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That's<00:11:28.049><c> the</c><00:11:28.210><c> purpose</c><00:11:28.389><c> of</c><00:11:28.590><c> our</c><00:11:28.850><c> preaching,</c>

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We'd<00:11:31.970><c> love</c><00:11:32.110><c> to</c><00:11:32.370><c> open</c><00:11:32.629><c> the</c><00:11:32.850><c> door</c><00:11:33.029><c> and</c><00:11:33.370><c> bring</c><00:11:33.629><c> in</c><00:11:33.830><c> as</c><00:11:34.110><c> many</c><00:11:34.350><c> people</c>

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Yes,<00:11:38.710><c> you</c><00:11:39.009><c> can</c><00:11:39.350><c> bring</c><00:11:39.610><c> people</c><00:11:40.029><c> in,</c>

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but<00:11:40.769><c> it's</c><00:11:41.809><c> only</c><00:11:42.289><c> those</c><00:11:42.669><c> who</c><00:11:42.950><c> are</c><00:11:43.230><c> happy</c><00:11:43.509><c> to</c><00:11:44.809><c> adopt</c><00:11:45.470><c> the</c><00:11:46.169><c> requirements.</c>

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So<00:11:48.289><c> if</c><00:11:48.929><c> we</c><00:11:49.090><c> read</c><00:11:49.210><c> on</c><00:11:49.370><c> a</c><00:11:49.549><c> little</c><00:11:49.690><c> bit</c><00:11:50.049><c> further,</c><00:11:51.490><c> verse</c><00:11:51.690><c> 47,</c>

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all<00:11:52.570><c> the</c><00:11:52.870><c> congregation</c><00:11:53.450><c> of</c><00:11:53.690><c> Israel</c><00:11:54.190><c> shall</c><00:11:54.490><c> keep</c><00:11:54.830><c> it.</c>

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All<00:11:55.570><c> the</c><00:11:55.889><c> congregation</c><00:11:56.350><c> of</c><00:11:56.629><c> Israel</c><00:11:56.870><c> shall</c><00:11:57.029><c> keep</c><00:11:57.250><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:57.850><c> when</c><00:11:57.970><c> the</c><00:11:58.470><c> stranger</c><00:11:59.110><c> shall</c><00:11:59.590><c> sojourn</c><00:12:00.090><c> with</c><00:12:00.350><c> thee</c>

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and<00:12:01.049><c> will</c><00:12:01.370><c> keep</c><00:12:01.730><c> the</c><00:12:02.110><c> Passover</c><00:12:02.570><c> to</c><00:12:02.970><c> the</c><00:12:03.250><c> Lord,</c>

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that's<00:12:04.129><c> someone</c><00:12:04.289><c> who's</c><00:12:04.649><c> normally</c><00:12:05.149><c> outside</c><00:12:05.809><c> the</c><00:12:06.070><c> boundary,</c>

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let<00:12:07.649><c> him,</c><00:12:08.370><c> let</c><00:12:08.690><c> all</c><00:12:09.070><c> his</c><00:12:09.350><c> males</c><00:12:09.669><c> be</c><00:12:10.070><c> circumcised</c>

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and<00:12:10.970><c> then</c><00:12:11.370><c> let</c><00:12:11.590><c> them</c><00:12:11.850><c> come</c><00:12:12.129><c> near</c><00:12:12.409><c> and</c><00:12:12.990><c> keep</c><00:12:13.250><c> it,</c>

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and<00:12:13.889><c> he</c><00:12:14.129><c> shall</c><00:12:14.309><c> be</c><00:12:14.610><c> as</c><00:12:14.970><c> one</c><00:12:15.169><c> that</c><00:12:15.370><c> is</c><00:12:15.629><c> born</c><00:12:15.950><c> in</c><00:12:16.350><c> the</c><00:12:16.570><c> land.</c>

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So<00:12:17.350><c> there</c><00:12:17.509><c> is</c><00:12:17.730><c> a</c><00:12:17.850><c> way</c><00:12:17.990><c> in</c><00:12:18.250><c> which</c><00:12:18.549><c> the</c><00:12:18.990><c> stranger</c><00:12:19.330><c> can,</c>

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and<00:12:20.009><c> it's</c><00:12:20.190><c> by</c><00:12:20.529><c> circumcision.</c>

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And<00:12:22.169><c> it's</c><00:12:22.350><c> just</c><00:12:22.509><c> the</c><00:12:22.669><c> same</c><00:12:22.789><c> for</c><00:12:22.950><c> us</c><00:12:23.149><c> today.</c>

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He<00:12:23.970><c> that</c><00:12:24.149><c> believes</c><00:12:24.529><c> and</c><00:12:24.710><c> is</c><00:12:24.909><c> baptized,</c>

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well,<00:12:26.350><c> yes,</c><00:12:26.649><c> you're</c><00:12:26.950><c> welcome</c><00:12:27.169><c> at</c><00:12:27.370><c> our</c><00:12:27.610><c> table.</c>

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We<00:12:28.590><c> have</c><00:12:28.889><c> rules</c><00:12:29.210><c> and</c><00:12:29.490><c> requirements</c><00:12:30.009><c> and</c><00:12:30.509><c> you</c><00:12:30.710><c> know</c><00:12:30.889><c> the</c><00:12:31.149><c> processes,</c>

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so<00:12:32.250><c> there</c><00:12:32.490><c> is</c><00:12:32.690><c> a</c><00:12:32.929><c> boundary.</c>

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and<00:12:36.669><c> join</c><00:12:36.870><c> us</c><00:12:37.129><c> in</c><00:12:37.350><c> this</c><00:12:37.690><c> fellowship</c><00:12:38.230><c> things</c><00:12:38.649><c> that</c><00:12:38.870><c> we</c><00:12:39.049><c> do</c><00:12:39.309><c> together.</c>

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So<00:12:40.450><c> these</c><00:12:40.750><c> principles</c><00:12:41.350><c> of</c><00:12:41.570><c> the</c><00:12:41.789><c> memorial</c><00:12:42.309><c> meal</c>

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and<00:12:46.769><c> they're</c><00:12:47.049><c> vital</c><00:12:47.269><c> principles,</c>

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and<00:12:47.990><c> it's</c><00:12:48.250><c> important</c><00:12:48.570><c> that</c><00:12:48.850><c> we</c><00:12:49.830><c> remember</c><00:12:50.250><c> them</c>

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and<00:12:50.570><c> apply</c><00:12:50.830><c> them</c><00:12:50.950><c> to</c><00:12:51.190><c> ourselves</c><00:12:51.710><c> and</c><00:12:51.970><c> apply</c><00:12:52.250><c> them</c><00:12:52.889><c> in</c><00:12:53.629><c> our</c><00:12:54.289><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Now,<00:12:56.129><c> let's</c><00:12:56.309><c> just</c><00:12:56.509><c> have</c><00:12:56.649><c> a</c><00:12:56.750><c> look</c><00:12:56.870><c> then</c><00:12:57.110><c> at</c><00:12:57.870><c> the</c><00:12:58.129><c> reading</c><00:12:58.509><c> that</c>

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we<00:12:58.970><c> took</c>

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Here<00:13:05.090><c> is</c><00:13:05.389><c> this</c><00:13:06.049><c> body</c><00:13:06.570><c> of</c><00:13:07.169><c> believers</c><00:13:07.529><c> with</c><00:13:07.929><c> their</c><00:13:08.850><c> neighbors</c>

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who<00:13:10.409><c> might</c><00:13:10.690><c> be</c><00:13:10.990><c> very</c><00:13:11.450><c> odd</c><00:13:11.870><c> folk</c><00:13:12.250><c> indeed</c><00:13:12.909><c> at</c><00:13:13.129><c> an</c><00:13:13.330><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:13.669><c> like</c><00:13:14.029><c> Corinth.</c>

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And<00:13:15.149><c> here</c><00:13:15.389><c> is</c><00:13:15.610><c> Paul</c><00:13:15.850><c> saying,</c><00:13:16.250><c> yeah,</c><00:13:16.549><c> I</c><00:13:16.669><c> know</c><00:13:16.809><c> they're</c><00:13:17.149><c> odd.</c>

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You've<00:13:21.769><c> got</c><00:13:21.889><c> some</c><00:13:22.190><c> feet</c><00:13:22.389><c> back</c><00:13:22.690><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:13:23.950><c> quite</c><00:13:24.149><c> an</c><00:13:24.370><c> odd</c><00:13:24.529><c> mix,</c><00:13:25.090><c> says</c><00:13:25.129><c> the</c><00:13:25.370><c> apostle</c><00:13:25.710><c> Paul,</c>

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it's<00:13:34.490><c> God</c><00:13:35.090><c> who</c><00:13:36.190><c> has</c><00:13:36.570><c> set</c><00:13:36.809><c> the</c><00:13:37.129><c> members,</c>

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Now,<00:13:41.370><c> that's</c><00:13:41.570><c> a</c><00:13:41.610><c> very</c><00:13:41.830><c> important</c><00:13:42.190><c> principle,</c><00:13:42.730><c> isn't</c><00:13:42.909><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:13:43.690><c> you</c><00:13:44.409><c> will</c><00:13:44.789><c> know</c><00:13:45.570><c> it'll</c><00:13:46.730><c> apply</c><00:13:46.970><c> in</c><00:13:47.110><c> your</c><00:13:47.330><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:47.649><c> today,</c>

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or<00:13:48.490><c> it</c><00:13:48.610><c> will</c><00:13:48.830><c> be</c><00:13:49.090><c> part</c><00:13:49.289><c> of</c><00:13:49.549><c> your</c><00:13:49.850><c> ecclesial</c><00:13:50.370><c> history</c>

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and<00:13:54.629><c> you</c><00:13:54.850><c> will</c><00:13:55.090><c> be</c><00:13:55.309><c> thinking</c><00:13:55.769><c> our</c><00:13:56.470><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:56.990><c> would</c><00:13:57.230><c> be</c><00:13:57.610><c> so</c>

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If<00:14:01.409><c> that</c><00:14:01.769><c> brother</c><00:14:02.049><c> or</c><00:14:02.330><c> sister</c><00:14:02.649><c> would</c><00:14:02.929><c> just</c><00:14:03.370><c> transfer</c><00:14:03.889><c> somewhere</c><00:14:04.409><c> else,</c>

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our<00:14:05.009><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:05.389><c> would</c><00:14:05.570><c> be</c><00:14:05.769><c> so</c><00:14:05.950><c> much</c><00:14:06.129><c> more</c><00:14:06.710><c> harmonious</c><00:14:07.490><c> and</c><00:14:07.809><c> unified.</c>

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God's<00:14:14.370><c> put</c><00:14:14.490><c> that</c><00:14:14.809><c> person</c><00:14:15.250><c> there,</c>

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but<00:14:17.409><c> who</c><00:14:17.629><c> knows,</c><00:14:18.049><c> there</c><00:14:18.129><c> might</c><00:14:18.409><c> be</c><00:14:18.669><c> people</c><00:14:19.029><c> in</c><00:14:19.210><c> my</c><00:14:19.570><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:19.950><c> saying,</c>

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if<00:14:20.629><c> only</c><00:14:20.950><c> Andrew</c><00:14:21.350><c> would</c><00:14:21.669><c> move</c><00:14:21.889><c> on</c><00:14:22.269><c> somewhere</c><00:14:22.649><c> else,</c>

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our<00:14:23.409><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:23.769><c> would</c><00:14:24.049><c> be</c><00:14:24.350><c> much</c><00:14:24.610><c> more</c><00:14:24.990><c> unified</c><00:14:25.509><c> and</c><00:14:25.870><c> harmonious.</c>

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It's<00:14:32.129><c> the</c><00:14:32.370><c> Lord</c><00:14:32.889><c> who</c><00:14:33.330><c> has</c><00:14:33.769><c> set</c><00:14:34.190><c> the</c><00:14:34.490><c> body</c><00:14:34.750><c> together,</c>

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and<00:14:36.710><c> he</c><00:14:36.970><c> knows</c><00:14:37.409><c> that</c><00:14:38.309><c> some</c><00:14:38.710><c> parts</c><00:14:39.110><c> are</c><00:14:39.529><c> comely</c><00:14:40.250><c> and</c><00:14:40.730><c> some</c><00:14:41.129><c> parts</c><00:14:41.610><c> less</c><00:14:42.070><c> so.</c>

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He<00:14:43.009><c> knows</c><00:14:43.389><c> that,</c><00:14:43.769><c> and</c><00:14:44.009><c> yet</c><00:14:44.129><c> he's</c><00:14:44.450><c> still</c><00:14:44.590><c> chosen</c><00:14:44.990><c> them.</c>

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He<00:14:46.590><c> knows</c><00:14:46.950><c> that</c><00:14:47.389><c> some</c><00:14:47.690><c> seem</c><00:14:47.950><c> to</c><00:14:48.149><c> be</c><00:14:48.289><c> of</c><00:14:48.549><c> great</c><00:14:48.870><c> value</c><00:14:49.470><c> to</c><00:14:49.710><c> the</c><00:14:49.909><c> body,</c>

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and<00:14:50.570><c> others</c><00:14:50.889><c> less</c><00:14:51.610><c> so.</c>

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And<00:14:52.669><c> yet</c><00:14:52.850><c> he</c><00:14:53.110><c> says,</c><00:14:54.389><c> I</c><00:14:54.389><c> want</c><00:14:54.669><c> you</c><00:14:55.070><c> all</c><00:14:55.450><c> in</c><00:14:55.710><c> the</c><00:14:55.909><c> body.</c>

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And<00:14:58.090><c> the</c><00:14:58.389><c> physical</c><00:14:59.269><c> application</c><00:15:00.269><c> of</c><00:15:00.450><c> this</c><00:15:00.570><c> is</c><00:15:00.769><c> so</c><00:15:01.029><c> obvious,</c>

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isn't<00:15:01.610><c> it?</c>

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But<00:15:02.090><c> one</c><00:15:02.370><c> little</c><00:15:02.669><c> aspect,</c>

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if<00:15:04.190><c> any</c><00:15:04.789><c> part</c><00:15:05.129><c> of</c><00:15:05.389><c> your</c><00:15:05.649><c> body</c><00:15:06.029><c> is</c><00:15:07.129><c> missing</c><00:15:07.669><c> or</c><00:15:08.669><c> damaged</c>

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or<00:15:11.070><c> ineffective</c><00:15:11.809><c> in</c><00:15:12.429><c> some</c><00:15:12.730><c> way,</c>

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then<00:15:13.649><c> your</c><00:15:13.990><c> body</c><00:15:14.409><c> is</c><00:15:15.730><c> disabled,</c><00:15:16.629><c> it's</c><00:15:17.330><c> handicapped</c><00:15:18.029><c> in</c><00:15:18.330><c> some</c><00:15:18.629><c> way.</c>

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And<00:15:20.250><c> that's</c><00:15:20.450><c> not</c><00:15:20.590><c> what</c><00:15:20.690><c> the</c><00:15:20.769><c> body</c><00:15:20.990><c> of</c><00:15:21.190><c> Christ</c><00:15:21.450><c> is</c><00:15:21.629><c> to</c><00:15:21.730><c> be</c><00:15:21.929><c> like.</c>

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And<00:15:22.830><c> in</c><00:15:22.950><c> all</c><00:15:23.250><c> its</c><00:15:23.590><c> diversity,</c>

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the<00:15:25.490><c> Lord</c><00:15:25.730><c> has</c><00:15:26.070><c> set</c><00:15:26.250><c> the</c><00:15:26.490><c> members</c><00:15:26.830><c> together</c><00:15:27.490><c> in</c><00:15:27.950><c> the</c><00:15:28.190><c> body,</c>

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and<00:15:28.629><c> it's</c><00:15:28.909><c> God</c><00:15:29.169><c> who</c><00:15:29.409><c> has</c><00:15:29.590><c> done</c><00:15:29.809><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:31.169><c> as</c><00:15:31.289><c> we</c><00:15:31.909><c> read</c><00:15:32.289><c> down,</c><00:15:33.590><c> verse</c><00:15:33.830><c> 24,</c>

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For<00:15:36.509><c> our</c><00:15:36.990><c> comely</c><00:15:37.529><c> parts</c><00:15:37.970><c> have</c><00:15:38.269><c> no</c><00:15:38.570><c> need,</c>

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but<00:15:39.090><c> God</c><00:15:39.450><c> hath</c><00:15:39.750><c> tempered</c><00:15:40.370><c> the</c><00:15:40.509><c> body</c><00:15:40.909><c> together,</c>

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having<00:15:42.750><c> given</c><00:15:43.289><c> more</c><00:15:44.029><c> abundant</c><00:15:44.929><c> honor</c><00:15:45.570><c> to</c><00:15:45.950><c> that</c><00:15:46.409><c> part</c><00:15:46.850><c> which</c><00:15:48.009><c> lacked.</c>

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So<00:15:50.129><c> here</c><00:15:50.389><c> he</c><00:15:50.529><c> is</c><00:15:50.789><c> tempering</c><00:15:51.450><c> the</c><00:15:51.730><c> body</c><00:15:51.990><c> together</c>

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so<00:15:52.950><c> that</c><00:15:53.269><c> our</c><00:15:53.549><c> comely</c><00:15:53.909><c> parts</c><00:15:54.190><c> and</c><00:15:54.450><c> our</c><00:15:54.889><c> uncomely</c><00:15:55.490><c> parts</c>

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are<00:15:56.450><c> all</c><00:15:56.669><c> blended</c><00:15:57.009><c> together</c><00:15:57.750><c> in</c><00:15:58.509><c> this</c><00:15:59.009><c> lovely</c><00:15:59.870><c> body.</c>

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And<00:16:01.710><c> we</c><00:16:01.850><c> also</c><00:16:01.970><c> appreciate</c><00:16:02.330><c> the</c><00:16:02.590><c> context</c><00:16:03.009><c> of</c><00:16:03.230><c> this</c><00:16:03.429><c> particular</c><00:16:03.950><c> chapter</c>

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in<00:16:05.470><c> 1</c><00:16:05.690><c> Corinthians,</c>

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because<00:16:07.269><c> we</c><00:16:07.750><c> didn't</c><00:16:07.950><c> read</c><00:16:08.149><c> the</c><00:16:08.370><c> opening</c><00:16:08.669><c> verses,</c>

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but<00:16:09.210><c> the</c><00:16:09.389><c> opening</c><00:16:09.610><c> verses</c><00:16:09.909><c> are</c><00:16:10.070><c> all</c><00:16:10.210><c> about</c><00:16:10.409><c> the</c><00:16:10.610><c> gifts</c><00:16:10.789><c> of</c><00:16:11.009><c> the</c><00:16:11.250><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:16:12.610><c> we</c><00:16:12.750><c> seem</c><00:16:12.870><c> to</c><00:16:13.009><c> have</c><00:16:13.309><c> lifted</c><00:16:13.730><c> the</c><00:16:14.549><c> topic</c>

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completely<00:16:16.669><c> into</c><00:16:16.990><c> a</c><00:16:17.269><c> different</c><00:16:17.490><c> area</c>

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and<00:16:18.190><c> started</c><00:16:18.470><c> talking</c><00:16:18.830><c> about</c><00:16:19.190><c> the</c><00:16:19.409><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:19.909><c> body.</c>

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And<00:16:21.029><c> yet,</c><00:16:21.250><c> actually,</c><00:16:21.710><c> Paul</c><00:16:21.870><c> is</c><00:16:22.070><c> on</c><00:16:22.230><c> the</c><00:16:22.450><c> same</c><00:16:22.649><c> argument.</c>

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And<00:16:25.049><c> what</c><00:16:25.230><c> he's</c><00:16:25.669><c> saying</c><00:16:25.909><c> is,</c>

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you've<00:16:27.610><c> all</c><00:16:27.750><c> got</c><00:16:27.970><c> different</c><00:16:28.370><c> gifts</c><00:16:28.750><c> of</c><00:16:28.950><c> the</c><00:16:29.110><c> Holy</c><00:16:29.409><c> Spirit.</c>

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Had<00:16:31.009><c> the</c><00:16:31.210><c> Apostle</c><00:16:31.649><c> Paul</c><00:16:31.850><c> wanted</c><00:16:32.190><c> it,</c>

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or<00:16:32.610><c> had</c><00:16:32.750><c> the</c><00:16:32.889><c> Lord</c><00:16:33.049><c> Jesus</c><00:16:33.450><c> Christ</c><00:16:33.750><c> so</c><00:16:34.029><c> wanted</c><00:16:34.269><c> it,</c>

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Paul<00:16:34.710><c> could</c><00:16:34.889><c> have</c><00:16:35.070><c> traveled</c><00:16:35.389><c> to</c><00:16:35.629><c> all</c><00:16:35.769><c> these</c><00:16:36.009><c> cities</c>

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and<00:16:37.250><c> identified</c><00:16:38.250><c> in</c><00:16:38.570><c> this</c><00:16:38.870><c> ecclesia</c>

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the<00:16:40.330><c> most</c><00:16:41.009><c> spiritual,</c><00:16:42.129><c> the</c><00:16:42.309><c> most</c><00:16:42.769><c> godly,</c>

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the<00:16:43.490><c> most</c><00:16:44.009><c> lovely</c><00:16:44.490><c> brother,</c>

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and<00:16:45.629><c> given</c><00:16:45.889><c> him</c><00:16:46.529><c> all</c><00:16:47.190><c> the</c><00:16:47.389><c> gifts</c><00:16:47.610><c> of</c><00:16:47.809><c> the</c><00:16:48.009><c> Spirit.</c>

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He<00:16:49.590><c> could</c><00:16:49.769><c> have</c><00:16:49.889><c> done</c><00:16:50.029><c> that</c><00:16:50.250><c> and</c><00:16:50.429><c> said,</c>

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now,<00:16:51.669><c> you</c><00:16:51.889><c> influence,</c><00:16:52.710><c> you</c><00:16:52.970><c> guide,</c><00:16:53.490><c> you</c><00:16:53.769><c> govern,</c>

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you<00:16:54.870><c> help</c><00:16:55.230><c> this</c><00:16:55.490><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:55.929><c> as</c><00:16:56.169><c> best</c><00:16:56.429><c> you</c><00:16:56.730><c> can.</c>

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And<00:16:57.789><c> he</c><00:16:57.929><c> doesn't</c><00:16:58.269><c> do</c><00:16:58.629><c> that.</c>

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He<00:17:00.049><c> makes</c><00:17:00.289><c> one</c><00:17:00.490><c> an</c><00:17:00.710><c> apostle,</c><00:17:01.110><c> he</c><00:17:01.149><c> makes</c><00:17:01.370><c> one</c><00:17:01.590><c> a</c><00:17:01.809><c> teacher,</c>

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he<00:17:02.269><c> makes</c><00:17:02.490><c> one</c><00:17:02.710><c> a</c><00:17:02.929><c> healer,</c><00:17:03.250><c> he</c><00:17:03.289><c> makes</c><00:17:03.549><c> one</c><00:17:04.269><c> a</c><00:17:04.509><c> preacher,</c>

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he<00:17:05.089><c> makes</c><00:17:05.309><c> one</c><00:17:05.789><c> someone</c><00:17:06.789><c> who</c><00:17:07.009><c> can</c><00:17:07.470><c> speak</c><00:17:07.730><c> in</c><00:17:07.950><c> tongues,</c>

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one<00:17:08.329><c> who</c><00:17:08.490><c> can</c><00:17:08.750><c> prophesy,</c><00:17:09.230><c> one</c><00:17:09.349><c> who</c><00:17:09.549><c> can</c><00:17:09.849><c> interpret.</c>

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And<00:17:12.349><c> the</c><00:17:12.589><c> principle</c><00:17:13.130><c> is,</c><00:17:13.450><c> of</c><00:17:13.710><c> course,</c>

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that<00:17:14.250><c> all</c><00:17:14.529><c> these</c><00:17:14.809><c> individuals</c><00:17:15.470><c> then</c><00:17:15.910><c> work</c><00:17:16.390><c> best</c><00:17:16.890><c> together.</c>

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And<00:17:19.849><c> that's</c><00:17:20.029><c> what</c><00:17:20.250><c> the</c><00:17:20.650><c> Apostle</c><00:17:20.990><c> Paul</c><00:17:21.210><c> is</c><00:17:21.470><c> setting</c><00:17:21.670><c> out</c><00:17:22.190><c> for</c>

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us<00:17:22.630><c> here.</c>

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And<00:17:23.009><c> in</c><00:17:23.210><c> our</c><00:17:23.430><c> ecclesial</c><00:17:23.869><c> life</c><00:17:24.210><c> today,</c>

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even<00:17:25.410><c> though</c><00:17:25.690><c> Holy</c><00:17:25.970><c> Spirit</c><00:17:26.309><c> gifts</c><00:17:26.509><c> are</c><00:17:26.789><c> a</c><00:17:26.890><c> thing</c><00:17:27.029><c> of</c><00:17:27.230><c> the</c><00:17:27.410><c> past,</c>

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we<00:17:29.369><c> work</c><00:17:29.789><c> better</c><00:17:30.210><c> together,</c><00:17:30.849><c> brothers</c><00:17:31.009><c> and</c><00:17:31.250><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:17:32.309><c> of</c><00:17:32.630><c> our</c><00:17:32.910><c> variety</c><00:17:33.529><c> and</c><00:17:33.950><c> our</c><00:17:34.269><c> diversity.</c>

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It's<00:17:36.569><c> interesting,</c><00:17:36.890><c> as</c><00:17:37.069><c> we've</c><00:17:37.809><c> moved</c><00:17:38.089><c> to</c><00:17:38.450><c> Birmingham,</c>

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we<00:17:39.349><c> moved</c><00:17:39.569><c> there</c><00:17:39.809><c> about</c><00:17:40.130><c> four</c><00:17:40.410><c> years</c><00:17:40.690><c> ago,</c>

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and<00:17:41.950><c> we</c><00:17:42.130><c> knew</c><00:17:42.490><c> a</c><00:17:42.630><c> number</c><00:17:42.849><c> of</c><00:17:43.029><c> the</c><00:17:43.170><c> ecclesias</c>

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and<00:17:43.670><c> we</c><00:17:43.809><c> knew</c><00:17:43.930><c> some</c><00:17:44.150><c> of</c><00:17:44.230><c> the</c><00:17:44.349><c> brothers</c><00:17:44.509><c> and</c><00:17:44.730><c> sisters</c><00:17:45.009><c> there.</c>

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But<00:17:46.069><c> anyone</c><00:17:46.269><c> who</c><00:17:46.490><c> moves</c><00:17:46.670><c> to</c><00:17:46.910><c> Birmingham,</c>

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where<00:17:48.450><c> there</c><00:17:48.710><c> are</c><00:17:48.970><c> dozens</c><00:17:49.349><c> and</c><00:17:49.609><c> dozens</c><00:17:49.930><c> of</c><00:17:50.230><c> ecclesias,</c>

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starts<00:17:51.049><c> out</c><00:17:51.349><c> with</c><00:17:51.509><c> the</c><00:17:51.690><c> same</c><00:17:51.930><c> principle,</c>

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which<00:17:52.509><c> is,</c><00:17:52.849><c> well,</c><00:17:52.849><c> I'm</c><00:17:52.990><c> going</c><00:17:53.130><c> to</c><00:17:53.369><c> visit</c><00:17:53.569><c> all</c><00:17:53.809><c> these</c><00:17:54.009><c> ecclesias,</c>

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and<00:17:55.269><c> I'm</c><00:17:55.450><c> going</c><00:17:55.549><c> to</c><00:17:55.789><c> meet</c><00:17:55.950><c> all</c><00:17:56.150><c> these</c><00:17:56.309><c> brothers</c><00:17:56.569><c> and</c><00:17:56.809><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:17:57.349><c> then</c><00:17:57.509><c> I'll</c><00:17:57.690><c> choose</c><00:17:57.930><c> an</c><00:17:58.170><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:58.490><c> to</c><00:17:58.769><c> join.</c>

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Well,<00:18:00.650><c> we</c><00:18:01.049><c> went</c><00:18:01.269><c> in</c><00:18:01.470><c> one</c><00:18:01.650><c> direction,</c><00:18:02.150><c> two</c><00:18:02.430><c> miles,</c>

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to<00:18:03.910><c> Solihull</c><00:18:04.390><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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which<00:18:05.130><c> was</c><00:18:05.329><c> a</c><00:18:05.410><c> very</c><00:18:05.650><c> nice</c><00:18:05.890><c> meeting</c><00:18:06.269><c> of</c><00:18:06.470><c> about</c><00:18:06.750><c> 100</c><00:18:07.130><c> members,</c>

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and<00:18:07.710><c> they</c><00:18:07.950><c> made</c><00:18:08.069><c> us</c><00:18:08.210><c> very</c><00:18:08.529><c> welcome.</c>

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And<00:18:09.710><c> the</c><00:18:09.789><c> following</c><00:18:10.089><c> Sunday</c><00:18:10.349><c> we</c><00:18:10.509><c> went</c><00:18:10.869><c> two</c><00:18:11.210><c> miles</c>

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in<00:18:11.650><c> the</c><00:18:11.730><c> other</c><00:18:11.930><c> direction</c><00:18:12.329><c> to</c><00:18:12.569><c> Shirley</c><00:18:12.890><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:18:14.089><c> that</c><00:18:14.410><c> was</c><00:18:14.609><c> an</c><00:18:14.690><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:15.089><c> of</c><00:18:15.289><c> about</c><00:18:15.470><c> 100</c><00:18:15.750><c> members,</c>

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and<00:18:16.289><c> they</c><00:18:16.490><c> made</c><00:18:16.650><c> us</c><00:18:16.809><c> very</c><00:18:17.109><c> welcome.</c>

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to<00:18:21.329><c> Hall</c><00:18:21.529><c> Green</c><00:18:21.769><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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which<00:18:22.430><c> was</c><00:18:22.630><c> another</c><00:18:22.869><c> meeting</c><00:18:23.230><c> of</c><00:18:23.450><c> about</c><00:18:23.690><c> 100</c><00:18:24.029><c> members,</c>

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and<00:18:25.509><c> in</c><00:18:25.730><c> the</c><00:18:25.809><c> end</c><00:18:25.950><c> we</c><00:18:26.089><c> said,</c>

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we've<00:18:27.829><c> had</c><00:18:27.970><c> enough</c><00:18:28.190><c> of</c><00:18:28.369><c> this.</c>

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We're<00:18:28.750><c> exhausted</c><00:18:29.190><c> meeting</c><00:18:29.529><c> all</c><00:18:29.750><c> these</c><00:18:29.930><c> new</c><00:18:30.109><c> brothers</c><00:18:30.309><c> and</c><00:18:30.509><c> sisters.</c>

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Let's<00:18:31.029><c> pick</c><00:18:31.150><c> a</c><00:18:31.329><c> meeting</c><00:18:31.569><c> and</c><00:18:31.849><c> join.</c>

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But<00:18:33.549><c> what</c><00:18:33.809><c> can</c><00:18:34.130><c> happen</c><00:18:34.589><c> in</c><00:18:34.789><c> that</c><00:18:35.069><c> kind</c><00:18:35.269><c> of</c><00:18:35.529><c> environment</c>

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is<00:18:36.349><c> that</c><00:18:36.589><c> we</c><00:18:36.769><c> could</c><00:18:36.970><c> keep</c><00:18:37.269><c> going</c><00:18:37.630><c> and</c><00:18:38.009><c> say,</c>

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you<00:18:38.609><c> know,</c><00:18:38.890><c> me,</c><00:18:39.349><c> I'm</c><00:18:40.230><c> a</c><00:18:40.329><c> bit</c><00:18:40.470><c> of</c><00:18:40.589><c> an</c><00:18:40.849><c> eye</c><00:18:41.190><c> person.</c>

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I'm<00:18:43.130><c> going</c><00:18:43.210><c> to</c><00:18:43.349><c> find</c><00:18:43.509><c> an</c><00:18:43.690><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:44.069><c> where</c><00:18:44.309><c> there's</c><00:18:44.750><c> other</c><00:18:45.190><c> eyes,</c>

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and<00:18:46.670><c> then</c><00:18:46.809><c> I'll</c><00:18:47.069><c> feel</c><00:18:47.230><c> at</c><00:18:47.509><c> home.</c>

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And<00:18:49.730><c> that's</c><00:18:49.990><c> what</c><00:18:50.250><c> can</c><00:18:50.549><c> happen</c><00:18:50.890><c> in</c><00:18:51.049><c> an</c><00:18:51.269><c> ecclesial</c><00:18:51.690><c> environment.</c>

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It<00:18:52.309><c> sounds</c><00:18:52.509><c> lovely,</c><00:18:52.829><c> doesn't</c><00:18:52.950><c> it,</c><00:18:53.069><c> all</c><00:18:53.250><c> these</c><00:18:53.490><c> different</c><00:18:53.769><c> ecclesias,</c>

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and<00:18:55.089><c> yet</c><00:18:55.690><c> if</c><00:18:56.349><c> something</c><00:18:56.509><c> goes</c><00:18:56.849><c> wrong,</c>

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something<00:18:57.710><c> doesn't</c><00:18:57.990><c> quite</c><00:18:58.269><c> work</c><00:18:58.650><c> out</c><00:18:58.849><c> well.</c>

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I<00:18:59.150><c> can</c><00:18:59.369><c> just</c><00:18:59.569><c> move</c><00:18:59.769><c> on</c><00:18:59.990><c> to</c><00:19:00.150><c> another</c><00:19:00.470><c> ecclesia</c>

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where<00:19:01.170><c> I'll</c><00:19:01.490><c> fit</c><00:19:01.750><c> in</c><00:19:02.049><c> better.</c>

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And<00:19:04.109><c> we're</c><00:19:04.289><c> missing</c><00:19:04.589><c> the</c><00:19:04.930><c> points</c><00:19:05.210><c> that</c><00:19:05.430><c> the</c><00:19:05.650><c> body</c><00:19:05.910><c> is</c><00:19:06.230><c> best</c>

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because<00:19:07.009><c> it's</c><00:19:07.490><c> diverse.</c>

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And<00:19:09.029><c> every</c><00:19:09.289><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:09.650><c> needs</c><00:19:09.910><c> its</c><00:19:10.190><c> hands</c><00:19:10.509><c> and</c><00:19:10.730><c> feet</c>

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and<00:19:11.170><c> eyes</c><00:19:11.470><c> and</c><00:19:11.609><c> ears</c><00:19:11.890><c> and</c><00:19:12.109><c> noses</c>

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and<00:19:12.589><c> all</c><00:19:12.829><c> those</c><00:19:13.470><c> comely</c><00:19:13.910><c> and</c><00:19:14.450><c> uncomely</c><00:19:15.109><c> parts,</c>

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and<00:19:15.769><c> the</c><00:19:15.930><c> Lord</c><00:19:16.109><c> is</c><00:19:16.450><c> setting</c><00:19:16.650><c> them</c><00:19:16.910><c> together</c><00:19:17.430><c> in</c><00:19:18.250><c> this</c><00:19:18.549><c> way</c>

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in<00:19:19.430><c> which</c><00:19:19.789><c> glory</c><00:19:20.170><c> can</c><00:19:20.430><c> be</c><00:19:20.650><c> given</c><00:19:20.970><c> to</c><00:19:21.569><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:24.150><c> the</c><00:19:24.750><c> unity</c><00:19:25.269><c> of</c><00:19:25.549><c> that</c><00:19:25.809><c> body</c><00:19:26.470><c> is</c><00:19:27.769><c> so</c><00:19:28.089><c> important.</c>

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We<00:19:31.170><c> mustn't</c><00:19:31.450><c> lose</c><00:19:31.789><c> sight</c><00:19:32.049><c> of</c><00:19:32.190><c> that,</c><00:19:32.529><c> brothers</c><00:19:32.549><c> and</c><00:19:32.730><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:19:33.150><c> I</c><00:19:33.289><c> know</c><00:19:33.430><c> it's</c><00:19:34.190><c> easy</c><00:19:34.769><c> to</c><00:19:35.009><c> be</c><00:19:35.309><c> challenged</c><00:19:36.190><c> by</c><00:19:37.369><c> disunity.</c>

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And<00:19:38.990><c> I'm</c><00:19:39.150><c> talking</c><00:19:39.369><c> here</c><00:19:39.670><c> within</c><00:19:39.930><c> your</c><00:19:40.269><c> own</c><00:19:40.509><c> ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:19:43.589><c> strife</c><00:19:43.970><c> can</c><00:19:44.410><c> come,</c>

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but<00:19:44.970><c> the</c><00:19:45.410><c> exhortation</c><00:19:46.089><c> is</c><00:19:46.349><c> always</c><00:19:46.609><c> about</c><00:19:46.990><c> unity.</c>

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And<00:19:48.529><c> you</c><00:19:48.769><c> know</c><00:19:48.990><c> that.</c>

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This<00:19:50.430><c> little</c><00:19:50.910><c> letter</c><00:19:51.190><c> here</c><00:19:51.549><c> to</c><00:19:51.789><c> the</c><00:19:51.990><c> Corinthians,</c>

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full<00:19:53.190><c> of</c><00:19:53.569><c> all</c><00:19:53.930><c> sorts</c><00:19:54.269><c> of</c><00:19:54.630><c> challenges,</c><00:19:55.390><c> all</c><00:19:55.630><c> sorts</c><00:19:55.950><c> of</c><00:19:56.250><c> problems,</c>

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some<00:19:56.849><c> of</c><00:19:56.990><c> which</c><00:19:57.089><c> we</c><00:19:57.250><c> would</c><00:19:57.410><c> say</c><00:19:57.650><c> are</c><00:19:58.009><c> horrendous</c><00:19:58.809><c> problems,</c>

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and<00:20:00.130><c> the</c><00:20:00.450><c> first</c><00:20:00.710><c> one</c><00:20:00.910><c> that</c><00:20:01.230><c> the</c><00:20:01.470><c> apostle</c><00:20:01.829><c> decides</c>

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under<00:20:02.930><c> inspiration</c><00:20:03.609><c> that</c><00:20:03.809><c> he</c><00:20:03.970><c> wants</c><00:20:04.190><c> to</c><00:20:04.529><c> address</c>

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is<00:20:05.670><c> the</c><00:20:05.849><c> problem</c><00:20:06.210><c> of</c><00:20:06.869><c> division.</c>

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I<00:20:08.769><c> hear</c><00:20:09.009><c> this</c><00:20:09.750><c> division</c><00:20:10.369><c> in</c><00:20:10.609><c> your</c><00:20:10.829><c> ecclesia.</c>

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It<00:20:11.450><c> ought</c><00:20:11.690><c> not</c><00:20:12.009><c> to</c><00:20:12.190><c> be</c><00:20:12.430><c> so,</c><00:20:13.349><c> says</c><00:20:13.490><c> the</c><00:20:13.750><c> apostle</c><00:20:14.029><c> Paul,</c>

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and<00:20:14.430><c> that's</c><00:20:14.750><c> the</c><00:20:14.869><c> one</c><00:20:14.990><c> he</c><00:20:15.230><c> deals</c><00:20:15.670><c> with</c><00:20:16.170><c> first.</c>

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We're<00:20:18.630><c> going</c><00:20:18.930><c> to</c><00:20:19.190><c> Ephesians</c><00:20:19.869><c> 4</c><00:20:20.410><c> next,</c>

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but<00:20:21.130><c> before</c><00:20:21.490><c> you</c><00:20:21.849><c> turn</c><00:20:22.210><c> there,</c>

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can<00:20:23.490><c> I</c><00:20:23.650><c> just</c><00:20:23.890><c> remind</c><00:20:24.210><c> you</c><00:20:24.390><c> what's</c><00:20:24.609><c> in</c><00:20:24.849><c> that</c><00:20:25.109><c> chapter?</c>

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It's<00:20:26.910><c> a</c><00:20:27.069><c> list</c><00:20:27.490><c> of</c><00:20:28.369><c> things,</c><00:20:29.230><c> like</c><00:20:29.910><c> one</c><00:20:30.609><c> God,</c><00:20:32.029><c> one</c><00:20:32.289><c> baptism,</c>

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one<00:20:34.029><c> hope,</c><00:20:34.529><c> one</c><00:20:34.869><c> spirit.</c>

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You<00:20:35.509><c> know</c><00:20:35.630><c> the</c><00:20:35.809><c> list,</c><00:20:36.470><c> yeah?</c>

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And<00:20:37.890><c> what's</c><00:20:38.130><c> at</c><00:20:38.250><c> the</c><00:20:38.369><c> top</c><00:20:38.490><c> of</c><00:20:38.650><c> that</c><00:20:38.809><c> list?</c>

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I'm<00:20:39.130><c> not</c><00:20:39.230><c> letting</c><00:20:39.410><c> you</c><00:20:39.609><c> look</c><00:20:39.890><c> there.</c>

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What's<00:20:40.549><c> the</c><00:20:40.750><c> very</c><00:20:41.029><c> thing</c><00:20:41.390><c> at</c><00:20:41.589><c> the</c><00:20:41.710><c> top</c><00:20:41.829><c> of</c><00:20:42.049><c> the</c><00:20:42.210><c> list?</c>

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It's<00:20:44.250><c> one</c><00:20:44.910><c> body.</c>

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You<00:20:46.609><c> and</c><00:20:47.009><c> I</c><00:20:47.150><c> might</c><00:20:47.369><c> say,</c><00:20:47.730><c> oh,</c><00:20:47.769><c> well,</c><00:20:47.849><c> we</c><00:20:47.890><c> need</c><00:20:48.029><c> to</c><00:20:48.130><c> put</c><00:20:48.309><c> one</c><00:20:48.710><c> God</c>

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at<00:20:49.210><c> the</c><00:20:49.329><c> top</c><00:20:49.450><c> of</c><00:20:49.650><c> that</c><00:20:49.849><c> list.</c>

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That's<00:20:50.430><c> the</c><00:20:50.690><c> important</c><00:20:50.930><c> thing.</c>

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Put<00:20:51.450><c> the</c><00:20:51.690><c> Lord</c><00:20:51.910><c> up</c><00:20:52.109><c> there,</c><00:20:52.329><c> one</c><00:20:52.690><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:20:53.609><c> no,</c><00:20:53.789><c> under</c><00:20:53.930><c> inspiration,</c><00:20:54.569><c> that</c><00:20:54.809><c> list</c><00:20:55.029><c> is</c><00:20:55.970><c> one</c><00:20:56.789><c> body</c><00:20:57.490><c> at</c>

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the<00:20:58.210><c> top.</c>

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And<00:20:59.750><c> that</c><00:20:59.930><c> needs</c><00:21:00.150><c> working</c><00:21:00.589><c> out,</c><00:21:00.910><c> doesn't</c><00:21:01.049><c> it?</c>

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We<00:21:01.450><c> need</c><00:21:01.730><c> to</c><00:21:02.170><c> accommodate</c><00:21:03.049><c> those</c><00:21:03.809><c> who</c><00:21:04.150><c> might</c><00:21:04.410><c> appear</c><00:21:04.750><c> difficult.</c>

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We<00:21:05.690><c> need</c><00:21:05.990><c> to</c><00:21:06.329><c> live</c><00:21:06.569><c> with</c><00:21:06.930><c> those</c><00:21:07.289><c> who</c><00:21:07.630><c> might</c><00:21:07.829><c> be</c><00:21:08.210><c> awkward</c><00:21:08.609><c> to</c>

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get<00:21:09.150><c> along</c><00:21:09.410><c> with.</c>

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We<00:21:09.809><c> need</c><00:21:10.049><c> to</c><00:21:10.269><c> make</c><00:21:10.569><c> allowances</c><00:21:11.130><c> for</c><00:21:11.890><c> the</c><00:21:12.269><c> failings</c><00:21:12.630><c> of</c><00:21:12.849><c> others,</c>

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just<00:21:13.250><c> as</c><00:21:13.549><c> they</c><00:21:13.829><c> will</c><00:21:14.069><c> need</c><00:21:14.269><c> to</c><00:21:14.430><c> make</c><00:21:14.730><c> allowances</c><00:21:15.150><c> for</c><00:21:15.490><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:16.410><c> our</c><00:21:16.609><c> body,</c><00:21:17.269><c> then,</c><00:21:17.289><c> can</c><00:21:17.549><c> be</c><00:21:17.970><c> united</c><00:21:18.450><c> and</c><00:21:18.910><c> whole</c>

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and<00:21:20.650><c> wholesome</c><00:21:21.130><c> for</c><00:21:21.470><c> the</c><00:21:21.670><c> Lord.</c>

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Can<00:21:22.910><c> we</c><00:21:22.970><c> just</c><00:21:23.089><c> have</c><00:21:23.190><c> a</c><00:21:23.269><c> look</c><00:21:23.349><c> in</c><00:21:23.509><c> Ephesians</c><00:21:23.930><c> chapter</c><00:21:24.329><c> 4,</c><00:21:24.549><c> please,</c><00:21:24.910><c> now?</c>

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Same<00:21:28.289><c> kind</c><00:21:28.529><c> of</c><00:21:28.750><c> ideas</c><00:21:29.009><c> are</c><00:21:29.910><c> coming</c><00:21:30.150><c> out</c><00:21:30.470><c> that</c><00:21:30.650><c> we've</c><00:21:30.869><c> just</c><00:21:31.809><c> laid</c>

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in<00:21:32.470><c> this</c><00:21:33.009><c> foundation</c><00:21:33.710><c> of</c><00:21:34.230><c> Corinthians.</c>

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Ephesians<00:21:37.450><c> chapter</c><00:21:37.869><c> 4,</c><00:21:38.650><c> it's</c><00:21:39.210><c> there</c><00:21:39.470><c> in</c><00:21:39.730><c> verse</c><00:21:40.069><c> 4,</c><00:21:40.430><c> isn't</c><00:21:40.589><c> it?</c>

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There<00:21:41.109><c> is</c><00:21:41.730><c> one</c><00:21:42.549><c> body</c><00:21:43.630><c> and</c><00:21:44.589><c> one</c><00:21:44.950><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:21:45.990><c> so</c><00:21:46.329><c> the</c><00:21:46.589><c> list</c><00:21:46.950><c> goes</c><00:21:47.730><c> on.</c>

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I'm<00:21:48.750><c> particularly</c><00:21:49.170><c> interested</c><00:21:49.690><c> in</c><00:21:49.910><c> just</c><00:21:50.269><c> summarizing</c><00:21:50.910><c> some</c>

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of<00:21:51.289><c> the</c><00:21:51.390><c> things</c>

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we've<00:21:51.730><c> been</c><00:21:51.869><c> saying</c><00:21:52.029><c> from</c><00:21:52.329><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:52.789><c> in</c><00:21:53.069><c> verse</c><00:21:53.349><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:21:55.109><c> he</c><00:21:55.309><c> gave</c><00:21:55.549><c> some</c><00:21:55.990><c> apostles</c><00:21:56.710><c> and</c><00:21:57.470><c> some</c><00:21:57.809><c> prophets</c><00:21:58.369><c> and</c><00:21:58.589><c> some</c><00:21:58.849><c> evangelists</c>

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and<00:21:59.730><c> some</c><00:22:00.029><c> pastors</c><00:22:00.589><c> and</c><00:22:00.990><c> teachers</c><00:22:01.750><c> all</c><00:22:03.309><c> the</c><00:22:03.609><c> individual</c><00:22:04.390><c> responsibilities</c>

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there<00:22:06.049><c> in</c><00:22:06.549><c> this</c><00:22:06.910><c> body.</c>

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And<00:22:08.410><c> why</c><00:22:08.769><c> do</c><00:22:08.910><c> they</c><00:22:09.190><c> have</c><00:22:09.470><c> this?</c>

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Why<00:22:10.109><c> does</c><00:22:10.349><c> this</c><00:22:10.569><c> body</c><00:22:10.769><c> have</c><00:22:10.950><c> all</c><00:22:11.170><c> these</c><00:22:11.470><c> different</c><00:22:11.890><c> roles</c><00:22:12.250><c> and</c>

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different<00:22:12.910><c> parts?</c>

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What<00:22:13.670><c> is</c><00:22:13.910><c> the</c><00:22:14.150><c> purpose</c><00:22:14.609><c> of</c><00:22:14.910><c> them</c><00:22:15.470><c> and</c><00:22:16.329><c> their</c><00:22:16.670><c> work?</c>

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Verse<00:22:17.410><c> 12,</c><00:22:18.910><c> for</c><00:22:19.269><c> the</c><00:22:19.750><c> perfecting</c><00:22:20.289><c> of</c><00:22:20.470><c> the</c><00:22:20.750><c> saints,</c>

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for<00:22:22.250><c> the</c><00:22:22.609><c> work</c><00:22:22.809><c> of</c><00:22:23.009><c> the</c><00:22:23.250><c> ministry,</c>

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for<00:22:24.950><c> the</c><00:22:25.450><c> edifying</c><00:22:26.230><c> of</c><00:22:27.309><c> the</c><00:22:27.529><c> body</c><00:22:27.809><c> of</c><00:22:28.109><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:22:30.130><c> there's</c><00:22:30.490><c> a</c><00:22:30.650><c> verse</c><00:22:30.910><c> to</c><00:22:31.170><c> ponder</c><00:22:31.450><c> on</c><00:22:31.690><c> as</c><00:22:31.869><c> you</c><00:22:32.029><c> go</c><00:22:32.230><c> to</c><00:22:32.430><c> bed</c><00:22:32.589><c> tonight.</c>

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Just<00:22:33.690><c> think</c><00:22:34.029><c> about</c><00:22:34.410><c> that</c><00:22:34.890><c> and</c><00:22:36.109><c> insert</c><00:22:36.769><c> your</c><00:22:37.150><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:37.650><c> into</c>

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the<00:22:38.349><c> text</c><00:22:38.650><c> there</c>

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and<00:22:39.230><c> see</c><00:22:39.529><c> whether</c><00:22:39.809><c> or</c><00:22:40.029><c> not</c><00:22:40.410><c> you</c><00:22:40.930><c> are</c><00:22:41.289><c> content</c>

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that<00:22:43.410><c> your</c><00:22:43.789><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:44.529><c> is</c><00:22:45.450><c> all</c><00:22:45.829><c> about</c><00:22:47.390><c> perfecting</c><00:22:48.369><c> the</c><00:22:48.650><c> saints.</c>

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Is<00:22:50.150><c> it</c><00:22:50.349><c> all</c><00:22:50.569><c> about</c><00:22:51.029><c> helping</c><00:22:51.509><c> individual</c><00:22:52.190><c> members</c><00:22:52.769><c> strive</c><00:22:53.329><c> for</c><00:22:53.750><c> perfection</c>

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in<00:22:54.430><c> the</c><00:22:54.589><c> Lord</c><00:22:54.730><c> Jesus</c><00:22:55.130><c> Christ?</c>

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Is<00:22:56.109><c> it</c><00:22:56.349><c> for</c><00:22:56.930><c> the</c><00:22:57.970><c> work</c><00:22:58.369><c> of</c><00:22:59.029><c> ministering?</c>

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Is<00:23:00.569><c> it</c><00:23:00.750><c> about</c><00:23:01.109><c> service</c><00:23:01.890><c> to</c><00:23:02.349><c> one</c><00:23:02.609><c> another?</c>

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Is<00:23:03.369><c> it</c><00:23:03.569><c> about</c><00:23:03.970><c> service</c><00:23:04.769><c> to</c><00:23:05.150><c> the</c><00:23:05.369><c> Lord?</c>

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Is<00:23:06.329><c> it</c><00:23:06.589><c> all</c><00:23:06.809><c> about</c><00:23:07.529><c> building</c><00:23:08.150><c> up</c><00:23:08.849><c> the</c><00:23:09.150><c> body</c><00:23:09.490><c> of</c><00:23:09.730><c> the</c><00:23:09.849><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:23:10.549><c> Christ?</c>

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And<00:23:11.789><c> if</c><00:23:12.069><c> you</c><00:23:12.390><c> conclude,</c><00:23:13.230><c> having</c><00:23:13.470><c> reflected</c><00:23:14.009><c> on</c><00:23:14.269><c> that,</c>

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that<00:23:14.730><c> your</c><00:23:14.970><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:16.069><c> isn't</c><00:23:16.769><c> doing</c><00:23:17.109><c> those</c><00:23:17.569><c> things,</c>

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then<00:23:19.970><c> you</c><00:23:20.829><c> and</c><00:23:21.690><c> I</c><00:23:22.230><c> have</c><00:23:22.650><c> a</c><00:23:23.109><c> direct</c><00:23:23.470><c> responsibility</c><00:23:24.430><c> to</c><00:23:24.730><c> try</c>

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and<00:23:25.109><c> remedy</c><00:23:25.369><c> that.</c>

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Don't<00:23:26.990><c> conclude,</c><00:23:28.049><c> not</c><00:23:28.589><c> very</c><00:23:28.809><c> good</c><00:23:28.930><c> at</c><00:23:29.069><c> that</c><00:23:29.349><c> one,</c>

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we're<00:23:30.609><c> a</c><00:23:30.670><c> bit</c><00:23:30.809><c> lacking</c><00:23:31.109><c> at</c><00:23:31.329><c> that</c><00:23:31.630><c> particular</c><00:23:32.009><c> objective.</c>

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Don't<00:23:33.130><c> leave</c><00:23:33.369><c> it</c><00:23:33.670><c> there.</c>

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You<00:23:35.569><c> are</c><00:23:35.930><c> part</c><00:23:36.210><c> of</c><00:23:36.450><c> that</c><00:23:36.690><c> body.</c>

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You<00:23:37.630><c> are</c><00:23:37.890><c> a</c><00:23:38.029><c> member</c><00:23:38.329><c> of</c><00:23:38.609><c> that</c><00:23:38.890><c> ecclesia.</c>

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If<00:23:39.569><c> your</c><00:23:39.890><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:40.269><c> is</c><00:23:40.410><c> going</c><00:23:40.589><c> to</c><00:23:40.710><c> be</c><00:23:40.869><c> a</c><00:23:41.009><c> place</c><00:23:41.210><c> of</c><00:23:41.549><c> blessing,</c>

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then<00:23:42.710><c> you</c><00:23:42.910><c> need</c><00:23:43.109><c> to</c><00:23:43.210><c> go</c><00:23:43.450><c> back</c><00:23:43.650><c> and</c><00:23:43.789><c> you</c><00:23:43.849><c> need</c><00:23:44.049><c> to</c><00:23:44.190><c> make</c><00:23:44.349><c> a</c><00:23:44.569><c> change</c>

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and<00:23:46.089><c> say,</c><00:23:47.170><c> have</c><00:23:47.250><c> you</c><00:23:47.390><c> seen</c><00:23:47.509><c> this</c><00:23:47.789><c> verse?</c>

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Have<00:23:49.049><c> you</c><00:23:49.190><c> seen</c><00:23:49.329><c> the</c><00:23:49.509><c> things</c><00:23:49.710><c> that</c><00:23:49.890><c> the</c><00:23:50.049><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:50.390><c> is</c><00:23:50.609><c> supposed</c><00:23:50.890><c> to</c><00:23:51.029><c> be</c><00:23:51.210><c> doing?</c>

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And<00:23:52.950><c> see</c><00:23:53.109><c> if</c><00:23:53.210><c> you</c><00:23:53.390><c> can</c><00:23:53.650><c> generate</c><00:23:54.089><c> some</c><00:23:54.369><c> interest</c>

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amongst<00:23:55.190><c> the</c><00:23:55.430><c> members</c><00:23:55.710><c> of</c><00:23:56.029><c> your</c><00:23:56.950><c> ecclesia</c>

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to<00:23:59.390><c> helping</c><00:23:59.869><c> with</c><00:24:00.089><c> some</c><00:24:00.289><c> of</c><00:24:00.450><c> these</c><00:24:00.710><c> things.</c>

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As<00:24:02.569><c> we</c><00:24:02.809><c> read</c><00:24:03.049><c> down,</c><00:24:03.730><c> verse</c><00:24:03.950><c> 15,</c>

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but<00:24:06.349><c> speaking</c><00:24:06.769><c> the</c><00:24:07.130><c> truth</c><00:24:07.410><c> in</c><00:24:07.950><c> love,</c>

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we<00:24:09.529><c> may</c><00:24:09.809><c> grow</c><00:24:10.190><c> up</c><00:24:10.869><c> into</c><00:24:11.430><c> him</c><00:24:11.690><c> in</c><00:24:12.089><c> all</c><00:24:12.490><c> things,</c>

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which<00:24:13.769><c> is</c><00:24:14.049><c> the</c><00:24:14.309><c> head,</c><00:24:15.029><c> even</c><00:24:15.849><c> Christ,</c>

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from<00:24:17.369><c> whom</c><00:24:17.609><c> the</c><00:24:17.910><c> whole</c><00:24:18.170><c> body</c><00:24:18.529><c> fitly</c><00:24:19.109><c> joined</c><00:24:19.289><c> together</c>

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and<00:24:20.789><c> compacted</c><00:24:21.549><c> by</c><00:24:21.789><c> that</c><00:24:22.109><c> which</c><00:24:22.609><c> every</c><00:24:23.450><c> joint</c><00:24:23.930><c> supplyeth,</c>

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according<00:24:25.170><c> to</c><00:24:25.410><c> the</c><00:24:25.670><c> effectual</c><00:24:26.250><c> working</c><00:24:26.569><c> in</c><00:24:26.849><c> the</c><00:24:27.069><c> measure</c><00:24:27.390><c> of</c>

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every<00:24:28.529><c> part,</c>

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maketh<00:24:30.069><c> the</c><00:24:30.849><c> increase</c><00:24:31.269><c> of</c><00:24:31.490><c> the</c><00:24:31.609><c> body</c>

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unto<00:24:32.549><c> the</c><00:24:32.910><c> edifying</c><00:24:33.450><c> of</c><00:24:33.970><c> itself</c><00:24:34.609><c> in</c><00:24:35.289><c> love.</c>

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A<00:24:36.230><c> couple</c><00:24:36.369><c> of</c><00:24:36.849><c> very,</c><00:24:37.130><c> very</c><00:24:37.549><c> complicated</c><00:24:38.170><c> verses</c><00:24:38.670><c> there,</c>

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but<00:24:39.890><c> let's</c><00:24:40.170><c> just</c><00:24:40.390><c> draw</c><00:24:40.609><c> two</c><00:24:40.970><c> simple</c><00:24:41.369><c> things</c><00:24:41.750><c> from</c><00:24:42.029><c> it.</c>

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First<00:24:43.009><c> of</c><00:24:43.269><c> all,</c><00:24:44.009><c> the</c><00:24:44.069><c> head</c><00:24:44.230><c> of</c><00:24:44.430><c> the</c><00:24:44.589><c> body</c><00:24:44.769><c> is</c><00:24:45.049><c> Christ.</c>

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Never,<00:24:46.750><c> ever,</c><00:24:47.150><c> ever</c><00:24:47.509><c> forget</c><00:24:47.890><c> that.</c>

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Sometimes<00:24:48.829><c> we</c><00:24:49.069><c> think</c><00:24:49.250><c> we're</c><00:24:49.490><c> all</c><00:24:49.710><c> members</c><00:24:50.089><c> of</c><00:24:50.450><c> one</c><00:24:50.650><c> body</c>

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and<00:24:51.990><c> we</c><00:24:52.410><c> forget</c><00:24:52.990><c> that</c><00:24:53.890><c> the</c><00:24:54.069><c> head</c><00:24:54.190><c> of</c><00:24:54.369><c> our</c><00:24:54.589><c> body</c><00:24:54.809><c> is</c><00:24:55.029><c> the</c><00:24:55.190><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:24:55.809><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:24:57.670><c> therefore</c><00:24:58.109><c> the</c><00:24:58.390><c> body</c><00:24:58.589><c> ought</c><00:24:58.809><c> to</c><00:24:58.970><c> be</c><00:24:59.210><c> governed</c><00:24:59.490><c> by</c><00:25:00.150><c> his</c><00:25:00.609><c> instruction,</c>

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his<00:25:02.230><c> standard,</c><00:25:03.329><c> his</c><00:25:03.730><c> manner</c><00:25:04.109><c> of</c><00:25:04.549><c> living.</c>

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And<00:25:06.109><c> that</c><00:25:06.269><c> doesn't</c><00:25:06.410><c> always</c><00:25:06.910><c> flow</c><00:25:07.210><c> through,</c><00:25:07.930><c> does</c><00:25:07.970><c> it?</c>

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And<00:25:09.069><c> then</c><00:25:09.309><c> the</c><00:25:10.109><c> King</c><00:25:10.490><c> James</c><00:25:10.849><c> language,</c><00:25:11.630><c> unfortunately,</c>

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in<00:25:12.450><c> verse</c><00:25:12.690><c> 16</c><00:25:13.150><c> is</c><00:25:13.789><c> really</c><00:25:14.390><c> convoluted,</c>

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but<00:25:16.309><c> the</c><00:25:16.609><c> principle</c><00:25:17.130><c> is</c><00:25:17.710><c> when</c><00:25:18.250><c> every</c><00:25:18.789><c> part</c><00:25:19.289><c> works</c><00:25:19.910><c> effectively</c><00:25:20.769><c> and</c><00:25:21.490><c> correctly,</c>

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then<00:25:22.869><c> the</c><00:25:23.109><c> body</c><00:25:23.329><c> operates</c><00:25:23.869><c> as</c><00:25:24.109><c> it</c><00:25:24.410><c> should.</c>

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So<00:25:26.490><c> you</c><00:25:26.670><c> have</c><00:25:26.829><c> a</c><00:25:27.009><c> part</c><00:25:27.170><c> to</c><00:25:27.430><c> play.</c>

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If<00:25:28.349><c> your</c><00:25:28.670><c> body,</c><00:25:29.190><c> your</c><00:25:29.470><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:29.849><c> body,</c><00:25:30.289><c> is</c><00:25:30.390><c> not</c><00:25:30.690><c> functioning</c><00:25:31.309><c> properly,</c>

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are<00:25:33.710><c> you</c><00:25:33.910><c> as</c><00:25:34.150><c> a</c><00:25:34.250><c> member</c><00:25:34.490><c> playing</c><00:25:34.869><c> the</c><00:25:35.170><c> parts</c><00:25:35.410><c> that</c><00:25:35.609><c> you're</c><00:25:35.950><c> supposed</c><00:25:36.349><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:36.750><c> playing?</c>

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Do<00:25:38.049><c> you</c><00:25:38.210><c> need</c><00:25:38.329><c> to</c><00:25:38.630><c> examine</c><00:25:38.930><c> yourself</c><00:25:39.490><c> and</c><00:25:39.670><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:25:39.910><c> actually</c><00:25:40.250><c> I</c><00:25:40.410><c> can</c><00:25:40.750><c> change</c><00:25:41.109><c> the</c><00:25:41.309><c> way</c><00:25:41.410><c> I'm</c><00:25:41.710><c> operating</c><00:25:42.210><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:42.690><c> ecclesia</c>

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so<00:25:43.529><c> that</c><00:25:43.789><c> some</c><00:25:44.009><c> of</c><00:25:44.170><c> these</c><00:25:44.349><c> important</c><00:25:44.890><c> things</c><00:25:45.450><c> can</c><00:25:46.150><c> be</c><00:25:46.549><c> achieved?</c>

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Turn<00:25:49.369><c> over,</c><00:25:49.670><c> please,</c><00:25:49.829><c> with</c><00:25:49.910><c> me</c><00:25:50.069><c> now</c><00:25:50.309><c> to</c><00:25:50.829><c> 1</c><00:25:51.049><c> Timothy</c><00:25:51.390><c> chapter</c><00:25:51.849><c> 3,</c>

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because<00:25:52.369><c> I</c><00:25:52.369><c> just</c><00:25:52.549><c> want</c><00:25:52.650><c> to</c><00:25:52.970><c> remind</c><00:25:53.470><c> you</c><00:25:53.950><c> what</c><00:25:55.230><c> the</c><00:25:55.490><c> ecclesia</c>

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is<00:25:56.269><c> for.</c>

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We've<00:25:58.170><c> already</c><00:25:58.390><c> touched</c><00:25:58.650><c> on</c><00:25:58.829><c> it</c><00:25:59.029><c> here</c><00:25:59.309><c> in</c><00:26:00.210><c> Ephesians.</c>

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I<00:26:02.450><c> just</c><00:26:02.630><c> want</c><00:26:02.730><c> to</c><00:26:02.869><c> make</c><00:26:02.990><c> sure</c><00:26:03.210><c> we</c><00:26:03.849><c> appreciate</c><00:26:04.789><c> what</c><00:26:05.150><c> our</c><00:26:05.470><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:05.910><c> is</c><00:26:06.369><c> for.</c>

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And<00:26:07.029><c> it's</c><00:26:07.190><c> not</c><00:26:07.470><c> so</c><00:26:08.190><c> very</c><00:26:08.829><c> often</c><00:26:09.089><c> we</c><00:26:09.450><c> stop</c><00:26:09.670><c> and</c><00:26:09.990><c> reflect</c><00:26:10.349><c> on</c><00:26:10.670><c> this,</c><00:26:10.890><c> is</c><00:26:11.009><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:26:12.130><c> just</c><00:26:12.309><c> something</c><00:26:12.549><c> that's</c><00:26:12.910><c> there</c><00:26:13.210><c> and</c><00:26:13.329><c> we</c><00:26:13.509><c> go</c><00:26:13.650><c> each</c><00:26:14.029><c> Sunday</c><00:26:14.410><c> and</c>

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we<00:26:14.829><c> attend</c>

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and<00:26:15.349><c> we</c><00:26:15.470><c> have</c><00:26:15.589><c> a</c><00:26:15.730><c> nice</c><00:26:15.930><c> time</c><00:26:16.089><c> and</c><00:26:16.230><c> we</c><00:26:16.349><c> come</c><00:26:16.569><c> away</c><00:26:16.849><c> again</c>

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and<00:26:17.349><c> we'll</c><00:26:17.529><c> do</c><00:26:17.630><c> it</c><00:26:17.789><c> again</c><00:26:17.990><c> next</c><00:26:18.430><c> week.</c>

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But<00:26:19.470><c> what's</c><00:26:19.809><c> it</c><00:26:20.130><c> for?</c>

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What's<00:26:21.490><c> the</c><00:26:21.690><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:22.109><c> for?</c>

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Well,<00:26:23.950><c> here</c><00:26:24.130><c> it</c><00:26:24.230><c> is</c><00:26:24.410><c> in</c><00:26:25.009><c> 1</c><00:26:25.210><c> Timothy</c><00:26:25.470><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.950><c> 3,</c>

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a<00:26:27.390><c> lovely</c><00:26:27.549><c> little</c><00:26:27.910><c> summary</c><00:26:28.230><c> which</c><00:26:28.549><c> just</c><00:26:28.970><c> sets</c><00:26:29.289><c> out</c><00:26:30.289><c> what</c><00:26:30.890><c> our</c>

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ecclesia<00:26:31.869><c> is</c><00:26:32.130><c> about.</c>

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And<00:26:34.109><c> again,</c><00:26:35.049><c> you</c><00:26:35.250><c> need</c><00:26:35.430><c> to</c><00:26:35.650><c> ask,</c><00:26:36.750><c> is</c><00:26:36.849><c> this</c><00:26:37.069><c> my</c><00:26:37.329><c> ecclesia?</c>

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Is<00:26:38.529><c> this</c><00:26:38.750><c> what</c><00:26:38.910><c> is</c><00:26:39.130><c> happening?</c>

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Verse<00:26:41.069><c> 14,</c><00:26:41.950><c> 1</c><00:26:42.190><c> Timothy</c><00:26:42.569><c> 3.</c>

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These<00:26:45.089><c> things</c><00:26:45.450><c> write</c><00:26:45.750><c> I</c><00:26:46.289><c> unto</c><00:26:46.670><c> thee,</c><00:26:47.549><c> hoping</c><00:26:47.910><c> to</c><00:26:48.170><c> come</c><00:26:48.329><c> unto</c>

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thee<00:26:48.890><c> shortly,</c>

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but<00:26:49.730><c> if</c><00:26:49.970><c> I</c><00:26:50.329><c> tarry</c><00:26:50.769><c> long,</c><00:26:51.990><c> that</c><00:26:52.170><c> thou</c><00:26:52.410><c> mayest</c><00:26:52.930><c> know</c><00:26:53.150><c> how</c><00:26:53.470><c> thou</c>

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oughtest<00:26:54.250><c> to</c><00:26:54.529><c> behave</c><00:26:54.750><c> thyself</c>

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in<00:26:55.430><c> the</c><00:26:55.690><c> house</c><00:26:55.890><c> of</c><00:26:56.109><c> God,</c><00:26:56.670><c> which</c><00:26:56.869><c> is</c><00:26:57.130><c> the</c><00:26:57.430><c> church,</c><00:26:57.869><c> the</c><00:26:58.049><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:58.609><c> of</c><00:26:58.970><c> the</c>

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living<00:26:59.410><c> God,</c>

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the<00:27:00.410><c> pillar</c><00:27:00.789><c> and</c><00:27:01.569><c> ground</c><00:27:02.210><c> of</c><00:27:03.109><c> the</c><00:27:03.490><c> truth.</c>

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Now,<00:27:05.009><c> there's</c><00:27:05.230><c> three</c><00:27:05.509><c> important</c><00:27:05.890><c> things</c><00:27:06.289><c> there,</c>

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and<00:27:06.690><c> you</c><00:27:06.769><c> need</c><00:27:06.950><c> to</c><00:27:07.069><c> make</c><00:27:07.250><c> sure</c><00:27:07.509><c> that</c><00:27:07.690><c> you've</c><00:27:07.910><c> got</c><00:27:08.029><c> all</c><00:27:08.289><c> of</c><00:27:08.470><c> them</c>

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for<00:27:09.369><c> your</c><00:27:09.730><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:10.109><c> to</c><00:27:10.289><c> be</c><00:27:10.509><c> effective.</c>

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First<00:27:11.289><c> of</c><00:27:11.549><c> all,</c><00:27:13.109><c> it's</c><00:27:13.390><c> the</c><00:27:13.490><c> house</c><00:27:13.789><c> of</c><00:27:14.069><c> God.</c>

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The<00:27:14.650><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:15.369><c> is</c><00:27:15.730><c> the</c><00:27:15.930><c> house</c><00:27:16.250><c> of</c><00:27:16.569><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:19.029><c> you</c><00:27:19.210><c> need</c><00:27:19.329><c> to</c><00:27:19.529><c> question</c><00:27:19.970><c> whether</c><00:27:20.289><c> or</c><00:27:20.589><c> not</c><00:27:20.849><c> the</c><00:27:21.750><c> house</c><00:27:22.190><c> that</c><00:27:22.450><c> you</c>

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have<00:27:22.970><c> built</c>

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and<00:27:23.750><c> the</c><00:27:23.930><c> house</c><00:27:24.150><c> that</c><00:27:24.450><c> I</c><00:27:24.670><c> have</c><00:27:24.910><c> built</c><00:27:25.130><c> in</c><00:27:25.410><c> my</c><00:27:25.750><c> ecclesia</c>

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is<00:27:27.150><c> somewhere</c><00:27:27.529><c> that</c><00:27:27.910><c> the</c><00:27:28.109><c> Almighty</c><00:27:28.529><c> would</c><00:27:28.829><c> like</c><00:27:29.109><c> to</c><00:27:29.410><c> dwell.</c>

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Is<00:27:31.210><c> it</c><00:27:31.470><c> somewhere</c><00:27:31.789><c> that</c><00:27:32.089><c> he</c><00:27:32.269><c> would</c><00:27:32.529><c> feel</c><00:27:32.950><c> comfortable?</c>

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Is<00:27:33.869><c> it</c><00:27:34.109><c> somewhere</c><00:27:34.490><c> he</c><00:27:34.970><c> would</c><00:27:35.329><c> feel</c><00:27:35.630><c> welcome?</c>

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Is<00:27:36.730><c> it</c><00:27:37.009><c> somewhere</c><00:27:38.009><c> where</c><00:27:39.390><c> the</c><00:27:39.670><c> conversation</c>

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and<00:27:41.210><c> the</c><00:27:41.410><c> atmosphere</c><00:27:42.210><c> is</c><00:27:42.609><c> so</c><00:27:43.029><c> spiritual</c><00:27:43.609><c> that</c><00:27:43.849><c> he</c><00:27:44.009><c> would</c><00:27:44.349><c> feel</c>

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at<00:27:44.950><c> home?</c>

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We<00:27:47.490><c> are</c><00:27:47.730><c> creating</c><00:27:48.250><c> here</c><00:27:49.190><c> a</c><00:27:49.890><c> place</c><00:27:50.130><c> where</c><00:27:50.410><c> the</c><00:27:50.630><c> Almighty</c><00:27:51.289><c> can</c><00:27:52.329><c> live.</c>

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And<00:27:54.789><c> then</c><00:27:54.970><c> verse</c><00:27:55.750><c> 15</c><00:27:56.130><c> concludes</c><00:27:56.529><c> with</c><00:27:56.829><c> two</c><00:27:57.130><c> aspects,</c><00:27:57.809><c> doesn't</c><00:27:57.849><c> it?</c>

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The<00:27:58.329><c> pillar</c><00:27:58.750><c> and</c><00:28:00.109><c> ground</c><00:28:00.890><c> of</c><00:28:01.769><c> the</c><00:28:02.089><c> truth.</c>

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Now,<00:28:04.130><c> the</c><00:28:04.309><c> ground</c><00:28:04.509><c> of</c><00:28:04.710><c> the</c><00:28:04.930><c> truth</c><00:28:05.109><c> sounds</c><00:28:05.410><c> quite</c><00:28:05.809><c> straightforward,</c><00:28:06.609><c> doesn't</c><00:28:06.730><c> it?</c>

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We're<00:28:07.390><c> not</c><00:28:07.569><c> going</c><00:28:07.750><c> to</c><00:28:07.890><c> explore</c><00:28:08.150><c> this</c><00:28:08.390><c> particularly,</c>

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but<00:28:08.950><c> you</c><00:28:09.109><c> get</c><00:28:09.269><c> the</c><00:28:09.450><c> idea</c><00:28:09.670><c> that</c><00:28:09.869><c> this</c><00:28:10.089><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:10.410><c> has</c><00:28:10.670><c> to</c><00:28:10.849><c> be</c>

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well<00:28:11.509><c> grounded,</c>

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and<00:28:12.589><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:12.890><c> talks</c><00:28:13.269><c> about</c><00:28:13.549><c> the</c><00:28:13.829><c> foundation,</c><00:28:14.450><c> the</c><00:28:14.630><c> rock,</c>

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being<00:28:15.109><c> the</c><00:28:15.230><c> Lord</c><00:28:15.490><c> Jesus</c><00:28:15.930><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:28:16.710><c> your</c><00:28:16.950><c> ecclesia,</c><00:28:17.329><c> if</c><00:28:17.410><c> it's</c><00:28:17.569><c> going</c><00:28:17.710><c> to</c><00:28:17.809><c> be</c><00:28:17.930><c> a</c><00:28:18.049><c> house</c><00:28:18.210><c> of</c><00:28:18.369><c> God,</c>

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needs<00:28:18.750><c> to</c><00:28:18.890><c> be</c><00:28:19.109><c> properly</c><00:28:19.410><c> built.</c>

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And<00:28:19.910><c> the</c><00:28:19.970><c> only</c><00:28:20.069><c> way</c><00:28:20.190><c> it's</c><00:28:20.349><c> properly</c><00:28:20.670><c> built</c><00:28:21.109><c> is</c><00:28:21.490><c> if</c><00:28:21.569><c> it's</c><00:28:21.789><c> put</c><00:28:21.890><c> on</c><00:28:22.029><c> a</c><00:28:22.230><c> foundation</c>

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which<00:28:22.890><c> is</c><00:28:23.109><c> the</c><00:28:23.269><c> Lord</c><00:28:23.430><c> Jesus</c><00:28:23.910><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:28:24.769><c> you</c><00:28:24.849><c> know</c><00:28:24.970><c> from</c><00:28:25.150><c> the</c><00:28:25.410><c> parable</c><00:28:25.670><c> that</c><00:28:25.789><c> if</c><00:28:25.890><c> you</c><00:28:26.029><c> build</c><00:28:26.170><c> it</c><00:28:26.349><c> on</c>

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anything<00:28:27.049><c> else,</c>

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on<00:28:27.650><c> anything</c><00:28:28.230><c> else,</c>

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then<00:28:29.769><c> it's</c><00:28:30.009><c> a</c><00:28:30.130><c> poorly</c><00:28:30.329><c> built</c><00:28:30.569><c> structure</c><00:28:31.109><c> and</c><00:28:31.349><c> it</c><00:28:31.529><c> won't</c><00:28:31.849><c> last.</c>

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So<00:28:33.990><c> our</c><00:28:34.210><c> ecclesia,</c><00:28:34.710><c> we</c><00:28:34.869><c> need</c><00:28:35.029><c> to</c><00:28:35.150><c> go</c><00:28:35.390><c> back</c><00:28:35.549><c> and</c><00:28:35.690><c> we</c><00:28:35.750><c> need</c><00:28:35.910><c> to</c><00:28:36.069><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:28:36.369><c> if</c><00:28:36.509><c> God's</c><00:28:36.849><c> going</c><00:28:37.029><c> to</c><00:28:37.230><c> live</c><00:28:37.349><c> here,</c><00:28:37.730><c> is</c><00:28:37.970><c> it</c><00:28:38.250><c> properly</c><00:28:38.609><c> built?</c>

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Is<00:28:39.670><c> it</c><00:28:39.789><c> on</c><00:28:39.930><c> the</c><00:28:40.109><c> right</c><00:28:40.349><c> foundation?</c>

00:28:42.569 --> 00:28:45.690
And<00:28:43.089><c> that</c><00:28:43.309><c> foundation</c><00:28:43.829><c> needs</c><00:28:44.109><c> to</c><00:28:44.309><c> be</c><00:28:44.430><c> the</c><00:28:44.650><c> Lord</c><00:28:44.849><c> Jesus</c><00:28:45.309><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:28:46.250><c> here</c><00:28:46.549><c> then,</c><00:28:47.309><c> there</c><00:28:47.569><c> are</c><00:28:47.849><c> aspects</c><00:28:48.329><c> in</c><00:28:48.589><c> which</c><00:28:48.809><c> we</c><00:28:49.009><c> need</c><00:28:49.230><c> to</c>

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pay<00:28:49.549><c> attention</c>

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to<00:28:50.190><c> individual</c><00:28:50.769><c> members</c><00:28:51.170><c> to</c><00:28:51.430><c> try</c><00:28:51.630><c> and</c><00:28:51.809><c> make</c><00:28:51.990><c> sure</c><00:28:52.210><c> that</c><00:28:52.430><c> they</c>

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as<00:28:52.750><c> individuals</c>

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are<00:28:54.430><c> understanding</c><00:28:55.109><c> the</c><00:28:55.369><c> ways</c><00:28:55.490><c> of</c><00:28:55.710><c> the</c><00:28:55.809><c> Lord</c><00:28:55.950><c> Jesus</c><00:28:56.369><c> Christ</c>

00:28:56.609 --> 00:28:58.730
and<00:28:56.849><c> are</c><00:28:57.369><c> properly</c><00:28:57.750><c> grounded</c><00:28:58.250><c> in</c><00:28:58.549><c> him</c>

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so<00:28:58.970><c> that</c><00:28:59.230><c> together</c><00:28:59.829><c> our</c><00:29:00.549><c> body</c><00:29:01.069><c> is</c><00:29:01.609><c> built</c><00:29:01.950><c> up</c><00:29:02.670><c> unto</c><00:29:02.950><c> a</c><00:29:03.250><c> house</c>

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for<00:29:03.710><c> the</c><00:29:03.910><c> Lord.</c>

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But<00:29:06.130><c> it's</c><00:29:06.250><c> also</c><00:29:06.410><c> to</c><00:29:06.549><c> be</c><00:29:06.789><c> a</c><00:29:06.950><c> pillar.</c>

00:29:08.829 --> 00:29:14.029
Now<00:29:09.470><c> the</c><00:29:09.650><c> idea</c><00:29:09.970><c> of</c><00:29:10.230><c> a</c><00:29:10.529><c> pillar,</c><00:29:10.930><c> we</c><00:29:11.490><c> need</c><00:29:11.769><c> to</c><00:29:12.230><c> appreciate</c><00:29:13.130><c> correctly</c>

00:29:14.029 --> 00:29:18.750
because<00:29:15.309><c> if</c><00:29:15.990><c> I</c><00:29:16.170><c> talk</c><00:29:16.309><c> about</c><00:29:16.569><c> a</c><00:29:16.809><c> brother</c><00:29:17.009><c> being</c><00:29:17.410><c> a</c><00:29:17.769><c> pillar,</c>

00:29:19.529 --> 00:29:22.990
it<00:29:19.730><c> immediately</c><00:29:20.250><c> conjures</c><00:29:20.589><c> up</c><00:29:20.890><c> some</c><00:29:21.130><c> sort</c><00:29:21.450><c> of</c><00:29:21.809><c> image</c><00:29:22.150><c> of</c><00:29:22.710><c> a</c>

00:29:22.990 --> 00:29:24.009
brother<00:29:23.190><c> being</c>

00:29:24.049 --> 00:29:26.109
an<00:29:24.690><c> important</c><00:29:24.970><c> part</c><00:29:25.289><c> of</c><00:29:25.490><c> the</c><00:29:25.670><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:26.269 --> 00:29:28.650
And<00:29:26.549><c> he's</c><00:29:26.849><c> holding</c><00:29:27.210><c> up</c><00:29:27.490><c> the</c><00:29:27.670><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:28.089><c> and</c><00:29:28.250><c> there</c><00:29:28.390><c> are</c>

00:29:28.650 --> 00:29:29.490
several<00:29:29.089><c> pillars</c>

00:29:29.490 --> 00:29:31.970
in<00:29:29.750><c> our</c><00:29:29.950><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:30.430><c> and</c><00:29:30.690><c> their</c><00:29:30.970><c> main</c><00:29:31.390><c> structures</c>

00:29:31.970 --> 00:29:35.690
which<00:29:32.970><c> help</c><00:29:33.150><c> the</c><00:29:33.430><c> whole</c><00:29:33.750><c> house</c><00:29:34.589><c> fit</c><00:29:35.049><c> together.</c>

00:29:35.690 --> 00:29:38.849
And<00:29:36.630><c> when</c><00:29:36.829><c> he</c><00:29:37.029><c> falls</c><00:29:37.309><c> asleep,</c><00:29:37.829><c> well,</c><00:29:38.009><c> that's</c><00:29:38.309><c> a</c><00:29:38.410><c> real</c><00:29:38.609><c> hole</c>

00:29:38.849 --> 00:29:41.450
and<00:29:39.029><c> we're</c><00:29:39.309><c> rather</c><00:29:39.490><c> hoping</c><00:29:39.769><c> that</c><00:29:40.049><c> someone</c><00:29:40.269><c> will</c><00:29:40.490><c> come</c><00:29:40.670><c> and</c><00:29:41.210><c> be</c>

00:29:41.450 --> 00:29:41.789
a<00:29:41.609><c> pillar</c>

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to<00:29:42.109><c> replace</c><00:29:42.670><c> him</c><00:29:43.230><c> in</c><00:29:43.849><c> her</c><00:29:44.089><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:45.170 --> 00:29:47.609
And<00:29:45.349><c> we</c><00:29:45.470><c> get</c><00:29:45.569><c> that</c><00:29:45.829><c> kind</c><00:29:46.029><c> of</c><00:29:46.390><c> idea,</c>

00:29:47.950 --> 00:29:51.750
but<00:29:48.230><c> that's</c><00:29:48.450><c> not</c><00:29:48.569><c> the</c><00:29:48.690><c> right</c><00:29:48.910><c> scriptural</c><00:29:49.569><c> idea,</c><00:29:50.549><c> interestingly.</c>

00:29:52.430 --> 00:29:53.970
We're<00:29:52.730><c> not</c><00:29:52.869><c> going</c><00:29:53.009><c> to</c><00:29:53.210><c> pursue</c><00:29:53.430><c> it</c><00:29:53.869><c> now.</c>

00:29:53.970 --> 00:29:57.069
You<00:29:54.329><c> may</c><00:29:54.549><c> wish</c><00:29:54.750><c> to</c><00:29:54.849><c> do</c><00:29:54.910><c> it</c><00:29:55.710><c> in</c><00:29:56.049><c> your</c><00:29:56.309><c> own</c><00:29:56.630><c> time,</c>

00:29:57.309 --> 00:30:01.009
but<00:29:57.549><c> just</c><00:29:57.849><c> walk</c><00:29:58.029><c> your</c><00:29:58.289><c> way</c><00:29:58.549><c> through</c><00:29:59.410><c> Old</c><00:29:59.890><c> Testament</c><00:30:00.430><c> teaching</c>

00:30:01.009 --> 00:30:02.450
about<00:30:01.789><c> pillars.</c>

00:30:02.450 --> 00:30:09.289
And<00:30:03.549><c> invariably,</c><00:30:05.529><c> they</c><00:30:05.750><c> are</c><00:30:06.230><c> single</c><00:30:06.829><c> pillars</c><00:30:07.410><c> that</c><00:30:08.470><c> stand</c><00:30:08.970><c> on</c>

00:30:09.289 --> 00:30:10.609
their<00:30:09.650><c> own.</c>

00:30:11.269 --> 00:30:14.230
And<00:30:11.450><c> you</c><00:30:11.569><c> can</c><00:30:11.710><c> think</c><00:30:11.869><c> about</c><00:30:12.190><c> the</c><00:30:12.869><c> pillar</c><00:30:13.109><c> of</c><00:30:13.410><c> cloud</c><00:30:13.690><c> and</c><00:30:13.990><c> fire</c>

00:30:14.230 --> 00:30:15.650
in<00:30:14.430><c> the</c><00:30:14.589><c> wilderness,</c><00:30:14.970><c> for</c><00:30:15.230><c> example.</c>

00:30:15.690 --> 00:30:18.950
You<00:30:15.869><c> can</c><00:30:16.069><c> think</c><00:30:16.269><c> of</c><00:30:16.490><c> pillars</c><00:30:16.809><c> of</c><00:30:17.150><c> witness</c><00:30:17.509><c> that</c><00:30:17.890><c> Jacob</c><00:30:18.289><c> erected.</c>

00:30:19.250 --> 00:30:21.670
You<00:30:19.369><c> can</c><00:30:19.589><c> think</c><00:30:19.829><c> of</c><00:30:20.109><c> pillars</c><00:30:20.410><c> outside</c><00:30:20.970><c> the</c><00:30:21.309><c> temple</c>

00:30:21.670 --> 00:30:25.130
which<00:30:21.950><c> seem</c><00:30:22.150><c> to</c><00:30:22.329><c> have</c><00:30:22.589><c> nothing</c><00:30:22.970><c> to</c><00:30:23.269><c> do</c><00:30:23.430><c> with</c><00:30:23.630><c> the</c><00:30:23.990><c> structure</c><00:30:24.309><c> itself.</c>

00:30:25.390 --> 00:30:29.069
And<00:30:25.650><c> it's</c><00:30:25.849><c> as</c><00:30:25.990><c> if</c><00:30:26.150><c> these</c><00:30:26.529><c> pillars</c><00:30:26.890><c> are</c><00:30:27.210><c> just</c><00:30:27.730><c> great</c><00:30:28.269><c> witnesses</c>

00:30:29.069 --> 00:30:31.230
to<00:30:30.250><c> those</c><00:30:30.529><c> around.</c>

00:30:31.230 --> 00:30:33.269
Here<00:30:32.369><c> is</c><00:30:32.630><c> a</c><00:30:32.789><c> place.</c>

00:30:33.529 --> 00:30:37.470
You<00:30:33.829><c> can</c><00:30:34.170><c> come</c><00:30:34.490><c> here</c><00:30:35.150><c> to</c><00:30:36.049><c> understand</c><00:30:36.490><c> about</c><00:30:36.789><c> the</c><00:30:36.970><c> things</c><00:30:37.130><c> of</c><00:30:37.349><c> God.</c>

00:30:37.529 --> 00:30:43.190
You<00:30:37.690><c> can</c><00:30:37.950><c> come</c><00:30:38.190><c> here</c><00:30:38.589><c> for</c><00:30:39.230><c> light</c><00:30:39.690><c> and</c><00:30:40.170><c> for</c><00:30:40.529><c> guidance</c><00:30:41.109><c> and</c><00:30:41.589><c> for</c><00:30:41.950><c> edification.</c>

00:30:43.410 --> 00:30:46.769
Just<00:30:43.710><c> have</c><00:30:43.990><c> a</c><00:30:44.250><c> look</c><00:30:44.930><c> in</c><00:30:45.369><c> your</c><00:30:46.009><c> own</c><00:30:46.410><c> time</c>

00:30:46.769 --> 00:30:49.869
at<00:30:47.069><c> the</c><00:30:47.569><c> purpose</c><00:30:47.990><c> of</c><00:30:48.329><c> the</c><00:30:48.609><c> pillar</c><00:30:48.849><c> in</c><00:30:49.250><c> the</c><00:30:49.470><c> wilderness</c>

00:30:49.869 --> 00:30:55.910
which<00:30:50.170><c> was</c><00:30:50.430><c> to</c><00:30:51.250><c> give</c><00:30:51.569><c> light</c><00:30:52.130><c> and</c><00:30:53.210><c> to</c><00:30:54.089><c> show</c><00:30:54.410><c> people</c><00:30:54.970><c> the</c><00:30:55.410><c> way.</c>

00:30:56.369 --> 00:30:59.769
That's<00:30:56.730><c> what</c><00:30:56.849><c> it</c><00:30:57.069><c> says,</c><00:30:57.589><c> and</c><00:30:57.789><c> our</c><00:30:57.970><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:58.309><c> is</c><00:30:58.509><c> to</c><00:30:58.710><c> be</c><00:30:58.930><c> just</c><00:30:59.309><c> that</c>

00:30:59.769 --> 00:31:03.509
and<00:31:00.309><c> men</c><00:31:00.589><c> should</c><00:31:01.809><c> be</c><00:31:02.029><c> able</c><00:31:02.210><c> to</c><00:31:02.369><c> see</c><00:31:02.529><c> for</c><00:31:02.750><c> miles</c><00:31:03.089><c> around</c>

00:31:03.509 --> 00:31:06.190
that<00:31:03.769><c> there</c><00:31:04.049><c> is</c><00:31:04.269><c> a</c><00:31:04.450><c> place</c><00:31:04.670><c> where</c><00:31:04.869><c> they</c><00:31:05.009><c> can</c><00:31:05.170><c> go</c><00:31:05.329><c> and</c><00:31:05.589><c> find</c><00:31:05.789><c> truth</c>

00:31:06.190 --> 00:31:09.750
and<00:31:06.650><c> enlightenment</c><00:31:07.289><c> and</c><00:31:07.690><c> guidance</c><00:31:08.289><c> in</c><00:31:08.869><c> the</c><00:31:09.049><c> things</c><00:31:09.230><c> of</c><00:31:09.529><c> life</c>

00:31:09.750 --> 00:31:11.329
which<00:31:10.049><c> are</c><00:31:10.309><c> vital.</c>

00:31:12.009 --> 00:31:15.369
And<00:31:12.210><c> our</c><00:31:12.369><c> ecclesia,</c><00:31:12.930><c> therefore,</c><00:31:13.210><c> has</c><00:31:13.450><c> to</c><00:31:13.710><c> be</c><00:31:14.490><c> a</c><00:31:14.730><c> house</c><00:31:15.150><c> for</c>

00:31:15.369 --> 00:31:15.910
the<00:31:15.509><c> Lord</c>

00:31:15.910 --> 00:31:19.150
properly<00:31:16.789><c> grounded</c><00:31:17.309><c> with</c><00:31:17.569><c> all</c><00:31:17.789><c> its</c><00:31:18.009><c> members</c><00:31:18.410><c> united</c>

00:31:19.150 --> 00:31:22.890
and<00:31:19.710><c> yet</c><00:31:20.109><c> witnessing</c><00:31:20.630><c> to</c><00:31:20.950><c> those</c><00:31:21.170><c> around</c><00:31:21.569><c> that</c><00:31:21.809><c> here</c><00:31:22.049><c> is</c><00:31:22.289><c> a</c><00:31:22.450><c> place</c>

00:31:22.890 --> 00:31:26.230
where<00:31:23.730><c> the</c><00:31:24.009><c> gospel</c><00:31:24.490><c> message</c><00:31:25.049><c> shines.</c>

00:31:26.589 --> 00:31:30.710
Now,<00:31:27.349><c> there</c><00:31:27.829><c> are</c><00:31:28.049><c> two</c><00:31:28.789><c> last</c><00:31:29.150><c> aspects</c><00:31:29.609><c> that</c><00:31:29.829><c> I</c><00:31:30.009><c> want</c><00:31:30.130><c> to</c><00:31:30.349><c> consider,</c>

00:31:30.869 --> 00:31:34.309
brothers<00:31:30.970><c> and</c><00:31:31.210><c> sisters,</c><00:31:32.509><c> hopefully</c><00:31:32.829><c> not</c><00:31:33.190><c> at</c><00:31:33.450><c> great</c><00:31:33.849><c> length.</c>

00:31:34.710 --> 00:31:41.609
But<00:31:34.869><c> the</c><00:31:35.130><c> first</c><00:31:35.490><c> is,</c><00:31:37.730><c> what</c><00:31:37.849><c> are</c><00:31:37.990><c> your</c><00:31:38.250><c> elders</c><00:31:38.730><c> doing</c><00:31:39.430><c> in</c><00:31:40.309><c> your</c><00:31:40.589><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:31:42.789 --> 00:31:46.150
What<00:31:43.250><c> should</c><00:31:43.809><c> they</c><00:31:44.150><c> be</c><00:31:44.450><c> doing</c><00:31:44.809><c> in</c><00:31:45.250><c> your</c><00:31:45.569><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:31:46.349 --> 00:31:49.089
And<00:31:46.670><c> I'm</c><00:31:46.829><c> sure</c><00:31:46.990><c> in</c><00:31:47.170><c> the</c><00:31:47.309><c> audience</c><00:31:47.609><c> there</c><00:31:47.809><c> will</c><00:31:47.910><c> be</c><00:31:48.009><c> plenty</c><00:31:48.390><c> of</c>

00:31:49.089 --> 00:31:49.789
brethren<00:31:49.349><c> here</c>

00:31:49.789 --> 00:31:52.890
who<00:31:50.089><c> are</c><00:31:50.670><c> serving</c><00:31:51.329><c> on</c><00:31:52.470><c> committees,</c>

00:31:53.069 --> 00:31:55.930
on<00:31:53.230><c> arranging</c><00:31:53.650><c> committees</c><00:31:54.170><c> in</c><00:31:54.650><c> their</c><00:31:54.950><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:56.529 --> 00:32:01.210
I<00:31:57.089><c> have</c><00:31:57.369><c> observed</c><00:31:58.150><c> in</c><00:31:58.630><c> passing</c><00:31:59.089><c> that</c><00:32:00.250><c> ecclesias</c><00:32:00.769><c> in</c><00:32:01.029><c> the</c>

00:32:01.210 --> 00:32:02.190
United<00:32:01.710><c> States</c>

00:32:02.190 --> 00:32:06.230
talk<00:32:02.509><c> about</c><00:32:02.869><c> an</c><00:32:03.269><c> arranging</c><00:32:03.970><c> board,</c><00:32:05.329><c> not</c><00:32:05.529><c> a</c><00:32:05.730><c> phrase</c><00:32:05.869><c> we</c><00:32:06.130><c> have</c>

00:32:06.230 --> 00:32:06.869
in<00:32:06.410><c> the</c><00:32:06.569><c> UK.</c>

00:32:07.250 --> 00:32:09.470
I<00:32:07.450><c> don't</c><00:32:07.650><c> think</c><00:32:07.789><c> it's</c><00:32:08.049><c> a</c><00:32:08.230><c> phrase</c><00:32:08.390><c> we</c><00:32:08.630><c> have</c><00:32:08.750><c> in</c><00:32:08.910><c> Australia,</c>

00:32:09.529 --> 00:32:11.670
but<00:32:09.650><c> it's</c><00:32:09.849><c> a</c><00:32:10.009><c> phrase</c><00:32:10.170><c> that</c><00:32:10.349><c> we</c><00:32:10.529><c> have</c><00:32:10.710><c> here.</c>

00:32:12.130 --> 00:32:15.990
Do<00:32:12.509><c> be</c><00:32:12.769><c> careful,</c><00:32:13.289><c> brethren,</c><00:32:13.529><c> that</c><00:32:13.730><c> you're</c><00:32:13.950><c> not</c><00:32:14.210><c> turning</c><00:32:14.529><c> your</c><00:32:15.089><c> ecclesias</c>

00:32:15.990 --> 00:32:19.410
into<00:32:16.569><c> corporations</c><00:32:17.549><c> where</c><00:32:18.130><c> you</c><00:32:18.369><c> are</c><00:32:18.529><c> some</c><00:32:18.829><c> kind</c><00:32:19.089><c> of</c>

00:32:19.410 --> 00:32:22.450
executive<00:32:20.009><c> management</c><00:32:20.750><c> in</c><00:32:21.289><c> charge.</c>

00:32:22.789 --> 00:32:25.089
That's<00:32:23.190><c> not</c><00:32:23.349><c> the</c><00:32:23.509><c> ecclesia,</c><00:32:24.109><c> is</c><00:32:24.190><c> it?</c>

00:32:25.789 --> 00:32:28.869
We<00:32:26.150><c> are</c><00:32:26.930><c> servants</c><00:32:27.509><c> here,</c><00:32:27.930><c> aren't</c><00:32:28.190><c> we?</c>

00:32:28.890 --> 00:32:33.849
And<00:32:29.230><c> elders</c><00:32:30.069><c> need</c><00:32:31.569><c> to</c><00:32:31.829><c> make</c><00:32:32.069><c> sure</c><00:32:32.329><c> they've</c><00:32:32.670><c> got</c><00:32:32.789><c> their</c><00:32:33.130><c> responsibilities</c>

00:32:33.849 --> 00:32:38.109
absolutely<00:32:34.970><c> right,</c><00:32:36.369><c> because</c><00:32:36.750><c> if</c><00:32:36.970><c> they</c><00:32:37.250><c> haven't,</c>

00:32:38.430 --> 00:32:41.289
the<00:32:38.569><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:39.009><c> is</c><00:32:39.230><c> not</c><00:32:39.430><c> going</c><00:32:39.569><c> to</c><00:32:39.750><c> be</c><00:32:40.029><c> influenced</c><00:32:40.710><c> in</c><00:32:40.950><c> the</c><00:32:41.109><c> way</c>

00:32:41.289 --> 00:32:42.930
it<00:32:41.490><c> ought</c><00:32:41.690><c> to</c><00:32:42.009><c> be.</c>

00:32:43.970 --> 00:32:46.130
Would<00:32:44.450><c> you</c><00:32:44.589><c> come</c><00:32:44.730><c> with</c><00:32:44.890><c> me,</c><00:32:45.190><c> please?</c>

00:32:47.089 --> 00:32:47.849
Where<00:32:47.329><c> are</c><00:32:47.430><c> we</c><00:32:47.529><c> going</c><00:32:47.650><c> here?</c>

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Ah,<00:32:48.069><c> yes,</c><00:32:48.509><c> 1</c><00:32:48.589><c> Timothy</c><00:32:48.849><c> chapter</c><00:32:49.170><c> 3.</c>

00:32:49.450 --> 00:32:51.410
We're<00:32:49.529><c> in</c><00:32:49.690><c> 1</c><00:32:49.849><c> Timothy</c><00:32:50.089><c> chapter</c><00:32:50.369><c> 3.</c>

00:32:51.450 --> 00:32:55.089
Just<00:32:51.769><c> cast</c><00:32:52.049><c> your</c><00:32:52.430><c> eyes</c><00:32:52.670><c> down</c><00:32:53.009><c> the</c><00:32:53.269><c> first</c><00:32:53.549><c> part</c><00:32:53.809><c> of</c><00:32:54.009><c> the</c><00:32:54.190><c> chapter.</c>

00:32:55.170 --> 00:32:58.750
You'll<00:32:55.509><c> be</c><00:32:55.730><c> ever</c><00:32:55.930><c> so</c><00:32:56.130><c> familiar</c><00:32:56.430><c> with</c><00:32:56.650><c> this</c><00:32:57.630><c> list.</c>

00:32:59.029 --> 00:33:02.750
It<00:32:59.269><c> is</c><00:32:59.509><c> not</c><00:32:59.690><c> uncommon</c><00:33:00.170><c> for</c><00:33:00.670><c> ecclesias,</c><00:33:01.230><c> when</c><00:33:01.410><c> they're</c><00:33:01.650><c> looking</c><00:33:01.869><c> for</c><00:33:02.210><c> nominations,</c>

00:33:02.849 --> 00:33:04.529
to<00:33:03.069><c> sit</c><00:33:03.250><c> on</c><00:33:03.670><c> arranging</c><00:33:04.109><c> committees.</c>

00:33:04.930 --> 00:33:06.410
They<00:33:05.190><c> will</c><00:33:05.390><c> say</c><00:33:05.549><c> to</c><00:33:05.690><c> brothers</c><00:33:05.869><c> and</c><00:33:06.069><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:06.410 --> 00:33:10.829
Can<00:33:07.390><c> you</c><00:33:07.670><c> bear</c><00:33:07.930><c> in</c><00:33:08.230><c> mind,</c><00:33:08.990><c> please,</c><00:33:09.529><c> the</c><00:33:09.869><c> characteristics</c><00:33:10.490><c> of</c>

00:33:10.829 --> 00:33:12.130
1<00:33:11.009><c> Timothy</c><00:33:11.329><c> chapter</c><00:33:11.730><c> 3</c>

00:33:12.130 --> 00:33:14.930
or<00:33:12.549><c> indeed</c><00:33:13.029><c> of</c><00:33:13.549><c> Titus</c><00:33:14.029><c> chapter</c><00:33:14.589><c> 1?</c>

00:33:15.130 --> 00:33:18.609
And<00:33:15.470><c> if</c><00:33:15.609><c> you</c><00:33:15.789><c> put</c><00:33:15.930><c> the</c><00:33:16.150><c> list</c><00:33:16.410><c> together</c><00:33:17.109><c> of</c><00:33:17.849><c> this</c><00:33:18.130><c> chapter</c><00:33:18.410><c> and</c>

00:33:18.609 --> 00:33:19.809
the<00:33:18.730><c> list</c><00:33:18.910><c> in</c><00:33:19.269><c> Titus,</c>

00:33:20.069 --> 00:33:26.509
you<00:33:20.309><c> end</c><00:33:20.569><c> up</c><00:33:20.730><c> with</c><00:33:21.130><c> 21</c><00:33:22.130><c> different</c><00:33:23.390><c> qualities</c><00:33:24.289><c> that</c><00:33:24.970><c> an</c><00:33:25.250><c> arranging</c><00:33:25.789><c> brother</c><00:33:26.190><c> ought</c>

00:33:26.509 --> 00:33:26.890
to<00:33:26.750><c> have</c>

00:33:26.890 --> 00:33:29.730
or<00:33:27.230><c> a</c><00:33:27.589><c> bishop</c><00:33:28.009><c> ought</c><00:33:28.390><c> to</c><00:33:28.769><c> have.</c>

00:33:30.430 --> 00:33:32.289
Frightening,<00:33:31.109><c> actually.</c>

00:33:32.529 --> 00:33:35.630
And<00:33:33.210><c> when</c><00:33:33.369><c> you</c><00:33:33.509><c> look</c><00:33:33.690><c> down</c><00:33:33.930><c> this</c><00:33:34.269><c> list,</c><00:33:34.650><c> you</c><00:33:34.730><c> will</c><00:33:35.029><c> find</c><00:33:35.250><c> some</c>

00:33:35.630 --> 00:33:39.450
things<00:33:35.910><c> which</c><00:33:36.849><c> might</c><00:33:37.250><c> be</c><00:33:38.009><c> interesting.</c>

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For<00:33:39.809><c> example,</c><00:33:40.869><c> in</c><00:33:41.150><c> verse</c><00:33:41.470><c> 7,</c><00:33:42.569><c> it</c><00:33:42.789><c> says,</c>

00:33:44.150 --> 00:33:49.690
He<00:33:44.150><c> must</c><00:33:44.549><c> be</c><00:33:45.049><c> of</c><00:33:45.430><c> good</c><00:33:46.069><c> report</c><00:33:46.990><c> of</c><00:33:47.509><c> them</c><00:33:47.910><c> which</c><00:33:48.289><c> are</c><00:33:48.569><c> without.</c>

00:33:50.650 --> 00:33:52.309
Have<00:33:50.849><c> you</c><00:33:50.849><c> ever</c><00:33:51.009><c> considered</c><00:33:51.349><c> that?</c>

00:33:52.369 --> 00:33:57.609
What's<00:33:52.789><c> the</c><00:33:52.990><c> reputation</c><00:33:54.089><c> outside</c><00:33:55.069><c> the</c><00:33:55.390><c> community</c><00:33:55.990><c> of</c><00:33:56.450><c> this</c><00:33:56.789><c> brother?</c>

00:33:58.089 --> 00:34:00.029
Is<00:33:58.369><c> he</c><00:33:58.529><c> a</c><00:33:58.630><c> man</c><00:33:58.789><c> known</c><00:33:59.049><c> for</c><00:33:59.289><c> his</c><00:33:59.589><c> integrity?</c>

00:34:00.029 --> 00:34:04.930
Is<00:34:00.250><c> he</c><00:34:00.990><c> a</c><00:34:00.990><c> man</c><00:34:01.210><c> held</c><00:34:01.589><c> in</c><00:34:02.250><c> high</c><00:34:02.470><c> regard</c><00:34:02.950><c> by</c><00:34:03.230><c> those</c><00:34:03.490><c> around</c><00:34:03.849><c> him?</c>

00:34:04.950 --> 00:34:07.230
Or<00:34:05.130><c> do</c><00:34:05.250><c> they</c><00:34:05.390><c> just</c><00:34:05.589><c> think</c><00:34:05.730><c> he's</c><00:34:06.009><c> very</c><00:34:06.369><c> odd?</c>

00:34:07.869 --> 00:34:10.530
What's<00:34:08.510><c> the</c><00:34:08.750><c> answer</c><00:34:09.110><c> to</c><00:34:09.349><c> the</c><00:34:09.489><c> question?</c>

00:34:11.750 --> 00:34:14.849
And<00:34:12.090><c> when</c><00:34:12.210><c> we</c><00:34:12.389><c> look</c><00:34:12.630><c> at</c><00:34:12.829><c> this</c><00:34:13.070><c> particular</c><00:34:13.690><c> list,</c>

00:34:15.030 --> 00:34:19.289
we're<00:34:15.289><c> going</c><00:34:15.409><c> to</c><00:34:15.670><c> observe</c><00:34:16.730><c> that</c><00:34:17.670><c> some</c><00:34:18.050><c> qualities</c><00:34:18.510><c> that</c><00:34:18.969><c> we</c>

00:34:19.289 --> 00:34:23.670
might<00:34:19.690><c> naturally</c><00:34:20.510><c> look</c><00:34:20.989><c> for</c><00:34:21.610><c> aren't</c><00:34:22.630><c> here.</c>

00:34:24.289 --> 00:34:28.449
It<00:34:24.550><c> does</c><00:34:24.869><c> not</c><00:34:25.190><c> say,</c><00:34:25.730><c> for</c><00:34:26.070><c> example,</c><00:34:27.469><c> that</c><00:34:27.670><c> the</c><00:34:27.829><c> man</c><00:34:27.969><c> has</c><00:34:28.190><c> to</c><00:34:28.329><c> be</c>

00:34:28.449 --> 00:34:29.510
good<00:34:28.550><c> at</c><00:34:28.829><c> administration.</c>

00:34:29.510 --> 00:34:31.929
You<00:34:29.809><c> might</c><00:34:30.090><c> choose</c><00:34:30.429><c> that</c><00:34:30.710><c> because</c><00:34:30.969><c> it's</c><00:34:31.349><c> sensible</c><00:34:31.590><c> to</c><00:34:31.809><c> have</c>

00:34:31.929 --> 00:34:33.769
people<00:34:32.230><c> who</c><00:34:32.510><c> can</c><00:34:32.710><c> do</c><00:34:32.949><c> administration,</c>

00:34:34.130 --> 00:34:36.230
but<00:34:34.289><c> it</c><00:34:34.409><c> doesn't</c><00:34:34.570><c> say</c><00:34:34.769><c> it</c><00:34:34.909><c> on</c><00:34:35.050><c> this</c><00:34:35.349><c> list.</c>

00:34:36.250 --> 00:34:38.289
It<00:34:36.369><c> doesn't</c><00:34:36.510><c> talk</c><00:34:36.809><c> about</c><00:34:37.010><c> being</c><00:34:37.230><c> a</c><00:34:37.409><c> good</c><00:34:37.630><c> motivator.</c>

00:34:38.349 --> 00:34:40.090
It<00:34:38.449><c> doesn't</c><00:34:38.610><c> talk</c><00:34:38.869><c> about</c><00:34:39.030><c> being</c><00:34:39.210><c> a</c><00:34:39.349><c> good</c><00:34:39.610><c> communicator.</c>

00:34:40.150 --> 00:34:43.010
It<00:34:40.230><c> doesn't</c><00:34:40.409><c> talk</c><00:34:40.809><c> about</c><00:34:41.070><c> being</c><00:34:41.289><c> a</c><00:34:41.449><c> good</c><00:34:42.050><c> arranger,</c>

00:34:43.750 --> 00:34:46.030
the<00:34:43.909><c> kind</c><00:34:44.130><c> of</c><00:34:44.309><c> qualities</c><00:34:44.550><c> that</c><00:34:44.829><c> we're</c><00:34:45.110><c> tempted</c><00:34:45.349><c> to</c><00:34:45.610><c> look</c><00:34:45.809><c> for.</c>

00:34:46.250 --> 00:34:48.929
Someone<00:34:46.530><c> who's</c><00:34:46.869><c> efficient</c><00:34:47.369><c> at</c><00:34:47.690><c> sorting</c><00:34:47.949><c> things</c><00:34:48.389><c> out</c><00:34:48.730><c> will</c>

00:34:48.929 --> 00:34:49.409
have<00:34:49.150><c> him.</c>

00:34:49.630 --> 00:34:51.650
He'll<00:34:50.110><c> run</c><00:34:50.329><c> things</c><00:34:50.610><c> efficiently</c><00:34:51.050><c> and</c><00:34:51.389><c> smoothly.</c>

00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:53.869
That<00:34:52.070><c> might</c><00:34:52.309><c> all</c><00:34:52.429><c> be</c><00:34:52.550><c> very</c><00:34:52.769><c> appropriate,</c><00:34:53.349><c> but</c><00:34:53.489><c> they're</c><00:34:53.710><c> not</c>

00:34:53.869 --> 00:34:55.030
on<00:34:54.090><c> the</c><00:34:54.269><c> list</c><00:34:54.530><c> here.</c>

00:34:55.030 --> 00:34:59.429
So<00:34:56.050><c> do</c><00:34:56.690><c> make</c><00:34:57.070><c> sure</c><00:34:57.469><c> that</c><00:34:57.710><c> you're</c><00:34:57.969><c> looking</c><00:34:58.250><c> for</c><00:34:58.489><c> the</c><00:34:58.710><c> right</c><00:34:58.989><c> qualities.</c>

00:34:59.889 --> 00:35:03.309
But<00:35:00.090><c> it's</c><00:35:00.210><c> not</c><00:35:00.369><c> actually</c><00:35:00.650><c> the</c><00:35:01.030><c> qualities</c><00:35:01.849><c> I'm</c><00:35:02.929><c> wanting</c><00:35:03.050><c> to</c>

00:35:03.309 --> 00:35:04.289
lay<00:35:03.489><c> before</c><00:35:03.969><c> you.</c>

00:35:04.409 --> 00:35:08.250
I'm<00:35:04.929><c> wanting</c><00:35:04.949><c> to</c><00:35:05.210><c> ask</c><00:35:05.530><c> you,</c><00:35:05.809><c> what</c><00:35:05.849><c> do</c><00:35:06.070><c> your</c><00:35:06.389><c> elders</c><00:35:06.949><c> do?</c>

00:35:08.710 --> 00:35:11.269
Because<00:35:08.849><c> this</c><00:35:09.070><c> isn't</c><00:35:09.309><c> a</c><00:35:09.510><c> list</c><00:35:09.750><c> about</c><00:35:10.250><c> doing.</c>

00:35:12.309 --> 00:35:19.730
This<00:35:12.670><c> isn't</c><00:35:13.030><c> telling</c><00:35:13.389><c> us</c><00:35:13.730><c> what</c><00:35:14.010><c> the</c><00:35:14.869><c> elders</c><00:35:15.230><c> of</c><00:35:15.530><c> your</c><00:35:16.909><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:17.630><c> should</c><00:35:18.769><c> do.</c>

00:35:19.730 --> 00:35:24.489
Now,<00:35:21.190><c> I'd</c><00:35:21.590><c> like</c><00:35:21.650><c> to</c><00:35:21.829><c> suggest</c><00:35:22.150><c> to</c><00:35:22.489><c> you</c><00:35:22.889><c> that</c><00:35:23.269><c> this</c><00:35:23.949><c> little</c>

00:35:24.489 --> 00:35:25.750
chapter<00:35:24.889><c> here,</c>

00:35:26.210 --> 00:35:29.630
whilst<00:35:26.329><c> it's</c><00:35:26.570><c> under</c><00:35:26.909><c> the</c><00:35:27.070><c> heading</c><00:35:27.309><c> of</c><00:35:27.750><c> bishop</c><00:35:28.269><c> and</c><00:35:29.110><c> elders,</c>

00:35:29.869 --> 00:35:33.510
and<00:35:30.070><c> the</c><00:35:30.230><c> words</c><00:35:30.429><c> are</c><00:35:30.710><c> synonymous</c><00:35:31.170><c> pretty</c><00:35:31.550><c> much</c><00:35:31.710><c> in</c><00:35:32.210><c> the</c><00:35:32.329><c> New</c><00:35:32.530><c> Testament,</c>

00:35:33.789 --> 00:35:40.889
they're<00:35:34.210><c> not</c><00:35:34.650><c> just</c><00:35:35.550><c> applicable</c><00:35:36.809><c> to</c><00:35:37.929><c> those</c><00:35:38.409><c> who</c><00:35:38.730><c> are</c><00:35:38.989><c> voted</c><00:35:39.269><c> onto</c><00:35:39.630><c> a</c><00:35:39.969><c> committee.</c>

00:35:41.230 --> 00:35:46.809
In<00:35:41.929><c> your</c><00:35:42.309><c> ecclesia,</c><00:35:43.590><c> as</c><00:35:43.969><c> you</c><00:35:44.349><c> age,</c><00:35:45.150><c> as</c><00:35:45.389><c> you</c><00:35:45.670><c> gain</c><00:35:45.909><c> experience,</c>

00:35:46.809 --> 00:35:50.130
as<00:35:47.250><c> you</c><00:35:47.590><c> gain</c><00:35:47.849><c> knowledge</c><00:35:48.269><c> and</c><00:35:48.630><c> understanding,</c><00:35:49.449><c> you</c><00:35:49.650><c> have</c><00:35:49.909><c> a</c>

00:35:50.130 --> 00:35:51.590
role<00:35:50.409><c> to</c><00:35:50.769><c> play.</c>

00:35:51.730 --> 00:35:55.409
You<00:35:51.909><c> cannot</c><00:35:52.409><c> say</c><00:35:52.969><c> in</c><00:35:53.510><c> your</c><00:35:53.909><c> senior</c><00:35:54.389><c> years,</c>

00:35:55.550 --> 00:35:58.489
I'm<00:35:55.889><c> not</c><00:35:56.030><c> on</c><00:35:56.230><c> the</c><00:35:56.469><c> ABs,</c><00:35:56.809><c> you</c><00:35:56.869><c> don't</c><00:35:57.070><c> need</c><00:35:57.230><c> to</c><00:35:57.329><c> ask</c><00:35:57.489><c> me</c><00:35:57.750><c> about</c><00:35:58.090><c> that.</c>

00:35:58.869 --> 00:36:00.130
You<00:35:59.230><c> are</c><00:35:59.590><c> an</c><00:35:59.809><c> elder.</c>

00:36:00.289 --> 00:36:04.670
You<00:36:00.429><c> might</c><00:36:00.730><c> not</c><00:36:00.909><c> have</c><00:36:01.110><c> had</c><00:36:01.309><c> a</c><00:36:01.429><c> tick</c><00:36:01.590><c> in</c><00:36:01.809><c> a</c><00:36:01.929><c> box</c><00:36:02.250><c> to</c><00:36:02.570><c> say</c><00:36:02.789><c> that</c><00:36:03.070><c> you</c><00:36:03.210><c> are</c><00:36:03.469><c> an</c><00:36:03.710><c> elder,</c>

00:36:05.050 --> 00:36:08.469
but<00:36:05.230><c> you</c><00:36:05.469><c> cannot</c><00:36:05.750><c> remove</c><00:36:06.190><c> yourself</c><00:36:06.650><c> from</c><00:36:06.869><c> that</c><00:36:07.130><c> responsibility.</c>

00:36:09.510 --> 00:36:13.030
Sisters<00:36:10.110><c> likewise,</c><00:36:10.849><c> with</c><00:36:11.050><c> all</c><00:36:11.349><c> your</c><00:36:11.670><c> experience</c><00:36:12.409><c> of</c><00:36:12.769><c> life</c>

00:36:13.030 --> 00:36:14.530
and<00:36:13.369><c> ecclesial</c><00:36:13.909><c> knowledge,</c>

00:36:14.530 --> 00:36:17.510
all<00:36:15.010><c> your</c><00:36:15.530><c> understanding</c><00:36:16.170><c> of</c><00:36:16.429><c> raising</c><00:36:16.909><c> children</c>

00:36:17.510 --> 00:36:20.289
and<00:36:17.730><c> the</c><00:36:18.010><c> challenges</c><00:36:18.409><c> of</c><00:36:18.710><c> trying</c><00:36:18.889><c> to</c><00:36:19.110><c> live</c><00:36:19.269><c> godly</c><00:36:19.750><c> lives</c><00:36:20.070><c> in</c>

00:36:20.289 --> 00:36:21.150
the<00:36:20.429><c> Lord</c><00:36:20.570><c> Jesus</c><00:36:20.989><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:21.409 --> 00:36:26.130
you<00:36:21.630><c> cannot</c><00:36:22.110><c> say,</c><00:36:22.670><c> don't</c><00:36:23.170><c> ask</c><00:36:23.469><c> me,</c><00:36:24.289><c> there's</c><00:36:24.469><c> some</c><00:36:24.690><c> brethren</c><00:36:25.010><c> over</c><00:36:25.329><c> there</c><00:36:25.510><c> on</c><00:36:25.690><c> a</c><00:36:25.929><c> committee,</c>

00:36:26.250 --> 00:36:26.969
go<00:36:26.309><c> and</c><00:36:26.550><c> speak</c><00:36:26.690><c> to</c><00:36:26.889><c> them.</c>

00:36:27.010 --> 00:36:29.050
You<00:36:27.190><c> cannot</c><00:36:27.590><c> say</c><00:36:28.010><c> that.</c>

00:36:29.550 --> 00:36:34.750
You<00:36:30.150><c> have</c><00:36:30.670><c> the</c><00:36:31.070><c> biggest</c><00:36:31.449><c> influence</c><00:36:32.389><c> in</c><00:36:33.309><c> your</c><00:36:33.610><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:36:35.349 --> 00:36:38.110
And<00:36:35.650><c> I'd</c><00:36:35.949><c> just</c><00:36:36.070><c> like</c><00:36:36.190><c> to</c><00:36:36.369><c> take</c><00:36:36.469><c> you</c><00:36:36.670><c> back</c><00:36:36.949><c> to</c><00:36:37.369><c> Numbers</c><00:36:37.750><c> chapter</c>

00:36:38.110 --> 00:36:39.050
3,<00:36:38.750><c> please.</c>

00:36:39.050 --> 00:36:44.309
The<00:36:39.929><c> word</c><00:36:40.369><c> bishop,</c><00:36:41.010><c> which</c><00:36:41.269><c> we</c><00:36:41.550><c> know</c><00:36:42.090><c> is</c><00:36:42.889><c> overseer,</c>

00:36:44.730 --> 00:36:48.449
can<00:36:44.789><c> be</c><00:36:45.769><c> worked</c><00:36:46.949><c> right</c><00:36:47.349><c> back</c><00:36:47.550><c> into</c><00:36:47.789><c> the</c><00:36:47.889><c> Old</c><00:36:48.030><c> Testament</c>

00:36:48.449 --> 00:36:52.150
through<00:36:49.010><c> a</c><00:36:49.429><c> translation</c><00:36:49.829><c> in</c><00:36:50.050><c> Acts</c><00:36:50.250><c> chapter</c><00:36:50.630><c> 1.</c>

00:36:52.849 --> 00:36:55.969
And<00:36:53.170><c> in</c><00:36:53.389><c> Numbers</c><00:36:53.590><c> chapter</c><00:36:53.949><c> 3,</c><00:36:54.349><c> we</c><00:36:54.469><c> just</c><00:36:54.630><c> get</c><00:36:54.690><c> a</c><00:36:54.849><c> little</c><00:36:55.170><c> flavor</c>

00:36:55.969 --> 00:37:00.329
of<00:36:57.250><c> what</c><00:36:57.610><c> our</c><00:36:57.989><c> elders</c><00:36:58.469><c> need</c><00:36:58.809><c> to</c><00:36:59.010><c> be</c><00:36:59.289><c> doing.</c>

00:37:01.010 --> 00:37:07.210
So<00:37:01.289><c> in</c><00:37:01.550><c> Numbers</c><00:37:02.190><c> chapter</c><00:37:02.769><c> 3</c><00:37:04.010><c> and</c><00:37:04.550><c> at</c><00:37:04.809><c> verse</c><00:37:05.409><c> 32,</c>

00:37:08.329 --> 00:37:10.789
we<00:37:08.889><c> read</c><00:37:09.170><c> this.</c>

00:37:11.530 --> 00:37:13.429
Eliezer,<00:37:11.989><c> the</c><00:37:12.030><c> son</c><00:37:12.250><c> of</c><00:37:12.510><c> Aaron</c><00:37:12.730><c> the</c><00:37:12.989><c> priest,</c>

00:37:13.829 --> 00:37:17.650
shall<00:37:14.010><c> be</c><00:37:14.550><c> chief</c><00:37:15.110><c> over</c><00:37:15.769><c> the</c><00:37:16.130><c> chief</c><00:37:16.489><c> of</c><00:37:16.889><c> the</c><00:37:17.050><c> Levites</c>

00:37:17.650 --> 00:37:21.510
and<00:37:18.050><c> have</c><00:37:18.289><c> the</c><00:37:19.010><c> oversight,</c><00:37:20.469><c> that's</c><00:37:20.809><c> our</c><00:37:20.929><c> word</c><00:37:21.050><c> for</c><00:37:21.269><c> bishop</c>

00:37:21.510 --> 00:37:23.010
that<00:37:21.769><c> appears</c><00:37:21.989><c> in</c><00:37:22.190><c> the</c><00:37:22.309><c> New</c><00:37:22.469><c> Testament,</c>

00:37:23.269 --> 00:37:26.730
of<00:37:23.530><c> them</c><00:37:23.829><c> that</c><00:37:24.210><c> keep</c><00:37:24.510><c> the</c><00:37:24.929><c> charge</c><00:37:25.210><c> of</c><00:37:25.469><c> the</c><00:37:25.710><c> sanctuary.</c>

00:37:27.289 --> 00:37:30.329
Now,<00:37:27.550><c> it</c><00:37:27.650><c> doesn't</c><00:37:27.869><c> come</c><00:37:28.030><c> any</c><00:37:28.250><c> more</c><00:37:28.489><c> senior,</c><00:37:29.369><c> does</c><00:37:29.469><c> it,</c><00:37:29.769><c> than</c><00:37:30.010><c> this.</c>

00:37:30.769 --> 00:37:33.969
If<00:37:31.110><c> there</c><00:37:31.389><c> is</c><00:37:31.630><c> a</c><00:37:31.869><c> hierarchy</c><00:37:32.389><c> here</c><00:37:32.730><c> in</c><00:37:32.929><c> Old</c><00:37:33.150><c> Testament</c><00:37:33.590><c> times,</c>

00:37:33.969 --> 00:37:37.690
then<00:37:34.429><c> Eliezer</c><00:37:35.050><c> is</c><00:37:36.090><c> right</c><00:37:36.389><c> up</c><00:37:36.590><c> there,</c><00:37:37.010><c> isn't</c><00:37:37.170><c> he?</c>

00:37:38.050 --> 00:37:41.949
Now,<00:37:38.489><c> there</c><00:37:38.929><c> isn't</c><00:37:39.230><c> a</c><00:37:39.449><c> hierarchy</c><00:37:39.949><c> in</c><00:37:40.130><c> our</c><00:37:40.369><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:40.889><c> structure,</c>

00:37:42.030 --> 00:37:43.369
nor<00:37:42.250><c> should</c><00:37:42.550><c> there</c><00:37:42.869><c> be.</c>

00:37:43.670 --> 00:37:46.889
Arranging<00:37:44.230><c> brethren,</c><00:37:44.889><c> you</c><00:37:45.150><c> are</c><00:37:45.489><c> servants</c><00:37:45.849><c> of</c><00:37:46.190><c> the</c><00:37:46.429><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:37:47.250 --> 00:37:48.989
but<00:37:47.389><c> you</c><00:37:47.650><c> have</c><00:37:47.829><c> a</c><00:37:47.989><c> role.</c>

00:37:49.530 --> 00:37:52.150
And<00:37:49.769><c> Eliezer</c><00:37:50.269><c> here,</c><00:37:50.849><c> he's</c><00:37:51.250><c> got</c><00:37:51.409><c> the</c><00:37:51.789><c> responsibility</c>

00:37:52.570 --> 00:37:57.809
of<00:37:53.110><c> overseeing</c><00:37:55.030><c> those</c><00:37:55.550><c> who</c><00:37:55.769><c> are</c><00:37:55.909><c> looking</c><00:37:56.150><c> after</c><00:37:56.550><c> the</c><00:37:56.809><c> sanctuary.</c>

00:37:58.090 --> 00:38:01.650
So<00:37:58.289><c> this</c><00:37:58.369><c> is</c><00:37:58.510><c> an</c><00:37:58.769><c> important</c><00:37:59.050><c> role</c><00:37:59.590><c> that</c><00:37:59.909><c> has</c><00:38:00.110><c> been</c><00:38:00.789><c> allocated</c>

00:38:01.690 --> 00:38:03.010
to<00:38:02.050><c> Eliezer</c><00:38:02.630><c> here.</c>

00:38:03.010 --> 00:38:05.070
And<00:38:03.530><c> when</c><00:38:03.610><c> you</c><00:38:03.710><c> turn</c><00:38:03.829><c> over</c><00:38:03.989><c> to</c><00:38:04.150><c> chapter</c><00:38:04.449><c> 4,</c>

00:38:05.190 --> 00:38:07.489
you<00:38:05.389><c> see</c><00:38:05.610><c> just</c><00:38:05.849><c> what</c><00:38:05.989><c> this</c><00:38:06.230><c> entails.</c>

00:38:08.489 --> 00:38:09.949
Verse<00:38:08.969><c> 16.</c>

00:38:13.210 --> 00:38:16.429
And<00:38:13.269><c> to</c><00:38:13.429><c> the</c><00:38:13.570><c> office</c><00:38:13.789><c> of</c><00:38:14.010><c> Eliezer,</c><00:38:15.230><c> Numbers</c><00:38:15.510><c> 4</c><00:38:15.809><c> verse</c><00:38:15.989><c> 16,</c>

00:38:16.510 --> 00:38:19.210
to<00:38:16.610><c> the</c><00:38:16.730><c> office</c><00:38:16.969><c> of</c><00:38:17.130><c> Eliezer</c><00:38:17.550><c> the</c><00:38:17.710><c> son</c><00:38:17.909><c> of</c><00:38:18.190><c> Aaron</c><00:38:18.389><c> the</c><00:38:18.690><c> priest</c>

00:38:19.210 --> 00:38:24.469
pertaineth<00:38:20.090><c> the</c><00:38:20.730><c> oil</c><00:38:21.050><c> for</c><00:38:21.269><c> the</c><00:38:21.489><c> lights,</c><00:38:22.789><c> the</c><00:38:23.110><c> sweet</c><00:38:23.369><c> incense,</c>

00:38:24.670 --> 00:38:27.969
the<00:38:24.949><c> daily</c><00:38:25.269><c> meat</c><00:38:25.570><c> offering,</c><00:38:26.610><c> and</c><00:38:26.889><c> the</c><00:38:27.110><c> anointing</c><00:38:27.650><c> oil,</c>

00:38:28.050 --> 00:38:29.869
and<00:38:28.269><c> the</c><00:38:28.489><c> oversight</c><00:38:28.869><c> of</c><00:38:29.050><c> all</c><00:38:29.250><c> the</c><00:38:29.469><c> tabernacle,</c>

00:38:29.869 --> 00:38:32.230
and<00:38:30.030><c> of</c><00:38:30.110><c> all</c><00:38:30.389><c> that</c><00:38:30.690><c> therein</c><00:38:31.090><c> is</c><00:38:31.409><c> in</c><00:38:31.630><c> the</c><00:38:31.829><c> sanctuary</c>

00:38:32.230 --> 00:38:34.090
and<00:38:32.610><c> in</c><00:38:32.849><c> the</c><00:38:33.010><c> vessels</c><00:38:33.429><c> thereof.</c>

00:38:34.329 --> 00:38:36.610
Now,<00:38:34.510><c> that</c><00:38:34.730><c> just</c><00:38:34.949><c> seems</c><00:38:35.110><c> like</c><00:38:35.369><c> a</c><00:38:35.550><c> list</c><00:38:35.750><c> of</c><00:38:36.010><c> things</c><00:38:36.190><c> he's</c><00:38:36.469><c> got</c>

00:38:36.610 --> 00:38:36.929
to<00:38:36.809><c> do.</c>

00:38:36.949 --> 00:38:38.110
He's<00:38:37.130><c> got</c><00:38:37.250><c> to</c><00:38:37.389><c> look</c><00:38:37.530><c> after</c><00:38:37.829><c> oil.</c>

00:38:38.190 --> 00:38:39.329
He's<00:38:38.329><c> got</c><00:38:38.449><c> to</c><00:38:38.570><c> look</c><00:38:38.710><c> after</c><00:38:38.989><c> incense.</c>

00:38:39.389 --> 00:38:41.369
He's<00:38:39.530><c> got</c><00:38:39.650><c> to</c><00:38:39.750><c> look</c><00:38:39.909><c> after</c><00:38:40.449><c> the</c><00:38:40.789><c> meat</c><00:38:41.010><c> offering.</c>

00:38:41.469 --> 00:38:42.409
He's<00:38:41.630><c> got</c><00:38:41.750><c> to</c><00:38:41.849><c> look</c><00:38:42.010><c> after</c><00:38:42.210><c> this.</c>

00:38:42.429 --> 00:38:43.289
He's<00:38:42.550><c> got</c><00:38:42.670><c> to</c><00:38:42.769><c> look</c><00:38:42.869><c> after</c><00:38:43.110><c> that.</c>

00:38:43.469 --> 00:38:45.670
And<00:38:43.650><c> it</c><00:38:43.829><c> seems</c><00:38:44.030><c> like</c><00:38:44.309><c> a</c><00:38:44.469><c> list</c><00:38:44.769><c> of</c><00:38:45.170><c> tasks</c>

00:38:45.670 --> 00:38:47.269
that<00:38:45.989><c> need</c><00:38:46.150><c> to</c><00:38:46.329><c> be</c><00:38:46.530><c> attended</c><00:38:46.889><c> to.</c>

00:38:47.590 --> 00:38:50.150
Well,<00:38:47.989><c> it</c><00:38:48.570><c> might</c><00:38:48.869><c> be</c><00:38:49.210><c> that,</c><00:38:49.510><c> brothers</c><00:38:49.590><c> and</c><00:38:49.869><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:50.170 --> 00:38:52.110
but<00:38:50.329><c> there's</c><00:38:50.590><c> a</c><00:38:50.769><c> spiritual</c><00:38:51.070><c> application,</c><00:38:51.690><c> of</c><00:38:51.929><c> course,</c>

00:38:52.150 --> 00:38:52.889
for<00:38:52.329><c> all</c><00:38:52.590><c> of</c><00:38:52.789><c> these.</c>

00:38:52.969 --> 00:38:55.429
And<00:38:53.090><c> you</c><00:38:53.250><c> will</c><00:38:53.590><c> recognize</c><00:38:54.110><c> them</c><00:38:54.449><c> straight</c><00:38:54.750><c> away.</c>

00:38:55.429 --> 00:39:01.969
For<00:38:56.409><c> the</c><00:38:56.730><c> oil,</c><00:38:57.670><c> we</c><00:38:58.070><c> know,</c><00:38:59.369><c> is</c><00:38:59.530><c> a</c><00:38:59.690><c> symbol</c><00:38:59.909><c> of</c><00:39:00.130><c> the</c><00:39:00.329><c> word</c><00:39:01.030><c> of</c><00:39:01.469><c> the</c><00:39:01.690><c> Lord,</c>

00:39:02.130 --> 00:39:04.530
Psalm<00:39:02.309><c> 119</c><00:39:03.250><c> verse</c><00:39:03.590><c> 105.</c>

00:39:04.869 --> 00:39:09.929
We<00:39:05.030><c> know</c><00:39:05.210><c> that</c><00:39:05.449><c> the</c><00:39:05.809><c> incense</c><00:39:06.329><c> is</c><00:39:06.610><c> all</c><00:39:06.889><c> about</c><00:39:07.269><c> prayers,</c><00:39:08.469><c> Psalm</c><00:39:08.690><c> 141.</c>

00:39:10.190 --> 00:39:16.769
We<00:39:10.469><c> know</c><00:39:10.670><c> that</c><00:39:11.050><c> the</c><00:39:11.730><c> meal</c><00:39:12.369><c> offering</c><00:39:13.130><c> is</c><00:39:14.329><c> closely</c><00:39:14.869><c> linked</c><00:39:15.250><c> to</c><00:39:15.610><c> memorials.</c>

00:39:16.949 --> 00:39:20.889
Read<00:39:17.130><c> Leviticus</c><00:39:17.630><c> 2</c><00:39:18.409><c> and</c><00:39:18.769><c> verses</c><00:39:19.090><c> like</c><00:39:19.769><c> verse</c><00:39:20.250><c> 2.</c>

00:39:21.230 --> 00:39:22.550
Whenever<00:39:21.469><c> we</c><00:39:21.650><c> read</c><00:39:21.769><c> of</c><00:39:21.909><c> the</c><00:39:22.090><c> meat</c><00:39:22.289><c> offering,</c>

00:39:22.550 --> 00:39:24.849
it's<00:39:22.750><c> always</c><00:39:23.090><c> about</c><00:39:23.550><c> memorial.</c>

00:39:25.750 --> 00:39:27.909
And<00:39:26.309><c> finally,</c><00:39:26.670><c> we've</c><00:39:26.989><c> got</c><00:39:27.130><c> the</c><00:39:27.369><c> anointing,</c>

00:39:27.929 --> 00:39:31.989
which<00:39:28.090><c> is</c><00:39:28.349><c> about</c><00:39:28.610><c> making</c><00:39:29.190><c> things</c><00:39:29.730><c> holy,</c><00:39:30.309><c> Exodus</c><00:39:30.630><c> 30</c><00:39:31.110><c> verse</c><00:39:31.409><c> 29.</c>

00:39:32.289 --> 00:39:36.469
And<00:39:32.489><c> the</c><00:39:32.829><c> spiritual</c><00:39:33.190><c> aspects</c><00:39:33.670><c> here</c><00:39:34.150><c> of</c><00:39:34.590><c> these</c><00:39:34.909><c> elders</c><00:39:35.269><c> is</c><00:39:35.590><c> about</c><00:39:35.789><c> the</c><00:39:36.070><c> word.</c>

00:39:36.929 --> 00:39:38.030
It's<00:39:37.150><c> about</c><00:39:37.449><c> prayer.</c>

00:39:38.449 --> 00:39:39.670
It's<00:39:38.769><c> about</c><00:39:39.030><c> memorial.</c>

00:39:40.070 --> 00:39:42.309
It's<00:39:40.489><c> about</c><00:39:40.710><c> making</c><00:39:41.230><c> holy.</c>

00:39:43.289 --> 00:39:44.909
And<00:39:43.670><c> those</c><00:39:43.929><c> are</c><00:39:44.210><c> responsibilities</c>

00:39:44.909 --> 00:39:47.750
that<00:39:45.369><c> sit</c><00:39:45.590><c> with</c><00:39:45.909><c> elders</c><00:39:46.150><c> in</c><00:39:46.369><c> your</c><00:39:46.630><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:39:49.630 --> 00:39:51.150
Brethren<00:39:49.989><c> on</c><00:39:50.210><c> arranging</c><00:39:50.690><c> committees,</c>

00:39:51.150 --> 00:39:55.349
when<00:39:51.469><c> have</c><00:39:51.670><c> you</c><00:39:52.030><c> ever</c><00:39:53.349><c> turned</c><00:39:53.969><c> up</c><00:39:54.190><c> at</c><00:39:54.349><c> an</c><00:39:54.570><c> AB's</c><00:39:54.949><c> meeting</c>

00:39:55.349 --> 00:39:56.989
and<00:39:55.530><c> been</c><00:39:55.750><c> presented</c><00:39:56.090><c> with</c><00:39:56.369><c> an</c><00:39:56.610><c> agenda</c>

00:39:56.989 --> 00:39:59.610
which<00:39:57.230><c> has</c><00:39:57.489><c> got</c><00:39:57.730><c> number</c><00:39:58.130><c> one</c><00:39:58.329><c> on</c><00:39:58.550><c> the</c><00:39:58.750><c> list,</c>

00:39:59.690 --> 00:40:03.869
what<00:39:59.829><c> are</c><00:39:59.929><c> we</c><00:40:00.050><c> doing</c><00:40:00.190><c> about</c><00:40:01.190><c> strengthening</c><00:40:01.769><c> the</c><00:40:02.150><c> word</c><00:40:02.429><c> in</c><00:40:02.730><c> our</c><00:40:02.869><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:40:03.929 --> 00:40:05.849
When<00:40:04.050><c> have</c><00:40:04.150><c> you</c><00:40:04.329><c> ever</c><00:40:04.650><c> seen</c><00:40:04.929><c> that?</c>

00:40:06.030 --> 00:40:09.829
Number<00:40:06.389><c> two,</c><00:40:06.949><c> what</c><00:40:07.090><c> are</c><00:40:07.170><c> we</c><00:40:07.289><c> doing</c><00:40:07.409><c> about</c><00:40:07.710><c> our</c><00:40:08.010><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:08.590><c> prayers</c>

00:40:10.070 --> 00:40:11.469
in<00:40:10.630><c> our</c><00:40:10.929><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:40:11.909 --> 00:40:14.690
Number<00:40:12.349><c> three,</c><00:40:12.610><c> what</c><00:40:12.730><c> are</c><00:40:12.829><c> we</c><00:40:12.949><c> doing</c><00:40:13.130><c> to</c><00:40:13.369><c> improve</c><00:40:13.929><c> the</c><00:40:14.250><c> memorial</c>

00:40:14.690 --> 00:40:15.610
and<00:40:14.929><c> the</c><00:40:15.190><c> remembrance?</c>

00:40:16.110 --> 00:40:18.889
What<00:40:16.250><c> are</c><00:40:16.309><c> we</c><00:40:16.449><c> doing</c><00:40:16.610><c> to</c><00:40:16.849><c> make</c><00:40:17.030><c> our</c><00:40:17.289><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:17.630><c> more</c><00:40:17.989><c> holy?</c>

00:40:19.869 --> 00:40:21.409
They<00:40:20.369><c> don't</c><00:40:20.610><c> look</c><00:40:20.789><c> like</c><00:40:21.010><c> that,</c><00:40:21.190><c> do</c><00:40:21.289><c> they?</c>

00:40:21.510 --> 00:40:23.369
It's<00:40:21.670><c> all</c><00:40:22.210><c> minutes</c><00:40:22.469><c> from</c><00:40:22.710><c> the</c><00:40:22.849><c> last</c><00:40:22.969><c> meeting,</c>

00:40:23.610 --> 00:40:25.590
matters<00:40:23.750><c> arising</c><00:40:24.190><c> from</c><00:40:24.409><c> the</c><00:40:24.590><c> minutes</c><00:40:24.730><c> of</c><00:40:24.909><c> the</c><00:40:25.070><c> last</c><00:40:25.230><c> meeting,</c>

00:40:25.829 --> 00:40:28.210
finance<00:40:26.110><c> report,</c><00:40:26.610><c> matters</c><00:40:26.829><c> arising</c><00:40:27.269><c> from</c><00:40:27.449><c> the</c><00:40:27.650><c> finance</c><00:40:27.929><c> report,</c>

00:40:28.329 --> 00:40:30.449
matters<00:40:28.530><c> arising</c><00:40:28.869><c> from</c><00:40:29.090><c> last</c><00:40:29.289><c> month's</c><00:40:29.730><c> finance</c><00:40:29.969><c> report.</c>

00:40:30.789 --> 00:40:32.829
And<00:40:31.010><c> we're</c><00:40:31.329><c> great</c><00:40:31.409><c> at</c><00:40:31.570><c> the</c><00:40:31.849><c> admin,</c>

00:40:33.090 --> 00:40:35.489
but<00:40:33.230><c> there</c><00:40:33.489><c> are</c><00:40:33.730><c> big</c><00:40:34.010><c> things</c><00:40:34.369><c> here,</c><00:40:35.030><c> brethren,</c>

00:40:35.869 --> 00:40:38.150
that<00:40:36.130><c> sit</c><00:40:36.349><c> at</c><00:40:36.650><c> your</c><00:40:36.949><c> table,</c>

00:40:38.469 --> 00:40:41.289
and<00:40:38.730><c> the</c><00:40:38.909><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:39.210><c> will</c><00:40:39.469><c> be</c><00:40:39.630><c> the</c><00:40:39.929><c> better</c><00:40:40.269><c> for</c><00:40:40.730><c> it</c>

00:40:41.289 --> 00:40:44.570
if<00:40:41.909><c> you</c><00:40:42.150><c> appreciate</c><00:40:42.690><c> and</c><00:40:42.989><c> understand</c><00:40:43.369><c> those</c><00:40:43.750><c> things.</c>

00:40:44.670 --> 00:40:48.190
And<00:40:45.170><c> you</c><00:40:45.409><c> understand,</c><00:40:45.829><c> I'm</c><00:40:46.010><c> not</c><00:40:46.190><c> saying</c><00:40:46.369><c> that</c><00:40:46.610><c> that</c><00:40:46.969><c> admin</c><00:40:47.190><c> can</c><00:40:47.489><c> be</c><00:40:47.690><c> ignored.</c>

00:40:48.190 --> 00:40:50.849
I'm<00:40:48.550><c> not</c><00:40:48.750><c> suggesting</c><00:40:49.389><c> that</c><00:40:49.670><c> an</c><00:40:49.909><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:50.190><c> will</c><00:40:50.389><c> be</c><00:40:50.590><c> better</c>

00:40:50.849 --> 00:40:52.809
if<00:40:51.230><c> we</c><00:40:51.570><c> don't</c><00:40:51.750><c> have</c><00:40:51.969><c> a</c><00:40:52.170><c> finance</c><00:40:52.530><c> brother</c>

00:40:52.809 --> 00:40:55.289
or<00:40:53.090><c> if</c><00:40:53.250><c> we</c><00:40:53.449><c> don't</c><00:40:53.769><c> organize</c><00:40:54.210><c> our</c><00:40:54.530><c> appointments</c><00:40:54.929><c> properly</c>

00:40:55.289 --> 00:40:56.889
or<00:40:55.469><c> whatever</c><00:40:55.710><c> it</c><00:40:55.989><c> is.</c>

00:40:57.530 --> 00:41:01.670
But<00:40:57.750><c> there</c><00:40:58.010><c> are</c><00:40:58.269><c> weightier</c><00:40:58.769><c> matters</c><00:40:59.150><c> here</c><00:40:59.710><c> that</c><00:40:59.949><c> I</c><00:41:00.210><c> don't</c><00:41:00.610><c> think,</c>

00:41:01.710 --> 00:41:03.150
maybe<00:41:01.989><c> in</c><00:41:02.170><c> your</c><00:41:02.349><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:02.670><c> they</c><00:41:02.949><c> do,</c>

00:41:03.230 --> 00:41:05.369
but<00:41:03.389><c> I</c><00:41:03.630><c> don't</c><00:41:03.909><c> think,</c><00:41:04.190><c> in</c><00:41:04.469><c> general,</c>

00:41:05.449 --> 00:41:07.730
our<00:41:05.809><c> elders</c><00:41:06.190><c> are</c><00:41:06.610><c> paying</c><00:41:06.829><c> the</c><00:41:07.170><c> attention</c>

00:41:07.730 --> 00:41:10.269
to<00:41:08.329><c> these</c><00:41:08.570><c> things</c><00:41:08.789><c> that</c><00:41:08.949><c> they</c><00:41:09.269><c> deserve.</c>

00:41:11.190 --> 00:41:13.829
The<00:41:11.650><c> last</c><00:41:11.909><c> little</c><00:41:12.170><c> thing</c><00:41:12.389><c> I</c><00:41:12.530><c> want</c><00:41:12.710><c> to</c><00:41:12.889><c> just</c><00:41:13.110><c> share</c><00:41:13.309><c> with</c><00:41:13.550><c> you,</c>

00:41:13.909 --> 00:41:16.130
and<00:41:14.190><c> then</c><00:41:14.409><c> I'll</c><00:41:14.989><c> finish,</c><00:41:15.469><c> brothers</c><00:41:15.630><c> and</c><00:41:15.809><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:16.130 --> 00:41:20.409
is<00:41:16.590><c> the</c><00:41:18.210><c> seemingly</c><00:41:18.929><c> difficult</c><00:41:20.030><c> problem</c>

00:41:20.670 --> 00:41:25.670
of<00:41:21.630><c> handling</c><00:41:22.329><c> change</c><00:41:23.789><c> in</c><00:41:24.309><c> our</c><00:41:24.630><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:41:27.010 --> 00:41:28.909
Boy,<00:41:27.389><c> is</c><00:41:27.670><c> this</c><00:41:27.929><c> difficult.</c>

00:41:29.409 --> 00:41:31.690
As<00:41:29.530><c> soon</c><00:41:29.670><c> as</c><00:41:29.929><c> that</c><00:41:30.510><c> phrase</c><00:41:31.050><c> is</c><00:41:31.449><c> mentioned,</c>

00:41:31.789 --> 00:41:33.869
we'd<00:41:31.969><c> like</c><00:41:32.010><c> to</c><00:41:32.329><c> change</c><00:41:32.829><c> something,</c><00:41:33.489><c> please.</c>

00:41:33.929 --> 00:41:36.210
We'd<00:41:34.170><c> like</c><00:41:34.230><c> to</c><00:41:34.510><c> try</c><00:41:34.710><c> something</c><00:41:35.210><c> new.</c>

00:41:36.829 --> 00:41:39.710
The<00:41:37.210><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:37.670><c> immediately,</c><00:41:38.409><c> which</c><00:41:38.630><c> might</c><00:41:38.889><c> have</c><00:41:39.090><c> been</c><00:41:39.329><c> united,</c>

00:41:39.849 --> 00:41:42.550
all<00:41:39.989><c> of</c><00:41:40.170><c> a</c><00:41:40.250><c> sudden</c><00:41:40.469><c> finds</c><00:41:40.869><c> itself</c><00:41:41.369><c> dividing.</c>

00:41:42.809 --> 00:41:45.269
There's<00:41:43.130><c> a</c><00:41:43.449><c> group</c><00:41:43.730><c> which</c><00:41:44.250><c> leaps</c><00:41:44.630><c> over</c><00:41:45.010><c> here,</c>

00:41:45.269 --> 00:41:48.030
and<00:41:45.650><c> says,</c><00:41:45.730><c> change?</c><00:41:46.789><c> You</c><00:41:47.030><c> want</c><00:41:47.190><c> to</c><00:41:47.590><c> change?</c>

00:41:48.449 --> 00:41:51.030
We've<00:41:48.690><c> done</c><00:41:48.789><c> it</c><00:41:48.969><c> like</c><00:41:49.190><c> this</c><00:41:49.329><c> since</c><00:41:49.570><c> the</c><00:41:49.710><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:49.949><c> was</c><00:41:50.250><c> formed</c>

00:41:51.110 --> 00:41:54.269
143<00:41:51.550><c> years</c><00:41:51.849><c> ago,</c><00:41:52.150><c> and</c><00:41:52.309><c> why</c><00:41:52.489><c> would</c><00:41:52.650><c> we</c><00:41:52.789><c> need</c><00:41:52.929><c> to</c><00:41:53.150><c> change</c><00:41:53.389><c> that?</c>

00:41:54.690 --> 00:41:56.590
And<00:41:54.989><c> over</c><00:41:55.190><c> here</c><00:41:55.409><c> we</c><00:41:55.590><c> have</c><00:41:55.730><c> the</c><00:41:55.969><c> opposite</c><00:41:56.230><c> extreme</c>

00:41:56.590 --> 00:41:58.269
of<00:41:56.769><c> people</c><00:41:56.989><c> saying,</c><00:41:57.250><c> well,</c><00:41:57.409><c> if</c><00:41:57.489><c> you</c><00:41:57.670><c> don't</c><00:41:57.929><c> change,</c>

00:41:58.389 --> 00:42:00.510
we're<00:41:58.489><c> going</c><00:41:58.570><c> to</c><00:41:58.849><c> fossilize,</c><00:41:59.510><c> and</c><00:41:59.590><c> we're</c><00:41:59.690><c> going</c><00:41:59.750><c> to</c><00:41:59.829><c> be</c><00:41:59.929><c> old</c><00:42:00.210><c>-fashioned,</c>

00:42:00.570 --> 00:42:01.690
and<00:42:00.670><c> we're</c><00:42:00.829><c> going</c><00:42:00.849><c> to</c><00:42:00.889><c> be</c><00:42:01.070><c> out</c><00:42:01.250><c> of</c><00:42:01.469><c> date,</c>

00:42:01.769 --> 00:42:03.849
and<00:42:01.969><c> anyway</c><00:42:02.250><c> I</c><00:42:02.429><c> shall</c><00:42:02.610><c> leave</c><00:42:02.829><c> and</c><00:42:02.949><c> I</c><00:42:03.050><c> shall</c><00:42:03.170><c> go</c><00:42:03.349><c> to</c><00:42:03.449><c> an</c><00:42:03.570><c> ecclesia</c>

00:42:03.849 --> 00:42:05.170
that<00:42:04.010><c> will</c><00:42:04.230><c> embrace</c><00:42:04.650><c> change.</c>

00:42:05.630 --> 00:42:08.050
And<00:42:06.070><c> we</c><00:42:06.309><c> polarize.</c>

00:42:08.269 --> 00:42:09.730
And<00:42:08.710><c> if</c><00:42:08.869><c> we're</c><00:42:08.989><c> not</c><00:42:09.210><c> careful,</c>

00:42:09.730 --> 00:42:14.989
a<00:42:10.190><c> united</c><00:42:10.650><c> body</c><00:42:11.030><c> quickly</c><00:42:11.429><c> becomes</c><00:42:12.590><c> disunited,</c><00:42:14.449><c> divided,</c>

00:42:15.449 --> 00:42:18.769
because<00:42:16.050><c> of</c><00:42:16.369><c> someone</c><00:42:16.690><c> saying</c><00:42:17.010><c> they'd</c><00:42:17.250><c> like</c><00:42:17.369><c> to</c><00:42:17.610><c> change</c><00:42:17.829><c> something.</c>

00:42:19.650 --> 00:42:21.250
Now<00:42:19.969><c> the</c><00:42:20.090><c> first</c><00:42:20.269><c> thing</c><00:42:20.429><c> I</c><00:42:20.469><c> would</c><00:42:20.650><c> say,</c><00:42:20.889><c> brothers</c><00:42:21.010><c> and</c><00:42:21.090><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:21.329 --> 00:42:24.650
we<00:42:21.510><c> don't</c><00:42:21.869><c> need</c><00:42:22.190><c> to</c><00:42:22.590><c> fear</c><00:42:23.070><c> change.</c>

00:42:25.389 --> 00:42:27.170
Change<00:42:26.030><c> happens.</c>

00:42:27.230 --> 00:42:30.929
I'm<00:42:27.429><c> sure</c><00:42:27.550><c> if</c><00:42:27.710><c> we</c><00:42:27.849><c> were</c><00:42:27.969><c> at</c><00:42:28.090><c> this</c><00:42:28.309><c> school</c><00:42:28.630><c> 50</c><00:42:29.070><c> or</c><00:42:29.289><c> 60</c><00:42:29.710><c> years</c><00:42:30.050><c> ago,</c>

00:42:31.090 --> 00:42:34.550
people<00:42:31.489><c> would</c><00:42:31.750><c> have</c><00:42:31.909><c> left</c><00:42:32.190><c> with</c><00:42:33.070><c> reel</c><00:42:33.469><c>-to</c><00:42:33.690><c>-reel</c><00:42:34.090><c> tapes</c>

00:42:34.550 --> 00:42:36.570
of<00:42:34.969><c> the</c><00:42:35.309><c> recordings,</c><00:42:35.750><c> and</c><00:42:35.929><c> they</c><00:42:36.030><c> would</c><00:42:36.250><c> play</c><00:42:36.449><c> them</c>

00:42:36.570 --> 00:42:39.849
on<00:42:36.769><c> a</c><00:42:36.769><c> piece</c><00:42:37.010><c> of</c><00:42:37.250><c> machinery</c><00:42:37.570><c> the</c><00:42:38.110><c> size</c><00:42:38.309><c> of</c><00:42:38.550><c> a</c><00:42:38.750><c> refrigerator.</c>

00:42:40.889 --> 00:42:42.429
Tomorrow,<00:42:41.550><c> sorry,</c><00:42:41.889><c> on</c><00:42:41.929><c> the</c><00:42:42.110><c> weekend,</c>

00:42:42.449 --> 00:42:45.969
people<00:42:42.670><c> will</c><00:42:42.889><c> be</c><00:42:43.030><c> able</c><00:42:43.150><c> to</c><00:42:43.769><c> download</c><00:42:44.429><c> MP3</c><00:42:45.409><c> versions</c>

00:42:45.969 --> 00:42:48.349
or<00:42:46.250><c> take</c><00:42:46.530><c> a</c><00:42:46.809><c> DVD</c><00:42:47.150><c> away</c><00:42:47.469><c> in</c><00:42:47.670><c> their</c><00:42:47.869><c> back</c><00:42:48.090><c> pocket</c>

00:42:48.349 --> 00:42:50.809
because<00:42:48.730><c> we</c><00:42:49.110><c> have</c><00:42:49.389><c> moved</c><00:42:49.849><c> on.</c>

00:42:50.869 --> 00:42:53.130
And<00:42:51.230><c> to</c><00:42:51.449><c> some</c><00:42:51.570><c> extent,</c><00:42:51.829><c> of</c><00:42:51.969><c> course,</c><00:42:52.110><c> we</c><00:42:52.289><c> have</c><00:42:52.550><c> to</c><00:42:52.849><c> live</c>

00:42:53.130 --> 00:42:55.170
in<00:42:53.630><c> the</c><00:42:53.829><c> age</c><00:42:54.090><c> in</c><00:42:54.289><c> which</c><00:42:54.489><c> we</c><00:42:54.889><c> belong,</c>

00:42:55.269 --> 00:42:58.369
or<00:42:55.329><c> else</c><00:42:55.409><c> we're</c><00:42:55.570><c> just</c><00:42:55.690><c> going</c><00:42:55.789><c> to</c><00:42:55.929><c> look</c><00:42:56.429><c> very</c><00:42:57.010><c> peculiar,</c><00:42:57.789><c> aren't</c><00:42:57.969><c> we?</c>

00:42:58.849 --> 00:43:01.469
And<00:42:59.230><c> we</c><00:42:59.389><c> have</c><00:42:59.590><c> to</c><00:42:59.750><c> be</c><00:42:59.989><c> responsive</c><00:43:00.349><c> to</c><00:43:00.610><c> the</c><00:43:00.789><c> world</c><00:43:00.969><c> around</c><00:43:01.309><c> us.</c>

00:43:01.769 --> 00:43:04.750
We<00:43:01.949><c> have</c><00:43:02.210><c> to</c><00:43:02.469><c> appreciate</c><00:43:03.010><c> that</c><00:43:03.190><c> if</c><00:43:03.510><c> someone</c><00:43:03.769><c> wants</c><00:43:04.070><c> to</c><00:43:04.329><c> find</c><00:43:04.550><c> out</c>

00:43:04.750 --> 00:43:08.030
about<00:43:05.269><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:43:06.710><c> never</c><00:43:06.909><c> heard</c><00:43:07.110><c> of</c><00:43:07.289><c> Christadelphians,</c>

00:43:08.429 --> 00:43:09.550
better<00:43:08.510><c> Google</c><00:43:08.929><c> it.</c>

00:43:09.889 --> 00:43:10.530
That's<00:43:10.090><c> what</c><00:43:10.190><c> they</c><00:43:10.389><c> do.</c>

00:43:10.550 --> 00:43:13.329
They<00:43:10.670><c> don't</c><00:43:10.969><c> think,</c><00:43:11.250><c> ah,</c><00:43:11.570><c> I'll</c><00:43:11.789><c> go</c><00:43:11.949><c> to</c><00:43:12.090><c> a</c><00:43:12.250><c> lecture</c><00:43:12.530><c> on</c><00:43:12.809><c> Sunday</c><00:43:12.989><c> evening</c>

00:43:13.329 --> 00:43:16.269
at<00:43:13.489><c> 6</c><00:43:13.750><c> o</c><00:43:13.949><c>'clock</c><00:43:14.150><c> to</c><00:43:14.369><c> find</c><00:43:14.630><c> out</c><00:43:14.809><c> what</c><00:43:15.150><c> Christadelphians</c><00:43:15.789><c> are</c><00:43:16.070><c> about.</c>

00:43:16.449 --> 00:43:17.710
I'll<00:43:16.809><c> Google</c><00:43:17.150><c> it.</c>

00:43:17.909 --> 00:43:20.590
So<00:43:18.349><c> in</c><00:43:18.730><c> our</c><00:43:18.989><c> ecclesias,</c><00:43:19.409><c> in</c><00:43:19.590><c> our</c><00:43:19.869><c> organizations,</c>

00:43:20.710 --> 00:43:23.650
we<00:43:20.889><c> need</c><00:43:21.090><c> some</c><00:43:21.469><c> kind</c><00:43:21.730><c> of</c><00:43:22.050><c> online</c><00:43:22.530><c> presence</c><00:43:23.050><c> which</c><00:43:23.389><c> says,</c>

00:43:24.030 --> 00:43:25.889
this<00:43:24.230><c> is</c><00:43:24.409><c> who</c><00:43:24.570><c> we</c><00:43:24.730><c> are,</c><00:43:24.929><c> this</c><00:43:25.150><c> is</c><00:43:25.309><c> what</c><00:43:25.429><c> we</c><00:43:25.670><c> believe,</c>

00:43:25.989 --> 00:43:27.949
this<00:43:26.250><c> is</c><00:43:26.469><c> why</c><00:43:26.590><c> we</c><00:43:26.869><c> believe</c><00:43:27.170><c> it,</c><00:43:27.309><c> and</c><00:43:27.429><c> this</c><00:43:27.550><c> is</c><00:43:27.710><c> what</c><00:43:27.769><c> we're</c>

00:43:27.949 --> 00:43:28.809
hoping<00:43:28.309><c> for.</c>

00:43:29.130 --> 00:43:32.090
It<00:43:29.269><c> needs</c><00:43:29.449><c> to</c><00:43:29.590><c> be</c><00:43:29.849><c> clear</c><00:43:30.090><c> and</c><00:43:30.329><c> obvious</c><00:43:30.650><c> so</c><00:43:30.949><c> that</c><00:43:31.110><c> men</c><00:43:31.269><c> will</c><00:43:31.550><c> find</c><00:43:31.849><c> it.</c>

00:43:32.090 --> 00:43:35.210
We<00:43:33.030><c> have</c><00:43:33.349><c> to</c><00:43:33.610><c> live</c><00:43:33.789><c> in</c><00:43:33.989><c> the</c><00:43:34.130><c> age</c><00:43:34.409><c> in</c><00:43:34.530><c> which</c><00:43:34.730><c> we</c><00:43:34.909><c> belong.</c>

00:43:35.369 --> 00:43:37.369
You'll<00:43:35.889><c> appreciate</c><00:43:36.369><c> that.</c>

00:43:38.650 --> 00:43:44.030
But<00:43:38.829><c> there</c><00:43:39.090><c> are</c><00:43:39.309><c> changes</c><00:43:40.030><c> which</c><00:43:40.510><c> are</c><00:43:41.329><c> pressed</c><00:43:41.769><c> for</c><00:43:42.369><c> and</c><00:43:42.909><c> pushed.</c>

00:43:44.389 --> 00:43:47.230
And<00:43:44.690><c> sometimes</c><00:43:45.110><c> you</c><00:43:45.349><c> just</c><00:43:45.650><c> get</c><00:43:45.829><c> that</c><00:43:46.130><c> feeling</c><00:43:46.449><c> and</c><00:43:46.670><c> you</c><00:43:46.909><c> think,</c>

00:43:47.590 --> 00:43:49.449
really,<00:43:48.369><c> do</c><00:43:48.510><c> we</c><00:43:48.570><c> need</c><00:43:48.750><c> to</c><00:43:48.909><c> be</c><00:43:49.030><c> doing</c><00:43:49.289><c> that?</c>

00:43:49.449 --> 00:43:50.670
Do<00:43:49.630><c> we</c><00:43:49.750><c> want</c><00:43:49.949><c> to</c><00:43:50.110><c> be</c><00:43:50.250><c> doing</c><00:43:50.469><c> that?</c>

00:43:50.710 --> 00:43:52.050
And<00:43:50.789><c> it's</c><00:43:50.969><c> a</c><00:43:51.090><c> dilemma.</c>

00:43:52.429 --> 00:43:54.710
Do<00:43:52.570><c> we</c><00:43:52.809><c> accommodate</c><00:43:53.289><c> this</c><00:43:53.590><c> group</c><00:43:53.869><c> who</c><00:43:54.170><c> want</c><00:43:54.429><c> it?</c>

00:43:54.969 --> 00:43:57.969
Are<00:43:55.210><c> we</c><00:43:55.389><c> sensitive</c><00:43:55.769><c> to</c><00:43:55.989><c> those</c><00:43:56.230><c> who</c><00:43:56.510><c> don't</c><00:43:56.809><c> want</c><00:43:57.130><c> it?</c>

00:43:58.869 --> 00:44:02.469
Scripture<00:43:59.429><c> invariably</c><00:43:59.989><c> has</c><00:44:00.309><c> a</c><00:44:00.449><c> lot</c><00:44:00.630><c> to</c><00:44:00.929><c> offer,</c><00:44:01.809><c> brothers</c><00:44:01.909><c> and</c><00:44:02.190><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:02.530 --> 00:44:05.230
and<00:44:03.190><c> there's</c><00:44:03.590><c> plenty</c><00:44:04.130><c> to</c><00:44:04.630><c> offer</c><00:44:04.809><c> on</c><00:44:05.090><c> this.</c>

00:44:05.289 --> 00:44:07.230
Can<00:44:05.409><c> I</c><00:44:05.550><c> just</c><00:44:05.789><c> work</c><00:44:05.969><c> you</c><00:44:06.150><c> through</c><00:44:06.429><c> one</c><00:44:06.650><c> example</c>

00:44:07.230 --> 00:44:09.210
which<00:44:07.630><c> may</c><00:44:07.849><c> or</c><00:44:07.989><c> may</c><00:44:08.190><c> not</c><00:44:08.369><c> help</c><00:44:08.650><c> you?</c>

00:44:09.550 --> 00:44:15.329
And<00:44:09.710><c> it's</c><00:44:10.769><c> in</c><00:44:11.110><c> 1</c><00:44:11.530><c> Kings,</c><00:44:12.329><c> please,</c><00:44:12.570><c> Chapter</c><00:44:12.769><c> 11</c><00:44:13.110><c> and</c><00:44:13.349><c> Chapter</c><00:44:13.829><c> 12.</c>

00:44:17.250 --> 00:44:19.309
And<00:44:17.409><c> there's</c><00:44:17.550><c> some</c><00:44:17.849><c> principles</c><00:44:18.230><c> here</c><00:44:18.469><c> which</c><00:44:18.650><c> you</c><00:44:18.809><c> might</c><00:44:19.070><c> just</c>

00:44:19.309 --> 00:44:19.650
be<00:44:19.489><c> able</c>

00:44:19.650 --> 00:44:22.949
to<00:44:19.909><c> take</c><00:44:20.070><c> away</c><00:44:20.349><c> and</c><00:44:20.610><c> apply</c><00:44:20.949><c> in</c><00:44:21.230><c> your</c><00:44:21.550><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:44:23.070 --> 00:44:24.989
Next<00:44:23.369><c> time</c><00:44:23.670><c> someone</c><00:44:23.949><c> comes</c><00:44:24.269><c> along</c><00:44:24.590><c> and</c><00:44:24.849><c> says,</c>

00:44:24.989 --> 00:44:27.809
I'd<00:44:25.269><c> like</c><00:44:25.409><c> to</c><00:44:25.690><c> try</c><00:44:25.909><c> something</c><00:44:26.389><c> new.</c>

00:44:32.710 --> 00:44:36.590
This<00:44:33.269><c> is</c><00:44:33.489><c> concerning</c><00:44:33.829><c> the</c><00:44:34.769><c> man</c><00:44:35.050><c> Jeroboam.</c>

00:44:36.989 --> 00:44:42.469
1<00:44:37.150><c> Kings</c><00:44:37.489><c> 11,</c><00:44:39.989><c> Verse</c><00:44:40.210><c> 28,</c><00:44:41.570><c> we</c><00:44:41.650><c> meet</c><00:44:41.909><c> this</c><00:44:42.210><c> man,</c>

00:44:42.630 --> 00:44:44.289
and<00:44:42.789><c> he</c><00:44:43.030><c> is</c><00:44:43.269><c> a</c><00:44:43.389><c> man</c><00:44:43.590><c> of</c><00:44:43.909><c> standing.</c>

00:44:44.389 --> 00:44:46.269
He<00:44:44.610><c> is</c><00:44:44.809><c> a</c><00:44:44.909><c> man</c><00:44:45.110><c> held</c><00:44:45.369><c> in</c><00:44:45.650><c> high</c><00:44:45.909><c> regard.</c>

00:44:46.329 --> 00:44:49.969
People<00:44:46.590><c> are</c><00:44:46.929><c> impressed</c><00:44:47.670><c> by</c><00:44:48.590><c> Jeroboam.</c>

00:44:50.289 --> 00:44:54.369
Verse<00:44:50.630><c> 28</c><00:44:51.289><c> of</c><00:44:51.730><c> 1</c><00:44:51.949><c> Kings</c><00:44:52.190><c> 11,</c><00:44:52.909><c> the</c><00:44:53.010><c> man</c><00:44:53.190><c> Jeroboam</c><00:44:53.550><c> was</c><00:44:53.730><c> a</c><00:44:53.949><c> mighty</c><00:44:54.170><c> man</c>

00:44:54.369 --> 00:44:57.929
of<00:44:54.489><c> valor,</c><00:44:56.369><c> and</c><00:44:56.570><c> Solomon,</c><00:44:56.969><c> seeing</c><00:44:57.250><c> the</c><00:44:57.469><c> young</c><00:44:57.710><c> man</c>

00:44:57.929 --> 00:45:01.610
that<00:44:58.190><c> he</c><00:44:58.469><c> was</c><00:44:58.829><c> industrious,</c><00:45:00.630><c> he</c><00:45:00.849><c> made</c><00:45:01.030><c> him</c><00:45:01.289><c> ruler</c>

00:45:01.610 --> 00:45:05.050
over<00:45:02.070><c> all</c><00:45:02.469><c> the</c><00:45:02.849><c> charge</c><00:45:03.150><c> of</c><00:45:03.329><c> the</c><00:45:03.570><c> house</c><00:45:04.010><c> of</c><00:45:04.650><c> Joseph.</c>

00:45:05.150 --> 00:45:06.949
So<00:45:05.289><c> here</c><00:45:05.449><c> we</c><00:45:05.590><c> are,</c><00:45:05.670><c> we're</c><00:45:05.889><c> introduced</c><00:45:06.230><c> to</c><00:45:06.469><c> Jeroboam,</c>

00:45:07.289 --> 00:45:09.230
and<00:45:07.489><c> he's</c><00:45:07.650><c> an</c><00:45:07.929><c> impressive</c><00:45:08.230><c> sort,</c><00:45:08.750><c> isn't</c><00:45:08.989><c> he?</c>

00:45:09.530 --> 00:45:11.969
Men<00:45:09.789><c> like</c><00:45:10.110><c> him,</c><00:45:10.730><c> men</c><00:45:10.929><c> listen</c><00:45:11.190><c> to</c><00:45:11.329><c> what</c><00:45:11.489><c> he</c><00:45:11.769><c> says.</c>

00:45:12.369 --> 00:45:15.070
He's<00:45:12.690><c> not</c><00:45:12.889><c> been</c><00:45:13.130><c> appointed</c><00:45:13.530><c> to</c><00:45:13.769><c> any</c><00:45:14.030><c> committee</c><00:45:14.369><c> at</c><00:45:14.610><c> this</c><00:45:14.849><c> stage,</c>

00:45:15.110 --> 00:45:17.329
but<00:45:15.289><c> men</c><00:45:15.489><c> will</c><00:45:15.829><c> follow</c><00:45:16.090><c> and</c><00:45:16.449><c> listen</c>

00:45:17.250 --> 00:45:20.150
because<00:45:17.510><c> he's</c><00:45:17.909><c> a</c><00:45:18.070><c> man</c><00:45:18.230><c> who</c><00:45:18.510><c> is</c><00:45:18.710><c> held</c><00:45:18.869><c> in</c><00:45:19.130><c> regard.</c>

00:45:20.929 --> 00:45:22.070
Solomon<00:45:21.349><c> spots</c><00:45:21.750><c> that.</c>

00:45:22.070 --> 00:45:23.389
Solomon<00:45:22.590><c> promotes</c><00:45:23.090><c> him.</c>

00:45:23.389 --> 00:45:25.769
Solomon<00:45:23.750><c> puts</c><00:45:24.090><c> him</c><00:45:24.309><c> in</c><00:45:24.449><c> an</c><00:45:24.650><c> elevated</c><00:45:25.090><c> position.</c>

00:45:26.150 --> 00:45:30.070
He<00:45:26.369><c> now</c><00:45:26.650><c> has</c><00:45:26.989><c> responsibility</c><00:45:27.849><c> because</c><00:45:28.889><c> men</c><00:45:29.130><c> will</c><00:45:29.369><c> listen</c><00:45:29.630><c> to</c><00:45:29.869><c> him</c>

00:45:30.070 --> 00:45:33.829
and<00:45:30.349><c> follow</c><00:45:30.670><c> him</c><00:45:30.969><c> and</c><00:45:31.449><c> go</c><00:45:31.869><c> where</c><00:45:32.230><c> he</c><00:45:32.710><c> goes.</c>

00:45:34.769 --> 00:45:38.929
And<00:45:35.369><c> you</c><00:45:35.969><c> might</c><00:45:36.210><c> be</c><00:45:36.550><c> interested</c><00:45:36.889><c> just</c><00:45:37.190><c> to</c><00:45:37.409><c> look</c><00:45:37.570><c> at</c><00:45:37.789><c> the</c><00:45:38.449><c> promises</c>

00:45:38.929 --> 00:45:40.550
that<00:45:39.190><c> were</c><00:45:39.429><c> given</c><00:45:39.710><c> to</c><00:45:40.070><c> Jeroboam.</c>

00:45:40.889 --> 00:45:43.010
They<00:45:41.489><c> were</c><00:45:41.670><c> pretty</c><00:45:41.949><c> impressive</c><00:45:42.489><c> promises.</c>

00:45:43.110 --> 00:45:45.289
Verse<00:45:43.409><c> 38,</c><00:45:44.090><c> some</c><00:45:44.309><c> of</c><00:45:44.449><c> the</c><00:45:44.590><c> things</c><00:45:44.769><c> that</c><00:45:44.969><c> the</c><00:45:45.130><c> Lord</c>

00:45:45.289 --> 00:45:47.150
was<00:45:45.570><c> offering</c><00:45:45.929><c> to</c><00:45:46.250><c> this</c><00:45:46.610><c> man,</c>

00:45:47.150 --> 00:45:52.889
if<00:45:48.090><c> only</c><00:45:48.389><c> he</c><00:45:48.590><c> would</c><00:45:49.250><c> obey</c><00:45:50.190><c> the</c><00:45:50.650><c> things</c><00:45:51.070><c> of</c><00:45:51.909><c> God.</c>

00:45:53.329 --> 00:45:57.130
And<00:45:53.409><c> yet</c><00:45:53.510><c> in</c><00:45:53.650><c> chapter</c><00:45:53.929><c> 12,</c><00:45:55.630><c> we</c><00:45:55.829><c> find</c><00:45:56.070><c> Jeroboam</c>

00:45:57.130 --> 00:46:01.090
wanting<00:45:57.730><c> to</c><00:45:58.409><c> introduce</c><00:45:59.449><c> change,</c>

00:46:02.090 --> 00:46:04.190
and<00:46:02.389><c> he</c><00:46:02.550><c> wanted</c><00:46:02.690><c> to</c><00:46:03.010><c> introduce</c><00:46:03.329><c> change</c>

00:46:04.190 --> 00:46:07.730
regarding<00:46:05.170><c> the</c><00:46:05.570><c> manner</c><00:46:05.909><c> of</c><00:46:06.690><c> worship.</c>

00:46:08.369 --> 00:46:09.469
Sound<00:46:08.550><c> familiar?</c>

00:46:10.070 --> 00:46:14.530
He<00:46:10.329><c> wanted</c><00:46:10.630><c> to</c><00:46:10.969><c> try</c><00:46:11.230><c> something</c><00:46:11.730><c> different</c><00:46:12.690><c> for</c><00:46:13.269><c> the</c><00:46:13.489><c> people.</c>

00:46:14.929 --> 00:46:16.030
Okay?

00:46:16.250 --> 00:46:18.269
So<00:46:16.449><c> here</c><00:46:16.590><c> is</c><00:46:16.750><c> an</c><00:46:17.309><c> interesting</c><00:46:17.829><c> context.</c>

00:46:18.409 --> 00:46:20.829
We<00:46:18.650><c> weren't</c><00:46:18.869><c> expecting</c><00:46:19.329><c> to</c><00:46:19.630><c> find</c><00:46:19.829><c> this</c><00:46:20.269><c> here,</c>

00:46:21.110 --> 00:46:24.789
but<00:46:21.469><c> all</c><00:46:21.650><c> of</c><00:46:21.829><c> a</c><00:46:21.889><c> sudden</c><00:46:22.070><c> there</c><00:46:22.269><c> is</c><00:46:22.489><c> something</c><00:46:22.849><c> about</c><00:46:23.630><c> an</c><00:46:24.170><c> individual</c>

00:46:24.789 --> 00:46:28.570
who<00:46:25.170><c> wants</c><00:46:25.429><c> to</c><00:46:25.750><c> change</c><00:46:26.050><c> the</c><00:46:26.289><c> way</c><00:46:26.590><c> that</c><00:46:26.889><c> worship</c><00:46:27.289><c> is</c><00:46:27.690><c> done.</c>

00:46:29.130 --> 00:46:30.250
And<00:46:29.349><c> all</c><00:46:29.489><c> of</c><00:46:29.630><c> a</c><00:46:29.690><c> sudden</c><00:46:29.789><c> we're</c><00:46:30.030><c> thinking,</c>

00:46:30.329 --> 00:46:32.510
oh,<00:46:30.730><c> now</c><00:46:30.889><c> this</c><00:46:31.090><c> is</c><00:46:31.389><c> interesting.</c>

00:46:32.710 --> 00:46:34.650
I<00:46:32.889><c> wonder</c><00:46:32.909><c> what's</c><00:46:33.230><c> going</c><00:46:33.449><c> on</c><00:46:33.750><c> here.</c>

00:46:35.030 --> 00:46:39.929
Well,<00:46:35.650><c> it's</c><00:46:36.010><c> in</c><00:46:36.170><c> verse</c><00:46:36.429><c> 28</c><00:46:37.090><c> of</c><00:46:37.929><c> chapter</c><00:46:38.289><c> 12.</c>

00:46:40.809 --> 00:46:44.269
Let<00:46:41.250><c> me</c><00:46:41.349><c> just</c><00:46:41.489><c> remind</c><00:46:42.010><c> you</c><00:46:42.409><c> the</c><00:46:42.869><c> particular</c><00:46:43.469><c> context</c><00:46:44.010><c> here</c>

00:46:44.269 --> 00:46:48.250
is<00:46:44.449><c> Jeroboam</c><00:46:44.969><c> has</c><00:46:45.210><c> now</c><00:46:45.469><c> got</c><00:46:45.789><c> 10</c><00:46:47.210><c> of</c><00:46:47.389><c> the</c><00:46:47.610><c> 12</c><00:46:47.849><c> tribes</c>

00:46:48.250 --> 00:46:52.510
and<00:46:48.610><c> he's</c><00:46:48.809><c> got</c><00:46:48.949><c> by</c><00:46:49.289><c> far</c><00:46:49.530><c> the</c><00:46:49.889><c> larger</c><00:46:50.530><c> geographic</c><00:46:51.469><c> area</c><00:46:51.949><c> of</c><00:46:52.110><c> the</c><00:46:52.269><c> country,</c>

00:46:52.550 --> 00:46:54.010
but<00:46:52.710><c> he</c><00:46:52.969><c> does</c><00:46:53.170><c> not</c><00:46:53.349><c> have</c><00:46:53.469><c> the</c><00:46:53.710><c> capital.</c>

00:46:54.090 --> 00:46:55.769
He<00:46:54.150><c> does</c><00:46:54.369><c> not</c><00:46:54.510><c> have</c><00:46:54.670><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:46:55.929 --> 00:46:57.610
He<00:46:56.070><c> does</c><00:46:56.269><c> not</c><00:46:56.429><c> have</c><00:46:56.570><c> the</c><00:46:56.849><c> place</c><00:46:57.030><c> of</c><00:46:57.269><c> the</c><00:46:57.449><c> king</c>

00:46:57.610 --> 00:46:59.630
or<00:46:57.789><c> the</c><00:46:58.050><c> place</c><00:46:58.230><c> of</c><00:46:58.469><c> the</c><00:46:58.690><c> temple.</c>

00:46:59.849 --> 00:47:02.130
And<00:47:00.289><c> he's</c><00:47:00.570><c> worried,</c><00:47:00.909><c> isn't</c><00:47:01.030><c> he,</c><00:47:01.190><c> that</c><00:47:01.469><c> his</c><00:47:01.769><c> people</c>

00:47:02.130 --> 00:47:04.090
will<00:47:02.329><c> go</c><00:47:02.489><c> up</c><00:47:02.710><c> to</c><00:47:02.909><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:03.250><c> and</c><00:47:03.489><c> worship</c><00:47:03.730><c> and</c><00:47:03.969><c> say,</c>

00:47:04.150 --> 00:47:05.570
hey,<00:47:04.269><c> this</c><00:47:04.489><c> is</c><00:47:04.650><c> good,</c><00:47:04.809><c> we'll</c><00:47:05.030><c> stay</c><00:47:05.269><c> here.</c>

00:47:05.570 --> 00:47:08.550
We<00:47:05.750><c> will</c><00:47:06.389><c> align</c><00:47:06.809><c> ourselves</c><00:47:07.630><c> with</c><00:47:07.969><c> the</c><00:47:08.230><c> tribes</c>

00:47:08.550 --> 00:47:10.989
of<00:47:08.949><c> Judah</c><00:47:09.170><c> and</c><00:47:09.349><c> Benjamin</c><00:47:09.750><c> in</c><00:47:09.969><c> the</c><00:47:10.210><c> south.</c>

00:47:11.670 --> 00:47:14.650
So<00:47:12.289><c> he's</c><00:47:12.909><c> going</c><00:47:13.010><c> to</c><00:47:13.170><c> introduce</c><00:47:13.489><c> a</c><00:47:13.690><c> different</c><00:47:13.889><c> form</c><00:47:14.130><c> of</c><00:47:14.369><c> worship</c>

00:47:14.650 --> 00:47:16.809
and<00:47:14.789><c> it's</c><00:47:14.969><c> there</c><00:47:15.110><c> in</c><00:47:15.269><c> verse</c><00:47:15.449><c> 28.</c>

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:33.550
And<00:47:30.630><c> wrapped</c><00:47:31.110><c> into</c><00:47:31.409><c> that</c><00:47:31.769><c> verse</c><00:47:32.230><c> is</c><00:47:32.849><c> so</c><00:47:33.230><c> much</c>

00:47:33.550 --> 00:47:36.530
that<00:47:33.949><c> helps</c><00:47:34.230><c> us</c><00:47:34.869><c> in</c><00:47:35.150><c> this</c><00:47:35.449><c> particular</c><00:47:36.070><c> question</c>

00:47:36.530 --> 00:47:40.909
of<00:47:36.769><c> how</c><00:47:37.030><c> we</c><00:47:37.710><c> handle</c><00:47:38.230><c> change</c><00:47:39.130><c> in</c><00:47:39.489><c> our</c><00:47:39.769><c> community.</c>

00:47:41.369 --> 00:47:44.050
The<00:47:41.550><c> first</c><00:47:41.730><c> thing</c><00:47:41.889><c> we</c><00:47:42.010><c> need</c><00:47:42.250><c> to</c><00:47:42.510><c> consider</c><00:47:43.110><c> is,</c>

00:47:44.670 --> 00:47:46.050
what's<00:47:44.809><c> the</c><00:47:45.010><c> motive?</c>

00:47:47.190 --> 00:47:49.610
Now,<00:47:47.710><c> we</c><00:47:47.869><c> know</c><00:47:47.989><c> what</c><00:47:48.190><c> Jeroboam's</c><00:47:48.829><c> motive</c><00:47:49.190><c> was.</c>

00:47:49.670 --> 00:47:52.909
His<00:47:49.889><c> was,</c><00:47:50.630><c> I</c><00:47:50.769><c> don't</c><00:47:50.989><c> want</c><00:47:51.090><c> these</c><00:47:51.329><c> men</c><00:47:51.570><c> to</c><00:47:51.789><c> go</c><00:47:51.949><c> down</c><00:47:52.250><c> to</c><00:47:52.469><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:47:52.909 --> 00:47:53.510
to<00:47:53.210><c> worship.</c>

00:47:53.670 --> 00:47:54.929
I<00:47:53.889><c> don't</c><00:47:54.110><c> want</c><00:47:54.269><c> them</c><00:47:54.409><c> to</c><00:47:54.590><c> do</c><00:47:54.730><c> that.</c>

00:47:54.949 --> 00:48:00.269
I<00:47:55.070><c> want</c><00:47:55.289><c> them</c><00:47:55.409><c> to</c><00:47:55.570><c> worship</c><00:47:56.429><c> my</c><00:47:57.289><c> way,</c><00:47:58.670><c> not</c><00:47:58.929><c> God's</c><00:47:59.369><c> way.</c>

00:48:01.489 --> 00:48:04.710
Not<00:48:02.090><c> only</c><00:48:02.429><c> was</c><00:48:02.670><c> the</c><00:48:02.929><c> motive</c><00:48:03.329><c> flawed,</c>

00:48:05.289 --> 00:48:07.590
but<00:48:05.449><c> he</c><00:48:05.570><c> didn't</c><00:48:05.789><c> declare</c><00:48:06.269><c> the</c><00:48:06.530><c> motive.</c>

00:48:08.170 --> 00:48:09.869
He<00:48:08.429><c> told</c><00:48:08.610><c> them</c><00:48:08.809><c> something</c><00:48:09.070><c> else,</c><00:48:09.630><c> didn't</c><00:48:09.730><c> he?</c>

00:48:09.869 --> 00:48:12.829
He<00:48:10.210><c> didn't</c><00:48:10.429><c> tell</c><00:48:10.769><c> them</c><00:48:10.929><c> what</c><00:48:11.130><c> the</c><00:48:11.409><c> motive</c><00:48:11.690><c> was.</c>

00:48:12.909 --> 00:48:15.150
And<00:48:13.510><c> now,</c><00:48:13.909><c> when</c><00:48:14.349><c> we</c><00:48:14.510><c> appreciate</c><00:48:14.929><c> that,</c>

00:48:15.389 --> 00:48:17.190
we're<00:48:15.590><c> suddenly</c><00:48:16.110><c> deeply</c><00:48:16.550><c> suspicious</c>

00:48:17.190 --> 00:48:19.050
of<00:48:17.349><c> what</c><00:48:17.550><c> this</c><00:48:17.730><c> man's</c><00:48:18.150><c> offering.</c>

00:48:20.510 --> 00:48:25.170
And<00:48:20.849><c> he</c><00:48:21.010><c> doesn't</c><00:48:21.550><c> present</c><00:48:22.389><c> his</c><00:48:23.409><c> true</c><00:48:24.050><c> reason</c><00:48:24.469><c> to</c><00:48:24.690><c> the</c><00:48:24.869><c> people,</c>

00:48:25.170 --> 00:48:29.849
but<00:48:25.429><c> he</c><00:48:26.190><c> wraps</c><00:48:26.550><c> up</c><00:48:26.889><c> some</c><00:48:27.230><c> kind</c><00:48:27.570><c> of</c><00:48:27.849><c> attractive</c><00:48:28.530><c> proposal.</c>

00:48:30.449 --> 00:48:31.929
You're<00:48:30.789><c> still</c><00:48:30.989><c> going</c><00:48:31.170><c> up</c><00:48:31.349><c> to</c><00:48:31.550><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:48:32.010 --> 00:48:33.989
You're<00:48:32.170><c> still</c><00:48:32.250><c> going</c><00:48:32.409><c> all</c><00:48:32.829><c> the</c><00:48:32.969><c> way</c><00:48:33.070><c> up</c><00:48:33.269><c> to</c><00:48:33.489><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:48:34.329 --> 00:48:35.630
Haven't<00:48:34.469><c> you</c><00:48:34.630><c> done</c><00:48:34.750><c> that</c><00:48:34.949><c> for</c><00:48:35.110><c> long</c><00:48:35.349><c> enough?</c>

00:48:35.829 --> 00:48:37.489
I've<00:48:36.050><c> got</c><00:48:36.150><c> a</c><00:48:36.329><c> much</c><00:48:36.610><c> easier</c><00:48:36.969><c> way</c><00:48:37.250><c> here.</c>

00:48:37.570 --> 00:48:39.190
Why<00:48:37.829><c> don't</c><00:48:38.230><c> you</c><00:48:38.369><c> go</c><00:48:38.590><c> local?</c>

00:48:39.670 --> 00:48:41.570
Why<00:48:39.889><c> don't</c><00:48:40.409><c> you</c><00:48:40.489><c> worship</c><00:48:40.849><c> here</c><00:48:41.170><c> in</c><00:48:41.349><c> Bethel?</c>

00:48:41.630 --> 00:48:43.130
Why<00:48:41.769><c> don't</c><00:48:41.889><c> you</c><00:48:42.050><c> worship</c><00:48:42.329><c> up</c><00:48:42.550><c> here</c><00:48:42.730><c> in</c><00:48:42.989><c> Down?</c>

00:48:43.329 --> 00:48:45.070
There's<00:48:43.590><c> no</c><00:48:43.730><c> need</c><00:48:43.849><c> to</c><00:48:44.010><c> go</c><00:48:44.110><c> all</c><00:48:44.329><c> the</c><00:48:44.449><c> way</c><00:48:44.570><c> down</c><00:48:44.849><c> there.</c>

00:48:45.289 --> 00:48:49.130
And<00:48:45.489><c> his</c><00:48:45.750><c> motive</c><00:48:46.429><c> was</c><00:48:47.610><c> not</c><00:48:47.829><c> declared</c><00:48:48.130><c> to</c><00:48:48.329><c> the</c><00:48:48.530><c> people,</c>

00:48:49.469 --> 00:48:53.650
but<00:48:49.789><c> he</c><00:48:50.150><c> presented</c><00:48:50.610><c> some</c><00:48:51.010><c> kind</c><00:48:51.289><c> of</c><00:48:51.710><c> false</c><00:48:52.309><c> proposal.</c>

00:48:53.969 --> 00:48:56.369
Now,<00:48:54.530><c> I'm</c><00:48:54.909><c> not</c><00:48:55.150><c> suggesting</c><00:48:55.630><c> in</c><00:48:55.829><c> your</c><00:48:56.050><c> ekklesia,</c>

00:48:56.469 --> 00:48:57.050
brothers<00:48:56.650><c> and</c><00:48:56.829><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:57.070 --> 00:48:59.869
that<00:48:57.570><c> this</c><00:48:57.829><c> is</c><00:48:58.050><c> the</c><00:48:58.210><c> kind</c><00:48:58.409><c> of</c><00:48:58.610><c> danger</c><00:48:58.869><c> that</c><00:48:59.050><c> will</c><00:48:59.230><c> come</c><00:48:59.510><c> along,</c>

00:49:00.090 --> 00:49:03.030
but<00:49:00.610><c> it</c><00:49:01.530><c> is</c><00:49:01.869><c> worth</c><00:49:02.389><c> just</c><00:49:02.789><c> saying,</c>

00:49:03.090 --> 00:49:05.289
what's<00:49:03.369><c> the</c><00:49:03.550><c> motive</c><00:49:03.909><c> behind</c><00:49:04.389><c> this?</c>

00:49:05.369 --> 00:49:08.110
Why<00:49:05.769><c> are</c><00:49:06.070><c> we</c><00:49:06.289><c> considering</c><00:49:06.829><c> this</c><00:49:07.289><c> change?</c>

00:49:08.329 --> 00:49:11.050
What's<00:49:08.889><c> the</c><00:49:09.150><c> benefit</c><00:49:09.710><c> for</c><00:49:10.170><c> it?</c>

00:49:11.789 --> 00:49:14.849
And<00:49:12.250><c> if</c><00:49:12.409><c> we</c><00:49:12.570><c> can</c><00:49:12.929><c> slot</c><00:49:13.230><c> it</c><00:49:13.510><c> into</c><00:49:13.849><c> something</c><00:49:14.230><c> which</c><00:49:14.570><c> says,</c>

00:49:15.210 --> 00:49:17.550
well,<00:49:15.349><c> it's</c><00:49:15.570><c> about</c><00:49:15.789><c> uplifting,</c><00:49:16.570><c> upbuilding</c><00:49:17.090><c> the</c><00:49:17.349><c> body.</c>

00:49:17.590 --> 00:49:19.469
It's<00:49:17.809><c> about</c><00:49:18.030><c> giving</c><00:49:18.289><c> better</c><00:49:18.650><c> glory</c><00:49:19.010><c> to</c><00:49:19.269><c> God.</c>

00:49:19.530 --> 00:49:22.090
It's<00:49:19.789><c> about</c><00:49:20.269><c> witnessing</c><00:49:20.769><c> better</c><00:49:21.110><c> to</c><00:49:21.349><c> those</c><00:49:21.570><c> around</c><00:49:21.969><c> us.</c>

00:49:22.090 --> 00:49:24.849
And<00:49:22.090><c> if</c><00:49:22.230><c> it's</c><00:49:22.530><c> a</c><00:49:22.710><c> wholesome</c><00:49:23.070><c> thing,</c><00:49:23.610><c> properly</c><00:49:23.949><c> founded</c><00:49:24.230><c> on</c><00:49:24.510><c> scripture,</c>

00:49:25.170 --> 00:49:26.769
we<00:49:25.389><c> ought</c><00:49:25.610><c> to</c><00:49:25.809><c> be</c><00:49:26.030><c> brave</c><00:49:26.289><c> enough</c><00:49:26.510><c> to</c><00:49:26.650><c> say,</c>

00:49:26.869 --> 00:49:28.989
well,<00:49:26.929><c> let's</c><00:49:27.190><c> talk</c><00:49:27.550><c> about</c><00:49:27.909><c> it</c><00:49:28.150><c> then.</c>

00:49:29.409 --> 00:49:30.750
But<00:49:29.570><c> if</c><00:49:29.630><c> it's</c><00:49:29.829><c> something</c><00:49:30.030><c> like</c><00:49:30.349><c> this,</c>

00:49:30.989 --> 00:49:33.289
we<00:49:31.130><c> ought</c><00:49:31.269><c> to</c><00:49:31.389><c> be</c><00:49:31.570><c> deeply</c><00:49:31.909><c> suspicious.</c>

00:49:34.329 --> 00:49:39.090
And<00:49:34.809><c> we</c><00:49:35.010><c> ought</c><00:49:35.170><c> to</c><00:49:35.349><c> be</c><00:49:35.570><c> asking,</c><00:49:36.170><c> who's</c><00:49:36.769><c> driving</c><00:49:37.369><c> the</c><00:49:37.789><c> change?</c>

00:49:39.170 --> 00:49:40.570
What<00:49:39.429><c> kind</c><00:49:39.630><c> of</c><00:49:39.849><c> person</c><00:49:40.170><c> is</c><00:49:40.409><c> it?</c>

00:49:40.610 --> 00:49:42.889
Is<00:49:40.769><c> it</c><00:49:40.909><c> a</c><00:49:41.630><c> brother</c><00:49:41.949><c> or</c><00:49:42.190><c> a</c><00:49:42.550><c> sister</c>

00:49:42.889 --> 00:49:44.869
who<00:49:43.110><c> are</c><00:49:43.329><c> well</c><00:49:43.670><c>-grounded</c><00:49:44.050><c> in</c><00:49:44.250><c> their</c><00:49:44.530><c> scriptures?</c>

00:49:45.150 --> 00:49:46.750
Are<00:49:45.250><c> they</c><00:49:45.449><c> good</c><00:49:45.690><c> attenders</c><00:49:46.110><c> at</c><00:49:46.349><c> our</c><00:49:46.489><c> meeting?</c>

00:49:47.010 --> 00:49:48.889
Are<00:49:47.130><c> they</c><00:49:47.269><c> individuals</c><00:49:47.769><c> who</c><00:49:48.030><c> know</c><00:49:48.230><c> their</c><00:49:48.469><c> Bibles?</c>

00:49:48.889 --> 00:49:52.889
Are<00:49:49.369><c> their</c><00:49:50.210><c> lives</c><00:49:50.550><c> influenced</c><00:49:51.190><c> by</c><00:49:51.469><c> the</c><00:49:51.630><c> Word</c><00:49:51.769><c> of</c><00:49:52.010><c> God?</c>

00:49:53.869 --> 00:49:55.769
What's<00:49:54.349><c> their</c><00:49:54.469><c> track</c><00:49:54.650><c> record</c><00:49:55.230><c> here?</c>

00:49:56.190 --> 00:49:58.630
Is<00:49:56.309><c> it</c><00:49:56.409><c> the</c><00:49:56.489><c> kind</c><00:49:56.630><c> of</c><00:49:56.769><c> people</c><00:49:56.909><c> we</c><00:49:57.110><c> would</c><00:49:57.309><c> want</c><00:49:57.510><c> to</c><00:49:57.769><c> listen</c><00:49:58.070><c> to</c>

00:49:58.630 --> 00:49:59.989
or<00:49:59.369><c> not?</c>

00:50:00.349 --> 00:50:02.130
What<00:50:00.550><c> kind</c><00:50:00.829><c> of</c><00:50:01.130><c> person?</c>

00:50:02.250 --> 00:50:04.690
And<00:50:02.550><c> that</c><00:50:02.750><c> ought</c><00:50:02.849><c> to</c><00:50:02.989><c> be</c><00:50:03.210><c> taken</c><00:50:03.369><c> into</c><00:50:03.670><c> account.</c>

00:50:04.829 --> 00:50:07.309
Jeroboam,<00:50:05.250><c> we</c><00:50:05.449><c> know,</c><00:50:05.690><c> was</c><00:50:05.889><c> a</c><00:50:06.030><c> man</c><00:50:06.130><c> who</c><00:50:06.309><c> people</c><00:50:06.530><c> would</c><00:50:06.789><c> listen</c><00:50:07.130><c> to,</c>

00:50:07.329 --> 00:50:08.889
and<00:50:07.429><c> they</c><00:50:07.650><c> respected.</c>

00:50:09.590 --> 00:50:11.070
But<00:50:09.829><c> we</c><00:50:10.030><c> ought</c><00:50:10.130><c> to</c><00:50:10.289><c> ask</c><00:50:10.489><c> the</c><00:50:10.710><c> question,</c>

00:50:11.090 --> 00:50:14.389
what<00:50:11.269><c> kind</c><00:50:11.530><c> of</c><00:50:11.809><c> person</c><00:50:12.489><c> is</c><00:50:13.289><c> this?</c>

00:50:14.550 --> 00:50:17.530
And<00:50:15.010><c> not</c><00:50:15.250><c> just</c><00:50:15.610><c> that,</c><00:50:15.949><c> we</c><00:50:16.110><c> ought</c><00:50:16.289><c> to</c><00:50:16.550><c> say,</c>

00:50:17.849 --> 00:50:20.150
and<00:50:18.449><c> who's</c><00:50:19.010><c> influencing</c><00:50:19.610><c> them?</c>

00:50:20.590 --> 00:50:22.769
Where<00:50:20.969><c> is</c><00:50:21.210><c> their</c><00:50:21.570><c> influence</c><00:50:22.090><c> coming</c><00:50:22.389><c> from?</c>

00:50:22.969 --> 00:50:24.949
Because<00:50:23.130><c> you'll</c><00:50:23.429><c> notice</c><00:50:23.670><c> that</c><00:50:23.969><c> verse,</c><00:50:24.210><c> verse</c><00:50:24.469><c> 28,</c>

00:50:25.030 --> 00:50:27.610
it<00:50:25.230><c> began</c><00:50:25.550><c> with</c><00:50:25.769><c> the</c><00:50:25.989><c> king</c><00:50:26.269><c> taking</c><00:50:26.829><c> counsel.</c>

00:50:28.030 --> 00:50:29.429
Well,<00:50:28.210><c> who</c><00:50:28.469><c> from?</c>

00:50:30.230 --> 00:50:36.130
Who<00:50:30.489><c> is</c><00:50:30.829><c> influencing</c><00:50:31.469><c> this</c><00:50:32.070><c> man</c><00:50:32.349><c> in</c><00:50:33.349><c> this</c><00:50:33.610><c> proposed</c><00:50:34.409><c> worship</c><00:50:35.170><c> change?</c>

00:50:36.409 --> 00:50:38.090
Where<00:50:36.610><c> is</c><00:50:36.789><c> the</c><00:50:37.030><c> influence</c><00:50:37.429><c> coming</c><00:50:37.769><c> from?</c>

00:50:38.409 --> 00:50:42.710
And<00:50:38.869><c> when</c><00:50:39.050><c> you</c><00:50:39.349><c> find</c><00:50:39.590><c> someone</c><00:50:40.090><c> saying,</c><00:50:40.889><c> let's</c><00:50:41.110><c> change</c><00:50:41.530><c> this,</c>

00:50:43.010 --> 00:50:44.489
why<00:50:43.230><c> are</c><00:50:43.369><c> they</c><00:50:43.449><c> wanting</c><00:50:43.710><c> to</c><00:50:43.969><c> do</c><00:50:44.210><c> it?</c>

00:50:44.590 --> 00:50:45.869
And<00:50:44.809><c> what's</c><00:50:45.030><c> their</c><00:50:45.170><c> motive?</c>

00:50:45.869 --> 00:50:47.610
And<00:50:46.710><c> what</c><00:50:46.829><c> are</c><00:50:46.969><c> they</c><00:50:47.230><c> like?</c>

00:50:47.650 --> 00:50:50.690
And<00:50:47.829><c> what</c><00:50:48.210><c> influences</c><00:50:48.789><c> are</c><00:50:49.769><c> they</c><00:50:50.090><c> receiving?</c>

00:50:50.889 --> 00:50:52.909
Is<00:50:50.989><c> someone</c><00:50:51.349><c> pulling</c><00:50:51.869><c> strings</c><00:50:52.250><c> behind</c><00:50:52.710><c> them</c>

00:50:52.909 --> 00:50:55.889
who<00:50:53.469><c> we</c><00:50:53.650><c> don't</c><00:50:53.969><c> think</c><00:50:54.190><c> really</c><00:50:54.550><c> have</c><00:50:54.730><c> got</c><00:50:54.869><c> the</c><00:50:55.150><c> best</c><00:50:55.409><c> interests</c>

00:50:55.889 --> 00:50:57.969
of<00:50:56.110><c> the</c><00:50:56.289><c> Ecclesia</c><00:50:56.670><c> at</c><00:50:57.030><c> heart?</c>

00:50:58.269 --> 00:51:00.570
It's<00:50:58.429><c> worth</c><00:50:58.650><c> considering,</c><00:50:59.409><c> isn't</c><00:50:59.550><c> it?</c>

00:51:00.909 --> 00:51:03.389
And<00:51:01.090><c> then</c><00:51:01.489><c> finally,</c><00:51:02.190><c> finally,</c><00:51:02.829><c> brothers</c><00:51:02.909><c> and</c><00:51:03.190><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:03.409 --> 00:51:04.710
in<00:51:03.550><c> this</c><00:51:03.730><c> little</c><00:51:04.090><c> sequence,</c>

00:51:05.170 --> 00:51:10.210
the<00:51:05.510><c> biggest</c><00:51:05.929><c> thing</c><00:51:06.389><c> we</c><00:51:06.650><c> ought</c><00:51:06.829><c> to</c><00:51:07.050><c> try</c><00:51:07.369><c> and</c><00:51:07.650><c> do</c><00:51:07.889><c> is</c><00:51:08.309><c> ask</c><00:51:08.809><c> the</c><00:51:09.130><c> question,</c>

00:51:10.750 --> 00:51:13.590
is<00:51:10.889><c> there</c><00:51:11.170><c> a</c><00:51:11.530><c> scriptural</c><00:51:12.190><c> precedent</c><00:51:12.809><c> for</c><00:51:13.170><c> this?</c>

00:51:13.590 --> 00:51:17.349
Here<00:51:14.409><c> is</c><00:51:14.590><c> a</c><00:51:14.769><c> brother</c><00:51:14.969><c> or</c><00:51:15.230><c> a</c><00:51:15.429><c> sister</c><00:51:15.750><c> promoting</c><00:51:16.289><c> some</c><00:51:16.670><c> kind</c><00:51:16.909><c> of</c><00:51:17.150><c> change</c>

00:51:17.349 --> 00:51:18.090
in<00:51:17.570><c> our</c><00:51:17.750><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:51:18.190 --> 00:51:20.510
Well,<00:51:18.489><c> is</c><00:51:18.869><c> there</c><00:51:19.090><c> a</c><00:51:19.429><c> scriptural</c><00:51:20.050><c> precedent?</c>

00:51:21.010 --> 00:51:24.849
And<00:51:21.449><c> that's</c><00:51:21.829><c> the</c><00:51:22.030><c> most</c><00:51:22.469><c> astonishing</c><00:51:22.989><c> thing</c><00:51:23.510><c> here,</c><00:51:24.030><c> isn't</c><00:51:24.170><c> it?</c>

00:51:25.050 --> 00:51:26.349
Because<00:51:25.489><c> Jeroboam</c><00:51:25.929><c> says,</c>

00:51:26.750 --> 00:51:28.730
I've<00:51:27.170><c> got</c><00:51:27.289><c> a</c><00:51:27.429><c> new</c><00:51:27.590><c> method</c><00:51:27.869><c> of</c><00:51:28.150><c> worship</c><00:51:28.469><c> here.</c>

00:51:28.789 --> 00:51:29.550
This<00:51:28.949><c> is</c><00:51:29.090><c> what</c><00:51:29.190><c> we're</c><00:51:29.289><c> going</c><00:51:29.349><c> to</c><00:51:29.449><c> do.</c>

00:51:29.550 --> 00:51:30.570
You'll<00:51:29.849><c> find</c><00:51:29.849><c> it</c><00:51:30.030><c> a</c><00:51:30.090><c> lot</c><00:51:30.250><c> easier.</c>

00:51:30.710 --> 00:51:32.929
I've<00:51:30.969><c> made</c><00:51:31.070><c> a</c><00:51:31.289><c> golden</c><00:51:31.650><c> calf.</c>

00:51:33.849 --> 00:51:34.710
No,<00:51:34.090><c> I've</c><00:51:34.309><c> made</c><00:51:34.469><c> two.</c>

00:51:34.769 --> 00:51:36.909
I've<00:51:34.949><c> put</c><00:51:35.050><c> one</c><00:51:35.289><c> here,</c><00:51:35.550><c> and</c><00:51:35.630><c> I'm</c><00:51:35.809><c> going</c><00:51:35.829><c> to</c><00:51:35.929><c> put</c><00:51:36.070><c> one</c><00:51:36.389><c> here,</c>

00:51:37.090 --> 00:51:38.349
and<00:51:37.289><c> you</c><00:51:37.429><c> can</c><00:51:37.590><c> go</c><00:51:37.750><c> and</c><00:51:37.889><c> worship</c><00:51:38.130><c> them.</c>

00:51:38.809 --> 00:51:39.769
Now,<00:51:39.210><c> brothers</c><00:51:39.309><c> and</c><00:51:39.530><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:39.769 --> 00:51:44.070
why<00:51:40.170><c> aren't</c><00:51:40.909><c> red</c><00:51:41.269><c> alarm</c><00:51:41.809><c> bells</c><00:51:42.329><c> sounding</c><00:51:42.909><c> all</c><00:51:43.349><c> over</c><00:51:43.630><c> the</c><00:51:43.849><c> place</c>

00:51:44.070 --> 00:51:45.989
and<00:51:44.289><c> people</c><00:51:44.670><c> of</c><00:51:44.809><c> Israel</c><00:51:45.170><c> saying,</c>

00:51:46.289 --> 00:51:49.050
golden<00:51:46.670><c> calf,</c><00:51:48.190><c> haven't</c><00:51:48.349><c> we</c><00:51:48.510><c> done</c><00:51:48.630><c> that</c><00:51:48.789><c> before?</c>

00:51:49.150 --> 00:51:51.690
Wasn't<00:51:49.409><c> it</c><00:51:49.750><c> disastrous</c><00:51:50.269><c> before?</c>

00:51:52.389 --> 00:51:55.269
And<00:51:52.690><c> he</c><00:51:53.050><c> even</c><00:51:53.409><c> quotes</c><00:51:53.690><c> from</c><00:51:53.969><c> Exodus</c><00:51:54.329><c> 32,</c><00:51:55.070><c> doesn't</c><00:51:55.170><c> it?</c>

00:51:55.269 --> 00:51:58.110
These<00:51:55.550><c> be</c><00:51:55.750><c> thy</c><00:51:56.090><c> gods,</c><00:51:56.530><c> O</c><00:51:56.690><c> Israel,</c><00:51:57.130><c> that</c><00:51:57.409><c> brought</c><00:51:57.570><c> thee</c><00:51:57.769><c> up</c><00:51:57.889><c> out</c>

00:51:58.110 --> 00:51:58.309
of<00:51:58.230><c> it.</c>

00:51:58.389 --> 00:52:01.070
He's<00:51:58.670><c> even</c><00:51:59.010><c> quoting</c><00:51:59.550><c> the</c><00:51:59.929><c> scriptures.</c>

00:52:01.630 --> 00:52:03.750
Why<00:52:01.969><c> aren't</c><00:52:02.269><c> these</c><00:52:02.570><c> men</c><00:52:02.809><c> saying,</c>

00:52:04.170 --> 00:52:07.630
we've<00:52:04.570><c> done</c><00:52:04.809><c> this</c><00:52:05.150><c> before</c><00:52:05.550><c> and</c><00:52:05.710><c> it</c><00:52:06.050><c> worked</c><00:52:06.250><c> out</c><00:52:06.670><c> badly?</c>

00:52:08.070 --> 00:52:11.369
Now,<00:52:08.889><c> it</c><00:52:09.150><c> might</c><00:52:09.469><c> not</c><00:52:09.789><c> be</c><00:52:10.090><c> that</c><00:52:10.230><c> we</c><00:52:10.369><c> can</c><00:52:10.550><c> always</c><00:52:10.849><c> find</c><00:52:11.130><c> a</c>

00:52:11.369 --> 00:52:12.230
scriptural<00:52:11.809><c> precedent</c>

00:52:12.230 --> 00:52:13.869
when<00:52:12.550><c> someone</c><00:52:12.869><c> comes</c><00:52:13.130><c> along</c><00:52:13.369><c> with</c><00:52:13.550><c> a</c><00:52:13.730><c> change,</c>

00:52:13.929 --> 00:52:15.170
but<00:52:14.010><c> let's</c><00:52:14.329><c> look</c><00:52:14.650><c> for</c><00:52:15.010><c> them.</c>

00:52:15.329 --> 00:52:16.670
What<00:52:15.489><c> does</c><00:52:15.769><c> scripture</c><00:52:16.090><c> have</c><00:52:16.329><c> to</c><00:52:16.550><c> say?</c>

00:52:16.750 --> 00:52:18.750
What<00:52:17.050><c> information</c><00:52:17.710><c> can</c><00:52:17.969><c> we</c><00:52:18.309><c> glean</c>

00:52:18.750 --> 00:52:21.670
that<00:52:19.230><c> might</c><00:52:19.510><c> help</c><00:52:19.730><c> us</c><00:52:20.050><c> make</c><00:52:20.250><c> some</c><00:52:20.550><c> kind</c><00:52:20.829><c> of</c><00:52:21.110><c> decision</c><00:52:21.409><c> here?</c>

00:52:22.170 --> 00:52:25.449
These<00:52:22.590><c> men,</c><00:52:22.949><c> either</c><00:52:23.269><c> they'd</c><00:52:23.730><c> forgotten</c><00:52:23.969><c> their</c><00:52:24.329><c> history</c>

00:52:25.690 --> 00:52:28.469
or<00:52:26.250><c> they</c><00:52:26.449><c> didn't</c><00:52:26.670><c> know</c><00:52:26.929><c> their</c><00:52:27.210><c> Bibles</c>

00:52:28.630 --> 00:52:31.570
or<00:52:29.190><c> they</c><00:52:29.389><c> were</c><00:52:29.630><c> too</c><00:52:29.889><c> lazy</c><00:52:30.230><c> to</c><00:52:30.550><c> look,</c>

00:52:31.630 --> 00:52:36.170
and<00:52:32.010><c> as</c><00:52:32.210><c> a</c><00:52:32.369><c> consequence,</c><00:52:33.650><c> false</c><00:52:33.809><c> worship</c><00:52:34.230><c> was</c><00:52:34.489><c> introduced</c><00:52:35.010><c> in</c><00:52:35.170><c> Israel.</c>

00:52:36.349 --> 00:52:39.570
Now,<00:52:36.909><c> this</c><00:52:37.289><c> is</c><00:52:37.510><c> an</c><00:52:37.690><c> extreme</c><00:52:38.269><c> case</c><00:52:38.570><c> that</c><00:52:38.769><c> we've</c><00:52:39.010><c> got</c><00:52:39.190><c> here,</c>

00:52:39.969 --> 00:52:42.329
and<00:52:40.110><c> yet</c><00:52:40.369><c> principles</c><00:52:40.989><c> are</c><00:52:41.210><c> set</c><00:52:41.550><c> out.</c>

00:52:42.969 --> 00:52:47.949
I<00:52:43.530><c> repeat,</c><00:52:44.969><c> we</c><00:52:45.150><c> do</c><00:52:45.469><c> not</c><00:52:45.730><c> need</c><00:52:45.929><c> to</c><00:52:46.269><c> fear</c><00:52:46.610><c> change</c><00:52:47.030><c> in</c><00:52:47.309><c> our</c><00:52:47.489><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:52:48.309 --> 00:52:51.730
We<00:52:48.630><c> will</c><00:52:48.929><c> need</c><00:52:49.110><c> to</c><00:52:49.369><c> live</c><00:52:49.530><c> in</c><00:52:49.710><c> the</c><00:52:49.889><c> age</c><00:52:50.170><c> to</c><00:52:50.909><c> which</c><00:52:51.150><c> we</c><00:52:51.409><c> belong.</c>

00:52:51.789 --> 00:52:52.889
Of<00:52:52.070><c> course</c><00:52:52.309><c> we</c><00:52:52.530><c> will.</c>

00:52:53.389 --> 00:52:56.309
We<00:52:53.710><c> need</c><00:52:53.949><c> to</c><00:52:54.250><c> bear</c><00:52:54.409><c> in</c><00:52:54.690><c> mind</c><00:52:54.869><c> that</c><00:52:55.090><c> our</c><00:52:55.289><c> youngsters</c><00:52:55.610><c> are</c><00:52:55.889><c> growing</c><00:52:56.090><c> up</c>

00:52:56.309 --> 00:52:57.989
in<00:52:56.489><c> a</c><00:52:56.750><c> particular</c><00:52:57.210><c> age,</c>

00:52:58.070 --> 00:53:03.110
and<00:52:58.469><c> we</c><00:52:58.670><c> will</c><00:52:58.889><c> need</c><00:52:59.050><c> to</c><00:52:59.389><c> accommodate</c><00:52:59.909><c> their</c><00:53:00.949><c> current</c><00:53:01.829><c> styles,</c>

00:53:03.110 --> 00:53:06.130
even<00:53:03.889><c> if</c><00:53:04.030><c> that's</c><00:53:04.369><c> a</c><00:53:04.489><c> little</c><00:53:04.730><c> uncomfortable.</c>

00:53:06.610 --> 00:53:09.949
And<00:53:06.710><c> yet</c><00:53:06.809><c> there</c><00:53:06.949><c> are</c><00:53:07.250><c> principles</c><00:53:07.670><c> here</c><00:53:08.250><c> about</c><00:53:09.190><c> motive</c>

00:53:09.949 --> 00:53:12.489
and<00:53:10.550><c> who</c><00:53:10.829><c> is</c><00:53:11.070><c> it</c><00:53:11.289><c> and</c><00:53:11.489><c> who's</c><00:53:12.030><c> influencing</c>

00:53:12.489 --> 00:53:15.429
and<00:53:13.050><c> what</c><00:53:13.369><c> does</c><00:53:13.570><c> our</c><00:53:13.789><c> Bible</c><00:53:14.170><c> have</c><00:53:14.469><c> to</c><00:53:14.670><c> say</c><00:53:14.849><c> about</c><00:53:15.170><c> it?</c>

00:53:15.630 --> 00:53:19.110
And<00:53:15.849><c> if</c><00:53:15.989><c> when</c><00:53:16.150><c> we're</c><00:53:16.369><c> faced</c><00:53:16.630><c> with</c><00:53:16.849><c> a</c><00:53:17.190><c> change</c><00:53:17.909><c> in</c><00:53:18.590><c> our</c><00:53:18.849><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:53:19.150 --> 00:53:20.269
whatever<00:53:19.429><c> that</c><00:53:19.769><c> change</c><00:53:19.969><c> can</c><00:53:20.210><c> be,</c>

00:53:20.269 --> 00:53:22.489
if<00:53:20.409><c> we</c><00:53:20.530><c> can</c><00:53:20.710><c> follow</c><00:53:20.889><c> those</c><00:53:21.150><c> principles,</c>

00:53:22.750 --> 00:53:25.769
then<00:53:22.969><c> maybe</c><00:53:23.369><c> the</c><00:53:23.650><c> changes</c><00:53:23.969><c> that</c><00:53:24.170><c> are</c><00:53:24.429><c> introduced</c><00:53:24.889><c> are</c><00:53:25.230><c> wholesome</c>

00:53:25.769 --> 00:53:29.789
and<00:53:26.650><c> better</c><00:53:27.090><c> and</c><00:53:27.630><c> edifying</c><00:53:28.250><c> and</c><00:53:28.829><c> give</c><00:53:29.010><c> glory</c><00:53:29.329><c> in</c><00:53:29.510><c> the</c><00:53:29.630><c> house</c>

00:53:29.789 --> 00:53:30.789
of<00:53:30.050><c> God.</c>

00:53:31.170 --> 00:53:33.909
So<00:53:31.690><c> brothers</c><00:53:31.969><c> and</c><00:53:32.170><c> sisters,</c><00:53:32.369><c> those</c><00:53:32.530><c> are</c><00:53:32.650><c> some</c><00:53:32.809><c> of</c><00:53:32.969><c> the</c><00:53:33.150><c> simple</c><00:53:33.409><c> things</c>

00:53:33.909 --> 00:53:35.809
that<00:53:34.829><c> we've</c><00:53:35.230><c> thought</c><00:53:35.449><c> of,</c>

00:53:36.170 --> 00:53:39.949
and<00:53:36.429><c> it</c><00:53:36.670><c> might</c><00:53:36.949><c> be</c><00:53:37.550><c> that</c><00:53:38.030><c> we</c><00:53:38.289><c> can</c><00:53:38.449><c> just</c><00:53:38.650><c> return</c><00:53:38.929><c> to</c><00:53:39.190><c> our</c><00:53:39.429><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:53:39.949 --> 00:53:42.050
and<00:53:40.170><c> apply</c><00:53:40.469><c> some</c><00:53:40.750><c> of</c><00:53:40.909><c> these</c><00:53:41.170><c> things,</c>

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and<00:53:43.190><c> maybe</c><00:53:43.710><c> the</c><00:53:44.570><c> blessing</c><00:53:44.849><c> of</c><00:53:45.050><c> the</c><00:53:45.190><c> Ecclesia</c><00:53:45.730><c> is</c><00:53:46.110><c> enriched</c><00:53:46.710><c> because</c><00:53:47.389><c> of</c><00:53:47.590><c> it.</c>

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Thank<00:53:48.250><c> you.</c>