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which<00:12:19.840><c> is,</c><00:12:20.059><c> of</c><00:12:20.139><c> course,</c><00:12:20.340><c> the</c><00:12:20.460><c> baptism</c><00:12:20.840><c> of</c><00:12:21.100><c> repentance,</c><00:12:21.659><c> right?</c>

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And<00:12:23.580><c> so</c><00:12:24.100><c> consider</c><00:12:24.379><c> for</c><00:12:24.559><c> a</c><00:12:24.659><c> moment</c><00:12:24.820><c> what</c><00:12:25.019><c> is</c><00:12:25.220><c> it</c><00:12:25.340><c> that</c><00:12:25.500><c> they</c><00:12:25.759><c> believe</c><00:12:26.100><c> in</c>

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Well,<00:12:33.100><c> it's</c><00:12:33.299><c> a</c><00:12:33.399><c> belief</c><00:12:33.500><c> of</c><00:12:33.740><c> repentance.</c>

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But<00:12:35.559><c> what</c><00:12:35.840><c> that</c><00:12:36.200><c> repentance</c><00:12:36.740><c> is,</c><00:12:37.259><c> is</c><00:12:37.379><c> a</c><00:12:37.539><c> reformation.</c>

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It's<00:12:39.740><c> an</c><00:12:40.039><c> improvement</c><00:12:40.340><c> of</c><00:12:40.559><c> your</c><00:12:40.759><c> character,</c><00:12:41.720><c> right?</c>

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So<00:12:42.360><c> Paul</c><00:12:42.559><c> says</c><00:12:42.879><c> to</c><00:12:43.559><c> the</c><00:12:43.899><c> centurions,</c><00:12:45.120><c> don't</c><00:12:45.279><c> abuse</c><00:12:45.940><c> the</c><00:12:46.980><c> people</c><00:12:47.179><c> that</c>

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you're<00:12:48.360><c> taking</c><00:12:48.620><c> care</c><00:12:48.899><c> of.</c>

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He<00:12:49.240><c> says</c><00:12:49.320><c> to</c><00:12:49.500><c> the</c><00:12:49.700><c> tax</c><00:12:50.019><c> collectors,</c><00:12:50.840><c> don't</c><00:12:51.299><c> charge</c><00:12:51.700><c> too</c><00:12:52.039><c> much.</c>

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And<00:12:52.379><c> that's</c><00:12:53.100><c> what</c><00:12:53.240><c> repentance</c><00:12:53.919><c> without</c><00:12:54.940><c> Christ</c><00:12:55.340><c> is</c><00:12:55.500><c> all</c><00:12:55.700><c> about.</c>

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And<00:12:58.120><c> so</c><00:12:58.279><c> what</c><00:12:58.500><c> Paul</c><00:12:58.740><c> does</c><00:12:59.019><c> is</c><00:12:59.179><c> he</c><00:12:59.320><c> comes</c><00:12:59.539><c> and</c><00:12:59.700><c> he</c><00:12:59.860><c> teaches</c><00:13:00.059><c> them</c>

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about<00:13:00.840><c> the</c><00:13:01.080><c> Lord</c><00:13:01.240><c> Jesus</c><00:13:01.600><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:13:03.379><c> so</c><00:13:03.639><c> he</c><00:13:03.860><c> teaches</c><00:13:04.220><c> them</c><00:13:04.679><c> not</c><00:13:05.120><c> just</c><00:13:05.419><c> about</c><00:13:05.779><c> repentance,</c><00:13:07.419><c> but</c>

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about<00:13:07.820><c> faith</c><00:13:08.120><c> in</c><00:13:09.019><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:13:09.539><c> fact,</c><00:13:09.700><c> he</c><00:13:10.019><c> says</c><00:13:10.240><c> it</c><00:13:11.000><c> in</c><00:13:11.440><c> verse</c><00:13:12.639><c> 21</c><00:13:14.500><c> of</c><00:13:15.120><c> Acts</c><00:13:15.399><c> 20,</c><00:13:17.299><c> where</c><00:13:17.379><c> he</c><00:13:17.480><c> says,</c>

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testifying,<00:13:18.580><c> he's</c><00:13:18.820><c> talking</c><00:13:19.039><c> about</c><00:13:19.340><c> what</c><00:13:19.539><c> he's</c><00:13:19.720><c> been</c><00:13:19.899><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:13:20.220><c> he</c><00:13:20.279><c> says,</c><00:13:20.700><c> testifying</c><00:13:21.000><c> to</c><00:13:21.179><c> the</c><00:13:21.379><c> Jews</c><00:13:21.559><c> and</c><00:13:21.740><c> also</c><00:13:22.000><c> to</c><00:13:22.200><c> the</c><00:13:22.399><c> Greeks,</c>

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repentance<00:13:23.600><c> toward</c><00:13:24.019><c> God</c><00:13:24.779><c> and</c><00:13:25.840><c> faith</c><00:13:26.080><c> towards</c><00:13:26.360><c> our</c><00:13:26.519><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:13:27.059><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:13:28.240><c> it</c><00:13:28.419><c> is,</c><00:13:29.440><c> as</c><00:13:29.820><c> it</c><00:13:30.039><c> says</c><00:13:30.240><c> of</c><00:13:30.539><c> what</c><00:13:31.120><c> Aquila</c><00:13:31.379><c> and</c><00:13:31.559><c> Priscilla</c><00:13:31.899><c> taught</c><00:13:32.179><c> Apollos,</c><00:13:32.659><c> it</c>

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is<00:13:32.960><c> a</c><00:13:33.039><c> more</c><00:13:33.279><c> perfect</c><00:13:33.659><c> way.</c>

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And<00:13:35.120><c> so</c><00:13:35.259><c> that's</c><00:13:35.440><c> what</c><00:13:35.620><c> he</c><00:13:35.899><c> teaches</c><00:13:36.299><c> the</c><00:13:36.639><c> Ephesians</c><00:13:37.200><c> this,</c>

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this<00:13:37.759><c> more</c><00:13:38.019><c> perfect</c><00:13:38.379><c> way.</c>

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And<00:13:40.039><c> then</c><00:13:40.200><c> he</c><00:13:40.399><c> leaves</c><00:13:40.700><c> and</c><00:13:40.899><c> travels</c><00:13:41.240><c> around</c><00:13:41.879><c> a</c><00:13:42.320><c> bit</c><00:13:42.460><c> further.</c>

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And<00:13:44.000><c> he</c><00:13:44.139><c> decides,</c><00:13:45.100><c> and</c><00:13:45.419><c> he</c><00:13:45.480><c> goes</c><00:13:45.659><c> to</c><00:13:45.820><c> all</c><00:13:45.919><c> these</c><00:13:46.059><c> different</c><00:13:46.200><c> places</c><00:13:46.480><c> and</c><00:13:46.620><c> he</c>

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gives<00:13:46.860><c> these</c><00:13:47.200><c> different</c>

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exhortations,<00:13:48.019><c> like</c><00:13:48.220><c> the</c><00:13:48.379><c> one</c><00:13:48.480><c> that</c><00:13:48.659><c> he</c><00:13:48.799><c> gave</c><00:13:49.220><c> that</c><00:13:49.919><c> went</c><00:13:50.100><c> into</c><00:13:50.279><c> midnight,</c><00:13:50.740><c> into</c><00:13:50.899><c> the</c>

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next<00:13:51.299><c> morning,</c>

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and<00:13:51.840><c> the</c><00:13:52.039><c> kid</c><00:13:52.179><c> fell</c><00:13:52.360><c> and</c><00:13:52.519><c> all</c><00:13:52.720><c> these</c><00:13:52.879><c> other</c><00:13:53.320><c> wonderful</c><00:13:53.720><c> talks</c>

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that<00:13:54.179><c> he</c><00:13:54.299><c> gave.</c>

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And<00:13:55.320><c> he</c><00:13:55.419><c> wants</c><00:13:55.639><c> to</c><00:13:55.840><c> get</c><00:13:55.940><c> to</c><00:13:56.179><c> Jerusalem</c><00:13:56.779><c> by</c><00:13:57.159><c> Pentecost.</c>

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So<00:13:59.299><c> he</c><00:13:59.500><c> travels,</c><00:13:59.799><c> he's</c><00:14:00.120><c> in</c><00:14:00.639><c> Macedonia,</c><00:14:01.679><c> where</c><00:14:01.799><c> Athens</c><00:14:02.539><c> and</c>

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those<00:14:03.740><c> places</c><00:14:04.019><c> are,</c>

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and<00:14:04.679><c> he</c><00:14:04.759><c> travels</c><00:14:04.980><c> across</c><00:14:05.320><c> the</c><00:14:05.539><c> sea</c><00:14:05.659><c> to</c><00:14:05.899><c> Asia,</c><00:14:07.159><c> which</c><00:14:07.299><c> is</c><00:14:07.559><c> across</c><00:14:07.860><c> where</c>

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I<00:14:08.500><c> think</c><00:14:08.679><c> Turkey</c><00:14:09.000><c> is</c><00:14:09.200><c> now.</c>

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I<00:14:09.399><c> don't</c><00:14:09.580><c> know</c><00:14:09.720><c> the</c><00:14:09.899><c> maps</c><00:14:10.080><c> very</c><00:14:10.299><c> well,</c><00:14:10.620><c> but</c><00:14:10.700><c> anyway,</c><00:14:10.960><c> he</c><00:14:11.100><c> travels</c><00:14:11.340><c> across</c><00:14:11.600><c> that</c>

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small<00:14:12.059><c> bit</c><00:14:12.220><c> of</c><00:14:12.440><c> water.</c>

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An<00:14:13.419><c> interesting</c><00:14:13.779><c> thing</c><00:14:14.100><c> is</c><00:14:15.240><c> he</c><00:14:15.820><c> travels</c><00:14:16.200><c> to,</c><00:14:17.080><c> I</c><00:14:17.159><c> think</c><00:14:17.320><c> there's</c><00:14:17.500><c> a</c>

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place<00:14:17.679><c> called</c><00:14:17.899><c> Miletus,</c>

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I<00:14:18.440><c> think,</c><00:14:18.779><c> if</c><00:14:18.899><c> I</c><00:14:19.019><c> remember</c><00:14:19.159><c> correctly,</c><00:14:20.299><c> but</c><00:14:20.600><c> now</c><00:14:20.940><c> Paul</c><00:14:21.100><c> is</c><00:14:21.259><c> a</c>

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walker,<00:14:22.240><c> right?</c>

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And<00:14:23.120><c> not</c><00:14:23.299><c> far</c><00:14:23.480><c> up</c><00:14:23.620><c> the</c><00:14:23.879><c> street</c><00:14:24.039><c> is</c><00:14:24.299><c> Ephesus,</c><00:14:24.759><c> but</c><00:14:24.919><c> he</c><00:14:25.019><c> doesn't</c>

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walk<00:14:25.460><c> up</c><00:14:25.639><c> to</c><00:14:25.759><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Instead,<00:14:27.240><c> what</c><00:14:27.379><c> he</c><00:14:27.519><c> does</c><00:14:27.679><c> is</c><00:14:27.840><c> he</c><00:14:27.960><c> calls</c><00:14:28.220><c> the</c><00:14:28.480><c> elders</c><00:14:28.759><c> down</c><00:14:29.100><c> to</c><00:14:29.379><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:31.200><c> he</c><00:14:31.320><c> gives</c><00:14:31.580><c> this</c><00:14:31.899><c> speech</c><00:14:32.259><c> to</c><00:14:33.019><c> the</c><00:14:33.240><c> elders</c><00:14:33.460><c> in</c><00:14:33.720><c> Ephesus</c><00:14:34.399><c> before</c><00:14:35.580><c> he</c>

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travels<00:14:36.299><c> to</c><00:14:36.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:14:37.740><c> of</c><00:14:37.840><c> course,</c><00:14:37.940><c> he</c><00:14:38.080><c> says</c><00:14:38.220><c> in</c><00:14:38.360><c> his</c><00:14:38.419><c> speech,</c><00:14:38.879><c> you're</c><00:14:39.059><c> not</c><00:14:39.220><c> going</c><00:14:39.320><c> to</c>

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see<00:14:39.539><c> me</c><00:14:39.720><c> again,</c>

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because<00:14:41.480><c> he's</c><00:14:41.700><c> going</c><00:14:41.799><c> to</c><00:14:41.899><c> end</c><00:14:42.019><c> up</c><00:14:42.159><c> in</c><00:14:42.340><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He's<00:14:43.320><c> going</c><00:14:43.419><c> to</c><00:14:43.500><c> get</c><00:14:43.600><c> arrested</c><00:14:43.899><c> in</c><00:14:44.179><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He's<00:14:45.120><c> going</c><00:14:45.240><c> to</c><00:14:45.419><c> testify</c><00:14:45.700><c> in</c><00:14:45.860><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:46.220><c> and</c><00:14:46.299><c> he's</c><00:14:46.440><c> going</c><00:14:46.519><c> to</c>

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end<00:14:46.720><c> up</c><00:14:46.860><c> in</c><00:14:47.080><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:14:48.279><c> so</c><00:14:48.500><c> he</c><00:14:48.639><c> knows,</c><00:14:49.559><c> you're</c><00:14:49.600><c> never</c><00:14:49.759><c> going</c><00:14:50.559><c> to</c><00:14:50.600><c> see</c><00:14:50.720><c> me</c><00:14:50.940><c> again.</c>

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And<00:14:52.100><c> before</c><00:14:52.559><c> he's</c><00:14:52.980><c> going</c><00:14:53.139><c> to</c><00:14:53.279><c> tell</c><00:14:53.440><c> them,</c><00:14:53.580><c> you're</c><00:14:53.700><c> never</c><00:14:53.840><c> going</c><00:14:53.960><c> to</c>

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see<00:14:54.179><c> me</c><00:14:54.360><c> again,</c>

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he's<00:14:55.120><c> got</c><00:14:55.240><c> something</c><00:14:55.539><c> to</c><00:14:55.820><c> tell</c><00:14:56.360><c> the</c><00:14:56.620><c> Ephesian</c><00:14:56.919><c> elders.</c>

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And<00:14:59.360><c> the</c><00:14:59.679><c> culmination</c><00:15:00.379><c> of</c><00:15:00.580><c> what</c><00:15:00.779><c> he</c><00:15:01.120><c> says</c><00:15:01.259><c> to</c><00:15:01.460><c> the</c><00:15:01.620><c> Ephesian</c>

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elders<00:15:02.379><c> finishes</c><00:15:02.919><c> with</c><00:15:03.320><c> this,</c>

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it<00:15:04.200><c> is</c><00:15:04.279><c> more</c><00:15:04.500><c> blessed</c><00:15:04.759><c> to</c><00:15:05.100><c> give</c><00:15:05.460><c> than</c><00:15:05.860><c> to</c><00:15:06.120><c> receive,</c><00:15:06.620><c> in</c><00:15:06.799><c> verse</c><00:15:07.080><c> 35.</c>

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So<00:15:21.519><c> I</c><00:15:21.580><c> want</c><00:15:21.720><c> to</c><00:15:21.840><c> take</c><00:15:21.960><c> a</c><00:15:22.120><c> look</c><00:15:22.259><c> at</c><00:15:22.740><c> what</c><00:15:23.259><c> he</c><00:15:23.379><c> wants</c><00:15:23.559><c> to</c><00:15:23.720><c> talk</c><00:15:23.899><c> about.</c>

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And<00:15:24.360><c> we're</c><00:15:24.500><c> going</c><00:15:24.580><c> to</c><00:15:24.720><c> pick</c><00:15:24.799><c> it</c><00:15:24.899><c> up,</c><00:15:25.340><c> but</c><00:15:25.559><c> before</c><00:15:25.840><c> we</c><00:15:26.019><c> pick</c><00:15:26.139><c> it</c>

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I<00:15:27.759><c> want</c><00:15:27.940><c> to</c><00:15:28.120><c> point</c><00:15:28.399><c> something</c><00:15:28.679><c> out</c><00:15:28.919><c> to</c><00:15:29.019><c> you.</c>

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And<00:15:29.620><c> it's</c><00:15:29.779><c> in</c><00:15:29.919><c> verse</c><00:15:30.139><c> 4.</c>

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As<00:15:32.740><c> he's</c><00:15:33.159><c> traveling,</c><00:15:33.639><c> we'll</c><00:15:33.919><c> pick</c><00:15:34.039><c> up</c><00:15:34.139><c> in</c><00:15:34.279><c> verse</c><00:15:34.419><c> 3,</c><00:15:35.159><c> Acts</c><00:15:35.399><c> 20,</c>

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verse<00:15:35.840><c> 3,</c><00:15:36.100><c> it</c><00:15:36.100><c> says,</c>

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there<00:15:36.919><c> abode</c><00:15:37.240><c> three</c><00:15:37.519><c> months</c><00:15:37.840><c> and</c><00:15:37.980><c> when</c><00:15:38.159><c> the</c><00:15:38.340><c> Jews</c><00:15:38.519><c> laid</c><00:15:38.779><c> wait</c>

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return<00:15:43.220><c> through</c><00:15:43.480><c> Macedonia.</c>

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And<00:15:45.580><c> verse</c><00:15:45.740><c> 4</c><00:15:45.940><c> says,</c><00:15:46.360><c> and</c><00:15:46.360><c> they're</c><00:15:46.700><c> accompanied</c><00:15:47.039><c> him</c><00:15:47.340><c> into</c><00:15:47.779><c> Asia,</c>

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Sopater<00:15:49.820><c> of</c><00:15:50.059><c> Beria,</c><00:15:51.240><c> and</c><00:15:51.340><c> of</c><00:15:51.500><c> the</c><00:15:51.700><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:15:53.179><c> Aristarchus</c><00:15:53.879><c> and</c><00:15:54.080><c> Segundus,</c>

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and<00:15:56.659><c> Gaius</c><00:15:57.019><c> of</c><00:15:57.220><c> Derbe,</c><00:15:58.539><c> and</c><00:15:58.659><c> Timotheus,</c><00:16:00.080><c> and</c><00:16:00.159><c> of</c><00:16:00.340><c> Asia,</c><00:16:01.580><c> Tychicus,</c><00:16:03.259><c> and</c><00:16:04.419><c> Trophimus.</c>

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So<00:16:08.059><c> they</c><00:16:08.440><c> give</c><00:16:08.580><c> us</c><00:16:08.860><c> a</c><00:16:09.059><c> list</c><00:16:09.240><c> of</c><00:16:09.519><c> people</c><00:16:09.740><c> who</c><00:16:09.960><c> it</c><00:16:10.139><c> says</c><00:16:10.299><c> here,</c><00:16:10.940><c> accompany</c><00:16:11.620><c> him</c><00:16:12.220><c> to</c><00:16:12.779><c> Asia.</c>

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And<00:16:14.759><c> notice</c><00:16:14.940><c> none</c><00:16:15.179><c> of</c><00:16:15.320><c> them</c><00:16:15.500><c> are</c><00:16:15.740><c> from</c><00:16:15.879><c> Ephesus.</c>

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They're<00:16:17.399><c> from</c><00:16:17.600><c> Derbe,</c><00:16:18.039><c> they're</c><00:16:18.159><c> from</c><00:16:18.379><c> other</c><00:16:18.580><c> parts</c><00:16:18.820><c> of</c><00:16:19.259><c> Asia,</c>

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So<00:16:29.659><c> why</c><00:16:29.899><c> are</c><00:16:30.039><c> we</c><00:16:30.220><c> told</c><00:16:30.379><c> that</c><00:16:30.580><c> these</c><00:16:30.840><c> guys</c><00:16:31.039><c> are</c><00:16:31.240><c> traveling</c><00:16:31.679><c> with</c><00:16:32.159><c> Paul?</c>

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We're<00:16:33.720><c> never</c><00:16:33.879><c> told</c><00:16:34.059><c> about</c><00:16:34.200><c> him</c><00:16:34.320><c> again.</c>

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Their<00:16:35.120><c> names</c><00:16:35.220><c> never</c><00:16:35.519><c> come</c><00:16:35.679><c> up</c><00:16:35.840><c> again</c><00:16:35.980><c> that</c><00:16:36.299><c> I</c><00:16:36.440><c> could</c><00:16:36.639><c> find</c><00:16:36.820><c> anyway.</c>

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Now<00:17:01.720><c> what</c><00:17:01.779><c> does</c><00:17:01.940><c> that</c><00:17:02.179><c> mean?</c>

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Well,<00:17:02.960><c> that</c><00:17:03.100><c> means</c><00:17:03.299><c> this.</c>

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we<00:17:30.359><c> know</c><00:17:30.480><c> that</c><00:17:30.640><c> by</c><00:17:30.839><c> the</c><00:17:31.079><c> speech.</c>

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Because<00:17:32.220><c> Paul</c><00:17:32.460><c> has</c><00:17:32.680><c> to</c><00:17:33.059><c> tell</c><00:17:33.259><c> them,</c><00:17:34.500><c> you</c><00:17:34.539><c> need</c><00:17:34.740><c> to</c><00:17:34.920><c> become</c><00:17:35.079><c> leaders</c><00:17:35.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:35.700><c> ecclesia.</c>

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I'm<00:17:41.039><c> going</c><00:17:41.140><c> to</c><00:17:41.160><c> tell</c><00:17:41.279><c> you</c><00:17:41.400><c> exactly</c><00:17:41.779><c> how</c><00:17:42.099><c> to</c><00:17:42.319><c> be</c><00:17:42.839><c> a</c><00:17:43.440><c> leader</c><00:17:43.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:44.000><c> ecclesia</c>

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the<00:17:52.579><c> good</c><00:17:52.740><c> message.</c>

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You<00:17:54.180><c> need</c><00:17:54.359><c> to</c><00:17:54.640><c> give</c><00:17:55.220><c> rather</c><00:17:55.900><c> than</c><00:17:56.119><c> just</c><00:17:56.839><c> receive.</c>

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That's,<00:18:04.900><c> by</c><00:18:05.019><c> the</c><00:18:05.220><c> way,</c><00:18:05.339><c> why</c><00:18:05.539><c> he</c><00:18:05.700><c> calls</c><00:18:05.940><c> the</c><00:18:06.160><c> elders</c><00:18:06.480><c> down</c><00:18:06.880><c> to</c><00:18:07.099><c> him.</c>

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It<00:18:07.339><c> doesn't</c><00:18:07.920><c> go</c><00:18:08.200><c> to</c><00:18:08.359><c> the</c><00:18:08.500><c> entire</c><00:18:08.779><c> ecclesia,</c><00:18:09.740><c> because</c><00:18:10.099><c> he's</c><00:18:10.279><c> got</c><00:18:10.380><c> a</c>

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very<00:18:10.779><c> specific</c><00:18:11.259><c> message</c>

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to<00:18:11.940><c> say</c><00:18:12.119><c> to</c><00:18:12.599><c> the</c><00:18:12.720><c> elders</c><00:18:13.220><c> that</c><00:18:13.859><c> you</c><00:18:14.160><c> guys</c><00:18:14.440><c> need</c><00:18:14.599><c> to</c><00:18:14.759><c> become</c><00:18:14.960><c> leaders.</c>

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And<00:18:16.680><c> we're</c><00:18:16.819><c> going</c><00:18:16.900><c> to</c><00:18:17.019><c> see</c><00:18:17.539><c> that</c><00:18:18.160><c> even</c><00:18:18.480><c> right</c><00:18:18.759><c> to</c><00:18:18.920><c> the</c><00:18:19.119><c> end,</c>

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they<00:18:19.980><c> don't</c><00:18:20.200><c> get</c><00:18:20.319><c> the</c><00:18:20.460><c> message,</c>

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but<00:18:20.920><c> eventually</c><00:18:21.240><c> they</c><00:18:21.500><c> do.</c>

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We<00:18:21.819><c> know</c><00:18:21.960><c> they</c><00:18:22.119><c> eventually</c><00:18:22.359><c> do</c><00:18:22.599><c> because</c><00:18:23.000><c> when</c><00:18:23.440><c> he</c><00:18:23.700><c> writes</c><00:18:23.839><c> the</c>

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letter<00:18:24.380><c> to</c><00:18:24.599><c> the</c><00:18:24.759><c> Ephesians</c>

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eight<00:18:25.480><c> years</c><00:18:25.740><c> later,</c><00:18:27.099><c> it's</c><00:18:27.420><c> not</c><00:18:27.640><c> about</c><00:18:27.839><c> becoming</c><00:18:28.200><c> leaders.</c>

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It's<00:18:29.279><c> about</c><00:18:29.500><c> growing</c><00:18:30.059><c> spiritually.</c>

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And<00:18:31.279><c> so</c><00:18:31.380><c> they</c><00:18:31.519><c> got</c><00:18:31.640><c> the</c><00:18:31.839><c> message,</c><00:18:32.180><c> but</c><00:18:32.380><c> you'll</c><00:18:32.619><c> see</c><00:18:32.819><c> that</c><00:18:33.279><c> initially</c><00:18:33.640><c> they</c><00:18:33.799><c> didn't.</c>

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Actually,<00:18:34.220><c> I'll</c><00:18:34.420><c> point</c><00:18:34.460><c> it</c><00:18:34.579><c> out</c><00:18:34.660><c> to</c><00:18:34.759><c> you.</c>

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Look<00:18:35.319><c> what</c><00:18:35.480><c> happens</c><00:18:35.740><c> at</c><00:18:35.920><c> the</c><00:18:36.119><c> end</c><00:18:36.599><c> in</c><00:18:37.000><c> verse</c><00:18:37.240><c> 38.</c>

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It<00:18:38.900><c> says,</c><00:18:39.980><c> sorrowing</c><00:18:40.440><c> most</c><00:18:40.700><c> of</c><00:18:40.940><c> all</c><00:18:41.400><c> for</c><00:18:41.960><c> the</c><00:18:42.180><c> words</c><00:18:42.380><c> which</c><00:18:42.599><c> he</c><00:18:42.859><c> spake,</c>

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that<00:18:44.680><c> they</c><00:18:44.859><c> should</c><00:18:45.059><c> not</c><00:18:45.240><c> see</c><00:18:45.359><c> his</c><00:18:45.619><c> face</c><00:18:45.799><c> no</c><00:18:46.059><c> more.</c>

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And<00:18:46.319><c> they</c><00:18:46.500><c> accompanied</c><00:18:46.759><c> him</c><00:18:46.940><c> onto</c><00:18:47.119><c> the</c><00:18:47.359><c> ship.</c>

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Well,<00:18:48.640><c> what</c><00:18:48.779><c> they're</c><00:18:49.000><c> saying</c><00:18:49.140><c> is</c><00:18:49.420><c> the</c><00:18:49.579><c> thing</c><00:18:49.779><c> that</c><00:18:50.539><c> upset</c><00:18:50.839><c> them</c><00:18:51.059><c> the</c><00:18:51.240><c> most</c>

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was<00:18:52.200><c> the</c><00:18:52.380><c> fact</c><00:18:52.460><c> that</c><00:18:52.660><c> Paul</c><00:18:52.740><c> said,</c><00:18:53.200><c> you're</c><00:18:53.359><c> not</c><00:18:53.559><c> going</c><00:18:53.680><c> to</c><00:18:53.759><c> see</c>

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me<00:18:54.119><c> again.</c>

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But<00:18:55.619><c> that's</c><00:18:55.960><c> not</c><00:18:56.140><c> the</c><00:18:56.380><c> message</c><00:18:56.660><c> that</c><00:18:56.900><c> Paul's</c><00:18:57.240><c> giving</c><00:18:57.380><c> them.</c>

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He<00:18:57.740><c> tells</c><00:18:58.000><c> them</c><00:18:58.200><c> you're</c><00:18:58.359><c> not</c><00:18:58.460><c> going</c><00:18:58.579><c> to</c><00:18:58.680><c> see</c><00:18:58.799><c> me</c><00:18:59.000><c> again.</c>

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But<00:19:00.119><c> he's</c><00:19:00.359><c> got</c><00:19:00.480><c> much</c><00:19:00.839><c> more</c><00:19:01.319><c> of</c><00:19:01.460><c> a</c><00:19:01.599><c> message</c><00:19:01.839><c> here</c><00:19:02.140><c> than</c><00:19:02.460><c> you're</c>

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just<00:19:02.940><c> not</c><00:19:03.079><c> going</c><00:19:03.200><c> to</c><00:19:03.299><c> see</c><00:19:03.440><c> me</c><00:19:03.660><c> again.</c>

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He<00:19:04.319><c> says</c><00:19:04.559><c> to</c><00:19:04.740><c> them,</c><00:19:05.200><c> you</c><00:19:05.359><c> need</c><00:19:05.579><c> to</c><00:19:05.740><c> stand</c><00:19:05.839><c> on</c><00:19:06.000><c> your</c><00:19:06.140><c> own</c><00:19:06.279><c> two</c><00:19:06.500><c> feet.</c>

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That's<00:19:07.059><c> what</c><00:19:07.200><c> he's</c><00:19:07.500><c> saying</c><00:19:07.640><c> here.</c>

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And<00:19:09.180><c> what</c><00:19:09.359><c> they're</c><00:19:09.619><c> most</c><00:19:09.880><c> sad</c><00:19:10.000><c> about</c><00:19:10.319><c> is</c><00:19:10.539><c> Paul</c><00:19:10.779><c> saying,</c><00:19:11.480><c> you're</c><00:19:11.680><c> not</c>

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going<00:19:11.900><c> to</c><00:19:11.960><c> see</c><00:19:12.140><c> me</c><00:19:12.380><c> again.</c>

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Why?

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Well,<00:19:14.059><c> because</c><00:19:14.539><c> Paul</c><00:19:14.819><c> did</c><00:19:15.039><c> everything</c><00:19:15.299><c> for</c><00:19:15.640><c> us.</c>

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These<00:19:17.279><c> guys</c><00:19:17.480><c> were</c><00:19:17.680><c> great</c><00:19:18.119><c> receivers,</c><00:19:19.259><c> but</c><00:19:20.019><c> they</c><00:19:20.220><c> weren't</c>

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good<00:19:20.759><c> givers.</c>

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And<00:19:22.200><c> that's</c><00:19:22.420><c> what</c><00:19:22.539><c> they</c><00:19:22.720><c> needed</c><00:19:22.859><c> to</c><00:19:23.140><c> learn.</c>

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And<00:19:23.660><c> even</c><00:19:23.799><c> as</c><00:19:24.000><c> Paul</c><00:19:24.200><c> leaves,</c><00:19:24.940><c> it</c><00:19:25.079><c> says,</c><00:19:25.299><c> oh,</c><00:19:25.440><c> they're</c><00:19:25.579><c> most</c>

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sorry<00:19:26.019><c> that</c><00:19:26.180><c> Paul's</c><00:19:26.559><c> leaving.</c>

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So<00:19:28.180><c> let's</c><00:19:28.380><c> take</c><00:19:28.539><c> a</c><00:19:28.640><c> look</c><00:19:28.740><c> at</c><00:19:28.900><c> the</c><00:19:29.039><c> message</c><00:19:29.619><c> quickly.</c>

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Verse<00:19:32.580><c> 18.</c>

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And<00:19:34.839><c> when</c><00:19:35.019><c> they</c><00:19:35.220><c> come</c><00:19:35.539><c> to</c><00:19:35.819><c> him,</c><00:19:36.519><c> he</c><00:19:36.720><c> saith</c><00:19:36.880><c> unto</c><00:19:37.140><c> them,</c>

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you<00:19:38.720><c> know</c><00:19:39.019><c> from</c><00:19:39.220><c> the</c><00:19:39.440><c> first</c><00:19:39.680><c> day</c><00:19:39.880><c> that</c><00:19:40.039><c> I</c><00:19:40.140><c> came</c><00:19:40.319><c> into</c><00:19:40.500><c> Asia,</c>

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after<00:19:42.019><c> what</c><00:19:42.319><c> manner</c><00:19:42.539><c> I</c><00:19:42.920><c> had</c><00:19:43.039><c> been</c><00:19:43.240><c> with</c><00:19:43.539><c> you</c><00:19:43.940><c> at</c><00:19:44.319><c> all</c><00:19:44.579><c> seasons.</c>

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So<00:19:45.660><c> Paul</c><00:19:45.799><c> says,</c><00:19:46.019><c> you</c><00:19:46.140><c> know</c><00:19:46.279><c> exactly</c><00:19:46.640><c> what</c><00:19:46.839><c> I've</c><00:19:47.160><c> done.</c>

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And<00:19:47.400><c> look</c><00:19:47.480><c> what</c><00:19:47.559><c> he</c><00:19:47.779><c> says.</c>

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He<00:19:49.039><c> says,</c><00:19:49.339><c> serving</c><00:19:49.640><c> the</c><00:19:49.940><c> Lord</c><00:19:50.339><c> with</c><00:19:51.160><c> all</c><00:19:51.680><c> humility</c><00:19:52.319><c> of</c><00:19:52.619><c> mind</c>

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and<00:19:54.180><c> with</c><00:19:54.480><c> many</c><00:19:54.799><c> tears</c><00:19:55.279><c> and</c><00:19:55.720><c> temptations,</c>

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which<00:19:56.900><c> befell</c><00:19:57.200><c> me</c><00:19:57.299><c> by</c><00:19:57.500><c> the</c><00:19:57.680><c> laying</c><00:19:57.880><c> in</c><00:19:58.160><c> a</c><00:19:58.220><c> way</c><00:19:58.619><c> of</c><00:19:58.960><c> the</c><00:19:59.180><c> Jews.</c>

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So<00:20:00.519><c> he</c><00:20:00.619><c> says,</c><00:20:00.920><c> look,</c><00:20:01.400><c> I</c><00:20:01.559><c> was</c><00:20:01.920><c> completely</c><00:20:02.960><c> humble</c><00:20:03.839><c> before</c><00:20:04.799><c> you.</c>

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It<00:20:06.559><c> was</c><00:20:06.940><c> never</c><00:20:07.299><c> about</c><00:20:08.099><c> me.</c>

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I<00:20:11.140><c> was</c><00:20:11.460><c> totally</c><00:20:11.799><c> humble.</c>

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And<00:20:12.400><c> look</c><00:20:12.480><c> what</c><00:20:12.559><c> he</c><00:20:12.779><c> says.</c>

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Whoops.

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Sorry.

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He<00:20:15.160><c> says,</c><00:20:15.920><c> with</c><00:20:16.200><c> many</c><00:20:16.539><c> tears.</c>

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Well,<00:20:17.640><c> what's</c><00:20:17.779><c> he</c><00:20:18.079><c> crying</c><00:20:18.299><c> about?</c>

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Well,<00:20:20.380><c> he's</c><00:20:21.160><c> crying</c><00:20:21.339><c> because</c><00:20:21.579><c> he's</c><00:20:22.160><c> giving</c><00:20:22.339><c> them</c><00:20:22.680><c> everything.</c>

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Because<00:20:24.359><c> there's</c><00:20:24.740><c> pain</c><00:20:25.680><c> that</c><00:20:27.119><c> goes</c><00:20:27.480><c> with</c><00:20:28.000><c> transformation.</c>

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And<00:20:29.980><c> Paul</c><00:20:30.099><c> gives</c><00:20:30.519><c> it</c><00:20:30.759><c> all.</c>

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And<00:20:31.099><c> as</c><00:20:31.279><c> they</c><00:20:31.579><c> cried,</c><00:20:31.920><c> he</c><00:20:32.220><c> cried.</c>

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There's<00:20:33.200><c> that</c><00:20:33.380><c> great</c><00:20:33.640><c> sense</c><00:20:33.859><c> of</c><00:20:34.180><c> empathy</c><00:20:34.819><c> that</c><00:20:35.420><c> Paul</c><00:20:35.680><c> gives.</c>

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And<00:20:36.140><c> he</c><00:20:36.200><c> also</c><00:20:36.460><c> says,</c><00:20:37.359><c> and</c><00:20:37.400><c> temptations.</c>

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Well,<00:20:38.380><c> why</c><00:20:38.579><c> does</c><00:20:38.680><c> he</c><00:20:38.880><c> mention</c><00:20:39.099><c> temptations?</c>

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Because<00:20:42.380><c> you</c><00:20:42.500><c> see,</c><00:20:42.740><c> Paul</c><00:20:43.019><c> is</c><00:20:43.279><c> as</c><00:20:43.599><c> human</c><00:20:44.099><c> as</c><00:20:44.920><c> everybody</c><00:20:45.279><c> else.</c>

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And<00:20:47.299><c> Paul</c><00:20:47.480><c> says,</c><00:20:47.720><c> look,</c><00:20:48.000><c> I</c><00:20:48.279><c> gave</c><00:20:48.619><c> everything</c><00:20:49.059><c> to</c><00:20:49.259><c> you.</c>

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I<00:20:49.619><c> even</c><00:20:50.079><c> exposed</c><00:20:50.799><c> my</c><00:20:51.500><c> own</c><00:20:51.799><c> temptations</c><00:20:52.460><c> to</c><00:20:52.660><c> you.</c>

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I<00:20:53.000><c> showed</c><00:20:53.220><c> you</c><00:20:53.539><c> all</c><00:20:53.859><c> my</c><00:20:54.099><c> weakness.</c>

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I<00:20:55.000><c> gave</c><00:20:55.319><c> everything</c><00:20:56.200><c> to</c><00:20:56.559><c> you</c><00:20:57.319><c> so</c><00:20:58.099><c> that</c><00:20:58.279><c> you</c><00:20:58.400><c> would</c><00:20:58.799><c> understand</c>

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that<00:21:00.200><c> that's</c><00:21:00.480><c> what</c><00:21:00.640><c> a</c><00:21:00.740><c> life</c><00:21:00.859><c> of</c><00:21:01.079><c> faith</c><00:21:01.220><c> is</c><00:21:01.400><c> all</c><00:21:01.599><c> about.</c>

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He<00:21:02.039><c> goes</c><00:21:02.240><c> on.</c>

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And<00:21:03.539><c> how</c><00:21:03.720><c> I</c><00:21:03.880><c> kept</c><00:21:04.039><c> back</c><00:21:04.380><c> nothing</c><00:21:04.740><c> that</c><00:21:04.900><c> was</c><00:21:05.200><c> profitable</c><00:21:05.559><c> onto</c><00:21:05.920><c> you,</c>

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but<00:21:06.559><c> showed</c><00:21:06.819><c> you</c><00:21:07.039><c> and</c><00:21:07.160><c> have</c><00:21:07.380><c> taught</c><00:21:07.500><c> you</c><00:21:07.799><c> publicly</c><00:21:08.140><c> from</c><00:21:08.420><c> house</c><00:21:08.619><c> to</c><00:21:08.799><c> house,</c>

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testifying<00:21:10.599><c> both</c><00:21:11.039><c> to</c><00:21:11.259><c> the</c><00:21:11.460><c> Jews</c><00:21:11.599><c> and</c><00:21:11.799><c> also</c><00:21:11.980><c> to</c><00:21:12.180><c> the</c><00:21:12.380><c> Greeks,</c>

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no<00:21:12.980><c> separation</c><00:21:13.480><c> between</c><00:21:13.819><c> them,</c><00:21:15.400><c> repentance</c><00:21:15.859><c> towards</c><00:21:16.200><c> God,</c>

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Now,<00:21:21.220><c> I</c><00:21:21.380><c> had</c><00:21:21.440><c> never</c><00:21:21.680><c> thought</c><00:21:21.920><c> of</c><00:21:22.079><c> it</c><00:21:23.039><c> that</c><00:21:23.500><c> way.</c>

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We<00:21:45.599><c> consider</c><00:21:46.019><c> what</c><00:21:46.180><c> it's</c><00:21:46.380><c> like</c><00:21:46.500><c> to</c><00:21:47.640><c> have</c><00:21:47.720><c> repentance</c>

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You<00:22:03.980><c> have</c><00:22:04.240><c> the</c><00:22:04.480><c> expression,</c><00:22:04.920><c> I</c><00:22:04.920><c> can</c><00:22:05.099><c> do</c><00:22:05.279><c> all</c><00:22:05.579><c> things</c><00:22:06.180><c> through</c><00:22:06.519><c> Christ,</c>

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That's<00:22:29.079><c> not</c><00:22:29.279><c> what</c><00:22:29.380><c> it's</c><00:22:29.559><c> talking</c><00:22:29.900><c> about.</c>

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I<00:22:36.119><c> have</c><00:22:36.299><c> to</c><00:22:36.460><c> understand</c><00:22:36.660><c> the</c><00:22:36.819><c> depth</c><00:22:37.019><c> of</c><00:22:37.259><c> my</c><00:22:37.539><c> sin.</c>

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and<00:22:44.240><c> put</c><00:22:44.539><c> aside</c><00:22:45.220><c> that</c><00:22:45.839><c> evil</c><00:22:46.160><c> man</c><00:22:46.660><c> so</c><00:22:47.079><c> that</c><00:22:47.319><c> I</c><00:22:47.539><c> can</c><00:22:47.960><c> be</c><00:22:48.339><c> born</c><00:22:48.660><c> again,</c>

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and<00:22:53.720><c> so</c><00:22:53.920><c> that</c><00:22:54.140><c> I</c><00:22:54.240><c> can</c><00:22:54.380><c> do</c><00:22:54.680><c> all</c><00:22:55.019><c> things</c><00:22:55.480><c> in</c><00:22:56.119><c> Christ</c>

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because<00:22:57.539><c> my</c><00:22:57.839><c> life</c><00:22:58.099><c> is</c><00:22:58.460><c> in</c><00:22:58.859><c> Christ.</c>

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or<00:23:04.500><c> strength</c><00:23:05.180><c> of</c><00:23:05.599><c> faith</c><00:23:05.900><c> to</c><00:23:06.180><c> know</c><00:23:06.680><c> that</c><00:23:07.279><c> anything</c><00:23:07.660><c> I</c><00:23:08.019><c> do</c><00:23:08.180><c> in</c><00:23:08.599><c> Christ</c>

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but<00:23:12.680><c> it'll</c><00:23:12.920><c> be</c><00:23:13.279><c> successful</c><00:23:13.720><c> because</c><00:23:14.279><c> it's</c><00:23:14.559><c> in</c><00:23:14.799><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:23:19.680><c> if</c><00:23:20.240><c> Butchie</c><00:23:20.559><c> wants</c><00:23:20.740><c> to</c><00:23:20.940><c> write</c><00:23:21.079><c> an</c><00:23:21.299><c> article</c><00:23:21.599><c> to</c><00:23:21.980><c> make</c><00:23:22.140><c> a</c><00:23:22.380><c> point</c>

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about<00:23:24.160><c> life</c><00:23:24.559><c> of</c><00:23:24.839><c> faith,</c><00:23:26.960><c> he</c><00:23:27.420><c> can</c><00:23:27.619><c> do</c><00:23:27.900><c> it</c><00:23:28.700><c> because</c><00:23:29.119><c> it's</c><00:23:29.400><c> in</c><00:23:29.579><c> Christ.</c>

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Or<00:23:31.840><c> if</c><00:23:32.400><c> one</c><00:23:32.559><c> of</c><00:23:32.740><c> you</c><00:23:32.839><c> wants</c><00:23:33.059><c> to</c><00:23:33.240><c> do</c><00:23:33.420><c> something,</c>

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you<00:23:34.420><c> say,</c><00:23:34.559><c> I</c><00:23:34.680><c> would</c><00:23:34.920><c> love</c><00:23:35.059><c> to</c><00:23:35.220><c> be</c><00:23:35.319><c> able</c><00:23:35.519><c> to</c><00:23:36.640><c> teach</c><00:23:37.019><c> a</c><00:23:37.279><c> seminar</c>

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or<00:23:37.779><c> I'd</c><00:23:38.039><c> love</c><00:23:38.099><c> to</c><00:23:38.240><c> be</c><00:23:38.339><c> able</c><00:23:38.460><c> to</c><00:23:38.599><c> do</c><00:23:38.720><c> whatever.</c>

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and<00:23:44.420><c> towards</c><00:23:44.680><c> his</c><00:23:44.980><c> ministry,</c><00:23:46.559><c> that</c><00:23:46.859><c> will</c><00:23:47.079><c> be</c><00:23:47.319><c> blessed.</c>

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That's<00:23:49.480><c> the</c><00:23:49.579><c> power</c><00:23:49.940><c> of</c><00:23:50.220><c> giving.</c>

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but<00:23:53.000><c> you</c><00:23:53.140><c> have</c><00:23:53.319><c> to</c><00:23:53.440><c> have</c><00:23:53.559><c> the</c><00:23:53.740><c> first</c><00:23:54.200><c> part</c><00:23:54.460><c> of</c><00:23:54.579><c> it</c><00:23:54.720><c> first.</c>

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And<00:23:55.579><c> so</c><00:23:55.740><c> Paul</c><00:23:55.900><c> says,</c><00:23:56.339><c> I've</c><00:23:56.380><c> done</c><00:23:56.559><c> that.</c>

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I've<00:23:56.960><c> given</c><00:23:57.140><c> you</c><00:23:57.420><c> all</c><00:23:57.619><c> that.</c>

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I've<00:23:58.019><c> taught</c><00:23:58.119><c> you</c><00:23:58.319><c> about</c><00:23:58.539><c> repentance</c><00:23:59.079><c> towards</c><00:23:59.400><c> God</c>

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and<00:24:00.500><c> faith</c><00:24:00.759><c> towards</c><00:24:01.059><c> Jesus</c><00:24:01.420><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:24:02.640><c> he</c><00:24:02.700><c> says,</c><00:24:03.000><c> now</c><00:24:03.000><c> behold,</c><00:24:03.480><c> I</c><00:24:03.539><c> go</c><00:24:03.779><c> bound</c><00:24:04.039><c> in</c><00:24:04.200><c> the</c><00:24:04.400><c> spirit</c>

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which<00:24:07.019><c> shall</c><00:24:07.200><c> befall</c><00:24:07.559><c> me,</c><00:24:08.259><c> save</c><00:24:08.339><c> that</c><00:24:08.500><c> the</c><00:24:08.700><c> Holy</c><00:24:08.839><c> Spirit</c>

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witnessed<00:24:09.420><c> in</c><00:24:09.660><c> every</c><00:24:09.839><c> city</c><00:24:10.140><c> saying</c><00:24:10.799><c> that</c><00:24:11.099><c> the</c><00:24:11.339><c> bonds</c>

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and<00:24:11.819><c> afflictions</c><00:24:12.180><c> abide</c><00:24:12.599><c> me.</c>

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So<00:24:13.279><c> he's</c><00:24:13.539><c> saying,</c><00:24:14.140><c> I</c><00:24:14.700><c> don't</c><00:24:14.859><c> know</c><00:24:15.019><c> what's</c><00:24:15.259><c> going</c><00:24:15.339><c> to</c><00:24:15.500><c> follow</c><00:24:15.640><c> me.</c>

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I<00:24:17.160><c> know</c><00:24:17.359><c> this.</c>

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I<00:24:17.740><c> know</c><00:24:17.859><c> every</c><00:24:18.059><c> place</c><00:24:18.200><c> I</c><00:24:18.319><c> go,</c><00:24:18.480><c> people</c><00:24:18.619><c> tell</c><00:24:18.839><c> me</c>

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you're<00:24:19.180><c> going</c><00:24:19.220><c> to</c><00:24:19.380><c> suffer</c><00:24:19.519><c> if</c><00:24:19.680><c> you</c><00:24:19.819><c> go.</c>

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But<00:24:21.380><c> he</c><00:24:21.480><c> says,</c><00:24:22.099><c> verse</c><00:24:22.259><c> 21,</c><00:24:22.960><c> but</c><00:24:23.059><c> none</c><00:24:23.420><c> of</c><00:24:23.640><c> these</c><00:24:23.880><c> things</c><00:24:24.140><c> move</c><00:24:24.400><c> me.</c>

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so<00:24:28.839><c> that</c><00:24:29.019><c> I</c><00:24:29.240><c> might</c><00:24:29.420><c> finish</c><00:24:29.920><c> my</c><00:24:30.359><c> course</c><00:24:30.839><c> with</c><00:24:31.700><c> joy</c>

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to<00:24:36.299><c> testify</c><00:24:36.700><c> the</c><00:24:36.960><c> gospel</c><00:24:37.279><c> of</c><00:24:37.500><c> the</c><00:24:37.700><c> grace</c><00:24:37.920><c> of</c><00:24:38.140><c> God.</c>

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So<00:24:39.740><c> he</c><00:24:39.960><c> says,</c><00:24:40.599><c> again,</c><00:24:41.000><c> I</c><00:24:41.240><c> can</c><00:24:41.500><c> do</c><00:24:41.920><c> anything.</c>

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And<00:24:44.519><c> there</c><00:24:44.740><c> is</c><00:24:45.059><c> a</c><00:24:45.519><c> joy</c><00:24:45.839><c> in</c><00:24:46.200><c> all</c><00:24:46.480><c> of</c><00:24:46.599><c> it,</c><00:24:47.099><c> not</c><00:24:47.960><c> because</c><00:24:48.359><c> of</c><00:24:48.559><c> me,</c>

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not<00:24:49.059><c> because</c><00:24:49.339><c> of</c><00:24:49.480><c> the</c><00:24:49.640><c> things</c><00:24:49.779><c> that</c><00:24:50.000><c> I</c><00:24:50.240><c> want,</c>

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because<00:24:51.799><c> it's</c><00:24:52.039><c> better</c><00:24:52.299><c> to</c><00:24:52.619><c> give</c><00:24:52.859><c> than</c><00:24:53.039><c> to</c><00:24:53.339><c> receive.</c>

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far<00:24:59.539><c> more</c><00:24:59.960><c> powerful</c><00:25:00.700><c> if</c><00:25:02.240><c> it's</c><00:25:02.539><c> an</c><00:25:02.799><c> active</c><00:25:03.240><c> faith</c>

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And<00:25:09.779><c> if</c><00:25:10.000><c> all</c><00:25:10.259><c> you</c><00:25:10.480><c> do</c><00:25:10.640><c> is</c><00:25:10.779><c> receive,</c><00:25:11.019><c> it's</c>

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wonderful<00:25:11.940><c> to</c><00:25:12.579><c> receive</c><00:25:12.920><c> forgiveness.</c>

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It's<00:25:14.880><c> wonderful</c><00:25:15.380><c> to</c><00:25:15.680><c> come</c><00:25:15.940><c> here</c><00:25:16.099><c> on</c><00:25:16.259><c> a</c><00:25:16.420><c> Sunday</c><00:25:16.660><c> morning</c>

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and<00:25:17.759><c> feel,</c><00:25:18.299><c> you</c><00:25:18.559><c> know,</c><00:25:18.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:19.180><c> Christ</c><00:25:19.500><c> has</c><00:25:19.740><c> died</c><00:25:19.960><c> for</c><00:25:20.200><c> my</c><00:25:20.440><c> sins.</c>

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It's<00:25:22.759><c> far</c><00:25:23.200><c> greater</c><00:25:23.839><c> to</c><00:25:25.579><c> put</c><00:25:25.980><c> everything</c><00:25:26.480><c> aside</c>

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and<00:25:28.859><c> to</c><00:25:29.119><c> give</c><00:25:29.400><c> all</c><00:25:29.859><c> things</c><00:25:30.200><c> to</c><00:25:30.400><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:25:32.700><c> we're</c><00:25:33.059><c> commanded</c><00:25:33.500><c> to</c><00:25:33.740><c> do</c><00:25:33.900><c> so.</c>

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We're<00:25:34.339><c> taught</c><00:25:34.480><c> to</c><00:25:34.700><c> do</c><00:25:34.859><c> so.</c>

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And<00:25:35.619><c> Paul</c><00:25:35.859><c> feels</c><00:25:36.140><c> very</c><00:25:36.680><c> strongly</c><00:25:37.059><c> to</c><00:25:37.299><c> the</c><00:25:37.420><c> Ephesian</c><00:25:37.740><c> elders</c>

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that<00:25:38.660><c> this</c><00:25:38.900><c> is</c><00:25:39.079><c> what</c><00:25:39.220><c> they</c><00:25:39.519><c> haven't</c><00:25:39.740><c> been</c><00:25:39.980><c> doing,</c>

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that<00:25:41.859><c> they</c><00:25:42.099><c> haven't</c><00:25:42.420><c> got</c><00:25:42.680><c> that</c><00:25:43.019><c> yet.</c>

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And<00:25:44.019><c> so</c><00:25:44.180><c> he</c><00:25:44.339><c> gives</c><00:25:44.640><c> this</c><00:25:45.000><c> speech</c><00:25:45.440><c> to</c><00:25:46.299><c> say</c><00:25:46.480><c> to</c><00:25:46.539><c> them,</c>

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you<00:25:47.200><c> need</c><00:25:47.480><c> to</c><00:25:47.839><c> understand</c><00:25:48.339><c> this</c><00:25:48.960><c> because</c><00:25:49.799><c> I'm</c><00:25:50.119><c> going</c><00:25:50.220><c> to</c><00:25:50.319><c> be</c><00:25:50.539><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:25:53.779><c> you</c><00:25:53.920><c> need</c><00:25:54.059><c> to</c><00:25:54.319><c> rely</c><00:25:54.539><c> on</c><00:25:54.700><c> each</c><00:25:54.940><c> other.</c>

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And<00:25:56.859><c> the</c><00:25:57.079><c> only</c><00:25:57.259><c> way</c><00:25:57.359><c> you're</c><00:25:57.559><c> going</c><00:25:57.599><c> to</c><00:25:57.740><c> rely</c><00:25:57.900><c> on</c><00:25:58.000><c> each</c><00:25:58.259><c> other</c>

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is<00:25:59.299><c> if</c><00:25:59.519><c> you</c><00:26:00.099><c> become</c><00:26:00.819><c> the</c><00:26:01.799><c> servant</c><00:26:02.000><c> that</c><00:26:02.279><c> I</c><00:26:02.579><c> have</c><00:26:02.779><c> been.</c>

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And<00:26:03.980><c> so</c><00:26:04.160><c> this</c><00:26:04.359><c> is</c><00:26:04.559><c> the</c><00:26:04.740><c> servant</c><00:26:04.960><c> that</c><00:26:05.180><c> I</c><00:26:05.299><c> have</c><00:26:05.519><c> been.</c>

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He<00:26:07.920><c> goes</c><00:26:08.119><c> on.</c>

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And<00:26:09.920><c> now</c><00:26:10.140><c> behold,</c><00:26:11.240><c> I</c><00:26:11.359><c> know</c><00:26:11.619><c> that</c><00:26:12.460><c> ye</c><00:26:12.779><c> all</c><00:26:13.099><c> among</c><00:26:13.380><c> whom</c><00:26:13.559><c> I</c><00:26:13.759><c> have</c><00:26:13.980><c> gone</c>

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preaching<00:26:14.619><c> the</c><00:26:14.859><c> kingdom</c><00:26:15.099><c> of</c><00:26:15.339><c> God</c><00:26:15.839><c> shall</c><00:26:16.279><c> see</c><00:26:16.579><c> meet</c><00:26:16.779><c> my</c><00:26:17.079><c> face</c>

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no<00:26:17.500><c> more.</c>

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Verse<00:26:20.900><c> 28,</c><00:26:21.460><c> take</c><00:26:21.740><c> heed</c><00:26:22.140><c> therefore</c><00:26:22.640><c> unto</c><00:26:22.960><c> yourselves</c>

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hath<00:26:27.859><c> made</c><00:26:28.259><c> you</c><00:26:28.799><c> overseers</c><00:26:29.740><c> to</c><00:26:30.359><c> feed</c><00:26:30.619><c> the</c><00:26:30.880><c> church</c><00:26:31.079><c> of</c><00:26:31.319><c> God</c>

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which<00:26:32.359><c> hath</c><00:26:32.759><c> purchased</c><00:26:33.400><c> with</c><00:26:34.180><c> his</c><00:26:34.460><c> own</c><00:26:34.920><c> blood.</c>

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So<00:26:37.200><c> he</c><00:26:37.380><c> says,</c><00:26:37.759><c> so</c><00:26:38.019><c> your</c><00:26:38.359><c> job</c><00:26:38.940><c> is</c><00:26:39.539><c> to</c><00:26:39.859><c> feed</c><00:26:40.039><c> the</c><00:26:40.319><c> flock.</c>

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That's<00:26:42.299><c> your</c><00:26:42.539><c> job.</c>

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And<00:26:44.359><c> in</c><00:26:44.519><c> order</c><00:26:44.660><c> to</c><00:26:44.920><c> feed</c><00:26:45.099><c> the</c><00:26:45.380><c> flock,</c>

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you<00:26:46.339><c> have</c><00:26:46.579><c> to</c><00:26:46.759><c> put</c><00:26:46.980><c> all</c><00:26:47.500><c> your</c><00:26:47.880><c> things</c><00:26:48.359><c> aside.</c>

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You<00:26:49.859><c> don't</c><00:26:50.039><c> get</c><00:26:50.220><c> to</c><00:26:50.500><c> pull</c><00:26:50.720><c> out</c><00:26:51.119><c> the</c><00:26:51.480><c> convenient</c><00:26:51.940><c> Bible</c><00:26:52.359><c> verse</c>

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just<00:26:53.460><c> to</c><00:26:53.680><c> prove</c><00:26:53.819><c> your</c><00:26:54.180><c> point</c><00:26:54.500><c> to</c><00:26:54.880><c> say,</c><00:26:55.400><c> see,</c><00:26:55.420><c> I</c><00:26:55.519><c> was</c><00:26:55.700><c> right.</c>

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You<00:26:57.259><c> don't</c><00:26:57.460><c> get</c><00:26:57.660><c> to</c><00:26:57.819><c> do</c><00:26:57.980><c> that.</c>

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What<00:26:59.319><c> you</c><00:26:59.599><c> do</c><00:26:59.819><c> is</c><00:27:00.059><c> you</c><00:27:00.299><c> stop</c><00:27:00.660><c> and</c><00:27:00.880><c> you</c><00:27:01.099><c> look</c><00:27:01.240><c> at</c><00:27:01.480><c> your</c><00:27:01.980><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:27:03.799><c> you</c><00:27:04.059><c> say,</c><00:27:04.259><c> what</c><00:27:04.640><c> do</c><00:27:04.920><c> they</c><00:27:05.259><c> need?</c>

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What<00:27:07.200><c> does</c><00:27:07.440><c> my</c><00:27:07.859><c> sister</c><00:27:08.279><c> need</c><00:27:08.839><c> who</c><00:27:09.519><c> hasn't</c><00:27:09.859><c> been</c><00:27:10.220><c> coming</c>

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on<00:27:11.140><c> Sunday</c><00:27:11.460><c> morning</c><00:27:12.099><c> so</c><00:27:13.099><c> that</c><00:27:13.299><c> she</c><00:27:13.500><c> can</c><00:27:13.819><c> start</c><00:27:14.140><c> coming</c>

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and<00:27:14.759><c> remember</c><00:27:15.200><c> her</c><00:27:15.759><c> Lord</c><00:27:16.019><c> and</c><00:27:16.240><c> Savior?</c>

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What<00:27:17.519><c> does</c><00:27:17.740><c> my</c><00:27:18.079><c> brother</c><00:27:18.380><c> need</c><00:27:19.279><c> who</c><00:27:20.119><c> doesn't</c><00:27:20.599><c> have</c><00:27:20.880><c> a</c><00:27:21.039><c> job?</c>

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What<00:27:22.740><c> does</c><00:27:22.960><c> he</c><00:27:23.180><c> need</c><00:27:23.420><c> from</c><00:27:23.700><c> me</c><00:27:24.220><c> to</c><00:27:24.720><c> keep</c><00:27:25.000><c> him</c><00:27:25.279><c> strong</c><00:27:25.940><c> or</c><00:27:26.619><c> to</c>

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guide<00:27:27.220><c> him?</c>

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What<00:27:28.500><c> does</c><00:27:28.720><c> he</c><00:27:28.920><c> need</c><00:27:29.140><c> for</c><00:27:29.619><c> him?</c>

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It's<00:27:31.339><c> never</c><00:27:31.759><c> for</c><00:27:32.200><c> me.</c>

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And<00:27:33.980><c> it's</c><00:27:34.420><c> never</c><00:27:35.079><c> for</c><00:27:36.279><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:37.319><c> let</c><00:27:37.420><c> me</c><00:27:37.519><c> explain</c><00:27:37.720><c> what</c><00:27:37.880><c> I</c><00:27:38.000><c> mean</c><00:27:38.119><c> by</c><00:27:38.400><c> that.</c>

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God<00:27:39.960><c> is</c><00:27:40.200><c> not</c><00:27:40.480><c> looking</c><00:27:40.700><c> at</c><00:27:40.960><c> you</c><00:27:41.140><c> and</c><00:27:41.359><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:27:42.099><c> need</c><00:27:42.440><c> you</c><00:27:42.740><c> to</c><00:27:42.960><c> do</c><00:27:43.160><c> this</c><00:27:43.579><c> or</c><00:27:43.900><c> that</c><00:27:44.200><c> to</c><00:27:44.680><c> justify</c><00:27:45.339><c> or</c><00:27:45.640><c> validate</c>

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your<00:27:46.859><c> faith.</c>

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What<00:27:48.759><c> I</c><00:27:48.960><c> need</c><00:27:49.099><c> you</c><00:27:49.259><c> to</c><00:27:49.460><c> do</c><00:27:49.740><c> is</c><00:27:50.180><c> love</c><00:27:50.359><c> your</c><00:27:50.539><c> brethren</c><00:27:50.839><c> and</c><00:27:52.019><c> serve</c><00:27:52.380><c> them.</c>

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And<00:27:53.859><c> when</c><00:27:54.000><c> you</c><00:27:54.240><c> love</c><00:27:54.460><c> your</c><00:27:54.720><c> brethren</c><00:27:54.960><c> and</c><00:27:55.240><c> serve</c><00:27:55.500><c> them,</c>

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you<00:27:56.440><c> are</c><00:27:56.700><c> serving</c><00:27:56.980><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:27:58.539><c> what</c><00:27:58.660><c> I</c><00:27:58.819><c> need</c><00:27:58.980><c> you</c><00:27:59.180><c> to</c><00:27:59.339><c> do.</c>

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So<00:28:02.339><c> don't</c><00:28:02.859><c> pull</c><00:28:03.440><c> out</c><00:28:03.720><c> things</c><00:28:04.240><c> to</c><00:28:04.680><c> say,</c><00:28:05.519><c> well,</c><00:28:05.559><c> we</c><00:28:05.740><c> have</c><00:28:06.039><c> to</c><00:28:06.160><c> do</c><00:28:06.339><c> this</c>

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because<00:28:07.000><c> God</c><00:28:07.319><c> requires</c><00:28:07.880><c> it.</c>

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What<00:28:08.480><c> I</c><00:28:08.779><c> require</c><00:28:09.099><c> from</c><00:28:09.319><c> you</c><00:28:09.799><c> is</c><00:28:10.160><c> to</c><00:28:10.380><c> love</c><00:28:10.500><c> your</c><00:28:10.720><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:28:11.220><c> do</c><00:28:11.480><c> everything</c><00:28:11.819><c> you</c><00:28:12.000><c> can</c><00:28:12.220><c> do</c><00:28:12.779><c> to</c><00:28:13.579><c> make</c><00:28:13.740><c> them</c><00:28:13.960><c> stronger.</c>

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That's<00:28:15.200><c> your</c><00:28:15.400><c> job.</c>

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And<00:28:16.619><c> that's</c><00:28:16.859><c> what</c><00:28:16.980><c> Paul</c><00:28:17.200><c> did.</c>

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He<00:28:17.599><c> says,</c><00:28:17.920><c> I</c><00:28:17.920><c> gave</c><00:28:18.259><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:28:19.539><c> then</c><00:28:19.700><c> he</c><00:28:19.859><c> says,</c><00:28:20.180><c> for</c><00:28:20.200><c> I</c><00:28:20.559><c> know</c><00:28:20.819><c> this,</c>

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that<00:28:22.539><c> after</c><00:28:22.819><c> my</c><00:28:23.099><c> departing</c><00:28:23.640><c> shall</c><00:28:23.880><c> grievous</c><00:28:24.339><c> wolves</c>

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enter<00:28:25.160><c> in</c><00:28:25.359><c> among</c><00:28:25.539><c> you</c><00:28:25.819><c> not</c><00:28:26.119><c> sparing</c><00:28:26.359><c> the</c><00:28:26.599><c> flock.</c>

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How<00:28:27.000><c> does</c><00:28:27.079><c> he</c><00:28:27.240><c> know</c><00:28:27.440><c> that?</c>

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You<00:28:28.619><c> say,</c><00:28:28.960><c> well,</c><00:28:29.119><c> he</c><00:28:29.220><c> knows</c><00:28:29.480><c> that</c><00:28:29.700><c> there's</c><00:28:30.420><c> evildoers</c><00:28:30.819><c> out</c><00:28:31.079><c> there.</c>

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And<00:28:31.700><c> he</c><00:28:31.799><c> does.</c>

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But<00:28:33.680><c> he's</c><00:28:33.880><c> speaking</c><00:28:34.099><c> specifically</c><00:28:34.599><c> to</c><00:28:34.859><c> the</c><00:28:34.980><c> Ephesian</c><00:28:35.259><c> Ecclesians.</c>

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He<00:28:35.759><c> doesn't</c><00:28:35.960><c> say</c><00:28:36.099><c> to</c><00:28:36.220><c> the</c><00:28:36.319><c> Philippians,</c>

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grievous<00:28:37.480><c> wolves</c><00:28:37.700><c> are</c><00:28:37.880><c> going</c><00:28:38.000><c> to</c><00:28:38.119><c> come</c><00:28:38.240><c> in.</c>

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He<00:28:40.039><c> doesn't</c><00:28:40.299><c> say</c><00:28:40.460><c> in</c><00:28:40.599><c> his</c><00:28:41.160><c> big</c><00:28:41.400><c> speech,</c>

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as<00:28:41.759><c> far</c><00:28:41.960><c> as</c><00:28:42.059><c> we</c><00:28:42.180><c> know,</c><00:28:42.400><c> at</c><00:28:42.519><c> Troas,</c><00:28:43.220><c> evil</c><00:28:43.480><c> doers</c><00:28:43.720><c> are</c><00:28:43.859><c> going</c><00:28:43.940><c> to</c>

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come<00:28:44.140><c> in.</c>

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He<00:28:45.279><c> says</c><00:28:45.440><c> it's</c><00:28:45.599><c> to</c><00:28:45.740><c> the</c><00:28:45.880><c> Ephesians</c><00:28:46.180><c> because</c><00:28:46.460><c> they're</c><00:28:46.720><c> susceptible</c><00:28:47.440><c> to</c><00:28:47.960><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:28:49.980><c> anybody</c><00:28:50.359><c> that's</c><00:28:50.660><c> going</c><00:28:50.779><c> to</c><00:28:50.900><c> come</c><00:28:51.059><c> in</c><00:28:51.180><c> that's</c><00:28:51.319><c> going</c>

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to<00:28:51.559><c> say,</c>

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I'm<00:28:51.960><c> a</c><00:28:52.099><c> leader,</c><00:28:52.660><c> they're</c><00:28:52.960><c> going</c><00:28:53.079><c> to</c><00:28:53.180><c> buy</c><00:28:53.359><c> into.</c>

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Because<00:28:55.700><c> they'd</c><00:28:55.940><c> rather</c><00:28:56.119><c> be</c><00:28:56.380><c> led</c><00:28:56.779><c> than</c><00:28:57.339><c> lead.</c>

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And<00:28:59.059><c> so</c><00:28:59.259><c> he</c><00:28:59.440><c> said,</c><00:28:59.759><c> they're</c><00:28:59.859><c> going</c><00:28:59.960><c> to</c><00:29:00.079><c> come</c><00:29:00.240><c> in</c><00:29:00.460><c> here,</c>

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and<00:29:01.200><c> they're</c><00:29:01.420><c> going</c><00:29:01.519><c> to</c><00:29:01.759><c> sound</c><00:29:02.000><c> good,</c>

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and<00:29:02.960><c> they're</c><00:29:03.140><c> going</c><00:29:03.240><c> to</c><00:29:03.400><c> sound</c><00:29:03.640><c> important,</c>

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and<00:29:04.539><c> they're</c><00:29:04.740><c> going</c><00:29:04.880><c> to</c><00:29:05.059><c> lead</c><00:29:05.259><c> you</c><00:29:05.559><c> astray.</c>

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When<00:29:06.619><c> it's</c><00:29:06.900><c> your</c><00:29:07.259><c> job</c><00:29:07.660><c> to</c><00:29:07.839><c> be</c><00:29:07.980><c> able</c><00:29:08.099><c> to</c><00:29:08.259><c> go,</c><00:29:08.619><c> that's</c><00:29:08.980><c> not</c><00:29:09.180><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:29:11.420><c> not</c><00:29:11.720><c> correct.</c>

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Also,<00:29:15.720><c> of</c><00:29:15.859><c> your</c><00:29:16.039><c> own</c><00:29:16.299><c> selves</c><00:29:16.539><c> shall</c><00:29:16.779><c> men</c><00:29:17.059><c> arise,</c>

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speaking<00:29:17.799><c> perverse</c><00:29:18.200><c> things,</c><00:29:18.539><c> to</c><00:29:18.720><c> draw</c><00:29:18.920><c> away</c><00:29:19.099><c> disciples</c>

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after<00:29:19.859><c> them.</c>

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Therefore,<00:29:21.039><c> watch</c><00:29:21.299><c> and</c><00:29:21.619><c> remember,</c>

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because<00:29:22.779><c> these</c><00:29:23.059><c> guys</c><00:29:23.220><c> are</c><00:29:23.500><c> coming,</c>

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that<00:29:24.619><c> by</c><00:29:24.819><c> the</c><00:29:25.019><c> space</c><00:29:25.160><c> of</c><00:29:25.359><c> three</c><00:29:25.559><c> years,</c>

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I<00:29:25.960><c> cease</c><00:29:26.319><c> not</c><00:29:26.579><c> to</c><00:29:26.799><c> warn</c><00:29:26.900><c> you</c><00:29:27.480><c> every</c><00:29:28.240><c> one</c><00:29:28.859><c> night</c><00:29:29.099><c> and</c><00:29:29.359><c> day</c><00:29:29.619><c> with</c><00:29:29.900><c> tears.</c>

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And<00:29:31.740><c> now,</c><00:29:32.140><c> brethren,</c><00:29:32.279><c> I</c><00:29:32.500><c> command</c><00:29:32.920><c> you</c><00:29:33.259><c> to</c><00:29:33.440><c> God</c><00:29:33.839><c> and</c><00:29:34.019><c> to</c><00:29:34.160><c> the</c><00:29:34.299><c> word</c><00:29:34.460><c> of</c>

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his<00:29:34.900><c> grace,</c>

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which<00:29:36.799><c> is</c><00:29:37.160><c> able</c><00:29:37.539><c> to</c><00:29:37.980><c> build</c><00:29:38.279><c> you</c><00:29:38.559><c> up</c>

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and<00:29:40.079><c> to</c><00:29:40.299><c> give</c><00:29:40.400><c> you</c><00:29:40.640><c> an</c><00:29:40.940><c> inheritance</c><00:29:41.420><c> among</c><00:29:41.799><c> them</c><00:29:42.059><c> which</c><00:29:42.259><c> are</c><00:29:42.480><c> sanctified.</c>

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Verse<00:29:45.000><c> 35,</c><00:29:45.720><c> I</c><00:29:45.859><c> have</c><00:29:46.160><c> showed</c><00:29:46.339><c> you</c><00:29:46.740><c> all</c><00:29:47.240><c> things,</c>

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how<00:29:49.019><c> that</c><00:29:49.299><c> so</c><00:29:49.700><c> laboring</c><00:29:50.380><c> you</c><00:29:50.859><c> ought</c><00:29:51.019><c> to</c><00:29:51.299><c> support</c><00:29:51.720><c> the</c><00:29:52.019><c> weak.</c>

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And<00:29:53.400><c> to</c><00:29:53.640><c> remember</c><00:29:53.980><c> the</c><00:29:54.160><c> words</c><00:29:54.319><c> of</c><00:29:54.500><c> the</c><00:29:54.579><c> Lord</c><00:29:54.720><c> Jesus</c><00:29:55.079><c> Christ,</c>

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how<00:29:55.599><c> he</c><00:29:55.839><c> said,</c><00:29:56.420><c> it</c><00:29:56.619><c> is</c><00:29:57.240><c> more</c><00:29:57.740><c> blessed</c><00:29:58.039><c> to</c><00:29:58.380><c> give</c><00:29:58.740><c> than</c><00:29:59.519><c> to</c><00:29:59.779><c> receive.</c>

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Where<00:30:01.880><c> did</c><00:30:02.019><c> the</c><00:30:02.220><c> Lord</c><00:30:02.359><c> Jesus</c><00:30:02.700><c> Christ</c><00:30:03.180><c> ever</c><00:30:03.640><c> say</c><00:30:03.900><c> that?</c>

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You<00:30:06.180><c> know,</c><00:30:06.259><c> it's</c><00:30:06.400><c> not</c><00:30:06.559><c> in</c><00:30:06.759><c> the</c><00:30:06.900><c> Gospels.</c>

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And<00:30:08.940><c> it's</c><00:30:09.200><c> Paul</c><00:30:09.960><c> quoting</c><00:30:10.940><c> the</c><00:30:11.140><c> Lord</c><00:30:11.319><c> Jesus</c><00:30:11.700><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:30:14.480><c> where</c><00:30:14.839><c> did</c><00:30:14.960><c> he</c><00:30:15.079><c> ever</c><00:30:15.299><c> say</c><00:30:15.500><c> that?</c>

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I<00:30:15.859><c> don't</c><00:30:16.019><c> actually</c><00:30:16.200><c> know</c><00:30:16.319><c> the</c><00:30:16.500><c> answer</c><00:30:16.839><c> where</c><00:30:17.059><c> he</c><00:30:17.259><c> ever</c><00:30:17.500><c> said</c><00:30:17.660><c> it,</c>

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but<00:30:17.839><c> it's</c><00:30:18.039><c> an</c><00:30:18.279><c> intriguing</c><00:30:18.640><c> question</c>

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that<00:30:19.960><c> Paul</c><00:30:20.240><c> would</c><00:30:20.400><c> be</c><00:30:20.680><c> quoting</c><00:30:20.900><c> Jesus</c><00:30:21.259><c> Christ,</c>

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a<00:30:21.960><c> quote</c><00:30:22.440><c> that's</c><00:30:23.299><c> not</c><00:30:23.460><c> from</c><00:30:24.140><c> the</c><00:30:24.259><c> Gospels.</c>

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It<00:30:25.980><c> doesn't</c><00:30:26.220><c> really</c><00:30:26.599><c> fit</c><00:30:26.960><c> that</c><00:30:27.240><c> as,</c><00:30:27.859><c> you</c><00:30:27.920><c> know,</c><00:30:28.000><c> like</c><00:30:28.160><c> on</c>

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Damascus<00:30:28.799><c> Road,</c>

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that<00:30:30.019><c> Jesus</c><00:30:30.259><c> would</c><00:30:30.440><c> have</c><00:30:30.539><c> said</c><00:30:30.640><c> to</c><00:30:30.759><c> you,</c>

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no,<00:30:31.000><c> it's</c><00:30:31.099><c> better,</c><00:30:31.279><c> more</c><00:30:31.500><c> blessed</c><00:30:31.799><c> to</c><00:30:32.000><c> give</c><00:30:32.099><c> than</c><00:30:32.259><c> to</c><00:30:32.460><c> receive.</c>

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But<00:30:34.099><c> it's</c><00:30:34.299><c> an</c><00:30:34.539><c> absolutely</c><00:30:34.920><c> true</c><00:30:35.099><c> message.</c>

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Our<00:30:38.360><c> lives</c><00:30:38.940><c> need</c><00:30:39.680><c> to</c><00:30:39.859><c> be</c><00:30:40.000><c> a</c><00:30:40.240><c> sacrifice</c><00:30:41.000><c> onto</c><00:30:41.460><c> Christ</c>

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so<00:30:42.900><c> that</c><00:30:43.180><c> our</c><00:30:43.460><c> brethren</c><00:30:43.759><c> can</c><00:30:44.140><c> see</c><00:30:44.740><c> that</c><00:30:45.299><c> everything</c><00:30:45.740><c> we</c><00:30:46.039><c> do</c><00:30:46.460><c> is</c>

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for<00:30:47.240><c> them.</c>

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That<00:30:48.960><c> everything</c><00:30:49.339><c> that</c><00:30:49.539><c> we</c><00:30:49.859><c> give</c><00:30:50.279><c> is</c><00:30:50.880><c> for</c><00:30:51.079><c> the</c><00:30:51.279><c> very</c><00:30:51.460><c> person</c>

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that's<00:30:52.220><c> expressed</c><00:30:52.480><c> here</c><00:30:52.680><c> in</c><00:30:52.799><c> verse</c><00:30:53.019><c> 35.</c>

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You<00:30:55.279><c> ought</c><00:30:55.579><c> to</c><00:30:55.779><c> support</c><00:30:56.339><c> the</c><00:30:56.660><c> weak.</c>

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Well,<00:30:57.460><c> who</c><00:30:57.619><c> are</c><00:30:57.740><c> the</c><00:30:57.940><c> weak?</c>

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The<00:30:59.859><c> weak</c><00:30:59.980><c> are</c><00:31:00.079><c> those</c><00:31:00.200><c> that</c><00:31:00.440><c> can't</c><00:31:00.680><c> do</c><00:31:00.940><c> that.</c>

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The<00:31:02.559><c> weak</c><00:31:02.660><c> are</c><00:31:02.819><c> those</c><00:31:02.980><c> who</c><00:31:03.380><c> struggle</c><00:31:03.740><c> with</c><00:31:04.059><c> their</c><00:31:04.319><c> sins</c>

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and<00:31:05.700><c> think,</c><00:31:06.079><c> I'm</c><00:31:06.140><c> not</c><00:31:06.339><c> worthy</c><00:31:07.079><c> of</c><00:31:07.759><c> God's</c><00:31:08.220><c> grace.</c>

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Or<00:31:10.460><c> the</c><00:31:10.640><c> weak</c><00:31:10.759><c> are</c><00:31:10.940><c> those</c><00:31:11.119><c> who</c><00:31:11.519><c> struggle</c><00:31:12.039><c> with</c><00:31:12.779><c> their</c><00:31:12.940><c> ego.</c>

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And<00:31:13.960><c> it's</c><00:31:14.279><c> always</c><00:31:14.740><c> a</c><00:31:15.119><c> little</c><00:31:15.420><c> bit</c><00:31:16.059><c> about</c><00:31:17.640><c> their</c><00:31:17.920><c> own</c><00:31:18.160><c> needs.</c>

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We<00:31:23.299><c> are</c><00:31:23.640><c> here</c><00:31:23.799><c> to</c><00:31:24.039><c> love</c><00:31:24.380><c> and</c><00:31:24.619><c> support</c><00:31:24.980><c> each</c><00:31:25.240><c> other.</c>

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And,<00:31:25.559><c> of</c><00:31:25.660><c> course,</c><00:31:26.420><c> I'm</c><00:31:26.779><c> preaching</c><00:31:27.079><c> to</c><00:31:27.319><c> the</c><00:31:27.559><c> choir</c><00:31:28.119><c> in</c><00:31:28.960><c> this</c><00:31:29.160><c> Ecclesia</c>

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because<00:31:31.440><c> there</c><00:31:31.680><c> is</c><00:31:31.980><c> so</c><00:31:32.440><c> much</c><00:31:32.779><c> love</c><00:31:33.140><c> and</c><00:31:33.440><c> support</c><00:31:33.759><c> in</c><00:31:33.900><c> this</c><00:31:34.079><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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But<00:31:35.960><c> we</c><00:31:36.339><c> as</c><00:31:36.779><c> elders</c><00:31:37.279><c> and</c><00:31:37.779><c> as</c><00:31:38.019><c> brothers</c><00:31:38.279><c> and</c><00:31:38.579><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:31:40.099><c> need</c><00:31:40.279><c> to</c><00:31:40.640><c> hold</c><00:31:40.920><c> on</c><00:31:41.279><c> to</c><00:31:41.539><c> understanding</c>

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that<00:31:42.220><c> the</c><00:31:42.660><c> depth</c><00:31:43.099><c> of</c><00:31:43.740><c> what</c><00:31:43.980><c> we</c><00:31:44.240><c> do</c><00:31:44.440><c> is</c><00:31:44.680><c> about</c><00:31:44.980><c> compassion.</c>

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That's<00:31:47.519><c> what</c><00:31:47.779><c> our</c><00:31:48.099><c> life</c><00:31:48.279><c> is</c><00:31:48.559><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:31:49.420><c> about</c><00:31:49.720><c> compassion.</c>

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And<00:31:51.319><c> so</c><00:31:51.500><c> if</c><00:31:51.680><c> somebody's</c><00:31:52.259><c> struggling,</c>

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it<00:31:56.539><c> has</c><00:31:56.839><c> to</c><00:31:57.000><c> be</c><00:31:57.160><c> about</c><00:31:57.460><c> their</c><00:31:57.920><c> need.</c>

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we<00:32:02.319><c> have</c><00:32:02.660><c> a</c><00:32:03.220><c> responsibility</c><00:32:03.960><c> to</c><00:32:04.220><c> call</c><00:32:04.400><c> this</c><00:32:04.619><c> person</c><00:32:04.920><c> out.</c>

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We<00:32:05.619><c> have</c><00:32:05.799><c> a</c><00:32:05.960><c> responsibility</c><00:32:06.579><c> to</c><00:32:07.099><c> bring</c><00:32:07.359><c> that</c><00:32:07.640><c> person</c><00:32:08.059><c> back.</c>

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We<00:32:10.240><c> have</c><00:32:10.440><c> a</c><00:32:10.599><c> responsibility</c><00:32:11.180><c> to</c><00:32:11.440><c> do</c><00:32:11.720><c> everything</c><00:32:12.140><c> we</c><00:32:12.480><c> can</c>

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to<00:32:13.299><c> save</c><00:32:13.740><c> them</c><00:32:14.079><c> because</c><00:32:14.460><c> God</c><00:32:14.880><c> loves</c><00:32:15.180><c> them</c><00:32:15.420><c> and</c><00:32:15.519><c> has</c><00:32:15.759><c> called</c><00:32:15.940><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:32:17.559><c> our</c><00:32:17.740><c> life</c><00:32:17.900><c> of</c><00:32:18.160><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:32:19.859><c> that's</c><00:32:20.279><c> what</c><00:32:20.480><c> we</c><00:32:20.740><c> need</c><00:32:20.920><c> to</c><00:32:21.140><c> hold</c><00:32:21.299><c> on</c><00:32:21.559><c> to</c>

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with<00:32:22.119><c> everything</c><00:32:22.539><c> that</c><00:32:22.740><c> we've</c><00:32:23.019><c> got</c>

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because<00:32:24.579><c> it</c><00:32:24.720><c> is</c><00:32:25.000><c> so</c><00:32:25.279><c> much</c><00:32:25.500><c> better</c><00:32:26.160><c> to</c><00:32:26.720><c> give</c><00:32:27.140><c> than</c><00:32:27.799><c> to</c><00:32:28.059><c> receive.</c>

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Every<00:32:29.440><c> year</c><00:32:29.640><c> at</c><00:32:29.799><c> Bible</c><00:32:30.000><c> school</c><00:32:30.200><c> at</c><00:32:30.420><c> orientation,</c>

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the<00:32:31.119><c> first</c><00:32:31.359><c> thing</c><00:32:31.500><c> I</c><00:32:31.720><c> talk</c><00:32:31.859><c> to</c><00:32:32.000><c> the</c><00:32:32.160><c> people</c><00:32:32.359><c> about</c>

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is<00:32:33.339><c> get</c><00:32:33.740><c> involved</c><00:32:34.259><c> in</c><00:32:34.440><c> the</c><00:32:34.640><c> school</c><00:32:34.799><c> this</c><00:32:35.140><c> week.</c>

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Not<00:32:36.059><c> because</c><00:32:36.440><c> I</c><00:32:36.640><c> want</c><00:32:36.839><c> them</c><00:32:37.299><c> to</c><00:32:37.700><c> take</c><00:32:37.859><c> responsibilities</c><00:32:38.599><c> from</c><00:32:38.859><c> me,</c>

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although<00:32:39.759><c> that's</c><00:32:40.079><c> fine.</c>

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It's<00:32:41.880><c> because</c><00:32:42.099><c> it's</c><00:32:42.380><c> such</c><00:32:42.539><c> a</c><00:32:42.859><c> better</c><00:32:43.079><c> experience</c><00:32:43.759><c> if</c><00:32:43.920><c> you're</c><00:32:44.160><c> involved.</c>

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Many<00:32:45.380><c> years</c><00:32:45.680><c> ago</c><00:32:45.880><c> at</c><00:32:46.140><c> Governor</c><00:32:46.400><c> Dummer,</c>

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we<00:32:47.720><c> had</c><00:32:47.980><c> these</c><00:32:48.339><c> two</c><00:32:48.579><c> couples,</c>

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and<00:32:49.160><c> I</c><00:32:49.259><c> don't</c><00:32:49.480><c> remember</c><00:32:49.700><c> their</c><00:32:49.900><c> name</c><00:32:50.019><c> or</c><00:32:50.140><c> where</c><00:32:50.259><c> they</c><00:32:50.400><c> came</c><00:32:50.599><c> from,</c>

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and<00:32:54.819><c> they</c><00:32:54.940><c> wanted</c><00:32:55.259><c> nothing</c><00:32:55.619><c> to</c><00:32:55.859><c> do</c><00:32:55.960><c> with</c><00:32:56.140><c> anything.</c>

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They<00:32:56.779><c> said,</c><00:32:56.920><c> we're</c><00:32:57.099><c> just</c><00:32:57.339><c> here</c><00:32:57.440><c> this</c><00:32:57.619><c> week</c><00:32:57.740><c> to</c><00:32:57.960><c> observe.</c>

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That's<00:32:58.859><c> all</c><00:32:59.039><c> we</c><00:32:59.119><c> had</c><00:32:59.200><c> to</c><00:32:59.339><c> do.</c>

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And<00:33:00.420><c> you</c><00:33:00.500><c> couldn't</c><00:33:00.700><c> ask</c><00:33:00.900><c> them</c><00:33:01.000><c> to</c><00:33:01.160><c> give</c><00:33:01.259><c> a</c><00:33:01.480><c> prayer.</c>

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You<00:33:02.779><c> almost</c><00:33:03.039><c> couldn't</c><00:33:03.240><c> even</c><00:33:03.619><c> sit</c><00:33:03.799><c> with</c><00:33:03.980><c> them.</c>

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We're<00:33:04.720><c> just</c><00:33:04.960><c> here</c><00:33:05.140><c> to</c><00:33:05.319><c> observe.</c>

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And<00:33:06.839><c> I</c><00:33:06.980><c> thought,</c><00:33:07.279><c> what</c><00:33:07.500><c> a</c><00:33:08.519><c> sad</c><00:33:08.920><c> situation.</c>

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There's<00:33:11.339><c> a</c><00:33:11.420><c> whole</c><00:33:11.640><c> experience</c><00:33:12.359><c> going</c><00:33:12.680><c> on</c><00:33:13.000><c> all</c><00:33:13.259><c> around</c><00:33:13.579><c> you,</c>

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and<00:33:14.319><c> you've</c><00:33:14.740><c> separated</c><00:33:15.119><c> yourself</c><00:33:15.539><c> from</c><00:33:15.799><c> it.</c>

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We<00:33:17.640><c> don't</c><00:33:17.799><c> want</c><00:33:17.980><c> to</c><00:33:17.980><c> ever</c><00:33:18.099><c> do</c><00:33:18.339><c> that.</c>

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We<00:33:18.720><c> don't</c><00:33:18.880><c> want</c><00:33:19.000><c> to</c><00:33:19.079><c> do</c><00:33:19.140><c> that</c><00:33:19.240><c> at</c><00:33:19.359><c> Bible</c><00:33:19.640><c> school.</c>

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We<00:33:20.079><c> don't</c><00:33:20.220><c> want</c><00:33:20.319><c> to</c><00:33:20.400><c> do</c><00:33:20.460><c> that</c><00:33:20.700><c> here.</c>

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We<00:33:21.519><c> don't</c><00:33:21.660><c> want</c><00:33:21.759><c> to</c><00:33:21.880><c> do</c><00:33:21.980><c> that</c><00:33:22.160><c> in</c><00:33:22.319><c> our</c><00:33:22.519><c> entire</c><00:33:22.900><c> lives.</c>

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Jesus<00:33:26.960><c> is</c><00:33:27.140><c> going</c><00:33:27.259><c> to</c><00:33:27.440><c> come,</c>

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and<00:33:27.660><c> he's</c><00:33:27.759><c> going</c><00:33:27.880><c> to</c><00:33:27.900><c> look</c><00:33:28.059><c> for</c><00:33:28.220><c> faith</c><00:33:28.480><c> in</c><00:33:28.640><c> the</c><00:33:28.779><c> earth.</c>

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Where<00:33:29.180><c> is</c><00:33:29.240><c> he</c><00:33:29.319><c> going</c><00:33:29.420><c> to</c><00:33:29.579><c> find</c><00:33:29.799><c> it?</c>

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He's<00:33:30.920><c> only</c><00:33:31.180><c> going</c><00:33:31.319><c> to</c><00:33:31.460><c> find</c><00:33:31.579><c> it</c><00:33:31.720><c> with</c><00:33:31.880><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:33:33.200><c> what</c><00:33:33.380><c> we're</c><00:33:33.759><c> called</c><00:33:34.099><c> to</c><00:33:34.380><c> be.</c>

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And<00:33:34.980><c> what</c><00:33:35.140><c> a</c><00:33:35.359><c> wonderful</c><00:33:35.579><c> thing</c><00:33:35.779><c> it</c><00:33:35.940><c> is,</c><00:33:36.119><c> isn't</c><00:33:36.259><c> it?</c>

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I<00:33:36.859><c> mean,</c><00:33:36.980><c> it</c><00:33:37.180><c> really</c><00:33:37.460><c> is</c><00:33:37.700><c> a</c><00:33:37.839><c> wonderful</c><00:33:38.160><c> thing</c>

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to<00:33:39.240><c> have</c><00:33:39.460><c> the</c><00:33:39.599><c> Lord</c><00:33:39.720><c> Jesus</c><00:33:40.079><c> Christ</c><00:33:40.359><c> in</c><00:33:40.539><c> our</c><00:33:40.759><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:33:42.380><c> so</c><00:33:42.519><c> when</c><00:33:42.680><c> we</c><00:33:42.859><c> partake</c><00:33:43.220><c> of</c><00:33:43.319><c> this</c><00:33:43.599><c> bread</c><00:33:43.859><c> and</c><00:33:44.000><c> of</c><00:33:44.119><c> this</c><00:33:44.359><c> cup,</c>

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we<00:33:44.819><c> remember</c><00:33:45.480><c> that</c><00:33:46.559><c> we</c><00:33:46.700><c> can</c><00:33:46.880><c> do</c><00:33:47.140><c> all</c><00:33:47.440><c> things</c><00:33:47.759><c> through</c><00:33:48.019><c> Christ,</c>

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because<00:33:49.559><c> everything</c><00:33:50.079><c> we</c><00:33:50.460><c> ever</c><00:33:50.799><c> need</c>

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has<00:33:52.440><c> already</c><00:33:52.839><c> been</c><00:33:53.059><c> accomplished</c><00:33:53.500><c> in</c><00:33:53.819><c> that</c><00:33:54.019><c> sacrifice.</c>

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When<00:33:55.920><c> we</c><00:33:56.039><c> say</c><00:33:56.200><c> to</c><00:33:56.319><c> ourselves,</c><00:33:56.619><c> God,</c><00:33:56.799><c> just</c><00:33:57.160><c> give</c><00:33:57.339><c> me</c><00:33:57.720><c> this,</c>

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everything<00:34:00.000><c> you</c><00:34:00.240><c> need</c><00:34:00.339><c> has</c><00:34:00.519><c> already</c><00:34:00.700><c> been</c><00:34:00.900><c> given</c><00:34:01.039><c> to</c><00:34:01.220><c> you.</c>

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And<00:34:03.039><c> so</c><00:34:03.140><c> we</c><00:34:03.299><c> want</c><00:34:03.480><c> to</c><00:34:03.720><c> hold</c><00:34:04.000><c> strong</c><00:34:04.440><c> together</c><00:34:04.960><c> as</c><00:34:05.180><c> a</c><00:34:05.440><c> family,</c>

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hold<00:34:06.839><c> strong</c><00:34:07.259><c> to</c><00:34:07.500><c> each</c><00:34:07.720><c> other</c>

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so<00:34:09.480><c> that</c><00:34:09.739><c> when</c><00:34:10.039><c> Jesus</c><00:34:10.480><c> Christ</c><00:34:10.780><c> comes,</c>

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we<00:34:11.340><c> can</c><00:34:11.619><c> walk</c><00:34:11.960><c> into</c><00:34:12.260><c> that</c><00:34:12.619><c> kingdom,</c><00:34:13.420><c> all</c><00:34:13.760><c> of</c><00:34:13.880><c> us</c><00:34:14.099><c> together.</c>

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Think<00:34:15.579><c> of</c><00:34:15.760><c> that</c><00:34:16.039><c> day</c><00:34:16.300><c> when</c><00:34:16.480><c> we're</c><00:34:16.900><c> called</c><00:34:17.340><c> to</c><00:34:18.000><c> Sinai</c>

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or<00:34:18.659><c> wherever</c><00:34:18.980><c> the</c><00:34:19.320><c> judgment</c><00:34:19.519><c> seat</c><00:34:19.699><c> is</c><00:34:19.980><c> held,</c>

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and<00:34:20.739><c> we</c><00:34:20.980><c> can</c><00:34:21.260><c> travel</c><00:34:21.619><c> together</c><00:34:22.679><c> as</c><00:34:24.320><c> one</c>

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and<00:34:25.760><c> stand</c><00:34:26.039><c> before</c><00:34:26.380><c> the</c><00:34:26.500><c> legion</c><00:34:26.880><c> of</c><00:34:26.880><c> the</c><00:34:27.000><c> Lord</c><00:34:27.179><c> Jesus</c><00:34:27.460><c> Christ.</c>

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Yes,<00:34:27.900><c> we</c><00:34:28.099><c> all</c><00:34:28.320><c> will</c><00:34:28.460><c> have</c><00:34:28.599><c> our</c><00:34:28.840><c> individual</c><00:34:29.260><c> day,</c>

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but<00:34:32.059><c> we</c><00:34:32.239><c> will</c><00:34:32.360><c> be</c><00:34:32.539><c> so</c><00:34:32.760><c> much</c><00:34:32.920><c> better</c>

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if<00:34:33.539><c> we're</c><00:34:33.760><c> there</c><00:34:34.000><c> holding</c><00:34:34.320><c> each</c><00:34:34.559><c> other's</c><00:34:34.980><c> hands.</c>

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And<00:34:36.260><c> I</c><00:34:36.579><c> know</c><00:34:36.780><c> you</c><00:34:36.960><c> know</c><00:34:37.099><c> that.</c>

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This<00:34:37.460><c> is</c><00:34:37.659><c> just</c><00:34:37.920><c> a</c><00:34:38.280><c> repetition</c><00:34:38.699><c> of</c><00:34:38.860><c> what</c><00:34:38.960><c> you</c><00:34:39.079><c> already</c><00:34:39.340><c> know.</c>

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But<00:34:41.199><c> thank</c><00:34:41.460><c> God</c><00:34:41.739><c> for</c><00:34:41.920><c> Jesus</c><00:34:42.239><c> Christ,</c>

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for<00:34:43.719><c> we</c><00:34:44.059><c> can</c><00:34:44.280><c> do</c><00:34:44.539><c> all</c><00:34:44.900><c> things,</c><00:34:46.719><c> and</c><00:34:46.760><c> he</c><00:34:46.860><c> who</c><00:34:47.039><c> strengthens</c><00:34:47.420><c> us.</c>