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In<00:10:13.299><c> fact,</c><00:10:13.480><c> keep</c><00:10:13.720><c> your</c><00:10:13.899><c> finger</c><00:10:14.100><c> in</c><00:10:14.279><c> 2</c><00:10:14.419><c> Corinthians,</c>

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and<00:10:15.440><c> let's</c><00:10:15.639><c> look</c><00:10:15.879><c> at</c><00:10:16.000><c> the</c><00:10:16.120><c> only</c><00:10:16.259><c> other</c><00:10:16.519><c> time</c><00:10:16.740><c> where</c><00:10:16.899><c> it</c><00:10:17.080><c> occurs.</c>

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Again,<00:10:17.600><c> this</c><00:10:17.779><c> is</c><00:10:17.940><c> an</c><00:10:18.080><c> easy</c><00:10:18.320><c> study</c><00:10:18.620><c> because</c><00:10:18.919><c> it</c><00:10:19.220><c> only</c><00:10:19.299><c> comes</c><00:10:19.519><c> in</c>

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Ephesians<00:10:21.740><c> chapter</c><00:10:22.080><c> 6,</c>

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where<00:10:26.720><c> we</c><00:10:26.899><c> read</c><00:10:28.000><c> in</c><00:10:28.759><c> verse</c><00:10:28.960><c> 19,</c>

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it<00:10:33.240><c> says</c><00:10:36.820><c> Ephesians</c><00:10:37.240><c> 6</c><00:10:37.480><c> verse</c><00:10:37.720><c> 19,</c>

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pray<00:10:42.019><c> also</c><00:10:42.860><c> for</c><00:10:43.460><c> me,</c><00:10:43.820><c> he's</c><00:10:44.120><c> praying</c><00:10:44.299><c> to</c><00:10:44.460><c> his</c><00:10:44.620><c> brethren</c><00:10:44.940><c> in</c><00:10:45.220><c> Ephesus,</c>

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pray<00:10:47.039><c> also</c><00:10:47.679><c> for</c><00:10:47.960><c> me</c><00:10:48.659><c> that</c><00:10:49.080><c> wherever</c><00:10:49.659><c> I</c><00:10:50.139><c> open</c><00:10:50.419><c> my</c><00:10:50.759><c> mouth,</c>

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words<00:10:52.059><c> may</c><00:10:52.379><c> be</c><00:10:52.639><c> given</c><00:10:52.919><c> me</c><00:10:53.240><c> to</c><00:10:53.580><c> preach</c><00:10:54.000><c> the</c><00:10:54.320><c> gospel</c>

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for<00:10:55.679><c> which</c><00:10:56.100><c> I</c><00:10:56.759><c> am</c><00:10:57.320><c> an</c><00:10:57.899><c> ambassador</c><00:10:58.600><c> in</c><00:10:59.740><c> bonds.</c>

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Look<00:11:02.039><c> at</c><00:11:02.159><c> the</c><00:11:02.360><c> perspective</c><00:11:02.799><c> here.</c>

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Here<00:11:03.960><c> we</c><00:11:04.200><c> have</c><00:11:04.820><c> Paul</c><00:11:05.559><c> with</c><00:11:06.679><c> an</c><00:11:07.019><c> urgent</c><00:11:07.500><c> mission</c><00:11:08.019><c> from</c><00:11:08.399><c> the</c><00:11:08.659><c> emperor.</c>

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There's<00:11:09.259><c> no</c><00:11:09.600><c> peace</c><00:11:10.120><c> in</c><00:11:10.600><c> this</c><00:11:10.840><c> land</c><00:11:11.019><c> that</c><00:11:11.159><c> he's</c><00:11:11.460><c> preaching,</c><00:11:11.899><c> is</c><00:11:12.000><c> there,</c>

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as<00:11:12.279><c> he</c><00:11:12.480><c> goes</c><00:11:12.759><c> around</c><00:11:13.179><c> the</c><00:11:13.460><c> world</c><00:11:13.639><c> to</c><00:11:13.940><c> share</c><00:11:14.120><c> the</c><00:11:14.379><c> hope</c><00:11:14.539><c> of</c><00:11:14.740><c> the</c><00:11:14.879><c> gospel</c>

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and<00:11:15.320><c> bring</c><00:11:15.480><c> about</c><00:11:15.759><c> the</c><00:11:16.000><c> peace</c><00:11:16.179><c> of</c><00:11:16.419><c> Christ</c><00:11:16.840><c> in</c><00:11:17.340><c> the</c><00:11:17.539><c> hearts</c><00:11:17.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:18.120><c> hearers.</c>

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And<00:11:19.860><c> he's</c><00:11:20.080><c> sent</c><00:11:20.179><c> out</c><00:11:20.399><c> there</c><00:11:20.500><c> for</c><00:11:20.639><c> this</c><00:11:20.840><c> special</c><00:11:21.220><c> job</c>

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of<00:11:21.860><c> guiding</c><00:11:22.100><c> the</c><00:11:22.399><c> troops,</c><00:11:22.620><c> working</c><00:11:22.940><c> the</c><00:11:23.200><c> trouble</c><00:11:23.460><c> spots.</c>

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And<00:11:23.940><c> again,</c><00:11:24.259><c> we</c><00:11:24.320><c> see</c><00:11:24.519><c> Paul</c><00:11:24.899><c> accepted</c><00:11:25.559><c> that</c><00:11:25.879><c> responsibility</c><00:11:26.580><c> fully.</c>

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But<00:11:28.820><c> one</c><00:11:29.220><c> of</c><00:11:29.360><c> the</c><00:11:29.480><c> things</c><00:11:29.639><c> that</c><00:11:29.840><c> we</c><00:11:30.039><c> know,</c>

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and<00:11:30.460><c> particularly</c><00:11:30.799><c> as</c><00:11:30.960><c> you</c><00:11:31.100><c> go</c><00:11:31.220><c> a</c><00:11:31.259><c> little</c><00:11:31.500><c> ways</c><00:11:31.720><c> from</c><00:11:31.919><c> here</c><00:11:32.100><c> down</c><00:11:32.279><c> to</c>

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the<00:11:32.600><c> Beltway,</c>

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you<00:11:33.460><c> know</c><00:11:33.659><c> that</c><00:11:33.860><c> ambassadors</c><00:11:34.399><c> always</c><00:11:34.860><c> come</c><00:11:35.120><c> in</c><00:11:35.299><c> their</c><00:11:35.539><c> clothes</c><00:11:35.779><c> of</c><00:11:36.120><c> state</c>

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and<00:11:36.519><c> all</c><00:11:36.679><c> of</c><00:11:36.840><c> the</c><00:11:37.100><c> various</c><00:11:37.799><c> paraphernalia</c><00:11:38.559><c> that</c><00:11:38.759><c> goes</c><00:11:38.940><c> with</c>

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it,<00:11:39.320><c> right?</c>

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What<00:11:42.179><c> are</c><00:11:42.740><c> the</c><00:11:42.980><c> Apostle</c><00:11:43.360><c> Paul's</c><00:11:44.340><c> clothes</c><00:11:44.620><c> of</c><00:11:44.940><c> state?</c>

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Leg<00:11:47.480><c> irons,</c><00:11:49.419><c> chains,</c><00:11:50.879><c> for</c><00:11:51.019><c> which</c><00:11:51.279><c> I</c><00:11:51.519><c> am</c><00:11:51.659><c> an</c><00:11:51.899><c> ambassador,</c>

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not<00:11:54.179><c> in</c><00:11:54.360><c> a</c><00:11:54.480><c> beautiful</c><00:11:54.860><c> tunic</c><00:11:55.179><c> or</c><00:11:55.279><c> whatever</c><00:11:55.559><c> it</c><00:11:55.799><c> was,</c>

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but<00:11:56.399><c> I</c><00:11:56.559><c> am</c><00:11:56.720><c> an</c><00:11:56.960><c> ambassador</c><00:11:57.419><c> in</c><00:11:57.879><c> leg</c><00:11:58.320><c> irons,</c><00:11:58.820><c> in</c><00:11:59.139><c> chains.</c>

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That's<00:11:59.740><c> the</c><00:11:59.879><c> idea.</c>

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And<00:12:01.059><c> he</c><00:12:01.320><c> rejoices</c><00:12:01.720><c> in</c><00:12:01.899><c> them,</c><00:12:02.200><c> and</c><00:12:02.200><c> it</c><00:12:02.679><c> fits</c><00:12:02.919><c> again.</c>

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You'll<00:12:03.940><c> remember</c><00:12:04.100><c> in</c><00:12:04.399><c> 2</c><00:12:04.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:12:04.879><c> chapter</c><00:12:05.200><c> 6,</c>

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there's<00:12:05.659><c> that</c><00:12:05.840><c> wonderful</c><00:12:06.500><c> section</c><00:12:06.919><c> where</c><00:12:07.080><c> he</c><00:12:07.220><c> says,</c>

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sorrowful<00:12:08.620><c> yet</c><00:12:08.879><c> always</c><00:12:09.740><c> rejoicing,</c><00:12:10.879><c> poor</c><00:12:11.240><c> yet</c><00:12:11.519><c> making</c><00:12:11.940><c> many</c><00:12:12.340><c> rich.</c>

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He<00:12:12.799><c> was</c><00:12:13.080><c> happy</c><00:12:13.440><c> to</c><00:12:13.679><c> be</c><00:12:13.840><c> like</c><00:12:14.240><c> that,</c>

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that<00:12:14.899><c> he</c><00:12:15.080><c> could</c><00:12:15.340><c> truly</c><00:12:15.639><c> be</c><00:12:15.879><c> an</c><00:12:16.179><c> ambassador</c><00:12:16.679><c> in</c><00:12:17.000><c> bonds</c><00:12:17.440><c> to</c><00:12:19.019><c> share</c><00:12:19.279><c> the</c><00:12:19.460><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:12:20.559><c> again,</c><00:12:20.899><c> that</c><00:12:21.019><c> teaches</c><00:12:21.220><c> a</c><00:12:21.460><c> beautiful</c><00:12:22.120><c> lesson,</c><00:12:22.639><c> as</c><00:12:22.659><c> he</c><00:12:22.879><c> says,</c>

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possessing<00:12:23.720><c> nothing</c><00:12:24.039><c> and</c><00:12:24.259><c> yet</c><00:12:24.460><c> possessing</c><00:12:25.500><c> everything.</c>

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Because<00:12:27.320><c> brothers</c><00:12:27.539><c> and</c><00:12:27.799><c> sisters,</c><00:12:28.559><c> in</c><00:12:28.799><c> this</c><00:12:29.000><c> life</c><00:12:29.220><c> also,</c>

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there<00:12:30.460><c> is</c><00:12:30.659><c> often</c><00:12:31.179><c> suffering</c><00:12:31.600><c> before</c><00:12:32.240><c> glory.</c>

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As<00:12:32.820><c> Brother</c><00:12:33.019><c> Ruben</c><00:12:33.279><c> said</c><00:12:33.500><c> to</c><00:12:33.679><c> me</c><00:12:33.779><c> just</c><00:12:33.960><c> before</c><00:12:34.279><c> the</c><00:12:34.480><c> class</c><00:12:34.700><c> started,</c>

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God<00:12:35.919><c> never</c><00:12:36.679><c> made</c><00:12:37.059><c> a</c><00:12:37.220><c> mistake</c><00:12:37.720><c> when</c><00:12:38.299><c> he</c><00:12:38.460><c> brought</c><00:12:38.700><c> suffering</c>

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And<00:12:40.659><c> we</c><00:12:40.740><c> see</c><00:12:40.919><c> that</c><00:12:41.139><c> in</c><00:12:42.580><c> the</c><00:12:42.720><c> Apostle</c><00:12:43.159><c> Paul,</c><00:12:43.379><c> that</c><00:12:43.500><c> he</c><00:12:43.639><c> could</c><00:12:43.879><c> rejoice,</c>

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that<00:12:45.379><c> even</c><00:12:45.679><c> though</c><00:12:45.919><c> he</c><00:12:46.000><c> was</c><00:12:46.340><c> an</c><00:12:46.559><c> ambassador</c><00:12:47.580><c> for</c><00:12:47.799><c> Christ,</c>

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he<00:12:48.340><c> could</c><00:12:48.600><c> have</c><00:12:48.820><c> that</c><00:12:49.100><c> humiliation</c><00:12:49.740><c> of</c><00:12:50.580><c> chains.</c>

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And<00:12:52.080><c> so</c><00:12:52.220><c> again,</c><00:12:52.600><c> another</c><00:12:52.840><c> beautiful</c><00:12:53.379><c> message.</c>

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And<00:12:55.500><c> maybe</c><00:12:55.700><c> even</c><00:12:55.960><c> to</c><00:12:56.139><c> me,</c><00:12:57.179><c> even</c><00:12:57.360><c> one</c><00:12:57.519><c> a</c><00:12:57.679><c> little</c><00:12:57.820><c> bit</c><00:12:58.019><c> more</c><00:12:58.539><c> pointed</c><00:12:59.240><c> or</c>

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poignant<00:12:59.919><c> than</c><00:13:00.240><c> that,</c>

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and<00:13:01.320><c> that</c><00:13:01.559><c> is</c><00:13:02.220><c> that</c><00:13:02.940><c> here</c><00:13:03.340><c> we</c><00:13:03.559><c> have</c><00:13:03.820><c> Paul</c><00:13:04.379><c> with</c><00:13:05.320><c> such</c><00:13:05.559><c> a</c><00:13:05.860><c> vision</c>

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of<00:13:06.639><c> the</c><00:13:06.820><c> job</c><00:13:07.000><c> to</c><00:13:07.200><c> be</c><00:13:07.399><c> done,</c>

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that<00:13:08.539><c> even</c><00:13:08.779><c> though</c><00:13:09.019><c> he's</c><00:13:09.500><c> shackled</c><00:13:10.500><c> with</c><00:13:10.840><c> the</c><00:13:11.139><c> leg</c><00:13:11.399><c>-irons</c><00:13:11.639><c> of</c>

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he's<00:13:17.679><c> still</c><00:13:18.039><c> prepared</c><00:13:18.500><c> to</c><00:13:18.740><c> get</c><00:13:18.899><c> out</c><00:13:19.200><c> and</c><00:13:19.399><c> do</c><00:13:19.639><c> the</c><00:13:19.860><c> job,</c>

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chained<00:13:20.799><c> to</c><00:13:21.000><c> a</c><00:13:21.059><c> Roman</c><00:13:21.379><c> soldier.</c>

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And<00:13:22.860><c> again,</c><00:13:23.059><c> that</c><00:13:23.299><c> I</c><00:13:23.480><c> think</c><00:13:23.639><c> is</c><00:13:23.840><c> a</c><00:13:23.919><c> beautiful</c><00:13:24.279><c> example</c><00:13:24.779><c> to</c><00:13:25.100><c> us.</c>

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How<00:13:26.320><c> often</c><00:13:26.659><c> we</c><00:13:27.120><c> can</c><00:13:27.379><c> excuse</c><00:13:27.779><c> ourselves</c><00:13:28.379><c> when</c><00:13:28.740><c> things</c><00:13:29.139><c> are</c><00:13:29.480><c> not</c>

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You<00:13:31.059><c> know,</c><00:13:31.179><c> if</c><00:13:31.259><c> we</c><00:13:31.419><c> just</c><00:13:31.659><c> had</c><00:13:31.960><c> whatever</c><00:13:32.740><c> it</c><00:13:32.899><c> was,</c><00:13:33.220><c> then</c><00:13:33.320><c> I</c><00:13:33.500><c> could,</c><00:13:33.919><c> you</c><00:13:34.000><c> know,</c>

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if<00:13:35.139><c> I</c><00:13:35.340><c> just</c><00:13:35.519><c> had</c><00:13:35.639><c> a</c><00:13:35.740><c> little</c><00:13:35.899><c> bit</c><00:13:36.019><c> more</c><00:13:36.200><c> understanding</c><00:13:36.639><c> of</c><00:13:36.840><c> this</c>

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I<00:13:37.840><c> could</c><00:13:38.039><c> talk,</c><00:13:39.139><c> Paul</c><00:13:39.279><c> says,</c><00:13:39.620><c> even</c><00:13:39.720><c> though</c><00:13:39.899><c> I'm</c><00:13:40.120><c> chained</c><00:13:40.419><c> down</c>

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I'm<00:13:41.440><c> not</c><00:13:41.580><c> going</c><00:13:41.700><c> to</c><00:13:41.919><c> stop.</c>

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Because<00:13:43.240><c> it's</c><00:13:43.519><c> God</c><00:13:43.840><c> who</c><00:13:44.019><c> can</c><00:13:44.240><c> work</c><00:13:44.759><c> in</c><00:13:44.960><c> us</c><00:13:45.200><c> to</c><00:13:45.580><c> will</c><00:13:45.740><c> and</c><00:13:45.879><c> to</c><00:13:46.039><c> do</c>

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his<00:13:46.299><c> good</c><00:13:46.539><c> pleasure.</c>

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And<00:13:47.960><c> so</c><00:13:48.440><c> the</c><00:13:49.220><c> other</c><00:13:49.440><c> thing</c><00:13:49.679><c> I</c><00:13:49.840><c> think</c><00:13:50.000><c> we</c><00:13:50.220><c> see</c><00:13:50.379><c> out</c><00:13:50.559><c> of</c><00:13:50.639><c> this</c>

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beautiful<00:13:51.200><c> section</c><00:13:51.620><c> here</c>

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is<00:13:53.019><c> that</c><00:13:54.240><c> Paul</c><00:13:54.720><c> had</c><00:13:54.980><c> an</c><00:13:55.259><c> idea</c><00:13:55.620><c> of</c><00:13:56.100><c> urgency</c><00:13:56.679><c> in</c><00:13:56.919><c> his</c><00:13:57.179><c> preaching.</c>

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Remember,<00:13:57.879><c> now</c><00:13:58.240><c> is</c><00:13:58.460><c> the</c><00:13:58.559><c> day</c><00:13:58.700><c> of</c><00:13:58.940><c> salvation,</c>

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and<00:13:59.799><c> he</c><00:13:59.919><c> had</c><00:14:00.080><c> an</c><00:14:00.299><c> idea</c><00:14:00.519><c> of</c><00:14:00.759><c> a</c><00:14:00.940><c> vision</c><00:14:01.120><c> that</c><00:14:01.240><c> he's</c><00:14:01.480><c> given</c><00:14:01.600><c> us</c><00:14:01.840><c> a</c>

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job<00:14:02.240><c> to</c><00:14:02.500><c> do.</c>

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Also,<00:14:03.799><c> as</c><00:14:04.019><c> we</c><00:14:04.139><c> can</c><00:14:04.360><c> be</c><00:14:05.080><c> truly</c><00:14:05.440><c> ambassadors</c><00:14:06.080><c> today,</c>

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because<00:14:06.740><c> if</c><00:14:07.019><c> anybody</c><00:14:07.320><c> is</c><00:14:07.519><c> in</c><00:14:07.600><c> this</c><00:14:07.860><c> world,</c><00:14:08.360><c> we</c><00:14:08.620><c> are.</c>

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And<00:14:09.840><c> let's</c><00:14:10.200><c> face</c><00:14:10.419><c> it,</c><00:14:10.799><c> we</c><00:14:10.960><c> are</c><00:14:11.259><c> all</c><00:14:12.000><c> shackled.</c>

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We<00:14:12.639><c> aren't</c><00:14:13.100><c> very</c><00:14:13.559><c> well</c><00:14:13.879><c>-clothed,</c><00:14:14.379><c> are</c><00:14:14.740><c> we,</c><00:14:14.919><c> either?</c>

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We<00:14:15.259><c> look</c><00:14:15.440><c> at</c><00:14:15.600><c> ourselves,</c><00:14:15.860><c> we're</c><00:14:16.039><c> not</c><00:14:16.139><c> very</c><00:14:16.460><c> talented,</c>

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we<00:14:16.980><c> don't</c><00:14:17.200><c> have</c><00:14:17.399><c> great</c><00:14:17.879><c> ability</c><00:14:18.480><c> to</c><00:14:18.679><c> get</c><00:14:18.820><c> out</c><00:14:19.059><c> there</c>

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and<00:14:19.399><c> maybe</c><00:14:19.700><c> do</c><00:14:19.980><c> whatever</c><00:14:20.240><c> we</c><00:14:20.559><c> think</c><00:14:20.820><c> should</c><00:14:21.039><c> be</c><00:14:21.320><c> done</c><00:14:21.460><c> to</c><00:14:21.700><c> preach</c><00:14:21.899><c> the</c><00:14:22.100><c> Gospel.</c>

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We're<00:14:23.279><c> all</c><00:14:23.860><c> shackled</c><00:14:24.580><c> with</c><00:14:25.279><c> the</c><00:14:25.539><c> leg</c><00:14:25.740><c>-irons</c><00:14:25.960><c> of</c><00:14:26.159><c> our</c><00:14:26.379><c> weaknesses</c><00:14:26.879><c> and</c><00:14:27.700><c> our</c><00:14:28.480><c> failings.</c>

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And<00:14:30.179><c> yet,</c><00:14:31.080><c> just</c><00:14:31.360><c> like</c><00:14:31.639><c> Paul,</c><00:14:32.559><c> you</c><00:14:32.620><c> know,</c><00:14:32.919><c> brothers</c><00:14:33.039><c> and</c><00:14:33.279><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:14:35.120><c> have</c><00:14:35.539><c> got</c><00:14:35.740><c> the</c><00:14:35.940><c> message,</c><00:14:37.059><c> even</c><00:14:37.539><c> through</c><00:14:37.960><c> our</c><00:14:38.179><c> frailty.</c>

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We<00:14:39.299><c> may</c><00:14:39.480><c> not</c><00:14:39.659><c> have</c><00:14:39.799><c> the</c><00:14:39.960><c> deeper</c><00:14:40.179><c> knowledge,</c>

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but<00:14:42.559><c> we</c><00:14:42.980><c> have</c><00:14:43.259><c> got</c><00:14:43.879><c> the</c><00:14:44.139><c> ability,</c><00:14:44.860><c> even</c><00:14:45.279><c> with</c><00:14:45.580><c> our</c><00:14:45.840><c> leg</c><00:14:46.059><c>-irons,</c>

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to<00:14:47.559><c> sow</c><00:14:47.980><c> that</c><00:14:48.320><c> little</c><00:14:48.700><c> word</c><00:14:48.919><c> in</c><00:14:49.240><c> season.</c>

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And<00:14:49.720><c> often</c><00:14:49.899><c> it's</c><00:14:50.080><c> not</c><00:14:50.379><c> done</c><00:14:50.539><c> in</c><00:14:50.799><c> big</c><00:14:50.980><c> ways,</c><00:14:51.320><c> is</c><00:14:51.399><c> it?</c>

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And<00:14:53.480><c> of</c><00:14:53.700><c> course,</c><00:14:54.820><c> we</c><00:14:55.360><c> know</c><00:14:55.580><c> that</c><00:14:55.720><c> there</c><00:14:55.860><c> is</c><00:14:56.220><c> a</c><00:14:56.379><c> deadline.</c>

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As<00:14:56.820><c> he</c><00:14:57.000><c> says,</c><00:14:57.460><c> now</c><00:14:57.620><c> is</c><00:14:57.840><c> the</c><00:14:57.940><c> day</c><00:14:58.100><c> of</c><00:14:58.320><c> salvation.</c>

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We<00:14:58.919><c> know</c><00:14:59.200><c> that</c><00:14:59.379><c> we</c><00:14:59.519><c> are</c><00:14:59.759><c> working</c><00:15:00.120><c> to</c><00:15:00.360><c> the</c><00:15:00.620><c> end.</c>

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Boy,<00:15:01.259><c> if</c><00:15:01.419><c> any</c><00:15:01.639><c> time</c><00:15:01.820><c> is</c><00:15:02.000><c> now</c><00:15:02.179><c> the</c><00:15:02.320><c> day</c><00:15:02.539><c> of</c><00:15:02.740><c> salvation,</c><00:15:03.120><c> isn't</c><00:15:03.259><c> it</c><00:15:03.480><c> a</c><00:15:03.600><c> day?</c>

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Just<00:15:04.480><c> as</c><00:15:04.700><c> we're</c><00:15:05.159><c> coming</c><00:15:05.399><c> here</c><00:15:05.600><c> on</c><00:15:05.740><c> the</c><00:15:05.960><c> plane,</c>

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I'm<00:15:06.379><c> hearing</c><00:15:06.700><c> about</c><00:15:07.019><c> the</c><00:15:07.460><c> news</c><00:15:07.799><c> in</c><00:15:08.100><c> Palestine,</c>

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yet<00:15:09.059><c> another</c><00:15:09.659><c> explosion</c><00:15:10.340><c> over</c><00:15:10.659><c> there</c><00:15:10.940><c> and</c><00:15:11.120><c> more</c><00:15:11.340><c> dead.</c>

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We<00:15:12.139><c> hear</c><00:15:12.639><c> of</c><00:15:12.940><c> Boris</c><00:15:13.139><c> Yeltsin</c><00:15:13.620><c> now</c><00:15:14.340><c> in</c><00:15:15.399><c> very</c><00:15:15.820><c> unstable</c><00:15:16.440><c> health,</c>

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and<00:15:17.639><c> all</c><00:15:17.940><c> of</c><00:15:18.100><c> the</c><00:15:18.299><c> newsweeks</c><00:15:18.700><c> of</c><00:15:18.860><c> the</c><00:15:18.980><c> world</c><00:15:19.159><c> are</c><00:15:19.419><c> absolutely</c>

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in<00:15:20.240><c> jitters</c><00:15:20.500><c> about</c><00:15:20.820><c> the</c><00:15:20.960><c> fact</c>

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what's<00:15:21.440><c> going</c><00:15:21.580><c> to</c><00:15:21.740><c> happen</c><00:15:21.940><c> because</c><00:15:22.200><c> everyone</c><00:15:22.659><c> following</c>

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Boris<00:15:24.600><c> Yeltsin</c>

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is<00:15:26.139><c> far</c><00:15:26.720><c> tougher</c><00:15:27.059><c> lined</c><00:15:27.340><c> than</c><00:15:27.700><c> Boris</c><00:15:28.159><c> is.</c>

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And<00:15:29.519><c> what</c><00:15:29.639><c> does</c><00:15:29.759><c> the</c><00:15:29.899><c> Scripture</c><00:15:30.139><c> say?</c>

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We<00:15:31.419><c> don't</c><00:15:31.720><c> know</c><00:15:32.019><c> exactly</c><00:15:32.620><c> how</c><00:15:32.919><c> the</c><00:15:33.080><c> events</c><00:15:33.440><c> of</c><00:15:33.679><c> the</c><00:15:33.820><c> last</c><00:15:34.080><c> days</c>

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are<00:15:34.399><c> going</c><00:15:34.500><c> to</c><00:15:34.679><c> pan</c><00:15:34.840><c> out,</c>

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but<00:15:35.100><c> we</c><00:15:35.340><c> do</c><00:15:35.580><c> know</c><00:15:35.740><c> that</c><00:15:35.860><c> there's</c><00:15:36.039><c> a</c><00:15:36.320><c> great</c><00:15:36.679><c> northern</c><00:15:37.220><c> host</c>

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that<00:15:38.159><c> is</c><00:15:38.519><c> seething</c><00:15:38.919><c> with</c><00:15:39.139><c> its</c><00:15:39.379><c> masses,</c>

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and<00:15:39.679><c> these</c><00:15:39.679><c> masses</c><00:15:39.679><c> are</c><00:15:39.820><c> going</c><00:15:39.980><c> to</c><00:15:40.100><c> come</c><00:15:40.299><c> down</c><00:15:40.539><c> upon</c><00:15:40.779><c> the</c><00:15:40.919><c> mountains</c><00:15:41.179><c> of</c><00:15:41.399><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:15:42.139><c> put</c><00:15:42.299><c> an</c><00:15:42.460><c> end</c><00:15:42.559><c> to</c><00:15:42.720><c> this</c><00:15:42.919><c> trouble</c><00:15:43.220><c> spot.</c>

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Brethren<00:15:45.159><c> and</c><00:15:45.379><c> sisters,</c><00:15:45.580><c> truly</c><00:15:45.899><c> now</c><00:15:46.179><c> is</c><00:15:46.419><c> the</c><00:15:46.519><c> day</c><00:15:46.720><c> of</c><00:15:46.919><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:15:48.659><c> also,</c><00:15:50.360><c> for</c><00:15:50.480><c> those</c><00:15:50.740><c> of</c><00:15:50.919><c> us</c><00:15:51.299><c> here,</c><00:15:52.019><c> many</c><00:15:52.279><c> of</c><00:15:52.460><c> us,</c><00:15:52.639><c> I'm</c><00:15:52.759><c> sure,</c>

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have<00:15:54.080><c> had</c><00:15:54.820><c> a</c><00:15:55.320><c> brush,</c>

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if<00:15:56.539><c> I</c><00:15:56.659><c> could</c><00:15:56.740><c> put</c><00:15:56.899><c> it</c><00:15:56.980><c> this</c><00:15:57.159><c> way,</c><00:15:57.399><c> a</c><00:15:57.559><c> brush</c><00:15:58.039><c> with</c><00:15:58.519><c> our</c><00:15:58.820><c> own</c><00:15:59.080><c> mortality,</c>

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where<00:16:01.100><c> maybe</c><00:16:01.799><c> through</c><00:16:02.799><c> sickness</c><00:16:03.279><c> or</c><00:16:04.059><c> whatever</c><00:16:04.399><c> it</c><00:16:04.519><c> is,</c><00:16:04.799><c> or</c><00:16:04.980><c> disease</c><00:16:05.379><c> or</c><00:16:05.639><c> accident,</c>

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we've<00:16:06.460><c> suddenly</c><00:16:06.720><c> realized</c><00:16:07.299><c> again</c><00:16:07.899><c> that</c><00:16:08.659><c> now</c><00:16:08.940><c> is</c><00:16:09.179><c> the</c><00:16:09.320><c> day</c><00:16:09.480><c> of</c><00:16:09.679><c> salvation</c>

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because<00:16:10.460><c> like</c><00:16:10.940><c> that,</c><00:16:12.340><c> we</c><00:16:12.419><c> can</c><00:16:12.700><c> be</c><00:16:12.960><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:16:14.659><c> truly</c><00:16:14.840><c> we</c><00:16:14.980><c> do</c><00:16:15.259><c> live</c><00:16:15.700><c> in</c><00:16:16.460><c> a</c><00:16:17.980><c> time,</c>

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both<00:16:20.620><c> particularly</c><00:16:21.139><c> with</c><00:16:21.360><c> the</c><00:16:21.539><c> signs</c><00:16:21.700><c> around</c><00:16:22.019><c> us,</c>

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that<00:16:22.659><c> if</c><00:16:22.980><c> we</c><00:16:23.200><c> don't</c><00:16:23.440><c> have</c><00:16:23.639><c> the</c><00:16:23.759><c> perspective</c><00:16:24.279><c> that</c><00:16:24.559><c> now</c><00:16:24.940><c> is</c><00:16:25.200><c> the</c>

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day<00:16:25.500><c> of</c><00:16:25.820><c> salvation,</c>

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this<00:16:26.740><c> is</c><00:16:26.960><c> the</c><00:16:27.100><c> opportunity,</c><00:16:27.539><c> it's</c><00:16:27.639><c> not</c><00:16:27.879><c> then</c><00:16:28.200><c> or</c><00:16:28.399><c> the</c><00:16:28.580><c> week</c><00:16:28.779><c> after</c><00:16:29.120><c> or</c>

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after<00:16:29.600><c> that,</c>

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God<00:16:31.240><c> can</c><00:16:31.440><c> work</c><00:16:31.659><c> with</c><00:16:31.899><c> that</c><00:16:32.100><c> in</c><00:16:32.139><c> us.</c>

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It<00:16:33.139><c> helps</c><00:16:33.360><c> us</c><00:16:33.600><c> to</c><00:16:33.759><c> take</c><00:16:33.919><c> those</c><00:16:34.120><c> opportunities.</c>

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And<00:16:37.320><c> maybe</c><00:16:37.759><c> if</c><00:16:37.960><c> I</c><00:16:38.039><c> could</c><00:16:38.460><c> speak</c><00:16:38.860><c> to</c><00:16:39.080><c> my</c><00:16:39.860><c> sisters</c><00:16:40.179><c> here</c><00:16:40.779><c> for</c><00:16:41.120><c> a</c><00:16:41.259><c> moment,</c>

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it's<00:16:42.480><c> easy</c><00:16:43.259><c> for</c><00:16:44.580><c> brethren</c><00:16:45.019><c> to</c><00:16:45.720><c> see</c><00:16:46.039><c> some</c><00:16:46.440><c> sort</c><00:16:46.639><c> of</c><00:16:46.799><c> a</c><00:16:46.960><c> role</c>

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because<00:16:47.399><c> often</c><00:16:47.700><c> they've</c><00:16:47.980><c> been</c><00:16:48.240><c> given</c><00:16:48.460><c> a</c><00:16:48.679><c> mouth</c><00:16:48.899><c> and</c><00:16:49.080><c> they</c><00:16:49.360><c> blab</c><00:16:49.580><c> with</c><00:16:49.799><c> it,</c>

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and<00:16:51.200><c> it</c><00:16:51.740><c> seems</c><00:16:52.000><c> like,</c><00:16:53.080><c> well,</c><00:16:53.259><c> that's</c><00:16:53.679><c> the</c><00:16:53.779><c> way</c><00:16:53.960><c> we</c><00:16:54.279><c> preach.</c>

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It's<00:16:59.019><c> probably</c><00:16:59.179><c> one</c><00:16:59.360><c> of</c><00:16:59.440><c> the</c><00:16:59.500><c> most</c><00:16:59.779><c> ineffective</c><00:17:00.379><c> ways</c><00:17:00.720><c> to</c><00:17:01.039><c> preach.</c>

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And<00:17:01.899><c> in</c><00:17:02.059><c> fact,</c><00:17:02.779><c> sisters,</c><00:17:03.860><c> in</c><00:17:03.960><c> one</c><00:17:04.180><c>-on</c><00:17:04.359><c>-one</c><00:17:04.680><c> conversations,</c>

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time<00:17:06.420><c> after</c><00:17:06.819><c> time</c><00:17:07.240><c> after</c><00:17:07.579><c> time</c><00:17:08.019><c> are</c><00:17:08.599><c> far</c><00:17:09.140><c> better</c><00:17:09.799><c> than</c><00:17:10.099><c> us</c><00:17:10.420><c> brethren</c>

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at<00:17:11.740><c> sharing</c><00:17:12.259><c> their</c><00:17:13.259><c> hearts</c><00:17:13.680><c> with</c><00:17:13.920><c> others.</c>

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They<00:17:15.859><c> have</c><00:17:16.539><c> a</c><00:17:16.660><c> far</c><00:17:17.000><c> greater</c><00:17:17.480><c> propensity</c><00:17:18.400><c> for</c><00:17:19.099><c> that</c><00:17:19.339><c> beautiful</c>

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quality<00:17:20.579><c> of</c><00:17:21.119><c> compassion</c>

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and<00:17:22.079><c> gentleness</c><00:17:22.579><c> that</c><00:17:22.779><c> is</c><00:17:23.039><c> rare</c><00:17:23.259><c> in</c><00:17:23.420><c> a</c><00:17:23.599><c> man</c><00:17:23.799><c> that</c><00:17:24.220><c> can</c><00:17:24.559><c> reach</c><00:17:24.920><c> out</c>

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and<00:17:25.599><c> in</c><00:17:25.799><c> compassion</c><00:17:26.420><c> show</c><00:17:26.920><c> that</c><00:17:27.220><c> Spirit</c><00:17:27.660><c> of</c><00:17:27.880><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:17:28.440><c> so</c><00:17:28.539><c> therefore</c><00:17:29.099><c> drop</c><00:17:29.859><c> that</c><00:17:30.299><c> seed</c><00:17:30.539><c> of</c><00:17:30.799><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:17:32.579><c> so</c><00:17:32.759><c> many</c><00:17:33.019><c> times</c><00:17:33.380><c> people,</c><00:17:33.680><c> I'm</c><00:17:33.819><c> sure</c><00:17:33.980><c> there</c><00:17:34.160><c> are</c><00:17:34.200><c> those</c><00:17:34.380><c> in</c>

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this<00:17:34.779><c> room</c>

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who<00:17:35.380><c> can</c><00:17:35.740><c> witness</c><00:17:36.099><c> to</c><00:17:36.319><c> the</c><00:17:36.440><c> fact</c><00:17:36.599><c> that</c><00:17:36.740><c> it</c><00:17:36.819><c> was</c><00:17:37.019><c> a</c><00:17:37.240><c> sister</c>

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who<00:17:38.960><c> dropped</c><00:17:39.259><c> a</c><00:17:39.519><c> word</c><00:17:39.700><c> in</c><00:17:40.059><c> season</c><00:17:40.480><c> coupled</c><00:17:41.119><c> with</c><00:17:41.359><c> that</c><00:17:41.579><c> compassion</c><00:17:42.119><c> and</c><00:17:42.400><c> hope</c>

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or<00:17:43.359><c> else</c><00:17:43.559><c> the</c><00:17:43.880><c> open</c><00:17:44.400><c> home,</c><00:17:45.259><c> and</c><00:17:45.480><c> again</c><00:17:45.799><c> I</c><00:17:46.460><c> hate</c><00:17:46.599><c> to</c><00:17:46.779><c> embarrass</c>

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Sister<00:17:47.460><c> Shirley,</c>

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but<00:17:48.500><c> it's</c><00:17:48.960><c> okay,</c><00:17:49.539><c> she</c><00:17:49.680><c> doesn't.</c>

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But<00:17:51.519><c> we've</c><00:17:53.480><c> been</c><00:17:53.680><c> very</c><00:17:54.000><c> blessed</c><00:17:54.180><c> in</c><00:17:54.359><c> our</c><00:17:54.460><c> home</c><00:17:54.559><c> to</c><00:17:54.720><c> have</c><00:17:54.880><c> quite</c>

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a<00:17:55.359><c> few</c><00:17:55.500><c> classes</c>

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where<00:17:56.619><c> people</c><00:17:57.200><c> have</c><00:17:57.400><c> learnt</c><00:17:57.539><c> the</c><00:17:57.759><c> truth</c><00:17:57.940><c> and</c><00:17:58.059><c> it's</c><00:17:58.220><c> been</c><00:17:58.400><c> a</c>

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most<00:17:58.779><c> exciting</c><00:17:59.460><c> thing</c>

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to<00:18:00.099><c> see</c><00:18:00.559><c> that</c><00:18:00.920><c> time</c><00:18:01.200><c> after</c><00:18:01.559><c> time,</c><00:18:01.779><c> to</c><00:18:01.839><c> have</c><00:18:02.000><c> people</c><00:18:02.339><c> come</c><00:18:02.619><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:03.000><c> home</c>

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and<00:18:04.359><c> go</c><00:18:04.819><c> through</c><00:18:05.220><c> and</c><00:18:05.779><c> let</c><00:18:05.900><c> the</c><00:18:06.140><c> Word</c><00:18:06.319><c> of</c><00:18:06.539><c> God</c><00:18:06.839><c> convict</c><00:18:07.359><c> them</c>

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as<00:18:07.640><c> they</c><00:18:07.920><c> start</c><00:18:08.140><c> in</c><00:18:08.400><c> Genesis</c>

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and<00:18:08.759><c> just</c><00:18:09.079><c> see</c><00:18:09.299><c> the</c><00:18:09.559><c> wonder</c><00:18:09.779><c> of</c><00:18:09.960><c> what</c><00:18:10.160><c> God</c><00:18:10.380><c> has</c><00:18:10.579><c> given</c><00:18:10.740><c> us.</c>

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But<00:18:12.480><c> you</c><00:18:12.619><c> know,</c><00:18:13.140><c> what</c><00:18:13.440><c> really</c><00:18:13.900><c> starts</c><00:18:14.240><c> that</c><00:18:14.519><c> process</c>

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is<00:18:16.240><c> the</c><00:18:16.480><c> wonderful</c><00:18:16.900><c> quality</c><00:18:17.259><c> that</c><00:18:17.559><c> Sister</c><00:18:17.859><c> Shirley</c><00:18:18.200><c> offers</c>

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where<00:18:19.180><c> she</c><00:18:19.400><c> opens</c><00:18:19.759><c> the</c><00:18:20.019><c> home</c><00:18:20.339><c> and</c><00:18:20.900><c> makes</c><00:18:21.220><c> them</c><00:18:21.500><c> feel</c><00:18:21.700><c> like</c><00:18:21.900><c> they</c><00:18:22.140><c> truly</c><00:18:22.460><c> are</c>

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at<00:18:22.920><c> home</c>

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So<00:18:26.299><c> now</c><00:18:26.599><c> we</c><00:18:27.039><c> do</c><00:18:27.299><c> have</c><00:18:27.500><c> an</c><00:18:27.619><c> opportunity</c><00:18:27.980><c> now</c><00:18:28.240><c> to</c><00:18:28.359><c> sit</c><00:18:28.539><c> down</c>

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or<00:18:29.359><c> whatever</c><00:18:29.599><c> and</c><00:18:29.700><c> say</c><00:18:29.779><c> would</c><00:18:29.880><c> you</c><00:18:30.039><c> like</c><00:18:30.160><c> to</c><00:18:30.339><c> do</c><00:18:30.480><c> Bible</c><00:18:30.799><c> readings</c>

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no<00:18:31.240><c> matter</c><00:18:31.380><c> who</c><00:18:31.599><c> it</c><00:18:31.740><c> is</c><00:18:31.880><c> who</c><00:18:32.039><c> comes</c><00:18:32.200><c> into</c><00:18:32.420><c> the</c><00:18:32.579><c> house,</c><00:18:32.799><c> it's</c>

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our<00:18:33.059><c> custom.</c>

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So<00:18:34.640><c> again,</c><00:18:35.240><c> it's</c><00:18:35.380><c> not,</c><00:18:35.859><c> this</c><00:18:36.099><c> idea</c><00:18:36.460><c> of</c><00:18:36.559><c> being</c><00:18:36.819><c> ambassadors</c>

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is<00:18:37.579><c> not</c><00:18:37.720><c> something</c><00:18:37.920><c> that</c><00:18:38.180><c> just</c><00:18:38.519><c> a</c><00:18:38.619><c> man</c><00:18:38.920><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:18:40.299><c> a</c><00:18:40.559><c> spirit,</c><00:18:40.859><c> it's</c><00:18:41.119><c> a</c><00:18:41.279><c> mindset</c><00:18:41.619><c> that</c><00:18:41.819><c> each</c><00:18:42.059><c> one</c><00:18:42.220><c> of</c><00:18:42.319><c> us</c><00:18:42.460><c> I</c><00:18:42.599><c> believe</c>

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can<00:18:43.160><c> take</c><00:18:44.220><c> tremendous</c><00:18:44.940><c> courage</c><00:18:45.460><c> from.</c>

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And<00:18:46.200><c> just</c><00:18:46.359><c> remember,</c><00:18:46.880><c> near</c><00:18:46.940><c> is</c><00:18:47.099><c> the</c><00:18:47.279><c> opportunity,</c><00:18:47.759><c> this</c><00:18:47.940><c> is</c><00:18:48.119><c> it.</c>

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When<00:18:49.259><c> we</c><00:18:49.380><c> go</c><00:18:49.519><c> to</c><00:18:49.680><c> work</c><00:18:49.839><c> tomorrow,</c><00:18:50.259><c> we</c><00:18:50.480><c> speak</c><00:18:50.700><c> to</c><00:18:50.839><c> the</c><00:18:51.019><c> neighbour</c><00:18:51.259><c> over</c><00:18:51.539><c> the</c><00:18:51.799><c> fence</c>

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Whatever<00:18:54.660><c> it</c><00:18:54.859><c> is,</c><00:18:56.180><c> there</c><00:18:56.380><c> now</c><00:18:56.619><c> is</c><00:18:56.819><c> the</c><00:18:56.940><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:18:57.680><c> just</c><00:18:57.940><c> talk</c><00:18:58.160><c> about</c><00:18:58.500><c> something</c><00:18:59.000><c> that's</c><00:18:59.480><c> in</c><00:18:59.619><c> our</c><00:18:59.859><c> heart,</c>

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something<00:19:00.700><c> we've</c><00:19:01.000><c> been</c><00:19:01.160><c> thinking</c><00:19:01.440><c> about,</c>

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something<00:19:02.039><c> we</c><00:19:02.259><c> read</c><00:19:02.440><c> last</c><00:19:02.779><c> night</c><00:19:02.900><c> in</c><00:19:03.019><c> the</c><00:19:03.140><c> Bible</c><00:19:03.359><c> readings.</c>

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And<00:19:04.099><c> of</c><00:19:04.279><c> course,</c><00:19:04.720><c> that</c><00:19:05.000><c> brings</c><00:19:05.240><c> us</c><00:19:05.400><c> to</c><00:19:05.539><c> the</c><00:19:05.680><c> next</c><00:19:05.900><c> point.</c>

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The<00:19:06.619><c> idea</c><00:19:06.960><c> of</c><00:19:07.299><c> maybe</c><00:19:07.660><c> then</c><00:19:08.579><c> praying</c><00:19:09.079><c> for</c><00:19:09.680><c> help</c>

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and<00:19:10.299><c> then</c><00:19:10.440><c> just</c><00:19:10.779><c> leaping</c><00:19:11.259><c> in</c><00:19:11.700><c> to</c><00:19:12.140><c> share</c><00:19:12.400><c> the</c><00:19:12.579><c> hope</c><00:19:12.700><c> of</c><00:19:12.839><c> the</c><00:19:12.960><c> Gospel</c>

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is<00:19:15.980><c> haphazard.</c>

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that<00:19:21.240><c> if</c><00:19:21.420><c> we</c><00:19:21.640><c> are</c><00:19:21.859><c> going</c><00:19:22.019><c> to</c><00:19:22.319><c> have</c><00:19:22.539><c> a</c><00:19:22.859><c> word</c><00:19:23.079><c> in</c><00:19:23.500><c> season,</c>

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no<00:19:24.000><c> matter</c><00:19:24.240><c> how</c><00:19:24.680><c> poorly</c><00:19:24.920><c> we</c><00:19:25.220><c> feel</c><00:19:25.400><c> we</c><00:19:25.619><c> are</c><00:19:25.799><c> at</c><00:19:26.039><c> sharing</c><00:19:26.259><c> it,</c>

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there's<00:19:26.779><c> only</c><00:19:26.980><c> one</c><00:19:27.160><c> way</c><00:19:27.339><c> that</c><00:19:27.539><c> word's</c><00:19:27.799><c> going</c><00:19:27.880><c> to</c><00:19:27.980><c> be</c><00:19:28.079><c> on</c><00:19:28.220><c> our</c>

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lip,<00:19:28.640><c> isn't</c><00:19:28.740><c> it?</c>

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And<00:19:30.599><c> that's</c><00:19:30.839><c> because</c><00:19:31.119><c> it's</c><00:19:31.359><c> open</c><00:19:31.680><c> daily</c><00:19:32.059><c> in</c><00:19:32.279><c> our</c><00:19:32.500><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:19:33.859><c> so</c><00:19:34.160><c> again,</c><00:19:34.599><c> I</c><00:19:34.859><c> encourage</c><00:19:35.259><c> you</c><00:19:35.460><c> as</c><00:19:35.599><c> we</c><00:19:35.839><c> think</c><00:19:36.000><c> of</c><00:19:36.180><c> this</c><00:19:36.319><c> idea</c>

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I<00:19:39.019><c> know</c><00:19:39.339><c> that</c><00:19:39.539><c> in</c><00:19:39.700><c> the</c><00:19:40.039><c> busyness</c><00:19:40.619><c> of</c><00:19:41.019><c> life</c><00:19:41.299><c> in</c><00:19:41.539><c> this</c><00:19:41.799><c> last</c><00:19:42.180><c> age</c>

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that<00:19:47.279><c> quiet</c><00:19:47.940><c> prayer</c><00:19:48.420><c> time</c><00:19:48.880><c> with</c><00:19:49.460><c> our</c><00:19:49.779><c> spouses,</c>

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by<00:19:51.240><c> ourselves</c><00:19:51.779><c> before</c><00:19:52.180><c> our</c><00:19:52.400><c> God,</c><00:19:52.920><c> with</c><00:19:53.099><c> our</c><00:19:53.400><c> families,</c>

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and<00:19:54.240><c> then</c><00:19:54.440><c> that</c><00:19:54.680><c> time</c><00:19:54.960><c> of</c><00:19:55.299><c> reading</c><00:19:55.640><c> the</c><00:19:55.839><c> Word</c><00:19:56.039><c> of</c><00:19:56.160><c> God</c><00:19:56.400><c> together</c><00:19:56.920><c> every</c><00:19:57.619><c> day</c>

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is<00:19:58.559><c> so</c><00:19:59.059><c> critical</c><00:19:59.680><c> because</c><00:20:00.500><c> unless</c><00:20:00.980><c> the</c><00:20:01.240><c> Word</c><00:20:01.380><c> is</c><00:20:01.559><c> going</c><00:20:01.839><c> into</c>

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our<00:20:02.440><c> hearts,</c>

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when<00:20:03.680><c> the</c><00:20:03.859><c> opportunity</c><00:20:04.279><c> comes</c><00:20:04.619><c> there's</c><00:20:04.799><c> nothing</c><00:20:04.960><c> to</c><00:20:05.160><c> pop</c><00:20:05.339><c> out.</c>

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There's<00:20:06.700><c> nothing</c><00:20:06.940><c> we've</c><00:20:07.140><c> been</c><00:20:07.359><c> thinking</c><00:20:07.619><c> about.</c>

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And<00:20:08.599><c> so</c><00:20:08.779><c> again,</c><00:20:09.460><c> this</c><00:20:09.619><c> is</c><00:20:09.799><c> an</c><00:20:09.960><c> opportunity</c><00:20:10.480><c> as</c><00:20:10.700><c> we</c><00:20:11.180><c> think</c><00:20:11.480><c> about</c><00:20:11.900><c> our</c><00:20:12.240><c> lives</c>

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that<00:20:13.019><c> if</c><00:20:13.220><c> the</c><00:20:13.460><c> busyness</c><00:20:13.839><c> of</c><00:20:14.059><c> life</c><00:20:14.259><c> has</c><00:20:14.519><c> pushed</c><00:20:14.799><c> those</c><00:20:15.160><c> things</c>

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that<00:20:15.579><c> are</c><00:20:15.759><c> important</c><00:20:16.380><c> back</c><00:20:16.980><c> into</c><00:20:17.500><c> the</c><00:20:17.720><c> background,</c>

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we've<00:20:18.799><c> been</c><00:20:19.339><c> haphazard</c><00:20:20.000><c> in</c><00:20:20.200><c> our</c><00:20:20.420><c> prayer</c><00:20:20.680><c> life</c><00:20:21.000><c> and</c><00:20:21.440><c> our</c><00:20:21.599><c> reading</c><00:20:21.859><c> life,</c>

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and<00:20:22.220><c> it</c><00:20:22.319><c> all</c><00:20:22.440><c> happens</c><00:20:22.619><c> to</c><00:20:22.859><c> all</c><00:20:23.019><c> of</c><00:20:23.140><c> us</c><00:20:23.420><c> through</c><00:20:23.759><c> the</c><00:20:23.980><c> cycles</c><00:20:24.240><c> of</c><00:20:24.519><c> life.</c>

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Maybe<00:20:25.359><c> now,</c><00:20:25.779><c> now</c><00:20:26.160><c> is</c><00:20:26.440><c> the</c><00:20:26.519><c> day</c><00:20:26.720><c> of</c><00:20:26.940><c> salvation,</c>

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now<00:20:27.640><c> is</c><00:20:27.819><c> the</c><00:20:27.940><c> opportunity</c><00:20:28.539><c> to</c><00:20:29.700><c> look</c><00:20:30.720><c> at</c><00:20:30.900><c> that</c><00:20:31.160><c> again</c><00:20:31.440><c> and</c><00:20:31.619><c> think</c><00:20:31.859><c> about</c><00:20:32.119><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:33.680><c> if</c><00:20:33.980><c> you</c><00:20:34.299><c> think</c><00:20:34.720><c> maybe</c><00:20:35.079><c> that</c><00:20:35.440><c> Paul</c><00:20:35.839><c> was</c><00:20:36.640><c> this</c><00:20:37.119><c> fearless</c><00:20:37.579><c> ambassador</c>

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that<00:20:39.099><c> just</c><00:20:39.660><c> kind</c><00:20:40.200><c> of</c><00:20:40.420><c> come</c><00:20:40.619><c> flying</c><00:20:41.079><c> out</c><00:20:41.319><c> of</c><00:20:41.440><c> the</c><00:20:41.700><c> stocks</c><00:20:41.960><c> and</c>

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just<00:20:42.759><c> go</c><00:20:43.000><c> for</c><00:20:43.259><c> it,</c>

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I'd<00:20:44.519><c> like</c><00:20:44.619><c> you</c><00:20:44.779><c> to</c><00:20:44.920><c> also</c><00:20:45.200><c> think</c><00:20:45.519><c> again.</c>

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We've<00:20:46.319><c> said</c><00:20:46.460><c> that</c><00:20:46.819><c> 2</c><00:20:46.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:47.460><c> looks</c><00:20:47.799><c> at</c><00:20:47.980><c> the</c><00:20:48.079><c> heart</c><00:20:48.319><c> of</c><00:20:48.619><c> Paul,</c>

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but<00:20:49.220><c> while</c><00:20:49.460><c> we're</c><00:20:49.660><c> in</c><00:20:49.900><c> Ephesians,</c><00:20:50.359><c> let's</c><00:20:50.599><c> just</c><00:20:50.819><c> read</c><00:20:50.980><c> a</c><00:20:51.119><c> couple</c><00:20:51.299><c> more</c><00:20:51.559><c> verses</c>

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because<00:20:53.000><c> I</c><00:20:53.279><c> think</c><00:20:53.680><c> we</c><00:20:54.500><c> see</c><00:20:54.900><c> in</c><00:20:55.099><c> the</c><00:20:55.359><c> spirit</c><00:20:55.519><c> of</c><00:20:55.720><c> Paul</c><00:20:55.940><c> that</c><00:20:56.160><c> he</c><00:20:56.519><c> struggled</c>

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with<00:20:57.500><c> that</c><00:20:57.900><c> same</c><00:20:58.400><c> fear</c><00:20:58.880><c> of</c><00:20:59.779><c> sharing</c><00:21:00.099><c> the</c><00:21:00.339><c> Gospel</c><00:21:00.799><c> that</c><00:21:01.119><c> we</c><00:21:01.420><c> do.</c>

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And<00:21:02.259><c> that</c><00:21:02.420><c> to</c><00:21:02.559><c> me</c><00:21:02.720><c> is</c><00:21:03.059><c> extremely</c><00:21:03.680><c> encouraging.</c>

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Ephesians<00:21:06.140><c> chapter</c><00:21:06.480><c> 6</c><00:21:06.880><c> and</c><00:21:07.099><c> verse</c><00:21:07.339><c> 19</c><00:21:07.859><c> and</c><00:21:08.079><c> 20.</c>

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I'd<00:21:11.259><c> like</c><00:21:11.380><c> to</c><00:21:11.859><c> read</c><00:21:12.079><c> from</c><00:21:12.279><c> the</c><00:21:12.460><c> NIV,</c><00:21:12.740><c> if</c><00:21:12.900><c> you</c><00:21:13.019><c> don't</c><00:21:14.119><c> mind,</c>

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where<00:21:14.460><c> he</c><00:21:14.619><c> says,</c>

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Pray<00:21:15.619><c> also</c><00:21:16.579><c> for</c><00:21:16.940><c> me</c><00:21:17.339><c> that</c><00:21:18.500><c> whenever</c><00:21:19.099><c> I</c><00:21:19.519><c> open</c><00:21:19.759><c> my</c><00:21:20.099><c> mouth,</c>

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words<00:21:21.319><c> may</c><00:21:21.619><c> be</c><00:21:21.859><c> given</c><00:21:22.039><c> me</c><00:21:22.819><c> so</c><00:21:23.039><c> that</c><00:21:23.279><c> I</c><00:21:23.480><c> will</c><00:21:23.940><c> fearlessly</c><00:21:24.539><c> make</c><00:21:24.900><c> known</c>

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the<00:21:25.400><c> mystery</c><00:21:25.720><c> of</c><00:21:28.839><c> the</c><00:21:28.839><c> Gospel</c><00:21:29.299><c> for</c><00:21:29.619><c> which</c><00:21:29.880><c> I</c><00:21:30.059><c> am</c><00:21:30.400><c> an</c><00:21:30.500><c> ambassador</c><00:21:31.180><c> in</c><00:21:31.859><c> change.</c>

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And<00:21:32.240><c> then</c><00:21:32.380><c> almost</c><00:21:32.619><c> at</c><00:21:32.839><c> the</c><00:21:32.920><c> end</c><00:21:33.119><c> of</c><00:21:33.220><c> it,</c><00:21:33.720><c> he</c><00:21:33.839><c> says</c><00:21:33.980><c> again,</c>

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Pray<00:21:34.900><c> that</c><00:21:34.960><c> I</c><00:21:35.279><c> may</c><00:21:35.960><c> declare</c><00:21:36.319><c> it</c><00:21:36.740><c> fearlessly</c><00:21:38.200><c> as</c><00:21:38.420><c> I</c><00:21:38.680><c> should.</c>

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You<00:21:41.039><c> know,</c><00:21:42.299><c> Paul</c><00:21:42.440><c> would</c><00:21:42.880><c> not</c><00:21:43.119><c> be</c><00:21:43.500><c> pleading</c><00:21:44.119><c> that</c><00:21:45.140><c> words</c><00:21:45.680><c> would</c>

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be<00:21:46.240><c> given</c><00:21:46.480><c> him</c>

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if<00:21:48.200><c> he</c><00:21:48.440><c> feels</c><00:21:48.740><c> like</c><00:21:49.059><c> every</c><00:21:49.279><c> time</c><00:21:49.599><c> he</c><00:21:49.779><c> opens</c><00:21:50.059><c> his</c><00:21:50.319><c> mouth,</c>

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he<00:21:51.079><c> knows</c><00:21:51.339><c> exactly</c><00:21:51.720><c> what</c><00:21:51.900><c> to</c><00:21:52.119><c> say.</c>

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Does<00:21:53.980><c> that</c><00:21:54.000><c> make</c><00:21:54.180><c> sense?</c>

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What?

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He<00:21:56.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:56.279><c> be</c><00:21:56.559><c> praying</c><00:21:56.740><c> over</c><00:21:57.279><c> again.</c>

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He<00:22:00.579><c> says,</c>

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Pray<00:22:01.720><c> for</c><00:22:01.980><c> me</c><00:22:02.200><c> that</c><00:22:02.319><c> I</c><00:22:02.480><c> may</c><00:22:02.579><c> have</c><00:22:02.819><c> words.</c>

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And<00:22:03.180><c> then</c><00:22:03.279><c> he</c><00:22:03.319><c> says</c><00:22:03.480><c> it</c><00:22:03.619><c> at</c><00:22:03.740><c> the</c><00:22:03.880><c> end,</c>

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Pray<00:22:04.400><c> for</c><00:22:04.640><c> me</c><00:22:04.759><c> that</c><00:22:04.900><c> I</c><00:22:05.539><c> might</c><00:22:05.680><c> not</c><00:22:05.839><c> be</c><00:22:06.019><c> afraid</c><00:22:06.380><c> to</c><00:22:06.680><c> speak</c><00:22:06.960><c> the</c><00:22:07.160><c> Gospel.</c>

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He's<00:22:09.559><c> just</c><00:22:10.039><c> like</c><00:22:10.299><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:11.799><c> yet</c><00:22:11.920><c> what</c><00:22:12.119><c> a</c><00:22:12.319><c> beautiful</c><00:22:12.640><c> example</c><00:22:13.200><c> he</c><00:22:13.480><c> sets</c><00:22:13.740><c> us</c><00:22:14.000><c> even</c><00:22:14.480><c> with,</c>

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and<00:22:14.980><c> you</c><00:22:15.140><c> know</c><00:22:15.359><c> the</c><00:22:15.660><c> infirmities</c><00:22:16.119><c> of</c><00:22:16.299><c> the</c><00:22:16.519><c> flesh,</c>

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that<00:22:16.839><c> we</c><00:22:16.900><c> don't</c><00:22:17.079><c> know</c><00:22:17.160><c> what</c><00:22:17.359><c> they</c><00:22:17.559><c> were,</c>

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but<00:22:17.859><c> we</c><00:22:18.000><c> know</c><00:22:18.140><c> how</c><00:22:18.539><c> serious</c><00:22:18.940><c> that</c><00:22:19.200><c> they</c><00:22:19.460><c> were,</c>

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that<00:22:20.980><c> Paul's</c><00:22:21.460><c> infirmities</c><00:22:21.799><c> of</c><00:22:22.000><c> the</c><00:22:22.140><c> flesh</c><00:22:22.319><c> and</c><00:22:22.640><c> still</c><00:22:22.900><c> he</c><00:22:23.220><c> used</c><00:22:23.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:23.819><c> so</c><00:22:23.940><c> what</c><00:22:24.140><c> an</c><00:22:24.500><c> encouragement</c><00:22:24.980><c> to</c><00:22:25.259><c> us,</c>

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the<00:22:26.200><c> miracles</c><00:22:26.579><c> that</c><00:22:26.839><c> God</c><00:22:27.140><c> can</c><00:22:27.500><c> work</c><00:22:27.839><c> in</c><00:22:28.180><c> a</c><00:22:28.400><c> willing</c><00:22:28.660><c> heart</c>

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like<00:22:29.200><c> we</c><00:22:29.359><c> saw</c><00:22:29.539><c> yesterday</c><00:22:30.000><c> with</c><00:22:30.319><c> Titus.</c>

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And<00:22:33.500><c> so</c><00:22:34.319><c> here</c><00:22:35.640><c> we</c><00:22:35.859><c> have</c><00:22:36.059><c> then</c><00:22:36.319><c> the</c><00:22:36.819><c> greatest</c><00:22:37.279><c> ambassador</c>

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of<00:22:38.220><c> the</c><00:22:39.500><c> mystery</c><00:22:39.980><c> of</c><00:22:40.500><c> the</c><00:22:40.660><c> Gospel.</c>

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And<00:22:41.960><c> yet</c><00:22:42.240><c> even</c><00:22:42.599><c> he</c><00:22:43.099><c> was</c><00:22:43.579><c> frightened</c><00:22:44.099><c> to</c><00:22:45.480><c> share</c><00:22:45.640><c> his</c><00:22:45.880><c> hope</c><00:22:46.279><c> from</c>

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time<00:22:47.039><c> to</c><00:22:47.200><c> time.</c>

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And<00:22:48.480><c> yet</c><00:22:49.480><c> he</c><00:22:50.579><c> teaches,</c><00:22:50.880><c> I</c><00:22:51.039><c> think,</c><00:22:51.380><c> us</c><00:22:51.720><c> a</c><00:22:52.039><c> great</c><00:22:52.220><c> lesson</c><00:22:52.519><c> in</c>

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this<00:22:52.920><c> also,</c>

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that<00:22:54.680><c> by</c><00:22:55.220><c> him</c><00:22:55.440><c> being</c><00:22:55.660><c> prepared</c><00:22:56.180><c> to</c><00:22:56.519><c> say,</c>

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Pray<00:22:57.279><c> for</c><00:22:57.480><c> me</c><00:22:57.579><c> that</c><00:22:57.720><c> I</c><00:22:57.880><c> won't</c><00:22:58.000><c> be</c><00:22:58.279><c> frightened,</c>

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indicates<00:22:59.500><c> that</c><00:22:59.700><c> he</c><00:22:59.980><c> was</c><00:23:00.299><c> indeed</c><00:23:00.740><c> frightened,</c><00:23:01.019><c> like</c><00:23:01.200><c> we</c><00:23:01.400><c> said.</c>

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If<00:23:02.859><c> we</c><00:23:03.160><c> were</c><00:23:03.539><c> a</c><00:23:03.740><c> little</c><00:23:04.000><c> more</c><00:23:04.460><c> honest</c><00:23:04.880><c> with</c><00:23:05.200><c> one</c><00:23:05.500><c> another</c><00:23:05.819><c> also</c>

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about<00:23:06.660><c> our</c><00:23:07.220><c> fears</c><00:23:07.759><c> and</c><00:23:08.599><c> our</c><00:23:09.559><c> needs</c><00:23:10.019><c> for</c><00:23:10.480><c> each</c><00:23:10.799><c> other's</c><00:23:11.339><c> prayers,</c>

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again<00:23:12.579><c> we</c><00:23:12.779><c> could</c><00:23:13.339><c> strengthen</c><00:23:14.000><c> each</c><00:23:14.259><c> other</c><00:23:14.440><c> far</c><00:23:14.700><c> more</c><00:23:15.079><c> effectively,</c>

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couldn't<00:23:15.839><c> we?</c>

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In<00:23:16.180><c> fact,</c><00:23:16.400><c> that</c><00:23:16.559><c> beautiful</c><00:23:17.019><c> verse,</c>

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in<00:23:17.579><c> fact</c><00:23:17.680><c> I've</c><00:23:17.880><c> got</c><00:23:18.039><c> an</c><00:23:18.240><c> overhead</c><00:23:18.460><c> here,</c>

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:24.039
that<00:23:19.579><c> of</c><00:23:20.759><c> the</c><00:23:21.119><c> James</c><00:23:21.299><c> 5</c><00:23:21.700><c>.16</c><00:23:22.099><c> you</c><00:23:22.259><c> know</c><00:23:22.440><c> it</c><00:23:22.740><c> so</c><00:23:23.099><c> well,</c>

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.180
because<00:23:24.420><c> there</c><00:23:24.579><c> is</c><00:23:24.799><c> a</c><00:23:24.920><c> real</c><00:23:25.079><c> fact,</c>

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:28.099
we<00:23:25.259><c> just</c><00:23:25.460><c> talked</c><00:23:25.640><c> about</c><00:23:25.799><c> this</c><00:23:25.980><c> last</c><00:23:26.259><c> night</c><00:23:26.480><c> at</c><00:23:27.220><c> home,</c>

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but<00:23:28.500><c> you</c><00:23:28.759><c> know</c><00:23:28.839><c> this</c><00:23:29.019><c> whole</c><00:23:29.339><c> idea,</c>

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look<00:23:29.759><c> at</c><00:23:29.920><c> Paul</c><00:23:30.079><c> what</c><00:23:30.359><c> he's</c><00:23:30.519><c> really</c><00:23:30.819><c> doing.</c>

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Confess<00:23:33.000><c> your</c><00:23:33.480><c> faults,</c><00:23:34.200><c> your</c><00:23:34.539><c> fears,</c><00:23:35.400><c> your</c><00:23:35.740><c> failings,</c>

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our<00:23:36.539><c> sins</c><00:23:37.000><c> to</c><00:23:37.420><c> one</c><00:23:37.680><c> another.</c>

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And<00:23:38.259><c> again</c><00:23:38.440><c> it</c><00:23:38.700><c> fits</c><00:23:38.859><c> to</c><00:23:39.059><c> me</c><00:23:39.140><c> very</c><00:23:39.440><c> closely</c>

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:42.079
in<00:23:40.240><c> the</c><00:23:40.359><c> context</c><00:23:40.660><c> of</c><00:23:40.819><c> what</c><00:23:40.940><c> we</c><00:23:41.500><c> talked</c><00:23:41.700><c> yesterday</c>

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:45.859
with<00:23:42.339><c> the</c><00:23:42.480><c> idea</c><00:23:42.640><c> of</c><00:23:42.880><c> the</c><00:23:43.000><c> Paul</c><00:23:43.200><c>-Timothy</c><00:23:43.579><c>-Paul</c><00:23:44.240><c>-Titus</c><00:23:44.539><c> relationship.</c>

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He<00:23:46.299><c> urges</c><00:23:47.319><c> us</c><00:23:47.539><c> in</c><00:23:47.740><c> James,</c>

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confess<00:23:48.819><c> your</c><00:23:49.160><c> faults,</c><00:23:49.380><c> be</c><00:23:49.700><c> honest</c><00:23:50.039><c> to</c><00:23:50.240><c> one</c><00:23:50.500><c> another.</c>

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Again,<00:23:51.559><c> it's</c><00:23:51.599><c> the</c><00:23:51.660><c> idea</c><00:23:51.819><c> of</c><00:23:51.960><c> opening</c><00:23:52.220><c> ourselves</c><00:23:52.680><c> up,</c><00:23:52.920><c> isn't</c><00:23:53.180><c> it?</c>

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To<00:23:55.720><c> one</c><00:23:55.920><c> another</c><00:23:56.339><c> and</c><00:23:57.240><c> pray</c><00:23:57.640><c> for</c><00:23:57.839><c> one</c><00:23:58.099><c> another</c>

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that<00:23:58.539><c> you</c><00:23:58.799><c> might</c><00:23:59.160><c> be</c><00:23:59.480><c> healed.</c>

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And<00:23:59.859><c> again,</c><00:24:00.140><c> so</c><00:24:00.240><c> I've</c><00:24:00.339><c> put</c><00:24:00.400><c> that</c><00:24:00.599><c> down</c><00:24:00.759><c> the</c><00:24:00.900><c> bottom</c><00:24:01.059><c> there.</c>

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The<00:24:02.200><c> purpose</c><00:24:02.720><c> then</c><00:24:03.240><c> of</c><00:24:03.700><c> fellowship</c><00:24:04.440><c> is</c><00:24:05.140><c> that</c><00:24:05.279><c> we</c><00:24:05.440><c> may</c><00:24:05.619><c> be</c><00:24:05.859><c> healed,</c><00:24:06.180><c> isn't</c><00:24:06.380><c> it?</c>

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Isn't<00:24:07.180><c> that</c><00:24:07.900><c> absolutely</c><00:24:08.980><c> beautiful?</c>

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That<00:24:11.480><c> we</c><00:24:11.680><c> all</c><00:24:11.960><c> need</c><00:24:12.680><c> healing.</c>

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:16.160
I<00:24:13.140><c> think</c><00:24:13.279><c> we</c><00:24:13.400><c> could</c><00:24:13.539><c> all</c><00:24:13.740><c> say</c><00:24:14.140><c> we</c><00:24:14.940><c> need</c><00:24:15.180><c> healing.</c>

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And<00:24:17.680><c> so</c><00:24:17.839><c> the</c><00:24:17.940><c> whole</c><00:24:18.220><c> idea</c><00:24:18.420><c> of</c><00:24:18.799><c> fellowship</c>

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is<00:24:19.339><c> that</c><00:24:19.519><c> we</c><00:24:19.700><c> may</c><00:24:19.940><c> be</c><00:24:20.299><c> honest</c><00:24:20.720><c> with</c><00:24:20.960><c> one</c><00:24:21.140><c> another.</c>

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And<00:24:21.640><c> the</c><00:24:21.740><c> problem</c><00:24:22.099><c> is,</c><00:24:22.680><c> brothers</c><00:24:22.799><c> and</c><00:24:23.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:25.720
that<00:24:23.359><c> we</c><00:24:23.440><c> tend</c><00:24:23.700><c> to</c><00:24:24.200><c> wear,</c><00:24:24.519><c> put</c><00:24:24.680><c> our</c><00:24:24.880><c> suits</c><00:24:25.059><c> on</c><00:24:25.279><c> on</c><00:24:25.480><c> Sundays</c>

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and<00:24:26.000><c> come</c><00:24:26.200><c> in</c><00:24:26.420><c> here,</c>

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and<00:24:26.920><c> we</c><00:24:27.039><c> can</c><00:24:27.259><c> often</c><00:24:27.500><c> wear</c><00:24:27.720><c> that</c><00:24:28.079><c> facade</c><00:24:28.900><c> of</c><00:24:29.559><c> holiness</c>

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:33.539
so<00:24:30.440><c> that</c><00:24:30.579><c> when</c><00:24:31.400><c> somebody</c><00:24:31.779><c> else</c><00:24:32.039><c> is</c><00:24:32.220><c> going</c><00:24:32.319><c> to</c><00:24:32.480><c> a</c><00:24:32.500><c> very</c><00:24:32.859><c> dark</c><00:24:33.160><c> stage</c>

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of<00:24:33.700><c> their</c><00:24:33.880><c> life</c><00:24:34.079><c> and</c><00:24:34.180><c> they</c><00:24:34.339><c> come</c><00:24:34.539><c> here</c><00:24:34.819><c> too,</c>

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we<00:24:35.319><c> can't</c><00:24:36.079><c> even</c><00:24:36.460><c> empathically</c><00:24:37.259><c> connect</c>

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because<00:24:38.900><c> we</c><00:24:39.119><c> don't</c><00:24:39.400><c> take</c><00:24:39.700><c> time</c><00:24:40.319><c> to</c><00:24:40.940><c> confess</c><00:24:41.660><c> our</c><00:24:42.460><c> fears,</c>

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our<00:24:43.579><c> failings</c><00:24:43.880><c> to</c><00:24:44.039><c> one</c><00:24:44.240><c> another,</c>

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and<00:24:44.700><c> then</c><00:24:44.980><c> pray</c><00:24:45.319><c> for</c><00:24:45.579><c> one</c><00:24:45.859><c> another</c><00:24:46.220><c> that</c><00:24:46.359><c> we</c><00:24:46.640><c> all</c><00:24:46.960><c> might</c><00:24:47.200><c> be</c><00:24:47.519><c> healed.</c>

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And<00:24:47.980><c> again,</c><00:24:48.240><c> what</c><00:24:48.400><c> a</c><00:24:48.599><c> beautiful</c><00:24:48.920><c> dynamic.</c>

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That's<00:24:49.500><c> why</c><00:24:49.579><c> God</c><00:24:49.779><c> put</c><00:24:49.960><c> us</c><00:24:50.119><c> together,</c><00:24:50.839><c> for</c><00:24:51.039><c> our</c><00:24:51.240><c> healing.</c>

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:56.200
Let's<00:24:52.559><c> not</c><00:24:52.680><c> ever</c><00:24:52.960><c> let</c><00:24:53.180><c> that</c><00:24:53.480><c> wonderful</c><00:24:53.980><c> privilege</c><00:24:54.599><c> slip</c><00:24:55.359><c> through</c><00:24:55.640><c> our</c><00:24:55.900><c> fingers</c>

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:58.500
because<00:24:56.539><c> truly</c><00:24:56.819><c> it</c><00:24:56.940><c> is</c><00:24:57.160><c> a</c><00:24:57.299><c> great</c><00:24:57.500><c> privilege.</c>

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Now,<00:25:01.940><c> going</c><00:25:02.140><c> back</c><00:25:02.440><c> then,</c><00:25:02.619><c> sorry</c><00:25:02.779><c> for</c><00:25:03.019><c> that</c><00:25:03.279><c> sidetrack,</c>

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:07.759
but<00:25:03.940><c> going</c><00:25:04.099><c> back</c><00:25:04.380><c> into</c><00:25:04.839><c> 2</c><00:25:05.099><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:05.599><c> chapter</c><00:25:06.259><c> 5,</c>

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unless<00:25:08.500><c> we</c><00:25:09.099><c> have</c><00:25:09.799><c> a</c><00:25:10.779><c> very</c><00:25:11.680><c> urgent</c><00:25:12.740><c> picture</c>

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:17.980
of<00:25:14.500><c> that</c><00:25:14.740><c> constant</c><00:25:15.619><c> need</c><00:25:16.000><c> of</c><00:25:16.880><c> reconciliation,</c>

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:22.900
that<00:25:18.259><c> reconciliation</c><00:25:19.799><c> is</c><00:25:20.759><c> an</c><00:25:21.019><c> ongoing</c><00:25:21.440><c> process,</c>

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behold,<00:25:24.819><c> now</c><00:25:25.140><c> is</c><00:25:25.319><c> the</c><00:25:25.380><c> day</c><00:25:25.579><c> of</c><00:25:26.440><c> salvation,</c>

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be<00:25:28.079><c> reconciled</c><00:25:28.680><c> to</c><00:25:28.859><c> God,</c>

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unless<00:25:31.279><c> we</c><00:25:31.519><c> have</c><00:25:31.700><c> that</c><00:25:31.960><c> picture</c><00:25:32.220><c> that</c><00:25:32.400><c> we</c><00:25:32.680><c> are</c><00:25:33.019><c> constantly</c><00:25:33.619><c> in</c><00:25:33.880><c> need</c>

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of<00:25:34.259><c> being</c><00:25:34.700><c> reconciled</c><00:25:35.240><c> back</c><00:25:35.559><c> to</c><00:25:35.700><c> God</c><00:25:35.880><c> again</c>

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because<00:25:36.339><c> we</c><00:25:36.539><c> do</c><00:25:36.819><c> slip</c><00:25:37.039><c> away,</c>

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:42.440
we<00:25:38.319><c> end</c><00:25:38.759><c> up</c><00:25:39.460><c> slipping</c><00:25:40.119><c> into</c><00:25:41.740><c> sin,</c>

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which<00:25:42.759><c> can</c><00:25:43.160><c> lead</c><00:25:43.359><c> us</c><00:25:43.720><c> away.</c>

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And<00:25:44.079><c> if</c><00:25:44.119><c> you</c><00:25:44.319><c> go</c><00:25:44.480><c> through</c><00:25:44.700><c> chapter</c><00:25:45.039><c> 6,</c>

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again<00:25:45.559><c> we</c><00:25:45.660><c> don't</c><00:25:45.859><c> have</c><00:25:46.019><c> time</c><00:25:46.220><c> really</c><00:25:46.500><c> to</c><00:25:47.119><c> look</c><00:25:47.839><c> at</c><00:25:48.019><c> it</c>

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:52.680
in<00:25:48.720><c> the</c><00:25:50.119><c> way</c><00:25:51.220><c> we</c><00:25:51.359><c> should</c><00:25:51.539><c> be</c><00:25:51.740><c> looking</c><00:25:51.940><c> at</c><00:25:52.099><c> it,</c>

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but<00:25:53.359><c> in</c><00:25:54.779><c> the</c><00:25:55.000><c> end</c><00:25:55.220><c> of</c><00:25:55.680><c> 2</c><00:25:55.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:56.380><c> chapter</c><00:25:56.880><c> 6,</c>

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after<00:25:57.799><c> dealing</c><00:25:58.140><c> with</c><00:25:58.460><c> the</c><00:25:59.119><c> urgency</c><00:25:59.880><c> of</c><00:26:01.220><c> making</c><00:26:02.720><c> our</c><00:26:03.039><c> peace</c>

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with<00:26:03.400><c> God,</c>

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which<00:26:03.839><c> is</c><00:26:03.980><c> how</c><00:26:04.359><c> Moffat</c><00:26:04.759><c> translates</c><00:26:05.299><c> the</c><00:26:05.519><c> idea</c><00:26:05.759><c> of</c><00:26:05.920><c> being</c><00:26:06.240><c> reconciled</c><00:26:06.859><c> to</c><00:26:07.000><c> God,</c>

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in<00:26:07.980><c> the</c><00:26:08.220><c> end</c><00:26:08.400><c> he</c><00:26:08.759><c> deals</c><00:26:09.079><c> in</c><00:26:09.259><c> from</c><00:26:09.440><c> verse</c><00:26:09.740><c> 14</c><00:26:10.319><c> through</c><00:26:10.619><c> the</c><00:26:10.880><c> end</c><00:26:11.099><c> there</c>

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:16.220
with<00:26:12.019><c> a</c><00:26:12.960><c> section</c><00:26:13.299><c> of</c><00:26:13.539><c> scripture</c><00:26:14.000><c> which</c><00:26:15.160><c> shows</c><00:26:15.700><c> us</c>

00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:18.799
the<00:26:16.579><c> sort</c><00:26:16.839><c> of</c><00:26:17.240><c> silly</c><00:26:17.500><c> things</c><00:26:17.880><c> that</c><00:26:18.200><c> happen</c>

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when<00:26:19.319><c> we</c><00:26:20.299><c> fail</c><00:26:20.799><c> to</c><00:26:21.599><c> keep</c><00:26:21.819><c> up</c><00:26:22.099><c> that</c><00:26:22.480><c> reconciliation,</c>

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:26.539
to<00:26:23.599><c> keep</c><00:26:23.759><c> going</c><00:26:24.079><c> back</c><00:26:24.339><c> to</c><00:26:24.500><c> God</c><00:26:24.619><c> and</c><00:26:24.759><c> keep</c><00:26:24.960><c> our</c><00:26:25.220><c> vision</c><00:26:25.460><c> straight.</c>

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:32.079
In<00:26:27.519><c> chapter</c><00:26:27.880><c> 6</c><00:26:28.880><c> verse</c><00:26:29.740><c> 14</c><00:26:30.619><c> and</c><00:26:31.859><c> so</c><00:26:32.019><c> on,</c>

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:34.200
let<00:26:32.220><c> me</c><00:26:32.319><c> just</c><00:26:32.519><c> read</c><00:26:32.660><c> the</c><00:26:32.920><c> section</c><00:26:33.200><c> to</c><00:26:33.480><c> you,</c>

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because<00:26:34.720><c> say</c><00:26:34.940><c> this</c><00:26:35.099><c> is</c><00:26:35.359><c> what</c><00:26:35.660><c> happens</c><00:26:36.200><c> when</c><00:26:36.900><c> we</c><00:26:37.599><c> fail</c><00:26:37.859><c> to</c><00:26:38.099><c> keep</c>

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that<00:26:38.559><c> separation.</c>

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Be<00:26:40.279><c> ye</c><00:26:40.660><c> not</c><00:26:41.279><c> unequally</c><00:26:41.980><c> yoked</c><00:26:42.299><c> together</c><00:26:42.660><c> with</c><00:26:42.900><c> unbelievers,</c>

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for<00:26:44.440><c> what</c><00:26:45.180><c> fellowship,</c>

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and<00:26:46.359><c> again</c><00:26:46.619><c> that's</c><00:26:46.900><c> the</c><00:26:46.960><c> idea</c><00:26:47.180><c> of</c><00:26:47.440><c> fellowship,</c>

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fellowship<00:26:49.339><c> hath</c><00:26:49.960><c> righteousness</c><00:26:50.640><c> with</c><00:26:51.119><c> unrighteousness,</c>

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and<00:26:52.180><c> what</c><00:26:52.680><c> communion</c><00:26:53.359><c> hath</c><00:26:53.680><c> light</c><00:26:53.960><c> with</c><00:26:54.180><c> darkness,</c>

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.880
and<00:26:55.200><c> what</c><00:26:55.720><c> concord</c><00:26:56.240><c> has</c><00:26:56.599><c> Christ</c><00:26:57.059><c> with</c><00:26:57.380><c> Belial,</c>

00:26:58.180 --> 00:27:01.019
or<00:26:58.359><c> what</c><00:26:58.839><c> part</c><00:26:59.160><c> has</c><00:26:59.420><c> he</c><00:26:59.599><c> that</c><00:26:59.900><c> believes</c><00:27:00.140><c> with</c><00:27:00.400><c> an</c><00:27:00.599><c> infidel,</c>

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:04.079
and<00:27:01.539><c> what</c><00:27:01.859><c> agreement</c><00:27:02.440><c> has</c><00:27:02.680><c> the</c><00:27:02.839><c> temple</c><00:27:03.099><c> of</c><00:27:03.220><c> God</c><00:27:03.460><c> with</c><00:27:03.779><c> idols,</c>

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:07.059
for<00:27:04.799><c> you</c><00:27:05.259><c> are</c><00:27:05.519><c> the</c><00:27:05.700><c> temple</c><00:27:06.059><c> of</c><00:27:06.279><c> the</c><00:27:06.440><c> living</c><00:27:06.720><c> God,</c>

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:09.920
and<00:27:07.559><c> God</c><00:27:07.559><c> has</c><00:27:07.859><c> said</c><00:27:08.200><c> I</c><00:27:08.599><c> will</c><00:27:08.920><c> dwell</c><00:27:09.200><c> in</c><00:27:09.440><c> them,</c>

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.420
and<00:27:10.259><c> I</c><00:27:10.299><c> will</c><00:27:10.539><c> walk</c><00:27:10.839><c> in</c><00:27:11.039><c> them,</c>

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.859
and<00:27:11.619><c> I</c><00:27:11.799><c> will</c><00:27:11.980><c> be</c><00:27:12.240><c> their</c><00:27:12.519><c> God,</c>

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:15.240
and<00:27:13.160><c> they</c><00:27:13.380><c> will</c><00:27:13.599><c> be</c><00:27:13.859><c> my</c><00:27:14.160><c> people,</c>

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wherefore<00:27:15.779><c> brethren</c><00:27:16.180><c> and</c><00:27:16.440><c> sisters</c><00:27:16.680><c> come</c><00:27:17.200><c> out</c><00:27:17.599><c> from</c><00:27:17.900><c> among</c><00:27:18.259><c> them,</c>

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:22.200
and<00:27:19.299><c> be</c><00:27:19.680><c> ye</c><00:27:20.180><c> separate,</c><00:27:20.859><c> says</c><00:27:20.960><c> the</c><00:27:21.200><c> Lord,</c>

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:24.299
and<00:27:22.680><c> touch</c><00:27:22.960><c> not</c><00:27:23.220><c> the</c><00:27:23.440><c> unclean</c><00:27:23.839><c> thing,</c>

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.819
and<00:27:24.720><c> I</c><00:27:24.839><c> will</c><00:27:24.960><c> receive</c><00:27:25.339><c> you,</c>

00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:27.440
and<00:27:26.259><c> I</c><00:27:26.460><c> will</c><00:27:26.460><c> be</c><00:27:26.619><c> a</c><00:27:26.799><c> father</c><00:27:27.019><c> unto</c><00:27:27.180><c> you,</c>

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:29.519
and<00:27:27.480><c> you</c><00:27:27.660><c> shall</c><00:27:27.779><c> be</c><00:27:27.980><c> my</c><00:27:28.299><c> sons</c><00:27:28.579><c> and</c><00:27:28.799><c> daughters,</c>

00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:31.859
said<00:27:29.960><c> the</c><00:27:30.119><c> Lord</c><00:27:30.359><c> God</c><00:27:30.579><c> Almighty.</c>

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:39.640
These<00:27:38.099><c> are,</c><00:27:39.160><c> we</c><00:27:39.220><c> might</c><00:27:39.460><c> say,</c>

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:44.740
the<00:27:39.819><c> logical</c><00:27:40.299><c> consequences</c><00:27:41.160><c> of</c><00:27:42.059><c> being</c><00:27:43.000><c> Christ's</c><00:27:43.740><c> ambassador,</c>

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:50.559
that<00:27:45.039><c> we</c><00:27:45.259><c> do</c><00:27:45.579><c> not</c><00:27:45.819><c> start</c><00:27:46.380><c> to</c><00:27:46.960><c> fellowship</c><00:27:48.140><c> righteousness</c><00:27:49.079><c> with</c><00:27:49.779><c> unrighteousness,</c>

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:52.740
and<00:27:50.700><c> I'm</c><00:27:50.880><c> sure</c><00:27:51.119><c> that</c><00:27:51.440><c> there</c><00:27:51.619><c> are</c><00:27:51.740><c> those</c><00:27:52.079><c> in</c><00:27:52.259><c> this</c><00:27:52.500><c> room</c>

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:56.519
who<00:27:53.000><c> can</c><00:27:53.740><c> explain</c><00:27:55.200><c> from</c><00:27:55.900><c> their</c><00:27:56.220><c> hearts</c>

00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:00.819
the<00:27:56.779><c> pain</c><00:27:57.240><c> of</c><00:27:57.539><c> finding</c><00:27:57.859><c> ourselves</c><00:27:58.539><c> unequally</c><00:27:59.599><c> yoked,</c>

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.880
whether<00:28:01.160><c> it's</c><00:28:01.480><c> in</c><00:28:01.799><c> business</c><00:28:02.279><c> partnerships,</c>

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.980
what<00:28:03.319><c> a</c><00:28:03.579><c> tragedy,</c><00:28:03.940><c> it</c><00:28:04.119><c> seems</c><00:28:04.400><c> so</c><00:28:04.819><c> right,</c>

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:07.539
we're<00:28:05.200><c> working</c><00:28:05.519><c> together</c><00:28:05.960><c> on</c><00:28:06.099><c> the</c><00:28:06.319><c> same</c><00:28:06.559><c> project,</c>

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.940
and<00:28:07.920><c> away</c><00:28:08.319><c> we</c><00:28:08.680><c> go,</c>

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:11.599
and<00:28:09.259><c> he's</c><00:28:09.539><c> got</c><00:28:09.720><c> this</c><00:28:10.000><c> resource,</c><00:28:10.500><c> and</c><00:28:10.619><c> I've</c><00:28:10.799><c> got</c><00:28:10.940><c> that</c><00:28:11.220><c> resource,</c>

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:13.539
he's<00:28:11.880><c> got</c><00:28:12.019><c> the</c><00:28:12.180><c> talent,</c><00:28:12.460><c> I've</c><00:28:12.700><c> got</c><00:28:12.839><c> the</c><00:28:12.960><c> whatever</c><00:28:13.220><c> it</c><00:28:13.400><c> is,</c>

00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:16.019
and<00:28:14.160><c> away</c><00:28:14.440><c> we</c><00:28:14.759><c> go,</c><00:28:14.960><c> and</c><00:28:15.079><c> it</c><00:28:15.240><c> looks</c><00:28:15.500><c> just</c><00:28:15.859><c> right,</c>

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:17.440
because<00:28:16.279><c> we're</c><00:28:16.480><c> not</c><00:28:16.700><c> really</c><00:28:17.059><c> connected,</c>

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:19.119
we're<00:28:17.700><c> just</c><00:28:17.920><c> kind</c><00:28:18.059><c> of</c><00:28:18.240><c> working</c><00:28:18.440><c> together</c><00:28:18.839><c> here,</c>

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:23.680
and<00:28:19.940><c> all</c><00:28:20.259><c> of</c><00:28:20.519><c> a</c><00:28:20.579><c> sudden</c><00:28:20.819><c> we</c><00:28:21.000><c> end</c><00:28:21.240><c> up</c><00:28:21.400><c> with</c><00:28:22.339><c> a</c><00:28:22.839><c> T</c><00:28:23.079><c>-intersection.</c>

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What<00:28:24.200><c> is</c><00:28:24.420><c> it?</c>

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.559
Maybe<00:28:24.839><c> a</c><00:28:25.019><c> lawsuit,</c><00:28:25.640><c> or</c><00:28:25.759><c> a</c><00:28:25.920><c> this,</c><00:28:26.160><c> or</c><00:28:26.259><c> a</c><00:28:26.420><c> that,</c>

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:29.000
whatever<00:28:27.099><c> thing</c><00:28:27.599><c> that</c><00:28:27.759><c> God</c><00:28:27.940><c> now</c><00:28:28.200><c> brings</c><00:28:28.420><c> in</c><00:28:28.619><c> our</c><00:28:28.799><c> life,</c>

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:31.759
and<00:28:29.380><c> we</c><00:28:29.599><c> find</c><00:28:29.839><c> out</c><00:28:30.119><c> truly</c><00:28:30.400><c> where</c><00:28:30.640><c> I</c><00:28:30.920><c> joined</c><00:28:31.099><c> at</c><00:28:31.279><c> the</c><00:28:31.460><c> hip</c>

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:34.160
with<00:28:32.220><c> this</c><00:28:32.480><c> person</c><00:28:32.779><c> from</c><00:28:33.019><c> the</c><00:28:33.240><c> world,</c>

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:38.099
and<00:28:34.680><c> it</c><00:28:34.880><c> causes</c><00:28:35.359><c> heartache,</c><00:28:36.819><c> and</c><00:28:37.180><c> failure,</c>

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:40.099
and<00:28:38.319><c> distress,</c><00:28:38.900><c> and</c><00:28:39.220><c> unnecessary</c><00:28:39.839><c> pain.</c>

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:42.960
I've<00:28:40.259><c> seen</c><00:28:40.359><c> it</c><00:28:40.640><c> over</c><00:28:40.900><c> and</c><00:28:40.960><c> over</c><00:28:41.319><c> again,</c><00:28:41.779><c> and</c><00:28:41.960><c> easily</c><00:28:42.319><c> justified,</c>

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:45.599
and<00:28:43.400><c> of</c><00:28:43.579><c> course</c><00:28:43.819><c> the</c><00:28:44.599><c> fellowship</c><00:28:45.200><c> again,</c>

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:47.619
with<00:28:45.940><c> righteousness</c><00:28:46.339><c> and</c><00:28:46.660><c> unrighteousness,</c>

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:49.400
the<00:28:47.940><c> whole</c><00:28:48.180><c> idea</c><00:28:48.460><c> of</c><00:28:48.920><c> marriage</c>

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:52.859
is<00:28:50.019><c> so</c><00:28:50.420><c> beautifully</c><00:28:50.839><c> bound</c><00:28:51.180><c> up</c><00:28:51.380><c> in</c><00:28:51.579><c> that,</c><00:28:51.839><c> isn't</c><00:28:52.039><c> it?</c>

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:56.500
He<00:28:55.319><c> doesn't</c><00:28:55.640><c> want</c><00:28:55.859><c> us</c><00:28:56.079><c> to</c><00:28:56.279><c> suffer,</c>

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.640
because<00:28:56.880><c> we</c><00:28:57.099><c> are</c><00:28:57.279><c> workers</c><00:28:57.640><c> together</c><00:28:58.160><c> with</c><00:28:58.380><c> him.</c>

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:01.819
So<00:28:58.839><c> therefore,</c><00:29:00.519><c> and</c><00:29:00.680><c> again,</c><00:29:00.980><c> I'd</c><00:29:01.140><c> just</c><00:29:01.140><c> like</c><00:29:01.200><c> to</c><00:29:01.380><c> very</c><00:29:01.640><c> briefly</c>

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:03.920
look<00:29:02.019><c> at</c><00:29:02.099><c> these</c><00:29:02.420><c> beautiful</c><00:29:02.819><c> words</c><00:29:03.119><c> that</c><00:29:03.299><c> he</c><00:29:03.359><c> uses</c><00:29:03.640><c> here,</c>

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:06.880
this<00:29:04.440><c> idea</c><00:29:04.700><c> of</c><00:29:05.059><c> what</c><00:29:05.220><c> fellowship</c><00:29:05.799><c> has</c><00:29:06.279><c> righteousness</c>

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:09.039
with<00:29:07.319><c> unrighteousness,</c><00:29:08.019><c> and</c><00:29:08.160><c> it's</c><00:29:08.400><c> the</c><00:29:08.519><c> idea</c><00:29:08.759><c> again</c>

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:10.259
of<00:29:09.259><c> making</c><00:29:09.700><c> partnerships.</c>

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:12.519
How<00:29:10.579><c> can</c><00:29:10.819><c> you</c><00:29:11.039><c> make</c><00:29:11.259><c> partnerships</c><00:29:11.779><c> with</c><00:29:12.039><c> somebody</c>

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:15.019
or<00:29:13.119><c> some</c><00:29:13.400><c> organization</c><00:29:14.059><c> that</c><00:29:14.480><c> you</c><00:29:14.680><c> are</c><00:29:14.819><c> not</c>

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.940
on<00:29:15.160><c> the</c><00:29:15.319><c> same</c><00:29:15.519><c> wavelength</c><00:29:15.759><c> with?</c>

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:17.759
He<00:29:16.079><c> says</c><00:29:16.220><c> it</c><00:29:16.339><c> just</c><00:29:16.619><c> can't</c><00:29:16.859><c> happen.</c>

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:21.019
And<00:29:18.000><c> then</c><00:29:18.140><c> he</c><00:29:18.240><c> goes</c><00:29:18.420><c> on</c><00:29:18.640><c> and</c><00:29:18.759><c> he</c><00:29:18.900><c> uses</c><00:29:19.059><c> that</c><00:29:19.339><c> word</c><00:29:19.519><c> for</c><00:29:19.880><c> fellowship.</c>

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:25.440
How<00:29:21.799><c> can</c><00:29:22.079><c> you</c><00:29:22.299><c> have</c><00:29:22.839><c> a</c><00:29:23.119><c> dark</c><00:29:23.400><c> light</c><00:29:23.779><c> or</c><00:29:24.259><c> a</c><00:29:24.380><c> light</c><00:29:24.579><c> dark?</c>

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:27.319
There<00:29:25.819><c> is</c><00:29:26.000><c> no</c><00:29:26.359><c> fellowship.</c>

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.079
And<00:29:27.519><c> the</c><00:29:27.599><c> idea</c><00:29:27.859><c> behind</c><00:29:28.319><c> fellowship</c>

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:32.259
is<00:29:29.779><c> the</c><00:29:29.920><c> idea</c><00:29:30.180><c> of</c><00:29:30.559><c> sharing</c><00:29:30.980><c> in</c><00:29:31.400><c> common.</c>

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.940
What<00:29:32.640><c> is</c><00:29:32.859><c> the</c><00:29:33.220><c> commonality</c><00:29:33.740><c> between</c><00:29:34.140><c> a</c><00:29:34.359><c> light</c><00:29:34.480><c> and</c><00:29:34.599><c> a</c><00:29:34.740><c> dark?</c>

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:37.880
There's<00:29:35.619><c> no</c><00:29:35.819><c> commonality,</c><00:29:36.480><c> they're</c><00:29:36.839><c> opposites.</c>

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:39.519
And<00:29:38.059><c> then</c><00:29:38.220><c> he</c><00:29:38.319><c> goes</c><00:29:38.559><c> on</c><00:29:38.819><c> and</c><00:29:38.960><c> kind</c><00:29:39.079><c> of,</c>

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:41.279
in<00:29:39.660><c> that</c><00:29:40.019><c> parallel</c><00:29:40.420><c> way</c><00:29:40.640><c> that</c><00:29:40.799><c> he</c><00:29:41.039><c> speaks,</c>

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.019
he<00:29:41.480><c> says,</c><00:29:41.700><c> and</c><00:29:41.819><c> this</c><00:29:41.940><c> is</c><00:29:42.099><c> a</c><00:29:42.160><c> beautiful</c><00:29:42.640><c> word,</c>

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:47.099
what<00:29:43.799><c> concord</c><00:29:45.000><c> has</c><00:29:45.579><c> Christ</c><00:29:46.339><c> with</c><00:29:46.680><c> Belial?</c>

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:51.420
Now<00:29:47.240><c> that</c><00:29:47.480><c> word</c><00:29:48.119><c> concord</c><00:29:49.359><c> is</c><00:29:49.859><c> not</c><00:29:50.059><c> a</c><00:29:50.220><c> jet</c><00:29:50.400><c> plane.</c>

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:55.500
The<00:29:51.539><c> idea</c><00:29:51.900><c> of</c><00:29:52.240><c> concord</c><00:29:53.380><c> is,</c><00:29:54.019><c> as</c><00:29:54.279><c> you</c><00:29:54.420><c> can</c><00:29:54.700><c> see</c><00:29:54.980><c> from</c><00:29:55.240><c> the,</c>

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:57.980
what<00:29:55.819><c> does</c><00:29:56.000><c> that</c><00:29:56.140><c> word</c><00:29:56.279><c> look</c><00:29:56.500><c> like?</c>

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.019
Underneath.

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:03.160
What<00:30:01.660><c> does</c><00:30:01.819><c> that</c><00:30:01.960><c> remind</c><00:30:02.240><c> you</c><00:30:02.380><c> of?</c>

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:05.539
Symphonia,<00:30:04.220><c> what</c><00:30:04.759><c> symphony?</c>

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:08.200
And<00:30:06.180><c> that's</c><00:30:06.440><c> exactly</c><00:30:06.839><c> the</c><00:30:07.059><c> idea</c><00:30:07.319><c> of</c><00:30:07.420><c> it,</c><00:30:07.599><c> isn't</c><00:30:07.759><c> it?</c>

00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:11.400
And<00:30:08.920><c> when</c><00:30:09.180><c> you</c><00:30:09.339><c> have</c><00:30:09.539><c> musical</c><00:30:10.000><c> instruments</c><00:30:10.460><c> playing</c><00:30:10.839><c> together,</c>

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.759
they<00:30:12.000><c> are</c><00:30:12.299><c> beautiful.</c>

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.440
And<00:30:12.980><c> that's</c><00:30:13.059><c> what</c><00:30:13.160><c> we've</c><00:30:13.420><c> been</c><00:30:13.640><c> called</c><00:30:13.819><c> to</c><00:30:14.019><c> do,</c><00:30:14.220><c> isn't</c><00:30:14.259><c> it?</c>

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.900
It's<00:30:14.440><c> like</c><00:30:14.539><c> musical</c><00:30:15.119><c> instruments</c><00:30:15.819><c> that</c><00:30:16.359><c> play</c><00:30:16.680><c> together,</c>

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.299
playing<00:30:18.059><c> the</c><00:30:18.380><c> same</c><00:30:18.839><c> tune.</c>

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:22.799
And<00:30:19.559><c> again,</c><00:30:20.420><c> playing</c><00:30:21.359><c> a</c><00:30:21.700><c> trumpet</c><00:30:21.920><c> alone</c><00:30:22.259><c> is</c><00:30:22.420><c> fun,</c>

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:25.799
but<00:30:23.599><c> getting</c><00:30:23.980><c> in</c><00:30:24.140><c> a</c><00:30:24.319><c> band</c><00:30:24.579><c> and</c><00:30:24.799><c> playing</c><00:30:25.019><c> with</c><00:30:25.180><c> a</c><00:30:25.339><c> huge</c><00:30:25.579><c> band,</c>

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.920
it's<00:30:26.079><c> wonderful,</c><00:30:26.819><c> it</c><00:30:26.960><c> lifts</c><00:30:27.200><c> us</c><00:30:27.460><c> up,</c><00:30:27.700><c> doesn't</c><00:30:27.839><c> it?</c>

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:29.940
Our<00:30:28.319><c> kids</c><00:30:28.579><c> both</c><00:30:28.900><c> play</c><00:30:29.119><c> musical</c><00:30:29.519><c> instruments.</c>

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.940
And<00:30:30.680><c> they</c><00:30:30.819><c> just</c><00:30:31.039><c> come</c><00:30:31.200><c> home</c><00:30:31.460><c> on</c><00:30:31.700><c> air</c>

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:34.380
after<00:30:32.279><c> having</c><00:30:32.640><c> a</c><00:30:32.980><c> performance</c><00:30:33.500><c> at</c><00:30:33.660><c> the</c><00:30:33.799><c> high</c><00:30:34.019><c> school.</c>

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:37.099
Because<00:30:34.900><c> of</c><00:30:35.119><c> that</c><00:30:35.539><c> symphony</c><00:30:36.180><c> that</c><00:30:36.440><c> lifts</c><00:30:36.700><c> us</c><00:30:36.960><c> up,</c>

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:39.640
it's<00:30:38.119><c> the</c><00:30:38.339><c> same</c><00:30:38.599><c> idea.</c>

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:42.559
God<00:30:40.180><c> wants</c><00:30:40.500><c> to</c><00:30:40.859><c> spare</c><00:30:41.059><c> us</c><00:30:41.319><c> the</c><00:30:41.460><c> pain</c><00:30:41.740><c> of</c><00:30:41.880><c> going</c><00:30:42.099><c> through</c><00:30:42.380><c> that.</c>

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:47.160
And<00:30:42.819><c> so</c><00:30:43.099><c> what</c><00:30:43.519><c> symphony</c><00:30:44.200><c> has</c><00:30:44.940><c> Christ</c><00:30:45.980><c> with</c><00:30:46.700><c> Belial?</c>

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:50.339
Now,<00:30:47.640><c> Belial</c><00:30:47.980><c> literally</c><00:30:48.640><c> is</c><00:30:49.180><c> often</c><00:30:49.519><c> translated</c>

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:53.259
the<00:30:50.920><c> idea</c><00:30:51.420><c> of</c><00:30:52.720><c> worthlessness.</c>

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:55.160
What<00:30:53.880><c> symphony</c><00:30:54.200><c> has</c><00:30:54.380><c> Christ</c><00:30:54.660><c> with</c><00:30:54.839><c> Belial?</c>

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:57.259
I'd<00:30:55.640><c> like</c><00:30:55.700><c> to</c><00:30:55.920><c> suggest</c><00:30:56.259><c> to</c><00:30:56.420><c> you</c><00:30:56.559><c> that</c><00:30:56.880><c> likely,</c>

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.319
and<00:30:57.400><c> we're</c><00:30:57.559><c> not</c><00:30:57.819><c> sure</c><00:30:58.019><c> of</c><00:30:58.160><c> this,</c>

00:30:58.440 --> 00:31:01.460
but<00:30:58.599><c> likely</c><00:30:58.960><c> it</c><00:30:59.160><c> has</c><00:30:59.559><c> a</c><00:30:59.940><c> very</c><00:31:00.380><c> interesting</c><00:31:01.119><c> root,</c>

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:04.680
which<00:31:01.700><c> I</c><00:31:01.960><c> think</c><00:31:02.200><c> is</c><00:31:03.059><c> borne</c><00:31:03.359><c> out</c><00:31:03.519><c> by</c><00:31:03.660><c> what</c><00:31:03.839><c> Paul</c><00:31:04.099><c> says</c><00:31:04.359><c> here.</c>

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:07.900
The<00:31:05.259><c> word</c><00:31:05.559><c> bail,</c><00:31:05.960><c> as</c><00:31:06.200><c> you</c><00:31:06.380><c> know</c><00:31:06.559><c> in</c><00:31:06.940><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:10.880
is<00:31:08.200><c> the</c><00:31:08.380><c> word</c><00:31:08.839><c> for</c><00:31:09.460><c> Lord,</c><00:31:09.819><c> isn't</c><00:31:10.000><c> it?</c>

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:12.900
Lord<00:31:11.420><c> or</c><00:31:11.680><c> master.</c>

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.880
Now,<00:31:14.200><c> liel,</c><00:31:14.480><c> L</c><00:31:14.680><c>-A</c><00:31:14.740><c>-Y</c><00:31:14.980><c>-I</c><00:31:15.160><c>-L</c><00:31:15.279><c> in</c><00:31:15.480><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.299
is<00:31:16.220><c> the</c><00:31:16.339><c> word</c><00:31:16.799><c> dark.</c>

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.359
When<00:31:17.700><c> God</c><00:31:18.059><c> created</c><00:31:18.539><c> the</c><00:31:19.160><c> light</c>

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:22.059
and<00:31:19.460><c> there</c><00:31:19.579><c> was</c><00:31:19.720><c> a</c><00:31:19.859><c> light</c><00:31:20.019><c> and</c><00:31:20.140><c> a</c><00:31:20.240><c> dark</c><00:31:20.480><c> in</c><00:31:21.079><c> Genesis,</c>

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:24.720
that<00:31:22.259><c> is</c><00:31:22.480><c> the</c><00:31:22.559><c> word</c><00:31:22.819><c> liel,</c><00:31:23.299><c> L</c><00:31:23.500><c>-A</c><00:31:23.619><c>-Y</c><00:31:23.819><c>-I</c><00:31:24.000><c>-L.</c>

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:27.039
Now,<00:31:25.160><c> isn't</c><00:31:25.359><c> that</c><00:31:25.740><c> fascinating</c><00:31:26.200><c> in</c><00:31:26.400><c> the</c><00:31:26.640><c> context</c>

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:28.240
of<00:31:27.299><c> this</c><00:31:27.460><c> scripture</c><00:31:27.799><c> here?</c>

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:33.000
What<00:31:29.019><c> concord</c><00:31:29.859><c> has</c><00:31:30.640><c> Christ,</c><00:31:31.619><c> the</c><00:31:31.960><c> light,</c>

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.440
with<00:31:34.319><c> the</c><00:31:34.680><c> Lord</c><00:31:34.839><c> of</c><00:31:35.059><c> light,</c><00:31:36.319><c> with</c><00:31:36.480><c> Baal,</c><00:31:37.099><c> liel,</c>

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.779
the<00:31:37.720><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.960><c> of</c><00:31:38.180><c> darkness?</c>

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:41.619
And<00:31:39.640><c> again,</c><00:31:39.980><c> how</c><00:31:40.299><c> can</c><00:31:40.559><c> these</c><00:31:40.799><c> things</c><00:31:41.019><c> fit</c><00:31:41.299><c> together?</c>

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:43.220
I<00:31:41.720><c> think</c><00:31:41.880><c> that's</c><00:31:42.240><c> absolutely</c><00:31:42.640><c> fascinating</c>

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.480
the<00:31:43.380><c> way</c><00:31:43.519><c> he</c><00:31:43.720><c> uses</c><00:31:44.119><c> that.</c>

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:47.720
And<00:31:45.240><c> of</c><00:31:45.420><c> course,</c><00:31:45.920><c> then</c><00:31:46.039><c> finally,</c><00:31:46.799><c> what</c><00:31:47.059><c> agreement,</c>

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:50.240
and<00:31:47.920><c> the</c><00:31:48.059><c> idea</c><00:31:48.279><c> there</c><00:31:48.579><c> is</c><00:31:48.799><c> that</c><00:31:49.119><c> what</c><00:31:49.380><c> common</c><00:31:49.779><c> ground</c>

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:53.400
can<00:31:50.740><c> the</c><00:31:50.960><c> temple</c><00:31:51.259><c> of</c><00:31:51.440><c> God</c><00:31:52.079><c> have</c><00:31:52.400><c> with</c><00:31:52.660><c> idols?</c>

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.960
We<00:31:53.579><c> know</c><00:31:53.759><c> what</c><00:31:53.960><c> happened</c><00:31:54.099><c> in</c><00:31:54.259><c> the</c><00:31:54.359><c> house</c><00:31:54.500><c> of</c><00:31:54.740><c> Dagon</c>

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:57.599
when<00:31:55.700><c> they</c><00:31:56.680><c> put</c><00:31:56.839><c> the</c><00:31:57.079><c> ark</c><00:31:57.279><c> in</c><00:31:57.460><c> there.</c>

00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.859
There's<00:31:58.019><c> no</c><00:31:58.539><c> agreement.</c>

00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:01.500
They<00:31:59.039><c> can't</c><00:31:59.839><c> harmonize</c><00:32:00.480><c> together.</c>

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.240
The<00:32:02.279><c> problem</c><00:32:02.599><c> is</c><00:32:02.880><c> for</c><00:32:03.099><c> us,</c>

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:06.839
and<00:32:03.380><c> if</c><00:32:03.500><c> I</c><00:32:03.599><c> could</c><00:32:03.779><c> just</c><00:32:04.240><c> maybe</c><00:32:04.700><c> give</c><00:32:04.920><c> you</c><00:32:05.420><c> a</c><00:32:06.579><c> quote</c>

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.160
from<00:32:07.099><c> an</c><00:32:07.319><c> author</c><00:32:07.559><c> of</c><00:32:07.720><c> the</c><00:32:07.960><c> world</c>

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:12.740
who<00:32:08.279><c> I</c><00:32:08.640><c> found,</c><00:32:09.299><c> to</c><00:32:09.599><c> me,</c><00:32:10.119><c> really</c><00:32:10.660><c> hit</c><00:32:11.000><c> my</c><00:32:12.119><c> conscience.</c>

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:15.779
This<00:32:13.200><c> is</c><00:32:13.400><c> George</c><00:32:13.740><c> Orwell,</c><00:32:14.240><c> who</c><00:32:14.359><c> you</c><00:32:14.460><c> may</c><00:32:14.660><c> have</c><00:32:14.799><c> heard</c><00:32:15.039><c> of.</c>

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:18.440
He's<00:32:16.440><c> written</c><00:32:16.660><c> quite</c><00:32:16.920><c> a</c><00:32:17.079><c> famous</c><00:32:17.400><c> author.</c>

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.079
And<00:32:18.680><c> he</c><00:32:18.759><c> really,</c><00:32:19.339><c> to</c><00:32:19.680><c> me,</c><00:32:20.099><c> sums</c><00:32:20.220><c> up</c><00:32:20.440><c> the</c><00:32:20.640><c> battleground</c>

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:24.559
of<00:32:21.279><c> why</c><00:32:22.099><c> we're</c><00:32:22.660><c> talking</c><00:32:22.940><c> about</c><00:32:23.220><c> like</c><00:32:23.440><c> this</c><00:32:23.599><c> today.</c>

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:28.220
George<00:32:25.859><c> Orwell's</c><00:32:26.380><c> made</c><00:32:26.500><c> this</c><00:32:26.700><c> wonderful</c><00:32:27.160><c> quote.</c>

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:32.039
It<00:32:28.380><c> says,</c><00:32:28.740><c> On</c><00:32:28.819><c> the</c><00:32:29.119><c> whole,</c><00:32:30.000><c> human</c><00:32:30.220><c> beings</c><00:32:30.720><c> want</c><00:32:31.119><c> to</c><00:32:31.299><c> be</c><00:32:31.460><c> good,</c>

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:37.460
but<00:32:32.900><c> not</c><00:32:33.539><c> too</c><00:32:33.859><c> good</c><00:32:34.440><c> and</c><00:32:35.079><c> not</c><00:32:35.599><c> quite</c><00:32:35.980><c> all</c><00:32:36.380><c> the</c><00:32:36.579><c> time.</c>

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:39.460
And<00:32:37.880><c> so</c><00:32:38.079><c> I</c><00:32:38.140><c> hope</c><00:32:38.279><c> you'll</c><00:32:38.480><c> forgive</c><00:32:38.660><c> me</c><00:32:38.859><c> for</c><00:32:39.000><c> the</c><00:32:39.259><c> quote,</c>

00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:41.900
but<00:32:39.819><c> I</c><00:32:40.000><c> think</c><00:32:40.140><c> that</c><00:32:40.359><c> is</c><00:32:40.680><c> so</c><00:32:41.079><c> perceptive</c>

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:44.339
as<00:32:42.099><c> the</c><00:32:42.440><c> battleground</c><00:32:42.920><c> that</c><00:32:43.059><c> we</c><00:32:43.319><c> face,</c><00:32:43.640><c> isn't</c><00:32:43.819><c> it?</c>

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.519
We<00:32:44.900><c> want</c><00:32:45.079><c> to</c><00:32:45.200><c> be</c><00:32:45.380><c> good.</c>

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:46.180
Of<00:32:45.759><c> course</c><00:32:45.940><c> we</c><00:32:46.099><c> do.</c>

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:48.220
There's<00:32:46.339><c> nobody</c><00:32:46.579><c> here</c><00:32:46.839><c> who</c><00:32:46.920><c> said</c><00:32:46.980><c> you</c><00:32:47.099><c> want</c><00:32:47.220><c> to</c><00:32:47.299><c> be</c><00:32:47.460><c> good.</c>

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:50.200
But<00:32:48.400><c> do</c><00:32:48.579><c> we</c><00:32:48.660><c> really</c><00:32:48.940><c> want</c><00:32:49.119><c> to</c><00:32:49.259><c> commit</c><00:32:49.559><c> ourselves?</c>

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.119
Well,<00:32:51.319><c> what</c><00:32:51.420><c> does</c><00:32:51.559><c> that</c><00:32:51.839><c> mean?</c>

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.740
What's<00:32:52.740><c> the</c><00:32:52.900><c> cost?</c>

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:56.339
But<00:32:55.160><c> does</c><00:32:55.359><c> that</c><00:32:55.579><c> mean,</c><00:32:55.859><c> well,</c><00:32:55.980><c> yeah,</c><00:32:56.140><c> yeah,</c>

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.960
I<00:32:56.380><c> really</c><00:32:56.680><c> want</c><00:32:56.839><c> to</c><00:32:56.960><c> commit</c><00:32:57.099><c> myself,</c>

00:32:57.980 --> 00:33:00.339
but<00:32:57.980><c> how</c><00:32:58.799><c> about</c><00:32:59.460><c> those</c><00:33:00.000><c> hours,</c>

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:01.839
whether<00:33:00.599><c> it's</c><00:33:00.839><c> in</c><00:33:00.960><c> front</c><00:33:01.059><c> of</c><00:33:01.240><c> the</c><00:33:01.400><c> television</c>

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:04.299
or<00:33:02.539><c> wherever</c><00:33:03.259><c> it</c><00:33:03.539><c> is,</c><00:33:03.700><c> those</c><00:33:03.960><c> hours?</c>

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:07.700
Well,<00:33:05.380><c> and</c><00:33:05.519><c> that</c><00:33:06.099><c> therein</c><00:33:06.900><c> lies</c><00:33:07.079><c> the</c><00:33:07.259><c> battleground.</c>

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:10.099
And<00:33:08.220><c> unless</c><00:33:08.460><c> we've</c><00:33:08.779><c> got</c><00:33:09.000><c> a</c><00:33:09.359><c> clear</c><00:33:09.640><c> vision</c>

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:12.339
that<00:33:10.720><c> now</c><00:33:11.220><c> is</c><00:33:11.460><c> the</c><00:33:11.579><c> day</c><00:33:11.720><c> of</c><00:33:11.920><c> salvation,</c>

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.980
now<00:33:12.720><c> is</c><00:33:12.980><c> this</c><00:33:13.119><c> day</c><00:33:13.259><c> of</c><00:33:13.440><c> opportunity,</c>

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:16.420
I'm<00:33:14.640><c> afraid,</c><00:33:15.119><c> brothers</c><00:33:15.200><c> and</c><00:33:15.480><c> sisters,</c>

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time<00:33:17.160><c> will</c><00:33:17.400><c> pass</c><00:33:17.940><c> and</c><00:33:18.579><c> we</c><00:33:18.740><c> will</c><00:33:18.920><c> fail.</c>

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:22.339
And<00:33:20.200><c> so</c><00:33:20.440><c> there</c><00:33:20.759><c> we</c><00:33:20.920><c> have</c><00:33:21.059><c> the</c><00:33:21.279><c> battleground.</c>

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:25.819
The<00:33:23.160><c> whole</c><00:33:23.460><c> idea</c><00:33:23.940><c> of</c><00:33:24.440><c> reconciliation</c>

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:29.720
is<00:33:26.759><c> one</c><00:33:27.240><c> that</c><00:33:27.400><c> is</c><00:33:27.680><c> an</c><00:33:27.980><c> ongoing</c><00:33:28.500><c> process.</c>

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:32.200
And<00:33:30.259><c> that's</c><00:33:30.460><c> why</c><00:33:30.619><c> we</c><00:33:30.819><c> come</c><00:33:31.000><c> this</c><00:33:31.279><c> morning,</c><00:33:31.579><c> isn't</c><00:33:31.859><c> it,</c>

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to<00:33:32.519><c> remember</c><00:33:32.940><c> our</c><00:33:33.160><c> Lord</c><00:33:33.339><c> Jesus</c><00:33:33.740><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:36.160
to<00:33:34.160><c> be</c><00:33:34.400><c> reconciled</c><00:33:35.299><c> to</c><00:33:35.420><c> God</c><00:33:35.660><c> again.</c>

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:39.420
That<00:33:36.559><c> when</c><00:33:36.759><c> we</c><00:33:37.119><c> slip</c><00:33:37.400><c> and</c><00:33:37.759><c> fail</c><00:33:37.920><c> and</c><00:33:37.980><c> when</c><00:33:38.220><c> we</c><00:33:38.519><c> sin,</c>

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:41.279
we<00:33:39.859><c> don't</c><00:33:40.059><c> just</c><00:33:40.339><c> carry</c><00:33:40.599><c> it</c><00:33:40.799><c> with</c><00:33:40.980><c> us.</c>

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We<00:33:41.700><c> acknowledge</c><00:33:42.319><c> our</c><00:33:42.599><c> sin</c>

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:46.259
and<00:33:44.579><c> become</c><00:33:44.960><c> reconciled</c><00:33:45.660><c> to</c><00:33:45.759><c> God</c><00:33:45.960><c> again.</c>

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:47.799
And<00:33:46.480><c> again,</c><00:33:46.680><c> we</c><00:33:46.859><c> have</c><00:33:47.059><c> the</c><00:33:47.440><c> wonder</c>

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:50.259
of<00:33:48.420><c> the</c><00:33:48.680><c> love</c><00:33:48.859><c> of</c><00:33:49.059><c> the</c><00:33:49.220><c> Lord</c><00:33:49.400><c> Jesus</c><00:33:49.819><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:53.299
That<00:33:50.720><c> when</c><00:33:50.920><c> we</c><00:33:51.180><c> open</c><00:33:51.519><c> ourselves</c><00:33:52.019><c> to</c><00:33:52.259><c> our</c><00:33:52.480><c> sins,</c>

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again,<00:33:54.220><c> we</c><00:33:54.299><c> are</c><00:33:54.640><c> washed</c><00:33:54.920><c> out,</c><00:33:55.380><c> aren't</c><00:33:55.380><c> we?</c>

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:57.839
Those<00:33:55.759><c> sins</c><00:33:56.099><c> are</c><00:33:56.319><c> washed</c><00:33:56.460><c> out</c><00:33:56.680><c> and</c><00:33:56.779><c> He</c><00:33:56.940><c> looks</c><00:33:57.200><c> on</c><00:33:57.400><c> us</c>

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with<00:33:58.140><c> those</c><00:33:58.480><c> white</c><00:33:58.759><c> robes</c><00:33:59.099><c> of</c><00:33:59.660><c> the</c><00:33:59.859><c> Lamb.</c>

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:04.599
And<00:34:00.880><c> so</c><00:34:01.160><c> this</c><00:34:01.480><c> ongoing</c><00:34:02.900><c> process</c><00:34:03.839><c> that</c><00:34:04.140><c> keeps</c><00:34:04.339><c> us</c>

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in<00:34:04.880><c> far</c><00:34:05.140><c> more</c><00:34:05.539><c> regular</c><00:34:06.640><c> communion</c><00:34:07.460><c> with</c><00:34:08.139><c> our</c><00:34:08.340><c> Father,</c>

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because<00:34:09.860><c> truly</c><00:34:10.360><c> now</c><00:34:11.039><c> is</c><00:34:11.599><c> the</c><00:34:11.820><c> day</c><00:34:11.980><c> of</c><00:34:12.219><c> opportunity.</c>

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:16.460
Now<00:34:14.460><c> is</c><00:34:14.960><c> the</c><00:34:15.099><c> day</c><00:34:15.260><c> of</c><00:34:15.480><c> salvation.</c>