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Now,<00:11:45.639><c> I</c><00:11:45.779><c> may</c><00:11:46.000><c> be</c><00:11:46.259><c> wrong,</c>

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but<00:11:48.120><c> if</c><00:11:48.600><c> there's</c><00:11:49.139><c> anyone</c><00:11:49.539><c> here</c><00:11:49.799><c> who</c><00:11:49.980><c> has</c><00:11:50.120><c> never</c><00:11:50.419><c> sinned,</c>

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can<00:11:51.519><c> you</c><00:11:51.759><c> please</c><00:11:52.039><c> raise</c><00:11:52.220><c> your</c><00:11:52.379><c> hand?</c>

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I'm<00:11:59.440><c> not</c><00:11:59.600><c> going</c><00:11:59.759><c> to</c><00:11:59.840><c> associate</c><00:12:00.240><c> with</c><00:12:00.399><c> you</c><00:12:00.620><c> people.</c>

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I<00:12:01.159><c> mean,</c><00:12:01.419><c> this</c><00:12:01.600><c> is</c><00:12:01.759><c> ridiculous.</c>

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Obviously,<00:12:05.080><c> the</c><00:12:05.200><c> need</c><00:12:05.340><c> hasn't</c><00:12:05.659><c> changed.</c>

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The<00:12:10.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:12:10.519><c> is</c><00:12:10.720><c> the</c><00:12:10.940><c> place</c><00:12:11.279><c> for</c><00:12:11.620><c> working</c><00:12:11.879><c> our</c><00:12:12.139><c> life</c><00:12:12.340><c> and</c><00:12:12.539><c> forgiveness,</c>

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just<00:12:13.179><c> like</c><00:12:13.320><c> the</c><00:12:13.559><c> temple</c><00:12:13.820><c> was.</c>

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If<00:12:15.860><c> Ecclesia</c><00:12:16.279><c> doesn't</c><00:12:16.720><c> have</c><00:12:17.000><c> a</c><00:12:17.220><c> forgiving</c><00:12:17.519><c> nature,</c>

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I<00:12:19.620><c> mean,</c><00:12:19.720><c> I</c><00:12:19.820><c> don't</c><00:12:19.980><c> think</c><00:12:20.080><c> there's</c><00:12:20.259><c> anything</c><00:12:20.539><c> worse</c><00:12:20.799><c> than</c><00:12:20.980><c> I</c>

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hear<00:12:21.200><c> somebody</c><00:12:21.559><c> say,</c>

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I<00:12:22.220><c> mean,</c><00:12:22.360><c> I</c><00:12:22.720><c> actually</c><00:12:23.139><c> know</c><00:12:23.559><c> of</c><00:12:23.860><c> this.</c>

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This<00:12:26.340><c> may</c><00:12:26.519><c> be</c><00:12:26.679><c> hard</c><00:12:26.919><c> to</c><00:12:27.179><c> believe,</c>

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but<00:12:28.120><c> I</c><00:12:28.279><c> actually</c><00:12:28.580><c> know</c><00:12:28.799><c> of</c><00:12:28.960><c> some</c><00:12:29.159><c> Christadelphians</c>

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who<00:12:29.899><c> haven't</c><00:12:30.080><c> spoken</c><00:12:30.460><c> to</c><00:12:30.620><c> each</c><00:12:30.799><c> other</c><00:12:31.000><c> for</c><00:12:31.279><c> years,</c>

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because<00:12:32.879><c> they</c><00:12:33.000><c> don't</c><00:12:33.200><c> agree</c><00:12:33.460><c> with</c><00:12:33.600><c> each</c><00:12:33.820><c> other</c><00:12:33.960><c> on</c><00:12:34.139><c> some</c><00:12:34.279><c> issue.</c>

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They<00:12:36.139><c> literally</c><00:12:36.559><c> haven't</c><00:12:36.879><c> spoken</c><00:12:37.259><c> to</c><00:12:37.440><c> each</c><00:12:37.580><c> other.</c>

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And<00:12:39.419><c> then</c><00:12:39.759><c> I</c><00:12:40.179><c> even</c><00:12:40.399><c> know</c><00:12:40.559><c> of</c><00:12:40.659><c> some</c><00:12:40.779><c> Christadelphians</c>

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who<00:12:41.360><c> are</c><00:12:41.519><c> related</c><00:12:42.059><c> by</c><00:12:43.019><c> blood</c><00:12:43.360><c> also.</c>

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And<00:12:44.720><c> if</c><00:12:44.840><c> I</c><00:12:45.019><c> say</c><00:12:45.200><c> to</c><00:12:45.320><c> them,</c>

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do<00:12:47.019><c> you</c><00:12:47.139><c> really</c><00:12:47.440><c> believe</c><00:12:47.700><c> your</c><00:12:47.860><c> brother</c><00:12:48.059><c> is</c><00:12:48.120><c> going</c><00:12:48.259><c> to</c><00:12:48.360><c> be</c><00:12:48.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:12:48.720><c> kingdom?</c>

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Oh,<00:12:50.179><c> yeah,</c><00:12:50.320><c> God</c><00:12:50.539><c> will</c><00:12:50.740><c> decide</c><00:12:51.059><c> that.</c>

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When<00:12:54.500><c> do</c><00:12:54.659><c> you</c><00:12:54.820><c> intend</c><00:12:55.000><c> to</c><00:12:55.200><c> make</c><00:12:55.340><c> up</c><00:12:55.500><c> with</c><00:12:55.679><c> him?</c>

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Oh,<00:12:56.720><c> everything</c><00:12:56.960><c> will</c><00:12:57.100><c> be</c><00:12:57.279><c> all</c><00:12:57.399><c> right</c><00:12:57.480><c> in</c><00:12:57.600><c> the</c><00:12:57.759><c> kingdom</c><00:12:58.019><c> age.</c>

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Really?

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Well,<00:13:01.120><c> it</c><00:13:01.259><c> may</c><00:13:01.440><c> be</c><00:13:01.659><c> all</c><00:13:01.820><c> right,</c>

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but<00:13:02.220><c> you</c><00:13:02.399><c> may</c><00:13:02.620><c> not</c><00:13:02.759><c> be</c><00:13:02.940><c> around</c><00:13:03.299><c> to</c><00:13:03.539><c> enjoy</c><00:13:03.919><c> it.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:13:07.980><c> is</c><00:13:08.159><c> something</c><00:13:08.519><c> that</c><00:13:08.740><c> is</c><00:13:08.879><c> so,</c><00:13:09.039><c> I</c><00:13:09.139><c> think,</c><00:13:09.639><c> fundamental</c><00:13:09.980><c> to</c><00:13:10.179><c> a</c>

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first<00:13:10.539><c> principle</c>

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that<00:13:11.779><c> the</c><00:13:12.100><c> idea</c><00:13:12.820><c> of</c><00:13:16.139><c> separating</c><00:13:17.080><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:13:19.360><c> not</c><00:13:19.659><c> being</c><00:13:19.919><c> willing</c><00:13:20.120><c> to</c><00:13:20.480><c> offer</c><00:13:20.659><c> forgiveness</c><00:13:21.159><c> for</c><00:13:21.440><c> any</c><00:13:21.799><c> offense</c><00:13:22.259><c> is</c>

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inherently<00:13:23.580><c> wrong.</c>

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Now,<00:13:25.259><c> Christadelphians</c><00:13:25.919><c> often</c><00:13:26.360><c> use</c><00:13:26.639><c> the</c><00:13:26.799><c> word</c><00:13:27.019><c> offense</c><00:13:27.700><c> in</c><00:13:28.399><c> a</c>

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very<00:13:28.879><c> offensive</c><00:13:29.360><c> way.</c>

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Am<00:13:35.620><c> I</c><00:13:35.779><c> right?</c>

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I<00:13:36.759><c> mean,</c><00:13:36.960><c> someone</c><00:13:37.299><c> will</c><00:13:37.559><c> say</c><00:13:38.019><c> to</c><00:13:38.360><c> you,</c>

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I'm<00:13:45.000><c> very</c><00:13:45.279><c> offended</c><00:13:45.720><c> by</c><00:13:45.919><c> what</c><00:13:46.120><c> you</c><00:13:46.360><c> said.</c>

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And<00:13:50.220><c> I</c><00:13:50.399><c> wonder</c><00:13:50.639><c> sometimes</c><00:13:51.279><c> if</c><00:13:52.299><c> they</c><00:13:52.519><c> have</c><00:13:52.639><c> a</c><00:13:52.860><c> clue</c><00:13:52.980><c> what</c><00:13:53.179><c> the</c>

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word<00:13:53.600><c> offense</c><00:13:53.980><c> means.</c>

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I<00:13:56.500><c> think</c><00:13:56.779><c> a</c><00:13:56.940><c> lot</c><00:13:57.139><c> of</c><00:13:57.320><c> times</c><00:13:57.500><c> we</c><00:13:57.679><c> use</c><00:13:57.899><c> the</c><00:13:58.120><c> word</c><00:13:58.279><c> offense</c><00:13:58.820><c> in</c>

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this<00:13:59.740><c> way.</c>

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We<00:14:02.019><c> take</c><00:14:02.279><c> it</c><00:14:02.480><c> to</c><00:14:02.659><c> mean</c><00:14:03.120><c> you</c><00:14:04.919><c> have</c><00:14:05.720><c> stepped</c><00:14:06.039><c> on</c><00:14:06.279><c> my</c><00:14:06.559><c> ego.</c>

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Now,<00:14:10.820><c> the</c><00:14:11.100><c> word</c><00:14:11.340><c> offense</c><00:14:11.679><c> in</c><00:14:11.919><c> Scripture</c><00:14:12.419><c> has</c><00:14:13.100><c> only</c><00:14:13.399><c> one</c><00:14:13.639><c> meaning.</c>

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It's<00:14:14.860><c> putting</c><00:14:15.039><c> a</c><00:14:15.399><c> stumbling</c><00:14:15.700><c> block</c><00:14:16.100><c> in</c><00:14:16.320><c> the</c><00:14:16.379><c> way</c><00:14:16.559><c> of</c><00:14:16.840><c> someone</c>

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that<00:14:17.860><c> prevents</c><00:14:18.159><c> him</c><00:14:18.379><c> going</c><00:14:18.679><c> the</c><00:14:18.799><c> way</c><00:14:18.940><c> of</c><00:14:19.080><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:14:21.940><c> the</c><00:14:22.100><c> only</c><00:14:22.320><c> meaning</c><00:14:22.559><c> I</c><00:14:22.740><c> can</c><00:14:23.000><c> find</c><00:14:23.220><c> in</c><00:14:23.379><c> the</c><00:14:23.480><c> New</c><00:14:23.659><c> Testament,</c><00:14:24.100><c> period.</c>

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So<00:14:24.580><c> we</c><00:14:26.220><c> offend</c><00:14:26.620><c> someone</c><00:14:27.059><c> when</c><00:14:27.279><c> we</c><00:14:27.519><c> prevent</c><00:14:27.960><c> them</c><00:14:28.220><c> from</c><00:14:28.440><c> taking</c>

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the<00:14:29.039><c> path</c><00:14:29.279><c> of</c><00:14:29.399><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:14:36.440><c> knowing</c><00:14:36.500><c> this,</c><00:14:37.879><c> I</c><00:14:38.019><c> have</c><00:14:38.179><c> always</c><00:14:38.419><c> found</c><00:14:38.600><c> it</c><00:14:38.720><c> very</c><00:14:38.940><c> hard</c>

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to<00:14:39.259><c> get</c><00:14:39.419><c> offended.</c>

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If<00:14:41.779><c> you</c><00:14:41.980><c> come</c><00:14:42.139><c> up</c><00:14:42.320><c> to</c><00:14:42.419><c> me</c><00:14:42.539><c> after</c><00:14:42.820><c> this</c><00:14:43.019><c> and</c><00:14:43.019><c> you</c><00:14:43.220><c> tell</c><00:14:43.320><c> me</c><00:14:43.460><c> this</c>

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is<00:14:43.860><c> a</c><00:14:43.899><c> terrible</c><00:14:44.299><c> talk</c>

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and<00:14:44.679><c> you</c><00:14:44.779><c> really</c><00:14:44.980><c> didn't</c><00:14:45.139><c> agree</c><00:14:45.360><c> with</c><00:14:45.559><c> anything</c><00:14:45.820><c> I</c><00:14:46.100><c> say,</c>

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I'm<00:14:46.659><c> not</c><00:14:46.820><c> going</c><00:14:46.960><c> to</c><00:14:47.000><c> be</c><00:14:47.200><c> offended,</c><00:14:48.220><c> I</c><00:14:48.340><c> won't</c><00:14:48.559><c> think</c><00:14:48.700><c> you're</c>

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too<00:14:49.059><c> intelligent,</c>

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but<00:14:50.019><c> I'm</c><00:14:50.139><c> not</c><00:14:50.299><c> going</c><00:14:50.440><c> to</c><00:14:50.539><c> be</c><00:14:50.740><c> offended.</c>

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That's<00:14:51.960><c> your</c><00:14:52.120><c> opinion</c><00:14:52.539><c> and</c><00:14:52.679><c> you</c><00:14:52.840><c> are</c><00:14:53.059><c> entitled</c><00:14:53.500><c> to</c><00:14:53.740><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:54.539><c> you</c><00:14:54.639><c> might</c><00:14:54.860><c> even</c><00:14:55.139><c> tell</c><00:14:55.299><c> me</c><00:14:55.860><c> some</c><00:14:56.120><c> things</c><00:14:56.360><c> about</c><00:14:56.559><c> what</c><00:14:56.720><c> I</c>

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said<00:14:57.080><c> that</c><00:14:57.299><c> was</c><00:14:57.519><c> wrong,</c>

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and<00:14:58.759><c> I</c><00:14:58.919><c> may</c><00:14:59.100><c> learn</c><00:14:59.340><c> from</c><00:14:59.559><c> it.</c>

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I<00:15:01.159><c> don't</c><00:15:01.360><c> pretend</c><00:15:01.679><c> to</c><00:15:01.879><c> be</c><00:15:02.000><c> the</c><00:15:02.080><c> most</c><00:15:02.340><c> tactful</c><00:15:02.740><c> person</c><00:15:03.080><c> in</c><00:15:03.240><c> the</c><00:15:03.379><c> world,</c>

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but<00:15:04.419><c> please</c><00:15:04.700><c> don't</c><00:15:04.940><c> attack</c><00:15:05.220><c> my</c><00:15:05.539><c> personality</c><00:15:06.080><c> for</c><00:15:06.299><c> being</c><00:15:06.559><c> the</c>

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way<00:15:06.860><c> I</c><00:15:07.100><c> am.</c>

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If<00:15:10.039><c> you</c><00:15:10.240><c> wanted</c><00:15:10.440><c> a</c><00:15:10.620><c> low</c><00:15:10.940><c>-key</c><00:15:11.600><c> sort</c><00:15:11.899><c> of</c><00:15:12.240><c> British</c><00:15:12.539><c>-type</c><00:15:12.840><c> speaker,</c>

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that's<00:15:13.440><c> who</c><00:15:13.559><c> you</c><00:15:13.720><c> should</c><00:15:13.840><c> have</c><00:15:14.000><c> got.</c>

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But<00:15:16.700><c> the</c><00:15:17.220><c> basic</c><00:15:17.639><c> idea</c><00:15:18.100><c> is</c><00:15:18.320><c> that</c><00:15:18.639><c> offense</c><00:15:19.299><c> doesn't</c><00:15:20.460><c> come</c><00:15:20.820><c> about</c>

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or<00:15:24.639><c> they</c><00:15:24.740><c> didn't</c><00:15:24.960><c> say</c><00:15:25.179><c> it</c><00:15:25.320><c> the</c><00:15:25.460><c> right</c><00:15:25.720><c> way</c>

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or<00:15:26.679><c> they</c><00:15:26.899><c> said</c><00:15:27.100><c> something</c><00:15:27.559><c> that</c><00:15:27.980><c> I</c><00:15:28.159><c> felt</c><00:15:28.320><c> was</c><00:15:28.639><c> tactless.</c>

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Usually<00:15:29.500><c> I</c><00:15:29.700><c> feel</c><00:15:29.899><c> things</c><00:15:30.159><c> are</c><00:15:30.360><c> tactless</c><00:15:30.779><c> that</c><00:15:31.179><c> step</c><00:15:31.379><c> on</c><00:15:31.559><c> my</c><00:15:31.740><c> toes</c>

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because<00:15:32.080><c> I've</c><00:15:32.259><c> done</c><00:15:32.419><c> something</c><00:15:32.720><c> wrong.</c>

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You<00:15:34.740><c> never</c><00:15:34.980><c> get</c><00:15:35.200><c> offended</c><00:15:35.500><c> when</c><00:15:35.679><c> you</c><00:15:35.860><c> feel</c><00:15:36.000><c> you're</c><00:15:36.220><c> right,</c><00:15:36.500><c> do</c><00:15:36.620><c> you?</c>

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I<00:15:37.259><c> mean,</c><00:15:37.460><c> if</c><00:15:37.580><c> you</c><00:15:37.740><c> know</c><00:15:37.960><c> really</c><00:15:38.220><c> that</c><00:15:38.360><c> you're</c><00:15:38.580><c> right</c>

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and<00:15:39.340><c> someone</c><00:15:39.639><c> says</c><00:15:39.879><c> you're</c><00:15:40.059><c> doing</c><00:15:40.299><c> something</c><00:15:40.519><c> wrong,</c>

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do<00:15:41.259><c> you</c><00:15:41.360><c> really</c><00:15:41.639><c> get</c><00:15:41.860><c> offended?</c>

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Not<00:15:43.019><c> unless</c><00:15:43.220><c> you're</c><00:15:43.500><c> a</c><00:15:43.620><c> terribly</c><00:15:44.080><c> sensitive</c><00:15:44.519><c> person.</c>

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But<00:15:48.019><c> we</c><00:15:48.220><c> get</c><00:15:48.440><c> very</c><00:15:48.919><c> easily,</c><00:15:49.340><c> we</c><00:15:49.460><c> get</c><00:15:49.639><c> the</c><00:15:49.860><c> most</c><00:15:50.120><c> offended</c>

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when<00:15:50.799><c> we</c><00:15:50.919><c> have</c><00:15:51.059><c> the</c><00:15:51.200><c> most</c><00:15:51.379><c> to</c><00:15:51.620><c> defend.</c>

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Now,<00:15:54.580><c> it's</c><00:15:54.840><c> easy</c><00:15:55.120><c> to</c><00:15:55.320><c> forgive</c><00:15:55.580><c> someone</c><00:15:55.879><c> like</c><00:15:56.200><c> that.</c>

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But<00:15:57.299><c> the</c><00:15:57.559><c> bottom</c><00:15:57.820><c> line</c><00:15:58.120><c> is,</c><00:15:59.799><c> how</c><00:16:00.019><c> can</c><00:16:00.240><c> we</c><00:16:00.460><c> ask</c><00:16:00.759><c> for</c><00:16:01.019><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:16:02.559><c> how</c><00:16:02.720><c> can</c><00:16:02.899><c> we</c><00:16:03.039><c> ask</c><00:16:03.220><c> for</c><00:16:03.519><c> forgiveness</c>

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if<00:16:04.500><c> we're</c><00:16:04.860><c> not</c><00:16:05.120><c> willing</c><00:16:05.399><c> to</c><00:16:05.639><c> give</c><00:16:05.779><c> it?</c>

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That<00:16:07.620><c> is</c><00:16:08.139><c> extremely</c><00:16:08.980><c> important</c><00:16:09.519><c> first</c><00:16:09.820><c> principle.</c>

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And<00:16:11.440><c> I</c><00:16:11.580><c> think</c><00:16:11.720><c> that's</c><00:16:12.059><c> a</c><00:16:12.259><c> collective</c><00:16:12.600><c> responsibility</c><00:16:13.399><c> as</c><00:16:13.700><c> individuals</c>

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and<00:16:16.139><c> as</c><00:16:16.659><c> an</c><00:16:16.879><c> ecclesiast.</c>

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Now,<00:16:18.840><c> first</c><00:16:19.500><c> I</c><00:16:19.799><c> point</c><00:16:20.100><c> this</c><00:16:20.320><c> out</c><00:16:20.539><c> and</c><00:16:20.639><c> I</c><00:16:20.740><c> want</c><00:16:20.899><c> to</c><00:16:21.059><c> turn</c><00:16:21.320><c> to</c><00:16:21.500><c> this,</c>

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Matthew<00:16:22.320><c> 18</c><00:16:22.740><c> and</c><00:16:22.879><c> 21,</c>

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because<00:16:24.059><c> so</c><00:16:24.460><c> often</c><00:16:24.720><c> I've</c><00:16:25.000><c> heard</c><00:16:25.159><c> even</c><00:16:25.460><c> on</c><00:16:25.700><c> arranging</c><00:16:26.059><c> boards,</c>

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well,<00:16:27.039><c> we've</c><00:16:28.019><c> done</c><00:16:28.159><c> that</c><00:16:28.360><c> with</c><00:16:28.500><c> this</c><00:16:28.740><c> brother</c><00:16:28.899><c> three</c><00:16:29.139><c> or</c><00:16:29.299><c> four</c><00:16:29.500><c> times</c>

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and<00:16:29.879><c> he</c><00:16:30.179><c> still</c><00:16:30.379><c> does</c><00:16:30.620><c> the</c><00:16:30.879><c> same</c><00:16:31.179><c> thing.</c>

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Gee,<00:16:34.580><c> I'm</c><00:16:34.799><c> real</c><00:16:35.000><c> surprised</c><00:16:35.539><c> that</c><00:16:35.740><c> we</c><00:16:36.019><c> keep</c><00:16:36.259><c> sinning,</c><00:16:36.860><c> aren't</c><00:16:37.059><c> you?</c>

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Oh,<00:16:40.019><c> that</c><00:16:40.299><c> person</c><00:16:40.620><c> always</c><00:16:41.019><c> does</c><00:16:41.299><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:16:44.100><c> one</c><00:16:44.539><c> of</c><00:16:44.620><c> those</c><00:16:44.820><c> things</c><00:16:45.039><c> that</c><00:16:45.220><c> you</c><00:16:45.320><c> hear</c><00:16:45.480><c> in</c><00:16:45.740><c> marriages,</c><00:16:46.200><c> right?</c>

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If<00:16:47.059><c> you</c><00:16:47.220><c> get</c><00:16:47.399><c> your</c><00:16:47.559><c> wife</c><00:16:47.799><c> mad</c><00:16:48.039><c> at</c><00:16:48.139><c> you,</c><00:16:48.340><c> you</c><00:16:48.480><c> always</c><00:16:48.860><c> do</c><00:16:49.139><c> that.</c>

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Of<00:16:49.759><c> course</c><00:16:49.980><c> I</c><00:16:50.100><c> always</c><00:16:50.320><c> do</c><00:16:50.500><c> that.</c>

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If<00:16:51.580><c> I</c><00:16:51.679><c> didn't</c><00:16:51.840><c> always</c><00:16:52.080><c> do</c><00:16:52.240><c> that,</c><00:16:52.519><c> it</c><00:16:52.519><c> wouldn't</c><00:16:52.519><c> be</c><00:16:52.700><c> me.</c>

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Because<00:16:55.379><c> my</c><00:16:55.620><c> wife</c><00:16:55.960><c> never</c><00:16:56.440><c> always</c><00:16:56.820><c> does</c><00:16:57.059><c> anything.</c>

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She's<00:16:57.700><c> one</c><00:16:57.840><c> of</c><00:16:57.940><c> these</c><00:16:58.100><c> people</c><00:16:58.320><c> who's</c><00:16:58.639><c> always</c><00:16:58.899><c> surprising</c><00:16:59.419><c> me,</c>

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which<00:17:01.019><c> is</c><00:17:01.200><c> one</c><00:17:01.379><c> of</c><00:17:01.460><c> the</c><00:17:01.600><c> most</c><00:17:01.820><c> wonderful</c><00:17:02.179><c> things</c><00:17:02.460><c> about</c><00:17:02.740><c> my</c><00:17:02.960><c> marriage.</c>

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I<00:17:03.419><c> never</c><00:17:03.759><c> know</c><00:17:04.039><c> what's</c><00:17:04.299><c> coming</c><00:17:04.519><c> next.</c>

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But<00:17:05.619><c> take</c><00:17:05.779><c> a</c><00:17:05.900><c> look</c><00:17:06.019><c> at</c><00:17:06.200><c> this.</c>

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Jesus<00:17:07.720><c> said</c><00:17:07.960><c> seven</c><00:17:08.500><c> times</c><00:17:08.900><c> 70.</c>

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I<00:17:09.500><c> recently,</c><00:17:11.000><c> in</c><00:17:11.259><c> an</c><00:17:11.359><c> AB</c><00:17:11.640><c> meeting</c><00:17:11.960><c> on</c><00:17:12.220><c> some</c><00:17:12.380><c> issue,</c>

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literally<00:17:14.000><c> someone</c><00:17:14.420><c> said</c><00:17:14.920><c> that</c><00:17:16.200><c> we've</c><00:17:16.599><c> gone</c><00:17:16.660><c> over</c><00:17:16.799><c> this</c><00:17:16.920><c> three</c><00:17:17.160><c> or</c>

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four<00:17:17.380><c> times</c>

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and<00:17:18.440><c> we</c><00:17:18.900><c> just</c><00:17:19.099><c> don't</c><00:17:19.200><c> get</c><00:17:19.380><c> through</c><00:17:19.539><c> to</c><00:17:19.680><c> him.</c>

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So<00:17:20.579><c> I</c><00:17:20.660><c> says,</c><00:17:21.039><c> okay,</c><00:17:21.259><c> we</c><00:17:21.400><c> got</c><00:17:21.880><c> 250</c><00:17:23.519><c> times</c><00:17:24.539><c> more.</c>

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And<00:17:25.019><c> he</c><00:17:25.079><c> said,</c><00:17:25.900><c> and</c><00:17:26.160><c> I</c><00:17:26.339><c> did</c><00:17:26.420><c> it</c><00:17:26.599><c> very</c><00:17:26.819><c> deliberately.</c>

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He<00:17:28.180><c> says,</c><00:17:28.859><c> where'd</c><00:17:29.180><c> you</c><00:17:29.240><c> get</c><00:17:29.380><c> that</c><00:17:29.579><c> number</c><00:17:29.839><c> from?</c>

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I<00:17:31.240><c> says,</c><00:17:32.380><c> got</c><00:17:32.579><c> a</c><00:17:32.759><c> better</c><00:17:32.920><c> scriptural</c><00:17:33.380><c> number?</c>

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Kind<00:17:34.599><c> of</c><00:17:34.759><c> being</c><00:17:34.980><c> socratic,</c><00:17:35.759><c> trying</c><00:17:35.900><c> to</c><00:17:36.160><c> press</c><00:17:36.420><c> out</c><00:17:36.599><c> of</c><00:17:36.680><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:37.500><c> he</c><00:17:37.640><c> couldn't</c><00:17:37.960><c> remember</c><00:17:38.460><c> seven</c><00:17:38.779><c> times</c><00:17:39.140><c> 70.</c>

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I<00:17:41.019><c> said,</c><00:17:41.700><c> well,</c><00:17:42.099><c> really</c><00:17:42.440><c> we</c><00:17:42.640><c> have</c><00:17:42.880><c> 487</c><00:17:44.160><c> more</c><00:17:44.440><c> times</c><00:17:44.740><c> to</c><00:17:44.980><c> go</c><00:17:45.140><c> on</c>

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this<00:17:45.519><c> one,</c><00:17:45.759><c> don't</c><00:17:45.920><c> we?</c>

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And<00:17:47.240><c> then</c><00:17:47.480><c> he</c><00:17:47.940><c> remembered</c><00:17:48.319><c> the</c><00:17:48.559><c> scripture.</c>

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Forgiveness,<00:17:51.799><c> of</c><00:17:51.799><c> course,</c><00:17:53.000><c> what's</c><00:17:53.559><c> going</c><00:17:53.680><c> to</c><00:17:53.799><c> happen</c><00:17:54.000><c> now?</c>

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You're<00:17:54.480><c> going</c><00:17:54.539><c> to</c><00:17:54.559><c> have</c><00:17:54.720><c> somebody</c><00:17:54.980><c> keep</c><00:17:55.259><c> score,</c><00:17:55.579><c> right?</c>

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You'll<00:17:56.460><c> say,</c><00:17:56.980><c> I</c><00:17:56.980><c> forgive</c><00:17:57.259><c> this</c><00:17:57.500><c> one,</c><00:17:57.680><c> this</c><00:17:57.880><c> one.</c>

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And<00:17:58.500><c> I'll</c><00:17:58.680><c> say,</c><00:17:58.900><c> what</c><00:17:59.079><c> are</c><00:17:59.200><c> we</c><00:17:59.319><c> up</c><00:17:59.519><c> to?</c>

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How<00:18:00.039><c> many</c><00:18:00.200><c> more</c><00:18:00.380><c> times?</c>

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Literally,<00:18:01.640><c> we</c><00:18:01.839><c> know.</c>

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What<00:18:02.380><c> was</c><00:18:02.579><c> Jesus</c><00:18:02.940><c> saying?</c>

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He<00:18:03.680><c> was</c><00:18:03.819><c> saying</c><00:18:04.039><c> there</c><00:18:04.200><c> are</c><00:18:04.440><c> no</c><00:18:04.660><c> limits</c><00:18:04.900><c> on</c><00:18:05.220><c> forgiveness.</c>

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The<00:18:06.420><c> only</c><00:18:06.660><c> limit</c><00:18:06.900><c> on</c><00:18:07.180><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:07.500><c> is</c><00:18:07.720><c> when</c><00:18:07.859><c> a</c><00:18:07.960><c> person</c><00:18:08.279><c> no</c><00:18:08.519><c> longer</c><00:18:08.740><c> wants</c><00:18:08.980><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:09.359><c> forgiven,</c><00:18:11.200><c> right?</c>

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If<00:18:13.799><c> someone</c><00:18:14.400><c> needs</c><00:18:15.880><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:16.519><c> and</c><00:18:17.039><c> you</c><00:18:17.220><c> offer</c><00:18:17.519><c> it</c><00:18:17.700><c> and</c><00:18:17.759><c> they</c><00:18:18.059><c> accept</c><00:18:18.299><c> it,</c>

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that<00:18:19.380><c> wipes</c><00:18:19.640><c> the</c><00:18:19.900><c> slate</c><00:18:20.059><c> clean.</c>

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Start<00:18:21.079><c> again.</c>

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Look<00:18:23.640><c> at</c><00:18:23.799><c> the</c><00:18:23.900><c> verse</c><00:18:24.440><c> 21,</c><00:18:24.920><c> 22,</c><00:18:26.279><c> for</c><00:18:26.440><c> where,</c><00:18:26.819><c> I'm</c><00:18:27.079><c> sorry,</c><00:18:27.779><c> Matthew,</c>

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I<00:18:28.640><c> got</c><00:18:28.819><c> the</c><00:18:29.000><c> right</c><00:18:29.220><c> reference</c><00:18:29.519><c> here.</c>

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Oh,<00:18:30.859><c> yeah,</c><00:18:31.279><c> Peter</c><00:18:31.700><c> came</c><00:18:32.039><c> to</c><00:18:32.119><c> him</c><00:18:32.220><c> and</c><00:18:32.279><c> said,</c>

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Lord,<00:18:32.619><c> how</c><00:18:33.000><c> oft</c><00:18:33.339><c> shall</c><00:18:33.500><c> my</c><00:18:33.720><c> brother</c><00:18:34.039><c> sin</c><00:18:34.259><c> against</c><00:18:34.579><c> me</c><00:18:34.740><c> and</c><00:18:34.839><c> I</c>

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forgive<00:18:35.299><c> him?</c>

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Now,<00:18:36.359><c> the</c><00:18:36.519><c> reason</c><00:18:36.880><c> Peter</c><00:18:37.180><c> asked</c><00:18:37.519><c> that</c><00:18:37.759><c> question</c><00:18:38.099><c> is</c><00:18:38.319><c> because</c>

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the<00:18:38.900><c> Jews</c><00:18:39.259><c> in</c><00:18:39.960><c> the</c><00:18:40.220><c> Talmud</c>

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have<00:18:40.859><c> very</c><00:18:41.700><c> strict</c><00:18:42.759><c> guidelines</c><00:18:43.740><c> on</c><00:18:44.019><c> how</c><00:18:44.200><c> to</c><00:18:44.420><c> offer</c><00:18:44.619><c> forgiveness.</c>

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It<00:18:46.079><c> was</c><00:18:46.319><c> really</c><00:18:46.660><c> very</c><00:18:47.000><c> complicated.</c>

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For<00:18:48.180><c> many</c><00:18:48.440><c> different</c><00:18:48.819><c> sins,</c><00:18:49.299><c> there</c><00:18:49.380><c> were</c><00:18:49.539><c> all</c><00:18:49.720><c> kinds</c><00:18:49.980><c> of</c><00:18:50.200><c> modes</c><00:18:50.420><c> of</c>

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how<00:18:50.759><c> you</c><00:18:51.039><c> offered</c><00:18:51.259><c> forgiveness.</c>

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For<00:18:51.980><c> example,</c><00:18:52.200><c> someone</c><00:18:52.440><c> owed</c><00:18:52.660><c> you</c><00:18:52.839><c> money.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:18:54.559><c> could</c><00:18:54.779><c> be</c><00:18:55.039><c> offered</c><00:18:55.220><c> if</c><00:18:55.339><c> they</c><00:18:55.559><c> made</c><00:18:55.799><c> some</c><00:18:56.039><c> partial</c><00:18:56.440><c> payment</c><00:18:57.019><c> and</c><00:18:57.500><c> didn't</c><00:18:57.759><c> have</c><00:18:58.019><c> it</c><00:18:58.220><c> all.</c>

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If<00:18:59.039><c> someone</c><00:18:59.319><c> had</c><00:19:00.140><c> a</c><00:19:00.920><c> debt</c><00:19:01.259><c> in</c><00:19:01.819><c> animals,</c><00:19:02.940><c> while</c><00:19:03.059><c> at</c><00:19:03.220><c> three</c><00:19:03.359><c> or</c><00:19:03.500><c> four,</c>

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they<00:19:04.059><c> had</c><00:19:04.299><c> to</c><00:19:04.660><c> pay</c><00:19:04.900><c> back</c><00:19:05.099><c> a</c><00:19:05.259><c> certain</c><00:19:05.460><c> fraction</c><00:19:05.819><c> before</c><00:19:06.160><c> you</c><00:19:06.319><c> could</c><00:19:06.579><c> forgive</c><00:19:06.779><c> part</c><00:19:07.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:07.319><c> other</c><00:19:07.519><c> debt</c><00:19:07.720><c> and</c><00:19:07.880><c> so</c><00:19:08.019><c> on.</c>

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So<00:19:08.819><c> the</c><00:19:09.039><c> Talmud</c><00:19:09.279><c> had</c><00:19:09.460><c> made</c><00:19:09.599><c> many</c><00:19:09.900><c> complicated</c><00:19:10.519><c> regulations</c>

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of<00:19:11.859><c> how</c><00:19:12.079><c> to</c><00:19:12.140><c> offer</c><00:19:12.339><c> forgiveness.</c>

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We're<00:19:13.700><c> not</c><00:19:13.940><c> given</c><00:19:14.200><c> all</c><00:19:14.519><c> these</c><00:19:14.720><c> complicated</c><00:19:15.259><c> regulations</c><00:19:15.859><c> in</c><00:19:16.059><c> Scripture.</c>

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We're<00:19:16.859><c> given</c><00:19:17.019><c> a</c><00:19:17.240><c> general</c><00:19:17.579><c> principle.</c>

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And<00:19:18.720><c> it's</c><00:19:18.940><c> by</c><00:19:19.259><c> working</c><00:19:19.640><c> this</c><00:19:19.859><c> out</c><00:19:20.079><c> and</c><00:19:20.259><c> refining</c><00:19:20.640><c> our</c><00:19:20.920><c> judgment</c><00:19:21.380><c> and</c><00:19:22.099><c> character</c><00:19:22.460><c> as</c><00:19:22.720><c> people</c>

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that<00:19:23.440><c> we</c><00:19:23.619><c> show</c><00:19:23.900><c> that</c><00:19:24.079><c> we're</c><00:19:24.339><c> fit</c><00:19:24.539><c> to</c><00:19:24.759><c> be</c><00:19:24.920><c> kings</c><00:19:25.220><c> and</c><00:19:25.460><c> priests</c>

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and<00:19:25.940><c> judges</c><00:19:26.259><c> in</c><00:19:26.480><c> the</c><00:19:26.599><c> kingdom.</c>

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So<00:19:32.619><c> he</c><00:19:33.160><c> asked</c><00:19:33.460><c> this</c><00:19:33.720><c> question</c><00:19:34.039><c> and</c><00:19:34.220><c> Jesus</c><00:19:34.579><c> gives</c><00:19:34.819><c> him</c><00:19:35.019><c> the</c>

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answer<00:19:35.559><c> very,</c><00:19:36.400><c> very</c><00:19:36.980><c> succinctly.</c>

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He<00:19:39.619><c> said</c><00:19:39.839><c> seven</c><00:19:40.259><c> times,</c><00:19:40.680><c> and</c><00:19:40.839><c> again,</c><00:19:41.160><c> he</c><00:19:41.279><c> didn't</c><00:19:41.519><c> say</c><00:19:41.779><c> seven</c>

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times<00:19:42.980><c> glibly.</c>

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He<00:19:43.599><c> wasn't</c><00:19:44.000><c> picking</c><00:19:44.319><c> the</c><00:19:44.579><c> number</c><00:19:44.839><c> out</c><00:19:45.059><c> of</c><00:19:45.160><c> the</c><00:19:45.319><c> hat.</c>

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That<00:19:46.019><c> was</c><00:19:46.319><c> a</c><00:19:46.440><c> Talmudic</c><00:19:47.440><c> expression.</c>

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Seven<00:19:48.960><c> times</c><00:19:49.339><c> being</c><00:19:49.640><c> the</c><00:19:49.759><c> number</c><00:19:50.119><c> of</c><00:19:50.980><c> days</c><00:19:51.460><c> that</c><00:19:51.680><c> the</c><00:19:51.819><c> Lord</c>

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created<00:19:52.619><c> the</c><00:19:52.839><c> heavens</c><00:19:53.019><c> and</c><00:19:53.200><c> the</c><00:19:53.359><c> earth</c>

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and<00:19:54.240><c> the</c><00:19:54.599><c> number</c><00:19:54.880><c> for</c><00:19:55.140><c> perfection.</c>

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It<00:19:56.000><c> was</c><00:19:56.200><c> considered</c><00:19:56.579><c> that</c><00:19:56.740><c> if</c><00:19:56.819><c> you</c><00:19:57.039><c> offered</c><00:19:57.279><c> a</c><00:19:57.480><c> person</c><00:19:57.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:19:58.460><c> seven</c><00:19:58.859><c> times</c>

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on<00:19:59.400><c> the</c><00:19:59.539><c> eighth</c><00:19:59.740><c> time,</c><00:20:00.140><c> that</c><00:20:00.259><c> person</c><00:20:00.579><c> was</c><00:20:00.839><c> out</c><00:20:01.039><c> of</c><00:20:01.200><c> the</c><00:20:01.359><c> range</c>

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of<00:20:01.759><c> forgiveness.</c>

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No<00:20:03.200><c> longer</c><00:20:03.519><c> perfect.</c>

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So<00:20:06.299><c> Jesus</c><00:20:06.660><c> just</c><00:20:07.319><c> expands</c><00:20:07.599><c> it</c><00:20:08.099><c> enormously.</c>

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He<00:20:08.839><c> wasn't</c><00:20:09.099><c> just</c><00:20:09.779><c> giving</c><00:20:10.119><c> a</c><00:20:10.299><c> number</c><00:20:10.500><c> now.</c>

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He<00:20:10.859><c> was</c><00:20:11.039><c> giving</c><00:20:11.259><c> a</c><00:20:11.519><c> big</c><00:20:11.720><c> number.</c>

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And<00:20:12.880><c> he</c><00:20:12.980><c> was</c><00:20:13.220><c> saying</c><00:20:13.740><c> to</c><00:20:15.359><c> do</c><00:20:15.539><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:20:17.240><c> forgiveness</c><00:20:17.559><c> comes</c><00:20:20.319><c> about</c><00:20:21.180><c> in</c><00:20:21.960><c> a</c><00:20:22.059><c> kind</c><00:20:22.200><c> of</c><00:20:22.480><c> interesting</c><00:20:22.900><c> way.</c>

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If<00:20:24.000><c> we</c><00:20:24.200><c> confess</c><00:20:24.599><c> our</c><00:20:24.880><c> sins,</c><00:20:25.140><c> he</c><00:20:25.279><c> is</c><00:20:25.460><c> faithful</c><00:20:25.859><c> and</c><00:20:26.099><c> just</c><00:20:26.279><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:20:26.779><c> our</c><00:20:27.099><c> sins</c>

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and<00:20:27.819><c> to</c><00:20:28.019><c> cleanse</c><00:20:28.220><c> us</c><00:20:28.400><c> from</c><00:20:28.700><c> all</c><00:20:29.000><c> unrighteousness.</c>

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That's<00:20:31.980><c> an</c><00:20:32.200><c> important</c><00:20:32.500><c> point</c><00:20:32.759><c> about</c><00:20:33.079><c> forgiveness.</c>

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It's<00:20:35.779><c> very</c><00:20:36.019><c> hard</c><00:20:36.119><c> to</c><00:20:36.380><c> forgive</c><00:20:36.579><c> someone</c><00:20:36.940><c> who</c><00:20:38.440><c> doesn't</c><00:20:38.759><c> ask</c><00:20:39.039><c> for</c><00:20:39.240><c> it</c>

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or<00:20:39.599><c> doesn't</c><00:20:39.819><c> even</c><00:20:40.160><c> recognize</c><00:20:40.579><c> there's</c><00:20:40.819><c> anything</c><00:20:41.119><c> to</c><00:20:41.380><c> forgive.</c>

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Right?

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I<00:20:44.539><c> mean,</c><00:20:45.480><c> if</c><00:20:45.539><c> you're</c><00:20:46.359><c> way</c><00:20:46.519><c> off</c><00:20:46.859><c> base</c>

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and<00:20:48.059><c> I</c><00:20:48.240><c> go</c><00:20:48.440><c> to</c><00:20:48.519><c> you</c><00:20:48.680><c> and</c><00:20:48.720><c> say</c><00:20:48.859><c> you're</c><00:20:49.160><c> forgiven</c><00:20:49.380><c> for</c><00:20:49.619><c> your</c><00:20:49.799><c> sin</c>

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and<00:20:50.059><c> the</c><00:20:50.160><c> person</c><00:20:50.380><c> says,</c><00:20:50.720><c> I</c><00:20:50.740><c> didn't</c><00:20:50.920><c> do</c><00:20:51.099><c> anything</c><00:20:51.339><c> wrong,</c><00:20:52.400><c> there's</c><00:20:52.599><c> no</c><00:20:52.819><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Because<00:20:54.859><c> the</c><00:20:54.960><c> person</c><00:20:55.119><c> never</c><00:20:55.400><c> recognized</c><00:20:55.859><c> in</c><00:20:56.039><c> the</c><00:20:56.140><c> first</c><00:20:56.319><c> place</c>

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there<00:20:57.160><c> was</c><00:20:57.299><c> any</c><00:20:57.519><c> need</c><00:20:57.680><c> for</c><00:20:57.940><c> forgiveness.</c>

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So<00:20:58.460><c> what</c><00:20:58.579><c> you're</c><00:20:58.839><c> offering</c><00:20:59.099><c> him</c><00:20:59.380><c> is</c><00:20:59.920><c> totally</c><00:21:00.220><c> wasted.</c>

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Don't<00:21:04.079><c> thank</c><00:21:04.299><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:21:05.200><c> 1</c><00:21:05.460><c> John</c><00:21:05.700><c> 1</c><00:21:05.980><c> and</c><00:21:06.099><c> 9.</c>

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I'm<00:21:06.819><c> not</c><00:21:07.000><c> telling</c><00:21:07.160><c> you</c><00:21:07.380><c> anything</c><00:21:07.740><c> that</c><00:21:07.980><c> isn't</c><00:21:08.319><c> there.</c>

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Right,<00:21:17.579><c> right.</c>

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No,<00:21:18.299><c> very</c><00:21:18.559><c> deliberately.</c>

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I<00:21:19.220><c> did</c><00:21:19.359><c> that</c><00:21:19.640><c> deliberately</c><00:21:19.960><c> to</c><00:21:20.359><c> show</c><00:21:20.660><c> that</c><00:21:21.039><c> this</c><00:21:21.319><c> is</c><00:21:21.640><c> more</c><00:21:21.880><c> than</c><00:21:22.059><c> one</c><00:21:22.299><c> place</c>

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and<00:21:22.640><c> it</c><00:21:23.460><c> was</c><00:21:23.599><c> part</c><00:21:23.920><c> of</c><00:21:24.039><c> the</c><00:21:24.259><c> common</c><00:21:24.640><c> teaching</c><00:21:25.019><c> of</c><00:21:25.200><c> the</c><00:21:25.319><c> first</c><00:21:25.500><c> century.</c>

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Now,<00:21:27.700><c> this</c><00:21:28.339><c> is</c><00:21:28.619><c> hard.</c>

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Boy,<00:21:29.480><c> I</c><00:21:29.680><c> tell</c><00:21:29.859><c> you,</c><00:21:30.059><c> when</c><00:21:30.420><c> we</c><00:21:30.839><c> mess</c><00:21:31.099><c> up</c><00:21:31.319><c> ourselves</c>

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we<00:21:31.980><c> really</c><00:21:32.599><c> hate</c><00:21:33.380><c> to</c><00:21:33.900><c> confess</c><00:21:34.259><c> it,</c><00:21:34.500><c> don't</c><00:21:34.720><c> we?</c>

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I<00:21:36.359><c> think</c><00:21:36.599><c> I</c><00:21:36.819><c> find</c><00:21:37.079><c> this</c><00:21:37.299><c> very</c><00:21:37.579><c> hard.</c>

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I<00:21:38.359><c> mean,</c><00:21:38.619><c> admitting</c><00:21:38.920><c> you're</c><00:21:39.279><c> wrong</c><00:21:39.680><c> is</c><00:21:40.259><c> not</c><00:21:40.660><c> an</c><00:21:40.900><c> easy</c><00:21:41.200><c> thing.</c>

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I<00:21:43.119><c> mean,</c><00:21:43.960><c> it</c><00:21:44.380><c> really</c><00:21:44.900><c> depresses</c><00:21:45.420><c> our</c><00:21:45.759><c> ego.</c>

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We<00:21:46.180><c> really</c><00:21:46.480><c> have</c><00:21:46.660><c> to</c><00:21:46.859><c> recognize</c><00:21:47.519><c> our</c><00:21:47.859><c> own</c><00:21:48.180><c> fault.</c>

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We<00:21:49.099><c> really</c><00:21:49.400><c> have</c><00:21:49.619><c> to</c><00:21:49.839><c> be</c><00:21:50.400><c> humbled</c><00:21:51.319><c> by</c><00:21:51.619><c> the</c><00:21:51.799><c> experience</c>

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and<00:21:53.000><c> we</c><00:21:53.180><c> have</c><00:21:53.359><c> to</c><00:21:53.700><c> reach</c><00:21:53.960><c> out</c><00:21:54.200><c> and</c><00:21:54.339><c> do</c><00:21:54.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:55.359><c> in</c><00:21:55.579><c> a</c><00:21:55.660><c> sense,</c><00:21:57.279><c> notice</c><00:21:57.660><c> he</c><00:21:57.819><c> confesses</c><00:21:58.319><c> he</c><00:21:58.559><c> is</c><00:21:58.880><c> faithful</c><00:21:59.259><c> and</c><00:21:59.539><c> just</c><00:21:59.720><c> to</c><00:21:59.960><c> forgive.</c>

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If<00:22:02.680><c> we</c><00:22:02.880><c> confess</c><00:22:03.180><c> our</c><00:22:03.440><c> sins,</c><00:22:03.740><c> he</c><00:22:03.740><c> is</c><00:22:03.880><c> faithful</c><00:22:04.160><c> and</c><00:22:04.299><c> just</c>

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and<00:22:04.579><c> will</c><00:22:04.720><c> forgive</c><00:22:04.859><c> us</c><00:22:05.099><c> our</c><00:22:05.220><c> sins</c><00:22:05.319><c> and</c><00:22:05.539><c> purify</c><00:22:05.920><c> us</c><00:22:06.140><c> from</c><00:22:06.319><c> all</c><00:22:06.420><c> unrighteousness.</c>

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So<00:22:07.259><c> if</c><00:22:07.519><c> we</c><00:22:07.700><c> confess,</c><00:22:08.460><c> we</c><00:22:08.640><c> can</c><00:22:08.859><c> end</c><00:22:09.039><c> up</c><00:22:09.220><c> being</c><00:22:09.440><c> righteous.</c>

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It<00:22:11.880><c> doesn't</c><00:22:12.420><c> say</c><00:22:13.000><c> if</c><00:22:13.359><c> we</c><00:22:13.559><c> never</c><00:22:13.880><c> sin,</c><00:22:14.059><c> we're</c><00:22:14.259><c> righteous.</c>

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It<00:22:15.980><c> says</c><00:22:16.099><c> if</c><00:22:16.319><c> we</c><00:22:16.599><c> recognize</c><00:22:17.140><c> our</c><00:22:17.460><c> sins,</c><00:22:17.819><c> we</c><00:22:18.119><c> can</c><00:22:18.359><c> become</c><00:22:18.640><c> righteous.</c>

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And<00:22:19.599><c> that's</c><00:22:20.579><c> really,</c><00:22:21.640><c> boy,</c><00:22:21.880><c> is</c><00:22:22.059><c> that</c><00:22:22.220><c> hopeful.</c>

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I<00:22:23.940><c> think</c><00:22:24.059><c> that's</c><00:22:24.339><c> just</c><00:22:24.680><c> absolutely</c><00:22:25.059><c> wonderful.</c>

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And<00:22:26.819><c> God</c><00:22:26.980><c> is</c><00:22:27.240><c> offering</c><00:22:27.460><c> us</c><00:22:27.799><c> every</c><00:22:28.099><c> mercy</c><00:22:28.660><c> if</c><00:22:29.599><c> we</c><00:22:29.819><c> are</c><00:22:30.039><c> willing</c>

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to<00:22:31.559><c> work</c><00:22:31.839><c> hard</c><00:22:32.119><c> and</c><00:22:32.279><c> harder</c><00:22:32.440><c> to</c><00:22:32.700><c> overcome</c><00:22:33.519><c> what</c><00:22:33.839><c> is</c><00:22:34.099><c> wrong</c><00:22:34.279><c> in</c><00:22:34.480><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:22:35.940><c> I</c><00:22:36.099><c> think</c><00:22:36.440><c> you'll</c><00:22:37.319><c> see</c><00:22:37.599><c> that</c><00:22:37.799><c> one</c><00:22:37.960><c> of</c><00:22:38.059><c> the</c><00:22:38.220><c> hardest</c><00:22:38.420><c> things</c>

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:41.700
when<00:22:39.240><c> someone</c><00:22:39.579><c> has</c><00:22:39.940><c> fallen</c><00:22:40.180><c> away</c><00:22:40.519><c> or</c><00:22:40.859><c> created</c><00:22:41.119><c> a</c><00:22:41.400><c> problem,</c>

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one<00:22:42.220><c> of</c><00:22:42.359><c> the</c><00:22:42.500><c> hardest</c><00:22:42.859><c> things</c><00:22:43.200><c> to</c><00:22:43.460><c> do</c><00:22:43.759><c> is</c><00:22:44.420><c> to</c><00:22:44.599><c> get</c><00:22:44.720><c> them</c><00:22:44.920><c> to</c><00:22:45.299><c> recognize</c><00:22:45.960><c> their</c><00:22:46.859><c> own</c><00:22:47.140><c> sin</c>

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and<00:22:48.700><c> to</c><00:22:48.960><c> recognize</c><00:22:49.319><c> in</c><00:22:49.480><c> a</c><00:22:49.579><c> way</c><00:22:49.660><c> that</c><00:22:49.819><c> doesn't</c><00:22:50.180><c> offend</c><00:22:50.680><c> them</c>

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or<00:22:51.019><c> put</c><00:22:51.200><c> them</c><00:22:51.440><c> off</c><00:22:51.700><c> even</c><00:22:52.099><c> further.</c>

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On<00:22:53.420><c> the</c><00:22:53.539><c> other</c><00:22:53.680><c> hand,</c><00:22:54.500><c> the</c><00:22:54.640><c> natural</c><00:22:54.960><c> human</c><00:22:55.299><c> tendency</c><00:22:55.660><c> is</c><00:22:55.859><c> to</c>

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go<00:22:56.099><c> the</c><00:22:56.259><c> other</c><00:22:56.460><c> way.</c>

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And<00:22:57.599><c> when</c><00:22:57.779><c> somebody</c><00:22:58.059><c> points</c><00:22:58.460><c> out</c><00:22:58.700><c> a</c><00:22:58.839><c> wrong,</c><00:22:59.160><c> you</c><00:22:59.380><c> stiffen</c><00:22:59.740><c> up</c>

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and<00:23:00.640><c> you</c><00:23:00.799><c> become</c><00:23:01.000><c> even</c><00:23:01.319><c> more</c><00:23:01.579><c> obstinate</c><00:23:02.000><c> and</c><00:23:02.180><c> you</c><00:23:02.380><c> say,</c>

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wait<00:23:02.900><c> a</c><00:23:02.980><c> while,</c><00:23:03.079><c> I</c><00:23:03.140><c> haven't</c><00:23:03.319><c> done</c><00:23:03.440><c> anything</c><00:23:03.660><c> wrong.</c>

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It's<00:23:04.579><c> you</c><00:23:04.700><c> that</c><00:23:04.819><c> have</c><00:23:04.920><c> done</c><00:23:05.059><c> the</c><00:23:05.279><c> wrong.</c>

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If<00:23:05.880><c> only</c><00:23:06.099><c> you</c><00:23:06.299><c> had</c><00:23:06.500><c> treated</c><00:23:06.680><c> me</c><00:23:06.960><c> better,</c>

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:10.240
I<00:23:08.259><c> would</c><00:23:08.460><c> have</c><00:23:08.559><c> never</c><00:23:08.819><c> sinned</c><00:23:08.980><c> in</c><00:23:09.140><c> the</c><00:23:09.240><c> first</c><00:23:09.380><c> place.</c>

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Or<00:23:11.400><c> to</c><00:23:11.599><c> cover</c><00:23:11.839><c> the</c><00:23:12.119><c> sin,</c><00:23:13.700><c> the</c><00:23:13.920><c> classic,</c><00:23:14.240><c> of</c><00:23:14.500><c> course,</c>

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:16.839
the<00:23:15.000><c> way</c><00:23:15.119><c> things</c><00:23:15.299><c> always</c><00:23:15.680><c> go</c><00:23:15.819><c> in</c><00:23:16.000><c> human</c><00:23:16.200><c> society,</c>

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:20.980
is<00:23:17.380><c> if</c><00:23:17.500><c> you</c><00:23:17.680><c> make</c><00:23:17.960><c> one</c><00:23:18.259><c> sin,</c><00:23:19.640><c> when</c><00:23:19.779><c> you</c><00:23:20.000><c> recognize</c><00:23:20.440><c> it,</c>

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:25.319
you<00:23:21.359><c> do</c><00:23:21.539><c> the</c><00:23:21.740><c> cover</c><00:23:21.980><c>-up,</c><00:23:22.660><c> what</c><00:23:22.779><c> I</c><00:23:23.000><c> call</c><00:23:23.140><c> the</c><00:23:23.339><c> Watergate</c><00:23:23.799><c> syndrome,</c><00:23:24.940><c> right?</c>

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:29.240
You<00:23:26.039><c> do</c><00:23:26.240><c> something</c><00:23:26.599><c> wrong</c><00:23:27.160><c> and</c><00:23:27.700><c> somebody</c><00:23:28.019><c> recognizes</c><00:23:28.680><c> it</c>

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and<00:23:29.480><c> now</c><00:23:29.680><c> you</c><00:23:29.940><c> lie</c><00:23:30.140><c> your</c><00:23:30.319><c> way</c><00:23:30.480><c> out</c><00:23:30.680><c> of</c><00:23:30.720><c> it</c><00:23:30.859><c> by</c><00:23:31.039><c> even</c><00:23:31.279><c> a</c><00:23:31.480><c> better</c>

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class<00:23:32.960><c> of</c><00:23:33.200><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:23:34.839><c> so</c><00:23:35.460><c> you</c><00:23:37.000><c> compound</c><00:23:37.559><c> it</c><00:23:37.940><c> and</c><00:23:38.700><c> you</c><00:23:38.920><c> make</c><00:23:39.059><c> it</c><00:23:39.359><c> worse.</c>

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You<00:23:40.500><c> know,</c><00:23:40.700><c> in</c><00:23:40.920><c> science,</c><00:23:42.000><c> that's</c><00:23:42.339><c> a</c><00:23:42.380><c> real</c><00:23:42.619><c> disaster.</c>

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The<00:23:43.559><c> worst</c><00:23:43.680><c> thing</c><00:23:43.839><c> you</c><00:23:43.960><c> can</c><00:23:44.079><c> get</c><00:23:44.180><c> is</c><00:23:44.400><c> fudged</c><00:23:44.680><c> data</c>

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:47.940
because<00:23:46.140><c> you</c><00:23:46.259><c> can</c><00:23:46.359><c> go</c><00:23:46.440><c> down</c><00:23:46.619><c> a</c><00:23:46.819><c> totally</c><00:23:47.160><c> wrong</c><00:23:47.480><c> track</c>

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and<00:23:48.859><c> there's</c><00:23:49.359><c> no</c><00:23:50.180><c> equations</c><00:23:50.900><c> for</c><00:23:51.279><c> calculating</c><00:23:52.160><c> lie.</c>

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But<00:23:54.740><c> that's</c><00:23:55.019><c> the</c><00:23:55.119><c> way</c><00:23:55.240><c> in</c><00:23:55.440><c> life</c><00:23:55.640><c> too</c>

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because<00:23:56.559><c> once</c><00:23:56.799><c> you</c><00:23:56.920><c> head</c><00:23:57.059><c> off</c><00:23:57.240><c> in</c><00:23:57.339><c> a</c><00:23:57.500><c> different</c><00:23:57.759><c> track,</c>

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covering<00:23:59.180><c> up</c><00:23:59.680><c> the</c><00:23:59.900><c> sin,</c><00:24:00.559><c> it</c><00:24:00.700><c> might</c><00:24:00.980><c> in</c><00:24:01.059><c> fact</c><00:24:01.279><c> multiply.</c>

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And<00:24:02.440><c> then</c><00:24:02.539><c> you</c><00:24:02.680><c> make</c><00:24:02.859><c> another</c><00:24:03.160><c> excuse</c><00:24:03.859><c> to</c><00:24:04.619><c> cover</c><00:24:04.740><c> that</c><00:24:05.019><c> one</c><00:24:05.160><c> up</c>

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.920
and<00:24:05.500><c> another</c><00:24:05.740><c> excuse</c><00:24:06.119><c> to</c><00:24:06.339><c> get</c><00:24:06.420><c> that</c><00:24:06.599><c> one</c><00:24:06.720><c> up.</c>

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My<00:24:07.400><c> grandmother</c><00:24:07.859><c> used</c><00:24:08.119><c> to</c><00:24:08.339><c> say</c><00:24:08.539><c> that</c><00:24:09.940><c> she</c><00:24:10.339><c> never</c><00:24:10.700><c> lied</c>

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because<00:24:11.460><c> she</c><00:24:11.599><c> had</c><00:24:11.799><c> such</c><00:24:12.000><c> a</c><00:24:12.220><c> poor</c><00:24:12.380><c> memory.</c>

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And<00:24:16.079><c> that's</c><00:24:16.480><c> really</c><00:24:16.779><c> true.</c>

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Because<00:24:18.559><c> if</c><00:24:19.000><c> you</c><00:24:19.180><c> tell</c><00:24:19.380><c> a</c><00:24:19.559><c> lie,</c>

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you've<00:24:20.500><c> got</c><00:24:20.539><c> to</c><00:24:20.599><c> remember</c><00:24:20.839><c> who</c><00:24:20.980><c> you</c><00:24:21.180><c> told</c><00:24:21.359><c> it</c><00:24:21.559><c> to.</c>

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And<00:24:23.880><c> I</c><00:24:23.980><c> always</c><00:24:24.220><c> found</c><00:24:24.460><c> it</c><00:24:24.619><c> a</c><00:24:25.740><c> very</c><00:24:26.240><c> interesting</c><00:24:26.740><c> thing</c>

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that<00:24:27.960><c> when</c><00:24:29.140><c> you're</c><00:24:29.380><c> dealing</c><00:24:29.559><c> with</c><00:24:29.819><c> people,</c>

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if<00:24:31.900><c> you're</c><00:24:32.539><c> telling</c><00:24:32.640><c> them</c><00:24:32.799><c> something,</c><00:24:33.000><c> write</c><00:24:33.240><c> it</c><00:24:33.480><c> down.</c>

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And<00:24:35.259><c> if</c><00:24:35.339><c> somebody</c><00:24:35.579><c> tells</c><00:24:35.779><c> you</c><00:24:36.019><c> something,</c>

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send<00:24:36.880><c> them</c><00:24:37.079><c> a</c><00:24:37.140><c> memo</c><00:24:37.259><c> and</c><00:24:37.440><c> confirm</c><00:24:37.759><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:24:38.880><c> there's</c><00:24:39.460><c> nothing</c><00:24:39.700><c> worse</c><00:24:40.000><c> than</c><00:24:40.140><c> somebody</c><00:24:40.420><c> telling</c><00:24:40.599><c> them,</c>

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:42.920
you<00:24:40.980><c> said</c><00:24:41.339><c> such</c><00:24:41.619><c> and</c><00:24:41.859><c> such</c><00:24:42.119><c> at</c><00:24:42.359><c> that</c><00:24:42.599><c> meeting</c>

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.579
when<00:24:43.480><c> you</c><00:24:43.640><c> don't</c><00:24:43.859><c> recall</c><00:24:44.180><c> you</c><00:24:44.359><c> did.</c>

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:48.380
So<00:24:45.180><c> I</c><00:24:46.160><c> got</c><00:24:46.380><c> in</c><00:24:46.539><c> the</c><00:24:46.539><c> habit</c><00:24:46.680><c> of</c><00:24:46.799><c> always</c><00:24:46.960><c> confirming</c><00:24:47.339><c> it.</c>

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:52.740
You<00:24:50.400><c> know,</c><00:24:50.400><c> I</c><00:24:50.460><c> never</c><00:24:50.720><c> took</c><00:24:50.859><c> a</c><00:24:51.039><c> single</c><00:24:51.299><c> management</c><00:24:51.839><c> course.</c>

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:55.980
I<00:24:53.700><c> never</c><00:24:53.920><c> took</c><00:24:54.079><c> a</c><00:24:54.240><c> single</c><00:24:54.500><c> course</c><00:24:54.799><c> in</c><00:24:55.099><c> social</c><00:24:55.500><c> sciences</c>

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.680
or<00:24:56.339><c> management</c><00:24:56.819><c> or</c><00:24:57.039><c> business</c><00:24:57.400><c> or</c><00:24:57.519><c> anything.</c>

00:24:57.900 --> 00:25:00.099
I<00:24:57.900><c> was</c><00:24:58.559><c> a</c><00:24:58.700><c> total</c><00:24:58.880><c> ignoramus.</c>

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.460
You<00:25:01.319><c> know</c><00:25:01.440><c> where</c><00:25:01.579><c> I</c><00:25:01.700><c> got</c><00:25:01.900><c> that</c><00:25:02.119><c> from?</c>

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Let<00:25:03.000><c> your</c><00:25:03.240><c> conversation</c><00:25:03.819><c> be</c><00:25:04.099><c> yay</c><00:25:04.339><c>-yay</c><00:25:04.599><c> and</c><00:25:04.740><c> nay</c><00:25:04.960><c>-nay.</c>

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.900
Just<00:25:06.339><c> straight</c><00:25:06.640><c> up.</c>

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:09.059
Make<00:25:07.180><c> sure</c><00:25:07.400><c> that</c><00:25:07.619><c> everybody's</c><00:25:08.079><c> dealing</c><00:25:08.259><c> with</c><00:25:08.460><c> you</c><00:25:08.640><c> honestly</c>

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.680
and<00:25:09.640><c> treat</c><00:25:09.839><c> them</c><00:25:09.920><c> the</c><00:25:10.140><c> same</c><00:25:10.339><c> way.</c>

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:13.460
And<00:25:11.140><c> most</c><00:25:11.319><c> people</c><00:25:11.619><c> respond</c><00:25:12.140><c> the</c><00:25:12.339><c> same</c><00:25:12.640><c> way.</c>

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:17.220
So<00:25:14.259><c> this</c><00:25:14.660><c> part,</c><00:25:15.440><c> now</c><00:25:15.759><c> I'd</c><00:25:16.140><c> like</c><00:25:16.259><c> a</c><00:25:16.359><c> little</c><00:25:16.579><c> thought</c><00:25:16.819><c> on</c><00:25:17.000><c> that</c>

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because<00:25:17.400><c> I</c><00:25:17.599><c> want</c><00:25:17.779><c> a</c><00:25:17.839><c> little</c><00:25:18.039><c> help.</c>

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:22.779
How<00:25:19.019><c> do</c><00:25:19.240><c> you</c><00:25:19.319><c> get</c><00:25:19.579><c> someone</c><00:25:20.200><c> who</c><00:25:20.819><c> has</c><00:25:21.019><c> done</c><00:25:21.180><c> something</c><00:25:21.660><c> wrong</c>

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:26.259
to<00:25:23.640><c> confess</c><00:25:24.059><c> their</c><00:25:24.400><c> sins</c><00:25:24.700><c> without</c><00:25:25.099><c> offending</c><00:25:25.640><c> them</c><00:25:25.940><c> further?</c>

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This<00:25:26.700><c> is</c><00:25:26.920><c> something</c><00:25:27.220><c> for</c><00:25:27.519><c> real</c><00:25:27.859><c> thought</c>

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because<00:25:29.019><c> we</c><00:25:29.279><c> can</c><00:25:29.440><c> go</c><00:25:29.640><c> the</c><00:25:29.799><c> other</c><00:25:30.039><c> way</c><00:25:30.259><c> where</c><00:25:30.519><c> we</c><00:25:30.920><c> get</c><00:25:31.200><c> so</c><00:25:31.839><c> obstinate</c>

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:35.960
and<00:25:32.539><c> demanding</c><00:25:32.960><c> stuff</c><00:25:33.319><c> from</c><00:25:33.519><c> them</c><00:25:33.900><c> that</c><00:25:34.480><c> we</c><00:25:35.099><c> compound</c><00:25:35.579><c> the</c><00:25:35.839><c> sin</c>

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:38.299
by<00:25:36.180><c> making</c><00:25:36.500><c> them</c><00:25:36.680><c> more</c><00:25:36.960><c> and</c><00:25:37.059><c> more</c><00:25:37.240><c> defensive.</c>

00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:41.259
So<00:25:38.460><c> I'd</c><00:25:38.880><c> like</c><00:25:39.240><c> to</c><00:25:39.500><c> see</c><00:25:39.660><c> people</c><00:25:40.279><c> here</c><00:25:40.480><c> have</c><00:25:40.640><c> some</c><00:25:40.839><c> experience.</c>

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.740
Everybody's<00:25:41.799><c> had</c><00:25:41.920><c> experience</c><00:25:42.359><c> in</c><00:25:42.500><c> this.</c>

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:44.259
If<00:25:43.019><c> you'd</c><00:25:43.240><c> like</c><00:25:43.339><c> to</c><00:25:43.599><c> share</c><00:25:43.759><c> some</c><00:25:44.059><c> thoughts,</c>

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:46.380
how<00:25:44.700><c> do</c><00:25:44.859><c> we</c><00:25:44.940><c> get</c><00:25:45.119><c> someone</c><00:25:45.440><c> to</c><00:25:45.819><c> recognize</c>

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:48.099
that<00:25:46.900><c> they've</c><00:25:47.160><c> done</c><00:25:47.380><c> something</c><00:25:47.799><c> wrong</c>

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.640
without<00:25:48.420><c> offending</c><00:25:48.880><c> them</c><00:25:49.220><c> further?</c>

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:52.940
This<00:25:49.640><c> is</c><00:25:50.559><c> a</c><00:25:50.740><c> similar</c><00:25:51.039><c> course</c><00:25:51.400><c> that</c><00:25:51.700><c> you</c><00:25:51.880><c> described.</c>

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:55.519
You<00:25:53.160><c> mentioned</c><00:25:53.720><c> the...</c>

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.440
18.

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I'm<00:25:57.059><c> sorry.</c>

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.940
18.

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:01.000
Oh,<00:26:00.400><c> that's</c><00:26:00.920><c> good.</c>

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.519
But<00:26:01.640><c> I</c><00:26:01.819><c> have</c><00:26:01.980><c> to</c><00:26:02.259><c> tell</c><00:26:02.339><c> you,</c>

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:05.880
you<00:26:02.920><c> have</c><00:26:03.259><c> to</c><00:26:03.259><c> pay</c><00:26:03.960><c> attention</c><00:26:04.500><c> to</c><00:26:04.500><c> him</c>

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:08.700
and<00:26:06.960><c> so</c><00:26:07.259><c> forth</c><00:26:07.599><c> all</c><00:26:07.900><c> the</c><00:26:07.980><c> time.</c>

00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:11.119
And<00:26:09.400><c> in</c><00:26:09.400><c> that</c><00:26:09.400><c> case,</c>

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:13.619
it's<00:26:11.859><c> a</c><00:26:11.940><c> driven</c><00:26:12.200><c> thought.</c>

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:17.940
And<00:26:14.299><c> I</c><00:26:14.519><c> think</c><00:26:14.819><c> that</c><00:26:15.420><c> that's</c><00:26:16.779><c> kind</c><00:26:16.779><c> of</c><00:26:17.240><c> a</c><00:26:17.460><c> guide</c>

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:22.440
for<00:26:18.640><c> all</c><00:26:19.599><c> of</c><00:26:19.859><c> that</c><00:26:20.240><c> right</c><00:26:20.819><c> now.</c>

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:27.119
Any<00:26:25.599><c> other</c><00:26:25.920><c> comment</c><00:26:26.339><c> on</c><00:26:26.720><c> that?</c>

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:29.420
I<00:26:27.480><c> just</c><00:26:27.579><c> wanted</c><00:26:27.619><c> to</c><00:26:27.720><c> go</c><00:26:27.900><c> back</c><00:26:28.119><c> to</c><00:26:28.220><c> your</c><00:26:28.500><c> example.</c>

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.519
You<00:26:29.740><c> said</c><00:26:29.740><c> it</c><00:26:29.980><c> was</c><00:26:30.079><c> really</c><00:26:30.299><c> clear.</c>

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.900
If<00:26:30.880><c> you</c><00:26:31.380><c> did...</c>

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:34.539
Why<00:26:33.319><c> did</c><00:26:33.700><c> you</c><00:26:33.880><c> put</c><00:26:33.880><c> mine</c><00:26:34.160><c> first</c>

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:36.519
when<00:26:34.680><c> you</c><00:26:34.819><c> didn't</c><00:26:34.819><c> know</c><00:26:35.680><c> what</c><00:26:36.059><c> to</c><00:26:36.279><c> do</c>

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:38.539
because<00:26:36.779><c> of</c><00:26:37.000><c> their</c><00:26:37.220><c> experience?</c>

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:42.160
That's<00:26:40.960><c> a</c><00:26:41.079><c> good</c><00:26:41.299><c> point.</c>

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.259
Actually,<00:26:43.279><c> that's</c><00:26:43.559><c> your</c><00:26:43.759><c> idea,</c>

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.519
extrapolating<00:26:45.240><c> on</c><00:26:45.440><c> mine.</c>

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.519
That's<00:26:45.880><c> your</c><00:26:46.140><c> own</c><00:26:46.319><c> idea.</c>

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:48.579
I<00:26:46.640><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:46.839><c> have</c><00:26:47.039><c> thought</c><00:26:47.240><c> of</c><00:26:47.420><c> it</c><00:26:47.859><c> that</c><00:26:48.359><c> far,</c>

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.819
but<00:26:48.759><c> that</c><00:26:48.980><c> is</c><00:26:49.180><c> a</c><00:26:49.240><c> good</c><00:26:49.400><c> idea,</c>

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:53.000
that<00:26:50.299><c> if</c><00:26:50.839><c> you</c><00:26:51.220><c> develop</c><00:26:51.519><c> a</c><00:26:51.740><c> general</c><00:26:52.359><c> habit</c>

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.480
in<00:26:53.319><c> an</c><00:26:53.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:26:53.880><c> with</c><00:26:54.099><c> people</c>

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:56.700
of<00:26:54.640><c> being</c><00:26:54.900><c> open</c><00:26:55.200><c> about</c><00:26:55.839><c> these</c><00:26:56.480><c> things,</c>

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.119
that<00:26:56.920><c> other</c><00:26:57.119><c> people</c><00:26:57.380><c> are</c><00:26:57.480><c> more</c><00:26:57.720><c> likely</c>

00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:59.319
to<00:26:58.380><c> be</c><00:26:58.500><c> open</c><00:26:58.759><c> in</c><00:26:58.940><c> response.</c>

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.119
Yeah,<00:26:59.579><c> I</c><00:26:59.700><c> like</c><00:26:59.920><c> that.</c>

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:01.180
That's<00:27:00.400><c> good.</c>

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:04.559
What<00:27:02.160><c> you</c><00:27:02.359><c> were</c><00:27:02.519><c> saying</c><00:27:02.799><c> is,</c>

00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:06.700
I<00:27:04.980><c> think,</c><00:27:06.460><c> you</c><00:27:06.619><c> know,</c>

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.339
is<00:27:06.880><c> actually</c><00:27:07.180><c> in</c><00:27:07.500><c> the</c><00:27:07.740><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:08.039><c> guide</c>

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.460
in<00:27:08.500><c> our</c><00:27:08.720><c> Statement</c><00:27:08.980><c> of</c><00:27:09.140><c> Faith,</c>

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:12.519
this<00:27:09.980><c> procedure</c><00:27:10.539><c> of</c><00:27:10.740><c> someone</c><00:27:11.039><c> has</c><00:27:11.380><c> an</c><00:27:11.599><c> offense</c><00:27:12.000><c> to</c><00:27:12.259><c> first.</c>

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:14.579
Let's<00:27:13.099><c> take</c><00:27:13.980><c> a</c><00:27:14.059><c> look</c><00:27:14.259><c> at</c><00:27:14.420><c> that</c>

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.559
before<00:27:14.839><c> it</c><00:27:15.019><c> comes</c><00:27:15.160><c> to</c><00:27:15.319><c> Smittyby,</c>

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.980
because<00:27:15.720><c> you</c><00:27:15.880><c> raised</c><00:27:16.099><c> a</c><00:27:16.380><c> good</c><00:27:16.559><c> point.</c>

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.519
Just<00:27:17.380><c> back</c><00:27:17.660><c> a</c><00:27:17.819><c> chapter,</c>

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:21.200
verse<00:27:18.920><c> 15</c><00:27:19.480><c> in</c><00:27:19.619><c> Matthew</c><00:27:19.980><c> 18.</c>

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:24.180
Moreover,<00:27:22.579><c> if</c><00:27:22.660><c> thy</c><00:27:22.940><c> brother</c><00:27:23.279><c> shall</c>

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.460
trespass<00:27:24.859><c> against</c><00:27:25.279><c> thee,</c>

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.700
go<00:27:25.799><c> tell</c><00:27:26.059><c> him</c><00:27:26.259><c> his</c><00:27:26.539><c> fault</c>

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:29.599
between<00:27:27.440><c> thee</c><00:27:27.960><c> and</c><00:27:28.160><c> him</c><00:27:28.539><c> alone.</c>

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:31.180
If<00:27:30.220><c> he</c><00:27:30.460><c> shall</c><00:27:30.619><c> hear</c><00:27:30.859><c> thee,</c>

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:33.400
thou<00:27:31.640><c> hast</c><00:27:32.039><c> gained</c><00:27:32.319><c> thy</c><00:27:32.559><c> brother.</c>

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:36.799
And<00:27:34.740><c> that's</c><00:27:35.299><c> a</c><00:27:35.579><c> really</c><00:27:35.920><c> important</c><00:27:36.480><c> point</c>

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:39.319
because<00:27:37.500><c> we</c><00:27:38.319><c> don't</c><00:27:38.740><c> do</c><00:27:39.059><c> that.</c>

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:40.960
What's<00:27:40.119><c> the</c><00:27:40.299><c> normal</c><00:27:40.519><c> thing</c><00:27:40.720><c> to</c><00:27:40.859><c> do</c>

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.079
when<00:27:41.119><c> someone</c><00:27:41.400><c> has</c><00:27:41.599><c> done</c><00:27:41.740><c> something</c>

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.779
that<00:27:42.259><c> annoys</c><00:27:42.539><c> you?</c>

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:44.940
You<00:27:43.059><c> go</c><00:27:43.240><c> and</c><00:27:43.339><c> tell</c><00:27:43.440><c> somebody</c><00:27:43.779><c> else</c>

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:48.920
because<00:27:46.920><c> you're</c><00:27:47.160><c> afraid</c><00:27:47.400><c> to</c><00:27:47.640><c> face</c><00:27:47.940><c> them.</c>

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:51.819
Or<00:27:50.000><c> you</c><00:27:50.039><c> don't</c><00:27:50.180><c> want</c><00:27:50.279><c> to</c><00:27:50.359><c> put</c><00:27:50.460><c> up</c><00:27:50.559><c> with</c><00:27:50.720><c> the</c><00:27:50.859><c> hassle.</c>

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.920
Why,<00:27:52.079><c> they</c><00:27:52.140><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:52.339><c> really</c><00:27:52.660><c> hear</c><00:27:52.819><c> you</c><00:27:53.039><c> anyway.</c>

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.359
And<00:27:54.259><c> not</c><00:27:54.359><c> only</c><00:27:54.519><c> do</c><00:27:54.640><c> we</c><00:27:54.759><c> tell</c><00:27:54.940><c> someone</c><00:27:55.200><c> else,</c>

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.900
we<00:27:55.500><c> usually</c><00:27:55.700><c> tell</c><00:27:55.940><c> ten</c><00:27:56.180><c> other</c><00:27:56.420><c> people</c>

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:59.220
so<00:27:57.180><c> we</c><00:27:57.279><c> can</c><00:27:57.400><c> get</c><00:27:57.559><c> political</c><00:27:58.059><c> support.</c>

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.799
And<00:27:59.859><c> we</c><00:27:59.940><c> say,</c><00:28:00.519><c> brother</c><00:28:00.519><c> Bello,</c>

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.359
oh,<00:28:01.099><c> he</c><00:28:01.160><c> says</c><00:28:01.339><c> that.</c>

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.779
What<00:28:03.119><c> a</c><00:28:03.259><c> troublemaker.</c>

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.119
When<00:28:04.160><c> people</c><00:28:04.359><c> come</c><00:28:04.579><c> and</c><00:28:04.720><c> tell</c><00:28:04.819><c> me</c><00:28:04.980><c> that,</c>

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.819
I<00:28:05.740><c> go,</c><00:28:06.220><c> yeah,</c><00:28:06.420><c> no</c><00:28:06.599><c> kidding.</c>

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:08.059
Geez,<00:28:07.359><c> I'm</c><00:28:07.539><c> surprised.</c>

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.839
I<00:28:08.380><c> never</c><00:28:08.480><c> heard</c><00:28:08.640><c> that</c><00:28:08.900><c> before.</c>

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.559
I'm<00:28:10.740><c> shocked.</c>

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:15.059
So<00:28:13.660><c> the</c><00:28:14.119><c> rule</c><00:28:14.359><c> number</c><00:28:14.720><c> one</c><00:28:14.880><c> is</c>

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:18.140
to<00:28:15.220><c> go</c><00:28:15.359><c> to</c><00:28:15.500><c> that</c><00:28:15.680><c> brother</c><00:28:15.900><c> privately,</c><00:28:17.180><c> quietly.</c>

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:20.539
Don't<00:28:18.980><c> go</c><00:28:19.299><c> and</c><00:28:19.579><c> tell</c><00:28:19.740><c> ten</c><00:28:19.960><c> other</c><00:28:20.220><c> people.</c>

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.779
Don't<00:28:20.819><c> go</c><00:28:21.019><c> tell</c><00:28:21.180><c> somebody</c><00:28:21.519><c> else.</c>

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:23.299
Would<00:28:21.940><c> you</c><00:28:22.099><c> go</c><00:28:22.279><c> tell</c><00:28:22.480><c> brother</c><00:28:22.759><c> so</c><00:28:23.039><c>-and</c><00:28:23.200><c>-so</c>

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.940
or<00:28:23.460><c> sister</c><00:28:23.619><c> so</c><00:28:23.819><c>-and</c><00:28:23.980><c>-so</c><00:28:24.200><c> they're</c><00:28:24.539><c> doing</c><00:28:24.740><c> this?</c>

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.759
All<00:28:25.480><c> of</c><00:28:25.619><c> that</c><00:28:25.779><c> is</c><00:28:26.000><c> the</c><00:28:26.259><c> wrong</c><00:28:26.400><c> way</c><00:28:26.579><c> to</c><00:28:26.880><c> operate.</c>

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:30.119
And<00:28:28.839><c> it's</c><00:28:29.059><c> not</c><00:28:29.400><c> right</c><00:28:29.599><c> to</c><00:28:29.880><c> say,</c>

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:31.579
well,<00:28:30.519><c> I've</c><00:28:30.740><c> done</c><00:28:30.859><c> this</c><00:28:31.059><c> in</c><00:28:31.200><c> the</c><00:28:31.380><c> past</c>

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.839
with<00:28:31.779><c> something</c><00:28:32.039><c> else</c><00:28:32.240><c> with</c><00:28:32.400><c> that</c><00:28:32.619><c> brother,</c>

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:34.759
and<00:28:33.119><c> I</c><00:28:33.299><c> just</c><00:28:33.519><c> got</c><00:28:33.740><c> rebuffed.</c>

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.880
Well,<00:28:35.539><c> maybe</c><00:28:35.900><c> you</c><00:28:36.000><c> should</c><00:28:36.099><c> try</c><00:28:36.359><c> a</c><00:28:36.440><c> little</c><00:28:36.640><c> harder,</c>

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.059
try<00:28:37.220><c> a</c><00:28:37.299><c> little</c><00:28:37.640><c> softer,</c>

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:39.880
try<00:28:38.519><c> a</c><00:28:38.619><c> little</c><00:28:38.720><c> more</c><00:28:38.960><c> openly.</c>

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:42.400
I<00:28:40.400><c> don't</c><00:28:40.599><c> have</c><00:28:40.819><c> any</c><00:28:41.039><c> magic</c><00:28:41.380><c> formulas.</c>

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:44.299
I'm<00:28:42.579><c> not</c><00:28:42.940><c> very</c><00:28:43.359><c> good</c><00:28:43.519><c> at</c><00:28:43.619><c> this</c><00:28:43.819><c> myself,</c>

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:47.740
but<00:28:44.859><c> you've</c><00:28:45.359><c> got</c><00:28:45.380><c> to</c><00:28:46.299><c> do</c><00:28:46.420><c> the</c><00:28:46.559><c> best</c><00:28:46.720><c> you</c><00:28:46.900><c> can.</c>

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:50.160
And<00:28:48.140><c> in</c><00:28:48.599><c> occasions</c><00:28:49.019><c> where</c><00:28:49.220><c> it</c><00:28:49.400><c> has</c><00:28:49.579><c> worked</c><00:28:49.839><c> with</c><00:28:50.000><c> me,</c>

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:52.079
and<00:28:50.420><c> I've</c><00:28:50.619><c> done</c><00:28:50.759><c> it</c><00:28:50.940><c> this</c><00:28:51.200><c> way,</c>

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:55.059
there<00:28:52.339><c> are</c><00:28:52.920><c> many</c><00:28:53.200><c> occasions</c><00:28:53.640><c> it's</c><00:28:54.119><c> worked.</c>

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:57.099
So<00:28:55.799><c> I</c><00:28:55.880><c> know</c><00:28:56.079><c> the</c><00:28:56.279><c> Scriptures</c><00:28:56.619><c> right,</c>

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.019
and<00:28:57.420><c> if</c><00:28:57.579><c> it</c><00:28:57.839><c> failed,</c>

00:28:58.099 --> 00:29:01.740
it<00:28:58.119><c> was</c><00:28:58.779><c> probably</c><00:28:59.559><c> the</c><00:29:00.019><c> way</c><00:29:00.200><c> I</c><00:29:00.400><c> went</c><00:29:00.519><c> about</c><00:29:00.819><c> it.</c>

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:05.019
And<00:29:03.180><c> we</c><00:29:03.420><c> should</c><00:29:03.660><c> take</c><00:29:04.039><c> this</c><00:29:04.339><c> very</c><00:29:04.559><c> much</c><00:29:04.779><c> to</c><00:29:04.920><c> heart.</c>

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.480
When<00:29:05.220><c> someone</c><00:29:05.599><c> sins</c><00:29:05.940><c> against</c><00:29:06.319><c> us</c>

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.559
or<00:29:06.660><c> we</c><00:29:06.839><c> feel</c><00:29:07.160><c> offended,</c>

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:09.460
go<00:29:07.900><c> to</c><00:29:08.099><c> them</c><00:29:08.380><c> first.</c>

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.859
The<00:29:09.579><c> next</c><00:29:09.839><c> step,</c>

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:13.039
if<00:29:11.380><c> he</c><00:29:11.559><c> will</c><00:29:11.779><c> not</c><00:29:11.960><c> hear</c><00:29:12.220><c> thee,</c>

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:16.019
then<00:29:13.539><c> take</c><00:29:13.839><c> with</c><00:29:14.000><c> thee</c><00:29:14.480><c> one</c><00:29:14.759><c> or</c><00:29:15.000><c> two</c><00:29:15.460><c> more</c>

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.720
than<00:29:16.339><c> in</c><00:29:16.539><c> the</c><00:29:16.660><c> mouth</c><00:29:16.839><c> of</c><00:29:16.960><c> two</c><00:29:17.220><c> or</c><00:29:17.220><c> three</c><00:29:17.380><c> witnesses</c>

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:19.799
every<00:29:18.079><c> word</c><00:29:18.279><c> may</c><00:29:18.500><c> be</c><00:29:18.759><c> established.</c>

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:25.839
Again,<00:29:22.400><c> this</c><00:29:22.619><c> is</c><00:29:22.880><c> a</c><00:29:23.039><c> scriptural</c><00:29:24.339><c> basing</c><00:29:24.799><c> on</c><00:29:25.059><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:28.700
of<00:29:26.380><c> having</c><00:29:26.720><c> two</c><00:29:27.220><c> or</c><00:29:27.359><c> three</c><00:29:27.720><c> reliable</c><00:29:28.279><c> witnesses</c>

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:31.099
so<00:29:28.940><c> everything</c><00:29:29.240><c> can</c><00:29:29.460><c> be</c><00:29:29.680><c> said</c><00:29:29.819><c> in</c><00:29:30.000><c> a</c><00:29:30.119><c> way</c>

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:35.019
that<00:29:31.839><c> everyone</c><00:29:32.440><c> will</c><00:29:32.759><c> agree</c><00:29:33.180><c> was</c><00:29:33.900><c> done</c><00:29:34.359><c> properly.</c>

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.539
And<00:29:35.319><c> sometimes</c><00:29:35.759><c> that's</c><00:29:36.079><c> very</c><00:29:36.400><c> good</c>

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:38.599
to<00:29:36.720><c> do</c><00:29:36.880><c> that</c><00:29:37.119><c> in</c><00:29:37.299><c> an</c><00:29:37.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:40.839
By<00:29:38.880><c> the</c><00:29:39.039><c> way,</c><00:29:39.240><c> don't</c><00:29:39.500><c> do</c><00:29:39.680><c> it</c><00:29:39.819><c> with</c><00:29:40.000><c> a</c><00:29:40.160><c> letter.</c>

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:44.180
I<00:29:42.019><c> think</c><00:29:42.240><c> some</c><00:29:42.680><c> real</c><00:29:42.940><c> problems</c><00:29:43.299><c> have</c><00:29:43.539><c> occurred</c><00:29:43.779><c> sometimes</c>

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.660
when<00:29:44.339><c> somebody,</c>

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.519
instead<00:29:45.200><c> of</c><00:29:45.380><c> confronting</c><00:29:45.819><c> a</c><00:29:46.059><c> situation</c>

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:48.440
and<00:29:46.759><c> talking</c><00:29:47.119><c> it</c><00:29:47.420><c> out,</c>

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.640
pop<00:29:49.000><c> into</c><00:29:49.240><c> the</c><00:29:49.440><c> mail,</c>

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:51.380
goes<00:29:49.920><c> a</c><00:29:50.079><c> federal</c><00:29:50.440><c> express</c><00:29:50.859><c> letter</c>

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:53.319
demanding<00:29:52.259><c> this,</c><00:29:52.640><c> that,</c><00:29:52.740><c> and</c><00:29:52.819><c> the</c><00:29:52.920><c> other</c><00:29:53.119><c> thing</c>

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.599
to<00:29:53.539><c> be</c><00:29:53.740><c> acknowledged.</c>

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:56.779
That's<00:29:55.099><c> our</c><00:29:55.140><c> very</c><00:29:55.519><c> last</c><00:29:55.880><c> resort.</c>

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:59.680
You<00:29:57.079><c> can</c><00:29:57.319><c> say</c><00:29:57.500><c> a</c><00:29:57.640><c> lot</c><00:29:57.819><c> of</c><00:29:58.059><c> things</c><00:29:58.640><c> verbally,</c>

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.839
and<00:30:00.200><c> if</c><00:30:00.640><c> you</c><00:30:00.759><c> get</c><00:30:00.920><c> a</c><00:30:01.019><c> little</c><00:30:01.220><c> out</c><00:30:01.420><c> of</c><00:30:01.559><c> line</c>

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.960
or<00:30:02.119><c> you</c><00:30:02.440><c> offend</c><00:30:02.539><c> the</c><00:30:02.740><c> person,</c>

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.740
you<00:30:03.079><c> can</c><00:30:03.359><c> still</c><00:30:03.519><c> explain</c><00:30:03.940><c> it</c><00:30:04.099><c> and</c><00:30:04.240><c> back</c><00:30:04.500><c> off,</c>

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.700
and<00:30:04.880><c> you</c><00:30:04.880><c> can</c><00:30:05.119><c> come</c><00:30:05.299><c> to</c><00:30:05.400><c> some</c><00:30:05.640><c> understanding.</c>

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.680
Once<00:30:07.000><c> it</c><00:30:07.200><c> gets</c><00:30:07.480><c> in</c><00:30:07.759><c> writing,</c>

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:12.079
it<00:30:09.339><c> gets</c><00:30:09.599><c> very</c><00:30:10.119><c> hard</c><00:30:10.559><c> to</c><00:30:10.900><c> back</c><00:30:11.180><c> off.</c>

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.579
And<00:30:12.559><c> it's</c><00:30:12.700><c> even</c><00:30:12.980><c> worse</c><00:30:13.240><c> today</c>

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:15.339
because<00:30:13.920><c> what</c><00:30:14.119><c> do</c><00:30:14.240><c> you</c><00:30:14.319><c> do</c><00:30:14.440><c> when</c><00:30:14.559><c> you</c><00:30:14.740><c> write</c><00:30:14.940><c> something</c>

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:16.180
that's<00:30:15.839><c> stupid?</c>

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:18.819
It<00:30:16.819><c> gets</c><00:30:17.059><c> Xeroxed.</c>

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:19.759
And<00:30:19.299><c> the</c><00:30:19.380><c> next</c><00:30:19.559><c> thing,</c>

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:21.980
everybody<00:30:20.200><c> in</c><00:30:20.339><c> the</c><00:30:20.500><c> meeting</c><00:30:20.700><c> has</c><00:30:21.000><c> a</c><00:30:21.180><c> copy.</c>

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.960
I<00:30:22.619><c> mean,</c><00:30:22.700><c> I've</c><00:30:23.380><c> become</c><00:30:23.539><c> very...</c>

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.559
Well,<00:30:24.160><c> I'll</c><00:30:24.359><c> tell</c><00:30:24.460><c> you,</c>

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:26.759
I'm<00:30:24.720><c> real</c><00:30:24.980><c> careful</c><00:30:25.279><c> what</c><00:30:25.440><c> I</c><00:30:25.660><c> put</c><00:30:25.759><c> in</c><00:30:25.960><c> writing</c>

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:28.160
because<00:30:27.359><c> in</c><00:30:27.619><c> my</c><00:30:27.839><c> position,</c>

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.819
if<00:30:28.359><c> I</c><00:30:28.599><c> say</c><00:30:28.779><c> something</c><00:30:29.039><c> really</c><00:30:29.420><c> out</c><00:30:29.619><c> of</c><00:30:29.680><c> line,</c>

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:31.900
it<00:30:30.000><c> gets</c><00:30:30.240><c> all</c><00:30:30.480><c> over</c><00:30:30.680><c> the</c><00:30:30.900><c> world.</c>

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.900
I<00:30:33.680><c> mean,</c><00:30:33.819><c> you'd</c><00:30:34.039><c> be</c><00:30:34.180><c> surprised.</c>

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:38.079
It<00:30:35.740><c> just</c><00:30:35.980><c> absolutely</c><00:30:36.359><c> blows</c><00:30:36.680><c> my</c><00:30:37.019><c> mind.</c>

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:42.200
So,<00:30:40.900><c> you</c><00:30:41.339><c> know,</c><00:30:41.480><c> they</c><00:30:41.640><c> knew</c><00:30:41.779><c> how</c><00:30:41.940><c> to</c><00:30:42.079><c> write</c>

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:43.619
in<00:30:42.420><c> the</c><00:30:42.500><c> first</c><00:30:42.680><c> century,</c>

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:45.539
so<00:30:43.799><c> it's</c><00:30:43.960><c> not</c><00:30:44.160><c> a</c><00:30:44.299><c> mistake</c><00:30:44.680><c> that</c><00:30:44.900><c> he</c><00:30:45.019><c> left</c><00:30:45.259><c> out,</c>

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.240
send<00:30:45.740><c> them</c><00:30:45.880><c> a</c><00:30:46.019><c> letter.</c>

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:48.200
They<00:30:46.900><c> knew</c><00:30:47.019><c> how</c><00:30:47.160><c> to</c><00:30:47.319><c> write.</c>

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:51.920
And,<00:30:50.380><c> you</c><00:30:50.440><c> know,</c><00:30:50.539><c> when</c><00:30:50.740><c> somebody</c><00:30:51.059><c> asks</c><00:30:51.480><c> fellowship,</c>

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:54.000
this<00:30:52.240><c> is</c><00:30:52.480><c> another</c><00:30:52.680><c> thing</c><00:30:52.859><c> that's</c><00:30:53.079><c> always</c><00:30:53.400><c> puzzled</c><00:30:53.740><c> me.</c>

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:56.599
Somebody<00:30:54.460><c> wants</c><00:30:54.759><c> to</c><00:30:54.920><c> be</c><00:30:55.140><c> back</c><00:30:55.359><c> in</c><00:30:55.619><c> fellowship.</c>

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:59.880
If<00:30:57.200><c> you're</c><00:30:57.420><c> ever</c><00:30:57.579><c> in</c><00:30:57.740><c> that</c><00:30:58.079><c> unfortunate</c><00:30:58.660><c> position,</c>

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:05.519
you<00:31:02.099><c> have</c><00:31:02.500><c> to</c><00:31:02.740><c> realize</c><00:31:03.220><c> some</c><00:31:03.480><c> level</c><00:31:03.779><c> of</c><00:31:03.980><c> humility</c><00:31:04.339><c> yourself.</c>

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:08.680
You<00:31:06.900><c> can't</c><00:31:07.660><c> ask</c><00:31:08.019><c> for</c><00:31:08.359><c> fellowship</c>

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.640
and<00:31:08.900><c> then</c><00:31:09.079><c> refuse</c><00:31:09.460><c> to</c><00:31:09.700><c> meet</c><00:31:09.859><c> with</c><00:31:10.079><c> the</c><00:31:10.279><c> people</c>

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:12.680
that<00:31:10.799><c> you</c><00:31:10.940><c> want</c><00:31:11.099><c> to</c><00:31:11.180><c> have</c><00:31:11.359><c> fellowship</c><00:31:11.759><c> with.</c>

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.920
How<00:31:13.079><c> can</c><00:31:13.160><c> you</c><00:31:13.299><c> be</c><00:31:13.420><c> in</c><00:31:13.539><c> the</c><00:31:13.660><c> fellowship</c>

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:15.960
with<00:31:14.079><c> the</c><00:31:14.180><c> whole</c><00:31:14.319><c> community</c><00:31:14.960><c> if</c><00:31:15.460><c> you</c><00:31:15.660><c> say,</c>

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:18.460
well,<00:31:16.539><c> I</c><00:31:16.680><c> can't</c><00:31:16.920><c> get</c><00:31:17.099><c> along</c><00:31:17.279><c> with</c><00:31:17.480><c> that</c><00:31:17.640><c> one</c><00:31:17.759><c> and</c><00:31:17.779><c> that</c><00:31:18.000><c> one</c><00:31:18.119><c> yet,</c>

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.380
but<00:31:18.960><c> I</c><00:31:19.079><c> want</c><00:31:19.240><c> to</c><00:31:19.359><c> have</c><00:31:19.480><c> break</c><00:31:19.619><c> bread?</c>

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.400
What?

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:23.180
You've<00:31:22.319><c> got</c><00:31:22.359><c> to</c><00:31:22.579><c> settle</c><00:31:22.720><c> your</c><00:31:23.000><c> issue.</c>

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.599
You<00:31:23.299><c> have</c><00:31:23.480><c> to</c><00:31:23.640><c> settle</c><00:31:23.779><c> the</c><00:31:23.980><c> issues</c><00:31:24.160><c> first.</c>

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.779
You've<00:31:25.180><c> got</c><00:31:25.259><c> to</c><00:31:25.279><c> sit</c><00:31:25.480><c> down</c>

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:27.380
and<00:31:26.039><c> reconcile</c><00:31:26.420><c> yourself</c><00:31:26.740><c> with</c><00:31:26.920><c> your</c><00:31:27.119><c> brother.</c>

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:30.240
You<00:31:28.339><c> can't</c><00:31:28.740><c> say</c><00:31:29.000><c> you</c><00:31:29.140><c> want</c><00:31:29.440><c> forgiveness</c><00:31:29.759><c> from</c><00:31:29.980><c> God,</c>

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.039
but<00:31:30.420><c> not</c><00:31:30.599><c> your</c><00:31:30.759><c> brother.</c>

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.720
It's<00:31:31.359><c> not</c><00:31:31.440><c> going</c><00:31:31.579><c> to</c><00:31:31.720><c> work.</c>

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:40.960
My<00:31:37.779><c> personal</c><00:31:38.299><c> feeling</c><00:31:38.799><c> is</c><00:31:39.119><c> that</c><00:31:39.279><c> a</c><00:31:39.460><c> letter</c><00:31:39.700><c> is</c><00:31:40.079><c> a</c><00:31:40.240><c> last</c><00:31:40.579><c> resort.</c>

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:44.500
When<00:31:41.920><c> you've</c><00:31:42.279><c> tried</c><00:31:42.420><c> every</c><00:31:42.940><c> oral</c><00:31:43.359><c> means</c><00:31:43.599><c> of</c><00:31:43.859><c> communication</c>

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:46.900
and<00:31:44.720><c> sitting</c><00:31:44.940><c> down</c><00:31:45.240><c> with</c><00:31:45.400><c> a</c><00:31:45.519><c> brother</c><00:31:45.680><c> and</c><00:31:45.900><c> working</c><00:31:46.200><c> things</c><00:31:46.500><c> out,</c>

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.019
if<00:31:47.599><c> you've</c><00:31:48.059><c> reached</c><00:31:48.240><c> an</c><00:31:48.460><c> impasse</c>

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.740
and<00:31:49.400><c> they've</c><00:31:49.599><c> gone</c><00:31:49.740><c> through</c><00:31:49.960><c> all</c><00:31:50.240><c> these</c><00:31:50.440><c> steps</c>

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:52.259
and<00:31:50.920><c> there's</c><00:31:51.099><c> nothing</c><00:31:51.380><c> else</c><00:31:51.640><c> you</c><00:31:51.779><c> can</c><00:31:52.000><c> do,</c>

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:54.640
then,<00:31:52.960><c> you</c><00:31:53.500><c> know,</c><00:31:53.640><c> a</c><00:31:53.740><c> gentle,</c><00:31:54.259><c> kind</c><00:31:54.420><c> letter,</c>

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:57.240
putting<00:31:54.920><c> the</c><00:31:55.220><c> position</c><00:31:55.539><c> down,</c><00:31:56.380><c> should</c><00:31:56.680><c> be</c><00:31:56.920><c> done,</c>

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:59.200
but<00:31:57.940><c> not</c><00:31:58.319><c> as</c><00:31:58.599><c> a</c><00:31:58.720><c> first</c><00:31:58.900><c> resort.</c>

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:01.940
When<00:31:59.460><c> you've</c><00:31:59.660><c> gone</c><00:31:59.799><c> through</c><00:32:00.059><c> everything</c><00:32:00.440><c> said</c><00:32:00.680><c> there</c><00:32:00.920><c> in</c><00:32:01.019><c> Matthew,</c>

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:04.880
you've<00:32:02.480><c> taken</c><00:32:02.599><c> it</c><00:32:02.740><c> up</c><00:32:02.859><c> to</c><00:32:03.099><c> the</c><00:32:03.440><c> level</c><00:32:03.700><c> of</c><00:32:03.920><c> the</c><00:32:04.140><c> general</c><00:32:04.420><c> community.</c>

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.920
The<00:32:05.119><c> last</c><00:32:05.339><c> one,</c><00:32:05.700><c> by</c><00:32:05.900><c> the</c><00:32:06.200><c> ecclesia,</c><00:32:06.539><c> by</c><00:32:06.740><c> the</c><00:32:06.839><c> way,</c>

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:08.579
he<00:32:07.019><c> didn't</c><00:32:07.200><c> mean</c><00:32:07.400><c> the</c><00:32:07.599><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:07.920><c> at</c><00:32:08.160><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.920
He<00:32:08.980><c> meant</c><00:32:09.220><c> the</c><00:32:09.500><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:11.819
It<00:32:10.019><c> might</c><00:32:10.200><c> have</c><00:32:10.380><c> been,</c><00:32:10.799><c> if</c><00:32:10.960><c> it's</c><00:32:11.140><c> a</c><00:32:11.299><c> larger</c><00:32:11.500><c> issue,</c>

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:14.240
it<00:32:11.960><c> might</c><00:32:12.200><c> be</c><00:32:12.640><c> a</c><00:32:12.720><c> number</c><00:32:12.980><c> of</c><00:32:13.200><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:17.119
But<00:32:14.920><c> I</c><00:32:15.099><c> think</c><00:32:15.279><c> first,</c><00:32:15.900><c> every</c><00:32:16.259><c> effort</c><00:32:16.539><c> should</c><00:32:16.700><c> be</c><00:32:16.920><c> made</c>

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.339
to<00:32:17.420><c> talk</c><00:32:17.680><c> things</c><00:32:18.000><c> out</c><00:32:18.359><c> face</c><00:32:18.900><c> to</c><00:32:19.160><c> face.</c>

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:25.700
I'm<00:32:22.000><c> absolutely</c><00:32:22.380><c> convinced</c><00:32:22.920><c> that</c><00:32:23.119><c> that's</c><00:32:23.700><c> what</c><00:32:23.880><c> Jesus</c><00:32:24.279><c> is</c><00:32:25.099><c> asking</c><00:32:25.420><c> us</c>

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.619
to<00:32:25.839><c> do.</c>

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:28.799
Okay,<00:32:27.740><c> I'm</c><00:32:27.960><c> sorry.</c>

00:32:58.039 --> 00:33:01.519
My<00:32:58.559><c> own</c><00:32:59.079><c> personal</c><00:32:59.799><c> preference</c><00:33:00.200><c> is</c><00:33:00.380><c> that</c><00:33:00.460><c> it</c><00:33:00.539><c> should</c><00:33:00.799><c> be</c><00:33:00.960><c> talked</c><00:33:01.180><c> out</c>

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.599
one<00:33:01.759><c>-to</c><00:33:01.940><c>-one.</c>

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:05.059
I<00:33:02.759><c> would</c><00:33:03.019><c> not</c><00:33:03.220><c> go</c><00:33:03.440><c> so</c><00:33:03.700><c> far</c><00:33:03.839><c> as</c><00:33:04.000><c> to</c><00:33:04.099><c> say</c><00:33:04.220><c> a</c><00:33:04.460><c> letter</c><00:33:04.579><c> should</c><00:33:04.799><c> never</c>

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:05.420
be<00:33:05.279><c> written</c>

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:07.460
because<00:33:05.680><c> I</c><00:33:05.859><c> don't</c><00:33:06.099><c> know</c><00:33:06.339><c> every</c><00:33:06.700><c> circumstance</c>

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:10.920
and<00:33:08.019><c> I</c><00:33:08.440><c> do</c><00:33:08.619><c> have</c><00:33:08.799><c> a</c><00:33:08.859><c> personal</c><00:33:09.180><c> feeling</c><00:33:09.500><c> about</c><00:33:09.799><c> flexibility.</c>

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:13.339
I<00:33:11.299><c> know</c><00:33:11.559><c> in</c><00:33:12.000><c> my</c><00:33:12.099><c> own</c><00:33:12.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:33:12.920><c> experience,</c>

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.380
there<00:33:13.539><c> have</c><00:33:13.579><c> been</c><00:33:13.700><c> some</c><00:33:13.980><c> occasions</c>

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:16.980
where<00:33:15.079><c> the</c><00:33:15.299><c> brother</c><00:33:15.460><c> felt</c><00:33:15.740><c> much</c><00:33:16.039><c> more</c><00:33:16.299><c> comfortable</c><00:33:16.660><c> writing</c>

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:18.019
a<00:33:17.220><c> letter</c><00:33:17.400><c> first</c>

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.819
and<00:33:18.700><c> then</c><00:33:19.059><c> having</c><00:33:19.400><c> others</c><00:33:19.660><c> in</c><00:33:19.819><c> the</c><00:33:19.819><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:33:19.819><c> community</c>

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:21.839
or<00:33:20.359><c> the</c><00:33:20.640><c> board</c><00:33:20.940><c> reach</c><00:33:21.339><c> out</c><00:33:21.559><c> and</c><00:33:21.700><c> say,</c>

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:24.240
oh,<00:33:22.180><c> very</c><00:33:22.480><c> good,</c><00:33:22.779><c> we're</c><00:33:23.160><c> really</c><00:33:23.400><c> glad</c><00:33:23.559><c> this</c><00:33:23.799><c> is</c><00:33:24.019><c> settled.</c>

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.500
Come<00:33:24.880><c> down</c><00:33:25.140><c> and</c><00:33:25.299><c> see</c><00:33:25.380><c> us.</c>

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.740
We<00:33:25.619><c> want</c><00:33:25.799><c> you</c><00:33:26.000><c> back</c><00:33:26.160><c> in</c><00:33:26.299><c> the</c><00:33:26.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.440
And<00:33:27.200><c> they</c><00:33:27.559><c> were</c><00:33:27.819><c> afraid.</c>

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:31.259
So<00:33:29.099><c> if</c><00:33:29.539><c> that</c><00:33:29.880><c> helps,</c><00:33:30.299><c> fine.</c>

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:34.700
But<00:33:31.640><c> if</c><00:33:31.799><c> it's</c><00:33:31.940><c> just</c><00:33:32.180><c> a</c><00:33:32.339><c> mere</c><00:33:32.559><c> formality</c><00:33:33.380><c> to</c><00:33:33.859><c> handle</c><00:33:34.160><c> the</c><00:33:34.460><c> issue,</c>

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.319
then<00:33:34.900><c> that's</c><00:33:35.180><c> not</c><00:33:35.440><c> right.</c>

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:39.460
Okay?

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:43.619
All<00:33:40.940><c> right,</c><00:33:41.460><c> let's</c><00:33:42.400><c> go</c><00:33:42.839><c> on</c><00:33:43.079><c> a</c><00:33:43.240><c> bit</c><00:33:43.359><c> here</c>

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:48.940
because<00:33:44.279><c> I</c><00:33:45.440><c> do</c><00:33:45.640><c> want</c><00:33:45.799><c> to</c><00:33:46.640><c> cover</c><00:33:46.880><c> a</c><00:33:47.099><c> few</c><00:33:47.220><c> more</c><00:33:47.500><c> aspects</c><00:33:47.980><c> of</c><00:33:48.180><c> this.</c>

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:53.660
It<00:33:49.720><c> is</c><00:33:50.000><c> no</c><00:33:50.259><c> question</c><00:33:50.519><c> in</c><00:33:50.660><c> my</c><00:33:50.900><c> mind</c><00:33:51.099><c> that</c><00:33:51.839><c> many</c><00:33:52.339><c> of</c><00:33:52.539><c> our</c><00:33:52.720><c> problems</c><00:33:53.059><c> come</c><00:33:53.299><c> about</c>

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:56.980
because<00:33:54.000><c> of</c><00:33:54.220><c> the</c><00:33:54.299><c> inability</c><00:33:54.759><c> to</c><00:33:55.059><c> handle</c><00:33:55.359><c> this</c><00:33:55.619><c> kind</c><00:33:55.839><c> of</c><00:33:56.019><c> issue.</c>

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:04.440
This<00:34:00.039><c> raises</c><00:34:00.519><c> a</c><00:34:02.460><c> really</c><00:34:02.859><c> important</c><00:34:03.380><c> point</c><00:34:03.700><c> in</c><00:34:03.880><c> my</c><00:34:04.200><c> mind,</c>

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.900
and<00:34:04.579><c> let's</c><00:34:04.900><c> see</c><00:34:05.059><c> if</c><00:34:05.200><c> I</c><00:34:05.240><c> can</c><00:34:05.460><c> get</c><00:34:05.660><c> this.</c>

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:10.800
Whoa,<00:34:08.559><c> down</c><00:34:08.760><c> here,</c><00:34:09.039><c> let's</c><00:34:09.239><c> do</c><00:34:09.420><c> it</c><00:34:09.559><c> here.</c>

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:15.340
Turn<00:34:11.019><c> to</c><00:34:11.219><c> Luke</c><00:34:11.440><c> 23</c><00:34:12.360><c> because</c><00:34:13.099><c> I</c><00:34:14.780><c> have</c><00:34:15.039><c> found</c>

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:17.760
that<00:34:15.519><c> when</c><00:34:15.639><c> I</c><00:34:15.820><c> have</c><00:34:16.079><c> said</c><00:34:16.320><c> certain</c><00:34:16.679><c> things</c><00:34:16.940><c> of</c><00:34:17.139><c> this</c><00:34:17.380><c> nature,</c>

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:21.519
somebody<00:34:18.639><c> said</c><00:34:18.960><c> to</c><00:34:19.159><c> me</c><00:34:20.260><c> point</c><00:34:20.579><c> blank,</c>

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.980
well,<00:34:21.679><c> how</c><00:34:21.840><c> can</c><00:34:22.000><c> you</c><00:34:22.159><c> forgive</c><00:34:22.440><c> someone</c>

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:26.320
if<00:34:23.539><c> they</c><00:34:23.719><c> don't</c><00:34:24.599><c> repent</c><00:34:25.019><c> and</c><00:34:25.219><c> tell</c><00:34:25.340><c> you</c><00:34:25.460><c> they've</c><00:34:25.780><c> repented?</c>

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.920
How<00:34:26.739><c> can</c><00:34:26.900><c> you</c><00:34:27.059><c> offer</c><00:34:27.340><c> any</c><00:34:27.599><c> measure</c><00:34:27.860><c> of</c><00:34:28.099><c> forgiveness?</c>

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:33.260
Well,<00:34:30.199><c> I'm</c><00:34:30.639><c> going</c><00:34:30.719><c> to</c><00:34:30.800><c> go</c><00:34:30.960><c> beyond</c><00:34:31.280><c> that</c><00:34:31.519><c> last</c><00:34:31.800><c> verse</c><00:34:32.079><c> in</c><00:34:32.360><c> John.</c>

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:35.320
Yes,<00:34:33.659><c> if</c><00:34:33.780><c> somebody</c><00:34:33.960><c> confesses</c><00:34:34.579><c> their</c><00:34:34.739><c> sins</c><00:34:34.920><c> and</c><00:34:35.079><c> all</c><00:34:35.199><c> that,</c>

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:37.320
it's<00:34:35.500><c> wonderful</c><00:34:35.820><c> and</c><00:34:35.960><c> there's</c><00:34:36.079><c> recognition</c><00:34:36.579><c> and</c><00:34:36.719><c> it'll</c><00:34:36.960><c> work.</c>

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:40.559
But<00:34:37.820><c> that's</c><00:34:38.119><c> not</c><00:34:38.400><c> the</c><00:34:38.619><c> only</c><00:34:38.880><c> aspect</c><00:34:39.340><c> of</c><00:34:39.579><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:50.079
Wow,<00:34:46.199><c> this</c><00:34:46.639><c> is</c><00:34:46.960><c> something</c><00:34:47.280><c> that</c><00:34:47.460><c> has</c><00:34:47.739><c> always</c><00:34:48.360><c> totally</c><00:34:49.699><c> blown</c>

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.500
my<00:34:50.380><c> mind.</c>

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.960
Jesus<00:34:52.679><c> says,</c><00:34:53.980><c> and</c><00:34:54.079><c> he's</c><00:34:54.179><c> on</c><00:34:54.440><c> the</c><00:34:54.579><c> cross,</c><00:34:55.000><c> he's</c><00:34:55.039><c> being</c><00:34:55.340><c> crucified,</c>

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:59.219
and<00:34:56.079><c> when</c><00:34:56.239><c> they</c><00:34:56.420><c> will</c><00:34:56.579><c> come</c><00:34:56.719><c> to</c><00:34:56.880><c> the</c><00:34:57.079><c> place</c><00:34:57.260><c> which</c><00:34:57.480><c> is</c><00:34:57.719><c> called</c><00:34:58.019><c> Calvary,</c>

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:01.980
they<00:35:00.280><c> crucified</c><00:35:00.840><c> him</c><00:35:01.039><c> and</c><00:35:01.199><c> the</c><00:35:01.380><c> malefactors,</c>

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.860
one<00:35:02.159><c> on</c><00:35:02.320><c> the</c><00:35:02.480><c> right</c><00:35:02.699><c> hand</c><00:35:02.900><c> and</c><00:35:03.039><c> the</c><00:35:03.159><c> other</c><00:35:03.280><c> on</c><00:35:03.480><c> the</c><00:35:03.579><c> left,</c>

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:08.039
then<00:35:04.380><c> said</c><00:35:04.579><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:05.039><c> Father,</c><00:35:06.739><c> forgive</c><00:35:07.360><c> them,</c>

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:10.860
for<00:35:08.820><c> they</c><00:35:09.059><c> know</c><00:35:09.360><c> not</c><00:35:09.699><c> what</c><00:35:09.920><c> they</c><00:35:10.199><c> do.</c>

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:13.179
And<00:35:11.260><c> they</c><00:35:11.539><c> parted</c><00:35:11.800><c> his</c><00:35:12.019><c> raiment</c><00:35:12.320><c> and</c><00:35:12.599><c> cast</c><00:35:12.900><c> lots,</c>

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.880
and<00:35:13.679><c> the</c><00:35:13.800><c> people</c><00:35:14.039><c> stood</c><00:35:14.320><c> beholding,</c>

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:17.420
and<00:35:15.000><c> the</c><00:35:15.159><c> rulers</c><00:35:15.380><c> also</c><00:35:16.199><c> with</c><00:35:16.400><c> them</c><00:35:16.639><c> derided</c><00:35:17.139><c> him,</c>

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:19.739
saying<00:35:17.639><c> he</c><00:35:17.880><c> saved</c><00:35:18.139><c> others,</c><00:35:18.519><c> let</c><00:35:18.639><c> him</c><00:35:18.900><c> save</c><00:35:19.139><c> himself,</c>

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.079
if<00:35:20.239><c> he</c><00:35:20.420><c> be</c><00:35:20.599><c> Christ</c><00:35:20.980><c> the</c><00:35:21.199><c> chosen</c><00:35:21.500><c> of</c><00:35:21.760><c> God.</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:25.079
And<00:35:22.619><c> the</c><00:35:22.780><c> soldiers</c><00:35:23.019><c> also</c><00:35:23.480><c> mocked</c><00:35:23.800><c> him</c><00:35:23.900><c> coming</c><00:35:24.480><c> to</c><00:35:24.880><c> him</c>

00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.940
and<00:35:25.400><c> offering</c><00:35:25.679><c> him</c><00:35:26.179><c> vinegar.</c>

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:30.340
Now,<00:35:27.920><c> it's</c><00:35:28.179><c> interesting</c><00:35:28.659><c> that</c><00:35:28.860><c> Jesus</c><00:35:29.260><c> offered</c><00:35:29.739><c> forgiveness</c>

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:32.780
to<00:35:30.599><c> those</c><00:35:30.840><c> who</c><00:35:30.980><c> were</c><00:35:31.179><c> crucifying</c><00:35:31.780><c> him,</c>

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:36.199
and<00:35:33.820><c> it's</c><00:35:34.079><c> clear</c><00:35:34.360><c> that</c><00:35:34.539><c> he</c><00:35:34.719><c> realized</c><00:35:35.179><c> they</c><00:35:35.320><c> had</c><00:35:35.559><c> no</c><00:35:35.840><c> idea</c>

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:37.780
what<00:35:36.440><c> they</c><00:35:36.639><c> were</c><00:35:36.820><c> doing.</c>

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:42.059
In<00:35:39.659><c> fact,</c><00:35:40.179><c> 2</c><00:35:40.320><c>,000</c><00:35:40.619><c> years</c><00:35:40.840><c> later,</c><00:35:41.260><c> I</c><00:35:41.280><c> would</c><00:35:41.440><c> say</c><00:35:41.599><c> the</c><00:35:41.820><c> Jews</c>

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:45.559
still<00:35:42.559><c> do</c><00:35:42.840><c> not</c><00:35:43.000><c> realize</c><00:35:43.480><c> that</c><00:35:43.639><c> they</c><00:35:43.880><c> crucified</c><00:35:44.380><c> their</c><00:35:44.619><c> Messiah.</c>

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:50.139
So<00:35:47.539><c> forgiveness</c><00:35:47.960><c> is</c><00:35:48.340><c> not</c><00:35:48.539><c> something</c><00:35:48.860><c> that</c><00:35:49.099><c> always</c><00:35:49.440><c> has</c><00:35:49.679><c> to</c><00:35:49.820><c> be</c><00:35:50.039><c> offered</c>

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.920
only<00:35:50.420><c> when</c><00:35:50.579><c> someone</c><00:35:50.860><c> comes</c><00:35:51.119><c> on</c><00:35:51.280><c> their</c><00:35:51.440><c> hands</c><00:35:51.659><c> and</c><00:35:51.800><c> knees</c>

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:52.820
and<00:35:52.079><c> repents</c><00:35:52.420><c> to</c><00:35:52.619><c> you.</c>

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:57.960
You<00:35:53.300><c> can</c><00:35:53.639><c> offer</c><00:35:53.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:35:54.619><c> first</c><00:35:55.639><c> and</c><00:35:56.119><c> then</c><00:35:56.340><c> see</c><00:35:56.519><c> how</c><00:35:56.719><c> they</c><00:35:56.940><c> respond.</c>

00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:01.519
They<00:35:58.880><c> may</c><00:35:59.099><c> not,</c><00:35:59.519><c> you</c><00:36:00.579><c> know,</c><00:36:00.699><c> it</c><00:36:00.760><c> won't</c><00:36:00.940><c> be</c><00:36:01.179><c> complete,</c>

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.739
you<00:36:01.659><c> won't</c><00:36:01.880><c> complete</c><00:36:02.199><c> the</c><00:36:02.460><c> cycle,</c>

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:05.820
just<00:36:03.340><c> as</c><00:36:03.860><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:04.239><c> to</c><00:36:04.480><c> the</c><00:36:04.639><c> Jews</c><00:36:04.820><c> will</c><00:36:05.039><c> not</c><00:36:05.239><c> be</c><00:36:05.480><c> completed</c>

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:07.559
until<00:36:06.099><c> he</c><00:36:06.219><c> comes</c><00:36:06.619><c> with</c><00:36:07.079><c> a</c><00:36:07.260><c> kingdom,</c>

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:10.840
and<00:36:08.099><c> then</c><00:36:08.219><c> he</c><00:36:08.460><c> plants</c><00:36:08.699><c> in</c><00:36:08.780><c> them</c><00:36:08.980><c> a</c><00:36:09.079><c> new</c><00:36:09.300><c> heart</c><00:36:09.519><c> and</c><00:36:09.639><c> a</c><00:36:09.739><c> new</c><00:36:09.840><c> mind.</c>

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:14.079
But<00:36:12.139><c> the</c><00:36:12.400><c> offer</c><00:36:12.599><c> is</c><00:36:12.860><c> out</c><00:36:13.179><c> there.</c>

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:17.019
And<00:36:15.059><c> what</c><00:36:15.179><c> I'm</c><00:36:15.280><c> saying</c><00:36:15.639><c> is,</c><00:36:16.360><c> in</c><00:36:16.519><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:18.960
and<00:36:17.239><c> as</c><00:36:17.460><c> an</c><00:36:17.579><c> individual,</c><00:36:18.039><c> you</c><00:36:18.159><c> can</c><00:36:18.360><c> say</c><00:36:18.559><c> to</c><00:36:18.760><c> someone,</c>

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.699
I<00:36:19.139><c> forgive</c><00:36:19.480><c> you,</c><00:36:20.159><c> it's</c><00:36:20.380><c> all</c><00:36:20.619><c> over,</c>

00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:22.159
I<00:36:20.820><c> don't</c><00:36:20.980><c> want</c><00:36:21.079><c> to</c><00:36:21.139><c> even</c><00:36:21.320><c> talk</c><00:36:21.519><c> about</c><00:36:21.780><c> it</c><00:36:21.900><c> anymore,</c>

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:26.559
let's<00:36:22.719><c> get</c><00:36:22.900><c> on</c><00:36:23.099><c> with</c><00:36:23.260><c> it,</c><00:36:24.119><c> and</c><00:36:24.539><c> you</c><00:36:24.780><c> can</c><00:36:25.000><c> make</c><00:36:25.199><c> the</c><00:36:25.440><c> first</c><00:36:25.699><c> offer.</c>

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.460
From<00:36:27.159><c> them</c><00:36:27.760><c> must</c><00:36:28.219><c> still</c><00:36:28.460><c> come</c><00:36:28.639><c> the</c><00:36:28.900><c> recognition</c>

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.599
for<00:36:29.739><c> it</c><00:36:29.860><c> to</c><00:36:29.980><c> be</c><00:36:30.159><c> complete,</c>

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:33.559
but<00:36:31.340><c> you</c><00:36:31.519><c> don't</c><00:36:31.960><c> have</c><00:36:32.380><c> to</c><00:36:32.599><c> wait</c><00:36:32.820><c> all</c><00:36:33.139><c> the</c><00:36:33.340><c> time</c>

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:37.920
for<00:36:33.820><c> them</c><00:36:34.320><c> to</c><00:36:34.579><c> be</c><00:36:34.679><c> the</c><00:36:34.860><c> first</c><00:36:35.119><c> one</c><00:36:35.320><c> to</c><00:36:35.519><c> recognize</c><00:36:36.139><c> the</c><00:36:36.320><c> confession</c><00:36:36.820><c> of</c><00:36:37.219><c> sin.</c>

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:40.179
Now<00:36:38.199><c> Stephen</c><00:36:38.480><c> does</c><00:36:38.739><c> the</c><00:36:38.980><c> same</c><00:36:39.179><c> thing,</c><00:36:39.760><c> by</c><00:36:39.920><c> the</c><00:36:40.079><c> way,</c>

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:41.719
it's<00:36:40.380><c> not</c><00:36:40.539><c> just</c><00:36:40.719><c> Jesus.</c>

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:44.099
Because<00:36:42.460><c> I</c><00:36:42.820><c> was</c><00:36:43.059><c> also</c><00:36:43.400><c> accused</c><00:36:43.739><c> of</c><00:36:43.960><c> saying,</c>

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.920
well,<00:36:44.639><c> only</c><00:36:44.940><c> Christ</c><00:36:45.280><c> could</c><00:36:45.480><c> do</c><00:36:45.679><c> this,</c>

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:48.039
we<00:36:46.380><c> don't</c><00:36:46.579><c> have</c><00:36:46.860><c> to</c><00:36:47.000><c> do</c><00:36:47.199><c> this.</c>

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:50.820
And<00:36:48.599><c> they</c><00:36:48.880><c> stoned</c><00:36:49.139><c> Stephen</c><00:36:49.480><c> calling</c><00:36:49.840><c> upon</c><00:36:50.219><c> God</c><00:36:50.480><c> and</c><00:36:50.679><c> saying,</c>

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:52.500
Lord<00:36:51.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:51.460><c> receive</c><00:36:51.800><c> my</c><00:36:52.099><c> spirit.</c>

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:54.679
And<00:36:52.980><c> he</c><00:36:53.059><c> kneeled</c><00:36:53.300><c> down</c><00:36:53.579><c> and</c><00:36:53.760><c> cried</c><00:36:53.900><c> with</c><00:36:54.139><c> a</c><00:36:54.219><c> loud</c><00:36:54.400><c> voice,</c>

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:58.460
Lord,<00:36:55.619><c> lay</c><00:36:55.840><c> not</c><00:36:56.199><c> this</c><00:36:56.519><c> sin</c><00:36:56.739><c> to</c><00:36:57.079><c> their</c><00:36:57.500><c> charge.</c>

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.119
Wow.

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.820
I'll<00:37:00.539><c> tell</c><00:37:00.619><c> you,</c><00:37:00.719><c> if</c><00:37:00.860><c> somebody</c><00:37:01.059><c> was</c><00:37:01.340><c> stoning</c><00:37:01.579><c> me,</c>

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:04.280
I<00:37:01.940><c> don't</c><00:37:02.059><c> think</c><00:37:02.260><c> I</c><00:37:02.380><c> would</c><00:37:02.559><c> have</c><00:37:02.719><c> that</c><00:37:02.940><c> kind</c><00:37:03.159><c> of</c><00:37:03.340><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:07.039
I<00:37:05.500><c> think</c><00:37:05.659><c> I'd</c><00:37:05.940><c> be</c><00:37:06.059><c> mad.</c>

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:11.679
I'd<00:37:08.460><c> be</c><00:37:08.659><c> real</c><00:37:08.960><c> mad,</c><00:37:09.440><c> serious</c><00:37:09.860><c> mad,</c><00:37:10.579><c> right?</c>

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:16.860
Lay<00:37:14.420><c> not</c><00:37:14.860><c> this</c><00:37:15.239><c> sin</c><00:37:15.480><c> to</c><00:37:15.619><c> their</c><00:37:15.860><c> charge.</c>

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:23.199
There<00:37:18.639><c> was</c><00:37:18.880><c> no</c><00:37:19.159><c> recognition</c><00:37:19.820><c> of</c><00:37:20.239><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:20.840><c> at</c><00:37:21.639><c> all</c><00:37:21.940><c> here,</c>

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:25.980
except<00:37:23.599><c> in</c><00:37:23.860><c> one</c><00:37:24.179><c> case</c><00:37:24.460><c> it</c><00:37:24.659><c> occurred</c><00:37:25.000><c> later.</c>

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:29.920
This<00:37:26.539><c> made</c><00:37:26.760><c> a</c><00:37:26.980><c> very</c><00:37:27.320><c> profound</c><00:37:27.800><c> effect</c><00:37:28.219><c> on</c><00:37:28.559><c> one</c><00:37:28.980><c> man.</c>

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:31.579
Who<00:37:30.480><c> was</c><00:37:30.719><c> that?</c>

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.599
Paul.

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:35.079
He<00:37:32.980><c> remembered</c><00:37:33.340><c> it</c><00:37:33.539><c> later</c><00:37:33.860><c> in</c><00:37:34.039><c> life.</c>

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.159
And<00:37:35.519><c> that</c><00:37:35.719><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:36.039><c> was</c><00:37:36.360><c> offered</c><00:37:36.639><c> by</c><00:37:36.920><c> God</c>

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.980
when<00:37:37.300><c> he</c><00:37:37.500><c> fell</c><00:37:37.699><c> on</c><00:37:37.880><c> his</c><00:37:38.059><c> knees</c><00:37:38.239><c> on</c><00:37:38.480><c> the</c><00:37:38.500><c> way</c><00:37:38.619><c> to</c><00:37:38.820><c> Damascus.</c>

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:43.579
So<00:37:41.280><c> what</c><00:37:41.579><c> I'm</c><00:37:41.719><c> saying</c><00:37:42.099><c> here</c><00:37:42.440><c> is,</c>

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:45.539
this<00:37:43.699><c> concept</c><00:37:44.039><c> of</c><00:37:44.260><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:44.579><c> as</c><00:37:44.820><c> a</c><00:37:44.940><c> first</c><00:37:45.139><c> principle</c>

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:47.599
has<00:37:45.960><c> many,</c><00:37:46.320><c> many</c><00:37:46.460><c> aspects</c><00:37:46.980><c> to</c><00:37:47.179><c> it.</c>

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:51.460
One<00:37:48.179><c> of</c><00:37:48.340><c> which</c><00:37:48.539><c> is</c><00:37:49.139><c> when</c><00:37:49.440><c> we're</c><00:37:49.619><c> in</c><00:37:49.840><c> the</c><00:37:50.460><c> need</c><00:37:50.800><c> of</c><00:37:51.059><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.800
we<00:37:52.079><c> should</c><00:37:52.239><c> be</c><00:37:52.440><c> open</c><00:37:52.719><c> enough</c><00:37:53.039><c> and</c><00:37:53.360><c> honest</c><00:37:53.599><c> enough</c>

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:56.440
and<00:37:53.940><c> humble</c><00:37:54.179><c> enough</c><00:37:54.420><c> to</c><00:37:54.659><c> ask</c><00:37:55.019><c> for</c><00:37:55.119><c> it</c><00:37:55.280><c> and</c><00:37:55.460><c> to</c><00:37:55.659><c> repent.</c>

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.840
But<00:37:57.300><c> if</c><00:37:57.739><c> we're</c><00:37:57.880><c> on</c><00:37:58.039><c> the</c><00:37:58.199><c> other</c><00:37:58.440><c> side,</c>

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:00.820
we<00:37:59.119><c> ought</c><00:37:59.300><c> to</c><00:37:59.380><c> be</c><00:37:59.519><c> willing</c><00:37:59.780><c> to</c><00:38:00.139><c> offer</c><00:38:00.320><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:03.460
seeing<00:38:01.219><c> if</c><00:38:01.400><c> the</c><00:38:01.559><c> other</c><00:38:01.760><c> person</c><00:38:02.059><c> will</c><00:38:02.360><c> respond</c>

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:06.119
and<00:38:04.440><c> then</c><00:38:04.679><c> complete</c><00:38:04.980><c> the</c><00:38:05.260><c> cycle.</c>

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.800
Don't<00:38:07.760><c> ever</c><00:38:08.039><c> take</c><00:38:08.219><c> the</c><00:38:08.460><c> attitude,</c>

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:11.980
and<00:38:08.980><c> I've</c><00:38:09.280><c> seen</c><00:38:09.519><c> this</c><00:38:09.880><c> happen</c><00:38:10.219><c> too</c><00:38:10.639><c> often</c><00:38:10.960><c> on</c><00:38:11.280><c> A</c><00:38:11.460><c>.B</c><00:38:11.679><c>.s,</c>

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.739
where<00:38:12.199><c> people</c><00:38:12.480><c> will</c><00:38:12.659><c> say,</c>

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:14.699
until<00:38:13.219><c> they</c><00:38:13.559><c> recognize</c><00:38:14.119><c> such</c><00:38:14.380><c> and</c><00:38:14.579><c> such,</c>

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:16.380
we're<00:38:14.980><c> not</c><00:38:15.159><c> going</c><00:38:15.320><c> to</c><00:38:15.420><c> do</c><00:38:15.619><c> anything.</c>

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.679
Well,<00:38:17.860><c> I'll</c><00:38:18.039><c> tell</c><00:38:18.219><c> you</c><00:38:18.360><c> something,</c>

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:20.860
when<00:38:19.300><c> someone's</c><00:38:19.739><c> done</c><00:38:19.880><c> a</c><00:38:20.079><c> wrong,</c>

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.559
it's<00:38:21.099><c> often</c><00:38:21.340><c> hard</c><00:38:21.579><c> for</c><00:38:21.719><c> them</c><00:38:21.880><c> to</c><00:38:22.159><c> recognize.</c>

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:25.300
And<00:38:22.780><c> if</c><00:38:22.880><c> we</c><00:38:23.219><c> aren't</c><00:38:23.500><c> better</c><00:38:23.880><c> than</c><00:38:24.139><c> that,</c>

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:29.760
then<00:38:26.480><c> how</c><00:38:26.760><c> are</c><00:38:26.940><c> we</c><00:38:27.119><c> qualified</c><00:38:27.639><c> to</c><00:38:27.800><c> be</c><00:38:28.239><c> kings</c><00:38:28.579><c> and</c><00:38:28.820><c> priests?</c>

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:33.019
How<00:38:30.719><c> are</c><00:38:30.860><c> we</c><00:38:31.179><c> qualified</c><00:38:31.480><c> to</c><00:38:31.699><c> be</c><00:38:32.500><c> judges?</c>

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:36.440
How<00:38:33.559><c> are</c><00:38:33.679><c> we</c><00:38:34.079><c> qualified</c><00:38:34.300><c> to</c><00:38:34.480><c> be</c><00:38:34.880><c> even</c><00:38:35.159><c> elders</c><00:38:35.500><c> today?</c>

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:40.820
And<00:38:37.519><c> I</c><00:38:37.659><c> can't</c><00:38:38.260><c> think</c><00:38:38.480><c> of</c><00:38:38.619><c> any</c><00:38:38.800><c> more</c><00:38:39.039><c> stunning</c><00:38:39.400><c> example</c>

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:42.619
of<00:38:41.539><c> absolute</c><00:38:42.000><c> forgiveness</c>

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:45.900
that<00:38:43.340><c> has</c><00:38:43.579><c> waited</c><00:38:43.880><c> upon</c><00:38:44.780><c> two</c><00:38:45.179><c> millennia</c>

00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:48.019
for<00:38:46.119><c> something</c><00:38:46.460><c> to</c><00:38:46.639><c> be</c><00:38:46.780><c> done</c><00:38:46.940><c> about</c><00:38:47.239><c> it.</c>

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:50.039
But<00:38:48.420><c> you</c><00:38:48.519><c> know,</c><00:38:48.840><c> the</c><00:38:48.960><c> Old</c><00:38:49.159><c> Testament</c><00:38:49.460><c> prophecies</c>

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.019
say<00:38:50.280><c> the</c><00:38:50.480><c> day</c><00:38:50.639><c> is</c><00:38:50.820><c> coming</c>

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:52.599
when<00:38:51.159><c> they're</c><00:38:51.300><c> going</c><00:38:51.480><c> to</c><00:38:51.599><c> ask</c><00:38:51.900><c> for</c><00:38:52.079><c> that</c><00:38:52.300><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:54.380
They're<00:38:52.820><c> going</c><00:38:52.900><c> to</c><00:38:53.059><c> complete</c><00:38:53.260><c> the</c><00:38:53.500><c> cycle.</c>

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:58.340
And<00:38:55.260><c> they'll</c><00:38:55.519><c> say</c><00:38:55.800><c> to</c><00:38:56.019><c> him</c><00:38:56.360><c> whom</c><00:38:56.559><c> they</c><00:38:56.920><c> have</c><00:38:57.199><c> pierced,</c><00:38:58.159><c> right?</c>

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:58.960
Zachariah.

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:01.099
So<00:38:59.820><c> the</c><00:39:00.300><c> offer</c><00:39:00.579><c> is</c><00:39:00.760><c> out.</c>

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.780
Now,<00:39:01.699><c> we</c><00:39:01.820><c> can</c><00:39:01.960><c> do</c><00:39:02.119><c> the</c><00:39:02.320><c> same</c><00:39:02.480><c> thing</c>

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:04.320
when<00:39:02.980><c> there's</c><00:39:03.239><c> a</c><00:39:03.400><c> problem</c><00:39:03.679><c> or</c><00:39:03.940><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:07.059
We<00:39:04.820><c> can</c><00:39:05.119><c> offer</c><00:39:05.440><c> it</c><00:39:05.699><c> out,</c>

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:10.320
praying<00:39:07.719><c> and</c><00:39:07.980><c> hopeful</c><00:39:08.199><c> that</c><00:39:08.360><c> they'll</c><00:39:08.699><c> receive</c><00:39:09.099><c> the</c><00:39:09.300><c> response.</c>

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:14.380
We<00:39:13.400><c> don't</c><00:39:13.539><c> always</c><00:39:13.760><c> have</c><00:39:13.940><c> to</c><00:39:14.079><c> wait</c>

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:17.059
for<00:39:14.639><c> the</c><00:39:14.860><c> confession</c><00:39:15.260><c> of</c><00:39:15.539><c> sin</c><00:39:15.679><c> to</c><00:39:15.860><c> come</c><00:39:16.119><c> first.</c>

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:20.440
And<00:39:17.699><c> sometimes</c><00:39:18.099><c> by</c><00:39:18.440><c> being</c><00:39:19.039><c> forgiving</c><00:39:19.480><c> and</c><00:39:20.139><c> loving,</c>

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:22.599
we<00:39:21.059><c> make</c><00:39:21.280><c> the</c><00:39:21.500><c> other</c><00:39:21.699><c> person</c><00:39:21.980><c> realize</c>

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:25.739
that<00:39:23.000><c> they</c><00:39:23.480><c> have</c><00:39:23.760><c> done</c><00:39:24.000><c> wrong,</c><00:39:24.480><c> you</c><00:39:24.780><c> know?</c>

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.219
The<00:39:27.159><c> person</c><00:39:27.500><c> who's</c><00:39:27.800><c> weak</c>

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:31.079
doesn't<00:39:28.719><c> always</c><00:39:29.159><c> respond</c><00:39:29.639><c> when</c><00:39:29.800><c> we</c><00:39:30.000><c> confront</c><00:39:30.420><c> them.</c>

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:35.699
That<00:39:31.519><c> just</c><00:39:31.920><c> makes</c><00:39:32.159><c> them</c><00:39:32.320><c> get</c><00:39:32.599><c> defensive,</c><00:39:34.699><c> right?</c>

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:39.280
And<00:39:37.420><c> heaven</c><00:39:37.599><c> knows,</c><00:39:37.980><c> we</c><00:39:38.139><c> were</c><00:39:38.739><c> all</c><00:39:38.860><c> very</c><00:39:39.159><c> good</c>

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:42.260
at<00:39:39.400><c> protecting</c><00:39:39.860><c> our</c><00:39:40.139><c> own</c><00:39:40.300><c> little</c><00:39:40.860><c> perimeter,</c><00:39:41.440><c> right?</c>

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:45.000
I<00:39:42.780><c> haven't</c><00:39:42.980><c> done</c><00:39:43.159><c> anything</c><00:39:43.420><c> wrong</c><00:39:43.739><c> for</c><00:39:44.000><c> days.</c>

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:48.659
We<00:39:46.920><c> all</c><00:39:47.179><c> like</c><00:39:47.400><c> to</c><00:39:47.679><c> believe</c><00:39:47.920><c> our</c><00:39:48.420><c> view</c>

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.019
or<00:39:48.820><c> what</c><00:39:48.980><c> we've</c><00:39:49.280><c> done</c><00:39:49.519><c> is</c><00:39:49.880><c> correct.</c>

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:53.719
It's<00:39:52.780><c> natural.</c>

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:56.500
It's<00:39:55.119><c> part</c><00:39:55.320><c> of</c><00:39:55.460><c> human</c><00:39:55.639><c> nature.</c>

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:59.840
It's<00:39:57.940><c> what</c><00:39:58.019><c> led</c><00:39:58.199><c> Adam</c><00:39:58.480><c> and</c><00:39:58.599><c> Eve</c><00:39:58.719><c> to</c><00:39:58.940><c> sin</c><00:39:59.039><c> in</c><00:39:59.199><c> the</c><00:39:59.340><c> first</c><00:39:59.539><c> place.</c>

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.860
They<00:40:00.059><c> didn't</c><00:40:00.219><c> go</c><00:40:00.400><c> into</c><00:40:00.639><c> sin</c>

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:03.059
thinking<00:40:01.159><c> they</c><00:40:01.300><c> were</c><00:40:01.440><c> doing</c><00:40:01.699><c> something</c><00:40:02.099><c> wrong.</c>

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:05.400
They<00:40:03.539><c> just</c><00:40:03.780><c> ignored</c><00:40:04.079><c> the</c><00:40:04.360><c> commandment.</c>

00:40:06.780 --> 00:40:08.099
So<00:40:07.119><c> we</c><00:40:07.460><c> have</c><00:40:07.639><c> to</c><00:40:07.800><c> understand</c>

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:09.460
that<00:40:08.280><c> others</c><00:40:08.480><c> are</c><00:40:08.679><c> in</c><00:40:08.760><c> the</c><00:40:08.900><c> same</c><00:40:09.059><c> position.</c>

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.500
Some<00:40:09.719><c> are</c><00:40:09.920><c> weaker</c><00:40:10.139><c> than</c><00:40:10.340><c> others.</c>

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:11.119
Some<00:40:10.679><c> are</c><00:40:10.880><c> stronger.</c>

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.639
Some<00:40:11.360><c> are</c><00:40:11.480><c> good</c><00:40:11.739><c> in</c><00:40:12.059><c> this</c><00:40:12.320><c> aspect.</c>

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:13.760
Some<00:40:12.860><c> are</c><00:40:13.179><c> good</c><00:40:13.340><c> in</c><00:40:13.539><c> others.</c>

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:15.340
And<00:40:14.360><c> we</c><00:40:14.500><c> have</c><00:40:14.679><c> to</c><00:40:14.920><c> realize</c>

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:17.599
that<00:40:15.559><c> we</c><00:40:15.860><c> all</c><00:40:16.199><c> are</c><00:40:16.460><c> in</c><00:40:16.800><c> the</c><00:40:17.079><c> same</c><00:40:17.340><c> boat.</c>

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:19.679
We<00:40:17.820><c> all</c><00:40:18.260><c> need</c><00:40:18.579><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:21.599
We<00:40:20.000><c> all</c><00:40:20.280><c> need</c><00:40:20.579><c> mercy.</c>

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:24.179
So<00:40:21.760><c> we</c><00:40:21.880><c> ought</c><00:40:21.960><c> to</c><00:40:22.059><c> practice</c><00:40:22.519><c> doing</c><00:40:22.880><c> it</c><00:40:23.239><c> now.</c>

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.800
And<00:40:24.719><c> we're</c><00:40:24.980><c> going</c><00:40:25.059><c> to</c><00:40:25.199><c> be</c><00:40:25.420><c> judged.</c>

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:27.960
That's<00:40:26.300><c> what</c><00:40:26.619><c> really</c><00:40:26.980><c> hit</c><00:40:27.239><c> home</c><00:40:27.519><c> to</c><00:40:27.780><c> me.</c>

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:29.780
We're<00:40:28.539><c> going</c><00:40:28.659><c> to</c><00:40:28.800><c> be</c><00:40:29.039><c> judged</c>

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:34.239
exactly<00:40:30.800><c> by</c><00:40:31.679><c> the</c><00:40:31.840><c> way</c><00:40:32.039><c> we</c><00:40:32.280><c> offer</c><00:40:32.599><c> forgiveness</c><00:40:33.099><c> and</c><00:40:33.420><c> mercy.</c>

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:38.519
And<00:40:35.219><c> the</c><00:40:35.380><c> word</c><00:40:35.559><c> justice</c><00:40:36.059><c> never</c><00:40:36.519><c> enters</c><00:40:36.940><c> into</c><00:40:37.340><c> any</c><00:40:37.679><c> of</c><00:40:37.780><c> this.</c>

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:40.659
I<00:40:39.179><c> can't</c><00:40:39.400><c> find</c><00:40:39.639><c> a</c><00:40:39.860><c> single</c><00:40:40.139><c> reference</c>

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:44.500
that<00:40:41.760><c> would</c><00:40:41.980><c> say</c><00:40:42.440><c> that</c><00:40:42.900><c> justice</c><00:40:43.260><c> is</c><00:40:43.480><c> what</c><00:40:43.619><c> we're</c><00:40:43.820><c> going</c><00:40:44.000><c> to</c><00:40:44.179><c> get</c>

00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:47.139
or<00:40:44.980><c> justice</c><00:40:45.400><c> is</c><00:40:45.619><c> what</c><00:40:45.739><c> we</c><00:40:45.940><c> ought</c><00:40:46.059><c> to</c><00:40:46.320><c> offer.</c>

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.340
I<00:40:47.780><c> want</c><00:40:48.000><c> to</c><00:40:48.159><c> know,</c>

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:50.559
does<00:40:48.619><c> anyone</c><00:40:48.960><c> here</c><00:40:49.239><c> want</c><00:40:49.400><c> to</c><00:40:49.500><c> go</c><00:40:49.619><c> to</c><00:40:49.760><c> the</c><00:40:49.940><c> judgment</c><00:40:50.219><c> seat</c>

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:52.420
demanding<00:40:51.139><c> justice?</c>

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:58.800
Geez,<00:40:57.119><c> what</c><00:40:57.300><c> a</c><00:40:57.579><c> slimy</c><00:40:57.840><c> lot.</c>

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:02.880
I<00:41:01.159><c> mean,</c><00:41:01.360><c> I</c><00:41:01.780><c> agree</c><00:41:02.059><c> with</c><00:41:02.239><c> you.</c>

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:06.219
I<00:41:03.519><c> want</c><00:41:03.840><c> mercy</c><00:41:04.280><c> 150</c><00:41:05.139><c> percent</c>

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:08.579
or<00:41:06.820><c> it's</c><00:41:07.079><c> all</c><00:41:07.400><c> over.</c>

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:12.579
And<00:41:10.239><c> there's</c><00:41:10.340><c> not</c><00:41:10.500><c> even</c><00:41:10.639><c> any</c><00:41:10.860><c> question</c><00:41:11.239><c> in</c><00:41:11.460><c> my</c><00:41:11.659><c> mind</c>

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:14.079
about<00:41:12.980><c> justice.</c>

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.739
Keep<00:41:15.000><c> that</c><00:41:15.260><c> in</c><00:41:15.420><c> mind</c>

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:18.400
when<00:41:16.000><c> you</c><00:41:16.320><c> have</c><00:41:16.480><c> a</c><00:41:16.559><c> problem</c><00:41:16.800><c> with</c><00:41:17.059><c> someone</c><00:41:17.280><c> else.</c>

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:20.960
Try<00:41:18.960><c> to</c><00:41:19.079><c> put</c><00:41:19.239><c> yourself</c><00:41:19.500><c> in</c><00:41:19.639><c> the</c><00:41:19.719><c> position</c><00:41:20.079><c> of</c><00:41:20.239><c> Jesus</c><00:41:20.579><c> Christ</c>

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:23.420
who<00:41:21.199><c> said,</c><00:41:22.679><c> forgive</c><00:41:22.699><c> them,</c><00:41:23.179><c> Father,</c>

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:25.559
for<00:41:23.599><c> they</c><00:41:23.820><c> know</c><00:41:24.019><c> not</c><00:41:24.219><c> what</c><00:41:24.360><c> they</c><00:41:24.619><c> do.</c>

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:29.699
And<00:41:27.260><c> you</c><00:41:27.340><c> know</c><00:41:27.420><c> how</c><00:41:27.780><c> wise</c><00:41:28.059><c> Jesus'</c><00:41:28.539><c> words</c><00:41:28.800><c> are?</c>

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:31.800
Because<00:41:30.360><c> if</c><00:41:30.539><c> they</c><00:41:30.739><c> knew</c><00:41:30.960><c> what</c><00:41:31.119><c> they</c><00:41:31.360><c> were</c><00:41:31.539><c> doing,</c>

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:33.639
they<00:41:32.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:32.300><c> have</c><00:41:32.579><c> done</c><00:41:32.780><c> it.</c>

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:35.960
Most<00:41:34.420><c> of</c><00:41:34.579><c> the</c><00:41:34.760><c> time</c><00:41:34.960><c> when</c><00:41:35.139><c> someone</c><00:41:35.440><c> does</c><00:41:35.619><c> something</c>

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.559
really<00:41:36.579><c> off</c><00:41:37.039><c> the</c><00:41:37.300><c> wall</c>

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:39.119
or<00:41:37.739><c> sins</c><00:41:37.980><c> against</c><00:41:38.360><c> you</c><00:41:38.500><c> or</c><00:41:38.659><c> offends</c><00:41:38.880><c> you,</c>

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.699
it's<00:41:39.420><c> because</c><00:41:39.639><c> they</c><00:41:39.820><c> hadn't</c><00:41:40.099><c> realized</c>

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:42.659
that<00:41:40.860><c> they</c><00:41:40.860><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:41.059><c> have</c><00:41:41.179><c> done</c><00:41:41.300><c> that</c><00:41:41.480><c> in</c><00:41:41.619><c> the</c><00:41:41.679><c> first</c><00:41:41.860><c> place.</c>

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:46.059
I<00:41:45.199><c> mean,</c><00:41:45.280><c> I</c><00:41:45.400><c> think</c><00:41:45.539><c> that's</c><00:41:45.800><c> true.</c>

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:49.300
Most<00:41:46.360><c> of</c><00:41:46.519><c> us</c><00:41:46.679><c> don't</c><00:41:47.739><c> deliberately</c><00:41:48.360><c> go</c><00:41:48.619><c> around</c><00:41:48.900><c> planning</c>

00:41:49.300 --> 00:41:51.119
to<00:41:49.579><c> hurt</c><00:41:49.840><c> other</c><00:41:50.159><c> people.</c>

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:54.099
It<00:41:51.400><c> happens</c><00:41:51.760><c> by</c><00:41:52.179><c> stupidity,</c><00:41:53.079><c> oversight,</c>

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.239
lack<00:41:54.719><c> of</c><00:41:54.980><c> consciousness,</c>

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:58.300
lack<00:41:55.760><c> of</c><00:41:56.019><c> realizing</c><00:41:56.360><c> where</c><00:41:56.579><c> the</c><00:41:56.739><c> other</c><00:41:56.960><c> person's</c><00:41:57.340><c> coming</c><00:41:57.519><c> from.</c>

00:41:58.539 --> 00:42:00.159
We<00:41:59.019><c> all</c><00:41:59.199><c> come</c><00:41:59.360><c> with</c><00:41:59.500><c> our</c><00:41:59.679><c> own</c><00:41:59.920><c> baggage,</c>

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.800
our<00:42:00.460><c> own</c><00:42:00.760><c> heritage,</c><00:42:01.119><c> our</c><00:42:01.199><c> own</c><00:42:01.400><c> culture,</c>

00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:03.079
and<00:42:02.119><c> we</c><00:42:02.239><c> don't</c><00:42:02.380><c> always</c><00:42:02.659><c> realize</c>

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:05.760
that<00:42:03.219><c> the</c><00:42:03.340><c> other</c><00:42:03.539><c> person</c><00:42:03.760><c> may</c><00:42:03.920><c> not</c><00:42:04.099><c> receive</c><00:42:04.400><c> it</c><00:42:04.539><c> the</c><00:42:04.699><c> same</c><00:42:04.900><c> way.</c>

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:08.360
So<00:42:06.119><c> we</c><00:42:06.219><c> go</c><00:42:06.460><c> in</c><00:42:06.619><c> and</c><00:42:06.960><c> out</c><00:42:07.679><c> comes</c><00:42:07.920><c> the</c><00:42:08.159><c> mouth,</c>

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:09.440
the<00:42:08.840><c> foot</c><00:42:08.960><c> comes</c><00:42:09.239><c> up,</c>

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:10.679
it<00:42:09.539><c> goes</c><00:42:09.800><c> in</c><00:42:10.000><c> up</c><00:42:10.159><c> to</c><00:42:10.340><c> here,</c>

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:12.659
and<00:42:11.059><c> we</c><00:42:11.239><c> make</c><00:42:11.480><c> a</c><00:42:11.659><c> mistake.</c>

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:18.340
So<00:42:17.000><c> bear</c><00:42:17.739><c> that</c><00:42:17.980><c> in</c><00:42:18.179><c> mind.</c>

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:21.539
Most<00:42:18.860><c> sin</c><00:42:19.119><c> against</c><00:42:19.500><c> us</c><00:42:19.699><c> is</c><00:42:19.920><c> not</c><00:42:20.320><c> necessarily</c><00:42:20.880><c> what</c><00:42:21.280><c> we're</c><00:42:21.340><c> going</c><00:42:21.420><c> to</c><00:42:21.500><c> say.</c>

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:23.679
We<00:42:21.699><c> should</c><00:42:21.920><c> offer,</c><00:42:22.579><c> it's</c><00:42:23.119><c> manslaughter,</c>

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:25.860
not<00:42:23.960><c> murder</c><00:42:24.440><c> in</c><00:42:24.639><c> the</c><00:42:24.760><c> first</c><00:42:24.960><c> degree.</c>

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.900
And<00:42:27.119><c> when</c><00:42:27.219><c> people</c><00:42:27.420><c> do</c><00:42:27.659><c> that,</c>

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:30.699
they<00:42:28.440><c> may</c><00:42:29.420><c> be</c><00:42:29.719><c> making</c><00:42:30.039><c> a</c><00:42:30.280><c> mistake,</c>

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:32.619
and<00:42:31.440><c> then</c><00:42:31.639><c> we</c><00:42:31.860><c> compound</c><00:42:32.380><c> it</c>

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:35.699
by<00:42:33.199><c> making</c><00:42:33.460><c> it</c><00:42:33.719><c> hard</c><00:42:33.920><c> for</c><00:42:34.079><c> them</c><00:42:34.260><c> to</c><00:42:34.400><c> ask</c><00:42:34.619><c> for</c><00:42:34.840><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:40.340
You<00:42:38.099><c> know,</c><00:42:38.300><c> I</c><00:42:38.500><c> think</c><00:42:38.699><c> there's</c><00:42:38.920><c> nothing</c><00:42:39.219><c> worse</c><00:42:39.539><c> than</c><00:42:39.679><c> someone</c><00:42:40.000><c> saying,</c>

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:41.940
well,<00:42:41.119><c> if</c><00:42:41.300><c> they're</c><00:42:41.500><c> going</c><00:42:41.579><c> to</c><00:42:41.639><c> do</c><00:42:41.820><c> that,</c>

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:43.119
I'm<00:42:42.079><c> never</c><00:42:42.280><c> going</c><00:42:42.460><c> to</c><00:42:42.559><c> speak</c><00:42:42.719><c> to</c><00:42:42.800><c> them</c><00:42:42.940><c> again.</c>

00:42:43.119 --> 00:42:45.699
I'm<00:42:43.380><c> not</c><00:42:43.480><c> going</c><00:42:43.619><c> to</c><00:42:43.699><c> deal</c><00:42:43.840><c> with</c><00:42:44.000><c> them,</c><00:42:44.219><c> or</c><00:42:44.360><c> so</c><00:42:44.500><c> on</c><00:42:44.639><c> and</c><00:42:44.719><c> so</c><00:42:44.920><c> forth.</c>

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:47.679
Where<00:42:46.159><c> does</c><00:42:46.260><c> this</c><00:42:46.460><c> come</c><00:42:46.679><c> to</c><00:42:46.840><c> some</c><00:42:47.059><c> practical</c><00:42:47.480><c> use?</c>

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:50.880
Let's<00:42:48.099><c> get</c><00:42:48.340><c> a</c><00:42:48.480><c> little</c><00:42:48.699><c> bit</c><00:42:49.099><c> of</c><00:42:50.280><c> input</c><00:42:50.639><c> here.</c>

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:53.639
Where<00:42:51.380><c> do</c><00:42:51.940><c> we</c><00:42:52.099><c> have</c><00:42:52.300><c> problems</c><00:42:52.679><c> in</c><00:42:53.000><c> personal</c><00:42:53.239><c> life</c>

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:56.280
or<00:42:54.340><c> in</c><00:42:54.619><c> ekklesia</c><00:42:55.019><c> in</c><00:42:55.400><c> offering</c><00:42:55.860><c> forgiveness?</c>

00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:59.900
What<00:42:56.639><c> issues</c><00:42:57.760><c> put</c><00:42:58.619><c> us</c><00:42:58.900><c> in</c><00:42:59.360><c> dilemmas</c>

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:01.940
that<00:43:00.400><c> we</c><00:43:00.599><c> have</c><00:43:00.760><c> to</c><00:43:00.980><c> exercise</c><00:43:01.559><c> judgment?</c>

00:43:02.119 --> 00:43:02.380
Smitty?

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:05.480
Well,<00:43:02.960><c> when</c><00:43:03.139><c> things</c><00:43:03.320><c> are</c><00:43:03.539><c> in</c><00:43:03.659><c> the</c><00:43:03.860><c> green</c><00:43:04.059><c> area,</c>

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:07.679
violence<00:43:05.880><c> is</c><00:43:06.260><c> life</c><00:43:06.460><c> and</c><00:43:07.179><c> life.</c>

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:10.500
Many<00:43:08.199><c> times</c><00:43:08.920><c> we</c><00:43:09.760><c> want</c><00:43:10.000><c> to</c><00:43:10.239><c> defend</c>

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:14.320
what<00:43:11.539><c> we</c><00:43:11.980><c> think</c><00:43:12.280><c> we</c><00:43:12.659><c> have</c><00:43:12.960><c> to</c><00:43:13.079><c> defend.</c>

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:19.780
And<00:43:15.119><c> we</c><00:43:17.219><c> have</c><00:43:17.940><c> natural</c><00:43:18.300><c> bias</c><00:43:18.820><c> in</c><00:43:19.039><c> it.</c>

00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:22.260
But<00:43:20.179><c> when</c><00:43:20.340><c> things</c><00:43:20.599><c> are</c><00:43:20.800><c> in</c><00:43:20.800><c> the</c><00:43:20.980><c> green</c><00:43:21.219><c> area,</c>

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:25.800
it's<00:43:23.039><c> a</c><00:43:23.340><c> very</c><00:43:24.300><c> happy</c><00:43:24.760><c> time.</c>

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:29.000
We<00:43:26.460><c> remember</c><00:43:27.059><c> the</c><00:43:27.500><c> tribal</c><00:43:27.760><c> song,</c>

00:43:29.639 --> 00:43:32.800
when<00:43:30.239><c> the</c><00:43:30.840><c> younger</c><00:43:31.179><c> son</c><00:43:31.500><c> was</c><00:43:31.800><c> returning,</c>

00:43:33.219 --> 00:43:35.139
he<00:43:33.219><c> was</c><00:43:33.539><c> going</c><00:43:33.780><c> through</c><00:43:34.119><c> the</c><00:43:34.300><c> cellar</c><00:43:34.639><c> door,</c>

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:37.400
but<00:43:35.860><c> he</c><00:43:36.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:36.199><c> just</c><00:43:36.539><c> tell</c><00:43:36.659><c> his</c><00:43:37.000><c> father</c>

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:40.760
to<00:43:37.699><c> bring</c><00:43:37.880><c> the</c><00:43:39.119><c> detentions</c><00:43:39.719><c> from</c><00:43:40.019><c> his</c><00:43:40.179><c> father.</c>

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:43.860
And<00:43:41.519><c> he</c><00:43:41.659><c> was</c><00:43:41.860><c> a</c><00:43:42.059><c> long</c><00:43:42.320><c> way</c><00:43:42.719><c> off,</c>

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:46.219
but<00:43:44.840><c> the</c><00:43:45.139><c> father,</c>

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:48.480
the<00:43:47.059><c> little</c><00:43:47.380><c> guy,</c>

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:52.000
went<00:43:50.099><c> out</c><00:43:50.699><c> this</c><00:43:51.059><c> weekend,</c>

00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:54.960
went<00:43:52.480><c> down</c><00:43:52.780><c> to</c><00:43:52.900><c> the</c><00:43:53.099><c> pulpit,</c><00:43:53.639><c> and</c><00:43:53.760><c> I</c><00:43:53.960><c> hear</c><00:43:54.079><c> it.</c>

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:56.679
When<00:43:55.420><c> you</c><00:43:55.579><c> see</c><00:43:55.719><c> the</c><00:43:55.960><c> father</c><00:43:56.159><c> coming</c><00:43:56.440><c> in,</c>

00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.760
when<00:43:56.679><c> he</c><00:43:56.679><c> comes</c><00:43:57.260><c> out,</c>

00:43:58.900 --> 00:44:00.679
when<00:43:59.460><c> he's</c><00:44:00.019><c> physically</c><00:44:00.260><c> black,</c>

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:01.719
when<00:44:01.019><c> he</c><00:44:01.099><c> comes</c><00:44:01.280><c> out,</c>

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:04.099
that's<00:44:02.300><c> when</c><00:44:02.739><c> the</c><00:44:02.860><c> father</c><00:44:03.079><c> comes</c><00:44:03.360><c> out.</c>

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:06.039
When<00:44:05.219><c> things</c><00:44:05.480><c> are</c><00:44:05.780><c> gray,</c>

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:07.800
but<00:44:06.239><c> they're</c><00:44:06.380><c> not</c><00:44:06.599><c> black</c><00:44:06.820><c> and</c><00:44:07.019><c> white.</c>

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:12.960
How<00:44:11.119><c> are</c><00:44:11.679><c> we</c><00:44:11.980><c> taking</c><00:44:12.320><c> these</c><00:44:12.679><c> issues</c>

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:14.559
in<00:44:13.099><c> a</c><00:44:13.260><c> more</c><00:44:13.480><c> real</c><00:44:13.760><c> way?</c>

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:18.039
We're<00:44:16.880><c> falling</c><00:44:16.960><c> too</c><00:44:17.360><c> far.</c>

00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:20.420
Jimmy?

00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:24.280
When<00:44:22.199><c> things</c><00:44:22.320><c> are</c><00:44:22.539><c> absolutely</c><00:44:22.960><c> black</c><00:44:23.300><c> and</c><00:44:23.500><c> white,</c>

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:26.980
and<00:44:25.260><c> it's</c><00:44:25.500><c> absolutely</c><00:44:25.960><c> clear</c><00:44:26.239><c> to</c><00:44:26.400><c> us</c>

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:28.380
that<00:44:27.679><c> you're</c><00:44:27.940><c> in</c><00:44:28.079><c> the</c><00:44:28.199><c> wrong,</c>

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:29.940
absolutely<00:44:29.039><c> white,</c>

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:32.840
the<00:44:30.500><c> issue</c><00:44:30.860><c> is</c><00:44:31.139><c> absolutely</c><00:44:31.659><c> black</c><00:44:31.920><c> and</c><00:44:32.079><c> white</c><00:44:32.260><c> here.</c>

00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:35.340
Don't<00:44:33.400><c> tell</c><00:44:33.579><c> in</c><00:44:33.739><c> your</c><00:44:33.920><c> mind</c><00:44:34.099><c> that</c><00:44:34.320><c> he's</c><00:44:34.659><c> wrong.</c>

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:37.539
Well,<00:44:35.659><c> let's</c><00:44:35.800><c> not</c><00:44:36.000><c> make</c><00:44:36.179><c> this</c><00:44:36.380><c> personal,</c><00:44:37.039><c> Jimmy.</c>

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:39.840
That's<00:44:38.960><c> the</c><00:44:39.059><c> hardest</c><00:44:39.300><c> part</c><00:44:39.579><c> of</c><00:44:39.739><c> all,</c>

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:40.900
being<00:44:40.000><c> forgiven.</c>

00:44:41.739 --> 00:44:42.920
Uh<00:44:42.199><c>-huh,</c><00:44:42.599><c> absolutely.</c>

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:44.420
What<00:44:43.619><c> he's</c><00:44:43.800><c> saying</c><00:44:44.099><c> is,</c>

00:44:44.739 --> 00:44:46.519
make<00:44:45.099><c> sure</c><00:44:45.280><c> everybody</c><00:44:45.559><c> heard</c><00:44:45.719><c> that.</c>

00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:49.300
When<00:44:47.679><c> you're</c><00:44:48.199><c> absolutely</c><00:44:48.639><c> sure</c><00:44:48.940><c> you're</c><00:44:49.059><c> right</c>

00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:50.420
is<00:44:49.539><c> probably</c><00:44:49.880><c> the</c><00:44:49.980><c> last</c><00:44:50.219><c> time</c>

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:51.300
you're<00:44:50.559><c> going</c><00:44:50.659><c> to</c><00:44:50.760><c> offer</c><00:44:50.920><c> forgiveness</c>

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:54.159
because<00:44:51.659><c> you</c><00:44:51.840><c> want</c><00:44:52.280><c> total</c><00:44:52.639><c> justice,</c><00:44:53.179><c> right?</c>

00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:55.500
If<00:44:54.360><c> you</c><00:44:54.519><c> have</c><00:44:54.699><c> some</c><00:44:54.860><c> doubt</c><00:44:55.179><c> about</c>

00:44:55.500 --> 00:44:56.659
the<00:44:55.679><c> rightness</c><00:44:56.000><c> of</c><00:44:56.139><c> your</c><00:44:56.280><c> position,</c>

00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:58.840
you're<00:44:56.860><c> much</c><00:44:57.119><c> more</c><00:44:57.380><c> likely</c><00:44:57.639><c> to</c><00:44:57.800><c> be</c><00:44:57.960><c> merciful.</c>

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:01.239
Does<00:44:59.519><c> everybody</c><00:44:59.840><c> agree</c><00:45:00.119><c> with</c><00:45:00.320><c> that?</c>

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.960
Smitty<00:45:02.239><c> brought</c><00:45:02.400><c> up</c><00:45:02.539><c> this</c><00:45:02.739><c> point</c>

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:05.019
about<00:45:03.300><c> the</c><00:45:03.559><c> prodigal</c><00:45:03.920><c> son,</c>

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:08.559
and<00:45:07.460><c> there's</c><00:45:07.980><c> something</c><00:45:08.260><c> here</c>

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:10.599
just<00:45:08.900><c> to</c><00:45:09.119><c> read</c><00:45:09.340><c> for</c><00:45:09.599><c> a</c><00:45:09.719><c> second.</c>

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:14.099
The<00:45:12.179><c> elder</c><00:45:12.460><c> brother</c><00:45:12.960><c> was</c><00:45:13.360><c> very</c><00:45:13.659><c> upset</c>

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:16.199
that<00:45:14.280><c> the</c><00:45:14.519><c> father</c><00:45:14.920><c> offered</c><00:45:15.639><c> this</c><00:45:15.900><c> forgiveness,</c>

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:16.940
and<00:45:16.380><c> you've</c><00:45:16.539><c> got</c><00:45:16.559><c> to</c><00:45:16.619><c> realize</c>

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:18.360
when<00:45:17.099><c> he</c><00:45:17.199><c> was</c><00:45:17.460><c> reading</c><00:45:17.739><c> this,</c>

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:19.920
when<00:45:18.480><c> he</c><00:45:18.579><c> was</c><00:45:18.739><c> giving</c><00:45:18.920><c> this</c><00:45:19.159><c> parable</c><00:45:19.360><c> to</c><00:45:19.559><c> the</c><00:45:19.739><c> Jews,</c>

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:22.400
the<00:45:20.440><c> Jews'</c><00:45:20.699><c> sympathy</c><00:45:21.139><c> would</c><00:45:21.500><c> all</c><00:45:21.860><c> be</c>

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:23.699
with<00:45:22.679><c> the</c><00:45:23.019><c> elder</c><00:45:23.280><c> brother</c>

00:45:23.699 --> 00:45:26.059
because<00:45:24.539><c> he</c><00:45:24.679><c> was</c><00:45:24.940><c> a</c><00:45:25.079><c> symbol</c><00:45:25.320><c> of</c><00:45:25.639><c> Judaism</c>

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:27.559
in<00:45:26.340><c> its</c><00:45:26.679><c> extreme.</c>

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:28.900
He<00:45:27.760><c> was</c><00:45:27.940><c> the</c><00:45:28.260><c> faithful</c><00:45:28.599><c> son</c>

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:30.079
that<00:45:29.039><c> whatever</c><00:45:29.300><c> the</c><00:45:29.579><c> father</c><00:45:29.840><c> told,</c>

00:45:30.260 --> 00:45:31.940
followed<00:45:30.420><c> all</c><00:45:30.800><c> the</c><00:45:31.019><c> rituals</c><00:45:31.260><c> of</c><00:45:31.460><c> the</c><00:45:31.619><c> law,</c>

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:35.260
was<00:45:32.500><c> really</c><00:45:33.539><c> doing</c><00:45:34.300><c> everything</c><00:45:34.659><c> he</c><00:45:34.980><c> could,</c>

00:45:35.760 --> 00:45:38.400
and<00:45:36.139><c> the</c><00:45:36.340><c> son</c><00:45:36.480><c> says</c><00:45:36.679><c> he</c><00:45:36.900><c> was</c><00:45:37.260><c> angry</c>

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:40.079
and<00:45:39.179><c> would</c><00:45:39.420><c> not</c><00:45:39.639><c> go</c><00:45:39.920><c> in,</c>

00:45:40.099 --> 00:45:41.400
therefore<00:45:40.420><c> came</c><00:45:40.719><c> his</c><00:45:40.940><c> father</c><00:45:41.159><c> out</c>

00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:42.420
and<00:45:41.579><c> entreated</c><00:45:42.039><c> him,</c>

00:45:42.420 --> 00:45:45.159
and<00:45:43.019><c> the</c><00:45:43.139><c> answering</c><00:45:43.539><c> said</c><00:45:43.820><c> to</c><00:45:44.000><c> his</c><00:45:44.219><c> father,</c>

00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:47.519
Lo,<00:45:45.559><c> these</c><00:45:45.780><c> many</c><00:45:46.099><c> years</c><00:45:46.400><c> do</c><00:45:46.659><c> I</c><00:45:46.920><c> serve</c><00:45:47.159><c> thee.</c>

00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:49.820
Neither<00:45:48.239><c> transgressed</c><00:45:48.920><c> I</c><00:45:49.019><c> at</c><00:45:49.199><c> any</c><00:45:49.519><c> time</c>

00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:51.039
thy<00:45:50.019><c> commandment,</c>

00:45:51.239 --> 00:45:53.340
and<00:45:51.420><c> yet</c><00:45:51.579><c> thou</c><00:45:51.760><c> never</c><00:45:52.119><c> gaveest</c><00:45:52.599><c> me</c><00:45:52.840><c> a</c><00:45:53.039><c> kid</c>

00:45:53.340 --> 00:45:56.500
that<00:45:53.719><c> I</c><00:45:53.980><c> might</c><00:45:54.199><c> make</c><00:45:54.480><c> merry</c><00:45:54.860><c> with</c><00:45:55.139><c> my</c><00:45:55.559><c> friends.</c>

00:45:57.260 --> 00:45:59.340
What<00:45:57.780><c> was</c><00:45:57.900><c> he</c><00:45:58.019><c> upset</c><00:45:58.380><c> about?</c>

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:00.659
He<00:45:59.679><c> was</c><00:45:59.840><c> upset</c><00:46:00.099><c> about</c><00:46:00.320><c> the</c><00:46:00.480><c> fact</c>

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:01.659
that<00:46:00.820><c> he</c><00:46:00.980><c> didn't</c><00:46:01.199><c> have</c><00:46:01.400><c> the</c><00:46:01.559><c> fun</c>

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:03.380
of<00:46:01.860><c> sinning</c><00:46:02.079><c> like</c><00:46:02.320><c> his</c><00:46:02.519><c> brother.</c>

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:05.840
It<00:46:04.340><c> wasn't</c><00:46:04.639><c> so</c><00:46:04.900><c> much</c><00:46:05.099><c> the</c><00:46:05.380><c> righteousness</c>

00:46:05.840 --> 00:46:08.619
of<00:46:06.400><c> what</c><00:46:06.699><c> a</c><00:46:06.900><c> good</c><00:46:07.079><c> person</c><00:46:07.420><c> he</c><00:46:07.659><c> was,</c>

00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:11.219
and<00:46:10.119><c> I</c><00:46:10.239><c> think</c><00:46:10.460><c> that</c><00:46:10.840><c> sometimes</c>

00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:13.260
that<00:46:11.619><c> hits</c><00:46:11.980><c> us</c><00:46:12.360><c> too,</c>

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:15.440
that<00:46:13.579><c> our</c><00:46:13.800><c> motives</c><00:46:13.980><c> aren't</c><00:46:14.340><c> always</c><00:46:14.780><c> the</c><00:46:15.099><c> purest.</c>

00:46:15.480 --> 00:46:17.000
Let's<00:46:15.679><c> put</c><00:46:15.840><c> it</c><00:46:15.940><c> that</c><00:46:16.199><c> way.</c>

00:46:18.239 --> 00:46:19.519
The<00:46:18.400><c> undersell</c><00:46:18.719><c> wanted</c><00:46:19.079><c> justice,</c>

00:46:19.699 --> 00:46:20.619
but<00:46:19.800><c> more</c><00:46:20.079><c> than</c><00:46:20.300><c> that,</c>

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:23.239
he<00:46:20.940><c> was</c><00:46:21.239><c> envious</c><00:46:21.659><c> of</c><00:46:22.000><c> his</c><00:46:22.139><c> younger</c><00:46:22.400><c> brother.</c>

00:46:23.659 --> 00:46:24.619
He<00:46:23.840><c> really</c><00:46:24.139><c> wanted</c><00:46:24.320><c> to</c><00:46:24.539><c> have</c>

00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.900
the<00:46:24.880><c> same</c><00:46:25.119><c> wanton</c><00:46:25.599><c> life,</c>

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:28.099
only<00:46:26.079><c> he</c><00:46:26.159><c> didn't</c><00:46:26.300><c> have</c><00:46:26.460><c> the</c><00:46:26.619><c> courage</c><00:46:26.860><c> to</c><00:46:27.079><c> lead</c><00:46:27.219><c> it.</c>

00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:30.119
And<00:46:29.300><c> so</c><00:46:29.400><c> I</c><00:46:29.500><c> think</c><00:46:29.619><c> sometimes</c>

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:32.079
our<00:46:30.380><c> motives</c><00:46:30.639><c> aren't</c><00:46:30.940><c> the</c><00:46:31.199><c> purest.</c>

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:11.480
Thank<00:47:10.480><c> you.</c>

00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:41.500
Thank<00:47:40.559><c> you.</c>

00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:11.199
Thank<00:48:09.800><c> you.</c>

00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:14.179
I<00:48:11.219><c> know</c><00:48:11.280><c> that's</c><00:48:12.539><c> not</c><00:48:12.739><c> for</c><00:48:12.960><c> the</c><00:48:13.139><c> cloud</c><00:48:13.519><c> issues,</c>

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:15.539
but<00:48:14.539><c> I</c><00:48:14.579><c> think</c><00:48:15.079><c> rather,</c>

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.800
you<00:48:15.960><c> know,</c>

00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:18.260
in<00:48:17.199><c> our</c><00:48:17.579><c> perspective,</c>

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:20.460
and<00:48:18.599><c> we</c><00:48:18.719><c> will</c><00:48:18.880><c> be</c><00:48:19.039><c> more</c><00:48:19.320><c> closely</c><00:48:19.900><c> now,</c>

00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:23.219
because<00:48:20.900><c> I</c><00:48:21.119><c> don't</c><00:48:21.260><c> think</c><00:48:21.440><c> the</c><00:48:21.659><c> things</c><00:48:21.860><c> that</c><00:48:22.219><c> happen</c><00:48:22.440><c> today</c>

00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:25.280
were<00:48:23.699><c> prevalent</c><00:48:24.199><c> in</c><00:48:24.519><c> those</c><00:48:24.920><c> days.</c>

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:26.739
And<00:48:25.539><c> I</c><00:48:25.539><c> think</c><00:48:25.900><c> that</c><00:48:26.199><c> more</c><00:48:26.500><c> so</c>

00:48:26.739 --> 00:48:28.900
because<00:48:27.059><c> of</c><00:48:27.300><c> the</c><00:48:27.300><c> fact,</c><00:48:28.079><c> particularly</c>

00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:31.840
since<00:48:30.880><c> managing</c><00:48:31.440><c> this</c><00:48:31.699><c> was</c>

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:32.840
something<00:48:32.219><c> that</c><00:48:32.460><c> you</c><00:48:32.619><c> were</c><00:48:32.739><c> saying,</c>

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:35.320
that<00:48:33.179><c> Woolworth,</c><00:48:33.920><c> as</c><00:48:34.599><c> it</c><00:48:35.099><c> comes</c>

00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:36.760
in<00:48:35.860><c> the</c><00:48:36.000><c> region</c><00:48:36.219><c> at</c><00:48:36.219><c> all,</c>

00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:38.699
I<00:48:37.139><c> think</c><00:48:37.280><c> this</c><00:48:37.579><c> is</c><00:48:38.000><c> pretty</c><00:48:38.199><c> interesting.</c>

00:48:38.699 --> 00:48:41.460
Do<00:48:39.139><c> we</c><00:48:39.360><c> still</c><00:48:39.579><c> have</c><00:48:39.800><c> Woolworths</c><00:48:40.300><c> on</c><00:48:40.440><c> the</c><00:48:40.519><c> East</c><00:48:40.699><c> Coast?</c>

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:42.840
Two<00:48:42.519><c> guys.</c>

00:48:43.179 --> 00:48:44.059
Two<00:48:43.320><c> guys.</c>

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:46.340
What<00:48:44.420><c> you're</c><00:48:44.679><c> saying</c><00:48:44.940><c> is</c><00:48:45.219><c> absolutely</c><00:48:45.619><c> true.</c>

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:48.860
The<00:48:46.519><c> brethren</c><00:48:46.920><c> in</c><00:48:47.320><c> the</c><00:48:47.500><c> 19th</c><00:48:48.039><c> century</c>

00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:51.280
obviously<00:48:49.440><c> did</c><00:48:49.820><c> not</c><00:48:50.159><c> have</c><00:48:50.440><c> the</c><00:48:50.699><c> problem</c><00:48:50.920><c> today.</c>

00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:52.659
Divorce<00:48:51.860><c> was</c><00:48:52.139><c> a...</c>

00:48:52.659 --> 00:48:54.019
In<00:48:52.820><c> fact,</c><00:48:53.019><c> when</c><00:48:53.199><c> I</c><00:48:53.320><c> was</c><00:48:53.480><c> growing</c><00:48:53.739><c> up</c>

00:48:54.019 --> 00:48:56.579
until<00:48:54.260><c> I</c><00:48:54.400><c> was</c><00:48:54.639><c> probably</c><00:48:55.159><c> 30,</c><00:48:55.739><c> 35</c><00:48:56.139><c> years</c><00:48:56.440><c> old,</c>

00:48:56.579 --> 00:48:58.539
I<00:48:56.760><c> didn't</c><00:48:56.980><c> even</c><00:48:57.340><c> know</c><00:48:57.599><c> a</c><00:48:57.820><c> Christadelphian</c>

00:48:58.539 --> 00:49:00.079
who<00:48:58.719><c> had</c><00:48:58.860><c> ever</c><00:48:59.159><c> been</c><00:48:59.579><c> divorced.</c>

00:49:00.219 --> 00:49:01.739
I<00:49:00.739><c> mean,</c><00:49:01.679><c> serious.</c>

00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:03.940
Not<00:49:02.099><c> just</c><00:49:02.380><c> in</c><00:49:02.480><c> my</c><00:49:02.699><c> own</c><00:49:02.940><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:06.440
but<00:49:04.300><c> I</c><00:49:04.400><c> didn't</c><00:49:04.599><c> even</c><00:49:04.980><c> know</c><00:49:05.219><c> anyone</c><00:49:05.800><c> around,</c>

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:08.519
and<00:49:06.719><c> I</c><00:49:06.840><c> got</c><00:49:07.300><c> around</c><00:49:07.659><c> a</c><00:49:07.840><c> fair</c><00:49:08.000><c> amount,</c>

00:49:08.940 --> 00:49:10.960
and<00:49:09.019><c> that's</c><00:49:09.360><c> changed</c><00:49:09.699><c> considerably,</c>

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:13.320
which<00:49:12.440><c> has</c><00:49:12.719><c> brought</c><00:49:12.880><c> us</c>

00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:14.159
a<00:49:13.659><c> bigger</c><00:49:13.820><c> problem.</c>

00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:15.960
We<00:49:14.300><c> have</c><00:49:14.500><c> to</c><00:49:14.639><c> do</c><00:49:14.739><c> more</c><00:49:14.980><c> thinking</c><00:49:15.340><c> about</c><00:49:15.599><c> it.</c>

00:49:16.039 --> 00:49:17.159
I<00:49:16.079><c> think</c><00:49:16.260><c> it</c><00:49:16.320><c> would</c><00:49:16.500><c> also</c><00:49:16.780><c> pay</c>

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:19.719
that<00:49:17.860><c> brethren</c><00:49:18.139><c> ought</c><00:49:18.400><c> to</c><00:49:18.460><c> go</c><00:49:18.760><c> back.</c>

00:49:19.900 --> 00:49:22.719
Human<00:49:20.079><c> nature</c><00:49:20.440><c> hasn't</c><00:49:20.800><c> changed</c><00:49:21.300><c> all</c><00:49:21.619><c> that</c><00:49:21.860><c> much.</c>

00:49:22.820 --> 00:49:24.159
It<00:49:23.059><c> would</c><00:49:23.320><c> pay</c><00:49:23.519><c> to</c><00:49:23.659><c> go</c><00:49:23.900><c> back</c>

00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:26.940
and<00:49:24.420><c> read</c><00:49:24.860><c> in</c><00:49:25.340><c> the</c><00:49:25.519><c> old</c><00:49:25.719><c> heralds</c>

00:49:27.039 --> 00:49:28.199
and<00:49:27.199><c> in</c><00:49:27.340><c> the</c><00:49:27.480><c> old</c><00:49:27.659><c> magazines</c>

00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:30.039
what<00:49:28.480><c> Brother</c><00:49:28.800><c> Roberts</c><00:49:29.219><c> and</c><00:49:29.420><c> John</c><00:49:29.739><c> Thomas</c>

00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:32.179
actually<00:49:30.639><c> taught</c><00:49:30.980><c> on</c><00:49:31.219><c> marriage</c><00:49:31.519><c> and</c><00:49:31.719><c> divorce</c>

00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:33.760
and<00:49:32.780><c> what</c><00:49:33.039><c> kind</c><00:49:33.219><c> of</c><00:49:33.440><c> forgiveness</c>

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:34.780
they<00:49:33.980><c> were</c><00:49:34.159><c> talking</c><00:49:34.519><c> about.</c>

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:37.539
I<00:49:34.920><c> think</c><00:49:35.139><c> a</c><00:49:35.239><c> lot</c><00:49:35.440><c> of</c><00:49:35.619><c> people</c><00:49:35.900><c> would</c><00:49:36.099><c> be</c><00:49:36.340><c> surprised.</c>

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:40.880
I<00:49:39.559><c> don't</c><00:49:39.719><c> want</c><00:49:39.840><c> to</c><00:49:39.960><c> get</c><00:49:40.000><c> into</c><00:49:40.300><c> a</c><00:49:40.480><c> deep...</c>

00:49:40.880 --> 00:49:41.980
I<00:49:41.099><c> don't</c><00:49:41.280><c> want</c><00:49:41.420><c> to</c><00:49:41.559><c> leave</c><00:49:41.719><c> here</c>

00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:43.099
with<00:49:42.199><c> half</c><00:49:42.400><c> the</c><00:49:42.579><c> audience</c><00:49:42.860><c> here</c>

00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:43.559
and<00:49:43.199><c> half</c><00:49:43.340><c> the</c><00:49:43.400><c> audience</c><00:49:43.559><c> there.</c>

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:45.579
I<00:49:43.760><c> just</c><00:49:44.000><c> want</c><00:49:44.079><c> you</c><00:49:44.239><c> to</c><00:49:44.400><c> think</c><00:49:44.599><c> about</c><00:49:44.900><c> these</c><00:49:45.159><c> issues,</c>

00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:47.679
and<00:49:45.920><c> I</c><00:49:46.079><c> know</c><00:49:46.260><c> that</c><00:49:46.460><c> these</c><00:49:46.760><c> issues</c>

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:51.360
need<00:49:49.320><c> a</c><00:49:49.619><c> great</c><00:49:49.820><c> deal</c><00:49:50.079><c> of</c><00:49:50.360><c> thought</c><00:49:50.519><c> and</c><00:49:50.800><c> operation.</c>

00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:53.260
And<00:49:51.800><c> also,</c><00:49:52.119><c> I</c><00:49:52.119><c> think</c><00:49:52.420><c> ecclesias</c><00:49:52.920><c> ought</c><00:49:53.099><c> to</c>

00:49:53.260 --> 00:49:55.699
respect<00:49:53.679><c> other</c><00:49:54.139><c> ecclesias'</c><00:49:55.099><c> decisions.</c>

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:58.619
This,<00:49:57.619><c> I</c><00:49:57.619><c> think,</c><00:49:57.860><c> is</c><00:49:58.159><c> probably</c>

00:49:58.619 --> 00:50:00.019
more<00:49:58.940><c> of</c><00:49:59.099><c> a</c><00:49:59.179><c> problem</c><00:49:59.420><c> than</c><00:49:59.599><c> anything</c><00:49:59.800><c> else.</c>

00:50:00.179 --> 00:50:02.260
If<00:50:00.380><c> one</c><00:50:00.579><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:00.960><c> decides</c><00:50:01.440><c> to</c><00:50:01.699><c> fellowship</c><00:50:02.059><c> one,</c>

00:50:02.260 --> 00:50:04.579
the<00:50:02.400><c> way</c><00:50:02.559><c> our</c><00:50:02.820><c> community</c><00:50:03.159><c> has</c><00:50:03.360><c> always</c><00:50:03.679><c> worked,</c>

00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:06.039
if<00:50:05.000><c> they</c><00:50:05.179><c> have</c><00:50:05.360><c> decided</c><00:50:05.760><c> it,</c>

00:50:06.059 --> 00:50:07.980
other<00:50:06.300><c> ecclesias</c><00:50:06.739><c> should</c><00:50:06.960><c> not</c><00:50:07.219><c> interfere</c><00:50:07.679><c> in</c><00:50:07.860><c> that.</c>

00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:09.820
They<00:50:08.239><c> ought</c><00:50:08.360><c> not</c><00:50:08.480><c> to</c><00:50:08.679><c> say,</c><00:50:09.039><c> well,</c><00:50:09.179><c> you've</c><00:50:09.599><c> accepted</c>

00:50:09.820 --> 00:50:11.239
someone<00:50:10.139><c> into</c><00:50:10.380><c> fellowship</c><00:50:10.699><c> with</c><00:50:10.880><c> marriage</c><00:50:11.099><c> and</c><00:50:11.179><c> divorce,</c>

00:50:11.460 --> 00:50:13.000
and<00:50:11.619><c> we</c><00:50:11.960><c> don't</c><00:50:12.179><c> accept</c><00:50:12.480><c> it,</c><00:50:12.619><c> so</c><00:50:12.719><c> therefore,</c>

00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:15.079
none<00:50:13.179><c> of</c><00:50:13.340><c> your</c><00:50:13.559><c> members</c><00:50:13.860><c> should</c><00:50:14.059><c> come</c><00:50:14.300><c> to</c><00:50:14.440><c> our</c><00:50:14.639><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:14.920><c> either.</c>

00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:17.539
That<00:50:15.440><c> is</c><00:50:15.760><c> not</c><00:50:16.059><c> something</c><00:50:16.440><c> that</c><00:50:16.800><c> has</c><00:50:17.079><c> ever</c><00:50:17.360><c> been</c>

00:50:17.539 --> 00:50:18.599
part<00:50:17.800><c> of</c><00:50:17.940><c> our</c><00:50:18.159><c> community.</c>

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:21.480
And<00:50:19.079><c> that's</c><00:50:19.320><c> something</c><00:50:19.539><c> to</c><00:50:19.659><c> be</c><00:50:19.840><c> really</c><00:50:20.199><c> careful</c><00:50:20.559><c> about.</c>

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If<00:50:22.679><c> you're</c><00:50:23.139><c> interested</c><00:50:23.679><c> in</c><00:50:23.880><c> this,</c>

00:50:24.760 --> 00:50:27.199
in<00:50:25.079><c> 1972,</c><00:50:25.940><c> there's</c><00:50:26.199><c> a</c><00:50:26.380><c> booklet</c>

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that's<00:50:28.039><c> called</c>

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The<00:50:28.340><c> Lord</c><00:50:28.559><c> Hated</c><00:50:28.860><c> Putting</c><00:50:29.079><c> Away.</c>

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It's<00:50:30.380><c> in</c><00:50:30.619><c> yellow</c><00:50:30.820><c> print,</c>

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on<00:50:31.760><c> yellow</c><00:50:31.940><c> paper.</c>

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The<00:50:33.840><c> Christadelphian</c><00:50:34.300><c> Magazine</c><00:50:34.699><c> publishing</c><00:50:35.079><c> office</c>

00:50:35.400 --> 00:50:37.719
put<00:50:35.619><c> it</c><00:50:35.820><c> out,</c><00:50:36.500><c> and</c><00:50:36.719><c> it</c><00:50:37.139><c> goes</c><00:50:37.400><c> into</c>

00:50:37.719 --> 00:50:39.280
all<00:50:37.980><c> the</c><00:50:38.179><c> history</c><00:50:38.420><c> of</c><00:50:38.559><c> this</c><00:50:38.820><c> issue</c>

00:50:39.280 --> 00:50:42.199
in<00:50:39.860><c> our</c><00:50:40.079><c> community</c><00:50:40.539><c> from</c><00:50:40.800><c> 1848</c>

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down<00:50:43.960><c> to</c>

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1972,

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goes<00:50:46.159><c> through</c><00:50:46.920><c> Robin</c><00:50:47.300><c> Roberts,</c>

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John<00:50:48.840><c> Thomas's</c><00:50:49.400><c> teachings,</c>

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and<00:50:49.860><c> what's</c><00:50:50.079><c> been</c><00:50:50.260><c> written</c><00:50:50.360><c> in</c><00:50:50.559><c> the</c><00:50:50.679><c> Christadelphian</c><00:50:51.260><c> Magazine.</c>

00:50:52.099 --> 00:50:53.519
If<00:50:52.239><c> you</c><00:50:52.440><c> don't</c><00:50:52.760><c> have</c><00:50:53.000><c> that</c><00:50:53.260><c> booklet,</c>

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:55.340
I<00:50:53.739><c> really</c><00:50:54.019><c> do</c><00:50:54.340><c> advise</c><00:50:54.679><c> that</c><00:50:54.840><c> you</c><00:50:54.980><c> get</c><00:50:55.159><c> it</c>

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:57.579
and<00:50:55.500><c> read</c><00:50:55.800><c> through</c><00:50:56.000><c> it,</c><00:50:56.420><c> and</c><00:50:56.619><c> I</c><00:50:56.760><c> think</c><00:50:56.920><c> you'll</c><00:50:57.260><c> find</c><00:50:57.400><c> it</c>

00:50:57.579 --> 00:50:59.780
very<00:50:57.780><c> interesting</c><00:50:58.280><c> and</c><00:50:58.619><c> compassionate</c><00:50:59.320><c> writing,</c>

00:51:00.219 --> 00:51:01.539
and<00:51:00.440><c> at</c><00:51:00.480><c> the</c><00:51:00.719><c> same</c><00:51:00.960><c> time,</c>

00:51:01.599 --> 00:51:03.320
it<00:51:01.739><c> seeks</c><00:51:01.900><c> to</c><00:51:02.320><c> protect</c><00:51:02.619><c> the</c><00:51:02.880><c> ecclesia</c>

00:51:03.320 --> 00:51:05.780
from<00:51:04.099><c> extreme</c><00:51:04.880><c> problems.</c>

00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:07.820
So<00:51:06.300><c> do</c><00:51:06.619><c> take</c><00:51:06.880><c> a</c><00:51:07.000><c> look</c><00:51:07.139><c> at</c><00:51:07.280><c> that</c>

00:51:07.820 --> 00:51:10.179
booklet.<00:51:08.179><c> It's</c><00:51:08.300><c> called</c><00:51:08.480><c> For</c><00:51:08.699><c> the</c><00:51:08.860><c> Lord</c><00:51:09.059><c> Hated</c><00:51:09.400><c> Putting</c><00:51:09.639><c> Away,</c>

00:51:10.659 --> 00:51:11.599
and<00:51:10.900><c> it's</c><00:51:11.039><c> very,</c><00:51:11.380><c> very</c>

00:51:11.599 --> 00:51:13.760
sensible.<00:51:11.940><c> It</c><00:51:12.059><c> goes</c><00:51:12.199><c> through</c><00:51:12.579><c> all</c><00:51:12.860><c> the</c><00:51:13.079><c> pioneer</c><00:51:13.380><c> writing,</c>

00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:15.760
and<00:51:14.260><c> I</c><00:51:14.380><c> think</c><00:51:14.480><c> it's</c><00:51:14.679><c> very,</c><00:51:15.059><c> very</c><00:51:15.260><c> useful.</c>

00:51:16.219 --> 00:51:17.679
And<00:51:16.340><c> I</c><00:51:16.500><c> think</c><00:51:16.719><c> when</c><00:51:17.079><c> you</c><00:51:17.280><c> run</c><00:51:17.440><c> into</c>

00:51:17.679 --> 00:51:19.460
a<00:51:17.960><c> problem,</c><00:51:18.619><c> and</c><00:51:18.800><c> here's</c><00:51:19.320><c> what</c>

00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:21.639
sort<00:51:19.800><c> of</c><00:51:19.800><c> bottom</c><00:51:20.000><c> line</c><00:51:20.260><c> on</c><00:51:20.440><c> this</c><00:51:20.659><c> from</c><00:51:20.840><c> my</c><00:51:21.159><c> perspective,</c>

00:51:22.019 --> 00:51:23.699
when<00:51:22.179><c> you</c><00:51:22.360><c> run</c><00:51:22.539><c> into</c><00:51:22.820><c> a</c><00:51:22.960><c> problem,</c><00:51:23.300><c> it</c><00:51:23.360><c> often</c>

00:51:23.699 --> 00:51:25.599
helps<00:51:24.099><c> if</c><00:51:24.820><c> the</c><00:51:25.000><c> elders</c><00:51:25.179><c> in</c><00:51:25.320><c> the</c><00:51:25.440><c> ecclesia</c>

00:51:25.599 --> 00:51:27.599
sit<00:51:25.800><c> down</c><00:51:26.059><c> and</c><00:51:26.360><c> study</c><00:51:26.699><c> the</c><00:51:27.300><c> issue</c>

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:29.500
in<00:51:27.820><c> the</c><00:51:27.940><c> Bible</c><00:51:28.219><c> and</c><00:51:28.780><c> what</c><00:51:28.940><c> our</c><00:51:29.139><c> community</c>

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:31.380
has<00:51:29.719><c> done</c><00:51:29.860><c> about</c><00:51:30.159><c> it</c><00:51:30.300><c> in</c><00:51:30.400><c> the</c><00:51:30.579><c> past.</c>

00:51:31.719 --> 00:51:33.780
Most<00:51:32.059><c> human</c><00:51:32.500><c> situations</c><00:51:33.239><c> have</c><00:51:33.519><c> not</c>

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changed<00:51:34.079><c> in</c><00:51:34.239><c> a</c><00:51:34.320><c> hundred</c><00:51:34.500><c> years.</c>

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:37.559
A<00:51:35.699><c> lot</c><00:51:35.820><c> of</c><00:51:35.980><c> the</c><00:51:36.179><c> problems</c><00:51:36.400><c> that</c><00:51:36.639><c> affect</c><00:51:36.860><c> the</c><00:51:37.039><c> Brotherhood</c><00:51:37.320><c> today</c>

00:51:37.559 --> 00:51:40.239
may<00:51:37.800><c> be</c><00:51:37.920><c> more</c><00:51:38.139><c> in</c><00:51:38.380><c> intensity</c><00:51:38.860><c> or</c><00:51:39.380><c> number,</c>

00:51:40.280 --> 00:51:41.800
but<00:51:40.280><c> believe</c><00:51:40.739><c> it</c><00:51:40.900><c> or</c><00:51:41.019><c> not,</c><00:51:41.260><c> there</c><00:51:41.320><c> were</c><00:51:41.500><c> still</c>

00:51:41.800 --> 00:51:44.119
marital<00:51:42.179><c> problems</c><00:51:42.519><c> in</c><00:51:42.699><c> the</c><00:51:42.820><c> 19th</c><00:51:43.340><c> century.</c>

00:51:44.599 --> 00:51:45.760
There<00:51:44.719><c> were</c><00:51:44.940><c> problems</c><00:51:45.300><c> with</c>

00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:47.820
envy<00:51:46.079><c> and</c><00:51:46.280><c> jealousy</c><00:51:46.820><c> and</c>

00:51:47.820 --> 00:51:49.619
inter<00:51:48.059><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:48.400><c> strife</c><00:51:48.719><c> and</c><00:51:48.780><c> everything,</c><00:51:49.019><c> and</c><00:51:49.179><c> they</c><00:51:49.380><c> worked</c>

00:51:49.619 --> 00:51:51.559
through<00:51:49.840><c> most</c><00:51:50.139><c> of</c><00:51:50.239><c> them,</c><00:51:50.320><c> or</c><00:51:50.420><c> we</c><00:51:50.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:50.780><c> have</c><00:51:51.019><c> the</c><00:51:51.219><c> community</c>

00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:52.480
we<00:51:51.800><c> have</c><00:51:51.980><c> today.</c>

00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:55.119
I<00:51:53.260><c> mean,</c><00:51:54.500><c> the</c><00:51:54.539><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:57.380
are<00:51:55.340><c> a</c><00:51:55.460><c> community</c><00:51:55.760><c> that</c><00:51:55.980><c> are</c><00:51:56.119><c> really</c><00:51:56.380><c> vibrant,</c>

00:51:57.400 --> 00:51:58.739
that<00:51:57.480><c> are</c><00:51:57.739><c> expanding</c><00:51:58.179><c> and</c><00:51:58.519><c> growing</c>

00:51:58.739 --> 00:52:00.760
in<00:51:58.920><c> some</c><00:51:59.159><c> areas</c><00:51:59.440><c> of</c><00:51:59.599><c> the</c><00:51:59.639><c> world</c><00:51:59.840><c> quite</c><00:52:00.199><c> rapidly,</c>

00:52:01.219 --> 00:52:03.179
and<00:52:01.440><c> we're</c><00:52:01.619><c> doing</c><00:52:01.820><c> this</c><00:52:02.079><c> with</c><00:52:02.260><c> no</c><00:52:02.559><c> organization.</c>

00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:05.019
I<00:52:03.360><c> have</c><00:52:03.579><c> to</c><00:52:03.739><c> believe</c><00:52:03.880><c> the</c><00:52:04.079><c> hand</c><00:52:04.239><c> of</c><00:52:04.360><c> God</c><00:52:04.559><c> is</c><00:52:04.760><c> in</c><00:52:04.860><c> this</c>

00:52:05.019 --> 00:52:06.699
because<00:52:05.559><c> everybody</c><00:52:06.099><c> else</c><00:52:06.400><c> has</c>

00:52:06.699 --> 00:52:09.059
intensive<00:52:07.139><c> organizations</c><00:52:07.880><c> for</c><00:52:08.119><c> missionary</c><00:52:08.659><c> work</c>

00:52:09.059 --> 00:52:10.679
and<00:52:09.639><c> evangelical</c><00:52:10.219><c> work</c><00:52:10.539><c> and</c>

00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:12.360
et<00:52:10.860><c> cetera,</c><00:52:11.179><c> et</c><00:52:11.300><c> cetera,</c><00:52:12.000><c> and</c>

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if<00:52:12.679><c> you</c><00:52:13.400><c> know</c><00:52:13.579><c> this</c><00:52:13.800><c> book,</c>

00:52:14.420 --> 00:52:15.840
The<00:52:14.780><c> Sex</c><00:52:15.059><c> and</c><00:52:15.219><c> Society,</c>

00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:18.840
S<00:52:16.400><c>-E</c><00:52:16.659><c>-C</c><00:52:16.940><c>-T</c><00:52:17.300><c>-S,</c><00:52:18.079><c> make</c><00:52:18.280><c> sure</c><00:52:18.480><c> I</c><00:52:18.619><c> pronounced</c>

00:52:18.840 --> 00:52:20.219
that<00:52:19.099><c> right</c><00:52:19.340><c> for</c><00:52:19.619><c> Easterners,</c>

00:52:20.659 --> 00:52:21.860
by<00:52:21.099><c> Brian</c><00:52:21.480><c> Wilson.</c>

00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:24.260
Brian<00:52:22.480><c> Wilson</c><00:52:22.800><c> in</c><00:52:22.960><c> the</c><00:52:23.039><c> early</c><00:52:23.360><c> 60s</c><00:52:23.780><c> wrote</c><00:52:23.960><c> a</c><00:52:24.079><c> book</c>

00:52:24.260 --> 00:52:26.239
that<00:52:24.460><c> said</c><00:52:24.599><c> the</c><00:52:24.739><c> Christadelphians</c><00:52:25.340><c> would</c><00:52:25.579><c> disappear</c><00:52:25.980><c> by</c>

00:52:26.239 --> 00:52:28.039
the<00:52:26.380><c> 1980s.</c>

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I<00:52:29.239><c> heard</c><00:52:29.679><c> him</c><00:52:29.840><c> give</c><00:52:29.980><c> a</c><00:52:30.159><c> lecture</c>

00:52:30.619 --> 00:52:32.320
explaining<00:52:31.320><c> his</c><00:52:31.599><c> stuff</c><00:52:31.760><c> at</c><00:52:32.000><c> Oxford</c>

00:52:32.320 --> 00:52:34.099
when<00:52:32.480><c> I</c><00:52:32.619><c> was</c><00:52:32.780><c> on</c><00:52:32.980><c> sabbatical,</c>

00:52:34.440 --> 00:52:36.099
and<00:52:34.559><c> that</c><00:52:34.739><c> was</c><00:52:34.940><c> his</c><00:52:35.179><c> thesis.</c><00:52:35.460><c> He</c><00:52:35.579><c> says,</c><00:52:35.820><c> in</c><00:52:35.860><c> the</c><00:52:36.000><c> end,</c>

00:52:36.179 --> 00:52:38.159
this<00:52:36.280><c> community</c><00:52:36.699><c> will</c><00:52:36.960><c> self</c><00:52:37.260><c>-destruct</c>

00:52:38.159 --> 00:52:40.980
because<00:52:38.760><c> we</c><00:52:38.980><c> have</c><00:52:39.119><c> no</c><00:52:39.380><c> focus,</c><00:52:39.800><c> no</c><00:52:40.019><c> leadership.</c>

00:52:41.460 --> 00:52:42.480
I<00:52:41.820><c> think</c><00:52:41.980><c> he's</c><00:52:42.219><c> proven</c>

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:44.519
to<00:52:42.659><c> be</c><00:52:42.780><c> real</c><00:52:43.019><c> wrong,</c><00:52:43.260><c> and</c><00:52:43.400><c> in</c><00:52:43.559><c> fact,</c><00:52:43.719><c> he's</c><00:52:44.079><c> backed</c><00:52:44.239><c> off</c>

00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:46.300
on<00:52:44.679><c> some</c><00:52:44.900><c> articles</c><00:52:45.239><c> he's</c><00:52:45.500><c> written</c><00:52:45.659><c> in</c><00:52:45.940><c> scholarly</c>

00:52:46.300 --> 00:52:47.420
magazines

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that,<00:52:48.739><c> in</c><00:52:49.300><c> effect,</c>

00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:50.920
he's<00:52:50.219><c> backed</c><00:52:50.400><c> off</c><00:52:50.679><c> a</c><00:52:50.860><c> bit.</c>

00:52:51.159 --> 00:52:52.460
But<00:52:51.380><c> sociology,</c>

00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:55.079
it's<00:52:53.480><c> very</c><00:52:53.760><c> dangerous</c><00:52:54.119><c> to</c><00:52:54.320><c> take</c><00:52:54.579><c> a</c><00:52:54.860><c> human</c>

00:52:55.079 --> 00:52:57.079
system<00:52:55.559><c> and</c><00:52:56.199><c> try</c><00:52:56.420><c> to</c><00:52:56.659><c> apply</c>

00:52:57.079 --> 00:52:58.860
a<00:52:57.400><c> uniform</c><00:52:57.840><c> idea</c><00:52:58.320><c> to</c><00:52:58.500><c> it,</c><00:52:58.679><c> because</c>

00:52:58.860 --> 00:53:01.099
it's<00:52:59.099><c> the</c><00:52:59.280><c> people</c><00:52:59.619><c> that</c><00:52:59.860><c> make</c><00:53:00.000><c> it</c><00:53:00.159><c> up,</c><00:53:00.340><c> right?</c>

00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:02.880
And<00:53:01.760><c> if</c><00:53:01.900><c> the</c><00:53:02.340><c> community,</c>

00:53:03.019 --> 00:53:04.800
our<00:53:03.260><c> community,</c><00:53:04.260><c> has</c><00:53:04.440><c> a</c><00:53:04.599><c> certain</c>

00:53:04.800 --> 00:53:07.099
vibrance<00:53:05.300><c> about</c><00:53:05.619><c> it,</c><00:53:06.199><c> because</c><00:53:06.519><c> we</c><00:53:06.780><c> don't</c>

00:53:07.099 --> 00:53:09.019
have<00:53:07.719><c> any</c><00:53:08.139><c> political</c><00:53:08.579><c> structure</c>

00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:11.019
that<00:53:09.219><c> someone</c><00:53:09.599><c> can</c><00:53:09.920><c> gain</c><00:53:10.139><c> control</c><00:53:10.639><c> of</c>

00:53:11.019 --> 00:53:13.679
and<00:53:11.579><c> take</c><00:53:11.860><c> down</c><00:53:12.460><c> one</c><00:53:12.780><c> path.</c>

00:53:13.880 --> 00:53:14.860
Even<00:53:14.079><c> if</c><00:53:14.219><c> you</c><00:53:14.320><c> have</c><00:53:14.460><c> an</c><00:53:14.619><c> ecclesia</c>

00:53:14.860 --> 00:53:16.659
one<00:53:15.119><c> place</c><00:53:15.440><c> that</c><00:53:15.639><c> may</c><00:53:15.840><c> not</c><00:53:16.079><c> be</c><00:53:16.400><c> sound</c>

00:53:16.659 --> 00:53:19.019
or<00:53:16.840><c> having</c><00:53:17.000><c> a</c><00:53:17.239><c> problem,</c><00:53:18.119><c> because</c><00:53:18.599><c> we</c><00:53:18.800><c> don't</c>

00:53:19.019 --> 00:53:20.960
have<00:53:19.199><c> any</c><00:53:20.000><c> infrastructure</c><00:53:20.579><c> for</c><00:53:20.820><c> them</c>

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:22.820
to<00:53:21.199><c> grab</c><00:53:21.400><c> hold</c><00:53:21.679><c> of,</c><00:53:22.159><c> there's</c><00:53:22.400><c> no</c><00:53:22.639><c> way</c>

00:53:22.820 --> 00:53:25.320
that<00:53:23.079><c> that</c><00:53:23.340><c> disease</c><00:53:23.599><c> spreads</c><00:53:24.000><c> very</c><00:53:24.440><c> quickly.</c>

00:53:25.820 --> 00:53:27.119
Whereas<00:53:26.059><c> if</c><00:53:26.199><c> you</c><00:53:26.380><c> take</c><00:53:26.579><c> a</c><00:53:26.739><c> community</c>

00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:29.000
where<00:53:27.320><c> they</c><00:53:27.460><c> have</c><00:53:27.599><c> a</c><00:53:27.800><c> central</c><00:53:28.119><c> focus</c><00:53:28.519><c> in</c><00:53:28.739><c> one</c>

00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:31.079
place,<00:53:29.699><c> if</c><00:53:30.019><c> that</c><00:53:30.400><c> central</c>

00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:33.019
place<00:53:31.440><c> becomes</c><00:53:31.880><c> corrupted,</c><00:53:32.579><c> everything</c>

00:53:33.019 --> 00:53:34.559
else<00:53:33.320><c> is</c><00:53:33.480><c> in</c><00:53:33.679><c> trouble.</c>

00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:37.219
So<00:53:36.019><c> the</c><00:53:36.159><c> way</c><00:53:36.380><c> we</c><00:53:36.599><c> run</c><00:53:36.760><c> ourselves</c>

00:53:37.219 --> 00:53:38.800
may<00:53:37.460><c> create</c><00:53:37.780><c> problems</c><00:53:38.219><c> at</c><00:53:38.519><c> times,</c>

00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:41.159
but<00:53:39.340><c> on</c><00:53:39.480><c> the</c><00:53:39.599><c> other</c><00:53:39.800><c> hand,</c><00:53:40.599><c> it's</c><00:53:40.880><c> probably</c>

00:53:41.159 --> 00:53:43.380
the<00:53:41.340><c> reason</c><00:53:41.619><c> we're</c><00:53:41.840><c> still</c><00:53:42.099><c> around</c><00:53:42.539><c> and</c>

00:53:43.539 --> 00:53:44.599
so<00:53:44.099><c> vibrant.</c>

00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:46.420
Think<00:53:45.260><c> about</c><00:53:45.559><c> it.</c>

00:53:46.699 --> 00:53:48.480
We<00:53:46.699><c> sometimes,</c><00:53:47.380><c> we</c><00:53:47.699><c> wish</c><00:53:47.980><c> we</c><00:53:48.079><c> had</c><00:53:48.239><c> more</c>

00:53:48.480 --> 00:53:50.739
organization,<00:53:49.139><c> we</c><00:53:49.219><c> wish</c><00:53:49.380><c> it</c><00:53:49.480><c> was</c><00:53:49.559><c> easier</c><00:53:49.880><c> to</c><00:53:50.119><c> solve</c><00:53:50.300><c> problems.</c>

00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:53.059
Boy,<00:53:51.320><c> we</c><00:53:51.440><c> wish</c><00:53:51.579><c> we</c><00:53:52.619><c> could</c><00:53:52.820><c> do</c>

00:53:53.059 --> 00:53:54.599
so<00:53:53.260><c> much</c><00:53:53.420><c> more</c><00:53:53.559><c> if</c><00:53:53.719><c> we</c><00:53:53.800><c> were</c><00:53:53.920><c> better</c><00:53:54.219><c> organized.</c>

00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:56.340
But<00:53:55.320><c> yes,</c><00:53:55.519><c> that</c><00:53:55.760><c> may</c><00:53:55.900><c> be</c><00:53:56.119><c> true.</c>

00:53:56.599 --> 00:53:58.719
But<00:53:56.760><c> we</c><00:53:56.980><c> also</c><00:53:57.300><c> have</c><00:53:57.559><c> prevented</c><00:53:58.099><c> ourselves</c>

00:53:58.719 --> 00:54:00.800
from<00:53:59.199><c> becoming</c><00:53:59.719><c> a</c><00:54:00.320><c> political</c>

00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:03.099
community<00:54:01.420><c> with</c><00:54:01.900><c> one</c><00:54:02.179><c> central</c><00:54:02.579><c> focus</c>

00:54:03.099 --> 00:54:05.039
where<00:54:03.639><c> the</c><00:54:03.860><c> danger</c><00:54:04.360><c> of</c>

00:54:05.039 --> 00:54:07.039
a<00:54:05.460><c> small</c><00:54:05.699><c> group</c><00:54:06.019><c> of</c><00:54:06.260><c> people</c><00:54:06.579><c> grabbing</c>

00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:08.400
hold<00:54:07.320><c> of</c><00:54:07.480><c> that</c><00:54:07.699><c> infrastructure</c>

00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:11.539
could<00:54:09.099><c> change</c><00:54:09.659><c> everything</c><00:54:10.340><c> for</c><00:54:10.739><c> everyone.</c>

00:54:11.699 --> 00:54:13.159
We<00:54:12.239><c> only</c><00:54:12.559><c> think</c><00:54:12.840><c> about</c>

00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:15.000
if<00:54:13.300><c> there's</c><00:54:13.579><c> a</c><00:54:13.780><c> problem,</c><00:54:14.519><c> central</c>

00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:17.039
command<00:54:15.480><c> would</c><00:54:15.739><c> solve</c><00:54:16.019><c> it</c><00:54:16.219><c> quickly,</c><00:54:16.559><c> but</c><00:54:16.699><c> we</c><00:54:16.840><c> don't</c>

00:54:17.039 --> 00:54:19.059
think<00:54:17.280><c> about</c><00:54:17.539><c> if</c><00:54:17.659><c> there's</c><00:54:18.000><c> destruction,</c><00:54:18.659><c> a</c><00:54:18.760><c> central</c>

00:54:19.059 --> 00:54:21.079
command<00:54:19.340><c> would</c><00:54:19.539><c> destroy</c><00:54:19.880><c> us</c><00:54:20.139><c> quickly.</c>

00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:23.239
So<00:54:21.519><c> we</c><00:54:21.599><c> have</c><00:54:21.820><c> to</c><00:54:21.960><c> put</c><00:54:22.119><c> up</c><00:54:22.300><c> with</c><00:54:22.500><c> some</c><00:54:22.699><c> of</c><00:54:22.820><c> this</c>

00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:24.940
what<00:54:24.300><c> you</c><00:54:24.639><c> call</c>

00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:27.320
noise<00:54:25.659><c> in</c>

00:54:27.320 --> 00:54:29.019
a<00:54:27.599><c> scientific</c><00:54:28.139><c> circle,</c><00:54:28.599><c> some</c><00:54:28.760><c> of</c><00:54:28.880><c> the</c>

00:54:29.019 --> 00:54:31.119
background<00:54:29.480><c> noise</c><00:54:29.800><c> and</c><00:54:30.059><c> aggravation</c><00:54:30.639><c> and</c><00:54:30.679><c> so</c><00:54:30.900><c> on.</c>

00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:33.239
But<00:54:31.699><c> it</c><00:54:32.599><c> is</c><00:54:32.860><c> in</c><00:54:32.860><c> a</c><00:54:33.099><c> sense</c>

00:54:33.239 --> 00:54:35.000
strengthening.<00:54:34.179><c> The</c><00:54:34.340><c> other</c><00:54:34.539><c> thing</c><00:54:34.739><c> about</c>

00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:37.119
our<00:54:35.280><c> community</c><00:54:35.760><c> is</c><00:54:36.280><c> that</c><00:54:36.480><c> every</c><00:54:36.800><c> member</c>

00:54:37.119 --> 00:54:38.840
has<00:54:37.420><c> a</c><00:54:37.679><c> responsibility.</c>

00:54:39.320 --> 00:54:40.460
Right?

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If<00:54:41.219><c> I'm</c><00:54:41.440><c> saying</c><00:54:41.760><c> anything</c><00:54:42.139><c> here</c>

00:54:42.400 --> 00:54:44.320
you<00:54:42.559><c> disagree</c><00:54:43.019><c> with,</c><00:54:43.719><c> I'm</c><00:54:43.920><c> pretty</c><00:54:44.179><c> sure</c>

00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:45.739
you're<00:54:44.539><c> going</c><00:54:44.559><c> to</c><00:54:44.719><c> tell</c><00:54:44.880><c> me.</c>

00:54:46.760 --> 00:54:48.340
Right?<00:54:46.980><c> I've</c><00:54:47.159><c> never</c><00:54:47.400><c> seen</c><00:54:47.659><c> Christa</c><00:54:48.079><c> Delphi</c>

00:54:48.340 --> 00:54:50.280
in<00:54:48.579><c> shy</c><00:54:49.019><c> about</c><00:54:49.659><c> doing</c><00:54:49.960><c> this.</c>

00:54:50.539 --> 00:54:52.139
And<00:54:50.719><c> that's</c><00:54:51.179><c> great!</c>

00:54:52.800 --> 00:54:54.260
That's<00:54:53.119><c> absolutely</c><00:54:53.500><c> fantastic!</c>

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:56.960
Because<00:54:54.940><c> it's</c><00:54:55.420><c> a</c><00:54:55.539><c> self</c><00:54:56.059><c>-check</c>

00:54:57.179 --> 00:54:58.320
on<00:54:57.820><c> keeping</c>

00:54:58.320 --> 00:55:00.400
the<00:54:58.619><c> community</c><00:54:59.320><c> vibrant</c>

00:55:00.400 --> 00:55:02.420
and<00:55:00.940><c> on</c><00:55:01.300><c> in</c><00:55:01.579><c> line.</c>

00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:04.920
I've<00:55:04.519><c> got</c><00:55:04.519><c> to</c><00:55:04.679><c> worry</c>

00:55:04.920 --> 00:55:06.840
that<00:55:05.059><c> every</c><00:55:05.400><c> one</c><00:55:05.559><c> of</c><00:55:05.699><c> you</c><00:55:05.900><c> is</c><00:55:06.260><c> a</c><00:55:06.380><c> reasonably</c>

00:55:06.840 --> 00:55:09.340
good<00:55:07.059><c> Bible</c><00:55:07.480><c> student.</c><00:55:07.760><c> I'm</c><00:55:07.920><c> not</c><00:55:08.099><c> going</c><00:55:08.300><c> to</c><00:55:08.380><c> fool</c><00:55:08.599><c> you.</c>

00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:13.679
I've<00:55:12.820><c> tried.</c>

00:55:14.380 --> 00:55:15.039
But<00:55:14.559><c> I'm</c><00:55:14.639><c> not</c><00:55:14.840><c> going</c><00:55:15.000><c> to</c>

00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:17.019
fool<00:55:15.239><c> you.</c><00:55:15.800><c> Right?</c><00:55:16.360><c> I</c><00:55:16.500><c> assume</c><00:55:16.659><c> every</c>

00:55:17.019 --> 00:55:18.880
scripture<00:55:17.340><c> I've</c><00:55:17.599><c> shown</c><00:55:17.760><c> you,</c><00:55:17.960><c> you've</c><00:55:18.119><c> all</c><00:55:18.280><c> read</c><00:55:18.480><c> before.</c>

00:55:19.300 --> 00:55:21.099
I<00:55:19.699><c> don't</c><00:55:19.960><c> know</c><00:55:20.159><c> any</c><00:55:20.420><c> other</c><00:55:20.619><c> communities</c>

00:55:21.099 --> 00:55:22.400
like<00:55:21.440><c> this.</c>

00:55:23.900 --> 00:55:25.159
Everything<00:55:24.219><c> I've</c><00:55:24.539><c> showed</c><00:55:24.659><c> you,</c><00:55:24.800><c> you're</c><00:55:25.019><c> going</c><00:55:25.079><c> to</c>

00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:27.840
go<00:55:25.320><c> home.</c><00:55:25.420><c> If</c><00:55:25.539><c> you</c><00:55:25.659><c> didn't</c><00:55:25.880><c> agree,</c><00:55:26.000><c> you're</c><00:55:26.159><c> going</c><00:55:26.239><c> to</c><00:55:26.380><c> verify</c><00:55:26.820><c> it.</c>

00:55:28.599 --> 00:55:29.000
And<00:55:28.760><c> if</c>

00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:30.800
even<00:55:29.119><c> if</c><00:55:29.239><c> you</c><00:55:29.320><c> don't</c><00:55:29.500><c> want</c><00:55:29.659><c> to</c><00:55:29.800><c> tell</c><00:55:29.940><c> me</c><00:55:30.159><c> here</c><00:55:30.360><c> in</c><00:55:30.559><c> public</c>

00:55:30.800 --> 00:55:32.920
because<00:55:31.000><c> you're</c><00:55:31.199><c> afraid</c><00:55:31.460><c> to</c><00:55:31.679><c> speak</c><00:55:31.920><c> out,</c><00:55:32.440><c> you'll</c><00:55:32.780><c> get</c>

00:55:32.920 --> 00:55:33.820
me<00:55:33.199><c> downstairs.</c>

00:55:33.820 --> 00:55:35.440
Or<00:55:34.099><c> in</c><00:55:34.280><c> the</c><00:55:34.420><c> parking</c><00:55:34.719><c> lot.</c>

00:55:35.579 --> 00:55:37.539
Or<00:55:35.960><c> in</c><00:55:36.059><c> the</c><00:55:36.300><c> parking</c><00:55:36.739><c> lot.</c>

00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:40.679
I<00:55:37.980><c> think</c><00:55:39.360><c> it's</c><00:55:39.679><c> wonderful.</c>

00:55:41.260 --> 00:55:42.239
I<00:55:41.340><c> think</c><00:55:41.460><c> it's</c><00:55:41.860><c> absolutely</c>

00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:42.500
wonderful.

00:55:42.940 --> 00:55:45.340
At<00:55:43.380><c> the</c><00:55:43.559><c> Bible</c><00:55:43.800><c> school</c><00:55:44.059><c> this</c><00:55:44.300><c> summer,</c>

00:55:45.739 --> 00:55:47.320
in<00:55:45.820><c> an</c><00:55:46.019><c> excitation,</c><00:55:46.639><c> I</c><00:55:46.780><c> confused</c>

00:55:47.320 --> 00:55:48.880
two<00:55:47.659><c> Greek</c><00:55:47.900><c> words.</c>

00:55:50.340 --> 00:55:51.539
And<00:55:50.340><c> after</c><00:55:50.780><c> the...</c>

00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:53.820
By<00:55:51.780><c> the</c><00:55:51.860><c> way,</c><00:55:51.920><c> I've</c><00:55:52.019><c> got</c><00:55:52.079><c> to</c><00:55:52.139><c> ask</c><00:55:52.280><c> you</c><00:55:52.440><c> to</c><00:55:52.579><c> destroy</c><00:55:52.880><c> that</c><00:55:53.079><c> tape.</c>

00:55:54.860 --> 00:55:55.820
After<00:55:55.380><c> the</c><00:55:55.659><c> talk</c>

00:55:55.820 --> 00:55:57.340
was<00:55:56.119><c> over,</c>

00:55:58.320 --> 00:55:59.719
there<00:55:58.420><c> was</c><00:55:58.639><c> about</c>

00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:01.420
150<00:56:00.559><c> people</c><00:56:01.079><c> in</c><00:56:01.280><c> the</c><00:56:01.300><c> audience.</c>

00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:03.579
After<00:56:01.699><c> the</c><00:56:01.940><c> talk</c><00:56:02.099><c> was</c><00:56:02.340><c> over,</c>

00:56:04.039 --> 00:56:05.519
three<00:56:04.300><c> brethren</c><00:56:04.739><c> came</c><00:56:04.980><c> up</c><00:56:05.219><c> to</c><00:56:05.360><c> me</c>

00:56:05.519 --> 00:56:07.440
and<00:56:05.659><c> told</c><00:56:05.860><c> me,</c><00:56:06.519><c> you</c><00:56:06.579><c> confused</c><00:56:07.119><c> these</c>

00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:09.219
two<00:56:07.599><c> Greek</c><00:56:07.840><c> words.</c><00:56:08.820><c> And</c><00:56:09.000><c> I</c><00:56:09.059><c> don't</c><00:56:09.179><c> know</c>

00:56:09.219 --> 00:56:11.579
if<00:56:09.300><c> you</c><00:56:09.360><c> know</c><00:56:09.500><c> Brother</c><00:56:09.780><c> Joe</c><00:56:10.059><c> Hill.</c><00:56:10.340><c> He</c><00:56:10.340><c> writes</c><00:56:10.579><c> for</c><00:56:10.800><c> the</c><00:56:11.039><c> Tidings.</c>

00:56:11.860 --> 00:56:14.199
Brother<00:56:12.119><c> Joe</c><00:56:12.360><c> Hill</c><00:56:12.539><c> is</c>

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in<00:56:15.480><c> Albuquerque,</c>

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New<00:56:16.079><c> Mexico.</c><00:56:16.500><c> He</c><00:56:16.659><c> came</c><00:56:16.800><c> up</c><00:56:17.000><c> to</c><00:56:17.099><c> me</c><00:56:17.260><c> and</c>

00:56:17.420 --> 00:56:19.539
he's<00:56:17.739><c> listening</c><00:56:18.059><c> to</c><00:56:18.260><c> these</c><00:56:18.440><c> three</c><00:56:18.679><c> people</c><00:56:18.920><c> correcting</c><00:56:19.340><c> me.</c>

00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:21.380
And<00:56:19.619><c> I</c><00:56:19.760><c> said,</c><00:56:20.199><c> you</c><00:56:20.360><c> know,</c><00:56:20.460><c> I</c><00:56:20.539><c> think</c><00:56:20.719><c> you</c><00:56:20.920><c> guys</c><00:56:21.099><c> are</c><00:56:21.280><c> right.</c>

00:56:21.440 --> 00:56:22.920
I<00:56:21.480><c> think</c><00:56:21.659><c> I</c><00:56:21.840><c> did</c><00:56:22.019><c> confuse</c><00:56:22.300><c> those</c><00:56:22.519><c> two</c><00:56:22.699><c> words.</c>

00:56:23.139 --> 00:56:25.340
And<00:56:23.280><c> he</c><00:56:23.420><c> started</c><00:56:23.659><c> laughing.</c><00:56:24.420><c> And</c><00:56:24.599><c> we</c><00:56:24.800><c> all</c><00:56:24.960><c> turned</c><00:56:25.159><c> around</c><00:56:25.300><c> and</c>

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said,<00:56:25.420><c> what</c><00:56:25.500><c> are</c><00:56:25.599><c> you</c><00:56:25.739><c> laughing</c><00:56:25.940><c> about?</c><00:56:26.199><c> He</c><00:56:26.260><c> says,</c><00:56:26.880><c> where</c><00:56:27.099><c> else</c>

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in<00:56:27.519><c> the</c><00:56:27.699><c> world</c><00:56:27.980><c> could</c><00:56:28.159><c> someone</c><00:56:28.500><c> talk</c><00:56:28.800><c> about</c><00:56:29.059><c> the</c><00:56:29.300><c> meaning</c>

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of<00:56:29.760><c> Greek</c><00:56:29.980><c> words</c><00:56:30.559><c> and</c><00:56:30.880><c> anyone</c><00:56:31.219><c> would</c><00:56:31.400><c> even</c><00:56:31.599><c> know</c>

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what<00:56:31.800><c> they</c><00:56:31.960><c> were</c><00:56:32.119><c> talking</c><00:56:32.460><c> about?</c>

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He<00:56:34.019><c> says,</c><00:56:34.340><c> in</c><00:56:35.039><c> our</c><00:56:35.340><c> community,</c>

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you<00:56:36.079><c> not</c><00:56:36.280><c> only</c><00:56:36.480><c> have</c><00:56:36.639><c> to</c><00:56:36.760><c> be</c><00:56:36.960><c> careful</c><00:56:37.239><c> about</c><00:56:37.460><c> what</c>

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you<00:56:37.800><c> say</c><00:56:37.900><c> in</c><00:56:38.059><c> English,</c><00:56:38.780><c> you</c><00:56:38.940><c> even</c><00:56:39.139><c> have</c><00:56:39.300><c> to</c><00:56:39.400><c> be</c>

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careful<00:56:39.800><c> about</c><00:56:39.940><c> what</c><00:56:40.059><c> you</c><00:56:40.260><c> say</c><00:56:40.360><c> in</c><00:56:40.559><c> Greek.</c>

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So<00:56:44.760><c> you</c><00:56:44.920><c> really</c><00:56:45.239><c> do</c><00:56:45.440><c> have</c>

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to<00:56:45.739><c> be</c><00:56:45.960><c> careful</c><00:56:46.340><c> and</c>

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I<00:56:47.639><c> think</c><00:56:47.820><c> that's</c><00:56:48.059><c> great.</c>

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I<00:56:50.179><c> tell</c><00:56:50.400><c> you,</c><00:56:50.519><c> I've</c><00:56:50.679><c> never</c><00:56:50.940><c> given</c><00:56:51.179><c> a</c><00:56:51.340><c> talk</c>

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anywhere<00:56:51.900><c> where</c><00:56:52.139><c> I</c><00:56:52.400><c> haven't</c><00:56:52.619><c> gone</c><00:56:52.880><c> away</c><00:56:53.139><c> myself</c>

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learning.

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And<00:56:56.559><c> that's</c><00:56:56.780><c> really</c><00:56:57.059><c> great.</c>

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We've<00:56:58.500><c> got</c><00:56:58.539><c> about</c><00:56:58.820><c> two</c><00:56:59.019><c> minutes.</c>

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I'm<00:57:00.559><c> just</c><00:57:00.860><c> about</c><00:57:01.059><c> out</c><00:57:01.239><c> of</c><00:57:01.380><c> gas.</c>

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If<00:57:01.860><c> anyone</c><00:57:02.079><c> has</c><00:57:02.420><c> any</c><00:57:02.760><c> closing</c><00:57:03.079><c> comments?</c>

00:57:05.059 --> 00:57:05.800
Tom?

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Well,

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if<00:57:07.360><c> we're</c><00:57:07.679><c> talking</c><00:57:07.679><c> about</c><00:57:08.119><c> forgiveness</c><00:57:08.599><c> as</c><00:57:09.000><c> the</c><00:57:09.119><c> first</c>

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principle,<00:57:10.639><c> maybe</c><00:57:10.900><c> it's</c><00:57:11.219><c> one</c>

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to<00:57:11.639><c> three.</c><00:57:12.079><c> It's</c><00:57:12.420><c> a</c><00:57:12.599><c> blue</c><00:57:12.820><c> lie</c>

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or<00:57:14.099><c> a</c><00:57:14.199><c> great</c><00:57:14.480><c> big</c><00:57:14.679><c> lie</c>

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or<00:57:15.679><c> a</c><00:57:15.679><c> stone</c>

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demon.<00:57:18.699><c> Forgiveness</c>

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is<00:57:19.480><c> the</c><00:57:19.699><c> concept.</c>

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In<00:57:21.119><c> Ephesians</c><00:57:21.579><c> 4</c><00:57:22.179><c>.32,</c>

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God<00:57:24.679><c> forgives</c><00:57:25.199><c> us</c>

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for<00:57:25.699><c> Christ's</c><00:57:26.659><c> sake</c>

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and<00:57:28.480><c> we</c><00:57:28.739><c> are</c><00:57:28.900><c> to</c><00:57:29.159><c> forgive</c>

00:57:29.659 --> 00:57:32.320
one<00:57:29.980><c> another</c><00:57:30.360><c> for</c><00:57:30.599><c> the</c><00:57:30.840><c> same</c><00:57:31.119><c> reason.</c>

00:57:32.420 --> 00:57:34.260
Christ<00:57:32.699><c> gave</c><00:57:33.039><c> his</c><00:57:33.380><c> life</c>

00:57:35.219 --> 00:57:36.739
for<00:57:35.980><c> us</c>

00:57:36.739 --> 00:57:38.000
for<00:57:37.500><c> the</c><00:57:37.500><c> forgiveness</c>

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of<00:57:38.480><c> our</c><00:57:38.719><c> sins.</c>

00:57:39.840 --> 00:57:41.400
Now,<00:57:40.139><c> we</c><00:57:40.340><c> reject</c>

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forgiving<00:57:42.119><c> someone</c><00:57:42.639><c> else.</c>

00:57:43.519 --> 00:57:45.340
We<00:57:43.679><c> are</c><00:57:43.940><c> rejecting</c><00:57:44.619><c> the</c><00:57:45.000><c> act</c><00:57:45.199><c> that</c>

00:57:45.340 --> 00:57:46.599
Christ<00:57:45.699><c> committed.</c>

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That's<00:57:48.679><c> a</c><00:57:48.699><c> very</c><00:57:48.880><c> good</c><00:57:49.139><c> thought.</c>

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Thanks.

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Thank<00:57:53.579><c> you.</c>

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Good.<00:57:56.360><c> Thank</c><00:57:56.619><c> you</c><00:57:56.699><c> very</c><00:57:56.880><c> much.</c>

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Tomorrow

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we'll<00:57:59.360><c> go</c><00:57:59.599><c> on.</c><00:57:59.760><c> I've</c><00:57:59.940><c> got</c><00:58:00.019><c> three</c><00:58:00.239><c> more</c><00:58:00.440><c> things</c><00:58:00.579><c> on</c><00:58:00.800><c> the</c><00:58:00.880><c> list.</c>

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We'll<00:58:01.980><c> give</c><00:58:02.099><c> you</c><00:58:02.320><c> a</c><00:58:02.420><c> choice</c><00:58:02.639><c> tomorrow</c><00:58:03.000><c> morning.</c>

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So<00:58:03.619><c> if</c><00:58:03.880><c> you</c><00:58:04.059><c> show</c><00:58:04.280><c> up</c><00:58:04.519><c> for</c><00:58:04.739><c> Sunday</c><00:58:04.980><c> school,</c>

00:58:05.880 --> 00:58:07.340
you<00:58:05.880><c> can</c><00:58:06.820><c> decide</c>

00:58:07.340 --> 00:58:08.739
what<00:58:07.500><c> we're</c><00:58:07.639><c> going</c><00:58:07.719><c> to</c><00:58:07.820><c> do</c><00:58:07.880><c> for</c><00:58:08.079><c> Sunday</c><00:58:08.400><c> school.</c>

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It's<00:58:09.159><c> your</c><00:58:09.400><c> decision.</c>

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Thank<00:58:10.920><c> you</c><00:58:11.039><c> very</c><00:58:11.260><c> much.</c>

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