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guess<00:11:39.299><c> overwhelming,</c><00:11:40.059><c> the</c><00:11:40.279><c> little</c><00:11:40.480><c> evidence</c><00:11:40.759><c> there</c>

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wasn't<00:14:00.610><c> there.</c><00:14:03.230><c> And</c><00:14:03.789><c> that's</c><00:14:04.190><c> where</c><00:14:04.409><c> the</c><00:14:04.769><c> interesting</c><00:14:05.330><c> thoughts</c><00:14:05.929><c> arise.</c>

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do<00:14:36.509><c> it</c><00:14:36.669><c> all.</c><00:14:36.809><c> I</c><00:14:36.950><c> want</c><00:14:37.129><c> you</c><00:14:37.309><c> to</c><00:14:37.450><c> have</c><00:14:37.690><c> completely</c>

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new<00:14:38.889><c> administration</c><00:14:39.629><c> in</c><00:14:39.789><c> this</c><00:14:39.950><c> ecclesia.</c><00:14:41.509><c> Just</c><00:14:41.889><c> take</c><00:14:42.110><c> away</c>

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all<00:14:42.769><c> the</c><00:14:42.950><c> people</c><00:14:43.210><c> who</c><00:14:43.429><c> are</c><00:14:43.570><c> the</c><00:14:43.769><c> overseers,</c>

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the<00:14:44.529><c> elders,</c><00:14:45.350><c> and</c><00:14:45.690><c> they've</c><00:14:45.870><c> all</c><00:14:46.049><c> got</c><00:14:46.149><c> to</c><00:14:46.269><c> be</c><00:14:46.509><c> replaced</c><00:14:46.929><c> on</c><00:14:47.409><c> another</c><00:14:48.490><c> pattern</c><00:14:49.409><c> which</c><00:14:49.669><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:14:50.169><c> to</c><00:14:50.330><c> leave</c><00:14:50.470><c> with</c>

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my<00:14:51.129><c> associate</c><00:14:51.529><c> here.</c><00:14:53.370><c> I</c><00:14:53.590><c> tell</c><00:14:53.789><c> you,</c><00:14:54.049><c> that</c><00:14:54.309><c> would</c><00:14:54.470><c> have</c><00:14:54.610><c> been</c>

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very,<00:14:55.269><c> very</c><00:14:55.590><c> difficult</c><00:14:56.009><c> for</c><00:14:56.190><c> the</c><00:14:56.389><c> people</c><00:14:56.549><c> to</c><00:14:56.909><c> accept</c>

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in<00:14:57.789><c> Crete.</c><00:15:00.389><c> And</c><00:15:00.570><c> it</c><00:15:00.690><c> would</c><00:15:00.830><c> have</c><00:15:01.009><c> meant</c><00:15:01.289><c> that</c><00:15:01.690><c> Titus</c><00:15:01.909><c> would</c><00:15:02.129><c> have</c><00:15:02.269><c> been</c><00:15:02.590><c> looking</c><00:15:02.870><c> for</c><00:15:03.350><c> any</c><00:15:03.809><c> kind</c><00:15:04.029><c> of</c>

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authority<00:15:04.850><c> he</c>

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could<00:15:05.409><c> have</c><00:15:05.730><c> in</c><00:15:05.909><c> order</c><00:15:06.090><c> to</c><00:15:06.350><c> establish</c><00:15:06.830><c> these</c><00:15:07.129><c> things,</c><00:15:07.389><c> as</c><00:15:07.509><c> Titus</c><00:15:07.750><c> was</c>

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left<00:15:08.149><c> with</c><00:15:08.350><c> a</c><00:15:08.470><c> job</c><00:15:08.629><c> to</c><00:15:08.830><c> do.</c><00:15:08.970><c> And</c><00:15:09.090><c> he</c><00:15:09.169><c> wasn't</c>

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the<00:15:09.590><c> apostle.</c><00:15:10.809><c> He</c><00:15:11.009><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:11.230><c> have</c><00:15:11.470><c> had</c><00:15:12.070><c> all</c><00:15:12.429><c> of</c><00:15:12.570><c> the</c><00:15:12.769><c> spirit</c>

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gifts.<00:15:13.990><c> There's</c><00:15:14.289><c> no</c><00:15:14.529><c> suggestion,</c>

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maybe<00:15:15.809><c> there</c><00:15:15.970><c> is</c><00:15:16.169><c> a</c><00:15:16.309><c> suggestion,</c><00:15:16.789><c> but</c><00:15:16.970><c> there</c><00:15:17.149><c> is</c><00:15:17.250><c> no</c><00:15:17.490><c> proof</c><00:15:17.870><c> that</c><00:15:18.269><c> he</c>

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had<00:15:18.490><c> any</c><00:15:18.769><c> of</c><00:15:18.889><c> the</c><00:15:19.110><c> spirit</c><00:15:19.350><c> gifts.</c>

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So<00:15:21.149><c> the</c><00:15:21.330><c> apostle</c><00:15:21.830><c> who</c><00:15:22.070><c> could</c><00:15:22.450><c> prove</c><00:15:22.789><c> a</c><00:15:23.070><c> case</c><00:15:23.529><c> that</c><00:15:23.970><c> he</c><00:15:24.169><c> was</c><00:15:24.350><c> an</c>

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apostle<00:15:24.970><c> by</c><00:15:25.330><c> the</c><00:15:25.850><c> spirit</c><00:15:26.250><c> gifts</c><00:15:26.509><c> that</c><00:15:26.690><c> he</c><00:15:26.929><c> had,</c>

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which<00:15:27.889><c> he</c><00:15:28.210><c> refers</c><00:15:28.470><c> to</c><00:15:28.710><c> from</c><00:15:28.970><c> time</c><00:15:29.190><c> to</c><00:15:29.370><c> time</c><00:15:29.570><c> in</c><00:15:29.809><c> certain</c><00:15:30.070><c> writings,</c><00:15:31.309><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:31.470><c> have</c>

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been<00:15:31.730><c> with</c><00:15:32.049><c> Titus.</c><00:15:33.009><c> This</c><00:15:33.250><c> was</c>

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no<00:15:33.929><c> easy</c><00:15:34.490><c> job.</c><00:15:35.730><c> Very,</c><00:15:36.230><c> very</c><00:15:36.690><c> difficult</c><00:15:37.090><c> work</c><00:15:37.509><c> Titus</c><00:15:37.850><c> had</c><00:15:38.029><c> to</c>

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do.<00:15:42.570><c> Now,</c><00:15:44.110><c> what</c><00:15:44.269><c> I'm</c><00:15:44.409><c> going</c><00:15:44.570><c> to</c><00:15:44.769><c> say</c><00:15:45.070><c> in</c><00:15:45.330><c> the</c><00:15:45.429><c> next</c><00:15:45.769><c> few</c>

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minutes<00:15:46.389><c> is</c><00:15:46.769><c> based</c><00:15:47.029><c> upon</c><00:15:47.409><c> just</c><00:15:47.809><c> what</c><00:15:48.429><c> I</c><00:15:48.710><c> think</c><00:15:48.909><c> has</c><00:15:49.250><c> to</c><00:15:49.450><c> be</c><00:15:49.669><c> true.</c><00:15:50.429><c> It</c>

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doesn't<00:15:50.889><c> say</c><00:15:51.149><c> it,</c><00:15:51.509><c> but</c><00:15:51.649><c> I</c><00:15:51.789><c> think</c><00:15:51.929><c> it</c><00:15:52.149><c> has</c><00:15:52.350><c> to</c><00:15:52.509><c> be</c>

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true,<00:15:52.850><c> that</c><00:15:53.029><c> the</c><00:15:53.289><c> apostle</c><00:15:53.769><c> would</c><00:15:54.490><c> have</c><00:15:54.669><c> had</c><00:15:54.950><c> first</c><00:15:55.330><c>-hand</c><00:15:55.450><c> knowledge.</c><00:15:55.789><c> I</c>

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can't<00:15:56.330><c> imagine</c><00:15:56.690><c> the</c><00:15:56.870><c> apostle</c><00:15:57.250><c> Paul</c><00:15:57.549><c> saying,</c>

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look,<00:15:58.049><c> I've</c><00:15:58.350><c> heard</c><00:15:58.470><c> a</c><00:15:58.590><c> brother</c><00:15:58.809><c> came</c><00:15:59.110><c> to</c><00:15:59.230><c> me</c><00:15:59.330><c> and</c><00:15:59.389><c> he</c><00:15:59.529><c> told</c><00:15:59.669><c> me</c>

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that<00:16:00.470><c> you</c><00:16:00.610><c> people</c><00:16:00.889><c> in</c><00:16:01.210><c> Crete</c><00:16:01.429><c> are</c><00:16:02.129><c> liars.</c>

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You're<00:16:04.649><c> always</c><00:16:05.169><c> lying.</c><00:16:06.649><c> That</c><00:16:06.769><c> you're</c><00:16:07.190><c> lazy</c><00:16:07.669><c> gluttons.</c><00:16:09.129><c> And</c><00:16:09.350><c> I</c>

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believe<00:16:09.730><c> it.</c><00:16:11.830><c> Now</c><00:16:12.009><c> that's</c><00:16:12.350><c> where</c><00:16:12.549><c> so</c><00:16:13.070><c> much</c><00:16:13.470><c> of</c><00:16:13.909><c> the</c>

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problems<00:16:14.490><c> of</c><00:16:14.690><c> our</c><00:16:14.950><c> modern</c><00:16:15.190><c>-day</c><00:16:15.389><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:15.750><c> come,</c><00:16:16.110><c> that</c><00:16:16.250><c> a</c><00:16:16.450><c> brother</c><00:16:16.649><c> hears</c><00:16:17.049><c> something</c><00:16:17.450><c> from</c>

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someone<00:16:18.009><c> else</c>

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about<00:16:19.070><c> a</c><00:16:19.289><c> third</c><00:16:19.490><c> person</c><00:16:20.049><c> and</c><00:16:20.370><c> then</c><00:16:20.649><c> communicates</c><00:16:21.129><c> it</c><00:16:21.289><c> to</c><00:16:21.450><c> others.</c><00:16:23.149><c> I</c>

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don't<00:16:23.470><c> believe</c><00:16:23.610><c> the</c><00:16:23.809><c> apostle</c><00:16:24.049><c> would</c><00:16:24.210><c> ever</c>

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have<00:16:24.509><c> done</c><00:16:24.649><c> that</c><00:16:24.929><c> because</c><00:16:25.070><c> that</c><00:16:25.210><c> would</c><00:16:25.389><c> have</c><00:16:25.529><c> been</c><00:16:25.669><c> to</c><00:16:25.850><c> be</c><00:16:26.029><c> a</c>

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hypocrite<00:16:26.590><c> for</c><00:16:26.769><c> what</c><00:16:26.929><c> he</c><00:16:27.129><c> was</c><00:16:27.330><c> telling</c><00:16:27.570><c> others</c><00:16:27.929><c> to</c><00:16:28.190><c> do.</c>

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He<00:16:28.429><c> would</c><00:16:28.610><c> have</c><00:16:28.809><c> had</c><00:16:29.110><c> first</c><00:16:29.590><c>-hand</c><00:16:29.809><c> knowledge.</c><00:16:30.210><c> He</c><00:16:30.330><c> was</c><00:16:30.629><c> there.</c>

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He<00:16:31.210><c> was</c><00:16:31.570><c> in</c><00:16:31.850><c> Crete.</c><00:16:32.389><c> He</c><00:16:32.649><c> knew</c><00:16:32.809><c> problems.</c>

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So<00:16:34.289><c> he</c><00:16:34.350><c> must</c><00:16:34.490><c> have</c><00:16:34.629><c> had</c><00:16:34.750><c> some</c><00:16:34.889><c> experience.</c><00:16:36.750><c> When</c><00:16:36.870><c> he</c><00:16:37.049><c> comes</c><00:16:37.370><c> and</c><00:16:37.750><c> tells,</c><00:16:38.250><c> if</c>

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you<00:16:38.490><c> just</c><00:16:38.610><c> have</c><00:16:38.730><c> a</c><00:16:38.830><c> look</c><00:16:38.889><c> at</c><00:16:39.029><c> the</c>

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second<00:16:39.309><c> epistle</c><00:16:39.610><c> or</c><00:16:39.809><c> second</c><00:16:40.070><c> chapter</c><00:16:40.269><c> there</c><00:16:40.490><c> for</c><00:16:40.669><c> a</c><00:16:40.830><c> moment,</c>

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that<00:16:42.029><c> the</c><00:16:42.309><c> older</c><00:16:42.470><c> woman,</c><00:16:42.909><c> the</c><00:16:43.090><c> older</c><00:16:43.370><c> man</c>

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should<00:16:43.690><c> be</c><00:16:43.889><c> over,</c><00:16:44.090><c> verse</c><00:16:44.230><c> two,</c><00:16:44.629><c> should</c><00:16:44.769><c> be</c><00:16:45.049><c> brave,</c><00:16:45.429><c> should</c><00:16:45.549><c> be</c>

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temperate.<00:16:46.429><c> The</c><00:16:46.549><c> older</c><00:16:46.789><c> woman</c><00:16:47.009><c> should</c><00:16:47.230><c> be,</c>

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he<00:16:48.429><c> has</c><00:16:48.529><c> become</c><00:16:48.730><c> a</c><00:16:48.830><c> holiness,</c><00:16:49.470><c> not</c><00:16:49.669><c> false</c><00:16:49.929><c> accusers.</c><00:16:50.289><c> Why</c><00:16:50.470><c> would</c><00:16:50.610><c> he</c>

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say<00:16:50.950><c> those</c><00:16:51.230><c> things?</c>

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I<00:16:53.809><c> don't</c><00:16:53.990><c> believe</c><00:16:54.169><c> the</c><00:16:54.370><c> apostle</c><00:16:54.649><c> Paul</c><00:16:55.110><c> would</c><00:16:55.509><c> have</c><00:16:55.730><c> chosen</c><00:16:56.029><c> the</c><00:16:56.269><c> vocabulary</c><00:16:56.889><c> of</c>

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behavior<00:16:58.149><c> that</c><00:16:58.909><c> wasn't</c><00:16:59.350><c> pertinent.</c>

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If<00:17:00.990><c> everybody</c><00:17:01.490><c> in</c><00:17:01.710><c> those</c><00:17:01.970><c> ecclesiastes</c><00:17:02.289><c> that</c><00:17:02.429><c> he</c><00:17:02.610><c> had</c><00:17:02.750><c> visited</c><00:17:03.029><c> were</c>

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all,<00:17:03.970><c> you</c><00:17:04.410><c> know,</c><00:17:04.690><c> very</c><00:17:04.970><c> much</c><00:17:05.150><c> like</c><00:17:05.390><c> the</c><00:17:05.569><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:17:06.150><c> Christ,</c><00:17:06.569><c> who</c><00:17:06.690><c> needed</c><00:17:06.950><c> very,</c><00:17:07.450><c> very</c><00:17:07.789><c> little</c><00:17:08.089><c> change</c><00:17:08.750><c> in</c>

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order<00:17:09.910><c> to</c><00:17:10.269><c> be</c><00:17:10.549><c> ready</c><00:17:10.750><c> for</c><00:17:10.950><c> the</c><00:17:11.089><c> coming</c><00:17:11.250><c> of</c><00:17:11.430><c> the</c><00:17:11.549><c> Lord,</c>

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then<00:17:12.069><c> why</c><00:17:12.490><c> this?</c><00:17:14.529><c> Surely,</c><00:17:14.950><c> you</c><00:17:14.970><c> mean</c><00:17:15.109><c> our</c><00:17:15.309><c> own</c><00:17:15.930><c> logical</c><00:17:16.609><c> thinking</c><00:17:16.950><c> through</c><00:17:17.190><c> this</c>

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would<00:17:17.549><c> tell</c><00:17:17.730><c> us</c><00:17:17.869><c> that</c><00:17:18.029><c> the</c>

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reason<00:17:18.390><c> he</c><00:17:18.549><c> said</c><00:17:18.789><c> this</c><00:17:19.029><c> is</c><00:17:19.230><c> because</c><00:17:19.490><c> that's</c><00:17:20.009><c> what</c><00:17:20.150><c> it</c><00:17:20.309><c> was</c><00:17:20.569><c> like.</c>

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proper,<00:17:26.609><c> and</c><00:17:26.849><c> they</c><00:17:26.970><c> had</c><00:17:27.150><c> to</c><00:17:27.410><c> change.</c>

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If<00:17:34.670><c> these</c><00:17:35.009><c> people,</c><00:17:35.609><c> as</c><00:17:35.789><c> he</c><00:17:36.029><c> says,</c><00:17:36.490><c> what</c><00:17:36.549><c> a</c><00:17:36.809><c> prophet</c><00:17:37.029><c> of</c><00:17:37.250><c> their</c>

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own,<00:17:43.769><c> said,</c><00:17:44.069><c> the</c><00:17:44.190><c> Cretians</c><00:17:44.630><c> are</c><00:17:44.910><c> always</c><00:17:45.289><c> liars,</c>

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evil<00:17:46.369><c> beasts,</c><00:17:46.990><c> slow</c><00:17:47.230><c> bellies.</c><00:17:47.829><c> This</c><00:17:48.130><c> witness</c><00:17:48.470><c> is</c><00:17:48.849><c> true,</c><00:17:49.250><c> wherefore</c><00:17:49.670><c> rebuke</c><00:17:50.069><c> them</c><00:17:50.289><c> sharply,</c>

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Titus<00:17:51.529><c> didn't</c><00:17:51.789><c> go</c><00:17:51.990><c> into</c><00:17:52.170><c> the</c><00:17:52.430><c> marketplace.</c><00:17:53.490><c> He</c><00:17:53.609><c> didn't</c><00:17:53.789><c> go</c><00:17:53.990><c> into</c><00:17:54.170><c> the</c><00:17:54.410><c> cities</c><00:17:54.589><c> where</c><00:17:54.769><c> there</c><00:17:54.930><c> were</c><00:17:55.109><c> no</c><00:17:55.369><c> brother</c>

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and<00:17:55.869><c> sisters</c><00:17:56.190><c> and</c><00:17:56.430><c> say,</c><00:17:56.750><c> hey,</c><00:17:56.869><c> you</c><00:17:57.109><c> people</c><00:17:57.470><c> are</c><00:17:57.829><c> slow</c><00:17:58.130><c> bellies,</c><00:17:58.609><c> lazy</c><00:17:58.970><c> guns,</c><00:17:59.369><c> you</c><00:17:59.490><c> got</c><00:17:59.609><c> to</c>

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change<00:18:00.089><c> your</c><00:18:00.269><c> way.</c>

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and<00:18:10.309><c> people</c><00:18:10.630><c> were</c><00:18:11.049><c> lying</c><00:18:11.490><c> in</c><00:18:11.710><c> the</c><00:18:11.910><c> ecclesia.</c><00:18:12.349><c> It</c><00:18:12.450><c> was</c><00:18:12.690><c> just</c><00:18:13.150><c> natural</c><00:18:13.690><c> for</c><00:18:13.910><c> people</c><00:18:14.150><c> to</c>

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lie<00:18:14.549><c> in</c><00:18:14.690><c> the</c><00:18:14.829><c> ecclesia.</c>

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were<00:18:18.630><c> lazy.</c><00:18:19.230><c> They</c><00:18:19.410><c> were</c><00:18:19.690><c> gluttonous.</c>

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following<00:18:24.430><c> natural</c><00:18:24.950><c> instincts.</c><00:18:25.329><c> They</c>

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were<00:18:25.809><c> very</c><00:18:26.230><c> reactive</c><00:18:26.630><c> to</c><00:18:26.869><c> a</c><00:18:27.069><c> situation.</c><00:18:27.829><c> They</c><00:18:27.910><c> didn't</c><00:18:28.230><c> think</c>

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it<00:18:28.769><c> through.</c><00:18:28.950><c> They</c><00:18:29.069><c> didn't</c><00:18:29.269><c> allow</c><00:18:29.769><c> the</c><00:18:30.390><c> word</c><00:18:30.630><c> of</c>

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God<00:18:31.230><c> to</c><00:18:31.950><c> alter</c><00:18:32.170><c> their</c><00:18:32.430><c> behavior.</c><00:18:35.029><c> How</c><00:18:35.230><c> would</c><00:18:35.369><c> you</c><00:18:35.470><c> like</c><00:18:35.589><c> to</c><00:18:35.730><c> go</c>

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to<00:18:35.950><c> that</c><00:18:36.089><c> ecclesia,</c><00:18:36.650><c> brethren?</c><00:18:37.490><c> Clean</c><00:18:37.670><c> it</c><00:18:37.849><c> up.</c>

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I<00:18:40.410><c> mean,</c><00:18:40.569><c> you</c><00:18:40.809><c> couldn't</c><00:18:41.069><c> just</c><00:18:41.309><c> go</c><00:18:41.430><c> and</c><00:18:41.630><c> clean</c><00:18:41.750><c> it</c><00:18:41.910><c> up,</c><00:18:42.049><c> could</c>

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you?<00:18:42.650><c> If</c><00:18:42.849><c> God</c><00:18:43.150><c> was</c><00:18:43.390><c> with</c><00:18:43.569><c> us,</c>

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you<00:18:44.789><c> don't</c><00:18:45.470><c> do</c><00:18:45.690><c> anything</c><00:18:45.950><c> like</c><00:18:46.230><c> that.</c><00:18:47.930><c> I</c><00:18:47.950><c> think</c><00:18:48.109><c> there's</c><00:18:48.430><c> a</c><00:18:48.529><c> very</c><00:18:49.109><c> great</c><00:18:49.710><c> danger</c><00:18:50.349><c> in</c><00:18:50.789><c> this</c>

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that<00:18:52.130><c> we</c><00:18:53.150><c> sort</c><00:18:53.309><c> of</c><00:18:53.509><c> back</c><00:18:53.690><c> off</c><00:18:54.410><c> the</c><00:18:55.910><c> things</c><00:18:56.170><c> he's</c><00:18:56.509><c> saying</c><00:18:56.829><c> here</c>

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and<00:18:57.789><c> just</c><00:18:58.009><c> come</c><00:18:58.190><c> to</c><00:18:58.369><c> a</c><00:18:58.390><c> sort</c><00:18:58.549><c> of</c><00:18:58.650><c> a</c><00:18:58.710><c> little</c><00:18:59.009><c> softer</c>

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tone<00:18:59.970><c> to</c><00:19:00.490><c> maybe</c><00:19:00.670><c> our</c><00:19:00.849><c> own</c><00:19:01.009><c> ecclesia,</c><00:19:01.390><c> which</c><00:19:01.569><c> isn't</c><00:19:02.589><c> certainly</c>

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that<00:19:03.250><c> bad.</c><00:19:04.269><c> Go</c><00:19:04.450><c> to</c><00:19:04.650><c> Revelations</c><00:19:05.230><c> chapter</c>

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3.<00:19:06.630><c> This</c><00:19:06.630><c> is</c><00:19:06.950><c> where</c><00:19:07.230><c> I</c><00:19:07.329><c> think</c><00:19:07.509><c> the</c><00:19:07.710><c> exhortation</c><00:19:08.289><c> comes</c><00:19:08.650><c> to</c><00:19:08.849><c> us.</c>

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matter<00:19:17.730><c> of</c><00:19:18.170><c> trying</c><00:19:18.430><c> to</c><00:19:18.869><c> associate</c>

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ideas<00:19:19.890><c> together</c><00:19:20.430><c> again</c><00:19:20.769><c> and</c><00:19:20.990><c> trying</c><00:19:21.230><c> to</c><00:19:21.890><c> refresh</c><00:19:22.369><c> ourselves,</c>

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to<00:19:23.130><c> give</c><00:19:23.230><c> ourselves</c><00:19:23.789><c> something</c><00:19:24.109><c> to</c><00:19:24.390><c> go</c>

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back<00:19:24.930><c> with</c><00:19:25.529><c> that</c><00:19:26.230><c> we</c><00:19:26.450><c> can</c><00:19:26.769><c> make</c><00:19:27.369><c> changes</c><00:19:27.849><c> that</c><00:19:28.069><c> we're</c><00:19:28.309><c> going</c>

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to<00:19:28.509><c> be</c><00:19:28.630><c> to</c><00:19:28.829><c> our</c><00:19:29.089><c> advantage</c><00:19:29.450><c> and</c><00:19:29.670><c> to</c><00:19:29.890><c> everyone</c><00:19:30.109><c> else's.</c>

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In<00:19:32.609><c> verse</c><00:19:32.849><c> 14,</c><00:19:34.230><c> the</c><00:19:34.369><c> chief</c><00:19:34.769><c> characteristic</c><00:19:35.569><c> of</c><00:19:35.829><c> the</c><00:19:36.130><c> Laodiceans,</c><00:19:37.170><c> or</c><00:19:37.329><c> the</c>

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chief<00:19:37.730><c> thing</c><00:19:37.990><c> about</c><00:19:38.230><c> them,</c><00:19:38.529><c> is</c>

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they<00:19:38.890><c> didn't</c><00:19:39.410><c> properly</c><00:19:40.069><c> appreciate</c><00:19:40.970><c> what</c><00:19:41.710><c> God</c><00:19:42.109><c> thought</c><00:19:42.390><c> of</c>

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them.<00:19:46.150><c> And</c><00:19:46.289><c> brothers</c><00:19:46.410><c> and</c><00:19:46.670><c> sisters,</c><00:19:47.369><c> if</c><00:19:47.509><c> we,</c><00:19:48.509><c> you</c><00:19:48.809><c> know,</c>

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we<00:19:49.430><c> do</c><00:19:49.569><c> this</c><00:19:49.710><c> all</c><00:19:49.910><c> the</c><00:19:50.069><c> time</c><00:19:50.230><c> anyway,</c><00:19:50.789><c> to</c><00:19:51.170><c> a</c><00:19:51.349><c> greater</c><00:19:51.549><c> or</c><00:19:51.769><c> lesser</c><00:19:51.990><c> extent,</c><00:19:52.569><c> but</c>

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if<00:19:52.849><c> we</c><00:19:53.269><c> keep</c><00:19:53.730><c> comparing</c><00:19:54.369><c> ourselves</c>

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with<00:19:55.250><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:57.130><c> then</c><00:19:57.289><c> we</c><00:19:57.430><c> could</c><00:19:57.609><c> be</c><00:19:57.829><c> very</c><00:19:58.250><c> easily</c><00:19:58.569><c> victimized</c><00:19:59.210><c> by</c><00:19:59.410><c> this.</c>

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ecclesia<00:20:01.890><c> thought</c><00:20:02.170><c> they</c><00:20:02.309><c> were</c><00:20:02.529><c> okay</c><00:20:03.029><c> because</c><00:20:03.670><c> they</c><00:20:03.910><c> were</c><00:20:04.210><c> measuring</c><00:20:04.630><c> it</c>

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nothing.<00:20:09.910><c> All</c><00:20:10.109><c> their</c><00:20:10.289><c> physical</c><00:20:10.650><c> needs</c><00:20:10.890><c> were</c><00:20:11.089><c> looked</c><00:20:11.250><c> after.</c>

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looking<00:20:15.109><c> at</c><00:20:15.369><c> them</c><00:20:15.529><c> says,</c><00:20:15.789><c> you</c><00:20:15.829><c> don't</c><00:20:16.170><c> know</c><00:20:16.890><c> that</c><00:20:17.210><c> you're</c>

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wretched,<00:20:18.309><c> you're</c><00:20:18.529><c> miserable,</c><00:20:19.130><c> you're</c><00:20:19.529><c> poor,</c><00:20:19.890><c> you're</c>

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blind,<00:20:20.619><c> you're</c><00:20:20.839><c> naked</c><00:20:21.380><c> in</c><00:20:22.180><c> the</c><00:20:22.319><c> sight</c><00:20:22.400><c> of</c><00:20:22.619><c> God.</c><00:20:24.559><c> That's</c><00:20:25.019><c> where</c>

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we've<00:20:25.859><c> got</c><00:20:25.960><c> to</c><00:20:26.119><c> continue</c><00:20:26.740><c> to</c><00:20:27.039><c> keep</c><00:20:27.259><c> our</c><00:20:27.559><c> heads</c><00:20:27.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:28.119><c> book,</c><00:20:28.400><c> even</c><00:20:28.700><c> if</c><00:20:29.019><c> no</c><00:20:29.319><c> one</c><00:20:29.400><c> else</c><00:20:29.640><c> in</c><00:20:29.779><c> the</c><00:20:29.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:30.200><c> does.</c>

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we<00:20:38.940><c> cannot</c><00:20:39.500><c> compare</c><00:20:40.000><c> ourselves</c><00:20:40.579><c> with</c><00:20:40.740><c> each</c>

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other<00:20:41.380><c> and</c><00:20:41.720><c> ever</c><00:20:41.960><c> benefit.</c><00:20:42.539><c> We</c><00:20:42.720><c> can't</c><00:20:43.160><c> think,</c><00:20:43.400><c> well,</c><00:20:43.740><c> you</c><00:20:43.799><c> know,</c><00:20:44.000><c> I'm</c>

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not<00:20:44.619><c> as</c><00:20:44.819><c> bad</c><00:20:44.900><c> as</c><00:20:45.119><c> that,</c><00:20:45.420><c> or</c><00:20:45.559><c> I'm</c><00:20:45.720><c> not</c><00:20:45.900><c> as,</c>

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this<00:20:47.140><c> or</c><00:20:47.339><c> that</c><00:20:47.500><c> or</c><00:20:47.559><c> the</c><00:20:47.720><c> other,</c><00:20:47.960><c> therefore</c><00:20:48.200><c> I'm</c><00:20:48.420><c> okay.</c><00:20:48.720><c> That's</c>

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not<00:20:49.339><c> the</c><00:20:49.480><c> way</c><00:20:49.599><c> to</c><00:20:49.779><c> do</c><00:20:49.900><c> it.</c>

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characteristics<00:20:56.059><c> or</c><00:20:56.720><c> area</c><00:20:57.279><c> characteristics,</c><00:20:58.119><c> we</c><00:20:58.440><c> victimize</c>

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just<00:21:01.380><c> compare</c><00:21:01.660><c> everybody</c><00:21:02.039><c> else</c><00:21:02.619><c> with</c><00:21:03.220><c> everybody</c><00:21:03.579><c> else.</c><00:21:06.299><c> Now</c>

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it's<00:21:06.680><c> easy</c><00:21:06.920><c> to</c><00:21:07.220><c> see</c><00:21:07.480><c> that</c><00:21:07.660><c> if</c><00:21:08.599><c> the</c><00:21:08.980><c> standard</c><00:21:09.240><c> of</c>

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comparison<00:21:09.900><c> we're</c><00:21:10.200><c> using</c><00:21:10.500><c> is</c><00:21:10.740><c> below</c><00:21:11.140><c> what's</c><00:21:11.579><c> the</c><00:21:11.779><c> minimum</c><00:21:12.039><c> for</c><00:21:12.259><c> the</c><00:21:12.440><c> Lord,</c><00:21:12.759><c> then</c><00:21:12.880><c> all</c><00:21:13.019><c> of</c>

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us<00:21:13.240><c> are</c><00:21:13.359><c> going</c><00:21:13.519><c> down</c><00:21:13.779><c> the</c>

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same<00:21:14.059><c> way.</c><00:21:16.160><c> So</c><00:21:16.400><c> we</c><00:21:16.660><c> got</c><00:21:16.960><c> to</c><00:21:17.259><c> study</c><00:21:17.539><c> his</c><00:21:17.880><c> word</c><00:21:18.279><c> and</c><00:21:18.599><c> see</c><00:21:19.240><c> what</c><00:21:19.920><c> he</c>

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would<00:21:20.640><c> do</c><00:21:20.859><c> within</c><00:21:21.059><c> the</c><00:21:21.279><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:21.559><c> like</c><00:21:21.880><c> this</c>

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to<00:21:22.680><c> understand</c><00:21:23.220><c> how</c><00:21:23.579><c> we</c><00:21:23.759><c> may</c><00:21:24.500><c> change</c><00:21:25.200><c> our</c><00:21:25.440><c> own</c><00:21:25.640><c> behavior.</c><00:21:28.920><c> Now</c>

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if<00:21:29.200><c> that</c><00:21:29.420><c> isn't</c><00:21:29.720><c> bad</c><00:21:29.980><c> enough</c><00:21:30.359><c> to</c><00:21:30.619><c> say</c><00:21:30.839><c> that,</c><00:21:31.140><c> you</c><00:21:31.240><c> know,</c>

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it's<00:21:31.539><c> true,</c><00:21:32.720><c> the</c><00:21:32.940><c> ecclesia,</c><00:21:33.500><c> there's</c><00:21:33.839><c> liars.</c><00:21:35.000><c> You</c><00:21:35.160><c> can't</c><00:21:35.400><c> deal</c><00:21:35.599><c> with</c><00:21:35.759><c> people</c><00:21:36.019><c> that</c><00:21:36.180><c> are</c>

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liars.<00:21:36.740><c> You</c><00:21:36.859><c> don't</c><00:21:37.039><c> know</c>

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whether<00:21:37.339><c> they're</c><00:21:37.579><c> speaking</c><00:21:37.779><c> the</c><00:21:38.059><c> truth</c><00:21:38.259><c> or</c><00:21:38.380><c> not.</c><00:21:40.000><c> People</c><00:21:40.259><c> won't</c><00:21:40.500><c> get</c>

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up<00:21:40.920><c> and</c><00:21:41.119><c> do</c><00:21:41.299><c> anything.</c><00:21:41.640><c> They're</c><00:21:41.960><c> lazy.</c>

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They're<00:21:43.980><c> gluttonous.</c><00:21:44.579><c> They're</c><00:21:44.680><c> eating</c><00:21:44.839><c> a</c><00:21:45.000><c> lot.</c><00:21:45.619><c> I'm</c><00:21:46.000><c> blast</c>

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before<00:21:46.500><c> lunch,</c><00:21:46.819><c> sorry,</c><00:21:47.619><c> but</c><00:21:47.759><c> we</c><00:21:47.880><c> got</c><00:21:48.059><c> to</c><00:21:48.680><c> deal</c>

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with<00:21:48.940><c> the</c><00:21:49.079><c> epistle</c><00:21:49.380><c> as</c><00:21:49.599><c> it</c><00:21:49.839><c> says.</c><00:21:50.599><c> And</c><00:21:50.720><c> these</c><00:21:50.900><c> people</c><00:21:51.220><c> were</c><00:21:51.519><c> just</c><00:21:51.799><c> looking</c><00:21:52.000><c> to</c>

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lunch<00:21:52.400><c> all</c><00:21:52.640><c> the</c><00:21:52.799><c> time.</c><00:21:53.619><c> That's</c><00:21:53.880><c> what</c>

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they're<00:21:54.200><c> looking</c><00:21:54.420><c> for.</c><00:21:55.880><c> And</c><00:21:56.180><c> not</c><00:21:56.799><c> only</c><00:21:57.039><c> that,</c><00:21:58.140><c> it</c><00:21:58.380><c> says</c><00:21:58.640><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:59.240><c> were</c><00:21:59.960><c> fighters.</c><00:22:01.500><c> They</c><00:22:01.660><c> had</c><00:22:01.940><c> that</c><00:22:02.759><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:22:03.519><c> could</c><00:22:03.740><c> be</c><00:22:04.039><c> aroused</c><00:22:04.420><c> with</c><00:22:04.680><c> just</c><00:22:05.039><c> a</c><00:22:05.359><c> word</c><00:22:05.740><c> and</c><00:22:06.759><c> flare</c><00:22:07.119><c> up</c><00:22:07.339><c> and</c><00:22:07.440><c> all</c><00:22:07.599><c> of</c><00:22:07.799><c> a</c>

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sudden<00:22:07.940><c> you've</c><00:22:08.220><c> got</c><00:22:08.339><c> a</c><00:22:08.579><c> great</c><00:22:08.759><c> battle</c>

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on<00:22:09.160><c> your</c><00:22:09.319><c> hands.</c><00:22:10.500><c> So</c><00:22:10.619><c> it</c><00:22:10.799><c> occurred</c><00:22:10.920><c> to</c><00:22:11.059><c> me</c><00:22:11.140><c> to</c><00:22:11.339><c> try</c><00:22:11.500><c> to</c><00:22:11.720><c> think</c>

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through<00:22:12.140><c> this.</c><00:22:12.480><c> You</c><00:22:12.660><c> know,</c><00:22:12.660><c> how</c><00:22:12.799><c> would</c><00:22:12.940><c> the</c><00:22:13.240><c> apostle</c>

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have<00:22:13.779><c> ever</c><00:22:14.000><c> got</c><00:22:14.200><c> to</c><00:22:14.500><c> know</c><00:22:14.660><c> this,</c><00:22:15.940><c> believing,</c><00:22:16.359><c> as</c><00:22:16.599><c> I</c><00:22:16.779><c> do,</c><00:22:17.079><c> that</c>

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he<00:22:17.400><c> must</c><00:22:17.640><c> have</c><00:22:17.819><c> got</c><00:22:17.940><c> it</c><00:22:18.160><c> first</c><00:22:18.440><c> hand?</c><00:22:19.119><c> So</c><00:22:19.400><c> he</c><00:22:19.700><c> did</c>

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visit<00:22:20.299><c> Crete.</c><00:22:20.759><c> We're</c><00:22:20.839><c> told</c><00:22:21.059><c> that.</c><00:22:21.500><c> We</c><00:22:21.720><c> don't</c><00:22:21.940><c> know</c><00:22:22.079><c> whether</c>

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he<00:22:22.440><c> went</c><00:22:22.579><c> into</c><00:22:22.880><c> all</c><00:22:23.180><c> the</c><00:22:23.400><c> cities.</c><00:22:24.339><c> It</c><00:22:24.460><c> may</c><00:22:24.559><c> have</c><00:22:24.700><c> been</c><00:22:24.799><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:22:25.119><c> have</c><00:22:25.339><c> time</c><00:22:25.519><c> for</c><00:22:25.680><c> that.</c><00:22:25.839><c> We're</c><00:22:26.160><c> just</c><00:22:26.279><c> not</c><00:22:26.559><c> told.</c><00:22:27.640><c> He</c><00:22:27.799><c> must</c><00:22:28.000><c> have</c><00:22:28.180><c> had</c><00:22:28.380><c> first</c><00:22:28.619><c>-hand</c><00:22:28.759><c> experience.</c><00:22:29.259><c> So</c>

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there<00:22:29.579><c> may</c>

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very<00:22:30.420><c> well</c><00:22:30.640><c> have</c><00:22:30.900><c> been</c><00:22:31.119><c> at</c><00:22:31.279><c> least</c><00:22:31.680><c> one</c><00:22:32.099><c> meeting</c><00:22:32.619><c> of</c><00:22:33.220><c> the</c><00:22:33.420><c> arranging</c><00:22:33.759><c> brethren.</c><00:22:37.099><c> Now</c>

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characteristics<00:22:39.160><c> and</c><00:22:40.259><c> what</c><00:22:40.400><c> he</c><00:22:40.599><c> says</c><00:22:40.799><c> about</c><00:22:41.180><c> older</c><00:22:41.500><c> men</c><00:22:41.799><c> and</c>

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younger<00:22:42.240><c> men,</c><00:22:42.619><c> can</c><00:22:42.759><c> you</c><00:22:42.960><c> imagine</c><00:22:43.319><c> what</c><00:22:43.559><c> this</c>

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characteristic<00:22:44.420><c> or</c><00:22:44.640><c> what</c><00:22:44.759><c> this</c><00:22:45.000><c> meeting</c><00:22:45.160><c> would</c><00:22:45.339><c> have</c><00:22:45.440><c> been</c>

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like?<00:22:47.519><c> Let's</c><00:22:47.779><c> say</c><00:22:47.920><c> the</c><00:22:48.119><c> apostle</c><00:22:48.460><c> Paul</c><00:22:48.779><c> was</c><00:22:49.140><c> chairing</c><00:22:49.500><c> it</c>

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and<00:22:51.339><c> when</c><00:22:51.460><c> he</c><00:22:51.700><c> came</c><00:22:51.880><c> to</c><00:22:52.140><c> call</c><00:22:52.299><c> the</c><00:22:52.440><c> meeting</c><00:22:52.599><c> to</c><00:22:52.880><c> order,</c><00:22:53.539><c> no</c><00:22:53.619><c> one</c>

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listened<00:22:54.019><c> to</c><00:22:54.200><c> him.</c><00:22:55.240><c> They</c><00:22:55.539><c> never</c><00:22:55.740><c> listened</c><00:22:56.019><c> to</c><00:22:56.240><c> their</c>

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chairperson.<00:22:57.079><c> You</c><00:22:57.140><c> know,</c><00:22:57.500><c> brothers</c><00:22:57.640><c> and</c><00:22:57.900><c> sisters,</c><00:22:58.220><c> when</c><00:22:58.420><c> we</c>

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have<00:22:58.839><c> meetings</c><00:22:59.160><c> that</c><00:22:59.579><c> quite</c><00:22:59.799><c> often</c><00:23:00.099><c> the</c><00:23:00.380><c> chairperson</c>

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is<00:23:01.480><c> somewhat</c><00:23:01.819><c> ignored.</c><00:23:04.039><c> It</c><00:23:04.259><c> depends</c><00:23:04.420><c> a</c><00:23:04.559><c> little</c><00:23:04.720><c> bit</c><00:23:04.859><c> about</c>

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who<00:23:05.140><c> the</c><00:23:05.380><c> chair</c><00:23:05.559><c> is,</c><00:23:05.920><c> but</c><00:23:06.319><c> sometimes</c><00:23:06.920><c> the</c><00:23:07.240><c> chairperson</c>

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is<00:23:08.019><c> ignored.</c><00:23:09.220><c> It's</c><00:23:09.480><c> pretty</c><00:23:09.779><c> hard</c><00:23:09.980><c> to</c><00:23:10.220><c> conduct</c><00:23:10.480><c> a</c><00:23:10.640><c> meeting,</c><00:23:10.859><c> especially</c><00:23:11.359><c> a</c>

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sensitive<00:23:11.980><c> meeting,</c><00:23:12.380><c> when</c><00:23:12.599><c> the</c><00:23:12.920><c> chairperson</c>

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is<00:23:14.339><c> not</c><00:23:14.579><c> being</c><00:23:14.819><c> acknowledged.</c><00:23:15.960><c> Or</c><00:23:16.180><c> that</c><00:23:16.339><c> the</c><00:23:16.539><c> people</c><00:23:16.920><c> that</c>

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are<00:23:17.619><c> attending</c><00:23:17.859><c> the</c><00:23:18.140><c> meeting</c><00:23:18.220><c> have</c><00:23:18.460><c> never</c><00:23:18.759><c> used</c>

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the<00:23:19.380><c> chair</c><00:23:19.480><c> that</c><00:23:19.779><c> way.</c><00:23:19.900><c> Like</c><00:23:20.059><c> they</c><00:23:20.119><c> don't</c><00:23:20.339><c> they</c><00:23:20.599><c> don't</c><00:23:20.819><c> do</c><00:23:20.960><c> what</c><00:23:21.099><c> the</c>

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chair<00:23:21.460><c> says.</c><00:23:21.740><c> You</c><00:23:21.859><c> have</c><00:23:22.019><c> something</c><00:23:22.220><c> to</c><00:23:22.359><c> say.</c><00:23:22.480><c> You</c>

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say<00:23:22.819><c> it.</c><00:23:23.819><c> And</c><00:23:23.940><c> so</c><00:23:24.019><c> quite</c><00:23:24.240><c> often</c><00:23:24.579><c> in</c><00:23:24.779><c> an</c><00:23:24.920><c> arranging</c><00:23:25.180><c> meeting</c><00:23:25.440><c> you</c><00:23:25.579><c> may</c><00:23:25.799><c> find</c><00:23:26.059><c> that</c><00:23:26.380><c> several</c><00:23:26.660><c> people</c><00:23:26.920><c> are</c><00:23:27.160><c> speaking</c><00:23:27.400><c> at</c>

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once.<00:23:28.940><c> No</c><00:23:29.140><c> one's</c><00:23:29.400><c> listening.</c><00:23:29.980><c> Everyone's</c><00:23:30.460><c> speaking.</c><00:23:31.059><c> You</c><00:23:31.259><c> can't</c><00:23:31.579><c> achieve</c><00:23:31.839><c> things</c><00:23:32.099><c> that</c><00:23:32.400><c> way.</c><00:23:33.599><c> So</c>

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the<00:23:33.980><c> apostle</c><00:23:34.359><c> Paul,</c>

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if<00:23:34.819><c> he</c><00:23:34.960><c> may</c><00:23:35.160><c> have</c><00:23:35.299><c> been</c><00:23:35.559><c> chairing</c><00:23:35.859><c> a</c><00:23:36.000><c> meeting,</c><00:23:36.279><c> he</c><00:23:36.319><c> was</c><00:23:36.700><c> trying</c>

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a<00:23:39.319><c> joke</c><00:23:39.559><c> out</c><00:23:39.720><c> of</c><00:23:39.859><c> it.</c><00:23:42.220><c> Like</c><00:23:42.400><c> these</c><00:23:42.599><c> people</c><00:23:42.940><c> weren't</c><00:23:43.200><c> serious.</c>

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That's<00:23:43.839><c> what</c><00:23:44.019><c> the</c><00:23:44.240><c> scripture</c><00:23:44.519><c> says.</c><00:23:44.859><c> They</c><00:23:45.019><c> get</c><00:23:45.160><c> to</c><00:23:45.299><c> learn</c>

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to<00:23:45.559><c> be</c><00:23:45.839><c> serious</c><00:23:46.160><c> minded.</c><00:23:46.900><c> Had</c><00:23:47.019><c> you</c><00:23:47.160><c> ever</c><00:23:47.420><c> attended</c><00:23:47.700><c> a</c><00:23:47.880><c> meeting</c>

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like<00:23:48.319><c> that?</c><00:23:48.480><c> We</c><00:23:48.599><c> had</c><00:23:48.839><c> tried</c><00:23:48.960><c> to</c><00:23:49.119><c> be</c><00:23:49.299><c> serious</c>

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and<00:23:49.759><c> someone</c><00:23:50.059><c> picks</c><00:23:50.299><c> up</c><00:23:50.500><c> your</c><00:23:50.700><c> remark</c><00:23:51.039><c> and</c><00:23:51.880><c> makes</c><00:23:52.059><c> a</c><00:23:52.319><c> joke</c><00:23:52.500><c> out</c>

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of<00:23:52.779><c> it.</c><00:23:53.200><c> Or</c><00:23:53.339><c> they</c><00:23:53.539><c> see</c><00:23:53.660><c> something</c><00:23:54.119><c> humorous</c><00:23:54.700><c> in</c><00:23:54.799><c> it</c>

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when<00:23:55.039><c> you</c><00:23:55.220><c> were</c><00:23:55.500><c> trying</c><00:23:55.779><c> to</c><00:23:55.960><c> be</c><00:23:56.200><c> dead</c><00:23:56.400><c> serious.</c><00:23:57.599><c> And</c><00:23:57.720><c> you</c><00:23:57.759><c> think,</c><00:23:57.859><c> how</c>

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can<00:23:58.140><c> I</c><00:23:58.220><c> ever</c><00:23:58.440><c> make</c><00:23:58.559><c> a</c><00:23:58.740><c> point</c><00:23:58.819><c> with</c><00:23:58.980><c> this</c><00:23:59.200><c> group?</c>

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Because<00:23:59.779><c> everything</c><00:24:00.160><c> I</c><00:24:00.440><c> say</c><00:24:00.559><c> they</c><00:24:00.740><c> laugh</c><00:24:01.019><c> at.</c><00:24:02.759><c> National</c><00:24:03.140><c> characteristic</c><00:24:03.799><c> possibly.</c><00:24:05.539><c> Or</c><00:24:05.619><c> a</c>

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way<00:24:05.880><c> of</c><00:24:06.079><c> life</c><00:24:06.339><c> they'd</c>

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gotten<00:24:06.980><c> into.</c><00:24:07.539><c> They</c><00:24:07.559><c> just</c><00:24:07.859><c> couldn't</c><00:24:08.059><c> get</c><00:24:08.339><c> out</c><00:24:08.500><c> of.</c><00:24:09.319><c> Very</c><00:24:09.759><c> difficult</c><00:24:10.359><c> work.</c><00:24:10.779><c> So</c>

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the<00:24:10.980><c> apostle</c><00:24:11.519><c> must</c><00:24:12.079><c> have</c><00:24:12.299><c> known</c>

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this<00:24:12.799><c> was</c><00:24:13.039><c> not</c><00:24:13.220><c> going</c><00:24:13.339><c> to</c><00:24:13.420><c> be</c><00:24:13.579><c> easy.</c><00:24:14.660><c> Then</c><00:24:14.980><c> he</c><00:24:15.039><c> gets</c><00:24:15.319><c> to</c><00:24:15.539><c> talking</c><00:24:15.799><c> about</c>

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these<00:24:16.259><c> people.</c><00:24:16.640><c> He</c><00:24:16.660><c> finds</c><00:24:16.880><c> that</c><00:24:17.019><c> boy</c>

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there's<00:24:17.319><c> very</c><00:24:17.640><c> different</c><00:24:17.940><c> stories</c><00:24:18.259><c> about</c><00:24:18.420><c> what's</c><00:24:18.680><c> going</c><00:24:18.859><c> on</c>

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here.<00:24:19.279><c> I</c><00:24:19.400><c> mean</c><00:24:19.400><c> this</c><00:24:19.579><c> brother</c><00:24:19.799><c> says</c><00:24:20.059><c> this</c><00:24:20.319><c> and</c><00:24:20.559><c> this</c>

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brother<00:24:20.960><c> says</c><00:24:21.180><c> that.</c><00:24:21.559><c> Another</c><00:24:21.759><c> person</c><00:24:21.960><c> says,</c><00:24:22.099><c> oh</c><00:24:22.200><c> he's</c><00:24:22.519><c> exaggerating.</c><00:24:23.119><c> He's</c>

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not<00:24:23.480><c> exaggerating.</c><00:24:24.220><c> He's</c><00:24:24.279><c> lying.</c>

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Because<00:24:25.740><c> lying</c><00:24:25.940><c> was</c><00:24:26.160><c> a</c><00:24:26.319><c> national</c><00:24:26.700><c> characteristic.</c><00:24:27.299><c> And</c><00:24:27.480><c> these</c><00:24:27.640><c> people</c><00:24:27.859><c> didn't</c><00:24:28.119><c> know</c>

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the<00:24:28.539><c> difference</c>

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between<00:24:29.099><c> exaggeration</c><00:24:30.059><c> and</c><00:24:30.299><c> lying.</c><00:24:31.740><c> So</c><00:24:31.900><c> a</c><00:24:32.019><c> third</c><00:24:32.299><c> party</c><00:24:32.619><c> comes</c><00:24:32.859><c> in,</c>

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he<00:24:33.140><c> can</c><00:24:33.299><c> immediately</c><00:24:33.680><c> see</c><00:24:33.980><c> the</c><00:24:34.140><c> difference.</c>

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That's<00:24:35.559><c> the</c><00:24:35.880><c> difficulty</c><00:24:36.339><c> sometimes,</c><00:24:37.279><c> brothers</c><00:24:37.420><c> and</c><00:24:37.599><c> sisters,</c><00:24:37.819><c> when</c><00:24:37.940><c> we</c>

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don't<00:24:38.259><c> mix.</c>

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We're<00:24:40.380><c> so</c><00:24:40.599><c> much</c><00:24:40.740><c> by</c><00:24:40.980><c> ourselves</c><00:24:41.359><c> we</c><00:24:41.500><c> don't</c><00:24:41.839><c> realize</c><00:24:42.440><c> how</c><00:24:42.819><c> bad</c><00:24:43.039><c> the</c><00:24:43.299><c> situation's</c><00:24:43.980><c> got.</c><00:24:44.779><c> And</c><00:24:44.880><c> if</c><00:24:44.980><c> a</c>

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third<00:24:45.339><c> person</c>

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comes<00:24:45.819><c> in</c><00:24:46.000><c> and</c><00:24:46.160><c> just</c><00:24:46.359><c> totally</c><00:24:46.599><c> embarrassed</c><00:24:47.059><c> and</c><00:24:47.259><c> leaves</c><00:24:47.400><c> as</c>

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quickly<00:24:47.799><c> as</c><00:24:48.039><c> possible,</c><00:24:48.400><c> then</c><00:24:48.420><c> they</c><00:24:48.539><c> don't</c><00:24:48.700><c> help</c><00:24:48.900><c> either.</c>

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But<00:24:50.599><c> the</c><00:24:50.779><c> apostle</c><00:24:51.119><c> Paul,</c><00:24:51.539><c> for</c><00:24:51.779><c> whatever</c><00:24:52.079><c> reason,</c><00:24:52.480><c> left</c><00:24:52.720><c> Titus</c>

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behind<00:24:53.500><c> and</c><00:24:53.779><c> set</c><00:24:53.920><c> things</c><00:24:54.200><c> in</c><00:24:54.380><c> order.</c>

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If<00:24:55.799><c> they</c><00:24:55.940><c> would</c><00:24:56.099><c> have</c><00:24:56.220><c> listened</c><00:24:56.519><c> to</c><00:24:56.799><c> Titus,</c><00:24:57.980><c> they</c><00:24:58.119><c> would</c><00:24:58.299><c> have</c>

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greatly<00:24:58.759><c> benefited.</c><00:24:59.259><c> But</c><00:24:59.400><c> they</c><00:24:59.559><c> may</c><00:24:59.779><c> not</c><00:24:59.980><c> have</c>

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listened<00:25:00.359><c> to</c><00:25:00.579><c> Titus.</c><00:25:02.819><c> So</c><00:25:03.039><c> you</c><00:25:03.140><c> can</c><00:25:03.299><c> imagine</c><00:25:03.660><c> as</c><00:25:03.859><c> the</c><00:25:04.019><c> meeting</c>

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went<00:25:04.400><c> on</c><00:25:04.680><c> that</c><00:25:05.140><c> every</c><00:25:05.500><c> now</c><00:25:05.759><c> and</c><00:25:05.920><c> then</c><00:25:06.019><c> there</c>

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would<00:25:06.299><c> be</c><00:25:06.480><c> a</c><00:25:06.660><c> point</c><00:25:06.920><c> of,</c><00:25:07.339><c> you</c><00:25:07.500><c> know,</c><00:25:07.680><c> a</c><00:25:07.759><c> brother</c><00:25:07.880><c> would</c><00:25:08.140><c> speak</c>

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and<00:25:08.619><c> then</c><00:25:08.779><c> there</c><00:25:08.859><c> would</c><00:25:08.920><c> be</c><00:25:08.980><c> another</c><00:25:09.220><c> brother</c>

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react<00:25:10.000><c> terribly.</c><00:25:11.019><c> You</c><00:25:11.019><c> know,</c><00:25:11.440><c> a</c><00:25:11.500><c> great</c><00:25:11.680><c> outburst</c><00:25:12.119><c> of</c><00:25:12.460><c> emotion.</c><00:25:13.019><c> You're</c>

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attacking<00:25:13.779><c> me.</c><00:25:14.460><c> And</c><00:25:14.559><c> he</c><00:25:14.779><c> goes,</c>

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that's<00:25:16.420><c> typical</c><00:25:16.720><c> human</c><00:25:17.380><c> behavior</c><00:25:17.859><c> at</c><00:25:18.099><c> times.</c><00:25:18.819><c> That's</c><00:25:19.200><c> what</c>

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the<00:25:19.579><c> apostle</c><00:25:19.920><c> Paul</c><00:25:20.220><c> was</c><00:25:20.460><c> telling</c><00:25:20.779><c> Titus</c><00:25:21.180><c> he</c><00:25:21.299><c> had</c>

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to<00:25:21.500><c> deal</c><00:25:21.819><c> with.</c><00:25:22.599><c> People</c><00:25:22.920><c> that</c><00:25:23.200><c> didn't</c><00:25:23.480><c> have</c><00:25:23.839><c> self</c><00:25:24.119><c>-control.</c>

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You'll<00:25:24.839><c> see</c><00:25:24.940><c> the</c><00:25:25.079><c> number</c><00:25:25.279><c> of</c><00:25:25.500><c> times</c>

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this<00:25:25.859><c> comes</c><00:25:26.079><c> out</c><00:25:26.279><c> in</c><00:25:26.420><c> the</c><00:25:26.539><c> epistle.</c><00:25:27.660><c> Brother</c><00:25:27.960><c> not</c><00:25:28.119><c> have</c><00:25:28.400><c> self</c>

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-control.<00:25:30.039><c> That</c><00:25:30.119><c> if</c><00:25:30.220><c> you</c><00:25:30.480><c> feel</c><00:25:30.759><c> that</c><00:25:31.000><c> way,</c>

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it<00:25:31.299><c> doesn't</c><00:25:31.420><c> mean</c><00:25:31.559><c> to</c><00:25:31.700><c> say</c><00:25:31.759><c> you</c><00:25:31.920><c> have</c><00:25:32.099><c> to</c><00:25:32.339><c> say</c><00:25:32.480><c> it,</c><00:25:32.819><c> especially</c>

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out<00:25:33.359><c> of</c><00:25:33.539><c> order</c><00:25:33.720><c> in</c><00:25:33.900><c> a</c><00:25:34.039><c> meeting,</c>

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but<00:25:35.240><c> yet</c><00:25:35.559><c> would</c><00:25:36.400><c> likely</c><00:25:36.660><c> have</c><00:25:36.940><c> happened.</c><00:25:38.720><c> And</c><00:25:38.819><c> you</c><00:25:38.940><c> can</c><00:25:39.099><c> imagine,</c><00:25:39.500><c> you</c>

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know,<00:25:39.759><c> some</c><00:25:39.859><c> brother</c><00:25:40.079><c> making</c><00:25:40.319><c> the</c><00:25:40.579><c> point,</c>

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look,<00:25:41.279><c> I</c><00:25:41.359><c> don't</c><00:25:41.599><c> believe</c><00:25:41.859><c> him.</c><00:25:42.339><c> I'll</c><00:25:42.579><c> never</c><00:25:42.779><c> believe</c><00:25:43.039><c> him.</c><00:25:43.660><c> He</c>

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hasn't<00:25:44.319><c> got</c><00:25:44.519><c> any</c><00:25:44.740><c> roots</c><00:25:45.019><c> to</c><00:25:45.339><c> Jewish</c><00:25:45.740><c> connections</c><00:25:46.319><c> at</c>

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all.<00:25:46.980><c> His</c><00:25:47.259><c> genealogy</c><00:25:47.779><c> only</c><00:25:47.960><c> goes</c><00:25:48.119><c> back</c><00:25:48.400><c> one</c><00:25:48.599><c> generation.</c>

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Because<00:25:49.960><c> they</c><00:25:50.119><c> were</c><00:25:50.220><c> making</c><00:25:50.500><c> these</c><00:25:50.839><c> points.</c>

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As<00:25:52.359><c> the</c><00:25:52.579><c> apostle</c><00:25:52.880><c> Paul</c><00:25:53.059><c> had</c><00:25:53.220><c> to</c><00:25:53.420><c> tell</c><00:25:53.660><c> Titus</c><00:25:53.880><c> and</c><00:25:54.079><c> deal</c><00:25:54.220><c> with</c>

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him.<00:25:54.539><c> That's</c><00:25:54.900><c> not</c><00:25:55.180><c> legitimate.</c><00:25:55.660><c> You</c><00:25:55.799><c> can't</c><00:25:56.119><c> tell</c>

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a<00:25:56.519><c> brother's</c><00:25:56.960><c> got</c><00:25:57.160><c> nothing</c><00:25:57.460><c> to</c><00:25:57.799><c> say</c><00:25:58.059><c> because</c><00:25:58.460><c> he</c><00:25:58.799><c> can't</c><00:25:59.160><c> show</c>

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his<00:25:59.579><c> Jewish</c><00:25:59.920><c> background</c><00:26:00.500><c> through</c><00:26:00.779><c> genealogy.</c>

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You<00:26:03.059><c> can</c><00:26:03.200><c> understand</c><00:26:03.640><c> how,</c><00:26:04.079><c> boy,</c><00:26:04.240><c> you</c><00:26:04.460><c> start</c><00:26:04.740><c> putting</c><00:26:05.140><c> a</c><00:26:05.339><c> few</c>

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of<00:26:05.599><c> these</c><00:26:05.779><c> things</c><00:26:05.980><c> together.</c><00:26:06.500><c> It</c><00:26:06.539><c> would</c><00:26:06.559><c> be</c><00:26:06.740><c> very</c>

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difficult<00:26:07.900><c> to</c><00:26:08.619><c> make</c><00:26:08.799><c> anything</c><00:26:09.140><c> out</c><00:26:09.259><c> of</c><00:26:09.400><c> any</c><00:26:09.579><c> meeting.</c><00:26:09.779><c> And</c><00:26:09.880><c> then</c><00:26:09.980><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:10.200><c> end</c><00:26:10.339><c> of</c><00:26:10.440><c> it,</c><00:26:10.559><c> there's</c><00:26:10.799><c> a</c><00:26:10.920><c> brother</c>

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sitting<00:26:11.339><c> off</c><00:26:11.619><c> on</c><00:26:11.740><c> the</c><00:26:11.920><c> side</c><00:26:12.039><c> and</c><00:26:12.160><c> he</c><00:26:12.240><c> says,</c><00:26:12.539><c> look,</c><00:26:12.700><c> you</c><00:26:12.700><c> know,</c>

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if<00:26:13.700><c> I'll</c><00:26:14.920><c> give</c><00:26:15.019><c> up</c><00:26:15.220><c> my</c><00:26:15.440><c> veto</c><00:26:15.599><c> on</c><00:26:15.819><c> that</c><00:26:16.099><c> point,</c>

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loan<00:26:16.980><c> me</c><00:26:17.220><c> your</c><00:26:17.339><c> RV</c><00:26:17.720><c> vehicle</c><00:26:18.099><c> for</c><00:26:18.660><c> the</c><00:26:18.740><c> weekend.</c><00:26:20.099><c> I</c><00:26:20.099><c> think</c><00:26:20.359><c> a</c>

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brother<00:26:20.940><c> bargaining</c><00:26:21.539><c> away</c><00:26:22.000><c> spiritual</c>

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things<00:26:22.900><c> for</c><00:26:23.079><c> material</c><00:26:23.700><c> things.</c><00:26:25.099><c> They</c><00:26:25.319><c> were.</c><00:26:25.700><c> He</c><00:26:25.920><c> says</c><00:26:26.119><c> that.</c>

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He<00:26:27.680><c> says</c><00:26:27.819><c> they</c><00:26:27.960><c> were</c><00:26:28.259><c> trying</c><00:26:28.460><c> to</c><00:26:28.700><c> achieve</c><00:26:28.940><c> things</c>

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for<00:26:29.619><c> a</c><00:26:29.740><c> base</c><00:26:30.019><c> game.</c><00:26:31.579><c> And</c><00:26:31.680><c> it</c><00:26:31.740><c> would</c><00:26:31.859><c> have</c><00:26:31.980><c> been</c><00:26:32.160><c> trying</c><00:26:32.480><c> to</c><00:26:32.859><c> achieve</c><00:26:33.059><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:26:33.720><c> end</c><00:26:33.920><c> with</c><00:26:34.099><c> some</c><00:26:34.400><c> kind</c><00:26:34.539><c> of</c>

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a<00:26:34.819><c> material</c><00:26:35.180><c> bargain.</c><00:26:37.660><c> Well,</c><00:26:37.920><c> brothers</c><00:26:38.059><c> and</c><00:26:38.319><c> sisters,</c><00:26:38.599><c> we're</c>

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human.<00:26:40.000><c> And</c><00:26:40.160><c> if</c><00:26:40.359><c> we</c><00:26:40.660><c> don't</c><00:26:41.000><c> correct</c><00:26:41.279><c> things,</c>

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things<00:26:42.059><c> can</c><00:26:42.420><c> get</c><00:26:42.740><c> down</c><00:26:43.000><c> to</c><00:26:43.200><c> the</c><00:26:43.400><c> level</c><00:26:43.720><c> that</c><00:26:44.339><c> we</c><00:26:44.599><c> see</c><00:26:44.819><c> here.</c><00:26:45.200><c> Like,</c><00:26:45.440><c> I</c>

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.599
mean,<00:26:45.480><c> you</c><00:26:45.519><c> don't</c><00:26:45.819><c> find</c><00:26:46.140><c> any</c><00:26:46.380><c> other</c>

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:49.180
epistle<00:26:46.940><c> where</c><00:26:47.140><c> it</c><00:26:47.220><c> ever</c><00:26:47.440><c> says</c><00:26:47.680><c> the</c><00:26:47.980><c> national</c><00:26:48.160><c> characteristic</c><00:26:48.720><c> of</c><00:26:48.880><c> the</c><00:26:49.039><c> people</c>

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were<00:26:49.319><c> like</c><00:26:49.539><c> this.</c>

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This<00:26:50.400><c> was</c><00:26:50.680><c> a</c><00:26:51.059><c> difficult,</c><00:26:51.599><c> difficult</c><00:26:52.220><c> task.</c><00:26:53.839><c> And</c><00:26:53.960><c> as</c><00:26:54.039><c> we're</c><00:26:54.160><c> going</c><00:26:54.240><c> to</c>

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.740
look<00:26:54.500><c> at</c><00:26:54.619><c> a</c><00:26:54.720><c> minute</c><00:26:54.839><c> at</c><00:26:55.039><c> the</c><00:26:55.160><c> man</c><00:26:55.359><c> Titus,</c>

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Timothy<00:26:56.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:56.420><c> have</c><00:26:56.519><c> been</c><00:26:56.660><c> able</c><00:26:56.839><c> to</c><00:26:57.059><c> do</c><00:26:57.180><c> this.</c><00:26:58.740><c> Timothy</c><00:26:59.059><c> was</c><00:26:59.259><c> the</c><00:26:59.460><c> man</c><00:26:59.619><c> who</c><00:26:59.819><c> had</c><00:27:00.299><c> looked</c><00:27:00.619><c> like</c><00:27:00.920><c> a</c>

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much<00:27:01.480><c> frailer</c>

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nature.<00:27:03.519><c> Who</c><00:27:03.779><c> had</c><00:27:04.079><c> probably</c><00:27:04.500><c> stomach</c><00:27:04.880><c> problems</c><00:27:05.400><c> for</c><00:27:05.660><c> all</c><00:27:05.839><c> the</c>

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agitation<00:27:06.500><c> these</c><00:27:06.740><c> things</c><00:27:06.920><c> would</c><00:27:07.079><c> have</c><00:27:07.240><c> brought</c><00:27:07.420><c> to</c>

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:11.299
him.<00:27:07.759><c> But</c><00:27:08.000><c> Titus</c><00:27:08.220><c> was</c><00:27:08.700><c> a</c><00:27:08.720><c> man</c><00:27:09.079><c> more</c><00:27:09.400><c> conditioned</c><00:27:09.839><c> to</c><00:27:10.039><c> deal</c><00:27:10.299><c> with</c><00:27:11.019><c> a</c>

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situation<00:27:11.799><c> that</c><00:27:12.099><c> required</c><00:27:13.039><c> strong</c><00:27:13.700><c> rebuke.</c>

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So<00:27:16.460><c> the</c><00:27:16.660><c> apostle</c><00:27:17.000><c> Paul,</c><00:27:17.339><c> you</c><00:27:17.539><c> can</c><00:27:17.640><c> imagine</c><00:27:17.819><c> him</c><00:27:17.980><c> shaking</c><00:27:18.220><c> his</c>

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.819
head<00:27:18.519><c> going</c><00:27:18.720><c> out</c><00:27:18.880><c> of</c><00:27:18.940><c> that</c><00:27:19.140><c> meeting.</c><00:27:19.380><c> And</c><00:27:19.460><c> now</c><00:27:19.619><c> he's</c>

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invited<00:27:20.059><c> over</c><00:27:20.299><c> to</c><00:27:20.420><c> a</c><00:27:20.579><c> brother's</c><00:27:20.859><c> house.</c><00:27:23.180><c> And</c><00:27:23.339><c> this</c><00:27:23.579><c> brother</c>

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:26.980
was<00:27:24.079><c> an</c><00:27:25.059><c> older</c><00:27:25.299><c> brother</c><00:27:25.519><c> in</c><00:27:25.619><c> the</c><00:27:25.740><c> meeting.</c><00:27:26.480><c> He</c><00:27:26.480><c> was,</c>

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:31.460
he<00:27:27.500><c> had</c><00:27:27.779><c> children</c><00:27:28.119><c> and</c><00:27:28.740><c> his</c><00:27:29.000><c> children</c><00:27:29.279><c> had</c><00:27:29.440><c> children.</c><00:27:31.220><c> And</c><00:27:31.339><c> when</c><00:27:31.400><c> he</c>

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:36.500
went<00:27:31.599><c> there,</c><00:27:31.940><c> the</c><00:27:32.039><c> first</c><00:27:32.259><c> thing</c><00:27:32.400><c> this</c>

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watch<00:27:36.980><c> brother</c><00:27:37.319><c> X.</c><00:27:38.900><c> Because</c><00:27:38.980><c> this</c><00:27:39.220><c> is</c><00:27:39.440><c> what</c><00:27:39.519><c> he's</c><00:27:39.799><c> like.</c><00:27:40.119><c> And</c>

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:42.579
you<00:27:40.279><c> better</c><00:27:40.619><c> watch</c><00:27:40.980><c> brother</c><00:27:41.519><c> M</c><00:27:41.880><c> and</c><00:27:42.160><c> N</c><00:27:42.420><c> too,</c>

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because<00:27:42.839><c> these</c><00:27:44.000><c> brothers</c><00:27:44.259><c> are</c><00:27:44.420><c> okay,</c><00:27:44.859><c> but</c><00:27:44.980><c> only</c><00:27:45.160><c> you're</c><00:27:45.319><c> okay.</c><00:27:45.880><c> You</c>

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get<00:27:46.200><c> to</c><00:27:46.420><c> a</c><00:27:46.579><c> brother's</c><00:27:46.880><c> house</c><00:27:47.059><c> and</c><00:27:47.400><c> all</c><00:27:47.819><c> he</c>

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:51.039
tells<00:27:48.299><c> you</c><00:27:48.500><c> is</c><00:27:48.720><c> all</c><00:27:48.960><c> the</c><00:27:49.140><c> things</c><00:27:49.279><c> that</c><00:27:49.440><c> are</c><00:27:49.539><c> wrong</c><00:27:49.680><c> with</c><00:27:49.839><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:27:50.680><c> I'm</c>

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.319
sure<00:27:51.200><c> the</c><00:27:51.420><c> apostle</c><00:27:51.700><c> Paul</c><00:27:51.940><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:52.160><c> have</c>

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:56.339
wanted<00:27:52.440><c> to</c><00:27:52.660><c> hear</c><00:27:52.799><c> that.</c><00:27:54.660><c> Because</c><00:27:55.019><c> he</c><00:27:55.220><c> needed</c><00:27:55.400><c> to</c><00:27:55.660><c> have</c><00:27:55.880><c> the</c>

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:59.859
first<00:27:56.839><c> hand</c><00:27:57.259><c> knowledge,</c><00:27:57.799><c> not</c><00:27:58.200><c> secondhand</c><00:27:58.859><c> knowledge.</c>

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And<00:28:00.839><c> very,</c><00:28:01.359><c> very</c><00:28:02.380><c> slim</c><00:28:02.799><c> line</c><00:28:03.700><c> between</c><00:28:04.259><c> slandering</c><00:28:05.400><c> and</c><00:28:05.799><c> telling</c><00:28:06.160><c> people</c><00:28:06.720><c> about</c>

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someone<00:28:07.359><c> else's</c><00:28:08.000><c> faults.</c>

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And<00:28:09.940><c> that's</c><00:28:10.279><c> a</c><00:28:10.440><c> problem</c><00:28:10.720><c> we</c><00:28:11.039><c> all</c><00:28:11.299><c> have.</c><00:28:12.339><c> We</c><00:28:12.579><c> still</c><00:28:12.839><c> have.</c><00:28:14.279><c> You</c>

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:16.019
can<00:28:14.440><c> well</c><00:28:14.619><c> imagine,</c><00:28:15.119><c> as</c><00:28:15.220><c> soon</c><00:28:15.380><c> as</c><00:28:15.420><c> he</c><00:28:15.539><c> went</c><00:28:15.640><c> into</c><00:28:15.859><c> the</c>

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:20.579
house,<00:28:16.160><c> someone</c><00:28:16.420><c> offered</c><00:28:16.740><c> him</c><00:28:16.940><c> a</c><00:28:17.099><c> drink.</c><00:28:19.660><c> He</c><00:28:19.660><c> was</c><00:28:19.920><c> over</c><00:28:20.420><c> and</c>

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:23.759
over<00:28:21.039><c> again</c><00:28:21.240><c> in</c><00:28:21.380><c> this</c><00:28:21.599><c> epistle,</c><00:28:22.400><c> not</c><00:28:22.920><c> given</c><00:28:23.200><c> to</c><00:28:23.480><c> wine.</c>

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These<00:28:24.140><c> people</c><00:28:24.460><c> were</c><00:28:24.720><c> given</c><00:28:24.960><c> to</c><00:28:25.220><c> wine.</c><00:28:25.640><c> Just</c><00:28:25.839><c> gets</c><00:28:26.000><c> into</c><00:28:26.200><c> the</c>

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:28.079
house,<00:28:26.619><c> oh</c><00:28:26.920><c> the</c><00:28:27.059><c> apostle</c><00:28:27.359><c> Paul,</c><00:28:27.559><c> how</c><00:28:27.720><c> would</c><00:28:27.839><c> you</c><00:28:27.960><c> like</c>

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drink?<00:28:28.480><c> Well,</c><00:28:28.759><c> I</c><00:28:28.779><c> mean,</c><00:28:29.220><c> maybe</c><00:28:29.480><c> he</c><00:28:29.660><c> did</c><00:28:29.880><c> drink</c><00:28:30.180><c> wine,</c><00:28:31.119><c> and</c><00:28:31.339><c> it</c>

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would<00:28:31.500><c> be</c><00:28:31.559><c> a</c><00:28:31.640><c> little</c><00:28:31.740><c> bit</c><00:28:31.980><c> different</c><00:28:32.200><c> than</c><00:28:32.319><c> it</c><00:28:32.420><c> would</c>

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:36.160
be<00:28:32.779><c> today</c><00:28:33.099><c> for</c><00:28:33.259><c> us</c><00:28:33.559><c> offering</c><00:28:33.880><c> a</c><00:28:34.140><c> drink</c><00:28:34.279><c> to</c><00:28:34.460><c> a</c><00:28:34.599><c> person.</c><00:28:35.900><c> But</c><00:28:36.059><c> I</c>

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:38.079
can<00:28:36.319><c> well</c><00:28:36.440><c> imagine</c><00:28:36.799><c> that</c><00:28:36.980><c> wasn't</c><00:28:37.259><c> the</c><00:28:37.480><c> first</c><00:28:37.680><c> time</c>

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:40.240
he<00:28:38.319><c> was</c><00:28:38.559><c> offered.</c><00:28:38.819><c> He</c><00:28:38.920><c> was</c><00:28:39.079><c> just</c><00:28:39.259><c> sitting</c><00:28:39.400><c> down</c><00:28:39.720><c> talking,</c><00:28:40.039><c> all</c>

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:42.220
of<00:28:40.400><c> a</c><00:28:40.559><c> sudden</c><00:28:40.720><c> a</c><00:28:40.880><c> group</c><00:28:41.039><c> of</c><00:28:41.279><c> kids</c><00:28:41.420><c> rush</c><00:28:41.779><c> through</c><00:28:41.980><c> the</c>

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door,<00:28:42.660><c> hollering</c><00:28:43.119><c> and</c><00:28:43.400><c> shouting</c><00:28:43.599><c> and</c><00:28:43.819><c> demanding</c><00:28:44.279><c> things</c><00:28:44.619><c> of</c>

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:50.019
the<00:28:45.019><c> parents,</c><00:28:46.740><c> grandparents.</c><00:28:49.240><c> The</c><00:28:49.400><c> apostle</c><00:28:49.720><c> Paul</c>

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:55.579
wondering<00:28:50.440><c> what</c><00:28:50.779><c> is</c><00:28:51.099><c> going</c><00:28:51.359><c> on</c><00:28:51.619><c> here?</c><00:28:52.480><c> I</c><00:28:52.559><c> mean,</c><00:28:52.700><c> it</c><00:28:53.019><c> did</c><00:28:53.279><c> say</c><00:28:53.640><c> later</c><00:28:53.920><c> on</c><00:28:54.480><c> that</c><00:28:54.740><c> if</c><00:28:54.819><c> you're</c><00:28:55.000><c> going</c><00:28:55.099><c> to</c><00:28:55.200><c> be</c><00:28:55.319><c> a</c><00:28:55.440><c> leader</c>

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:58.500
of<00:28:55.660><c> the</c><00:28:55.859><c> ecclesia,</c><00:28:56.259><c> you</c><00:28:56.279><c> better</c><00:28:56.579><c> have</c><00:28:56.779><c> your</c><00:28:57.039><c> kids</c><00:28:57.180><c> in</c><00:28:57.440><c> subjection.</c><00:28:58.000><c> Why</c><00:28:58.180><c> would</c><00:28:58.319><c> he</c>

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.359
say<00:28:58.680><c> that</c><00:28:58.819><c> if</c><00:28:58.960><c> all</c><00:28:59.140><c> the</c><00:28:59.259><c> kids</c>

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were<00:28:59.539><c> in</c><00:28:59.619><c> subjection?</c><00:29:00.640><c> Because</c><00:29:00.920><c> he</c><00:29:01.200><c> probably</c><00:29:01.799><c> witnessed</c><00:29:02.420><c> in</c>

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:04.880
someone's<00:29:03.099><c> house</c><00:29:03.579><c> how</c><00:29:03.920><c> that</c><00:29:04.039><c> the</c><00:29:04.200><c> kids</c><00:29:04.420><c> weren't,</c>

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:08.740
generally<00:29:05.480><c> weren't.</c><00:29:06.960><c> I</c><00:29:07.059><c> mean,</c><00:29:07.200><c> if</c><00:29:07.380><c> the</c><00:29:07.619><c> parents</c><00:29:07.819><c> were</c><00:29:08.240><c> always</c>

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:12.299
lazy<00:29:09.400><c> gluttons</c><00:29:10.079><c> who</c><00:29:10.339><c> were</c><00:29:10.779><c> also</c><00:29:11.220><c> like</c><00:29:11.619><c> evil</c><00:29:11.920><c> beasts,</c>

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:15.400
the<00:29:12.859><c> kids</c><00:29:13.000><c> would</c><00:29:13.180><c> only</c><00:29:13.420><c> learn</c><00:29:13.559><c> that</c><00:29:13.799><c> kind</c><00:29:13.940><c> of</c><00:29:14.079><c> behavior.</c><00:29:15.240><c> Boy,</c>

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:17.920
if<00:29:15.559><c> kids</c><00:29:15.720><c> are</c><00:29:15.960><c> taught</c><00:29:16.079><c> those</c><00:29:16.359><c> things,</c><00:29:16.700><c> look</c><00:29:16.900><c> out.</c>

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:24.079
So<00:29:21.640><c> here's</c><00:29:21.920><c> an</c><00:29:22.099><c> outburst</c><00:29:22.519><c> coming</c><00:29:22.819><c> in</c><00:29:23.019><c> of</c><00:29:23.140><c> all</c><00:29:23.339><c> these</c><00:29:23.599><c> kids</c><00:29:23.859><c> who</c>

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.339
are<00:29:24.180><c> demanding</c><00:29:24.559><c> things,</c><00:29:24.940><c> and</c><00:29:25.079><c> they're</c><00:29:25.180><c> not</c>

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:27.339
listening<00:29:25.640><c> to</c><00:29:25.819><c> their</c><00:29:26.079><c> parents.</c><00:29:26.500><c> They're</c><00:29:26.559><c> not</c><00:29:26.759><c> reacting</c><00:29:27.160><c> in</c>

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:29.960
any<00:29:27.500><c> healthy</c><00:29:27.859><c> way.</c><00:29:28.519><c> So</c><00:29:28.680><c> you</c><00:29:28.740><c> can</c><00:29:29.039><c> sure</c><00:29:29.240><c> see</c><00:29:29.500><c> the</c><00:29:29.740><c> parents</c>

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:34.579
don't<00:29:30.220><c> have</c><00:29:30.359><c> any</c><00:29:30.579><c> control</c><00:29:30.940><c> of</c><00:29:31.119><c> this.</c><00:29:33.700><c> The</c><00:29:33.859><c> apostles</c><00:29:34.180><c> offered</c>

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:37.440
another<00:29:34.799><c> drink.</c><00:29:36.599><c> That</c><00:29:36.779><c> may</c><00:29:36.940><c> have</c><00:29:37.039><c> been</c><00:29:37.180><c> the</c><00:29:37.319><c> way</c>

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:40.640
the<00:29:37.640><c> people</c><00:29:37.819><c> were</c><00:29:38.079><c> dealing</c><00:29:38.240><c> with</c><00:29:38.460><c> it.</c><00:29:39.599><c> That's</c><00:29:39.940><c> why</c><00:29:40.140><c> it</c><00:29:40.460><c> says</c>

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:43.440
so<00:29:41.000><c> many</c><00:29:41.259><c> times</c><00:29:41.619><c> to</c><00:29:41.839><c> different</c><00:29:42.119><c> age</c><00:29:42.440><c> groups</c><00:29:42.759><c> not</c><00:29:43.200><c> to</c>

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:48.420
be<00:29:43.680><c> given</c><00:29:43.920><c> to</c><00:29:44.240><c> wine.</c><00:29:45.539><c> This</c><00:29:45.839><c> may</c><00:29:46.059><c> have</c><00:29:46.220><c> been</c><00:29:46.359><c> the</c><00:29:46.579><c> very</c><00:29:46.819><c> way</c><00:29:47.039><c> these</c><00:29:47.259><c> people</c><00:29:47.599><c> were</c><00:29:47.819><c> reacting</c><00:29:48.160><c> to</c>

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a<00:29:48.640><c> situation</c><00:29:49.059><c> that</c>

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seemed<00:29:49.420><c> to</c><00:29:49.559><c> be</c><00:29:49.660><c> out</c><00:29:49.819><c> of</c><00:29:49.940><c> control.</c><00:29:52.339><c> And</c><00:29:52.460><c> as</c><00:29:52.640><c> he's</c><00:29:53.460><c> dealing</c><00:29:53.619><c> with</c>

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:56.779
it,<00:29:55.599><c> this</c><00:29:55.640><c> brother</c><00:29:55.859><c> starts</c><00:29:56.119><c> telling</c><00:29:56.380><c> him</c><00:29:56.579><c> about</c>

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:59.859
one<00:29:56.960><c> of</c><00:29:57.000><c> his</c><00:29:57.180><c> employees.</c><00:29:58.019><c> Brother,</c><00:29:58.500><c> in</c><00:29:58.720><c> the</c><00:29:58.740><c> meeting,</c><00:29:59.279><c> just</c><00:29:59.460><c> stole</c><00:29:59.720><c> a</c>

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thousand<00:30:00.140><c> dollars</c><00:30:00.460><c> from</c><00:30:00.640><c> him.</c>

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It<00:30:03.079><c> tells</c><00:30:03.400><c> us</c><00:30:03.779><c> that</c><00:30:04.059><c> these</c><00:30:04.559><c> brethren</c><00:30:04.880><c> who</c><00:30:05.500><c> were</c><00:30:05.799><c> employees</c><00:30:06.500><c> were</c><00:30:06.859><c> that</c><00:30:07.240><c> nature.</c><00:30:07.619><c> They</c><00:30:07.759><c> were</c><00:30:08.039><c> doing</c><00:30:08.259><c> those</c><00:30:08.640><c> kinds</c><00:30:08.880><c> of</c>

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:14.000
things.<00:30:09.759><c> So</c><00:30:09.900><c> he</c><00:30:09.940><c> has</c><00:30:10.099><c> to</c><00:30:10.279><c> tell</c><00:30:10.359><c> them,</c><00:30:10.480><c> you</c><00:30:10.519><c> can't</c><00:30:10.839><c> do</c><00:30:11.079><c> that.</c><00:30:11.279><c> You</c><00:30:11.440><c> can't</c><00:30:11.859><c> perloin.</c><00:30:13.519><c> All</c><00:30:13.839><c> of</c>

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.099
these<00:30:14.240><c> things</c><00:30:14.400><c> had</c><00:30:14.720><c> roots,</c>

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:19.480
I<00:30:15.420><c> believe,</c><00:30:15.859><c> in</c><00:30:15.980><c> what</c><00:30:16.180><c> was</c><00:30:16.400><c> happening.</c><00:30:17.779><c> This</c><00:30:17.980><c> was</c><00:30:18.200><c> true.</c><00:30:18.859><c> There</c><00:30:19.079><c> were</c>

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.940
brethren<00:30:19.819><c> who</c><00:30:20.019><c> were</c><00:30:20.359><c> stealing</c><00:30:20.619><c> from</c><00:30:20.920><c> brethren,</c>

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:29.119
and<00:30:24.240><c> they</c><00:30:24.839><c> couldn't</c><00:30:25.220><c> curtail</c><00:30:25.619><c> it.</c><00:30:27.259><c> Then,</c><00:30:27.480><c> of</c><00:30:27.579><c> course,</c><00:30:29.039><c> the</c>

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apostles<00:30:29.420><c> offered</c><00:30:29.740><c> another</c><00:30:29.900><c> drink.</c>

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:35.640
Then<00:30:32.319><c> just</c><00:30:32.599><c> after</c><00:30:32.940><c> that,</c><00:30:33.259><c> another</c><00:30:33.700><c> door</c><00:30:34.160><c> burst</c><00:30:34.319><c> open</c><00:30:34.579><c> and</c><00:30:34.740><c> more</c><00:30:35.019><c> kids</c><00:30:35.220><c> running.</c><00:30:35.480><c> But</c>

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.359
these<00:30:35.839><c> kids</c><00:30:36.059><c> are</c>

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:41.900
from<00:30:37.019><c> another</c><00:30:37.460><c> woman</c><00:30:37.960><c> because</c><00:30:38.539><c> this</c><00:30:38.920><c> brother</c><00:30:39.099><c> apparently</c><00:30:39.480><c> had</c><00:30:39.640><c> two</c><00:30:39.839><c> wives.</c><00:30:41.200><c> Another</c><00:30:41.460><c> problem</c><00:30:41.759><c> in</c>

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.859
the<00:30:42.019><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:47.140
Wow.<00:30:45.240><c> Can</c><00:30:45.359><c> you</c><00:30:45.539><c> imagine</c><00:30:46.019><c> the</c><00:30:46.460><c> things</c><00:30:46.660><c> that</c><00:30:46.859><c> would</c><00:30:46.960><c> have</c><00:30:47.059><c> been</c>

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:49.160
going<00:30:47.339><c> through</c><00:30:47.519><c> the</c><00:30:47.779><c> apostle's</c><00:30:48.480><c> mind</c><00:30:48.720><c> when</c><00:30:48.880><c> he</c>

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.359
finally<00:30:49.500><c> said,</c><00:30:49.960><c> I'm</c><00:30:50.119><c> going</c><00:30:50.200><c> to</c><00:30:50.220><c> write</c><00:30:50.420><c> this</c><00:30:50.599><c> letter</c><00:30:50.839><c> to</c><00:30:51.119><c> Titus</c>

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:53.799
and<00:30:51.559><c> tell</c><00:30:51.759><c> him</c><00:30:51.859><c> how</c><00:30:52.200><c> to</c><00:30:52.200><c> deal</c><00:30:52.400><c> with</c><00:30:52.559><c> the</c><00:30:52.660><c> situation.</c>

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:57.859
Titus<00:30:54.779><c> must</c><00:30:55.000><c> have</c><00:30:55.160><c> felt</c><00:30:55.339><c> fairly</c><00:30:55.839><c> helpless</c><00:30:56.859><c> in</c><00:30:57.539><c> dealing</c><00:30:57.660><c> with</c>

00:30:57.859 --> 00:31:00.900
the<00:30:58.019><c> situation</c><00:30:58.559><c> because</c><00:30:59.079><c> of</c><00:31:00.539><c> the</c>

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:06.319
extent<00:31:01.740><c> to</c><00:31:01.940><c> which</c><00:31:02.160><c> things</c><00:31:02.779><c> had</c><00:31:03.359><c> gotten.</c><00:31:05.740><c> I</c><00:31:05.980><c> don't</c><00:31:06.079><c> know</c><00:31:06.160><c> where</c>

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.420
the<00:31:06.539><c> wine</c><00:31:06.660><c> ended.</c>

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:11.319
As<00:31:09.059><c> to</c><00:31:09.259><c> whether</c><00:31:09.440><c> it</c><00:31:09.799><c> became</c><00:31:09.940><c> obvious,</c><00:31:10.299><c> it</c><00:31:10.420><c> wasn't</c><00:31:10.839><c> much</c><00:31:11.119><c> use</c>

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:13.440
talking<00:31:11.619><c> to</c><00:31:11.799><c> the</c><00:31:11.980><c> parents</c><00:31:12.200><c> any</c><00:31:12.460><c> longer</c><00:31:12.740><c> because</c><00:31:13.220><c> of</c>

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:15.660
the<00:31:13.599><c> influence</c><00:31:13.900><c> of</c><00:31:14.079><c> the</c><00:31:14.200><c> wine</c><00:31:14.319><c> they'd</c><00:31:14.500><c> been</c><00:31:14.619><c> drinking.</c><00:31:15.640><c> No,</c>

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:17.559
brothers<00:31:15.839><c> and</c><00:31:16.119><c> sisters,</c><00:31:16.400><c> we</c><00:31:16.720><c> don't</c><00:31:17.000><c> necessarily</c>

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:23.339
drink<00:31:17.859><c> wine</c><00:31:18.079><c> to</c><00:31:18.259><c> deal</c><00:31:18.339><c> with</c><00:31:18.539><c> problems,</c><00:31:19.500><c> but</c><00:31:19.660><c> people</c><00:31:19.960><c> have</c><00:31:20.220><c> intoxicants</c><00:31:20.839><c> they</c><00:31:21.099><c> use.</c><00:31:23.059><c> If</c>

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.299
the<00:31:23.460><c> way</c><00:31:23.619><c> you</c><00:31:23.759><c> get</c><00:31:23.940><c> around</c>

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:27.539
dealing<00:31:24.559><c> with</c><00:31:24.859><c> situations</c><00:31:25.420><c> is</c><00:31:25.700><c> to</c><00:31:26.019><c> just</c><00:31:26.180><c> to</c><00:31:26.339><c> read</c><00:31:26.420><c> a</c><00:31:26.640><c> paper,</c><00:31:27.079><c> is</c><00:31:27.160><c> to</c><00:31:27.299><c> get</c><00:31:27.400><c> a</c>

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.920
magazine<00:31:27.880><c> out,</c><00:31:28.059><c> is</c><00:31:28.200><c> to</c><00:31:28.359><c> watch</c><00:31:28.599><c> TV,</c>

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:32.200
or<00:31:29.160><c> whatever</c><00:31:29.500><c> it</c><00:31:29.720><c> is,</c><00:31:30.579><c> if</c><00:31:30.839><c> it's</c><00:31:31.039><c> just</c><00:31:31.339><c> a</c><00:31:31.500><c> matter</c><00:31:31.680><c> of</c><00:31:31.920><c> getting</c>

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.200
yourself<00:31:32.740><c> out</c><00:31:32.940><c> of</c><00:31:33.039><c> the</c><00:31:33.240><c> situation</c><00:31:33.759><c> so</c><00:31:33.940><c> you</c>

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.559
can<00:31:34.380><c> have</c><00:31:34.500><c> a</c><00:31:34.539><c> bit</c><00:31:34.740><c> of</c><00:31:34.980><c> relaxation</c><00:31:35.539><c> and</c><00:31:35.720><c> peace</c><00:31:35.940><c> of</c><00:31:36.160><c> mind.</c><00:31:37.359><c> Same</c>

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:41.339
thing.<00:31:40.039><c> The</c><00:31:40.140><c> only</c><00:31:40.319><c> way</c><00:31:40.460><c> we</c><00:31:40.539><c> can</c><00:31:40.720><c> deal</c><00:31:40.859><c> with</c><00:31:41.099><c> problems</c>

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:44.759
is<00:31:41.500><c> to</c><00:31:41.680><c> face</c><00:31:41.940><c> them.</c><00:31:42.980><c> Understand</c><00:31:43.420><c> there's</c><00:31:43.660><c> a</c><00:31:43.819><c> problem</c><00:31:44.119><c> there</c>

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:47.859
and<00:31:45.259><c> to</c><00:31:45.619><c> not</c><00:31:45.900><c> deal</c><00:31:46.180><c> with</c><00:31:46.380><c> the</c><00:31:46.619><c> intoxicant.</c>

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:52.480
So<00:31:49.259><c> I</c><00:31:49.359><c> think</c><00:31:49.559><c> there</c><00:31:49.759><c> would</c><00:31:49.880><c> have</c><00:31:50.019><c> been</c><00:31:50.400><c> a</c><00:31:50.839><c> very</c><00:31:51.180><c> great</c><00:31:51.380><c> problem.</c><00:31:52.200><c> I</c><00:31:52.319><c> think</c>

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:54.460
it<00:31:52.640><c> comes</c><00:31:52.859><c> to</c><00:31:53.019><c> us</c><00:31:53.460><c> clearly</c><00:31:53.980><c> out</c><00:31:54.259><c> of</c>

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:58.140
Titus<00:31:54.880><c> chapter</c><00:31:55.380><c> 2.</c><00:31:56.660><c> He</c><00:31:56.799><c> tells</c><00:31:57.039><c> us</c><00:31:57.279><c> all</c><00:31:57.559><c> the</c><00:31:57.720><c> things</c><00:31:57.859><c> that</c><00:31:58.039><c> had</c>

00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:02.500
to<00:31:58.259><c> be</c><00:31:58.400><c> done.</c><00:32:01.539><c> Let's</c><00:32:01.759><c> leave</c><00:32:01.920><c> that</c><00:32:02.119><c> for</c><00:32:02.259><c> a</c><00:32:02.380><c> moment.</c>

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:04.119
I'm<00:32:02.720><c> going</c><00:32:02.799><c> to</c><00:32:02.839><c> come</c><00:32:03.059><c> back</c><00:32:03.220><c> to</c><00:32:03.319><c> that,</c><00:32:03.660><c> brothers</c><00:32:03.759><c> and</c><00:32:03.900><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.059
I<00:32:04.380><c> really</c><00:32:04.640><c> believe</c><00:32:04.940><c> it's</c><00:32:05.160><c> important</c><00:32:05.700><c> to</c>

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:08.920
understand<00:32:06.599><c> that</c><00:32:06.880><c> background.</c><00:32:08.000><c> And</c><00:32:08.180><c> then</c><00:32:08.259><c> you</c><00:32:08.380><c> can</c><00:32:08.579><c> start</c><00:32:08.700><c> to</c>

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:11.480
see<00:32:09.039><c> why</c><00:32:09.240><c> he</c><00:32:09.519><c> speaks</c><00:32:09.779><c> so</c><00:32:10.420><c> strongly</c><00:32:10.819><c> as</c><00:32:11.059><c> he</c><00:32:11.200><c> does.</c><00:32:11.460><c> I</c>

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:14.759
mean,<00:32:11.720><c> where</c><00:32:11.859><c> else</c><00:32:12.039><c> are</c><00:32:12.160><c> we</c><00:32:12.420><c> told</c><00:32:12.740><c> in</c><00:32:12.900><c> the</c><00:32:13.059><c> Bible</c><00:32:13.359><c> that</c><00:32:14.059><c> the</c><00:32:14.319><c> brother</c><00:32:14.539><c> in</c>

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:17.220
charge<00:32:14.980><c> to</c><00:32:15.240><c> rebuke</c><00:32:15.759><c> them</c><00:32:16.200><c> sharply?</c>

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:20.660
There<00:32:17.819><c> was</c><00:32:18.039><c> no</c><00:32:18.279><c> other</c><00:32:18.559><c> way</c><00:32:18.759><c> to</c><00:32:19.019><c> do</c><00:32:19.200><c> this.</c><00:32:19.400><c> You</c><00:32:19.579><c> couldn't</c><00:32:19.900><c> persuade</c><00:32:20.420><c> them</c>

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:22.660
through<00:32:21.059><c> a</c><00:32:21.400><c> general</c><00:32:21.720><c> education</c><00:32:22.259><c> of</c><00:32:22.440><c> the</c>

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:29.400
truth.<00:32:23.480><c> They</c><00:32:23.740><c> had</c><00:32:23.940><c> to</c><00:32:24.119><c> be</c><00:32:24.380><c> told</c><00:32:24.660><c> it's</c><00:32:25.019><c> wrong.</c><00:32:26.299><c> And</c><00:32:26.559><c> unless</c><00:32:26.779><c> they</c><00:32:27.079><c> received</c><00:32:27.480><c> that</c><00:32:27.799><c> sharp</c><00:32:28.059><c> rebuke,</c><00:32:28.559><c> there</c><00:32:28.799><c> was</c><00:32:29.019><c> just</c>

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:36.259
no<00:32:29.700><c> hope</c><00:32:29.920><c> in</c><00:32:30.119><c> this</c><00:32:30.380><c> hopeless</c><00:32:30.819><c> situation.</c><00:32:34.079><c> And</c><00:32:34.220><c> sometimes,</c><00:32:35.200><c> brothers</c><00:32:35.259><c> and</c><00:32:35.480><c> sisters,</c><00:32:36.099><c> if</c>

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.160
we<00:32:36.400><c> have</c><00:32:36.599><c> a</c><00:32:36.759><c> friend</c><00:32:36.960><c> who</c>

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:42.119
tells<00:32:37.380><c> us</c><00:32:37.680><c> that,</c><00:32:38.559><c> it's</c><00:32:38.660><c> the</c><00:32:38.700><c> only</c><00:32:38.819><c> way</c><00:32:38.960><c> to</c><00:32:39.000><c> help</c><00:32:39.200><c> us.</c><00:32:41.599><c> Someone</c>

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:44.200
maybe<00:32:42.799><c> finally</c><00:32:43.140><c> draws</c><00:32:43.500><c> our</c><00:32:43.759><c> attention</c><00:32:44.059><c> to</c>

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:48.099
a<00:32:44.359><c> situation</c><00:32:44.799><c> that's</c><00:32:45.039><c> wrong.</c><00:32:46.779><c> It's</c><00:32:47.039><c> interesting</c><00:32:47.480><c> the</c><00:32:47.740><c> terms</c>

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:51.519
that<00:32:48.279><c> the</c><00:32:48.440><c> apostle</c><00:32:48.839><c> uses</c><00:32:49.380><c> for</c><00:32:49.740><c> Titus</c><00:32:50.700><c> in</c><00:32:51.099><c> chapter</c>

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:55.259
1<00:32:51.819><c> verse</c><00:32:52.079><c> 4.</c><00:32:52.539><c> He</c><00:32:52.539><c> talks</c><00:32:52.880><c> about</c><00:32:53.079><c> him</c><00:32:53.180><c> as</c><00:32:53.440><c> being</c><00:32:53.680><c> my</c><00:32:53.920><c> own</c><00:32:54.339><c> son.</c>

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:58.599
Now<00:32:55.640><c> that's</c><00:32:55.700><c> not</c><00:32:55.960><c> the</c><00:32:56.119><c> only</c><00:32:56.420><c> place</c><00:32:56.799><c> that</c><00:32:57.440><c> Paul</c><00:32:57.759><c> uses</c><00:32:58.299><c> that</c>

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:04.279
expression<00:32:59.079><c> to</c><00:32:59.339><c> talk</c><00:32:59.660><c> of</c><00:33:00.079><c> a</c><00:33:00.680><c> convert</c><00:33:01.140><c> in</c><00:33:01.539><c> those</c><00:33:01.920><c> terms.</c><00:33:03.960><c> But</c>

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Paul,<00:33:05.200><c> being</c><00:33:05.640><c> the</c><00:33:05.900><c> one</c><00:33:06.039><c> he</c><00:33:06.380><c> was,</c><00:33:06.740><c> didn't</c><00:33:07.000><c> always</c><00:33:07.380><c> use</c>

00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:10.859
that<00:33:07.980><c> term.</c><00:33:08.240><c> Like</c><00:33:08.380><c> you</c><00:33:08.519><c> can</c><00:33:08.660><c> imagine,</c><00:33:09.099><c> if</c><00:33:09.220><c> you</c><00:33:09.980><c> had</c><00:33:10.359><c> a</c><00:33:10.599><c> brother</c>

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:12.859
in<00:33:11.099><c> your</c><00:33:11.359><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:11.740><c> that</c><00:33:11.980><c> you</c><00:33:12.420><c> brought</c><00:33:12.640><c> into</c>

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:16.039
the<00:33:13.140><c> truth,</c><00:33:13.380><c> and</c><00:33:13.420><c> you</c><00:33:13.619><c> always</c><00:33:13.920><c> talked</c><00:33:14.220><c> to</c><00:33:14.400><c> him</c><00:33:14.480><c> as</c><00:33:14.720><c> your</c><00:33:15.099><c> son,</c>

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:19.819
it<00:33:17.119><c> would</c><00:33:17.799><c> maybe</c><00:33:18.140><c> be</c><00:33:18.480><c> appropriate</c><00:33:18.980><c> for</c><00:33:19.319><c> a</c><00:33:19.460><c> while.</c>

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And<00:33:20.180><c> then</c><00:33:20.279><c> it</c><00:33:20.339><c> would</c><00:33:20.619><c> start</c><00:33:20.859><c> to</c><00:33:21.140><c> irritate</c><00:33:21.700><c> and</c><00:33:21.960><c> agitate.</c><00:33:22.880><c> This</c>

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brother<00:33:23.579><c> keeps</c><00:33:23.900><c> talking</c><00:33:24.200><c> about</c><00:33:24.420><c> me</c><00:33:24.619><c> as</c><00:33:24.720><c> if</c><00:33:24.859><c> I</c><00:33:24.960><c> was</c>

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:28.240
son.<00:33:25.480><c> All</c><00:33:25.680><c> right,</c><00:33:25.920><c> well,</c><00:33:26.059><c> maybe</c><00:33:26.299><c> I</c><00:33:26.500><c> was</c><00:33:26.680><c> his</c><00:33:27.000><c> convert,</c><00:33:27.980><c> but</c><00:33:28.099><c> I</c>

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:31.140
don't<00:33:28.500><c> like</c><00:33:28.700><c> to</c><00:33:28.900><c> be</c><00:33:29.099><c> seen</c><00:33:29.319><c> always</c><00:33:29.700><c> as</c><00:33:30.140><c> the</c><00:33:30.420><c> son</c><00:33:30.720><c> of</c><00:33:30.900><c> this</c>

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:36.700
man.<00:33:31.720><c> In</c><00:33:31.900><c> that</c><00:33:32.160><c> sense,</c><00:33:33.559><c> the</c><00:33:33.720><c> apostle</c><00:33:34.039><c> obviously</c><00:33:34.480><c> didn't</c><00:33:34.740><c> do</c><00:33:34.960><c> that.</c><00:33:35.799><c> You</c><00:33:35.980><c> go</c><00:33:36.119><c> back</c><00:33:36.359><c> to</c><00:33:36.539><c> 2</c>

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Corinthians<00:33:37.200><c> where</c><00:33:37.819><c> he</c>

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:43.259
talks<00:33:38.319><c> a</c><00:33:38.420><c> little</c><00:33:38.619><c> more</c><00:33:38.859><c> about</c><00:33:39.220><c> Titus</c><00:33:39.619><c> than</c><00:33:39.920><c> we</c><00:33:40.079><c> do</c><00:33:40.319><c> have</c><00:33:40.480><c> in</c><00:33:40.680><c> Titus</c><00:33:40.920><c> itself.</c><00:33:42.400><c> You'll</c><00:33:42.759><c> find</c><00:33:42.900><c> that</c><00:33:43.079><c> he</c>

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uses<00:33:43.460><c> some</c>

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other<00:33:43.940><c> terms</c><00:33:44.299><c> which</c><00:33:44.720><c> illustrate</c><00:33:45.539><c> his</c><00:33:45.900><c> overall</c><00:33:46.299><c> view</c><00:33:46.539><c> about</c><00:33:46.799><c> him.</c><00:33:49.119><c> In</c><00:33:49.579><c> 2</c>

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:52.740
Corinthians<00:33:50.259><c> chapter</c><00:33:50.700><c> 8</c><00:33:51.059><c> verse</c><00:33:51.339><c> 23,</c>

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he<00:33:53.079><c> says,</c><00:33:54.119><c> whether</c><00:33:54.400><c> any</c><00:33:55.059><c> do</c><00:33:55.259><c> inquire</c><00:33:55.740><c> of</c><00:33:56.059><c> Titus,</c><00:33:57.220><c> he</c><00:33:57.299><c> is</c><00:33:57.599><c> my</c>

00:33:57.980 --> 00:34:02.380
partner<00:33:58.740><c> and</c><00:33:59.640><c> fellow</c><00:34:00.059><c> helper</c><00:34:00.640><c> concerning</c><00:34:01.359><c> you.</c>

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:07.160
Now<00:34:03.880><c> isn't</c><00:34:04.099><c> that</c><00:34:04.319><c> interesting?</c><00:34:04.900><c> And</c><00:34:05.059><c> isn't</c><00:34:05.220><c> that</c><00:34:05.599><c> appropriate</c><00:34:06.380><c> and</c><00:34:06.779><c> nice</c>

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:08.679
that<00:34:07.759><c> the</c><00:34:07.940><c> apostle</c><00:34:08.280><c> Paul</c>

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would<00:34:08.940><c> take</c><00:34:09.139><c> a</c><00:34:09.320><c> person</c><00:34:09.539><c> he</c><00:34:09.739><c> had</c><00:34:09.880><c> converted</c><00:34:10.380><c> and</c><00:34:11.500><c> would,</c><00:34:12.179><c> in</c><00:34:12.480><c> expression</c><00:34:13.139><c> of</c>

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language,<00:34:14.260><c> consider</c><00:34:14.739><c> him</c><00:34:14.940><c> an</c><00:34:15.219><c> equal?</c>

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:19.219
Even<00:34:17.039><c> though</c><00:34:17.260><c> the</c><00:34:17.460><c> apostle</c><00:34:17.800><c> was</c><00:34:18.079><c> the</c><00:34:18.320><c> apostle,</c><00:34:18.900><c> and</c><00:34:19.039><c> the</c><00:34:19.099><c> way</c>

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:21.380
he<00:34:19.420><c> wrote</c><00:34:19.579><c> Titus</c><00:34:20.119><c> surely</c><00:34:20.480><c> indicated</c><00:34:20.920><c> that.</c>

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:28.820
He's<00:34:22.099><c> my</c><00:34:22.420><c> partner.</c><00:34:23.739><c> He's</c><00:34:23.780><c> my</c><00:34:24.039><c> associate.</c><00:34:25.099><c> He's</c><00:34:25.320><c> my</c><00:34:25.559><c> fellow</c><00:34:25.840><c> helper.</c><00:34:27.900><c> And</c><00:34:28.159><c> that's</c><00:34:28.360><c> what</c><00:34:28.599><c> we</c>

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.460
have<00:34:28.980><c> to</c><00:34:29.119><c> remember,</c>

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brothers<00:34:29.739><c> and</c><00:34:30.039><c> sisters,</c><00:34:30.380><c> with</c><00:34:30.559><c> people,</c><00:34:30.940><c> even</c><00:34:31.099><c> our</c><00:34:31.360><c> children,</c>

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:34.679
that<00:34:32.500><c> we</c><00:34:32.780><c> bring</c><00:34:32.900><c> up.</c><00:34:33.420><c> And</c><00:34:33.420><c> we've</c><00:34:34.239><c> taught</c><00:34:34.420><c> them</c>

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:37.880
as<00:34:34.980><c> little</c><00:34:35.460><c> kids,</c><00:34:35.760><c> and</c><00:34:35.920><c> now</c><00:34:36.079><c> they</c><00:34:36.239><c> grow</c><00:34:36.380><c> up</c><00:34:36.559><c> to</c><00:34:36.659><c> be</c><00:34:36.860><c> adults.</c>

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:40.500
And<00:34:38.599><c> now</c><00:34:38.739><c> they're</c><00:34:39.079><c> partners.</c><00:34:39.679><c> They're</c><00:34:39.739><c> not</c><00:34:39.920><c> just</c><00:34:40.199><c> children</c>

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:43.980
anymore.<00:34:40.940><c> They're</c><00:34:41.199><c> fellow</c><00:34:41.559><c> helpers.</c><00:34:42.699><c> And</c><00:34:42.840><c> the</c><00:34:42.980><c> more</c><00:34:43.139><c> we</c><00:34:43.760><c> can</c>

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:46.199
elevate<00:34:44.340><c> them</c><00:34:44.579><c> a</c><00:34:44.679><c> little</c><00:34:44.860><c> to</c><00:34:45.059><c> recognize</c><00:34:45.619><c> that</c><00:34:45.960><c> they</c>

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:49.780
have<00:34:46.420><c> a</c><00:34:46.420><c> responsible</c><00:34:47.179><c> position,</c><00:34:48.099><c> the</c><00:34:48.300><c> more</c><00:34:48.460><c> we</c><00:34:48.599><c> can</c><00:34:49.340><c> prepare</c>

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:52.039
them<00:34:50.320><c> for</c><00:34:50.599><c> when</c><00:34:50.760><c> they</c><00:34:50.960><c> have</c><00:34:51.159><c> to</c><00:34:51.420><c> do</c><00:34:51.639><c> likewise</c>

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:57.440
to<00:34:52.260><c> someone</c><00:34:52.480><c> else.</c><00:34:55.099><c> If</c><00:34:55.320><c> we</c><00:34:55.320><c> go</c><00:34:55.519><c> to</c><00:34:56.159><c> the</c><00:34:56.360><c> 12th</c><00:34:56.760><c> chapter</c><00:34:57.079><c> of</c><00:34:57.239><c> this</c>

00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:00.460
second<00:34:57.880><c> epistle</c><00:34:58.260><c> to</c><00:34:58.460><c> Corinth,</c><00:34:59.300><c> verse</c><00:34:59.539><c> 18,</c>

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:07.719
I<00:35:02.960><c> desired</c><00:35:03.440><c> Titus,</c><00:35:04.360><c> and</c><00:35:04.480><c> with</c><00:35:04.639><c> him</c><00:35:04.760><c> I</c><00:35:04.920><c> sent</c><00:35:05.079><c> a</c><00:35:05.280><c> brother.</c><00:35:06.500><c> Did</c><00:35:06.800><c> Titus</c><00:35:07.239><c> make</c><00:35:07.480><c> a</c>

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.380
gain<00:35:07.840><c> of</c><00:35:08.039><c> you?</c>

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:12.239
Walk<00:35:08.860><c> we</c><00:35:09.079><c> not</c><00:35:09.239><c> in</c><00:35:09.400><c> the</c><00:35:09.639><c> same</c><00:35:09.880><c> spirit?</c><00:35:11.260><c> Walk</c><00:35:11.460><c> we</c><00:35:11.699><c> not</c><00:35:11.900><c> in</c><00:35:12.099><c> the</c>

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.719
same<00:35:12.599><c> steps?</c>

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:19.219
Titus<00:35:16.000><c> and</c><00:35:16.239><c> the</c><00:35:16.400><c> apostle</c><00:35:16.719><c> Paul</c><00:35:17.039><c> had</c><00:35:17.360><c> a</c><00:35:17.800><c> good</c><00:35:18.460><c> understanding</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:22.400
between<00:35:19.920><c> one</c><00:35:20.139><c> another,</c><00:35:20.659><c> and</c><00:35:21.579><c> they</c>

00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:27.960
knew<00:35:22.860><c> each</c><00:35:23.179><c> other</c><00:35:23.639><c> in</c><00:35:23.960><c> what</c><00:35:24.179><c> they</c><00:35:24.360><c> could</c><00:35:24.519><c> expect</c><00:35:24.920><c> of</c><00:35:25.039><c> one</c><00:35:25.199><c> another.</c><00:35:27.559><c> In</c>

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.420
chapter<00:35:28.679><c> 8,</c><00:35:29.119><c> just</c><00:35:29.280><c> going</c><00:35:29.539><c> back</c><00:35:29.860><c> again</c><00:35:30.219><c> to</c>

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:38.039
16<00:35:31.260><c> and</c><00:35:31.440><c> 17,</c><00:35:34.460><c> very</c><00:35:35.039><c> revealing</c><00:35:35.420><c> about</c><00:35:35.739><c> Titus.</c><00:35:37.539><c> It</c><00:35:37.659><c> says,</c><00:35:38.039><c> But</c>

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:40.780
thanks<00:35:38.440><c> be</c><00:35:38.659><c> to</c><00:35:38.820><c> God,</c><00:35:39.300><c> which</c><00:35:39.559><c> put</c><00:35:39.820><c> the</c><00:35:40.179><c> same</c>

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:44.800
earnest<00:35:41.320><c> care</c><00:35:42.079><c> into</c><00:35:42.659><c> the</c><00:35:42.800><c> heart</c><00:35:42.960><c> of</c><00:35:43.219><c> Titus</c><00:35:43.440><c> for</c><00:35:43.719><c> you.</c><00:35:43.880><c> Now</c><00:35:44.039><c> that's</c><00:35:44.280><c> something</c><00:35:44.579><c> the</c>

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:46.079
apostle's<00:35:45.440><c> talking</c><00:35:45.679><c> about,</c>

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:51.599
Titus,<00:35:47.239><c> outside</c><00:35:47.880><c> of</c><00:35:48.260><c> his</c><00:35:49.179><c> influence</c><00:35:49.800><c> on</c><00:35:50.059><c> him,</c><00:35:51.059><c> illustrating</c>

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:54.260
that<00:35:51.980><c> Titus</c><00:35:52.440><c> had</c><00:35:52.739><c> matured</c><00:35:53.500><c> in</c><00:35:53.659><c> the</c><00:35:53.920><c> truth,</c>

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:57.440
and<00:35:54.800><c> wasn't</c><00:35:55.000><c> a</c><00:35:55.239><c> person</c><00:35:55.440><c> now</c><00:35:55.780><c> who</c><00:35:56.219><c> only</c><00:35:56.619><c> took</c><00:35:56.840><c> instructions,</c>

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.880
but<00:35:57.719><c> could</c><00:35:57.980><c> see</c><00:35:58.219><c> himself</c>

00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:03.440
as<00:35:59.440><c> to</c><00:35:59.579><c> where</c><00:35:59.800><c> God</c><00:36:00.139><c> wanted</c><00:36:00.539><c> people</c><00:36:00.980><c> to</c><00:36:01.519><c> go,</c><00:36:01.980><c> what</c><00:36:02.280><c> maturity</c><00:36:02.900><c> level</c><00:36:03.239><c> he</c>

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.699
wanted<00:36:03.679><c> them</c><00:36:03.880><c> to</c><00:36:04.119><c> have.</c>

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:08.500
It<00:36:05.000><c> says</c><00:36:05.219><c> in</c><00:36:05.340><c> verse</c><00:36:05.480><c> 17,</c><00:36:05.920><c> Indeed</c><00:36:06.260><c> he</c><00:36:06.559><c> accepted</c><00:36:06.940><c> the</c><00:36:07.159><c> exhortation,</c><00:36:08.099><c> and</c><00:36:08.300><c> being</c>

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.460
more<00:36:09.000><c> forward</c>

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:15.719
of<00:36:10.159><c> his</c><00:36:10.340><c> own</c><00:36:10.639><c> accord,</c><00:36:10.980><c> he</c><00:36:11.119><c> went</c><00:36:11.300><c> unto</c><00:36:11.579><c> you.</c><00:36:13.480><c> Now</c><00:36:13.760><c> that's</c><00:36:14.340><c> really</c><00:36:15.179><c> what</c>

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:17.559
we<00:36:15.920><c> look</c><00:36:16.159><c> forward</c><00:36:16.559><c> to</c><00:36:16.820><c> seeing</c><00:36:17.099><c> in</c><00:36:17.420><c> our</c>

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:23.079
younger<00:36:17.880><c> brethren,</c><00:36:20.659><c> which</c><00:36:20.820><c> is</c><00:36:21.099><c> really</c><00:36:21.659><c> almost</c><00:36:22.079><c> essential</c><00:36:22.780><c> to</c>

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.019
see<00:36:23.199><c> in</c><00:36:23.340><c> our</c><00:36:23.460><c> younger</c><00:36:23.639><c> brethren,</c>

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:29.219
that<00:36:24.639><c> they've</c><00:36:25.159><c> caught</c><00:36:25.360><c> the</c><00:36:25.840><c> spirit</c><00:36:26.300><c> of</c><00:36:26.599><c> the</c><00:36:26.800><c> apostle,</c><00:36:27.539><c> and</c><00:36:27.659><c> the</c><00:36:27.960><c> spirit</c><00:36:28.519><c> of</c>

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.019
God<00:36:29.400><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:36:30.360><c> how</c><00:36:30.519><c> he</c><00:36:30.699><c> wants</c><00:36:31.000><c> us</c><00:36:31.280><c> to</c><00:36:31.460><c> develop.</c><00:36:32.360><c> It's</c><00:36:32.559><c> not</c><00:36:32.699><c> a</c><00:36:32.780><c> matter</c><00:36:32.940><c> now</c>

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:35.579
of<00:36:33.239><c> having</c><00:36:33.420><c> to</c><00:36:33.519><c> go</c><00:36:33.599><c> down</c><00:36:33.780><c> and</c><00:36:34.199><c> guide</c><00:36:34.760><c> things</c><00:36:35.059><c> so</c><00:36:35.380><c> much,</c>

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:39.219
it's<00:36:35.739><c> just</c><00:36:35.940><c> to</c><00:36:36.119><c> encourage</c><00:36:36.579><c> them</c><00:36:36.780><c> to</c><00:36:37.000><c> continue</c><00:36:37.480><c> in</c><00:36:37.679><c> the</c><00:36:37.800><c> way.</c><00:36:38.719><c> So</c><00:36:38.860><c> here's</c><00:36:39.099><c> a</c>

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:40.699
man<00:36:39.340><c> who's</c><00:36:39.539><c> got</c><00:36:39.619><c> the</c><00:36:39.900><c> same</c><00:36:40.199><c> spirit,</c>

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:44.300
and<00:36:41.360><c> he's</c><00:36:41.739><c> got</c><00:36:41.880><c> a</c><00:36:42.239><c> forwardness</c><00:36:42.880><c> to</c><00:36:43.119><c> him,</c><00:36:43.420><c> that</c><00:36:43.500><c> this</c><00:36:43.719><c> man's</c><00:36:43.960><c> not</c><00:36:44.119><c> going</c><00:36:44.239><c> to</c>

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.739
sit<00:36:44.480><c> there</c><00:36:44.719><c> and</c><00:36:44.840><c> let</c><00:36:44.960><c> something</c><00:36:45.300><c> be</c><00:36:45.559><c> left</c>

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:48.260
on,<00:36:45.980><c> oh</c><00:36:46.119><c> the</c><00:36:46.219><c> apostle</c><00:36:46.559><c> didn't</c><00:36:46.739><c> tell</c><00:36:46.920><c> me</c><00:36:47.059><c> to</c><00:36:47.199><c> do</c><00:36:47.320><c> it,</c><00:36:47.619><c> and</c><00:36:47.780><c> I</c><00:36:47.840><c> don't</c><00:36:48.000><c> want</c><00:36:48.099><c> to</c>

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:49.179
do<00:36:48.400><c> that,</c><00:36:48.519><c> I</c><00:36:48.619><c> don't</c><00:36:48.679><c> really</c><00:36:48.860><c> like</c><00:36:48.960><c> doing</c>

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:51.380
that<00:36:49.440><c> anyway,</c><00:36:50.059><c> so</c><00:36:50.199><c> I'm</c><00:36:50.280><c> not</c><00:36:50.480><c> going</c><00:36:50.639><c> to</c><00:36:50.739><c> do</c><00:36:50.860><c> that,</c><00:36:51.000><c> let</c><00:36:51.139><c> someone</c>

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:54.420
else<00:36:51.599><c> do</c><00:36:51.739><c> that.</c><00:36:52.760><c> No,</c><00:36:53.079><c> this</c><00:36:53.239><c> man</c><00:36:53.500><c> Titus</c><00:36:53.820><c> was</c><00:36:54.079><c> very</c>

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:59.079
much<00:36:54.739><c> like</c><00:36:55.500><c> the</c><00:36:56.119><c> kind</c><00:36:56.380><c> of</c><00:36:56.579><c> person</c><00:36:57.000><c> that</c><00:36:57.239><c> the</c><00:36:57.460><c> apostle</c><00:36:57.880><c> told</c><00:36:58.300><c> Timothy</c><00:36:58.719><c> to</c>

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:01.880
find,<00:37:00.480><c> find</c><00:37:00.659><c> younger</c><00:37:01.000><c> brethren,</c>

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:05.699
who<00:37:02.920><c> can</c><00:37:03.400><c> learn</c><00:37:03.800><c> the</c><00:37:04.059><c> truth,</c><00:37:04.659><c> or</c><00:37:04.739><c> who</c><00:37:04.920><c> know</c><00:37:05.079><c> the</c><00:37:05.300><c> truth,</c><00:37:05.619><c> who</c>

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:08.579
can<00:37:05.940><c> practice</c><00:37:06.260><c> the</c><00:37:06.519><c> truth,</c><00:37:06.739><c> who</c><00:37:06.880><c> can</c><00:37:07.139><c> find</c><00:37:07.500><c> others.</c>

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:12.500
That's<00:37:09.639><c> the</c><00:37:09.840><c> essential</c><00:37:10.139><c> part</c><00:37:10.380><c> of</c><00:37:10.539><c> the</c><00:37:10.679><c> truth,</c><00:37:11.139><c> brothers</c><00:37:11.300><c> and</c><00:37:11.440><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:16.719
The<00:37:13.559><c> only</c><00:37:13.659><c> way</c><00:37:13.760><c> we</c><00:37:13.840><c> can</c><00:37:14.039><c> really</c><00:37:14.239><c> be</c><00:37:14.599><c> comfortable,</c><00:37:15.039><c> even</c><00:37:15.260><c> be</c><00:37:15.619><c> here,</c><00:37:16.559><c> is</c>

00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:18.320
to<00:37:16.920><c> know</c><00:37:17.079><c> that</c><00:37:17.280><c> where</c><00:37:17.519><c> we</c><00:37:17.840><c> were,</c>

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:22.099
someone<00:37:18.940><c> else</c><00:37:19.300><c> is</c><00:37:19.559><c> carrying</c><00:37:19.840><c> on,</c><00:37:20.199><c> which</c><00:37:20.340><c> we</c><00:37:20.519><c> have</c><00:37:20.860><c> confidence</c><00:37:21.320><c> in,</c>

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:29.360
and<00:37:24.139><c> that</c><00:37:24.300><c> they</c><00:37:24.440><c> are</c><00:37:25.159><c> diligent</c><00:37:25.559><c> about</c><00:37:25.840><c> the</c><00:37:26.119><c> truth,</c><00:37:26.480><c> to</c><00:37:26.659><c> themselves</c><00:37:27.300><c> be</c><00:37:27.519><c> looking</c><00:37:27.760><c> for</c><00:37:28.099><c> others</c>

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:33.900
who<00:37:30.159><c> can</c><00:37:30.400><c> carry</c><00:37:30.639><c> the</c><00:37:30.880><c> truth</c><00:37:31.099><c> on.</c><00:37:31.420><c> That's</c><00:37:31.980><c> our</c><00:37:32.880><c> obligation</c><00:37:33.539><c> to</c>

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:37.099
our<00:37:34.219><c> God,</c><00:37:35.019><c> is</c><00:37:35.139><c> to</c><00:37:35.300><c> make</c><00:37:35.500><c> sure</c><00:37:35.820><c> that</c><00:37:36.159><c> we</c><00:37:36.400><c> have</c><00:37:36.739><c> others</c>

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:40.300
who<00:37:37.320><c> are</c><00:37:37.679><c> carrying</c><00:37:37.980><c> on</c><00:37:38.300><c> in</c><00:37:38.420><c> the</c><00:37:38.599><c> faith,</c><00:37:39.159><c> and</c><00:37:39.519><c> if</c><00:37:39.679><c> we</c><00:37:39.860><c> can</c><00:37:40.059><c> find</c>

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:43.940
people<00:37:40.760><c> like</c><00:37:41.480><c> Titus,</c><00:37:41.980><c> that</c><00:37:42.179><c> spirit,</c><00:37:43.440><c> who</c><00:37:43.659><c> would</c>

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:48.820
know<00:37:44.280><c> that</c><00:37:44.280><c> it's</c><00:37:44.860><c> a</c><00:37:45.059><c> difficult</c><00:37:45.599><c> task</c><00:37:45.920><c> to</c><00:37:46.099><c> walk</c><00:37:46.340><c> into</c><00:37:46.619><c> Crete</c><00:37:46.880><c> and</c><00:37:47.000><c> deal</c><00:37:47.199><c> with</c><00:37:47.360><c> this,</c><00:37:47.539><c> but</c><00:37:47.920><c> it's</c><00:37:48.460><c> got</c><00:37:48.659><c> to</c>

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.559
be<00:37:48.980><c> done,</c>

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:54.860
and<00:37:50.320><c> have</c><00:37:50.480><c> that</c><00:37:50.880><c> spirit,</c><00:37:52.139><c> then</c><00:37:52.460><c> we,</c><00:37:52.920><c> I</c><00:37:53.340><c> think,</c><00:37:53.599><c> can</c><00:37:53.840><c> really</c><00:37:54.099><c> have</c><00:37:54.340><c> peace</c><00:37:54.599><c> of</c>

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:58.840
mind<00:37:55.360><c> that</c><00:37:56.440><c> our</c><00:37:57.099><c> job</c><00:37:57.619><c> is</c><00:37:58.159><c> being</c><00:37:58.480><c> done</c><00:37:58.699><c> in</c>

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:04.340
this<00:37:59.019><c> generation.</c><00:38:02.219><c> Now</c><00:38:02.739><c> I'd</c><00:38:03.019><c> just</c><00:38:03.019><c> like</c><00:38:03.159><c> to</c><00:38:03.380><c> go</c><00:38:03.699><c> through</c><00:38:04.059><c> some</c>

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:07.179
of<00:38:04.440><c> the</c><00:38:04.659><c> highlights</c><00:38:05.199><c> of</c><00:38:05.559><c> this</c><00:38:05.800><c> epistle,</c><00:38:06.659><c> and</c><00:38:06.940><c> then</c>

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:12.260
we'll<00:38:07.920><c> pick</c><00:38:08.199><c> up</c><00:38:08.460><c> in</c><00:38:08.820><c> verse</c><00:38:09.039><c> 1,</c><00:38:09.699><c> Lord</c><00:38:09.900><c> willing,</c><00:38:10.219><c> tomorrow</c><00:38:10.519><c> morning.</c><00:38:12.059><c> We</c>

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:13.920
go<00:38:12.360><c> back</c><00:38:12.619><c> to</c><00:38:12.840><c> Titus</c><00:38:13.079><c> then,</c><00:38:13.320><c> and</c><00:38:13.480><c> just</c>

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:22.099
turn<00:38:14.099><c> to</c><00:38:14.300><c> the</c><00:38:14.340><c> first</c><00:38:14.599><c> chapter.</c><00:38:20.800><c> He</c><00:38:20.960><c> told</c><00:38:21.219><c> him</c><00:38:21.460><c> that</c><00:38:21.639><c> he</c><00:38:21.719><c> wanted</c>

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:25.920
to<00:38:22.619><c> set</c><00:38:22.940><c> in</c><00:38:23.300><c> order,</c><00:38:23.920><c> verse</c><00:38:24.400><c> 5,</c><00:38:25.119><c> the</c><00:38:25.300><c> things</c><00:38:25.699><c> that</c>

00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:30.559
are<00:38:26.300><c> lacking,</c><00:38:28.679><c> and</c><00:38:28.820><c> you</c><00:38:28.900><c> can</c><00:38:29.079><c> see</c><00:38:29.179><c> if</c><00:38:29.340><c> you</c><00:38:29.619><c> have</c><00:38:29.860><c> a</c><00:38:30.119><c> feel</c><00:38:30.340><c> for</c>

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.960
the<00:38:30.760><c> background,</c><00:38:31.280><c> you</c><00:38:31.300><c> can</c><00:38:31.440><c> understand</c><00:38:31.599><c> there</c><00:38:31.719><c> was</c>

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:35.239
a<00:38:32.159><c> lot</c><00:38:32.380><c> of</c><00:38:32.639><c> things</c><00:38:32.880><c> lacking.</c><00:38:33.420><c> This</c><00:38:33.599><c> was</c><00:38:33.960><c> no</c><00:38:34.320><c> just</c><00:38:34.579><c> little</c><00:38:34.900><c> job</c>

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:38.719
that<00:38:35.539><c> Titus</c><00:38:35.719><c> could</c><00:38:35.980><c> do</c><00:38:36.420><c> and</c><00:38:36.880><c> then</c><00:38:37.039><c> be</c><00:38:37.320><c> gone,</c><00:38:38.260><c> except</c>

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:43.079
that<00:38:39.340><c> the</c><00:38:39.719><c> apostle</c><00:38:40.159><c> didn't</c><00:38:40.639><c> really</c><00:38:41.000><c> give</c><00:38:41.199><c> Titus</c><00:38:41.539><c> much</c><00:38:41.840><c> time</c><00:38:42.079><c> to</c><00:38:42.280><c> do</c><00:38:42.420><c> it.</c><00:38:42.739><c> You</c><00:38:42.900><c> have</c><00:38:43.000><c> a</c>

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:43.760
look<00:38:43.159><c> at</c><00:38:43.280><c> the</c><00:38:43.400><c> latter</c>

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:47.400
chapter<00:38:44.239><c> of</c><00:38:44.519><c> this.</c><00:38:45.860><c> Now</c><00:38:46.000><c> I</c><00:38:46.059><c> don't</c><00:38:46.260><c> know</c><00:38:46.400><c> how</c><00:38:46.719><c> long</c><00:38:47.019><c> this</c><00:38:47.239><c> would</c>

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:51.880
have<00:38:47.599><c> taken,</c><00:38:48.340><c> but</c><00:38:48.340><c> in</c><00:38:48.659><c> chapter</c><00:38:49.019><c> 3,</c><00:38:50.179><c> in</c><00:38:50.360><c> verse</c><00:38:50.820><c> 12,</c>

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:55.800
when<00:38:52.420><c> I</c><00:38:52.639><c> shall</c><00:38:52.900><c> send</c><00:38:53.360><c> Artemis</c><00:38:53.920><c> unto</c><00:38:54.199><c> thee,</c><00:38:54.539><c> or</c><00:38:54.840><c> Tychicus,</c><00:38:55.639><c> be</c>

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:57.280
diligent<00:38:56.239><c> to</c><00:38:56.519><c> come</c><00:38:56.739><c> unto</c><00:38:57.000><c> me</c><00:38:57.159><c> to</c>

00:38:57.280 --> 00:39:02.019
Nicopolis,<00:38:57.900><c> for</c><00:38:58.079><c> I</c><00:38:58.219><c> have</c><00:38:58.360><c> determined</c><00:38:58.679><c> there</c><00:38:58.860><c> to</c><00:38:58.980><c> winter.</c><00:39:01.699><c> So</c>

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:04.800
Paul<00:39:02.260><c> had</c><00:39:02.539><c> told</c><00:39:02.800><c> Titus</c><00:39:03.119><c> he</c><00:39:03.239><c> was</c><00:39:03.440><c> going</c><00:39:03.599><c> to</c><00:39:03.820><c> send</c>

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:08.039
reinforcements,<00:39:05.860><c> and</c><00:39:06.079><c> when</c><00:39:06.239><c> they</c><00:39:06.500><c> arrive,</c><00:39:07.300><c> you</c><00:39:07.440><c> leave</c><00:39:07.840><c> and</c>

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:09.760
you<00:39:08.300><c> come</c><00:39:08.539><c> to</c><00:39:08.739><c> be</c><00:39:08.820><c> with</c><00:39:09.000><c> me.</c>

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:16.079
So<00:39:11.380><c> Titus</c><00:39:11.679><c> would</c><00:39:11.800><c> have</c><00:39:11.960><c> known</c><00:39:12.239><c> that,</c><00:39:13.679><c> that</c><00:39:13.840><c> he</c><00:39:13.980><c> was</c><00:39:14.380><c> quite</c><00:39:14.860><c> unlike</c><00:39:15.460><c> some</c><00:39:15.900><c> of</c>

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:17.719
the<00:39:16.119><c> way</c><00:39:16.340><c> Titus</c><00:39:16.780><c> is</c><00:39:17.019><c> introduced</c><00:39:17.400><c> in</c><00:39:17.579><c> some</c>

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:21.519
of<00:39:17.900><c> the</c><00:39:18.039><c> commentaries.</c><00:39:18.900><c> In</c><00:39:18.900><c> fact,</c><00:39:19.119><c> it</c><00:39:19.159><c> may</c><00:39:19.360><c> even</c><00:39:19.599><c> be,</c><00:39:21.219><c> yes</c><00:39:21.440><c> it</c>

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.780
is,<00:39:21.860><c> even</c><00:39:22.059><c> in</c><00:39:22.460><c> the</c><00:39:22.559><c> latter</c><00:39:22.739><c> end</c><00:39:22.900><c> of</c><00:39:23.019><c> this</c><00:39:23.219><c> epistle</c><00:39:23.519><c> here,</c>

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:26.840
you<00:39:23.940><c> see</c><00:39:24.119><c> a</c><00:39:24.179><c> little</c><00:39:24.320><c> comment</c><00:39:24.539><c> on</c><00:39:24.679><c> the</c><00:39:24.840><c> bottom.</c><00:39:25.099><c> It</c><00:39:25.099><c> was</c><00:39:25.280><c> written</c><00:39:25.480><c> to</c><00:39:25.760><c> Titus,</c><00:39:26.380><c> ordain</c><00:39:26.639><c> the</c>

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.780
first<00:39:27.199><c> bishop</c><00:39:27.559><c> of</c>

00:39:27.780 --> 00:39:30.340
the<00:39:27.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:28.280><c> to</c><00:39:28.539><c> the</c><00:39:28.719><c> Cretans.</c><00:39:29.300><c> He</c><00:39:29.480><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:29.679><c> get</c><00:39:29.860><c> that</c><00:39:30.039><c> from</c><00:39:30.179><c> the</c>

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:32.760
epistle.<00:39:31.480><c> He</c><00:39:31.619><c> was</c><00:39:31.760><c> there</c><00:39:31.960><c> for</c><00:39:32.159><c> a</c><00:39:32.239><c> very</c><00:39:32.559><c> short</c>

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time<00:39:33.019><c> to</c><00:39:33.159><c> do</c><00:39:33.340><c> something</c><00:39:33.659><c> and</c><00:39:34.000><c> gone.</c><00:39:34.860><c> I</c><00:39:35.059><c> guess</c><00:39:35.199><c> ordained</c><00:39:35.699><c> in</c><00:39:35.840><c> the</c><00:39:35.980><c> sense</c><00:39:36.199><c> that</c><00:39:36.340><c> he</c>

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had<00:39:36.579><c> the</c><00:39:36.840><c> authority</c><00:39:37.099><c> from</c><00:39:37.239><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:39:37.780><c> Paul</c><00:39:38.000><c> to</c><00:39:38.219><c> do</c><00:39:38.480><c> things,</c><00:39:39.460><c> but</c><00:39:39.739><c> he</c><00:39:39.840><c> would</c><00:39:40.099><c> not</c><00:39:40.219><c> have</c><00:39:40.360><c> been</c>

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there<00:39:40.619><c> very</c><00:39:40.960><c> long,</c><00:39:41.420><c> it</c><00:39:41.659><c> would</c><00:39:41.920><c> suggest,</c><00:39:42.559><c> and</c><00:39:42.739><c> he</c><00:39:42.820><c> was</c><00:39:43.039><c> off</c><00:39:43.239><c> to</c>

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another<00:39:43.619><c> task.</c>

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Again,<00:39:46.840><c> we</c><00:39:46.920><c> just</c><00:39:47.119><c> want</c><00:39:47.239><c> to</c><00:39:47.400><c> draw</c><00:39:47.519><c> attention</c><00:39:47.900><c> to</c><00:39:48.059><c> verse</c><00:39:48.300><c> 13,</c><00:39:50.179><c> that</c><00:39:50.300><c> the</c><00:39:50.559><c> only</c><00:39:50.880><c> way</c><00:39:51.000><c> to</c>

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:52.219
deal<00:39:51.340><c> with</c><00:39:51.519><c> the</c><00:39:51.679><c> situation</c>

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:57.539
in<00:39:52.559><c> this</c><00:39:53.500><c> area,</c><00:39:53.800><c> not</c><00:39:54.019><c> just</c><00:39:54.280><c> in</c><00:39:54.380><c> this</c><00:39:54.559><c> ecclesia,</c><00:39:55.000><c> because</c><00:39:55.880><c> again</c><00:39:56.860><c> in</c><00:39:57.039><c> verse</c><00:39:57.260><c> 5</c>

00:39:57.539 --> 00:40:00.380
he<00:39:57.760><c> said,</c><00:39:58.900><c> in</c><00:39:59.099><c> every</c><00:39:59.960><c> city,</c>

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well<00:40:01.000><c> if</c><00:40:01.539><c> people</c><00:40:02.039><c> are</c><00:40:02.539><c> telling</c><00:40:02.840><c> us</c><00:40:03.039><c> there</c><00:40:03.199><c> may</c><00:40:03.440><c> have</c><00:40:03.559><c> been</c><00:40:03.739><c> a</c>

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hundred<00:40:04.380><c> cities</c><00:40:05.000><c> in</c><00:40:05.559><c> this</c><00:40:05.880><c> island</c><00:40:06.159><c> at</c><00:40:06.380><c> that</c><00:40:06.619><c> time,</c>

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we<00:40:06.960><c> don't</c><00:40:07.139><c> know</c><00:40:07.320><c> how</c><00:40:07.579><c> many</c><00:40:07.780><c> of</c><00:40:07.900><c> these</c><00:40:08.099><c> cities</c><00:40:08.539><c> had</c><00:40:08.940><c> ecclesias,</c>

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so<00:40:10.199><c> this</c><00:40:10.400><c> would</c><00:40:10.679><c> not</c><00:40:10.820><c> have</c><00:40:10.980><c> been</c><00:40:11.079><c> an</c><00:40:11.219><c> easy</c>

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task<00:40:11.780><c> just</c><00:40:12.000><c> to</c><00:40:12.159><c> move</c><00:40:12.280><c> in</c><00:40:12.480><c> to</c><00:40:12.559><c> get</c><00:40:12.719><c> to</c><00:40:12.880><c> know</c><00:40:13.000><c> the</c><00:40:13.199><c> people</c><00:40:13.440><c> and</c><00:40:13.639><c> work</c><00:40:13.860><c> with</c><00:40:14.079><c> them.</c><00:40:15.019><c> He</c>

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may<00:40:15.380><c> have</c><00:40:15.539><c> had</c><00:40:15.679><c> to</c><00:40:15.860><c> come</c><00:40:16.039><c> and</c>

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visit<00:40:16.820><c> them</c><00:40:17.039><c> and</c><00:40:17.179><c> have</c><00:40:17.440><c> meetings</c><00:40:17.800><c> and</c><00:40:18.019><c> go</c><00:40:18.199><c> on</c><00:40:18.360><c> to</c><00:40:18.500><c> another</c><00:40:18.679><c> one</c>

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and<00:40:19.039><c> visit</c><00:40:19.239><c> them</c><00:40:19.420><c> and</c><00:40:19.539><c> have</c><00:40:19.659><c> meetings.</c><00:40:20.059><c> It</c><00:40:20.179><c> might</c><00:40:20.260><c> have</c>

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:23.639
been<00:40:20.440><c> quite</c><00:40:20.639><c> a</c><00:40:21.039><c> different</c><00:40:21.280><c> thing</c><00:40:21.760><c> that</c><00:40:22.380><c> he</c><00:40:22.760><c> would</c><00:40:22.900><c> have</c><00:40:23.079><c> actually</c><00:40:23.420><c> done</c>

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to<00:40:23.880><c> work</c><00:40:24.019><c> it</c><00:40:24.179><c> out</c><00:40:24.320><c> than</c><00:40:24.480><c> to</c><00:40:24.679><c> get</c><00:40:24.840><c> to</c><00:40:25.119><c> know</c>

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people<00:40:25.800><c> and</c><00:40:26.559><c> to</c><00:40:26.920><c> develop</c><00:40:27.219><c> relationships.</c><00:40:28.280><c> He</c><00:40:28.519><c> may</c><00:40:28.599><c> have</c><00:40:28.739><c> not</c>

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:30.219
had<00:40:28.980><c> time</c><00:40:29.300><c> for</c><00:40:29.519><c> that.</c>

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One<00:40:32.780><c> of</c><00:40:32.900><c> the</c><00:40:33.039><c> things</c><00:40:33.400><c> that</c><00:40:33.699><c> we</c><00:40:33.820><c> will</c><00:40:34.039><c> talk</c><00:40:34.280><c> about</c><00:40:34.539><c> many</c><00:40:34.820><c> times,</c>

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Lord<00:40:35.400><c> willing,</c><00:40:35.659><c> in</c><00:40:35.820><c> the</c><00:40:35.920><c> week</c><00:40:36.159><c> is</c><00:40:36.460><c> the</c><00:40:36.679><c> fact</c><00:40:36.920><c> that</c>

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:41.579
Titus<00:40:38.079><c> had</c><00:40:38.440><c> to</c><00:40:38.719><c> be</c><00:40:39.000><c> an</c><00:40:39.300><c> impeccable</c><00:40:40.119><c> example</c><00:40:40.639><c> all</c><00:40:41.139><c> the</c><00:40:41.320><c> time</c><00:40:41.460><c> he</c>

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:44.460
was<00:40:41.820><c> in</c><00:40:42.039><c> Crete.</c><00:40:42.260><c> You</c><00:40:42.440><c> don't</c><00:40:42.820><c> dare</c><00:40:43.360><c> speak</c><00:40:44.000><c> to</c><00:40:44.239><c> others</c>

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:49.679
in<00:40:44.679><c> those</c><00:40:44.960><c> terms</c><00:40:45.539><c> and</c><00:40:46.679><c> draw</c><00:40:46.960><c> attention</c><00:40:47.440><c> to</c><00:40:47.679><c> their</c><00:40:48.019><c> faults</c><00:40:48.579><c> like</c><00:40:49.059><c> he's</c><00:40:49.400><c> going</c><00:40:49.519><c> to</c>

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:51.559
have<00:40:49.840><c> to</c><00:40:50.019><c> do</c><00:40:50.460><c> and</c><00:40:50.880><c> have</c><00:40:51.019><c> any</c><00:40:51.300><c> faults</c>

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:55.500
that<00:40:51.699><c> are</c><00:40:51.820><c> visible.</c><00:40:53.539><c> You</c><00:40:53.820><c> better</c><00:40:54.059><c> make</c><00:40:54.380><c> sure</c><00:40:54.599><c> that</c><00:40:54.880><c> your</c><00:40:55.239><c> life</c>

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:58.139
is<00:40:55.880><c> entirely</c><00:40:56.360><c> clean</c><00:40:56.780><c> to</c><00:40:56.960><c> these</c><00:40:57.179><c> people</c><00:40:57.500><c> all</c><00:40:57.900><c> the</c>

00:40:58.139 --> 00:41:02.280
you're<00:40:58.800><c> doing</c><00:40:59.179><c> these</c><00:40:59.679><c> things.</c><00:41:00.900><c> So</c><00:41:00.980><c> in</c><00:41:01.139><c> verse</c><00:41:01.340><c> 1</c><00:41:01.679><c> chapter</c><00:41:01.980><c> 2,</c>

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:04.960
speak<00:41:02.679><c> thou</c><00:41:02.940><c> the</c><00:41:03.159><c> things</c><00:41:03.380><c> which</c><00:41:03.639><c> become</c><00:41:04.239><c> healthy</c>

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:12.159
doctrine.<00:41:06.880><c> Verse</c><00:41:06.980><c> 7,</c><00:41:07.460><c> in</c><00:41:07.619><c> all</c><00:41:08.079><c> things</c><00:41:08.340><c> show</c><00:41:08.739><c> thyself</c><00:41:09.320><c> a</c><00:41:09.619><c> pattern</c><00:41:10.059><c> of</c><00:41:10.340><c> good</c><00:41:10.579><c> works.</c><00:41:11.900><c> He</c>

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.019
had<00:41:12.360><c> to</c><00:41:12.539><c> do</c><00:41:12.719><c> that</c>

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:16.059
or<00:41:13.860><c> else</c><00:41:14.000><c> it</c><00:41:14.199><c> would</c><00:41:14.300><c> have</c><00:41:14.460><c> undermined</c><00:41:14.960><c> everything</c><00:41:15.360><c> else</c><00:41:15.780><c> he</c>

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.519
was<00:41:16.280><c> doing</c><00:41:16.539><c> and</c><00:41:16.840><c> saying.</c>

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:23.340
Then<00:41:19.739><c> over</c><00:41:20.340><c> in</c><00:41:20.559><c> chapter</c><00:41:20.860><c> 3</c><00:41:21.340><c> verse</c><00:41:21.739><c> 1,</c><00:41:22.380><c> put</c><00:41:22.559><c> them</c><00:41:22.699><c> in</c><00:41:22.940><c> mind</c><00:41:23.159><c> to</c>

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:25.800
be<00:41:23.579><c> subject</c><00:41:24.000><c> to</c><00:41:24.440><c> principalities</c><00:41:25.179><c> and</c><00:41:25.500><c> powers,</c>

00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:29.300
to<00:41:26.039><c> obey</c><00:41:26.440><c> magistrates,</c><00:41:27.219><c> to</c><00:41:27.340><c> be</c><00:41:27.539><c> ready</c><00:41:27.659><c> to</c><00:41:27.860><c> every</c><00:41:28.019><c> good</c><00:41:28.280><c> work.</c>

00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:30.699
I<00:41:29.460><c> sort</c><00:41:29.539><c> of</c><00:41:29.760><c> wonder</c>

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:33.659
what<00:41:31.400><c> these</c><00:41:31.719><c> people</c><00:41:31.960><c> in</c><00:41:32.099><c> the</c><00:41:32.239><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:32.480><c> were</c><00:41:32.719><c> like</c><00:41:32.900><c> with</c><00:41:33.079><c> respect</c><00:41:33.480><c> to</c>

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:35.239
the<00:41:33.840><c> civil</c><00:41:34.079><c> authority.</c>

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:38.380
Had<00:41:36.420><c> it</c><00:41:36.559><c> really</c><00:41:36.780><c> gotten</c><00:41:37.019><c> that</c><00:41:37.420><c> far</c><00:41:37.619><c> that</c><00:41:37.860><c> they</c><00:41:38.039><c> didn't</c><00:41:38.239><c> have</c>

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:40.840
any<00:41:38.599><c> respect</c><00:41:38.960><c> for</c><00:41:39.179><c> the</c><00:41:39.420><c> local</c><00:41:39.699><c> police?</c>

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:43.780
It<00:41:42.119><c> may</c><00:41:42.239><c> have</c><00:41:42.400><c> been</c><00:41:42.539><c> that</c><00:41:42.679><c> they</c><00:41:42.860><c> could</c><00:41:43.059><c> argue</c><00:41:43.380><c> whether</c><00:41:43.559><c> they</c>

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:45.219
paid<00:41:44.000><c> their</c><00:41:44.199><c> taxes.</c>

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:49.300
They<00:41:45.980><c> got</c><00:41:46.219><c> to</c><00:41:46.739><c> think</c><00:41:47.119><c> that</c><00:41:47.400><c> they</c><00:41:47.619><c> were</c><00:41:47.800><c> a</c><00:41:47.900><c> law</c><00:41:48.019><c> unto</c><00:41:48.199><c> themselves.</c>

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:54.199
So<00:41:49.760><c> these</c><00:41:50.400><c> all</c><00:41:50.639><c> these</c><00:41:50.980><c> exhortations</c><00:41:51.860><c> must</c><00:41:52.179><c> have</c><00:41:52.360><c> had</c><00:41:52.559><c> some</c><00:41:53.239><c> root</c><00:41:53.659><c> in</c>

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:58.019
a<00:41:54.420><c> problem.</c><00:41:55.719><c> Hence</c><00:41:55.900><c> it</c><00:41:56.500><c> had</c><00:41:56.679><c> to</c><00:41:56.840><c> be</c><00:41:57.079><c> corrected.</c>

00:41:58.219 --> 00:42:02.260
And<00:41:58.320><c> as</c><00:41:58.480><c> we</c><00:41:58.639><c> go</c><00:41:58.880><c> through</c><00:41:59.260><c> verse</c><00:41:59.579><c> 9,</c><00:42:01.099><c> avoid</c><00:42:01.179><c> foolish</c><00:42:01.699><c> questions</c>

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:05.059
and<00:42:02.539><c> genealogies,</c><00:42:03.739><c> contentions,</c>

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:09.599
strivings<00:42:05.420><c> about</c><00:42:05.559><c> the</c><00:42:05.820><c> law.</c><00:42:06.440><c> Go</c><00:42:06.699><c> through</c><00:42:06.900><c> a</c><00:42:07.099><c> meeting</c><00:42:07.260><c> and</c><00:42:07.579><c> achieve</c><00:42:07.920><c> absolutely</c><00:42:08.699><c> nothing</c><00:42:09.219><c> because</c><00:42:09.400><c> all</c>

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.000
you<00:42:09.840><c> talked</c>

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:13.619
about<00:42:10.219><c> was</c><00:42:10.380><c> this</c><00:42:10.659><c> little</c><00:42:10.960><c> tiny</c><00:42:11.340><c> area</c><00:42:11.920><c> which</c><00:42:12.880><c> was</c><00:42:13.099><c> really</c><00:42:13.340><c> a</c>

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:15.079
foolish<00:42:13.820><c> question</c><00:42:14.139><c> anywhere.</c>

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:19.500
And<00:42:16.860><c> that's</c><00:42:17.320><c> quite</c><00:42:17.519><c> often,</c><00:42:18.000><c> brothers</c><00:42:18.039><c> and</c><00:42:18.280><c> sisters,</c><00:42:18.719><c> is</c><00:42:18.960><c> too</c>

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:21.079
close<00:42:19.940><c> to</c><00:42:20.199><c> home.</c>

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:24.219
That<00:42:21.599><c> when</c><00:42:21.760><c> we</c><00:42:22.079><c> analyze</c><00:42:22.440><c> an</c><00:42:22.900><c> important</c><00:42:23.260><c> meeting</c><00:42:23.519><c> we</c><00:42:23.820><c> had</c><00:42:24.019><c> to</c>

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:25.059
achieve<00:42:24.619><c> something,</c>

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:28.340
we<00:42:25.719><c> spent</c><00:42:26.039><c> far</c><00:42:26.400><c> too</c><00:42:26.619><c> much</c><00:42:26.880><c> time</c><00:42:27.159><c> discussing</c><00:42:27.639><c> something</c><00:42:28.079><c> that</c>

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.539
wasn't<00:42:28.599><c> really</c><00:42:28.940><c> important</c>

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:35.440
because<00:42:30.260><c> some</c><00:42:30.860><c> brother</c><00:42:31.239><c> or</c><00:42:31.599><c> two</c><00:42:31.960><c> was</c><00:42:33.239><c> too</c><00:42:33.719><c> self</c><00:42:34.059><c>-willed</c><00:42:34.579><c> or</c><00:42:35.219><c> it</c>

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.139
wasn't<00:42:35.699><c> chaired</c><00:42:36.039><c> properly.</c>

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:42.900
And<00:42:37.699><c> quite</c><00:42:37.900><c> often</c><00:42:38.260><c> we</c><00:42:38.840><c> achieve</c><00:42:39.280><c> the</c><00:42:39.539><c> same</c><00:42:39.739><c> result</c><00:42:40.280><c> of</c><00:42:40.800><c> not</c><00:42:41.320><c> really</c><00:42:41.900><c> getting</c><00:42:42.219><c> anywhere</c><00:42:42.659><c> in</c>

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.900
our<00:42:43.059><c> meetings.</c>

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And<00:42:45.639><c> then</c><00:42:45.920><c> finally,</c><00:42:46.480><c> as</c><00:42:46.480><c> I</c><00:42:46.579><c> like</c><00:42:46.739><c> to</c><00:42:46.860><c> leave</c><00:42:46.960><c> it</c><00:42:47.199><c> here</c><00:42:47.400><c> for</c><00:42:47.639><c> today,</c><00:42:48.440><c> the</c>

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chief<00:42:49.139><c> thing</c><00:42:49.579><c> that</c><00:42:50.119><c> will</c><00:42:50.340><c> be</c><00:42:50.599><c> finally</c>

00:42:50.860 --> 00:42:53.960
brought<00:42:51.139><c> out</c><00:42:51.340><c> through</c><00:42:51.559><c> all</c><00:42:51.840><c> this,</c><00:42:52.619><c> these</c><00:42:52.960><c> people</c><00:42:53.280><c> had</c><00:42:53.500><c> to</c><00:42:53.699><c> be</c>

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:56.420
converted<00:42:54.579><c> from</c><00:42:55.139><c> what</c><00:42:55.340><c> they</c><00:42:55.539><c> were</c><00:42:55.900><c> doing</c>

00:42:56.420 --> 00:43:01.480
to<00:42:57.199><c> producing</c><00:42:57.860><c> what</c><00:42:58.519><c> the</c><00:42:58.760><c> apostle</c><00:42:59.099><c> calls</c><00:42:59.619><c> good</c><00:43:00.219><c> works.</c><00:43:01.179><c> So</c><00:43:01.380><c> in</c>

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:05.239
verse<00:43:01.659><c> 14,</c><00:43:02.960><c> let</c><00:43:03.059><c> ours</c><00:43:03.400><c> also</c><00:43:04.079><c> learn</c><00:43:04.440><c> to</c><00:43:04.699><c> maintain</c>

00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:10.079
good<00:43:05.739><c> works</c><00:43:06.239><c> for</c><00:43:06.800><c> necessary</c><00:43:07.360><c> uses</c><00:43:07.800><c> that</c><00:43:08.019><c> they</c><00:43:08.260><c> be</c><00:43:08.460><c> not</c><00:43:08.840><c> unfruitful.</c><00:43:09.940><c> That's</c>

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what<00:43:10.199><c> God</c><00:43:10.380><c> expects.</c>

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That<00:43:11.760><c> we</c><00:43:11.980><c> be</c><00:43:12.239><c> fruitful,</c><00:43:12.880><c> that</c><00:43:12.960><c> we</c><00:43:13.199><c> have</c><00:43:13.820><c> fruit,</c><00:43:14.679><c> that</c><00:43:14.800><c> we</c><00:43:14.960><c> can</c>

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bear<00:43:15.400><c> to</c><00:43:15.599><c> Him</c><00:43:16.039><c> for</c><00:43:16.760><c> our</c><00:43:17.059><c> service</c><00:43:17.539><c> in</c><00:43:17.940><c> the</c><00:43:18.099><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Lord<00:43:19.639><c> Welling</c><00:43:19.860><c> will</c><00:43:20.280><c> take</c><00:43:20.559><c> up</c><00:43:20.699><c> from</c><00:43:20.820><c> there</c><00:43:21.019><c> tomorrow.</c>