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far<00:13:13.659><c> too</c><00:13:13.899><c> selective</c><00:13:14.200><c> for</c><00:13:14.419><c> that.</c>

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that,<00:14:35.679><c> we</c><00:14:35.679><c> know</c><00:14:36.019><c> that</c><00:14:36.419><c> huge</c><00:14:36.720><c> portions</c><00:14:37.179><c> of</c><00:14:37.360><c> the</c>

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again,<00:14:43.019><c> never</c><00:14:43.259><c> intending</c><00:14:43.799><c> to</c><00:14:44.100><c> be</c><00:14:44.299><c> a</c>

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time.<00:15:31.980><c> So</c><00:15:32.139><c> again,</c><00:15:32.720><c> the</c><00:15:32.799><c> Acts</c><00:15:32.919><c> of</c><00:15:33.019><c> the</c><00:15:33.159><c> Apostles</c>

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principle<00:16:01.299><c> to</c><00:16:01.559><c> our</c><00:16:01.779><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:02.059><c> today?</c><00:16:02.440><c> So</c><00:16:02.600><c> when</c><00:16:02.720><c> we</c><00:16:02.940><c> read</c><00:16:03.120><c> these</c><00:16:03.340><c> accounts,</c><00:16:04.039><c> it's</c>

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individuals<00:16:10.559><c> and</c><00:16:11.179><c> stronger</c><00:16:11.580><c> Ecclesias?</c><00:16:13.820><c> Again,</c><00:16:14.120><c> we</c><00:16:14.200><c> have</c><00:16:14.399><c> to</c>

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we<00:16:26.740><c> need</c><00:16:26.899><c> to</c><00:16:27.059><c> ask</c><00:16:27.179><c> questions.</c><00:16:29.320><c> Here's</c><00:16:29.600><c> some</c><00:16:29.799><c> questions</c>

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Apostles.<00:16:34.379><c> Why</c><00:16:34.759><c> is</c><00:16:35.019><c> it</c><00:16:35.419><c> when</c><00:16:35.580><c> we</c><00:16:35.860><c> get</c><00:16:36.080><c> to</c><00:16:36.340><c> Acts</c>

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us?<00:16:49.320><c> And</c><00:16:49.460><c> even</c><00:16:49.679><c> then,</c>

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that's<00:16:52.320><c> very</c><00:16:52.580><c> interesting</c><00:16:52.899><c> about</c><00:16:53.179><c> that</c><00:16:53.379><c> account,</c>

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we're<00:16:54.200><c> never</c><00:16:54.460><c> told</c><00:16:54.879><c> whether</c><00:16:55.100><c> or</c><00:16:55.299><c> not</c><00:16:55.779><c> there</c><00:16:56.139><c> was</c><00:16:56.600><c> a</c><00:16:57.019><c> difference</c><00:16:57.440><c> in</c><00:16:57.960><c> the</c>

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make<00:18:30.660><c> a</c><00:18:30.859><c> commitment</c><00:18:31.059><c> to</c><00:18:31.279><c> it,</c><00:18:31.599><c> and</c><00:18:31.779><c> there</c><00:18:31.920><c> was</c><00:18:32.119><c> a</c><00:18:32.279><c> third</c>

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reaction<00:18:33.359><c> which</c><00:18:33.819><c> there</c><00:18:34.000><c> were</c><00:18:34.299><c> some,</c><00:18:34.799><c> a</c><00:18:35.160><c> small</c><00:18:35.400><c> group,</c><00:18:36.180><c> that</c>

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claved<00:18:36.720><c> to</c><00:18:36.900><c> him</c><00:18:37.099><c> and</c><00:18:37.680><c> some</c><00:18:38.019><c> were</c><00:18:38.299><c> pretty</c><00:18:38.539><c> notable</c>

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people.<00:18:39.839><c> So</c><00:18:40.119><c> why</c><00:18:40.480><c> is</c><00:18:40.640><c> it</c><00:18:40.720><c> that</c><00:18:40.940><c> some</c><00:18:41.119><c> are</c><00:18:41.319><c> given</c><00:18:41.559><c> and</c><00:18:41.980><c> some</c><00:18:42.359><c> aren't?</c><00:18:43.059><c> And</c>

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why<00:18:43.440><c> the</c><00:18:43.700><c> story</c><00:18:43.920><c> with</c><00:18:44.259><c> all</c><00:18:44.579><c> the</c><00:18:44.799><c> different</c>

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conversions<00:18:45.579><c> that</c><00:18:45.920><c> happened,</c><00:18:46.440><c> why</c><00:18:46.660><c> do</c><00:18:46.759><c> we</c><00:18:46.839><c> get</c><00:18:46.960><c> a</c><00:18:47.180><c> story</c><00:18:47.339><c> about</c><00:18:47.559><c> an</c>

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Ethiopian<00:18:48.319><c> eunuch</c><00:18:49.299><c> in</c><00:18:49.640><c> the</c><00:18:49.819><c> middle</c><00:18:49.980><c> of</c><00:18:50.180><c> the</c>

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desert?<00:18:51.579><c> Why</c><00:18:51.880><c> so</c><00:18:52.200><c> many</c><00:18:52.359><c> other</c><00:18:52.680><c> stories</c><00:18:52.900><c> could</c><00:18:53.079><c> have</c><00:18:53.200><c> been</c><00:18:53.279><c> told</c><00:18:53.460><c> about</c><00:18:53.660><c> those</c><00:18:53.880><c> conversions?</c><00:18:54.799><c> So</c>

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these<00:18:55.119><c> are</c><00:18:55.240><c> some</c><00:18:55.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:55.599><c> questions</c><00:18:55.920><c> we</c><00:18:56.099><c> need</c><00:18:56.279><c> to</c><00:18:56.500><c> ask</c><00:18:56.660><c> ourselves.</c><00:18:59.000><c> Now</c><00:18:59.279><c> this</c><00:18:59.759><c> is</c>

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the<00:19:03.140><c> Lord</c><00:19:03.339><c> Jesus</c><00:19:03.759><c> was</c><00:19:04.019><c> about</c><00:19:04.279><c> to</c><00:19:04.519><c> ascend</c><00:19:04.880><c> and</c><00:19:05.940><c> I</c><00:19:06.099><c> want</c><00:19:06.220><c> you</c><00:19:06.339><c> to</c>

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look<00:19:06.599><c> closely</c><00:19:06.980><c> at</c><00:19:07.160><c> all</c><00:19:07.400><c> the</c><00:19:07.680><c> direction</c><00:19:07.920><c> he</c><00:19:08.140><c> gave.</c><00:19:09.079><c> If</c>

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you<00:19:09.279><c> were</c><00:19:09.440><c> trying</c><00:19:09.640><c> to,</c><00:19:09.859><c> and</c><00:19:10.019><c> I</c><00:19:10.140><c> remember</c><00:19:10.519><c> when</c><00:19:10.859><c> my</c><00:19:11.119><c> kids</c><00:19:11.319><c> were</c>

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little,<00:19:11.740><c> sometimes</c><00:19:12.220><c> trying</c><00:19:12.460><c> to</c><00:19:12.619><c> put</c><00:19:13.240><c> gifts</c><00:19:13.559><c> together</c>

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for<00:19:14.220><c> them.</c><00:19:14.339><c> I</c><00:19:14.440><c> remember</c><00:19:14.720><c> one</c><00:19:14.920><c> of</c><00:19:15.039><c> my</c><00:19:15.200><c> favorite</c><00:19:15.539><c> ones</c><00:19:16.019><c> was</c><00:19:16.700><c> a</c>

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rocking<00:19:17.420><c> horse,</c><00:19:18.000><c> you</c><00:19:18.180><c> know</c><00:19:18.180><c> the</c><00:19:18.220><c> ones</c><00:19:18.359><c> that</c><00:19:18.500><c> had</c><00:19:18.579><c> the</c>

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rings<00:19:19.299><c> on</c><00:19:19.559><c> it</c><00:19:19.720><c> and</c><00:19:20.019><c> they</c><00:19:20.339><c> can</c><00:19:20.519><c> really</c><00:19:20.859><c> go</c><00:19:21.039><c> back</c><00:19:21.299><c> and</c><00:19:21.559><c> forth</c><00:19:21.859><c> and</c>

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I'm<00:19:22.599><c> not</c><00:19:22.819><c> sure</c><00:19:23.079><c> what</c><00:19:23.500><c> country</c><00:19:23.940><c> these</c><00:19:24.599><c> directions</c><00:19:25.019><c> were</c>

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written<00:19:25.460><c> from</c><00:19:25.740><c> but</c><00:19:25.900><c> I</c><00:19:26.079><c> remember</c><00:19:26.579><c> getting</c><00:19:28.079><c> this</c><00:19:28.299><c> thing</c><00:19:28.440><c> together</c><00:19:28.839><c> and</c><00:19:29.099><c> the</c><00:19:29.359><c> last</c><00:19:29.700><c> thing</c><00:19:29.900><c> that</c><00:19:30.099><c> you</c><00:19:30.259><c> did</c><00:19:30.460><c> is</c><00:19:30.660><c> you</c>

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had<00:19:30.940><c> to</c><00:19:31.119><c> put</c><00:19:31.240><c> the</c><00:19:31.400><c> thing</c><00:19:31.539><c> which</c><00:19:32.039><c> the</c><00:19:32.279><c> kids</c><00:19:32.460><c> put</c><00:19:32.960><c> their</c><00:19:33.200><c> hands</c>

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on<00:19:33.799><c> and</c><00:19:34.500><c> the</c><00:19:34.859><c> directions</c><00:19:35.119><c> read</c><00:19:35.599><c> drive</c><00:19:36.480><c> stake</c><00:19:36.799><c> through</c>

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horse's<00:19:37.579><c> head.</c><00:19:40.940><c> Well</c><00:19:40.940><c> you</c><00:19:41.240><c> know</c><00:19:41.480><c> sometimes</c><00:19:42.019><c> and</c><00:19:42.380><c> other</c><00:19:42.619><c> times</c>

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they've<00:19:43.099><c> put</c><00:19:43.200><c> things</c><00:19:43.460><c> together</c><00:19:43.859><c> and</c><00:19:44.640><c> you</c><00:19:45.000><c> realize</c>

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they<00:19:45.720><c> didn't</c><00:19:45.940><c> give</c><00:19:46.160><c> you</c><00:19:46.859><c> A.</c><00:19:47.200><c> all</c><00:19:47.400><c> the</c><00:19:47.579><c> parts</c><00:19:47.839><c> and</c><00:19:48.000><c> B.</c><00:19:48.259><c> all</c><00:19:48.480><c> the</c>

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directions.<00:19:49.799><c> Not</c><00:19:50.240><c> that</c><00:19:50.380><c> I</c><00:19:50.460><c> ever</c><00:19:50.599><c> read</c><00:19:50.720><c> the</c><00:19:50.920><c> directions</c>

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anyway<00:19:51.559><c> probably</c><00:19:51.980><c> but</c><00:19:53.099><c> this</c><00:19:53.460><c> is</c><00:19:53.660><c> the</c><00:19:53.859><c> directions</c><00:19:54.339><c> that</c><00:19:54.799><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:19:55.400><c> received.</c><00:19:56.299><c> This</c><00:19:56.519><c> is</c><00:19:56.720><c> what</c><00:19:56.839><c> they</c><00:19:57.039><c> were</c>

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told<00:19:57.559><c> about</c><00:19:57.920><c> what</c><00:19:58.119><c> was</c><00:19:58.319><c> going</c><00:19:58.440><c> to</c><00:19:58.680><c> happen</c><00:19:58.859><c> to</c><00:19:59.059><c> them</c><00:19:59.380><c> for</c><00:19:59.720><c> the</c>

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rest<00:20:00.000><c> of</c><00:20:00.140><c> their</c><00:20:00.299><c> life.</c><00:20:01.440><c> Let</c><00:20:01.599><c> me</c><00:20:01.680><c> read</c><00:20:01.839><c> it</c><00:20:02.019><c> to</c><00:20:02.079><c> you.</c><00:20:02.440><c> Acts</c>

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chapter<00:20:02.799><c> 1</c><00:20:03.059><c> verses</c><00:20:03.359><c> 4</c><00:20:03.680><c> and</c><00:20:03.779><c> 8.</c><00:20:04.740><c> Being</c><00:20:04.799><c> assembled</c><00:20:05.180><c> together</c>

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depart<00:20:08.839><c> from</c><00:20:09.160><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:20:09.940><c> So</c><00:20:10.339><c> stay</c><00:20:10.539><c> right</c><00:20:10.819><c> here.</c><00:20:11.039><c> Don't</c><00:20:11.259><c> go</c>

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back<00:20:11.660><c> to</c><00:20:11.880><c> Galilee</c><00:20:12.279><c> but</c><00:20:13.000><c> wait</c><00:20:13.319><c> for</c><00:20:13.500><c> the</c><00:20:13.720><c> promise</c><00:20:13.940><c> of</c><00:20:14.099><c> the</c>

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Father<00:20:14.500><c> which</c><00:20:15.299><c> saith</c><00:20:15.640><c> he</c><00:20:16.119><c> ye</c><00:20:16.480><c> have</c><00:20:16.640><c> heard</c><00:20:16.880><c> of</c><00:20:17.059><c> me</c><00:20:17.359><c> but</c><00:20:18.119><c> ye</c><00:20:18.339><c> shall</c><00:20:18.460><c> receive</c><00:20:18.859><c> power</c><00:20:19.279><c> after</c><00:20:19.619><c> that</c>

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has<00:20:20.599><c> come</c><00:20:20.740><c> upon</c><00:20:21.039><c> you</c><00:20:21.400><c> and</c><00:20:21.779><c> ye</c><00:20:21.960><c> shall</c><00:20:22.079><c> be</c><00:20:22.339><c> witnesses</c><00:20:22.740><c> unto</c><00:20:23.079><c> me</c>

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let's<00:20:32.720><c> talk</c><00:20:33.000><c> about</c><00:20:33.279><c> that.</c><00:20:33.460><c> If</c><00:20:33.599><c> you</c><00:20:33.779><c> could</c><00:20:34.059><c> imagine</c>

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to<00:20:48.519><c> Judea,</c><00:20:49.900><c> to</c><00:20:50.140><c> Samaria,</c><00:20:51.259><c> and</c><00:20:51.440><c> then</c><00:20:51.680><c> look</c><00:20:51.880><c> what</c><00:20:52.000><c> they</c>

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were<00:20:52.220><c> going</c><00:20:52.339><c> to</c><00:20:52.420><c> go</c><00:20:52.559><c> into</c><00:20:52.819><c> the</c><00:20:53.140><c> uttermost</c><00:20:53.640><c> parts</c><00:20:54.039><c> of</c><00:20:54.380><c> the</c><00:20:54.539><c> world.</c><00:20:55.099><c> They</c>

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amazing<00:21:04.259><c> thing</c><00:21:04.519><c> isn't</c><00:21:04.680><c> it?</c><00:21:05.279><c> I'm</c><00:21:05.579><c> not</c><00:21:05.759><c> going</c><00:21:05.920><c> to</c><00:21:05.980><c> tell</c><00:21:06.119><c> you</c><00:21:06.680><c> how</c>

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that's<00:21:07.220><c> going</c><00:21:07.299><c> to</c><00:21:07.519><c> happen</c><00:21:07.720><c> because</c><00:21:08.000><c> this</c><00:21:08.240><c> is</c><00:21:08.359><c> the</c><00:21:08.460><c> way</c>

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not<00:21:11.319><c> answer</c><00:21:11.660><c> for</c><00:21:11.980><c> them.</c><00:21:12.940><c> He</c><00:21:13.119><c> told</c><00:21:13.380><c> them</c><00:21:13.519><c> this</c><00:21:13.759><c> was</c>

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you're<00:27:00.339><c> going</c><00:27:00.339><c> to</c><00:27:00.400><c> go</c><00:27:00.500><c> to</c><00:27:00.579><c> North</c><00:27:00.740><c> America</c>

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and<00:27:01.900><c> then</c><00:27:02.039><c> you're</c><00:27:02.180><c> going</c><00:27:02.279><c> to</c><00:27:02.380><c> go</c><00:27:02.599><c> on</c><00:27:03.000><c> throughout</c><00:27:03.359><c> Europe</c><00:27:03.759><c> and</c>

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the<00:27:04.019><c> rest</c><00:27:04.279><c> of</c><00:27:04.440><c> the</c><00:27:04.839><c> of</c><00:27:04.839><c> the</c><00:27:05.140><c> world</c><00:27:05.440><c> and</c><00:27:05.839><c> you're</c><00:27:06.000><c> going</c>

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to<00:27:06.259><c> preach</c><00:27:06.400><c> this</c><00:27:06.660><c> gospel.</c><00:27:07.400><c> They</c><00:27:07.819><c> certainly</c><00:27:08.259><c> did</c><00:27:08.579><c> not</c><00:27:08.799><c> have</c>

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the<00:27:09.440><c> financial</c><00:27:10.059><c> reservoir</c><00:27:10.619><c> that</c><00:27:11.140><c> you</c><00:27:11.339><c> would</c><00:27:11.460><c> have</c>

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thought<00:27:11.819><c> would</c><00:27:11.980><c> have</c><00:27:12.099><c> been</c><00:27:12.299><c> necessary</c><00:27:12.759><c> to</c><00:27:13.019><c> have</c><00:27:13.420><c> not</c><00:27:14.119><c> only</c><00:27:14.319><c> for</c><00:27:14.480><c> their</c><00:27:14.660><c> own</c><00:27:14.839><c> needs</c><00:27:15.000><c> but</c><00:27:15.279><c> an</c>

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expanded<00:27:16.059><c> fellowship.</c>

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They<00:27:18.400><c> had</c><00:27:18.559><c> to</c><00:27:18.700><c> use</c><00:27:18.819><c> rented</c><00:27:19.059><c> halls</c><00:27:19.460><c> and</c><00:27:19.740><c> public</c><00:27:20.000><c> portions</c><00:27:20.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:20.779><c> temple</c><00:27:21.240><c> rather</c><00:27:21.640><c> than</c><00:27:21.819><c> have</c><00:27:21.940><c> their</c><00:27:22.099><c> own</c><00:27:22.279><c> places.</c>

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They<00:27:23.299><c> clearly</c><00:27:23.799><c> did</c><00:27:24.079><c> not</c><00:27:24.279><c> have</c><00:27:24.460><c> an</c><00:27:24.779><c> organization</c><00:27:25.339><c> structure</c>

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that<00:27:26.700><c> emerges</c><00:27:27.140><c> over</c><00:27:27.619><c> time</c><00:27:28.140><c> where</c><00:27:28.460><c> you</c>

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begin<00:27:28.900><c> to</c><00:27:29.079><c> get</c><00:27:29.180><c> a</c><00:27:29.420><c> division</c><00:27:29.720><c> of</c><00:27:30.000><c> labor</c><00:27:30.299><c> that</c><00:27:30.720><c> happens.</c><00:27:31.099><c> I</c><00:27:31.099><c> mean</c>

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again<00:27:31.599><c> going</c><00:27:31.920><c> back</c><00:27:32.259><c> to</c><00:27:32.440><c> Acts</c><00:27:32.640><c> chapter</c><00:27:32.960><c> six</c>

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up<00:27:34.160><c> to</c><00:27:34.319><c> that</c><00:27:34.599><c> point</c><00:27:34.779><c> the</c><00:27:35.039><c> disciples</c><00:27:35.440><c> themselves</c><00:27:35.900><c> were</c><00:27:36.160><c> involved</c><00:27:36.599><c> in</c><00:27:37.160><c> gathering</c><00:27:37.539><c> money</c><00:27:37.980><c> and</c><00:27:38.619><c> distributing</c>

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or<00:27:39.420><c> as</c><00:27:39.579><c> they</c><00:27:39.859><c> say</c><00:27:40.079><c> serving</c><00:27:40.539><c> tables</c><00:27:41.339><c> and</c><00:27:43.180><c> finally</c><00:27:43.559><c> they</c><00:27:43.720><c> were</c>

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all<00:27:44.140><c> Galileans.</c><00:27:45.700><c> This</c><00:27:46.339><c> was</c><00:27:46.559><c> not</c><00:27:46.759><c> their</c><00:27:46.980><c> home.</c>

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They<00:27:48.180><c> were</c><00:27:48.400><c> people</c><00:27:48.680><c> who</c><00:27:48.819><c> had</c><00:27:49.240><c> lived</c><00:27:49.500><c> on</c><00:27:50.420><c> right</c><00:27:51.019><c> around</c><00:27:51.339><c> the</c><00:27:51.539><c> Sea</c><00:27:51.720><c> of</c>

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Galilee.<00:27:52.960><c> They</c><00:27:52.960><c> were</c><00:27:53.339><c> many</c><00:27:53.599><c> of</c><00:27:53.740><c> them</c><00:27:53.859><c> were</c>

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fishermen<00:27:54.480><c> and</c><00:27:54.779><c> they'd</c><00:27:55.000><c> come</c><00:27:55.099><c> from</c><00:27:55.339><c> very</c><00:27:55.680><c> different</c><00:27:55.920><c> walks</c>

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of<00:27:56.440><c> life</c><00:27:56.779><c> and</c><00:27:57.140><c> now</c><00:27:57.400><c> here</c><00:27:57.559><c> they</c><00:27:57.779><c> were</c><00:27:57.900><c> in</c><00:27:58.039><c> the</c>

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city<00:27:58.319><c> of</c><00:27:58.579><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:58.960><c> not</c><00:27:59.599><c> what</c><00:27:59.759><c> you</c><00:27:59.880><c> would</c><00:28:00.079><c> call</c><00:28:00.240><c> their</c><00:28:00.539><c> home</c>

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turf<00:28:01.200><c> and</c><00:28:01.740><c> yet</c><00:28:01.920><c> with</c><00:28:02.220><c> all</c><00:28:02.660><c> of</c><00:28:02.819><c> those</c><00:28:03.019><c> things</c><00:28:03.319><c> going</c>

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on<00:28:04.240><c> with</c><00:28:04.660><c> all</c><00:28:05.019><c> the</c><00:28:05.680><c> problems</c><00:28:06.299><c> that</c><00:28:06.579><c> we</c><00:28:06.799><c> would</c><00:28:06.900><c> have</c><00:28:07.039><c> identified</c><00:28:07.559><c> all</c><00:28:08.079><c> the</c>

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limiting<00:28:08.720><c> factors</c><00:28:09.220><c> that</c><00:28:09.420><c> we</c>

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would<00:28:09.779><c> say</c><00:28:10.000><c> how</c><00:28:10.259><c> could</c><00:28:10.420><c> we</c><00:28:10.640><c> ever</c><00:28:10.819><c> bring</c><00:28:11.000><c> that</c><00:28:11.180><c> about</c><00:28:11.859><c> whenever</c>

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they<00:28:12.900><c> get</c><00:28:13.119><c> to</c><00:28:13.299><c> Thessalonica</c><00:28:13.960><c> and</c><00:28:14.200><c> there</c>

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a<00:28:17.720><c> ruler</c><00:28:18.019><c> of</c><00:28:18.240><c> the</c><00:28:18.359><c> city</c><00:28:18.599><c> what</c><00:28:19.039><c> is</c><00:28:19.359><c> said</c><00:28:19.619><c> in</c><00:28:20.259><c> Acts</c><00:28:20.500><c> chapter</c><00:28:20.819><c> 17</c>

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verse<00:28:21.559><c> six</c><00:28:22.039><c> in</c><00:28:22.460><c> 20</c><00:28:22.740><c> years</c><00:28:22.980><c> they</c><00:28:23.220><c> say</c><00:28:23.440><c> and</c><00:28:23.859><c> when</c><00:28:24.000><c> they</c>

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found<00:28:24.460><c> them</c><00:28:24.759><c> not</c><00:28:25.039><c> they</c><00:28:25.440><c> drew</c><00:28:25.599><c> Jason</c><00:28:26.079><c> and</c><00:28:26.440><c> certain</c><00:28:26.700><c> brethren</c>

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unto<00:28:27.880><c> the</c><00:28:28.079><c> rulers</c><00:28:28.279><c> of</c><00:28:28.480><c> the</c><00:28:28.599><c> city</c><00:28:28.839><c> crying</c>

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these<00:28:30.059><c> that</c><00:28:30.259><c> have</c><00:28:30.460><c> turned</c><00:28:30.779><c> the</c><00:28:30.980><c> world</c><00:28:31.140><c> upside</c><00:28:31.539><c> down</c><00:28:32.460><c> are</c><00:28:32.839><c> come</c>

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hither<00:28:33.259><c> also.</c><00:28:34.619><c> Now</c><00:28:34.759><c> that's</c><00:28:34.960><c> pretty</c><00:28:35.160><c> incredible</c>

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here<00:28:35.779><c> they</c><00:28:36.019><c> are</c><00:28:36.240><c> miles</c><00:28:36.640><c> away</c><00:28:36.960><c> in</c><00:28:37.180><c> Thessalonica</c><00:28:37.839><c> and</c><00:28:38.480><c> what</c><00:28:38.619><c> is</c>

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said<00:28:39.000><c> about</c><00:28:39.259><c> this</c><00:28:39.640><c> band</c><00:28:39.940><c> in</c><00:28:40.599><c> 20</c><00:28:40.940><c> years</c><00:28:41.279><c> that</c><00:28:41.420><c> have</c><00:28:41.599><c> gone</c>

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from<00:28:42.039><c> having</c><00:28:42.319><c> none</c><00:28:42.539><c> of</c><00:28:42.700><c> the</c><00:28:42.920><c> resources</c><00:28:43.400><c> that</c><00:28:43.900><c> you</c><00:28:44.039><c> and</c><00:28:44.160><c> I</c><00:28:44.279><c> would</c><00:28:44.460><c> think</c><00:28:44.759><c> absolutely</c><00:28:45.299><c> were</c>

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necessary<00:28:45.960><c> to</c><00:28:46.119><c> do</c><00:28:46.299><c> this</c>

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in<00:28:47.579><c> 20</c><00:28:47.940><c> years</c><00:28:48.359><c> it</c><00:28:48.799><c> says</c><00:28:49.039><c> they</c><00:28:49.220><c> have</c><00:28:49.500><c> turned</c><00:28:49.799><c> the</c><00:28:50.059><c> world</c><00:28:50.339><c> upside</c>

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down<00:28:51.700><c> and</c><00:28:52.160><c> I</c><00:28:52.400><c> just</c><00:28:52.660><c> love</c><00:28:52.839><c> that</c><00:28:53.140><c> phrase</c>

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that<00:28:54.819><c> they</c><00:28:55.000><c> had</c><00:28:55.220><c> been</c><00:28:55.480><c> by</c><00:28:55.740><c> a</c><00:28:55.940><c> by</c><00:28:56.259><c> bringing</c><00:28:56.619><c> together</c><00:28:57.039><c> the</c><00:28:57.299><c> gospel</c><00:28:57.759><c> into</c>

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these<00:28:58.920><c> pagan</c><00:28:59.380><c> and</c><00:28:59.920><c> Greek</c><00:29:00.140><c> and</c><00:29:00.400><c> Roman</c><00:29:00.619><c> areas</c>

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they<00:29:01.680><c> had</c><00:29:01.839><c> been</c><00:29:02.039><c> able</c><00:29:02.240><c> to</c><00:29:02.579><c> turn</c><00:29:02.799><c> the</c><00:29:03.119><c> world</c><00:29:03.700><c> upside</c><00:29:04.359><c> down.</c><00:29:05.160><c> Now</c>

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obviously<00:29:06.299><c> it</c><00:29:06.559><c> wasn't</c><00:29:06.799><c> because</c><00:29:07.359><c> of</c><00:29:07.839><c> the</c><00:29:08.180><c> scholars</c>

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among<00:29:08.839><c> them</c><00:29:09.220><c> and</c><00:29:09.660><c> it</c><00:29:09.839><c> obviously</c><00:29:10.160><c> wasn't</c><00:29:10.420><c> because</c><00:29:10.799><c> of</c><00:29:10.960><c> the</c><00:29:11.200><c> resources</c><00:29:11.680><c> that</c><00:29:11.940><c> they</c><00:29:12.180><c> had</c>

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but<00:29:12.960><c> they</c><00:29:13.259><c> had</c><00:29:13.480><c> something</c>

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that<00:29:14.460><c> allowed</c><00:29:14.880><c> them</c><00:29:15.400><c> to</c><00:29:15.660><c> be</c><00:29:15.799><c> able</c><00:29:15.960><c> to</c><00:29:16.140><c> do</c><00:29:16.319><c> that</c><00:29:16.599><c> and</c><00:29:16.980><c> of</c><00:29:17.140><c> course</c>

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what<00:29:17.500><c> we</c><00:29:17.740><c> know</c><00:29:17.960><c> is</c><00:29:18.160><c> that</c><00:29:18.279><c> they</c><00:29:18.440><c> had</c><00:29:18.660><c> the</c><00:29:18.859><c> hand</c><00:29:19.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:19.299><c> Lord</c><00:29:19.460><c> Jesus</c><00:29:19.819><c> Christ</c><00:29:20.180><c> working</c><00:29:20.579><c> amongst</c><00:29:20.940><c> them.</c><00:29:21.680><c> That's</c><00:29:21.819><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:29:22.279><c> lesson</c><00:29:22.599><c> for</c><00:29:22.799><c> us</c><00:29:22.900><c> to</c><00:29:23.099><c> think</c><00:29:23.259><c> about.</c>

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57<00:29:24.420><c> cities</c><00:29:25.019><c> are</c><00:29:25.339><c> recorded</c><00:29:25.839><c> in</c><00:29:26.460><c> the</c><00:29:26.559><c> New</c><00:29:26.740><c> Testament</c><00:29:27.220><c> where</c>

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there<00:29:27.640><c> were</c><00:29:27.940><c> ecclesias</c><00:29:28.400><c> established.</c>

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57<00:29:31.519><c> ecclesias</c><00:29:32.079><c> within</c><00:29:32.559><c> a</c><00:29:32.839><c> period</c><00:29:33.160><c> of</c><00:29:33.799><c> really</c><00:29:34.079><c> not</c><00:29:34.279><c> much</c><00:29:34.539><c> more</c>

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than<00:29:35.079><c> 40</c><00:29:35.359><c> years</c><00:29:35.960><c> were</c><00:29:36.460><c> established</c>

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and<00:29:39.240><c> the</c><00:29:39.359><c> reason</c><00:29:39.720><c> for</c><00:29:40.079><c> this</c><00:29:40.579><c> is</c><00:29:40.940><c> a</c><00:29:41.119><c> wonder</c><00:29:41.299><c> it's</c><00:29:41.720><c> found</c><00:29:41.839><c> in</c><00:29:42.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:42.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:43.299><c> 42.</c>

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It's<00:29:43.980><c> a</c><00:29:44.140><c> wonderful</c>

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saying<00:29:46.039><c> that</c><00:29:46.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:46.680><c> gives</c><00:29:47.079><c> to</c><00:29:47.220><c> us</c><00:29:47.279><c> he</c><00:29:47.400><c> says</c><00:29:47.619><c> a</c><00:29:48.220><c> bruised</c><00:29:48.700><c> reed</c>

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shall<00:29:49.200><c> he</c><00:29:49.420><c> not</c><00:29:49.640><c> break</c><00:29:50.000><c> and</c><00:29:50.539><c> the</c><00:29:50.859><c> smoking</c><00:29:51.220><c> flax</c><00:29:51.559><c> shall</c>

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he<00:29:51.940><c> not</c><00:29:52.200><c> quench</c><00:29:53.059><c> until</c><00:29:53.539><c> he</c><00:29:54.180><c> shall</c><00:29:54.339><c> he</c><00:29:54.740><c> shall</c><00:29:54.980><c> bring</c><00:29:55.200><c> forth</c><00:29:55.500><c> judgment</c><00:29:55.900><c> unto</c><00:29:56.140><c> truth</c><00:29:56.660><c> and</c>

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this<00:29:57.460><c> was</c><00:29:57.660><c> true</c><00:29:57.839><c> of</c><00:29:57.960><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:29:58.539><c> wasn't</c><00:29:58.900><c> it?</c><00:29:59.460><c> I</c><00:29:59.460><c> mean</c><00:30:00.119><c> the</c><00:30:00.839><c> faith</c><00:30:00.859><c> of</c><00:30:01.660><c> the</c><00:30:02.599><c> of</c><00:30:02.599><c> the</c>

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able<00:36:05.210><c> to</c><00:36:05.489><c> move</c><00:36:05.670><c> with</c><00:36:05.869><c> them</c><00:36:06.070><c> in</c><00:36:06.289><c> the</c><00:36:06.489><c> same</c><00:36:06.710><c> way</c><00:36:07.050><c> that</c><00:36:07.630><c> if</c><00:36:07.789><c> they</c>

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had<00:36:08.230><c> been</c><00:36:08.469><c> those</c><00:36:08.789><c> who</c><00:36:09.070><c> were</c><00:36:09.730><c> faithful</c><00:36:10.190><c> to</c><00:36:10.489><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:36:11.329><c> let</c><00:36:11.449><c> me</c><00:36:11.530><c> give</c><00:36:11.670><c> you</c><00:36:11.809><c> just</c><00:36:11.969><c> a</c><00:36:12.130><c> very</c><00:36:12.409><c> quick</c><00:36:12.630><c> peek</c><00:36:13.030><c> at</c><00:36:13.510><c> some</c><00:36:13.670><c> of</c>

00:36:13.789 --> 00:36:15.510
the<00:36:14.070><c> decision</c><00:36:14.369><c> making</c><00:36:14.690><c> of</c><00:36:14.869><c> the</c><00:36:15.070><c> Acts</c><00:36:15.230><c> of</c><00:36:15.349><c> the</c>

00:36:15.510 --> 00:36:18.449
Apostles<00:36:15.969><c> we're</c><00:36:16.349><c> just</c><00:36:16.469><c> going</c><00:36:16.550><c> to</c><00:36:16.710><c> run</c><00:36:16.869><c> through</c><00:36:17.070><c> these</c><00:36:17.190><c> real</c><00:36:17.449><c> quickly</c><00:36:17.750><c> to</c><00:36:17.989><c> give</c><00:36:18.110><c> you</c><00:36:18.309><c> a</c>

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quick<00:36:18.590><c> picture</c><00:36:19.050><c> of</c><00:36:19.929><c> some</c>

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of<00:36:20.150><c> the</c><00:36:20.469><c> decisions</c><00:36:21.690><c> that</c><00:36:21.849><c> are</c><00:36:21.909><c> made.</c><00:36:22.130><c> How</c><00:36:22.269><c> about</c><00:36:22.449><c> the</c><00:36:22.710><c> selection</c><00:36:22.949><c> of</c><00:36:23.170><c> Matthias?</c><00:36:24.389><c> Matthias</c><00:36:24.949><c> being</c><00:36:25.329><c> the</c>

00:36:25.650 --> 00:36:30.570
replacement<00:36:26.010><c> for</c><00:36:26.309><c> Judas</c><00:36:26.550><c> Iscariot</c><00:36:26.989><c> the</c><00:36:27.550><c> need</c><00:36:27.730><c> was</c><00:36:27.989><c> identified</c><00:36:28.489><c> from</c><00:36:29.110><c> scripture</c><00:36:29.730><c> that</c>

00:36:30.570 --> 00:36:31.809
there<00:36:30.909><c> was</c><00:36:31.309><c> a</c><00:36:31.670><c> need</c>

00:36:31.809 --> 00:36:35.329
to<00:36:32.150><c> replace</c><00:36:32.389><c> Judas.</c><00:36:33.469><c> Now</c><00:36:33.809><c> interestingly</c><00:36:34.170><c> enough</c><00:36:34.630><c> there</c><00:36:35.090><c> was</c>

00:36:35.329 --> 00:36:37.789
not<00:36:35.510><c> a</c><00:36:35.769><c> replacement</c><00:36:36.309><c> later</c><00:36:36.809><c> on</c><00:36:37.070><c> of</c><00:36:37.289><c> James</c><00:36:37.489><c> when</c><00:36:37.650><c> he</c>

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was<00:36:37.969><c> beheaded</c><00:36:38.170><c> was</c><00:36:38.429><c> there?</c><00:36:39.829><c> There</c><00:36:40.010><c> was</c><00:36:40.230><c> not.</c><00:36:40.889><c> James</c><00:36:41.269><c> 1</c><00:36:41.469><c> of</c><00:36:41.550><c> the</c>

00:36:41.670 --> 00:36:44.789
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don't<00:36:44.989><c> bring</c><00:36:45.210><c> a</c><00:36:45.409><c> council</c><00:36:45.610><c> together</c><00:36:45.969><c> to</c><00:36:46.230><c> appoint</c><00:36:46.510><c> a</c><00:36:46.750><c> replacement.</c><00:36:47.690><c> The</c><00:36:47.989><c> difference</c><00:36:48.349><c> being</c>

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that<00:36:49.090><c> with</c>

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the<00:36:50.050><c> apostles</c><00:36:50.050><c> Judas</c><00:36:51.250><c> had</c><00:36:52.210><c> forfeited</c><00:36:52.750><c> his</c><00:36:53.090><c> place</c><00:36:53.570><c> but</c><00:36:54.969><c> death</c>

00:36:55.690 --> 00:36:59.409
does<00:36:56.170><c> not</c><00:36:57.150><c> forfeit</c><00:36:57.809><c> a</c><00:36:58.230><c> person's</c><00:36:58.909><c> place</c><00:36:59.090><c> as</c><00:36:59.269><c> an</c>

00:36:59.409 --> 00:37:02.849
apostle<00:36:59.809><c> and</c><00:37:00.710><c> so</c><00:37:00.889><c> the</c><00:37:01.090><c> need</c><00:37:01.289><c> was</c><00:37:01.570><c> identified</c><00:37:02.090><c> from</c><00:37:02.389><c> scripture</c>

00:37:02.849 --> 00:37:05.289
to<00:37:03.309><c> replace</c><00:37:03.670><c> Judas</c><00:37:04.110><c> and</c><00:37:04.690><c> the</c><00:37:04.889><c> apostles</c>

00:37:05.289 --> 00:37:08.409
then<00:37:05.690><c> identified</c><00:37:06.349><c> the</c><00:37:06.670><c> criteria</c><00:37:07.329><c> they</c><00:37:07.650><c> were</c><00:37:07.789><c> going</c><00:37:07.909><c> to</c><00:37:08.090><c> use</c>

00:37:08.409 --> 00:37:10.730
for<00:37:08.829><c> the</c><00:37:09.110><c> selection.</c><00:37:09.710><c> You</c><00:37:09.710><c> might</c><00:37:09.889><c> remember</c><00:37:10.349><c> it</c>

00:37:10.730 --> 00:37:13.070
was<00:37:10.949><c> had</c><00:37:11.070><c> to</c><00:37:11.230><c> be</c><00:37:11.409><c> one</c><00:37:11.610><c> that</c><00:37:11.809><c> from</c><00:37:12.309><c> the</c><00:37:12.449><c> from</c><00:37:12.449><c> John</c><00:37:12.590><c> the</c><00:37:12.769><c> Baptist</c>

00:37:13.070 --> 00:37:15.409
on<00:37:13.449><c> had</c><00:37:13.849><c> been</c><00:37:14.070><c> with</c><00:37:14.269><c> them</c><00:37:14.489><c> regularly</c><00:37:14.989><c> and</c><00:37:15.230><c> going</c>

00:37:15.409 --> 00:37:20.570
about<00:37:15.730><c> and</c><00:37:16.210><c> they</c><00:37:16.429><c> came</c><00:37:16.650><c> up</c><00:37:16.829><c> with</c><00:37:17.010><c> two</c><00:37:17.269><c> people.</c><00:37:18.570><c> Two</c><00:37:18.809><c> candidates</c><00:37:19.130><c> were</c><00:37:19.389><c> selected</c><00:37:19.829><c> after</c><00:37:20.369><c> a</c>

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very<00:37:20.829><c> rational</c>

00:37:21.349 --> 00:37:25.670
and<00:37:21.829><c> a</c><00:37:21.949><c> very</c><00:37:22.230><c> diligent</c><00:37:22.550><c> process</c><00:37:23.070><c> was</c><00:37:23.369><c> followed</c><00:37:23.730><c> and</c><00:37:24.269><c> then</c><00:37:24.469><c> they</c><00:37:24.789><c> prayed</c><00:37:25.269><c> and</c>

00:37:25.670 --> 00:37:27.210
they<00:37:25.889><c> put</c><00:37:26.010><c> the</c><00:37:26.210><c> decision</c><00:37:26.530><c> in</c><00:37:26.690><c> the</c><00:37:26.829><c> Lord's</c>

00:37:27.210 --> 00:37:31.610
hands.<00:37:28.289><c> Now</c><00:37:28.570><c> we're</c><00:37:28.869><c> going</c><00:37:28.969><c> to</c><00:37:29.090><c> spend</c><00:37:29.409><c> some</c><00:37:29.869><c> time</c><00:37:30.190><c> here</c><00:37:30.710><c> talking</c><00:37:31.230><c> about</c>

00:37:31.610 --> 00:37:33.809
this<00:37:31.829><c> issue</c><00:37:32.090><c> about</c><00:37:32.550><c> prayer</c><00:37:33.130><c> in</c><00:37:33.630><c> the</c>

00:37:33.809 --> 00:37:38.010
Ecclesia<00:37:34.230><c> and</c><00:37:36.309><c> then</c><00:37:36.469><c> they</c><00:37:36.670><c> cast</c><00:37:36.909><c> lots</c><00:37:37.210><c> and</c><00:37:37.389><c> they</c><00:37:37.570><c> abided</c><00:37:37.829><c> by</c>

00:37:38.010 --> 00:37:39.690
the<00:37:38.250><c> decision.</c><00:37:38.469><c> There</c><00:37:38.570><c> was</c><00:37:38.730><c> no</c><00:37:39.070><c> second</c><00:37:39.329><c> guessing</c>

00:37:39.690 --> 00:37:43.190
or<00:37:40.150><c> complaining.</c><00:37:40.789><c> I</c><00:37:40.829><c> mean</c><00:37:40.949><c> you</c><00:37:41.110><c> don't</c><00:37:41.409><c> hear</c><00:37:41.670><c> again</c><00:37:42.329><c> throughout</c><00:37:42.750><c> scripture</c>

00:37:43.190 --> 00:37:44.429
about<00:37:43.489><c> Matthias.</c>

00:37:45.010 --> 00:37:48.230
Never<00:37:45.210><c> again.</c><00:37:46.230><c> I'm</c><00:37:46.449><c> sure</c><00:37:46.769><c> that</c><00:37:46.949><c> Matthias</c><00:37:47.369><c> had</c><00:37:47.550><c> all</c><00:37:47.750><c> kinds</c><00:37:47.989><c> of</c>

00:37:48.230 --> 00:37:50.289
wonderful<00:37:48.489><c> work</c><00:37:48.690><c> he</c><00:37:48.889><c> did</c><00:37:49.070><c> but</c><00:37:49.409><c> we</c><00:37:49.630><c> never</c><00:37:49.849><c> hear</c><00:37:50.050><c> about</c>

00:37:50.289 --> 00:37:57.070
him<00:37:50.489><c> again.</c><00:37:52.010><c> Again</c><00:37:52.309><c> as</c><00:37:52.469><c> we</c><00:37:52.690><c> said</c><00:37:53.170><c> it</c><00:37:53.789><c> was</c><00:37:54.110><c> not</c><00:37:54.409><c> this</c><00:37:54.710><c> did</c><00:37:55.030><c> not</c><00:37:55.210><c> involve</c><00:37:55.610><c> all</c><00:37:55.809><c> the</c><00:37:55.989><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:37:56.269><c> This</c><00:37:56.449><c> was</c><00:37:56.650><c> a</c><00:37:56.809><c> decision</c>

00:37:57.070 --> 00:37:59.610
made<00:37:57.289><c> by</c><00:37:57.510><c> the</c><00:37:57.670><c> apostles.</c><00:37:58.409><c> Now</c><00:37:58.590><c> the</c><00:37:58.789><c> selection</c><00:37:59.090><c> of</c><00:37:59.309><c> the</c><00:37:59.429><c> seven</c>

00:37:59.610 --> 00:38:01.710
is<00:37:59.769><c> quite</c><00:38:00.030><c> different.</c><00:38:00.889><c> The</c><00:38:01.150><c> selection</c><00:38:01.409><c> of</c><00:38:01.630><c> the</c>

00:38:01.710 --> 00:38:05.050
seven<00:38:01.889><c> we're</c><00:38:02.190><c> told</c><00:38:02.389><c> in</c><00:38:02.570><c> Acts</c><00:38:02.769><c> chapter</c><00:38:03.070><c> six</c><00:38:03.590><c> these</c><00:38:04.070><c> are</c><00:38:04.210><c> the</c><00:38:04.349><c> ones</c><00:38:04.510><c> who</c><00:38:04.690><c> were</c><00:38:04.829><c> to</c>

00:38:05.050 --> 00:38:06.230
take<00:38:05.269><c> care</c><00:38:05.429><c> of</c><00:38:05.570><c> the</c><00:38:05.750><c> waiting</c><00:38:05.929><c> on</c>

00:38:06.230 --> 00:38:09.769
it<00:38:06.230><c> says</c><00:38:07.289><c> wherefore</c><00:38:07.809><c> brother</c><00:38:08.130><c> look</c><00:38:08.389><c> ye</c><00:38:08.530><c> out</c><00:38:08.650><c> among</c><00:38:08.889><c> you</c><00:38:09.429><c> seven</c>

00:38:09.769 --> 00:38:11.269
men<00:38:09.989><c> of</c><00:38:10.170><c> honest</c><00:38:10.349><c> report</c><00:38:10.750><c> full</c><00:38:11.030><c> of</c><00:38:11.150><c> the</c>

00:38:11.269 --> 00:38:15.329
Holy<00:38:11.429><c> Spirit</c><00:38:11.750><c> and</c><00:38:11.889><c> wisdom</c><00:38:12.489><c> whom</c><00:38:12.829><c> we</c><00:38:13.070><c> we</c><00:38:13.250><c> may</c><00:38:13.429><c> appoint</c><00:38:13.769><c> over</c><00:38:14.070><c> this</c><00:38:14.289><c> business</c><00:38:14.730><c> but</c><00:38:15.170><c> we</c>

00:38:15.329 --> 00:38:16.070
will<00:38:15.489><c> give</c><00:38:15.650><c> ourselves</c>

00:38:16.070 --> 00:38:22.329
continually<00:38:16.650><c> to</c><00:38:16.929><c> prayer</c><00:38:17.250><c> and</c><00:38:17.670><c> to</c><00:38:17.789><c> the</c><00:38:17.989><c> ministry</c><00:38:18.289><c> of</c><00:38:18.469><c> the</c><00:38:18.650><c> word.</c><00:38:20.070><c> So</c><00:38:20.329><c> in</c><00:38:20.570><c> that</c><00:38:20.829><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:21.230><c> decision</c><00:38:21.690><c> a</c><00:38:22.090><c> serious</c>

00:38:22.329 --> 00:38:26.969
problem<00:38:22.650><c> was</c><00:38:22.869><c> identified.</c><00:38:23.829><c> The</c><00:38:24.150><c> apostles</c><00:38:24.570><c> realized</c><00:38:25.309><c> that</c><00:38:26.030><c> they</c><00:38:26.489><c> should</c><00:38:26.650><c> not</c><00:38:26.869><c> be</c>

00:38:26.969 --> 00:38:28.449
the<00:38:27.150><c> ones</c><00:38:27.369><c> doing</c><00:38:27.590><c> all</c><00:38:27.969><c> the</c><00:38:28.170><c> work</c>

00:38:28.449 --> 00:38:31.550
that<00:38:28.909><c> they</c><00:38:29.309><c> themselves</c><00:38:29.710><c> should</c><00:38:29.969><c> not</c><00:38:30.110><c> be</c><00:38:30.230><c> the</c><00:38:30.369><c> ones</c><00:38:30.590><c> only</c><00:38:30.969><c> solving</c><00:38:31.289><c> this</c>

00:38:31.550 --> 00:38:33.989
particular<00:38:32.030><c> problem</c><00:38:32.610><c> and</c><00:38:33.570><c> they</c><00:38:33.789><c> gave</c>

00:38:33.989 --> 00:38:37.269
criteria.<00:38:35.090><c> The</c><00:38:35.570><c> apostles</c><00:38:35.889><c> gave</c><00:38:36.130><c> criteria</c><00:38:36.610><c> to</c><00:38:36.829><c> the</c><00:38:36.969><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:38:37.269 --> 00:38:39.389
for<00:38:37.510><c> what</c><00:38:37.690><c> to</c><00:38:37.869><c> do</c><00:38:37.949><c> for</c><00:38:38.190><c> selection</c><00:38:38.590><c> and</c><00:38:39.210><c> then</c>

00:38:39.389 --> 00:38:43.289
the<00:38:39.610><c> multitude</c><00:38:40.110><c> made</c><00:38:40.489><c> the</c><00:38:40.809><c> selection</c><00:38:41.210><c> of</c><00:38:41.769><c> the</c><00:38:42.030><c> seven</c><00:38:42.329><c> and</c><00:38:42.809><c> they</c><00:38:43.150><c> set</c>

00:38:43.289 --> 00:38:46.869
them<00:38:43.449><c> before</c><00:38:43.750><c> the</c><00:38:44.010><c> apostles</c><00:38:44.530><c> they</c><00:38:45.809><c> prayed</c>

00:38:46.889 --> 00:38:49.809
and<00:38:47.389><c> then</c><00:38:47.510><c> they</c><00:38:47.690><c> laid</c><00:38:47.809><c> their</c><00:38:48.030><c> hands</c><00:38:48.269><c> on</c><00:38:48.449><c> the</c><00:38:48.670><c> seven.</c><00:38:49.469><c> So</c><00:38:49.610><c> it's</c>

00:38:49.809 --> 00:38:51.630
a<00:38:49.909><c> different</c><00:38:50.130><c> process</c><00:38:50.610><c> isn't</c><00:38:50.809><c> it?</c><00:38:50.909><c> Now</c><00:38:51.210><c> that</c>

00:38:51.630 --> 00:38:52.949
should<00:38:51.809><c> tell</c><00:38:52.030><c> us</c><00:38:52.170><c> something.</c><00:38:52.329><c> We're</c><00:38:52.429><c> going</c><00:38:52.530><c> to</c><00:38:52.530><c> look</c><00:38:52.690><c> closer</c>

00:38:52.949 --> 00:38:55.170
at<00:38:53.050><c> this</c><00:38:53.250><c> later</c><00:38:53.530><c> on.</c><00:38:54.110><c> It</c><00:38:54.329><c> should</c><00:38:54.530><c> tell</c><00:38:54.750><c> us</c><00:38:54.949><c> something</c>

00:38:55.170 --> 00:38:59.289
about<00:38:55.469><c> the</c><00:38:55.710><c> decision</c><00:38:56.010><c> process.</c><00:38:56.909><c> One</c><00:38:57.329><c> the</c><00:38:58.250><c> arranging</c><00:38:58.750><c> brethren</c><00:38:59.050><c> made</c>

00:38:59.289 --> 00:39:02.610
the<00:38:59.510><c> decision</c><00:38:59.769><c> themselves.</c><00:39:01.309><c> The</c><00:39:01.809><c> other</c>

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the<00:39:07.010><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:39:07.610><c> The</c><00:39:07.670><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:08.929><c> used</c><00:39:09.610><c> that</c><00:39:09.869><c> criteria</c>

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that<00:39:15.510><c> point.</c>

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arranging<00:39:20.909><c> brethren</c><00:39:21.250><c> today</c><00:39:21.789><c> are</c>

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scriptural<00:39:26.690><c> principles</c><00:39:27.289><c> and</c><00:39:27.889><c> involving</c><00:39:28.289><c> the</c><00:39:28.570><c> Ecclesia</c>

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in<00:39:29.469><c> appropriate</c><00:39:30.070><c> decisions.</c><00:39:31.190><c> This</c><00:39:31.250><c> has</c><00:39:31.449><c> been</c><00:39:31.570><c> a</c><00:39:31.690><c> lesson</c><00:39:31.969><c> that</c>

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I've<00:39:32.349><c> learned</c><00:39:32.530><c> over</c><00:39:32.829><c> time</c><00:39:33.050><c> is</c><00:39:33.250><c> that</c><00:39:33.670><c> the</c><00:39:33.869><c> Ecclesia</c>

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not<00:39:34.929><c> only</c><00:39:35.309><c> should</c><00:39:35.630><c> not</c><00:39:36.130><c> but</c><00:39:37.550><c> it</c><00:39:37.929><c> is</c><00:39:38.110><c> inappropriate</c><00:39:38.610><c> completely</c><00:39:39.190><c> in</c><00:39:39.570><c> some</c>

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decisions<00:39:40.630><c> for</c><00:39:41.090><c> the</c><00:39:41.309><c> Ecclesia</c>

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to<00:39:41.730><c> be</c><00:39:41.909><c> involved</c><00:39:42.130><c> in</c><00:39:42.349><c> everything.</c><00:39:42.869><c> This</c><00:39:43.050><c> is</c><00:39:43.190><c> where</c><00:39:43.289><c> that</c><00:39:43.510><c> idea</c>

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of<00:39:44.190><c> democracy</c><00:39:44.730><c> comes</c><00:39:45.070><c> in</c><00:39:45.429><c> thinking</c><00:39:45.889><c> that</c><00:39:46.309><c> everything</c>

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has<00:39:46.849><c> got</c><00:39:46.909><c> to</c><00:39:47.010><c> be</c><00:39:47.130><c> done</c><00:39:47.269><c> by</c><00:39:47.590><c> democracy.</c><00:39:48.590><c> That</c><00:39:48.730><c> is</c><00:39:48.949><c> not</c><00:39:49.150><c> appropriate</c><00:39:49.530><c> in</c><00:39:49.710><c> all</c>

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decisions<00:39:50.269><c> in</c><00:39:50.449><c> the</c><00:39:50.610><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Dedicated<00:39:53.269><c> prayer</c><00:39:53.690><c> also</c><00:39:54.230><c> has</c><00:39:54.530><c> to</c><00:39:54.670><c> be</c><00:39:54.829><c> given</c><00:39:55.030><c> each</c><00:39:55.469><c> time</c><00:39:55.929><c> to</c><00:39:56.429><c> ask</c><00:39:56.710><c> the</c><00:39:56.929><c> Lord</c><00:39:57.090><c> to</c>

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guide<00:39:57.590><c> the</c><00:39:57.889><c> decision.</c><00:39:58.429><c> In</c><00:39:58.750><c> fact</c>

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it<00:39:59.130><c> is</c><00:39:59.389><c> a</c><00:39:59.610><c> key</c><00:39:59.789><c> role</c><00:40:00.250><c> of</c><00:40:00.650><c> arranging</c><00:40:01.070><c> brethren.</c><00:40:01.730><c> When</c><00:40:01.869><c> the</c><00:40:02.090><c> disciples</c><00:40:02.510><c> in</c><00:40:03.190><c> Acts</c><00:40:03.469><c> chapter</c><00:40:03.789><c> 6</c>

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are<00:40:04.750><c> asked</c><00:40:05.030><c> about</c>

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going<00:40:07.389><c> through</c><00:40:07.989><c> this</c><00:40:08.210><c> issue</c><00:40:08.389><c> they</c><00:40:08.570><c> said</c><00:40:08.769><c> if</c><00:40:09.309><c> we</c><00:40:09.650><c> will</c><00:40:09.809><c> have</c><00:40:10.110><c> seven</c><00:40:10.510><c> people</c><00:40:10.949><c> dedicated</c><00:40:11.630><c> to</c>

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taking<00:40:12.409><c> care</c><00:40:12.730><c> of</c><00:40:12.949><c> this</c>

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and<00:40:13.670><c> taking</c><00:40:13.829><c> care</c><00:40:14.050><c> of</c><00:40:14.170><c> the</c><00:40:14.309><c> waiting</c><00:40:14.429><c> on</c><00:40:14.710><c> tables</c><00:40:14.949><c> we</c><00:40:15.489><c> can</c><00:40:15.730><c> devote</c><00:40:15.949><c> ourselves</c><00:40:16.530><c> to</c><00:40:17.309><c> prayer</c><00:40:17.989><c> and</c><00:40:18.889><c> to</c>

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the<00:40:19.230><c> proclamation</c>

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of<00:40:19.949><c> the</c><00:40:20.130><c> Lord.</c><00:40:22.289><c> And</c><00:40:22.650><c> also</c><00:40:23.309><c> whether</c><00:40:23.789><c> by</c><00:40:24.130><c> casting</c><00:40:24.389><c> of</c><00:40:24.670><c> lots</c><00:40:24.809><c> or</c><00:40:25.010><c> by</c><00:40:25.210><c> a</c>

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collegial<00:40:25.590><c> elections</c><00:40:25.949><c> the</c><00:40:26.250><c> decision</c>

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that<00:40:27.130><c> comes</c><00:40:27.550><c> must</c><00:40:28.289><c> be</c><00:40:28.610><c> supported</c><00:40:28.989><c> and</c><00:40:29.210><c> that</c><00:40:29.369><c> sometimes</c><00:40:29.769><c> is</c><00:40:29.989><c> a</c>

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lesson<00:40:30.250><c> hard</c><00:40:30.510><c> for</c><00:40:30.630><c> us</c><00:40:30.809><c> to</c><00:40:30.989><c> learn.</c>

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Now<00:40:32.170><c> in</c><00:40:32.349><c> the</c><00:40:32.550><c> last</c><00:40:32.889><c> couple</c><00:40:33.190><c> of</c><00:40:33.429><c> minutes</c><00:40:33.610><c> what</c><00:40:33.789><c> we'd</c><00:40:34.050><c> like</c><00:40:34.150><c> to</c><00:40:34.329><c> do</c><00:40:34.429><c> is</c><00:40:34.590><c> take</c><00:40:34.809><c> a</c>

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I<00:40:35.869><c> ought</c><00:40:36.030><c> to</c><00:40:36.150><c> have</c><00:40:36.269><c> 45</c><00:40:36.610><c> minutes</c><00:40:36.829><c> for</c>

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this<00:40:37.190><c> part</c><00:40:37.309><c> and</c><00:40:37.389><c> I</c><00:40:37.570><c> don't</c><00:40:38.010><c> but</c><00:40:38.309><c> I'd</c><00:40:38.510><c> like</c><00:40:38.550><c> to</c><00:40:38.690><c> just</c><00:40:38.809><c> take</c><00:40:38.929><c> a</c><00:40:39.130><c> quick</c><00:40:39.289><c> look</c><00:40:39.590><c> at</c>

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really<00:40:40.289><c> what</c><00:40:40.409><c> I</c><00:40:40.590><c> think</c><00:40:40.670><c> to</c><00:40:40.829><c> be</c><00:40:40.969><c> a</c><00:40:41.230><c> core</c>

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of<00:40:42.449><c> the</c><00:40:42.849><c> first</c><00:40:43.349><c> century</c><00:40:43.829><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:44.309><c> worship.</c><00:40:45.210><c> First</c><00:40:45.449><c> of</c><00:40:45.550><c> all</c>

00:40:45.630 --> 00:40:46.829
have<00:40:45.710><c> you</c><00:40:45.769><c> ever</c><00:40:45.909><c> said</c><00:40:45.989><c> things</c><00:40:46.210><c> like</c><00:40:46.469><c> this</c><00:40:46.670><c> I'm</c>

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just<00:40:47.030><c> not</c><00:40:47.150><c> a</c><00:40:47.269><c> good</c><00:40:47.389><c> speaker</c><00:40:47.789><c> or</c><00:40:49.269><c> things</c><00:40:49.650><c> like</c><00:40:49.909><c> I'm</c><00:40:50.150><c> too</c><00:40:50.429><c> shy</c><00:40:50.750><c> to</c>

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do<00:40:51.110><c> preaching</c><00:40:51.449><c> work</c><00:40:51.829><c> or</c><00:40:52.650><c> things</c><00:40:52.909><c> like</c><00:40:53.250><c> I</c><00:40:53.630><c> really</c>

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churches<00:40:56.670><c> or</c><00:40:57.690><c> I'm</c><00:40:58.210><c> not</c><00:40:58.449><c> good</c><00:40:58.590><c> with</c><00:40:58.829><c> debating.</c>

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My<00:41:01.889><c> knowledge</c><00:41:02.190><c> isn't</c><00:41:02.429><c> deep</c><00:41:02.670><c> enough</c><00:41:03.050><c> or</c><00:41:03.710><c> there's</c><00:41:03.949><c> so</c><00:41:04.190><c> many</c><00:41:04.329><c> other</c><00:41:04.630><c> qualified</c><00:41:05.090><c> people</c><00:41:05.489><c> who</c>

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are<00:41:05.769><c> better</c><00:41:06.010><c> you</c><00:41:06.210><c> know</c>

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they're<00:41:06.570><c> much</c><00:41:06.809><c> better</c><00:41:07.010><c> than</c><00:41:07.210><c> I</c><00:41:07.510><c> to</c><00:41:07.989><c> select.</c><00:41:08.869><c> Now</c><00:41:09.010><c> sometimes</c>

00:41:09.469 --> 00:41:12.349
we<00:41:09.750><c> hear</c><00:41:09.989><c> these</c><00:41:10.210><c> things</c><00:41:10.329><c> sometimes</c><00:41:10.889><c> we</c><00:41:11.570><c> say</c><00:41:11.829><c> these</c><00:41:12.110><c> things</c>

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don't<00:41:12.610><c> we</c><00:41:13.110><c> in</c><00:41:13.570><c> our</c><00:41:13.809><c> ecclesias.</c><00:41:15.889><c> Now</c><00:41:16.090><c> Moses</c><00:41:16.409><c> said</c><00:41:16.650><c> something</c>

00:41:16.969 --> 00:41:19.349
similar<00:41:17.369><c> to</c><00:41:17.590><c> this</c><00:41:17.889><c> and</c><00:41:18.269><c> the</c><00:41:18.409><c> Lord</c><00:41:18.550><c> had</c><00:41:18.730><c> to</c><00:41:19.030><c> correct</c><00:41:19.190><c> him.</c>

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Moses<00:41:19.650><c> said</c><00:41:19.869><c> to</c><00:41:20.010><c> the</c><00:41:20.150><c> Lord</c><00:41:20.389><c> oh</c><00:41:20.889><c> my</c><00:41:21.210><c> Lord</c><00:41:21.570><c> I</c><00:41:21.909><c> am</c><00:41:22.090><c> not</c><00:41:22.429><c> eloquent</c><00:41:22.949><c> or</c><00:41:23.130><c> not</c><00:41:23.289><c> a</c>

00:41:23.449 --> 00:41:25.849
man<00:41:23.590><c> of</c><00:41:23.829><c> words</c><00:41:24.349><c> neither</c><00:41:24.929><c> heretofore</c>

00:41:25.849 --> 00:41:30.110
nor<00:41:26.230><c> since</c><00:41:26.550><c> thou</c><00:41:26.730><c> has</c><00:41:26.949><c> spoken</c><00:41:27.150><c> unto</c><00:41:27.389><c> thy</c><00:41:27.590><c> servant</c><00:41:27.909><c> but</c><00:41:28.250><c> I</c><00:41:28.409><c> am</c><00:41:28.570><c> slow</c><00:41:28.849><c> of</c><00:41:29.110><c> speech</c><00:41:29.429><c> and</c><00:41:29.769><c> of</c><00:41:29.909><c> a</c>

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slow<00:41:30.309><c> tongue</c><00:41:30.670><c> and</c><00:41:31.070><c> the</c>

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maketh<00:41:35.269><c> the</c><00:41:35.570><c> dumb</c><00:41:35.789><c> or</c><00:41:36.130><c> deaf</c><00:41:36.309><c> or</c><00:41:36.690><c> seen</c><00:41:36.889><c> or</c><00:41:37.190><c> blind</c>

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have<00:41:38.190><c> not</c><00:41:38.429><c> I</c><00:41:38.730><c> the</c><00:41:38.949><c> Lord</c><00:41:39.449><c> now</c><00:41:40.510><c> therefore</c><00:41:40.909><c> go</c><00:41:41.409><c> and</c><00:41:41.750><c> I</c><00:41:41.889><c> will</c><00:41:42.070><c> be</c>

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with<00:41:42.610><c> thy</c><00:41:42.730><c> mouth</c><00:41:43.090><c> and</c><00:41:43.690><c> teach</c><00:41:43.909><c> thee</c><00:41:44.110><c> what</c><00:41:44.329><c> thou</c><00:41:44.530><c> shalt</c><00:41:44.829><c> say.</c>

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That<00:41:46.269><c> was</c><00:41:46.690><c> a</c><00:41:46.829><c> very</c><00:41:47.170><c> important</c><00:41:47.710><c> lesson</c><00:41:48.170><c> that</c><00:41:48.429><c> Moses</c><00:41:48.750><c> had</c><00:41:49.010><c> to</c><00:41:49.250><c> learn.</c><00:41:49.889><c> Now</c><00:41:49.969><c> by</c>

00:41:50.150 --> 00:41:51.730
the<00:41:50.289><c> way</c><00:41:50.389><c> he</c><00:41:50.510><c> was</c><00:41:50.750><c> still</c><00:41:50.969><c> given</c>

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assistance<00:41:52.409><c> wasn't</c><00:41:52.730><c> he</c><00:41:52.929><c> by</c><00:41:53.550><c> by</c><00:41:53.829><c> Aaron</c><00:41:54.010><c> but</c><00:41:54.670><c> the</c><00:41:54.949><c> fact</c><00:41:55.210><c> is</c><00:41:55.510><c> is</c><00:41:55.670><c> that</c><00:41:55.829><c> when</c><00:41:56.050><c> God's</c><00:41:56.449><c> message</c><00:41:56.690><c> was</c><00:41:57.090><c> I</c>

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will<00:41:57.949><c> be</c><00:41:58.170><c> with</c>

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you<00:41:58.590><c> what</c><00:41:58.849><c> you</c><00:41:59.190><c> don't</c><00:41:59.510><c> have</c><00:41:59.929><c> I</c><00:42:00.369><c> will</c><00:42:00.550><c> make</c><00:42:00.769><c> up</c><00:42:00.949><c> the</c><00:42:01.150><c> difference.</c><00:42:03.530><c> In</c><00:42:03.869><c> fact</c><00:42:04.230><c> that's</c><00:42:04.909><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:42:05.550><c> lesson</c>

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