</c><00:19:34.880><c> sin</c><00:19:35.359><c> and</c><00:19:36.440><c> our</c><00:19:36.680><c> nature.</c><00:19:37.259><c> And</c>

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that's<00:19:37.619><c> common</c><00:19:37.819><c> to</c><00:19:37.940><c> all</c><00:19:38.079><c> mankind.</c>

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But<00:19:39.279><c> it's</c><00:19:39.579><c> often</c><00:19:39.759><c> useful</c><00:19:40.180><c> to</c><00:19:40.539><c> compare</c><00:19:40.859><c> the</c><00:19:41.099><c> two</c><00:19:41.259><c> epistles.</c><00:19:42.039><c> So</c>

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if<00:19:42.339><c> you're</c><00:19:42.579><c> a</c><00:19:42.599><c> bit</c><00:19:42.819><c> puzzled</c><00:19:43.279><c> what</c><00:19:43.799><c> a</c><00:19:44.099><c> verse</c><00:19:44.279><c> in</c>

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Ephesians<00:19:45.180><c> means,</c><00:19:46.799><c> then</c><00:19:47.259><c> hop</c><00:19:47.519><c> over</c><00:19:47.759><c> to</c><00:19:48.000><c> Colossians</c><00:19:48.359><c> where</c><00:19:48.579><c> Paul</c><00:19:48.900><c> says</c><00:19:49.119><c> almost</c><00:19:49.440><c> the</c><00:19:49.660><c> same</c><00:19:49.900><c> thing</c><00:19:50.279><c> in</c><00:19:51.240><c> different</c>

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words.<00:19:52.059><c> Now</c><00:19:52.240><c> he's</c><00:19:52.519><c> told</c><00:19:52.619><c> us</c><00:19:52.779><c> we're</c><00:19:52.980><c> going</c><00:19:53.099><c> to</c><00:19:53.240><c> be</c><00:19:53.400><c> in</c><00:19:53.599><c> heavenlies</c><00:19:54.019><c> in</c><00:19:54.279><c> Christ</c><00:19:54.660><c> Jesus.</c><00:19:56.000><c> All</c>

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right.<00:19:56.660><c> Colossians</c>

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chapter<00:19:57.400><c> three</c><00:19:58.539><c> tells</c><00:19:59.359><c> us</c><00:19:59.579><c> how</c><00:19:59.819><c> that</c><00:20:00.059><c> is</c><00:20:00.359><c> done.</c><00:20:01.279><c> Verse</c><00:20:01.339><c> one,</c>

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if<00:20:02.319><c> then</c><00:20:03.119><c> you</c><00:20:03.680><c> be</c><00:20:03.920><c> risen</c><00:20:04.160><c> with</c><00:20:04.599><c> Christ,</c><00:20:06.279><c> Ephesians</c><00:20:06.440><c> said</c>

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together<00:20:07.140><c> with</c><00:20:07.319><c> him,</c><00:20:08.559><c> risen</c><00:20:08.740><c> with</c><00:20:09.019><c> him,</c><00:20:10.859><c> seek</c><00:20:11.000><c> those</c><00:20:11.339><c> things</c>

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which<00:20:11.759><c> are</c><00:20:12.000><c> above,</c><00:20:12.839><c> where</c><00:20:13.079><c> Christ</c><00:20:13.420><c> sits</c><00:20:13.680><c> on</c><00:20:13.880><c> the</c>

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right<00:20:14.220><c> hand</c><00:20:14.339><c> of</c><00:20:14.559><c> God.</c><00:20:14.740><c> Oh,</c><00:20:14.920><c> there's</c><00:20:15.220><c> your</c><00:20:15.440><c> literal</c><00:20:15.720><c> heavens</c>

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where<00:20:16.220><c> he's</c><00:20:16.519><c> sitting.</c><00:20:17.619><c> But</c><00:20:17.920><c> get</c><00:20:18.240><c> your</c><00:20:18.559><c> mind</c><00:20:18.880><c> there.</c><00:20:19.220><c> Set</c>

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your<00:20:19.759><c> affections.</c><00:20:20.259><c> See</c><00:20:20.500><c> the</c><00:20:21.019><c> little</c><00:20:21.259><c> marginal</c><00:20:21.720><c> note</c><00:20:21.960><c> there,</c>

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mind,<00:20:22.819><c> phronio,</c><00:20:24.339><c> things</c><00:20:24.660><c> which</c><00:20:25.059><c> the</c><00:20:25.359><c> mind</c><00:20:25.660><c> thinks.</c>

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Well,<00:20:27.759><c> get</c><00:20:27.859><c> that</c><00:20:28.160><c> above,</c><00:20:28.880><c> not</c><00:20:28.940><c> on</c><00:20:29.200><c> things</c><00:20:29.380><c> on</c><00:20:29.559><c> the</c><00:20:29.720><c> earth,</c><00:20:29.880><c> for</c>

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you're<00:20:30.279><c> dead.</c><00:20:31.460><c> You're</c><00:20:31.839><c> dead</c><00:20:32.079><c> in</c><00:20:32.279><c> Christ.</c><00:20:32.859><c> He's</c><00:20:33.180><c> died</c>

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for<00:20:33.559><c> you</c><00:20:33.759><c> and</c><00:20:33.839><c> you're</c><00:20:34.119><c> dead</c><00:20:34.279><c> in</c><00:20:34.500><c> him</c><00:20:34.640><c> because</c><00:20:34.839><c> he</c><00:20:35.079><c> represented</c>

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you.<00:20:36.299><c> That</c><00:20:36.579><c> death</c><00:20:36.779><c> was</c><00:20:37.019><c> not</c><00:20:37.240><c> a</c><00:20:37.400><c> death</c>

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which<00:20:38.160><c> he</c><00:20:38.640><c> himself</c><00:20:39.079><c> as</c><00:20:39.279><c> an</c><00:20:39.519><c> individual</c><00:20:39.859><c> deserved.</c><00:20:41.539><c> He</c><00:20:41.880><c> had</c><00:20:42.079><c> to</c>

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die.<00:20:42.440><c> That</c><00:20:42.640><c> death</c><00:20:42.819><c> was</c><00:20:43.039><c> part</c><00:20:43.279><c> of</c><00:20:43.420><c> God's</c><00:20:43.759><c> method</c>

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of<00:20:44.259><c> reconciliation.</c><00:20:44.960><c> He</c><00:20:45.119><c> came</c><00:20:45.339><c> in</c><00:20:45.500><c> the</c><00:20:45.640><c> nature</c><00:20:45.920><c> which</c><00:20:46.420><c> had</c><00:20:46.839><c> captivated</c><00:20:47.319><c> all</c><00:20:47.559><c> men</c><00:20:47.740><c> to</c>

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sin.<00:20:48.819><c> He</c><00:20:49.119><c> conquered</c><00:20:49.400><c> it.</c>

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mean,<00:21:09.680><c> our</c><00:21:09.839><c> life</c><00:21:10.039><c> is</c><00:21:10.240><c> worth</c><00:21:10.380><c> nothing.</c><00:21:10.799><c> Paul</c><00:21:11.000><c> realized</c>

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that.<00:21:11.660><c> I'm</c><00:21:11.859><c> dead,</c><00:21:12.119><c> he</c><00:21:12.200><c> says.</c><00:21:12.319><c> I'm</c><00:21:12.519><c> dead.</c><00:21:12.920><c> I'm</c><00:21:13.259><c> dead.</c><00:21:14.339><c> But</c><00:21:14.500><c> I'm</c>

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crucified.<00:21:15.940><c> I</c><00:21:16.079><c> don't</c><00:21:16.319><c> exist.</c><00:21:17.759><c> Yet</c><00:21:17.920><c> I</c><00:21:18.079><c> live.</c><00:21:18.420><c> How</c><00:21:18.660><c> can</c>

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that<00:21:19.099><c> be?</c><00:21:20.319><c> But</c><00:21:20.480><c> the</c><00:21:20.579><c> life</c><00:21:20.859><c> I</c><00:21:21.099><c> live,</c><00:21:21.400><c> he</c><00:21:21.440><c> says</c><00:21:21.539><c> to</c><00:21:21.759><c> the</c><00:21:21.880><c> Galatians,</c><00:21:22.160><c> I</c><00:21:22.319><c> now</c><00:21:22.720><c> live</c><00:21:23.240><c> through</c><00:21:23.680><c> the</c><00:21:23.940><c> faith</c><00:21:24.200><c> of</c><00:21:24.440><c> the</c>

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Son<00:21:24.740><c> of</c><00:21:24.980><c> God</c><00:21:25.400><c> who</c><00:21:26.480><c> loved</c><00:21:26.799><c> me</c><00:21:27.140><c> and</c><00:21:27.559><c> gave</c><00:21:27.859><c> himself</c><00:21:28.119><c> for</c><00:21:28.579><c> me.</c><00:21:30.440><c> And</c>

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in<00:21:30.720><c> case</c><00:21:30.920><c> we</c><00:21:31.339><c> want</c><00:21:31.500><c> to</c><00:21:31.599><c> get</c><00:21:31.680><c> into</c><00:21:31.940><c> some</c><00:21:32.200><c> sort</c><00:21:32.420><c> of</c>

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theological<00:21:32.900><c> argument</c><00:21:33.440><c> about</c><00:21:33.720><c> that,</c><00:21:34.000><c> Paul</c><00:21:34.160><c> says,</c><00:21:34.380><c> I</c><00:21:34.599><c> don't</c><00:21:34.859><c> frustrate</c><00:21:35.319><c> the</c><00:21:35.519><c> grace</c><00:21:35.700><c> of</c><00:21:35.920><c> God.</c><00:21:36.079><c> I</c>

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just<00:21:36.519><c> accept</c><00:21:36.839><c> it.</c>

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I<00:21:38.319><c> don't</c><00:21:38.500><c> argue</c><00:21:38.839><c> about</c><00:21:39.140><c> it.</c><00:21:40.220><c> I</c><00:21:40.460><c> just</c><00:21:40.700><c> accept</c><00:21:40.960><c> that</c><00:21:41.240><c> fact.</c><00:21:42.480><c> Perhaps</c><00:21:42.880><c> Paul</c>

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had<00:21:43.400><c> more</c><00:21:43.680><c> reason</c><00:21:44.160><c> to</c><00:21:44.720><c> be</c><00:21:44.900><c> conscious</c><00:21:45.140><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:21:45.799><c> than</c><00:21:46.359><c> most</c><00:21:47.079><c> of</c><00:21:47.240><c> us</c><00:21:47.700><c> do.</c><00:21:50.000><c> He</c><00:21:50.339><c> really</c><00:21:51.099><c> knew.</c><00:21:51.680><c> He</c><00:21:52.259><c> knew</c><00:21:52.599><c> in</c>

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his<00:21:53.039><c> heart</c><00:21:53.240><c> what</c><00:21:53.420><c> Christ</c><00:21:53.720><c> did</c><00:21:53.920><c> for</c><00:21:54.079><c> him.</c>

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What<00:21:57.039><c> sort</c><00:21:57.259><c> of</c><00:21:57.339><c> man</c><00:21:57.680><c> was</c><00:21:58.000><c> he?</c><00:22:00.019><c> So</c><00:22:00.220><c> he</c><00:22:00.279><c> never</c><00:22:00.519><c> made</c><00:22:00.759><c> a</c><00:22:00.920><c> mistake</c>

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in<00:22:03.880><c> his</c><00:22:04.119><c> death,</c><00:22:04.900><c> burial</c><00:22:05.039><c> and</c><00:22:05.180><c> resurrection.</c><00:22:05.980><c> Paul</c><00:22:06.279><c> was</c><00:22:06.720><c> absolutely</c><00:22:07.279><c> certain</c><00:22:07.519><c> of</c>

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So,<00:22:10.700><c> brothers</c><00:22:10.900><c> and</c><00:22:11.579><c> sisters,</c><00:22:12.240><c> that's</c><00:22:12.339><c> how</c><00:22:12.519><c> we</c><00:22:12.660><c> sit</c><00:22:12.900><c> together</c>

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with<00:22:13.440><c> Christ.</c><00:22:13.880><c> That's</c><00:22:14.099><c> how</c><00:22:14.240><c> we're</c><00:22:14.480><c> up</c><00:22:14.759><c> there.</c>

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We're<00:22:25.220><c> out</c><00:22:25.420><c> of</c><00:22:25.559><c> the</c><00:22:25.779><c> systems</c><00:22:26.339><c> of</c><00:22:26.940><c> this</c><00:22:27.259><c> world.</c><00:22:27.619><c> We're</c><00:22:27.839><c> out</c><00:22:28.099><c> of</c>

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them.<00:22:28.440><c> We</c><00:22:28.440><c> should</c><00:22:28.700><c> be.</c><00:22:28.880><c> Look</c><00:22:29.039><c> at</c><00:22:29.160><c> chapter</c><00:22:29.460><c> two</c>

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of<00:22:29.980><c> Ephesians.</c><00:22:30.380><c> Just</c><00:22:30.599><c> go</c><00:22:30.799><c> back</c><00:22:31.019><c> to</c><00:22:31.200><c> Ephesians.</c><00:22:33.759><c> You</c><00:22:34.279><c> has</c><00:22:34.640><c> he</c>

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made<00:22:35.039><c> alive</c><00:22:35.400><c> who</c><00:22:35.559><c> were</c><00:22:35.799><c> dead</c><00:22:36.119><c> in</c><00:22:36.380><c> trespassers</c><00:22:38.220><c> and</c>

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sins,<00:22:39.019><c> where</c><00:22:39.079><c> in</c><00:22:39.319><c> time</c><00:22:39.619><c> past</c><00:22:40.019><c> you</c><00:22:40.200><c> walked</c><00:22:40.720><c> according</c><00:22:41.099><c> to</c><00:22:41.299><c> the</c>

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course<00:22:41.720><c> of</c><00:22:42.099><c> this</c><00:22:42.359><c> world,</c><00:22:42.579><c> according</c><00:22:42.980><c> to</c><00:22:43.240><c> the</c>

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principle<00:22:44.460><c> of</c><00:22:45.420><c> the</c><00:22:45.700><c> power</c><00:22:46.240><c> of</c><00:22:46.960><c> the</c><00:22:47.160><c> air,</c><00:22:47.400><c> this</c><00:22:47.859><c> system</c><00:22:48.319><c> of</c><00:22:48.579><c> heavenlies,</c><00:22:49.700><c> the</c>

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children<00:22:51.839><c> of</c><00:22:52.119><c> disobedience,</c><00:22:53.000><c> among</c><00:22:53.359><c> whom</c><00:22:53.799><c> you</c><00:22:54.299><c> also</c><00:22:54.720><c> had</c><00:22:54.880><c> your</c><00:22:55.059><c> way</c>

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flesh,<00:22:57.920><c> fulfilling</c><00:22:58.299><c> the</c><00:22:58.680><c> desires</c><00:22:58.960><c> of</c><00:22:59.180><c> the</c><00:22:59.359><c> flesh</c><00:22:59.599><c> and</c><00:22:59.980><c> of</c><00:23:00.200><c> the</c>

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mind,<00:23:00.920><c> and</c><00:23:01.079><c> were</c><00:23:01.160><c> by</c><00:23:01.400><c> nature</c><00:23:01.720><c> the</c><00:23:01.940><c> children</c><00:23:02.200><c> of</c><00:23:02.480><c> wrath,</c>

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account.<00:23:18.480><c> You</c><00:23:18.660><c> fill</c><00:23:18.779><c> in</c><00:23:18.940><c> the</c><00:23:19.039><c> gaps</c><00:23:19.240><c> by</c><00:23:19.440><c> going</c><00:23:19.619><c> to</c><00:23:19.819><c> Colossians</c>

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things.<00:23:31.180><c> All</c><00:23:31.359><c> things</c><00:23:31.599><c> were</c><00:23:31.819><c> created</c><00:23:32.200><c> by</c><00:23:32.519><c> him</c><00:23:32.680><c> or</c><00:23:32.839><c> through</c><00:23:33.099><c> him.</c><00:23:34.240><c> And</c>

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if<00:23:34.559><c> we</c><00:23:34.680><c> say,</c><00:23:35.019><c> what</c><00:23:35.319><c> does</c><00:23:35.740><c> he</c><00:23:35.940><c> mean?</c><00:23:36.200><c> Does</c><00:23:36.299><c> that</c>

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mean<00:23:36.619><c> Christ</c><00:23:36.880><c> was</c><00:23:37.059><c> at</c><00:23:37.200><c> the</c><00:23:37.359><c> beginning</c><00:23:37.559><c> like</c><00:23:37.900><c> some</c><00:23:39.259><c> people</c><00:23:39.519><c> do?</c>

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No.<00:23:41.519><c> He's</c><00:23:42.000><c> the</c><00:23:42.420><c> firstborn</c><00:23:43.019><c> of</c><00:23:43.279><c> the</c><00:23:43.480><c> dead.</c>

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He's<00:23:45.539><c> the</c><00:23:45.640><c> head</c><00:23:45.779><c> of</c><00:23:45.920><c> the</c><00:23:46.099><c> body,</c><00:23:46.420><c> the</c><00:23:46.619><c> ecclesiast.</c><00:23:46.920><c> This</c><00:23:47.119><c> is</c><00:23:47.339><c> a</c>

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around<00:23:50.759><c> Christ</c><00:23:51.240><c> out</c><00:23:51.599><c> of</c><00:23:52.140><c> death</c><00:23:52.500><c> and</c><00:23:52.859><c> resurrection.</c><00:23:54.119><c> It's</c><00:23:54.339><c> a</c>

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marvelous<00:24:13.000><c> expression</c><00:24:13.480><c> that</c><00:24:13.700><c> is.</c><00:24:13.920><c> I've</c><00:24:14.119><c> been</c><00:24:14.539><c> going</c>

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through<00:24:15.019><c> this</c><00:24:15.240><c> with</c><00:24:15.559><c> the</c><00:24:16.099><c> young</c><00:24:16.299><c> people</c><00:24:16.579><c> from</c><00:24:16.779><c> Genesis</c><00:24:17.140><c> 1</c><00:24:17.420><c> to</c>

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3<00:24:18.220><c> in</c><00:24:18.940><c> the</c><00:24:19.299><c> next</c><00:24:19.579><c> room</c><00:24:19.819><c> there.</c><00:24:20.819><c> All</c><00:24:21.279><c> things,</c><00:24:21.799><c> dominion</c>

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over<00:24:22.359><c> all</c><00:24:22.819><c> things</c><00:24:23.480><c> was</c><00:24:23.839><c> promised</c><00:24:24.240><c> in</c><00:24:24.400><c> the</c><00:24:24.519><c> beginning.</c><00:24:24.920><c> Genesis</c><00:24:25.259><c> 1</c><00:24:25.640><c> verse</c><00:24:25.960><c> 27,</c>

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before<00:24:27.119><c> even</c><00:24:27.680><c> sin</c><00:24:27.920><c> entered</c><00:24:28.160><c> into</c>

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the<00:24:28.559><c> world,</c><00:24:30.019><c> God</c><00:24:30.019><c> had</c><00:24:31.220><c> a</c><00:24:31.420><c> plan</c><00:24:31.720><c> that</c><00:24:32.319><c> irrespective</c><00:24:32.960><c> of</c><00:24:33.059><c> what</c>

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man<00:24:33.539><c> did</c><00:24:33.799><c> in</c><00:24:34.019><c> response</c><00:24:34.339><c> to</c><00:24:34.519><c> his</c><00:24:34.680><c> law,</c><00:24:35.420><c> all</c><00:24:35.660><c> things</c>

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would<00:24:36.519><c> be</c><00:24:36.700><c> under</c><00:24:36.940><c> the</c><00:24:37.119><c> dominion</c><00:24:37.440><c> of</c><00:24:37.480><c> man</c><00:24:37.720><c> one</c><00:24:37.960><c> day.</c><00:24:38.940><c> We</c><00:24:39.099><c> won't</c>

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turn<00:24:39.539><c> these</c><00:24:40.039><c> scriptures</c><00:24:40.319><c> up</c><00:24:40.619><c> because</c><00:24:40.940><c> of</c><00:24:41.200><c> time,</c>

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but<00:24:41.660><c> you</c><00:24:41.799><c> know</c><00:24:42.019><c> Psalm</c><00:24:42.299><c> 8.</c><00:24:42.740><c> David</c><00:24:43.099><c> poses</c><00:24:43.579><c> the</c><00:24:43.839><c> question,</c><00:24:44.440><c> what</c>

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is<00:24:44.799><c> man</c><00:24:45.079><c> then?</c><00:24:45.640><c> That</c><00:24:45.720><c> your</c><00:24:45.920><c> mind</c><00:24:46.220><c> for</c><00:24:46.380><c> of</c><00:24:46.519><c> him?</c>

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Or<00:24:47.579><c> the</c><00:24:47.720><c> son</c><00:24:47.940><c> of</c><00:24:48.140><c> man?</c><00:24:48.680><c> Ah</c><00:24:49.039><c> yes,</c><00:24:49.299><c> there's</c><00:24:49.599><c> the</c><00:24:49.779><c> clue,</c><00:24:51.440><c> that</c><00:24:51.519><c> they'll</c><00:24:51.839><c> visit</c><00:24:52.000><c> as</c>

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him.<00:24:53.799><c> You</c><00:24:54.119><c> know,</c><00:24:54.299><c> you</c><00:24:54.420><c> made</c><00:24:54.579><c> him</c><00:24:54.880><c> lower</c>

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than<00:24:55.279><c> the</c><00:24:55.480><c> angels,</c><00:24:55.859><c> you</c><00:24:56.000><c> crowned</c><00:24:56.220><c> him</c><00:24:56.299><c> with</c><00:24:56.539><c> glory</c><00:24:56.779><c> and</c><00:24:56.920><c> honour,</c><00:24:57.180><c> you</c>

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set<00:24:57.519><c> him</c><00:24:57.700><c> over</c><00:24:57.900><c> the</c><00:24:58.059><c> work</c><00:24:58.200><c> of</c><00:24:58.400><c> your</c><00:24:58.619><c> hands,</c>

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and<00:24:59.259><c> said</c><00:24:59.380><c> have</c><00:24:59.539><c> dominion</c><00:25:00.000><c> over</c><00:25:00.299><c> all</c><00:25:00.579><c> things,</c><00:25:00.920><c> four</c><00:25:01.140><c>-footed</c>

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beasts,<00:25:01.799><c> etc.</c><00:25:03.319><c> So</c><00:25:03.720><c> David</c><00:25:04.200><c> muses</c><00:25:04.720><c> on</c><00:25:04.940><c> that</c><00:25:05.200><c> great</c><00:25:05.539><c> purpose.</c>

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Paul<00:25:07.039><c> takes</c><00:25:07.319><c> it</c><00:25:07.480><c> up</c><00:25:07.579><c> in</c><00:25:07.740><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:07.940><c> 2</c><00:25:08.200><c> and</c><00:25:08.339><c> says</c><00:25:08.619><c> one</c><00:25:08.940><c> in</c><00:25:09.140><c> a</c><00:25:09.299><c> certain</c><00:25:09.420><c> place,</c><00:25:09.940><c> David</c>

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in<00:25:10.539><c> Psalm</c><00:25:10.740><c> 8,</c><00:25:11.940><c> but</c>

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Paul<00:25:12.319><c> doesn't</c><00:25:12.599><c> want</c><00:25:12.799><c> to</c><00:25:12.960><c> mention</c><00:25:13.240><c> King</c><00:25:13.460><c> David</c><00:25:13.779><c> because</c><00:25:14.059><c> that</c>

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would<00:25:14.500><c> distract</c><00:25:15.039><c> any</c><00:25:15.440><c> Jew.</c><00:25:15.559><c> Oh</c><00:25:15.740><c> yes,</c><00:25:15.960><c> King</c><00:25:16.180><c> David.</c>

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Never<00:25:17.140><c> mind</c><00:25:17.259><c> about</c><00:25:17.519><c> David,</c><00:25:17.920><c> I'll</c><00:25:18.160><c> tell</c><00:25:18.299><c> you</c><00:25:18.460><c> about</c><00:25:18.640><c> someone</c>

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greater<00:25:19.279><c> than</c><00:25:19.460><c> David,</c><00:25:20.099><c> so</c><00:25:20.160><c> he</c><00:25:20.200><c> doesn't</c><00:25:20.380><c> even</c>

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mention<00:25:20.839><c> his</c><00:25:21.059><c> name.</c><00:25:21.440><c> One</c><00:25:21.619><c> in</c><00:25:21.839><c> a</c><00:25:21.960><c> certain</c><00:25:22.140><c> place</c><00:25:22.460><c> says,</c><00:25:23.859><c> what</c>

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is<00:25:24.140><c> man</c><00:25:24.339><c> that</c><00:25:24.480><c> they'll</c><00:25:24.680><c> outmind</c><00:25:25.019><c> for</c><00:25:25.200><c> him?</c><00:25:25.640><c> You</c>

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promised<00:25:26.039><c> dominion</c><00:25:26.539><c> over</c><00:25:26.759><c> all</c><00:25:27.000><c> things.</c><00:25:27.559><c> Paul</c><00:25:27.680><c> says,</c><00:25:28.279><c> but</c><00:25:28.359><c> we</c>

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don't<00:25:28.759><c> see</c><00:25:29.019><c> all</c><00:25:29.319><c> things</c><00:25:29.839><c> put</c><00:25:30.740><c> under</c><00:25:30.960><c> man,</c><00:25:31.339><c> but</c><00:25:31.619><c> we</c><00:25:32.319><c> see</c>

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Jesus<00:25:33.519><c> made</c><00:25:34.099><c> a</c><00:25:34.259><c> little</c><00:25:34.420><c> lower</c><00:25:34.559><c> than</c><00:25:34.779><c> the</c><00:25:35.000><c> angels,</c><00:25:35.720><c> crowned</c><00:25:36.059><c> with</c><00:25:36.140><c> glory,</c><00:25:36.720><c> made</c><00:25:36.960><c> a</c>

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little<00:25:37.579><c> lower</c><00:25:37.740><c> than</c><00:25:37.900><c> the</c><00:25:38.059><c> angels</c>

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for<00:25:38.400><c> the</c><00:25:38.599><c> suffering</c><00:25:38.779><c> of</c><00:25:39.019><c> death,</c><00:25:39.480><c> that</c><00:25:39.599><c> he</c><00:25:39.880><c> by</c><00:25:40.099><c> the</c><00:25:40.339><c> grace</c><00:25:40.680><c> of</c>

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God,<00:25:41.079><c> by</c><00:25:41.299><c> God's</c><00:25:41.839><c> gracious</c><00:25:42.180><c> gift</c><00:25:42.599><c> to</c><00:25:42.839><c> us,</c><00:25:43.279><c> would</c><00:25:43.460><c> taste</c>

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death<00:25:44.140><c> for</c><00:25:44.380><c> every</c><00:25:44.680><c> man.</c><00:25:45.019><c> He'd</c><00:25:45.079><c> be</c><00:25:45.240><c> a</c><00:25:45.440><c> representative</c><00:25:45.940><c> man</c><00:25:46.680><c> in</c>

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order<00:25:48.400><c> that</c><00:25:48.900><c> God</c><00:25:49.319><c> would</c><00:25:50.539><c> annul</c><00:25:50.900><c> sin</c><00:25:51.140><c> and</c><00:25:51.339><c> death</c>

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so<00:25:51.880><c> that</c><00:25:52.180><c> the</c><00:25:52.460><c> all</c><00:25:52.759><c> things</c><00:25:53.180><c> could</c><00:25:53.400><c> happen,</c><00:25:53.960><c> that</c><00:25:54.599><c> Christ</c><00:25:55.019><c> would</c><00:25:55.200><c> be</c>

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over<00:25:55.599><c> all</c><00:25:56.039><c> things</c><00:25:56.339><c> and</c><00:25:56.740><c> lead</c><00:25:57.019><c> many</c><00:25:57.519><c> sons</c><00:25:57.819><c> to</c>

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glory,<00:25:58.339><c> and</c><00:25:58.480><c> that</c><00:25:58.759><c> Psalm</c><00:25:59.099><c> and</c><00:25:59.299><c> Genesis</c><00:25:59.640><c> 1</c><00:26:00.440><c> verse</c><00:26:01.000><c> 27</c><00:26:01.460><c> could</c><00:26:01.640><c> be</c>

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fulfilled.<00:26:03.079><c> The</c><00:26:03.579><c> roadblock</c><00:26:04.299><c> is</c><00:26:04.640><c> sin</c><00:26:05.000><c> and</c><00:26:05.299><c> death.</c>

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Once<00:26:06.400><c> that's</c><00:26:06.880><c> cleared</c><00:26:07.039><c> away,</c><00:26:07.480><c> all</c><00:26:07.759><c> things,</c><00:26:09.279><c> all</c><00:26:09.759><c> things</c><00:26:10.460><c> come</c>

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under<00:26:11.339><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:14.099><c> so</c><00:26:14.400><c> Paul</c><00:26:14.839><c> says</c><00:26:15.680><c> to</c><00:26:16.640><c> the</c><00:26:16.779><c> Ephesians,</c><00:26:19.079><c> you're</c><00:26:19.319><c> called</c><00:26:19.440><c> to</c>

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something<00:26:20.160><c> altogether</c><00:26:20.940><c> grander,</c>

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a<00:26:22.799><c> dimension</c><00:26:23.279><c> quite</c><00:26:23.740><c> outside</c><00:26:24.180><c> the</c><00:26:24.460><c> scope</c><00:26:24.720><c> of</c><00:26:25.299><c> the</c><00:26:25.660><c> pagan</c><00:26:26.400><c> world</c><00:26:26.880><c> you</c>

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were<00:26:27.259><c> surrounded</c><00:26:27.640><c> with</c><00:26:28.000><c> in</c><00:26:28.220><c> Ephesus,</c>

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the<00:26:28.940><c> things</c><00:26:29.259><c> that</c><00:26:29.559><c> you</c><00:26:29.779><c> indulged</c><00:26:30.180><c> in</c><00:26:30.380><c> before</c><00:26:30.680><c> you</c><00:26:30.880><c> came</c><00:26:31.059><c> into</c>

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the<00:26:31.480><c> truth.</c><00:26:32.700><c> What</c><00:26:32.900><c> about</c><00:26:33.119><c> the</c><00:26:33.420><c> treasury</c><00:26:33.900><c> at</c><00:26:34.859><c> Ephesus?</c>

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What<00:26:35.420><c> about</c><00:26:36.019><c> the</c><00:26:36.259><c> riches</c><00:26:36.640><c> of</c><00:26:37.039><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:37.559><c> and</c><00:26:37.920><c> the</c><00:26:38.099><c> temple</c><00:26:38.299><c> of</c><00:26:38.599><c> Diana,</c><00:26:38.940><c> which</c><00:26:39.160><c> was</c><00:26:39.400><c> so</c>

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great<00:26:40.059><c> that</c><00:26:40.319><c> when</c><00:26:40.559><c> Alexander</c>

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marched<00:26:41.440><c> his</c><00:26:41.680><c> army</c><00:26:42.220><c> to</c><00:26:43.359><c> the</c><00:26:43.500><c> walls</c><00:26:43.740><c> of</c><00:26:43.960><c> Ephesus,</c><00:26:44.119><c> well,</c><00:26:44.559><c> it</c><00:26:44.680><c> wasn't</c><00:26:44.940><c> a</c>

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walled<00:26:45.460><c> city,</c><00:26:45.759><c> but</c><00:26:45.900><c> he</c><00:26:46.119><c> marched</c><00:26:46.339><c> to</c><00:26:46.559><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Because<00:26:47.980><c> of</c><00:26:48.160><c> his</c><00:26:48.339><c> vanity</c><00:26:48.740><c> and</c><00:26:48.980><c> ego,</c><00:26:49.279><c> he</c><00:26:49.380><c> wanted</c><00:26:49.619><c> his</c><00:26:49.920><c> name</c><00:26:50.220><c> inscribed</c><00:26:50.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:51.099><c> temple</c><00:26:51.339><c> of</c><00:26:51.619><c> Diana,</c>

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and<00:26:52.400><c> he</c><00:26:52.799><c> offered</c><00:26:53.099><c> the</c><00:26:53.339><c> Ephesians</c><00:26:54.559><c> great</c><00:26:55.240><c> riches</c><00:26:55.539><c> to</c><00:26:55.779><c> do</c><00:26:55.940><c> that,</c>

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and<00:26:56.240><c> the</c><00:26:56.400><c> Ephesians</c><00:26:56.779><c> disdained</c><00:26:57.220><c> him,</c>

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said,<00:26:57.740><c> take</c><00:26:57.859><c> your</c><00:26:58.000><c> riches,</c><00:26:58.460><c> we've</c><00:26:58.779><c> got</c><00:26:58.880><c> plenty.</c><00:27:00.180><c> Well,</c><00:27:00.380><c> what</c>

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about<00:27:00.720><c> riches</c><00:27:01.039><c> in</c><00:27:01.339><c> Christ?</c>

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In<00:27:04.519><c> verse</c><00:27:04.779><c> 7</c><00:27:05.039><c> of</c><00:27:05.220><c> chapter</c><00:27:05.440><c> 1,</c><00:27:05.700><c> in</c><00:27:05.779><c> whom</c><00:27:06.000><c> we</c><00:27:06.220><c> have</c><00:27:06.339><c> redemption</c>

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through<00:27:07.140><c> his</c><00:27:07.400><c> blood,</c><00:27:07.940><c> the</c><00:27:08.220><c> forgiveness</c><00:27:08.559><c> of</c><00:27:08.900><c> sins</c>

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according<00:27:09.839><c> to</c><00:27:10.099><c> the</c><00:27:10.339><c> riches</c><00:27:10.819><c> of</c><00:27:11.119><c> his</c><00:27:11.359><c> grace.</c><00:27:12.960><c> God's</c><00:27:13.619><c> gift</c><00:27:13.940><c> to</c>

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us<00:27:14.619><c> of</c><00:27:15.720><c> blotting</c><00:27:16.119><c> out</c><00:27:16.440><c> sin</c><00:27:16.920><c> when</c><00:27:17.640><c> we</c><00:27:17.799><c> don't</c><00:27:18.079><c> deserve</c>

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it<00:27:18.880><c> is</c><00:27:19.359><c> an</c><00:27:19.619><c> immeasurable</c><00:27:20.140><c> gift.</c><00:27:20.680><c> You</c><00:27:20.819><c> can't</c><00:27:21.259><c> buy</c><00:27:21.500><c> it.</c><00:27:23.259><c> David</c>

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couldn't<00:27:23.839><c> buy</c><00:27:24.160><c> it.</c><00:27:26.380><c> As</c><00:27:26.660><c> we</c><00:27:26.859><c> read</c><00:27:27.160><c> this</c><00:27:27.500><c> morning's</c>

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reading<00:27:28.400><c> of</c><00:27:29.140><c> that</c><00:27:29.319><c> dreadful</c><00:27:29.720><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.220><c> of</c><00:27:30.839><c> adultery,</c><00:27:31.940><c> deceit,</c>

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lies,<00:27:33.619><c> and</c><00:27:33.819><c> murder.</c><00:27:35.380><c> How</c><00:27:35.799><c> can</c><00:27:35.980><c> you</c><00:27:36.180><c> buy</c><00:27:36.299><c> your</c>

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out<00:27:36.740><c> of</c><00:27:36.859><c> that?</c><00:27:39.359><c> Some</c><00:27:39.579><c> people</c><00:27:39.819><c> say,</c><00:27:40.359><c> well,</c><00:27:41.480><c> David</c><00:27:41.759><c> was</c><00:27:42.000><c> forgiven</c><00:27:42.180><c> because</c>

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he<00:27:42.640><c> showed</c><00:27:42.859><c> great</c><00:27:43.200><c> mercy.</c><00:27:43.720><c> I</c><00:27:43.880><c> don't</c>

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deny<00:27:44.400><c> that.</c><00:27:44.720><c> I</c><00:27:44.720><c> think</c><00:27:44.880><c> that's</c><00:27:45.180><c> part</c><00:27:45.519><c> of</c><00:27:45.619><c> it.</c><00:27:46.240><c> But</c><00:27:46.420><c> just</c><00:27:46.640><c> answer</c>

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me<00:27:47.059><c> a</c><00:27:47.220><c> question,</c><00:27:47.700><c> brothers</c><00:27:47.900><c> and</c><00:27:48.140><c> sisters.</c>

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How<00:27:50.819><c> much</c><00:27:51.220><c> mercy</c><00:27:51.700><c> would</c><00:27:51.940><c> he</c><00:27:52.099><c> have</c><00:27:52.220><c> needed</c><00:27:52.480><c> to</c><00:27:52.799><c> show</c><00:27:53.000><c> to</c><00:27:53.240><c> people</c>

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to<00:27:54.359><c> cancel</c><00:27:54.700><c> out</c><00:27:55.099><c> adultery</c><00:27:55.599><c> and</c><00:27:55.740><c> murder?</c>

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I'd<00:27:58.799><c> say</c><00:27:59.059><c> it</c><00:27:59.220><c> was</c><00:27:59.480><c> a</c><00:27:59.640><c> non</c><00:28:00.059><c>-negotiable</c><00:28:00.740><c> transaction.</c><00:28:01.819><c> David</c><00:28:02.160><c> could</c><00:28:02.559><c> never</c><00:28:02.900><c> have</c><00:28:03.279><c> done</c><00:28:03.579><c> anything</c><00:28:04.079><c> to</c><00:28:04.279><c> get</c>

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himself<00:28:04.759><c> out</c><00:28:04.960><c> of</c><00:28:05.079><c> that</c><00:28:05.279><c> except</c><00:28:05.519><c> that</c><00:28:05.759><c> Nathan</c><00:28:06.400><c> came</c><00:28:06.740><c> in,</c><00:28:07.220><c> gave</c>

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him<00:28:07.539><c> a</c><00:28:07.680><c> good</c><00:28:07.819><c> dressing</c><00:28:08.099><c> down</c><00:28:08.460><c> and</c><00:28:08.680><c> said,</c>

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that<00:28:10.420><c> God</c><00:28:10.619><c> has</c><00:28:10.779><c> put</c><00:28:10.900><c> away</c><00:28:11.119><c> the</c><00:28:11.339><c> sin.</c><00:28:13.259><c> But</c><00:28:13.740><c> you'll</c><00:28:14.200><c> have</c><00:28:14.400><c> consequences</c><00:28:14.920><c> and</c><00:28:15.079><c> we'll</c><00:28:15.259><c> talk</c><00:28:15.460><c> about</c><00:28:15.680><c> that</c><00:28:15.839><c> on</c><00:28:16.079><c> Sunday</c>

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morning.<00:28:18.019><c> That's</c><00:28:18.279><c> a</c><00:28:18.500><c> great</c><00:28:18.900><c> rich</c><00:28:20.480><c> gift</c><00:28:21.059><c> to</c><00:28:21.319><c> have</c><00:28:21.539><c> grace.</c><00:28:22.299><c> The</c>

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riches<00:28:22.680><c> of</c><00:28:22.839><c> his</c><00:28:23.079><c> glory,</c><00:28:24.160><c> chapter</c><00:28:24.500><c> 1</c><00:28:24.720><c> verse</c><00:28:25.000><c> 18,</c>

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the<00:28:25.559><c> riches</c><00:28:25.799><c> of</c><00:28:25.980><c> God's</c><00:28:26.559><c> glory.</c><00:28:28.400><c> The</c><00:28:28.779><c> eyes</c><00:28:29.079><c> of</c><00:28:29.299><c> your</c><00:28:29.539><c> understanding</c><00:28:30.059><c> being</c><00:28:30.339><c> enlightened</c><00:28:30.980><c> that</c><00:28:31.640><c> you</c><00:28:31.839><c> might</c>

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.160
know<00:28:32.539><c> what</c><00:28:32.680><c> is</c><00:28:32.940><c> the</c><00:28:33.099><c> hope</c><00:28:33.240><c> of</c><00:28:33.420><c> this</c><00:28:33.700><c> calling.</c><00:28:34.079><c> Just</c><00:28:34.559><c> open</c><00:28:34.839><c> your</c>

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eyes<00:28:35.559><c> and</c><00:28:36.079><c> look</c><00:28:36.279><c> at</c><00:28:36.400><c> the</c><00:28:36.579><c> hope</c><00:28:36.720><c> of</c><00:28:36.940><c> your</c><00:28:37.259><c> calling.</c>

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Look<00:28:37.960><c> what</c><00:28:38.160><c> we've</c><00:28:38.400><c> been</c><00:28:38.619><c> called</c><00:28:38.759><c> to</c><00:28:38.920><c> and</c><00:28:39.119><c> what</c><00:28:39.440><c> the</c><00:28:39.940><c> riches</c><00:28:40.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:41.220><c> glory</c><00:28:42.039><c> of</c><00:28:42.900><c> his</c><00:28:43.160><c> inheritance</c><00:28:43.640><c> in</c><00:28:43.880><c> the</c><00:28:44.160><c> saints.</c>

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We're<00:28:46.480><c> going</c><00:28:46.500><c> to</c><00:28:46.599><c> have</c><00:28:46.700><c> immortal</c><00:28:47.039><c> life.</c><00:28:47.839><c> Moses</c><00:28:48.039><c> wanted</c><00:28:48.220><c> to</c><00:28:48.440><c> see</c><00:28:48.519><c> the</c><00:28:48.700><c> glory</c><00:28:48.920><c> of</c>

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God.<00:28:49.380><c> He</c><00:28:49.500><c> wanted</c><00:28:49.640><c> to</c><00:28:49.819><c> see</c><00:28:49.880><c> the</c>

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physical<00:28:50.460><c> splendor.</c><00:28:50.980><c> He</c><00:28:51.079><c> wanted</c><00:28:51.259><c> to</c><00:28:51.480><c> see</c><00:28:51.599><c> immortality</c><00:28:52.599><c> radiated.</c><00:28:54.359><c> God</c>

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said,<00:28:54.980><c> first</c><00:28:55.400><c> things</c><00:28:55.640><c> first,</c><00:28:56.279><c> Moses.</c>

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First<00:28:57.980><c> of</c><00:28:58.140><c> all,</c><00:28:58.220><c> you've</c><00:28:58.359><c> got</c><00:28:58.380><c> to</c><00:28:58.619><c> understand</c><00:28:58.799><c> my</c><00:28:59.039><c> character.</c>

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We'll<00:29:00.900><c> never</c><00:29:01.119><c> get</c><00:29:02.220><c> the</c><00:29:02.539><c> riches</c><00:29:02.740><c> of</c><00:29:02.900><c> his</c>

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glory<00:29:03.519><c> until</c><00:29:03.859><c> we</c><00:29:04.079><c> understand</c><00:29:04.440><c> the</c><00:29:04.619><c> glory</c><00:29:04.839><c> of</c><00:29:04.980><c> his</c><00:29:05.220><c> character.</c>

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Jesus,<00:29:08.339><c> in</c><00:29:08.539><c> his</c><00:29:08.759><c> prayer</c><00:29:09.119><c> in</c><00:29:09.299><c> John</c><00:29:09.619><c> 17,</c>

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glorify<00:29:11.259><c> me,</c><00:29:11.640><c> Father.</c><00:29:12.980><c> Give</c><00:29:13.160><c> them</c><00:29:13.339><c> the</c><00:29:13.660><c> glory</c><00:29:14.019><c> which</c><00:29:14.279><c> I</c><00:29:14.519><c> had</c>

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with<00:29:14.920><c> you.</c><00:29:16.500><c> But</c><00:29:16.619><c> they</c><00:29:16.799><c> may</c><00:29:16.960><c> be</c><00:29:17.119><c> one</c><00:29:17.259><c> with</c><00:29:17.420><c> us.</c><00:29:17.579><c> See,</c>

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glory<00:29:18.200><c> is</c><00:29:18.940><c> God's</c><00:29:19.420><c> character,</c><00:29:20.119><c> not</c><00:29:20.539><c> just</c><00:29:20.839><c> the</c><00:29:21.039><c> physical</c><00:29:21.799><c> splendor.</c><00:29:23.500><c> And</c><00:29:23.920><c> to</c><00:29:24.180><c> have</c><00:29:24.299><c> the</c><00:29:24.599><c> character</c><00:29:24.799><c> of</c><00:29:25.039><c> God</c><00:29:25.319><c> is</c><00:29:25.599><c> a</c>

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riches<00:29:25.759><c> which</c><00:29:27.640><c> money</c><00:29:27.940><c> can't</c><00:29:28.359><c> buy.</c><00:29:29.039><c> It's</c><00:29:29.220><c> formed</c><00:29:29.380><c> by</c><00:29:29.619><c> the</c><00:29:29.799><c> word.</c><00:29:30.299><c> I</c><00:29:30.460><c> commend</c><00:29:30.819><c> you</c><00:29:31.200><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:31.559><c> word</c><00:29:32.019><c> of</c><00:29:32.279><c> his</c><00:29:32.539><c> grace,</c>

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said<00:29:33.279><c> Paul</c><00:29:33.599><c> to</c><00:29:33.759><c> the</c><00:29:33.880><c> Ephesian</c><00:29:34.240><c> elders.</c><00:29:36.819><c> The</c><00:29:37.099><c> unsearchable</c><00:29:38.019><c> riches</c><00:29:38.420><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:29:39.160><c> 3</c><00:29:39.779><c> and</c><00:29:40.240><c> 16</c><00:29:40.920><c> and</c><00:29:41.140><c> 18,</c>

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the<00:29:42.460><c> unsearchable</c><00:29:43.339><c> riches.</c><00:29:46.259><c> That</c><00:29:46.680><c> he</c><00:29:46.819><c> would</c><00:29:47.079><c> grant</c><00:29:47.339><c> you,</c><00:29:47.740><c> verse</c><00:29:47.980><c> 16</c>

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of<00:29:48.920><c> chapter</c><00:29:49.259><c> 3,</c><00:29:49.859><c> according</c><00:29:50.180><c> to</c><00:29:50.400><c> the</c><00:29:50.640><c> riches</c>

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of<00:29:51.259><c> his</c><00:29:51.500><c> glory,</c><00:29:52.099><c> to</c><00:29:52.240><c> be</c><00:29:52.579><c> strengthened</c><00:29:52.960><c> with</c><00:29:53.319><c> might</c><00:29:53.619><c> by</c><00:29:54.039><c> his</c><00:29:54.299><c> spirit</c><00:29:54.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:54.720><c> inner</c><00:29:54.900><c> man,</c><00:29:55.440><c> that</c><00:29:55.640><c> Christ</c><00:29:55.980><c> might</c>

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dwell<00:29:56.519><c> in</c><00:29:56.660><c> your</c><00:29:56.920><c> hearts</c><00:29:57.180><c> by</c><00:29:57.480><c> faith,</c><00:29:58.119><c> that</c><00:29:58.259><c> you</c><00:29:58.400><c> be</c><00:29:58.619><c> rooted</c><00:29:59.039><c> and</c>

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grounded<00:29:59.700><c> in</c><00:29:59.980><c> love,</c><00:30:00.440><c> that</c><00:30:00.579><c> you</c><00:30:00.740><c> may</c><00:30:00.940><c> be</c><00:30:01.059><c> able</c><00:30:01.200><c> to</c>

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comprehend<00:30:01.880><c> with</c><00:30:02.099><c> all</c><00:30:02.420><c> saints</c><00:30:02.680><c> what</c><00:30:02.859><c> is</c><00:30:03.059><c> the</c><00:30:03.259><c> breadth,</c><00:30:03.640><c> the</c>

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depth,<00:30:05.299><c> and</c><00:30:05.400><c> the</c><00:30:05.680><c> height.</c><00:30:07.740><c> That's</c><00:30:08.259><c> riches,</c><00:30:08.559><c> the</c>

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unsearchable<00:30:09.460><c> riches</c><00:30:09.740><c> of</c><00:30:09.900><c> being</c><00:30:10.160><c> in</c><00:30:10.420><c> that</c><00:30:10.859><c> position.</c><00:30:13.019><c> So</c><00:30:13.240><c> the</c>

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glory<00:30:13.980><c> of</c><00:30:14.259><c> Christ</c><00:30:15.140><c> exceeds</c><00:30:16.019><c> the</c><00:30:16.420><c> glory</c><00:30:16.779><c> of</c><00:30:17.160><c> Diana.</c>

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You<00:30:17.880><c> remember</c><00:30:18.519><c> the</c><00:30:18.900><c> speeches</c><00:30:19.259><c> by</c><00:30:19.539><c> Demetrius</c><00:30:20.720><c> and</c><00:30:21.859><c> by</c><00:30:22.720><c> the</c><00:30:23.079><c> town</c><00:30:23.400><c> clerk.</c><00:30:24.319><c> Well,</c><00:30:24.500><c> we'll</c><00:30:24.660><c> go</c>

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back<00:30:25.099><c> and</c><00:30:25.299><c> remind</c>

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ourselves<00:30:25.960><c> because</c><00:30:26.279><c> we</c><00:30:26.440><c> want</c><00:30:26.579><c> to</c><00:30:26.759><c> keep</c><00:30:26.880><c> these</c><00:30:27.279><c> links</c><00:30:27.680><c> forged</c>

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between<00:30:28.579><c> what</c><00:30:28.779><c> we've</c><00:30:29.099><c> said</c><00:30:29.180><c> in</c><00:30:29.339><c> the</c><00:30:29.460><c> other</c><00:30:29.640><c> two</c>

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studies.<00:30:31.920><c> You</c><00:30:32.500><c> look</c><00:30:32.720><c> at</c><00:30:32.839><c> what</c><00:30:33.019><c> they</c><00:30:33.559><c> said</c><00:30:33.940><c> in</c><00:30:34.200><c> chapter</c><00:30:35.180><c> 19,</c><00:30:40.039><c> verse</c><00:30:40.500><c> 27.</c><00:30:41.240><c> So</c>

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not<00:30:41.559><c> only</c><00:30:41.839><c> is</c><00:30:42.099><c> this</c><00:30:42.319><c> our</c><00:30:42.579><c> craft</c><00:30:42.819><c> in</c>

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to<00:30:43.099><c> be</c><00:30:43.839><c> set</c><00:30:44.119><c> at</c><00:30:44.380><c> naught,</c><00:30:44.700><c> but</c><00:30:44.759><c> also</c><00:30:45.400><c> that</c><00:30:45.839><c> the</c><00:30:46.059><c> temple</c><00:30:46.319><c> of</c><00:30:46.559><c> the</c>

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:48.779
great<00:30:46.940><c> goddess</c><00:30:47.359><c> Diana</c><00:30:47.640><c> should</c><00:30:47.880><c> be</c><00:30:48.160><c> despised,</c>

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and<00:30:49.119><c> her</c><00:30:49.440><c> magnificence</c><00:30:50.359><c> should</c><00:30:50.599><c> be</c><00:30:50.799><c> destroyed,</c><00:30:51.779><c> whom</c><00:30:51.839><c> all</c>

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Asia<00:30:52.880><c> and</c><00:30:53.299><c> all</c><00:30:53.799><c> the</c><00:30:54.099><c> world</c><00:30:54.859><c> worships.</c>

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Well,<00:30:59.380><c> great.</c><00:30:59.740><c> And</c><00:31:00.200><c> that's</c><00:31:00.579><c> what</c><00:31:00.720><c> they</c><00:31:00.980><c> chanted</c><00:31:01.660><c> for</c><00:31:02.420><c> hours</c>

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on<00:31:03.059><c> end.</c><00:31:03.420><c> Great</c><00:31:03.779><c> is</c><00:31:04.119><c> Diana</c><00:31:05.460><c> the</c><00:31:05.740><c> Ephesians.</c>

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After<00:31:08.460><c> Demetrius'</c><00:31:08.920><c> speech,</c><00:31:09.359><c> verse</c><00:31:09.559><c> 28,</c><00:31:10.460><c> and</c><00:31:10.660><c> for</c><00:31:10.900><c> two</c><00:31:11.220><c> hours</c>

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in<00:31:11.700><c> verse</c><00:31:11.960><c> 34.</c><00:31:12.799><c> Great</c><00:31:13.059><c> is</c><00:31:13.339><c> Diana</c><00:31:13.680><c> the</c><00:31:13.960><c> Ephesians.</c>

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Great<00:31:14.660><c> is</c><00:31:14.920><c> Diana</c><00:31:15.240><c> the</c><00:31:15.480><c> Ephesians.</c><00:31:15.740><c> What</c><00:31:15.859><c> a</c><00:31:16.079><c> religion.</c><00:31:16.759><c> I</c><00:31:17.019><c> mean,</c><00:31:17.119><c> it's</c>

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.700
like<00:31:17.519><c> Baal</c><00:31:17.779><c> worship.</c><00:31:18.000><c> For</c><00:31:18.160><c> two</c><00:31:18.480><c> hours,</c>

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:21.680
all<00:31:18.880><c> you</c><00:31:19.019><c> can</c><00:31:19.200><c> say</c><00:31:19.359><c> is</c><00:31:19.519><c> great</c><00:31:19.700><c> is</c><00:31:19.920><c> Diana</c><00:31:20.200><c> of</c><00:31:21.240><c> the</c><00:31:21.420><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.259
But<00:31:22.039><c> look</c><00:31:22.200><c> at</c><00:31:22.299><c> the</c><00:31:22.420><c> Ephesian</c><00:31:22.759><c> epistle.</c>

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:26.200
Of<00:31:23.599><c> course,</c><00:31:23.799><c> you</c><00:31:23.859><c> want</c><00:31:24.099><c> greatness.</c><00:31:25.019><c> You</c><00:31:25.079><c> want</c><00:31:25.279><c> honor</c><00:31:25.500><c> and</c><00:31:25.779><c> glory.</c><00:31:26.099><c> You</c>

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.839
want<00:31:26.420><c> riches.</c><00:31:27.000><c> You</c><00:31:27.119><c> want</c><00:31:27.339><c> power.</c>

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:30.859
You<00:31:28.140><c> want</c><00:31:28.339><c> elevation</c><00:31:28.839><c> to</c><00:31:29.140><c> positions</c><00:31:29.519><c> of</c><00:31:29.859><c> glory</c><00:31:30.200><c> and</c><00:31:30.480><c> splendor</c>

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:33.579
and<00:31:31.099><c> magnificence.</c><00:31:31.799><c> Here</c><00:31:32.000><c> it</c><00:31:32.160><c> is</c><00:31:32.299><c> in</c><00:31:32.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:37.019
You're<00:31:34.740><c> connected</c><00:31:35.000><c> with</c><00:31:35.259><c> heaven</c><00:31:35.500><c> itself</c><00:31:36.140><c> where</c><00:31:36.480><c> he</c><00:31:36.640><c> sits</c><00:31:36.859><c> at</c>

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:40.160
the<00:31:37.119><c> right</c><00:31:37.339><c> hand.</c><00:31:37.740><c> You've</c><00:31:37.940><c> got</c><00:31:38.200><c> unmeasurable</c><00:31:39.240><c> riches</c>

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:43.839
because<00:31:40.880><c> nothing</c><00:31:41.359><c> can</c><00:31:41.660><c> buy</c><00:31:42.119><c> grace</c><00:31:42.579><c> where</c><00:31:42.779><c> God</c><00:31:43.019><c> says,</c><00:31:43.599><c> I</c><00:31:43.599><c> don't</c>

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.940
count<00:31:44.079><c> you</c><00:31:44.240><c> as</c><00:31:44.380><c> a</c><00:31:44.539><c> sinner.</c><00:31:44.859><c> You</c><00:31:45.019><c> can't</c><00:31:45.380><c> buy</c><00:31:45.579><c> it.</c>

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:48.559
You<00:31:46.160><c> can</c><00:31:46.380><c> take</c><00:31:46.519><c> the</c><00:31:46.720><c> whole</c><00:31:46.940><c> treasury</c><00:31:47.339><c> of</c><00:31:47.680><c> Diana's</c><00:31:48.140><c> temple</c><00:31:48.380><c> and</c>

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.339
you<00:31:48.640><c> can</c><00:31:48.839><c> never</c><00:31:49.039><c> buy</c><00:31:49.259><c> grace.</c>

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:59.099
So<00:31:51.880><c> Paul</c><00:31:52.160><c> is</c><00:31:52.700><c> drawing</c><00:31:52.720><c> contrast</c><00:31:53.460><c> with</c><00:31:53.839><c> life</c><00:31:54.539><c> in</c><00:31:55.319><c> Ephesus.</c><00:31:57.599><c> What</c><00:31:57.819><c> about</c><00:31:58.680><c> the</c>

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.819
knowledge?<00:31:59.900><c> What</c><00:32:00.000><c> about</c><00:32:00.400><c> knowledge?</c>

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:04.799
Gnosis.<00:32:02.059><c> All</c><00:32:02.259><c> the</c><00:32:02.599><c> schools.</c><00:32:03.420><c> Tyranius,</c><00:32:04.240><c> who</c><00:32:04.240><c> was</c><00:32:04.480><c> apparently</c>

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.799
a<00:32:04.960><c> good</c><00:32:05.099><c> man,</c><00:32:05.319><c> but</c><00:32:05.480><c> all</c><00:32:05.900><c> the</c><00:32:06.380><c> schools</c>

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:10.380
of<00:32:07.039><c> the</c><00:32:07.220><c> orators</c><00:32:07.539><c> and</c><00:32:07.720><c> the</c><00:32:07.920><c> philosophers</c><00:32:08.380><c> and</c><00:32:09.180><c> the</c><00:32:09.460><c> sophists</c>

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:12.599
and<00:32:11.079><c> the</c><00:32:11.299><c> followers</c><00:32:11.559><c> of</c><00:32:11.839><c> Aristotle</c><00:32:12.279><c> and</c>

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:17.220
Plato<00:32:12.940><c> and</c><00:32:13.180><c> all</c><00:32:13.400><c> these</c><00:32:13.640><c> people.</c><00:32:15.559><c> Well,</c><00:32:16.099><c> he</c><00:32:16.299><c> uses</c><00:32:16.579><c> this</c><00:32:16.880><c> word</c>

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:19.440
mystery.<00:32:18.019><c> We've</c><00:32:18.559><c> dealt</c><00:32:18.819><c> with</c><00:32:18.980><c> that</c><00:32:19.160><c> one.</c>

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:24.000
Just<00:32:20.079><c> concentrate</c><00:32:20.500><c> on</c><00:32:20.640><c> that</c><00:32:20.799><c> one</c><00:32:20.960><c> there.</c><00:32:23.279><c> He</c><00:32:23.480><c> uses</c><00:32:23.720><c> this</c><00:32:23.880><c> word</c>

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:26.059
mystery,<00:32:24.480><c> which</c><00:32:24.599><c> is</c><00:32:24.799><c> a</c><00:32:25.059><c> secret</c>

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:29.980
which<00:32:26.720><c> only</c><00:32:27.240><c> the</c><00:32:27.519><c> initiated</c><00:32:28.000><c> understand.</c><00:32:28.700><c> People</c><00:32:29.259><c> initiated</c>

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:32.960
into<00:32:30.579><c> the</c><00:32:30.980><c> secret</c><00:32:31.420><c> can</c><00:32:32.160><c> understand</c><00:32:32.640><c> it,</c>

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:37.440
but<00:32:33.279><c> people</c><00:32:33.579><c> outside</c><00:32:34.259><c> the</c><00:32:34.640><c> secret</c><00:32:34.960><c> who</c><00:32:35.400><c> haven't</c><00:32:35.640><c> had</c><00:32:35.779><c> it</c><00:32:36.339><c> explained</c><00:32:36.880><c> are</c>

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.000
not<00:32:37.839><c> initiated</c><00:32:38.420><c> into,</c>

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:42.579
do<00:32:39.579><c> not</c><00:32:39.819><c> understand</c><00:32:40.240><c> it.</c><00:32:40.519><c> Hence,</c><00:32:41.359><c> the</c><00:32:41.500><c> English</c><00:32:41.839><c> word</c><00:32:42.180><c> mystery</c>

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:44.319
has<00:32:42.720><c> been</c><00:32:42.980><c> used</c><00:32:43.160><c> in</c><00:32:43.380><c> the</c><00:32:43.519><c> authorized</c><00:32:43.880><c> version</c>

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:49.480
to<00:32:45.059><c> describe</c><00:32:45.480><c> this</c><00:32:45.779><c> Greek</c><00:32:46.000><c> word.</c><00:32:47.420><c> Well,</c><00:32:48.279><c> what</c><00:32:48.799><c> happened</c><00:32:49.220><c> in</c>

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:55.119
Ephesus?<00:32:50.119><c> Well,</c><00:32:51.079><c> we</c><00:32:51.279><c> go</c><00:32:51.500><c> back</c><00:32:52.099><c> to</c><00:32:53.440><c> Acts</c><00:32:53.740><c> 19</c><00:32:54.079><c> again.</c>

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:58.660
We<00:32:56.380><c> go</c><00:32:56.519><c> back</c><00:32:56.740><c> to</c><00:32:56.900><c> Acts</c><00:32:57.059><c> 19.</c><00:32:57.539><c> We</c><00:32:57.619><c> read</c><00:32:57.880><c> this</c><00:32:58.119><c> is</c><00:32:58.299><c> what</c><00:32:58.480><c> happened.</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:03.099
They<00:32:59.119><c> were</c><00:32:59.380><c> absolutely</c><00:33:00.319><c> enmeshed</c><00:33:02.359><c> in</c>

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:06.200
these<00:33:03.880><c> various</c><00:33:04.339><c> forms</c><00:33:04.720><c> of</c><00:33:05.019><c> knowledge,</c><00:33:05.460><c> whether</c><00:33:05.619><c> they</c><00:33:05.940><c> were</c>

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:08.599
the<00:33:07.700><c> knowledge</c><00:33:08.019><c> of</c><00:33:08.200><c> the</c><00:33:08.380><c> Greeks,</c>

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:12.539
the<00:33:08.960><c> Gnostic</c><00:33:10.220><c> knowledge,</c><00:33:10.900><c> the</c><00:33:11.200><c> philosophy</c><00:33:11.720><c> knowledge,</c><00:33:12.400><c> or</c>

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.200
whether<00:33:12.599><c> it</c><00:33:12.720><c> was</c><00:33:12.920><c> pagan</c><00:33:13.299><c> knowledge.</c>

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:17.920
So<00:33:14.880><c> we</c><00:33:15.059><c> read</c><00:33:15.380><c> in</c><00:33:15.559><c> verse</c><00:33:15.759><c> 18,</c><00:33:16.180><c> many</c><00:33:16.440><c> that</c><00:33:16.819><c> believe</c><00:33:17.200><c> came</c><00:33:17.660><c> and</c>

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:20.519
confessed<00:33:18.500><c> and</c><00:33:19.019><c> showed</c><00:33:19.240><c> their</c><00:33:19.519><c> deeds.</c><00:33:20.099><c> And</c><00:33:20.339><c> many</c>

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.200
of<00:33:20.759><c> them</c><00:33:20.759><c> also,</c><00:33:21.200><c> which</c><00:33:21.460><c> use</c><00:33:21.799><c> curious</c><00:33:22.380><c> arts,</c><00:33:22.920><c> brought</c><00:33:23.000><c> their</c>

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:27.319
books<00:33:23.920><c> together,</c><00:33:25.819><c> burned</c><00:33:26.099><c> them</c><00:33:26.319><c> before</c><00:33:26.700><c> all</c><00:33:26.980><c> men,</c>

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:31.279
and<00:33:27.859><c> they</c><00:33:28.140><c> counted</c><00:33:28.319><c> the</c><00:33:28.619><c> price</c><00:33:28.839><c> of</c><00:33:28.980><c> them</c><00:33:29.180><c> and</c><00:33:29.359><c> found</c><00:33:29.500><c> it</c><00:33:29.720><c> 50</c><00:33:30.059><c>,000</c><00:33:30.880><c> of</c>

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:35.940
silver.<00:33:33.839><c> Yes,</c><00:33:34.140><c> they</c><00:33:34.440><c> bought</c><00:33:34.640><c> their</c><00:33:34.900><c> redemption</c>

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:41.359
with<00:33:36.980><c> silver</c><00:33:37.359><c> and</c><00:33:38.059><c> burnt</c><00:33:38.680><c> their</c><00:33:39.380><c> past</c><00:33:39.799><c> life</c><00:33:40.099><c> in</c><00:33:40.259><c> the</c><00:33:40.440><c> process.</c>

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:44.880
They<00:33:43.059><c> joined</c><00:33:43.480><c> themselves</c>

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:49.000
to<00:33:45.359><c> the</c><00:33:45.579><c> sacrificed</c><00:33:46.140><c> and</c><00:33:46.339><c> risen</c><00:33:46.539><c> Christ</c><00:33:47.019><c> and</c><00:33:47.559><c> burnt</c><00:33:47.920><c> their</c><00:33:48.299><c> books</c><00:33:48.640><c> as</c>

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:51.880
garbage<00:33:49.460><c> in</c><00:33:50.400><c> a</c><00:33:50.759><c> great</c><00:33:51.059><c> huge</c><00:33:51.500><c> bonfire.</c>

00:33:51.900 --> 00:33:54.799
What<00:33:52.099><c> a</c><00:33:52.380><c> spectacular</c><00:33:52.880><c> thing</c><00:33:53.140><c> that</c><00:33:53.299><c> must</c><00:33:53.539><c> have</c><00:33:53.720><c> been</c><00:33:53.880><c> as</c><00:33:54.339><c> these</c>

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:56.480
people<00:33:55.019><c> were</c><00:33:55.240><c> converted</c><00:33:55.599><c> to</c><00:33:55.799><c> the</c><00:33:55.980><c> truth</c><00:33:56.119><c> and</c><00:33:56.299><c> they</c>

00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:02.660
brought<00:33:56.640><c> out</c><00:33:56.900><c> into</c><00:33:57.180><c> the</c><00:33:57.700><c> public</c><00:33:58.660><c> arenas</c><00:34:00.420><c> and</c><00:34:00.799><c> places</c><00:34:01.160><c> and</c><00:34:02.059><c> burned</c><00:34:02.339><c> them</c><00:34:02.519><c> in</c>

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:05.519
a<00:34:02.819><c> great</c><00:34:03.619><c> bonfire.</c><00:34:04.319><c> So</c><00:34:04.640><c> much</c><00:34:05.119><c> for</c><00:34:05.359><c> the</c>

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:09.960
wisdom<00:34:05.799><c> of</c><00:34:05.980><c> this</c><00:34:06.200><c> world.</c><00:34:07.720><c> And</c><00:34:07.880><c> that's</c><00:34:09.079><c> spiritually</c><00:34:09.440><c> what</c><00:34:09.679><c> we</c>

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.500
should<00:34:10.059><c> be</c><00:34:10.260><c> doing</c><00:34:10.420><c> with</c><00:34:10.599><c> the</c><00:34:10.739><c> wisdom</c><00:34:10.940><c> of</c><00:34:11.119><c> this</c><00:34:11.280><c> world,</c>

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:15.900
brothers<00:34:11.820><c> and</c><00:34:11.980><c> sisters,</c><00:34:12.159><c> making</c><00:34:12.480><c> a</c><00:34:12.719><c> big,</c><00:34:13.239><c> big</c><00:34:13.639><c> bonfire</c><00:34:14.280><c> of</c><00:34:14.500><c> it.</c>

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:21.980
So<00:34:17.579><c> you</c><00:34:17.739><c> want</c><00:34:18.099><c> knowledge,</c><00:34:18.960><c> do</c><00:34:18.980><c> you,</c><00:34:19.280><c> Sir</c><00:34:19.420><c> Paul?</c><00:34:21.280><c> Before</c><00:34:21.840><c> you</c>

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:23.719
came<00:34:22.199><c> into</c><00:34:22.340><c> the</c><00:34:22.619><c> truth,</c><00:34:23.300><c> you</c><00:34:23.460><c> were</c>

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:27.460
dabbling<00:34:24.059><c> in</c><00:34:24.219><c> the</c><00:34:24.440><c> mysticism</c><00:34:25.079><c> of</c><00:34:25.440><c> all</c><00:34:25.739><c> these</c><00:34:25.940><c> arts</c><00:34:26.300><c> and</c><00:34:26.519><c> curious</c><00:34:26.980><c> arts</c>

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.820
and<00:34:27.659><c> books,</c>

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:33.840
where<00:34:30.280><c> he</c><00:34:30.420><c> says,</c><00:34:30.719><c> remember,</c><00:34:31.519><c> you're</c><00:34:32.019><c> initiated</c><00:34:32.480><c> into</c><00:34:32.739><c> the</c><00:34:33.019><c> greatest</c><00:34:33.300><c> secret</c><00:34:33.639><c> of</c>

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:37.340
all<00:34:34.079><c> time.</c><00:34:35.000><c> Chapter</c><00:34:35.340><c> 1,</c><00:34:35.860><c> verse</c><00:34:36.199><c> 9.</c>

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:45.840
I'll<00:34:43.500><c> substitute</c><00:34:43.900><c> the</c><00:34:44.059><c> word</c><00:34:44.260><c> secret</c><00:34:44.659><c> as</c><00:34:44.860><c> we</c><00:34:45.039><c> go</c><00:34:45.199><c> through,</c><00:34:45.460><c> brothers</c><00:34:45.679><c> and</c>

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:47.340
sisters,<00:34:46.059><c> having</c><00:34:46.280><c> explained</c><00:34:46.800><c> it.</c>

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:49.579
According<00:34:47.639><c> to</c><00:34:47.840><c> his</c><00:34:47.980><c> good</c><00:34:48.239><c> pleasure,</c><00:34:48.659><c> he's</c><00:34:48.920><c> made</c><00:34:49.159><c> known</c><00:34:49.380><c> unto</c>

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:51.980
us<00:34:50.219><c> the</c><00:34:50.639><c> secret</c><00:34:51.119><c> of</c><00:34:51.400><c> his</c><00:34:51.679><c> will.</c>

00:34:52.280 --> 00:35:02.539
Chapter<00:34:52.619><c> 3,</c><00:34:53.840><c> verses</c><00:34:53.840><c> 3</c><00:34:58.239><c> and</c><00:34:58.420><c> 4.</c><00:35:00.579><c> How</c><00:35:00.820><c> that</c><00:35:01.119><c> by</c><00:35:01.699><c> revelation</c><00:35:02.260><c> he</c>

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:05.559
made<00:35:02.860><c> known</c><00:35:03.219><c> to</c><00:35:03.480><c> me</c><00:35:03.820><c> the</c><00:35:04.099><c> secret,</c><00:35:04.500><c> as</c><00:35:04.719><c> I</c><00:35:04.920><c> wrote</c><00:35:05.079><c> before</c>

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:08.820
a<00:35:05.559><c> few</c><00:35:05.900><c> words.</c><00:35:06.239><c> I'll</c><00:35:06.519><c> be</c><00:35:06.659><c> initiated,</c><00:35:07.639><c> says</c><00:35:07.739><c> Paul,</c><00:35:08.059><c> into</c><00:35:08.219><c> the</c><00:35:08.460><c> secret.</c><00:35:08.639><c> I</c>

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:10.360
know<00:35:09.039><c> the</c><00:35:09.239><c> secret</c><00:35:09.579><c> of</c><00:35:09.860><c> the</c><00:35:10.000><c> Gospel,</c>

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:14.059
whereby<00:35:11.019><c> when</c><00:35:11.380><c> you</c><00:35:11.699><c> read,</c><00:35:12.079><c> you</c><00:35:12.219><c> may</c><00:35:12.500><c> understand</c><00:35:12.940><c> my</c><00:35:13.280><c> knowledge</c><00:35:13.599><c> in</c><00:35:13.840><c> the</c>

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.440
secret<00:35:14.280><c> of</c><00:35:14.539><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:21.019
He<00:35:17.179><c> claims</c><00:35:17.539><c> to</c><00:35:17.760><c> know</c><00:35:17.900><c> the</c><00:35:18.099><c> secret</c><00:35:18.340><c> of</c><00:35:18.579><c> Christ</c><00:35:18.900><c> and</c><00:35:19.039><c> he's</c><00:35:19.360><c> passing</c><00:35:19.719><c> it</c><00:35:20.099><c> on,</c><00:35:20.679><c> which</c><00:35:20.860><c> in</c>

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.239
other<00:35:21.260><c> ages</c><00:35:21.500><c> was</c><00:35:21.780><c> not</c><00:35:21.980><c> made</c>

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:25.340
known<00:35:22.440><c> to</c><00:35:22.639><c> the</c><00:35:22.820><c> sons</c><00:35:23.000><c> of</c><00:35:23.219><c> men</c><00:35:23.440><c> as</c><00:35:23.800><c> it</c><00:35:24.039><c> is</c><00:35:24.280><c> now</c><00:35:24.579><c> revealed</c><00:35:25.019><c> unto</c>

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:27.599
his<00:35:25.599><c> holy</c><00:35:25.880><c> apostles</c><00:35:26.280><c> and</c><00:35:26.559><c> prophets</c><00:35:26.840><c> by</c><00:35:27.099><c> the</c><00:35:27.360><c> Spirit.</c>

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:32.380
You<00:35:28.199><c> see,</c><00:35:28.460><c> even</c><00:35:28.699><c> the</c><00:35:28.940><c> angels,</c><00:35:29.239><c> Peter</c><00:35:29.480><c> told</c><00:35:29.860><c> us,</c><00:35:31.960><c> desired</c><00:35:32.219><c> to</c>

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:37.579
look<00:35:32.559><c> into</c><00:35:33.219><c> the</c><00:35:35.360><c> time</c><00:35:36.079><c> and</c><00:35:36.340><c> the</c><00:35:36.659><c> manner</c><00:35:36.980><c> of</c><00:35:37.320><c> Christ</c>

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:42.980
suffering.<00:35:37.980><c> How</c><00:35:38.199><c> does</c><00:35:38.599><c> an</c><00:35:39.079><c> elewistic</c><00:35:39.659><c> nature</c><00:35:40.659><c> enter</c><00:35:41.360><c> in</c><00:35:42.440><c> to</c>

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:45.500
the<00:35:43.179><c> feelings</c><00:35:43.460><c> of</c><00:35:43.739><c> man</c><00:35:44.000><c> of</c><00:35:44.179><c> our</c><00:35:44.400><c> nature,</c>

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:57.500
who<00:35:48.619><c> for</c><00:35:48.780><c> about</c><00:35:49.159><c> 15</c><00:35:49.639><c> hours</c><00:35:50.619><c> is</c><00:35:51.940><c> subjected</c><00:35:52.639><c> to</c><00:35:53.380><c> the</c><00:35:53.519><c> most</c><00:35:54.000><c> shameful</c><00:35:54.699><c> trick.</c><00:35:55.480><c> He</c><00:35:55.739><c> goes</c><00:35:56.039><c> through</c><00:35:56.340><c> the</c><00:35:56.639><c> agony</c><00:35:57.079><c> of</c>

00:35:57.500 --> 00:36:02.159
stress<00:35:58.440><c> in</c><00:35:58.820><c> the</c><00:35:58.900><c> Garden</c><00:35:59.239><c> of</c><00:35:59.500><c> Gethsemane.</c><00:36:01.000><c> He's</c><00:36:01.320><c> then</c><00:36:01.639><c> taken</c>

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:06.239
and<00:36:03.119><c> buffeted</c><00:36:03.559><c> and</c><00:36:04.559><c> whacked</c><00:36:05.019><c> and</c><00:36:05.880><c> punched,</c>

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:09.659
which<00:36:06.440><c> the</c><00:36:06.599><c> word</c><00:36:06.719><c> buffeted</c><00:36:07.139><c> means.</c><00:36:07.760><c> It's</c><00:36:07.860><c> used</c><00:36:08.179><c> in</c><00:36:09.280><c> Peter's</c>

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:11.219
epistle<00:36:09.900><c> and</c><00:36:10.039><c> he</c><00:36:10.239><c> ought</c><00:36:10.380><c> to</c><00:36:10.519><c> know</c><00:36:10.679><c> because</c><00:36:10.920><c> he</c><00:36:11.119><c> says,</c>

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:14.900
I<00:36:11.420><c> was</c><00:36:11.519><c> an</c><00:36:11.639><c> eyewitness.</c><00:36:13.280><c> And</c><00:36:13.460><c> I</c><00:36:13.619><c> often</c><00:36:13.880><c> place</c><00:36:14.179><c> myself</c><00:36:14.599><c> in</c><00:36:14.739><c> the</c>

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imagination<00:36:15.400><c> of</c><00:36:15.639><c> Peter</c><00:36:16.000><c> down</c><00:36:16.760><c> in</c><00:36:16.980><c> that</c><00:36:17.340><c> court,</c>

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:21.599
trying<00:36:18.079><c> desperately</c><00:36:18.639><c> not</c><00:36:18.900><c> to</c><00:36:19.059><c> be</c><00:36:19.280><c> discovered</c><00:36:19.659><c> around</c><00:36:20.019><c> that</c>

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:25.360
fire<00:36:21.940><c> of</c><00:36:22.219><c> coals.</c><00:36:24.159><c> And</c><00:36:24.559><c> they're</c><00:36:24.840><c> interrogating</c>

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:29.639
the<00:36:25.440><c> Lord.</c><00:36:26.880><c> And</c><00:36:27.099><c> the</c><00:36:27.219><c> high</c><00:36:27.420><c> priest</c><00:36:27.619><c> commands</c><00:36:28.000><c> him</c><00:36:28.159><c> to</c><00:36:28.260><c> be</c><00:36:28.599><c> smitten.</c><00:36:29.460><c> And</c>

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:33.059
Peter<00:36:30.059><c> is</c><00:36:31.139><c> the</c><00:36:31.440><c> first</c><00:36:32.699><c> slap</c>

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:35.500
laying<00:36:33.320><c> on</c><00:36:33.500><c> the</c><00:36:33.659><c> Lord's</c><00:36:34.019><c> face.</c><00:36:34.400><c> It</c><00:36:34.400><c> must</c><00:36:34.639><c> have</c><00:36:35.039><c> chewed</c><00:36:35.260><c> him</c><00:36:35.380><c> to</c>

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:37.119
the<00:36:35.639><c> bone.</c><00:36:35.880><c> He'd</c><00:36:36.079><c> never</c><00:36:36.320><c> seen</c><00:36:36.500><c> the</c><00:36:36.679><c> Lord</c><00:36:36.840><c> struck</c>

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.980
in<00:36:37.300><c> his</c><00:36:37.480><c> life.</c><00:36:37.840><c> He'd</c><00:36:38.079><c> seen</c><00:36:38.219><c> the</c><00:36:38.440><c> Lord</c><00:36:38.619><c> go</c><00:36:38.880><c> through</c><00:36:39.119><c> a</c><00:36:39.460><c> crowd</c><00:36:39.699><c> of</c>

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:42.260
people.<00:36:40.440><c> He'd</c><00:36:40.599><c> seen</c><00:36:40.719><c> the</c><00:36:40.940><c> Lord,</c><00:36:41.559><c> the</c><00:36:41.760><c> soldiers</c><00:36:42.019><c> come</c>

00:36:42.260 --> 00:36:45.019
down<00:36:42.460><c> to</c><00:36:42.599><c> arrest</c><00:36:42.840><c> him</c><00:36:43.019><c> and</c><00:36:43.420><c> just</c><00:36:43.639><c> go</c><00:36:43.860><c> away</c><00:36:44.079><c> empty</c><00:36:44.380><c> handed.</c><00:36:44.739><c> Why</c>

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:47.480
is<00:36:45.219><c> the</c><00:36:45.380><c> Lord</c><00:36:45.619><c> subjecting</c><00:36:46.260><c> himself</c><00:36:46.639><c> to</c><00:36:46.820><c> this?</c>

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:50.960
What's<00:36:48.059><c> happening</c><00:36:48.300><c> up</c><00:36:48.559><c> there?</c><00:36:49.400><c> And</c><00:36:49.639><c> the</c><00:36:49.760><c> more</c><00:36:49.980><c> desperate</c><00:36:50.280><c> Peter</c><00:36:50.559><c> got,</c><00:36:50.820><c> the</c>

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.360
more<00:36:51.219><c> he</c><00:36:51.440><c> cursed</c><00:36:51.639><c> and</c><00:36:51.920><c> lied</c><00:36:52.039><c> he</c><00:36:52.199><c> never</c>

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:55.860
knew<00:36:52.539><c> the</c><00:36:52.699><c> man.</c><00:36:52.900><c> He's</c><00:36:53.219><c> confused.</c><00:36:53.619><c> He</c><00:36:53.679><c> doesn't</c><00:36:53.860><c> know</c><00:36:54.000><c> what's</c>

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:58.500
happening.<00:36:57.300><c> The</c><00:36:57.440><c> sufferings</c><00:36:57.659><c> of</c><00:36:57.880><c> Christ</c>

00:36:58.500 --> 00:37:05.179
is<00:36:59.280><c> a</c><00:36:59.460><c> secret</c><00:36:59.880><c> that</c><00:37:02.159><c> Paul</c><00:37:02.760><c> says</c><00:37:02.980><c> I'm</c><00:37:03.380><c> initiated</c><00:37:03.800><c> into.</c><00:37:04.300><c> I</c><00:37:04.579><c> understand</c><00:37:05.019><c> what</c>

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:07.019
he<00:37:05.400><c> did.</c><00:37:05.679><c> I</c><00:37:05.880><c> understand</c><00:37:06.320><c> why</c><00:37:06.539><c> he</c><00:37:06.800><c> came.</c>

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:09.639
I<00:37:07.280><c> understand</c><00:37:07.659><c> why</c><00:37:07.880><c> he</c><00:37:07.960><c> had</c><00:37:08.059><c> to</c><00:37:08.199><c> be</c><00:37:08.380><c> treated</c><00:37:08.559><c> like</c><00:37:08.840><c> that</c><00:37:09.019><c> because</c><00:37:09.280><c> he's</c>

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representing<00:37:09.980><c> people</c><00:37:10.320><c> like</c><00:37:10.559><c> me.</c>

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And<00:37:13.400><c> he's</c><00:37:13.639><c> representing</c><00:37:13.980><c> sin.</c><00:37:14.280><c> That's</c><00:37:14.519><c> why</c><00:37:14.679><c> he's</c><00:37:14.960><c> suffering</c>

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:17.179
that<00:37:15.400><c> sort</c><00:37:15.559><c> of</c><00:37:15.739><c> treatment.</c><00:37:16.320><c> And</c><00:37:16.559><c> he</c><00:37:16.780><c> scourged</c>

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:20.840
and<00:37:17.280><c> he's</c><00:37:17.519><c> mocked</c><00:37:17.760><c> and</c><00:37:17.860><c> he's</c><00:37:18.099><c> flogged</c><00:37:18.340><c> within</c><00:37:18.579><c> an</c><00:37:18.780><c> inch</c><00:37:19.099><c> of</c><00:37:19.300><c> his</c><00:37:19.500><c> life</c><00:37:19.699><c> and</c><00:37:19.920><c> he's</c><00:37:20.420><c> impaled</c><00:37:20.659><c> on</c>

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:22.019
a<00:37:20.980><c> piece</c><00:37:21.119><c> of</c><00:37:21.300><c> wood.</c>

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And<00:37:23.340><c> we</c><00:37:23.500><c> need</c><00:37:23.760><c> to</c><00:37:24.599><c> comprehend</c><00:37:25.039><c> why</c><00:37:25.500><c> that</c><00:37:25.699><c> is</c><00:37:25.880><c> happening</c><00:37:26.199><c> and</c>

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:28.119
Paul's<00:37:26.760><c> going</c><00:37:26.920><c> to</c><00:37:27.079><c> get</c><00:37:27.199><c> to</c><00:37:27.360><c> it.</c>

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:32.139
So<00:37:29.519><c> it's</c><00:37:29.780><c> a</c><00:37:29.940><c> secret.</c><00:37:30.300><c> And</c><00:37:30.360><c> he</c><00:37:30.420><c> goes</c><00:37:30.639><c> right</c><00:37:30.920><c> through</c><00:37:31.159><c> this.</c><00:37:31.980><c> He</c>

00:37:32.139 --> 00:37:33.920
talks<00:37:32.400><c> about</c><00:37:32.699><c> the</c><00:37:33.059><c> fellowship</c><00:37:33.400><c> of</c><00:37:33.599><c> the</c><00:37:33.679><c> secret.</c>

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:38.739
I<00:37:34.420><c> want</c><00:37:34.719><c> all</c><00:37:35.000><c> men</c><00:37:35.440><c> to</c><00:37:36.019><c> be</c><00:37:36.239><c> made</c><00:37:36.519><c> known</c><00:37:36.780><c> what</c><00:37:37.019><c> is</c><00:37:37.380><c> the</c><00:37:37.780><c> fellowship</c><00:37:38.340><c> of</c><00:37:38.519><c> that</c>

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:40.019
secret.<00:37:39.019><c> What</c><00:37:39.139><c> is</c><00:37:39.360><c> the</c><00:37:39.639><c> fellowship</c>

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:44.280
of<00:37:40.280><c> it?</c><00:37:40.960><c> The</c><00:37:41.219><c> fellowship</c><00:37:41.639><c> of</c><00:37:41.820><c> the</c><00:37:42.039><c> secret</c><00:37:42.420><c> is</c><00:37:42.940><c> verse</c><00:37:43.219><c> 8.</c><00:37:44.039><c> Unto</c>

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:47.300
me<00:37:44.840><c> who</c><00:37:45.039><c> am</c><00:37:45.239><c> less</c><00:37:45.480><c> than</c><00:37:46.239><c> least</c><00:37:46.599><c> of</c><00:37:46.820><c> the</c><00:37:47.019><c> saints</c>

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:51.800
is<00:37:47.659><c> this</c><00:37:47.900><c> grace</c><00:37:48.159><c> given</c><00:37:48.380><c> that</c><00:37:48.579><c> I</c><00:37:48.780><c> should</c><00:37:48.940><c> preach</c><00:37:49.219><c> among</c><00:37:49.500><c> the</c><00:37:49.760><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:50.239><c> the</c><00:37:50.480><c> unsearchable</c><00:37:51.099><c> riches</c><00:37:51.380><c> of</c><00:37:51.619><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:37:52.179><c> the</c><00:37:52.420><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:52.840><c> should</c><00:37:53.039><c> be</c><00:37:53.260><c> called</c><00:37:53.380><c> into</c><00:37:53.599><c> the</c><00:37:53.820><c> hope</c><00:37:53.980><c> was</c>

00:37:54.340 --> 00:37:56.579
a<00:37:54.599><c> secret</c><00:37:54.900><c> which</c><00:37:55.239><c> evaded</c><00:37:56.000><c> the</c><00:37:56.239><c> Jews.</c><00:37:56.579><c> They</c>

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had<00:37:56.760><c> no</c><00:37:56.980><c> idea.</c><00:37:58.300><c> Although</c><00:37:58.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:58.860><c> spoke</c><00:37:59.679><c> eloquently</c><00:38:00.519><c> of</c><00:38:00.719><c> it.</c>

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:03.360
Half<00:38:01.579><c> the</c><00:38:01.719><c> book</c><00:38:01.920><c> of</c><00:38:02.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:02.639><c> is</c><00:38:02.840><c> about</c><00:38:03.039><c> it.</c><00:38:03.119><c> How'd</c>

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:07.920
they<00:38:03.519><c> miss</c><00:38:03.760><c> it?</c><00:38:05.840><c> How</c><00:38:06.039><c> do</c><00:38:06.219><c> we</c><00:38:06.400><c> miss</c><00:38:06.659><c> simple</c><00:38:07.059><c> instructions</c><00:38:07.699><c> from</c>

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:10.500
the<00:38:08.099><c> word</c><00:38:08.320><c> is</c><00:38:08.539><c> the</c><00:38:08.719><c> answer,</c><00:38:09.260><c> brothers</c><00:38:09.380><c> and</c><00:38:09.579><c> sisters?</c>

00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:13.579
The<00:38:11.420><c> secret</c><00:38:11.719><c> of</c><00:38:11.920><c> Christ</c><00:38:12.239><c> and</c><00:38:12.400><c> his</c><00:38:12.559><c> bride.</c><00:38:13.079><c> I</c><00:38:13.280><c> tell</c><00:38:13.400><c> you</c><00:38:13.579><c> a</c>

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great<00:38:13.900><c> secret.</c>

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That<00:38:15.840><c> marriage</c><00:38:16.159><c> is</c><00:38:16.380><c> a</c><00:38:16.639><c> model</c><00:38:16.960><c> of</c><00:38:17.480><c> God's</c><00:38:18.079><c> purpose</c><00:38:18.639><c> of</c><00:38:19.559><c> joining</c>

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the<00:38:20.340><c> ecclesiast</c><00:38:20.619><c> with</c><00:38:20.780><c> Christ.</c><00:38:21.400><c> Verse</c><00:38:21.460><c> 32</c>

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of<00:38:22.199><c> chapter</c><00:38:22.460><c> 5.</c><00:38:22.820><c> This</c><00:38:22.900><c> is</c><00:38:23.099><c> a</c><00:38:23.139><c> great</c><00:38:23.320><c> secret.</c><00:38:23.659><c> I</c><00:38:23.840><c> speak</c><00:38:24.099><c> concerning</c><00:38:24.460><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:38:24.960><c> the</c><00:38:25.079><c> ecclesiast.</c><00:38:25.320><c> That's</c>

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:27.920
what<00:38:25.739><c> marriage</c><00:38:26.079><c> was</c><00:38:26.340><c> ordained</c><00:38:26.679><c> about</c><00:38:26.920><c> in</c><00:38:27.099><c> the</c><00:38:27.199><c> beginning.</c><00:38:27.519><c> That's</c><00:38:27.820><c> a</c>

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:29.519
great<00:38:28.079><c> secret.</c><00:38:28.500><c> The</c><00:38:28.599><c> world</c><00:38:28.760><c> doesn't</c><00:38:29.079><c> understand</c>

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:36.500
that.<00:38:30.340><c> Chapter</c><00:38:30.619><c> 6</c><00:38:30.980><c> verse</c><00:38:31.360><c> 19.</c><00:38:33.539><c> And</c><00:38:33.760><c> for</c><00:38:33.920><c> me</c><00:38:34.320><c> that</c><00:38:34.539><c> utterance</c><00:38:34.940><c> may</c><00:38:35.139><c> be</c><00:38:35.320><c> given</c><00:38:35.460><c> unto</c><00:38:35.699><c> me</c><00:38:35.920><c> that</c><00:38:36.059><c> I</c><00:38:36.300><c> may</c>

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open<00:38:36.760><c> my</c><00:38:37.019><c> mouth</c><00:38:37.320><c> boldly</c><00:38:37.699><c> to</c><00:38:37.880><c> make</c><00:38:38.079><c> known</c><00:38:38.380><c> the</c><00:38:38.679><c> secret</c><00:38:39.260><c> of</c><00:38:39.460><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:38:40.059><c> for</c><00:38:40.780><c> which</c><00:38:40.980><c> I'm</c><00:38:41.260><c> an</c><00:38:41.539><c> ambassador</c><00:38:42.099><c> in</c><00:38:42.460><c> bonds.</c>

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:45.940
I'm<00:38:42.860><c> in</c><00:38:43.099><c> chains</c><00:38:43.360><c> but</c><00:38:43.519><c> I'm</c><00:38:43.719><c> an</c><00:38:43.960><c> ambassador.</c><00:38:45.179><c> Some</c><00:38:45.380><c> of</c><00:38:45.500><c> his</c><00:38:45.659><c> best</c>

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:47.960
writing<00:38:46.239><c> was</c><00:38:46.460><c> made</c><00:38:46.699><c> from</c><00:38:46.940><c> prison</c><00:38:47.219><c> including</c><00:38:47.679><c> the</c>

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book<00:38:48.119><c> we're</c><00:38:48.739><c> looking</c><00:38:49.000><c> at</c><00:38:49.260><c> now.</c><00:38:49.639><c> What</c><00:38:49.820><c> a</c><00:38:49.980><c> wonderful</c><00:38:50.239><c> thing.</c><00:38:50.679><c> That's</c><00:38:51.039><c> a</c>

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secret.<00:38:51.400><c> That's</c><00:38:51.679><c> a</c><00:38:51.760><c> mystery.</c><00:38:52.280><c> That's</c>

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:59.260
wonderful.<00:38:55.500><c> Most</c><00:38:55.840><c> wonderfully</c><00:38:56.360><c> of</c><00:38:56.739><c> all</c><00:38:57.420><c> in</c><00:38:57.860><c> chapter</c><00:38:58.179><c> 3,</c><00:38:58.940><c> brothers</c><00:38:59.019><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:38:59.500><c> there's</c><00:38:59.760><c> a</c><00:38:59.920><c> great</c><00:39:00.099><c> responsibility</c>

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:07.980
upon<00:39:01.179><c> us.</c><00:39:04.000><c> There's</c><00:39:04.219><c> a</c><00:39:04.380><c> wonderful</c><00:39:06.019><c> verse</c><00:39:06.760><c> here.</c><00:39:07.280><c> After</c><00:39:07.539><c> talking</c><00:39:07.800><c> about</c>

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:09.260
the<00:39:08.179><c> fellowship</c><00:39:08.519><c> of</c><00:39:08.699><c> the</c><00:39:08.840><c> mystery,</c>

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verse<00:39:09.719><c> 10,</c><00:39:10.599><c> to</c><00:39:10.780><c> the</c><00:39:11.019><c> intent</c><00:39:11.300><c> that</c><00:39:11.619><c> now</c><00:39:11.980><c> under</c><00:39:12.340><c> the</c><00:39:12.639><c> principalities</c><00:39:13.360><c> and</c><00:39:13.639><c> powers</c>

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in<00:39:14.519><c> the</c><00:39:14.699><c> heavenlies,</c>

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that's<00:39:15.500><c> the</c><00:39:15.679><c> world's</c><00:39:15.980><c> heavenlies,</c><00:39:17.000><c> might</c><00:39:17.239><c> be</c><00:39:17.599><c> made</c><00:39:17.920><c> known</c><00:39:18.239><c> by</c>

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the<00:39:18.860><c> ecclesia,</c><00:39:20.139><c> the</c><00:39:20.460><c> manifold</c><00:39:21.079><c> wisdom</c><00:39:21.559><c> of</c><00:39:21.760><c> God.</c><00:39:21.960><c> The</c>

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:25.840
word<00:39:22.360><c> manifold</c><00:39:22.860><c> means</c><00:39:23.440><c> variegated,</c><00:39:24.639><c> multicoloured</c><00:39:25.559><c> if</c><00:39:25.719><c> you</c>

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:29.539
like,<00:39:26.000><c> like</c><00:39:26.219><c> a</c><00:39:26.400><c> rainbow.</c><00:39:27.840><c> No</c><00:39:28.380><c> individual</c><00:39:28.840><c> in</c><00:39:29.059><c> this</c>

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:32.519
hall,<00:39:30.380><c> including</c><00:39:30.460><c> myself,</c><00:39:31.280><c> brothers</c><00:39:31.320><c> and</c><00:39:31.500><c> sisters,</c><00:39:32.059><c> totally</c>

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:37.440
reveals<00:39:33.099><c> the</c><00:39:33.340><c> wisdom</c><00:39:33.539><c> of</c><00:39:33.780><c> God.</c><00:39:36.780><c> We've</c><00:39:37.420><c> got</c>

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:40.539
very<00:39:37.699><c> hard</c><00:39:37.960><c> but</c><00:39:38.139><c> nobody</c><00:39:38.519><c> looking</c><00:39:38.880><c> at</c><00:39:39.139><c> Desmanza</c><00:39:39.599><c> really</c><00:39:40.059><c> sees</c>

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:44.099
Christ<00:39:41.199><c> in</c><00:39:41.539><c> total.</c><00:39:43.239><c> But</c><00:39:43.420><c> I'll</c><00:39:43.619><c> tell</c><00:39:43.699><c> you</c><00:39:43.820><c> something,</c>

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:47.139
brothers<00:39:44.360><c> and</c><00:39:44.579><c> sisters,</c><00:39:44.719><c> you</c><00:39:45.000><c> put</c><00:39:45.179><c> us</c><00:39:45.380><c> together</c><00:39:46.019><c> and</c><00:39:46.760><c> we're</c><00:39:46.980><c> a</c>

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:51.000
pretty<00:39:47.360><c> formidable</c><00:39:47.860><c> force.</c><00:39:49.699><c> By</c><00:39:49.920><c> the</c><00:39:50.119><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:50.619><c> is</c>

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:55.960
revealed<00:39:51.340><c> to</c><00:39:51.500><c> the</c><00:39:51.699><c> world</c><00:39:52.139><c> the</c><00:39:52.539><c> multivaried</c><00:39:53.920><c> aspects</c><00:39:54.400><c> of</c><00:39:54.599><c> God's</c><00:39:55.059><c> wisdom.</c><00:39:55.780><c> Put</c>

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:58.599
us<00:39:56.199><c> together,</c><00:39:57.360><c> we're</c><00:39:57.500><c> a</c><00:39:57.679><c> force.</c>

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We'll<00:40:00.559><c> reserve</c><00:40:00.860><c> comment</c><00:40:01.139><c> on</c><00:40:01.320><c> this</c><00:40:01.559><c> further</c><00:40:01.880><c> to</c><00:40:02.099><c> next</c><00:40:02.440><c> class</c>

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:06.860
but<00:40:03.519><c> that's</c><00:40:04.719><c> the</c><00:40:04.980><c> power</c><00:40:05.400><c> of</c><00:40:05.840><c> unity.</c>

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:12.380
That<00:40:07.840><c> is</c><00:40:08.219><c> the</c><00:40:08.500><c> power</c><00:40:08.880><c> of</c><00:40:09.260><c> unity.</c><00:40:09.840><c> Put</c><00:40:10.019><c> us</c><00:40:10.219><c> together,</c><00:40:11.019><c> we're</c><00:40:11.119><c> a</c><00:40:11.320><c> force.</c>

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:17.500
Apart,<00:40:14.840><c> we</c><00:40:15.159><c> might</c><00:40:15.599><c> reveal</c><00:40:16.219><c> the</c><00:40:16.480><c> blue</c><00:40:16.739><c> and</c><00:40:16.880><c> the</c><00:40:17.079><c> green</c><00:40:17.239><c> and</c><00:40:17.420><c> the</c>

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:19.039
yellow<00:40:17.719><c> of</c><00:40:17.860><c> the</c><00:40:18.019><c> rainbow</c><00:40:18.280><c> but</c><00:40:18.539><c> the</c><00:40:18.659><c> rest</c><00:40:18.800><c> of</c><00:40:19.019><c> the</c>

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:21.800
colours<00:40:19.219><c> are</c><00:40:19.480><c> lost.</c><00:40:20.300><c> Put</c><00:40:20.500><c> us</c><00:40:20.719><c> together</c><00:40:21.099><c> and</c><00:40:21.300><c> you've</c><00:40:21.460><c> got</c><00:40:21.579><c> the</c>

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seven,<00:40:22.079><c> you've</c><00:40:22.320><c> got</c><00:40:22.480><c> the</c><00:40:22.639><c> lot.</c>

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That's<00:40:25.079><c> why</c><00:40:25.260><c> we</c><00:40:25.539><c> should</c><00:40:25.780><c> strive</c><00:40:26.440><c> to</c><00:40:26.699><c> keep</c><00:40:26.920><c> the</c><00:40:27.139><c> unity</c><00:40:27.380><c> of</c><00:40:27.559><c> the</c>

00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:30.659
spirit.<00:40:27.940><c> That's</c><00:40:28.340><c> why,</c><00:40:28.820><c> thanks</c><00:40:29.119><c> be</c><00:40:29.500><c> to</c><00:40:29.739><c> God,</c>

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there<00:40:30.840><c> are</c><00:40:31.059><c> good</c><00:40:31.440><c> and</c><00:40:31.900><c> faithful</c><00:40:32.420><c> and</c><00:40:33.239><c> trusting</c><00:40:33.699><c> and</c><00:40:34.079><c> honest</c>

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brethren<00:40:34.699><c> at</c><00:40:34.960><c> work</c><00:40:35.260><c> busily</c><00:40:35.739><c> in</c><00:40:36.280><c> this</c><00:40:36.519><c> country.</c>

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Working<00:40:37.840><c> to</c><00:40:38.019><c> that</c><00:40:38.239><c> end.</c><00:40:38.599><c> God</c><00:40:38.800><c> bless</c><00:40:39.059><c> you</c><00:40:39.320><c> all</c><00:40:40.300><c> that</c><00:40:40.880><c> are</c><00:40:41.039><c> involved</c><00:40:41.320><c> in</c><00:40:41.460><c> that</c><00:40:41.679><c> work</c><00:40:41.900><c> is</c>

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all<00:40:42.260><c> I</c><00:40:42.420><c> can</c><00:40:42.659><c> say.</c>

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:48.980
Now<00:40:45.079><c> what's</c><00:40:45.380><c> going</c><00:40:45.619><c> to</c><00:40:45.840><c> bring</c><00:40:46.599><c> the</c><00:40:47.000><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:47.239><c> together?</c><00:40:48.880><c> We</c>

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:51.300
conclude<00:40:49.360><c> on</c><00:40:49.599><c> the</c><00:40:49.760><c> mightiest</c><00:40:50.179><c> note</c><00:40:50.360><c> of</c><00:40:50.539><c> all</c>

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and<00:40:51.639><c> perhaps</c><00:40:51.920><c> because</c><00:40:52.260><c> I'm</c><00:40:52.420><c> running</c><00:40:52.780><c> out</c><00:40:53.119><c> of</c><00:40:53.320><c> time</c><00:40:53.840><c> I</c><00:40:54.579><c> need</c><00:40:54.780><c> to</c>

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:57.739
be<00:40:55.260><c> brief</c><00:40:55.500><c> and</c><00:40:55.719><c> perhaps</c><00:40:56.079><c> brevity</c><00:40:56.539><c> is</c><00:40:57.539><c> the</c>

00:40:57.739 --> 00:41:02.940
soul<00:40:57.960><c> of</c><00:40:58.099><c> it.</c><00:40:59.480><c> Too</c><00:40:59.699><c> much</c><00:40:59.980><c> has</c><00:41:01.739><c> probably</c><00:41:02.099><c> been</c><00:41:02.400><c> written</c><00:41:02.639><c> about</c>

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this<00:41:03.139><c> subject</c><00:41:03.480><c> in</c><00:41:03.679><c> all</c><00:41:03.860><c> honesty.</c>

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So<00:41:07.239><c> in</c><00:41:07.440><c> three</c><00:41:07.619><c> minutes,</c><00:41:08.099><c> brethren</c><00:41:08.199><c> and</c><00:41:08.460><c> sisters,</c><00:41:09.599><c> this</c><00:41:09.800><c> is</c><00:41:09.880><c> what</c><00:41:10.139><c> brought</c><00:41:10.980><c> the</c><00:41:11.219><c> unity,</c><00:41:11.519><c> this</c><00:41:11.659><c> is</c>

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.260
what<00:41:12.000><c> brought</c>

00:41:12.260 --> 00:41:17.059
you<00:41:12.480><c> and</c><00:41:12.639><c> Greek</c><00:41:12.760><c> together.</c><00:41:13.860><c> People</c><00:41:14.099><c> who</c><00:41:14.280><c> are</c><00:41:14.400><c> aliens,</c><00:41:16.119><c> strangers</c><00:41:16.659><c> from</c>

00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:18.559
the<00:41:17.119><c> covenant</c><00:41:17.380><c> of</c><00:41:17.639><c> promise,</c><00:41:18.039><c> verse</c><00:41:18.239><c> 12</c>

00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:25.059
of<00:41:18.760><c> chapter</c><00:41:19.059><c> 2,</c><00:41:19.760><c> having</c><00:41:20.019><c> no</c><00:41:20.400><c> hope,</c><00:41:20.760><c> no</c><00:41:21.079><c> hope,</c><00:41:21.980><c> no</c><00:41:22.260><c> hope</c><00:41:22.719><c> without</c><00:41:24.659><c> God.</c>

00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:26.280
You<00:41:25.320><c> know</c><00:41:25.380><c> what</c><00:41:25.519><c> that</c><00:41:25.739><c> word</c><00:41:25.860><c> is</c><00:41:26.059><c> in</c><00:41:26.139><c> the</c>

00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:32.940
Greek?<00:41:26.440><c> Many</c><00:41:26.639><c> of</c><00:41:26.820><c> you</c><00:41:26.980><c> do.</c><00:41:28.980><c> A</c><00:41:29.099><c> theos,</c><00:41:30.860><c> a</c><00:41:31.179><c> theos</c><00:41:31.639><c> without</c><00:41:32.179><c> God.</c>

00:41:33.219 --> 00:41:34.420
A<00:41:33.340><c> theist.</c><00:41:34.420><c> A</c><00:41:34.420><c> theist</c><00:41:34.420><c> without</c><00:41:34.420><c> God.</c><00:41:34.420><c> A</c><00:41:34.420><c> theist</c>

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:39.539
You<00:41:34.820><c> say</c><00:41:35.039><c> what?</c><00:41:36.079><c> People</c><00:41:36.340><c> outside</c><00:41:36.659><c> the</c><00:41:36.880><c> truth,</c><00:41:37.320><c> atheists,</c><00:41:37.559><c> atheists.</c><00:41:38.039><c> There's</c><00:41:38.179><c> good</c><00:41:38.420><c> Christians</c><00:41:38.840><c> out</c><00:41:39.159><c> there.</c>

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:44.280
I<00:41:40.059><c> know</c><00:41:40.280><c> some</c><00:41:40.400><c> very</c><00:41:40.679><c> nice</c><00:41:40.960><c> Catholics,</c><00:41:41.579><c> I</c><00:41:41.579><c> know</c><00:41:41.719><c> some</c><00:41:41.840><c> very</c><00:41:42.139><c> nice</c><00:41:42.400><c> evangelicals.</c><00:41:43.500><c> Yes,</c><00:41:43.800><c> brethren</c><00:41:43.920><c> and</c><00:41:44.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:49.659
so<00:41:44.679><c> do</c><00:41:44.920><c> I</c><00:41:45.519><c> and</c><00:41:46.219><c> I</c><00:41:46.480><c> respect</c><00:41:47.139><c> many</c><00:41:48.480><c> of</c><00:41:48.679><c> them</c><00:41:48.800><c> the</c><00:41:48.940><c> way</c><00:41:49.119><c> they</c><00:41:49.380><c> live.</c>

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Sometimes<00:41:50.300><c> they're</c><00:41:50.460><c> a</c><00:41:50.559><c> bit</c><00:41:50.639><c> of</c><00:41:50.739><c> an</c><00:41:50.920><c> example</c><00:41:51.179><c> to</c><00:41:51.420><c> us</c>

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:58.719
but<00:41:52.380><c> they're</c><00:41:53.639><c> a</c><00:41:53.800><c> theos</c><00:41:55.239><c> because</c><00:41:57.119><c> to</c><00:41:57.380><c> be</c><00:41:57.659><c> in</c><00:41:57.900><c> God</c><00:41:58.179><c> is</c><00:41:58.460><c> to</c><00:41:58.599><c> know</c>

00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:01.800
the<00:41:58.940><c> covenants</c><00:41:59.800><c> and</c><00:42:00.519><c> to</c><00:42:00.760><c> understand</c><00:42:01.280><c> the</c><00:42:01.460><c> gospel,</c>

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:05.840
the<00:42:02.099><c> secret</c><00:42:02.480><c> of</c><00:42:02.639><c> the</c><00:42:02.780><c> gospel.</c><00:42:03.599><c> But</c><00:42:03.739><c> now</c><00:42:04.039><c> in</c><00:42:04.300><c> Christ,</c><00:42:05.480><c> you</c><00:42:05.619><c> who</c>

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:08.039
were<00:42:05.960><c> sometimes</c><00:42:06.420><c> so</c><00:42:06.679><c> far</c><00:42:06.860><c> off</c><00:42:07.000><c> and</c><00:42:07.139><c> made</c><00:42:07.440><c> nigh</c><00:42:07.719><c> hell</c>

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:13.000
by<00:42:08.559><c> the</c><00:42:08.860><c> blood</c><00:42:09.300><c> of</c><00:42:09.739><c> Christ.</c><00:42:10.719><c> He</c><00:42:10.900><c> said</c><00:42:11.059><c> to</c><00:42:11.179><c> the</c><00:42:11.280><c> Ephesian</c><00:42:11.639><c> elders,</c><00:42:12.000><c> we</c><00:42:12.119><c> won't</c><00:42:12.360><c> flip</c><00:42:12.599><c> back</c><00:42:12.840><c> to</c>

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.320
this,<00:42:13.519><c> he</c><00:42:13.559><c> said,</c>

00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:22.219
you're<00:42:16.320><c> overseers</c><00:42:16.840><c> over</c><00:42:17.179><c> the</c><00:42:17.460><c> flock</c><00:42:17.679><c> of</c><00:42:18.059><c> God</c><00:42:18.460><c> which</c><00:42:19.380><c> he's</c><00:42:19.840><c> purchased.</c><00:42:20.280><c> God's</c><00:42:20.800><c> purchased</c><00:42:21.199><c> to</c><00:42:21.699><c> himself</c>

00:42:22.219 --> 00:42:25.760
by<00:42:22.820><c> the</c><00:42:23.119><c> blood</c><00:42:23.460><c> of</c><00:42:23.739><c> his</c><00:42:23.960><c> own.</c><00:42:24.239><c> It</c><00:42:24.340><c> costs</c><00:42:24.599><c> the</c><00:42:24.800><c> blood</c><00:42:24.920><c> of</c><00:42:25.179><c> Christ.</c><00:42:25.440><c> Why?</c>

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:28.960
Because<00:42:26.139><c> of</c><00:42:26.380><c> sin.</c><00:42:28.139><c> How</c><00:42:28.340><c> was</c><00:42:28.500><c> it</c><00:42:28.619><c> done?</c><00:42:28.820><c> What</c>

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:31.679
was<00:42:29.199><c> the</c><00:42:29.199><c> need</c><00:42:29.440><c> of</c><00:42:29.719><c> Jew</c><00:42:29.840><c> and</c><00:42:30.079><c> Greek?</c><00:42:30.820><c> The</c><00:42:31.000><c> Jew</c><00:42:31.139><c> thought</c><00:42:31.380><c> he</c><00:42:31.500><c> was</c>

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:33.340
okay,<00:42:32.059><c> he</c><00:42:32.159><c> was</c><00:42:32.300><c> serving</c><00:42:32.599><c> the</c><00:42:32.820><c> law,</c><00:42:33.000><c> he</c><00:42:33.059><c> thought</c><00:42:33.239><c> he</c>

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:35.519
was<00:42:33.440><c> God's</c><00:42:33.820><c> people</c><00:42:34.039><c> and</c><00:42:34.199><c> therefore</c><00:42:34.599><c> he</c><00:42:34.860><c> was</c><00:42:35.019><c> on</c><00:42:35.179><c> the</c><00:42:35.239><c> way</c><00:42:35.380><c> to</c>

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:40.000
the<00:42:35.679><c> kingdom</c><00:42:35.880><c> anyway.</c><00:42:38.119><c> The</c><00:42:38.300><c> Greek,</c><00:42:38.699><c> he</c><00:42:38.699><c> was</c><00:42:38.920><c> alienated,</c>

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:42.599
he'd<00:42:40.260><c> never</c><00:42:40.519><c> heard</c><00:42:40.780><c> of</c><00:42:40.900><c> the</c><00:42:41.059><c> covenants</c><00:42:41.380><c> of</c><00:42:41.579><c> problems,</c><00:42:41.760><c> he</c><00:42:41.840><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:42.019><c> have</c><00:42:42.179><c> known</c><00:42:42.360><c> who</c>

00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:44.360
Abraham<00:42:43.019><c> was.</c><00:42:43.940><c> What</c><00:42:44.139><c> was</c>

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:51.760
their<00:42:44.519><c> common</c><00:42:44.800><c> need?</c><00:42:47.059><c> For</c><00:42:47.420><c> sin</c><00:42:47.820><c> to</c><00:42:48.059><c> be</c><00:42:48.280><c> destroyed</c><00:42:48.960><c> and</c><00:42:50.739><c> for</c><00:42:51.019><c> death</c><00:42:51.480><c> to</c>

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:53.179
be<00:42:51.980><c> conquered.</c><00:42:52.519><c> It</c><00:42:52.739><c> didn't</c><00:42:52.800><c> matter</c><00:42:53.019><c> whether</c>

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:57.380
Jew<00:42:53.519><c> or</c><00:42:53.679><c> Greek.</c><00:42:53.900><c> How</c><00:42:54.059><c> was</c><00:42:54.239><c> it</c><00:42:54.380><c> done?</c><00:42:55.039><c> God</c><00:42:55.300><c> sends</c><00:42:55.579><c> a</c><00:42:55.780><c> man</c><00:42:56.139><c> in</c><00:42:56.860><c> exactly</c><00:42:57.219><c> the</c>

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:59.840
same<00:42:57.519><c> nature</c><00:42:57.920><c> of</c><00:42:58.199><c> each,</c><00:42:58.980><c> in</c><00:42:59.159><c> the</c><00:42:59.280><c> nature</c><00:42:59.559><c> of</c>

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:05.059
all<00:43:00.019><c> men.</c><00:43:02.280><c> He</c><00:43:02.519><c> is</c><00:43:02.699><c> our</c><00:43:02.940><c> peace.</c><00:43:03.920><c> He's</c><00:43:04.179><c> brought</c><00:43:04.320><c> us</c><00:43:04.500><c> to</c><00:43:04.679><c> one</c><00:43:04.860><c> who</c>

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:07.900
has<00:43:05.280><c> made</c><00:43:05.900><c> both</c><00:43:06.340><c> one,</c><00:43:06.980><c> having</c><00:43:07.239><c> broken</c><00:43:07.539><c> down</c><00:43:07.760><c> the</c>

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:10.480
middle<00:43:08.079><c> wall</c><00:43:08.239><c> of</c><00:43:08.480><c> petition</c><00:43:08.760><c> which</c><00:43:09.199><c> physically</c><00:43:09.739><c> existed</c><00:43:10.219><c> in</c>

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:13.840
Herod's<00:43:10.860><c> temple</c><00:43:11.099><c> and</c><00:43:11.420><c> on</c><00:43:11.539><c> it</c><00:43:11.679><c> was</c><00:43:11.900><c> written,</c><00:43:12.760><c> any</c><00:43:12.940><c> gentile</c>

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:17.199
will<00:43:14.639><c> himself</c><00:43:15.039><c> be</c><00:43:15.400><c> responsible</c><00:43:15.980><c> for</c><00:43:16.219><c> the</c><00:43:16.420><c> death</c><00:43:16.619><c> which</c><00:43:16.880><c> will</c>

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:18.940
ensue<00:43:17.659><c> if</c><00:43:17.800><c> he</c><00:43:17.980><c> passes</c><00:43:18.320><c> this</c><00:43:18.659><c> point.</c>

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:22.079
That<00:43:18.940><c> was</c><00:43:19.980><c> what</c><00:43:20.179><c> was</c><00:43:20.420><c> written</c><00:43:20.559><c> on</c><00:43:20.719><c> the</c><00:43:20.900><c> temple.</c><00:43:21.239><c> That's</c><00:43:21.480><c> how</c>

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:24.739
sharp<00:43:22.400><c> the</c><00:43:22.699><c> middle</c><00:43:23.019><c> wall</c><00:43:23.300><c> was</c><00:43:23.760><c> in</c><00:43:24.039><c> dividing</c><00:43:24.420><c> Jew</c>

00:43:24.739 --> 00:43:31.380
from<00:43:24.940><c> gentile.</c><00:43:25.780><c> But</c><00:43:25.920><c> he</c><00:43:26.380><c> having</c><00:43:26.719><c> abolished</c><00:43:27.300><c> in</c><00:43:27.440><c> his</c><00:43:27.820><c> flesh</c><00:43:28.199><c> the</c><00:43:28.599><c> enmity</c><00:43:29.519><c> and</c><00:43:31.239><c> he</c>

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:33.679
goes<00:43:31.559><c> then</c><00:43:31.840><c> onto</c><00:43:32.039><c> the</c><00:43:32.659><c> law.</c>

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:41.179
Now<00:43:35.199><c> he</c><00:43:35.340><c> switches</c><00:43:35.559><c> to</c><00:43:35.860><c> the</c><00:43:36.019><c> Jewish</c><00:43:36.480><c> need,</c><00:43:37.139><c> the</c><00:43:37.300><c> law</c><00:43:37.840><c> of</c><00:43:38.119><c> commandments</c><00:43:38.619><c> in</c><00:43:39.019><c> ordinances</c><00:43:39.739><c> which</c><00:43:40.940><c> was</c>

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:42.000
against<00:43:41.480><c> us</c>

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:47.860
to<00:43:42.219><c> make</c><00:43:42.480><c> in</c><00:43:43.280><c> himself</c><00:43:43.960><c> one</c><00:43:44.280><c> new</c><00:43:44.539><c> man</c><00:43:45.659><c> of</c><00:43:46.400><c> two,</c><00:43:47.099><c> making</c><00:43:47.320><c> peace.</c>

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:51.300
That<00:43:48.300><c> he</c><00:43:48.460><c> might</c><00:43:48.719><c> reconcile</c><00:43:49.179><c> both,</c><00:43:49.780><c> Jew</c><00:43:49.900><c> and</c><00:43:50.159><c> gentile.</c>

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:55.119
The<00:43:51.659><c> Jew</c><00:43:51.760><c> had</c><00:43:51.900><c> the</c><00:43:52.139><c> problem</c><00:43:52.320><c> of</c><00:43:52.480><c> the</c><00:43:52.639><c> law,</c><00:43:53.820><c> the</c><00:43:53.900><c> Greek</c><00:43:54.639><c> had</c><00:43:54.860><c> the</c>

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:56.639
problem<00:43:55.420><c> of</c><00:43:55.659><c> ignorance.</c>

00:43:57.679 --> 00:44:00.789
But<00:43:57.780><c> he's</c><00:43:58.099><c> reconciled</c><00:43:58.559><c> both</c><00:43:58.920><c> under</c><00:43:59.179><c> God</c><00:43:59.420><c> in</c><00:43:59.719><c> one</c><00:44:00.019><c> body,</c>

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:09.440
by<00:44:02.280><c> the</c><00:44:02.539><c> cross,</c><00:44:03.739><c> having</c><00:44:04.119><c> slain</c><00:44:05.380><c> the</c><00:44:05.760><c> enmity.</c><00:44:07.219><c> And</c><00:44:07.380><c> the</c><00:44:07.539><c> margin,</c><00:44:07.900><c> the</c><00:44:08.099><c> revised</c><00:44:08.320><c> margin</c><00:44:08.579><c> says</c><00:44:08.840><c> in</c><00:44:09.000><c> himself.</c>

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:12.980
Some<00:44:10.039><c> modern</c><00:44:10.460><c> translations</c><00:44:11.000><c> say</c><00:44:11.400><c> in</c><00:44:11.639><c> it,</c><00:44:11.840><c> that</c><00:44:12.079><c> is</c><00:44:12.239><c> in</c><00:44:12.400><c> the</c><00:44:12.539><c> act</c><00:44:12.739><c> of</c>

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:14.800
sacrificing<00:44:13.559><c> himself.</c><00:44:14.000><c> It</c><00:44:14.139><c> doesn't</c><00:44:14.400><c> matter</c>

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:22.079
because<00:44:15.260><c> in</c><00:44:15.679><c> him,</c><00:44:17.599><c> in</c><00:44:17.920><c> him</c><00:44:18.219><c> himself,</c><00:44:19.579><c> in</c><00:44:19.760><c> his</c><00:44:19.980><c> body,</c><00:44:21.400><c> the</c><00:44:21.579><c> same</c>

00:44:22.079 --> 00:44:24.440
struggle<00:44:22.679><c> that</c><00:44:23.000><c> went</c><00:44:23.179><c> on</c><00:44:23.639><c> in</c><00:44:23.900><c> all</c><00:44:24.119><c> men</c>

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:31.840
was<00:44:24.780><c> being</c><00:44:25.139><c> fought</c><00:44:25.480><c> and</c><00:44:26.360><c> by</c><00:44:26.699><c> death</c><00:44:27.400><c> he</c><00:44:28.360><c> abolished.</c><00:44:30.679><c> By</c><00:44:31.239><c> death</c>

00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:34.900
he<00:44:32.219><c> destroyed</c><00:44:32.760><c> that</c><00:44:32.980><c> which</c><00:44:33.139><c> had</c><00:44:33.340><c> the</c><00:44:33.539><c> power</c><00:44:33.679><c> of</c><00:44:33.920><c> death.</c>

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:43.199
By<00:44:37.059><c> death,</c><00:44:38.380><c> there</c><00:44:40.019><c> was</c><00:44:40.159><c> no</c><00:44:40.340><c> more</c><00:44:40.500><c> power.</c><00:44:42.340><c> And</c><00:44:42.599><c> the</c><00:44:42.739><c> man</c><00:44:42.980><c> who</c>

00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:46.539
made<00:44:43.380><c> that</c><00:44:43.619><c> offering</c><00:44:44.000><c> was</c><00:44:44.900><c> sinless.</c><00:44:45.519><c> He'd</c><00:44:45.940><c> conquered</c><00:44:46.079><c> it.</c>

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:51.440
He'd<00:44:47.440><c> conquered</c><00:44:47.639><c> death,</c><00:44:48.639><c> really</c><00:44:49.059><c> conquered</c><00:44:49.539><c> death</c><00:44:50.000><c> by</c><00:44:50.300><c> conquering</c><00:44:50.639><c> sin.</c>

00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:54.260
If<00:44:52.800><c> you</c><00:44:53.019><c> conquer</c><00:44:53.219><c> sin,</c><00:44:53.539><c> you</c><00:44:53.639><c> conquer</c><00:44:53.900><c> death.</c>

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:58.139
It<00:44:54.719><c> was</c><00:44:54.920><c> not</c><00:44:55.159><c> possible</c><00:44:55.559><c> said</c><00:44:55.780><c> Peter</c><00:44:56.039><c> on</c><00:44:56.219><c> the</c><00:44:56.340><c> day</c><00:44:56.539><c> of</c><00:44:57.099><c> Pentecost</c><00:44:57.619><c> for</c><00:44:57.940><c> him</c>

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.679
to<00:44:58.440><c> be</c>

00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:03.619
holden<00:44:59.619><c> of</c><00:44:59.820><c> the</c><00:45:00.019><c> pains</c><00:45:00.219><c> of</c><00:45:00.440><c> death.</c><00:45:00.940><c> It</c><00:45:01.320><c> was</c><00:45:01.880><c> not</c><00:45:02.480><c> possible.</c>

00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:09.079
And<00:45:05.139><c> he</c><00:45:05.300><c> abolished</c><00:45:05.699><c> the</c><00:45:05.860><c> law</c><00:45:06.139><c> because</c><00:45:07.460><c> he</c><00:45:07.719><c> fulfilled</c><00:45:08.059><c> its</c><00:45:08.340><c> spirit,</c><00:45:08.980><c> brothers</c><00:45:08.980><c> and</c>

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:13.260
sisters,<00:45:09.380><c> and</c><00:45:09.539><c> in</c><00:45:11.780><c> his</c><00:45:12.019><c> obedient</c><00:45:12.480><c> life</c>

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:20.400
he<00:45:15.820><c> allowed</c><00:45:16.099><c> his</c><00:45:16.400><c> father</c><00:45:16.920><c> to</c><00:45:17.539><c> remove</c><00:45:17.940><c> the</c><00:45:19.320><c> law</c><00:45:19.320><c> righteously.</c>

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:22.119
Not<00:45:21.059><c> only</c><00:45:21.300><c> because</c><00:45:21.639><c> the</c><00:45:21.800><c> law</c><00:45:21.920><c> had</c>

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:26.039
a<00:45:22.340><c> clause</c><00:45:22.500><c> in</c><00:45:22.619><c> it</c><00:45:22.800><c> which</c><00:45:23.079><c> said</c><00:45:23.300><c> cursed</c><00:45:23.679><c> is</c><00:45:23.900><c> the</c><00:45:24.000><c> man</c><00:45:24.219><c> who</c><00:45:24.880><c> is</c><00:45:24.940><c> any</c><00:45:25.400><c> man</c><00:45:25.599><c> who</c><00:45:25.760><c> hangs</c><00:45:25.860><c> on</c>

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:27.119
the<00:45:26.280><c> tree.</c>

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But<00:45:27.960><c> God</c><00:45:28.320><c> with</c><00:45:28.599><c> justice</c><00:45:29.039><c> could</c><00:45:29.460><c> remove</c><00:45:30.019><c> his</c><00:45:30.300><c> own</c><00:45:30.539><c> law</c><00:45:30.739><c> because</c>

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the<00:45:31.420><c> law</c><00:45:31.900><c> had</c><00:45:32.559><c> cursed</c><00:45:33.139><c> a</c><00:45:33.760><c> righteous</c><00:45:34.320><c> man.</c>

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The<00:45:36.159><c> law</c><00:45:36.519><c> had</c><00:45:36.960><c> cursed</c><00:45:37.380><c> a</c><00:45:37.639><c> righteous</c><00:45:38.059><c> man.</c><00:45:40.679><c> It's</c><00:45:41.119><c> got</c><00:45:41.239><c> to</c><00:45:41.440><c> go.</c>

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It's<00:45:43.800><c> got</c><00:45:44.000><c> to</c><00:45:44.179><c> go.</c><00:45:44.480><c> Anything</c><00:45:44.820><c> which</c><00:45:45.179><c> curses</c>

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a<00:45:45.679><c> righteous</c><00:45:45.940><c> man</c><00:45:46.280><c> has</c><00:45:46.780><c> to</c><00:45:47.059><c> go.</c><00:45:48.519><c> So</c><00:45:48.679><c> God</c><00:45:50.000><c> lifts</c><00:45:51.300><c> him</c><00:45:51.519><c> up</c><00:45:52.199><c> and</c><00:45:52.519><c> says</c><00:45:52.760><c> to</c>

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the<00:45:53.019><c> Jews,</c><00:45:53.320><c> see</c><00:45:53.380><c> that?</c>

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He's<00:45:56.079><c> a</c><00:45:56.199><c> curse</c><00:45:56.579><c> for</c><00:45:58.239><c> you.</c><00:46:00.300><c> In</c><00:46:00.300><c> his</c><00:46:00.559><c> own</c><00:46:01.559><c> body</c><00:46:02.059><c> there</c><00:46:02.380><c> resides</c>

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all<00:46:03.059><c> the</c><00:46:03.280><c> impulses</c><00:46:03.679><c> which</c><00:46:03.980><c> defeat</c><00:46:04.300><c> you.</c>

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He's<00:46:05.539><c> defeated</c><00:46:05.900><c> it</c><00:46:06.139><c> in</c><00:46:06.280><c> life.</c><00:46:06.739><c> He's</c><00:46:07.059><c> destroyed</c><00:46:07.320><c> it</c><00:46:07.519><c> in</c><00:46:07.719><c> death.</c>

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Your<00:46:09.559><c> laws</c><00:46:09.800><c> cursed</c><00:46:10.239><c> him.</c><00:46:11.340><c> It's</c><00:46:11.619><c> got</c><00:46:11.719><c> to</c><00:46:11.900><c> go.</c>

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Jew<00:46:12.739><c> and</c><00:46:12.920><c> Gentile</c><00:46:13.219><c> are</c><00:46:13.400><c> united</c><00:46:13.800><c> because</c><00:46:14.320><c> their</c><00:46:14.559><c> common</c><00:46:14.880><c> need</c>

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is<00:46:15.760><c> met</c><00:46:16.239><c> in</c><00:46:16.940><c> Christ.</c><00:46:18.179><c> And</c><00:46:18.360><c> that's</c><00:46:18.480><c> why</c><00:46:18.659><c> he</c><00:46:18.780><c> said</c><00:46:18.920><c> to</c>

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the<00:46:19.219><c> Ephesian</c><00:46:19.599><c> brethren,</c><00:46:20.360><c> you</c><00:46:20.480><c> be</c><00:46:20.699><c> careful</c><00:46:21.000><c> how</c><00:46:21.159><c> you</c><00:46:21.480><c> treat</c>

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the<00:46:22.000><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:22.280><c> of</c><00:46:22.380><c> God.</c><00:46:23.099><c> It's</c><00:46:23.239><c> God's</c><00:46:23.880><c> heavenly</c>

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heritage.<00:46:24.539><c> It's</c><00:46:24.539><c> God's</c><00:46:25.019><c> flock</c><00:46:25.239><c> over</c><00:46:25.579><c> whom</c><00:46:25.800><c> you've</c><00:46:26.099><c> been</c><00:46:26.280><c> made</c>

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overseers<00:46:27.920><c> and</c><00:46:28.119><c> it's</c><00:46:28.280><c> been</c><00:46:28.559><c> purchased</c>

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by<00:46:29.579><c> the</c><00:46:29.760><c> blood</c><00:46:30.239><c> of</c><00:46:30.619><c> God's</c><00:46:31.099><c> own.</c>