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avoiding<00:14:01.220><c> this</c><00:14:01.559><c> that</c><00:14:01.879><c> no</c><00:14:02.200><c> man</c><00:14:02.620><c> should</c><00:14:03.059><c> blame</c><00:14:03.320><c> us</c><00:14:03.639><c> in</c><00:14:03.840><c> this</c><00:14:04.019><c> abundance,</c>

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which<00:14:04.740><c> is</c><00:14:05.100><c> administered</c><00:14:05.460><c> by</c><00:14:05.759><c> us,</c>

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providing<00:14:07.419><c> for</c><00:14:07.779><c> honest</c><00:14:07.980><c> things</c><00:14:08.500><c> not</c><00:14:08.860><c> only</c><00:14:09.159><c> in</c><00:14:09.419><c> the</c><00:14:09.620><c> sight</c><00:14:09.740><c> of</c>

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but<00:14:10.820><c> also</c><00:14:11.279><c> in</c><00:14:11.480><c> the</c><00:14:11.679><c> sight</c><00:14:11.820><c> of</c><00:14:12.080><c> men.</c>

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who<00:14:15.779><c> we</c><00:14:15.980><c> have</c><00:14:16.179><c> often</c><00:14:16.620><c> times</c><00:14:16.940><c> proved</c><00:14:17.299><c> diligent</c><00:14:17.799><c> in</c><00:14:17.940><c> many</c><00:14:18.240><c> things,</c>

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but<00:14:19.360><c> now</c><00:14:19.820><c> much</c><00:14:20.259><c> more</c><00:14:20.600><c> diligent</c><00:14:21.159><c> upon</c><00:14:21.639><c> the</c><00:14:21.879><c> great</c><00:14:22.100><c> confidence</c>

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Whether<00:14:25.340><c> any</c><00:14:25.740><c> do</c><00:14:25.960><c> inquire</c><00:14:26.360><c> of</c><00:14:26.580><c> Titus,</c>

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he<00:14:27.779><c> is</c><00:14:28.080><c> my</c><00:14:28.379><c> partner</c><00:14:28.980><c> and</c><00:14:29.559><c> fellow</c><00:14:29.879><c> helper</c><00:14:30.399><c> concerning</c><00:14:31.019><c> you,</c>

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or<00:14:32.799><c> our</c><00:14:34.259><c> brethren</c><00:14:34.600><c> be</c><00:14:35.100><c> inquired</c><00:14:35.639><c> of.</c>

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They<00:14:36.620><c> are</c><00:14:36.799><c> the</c><00:14:37.019><c> messages</c><00:14:37.419><c> of</c><00:14:37.740><c> the</c><00:14:37.919><c> churches</c><00:14:38.279><c> and</c><00:14:38.700><c> the</c><00:14:38.879><c> glory</c>

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of<00:14:39.320><c> Christ.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:14:41.259><c> show</c><00:14:41.320><c> you</c><00:14:41.539><c> to</c><00:14:41.740><c> them</c><00:14:42.240><c> and</c><00:14:42.759><c> before</c><00:14:43.059><c> the</c><00:14:43.279><c> churches</c>

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the<00:14:43.940><c> proof</c><00:14:44.120><c> of</c><00:14:44.340><c> your</c><00:14:44.559><c> love</c><00:14:45.039><c> and</c><00:14:45.320><c> of</c><00:14:45.440><c> our</c><00:14:45.639><c> bolsting</c><00:14:46.120><c> on</c><00:14:46.360><c> your</c><00:14:46.480><c> behalf.</c>

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Our<00:14:54.700><c> brother</c><00:14:55.100><c> Barrett</c><00:14:55.299><c> will</c><00:14:55.539><c> now</c><00:14:55.940><c> give</c><00:14:56.120><c> us</c><00:14:56.399><c> the</c><00:14:56.480><c> word</c><00:14:56.620><c> of</c><00:14:56.820><c> exhortation</c>

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under<00:14:58.419><c> the</c><00:14:58.639><c> topic,</c><00:14:59.559><c> The</c><00:14:59.620><c> Lord</c><00:15:00.059><c> Loves</c><00:15:00.580><c> a</c><00:15:00.759><c> Cheerful</c><00:15:01.179><c> Giver.</c>

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Brother<00:15:02.080><c> Barrett.</c>

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Good<00:15:10.639><c> morning</c><00:15:10.820><c> again,</c><00:15:11.720><c> dear</c><00:15:11.840><c> brothers</c><00:15:12.039><c> and</c><00:15:12.340><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:15:14.759><c> morning,</c><00:15:16.700><c> for</c><00:15:16.779><c> those</c><00:15:17.000><c> of</c><00:15:17.120><c> you</c><00:15:17.259><c> who</c><00:15:17.379><c> weren't</c><00:15:17.600><c> here</c><00:15:18.039><c> yesterday,</c>

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I<00:15:18.659><c> would</c><00:15:18.779><c> like</c><00:15:19.000><c> to</c><00:15:20.179><c> repeat</c><00:15:20.620><c> again</c><00:15:21.000><c> the</c><00:15:21.519><c> love</c><00:15:21.879><c> and</c><00:15:22.340><c> greetings</c>

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that<00:15:22.860><c> Sister</c><00:15:23.139><c> Shirley</c><00:15:23.379><c> and</c><00:15:23.580><c> I</c><00:15:24.399><c> bring</c><00:15:24.620><c> with</c><00:15:24.879><c> us</c>

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from<00:15:26.080><c> the</c><00:15:26.639><c> Little</c><00:15:26.860><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:27.299><c> in</c><00:15:27.559><c> San</c><00:15:27.840><c> Luis</c><00:15:28.039><c> Obispo</c><00:15:28.759><c> in</c><00:15:29.340><c> California.</c>

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We'd<00:15:32.519><c> like</c><00:15:32.519><c> to</c><00:15:32.740><c> think</c><00:15:32.899><c> this</c><00:15:33.240><c> morning</c><00:15:33.639><c> about</c><00:15:34.600><c> the</c><00:15:35.320><c> spirit</c><00:15:35.840><c> of</c><00:15:36.360><c> giving.</c>

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We<00:15:37.899><c> had</c><00:15:38.120><c> an</c><00:15:38.360><c> announcement</c><00:15:38.720><c> this</c><00:15:39.019><c> morning</c>

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that<00:15:39.519><c> talked</c><00:15:39.759><c> about</c><00:15:40.080><c> the</c><00:15:40.419><c> urgent</c><00:15:40.860><c> need</c>

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for<00:15:41.480><c> those</c><00:15:41.960><c> not</c><00:15:42.679><c> as</c><00:15:42.980><c> well</c><00:15:43.240><c> off</c><00:15:43.460><c> as</c><00:15:43.679><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:15:46.220><c> there's</c><00:15:46.779><c> actually</c><00:15:47.139><c> two</c><00:15:47.460><c> whole</c><00:15:47.740><c> chapters</c><00:15:48.220><c> in</c><00:15:48.759><c> 2</c><00:15:49.059><c> Corinthians,</c>

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chapter<00:15:50.139><c> 8,</c><00:15:50.480><c> which</c><00:15:50.600><c> we</c><00:15:50.840><c> read,</c><00:15:51.240><c> and</c><00:15:51.379><c> chapter</c><00:15:51.779><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:16:01.019><c> the</c><00:16:01.279><c> spirit</c><00:16:01.559><c> of</c><00:16:01.899><c> giving.</c>

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And<00:16:03.019><c> so</c><00:16:03.159><c> in</c><00:16:03.320><c> that</c><00:16:03.679><c> spirit,</c><00:16:04.019><c> we'd</c><00:16:04.279><c> like</c><00:16:04.379><c> to</c><00:16:04.639><c> share</c><00:16:04.759><c> with</c><00:16:04.980><c> you</c>

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some<00:16:06.000><c> of</c><00:16:06.220><c> these</c><00:16:06.879><c> things.</c>

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And<00:16:07.940><c> before</c><00:16:08.159><c> we</c><00:16:08.379><c> look</c><00:16:08.580><c> maybe</c><00:16:08.899><c> at</c><00:16:09.200><c> some</c><00:16:09.460><c> of</c><00:16:09.600><c> the</c><00:16:09.779><c> beautiful</c><00:16:10.299><c> excitations</c>

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that<00:16:11.200><c> come</c><00:16:11.519><c> out</c><00:16:11.799><c> of</c><00:16:11.960><c> the</c><00:16:12.080><c> words</c><00:16:12.340><c> of</c><00:16:12.600><c> our</c><00:16:12.860><c> brother</c><00:16:13.120><c> Paul,</c>

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maybe<00:16:14.940><c> we</c><00:16:15.139><c> could</c><00:16:15.559><c> again</c><00:16:16.200><c> do</c><00:16:16.379><c> a</c><00:16:16.460><c> little</c><00:16:16.679><c> bit</c><00:16:16.820><c> of</c><00:16:16.980><c> spade</c><00:16:17.259><c> work</c>

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and<00:16:18.259><c> set</c><00:16:18.419><c> the</c><00:16:18.720><c> context</c><00:16:19.440><c> for</c><00:16:20.440><c> this</c><00:16:20.799><c> section.</c>

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You<00:16:22.779><c> could</c><00:16:22.980><c> turn</c><00:16:23.200><c> back</c><00:16:23.460><c> with</c><00:16:23.679><c> me,</c>

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if<00:16:24.320><c> you've</c><00:16:24.559><c> got</c><00:16:24.700><c> your</c><00:16:24.879><c> Bibles</c><00:16:25.080><c> opening</c><00:16:25.440><c> in</c><00:16:25.440><c> Corinthians,</c>

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to<00:16:26.580><c> 1</c><00:16:26.879><c> Corinthians,</c><00:16:27.639><c> chapter</c><00:16:28.080><c> 16.</c>

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I'll<00:16:34.059><c> read</c><00:16:34.220><c> to</c><00:16:34.340><c> you</c><00:16:34.460><c> from</c><00:16:34.700><c> the</c><00:16:34.919><c> NIV.</c>

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It<00:16:39.039><c> gives</c><00:16:39.399><c> us</c><00:16:40.019><c> a</c><00:16:40.059><c> bit</c><00:16:40.259><c> of</c><00:16:40.600><c> background,</c>

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and<00:16:41.379><c> I</c><00:16:41.500><c> think</c><00:16:41.779><c> you'll</c><00:16:42.279><c> remember</c><00:16:42.519><c> in</c><00:16:42.679><c> one</c><00:16:42.759><c> of</c><00:16:42.919><c> the</c><00:16:43.059><c> classes</c><00:16:43.299><c> yesterday,</c>

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the<00:16:44.000><c> first</c><00:16:44.279><c> class,</c><00:16:44.559><c> we</c><00:16:44.759><c> mentioned</c><00:16:45.059><c> that</c><00:16:45.399><c> the</c><00:16:45.899><c> two</c><00:16:46.720><c> letters</c>

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year<00:16:50.600><c> apart.</c>

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They<00:16:51.340><c> weren't</c><00:16:51.539><c> very</c><00:16:51.940><c> far</c><00:16:52.179><c> apart</c><00:16:52.480><c> between</c><00:16:52.879><c> 1</c><00:16:53.159><c> and</c><00:16:53.279><c> 2</c><00:16:53.580><c> Corinthians.</c>

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This<00:16:54.860><c> letter</c><00:16:55.120><c> here,</c><00:16:55.860><c> sorry,</c><00:16:56.240><c> this</c><00:16:56.519><c> quotation</c><00:16:56.919><c> here,</c>

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would<00:16:58.019><c> certainly</c><00:16:58.399><c> make</c><00:16:58.600><c> me</c><00:16:58.840><c> think</c><00:16:58.980><c> that</c><00:16:59.139><c> was</c><00:16:59.360><c> the</c><00:16:59.500><c> case</c><00:16:59.740><c> also.</c>

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You'll<00:17:01.200><c> see</c><00:17:01.379><c> when</c><00:17:01.600><c> we</c><00:17:01.980><c> link</c><00:17:02.159><c> it</c><00:17:02.500><c> with</c><00:17:03.539><c> 2</c><00:17:04.180><c> Corinthians.</c>

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So<00:17:05.339><c> in</c><00:17:05.519><c> his</c><00:17:05.700><c> first</c><00:17:06.079><c> letter,</c><00:17:06.460><c> Paul</c><00:17:06.700><c> writes</c><00:17:07.019><c> to</c><00:17:07.220><c> the</c><00:17:07.380><c> brethren</c><00:17:07.619><c> there,</c>

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and<00:17:09.200><c> he</c><00:17:09.359><c> says</c><00:17:09.640><c> this.</c>

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Now,<00:17:11.299><c> about</c><00:17:11.680><c> the</c><00:17:12.200><c> collection</c><00:17:12.619><c> for</c><00:17:12.900><c> God's</c><00:17:13.400><c> people.</c>

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Do<00:17:14.779><c> what</c><00:17:15.039><c> I</c><00:17:15.319><c> told</c><00:17:15.660><c> the</c><00:17:15.940><c> Galatian</c><00:17:16.619><c> churches</c><00:17:17.059><c> to</c><00:17:17.380><c> do.</c>

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On<00:17:18.519><c> the</c><00:17:18.819><c> first</c><00:17:19.200><c> day</c><00:17:19.480><c> of</c><00:17:19.799><c> every</c><00:17:20.200><c> week,</c>

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each<00:17:21.519><c> one</c><00:17:21.779><c> of</c><00:17:21.980><c> you</c><00:17:22.240><c> should</c><00:17:22.660><c> set</c><00:17:23.059><c> aside</c><00:17:23.660><c> a</c><00:17:24.000><c> sum</c><00:17:24.200><c> of</c><00:17:24.420><c> money</c>

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Now<00:17:27.519><c> keep</c><00:17:27.740><c> that</c><00:17:28.279><c> thought</c><00:17:28.519><c> in</c><00:17:28.660><c> mind,</c>

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we'll<00:17:28.940><c> look</c><00:17:29.119><c> at</c><00:17:29.279><c> it</c><00:17:29.380><c> at</c><00:17:29.460><c> the</c><00:17:29.460><c> end</c><00:17:29.660><c> of</c><00:17:29.759><c> our</c><00:17:29.940><c> excitation.</c>

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In<00:17:31.019><c> keeping</c><00:17:31.339><c> with</c><00:17:31.599><c> his</c><00:17:31.819><c> income,</c><00:17:32.759><c> saving</c><00:17:33.119><c> it</c><00:17:33.380><c> up</c>

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so<00:17:34.400><c> that</c><00:17:34.559><c> when</c><00:17:34.720><c> I</c><00:17:35.019><c> come,</c><00:17:35.779><c> no</c><00:17:36.099><c> collections</c><00:17:36.740><c> will</c><00:17:37.119><c> have</c><00:17:37.319><c> to</c><00:17:37.480><c> be</c><00:17:37.680><c> made.</c>

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Then,<00:17:39.660><c> when</c><00:17:39.900><c> I</c><00:17:40.700><c> arrive,</c>

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I<00:17:41.279><c> will</c><00:17:41.440><c> give</c><00:17:41.660><c> letters</c><00:17:41.940><c> of</c><00:17:42.259><c> introduction</c><00:17:42.700><c> to</c><00:17:42.940><c> the</c><00:17:43.119><c> men</c><00:17:43.259><c> you</c><00:17:43.519><c> approve</c>

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and<00:17:44.480><c> send</c><00:17:44.839><c> them</c><00:17:45.099><c> with</c><00:17:45.299><c> your</c><00:17:45.539><c> gift</c><00:17:45.759><c> to</c><00:17:46.019><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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they<00:17:50.440><c> will</c><00:17:50.759><c> accompany</c><00:17:51.220><c> me.</c>

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So<00:17:52.759><c> from</c><00:17:53.059><c> those</c><00:17:53.640><c> couple</c><00:17:53.920><c> of</c><00:17:54.140><c> verses</c><00:17:54.380><c> there,</c><00:17:54.619><c> what</c><00:17:54.819><c> do</c><00:17:54.960><c> we</c><00:17:55.099><c> learn?</c>

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First<00:17:56.259><c> of</c><00:17:56.500><c> all,</c><00:17:56.960><c> that</c><00:17:57.059><c> there</c><00:17:57.220><c> was</c><00:17:57.400><c> a</c><00:17:57.599><c> desperate</c><00:17:57.980><c> need,</c>

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as<00:17:58.640><c> you</c><00:17:58.799><c> see</c><00:17:58.920><c> in</c><00:17:59.019><c> the</c><00:17:59.079><c> end</c><00:17:59.200><c> of</c><00:17:59.380><c> the</c><00:17:59.440><c> verse</c><00:17:59.660><c> there,</c>

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in<00:18:01.180><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:18:04.299><c> that</c><00:18:04.440><c> he</c><00:18:04.579><c> was</c><00:18:04.940><c> encouraging</c><00:18:05.599><c> the</c><00:18:05.940><c> brethren</c>

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to<00:18:07.200><c> start</c><00:18:07.799><c> to</c><00:18:08.140><c> save</c><00:18:08.380><c> money,</c>

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to<00:18:10.079><c> set</c><00:18:10.299><c> aside</c><00:18:10.839><c> in</c><00:18:11.259><c> proportion</c><00:18:11.779><c> to</c><00:18:12.039><c> their</c><00:18:12.259><c> income,</c>

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a<00:18:13.420><c> little</c><00:18:13.640><c> bit</c><00:18:13.920><c> every</c><00:18:14.279><c> week,</c>

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so<00:18:15.359><c> that</c><00:18:15.660><c> when</c><00:18:15.920><c> the</c><00:18:16.119><c> opportunity</c><00:18:16.680><c> came,</c>

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he<00:18:17.279><c> would</c><00:18:17.599><c> send</c><00:18:18.079><c> qualified</c><00:18:18.920><c> brethren</c><00:18:19.400><c> down</c>

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to<00:18:20.299><c> take</c><00:18:20.579><c> that</c><00:18:20.900><c> gift,</c><00:18:21.579><c> and</c><00:18:21.799><c> off</c><00:18:21.960><c> they</c><00:18:22.119><c> would</c><00:18:22.259><c> go</c>

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and<00:18:22.720><c> take</c><00:18:22.880><c> it</c><00:18:23.039><c> to</c><00:18:23.140><c> their</c><00:18:23.299><c> needy</c><00:18:23.619><c> brethren.</c>

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Well,<00:18:26.759><c> it</c><00:18:26.839><c> seems</c><00:18:27.019><c> that</c><00:18:27.220><c> things</c><00:18:27.400><c> went</c><00:18:27.839><c> well</c><00:18:28.200><c> for</c><00:18:28.460><c> a</c><00:18:28.579><c> while,</c>

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and<00:18:28.940><c> as</c><00:18:29.140><c> we</c><00:18:29.319><c> found</c><00:18:29.599><c> out</c><00:18:29.799><c> yesterday,</c>

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probably<00:18:31.359><c> these</c><00:18:31.720><c> super</c><00:18:32.119><c> apostles</c><00:18:32.720><c> came</c><00:18:33.140><c> in</c>

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and<00:18:33.799><c> were</c><00:18:34.079><c> trying</c><00:18:34.359><c> to</c><00:18:34.640><c> now</c><00:18:35.099><c> bring,</c><00:18:36.200><c> defame</c><00:18:36.519><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:18:37.240><c> bring</c><00:18:37.940><c> the</c><00:18:38.299><c> brethren</c><00:18:38.619><c> back</c><00:18:39.059><c> under</c><00:18:39.319><c> the</c><00:18:39.559><c> frock</c><00:18:39.799><c> of</c><00:18:40.000><c> Judaism.</c>

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And<00:18:41.500><c> so,</c><00:18:41.819><c> when</c><00:18:41.980><c> we</c><00:18:42.079><c> come</c><00:18:42.240><c> to</c><00:18:42.359><c> chapter</c><00:18:42.700><c> 8,</c>

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that<00:18:44.019><c> we</c><00:18:44.160><c> just</c><00:18:44.480><c> read,</c>

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in<00:18:46.559><c> verse</c><00:18:46.940><c> 10,</c><00:18:47.420><c> for</c><00:18:47.660><c> instance,</c>

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we<00:18:49.200><c> read</c><00:18:49.460><c> this.</c>

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Here<00:18:51.700><c> is</c><00:18:51.940><c> my</c><00:18:52.220><c> advice</c><00:18:53.019><c> about</c><00:18:53.859><c> what</c><00:18:54.099><c> is</c><00:18:54.400><c> best</c><00:18:54.680><c> for</c><00:18:54.819><c> you</c><00:18:55.039><c> in</c><00:18:55.140><c> this</c><00:18:55.400><c> matter.</c>

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He's<00:18:55.839><c> talking</c><00:18:56.140><c> about</c><00:18:56.480><c> the</c><00:18:56.660><c> fact,</c>

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let<00:18:57.000><c> me</c><00:18:57.099><c> just,</c><00:18:57.500><c> maybe</c><00:18:57.720><c> I</c><00:18:57.819><c> could</c><00:18:58.000><c> introduce</c><00:18:58.380><c> that</c><00:18:58.579><c> by</c><00:18:58.819><c> verse</c><00:18:59.180><c> 1.</c>

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He's<00:19:00.819><c> talking</c><00:19:01.079><c> about</c><00:19:01.380><c> the</c><00:19:01.619><c> Macedonian</c><00:19:02.240><c> brethren,</c>

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how<00:19:03.579><c> under</c><00:19:03.920><c> incredible</c><00:19:04.440><c> difficulty,</c>

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they<00:19:05.940><c> gave,</c><00:19:06.900><c> even</c><00:19:07.240><c> in</c><00:19:07.400><c> their</c><00:19:07.680><c> poverty,</c>

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and<00:19:08.660><c> they</c><00:19:09.019><c> begged</c><00:19:09.400><c> Paul</c><00:19:09.680><c> to</c><00:19:09.920><c> take</c><00:19:10.119><c> their</c><00:19:10.380><c> gift,</c>

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and<00:19:10.740><c> they</c><00:19:10.920><c> gave</c><00:19:11.160><c> themselves</c><00:19:11.559><c> totally.</c>

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We'll<00:19:11.980><c> look</c><00:19:12.099><c> a</c><00:19:12.200><c> little</c><00:19:12.400><c> bit</c><00:19:12.519><c> more</c><00:19:12.680><c> at</c><00:19:12.759><c> their</c><00:19:13.000><c> exhortation</c><00:19:13.440><c> in</c>

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a<00:19:13.700><c> minute.</c>

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And<00:19:14.339><c> then</c><00:19:14.500><c> verse</c><00:19:14.759><c> 10,</c><00:19:15.079><c> he</c><00:19:15.220><c> says,</c>

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my<00:19:16.160><c> advice</c><00:19:16.579><c> here</c><00:19:17.460><c> is</c><00:19:19.039><c> about</c><00:19:19.519><c> what</c><00:19:19.740><c> is</c><00:19:19.960><c> best</c><00:19:20.160><c> for</c><00:19:20.319><c> you</c><00:19:20.440><c> in</c><00:19:20.559><c> this</c><00:19:20.819><c> matter.</c>

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Last<00:19:22.000><c> year</c><00:19:22.259><c> you</c><00:19:22.400><c> were</c><00:19:22.619><c> the</c><00:19:22.819><c> first,</c><00:19:23.660><c> not</c><00:19:24.000><c> only</c><00:19:24.259><c> to</c><00:19:24.579><c> give,</c>

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but<00:19:25.619><c> to</c><00:19:25.900><c> have</c><00:19:26.099><c> the</c><00:19:26.339><c> desire</c><00:19:26.660><c> to</c><00:19:26.880><c> do</c><00:19:27.079><c> so.</c>

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So,<00:19:27.539><c> obviously,</c><00:19:27.920><c> they've</c><00:19:28.140><c> already</c><00:19:28.440><c> given</c><00:19:28.759><c> some</c><00:19:29.000><c> money,</c>

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and<00:19:30.140><c> they</c><00:19:30.380><c> are</c><00:19:30.660><c> now,</c><00:19:31.140><c> last</c><00:19:31.519><c> year</c><00:19:31.660><c> it</c><00:19:31.740><c> was</c><00:19:31.920><c> okay.</c>

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And<00:19:32.660><c> I</c><00:19:32.720><c> think</c><00:19:32.839><c> that's</c><00:19:33.059><c> what</c><00:19:33.220><c> happened.</c>

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They<00:19:33.539><c> took</c><00:19:33.700><c> up</c><00:19:33.859><c> their</c><00:19:34.059><c> collection,</c><00:19:34.400><c> everything</c><00:19:34.720><c> went</c><00:19:34.980><c> fine.</c>

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But<00:19:36.180><c> now,</c><00:19:36.460><c> a</c><00:19:36.660><c> year</c><00:19:36.819><c> later,</c>

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they<00:19:38.299><c> need</c><00:19:38.579><c> some</c><00:19:38.839><c> more</c><00:19:39.099><c> encouragement.</c>

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Again,<00:19:41.299><c> in</c><00:19:41.500><c> chapter</c><00:19:41.720><c> 9,</c><00:19:42.099><c> verse</c><00:19:42.460><c> 2,</c><00:19:42.720><c> if</c><00:19:42.880><c> you</c><00:19:43.039><c> see</c><00:19:43.279><c> there,</c>

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you'll<00:19:44.700><c> see,</c><00:19:45.200><c> he</c><00:19:45.460><c> repeats</c><00:19:45.839><c> it,</c>

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it<00:19:46.059><c> was</c><00:19:46.299><c> a</c><00:19:46.440><c> year</c><00:19:46.640><c> ago</c><00:19:46.940><c> since</c><00:19:47.299><c> things</c><00:19:47.579><c> kind</c><00:19:47.799><c> of</c><00:19:47.960><c> went</c><00:19:48.180><c> sour.</c>

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For<00:19:49.240><c> I</c><00:19:49.460><c> know</c><00:19:49.599><c> your</c><00:19:49.859><c> eagerness</c><00:19:50.200><c> to</c><00:19:50.500><c> help,</c>

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and<00:19:50.900><c> I've</c><00:19:51.160><c> been</c><00:19:51.339><c> boasting</c><00:19:51.660><c> about</c><00:19:52.579><c> it</c><00:19:52.759><c> to</c><00:19:52.920><c> the</c><00:19:53.119><c> Macedonians,</c>

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the<00:19:53.980><c> northern</c><00:19:54.480><c> brethren</c><00:19:54.880><c> up</c><00:19:55.140><c> in</c><00:19:55.559><c> Philippi,</c>

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and<00:19:56.640><c> the</c><00:19:56.779><c> Berea,</c><00:19:57.380><c> and</c><00:19:57.480><c> Thessalonica,</c>

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telling<00:19:59.079><c> them</c><00:19:59.460><c> that</c><00:19:59.700><c> since</c><00:20:00.039><c> last</c><00:20:00.500><c> year</c><00:20:00.680><c> you</c><00:20:00.880><c> and</c><00:20:01.559><c> Achaia,</c>

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remember<00:20:02.519><c> that's</c><00:20:02.839><c> the</c><00:20:02.940><c> area</c><00:20:03.079><c> of</c><00:20:03.299><c> Corinth,</c>

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were<00:20:03.960><c> ready</c><00:20:04.200><c> to</c><00:20:04.480><c> give.</c>

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And<00:20:05.400><c> your</c><00:20:05.680><c> enthusiasm</c><00:20:06.460><c> has</c><00:20:06.740><c> stirred</c><00:20:06.859><c> most</c><00:20:07.160><c> of</c><00:20:07.359><c> them</c><00:20:07.500><c> to</c><00:20:07.779><c> action.</c>

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So<00:20:08.319><c> we</c><00:20:08.420><c> can</c><00:20:08.640><c> see</c><00:20:08.819><c> again</c><00:20:09.180><c> that</c><00:20:09.480><c> they</c><00:20:09.700><c> are</c><00:20:09.960><c> collecting</c><00:20:10.339><c> money.</c>

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But<00:20:12.220><c> before</c><00:20:12.740><c> we</c><00:20:12.900><c> look</c><00:20:13.039><c> at</c><00:20:13.200><c> the</c><00:20:13.420><c> exhortations</c><00:20:14.140><c> in</c><00:20:14.539><c> this</c><00:20:14.839><c> section,</c>

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some<00:20:15.940><c> larger</c><00:20:16.259><c> questions,</c><00:20:16.700><c> I</c><00:20:16.900><c> think,</c><00:20:17.960><c> arise</c>

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that<00:20:18.460><c> we</c><00:20:18.619><c> need</c><00:20:18.779><c> to</c><00:20:19.099><c> kind</c><00:20:19.220><c> of</c><00:20:19.680><c> put</c><00:20:19.880><c> a</c><00:20:20.059><c> notch</c><00:20:20.240><c> in.</c>

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First<00:20:21.839><c> of</c><00:20:22.059><c> all,</c><00:20:22.900><c> why</c><00:20:22.980><c> a</c><00:20:23.240><c> collection</c><00:20:23.660><c> for</c><00:20:24.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:25.200><c> at</c><00:20:25.559><c> all?</c>

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We<00:20:25.859><c> don't</c><00:20:26.160><c> hear</c><00:20:26.460><c> in</c><00:20:26.539><c> the</c><00:20:26.740><c> times</c><00:20:26.900><c> of</c><00:20:27.059><c> Christ</c>

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about<00:20:28.000><c> great</c><00:20:29.279><c> famines</c><00:20:29.660><c> or</c><00:20:29.799><c> anything</c><00:20:30.079><c> going</c><00:20:30.460><c> on</c><00:20:30.740><c> in</c><00:20:31.079><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:20:33.319><c> why</c><00:20:33.700><c> is</c><00:20:33.839><c> there</c><00:20:34.000><c> a</c><00:20:34.160><c> crisis</c><00:20:34.480><c> now?</c>

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And<00:20:36.079><c> secondly,</c><00:20:37.039><c> the</c><00:20:37.140><c> big</c><00:20:37.319><c> question</c><00:20:37.640><c> is,</c>

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why<00:20:38.220><c> is</c><00:20:38.539><c> Paul,</c><00:20:39.500><c> the</c><00:20:39.700><c> apostle</c><00:20:40.099><c> to</c><00:20:40.440><c> the</c><00:20:40.660><c> Gentiles,</c>

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so<00:20:42.440><c> enthusiastic</c><00:20:43.420><c> about</c><00:20:43.880><c> getting</c><00:20:44.200><c> involved</c><00:20:44.539><c> in</c><00:20:44.859><c> collection</c>

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for<00:20:45.500><c> the</c><00:20:45.700><c> Jews</c><00:20:46.059><c> in</c><00:20:46.480><c> Jerusalem?</c>

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Because<00:20:47.859><c> as</c><00:20:48.279><c> we</c><00:20:48.500><c> look</c><00:20:48.779><c> through,</c>

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we're<00:20:49.160><c> just</c><00:20:49.559><c> barely</c><00:20:49.880><c> scratching</c><00:20:50.319><c> the</c><00:20:50.579><c> surface,</c>

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we<00:20:51.299><c> see</c><00:20:51.519><c> this</c><00:20:51.720><c> as</c><00:20:51.900><c> a</c><00:20:52.119><c> theme</c><00:20:52.259><c> that</c><00:20:52.420><c> goes</c><00:20:52.640><c> through</c>

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Paul's<00:20:53.460><c> entire</c><00:20:53.839><c> letters,</c>

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the<00:20:55.240><c> collection</c><00:20:55.579><c> for</c><00:20:55.779><c> the</c><00:20:55.980><c> poor</c><00:20:56.200><c> saints</c><00:20:56.440><c> in</c><00:20:56.660><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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yet<00:20:57.180><c> he</c><00:20:57.319><c> was</c><00:20:57.500><c> the</c><00:20:57.700><c> apostle</c><00:20:58.079><c> to</c><00:20:58.259><c> the</c><00:20:58.420><c> Gentiles.</c>

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So<00:20:59.519><c> what's</c><00:20:59.880><c> going</c><00:21:00.079><c> on</c><00:21:00.400><c> here,</c>

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and<00:21:01.200><c> what</c><00:21:01.319><c> can</c><00:21:01.480><c> we</c><00:21:01.660><c> learn</c><00:21:01.859><c> from</c><00:21:02.140><c> it?</c>

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So<00:21:05.599><c> maybe</c><00:21:05.960><c> we</c><00:21:06.099><c> could</c><00:21:06.279><c> follow</c><00:21:06.440><c> out</c><00:21:06.640><c> briefly</c>

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both<00:21:07.240><c> of</c><00:21:07.440><c> these</c><00:21:07.599><c> questions,</c>

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and<00:21:08.200><c> then</c><00:21:08.339><c> maybe</c><00:21:08.559><c> draw</c><00:21:08.779><c> it</c><00:21:08.980><c> together</c>

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and<00:21:09.539><c> see</c><00:21:09.759><c> some</c><00:21:10.160><c> lessons</c><00:21:10.539><c> that</c><00:21:10.700><c> we</c><00:21:10.799><c> can</c><00:21:11.000><c> take</c><00:21:11.200><c> with</c><00:21:11.400><c> us.</c>

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First<00:21:12.259><c> question</c><00:21:12.579><c> then</c><00:21:12.740><c> was,</c><00:21:13.279><c> why</c><00:21:13.539><c> so</c><00:21:13.819><c> many,</c>

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quote,<00:21:14.559><c> as</c><00:21:14.680><c> Romans</c><00:21:14.960><c> 15</c><00:21:15.440><c> calls</c><00:21:15.779><c> it</c><00:21:16.140><c> in</c><00:21:16.500><c> verse</c><00:21:16.779><c> 26,</c>

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poor<00:21:17.920><c> saints,</c><00:21:18.900><c> is</c><00:21:19.059><c> the</c><00:21:19.220><c> term</c><00:21:19.460><c> there</c><00:21:20.119><c> in</c><00:21:20.579><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Well,<00:21:22.220><c> you</c><00:21:22.359><c> know</c><00:21:22.539><c> there's</c><00:21:22.759><c> one</c><00:21:23.059><c> reason</c>

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that<00:21:23.480><c> you</c><00:21:23.619><c> probably</c><00:21:23.940><c> remember,</c>

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and<00:21:24.460><c> it's</c><00:21:24.640><c> found</c><00:21:24.819><c> in</c><00:21:25.000><c> Acts</c><00:21:25.220><c> chapter</c><00:21:25.619><c> 11,</c>

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:28.579
and<00:21:26.619><c> you</c><00:21:26.819><c> remember</c><00:21:27.160><c> that</c><00:21:27.539><c> Agabus,</c><00:21:28.039><c> the</c><00:21:28.240><c> prophet,</c>

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came<00:21:28.960><c> down</c><00:21:29.279><c> and</c><00:21:29.440><c> he</c><00:21:29.839><c> prophesied</c>

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that<00:21:30.920><c> there</c><00:21:31.079><c> was</c><00:21:31.299><c> going</c><00:21:31.480><c> to</c><00:21:31.720><c> be</c><00:21:32.079><c> a</c><00:21:32.440><c> great</c><00:21:32.839><c> dearth</c>

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throughout<00:21:33.940><c> the</c><00:21:34.579><c> entire</c><00:21:35.259><c> Roman</c><00:21:35.640><c> world.</c>

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And<00:21:36.799><c> we're</c><00:21:37.000><c> told</c><00:21:37.240><c> there</c><00:21:37.460><c> in</c><00:21:37.539><c> Acts</c><00:21:37.779><c> 11</c><00:21:38.059><c> that</c><00:21:38.180><c> it</c><00:21:38.400><c> came</c><00:21:38.640><c> to</c><00:21:38.920><c> pass</c>

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about<00:21:39.960><c> the</c><00:21:40.279><c> time</c><00:21:40.519><c> of</c><00:21:40.900><c> Claudius,</c>

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which<00:21:41.420><c> we</c><00:21:41.599><c> talked</c><00:21:41.759><c> about</c><00:21:41.960><c> yesterday.</c>

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So<00:21:43.019><c> we</c><00:21:43.160><c> know</c><00:21:43.359><c> the</c><00:21:43.619><c> timing</c><00:21:43.799><c> is</c><00:21:44.059><c> right,</c>

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there<00:21:44.339><c> was</c><00:21:44.579><c> going</c><00:21:44.740><c> to</c><00:21:44.900><c> be</c><00:21:45.059><c> a</c><00:21:45.240><c> famine</c><00:21:45.579><c> that</c><00:21:46.200><c> came.</c>

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And<00:21:47.200><c> so</c><00:21:47.859><c> in</c><00:21:48.180><c> verse</c><00:21:48.380><c> 29</c><00:21:48.880><c> of</c><00:21:49.059><c> Acts</c><00:21:49.259><c> 11</c><00:21:49.619><c> it</c><00:21:49.819><c> says,</c>

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then<00:21:50.920><c> the</c><00:21:51.420><c> disciples,</c><00:21:52.319><c> each</c><00:21:52.720><c> according</c><00:21:53.140><c> to</c><00:21:53.359><c> his</c><00:21:53.599><c> ability,</c>

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decided<00:21:55.460><c> to</c><00:21:55.759><c> provide</c><00:21:56.140><c> help</c><00:21:56.460><c> for</c><00:21:56.640><c> the</c><00:21:56.839><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:21:57.140><c> sisters,</c><00:21:57.519><c> the</c><00:21:57.819><c> brothers</c><00:21:58.119><c> living</c><00:21:58.440><c> in</c><00:21:58.740><c> Judea.</c>

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This<00:22:00.180><c> they</c><00:22:00.480><c> did,</c><00:22:01.140><c> sending</c><00:22:01.480><c> their</c><00:22:01.819><c> gift</c>

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to<00:22:03.059><c> the</c><00:22:03.319><c> elders</c><00:22:03.579><c> by</c><00:22:03.940><c> Barnabas</c><00:22:04.579><c> and</c><00:22:04.859><c> Saul.</c>

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Now<00:22:05.759><c> that</c><00:22:05.859><c> was</c><00:22:06.140><c> very</c><00:22:06.700><c> early,</c>

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Acts<00:22:07.160><c> 11</c><00:22:07.400><c> was</c><00:22:07.599><c> right</c><00:22:07.839><c> at</c><00:22:08.039><c> the</c><00:22:08.119><c> beginning</c><00:22:08.480><c> of</c><00:22:08.660><c> Paul's</c><00:22:09.160><c> ministry.</c>

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And<00:22:10.140><c> so</c><00:22:10.259><c> right</c><00:22:10.500><c> from</c><00:22:10.740><c> the</c><00:22:10.940><c> get</c><00:22:11.160><c>-go,</c>

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we<00:22:11.960><c> have</c><00:22:12.180><c> them</c><00:22:12.420><c> now</c><00:22:12.920><c> taking</c><00:22:13.500><c> a</c><00:22:13.839><c> gift</c>

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from<00:22:14.480><c> the</c><00:22:14.779><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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to<00:22:15.799><c> the</c><00:22:16.079><c> poor</c><00:22:16.279><c> brother</c><00:22:16.559><c> and</c><00:22:16.759><c> sisters</c><00:22:17.019><c> in</c><00:22:17.299><c> Judea.</c>

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About<00:22:20.079><c> ten</c><00:22:20.660><c> years</c><00:22:21.039><c> later,</c><00:22:21.640><c> maybe</c><00:22:22.000><c> even</c><00:22:22.359><c> more,</c>

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at<00:22:23.220><c> the</c><00:22:23.400><c> end</c><00:22:23.599><c> of</c><00:22:23.759><c> the</c><00:22:23.799><c> book</c><00:22:24.019><c> of</c><00:22:24.279><c> Acts,</c><00:22:24.460><c> in</c><00:22:24.640><c> Acts</c><00:22:24.819><c> 24,</c>

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which<00:22:26.000><c> is,</c><00:22:26.519><c> say,</c><00:22:26.579><c> a</c><00:22:26.859><c> long</c><00:22:27.140><c> time</c><00:22:27.420><c> later,</c>

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Acts<00:22:28.420><c> is</c><00:22:28.579><c> written</c><00:22:28.740><c> over</c><00:22:28.960><c> many</c><00:22:29.200><c> years,</c>

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Paul<00:22:30.819><c> actually</c><00:22:31.200><c> makes</c><00:22:31.480><c> that</c><00:22:31.759><c> qualification</c>

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when<00:22:33.019><c> in</c><00:22:33.720><c> 24</c><00:22:33.839><c> verse</c><00:22:34.140><c> 17</c><00:22:34.779><c> he</c><00:22:35.059><c> says,</c>

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now<00:22:37.180><c> after</c><00:22:37.740><c> many</c><00:22:38.380><c> years</c><00:22:39.039><c> I've</c><00:22:39.779><c> come</c><00:22:40.019><c> to</c><00:22:40.339><c> bring</c><00:22:40.680><c> arms</c>

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to<00:22:41.279><c> my</c><00:22:41.480><c> nation</c><00:22:41.759><c> and</c><00:22:42.019><c> offerings.</c>

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I've<00:22:42.420><c> come</c><00:22:42.619><c> back</c><00:22:42.779><c> again</c><00:22:43.000><c> to</c><00:22:43.180><c> bring</c><00:22:43.420><c> arms</c><00:22:43.640><c> and</c><00:22:43.859><c> offerings.</c>

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So<00:22:44.799><c> we</c><00:22:45.000><c> see</c><00:22:45.180><c> that</c><00:22:45.339><c> he's</c><00:22:45.519><c> done</c><00:22:45.759><c> this</c><00:22:46.000><c> more</c><00:22:46.220><c> than</c><00:22:46.400><c> once,</c>

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taking<00:22:46.960><c> collections</c><00:22:47.440><c> back.</c>

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So<00:22:51.039><c> it</c><00:22:51.559><c> seems</c><00:22:51.900><c> like</c><00:22:52.460><c> the</c><00:22:52.759><c> dearth,</c><00:22:53.500><c> the</c><00:22:54.059><c> famine,</c>

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has<00:22:54.740><c> spread</c><00:22:55.000><c> the</c><00:22:55.319><c> Roman</c><00:22:55.660><c> world,</c>

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but<00:22:56.819><c> things</c><00:22:57.319><c> haven't</c><00:22:58.000><c> improved</c><00:22:58.579><c> in</c><00:22:58.880><c> Judea.</c>

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And<00:22:59.519><c> again,</c><00:22:59.740><c> trying</c><00:23:00.019><c> to</c><00:23:00.160><c> get</c><00:23:00.319><c> below</c><00:23:00.660><c> the</c><00:23:00.940><c> surface</c>

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to<00:23:01.359><c> understand</c><00:23:01.920><c> the</c><00:23:02.200><c> dynamic</c><00:23:02.740><c> of</c><00:23:03.299><c> the</c><00:23:03.500><c> day</c>

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:06.380
and<00:23:03.839><c> understand</c><00:23:04.240><c> our</c><00:23:04.519><c> brethren</c><00:23:04.779><c> in</c><00:23:05.019><c> the</c><00:23:05.099><c> first</c><00:23:05.299><c> century,</c>

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.640
it<00:23:07.299><c> makes</c><00:23:07.480><c> me</c><00:23:07.779><c> ask</c><00:23:08.000><c> the</c><00:23:08.200><c> question,</c>

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:14.200
well,<00:23:09.579><c> why</c><00:23:09.980><c> were</c><00:23:10.200><c> things</c><00:23:10.579><c> continuing</c><00:23:11.420><c> to</c><00:23:11.720><c> be</c><00:23:11.960><c> so</c><00:23:12.440><c> bitter</c><00:23:12.920><c> in</c><00:23:13.740><c> Judea</c>

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that<00:23:14.500><c> over</c><00:23:15.019><c> at</c><00:23:15.380><c> least</c><00:23:15.680><c> ten</c><00:23:15.980><c> years,</c><00:23:16.539><c> possibly</c><00:23:16.759><c> even</c><00:23:17.099><c> longer,</c>

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there's<00:23:17.980><c> this</c><00:23:18.200><c> continued</c><00:23:18.799><c> need</c><00:23:19.259><c> for</c><00:23:19.819><c> funds</c>

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channeled<00:23:22.140><c> back</c><00:23:22.420><c> to</c><00:23:22.619><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:23.160><c> over</c><00:23:23.660><c> and</c><00:23:23.819><c> over</c><00:23:24.099><c> again?</c>

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Again,<00:23:26.480><c> we</c><00:23:26.579><c> don't</c><00:23:26.740><c> have</c><00:23:26.880><c> time</c><00:23:27.000><c> to</c><00:23:27.140><c> spend</c><00:23:27.259><c> a</c><00:23:27.319><c> lot</c><00:23:27.480><c> of</c><00:23:27.559><c> time</c><00:23:27.799><c> on</c><00:23:27.859><c> it</c>

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this<00:23:28.119><c> morning,</c><00:23:28.299><c> but</c><00:23:28.420><c> I'd</c><00:23:28.660><c> like</c><00:23:28.740><c> to</c><00:23:28.920><c> make</c><00:23:29.079><c> probably</c><00:23:29.400><c> three</c><00:23:29.759><c> suggestions.</c>

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One<00:23:32.039><c> is</c><00:23:32.519><c> the</c><00:23:32.859><c> fact</c><00:23:33.019><c> that</c><00:23:33.180><c> in</c><00:23:33.339><c> the</c><00:23:33.500><c> beginning</c><00:23:33.720><c> of</c><00:23:33.940><c> the</c><00:23:34.059><c> book</c><00:23:34.220><c> of</c><00:23:34.420><c> Acts,</c>

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you<00:23:34.839><c> remember,</c><00:23:35.119><c> because</c><00:23:35.480><c> of</c><00:23:35.680><c> the</c><00:23:35.880><c> trouble</c><00:23:36.140><c> in</c><00:23:36.380><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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remember<00:23:37.440><c> what</c><00:23:37.680><c> happened?</c>

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All<00:23:38.920><c> those</c><00:23:39.240><c> who</c><00:23:39.460><c> had</c><00:23:39.740><c> lands</c><00:23:40.259><c> and</c><00:23:40.519><c> possessions</c>

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sold<00:23:41.640><c> them,</c><00:23:41.940><c> didn't</c><00:23:42.079><c> they?</c>

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And<00:23:42.799><c> they</c><00:23:43.019><c> pulled</c><00:23:43.279><c> them</c><00:23:43.500><c> together.</c>

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Now<00:23:45.279><c> that</c><00:23:45.400><c> makes</c><00:23:45.700><c> perfect</c><00:23:46.099><c> sense,</c><00:23:46.619><c> doesn't</c><00:23:46.740><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:23:47.720><c> that</c><00:23:48.259><c> would</c><00:23:48.579><c> help,</c>

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and<00:23:49.660><c> I</c><00:23:49.779><c> must</c><00:23:50.000><c> have</c><00:23:50.119><c> been</c><00:23:50.220><c> in</c><00:23:50.220><c> that</c><00:23:50.440><c> beautiful</c><00:23:50.940><c> section</c>

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it<00:23:51.339><c> was</c><00:23:51.460><c> at</c><00:23:51.680><c> 2</c><00:23:51.859><c> verse</c><00:23:52.059><c> 44</c><00:23:52.559><c> where</c><00:23:52.740><c> it</c><00:23:52.759><c> says,</c>

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all<00:23:53.160><c> those</c><00:23:53.880><c> who</c><00:23:54.059><c> had</c><00:23:54.460><c> possessions</c><00:23:54.920><c> sold</c><00:23:55.240><c> them,</c>

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and<00:23:55.519><c> they</c><00:23:55.759><c> together,</c><00:23:56.480><c> breaking</c><00:23:56.839><c> bread</c><00:23:57.099><c> from</c><00:23:57.380><c> house</c><00:23:57.579><c> to</c><00:23:57.720><c> house,</c>

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did<00:23:58.140><c> eat</c><00:23:58.359><c> their</c><00:23:58.980><c> bread</c><00:23:59.240><c> with</c><00:23:59.579><c> gladfulness</c>

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and<00:24:00.359><c> joyfulness</c><00:24:00.779><c> of</c><00:24:01.039><c> heart,</c><00:24:01.539><c> free</c><00:24:01.740><c> translation.</c>

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That<00:24:02.859><c> beautiful</c><00:24:03.500><c> verse</c><00:24:03.859><c> there</c><00:24:04.460><c> that</c><00:24:04.980><c> talks</c><00:24:05.240><c> about</c>

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what<00:24:06.339><c> was</c><00:24:06.519><c> going</c><00:24:06.839><c> on</c><00:24:07.059><c> under</c><00:24:07.279><c> trouble,</c><00:24:07.859><c> it</c><00:24:07.880><c> bound</c><00:24:08.200><c> them</c><00:24:08.400><c> together.</c>

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But<00:24:09.480><c> you</c><00:24:09.640><c> think</c><00:24:09.880><c> about</c><00:24:10.119><c> it,</c><00:24:10.920><c> ten</c><00:24:11.180><c> years</c><00:24:11.480><c> later,</c>

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after<00:24:12.900><c> everybody</c><00:24:13.440><c> sold</c><00:24:13.839><c> everything</c>

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and<00:24:14.319><c> pulled</c><00:24:14.559><c> their</c><00:24:14.779><c> possessions,</c>

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not<00:24:16.319><c> much</c><00:24:16.559><c> left,</c><00:24:16.940><c> is</c><00:24:17.039><c> there?</c>

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There's<00:24:18.460><c> nowhere</c><00:24:18.660><c> else</c><00:24:18.940><c> to</c><00:24:19.140><c> go.</c>

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And<00:24:20.579><c> so</c><00:24:20.880><c> therefore</c><00:24:21.180><c> that</c><00:24:21.400><c> gives</c><00:24:21.619><c> us</c><00:24:21.819><c> a</c><00:24:22.059><c> very,</c>

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to<00:24:22.460><c> me,</c><00:24:22.619><c> a</c><00:24:22.619><c> very</c><00:24:22.940><c> concrete</c><00:24:23.359><c> reason</c><00:24:23.720><c> why</c>

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that<00:24:24.680><c> continued</c><00:24:25.299><c> need</c><00:24:25.559><c> would</c><00:24:25.759><c> exist</c><00:24:26.140><c> in</c><00:24:26.440><c> Judea</c>

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where<00:24:27.400><c> the</c><00:24:27.619><c> brethren</c><00:24:27.839><c> had</c><00:24:28.039><c> done</c><00:24:28.220><c> that.</c>

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Secondly,<00:24:29.759><c> and</c><00:24:30.019><c> again,</c><00:24:30.279><c> we</c><00:24:30.519><c> won't</c><00:24:30.720><c> look</c><00:24:30.920><c> at</c><00:24:31.039><c> the</c><00:24:31.180><c> verse</c><00:24:31.400><c> in</c><00:24:31.940><c> James,</c>

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but<00:24:33.099><c> James</c><00:24:33.539><c> explains</c><00:24:34.140><c> to</c><00:24:34.319><c> us</c><00:24:34.440><c> very</c><00:24:34.960><c> strongly</c>

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what<00:24:35.380><c> was</c><00:24:35.559><c> happening,</c><00:24:36.039><c> the</c><00:24:36.099><c> rich</c><00:24:36.480><c> Jews</c>

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were<00:24:37.460><c> exploiting</c><00:24:38.779><c> their</c><00:24:39.680><c> poorer</c><00:24:40.059><c> brethren.</c>

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They're<00:24:41.660><c> dragging</c><00:24:42.019><c> you</c><00:24:42.299><c> into</c><00:24:42.579><c> court,</c><00:24:42.859><c> I</c><00:24:42.859><c> think</c><00:24:43.079><c> James</c><00:24:43.359><c> 2</c><00:24:43.619><c> verse</c><00:24:43.859><c> 6</c><00:24:44.160><c> says.</c>

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But<00:24:46.700><c> finally,</c><00:24:47.599><c> and</c><00:24:47.779><c> probably</c><00:24:48.039><c> the</c><00:24:48.259><c> most</c><00:24:48.519><c> significantly,</c>

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is<00:24:50.000><c> a</c><00:24:50.240><c> verse</c><00:24:50.460><c> that</c><00:24:50.660><c> comes</c><00:24:50.839><c> to</c><00:24:51.099><c> mind</c><00:24:51.279><c> in</c><00:24:51.460><c> John</c><00:24:51.779><c> 16</c>

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where<00:24:52.839><c> Christ</c><00:24:53.359><c> prophesies</c><00:24:54.319><c> that</c><00:24:54.700><c> they</c><00:24:54.940><c> will</c>

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cast<00:24:55.779><c> you</c><00:24:56.380><c> out</c><00:24:57.000><c> of</c><00:24:57.279><c> the</c><00:24:57.579><c> synagogue.</c>

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Do<00:25:00.059><c> you</c><00:25:00.079><c> have</c><00:25:00.279><c> any</c><00:25:00.579><c> idea</c><00:25:00.920><c> what</c><00:25:01.099><c> that</c><00:25:01.420><c> means?</c>

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Being<00:25:03.980><c> cut</c><00:25:04.460><c> off</c><00:25:05.579><c> by</c><00:25:06.000><c> the</c><00:25:06.240><c> Sanhedrin,</c>

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cast<00:25:07.119><c> out</c><00:25:07.299><c> of</c><00:25:07.420><c> the</c><00:25:07.599><c> synagogue.</c>

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That<00:25:09.240><c> was</c><00:25:09.599><c> the</c><00:25:10.539><c> thing</c><00:25:11.400><c> that</c><00:25:11.819><c> terrified</c>

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the<00:25:13.960><c> blind</c><00:25:14.220><c> man's</c><00:25:14.720><c> parents</c><00:25:15.039><c> in</c><00:25:15.299><c> John</c><00:25:15.599><c> chapter</c><00:25:15.960><c> 9.</c>

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Remember<00:25:16.700><c> when</c><00:25:16.900><c> they</c><00:25:17.119><c> said,</c><00:25:17.720><c> who</c><00:25:17.819><c> is</c><00:25:18.039><c> this</c><00:25:18.259><c> person?</c>

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Is<00:25:18.619><c> he</c><00:25:18.759><c> really</c><00:25:19.059><c> your</c><00:25:19.279><c> son?</c>

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Is<00:25:20.339><c> he</c><00:25:20.500><c> being</c><00:25:20.700><c> healed</c><00:25:21.000><c> by</c><00:25:21.900><c> Jesus?</c>

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There's<00:25:23.680><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:24.400><c> sorry.</c>

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And<00:25:25.759><c> they</c><00:25:25.920><c> said,</c><00:25:26.279><c> don't</c><00:25:26.440><c> ask</c><00:25:26.680><c> me,</c><00:25:26.960><c> he's</c><00:25:27.200><c> of</c><00:25:27.339><c> age,</c><00:25:27.539><c> ask</c><00:25:27.759><c> him.</c>

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Why?<00:25:28.759><c> Because</c><00:25:29.039><c> they</c><00:25:29.259><c> knew</c><00:25:29.359><c> they</c><00:25:29.519><c> were</c><00:25:29.619><c> going</c><00:25:29.720><c> to</c><00:25:29.859><c> be</c>

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cast<00:25:30.460><c> out</c><00:25:31.099><c> of</c><00:25:31.480><c> the</c><00:25:31.640><c> synagogue.</c>

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I'd<00:25:32.880><c> like</c><00:25:33.019><c> to</c><00:25:33.299><c> read</c><00:25:33.500><c> you,</c><00:25:33.619><c> I</c><00:25:33.660><c> hope</c><00:25:33.779><c> you'll</c><00:25:33.980><c> bear</c><00:25:34.140><c> with</c><00:25:34.299><c> me,</c>

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I'd<00:25:34.660><c> like</c><00:25:34.680><c> to</c><00:25:34.819><c> read</c><00:25:35.019><c> you</c><00:25:35.160><c> something</c><00:25:35.440><c> that</c><00:25:35.619><c> really</c><00:25:36.059><c> was,</c><00:25:36.299><c> I</c><00:25:36.460><c> found,</c>

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very<00:25:37.019><c> moving</c><00:25:37.460><c> as</c><00:25:38.059><c> I</c><00:25:38.359><c> thought</c><00:25:38.519><c> about</c><00:25:39.019><c> our</c><00:25:39.480><c> brothers</c><00:25:39.779><c> and</c><00:25:40.039><c> sisters</c>

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who<00:25:40.559><c> lived</c><00:25:40.759><c> in</c><00:25:40.940><c> the</c><00:25:41.119><c> first</c><00:25:41.299><c> century</c><00:25:41.619><c> in</c><00:25:42.079><c> Judea.</c>

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And<00:25:43.259><c> this</c><00:25:43.420><c> is</c><00:25:43.599><c> a</c><00:25:43.759><c> quote</c><00:25:43.880><c> I</c><00:25:44.099><c> found</c><00:25:44.259><c> in</c><00:25:44.420><c> a</c><00:25:44.579><c> historian</c>

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by<00:25:45.180><c> the</c><00:25:45.200><c> name</c><00:25:45.400><c> of</c><00:25:45.660><c> Buxdorf</c>

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about<00:25:47.900><c> being</c><00:25:48.240><c> thrust</c><00:25:48.539><c> out</c><00:25:48.759><c> of</c><00:25:48.940><c> the</c><00:25:49.140><c> synagogue.</c>

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He<00:25:49.599><c> talks</c><00:25:49.859><c> about</c><00:25:50.059><c> the</c><00:25:50.259><c> fact</c><00:25:50.420><c> that</c><00:25:50.579><c> among</c><00:25:50.819><c> the</c><00:25:51.039><c> Jews</c>

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there<00:25:51.339><c> were</c><00:25:51.500><c> two</c><00:25:51.880><c> types</c><00:25:52.440><c> of</c><00:25:52.700><c> excommunication.</c>

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One<00:25:53.819><c> was</c><00:25:54.000><c> for</c><00:25:54.220><c> 30</c><00:25:54.440><c> days</c><00:25:54.940><c> where</c><00:25:55.319><c> you</c><00:25:55.460><c> couldn't</c><00:25:55.859><c> come</c><00:25:56.519><c> within</c>

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six<00:25:57.240><c> feet</c><00:25:57.480><c> or</c><00:25:57.640><c> four</c><00:25:57.920><c> cubits</c><00:25:58.240><c> of</c><00:25:58.400><c> your</c><00:25:58.599><c> wife</c>

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or<00:25:58.980><c> any</c><00:25:59.099><c> of</c><00:25:59.220><c> your</c><00:25:59.359><c> friends,</c>

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and<00:25:59.819><c> it</c><00:25:59.859><c> was</c><00:26:00.079><c> kind</c><00:26:00.279><c> of</c><00:26:00.940><c> a</c><00:26:01.339><c> naughty</c><00:26:01.579><c> boy</c><00:26:01.880><c> type</c><00:26:02.180><c> of</c><00:26:02.680><c> an</c><00:26:02.880><c> excommunication</c>

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that<00:26:04.480><c> was</c><00:26:05.240><c> kind</c><00:26:05.480><c> of</c><00:26:05.740><c> a</c><00:26:05.940><c> short</c><00:26:06.200><c>-arm</c><00:26:06.680><c> reach.</c>

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But<00:26:08.299><c> the</c><00:26:08.460><c> point</c><00:26:08.579><c> that</c><00:26:08.900><c> the</c><00:26:09.279><c> important</c><00:26:09.559><c> part</c><00:26:09.859><c> of</c><00:26:10.079><c> excommunication</c>

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was<00:26:11.559><c> the</c><00:26:11.839><c> other</c><00:26:12.119><c> part</c><00:26:12.359><c> of</c><00:26:12.539><c> being</c><00:26:12.900><c> cast</c><00:26:13.319><c> out</c><00:26:13.539><c> of</c><00:26:13.660><c> the</c><00:26:13.880><c> synagogue,</c>

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which<00:26:14.380><c> is</c><00:26:14.539><c> what</c><00:26:14.700><c> the</c><00:26:14.859><c> Lord</c><00:26:15.019><c> Jesus</c><00:26:15.359><c> Christ</c><00:26:15.599><c> is</c><00:26:15.799><c> talking</c><00:26:16.039><c> about</c>

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in<00:26:16.900><c> John.</c>

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Let<00:26:18.220><c> me</c><00:26:18.339><c> quote</c><00:26:18.559><c> to</c><00:26:18.779><c> you.</c>

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The<00:26:19.480><c> other</c><00:26:20.059><c> was</c><00:26:20.700><c> a</c><00:26:21.220><c> solemn</c><00:26:21.579><c> exclusion</c><00:26:22.400><c> forever</c>

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from<00:26:24.519><c> the</c><00:26:24.819><c> worship</c><00:26:25.140><c> of</c><00:26:25.400><c> the</c><00:26:25.680><c> synagogue,</c>

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attended<00:26:27.059><c> with</c><00:26:27.559><c> awful</c><00:26:28.240><c> maledictions</c><00:26:29.140><c> and</c><00:26:29.579><c> curses</c>

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and<00:26:31.299><c> an</c><00:26:31.619><c> exclusion</c><00:26:32.140><c> from</c><00:26:32.619><c> all</c><00:26:32.880><c> intercourse</c><00:26:33.279><c> with</c><00:26:33.460><c> the</c><00:26:33.619><c> people.</c>

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This<00:26:35.000><c> was</c><00:26:35.279><c> called</c><00:26:35.880><c> the</c><00:26:36.400><c> curse.</c>

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And<00:26:39.400><c> so</c><00:26:39.859><c> thoroughly</c><00:26:40.339><c> excluded</c><00:26:40.900><c> the</c><00:26:41.119><c> person</c><00:26:41.440><c> from</c><00:26:41.839><c> all</c><00:26:42.180><c> communication</c>

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whatever<00:26:43.299><c> with</c><00:26:43.500><c> his</c><00:26:43.740><c> countrymen</c>

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that<00:26:44.559><c> they</c><00:26:44.740><c> were</c><00:26:45.000><c> not</c><00:26:45.140><c> allowed</c><00:26:45.400><c> to</c><00:26:45.660><c> sell</c><00:26:45.779><c> him</c><00:26:46.019><c> anything,</c>

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even<00:26:47.480><c> the</c><00:26:47.819><c> necessaries</c><00:26:48.240><c> of</c><00:26:48.500><c> life.</c>

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The<00:26:50.319><c> curse.</c>

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Can<00:26:52.839><c> you</c><00:26:52.940><c> imagine</c><00:26:53.200><c> living</c><00:26:53.440><c> under</c><00:26:53.720><c> that</c><00:26:54.200><c> sort</c><00:26:54.480><c> of</c><00:26:54.700><c> curse,</c>

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that<00:26:55.500><c> terrible</c><00:26:56.039><c> punishment?</c>

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How<00:26:57.799><c> would</c><00:26:57.980><c> we</c><00:26:58.140><c> deal</c><00:26:58.319><c> with</c><00:26:58.839><c> a</c><00:27:00.319><c> punishment</c>

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or<00:27:01.960><c> a</c><00:27:02.480><c> blacklisting</c><00:27:03.200><c> like</c><00:27:03.500><c> that,</c>

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:07.880
having<00:27:04.400><c> to</c><00:27:04.599><c> live</c><00:27:04.859><c> in</c><00:27:05.039><c> a</c><00:27:05.259><c> poor</c><00:27:05.460><c> country</c><00:27:06.200><c> under</c><00:27:06.960><c> difficult</c><00:27:07.440><c> conditions</c>

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and<00:27:08.099><c> then</c><00:27:08.319><c> have</c><00:27:08.720><c> the</c><00:27:09.119><c> curse</c><00:27:09.500><c> put</c><00:27:09.740><c> upon</c><00:27:10.019><c> us</c>

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because<00:27:10.599><c> of</c><00:27:10.799><c> our</c><00:27:11.039><c> loyalty</c><00:27:11.339><c> to</c><00:27:11.559><c> the</c><00:27:11.680><c> Lord</c><00:27:11.880><c> Jesus</c><00:27:12.319><c> Christ?</c>

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It<00:27:14.839><c> brings</c><00:27:15.099><c> to</c><00:27:15.319><c> mind</c><00:27:15.539><c> the</c><00:27:15.900><c> words</c><00:27:16.119><c> of</c><00:27:16.299><c> Matthew,</c><00:27:16.700><c> doesn't</c><00:27:16.960><c> it,</c>

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where<00:27:17.319><c> he</c><00:27:17.579><c> talks</c><00:27:17.920><c> about</c><00:27:18.319><c> brother</c><00:27:18.640><c> betraying</c><00:27:19.440><c> brother</c><00:27:19.779><c> to</c><00:27:20.140><c> death,</c>

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and<00:27:20.920><c> those</c><00:27:21.119><c> sort</c><00:27:21.359><c> of</c><00:27:21.420><c> very</c><00:27:21.740><c> real</c><00:27:21.980><c> things</c><00:27:22.359><c> that</c><00:27:22.660><c> have</c><00:27:22.880><c> happened</c>

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may<00:27:24.400><c> indeed</c><00:27:25.039><c> happen</c><00:27:25.480><c> in</c><00:27:25.660><c> the</c><00:27:25.779><c> future.</c>

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And<00:27:28.059><c> so</c><00:27:28.220><c> things</c><00:27:28.380><c> were</c><00:27:28.579><c> bad</c><00:27:28.839><c> in</c><00:27:29.019><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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so<00:27:29.779><c> there</c><00:27:29.920><c> was</c><00:27:30.119><c> a</c><00:27:30.339><c> continuing</c><00:27:30.640><c> need.</c>

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But<00:27:31.059><c> the</c><00:27:31.339><c> second</c><00:27:31.559><c> question,</c><00:27:31.900><c> remember,</c><00:27:32.119><c> we</c><00:27:32.339><c> asked</c><00:27:32.519><c> was,</c>

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okay,<00:27:33.640><c> that's</c><00:27:34.019><c> understandable,</c>

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but<00:27:36.480><c> why</c><00:27:36.960><c> Paul's</c><00:27:38.099><c> constant</c><00:27:38.559><c> interest</c><00:27:39.180><c> in</c><00:27:39.680><c> taking</c><00:27:39.920><c> up</c><00:27:40.180><c> this</c><00:27:40.420><c> collection</c>

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when<00:27:41.259><c> he</c><00:27:41.420><c> was</c><00:27:41.579><c> the</c><00:27:41.759><c> apostle</c><00:27:42.000><c> to</c><00:27:42.200><c> the</c><00:27:42.299><c> Gentiles?</c>

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Because<00:27:43.960><c> we</c><00:27:44.220><c> know</c><00:27:44.400><c> that</c><00:27:44.640><c> Paul</c><00:27:44.839><c> was</c><00:27:45.039><c> a</c><00:27:45.319><c> very,</c><00:27:45.839><c> very</c><00:27:46.819><c> busy</c><00:27:47.299><c> man.</c>

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:50.299
Again,<00:27:48.380><c> if</c><00:27:48.519><c> you've</c><00:27:48.680><c> got</c><00:27:48.759><c> your</c><00:27:48.940><c> Bible</c><00:27:49.200><c> open</c><00:27:49.460><c> in</c><00:27:49.680><c> 2</c><00:27:49.839><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:52.779
I<00:27:50.960><c> wish</c><00:27:51.220><c> we</c><00:27:51.319><c> could</c><00:27:51.519><c> deal</c><00:27:51.700><c> with</c><00:27:51.799><c> this</c><00:27:51.940><c> beautiful</c><00:27:52.359><c> chapter</c><00:27:52.700><c> in</c>

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.740
chapter<00:27:53.140><c> 11,</c>

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but<00:27:54.099><c> in</c><00:27:54.279><c> verse</c><00:27:54.539><c> 27</c><00:27:55.180><c> and</c><00:27:55.339><c> 28,</c>

00:27:56.759 --> 00:28:01.740
we<00:27:56.759><c> have</c><00:27:57.539><c> just</c><00:27:58.819><c> a</c><00:27:59.119><c> tiny</c><00:27:59.579><c> window</c><00:28:00.200><c> into</c><00:28:00.859><c> Paul's</c><00:28:01.420><c> life</c>

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:04.400
that<00:28:01.900><c> again</c><00:28:02.299><c> brings</c><00:28:02.599><c> us</c><00:28:03.480><c> right</c><00:28:03.759><c> to</c><00:28:03.940><c> the</c><00:28:04.160><c> heart</c>

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:08.599
of<00:28:04.839><c> his</c><00:28:05.400><c> desperate</c><00:28:06.039><c> and</c><00:28:06.960><c> deep</c><00:28:07.259><c> love</c><00:28:07.519><c> for</c><00:28:07.700><c> his</c><00:28:07.880><c> brethren</c><00:28:08.140><c> and</c><00:28:08.460><c> sisters</c>

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:12.720
where<00:28:08.779><c> he</c><00:28:09.039><c> writes</c><00:28:09.400><c> that</c><00:28:09.799><c> he</c><00:28:09.980><c> continued</c><00:28:10.519><c> in</c><00:28:10.859><c> weariness</c><00:28:11.460><c> and</c><00:28:11.740><c> painfulness,</c>

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:15.720
in<00:28:13.259><c> watching</c><00:28:13.680><c> often,</c><00:28:14.339><c> in</c><00:28:14.460><c> hunger,</c><00:28:15.079><c> in</c><00:28:15.339><c> thirst,</c>

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:18.420
in<00:28:16.359><c> fasting</c><00:28:16.740><c> often,</c><00:28:17.240><c> in</c><00:28:17.380><c> cold,</c><00:28:17.839><c> in</c><00:28:17.940><c> nakedness.</c>

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:20.420
And<00:28:18.759><c> beside</c><00:28:19.259><c> those</c><00:28:19.559><c> things</c><00:28:19.859><c> that</c><00:28:20.000><c> you</c><00:28:20.160><c> are</c><00:28:20.279><c> out,</c>

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:22.480
that<00:28:20.640><c> which</c><00:28:20.819><c> comes</c><00:28:21.180><c> upon</c><00:28:21.740><c> me</c><00:28:22.079><c> daily,</c>

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:24.779
the<00:28:22.859><c> care</c><00:28:23.140><c> of</c><00:28:23.380><c> all</c><00:28:23.700><c> the</c><00:28:23.920><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:28.119
And<00:28:25.200><c> yet</c><00:28:25.319><c> we</c><00:28:25.460><c> know</c><00:28:25.740><c> that</c><00:28:25.940><c> Paul</c><00:28:26.119><c> was</c><00:28:26.380><c> not</c><00:28:26.619><c> afraid</c><00:28:27.000><c> to</c><00:28:27.279><c> delegate.</c>

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:32.160
He<00:28:28.380><c> has</c><00:28:28.599><c> got</c><00:28:28.740><c> this</c><00:28:29.099><c> constant</c><00:28:29.759><c> load</c><00:28:30.299><c> as</c><00:28:30.819><c> the</c><00:28:31.160><c> apostle,</c><00:28:31.700><c> right,</c>

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:34.299
of<00:28:32.619><c> the</c><00:28:32.759><c> Lord</c><00:28:32.920><c> Jesus</c><00:28:33.279><c> Christ</c><00:28:33.539><c> to</c><00:28:33.759><c> the</c><00:28:33.880><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:37.119
He's<00:28:34.680><c> got</c><00:28:34.819><c> this</c><00:28:35.119><c> massive</c><00:28:35.619><c> load</c><00:28:35.940><c> summarized</c><00:28:36.640><c> here,</c>

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:39.539
and<00:28:37.700><c> of</c><00:28:37.859><c> course</c><00:28:38.079><c> a</c><00:28:38.180><c> whole</c><00:28:38.380><c> lot</c><00:28:38.539><c> more.</c>

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:42.220
We<00:28:40.000><c> know</c><00:28:40.599><c> that</c><00:28:41.160><c> he</c><00:28:41.299><c> was</c><00:28:41.500><c> prepared</c><00:28:41.759><c> to</c><00:28:41.980><c> delegate.</c>

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.519
We<00:28:42.440><c> saw</c><00:28:42.559><c> it</c><00:28:42.660><c> yesterday</c><00:28:42.960><c> with</c><00:28:43.259><c> Titus,</c>

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.259
gave<00:28:43.819><c> Titus</c><00:28:44.220><c> a</c><00:28:44.319><c> job</c><00:28:44.480><c> when</c><00:28:44.619><c> he</c><00:28:44.740><c> couldn't</c><00:28:44.920><c> do</c><00:28:45.140><c> it.</c>

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.720
We<00:28:45.440><c> see</c><00:28:45.579><c> it</c><00:28:45.680><c> with</c><00:28:45.779><c> Timothy.</c>

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:49.660
But<00:28:47.460><c> he</c><00:28:47.640><c> hung</c><00:28:47.839><c> on</c><00:28:48.019><c> to</c><00:28:48.160><c> this</c><00:28:48.380><c> responsibility.</c>

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.220
Again,<00:28:51.599><c> maybe</c><00:28:51.940><c> Paul</c><00:28:52.380><c> gives</c><00:28:52.619><c> us</c><00:28:52.880><c> a</c><00:28:52.960><c> lesson</c>

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in<00:28:53.380><c> his</c><00:28:53.720><c> willingness</c><00:28:54.079><c> to</c><00:28:54.359><c> delegate,</c>

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:59.220
a<00:28:56.599><c> lesson</c><00:28:56.880><c> to</c><00:28:57.140><c> the</c><00:28:57.299><c> Type</c><00:28:57.539><c> A</c><00:28:57.700><c> personalities</c><00:28:58.339><c> maybe</c><00:28:58.680><c> in</c><00:28:58.839><c> this</c><00:28:59.079><c> room</c>

00:28:59.220 --> 00:29:00.440
who<00:28:59.500><c> have</c><00:28:59.700><c> trouble</c><00:28:59.940><c> doing</c><00:29:00.259><c> that,</c>

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:03.960
but<00:29:00.680><c> even</c><00:29:00.940><c> Paul</c><00:29:01.180><c> again</c><00:29:01.539><c> could</c><00:29:02.160><c> delegate</c><00:29:02.859><c> a</c><00:29:03.240><c> great</c><00:29:03.579><c> deal</c><00:29:03.799><c> of</c>

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:05.059
his<00:29:04.160><c> work.</c>

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And<00:29:05.500><c> yet,</c><00:29:06.200><c> why</c><00:29:06.460><c> is</c><00:29:06.720><c> Paul</c><00:29:07.079><c> in</c><00:29:07.380><c> 2</c><00:29:07.640><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:08.160><c> chapter</c><00:29:08.500><c> 8</c><00:29:08.759><c> and</c><00:29:08.799><c> 9</c>

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personally<00:29:11.059><c> arranging</c><00:29:11.579><c> another</c><00:29:12.599><c> collection</c>

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:20.720
and<00:29:15.259><c> then</c><00:29:15.740><c> indeed</c><00:29:17.420><c> planning</c><00:29:18.380><c> to</c><00:29:18.779><c> hand</c><00:29:19.200><c> deliver</c><00:29:19.680><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:29:22.140><c> even</c><00:29:22.660><c> in,</c><00:29:23.039><c> again,</c><00:29:23.299><c> we</c><00:29:23.380><c> won't</c><00:29:23.559><c> look</c><00:29:23.819><c> at</c><00:29:23.900><c> it,</c>

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:26.799
but<00:29:24.099><c> in</c><00:29:24.299><c> 1</c><00:29:24.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:24.859><c> you</c><00:29:25.079><c> know</c><00:29:25.240><c> he</c><00:29:25.480><c> says</c><00:29:25.779><c> that</c><00:29:26.119><c> in</c><00:29:26.319><c> chapter,</c>

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.880
where<00:29:27.339><c> is</c><00:29:27.440><c> it,</c><00:29:27.779><c> end</c><00:29:28.039><c> of</c><00:29:28.180><c> chapter</c><00:29:28.380><c> 12,</c>

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.680
he<00:29:29.299><c> says</c><00:29:29.599><c> that</c><00:29:30.039><c> God</c><00:29:30.259><c> has</c><00:29:30.599><c> said</c><00:29:30.799><c> in</c><00:29:31.140><c> the</c><00:29:31.359><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:34.140
first<00:29:32.180><c> apostles,</c><00:29:32.799><c> then</c><00:29:33.000><c> prophets,</c><00:29:33.519><c> and</c><00:29:33.640><c> then</c><00:29:33.859><c> so</c><00:29:34.019><c> on,</c>

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write<00:29:34.339><c> down</c><00:29:34.559><c> the</c><00:29:34.700><c> list.</c>

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And<00:29:35.039><c> finally</c><00:29:35.359><c> on</c><00:29:35.539><c> the</c><00:29:35.680><c> end</c><00:29:35.920><c> he</c><00:29:36.220><c> says,</c>

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those<00:29:37.019><c> with</c><00:29:37.359><c> gifts</c><00:29:37.700><c> of</c><00:29:38.019><c> administration</c>

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and<00:29:41.059><c> diversificative</c><00:29:41.539><c> tongues.</c>

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The<00:29:42.400><c> idea</c><00:29:42.640><c> of</c><00:29:42.880><c> administering</c><00:29:44.000><c> finances</c>

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.980
is<00:29:44.799><c> certainly</c><00:29:45.039><c> not</c><00:29:45.240><c> at</c><00:29:45.359><c> the</c><00:29:45.460><c> top</c><00:29:45.579><c> of</c><00:29:45.740><c> the</c><00:29:45.819><c> list</c>

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.579
of<00:29:46.140><c> a</c><00:29:46.279><c> job</c><00:29:46.440><c> of</c><00:29:46.579><c> an</c><00:29:46.700><c> apostle.</c>

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:57.240
So<00:29:51.440><c> in</c><00:29:52.039><c> Galatians,</c><00:29:54.059><c> in</c><00:29:54.440><c> chapter</c><00:29:54.640><c> 2</c><00:29:55.240><c> and</c><00:29:55.640><c> verse</c><00:29:55.880><c> 9,</c>

00:29:57.380 --> 00:30:00.720
this<00:29:57.559><c> is</c><00:29:57.839><c> very</c><00:29:58.259><c> clearly</c><00:29:58.940><c> summed</c><00:29:59.240><c> up</c><00:29:59.460><c> for</c><00:29:59.619><c> us.</c>

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:03.660
In<00:30:01.380><c> Galatians</c><00:30:01.859><c> chapter</c><00:30:02.200><c> 2,</c>

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:09.240
where<00:30:04.160><c> we</c><00:30:04.279><c> have</c><00:30:04.579><c> Paul's</c><00:30:06.220><c> picture,</c><00:30:06.859><c> his</c><00:30:07.519><c> view</c><00:30:07.839><c> of</c><00:30:08.019><c> his</c><00:30:08.319><c> role,</c>

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:12.420
this<00:30:10.799><c> is</c><00:30:11.099><c> the</c><00:30:11.140><c> final</c><00:30:11.519><c> puzzling</c><00:30:12.099><c> verse</c>

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:15.599
before<00:30:12.720><c> we</c><00:30:12.859><c> try</c><00:30:13.039><c> to</c><00:30:13.200><c> put</c><00:30:13.299><c> these</c><00:30:13.599><c> threads</c><00:30:13.819><c> together.</c>

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:18.480
Peter,<00:30:16.920><c> sorry,</c><00:30:17.599><c> James,</c><00:30:17.779><c> Peter</c><00:30:18.039><c> and</c><00:30:18.200><c> John,</c>

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:22.200
this<00:30:18.660><c> is</c><00:30:19.059><c> 2</c><00:30:19.299><c> verse</c><00:30:19.519><c> 9</c><00:30:20.119><c> from</c><00:30:20.900><c> the</c><00:30:21.099><c> NIV.</c>

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:26.700
Those<00:30:22.480><c> reputed</c><00:30:22.940><c> to</c><00:30:23.099><c> be</c><00:30:23.299><c> pillars</c><00:30:23.579><c> gave</c><00:30:23.980><c> me</c><00:30:26.000><c> and</c><00:30:26.140><c> Barnabas</c>

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:28.140
the<00:30:26.940><c> right</c><00:30:27.259><c> hand</c><00:30:27.440><c> of</c><00:30:27.680><c> fellowship</c>

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:30.819
when<00:30:28.619><c> they</c><00:30:28.940><c> recognized</c><00:30:29.480><c> the</c><00:30:29.779><c> grace</c><00:30:30.059><c> given</c><00:30:30.339><c> to</c><00:30:30.579><c> me.</c>

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:34.180
They<00:30:31.440><c> agreed</c><00:30:31.900><c> that</c><00:30:32.200><c> we</c><00:30:32.420><c> should</c><00:30:32.660><c> go</c><00:30:32.980><c> to</c><00:30:33.180><c> the</c><00:30:33.359><c> Gentiles</c>

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:35.259
and<00:30:34.500><c> they</c><00:30:34.740><c> to</c><00:30:34.880><c> the</c><00:30:35.079><c> Jews.</c>

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That's<00:30:35.480><c> what</c><00:30:35.599><c> we've</c><00:30:35.720><c> been</c><00:30:35.839><c> saying,</c><00:30:36.079><c> right?</c>

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.359
He's<00:30:36.480><c> an</c><00:30:36.480><c> apostle</c><00:30:36.759><c> to</c><00:30:36.940><c> the</c><00:30:37.039><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:39.140
it<00:30:37.400><c> comes</c><00:30:37.579><c> up</c><00:30:37.740><c> over</c><00:30:37.940><c> and</c><00:30:38.019><c> over</c><00:30:38.180><c> again.</c>

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:42.039
All<00:30:39.539><c> they</c><00:30:39.859><c> asked</c><00:30:40.299><c> that</c><00:30:41.039><c> we</c><00:30:41.279><c> should</c><00:30:41.460><c> do</c>

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:47.400
was<00:30:42.660><c> to</c><00:30:43.559><c> continue</c><00:30:44.420><c> to</c><00:30:45.200><c> remember</c><00:30:46.099><c> the</c><00:30:46.619><c> poor.</c>

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:52.500
And<00:30:48.140><c> then</c><00:30:48.619><c> the</c><00:30:49.500><c> very</c><00:30:50.019><c> thing</c><00:30:50.539><c> I</c><00:30:50.880><c> was</c><00:30:51.119><c> eager</c><00:30:51.319><c> to</c><00:30:51.579><c> do,</c>

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.839
so<00:30:52.680><c> again</c><00:30:52.940><c> it</c><00:30:53.200><c> adds</c><00:30:53.279><c> that</c><00:30:53.599><c> stamp.</c>

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:56.839
He<00:30:53.960><c> wasn't</c><00:30:54.220><c> trapped</c><00:30:54.579><c> into</c><00:30:54.839><c> doing</c><00:30:55.500><c> this</c><00:30:56.039><c> collection</c><00:30:56.480><c> work,</c>

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.539
this<00:30:57.380><c> administration</c><00:30:58.319><c> work,</c>

00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:00.940
he<00:30:58.680><c> was</c><00:30:59.019><c> thrilled</c><00:30:59.359><c> to</c><00:30:59.599><c> keep</c><00:30:59.819><c> taking</c><00:31:00.140><c> up</c><00:31:00.380><c> a</c><00:31:00.519><c> collection</c><00:31:00.740><c> for</c>

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.839
the<00:31:01.119><c> poor.</c>

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:06.079
I<00:31:02.779><c> was</c><00:31:03.039><c> literally,</c><00:31:03.460><c> I</c><00:31:03.779><c> was</c><00:31:04.019><c> enthusiastic</c><00:31:04.640><c> about</c><00:31:04.940><c> the</c><00:31:05.079><c> opportunity.</c>

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:09.200
So,<00:31:07.920><c> was</c><00:31:08.240><c> this</c><00:31:08.779><c> journey,</c>

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:11.400
this<00:31:09.799><c> repeated</c><00:31:10.319><c> journey</c><00:31:10.640><c> to</c><00:31:10.839><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.940
just<00:31:12.519><c> to</c><00:31:13.559><c> fill</c><00:31:13.880><c> the</c><00:31:14.220><c> tummies</c><00:31:14.519><c> of</c><00:31:15.339><c> hungry</c><00:31:15.599><c> brethren?</c>

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:19.619
Well,<00:31:16.539><c> yes,</c><00:31:16.740><c> it</c><00:31:16.859><c> was</c><00:31:17.079><c> partly,</c><00:31:18.059><c> but</c><00:31:18.339><c> was</c><00:31:18.579><c> it</c><00:31:18.799><c> totally?</c>

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:22.660
I<00:31:20.940><c> believe</c><00:31:21.180><c> absolutely</c><00:31:21.680><c> not.</c>

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:26.519
Again,<00:31:23.960><c> God</c><00:31:24.299><c> works</c><00:31:24.759><c> in</c><00:31:25.059><c> the</c><00:31:25.279><c> lives,</c><00:31:25.660><c> in</c><00:31:25.900><c> our</c><00:31:26.220><c> lives,</c>

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:28.799
in<00:31:26.700><c> the</c><00:31:26.880><c> lives</c><00:31:27.039><c> of</c><00:31:27.200><c> His</c><00:31:27.440><c> children</c><00:31:27.819><c> through</c><00:31:28.220><c> trial.</c>

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:32.000
He<00:31:29.759><c> brought</c><00:31:30.240><c> that</c><00:31:30.960><c> famine</c><00:31:31.240><c> on</c><00:31:31.500><c> the</c><00:31:31.720><c> land</c>

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:35.900
for<00:31:32.460><c> a</c><00:31:32.920><c> wonderful</c><00:31:33.480><c> and</c><00:31:34.059><c> a</c><00:31:34.259><c> very</c><00:31:34.579><c> powerful</c><00:31:35.180><c> reason</c>

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:41.339
that<00:31:36.759><c> Jew</c><00:31:37.539><c> and</c><00:31:38.559><c> Gentile</c><00:31:39.519><c> may</c><00:31:40.000><c> be</c><00:31:40.660><c> knit</c><00:31:40.980><c> together</c>

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:45.599
into<00:31:42.319><c> an</c><00:31:42.819><c> interdependent</c><00:31:43.920><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:48.980
when<00:31:46.039><c> otherwise</c><00:31:46.400><c> they</c><00:31:46.519><c> would</c><00:31:46.700><c> have</c><00:31:46.839><c> just</c><00:31:47.539><c> blown</c><00:31:47.920><c> apart</c>

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:52.640
because<00:31:49.240><c> they</c><00:31:49.480><c> had</c><00:31:50.039><c> nothing,</c><00:31:51.400><c> humanly</c><00:31:51.799><c> speaking,</c>

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:54.779
in<00:31:52.880><c> common</c><00:31:53.140><c> to</c><00:31:53.380><c> bind</c><00:31:53.539><c> them</c><00:31:53.740><c> together.</c>

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.579
One<00:31:56.700><c> of</c><00:31:56.859><c> the</c><00:31:57.019><c> joys</c><00:31:57.279><c> of</c><00:31:57.380><c> being</c><00:31:57.640><c> with</c><00:31:57.880><c> you</c><00:31:58.039><c> this</c><00:31:58.259><c> weekend,</c>

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.460
brethren<00:31:58.960><c> and</c><00:31:59.200><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:03.579
is<00:31:59.619><c> that</c><00:31:59.839><c> you</c><00:32:00.039><c> all</c><00:32:00.319><c> come</c><00:32:00.579><c> from</c><00:32:00.779><c> a</c><00:32:01.059><c> vast</c><00:32:01.460><c> ethnic</c><00:32:02.319><c> background.</c>

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:07.240
And<00:32:04.380><c> one</c><00:32:04.559><c> of</c><00:32:04.700><c> the</c><00:32:04.819><c> most</c><00:32:05.059><c> wonderful</c><00:32:05.579><c> things</c><00:32:05.960><c> about</c><00:32:06.339><c> the</c><00:32:06.779><c> truth</c>

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:10.299
is<00:32:08.119><c> that</c><00:32:08.420><c> it</c><00:32:08.519><c> does,</c><00:32:09.019><c> it</c><00:32:09.180><c> takes</c><00:32:09.500><c> work,</c><00:32:10.019><c> doesn't</c><00:32:10.160><c> it,</c>

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:13.519
when<00:32:10.440><c> we</c><00:32:10.619><c> have</c><00:32:10.859><c> different</c><00:32:11.240><c> cultures</c><00:32:11.660><c> and</c><00:32:11.960><c> different</c><00:32:12.740><c> groups</c><00:32:13.099><c> together.</c>

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:17.359
It<00:32:13.940><c> takes</c><00:32:14.400><c> real</c><00:32:15.079><c> effort</c><00:32:15.539><c> and</c><00:32:15.779><c> real</c><00:32:16.039><c> love</c><00:32:16.240><c> to</c><00:32:16.440><c> continue</c><00:32:17.039><c> to</c>

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.880
work<00:32:17.539><c> together</c>

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.779
because<00:32:18.079><c> we</c><00:32:18.299><c> are</c><00:32:18.559><c> different,</c>

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:21.700
we<00:32:18.940><c> do</c><00:32:19.240><c> tend</c><00:32:19.440><c> to</c><00:32:19.599><c> think</c><00:32:19.759><c> differently</c><00:32:20.160><c> about</c><00:32:20.559><c> things.</c>

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:24.859
And<00:32:23.180><c> yet,</c><00:32:23.579><c> through</c><00:32:23.799><c> the</c><00:32:23.980><c> Spirit</c><00:32:24.200><c> of</c><00:32:24.440><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:26.819
we<00:32:25.059><c> can</c><00:32:25.319><c> see</c><00:32:25.519><c> how</c><00:32:25.740><c> it</c><00:32:25.880><c> has</c><00:32:26.200><c> bound</c><00:32:26.519><c> this</c>

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:29.359
and<00:32:26.980><c> say</c><00:32:27.200><c> I</c><00:32:27.339><c> commend</c><00:32:27.799><c> you</c><00:32:28.039><c> for</c><00:32:28.220><c> the</c><00:32:28.519><c> binding</c><00:32:28.759><c> together</c><00:32:29.200><c> in</c>

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:30.039
this<00:32:29.539><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:32.079
But<00:32:30.519><c> you</c><00:32:30.700><c> think</c><00:32:30.880><c> about</c><00:32:31.140><c> it</c><00:32:31.259><c> in</c><00:32:31.319><c> the</c><00:32:31.440><c> first</c><00:32:31.640><c> century.</c>

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:35.460
Let's<00:32:32.680><c> think</c><00:32:32.940><c> about</c><00:32:33.220><c> for</c><00:32:33.400><c> the</c><00:32:33.640><c> Jewish</c><00:32:33.980><c> spirit</c><00:32:34.980><c> for</c><00:32:35.240><c> a</c><00:32:35.339><c> minute</c>

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:40.119
because<00:32:35.900><c> we</c><00:32:36.259><c> can</c><00:32:36.759><c> still</c><00:32:37.119><c> slip</c><00:32:37.380><c> into</c><00:32:37.759><c> this</c><00:32:38.400><c> same</c><00:32:39.019><c> Jewish</c><00:32:39.599><c> attitude.</c>

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:43.480
Let's,<00:32:41.359><c> particularly</c><00:32:41.839><c> the</c><00:32:42.079><c> Judean</c><00:32:42.640><c> Jew</c>

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:47.019
who<00:32:44.339><c> is</c><00:32:44.539><c> a</c><00:32:44.720><c> believer</c><00:32:45.019><c> in</c><00:32:45.480><c> the</c><00:32:45.599><c> Lord</c><00:32:45.720><c> Jesus</c><00:32:46.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:51.440
Can<00:32:47.960><c> you</c><00:32:48.200><c> imagine</c><00:32:48.720><c> knowing</c><00:32:49.420><c> that</c><00:32:49.619><c> you</c><00:32:49.839><c> are</c><00:32:49.980><c> God's</c><00:32:50.440><c> people</c>

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:55.980
how<00:32:52.519><c> easily</c><00:32:53.039><c> you</c><00:32:53.180><c> could</c><00:32:53.500><c> kind</c><00:32:53.660><c> of</c><00:32:53.900><c> just</c><00:32:54.740><c> fade</c><00:32:55.140><c> away</c>

00:32:55.980 --> 00:33:00.539
from<00:32:56.519><c> those</c><00:32:57.039><c> weak,</c><00:32:58.180><c> gentile</c><00:32:58.960><c> ecclesias?</c>

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:03.019
It<00:33:00.619><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:00.779><c> be</c><00:33:00.960><c> too</c><00:33:01.220><c> hard,</c><00:33:01.500><c> would</c><00:33:01.579><c> it?</c>

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:07.180
You<00:33:04.359><c> know,</c><00:33:05.519><c> the</c><00:33:05.660><c> Jews</c><00:33:05.839><c> were</c><00:33:06.059><c> the</c><00:33:06.140><c> ones</c><00:33:06.480><c> who</c><00:33:06.599><c> were</c><00:33:06.799><c> defending</c>

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:08.059
the<00:33:07.720><c> faith</c>

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:11.400
and<00:33:08.579><c> now</c><00:33:08.819><c> they</c><00:33:08.960><c> had</c><00:33:09.000><c> been</c><00:33:09.200><c> called</c><00:33:09.460><c> to</c><00:33:09.660><c> the</c><00:33:09.759><c> Lord</c><00:33:09.940><c> Jesus</c><00:33:10.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:15.140
And<00:33:11.960><c> to</c><00:33:12.220><c> say</c><00:33:12.640><c> the</c><00:33:12.960><c> word</c><00:33:13.359><c> Corinth,</c><00:33:13.940><c> as</c><00:33:14.140><c> we</c><00:33:14.279><c> know</c><00:33:14.460><c> from</c><00:33:14.700><c> yesterday,</c>

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.980
was<00:33:15.480><c> almost</c><00:33:15.859><c> like</c><00:33:16.099><c> a</c><00:33:16.240><c> dirty</c><00:33:16.460><c> word.</c>

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:21.740
But<00:33:17.539><c> then</c><00:33:17.880><c> to</c><00:33:18.160><c> say</c><00:33:18.480><c> that</c><00:33:19.619><c> Corinthian</c><00:33:20.460><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:24.180
you'd<00:33:22.619><c> spit</c><00:33:22.779><c> it</c><00:33:23.059><c> out</c>

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:27.339
because<00:33:24.680><c> it</c><00:33:24.799><c> was</c><00:33:25.319><c> almost</c><00:33:25.680><c> like</c><00:33:26.140><c> a</c><00:33:26.359><c> huge</c><00:33:26.599><c> oxymoron.</c>

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:29.920
How<00:33:28.019><c> could</c><00:33:28.220><c> you</c><00:33:28.400><c> have</c><00:33:28.599><c> a</c><00:33:28.779><c> Corinthian</c><00:33:29.380><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.839
Do<00:33:30.059><c> you</c><00:33:30.059><c> know</c><00:33:30.140><c> what</c><00:33:30.200><c> those</c><00:33:30.460><c> people</c><00:33:30.700><c> are</c><00:33:30.940><c> like?</c>

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.599
And<00:33:33.259><c> so</c><00:33:33.380><c> you</c><00:33:33.460><c> can</c><00:33:33.839><c> see,</c>

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:37.200
how<00:33:35.240><c> can</c><00:33:35.380><c> you</c><00:33:35.539><c> have</c><00:33:35.680><c> anything</c><00:33:35.920><c> in</c><00:33:36.240><c> common</c><00:33:36.400><c> with</c><00:33:36.579><c> an</c><00:33:36.799><c> ecclesia</c>

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.559
like<00:33:37.559><c> that?</c>

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.920
And<00:33:38.960><c> so</c><00:33:39.180><c> how</c><00:33:39.339><c> do</c><00:33:39.460><c> you</c><00:33:39.519><c> deal</c><00:33:39.680><c> with</c><00:33:39.819><c> it?</c>

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:41.799
Well,<00:33:40.099><c> you</c><00:33:40.180><c> keep</c><00:33:40.420><c> away</c><00:33:40.680><c> from</c><00:33:40.839><c> those</c><00:33:41.039><c> weak</c><00:33:41.240><c> ecclesias</c>

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.480
and<00:33:42.079><c> you</c><00:33:42.279><c> take</c><00:33:42.519><c> that</c><00:33:42.759><c> step</c><00:33:43.000><c> back</c><00:33:43.240><c> like</c><00:33:43.359><c> we</c><00:33:43.519><c> talked</c><00:33:43.720><c> about</c><00:33:43.940><c> yesterday.</c>

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:47.980
And<00:33:45.500><c> can't</c><00:33:45.740><c> we</c><00:33:45.839><c> sometimes</c><00:33:46.259><c> see</c><00:33:46.559><c> it</c><00:33:47.079><c> in</c><00:33:47.500><c> ourselves</c>

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:51.019
and<00:33:48.680><c> even</c><00:33:48.980><c> between</c><00:33:49.440><c> our</c><00:33:49.680><c> relationships</c><00:33:50.180><c> with</c><00:33:50.420><c> one</c><00:33:50.619><c> another</c>

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:52.440
where<00:33:51.619><c> we</c><00:33:51.720><c> don't</c><00:33:51.920><c> agree</c>

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:54.720
and<00:33:52.720><c> we</c><00:33:53.079><c> start</c><00:33:53.279><c> to</c><00:33:53.460><c> see</c><00:33:53.539><c> people</c><00:33:53.859><c> by</c><00:33:54.039><c> their</c><00:33:54.359><c> failings</c>

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:57.359
and<00:33:54.859><c> their</c><00:33:55.059><c> weaknesses</c><00:33:55.539><c> and</c><00:33:56.180><c> their</c><00:33:56.420><c> backgrounds?</c>

00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:00.359
And<00:33:58.819><c> then</c><00:33:58.940><c> you've</c><00:33:59.079><c> got</c><00:33:59.180><c> the</c><00:33:59.319><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:02.960
How<00:34:01.019><c> would</c><00:34:01.140><c> the</c><00:34:01.380><c> Gentiles</c><00:34:01.700><c> deal</c><00:34:01.920><c> with</c><00:34:02.119><c> this?</c>

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:06.960
Well,<00:34:04.980><c> as</c><00:34:05.319><c> a</c><00:34:05.500><c> Gentile</c><00:34:05.920><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:10.340
can<00:34:07.720><c> you</c><00:34:08.179><c> actually</c><00:34:08.639><c> imagine</c>

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:14.380
going<00:34:10.940><c> out</c><00:34:11.420><c> and</c><00:34:12.099><c> seeking</c><00:34:12.559><c> fellowship</c><00:34:13.480><c> with</c><00:34:13.760><c> those</c><00:34:14.179><c> Jews</c>

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:16.460
when<00:34:14.619><c> they</c><00:34:15.179><c> bash</c><00:34:15.519><c> you</c><00:34:15.659><c> so</c><00:34:15.860><c> many</c><00:34:16.139><c> times</c>

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.980
and<00:34:16.519><c> they've</c><00:34:16.719><c> always</c><00:34:17.019><c> got</c><00:34:17.239><c> the</c><00:34:17.420><c> door</c><00:34:17.599><c> closed</c>

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:20.199
and<00:34:18.079><c> they've</c><00:34:18.320><c> no</c><00:34:18.559><c> interest</c><00:34:18.840><c> in</c><00:34:19.000><c> you</c><00:34:19.139><c> at</c><00:34:19.280><c> all?</c>

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.760
You<00:34:21.119><c> can</c><00:34:21.300><c> hear</c><00:34:21.400><c> them</c><00:34:21.519><c> saying,</c>

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:24.039
yes,<00:34:22.199><c> we</c><00:34:22.320><c> know</c><00:34:22.539><c> the</c><00:34:22.679><c> Lord</c><00:34:22.880><c> Jesus</c><00:34:23.260><c> Christ</c><00:34:23.599><c> was</c><00:34:23.820><c> a</c><00:34:23.960><c> Jew,</c>

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.019
but<00:34:24.179><c> He</c><00:34:24.320><c> was</c><00:34:24.500><c> different.</c>

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:27.500
These<00:34:25.679><c> other</c><00:34:25.940><c> bunch,</c><00:34:26.219><c> they're</c><00:34:26.420><c> impossible.</c>

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:30.320
They're<00:34:29.260><c> always</c><00:34:29.539><c> making</c><00:34:29.880><c> rules,</c>

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:32.960
trying<00:34:30.679><c> to</c><00:34:30.900><c> bind</c><00:34:31.159><c> the</c><00:34:31.440><c> freedom</c><00:34:31.639><c> that</c><00:34:31.760><c> we've</c><00:34:31.980><c> got</c><00:34:32.099><c> in</c><00:34:32.300><c> Christ</c><00:34:32.559><c> Jesus.</c>

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.599
They're<00:34:33.400><c> always</c><00:34:33.679><c> looking</c><00:34:33.980><c> down</c><00:34:34.320><c> on</c><00:34:34.500><c> us.</c>

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.280
They're<00:34:34.860><c> detached.</c>

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.920
They're<00:34:35.599><c> aloof.</c>

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.579
They're<00:34:36.239><c> suspicious.</c>

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:39.400
There's<00:34:36.659><c> all</c><00:34:36.860><c> of</c><00:34:36.980><c> the</c><00:34:37.119><c> things</c><00:34:37.260><c> that</c><00:34:37.460><c> the</c><00:34:37.559><c> Jews</c><00:34:37.699><c> were,</c><00:34:38.900><c> right?</c>

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.980
And<00:34:40.599><c> they're</c><00:34:40.900><c> so</c><00:34:41.139><c> self</c><00:34:41.400><c>-righteous.</c>

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:44.699
Why<00:34:42.500><c> should</c><00:34:42.719><c> we</c><00:34:42.880><c> get</c><00:34:43.260><c> back</c><00:34:43.820><c> in</c><00:34:44.059><c> touch</c><00:34:44.239><c> with</c><00:34:44.480><c> them</c>

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:46.260
with<00:34:44.860><c> their</c><00:34:45.059><c> critical</c><00:34:45.440><c> lip?</c>

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:48.440
Let's<00:34:46.860><c> take</c><00:34:47.059><c> one</c><00:34:47.239><c> step</c><00:34:47.420><c> back.</c>

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:50.719
Let's<00:34:48.760><c> just</c><00:34:49.340><c> go</c><00:34:49.519><c> on</c><00:34:49.619><c> with</c><00:34:49.780><c> life.</c>

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:54.340
And<00:34:52.139><c> again,</c><00:34:52.400><c> in</c><00:34:52.539><c> this</c><00:34:52.739><c> late</c><00:34:52.960><c> 20th</c><00:34:53.380><c> century,</c>

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.239
we<00:34:55.099><c> still</c><00:34:55.380><c> do</c><00:34:55.599><c> the</c><00:34:55.780><c> same</c><00:34:56.000><c> thing</c><00:34:56.699><c> when</c><00:34:57.519><c> problems</c><00:34:57.840><c> come.</c>

00:34:58.659 --> 00:35:01.619
We<00:34:58.800><c> still</c><00:34:59.099><c> fall</c><00:34:59.340><c> into</c><00:34:59.519><c> the</c><00:34:59.800><c> same</c><00:35:00.159><c> silly</c><00:35:00.500><c> traps.</c>

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:05.820
And<00:35:02.980><c> there</c><00:35:03.139><c> are</c><00:35:03.400><c> few</c><00:35:03.679><c> things</c><00:35:04.000><c> for</c><00:35:04.320><c> wearing</c><00:35:04.579><c> off</c><00:35:05.000><c> prejudice</c>

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:12.000
that's<00:35:06.880><c> as</c><00:35:07.139><c> powerful</c><00:35:07.639><c> as</c><00:35:08.480><c> kind</c><00:35:09.019><c> acts</c><00:35:09.760><c> for</c><00:35:10.300><c> other</c><00:35:10.599><c> people.</c>

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:15.900
It's<00:35:13.340><c> hard</c><00:35:13.480><c> to</c><00:35:13.739><c> keep</c><00:35:13.920><c> aloof</c><00:35:14.300><c> from</c><00:35:14.559><c> somebody</c><00:35:14.920><c> who</c><00:35:15.139><c> you're</c><00:35:15.340><c> supporting</c>

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:18.139
and<00:35:17.059><c> you're</c><00:35:17.300><c> praying</c><00:35:17.659><c> about</c>

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:20.039
and<00:35:18.760><c> you're</c><00:35:19.019><c> concerned</c><00:35:19.480><c> about</c>

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:23.360
and<00:35:20.900><c> you're</c><00:35:21.039><c> giving</c><00:35:21.340><c> of</c><00:35:21.500><c> your</c><00:35:21.719><c> resources</c><00:35:22.179><c> to</c><00:35:22.480><c> help.</c>

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:25.539
And<00:35:23.840><c> so</c><00:35:23.940><c> you</c><00:35:24.099><c> see</c><00:35:24.280><c> again</c><00:35:24.519><c> the</c><00:35:24.800><c> wonderful</c><00:35:25.239><c> way</c>

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:27.300
that<00:35:25.760><c> God</c><00:35:25.940><c> works</c><00:35:26.320><c> with</c><00:35:26.780><c> trial</c>

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:31.239
and<00:35:27.960><c> difficulty</c><00:35:28.760><c> to</c><00:35:29.579><c> bring</c><00:35:29.840><c> about</c><00:35:30.559><c> healing</c>

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:33.559
and<00:35:32.000><c> unity</c><00:35:32.320><c> in</c><00:35:32.519><c> the</c><00:35:32.659><c> body.</c>

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.440
And<00:35:35.340><c> again,</c><00:35:35.760><c> this</c><00:35:35.860><c> picture,</c><00:35:36.159><c> I</c><00:35:36.239><c> think,</c>

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:38.039
that<00:35:36.800><c> we've</c><00:35:36.960><c> just</c><00:35:37.179><c> been</c><00:35:37.380><c> thinking</c><00:35:37.619><c> about</c>

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:40.860
paints<00:35:38.380><c> to</c><00:35:39.300><c> me</c><00:35:39.739><c> another</c><00:35:39.960><c> thought.</c>

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:43.280
And<00:35:41.119><c> that</c><00:35:41.239><c> is,</c><00:35:41.980><c> how</c><00:35:42.179><c> are</c><00:35:42.380><c> we</c><00:35:42.500><c> going</c><00:35:42.659><c> to</c><00:35:42.940><c> know</c>

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:45.079
if<00:35:43.599><c> our</c><00:35:43.920><c> Judean</c><00:35:44.559><c> brethren,</c>

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.559
whoever<00:35:45.699><c> they</c><00:35:46.000><c> are</c><00:35:46.239><c> around</c><00:35:46.500><c> the</c><00:35:46.719><c> world,</c>

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:50.539
are<00:35:47.900><c> suffering</c><00:35:48.420><c> unless</c><00:35:49.400><c> we,</c><00:35:50.119><c> brethren</c><00:35:50.119><c> and</c><00:35:50.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:50.780 --> 00:35:54.260
remain<00:35:51.400><c> connected</c><00:35:52.340><c> with</c><00:35:52.619><c> them,</c><00:35:53.199><c> taking</c><00:35:53.559><c> an</c><00:35:53.900><c> interest,</c>

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:58.420
whether<00:35:54.800><c> it's</c><00:35:55.179><c> in</c><00:35:55.340><c> Guyana</c><00:35:55.880><c> or</c><00:35:56.340><c> Jamaica</c><00:35:56.940><c> or</c><00:35:57.400><c> England</c><00:35:57.960><c> or,</c>

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.300
you<00:35:58.599><c> know,</c><00:35:58.940><c> brethren</c><00:35:59.019><c> and</c><00:35:59.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:01.760
we<00:35:59.539><c> have</c><00:35:59.860><c> ecclesias</c><00:36:00.639><c> from</c><00:36:01.320><c> what?</c>

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:05.300
From<00:36:02.340><c> Antigua</c><00:36:03.139><c> to</c><00:36:03.559><c> Zimbabwe</c><00:36:04.320><c> in</c><00:36:04.880><c> this</c><00:36:05.139><c> world.</c>

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:07.760
If<00:36:05.420><c> you</c><00:36:05.559><c> look,</c><00:36:05.699><c> I</c><00:36:05.780><c> think</c><00:36:05.940><c> it</c><00:36:06.039><c> is</c><00:36:06.199><c> in</c><00:36:06.360><c> the</c><00:36:06.519><c> ALS</c><00:36:06.840><c> diary.</c>

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:09.199
Brethren<00:36:08.659><c> and</c><00:36:08.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.800
many<00:36:09.599><c> of</c><00:36:09.820><c> whom</c><00:36:09.920><c> who</c><00:36:10.119><c> are</c><00:36:10.239><c> going</c><00:36:10.360><c> through</c>

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:13.119
desperately<00:36:11.360><c> difficult</c><00:36:12.000><c> times,</c>

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:16.559
desperate<00:36:13.900><c> hardship</c><00:36:14.420><c> like</c><00:36:14.880><c> the</c><00:36:15.099><c> Jews</c><00:36:15.300><c> were</c><00:36:15.539><c> so</c><00:36:15.780><c> long</c><00:36:16.079><c> ago,</c>

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:18.860
and<00:36:17.500><c> they</c><00:36:17.659><c> need</c><00:36:17.840><c> our</c><00:36:18.099><c> prayers.</c>

00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:21.760
But<00:36:19.400><c> unless</c><00:36:19.659><c> we</c><00:36:19.900><c> never</c><00:36:20.320><c> are</c><00:36:20.900><c> interested</c><00:36:21.300><c> in</c><00:36:21.539><c> them,</c>

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:22.599
what<00:36:22.059><c> happens</c><00:36:22.280><c> again?</c>

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:24.480
We<00:36:22.699><c> can</c><00:36:22.880><c> just</c><00:36:23.159><c> slide</c><00:36:23.579><c> back</c><00:36:23.900><c> into</c><00:36:24.099><c> our</c><00:36:24.320><c> comfort.</c>

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:26.599
And<00:36:24.739><c> we</c><00:36:24.820><c> are</c><00:36:25.159><c> blessed</c><00:36:25.420><c> beyond</c><00:36:25.920><c> any</c><00:36:26.380><c> place,</c>

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:28.400
I<00:36:26.760><c> believe,</c><00:36:27.039><c> on</c><00:36:27.219><c> this</c><00:36:27.380><c> planet.</c>

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:30.139
Even<00:36:28.699><c> those</c><00:36:28.960><c> of</c><00:36:29.000><c> us</c><00:36:29.179><c> who</c><00:36:29.280><c> are</c><00:36:29.500><c> hard</c><00:36:29.699><c> up</c>

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:32.300
have<00:36:30.719><c> got</c><00:36:30.840><c> far</c><00:36:31.099><c> more</c><00:36:31.360><c> than</c><00:36:31.480><c> many</c><00:36:31.760><c> of</c><00:36:31.900><c> those</c>

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:34.000
dear<00:36:32.519><c> brothers</c><00:36:32.800><c> and</c><00:36:33.059><c> sisters</c><00:36:33.260><c> in</c><00:36:33.500><c> other</c><00:36:33.699><c> areas.</c>

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:37.340
And<00:36:34.219><c> again,</c><00:36:34.380><c> it</c><00:36:34.519><c> brings</c><00:36:34.739><c> a</c><00:36:34.920><c> context</c><00:36:35.360><c> to</c><00:36:35.639><c> our</c><00:36:35.920><c> suffering,</c><00:36:36.380><c> doesn't</c><00:36:36.539><c> it?</c>

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:40.599
In<00:36:38.179><c> fact,</c><00:36:38.300><c> one</c><00:36:38.480><c> of</c><00:36:38.579><c> the</c><00:36:38.699><c> most</c><00:36:38.900><c> moving</c><00:36:39.239><c> experiences</c><00:36:39.840><c> I</c><00:36:40.099><c> ever</c><00:36:40.360><c> had</c>

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:44.739
was<00:36:40.780><c> I</c><00:36:40.960><c> lived</c><00:36:41.159><c> for</c><00:36:41.420><c> a</c><00:36:41.539><c> month</c><00:36:42.000><c> in</c><00:36:43.539><c> Fiji,</c>

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:46.380
which<00:36:44.960><c> is</c><00:36:45.139><c> in</c><00:36:45.320><c> the</c><00:36:45.400><c> Pacific.</c>

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:51.239
And<00:36:46.679><c> I</c><00:36:46.840><c> lived</c><00:36:47.019><c> with</c><00:36:47.280><c> a</c><00:36:48.420><c> native</c><00:36:48.920><c> Fijian</c><00:36:49.980><c> brother</c><00:36:50.400><c> and</c><00:36:50.780><c> sister</c>

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:54.940
whose<00:36:52.280><c> only</c><00:36:52.599><c> possessions</c><00:36:53.340><c> are</c><00:36:53.880><c> what</c><00:36:53.980><c> they</c><00:36:54.239><c> stood</c><00:36:54.440><c> up</c><00:36:54.659><c> in</c>

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:59.380
and<00:36:55.260><c> the</c><00:36:55.559><c> car</c><00:36:56.059><c> crate</c><00:36:56.460><c> that</c><00:36:57.079><c> they</c><00:36:57.340><c> lived</c><00:36:57.519><c> in</c><00:36:57.820><c> on</c><00:36:58.099><c> a</c><00:36:58.239><c> hillside.</c>

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:01.380
And<00:36:59.800><c> that</c><00:36:59.920><c> was</c><00:37:00.099><c> one</c><00:37:00.260><c> of</c><00:37:00.380><c> the</c><00:37:00.559><c> most</c><00:37:00.900><c> moving</c>

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:04.320
and<00:37:01.699><c> the</c><00:37:01.860><c> most</c><00:37:02.719><c> amazing</c><00:37:03.460><c> experiences.</c>

00:37:04.739 --> 00:37:08.340
And<00:37:04.920><c> to</c><00:37:05.159><c> see</c><00:37:05.320><c> their</c><00:37:05.739><c> loving</c><00:37:06.099><c> and</c><00:37:06.679><c> simple</c><00:37:07.139><c> faith</c>

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:11.679
did<00:37:09.380><c> more</c><00:37:09.659><c> to</c><00:37:09.800><c> me</c><00:37:10.019><c> in</c><00:37:10.239><c> my</c><00:37:10.900><c> formative</c><00:37:11.420><c> years</c>

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:13.019
to<00:37:11.940><c> realize</c><00:37:12.280><c> that,</c><00:37:12.739><c> brethren</c><00:37:12.739><c> and</c><00:37:12.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:15.699
we<00:37:13.260><c> are</c><00:37:13.539><c> one</c><00:37:13.719><c> family</c><00:37:14.039><c> and</c><00:37:14.199><c> we</c><00:37:14.380><c> do</c><00:37:14.579><c> have</c><00:37:14.800><c> a</c><00:37:15.079><c> responsibility</c>

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:19.460
in<00:37:16.340><c> support</c><00:37:16.820><c> and</c><00:37:17.099><c> love</c><00:37:17.260><c> and</c><00:37:17.500><c> care</c><00:37:17.820><c> for</c><00:37:18.380><c> those</c><00:37:18.659><c> around</c><00:37:19.000><c> the</c><00:37:19.199><c> world.</c>

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:22.800
And<00:37:19.840><c> of</c><00:37:20.099><c> course,</c><00:37:20.360><c> we</c><00:37:20.360><c> know</c><00:37:20.579><c> that</c><00:37:20.699><c> there's</c><00:37:21.159><c> various</c><00:37:21.840><c> Bible</c><00:37:22.400><c> missions</c>

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:25.679
working<00:37:23.239><c> in</c><00:37:23.739><c> different</c><00:37:24.099><c> places</c><00:37:24.539><c> that</c><00:37:24.780><c> are</c><00:37:25.099><c> trying</c><00:37:25.340><c> to</c><00:37:25.539><c> do</c>

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.000
this<00:37:25.880><c> one.</c>

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:27.960
Again,<00:37:26.179><c> I</c><00:37:26.280><c> just</c><00:37:26.519><c> encourage</c><00:37:26.940><c> you</c><00:37:27.139><c> to</c><00:37:27.380><c> remember</c>

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:30.219
that<00:37:28.239><c> we</c><00:37:28.460><c> do</c><00:37:28.679><c> have</c><00:37:28.920><c> Judean</c><00:37:29.320><c> brethren</c>

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:34.619
who<00:37:30.900><c> are</c><00:37:31.139><c> hungry</c><00:37:31.739><c> out</c><00:37:32.420><c> there,</c><00:37:33.179><c> around</c><00:37:33.539><c> the</c><00:37:33.780><c> world.</c>

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:36.760
Let's<00:37:35.519><c> also,</c><00:37:36.099><c> like</c><00:37:36.219><c> Paul</c><00:37:36.539><c> was,</c>

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:40.099
to<00:37:36.940><c> be</c><00:37:37.199><c> very</c><00:37:37.699><c> eager</c><00:37:37.960><c> to</c><00:37:38.320><c> do</c><00:37:38.679><c> what</c><00:37:39.159><c> we</c><00:37:39.360><c> can</c><00:37:39.559><c> do</c>

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:42.579
in<00:37:40.579><c> the</c><00:37:40.800><c> blessings</c><00:37:41.019><c> we</c><00:37:41.239><c> can</c><00:37:41.420><c> to</c><00:37:41.639><c> help.</c>

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:49.760
But<00:37:45.619><c> then</c><00:37:46.139><c> I</c><00:37:46.280><c> believe</c><00:37:46.579><c> Paul</c><00:37:46.860><c> lifts</c><00:37:47.119><c> it</c><00:37:47.400><c> to</c><00:37:47.679><c> even</c><00:37:48.019><c> a</c><00:37:48.420><c> higher</c><00:37:48.659><c> level.</c>

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:54.860
If<00:37:50.960><c> you'd</c><00:37:51.199><c> like</c><00:37:51.199><c> to</c><00:37:51.400><c> turn</c><00:37:51.539><c> to</c><00:37:51.659><c> Romans</c><00:37:52.000><c> 15</c><00:37:52.699><c> and</c><00:37:53.019><c> verse</c><00:37:53.260><c> 26,</c>

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:57.179
there's<00:37:56.059><c> a</c><00:37:56.260><c> curious</c><00:37:56.599><c> verse</c><00:37:56.940><c> there</c>

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:59.940
where<00:37:57.380><c> again</c><00:37:57.619><c> he's</c><00:37:57.900><c> talking</c><00:37:58.159><c> about</c><00:37:58.500><c> the</c><00:37:58.780><c> contribution.</c>

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:01.920
And<00:38:00.199><c> you'll</c><00:38:00.460><c> see</c><00:38:00.579><c> it</c><00:38:00.719><c> brings</c><00:38:01.000><c> us</c><00:38:01.239><c> full</c><00:38:01.440><c> circle.</c>

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:04.980
He's<00:38:02.239><c> actually</c><00:38:02.579><c> commending</c><00:38:03.119><c> the</c><00:38:03.380><c> Macedonians</c><00:38:04.099><c> and</c><00:38:04.260><c> the</c><00:38:04.480><c> Achaeans,</c>

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:06.699
his<00:38:05.380><c> Greek</c><00:38:05.639><c> brethren,</c><00:38:06.059><c> to</c><00:38:06.199><c> the</c><00:38:06.360><c> Romans</c>

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:08.420
and<00:38:07.119><c> telling</c><00:38:07.260><c> them</c><00:38:07.420><c> what</c><00:38:07.500><c> a</c><00:38:07.699><c> great</c><00:38:07.860><c> job</c><00:38:08.059><c> they've</c><00:38:08.260><c> done</c>

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:11.019
of<00:38:08.940><c> collecting</c><00:38:08.980><c> for</c><00:38:09.219><c> the</c><00:38:09.400><c> poor</c><00:38:09.639><c> saints</c><00:38:09.920><c> in</c><00:38:10.019><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:14.559
But<00:38:12.440><c> look</c><00:38:12.739><c> at</c><00:38:12.840><c> the</c><00:38:13.059><c> context</c><00:38:13.599><c> of</c><00:38:13.760><c> what</c><00:38:13.900><c> he</c><00:38:14.039><c> says</c><00:38:14.340><c> this</c>

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:17.539
because<00:38:15.099><c> he's</c><00:38:15.539><c> telling</c><00:38:15.719><c> us</c><00:38:15.900><c> something</c><00:38:16.360><c> even</c><00:38:16.840><c> more</c><00:38:17.079><c> significant</c>

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:19.039
than<00:38:17.719><c> just</c><00:38:17.880><c> let's</c><00:38:18.059><c> take</c><00:38:18.219><c> something</c><00:38:18.440><c> out</c><00:38:18.579><c> of</c><00:38:18.619><c> our</c><00:38:18.820><c> pocket</c>

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.039
and<00:38:19.159><c> give</c><00:38:19.320><c> to</c><00:38:19.420><c> those</c><00:38:19.659><c> poor</c><00:38:19.840><c> people.</c>

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:22.119
That<00:38:20.219><c> doesn't</c><00:38:20.480><c> always</c><00:38:20.719><c> solve</c><00:38:20.960><c> the</c><00:38:21.159><c> problem.</c>

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:26.760
Verse<00:38:24.659><c> 26</c><00:38:25.139><c> of</c><00:38:25.360><c> Romans</c><00:38:25.619><c> 15,</c>

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:29.619
For<00:38:27.079><c> Macedonia</c><00:38:27.940><c> and</c><00:38:28.760><c> Achaia</c>

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:31.860
were<00:38:30.000><c> pleased</c><00:38:30.679><c> to</c><00:38:30.920><c> make</c><00:38:31.119><c> a</c><00:38:31.420><c> contribution</c>

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:34.559
for<00:38:32.139><c> the</c><00:38:32.380><c> poor</c><00:38:32.539><c> among</c><00:38:32.800><c> the</c><00:38:33.059><c> saints</c><00:38:33.260><c> in</c><00:38:33.500><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:36.719
They<00:38:35.019><c> were</c><00:38:35.400><c> pleased</c><00:38:35.840><c> to</c><00:38:36.039><c> do</c><00:38:36.219><c> it.</c>

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:38.380
And<00:38:36.980><c> indeed,</c><00:38:37.599><c> and</c><00:38:37.599><c> this</c><00:38:37.840><c> is</c><00:38:38.059><c> the</c><00:38:38.119><c> point,</c>

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:41.039
and<00:38:38.679><c> indeed</c><00:38:38.940><c> they</c><00:38:39.139><c> owe</c><00:38:39.280><c> it</c><00:38:39.440><c> to</c><00:38:39.619><c> them.</c>

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:45.900
For<00:38:44.079><c> if</c><00:38:44.460><c> the</c><00:38:44.719><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:45.340><c> have</c><00:38:45.659><c> shared</c>

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:47.960
in<00:38:46.119><c> the</c><00:38:46.260><c> Jews</c><00:38:46.480><c> spiritual</c><00:38:47.480><c> blessings,</c>

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:50.159
and<00:38:48.199><c> boy</c><00:38:48.380><c> is</c><00:38:48.480><c> that</c><00:38:48.659><c> ever</c><00:38:48.840><c> the</c><00:38:48.940><c> case</c><00:38:49.139><c> with</c><00:38:49.320><c> us,</c>

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:52.599
we<00:38:50.280><c> have</c><00:38:50.500><c> shared</c><00:38:51.219><c> in</c><00:38:51.400><c> the</c><00:38:51.539><c> Jews</c><00:38:51.659><c> spiritual</c><00:38:52.139><c> blessings,</c>

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:54.579
they<00:38:53.239><c> owe</c><00:38:53.559><c> it</c><00:38:53.760><c> to</c><00:38:53.920><c> the</c><00:38:54.159><c> Jews</c>

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:56.980
to<00:38:55.360><c> share</c><00:38:55.579><c> with</c><00:38:55.719><c> them</c><00:38:55.960><c> their</c><00:38:56.119><c> material</c><00:38:56.599><c> blessings.</c>

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:59.960
So<00:38:57.400><c> there's</c><00:38:57.679><c> some</c><00:38:58.079><c> link</c><00:38:58.320><c> now</c><00:38:58.619><c> between</c><00:38:59.000><c> the</c><00:38:59.300><c> material</c><00:38:59.619><c> blessings</c>

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.920
that<00:39:00.159><c> God</c><00:39:00.300><c> has</c><00:39:00.519><c> given</c><00:39:00.699><c> us</c>

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:03.599
and<00:39:01.039><c> a</c><00:39:01.340><c> spiritual</c><00:39:01.860><c> debt</c><00:39:02.139><c> that's</c><00:39:02.460><c> involved</c><00:39:02.780><c> in</c><00:39:02.960><c> it.</c>

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:06.360
So<00:39:04.780><c> after</c><00:39:05.119><c> I've</c><00:39:05.440><c> completed</c><00:39:05.780><c> this</c><00:39:06.079><c> task</c>

00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:08.400
and<00:39:06.519><c> made</c><00:39:06.760><c> sure</c><00:39:07.019><c> that</c><00:39:07.179><c> they</c><00:39:07.320><c> have</c><00:39:07.480><c> received</c><00:39:07.800><c> this</c><00:39:08.179><c> fruit,</c>

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:12.719
this<00:39:08.840><c> gift</c><00:39:09.239><c> that</c><00:39:09.579><c> I'm</c><00:39:09.860><c> asking</c><00:39:10.119><c> you</c><00:39:11.420><c> to</c><00:39:11.780><c> collect,</c>

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:15.840
I<00:39:12.820><c> will</c><00:39:13.000><c> go</c><00:39:13.219><c> to</c><00:39:13.440><c> Spain</c><00:39:13.800><c> and</c><00:39:14.280><c> visit</c><00:39:14.440><c> you</c><00:39:14.599><c> on</c><00:39:14.760><c> the</c><00:39:14.900><c> way,</c>

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:17.699
and<00:39:16.300><c> I</c><00:39:16.460><c> know</c><00:39:16.659><c> that</c><00:39:16.800><c> when</c><00:39:16.960><c> I</c><00:39:17.079><c> come</c><00:39:17.260><c> to</c><00:39:17.420><c> you,</c>

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:20.099
I<00:39:17.920><c> will</c><00:39:18.139><c> come</c><00:39:18.280><c> in</c><00:39:18.400><c> the</c><00:39:18.559><c> full</c><00:39:18.719><c> measure</c><00:39:19.000><c> of</c><00:39:19.159><c> the</c><00:39:19.320><c> blessings</c><00:39:19.559><c> of</c><00:39:19.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:22.320
So<00:39:20.579><c> he</c><00:39:20.679><c> says</c><00:39:20.920><c> there</c><00:39:21.159><c> there's</c><00:39:21.440><c> the</c><00:39:21.599><c> matter</c><00:39:21.820><c> of</c><00:39:22.159><c> debt.</c>

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:24.639
When<00:39:22.860><c> the</c><00:39:23.079><c> hearer</c><00:39:23.300><c> receives</c><00:39:23.780><c> spiritual</c><00:39:24.300><c> things,</c>

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:26.780
he<00:39:24.780><c> says</c><00:39:25.059><c> there's</c><00:39:25.519><c> a</c><00:39:25.679><c> debtor</c><00:39:25.880><c> to</c><00:39:26.000><c> the</c><00:39:26.139><c> giver,</c>

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:28.940
which<00:39:27.119><c> is</c><00:39:27.380><c> in</c><00:39:27.460><c> this</c><00:39:27.619><c> case</c><00:39:27.900><c> the</c><00:39:28.099><c> Jews.</c>

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:30.880
Again,<00:39:29.840><c> a</c><00:39:29.980><c> warning</c><00:39:30.260><c> to</c><00:39:30.500><c> us.</c>

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:35.679
Let<00:39:31.360><c> us</c><00:39:31.900><c> never</c><00:39:32.480><c> forget</c><00:39:33.699><c> that</c><00:39:34.139><c> heritage</c><00:39:34.739><c> of</c><00:39:35.159><c> Israel</c>

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:37.340
for<00:39:36.300><c> the</c><00:39:36.639><c> hope</c><00:39:36.860><c> of</c><00:39:37.139><c> Israel,</c>

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:39.320
which<00:39:37.519><c> is</c><00:39:37.659><c> something</c><00:39:37.960><c> which</c><00:39:38.280><c> our</c><00:39:38.800><c> pioneers,</c>

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:41.119
Brother<00:39:39.619><c> Thomas</c><00:39:39.980><c> obviously</c><00:39:40.400><c> in</c><00:39:40.500><c> his</c><00:39:40.780><c> work,</c>

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:43.119
Elpis<00:39:41.719><c> Israel,</c><00:39:42.260><c> for</c><00:39:42.360><c> the</c><00:39:42.579><c> hope</c><00:39:42.719><c> of</c><00:39:42.980><c> Israel,</c>

00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:48.079
let<00:39:43.300><c> us</c><00:39:43.519><c> never</c><00:39:44.400><c> forget</c><00:39:45.019><c> that</c><00:39:45.559><c> we</c><00:39:45.820><c> are</c><00:39:46.099><c> truly</c><00:39:46.420><c> a</c><00:39:46.659><c> debtor</c><00:39:46.880><c> to</c><00:39:47.019><c> the</c><00:39:47.199><c> giver.</c>

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:51.960
And<00:39:48.559><c> there's</c><00:39:48.679><c> a</c><00:39:48.900><c> lesson</c><00:39:49.420><c> for</c><00:39:50.019><c> us</c><00:39:50.260><c> today,</c><00:39:50.539><c> I</c><00:39:50.659><c> think,</c><00:39:50.880><c> in</c><00:39:51.039><c> this.</c>

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:55.840
And<00:39:53.000><c> so</c><00:39:53.380><c> as</c><00:39:53.780><c> we</c><00:39:54.019><c> turn</c><00:39:54.199><c> now</c><00:39:54.420><c> to</c><00:39:54.880><c> 2</c><00:39:55.159><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:57.900
chapter<00:39:56.659><c> 8</c><00:39:57.059><c> and</c><00:39:57.119><c> 9,</c>

00:39:57.900 --> 00:40:01.619
let's<00:39:58.940><c> try</c><00:39:59.179><c> and</c><00:39:59.340><c> maybe</c><00:40:00.000><c> pull</c><00:40:00.239><c> our</c><00:40:00.420><c> thoughts</c><00:40:00.719><c> together</c><00:40:01.280><c> here</c>

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:04.699
and<00:40:02.000><c> see</c><00:40:02.400><c> the</c><00:40:02.579><c> lessons</c><00:40:02.900><c> he's</c><00:40:03.159><c> teaching</c><00:40:03.519><c> his</c><00:40:03.800><c> brethren.</c>

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:12.059
We've<00:40:08.840><c> learned</c><00:40:09.019><c> a</c><00:40:09.179><c> little</c><00:40:09.420><c> bit</c><00:40:09.840><c> about</c><00:40:10.159><c> this</c><00:40:10.460><c> crisis</c><00:40:10.900><c> of</c><00:40:11.280><c> famine,</c>

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:14.599
about<00:40:12.639><c> the</c><00:40:13.039><c> value</c><00:40:13.380><c> of</c><00:40:13.699><c> suffering,</c>

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:18.179
that<00:40:15.519><c> many</c><00:40:15.880><c> times</c><00:40:16.280><c> God</c><00:40:16.719><c> uses</c><00:40:17.260><c> suffering</c>

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:21.039
for<00:40:19.139><c> bringing</c><00:40:19.480><c> about</c><00:40:19.900><c> healing.</c>

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:23.659
He<00:40:22.000><c> uses</c><00:40:22.260><c> it</c><00:40:22.420><c> to</c><00:40:22.639><c> a</c><00:40:22.840><c> wonderful</c><00:40:23.260><c> end.</c>

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:25.679
God<00:40:24.119><c> never</c><00:40:24.420><c> made</c><00:40:24.619><c> a</c><00:40:24.760><c> mistake.</c>

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:30.119
In<00:40:26.539><c> this</c><00:40:26.820><c> case,</c><00:40:27.440><c> the</c><00:40:27.559><c> Jew</c><00:40:27.699><c> and</c><00:40:27.920><c> the</c><00:40:28.059><c> Gentile</c><00:40:29.079><c> are</c><00:40:29.340><c> going</c><00:40:29.519><c> to</c><00:40:29.840><c> learn,</c>

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:31.480
no,<00:40:30.539><c> they're</c><00:40:30.659><c> going</c><00:40:30.760><c> to</c><00:40:30.860><c> be</c><00:40:31.000><c> more</c><00:40:31.199><c> than</c><00:40:31.400><c> learned,</c>

00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:34.619
they're<00:40:31.639><c> going</c><00:40:31.760><c> to</c><00:40:31.860><c> be</c><00:40:32.119><c> forced</c><00:40:32.840><c> to</c><00:40:34.019><c> trust</c>

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:38.519
and<00:40:35.320><c> to</c><00:40:35.639><c> love</c><00:40:35.860><c> one</c><00:40:36.139><c> another</c><00:40:36.579><c> as</c><00:40:37.380><c> one</c><00:40:37.820><c> body</c>

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:42.139
when<00:40:39.159><c> humanly</c><00:40:39.639><c> they</c><00:40:39.780><c> would</c><00:40:40.139><c> be</c><00:40:40.380><c> heading</c><00:40:40.559><c> in</c><00:40:40.800><c> different</c><00:40:41.039><c> directions.</c>

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:48.059
And<00:40:43.820><c> so</c><00:40:44.480><c> if</c><00:40:45.639><c> I</c><00:40:45.760><c> could</c><00:40:45.920><c> give</c><00:40:46.300><c> you</c><00:40:46.500><c> a</c><00:40:46.599><c> quick</c><00:40:46.840><c> paraphrase</c><00:40:47.360><c> then</c>

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:51.039
of<00:40:48.860><c> the</c><00:40:49.019><c> beginning</c><00:40:49.260><c> of</c><00:40:49.699><c> chapter</c><00:40:49.940><c> 8,</c>

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:54.360
I'd<00:40:51.659><c> like</c><00:40:51.699><c> to</c><00:40:52.019><c> maybe</c><00:40:52.320><c> try</c><00:40:53.539><c> and</c><00:40:53.699><c> give</c><00:40:53.760><c> it</c><00:40:53.880><c> the</c><00:40:54.119><c> flavor,</c>

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:56.539
because<00:40:54.599><c> again,</c><00:40:55.199><c> the</c><00:40:55.320><c> King</c><00:40:55.579><c> James</c><00:40:55.840><c> version</c><00:40:56.099><c> sometimes</c>

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:58.179
is<00:40:56.699><c> a</c><00:40:56.760><c> little</c><00:40:56.980><c> clumsy</c><00:40:57.340><c> in</c><00:40:57.579><c> 2</c><00:40:57.760><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:40:58.300 --> 00:41:00.139
as<00:40:58.400><c> we</c><00:40:58.579><c> discovered</c><00:40:58.960><c> yesterday.</c>

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:03.019
Paul<00:41:00.960><c> says,</c><00:41:02.139><c> look,</c><00:41:02.400><c> brethren,</c>

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:05.960
I'm<00:41:03.219><c> reminding</c><00:41:03.519><c> you</c><00:41:03.739><c> about</c><00:41:03.980><c> the</c><00:41:04.559><c> amazing</c><00:41:05.019><c> grace</c>

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:09.380
that<00:41:07.280><c> God</c><00:41:07.800><c> has</c><00:41:08.000><c> given</c><00:41:08.159><c> your</c><00:41:08.400><c> Macedonian</c><00:41:09.000><c> brethren.</c>

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:13.860
Remember,<00:41:09.900><c> that's</c><00:41:10.139><c> Philippi,</c><00:41:10.960><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:41:12.059><c> and</c><00:41:13.079><c> Berea.</c>

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:15.820
How<00:41:14.519><c> that,</c><00:41:14.980><c> in</c><00:41:15.039><c> great</c><00:41:15.260><c> difficulties,</c>

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:18.320
they<00:41:16.239><c> are</c><00:41:16.460><c> also</c><00:41:16.760><c> in</c><00:41:16.900><c> a</c><00:41:17.059><c> famine</c><00:41:17.239><c> up</c><00:41:17.480><c> there.</c>

00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:22.460
In<00:41:18.760><c> great</c><00:41:19.019><c> difficulty,</c><00:41:20.239><c> J</c><00:41:20.380><c>.B.</c><00:41:20.619><c> Phillips</c><00:41:20.800><c> translates</c><00:41:21.440><c> that</c>

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:24.460
even<00:41:22.739><c> to</c><00:41:22.920><c> the</c><00:41:23.059><c> last</c><00:41:23.360><c> penny,</c>

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:28.579
they<00:41:25.840><c> have</c><00:41:26.440><c> shown</c><00:41:26.699><c> magnificent</c><00:41:27.440><c> concern</c><00:41:27.880><c> for</c><00:41:28.039><c> their</c><00:41:28.239><c> people.</c>

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:31.760
They've<00:41:29.019><c> gone</c><00:41:29.380><c> way</c><00:41:30.099><c> beyond</c><00:41:30.440><c> their</c><00:41:30.659><c> means</c>

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:35.880
and<00:41:32.900><c> without</c><00:41:33.500><c> begging,</c><00:41:35.400><c> sorry,</c>

00:41:36.099 --> 00:41:39.199
and<00:41:36.219><c> they</c><00:41:36.380><c> have</c><00:41:36.760><c> begged</c><00:41:37.039><c> us</c><00:41:37.340><c> to</c><00:41:37.639><c> accept</c><00:41:38.000><c> their</c><00:41:38.280><c> gift</c>

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:42.639
for<00:41:40.119><c> the</c><00:41:40.400><c> honor</c><00:41:40.659><c> of</c><00:41:40.960><c> helping</c><00:41:41.260><c> their</c><00:41:41.559><c> brothers</c><00:41:41.880><c> in</c><00:41:42.260><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:43.900
I<00:41:42.840><c> think</c><00:41:42.940><c> that's</c><00:41:43.179><c> absolutely</c><00:41:43.539><c> beautiful.</c>

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:46.900
They've<00:41:44.380><c> begged</c><00:41:44.619><c> us</c><00:41:45.219><c> to</c><00:41:45.920><c> accept</c><00:41:46.159><c> their</c><00:41:46.440><c> gift</c>

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:49.659
for<00:41:47.460><c> the</c><00:41:47.820><c> honor</c><00:41:48.019><c> of</c><00:41:48.239><c> helping</c><00:41:48.500><c> brothers</c><00:41:48.960><c> who</c><00:41:49.139><c> are</c><00:41:49.360><c> needy,</c>

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:50.800
their<00:41:49.860><c> brothers</c><00:41:50.079><c> in</c><00:41:50.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:53.079
And<00:41:51.400><c> it</c><00:41:51.480><c> was</c><00:41:51.800><c> not,</c><00:41:52.039><c> and</c><00:41:52.179><c> this</c><00:41:52.340><c> is</c><00:41:52.519><c> the</c><00:41:52.599><c> point</c><00:41:52.760><c> I</c><00:41:52.820><c> want</c><00:41:52.940><c> us</c><00:41:53.079><c> to</c>

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.440
get<00:41:53.280><c> to,</c>

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:56.559
and<00:41:53.760><c> it</c><00:41:53.800><c> was</c><00:41:54.139><c> not</c><00:41:54.440><c> just</c><00:41:54.719><c> a</c><00:41:54.880><c> cash</c><00:41:55.199><c> payment.</c>

00:41:58.139 --> 00:42:02.980
Verse<00:41:58.659><c> 5,</c><00:41:59.340><c> they</c><00:41:59.519><c> made</c><00:41:59.840><c> a</c><00:42:00.159><c> complete</c><00:42:00.780><c> dedication</c><00:42:01.460><c> of</c><00:42:01.719><c> themselves,</c>

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:05.579
first<00:42:03.360><c> to</c><00:42:03.519><c> the</c><00:42:03.659><c> Lord,</c><00:42:04.360><c> then</c><00:42:04.460><c> to</c><00:42:04.719><c> us.</c>

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:08.260
And<00:42:05.679><c> again,</c><00:42:06.099><c> you</c><00:42:06.199><c> see</c><00:42:06.400><c> how</c><00:42:06.599><c> the</c><00:42:06.639><c> idea</c><00:42:06.920><c> of</c><00:42:07.119><c> now</c><00:42:07.460><c> financial</c><00:42:07.920><c> giving</c>

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:11.679
is<00:42:08.739><c> linked</c><00:42:08.960><c> with,</c><00:42:09.539><c> it's</c><00:42:09.599><c> kind</c><00:42:09.760><c> of</c><00:42:09.980><c> a</c><00:42:10.199><c> stepping</c><00:42:10.559><c> stone</c>

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:13.559
towards<00:42:11.900><c> total</c><00:42:12.400><c> dedication.</c>

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:18.659
And<00:42:15.539><c> so,</c><00:42:16.760><c> giving,</c><00:42:17.119><c> reaching</c><00:42:17.420><c> into</c><00:42:17.659><c> our</c><00:42:17.900><c> pockets,</c><00:42:18.159><c> he</c><00:42:18.420><c> says,</c>

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:21.980
if<00:42:18.900><c> it's</c><00:42:19.119><c> done</c><00:42:19.400><c> right,</c><00:42:20.800><c> has</c><00:42:20.820><c> spiritual</c><00:42:21.559><c> value,</c>

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:24.000
way<00:42:22.300><c> beyond</c><00:42:22.659><c> the</c><00:42:22.880><c> cash</c><00:42:23.059><c> amount,</c><00:42:23.420><c> because</c><00:42:23.500><c> what</c><00:42:23.699><c> it</c><00:42:23.739><c> does,</c>

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:27.800
it<00:42:24.079><c> gets</c><00:42:24.539><c> in</c><00:42:25.000><c> touch</c><00:42:25.260><c> with</c><00:42:25.820><c> that</c><00:42:26.659><c> which</c><00:42:26.880><c> God</c><00:42:27.099><c> has</c><00:42:27.340><c> given</c><00:42:27.559><c> us</c>

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:29.980
that<00:42:27.880><c> we</c><00:42:28.039><c> can</c><00:42:28.239><c> now</c><00:42:28.480><c> give</c><00:42:28.760><c> back</c><00:42:29.119><c> in</c><00:42:29.360><c> dedication.</c>

00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.480
And<00:42:30.320><c> if</c><00:42:30.460><c> we</c><00:42:30.599><c> did</c><00:42:30.800><c> that</c><00:42:31.079><c> step,</c><00:42:31.340><c> now</c><00:42:31.539><c> what's</c><00:42:31.840><c> the</c><00:42:31.960><c> next</c><00:42:32.179><c> step</c><00:42:32.340><c> we</c>

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.800
can<00:42:32.659><c> do</c>

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:34.880
and<00:42:32.980><c> use</c><00:42:33.219><c> our</c><00:42:33.960><c> talents?</c>

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:37.039
Because<00:42:35.679><c> it</c><00:42:35.780><c> was</c><00:42:35.940><c> not</c><00:42:36.139><c> just</c><00:42:36.320><c> a</c><00:42:36.500><c> cash</c><00:42:36.699><c> payment,</c>

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:39.880
it<00:42:37.159><c> was</c><00:42:37.360><c> that</c><00:42:37.659><c> total</c><00:42:38.000><c> dedication</c><00:42:38.559><c> of</c><00:42:38.739><c> themselves.</c>

00:42:42.340 --> 00:42:45.139
And<00:42:42.420><c> again,</c><00:42:43.659><c> I'm</c><00:42:43.820><c> sure</c><00:42:44.019><c> that</c><00:42:44.199><c> you've</c><00:42:44.559><c> witnessed</c><00:42:44.880><c> this</c>

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:47.019
in<00:42:45.320><c> your</c><00:42:45.519><c> support</c><00:42:45.940><c> in</c><00:42:46.260><c> other</c><00:42:46.440><c> areas</c><00:42:46.619><c> of</c><00:42:46.800><c> the</c><00:42:46.920><c> world,</c>

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:49.820
but<00:42:47.159><c> I</c><00:42:47.300><c> know</c><00:42:47.440><c> one</c><00:42:47.760><c> recent</c><00:42:48.179><c> example</c><00:42:48.579><c> in</c><00:42:48.739><c> the</c><00:42:48.840><c> United</c><00:42:49.179><c> Kingdom</c>

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:54.079
where<00:42:50.619><c> an</c><00:42:50.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:51.760><c> has</c><00:42:52.340><c> been,</c><00:42:52.760><c> if</c><00:42:53.280><c> I</c><00:42:53.400><c> could</c><00:42:53.519><c> use</c><00:42:53.739><c> the</c><00:42:53.920><c> term,</c>

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:58.719
galvanized<00:42:54.980><c> together</c><00:42:55.880><c> by</c><00:42:56.760><c> their</c><00:42:57.460><c> willingness</c><00:42:57.920><c> to</c><00:42:58.300><c> help</c>

00:42:58.719 --> 00:43:04.159
an<00:42:59.239><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:59.699><c> in</c><00:42:59.940><c> Central</c><00:43:00.320><c> America</c><00:43:01.119><c> build</c><00:43:02.559><c> a</c><00:43:03.119><c> new</c><00:43:03.340><c> hall.</c>

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:06.119
This<00:43:04.639><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:05.079><c> in</c><00:43:05.239><c> England</c><00:43:05.480><c> just</c><00:43:05.760><c> decided,</c>

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:09.639
well,<00:43:06.360><c> where</c><00:43:06.659><c> is</c><00:43:06.940><c> somewhere</c><00:43:07.199><c> we</c><00:43:07.400><c> can</c><00:43:08.219><c> help</c><00:43:08.619><c> somebody</c><00:43:09.039><c> that's</c><00:43:09.360><c> outside?</c>

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:11.599
It's<00:43:09.760><c> not</c><00:43:09.920><c> just</c><00:43:10.119><c> for</c><00:43:10.260><c> the</c><00:43:10.440><c> hall</c><00:43:10.719><c> fund,</c><00:43:10.980><c> you</c><00:43:11.119><c> know</c><00:43:11.239><c> what</c><00:43:11.320><c> I</c><00:43:11.420><c> mean?</c>

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:14.039
It's<00:43:12.139><c> something,</c><00:43:12.780><c> it's</c><00:43:13.000><c> help</c><00:43:13.139><c> for</c><00:43:13.440><c> somebody</c><00:43:13.760><c> outside</c>

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:16.739
that<00:43:14.860><c> we</c><00:43:15.199><c> can't</c><00:43:15.559><c> get</c><00:43:15.659><c> any</c><00:43:15.860><c> benefit</c><00:43:16.159><c> back</c><00:43:16.460><c> from.</c>

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:19.579
And<00:43:17.179><c> there</c><00:43:17.300><c> was</c><00:43:17.420><c> a</c><00:43:17.559><c> desperate</c><00:43:17.900><c> need</c><00:43:18.139><c> in</c><00:43:18.360><c> Central</c><00:43:18.659><c> America.</c>

00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:21.760
And<00:43:19.719><c> what's</c><00:43:20.000><c> amazing</c><00:43:20.340><c> is</c><00:43:20.539><c> those</c><00:43:20.900><c> English</c><00:43:21.400><c> brethren</c>

00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:24.039
in<00:43:22.039><c> that</c><00:43:22.159><c> little</c><00:43:22.340><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:22.719><c> in</c><00:43:22.840><c> England</c><00:43:23.059><c> probably</c><00:43:23.460><c> know</c><00:43:23.699><c> more</c>

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:25.900
about<00:43:24.340><c> their</c><00:43:24.579><c> Central</c><00:43:25.000><c> American</c><00:43:25.420><c> brethren</c>

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:27.500
than<00:43:26.300><c> the</c><00:43:26.460><c> rest</c><00:43:26.619><c> of</c><00:43:26.780><c> the</c><00:43:26.920><c> English</c><00:43:27.119><c> do.</c>

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:30.699
Why?<00:43:28.300><c> Because</c><00:43:28.519><c> they</c><00:43:28.679><c> have</c><00:43:28.960><c> taken</c><00:43:29.179><c> a</c><00:43:29.480><c> particular</c><00:43:29.920><c> interest</c>

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:34.039
and<00:43:31.139><c> so</c><00:43:31.320><c> therefore</c><00:43:31.659><c> the</c><00:43:32.179><c> physical</c><00:43:32.679><c> act</c><00:43:32.960><c> of</c><00:43:33.239><c> giving,</c>

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:36.239
you<00:43:34.380><c> see</c><00:43:34.500><c> what</c><00:43:34.659><c> it</c><00:43:34.800><c> does</c><00:43:34.940><c> now,</c><00:43:35.159><c> they're</c><00:43:35.340><c> sending</c><00:43:35.539><c> people</c><00:43:35.920><c> down</c>

00:43:36.239 --> 00:43:38.380
to<00:43:36.400><c> try</c><00:43:36.559><c> and</c><00:43:36.699><c> help</c><00:43:36.800><c> with</c><00:43:36.960><c> the</c><00:43:37.139><c> work</c><00:43:37.320><c> and</c><00:43:37.559><c> so</c><00:43:37.840><c> on,</c><00:43:38.000><c> you</c><00:43:38.199><c> see.</c>

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:42.860
And<00:43:38.780><c> so</c><00:43:39.300><c> it's</c><00:43:39.820><c> often</c><00:43:40.139><c> a,</c><00:43:40.420><c> it's</c><00:43:40.719><c> a</c><00:43:40.920><c> practical</c><00:43:41.380><c> first</c><00:43:41.880><c> step.</c>

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:45.340
First<00:43:43.760><c> to</c><00:43:43.960><c> the</c><00:43:44.039><c> Lord,</c><00:43:44.659><c> you</c><00:43:44.679><c> know,</c><00:43:44.820><c> then</c><00:43:44.980><c> to</c><00:43:45.159><c> us.</c>

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:47.420
And<00:43:45.440><c> so</c><00:43:45.679><c> the</c><00:43:45.800><c> idea</c><00:43:46.099><c> of</c><00:43:46.300><c> giving</c><00:43:46.480><c> is</c><00:43:46.719><c> linked</c><00:43:46.960><c> with</c><00:43:47.179><c> that,</c>

00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:51.079
that<00:43:47.760><c> total,</c><00:43:48.440><c> what</c><00:43:48.980><c> I</c><00:43:49.219><c> like</c><00:43:49.360><c> to</c><00:43:49.539><c> call</c><00:43:49.639><c> the</c><00:43:49.880><c> Macedonian</c><00:43:50.500><c> principle</c>

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:55.599
of<00:43:51.539><c> dedicating</c><00:43:52.000><c> that</c><00:43:52.219><c> which</c><00:43:52.400><c> is</c><00:43:53.019><c> tangible</c><00:43:53.460><c> first</c><00:43:54.000><c> as</c><00:43:54.920><c> a</c><00:43:55.179><c> precursor</c>

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:58.420
to<00:43:55.739><c> that</c><00:43:55.980><c> total</c><00:43:56.719><c> dedication</c><00:43:57.260><c> in</c><00:43:57.519><c> spiritual</c><00:43:57.960><c> service</c>

00:43:58.420 --> 00:44:01.139
for<00:43:59.219><c> the</c><00:43:59.500><c> needs</c><00:43:59.820><c> of</c><00:44:00.380><c> others.</c>

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:05.780
And<00:44:03.719><c> so</c><00:44:03.980><c> if</c><00:44:04.179><c> we</c><00:44:04.280><c> could</c><00:44:04.420><c> just</c><00:44:04.739><c> then</c><00:44:05.059><c> very</c><00:44:05.380><c> briefly</c>

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:09.860
pick<00:44:06.260><c> up</c><00:44:06.460><c> a</c><00:44:06.599><c> few</c><00:44:06.780><c> highlights</c><00:44:07.199><c> out</c><00:44:07.539><c> of</c><00:44:07.900><c> this</c><00:44:08.099><c> Chapter</c><00:44:08.400><c> 8,</c>

00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:15.519
Verse<00:44:11.079><c> 6,</c><00:44:12.559><c> this</c><00:44:12.599><c> Macedonian</c><00:44:13.800><c> generosity</c>

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:19.019
made<00:44:16.840><c> us</c><00:44:17.139><c> ask</c><00:44:17.480><c> Titus,</c><00:44:17.920><c> he</c><00:44:18.159><c> says,</c>

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:22.699
who<00:44:19.179><c> has</c><00:44:19.340><c> already</c><00:44:19.739><c> been</c><00:44:20.099><c> such</c><00:44:20.380><c> a</c><00:44:20.539><c> help</c><00:44:20.719><c> to</c><00:44:20.880><c> you</c><00:44:21.300><c> to</c><00:44:21.699><c> finish</c>

00:44:30.780 --> 00:44:33.639
by<00:44:31.340><c> making</c><00:44:31.699><c> it</c><00:44:31.920><c> possible</c><00:44:32.300><c> for</c><00:44:32.519><c> you</c><00:44:32.800><c> too</c><00:44:32.920><c> to</c><00:44:33.119><c> share</c><00:44:33.239><c> in</c><00:44:33.360><c> this</c><00:44:33.539><c> gift.</c>

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:36.619
So<00:44:33.840><c> he</c><00:44:33.860><c> says,</c><00:44:34.340><c> I'm</c><00:44:34.400><c> sending</c><00:44:34.679><c> now,</c><00:44:35.360><c> remember</c><00:44:35.880><c> I'm</c><00:44:36.039><c> sending</c><00:44:36.300><c> Titus</c>

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:39.920
back<00:44:36.880><c> again</c><00:44:37.179><c> to</c><00:44:37.380><c> you</c><00:44:38.159><c> to</c><00:44:38.420><c> finish</c><00:44:38.820><c> the</c><00:44:38.900><c> job.</c>

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:42.440
You<00:44:39.960><c> started</c><00:44:40.340><c> collecting,</c><00:44:41.239><c> a</c><00:44:41.340><c> year's</c><00:44:41.639><c> gone</c><00:44:41.820><c> by</c>

00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:44.059
and<00:44:42.980><c> Titus</c><00:44:43.260><c> is</c><00:44:43.380><c> coming</c><00:44:43.539><c> back</c><00:44:43.820><c> now,</c>

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:45.260
make<00:44:44.260><c> sure</c><00:44:44.500><c> you're</c><00:44:44.619><c> ready</c><00:44:44.860><c> brethren.</c>

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:48.619
Verse<00:44:45.960><c> 7,</c><00:44:47.039><c> and</c><00:44:47.139><c> again</c><00:44:47.440><c> this</c><00:44:47.639><c> is</c><00:44:47.800><c> beautiful</c><00:44:48.119><c> when</c><00:44:48.280><c> you</c><00:44:48.420><c> see</c>

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:51.280
the<00:44:48.880><c> schismatic,</c><00:44:49.539><c> awkward</c><00:44:50.000><c> nature</c><00:44:50.320><c> of</c><00:44:50.480><c> our</c><00:44:50.659><c> Corinthian</c><00:44:51.059><c> brethren.</c>

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:53.239
Look<00:44:51.480><c> what</c><00:44:51.619><c> he</c><00:44:51.780><c> says</c><00:44:51.980><c> from</c><00:44:52.199><c> the</c><00:44:52.380><c> heart</c><00:44:52.500><c> in</c><00:44:52.659><c> Verse</c><00:44:52.880><c> 7.</c>

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:56.300
He<00:44:53.579><c> says,</c><00:44:54.159><c> you've</c><00:44:54.320><c> shown</c><00:44:54.539><c> so</c><00:44:54.960><c> many</c><00:44:55.260><c> qualities,</c>

00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:02.199
faith<00:44:58.719><c> that</c><00:44:59.199><c> you</c><00:44:59.340><c> can</c><00:44:59.519><c> express</c><00:44:59.980><c> in</c><00:45:00.219><c> words</c><00:45:00.639><c> and</c><00:45:01.159><c> knowledge</c>

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:04.340
and<00:45:02.920><c> you've</c><00:45:03.159><c> shown</c><00:45:03.300><c> it</c><00:45:03.480><c> in</c><00:45:03.539><c> your</c><00:45:03.699><c> love</c><00:45:03.840><c> to</c><00:45:04.039><c> us.</c>

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:07.159
And<00:45:04.960><c> so</c><00:45:05.219><c> again</c><00:45:05.420><c> that</c><00:45:05.699><c> lovely</c><00:45:06.079><c> exhortation</c><00:45:06.719><c> that</c><00:45:06.960><c> Paul</c>

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:09.920
sincerely<00:45:07.699><c> finding</c><00:45:08.239><c> qualities</c><00:45:09.059><c> to</c><00:45:09.440><c> build</c><00:45:09.719><c> on,</c>

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:13.159
not<00:45:10.179><c> negative</c><00:45:10.659><c> things</c><00:45:11.039><c> to</c><00:45:11.320><c> build</c><00:45:11.539><c> on,</c><00:45:12.219><c> to</c><00:45:12.559><c> draw</c><00:45:12.840><c> apart,</c>

00:45:13.219 --> 00:45:14.960
but<00:45:13.599><c> small</c><00:45:13.920><c> qualities.</c>

00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:19.079
Then<00:45:15.500><c> Verse</c><00:45:15.739><c> 8,</c><00:45:16.500><c> this</c><00:45:16.559><c> is</c><00:45:16.800><c> not</c><00:45:16.980><c> an</c><00:45:17.179><c> order,</c><00:45:17.659><c> it's</c><00:45:17.900><c> a</c><00:45:18.019><c> suggestion.</c>

00:45:19.199 --> 00:45:21.599
It's<00:45:19.340><c> prompted</c><00:45:19.639><c> by</c><00:45:19.920><c> what</c><00:45:20.159><c> I've</c><00:45:20.480><c> seen</c><00:45:20.639><c> in</c><00:45:20.900><c> others,</c><00:45:21.280><c> he</c><00:45:21.280><c> says,</c>

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:23.300
say<00:45:22.099><c> Verse</c><00:45:22.360><c> 8</c><00:45:22.539><c> paraphrased.</c>

00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:27.239
And<00:45:24.179><c> by</c><00:45:24.579><c> showing</c><00:45:24.900><c> your</c><00:45:25.099><c> generosity</c><00:45:25.599><c> you'll</c><00:45:26.179><c> show</c><00:45:26.360><c> the</c><00:45:26.639><c> sincerity</c>

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:29.039
or<00:45:27.539><c> the</c><00:45:27.960><c> genuineness</c><00:45:28.420><c> of</c><00:45:28.619><c> your</c><00:45:28.880><c> love.</c>

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:31.119
And<00:45:29.320><c> it</c><00:45:29.320><c> has</c><00:45:29.559><c> the</c><00:45:29.699><c> idea</c><00:45:29.820><c> of</c><00:45:29.960><c> the</c><00:45:30.139><c> pedigree</c><00:45:30.599><c> of</c><00:45:30.760><c> your</c><00:45:30.920><c> love.</c>

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:34.599
Is<00:45:31.579><c> your</c><00:45:31.820><c> love</c><00:45:32.079><c> really</c><00:45:32.579><c> connected</c><00:45:32.940><c> to</c><00:45:33.139><c> something</c><00:45:33.460><c> substantial?</c>

00:45:35.420 --> 00:45:39.119
And<00:45:36.019><c> then</c><00:45:36.239><c> in</c><00:45:36.420><c> Verse</c><00:45:36.699><c> 9,</c><00:45:38.679><c> where</c><00:45:38.840><c> it</c><00:45:38.880><c> says,</c>

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:42.079
for<00:45:39.360><c> ye</c><00:45:39.659><c> know</c><00:45:39.920><c> the</c><00:45:40.119><c> grace</c><00:45:40.460><c> of</c><00:45:40.679><c> the</c><00:45:40.800><c> Lord</c><00:45:41.000><c> Jesus</c><00:45:41.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:46.539
that<00:45:42.659><c> though</c><00:45:42.960><c> he</c><00:45:43.099><c> was</c><00:45:43.400><c> rich,</c><00:45:44.159><c> yet</c><00:45:44.340><c> for</c><00:45:44.619><c> your</c><00:45:44.980><c> sakes</c><00:45:45.239><c> he</c><00:45:45.480><c> became</c><00:45:45.920><c> poor,</c>

00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:51.000
that<00:45:47.239><c> ye</c><00:45:47.539><c> through</c><00:45:47.760><c> his</c><00:45:48.099><c> poverty</c><00:45:48.900><c> might</c><00:45:49.460><c> be</c><00:45:49.739><c> made</c><00:45:50.039><c> rich.</c>

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:57.900
That<00:45:53.260><c> brings</c><00:45:53.579><c> us</c><00:45:54.679><c> right</c><00:45:55.360><c> to</c><00:45:56.000><c> the</c><00:45:56.159><c> table</c><00:45:56.440><c> this</c><00:45:56.739><c> morning,</c><00:45:57.000><c> doesn't</c><00:45:57.260><c> it?</c>

00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:02.760
He<00:45:58.440><c> links</c><00:45:58.940><c> the</c><00:45:59.860><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:00.659><c> of</c><00:46:00.920><c> our</c><00:46:01.159><c> Lord</c><00:46:01.400><c> Jesus</c><00:46:01.960><c> Christ</c>

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:07.239
with<00:46:03.760><c> our</c><00:46:04.280><c> attitude</c><00:46:04.860><c> to</c><00:46:05.480><c> giving</c><00:46:05.880><c> of</c><00:46:06.400><c> cash.</c>

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:09.500
Is<00:46:07.760><c> that</c><00:46:07.980><c> amazing</c><00:46:08.380><c> or</c><00:46:08.619><c> what?</c>

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:13.579
He's<00:46:11.019><c> talking</c><00:46:11.300><c> about</c><00:46:11.579><c> taking</c><00:46:11.940><c> up</c><00:46:12.179><c> a</c><00:46:12.440><c> physical</c><00:46:12.920><c> collection</c>

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:15.800
for<00:46:13.840><c> the</c><00:46:14.059><c> poor</c><00:46:14.280><c> saints</c><00:46:14.579><c> in</c><00:46:14.820><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:20.059
And<00:46:16.159><c> as</c><00:46:16.400><c> an</c><00:46:16.579><c> example</c><00:46:17.199><c> he</c><00:46:17.420><c> uses</c><00:46:17.820><c> the</c><00:46:18.300><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:19.039><c> of</c><00:46:19.559><c> our</c><00:46:19.800><c> Lord</c>

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:21.659
Jesus<00:46:20.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:24.639
that<00:46:21.900><c> though</c><00:46:22.079><c> he</c><00:46:22.219><c> was</c><00:46:22.519><c> rich</c><00:46:22.880><c> he</c><00:46:23.400><c> had</c><00:46:23.679><c> all</c><00:46:23.940><c> kingdoms</c><00:46:24.199><c> of</c><00:46:24.340><c> the</c><00:46:24.480><c> world</c>

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:27.760
available<00:46:25.099><c> to</c><00:46:25.300><c> him,</c><00:46:26.139><c> yet</c><00:46:26.360><c> he</c><00:46:26.579><c> made</c><00:46:26.760><c> himself</c><00:46:27.300><c> poor,</c>

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:30.179
he<00:46:28.139><c> humbled</c><00:46:28.400><c> himself,</c><00:46:28.900><c> he</c><00:46:29.039><c> made</c><00:46:29.239><c> himself</c><00:46:29.739><c> poor.</c>

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:33.119
And<00:46:30.519><c> that</c><00:46:30.800><c> word</c><00:46:31.019><c> poor</c><00:46:31.320><c> is</c><00:46:31.719><c> the</c><00:46:31.840><c> same</c><00:46:32.039><c> word</c><00:46:32.239><c> he</c><00:46:32.400><c> uses</c><00:46:32.679><c> regarding</c>

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:33.880
the<00:46:33.340><c> Macedonians</c>

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.460
who<00:46:34.039><c> were</c><00:46:34.219><c> poor.</c>

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:37.260
Again<00:46:35.000><c> there's</c><00:46:35.179><c> that</c><00:46:35.679><c> idea</c><00:46:36.099><c> of</c><00:46:36.659><c> poorness,</c>

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:40.739
that<00:46:37.880><c> you</c><00:46:38.239><c> might</c><00:46:38.500><c> be</c><00:46:38.780><c> truly</c><00:46:39.119><c> rich,</c><00:46:39.440><c> not</c><00:46:39.599><c> in</c><00:46:39.840><c> cash,</c>

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:43.840
but<00:46:41.280><c> rich</c><00:46:41.579><c> in</c><00:46:41.900><c> hope</c><00:46:42.139><c> because</c><00:46:42.440><c> you're</c><00:46:42.739><c> doing</c><00:46:43.019><c> the</c><00:46:43.260><c> Lord's</c><00:46:43.659><c> service.</c>

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:47.679
And<00:46:44.340><c> in</c><00:46:44.880><c> our</c><00:46:45.280><c> generous</c><00:46:45.699><c> giving</c><00:46:46.059><c> we</c><00:46:46.440><c> are</c><00:46:46.760><c> in</c><00:46:47.059><c> small</c><00:46:47.380><c> measure,</c>

00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:50.159
he<00:46:47.880><c> says,</c><00:46:48.659><c> like</c><00:46:48.920><c> the</c><00:46:49.199><c> sacrifice</c><00:46:49.739><c> of</c><00:46:49.960><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:50.239 --> 00:46:52.860
That<00:46:50.599><c> is</c><00:46:50.880><c> just</c><00:46:51.280><c> boggling</c><00:46:51.719><c> to</c><00:46:51.980><c> me.</c>

00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:55.039
It's<00:46:53.179><c> almost</c><00:46:53.400><c> like</c><00:46:53.679><c> then</c><00:46:53.820><c> a</c><00:46:54.039><c> fellowship</c><00:46:54.420><c> in</c><00:46:54.739><c> suffering</c>

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:58.360
as<00:46:55.300><c> we</c><00:46:55.800><c> put</c><00:46:56.139><c> aside</c><00:46:56.679><c> first</c><00:46:57.119><c> for</c><00:46:57.480><c> the</c><00:46:57.639><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:04.679
Then<00:47:01.159><c> he</c><00:47:01.960><c> makes</c><00:47:02.880><c> it</c><00:47:03.340><c> right</c><00:47:03.599><c> down</c><00:47:03.840><c> to</c><00:47:04.000><c> our</c><00:47:04.239><c> attitude,</c>

00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:09.780
then<00:47:05.400><c> to</c><00:47:05.599><c> the</c><00:47:05.880><c> moment</c><00:47:06.420><c> that</c><00:47:07.239><c> we</c><00:47:07.719><c> personally</c><00:47:08.400><c> budget</c><00:47:08.940><c> our</c>

00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:11.480
weekly<00:47:10.460><c> paycheck.</c>

00:47:12.880 --> 00:47:17.719
So<00:47:12.960><c> in</c><00:47:13.099><c> verse</c><00:47:13.280><c> 11</c><00:47:13.559><c> he</c><00:47:13.699><c> says</c><00:47:13.940><c> now</c><00:47:14.679><c> therefore</c><00:47:16.139><c> perform</c><00:47:16.679><c> the</c><00:47:16.860><c> doing</c><00:47:17.079><c> of</c><00:47:17.320><c> it.</c>

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:21.639
Another<00:47:18.280><c> version</c><00:47:18.639><c> says</c><00:47:18.920><c> now</c><00:47:19.340><c> let</c><00:47:19.619><c> your</c><00:47:19.980><c> original</c><00:47:20.739><c> enthusiasm</c>

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:23.659
be<00:47:22.280><c> matched</c><00:47:22.659><c> by</c><00:47:22.980><c> performance.</c>

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:27.719
And<00:47:24.659><c> again</c><00:47:25.119><c> what</c><00:47:25.860><c> a</c><00:47:26.099><c> great</c><00:47:26.280><c> lesson</c><00:47:26.619><c> for</c><00:47:26.900><c> us</c><00:47:27.039><c> as</c><00:47:27.219><c> we</c><00:47:27.380><c> leave</c><00:47:27.539><c> here</c>

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:28.900
this<00:47:28.000><c> week.</c>

00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:31.739
May<00:47:29.239><c> our</c><00:47:29.719><c> original</c><00:47:30.159><c> enthusiasm,</c><00:47:31.199><c> the</c><00:47:31.239><c> ideas,</c>

00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:34.139
the<00:47:32.019><c> things</c><00:47:32.280><c> that</c><00:47:32.360><c> have</c><00:47:32.579><c> gone</c><00:47:32.739><c> through</c><00:47:32.960><c> our</c><00:47:33.199><c> minds</c><00:47:33.420><c> this</c><00:47:33.719><c> weekend,</c>

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:35.659
the<00:47:34.599><c> things</c><00:47:34.820><c> that</c><00:47:34.960><c> we</c><00:47:35.039><c> can</c><00:47:35.239><c> carry</c><00:47:35.440><c> with</c><00:47:35.579><c> us,</c>

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:38.079
let's<00:47:35.960><c> make</c><00:47:36.219><c> sure</c><00:47:36.519><c> those</c><00:47:36.980><c> resolves</c><00:47:37.559><c> that</c><00:47:37.739><c> we</c><00:47:37.940><c> make</c>

00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:39.800
as<00:47:38.260><c> we</c><00:47:38.420><c> come</c><00:47:38.539><c> before</c><00:47:38.820><c> the</c><00:47:39.000><c> table</c><00:47:39.219><c> this</c><00:47:39.500><c> morning,</c>

00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:43.260
our<00:47:40.440><c> original</c><00:47:40.780><c> enthusiasm</c><00:47:41.599><c> be</c><00:47:42.079><c> matched</c><00:47:42.460><c> by</c><00:47:42.780><c> performance</c>

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:47.500
as<00:47:43.500><c> we</c><00:47:43.739><c> leave</c><00:47:44.000><c> here</c><00:47:44.380><c> and</c><00:47:44.840><c> take</c><00:47:45.539><c> these</c><00:47:45.860><c> things</c><00:47:46.159><c> with</c><00:47:46.400><c> us.</c>

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:50.219
And<00:47:48.619><c> then</c><00:47:48.840><c> verse</c><00:47:49.000><c> 12</c><00:47:49.300><c> through</c><00:47:49.519><c> 14</c><00:47:49.860><c> he</c><00:47:50.079><c> says,</c>

00:47:50.219 --> 00:47:54.239
the<00:47:50.500><c> important</c><00:47:50.920><c> thing</c><00:47:51.239><c> is</c><00:47:51.719><c> not</c><00:47:52.519><c> the</c><00:47:53.440><c> amount</c><00:47:53.659><c> we</c><00:47:53.920><c> give</c>

00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:56.920
but<00:47:54.760><c> it's</c><00:47:55.019><c> the</c><00:47:55.179><c> motive</c><00:47:55.440><c> behind</c><00:47:55.940><c> giving.</c>

00:47:57.679 --> 00:48:01.199
Verse<00:47:57.739><c> 15</c><00:47:58.539><c> is</c><00:47:59.539><c> a</c><00:47:59.719><c> very</c><00:48:00.079><c> important</c><00:48:00.599><c> principle</c>

00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:04.519
and<00:48:02.000><c> so</c><00:48:02.219><c> I</c><00:48:02.320><c> wish</c><00:48:02.400><c> we</c><00:48:02.519><c> could</c><00:48:02.739><c> spend</c><00:48:02.960><c> more</c><00:48:03.219><c> time</c><00:48:03.460><c> on</c><00:48:03.619><c> it.</c>

00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:07.800
And<00:48:05.159><c> he</c><00:48:05.440><c> takes</c><00:48:05.719><c> us</c><00:48:05.940><c> right</c><00:48:06.199><c> back</c><00:48:06.440><c> to</c><00:48:06.579><c> the</c><00:48:06.719><c> Old</c><00:48:06.900><c> Testament.</c>

00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:10.619
You<00:48:08.320><c> know</c><00:48:08.800><c> the</c><00:48:09.360><c> problem</c><00:48:09.659><c> in</c><00:48:09.840><c> the</c><00:48:10.000><c> Old</c><00:48:10.179><c> Testament?</c>

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:13.800
They<00:48:11.000><c> were</c><00:48:11.199><c> given</c><00:48:11.519><c> manna</c><00:48:12.300><c> and</c><00:48:12.619><c> they</c><00:48:12.800><c> were</c><00:48:13.019><c> told</c><00:48:13.219><c> to</c><00:48:13.519><c> collect</c>

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:16.059
just<00:48:14.360><c> enough</c><00:48:14.860><c> for</c><00:48:15.059><c> the</c><00:48:15.280><c> day.</c>

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:18.619
If<00:48:16.260><c> I</c><00:48:16.300><c> could</c><00:48:16.440><c> read</c><00:48:16.599><c> you</c><00:48:16.719><c> a</c><00:48:16.780><c> couple</c><00:48:16.980><c> of</c><00:48:17.179><c> verses</c><00:48:17.420><c> out</c><00:48:17.659><c> of</c><00:48:17.840><c> Exodus</c><00:48:18.099><c> 16,</c>

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:22.219
again<00:48:18.920><c> from</c><00:48:19.139><c> the</c><00:48:19.280><c> NIV</c><00:48:19.599><c> because</c><00:48:19.860><c> I</c><00:48:19.960><c> think</c><00:48:20.139><c> it</c><00:48:20.239><c> puts</c><00:48:20.500><c> it</c><00:48:20.619><c> rather</c><00:48:21.039><c> beautifully,</c>

00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:28.940
they<00:48:23.480><c> measured</c><00:48:23.780><c> the</c><00:48:26.599><c> manna</c><00:48:26.960><c> and</c><00:48:27.079><c> they</c><00:48:27.260><c> were</c><00:48:27.420><c> told</c><00:48:27.780><c> to</c><00:48:28.440><c> collect</c>

00:48:28.940 --> 00:48:29.360
an<00:48:29.159><c> oma.</c>

00:48:29.639 --> 00:48:31.760
He<00:48:29.800><c> who</c><00:48:30.000><c> gathered</c><00:48:30.320><c> much</c><00:48:30.800><c> didn't</c><00:48:31.159><c> have</c><00:48:31.360><c> too</c><00:48:31.579><c> much.</c>

00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:32.920
That's<00:48:32.039><c> the</c><00:48:32.199><c> quote,</c><00:48:32.559><c> right?</c>

00:48:33.139 --> 00:48:35.119
He<00:48:33.380><c> who</c><00:48:33.559><c> gathered</c><00:48:33.780><c> little</c><00:48:34.079><c> didn't</c><00:48:34.320><c> have</c><00:48:34.519><c> too</c><00:48:34.780><c> little.</c>

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:38.139
Each<00:48:35.699><c> one</c><00:48:35.920><c> of</c><00:48:36.000><c> them</c><00:48:36.139><c> gathered</c><00:48:36.500><c> as</c><00:48:36.780><c> much</c><00:48:36.980><c> as</c><00:48:37.079><c> he</c><00:48:37.300><c> needed.</c>

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:43.079
Then<00:48:39.579><c> Moses</c><00:48:39.920><c> said,</c><00:48:40.719><c> no</c><00:48:40.880><c> one</c><00:48:41.059><c> is</c><00:48:41.159><c> to</c><00:48:41.320><c> keep</c><00:48:41.480><c> any</c><00:48:41.699><c> of</c><00:48:41.800><c> it</c><00:48:41.880><c> till</c><00:48:42.039><c> the</c><00:48:42.199><c> morning.</c>

00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:46.000
However,<00:48:45.159><c> normal</c><00:48:45.360><c> human</c><00:48:45.619><c> nature,</c>

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:49.579
some<00:48:46.400><c> of</c><00:48:46.719><c> them</c><00:48:47.619><c> paid</c><00:48:48.019><c> no</c><00:48:48.239><c> attention</c><00:48:48.559><c> to</c><00:48:48.760><c> Moses.</c>

00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:51.380
They<00:48:49.820><c> kept</c><00:48:50.139><c> part</c><00:48:50.440><c> of</c><00:48:50.500><c> it</c><00:48:50.639><c> till</c><00:48:50.780><c> the</c><00:48:50.960><c> morning</c>

00:48:51.380 --> 00:48:54.880
but<00:48:51.960><c> it</c><00:48:52.059><c> was</c><00:48:52.300><c> full</c><00:48:52.599><c> of</c><00:48:52.940><c> maggots</c><00:48:53.300><c> and</c><00:48:53.460><c> began</c><00:48:53.760><c> to</c><00:48:54.119><c> smell.</c>

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:58.260
So<00:48:55.099><c> Moses</c><00:48:55.960><c> was</c><00:48:56.460><c> angry</c><00:48:56.820><c> with</c><00:48:57.059><c> them.</c>

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:04.059
What's<00:49:00.440><c> he</c><00:49:00.599><c> saying</c><00:49:00.760><c> here</c><00:49:01.019><c> when</c><00:49:01.139><c> he</c><00:49:01.420><c> links</c><00:49:01.840><c> our</c><00:49:02.500><c> attitude</c><00:49:02.900><c> to</c><00:49:03.219><c> giving</c>

00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:07.300
to<00:49:05.400><c> manna</c><00:49:06.039><c> in</c><00:49:06.239><c> the</c><00:49:06.420><c> wilderness?</c>

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:09.820
I<00:49:08.739><c> believe</c><00:49:08.980><c> what</c><00:49:09.219><c> happened</c><00:49:09.579><c> is,</c>

00:49:09.820 --> 00:49:16.239
this<00:49:09.920><c> was</c><00:49:10.179><c> no</c><00:49:10.440><c> legalistic</c><00:49:11.019><c> dicing</c><00:49:11.380><c> up</c><00:49:11.619><c> of</c><00:49:11.840><c> oma's</c><00:49:12.239><c> worth</c><00:49:12.460><c> of</c><00:49:13.980><c> manna.</c>

00:49:16.380 --> 00:49:18.739
What<00:49:16.539><c> it</c><00:49:16.699><c> was,</c><00:49:17.039><c> the</c><00:49:17.239><c> young</c><00:49:17.519><c> could</c><00:49:17.719><c> gather</c><00:49:18.039><c> lots,</c><00:49:18.500><c> right?</c>

00:49:19.099 --> 00:49:20.099
But<00:49:19.219><c> they'd</c><00:49:19.519><c> come</c><00:49:19.719><c> back</c><00:49:19.900><c> again.</c>

00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:23.199
The<00:49:20.820><c> old</c><00:49:21.000><c> would</c><00:49:21.179><c> gather</c><00:49:21.460><c> a</c><00:49:21.619><c> little</c><00:49:21.820><c> bit</c><00:49:21.940><c> because</c><00:49:22.139><c> they</c><00:49:22.340><c> couldn't</c><00:49:22.500><c> get</c><00:49:22.659><c> so</c><00:49:22.900><c> much.</c>

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.780
And<00:49:23.760><c> you</c><00:49:23.860><c> couldn't</c><00:49:24.119><c> keep</c><00:49:24.400><c> it.</c>

00:49:25.019 --> 00:49:26.539
So<00:49:25.159><c> what</c><00:49:25.300><c> did</c><00:49:25.400><c> you</c><00:49:25.559><c> do</c><00:49:25.679><c> when</c><00:49:25.800><c> you</c><00:49:25.920><c> got</c><00:49:26.059><c> back</c><00:49:26.239><c> to</c><00:49:26.400><c> the</c><00:49:26.519><c> tent?</c>

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:30.199
You<00:49:26.659><c> shared</c><00:49:27.000><c> it</c><00:49:27.480><c> so</c><00:49:27.760><c> that</c><00:49:28.000><c> therefore</c><00:49:28.320><c> he</c><00:49:28.579><c> who</c><00:49:28.760><c> had</c><00:49:28.960><c> much</c><00:49:29.440><c> didn't</c><00:49:30.019><c> have</c>

00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:30.840
too<00:49:30.460><c> much</c>

00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:33.119
and<00:49:31.239><c> he</c><00:49:31.380><c> who</c><00:49:31.460><c> had</c><00:49:31.679><c> little</c><00:49:31.960><c> still</c><00:49:32.179><c> had</c><00:49:32.340><c> enough</c><00:49:32.559><c> to</c><00:49:32.699><c> get</c><00:49:32.880><c> by</c>

00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:37.440
because<00:49:33.599><c> what</c><00:49:33.860><c> it</c><00:49:34.119><c> did</c><00:49:34.440><c> is</c><00:49:34.800><c> that</c><00:49:35.360><c> physical</c><00:49:36.039><c> manna</c><00:49:36.639><c> caused</c><00:49:37.019><c> them</c><00:49:37.219><c> to</c>

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:38.199
work<00:49:37.639><c> together.</c>

00:49:38.199 --> 00:49:42.340
But<00:49:38.860><c> then</c><00:49:40.159><c> the</c><00:49:40.300><c> problem</c><00:49:40.800><c> was</c><00:49:41.079><c> some</c><00:49:41.380><c> people</c><00:49:42.059><c> said,</c>

00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:44.019
well,<00:49:42.920><c> I</c><00:49:42.980><c> need</c><00:49:43.159><c> a</c><00:49:43.300><c> little</c><00:49:43.480><c> bit</c><00:49:43.659><c> more.</c>

00:49:44.360 --> 00:49:47.079
So<00:49:44.539><c> they</c><00:49:44.860><c> started</c><00:49:45.260><c> to</c><00:49:45.679><c> hoard</c><00:49:45.880><c> it.</c>

00:49:47.820 --> 00:49:51.199
And<00:49:47.960><c> he</c><00:49:48.199><c> relates</c><00:49:48.500><c> this</c><00:49:48.860><c> exactly</c><00:49:49.480><c> to</c><00:49:49.960><c> our</c><00:49:50.320><c> physical</c><00:49:50.780><c> blessings</c>

00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:52.320
of<00:49:51.400><c> cash</c><00:49:51.699><c> in</c><00:49:51.900><c> the</c><00:49:52.039><c> pocket.</c>

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:55.400
And<00:49:52.940><c> what</c><00:49:53.059><c> did</c><00:49:53.199><c> it</c><00:49:53.380><c> do</c><00:49:53.800><c> when</c><00:49:54.139><c> they</c><00:49:54.460><c> started</c><00:49:54.699><c> to</c><00:49:54.900><c> get</c><00:49:55.000><c> their</c>

00:49:55.400 --> 00:49:56.059
priorities<00:49:55.739><c> wrong</c>

00:49:56.059 --> 00:49:58.139
and<00:49:56.219><c> say,</c><00:49:56.340><c> well,</c><00:49:56.519><c> I</c><00:49:56.579><c> want</c><00:49:56.739><c> to</c><00:49:56.840><c> keep</c><00:49:56.940><c> a</c><00:49:57.099><c> little</c><00:49:57.280><c> bit</c><00:49:57.539><c> more</c><00:49:57.840><c> manna</c>

00:49:58.139 --> 00:49:58.840
for<00:49:58.360><c> tomorrow</c>

00:49:58.840 --> 00:50:01.079
or<00:49:59.079><c> for</c><00:49:59.559><c> the</c><00:49:59.800><c> rainy</c><00:50:00.039><c> day?</c>

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:06.260
It<00:50:02.639><c> bred</c><00:50:03.000><c> maggots</c><00:50:03.940><c> and</c><00:50:04.800><c> started</c><00:50:05.059><c> to</c><00:50:05.519><c> smell.</c>

00:50:07.420 --> 00:50:12.059
And<00:50:07.900><c> Paul</c><00:50:08.219><c> uses</c><00:50:08.639><c> that</c><00:50:09.199><c> as</c><00:50:09.559><c> an</c><00:50:09.739><c> example</c><00:50:10.239><c> of</c><00:50:10.579><c> the</c><00:50:10.860><c> physical</c><00:50:11.280><c> blessings</c><00:50:11.739><c> that</c>

00:50:12.059 --> 00:50:13.460
God<00:50:12.380><c> has</c><00:50:12.699><c> given.</c>

00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:18.079
I<00:50:15.179><c> really</c><00:50:15.420><c> need</c><00:50:15.579><c> to</c><00:50:15.780><c> put</c><00:50:16.059><c> this</c><00:50:16.360><c> much</c><00:50:16.559><c> away</c><00:50:16.760><c> for</c><00:50:17.079><c> college</c><00:50:17.360><c> or</c><00:50:17.639><c> this</c><00:50:17.880><c> or</c>

00:50:18.079 --> 00:50:18.920
that<00:50:18.280><c> or</c><00:50:18.440><c> the</c><00:50:18.619><c> other.</c>

00:50:19.260 --> 00:50:23.340
And<00:50:19.400><c> I</c><00:50:19.519><c> really</c><00:50:19.760><c> can't</c><00:50:20.039><c> afford</c><00:50:20.539><c> to</c><00:50:21.860><c> lay</c><00:50:22.119><c> aside</c><00:50:22.519><c> first</c><00:50:22.900><c> for</c><00:50:23.079><c> the</c><00:50:23.219><c> Lord</c>

00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:27.260
because<00:50:23.940><c> I've</c><00:50:24.380><c> got,</c><00:50:25.199><c> and</c><00:50:25.480><c> I</c><00:50:25.599><c> need</c><00:50:25.739><c> to</c><00:50:25.880><c> put</c><00:50:25.960><c> it</c><00:50:26.119><c> away</c><00:50:26.320><c> first.</c>

00:50:28.320 --> 00:50:29.840
God<00:50:28.539><c> says,</c><00:50:28.900><c> no,</c><00:50:29.099><c> wrong.</c>

00:50:30.199 --> 00:50:31.340
This<00:50:30.400><c> is</c><00:50:30.619><c> a</c><00:50:30.719><c> test</c><00:50:30.900><c> of</c><00:50:31.199><c> faith.</c>

00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:32.920
You<00:50:31.519><c> see,</c><00:50:31.639><c> the</c><00:50:31.719><c> whole</c><00:50:31.960><c> principle</c><00:50:32.420><c> of</c><00:50:32.699><c> that.</c>

00:50:32.920 --> 00:50:36.079
And<00:50:33.099><c> I'm</c><00:50:33.519><c> not</c><00:50:33.739><c> trying</c><00:50:33.920><c> to</c><00:50:34.039><c> declare</c><00:50:34.340><c> that</c><00:50:34.480><c> we</c><00:50:34.599><c> should</c><00:50:34.920><c> tithe.</c>

00:50:36.420 --> 00:50:39.460
What<00:50:36.579><c> I'm</c><00:50:36.719><c> saying</c><00:50:37.059><c> is</c><00:50:37.500><c> that</c><00:50:37.719><c> what</c><00:50:37.940><c> God</c><00:50:38.199><c> has</c><00:50:38.500><c> done</c><00:50:38.800><c> for</c><00:50:39.079><c> us,</c>

00:50:39.599 --> 00:50:42.699
he<00:50:39.760><c> says,</c><00:50:40.400><c> this</c><00:50:40.659><c> is</c><00:50:40.920><c> a</c><00:50:41.139><c> principle</c><00:50:41.719><c> of</c><00:50:42.260><c> faith.</c>

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:46.079
That<00:50:43.280><c> if</c><00:50:43.460><c> you</c><00:50:43.639><c> are</c><00:50:43.800><c> prepared</c><00:50:44.159><c> with</c><00:50:44.579><c> that</c><00:50:44.960><c> little</c><00:50:45.320><c> tiny</c><00:50:45.739><c> mite</c>

00:50:46.079 --> 00:50:47.079
that<00:50:46.239><c> God</c><00:50:46.460><c> has</c><00:50:46.659><c> given</c><00:50:46.820><c> us</c>

00:50:47.079 --> 00:50:50.079
to<00:50:47.440><c> lay</c><00:50:47.719><c> aside</c><00:50:47.960><c> as</c><00:50:48.179><c> we</c><00:50:48.440><c> get</c><00:50:48.619><c> our</c><00:50:48.840><c> weekly,</c><00:50:49.280><c> whatever</c><00:50:49.480><c> it</c><00:50:49.719><c> is,</c>

00:50:50.159 --> 00:50:50.760
however<00:50:50.460><c> small,</c>

00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:55.039
and<00:50:51.219><c> put</c><00:50:51.480><c> aside</c><00:50:52.380><c> first,</c><00:50:53.760><c> even</c><00:50:54.019><c> though</c><00:50:54.179><c> the</c><00:50:54.380><c> numbers</c><00:50:54.639><c> don't</c>

00:50:55.039 --> 00:50:55.400
add<00:50:55.219><c> up,</c>

00:50:55.400 --> 00:50:57.880
even<00:50:55.639><c> though</c><00:50:55.880><c> we</c><00:50:56.119><c> know</c><00:50:56.340><c> that</c><00:50:56.500><c> we</c><00:50:56.619><c> don't</c><00:50:56.800><c> have</c><00:50:56.980><c> enough</c><00:50:57.179><c> to</c><00:50:57.300><c> go</c><00:50:57.539><c> around.</c>

00:50:58.360 --> 00:51:01.500
He<00:50:58.519><c> says,</c><00:50:58.679><c> if</c><00:50:58.960><c> you</c><00:50:59.300><c> put</c><00:50:59.679><c> aside</c><00:51:00.420><c> first</c><00:51:01.039><c> for</c><00:51:01.260><c> the</c><00:51:01.400><c> Lord,</c>

00:51:01.500 --> 00:51:03.679
and<00:51:01.579><c> you</c><00:51:01.579><c> remember</c><00:51:01.940><c> again</c><00:51:02.260><c> in</c><00:51:02.420><c> 1</c><00:51:02.639><c> Corinthians</c><00:51:02.940><c> 16,</c><00:51:03.440><c> what</c><00:51:03.559><c> did</c>

00:51:03.679 --> 00:51:04.619
he<00:51:03.800><c> say?</c>

00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:07.840
In<00:51:05.500><c> proportion</c><00:51:06.059><c> to</c><00:51:06.480><c> your</c><00:51:06.780><c> income.</c>

00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:10.679
You<00:51:09.460><c> know,</c><00:51:09.780><c> unfortunately,</c><00:51:10.280><c> brothers</c><00:51:10.420><c> and</c><00:51:10.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:10.699 --> 00:51:14.059
often<00:51:11.139><c> we</c><00:51:11.739><c> give</c><00:51:11.900><c> it</c><00:51:12.059><c> in</c><00:51:12.199><c> proportion</c><00:51:12.559><c> to</c><00:51:12.659><c> what's</c><00:51:12.940><c> left</c><00:51:13.199><c> over.</c>

00:51:14.820 --> 00:51:15.900
I'm<00:51:15.039><c> afraid</c><00:51:15.280><c> that,</c><00:51:15.460><c> brothers</c><00:51:15.639><c> and</c><00:51:15.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:20.539
sometimes<00:51:16.400><c> I</c><00:51:16.599><c> think</c><00:51:16.780><c> we</c><00:51:17.199><c> miss</c><00:51:17.519><c> the</c><00:51:17.739><c> whole</c><00:51:18.320><c> power</c><00:51:19.159><c> of</c><00:51:20.199><c> the</c><00:51:20.380><c> Word</c>

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.980
of<00:51:20.739><c> God</c><00:51:20.940><c> here.</c>

00:51:22.219 --> 00:51:26.840
That<00:51:22.500><c> our</c><00:51:23.059><c> setting</c><00:51:23.320><c> aside</c><00:51:23.800><c> first</c><00:51:24.380><c> for</c><00:51:24.619><c> the</c><00:51:24.820><c> Lord</c><00:51:25.219><c> is</c><00:51:26.019><c> a</c><00:51:26.380><c> test</c>

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:27.800
of<00:51:27.480><c> faith.</c>

00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:31.420
He<00:51:28.679><c> says,</c><00:51:28.980><c> if</c><00:51:28.980><c> you</c><00:51:29.179><c> are</c><00:51:29.239><c> prepared</c><00:51:29.519><c> to</c><00:51:29.679><c> put</c><00:51:30.079><c> that</c><00:51:30.519><c> personal</c><00:51:31.199><c> tithe,</c>

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:34.360
whatever<00:51:31.739><c> it</c><00:51:31.880><c> is,</c><00:51:32.139><c> you</c><00:51:32.139><c> know,</c><00:51:32.440><c> that</c><00:51:32.539><c> personal</c><00:51:33.260><c> commitment,</c>

00:51:34.780 --> 00:51:38.119
first<00:51:35.079><c> to</c><00:51:35.260><c> the</c><00:51:35.420><c> Lord,</c><00:51:36.119><c> he</c><00:51:36.139><c> says,</c><00:51:36.420><c> I</c><00:51:36.420><c> will</c><00:51:36.820><c> never</c><00:51:37.300><c> leave</c><00:51:37.840><c> you</c><00:51:38.000><c> or</c>

00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:39.159
forsake<00:51:38.539><c> you.</c>

00:51:39.500 --> 00:51:41.320
And<00:51:39.579><c> I</c><00:51:39.719><c> won't</c><00:51:40.019><c> bore</c><00:51:40.280><c> you</c><00:51:40.380><c> with</c><00:51:40.539><c> a</c><00:51:40.739><c> personal</c><00:51:40.960><c> story</c>

00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:43.360
that<00:51:41.659><c> occurred</c><00:51:42.000><c> to</c><00:51:42.260><c> Shel</c><00:51:42.400><c> and</c><00:51:42.460><c> I</c><00:51:42.539><c> when</c><00:51:42.659><c> we</c><00:51:42.820><c> were</c><00:51:42.860><c> first</c><00:51:43.079><c> married.</c>

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:45.179
But,<00:51:43.820><c> brothers</c><00:51:43.980><c> and</c><00:51:44.139><c> sisters,</c><00:51:44.579><c> it</c><00:51:44.800><c> works.</c>

00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:47.239
It<00:51:45.519><c> is</c><00:51:45.780><c> the</c><00:51:46.059><c> truth</c><00:51:46.260><c> because</c><00:51:46.559><c> God</c><00:51:46.860><c> has</c><00:51:47.039><c> said,</c>

00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:50.300
He<00:51:47.679><c> will</c><00:51:47.980><c> never</c><00:51:48.320><c> leave</c><00:51:48.579><c> us</c><00:51:48.800><c> or</c><00:51:48.920><c> forsake</c><00:51:49.300><c> us.</c>

00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:56.599
And<00:51:51.860><c> so</c><00:51:52.300><c> we</c><00:51:53.559><c> know</c><00:51:53.820><c> the</c><00:51:54.699><c> words</c><00:51:55.139><c> in</c><00:51:55.579><c> Malachi.</c>

00:51:56.860 --> 00:52:00.300
In<00:51:57.340><c> Malachi,</c><00:51:58.239><c> same</c><00:51:58.579><c> problem</c><00:51:59.139><c> as</c><00:51:59.619><c> in</c><00:51:59.820><c> Judea.</c>

00:52:00.559 --> 00:52:02.199
Terrible<00:52:01.039><c> famine,</c><00:52:01.579><c> awful</c><00:52:01.880><c> times.</c>

00:52:02.239 --> 00:52:04.619
You<00:52:02.360><c> know</c><00:52:02.460><c> what</c><00:52:02.579><c> it</c><00:52:02.659><c> was</c><00:52:02.860><c> like</c><00:52:03.019><c> in</c><00:52:03.179><c> the</c><00:52:03.280><c> days</c><00:52:03.440><c> of</c><00:52:03.679><c> Malachi.</c>

00:52:05.460 --> 00:52:08.420
And<00:52:05.739><c> they</c><00:52:05.880><c> just</c><00:52:06.260><c> did</c><00:52:06.739><c> not</c><00:52:07.179><c> have</c><00:52:07.480><c> enough</c><00:52:07.780><c> to</c><00:52:07.920><c> go</c><00:52:08.219><c> around.</c>

00:52:08.519 --> 00:52:11.139
The<00:52:08.699><c> pension</c><00:52:08.980><c> checks</c><00:52:09.260><c> were</c><00:52:09.480><c> so</c><00:52:09.739><c> small,</c><00:52:09.940><c> they</c><00:52:10.059><c> were</c><00:52:10.199><c> non</c><00:52:10.380><c>-existent,</c>

00:52:11.320 --> 00:52:13.280
that<00:52:11.519><c> everybody</c><00:52:11.820><c> else</c><00:52:12.039><c> who</c><00:52:12.139><c> was</c><00:52:12.300><c> working</c><00:52:12.519><c> was</c><00:52:12.739><c> unemployed,</c>

00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:16.659
and<00:52:13.519><c> there</c><00:52:13.599><c> was</c><00:52:13.800><c> just</c><00:52:14.179><c> not</c><00:52:14.519><c> enough</c><00:52:15.079><c> to</c><00:52:15.500><c> get</c><00:52:15.739><c> by</c><00:52:15.980><c> on.</c>

00:52:17.420 --> 00:52:19.500
And<00:52:17.699><c> so</c><00:52:17.820><c> in</c><00:52:17.940><c> Malachi</c><00:52:18.340><c> 3</c><00:52:18.579><c> verse</c><00:52:18.860><c> 10,</c>

00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:23.579
God<00:52:19.900><c> says</c><00:52:20.280><c> this</c><00:52:20.440><c> to</c><00:52:20.619><c> His</c><00:52:21.099><c> rebellious</c><00:52:21.860><c> and</c><00:52:22.400><c> faithless</c><00:52:22.940><c> people.</c>

00:52:23.579 --> 00:52:27.300
He<00:52:24.099><c> says,</c><00:52:25.219><c> bring</c><00:52:25.239><c> ye</c><00:52:25.460><c> all</c><00:52:25.659><c> the</c><00:52:25.900><c> tithes</c><00:52:26.179><c> into</c><00:52:26.340><c> the</c><00:52:26.679><c> storehouse</c>

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:29.760
that<00:52:27.980><c> there</c><00:52:28.280><c> may</c><00:52:28.559><c> be</c><00:52:28.880><c> meat</c><00:52:29.079><c> in</c><00:52:29.280><c> my</c><00:52:29.539><c> house.</c>

00:52:29.820 --> 00:52:32.619
Remember<00:52:30.000><c> the</c><00:52:30.119><c> idea</c><00:52:30.380><c> is</c><00:52:30.519><c> putting</c><00:52:30.739><c> that</c><00:52:31.099><c> first,</c><00:52:31.599><c> He</c><00:52:31.800><c> said.</c>

00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:35.199
And<00:52:33.639><c> then</c><00:52:34.159><c> prove</c><00:52:34.480><c> me</c><00:52:34.739><c> now</c><00:52:34.960><c> herewith.</c>

00:52:35.219 --> 00:52:37.139
That<00:52:35.420><c> word</c><00:52:35.719><c> prove</c><00:52:36.019><c> is</c><00:52:36.199><c> a</c><00:52:36.400><c> beautiful</c><00:52:36.900><c> word.</c>

00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:39.559
It's<00:52:37.340><c> worthwhile</c><00:52:37.619><c> making</c><00:52:37.960><c> a</c><00:52:38.179><c> note</c><00:52:38.280><c> of</c><00:52:38.440><c> and</c><00:52:38.940><c> looking</c><00:52:39.239><c> it</c><00:52:39.400><c> up.</c>

00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:43.239
It<00:52:40.199><c> means</c><00:52:40.739><c> God</c><00:52:41.260><c> says,</c><00:52:41.599><c> put</c><00:52:41.800><c> me</c><00:52:42.039><c> on</c><00:52:42.360><c> trial.</c>

00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:44.780
Prove<00:52:44.000><c> me</c><00:52:44.179><c> now</c><00:52:44.400><c> herewith.</c>

00:52:44.980 --> 00:52:48.099
And<00:52:45.179><c> just</c><00:52:45.460><c> see</c><00:52:45.719><c> if</c><00:52:45.880><c> I</c><00:52:46.139><c> don't</c><00:52:46.519><c> open</c><00:52:46.940><c> the</c><00:52:47.239><c> windows</c><00:52:47.619><c> of</c><00:52:47.900><c> heaven</c>

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:49.639
and<00:52:48.340><c> pour</c><00:52:48.519><c> out</c><00:52:48.699><c> a</c><00:52:48.900><c> blessing</c><00:52:49.119><c> on</c><00:52:49.380><c> you</c>

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:51.099
that<00:52:50.019><c> you</c><00:52:50.159><c> won't</c><00:52:50.260><c> be</c><00:52:50.380><c> able</c><00:52:50.480><c> to</c><00:52:50.599><c> receive</c><00:52:50.800><c> it.</c>

00:52:51.099 --> 00:52:55.039
And<00:52:51.940><c> they</c><00:52:52.179><c> would,</c><00:52:53.179><c> rather</c><00:52:53.599><c> than</c><00:52:53.780><c> take</c><00:52:54.019><c> that</c><00:52:54.219><c> step</c><00:52:54.519><c> of</c><00:52:54.739><c> faith,</c>

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:57.679
would<00:52:55.400><c> continue</c><00:52:55.860><c> to</c><00:52:56.239><c> starve</c><00:52:56.440><c> to</c><00:52:56.639><c> death.</c>

00:52:58.579 --> 00:53:00.820
What<00:52:58.659><c> an</c><00:52:58.940><c> example</c><00:52:59.380><c> to</c><00:52:59.639><c> us.</c>

00:53:03.219 --> 00:53:05.260
And<00:53:03.219><c> so,</c><00:53:04.039><c> brethren</c><00:53:04.199><c> and</c><00:53:04.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:09.420
we've<00:53:06.679><c> seen</c><00:53:07.219><c> in</c><00:53:07.659><c> chapter</c><00:53:07.900><c> 9,</c>

00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:12.019
sums<00:53:09.599><c> up</c><00:53:09.900><c> the</c><00:53:10.099><c> same</c><00:53:10.440><c> ideas</c><00:53:10.880><c> again,</c>

00:53:13.019 --> 00:53:16.480
that<00:53:13.219><c> the</c><00:53:14.119><c> practical</c><00:53:14.659><c> and</c><00:53:15.119><c> spiritual</c><00:53:15.739><c> value</c>

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:20.260
of<00:53:16.960><c> setting</c><00:53:17.260><c> aside</c><00:53:17.800><c> first</c><00:53:18.159><c> for</c><00:53:18.360><c> the</c><00:53:18.539><c> Lord</c><00:53:18.820><c> far</c><00:53:19.400><c> outweighs</c><00:53:19.920><c> the</c>

00:53:20.260 --> 00:53:20.699
cash<00:53:20.480><c> amount.</c>

00:53:20.699 --> 00:53:24.679
But<00:53:20.739><c> it</c><00:53:22.360><c> signifies</c><00:53:23.179><c> that</c><00:53:23.400><c> which</c><00:53:23.539><c> we</c><00:53:23.699><c> are</c><00:53:23.840><c> prepared</c><00:53:24.159><c> to</c><00:53:24.340><c> step</c>

00:53:24.679 --> 00:53:25.460
out<00:53:24.940><c> in</c><00:53:25.199><c> faith</c>

00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:28.539
in<00:53:25.960><c> dedication</c><00:53:26.760><c> first</c><00:53:27.320><c> to</c><00:53:27.579><c> God,</c>

00:53:28.860 --> 00:53:32.599
that<00:53:28.900><c> our</c><00:53:29.199><c> lives</c><00:53:29.539><c> may</c><00:53:29.920><c> follow</c><00:53:30.500><c> in</c><00:53:31.199><c> that</c><00:53:31.460><c> dedication.</c>

00:53:39.500 --> 00:53:43.659
In<00:53:39.519><c> chapter</c><00:53:40.300><c> 9,</c><00:53:41.739><c> in</c><00:53:41.920><c> verse</c><00:53:42.179><c> 7,</c>

00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:48.940
He<00:53:44.360><c> brings</c><00:53:44.659><c> our</c><00:53:44.960><c> thoughts,</c><00:53:47.980><c> full</c><00:53:48.260><c> circle,</c>

00:53:48.940 --> 00:53:57.320
every<00:53:50.900><c> man</c><00:53:51.920><c> according</c><00:53:52.820><c> as</c><00:53:53.820><c> he</c><00:53:54.500><c> purposed</c><00:53:55.119><c> in</c><00:53:55.760><c> his</c><00:53:56.159><c> heart.</c>

00:53:58.239 --> 00:54:05.739
So<00:53:58.539><c> let</c><00:53:59.139><c> him</c><00:53:59.639><c> give,</c><00:54:01.639><c> not</c><00:54:01.880><c> grudgingly</c><00:54:03.340><c> or</c><00:54:03.900><c> of</c><00:54:04.300><c> necessity,</c>

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:11.139
for<00:54:06.219><c> the</c><00:54:06.559><c> Lord</c><00:54:07.159><c> loves</c><00:54:07.980><c> a</c><00:54:09.159><c> cheerful</c><00:54:09.940><c> giver.</c>

00:54:11.199 --> 00:54:13.420
And<00:54:11.579><c> again,</c><00:54:11.940><c> if</c><00:54:12.079><c> you</c><00:54:12.239><c> look</c><00:54:12.460><c> at</c><00:54:12.619><c> a</c><00:54:12.780><c> concordance</c><00:54:13.300><c> there,</c>

00:54:13.420 --> 00:54:14.900
that's<00:54:13.780><c> a</c><00:54:13.860><c> delightful</c><00:54:14.460><c> word.</c>

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:17.340
It's<00:54:15.559><c> the</c><00:54:15.659><c> word</c><00:54:15.940><c> Hilaros.</c>

00:54:17.500 --> 00:54:19.840
And<00:54:18.059><c> we</c><00:54:18.219><c> don't</c><00:54:18.420><c> have</c><00:54:18.599><c> to</c><00:54:18.719><c> think</c><00:54:18.940><c> too</c><00:54:19.239><c> hard</c><00:54:19.420><c> about</c>

00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:22.360
what<00:54:20.139><c> that</c><00:54:20.559><c> translates</c><00:54:21.000><c> to</c><00:54:21.300><c> in</c><00:54:21.480><c> English.</c>

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:24.539
We<00:54:22.719><c> call</c><00:54:22.940><c> it</c><00:54:23.199><c> Hilarious.</c>

00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:26.559
Exactly<00:54:25.679><c> the</c><00:54:25.940><c> same</c><00:54:26.159><c> word.</c>

00:54:27.000 --> 00:54:30.679
For<00:54:27.179><c> the</c><00:54:27.400><c> Lord</c><00:54:27.659><c> loves</c><00:54:28.119><c> a</c><00:54:28.800><c> hilarious</c><00:54:29.599><c> giver.</c>

00:54:30.719 --> 00:54:35.780
I<00:54:31.139><c> find</c><00:54:31.360><c> that</c><00:54:31.639><c> quite</c><00:54:31.840><c> amusing.</c>

00:54:36.260 --> 00:54:38.780
Isn't<00:54:36.559><c> that</c><00:54:36.840><c> beautiful,</c><00:54:37.400><c> that</c><00:54:37.679><c> lovely</c><00:54:38.059><c> word</c><00:54:38.300><c> that</c><00:54:38.440><c> He</c><00:54:38.559><c> picks</c>

00:54:38.780 --> 00:54:39.960
up<00:54:39.039><c> on</c><00:54:39.179><c> there?</c>

00:54:40.219 --> 00:54:43.159
But<00:54:40.360><c> it's</c><00:54:40.539><c> not</c><00:54:40.860><c> grudgingly,</c><00:54:41.460><c> oh,</c><00:54:41.760><c> we</c><00:54:42.480><c> can't</c><00:54:42.820><c> really...</c>

00:54:43.159 --> 00:54:45.079
It's<00:54:43.679><c> because,</c><00:54:44.159><c> why</c><00:54:44.380><c> are</c><00:54:44.500><c> we</c><00:54:44.639><c> hilarious?</c>

00:54:45.079 --> 00:54:46.260
Why<00:54:45.380><c> are</c><00:54:45.619><c> we</c><00:54:45.840><c> rejoicing?</c>

00:54:46.340 --> 00:54:48.659
Because<00:54:46.539><c> we</c><00:54:46.739><c> know</c><00:54:46.860><c> when</c><00:54:47.019><c> we</c><00:54:47.239><c> set</c><00:54:47.400><c> aside</c><00:54:47.800><c> first</c><00:54:48.119><c> for</c><00:54:48.360><c> God,</c>

00:54:48.800 --> 00:54:51.039
He<00:54:48.900><c> will</c><00:54:49.219><c> never</c><00:54:49.539><c> ever</c><00:54:49.940><c> leave</c><00:54:50.099><c> us</c><00:54:50.340><c> or</c><00:54:50.460><c> forsake</c><00:54:50.780><c> us.</c>

00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:54.059
Also<00:54:51.760><c> that</c><00:54:52.019><c> the</c><00:54:52.320><c> value</c><00:54:52.619><c> that</c><00:54:52.800><c> can</c><00:54:53.000><c> go</c><00:54:53.300><c> from</c><00:54:53.579><c> that</c>

00:54:54.059 --> 00:54:55.679
for<00:54:54.400><c> the</c><00:54:54.699><c> good</c><00:54:54.780><c> of</c><00:54:55.019><c> somebody</c><00:54:55.280><c> else,</c>

00:54:56.099 --> 00:54:57.380
is<00:54:56.280><c> even</c><00:54:56.539><c> beside</c><00:54:56.960><c> the</c><00:54:57.179><c> point.</c>

00:54:57.760 --> 00:55:00.400
The<00:54:58.019><c> personal</c><00:54:58.539><c> blessing</c><00:54:59.000><c> and</c><00:54:59.420><c> that</c><00:54:59.800><c> first</c><00:55:00.139><c> step</c>

00:55:00.400 --> 00:55:03.440
towards<00:55:00.780><c> total</c><00:55:01.300><c> dedication</c><00:55:01.980><c> is</c><00:55:03.000><c> bound</c><00:55:03.260><c> up.</c>

00:55:03.460 --> 00:55:09.260
In<00:55:03.639><c> the</c><00:55:04.019><c> joy,</c><00:55:04.920><c> the</c><00:55:05.099><c> hilarious,</c><00:55:06.360><c> the</c><00:55:07.900><c> deep</c><00:55:08.400><c> rejoicing,</c>

00:55:09.579 --> 00:55:13.460
because<00:55:09.980><c> we</c><00:55:10.320><c> know</c><00:55:11.059><c> that</c><00:55:11.400><c> God</c><00:55:11.780><c> will</c><00:55:12.179><c> never</c><00:55:12.380><c> leave</c><00:55:12.599><c> us.</c>

00:55:15.219 --> 00:55:17.480
And<00:55:15.619><c> so,</c><00:55:16.280><c> what</c><00:55:16.440><c> a</c><00:55:16.719><c> contrast</c><00:55:17.000><c> we</c><00:55:17.179><c> live</c><00:55:17.340><c> in,</c>

00:55:17.619 --> 00:55:19.559
brethren<00:55:17.739><c> and</c><00:55:17.980><c> sisters,</c><00:55:18.159><c> as</c><00:55:18.320><c> we</c><00:55:18.500><c> leave</c><00:55:18.639><c> here.</c>

00:55:20.219 --> 00:55:23.380
The<00:55:20.400><c> world</c><00:55:20.639><c> around</c><00:55:20.960><c> us</c><00:55:21.360><c> is</c><00:55:21.780><c> singing</c><00:55:22.139><c> its</c><00:55:22.500><c> song</c><00:55:22.739><c> constantly.</c>

00:55:23.539 --> 00:55:25.199
You<00:55:23.539><c> know,</c><00:55:23.820><c> money,</c><00:55:24.159><c> money,</c><00:55:24.440><c> that's</c><00:55:24.719><c> what</c><00:55:24.880><c> I</c><00:55:25.059><c> want.</c>

00:55:25.239 --> 00:55:28.119
I<00:55:25.320><c> think</c><00:55:25.460><c> that</c><00:55:25.599><c> was</c><00:55:25.900><c> the</c><00:55:26.000><c> song</c><00:55:26.139><c> that</c><00:55:26.300><c> I</c><00:55:26.440><c> grew</c><00:55:26.579><c> up</c><00:55:26.679><c> with</c><00:55:26.800><c> in</c><00:55:26.920><c> my</c><00:55:27.119><c> generation.</c>

00:55:28.699 --> 00:55:30.380
We<00:55:28.920><c> are</c><00:55:29.239><c> constantly</c><00:55:29.760><c> conditioned.</c>

00:55:30.420 --> 00:55:32.039
And<00:55:30.579><c> it's</c><00:55:30.699><c> not</c><00:55:30.880><c> that</c><00:55:31.019><c> we</c><00:55:31.099><c> shouldn't</c><00:55:31.280><c> be</c><00:55:31.460><c> good</c><00:55:31.719><c> stewards</c>

00:55:32.039 --> 00:55:33.340
of<00:55:32.159><c> what</c><00:55:32.360><c> God</c><00:55:32.559><c> has</c><00:55:32.780><c> given</c><00:55:32.920><c> us.</c>

00:55:33.820 --> 00:55:36.420
It's<00:55:34.139><c> a</c><00:55:34.239><c> matter</c><00:55:34.440><c> of</c><00:55:34.820><c> priority</c><00:55:35.139><c> and</c><00:55:35.340><c> of</c><00:55:35.559><c> balance.</c>

00:55:39.099 --> 00:55:41.579
Maybe<00:55:39.500><c> Christ's</c><00:55:39.900><c> words</c><00:55:40.079><c> would</c><00:55:40.519><c> be</c><00:55:40.840><c> wise</c><00:55:41.059><c> here.</c>

00:55:41.579 --> 00:55:44.659
Therefore,<00:55:42.280><c> I</c><00:55:42.420><c> tell</c><00:55:42.659><c> you,</c><00:55:43.099><c> as</c><00:55:43.199><c> He</c><00:55:43.380><c> says</c><00:55:43.519><c> in</c><00:55:43.739><c> Luke,</c>

00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:47.699
not<00:55:45.059><c> to</c><00:55:45.380><c> worry</c><00:55:45.840><c> about</c><00:55:46.400><c> your</c><00:55:46.679><c> life,</c>

00:55:47.880 --> 00:55:49.440
about<00:55:48.360><c> what</c><00:55:48.739><c> you</c><00:55:48.920><c> will</c><00:55:49.059><c> eat,</c>

00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:52.420
or<00:55:50.000><c> about</c><00:55:50.300><c> your</c><00:55:50.639><c> body,</c><00:55:50.960><c> what</c><00:55:51.159><c> you</c><00:55:51.380><c> will</c><00:55:51.559><c> wear.</c>

00:55:52.780 --> 00:55:54.840
Life<00:55:53.300><c> is</c><00:55:53.820><c> more</c><00:55:54.099><c> than</c><00:55:54.280><c> food,</c>

00:55:55.340 --> 00:55:58.320
and<00:55:55.500><c> the</c><00:55:55.599><c> body</c><00:55:56.340><c> more</c><00:55:57.139><c> than</c><00:55:57.400><c> clothes.</c>

00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:02.920
So,<00:56:00.920><c> as</c><00:56:01.099><c> we</c><00:56:01.300><c> close</c><00:56:01.500><c> our</c><00:56:01.800><c> time,</c>

00:56:03.599 --> 00:56:04.800
I'd<00:56:03.820><c> like</c><00:56:03.820><c> to</c><00:56:03.980><c> thank</c><00:56:04.139><c> you</c><00:56:04.300><c> for</c><00:56:04.460><c> the</c><00:56:04.639><c> time</c>

00:56:04.800 --> 00:56:07.340
we've<00:56:05.079><c> been</c><00:56:05.179><c> able</c><00:56:05.320><c> to</c><00:56:05.480><c> share</c><00:56:05.699><c> together</c><00:56:06.139><c> this</c><00:56:06.380><c> weekend.</c>

00:56:08.039 --> 00:56:10.679
But<00:56:08.260><c> more</c><00:56:08.420><c> than</c><00:56:08.619><c> this,</c><00:56:08.820><c> we'd</c><00:56:09.099><c> like</c><00:56:09.179><c> to</c><00:56:09.400><c> give</c><00:56:09.639><c> thanks</c><00:56:10.119><c> to</c><00:56:10.380><c> God</c>

00:56:10.679 --> 00:56:15.940
as<00:56:10.920><c> the</c><00:56:11.420><c> end</c><00:56:12.199><c> of</c><00:56:12.579><c> chapter</c><00:56:13.219><c> 9</c><00:56:13.719><c> and</c><00:56:13.960><c> verse</c><00:56:14.239><c> 15</c><00:56:14.760><c> says,</c>

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:22.360
but<00:56:16.159><c> thanks</c><00:56:16.820><c> be</c><00:56:17.460><c> to</c><00:56:17.699><c> God</c><00:56:18.139><c> for</c><00:56:19.059><c> His</c><00:56:20.079><c> unspeakable</c><00:56:21.219><c> gift.</c>

00:56:22.659 --> 00:56:24.500
Another<00:56:22.860><c> verse,</c><00:56:23.820><c> another</c><00:56:24.119><c> version,</c>

00:56:24.920 --> 00:56:26.579
thanks<00:56:25.300><c> be</c><00:56:25.599><c> to</c><00:56:25.739><c> God,</c><00:56:26.039><c> brethren</c><00:56:26.219><c> and</c><00:56:26.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:26.719 --> 00:56:31.019
for<00:56:26.960><c> His</c><00:56:27.860><c> indescribable</c><00:56:29.559><c> generosity,</c>

00:56:31.119 --> 00:56:34.360
that<00:56:31.179><c> He</c><00:56:31.400><c> has</c><00:56:31.760><c> given</c><00:56:32.019><c> us</c><00:56:32.340><c> this</c><00:56:32.679><c> treasure</c><00:56:33.099><c> in</c><00:56:33.440><c> earthen</c><00:56:33.900><c> vessels,</c>

00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:37.940
that<00:56:34.880><c> the</c><00:56:35.159><c> glory</c><00:56:35.420><c> may</c><00:56:35.760><c> be</c><00:56:36.420><c> of</c><00:56:36.659><c> God</c><00:56:37.039><c> and</c><00:56:37.199><c> not</c><00:56:37.380><c> of</c><00:56:37.539><c> us.</c>

00:56:37.940 --> 00:56:41.760
And<00:56:38.960><c> so,</c><00:56:39.480><c> as</c><00:56:39.719><c> we</c><00:56:39.880><c> remember</c><00:56:40.199><c> now,</c><00:56:40.599><c> our</c><00:56:40.719><c> Master,</c>

00:56:42.239 --> 00:56:46.039
we<00:56:42.420><c> see</c><00:56:42.820><c> our</c><00:56:43.179><c> God's</c><00:56:43.960><c> indescribable</c><00:56:45.139><c> generosity</c>

00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:52.420
as<00:56:47.179><c> we</c><00:56:47.400><c> remember</c><00:56:47.900><c> that</c><00:56:48.320><c> He</c><00:56:48.480><c> provided</c><00:56:49.079><c> His</c><00:56:49.780><c> Son</c><00:56:50.380><c> for</c><00:56:51.280><c> our</c><00:56:51.599><c> life.</c>

00:56:52.880 --> 00:56:57.099
For<00:56:52.980><c> though</c><00:56:53.219><c> He</c><00:56:53.360><c> was</c><00:56:53.739><c> rich,</c><00:56:54.719><c> He</c><00:56:54.960><c> became</c><00:56:55.400><c> poor</c><00:56:55.760><c> for</c><00:56:55.980><c> us.</c>

00:56:57.440 --> 00:56:59.619
May<00:56:57.679><c> our</c><00:56:58.039><c> lives</c><00:56:58.380><c> reflect</c><00:56:58.960><c> in</c><00:56:59.219><c> measure</c>

00:56:59.619 --> 00:57:03.440
that<00:57:00.480><c> same</c><00:57:01.440><c> spirit</c><00:57:02.079><c> of</c><00:57:02.340><c> dedication,</c>

00:57:03.460 --> 00:57:05.000
that<00:57:03.739><c> same</c><00:57:04.380><c> grace,</c>

00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:08.079
that<00:57:06.119><c> same</c><00:57:06.579><c> generosity</c><00:57:07.500><c> and</c><00:57:07.800><c> courage</c>

00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:11.360
to<00:57:08.340><c> put</c><00:57:08.659><c> Him</c><00:57:09.219><c> first</c><00:57:09.659><c> in</c><00:57:09.940><c> all</c><00:57:10.280><c> things,</c>

00:57:12.400 --> 00:57:15.320
that<00:57:12.539><c> we</c><00:57:12.719><c> may</c><00:57:12.980><c> reap</c><00:57:13.219><c> the</c><00:57:14.019><c> cheerful</c><00:57:14.539><c> blessings</c>

00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:18.019
of<00:57:15.719><c> His</c><00:57:16.059><c> abundant</c><00:57:16.579><c> storehouse,</c>

00:57:18.820 --> 00:57:21.920
for<00:57:18.980><c> the</c><00:57:19.159><c> Lord</c><00:57:19.380><c> loves</c><00:57:19.940><c> a</c><00:57:20.579><c> cheerful</c><00:57:20.900><c> giver.</c>

00:57:23.380 --> 00:57:25.119
Thank<00:57:24.139><c> you.</c>

00:57:26.059 --> 00:57:27.380
We<00:57:26.460><c> thank</c><00:57:26.699><c> you,</c><00:57:26.960><c> Brother</c><00:57:27.119><c> Barrett,</c>

00:57:27.500 --> 00:57:31.119
for<00:57:27.599><c> your</c><00:57:28.159><c> comforting</c><00:57:28.559><c> and</c><00:57:29.239><c> instructive</c><00:57:30.199><c> words.</c>

00:57:32.460 --> 00:57:34.460
Let<00:57:33.139><c> us</c><00:57:33.360><c> join</c><00:57:33.699><c> together</c><00:57:34.099><c> now</c>

00:57:34.460 --> 00:57:37.400
in<00:57:34.639><c> the</c><00:57:34.760><c> singing</c><00:57:34.980><c> of</c><00:57:35.239><c> hymn</c><00:57:35.400><c> number</c><00:57:35.960><c> 180.</c>

00:57:40.719 --> 00:57:42.599
O<00:57:40.760><c> God</c><00:57:41.179><c> unseen,</c><00:57:41.920><c> yet</c><00:57:42.059><c> ever</c><00:57:42.320><c> near,</c>

00:57:43.000 --> 00:57:45.579
we<00:57:43.260><c> come</c><00:57:43.460><c> to</c><00:57:43.780><c> seek</c><00:57:44.000><c> Thy</c><00:57:44.340><c> face,</c>

00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:47.840
our<00:57:45.679><c> hearts</c><00:57:45.980><c> made</c><00:57:46.320><c> wiser</c><00:57:46.739><c> by</c><00:57:47.039><c> Thy</c><00:57:47.380><c> fear</c>

00:57:47.840 --> 00:57:51.780
and<00:57:48.360><c> humbler</c><00:57:48.760><c> by</c><00:57:49.099><c> Thy</c><00:57:49.380><c> grace,</c><00:57:50.079><c> in</c><00:57:50.320><c> 180.</c>

00:58:09.179 --> 00:58:16.960
O<00:58:10.579><c> God</c><00:58:11.739><c> unseen,</c><00:58:14.019><c> yet</c><00:58:14.280><c> ever</c><00:58:15.840><c> near,</c>

00:58:17.079 --> 00:58:23.420
we<00:58:17.940><c> come</c><00:58:18.579><c> to</c><00:58:19.519><c> seek</c><00:58:20.360><c> Thy</c><00:58:21.219><c> face,</c>

00:58:24.239 --> 00:58:30.519
our<00:58:24.639><c> hearts</c><00:58:25.420><c> made</c><00:58:26.360><c> wiser</c><00:58:27.880><c> by</c><00:58:28.940><c> Thy</c><00:58:29.940><c> fear</c>

00:58:30.519 --> 00:58:30.599
and<00:58:30.599><c> humbler</c><00:58:30.599><c> by</c><00:58:30.599><c> Thy</c><00:58:30.599><c> grace,</c><00:58:30.599><c> in</c><00:58:30.599><c> 180.</c>

00:58:30.619 --> 00:58:39.260
and<00:58:31.880><c> humbler</c><00:58:33.539><c> by</c><00:58:34.599><c> Thy</c><00:58:35.400><c> grace,</c><00:58:38.980><c> in</c><00:58:39.260><c> 180.</c>

00:58:39.260 --> 00:58:45.460
Here<00:58:39.260><c> may</c><00:58:40.260><c> Thy</c><00:58:41.019><c> faithful</c><00:58:42.579><c> people</c><00:58:44.360><c> know</c>

00:58:45.460 --> 00:58:51.940
the<00:58:46.820><c> blessings</c><00:58:48.239><c> of</c><00:58:49.300><c> Thy</c><00:58:50.320><c> love.</c>

00:58:52.300 --> 00:58:59.440
The<00:58:53.360><c> streams</c><00:58:54.360><c> that</c><00:58:55.179><c> through</c><00:58:55.980><c> the</c><00:58:56.860><c> desert</c><00:58:58.280><c> flow</c>

00:58:59.440 --> 00:59:06.239
a<00:59:00.679><c> manna</c><00:59:02.480><c> from</c><00:59:03.579><c> above.</c>

00:59:07.619 --> 00:59:14.619
We<00:59:08.579><c> come</c><00:59:09.400><c> responsive</c><00:59:11.400><c> to</c><00:59:12.940><c> Thy</c><00:59:13.860><c> word</c>

00:59:14.619 --> 00:59:20.940
to<00:59:15.900><c> peace</c><00:59:16.860><c> on</c><00:59:17.639><c> heavenly</c><00:59:19.039><c> crew.</c>

00:59:21.440 --> 00:59:28.860
Our<00:59:22.539><c> deep</c><00:59:23.360><c> love,</c><00:59:24.239><c> all</c><00:59:25.260><c> ye</c><00:59:26.099><c> of</c><00:59:26.860><c> the</c><00:59:27.659><c> Lord,</c>

00:59:29.179 --> 00:59:35.239
our<00:59:29.659><c> drink</c><00:59:30.400><c> is</c><00:59:31.400><c> precious</c><00:59:33.079><c> blood.</c>

00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:43.559
So<00:59:37.460><c> may</c><00:59:38.219><c> we</c><00:59:39.320><c> at</c><00:59:40.199><c> best</c><00:59:40.880><c> rest</c><00:59:41.719><c> with</c><00:59:42.860><c> Thee,</c>

00:59:43.559 --> 00:59:50.239
peace<00:59:44.739><c> will</c><00:59:45.480><c> for</c><00:59:46.300><c> sure</c><00:59:47.519><c> be</c><00:59:48.599><c> mine,</c>

00:59:51.139 --> 00:59:57.719
and<00:59:51.639><c> steeply</c><00:59:53.599><c> on</c><00:59:54.280><c> yes,</c><00:59:55.360><c> heavenly,</c>

00:59:58.360 --> 01:00:04.519
Thy<00:59:58.900><c> kingdom's</c><01:00:01.260><c> glory</c><01:00:02.539><c> shine.</c>

01:00:15.539 --> 01:00:19.579
It's<01:00:16.219><c> the</c><01:00:16.460><c> time</c><01:00:17.059><c> when</c><01:00:17.539><c> we</c><01:00:18.360><c> may</c><01:00:18.619><c> hear</c><01:00:18.960><c> those</c><01:00:19.300><c> things</c>

01:00:19.579 --> 01:00:22.559
concerning<01:00:20.019><c> the</c><01:00:20.280><c> welfare</c><01:00:20.820><c> of</c><01:00:21.420><c> our</c><01:00:21.599><c> members.</c>

01:00:25.719 --> 01:00:30.280
We<01:00:26.400><c> have</c><01:00:27.079><c> several</c><01:00:27.679><c> of</c><01:00:27.900><c> our</c><01:00:28.059><c> members</c><01:00:28.360><c> in</c><01:00:28.599><c> a</c><01:00:28.719><c> nursing</c><01:00:29.019><c> home</c>

01:00:30.559 --> 01:00:33.059
and<01:00:30.940><c> have</c><01:00:31.559><c> been</c><01:00:31.699><c> there</c><01:00:31.920><c> for</c><01:00:32.179><c> quite</c><01:00:32.380><c> some</c><01:00:32.719><c> time</c>

01:00:33.059 --> 01:00:37.179
and<01:00:33.199><c> we</c><01:00:33.420><c> know</c><01:00:33.840><c> they</c><01:00:34.440><c> missed</c><01:00:35.059><c> the</c><01:00:35.659><c> meeting</c><01:00:35.940><c> here</c><01:00:36.300><c> with</c><01:00:36.539><c> us</c>

01:00:37.179 --> 01:00:43.760
and<01:00:38.079><c> we</c><01:00:38.300><c> pray</c><01:00:38.719><c> that</c><01:00:39.300><c> God</c><01:00:39.780><c> will</c><01:00:41.000><c> comfort</c><01:00:41.639><c> them.</c>

01:00:44.579 --> 01:00:47.559
Most<01:00:44.860><c> of</c><01:00:45.199><c> us</c><01:00:45.559><c> are</c><01:00:45.780><c> blessed</c><01:00:46.099><c> with</c><01:00:46.380><c> good</c><01:00:46.639><c> health,</c>

01:00:49.159 --> 01:00:53.480
but<01:00:49.860><c> being</c><01:00:50.559><c> of</c><01:00:50.880><c> a</c><01:00:50.900><c> frail</c><01:00:51.099><c> nature,</c><01:00:52.239><c> we</c><01:00:52.340><c> need</c><01:00:52.639><c> God's</c><01:00:53.139><c> comfort.</c>

01:00:53.659 --> 01:00:57.599
So<01:00:53.739><c> let</c><01:00:54.179><c> us</c><01:00:54.639><c> ask</c><01:00:54.960><c> God's</c><01:00:56.219><c> blessing</c><01:00:56.579><c> and</c><01:00:56.900><c> help</c>

01:00:57.599 --> 01:01:01.619
on<01:00:58.559><c> these</c><01:00:58.780><c> our</c><01:00:58.960><c> members</c><01:00:59.280><c> who</c><01:00:59.500><c> are</c><01:00:59.579><c> not</c><01:00:59.719><c> with</c><01:00:59.940><c> us.</c>

01:01:05.179 --> 01:01:09.139
Brother<01:01:05.860><c> Ruben</c><01:01:06.099><c> Washington</c><01:01:06.639><c> will</c><01:01:06.940><c> give</c><01:01:07.179><c> the</c><01:01:07.960><c> prayer.</c>

01:01:10.360 --> 01:01:15.239
Dear<01:01:10.420><c> Heavenly</c><01:01:10.760><c> Father,</c><01:01:13.159><c> dear</c><01:01:13.440><c> loving</c><01:01:13.780><c> Father,</c>

01:01:16.559 --> 01:01:19.800
Thou<01:01:17.000><c> who</c><01:01:17.280><c> healest</c><01:01:18.159><c> all</c><01:01:18.659><c> diseases</c>

01:01:20.400 --> 01:01:23.019
and<01:01:21.079><c> forgive</c><01:01:21.340><c> us</c><01:01:21.559><c> our</c><01:01:21.800><c> iniquities,</c>

01:01:23.539 --> 01:01:25.059
we<01:01:23.699><c> bow</c><01:01:23.880><c> our</c><01:01:24.000><c> heads</c><01:01:24.179><c> before</c><01:01:24.500><c> You</c><01:01:24.699><c> now</c>

01:01:25.059 --> 01:01:28.559
and<01:01:25.199><c> ask</c><01:01:25.579><c> that</c><01:01:25.780><c> Thou</c><01:01:25.940><c> wilt</c><01:01:26.840><c> bless</c><01:01:27.219><c> those</c><01:01:27.619><c> who</c><01:01:27.840><c> are</c><01:01:28.019><c> not</c><01:01:28.199><c> able</c>

01:01:28.559 --> 01:01:31.400
to<01:01:28.800><c> be</c><01:01:28.860><c> with</c><01:01:29.079><c> us</c><01:01:29.480><c> this</c><01:01:29.760><c> day,</c>

01:01:32.079 --> 01:01:35.920
and<01:01:32.199><c> Thou</c><01:01:32.300><c> wilt</c><01:01:33.199><c> suit</c><01:01:33.539><c> a</c><01:01:33.639><c> blessing</c><01:01:33.960><c> to</c><01:01:34.239><c> their</c><01:01:34.460><c> needs,</c>

01:01:36.099 --> 01:01:39.420
and<01:01:36.199><c> Thou</c><01:01:36.300><c> wilt</c><01:01:36.539><c> strengthen</c><01:01:36.860><c> them,</c><01:01:37.139><c> Father,</c><01:01:38.920><c> physically,</c>

01:01:39.980 --> 01:01:44.619
and<01:01:40.099><c> Thou</c><01:01:40.280><c> wilt</c><01:01:41.280><c> strengthen</c><01:01:41.619><c> them</c><01:01:43.199><c> spiritually.</c>

01:01:46.400 --> 01:01:49.900
As<01:01:46.960><c> we</c><01:01:47.179><c> concern</c><01:01:47.539><c> ourselves</c><01:01:48.059><c> about</c><01:01:48.320><c> them</c>

01:01:50.239 --> 01:01:53.880
and<01:01:50.800><c> those,</c><01:01:51.320><c> Heavenly</c><01:01:51.500><c> Father,</c><01:01:51.840><c> who</c><01:01:52.000><c> we</c><01:01:52.219><c> are</c><01:01:52.380><c> unable</c><01:01:52.659><c> to</c><01:01:52.940><c> reach,</c>

01:01:54.559 --> 01:01:56.940
we<01:01:54.719><c> seek</c><01:01:54.920><c> Thy</c><01:01:55.099><c> blessings</c><01:01:55.480><c> upon</c><01:01:55.760><c> them.</c>

01:01:57.719 --> 01:02:00.360
Bless<01:01:58.280><c> them,</c><01:01:58.579><c> dear</c><01:01:58.659><c> Lord,</c><01:01:58.880><c> in</c><01:01:59.519><c> their</c><01:01:59.840><c> capacity</c>

01:02:00.360 --> 01:02:05.079
to<01:02:00.659><c> be</c><01:02:00.840><c> able</c><01:02:01.099><c> to</c><01:02:01.639><c> continually</c><01:02:02.019><c> remember</c><01:02:02.960><c> the</c><01:02:03.340><c> Lord</c><01:02:03.519><c> Jesus</c><01:02:03.860><c> Christ</c>

01:02:06.239 --> 01:02:09.920
and<01:02:06.800><c> feed</c><01:02:07.079><c> them</c><01:02:07.260><c> on</c><01:02:07.460><c> that</c><01:02:07.679><c> word</c><01:02:07.820><c> of</c><01:02:08.079><c> life,</c><01:02:08.360><c> dear</c><01:02:08.500><c> Lord,</c>

01:02:10.460 --> 01:02:13.219
knowing<01:02:10.719><c> that</c><01:02:11.260><c> those</c><01:02:12.079><c> of</c><01:02:12.440><c> like</c><01:02:12.599><c> precious</c><01:02:12.880><c> faith</c>

01:02:13.219 --> 01:02:16.079
are<01:02:13.679><c> still</c><01:02:14.440><c> praying</c><01:02:14.800><c> for</c><01:02:15.079><c> them.</c>

01:02:16.219 --> 01:02:19.079
And<01:02:16.500><c> we</c><01:02:16.679><c> offer</c><01:02:16.920><c> our</c><01:02:17.199><c> prayer</c><01:02:17.420><c> unto</c><01:02:17.659><c> Thee,</c><01:02:18.400><c> dear</c><01:02:18.619><c> Lord,</c>

01:02:19.559 --> 01:02:20.980
on<01:02:19.699><c> their</c><01:02:19.940><c> behalf.</c>

01:02:21.539 --> 01:02:23.699
Keep<01:02:21.679><c> them</c><01:02:21.940><c> in</c><01:02:22.079><c> Thy</c><01:02:22.260><c> care,</c><01:02:22.539><c> dear</c><01:02:22.760><c> Lord.</c>

01:02:23.840 --> 01:02:26.960
Put<01:02:24.400><c> Thy</c><01:02:24.679><c> loving</c><01:02:24.940><c> arms</c><01:02:25.420><c> around</c><01:02:25.840><c> them</c>

01:02:26.960 --> 01:02:29.219
and<01:02:27.579><c> bless</c><01:02:27.840><c> them,</c><01:02:28.159><c> dear</c><01:02:28.159><c> Heavenly</c><01:02:28.440><c> Father.</c>

01:02:29.519 --> 01:02:32.099
We<01:02:29.659><c> pray,</c><01:02:29.980><c> through</c><01:02:30.099><c> the</c><01:02:30.320><c> saving</c><01:02:30.539><c> name</c><01:02:30.739><c> of</c><01:02:30.880><c> the</c><01:02:30.960><c> Lord</c><01:02:31.139><c> Jesus</c><01:02:31.500><c> Christ.</c>

01:02:32.480 --> 01:02:33.519
Amen.

01:02:56.920 --> 01:03:00.019
As<01:02:57.619><c> our</c><01:02:57.800><c> brother</c><01:02:58.260><c> brought</c><01:02:58.599><c> us</c><01:02:58.820><c> his</c><01:02:59.019><c> closing</c><01:02:59.380><c> remarks,</c>

01:03:00.480 --> 01:03:02.380
the<01:03:00.639><c> thought</c><01:03:00.800><c> came</c><01:03:01.079><c> to</c><01:03:01.179><c> my</c><01:03:01.420><c> mind,</c>

01:03:02.719 --> 01:03:06.320
which<01:03:03.000><c> follows</c><01:03:03.380><c> closely</c><01:03:03.980><c> with</c><01:03:04.639><c> what</c><01:03:04.800><c> he</c><01:03:04.940><c> had</c><01:03:05.119><c> to</c><01:03:05.360><c> say.</c>

01:03:07.619 --> 01:03:11.199
You<01:03:07.900><c> remember</c><01:03:08.340><c> Elijah</c><01:03:08.900><c> when</c><01:03:09.380><c> he</c><01:03:09.579><c> fled</c><01:03:09.719><c> to</c><01:03:09.960><c> Zarephath</c>

01:03:11.820 --> 01:03:14.760
and<01:03:12.519><c> he</c><01:03:13.059><c> came</c><01:03:13.320><c> to</c><01:03:13.539><c> the</c><01:03:13.679><c> widow,</c>

01:03:17.199 --> 01:03:19.639
who<01:03:17.900><c> was</c><01:03:18.599><c> penniless</c>

01:03:19.639 --> 01:03:24.579
and<01:03:20.860><c> about</c><01:03:21.199><c> to</c><01:03:21.420><c> use</c><01:03:21.639><c> up</c><01:03:21.920><c> her</c><01:03:22.099><c> last</c><01:03:22.559><c> little</c><01:03:22.840><c> bit</c><01:03:23.039><c> of</c><01:03:23.159><c> meal.</c>

01:03:28.139 --> 01:03:31.300
And<01:03:28.320><c> Elijah</c><01:03:28.719><c> said</c><01:03:30.079><c> to</c><01:03:30.219><c> her,</c>

01:03:31.519 --> 01:03:34.260
but<01:03:31.559><c> first</c><01:03:32.119><c> make</c><01:03:32.619><c> me</c><01:03:33.000><c> a</c><01:03:33.139><c> little</c><01:03:33.320><c> cake.</c>

01:03:36.179 --> 01:03:39.119
And<01:03:36.400><c> we</c><01:03:36.500><c> get</c><01:03:36.739><c> the</c><01:03:37.599><c> concept</c><01:03:38.179><c> there</c>

01:03:39.119 --> 01:03:41.460
that<01:03:39.659><c> this</c><01:03:39.920><c> widow</c><01:03:40.219><c> understood</c>

01:03:41.840 --> 01:03:45.900
that<01:03:42.519><c> here</c><01:03:43.199><c> she</c><01:03:43.980><c> had</c><01:03:44.179><c> a</c><01:03:44.320><c> man</c><01:03:44.460><c> who</c><01:03:44.639><c> was</c><01:03:44.840><c> a</c><01:03:45.000><c> prophet.</c>

01:03:48.360 --> 01:03:51.880
And<01:03:49.039><c> she</c><01:03:49.340><c> would</c><01:03:49.579><c> show</c><01:03:49.880><c> her</c><01:03:50.199><c> belief</c><01:03:50.559><c> in</c><01:03:50.800><c> him</c><01:03:51.019><c> as</c><01:03:51.280><c> a</c><01:03:51.500><c> prophet</c>

01:03:51.880 --> 01:03:56.059
by<01:03:52.860><c> doing</c><01:03:53.219><c> what</c><01:03:53.460><c> he</c><01:03:53.800><c> asked</c><01:03:54.380><c> first.</c>

01:03:57.559 --> 01:04:00.940
So<01:03:57.980><c> we</c><01:03:58.840><c> gather</c><01:03:59.019><c> together</c><01:03:59.480><c> here</c>

01:04:00.940 --> 01:04:04.139
the<01:04:02.280><c> first</c><01:04:02.519><c> day</c><01:04:02.739><c> of</c><01:04:02.920><c> the</c><01:04:03.039><c> week</c>

01:04:04.320 --> 01:04:07.760
to<01:04:05.000><c> give</c><01:04:05.219><c> our</c><01:04:05.579><c> first</c><01:04:05.940><c> allegiance</c><01:04:06.460><c> to</c><01:04:06.760><c> our</c><01:04:06.960><c> Lord.</c>

01:04:08.219 --> 01:04:12.599
We<01:04:08.480><c> come</c><01:04:08.619><c> to</c><01:04:08.900><c> remember</c><01:04:09.239><c> him</c><01:04:10.019><c> in</c><01:04:10.440><c> the</c><01:04:10.559><c> emblem</c><01:04:10.960><c> set</c><01:04:11.239><c> before</c><01:04:11.659><c> us,</c>

01:04:12.599 --> 01:04:15.980
how<01:04:13.079><c> he</c><01:04:13.199><c> gave</c><01:04:13.539><c> his</c><01:04:13.800><c> life</c><01:04:14.239><c> on</c><01:04:14.480><c> our</c><01:04:14.739><c> behalf,</c>

01:04:17.579 --> 01:04:20.019
and<01:04:17.599><c> how</c><01:04:17.960><c> Paul</c><01:04:18.300><c> instructs</c><01:04:19.019><c> us</c>

01:04:20.019 --> 01:04:25.019
to<01:04:20.659><c> remember</c><01:04:21.860><c> our</c><01:04:22.900><c> Master</c><01:04:23.380><c> in</c><01:04:23.699><c> this</c><01:04:23.920><c> manner,</c>

01:04:25.559 --> 01:04:27.760
and<01:04:25.699><c> has</c><01:04:26.019><c> written</c><01:04:26.280><c> these</c><01:04:26.699><c> instructions</c><01:04:27.199><c> to</c><01:04:27.480><c> us</c>

01:04:28.260 --> 01:04:30.699
in<01:04:28.519><c> the</c><01:04:28.699><c> first</c><01:04:29.059><c> book</c><01:04:29.400><c> of</c><01:04:29.599><c> Corinthians.</c>

01:04:32.039 --> 01:04:33.619
I<01:04:32.280><c> have</c><01:04:32.559><c> received</c><01:04:33.019><c> of</c><01:04:33.219><c> the</c><01:04:33.340><c> Lord</c>

01:04:33.619 --> 01:04:36.019
that<01:04:33.840><c> which</c><01:04:34.099><c> also</c><01:04:34.480><c> I</c><01:04:34.739><c> delivered</c><01:04:34.960><c> unto</c><01:04:35.239><c> you,</c>

01:04:36.199 --> 01:04:37.920
that<01:04:36.360><c> the</c><01:04:36.500><c> Lord</c><01:04:36.760><c> Jesus,</c><01:04:37.340><c> the</c><01:04:37.420><c> same</c><01:04:37.679><c> night</c>

01:04:37.920 --> 01:04:39.699
in<01:04:38.099><c> which</c><01:04:38.219><c> he</c><01:04:38.320><c> was</c><01:04:38.559><c> betrayed,</c><01:04:39.059><c> took</c><01:04:39.300><c> bread.</c>

01:04:39.699 --> 01:04:42.940
When<01:04:40.820><c> he</c><01:04:40.960><c> had</c><01:04:41.139><c> given</c><01:04:41.320><c> thanks,</c><01:04:41.739><c> he</c><01:04:41.900><c> break</c><01:04:42.179><c> it</c><01:04:42.460><c> and</c><01:04:42.579><c> said,</c>

01:04:43.300 --> 01:04:47.820
take,<01:04:44.500><c> eat,</c><01:04:45.179><c> this</c><01:04:45.460><c> is</c><01:04:45.699><c> my</c><01:04:45.980><c> body</c><01:04:46.300><c> which</c><01:04:46.539><c> is</c><01:04:46.800><c> broken</c><01:04:47.019><c> for</c><01:04:47.280><c> you,</c>

01:04:48.260 --> 01:04:51.360
this<01:04:48.679><c> do</c><01:04:48.980><c> in</c><01:04:49.760><c> remembrance</c><01:04:50.199><c> of</c><01:04:50.480><c> me.</c>

01:04:52.500 --> 01:04:55.599
Let<01:04:52.739><c> us</c><01:04:52.940><c> rise</c><01:04:53.300><c> and</c><01:04:53.980><c> ask</c><01:04:54.280><c> God's</c><01:04:54.719><c> blessing</c><01:04:54.900><c> upon</c><01:04:55.260><c> the</c><01:04:55.460><c> bread</c>

01:04:55.599 --> 01:04:57.480
with<01:04:55.800><c> our</c><01:04:55.960><c> brother</c><01:04:56.159><c> David</c><01:04:56.480><c> Jorgensen.</c>

01:05:05.980 --> 01:05:07.900
Dear<01:05:06.579><c> and</c><01:05:06.880><c> merciful</c><01:05:07.320><c> God,</c>

01:05:07.900 --> 01:05:11.940
humbly<01:05:09.099><c> we</c><01:05:09.599><c> come</c><01:05:09.820><c> before</c><01:05:10.360><c> thy</c><01:05:10.980><c> throne</c><01:05:11.360><c> of</c><01:05:11.639><c> grace</c>

01:05:11.940 --> 01:05:14.099
this<01:05:12.699><c> first</c><01:05:13.179><c> day</c><01:05:13.400><c> of</c><01:05:13.559><c> the</c><01:05:13.699><c> week,</c>

01:05:14.539 --> 01:05:19.099
realizing<01:05:15.260><c> that</c><01:05:16.079><c> thou</c><01:05:16.380><c> hast</c><01:05:16.900><c> given</c><01:05:17.360><c> freely</c><01:05:17.920><c> to</c><01:05:18.380><c> us</c>

01:05:19.099 --> 01:05:20.920
in<01:05:19.480><c> great</c><01:05:19.659><c> abundance,</c>

01:05:21.039 --> 01:05:23.320
by<01:05:21.280><c> revealing</c><01:05:21.699><c> thyself</c><01:05:22.219><c> to</c><01:05:22.500><c> us</c>

01:05:23.320 --> 01:05:26.079
and<01:05:23.800><c> by</c><01:05:24.079><c> sending</c><01:05:24.460><c> thy</c><01:05:24.960><c> son</c><01:05:25.260><c> Jesus</c>

01:05:26.079 --> 01:05:30.000
and<01:05:26.699><c> him</c><01:05:26.980><c> giving</c><01:05:27.239><c> himself</c><01:05:27.960><c> in</c><01:05:28.679><c> our</c><01:05:28.900><c> behalf.</c>

01:05:30.139 --> 01:05:32.420
As<01:05:30.440><c> we</c><01:05:30.639><c> have</c><01:05:31.079><c> been</c><01:05:31.440><c> exhorted</c><01:05:31.780><c> this</c><01:05:32.139><c> morning,</c>

01:05:32.559 --> 01:05:37.000
we<01:05:32.739><c> pray</c><01:05:32.960><c> that</c><01:05:33.699><c> it</c><01:05:33.920><c> is</c><01:05:34.079><c> with</c><01:05:34.559><c> that</c><01:05:35.980><c> effort</c><01:05:36.320><c> of</c><01:05:36.599><c> giving</c>

01:05:37.000 --> 01:05:38.679
and<01:05:37.480><c> that</c><01:05:37.719><c> feeling</c><01:05:38.019><c> of</c><01:05:38.360><c> giving</c>

01:05:38.679 --> 01:05:40.360
and<01:05:39.159><c> that</c><01:05:39.400><c> wanting</c><01:05:39.679><c> of</c><01:05:39.980><c> giving</c>

01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:43.619
that<01:05:41.000><c> we</c><01:05:41.760><c> approach</c><01:05:42.340><c> unto</c><01:05:42.639><c> thee,</c>

01:05:44.000 --> 01:05:46.860
praying<01:05:44.079><c> for</c><01:05:44.380><c> thy</c><01:05:44.579><c> forgiveness</c><01:05:45.119><c> of</c><01:05:45.420><c> our</c><01:05:45.679><c> sinfulness</c>

01:05:46.780 --> 01:05:48.559
and<01:05:47.099><c> our</c><01:05:47.360><c> shortcomings,</c>

01:05:48.719 --> 01:05:51.099
and<01:05:48.900><c> each</c><01:05:49.139><c> one</c><01:05:49.340><c> of</c><01:05:49.480><c> us</c><01:05:49.760><c> examining</c><01:05:50.280><c> ourselves</c>

01:05:51.099 --> 01:05:54.579
as<01:05:51.360><c> we</c><01:05:51.599><c> see</c><01:05:51.800><c> this</c><01:05:52.599><c> bread</c><01:05:52.960><c> of</c><01:05:53.179><c> life</c><01:05:53.500><c> before</c><01:05:53.960><c> us,</c>

01:05:54.800 --> 01:05:57.360
symbolic<01:05:55.440><c> of</c><01:05:56.199><c> thy</c><01:05:56.460><c> son's</c><01:05:56.940><c> body</c>

01:05:57.360 --> 01:05:59.460
which<01:05:57.940><c> was</c><01:05:58.219><c> broken</c><01:05:58.539><c> for</c><01:05:58.840><c> us</c>

01:05:59.460 --> 01:06:02.199
for<01:05:59.900><c> the</c><01:06:00.079><c> remission</c><01:06:00.519><c> of</c><01:06:00.780><c> our</c><01:06:01.039><c> sins,</c>

01:06:02.239 --> 01:06:03.679
that<01:06:02.519><c> we</c><01:06:02.699><c> might</c><01:06:02.960><c> be</c><01:06:03.300><c> renewed</c>

01:06:03.679 --> 01:06:06.920
and<01:06:03.900><c> that</c><01:06:03.900><c> we</c><01:06:04.079><c> might</c><01:06:04.340><c> have</c><01:06:04.599><c> a</c><01:06:04.739><c> way</c><01:06:05.079><c> to</c><01:06:05.639><c> come</c><01:06:05.860><c> unto</c><01:06:06.159><c> thee</c>

01:06:06.920 --> 01:06:09.460
and<01:06:07.239><c> have</c><01:06:07.460><c> a</c><01:06:07.739><c> place</c><01:06:08.059><c> in</c><01:06:08.320><c> thy</c><01:06:08.500><c> kingdom.</c>

01:06:09.840 --> 01:06:11.800
We<01:06:10.000><c> pray</c><01:06:10.260><c> for</c><01:06:10.440><c> thy</c><01:06:10.559><c> blessing</c><01:06:10.980><c> upon</c><01:06:11.320><c> this</c><01:06:11.619><c> bread</c>

01:06:11.800 --> 01:06:13.760
and<01:06:11.960><c> we</c><01:06:12.119><c> give</c><01:06:12.280><c> thee</c><01:06:12.480><c> thanks</c><01:06:12.860><c> for</c><01:06:13.199><c> it</c>

01:06:13.760 --> 01:06:16.559
in<01:06:13.960><c> the</c><01:06:14.079><c> name</c><01:06:14.260><c> of</c><01:06:14.500><c> our</c><01:06:14.659><c> high</c><01:06:14.960><c> priest</c><01:06:15.400><c> and</c><01:06:15.599><c> our</c><01:06:15.780><c> mediator,</c>

01:06:16.800 --> 01:06:20.440
our<01:06:16.960><c> Lord</c><01:06:17.239><c> and</c><01:06:17.500><c> Savior,</c><01:06:18.219><c> Jesus</c><01:06:18.559><c> Christ.</c><01:06:19.440><c> Amen.</c>

01:06:25.260 --> 01:06:26.360
It<01:06:25.340><c> is</c><01:06:25.599><c> also</c><01:06:25.980><c> written,</c>

01:06:26.619 --> 01:06:29.179
after<01:06:26.900><c> the</c><01:06:27.199><c> same</c><01:06:27.440><c> manner</c><01:06:27.739><c> also</c><01:06:28.239><c> he</c><01:06:28.360><c> took</c><01:06:28.619><c> the</c><01:06:28.880><c> cup</c>

01:06:29.179 --> 01:06:31.320
when<01:06:29.840><c> he</c><01:06:30.139><c> had</c><01:06:30.360><c> supped,</c>

01:06:31.320 --> 01:06:35.900
saying,<01:06:31.739><c> This</c><01:06:32.019><c> cup</c><01:06:32.440><c> is</c><01:06:33.219><c> the</c><01:06:33.440><c> New</c><01:06:33.699><c> Testament</c><01:06:34.280><c> in</c><01:06:34.559><c> my</c><01:06:34.840><c> blood.</c>

01:06:36.239 --> 01:06:39.840
This<01:06:36.480><c> do</c><01:06:36.760><c> ye</c><01:06:36.960><c> as</c><01:06:37.119><c> oft</c><01:06:37.380><c> as</c><01:06:37.579><c> ye</c><01:06:37.699><c> drink</c><01:06:37.960><c> it</c><01:06:38.179><c> in</c><01:06:38.360><c> remembrance</c><01:06:38.820><c> of</c><01:06:39.079><c> me,</c>

01:06:40.300 --> 01:06:42.880
for<01:06:40.400><c> as</c><01:06:40.559><c> oft</c><01:06:40.739><c> as</c><01:06:40.960><c> ye</c><01:06:41.099><c> eat</c><01:06:41.280><c> this</c><01:06:41.519><c> bread</c><01:06:41.760><c> and</c><01:06:41.900><c> drink</c><01:06:42.159><c> this</c><01:06:42.440><c> cup,</c>

01:06:43.340 --> 01:06:46.679
ye<01:06:43.440><c> do</c><01:06:43.599><c> show</c><01:06:43.900><c> the</c><01:06:44.039><c> Lord's</c><01:06:44.519><c> death</c><01:06:45.000><c> till</c><01:06:45.380><c> he</c><01:06:45.639><c> come.</c>

01:06:47.320 --> 01:06:49.400
We<01:06:47.579><c> will</c><01:06:47.699><c> now</c><01:06:47.880><c> rise</c><01:06:48.119><c> and</c><01:06:48.260><c> give</c><01:06:48.480><c> thanks</c><01:06:48.800><c> for</c><01:06:49.019><c> the</c><01:06:49.199><c> cup</c>

01:06:49.400 --> 01:06:52.119
with<01:06:49.599><c> our</c><01:06:49.800><c> brother</c><01:06:50.000><c> Tom</c><01:06:50.360><c> Wooten.</c>

01:06:57.139 --> 01:06:59.860
Lord<01:06:57.619><c> our</c><01:06:57.920><c> Heavenly</c><01:06:58.280><c> Father,</c><01:06:58.820><c> we</c><01:06:58.940><c> come</c><01:06:59.219><c> unto</c><01:06:59.480><c> thee</c>

01:06:59.860 --> 01:07:01.699
in<01:07:00.039><c> the</c><01:07:00.280><c> quietness</c><01:07:00.780><c> of</c><01:07:00.940><c> this</c><01:07:01.179><c> chapel</c>

01:07:01.699 --> 01:07:05.400
to<01:07:02.539><c> give</c><01:07:02.820><c> thee</c><01:07:03.460><c> the</c><01:07:03.780><c> praise,</c><01:07:04.280><c> the</c><01:07:04.539><c> honor,</c><01:07:04.739><c> and</c><01:07:04.920><c> the</c><01:07:05.119><c> glory</c>

01:07:05.400 --> 01:07:07.360
that<01:07:05.719><c> is</c><01:07:05.920><c> due</c><01:07:06.059><c> thy</c><01:07:06.260><c> holy</c><01:07:06.639><c> name</c>

01:07:07.360 --> 01:07:11.340
and<01:07:08.079><c> to</c><01:07:08.320><c> remember</c><01:07:08.760><c> thy</c><01:07:09.099><c> son,</c><01:07:09.460><c> the</c><01:07:09.659><c> Lord</c><01:07:09.920><c> Jesus</c><01:07:10.480><c> Christ,</c>

01:07:11.639 --> 01:07:16.400
who<01:07:11.820><c> gave</c><01:07:12.159><c> his</c><01:07:12.460><c> life</c><01:07:12.800><c> as</c><01:07:13.239><c> a</c><01:07:14.019><c> ransom</c><01:07:14.699><c> for</c><01:07:15.219><c> sin.</c>

01:07:16.699 --> 01:07:20.599
Heavenly<01:07:16.920><c> Father,</c><01:07:17.619><c> as</c><01:07:17.780><c> in</c><01:07:18.019><c> days</c><01:07:18.260><c> of</c><01:07:18.519><c> war</c><01:07:18.719><c> we</c><01:07:18.980><c> gather</c><01:07:19.320><c> together,</c>

01:07:20.760 --> 01:07:22.539
we<01:07:20.900><c> call</c><01:07:21.179><c> upon</c><01:07:21.579><c> thy</c><01:07:21.920><c> name.</c>

01:07:22.820 --> 01:07:24.860
We<01:07:23.199><c> seek</c><01:07:23.500><c> redemption</c><01:07:24.139><c> with</c><01:07:24.500><c> thee</c>

01:07:24.860 --> 01:07:29.340
through<01:07:25.860><c> the</c><01:07:26.199><c> saving</c><01:07:26.500><c> blood</c><01:07:27.199><c> of</c><01:07:28.099><c> thy</c><01:07:28.360><c> Son.</c>

01:07:30.019 --> 01:07:32.940
Heavenly<01:07:30.320><c> Father,</c><01:07:30.860><c> we</c><01:07:31.139><c> remember</c><01:07:31.639><c> that</c><01:07:31.860><c> thou</c><01:07:32.119><c> art</c><01:07:32.320><c> the</c><01:07:32.599><c> God</c>

01:07:32.940 --> 01:07:35.940
who<01:07:33.139><c> did</c><01:07:33.440><c> in</c><01:07:33.719><c> love,</c><01:07:34.699><c> brought</c><01:07:34.860><c> again</c><01:07:35.239><c> from</c><01:07:35.519><c> the</c><01:07:35.760><c> dead</c>

01:07:35.940 --> 01:07:38.239
that<01:07:36.179><c> great</c><01:07:36.539><c> shepherd</c><01:07:36.860><c> of</c><01:07:37.119><c> the</c><01:07:37.360><c> sheep,</c>

01:07:38.360 --> 01:07:42.900
and<01:07:38.460><c> we</c><01:07:38.880><c> cling</c><01:07:39.380><c> to</c><01:07:40.119><c> the</c><01:07:40.360><c> knowledge</c><01:07:40.699><c> that</c><01:07:40.960><c> thou</c><01:07:41.099><c> hast</c><01:07:41.380><c> given</c><01:07:41.679><c> us.</c>

01:07:43.219 --> 01:07:47.539
Heavenly<01:07:43.559><c> Father,</c><01:07:44.900><c> forgive</c><01:07:45.280><c> our</c><01:07:45.699><c> sins</c><01:07:46.079><c> and</c><01:07:46.340><c> our</c><01:07:46.619><c> trespasses,</c>

01:07:47.840 --> 01:07:51.179
and<01:07:48.019><c> let</c><01:07:48.300><c> thy</c><01:07:48.500><c> will</c><01:07:48.760><c> be</c><01:07:49.099><c> done</c><01:07:49.320><c> on</c><01:07:49.639><c> earth</c><01:07:49.920><c> as</c><01:07:50.239><c> it</c><01:07:50.340><c> is</c><01:07:50.659><c> in</c><01:07:50.840><c> heaven.</c>

01:07:51.179 --> 01:07:56.059
Help<01:07:52.380><c> us,</c><01:07:52.679><c> Heavenly</c><01:07:53.079><c> Father,</c><01:07:54.139><c> to</c><01:07:54.420><c> remember</c><01:07:54.980><c> the</c><01:07:55.179><c> purpose</c>

01:07:56.059 --> 01:07:59.460
of<01:07:56.920><c> giving</c><01:07:57.179><c> thine</c><01:07:57.480><c> only</c><01:07:57.800><c> begotten</c><01:07:58.380><c> Son.</c>

01:07:59.780 --> 01:08:03.880
And<01:08:00.000><c> Heavenly</c><01:08:00.380><c> Father,</c><01:08:01.400><c> we</c><01:08:01.579><c> call</c><01:08:01.800><c> upon</c><01:08:02.199><c> thy</c><01:08:02.500><c> name</c>

01:08:04.179 --> 01:08:06.860
and<01:08:04.599><c> ask</c><01:08:04.900><c> a</c><01:08:05.019><c> blessing</c><01:08:05.420><c> upon</c><01:08:05.860><c> the</c><01:08:06.159><c> participants</c>

01:08:06.860 --> 01:08:09.500
of<01:08:07.639><c> this</c><01:08:07.920><c> memorial</c><01:08:08.539><c> service,</c>

01:08:10.260 --> 01:08:13.780
those<01:08:10.780><c> who</c><01:08:11.440><c> partake</c><01:08:11.980><c> of</c><01:08:12.199><c> the</c><01:08:12.480><c> wine,</c>

01:08:14.000 --> 01:08:18.359
symbolizing<01:08:14.920><c> the</c><01:08:16.020><c> shed</c><01:08:16.239><c> blood</c><01:08:16.539><c> of</c><01:08:16.779><c> our</c><01:08:16.939><c> Lord</c><01:08:17.159><c> Jesus</c><01:08:17.699><c> Christ.</c>

01:08:18.359 --> 01:08:21.960
Help<01:08:19.420><c> us</c><01:08:19.720><c> to</c><01:08:20.140><c> remember</c><01:08:20.399><c> and</c><01:08:20.699><c> help</c><01:08:20.920><c> us</c><01:08:21.199><c> to</c><01:08:21.500><c> pray</c>

01:08:21.960 --> 01:08:27.720
and<01:08:22.739><c> help</c><01:08:22.960><c> us</c><01:08:23.279><c> to</c><01:08:23.439><c> give</c><01:08:24.180><c> the</c><01:08:24.640><c> glory</c><01:08:25.380><c> that</c><01:08:25.840><c> is</c><01:08:26.060><c> due</c><01:08:26.239><c> thy</c><01:08:26.460><c> name.</c>

01:08:27.819 --> 01:08:30.520
Lead<01:08:28.020><c> us</c><01:08:28.319><c> on</c><01:08:28.539><c> with</c><01:08:28.779><c> Heavenly</c><01:08:29.180><c> Father,</c>

01:08:30.619 --> 01:08:34.159
and<01:08:30.680><c> hopefully</c><01:08:31.439><c> these</c><01:08:32.800><c> actions</c><01:08:33.319><c> will</c><01:08:33.640><c> lead</c><01:08:33.880><c> us</c>

01:08:34.159 --> 01:08:36.220
to<01:08:34.300><c> thy</c><01:08:34.520><c> kingdom</c><01:08:34.939><c> and</c><01:08:35.239><c> glory.</c>

01:08:36.460 --> 01:08:40.000
Be<01:08:36.579><c> with</c><01:08:36.840><c> us</c><01:08:37.399><c> in</c><01:08:37.579><c> all</c><01:08:37.819><c> that</c><01:08:38.000><c> we</c><01:08:38.220><c> may</c><01:08:38.439><c> say</c><01:08:38.699><c> and</c><01:08:39.020><c> do,</c>

01:08:40.159 --> 01:08:43.659
and<01:08:40.300><c> Heavenly</c><01:08:40.619><c> Father,</c><01:08:41.079><c> bless</c><01:08:41.399><c> those</c><01:08:42.420><c> who</c><01:08:42.899><c> are</c><01:08:43.079><c> not</c><01:08:43.340><c> here</c>

01:08:44.000 --> 01:08:46.579
but<01:08:44.340><c> whose</c><01:08:44.619><c> thoughts</c><01:08:45.420><c> are</c><01:08:45.939><c> with</c><01:08:46.180><c> thee.</c>

01:08:46.579 --> 01:08:48.939
We<01:08:47.760><c> remember</c><01:08:48.359><c> the</c><01:08:48.560><c> words,</c>

01:08:49.039 --> 01:08:50.899
Heavenly<01:08:49.399><c> Father,</c><01:08:49.920><c> thou</c><01:08:50.100><c> hast</c><01:08:50.439><c> caused</c><01:08:50.680><c> me</c>

01:08:50.899 --> 01:08:52.300
to<01:08:51.079><c> be</c><01:08:51.079><c> written</c><01:08:51.159><c> for</c><01:08:51.460><c> our</c><01:08:51.760><c> sake,</c>

01:08:52.399 --> 01:08:56.300
and<01:08:53.279><c> we</c><01:08:53.579><c> ask</c><01:08:54.319><c> that</c><01:08:54.960><c> thou</c><01:08:55.220><c> bless</c><01:08:55.640><c> us</c>

01:08:56.300 --> 01:08:59.979
as<01:08:56.720><c> thou</c><01:08:56.939><c> hast</c><01:08:57.199><c> blessed</c><01:08:57.500><c> this</c><01:08:57.859><c> wine.</c><01:08:58.880><c> Amen.</c>

01:09:02.920 --> 01:09:05.760
Our<01:09:03.260><c> service</c><01:09:03.600><c> will</c><01:09:03.899><c> close</c><01:09:04.140><c> this</c><01:09:04.479><c> morning</c>

01:09:06.260 --> 01:09:10.300
with<01:09:06.960><c> a</c><01:09:07.060><c> word</c><01:09:07.199><c> of</c><01:09:07.460><c> prayer</c><01:09:07.840><c> with</c><01:09:08.239><c> our</c><01:09:08.479><c> Brother</c><01:09:08.760><c> Clyde</c><01:09:09.140><c> DePaul</c>

01:09:11.060 --> 01:09:15.180
after<01:09:11.760><c> we</c><01:09:12.100><c> sing</c><01:09:12.380><c> Anthem</c><01:09:13.039><c> 37</c><01:09:13.859><c> and</c><01:09:14.439><c> 38.</c>

01:09:15.180 --> 01:09:18.460
The<01:09:16.439><c> Lord</c><01:09:16.720><c> bless</c><01:09:17.100><c> thee</c><01:09:17.420><c> and</c><01:09:17.539><c> keep</c><01:09:17.899><c> thee.</c>

01:09:18.699 --> 01:09:21.260
The<01:09:18.800><c> Lord</c><01:09:19.039><c> make</c><01:09:19.300><c> his</c><01:09:19.579><c> face</c><01:09:19.859><c> to</c><01:09:20.140><c> shine</c><01:09:20.380><c> upon</c><01:09:20.800><c> thee</c>

01:09:21.260 --> 01:09:23.939
and<01:09:21.760><c> be</c><01:09:22.060><c> gracious</c><01:09:22.420><c> unto</c><01:09:22.720><c> thee.</c>

01:09:24.060 --> 01:09:26.640
Anthem<01:09:24.380><c> 37</c><01:09:25.119><c> and</c><01:09:25.359><c> 38.</c>

01:09:50.680 --> 01:10:02.319
The<01:09:52.079><c> Lord</c><01:09:53.479><c> bless</c><01:09:54.960><c> thee</c><01:09:56.260><c> and</c><01:09:57.079><c> keep</c><01:10:00.779><c> thee.</c>

01:10:02.319 --> 01:10:17.199
The<01:10:03.840><c> Lord</c><01:10:05.779><c> make</c><01:10:06.920><c> his</c><01:10:08.060><c> face</c><01:10:09.220><c> to</c><01:10:10.760><c> shine</c><01:10:12.460><c> upon</c><01:10:15.619><c> thee</c>

01:10:17.199 --> 01:10:29.840
and<01:10:19.020><c> be</c><01:10:20.579><c> gracious</c><01:10:23.579><c> unto</c><01:10:26.279><c> thee.</c>

01:10:29.840 --> 01:10:45.340
The<01:10:32.100><c> Lord</c><01:10:34.159><c> make</c><01:10:36.180><c> his</c><01:10:37.760><c> face</c><01:10:43.159><c> to</c><01:10:43.159><c> shine</c><01:10:43.159><c> upon</c><01:10:43.159><c> thee</c>

01:10:47.300 --> 01:10:55.340
and<01:10:47.560><c> be</c><01:10:49.640><c> gracious</c><01:10:54.359><c> unto</c><01:10:54.359><c> thee.</c>

01:10:56.300 --> 01:11:03.100
Blessed,<01:10:59.279><c> blessed</c><01:10:59.279><c> angel</c><01:11:01.279><c> of</c><01:11:02.159><c> God,</c>

01:11:04.039 --> 01:11:10.479
Israel's<01:11:05.439><c> God</c><01:11:05.539><c> to</c><01:11:06.600><c> all</c><01:11:07.520><c> eternity.</c>

01:11:11.600 --> 01:11:18.840
Blessed,<01:11:13.479><c> blessed</c><01:11:14.520><c> angel</c><01:11:16.859><c> of</c><01:11:17.899><c> God,</c>

01:11:19.819 --> 01:11:27.239
Israel's<01:11:21.220><c> God</c><01:11:21.659><c> to</c><01:11:22.800><c> all</c><01:11:23.739><c> eternity.</c>

01:11:27.239 --> 01:11:48.840
When<01:11:29.859><c> all</c><01:11:31.779><c> the</c><01:11:32.539><c> people</c><01:11:35.420><c> say</c><01:11:37.779><c> Amen,</c><01:11:43.300><c> Amen.</c>

01:11:51.739 --> 01:11:58.399
Praise<01:11:52.180><c> the</c><01:11:52.619><c> Lord,</c><01:11:55.039><c> Amen.</c>

01:12:06.939 --> 01:12:08.460
In<01:12:07.159><c> our</c><01:12:07.279><c> gracious</c><01:12:07.640><c> and</c><01:12:07.859><c> merciful</c><01:12:08.100><c> Father,</c>

01:12:08.720 --> 01:12:11.579
we<01:12:08.840><c> thank</c><01:12:09.159><c> you</c><01:12:09.319><c> for</c><01:12:09.399><c> all</c><01:12:09.500><c> your</c><01:12:09.680><c> blessings</c><01:12:10.119><c> for</c><01:12:10.340><c> this</c><01:12:10.539><c> day,</c>

01:12:12.079 --> 01:12:15.100
that<01:12:12.220><c> we</c><01:12:12.479><c> have</c><01:12:12.640><c> been</c><01:12:12.779><c> able</c><01:12:12.920><c> to</c><01:12:13.039><c> come</c><01:12:13.199><c> together</c><01:12:13.399><c> in</c><01:12:13.560><c> this</c><01:12:13.819><c> place</c>

01:12:15.520 --> 01:12:17.739
to<01:12:16.039><c> worship</c><01:12:16.520><c> together</c>

01:12:17.739 --> 01:12:21.539
and<01:12:18.760><c> to</c><01:12:19.039><c> consider</c><01:12:19.340><c> these</c><01:12:19.579><c> wonderful</c><01:12:19.840><c> things</c><01:12:20.159><c> out</c><01:12:20.359><c> of</c><01:12:20.500><c> your</c><01:12:20.720><c> word</c>

01:12:21.539 --> 01:12:24.399
that<01:12:22.539><c> have</c><01:12:22.720><c> prepared</c><01:12:22.920><c> our</c><01:12:23.199><c> minds</c>

01:12:25.199 --> 01:12:29.100
to<01:12:25.720><c> become</c><01:12:26.239><c> more</c><01:12:27.479><c> cheerful</c><01:12:27.920><c> givers</c>

01:12:29.239 --> 01:12:32.920
of<01:12:29.760><c> the</c><01:12:29.899><c> things</c><01:12:30.060><c> that</c><01:12:30.260><c> you</c><01:12:30.359><c> have</c><01:12:30.539><c> given</c><01:12:30.739><c> unto</c><01:12:30.979><c> us.</c>

01:12:34.060 --> 01:12:34.640
And,<01:12:34.140><c> true</c><01:12:34.220><c> dear</c><01:12:34.399><c> Lord,</c>

01:12:34.920 --> 01:12:37.500
the<01:12:35.119><c> consideration</c><01:12:35.560><c> of</c><01:12:36.260><c> these</c><01:12:36.520><c> things</c><01:12:36.720><c> this</c><01:12:36.960><c> morning</c>

01:12:37.500 --> 01:12:39.800
in<01:12:38.119><c> the</c><01:12:38.220><c> life</c><01:12:38.340><c> of</c><01:12:38.579><c> the</c><01:12:38.739><c> Apostle</c>

01:12:39.800 --> 01:12:43.460
and<01:12:40.220><c> of</c><01:12:40.560><c> the</c><01:12:40.880><c> brothers</c><01:12:41.039><c> and</c><01:12:41.180><c> sisters</c><01:12:41.460><c> of</c><01:12:41.659><c> the</c><01:12:41.819><c> first</c><01:12:41.960><c> century</c><01:12:42.380><c> ecclesias</c>

01:12:43.460 --> 01:12:46.159
have<01:12:43.899><c> taught</c><01:12:44.159><c> us</c><01:12:44.380><c> these</c><01:12:44.560><c> wonderful</c><01:12:44.880><c> lessons</c>

01:12:46.800 --> 01:12:50.439
so<01:12:47.319><c> that</c><01:12:47.520><c> we</c><01:12:47.880><c> can</c><01:12:48.119><c> go</c><01:12:48.300><c> from</c><01:12:48.520><c> here</c><01:12:49.000><c> fully</c><01:12:49.239><c> prepared</c>

01:12:50.460 --> 01:12:52.960
that<01:12:50.840><c> the</c><01:12:51.399><c> things</c><01:12:51.760><c> we</c><01:12:52.159><c> do,</c>

01:12:53.399 --> 01:12:55.479
especially<01:12:53.840><c> from</c><01:12:54.380><c> the</c><01:12:54.680><c> physical</c><01:12:54.960><c> resources</c>

01:12:55.479 --> 01:12:57.039
you<01:12:55.680><c> have</c><01:12:55.779><c> given</c><01:12:55.960><c> unto</c><01:12:56.180><c> us,</c>

01:12:57.300 --> 01:12:59.500
will<01:12:57.340><c> be</c><01:12:57.539><c> more</c><01:12:58.140><c> definitive</c>

01:12:59.739 --> 01:13:02.539
and<01:13:00.260><c> will</c><01:13:00.380><c> be</c><01:13:00.460><c> in</c><01:13:00.640><c> accordance</c><01:13:01.079><c> with</c><01:13:01.899><c> the</c><01:13:02.199><c> faith</c>

01:13:02.539 --> 01:13:04.439
that<01:13:02.840><c> we</c><01:13:03.000><c> ought</c><01:13:03.100><c> to</c><01:13:03.300><c> have,</c>

01:13:04.699 --> 01:13:06.899
that<01:13:04.939><c> you</c><01:13:05.140><c> love</c><01:13:05.340><c> a</c><01:13:05.539><c> cheerful</c><01:13:05.800><c> giver</c>

01:13:06.899 --> 01:13:09.159
and<01:13:07.359><c> that</c><01:13:07.600><c> we</c><01:13:07.960><c> ought</c><01:13:08.079><c> to</c><01:13:08.220><c> take</c><01:13:08.319><c> up</c><01:13:08.439><c> this</c><01:13:08.579><c> challenge</c>

01:13:09.159 --> 01:13:11.039
and<01:13:09.699><c> to</c><01:13:09.960><c> put</c><01:13:10.079><c> it</c><01:13:10.220><c> to</c><01:13:10.340><c> the</c><01:13:10.479><c> test</c>

01:13:11.039 --> 01:13:13.939
that<01:13:11.979><c> you</c><01:13:12.140><c> will</c><01:13:12.319><c> be</c><01:13:12.420><c> able</c><01:13:12.579><c> to</c><01:13:12.699><c> open</c><01:13:12.880><c> the</c><01:13:13.039><c> windows</c><01:13:13.319><c> of</c><01:13:13.520><c> heaven</c>

01:13:13.939 --> 01:13:17.260
and<01:13:14.399><c> to</c><01:13:14.500><c> give</c><01:13:14.619><c> unto</c><01:13:14.760><c> us</c><01:13:14.960><c> more</c><01:13:15.199><c> blessings</c><01:13:15.539><c> that</c><01:13:15.800><c> we</c><01:13:16.039><c> can</c><01:13:16.260><c> receive.</c>

01:13:18.319 --> 01:13:19.779
We<01:13:18.399><c> know</c><01:13:18.600><c> that</c><01:13:18.699><c> you</c><01:13:18.840><c> have</c><01:13:18.920><c> blessed</c><01:13:19.100><c> this</c><01:13:19.359><c> earth</c>

01:13:19.779 --> 01:13:22.100
with<01:13:20.640><c> many</c><01:13:20.920><c> wonderful</c><01:13:21.220><c> things</c>

01:13:22.100 --> 01:13:24.960
and<01:13:22.899><c> out</c><01:13:23.079><c> of</c><01:13:23.180><c> it</c><01:13:23.300><c> can</c><01:13:23.479><c> come</c><01:13:23.680><c> food</c><01:13:23.939><c> and</c><01:13:24.220><c> sustenance</c>

01:13:24.960 --> 01:13:28.560
for<01:13:25.239><c> all</c><01:13:25.420><c> mankind</c><01:13:25.920><c> and</c><01:13:26.920><c> for</c><01:13:27.140><c> us</c><01:13:27.300><c> your</c><01:13:27.439><c> children.</c>

01:13:28.920 --> 01:13:31.479
Yet<01:13:29.079><c> we</c><01:13:29.500><c> regret</c><01:13:29.779><c> that</c><01:13:29.920><c> in</c><01:13:30.079><c> many</c><01:13:30.239><c> parts</c><01:13:30.479><c> of</c><01:13:30.640><c> the</c><01:13:30.760><c> world</c>

01:13:31.479 --> 01:13:36.539
there<01:13:32.239><c> are</c><01:13:32.979><c> difficulties,</c><01:13:34.359><c> tribulations</c><01:13:35.020><c> and</c><01:13:35.319><c> distresses</c>

01:13:36.899 --> 01:13:39.479
and<01:13:37.340><c> we</c><01:13:37.739><c> pray</c><01:13:37.859><c> that</c><01:13:38.060><c> our</c><01:13:38.140><c> hearts</c><01:13:38.359><c> can</c><01:13:38.619><c> be</c><01:13:38.979><c> touched,</c>

01:13:39.939 --> 01:13:43.119
that<01:13:40.380><c> we</c><01:13:40.680><c> can</c><01:13:40.840><c> become</c><01:13:41.039><c> more</c><01:13:41.520><c> sensitive</c><01:13:41.960><c> to</c><01:13:42.180><c> these</c><01:13:42.399><c> things,</c>

01:13:43.359 --> 01:13:45.399
to<01:13:43.420><c> be</c><01:13:43.699><c> considerate</c><01:13:44.159><c> of</c><01:13:44.380><c> our</c><01:13:44.520><c> brothers</c><01:13:44.640><c> and</c><01:13:44.800><c> sisters</c><01:13:45.100><c> in</c><01:13:45.319><c> all</c>

01:13:45.399 --> 01:13:46.560
the<01:13:45.560><c> lands,</c>

01:13:46.739 --> 01:13:48.300
of<01:13:46.819><c> their</c><01:13:47.000><c> needs</c>

01:13:49.180 --> 01:13:52.539
and<01:13:49.619><c> of</c><01:13:50.060><c> the</c><01:13:50.579><c> things</c><01:13:51.000><c> that</c><01:13:51.460><c> we</c><01:13:51.640><c> can</c><01:13:51.779><c> do</c><01:13:51.939><c> to</c><01:13:52.180><c> help.</c>

01:13:53.000 --> 01:13:55.739
We<01:13:53.079><c> pray,</c><01:13:53.460><c> Lord,</c><01:13:53.619><c> that</c><01:13:53.739><c> you</c><01:13:53.920><c> will</c><01:13:54.079><c> open</c><01:13:54.279><c> opportunity</c><01:13:54.819><c> for</c><01:13:55.079><c> us</c>

01:13:55.739 --> 01:13:57.699
to<01:13:56.020><c> do</c><01:13:56.199><c> this.</c>

01:13:58.739 --> 01:14:01.979
And<01:13:59.020><c> we</c><01:13:59.159><c> know</c><01:13:59.340><c> too</c><01:13:59.460><c> that</c><01:13:59.619><c> you</c><01:13:59.760><c> have</c><01:13:59.939><c> provided</c><01:14:00.140><c> for</c><01:14:00.340><c> us</c>

01:14:03.000 --> 01:14:04.380
physical<01:14:03.439><c> sustenance,</c>

01:14:05.060 --> 01:14:07.159
that<01:14:05.359><c> very</c><01:14:05.779><c> shortly</c><01:14:06.020><c> we</c><01:14:06.220><c> will</c><01:14:06.399><c> partake</c><01:14:06.600><c> of</c><01:14:06.739><c> a</c><01:14:06.859><c> meal</c>

01:14:07.159 --> 01:14:09.939
that<01:14:07.479><c> has</c><01:14:07.720><c> come</c><01:14:08.100><c> out</c><01:14:08.399><c> of</c><01:14:08.500><c> the</c><01:14:08.680><c> abundance</c><01:14:08.920><c> of</c><01:14:09.180><c> things</c><01:14:09.619><c> from</c>

01:14:09.939 --> 01:14:11.000
this<01:14:10.180><c> earth</c>

01:14:11.159 --> 01:14:13.319
and<01:14:11.460><c> we</c><01:14:11.600><c> pray</c><01:14:11.680><c> you'll</c><01:14:11.960><c> bless</c><01:14:12.060><c> it</c><01:14:12.239><c> to</c><01:14:12.340><c> our</c><01:14:12.479><c> needs</c>

01:14:13.399 --> 01:14:16.840
and<01:14:13.899><c> grant</c><01:14:14.180><c> that</c><01:14:14.380><c> as</c><01:14:14.579><c> we</c><01:14:14.760><c> take</c><01:14:15.000><c> it</c><01:14:15.239><c> so</c><01:14:15.460><c> we</c><01:14:15.600><c> don't</c><01:14:15.819><c> understand</c>

01:14:16.859 --> 01:14:21.439
that<01:14:17.359><c> even</c><01:14:17.579><c> as</c><01:14:17.840><c> we</c><01:14:17.979><c> are</c><01:14:18.199><c> partakers</c><01:14:18.800><c> of</c><01:14:20.220><c> these</c><01:14:20.579><c> material</c><01:14:20.920><c> blessings</c>

01:14:21.439 --> 01:14:23.539
so<01:14:21.979><c> likewise</c><01:14:22.380><c> the</c><01:14:22.619><c> lessons</c><01:14:22.859><c> there</c>

01:14:23.539 --> 01:14:26.279
for<01:14:23.960><c> us</c><01:14:24.060><c> to</c><01:14:24.199><c> be</c><01:14:24.380><c> partakers</c><01:14:24.760><c> of</c><01:14:24.960><c> the</c><01:14:25.079><c> true</c><01:14:25.279><c> riches,</c>

01:14:26.899 --> 01:14:30.659
the<01:14:27.140><c> spiritual</c><01:14:27.859><c> riches</c><01:14:28.420><c> that</c><01:14:28.619><c> have</c><01:14:28.760><c> been</c><01:14:28.979><c> granted</c><01:14:29.220><c> unto</c><01:14:29.460><c> us</c>

01:14:30.819 --> 01:14:33.180
as<01:14:31.239><c> we</c><01:14:31.560><c> share</c><01:14:31.720><c> these</c><01:14:31.899><c> things</c><01:14:32.159><c> together</c>

01:14:33.939 --> 01:14:36.239
so<01:14:34.439><c> the</c><01:14:34.939><c> spirit</c><01:14:35.340><c> behind</c><01:14:35.619><c> it</c><01:14:35.859><c> all</c>

01:14:36.239 --> 01:14:38.659
can<01:14:36.680><c> be</c><01:14:36.819><c> upon</c><01:14:36.979><c> us</c><01:14:37.119><c> in</c><01:14:37.319><c> our</c><01:14:37.460><c> minds</c>

01:14:38.819 --> 01:14:40.420
that<01:14:39.220><c> the</c><01:14:39.300><c> things</c><01:14:39.479><c> we</c><01:14:39.659><c> say</c><01:14:39.859><c> to</c><01:14:40.000><c> each</c><01:14:40.180><c> other,</c>

01:14:40.500 --> 01:14:42.319
the<01:14:40.560><c> things</c><01:14:40.739><c> we</c><01:14:40.880><c> can</c><01:14:41.079><c> do</c><01:14:41.260><c> for</c><01:14:41.460><c> each</c><01:14:41.659><c> other</c>

01:14:42.319 --> 01:14:44.619
would<01:14:42.600><c> be</c><01:14:42.779><c> in</c><01:14:42.960><c> accordance</c><01:14:43.340><c> with</c><01:14:43.699><c> the</c><01:14:43.859><c> fact</c><01:14:43.979><c> that</c><01:14:44.239><c> we,</c>

01:14:44.899 --> 01:14:47.819
our<01:14:44.979><c> brothers</c><01:14:45.119><c> and</c><01:14:45.319><c> sisters</c><01:14:45.560><c> together</c><01:14:45.939><c> in</c><01:14:46.220><c> this</c><01:14:46.479><c> one</c><01:14:47.119><c> body</c>

01:14:47.939 --> 01:14:49.779
sharing<01:14:48.340><c> this</c><01:14:48.640><c> one</c><01:14:48.819><c> hope</c>

01:14:50.180 --> 01:14:53.140
and<01:14:50.579><c> we</c><01:14:50.779><c> pray</c><01:14:50.899><c> then</c><01:14:51.100><c> that</c><01:14:51.220><c> as</c><01:14:51.359><c> we'll</c><01:14:51.579><c> depart</c><01:14:51.859><c> later</c><01:14:52.119><c> on</c><01:14:52.520><c> this</c><01:14:52.739><c> afternoon</c>

01:14:53.140 --> 01:14:55.319
that<01:14:53.380><c> you'll</c><01:14:53.640><c> be</c><01:14:53.779><c> with</c><01:14:54.060><c> each</c><01:14:54.319><c> one</c><01:14:54.439><c> of</c><01:14:54.579><c> us</c>

01:14:55.319 --> 01:14:58.300
that<01:14:55.779><c> these</c><01:14:56.039><c> thoughts</c><01:14:56.220><c> can</c><01:14:56.500><c> link</c><01:14:56.579><c> in</c><01:14:56.760><c> our</c><01:14:56.899><c> minds</c><01:14:57.180><c> continually</c>

01:14:58.460 --> 01:15:01.220
that<01:14:58.859><c> we</c><01:14:59.199><c> can</c><01:14:59.380><c> be</c><01:14:59.579><c> fully</c><01:14:59.739><c> prepared</c><01:15:00.060><c> for</c><01:15:00.279><c> the</c><01:15:00.460><c> great</c><01:15:00.600><c> day</c><01:15:00.760><c> coming</c>

01:15:01.220 --> 01:15:03.680
when<01:15:01.899><c> all</c><01:15:02.060><c> things</c><01:15:02.340><c> will</c><01:15:02.479><c> be</c><01:15:02.600><c> put</c><01:15:02.760><c> right.</c>

01:15:03.680 --> 01:15:06.079
The<01:15:04.279><c> Lord</c><01:15:04.420><c> Jesus</c><01:15:04.659><c> having</c><01:15:04.899><c> returned</c><01:15:05.300><c> here</c>

01:15:06.079 --> 01:15:08.300
will<01:15:06.439><c> take</c><01:15:06.640><c> us</c><01:15:06.840><c> into</c><01:15:07.000><c> his</c><01:15:07.199><c> own</c>

01:15:08.720 --> 01:15:11.060
and<01:15:09.119><c> we</c><01:15:09.319><c> pray</c><01:15:09.439><c> then</c><01:15:09.899><c> that</c><01:15:10.100><c> you</c><01:15:10.520><c> would</c>

01:15:11.060 --> 01:15:13.539
bless<01:15:11.180><c> all</c><01:15:11.420><c> things</c><01:15:11.619><c> to</c><01:15:11.859><c> our</c><01:15:11.960><c> needs</c><01:15:12.140><c> and</c><01:15:12.340><c> watch</c><01:15:12.560><c> over</c><01:15:12.800><c> us</c>

01:15:13.539 --> 01:15:15.880
as<01:15:13.880><c> we</c><01:15:14.039><c> turn</c><01:15:14.159><c> our</c><01:15:14.340><c> thanks</c><01:15:14.539><c> for</c><01:15:14.720><c> this</c><01:15:14.859><c> day</c><01:15:15.000><c> and</c><01:15:15.119><c> for</c><01:15:15.239><c> this</c><01:15:15.439><c> morning</c>

01:15:15.880 --> 01:15:18.180
and<01:15:16.300><c> for</c><01:15:16.460><c> the</c><01:15:16.600><c> words</c><01:15:16.779><c> spoken</c><01:15:17.079><c> unto</c><01:15:17.300><c> us</c>

01:15:18.319 --> 01:15:21.699
which<01:15:18.720><c> words</c><01:15:19.119><c> are</c><01:15:19.939><c> the</c><01:15:20.180><c> binding</c><01:15:20.399><c> force</c><01:15:20.659><c> in</c><01:15:20.859><c> our</c><01:15:21.000><c> own</c><01:15:21.140><c> lives</c>

01:15:21.699 --> 01:15:24.260
that<01:15:22.220><c> has</c><01:15:22.420><c> brought</c><01:15:22.520><c> us</c><01:15:22.720><c> together</c><01:15:22.979><c> into</c><01:15:23.239><c> this</c><01:15:23.520><c> one</c><01:15:23.720><c> hope.</c>

01:15:24.659 --> 01:15:25.960
Accept<01:15:25.060><c> our</c><01:15:25.239><c> thanks</c><01:15:25.479><c> then</c>

01:15:25.960 --> 01:15:28.140
and<01:15:26.439><c> bless</c><01:15:26.600><c> the</c><01:15:26.739><c> rest</c><01:15:26.920><c> of</c><01:15:27.039><c> the</c><01:15:27.140><c> day</c><01:15:27.220><c> for</c><01:15:27.439><c> us</c><01:15:27.619><c> now</c>

01:15:28.140 --> 01:15:30.899
for<01:15:28.479><c> you</c><01:15:28.640><c> ask</c><01:15:28.720><c> it</c><01:15:28.859><c> in</c><01:15:29.000><c> Jesus'</c><01:15:29.659><c> name.</c><01:15:30.020><c> Amen.</c>

01:15:54.579 --> 01:16:03.180
In<01:15:54.760><c> the</c><01:15:54.920><c> name</c><01:15:54.920><c> of</c><01:16:00.079><c> the</c><01:16:00.079><c> Father,</c><01:16:00.800><c> the</c><01:16:00.819><c> Son,</c><01:16:02.600><c> and</c><01:16:02.619><c> the</c><01:16:02.640><c> Holy</c><01:16:02.659><c> Spirit.</c>

01:16:32.260 --> 01:16:34.159
In<01:16:33.659><c> the</c><01:16:33.659><c> name</c><01:16:33.659><c> of</c><01:16:33.659><c> the</c><01:16:33.659><c> Father,</c><01:16:33.659><c> the</c><01:16:33.659><c> Son,</c><01:16:33.659><c> and</c><01:16:33.659><c> the</c><01:16:33.659><c> Holy</c><01:16:33.659><c> Spirit.</c>

01:17:03.119 --> 01:17:03.899
In<01:17:03.239><c> the</c><01:17:03.260><c> name</c><01:17:03.279><c> of</c><01:17:03.319><c> the</c><01:17:03.319><c> Father,</c><01:17:03.319><c> the</c><01:17:03.319><c> Son,</c><01:17:03.319><c> and</c><01:17:03.319><c> the</c><01:17:03.319><c> Holy</c><01:17:03.399><c> Spirit.</c>

01:17:30.859 --> 01:17:34.159
In<01:17:32.260><c> the</c><01:17:33.659><c> name</c><01:17:33.659><c> of</c><01:17:33.659><c> the</c><01:17:33.659><c> Father,</c><01:17:33.659><c> the</c><01:17:33.659><c> Son,</c><01:17:33.659><c> and</c><01:17:33.659><c> the</c><01:17:33.659><c> Holy</c><01:17:33.659><c> Spirit.</c>

01:18:03.180 --> 01:18:03.880
In<01:18:03.260><c> the</c><01:18:03.279><c> name</c><01:18:03.300><c> of</c><01:18:03.359><c> the</c><01:18:03.359><c> Father,</c><01:18:03.359><c> the</c><01:18:03.359><c> Son,</c><01:18:03.359><c> and</c><01:18:03.359><c> the</c><01:18:03.359><c> Holy</c><01:18:03.359><c> Spirit.</c>

01:18:22.720 --> 01:18:24.619
Amen.