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been<00:14:01.320><c> bought,</c><00:14:02.620><c> that</c><00:14:02.759><c> we're</c><00:14:02.919><c> really</c><00:14:03.200><c> not</c><00:14:03.440><c> our</c><00:14:03.639><c> own.</c><00:14:04.000><c> We</c><00:14:04.159><c> don't</c>

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have<00:14:04.659><c> the</c><00:14:04.820><c> liberty</c><00:14:05.120><c> to</c><00:14:05.340><c> do</c><00:14:05.539><c> everything</c>

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we<00:14:06.159><c> want</c><00:14:06.299><c> to</c><00:14:06.460><c> do.</c><00:14:07.840><c> And</c><00:14:08.019><c> sometimes</c><00:14:08.500><c> these</c><00:14:08.960><c> ideas</c><00:14:09.460><c> are</c><00:14:09.799><c> very</c><00:14:10.299><c> key,</c><00:14:11.399><c> that</c><00:14:11.720><c> they</c><00:14:12.460><c> might</c><00:14:12.960><c> provide</c><00:14:14.799><c> the</c><00:14:15.179><c> force</c>

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that<00:14:17.159><c> is</c><00:14:17.299><c> required</c><00:14:17.799><c> when</c><00:14:17.980><c> we</c><00:14:18.120><c> see</c><00:14:18.340><c> verses</c><00:14:18.679><c> that</c><00:14:18.940><c> look</c><00:14:19.159><c> upon</c><00:14:19.820><c> the</c><00:14:20.299><c> changes</c><00:14:20.740><c> that</c><00:14:21.080><c> are</c><00:14:21.279><c> needed</c><00:14:21.460><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:21.820><c> made.</c><00:14:23.500><c> You</c><00:14:23.539><c> know,</c><00:14:23.700><c> the</c><00:14:23.899><c> washing</c><00:14:24.200><c> of</c><00:14:24.460><c> regeneration,</c><00:14:26.059><c> well</c>

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we<00:14:26.580><c> think,</c><00:14:27.139><c> just</c><00:14:27.379><c> link</c><00:14:27.580><c> that</c><00:14:27.799><c> with</c><00:14:27.960><c> a</c><00:14:28.080><c> few</c><00:14:28.200><c> other</c>

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passages<00:14:28.899><c> and</c><00:14:29.139><c> you've</c><00:14:29.340><c> got</c><00:14:29.480><c> the</c><00:14:29.659><c> idea</c><00:14:29.919><c> of</c><00:14:30.080><c> the</c><00:14:30.399><c> washing</c><00:14:30.799><c> by</c><00:14:31.639><c> water</c><00:14:32.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:32.399><c> word.</c><00:14:33.600><c> So</c><00:14:33.879><c> it's</c><00:14:34.240><c> a</c><00:14:34.440><c> figure</c><00:14:34.899><c> which</c>

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is<00:14:36.039><c> totally</c><00:14:36.620><c> useless</c><00:14:37.559><c> to</c><00:14:37.840><c> us</c><00:14:38.039><c> unless</c><00:14:38.259><c> we</c><00:14:38.500><c> understand</c><00:14:39.200><c> how</c><00:14:39.759><c> it's</c><00:14:40.159><c> to</c>

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work.<00:14:41.559><c> These</c><00:14:41.820><c> people</c><00:14:42.120><c> were</c><00:14:42.480><c> only</c><00:14:42.840><c> going</c>

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to<00:14:43.340><c> be</c><00:14:43.340><c> converted</c><00:14:43.779><c> if</c><00:14:44.340><c> they</c><00:14:44.600><c> allowed</c><00:14:44.899><c> the</c><00:14:45.179><c> word</c><00:14:45.480><c> to</c><00:14:45.879><c> thoroughly</c><00:14:46.460><c> wash</c><00:14:47.039><c> them</c>

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ways<00:14:48.580><c> of</c><00:14:48.720><c> life.</c><00:14:51.419><c> One</c><00:14:51.620><c> of</c><00:14:51.759><c> the</c><00:14:51.820><c> things</c><00:14:52.039><c> I</c><00:14:52.200><c> find</c><00:14:52.980><c> exhilarating</c>

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in<00:14:54.139><c> this,</c><00:14:54.600><c> brothers</c><00:14:54.600><c> and</c><00:14:54.799><c> sisters,</c><00:14:55.100><c> is</c><00:14:55.299><c> that</c><00:14:55.320><c> sometimes</c>

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you<00:14:55.899><c> go</c><00:14:56.139><c> along</c><00:14:56.399><c> a</c><00:14:56.559><c> long</c><00:14:56.860><c> way</c><00:14:57.179><c> after</c><00:14:57.539><c> baptism</c><00:14:58.039><c> and</c><00:14:58.320><c> recognize</c>

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you<00:14:58.879><c> haven't</c><00:14:59.100><c> got</c><00:14:59.259><c> very</c><00:14:59.559><c> far.</c><00:15:02.379><c> I'm</c><00:15:02.679><c> sure</c>

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that<00:15:03.179><c> some</c><00:15:03.379><c> people,</c><00:15:03.879><c> when</c><00:15:03.899><c> they</c><00:15:04.600><c> go</c><00:15:04.860><c> through</c><00:15:05.179><c> the</c><00:15:05.379><c> baptism</c><00:15:05.779><c> of</c>

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another,<00:15:06.740><c> sort</c><00:15:06.960><c> of</c><00:15:07.139><c> wish</c><00:15:07.279><c> you</c><00:15:07.360><c> could</c>

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be<00:15:08.159><c> baptized</c><00:15:08.159><c> again.</c><00:15:09.820><c> Now</c><00:15:10.059><c> could</c><00:15:10.179><c> you</c><00:15:10.559><c> get</c><00:15:10.759><c> a</c><00:15:10.980><c> fresh</c><00:15:11.200><c> start?</c>

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Were<00:15:12.299><c> you</c><00:15:12.460><c> really</c><00:15:12.820><c> where</c><00:15:12.960><c> you</c><00:15:13.220><c> wanted</c><00:15:13.480><c> to</c>

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be<00:15:13.779><c> when</c><00:15:13.980><c> you</c><00:15:14.120><c> were</c><00:15:14.340><c> baptized?</c><00:15:14.860><c> Well</c><00:15:15.039><c> I</c><00:15:15.120><c> found</c><00:15:15.940><c> this</c><00:15:16.399><c> verse</c><00:15:16.799><c> in</c>

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Luke<00:15:18.039><c> chapter</c><00:15:18.480><c> 22</c><00:15:18.980><c> very</c><00:15:19.559><c> helpful</c><00:15:20.100><c> for</c>

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those<00:15:21.259><c> kinds</c><00:15:21.639><c> of</c><00:15:21.919><c> thoughts.</c><00:15:22.580><c> I</c><00:15:22.779><c> think</c><00:15:22.940><c> they're</c><00:15:23.139><c> very</c><00:15:23.419><c> natural</c>

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thoughts.<00:15:24.360><c> In</c><00:15:24.500><c> fact</c><00:15:24.580><c> they're</c><00:15:24.840><c> good</c><00:15:25.139><c> thoughts</c>

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because<00:15:25.879><c> it</c><00:15:26.440><c> implies</c><00:15:26.840><c> that</c><00:15:27.059><c> we</c><00:15:27.279><c> see</c><00:15:27.539><c> progress</c><00:15:28.039><c> as</c><00:15:28.379><c> needful.</c>

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But<00:15:31.120><c> you</c><00:15:31.220><c> know,</c><00:15:31.460><c> the</c><00:15:31.600><c> apostle</c><00:15:31.980><c> Peter</c><00:15:32.299><c> had</c>

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been<00:15:32.600><c> with</c><00:15:32.840><c> the</c><00:15:33.120><c> Lord</c><00:15:33.440><c> for</c><00:15:33.720><c> those</c><00:15:34.059><c> three</c><00:15:34.320><c> years</c><00:15:34.639><c> of</c><00:15:34.820><c> his</c><00:15:35.039><c> ministry.</c><00:15:36.279><c> He</c>

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had<00:15:36.820><c> witnessed</c><00:15:37.240><c> his</c><00:15:37.600><c> miracles.</c>

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things<00:15:50.720><c> to</c><00:15:50.919><c> be</c><00:15:51.080><c> done</c><00:15:51.320><c> in</c><00:15:51.620><c> the</c><00:15:51.799><c> apostle's</c>

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mind.<00:15:53.480><c> So</c><00:15:53.600><c> in</c><00:15:53.899><c> Luke</c><00:15:54.100><c> 22</c><00:15:54.779><c> verse</c><00:15:55.759><c> 31</c><00:15:56.539><c> the</c><00:15:56.980><c> Lord</c><00:15:57.220><c> said,</c><00:15:58.039><c> Simon,</c><00:15:58.740><c> Simon,</c><00:15:59.320><c> behold</c><00:15:59.600><c> Satan</c><00:16:00.120><c> hath</c><00:16:00.480><c> desired</c><00:16:00.919><c> to</c>

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have<00:16:01.159><c> you,</c><00:16:01.759><c> that</c><00:16:02.100><c> he</c><00:16:02.240><c> may</c><00:16:02.659><c> sift</c><00:16:02.960><c> you</c><00:16:03.279><c> as</c><00:16:03.580><c> wheat.</c><00:16:04.500><c> But</c><00:16:04.679><c> I</c><00:16:04.899><c> have</c>

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prayed<00:16:05.419><c> for</c><00:16:05.679><c> thee</c><00:16:05.919><c> that</c><00:16:06.120><c> thy</c><00:16:06.419><c> faith</c><00:16:06.799><c> fail</c>

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not,<00:16:08.200><c> when</c><00:16:08.340><c> thou</c><00:16:08.620><c> art</c><00:16:08.899><c> converted,</c><00:16:11.179><c> strengthen</c><00:16:11.419><c> thy</c><00:16:11.740><c> brethren.</c><00:16:12.940><c> Now</c><00:16:13.539><c> we</c>

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fact<00:16:21.759><c> even</c><00:16:22.019><c> having</c><00:16:22.399><c> a</c><00:16:22.940><c> taste</c>

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able<00:16:25.980><c> to</c><00:16:26.120><c> go</c><00:16:26.279><c> out</c><00:16:26.419><c> and</c><00:16:26.899><c> to</c><00:16:27.200><c> exercise</c><00:16:27.759><c> that.</c>

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But<00:16:29.799><c> he</c><00:16:29.899><c> wasn't</c><00:16:30.240><c> converted</c><00:16:30.779><c> in</c><00:16:31.299><c> one</c><00:16:31.639><c> sense.</c><00:16:33.580><c> He</c><00:16:33.779><c> wasn't</c><00:16:34.179><c> strengthening</c><00:16:34.720><c> his</c>

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brethren.<00:16:37.039><c> Now</c><00:16:37.120><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:16:37.519><c> sisters,</c><00:16:37.980><c> let's</c><00:16:38.259><c> take</c><00:16:38.580><c> that</c><00:16:38.860><c> excutation</c><00:16:39.340><c> at</c><00:16:39.539><c> the</c><00:16:39.700><c> heart.</c>

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over.<00:16:46.200><c> There's</c><00:16:46.460><c> nothing</c>

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left<00:16:46.940><c> to</c><00:16:47.179><c> do.</c><00:16:48.820><c> This</c><00:16:49.080><c> implies</c><00:16:49.500><c> the</c><00:16:49.820><c> conversion</c><00:16:50.220><c> is</c><00:16:50.399><c> a</c><00:16:50.600><c> process</c>

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that<00:16:51.279><c> carries</c><00:16:51.980><c> on.</c><00:16:53.200><c> That</c><00:16:53.360><c> we're</c><00:16:53.740><c> converted</c>

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we<00:17:00.100><c> open</c><00:17:00.360><c> that</c><00:17:00.620><c> book</c><00:17:00.820><c> and</c><00:17:00.980><c> read</c>

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be<00:17:05.099><c> doing.</c><00:17:05.460><c> There's</c><00:17:05.859><c> something</c><00:17:06.140><c> else</c>

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we<00:17:06.799><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:07.099><c> be</c><00:17:07.359><c> doing.</c><00:17:09.259><c> I</c><00:17:09.420><c> find</c><00:17:09.559><c> that</c><00:17:09.859><c> wonderfully</c><00:17:10.180><c> comforting</c><00:17:10.640><c> that</c>

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the<00:17:11.079><c> Lord</c><00:17:11.299><c> gave</c><00:17:11.619><c> us</c><00:17:11.960><c> that</c><00:17:12.160><c> to</c><00:17:12.400><c> see</c>

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a<00:17:12.799><c> picture</c><00:17:13.160><c> of</c><00:17:13.440><c> discipleship.</c><00:17:15.180><c> But</c><00:17:15.380><c> the</c><00:17:15.660><c> point</c><00:17:15.920><c> is</c><00:17:16.599><c> that</c><00:17:16.920><c> when</c>

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it<00:17:17.259><c> comes</c><00:17:17.559><c> to</c><00:17:17.920><c> strengthening</c><00:17:18.400><c> others,</c>

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it<00:17:20.380><c> takes</c><00:17:20.660><c> a</c><00:17:21.000><c> long</c><00:17:21.259><c> way</c><00:17:21.660><c> on</c><00:17:21.940><c> that</c><00:17:22.200><c> road</c><00:17:22.319><c> of</c><00:17:22.539><c> discipleship</c><00:17:23.000><c> to</c>

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get<00:17:23.480><c> to</c><00:17:23.660><c> that</c><00:17:23.980><c> point</c><00:17:24.200><c> where</c><00:17:24.400><c> you</c><00:17:24.599><c> really</c><00:17:24.839><c> see</c>

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this<00:17:25.319><c> is</c><00:17:25.460><c> what</c><00:17:25.559><c> it's</c><00:17:25.759><c> all</c><00:17:26.019><c> about.</c><00:17:27.119><c> That</c><00:17:27.279><c> we</c><00:17:27.519><c> save</c><00:17:27.799><c> ourselves</c>

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others.<00:17:41.859><c> That's</c><00:17:42.380><c> a</c><00:17:42.480><c> wonderful</c><00:17:42.880><c> concept.</c><00:17:44.579><c> Certainly</c><00:17:45.079><c> shows</c><00:17:45.980><c> the</c><00:17:46.660><c> divine</c><00:17:47.539><c> imprint</c><00:17:48.160><c> upon</c><00:17:48.460><c> it.</c><00:17:48.859><c> It's</c><00:17:49.220><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:17:50.660><c> concept.</c><00:17:50.660><c> Now</c><00:17:51.200><c> what</c><00:17:51.279><c> I'd</c><00:17:51.500><c> like</c><00:17:51.599><c> to</c><00:17:51.940><c> sort</c><00:17:52.079><c> of</c><00:17:52.220><c> draw</c>

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what<00:18:05.259><c> Paul</c><00:18:05.579><c> says</c><00:18:05.880><c> about</c><00:18:06.180><c> the</c><00:18:06.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:18:06.859><c> situation</c><00:18:07.539><c> there</c><00:18:08.140><c> certainly</c><00:18:08.700><c> wasn't</c><00:18:09.319><c> the</c><00:18:09.599><c> evidence</c><00:18:09.839><c> of</c><00:18:10.140><c> good</c>

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works.<00:18:11.759><c> But</c><00:18:11.920><c> the</c><00:18:12.059><c> idea,</c><00:18:12.640><c> if</c><00:18:12.839><c> we</c><00:18:12.980><c> can</c><00:18:13.180><c> think</c><00:18:13.319><c> of</c><00:18:13.400><c> it</c><00:18:13.519><c> in</c><00:18:13.640><c> this</c><00:18:13.859><c> way,</c><00:18:14.960><c> as</c>

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the<00:18:15.259><c> Lord</c><00:18:15.460><c> walking</c><00:18:15.819><c> down</c><00:18:16.099><c> the</c>

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road<00:18:16.480><c> and</c><00:18:16.619><c> coming</c><00:18:16.859><c> to</c><00:18:17.079><c> a</c><00:18:17.299><c> fig</c><00:18:17.420><c> tree</c><00:18:17.759><c> upon</c><00:18:18.140><c> which</c><00:18:18.380><c> he</c><00:18:18.579><c> must</c><00:18:18.819><c> have</c>

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none.<00:18:23.900><c> You</c><00:18:24.259><c> start</c><00:18:24.480><c> thinking</c><00:18:24.839><c> of</c><00:18:25.059><c> what</c><00:18:25.240><c> all</c><00:18:25.480><c> that</c><00:18:25.700><c> really</c><00:18:25.960><c> meant</c><00:18:26.359><c> and</c>

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we<00:18:29.140><c> may,</c><00:18:29.720><c> brothers</c><00:18:29.819><c> and</c><00:18:30.059><c> sisters,</c><00:18:30.559><c> very</c><00:18:30.859><c> well</c><00:18:31.099><c> have</c><00:18:31.299><c> the</c><00:18:31.500><c> appearance</c><00:18:32.000><c> of</c>

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having<00:18:32.420><c> fruit.</c><00:18:33.920><c> But</c><00:18:34.420><c> do</c><00:18:34.599><c> we</c>

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really?<00:18:36.099><c> If</c><00:18:36.420><c> the</c><00:18:36.559><c> Master</c><00:18:36.859><c> came</c><00:18:37.279><c> and</c><00:18:37.619><c> examined</c><00:18:38.079><c> us</c><00:18:38.660><c> and</c><00:18:38.859><c> our</c><00:18:39.099><c> life,</c><00:18:39.900><c> would</c><00:18:40.140><c> he</c>

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find<00:18:40.619><c> fruit?</c><00:18:42.420><c> Now</c><00:18:42.740><c> the</c>

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thing<00:18:46.599><c> for</c><00:18:46.599><c> us</c><00:18:46.759><c> to</c><00:18:46.940><c> be</c><00:18:47.119><c> innovative</c><00:18:47.740><c> and</c><00:18:48.400><c> providing</c><00:18:48.759><c> something</c>

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totally<00:18:49.579><c> new,</c><00:18:50.460><c> all</c><00:18:50.619><c> he</c><00:18:50.740><c> wants</c><00:18:50.980><c> us</c><00:18:51.220><c> to</c>

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word,<00:18:58.519><c> through</c>

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each<00:18:59.140><c> other,</c><00:18:59.740><c> through</c><00:19:00.099><c> the</c><00:19:01.059><c> situations</c><00:19:01.740><c> that</c><00:19:02.460><c> are</c><00:19:02.680><c> presented</c>

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take<00:19:13.660><c> and</c><00:19:13.980><c> bear</c><00:19:14.359><c> God's</c><00:19:14.839><c> name.</c><00:19:15.720><c> Greatest</c><00:19:16.279><c> privilege</c><00:19:16.779><c> ever.</c><00:19:19.980><c> All</c><00:19:20.220><c> the</c><00:19:20.420><c> time</c><00:19:20.640><c> we</c>

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see<00:19:21.200><c> in</c><00:19:21.359><c> the</c><00:19:21.460><c> Old</c><00:19:21.700><c> Testament</c>

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name.<00:19:26.599><c> That's</c><00:19:26.900><c> what</c><00:19:27.079><c> we're</c>

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all<00:19:27.660><c> aiming</c><00:19:27.980><c> for,</c><00:19:28.460><c> brothers</c><00:19:28.519><c> and</c><00:19:28.740><c> sisters.</c><00:19:29.440><c> But</c><00:19:29.619><c> it</c><00:19:29.779><c> has</c><00:19:30.000><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:32.539><c> developed</c><00:19:32.799><c> now.</c><00:19:34.680><c> So</c><00:19:34.900><c> he</c><00:19:35.119><c> concentrates</c><00:19:35.819><c> on</c><00:19:36.279><c> good</c><00:19:36.640><c> works.</c><00:19:37.299><c> A</c>

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you.<00:19:42.599><c> First</c><00:19:42.839><c> of</c><00:19:43.039><c> all,</c><00:19:43.200><c> look</c><00:19:43.380><c> at</c><00:19:43.559><c> the</c>

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seven<00:19:44.559><c> times</c><00:19:45.279><c> where</c><00:19:46.200><c> we</c><00:19:46.460><c> see</c><00:19:46.660><c> this</c><00:19:46.940><c> coming</c><00:19:47.180><c> out</c><00:19:47.420><c> in</c><00:19:47.559><c> these</c><00:19:47.859><c> last</c><00:19:48.539><c> two</c>

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chapters.<00:19:50.299><c> Now</c><00:19:50.500><c> you</c><00:19:50.519><c> can</c><00:19:50.720><c> make</c>

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a<00:19:51.099><c> point</c><00:19:51.299><c> for</c><00:19:51.539><c> it</c><00:19:51.740><c> appearing</c><00:19:52.039><c> more</c><00:19:52.460><c> times.</c><00:19:53.839><c> I'm</c><00:19:54.319><c> not</c><00:19:54.319><c> trying</c><00:19:55.019><c> to</c><00:19:55.400><c> be</c><00:19:55.599><c> looking</c><00:19:57.039><c> for</c><00:19:57.240><c> a</c>

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major<00:20:01.000><c> way.</c><00:20:01.319><c> Verse</c><00:20:01.519><c> seven</c><00:20:01.859><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:20:02.299><c> two,</c><00:20:03.500><c> that</c><00:20:04.559><c> the</c><00:20:04.900><c> young</c><00:20:05.140><c> man</c><00:20:05.579><c> Titus</c><00:20:06.019><c> himself,</c><00:20:07.319><c> to</c><00:20:07.519><c> be</c>

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pattern<00:20:11.119><c> for</c><00:20:11.400><c> others,</c><00:20:12.619><c> had</c><00:20:12.779><c> to</c><00:20:13.000><c> show</c><00:20:13.200><c> forth</c><00:20:13.480><c> what</c><00:20:13.680><c> good</c><00:20:13.920><c> works</c>

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were.<00:20:15.900><c> It's</c><00:20:16.220><c> quite</c><00:20:16.480><c> one</c><00:20:16.839><c> thing</c><00:20:17.079><c> to</c><00:20:17.380><c> say</c>

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things,<00:20:18.859><c> but</c><00:20:19.119><c> you</c><00:20:19.339><c> now</c><00:20:19.579><c> have</c><00:20:19.859><c> to</c><00:20:20.240><c> prove</c><00:20:20.619><c> that</c><00:20:20.859><c> you</c><00:20:21.119><c> believe</c><00:20:21.299><c> it</c>

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of<00:20:24.059><c> course</c><00:20:24.220><c> that</c><00:20:24.460><c> means</c><00:20:24.839><c> it's</c><00:20:25.200><c> an</c><00:20:25.339><c> ongoing</c><00:20:25.740><c> thing.</c><00:20:26.119><c> It</c><00:20:26.220><c> can't</c>

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be<00:20:26.740><c> done</c><00:20:26.900><c> in</c><00:20:27.180><c> five</c><00:20:27.440><c> minutes.</c><00:20:29.700><c> So</c><00:20:29.940><c> there's</c>

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our<00:20:30.400><c> first</c><00:20:30.700><c> occurrence.</c><00:20:31.420><c> And</c><00:20:31.420><c> then</c><00:20:31.579><c> as</c><00:20:31.700><c> we</c><00:20:31.819><c> go</c><00:20:32.079><c> down</c><00:20:32.440><c> to</c><00:20:32.680><c> chapter</c><00:20:33.140><c> two,</c>

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verse<00:20:33.900><c> fourteen,</c><00:20:36.160><c> the</c><00:20:36.380><c> whole</c>

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principle<00:20:37.380><c> here</c><00:20:37.980><c> of</c><00:20:38.339><c> the</c><00:20:38.579><c> Lord</c><00:20:38.859><c> coming,</c><00:20:39.660><c> giving</c><00:20:39.920><c> himself</c><00:20:40.420><c> for</c>

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us<00:20:40.920><c> that</c><00:20:41.019><c> he</c><00:20:41.140><c> might</c><00:20:41.380><c> redeem</c><00:20:41.880><c> us</c><00:20:42.359><c> from</c>

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all<00:20:43.240><c> iniquity</c><00:20:43.779><c> and</c><00:20:44.460><c> purify</c><00:20:45.160><c> himself</c><00:20:45.779><c> unto</c><00:20:46.220><c> himself,</c><00:20:46.799><c> a</c><00:20:46.920><c> peculiar</c><00:20:47.319><c> people,</c><00:20:48.299><c> zealous</c><00:20:48.799><c> of</c>

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good<00:20:50.019><c> works.</c>

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Brothers<00:20:53.519><c> and</c><00:20:53.700><c> sisters,</c><00:20:54.000><c> that's</c><00:20:54.700><c> some</c><00:20:54.960><c> of</c><00:20:55.099><c> the</c><00:20:55.220><c> things</c><00:20:55.380><c> we</c><00:20:55.519><c> like</c><00:20:55.640><c> to</c>

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take<00:20:56.059><c> with</c><00:20:56.240><c> us</c><00:20:56.460><c> when</c><00:20:56.559><c> we</c><00:20:56.680><c> go</c><00:20:56.880><c> home,</c><00:20:58.759><c> is</c>

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to<00:20:59.259><c> feel</c><00:20:59.259><c> more</c><00:20:59.660><c> zealous</c><00:21:00.220><c> about</c><00:21:00.519><c> wanting</c><00:21:01.019><c> to</c><00:21:01.460><c> produce</c><00:21:02.019><c> the</c><00:21:02.339><c> fruit</c><00:21:02.579><c> that</c><00:21:02.900><c> God</c>

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is<00:21:03.720><c> looking</c><00:21:03.980><c> for</c><00:21:04.240><c> in</c><00:21:04.319><c> our</c><00:21:04.519><c> life.</c>

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five<00:21:48.380><c> faithful</c><00:21:48.759><c> sayings</c><00:21:49.180><c> that</c><00:21:49.400><c> occurs</c>

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things<00:21:54.240><c> I</c><00:21:54.519><c> will</c><00:21:54.680><c> that</c><00:21:54.880><c> thou</c><00:21:55.140><c> affirm</c>

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constantly<00:21:56.960><c> that</c><00:21:58.019><c> they</c><00:21:58.440><c> which</c><00:21:58.680><c> have</c><00:21:58.960><c> believed</c><00:21:59.380><c> in</c><00:21:59.680><c> God</c><00:21:59.940><c> might</c>

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be<00:22:00.660><c> careful</c><00:22:01.180><c> to</c><00:22:01.700><c> maintain</c><00:22:02.259><c> good</c><00:22:02.579><c> works.</c>

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it.<00:22:10.099><c> And</c><00:22:10.279><c> it's</c><00:22:10.500><c> got</c><00:22:10.579><c> to</c><00:22:10.680><c> be</c>

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something<00:22:11.099><c> which</c><00:22:11.420><c> we</c><00:22:11.700><c> exhort</c><00:22:12.059><c> one</c><00:22:12.259><c> another</c><00:22:12.599><c> and</c><00:22:12.799><c> ourselves</c>

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constantly,<00:22:15.339><c> that</c><00:22:15.480><c> we</c><00:22:16.359><c> maintain</c><00:22:17.039><c> good</c>

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works,<00:22:17.920><c> that</c><00:22:18.019><c> we're</c><00:22:18.480><c> productive,</c><00:22:19.059><c> we're</c><00:22:19.319><c> doing</c><00:22:19.559><c> something.</c>

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also<00:22:24.519><c> learn</c><00:22:24.880><c> to</c><00:22:25.079><c> maintain</c><00:22:25.619><c> good</c><00:22:25.960><c> works</c><00:22:26.460><c> for</c><00:22:26.900><c> necessary</c><00:22:27.500><c> uses,</c>

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that<00:22:28.240><c> they</c><00:22:28.480><c> be</c><00:22:28.660><c> not</c><00:22:28.960><c> unfruitful.</c><00:22:31.160><c> So</c><00:22:31.359><c> really</c>

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in<00:22:31.900><c> this</c><00:22:32.779><c> chapter,</c><00:22:33.240><c> in</c><00:22:33.420><c> this</c><00:22:33.700><c> epistle,</c><00:22:34.059><c> we</c><00:22:34.220><c> have</c><00:22:34.420><c> the</c><00:22:34.680><c> three</c>

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things<00:22:35.160><c> which,</c><00:22:36.180><c> outside</c><00:22:36.579><c> of</c><00:22:36.740><c> the</c><00:22:36.839><c> Bible,</c>

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we<00:22:37.559><c> constantly</c><00:22:38.160><c> talk</c><00:22:38.500><c> about,</c><00:22:38.720><c> that</c><00:22:38.859><c> a</c><00:22:38.980><c> person</c><00:22:39.259><c> should</c><00:22:39.579><c> demonstrate</c><00:22:40.160><c> to</c><00:22:40.319><c> be</c>

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be<00:22:42.460><c> ready</c><00:22:42.660><c> to</c><00:22:42.839><c> do</c><00:22:43.019><c> something,</c><00:22:43.339><c> and</c><00:22:43.500><c> to</c><00:22:43.559><c> be</c><00:22:43.740><c> willing</c><00:22:43.940><c> to</c><00:22:44.140><c> do</c><00:22:44.259><c> something.</c><00:22:44.920><c> The</c>

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ready,<00:22:45.660><c> willing,</c><00:22:46.059><c> and</c><00:22:46.220><c> able.</c>

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And<00:22:46.500><c> you</c><00:22:46.700><c> see</c><00:22:46.940><c> that</c><00:22:47.140><c> in</c><00:22:47.240><c> the</c><00:22:47.420><c> epistle.</c><00:22:48.980><c> That</c><00:22:49.220><c> we</c><00:22:49.460><c> should</c><00:22:50.220><c> work,</c>

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in<00:22:51.180><c> that</c><00:22:51.359><c> verse</c><00:22:51.599><c> 14,</c><00:22:53.339><c> learn</c><00:22:53.519><c> to</c><00:22:53.779><c> maintain</c>

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good<00:22:54.619><c> works,</c><00:22:55.059><c> or</c><00:22:55.339><c> as</c><00:22:55.759><c> even</c><00:22:56.220><c> some</c><00:22:56.400><c> have</c><00:22:56.599><c> said,</c><00:22:56.859><c> the</c><00:22:57.000><c> margin</c><00:22:57.220><c> here</c><00:22:57.460><c> says,</c><00:22:57.880><c> profess</c><00:22:58.180><c> honest</c><00:22:58.660><c> trades</c><00:22:59.180><c> for</c>

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necessary<00:23:00.779><c> uses,</c><00:23:01.220><c> that</c><00:23:01.420><c> they</c><00:23:01.619><c> be</c><00:23:02.000><c> not</c><00:23:02.400><c> unfruitful.</c><00:23:04.099><c> And</c>

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these<00:23:05.160><c> little</c><00:23:05.720><c> occurrences,</c><00:23:06.859><c> verses</c><00:23:07.259><c> which</c>

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amplify<00:23:08.640><c> what</c><00:23:08.900><c> good</c><00:23:09.180><c> works</c><00:23:09.519><c> means,</c><00:23:10.240><c> gives</c><00:23:10.420><c> us</c><00:23:10.700><c> the</c><00:23:10.940><c> whole</c><00:23:11.200><c> picture.</c><00:23:11.960><c> So</c>

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that<00:23:12.319><c> we</c><00:23:12.420><c> don't</c><00:23:12.599><c> walk</c><00:23:12.839><c> out</c><00:23:13.000><c> of</c>

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to<00:23:14.900><c> do</c><00:23:14.980><c> good</c><00:23:15.180><c> works,</c><00:23:15.420><c> and</c><00:23:15.539><c> heaven</c><00:23:15.720><c> got</c>

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a<00:23:16.180><c> clue</c><00:23:16.380><c> as</c><00:23:16.480><c> to</c><00:23:16.539><c> what</c><00:23:16.619><c> it</c><00:23:16.799><c> means.</c><00:23:17.980><c> That's</c><00:23:18.279><c> the</c><00:23:18.460><c> worst</c><00:23:18.599><c> thing,</c>

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brothers<00:23:19.039><c> and</c><00:23:19.259><c> sisters,</c><00:23:19.539><c> that</c><00:23:19.680><c> sometimes</c>

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we're<00:23:20.259><c> satisfied</c><00:23:20.940><c> to</c><00:23:21.180><c> do</c><00:23:21.339><c> that.</c><00:23:22.759><c> That</c><00:23:22.940><c> we</c><00:23:23.039><c> just</c><00:23:23.299><c> speak</c><00:23:23.460><c> in</c><00:23:23.660><c> general</c><00:23:23.980><c> terms</c><00:23:24.299><c> and</c>

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don't<00:23:24.940><c> get</c><00:23:25.279><c> specific.</c>

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The<00:23:26.779><c> Bible's</c><00:23:27.339><c> a</c><00:23:27.420><c> specific</c><00:23:27.920><c> book.</c><00:23:28.220><c> We</c><00:23:28.319><c> don't</c><00:23:28.500><c> have</c><00:23:28.700><c> to</c><00:23:28.779><c> go</c><00:23:28.960><c> beyond</c><00:23:29.240><c> that</c>

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to<00:23:29.599><c> find</c><00:23:29.740><c> out</c><00:23:29.880><c> what</c><00:23:29.960><c> that</c><00:23:30.180><c> means.</c>

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It's<00:23:31.000><c> just</c><00:23:31.220><c> a</c><00:23:31.339><c> matter</c><00:23:31.519><c> of,</c><00:23:31.880><c> if</c><00:23:32.019><c> you</c><00:23:32.220><c> like,</c><00:23:32.940><c> taking</c><00:23:33.160><c> your</c><00:23:33.519><c> concordance,</c><00:23:34.180><c> or</c><00:23:34.359><c> your</c><00:23:34.579><c> computer,</c><00:23:35.039><c> or</c><00:23:35.099><c> whatever,</c>

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and<00:23:35.759><c> looking</c><00:23:35.920><c> up</c><00:23:36.140><c> all</c><00:23:36.339><c> the</c><00:23:36.500><c> occurrences</c><00:23:36.859><c> of</c><00:23:37.059><c> good</c><00:23:37.240><c> works,</c><00:23:37.660><c> and</c>

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boy,<00:23:37.960><c> you</c><00:23:38.180><c> get</c><00:23:38.400><c> a</c><00:23:38.559><c> formidable</c><00:23:39.119><c> list</c>

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with<00:23:40.940><c> all</c><00:23:41.160><c> the</c><00:23:41.500><c> amplifications</c><00:23:42.240><c> of</c><00:23:42.460><c> what</c><00:23:42.740><c> good</c><00:23:43.000><c> works</c><00:23:43.319><c> is.</c>

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You<00:23:45.819><c> know,</c><00:23:45.900><c> the</c><00:23:46.059><c> worst</c><00:23:46.279><c> thing,</c><00:23:46.839><c> brothers</c><00:23:47.019><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:23:47.380><c> and</c><00:23:47.579><c> I've</c><00:23:47.960><c> been</c><00:23:48.140><c> inclined</c><00:23:48.500><c> to</c><00:23:48.680><c> believe</c><00:23:48.859><c> this</c><00:23:49.140><c> more</c>

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and<00:23:49.559><c> more</c><00:23:49.799><c> as</c><00:23:50.079><c> I</c><00:23:51.220><c> observe</c><00:23:51.759><c> my</c><00:23:52.259><c> mother</c>

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and<00:23:53.460><c> recently</c><00:23:54.019><c> my</c><00:23:54.319><c> father,</c><00:23:55.700><c> of</c><00:23:56.099><c> what</c><00:23:56.240><c> it</c><00:23:56.359><c> was,</c><00:23:56.759><c> what</c><00:23:57.000><c> it's</c><00:23:57.200><c> like</c><00:23:57.319><c> when</c><00:23:57.460><c> you</c>

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get<00:23:57.859><c> to</c><00:23:58.059><c> old</c><00:23:58.299><c> age,</c><00:23:58.779><c> and</c><00:23:58.779><c> you're</c>

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doing<00:24:01.779><c> too</c><00:24:02.039><c> much</c><00:24:02.200><c> in</c><00:24:02.380><c> the</c><00:24:02.539><c> Ecclesiastical</c>

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School.<00:24:02.940><c> I</c><00:24:02.940><c> sort</c><00:24:03.099><c> of</c><00:24:03.200><c> think,</c><00:24:03.940><c> everybody's</c><00:24:04.579><c> got</c><00:24:04.660><c> to</c><00:24:04.720><c> do</c><00:24:04.880><c> something.</c><00:24:05.339><c> What</c>

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do<00:24:05.779><c> older</c><00:24:06.059><c> people</c><00:24:06.480><c> do?</c><00:24:08.079><c> Isn't</c>

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this<00:24:09.420><c> almost</c><00:24:10.140><c> heightening</c><00:24:10.599><c> one's</c><00:24:11.019><c> frustration,</c><00:24:12.640><c> in</c><00:24:12.920><c> the</c><00:24:13.099><c> sense</c><00:24:13.279><c> that</c><00:24:13.519><c> you</c>

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see<00:24:14.119><c> a</c><00:24:14.339><c> gain</c><00:24:14.480><c> in</c><00:24:14.680><c> the</c><00:24:14.779><c> gain</c>

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in<00:24:15.059><c> the</c><00:24:15.059><c> Ecclesiastical</c><00:24:15.339><c> School?</c><00:24:15.339><c> You've</c><00:24:15.400><c> got</c><00:24:15.460><c> to</c><00:24:15.519><c> be</c><00:24:15.700><c> doing</c>

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things,<00:24:16.180><c> you've</c><00:24:16.319><c> got</c><00:24:16.319><c> to</c><00:24:16.319><c> be</c><00:24:16.480><c> doing</c><00:24:16.740><c> things,</c>

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and<00:24:17.180><c> then</c><00:24:17.240><c> you've</c><00:24:17.440><c> got</c><00:24:17.480><c> people</c><00:24:17.759><c> saying,</c><00:24:17.960><c> I</c><00:24:18.059><c> don't</c><00:24:18.240><c> know</c><00:24:18.339><c> what</c>

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to<00:24:18.779><c> do.</c><00:24:20.839><c> I've</c><00:24:21.099><c> got</c><00:24:21.180><c> nothing</c><00:24:21.420><c> to</c><00:24:21.619><c> do</c><00:24:21.660><c> in</c>

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fear<00:24:28.680><c> for,</c><00:24:29.240><c> you</c><00:24:29.440><c> know,</c>

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fulfilling<00:24:30.400><c> themselves</c><00:24:30.900><c> before</c><00:24:31.299><c> God.</c><00:24:32.079><c> Now</c><00:24:32.339><c> that</c><00:24:32.559><c> ought</c><00:24:32.839><c> to</c><00:24:33.000><c> be,</c><00:24:33.240><c> I</c>

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think,<00:24:33.759><c> the</c><00:24:33.920><c> work</c><00:24:34.079><c> of</c><00:24:34.259><c> the</c><00:24:34.420><c> arranging</c>

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board,<00:24:36.259><c> that</c><00:24:36.460><c> they</c><00:24:36.759><c> try</c><00:24:36.960><c> to</c><00:24:37.140><c> make</c><00:24:37.359><c> sure</c><00:24:37.579><c> that</c><00:24:37.920><c> every</c><00:24:39.059><c> person</c>

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in<00:24:39.619><c> that</c><00:24:39.900><c> Ecclesia</c><00:24:40.359><c> feels</c><00:24:40.779><c> useful.</c><00:24:41.859><c> They're</c>

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able<00:24:42.359><c> to</c><00:24:42.480><c> do</c><00:24:42.619><c> something,</c><00:24:43.000><c> and</c><00:24:43.160><c> really</c><00:24:43.460><c> there</c><00:24:43.579><c> is</c><00:24:43.839><c> things</c><00:24:44.099><c> for</c>

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everyone<00:24:44.759><c> to</c><00:24:45.000><c> do.</c><00:24:46.500><c> It's</c><00:24:46.880><c> just</c><00:24:47.039><c> maybe</c>

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bringing<00:24:47.619><c> things</c><00:24:47.960><c> to</c><00:24:48.099><c> their</c><00:24:48.240><c> attention.</c><00:24:49.299><c> It's</c><00:24:49.579><c> maybe</c><00:24:49.799><c> arranging</c><00:24:50.319><c> things</c>

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so<00:24:50.700><c> people</c><00:24:50.940><c> can</c><00:24:51.059><c> get</c><00:24:51.240><c> together</c>

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and<00:24:51.720><c> can</c><00:24:51.920><c> work</c><00:24:52.140><c> together,</c><00:24:52.980><c> because</c><00:24:53.200><c> the</c><00:24:53.519><c> worst</c><00:24:53.720><c> thing</c><00:24:53.940><c> to</c><00:24:54.140><c> do</c>

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is<00:24:54.420><c> to</c><00:24:54.559><c> feel</c><00:24:54.720><c> that</c><00:24:54.859><c> you're</c><00:24:54.960><c> useless.</c><00:24:56.539><c> I</c><00:24:56.700><c> mean,</c>

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you<00:24:56.920><c> must</c><00:24:57.079><c> be</c><00:24:57.299><c> really</c><00:24:57.519><c> wanting</c><00:24:57.680><c> to</c><00:24:57.839><c> lay</c><00:24:58.019><c> down</c><00:24:58.220><c> and</c><00:24:58.440><c> die</c><00:24:58.779><c> if</c><00:24:59.079><c> you</c>

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feel<00:24:59.380><c> you</c><00:24:59.519><c> can't</c><00:24:59.839><c> contribute</c><00:25:00.180><c> anything.</c>

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I<00:25:02.839><c> remember</c><00:25:03.180><c> one</c><00:25:03.380><c> of</c><00:25:03.559><c> the,</c><00:25:04.579><c> you</c><00:25:05.960><c> know,</c><00:25:06.160><c> more</c><00:25:06.460><c> motivating</c><00:25:06.960><c> times</c><00:25:07.299><c> of</c>

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my<00:25:07.700><c> life</c><00:25:07.920><c> was</c><00:25:08.099><c> when</c><00:25:08.279><c> my</c><00:25:08.440><c> brother</c><00:25:08.599><c> Ron</c><00:25:08.799><c> and</c>

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I<00:25:09.099><c> went</c><00:25:09.220><c> to</c><00:25:09.400><c> an</c><00:25:09.539><c> old</c><00:25:09.839><c> sister</c><00:25:10.160><c> that</c><00:25:10.339><c> we</c><00:25:10.500><c> found</c><00:25:10.720><c> in</c><00:25:10.920><c> Grand</c><00:25:11.160><c> Valley.</c><00:25:11.480><c> When</c>

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we<00:25:11.700><c> first</c><00:25:11.980><c> moved</c><00:25:12.160><c> up</c><00:25:12.380><c> there,</c><00:25:12.579><c> we</c><00:25:12.619><c> didn't</c>

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even<00:25:13.039><c> know</c><00:25:13.180><c> she</c><00:25:13.380><c> lived</c><00:25:13.619><c> there,</c><00:25:14.279><c> and</c><00:25:14.559><c> she</c><00:25:14.720><c> was</c><00:25:15.119><c> quite</c><00:25:15.339><c> old.</c><00:25:16.140><c> And</c>

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it<00:25:16.380><c> wasn't</c><00:25:16.579><c> long</c><00:25:16.839><c> after</c><00:25:17.140><c> that</c><00:25:17.380><c> before</c>

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she<00:25:18.700><c> felt</c><00:25:19.000><c> herself,</c><00:25:19.420><c> she</c><00:25:19.579><c> was</c><00:25:19.779><c> ready</c><00:25:19.940><c> to</c><00:25:20.180><c> die.</c><00:25:20.960><c> And,</c><00:25:20.960><c> you</c><00:25:21.180><c> know,</c><00:25:21.279><c> the</c>

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one<00:25:21.720><c> thing</c><00:25:21.900><c> that</c><00:25:22.099><c> she</c><00:25:22.279><c> did</c><00:25:22.519><c> for</c><00:25:22.799><c> Ron</c>

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and<00:25:23.220><c> I,</c><00:25:23.539><c> which</c><00:25:23.740><c> I</c><00:25:23.859><c> think,</c><00:25:24.240><c> you</c><00:25:24.460><c> know,</c><00:25:24.940><c> sisters</c><00:25:25.200><c> would</c><00:25:25.420><c> say,</c><00:25:25.579><c> well,</c><00:25:25.720><c> how</c><00:25:26.039><c> do</c>

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you<00:25:26.240><c> do</c><00:25:26.400><c> that?</c><00:25:27.180><c> She</c><00:25:27.599><c> talked</c>

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to<00:25:28.299><c> us</c><00:25:28.599><c> about</c><00:25:28.920><c> how</c><00:25:29.319><c> she</c><00:25:29.680><c> perceived</c><00:25:30.099><c> things.</c><00:25:31.000><c> And</c><00:25:31.140><c> I</c><00:25:31.259><c> remember</c>

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both<00:25:31.880><c> he</c><00:25:32.079><c> and</c><00:25:32.160><c> I</c><00:25:32.319><c> were</c><00:25:32.519><c> very</c><00:25:32.799><c> impressed</c>

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this<00:25:33.559><c> older</c><00:25:34.140><c> sister</c><00:25:34.500><c> was</c><00:25:34.779><c> quite</c><00:25:35.180><c> prepared</c><00:25:35.640><c> to</c><00:25:35.859><c> die.</c><00:25:38.079><c> She</c><00:25:38.519><c> was</c>

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quite<00:25:38.880><c> happy</c><00:25:39.220><c> in</c><00:25:39.359><c> her</c><00:25:39.539><c> beliefs,</c><00:25:40.099><c> quite</c><00:25:40.460><c> confident</c>

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in<00:25:41.099><c> the</c><00:25:41.259><c> resurrection.</c><00:25:42.940><c> And</c><00:25:43.059><c> boy,</c><00:25:43.240><c> that</c><00:25:43.339><c> was</c><00:25:43.579><c> really</c><00:25:44.039><c> thrilling</c><00:25:44.299><c> to</c><00:25:44.559><c> hear</c>

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that<00:25:44.940><c> from</c><00:25:45.099><c> that</c><00:25:45.339><c> older</c><00:25:45.539><c> person,</c>

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is<00:25:46.140><c> to</c><00:25:46.279><c> think,</c><00:25:46.500><c> boy,</c><00:25:46.599><c> when</c><00:25:46.759><c> you</c><00:25:46.779><c> get</c><00:25:46.920><c> that</c><00:25:47.160><c> age,</c><00:25:47.359><c> you</c><00:25:47.440><c> don't</c><00:25:47.599><c> give</c><00:25:47.779><c> up</c>

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your<00:25:48.160><c> hope.</c><00:25:48.880><c> Even</c><00:25:49.119><c> though</c><00:25:49.359><c> she</c><00:25:49.660><c> wasn't</c>

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able<00:25:50.160><c> to</c><00:25:50.299><c> get</c><00:25:50.420><c> out</c><00:25:50.559><c> and</c><00:25:50.720><c> do</c><00:25:50.900><c> things</c><00:25:51.220><c> at</c><00:25:51.440><c> all</c><00:25:51.599><c> because</c><00:25:51.980><c> of</c><00:25:52.460><c> her</c><00:25:52.579><c> health,</c><00:25:53.680><c> she</c><00:25:54.019><c> never</c><00:25:54.359><c> lost</c><00:25:54.839><c> a</c>

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healthy<00:25:55.380><c> mind</c>

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and<00:25:55.940><c> was</c><00:25:56.140><c> able</c><00:25:56.339><c> to</c><00:25:56.579><c> encourage</c><00:25:57.160><c> people</c><00:25:57.559><c> that</c><00:25:57.740><c> would</c><00:25:57.880><c> come</c><00:25:58.099><c> and</c>

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talk<00:25:58.519><c> to</c><00:25:58.640><c> her.</c><00:25:59.319><c> You</c><00:25:59.480><c> know,</c><00:25:59.839><c> the</c><00:25:59.960><c> same</c><00:26:00.099><c> old</c><00:26:00.279><c> scenario,</c>

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you<00:26:00.779><c> go</c><00:26:01.000><c> down</c><00:26:01.259><c> to</c><00:26:01.440><c> encourage</c><00:26:01.819><c> her</c><00:26:02.039><c> and</c><00:26:02.119><c> help</c><00:26:02.299><c> her</c><00:26:02.480><c> and</c><00:26:02.539><c> you</c><00:26:02.640><c> come</c><00:26:02.819><c> away</c><00:26:03.059><c> feeling</c><00:26:03.339><c> tremendous</c><00:26:03.960><c> because</c><00:26:04.779><c> of</c><00:26:04.920><c> what</c>

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she<00:26:05.240><c> said</c><00:26:05.440><c> to</c><00:26:05.660><c> you.</c><00:26:07.200><c> That's</c><00:26:07.519><c> the</c><00:26:07.640><c> way</c><00:26:07.759><c> the</c><00:26:07.980><c> truth</c><00:26:08.140><c> ought</c><00:26:08.359><c> to</c><00:26:08.599><c> be,</c><00:26:09.799><c> that</c><00:26:09.960><c> there</c><00:26:10.279><c> is</c>

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really<00:26:11.339><c> something</c><00:26:11.779><c> for</c><00:26:12.119><c> all</c><00:26:12.380><c> of</c><00:26:12.500><c> us</c>

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to<00:26:12.900><c> do.</c><00:26:14.859><c> And</c><00:26:14.960><c> then,</c><00:26:15.079><c> of</c><00:26:15.140><c> course,</c><00:26:15.259><c> the</c><00:26:15.359><c> other</c><00:26:15.559><c> side</c><00:26:15.720><c> of</c><00:26:15.819><c> that</c><00:26:16.039><c> is</c>

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when<00:26:16.539><c> you</c><00:26:16.839><c> analyze</c><00:26:17.640><c> the</c><00:26:19.160><c> events</c><00:26:19.460><c> of</c><00:26:19.819><c> Sodom</c><00:26:20.059><c> and</c><00:26:20.180><c> Gomorrah</c>

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as<00:26:20.900><c> they're</c><00:26:21.259><c> detailed</c><00:26:21.759><c> in</c><00:26:22.339><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:22.819><c> chapter</c><00:26:23.319><c> 16,</c><00:26:24.880><c> the</c><00:26:25.180><c> problem</c><00:26:25.500><c> with</c>

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Sodom<00:26:26.019><c> and</c><00:26:26.160><c> Gomorrah</c><00:26:26.460><c> was</c><00:26:27.039><c> idleness.</c>

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They<00:26:30.279><c> had</c><00:26:30.480><c> everything</c><00:26:30.859><c> going</c><00:26:31.200><c> for</c><00:26:31.319><c> them.</c><00:26:31.619><c> It</c><00:26:31.640><c> was</c><00:26:31.740><c> a</c><00:26:31.859><c> nice,</c><00:26:32.579><c> soft,</c><00:26:33.200><c> easy</c><00:26:33.619><c> life,</c><00:26:34.819><c> but</c><00:26:35.059><c> spiritually</c><00:26:35.579><c> they</c><00:26:35.859><c> didn't</c><00:26:36.180><c> do</c>

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anything.<00:26:36.859><c> And</c><00:26:36.940><c> then</c><00:26:37.160><c> it</c><00:26:37.160><c> says,</c><00:26:37.799><c> they</c><00:26:37.799><c> became</c><00:26:38.359><c> haughty</c><00:26:39.180><c> and</c><00:26:39.700><c> I</c>

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took<00:26:40.019><c> them</c><00:26:40.200><c> away.</c><00:26:40.420><c> He</c><00:26:40.500><c> doesn't</c><00:26:40.680><c> even</c><00:26:40.940><c> mention</c><00:26:41.200><c> the</c>

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sins<00:26:41.839><c> that</c><00:26:42.019><c> we</c><00:26:42.200><c> normally</c><00:26:42.519><c> associate</c><00:26:42.900><c> with</c><00:26:43.119><c> Sodom</c><00:26:43.359><c> and</c><00:26:43.440><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:26:45.119><c> He</c><00:26:45.339><c> just</c><00:26:45.539><c> said</c><00:26:45.660><c> they</c><00:26:45.839><c> were</c><00:26:46.619><c> abundance</c><00:26:46.980><c> of</c>

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bread,<00:26:48.359><c> idleness,</c><00:26:49.980><c> and</c><00:26:50.200><c> they</c><00:26:50.519><c> didn't,</c><00:26:51.099><c> you</c><00:26:51.359><c> know,</c><00:26:52.119><c> obviously</c>

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look<00:26:52.599><c> after</c><00:26:52.900><c> the</c><00:26:53.160><c> poor</c><00:26:53.319><c> and</c><00:26:53.480><c> the</c><00:26:53.619><c> needy.</c>

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They<00:26:54.519><c> developed</c><00:26:54.960><c> the</c><00:26:55.220><c> haughty</c><00:26:55.500><c> spirit</c><00:26:56.140><c> and</c><00:26:56.920><c> the</c><00:26:57.039><c> haughty</c><00:26:57.359><c> spirit</c><00:26:57.599><c> produced</c><00:26:57.920><c> the</c>

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way<00:26:58.259><c> of</c><00:26:58.420><c> life</c><00:26:58.619><c> for</c><00:26:58.839><c> which</c><00:26:59.019><c> God</c>

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judged<00:26:59.619><c> them.</c><00:26:59.880><c> So</c><00:27:00.059><c> I</c><00:27:00.220><c> think</c><00:27:00.400><c> it's</c><00:27:00.819><c> very</c><00:27:01.240><c> important</c><00:27:01.880><c> for</c><00:27:02.119><c> us,</c>

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every<00:27:03.420><c> one</c><00:27:03.599><c> of</c><00:27:03.759><c> us,</c><00:27:04.079><c> brothers</c><00:27:04.240><c> and</c><00:27:04.500><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:27:05.640><c> feel</c><00:27:06.160><c> and</c><00:27:06.759><c> to</c><00:27:07.039><c> know,</c><00:27:07.240><c> not</c><00:27:07.400><c> just</c><00:27:07.619><c> to</c><00:27:07.779><c> feel,</c><00:27:08.000><c> but</c><00:27:08.079><c> to</c><00:27:08.299><c> know</c>

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that<00:27:09.220><c> we're</c><00:27:09.500><c> contributing,</c><00:27:10.579><c> that</c><00:27:10.720><c> we're</c><00:27:11.000><c> doing</c>

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something.<00:27:12.460><c> And</c><00:27:12.720><c> so</c><00:27:12.880><c> let's</c><00:27:13.119><c> look</c><00:27:13.380><c> for</c><00:27:13.640><c> a</c><00:27:13.839><c> few</c><00:27:13.960><c> moments</c><00:27:14.440><c> at</c><00:27:14.900><c> what</c><00:27:15.240><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:27:15.740><c> tells</c><00:27:16.059><c> us</c><00:27:16.380><c> that</c><00:27:16.519><c> we</c><00:27:16.700><c> can</c><00:27:16.900><c> do.</c>

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Go<00:27:18.339><c> back</c><00:27:18.619><c> to,</c><00:27:18.980><c> and</c><00:27:19.099><c> just</c><00:27:19.359><c> start</c><00:27:19.500><c> on</c><00:27:19.660><c> this,</c><00:27:19.940><c> in</c><00:27:20.140><c> Acts</c><00:27:20.339><c> chapter</c><00:27:20.700><c> 9.</c><00:27:22.259><c> This</c><00:27:22.440><c> is</c><00:27:22.759><c> where</c><00:27:22.980><c> a</c>

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little<00:27:23.420><c> indication,</c>

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by<00:27:24.599><c> no</c><00:27:24.839><c> means</c><00:27:25.140><c> exhaustive,</c><00:27:25.819><c> but</c><00:27:25.980><c> a</c><00:27:26.099><c> little</c><00:27:26.279><c> indication</c><00:27:26.859><c> of</c><00:27:27.039><c> what</c><00:27:27.319><c> we</c>

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could<00:27:27.819><c> find</c><00:27:28.339><c> the</c><00:27:28.680><c> Bible</c><00:27:29.000><c> saying.</c>

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In<00:27:32.640><c> Acts</c><00:27:32.859><c> chapter</c><00:27:33.200><c> 9,</c><00:27:33.539><c> we</c><00:27:33.660><c> have</c><00:27:33.880><c> that</c><00:27:34.299><c> little</c><00:27:34.599><c> account</c><00:27:35.160><c> of</c><00:27:35.819><c> Dorcas.</c><00:27:37.960><c> And</c>

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verse<00:27:38.400><c> 36,</c>

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there<00:27:39.640><c> was</c><00:27:39.940><c> a</c><00:27:40.180><c> Joppa,</c><00:27:40.579><c> a</c><00:27:40.799><c> certain</c><00:27:41.079><c> disciple</c><00:27:41.500><c> named</c><00:27:41.940><c> Tabitha,</c>

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which<00:27:42.880><c> by</c><00:27:43.180><c> interpretation</c><00:27:43.799><c> is</c><00:27:44.059><c> called</c>

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Dorcas.<00:27:44.680><c> This</c><00:27:44.880><c> woman</c><00:27:45.160><c> was</c><00:27:45.539><c> full</c><00:27:46.079><c> of</c><00:27:46.420><c> good</c><00:27:46.799><c> works</c><00:27:47.400><c> and</c><00:27:48.319><c> almsdeeds,</c><00:27:48.960><c> which</c>

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:51.079
she<00:27:49.380><c> did.</c><00:27:49.579><c> Well,</c><00:27:49.779><c> what</c><00:27:50.019><c> were</c><00:27:50.259><c> they?</c>

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:54.720
Well,<00:27:51.700><c> we</c><00:27:51.819><c> go</c><00:27:51.980><c> on</c><00:27:52.140><c> a</c><00:27:52.200><c> little</c><00:27:52.420><c> further.</c><00:27:53.519><c> In</c><00:27:53.539><c> verse</c><00:27:53.759><c> 39,</c><00:27:54.400><c> Peter</c>

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.980
arose<00:27:55.119><c> and</c><00:27:55.299><c> went</c><00:27:55.519><c> with</c><00:27:55.759><c> them.</c><00:27:56.299><c> And</c><00:27:56.400><c> when</c><00:27:56.539><c> he</c><00:27:56.700><c> was</c>

00:27:56.980 --> 00:28:00.759
come,<00:27:57.380><c> they</c><00:27:57.599><c> brought</c><00:27:57.839><c> him</c><00:27:57.980><c> into</c><00:27:58.160><c> the</c><00:27:58.380><c> upper</c><00:27:58.599><c> chamber,</c><00:27:59.119><c> and</c><00:27:59.299><c> all</c><00:27:59.539><c> the</c><00:27:59.740><c> widows</c><00:28:00.119><c> stood</c><00:28:00.420><c> by</c>

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:02.519
him,<00:28:01.099><c> weeping</c><00:28:01.599><c> and</c><00:28:02.119><c> showing</c>

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:09.099
the<00:28:03.180><c> coats</c><00:28:03.700><c> and</c><00:28:04.180><c> the</c><00:28:04.460><c> garments</c><00:28:04.819><c> which</c><00:28:05.119><c> Dorcas</c><00:28:05.539><c> made</c><00:28:06.059><c> while</c><00:28:06.440><c> she</c><00:28:06.619><c> was</c><00:28:06.819><c> with</c><00:28:07.000><c> them.</c><00:28:08.700><c> So</c>

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there's<00:28:09.299><c> a</c><00:28:09.420><c> little</c><00:28:09.640><c> opening</c><00:28:09.940><c> out</c>

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:15.539
what<00:28:10.440><c> good</c><00:28:10.759><c> works</c><00:28:11.019><c> means.</c><00:28:12.700><c> This</c><00:28:12.839><c> elderly</c><00:28:13.240><c> sister,</c><00:28:13.720><c> quite</c><00:28:13.960><c> possibly,</c><00:28:15.380><c> was</c>

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very<00:28:15.839><c> busy,</c><00:28:16.720><c> occupied</c><00:28:17.319><c> with</c>

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helping<00:28:18.380><c> others,</c><00:28:20.099><c> seeing</c><00:28:20.420><c> that</c><00:28:20.599><c> this</c><00:28:20.819><c> was</c><00:28:21.880><c> the</c><00:28:21.980><c> ideal</c><00:28:22.460><c> and</c>

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:24.779
the<00:28:22.859><c> truth,</c><00:28:23.059><c> that</c><00:28:23.220><c> you</c><00:28:23.440><c> give</c><00:28:23.680><c> your</c><00:28:23.940><c> life</c><00:28:24.119><c> over</c>

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to<00:28:25.119><c> helping</c><00:28:25.400><c> others.</c><00:28:25.859><c> And</c><00:28:25.980><c> in</c><00:28:26.079><c> this</c><00:28:26.279><c> capacity,</c><00:28:27.160><c> I'm</c><00:28:27.380><c> sure</c><00:28:27.839><c> that</c><00:28:28.400><c> these</c><00:28:28.640><c> weren't</c><00:28:28.859><c> her</c>

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garments.<00:28:29.779><c> This</c><00:28:29.960><c> wasn't</c><00:28:30.240><c> her</c>

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:35.319
wardrobe.<00:28:31.859><c> These</c><00:28:32.140><c> were</c><00:28:32.380><c> things</c><00:28:32.619><c> that</c><00:28:32.799><c> she</c><00:28:32.940><c> had</c><00:28:33.119><c> made</c><00:28:33.319><c> for</c><00:28:33.599><c> others,</c><00:28:34.640><c> illustrating</c><00:28:35.140><c> the</c>

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.240
nature<00:28:35.640><c> of</c><00:28:35.839><c> that</c><00:28:36.000><c> woman.</c>

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:41.220
We<00:28:36.920><c> go</c><00:28:37.160><c> back</c><00:28:37.480><c> to</c><00:28:38.799><c> 1</c><00:28:39.099><c> Timothy</c><00:28:39.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:40.000><c> 5,</c><00:28:40.480><c> the</c><00:28:40.619><c> qualification</c>

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:43.019
of<00:28:41.460><c> the</c><00:28:41.619><c> widow.</c><00:28:42.519><c> Look</c><00:28:42.720><c> at</c><00:28:42.859><c> the</c>

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:48.839
things<00:28:43.140><c> that</c><00:28:43.299><c> are</c><00:28:43.519><c> reported</c><00:28:43.839><c> up</c><00:28:44.140><c> there</c><00:28:44.420><c> that</c><00:28:44.680><c> a</c><00:28:45.359><c> woman</c><00:28:45.519><c> must</c><00:28:45.940><c> have</c><00:28:46.220><c> done</c><00:28:46.619><c> in</c><00:28:47.099><c> order</c><00:28:47.299><c> to</c><00:28:47.619><c> qualify</c><00:28:48.079><c> for</c><00:28:48.380><c> a</c><00:28:48.579><c> widow</c>

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:56.259
in<00:28:49.240><c> those</c><00:28:49.440><c> particular</c><00:28:49.960><c> times.</c><00:28:53.940><c> It</c><00:28:54.019><c> says</c><00:28:54.180><c> in</c><00:28:54.519><c> 1</c><00:28:54.799><c> Timothy</c><00:28:55.140><c> 5</c><00:28:55.440><c> verse</c><00:28:55.660><c> 10,</c>

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:59.299
well<00:28:56.900><c> reported</c><00:28:57.440><c> of</c><00:28:57.720><c> for</c><00:28:58.019><c> good</c><00:28:58.259><c> works,</c>

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:02.880
if<00:28:59.519><c> she</c><00:28:59.720><c> have</c><00:28:59.960><c> brought</c><00:29:00.160><c> up</c><00:29:00.440><c> children,</c><00:29:01.859><c> if</c><00:29:02.039><c> she</c><00:29:02.240><c> have</c><00:29:02.440><c> lodged</c>

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:06.180
strangers,<00:29:04.160><c> if</c><00:29:04.440><c> she</c><00:29:04.640><c> have</c><00:29:04.880><c> washed</c><00:29:05.180><c> the</c><00:29:05.500><c> saint's</c><00:29:05.920><c> feet,</c>

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:10.680
if<00:29:06.859><c> she</c><00:29:07.059><c> have</c><00:29:07.299><c> relieved</c><00:29:08.099><c> the</c><00:29:08.359><c> afflicted,</c><00:29:08.880><c> if</c><00:29:09.019><c> she</c><00:29:09.240><c> have</c><00:29:09.519><c> diligently</c><00:29:10.000><c> followed</c><00:29:10.400><c> every</c>

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good<00:29:10.960><c> work.</c>

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Isn't<00:29:11.980><c> it</c><00:29:12.079><c> wonderful,</c><00:29:12.460><c> sisters,</c><00:29:13.039><c> to</c><00:29:13.220><c> see</c><00:29:13.420><c> it</c><00:29:13.619><c> brought</c><00:29:13.819><c> up</c><00:29:14.019><c> children?</c><00:29:15.759><c> Or</c>

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:17.279
sometimes<00:29:16.299><c> you</c><00:29:16.440><c> can</c><00:29:16.640><c> give</c><00:29:16.740><c> your</c><00:29:16.980><c> whole</c>

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:20.099
life<00:29:17.519><c> to</c><00:29:17.740><c> that.</c><00:29:18.200><c> You</c><00:29:18.319><c> can</c><00:29:18.539><c> devote</c><00:29:18.819><c> yourself</c><00:29:19.359><c> to</c><00:29:19.579><c> bringing</c><00:29:19.839><c> up</c>

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:22.779
kids,<00:29:20.559><c> and</c><00:29:20.599><c> not</c><00:29:20.819><c> necessarily</c><00:29:21.339><c> just</c><00:29:21.700><c> your</c><00:29:21.980><c> own,</c>

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:27.579
but<00:29:23.700><c> to</c><00:29:23.960><c> devote</c><00:29:24.200><c> yourself</c><00:29:24.799><c> to</c><00:29:25.119><c> the</c><00:29:25.400><c> youth,</c><00:29:25.799><c> to</c><00:29:26.019><c> make</c><00:29:26.240><c> sure</c><00:29:26.680><c> that</c><00:29:27.259><c> the</c>

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:29.759
values,<00:29:28.099><c> the</c><00:29:28.359><c> wonderful</c><00:29:28.779><c> things</c><00:29:29.079><c> that</c><00:29:29.339><c> God</c><00:29:29.500><c> has</c>

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:33.980
given<00:29:29.980><c> us</c><00:29:30.420><c> to</c><00:29:30.759><c> believe,</c><00:29:32.079><c> that</c><00:29:32.220><c> gives</c><00:29:32.380><c> us</c><00:29:32.680><c> the</c><00:29:33.000><c> feelings,</c><00:29:33.519><c> gives</c><00:29:33.720><c> us</c>

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:37.440
the<00:29:34.319><c> confidence</c><00:29:34.759><c> towards</c><00:29:35.240><c> life</c><00:29:35.720><c> that</c><00:29:36.960><c> they</c><00:29:37.220><c> be</c>

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:41.900
implanted<00:29:37.920><c> in</c><00:29:38.079><c> those</c><00:29:38.339><c> young</c><00:29:38.519><c> minds.</c><00:29:39.660><c> Wonderful</c><00:29:40.259><c> work.</c><00:29:40.799><c> We</c><00:29:41.019><c> hope</c><00:29:41.279><c> that</c><00:29:41.519><c> we</c>

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:43.980
never<00:29:42.200><c> ignore</c><00:29:42.539><c> that</c><00:29:42.819><c> work.</c><00:29:43.619><c> And</c><00:29:43.799><c> then,</c>

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of<00:29:44.099><c> course,</c><00:29:44.279><c> the</c><00:29:44.460><c> more</c><00:29:44.740><c> traditional</c><00:29:45.279><c> ones</c><00:29:46.000><c> of</c><00:29:47.339><c> lodging</c><00:29:48.220><c> strangers,</c><00:29:49.259><c> washing</c><00:29:49.559><c> the</c><00:29:49.859><c> saint's</c><00:29:50.279><c> feet</c><00:29:50.500><c> in</c><00:29:51.220><c> a</c>

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.259
sort<00:29:52.099><c> of</c>

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figurative<00:29:52.539><c> sense</c><00:29:52.960><c> today,</c><00:29:53.799><c> and</c><00:29:54.059><c> if</c><00:29:54.140><c> she</c><00:29:54.380><c> have</c><00:29:54.660><c> relieved</c><00:29:55.039><c> the</c>

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:59.099
afflicted.<00:29:56.660><c> Let's</c><00:29:57.140><c> go</c><00:29:57.339><c> on</c><00:29:57.500><c> to</c><00:29:57.680><c> a</c><00:29:57.940><c> couple</c><00:29:58.119><c> others.</c>

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:04.240
We<00:30:00.339><c> look</c><00:30:00.480><c> at</c><00:30:00.640><c> 1</c><00:30:00.859><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:01.339><c> chapter</c><00:30:01.859><c> 13.</c><00:30:03.599><c> We</c><00:30:03.619><c> want</c><00:30:03.819><c> to,</c><00:30:04.059><c> of</c>

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:06.099
course,<00:30:04.400><c> just</c><00:30:04.700><c> make</c><00:30:04.880><c> that</c><00:30:05.200><c> point</c><00:30:05.460><c> again,</c>

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:09.160
make<00:30:06.700><c> that</c><00:30:06.940><c> point</c><00:30:07.079><c> again</c><00:30:07.339><c> that</c><00:30:07.480><c> we</c><00:30:07.660><c> made</c><00:30:07.819><c> earlier,</c>

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:14.680
about<00:30:11.119><c> the</c><00:30:11.359><c> fact</c><00:30:11.579><c> that</c><00:30:11.960><c> it's</c><00:30:12.400><c> not</c><00:30:12.759><c> just</c><00:30:13.180><c> the</c><00:30:13.500><c> works.</c><00:30:14.319><c> There's</c>

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:17.059
an<00:30:14.900><c> attitude</c><00:30:15.319><c> towards</c><00:30:15.720><c> these</c><00:30:16.039><c> things.</c>

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:23.440
So<00:30:17.880><c> 1</c><00:30:18.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:18.460><c> 13</c><00:30:18.940><c> verse</c><00:30:19.160><c> 3,</c><00:30:19.960><c> though</c><00:30:20.099><c> I</c><00:30:20.359><c> bestow</c><00:30:20.819><c> all</c><00:30:21.200><c> my</c><00:30:21.539><c> goods</c><00:30:21.779><c> to</c><00:30:22.099><c> feed</c><00:30:22.240><c> the</c><00:30:22.519><c> poor,</c><00:30:23.019><c> and</c><00:30:23.140><c> though</c><00:30:23.279><c> I</c>

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.859
get<00:30:23.519><c> my</c>

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body<00:30:24.119><c> to</c><00:30:24.319><c> be</c><00:30:24.579><c> burned,</c><00:30:25.339><c> and</c><00:30:25.480><c> have</c><00:30:25.680><c> not</c><00:30:25.900><c> agape,</c><00:30:26.799><c> it</c><00:30:26.960><c> profits</c><00:30:27.140><c> me</c>

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nothing.<00:30:27.980><c> So</c><00:30:28.160><c> really</c><00:30:28.380><c> there's</c><00:30:28.640><c> a</c><00:30:28.900><c> motive</c><00:30:29.160><c> there.</c>

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:35.440
That's<00:30:30.980><c> so</c><00:30:31.279><c> important</c><00:30:31.900><c> that</c><00:30:33.220><c> if</c><00:30:33.299><c> we</c><00:30:33.460><c> can</c><00:30:33.619><c> remember</c><00:30:34.140><c> what</c><00:30:34.720><c> Jesus</c><00:30:35.160><c> said</c>

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to<00:30:35.740><c> Peter,</c>

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:41.920
when<00:30:36.299><c> you</c><00:30:36.579><c> are</c><00:30:36.839><c> converted,</c><00:30:37.599><c> Peter,</c><00:30:38.880><c> strengthen</c><00:30:39.539><c> your</c><00:30:39.819><c> brethren.</c><00:30:41.500><c> So</c><00:30:41.740><c> if</c>

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.920
our<00:30:42.259><c> motive</c><00:30:42.500><c> is</c><00:30:42.980><c> to</c><00:30:43.400><c> strengthen,</c>

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:47.559
to<00:30:44.500><c> support,</c><00:30:45.480><c> to</c><00:30:45.559><c> refresh</c><00:30:46.160><c> our</c><00:30:46.480><c> brothers</c><00:30:46.740><c> and</c><00:30:46.940><c> our</c><00:30:47.160><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:30:48.119><c> any</c><00:30:48.359><c> of</c><00:30:48.500><c> these</c><00:30:48.700><c> capacities,</c>

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:53.799
it<00:30:49.980><c> would</c><00:30:50.279><c> certainly</c><00:30:50.660><c> seem</c><00:30:50.920><c> to</c><00:30:51.160><c> qualify</c><00:30:51.680><c> as</c><00:30:52.799><c> a</c><00:30:52.980><c> work,</c><00:30:53.279><c> a</c><00:30:53.559><c> good</c>

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:57.019
work,<00:30:54.839><c> that</c><00:30:54.940><c> is</c><00:30:55.200><c> based</c><00:30:55.440><c> in</c><00:30:56.000><c> love.</c>

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Just<00:31:00.940><c> another</c><00:31:01.640><c> comment</c><00:31:02.240><c> on</c><00:31:02.819><c> that</c><00:31:03.480><c> aspect</c><00:31:04.000><c> of</c><00:31:04.200><c> it.</c><00:31:04.980><c> This</c><00:31:05.259><c> is</c><00:31:06.259><c> sometimes</c><00:31:07.019><c> missed.</c><00:31:08.519><c> Go</c>

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.799
to<00:31:09.000><c> Luke</c><00:31:09.380><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.900><c> 8,</c>

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:16.940
and<00:31:13.299><c> certainly</c><00:31:13.900><c> it's</c><00:31:14.160><c> worth</c><00:31:14.819><c> remembering</c><00:31:15.720><c> again</c><00:31:16.240><c> that</c><00:31:16.660><c> our</c>

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:20.819
Lord,<00:31:19.000><c> in</c><00:31:19.599><c> the</c><00:31:19.819><c> time</c><00:31:20.019><c> of</c><00:31:20.180><c> his</c><00:31:20.420><c> ministry,</c>

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:24.500
was<00:31:21.400><c> obviously</c><00:31:22.119><c> extremely</c><00:31:22.940><c> busy</c><00:31:23.299><c> in</c><00:31:23.519><c> his</c><00:31:23.720><c> ministry,</c><00:31:24.160><c> in</c><00:31:24.240><c> his</c>

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:27.059
father's<00:31:24.920><c> work.</c><00:31:25.660><c> But</c><00:31:25.839><c> he</c><00:31:25.980><c> still</c><00:31:26.200><c> had</c><00:31:26.400><c> to</c><00:31:26.619><c> eat,</c>

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:34.240
and<00:31:27.400><c> he</c><00:31:27.480><c> still</c><00:31:27.799><c> had</c><00:31:28.079><c> needs.</c><00:31:29.759><c> And</c><00:31:30.140><c> it</c><00:31:30.299><c> doesn't</c><00:31:30.519><c> appear</c><00:31:30.819><c> that</c><00:31:31.079><c> there</c><00:31:31.220><c> was</c><00:31:31.440><c> any</c><00:31:32.259><c> administration</c><00:31:33.619><c> of</c><00:31:33.920><c> this</c>

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:39.319
in<00:31:34.500><c> any</c><00:31:34.779><c> organized</c><00:31:35.200><c> way,</c><00:31:36.259><c> but</c><00:31:36.359><c> there</c><00:31:36.519><c> were</c><00:31:36.740><c> volunteers.</c><00:31:38.480><c> So</c><00:31:38.619><c> in</c><00:31:38.819><c> verse</c><00:31:39.079><c> 1</c>

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.500
of<00:31:39.519><c> chapter</c><00:31:39.900><c> 8,</c>

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:44.299
Luke,<00:31:41.079><c> it</c><00:31:41.180><c> came</c><00:31:41.460><c> to</c><00:31:41.680><c> pass</c><00:31:41.960><c> afterward</c><00:31:42.640><c> that</c><00:31:43.180><c> he</c><00:31:43.299><c> went</c><00:31:43.500><c> throughout</c><00:31:43.819><c> every</c>

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:45.259
city<00:31:44.559><c> and</c><00:31:44.779><c> village,</c>

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.799
preaching<00:31:45.900><c> and</c><00:31:46.299><c> showing</c><00:31:46.519><c> the</c><00:31:46.839><c> glad</c><00:31:47.099><c> tidings</c><00:31:47.339><c> of</c><00:31:47.500><c> the</c><00:31:47.619><c> kingdom</c>

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.940
of<00:31:48.039><c> God,</c><00:31:48.299><c> and</c><00:31:48.420><c> the</c><00:31:48.579><c> twelve</c><00:31:48.859><c> were</c><00:31:49.299><c> with</c><00:31:49.500><c> him.</c>

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:54.140
And<00:31:50.599><c> certain</c><00:31:50.920><c> women,</c><00:31:51.900><c> which</c><00:31:52.160><c> had</c><00:31:52.359><c> been</c><00:31:52.619><c> healed</c><00:31:52.980><c> of</c><00:31:53.140><c> evil</c><00:31:53.400><c> spirits</c><00:31:53.839><c> and</c>

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.960
infirmities,<00:31:54.819><c> Mary</c><00:31:55.099><c> called</c><00:31:55.359><c> Magdalene,</c>

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:59.140
of<00:31:56.160><c> whom</c><00:31:56.319><c> went</c><00:31:56.599><c> seven</c><00:31:56.960><c> devils,</c><00:31:57.920><c> and</c><00:31:58.079><c> Joanna,</c><00:31:58.519><c> the</c><00:31:58.559><c> wife</c><00:31:58.819><c> of</c>

00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:01.539
Cusa,<00:31:59.819><c> Herod's</c><00:32:00.339><c> steward,</c><00:32:00.980><c> and</c><00:32:01.160><c> Susanna,</c>

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:07.000
and<00:32:01.920><c> many</c><00:32:02.440><c> others</c><00:32:03.299><c> which</c><00:32:04.140><c> ministered</c><00:32:04.819><c> unto</c><00:32:05.119><c> him</c><00:32:05.380><c> of</c><00:32:05.579><c> their</c><00:32:05.819><c> substance.</c>

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:14.140
It's<00:32:09.039><c> a</c><00:32:09.220><c> little</c><00:32:10.000><c> remark</c><00:32:10.660><c> that</c><00:32:11.460><c> would</c><00:32:11.680><c> help</c><00:32:11.940><c> us</c><00:32:12.319><c> build</c><00:32:12.579><c> out</c><00:32:13.359><c> what</c><00:32:13.880><c> we</c>

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:15.579
really<00:32:14.420><c> believe</c><00:32:14.779><c> is</c>

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:19.960
the<00:32:16.200><c> idea</c><00:32:16.579><c> of</c><00:32:16.880><c> good</c><00:32:17.099><c> works,</c><00:32:18.099><c> that</c><00:32:18.400><c> we</c><00:32:18.599><c> be</c><00:32:18.839><c> busy</c><00:32:19.279><c> contributing</c>

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.539
to<00:32:20.240><c> these</c><00:32:20.500><c> things.</c>

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:26.180
The<00:32:22.140><c> whole</c><00:32:22.400><c> concept</c><00:32:22.980><c> of</c><00:32:23.380><c> a</c><00:32:23.779><c> team</c><00:32:24.079><c> effort,</c><00:32:25.059><c> well</c><00:32:25.220><c> beyond</c><00:32:25.740><c> the</c>

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.420
boundaries<00:32:26.519><c> of</c><00:32:26.759><c> an</c><00:32:26.940><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:30.460
because<00:32:27.819><c> there's</c><00:32:28.039><c> many</c><00:32:28.319><c> things</c><00:32:28.539><c> we're</c><00:32:28.799><c> doing</c><00:32:29.099><c> today,</c><00:32:29.700><c> brothers</c><00:32:29.779><c> and</c><00:32:30.000><c> sisters,</c><00:32:30.299><c> as</c>

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.240
you<00:32:30.599><c> know</c><00:32:30.839><c> of,</c>

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:35.440
that<00:32:31.880><c> are</c><00:32:32.119><c> involving</c><00:32:32.440><c> the</c><00:32:32.640><c> whole</c><00:32:32.799><c> nation,</c><00:32:34.059><c> or</c><00:32:34.299><c> that</c><00:32:34.440><c> are</c><00:32:34.619><c> involving</c><00:32:35.079><c> the</c>

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.599
whole<00:32:35.720><c> Christadelphian</c><00:32:36.480><c> world.</c>

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:42.180
And<00:32:38.680><c> many</c><00:32:39.140><c> of</c><00:32:39.500><c> the</c><00:32:39.819><c> things</c><00:32:40.240><c> in</c><00:32:40.480><c> the</c><00:32:40.660><c> mission</c><00:32:40.900><c> areas,</c><00:32:41.500><c> which</c><00:32:41.859><c> if</c>

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.720
we<00:32:42.339><c> can't</c><00:32:42.599><c> do</c><00:32:42.740><c> anything,</c><00:32:43.140><c> if</c><00:32:43.259><c> we</c><00:32:43.359><c> could</c><00:32:43.480><c> even</c>

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:46.519
just<00:32:44.019><c> support</c><00:32:44.359><c> financially</c><00:32:45.019><c> to</c><00:32:45.480><c> help</c><00:32:45.680><c> other</c><00:32:45.980><c> brethren</c><00:32:46.259><c> and</c>

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:49.119
sisters<00:32:46.819><c> carry</c><00:32:47.180><c> out</c><00:32:47.440><c> their</c><00:32:47.720><c> work,</c><00:32:48.539><c> would</c><00:32:48.720><c> certainly</c>

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:54.240
qualify<00:32:49.519><c> as</c><00:32:49.920><c> one</c><00:32:50.180><c> of</c><00:32:50.279><c> these</c><00:32:50.519><c> good</c><00:32:50.740><c> works.</c><00:32:53.480><c> We</c><00:32:53.480><c> can't,</c><00:32:53.920><c> because</c>

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:55.339
of<00:32:54.500><c> our</c><00:32:54.700><c> time</c><00:32:54.900><c> restraints,</c>

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:57.839
go<00:32:55.579><c> to</c><00:32:55.759><c> all</c><00:32:55.980><c> these</c><00:32:56.220><c> examples,</c><00:32:56.619><c> but</c><00:32:56.839><c> you</c><00:32:57.000><c> may</c><00:32:57.200><c> also</c><00:32:57.440><c> remember</c>

00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:00.519
in<00:32:58.019><c> Romans</c><00:32:58.319><c> 16,</c><00:32:59.339><c> where</c><00:32:59.640><c> Phoebe</c><00:32:59.980><c> is</c><00:33:00.279><c> so</c>

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.119
commended<00:33:00.980><c> for</c><00:33:01.180><c> the</c><00:33:01.339><c> work</c><00:33:01.480><c> that</c><00:33:01.700><c> she</c><00:33:01.839><c> did,</c><00:33:02.980><c> obviously</c><00:33:03.339><c> showing</c><00:33:03.740><c> some</c>

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:06.099
administrative<00:33:04.779><c> skills</c><00:33:05.420><c> so</c><00:33:05.880><c> that</c>

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:11.200
others<00:33:06.299><c> supported</c><00:33:06.839><c> her</c><00:33:07.180><c> and</c><00:33:07.319><c> her</c><00:33:07.519><c> work</c><00:33:07.900><c> of</c><00:33:08.440><c> supporting</c><00:33:08.819><c> others.</c><00:33:11.000><c> And</c>

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:13.599
then<00:33:11.599><c> going</c><00:33:12.119><c> on</c><00:33:12.460><c> to</c><00:33:12.660><c> Galatians</c><00:33:13.160><c> chapter</c>

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:21.000
6<00:33:14.079><c> to</c><00:33:14.259><c> see</c><00:33:14.519><c> how</c><00:33:15.339><c> this</c><00:33:15.660><c> is</c><00:33:15.960><c> expanded</c><00:33:16.440><c> out.</c><00:33:18.839><c> Unless</c><00:33:19.059><c> we</c><00:33:20.180><c> think</c><00:33:20.640><c> that</c><00:33:20.880><c> it</c>

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.960
can<00:33:21.279><c> only</c><00:33:21.619><c> apply</c><00:33:21.980><c> to</c><00:33:22.220><c> people</c><00:33:22.579><c> in</c><00:33:22.779><c> the</c>

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:26.779
brotherhood,<00:33:24.240><c> the</c><00:33:24.299><c> word</c><00:33:24.380><c> of</c><00:33:24.539><c> God</c><00:33:24.680><c> tells</c><00:33:24.960><c> us</c><00:33:25.140><c> that's</c><00:33:25.380><c> not</c><00:33:25.700><c> so.</c>

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:30.579
For<00:33:27.740><c> it</c><00:33:27.900><c> says</c><00:33:28.160><c> in</c><00:33:28.779><c> Galatians</c><00:33:29.299><c> 6</c><00:33:29.640><c> verse</c><00:33:29.920><c> 9,</c>

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:36.480
Let<00:33:31.160><c> us</c><00:33:31.579><c> not</c><00:33:31.859><c> be</c><00:33:32.339><c> weary</c><00:33:32.700><c> in</c><00:33:33.160><c> well</c><00:33:33.519><c>-doing,</c><00:33:34.940><c> for</c><00:33:35.119><c> in</c><00:33:35.359><c> due</c><00:33:35.640><c> season</c>

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:40.880
we<00:33:38.779><c> shall</c><00:33:39.099><c> reap</c><00:33:39.299><c> if</c><00:33:39.559><c> we</c><00:33:39.799><c> faint</c><00:33:39.980><c> not.</c>

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:45.660
As<00:33:41.799><c> we</c><00:33:42.019><c> have</c><00:33:42.279><c> therefore</c><00:33:42.740><c> opportunity,</c><00:33:44.039><c> let</c><00:33:44.279><c> us</c><00:33:44.519><c> do</c><00:33:44.839><c> good</c><00:33:45.200><c> unto</c>

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:48.960
all,<00:33:46.980><c> especially</c><00:33:47.579><c> unto</c><00:33:47.960><c> them</c><00:33:48.259><c> who</c><00:33:48.440><c> are</c><00:33:48.619><c> of</c><00:33:48.759><c> the</c>

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:52.500
household<00:33:49.279><c> of</c><00:33:49.539><c> faith.</c><00:33:49.700><c> So</c><00:33:49.839><c> it</c><00:33:49.980><c> shows</c><00:33:50.240><c> a</c><00:33:50.500><c> priority,</c><00:33:51.640><c> but</c><00:33:52.180><c> if</c><00:33:52.339><c> we</c>

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:55.240
are<00:33:52.599><c> in</c><00:33:52.839><c> circumstances</c><00:33:53.440><c> where</c><00:33:53.720><c> we</c><00:33:53.900><c> can</c><00:33:54.079><c> help</c><00:33:54.359><c> out,</c>

00:33:55.319 --> 00:34:00.339
we<00:33:55.759><c> ought</c><00:33:56.099><c> to</c><00:33:56.660><c> do</c><00:33:56.880><c> that</c><00:33:57.460><c> for</c><00:33:57.819><c> the</c><00:33:57.960><c> sake</c><00:33:58.140><c> of</c><00:33:58.339><c> our</c><00:33:58.519><c> God.</c><00:33:59.880><c> Now</c><00:34:00.059><c> that</c>

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:02.160
brings<00:34:00.819><c> up</c><00:34:01.019><c> a</c><00:34:01.140><c> couple</c><00:34:01.319><c> other</c><00:34:01.539><c> issues</c><00:34:01.859><c> that</c><00:34:02.039><c> we</c>

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:03.819
don't<00:34:02.359><c> have</c><00:34:02.539><c> time,</c><00:34:02.779><c> unfortunately,</c><00:34:03.279><c> to</c><00:34:03.339><c> go</c><00:34:03.480><c> into</c><00:34:03.599><c> them,</c><00:34:03.720><c> but</c>

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.640
I<00:34:03.960><c> want</c><00:34:04.039><c> to</c><00:34:04.140><c> mention</c><00:34:04.299><c> them</c><00:34:04.480><c> to</c><00:34:04.619><c> you,</c>

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:09.239
because<00:34:06.420><c> from</c><00:34:06.920><c> time</c><00:34:07.079><c> to</c><00:34:07.220><c> time</c><00:34:07.380><c> they</c><00:34:07.579><c> become</c><00:34:07.799><c> important.</c><00:34:08.679><c> Tornado</c><00:34:09.039><c> went</c>

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:10.679
through<00:34:09.480><c> Grand</c><00:34:09.739><c> Valley</c><00:34:09.960><c> not</c><00:34:10.159><c> many</c><00:34:10.400><c> years</c>

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:14.019
ago,<00:34:11.500><c> and</c><00:34:11.500><c> that</c><00:34:11.800><c> was</c><00:34:12.019><c> probably</c><00:34:12.340><c> the</c><00:34:12.539><c> only</c><00:34:12.780><c> reason</c><00:34:13.019><c> people</c><00:34:13.360><c> even</c><00:34:13.619><c> know</c><00:34:13.800><c> the</c>

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.820
places<00:34:14.239><c> on</c><00:34:14.480><c> the</c><00:34:14.639><c> map.</c><00:34:14.880><c> It's</c><00:34:15.159><c> such</c><00:34:15.280><c> a</c><00:34:15.519><c> small</c>

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:19.119
little<00:34:16.019><c> village,</c><00:34:17.280><c> but</c><00:34:17.500><c> when</c><00:34:17.639><c> it</c><00:34:17.800><c> makes</c><00:34:17.980><c> the</c><00:34:18.219><c> headlines</c><00:34:18.639><c> for</c><00:34:18.940><c> a</c>

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.679
tornado<00:34:19.320><c> going</c><00:34:19.579><c> through</c><00:34:19.880><c> and</c><00:34:20.219><c> it</c><00:34:20.400><c> pretty</c><00:34:20.559><c> tore</c>

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:24.159
the<00:34:20.980><c> town</c><00:34:21.039><c> up,</c><00:34:22.239><c> then</c><00:34:22.480><c> people</c><00:34:22.860><c> got</c><00:34:23.119><c> to</c><00:34:23.300><c> think</c><00:34:23.440><c> about</c><00:34:23.679><c> it.</c><00:34:23.980><c> Now</c>

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:26.139
here<00:34:24.219><c> we</c><00:34:24.460><c> are,</c><00:34:24.780><c> Christ</c><00:34:24.900><c> of</c><00:34:24.960><c> the</c><00:34:25.059><c> Elephants,</c><00:34:25.480><c> in</c><00:34:25.900><c> the</c>

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:31.840
area,<00:34:27.639><c> and</c><00:34:28.119><c> all</c><00:34:28.500><c> of</c><00:34:28.699><c> a</c><00:34:28.820><c> sudden</c><00:34:28.960><c> there's</c><00:34:29.199><c> this</c><00:34:29.480><c> tremendous</c><00:34:30.039><c> need</c><00:34:30.360><c> established</c><00:34:30.880><c> that</c><00:34:31.039><c> people</c><00:34:31.300><c> have</c><00:34:31.460><c> got</c><00:34:31.619><c> nothing,</c>

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:36.099
their<00:34:32.079><c> homes</c><00:34:32.280><c> are</c><00:34:32.519><c> totally</c><00:34:32.860><c> gone,</c><00:34:34.579><c> and</c><00:34:35.119><c> we've</c><00:34:35.480><c> never</c><00:34:35.739><c> thought</c>

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.559
about<00:34:36.320><c> this</c><00:34:36.519><c> before,</c><00:34:36.820><c> like</c><00:34:36.980><c> this</c><00:34:37.119><c> has</c><00:34:37.300><c> never</c>

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:40.699
happened,<00:34:37.800><c> we've</c><00:34:38.000><c> never</c><00:34:38.300><c> had</c><00:34:38.559><c> a</c><00:34:38.840><c> natural</c><00:34:39.239><c> disaster</c><00:34:39.780><c> of</c><00:34:40.019><c> that</c>

00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:42.739
size<00:34:41.179><c> occur</c><00:34:41.599><c> in</c><00:34:41.760><c> our</c><00:34:41.980><c> area,</c><00:34:42.260><c> so</c><00:34:42.420><c> the</c><00:34:42.579><c> occlusion</c>

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:46.900
is<00:34:42.780><c> saying,</c><00:34:43.059><c> what</c><00:34:43.159><c> should</c><00:34:43.360><c> we</c><00:34:43.599><c> do?</c><00:34:45.440><c> You</c><00:34:45.500><c> know,</c><00:34:45.760><c> should</c><00:34:45.860><c> we</c><00:34:46.699><c> get</c>

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:48.320
right<00:34:47.139><c> in</c><00:34:47.340><c> there</c><00:34:47.440><c> with</c><00:34:47.579><c> everybody</c><00:34:47.900><c> else?</c><00:34:48.179><c> Well,</c>

00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:50.880
we've<00:34:48.539><c> never</c><00:34:48.760><c> done</c><00:34:48.980><c> that</c><00:34:49.199><c> before.</c><00:34:49.599><c> Very</c><00:34:49.920><c> awkward</c><00:34:50.400><c> for</c><00:34:50.619><c> us</c><00:34:50.739><c> to</c>

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.440
even<00:34:51.099><c> think</c><00:34:51.260><c> this</c><00:34:51.519><c> through,</c><00:34:51.820><c> because</c><00:34:52.019><c> we're</c><00:34:52.199><c> not</c>

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:54.420
used<00:34:52.679><c> to</c><00:34:52.880><c> working</c><00:34:53.059><c> with</c><00:34:53.280><c> anybody</c><00:34:53.579><c> else</c><00:34:53.860><c> in</c><00:34:53.960><c> the</c><00:34:54.099><c> community.</c>

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:57.739
We're<00:34:54.840><c> separate</c><00:34:55.219><c> from</c><00:34:55.480><c> them,</c><00:34:56.679><c> but</c><00:34:56.860><c> yet</c><00:34:57.179><c> it</c><00:34:57.559><c> seemed</c>

00:34:57.739 --> 00:35:00.760
appropriate<00:34:58.440><c> that</c><00:34:58.619><c> we</c><00:34:58.820><c> should</c><00:34:58.960><c> get</c><00:34:59.139><c> in</c><00:34:59.340><c> there</c><00:34:59.519><c> for</c><00:34:59.739><c> the</c><00:35:00.519><c> sake</c>

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:05.300
of<00:35:00.940><c> verses</c><00:35:01.159><c> like</c><00:35:01.460><c> this.</c><00:35:03.639><c> Now</c><00:35:03.860><c> I</c><00:35:03.880><c> think</c><00:35:04.079><c> we</c><00:35:04.260><c> have</c><00:35:04.480><c> to</c>

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:09.400
really<00:35:06.420><c> question</c><00:35:06.860><c> our</c><00:35:07.360><c> motives.</c><00:35:08.360><c> Like</c><00:35:08.539><c> if</c><00:35:08.739><c> our</c><00:35:08.900><c> motive</c><00:35:09.099><c> is,</c>

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:11.619
well,<00:35:09.739><c> you</c><00:35:09.900><c> know,</c><00:35:10.039><c> we'll</c><00:35:10.179><c> go</c><00:35:10.360><c> down</c><00:35:10.639><c> there,</c><00:35:10.860><c> but</c><00:35:11.059><c> we</c><00:35:11.300><c> will</c>

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:13.679
hold<00:35:11.860><c> the</c><00:35:12.079><c> Christ</c><00:35:12.260><c> of</c><00:35:12.340><c> the</c><00:35:12.360><c> Elephant</c><00:35:12.639><c> banner</c><00:35:13.019><c> up,</c><00:35:13.340><c> we'll</c><00:35:13.519><c> make</c>

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:15.260
up<00:35:13.840><c> some</c><00:35:14.039><c> shirts</c><00:35:14.300><c> where</c><00:35:14.480><c> we</c><00:35:14.639><c> all</c><00:35:14.780><c> have</c><00:35:14.960><c> Christ</c><00:35:15.179><c> of</c>

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.780
the<00:35:15.260><c> Elephants</c><00:35:15.619><c> on</c><00:35:15.800><c> it,</c><00:35:15.960><c> and</c><00:35:16.000><c> we'll</c><00:35:16.099><c> get</c><00:35:16.239><c> in</c><00:35:16.340><c> there</c><00:35:16.539><c> and</c><00:35:16.599><c> work</c>

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:18.940
so<00:35:16.880><c> people</c><00:35:17.179><c> will</c><00:35:17.360><c> know</c><00:35:17.539><c> us.</c><00:35:18.039><c> Well,</c><00:35:18.219><c> that's</c><00:35:18.480><c> one</c><00:35:18.739><c> thing,</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:21.940
but<00:35:19.460><c> I</c><00:35:19.539><c> think</c><00:35:19.679><c> the</c><00:35:19.900><c> Lord</c><00:35:20.059><c> covered</c><00:35:20.340><c> that</c><00:35:20.599><c> pretty</c><00:35:20.900><c> well.</c><00:35:21.579><c> If</c><00:35:21.760><c> you</c>

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.380
do<00:35:22.099><c> it</c><00:35:22.199><c> for</c><00:35:22.360><c> the</c><00:35:22.579><c> praise</c><00:35:22.760><c> of</c><00:35:23.019><c> men,</c>

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:27.360
forget<00:35:23.980><c> it.</c><00:35:25.000><c> You've</c><00:35:25.360><c> got</c><00:35:25.559><c> your</c><00:35:25.739><c> reward.</c><00:35:26.320><c> You've</c><00:35:26.619><c> got</c><00:35:26.739><c> the</c><00:35:26.960><c> praise</c><00:35:27.139><c> of</c>

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.659
men<00:35:27.480><c> who</c><00:35:27.639><c> may</c><00:35:27.860><c> send</c><00:35:28.099><c> you</c><00:35:28.320><c> a</c><00:35:28.420><c> letter,</c>

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:30.860
they<00:35:28.880><c> may</c><00:35:29.159><c> shake</c><00:35:29.460><c> your</c><00:35:29.760><c> hand,</c><00:35:30.019><c> or</c><00:35:30.099><c> they</c><00:35:30.260><c> may</c><00:35:30.400><c> give</c><00:35:30.519><c> you</c><00:35:30.679><c> some</c>

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:34.900
other<00:35:31.039><c> reward.</c><00:35:32.420><c> Really,</c><00:35:32.960><c> doing</c><00:35:33.199><c> it</c><00:35:33.659><c> anonymously</c>

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:38.460
is<00:35:35.420><c> the</c><00:35:35.599><c> key</c><00:35:35.820><c> thing.</c><00:35:36.119><c> It</c><00:35:36.340><c> may</c><00:35:36.579><c> very</c><00:35:36.940><c> well</c><00:35:37.199><c> be</c><00:35:37.460><c> that</c><00:35:37.639><c> people</c><00:35:37.900><c> will</c><00:35:38.139><c> come</c><00:35:38.340><c> to</c>

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.619
know<00:35:38.579><c> we</c><00:35:38.719><c> were</c><00:35:38.940><c> Christ</c><00:35:39.139><c> of</c><00:35:39.219><c> the</c><00:35:39.320><c> Elephants,</c>

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:42.239
and<00:35:40.019><c> we'll</c><00:35:40.320><c> bring</c><00:35:40.500><c> honor</c><00:35:40.719><c> to</c><00:35:41.000><c> our</c><00:35:41.199><c> beliefs</c><00:35:41.500><c> by</c><00:35:41.739><c> the</c><00:35:41.940><c> fact</c><00:35:42.079><c> that</c>

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:43.400
people<00:35:42.420><c> will</c><00:35:42.579><c> say,</c><00:35:42.659><c> oh,</c><00:35:42.860><c> they</c><00:35:43.019><c> actually</c>

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:48.739
do<00:35:43.679><c> practice</c><00:35:43.980><c> it.</c><00:35:45.780><c> But</c><00:35:45.940><c> I</c><00:35:46.039><c> think</c><00:35:46.219><c> it</c><00:35:46.360><c> would</c><00:35:46.579><c> be</c><00:35:47.079><c> maybe</c><00:35:47.400><c> worthwhile</c><00:35:47.940><c> thinking,</c><00:35:48.380><c> because</c>

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.760
we're<00:35:49.059><c> all</c><00:35:49.360><c> in</c><00:35:49.519><c> this</c>

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.219
country<00:35:50.059><c> subject</c><00:35:50.519><c> to</c><00:35:50.699><c> these</c><00:35:51.000><c> natural</c><00:35:51.340><c> disasters</c><00:35:51.780><c> from</c><00:35:52.059><c> time</c>

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:54.480
to<00:35:52.400><c> time,</c><00:35:52.960><c> and</c><00:35:53.000><c> just</c><00:35:53.280><c> how</c><00:35:53.679><c> we</c><00:35:53.980><c> as</c><00:35:54.159><c> Christ</c><00:35:54.360><c> of</c><00:35:54.420><c> the</c>

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:58.059
Elephants<00:35:54.760><c> would</c><00:35:55.000><c> jump</c><00:35:55.260><c> in</c><00:35:55.480><c> there.</c><00:35:56.860><c> We</c><00:35:57.039><c> look</c><00:35:57.139><c> at</c><00:35:57.280><c> the</c><00:35:57.400><c> Mennonites.</c><00:35:57.940><c> Well,</c>

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.239
the<00:35:58.159><c> Mennonites</c><00:35:58.559><c> in</c><00:35:58.699><c> our</c><00:35:58.880><c> community</c>

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:02.079
were<00:35:59.500><c> right</c><00:35:59.760><c> on</c><00:35:59.960><c> the</c><00:36:00.159><c> job</c><00:36:00.460><c> with</c><00:36:00.719><c> a</c><00:36:00.960><c> team</c><00:36:01.219><c> of</c><00:36:01.239><c> people</c><00:36:01.619><c> prepared</c>

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:04.159
to<00:36:02.559><c> do</c><00:36:02.840><c> this</c><00:36:03.079><c> and</c><00:36:03.179><c> do</c><00:36:03.420><c> that</c><00:36:03.599><c> and</c><00:36:03.719><c> do</c><00:36:03.840><c> the</c><00:36:03.980><c> other.</c>

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:08.320
Well,<00:36:04.800><c> we</c><00:36:05.099><c> did</c><00:36:05.440><c> send</c><00:36:05.800><c> a</c><00:36:06.139><c> couple</c><00:36:06.519><c> sisters</c><00:36:07.280><c> who</c><00:36:07.559><c> went</c><00:36:07.780><c> to</c><00:36:08.139><c> help</c>

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:10.639
out<00:36:08.480><c> in</c><00:36:08.639><c> the</c><00:36:08.820><c> shelter</c><00:36:09.079><c> to</c><00:36:09.599><c> hand</c><00:36:09.880><c> out</c><00:36:10.079><c> clothing</c><00:36:10.400><c> and</c>

00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:13.619
so<00:36:10.940><c> we</c><00:36:11.179><c> did</c><00:36:11.460><c> participate.</c><00:36:12.260><c> But</c><00:36:12.260><c> I</c><00:36:12.360><c> tell</c><00:36:12.480><c> you,</c><00:36:13.000><c> it</c><00:36:13.179><c> sure</c><00:36:13.400><c> caught</c>

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:17.619
us<00:36:14.219><c> unprepared.</c><00:36:16.460><c> And</c><00:36:16.559><c> I</c><00:36:16.679><c> think</c><00:36:16.900><c> that,</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:21.059
as<00:36:18.719><c> many</c><00:36:18.900><c> of</c><00:36:19.019><c> us</c><00:36:19.159><c> may</c><00:36:19.320><c> have</c><00:36:19.440><c> been</c><00:36:19.699><c> touched</c><00:36:19.980><c> by,</c><00:36:20.440><c> events</c><00:36:20.699><c> like</c>

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:22.980
this,<00:36:21.880><c> it</c><00:36:22.059><c> would</c><00:36:22.179><c> be</c><00:36:22.199><c> worth</c><00:36:22.360><c> thinking</c><00:36:22.679><c> through</c>

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:26.280
as<00:36:23.179><c> a</c><00:36:23.340><c> group</c><00:36:23.500><c> as</c><00:36:23.739><c> to</c><00:36:23.840><c> how</c><00:36:23.980><c> we</c><00:36:24.139><c> may</c><00:36:24.340><c> respond,</c><00:36:25.820><c> that</c><00:36:25.940><c> we</c><00:36:26.079><c> might</c>

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.500
carry<00:36:26.559><c> out</c><00:36:26.760><c> what</c><00:36:26.900><c> God</c><00:36:27.159><c> has</c><00:36:27.400><c> said,</c>

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:32.519
doing<00:36:27.840><c> good</c><00:36:28.079><c> to</c><00:36:28.340><c> all</c><00:36:28.599><c> men</c><00:36:28.760><c> as</c><00:36:28.960><c> we</c><00:36:29.119><c> have</c><00:36:29.280><c> opportunity.</c><00:36:31.780><c> You</c><00:36:31.920><c> know,</c><00:36:32.039><c> there's</c><00:36:32.300><c> an</c>

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:34.380
interesting<00:36:33.280><c> couple</c><00:36:33.880><c> little</c>

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:38.800
mentions<00:36:34.780><c> of</c><00:36:34.980><c> this</c><00:36:35.300><c> in</c><00:36:35.460><c> the</c><00:36:35.760><c> epistles.</c><00:36:37.079><c> To</c><00:36:37.300><c> the</c><00:36:37.500><c> Philippians,</c>

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:41.920
chapter<00:36:40.099><c> 2,</c><00:36:40.599><c> verse</c><00:36:40.840><c> 25.</c>

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:48.539
This<00:36:45.179><c> shows</c><00:36:45.440><c> you</c><00:36:45.659><c> the</c><00:36:45.900><c> degree</c><00:36:46.679><c> to</c><00:36:47.000><c> which</c><00:36:47.239><c> people</c><00:36:47.659><c> have</c><00:36:48.039><c> served</c>

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:51.639
people<00:36:49.420><c> and</c><00:36:50.219><c> have</c><00:36:50.420><c> helped</c><00:36:50.719><c> out,</c><00:36:51.239><c> must</c><00:36:51.400><c> have</c>

00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:55.119
given<00:36:51.820><c> up</c><00:36:52.059><c> their</c><00:36:52.239><c> life,</c><00:36:52.900><c> given</c><00:36:53.000><c> up</c><00:36:53.260><c> their</c><00:36:53.480><c> careers</c><00:36:53.820><c> and</c><00:36:54.039><c> everything,</c><00:36:54.300><c> in</c><00:36:54.420><c> many</c><00:36:54.619><c> cases,</c><00:36:55.019><c> to</c>

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.320
ever<00:36:55.340><c> provide</c><00:36:56.039><c> this</c>

00:36:56.320 --> 00:37:01.679
kind<00:36:56.639><c> of</c><00:36:56.980><c> service.</c><00:36:58.199><c> So</c><00:36:58.400><c> he</c><00:36:58.519><c> says</c><00:36:59.059><c> in</c><00:36:59.880><c> Epaphroditus,</c><00:37:01.000><c> my</c><00:37:01.059><c> brother</c><00:37:01.440><c> and</c>

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:03.739
companion<00:37:02.239><c> in</c><00:37:02.480><c> labor</c><00:37:02.719><c> and</c><00:37:02.960><c> fellow</c><00:37:03.300><c> soldier,</c>

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:08.280
but<00:37:03.940><c> your</c><00:37:04.260><c> messenger.</c><00:37:05.679><c> And</c><00:37:05.960><c> he</c><00:37:06.159><c> that</c><00:37:06.519><c> ministered</c><00:37:07.159><c> to</c><00:37:07.380><c> my</c><00:37:07.800><c> wants.</c><00:37:08.139><c> So</c>

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.960
that<00:37:08.400><c> was</c><00:37:08.599><c> the</c><00:37:08.800><c> key</c><00:37:08.980><c> thing</c><00:37:09.239><c> this</c><00:37:09.480><c> man</c><00:37:09.679><c> was</c>

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:15.019
doing.<00:37:11.039><c> He</c><00:37:11.300><c> was,</c><00:37:11.960><c> you</c><00:37:12.380><c> know,</c><00:37:12.500><c> it</c><00:37:12.619><c> doesn't</c><00:37:12.980><c> say</c><00:37:13.340><c> needs,</c><00:37:14.539><c> to</c><00:37:14.739><c> my</c>

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:18.019
wants.<00:37:16.099><c> For</c><00:37:16.159><c> he</c><00:37:16.480><c> longed</c><00:37:16.780><c> after</c><00:37:17.019><c> you</c><00:37:17.300><c> all</c><00:37:17.500><c> and</c><00:37:17.619><c> was</c><00:37:17.800><c> full</c>

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:20.860
of<00:37:18.239><c> heaviness</c><00:37:18.619><c> because</c><00:37:19.139><c> you</c><00:37:19.780><c> had</c><00:37:19.960><c> heard</c><00:37:20.179><c> that</c><00:37:20.340><c> he</c><00:37:20.440><c> had</c><00:37:20.599><c> been</c>

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:23.840
sick.<00:37:21.460><c> For</c><00:37:21.639><c> indeed</c><00:37:21.900><c> he</c><00:37:22.199><c> was</c><00:37:22.579><c> sick,</c><00:37:23.039><c> nigh</c><00:37:23.179><c> unto</c><00:37:23.420><c> death.</c>

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:27.340
But<00:37:24.460><c> God</c><00:37:24.679><c> had</c><00:37:24.860><c> mercy</c><00:37:25.179><c> on</c><00:37:25.380><c> him</c><00:37:25.579><c> and</c><00:37:25.679><c> not</c><00:37:25.820><c> on</c><00:37:25.920><c> him</c><00:37:26.079><c> only,</c><00:37:26.980><c> but</c><00:37:27.179><c> on</c>

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:30.840
me<00:37:27.599><c> also,</c><00:37:28.239><c> lest</c><00:37:28.340><c> I</c><00:37:28.599><c> should</c><00:37:28.760><c> have</c><00:37:29.099><c> sorrow</c><00:37:29.440><c> upon</c><00:37:29.920><c> sorrow.</c>

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:34.599
And<00:37:31.199><c> then</c><00:37:31.400><c> the</c><00:37:31.480><c> very</c><00:37:31.639><c> last</c><00:37:31.980><c> verse,</c><00:37:33.519><c> because</c><00:37:33.519><c> for</c><00:37:33.760><c> the</c><00:37:34.000><c> work</c><00:37:34.260><c> of</c>

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:36.400
Christ<00:37:35.019><c> he</c><00:37:35.219><c> was</c><00:37:35.500><c> nigh</c><00:37:35.699><c> unto</c><00:37:35.920><c> death,</c>

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:40.360
not<00:37:36.900><c> regarding</c><00:37:37.460><c> his</c><00:37:37.840><c> life</c><00:37:38.260><c> to</c><00:37:38.900><c> supply</c><00:37:39.340><c> your</c><00:37:39.579><c> lack</c><00:37:39.820><c> of</c><00:37:40.139><c> service</c>

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.420
toward<00:37:40.679><c> me.</c>

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:45.880
Giving<00:37:42.940><c> you</c><00:37:43.179><c> the</c><00:37:43.539><c> level</c><00:37:43.920><c> to</c><00:37:44.159><c> which</c><00:37:44.280><c> we</c><00:37:44.639><c> could</c><00:37:44.880><c> serve</c><00:37:45.179><c> one</c><00:37:45.400><c> another,</c><00:37:45.780><c> that</c>

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:47.119
this<00:37:46.159><c> man</c><00:37:46.380><c> had</c>

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:50.820
made<00:37:47.840><c> himself</c><00:37:48.239><c> sick</c><00:37:48.639><c> in</c><00:37:48.840><c> the</c><00:37:49.059><c> service,</c><00:37:49.980><c> even</c><00:37:50.199><c> that</c><00:37:50.340><c> he</c><00:37:50.519><c> almost</c>

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:53.460
died<00:37:51.320><c> in</c><00:37:52.079><c> order</c><00:37:52.340><c> to,</c><00:37:52.760><c> as</c><00:37:53.039><c> Paul</c><00:37:53.219><c> says,</c>

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:55.820
make<00:37:53.760><c> up</c><00:37:53.920><c> for</c><00:37:54.079><c> the</c><00:37:54.280><c> lack</c><00:37:54.500><c> of</c><00:37:54.739><c> service</c><00:37:54.960><c> of</c><00:37:55.159><c> others.</c><00:37:55.440><c> Now</c><00:37:55.559><c> I</c><00:37:55.559><c> don't</c><00:37:55.719><c> know</c>

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:57.840
what<00:37:56.000><c> that</c><00:37:56.320><c> was,</c><00:37:56.519><c> what</c><00:37:56.659><c> he</c><00:37:56.780><c> was</c><00:37:57.000><c> doing,</c>

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:02.880
but<00:37:58.739><c> he</c><00:37:58.980><c> certainly</c><00:37:59.280><c> was</c><00:37:59.559><c> serving</c><00:37:59.880><c> someone</c><00:38:00.219><c> else</c><00:38:00.719><c> in</c><00:38:01.519><c> the</c><00:38:02.079><c> event</c><00:38:02.360><c> that</c>

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.679
the<00:38:03.019><c> Paul</c><00:38:03.159><c> was</c><00:38:03.400><c> referring</c><00:38:03.699><c> to.</c>

00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:08.519
Just<00:38:04.980><c> think</c><00:38:05.139><c> of</c><00:38:05.300><c> this</c><00:38:05.500><c> one.</c><00:38:05.780><c> I</c><00:38:05.900><c> mean</c><00:38:05.900><c> this</c><00:38:06.199><c> really</c><00:38:06.599><c> expands</c><00:38:07.219><c> it,</c><00:38:07.559><c> brothers</c><00:38:07.639><c> and</c><00:38:07.880><c> sisters,</c><00:38:08.320><c> so</c>

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.420
that<00:38:08.659><c> if</c><00:38:09.000><c> we</c>

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:12.079
were<00:38:09.639><c> a</c><00:38:09.820><c> paraplegic,</c><00:38:10.500><c> not</c><00:38:10.639><c> a</c><00:38:10.900><c> quadriplegic,</c><00:38:11.539><c> we</c><00:38:11.719><c> couldn't</c>

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:15.119
move<00:38:12.559><c> except</c><00:38:12.900><c> for</c><00:38:13.139><c> our</c><00:38:13.340><c> head.</c><00:38:14.300><c> Everything</c><00:38:14.679><c> else</c><00:38:14.940><c> someone</c>

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:18.239
had<00:38:15.260><c> to</c><00:38:15.380><c> do</c><00:38:15.500><c> for</c><00:38:15.679><c> us,</c><00:38:15.800><c> we</c><00:38:16.079><c> could</c><00:38:16.400><c> be</c><00:38:16.780><c> doing</c><00:38:17.039><c> something</c><00:38:17.599><c> for</c><00:38:18.059><c> the</c>

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:20.820
brotherhood.<00:38:19.219><c> And</c><00:38:19.380><c> it's</c><00:38:19.539><c> in</c><00:38:19.719><c> Colossians</c><00:38:20.059><c> 4.</c>

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:28.659
Colossians<00:38:23.420><c> 4,</c><00:38:24.780><c> verse</c><00:38:25.059><c> 12.</c><00:38:26.579><c> Epaphras,</c><00:38:27.719><c> who</c><00:38:27.780><c> is</c><00:38:28.099><c> one</c><00:38:28.300><c> of</c><00:38:28.460><c> you,</c>

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:31.039
a<00:38:29.139><c> servant</c><00:38:29.360><c> of</c><00:38:29.559><c> Christ,</c><00:38:30.360><c> saluteth</c><00:38:30.599><c> you,</c>

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:38.159
always<00:38:32.159><c> laboring</c><00:38:33.019><c> fervently</c><00:38:33.920><c> for</c><00:38:34.360><c> you</c><00:38:34.599><c> in</c><00:38:34.780><c> prayers,</c><00:38:35.920><c> that</c><00:38:36.019><c> you</c><00:38:36.179><c> may</c><00:38:36.559><c> stand</c><00:38:36.940><c> perfect</c><00:38:37.360><c> complete</c><00:38:37.940><c> in</c>

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.719
all<00:38:38.360><c> the</c><00:38:38.480><c> will</c><00:38:38.559><c> of</c>

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:43.900
God.<00:38:40.480><c> That's</c><00:38:41.039><c> a</c><00:38:41.239><c> recognized</c><00:38:41.840><c> good</c><00:38:42.320><c> work</c><00:38:42.599><c> in</c><00:38:42.800><c> the</c><00:38:42.980><c> scriptures,</c>

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:47.340
that<00:38:44.340><c> a</c><00:38:44.559><c> person</c><00:38:44.940><c> would</c><00:38:45.320><c> remember</c><00:38:46.219><c> to</c><00:38:46.900><c> labor.</c>

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:51.340
Now<00:38:47.920><c> you</c><00:38:48.239><c> know</c><00:38:48.699><c> that</c><00:38:48.960><c> sometimes</c><00:38:49.559><c> in</c><00:38:49.860><c> prayer</c><00:38:50.099><c> it</c><00:38:50.340><c> is</c><00:38:50.699><c> difficult</c>

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:53.880
to<00:38:51.840><c> feel</c><00:38:52.119><c> the</c><00:38:52.420><c> earnest</c><00:38:52.760><c> desire</c><00:38:53.360><c> for</c><00:38:53.659><c> the</c>

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:57.000
well<00:38:54.119><c>-being</c><00:38:54.300><c> of</c><00:38:54.519><c> others,</c><00:38:55.119><c> and</c><00:38:55.940><c> that</c><00:38:56.039><c> we</c><00:38:56.119><c> have</c><00:38:56.300><c> to</c><00:38:56.639><c> structure</c>

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.880
our<00:38:57.320><c> life</c><00:38:57.480><c> to</c><00:38:57.619><c> make</c><00:38:57.840><c> sure</c><00:38:57.980><c> that</c><00:38:58.099><c> when</c><00:38:58.219><c> we're</c><00:38:58.480><c> praying</c><00:38:58.659><c> it's</c>

00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:03.840
not<00:38:59.099><c> at</c><00:38:59.260><c> a</c><00:38:59.400><c> time</c><00:38:59.559><c> when</c><00:38:59.699><c> we</c><00:38:59.940><c> feel</c><00:39:00.219><c> so</c><00:39:00.639><c> tired</c><00:39:01.139><c> or</c><00:39:01.679><c> so</c><00:39:02.059><c> overcome</c><00:39:02.639><c> that</c><00:39:03.199><c> the</c><00:39:03.440><c> prayer</c><00:39:03.579><c> is</c>

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:06.219
weak<00:39:04.260><c> and</c><00:39:05.119><c> ineffectual</c><00:39:05.699><c> in</c><00:39:05.860><c> our</c><00:39:06.039><c> own</c>

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:09.480
esteem.<00:39:07.300><c> So</c><00:39:07.519><c> this</c><00:39:07.760><c> brother</c><00:39:07.980><c> must</c><00:39:08.219><c> have</c><00:39:08.340><c> been</c><00:39:08.559><c> praying</c><00:39:08.860><c> at</c><00:39:09.199><c> a</c>

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:13.440
prime<00:39:09.760><c> time</c><00:39:10.460><c> in</c><00:39:10.719><c> his</c><00:39:10.980><c> life</c><00:39:11.360><c> to</c><00:39:12.039><c> devote</c><00:39:12.380><c> himself</c><00:39:12.940><c> to</c>

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:16.519
seeking<00:39:13.699><c> the</c><00:39:13.980><c> welfare</c><00:39:14.360><c> of</c><00:39:14.599><c> others.</c><00:39:15.940><c> And</c><00:39:16.119><c> we</c><00:39:16.159><c> don't</c><00:39:16.320><c> know</c><00:39:16.420><c> how</c>

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:19.460
that<00:39:16.699><c> works.</c><00:39:17.920><c> We</c><00:39:18.000><c> don't</c><00:39:18.119><c> know</c><00:39:18.199><c> how</c><00:39:18.380><c> God</c><00:39:18.619><c> responds</c><00:39:19.199><c> to</c>

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:22.159
that.<00:39:19.619><c> We</c><00:39:19.699><c> don't</c><00:39:19.900><c> know</c><00:39:20.239><c> really</c><00:39:20.719><c> if</c><00:39:20.900><c> God</c><00:39:21.199><c> would</c><00:39:21.460><c> not</c><00:39:21.679><c> respond</c>

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:26.280
if<00:39:22.280><c> he</c><00:39:22.440><c> didn't</c><00:39:22.719><c> pray.</c><00:39:24.079><c> But</c><00:39:24.280><c> we</c><00:39:24.460><c> do</c><00:39:24.699><c> know</c><00:39:25.400><c> it's</c><00:39:25.900><c> classified</c>

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:30.980
as<00:39:26.480><c> a</c><00:39:26.699><c> good</c><00:39:26.900><c> work,</c><00:39:27.980><c> and</c><00:39:28.139><c> we</c><00:39:28.280><c> can</c><00:39:28.460><c> do</c><00:39:28.639><c> that</c><00:39:28.820><c> for</c><00:39:29.019><c> others.</c><00:39:30.679><c> We</c><00:39:30.800><c> can</c>

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.880
do<00:39:31.099><c> that</c><00:39:31.239><c> as</c><00:39:31.360><c> we're</c><00:39:31.599><c> traveling.</c><00:39:32.099><c> We</c><00:39:32.179><c> think</c><00:39:32.320><c> of</c><00:39:32.500><c> all</c><00:39:32.639><c> the</c>

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:36.599
dangers,<00:39:33.559><c> you</c><00:39:33.579><c> know,</c><00:39:33.860><c> the</c><00:39:34.199><c> tremendous</c><00:39:35.099><c> dangers</c><00:39:35.679><c> that</c><00:39:35.940><c> we</c><00:39:36.139><c> must</c><00:39:36.320><c> go</c>

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:38.920
through<00:39:36.800><c> in</c><00:39:37.059><c> getting</c><00:39:37.239><c> ourselves</c><00:39:37.699><c> all</c><00:39:37.980><c> back</c><00:39:38.219><c> to</c>

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:42.619
going<00:39:39.619><c> through</c><00:39:40.039><c> the</c><00:39:40.159><c> various</c><00:39:40.460><c> routes</c><00:39:40.719><c> of</c><00:39:40.920><c> travel.</c><00:39:42.260><c> But</c><00:39:42.460><c> the</c>

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:45.239
Seeker,<00:39:42.900><c> Heavenly</c><00:39:43.219><c> Father,</c><00:39:43.599><c> there</c><00:39:43.840><c> is</c><00:39:44.079><c> no</c><00:39:44.380><c> worry.</c>

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:49.280
He<00:39:45.960><c> is</c><00:39:46.159><c> able</c><00:39:46.380><c> to</c><00:39:47.300><c> guide</c><00:39:47.679><c> and</c><00:39:47.940><c> direct</c><00:39:48.260><c> every</c><00:39:48.599><c> one</c><00:39:48.739><c> of</c><00:39:48.840><c> us</c><00:39:49.039><c> back</c>

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:52.679
to<00:39:49.440><c> our</c><00:39:49.659><c> place</c><00:39:49.940><c> in</c><00:39:50.260><c> peace.</c><00:39:51.579><c> But</c><00:39:51.699><c> how</c><00:39:51.880><c> nice</c><00:39:52.099><c> it</c><00:39:52.239><c> is</c><00:39:52.460><c> to</c>

00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:56.639
think<00:39:52.900><c> that</c><00:39:53.139><c> we</c><00:39:53.380><c> are</c><00:39:54.019><c> also</c><00:39:54.780><c> being</c><00:39:55.300><c> prayed</c><00:39:55.639><c> for.</c><00:39:55.920><c> Others</c><00:39:56.159><c> have</c>

00:39:56.639 --> 00:40:02.119
us<00:39:57.039><c> in</c><00:39:57.179><c> their</c><00:39:58.360><c> concern.</c><00:40:00.079><c> Look</c><00:40:00.260><c> at</c><00:40:00.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:00.760><c> chapter</c><00:40:01.320><c> 10.</c>

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:07.539
Now,<00:40:03.800><c> brethren,</c><00:40:04.000><c> this</c><00:40:04.260><c> is</c><00:40:04.539><c> a</c><00:40:04.840><c> challenging</c><00:40:05.360><c> one</c><00:40:05.679><c> because</c><00:40:06.280><c> it's</c>

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:11.780
a<00:40:07.860><c> strong</c><00:40:08.139><c> word</c><00:40:08.480><c> used,</c><00:40:09.199><c> yet</c><00:40:09.320><c> it's</c><00:40:09.579><c> used</c><00:40:09.860><c> in</c><00:40:10.039><c> a</c><00:40:10.239><c> good</c><00:40:10.480><c> sense.</c>

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:18.480
Hebrews<00:40:13.780><c> chapter</c><00:40:14.280><c> 10</c><00:40:14.719><c> verse</c><00:40:15.039><c> 24,</c><00:40:16.320><c> let</c><00:40:16.440><c> us</c><00:40:16.860><c> consider</c><00:40:17.440><c> one</c><00:40:17.739><c> another</c><00:40:18.019><c> to</c>

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:23.099
provoke<00:40:19.440><c> unto</c><00:40:20.159><c> love</c><00:40:20.820><c> and</c><00:40:21.360><c> to</c><00:40:21.579><c> good</c><00:40:21.800><c> works.</c>

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:28.579
So<00:40:25.400><c> that</c><00:40:25.539><c> in</c><00:40:25.659><c> our</c><00:40:26.039><c> appeals</c><00:40:26.539><c> to</c><00:40:27.000><c> each</c><00:40:27.239><c> other,</c><00:40:27.599><c> in</c><00:40:27.860><c> our</c><00:40:28.039><c> classes,</c>

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:30.860
in<00:40:29.000><c> our</c><00:40:29.579><c> discussions</c><00:40:30.139><c> with</c><00:40:30.380><c> one</c><00:40:30.579><c> another,</c>

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:34.940
it<00:40:31.300><c> ought</c><00:40:31.480><c> to</c><00:40:31.599><c> be</c><00:40:31.719><c> a</c><00:40:31.920><c> subject</c><00:40:32.280><c> of</c><00:40:32.539><c> conversation</c><00:40:33.199><c> that</c><00:40:34.539><c> we</c><00:40:34.659><c> can</c>

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:37.920
appeal<00:40:35.719><c> unto</c><00:40:36.199><c> one</c><00:40:36.400><c> another</c><00:40:36.760><c> through,</c><00:40:37.480><c> you</c><00:40:37.760><c> know,</c>

00:40:38.019 --> 00:40:41.860
it<00:40:38.079><c> uses</c><00:40:38.360><c> the</c><00:40:38.559><c> word</c><00:40:38.679><c> of</c><00:40:39.039><c> provoke,</c><00:40:39.900><c> not</c><00:40:40.400><c> in</c><00:40:40.579><c> a</c><00:40:40.719><c> bad</c><00:40:40.880><c> way,</c><00:40:41.159><c> but</c><00:40:41.500><c> to</c>

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:45.559
build<00:40:42.099><c> up.</c><00:40:43.699><c> And</c><00:40:43.860><c> then</c><00:40:44.000><c> what</c><00:40:44.099><c> does</c><00:40:44.199><c> he</c><00:40:44.320><c> go</c><00:40:44.480><c> on</c><00:40:44.599><c> to</c><00:40:44.820><c> say?</c>

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Don't<00:40:46.579><c> forsake</c><00:40:47.099><c> the</c><00:40:47.420><c> assembling</c><00:40:47.800><c> of</c><00:40:48.059><c> yourselves</c><00:40:48.400><c> together.</c>

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.980
Now,<00:40:50.539><c> some</c><00:40:50.780><c> of</c><00:40:50.920><c> us</c><00:40:51.059><c> need</c><00:40:51.280><c> that</c><00:40:51.559><c> kind</c><00:40:51.719><c> of</c>

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:54.900
encouragement,<00:40:52.760><c> brothers</c><00:40:52.840><c> and</c><00:40:53.119><c> sisters,</c><00:40:53.480><c> and</c><00:40:53.699><c> that's</c><00:40:54.039><c> important</c><00:40:54.719><c> that</c>

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where<00:40:55.059><c> we</c><00:40:55.380><c> see</c><00:40:55.559><c> people</c><00:40:56.139><c> as</c><00:40:56.699><c> that</c><00:40:56.980><c> little</c>

00:40:57.420 --> 00:41:00.679
lamb<00:40:57.940><c> or</c><00:40:58.079><c> that</c><00:40:58.239><c> little</c><00:40:58.519><c> sheep</c><00:40:58.760><c> that's</c><00:40:59.139><c> not</c><00:40:59.420><c> with</c><00:40:59.599><c> the</c><00:40:59.760><c> rest,</c>

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:04.159
you're<00:41:01.000><c> in</c><00:41:01.420><c> danger.</c><00:41:03.119><c> If</c><00:41:03.260><c> you've</c><00:41:03.320><c> ever</c><00:41:03.519><c> seen</c><00:41:03.739><c> dogs</c>

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:07.119
dealing<00:41:04.380><c> with</c><00:41:04.579><c> a</c><00:41:04.719><c> pack</c><00:41:04.860><c> of</c><00:41:05.079><c> sheep,</c><00:41:05.300><c> you</c><00:41:05.300><c> would</c><00:41:05.519><c> know</c><00:41:05.699><c> that.</c><00:41:06.219><c> The</c><00:41:06.380><c> dogs,</c><00:41:06.820><c> they</c><00:41:06.820><c> don't</c><00:41:06.960><c> go</c>

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in<00:41:07.300><c> there</c><00:41:07.420><c> and</c><00:41:07.539><c> just</c><00:41:07.760><c> grab</c><00:41:08.000><c> a</c>

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:11.559
sheep<00:41:08.300><c> and</c><00:41:08.440><c> run</c><00:41:08.639><c> off.</c><00:41:09.260><c> The</c><00:41:09.480><c> dogs</c><00:41:09.639><c> will</c><00:41:10.280><c> take</c><00:41:10.579><c> a</c><00:41:10.780><c> pack</c><00:41:11.019><c> of</c><00:41:11.280><c> sheep</c>

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:13.840
and<00:41:12.280><c> they</c><00:41:12.400><c> will</c><00:41:12.639><c> run</c><00:41:12.820><c> around</c><00:41:13.119><c> them</c><00:41:13.320><c> until</c><00:41:13.519><c> they</c>

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find<00:41:14.199><c> one</c><00:41:14.760><c> that</c><00:41:15.400><c> doesn't</c><00:41:15.800><c> stay</c><00:41:16.019><c> with</c><00:41:16.179><c> the</c><00:41:16.400><c> pack</c><00:41:16.659><c> and</c><00:41:16.860><c> they'll</c>

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:19.519
get<00:41:17.179><c> that</c><00:41:17.440><c> one.</c><00:41:18.280><c> It's</c><00:41:18.599><c> the</c><00:41:18.840><c> one</c><00:41:18.980><c> that's</c><00:41:19.280><c> not</c>

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with<00:41:19.699><c> the</c><00:41:19.960><c> pack</c><00:41:20.360><c> who's</c><00:41:20.900><c> greatest</c><00:41:21.139><c> at</c><00:41:21.420><c> risk.</c><00:41:22.960><c> And</c><00:41:23.119><c> it</c><00:41:23.199><c> would</c><00:41:23.340><c> seem</c><00:41:23.500><c> to</c>

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.260
me<00:41:23.780><c> that</c><00:41:23.900><c> that's</c><00:41:24.300><c> exactly</c><00:41:24.699><c> what</c><00:41:24.840><c> he's</c><00:41:25.039><c> saying</c>

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:28.219
here.<00:41:25.599><c> If</c><00:41:25.679><c> you</c><00:41:25.920><c> don't</c><00:41:26.179><c> forsake,</c><00:41:26.760><c> if</c><00:41:26.800><c> you</c><00:41:27.039><c> do</c><00:41:27.239><c> forsake</c><00:41:27.599><c> the</c><00:41:27.820><c> assembling</c><00:41:28.059><c> of</c>

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:30.019
yourselves<00:41:28.579><c> together,</c><00:41:29.219><c> what</c><00:41:29.519><c> can't</c><00:41:29.900><c> you</c>

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:35.460
do?<00:41:31.780><c> You</c><00:41:32.099><c> can't</c><00:41:32.380><c> be</c><00:41:32.599><c> exhorted</c><00:41:32.960><c> because</c><00:41:33.900><c> exhortation</c><00:41:34.840><c> in</c><00:41:35.199><c> this</c>

00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:38.500
verse<00:41:35.679><c> 25</c><00:41:36.340><c> has</c><00:41:36.760><c> got</c><00:41:37.039><c> reference</c><00:41:37.460><c> of</c><00:41:37.760><c> one</c><00:41:38.059><c> to</c><00:41:38.300><c> another.</c>

00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:42.519
In<00:41:38.659><c> other</c><00:41:38.800><c> words,</c><00:41:39.559><c> it's</c><00:41:39.780><c> to</c><00:41:40.199><c> exhort</c><00:41:40.599><c> a</c><00:41:41.039><c> person</c><00:41:41.380><c> in</c><00:41:41.659><c> a</c><00:41:41.780><c> way</c><00:41:42.000><c> where</c><00:41:42.199><c> they</c>

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can't<00:41:43.059><c> exhort</c><00:41:43.320><c> themselves.</c>

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Or<00:41:45.760><c> to</c><00:41:46.099><c> say</c><00:41:46.239><c> it</c><00:41:46.420><c> again,</c><00:41:47.119><c> it's</c><00:41:47.340><c> almost</c><00:41:47.579><c> as</c><00:41:47.760><c> if</c><00:41:48.019><c> exhortation</c><00:41:48.639><c> doesn't</c><00:41:49.039><c> have</c><00:41:49.300><c> any</c>

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:52.420
base<00:41:50.260><c> unless</c><00:41:50.900><c> it's</c><00:41:51.500><c> one</c><00:41:51.760><c> person</c><00:41:52.119><c> to</c>

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another.<00:41:53.440><c> Well,</c><00:41:53.599><c> if</c><00:41:53.659><c> you're</c><00:41:53.820><c> not</c><00:41:54.059><c> attending</c><00:41:54.300><c> an</c><00:41:54.500><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:57.960
you're<00:41:56.360><c> only</c><00:41:56.679><c> fooling</c><00:41:57.000><c> yourselves</c><00:41:57.400><c> if</c><00:41:57.559><c> you</c><00:41:57.719><c> think</c><00:41:57.860><c> you</c>

00:41:57.960 --> 00:42:02.119
can<00:41:58.139><c> get</c><00:41:58.280><c> everything</c><00:41:58.559><c> you</c><00:41:58.840><c> can</c><00:41:59.059><c> of</c><00:41:59.239><c> the</c><00:41:59.420><c> Bible</c><00:41:59.599><c> yourself.</c><00:42:01.840><c> The</c>

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:04.539
ecclesia,<00:42:02.840><c> as</c><00:42:03.019><c> the</c><00:42:03.199><c> apostle</c><00:42:03.519><c> Paul</c><00:42:03.820><c> said</c><00:42:04.099><c> it</c><00:42:04.340><c> to</c>

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:12.360
Timothy,<00:42:05.219><c> is</c><00:42:05.300><c> the</c><00:42:05.619><c> pillar</c><00:42:06.199><c> and</c><00:42:07.420><c> ground</c><00:42:07.719><c> of</c><00:42:07.900><c> the</c><00:42:08.079><c> truth.</c><00:42:09.099><c> We</c><00:42:09.360><c> are</c><00:42:09.659><c> very</c><00:42:10.119><c> blessed,</c><00:42:10.739><c> brothers</c><00:42:11.019><c> and</c><00:42:11.300><c> sisters,</c><00:42:11.639><c> by</c><00:42:11.920><c> having</c>

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:17.119
one<00:42:12.639><c> another</c><00:42:13.099><c> with</c><00:42:13.659><c> our</c><00:42:14.039><c> differences</c><00:42:14.699><c> so</c><00:42:16.420><c> that</c><00:42:16.599><c> we</c><00:42:16.639><c> can</c><00:42:16.880><c> sit</c>

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:19.800
down<00:42:17.480><c> one</c><00:42:17.659><c> another</c><00:42:17.940><c> and</c><00:42:18.159><c> an</c><00:42:18.519><c> iron</c><00:42:18.719><c> can</c><00:42:19.079><c> sharpen</c><00:42:19.420><c> iron</c>

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:23.519
and<00:42:20.019><c> we</c><00:42:20.059><c> can</c><00:42:20.320><c> be</c><00:42:20.500><c> more</c><00:42:20.880><c> spiritually</c><00:42:21.340><c> alert</c><00:42:21.860><c> by</c><00:42:22.860><c> what</c><00:42:23.199><c> others</c>

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:26.699
in<00:42:23.659><c> our</c><00:42:23.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:24.219><c> can</c><00:42:24.719><c> see.</c><00:42:26.039><c> By</c><00:42:26.199><c> the</c><00:42:26.400><c> people</c>

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:28.940
who<00:42:26.940><c> are</c><00:42:27.179><c> young</c><00:42:27.440><c> and</c><00:42:27.639><c> come</c><00:42:27.800><c> up</c><00:42:28.019><c> and</c><00:42:28.179><c> when</c><00:42:28.340><c> they're</c><00:42:28.539><c> young</c><00:42:28.760><c> they</c>

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:30.500
have<00:42:29.119><c> children</c><00:42:29.519><c> and</c><00:42:29.639><c> when</c><00:42:29.800><c> they</c><00:42:29.960><c> have</c><00:42:30.159><c> children</c>

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:34.340
they're<00:42:30.840><c> interested</c><00:42:31.320><c> in</c><00:42:31.880><c> sunny</c><00:42:32.079><c> school</c><00:42:32.380><c> and</c><00:42:32.639><c> CYC.</c><00:42:34.000><c> Isn't</c><00:42:34.119><c> it</c>

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:35.940
great<00:42:34.500><c> that</c><00:42:34.659><c> we</c><00:42:34.760><c> have</c><00:42:34.920><c> young</c><00:42:35.119><c> people</c><00:42:35.500><c> and</c><00:42:35.739><c> young</c>

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:39.820
families?<00:42:37.360><c> So</c><00:42:37.539><c> the</c><00:42:37.719><c> more</c><00:42:37.860><c> we</c><00:42:38.000><c> can</c><00:42:38.199><c> get</c><00:42:38.440><c> together</c><00:42:38.820><c> or</c><00:42:39.059><c> we</c><00:42:39.219><c> can</c><00:42:39.400><c> be</c><00:42:39.559><c> in</c><00:42:39.739><c> a</c>

00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:42.380
bigger<00:42:40.000><c> ecclesia,</c><00:42:40.679><c> it</c><00:42:41.000><c> ought</c><00:42:41.199><c> to</c><00:42:41.440><c> be</c><00:42:41.940><c> to</c><00:42:42.179><c> our</c>

00:42:42.380 --> 00:42:47.840
benefit.<00:42:43.599><c> Maybe</c><00:42:43.980><c> some</c><00:42:44.239><c> limits</c><00:42:44.480><c> to</c><00:42:44.719><c> that</c><00:42:44.840><c> as</c><00:42:44.960><c> you've</c><00:42:45.260><c> found</c><00:42:45.460><c> out.</c><00:42:45.940><c> But</c><00:42:46.179><c> generally,</c><00:42:46.659><c> you</c><00:42:46.699><c> know</c><00:42:46.820><c> what</c><00:42:46.980><c> I'm</c><00:42:47.380><c> trying</c><00:42:47.619><c> to</c>

00:42:47.840 --> 00:42:51.239
say<00:42:48.099><c> and</c><00:42:48.380><c> trying</c><00:42:48.800><c> to</c><00:42:48.920><c> get</c><00:42:49.119><c> the</c><00:42:49.340><c> benefits</c><00:42:49.820><c> that</c><00:42:50.579><c> are</c><00:42:50.760><c> there</c><00:42:51.019><c> for</c>

00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:55.239
people<00:42:51.619><c> who</c><00:42:51.880><c> have</c><00:42:52.960><c> differences</c><00:42:53.519><c> and</c><00:42:54.059><c> who</c><00:42:54.239><c> look</c><00:42:54.460><c> at</c>

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:59.900
or<00:42:56.219><c> in</c><00:42:56.420><c> different</c><00:42:56.619><c> parts</c><00:42:56.900><c> of</c><00:42:57.079><c> life</c><00:42:57.579><c> and</c><00:42:58.119><c> can</c><00:42:58.300><c> serve</c><00:42:58.519><c> us</c><00:42:58.659><c> that</c><00:42:58.920><c> way.</c>

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:06.320
Now,<00:43:02.119><c> if</c><00:43:02.260><c> I</c><00:43:02.420><c> just</c><00:43:02.860><c> in</c><00:43:03.039><c> a</c><00:43:03.780><c> couple</c><00:43:04.099><c> concluding</c><00:43:04.820><c> passages</c><00:43:05.460><c> remind</c>

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:09.099
us<00:43:06.719><c> that</c><00:43:06.900><c> in</c><00:43:07.199><c> 2</c><00:43:07.480><c> Timothy</c><00:43:07.860><c> chapter</c><00:43:08.400><c> 3,</c>

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:11.960
sort<00:43:09.460><c> of</c><00:43:09.840><c> bringing</c><00:43:10.119><c> this</c><00:43:10.480><c> study</c><00:43:10.699><c> to</c><00:43:10.960><c> a</c><00:43:11.300><c> conclusion,</c><00:43:11.880><c> brothers</c>

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:13.820
and<00:43:12.219><c> sisters,</c><00:43:12.599><c> where</c><00:43:12.940><c> we've</c><00:43:13.159><c> been</c><00:43:13.460><c> saying</c>

00:43:13.820 --> 00:43:19.019
and<00:43:14.300><c> saying</c><00:43:14.480><c> again</c><00:43:14.920><c> and</c><00:43:15.239><c> I</c><00:43:15.619><c> hope</c><00:43:15.820><c> you</c><00:43:16.300><c> haven't</c><00:43:16.719><c> felt</c><00:43:17.579><c> uncomfortable</c><00:43:18.500><c> by</c><00:43:18.820><c> the</c>

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repetition<00:43:19.539><c> that</c><00:43:20.639><c> the</c><00:43:20.880><c> apostle</c>

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:26.000
Paul<00:43:22.340><c> wasn't</c><00:43:23.320><c> left</c><00:43:23.780><c> there</c><00:43:24.159><c> by</c><00:43:24.440><c> the</c><00:43:24.719><c> spirit</c><00:43:25.000><c> to</c><00:43:25.199><c> do</c><00:43:25.340><c> this</c><00:43:25.639><c> work</c>

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:28.420
and<00:43:26.500><c> in</c><00:43:26.960><c> a</c><00:43:27.079><c> sense</c><00:43:27.320><c> neither</c><00:43:27.679><c> was</c><00:43:28.039><c> Titus,</c>

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:35.500
certainly<00:43:28.800><c> not</c><00:43:29.039><c> very</c><00:43:29.400><c> long.</c><00:43:29.920><c> The</c><00:43:30.119><c> converting</c><00:43:30.800><c> factor</c><00:43:31.480><c> was</c><00:43:31.820><c> the</c><00:43:32.159><c> word.</c><00:43:33.760><c> Now</c><00:43:34.000><c> this</c><00:43:34.199><c> little</c><00:43:34.519><c> section</c><00:43:34.880><c> of</c><00:43:35.199><c> Timothy,</c>

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which<00:43:35.800><c> we</c><00:43:36.119><c> read</c><00:43:36.480><c> and</c><00:43:37.019><c> know</c><00:43:37.280><c> so</c><00:43:37.800><c> well</c><00:43:38.019><c> and</c><00:43:38.260><c> teach</c><00:43:38.440><c> our</c><00:43:38.699><c> children</c>

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as<00:43:39.760><c> something</c><00:43:40.059><c> to</c><00:43:40.280><c> be</c><00:43:40.599><c> remembered,</c>

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tells<00:43:42.500><c> us</c><00:43:43.059><c> that</c><00:43:44.000><c> it's</c><00:43:44.280><c> the</c><00:43:44.440><c> word</c><00:43:44.659><c> of</c><00:43:44.860><c> God</c><00:43:45.719><c> that</c><00:43:46.500><c> throughly</c><00:43:47.320><c> furnishes</c><00:43:47.860><c> unto</c><00:43:48.260><c> all</c>

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.960
good<00:43:48.840><c> works.</c>

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:55.500
If<00:43:52.699><c> you</c><00:43:52.940><c> in</c><00:43:53.059><c> your</c><00:43:53.260><c> situation</c><00:43:53.940><c> can't</c><00:43:54.519><c> think</c><00:43:54.760><c> of</c><00:43:54.920><c> something</c><00:43:55.219><c> to</c>

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do,<00:43:56.699><c> if</c><00:43:56.840><c> you</c><00:43:57.079><c> feel</c><00:43:57.380><c> that</c><00:43:57.840><c> you</c><00:43:57.940><c> would</c><00:43:58.199><c> like</c><00:43:58.380><c> to</c><00:43:58.619><c> do</c><00:43:58.780><c> more,</c>

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what<00:44:00.000><c> would</c><00:44:00.219><c> you</c><00:44:00.460><c> do</c><00:44:00.739><c> to</c><00:44:01.000><c> find</c><00:44:01.179><c> out</c><00:44:01.320><c> what</c><00:44:01.460><c> to</c><00:44:01.619><c> do</c><00:44:02.000><c> except</c><00:44:02.519><c> read</c>

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God's<00:44:03.760><c> word?</c><00:44:04.340><c> Because</c><00:44:04.699><c> this</c><00:44:05.039><c> makes</c><00:44:05.360><c> the</c><00:44:05.619><c> man</c><00:44:05.820><c> or</c>

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woman<00:44:06.380><c> involved</c><00:44:06.900><c> not</c><00:44:07.380><c> only</c><00:44:07.760><c> capable</c><00:44:08.260><c> of</c><00:44:08.519><c> it</c><00:44:09.139><c> but</c><00:44:09.599><c> these</c><00:44:10.039><c> little</c><00:44:10.400><c> associating</c><00:44:11.099><c> verses</c><00:44:11.619><c> where</c>

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it<00:44:12.019><c> tells</c><00:44:12.219><c> you</c><00:44:12.380><c> what</c>

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others<00:44:12.820><c> did</c><00:44:13.539><c> also</c><00:44:14.099><c> give</c><00:44:14.280><c> you</c><00:44:14.480><c> the</c><00:44:14.739><c> ideas</c><00:44:15.400><c> of</c><00:44:15.739><c> what</c><00:44:15.940><c> to</c><00:44:16.159><c> do.</c><00:44:17.880><c> As</c>

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it<00:44:18.239><c> says</c><00:44:18.400><c> in</c><00:44:18.519><c> that</c><00:44:18.699><c> very</c><00:44:19.000><c> last</c><00:44:19.360><c> verse</c><00:44:19.719><c> about</c><00:44:20.079><c> our</c><00:44:20.380><c> word,</c>

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the<00:44:20.900><c> word</c><00:44:21.079><c> of</c><00:44:21.300><c> God</c><00:44:21.539><c> that's</c><00:44:21.900><c> provided</c><00:44:22.139><c> for</c><00:44:22.340><c> us,</c><00:44:22.639><c> that</c><00:44:22.780><c> the</c><00:44:22.940><c> man</c>

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of<00:44:23.340><c> God</c><00:44:23.559><c> may</c><00:44:23.840><c> be</c><00:44:24.219><c> perfect,</c>

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throughly<00:44:25.900><c> furnished</c><00:44:26.260><c> unto</c><00:44:26.599><c> all</c><00:44:26.960><c> good</c><00:44:27.199><c> works.</c>

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And<00:44:30.239><c> may</c><00:44:30.760><c> we</c><00:44:30.980><c> conclude</c><00:44:31.639><c> with</c><00:44:32.480><c> the</c><00:44:32.980><c> thoughts</c><00:44:33.420><c> that</c><00:44:33.900><c> we</c><00:44:34.099><c> find</c><00:44:34.360><c> in</c>

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1<00:44:34.920><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:35.460><c> chapter</c><00:44:35.980><c> 15</c><00:44:36.659><c> because</c><00:44:37.460><c> many</c><00:44:38.139><c> of</c><00:44:38.980><c> us,</c>

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I'm<00:44:39.360><c> sure,</c><00:44:39.920><c> brothers</c><00:44:40.099><c> and</c><00:44:40.360><c> sisters,</c><00:44:40.940><c> have</c><00:44:40.980><c> found</c><00:44:41.559><c> that</c><00:44:43.440><c> we</c><00:44:43.679><c> have</c><00:44:43.920><c> gone</c><00:44:44.119><c> out</c><00:44:44.699><c> campaigning</c><00:44:45.400><c> trying</c><00:44:45.739><c> to</c>

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get<00:44:46.019><c> people</c>

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interested<00:44:46.780><c> in</c><00:44:46.940><c> the</c><00:44:47.119><c> truth</c><00:44:47.320><c> and</c><00:44:47.460><c> have</c><00:44:47.699><c> got</c><00:44:47.840><c> nothing</c><00:44:48.099><c> out</c><00:44:48.280><c> of</c>

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it.<00:44:49.260><c> That</c><00:44:49.460><c> we've</c><00:44:49.639><c> held</c><00:44:49.820><c> Bible</c><00:44:50.199><c> classes</c><00:44:50.679><c> and</c><00:44:51.000><c> felt</c><00:44:51.280><c> that</c>

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really<00:44:52.280><c> why</c><00:44:52.980><c> did</c><00:44:53.119><c> we</c><00:44:53.320><c> hold</c><00:44:53.539><c> it?</c><00:44:53.760><c> They</c><00:44:53.920><c> didn't</c><00:44:54.119><c> seem</c><00:44:54.320><c> to</c><00:44:54.559><c> achieve</c><00:44:54.780><c> anything.</c><00:44:55.900><c> The</c><00:44:56.059><c> way</c><00:44:56.360><c> God</c><00:44:56.760><c> looks</c><00:44:57.059><c> at</c>

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it<00:44:57.460><c> is</c><00:44:57.699><c> very</c>

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important<00:44:58.440><c> for</c><00:44:58.659><c> us</c><00:44:59.139><c> to</c><00:44:59.400><c> see</c><00:44:59.619><c> and</c><00:44:59.800><c> to</c><00:44:59.980><c> know.</c><00:45:00.760><c> Verse</c><00:45:00.960><c> 58,</c><00:45:02.280><c> 1</c><00:45:02.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:02.960><c> 15.</c>

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Therefore,<00:45:06.119><c> my</c><00:45:06.420><c> beloved</c><00:45:07.019><c> brethren,</c>

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be<00:45:08.679><c> ye</c><00:45:09.079><c> steadfast,</c><00:45:10.400><c> unmovable,</c><00:45:11.940><c> always</c><00:45:12.480><c> abounding</c><00:45:13.079><c> in</c><00:45:13.280><c> the</c>

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work<00:45:13.619><c> of</c><00:45:13.800><c> the</c><00:45:13.960><c> Lord,</c>

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forasmuch<00:45:15.619><c> as</c><00:45:15.780><c> you</c><00:45:15.960><c> know</c><00:45:16.380><c> that</c><00:45:16.840><c> your</c><00:45:17.179><c> labor</c><00:45:17.579><c> is</c><00:45:18.099><c> not</c><00:45:18.519><c> in</c><00:45:18.940><c> vain</c>

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in<00:45:20.500><c> the</c><00:45:20.679><c> Lord.</c>