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be<00:11:24.169><c> so</c><00:11:24.409><c> good,</c><00:11:24.549><c> you've</c><00:11:24.750><c> got</c><00:11:24.889><c> something</c><00:11:25.149><c> left</c><00:11:25.389><c> behind.</c>

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And<00:11:26.929><c> so</c><00:11:27.110><c> in</c><00:11:27.470><c> all</c><00:11:27.750><c> facets</c><00:11:28.129><c> of</c><00:11:28.429><c> life,</c><00:11:28.669><c> and</c><00:11:28.809><c> so</c><00:11:28.929><c> in</c><00:11:29.149><c> ecclesial</c><00:11:29.529><c> life,</c>

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we'll<00:11:34.850><c> then</c><00:11:35.090><c> be</c><00:11:35.370><c> thankful</c><00:11:35.690><c> and</c><00:11:35.990><c> work</c><00:11:36.330><c> with</c><00:11:36.590><c> it.</c>

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socialists,<00:11:46.610><c> really.</c>

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And<00:11:47.730><c> therefore</c><00:11:47.950><c> they</c><00:11:48.110><c> want</c><00:11:48.389><c> private</c><00:11:48.789><c> schools</c><00:11:49.029><c> to</c><00:11:49.289><c> start</c>

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And<00:11:53.210><c> they're</c><00:11:53.490><c> vague</c><00:11:53.769><c> assessment</c><00:11:54.169><c> of</c><00:11:54.389><c> that.</c>

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We<00:11:59.389><c> don't</c><00:11:59.470><c> really</c><00:11:59.669><c> want</c><00:11:59.809><c> that.</c><00:12:00.009><c> You</c><00:12:00.110><c> go</c><00:12:00.370><c> ahead.</c><00:12:00.669><c> We'll</c><00:12:00.850><c> help</c><00:12:01.049><c> you.</c>

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So<00:12:02.049><c> it's</c><00:12:02.289><c> been</c><00:12:02.450><c> our</c><00:12:02.629><c> blessing,</c><00:12:02.970><c> hasn't</c><00:12:03.230><c> it,</c><00:12:03.309><c> to</c><00:12:03.509><c> have</c><00:12:03.669><c> that</c><00:12:03.870><c> opportunity.</c>

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We're<00:12:04.789><c> wisely</c><00:12:05.029><c> afforded</c><00:12:05.389><c> to</c><00:12:05.649><c> move</c><00:12:05.870><c> ahead</c><00:12:06.090><c> with</c><00:12:06.250><c> that.</c>

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And<00:12:06.610><c> so</c><00:12:06.730><c> it</c><00:12:06.830><c> is</c><00:12:06.950><c> in</c><00:12:07.110><c> ecclesial</c><00:12:07.409><c> life.</c>

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If<00:12:09.350><c> there's</c><00:12:09.610><c> opportunities</c><00:12:10.149><c> there</c><00:12:10.450><c> and</c><00:12:10.490><c> you</c><00:12:10.690><c> have</c><00:12:10.870><c> them</c><00:12:11.009><c> now,</c>

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Well,<00:12:26.990><c> the</c><00:12:27.149><c> Brethren</c><00:12:27.309><c> had</c><00:12:27.509><c> those</c><00:12:27.830><c> five</c><00:12:28.110><c> years</c>

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But<00:12:32.389><c> now</c><00:12:32.570><c> you</c><00:12:32.690><c> see,</c><00:12:32.889><c> once</c><00:12:32.990><c> he's</c><00:12:33.309><c> released,</c><00:12:34.669><c> it's</c><00:12:35.029><c> about</c><00:12:35.309><c> 63</c>

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And<00:12:45.929><c> the</c><00:12:46.070><c> Apostle</c><00:12:46.330><c> mentions</c><00:12:46.970><c> that</c><00:12:47.669><c> there,</c><00:12:48.149><c> among</c><00:12:48.509><c> other</c><00:12:48.789><c> things,</c>

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So<00:13:04.090><c> he</c><00:13:04.149><c> went</c><00:13:04.370><c> into</c><00:13:05.049><c> the</c><00:13:05.450><c> two</c><00:13:05.710><c> years</c><00:13:06.149><c> and</c><00:13:07.090><c> the</c><00:13:07.389><c> trial</c><00:13:07.610><c> that</c><00:13:07.809><c> took</c>

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There<00:13:11.350><c> was</c><00:13:11.809><c> a</c><00:13:11.990><c> trial</c><00:13:12.149><c> before</c><00:13:12.570><c> Nero</c><00:13:12.990><c> where</c><00:13:13.210><c> the</c><00:13:13.429><c> case</c><00:13:13.590><c> is</c><00:13:13.909><c> heard</c>

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he<00:14:13.950><c> would</c><00:14:14.190><c> return</c><00:14:14.490><c> to</c><00:14:14.710><c> Rome</c><00:14:14.850><c> again.</c>

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then<00:14:24.090><c> who</c><00:14:24.470><c> more</c><00:14:24.809><c> likely</c><00:14:25.169><c> to</c><00:14:25.409><c> be</c><00:14:25.870><c> a</c><00:14:26.169><c> good</c><00:14:26.409><c> suspect</c><00:14:26.830><c> to</c><00:14:27.090><c> capture</c>

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then<00:14:41.929><c> you</c><00:14:42.070><c> can</c><00:14:42.210><c> imagine</c><00:14:42.610><c> that</c><00:14:43.070><c> one</c><00:14:43.250><c> that</c><00:14:43.529><c> bore</c><00:14:43.730><c> the</c><00:14:44.149><c> name</c><00:14:44.409><c> so</c><00:14:44.789><c> prominently</c>

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would<00:14:45.909><c> seem</c><00:14:46.110><c> to</c><00:14:46.269><c> be</c><00:14:46.450><c> a</c><00:14:46.629><c> prize</c><00:14:46.909><c> catch</c><00:14:47.629><c> for</c><00:14:48.049><c> Nero</c><00:14:48.330><c> at</c><00:14:48.610><c> that</c><00:14:48.789><c> time.</c>

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If<00:14:50.250><c> you</c><00:14:50.409><c> come</c><00:14:50.590><c> to</c><00:14:50.710><c> a</c><00:14:50.809><c> little</c><00:14:50.950><c> reference</c><00:14:51.350><c> in</c><00:14:51.990><c> Titus,</c><00:14:53.529><c> just</c><00:14:53.730><c> reflect</c><00:14:54.110><c> upon</c><00:14:54.370><c> this.</c>

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Probably<00:14:59.629><c> still</c><00:14:59.950><c> saying,</c><00:15:00.629><c> where's</c><00:15:00.870><c> the</c><00:15:01.110><c> evidence</c><00:15:01.470><c> that</c><00:15:01.750><c> he</c>

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really<00:15:02.970><c> did</c><00:15:03.409><c> have</c><00:15:04.710><c> those</c><00:15:05.110><c> years</c><00:15:05.570><c> of</c><00:15:05.870><c> release?</c>

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In<00:15:07.909><c> Titus</c><00:15:08.149><c> chapter</c><00:15:08.429><c> 3</c><00:15:08.769><c> verse</c><00:15:09.149><c> 12,</c><00:15:11.950><c> he</c><00:15:12.009><c> has</c><00:15:12.169><c> a</c><00:15:12.370><c> few</c><00:15:13.110><c> comments</c>

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about<00:15:14.350><c> travel</c><00:15:14.889><c> and</c><00:15:15.230><c> movements.</c>

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When<00:15:17.809><c> I</c><00:15:18.129><c> shall</c><00:15:18.309><c> send</c><00:15:18.789><c> Artemis</c><00:15:19.450><c> unto</c><00:15:19.789><c> thee,</c><00:15:20.669><c> or</c><00:15:20.669><c> Titicus,</c>

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heard<00:15:23.809><c> of</c><00:15:23.950><c> them</c><00:15:24.049><c> before?</c><00:15:24.690><c> Heard</c><00:15:24.750><c> of</c><00:15:24.950><c> Artemis?</c>

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Be<00:15:26.730><c> diligent</c><00:15:27.169><c> to</c><00:15:27.529><c> come</c><00:15:27.830><c> unto</c><00:15:28.190><c> me</c><00:15:28.509><c> to</c><00:15:28.870><c> Nicopolis,</c>

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for<00:15:32.610><c> I</c><00:15:32.850><c> have</c><00:15:33.090><c> determined</c><00:15:33.870><c> there</c><00:15:34.529><c> to</c><00:15:34.889><c> winter.</c>

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Nicopolis<00:15:37.090><c> is</c><00:15:37.330><c> on</c><00:15:37.490><c> the</c><00:15:37.710><c> west</c><00:15:38.009><c> coast</c><00:15:38.409><c> of</c><00:15:39.549><c> the</c><00:15:39.830><c> Macedonian</c><00:15:40.409><c> peninsula,</c>

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not<00:15:42.629><c> far</c><00:15:42.909><c> from</c><00:15:43.149><c> Kosovo,</c><00:15:43.789><c> in</c><00:15:44.070><c> actual</c><00:15:44.350><c> fact,</c>

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as<00:15:45.269><c> we've</c><00:15:45.830><c> come</c><00:15:45.970><c> to</c><00:15:46.190><c> find</c><00:15:46.330><c> that</c><00:15:46.570><c> place</c><00:15:46.730><c> on</c><00:15:46.990><c> the</c><00:15:47.049><c> map</c><00:15:47.169><c> in</c><00:15:47.370><c> recent</c><00:15:47.669><c> times.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:50.190><c> there's</c><00:15:50.330><c> nothing</c><00:15:50.509><c> in</c><00:15:50.629><c> the</c><00:15:50.750><c> Acts</c><00:15:50.870><c> of</c><00:15:51.529><c> the</c><00:15:51.629><c> Apostles</c><00:15:52.029><c> about</c>

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Nicopolis,<00:15:52.950><c> is</c><00:15:53.129><c> there?</c>

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But<00:15:55.450><c> he</c><00:15:55.570><c> says,</c><00:15:56.029><c> I</c><00:15:56.029><c> have</c><00:15:56.330><c> determined</c><00:15:56.870><c> to</c><00:15:57.250><c> winter</c><00:15:57.610><c> in</c><00:15:57.870><c> Nicopolis.</c>

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So<00:16:00.049><c> that's</c><00:16:00.230><c> interesting.</c>

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That's<00:16:01.250><c> an</c><00:16:01.409><c> entirely</c><00:16:01.950><c> different</c><00:16:02.870><c> itinerary</c><00:16:03.570><c> to</c><00:16:03.769><c> anything</c><00:16:04.129><c> we'll</c><00:16:04.450><c> find</c><00:16:04.649><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:04.909><c> Acts</c><00:16:05.009><c> of</c><00:16:05.149><c> the</c><00:16:05.250><c> Apostles.</c>

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And<00:16:07.570><c> we</c><00:16:07.649><c> haven't</c><00:16:07.850><c> met</c><00:16:08.090><c> Artemis</c><00:16:08.470><c> before.</c><00:16:08.889><c> Who's</c><00:16:09.169><c> he?</c>

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So<00:16:10.889><c> there's</c><00:16:11.110><c> some</c><00:16:11.409><c> changes</c><00:16:11.789><c> in</c><00:16:11.970><c> the</c><00:16:12.169><c> team.</c>

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And<00:16:13.610><c> who's</c><00:16:14.250><c> Zenos,</c><00:16:14.889><c> verse</c><00:16:15.090><c> 13,</c><00:16:15.470><c> the</c><00:16:15.649><c> lawyer,</c>

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and<00:16:18.490><c> Apollos</c><00:16:19.129><c> on</c><00:16:19.470><c> their</c><00:16:19.750><c> journey</c><00:16:20.110><c> diligently,</c><00:16:20.889><c> that</c><00:16:21.289><c> nothing</c>

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be<00:16:21.970><c> wanting</c><00:16:22.409><c> unto</c><00:16:22.750><c> them?</c>

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There's<00:16:24.350><c> also</c><00:16:24.549><c> nothing</c><00:16:24.889><c> about</c><00:16:25.230><c> that</c><00:16:25.509><c> in</c><00:16:26.309><c> the</c><00:16:26.470><c> Acts</c><00:16:26.629><c> of</c><00:16:26.809><c> the</c><00:16:26.970><c> Apostles</c><00:16:27.269><c> at</c>

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all,<00:16:27.590><c> is</c><00:16:27.750><c> there?</c>

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And<00:16:29.350><c> he</c><00:16:29.470><c> says,</c><00:16:31.330><c> bring</c><00:16:31.730><c> Zenos</c><00:16:32.529><c> and</c><00:16:33.549><c> Apollos</c><00:16:34.129><c> on</c><00:16:34.549><c> their</c><00:16:34.889><c> journey,</c><00:16:35.429><c> that</c><00:16:35.629><c> nothing</c><00:16:35.950><c> be</c>

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wanting<00:16:36.649><c> unto</c><00:16:37.129><c> them.</c>

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So<00:16:38.889><c> they</c><00:16:39.210><c> were</c><00:16:39.409><c> moving</c><00:16:39.669><c> about,</c><00:16:40.009><c> too.</c>

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So<00:16:41.110><c> there's</c><00:16:41.830><c> obviously</c><00:16:42.230><c> things</c><00:16:42.649><c> there</c><00:16:43.070><c> that</c><00:16:43.789><c> are</c><00:16:44.149><c> not</c><00:16:44.370><c> related</c><00:16:44.769><c> to</c><00:16:44.970><c> the</c>

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time<00:16:45.710><c> of</c><00:16:46.090><c> the</c><00:16:46.250><c> Acts</c><00:16:46.490><c> of</c><00:16:46.690><c> the</c><00:16:46.889><c> Apostles.</c>

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Perhaps<00:16:50.529><c> it</c><00:16:51.169><c> might</c><00:16:51.470><c> be</c><00:16:51.769><c> that</c><00:16:52.009><c> Titicus</c><00:16:52.370><c> or</c><00:16:52.750><c> Artemis</c><00:16:53.509><c> would</c><00:16:53.730><c> be</c>

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the<00:16:54.169><c> standing</c><00:16:54.409><c> for</c><00:16:54.730><c> Titus</c><00:16:55.549><c> when</c><00:16:56.009><c> he</c><00:16:56.289><c> came</c><00:16:56.509><c> to</c><00:16:56.690><c> Nicopolis.</c>

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Paul<00:16:57.830><c> wants</c><00:16:58.350><c> Titus</c><00:16:58.809><c> to</c><00:16:59.049><c> come</c><00:16:59.250><c> to</c><00:16:59.370><c> Nicopolis.</c>

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Be<00:17:02.190><c> diligent</c><00:17:02.529><c> to</c><00:17:02.750><c> come</c><00:17:02.909><c> unto</c><00:17:03.090><c> me</c><00:17:03.289><c> to</c><00:17:03.409><c> Nicopolis.</c>

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I'll<00:17:05.029><c> be</c><00:17:05.089><c> there</c><00:17:05.269><c> in</c><00:17:05.450><c> wintertime.</c>

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And<00:17:06.589><c> when</c><00:17:06.730><c> you</c><00:17:06.930><c> come,</c><00:17:07.250><c> bring</c><00:17:07.349><c> these</c><00:17:07.890><c> two.</c>

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Perhaps<00:17:09.569><c> they</c><00:17:09.829><c> were</c><00:17:09.990><c> people</c><00:17:10.549><c> who</c><00:17:11.109><c> were</c><00:17:11.289><c> being</c><00:17:11.630><c> prepared</c><00:17:12.410><c> for</c>

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the<00:17:13.150><c> work.</c>

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Perhaps<00:17:14.069><c> Artemis</c><00:17:14.609><c> or</c><00:17:14.769><c> Titicus</c><00:17:15.250><c> would</c><00:17:16.450><c> replace</c><00:17:16.970><c> Titus</c><00:17:17.609><c> when</c>

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he<00:17:18.690><c> had</c><00:17:18.910><c> this</c><00:17:19.210><c> break</c>

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and<00:17:19.509><c> came</c><00:17:19.769><c> to</c><00:17:19.930><c> the</c><00:17:20.109><c> Apostle</c><00:17:20.450><c> Paul</c><00:17:21.289><c> in</c><00:17:21.890><c> Nicopolis.</c>

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There<00:17:23.150><c> are</c><00:17:23.450><c> little</c><00:17:23.750><c> interesting</c><00:17:24.190><c> things</c><00:17:24.569><c> to</c><00:17:24.769><c> think</c><00:17:24.950><c> about,</c>

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because<00:17:25.450><c> obviously</c><00:17:26.269><c> that's</c><00:17:26.869><c> not</c><00:17:27.089><c> related</c><00:17:27.470><c> to</c><00:17:27.690><c> the</c><00:17:27.910><c> time</c><00:17:28.049><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:28.390><c> Acts</c><00:17:28.549><c> of</c><00:17:28.690><c> the</c><00:17:28.809><c> Apostles.</c>

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And<00:17:30.670><c> so</c><00:17:30.849><c> the</c><00:17:31.150><c> natural</c><00:17:32.089><c> understanding</c><00:17:32.769><c> is</c><00:17:33.130><c> that</c><00:17:33.269><c> he</c><00:17:33.430><c> must</c><00:17:33.670><c> have</c>

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been<00:17:34.009><c> released.</c>

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And<00:17:34.569><c> history</c><00:17:34.950><c> seems</c><00:17:35.349><c> to</c><00:17:35.730><c> accord</c><00:17:36.049><c> with</c><00:17:36.470><c> that.</c>

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In<00:17:39.470><c> the</c><00:17:39.730><c> 2nd</c><00:17:40.069><c> Timothy</c><00:17:40.269><c> chapter</c><00:17:40.730><c> 4,</c><00:17:44.849><c> there</c><00:17:44.869><c> are</c><00:17:45.089><c> other</c><00:17:45.309><c> details</c>

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here<00:17:46.190><c> in</c><00:17:46.329><c> verse</c><00:17:46.569><c> 20</c>

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that<00:17:48.230><c> again</c><00:17:48.609><c> don't</c><00:17:48.890><c> seem</c><00:17:49.109><c> to</c><00:17:49.250><c> fit</c><00:17:49.349><c> anything</c><00:17:49.750><c> that</c><00:17:49.990><c> we've</c><00:17:50.250><c> got</c>

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in<00:17:50.630><c> the</c><00:17:50.789><c> Acts</c><00:17:50.910><c> of</c><00:17:51.109><c> the</c><00:17:51.269><c> Apostles.</c>

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And<00:17:54.829><c> the</c><00:17:55.029><c> whole</c><00:17:55.250><c> atmosphere</c><00:17:55.750><c> of</c><00:17:56.009><c> 2nd</c><00:17:56.309><c> Timothy</c><00:17:56.670><c> is</c><00:17:57.210><c> one</c><00:17:57.730><c> in</c><00:17:58.029><c> his</c>

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very<00:17:58.609><c> last</c><00:17:58.970><c> days,</c><00:17:59.410><c> their</c><00:17:59.529><c> last</c><00:17:59.950><c> words.</c>

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2nd<00:18:01.190><c> Timothy</c><00:18:01.390><c> is</c><00:18:01.569><c> a</c><00:18:01.690><c> very</c><00:18:02.049><c> precious</c><00:18:02.369><c> epistle.</c>

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It<00:18:03.950><c> has</c><00:18:04.269><c> insights</c><00:18:04.769><c> into</c><00:18:05.049><c> the</c><00:18:05.309><c> Apostle</c><00:18:05.750><c> Paul</c><00:18:05.970><c> that</c><00:18:07.269><c> in</c><00:18:07.710><c> some</c><00:18:07.890><c> way</c><00:18:08.009><c> is</c>

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very<00:18:08.430><c> special.</c>

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But<00:18:09.089><c> in</c><00:18:09.430><c> 2nd</c><00:18:10.309><c> Timothy</c><00:18:10.490><c> 4</c><00:18:10.769><c> verse</c><00:18:11.029><c> 20</c><00:18:11.289><c> he</c><00:18:11.430><c> says,</c>

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Erastus<00:18:14.849><c> abode</c><00:18:15.529><c> at</c><00:18:15.990><c> Corinth.</c>

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He's<00:18:17.990><c> writing</c><00:18:18.230><c> to</c><00:18:18.490><c> Timothy</c><00:18:18.789><c> who's</c><00:18:19.049><c> in</c><00:18:19.289><c> Ephesus</c>

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and<00:18:20.710><c> he</c><00:18:20.950><c> speaks</c><00:18:21.150><c> about</c><00:18:21.569><c> Erastus</c><00:18:23.410><c> who</c><00:18:25.650><c> abode</c><00:18:26.210><c> at</c><00:18:26.609><c> Corinth.</c>

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But<00:18:29.829><c> Trophimus</c><00:18:30.470><c> have</c><00:18:30.690><c> I</c><00:18:30.910><c> left</c><00:18:31.190><c> at</c><00:18:31.549><c> Miletum</c><00:18:32.410><c> sick.</c>

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Well<00:18:34.730><c> he</c><00:18:34.849><c> was</c><00:18:35.109><c> at</c><00:18:35.329><c> Miletum</c><00:18:35.890><c> when</c><00:18:36.210><c> in</c><00:18:36.450><c> Acts</c><00:18:36.670><c> 20</c><00:18:37.049><c> he</c><00:18:37.269><c> spoke</c><00:18:37.509><c> to</c><00:18:37.730><c> the</c><00:18:38.329><c> elders</c><00:18:38.650><c> of</c><00:18:38.950><c> Ephesus,</c>

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but<00:18:40.049><c> these</c><00:18:40.410><c> circumstances</c><00:18:41.190><c> don't</c><00:18:42.190><c> accord</c><00:18:42.529><c> with</c><00:18:42.750><c> that.</c>

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So<00:18:45.910><c> he</c><00:18:46.049><c> obviously</c><00:18:46.450><c> therefore</c><00:18:46.930><c> went</c><00:18:47.250><c> to</c><00:18:47.589><c> Miletus</c><00:18:48.210><c> and</c><00:18:48.950><c> he</c><00:18:49.069><c> went</c>

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to<00:18:49.529><c> Corinth</c>

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and<00:18:49.950><c> they're</c><00:18:50.130><c> on</c><00:18:50.289><c> opposite</c><00:18:50.609><c> sides</c><00:18:51.029><c> of</c><00:18:51.210><c> the</c><00:18:51.369><c> Aegean</c><00:18:51.809><c> Sea.</c>

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And<00:18:53.950><c> at</c><00:18:54.150><c> this</c><00:18:54.450><c> sort</c><00:18:54.609><c> of</c><00:18:54.849><c> time</c><00:18:55.089><c> is</c><00:18:55.450><c> obviously</c><00:18:55.869><c> a</c><00:18:56.130><c> recent</c><00:18:56.509><c> detail.</c>

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So<00:18:58.589><c> this</c><00:18:58.769><c> isn't</c><00:18:59.049><c> related</c><00:18:59.470><c> to</c><00:19:00.089><c> things</c><00:19:00.430><c> mentioned</c><00:19:00.869><c> in</c><00:19:01.170><c> the</c><00:19:01.289><c> Acts</c>

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of<00:19:01.630><c> the</c><00:19:01.789><c> Apostles.</c>

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So<00:19:06.750><c> he</c><00:19:07.430><c> was</c><00:19:07.690><c> a</c><00:19:08.009><c> companion</c><00:19:08.650><c> of</c><00:19:09.490><c> Tychicus</c><00:19:09.869><c> and</c><00:19:10.049><c> they</c><00:19:10.230><c> were</c><00:19:10.390><c> both</c>

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from<00:19:10.950><c> Asia.</c>

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This<00:19:12.529><c> Trophimus</c><00:19:13.069><c> was</c><00:19:13.430><c> a</c><00:19:14.049><c> companion</c><00:19:14.690><c> of</c><00:19:16.730><c> Tychicus</c>

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and<00:19:18.950><c> both</c><00:19:19.210><c> of</c><00:19:19.369><c> them</c><00:19:19.470><c> were</c><00:19:19.690><c> from</c><00:19:20.029><c> Ephesus.</c>

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So<00:19:21.890><c> you</c><00:19:22.230><c> can</c><00:19:22.450><c> see</c><00:19:22.529><c> why</c><00:19:22.710><c> he's</c><00:19:22.890><c> writing</c><00:19:23.190><c> to</c><00:19:23.430><c> Timothy</c><00:19:23.630><c> about</c>

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their<00:19:24.630><c> names.</c>

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And<00:19:27.410><c> so</c><00:19:27.529><c> the</c><00:19:27.609><c> question</c><00:19:27.910><c> really</c><00:19:28.150><c> comes</c><00:19:28.390><c> into</c><00:19:28.609><c> our</c><00:19:28.809><c> mind,</c>

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well<00:19:29.410><c> when</c><00:19:29.789><c> did</c><00:19:30.109><c> this</c><00:19:30.910><c> ability</c><00:19:31.549><c> to</c><00:19:31.849><c> travel</c><00:19:32.109><c> around</c><00:19:32.529><c> cease?</c>

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We<00:19:34.890><c> don't</c><00:19:35.210><c> really</c><00:19:35.529><c> quite</c><00:19:35.730><c> know</c><00:19:35.910><c> when</c><00:19:36.049><c> that</c><00:19:36.349><c> was.</c>

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It<00:19:36.970><c> depends</c><00:19:37.170><c> on</c><00:19:37.549><c> how</c><00:19:37.789><c> long</c><00:19:37.930><c> he</c><00:19:38.109><c> was</c><00:19:38.549><c> under</c><00:19:39.170><c> trial</c><00:19:39.589><c> in</c><00:19:39.789><c> this</c>

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second<00:19:40.250><c> case.</c>

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But<00:19:42.190><c> perhaps</c><00:19:42.549><c> he</c><00:19:42.670><c> had</c><00:19:42.809><c> four</c><00:19:43.029><c> or</c><00:19:43.109><c> five</c><00:19:43.430><c> years</c>

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in<00:19:44.430><c> which</c><00:19:44.569><c> he</c><00:19:44.710><c> was</c><00:19:44.869><c> able</c><00:19:45.109><c> to</c><00:19:45.849><c> use</c><00:19:46.029><c> those</c><00:19:46.410><c> precious</c><00:19:46.769><c> years,</c>

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a<00:19:48.369><c> little</c><00:19:48.609><c> bit</c><00:19:48.789><c> of</c><00:19:48.970><c> sunshine</c><00:19:49.329><c> you</c><00:19:49.450><c> might</c><00:19:49.750><c> say,</c><00:19:50.430><c> in</c><00:19:50.569><c> the</c><00:19:50.769><c> winter</c>

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of<00:19:51.269><c> his</c><00:19:51.509><c> life.</c>

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We<00:19:52.430><c> get</c><00:19:52.690><c> some</c><00:19:53.349><c> lovely</c><00:19:54.150><c> spots</c><00:19:54.630><c> of</c><00:19:54.809><c> sunshine</c><00:19:55.250><c> even</c><00:19:55.470><c> in</c><00:19:55.650><c> winter,</c>

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don't<00:19:56.049><c> we?</c>

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We<00:19:56.450><c> do</c><00:19:56.630><c> at</c><00:19:56.769><c> home</c><00:19:56.970><c> and</c><00:19:57.130><c> I</c><00:19:57.210><c> think</c><00:19:57.369><c> you</c><00:19:57.509><c> do</c><00:19:57.609><c> here</c><00:19:57.829><c> in</c><00:19:58.029><c> Virginia.</c>

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So<00:19:59.130><c> we</c><00:19:59.309><c> might</c><00:19:59.569><c> liken</c><00:19:59.809><c> that</c><00:20:00.069><c> to</c><00:20:00.289><c> just</c><00:20:01.109><c> a</c><00:20:01.549><c> little</c><00:20:01.809><c> burst</c><00:20:02.069><c> of</c><00:20:02.309><c> sunshine</c>

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in<00:20:02.849><c> which</c><00:20:03.049><c> he</c><00:20:03.130><c> was</c><00:20:03.329><c> able</c><00:20:03.609><c> to</c><00:20:03.869><c> move</c><00:20:04.109><c> around</c><00:20:04.509><c> among</c><00:20:04.869><c> his</c><00:20:05.369><c> eccleses</c>

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that<00:20:05.910><c> he</c><00:20:06.130><c> considered</c><00:20:06.450><c> like</c><00:20:06.690><c> his</c><00:20:06.910><c> children.</c>

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He<00:20:08.390><c> didn't</c><00:20:08.609><c> have</c><00:20:08.809><c> natural</c><00:20:09.190><c> children.</c>

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These<00:20:10.089><c> were</c><00:20:10.289><c> his</c><00:20:10.549><c> own</c><00:20:10.869><c> children</c><00:20:11.250><c> as</c><00:20:11.450><c> it</c><00:20:11.609><c> were</c><00:20:11.710><c> in</c><00:20:11.910><c> the</c><00:20:12.089><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:20:13.049><c> he</c><00:20:13.109><c> was</c><00:20:13.250><c> able</c><00:20:13.410><c> therefore</c><00:20:13.730><c> to</c><00:20:13.950><c> move</c><00:20:14.170><c> around</c><00:20:14.450><c> in</c><00:20:14.609><c> these</c>

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different<00:20:14.990><c> areas,</c>

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to<00:20:15.589><c> Crete</c><00:20:15.910><c> and</c><00:20:16.609><c> to</c><00:20:16.910><c> Ephesus</c><00:20:17.210><c> and</c><00:20:17.470><c> Corinth</c>

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and<00:20:17.970><c> no</c><00:20:18.130><c> doubt</c><00:20:18.289><c> many</c><00:20:18.509><c> other</c><00:20:18.730><c> places</c><00:20:19.069><c> in</c><00:20:19.470><c> those</c><00:20:19.730><c> four</c><00:20:19.950><c> or</c><00:20:20.069><c> five</c><00:20:20.329><c> years</c>

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and<00:20:21.470><c> see</c><00:20:21.809><c> his</c><00:20:22.529><c> beloved</c><00:20:22.950><c> eccleses</c><00:20:23.789><c> and</c><00:20:23.930><c> the</c><00:20:24.049><c> brethren</c><00:20:24.269><c> and</c><00:20:24.450><c> sisters,</c>

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many<00:20:25.609><c> of</c><00:20:25.789><c> whom</c><00:20:25.890><c> he</c><00:20:26.049><c> had</c><00:20:26.190><c> actually</c><00:20:26.450><c> brought</c><00:20:26.809><c> into</c><00:20:27.049><c> the</c><00:20:27.369><c> truth.</c>

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Well<00:20:29.289><c> I</c><00:20:29.369><c> wonder</c><00:20:29.589><c> then</c><00:20:29.829><c> how</c><00:20:30.109><c> it</c><00:20:30.390><c> was</c><00:20:31.150><c> that</c><00:20:32.049><c> he</c><00:20:32.190><c> was</c><00:20:32.450><c> brought</c><00:20:32.650><c> to</c>

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Rome<00:20:33.190><c> this</c><00:20:33.509><c> second</c><00:20:33.849><c> time.</c>

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And<00:20:35.069><c> 2</c><00:20:35.190><c> Timothy</c><00:20:35.470><c> is</c><00:20:35.730><c> in</c><00:20:35.910><c> Rome</c><00:20:36.089><c> and</c><00:20:36.170><c> he's</c><00:20:36.430><c> in</c><00:20:36.990><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:20:39.210><c> it's</c><00:20:39.390><c> very</c><00:20:39.650><c> dangerous.</c>

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I<00:20:40.849><c> wonder</c><00:20:41.109><c> how</c><00:20:41.349><c> it</c><00:20:41.690><c> was</c><00:20:42.329><c> that</c><00:20:42.849><c> he</c><00:20:43.009><c> came</c><00:20:43.250><c> to</c><00:20:43.430><c> be</c><00:20:43.589><c> there</c>

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because<00:20:43.930><c> he</c><00:20:44.069><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:44.309><c> have</c><00:20:44.509><c> walked</c><00:20:44.730><c> in</c><00:20:44.950><c> there</c><00:20:45.049><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:20:46.109><c> was</c><00:20:46.309><c> a</c><00:20:46.450><c> marked</c><00:20:46.650><c> man.</c>

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Well<00:20:49.009><c> I</c><00:20:49.109><c> just</c><00:20:49.410><c> suggested</c><00:20:49.829><c> in</c><00:20:50.170><c> verse</c><00:20:50.490><c> 13</c>

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we<00:20:52.390><c> can</c><00:20:52.690><c> start</c><00:20:52.869><c> to</c><00:20:53.049><c> get</c><00:20:53.190><c> behind</c><00:20:53.609><c> that</c><00:20:53.910><c> story.</c>

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He<00:20:57.069><c> says,</c>

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He<00:21:12.730><c> left</c><00:21:13.569><c> a</c><00:21:13.630><c> lot</c><00:21:13.809><c> of</c><00:21:13.950><c> things</c><00:21:14.069><c> behind,</c><00:21:14.609><c> didn't</c><00:21:14.630><c> he?</c>

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I<00:21:17.349><c> mean</c><00:21:17.670><c> travelling</c><00:21:18.089><c> people</c><00:21:18.470><c> do</c><00:21:18.890><c> occasionally</c>

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forget<00:21:20.710><c> to</c><00:21:20.970><c> take</c><00:21:21.789><c> something</c><00:21:22.210><c> on</c><00:21:22.430><c> their</c><00:21:22.809><c> departure.</c>

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Occasionally.

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But<00:21:26.150><c> I</c><00:21:26.269><c> mean</c><00:21:26.410><c> he's</c><00:21:26.650><c> left</c><00:21:26.869><c> the</c><00:21:27.509><c> things</c><00:21:27.509><c> that</c><00:21:27.990><c> are</c><00:21:28.130><c> his</c><00:21:28.349><c> life's</c><00:21:28.769><c> work.</c>

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The<00:21:30.329><c> things</c><00:21:30.490><c> that</c><00:21:30.690><c> are</c><00:21:30.890><c> closest</c><00:21:31.170><c> to</c><00:21:31.410><c> him.</c>

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The<00:21:32.130><c> cloak</c><00:21:32.450><c> that</c><00:21:33.809><c> I</c><00:21:34.029><c> left</c><00:21:34.190><c> at</c><00:21:34.509><c> Troas.</c>

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Did<00:21:36.769><c> he</c><00:21:36.829><c> really</c><00:21:37.049><c> have</c><00:21:37.230><c> to</c><00:21:37.430><c> write</c><00:21:37.849><c> to</c><00:21:38.809><c> hundreds</c><00:21:39.029><c> of</c><00:21:39.230><c> miles</c><00:21:39.450><c> away</c>

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and<00:21:39.750><c> say</c><00:21:39.829><c> look</c><00:21:40.069><c> can</c><00:21:40.309><c> you</c><00:21:40.529><c> please</c><00:21:40.769><c> remember</c><00:21:41.170><c> my</c><00:21:42.009><c> coat?</c>

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Didn't<00:21:44.710><c> he</c><00:21:44.769><c> have</c><00:21:44.869><c> another</c><00:21:45.130><c> coat?</c>

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Couldn't<00:21:48.089><c> the</c><00:21:48.269><c> brethren</c><00:21:48.470><c> and</c><00:21:48.670><c> sisters</c><00:21:48.849><c> at</c><00:21:49.950><c> Rome</c><00:21:50.289><c> have</c><00:21:50.529><c> provided</c><00:21:50.950><c> him</c><00:21:51.190><c> with</c><00:21:51.369><c> a</c><00:21:51.650><c> cloak?</c>

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Why<00:21:52.130><c> does</c><00:21:52.269><c> he</c><00:21:52.470><c> ever</c><00:21:52.630><c> have</c><00:21:52.769><c> to</c><00:21:53.009><c> write</c><00:21:53.289><c> to</c><00:21:53.349><c> them</c><00:21:53.549><c> and</c><00:21:53.789><c> say</c>

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would<00:21:54.710><c> you</c><00:21:54.970><c> please</c><00:21:55.230><c> bring</c><00:21:55.369><c> my</c><00:21:55.630><c> coat?</c>

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Because<00:21:56.269><c> I</c><00:21:56.430><c> mean</c><00:21:56.509><c> it</c><00:21:56.630><c> wasn't</c><00:21:56.930><c> a</c><00:21:57.009><c> matter</c><00:21:57.170><c> of</c><00:21:57.490><c> having</c><00:21:57.690><c> lots</c><00:21:57.930><c> of</c><00:21:59.150><c> things</c>

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that<00:22:01.170><c> Timothy</c><00:22:01.549><c> could</c><00:22:01.829><c> bring.</c>

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He<00:22:02.410><c> wasn't</c><00:22:02.609><c> bringing</c><00:22:02.809><c> a</c><00:22:04.029><c> big</c><00:22:04.349><c> case</c><00:22:05.349><c> of</c><00:22:06.529><c> clothes</c><00:22:06.869><c> and</c><00:22:07.369><c> possessions,</c><00:22:07.910><c> was</c><00:22:08.069><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:22:10.029><c> got</c><00:22:10.109><c> to</c><00:22:10.309><c> bring</c><00:22:10.470><c> this</c><00:22:10.769><c> cloak</c><00:22:10.930><c> all</c><00:22:11.349><c> the</c><00:22:11.529><c> way.</c>

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And<00:22:12.829><c> what</c><00:22:13.130><c> you</c><00:22:13.250><c> would</c><00:22:13.410><c> have</c><00:22:13.509><c> thought</c><00:22:13.650><c> the</c><00:22:13.829><c> Apostle</c><00:22:14.150><c> Paul</c>

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would<00:22:14.549><c> never</c><00:22:14.849><c> leave</c><00:22:15.089><c> behind.</c>

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The<00:22:15.690><c> books</c><00:22:15.990><c> but</c><00:22:16.230><c> especially</c><00:22:17.009><c> the</c><00:22:17.849><c> parchments.</c>

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There's<00:22:20.549><c> no</c><00:22:20.769><c> evidence</c><00:22:21.109><c> anywhere</c><00:22:21.509><c> else</c><00:22:21.809><c> that</c><00:22:22.109><c> the</c><00:22:22.309><c> Apostle</c>

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Paul<00:22:22.849><c> was</c><00:22:23.150><c> forgetful</c>

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or<00:22:25.170><c> that</c><00:22:25.329><c> he</c><00:22:25.470><c> was</c><00:22:25.710><c> inclined</c><00:22:26.170><c> to</c><00:22:26.789><c> leave</c><00:22:27.130><c> things</c><00:22:27.509><c> behind.</c>

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And<00:22:30.170><c> besides</c><00:22:30.490><c> it</c><00:22:30.609><c> was</c><00:22:31.349><c> no</c><00:22:31.509><c> doubt</c><00:22:31.809><c> part</c><00:22:32.150><c> of</c><00:22:32.289><c> the</c><00:22:32.470><c> responsibility</c>

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those<00:22:33.309><c> who</c><00:22:33.509><c> went</c><00:22:33.630><c> with</c><00:22:33.809><c> him.</c>

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There<00:22:34.950><c> was</c><00:22:34.950><c> always</c><00:22:35.190><c> someone,</c><00:22:35.789><c> Titus</c><00:22:36.109><c> or</c><00:22:36.430><c> Timothy</c><00:22:37.130><c> or</c><00:22:38.190><c> Titicus</c>

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or<00:22:40.369><c> Aristarchus</c><00:22:41.049><c> or</c><00:22:41.250><c> Luke</c><00:22:41.650><c> who</c><00:22:42.609><c> would</c><00:22:42.730><c> look</c><00:22:42.930><c> after</c><00:22:43.269><c> those</c><00:22:43.670><c> things.</c>

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Why<00:22:47.049><c> then</c><00:22:47.349><c> do</c><00:22:47.509><c> you</c><00:22:47.569><c> think</c><00:22:48.390><c> in</c><00:22:49.150><c> verse</c><00:22:49.410><c> 13</c>

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he<00:22:50.569><c> has</c><00:22:50.710><c> suddenly</c><00:22:51.210><c> left</c><00:22:51.670><c> behind</c><00:22:52.750><c> his</c><00:22:53.609><c> most</c><00:22:54.029><c> traded</c><00:22:54.309><c> things?</c>

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Well,<00:23:03.650><c> where</c><00:23:03.930><c> was</c><00:23:04.269><c> Carpus?</c>

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Carpus<00:23:07.609><c> was</c><00:23:07.869><c> on</c><00:23:08.910><c> the</c><00:23:10.910><c> western</c><00:23:11.730><c> coast</c><00:23:12.109><c> of</c><00:23:12.269><c> what</c><00:23:12.410><c> we</c><00:23:12.650><c> would</c><00:23:12.809><c> call</c><00:23:12.990><c> Turkey.</c>

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Do<00:23:13.410><c> you</c><00:23:13.769><c> mind</c><00:23:13.970><c> just</c><00:23:14.210><c> having</c><00:23:14.349><c> a</c><00:23:14.410><c> look</c><00:23:14.569><c> at</c><00:23:14.730><c> our</c><00:23:14.910><c> maps?</c>

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I<00:23:15.369><c> know</c><00:23:15.549><c> this</c><00:23:15.789><c> is</c><00:23:16.650><c> exhortation</c><00:23:17.150><c> but</c><00:23:17.309><c> it</c><00:23:17.509><c> just</c><00:23:17.690><c> helps</c><00:23:17.910><c> to</c><00:23:18.190><c> just</c>

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see<00:23:18.630><c> it</c><00:23:18.789><c> in</c><00:23:18.910><c> your</c><00:23:19.089><c> mind's</c><00:23:19.490><c> eye.</c>

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We're<00:23:24.470><c> looking</c><00:23:24.670><c> at</c><00:23:24.910><c> the</c><00:23:26.089><c> western</c><00:23:26.589><c> coast</c><00:23:27.089><c> of</c><00:23:27.589><c> Turkey</c>

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and<00:23:32.410><c> it's</c><00:23:32.890><c> on</c><00:23:33.109><c> the</c><00:23:33.390><c> Aegean</c><00:23:33.769><c> Sea.</c>

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You<00:23:40.109><c> can</c><00:23:40.630><c> see</c><00:23:40.869><c> Ephesus</c><00:23:41.309><c> there</c><00:23:42.049><c> on</c><00:23:42.990><c> the</c><00:23:43.170><c> same</c><00:23:43.390><c> coast</c>

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but<00:23:44.089><c> further</c><00:23:44.349><c> south</c><00:23:44.809><c> about</c><00:23:45.329><c> 150</c><00:23:45.950><c> miles</c><00:23:46.450><c> further</c><00:23:46.990><c> south.</c>

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And<00:23:48.910><c> there</c><00:23:49.130><c> is</c><00:23:49.410><c> Troas</c><00:23:50.150><c> just</c><00:23:50.990><c> before</c><00:23:51.349><c> you</c><00:23:51.609><c> start</c><00:23:51.769><c> to</c><00:23:51.950><c> go</c><00:23:52.069><c> around</c>

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the<00:23:52.470><c> top</c><00:23:52.609><c> of</c><00:23:52.849><c> the</c><00:23:52.970><c> Aegean</c><00:23:53.329><c> Sea</c>

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where<00:23:54.569><c> up</c><00:23:54.710><c> the</c><00:23:54.869><c> top</c><00:23:55.029><c> is</c><00:23:55.309><c> Philippi</c><00:23:55.910><c> and</c><00:23:56.109><c> so</c><00:23:56.289><c> on.</c>

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Paul<00:23:57.910><c> had</c><00:23:58.069><c> been</c><00:23:58.210><c> to</c><00:23:58.450><c> Troas</c><00:23:58.670><c> before</c><00:23:59.069><c> hadn't</c><00:23:59.309><c> he?</c>

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We<00:23:59.609><c> know</c><00:23:59.769><c> he</c><00:23:59.950><c> had</c><00:24:00.049><c> been</c><00:24:00.210><c> there</c><00:24:00.670><c> in</c><00:24:01.170><c> earlier</c><00:24:01.369><c> time.</c>

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That's<00:24:04.089><c> where</c><00:24:04.250><c> he</c><00:24:04.390><c> received</c><00:24:04.890><c> the</c><00:24:05.309><c> vision</c><00:24:05.549><c> of</c><00:24:05.750><c> the</c><00:24:05.890><c> man</c><00:24:06.029><c> of</c><00:24:06.250><c> Macedonia</c><00:24:06.910><c> at</c><00:24:07.309><c> Troas.</c>

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It's<00:24:09.450><c> the</c><00:24:09.589><c> ancient</c><00:24:09.930><c> Troy</c><00:24:10.369><c> that</c><00:24:10.730><c> we</c><00:24:10.950><c> read</c><00:24:11.109><c> about</c><00:24:11.430><c> in</c><00:24:11.710><c> the</c><00:24:11.809><c> Greek</c><00:24:11.970><c> history.</c>

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Don't<00:24:15.349><c> you</c><00:24:15.609><c> think,</c><00:24:17.890><c> notice</c><00:24:18.269><c> that</c><00:24:18.670><c> he's</c><00:24:18.869><c> very</c><00:24:19.250><c> close</c><00:24:19.450><c> to</c><00:24:19.690><c> Asia</c>

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and<00:24:20.109><c> not</c><00:24:20.309><c> too</c><00:24:20.569><c> far</c><00:24:20.750><c> away</c><00:24:20.950><c> at</c><00:24:21.150><c> all</c><00:24:21.410><c> from</c><00:24:21.930><c> Ephesus.</c>

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The<00:24:22.630><c> likelihood</c><00:24:22.970><c> is</c><00:24:23.289><c> that</c><00:24:23.390><c> he</c><00:24:23.529><c> was</c><00:24:23.769><c> in</c><00:24:24.029><c> Ephesus</c><00:24:24.390><c> earlier.</c>

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Is<00:24:25.690><c> that</c><00:24:25.849><c> reasonable?</c>

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Which<00:24:26.589><c> of</c><00:24:26.789><c> course</c><00:24:27.170><c> is</c><00:24:27.509><c> where</c><00:24:27.710><c> Timothy</c><00:24:28.069><c> is</c><00:24:28.869><c> when</c><00:24:29.410><c> he's</c><00:24:29.630><c> writing</c>

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this<00:24:30.130><c> epistle.</c>

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And<00:24:32.089><c> when</c><00:24:32.269><c> he</c><00:24:32.369><c> was</c><00:24:32.569><c> at</c><00:24:32.869><c> Troas</c><00:24:33.130><c> he</c><00:24:33.230><c> left</c><00:24:33.430><c> all</c><00:24:33.589><c> those</c><00:24:33.750><c> things</c><00:24:33.910><c> behind.</c>

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He<00:24:35.890><c> had</c><00:24:35.970><c> been</c><00:24:36.190><c> stopping</c><00:24:36.369><c> in</c><00:24:36.529><c> the</c><00:24:36.710><c> house</c><00:24:37.049><c> of</c><00:24:37.309><c> one</c><00:24:38.710><c> Carpus.</c>

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I<00:24:41.569><c> suggest</c><00:24:41.910><c> that</c><00:24:42.190><c> the</c><00:24:42.549><c> mention</c><00:24:42.869><c> of</c><00:24:43.089><c> those</c><00:24:43.529><c> things</c>

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and<00:24:44.250><c> being</c><00:24:44.450><c> the</c><00:24:44.569><c> most</c><00:24:45.569><c> treasured</c><00:24:46.069><c> possessions</c><00:24:46.390><c> he</c><00:24:46.690><c> had</c>

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indicates<00:24:47.950><c> that</c><00:24:48.170><c> it</c><00:24:48.349><c> was</c><00:24:48.630><c> a</c><00:24:48.829><c> hasty</c><00:24:49.289><c> departure.</c>

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If<00:24:51.390><c> there</c><00:24:51.549><c> was</c><00:24:51.750><c> anything</c><00:24:52.230><c> the</c><00:24:52.569><c> Apostle</c><00:24:52.910><c> Paul</c><00:24:53.329><c> would</c><00:24:54.410><c> have</c><00:24:54.470><c> gone</c><00:24:54.630><c> back</c><00:24:54.910><c> into</c><00:24:55.089><c> the</c>

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house<00:24:55.490><c> to</c><00:24:55.690><c> get</c>

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it<00:24:55.970><c> would</c><00:24:56.109><c> have</c><00:24:56.289><c> been</c><00:24:57.009><c> the</c><00:24:57.289><c> books</c><00:24:57.509><c> and</c><00:24:57.710><c> the</c><00:24:57.849><c> parchments,</c><00:24:58.250><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:58.450><c> it?</c>

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His<00:25:00.789><c> Bible</c><00:25:01.190><c> he</c><00:25:01.549><c> left</c><00:25:01.690><c> behind.</c>

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The<00:25:02.650><c> Apostle</c><00:25:03.049><c> Paul</c><00:25:03.309><c> leaving</c><00:25:03.730><c> his</c><00:25:04.029><c> Bible.</c>

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Why<00:25:08.369><c> would</c><00:25:08.509><c> he</c><00:25:08.650><c> leave</c><00:25:08.890><c> in</c><00:25:09.089><c> such</c><00:25:10.130><c> haste?</c>

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Not<00:25:12.390><c> because</c><00:25:12.589><c> he</c><00:25:12.730><c> wanted</c><00:25:12.990><c> to.</c>

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And<00:25:13.569><c> where</c><00:25:13.650><c> does</c><00:25:13.769><c> he</c><00:25:13.809><c> end</c><00:25:13.990><c> up?</c><00:25:14.109><c> In</c><00:25:14.289><c> Rome.</c>

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Really<00:25:17.170><c> the</c><00:25:17.329><c> sense</c><00:25:17.630><c> of</c><00:25:17.890><c> that,</c><00:25:18.049><c> the</c><00:25:18.150><c> more</c><00:25:18.329><c> you</c><00:25:18.490><c> think</c><00:25:18.690><c> about</c><00:25:18.990><c> it</c>

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is<00:25:19.930><c> that</c><00:25:20.289><c> he</c><00:25:20.549><c> left</c><00:25:20.809><c> those</c><00:25:21.150><c> things</c><00:25:21.329><c> there</c>

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because<00:25:21.750><c> he</c><00:25:21.950><c> didn't</c><00:25:22.150><c> have</c><00:25:22.329><c> opportunity</c><00:25:22.829><c> to</c><00:25:22.990><c> go</c><00:25:23.130><c> back</c><00:25:23.309><c> and</c><00:25:23.430><c> get</c><00:25:23.569><c> them.</c>

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He<00:25:25.089><c> only</c><00:25:25.170><c> had</c><00:25:25.289><c> one</c><00:25:25.609><c> cloak</c><00:25:25.910><c> and</c><00:25:26.109><c> left</c><00:25:26.309><c> that</c><00:25:26.549><c> behind.</c>

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It's<00:25:28.970><c> a</c><00:25:29.029><c> bit</c><00:25:29.109><c> like</c><00:25:29.269><c> the</c><00:25:29.410><c> Lord</c><00:25:29.609><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:30.049><c> didn't</c><00:25:30.190><c> it,</c>

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who<00:25:30.569><c> took</c><00:25:30.809><c> his</c><00:25:32.250><c> garment</c><00:25:32.769><c> right</c><00:25:33.569><c> to</c><00:25:34.210><c> the</c><00:25:34.390><c> place</c><00:25:34.549><c> of</c><00:25:34.730><c> the</c><00:25:34.890><c> cross</c>

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and<00:25:36.390><c> the</c><00:25:36.569><c> soldiers</c><00:25:36.869><c> divided</c><00:25:37.369><c> it.</c>

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People<00:25:40.230><c> would</c><00:25:40.430><c> have</c><00:25:40.549><c> a</c><00:25:40.710><c> whole</c><00:25:40.970><c> lot</c><00:25:41.190><c> of</c><00:25:41.630><c> wardrobe</c><00:25:42.150><c> items.</c>

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Now<00:25:44.650><c> can</c><00:25:44.750><c> you</c><00:25:44.809><c> imagine</c><00:25:45.089><c> for</c><00:25:45.309><c> a</c><00:25:45.470><c> moment</c><00:25:45.650><c> the</c><00:25:45.849><c> Apostle</c><00:25:46.150><c> was</c><00:25:46.309><c> like</c><00:25:46.589><c> that?</c>

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And<00:25:48.490><c> you</c><00:25:48.569><c> know</c><00:25:48.710><c> that</c><00:25:48.869><c> old</c><00:25:49.210><c> cloak</c><00:25:49.369><c> must</c><00:25:49.670><c> have</c><00:25:49.809><c> been</c><00:25:49.950><c> something</c>

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of<00:25:50.549><c> a</c><00:25:50.710><c> symbol</c><00:25:50.930><c> of</c><00:25:51.089><c> his</c><00:25:51.329><c> presence.</c>

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He'd<00:25:53.049><c> come</c><00:25:53.190><c> back</c><00:25:53.410><c> to</c><00:25:53.609><c> Ephesus</c><00:25:53.930><c> and</c><00:25:54.130><c> the</c><00:25:54.250><c> brethren</c><00:25:54.470><c> would</c><00:25:54.650><c> say,</c>

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you<00:25:55.009><c> know,</c><00:25:55.750><c> that's</c><00:25:56.130><c> the</c><00:25:56.349><c> same</c><00:25:56.589><c> old</c><00:25:56.829><c> cloak</c><00:25:57.069><c> he</c><00:25:57.190><c> had</c><00:25:57.269><c> when</c><00:25:57.430><c> he</c>

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came<00:25:57.869><c> four</c><00:25:58.410><c> years</c><00:25:58.670><c> ago,</c>

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three<00:25:59.690><c> years</c><00:25:59.970><c> ago,</c><00:26:00.289><c> whenever</c><00:26:00.430><c> it</c><00:26:00.650><c> might</c><00:26:00.809><c> be.</c>

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Because<00:26:02.170><c> he</c><00:26:02.390><c> wasn't</c><00:26:02.690><c> worried</c><00:26:02.990><c> about</c><00:26:03.349><c> things</c><00:26:03.609><c> in</c><00:26:03.789><c> this</c><00:26:04.009><c> life</c>

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and<00:26:04.430><c> I</c><00:26:04.569><c> suppose</c><00:26:04.769><c> he</c><00:26:04.890><c> was</c><00:26:05.029><c> comfortable</c><00:26:05.410><c> in</c><00:26:05.630><c> that</c><00:26:05.950><c> and</c><00:26:06.450><c> that</c><00:26:06.630><c> was</c><00:26:07.170><c> him.</c>

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And<00:26:09.910><c> so</c><00:26:10.410><c> for</c><00:26:10.930><c> him</c><00:26:11.089><c> to</c><00:26:11.309><c> leave</c><00:26:11.430><c> that</c><00:26:11.730><c> behind</c><00:26:12.150><c> is</c><00:26:12.369><c> really</c><00:26:12.589><c> amazing.</c>

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And<00:26:13.329><c> he</c><00:26:13.369><c> was</c><00:26:13.569><c> going</c><00:26:13.750><c> to</c><00:26:14.130><c> another</c><00:26:14.329><c> place</c><00:26:15.029><c> and</c><00:26:15.470><c> he</c><00:26:15.569><c> was</c><00:26:15.569><c> going</c><00:26:15.730><c> to</c>

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Rome,<00:26:16.509><c> was</c><00:26:16.769><c> he?</c>

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And<00:26:17.849><c> he's</c><00:26:18.009><c> going</c><00:26:18.150><c> to</c><00:26:18.369><c> need</c><00:26:18.369><c> that</c><00:26:18.710><c> cloak,</c><00:26:18.930><c> isn't</c><00:26:19.089><c> he?</c>

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Well<00:26:19.390><c> he</c><00:26:19.450><c> does</c><00:26:19.690><c> need</c><00:26:19.849><c> the</c><00:26:20.069><c> cloak</c><00:26:20.150><c> and</c><00:26:20.230><c> that's</c><00:26:20.450><c> why</c><00:26:20.509><c> he</c><00:26:20.569><c> asks</c><00:26:20.849><c> for</c><00:26:21.069><c> it</c>

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to<00:26:21.309><c> be</c><00:26:21.509><c> brought.</c>

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So<00:26:23.809><c> I</c><00:26:23.970><c> think</c><00:26:24.230><c> there's</c><00:26:25.089><c> a</c><00:26:25.250><c> very</c><00:26:25.730><c> real</c><00:26:26.250><c> sense,</c><00:26:26.609><c> good</c><00:26:26.849><c> sense,</c>

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in<00:26:28.289><c> which</c><00:26:29.190><c> that</c><00:26:29.589><c> was</c><00:26:29.809><c> the</c><00:26:29.990><c> place</c><00:26:30.230><c> in</c><00:26:30.410><c> which</c><00:26:30.630><c> he</c><00:26:30.769><c> was</c><00:26:31.069><c> captured</c>

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through<00:26:33.950><c> the</c><00:26:34.190><c> work</c><00:26:34.329><c> of</c><00:26:34.529><c> some</c><00:26:34.750><c> informer.</c>

00:26:37.009 --> 00:26:39.970
He<00:26:37.130><c> was</c><00:26:37.369><c> the</c><00:26:37.569><c> preeminent</c><00:26:38.130><c> Christian,</c><00:26:38.670><c> he</c><00:26:38.750><c> was</c><00:26:38.950><c> the</c><00:26:39.109><c> preeminent</c><00:26:39.490><c> Apostle</c>

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at<00:26:40.150><c> this</c><00:26:40.390><c> stage</c>

00:26:41.650 --> 00:26:44.710
in<00:26:42.130><c> the</c><00:26:42.369><c> preaching</c><00:26:42.630><c> of</c><00:26:42.869><c> Christ</c><00:26:43.190><c> in</c><00:26:43.490><c> all</c><00:26:43.829><c> the</c><00:26:44.009><c> Roman</c><00:26:44.269><c> world.</c>

00:26:44.970 --> 00:26:47.329
There<00:26:45.049><c> were</c><00:26:45.230><c> other</c><00:26:45.450><c> Apostles</c><00:26:45.970><c> still</c><00:26:46.309><c> alive</c><00:26:46.549><c> at</c><00:26:46.730><c> this</c><00:26:46.890><c> time,</c>

00:26:47.329 --> 00:26:50.369
but<00:26:48.109><c> he</c><00:26:48.329><c> was</c><00:26:48.509><c> the</c><00:26:48.650><c> one</c><00:26:48.849><c> really</c><00:26:49.190><c> that</c><00:26:49.369><c> had</c><00:26:49.589><c> affected</c><00:26:49.869><c> the</c><00:26:50.150><c> Roman</c>

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world<00:26:50.509><c> more</c><00:26:50.849><c> than</c><00:26:51.049><c> any</c><00:26:51.230><c> other</c>

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by<00:26:51.730><c> a</c><00:26:51.890><c> long</c><00:26:52.069><c> chalk.</c>

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And<00:26:54.329><c> so</c><00:26:54.849><c> it's</c><00:26:55.470><c> very</c><00:26:55.769><c> logical</c><00:26:56.190><c> therefore</c><00:26:56.690><c> that</c><00:26:57.009><c> if</c><00:26:57.170><c> he</c><00:26:57.349><c> was</c><00:26:57.650><c> discovered</c><00:26:58.130><c> by</c>

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Roman<00:26:58.970><c> authorities</c>

00:26:59.529 --> 00:27:03.650
or<00:26:59.730><c> if</c><00:26:59.950><c> report</c><00:27:00.250><c> was</c><00:27:00.470><c> brought</c><00:27:00.670><c> against</c><00:27:01.069><c> him</c><00:27:01.490><c> by</c><00:27:01.990><c> some</c><00:27:02.230><c> informer,</c>

00:27:03.990 --> 00:27:09.109
then<00:27:04.150><c> he</c><00:27:04.309><c> would</c><00:27:04.529><c> be</c><00:27:05.390><c> captured</c><00:27:05.890><c> in</c><00:27:06.849><c> that</c><00:27:07.109><c> place</c><00:27:07.670><c> and</c><00:27:08.710><c> taken</c><00:27:08.890><c> off</c>

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quickly<00:27:09.430><c> to</c><00:27:09.750><c> Rome</c>

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and<00:27:10.970><c> once</c><00:27:11.289><c> more</c><00:27:11.430><c> would</c><00:27:11.630><c> find</c><00:27:11.750><c> himself</c><00:27:12.150><c> in</c><00:27:12.470><c> chains.</c>

00:27:14.069 --> 00:27:16.269
And<00:27:14.369><c> we</c><00:27:14.549><c> could</c><00:27:14.690><c> imagine</c><00:27:15.150><c> that</c><00:27:15.450><c> therefore</c><00:27:15.750><c> there</c><00:27:15.950><c> would</c><00:27:16.150><c> be</c>

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great<00:27:16.690><c> grief</c>

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among<00:27:18.529><c> the</c><00:27:18.769><c> brethren</c><00:27:19.009><c> and</c><00:27:19.230><c> sisters</c><00:27:19.549><c> of</c><00:27:19.789><c> that</c><00:27:19.970><c> area,</c>

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especially<00:27:22.130><c> in</c><00:27:23.349><c> Ephesus</c><00:27:24.109><c> and</c><00:27:25.549><c> especially</c><00:27:26.269><c> with</c><00:27:27.210><c> Timothy.</c>

00:27:29.069 --> 00:27:33.329
Perhaps<00:27:29.529><c> that's</c><00:27:29.930><c> the</c><00:27:30.089><c> reason</c><00:27:30.609><c> for</c><00:27:31.509><c> Timothy's</c><00:27:32.210><c> tears</c><00:27:32.450><c> in</c><00:27:33.109><c> the</c>

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first<00:27:33.849><c> chapter.</c>

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But<00:27:39.410><c> Paul</c><00:27:39.630><c> says,</c><00:27:40.049><c> doesn't</c><00:27:40.269><c> he,</c><00:27:40.470><c> in</c><00:27:40.470><c> verse</c><00:27:40.670><c> 4,</c>

00:27:47.670 --> 00:27:50.910
The<00:27:48.190><c> Apostles</c><00:27:48.650><c> come</c><00:27:48.930><c> to</c><00:27:49.109><c> hear</c><00:27:49.269><c> about</c><00:27:49.549><c> that.</c>

00:27:53.529 --> 00:27:56.750
It<00:27:53.730><c> seems</c><00:27:54.109><c> in</c><00:27:54.470><c> the</c><00:27:54.710><c> epistle</c><00:27:55.069><c> that</c><00:27:55.369><c> Timothy</c><00:27:55.730><c> is</c><00:27:55.950><c> sort</c><00:27:56.109><c> of</c><00:27:56.309><c> aware</c>

00:27:56.750 --> 00:27:58.670
of<00:27:56.930><c> what's</c><00:27:57.390><c> happened.</c>

00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:01.309
Paul<00:27:58.710><c> doesn't</c><00:27:58.930><c> have</c><00:27:59.130><c> to</c><00:27:59.269><c> sort</c><00:27:59.390><c> of</c><00:27:59.670><c> fill</c><00:27:59.769><c> it</c><00:27:59.950><c> all</c><00:28:00.089><c> in.</c>

00:28:01.670 --> 00:28:04.990
Timothy<00:28:02.049><c> knew</c><00:28:02.470><c> and</c><00:28:02.829><c> if</c><00:28:03.109><c> it</c><00:28:03.369><c> happened</c><00:28:03.589><c> at</c><00:28:04.369><c> Troas,</c><00:28:04.690><c> which</c><00:28:04.809><c> was</c>

00:28:04.990 --> 00:28:06.029
only<00:28:05.210><c> just</c><00:28:05.390><c> up</c><00:28:05.549><c> the</c><00:28:05.769><c> coast,</c>

00:28:06.210 --> 00:28:08.609
then<00:28:06.349><c> it</c><00:28:06.529><c> all</c><00:28:06.730><c> fits</c><00:28:06.910><c> together</c><00:28:07.309><c> very</c><00:28:07.670><c> well.</c>

00:28:09.410 --> 00:28:11.089
And<00:28:09.970><c> Timothy</c><00:28:10.210><c> must</c><00:28:10.490><c> have</c><00:28:10.609><c> thought</c><00:28:10.809><c> to</c><00:28:10.930><c> himself,</c>

00:28:11.589 --> 00:28:14.470
I<00:28:12.150><c> can't</c><00:28:12.509><c> see</c><00:28:13.009><c> how</c><00:28:13.269><c> it</c><00:28:13.490><c> happened</c><00:28:13.750><c> like</c><00:28:14.049><c> this.</c>

00:28:14.809 --> 00:28:16.329
Look,<00:28:14.970><c> we</c><00:28:15.250><c> needed</c><00:28:15.549><c> the</c><00:28:15.829><c> Apostle</c><00:28:16.170><c> Paul.</c>

00:28:16.329 --> 00:28:18.750
This<00:28:16.589><c> was</c><00:28:16.869><c> the</c><00:28:16.930><c> last</c><00:28:17.289><c> years</c><00:28:17.450><c> of</c><00:28:17.630><c> his</c><00:28:17.849><c> life.</c>

00:28:19.470 --> 00:28:23.049
He<00:28:19.609><c> had</c><00:28:19.809><c> so</c><00:28:20.210><c> much</c><00:28:20.410><c> to</c><00:28:20.690><c> offer</c><00:28:20.829><c> us</c><00:28:21.009><c> at</c><00:28:21.130><c> this</c><00:28:21.410><c> time</c><00:28:21.710><c> of</c><00:28:22.450><c> difficulty</c>

00:28:23.049 --> 00:28:24.809
with<00:28:23.430><c> mad</c><00:28:23.849><c> Nero.</c>

00:28:25.029 --> 00:28:27.750
The<00:28:25.210><c> emperors</c><00:28:25.609><c> changed,</c><00:28:26.109><c> government</c><00:28:26.390><c> has</c><00:28:26.670><c> changed</c><00:28:26.950><c> against</c><00:28:27.430><c> us.</c>

00:28:28.190 --> 00:28:31.150
We've<00:28:28.349><c> got</c><00:28:28.529><c> opposition</c><00:28:28.970><c> from</c><00:28:29.230><c> every</c><00:28:29.430><c> side</c><00:28:29.589><c> and</c><00:28:29.670><c> we</c><00:28:29.829><c> needed</c><00:28:30.049><c> him,</c>

00:28:31.490 --> 00:28:34.289
desperately<00:28:31.869><c> needed</c><00:28:32.210><c> him,</c><00:28:32.450><c> his</c><00:28:32.670><c> advice,</c><00:28:33.089><c> his</c><00:28:33.329><c> encouragement,</c>

00:28:34.650 --> 00:28:37.150
his<00:28:35.049><c> constancy</c><00:28:35.450><c> of</c><00:28:35.750><c> purpose.</c>

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Everywhere<00:28:38.769><c> the</c><00:28:39.049><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:28:39.869><c> growing</c><00:28:40.150><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

00:28:40.750 --> 00:28:42.089
new<00:28:40.950><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:28:42.430 --> 00:28:43.750
You've<00:28:42.549><c> got</c><00:28:42.549><c> all</c><00:28:42.589><c> sorts</c><00:28:42.789><c> of</c><00:28:42.950><c> problems</c><00:28:43.170><c> when</c><00:28:43.329><c> you're</c><00:28:43.509><c> growing,</c>

00:28:43.910 --> 00:28:44.130
don't<00:28:44.029><c> you?</c>

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It's<00:28:44.309><c> a</c><00:28:44.309><c> happy</c><00:28:44.509><c> time,</c><00:28:44.930><c> but</c><00:28:44.970><c> you</c><00:28:45.710><c> get</c><00:28:45.910><c> problems,</c><00:28:46.390><c> new</c><00:28:46.529><c> problems.</c>

00:28:48.990 --> 00:28:50.490
Problems<00:28:49.309><c> are</c><00:28:49.309><c> not</c><00:28:49.529><c> necessarily</c><00:28:49.849><c> a</c><00:28:50.009><c> bad</c><00:28:50.289><c> thing.</c>

00:28:50.569 --> 00:28:53.650
They<00:28:50.650><c> make</c><00:28:50.809><c> us</c><00:28:51.049><c> work,</c><00:28:51.430><c> make</c><00:28:51.609><c> us</c><00:28:51.809><c> think</c><00:28:51.990><c> about</c><00:28:52.470><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:52.829><c> life.</c>

00:28:53.730 --> 00:28:56.829
We<00:28:54.130><c> bring</c><00:28:54.329><c> our</c><00:28:54.509><c> best</c><00:28:54.789><c> resolve</c><00:28:55.269><c> under</c><00:28:55.509><c> God</c><00:28:55.789><c> to</c><00:28:56.230><c> solve</c><00:28:56.589><c> those.</c>

00:28:56.829 --> 00:28:58.930
That's<00:28:57.089><c> the</c><00:28:57.130><c> best</c><00:28:57.349><c> thing</c><00:28:57.490><c> we</c><00:28:57.609><c> can</c><00:28:57.769><c> be</c><00:28:58.250><c> doing</c><00:28:58.450><c> with</c><00:28:58.630><c> our</c><00:28:58.769><c> life.</c>

00:28:59.130 --> 00:29:00.450
When<00:28:59.250><c> we're</c><00:28:59.349><c> doing</c><00:28:59.549><c> that,</c><00:28:59.809><c> we're</c><00:28:59.869><c> not</c><00:28:59.950><c> thinking</c><00:29:00.130><c> about</c><00:29:00.289><c> all</c>

00:29:00.450 --> 00:29:01.470
the<00:29:00.549><c> other</c><00:29:00.690><c> things,</c><00:29:00.890><c> are</c><00:29:01.069><c> we?</c>

00:29:01.470 --> 00:29:03.829
They<00:29:01.890><c> can</c><00:29:02.150><c> crowd</c><00:29:02.329><c> into</c><00:29:02.549><c> our</c><00:29:02.750><c> life.</c><00:29:02.970><c> It's</c><00:29:03.150><c> the</c><00:29:03.210><c> best</c><00:29:03.430><c> thing</c><00:29:03.650><c> in</c>

00:29:03.829 --> 00:29:05.089
a<00:29:03.910><c> way.</c>

00:29:05.490 --> 00:29:08.150
Because<00:29:05.769><c> they</c><00:29:05.890><c> really</c><00:29:06.130><c> make</c><00:29:06.309><c> us</c><00:29:06.509><c> concentrate</c><00:29:06.990><c> upon</c><00:29:07.769><c> our</c>

00:29:08.150 --> 00:29:09.430
ecclesial<00:29:08.470><c> life.</c>

00:29:09.849 --> 00:29:13.170
And<00:29:09.970><c> it's</c><00:29:10.089><c> true,</c><00:29:10.470><c> isn't</c><00:29:10.630><c> it,</c><00:29:11.269><c> that</c><00:29:11.670><c> when</c><00:29:11.970><c> in</c><00:29:12.269><c> trial,</c>

00:29:13.390 --> 00:29:16.450
you<00:29:13.509><c> learn</c><00:29:13.690><c> lessons</c><00:29:14.069><c> you'll</c><00:29:14.410><c> never</c><00:29:14.710><c> learn</c><00:29:14.990><c> outside</c><00:29:15.470><c> of</c><00:29:15.650><c> it.</c>

00:29:16.869 --> 00:29:19.210
You<00:29:17.130><c> just</c><00:29:17.390><c> don't</c><00:29:17.650><c> learn</c><00:29:17.829><c> it</c><00:29:18.029><c> the</c><00:29:18.150><c> same</c><00:29:18.390><c> way.</c>

00:29:19.329 --> 00:29:21.670
When<00:29:19.450><c> the</c><00:29:19.589><c> boat's</c><00:29:19.890><c> going,</c><00:29:20.529><c> the</c><00:29:20.529><c> plane's</c><00:29:20.990><c> sailing,</c>

00:29:22.069 --> 00:29:25.490
you<00:29:22.230><c> never</c><00:29:22.529><c> see</c><00:29:23.410><c> the</c><00:29:23.930><c> things</c><00:29:24.170><c> the</c><00:29:24.450><c> same.</c>

00:29:27.390 --> 00:29:33.309
And<00:29:27.950><c> so</c><00:29:28.190><c> there's</c><00:29:28.970><c> Nero,</c><00:29:30.230><c> in</c><00:29:30.269><c> all</c><00:29:30.269><c> of</c><00:29:30.430><c> his</c><00:29:31.490><c> height</c><00:29:31.869><c> of</c><00:29:32.089><c> his</c><00:29:32.990><c> madness</c>

00:29:33.309 --> 00:29:38.930
and<00:29:33.569><c> of</c><00:29:33.670><c> his</c><00:29:35.650><c> emperorship,</c><00:29:37.450><c> having</c><00:29:37.769><c> his</c><00:29:38.150><c> parties</c><00:29:38.430><c> in</c><00:29:38.650><c> this</c>

00:29:38.930 --> 00:29:40.130
glorious<00:29:39.569><c> new</c><00:29:39.829><c> palace</c>

00:29:40.130 --> 00:29:42.190
that<00:29:40.309><c> he's</c><00:29:40.509><c> started</c><00:29:40.730><c> to</c><00:29:40.930><c> already</c><00:29:41.289><c> build.</c>

00:29:42.349 --> 00:29:45.650
He<00:29:42.630><c> celebrates</c><00:29:43.029><c> it</c><00:29:43.250><c> with</c><00:29:43.869><c> the</c><00:29:44.490><c> lights,</c><00:29:44.769><c> as</c><00:29:44.930><c> I</c><00:29:45.009><c> said</c><00:29:45.170><c> yesterday.</c>

00:29:46.089 --> 00:29:48.450
The<00:29:46.309><c> lights</c><00:29:46.569><c> in</c><00:29:46.750><c> the</c><00:29:46.930><c> garden,</c><00:29:47.289><c> that's</c><00:29:47.529><c> a</c><00:29:47.609><c> beautiful</c><00:29:48.009><c> garden,</c>

00:29:48.670 --> 00:29:49.910
and<00:29:48.750><c> it's</c><00:29:49.029><c> lit.</c>

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And<00:29:50.849><c> it's</c><00:29:51.009><c> the</c><00:29:51.150><c> bodies</c><00:29:51.410><c> of</c><00:29:51.650><c> brothers</c><00:29:51.890><c> and</c><00:29:52.170><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:52.910 --> 00:29:59.410
dipped<00:29:53.809><c> in</c><00:29:54.069><c> oil,</c><00:29:54.589><c> that</c><00:29:54.589><c> becomes</c><00:29:55.369><c> the</c><00:29:56.470><c> means</c><00:29:56.769><c> of</c><00:29:57.069><c> light,</c><00:29:57.730><c> the</c><00:29:57.849><c> lanterns.</c>

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Disgusting<00:30:00.289><c> individual.</c>

00:30:01.390 --> 00:30:03.990
Now<00:30:01.589><c> Peter</c><00:30:01.809><c> wrote</c><00:30:02.089><c> about</c><00:30:02.329><c> this</c><00:30:02.569><c> time,</c><00:30:02.829><c> didn't</c><00:30:02.990><c> he?</c>

00:30:04.430 --> 00:30:09.269
About<00:30:04.650><c> this</c><00:30:04.910><c> very</c><00:30:05.269><c> time,</c><00:30:05.670><c> he</c><00:30:05.750><c> wrote</c><00:30:05.950><c> this,</c><00:30:06.470><c> in</c><00:30:06.569><c> 1</c><00:30:06.750><c> Peter</c><00:30:07.029><c> 4,</c>

00:30:09.329 --> 00:30:11.210
Paul<00:30:09.849><c> and</c><00:30:10.250><c> Peter.</c>

00:30:12.769 --> 00:30:16.670
This<00:30:13.029><c> is</c><00:30:13.130><c> what</c><00:30:13.250><c> he</c><00:30:13.450><c> said,</c><00:30:14.829><c> about</c><00:30:14.970><c> the</c><00:30:15.150><c> very</c><00:30:15.390><c> same</c><00:30:15.630><c> thing.</c>

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In<00:30:27.289><c> 1</c><00:30:27.609><c> Peter</c><00:30:27.849><c> 4</c><00:30:28.210><c> verse</c><00:30:28.549><c> 12,</c>

00:30:29.329 --> 00:30:32.890
Beloved,<00:30:29.769><c> think</c><00:30:29.970><c> it</c><00:30:30.190><c> not</c><00:30:30.430><c> strange</c><00:30:30.869><c> concerning</c><00:30:31.390><c> the</c><00:30:31.769><c> fiery</c><00:30:32.029><c> trial</c><00:30:32.430><c> which</c><00:30:32.670><c> is</c>

00:30:32.890 --> 00:30:34.390
to<00:30:33.109><c> try</c><00:30:33.289><c> you.</c>

00:30:35.089 --> 00:30:40.250
So<00:30:35.430><c> the</c><00:30:35.670><c> atmosphere</c><00:30:36.269><c> was</c><00:30:36.609><c> such</c><00:30:36.829><c> as</c><00:30:38.150><c> people</c><00:30:38.730><c> were</c><00:30:39.029><c> feeling</c><00:30:39.349><c> that</c><00:30:39.609><c> something</c><00:30:39.950><c> was</c>

00:30:40.250 --> 00:30:41.450
really<00:30:40.609><c> growing.</c>

00:30:42.390 --> 00:30:46.990
You<00:30:42.430><c> know,</c><00:30:42.890><c> there</c><00:30:44.029><c> was</c><00:30:44.410><c> an</c><00:30:45.210><c> adversary,</c><00:30:46.230><c> 5</c><00:30:46.470><c> verse</c><00:30:46.710><c> 8,</c>

00:30:47.190 --> 00:30:51.029
an<00:30:47.309><c> adversary,</c><00:30:48.849><c> the</c><00:30:49.009><c> devil,</c><00:30:49.809><c> as</c><00:30:49.990><c> a</c><00:30:50.289><c> roaring</c><00:30:50.589><c> lion,</c>

00:30:51.029 --> 00:30:54.450
and<00:30:51.089><c> walketh</c><00:30:51.569><c> about</c><00:30:51.869><c> seeking</c><00:30:52.190><c> whom</c><00:30:52.490><c> he</c><00:30:52.670><c> may</c><00:30:52.890><c> devour.</c>

00:30:54.470 --> 00:30:58.470
And<00:30:54.549><c> there</c><00:30:54.789><c> the</c><00:30:54.990><c> adversary</c><00:30:55.349><c> means</c><00:30:55.710><c> an</c><00:30:56.410><c> opponent</c><00:30:57.089><c> at</c><00:30:57.509><c> law.</c>

00:30:59.430 --> 00:31:02.769
There<00:30:59.569><c> was</c><00:30:59.789><c> a</c><00:30:59.910><c> case</c><00:31:00.190><c> against</c><00:31:00.809><c> Christians</c><00:31:01.369><c> now.</c>

00:31:02.950 --> 00:31:06.769
Beloved,<00:31:03.289><c> think</c><00:31:03.430><c> it</c><00:31:03.650><c> not</c><00:31:03.930><c> strange</c><00:31:04.410><c> concerning</c><00:31:04.890><c> the</c><00:31:05.269><c> fiery</c><00:31:05.549><c> trial</c><00:31:05.950><c> which</c><00:31:06.529><c> is</c>

00:31:06.769 --> 00:31:07.529
to<00:31:06.970><c> try</c><00:31:07.089><c> you,</c>

00:31:07.710 --> 00:31:10.130
as<00:31:07.869><c> though</c><00:31:08.049><c> some</c><00:31:08.369><c> strange</c><00:31:08.809><c> thing</c><00:31:09.089><c> happened</c><00:31:09.369><c> unto</c><00:31:09.630><c> you.</c>

00:31:10.309 --> 00:31:13.950
But<00:31:10.569><c> rejoice</c><00:31:11.089><c> inasmuch</c><00:31:11.730><c> as</c><00:31:11.890><c> ye</c><00:31:12.009><c> are</c><00:31:12.150><c> partakers</c><00:31:12.529><c> of</c><00:31:12.730><c> Christ's</c><00:31:13.349><c> sufferings,</c>

00:31:14.150 --> 00:31:17.430
that<00:31:14.690><c> when</c><00:31:15.250><c> his</c><00:31:15.509><c> glory</c><00:31:15.869><c> shall</c><00:31:16.089><c> be</c><00:31:16.390><c> revealed</c><00:31:16.690><c> ye</c><00:31:16.869><c> may</c><00:31:17.069><c> be</c><00:31:17.269><c> glad</c>

00:31:17.430 --> 00:31:19.049
also<00:31:17.789><c> with</c><00:31:18.029><c> exceeding</c><00:31:18.650><c> joy.</c>

00:31:19.049 --> 00:31:21.809
If<00:31:19.710><c> ye</c><00:31:19.910><c> be</c><00:31:20.089><c> reproached</c><00:31:20.630><c> for</c><00:31:20.789><c> the</c><00:31:20.970><c> name</c><00:31:21.130><c> of</c><00:31:21.289><c> Christ,</c><00:31:21.609><c> this</c><00:31:21.650><c> is</c><00:31:21.809><c> a</c>

00:31:21.809 --> 00:31:23.150
different<00:31:22.089><c> environment,</c><00:31:22.589><c> isn't</c><00:31:22.769><c> it?</c>

00:31:23.490 --> 00:31:28.490
Happy<00:31:23.809><c> are</c><00:31:24.130><c> ye,</c><00:31:25.410><c> for</c><00:31:25.529><c> the</c><00:31:25.910><c> spirit</c><00:31:26.130><c> of</c><00:31:26.410><c> glorying</c><00:31:26.769><c> of</c><00:31:26.869><c> God</c><00:31:27.190><c> resteth</c><00:31:27.690><c> upon</c><00:31:27.950><c> you,</c>

00:31:28.690 --> 00:31:31.430
on<00:31:28.809><c> their</c><00:31:29.049><c> part</c><00:31:29.230><c> he</c><00:31:29.369><c> is</c><00:31:29.470><c> evil</c><00:31:29.650><c> spoken</c><00:31:30.009><c> of,</c><00:31:30.609><c> but</c><00:31:30.730><c> on</c><00:31:30.890><c> your</c><00:31:31.289><c> part</c>

00:31:31.430 --> 00:31:32.990
he<00:31:31.549><c> is</c><00:31:31.789><c> glorified.</c>

00:31:33.410 --> 00:31:35.829
Don't<00:31:33.849><c> suffer</c><00:31:34.170><c> because</c><00:31:34.509><c> of</c><00:31:34.750><c> wrongdoing.</c>

00:31:36.130 --> 00:31:39.730
If<00:31:36.289><c> any</c><00:31:36.490><c> man,</c><00:31:36.789><c> verse</c><00:31:37.069><c> 16,</c><00:31:37.769><c> suffer</c><00:31:37.849><c> as</c><00:31:38.069><c> a</c><00:31:38.250><c> Christian,</c><00:31:39.549><c> let</c><00:31:39.609><c> him</c>

00:31:39.730 --> 00:31:41.150
not<00:31:39.930><c> be</c><00:31:40.190><c> ashamed,</c>

00:31:41.329 --> 00:31:44.990
but<00:31:41.509><c> let</c><00:31:41.670><c> him</c><00:31:41.910><c> glorify</c><00:31:42.410><c> God</c><00:31:42.869><c> on</c><00:31:43.710><c> this</c><00:31:44.009><c> behalf.</c>

00:31:46.809 --> 00:31:50.049
So<00:31:47.289><c> out</c><00:31:47.630><c> of</c><00:31:47.750><c> that</c><00:31:48.109><c> little</c><00:31:48.450><c> break</c><00:31:48.690><c> of</c><00:31:48.970><c> summer</c><00:31:49.150><c> that</c><00:31:49.349><c> the</c><00:31:49.529><c> Apostle</c><00:31:49.829><c> Paul</c>

00:31:50.049 --> 00:31:51.190
has<00:31:50.269><c> had,</c>

00:31:51.450 --> 00:31:54.470
has<00:31:51.490><c> now</c><00:31:51.769><c> come</c><00:31:51.950><c> this</c><00:31:52.230><c> very</c><00:31:52.569><c> great</c><00:31:52.910><c> cloud</c><00:31:53.430><c> of,</c><00:31:53.930><c> you</c><00:31:54.109><c> know,</c><00:31:54.170><c> the</c>

00:31:54.470 --> 00:31:55.769
final<00:31:54.789><c> scene.</c>

00:31:56.250 --> 00:31:59.829
And<00:31:56.529><c> you</c><00:31:56.670><c> can</c><00:31:56.809><c> imagine,</c><00:31:57.390><c> therefore,</c><00:31:59.130><c> that</c><00:31:59.269><c> if</c><00:31:59.410><c> you</c><00:31:59.549><c> were</c><00:31:59.650><c> to</c>

00:31:59.829 --> 00:32:01.430
visit<00:32:00.009><c> the</c><00:32:00.230><c> Apostle</c><00:32:00.549><c> now</c><00:32:00.789><c> in</c><00:32:01.170><c> prison,</c>

00:32:01.490 --> 00:32:02.450
it's<00:32:01.730><c> going</c><00:32:01.829><c> to</c><00:32:01.910><c> be</c><00:32:02.049><c> different,</c><00:32:02.309><c> isn't</c><00:32:02.369><c> it?</c>

00:32:02.450 --> 00:32:05.849
That<00:32:02.670><c> hope</c><00:32:02.890><c> and</c><00:32:03.130><c> house</c><00:32:03.309><c> that</c><00:32:03.450><c> he</c><00:32:03.569><c> had</c><00:32:03.710><c> is</c><00:32:03.950><c> a</c><00:32:03.950><c> totally</c><00:32:04.309><c> different</c><00:32:04.650><c> thing</c><00:32:05.150><c> to</c>

00:32:05.849 --> 00:32:07.529
what<00:32:06.009><c> we</c><00:32:06.250><c> find</c><00:32:06.490><c> here.</c>

00:32:07.690 --> 00:32:09.990
To<00:32:07.990><c> come</c><00:32:08.230><c> near</c><00:32:08.549><c> him</c><00:32:08.769><c> is</c><00:32:08.950><c> to</c><00:32:09.150><c> risk</c><00:32:09.410><c> your</c><00:32:09.609><c> life.</c>

00:32:09.990 --> 00:32:14.430
If<00:32:10.529><c> you're</c><00:32:11.509><c> a</c><00:32:11.630><c> friend</c><00:32:11.829><c> of</c><00:32:11.950><c> him,</c><00:32:12.390><c> then</c><00:32:12.549><c> there's</c><00:32:12.730><c> pressure</c><00:32:13.009><c> on</c><00:32:13.250><c> you.</c>

00:32:14.549 --> 00:32:17.309
The<00:32:14.630><c> Emperor</c><00:32:14.890><c> is</c><00:32:15.190><c> against</c><00:32:15.630><c> Christianity.</c><00:32:16.390><c> He's</c><00:32:16.490><c> against</c><00:32:16.890><c> Christians.</c>

00:32:17.430 --> 00:32:20.789
You're<00:32:17.730><c> in</c><00:32:17.970><c> Rome</c><00:32:18.430><c> visiting</c><00:32:19.049><c> him.</c>

00:32:21.990 --> 00:32:25.990
Many<00:32:22.230><c> feared</c><00:32:22.569><c> for</c><00:32:22.769><c> their</c><00:32:22.930><c> life,</c><00:32:24.049><c> and</c><00:32:24.450><c> they</c><00:32:24.730><c> cut</c><00:32:24.890><c> off</c><00:32:25.390><c> contact</c>

00:32:25.990 --> 00:32:27.029
with<00:32:26.150><c> the</c><00:32:26.309><c> Apostle</c><00:32:26.650><c> Paul.</c>

00:32:27.509 --> 00:32:30.250
Like<00:32:27.769><c> chapter</c><00:32:28.069><c> 1,</c><00:32:28.509><c> verse</c><00:32:28.869><c> 15.</c>

00:32:35.670 --> 00:32:40.670
This<00:32:36.289><c> thou</c><00:32:36.529><c> knowest,</c><00:32:37.089><c> that</c><00:32:37.390><c> all</c><00:32:37.809><c> they</c><00:32:38.069><c> which</c><00:32:38.329><c> are</c><00:32:38.630><c> in</c><00:32:38.910><c> Asia</c><00:32:39.430><c> be</c>

00:32:40.670 --> 00:32:43.309
turned<00:32:41.309><c> away</c><00:32:41.890><c> from</c><00:32:42.210><c> thee,</c>

00:32:43.609 --> 00:32:47.529
of<00:32:44.130><c> whom</c><00:32:44.329><c> are</c><00:32:44.710><c> phygellous</c><00:32:45.569><c> and</c><00:32:45.829><c> homogenes.</c>

00:32:48.250 --> 00:32:50.170
Isn't<00:32:48.869><c> that</c><00:32:49.029><c> amazing?</c>

00:32:50.849 --> 00:32:53.549
Does<00:32:50.990><c> that</c><00:32:51.210><c> mean</c><00:32:51.369><c> there</c><00:32:51.509><c> was</c><00:32:51.809><c> no</c><00:32:52.109><c> one</c><00:32:52.250><c> left</c><00:32:52.730><c> in</c><00:32:52.970><c> the</c><00:32:53.109><c> Ecclesius</c>

00:32:53.549 --> 00:32:54.789
of<00:32:53.809><c> Asia</c>

00:32:55.009 --> 00:32:58.109
that<00:32:55.630><c> had</c><00:32:55.950><c> a</c><00:32:56.930><c> loyalty</c><00:32:57.289><c> to</c><00:32:57.509><c> the</c><00:32:57.589><c> Apostle</c><00:32:57.990><c> Paul?</c>

00:32:58.109 --> 00:33:00.109
That's<00:32:58.430><c> pretty</c><00:32:58.710><c> hard</c><00:32:58.930><c> to</c><00:32:59.609><c> believe.</c>

00:33:00.970 --> 00:33:04.690
Then<00:33:01.069><c> he</c><00:33:01.210><c> speaks</c><00:33:01.470><c> of</c><00:33:01.630><c> one</c><00:33:01.869><c> person</c><00:33:02.210><c> who</c><00:33:02.470><c> did</c><00:33:03.049><c> show</c><00:33:03.509><c> courage.</c>

00:33:05.490 --> 00:33:13.009
But<00:33:05.549><c> where</c><00:33:05.750><c> he</c><00:33:06.049><c> is,</c><00:33:07.269><c> is...</c>

00:33:21.789 --> 00:33:26.210
The<00:33:22.349><c> Lord</c><00:33:22.650><c> give</c><00:33:22.890><c> mercy</c><00:33:23.349><c> unto</c><00:33:23.609><c> the</c><00:33:23.890><c> house</c><00:33:24.150><c> of</c><00:33:24.329><c> Inesophorus.</c>

00:33:26.210 --> 00:33:28.869
Unto<00:33:26.670><c> the</c><00:33:26.849><c> house</c><00:33:27.170><c> of</c><00:33:27.329><c> Inesophorus.</c>

00:33:29.450 --> 00:33:34.569
For<00:33:29.730><c> he</c><00:33:30.250><c> oft</c><00:33:30.650><c> refreshed</c><00:33:31.170><c> me,</c><00:33:32.069><c> and</c><00:33:32.250><c> was</c><00:33:32.490><c> not</c><00:33:32.769><c> ashamed</c><00:33:33.190><c> of</c><00:33:33.410><c> my</c><00:33:33.710><c> chain.</c>

00:33:34.650 --> 00:33:37.789
But<00:33:34.849><c> when</c><00:33:35.029><c> he</c><00:33:35.109><c> was</c><00:33:35.349><c> in</c><00:33:35.569><c> Rome,</c><00:33:35.990><c> he</c><00:33:36.150><c> sought</c><00:33:36.309><c> me</c><00:33:36.509><c> out</c><00:33:36.670><c> very</c><00:33:37.069><c> diligently,</c><00:33:37.549><c> and</c>

00:33:37.789 --> 00:33:39.250
found<00:33:38.170><c> me.</c>

00:33:39.789 --> 00:33:42.930
Where<00:33:40.269><c> is</c><00:33:40.529><c> he?</c><00:33:40.609><c> Why</c><00:33:40.789><c> does</c><00:33:40.950><c> he</c><00:33:41.170><c> say,</c><00:33:41.970><c> give</c><00:33:42.009><c> mercy</c><00:33:42.309><c> to</c><00:33:42.529><c> the</c><00:33:42.630><c> house</c>

00:33:42.930 --> 00:33:43.670
of<00:33:43.109><c> Inesophorus?</c>

00:33:43.809 --> 00:33:46.329
What<00:33:43.930><c> did</c><00:33:44.049><c> he</c><00:33:44.190><c> say</c><00:33:44.309><c> to</c><00:33:44.490><c> Inesophorus</c><00:33:45.029><c> and</c><00:33:45.230><c> his</c><00:33:45.390><c> house?</c>

00:33:49.269 --> 00:33:52.190
Well,<00:33:49.549><c> he</c><00:33:49.670><c> does</c><00:33:50.029><c> want</c><00:33:50.609><c> good</c><00:33:50.869><c> to</c><00:33:51.109><c> come</c><00:33:51.250><c> to</c><00:33:51.390><c> Inesophorus,</c><00:33:52.029><c> but</c>

00:33:52.190 --> 00:33:53.630
in<00:33:52.349><c> the</c><00:33:52.509><c> future.</c>

00:33:53.930 --> 00:33:57.630
The<00:33:53.970><c> Lord</c><00:33:54.269><c> grant</c><00:33:54.650><c> unto</c><00:33:54.970><c> him</c><00:33:55.289><c> that</c><00:33:55.589><c> he</c><00:33:56.049><c> may</c><00:33:56.390><c> find</c><00:33:56.769><c> mercy</c><00:33:57.190><c> of</c><00:33:57.450><c> the</c>

00:33:57.630 --> 00:33:59.309
Lord<00:33:57.829><c> in</c><00:33:58.029><c> that</c><00:33:58.269><c> day.</c>

00:33:59.730 --> 00:34:03.210
And<00:33:59.910><c> in</c><00:34:00.230><c> how</c><00:34:00.509><c> many</c><00:34:00.730><c> things</c><00:34:00.990><c> he</c><00:34:01.269><c> ministered</c><00:34:01.589><c> unto</c><00:34:01.789><c> me</c><00:34:02.009><c> at</c><00:34:02.210><c> Ephesus,</c><00:34:03.089><c> thou</c>

00:34:03.210 --> 00:34:04.569
knowest<00:34:03.750><c> very</c><00:34:04.190><c> well.</c>

00:34:04.869 --> 00:34:08.170
So<00:34:05.069><c> when</c><00:34:05.269><c> Paul</c><00:34:05.410><c> was</c><00:34:05.630><c> at</c><00:34:05.849><c> Ephesus,</c><00:34:06.390><c> Inesophorus</c><00:34:06.990><c> really</c><00:34:07.450><c> loved</c><00:34:07.670><c> him.</c>

00:34:08.170 --> 00:34:10.269
And<00:34:08.469><c> he</c><00:34:08.769><c> just</c><00:34:09.030><c> couldn't</c><00:34:09.150><c> do</c><00:34:09.349><c> enough</c><00:34:09.570><c> for</c><00:34:09.710><c> the</c><00:34:09.829><c> Apostle</c><00:34:10.130><c> Paul</c>

00:34:10.269 --> 00:34:11.190
when<00:34:10.389><c> he</c><00:34:10.489><c> was</c><00:34:10.650><c> in</c><00:34:10.809><c> their</c><00:34:10.929><c> midst.</c>

00:34:11.489 --> 00:34:13.130
He<00:34:11.630><c> really</c><00:34:12.030><c> loved</c><00:34:12.329><c> him.</c>

00:34:13.449 --> 00:34:17.210
He<00:34:13.530><c> could</c><00:34:13.769><c> see</c><00:34:14.010><c> this</c><00:34:15.070><c> beautiful</c><00:34:15.630><c> spirit</c><00:34:16.170><c> of</c><00:34:16.449><c> giving</c><00:34:16.690><c> that</c>

00:34:17.210 --> 00:34:17.929
Paul<00:34:17.550><c> had.</c>

00:34:18.289 --> 00:34:20.230
And<00:34:18.449><c> his</c><00:34:18.670><c> wisdom,</c><00:34:19.130><c> and</c><00:34:19.150><c> his</c><00:34:19.329><c> knowledge</c><00:34:19.650><c> of</c><00:34:19.829><c> the</c><00:34:20.030><c> Scripture,</c>

00:34:20.250 --> 00:34:21.730
and<00:34:20.429><c> his</c><00:34:20.730><c> terrific</c><00:34:21.250><c> faith.</c>

00:34:22.170 --> 00:34:25.750
And<00:34:22.269><c> Inesophorus</c><00:34:22.909><c> as</c><00:34:23.110><c> a</c><00:34:23.210><c> younger</c><00:34:23.469><c> man,</c><00:34:24.389><c> with</c><00:34:24.550><c> a</c><00:34:24.809><c> family,</c>

00:34:25.789 --> 00:34:29.690
he<00:34:26.269><c> put</c><00:34:26.489><c> all</c><00:34:26.769><c> the</c><00:34:26.909><c> effort</c><00:34:27.030><c> he</c><00:34:27.269><c> could</c><00:34:27.409><c> to</c><00:34:27.610><c> make</c><00:34:28.190><c> Paul</c><00:34:28.530><c> stay</c><00:34:29.130><c> in</c>

00:34:29.690 --> 00:34:30.829
Ephesus<00:34:30.269><c> lovely.</c>

00:34:30.909 --> 00:34:32.550
But<00:34:31.090><c> where</c><00:34:31.329><c> is</c><00:34:31.530><c> he</c><00:34:31.670><c> now?</c>

00:34:32.690 --> 00:34:35.949
The<00:34:32.909><c> Lord</c><00:34:33.110><c> give</c><00:34:33.329><c> mercy</c><00:34:33.670><c> unto</c><00:34:33.889><c> the</c><00:34:34.050><c> house</c><00:34:34.250><c> of</c><00:34:34.409><c> Inesophorus.</c>

00:34:35.949 --> 00:34:40.090
When<00:34:36.489><c> he</c><00:34:36.630><c> was</c><00:34:36.849><c> in</c><00:34:37.070><c> Rome,</c><00:34:37.789><c> he</c><00:34:37.949><c> diligently</c><00:34:38.489><c> sought</c><00:34:38.809><c> me</c><00:34:39.030><c> out</c><00:34:39.730><c> and</c>

00:34:40.090 --> 00:34:41.750
found<00:34:40.690><c> me.</c>

00:34:41.789 --> 00:34:44.630
It<00:34:41.989><c> wasn't</c><00:34:42.309><c> easy</c><00:34:42.750><c> to</c><00:34:43.050><c> find</c><00:34:43.329><c> him,</c><00:34:43.929><c> eh?</c>

00:34:46.309 --> 00:34:48.110
Dangerous<00:34:46.949><c> to</c><00:34:47.130><c> go.</c>

00:34:49.190 --> 00:34:51.269
Don't<00:34:49.409><c> say</c><00:34:49.650><c> that</c><00:34:49.809><c> you</c><00:34:49.909><c> know</c><00:34:50.090><c> the</c><00:34:50.269><c> Apostle</c><00:34:50.630><c> Paul,</c><00:34:50.869><c> you're</c><00:34:51.110><c> in</c>

00:34:51.269 --> 00:34:52.710
danger<00:34:51.530><c> yourself.</c>

00:34:53.250 --> 00:34:56.090
Guilt<00:34:53.389><c> by</c><00:34:53.710><c> association,</c><00:34:54.909><c> as</c><00:34:55.070><c> it</c><00:34:55.269><c> were.</c>

00:34:57.750 --> 00:35:01.630
So<00:34:58.050><c> it's</c><00:34:58.309><c> very</c><00:34:58.630><c> different,</c><00:34:59.070><c> isn't</c><00:34:59.230><c> it,</c><00:34:59.409><c> than</c><00:34:59.610><c> what</c><00:35:00.090><c> the</c><00:35:00.429><c> circumstances</c><00:35:00.969><c> were</c><00:35:01.289><c> before?</c>

00:35:01.829 --> 00:35:02.789
Totally<00:35:02.309><c> different.</c>

00:35:02.789 --> 00:35:06.269
It<00:35:03.789><c> would</c><00:35:04.030><c> seem</c><00:35:04.269><c> that</c><00:35:04.449><c> Inesophorus</c><00:35:05.110><c> really</c><00:35:05.510><c> lost</c><00:35:05.769><c> his</c><00:35:06.030><c> life</c>

00:35:06.269 --> 00:35:07.070
because<00:35:06.590><c> of</c><00:35:06.769><c> that.</c>

00:35:07.510 --> 00:35:11.769
That<00:35:07.650><c> seems</c><00:35:07.969><c> to</c><00:35:08.210><c> be</c><00:35:08.750><c> how</c><00:35:09.030><c> the</c><00:35:09.289><c> record</c><00:35:09.530><c> reads,</c><00:35:10.090><c> doesn't</c><00:35:10.210><c> it?</c>

00:35:12.130 --> 00:35:14.869
Again<00:35:12.429><c> in</c><00:35:12.590><c> chapter</c><00:35:12.869><c> 4,</c><00:35:13.289><c> verse</c><00:35:13.510><c> 19,</c><00:35:14.550><c> he</c><00:35:14.650><c> says,</c>

00:35:14.929 --> 00:35:21.230
Salute<00:35:15.309><c> Prisca</c><00:35:15.730><c> and</c><00:35:16.050><c> Aquila</c><00:35:16.469><c> and</c><00:35:16.710><c> the</c><00:35:16.909><c> household</c><00:35:17.650><c> of</c><00:35:19.469><c> Inesophorus.</c>

00:35:21.889 --> 00:35:24.469
Inesophorus<00:35:22.429><c> will</c><00:35:22.610><c> have</c><00:35:22.750><c> his</c><00:35:22.949><c> reward,</c><00:35:23.269><c> but</c><00:35:23.429><c> it</c><00:35:23.550><c> will</c><00:35:23.730><c> be</c><00:35:24.130><c> in</c>

00:35:24.469 --> 00:35:24.949
the<00:35:24.670><c> future</c>

00:35:24.949 --> 00:35:29.710
when<00:35:25.170><c> he</c><00:35:25.329><c> will</c><00:35:25.550><c> find</c><00:35:25.789><c> mercy</c><00:35:26.150><c> at</c><00:35:26.349><c> the</c><00:35:26.469><c> Lord</c><00:35:26.670><c> as</c><00:35:26.949><c> he's</c><00:35:27.530><c> shown</c><00:35:27.829><c> mercy.</c>

00:35:32.050 --> 00:35:36.730
And<00:35:32.769><c> so</c><00:35:33.230><c> we</c><00:35:34.110><c> can</c><00:35:34.409><c> see</c><00:35:34.550><c> that</c><00:35:34.750><c> there</c><00:35:34.969><c> is</c><00:35:35.210><c> an</c><00:35:35.429><c> entirely</c><00:35:36.050><c> different</c>

00:35:36.730 --> 00:35:39.590
environment<00:35:37.389><c> in</c><00:35:38.210><c> the</c><00:35:38.510><c> circumstance.</c>

00:35:40.050 --> 00:35:45.889
Now<00:35:40.190><c> everything</c><00:35:40.530><c> is</c><00:35:41.030><c> harsh</c><00:35:41.710><c> and</c><00:35:43.130><c> there</c><00:35:43.329><c> are</c><00:35:43.610><c> suspicions</c><00:35:44.469><c> all</c><00:35:44.929><c> around.</c>

00:35:46.889 --> 00:35:50.650
It's<00:35:47.250><c> a</c><00:35:47.670><c> fast,</c><00:35:48.369><c> hard</c><00:35:48.610><c> and</c><00:35:49.210><c> brusque</c><00:35:49.690><c> world</c><00:35:49.969><c> that</c><00:35:50.150><c> the</c><00:35:50.329><c> Apostle</c>

00:35:50.650 --> 00:35:51.710
is<00:35:50.869><c> facing.</c>

00:35:51.769 --> 00:35:56.010
And<00:35:51.949><c> anybody</c><00:35:52.289><c> who</c><00:35:52.570><c> dares</c><00:35:52.829><c> to</c><00:35:53.130><c> associate</c><00:35:53.570><c> with</c><00:35:53.829><c> him</c><00:35:54.309><c> is</c><00:35:54.730><c> in</c><00:35:54.969><c> difficulty.</c>

00:35:56.849 --> 00:36:01.909
If<00:35:57.610><c> you</c><00:35:57.730><c> look</c><00:35:57.969><c> at</c><00:35:58.269><c> chapter</c><00:35:58.829><c> 4</c><00:35:59.150><c> again,</c><00:35:59.690><c> it</c><00:35:59.690><c> says,</c><00:36:01.429><c> verse</c><00:36:01.590><c> 10,</c>

00:36:01.909 --> 00:36:07.750
For<00:36:02.130><c> Demas</c><00:36:02.590><c> hath</c><00:36:02.929><c> forsaken</c><00:36:03.550><c> me,</c><00:36:05.050><c> having</c><00:36:05.250><c> loved</c><00:36:05.630><c> this</c><00:36:06.210><c> present</c><00:36:06.550><c> world.</c>

00:36:08.909 --> 00:36:13.030
In<00:36:09.670><c> the</c><00:36:09.969><c> coldness</c><00:36:10.530><c> and</c><00:36:10.710><c> new</c><00:36:11.050><c> climate</c><00:36:11.449><c> that's</c><00:36:11.750><c> come</c><00:36:11.909><c> upon</c><00:36:12.590><c> the</c>

00:36:13.030 --> 00:36:13.809
Christian<00:36:13.349><c> environment,</c>

00:36:14.010 --> 00:36:17.090
there<00:36:14.030><c> were</c><00:36:14.170><c> people</c><00:36:14.510><c> that</c><00:36:14.690><c> were</c><00:36:15.289><c> forsaking</c><00:36:16.050><c> their</c><00:36:16.489><c> loyalties.</c>

00:36:17.510 --> 00:36:19.869
They<00:36:17.809><c> forgot</c><00:36:18.110><c> where</c><00:36:18.250><c> they</c><00:36:18.449><c> really</c><00:36:18.869><c> stood.</c>

00:36:22.230 --> 00:36:25.369
And<00:36:22.670><c> he</c><00:36:22.829><c> said</c><00:36:22.989><c> furthermore,</c><00:36:24.030><c> he's</c><00:36:24.150><c> departed</c><00:36:24.510><c> to</c><00:36:24.750><c> Thessalonica,</c>

00:36:25.650 --> 00:36:28.869
Crescens<00:36:25.989><c> has</c><00:36:26.190><c> gone</c><00:36:26.309><c> to</c><00:36:26.449><c> Galatia,</c><00:36:27.090><c> Titus</c><00:36:27.269><c> has</c><00:36:27.369><c> gone</c><00:36:27.429><c> to</c><00:36:27.570><c> Dalmatia.</c>

00:36:29.110 --> 00:36:33.150
You<00:36:29.110><c> know,</c><00:36:29.469><c> almost</c><00:36:29.510><c> anybody</c><00:36:29.789><c> is</c><00:36:29.909><c> happy</c><00:36:30.070><c> to</c><00:36:30.230><c> go</c><00:36:30.750><c> anywhere,</c><00:36:31.769><c> it</c><00:36:31.989><c> seems,</c>

00:36:34.170 --> 00:36:36.889
than<00:36:34.329><c> stay</c><00:36:34.570><c> around</c><00:36:34.809><c> the</c><00:36:35.010><c> Apostle</c><00:36:35.349><c> Paul</c><00:36:35.550><c> at</c><00:36:35.750><c> this</c><00:36:36.030><c> time.</c>

00:36:38.070 --> 00:36:39.829
Only<00:36:38.429><c> Luke</c><00:36:38.769><c> is</c><00:36:39.170><c> with</c><00:36:39.429><c> me.</c>

00:36:40.090 --> 00:36:42.969
Why<00:36:40.289><c> do</c><00:36:40.449><c> you</c><00:36:40.449><c> think</c><00:36:40.610><c> perhaps</c><00:36:41.010><c> Luke</c><00:36:41.210><c> was</c><00:36:41.389><c> able</c><00:36:41.610><c> to</c><00:36:41.769><c> do</c><00:36:41.909><c> that?</c>

00:36:43.690 --> 00:36:45.530
Because<00:36:44.130><c> he</c><00:36:44.269><c> was</c><00:36:44.469><c> a</c><00:36:44.630><c> physician,</c><00:36:44.989><c> I</c><00:36:45.210><c> suppose,</c>

00:36:45.530 --> 00:36:49.150
and<00:36:45.670><c> perhaps</c><00:36:46.050><c> he</c><00:36:46.170><c> was</c><00:36:46.829><c> able</c><00:36:47.369><c> to</c><00:36:47.469><c> have</c><00:36:47.809><c> some</c><00:36:48.210><c> access</c><00:36:48.829><c> to</c><00:36:49.030><c> the</c>

00:36:49.150 --> 00:36:50.590
Apostle<00:36:49.550><c> Paul.</c>

00:36:53.590 --> 00:36:58.250
And<00:36:54.190><c> so</c><00:36:54.789><c> he</c><00:36:55.010><c> pleads</c><00:36:55.250><c> that</c><00:36:55.510><c> Timothy</c><00:36:55.849><c> might</c><00:36:56.210><c> come</c><00:36:56.590><c> and</c><00:36:56.829><c> fill</c><00:36:56.989><c> the</c><00:36:57.170><c> gaps.</c>

00:37:00.050 --> 00:37:02.469
In<00:37:00.150><c> verse</c><00:37:00.309><c> 14,</c><00:37:00.929><c> it</c><00:37:00.949><c> gives</c><00:37:01.150><c> us</c><00:37:01.369><c> a</c><00:37:01.469><c> little</c><00:37:01.650><c> bit</c><00:37:01.809><c> more</c><00:37:02.070><c> evidence</c>

00:37:02.469 --> 00:37:07.869
as<00:37:02.789><c> to</c><00:37:03.630><c> what</c><00:37:03.989><c> perhaps</c><00:37:04.769><c> happened</c><00:37:05.670><c> in</c><00:37:06.650><c> the</c><00:37:06.969><c> trial.</c>

00:37:08.590 --> 00:37:11.690
Paul's<00:37:08.889><c> waiting</c><00:37:09.130><c> now</c><00:37:09.329><c> for</c><00:37:09.469><c> the</c><00:37:09.750><c> sentence,</c><00:37:10.170><c> it</c><00:37:10.289><c> would</c><00:37:10.550><c> seem,</c>

00:37:11.789 --> 00:37:15.389
because<00:37:11.889><c> he</c><00:37:12.130><c> speaks</c><00:37:12.369><c> about</c><00:37:12.670><c> my</c><00:37:13.449><c> first</c><00:37:14.030><c> answer</c><00:37:14.530><c> in</c><00:37:14.769><c> verse</c><00:37:14.969><c> 16.</c>

00:37:15.389 --> 00:37:18.010
That<00:37:15.510><c> would</c><00:37:15.769><c> be</c><00:37:16.170><c> when</c><00:37:16.389><c> he</c><00:37:16.630><c> had</c><00:37:16.909><c> given</c><00:37:17.130><c> his</c><00:37:17.449><c> case.</c>

00:37:18.489 --> 00:37:20.929
The<00:37:18.570><c> accusations</c><00:37:19.110><c> were</c><00:37:19.409><c> made</c><00:37:19.789><c> and</c><00:37:20.210><c> he</c><00:37:20.369><c> would</c><00:37:20.510><c> have</c><00:37:20.670><c> answered</c>

00:37:20.929 --> 00:37:21.849
those<00:37:21.269><c> accusations</c>

00:37:21.849 --> 00:37:26.170
and<00:37:22.090><c> then</c><00:37:22.230><c> there's</c><00:37:22.750><c> a</c><00:37:22.949><c> waiting</c><00:37:23.349><c> period</c><00:37:23.789><c> until</c><00:37:24.130><c> the</c><00:37:24.449><c> sentence</c><00:37:24.809><c> comes.</c>

00:37:27.289 --> 00:37:30.289
At<00:37:27.289><c> my</c><00:37:27.489><c> first</c><00:37:27.789><c> answer,</c><00:37:28.309><c> no</c><00:37:28.369><c> man</c><00:37:28.610><c> stood</c><00:37:28.849><c> with</c><00:37:29.150><c> me,</c><00:37:29.630><c> but</c><00:37:29.849><c> all</c><00:37:30.130><c> men</c>

00:37:30.289 --> 00:37:32.150
forsook<00:37:30.769><c> me.</c>

00:37:33.210 --> 00:37:36.130
It's<00:37:33.389><c> very</c><00:37:33.630><c> different</c><00:37:33.969><c> circumstances,</c><00:37:35.030><c> it's</c><00:37:35.250><c> grim.</c>

00:37:36.429 --> 00:37:39.590
I<00:37:36.650><c> pray</c><00:37:36.849><c> God</c><00:37:37.070><c> that</c><00:37:37.250><c> it</c><00:37:37.469><c> may</c><00:37:37.530><c> not</c><00:37:37.730><c> be</c><00:37:37.929><c> laid</c><00:37:38.150><c> to</c><00:37:38.329><c> their</c><00:37:38.610><c> charge.</c>

00:37:40.469 --> 00:37:42.670
And<00:37:40.570><c> in</c><00:37:40.650><c> verse</c><00:37:40.789><c> 14,</c><00:37:41.110><c> it</c><00:37:41.329><c> mentions</c><00:37:41.630><c> one</c><00:37:41.889><c> of</c><00:37:42.010><c> the</c><00:37:42.170><c> people</c>

00:37:42.670 --> 00:37:46.630
who<00:37:43.210><c> was</c><00:37:43.489><c> involved</c><00:37:43.969><c> in</c><00:37:44.210><c> giving</c><00:37:45.030><c> information</c><00:37:45.789><c> against</c><00:37:46.349><c> the</c>

00:37:46.630 --> 00:37:47.389
Apostle<00:37:46.969><c> Paul.</c>

00:37:47.650 --> 00:37:50.250
His<00:37:47.670><c> name</c><00:37:47.889><c> is</c><00:37:48.150><c> Alexander</c><00:37:48.710><c> the</c><00:37:49.010><c> coppersmith.</c>

00:37:50.550 --> 00:37:53.789
He<00:37:50.570><c> did</c><00:37:50.750><c> me</c><00:37:50.929><c> much</c><00:37:51.230><c> evil,</c><00:37:51.670><c> the</c><00:37:51.789><c> Lord</c><00:37:52.010><c> reward</c><00:37:52.389><c> him</c><00:37:52.650><c> according</c><00:37:53.130><c> to</c>

00:37:53.789 --> 00:37:55.110
his<00:37:54.090><c> works.</c>

00:37:56.090 --> 00:37:59.610
You<00:37:56.130><c> know,</c><00:37:56.369><c> Alexander</c><00:37:56.969><c> was</c><00:37:57.230><c> one</c><00:37:57.449><c> that</c><00:37:57.670><c> Paul</c><00:37:57.889><c> put</c><00:37:58.170><c> out</c><00:37:58.429><c> of</c><00:37:58.590><c> the</c><00:37:58.789><c> truth.</c>

00:38:00.150 --> 00:38:02.869
I<00:38:00.269><c> mean,</c><00:38:00.409><c> he</c><00:38:00.510><c> put</c><00:38:00.630><c> him</c><00:38:00.769><c> out</c><00:38:00.949><c> of</c><00:38:01.090><c> the</c><00:38:01.329><c> fellowship</c><00:38:01.670><c> of</c><00:38:01.909><c> the</c><00:38:02.030><c> Brethren</c>

00:38:04.150 --> 00:38:06.610
because<00:38:04.670><c> he</c><00:38:05.190><c> was</c><00:38:05.409><c> a</c><00:38:05.750><c> trouble</c><00:38:05.989><c> to</c><00:38:06.170><c> the</c><00:38:06.329><c> Brethren.</c>

00:38:06.789 --> 00:38:10.309
He<00:38:06.969><c> was</c><00:38:07.170><c> also</c><00:38:07.489><c> the</c><00:38:07.670><c> person</c><00:38:08.030><c> who</c><00:38:08.489><c> stood</c><00:38:08.670><c> up</c><00:38:08.849><c> in</c><00:38:09.070><c> Acts</c><00:38:09.329><c> 19</c>

00:38:10.309 --> 00:38:13.469
when<00:38:10.809><c> the</c><00:38:11.070><c> Jews</c><00:38:11.409><c> would</c><00:38:11.750><c> put</c><00:38:11.909><c> up</c><00:38:12.150><c> a</c><00:38:12.289><c> person</c><00:38:12.610><c> against,</c>

00:38:13.590 --> 00:38:16.070
well,<00:38:13.730><c> to</c><00:38:13.889><c> explain</c><00:38:14.250><c> to</c><00:38:14.429><c> the</c><00:38:14.550><c> crowd</c><00:38:14.690><c> what</c><00:38:14.889><c> had</c><00:38:15.130><c> happened.</c>

00:38:16.710 --> 00:38:18.170
And<00:38:16.789><c> in</c><00:38:16.969><c> the</c><00:38:17.070><c> cunning</c><00:38:17.210><c> of</c><00:38:17.429><c> the</c><00:38:17.570><c> Jews,</c><00:38:17.849><c> they</c><00:38:17.889><c> thought</c><00:38:18.050><c> they</c>

00:38:18.170 --> 00:38:19.030
would<00:38:18.409><c> turn</c><00:38:18.650><c> this</c><00:38:18.889><c> thing</c>

00:38:19.030 --> 00:38:22.190
against<00:38:19.369><c> the</c><00:38:19.590><c> Christians</c><00:38:19.849><c> and</c><00:38:20.409><c> exonerate</c><00:38:20.929><c> themselves.</c>

00:38:22.489 --> 00:38:24.610
The<00:38:22.630><c> greatest</c><00:38:22.730><c> donor</c><00:38:22.989><c> of</c><00:38:23.150><c> the</c><00:38:23.309><c> Ephesians</c><00:38:23.809><c> threatened</c><00:38:24.329><c> them</c>

00:38:24.610 --> 00:38:26.230
as<00:38:24.769><c> it</c><00:38:24.969><c> threatened</c><00:38:25.210><c> others</c>

00:38:26.869 --> 00:38:29.909
because<00:38:27.269><c> they</c><00:38:27.550><c> were</c><00:38:27.730><c> seen</c><00:38:27.889><c> also</c><00:38:28.269><c> as</c><00:38:28.469><c> not</c><00:38:28.630><c> involved</c><00:38:28.969><c> in</c><00:38:29.210><c> idolatry.</c>

00:38:30.289 --> 00:38:34.510
So<00:38:30.449><c> they</c><00:38:30.610><c> put</c><00:38:30.789><c> up</c><00:38:30.989><c> Alexander</c><00:38:31.809><c> and</c><00:38:33.690><c> he</c><00:38:33.889><c> beckoned</c><00:38:34.070><c> with</c><00:38:34.250><c> a</c><00:38:34.389><c> hand,</c>

00:38:34.510 --> 00:38:37.090
but<00:38:34.610><c> they</c><00:38:34.769><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:35.070><c> hear</c><00:38:35.429><c> because</c><00:38:35.730><c> he</c><00:38:35.869><c> was</c><00:38:36.090><c> a</c><00:38:36.230><c> Jew.</c>

00:38:37.829 --> 00:38:40.309
But<00:38:38.230><c> Alexander</c><00:38:38.630><c> would</c><00:38:38.829><c> no</c><00:38:38.949><c> doubt</c><00:38:39.090><c> have</c><00:38:39.250><c> wanted</c><00:38:39.389><c> to</c><00:38:39.550><c> put</c><00:38:39.670><c> a</c><00:38:39.829><c> case</c><00:38:40.050><c> and</c><00:38:40.230><c> say,</c>

00:38:40.550 --> 00:38:41.849
look,<00:38:40.630><c> this</c><00:38:40.849><c> has</c><00:38:40.969><c> got</c><00:38:41.090><c> nothing</c><00:38:41.289><c> to</c><00:38:41.409><c> do</c><00:38:41.449><c> with</c><00:38:41.610><c> us.</c>

00:38:41.929 --> 00:38:45.130
We're<00:38:42.190><c> good</c><00:38:43.050><c> members</c><00:38:43.849><c> of</c><00:38:44.110><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:38:46.090 --> 00:38:47.090
You<00:38:46.110><c> know,</c><00:38:46.269><c> this</c><00:38:46.409><c> has</c><00:38:46.510><c> got</c><00:38:46.630><c> nothing</c><00:38:46.829><c> to</c><00:38:46.949><c> do</c><00:38:46.989><c> with</c><00:38:47.090><c> us.</c>

00:38:47.150 --> 00:38:50.349
This<00:38:47.449><c> other</c><00:38:47.710><c> crowd</c><00:38:47.929><c> that</c><00:38:48.110><c> had</c><00:38:48.190><c> come</c><00:38:48.369><c> along</c><00:38:48.769><c> with</c><00:38:49.530><c> Paul,</c>

00:38:50.610 --> 00:38:54.469
they're<00:38:50.750><c> Christians,</c><00:38:51.449><c> not</c><00:38:51.590><c> related</c><00:38:51.929><c> to</c><00:38:52.130><c> us,</c><00:38:53.130><c> different</c><00:38:53.449><c> people.</c>

00:38:55.289 --> 00:38:57.130
And<00:38:55.530><c> he</c><00:38:55.610><c> had</c><00:38:55.769><c> that</c><00:38:56.050><c> gripe</c><00:38:56.289><c> no</c><00:38:56.469><c> doubt</c><00:38:56.610><c> in</c><00:38:56.750><c> his</c><00:38:56.929><c> mind</c>

00:38:57.130 --> 00:39:02.010
because<00:38:57.570><c> he</c><00:38:57.989><c> had</c><00:38:58.170><c> been</c><00:38:58.309><c> a</c><00:38:58.550><c> trouble</c><00:38:59.449><c> in</c><00:38:59.909><c> shipwrecking</c><00:39:00.409><c> the</c><00:39:00.610><c> faith</c><00:39:01.150><c> in</c><00:39:01.670><c> Ephesus</c>

00:39:02.010 --> 00:39:04.570
and<00:39:02.389><c> Paul</c><00:39:02.650><c> had</c><00:39:02.809><c> put</c><00:39:02.969><c> him</c><00:39:03.190><c> out.</c>

00:39:05.829 --> 00:39:08.769
Alexander<00:39:06.429><c> was</c><00:39:06.750><c> put</c><00:39:07.070><c> out</c><00:39:07.230><c> because</c><00:39:07.429><c> he</c><00:39:07.690><c> had</c><00:39:08.090><c> made</c><00:39:08.389><c> shipwreck</c>

00:39:08.769 --> 00:39:09.429
of<00:39:08.969><c> the</c><00:39:09.150><c> faith.</c>

00:39:09.449 --> 00:39:15.570
It<00:39:09.530><c> tells</c><00:39:09.789><c> us</c><00:39:10.010><c> that</c><00:39:11.030><c> in</c><00:39:12.269><c> 1</c><00:39:13.269><c> Timothy</c><00:39:13.610><c> chapter</c><00:39:13.989><c> 1,</c><00:39:14.389><c> isn't</c><00:39:14.610><c> it?</c>

00:39:18.670 --> 00:39:20.369
Verse<00:39:19.269><c> 20,</c>

00:39:20.570 --> 00:39:23.929
Of<00:39:20.849><c> whom</c><00:39:21.090><c> is</c><00:39:21.389><c> Hymenius</c><00:39:22.030><c> and</c><00:39:22.409><c> Alexander,</c>

00:39:24.530 --> 00:39:26.909
whom<00:39:24.670><c> I</c><00:39:24.889><c> have</c><00:39:25.030><c> delivered</c><00:39:25.409><c> unto</c><00:39:25.710><c> Satan,</c><00:39:26.210><c> that</c><00:39:26.269><c> they</c><00:39:26.510><c> may</c><00:39:26.650><c> learn</c>

00:39:26.909 --> 00:39:28.630
not<00:39:27.130><c> to</c><00:39:27.349><c> blaspheme.</c>

00:39:29.449 --> 00:39:32.650
In<00:39:29.829><c> all</c><00:39:30.289><c> probability,</c><00:39:31.130><c> he's</c><00:39:31.349><c> the</c><00:39:31.469><c> same</c><00:39:31.670><c> person.</c>

00:39:33.269 --> 00:39:36.949
He's<00:39:33.710><c> got</c><00:39:33.869><c> a</c><00:39:34.010><c> reason</c><00:39:34.289><c> for</c><00:39:34.590><c> a</c><00:39:35.030><c> real</c><00:39:35.449><c> gripe</c><00:39:35.809><c> against</c><00:39:36.070><c> the</c><00:39:36.289><c> Apostle</c><00:39:36.650><c> Paul</c>

00:39:36.949 --> 00:39:39.010
because<00:39:37.369><c> Paul</c><00:39:37.610><c> came</c><00:39:37.849><c> in</c><00:39:38.030><c> there</c><00:39:38.190><c> and</c><00:39:38.449><c> sorted</c><00:39:38.630><c> it</c><00:39:38.849><c> out,</c>

00:39:39.110 --> 00:39:41.289
whereas<00:39:39.230><c> he</c><00:39:39.409><c> no</c><00:39:39.530><c> doubt</c><00:39:39.690><c> was</c><00:39:39.969><c> infiltrating</c><00:39:40.570><c> through</c><00:39:40.829><c> that</c><00:39:40.989><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:39:41.510 --> 00:39:44.570
but<00:39:41.690><c> he</c><00:39:41.789><c> was</c><00:39:41.969><c> doing</c><00:39:42.170><c> it</c><00:39:42.389><c> to</c><00:39:42.690><c> Judaize</c><00:39:43.230><c> the</c><00:39:43.429><c> rest.</c>

00:39:45.070 --> 00:39:47.750
And<00:39:45.190><c> Paul</c><00:39:45.349><c> nailed</c><00:39:45.650><c> him,</c><00:39:46.869><c> brought</c><00:39:47.090><c> the</c><00:39:47.269><c> matter</c><00:39:47.409><c> out</c>

00:39:47.750 --> 00:39:50.550
and<00:39:48.090><c> said</c><00:39:48.329><c> very</c><00:39:48.750><c> clearly</c><00:39:49.050><c> what</c><00:39:49.269><c> that</c><00:39:49.449><c> man</c><00:39:49.610><c> was</c><00:39:49.869><c> doing</c><00:39:50.090><c> to</c><00:39:50.289><c> the</c>

00:39:50.550 --> 00:39:52.050
faith<00:39:50.769><c> in</c><00:39:50.989><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:53.269 --> 00:39:55.289
So<00:39:53.409><c> you</c><00:39:53.489><c> can</c><00:39:53.690><c> see</c><00:39:53.789><c> why</c><00:39:53.949><c> he'd</c><00:39:54.190><c> be</c><00:39:54.289><c> very</c><00:39:54.530><c> happy</c><00:39:54.710><c> to</c><00:39:54.969><c> stand</c><00:39:55.090><c> up</c>

00:39:55.289 --> 00:39:58.090
in<00:39:55.429><c> the</c><00:39:55.489><c> midst</c><00:39:55.670><c> of</c><00:39:55.889><c> all</c><00:39:56.090><c> the</c><00:39:56.309><c> confusion</c><00:39:56.829><c> in</c><00:39:57.329><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:39:58.090 --> 00:40:04.050
And<00:39:58.510><c> you</c><00:39:58.670><c> can</c><00:39:58.909><c> see</c><00:39:59.130><c> why</c><00:39:59.710><c> in</c><00:40:00.030><c> verse</c><00:40:00.250><c> 14</c><00:40:00.610><c> of</c><00:40:01.030><c> 2</c><00:40:01.269><c> Timothy</c><00:40:02.269><c> chapter</c><00:40:02.909><c> 4</c>

00:40:04.369 --> 00:40:07.889
that<00:40:04.889><c> he</c><00:40:04.989><c> was</c><00:40:05.230><c> prepared</c><00:40:05.510><c> to</c><00:40:05.730><c> do</c><00:40:06.309><c> much</c><00:40:06.769><c> evil</c><00:40:07.090><c> against</c><00:40:07.429><c> the</c><00:40:07.650><c> Apostle.</c>

00:40:07.889 --> 00:40:09.730
It<00:40:07.949><c> says</c><00:40:08.090><c> he</c><00:40:08.210><c> was</c><00:40:08.409><c> a</c><00:40:08.590><c> coppersmith.</c>

00:40:10.510 --> 00:40:13.750
Do<00:40:10.710><c> you</c><00:40:10.710><c> remember</c><00:40:10.949><c> it</c><00:40:11.070><c> was</c><00:40:11.389><c> the</c><00:40:12.289><c> silversmiths,</c><00:40:13.110><c> the</c><00:40:13.210><c> coppersmiths</c>

00:40:13.750 --> 00:40:16.070
and<00:40:13.869><c> the</c><00:40:14.010><c> people</c><00:40:14.170><c> working</c><00:40:14.489><c> in</c><00:40:14.710><c> those</c><00:40:15.090><c> trades</c>

00:40:16.610 --> 00:40:19.489
that<00:40:17.130><c> were</c><00:40:17.469><c> affronted</c><00:40:17.929><c> by</c><00:40:18.090><c> what</c><00:40:18.269><c> the</c><00:40:18.449><c> Apostle</c><00:40:18.750><c> Paul</c><00:40:18.949><c> was</c><00:40:19.190><c> saying</c>

00:40:19.489 --> 00:40:22.210
when<00:40:20.010><c> he</c><00:40:20.170><c> was</c><00:40:20.409><c> not</c><00:40:20.610><c> teaching</c><00:40:20.969><c> about</c><00:40:21.530><c> other</c><00:40:21.869><c> gods.</c>

00:40:22.489 --> 00:40:25.590
He's<00:40:22.869><c> a</c><00:40:23.030><c> Jew,</c><00:40:23.389><c> probably</c><00:40:23.630><c> involved,</c><00:40:24.489><c> a</c><00:40:24.489><c> prophet</c><00:40:24.829><c> there,</c>

00:40:27.610 --> 00:40:31.050
and<00:40:28.010><c> so</c><00:40:28.110><c> there's</c><00:40:28.429><c> all</c><00:40:28.710><c> those</c><00:40:28.989><c> pictures</c><00:40:29.349><c> that</c><00:40:29.550><c> you</c><00:40:29.690><c> can</c><00:40:29.789><c> bring</c><00:40:29.969><c> together.</c>

00:40:31.530 --> 00:40:33.289
And<00:40:31.530><c> so</c><00:40:31.789><c> when</c><00:40:32.010><c> the</c><00:40:32.210><c> Romans</c><00:40:32.429><c> looked</c><00:40:32.690><c> for</c><00:40:32.969><c> someone</c>

00:40:33.289 --> 00:40:35.530
who<00:40:33.630><c> would</c><00:40:33.889><c> give</c><00:40:34.030><c> witness</c><00:40:34.329><c> against</c><00:40:34.650><c> the</c><00:40:34.789><c> Apostle</c><00:40:35.150><c> Paul,</c>

00:40:35.849 --> 00:40:37.690
Ali<00:40:35.929><c> would</c><00:40:36.090><c> be</c><00:40:36.230><c> very</c><00:40:36.510><c> happy</c><00:40:36.730><c> to</c><00:40:36.849><c> go</c><00:40:37.030><c> across</c><00:40:37.309><c> to</c><00:40:37.489><c> Rome</c>

00:40:37.690 --> 00:40:40.110
because<00:40:38.010><c> somebody</c><00:40:38.250><c> had</c><00:40:38.429><c> to</c><00:40:38.570><c> go,</c><00:40:38.829><c> had</c><00:40:38.989><c> to</c><00:40:39.110><c> be</c><00:40:39.250><c> witnesses,</c>

00:40:40.190 --> 00:40:41.590
but<00:40:40.309><c> he</c><00:40:40.429><c> was</c><00:40:40.650><c> the</c><00:40:40.889><c> informer.</c>

00:40:42.690 --> 00:40:44.389
Perhaps<00:40:43.050><c> he</c><00:40:43.210><c> was</c><00:40:43.309><c> the</c><00:40:43.429><c> one</c><00:40:43.530><c> that</c><00:40:43.710><c> said</c><00:40:43.909><c> to</c><00:40:44.070><c> the</c><00:40:44.190><c> soldiers,</c>

00:40:44.650 --> 00:40:47.769
look,<00:40:45.309><c> this</c><00:40:45.610><c> man,</c><00:40:46.030><c> I</c><00:40:46.150><c> know</c><00:40:46.329><c> exactly</c><00:40:46.690><c> where</c><00:40:46.909><c> he</c><00:40:47.070><c> is.</c>

00:40:49.150 --> 00:40:51.610
And<00:40:49.469><c> he's</c><00:40:49.869><c> up</c><00:40:50.030><c> at</c><00:40:50.250><c> Troas</c><00:40:50.550><c> and</c><00:40:50.670><c> I</c><00:40:50.789><c> know</c><00:40:50.909><c> the</c><00:40:51.110><c> house</c><00:40:51.269><c> he's</c><00:40:51.469><c> in,</c>

00:40:51.670 --> 00:40:54.489
and<00:40:51.829><c> so</c><00:40:51.949><c> they</c><00:40:52.050><c> came</c><00:40:52.269><c> there</c><00:40:52.449><c> and</c><00:40:52.550><c> took</c><00:40:52.710><c> him,</c><00:40:53.309><c> waves</c><00:40:53.610><c> taken.</c>

00:40:54.590 --> 00:40:56.010
No<00:40:54.949><c> chance</c><00:40:55.210><c> to</c><00:40:55.309><c> go</c><00:40:55.449><c> back</c><00:40:55.610><c> into</c><00:40:55.750><c> the</c><00:40:55.889><c> house</c>

00:40:56.010 --> 00:40:58.449
and<00:40:56.190><c> take</c><00:40:56.309><c> what</c><00:40:56.469><c> you</c><00:40:56.610><c> might</c><00:40:56.829><c> want</c><00:40:57.050><c> to</c><00:40:57.250><c> take,</c><00:40:57.449><c> your</c><00:40:57.630><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:00.190 --> 00:41:02.909
You<00:41:00.329><c> and</c><00:41:00.389><c> I</c><00:41:00.489><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:00.650><c> go</c><00:41:01.110><c> travelling</c><00:41:01.650><c> without</c><00:41:01.949><c> our</c><00:41:02.170><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:03.750 --> 00:41:06.869
Of<00:41:04.110><c> course</c><00:41:04.469><c> we</c><00:41:04.630><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:04.750><c> even</c><00:41:04.989><c> think</c><00:41:05.170><c> of</c><00:41:05.289><c> going</c><00:41:05.429><c> without</c><00:41:05.769><c> a</c><00:41:06.110><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:06.889 --> 00:41:07.969
What<00:41:07.030><c> about</c><00:41:07.210><c> the</c><00:41:07.349><c> Apostle</c><00:41:07.730><c> Paul?</c>

00:41:08.130 --> 00:41:09.630
The<00:41:08.230><c> first</c><00:41:08.610><c> thing</c><00:41:08.769><c> he'd</c><00:41:09.050><c> think</c><00:41:09.250><c> of,</c>

00:41:09.929 --> 00:41:11.309
well<00:41:10.110><c> he</c><00:41:10.190><c> didn't</c><00:41:10.429><c> have</c><00:41:10.650><c> time</c><00:41:10.889><c> to</c><00:41:11.090><c> get</c><00:41:11.190><c> it.</c>

00:41:11.309 --> 00:41:12.730
It<00:41:11.489><c> wasn't</c><00:41:11.530><c> because</c><00:41:11.809><c> of</c><00:41:11.909><c> lack</c><00:41:12.070><c> of</c><00:41:12.289><c> memory,</c>

00:41:13.130 --> 00:41:15.550
it<00:41:13.130><c> wasn't</c><00:41:13.349><c> because</c><00:41:13.570><c> he</c><00:41:13.670><c> was</c><00:41:13.829><c> known</c><00:41:14.010><c> to</c><00:41:14.150><c> leave</c><00:41:14.289><c> things</c><00:41:14.570><c> around,</c>

00:41:15.690 --> 00:41:18.730
it<00:41:15.949><c> was</c><00:41:16.110><c> just</c><00:41:16.349><c> because</c><00:41:16.670><c> the</c><00:41:16.909><c> atmosphere</c><00:41:17.329><c> was</c><00:41:17.630><c> dangerous.</c>

00:41:20.030 --> 00:41:21.869
So<00:41:20.170><c> my</c><00:41:20.369><c> dear</c><00:41:20.530><c> brethren,</c><00:41:20.710><c> it</c><00:41:20.710><c> says</c><00:41:20.849><c> when</c><00:41:21.010><c> you</c><00:41:21.110><c> put</c><00:41:21.230><c> all</c><00:41:21.389><c> that</c><00:41:21.570><c> together</c>

00:41:21.869 --> 00:41:23.730
you<00:41:21.949><c> can</c><00:41:22.210><c> see</c><00:41:22.429><c> the</c><00:41:22.590><c> atmosphere</c><00:41:22.989><c> of</c><00:41:23.170><c> 2nd</c><00:41:23.489><c> Timothy</c>

00:41:23.730 --> 00:41:26.309
in<00:41:23.889><c> a</c><00:41:24.050><c> way</c><00:41:24.170><c> that's</c><00:41:24.429><c> very</c><00:41:24.690><c> wonderful,</c><00:41:25.090><c> isn't</c><00:41:25.309><c> it?</c>

00:41:26.389 --> 00:41:28.690
A<00:41:26.469><c> little</c><00:41:26.650><c> bit</c><00:41:26.829><c> of</c><00:41:27.010><c> sunshine</c><00:41:27.349><c> has</c><00:41:27.710><c> gone.</c>

00:41:28.710 --> 00:41:32.570
Now<00:41:28.929><c> it's</c><00:41:29.389><c> very</c><00:41:29.849><c> dark</c><00:41:30.170><c> and</c><00:41:30.409><c> very</c><00:41:31.269><c> dangerous.</c>

00:41:32.650 --> 00:41:36.949
And<00:41:32.789><c> even</c><00:41:32.969><c> to</c><00:41:33.190><c> relate</c><00:41:33.550><c> to</c><00:41:33.710><c> him</c><00:41:34.389><c> is</c><00:41:35.670><c> very</c><00:41:35.989><c> difficult.</c>

00:41:37.150 --> 00:41:39.570
You<00:41:37.250><c> can</c><00:41:37.510><c> feel</c><00:41:37.650><c> now</c><00:41:37.889><c> why</c><00:41:38.050><c> the</c><00:41:38.190><c> Apostle</c><00:41:38.570><c> Paul</c><00:41:38.690><c> wrote</c><00:41:38.909><c> to</c><00:41:39.150><c> Timothy</c>

00:41:39.570 --> 00:41:42.369
in<00:41:40.389><c> that</c><00:41:40.630><c> first</c><00:41:40.909><c> chapter</c><00:41:41.210><c> and</c><00:41:41.369><c> said,</c>

00:41:43.230 --> 00:41:46.369
for<00:41:43.349><c> God</c><00:41:43.610><c> hath</c><00:41:43.809><c> not</c><00:41:44.070><c> given</c><00:41:44.230><c> us</c><00:41:44.530><c> the</c><00:41:44.829><c> spirit</c><00:41:45.070><c> of</c><00:41:45.369><c> fear,</c>

00:41:46.690 --> 00:41:49.630
but<00:41:46.809><c> of</c><00:41:47.070><c> power</c><00:41:47.409><c> and</c><00:41:47.610><c> of</c><00:41:47.789><c> love</c><00:41:48.010><c> and</c><00:41:48.170><c> of</c><00:41:48.349><c> a</c><00:41:48.489><c> sound</c><00:41:48.710><c> mind.</c>

00:41:49.750 --> 00:41:53.309
And<00:41:50.250><c> that</c><00:41:50.489><c> coming</c><00:41:50.670><c> out</c><00:41:50.869><c> of</c><00:41:50.969><c> a</c><00:41:51.230><c> cold</c><00:41:51.769><c> Roman</c><00:41:52.210><c> dungeon</c>

00:41:53.710 --> 00:41:57.429
from<00:41:54.210><c> a</c><00:41:54.449><c> man</c><00:41:54.670><c> greatly</c><00:41:55.050><c> beloved</c><00:41:55.469><c> of</c><00:41:55.710><c> enormous</c><00:41:56.150><c> stature,</c>

00:41:57.510 --> 00:41:58.809
enormous<00:41:57.710><c> heart,</c>

00:41:59.269 --> 00:42:02.630
to<00:41:59.409><c> a</c><00:41:59.489><c> young</c><00:41:59.710><c> man</c><00:41:59.969><c> that</c><00:42:00.170><c> owed</c><00:42:00.289><c> everything</c><00:42:00.630><c> he</c><00:42:00.829><c> had</c><00:42:00.989><c> in</c><00:42:01.210><c> life</c><00:42:01.449><c> to</c><00:42:01.610><c> him.</c>

00:42:03.050 --> 00:42:05.409
They<00:42:03.170><c> were</c><00:42:03.349><c> powerful</c><00:42:03.769><c> words</c><00:42:04.150><c> indeed.</c>

00:42:06.030 --> 00:42:09.329
He<00:42:06.050><c> says</c><00:42:06.349><c> in</c><00:42:06.449><c> verse</c><00:42:06.650><c> 12</c><00:42:08.510><c> of</c><00:42:08.670><c> the</c><00:42:08.789><c> same</c><00:42:08.969><c> chapter,</c>

00:42:09.530 --> 00:42:12.670
for<00:42:09.530><c> the</c><00:42:09.710><c> which</c><00:42:09.969><c> cause</c><00:42:10.190><c> I</c><00:42:10.469><c> also</c><00:42:10.949><c> suffer</c><00:42:11.269><c> these</c><00:42:11.590><c> things,</c>

00:42:12.969 --> 00:42:14.969
nevertheless<00:42:13.369><c> I</c><00:42:13.630><c> am</c><00:42:13.690><c> not</c><00:42:13.929><c> ashamed.</c>

00:42:15.150 --> 00:42:17.349
For<00:42:15.309><c> I</c><00:42:15.429><c> know</c><00:42:15.650><c> whom</c><00:42:15.829><c> I</c><00:42:16.030><c> have</c><00:42:16.210><c> believed</c><00:42:16.590><c> and</c><00:42:16.789><c> persuaded,</c>

00:42:17.349 --> 00:42:19.730
but<00:42:17.789><c> he</c><00:42:18.010><c> is</c><00:42:18.090><c> able</c><00:42:18.349><c> to</c><00:42:18.570><c> keep</c><00:42:18.710><c> that</c><00:42:18.949><c> which</c><00:42:19.090><c> I</c><00:42:19.329><c> have</c><00:42:19.449><c> committed</c>

00:42:19.730 --> 00:42:22.210
unto<00:42:19.949><c> him</c><00:42:20.150><c> against</c><00:42:20.570><c> that</c><00:42:20.869><c> day.</c>

00:42:22.389 --> 00:42:24.369
Hold<00:42:22.489><c> fast</c><00:42:22.889><c> the</c><00:42:23.050><c> form</c><00:42:23.309><c> of</c><00:42:23.570><c> sound</c><00:42:23.809><c> words,</c>

00:42:24.829 --> 00:42:26.909
which<00:42:24.949><c> thou</c><00:42:25.170><c> hast</c><00:42:25.369><c> heard</c><00:42:25.570><c> of</c><00:42:25.710><c> me</c><00:42:25.869><c> in</c><00:42:26.050><c> faith</c><00:42:26.369><c> and</c><00:42:26.550><c> love,</c>

00:42:27.150 --> 00:42:28.610
which<00:42:27.309><c> is</c><00:42:27.510><c> in</c><00:42:27.730><c> Christ</c><00:42:28.010><c> Jesus.</c>

00:42:28.989 --> 00:42:31.650
That<00:42:29.309><c> good</c><00:42:29.590><c> thing,</c><00:42:29.869><c> Timothy,</c><00:42:30.329><c> which</c><00:42:30.510><c> was</c><00:42:30.730><c> committed</c><00:42:31.090><c> unto</c><00:42:31.329><c> thee,</c>

00:42:31.829 --> 00:42:34.690
keep<00:42:32.050><c> by</c><00:42:32.269><c> the</c><00:42:32.489><c> Holy</c><00:42:32.710><c> Spirit</c><00:42:32.989><c> which</c><00:42:33.269><c> dwelleth</c><00:42:33.670><c> in</c><00:42:33.909><c> thee.</c>

00:42:34.889 --> 00:42:37.690
Or<00:42:35.110><c> they</c><00:42:35.250><c> would</c><00:42:35.409><c> have</c><00:42:35.530><c> come</c><00:42:35.710><c> home</c><00:42:35.909><c> as</c><00:42:36.170><c> powerful</c><00:42:36.570><c> things</c><00:42:37.349><c> to</c>

00:42:37.690 --> 00:42:38.469
this<00:42:37.849><c> young</c><00:42:38.150><c> man.</c>

00:42:38.710 --> 00:42:40.389
And<00:42:38.949><c> that</c><00:42:39.110><c> little</c><00:42:39.369><c> touch</c><00:42:39.650><c> in</c><00:42:39.829><c> chapter</c><00:42:40.110><c> 3</c>

00:42:40.389 --> 00:42:43.170
where<00:42:40.570><c> he</c><00:42:40.630><c> goes</c><00:42:40.889><c> right</c><00:42:41.170><c> back</c><00:42:41.349><c> to</c><00:42:41.550><c> the</c><00:42:41.650><c> very</c><00:42:42.349><c> earliest</c><00:42:42.750><c> times</c>

00:42:43.170 --> 00:42:44.789
of<00:42:43.329><c> his</c><00:42:43.510><c> relationship</c><00:42:44.070><c> with</c><00:42:44.309><c> Timothy.</c>

00:42:44.789 --> 00:42:47.869
When<00:42:45.829><c> as</c><00:42:45.949><c> he</c><00:42:46.110><c> emerged</c><00:42:46.409><c> from</c><00:42:46.570><c> all</c><00:42:46.690><c> the</c><00:42:46.869><c> rocks</c><00:42:47.150><c> in</c><00:42:47.389><c> Lystra,</c>

00:42:48.210 --> 00:42:53.170
and<00:42:48.329><c> he</c><00:42:48.449><c> saw</c><00:42:48.550><c> perhaps</c><00:42:49.030><c> the</c><00:42:50.750><c> young</c><00:42:50.889><c> and</c><00:42:51.309><c> strained</c><00:42:52.170><c> faith</c><00:42:52.550><c> of</c><00:42:52.769><c> Timothy</c>

00:42:53.170 --> 00:42:55.469
looking<00:42:53.530><c> at</c><00:42:53.750><c> all</c><00:42:53.929><c> these</c><00:42:54.110><c> circumstances,</c>

00:42:56.090 --> 00:43:00.210
thou<00:42:56.250><c> hast</c><00:42:56.550><c> fully</c><00:42:56.909><c> known</c><00:42:57.989><c> my</c><00:42:58.849><c> doctrine</c><00:42:59.250><c> and</c><00:42:59.409><c> manner</c><00:42:59.670><c> of</c><00:42:59.949><c> life</c>

00:43:00.210 --> 00:43:02.070
and<00:43:00.409><c> purpose</c><00:43:00.789><c> and</c><00:43:01.070><c> faith.</c>

00:43:02.889 --> 00:43:05.250
But<00:43:03.150><c> when</c><00:43:03.309><c> he</c><00:43:03.389><c> said</c><00:43:03.590><c> to</c><00:43:03.710><c> Timothy</c><00:43:04.050><c> in</c><00:43:04.210><c> chapter</c><00:43:04.449><c> 4</c><00:43:04.730><c> verse</c><00:43:04.989><c> 1,</c>

00:43:05.429 --> 00:43:08.929
I<00:43:05.710><c> charge</c><00:43:06.230><c> thee</c><00:43:06.429><c> therefore</c><00:43:06.730><c> before</c><00:43:07.110><c> God</c><00:43:07.409><c> and</c><00:43:07.570><c> the</c><00:43:07.670><c> Lord</c><00:43:07.849><c> Jesus</c><00:43:08.250><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:09.409 --> 00:43:12.070
You<00:43:09.570><c> shall</c><00:43:09.730><c> judge</c><00:43:10.050><c> the</c><00:43:10.289><c> quick</c><00:43:10.409><c> and</c><00:43:10.590><c> the</c><00:43:10.690><c> dead</c><00:43:10.789><c> at</c><00:43:10.929><c> His</c><00:43:11.110><c> appearing</c><00:43:11.409><c> in</c><00:43:11.570><c> His</c><00:43:11.710><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:12.070 --> 00:43:14.469
Preach<00:43:12.710><c> the</c><00:43:12.909><c> Word,</c><00:43:13.969><c> Timothy.</c>

00:43:14.849 --> 00:43:16.269
Never<00:43:15.090><c> mind</c><00:43:15.349><c> my</c><00:43:15.630><c> circumstances.</c>

00:43:16.369 --> 00:43:17.210
Get<00:43:16.510><c> on</c><00:43:16.690><c> with</c><00:43:16.849><c> the</c><00:43:17.010><c> work.</c>

00:43:17.389 --> 00:43:19.710
Be<00:43:17.690><c> instant</c><00:43:18.050><c> in</c><00:43:18.469><c> season,</c><00:43:18.869><c> out</c><00:43:19.110><c> of</c><00:43:19.309><c> season.</c>

00:43:20.110 --> 00:43:22.809
In<00:43:20.269><c> all</c><00:43:21.090><c> opportunities,</c><00:43:22.110><c> go</c><00:43:22.349><c> with</c><00:43:22.570><c> it.</c>

00:43:23.030 --> 00:43:26.590
Reprove,<00:43:23.690><c> rebuke,</c><00:43:24.250><c> exhort</c><00:43:24.449><c> with</c><00:43:24.670><c> all</c><00:43:24.909><c> long</c><00:43:25.130><c>-suffering</c><00:43:25.550><c> and</c><00:43:25.750><c> doctrine.</c>

00:43:26.730 --> 00:43:28.590
For<00:43:26.829><c> the</c><00:43:27.050><c> time</c><00:43:27.210><c> will</c><00:43:27.449><c> come</c><00:43:27.630><c> when</c><00:43:27.750><c> they</c><00:43:27.889><c> will</c><00:43:28.090><c> not</c><00:43:28.289><c> endure</c>

00:43:28.590 --> 00:43:29.789
sound<00:43:28.889><c> doctrine.</c>

00:43:29.849 --> 00:43:32.030
But<00:43:29.909><c> after</c><00:43:30.230><c> their</c><00:43:30.469><c> own</c><00:43:30.710><c> lusts</c><00:43:31.090><c> shall</c><00:43:31.190><c> they</c><00:43:31.389><c> heap</c><00:43:31.550><c> to</c><00:43:31.670><c> themselves</c>

00:43:32.030 --> 00:43:33.989
teachers<00:43:32.449><c> having</c><00:43:32.730><c> itching</c><00:43:33.090><c> ears.</c>

00:43:34.070 --> 00:43:35.389
Paul<00:43:34.230><c> knew</c><00:43:34.449><c> it</c><00:43:34.510><c> was</c><00:43:34.690><c> all</c><00:43:34.969><c> going</c><00:43:35.170><c> to</c><00:43:35.289><c> happen.</c>

00:43:35.409 --> 00:43:36.510
Knew<00:43:35.610><c> what</c><00:43:35.769><c> Ephesus</c><00:43:36.110><c> was</c><00:43:36.309><c> like.</c>

00:43:36.809 --> 00:43:39.090
When<00:43:36.909><c> he</c><00:43:37.050><c> was</c><00:43:37.230><c> there,</c><00:43:37.489><c> there</c><00:43:37.489><c> was</c><00:43:37.690><c> Jews</c><00:43:37.849><c> that</c><00:43:38.130><c> lay</c><00:43:38.269><c> in</c><00:43:38.469><c> wait</c><00:43:38.650><c> for</c><00:43:38.829><c> him</c><00:43:38.969><c> to</c>

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take<00:43:39.309><c> his</c><00:43:39.510><c> life.</c>

00:43:40.369 --> 00:43:45.389
I<00:43:40.809><c> fought</c><00:43:41.050><c> with</c><00:43:41.349><c> beasts,</c><00:43:41.650><c> he</c><00:43:41.809><c> says</c><00:43:42.010><c> in</c><00:43:42.230><c> Ephesus</c><00:43:42.590><c> in</c><00:43:43.110><c> 1</c><00:43:43.289><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:43.710><c> 15.</c>

00:43:45.710 --> 00:43:49.769
The<00:43:46.150><c> hardest</c><00:43:46.590><c> time</c><00:43:46.969><c> of</c><00:43:47.150><c> all</c><00:43:47.289><c> of</c><00:43:47.389><c> his</c><00:43:47.530><c> ministry</c><00:43:47.929><c> was</c><00:43:48.389><c> in</c><00:43:48.570><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:43:51.150 --> 00:43:53.469
Now<00:43:51.349><c> you</c><00:43:51.469><c> can</c><00:43:51.730><c> see</c><00:43:51.929><c> that</c><00:43:52.090><c> there's</c><00:43:52.250><c> young</c><00:43:52.469><c> Timothy</c><00:43:52.789><c> and</c><00:43:52.929><c> his</c><00:43:53.050><c> life</c><00:43:53.269><c> is</c>

00:43:53.469 --> 00:43:54.329
about<00:43:53.630><c> to</c><00:43:53.869><c> go.</c>

00:43:54.730 --> 00:43:56.610
And<00:43:54.869><c> Timothy</c><00:43:55.090><c> is</c><00:43:55.230><c> going</c><00:43:55.329><c> to</c><00:43:55.389><c> be</c><00:43:55.530><c> left</c><00:43:55.730><c> with</c><00:43:55.909><c> all</c><00:43:56.110><c> of</c><00:43:56.210><c> that</c><00:43:56.389><c> upon</c>

00:43:56.610 --> 00:43:58.050
his<00:43:56.829><c> own</c><00:43:57.070><c> hands.</c>

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I<00:43:59.610><c> charge</c><00:44:00.130><c> thee</c><00:44:00.309><c> therefore.</c>

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That's<00:44:01.210><c> a</c><00:44:01.349><c> powerful</c><00:44:01.710><c> epistle,</c><00:44:02.250><c> my</c><00:44:02.250><c> dear</c><00:44:02.389><c> brothers</c><00:44:02.630><c> and</c><00:44:02.730><c> sisters.</c>

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If<00:44:03.469><c> you</c><00:44:03.610><c> received</c><00:44:04.030><c> that</c><00:44:04.309><c> epistle,</c>

00:44:05.250 --> 00:44:07.849
my<00:44:05.690><c> word,</c><00:44:06.289><c> every</c><00:44:06.510><c> syllable</c><00:44:06.789><c> of</c><00:44:06.929><c> it</c><00:44:07.030><c> would</c><00:44:07.190><c> just</c><00:44:07.469><c> ring</c><00:44:07.570><c> in</c><00:44:07.650><c> your</c>

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head,<00:44:08.050><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:08.230><c> it?</c>

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With<00:44:08.909><c> the</c><00:44:09.250><c> responsibilities</c><00:44:09.929><c> and</c><00:44:10.170><c> the</c><00:44:10.329><c> pathos</c><00:44:10.710><c> of</c><00:44:10.869><c> it</c>

00:44:11.090 --> 00:44:13.309
and<00:44:11.389><c> the</c><00:44:11.530><c> fact</c><00:44:11.650><c> that</c><00:44:11.789><c> it</c><00:44:11.789><c> was</c><00:44:12.010><c> last</c><00:44:12.389><c> words,</c><00:44:12.710><c> last</c><00:44:12.849><c> words</c><00:44:13.050><c> are</c>

00:44:13.309 --> 00:44:14.849
always<00:44:13.650><c> important.</c>

00:44:15.570 --> 00:44:17.750
He<00:44:15.650><c> says,</c><00:44:16.010><c> they</c><00:44:16.010><c> shall</c><00:44:16.230><c> turn</c><00:44:16.489><c> away</c><00:44:16.829><c> their</c><00:44:17.030><c> ears</c><00:44:17.230><c> from</c><00:44:17.409><c> the</c><00:44:17.590><c> truth</c>

00:44:17.750 --> 00:44:19.090
and<00:44:17.889><c> shall</c><00:44:18.050><c> be</c><00:44:18.269><c> turned</c><00:44:18.429><c> into</c><00:44:18.670><c> fables.</c>

00:44:19.429 --> 00:44:21.369
And<00:44:19.550><c> you</c><00:44:19.610><c> know,</c><00:44:19.750><c> that's</c><00:44:19.969><c> what</c><00:44:20.090><c> it</c><00:44:20.329><c> gets</c><00:44:20.489><c> like</c><00:44:20.690><c> in</c><00:44:20.949><c> some</c><00:44:21.130><c> areas</c>

00:44:21.369 --> 00:44:24.190
of<00:44:21.570><c> our</c><00:44:21.789><c> own</c><00:44:22.829><c> dear</c><00:44:23.090><c> brotherhood.</c>

00:44:24.730 --> 00:44:26.130
That's<00:44:24.889><c> what</c><00:44:25.010><c> it's</c><00:44:25.289><c> like.</c>

00:44:26.989 --> 00:44:29.210
People<00:44:27.190><c> are</c><00:44:27.469><c> saying</c><00:44:27.630><c> soft</c><00:44:28.050><c> things.</c>

00:44:29.289 --> 00:44:30.630
You<00:44:29.469><c> know,</c><00:44:29.489><c> about</c><00:44:29.630><c> our</c><00:44:29.769><c> way</c><00:44:29.969><c> of</c><00:44:30.190><c> life,</c><00:44:30.530><c> I</c><00:44:30.530><c> mean.</c>

00:44:30.690 --> 00:44:32.949
About<00:44:30.809><c> what's</c><00:44:31.389><c> right</c><00:44:31.650><c> and</c><00:44:31.889><c> wrong.</c>

00:44:33.170 --> 00:44:34.110
Worldliness.

00:44:34.929 --> 00:44:39.630
It<00:44:35.349><c> trickles</c><00:44:35.610><c> into</c><00:44:35.869><c> ecclesial</c><00:44:36.230><c> life</c><00:44:36.530><c> and</c><00:44:36.670><c> this</c><00:44:36.809><c> is</c><00:44:37.030><c> okay,</c><00:44:37.469><c> that's</c><00:44:37.829><c> okay,</c><00:44:38.309><c> this</c><00:44:38.469><c> is</c><00:44:38.630><c> okay.</c>

00:44:40.590 --> 00:44:43.110
Because<00:44:40.769><c> we</c><00:44:40.929><c> all</c><00:44:41.050><c> get</c><00:44:41.230><c> softer,</c><00:44:41.730><c> more</c><00:44:41.949><c> materialistic.</c>

00:44:43.650 --> 00:44:46.150
And<00:44:43.769><c> therefore</c><00:44:43.969><c> all</c><00:44:44.250><c> sorts</c><00:44:44.469><c> of</c><00:44:44.650><c> things</c><00:44:44.849><c> are</c><00:44:45.170><c> okay.</c>

00:44:46.510 --> 00:44:48.349
All<00:44:46.730><c> doing</c><00:44:47.010><c> it,</c><00:44:47.250><c> more</c><00:44:47.510><c> doing</c><00:44:47.789><c> it.</c>

00:44:48.570 --> 00:44:49.889
It's<00:44:48.690><c> all</c><00:44:48.849><c> okay.</c>

00:44:50.630 --> 00:44:51.630
Whereas<00:44:50.750><c> our</c><00:44:50.989><c> earlier</c><00:44:51.210><c> brethren</c><00:44:51.449><c> said,</c>

00:44:51.670 --> 00:44:53.809
look,<00:44:51.829><c> it's</c><00:44:51.989><c> not</c><00:44:52.190><c> wise</c><00:44:52.449><c> to</c><00:44:52.650><c> have</c><00:44:52.789><c> this</c><00:44:52.929><c> or</c><00:44:53.030><c> it's</c><00:44:53.170><c> not</c><00:44:53.309><c> wise</c><00:44:53.590><c> to</c>

00:44:53.809 --> 00:44:54.329
do<00:44:53.909><c> that.</c>

00:44:54.750 --> 00:44:58.409
May<00:44:54.909><c> encourage</c><00:44:55.250><c> people</c><00:44:55.570><c> to</c><00:44:56.530><c> not</c><00:44:56.809><c> have</c><00:44:56.989><c> that</c><00:44:57.170><c> in</c><00:44:57.289><c> their</c><00:44:57.530><c> lives.</c>

00:44:59.909 --> 00:45:02.110
But<00:45:00.030><c> you</c><00:45:00.150><c> see,</c><00:45:00.289><c> eventually</c><00:45:00.630><c> it</c><00:45:00.829><c> comes</c><00:45:00.949><c> to</c><00:45:01.130><c> a</c><00:45:01.250><c> time</c><00:45:01.389><c> when</c>

00:45:02.170 --> 00:45:04.110
when<00:45:02.650><c> ecclesians</c><00:45:02.949><c> don't</c><00:45:03.210><c> want</c><00:45:03.409><c> to</c><00:45:03.650><c> have</c><00:45:03.650><c> somebody</c><00:45:03.889><c> saying,</c>

00:45:04.329 --> 00:45:06.150
it's<00:45:04.329><c> not</c><00:45:04.710><c> good</c><00:45:04.989><c> to</c><00:45:05.190><c> have</c><00:45:05.309><c> this</c><00:45:05.489><c> or</c><00:45:05.590><c> not</c><00:45:05.750><c> good</c><00:45:05.949><c> to</c><00:45:06.070><c> have</c><00:45:06.150><c> that.</c>

00:45:06.210 --> 00:45:08.050
They<00:45:06.309><c> can</c><00:45:06.469><c> offence</c><00:45:06.849><c> people.</c>

00:45:10.090 --> 00:45:12.150
And<00:45:10.230><c> that's</c><00:45:10.369><c> when</c><00:45:10.510><c> we're</c><00:45:10.730><c> really</c><00:45:10.929><c> going</c><00:45:11.269><c> downwards,</c><00:45:11.610><c> isn't</c><00:45:11.869><c> it?</c>

00:45:12.329 --> 00:45:14.269
How<00:45:12.570><c> do</c><00:45:12.710><c> you</c><00:45:12.869><c> resurrect</c><00:45:13.210><c> that?</c>

00:45:14.769 --> 00:45:17.170
And<00:45:14.889><c> you're</c><00:45:14.949><c> rushing</c><00:45:15.230><c> towards</c><00:45:15.610><c> the</c><00:45:15.829><c> coming</c><00:45:16.030><c> of</c><00:45:16.250><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:17.429 --> 00:45:19.769
but<00:45:17.590><c> the</c><00:45:17.769><c> things</c><00:45:17.929><c> become</c><00:45:18.349><c> soft</c><00:45:18.769><c> and</c><00:45:18.909><c> nobody's</c><00:45:19.309><c> prepared</c><00:45:19.550><c> to</c>

00:45:19.769 --> 00:45:20.190
say<00:45:19.929><c> that.</c>

00:45:20.329 --> 00:45:22.829
You'll<00:45:20.710><c> get</c><00:45:20.909><c> struck</c><00:45:21.170><c> off</c><00:45:21.369><c> the</c><00:45:21.630><c> exhorting</c><00:45:22.050><c> list.</c>

00:45:23.510 --> 00:45:28.110
You<00:45:23.630><c> know,</c><00:45:23.730><c> the</c><00:45:23.829><c> most</c><00:45:24.130><c> important</c><00:45:24.690><c> thing</c><00:45:25.010><c> is</c><00:45:25.190><c> really</c><00:45:25.730><c> to</c><00:45:26.110><c> preserve,</c><00:45:26.849><c> isn't</c><00:45:27.150><c> it?</c>

00:45:29.050 --> 00:45:31.849
The<00:45:29.489><c> exposition</c><00:45:29.929><c> and</c><00:45:30.389><c> the</c><00:45:30.710><c> power</c><00:45:31.030><c> of</c><00:45:31.250><c> the</c><00:45:31.389><c> Word</c><00:45:31.530><c> of</c><00:45:31.730><c> God.</c>

00:45:31.849 --> 00:45:35.610
If<00:45:31.989><c> we</c><00:45:32.210><c> don't</c><00:45:32.389><c> do</c><00:45:32.610><c> that,</c><00:45:32.989><c> then</c><00:45:33.150><c> we're</c><00:45:33.349><c> finished,</c><00:45:34.309><c> aren't</c><00:45:34.550><c> we?</c>

00:45:35.809 --> 00:45:38.530
Because<00:45:36.050><c> we</c><00:45:36.210><c> all</c><00:45:36.309><c> come</c><00:45:36.510><c> together</c><00:45:36.809><c> like</c><00:45:37.050><c> a</c><00:45:37.190><c> nice</c><00:45:37.630><c> social</c><00:45:37.989><c> occasion,</c>

00:45:38.769 --> 00:45:39.730
but<00:45:38.829><c> there's</c><00:45:38.929><c> no</c><00:45:39.150><c> power</c><00:45:39.530><c> in</c><00:45:39.670><c> it.</c>

00:45:39.730 --> 00:45:41.670
There's<00:45:39.869><c> no</c><00:45:40.030><c> commitment</c><00:45:40.429><c> of</c><00:45:40.630><c> our</c><00:45:40.809><c> lives.</c>

00:45:42.269 --> 00:45:44.449
There's<00:45:42.449><c> no</c><00:45:42.730><c> calling</c><00:45:42.969><c> to</c><00:45:43.210><c> say</c><00:45:43.349><c> that</c><00:45:43.550><c> this</c><00:45:43.750><c> isn't</c><00:45:43.969><c> a</c><00:45:44.070><c> good</c><00:45:44.210><c> thing</c><00:45:44.369><c> and</c>

00:45:44.449 --> 00:45:45.590
that's<00:45:44.730><c> not</c><00:45:44.949><c> a</c><00:45:45.050><c> good</c><00:45:45.250><c> thing.</c>

00:45:45.710 --> 00:45:47.909
This<00:45:45.929><c> is</c><00:45:46.150><c> the</c><00:45:46.250><c> way</c><00:45:46.409><c> we</c><00:45:46.630><c> should</c><00:45:46.849><c> go.</c>

00:45:48.929 --> 00:45:53.929
We've<00:45:49.210><c> got</c><00:45:49.369><c> to</c><00:45:49.630><c> have</c><00:45:50.670><c> our</c><00:45:51.309><c> brethren</c><00:45:51.809><c> that</c><00:45:52.769><c> are</c><00:45:53.190><c> studying</c><00:45:53.429><c> the</c><00:45:53.730><c> Word</c>

00:45:53.929 --> 00:45:57.570
and<00:45:54.210><c> out</c><00:45:54.409><c> of</c><00:45:54.510><c> the</c><00:45:54.849><c> power</c><00:45:55.090><c> of</c><00:45:55.329><c> that,</c><00:45:55.710><c> prepared</c><00:45:55.829><c> to</c><00:45:56.150><c> say</c><00:45:56.389><c> what's</c><00:45:56.789><c> right,</c>

00:45:57.989 --> 00:46:00.550
encourage<00:45:58.289><c> us</c><00:45:58.550><c> all</c><00:45:58.750><c> to</c><00:45:58.929><c> go</c><00:45:59.110><c> along</c><00:45:59.289><c> that</c><00:45:59.530><c> way.</c>

00:46:01.170 --> 00:46:03.510
As<00:46:01.269><c> Paul</c><00:46:01.389><c> says,</c><00:46:01.730><c> the</c><00:46:01.730><c> time</c><00:46:01.929><c> will</c><00:46:02.090><c> come</c><00:46:02.289><c> when</c><00:46:03.050><c> the</c><00:46:03.050><c> audience</c>

00:46:03.510 --> 00:46:04.010
sitting<00:46:03.789><c> there,</c>

00:46:04.050 --> 00:46:05.730
they<00:46:04.170><c> just</c><00:46:04.289><c> want</c><00:46:04.389><c> you</c><00:46:04.550><c> to</c><00:46:04.789><c> scratch</c><00:46:04.989><c> their</c><00:46:05.269><c> ears.</c>

00:46:06.070 --> 00:46:08.050
Give<00:46:06.170><c> us</c><00:46:06.309><c> a</c><00:46:06.429><c> few</c><00:46:06.530><c> nice</c><00:46:06.809><c> little</c><00:46:07.030><c> syllables,</c><00:46:07.590><c> a</c><00:46:07.670><c> few</c><00:46:07.789><c> nice</c>

00:46:08.050 --> 00:46:08.730
little<00:46:08.250><c> words,</c>

00:46:09.030 --> 00:46:10.349
a<00:46:09.130><c> little</c><00:46:09.230><c> bit</c><00:46:09.329><c> of</c><00:46:09.449><c> a</c><00:46:09.650><c> story</c><00:46:09.849><c> in</c><00:46:10.050><c> there.</c>

00:46:10.670 --> 00:46:11.590
That's<00:46:10.869><c> all</c><00:46:10.949><c> we</c><00:46:11.070><c> want</c><00:46:11.190><c> to</c><00:46:11.409><c> hear.</c>

00:46:11.710 --> 00:46:13.329
You<00:46:11.710><c> know,</c><00:46:11.889><c> okay,</c><00:46:12.309><c> that's</c><00:46:12.590><c> enough.</c>

00:46:14.429 --> 00:46:17.190
But<00:46:14.570><c> when</c><00:46:14.710><c> that</c><00:46:14.909><c> happens</c><00:46:15.250><c> and</c><00:46:15.449><c> it</c><00:46:15.570><c> cleans</c><00:46:15.670><c> your</c><00:46:15.889><c> life,</c><00:46:16.150><c> we're</c><00:46:16.289><c> finished.</c>

00:46:17.670 --> 00:46:19.250
And<00:46:17.949><c> that's</c><00:46:18.070><c> what</c><00:46:18.190><c> the</c><00:46:18.329><c> Apostle</c><00:46:18.650><c> Paul</c><00:46:18.849><c> said</c><00:46:19.030><c> then.</c>

00:46:19.250 --> 00:46:21.170
He's<00:46:19.469><c> out</c><00:46:19.730><c> of</c><00:46:19.869><c> the</c><00:46:20.110><c> dungeon</c><00:46:20.469><c> saying</c><00:46:20.829><c> that.</c>

00:46:21.170 --> 00:46:23.929
That's<00:46:22.110><c> powerful,</c><00:46:22.809><c> isn't</c><00:46:22.849><c> it?</c>

00:46:23.969 --> 00:46:26.730
By<00:46:24.170><c> his</c><00:46:24.349><c> last</c><00:46:24.769><c> words</c><00:46:25.269><c> he</c><00:46:25.429><c> says</c><00:46:25.650><c> that.</c>

00:46:26.989 --> 00:46:29.110
And<00:46:27.090><c> Timothy</c><00:46:27.329><c> gets</c><00:46:27.690><c> it.</c>

00:46:30.550 --> 00:46:33.789
But<00:46:30.670><c> watch</c><00:46:30.989><c> thou</c><00:46:31.170><c> in</c><00:46:31.309><c> all</c><00:46:31.550><c> things</c><00:46:31.949><c> endure</c><00:46:32.309><c> afflictions.</c>

00:46:34.349 --> 00:46:36.449
Do<00:46:34.510><c> the</c><00:46:34.690><c> work</c><00:46:34.849><c> of</c><00:46:35.030><c> an</c><00:46:35.170><c> evangelist.</c>

00:46:36.789 --> 00:46:39.349
Never<00:46:37.010><c> mind</c><00:46:37.269><c> the</c><00:46:37.429><c> danger</c><00:46:37.849><c> of</c><00:46:38.070><c> the</c><00:46:38.250><c> times.</c>

00:46:40.230 --> 00:46:42.670
Make<00:46:40.469><c> full</c><00:46:40.849><c> proof</c><00:46:41.090><c> of</c><00:46:41.309><c> thy</c><00:46:41.449><c> ministry.</c>

00:46:43.769 --> 00:46:46.349
But<00:46:43.929><c> Timothy,</c><00:46:45.289><c> I'm</c><00:46:45.849><c> ready.</c>

00:46:46.769 --> 00:46:48.409
My<00:46:47.010><c> days</c><00:46:47.269><c> are</c><00:46:47.489><c> finished.</c>

00:46:48.769 --> 00:46:50.650
I'm<00:46:49.250><c> ready</c><00:46:49.489><c> to</c><00:46:49.690><c> be</c><00:46:49.889><c> offered.</c>

00:46:51.289 --> 00:46:54.090
The<00:46:51.510><c> time</c><00:46:51.710><c> of</c><00:46:51.929><c> my</c><00:46:52.110><c> departure</c><00:46:52.570><c> is</c><00:46:52.889><c> at</c><00:46:53.070><c> hand.</c>

00:46:55.630 --> 00:46:57.369
I've<00:46:55.909><c> fought</c><00:46:56.010><c> a</c><00:46:56.150><c> good</c><00:46:56.329><c> fight.</c>

00:46:58.230 --> 00:47:00.269
I've<00:46:58.469><c> finished</c><00:46:58.949><c> my</c><00:46:59.349><c> course.</c>

00:47:01.670 --> 00:47:03.530
I<00:47:01.989><c> have</c><00:47:02.230><c> kept</c><00:47:02.449><c> the</c><00:47:02.670><c> faith.</c>

00:47:03.690 --> 00:47:06.110
Now<00:47:03.869><c> we</c><00:47:04.010><c> read</c><00:47:04.250><c> that</c><00:47:04.489><c> with</c><00:47:04.710><c> a</c><00:47:04.769><c> degree</c><00:47:04.989><c> of</c><00:47:05.210><c> emotion,</c><00:47:05.590><c> but</c><00:47:05.750><c> if</c><00:47:05.949><c> you</c>

00:47:06.110 --> 00:47:07.110
were<00:47:06.250><c> Timothy,</c>

00:47:07.469 --> 00:47:09.789
you<00:47:07.730><c> imagine</c><00:47:08.070><c> receiving</c><00:47:08.530><c> those</c><00:47:08.889><c> words.</c>

00:47:09.989 --> 00:47:12.289
I<00:47:10.289><c> am</c><00:47:10.429><c> now</c><00:47:10.590><c> ready</c><00:47:10.769><c> to</c><00:47:10.929><c> be</c><00:47:11.150><c> offered.</c>

00:47:13.570 --> 00:47:15.469
The<00:47:13.769><c> time</c><00:47:13.969><c> of</c><00:47:14.170><c> my</c><00:47:14.349><c> departure</c><00:47:14.789><c> is</c><00:47:15.030><c> at</c><00:47:15.170><c> hand.</c>

00:47:15.469 --> 00:47:18.090
The<00:47:15.889><c> sentence</c><00:47:16.250><c> from</c><00:47:16.530><c> Nero</c><00:47:16.789><c> was</c><00:47:17.030><c> coming</c><00:47:17.289><c> back</c><00:47:17.570><c> in</c><00:47:17.730><c> the</c><00:47:17.829><c> near</c>

00:47:18.090 --> 00:47:19.349
few<00:47:18.650><c> days,</c>

00:47:19.650 --> 00:47:22.150
perhaps<00:47:19.849><c> a</c><00:47:20.010><c> few</c><00:47:20.110><c> weeks,</c><00:47:20.429><c> whatever</c><00:47:20.710><c> it</c><00:47:20.929><c> might</c><00:47:21.090><c> have</c><00:47:21.289><c> been.</c>

00:47:22.590 --> 00:47:26.130
But<00:47:22.730><c> Paul</c><00:47:22.929><c> had</c><00:47:23.230><c> every</c><00:47:23.650><c> apprehension</c><00:47:24.389><c> that</c><00:47:25.510><c> it</c><00:47:25.650><c> was</c><00:47:25.829><c> going</c><00:47:25.969><c> to</c>

00:47:26.130 --> 00:47:28.369
be<00:47:26.329><c> contrary</c><00:47:26.590><c> to</c><00:47:27.349><c> him</c>

00:47:28.469 --> 00:47:30.769
and<00:47:28.769><c> that</c><00:47:29.030><c> his</c><00:47:29.210><c> life</c><00:47:29.449><c> had</c><00:47:29.650><c> come</c><00:47:29.829><c> to</c><00:47:29.969><c> an</c><00:47:30.070><c> end.</c>

00:47:31.070 --> 00:47:32.650
The<00:47:31.190><c> course</c><00:47:31.389><c> was</c><00:47:31.730><c> finished.</c>

00:47:33.849 --> 00:47:38.349
Jesus<00:47:34.369><c> said,</c><00:47:35.510><c> it</c><00:47:35.650><c> is</c><00:47:36.269><c> finished,</c><00:47:36.829><c> isn't</c><00:47:37.110><c> it?</c>

00:47:38.570 --> 00:47:40.750
And<00:47:38.710><c> the</c><00:47:38.769><c> Apostle</c><00:47:39.070><c> Paul</c><00:47:39.250><c> is</c><00:47:39.449><c> walking</c><00:47:39.690><c> in</c><00:47:39.869><c> his</c><00:47:40.050><c> steps</c><00:47:40.349><c> and</c><00:47:40.570><c> says,</c>

00:47:40.809 --> 00:47:43.949
I<00:47:40.909><c> have</c><00:47:41.170><c> finished</c><00:47:41.530><c> my</c><00:47:41.909><c> course.</c><00:47:42.170><c> I</c><00:47:42.329><c> have</c><00:47:42.570><c> kept</c><00:47:42.829><c> the</c><00:47:43.070><c> faith.</c>

00:47:44.469 --> 00:47:49.170
I<00:47:44.909><c> look</c><00:47:45.150><c> forward</c><00:47:45.489><c> to</c><00:47:45.710><c> the</c><00:47:46.369><c> crown</c><00:47:46.750><c> of</c><00:47:47.090><c> righteousness</c><00:47:47.590><c> from</c><00:47:48.909><c> the</c>

00:47:49.170 --> 00:47:50.769
righteous<00:47:49.630><c> judge.</c>

00:47:51.309 --> 00:47:54.269
He<00:47:51.429><c> shall</c><00:47:51.610><c> give</c><00:47:51.789><c> me</c><00:47:52.610><c> that</c><00:47:52.889><c> crown</c><00:47:53.110><c> at</c><00:47:53.329><c> that</c><00:47:53.550><c> day,</c><00:47:53.869><c> and</c><00:47:53.969><c> not</c><00:47:54.110><c> to</c>

00:47:54.269 --> 00:47:54.829
me<00:47:54.409><c> only,</c>

00:47:55.170 --> 00:47:57.909
but<00:47:55.349><c> unto</c><00:47:55.550><c> all</c><00:47:55.909><c> them</c><00:47:56.050><c> also</c><00:47:56.409><c> that</c><00:47:56.590><c> love</c><00:47:56.869><c> is</c><00:47:57.090><c> appearing.</c>

00:47:58.050 --> 00:48:00.550
So<00:47:58.309><c> when</c><00:47:58.429><c> he</c><00:47:58.570><c> said</c><00:47:58.730><c> to</c><00:47:58.809><c> young</c><00:47:59.050><c> Timothy,</c><00:47:59.449><c> do</c><00:47:59.650><c> thy</c><00:47:59.829><c> diligence</c><00:48:00.269><c> to</c>

00:48:00.550 --> 00:48:01.030
come<00:48:00.710><c> to</c><00:48:00.849><c> him,</c>

00:48:01.050 --> 00:48:03.789
you<00:48:01.210><c> can</c><00:48:01.429><c> imagine</c><00:48:01.929><c> what</c><00:48:02.869><c> that</c><00:48:03.130><c> meant</c><00:48:03.269><c> to</c><00:48:03.510><c> Timothy.</c>

00:48:04.269 --> 00:48:05.829
I<00:48:04.449><c> wonder</c><00:48:04.550><c> if</c><00:48:04.690><c> he</c><00:48:04.829><c> got</c><00:48:05.030><c> there.</c>

00:48:08.510 --> 00:48:10.849
We<00:48:08.750><c> don't</c><00:48:08.809><c> know</c><00:48:08.969><c> the</c><00:48:09.170><c> total</c><00:48:09.389><c> of</c><00:48:09.510><c> those</c><00:48:09.829><c> details,</c><00:48:10.369><c> are</c><00:48:10.409><c> we?</c>

00:48:10.849 --> 00:48:15.630
But<00:48:11.929><c> it</c><00:48:12.050><c> was</c><00:48:12.289><c> in</c><00:48:12.469><c> winter,</c><00:48:14.369><c> or</c><00:48:14.510><c> just</c><00:48:14.690><c> before</c><00:48:15.070><c> winter,</c><00:48:15.369><c> when</c><00:48:15.489><c> he</c>

00:48:15.630 --> 00:48:18.050
would<00:48:15.809><c> have</c><00:48:15.929><c> got</c><00:48:16.130><c> there.</c>

00:48:18.289 --> 00:48:25.130
And<00:48:18.289><c> the</c><00:48:21.630><c> method</c><00:48:21.989><c> of</c><00:48:23.530><c> the</c><00:48:23.949><c> death</c><00:48:24.150><c> sentence,</c><00:48:24.650><c> of</c><00:48:24.929><c> course,</c>

00:48:25.190 --> 00:48:31.070
was<00:48:25.469><c> by</c><00:48:25.829><c> the</c><00:48:27.090><c> hand</c><00:48:27.230><c> of</c><00:48:27.429><c> the</c><00:48:27.570><c> axeman</c><00:48:28.230><c> out</c><00:48:29.409><c> through</c><00:48:29.610><c> the</c><00:48:29.829><c> southern</c><00:48:30.050><c> gate.</c>

00:48:32.210 --> 00:48:38.769
And<00:48:32.409><c> history</c><00:48:32.750><c> records,</c><00:48:33.409><c> or</c><00:48:34.730><c> there</c><00:48:35.309><c> are</c><00:48:35.889><c> at</c><00:48:36.170><c> least</c><00:48:36.869><c> some</c><00:48:37.449><c> degrees</c><00:48:37.829><c> of</c><00:48:38.070><c> history,</c>

00:48:38.769 --> 00:48:42.190
how<00:48:39.570><c> it</c><00:48:40.010><c> can</c><00:48:40.210><c> be</c><00:48:40.429><c> verified,</c><00:48:40.829><c> might</c><00:48:41.030><c> be</c><00:48:41.289><c> questionable,</c>

00:48:42.309 --> 00:48:47.190
but<00:48:42.309><c> there</c><00:48:42.650><c> is</c><00:48:42.929><c> a</c><00:48:44.369><c> strong</c><00:48:44.369><c> story</c><00:48:46.409><c> that</c><00:48:46.610><c> has</c><00:48:46.710><c> come</c><00:48:46.909><c> through</c>

00:48:47.190 --> 00:48:51.349
that<00:48:47.590><c> he</c><00:48:47.809><c> was</c><00:48:48.250><c> killed</c><00:48:48.909><c> in</c><00:48:49.130><c> a</c><00:48:49.269><c> certain</c><00:48:49.530><c> spot,</c><00:48:50.429><c> just</c><00:48:50.650><c> outside</c><00:48:51.170><c> of</c>

00:48:51.349 --> 00:48:52.929
Rome,<00:48:51.630><c> outside</c><00:48:51.889><c> the</c><00:48:52.150><c> gate.</c>

00:48:53.349 --> 00:48:56.789
You<00:48:53.489><c> just</c><00:48:53.650><c> wonder,</c><00:48:54.070><c> don't</c><00:48:54.170><c> you,</c><00:48:54.789><c> that</c><00:48:55.869><c> Timothy</c><00:48:56.170><c> may</c><00:48:56.449><c> have</c><00:48:56.630><c> got</c>

00:48:56.789 --> 00:48:58.530
there<00:48:57.010><c> in</c><00:48:57.309><c> time.</c>

00:48:59.570 --> 00:49:02.730
Did<00:48:59.769><c> the</c><00:48:59.949><c> Apostle</c><00:49:00.230><c> Paul</c><00:49:00.409><c> need</c><00:49:00.650><c> that</c><00:49:00.989><c> cloak</c><00:49:01.150><c> for</c><00:49:01.389><c> too</c><00:49:01.630><c> long?</c>

00:49:04.369 --> 00:49:06.489
I<00:49:04.670><c> wonder</c><00:49:04.829><c> who</c><00:49:05.050><c> took</c><00:49:05.230><c> it</c><00:49:05.489><c> after?</c>

00:49:08.269 --> 00:49:13.150
Was<00:49:08.710><c> it</c><00:49:08.769><c> like</c><00:49:09.010><c> a</c><00:49:09.170><c> young</c><00:49:09.349><c> Elisha,</c><00:49:10.789><c> finding</c><00:49:11.210><c> his</c><00:49:12.150><c> Elijah,</c>

00:49:13.889 --> 00:49:17.010
and<00:49:14.230><c> receiving</c><00:49:14.590><c> the</c><00:49:14.889><c> mantle,</c><00:49:15.349><c> as</c><00:49:15.349><c> it</c><00:49:15.489><c> were,</c><00:49:15.630><c> of</c><00:49:15.849><c> responsibility?</c>

00:49:17.769 --> 00:49:19.989
Because<00:49:18.170><c> really</c><00:49:18.469><c> the</c><00:49:18.710><c> cloak</c><00:49:18.949><c> symbolized,</c><00:49:19.610><c> didn't</c><00:49:19.809><c> it?</c>

00:49:20.150 --> 00:49:23.250
It<00:49:20.429><c> symbolized</c><00:49:21.489><c> all</c><00:49:22.090><c> the</c><00:49:22.309><c> things</c><00:49:22.650><c> that</c><00:49:22.849><c> the</c><00:49:22.969><c> Apostle</c><00:49:23.250><c> had</c>

00:49:23.250 --> 00:49:23.650
been<00:49:23.449><c> through.</c>

00:49:23.650 --> 00:49:25.730
That<00:49:23.889><c> cloak</c><00:49:24.090><c> had</c><00:49:24.250><c> been</c><00:49:24.329><c> through</c><00:49:24.550><c> the</c><00:49:24.710><c> Mediterranean,</c>

00:49:26.630 --> 00:49:28.909
it<00:49:26.769><c> had</c><00:49:26.789><c> been</c><00:49:26.969><c> in</c><00:49:27.150><c> Miletus,</c><00:49:27.889><c> it</c><00:49:28.050><c> had</c><00:49:28.050><c> been</c><00:49:28.250><c> through</c><00:49:28.469><c> rain,</c><00:49:28.909><c> it</c>

00:49:28.909 --> 00:49:29.789
had<00:49:29.030><c> been</c><00:49:29.230><c> through</c><00:49:29.489><c> hot,</c>

00:49:29.889 --> 00:49:32.730
it<00:49:30.030><c> had</c><00:49:30.030><c> been</c><00:49:30.210><c> through</c><00:49:30.530><c> sweat,</c><00:49:30.889><c> it</c><00:49:31.030><c> had</c><00:49:31.030><c> been</c><00:49:31.170><c> through</c><00:49:31.369><c> all</c><00:49:31.889><c> sorts</c><00:49:32.250><c> of</c><00:49:32.449><c> things,</c>

00:49:32.730 --> 00:49:35.650
in<00:49:33.730><c> an</c><00:49:33.829><c> amazing</c><00:49:34.570><c> life.</c>

00:49:36.210 --> 00:49:39.989
Perhaps<00:49:36.550><c> that</c><00:49:36.869><c> cloak</c><00:49:37.130><c> was</c><00:49:38.449><c> imparted</c><00:49:38.929><c> to</c><00:49:39.130><c> Timothy.</c>

00:49:40.489 --> 00:49:44.510
Were<00:49:40.650><c> they</c><00:49:40.829><c> at</c><00:49:41.489><c> the</c><00:49:41.710><c> site</c><00:49:42.010><c> of</c><00:49:42.630><c> death,</c><00:49:42.889><c> at</c><00:49:43.050><c> the</c><00:49:43.130><c> very</c><00:49:43.469><c> time</c><00:49:43.809><c> that</c><00:49:44.010><c> these,</c>

00:49:44.750 --> 00:49:47.969
it<00:49:44.929><c> wasn't</c><00:49:45.170><c> just</c><00:49:45.550><c> Timothy,</c><00:49:46.050><c> it</c><00:49:46.090><c> wasn't,</c><00:49:46.929><c> these</c><00:49:47.309><c> two</c><00:49:47.710><c> young</c>

00:49:47.969 --> 00:49:49.449
men<00:49:48.349><c> came.</c>

00:49:50.789 --> 00:49:55.710
Timothy<00:49:51.230><c> with</c><00:49:51.489><c> Mark,</c><00:49:52.289><c> representing</c><00:49:52.809><c> both</c><00:49:53.489><c> wings</c><00:49:53.929><c> of</c><00:49:54.170><c> ecclesial</c><00:49:54.590><c> life,</c>

00:49:55.909 --> 00:49:59.349
though<00:49:56.010><c> they</c><00:49:56.130><c> both</c><00:49:56.289><c> arrived</c><00:49:56.809><c> on</c><00:49:57.010><c> the</c><00:49:57.230><c> scene</c><00:49:57.369><c> before</c><00:49:57.730><c> his</c><00:49:57.949><c> death,</c><00:49:58.110><c> perhaps</c><00:49:58.610><c> it</c><00:49:58.829><c> was.</c>

00:49:59.349 --> 00:50:03.050
Would<00:50:00.150><c> that</c><00:50:00.389><c> not</c><00:50:00.550><c> have</c><00:50:00.710><c> been</c><00:50:00.750><c> a</c><00:50:00.889><c> very</c><00:50:01.630><c> suitable</c><00:50:02.030><c> and</c><00:50:02.309><c> comely</c><00:50:02.570><c> reward</c>

00:50:03.050 --> 00:50:05.210
for<00:50:03.250><c> all</c><00:50:03.550><c> that</c><00:50:03.710><c> the</c><00:50:03.869><c> Apostle</c><00:50:04.170><c> had</c><00:50:04.409><c> been?</c>

00:50:05.510 --> 00:50:08.690
That<00:50:05.670><c> these</c><00:50:05.929><c> two</c><00:50:06.110><c> young</c><00:50:06.289><c> men</c><00:50:06.530><c> were</c><00:50:06.969><c> there</c><00:50:07.210><c> just</c><00:50:07.530><c> in</c><00:50:07.849><c> time,</c>

00:50:08.949 --> 00:50:11.429
and<00:50:09.070><c> able</c><00:50:09.289><c> together</c><00:50:09.690><c> to</c><00:50:10.010><c> speak</c><00:50:10.250><c> and</c><00:50:10.409><c> to</c><00:50:10.590><c> encourage</c><00:50:10.909><c> the</c><00:50:11.170><c> Apostle</c>

00:50:11.429 --> 00:50:14.369
and<00:50:11.570><c> to</c><00:50:11.750><c> thank</c><00:50:11.869><c> him</c><00:50:11.989><c> for</c><00:50:12.150><c> all</c><00:50:12.409><c> that</c><00:50:12.510><c> he</c><00:50:12.610><c> had</c><00:50:12.710><c> meant</c><00:50:12.829><c> in</c><00:50:12.989><c> their</c><00:50:13.190><c> lives.</c>

00:50:15.250 --> 00:50:18.050
Wetting<00:50:15.630><c> and</c><00:50:15.889><c> almost</c><00:50:16.269><c> bathing</c><00:50:16.710><c> his</c><00:50:17.010><c> neck</c><00:50:17.130><c> with</c><00:50:17.349><c> their</c><00:50:17.570><c> tears,</c>

00:50:18.489 --> 00:50:20.050
as<00:50:18.610><c> their</c><00:50:18.809><c> feelings</c><00:50:19.190><c> for</c><00:50:19.349><c> him</c><00:50:19.570><c> arose.</c>

00:50:20.429 --> 00:50:22.829
Mark<00:50:20.570><c> no</c><00:50:20.750><c> longer</c><00:50:21.090><c> thinks</c><00:50:21.329><c> like</c><00:50:21.550><c> he</c><00:50:21.730><c> might</c><00:50:21.949><c> have</c><00:50:22.030><c> thought</c><00:50:22.230><c> earlier,</c>

00:50:23.150 --> 00:50:25.809
but<00:50:23.409><c> he</c><00:50:23.550><c> had</c><00:50:23.670><c> seen</c><00:50:23.909><c> that</c><00:50:24.110><c> the</c><00:50:24.289><c> Apostle</c><00:50:24.550><c> was</c><00:50:24.849><c> right,</c>

00:50:26.530 --> 00:50:29.329
that<00:50:26.969><c> the</c><00:50:27.150><c> direction,</c><00:50:27.670><c> instruction</c><00:50:28.210><c> that</c><00:50:28.369><c> he</c><00:50:28.530><c> gave,</c>

00:50:29.530 --> 00:50:32.190
the<00:50:29.730><c> matters</c><00:50:30.050><c> of</c><00:50:30.329><c> discernment</c><00:50:30.730><c> that</c><00:50:30.889><c> he</c><00:50:31.010><c> had</c><00:50:31.010><c> were</c><00:50:31.309><c> right,</c><00:50:31.750><c> and</c><00:50:31.849><c> now</c><00:50:31.969><c> he</c>

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appreciates<00:50:32.710><c> that.</c>

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And<00:50:33.429><c> Timothy</c><00:50:33.650><c> and</c><00:50:33.809><c> he</c><00:50:33.889><c> are</c><00:50:34.070><c> brought</c><00:50:34.309><c> together</c><00:50:34.670><c> as</c><00:50:34.869><c> two</c><00:50:35.210><c> sons</c>

00:50:35.489 --> 00:50:36.050
of<00:50:35.670><c> the</c><00:50:35.829><c> faith,</c>

00:50:36.289 --> 00:50:38.630
represented<00:50:36.690><c> the</c><00:50:36.909><c> whole</c><00:50:37.250><c> wings</c><00:50:37.550><c> of</c><00:50:37.750><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:38.130><c> life.</c>

00:50:38.809 --> 00:50:41.130
And<00:50:39.030><c> there</c><00:50:39.130><c> is</c><00:50:39.309><c> a</c><00:50:39.550><c> crowning</c><00:50:39.929><c> act,</c><00:50:40.389><c> which</c><00:50:40.530><c> would</c><00:50:40.710><c> see</c><00:50:40.829><c> nothing</c>

00:50:41.130 --> 00:50:41.610
in<00:50:41.309><c> the</c><00:50:41.489><c> world,</c>

00:50:41.730 --> 00:50:44.150
but<00:50:41.789><c> would</c><00:50:41.949><c> mean</c><00:50:42.070><c> everything</c><00:50:42.570><c> to</c><00:50:42.750><c> the</c><00:50:42.929><c> Apostle</c><00:50:43.250><c> Paul,</c>

00:50:44.570 --> 00:50:47.809
of<00:50:44.670><c> what</c><00:50:44.789><c> they</c><00:50:45.130><c> represented,</c><00:50:45.809><c> and</c><00:50:45.909><c> perhaps</c><00:50:46.110><c> they</c><00:50:46.250><c> did</c><00:50:46.469><c> get</c><00:50:46.690><c> through.</c>

00:50:49.369 --> 00:50:51.550
Perhaps<00:50:49.809><c> the</c><00:50:50.250><c> Apostle</c><00:50:50.590><c> was</c><00:50:50.769><c> able</c><00:50:51.010><c> to</c><00:50:51.210><c> look</c><00:50:51.369><c> up</c>

00:50:51.550 --> 00:50:55.289
from<00:50:51.750><c> the</c><00:50:51.889><c> very</c><00:50:52.250><c> place</c><00:50:52.590><c> of</c><00:50:52.829><c> the</c><00:50:52.969><c> Axman's</c><00:50:54.230><c> endeavour,</c>

00:50:55.630 --> 00:50:57.809
and<00:50:55.789><c> to</c><00:50:55.949><c> see</c><00:50:56.050><c> those</c><00:50:56.309><c> two</c><00:50:56.530><c> young</c><00:50:56.750><c> faces.</c>

00:50:58.530 --> 00:51:00.090
And<00:50:58.809><c> all</c><00:50:58.949><c> that</c><00:50:59.190><c> represented.</c>

00:51:00.690 --> 00:51:03.550
We<00:51:01.130><c> don't</c><00:51:01.309><c> know</c><00:51:01.489><c> those</c><00:51:01.730><c> details,</c><00:51:02.190><c> my</c><00:51:02.349><c> dear</c><00:51:02.489><c> brothers</c><00:51:02.710><c> and</c><00:51:02.889><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:03.750 --> 00:51:06.210
They<00:51:04.190><c> will</c><00:51:04.369><c> be</c><00:51:04.510><c> things</c><00:51:04.730><c> that</c><00:51:04.909><c> we</c><00:51:05.010><c> will</c><00:51:05.170><c> find</c><00:51:05.389><c> out</c><00:51:05.530><c> in</c><00:51:05.690><c> the</c><00:51:05.829><c> future.</c>

00:51:06.550 --> 00:51:08.989
Perhaps<00:51:06.849><c> they</c><00:51:07.070><c> had</c><00:51:07.230><c> the</c><00:51:07.530><c> parchments,</c><00:51:08.050><c> which</c><00:51:08.269><c> was</c><00:51:08.530><c> a</c><00:51:08.769><c> symbol</c>

00:51:08.989 --> 00:51:10.269
of<00:51:09.150><c> his</c><00:51:09.349><c> work.</c>

00:51:11.010 --> 00:51:13.650
And<00:51:11.250><c> all</c><00:51:11.469><c> the</c><00:51:12.030><c> beauty</c><00:51:12.369><c> of</c><00:51:12.570><c> those</c><00:51:12.869><c> things,</c><00:51:13.210><c> my</c><00:51:13.309><c> dear</c><00:51:13.429><c> brothers</c>

00:51:13.650 --> 00:51:13.909
and<00:51:13.809><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:14.010 --> 00:51:18.150
were<00:51:14.110><c> the</c><00:51:16.010><c> same</c><00:51:16.230><c> cloak,</c><00:51:16.590><c> as</c><00:51:16.710><c> it</c><00:51:16.889><c> were,</c><00:51:17.030><c> upon</c><00:51:17.250><c> our</c><00:51:17.510><c> own</c><00:51:17.769><c> shoulders,</c>

00:51:18.150 --> 00:51:21.030
of<00:51:18.449><c> responsibility,</c><00:51:19.510><c> as</c><00:51:19.590><c> we're</c><00:51:19.769><c> right</c><00:51:19.989><c> at</c><00:51:20.130><c> the</c><00:51:20.309><c> end</c><00:51:20.590><c> of</c><00:51:20.789><c> that</c>

00:51:21.030 --> 00:51:22.530
work<00:51:21.409><c> that</c><00:51:21.710><c> was</c><00:51:21.969><c> begun</c><00:51:22.309><c> there.</c>

00:51:22.809 --> 00:51:24.250
It's<00:51:22.929><c> now</c><00:51:23.110><c> at</c><00:51:23.329><c> the</c><00:51:23.389><c> very</c><00:51:23.730><c> end</c><00:51:23.969><c> of</c><00:51:24.110><c> it.</c>

00:51:24.369 --> 00:51:27.309
And<00:51:24.409><c> we're</c><00:51:25.610><c> making</c><00:51:25.630><c> a</c><00:51:25.769><c> new</c><00:51:26.030><c> beginning</c><00:51:26.369><c> in</c><00:51:26.550><c> the</c><00:51:26.690><c> very</c><00:51:27.030><c> end.</c>

00:51:27.369 --> 00:51:28.489
Isn't<00:51:27.489><c> that</c><00:51:27.750><c> an</c><00:51:27.750><c> encouraging</c><00:51:28.190><c> thing?</c>

00:51:28.530 --> 00:51:34.309
What<00:51:28.710><c> an</c><00:51:28.949><c> inspiration</c><00:51:29.449><c> that</c><00:51:29.690><c> is,</c><00:51:30.269><c> to</c><00:51:30.489><c> make</c><00:51:30.730><c> good</c><00:51:30.909><c> of</c><00:51:31.050><c> it</c><00:51:31.789><c> in</c><00:51:32.250><c> the</c><00:51:32.510><c> comforts</c><00:51:32.849><c> that</c><00:51:32.929><c> we</c><00:51:33.170><c> enjoy,</c>

00:51:34.530 --> 00:51:36.510
and<00:51:34.610><c> with</c><00:51:34.710><c> the</c><00:51:34.909><c> disposition</c><00:51:35.289><c> of</c><00:51:35.570><c> government</c><00:51:35.730><c> that</c><00:51:35.909><c> is</c><00:51:36.030><c> really</c>

00:51:36.510 --> 00:51:38.610
not<00:51:36.869><c> against</c><00:51:37.429><c> us.</c>

00:51:38.769 --> 00:51:42.369
To<00:51:39.130><c> make</c><00:51:39.309><c> good</c><00:51:39.510><c> of</c><00:51:39.670><c> the</c><00:51:39.809><c> opportunities,</c><00:51:41.010><c> to</c><00:51:41.130><c> bind</c><00:51:41.389><c> ourselves</c><00:51:41.869><c> together,</c>

00:51:42.690 --> 00:51:45.730
to<00:51:42.929><c> work</c><00:51:43.250><c> together,</c><00:51:44.670><c> to</c><00:51:44.809><c> work</c><00:51:45.050><c> with</c><00:51:45.269><c> each</c><00:51:45.530><c> other,</c>

00:51:45.730 --> 00:51:48.349
to<00:51:45.730><c> overcome</c><00:51:46.070><c> our</c><00:51:46.409><c> difficulties,</c><00:51:46.809><c> to</c><00:51:47.090><c> overcome</c><00:51:47.250><c> our</c><00:51:47.610><c> interactions</c><00:51:48.150><c> with</c>

00:51:48.349 --> 00:51:48.989
each<00:51:48.610><c> other,</c>

00:51:49.329 --> 00:51:50.909
so<00:51:49.429><c> that</c><00:51:49.550><c> we</c><00:51:49.650><c> learn</c><00:51:49.809><c> to</c><00:51:49.989><c> understand</c><00:51:50.469><c> each</c><00:51:50.750><c> other,</c>

00:51:51.050 --> 00:51:53.269
and<00:51:51.110><c> give</c><00:51:51.309><c> of</c><00:51:51.469><c> ourselves</c><00:51:51.849><c> to</c><00:51:52.070><c> find</c><00:51:52.349><c> out</c><00:51:52.550><c> that</c><00:51:52.690><c> other</c><00:51:52.869><c> person,</c>

00:51:53.670 --> 00:51:56.170
and<00:51:53.789><c> to</c><00:51:53.909><c> find</c><00:51:54.030><c> out</c><00:51:54.190><c> how</c><00:51:54.190><c> he</c><00:51:54.329><c> ticks,</c><00:51:55.090><c> and</c><00:51:55.190><c> to</c><00:51:55.369><c> work</c><00:51:55.590><c> with</c><00:51:55.750><c> him</c><00:51:55.909><c> and</c><00:51:56.010><c> he</c>

00:51:56.170 --> 00:51:57.570
with<00:51:56.289><c> us,</c>

00:51:58.230 --> 00:52:02.269
so<00:51:58.429><c> that</c><00:51:58.630><c> any</c><00:51:58.909><c> differences</c><00:51:59.230><c> are</c><00:51:59.550><c> broken</c><00:51:59.829><c> down,</c><00:52:00.170><c> and</c><00:52:00.210><c> we</c><00:52:00.329><c> can</c><00:52:00.530><c> work</c><00:52:00.849><c> together</c><00:52:01.110><c> as</c><00:52:01.369><c> a</c><00:52:01.429><c> team,</c>

00:52:02.349 --> 00:52:04.710
unbroken,<00:52:03.030><c> to</c><00:52:03.250><c> hold</c><00:52:03.449><c> up</c><00:52:03.630><c> the</c><00:52:03.849><c> truth</c><00:52:03.989><c> and</c><00:52:04.070><c> be</c><00:52:04.329><c> faithful,</c>

00:52:05.050 --> 00:52:07.230
until<00:52:05.409><c> the</c><00:52:05.710><c> very</c><00:52:05.989><c> Master</c><00:52:06.349><c> is</c><00:52:06.590><c> in</c><00:52:06.730><c> our</c><00:52:06.889><c> midst.</c>

00:52:07.530 --> 00:52:09.269
What<00:52:07.829><c> a</c><00:52:07.929><c> wonderful</c><00:52:08.250><c> thought</c><00:52:08.469><c> that</c><00:52:08.670><c> is.</c>

00:52:09.409 --> 00:52:11.190
What<00:52:09.570><c> a</c><00:52:09.730><c> wonderful</c><00:52:10.130><c> thought.</c>

00:52:11.329 --> 00:52:18.190
To<00:52:11.849><c> bear</c><00:52:11.989><c> the</c><00:52:12.250><c> cloak,</c><00:52:14.329><c> and</c><00:52:14.389><c> to</c><00:52:14.590><c> hold</c><00:52:14.670><c> up</c><00:52:14.929><c> the</c><00:52:16.030><c> books</c><00:52:16.449><c> and</c><00:52:16.710><c> the</c><00:52:16.809><c> parchments,</c>

00:52:18.909 --> 00:52:22.730
and<00:52:19.429><c> to</c><00:52:19.610><c> preserve</c><00:52:19.989><c> that</c><00:52:20.309><c> way</c><00:52:20.510><c> until</c><00:52:20.710><c> our</c><00:52:20.929><c> Master</c><00:52:21.269><c> is</c><00:52:21.510><c> here.</c>

00:52:23.090 --> 00:52:26.349
And<00:52:23.269><c> that</c><00:52:23.349><c> we</c><00:52:23.530><c> leave</c><00:52:23.690><c> upon</c><00:52:23.969><c> you,</c><00:52:24.250><c> here</c><00:52:24.429><c> at</c><00:52:24.650><c> Petersburg</c><00:52:25.130><c> and</c><00:52:25.570><c> Richmond,</c>

00:52:27.010 --> 00:52:28.789
to<00:52:27.190><c> have</c><00:52:27.369><c> the</c><00:52:27.570><c> wisdom</c><00:52:27.789><c> to</c><00:52:28.030><c> see</c><00:52:28.170><c> that</c><00:52:28.469><c> course,</c>

00:52:28.909 --> 00:52:31.690
and<00:52:28.989><c> that</c><00:52:29.150><c> that</c><00:52:29.469><c> too</c><00:52:29.610><c> might</c><00:52:29.849><c> be</c><00:52:30.130><c> encouragement</c><00:52:30.530><c> to</c><00:52:30.789><c> others,</c>

00:52:32.230 --> 00:52:34.650
and<00:52:32.489><c> that</c><00:52:32.670><c> in</c><00:52:32.989><c> the</c><00:52:32.989><c> process</c><00:52:33.289><c> of</c><00:52:33.570><c> time,</c><00:52:33.869><c> whatever</c><00:52:34.070><c> little</c><00:52:34.349><c> time</c>

00:52:34.650 --> 00:52:35.670
we<00:52:34.789><c> might</c><00:52:35.130><c> have,</c>

00:52:35.670 --> 00:52:39.429
there<00:52:36.349><c> may</c><00:52:36.690><c> be</c><00:52:36.869><c> therefore</c><00:52:37.769><c> a</c><00:52:38.090><c> lifting</c><00:52:38.309><c> up</c><00:52:38.550><c> of</c><00:52:38.710><c> our</c><00:52:38.989><c> spirits</c><00:52:39.210><c> in</c>

00:52:39.429 --> 00:52:40.989
all<00:52:39.610><c> of</c><00:52:39.710><c> this</c><00:52:39.849><c> district,</c>

00:52:41.050 --> 00:52:43.030
as<00:52:41.090><c> we</c><00:52:41.289><c> bind</c><00:52:41.489><c> together</c><00:52:41.929><c> in</c><00:52:42.110><c> the</c><00:52:42.250><c> love</c><00:52:42.369><c> of</c><00:52:42.570><c> the</c><00:52:42.750><c> faith,</c>

00:52:43.130 --> 00:52:45.010
and<00:52:43.269><c> in</c><00:52:43.409><c> the</c><00:52:43.570><c> unity</c><00:52:43.829><c> of</c><00:52:44.050><c> the</c><00:52:44.210><c> faith,</c>

00:52:45.090 --> 00:52:47.630
and<00:52:45.289><c> in</c><00:52:45.429><c> the</c><00:52:45.590><c> knowledge</c><00:52:45.869><c> that</c><00:52:46.110><c> our</c><00:52:46.250><c> Lord</c><00:52:46.469><c> is</c><00:52:47.030><c> soon</c><00:52:47.250><c> to</c><00:52:47.429><c> be</c><00:52:47.530><c> in</c>

00:52:47.630 --> 00:52:48.809
the<00:52:47.730><c> earth</c><00:52:47.889><c> again,</c>

00:52:49.230 --> 00:52:53.510
and<00:52:49.449><c> that</c><00:52:49.590><c> we</c><00:52:49.789><c> too</c><00:52:49.929><c> might</c><00:52:50.190><c> then</c><00:52:50.449><c> receive</c><00:52:50.909><c> that</c><00:52:52.010><c> crown</c><00:52:52.329><c> of</c><00:52:52.550><c> righteousness,</c>

00:52:53.869 --> 00:52:58.650
to<00:52:54.170><c> all</c><00:52:54.449><c> of</c><00:52:54.530><c> them</c><00:52:55.090><c> that</c><00:52:56.369><c> love</c><00:52:56.650><c> is</c><00:52:56.869><c> appearing.</c><00:52:57.309><c> Thank</c><00:52:57.610><c> you.</c>