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And<00:10:35.080><c> his</c><00:10:35.340><c> goal,</c><00:10:35.679><c> along</c><00:10:35.980><c> with</c><00:10:36.159><c> those</c><00:10:36.419><c> who</c><00:10:36.679><c> perpetuate</c><00:10:37.220><c> this</c><00:10:37.759><c> organization,</c>

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is<00:10:38.879><c> to</c><00:10:39.120><c> bring</c><00:10:39.259><c> water</c><00:10:39.600><c> to</c><00:10:39.980><c> the</c><00:10:40.179><c> impoverished</c><00:10:40.679><c> peoples</c><00:10:41.100><c> in</c><00:10:41.500><c> Africa.</c>

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And<00:10:42.840><c> they</c><00:10:43.159><c> have</c><00:10:43.620><c> diverted</c><00:10:44.360><c> millions</c><00:10:45.340><c> of</c><00:10:45.980><c> dollars</c><00:10:46.460><c> and</c><00:10:47.159><c> very,</c>

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very<00:10:48.379><c> successful</c><00:10:49.100><c> technology</c>

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in<00:10:50.720><c> the</c><00:10:50.980><c> effort</c><00:10:51.120><c> to</c><00:10:51.519><c> bring</c><00:10:51.840><c> water</c><00:10:52.460><c> to</c><00:10:52.820><c> peoples</c><00:10:53.220><c> in</c><00:10:53.559><c> Africa.</c>

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Bill<00:11:01.539><c> Gates</c><00:11:01.840><c> contributing</c><00:11:02.399><c> $30</c><00:11:02.960><c> billion</c><00:11:03.639><c> and</c><00:11:05.179><c> Warren</c><00:11:05.519><c> Buffett</c><00:11:05.960><c> contributing</c><00:11:06.519><c> $30</c><00:11:07.340><c> billion</c>

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to<00:11:08.519><c> the</c><00:11:08.700><c> sum</c><00:11:08.899><c> of</c><00:11:09.200><c> $60</c><00:11:09.700><c> billion</c><00:11:10.440><c> to</c><00:11:11.299><c> try</c><00:11:11.519><c> to</c><00:11:11.700><c> cure</c><00:11:12.000><c> disease.</c>

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And<00:11:15.080><c> you</c><00:11:15.200><c> know,</c><00:11:15.399><c> I</c><00:11:15.700><c> love</c><00:11:16.059><c> that</c><00:11:16.299><c> they</c><00:11:16.480><c> are</c><00:11:16.659><c> doing</c><00:11:16.899><c> this</c><00:11:17.120><c> and</c><00:11:17.299><c> I</c>

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suppose<00:11:17.799><c> you</c><00:11:18.039><c> do,</c><00:11:18.440><c> too.</c>

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It's<00:11:19.379><c> commendable,</c><00:11:20.080><c> it's</c><00:11:20.480><c> admirable.</c>

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There's<00:11:21.659><c> just</c><00:11:22.039><c> one</c><00:11:22.340><c> problem.</c>

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they're<00:11:31.320><c> atheists.</c>

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You<00:11:33.419><c> read</c><00:11:33.600><c> about</c><00:11:33.879><c> whether</c><00:11:34.039><c> or</c><00:11:34.200><c> not</c><00:11:34.840><c> either</c><00:11:35.240><c> of</c><00:11:35.419><c> these</c><00:11:35.600><c> two</c><00:11:35.779><c> individuals</c><00:11:36.240><c> believe</c><00:11:36.600><c> in</c><00:11:36.840><c> God.</c>

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And<00:11:37.720><c> it's</c><00:11:37.899><c> a</c><00:11:38.000><c> little</c><00:11:38.179><c> bit</c><00:11:39.019><c> mysterious</c><00:11:39.720><c> because</c><00:11:40.059><c> they're</c><00:11:41.059><c> too</c>

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much<00:11:41.580><c> tuned</c><00:11:41.799><c> to</c><00:11:42.059><c> PR.</c>

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They<00:11:43.440><c> know</c><00:11:43.620><c> better</c><00:11:44.039><c> than</c><00:11:44.460><c> to</c><00:11:44.600><c> just</c><00:11:44.759><c> come</c><00:11:44.919><c> right</c><00:11:45.139><c> out</c><00:11:45.299><c> with</c><00:11:45.419><c> it.</c>

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But<00:11:45.700><c> most</c><00:11:45.940><c> people</c><00:11:46.220><c> know</c><00:11:46.460><c> that</c><00:11:46.580><c> they</c><00:11:46.720><c> don't</c><00:11:46.879><c> believe</c><00:11:47.120><c> in</c><00:11:47.360><c> God.</c>

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Men<00:11:48.659><c> of</c><00:11:48.779><c> the</c><00:11:48.899><c> world</c><00:11:49.059><c> don't</c><00:11:49.360><c> believe</c><00:11:49.700><c> in</c><00:11:49.940><c> God.</c>

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They<00:11:50.340><c> believe</c><00:11:50.539><c> in</c><00:11:50.700><c> themselves.</c>

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They<00:11:53.259><c> love</c><00:11:53.860><c> all</c><00:11:53.980><c> the</c><00:11:54.200><c> same</c><00:11:54.379><c> attributes</c><00:11:54.879><c> of</c><00:11:55.039><c> the</c><00:11:55.200><c> kingdom</c><00:11:55.580><c> but</c>

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without<00:11:56.620><c> God,</c><00:11:57.299><c> only</c><00:11:57.620><c> with</c><00:11:57.899><c> men.</c>

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So<00:11:58.340><c> that's</c><00:11:58.960><c> the</c><00:11:59.120><c> kingdom</c><00:11:59.320><c> of</c><00:11:59.539><c> men</c><00:11:59.659><c> and</c><00:11:59.799><c> it's</c><00:12:00.100><c> its</c><00:12:00.200><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:12:01.080><c> there</c><00:12:01.159><c> are</c><00:12:01.360><c> many</c><00:12:01.639><c> good</c><00:12:01.899><c> works</c><00:12:02.179><c> that</c><00:12:02.340><c> are</c><00:12:02.519><c> done</c><00:12:02.820><c> in</c><00:12:03.220><c> the</c><00:12:03.320><c> name</c><00:12:03.460><c> of</c>

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love<00:12:04.059><c> and</c><00:12:04.360><c> goodness</c>

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and<00:12:05.080><c> kindness</c><00:12:05.500><c> in</c><00:12:06.080><c> the</c><00:12:06.240><c> kingdom</c><00:12:06.500><c> of</c><00:12:06.779><c> men.</c>

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I<00:12:08.379><c> admire</c><00:12:08.679><c> what</c><00:12:08.860><c> they</c><00:12:09.100><c> do.</c>

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But<00:12:09.899><c> the</c><00:12:10.220><c> question</c><00:12:10.820><c> persists.</c>

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And<00:12:17.860><c> if</c><00:12:18.279><c> we,</c><00:12:20.480><c> in</c><00:12:21.080><c> the</c><00:12:21.360><c> puzzlement</c><00:12:21.679><c> of</c><00:12:21.879><c> it</c><00:12:22.019><c> all,</c><00:12:22.279><c> because</c><00:12:22.419><c> it's</c>

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not,<00:12:32.159><c> why</c><00:12:32.440><c> they're</c><00:12:32.700><c> not.</c>

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by<00:12:46.179><c> focusing</c><00:12:47.039><c> on</c><00:12:47.919><c> hypocrisy</c><00:12:49.419><c> in</c><00:12:49.899><c> relation</c><00:12:50.440><c> to</c><00:12:50.759><c> acts</c><00:12:51.039><c> of</c><00:12:51.340><c> compassion.</c>

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And<00:12:52.100><c> he</c><00:12:52.259><c> said,</c><00:12:53.220><c> be</c><00:12:53.360><c> sure</c><00:12:53.620><c> you</c><00:12:53.799><c> do</c><00:12:53.940><c> this,</c><00:12:55.159><c> that</c><00:12:55.299><c> you</c><00:12:55.500><c> don't</c><00:12:55.879><c> do</c>

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your<00:12:57.240><c> acts</c><00:12:57.480><c> of</c><00:12:57.820><c> compassion,</c>

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your<00:12:59.279><c> deeds</c><00:12:59.639><c> or</c><00:12:59.879><c> works</c><00:13:00.159><c> of</c><00:13:00.460><c> compassion</c><00:13:00.960><c> or</c><00:13:01.240><c> your</c><00:13:01.500><c> good</c><00:13:01.700><c> works</c>

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before<00:13:02.799><c> men</c><00:13:03.379><c> to</c><00:13:04.220><c> be</c><00:13:04.500><c> seen</c><00:13:04.720><c> of</c><00:13:04.899><c> them.</c>

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shall<00:13:38.159><c> reward</c><00:13:38.580><c> you</c><00:13:38.840><c> openly.</c>

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there<00:13:59.519><c> is</c><00:13:59.840><c> a</c><00:14:00.059><c> severe</c><00:14:00.720><c> temptation</c><00:14:01.539><c> that</c><00:14:01.860><c> you</c><00:14:02.019><c> will</c><00:14:02.340><c> face</c><00:14:02.700><c> in</c><00:14:03.080><c> life</c><00:14:03.480><c> if</c>

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The<00:14:06.580><c> temptation</c><00:14:07.139><c> will</c><00:14:07.440><c> be</c><00:14:07.799><c> to</c><00:14:08.039><c> take</c><00:14:08.259><c> credit</c><00:14:08.840><c> for</c><00:14:09.679><c> my</c><00:14:10.059><c> compassion</c><00:14:10.840><c> in</c><00:14:12.200><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:14:13.519><c> if</c><00:14:13.820><c> you</c><00:14:14.120><c> start</c><00:14:14.340><c> doing</c><00:14:14.740><c> things,</c>

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in<00:14:20.340><c> our</c><00:14:20.659><c> minds</c><00:14:20.919><c> we</c><00:14:21.059><c> can</c><00:14:21.200><c> be</c><00:14:21.460><c> so</c><00:14:21.980><c> susceptible</c><00:14:22.620><c> to</c><00:14:23.039><c> the</c><00:14:23.360><c> deceptive</c><00:14:24.000><c> quality</c>

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that<00:14:26.500><c> we</c><00:14:26.700><c> can</c><00:14:26.899><c> start</c><00:14:27.120><c> saying,</c><00:14:27.440><c> well,</c><00:14:27.899><c> I'm</c><00:14:28.159><c> doing</c><00:14:28.379><c> this</c><00:14:28.620><c> for</c><00:14:28.799><c> the</c><00:14:28.980><c> glory</c><00:14:29.200><c> of</c><00:14:29.440><c> God,</c>

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when<00:14:30.559><c> really</c><00:14:30.980><c> we're</c><00:14:31.340><c> not.</c>

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We're<00:14:31.820><c> doing</c><00:14:32.000><c> it</c><00:14:32.159><c> for</c><00:14:32.320><c> our</c><00:14:32.519><c> own</c><00:14:32.720><c> glory.</c>

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So<00:14:33.919><c> what</c><00:14:34.120><c> would</c><00:14:34.519><c> be</c><00:14:34.779><c> important</c><00:14:35.039><c> for</c><00:14:35.220><c> us</c><00:14:35.399><c> to</c><00:14:35.679><c> determine</c><00:14:35.960><c> is</c><00:14:36.200><c> how</c>

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to<00:14:36.940><c> avoid</c><00:14:37.259><c> that.</c>

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What<00:14:37.879><c> do</c><00:14:38.000><c> you</c><00:14:38.039><c> think?</c>

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Avoiding<00:14:39.399><c> ambiguous</c><00:14:40.279><c> involvement</c><00:14:41.360><c> in</c><00:14:42.059><c> good</c><00:14:42.279><c> work,</c>

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so<00:14:43.879><c> that</c><00:14:44.059><c> God</c><00:14:44.379><c> in</c><00:14:44.820><c> fact</c><00:14:45.100><c> gets</c><00:14:45.419><c> the</c><00:14:45.679><c> glory.</c>

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On<00:14:48.940><c> one</c><00:14:49.220><c> hand,</c><00:14:49.840><c> then,</c><00:14:50.159><c> Jesus</c><00:14:50.580><c> tells</c><00:14:50.879><c> us</c><00:14:51.159><c> to</c><00:14:51.299><c> let</c><00:14:51.460><c> our</c><00:14:51.740><c> light</c>

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shine<00:14:52.779><c> before</c><00:14:53.179><c> men</c>

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so<00:14:53.820><c> that</c><00:14:54.059><c> they</c><00:14:54.259><c> may</c><00:14:54.759><c> see</c><00:14:55.639><c> our</c><00:14:56.220><c> good</c><00:14:56.519><c> works</c><00:14:56.879><c> and</c><00:14:57.679><c> glorify</c><00:14:58.299><c> God.</c>

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On<00:15:17.340><c> the</c><00:15:17.500><c> face</c><00:15:17.720><c> of</c><00:15:17.860><c> it,</c><00:15:18.000><c> you</c><00:15:18.100><c> could</c><00:15:18.320><c> say,</c><00:15:18.620><c> whatever</c><00:15:18.860><c> it</c><00:15:19.080><c> is,</c>

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it's<00:15:19.679><c> works</c><00:15:20.039><c> that</c><00:15:20.379><c> bring</c><00:15:20.580><c> glory</c><00:15:20.899><c> to</c><00:15:21.139><c> God.</c>

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glory<00:15:26.679><c> to</c><00:15:26.940><c> God?</c>

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That's<00:15:29.019><c> a</c><00:15:29.039><c> little</c><00:15:29.220><c> ambiguous,</c><00:15:29.960><c> isn't</c><00:15:30.059><c> it?</c>

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When<00:15:32.240><c> Jesus</c><00:15:32.600><c> healed</c><00:15:32.840><c> the</c><00:15:33.139><c> sick,</c><00:15:33.340><c> that</c><00:15:33.600><c> gave</c><00:15:33.879><c> glory</c><00:15:34.240><c> to</c><00:15:34.480><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:02.500><c> if</c><00:16:02.580><c> you</c><00:16:02.740><c> can't</c><00:16:03.120><c> believe</c><00:16:03.340><c> my</c><00:16:03.620><c> words,</c><00:16:04.080><c> believe</c><00:16:04.320><c> my</c><00:16:04.600><c> works,</c>

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good<00:16:27.139><c> works?</c>

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Well,<00:16:29.639><c> you</c><00:16:29.700><c> can</c><00:16:29.919><c> find</c><00:16:30.080><c> a</c><00:16:30.299><c> simple</c><00:16:30.519><c> definition</c><00:16:31.080><c> of</c><00:16:31.480><c> works</c><00:16:31.759><c> of</c><00:16:32.019><c> compassion</c>

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This<00:16:36.759><c> woman</c><00:16:36.960><c> was</c><00:16:37.320><c> full</c><00:16:37.539><c> of</c><00:16:37.720><c> good</c><00:16:37.960><c> works</c><00:16:38.320><c> and</c><00:16:39.019><c> almsdeeds.</c>

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But<00:16:47.000><c> it's</c><00:16:47.159><c> actually</c><00:16:47.480><c> a</c><00:16:47.659><c> word</c><00:16:47.840><c> in</c><00:16:48.059><c> the</c><00:16:48.179><c> King</c><00:16:48.360><c> James</c><00:16:48.639><c> version,</c><00:16:49.200><c> almsdeeds,</c>

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of<00:17:02.279><c> compassion.</c>

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When<00:17:07.859><c> Jesus</c><00:17:09.019><c> looks</c><00:17:09.480><c> at</c><00:17:09.720><c> those</c><00:17:10.039><c> people</c><00:17:10.339><c> who</c><00:17:10.500><c> have</c><00:17:10.579><c> been</c><00:17:10.859><c> using</c>

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and<00:17:14.140><c> I</c><00:17:14.319><c> think</c><00:17:14.460><c> the</c><00:17:14.680><c> whole</c><00:17:14.940><c> time</c><00:17:15.259><c> saying</c><00:17:15.579><c> glory</c><00:17:16.039><c> to</c><00:17:16.259><c> God</c><00:17:16.480><c> when</c>

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they<00:17:16.859><c> were</c><00:17:17.039><c> doing</c><00:17:17.279><c> it,</c>

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but<00:17:18.839><c> somehow</c><00:17:19.359><c> or</c><00:17:19.539><c> another</c><00:17:19.740><c> deceived</c><00:17:20.259><c> into</c><00:17:20.559><c> believing</c>

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that<00:17:22.559><c> what</c><00:17:22.740><c> they</c><00:17:22.940><c> were</c><00:17:23.119><c> doing</c><00:17:23.299><c> was</c><00:17:23.539><c> helping</c><00:17:23.940><c> the</c><00:17:24.200><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:17:24.779><c> they</c><00:17:25.059><c> say,</c><00:17:25.859><c> he</c><00:17:26.099><c> says,</c><00:17:26.500><c> many</c><00:17:26.680><c> will</c><00:17:26.900><c> say</c><00:17:27.099><c> to</c><00:17:27.240><c> me,</c><00:17:27.339><c> not</c><00:17:27.500><c> a</c><00:17:27.740><c> few,</c>

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but<00:17:28.099><c> many</c><00:17:28.619><c> will</c><00:17:29.259><c> say</c><00:17:29.420><c> to</c><00:17:29.579><c> me</c><00:17:29.880><c> in</c><00:17:30.140><c> that</c><00:17:30.420><c> day,</c><00:17:30.799><c> Lord,</c><00:17:31.059><c> Lord,</c>

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have<00:17:31.539><c> we</c><00:17:31.720><c> not</c><00:17:31.920><c> in</c><00:17:32.119><c> thy</c><00:17:32.299><c> name</c><00:17:32.519><c> done</c><00:17:32.839><c> many</c><00:17:33.380><c> wonderful</c><00:17:33.799><c> works?</c>

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And<00:17:34.680><c> then</c><00:17:34.839><c> I</c><00:17:34.960><c> will</c><00:17:35.140><c> profess</c><00:17:35.420><c> to</c><00:17:35.579><c> them,</c><00:17:35.740><c> I</c><00:17:35.980><c> never</c><00:17:36.200><c> knew</c><00:17:36.339><c> you.</c>

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Depart<00:17:37.380><c> from</c><00:17:37.579><c> me,</c><00:17:37.859><c> ye</c><00:17:37.940><c> that</c><00:17:38.140><c> work</c><00:17:38.339><c> iniquity.</c>

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So<00:17:40.000><c> there's</c><00:17:40.740><c> both</c><00:17:40.980><c> types.</c>

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But<00:17:44.759><c> there's</c><00:17:45.059><c> another</c><00:17:45.319><c> ambiguity</c><00:17:45.900><c> in</c><00:17:46.140><c> this</c><00:17:46.359><c> verse.</c>

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Are<00:17:47.539><c> these</c><00:17:47.740><c> brethren?</c>

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Those<00:17:52.920><c> many</c><00:17:53.440><c> who</c><00:17:54.799><c> say,</c><00:17:55.299><c> Lord,</c><00:17:55.460><c> Lord,</c><00:17:55.740><c> have</c><00:17:55.880><c> we</c><00:17:56.039><c> not</c><00:17:56.200><c> in</c><00:17:56.380><c> thy</c>

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name<00:17:57.200><c> done</c><00:17:57.420><c> many</c><00:17:57.680><c> wonderful</c><00:17:58.039><c> works?</c>

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Are<00:18:00.099><c> they</c><00:18:00.259><c> brethren?</c>

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Or<00:18:01.980><c> are</c><00:18:02.160><c> they</c><00:18:03.140><c> workers</c><00:18:03.500><c> in</c><00:18:03.759><c> false</c><00:18:04.000><c> Christianity?</c>

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Well,<00:18:06.380><c> here's</c><00:18:06.539><c> the</c><00:18:06.720><c> problem</c><00:18:07.079><c> with</c><00:18:07.279><c> that</c><00:18:07.480><c> that</c><00:18:07.619><c> makes</c><00:18:07.819><c> it</c><00:18:08.019><c> ambiguous.</c>

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They're<00:18:08.940><c> at</c><00:18:09.039><c> the</c><00:18:09.220><c> judgment</c><00:18:09.619><c> making</c><00:18:10.400><c> an</c><00:18:10.619><c> appeal</c><00:18:10.819><c> to</c><00:18:11.019><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:18:14.420><c> whoever</c><00:18:14.700><c> they</c><00:18:14.980><c> are,</c><00:18:16.579><c> they</c><00:18:16.740><c> at</c><00:18:16.900><c> least</c><00:18:17.200><c> have</c><00:18:17.440><c> to</c><00:18:17.579><c> know</c><00:18:17.660><c> the</c>

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revealed<00:18:18.160><c> will</c><00:18:18.339><c> of</c><00:18:18.519><c> God</c>

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have<00:18:18.880><c> been</c><00:18:19.079><c> called</c><00:18:19.259><c> upon</c><00:18:19.480><c> to</c><00:18:19.700><c> submit</c><00:18:19.920><c> to</c><00:18:20.140><c> it,</c>

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because<00:18:20.759><c> they</c><00:18:21.000><c> wind</c><00:18:21.200><c> up</c><00:18:21.440><c> there</c><00:18:21.880><c> trying</c><00:18:22.279><c> to</c><00:18:22.460><c> make</c><00:18:22.559><c> some</c><00:18:22.799><c> kind</c>

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of<00:18:23.299><c> explanation</c>

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of<00:18:23.920><c> all</c><00:18:24.099><c> the</c><00:18:24.220><c> good</c><00:18:24.359><c> things</c><00:18:24.559><c> they've</c><00:18:24.819><c> done</c><00:18:24.980><c> in</c><00:18:25.119><c> the</c><00:18:25.220><c> name</c><00:18:25.359><c> of</c><00:18:25.599><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:18:26.960><c> are</c><00:18:27.160><c> at</c><00:18:27.240><c> the</c><00:18:27.440><c> judgment.</c>

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So<00:18:27.880><c> they</c><00:18:27.960><c> can't</c><00:18:28.140><c> be</c><00:18:28.339><c> people</c><00:18:28.559><c> who</c><00:18:28.720><c> are</c><00:18:28.799><c> totally</c><00:18:29.059><c> ignorant</c><00:18:29.480><c> about</c><00:18:30.059><c> the</c>

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things<00:18:30.359><c> of</c><00:18:30.559><c> Christ.</c>

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To<00:18:31.079><c> what</c><00:18:31.240><c> extent,</c><00:18:31.579><c> we</c><00:18:31.759><c> don't</c><00:18:32.000><c> know,</c>

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but<00:18:32.720><c> these</c><00:18:33.119><c> people</c><00:18:33.539><c> seem</c><00:18:33.799><c> to</c><00:18:33.920><c> know</c><00:18:34.039><c> something</c><00:18:34.380><c> about</c><00:18:34.700><c> him.</c>

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And<00:18:35.539><c> now</c><00:18:35.920><c> their</c><00:18:36.220><c> appeal</c><00:18:36.619><c> is</c><00:18:36.960><c> similar</c><00:18:37.259><c> to</c><00:18:37.579><c> Job's</c><00:18:37.920><c> where</c><00:18:38.059><c> they</c><00:18:38.359><c> say,</c>

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haven't<00:18:39.420><c> we</c><00:18:39.579><c> done</c><00:18:39.720><c> many</c><00:18:40.019><c> marvelous</c><00:18:40.660><c> works</c><00:18:41.039><c> or</c><00:18:41.180><c> wonderful</c><00:18:41.599><c> works</c><00:18:41.859><c> in</c>

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thy<00:18:42.440><c> name?</c>

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So<00:18:43.519><c> they</c><00:18:43.579><c> were</c><00:18:43.700><c> using</c><00:18:43.960><c> the</c><00:18:44.140><c> name</c><00:18:44.259><c> of</c><00:18:44.460><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:18:45.039><c> you</c><00:18:45.180><c> hear</c><00:18:45.319><c> it</c><00:18:45.900><c> everywhere</c><00:18:46.259><c> present</c><00:18:46.859><c> in</c><00:18:47.640><c> the</c><00:18:47.920><c> workers</c><00:18:48.339><c> of</c>

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false<00:18:49.039><c> Christianity</c>

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when<00:18:49.759><c> they</c><00:18:50.019><c> say</c><00:18:50.279><c> in</c><00:18:50.900><c> the</c><00:18:51.079><c> name</c><00:18:51.299><c> of</c><00:18:51.559><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:18:52.279><c> then</c><00:18:52.440><c> they</c><00:18:52.619><c> heal</c><00:18:52.859><c> people</c><00:18:53.200><c> and</c><00:18:53.319><c> they</c><00:18:53.500><c> knock</c><00:18:53.660><c> people</c><00:18:53.960><c> over</c>

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on<00:18:54.359><c> the</c><00:18:54.599><c> stage</c>

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and<00:18:55.500><c> they</c><00:18:55.819><c> collect</c><00:18:56.059><c> their</c><00:18:56.279><c> money</c><00:18:56.500><c> for</c><00:18:56.720><c> it</c><00:18:56.880><c> and</c><00:18:57.000><c> so</c><00:18:57.119><c> on</c><00:18:57.279><c> and</c><00:18:57.440><c> so</c>

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forth<00:18:57.839><c> it</c><00:18:58.079><c> goes.</c>

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The<00:19:00.039><c> answer</c><00:19:00.460><c> might</c><00:19:00.799><c> lie</c><00:19:01.099><c> at</c><00:19:01.400><c> first</c><00:19:01.859><c> in</c><00:19:02.500><c> what</c><00:19:02.660><c> he</c><00:19:02.940><c> asks</c><00:19:03.259><c> us</c><00:19:03.579><c> to</c><00:19:03.819><c> do.</c>

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The<00:19:04.940><c> king</c><00:19:05.079><c> shall</c><00:19:05.339><c> answer</c><00:19:05.619><c> and</c><00:19:05.819><c> say</c><00:19:05.960><c> to</c><00:19:06.000><c> them,</c>

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Verily<00:19:06.539><c> I</c><00:19:06.759><c> say</c><00:19:06.920><c> unto</c><00:19:07.119><c> you,</c>

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inasmuch<00:19:08.880><c> as</c><00:19:09.039><c> you</c><00:19:09.220><c> have</c><00:19:09.420><c> done</c><00:19:09.619><c> it</c><00:19:09.900><c> unto</c><00:19:10.240><c> one</c><00:19:10.619><c> of</c><00:19:10.859><c> the</c><00:19:10.900><c> least</c><00:19:11.240><c> of</c>

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these<00:19:12.180><c> my</c><00:19:13.500><c> brethren,</c>

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you've<00:19:16.160><c> done</c><00:19:16.279><c> it</c><00:19:16.440><c> unto</c><00:19:16.640><c> me.</c>

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But<00:19:18.460><c> to</c><00:19:18.660><c> those</c><00:19:19.000><c> people</c><00:19:19.359><c> who</c><00:19:19.660><c> say,</c>

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haven't<00:19:20.200><c> we</c><00:19:20.380><c> done</c><00:19:20.599><c> many</c><00:19:20.920><c> wonderful</c><00:19:21.400><c> works</c><00:19:21.759><c> in</c><00:19:22.059><c> your</c><00:19:22.339><c> name?</c>

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And<00:19:24.519><c> he</c><00:19:24.720><c> answers</c><00:19:25.160><c> them</c><00:19:25.460><c> saying,</c>

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Verily<00:19:26.440><c> I</c><00:19:26.680><c> say</c><00:19:26.880><c> unto</c><00:19:27.079><c> you,</c>

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inasmuch<00:19:28.019><c> as</c><00:19:28.259><c> you</c><00:19:28.460><c> did</c><00:19:28.599><c> it</c><00:19:29.000><c> not</c><00:19:29.720><c> to</c><00:19:31.059><c> one</c><00:19:31.240><c> of</c><00:19:31.380><c> the</c><00:19:31.500><c> least</c><00:19:31.759><c> of</c><00:19:31.960><c> these</c><00:19:32.160><c> my</c><00:19:32.460><c> brethren,</c>

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you<00:19:34.579><c> did</c><00:19:34.779><c> it</c><00:19:35.000><c> not</c><00:19:35.180><c> to</c><00:19:35.420><c> me.</c>

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So<00:19:36.359><c> the</c><00:19:36.559><c> question</c><00:19:36.980><c> would</c><00:19:37.220><c> arise,</c><00:19:37.740><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:37.900><c> it?</c>

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Who<00:19:39.039><c> did</c><00:19:39.180><c> they</c><00:19:39.380><c> do</c><00:19:39.599><c> all</c><00:19:39.819><c> their</c><00:19:39.980><c> good</c><00:19:40.220><c> works</c><00:19:40.559><c> to?</c>

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They<00:19:42.980><c> didn't</c><00:19:43.200><c> do</c><00:19:43.420><c> them</c><00:19:43.619><c> to</c><00:19:43.819><c> the</c><00:19:43.980><c> brethren</c><00:19:44.200><c> of</c><00:19:44.500><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:19:46.359><c> did</c><00:19:46.539><c> them</c><00:19:46.700><c> to</c><00:19:46.940><c> somebody</c><00:19:47.299><c> else.</c>

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And<00:19:49.599><c> why</c><00:19:50.000><c> would</c><00:19:50.299><c> Jesus</c><00:19:50.759><c> make</c><00:19:51.240><c> that</c><00:19:51.759><c> specific</c><00:19:52.440><c> distinction?</c>

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Well,<00:19:56.420><c> I</c><00:19:56.559><c> think</c><00:19:56.759><c> the</c><00:19:56.960><c> answer</c><00:19:57.339><c> is</c><00:19:57.920><c> that</c><00:19:58.420><c> he's</c><00:19:58.700><c> asked</c><00:19:59.039><c> us</c><00:19:59.519><c> to</c><00:19:59.940><c> do</c><00:20:00.160><c> something</c>

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that<00:20:00.740><c> is</c><00:20:00.920><c> very</c><00:20:01.299><c> specific.</c>

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He's<00:20:02.079><c> given</c><00:20:02.200><c> us</c><00:20:03.019><c> responsibilities.</c>

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We<00:20:04.359><c> are</c><00:20:04.680><c> stewards</c><00:20:05.140><c> of</c><00:20:05.599><c> his</c><00:20:05.839><c> word.</c>

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If<00:20:06.839><c> he</c><00:20:07.059><c> was</c><00:20:07.240><c> the</c><00:20:07.400><c> word</c><00:20:07.579><c> made</c><00:20:07.900><c> flesh</c><00:20:08.140><c> then</c><00:20:08.519><c> we</c><00:20:08.839><c> are</c><00:20:09.039><c> him.</c>

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We<00:20:10.160><c> are</c><00:20:10.480><c> as</c><00:20:11.200><c> part</c><00:20:11.400><c> of</c><00:20:11.640><c> Christ</c><00:20:11.920><c> then</c><00:20:12.200><c> we</c><00:20:12.599><c> too</c><00:20:12.859><c> are</c><00:20:13.140><c> the</c><00:20:13.319><c> word</c>

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made<00:20:13.799><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:20:14.660><c> the</c><00:20:14.960><c> word</c><00:20:15.180><c> is</c><00:20:15.400><c> in</c><00:20:15.500><c> the</c><00:20:15.740><c> fore</c><00:20:15.900><c> of</c><00:20:16.079><c> that</c><00:20:16.259><c> objective.</c>

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We<00:20:17.259><c> are</c><00:20:17.599><c> still</c><00:20:17.920><c> full</c><00:20:18.200><c> of</c><00:20:18.400><c> grace</c><00:20:18.660><c> and</c><00:20:18.960><c> truth</c><00:20:19.339><c> as</c><00:20:20.220><c> an</c><00:20:20.500><c> ideal.</c>

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Grace<00:20:22.359><c> is</c><00:20:22.599><c> very</c><00:20:22.859><c> much</c><00:20:23.039><c> a</c><00:20:23.200><c> part</c><00:20:23.339><c> of</c><00:20:23.420><c> it</c>

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and<00:20:23.660><c> grace</c><00:20:23.940><c> involves</c><00:20:24.259><c> everything</c><00:20:24.660><c> that</c><00:20:24.920><c> grace</c><00:20:25.160><c> does</c><00:20:25.480><c> involve,</c>

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but<00:20:27.480><c> not</c><00:20:27.640><c> at</c><00:20:27.859><c> the</c><00:20:28.059><c> expense</c><00:20:28.420><c> of</c><00:20:28.720><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:20:29.200><c> what</c><00:20:29.339><c> I'm</c><00:20:29.480><c> trying</c><00:20:29.700><c> to</c><00:20:29.920><c> do</c><00:20:30.039><c> here</c><00:20:30.359><c> is</c><00:20:30.579><c> set</c><00:20:30.799><c> the</c><00:20:31.079><c> balance</c>

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in<00:20:31.559><c> our</c><00:20:31.799><c> priorities</c><00:20:32.359><c> of</c><00:20:32.660><c> involvement.</c>

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Where<00:20:33.900><c> will</c><00:20:34.220><c> we</c><00:20:34.579><c> spend</c><00:20:34.940><c> our</c><00:20:35.380><c> time?</c>

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If<00:20:36.900><c> we</c><00:20:37.200><c> spend</c><00:20:37.440><c> our</c><00:20:37.839><c> time</c><00:20:38.240><c> building</c><00:20:38.799><c> houses</c><00:20:39.539><c> for</c><00:20:40.180><c> poor</c><00:20:40.460><c> people</c>

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after<00:20:41.799><c> hurricanes</c>

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and<00:20:43.619><c> it's</c><00:20:43.980><c> time</c><00:20:44.220><c> we</c><00:20:44.460><c> could</c><00:20:44.680><c> have</c><00:20:44.980><c> spent</c>

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doing<00:20:45.460><c> the</c><00:20:45.680><c> one</c><00:20:45.920><c> thing</c><00:20:46.200><c> we</c><00:20:46.460><c> can</c><00:20:46.819><c> do</c><00:20:47.079><c> that</c><00:20:47.240><c> others</c><00:20:47.539><c> can't,</c>

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that<00:20:48.220><c> Bill</c><00:20:48.460><c> Gates</c><00:20:48.740><c> and</c><00:20:50.619><c> Matt</c><00:20:50.859><c> Damon</c><00:20:51.079><c> cannot</c><00:20:51.440><c> do,</c>

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and<00:20:52.200><c> that</c><00:20:52.319><c> is</c><00:20:52.519><c> bring</c><00:20:52.859><c> the</c><00:20:53.059><c> gospel</c><00:20:53.420><c> of</c><00:20:53.599><c> the</c><00:20:53.759><c> kingdom</c><00:20:54.059><c> into</c><00:20:54.539><c> the</c>

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hearts<00:20:55.000><c> of</c><00:20:55.319><c> people</c>

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so<00:20:56.160><c> that</c><00:20:56.339><c> they</c><00:20:56.500><c> have</c><00:20:56.759><c> the</c><00:20:57.180><c> opportunity</c><00:20:57.880><c> to</c><00:20:58.220><c> find</c><00:20:58.440><c> salvation</c>

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from<00:20:59.839><c> God's</c><00:21:00.359><c> word.</c>

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If<00:21:01.839><c> there's</c><00:21:02.180><c> a</c><00:21:02.460><c> trade</c><00:21:02.700><c>-off</c><00:21:02.940><c> there</c><00:21:03.279><c> and</c><00:21:03.460><c> we're</c><00:21:03.740><c> doing</c><00:21:03.960><c> a</c><00:21:04.160><c> lot</c><00:21:04.299><c> of</c>

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good<00:21:04.660><c> works</c>

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but<00:21:05.339><c> not</c><00:21:06.259><c> involved</c><00:21:06.980><c> with</c><00:21:07.220><c> the</c><00:21:07.480><c> gospel</c><00:21:07.980><c> of</c><00:21:08.220><c> the</c><00:21:08.400><c> kingdom,</c>

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which<00:21:08.859><c> is</c><00:21:09.119><c> the</c><00:21:09.359><c> light</c><00:21:09.579><c> of</c><00:21:09.759><c> this</c><00:21:10.039><c> world,</c>

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then<00:21:11.160><c> there's</c><00:21:11.380><c> been</c><00:21:11.559><c> a</c><00:21:11.859><c> shift.</c>

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It's<00:21:12.480><c> subtle.</c>

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We<00:21:13.480><c> can</c><00:21:13.700><c> justify</c><00:21:14.259><c> it</c><00:21:14.480><c> with</c><00:21:14.759><c> all</c><00:21:15.099><c> kinds</c><00:21:15.519><c> of</c><00:21:16.140><c> concepts</c><00:21:16.599><c> of</c><00:21:16.880><c> love,</c>

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but<00:21:17.900><c> is</c><00:21:18.279><c> it</c><00:21:18.839><c> what</c><00:21:19.099><c> Jesus</c><00:21:19.539><c> asked</c><00:21:20.039><c> us</c><00:21:20.319><c> to</c><00:21:20.519><c> do?</c>

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This<00:21:21.559><c> comes</c><00:21:21.819><c> out</c><00:21:22.160><c> in</c><00:21:22.339><c> what</c><00:21:22.599><c> happened</c><00:21:22.839><c> with</c><00:21:23.140><c> Peter</c>

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when<00:21:24.920><c> Peter</c><00:21:25.339><c> and</c><00:21:25.559><c> John</c><00:21:25.839><c> were</c><00:21:26.299><c> approaching</c><00:21:26.660><c> the</c><00:21:26.920><c> temple</c>

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and<00:21:27.259><c> there</c><00:21:27.359><c> was</c><00:21:27.539><c> a</c><00:21:27.660><c> lame</c><00:21:27.819><c> man</c><00:21:28.059><c> that</c><00:21:28.299><c> saw</c><00:21:28.440><c> them.</c>

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When<00:21:29.319><c> he</c><00:21:29.460><c> saw</c><00:21:29.660><c> them,</c><00:21:29.799><c> he</c><00:21:29.880><c> asked</c><00:21:30.140><c> them</c><00:21:30.359><c> for</c><00:21:30.720><c> money.</c>

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This<00:21:31.180><c> is</c><00:21:31.319><c> what</c><00:21:31.420><c> he</c><00:21:31.599><c> had</c><00:21:31.660><c> done</c><00:21:31.819><c> all</c><00:21:32.059><c> his</c><00:21:32.279><c> life,</c>

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for<00:21:33.779><c> alms,</c><00:21:34.240><c> in</c><00:21:34.380><c> other</c><00:21:34.559><c> words,</c>

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or<00:21:35.539><c> compassionate</c><00:21:36.599><c> expression</c><00:21:37.339><c> in</c><00:21:37.619><c> the</c><00:21:37.779><c> form</c><00:21:37.940><c> of</c><00:21:38.339><c> funds,</c><00:21:41.059><c> funding.</c>

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He<00:21:42.079><c> was</c><00:21:42.299><c> looking</c><00:21:42.599><c> for</c><00:21:42.839><c> a</c><00:21:42.859><c> little</c><00:21:43.039><c> bit</c><00:21:43.240><c> more</c><00:21:44.079><c> funding.</c>

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So<00:21:46.180><c> Peter</c><00:21:46.359><c> looked</c><00:21:46.759><c> straight</c><00:21:47.240><c> at</c><00:21:47.519><c> him.</c>

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I<00:21:47.900><c> would</c><00:21:48.140><c> love</c><00:21:48.319><c> to</c><00:21:48.500><c> have</c><00:21:48.680><c> seen</c><00:21:49.000><c> that</c><00:21:50.000><c> glare.</c>

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There<00:21:52.680><c> was</c><00:21:52.799><c> no</c><00:21:53.299><c> absence</c><00:21:53.740><c> of</c><00:21:54.019><c> mercy</c><00:21:54.420><c> in</c><00:21:54.819><c> Peter's</c><00:21:55.619><c> heart.</c>

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Peter<00:21:57.220><c> said,</c><00:21:57.700><c> silver</c><00:21:58.039><c> and</c><00:21:58.319><c> gold</c><00:21:58.819><c> I</c><00:21:59.920><c> do</c><00:22:00.160><c> not</c><00:22:00.420><c> have,</c>

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but<00:22:02.640><c> what</c><00:22:02.839><c> I</c><00:22:03.180><c> have</c><00:22:03.839><c> I</c><00:22:04.220><c> give</c><00:22:04.440><c> you</c><00:22:05.420><c> in</c><00:22:05.940><c> the</c><00:22:06.140><c> name</c><00:22:06.359><c> of</c><00:22:06.559><c> Jesus</c><00:22:06.980><c> Christ</c><00:22:07.420><c> of</c><00:22:07.660><c> Nazareth.</c>

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Walk.

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If<00:22:10.380><c> only</c><00:22:10.579><c> we</c><00:22:10.779><c> could</c><00:22:11.000><c> do</c><00:22:11.200><c> that</c><00:22:11.460><c> now.</c>

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I<00:22:12.660><c> long</c><00:22:12.900><c> for</c><00:22:13.140><c> the</c><00:22:13.339><c> day</c><00:22:13.519><c> when</c><00:22:13.680><c> I</c><00:22:13.799><c> can</c><00:22:13.960><c> go</c><00:22:14.200><c> out</c>

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and<00:22:15.099><c> look</c><00:22:15.259><c> at</c><00:22:15.480><c> somebody</c><00:22:15.799><c> who</c><00:22:16.039><c> can't</c><00:22:16.380><c> walk</c>

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and<00:22:16.920><c> take</c><00:22:17.279><c> his</c><00:22:17.599><c> hand</c><00:22:17.779><c> and</c><00:22:17.980><c> pick</c><00:22:18.119><c> him</c><00:22:18.279><c> up</c>

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and<00:22:19.099><c> give</c><00:22:19.240><c> him</c><00:22:19.940><c> his</c><00:22:20.220><c> legs</c><00:22:20.579><c> back.</c>

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But<00:22:22.480><c> the</c><00:22:22.660><c> other</c><00:22:22.940><c> side</c><00:22:23.160><c> of</c><00:22:23.319><c> the</c><00:22:23.500><c> point</c><00:22:23.700><c> is,</c>

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Peter<00:22:24.920><c> seems</c><00:22:25.359><c> also</c><00:22:25.839><c> to</c><00:22:26.000><c> be</c><00:22:26.240><c> saying,</c>

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in<00:22:27.579><c> the</c><00:22:27.819><c> context</c><00:22:28.339><c> of</c><00:22:28.559><c> what</c><00:22:28.779><c> the</c><00:22:29.079><c> false</c><00:22:29.400><c> preachers</c><00:22:29.859><c> and</c><00:22:30.059><c> healers</c>

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of<00:22:30.559><c> this</c><00:22:30.799><c> world</c><00:22:31.079><c> are</c><00:22:31.339><c> doing</c>

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constantly<00:22:32.799><c> in</c><00:22:33.000><c> the</c><00:22:33.160><c> world</c><00:22:33.359><c> around</c><00:22:33.759><c> us,</c>

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they<00:22:34.880><c> are</c><00:22:35.359><c> profuse</c><00:22:35.960><c> with</c><00:22:36.140><c> this</c><00:22:36.440><c> in</c><00:22:36.640><c> the</c><00:22:36.759><c> name</c><00:22:36.920><c> of</c><00:22:37.079><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:22:37.640><c> then</c><00:22:38.180><c> be</c><00:22:38.740><c> healed.</c>

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He<00:22:40.119><c> says</c><00:22:40.359><c> silver</c><00:22:40.740><c> and</c><00:22:40.940><c> gold</c><00:22:41.259><c> I</c><00:22:41.500><c> don't</c><00:22:41.640><c> have.</c>

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In<00:22:42.200><c> other</c><00:22:42.380><c> words,</c><00:22:42.559><c> he's</c><00:22:42.779><c> saying</c><00:22:42.839><c> it's</c><00:22:43.000><c> really</c><00:22:43.240><c> not</c><00:22:43.420><c> about</c><00:22:43.660><c> the</c><00:22:43.799><c> money.</c>

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I<00:22:45.900><c> don't</c><00:22:46.039><c> have</c><00:22:46.160><c> any</c><00:22:46.319><c> money</c><00:22:46.640><c> and</c><00:22:46.819><c> I'm</c><00:22:47.000><c> not</c><00:22:47.200><c> going</c><00:22:47.400><c> to</c><00:22:47.559><c> give</c><00:22:47.680><c> you</c>

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any<00:22:48.000><c> money.</c>

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And<00:22:48.420><c> this</c><00:22:48.559><c> is</c><00:22:48.759><c> the</c><00:22:48.839><c> same</c><00:22:49.039><c> Peter</c><00:22:49.359><c> who</c><00:22:50.619><c> was</c><00:22:51.000><c> demanding</c>

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that<00:22:51.980><c> the</c><00:22:52.119><c> goods</c><00:22:52.279><c> be</c><00:22:52.480><c> turned</c><00:22:52.720><c> over</c><00:22:53.099><c> to</c><00:22:53.380><c> the</c><00:22:53.640><c> collective</c>

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when<00:22:56.819><c> he</c><00:22:57.299><c> slew</c><00:22:58.799><c> Ananias</c><00:22:59.500><c> and</c><00:22:59.660><c> Sapphira</c>

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because<00:23:00.940><c> they</c><00:23:01.180><c> withheld</c><00:23:01.480><c> their</c><00:23:01.740><c> goods.</c>

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The<00:23:02.759><c> same</c><00:23:03.039><c> Peter</c><00:23:03.359><c> who</c><00:23:03.579><c> was</c><00:23:03.839><c> asking</c><00:23:04.240><c> to</c><00:23:04.599><c> collect</c><00:23:04.799><c> the</c><00:23:05.059><c> goods</c>

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or<00:23:05.680><c> whatever</c><00:23:05.920><c> good</c><00:23:06.140><c> that</c><00:23:06.319><c> could</c><00:23:06.440><c> come</c><00:23:06.619><c> out</c><00:23:06.799><c> of</c><00:23:06.900><c> them</c>

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now<00:23:07.920><c> says</c><00:23:08.200><c> silver</c><00:23:08.579><c> and</c><00:23:08.839><c> gold</c><00:23:09.039><c> I</c><00:23:09.220><c> do</c><00:23:09.359><c> not</c><00:23:09.579><c> have.</c>

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He<00:23:09.940><c> probably</c><00:23:10.279><c> could</c><00:23:10.440><c> have</c><00:23:10.579><c> given</c><00:23:11.119><c> this</c><00:23:11.480><c> man</c><00:23:11.720><c> some</c><00:23:11.940><c> money,</c>

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but<00:23:13.299><c> Peter</c><00:23:13.619><c> is</c><00:23:14.079><c> definitely</c><00:23:14.900><c> showing</c><00:23:15.519><c> us</c>

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it's<00:23:16.500><c> not</c><00:23:17.140><c> about</c><00:23:17.920><c> money.</c>

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Otherwise,<00:23:19.920><c> why</c><00:23:20.220><c> would</c><00:23:20.440><c> Paul</c><00:23:20.880><c> just</c><00:23:21.740><c> work</c><00:23:21.980><c> for</c><00:23:22.200><c> himself,</c>

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been<00:23:22.799><c> a</c><00:23:22.920><c> tent</c><00:23:23.099><c> maker</c><00:23:23.460><c> so</c><00:23:23.839><c> that</c><00:23:23.980><c> he</c><00:23:24.039><c> didn't</c><00:23:24.200><c> have</c><00:23:24.420><c> to</c><00:23:24.539><c> ask</c><00:23:24.720><c> anybody</c>

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for<00:23:26.039><c> any</c><00:23:26.200><c> money?</c>

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So<00:23:26.660><c> one</c><00:23:26.839><c> of</c><00:23:26.980><c> the</c><00:23:27.259><c> things</c><00:23:27.500><c> that</c><00:23:28.400><c> steps</c><00:23:28.680><c> in</c><00:23:28.859><c> the</c><00:23:29.000><c> wrong</c><00:23:29.200><c> direction,</c>

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I<00:23:29.839><c> think,</c><00:23:30.099><c> is</c><00:23:30.180><c> when</c><00:23:30.400><c> money</c><00:23:30.640><c> gets</c><00:23:31.000><c> involved.</c>

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So<00:23:34.779><c> what</c><00:23:35.019><c> do</c><00:23:35.259><c> we</c><00:23:35.559><c> have?</c>

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We<00:23:36.180><c> don't</c><00:23:36.440><c> have</c><00:23:37.079><c> power</c><00:23:37.559><c> to</c><00:23:37.920><c> heal</c><00:23:38.279><c> the</c><00:23:38.660><c> way</c><00:23:38.759><c> Peter</c><00:23:38.960><c> did.</c>

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What<00:23:39.500><c> do</c><00:23:39.619><c> we</c><00:23:39.740><c> have</c><00:23:40.259><c> that</c><00:23:40.579><c> Christ</c><00:23:40.839><c> gave</c><00:23:41.079><c> us?</c>

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This<00:23:43.480><c> brings</c><00:23:43.839><c> us</c><00:23:44.099><c> to</c><00:23:44.220><c> the</c><00:23:44.420><c> point</c><00:23:44.599><c> where</c><00:23:44.799><c> I'd</c><00:23:45.059><c> like</c><00:23:45.220><c> to</c><00:23:45.980><c> try</c><00:23:46.279><c> to</c><00:23:46.640><c> understand</c>

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the<00:23:47.519><c> principle</c><00:23:48.000><c> work</c><00:23:48.440><c> of</c><00:23:48.759><c> Christ.</c>

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You've<00:23:49.440><c> already</c><00:23:49.779><c> probably</c><00:23:50.220><c> gotten</c><00:23:50.420><c> the</c><00:23:50.680><c> point,</c>

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:53.599
but<00:23:51.559><c> let's</c><00:23:51.819><c> make</c><00:23:52.039><c> it</c><00:23:52.200><c> a</c><00:23:52.240><c> little</c><00:23:52.440><c> bit</c><00:23:52.579><c> more</c><00:23:52.819><c> clear.</c>

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How<00:23:54.000><c> do</c><00:23:54.200><c> co</c><00:23:54.480><c>-workers,</c><00:23:54.900><c> real</c><00:23:55.180><c> co</c><00:23:55.420><c>-workers</c><00:23:55.779><c> of</c><00:23:56.140><c> Christ</c><00:23:56.700><c> who</c><00:23:57.319><c> we</c><00:23:57.680><c> are,</c>

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understand<00:23:59.079><c> their</c><00:23:59.400><c> work</c><00:23:59.700><c> in</c><00:24:00.039><c> light?</c>

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Jesus<00:24:01.460><c> said,</c><00:24:02.380><c> I</c><00:24:02.380><c> have</c><00:24:02.599><c> come</c><00:24:02.819><c> as</c><00:24:03.079><c> a</c><00:24:03.220><c> light</c><00:24:03.480><c> into</c><00:24:03.799><c> the</c><00:24:04.000><c> world.</c>

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.859
He<00:24:05.339><c> said</c><00:24:05.539><c> for</c><00:24:05.799><c> us,</c><00:24:06.119><c> let</c><00:24:06.240><c> your</c><00:24:06.420><c> light</c><00:24:06.619><c> shine.</c>

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.079
Don't<00:24:07.079><c> put</c><00:24:07.220><c> it</c><00:24:07.299><c> under</c><00:24:07.519><c> a</c><00:24:07.759><c> basket.</c>

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:11.359
Who<00:24:08.859><c> would</c><00:24:09.039><c> light</c><00:24:09.160><c> a</c><00:24:09.380><c> candle</c><00:24:09.599><c> and</c><00:24:09.799><c> stick</c><00:24:09.940><c> it</c><00:24:10.059><c> under</c><00:24:10.279><c> a</c><00:24:10.599><c> bed?</c>

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.819
It<00:24:12.039><c> would</c><00:24:12.119><c> light</c><00:24:12.279><c> you</c><00:24:12.480><c> on</c><00:24:12.720><c> fire</c><00:24:12.900><c> while</c><00:24:13.099><c> you're</c><00:24:13.319><c> sleeping</c><00:24:13.599><c> if</c>

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.000
you<00:24:13.900><c> do</c><00:24:14.039><c> that.</c>

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:16.720
So<00:24:15.480><c> that</c><00:24:15.660><c> doesn't</c><00:24:15.880><c> make</c><00:24:16.119><c> any</c><00:24:16.299><c> sense.</c>

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:20.420
We've<00:24:17.380><c> come</c><00:24:17.500><c> with</c><00:24:17.980><c> him</c><00:24:18.279><c> as</c><00:24:18.539><c> a</c><00:24:18.700><c> light</c><00:24:18.900><c> into</c><00:24:19.200><c> this</c><00:24:19.519><c> world.</c>

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:26.079
And<00:24:21.299><c> then</c><00:24:21.539><c> John</c><00:24:21.819><c> tells</c><00:24:22.259><c> us</c><00:24:22.680><c> the</c><00:24:23.019><c> darkness</c><00:24:23.640><c> doesn't</c><00:24:24.400><c> comprehend</c><00:24:25.079><c> it.</c>

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:28.079
When<00:24:26.480><c> we</c><00:24:26.839><c> speak</c><00:24:27.079><c> about</c><00:24:27.380><c> the</c><00:24:27.640><c> kingdom,</c>

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this<00:24:28.680><c> is</c><00:24:28.920><c> an</c><00:24:29.220><c> incomprehensible</c><00:24:30.279><c> thing.</c>

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:35.480
To<00:24:31.440><c> us,</c><00:24:32.079><c> it's</c><00:24:32.519><c> incomprehensible</c><00:24:33.079><c> that</c><00:24:33.299><c> it</c><00:24:33.480><c> could</c><00:24:33.700><c> be</c><00:24:34.119><c> incomprehensible.</c>

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.720
But<00:24:36.220><c> the</c><00:24:36.480><c> darkness</c><00:24:36.880><c> doesn't</c><00:24:37.400><c> comprehend</c><00:24:38.099><c> that</c><00:24:38.460><c> light</c>

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because<00:24:39.140><c> it</c><00:24:39.319><c> is</c><00:24:39.519><c> darkness,</c><00:24:40.319><c> it</c><00:24:40.500><c> loves</c><00:24:40.819><c> darkness,</c>

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:44.539
it<00:24:41.920><c> prefers</c><00:24:42.359><c> the</c><00:24:42.680><c> lie,</c><00:24:43.299><c> and</c><00:24:43.460><c> it</c><00:24:43.640><c> hates</c><00:24:43.880><c> the</c><00:24:44.180><c> truth.</c>

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:46.859
And<00:24:45.019><c> it</c><00:24:45.259><c> really</c><00:24:45.480><c> wants</c><00:24:45.680><c> to</c><00:24:45.920><c> shoot</c><00:24:46.059><c> any</c><00:24:46.400><c> messenger</c>

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:50.079
that<00:24:47.680><c> comes</c><00:24:47.900><c> and</c><00:24:48.140><c> brings</c><00:24:48.319><c> that</c><00:24:48.700><c> truth</c><00:24:49.099><c> along.</c>

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:52.599
If<00:24:50.380><c> not</c><00:24:50.619><c> shoot,</c><00:24:51.119><c> persecute</c><00:24:51.579><c> for</c><00:24:51.819><c> sure.</c>

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Here's<00:24:53.599><c> the</c><00:24:53.819><c> point.</c>

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:57.680
If<00:24:55.680><c> light</c><00:24:55.940><c> is</c><00:24:56.259><c> incomprehensible</c><00:24:57.019><c> in</c><00:24:57.259><c> darkness,</c>

00:24:57.680 --> 00:25:01.220
it's<00:24:58.140><c> a</c><00:24:58.279><c> step</c><00:24:58.460><c> in</c><00:24:58.619><c> the</c><00:24:58.779><c> wrong</c><00:24:58.960><c> direction</c><00:24:59.519><c> to</c><00:25:00.220><c> lower</c><00:25:00.500><c> the</c><00:25:00.779><c> light</c>

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:05.099
so<00:25:02.079><c> that</c><00:25:02.200><c> it</c><00:25:02.380><c> becomes</c><00:25:02.799><c> comprehensible</c><00:25:03.740><c> to</c><00:25:04.119><c> darkness.</c>

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:08.500
And<00:25:05.759><c> what</c><00:25:05.859><c> I</c><00:25:06.039><c> mean</c><00:25:06.180><c> by</c><00:25:06.480><c> that</c><00:25:06.839><c> is</c><00:25:07.240><c> to</c><00:25:07.519><c> simplify</c><00:25:08.019><c> the</c><00:25:08.299><c> truth</c>

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:11.460
and<00:25:08.819><c> simplify</c><00:25:09.339><c> the</c><00:25:09.660><c> truth</c><00:25:09.920><c> and</c><00:25:10.480><c> simplify</c><00:25:11.000><c> it</c>

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.880
and<00:25:11.599><c> bring</c><00:25:11.759><c> it</c><00:25:11.960><c> so</c><00:25:12.240><c> close</c><00:25:12.500><c> to</c><00:25:12.720><c> home</c>

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:14.519
that<00:25:13.019><c> it's</c><00:25:13.160><c> really</c><00:25:13.400><c> not</c><00:25:13.559><c> about</c><00:25:13.759><c> the</c><00:25:13.980><c> future</c><00:25:14.220><c> anymore.</c>

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Yes,<00:25:15.099><c> the</c><00:25:15.259><c> kingdom</c><00:25:15.440><c> is</c><00:25:15.640><c> a</c><00:25:15.759><c> wonderful</c><00:25:16.039><c> place,</c><00:25:16.940><c> but</c><00:25:17.119><c> God</c><00:25:17.460><c> loves</c><00:25:17.880><c> you.</c>

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Let's<00:25:19.559><c> see</c><00:25:19.740><c> if</c><00:25:19.859><c> we</c><00:25:20.019><c> can</c><00:25:20.200><c> get</c><00:25:20.420><c> you</c><00:25:20.640><c> straight</c><00:25:20.920><c> right</c><00:25:21.180><c> here.</c>

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:25.740
That<00:25:24.099><c> lowers</c><00:25:24.500><c> the</c><00:25:24.819><c> light</c><00:25:24.980><c> of</c><00:25:25.160><c> the</c><00:25:25.380><c> truth.</c>

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:28.279
You<00:25:26.160><c> won't</c><00:25:26.319><c> get</c><00:25:26.519><c> in</c><00:25:26.680><c> trouble</c><00:25:26.980><c> doing</c><00:25:27.220><c> that.</c>

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:30.160
You<00:25:28.519><c> certainly</c><00:25:28.720><c> won't</c><00:25:28.880><c> be</c><00:25:29.099><c> persecuted.</c>

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But<00:25:30.680><c> will</c><00:25:31.299><c> we</c><00:25:31.740><c> be</c><00:25:31.940><c> doing</c><00:25:32.140><c> the</c><00:25:32.339><c> work</c><00:25:32.480><c> of</c><00:25:32.720><c> Christ</c>

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:36.539
if<00:25:33.799><c> we</c><00:25:34.039><c> take</c><00:25:34.259><c> the</c><00:25:34.539><c> step</c><00:25:34.880><c> in</c><00:25:35.400><c> that</c><00:25:35.599><c> direction?</c>

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So<00:25:37.539><c> there's</c><00:25:37.759><c> another</c><00:25:38.099><c> ambiguity.</c>

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Are<00:25:38.960><c> we</c><00:25:39.140><c> here</c><00:25:39.299><c> to</c><00:25:39.519><c> baptize</c><00:25:40.000><c> or</c><00:25:40.119><c> to</c><00:25:40.380><c> preach?</c>

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Let<00:25:41.819><c> me</c><00:25:42.079><c> specifically</c><00:25:42.579><c> explain</c><00:25:43.119><c> what</c><00:25:43.279><c> I</c><00:25:43.500><c> mean.</c>

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Some<00:25:44.579><c> years</c><00:25:44.799><c> back</c><00:25:45.180><c> in</c><00:25:45.319><c> our</c><00:25:45.500><c> community,</c>

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an<00:25:46.220><c> idea</c><00:25:46.440><c> came</c><00:25:46.839><c> into</c><00:25:47.180><c> being</c><00:25:47.500><c> which</c><00:25:48.079><c> I</c><00:25:48.519><c> found</c><00:25:48.799><c> as</c><00:25:49.079><c> attractive</c>

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as<00:25:49.660><c> any</c><00:25:49.900><c> idea</c><00:25:50.220><c> in</c><00:25:50.400><c> the</c><00:25:50.619><c> truth</c><00:25:50.759><c> for</c><00:25:51.000><c> preaching</c><00:25:51.240><c> that</c><00:25:51.420><c> I'd</c><00:25:51.599><c> ever</c><00:25:51.839><c> heard.</c>

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It<00:25:53.119><c> was</c><00:25:53.299><c> this</c><00:25:53.640><c> rationale</c><00:25:54.160><c> that</c><00:25:54.420><c> there</c><00:25:54.640><c> is</c><00:25:54.920><c> no</c><00:25:55.240><c> reason</c>

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:57.940
why<00:25:55.799><c> the</c><00:25:56.079><c> rate</c><00:25:56.319><c> of</c><00:25:56.640><c> baptism</c><00:25:57.000><c> should</c><00:25:57.259><c> have</c><00:25:57.480><c> changed</c>

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from<00:25:58.799><c> the</c><00:25:59.359><c> 3</c><00:25:59.599><c>,000</c><00:26:00.339><c> that</c><00:26:00.779><c> got</c><00:26:01.019><c> baptized</c><00:26:01.480><c> in</c><00:26:01.660><c> the</c><00:26:01.759><c> day</c><00:26:01.900><c> of</c><00:26:02.119><c> Pentecost</c>

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:06.900
that<00:26:03.500><c> if</c><00:26:03.980><c> we</c><00:26:04.299><c> are</c><00:26:04.500><c> doing</c><00:26:04.740><c> our</c><00:26:05.119><c> work,</c><00:26:05.940><c> the</c><00:26:06.119><c> rate</c><00:26:06.319><c> will</c><00:26:06.539><c> still</c><00:26:06.700><c> be</c>

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the<00:26:07.059><c> same.</c>

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And<00:26:08.420><c> I</c><00:26:08.579><c> thought,</c><00:26:08.880><c> let's</c><00:26:09.220><c> go.</c>

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:11.640
Where<00:26:10.759><c> are</c><00:26:10.900><c> we</c><00:26:10.960><c> going</c><00:26:11.039><c> to</c><00:26:11.140><c> go</c><00:26:11.240><c> to</c><00:26:11.359><c> do</c><00:26:11.440><c> this?</c>

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Come<00:26:11.900><c> on,</c><00:26:12.220><c> what's</c><00:26:12.519><c> the</c><00:26:12.660><c> program?</c>

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I'm<00:26:13.660><c> in,</c><00:26:14.759><c> because</c><00:26:14.940><c> I</c><00:26:15.400><c> love</c><00:26:15.619><c> to</c><00:26:15.859><c> talk</c><00:26:16.019><c> about</c><00:26:16.299><c> the</c><00:26:16.519><c> kingdom.</c>

00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:20.880
And<00:26:17.380><c> I</c><00:26:17.539><c> thought,</c><00:26:17.960><c> well,</c><00:26:18.160><c> if</c><00:26:18.960><c> it</c><00:26:19.119><c> just</c><00:26:19.319><c> takes</c><00:26:19.559><c> more</c><00:26:19.880><c> energy</c><00:26:20.359><c> on</c>

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our<00:26:21.140><c> part</c>

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to<00:26:21.480><c> get</c><00:26:21.660><c> the</c><00:26:21.940><c> baptisms</c><00:26:22.380><c> up,</c><00:26:22.619><c> let's</c><00:26:22.920><c> do</c><00:26:23.119><c> it.</c>

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:26.700
It<00:26:23.740><c> was</c><00:26:23.940><c> an</c><00:26:24.160><c> inspiring</c><00:26:24.720><c> idea,</c><00:26:25.299><c> as</c><00:26:25.440><c> I</c><00:26:25.640><c> say,</c><00:26:25.799><c> even</c><00:26:26.039><c> to</c><00:26:26.319><c> me,</c>

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:30.119
but<00:26:27.299><c> now</c><00:26:27.559><c> I</c><00:26:27.799><c> believe</c><00:26:27.980><c> it</c><00:26:28.140><c> was</c><00:26:28.359><c> a</c><00:26:28.539><c> step</c><00:26:28.680><c> in</c><00:26:28.839><c> the</c><00:26:28.980><c> wrong</c><00:26:29.140><c> direction.</c>

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Let<00:26:31.859><c> me</c><00:26:32.000><c> give</c><00:26:32.140><c> you</c><00:26:32.299><c> an</c><00:26:32.480><c> assurance</c><00:26:32.779><c> here.</c>

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Our<00:26:33.480><c> work</c><00:26:33.819><c> is</c><00:26:34.299><c> planting</c><00:26:34.640><c> and</c><00:26:34.900><c> watering,</c>

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and<00:26:35.440><c> we</c><00:26:35.640><c> should</c><00:26:35.799><c> expect</c><00:26:36.200><c> to</c><00:26:36.400><c> see</c><00:26:36.519><c> some</c><00:26:36.819><c> kind</c><00:26:37.039><c> of</c><00:26:37.220><c> growth</c>

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as<00:26:37.720><c> a</c><00:26:37.920><c> result</c><00:26:38.180><c> of</c><00:26:38.640><c> God</c><00:26:38.839><c> giving</c><00:26:39.059><c> the</c><00:26:39.319><c> increase.</c>

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:43.140
And<00:26:40.460><c> Christadelphians</c><00:26:41.059><c> have</c><00:26:41.480><c> used</c><00:26:41.920><c> this</c><00:26:42.200><c> as</c><00:26:42.440><c> a</c><00:26:42.539><c> basis</c><00:26:42.859><c> for</c>

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their<00:26:43.940><c> work</c>

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from<00:26:44.759><c> their</c><00:26:45.119><c> inception,</c><00:26:45.799><c> that</c><00:26:46.079><c> we</c><00:26:46.400><c> are</c><00:26:46.759><c> there</c><00:26:47.240><c> to</c><00:26:47.819><c> preach</c><00:26:47.980><c> the</c><00:26:48.240><c> gospel,</c>

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:53.740
and<00:26:49.079><c> we</c><00:26:50.900><c> love</c><00:26:51.519><c> to</c><00:26:52.240><c> see</c><00:26:52.579><c> someone's</c><00:26:53.019><c> eyes</c><00:26:53.200><c> opened,</c>

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bring<00:26:54.259><c> them</c><00:26:54.420><c> to</c><00:26:54.619><c> the</c><00:26:54.759><c> waters</c><00:26:54.940><c> of</c><00:26:55.259><c> baptism,</c>

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as<00:26:55.900><c> Bill</c><00:26:56.059><c> was</c><00:26:56.259><c> so</c><00:26:56.480><c> wonderfully</c><00:26:56.839><c> showing</c><00:26:57.160><c> last</c><00:26:57.559><c> night</c>

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in<00:26:57.900><c> his</c><00:26:58.160><c> presentation.</c>

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But<00:27:00.079><c> there's</c><00:27:00.859><c> an</c><00:27:01.099><c> ambiguity</c><00:27:01.619><c> there</c><00:27:02.200><c> that</c><00:27:02.579><c> I</c><00:27:02.680><c> believe</c><00:27:03.279><c> creates</c>

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a<00:27:04.380><c> shift,</c>

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.740
and<00:27:05.299><c> it's</c><00:27:05.559><c> a</c><00:27:05.700><c> step</c><00:27:05.839><c> in</c><00:27:06.000><c> the</c><00:27:06.140><c> wrong</c><00:27:06.319><c> direction,</c>

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and<00:27:06.900><c> this</c><00:27:07.079><c> is</c><00:27:07.339><c> the</c><00:27:07.440><c> misstep,</c><00:27:09.299><c> numbering</c><00:27:10.440><c> conversions,</c>

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:14.160
counting<00:27:12.759><c> the</c><00:27:13.039><c> baptisms.</c>

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:17.859
I<00:27:16.019><c> asked</c><00:27:16.200><c> my</c><00:27:16.460><c> dad</c><00:27:16.619><c> one</c><00:27:16.940><c> time,</c><00:27:17.559><c> I</c><00:27:17.740><c> said,</c>

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:20.920
how<00:27:18.000><c> many</c><00:27:18.220><c> people</c><00:27:18.460><c> have</c><00:27:18.640><c> you</c><00:27:19.880><c> led</c><00:27:20.019><c> to</c><00:27:20.180><c> the</c><00:27:20.240><c> water</c><00:27:20.420><c> of</c><00:27:20.599><c> baptism?</c>

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:22.319
And<00:27:21.119><c> he</c><00:27:21.140><c> went,</c><00:27:21.539><c> none.</c>

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:26.420
I<00:27:23.640><c> said,</c><00:27:23.940><c> no,</c><00:27:24.339><c> I'm</c><00:27:24.900><c> your</c><00:27:25.519><c> son,</c><00:27:25.880><c> and</c><00:27:25.960><c> you're</c><00:27:26.099><c> my</c><00:27:26.240><c> dad.</c>

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.500
We're<00:27:26.579><c> sitting</c><00:27:26.680><c> here</c><00:27:26.799><c> at</c><00:27:26.880><c> the</c><00:27:26.980><c> kitchen</c><00:27:27.200><c> table.</c>

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:29.259
Can<00:27:27.980><c> you</c><00:27:28.140><c> just</c><00:27:28.400><c> tell</c><00:27:28.579><c> me</c><00:27:28.779><c> how</c><00:27:29.000><c> many?</c>

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.960
I<00:27:30.000><c> really</c><00:27:30.200><c> don't</c><00:27:30.400><c> want</c><00:27:30.539><c> to.</c>

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.779
I<00:27:31.579><c> believe</c><00:27:31.740><c> that</c><00:27:31.960><c> was</c><00:27:32.119><c> a</c><00:27:32.220><c> good</c><00:27:32.359><c> example.</c>

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.579
That<00:27:32.940><c> was</c><00:27:33.119><c> the</c><00:27:33.240><c> right</c><00:27:33.460><c> mentality.</c>

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:36.039
I<00:27:34.819><c> forced</c><00:27:35.200><c> him</c><00:27:35.380><c> to</c><00:27:35.519><c> do</c><00:27:35.619><c> it</c><00:27:35.799><c> anyway.</c>

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:37.460
We<00:27:36.319><c> counted</c><00:27:36.519><c> him</c><00:27:36.700><c> up,</c><00:27:36.839><c> and</c><00:27:36.920><c> it</c><00:27:36.940><c> was</c><00:27:37.119><c> 100,</c>

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:39.000
and<00:27:37.680><c> here</c><00:27:37.900><c> I</c><00:27:38.059><c> am</c><00:27:38.220><c> standing</c><00:27:38.480><c> here</c><00:27:38.680><c> counting,</c>

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.240
as<00:27:39.420><c> if</c><00:27:39.480><c> that</c><00:27:39.759><c> means</c><00:27:39.980><c> anything.</c>

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It<00:27:40.400><c> doesn't.</c>

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If<00:27:40.819><c> it</c><00:27:40.940><c> was</c><00:27:41.099><c> one,</c><00:27:41.259><c> it'd</c><00:27:41.420><c> be</c><00:27:41.500><c> the</c><00:27:41.660><c> same.</c>

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:45.000
One<00:27:42.640><c> person</c><00:27:42.960><c> found</c><00:27:43.440><c> his</c><00:27:43.799><c> way</c><00:27:43.960><c> to</c><00:27:44.180><c> life.</c>

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.740
Paul<00:27:45.900><c> certainly</c><00:27:46.200><c> never</c><00:27:46.519><c> counted.</c>

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.079
I'm<00:27:46.859><c> sure</c><00:27:47.119><c> he</c><00:27:47.279><c> didn't,</c>

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:50.859
but<00:27:48.539><c> what</c><00:27:48.980><c> happens</c><00:27:49.420><c> when</c><00:27:49.559><c> we</c><00:27:49.759><c> try</c><00:27:49.900><c> to</c><00:27:50.160><c> number</c><00:27:50.420><c> conversions?</c>

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.920
Something<00:27:51.220><c> like</c><00:27:51.519><c> David</c><00:27:51.839><c> numbering</c><00:27:52.240><c> Israel,</c><00:27:52.759><c> I</c><00:27:52.759><c> think.</c>

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Don't<00:27:53.099><c> you</c><00:27:53.259><c> think?</c>

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This<00:27:53.920><c> idea</c><00:27:54.259><c> fosters</c><00:27:54.859><c> oversimplification</c><00:27:55.819><c> of</c><00:27:55.980><c> the</c><00:27:56.160><c> Gospel</c>

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:59.519
for<00:27:57.200><c> the</c><00:27:57.359><c> sake</c><00:27:57.519><c> of</c><00:27:57.759><c> gaining</c><00:27:58.099><c> greater</c><00:27:58.539><c> numbers</c><00:27:58.880><c> of</c><00:27:59.140><c> baptisms.</c>

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Something<00:27:59.940><c> has</c><00:28:00.240><c> to</c><00:28:00.400><c> be</c><00:28:00.599><c> done,</c>

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:04.099
and<00:28:01.339><c> the</c><00:28:01.539><c> church</c><00:28:01.759><c> did</c><00:28:02.019><c> it</c><00:28:02.700><c> 1</c><00:28:03.019><c>,700</c><00:28:03.319><c> years</c><00:28:03.720><c> ago,</c>

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.920
in<00:28:04.539><c> order</c><00:28:04.779><c> to</c><00:28:05.000><c> gain</c><00:28:05.180><c> more</c><00:28:05.500><c> converts,</c>

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:09.279
because<00:28:06.339><c> now</c><00:28:06.660><c> when</c><00:28:06.779><c> you</c><00:28:07.019><c> count,</c><00:28:07.619><c> you</c><00:28:07.779><c> have</c><00:28:07.980><c> to</c><00:28:08.140><c> make</c><00:28:08.240><c> it</c><00:28:08.480><c> appealing.</c>

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.420
You've<00:28:09.599><c> got</c><00:28:09.619><c> to</c><00:28:09.779><c> market</c><00:28:09.980><c> the</c><00:28:10.220><c> truth,</c>

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:12.440
and<00:28:10.640><c> when</c><00:28:10.759><c> you</c><00:28:10.880><c> go</c><00:28:11.000><c> to</c><00:28:11.119><c> market</c><00:28:11.359><c> the</c><00:28:11.599><c> truth,</c>

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:14.200
I<00:28:12.980><c> think</c><00:28:13.160><c> you're</c><00:28:13.339><c> selling</c><00:28:13.619><c> it.</c>

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Now,<00:28:14.539><c> we're</c><00:28:14.700><c> supposed</c><00:28:15.019><c> to</c><00:28:15.240><c> buy</c><00:28:15.380><c> the</c><00:28:15.599><c> truth.</c>

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That<00:28:15.960><c> means</c><00:28:16.200><c> give</c><00:28:16.420><c> something</c><00:28:16.740><c> up</c><00:28:17.000><c> for</c><00:28:17.200><c> it</c><00:28:17.900><c> instead</c><00:28:18.339><c> of</c><00:28:19.559><c> sell</c><00:28:20.160><c> it.</c>

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:22.099
Don't<00:28:20.880><c> sell</c><00:28:21.119><c> the</c><00:28:21.319><c> truth.</c>

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:26.039
How<00:28:23.940><c> many</c><00:28:24.140><c> thousands</c><00:28:24.500><c> did</c><00:28:24.700><c> Paul</c><00:28:24.859><c> baptize?</c>

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.500
Paul<00:28:26.339><c> changed</c><00:28:26.759><c> the</c><00:28:26.980><c> world.</c>

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The<00:28:27.960><c> Apostle</c><00:28:28.220><c> Paul</c><00:28:28.460><c> did,</c><00:28:28.680><c> and</c><00:28:28.779><c> he</c><00:28:28.839><c> was</c><00:28:29.039><c> chosen</c><00:28:29.259><c> for</c><00:28:29.440><c> that</c><00:28:29.599><c> purpose.</c>

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:34.740
He<00:28:30.500><c> set</c><00:28:30.799><c> the</c><00:28:31.099><c> Gentile</c><00:28:31.740><c> world</c><00:28:32.000><c> on</c><00:28:32.500><c> fire</c><00:28:32.900><c> with</c><00:28:33.259><c> the</c><00:28:33.460><c> light</c><00:28:33.579><c> of</c><00:28:33.759><c> Christ,</c>

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:36.500
and<00:28:35.079><c> he</c><00:28:35.319><c> says</c><00:28:35.480><c> this.</c>

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Not<00:28:36.859><c> a</c><00:28:37.019><c> bad</c><00:28:37.180><c> prototype.</c>

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I<00:28:38.059><c> am</c><00:28:38.240><c> thankful</c><00:28:38.500><c> that</c><00:28:38.700><c> I</c><00:28:38.859><c> baptized</c><00:28:39.240><c> none</c><00:28:39.460><c> of</c><00:28:39.660><c> you</c>

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except<00:28:40.480><c> Crispus</c><00:28:40.960><c> and</c><00:28:41.200><c> Gaius,</c>

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:45.059
lest<00:28:42.160><c> anyone</c><00:28:42.460><c> should</c><00:28:42.660><c> say</c><00:28:42.900><c> that</c><00:28:43.039><c> you</c><00:28:43.180><c> were</c><00:28:43.380><c> baptized</c><00:28:43.740><c> in</c><00:28:43.940><c> my</c><00:28:44.140><c> name.</c>

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:48.779
I<00:28:45.720><c> did</c><00:28:45.980><c> baptize</c><00:28:46.819><c> also</c><00:28:47.339><c> the</c><00:28:47.519><c> house</c><00:28:47.819><c> of</c><00:28:48.000><c> Stephanus.</c>

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:52.500
Beyond<00:28:49.220><c> that,</c><00:28:49.920><c> I</c><00:28:50.039><c> don't</c><00:28:50.220><c> know</c><00:28:50.359><c> whether</c><00:28:50.539><c> I</c><00:28:50.799><c> baptized</c><00:28:51.180><c> anyone</c><00:28:51.480><c> else.</c>

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:55.039
Was<00:28:53.779><c> there</c><00:28:53.960><c> something</c><00:28:54.240><c> wrong</c><00:28:54.579><c> with</c><00:28:54.799><c> Paul?</c>

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:57.079
He<00:28:55.180><c> wasn't</c><00:28:55.440><c> looking</c><00:28:55.700><c> for</c><00:28:56.000><c> baptisms.</c>

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And<00:28:57.299><c> then</c><00:28:57.460><c> he</c><00:28:57.660><c> says</c><00:28:57.880><c> plainly,</c>

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:02.259
for<00:28:59.019><c> Christ</c><00:28:59.319><c> did</c><00:28:59.559><c> not</c><00:28:59.759><c> send</c><00:29:00.000><c> me</c><00:29:00.259><c> to</c><00:29:00.500><c> baptize,</c><00:29:01.000><c> but</c><00:29:01.160><c> to</c><00:29:01.440><c> preach.</c>

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:04.420
In<00:29:02.500><c> other</c><00:29:02.680><c> words,</c><00:29:02.880><c> Paul's</c><00:29:03.319><c> not</c><00:29:03.539><c> putting</c><00:29:03.720><c> the</c><00:29:04.000><c> focus</c>

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:08.500
on<00:29:04.980><c> the</c><00:29:06.220><c> formal</c><00:29:06.759><c> action</c><00:29:07.259><c> that</c><00:29:07.500><c> makes</c><00:29:07.680><c> the</c><00:29:08.039><c> declaration</c>

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:11.700
of<00:29:08.680><c> what</c><00:29:08.940><c> really</c><00:29:09.319><c> happened</c><00:29:09.779><c> was</c><00:29:10.279><c> the</c><00:29:10.720><c> Word</c><00:29:10.960><c> of</c><00:29:11.200><c> God</c>

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went<00:29:12.000><c> into</c><00:29:12.299><c> someone's</c><00:29:12.900><c> heart</c>

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and<00:29:13.619><c> changed</c><00:29:14.079><c> their</c><00:29:14.420><c> life</c>

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:17.000
and<00:29:15.180><c> opened</c><00:29:15.480><c> the</c><00:29:15.640><c> door</c><00:29:15.799><c> of</c><00:29:16.039><c> salvation</c><00:29:16.519><c> to</c><00:29:16.720><c> them.</c>

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:20.019
Which<00:29:17.539><c> is</c><00:29:17.799><c> more</c><00:29:18.059><c> important,</c><00:29:19.000><c> the</c><00:29:19.220><c> symbol</c><00:29:19.480><c> of</c><00:29:19.720><c> water</c>

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:24.180
or<00:29:21.099><c> God's</c><00:29:21.519><c> Word</c><00:29:21.779><c> striking</c><00:29:22.299><c> the</c><00:29:22.619><c> heart</c><00:29:22.819><c> for</c><00:29:23.059><c> salvation?</c>

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Water<00:29:24.700><c> doesn't</c><00:29:25.039><c> save</c><00:29:25.339><c> us.</c>

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:29.079
It's<00:29:26.880><c> God's</c><00:29:27.279><c> Word</c><00:29:27.440><c> in</c><00:29:27.640><c> our</c><00:29:27.799><c> hearts</c><00:29:28.099><c> that</c><00:29:28.259><c> will</c><00:29:28.539><c> save</c><00:29:28.660><c> us</c><00:29:28.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:29.200><c> end.</c>

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:32.180
And<00:29:29.940><c> Paul</c><00:29:30.200><c> was</c><00:29:30.480><c> right</c><00:29:30.720><c> on</c><00:29:30.980><c> point</c><00:29:31.140><c> when</c><00:29:31.299><c> he</c><00:29:31.480><c> said</c><00:29:31.619><c> that</c>

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:35.740
Christ<00:29:32.519><c> did</c><00:29:32.759><c> not</c><00:29:33.039><c> send</c><00:29:33.279><c> me</c><00:29:33.539><c> to</c><00:29:33.720><c> baptize,</c><00:29:34.880><c> but</c><00:29:35.079><c> to</c><00:29:35.339><c> preach.</c>

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:40.339
Otherwise,<00:29:37.359><c> Paul</c><00:29:37.579><c> might</c><00:29:37.799><c> have</c><00:29:38.359><c> started</c><00:29:38.720><c> counting</c><00:29:39.220><c> conversions.</c>

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:43.400
He<00:29:40.960><c> was</c><00:29:41.140><c> just</c><00:29:41.339><c> as</c><00:29:41.599><c> human</c><00:29:41.799><c> as</c><00:29:42.000><c> the</c><00:29:42.099><c> rest</c><00:29:42.339><c> of</c><00:29:42.480><c> us.</c>

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:46.759
Preach<00:29:44.240><c> the</c><00:29:44.480><c> Gospel</c><00:29:44.980><c> and</c><00:29:45.299><c> not</c><00:29:45.519><c> with</c><00:29:45.740><c> eloquent</c><00:29:46.099><c> wisdom,</c>

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:49.940
lest<00:29:47.140><c> the</c><00:29:47.339><c> cross</c><00:29:47.559><c> of</c><00:29:47.720><c> Christ</c><00:29:47.960><c> should</c><00:29:48.160><c> be</c><00:29:48.400><c> emptied</c><00:29:48.680><c> of</c><00:29:48.799><c> its</c><00:29:49.039><c> power.</c>

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:52.740
For<00:29:50.079><c> the</c><00:29:50.240><c> word</c><00:29:50.400><c> of</c><00:29:50.559><c> the</c><00:29:50.740><c> cross</c><00:29:50.960><c> is</c><00:29:51.299><c> folly</c><00:29:51.539><c> to</c><00:29:51.759><c> those</c><00:29:52.059><c> who</c><00:29:52.220><c> are</c><00:29:52.440><c> perishing</c>

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:54.420
and<00:29:52.880><c> that's</c><00:29:53.180><c> the</c><00:29:53.359><c> trouble</c><00:29:53.579><c> you</c><00:29:53.779><c> get</c><00:29:54.000><c> into</c>

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:56.259
when<00:29:54.920><c> light</c><00:29:55.200><c> comes</c><00:29:55.460><c> in</c><00:29:55.619><c> a</c><00:29:55.660><c> dark</c><00:29:55.900><c> place</c>

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:58.579
and<00:29:56.539><c> darkness</c><00:29:57.240><c> doesn't</c><00:29:57.640><c> comprehend</c><00:29:58.160><c> it.</c>

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:03.119
But<00:29:59.240><c> to</c><00:29:59.460><c> us</c><00:29:59.660><c> who</c><00:29:59.839><c> are</c><00:29:59.839><c> being</c><00:30:00.119><c> saved,</c><00:30:00.740><c> it's</c><00:30:01.039><c> the</c><00:30:01.240><c> full</c><00:30:01.539><c> power</c><00:30:01.940><c> of</c><00:30:02.240><c> God.</c>

00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:05.779
There's<00:30:04.140><c> a</c><00:30:04.259><c> reason</c><00:30:04.519><c> why</c><00:30:04.759><c> the</c><00:30:04.900><c> rate</c><00:30:05.019><c> of</c><00:30:05.279><c> baptisms</c>

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.980
was<00:30:06.059><c> unique</c><00:30:06.339><c> at</c><00:30:06.579><c> Pentecost.</c>

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.039
Let's<00:30:07.220><c> just</c><00:30:07.400><c> go</c><00:30:07.559><c> over</c><00:30:07.700><c> this.</c>

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:10.259
It<00:30:08.039><c> was</c><00:30:08.500><c> the</c><00:30:08.599><c> only</c><00:30:08.880><c> audience</c><00:30:09.200><c> who</c><00:30:09.339><c> heard</c><00:30:09.539><c> Christ</c><00:30:09.839><c> personally</c>

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.440
prior<00:30:10.559><c> to</c><00:30:10.740><c> the</c><00:30:10.779><c> crucifixion.</c>

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:14.920
Only<00:30:12.119><c> audience</c><00:30:12.539><c> to</c><00:30:12.759><c> have</c><00:30:12.980><c> personally</c><00:30:13.359><c> witnessed</c><00:30:13.740><c> the</c><00:30:13.960><c> resurrection.</c>

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:17.059
The<00:30:15.119><c> only</c><00:30:15.319><c> audience</c><00:30:15.640><c> who</c><00:30:15.819><c> saw</c><00:30:16.180><c> and</c><00:30:16.480><c> heard</c><00:30:16.700><c> Jesus</c>

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after<00:30:17.460><c> the</c><00:30:17.700><c> resurrection.</c>

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:20.160
They<00:30:18.680><c> were</c><00:30:18.799><c> a</c><00:30:18.839><c> very</c><00:30:19.079><c> unique</c><00:30:19.440><c> group</c><00:30:19.680><c> of</c><00:30:19.940><c> people,</c>

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.579
these<00:30:20.420><c> thousands</c><00:30:20.799><c> who</c><00:30:20.980><c> got</c><00:30:21.200><c> baptized.</c>

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.680
Only<00:30:22.259><c> audience</c><00:30:22.559><c> to</c><00:30:22.740><c> receive</c><00:30:22.960><c> the</c><00:30:23.140><c> Holy</c><00:30:23.339><c> Spirit</c>

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:25.539
special<00:30:24.140><c> to</c><00:30:24.299><c> that</c><00:30:24.500><c> generation.</c>

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:27.880
The<00:30:25.779><c> only</c><00:30:26.019><c> audience</c><00:30:26.359><c> to</c><00:30:26.660><c> hear</c><00:30:26.839><c> the</c><00:30:27.099><c> direct</c><00:30:27.339><c> testimony</c>

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.700
of<00:30:28.059><c> the</c><00:30:28.279><c> disciples.</c>

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:31.900
They<00:30:29.359><c> were</c><00:30:29.500><c> the</c><00:30:29.640><c> only</c><00:30:29.900><c> audience</c><00:30:30.200><c> that</c><00:30:30.440><c> already</c><00:30:30.720><c> knew</c><00:30:30.859><c> the</c><00:30:31.099><c> truth.</c>

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.619
They<00:30:32.539><c> knew</c><00:30:32.759><c> the</c><00:30:33.000><c> promises</c><00:30:33.259><c> of</c><00:30:33.420><c> the</c><00:30:33.519><c> King.</c>

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.539
They<00:30:33.720><c> were</c><00:30:33.920><c> in</c><00:30:34.099><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:36.079
Those<00:30:34.819><c> promises</c><00:30:35.099><c> were</c><00:30:35.380><c> well</c><00:30:35.640><c> known.</c>

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:38.559
To<00:30:36.599><c> say</c><00:30:36.799><c> nothing</c><00:30:37.220><c> of</c><00:30:37.599><c> having</c><00:30:37.880><c> heard</c><00:30:38.180><c> Christ</c>

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:40.779
during<00:30:39.180><c> the</c><00:30:39.299><c> period</c><00:30:39.599><c> of</c><00:30:39.700><c> his</c><00:30:39.900><c> ministry.</c>

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:43.920
They<00:30:41.039><c> did</c><00:30:41.339><c> not</c><00:30:41.599><c> have</c><00:30:41.880><c> 2</c><00:30:42.160><c>,000</c><00:30:42.460><c> years</c><00:30:42.680><c> of</c><00:30:42.960><c> false</c><00:30:43.240><c> doctrine</c>

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:48.519
confusing<00:30:44.839><c> their</c><00:30:45.259><c> faith</c><00:30:45.640><c> with</c><00:30:46.220><c> one</c><00:30:46.680><c> ambiguity</c><00:30:47.400><c> after</c><00:30:48.039><c> another.</c>

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.980
On<00:30:49.099><c> one</c><00:30:49.359><c> hand</c><00:30:49.579><c> appealing</c><00:30:50.019><c> to</c><00:30:50.339><c> human</c><00:30:50.579><c> nature,</c>

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:54.819
on<00:30:51.539><c> the</c><00:30:51.759><c> other</c><00:30:52.000><c> hand</c><00:30:52.240><c> using</c><00:30:52.599><c> religion</c><00:30:53.019><c> as</c><00:30:53.279><c> a</c><00:30:53.380><c> means</c><00:30:53.640><c> to</c><00:30:53.960><c> gain.</c>

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:59.980
So<00:30:57.839><c> this</c><00:30:58.079><c> brings</c><00:30:58.400><c> us</c><00:30:58.680><c> to</c><00:30:58.839><c> the</c><00:30:59.039><c> parable</c><00:30:59.279><c> of</c><00:30:59.480><c> the</c><00:30:59.660><c> talents</c>

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:02.980
because<00:31:00.400><c> Jesus</c><00:31:01.259><c> gave</c><00:31:01.900><c> this</c><00:31:02.240><c> parable</c>

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:05.299
so<00:31:03.420><c> that</c><00:31:03.599><c> we</c><00:31:03.720><c> would</c><00:31:04.099><c> understand</c><00:31:04.660><c> firstly</c>

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:07.920
that<00:31:05.539><c> we</c><00:31:05.680><c> need</c><00:31:05.960><c> to</c><00:31:06.200><c> give</c><00:31:06.279><c> him</c><00:31:06.500><c> a</c><00:31:06.740><c> return</c><00:31:06.900><c> on</c><00:31:07.099><c> his</c><00:31:07.380><c> investment</c>

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:11.160
with<00:31:08.579><c> the</c><00:31:08.900><c> resources</c><00:31:09.319><c> that</c><00:31:09.640><c> he</c><00:31:09.839><c> gives</c><00:31:10.099><c> us</c>

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:14.619
and<00:31:11.680><c> secondly</c><00:31:12.119><c> that</c><00:31:12.339><c> it</c><00:31:12.480><c> will</c><00:31:12.619><c> be</c><00:31:12.759><c> easy</c><00:31:13.039><c> for</c><00:31:13.259><c> us</c><00:31:13.440><c> to</c><00:31:13.700><c> misunderstand</c>

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:16.599
how<00:31:15.200><c> to</c><00:31:15.460><c> allocate</c><00:31:15.779><c> our</c><00:31:16.099><c> time,</c>

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:21.480
what<00:31:17.279><c> to</c><00:31:17.460><c> be</c><00:31:17.680><c> involved</c><00:31:17.980><c> with</c><00:31:18.400><c> in</c><00:31:19.000><c> the</c><00:31:19.220><c> use</c><00:31:19.660><c> of</c><00:31:20.259><c> his</c><00:31:20.519><c> investment.</c>

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.960
In<00:31:22.819><c> other</c><00:31:22.880><c> words,</c><00:31:23.039><c> the</c><00:31:23.200><c> parable</c><00:31:23.400><c> of</c><00:31:23.559><c> the</c><00:31:23.680><c> talent</c>

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:26.400
is<00:31:24.299><c> about</c><00:31:24.500><c> a</c><00:31:24.799><c> small</c><00:31:25.140><c> step</c><00:31:25.400><c> of</c><00:31:25.619><c> misunderstanding</c>

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:28.299
that<00:31:26.720><c> the</c><00:31:26.900><c> one</c><00:31:27.099><c> talent</c><00:31:27.400><c> man</c><00:31:27.700><c> had</c>

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:32.240
that<00:31:29.079><c> turned</c><00:31:29.259><c> into</c><00:31:29.559><c> a</c><00:31:29.819><c> big</c><00:31:30.039><c> mistake</c><00:31:30.539><c> of</c><00:31:30.819><c> wasted</c><00:31:31.180><c> time.</c>

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:35.720
Let's<00:31:33.220><c> look</c><00:31:33.380><c> at</c><00:31:33.519><c> the</c><00:31:33.660><c> ambiguous</c><00:31:34.299><c> use</c><00:31:34.720><c> of</c><00:31:34.960><c> the</c><00:31:35.059><c> word</c><00:31:35.259><c> talents</c>

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:38.160
which<00:31:36.039><c> lies</c><00:31:36.319><c> specifically</c><00:31:37.119><c> in</c><00:31:37.480><c> confusion</c>

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:42.119
around<00:31:39.079><c> the</c><00:31:39.720><c> archaic</c><00:31:40.660><c> meaning</c><00:31:41.000><c> of</c><00:31:41.299><c> the</c><00:31:41.440><c> word</c><00:31:41.619><c> talent</c>

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:44.220
and<00:31:42.859><c> the</c><00:31:43.140><c> contemporary</c><00:31:43.799><c> use,</c>

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:46.619
the<00:31:44.420><c> way</c><00:31:44.579><c> we</c><00:31:44.940><c> use</c><00:31:45.180><c> the</c><00:31:45.400><c> word</c><00:31:45.599><c> talent.</c>

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:51.539
I<00:31:47.859><c> ran</c><00:31:48.079><c> across</c><00:31:48.440><c> this</c><00:31:48.839><c> sign</c><00:31:49.099><c> as</c><00:31:49.279><c> I</c><00:31:49.460><c> was</c><00:31:49.660><c> driving</c><00:31:49.980><c> down</c><00:31:50.359><c> the</c><00:31:50.559><c> road.</c>

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:54.039
Audition<00:31:52.579><c> this</c><00:31:52.920><c> month.</c>

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:57.859
Actors,<00:31:55.279><c> models</c><00:31:55.559><c> and</c><00:31:56.019><c> talent</c><00:31:56.380><c> for</c><00:31:56.640><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.819
Amtcaudition<00:32:00.720><c>.org.</c>

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:05.180
This<00:32:02.019><c> is</c><00:32:02.240><c> the</c><00:32:02.339><c> way</c><00:32:02.519><c> all</c><00:32:02.799><c> of</c><00:32:03.099><c> Christianity</c><00:32:03.440><c> regards</c><00:32:04.559><c> talents</c>

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:08.299
specifically<00:32:06.160><c> from</c><00:32:06.480><c> the</c><00:32:06.720><c> parable</c><00:32:06.940><c> of</c><00:32:07.140><c> the</c><00:32:07.339><c> talents.</c>

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:12.720
Christian<00:32:08.980><c> talent</c><00:32:09.299><c> is</c><00:32:09.539><c> ability,</c><00:32:10.740><c> natural</c><00:32:11.140><c> interests</c><00:32:11.559><c> and</c><00:32:11.799><c> skills.</c>

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.779
Now<00:32:13.420><c> I'm</c><00:32:14.099><c> just</c><00:32:14.339><c> going</c><00:32:14.500><c> to</c><00:32:14.660><c> speak</c><00:32:14.900><c> like</c><00:32:15.259><c> a</c><00:32:15.440><c> fool</c><00:32:15.619><c> for</c><00:32:15.880><c> a</c><00:32:15.980><c> minute</c>

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:21.819
and<00:32:18.640><c> I'll</c><00:32:19.099><c> try</c><00:32:19.259><c> to</c><00:32:19.519><c> balance</c><00:32:19.740><c> it</c><00:32:19.960><c> out</c><00:32:20.079><c> by</c><00:32:20.319><c> saying</c><00:32:20.500><c> this</c><00:32:20.900><c> first.</c>

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:23.319
I'm<00:32:22.240><c> not</c><00:32:22.480><c> very</c><00:32:22.819><c> intelligent.</c>

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:26.880
At<00:32:23.680><c> least</c><00:32:23.900><c> I</c><00:32:24.079><c> don't</c><00:32:24.380><c> regard</c><00:32:25.180><c> myself</c><00:32:25.759><c> as</c><00:32:26.059><c> being</c><00:32:26.279><c> very</c><00:32:26.599><c> intelligent</c>

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:29.819
and<00:32:26.980><c> many</c><00:32:27.200><c> of</c><00:32:27.440><c> the</c><00:32:27.480><c> teachers</c><00:32:27.779><c> in</c><00:32:28.039><c> my</c><00:32:28.259><c> classes</c><00:32:28.740><c> in</c><00:32:29.559><c> school</c>

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:32.759
did<00:32:30.079><c> not</c><00:32:30.299><c> also</c><00:32:30.619><c> regard</c><00:32:31.000><c> me</c><00:32:31.220><c> as</c><00:32:31.359><c> being</c><00:32:31.579><c> a</c><00:32:31.660><c> very</c><00:32:31.960><c> intelligent</c><00:32:32.359><c> person.</c>

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:36.079
I<00:32:33.240><c> did</c><00:32:33.480><c> not</c><00:32:33.660><c> do</c><00:32:33.839><c> well</c><00:32:34.119><c> in</c><00:32:34.380><c> many</c><00:32:34.619><c> of</c><00:32:34.920><c> my</c><00:32:35.140><c> tests.</c>

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.599
I<00:32:36.839><c> have</c><00:32:37.640><c> an</c><00:32:37.839><c> excuse</c><00:32:38.240><c> for</c><00:32:38.480><c> that.</c>

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.160
I<00:32:38.720><c> just</c><00:32:38.980><c> wasn't</c><00:32:39.220><c> interested</c><00:32:39.720><c> in</c><00:32:39.900><c> it</c>

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:44.420
and<00:32:40.700><c> so</c><00:32:40.920><c> maybe</c><00:32:41.160><c> that's</c><00:32:41.559><c> a</c><00:32:41.660><c> bypass</c><00:32:42.119><c> around</c><00:32:42.539><c> that</c><00:32:43.819><c> self</c>

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:46.440
-afflicting<00:32:45.359><c> thought.</c>

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:49.980
But<00:32:47.960><c> I</c><00:32:48.480><c> did</c><00:32:48.680><c> get</c><00:32:49.059><c> talent.</c>

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:54.079
Most<00:32:50.380><c> people</c><00:32:50.660><c> who</c><00:32:50.920><c> know</c><00:32:51.079><c> me</c><00:32:51.940><c> know</c><00:32:52.339><c> that</c><00:32:52.619><c> I</c><00:32:52.819><c> have</c><00:32:53.180><c> talent</c>

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:56.099
and<00:32:54.779><c> I</c><00:32:55.119><c> like</c><00:32:55.299><c> to</c><00:32:55.519><c> use</c><00:32:55.660><c> my</c><00:32:55.940><c> talent.</c>

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:58.099
I've<00:32:56.400><c> been</c><00:32:56.559><c> using</c><00:32:56.819><c> it</c><00:32:56.960><c> this</c><00:32:57.180><c> week.</c>

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:01.559
But<00:32:58.440><c> I</c><00:32:58.539><c> never</c><00:32:58.759><c> for</c><00:32:59.000><c> once</c><00:32:59.200><c> thought</c><00:32:59.579><c> that</c><00:32:59.839><c> Christ</c><00:33:00.079><c> gave</c><00:33:00.359><c> me</c><00:33:00.599><c> that</c><00:33:00.819><c> talent.</c>

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:03.859
I<00:33:02.160><c> know</c><00:33:02.359><c> that</c><00:33:02.539><c> my</c><00:33:02.759><c> mother</c><00:33:02.960><c> gave</c><00:33:03.240><c> me</c><00:33:03.460><c> that</c><00:33:03.700><c> talent.</c>

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.980
My<00:33:04.039><c> mother</c><00:33:04.240><c> and</c><00:33:04.339><c> my</c><00:33:04.619><c> father.</c>

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:08.420
It<00:33:05.519><c> descended</c><00:33:05.920><c> down</c><00:33:06.359><c> through</c><00:33:06.559><c> their</c><00:33:06.799><c> gene</c><00:33:07.160><c> pool</c><00:33:07.619><c> into</c><00:33:08.099><c> my</c>

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.240
genetic<00:33:08.799><c> makeup</c>

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.740
and<00:33:09.559><c> then</c><00:33:09.839><c> grew</c><00:33:10.019><c> up</c><00:33:10.279><c> with</c><00:33:10.500><c> me.</c>

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:13.900
My<00:33:11.259><c> mother</c><00:33:11.500><c> kind</c><00:33:11.759><c> of</c><00:33:12.079><c> supported</c><00:33:12.400><c> that</c><00:33:12.900><c> as</c><00:33:13.359><c> I</c><00:33:13.559><c> would</c><00:33:13.740><c> say,</c>

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:15.640
well<00:33:14.079><c> I</c><00:33:14.140><c> need</c><00:33:14.380><c> something</c><00:33:14.680><c> to</c><00:33:14.900><c> build</c><00:33:15.039><c> a</c><00:33:15.299><c> skateboard</c>

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.660
and<00:33:15.980><c> so</c><00:33:16.119><c> she</c><00:33:16.279><c> would</c><00:33:16.500><c> take</c><00:33:16.660><c> me</c><00:33:16.839><c> to</c><00:33:16.980><c> the</c><00:33:17.140><c> lumber</c><00:33:17.380><c> yard</c>

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:20.799
and<00:33:17.980><c> I</c><00:33:18.240><c> want</c><00:33:18.400><c> to</c><00:33:18.559><c> build</c><00:33:18.700><c> a</c><00:33:18.819><c> guitar</c><00:33:19.220><c> and</c><00:33:19.400><c> so</c><00:33:19.500><c> she's</c><00:33:19.859><c> right</c><00:33:20.119><c> behind</c><00:33:20.500><c> me</c>

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:22.720
and<00:33:21.380><c> all</c><00:33:21.640><c> the</c><00:33:21.839><c> other</c><00:33:21.980><c> little</c><00:33:22.240><c> areas,</c>

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:25.200
they<00:33:23.140><c> helped</c><00:33:23.400><c> me</c><00:33:23.640><c> pay</c><00:33:23.759><c> my</c><00:33:24.039><c> way</c><00:33:24.200><c> through</c><00:33:24.519><c> art</c><00:33:24.839><c> school</c>

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:27.980
where<00:33:25.500><c> I</c><00:33:25.680><c> was</c><00:33:25.960><c> asserting</c><00:33:26.640><c> my</c><00:33:27.140><c> talents.</c>

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:32.700
But<00:33:29.940><c> although</c><00:33:30.480><c> I</c><00:33:30.859><c> do</c><00:33:31.079><c> use</c><00:33:31.480><c> them,</c>

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:36.519
I<00:33:33.220><c> don't</c><00:33:33.559><c> think</c><00:33:33.940><c> that</c><00:33:34.279><c> these</c><00:33:34.519><c> are</c><00:33:34.720><c> the</c><00:33:34.859><c> good</c><00:33:35.019><c> gifts</c><00:33:35.259><c> of</c><00:33:35.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:39.400
I<00:33:37.240><c> never</c><00:33:37.500><c> thought</c><00:33:37.819><c> that.</c>

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:43.059
But<00:33:40.799><c> I</c><00:33:40.940><c> have</c><00:33:41.079><c> met</c><00:33:41.240><c> some</c><00:33:41.500><c> people</c><00:33:41.740><c> who</c><00:33:42.000><c> do.</c>

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:47.059
One<00:33:44.460><c> of</c><00:33:44.619><c> the</c><00:33:44.839><c> young</c><00:33:45.019><c> men</c><00:33:45.240><c> that</c><00:33:45.759><c> I</c><00:33:46.160><c> was</c><00:33:46.380><c> talking</c><00:33:46.619><c> with</c><00:33:46.799><c> Truth</c><00:33:46.960><c> to</c>

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.779
years<00:33:47.380><c> ago</c>

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:50.279
told<00:33:48.019><c> me</c><00:33:48.200><c> he</c><00:33:48.380><c> was</c><00:33:48.680><c> going</c><00:33:48.920><c> to</c><00:33:48.980><c> be</c><00:33:49.119><c> a</c><00:33:49.299><c> photographer</c><00:33:49.700><c> for</c><00:33:49.960><c> Christ</c>

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:53.000
because<00:33:50.599><c> he</c><00:33:50.859><c> had</c><00:33:51.079><c> a</c><00:33:51.240><c> particular</c><00:33:51.759><c> talent</c><00:33:52.319><c> in</c><00:33:52.519><c> photography.</c>

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.960
He<00:33:53.519><c> said,</c><00:33:53.799><c> that's</c><00:33:53.880><c> the</c><00:33:53.940><c> way</c><00:33:54.079><c> I</c><00:33:54.119><c> want</c><00:33:54.299><c> to</c><00:33:54.420><c> use</c><00:33:54.539><c> my</c><00:33:54.759><c> talent.</c>

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:57.559
I'm<00:33:55.619><c> going</c><00:33:55.640><c> to</c><00:33:55.660><c> be</c><00:33:55.799><c> a</c><00:33:55.980><c> photographer</c><00:33:56.400><c> for</c><00:33:56.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:57.619 --> 00:34:00.519
I<00:33:57.880><c> suppose</c><00:33:58.140><c> there</c><00:33:58.299><c> are</c><00:33:58.299><c> people</c><00:33:58.539><c> out</c><00:33:58.779><c> there</c><00:33:58.920><c> who</c><00:33:59.119><c> dance</c><00:33:59.380><c> for</c><00:33:59.579><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:03.079
I'm<00:34:00.759><c> sure</c><00:34:00.880><c> there's</c><00:34:01.440><c> some</c><00:34:01.700><c> people,</c><00:34:02.200><c> perhaps</c><00:34:02.420><c> even</c><00:34:02.740><c> in</c><00:34:02.859><c> our</c><00:34:02.940><c> midst,</c>

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:05.220
who<00:34:03.240><c> want</c><00:34:03.359><c> to</c><00:34:03.559><c> speak</c><00:34:03.819><c> for</c><00:34:04.059><c> Christ</c><00:34:04.400><c> because</c><00:34:04.700><c> they</c><00:34:04.920><c> feel</c><00:34:05.059><c> like</c>

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.339
they<00:34:05.339><c> have</c><00:34:05.460><c> a</c><00:34:05.619><c> talent</c><00:34:05.839><c> in</c><00:34:06.099><c> speaking.</c>

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:08.220
That's<00:34:06.960><c> not</c><00:34:07.079><c> why</c><00:34:07.220><c> I</c><00:34:07.440><c> speak.</c>

00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:11.599
I<00:34:08.559><c> speak</c><00:34:08.760><c> because</c><00:34:09.260><c> there's</c><00:34:09.780><c> a</c><00:34:10.019><c> message</c><00:34:10.360><c> that</c><00:34:10.780><c> comes</c><00:34:11.079><c> from</c><00:34:11.320><c> God</c>

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:13.139
that<00:34:11.760><c> needs</c><00:34:11.980><c> to</c><00:34:12.139><c> be</c><00:34:12.300><c> heard</c><00:34:12.480><c> and</c><00:34:12.559><c> there's</c><00:34:12.739><c> no</c><00:34:12.900><c> other</c><00:34:13.019><c> way</c>

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.960
to<00:34:13.340><c> communicate</c><00:34:13.719><c> it</c><00:34:13.860><c> without</c><00:34:14.059><c> speaking</c><00:34:14.420><c> about</c><00:34:14.699><c> it.</c>

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:17.019
That<00:34:15.440><c> has</c><00:34:15.500><c> nothing</c><00:34:15.679><c> to</c><00:34:15.820><c> do</c><00:34:15.920><c> with</c><00:34:16.079><c> talent.</c>

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:20.840
So<00:34:17.699><c> there's</c><00:34:18.260><c> a</c><00:34:18.400><c> little</c><00:34:18.559><c> bit</c><00:34:18.800><c> of</c><00:34:19.480><c> an</c><00:34:19.719><c> ambiguity</c><00:34:20.139><c> about</c><00:34:20.480><c> the</c><00:34:20.679><c> use</c>

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:23.039
of<00:34:21.059><c> the</c><00:34:21.139><c> word</c><00:34:21.320><c> talents</c><00:34:21.659><c> that</c><00:34:21.880><c> I</c><00:34:22.039><c> would</c><00:34:22.179><c> like</c><00:34:22.320><c> to</c><00:34:22.519><c> address</c><00:34:22.800><c> for</c>

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.900
a<00:34:23.179><c> moment.</c>

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.739
This<00:34:24.280><c> is</c><00:34:24.460><c> the</c><00:34:24.559><c> way</c><00:34:24.699><c> Christianity</c><00:34:25.280><c> sees</c><00:34:25.579><c> it.</c>

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:28.360
The<00:34:25.900><c> English</c><00:34:26.119><c> word</c><00:34:26.340><c> talent</c><00:34:26.820><c> means</c><00:34:27.300><c> our</c><00:34:27.579><c> natural</c><00:34:27.900><c> abilities.</c>

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:31.980
It's<00:34:28.659><c> derived</c><00:34:29.000><c> from</c><00:34:29.860><c> the</c><00:34:30.219><c> parable</c><00:34:30.579><c> of</c><00:34:30.940><c> the</c><00:34:31.159><c> talents.</c>

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:36.699
The<00:34:33.099><c> lesson</c><00:34:33.440><c> of</c><00:34:33.619><c> the</c><00:34:33.920><c> parable</c><00:34:34.239><c> is</c><00:34:34.539><c> that</c><00:34:34.739><c> we</c><00:34:35.000><c> must</c><00:34:35.440><c> use</c><00:34:35.960><c> our</c><00:34:36.400><c> talents</c>

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:41.360
and<00:34:37.079><c> abilities</c><00:34:37.559><c> as</c><00:34:38.440><c> well</c><00:34:38.760><c> as</c><00:34:39.079><c> our</c><00:34:39.340><c> wealth</c><00:34:39.619><c> in</c><00:34:39.920><c> God's</c><00:34:40.860><c> service.</c>

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:44.820
I<00:34:42.980><c> just</c><00:34:43.260><c> want</c><00:34:43.380><c> to</c><00:34:43.519><c> say</c><00:34:43.639><c> in</c><00:34:43.900><c> passing,</c>

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:47.639
is<00:34:45.460><c> this</c><00:34:45.739><c> the</c><00:34:46.019><c> mentality</c><00:34:46.519><c> that</c><00:34:46.760><c> comes</c><00:34:47.000><c> before</c><00:34:47.320><c> Christ</c>

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:50.039
at<00:34:48.219><c> the</c><00:34:48.380><c> judgment</c><00:34:48.639><c> seat</c><00:34:48.920><c> and</c><00:34:49.139><c> says,</c>

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:54.099
haven't<00:34:50.460><c> we</c><00:34:50.659><c> done</c><00:34:50.860><c> many</c><00:34:51.360><c> marvelous</c><00:34:51.840><c> works</c><00:34:52.320><c> in</c><00:34:52.880><c> thy</c><00:34:53.159><c> name?</c>

00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:58.039
And<00:34:55.139><c> yet,</c><00:34:55.980><c> Jesus</c><00:34:56.300><c> refers</c><00:34:56.719><c> to</c><00:34:56.860><c> them</c><00:34:57.039><c> as</c><00:34:57.219><c> workers</c><00:34:57.519><c> of</c><00:34:57.719><c> iniquity.</c>

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.079
He<00:34:58.179><c> said,</c><00:34:58.239><c> I</c><00:34:58.380><c> didn't</c><00:34:58.599><c> know</c><00:34:58.800><c> you.</c>

00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:00.519
What's<00:34:59.659><c> the</c><00:34:59.860><c> problem</c><00:35:00.159><c> here?</c>

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:03.159
There's<00:35:01.099><c> really</c><00:35:01.500><c> nothing</c><00:35:01.980><c> apparently</c><00:35:02.719><c> wrong</c>

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.900
with<00:35:03.400><c> what</c><00:35:03.599><c> he</c><00:35:03.860><c> is</c><00:35:04.119><c> saying.</c>

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:08.179
And<00:35:05.219><c> then</c><00:35:05.340><c> he</c><00:35:05.500><c> says</c><00:35:05.699><c> this,</c><00:35:06.440><c> and</c><00:35:06.440><c> I'm</c><00:35:07.360><c> sure</c><00:35:07.519><c> every</c><00:35:07.820><c> one</c><00:35:07.960><c> of</c><00:35:08.039><c> us</c>

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:10.920
on<00:35:08.360><c> the</c><00:35:08.559><c> face</c><00:35:08.780><c> of</c><00:35:08.920><c> it</c><00:35:09.019><c> would</c><00:35:09.179><c> say,</c><00:35:09.420><c> well,</c><00:35:09.559><c> I</c><00:35:09.719><c> agree</c><00:35:09.900><c> with</c><00:35:10.099><c> that.</c>

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:13.420
And<00:35:11.139><c> so</c><00:35:11.219><c> if</c><00:35:11.340><c> I'm</c><00:35:11.519><c> putting</c><00:35:11.659><c> you</c><00:35:11.860><c> into</c><00:35:12.019><c> a</c><00:35:12.159><c> bit</c><00:35:12.239><c> of</c><00:35:12.440><c> an</c><00:35:12.579><c> ordeal</c><00:35:12.880><c> here,</c>

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.800
that's<00:35:14.039><c> not</c><00:35:14.280><c> a</c><00:35:14.400><c> bad</c><00:35:14.559><c> thing.</c>

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:16.460
If<00:35:15.000><c> nothing</c><00:35:15.239><c> else,</c><00:35:15.500><c> we'll</c><00:35:15.639><c> be</c><00:35:15.840><c> thinking</c><00:35:16.039><c> about</c><00:35:16.280><c> it</c>

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.699
a<00:35:16.519><c> little</c><00:35:16.699><c> bit</c><00:35:16.880><c> more.</c>

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:21.760
It<00:35:18.739><c> would</c><00:35:19.000><c> seem,</c><00:35:19.260><c> he</c><00:35:19.519><c> says,</c><00:35:20.340><c> that</c><00:35:20.519><c> the</c><00:35:20.639><c> more</c><00:35:20.880><c> we</c><00:35:21.119><c> give</c><00:35:21.260><c> to</c><00:35:21.559><c> others,</c>

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.679
the<00:35:22.000><c> poorer</c><00:35:22.360><c> we</c><00:35:22.719><c> become.</c>

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:25.559
But<00:35:24.239><c> just</c><00:35:24.559><c> the</c><00:35:24.820><c> opposite</c><00:35:25.119><c> is</c><00:35:25.420><c> true.</c>

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:29.619
In<00:35:25.780><c> other</c><00:35:26.059><c> words,</c><00:35:26.780><c> give</c><00:35:27.019><c> to</c><00:35:27.199><c> the</c><00:35:27.400><c> church</c><00:35:27.659><c> and</c><00:35:27.980><c> expect</c><00:35:28.400><c> prosperity.</c>

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:32.960
And<00:35:30.840><c> that's</c><00:35:31.179><c> why,</c><00:35:31.420><c> of</c><00:35:31.619><c> course,</c><00:35:31.800><c> if</c><00:35:32.000><c> you</c><00:35:32.119><c> look</c><00:35:32.320><c> back</c><00:35:32.599><c> in</c><00:35:32.719><c> the</c><00:35:32.820><c> life</c>

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:36.280
of<00:35:33.159><c> Paul,</c><00:35:33.440><c> you</c><00:35:33.519><c> can</c><00:35:33.739><c> see</c><00:35:33.840><c> that's</c><00:35:34.360><c> exactly</c><00:35:34.780><c> what</c><00:35:35.579><c> Paul</c><00:35:35.920><c> did.</c>

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:38.000
He<00:35:36.519><c> made</c><00:35:36.760><c> his</c><00:35:37.019><c> appeal</c><00:35:37.239><c> for</c><00:35:37.480><c> the</c><00:35:37.619><c> widows.</c>

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.980
He<00:35:38.219><c> raised</c><00:35:38.579><c> funds.</c>

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:41.519
He<00:35:39.699><c> contributed</c><00:35:40.119><c> to</c><00:35:40.539><c> the</c><00:35:40.719><c> work</c><00:35:40.880><c> of</c><00:35:41.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:47.139
And<00:35:41.719><c> prosperity</c><00:35:42.719><c> really</c><00:35:45.659><c> didn't</c><00:35:45.900><c> come</c><00:35:46.159><c> into</c><00:35:46.460><c> it</c><00:35:46.619><c> with</c><00:35:46.840><c> Paul,</c>

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:48.619
did<00:35:47.360><c> it?</c>

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.679
He<00:35:49.880><c> was</c><00:35:50.119><c> a</c><00:35:50.239><c> tent</c><00:35:50.380><c> maker.</c>

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:54.300
He<00:35:50.940><c> had</c><00:35:51.239><c> to</c><00:35:51.340><c> teach</c><00:35:51.480><c> the</c><00:35:51.739><c> truth</c><00:35:51.920><c> out</c><00:35:52.099><c> of</c><00:35:52.199><c> his</c><00:35:52.380><c> living</c><00:35:52.559><c> room</c><00:35:52.980><c> as</c><00:35:53.300><c> a</c><00:35:53.519><c> prisoner.</c>

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:59.460
He<00:35:54.739><c> wound</c><00:35:54.960><c> up,</c><00:35:55.340><c> bound</c><00:35:55.579><c> up,</c><00:35:55.900><c> and</c><00:35:56.059><c> then</c><00:35:56.320><c> executed</c><00:35:57.300><c> by</c><00:35:58.559><c> Caesar.</c>

00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:04.539
What<00:36:01.760><c> happened</c><00:36:02.280><c> to</c><00:36:02.860><c> all</c><00:36:03.019><c> that</c><00:36:03.280><c> promise</c><00:36:03.599><c> of</c><00:36:03.940><c> prosperity</c>

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:08.380
to<00:36:04.860><c> the</c><00:36:05.059><c> man</c><00:36:05.239><c> who</c><00:36:05.519><c> set</c><00:36:05.659><c> the</c><00:36:05.900><c> Christian</c><00:36:06.219><c> world</c><00:36:07.000><c> on</c><00:36:07.840><c> fire</c><00:36:08.139><c> with</c>

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.619
the<00:36:08.579><c> truth?</c>

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:14.099
The<00:36:11.300><c> same</c><00:36:11.539><c> website</c><00:36:11.900><c> says</c><00:36:12.260><c> this</c><00:36:12.719><c> is</c><00:36:13.019><c> the</c><00:36:13.159><c> way</c><00:36:13.300><c> you</c><00:36:13.519><c> use</c><00:36:13.719><c> your</c><00:36:13.920><c> talents.</c>

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:19.119
You<00:36:14.360><c> donate</c><00:36:14.699><c> money</c><00:36:15.440><c> to</c><00:36:15.840><c> have</c><00:36:16.119><c> a</c><00:36:16.440><c> good</c><00:36:16.599><c> quality</c><00:36:17.039><c> charitable</c><00:36:17.840><c> organization.</c>

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:22.380
I<00:36:19.739><c> like</c><00:36:19.920><c> to</c><00:36:20.159><c> think</c><00:36:20.300><c> of</c><00:36:20.460><c> us</c><00:36:20.679><c> in</c><00:36:20.800><c> terms</c><00:36:21.099><c> of</c><00:36:21.300><c> our</c><00:36:21.539><c> community</c><00:36:21.900><c> involvement,</c>

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:26.860
what<00:36:22.840><c> we're</c><00:36:23.099><c> doing</c><00:36:23.380><c> as</c><00:36:23.860><c> a</c><00:36:24.079><c> community</c><00:36:24.699><c> in</c><00:36:25.599><c> our</c><00:36:25.800><c> times,</c>

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:29.820
as<00:36:27.099><c> compared,</c><00:36:27.679><c> let's</c><00:36:27.980><c> say,</c><00:36:28.340><c> to</c><00:36:28.400><c> what</c><00:36:28.960><c> the</c><00:36:29.420><c> emphasis</c>

00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:32.320
Christ<00:36:30.159><c> might</c><00:36:30.420><c> put</c><00:36:30.599><c> on</c><00:36:30.800><c> it</c><00:36:31.119><c> if</c><00:36:31.260><c> he</c><00:36:31.400><c> were</c><00:36:31.519><c> here</c><00:36:31.659><c> with</c><00:36:31.840><c> us.</c>

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:34.159
Take<00:36:32.920><c> a</c><00:36:33.019><c> public</c><00:36:33.420><c> service</c><00:36:33.840><c> job.</c>

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:36.460
Become<00:36:34.519><c> a</c><00:36:34.739><c> minister,</c><00:36:35.119><c> a</c><00:36:35.239><c> deacon,</c><00:36:35.440><c> or</c><00:36:35.599><c> a</c><00:36:35.659><c> Sunday</c><00:36:35.940><c> school</c><00:36:36.159><c> teacher.</c>

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:40.219
Volunteer<00:36:37.039><c> at</c><00:36:37.199><c> social</c><00:36:37.519><c> service</c><00:36:38.360><c> agency</c><00:36:39.019><c> or</c><00:36:39.320><c> a</c><00:36:39.519><c> school</c><00:36:39.619><c> or</c><00:36:39.840><c> a</c><00:36:39.880><c> hospital.</c>

00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:44.219
Go<00:36:40.760><c> down</c><00:36:41.119><c> on</c><00:36:41.380><c> sandwich</c><00:36:41.679><c> Sunday</c><00:36:42.059><c> and</c><00:36:42.980><c> pass</c><00:36:43.300><c> sandwiches</c><00:36:43.699><c> out</c><00:36:44.059><c> to</c>

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:45.139
the<00:36:44.380><c> homeless.</c>

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.460
Volunteer<00:36:45.980><c> at</c><00:36:46.119><c> a</c><00:36:46.260><c> church.</c>

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:47.900
Pray<00:36:46.780><c> for</c><00:36:46.960><c> the</c><00:36:47.159><c> sick</c><00:36:47.300><c> and</c><00:36:47.440><c> the</c><00:36:47.679><c> suffering.</c>

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:49.440
Babysit<00:36:48.500><c> for</c><00:36:48.739><c> a</c><00:36:48.860><c> friend</c><00:36:49.000><c> or</c><00:36:49.139><c> neighbor.</c>

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:51.760
Invite<00:36:49.900><c> someone</c><00:36:50.199><c> lonely</c><00:36:50.460><c> to</c><00:36:50.699><c> share</c><00:36:50.860><c> a</c><00:36:51.059><c> meal.</c>

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.699
Help<00:36:52.000><c> people</c><00:36:52.320><c> in</c><00:36:52.559><c> need.</c>

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:54.519
Visit<00:36:53.059><c> and</c><00:36:53.239><c> run</c><00:36:53.360><c> errands</c><00:36:53.739><c> or</c><00:36:53.880><c> help</c><00:36:54.000><c> with</c><00:36:54.260><c> chores.</c>

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:56.880
Give<00:36:54.780><c> hugs</c><00:36:55.019><c> and</c><00:36:55.260><c> attention</c><00:36:55.539><c> to</c><00:36:55.699><c> your</c><00:36:55.880><c> spouse</c><00:36:56.199><c> and</c><00:36:56.360><c> your</c><00:36:56.559><c> siblings</c>

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:58.360
and<00:36:57.320><c> your</c><00:36:57.519><c> children</c><00:36:57.780><c> and</c><00:36:57.860><c> your</c><00:36:58.099><c> parents.</c>

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.260
Don't<00:36:58.619><c> hold</c><00:36:58.800><c> a</c><00:36:59.019><c> grudge.</c>

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:01.619
Forgive<00:36:59.539><c> everyone</c><00:36:59.980><c> who</c><00:37:00.159><c> has</c><00:37:00.360><c> treated</c><00:37:00.539><c> you</c><00:37:00.820><c> badly.</c>

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:03.980
Smile<00:37:01.940><c> and</c><00:37:02.059><c> be</c><00:37:02.239><c> kind</c><00:37:02.440><c> to</c><00:37:02.579><c> the</c><00:37:02.739><c> people</c><00:37:02.920><c> you</c><00:37:03.139><c> encounter</c><00:37:03.400><c> every</c><00:37:03.760><c> day.</c>

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:06.519
And<00:37:04.099><c> find</c><00:37:04.320><c> a</c><00:37:04.579><c> creative</c><00:37:04.800><c> use</c><00:37:05.059><c> for</c><00:37:05.260><c> your</c><00:37:05.420><c> own</c><00:37:05.619><c> talent.</c>

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.400
Who<00:37:07.059><c> in</c><00:37:07.219><c> the</c><00:37:07.380><c> world</c><00:37:07.579><c> would</c><00:37:07.800><c> argue</c><00:37:08.099><c> with</c><00:37:08.280><c> that?</c>

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.480
That's<00:37:08.679><c> a</c><00:37:08.800><c> good</c><00:37:08.940><c> list,</c><00:37:09.340><c> isn't</c><00:37:09.420><c> it?</c>

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.860
It's<00:37:09.679><c> a</c><00:37:09.780><c> nice</c><00:37:10.000><c> list.</c>

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.219
Why<00:37:11.420><c> not</c><00:37:11.679><c> do</c><00:37:11.900><c> that?</c>

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.679
This<00:37:12.739><c> is</c><00:37:12.920><c> what</c><00:37:13.139><c> all</c><00:37:13.440><c> the</c><00:37:13.579><c> Christians</c><00:37:13.880><c> in</c><00:37:14.039><c> the</c><00:37:14.179><c> world</c><00:37:14.340><c> are</c><00:37:14.519><c> doing.</c>

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:16.380
And<00:37:14.840><c> you</c><00:37:14.960><c> say,</c><00:37:15.380><c> well,</c><00:37:15.380><c> just</c><00:37:15.539><c> because</c><00:37:15.840><c> they're</c><00:37:16.039><c> doing</c><00:37:16.179><c> it</c>

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.360
doesn't<00:37:16.559><c> mean</c><00:37:16.739><c> it's</c><00:37:16.980><c> wrong.</c>

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.719
And<00:37:17.880><c> that's</c><00:37:18.159><c> a</c><00:37:18.239><c> good</c><00:37:18.420><c> point.</c>

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:20.320
It<00:37:19.300><c> doesn't.</c>

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:23.780
This<00:37:20.920><c> is</c><00:37:21.199><c> coming</c><00:37:21.460><c> from</c><00:37:21.940><c> an</c><00:37:22.320><c> influence</c><00:37:22.659><c> that</c><00:37:22.900><c> was</c><00:37:23.119><c> given</c><00:37:23.360><c> to</c><00:37:23.539><c> them</c>

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:27.260
by<00:37:24.340><c> the</c><00:37:24.679><c> teachings</c><00:37:25.059><c> of</c><00:37:25.539><c> the</c><00:37:25.639><c> Lord</c><00:37:25.780><c> Jesus</c><00:37:26.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:29.619
But<00:37:28.119><c> is</c><00:37:28.219><c> this</c><00:37:28.380><c> what</c><00:37:28.500><c> he</c><00:37:28.840><c> asked</c><00:37:29.079><c> us</c><00:37:29.320><c> to</c><00:37:29.480><c> do?</c>

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:33.059
We<00:37:30.079><c> do</c><00:37:30.300><c> this</c><00:37:30.920><c> if</c><00:37:31.480><c> we</c><00:37:31.659><c> have</c><00:37:31.820><c> any</c><00:37:32.059><c> love</c><00:37:32.199><c> in</c><00:37:32.320><c> our</c><00:37:32.460><c> hearts</c><00:37:32.619><c> at</c><00:37:32.820><c> all.</c>

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:36.840
But<00:37:33.519><c> is</c><00:37:33.780><c> this</c><00:37:34.599><c> the</c><00:37:34.940><c> specific</c><00:37:35.639><c> responsibility</c>

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:41.519
that<00:37:37.460><c> he</c><00:37:37.699><c> gives</c><00:37:38.059><c> those</c><00:37:38.860><c> who</c><00:37:39.480><c> have</c><00:37:40.000><c> the</c><00:37:40.360><c> keys</c><00:37:40.679><c> to</c><00:37:40.920><c> the</c><00:37:41.139><c> kingdom,</c>

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:47.800
who<00:37:42.019><c> can</c><00:37:42.480><c> decipher</c><00:37:43.239><c> this</c><00:37:44.820><c> very</c><00:37:45.659><c> difficult</c><00:37:46.320><c> message</c><00:37:46.800><c> for</c><00:37:47.199><c> blind</c><00:37:47.460><c> men</c>

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:50.780
and<00:37:48.239><c> open</c><00:37:48.579><c> their</c><00:37:48.900><c> eyes</c><00:37:49.260><c> so</c><00:37:49.840><c> that</c><00:37:50.019><c> they</c><00:37:50.199><c> see</c><00:37:50.420><c> it?</c>

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:53.940
Is<00:37:51.500><c> this</c><00:37:52.300><c> their</c><00:37:52.679><c> responsibility?</c>

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:58.800
I<00:37:55.300><c> believe</c><00:37:55.599><c> that</c><00:37:55.880><c> with</c><00:37:57.400><c> respect</c><00:37:57.800><c> to</c><00:37:57.980><c> people</c><00:37:58.159><c> who</c><00:37:58.380><c> are</c><00:37:58.380><c> doing</c><00:37:58.519><c> this</c>

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.280
in<00:37:58.960><c> the</c><00:37:59.139><c> world,</c><00:37:59.440><c> including</c><00:38:00.019><c> Matt</c><00:38:00.420><c> Damon</c><00:38:00.599><c> and</c><00:38:00.780><c> Bill</c><00:38:00.960><c> Gates,</c>

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:02.480
Jesus<00:38:02.260><c> said,</c>

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:05.059
He<00:38:02.679><c> that</c><00:38:02.880><c> is</c><00:38:03.000><c> not</c><00:38:03.199><c> against</c><00:38:03.519><c> us</c><00:38:03.719><c> are</c><00:38:03.900><c> on</c><00:38:04.039><c> our</c><00:38:04.260><c> part.</c>

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:06.940
If<00:38:05.239><c> there's</c><00:38:05.559><c> something</c><00:38:05.760><c> about</c><00:38:06.059><c> it</c><00:38:06.239><c> that</c><00:38:06.300><c> would</c><00:38:06.440><c> be</c><00:38:06.599><c> the</c><00:38:06.760><c> hand</c>

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.719
of<00:38:07.199><c> mercy</c>

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:11.500
that<00:38:08.440><c> Christ</c><00:38:08.780><c> will</c><00:38:09.079><c> do</c><00:38:09.280><c> when</c><00:38:09.679><c> he</c><00:38:09.860><c> comes</c><00:38:10.219><c> and</c><00:38:10.739><c> feeds</c><00:38:11.000><c> the</c><00:38:11.300><c> poor,</c>

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:14.440
then<00:38:12.099><c> Jesus</c><00:38:12.500><c> may</c><00:38:12.900><c> well</c><00:38:13.199><c> be</c><00:38:13.519><c> using</c><00:38:13.840><c> Christianity</c>

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.039
to<00:38:14.780><c> serve</c><00:38:14.960><c> this</c><00:38:15.539><c> purpose.</c>

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:19.059
And<00:38:16.239><c> the</c><00:38:16.460><c> $30</c><00:38:16.659><c> billion</c><00:38:17.119><c> that</c><00:38:17.760><c> Bill</c><00:38:18.019><c> Gates</c><00:38:18.239><c> has</c><00:38:18.460><c> now</c><00:38:18.699><c> applied</c>

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:21.619
to<00:38:19.219><c> the</c><00:38:19.360><c> cure</c><00:38:19.519><c> of</c><00:38:19.760><c> disease</c><00:38:20.079><c> may</c><00:38:20.519><c> actually</c><00:38:20.940><c> have</c><00:38:21.139><c> been</c><00:38:21.360><c> driven</c>

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:25.159
from<00:38:21.900><c> heaven</c><00:38:22.300><c> because</c><00:38:23.340><c> God</c><00:38:23.679><c> rules</c><00:38:23.980><c> in</c><00:38:24.179><c> the</c><00:38:24.300><c> kingdoms</c><00:38:24.559><c> of</c><00:38:24.840><c> men.</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:28.579
And<00:38:25.480><c> he</c><00:38:25.639><c> does</c><00:38:25.920><c> all</c><00:38:26.260><c> these</c><00:38:26.519><c> works</c><00:38:26.800><c> regardless</c><00:38:27.480><c> of</c><00:38:28.059><c> whether</c><00:38:28.239><c> or</c><00:38:28.460><c> not</c>

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.619
men<00:38:28.780><c> are</c><00:38:29.019><c> serving</c><00:38:29.320><c> him,</c>

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:31.619
as<00:38:29.699><c> he</c><00:38:29.860><c> did</c><00:38:30.039><c> with</c><00:38:30.260><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:34.199
So<00:38:32.360><c> good</c><00:38:32.480><c> is</c><00:38:32.699><c> always</c><00:38:33.079><c> good,</c>

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:39.360
but<00:38:34.480><c> it</c><00:38:34.639><c> is</c><00:38:34.860><c> not</c><00:38:35.039><c> our</c><00:38:35.260><c> primary</c><00:38:35.699><c> work</c><00:38:36.119><c> in</c><00:38:36.460><c> Christ</c><00:38:37.099><c> with</c><00:38:38.119><c> light</c>

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:42.480
that<00:38:40.559><c> is</c><00:38:40.880><c> incomprehensible</c><00:38:41.800><c> in</c><00:38:42.079><c> darkness.</c>

00:38:42.860 --> 00:38:44.719
It<00:38:43.019><c> is</c><00:38:43.360><c> not</c><00:38:43.659><c> the</c><00:38:43.840><c> gospel.</c>

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:47.280
In<00:38:46.260><c> other</c><00:38:46.420><c> words,</c><00:38:46.719><c> brothers</c><00:38:46.820><c> and</c><00:38:47.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:50.559
we<00:38:47.440><c> have</c><00:38:47.619><c> a</c><00:38:47.880><c> special</c><00:38:48.219><c> responsibility</c><00:38:49.059><c> that</c><00:38:49.639><c> involves</c><00:38:50.000><c> the</c><00:38:50.280><c> talents</c>

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.019
that<00:38:50.820><c> Jesus</c><00:38:51.199><c> gave</c><00:38:51.480><c> us.</c>

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:56.739
Without<00:38:52.519><c> the</c><00:38:52.820><c> truth,</c><00:38:54.719><c> all</c><00:38:54.960><c> this</c><00:38:55.139><c> is</c><00:38:55.320><c> the</c><00:38:55.440><c> kingdom</c><00:38:55.659><c> of</c><00:38:55.920><c> men.</c>

00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:00.760
The<00:38:57.599><c> ideology</c><00:38:58.139><c> of</c><00:38:58.320><c> the</c><00:38:58.460><c> kingdom</c><00:38:58.679><c> of</c><00:38:58.880><c> men</c><00:38:59.139><c> is</c><00:38:59.440><c> humanism.</c>

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:04.679
Humanism<00:39:02.260><c> says</c><00:39:02.639><c> if</c><00:39:02.980><c> God</c><00:39:03.440><c> won't</c><00:39:03.760><c> save</c><00:39:04.039><c> us,</c>

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:06.420
we<00:39:05.320><c> must</c><00:39:05.519><c> save</c><00:39:05.760><c> ourselves.</c>

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.440
That's<00:39:06.840><c> in</c><00:39:07.000><c> the</c><00:39:07.059><c> Humanist</c><00:39:07.360><c> Manifesto.</c>

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:11.159
So<00:39:09.139><c> let's</c><00:39:09.320><c> look</c><00:39:09.519><c> at</c><00:39:09.639><c> the</c><00:39:09.780><c> meaning</c><00:39:09.960><c> of</c><00:39:10.139><c> the</c><00:39:10.320><c> talents.</c>

00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:14.599
In<00:39:11.400><c> the</c><00:39:11.599><c> Bible,</c><00:39:11.980><c> it</c><00:39:12.679><c> doesn't</c><00:39:12.960><c> mean</c><00:39:13.480><c> my</c><00:39:13.780><c> natural</c><00:39:14.099><c> abilities</c>

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:16.800
or<00:39:15.000><c> my</c><00:39:15.360><c> acquired</c><00:39:15.760><c> skills.</c>

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:18.860
It's<00:39:17.780><c> investment.</c>

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:21.480
In<00:39:19.659><c> other</c><00:39:19.820><c> words,</c><00:39:20.440><c> the</c><00:39:20.659><c> goods,</c>

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:24.619
and<00:39:21.719><c> when</c><00:39:21.860><c> it</c><00:39:22.079><c> says</c><00:39:22.500><c> the</c><00:39:22.820><c> kingdom</c><00:39:23.019><c> of</c><00:39:23.219><c> heaven</c><00:39:23.360><c> is</c><00:39:23.980><c> a</c><00:39:24.059><c> man</c><00:39:24.239><c> traveling</c>

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:27.460
in<00:39:24.699><c> a</c><00:39:24.860><c> far</c><00:39:25.019><c> country</c><00:39:25.360><c> who</c><00:39:25.579><c> called</c><00:39:25.840><c> his</c><00:39:26.639><c> own</c><00:39:27.059><c> servants</c>

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:29.239
and<00:39:27.739><c> delivered</c><00:39:27.980><c> unto</c><00:39:28.219><c> them</c><00:39:28.519><c> his</c><00:39:28.860><c> goods.</c>

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:33.119
His<00:39:29.860><c> goods</c><00:39:30.420><c> does</c><00:39:31.440><c> not</c><00:39:31.679><c> equal</c><00:39:32.280><c> my</c><00:39:32.900><c> goods.</c>

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:35.920
There's<00:39:33.500><c> a</c><00:39:33.739><c> difference,</c><00:39:34.659><c> but</c><00:39:34.840><c> it's</c><00:39:35.400><c> ambiguous,</c>

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:37.559
so<00:39:36.159><c> people</c><00:39:36.519><c> confuse</c><00:39:37.079><c> the</c><00:39:37.320><c> two.</c>

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:40.860
They<00:39:38.199><c> think</c><00:39:38.420><c> that</c><00:39:38.780><c> my</c><00:39:39.159><c> goods</c><00:39:39.519><c> are</c><00:39:40.099><c> his</c><00:39:40.420><c> goods,</c>

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:44.000
but<00:39:41.480><c> that's</c><00:39:41.900><c> not</c><00:39:42.360><c> what</c><00:39:42.679><c> this</c><00:39:43.139><c> parable</c><00:39:43.500><c> is</c><00:39:43.760><c> saying.</c>

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:48.539
He<00:39:44.840><c> delivered</c><00:39:45.300><c> unto</c><00:39:45.860><c> them</c><00:39:46.739><c> his</c><00:39:47.579><c> goods.</c>

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:52.420
So<00:39:49.179><c> now</c><00:39:49.380><c> we</c><00:39:49.500><c> would</c><00:39:49.719><c> have</c><00:39:49.880><c> to</c><00:39:50.159><c> say,</c><00:39:50.480><c> well,</c><00:39:50.739><c> what</c><00:39:51.260><c> were</c><00:39:51.460><c> the</c><00:39:51.760><c> resources?</c>

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.780
What<00:39:52.719><c> is</c><00:39:52.920><c> the</c><00:39:53.260><c> property?</c>

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:56.639
What<00:39:54.420><c> are</c><00:39:54.820><c> the</c><00:39:55.039><c> goods</c><00:39:55.619><c> of</c><00:39:55.960><c> Christ</c>

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:59.800
that<00:39:57.260><c> he</c><00:39:57.480><c> takes</c><00:39:57.820><c> from</c><00:39:58.159><c> his</c><00:39:58.480><c> abundance</c>

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:06.559
and<00:40:02.039><c> gives</c><00:40:02.260><c> to</c><00:40:02.460><c> you</c><00:40:02.599><c> and</c><00:40:02.820><c> me</c><00:40:03.039><c> each</c><00:40:03.739><c> according</c><00:40:04.500><c> to</c><00:40:05.380><c> our</c><00:40:05.659><c> abilities?</c>

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.840
What<00:40:07.559><c> is</c><00:40:07.719><c> it?</c>

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:14.980
If<00:40:11.199><c> you</c><00:40:11.360><c> look</c><00:40:11.559><c> up</c><00:40:11.880><c> in</c><00:40:12.099><c> the</c><00:40:12.280><c> scriptures</c><00:40:12.659><c> to</c><00:40:12.920><c> see</c><00:40:13.079><c> what</c><00:40:13.280><c> his</c><00:40:13.559><c> goods</c><00:40:13.800><c> are,</c>

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:18.659
in<00:40:15.300><c> Matthew</c><00:40:15.639><c> 24,</c><00:40:16.079><c> 47,</c><00:40:18.159><c> this,</c>

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:22.079
picking<00:40:20.619><c> up</c><00:40:20.820><c> in</c><00:40:20.960><c> the</c><00:40:21.099><c> middle</c><00:40:21.300><c> of</c><00:40:21.699><c> a</c><00:40:21.880><c> line,</c>

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:26.960
makes<00:40:22.460><c> wise</c><00:40:22.800><c> the</c><00:40:23.619><c> servant,</c><00:40:24.519><c> ruler,</c><00:40:25.119><c> over</c><00:40:25.380><c> all</c><00:40:25.760><c> his</c><00:40:26.079><c> goods.</c>

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:31.980
In<00:40:28.900><c> this</c><00:40:29.179><c> parable,</c><00:40:29.739><c> this</c><00:40:30.179><c> servant</c><00:40:30.599><c> of</c><00:40:30.800><c> a</c><00:40:30.980><c> ruler</c>

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:36.400
was<00:40:32.599><c> wise</c><00:40:33.059><c> having</c><00:40:33.380><c> been</c><00:40:33.780><c> delivered</c><00:40:34.179><c> all</c><00:40:34.539><c> the</c><00:40:34.820><c> master's</c><00:40:35.519><c> goods.</c>

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:38.719
They<00:40:37.380><c> made</c><00:40:37.559><c> him</c><00:40:37.800><c> wise.</c>

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:42.800
The<00:40:40.179><c> traveling</c><00:40:40.599><c> man</c><00:40:41.019><c> delivered</c><00:40:41.440><c> his</c><00:40:41.820><c> goods</c>

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:45.420
to<00:40:43.440><c> his</c><00:40:43.719><c> servants</c><00:40:44.039><c> in</c><00:40:44.239><c> Matthew</c><00:40:44.599><c> 25.</c>

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:50.159
The<00:40:46.420><c> rich</c><00:40:46.699><c> man's</c><00:40:47.320><c> stewards</c><00:40:47.780><c> wasted</c><00:40:48.860><c> his</c><00:40:49.280><c> goods.</c>

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:52.519
So<00:40:50.659><c> you</c><00:40:50.900><c> see</c><00:40:51.159><c> that</c><00:40:51.519><c> in</c><00:40:51.679><c> each</c><00:40:51.860><c> of</c><00:40:51.980><c> these</c><00:40:52.159><c> cases,</c>

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:57.440
his<00:40:52.940><c> goods</c><00:40:53.219><c> is</c><00:40:53.579><c> something</c><00:40:54.079><c> that</c><00:40:55.539><c> was</c><00:40:55.780><c> either</c><00:40:56.559><c> squandered</c>

00:40:57.440 --> 00:41:00.000
or<00:40:58.059><c> delivered</c><00:40:58.679><c> to</c><00:40:59.340><c> a</c><00:40:59.500><c> servant</c>

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.980
and<00:41:00.739><c> had</c><00:41:00.940><c> the</c><00:41:01.139><c> ability</c><00:41:01.460><c> to</c><00:41:01.739><c> make</c><00:41:01.980><c> wise.</c>

00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:05.420
You<00:41:03.199><c> could</c><00:41:03.320><c> say</c><00:41:03.500><c> the</c><00:41:03.699><c> same</c><00:41:03.980><c> thing</c><00:41:04.320><c> of</c><00:41:04.800><c> Christ's</c><00:41:05.300><c> goods,</c>

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:07.940
that<00:41:05.760><c> when</c><00:41:06.179><c> he</c><00:41:06.340><c> gives</c><00:41:06.559><c> us</c><00:41:06.840><c> the</c><00:41:07.000><c> keys</c><00:41:07.199><c> to</c><00:41:07.360><c> his</c><00:41:07.599><c> kingdom,</c>

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:09.420
we<00:41:08.420><c> understand</c><00:41:08.860><c> the</c><00:41:09.059><c> gospel,</c>

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:12.699
we<00:41:09.900><c> have</c><00:41:10.079><c> received</c><00:41:10.519><c> his</c><00:41:10.840><c> goods</c><00:41:11.119><c> in</c><00:41:11.559><c> the</c><00:41:11.820><c> form</c><00:41:11.980><c> of</c><00:41:12.159><c> the</c><00:41:12.380><c> abundance</c>

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:16.320
of<00:41:12.940><c> God's</c><00:41:14.099><c> Word</c><00:41:14.400><c> that</c><00:41:14.619><c> opened</c><00:41:14.980><c> his</c><00:41:15.320><c> mind</c>

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:20.440
and<00:41:17.280><c> made</c><00:41:17.579><c> him</c><00:41:18.019><c> entitled</c><00:41:18.500><c> properly</c><00:41:19.000><c> as</c><00:41:19.280><c> the</c><00:41:19.400><c> Word</c><00:41:19.519><c> of</c><00:41:19.679><c> God.</c>

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:24.079
My<00:41:20.840><c> goods,</c><00:41:21.039><c> on</c><00:41:21.239><c> the</c><00:41:21.400><c> other</c><00:41:21.599><c> hand,</c><00:41:22.599><c> in</c><00:41:22.940><c> Luke</c><00:41:23.139><c> 12,</c><00:41:23.500><c> he's</c><00:41:23.739><c> a</c><00:41:23.920><c> fool.</c>

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:27.960
He<00:41:24.239><c> built</c><00:41:24.519><c> greater</c><00:41:26.039><c> barns</c><00:41:26.559><c> to</c><00:41:26.760><c> store</c><00:41:27.079><c> my</c><00:41:27.519><c> goods.</c>

00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:31.699
It<00:41:28.480><c> was</c><00:41:28.599><c> all</c><00:41:28.820><c> about</c><00:41:29.480><c> his</c><00:41:30.360><c> resources,</c><00:41:30.940><c> his</c><00:41:31.159><c> own</c><00:41:31.380><c> goods.</c>

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.920
Matthew<00:41:32.420><c> 19,</c><00:41:32.880><c> he</c><00:41:33.059><c> told</c><00:41:33.239><c> the</c><00:41:33.420><c> rich</c><00:41:33.619><c> man,</c>

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:36.079
go<00:41:34.380><c> and</c><00:41:34.619><c> sell</c><00:41:34.719><c> all</c><00:41:34.920><c> that</c><00:41:35.019><c> you</c><00:41:35.239><c> have</c><00:41:35.460><c> and</c><00:41:35.659><c> follow</c><00:41:35.880><c> me.</c>

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:38.159
Go<00:41:36.260><c> sell</c><00:41:36.480><c> your</c><00:41:36.699><c> goods</c><00:41:37.000><c> and</c><00:41:37.760><c> follow</c><00:41:38.019><c> me.</c>

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:39.599
Well,<00:41:38.260><c> if</c><00:41:38.380><c> he</c><00:41:38.420><c> gets</c><00:41:38.619><c> rid</c><00:41:38.820><c> of</c><00:41:38.960><c> all</c><00:41:39.079><c> his</c><00:41:39.260><c> goods,</c>

00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:40.940
how's<00:41:40.000><c> he</c><00:41:40.079><c> going</c><00:41:40.199><c> to</c><00:41:40.300><c> use</c><00:41:40.400><c> them</c><00:41:40.480><c> for</c><00:41:40.639><c> Christ?</c>

00:41:40.940 --> 00:41:44.239
Jesus<00:41:41.400><c> said,</c><00:41:41.719><c> get</c><00:41:41.719><c> rid</c><00:41:41.940><c> of</c><00:41:42.039><c> them</c><00:41:42.800><c> and</c><00:41:43.239><c> then</c><00:41:43.559><c> follow</c><00:41:43.780><c> me.</c>

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:47.059
You<00:41:44.639><c> see,</c><00:41:45.019><c> there</c><00:41:45.239><c> is</c><00:41:45.480><c> a</c><00:41:45.739><c> difference</c><00:41:45.920><c> scripturally.</c>

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:49.059
In<00:41:47.360><c> 1</c><00:41:47.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:47.880><c> 13,</c><00:41:48.739><c> Paul</c><00:41:48.780><c> said,</c>

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:52.420
if<00:41:49.300><c> I</c><00:41:49.619><c> give</c><00:41:49.880><c> all</c><00:41:50.360><c> my</c><00:41:50.699><c> goods</c><00:41:50.940><c> to</c><00:41:51.139><c> the</c><00:41:51.360><c> poor,</c>

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.880
I<00:41:53.679><c> don't</c><00:41:54.239><c> have</c><00:41:54.619><c> love.</c>

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:59.099
In<00:41:55.199><c> other</c><00:41:55.440><c> words,</c><00:41:55.980><c> there</c><00:41:56.179><c> is</c><00:41:56.380><c> a</c><00:41:56.579><c> specific</c><00:41:57.400><c> spiritual</c><00:41:58.380><c> distinction</c>

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:01.059
between<00:41:59.860><c> alms</c><00:42:00.300><c> for</c><00:42:00.519><c> the</c><00:42:00.719><c> poor</c>

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:04.039
and<00:42:01.519><c> the</c><00:42:01.739><c> love</c><00:42:01.900><c> that</c><00:42:02.099><c> Paul</c><00:42:02.340><c> was</c><00:42:02.579><c> talking</c><00:42:02.920><c> about</c>

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:06.280
that<00:42:04.719><c> we</c><00:42:04.940><c> would</c><00:42:05.119><c> do</c><00:42:05.360><c> well</c><00:42:05.619><c> to</c><00:42:05.920><c> observe</c>

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:08.300
in<00:42:06.519><c> the</c><00:42:06.840><c> context</c><00:42:07.059><c> of</c><00:42:07.260><c> the</c><00:42:07.460><c> talents.</c>

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:10.659
A<00:42:08.880><c> talent</c><00:42:09.119><c> in</c><00:42:09.659><c> the</c><00:42:09.760><c> way</c><00:42:09.880><c> Jesus</c><00:42:10.199><c> was</c><00:42:10.440><c> using,</c>

00:42:10.659 --> 00:42:13.280
it<00:42:10.780><c> was</c><00:42:10.940><c> simply</c><00:42:11.280><c> a</c><00:42:11.539><c> unit</c><00:42:11.639><c> of</c><00:42:11.900><c> measurement</c><00:42:12.260><c> of</c><00:42:12.500><c> money.</c>

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:15.380
It<00:42:13.500><c> was</c><00:42:13.619><c> a</c><00:42:13.679><c> very</c><00:42:13.960><c> expensive</c><00:42:14.639><c> measurement.</c>

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:19.079
One<00:42:15.840><c> talent</c><00:42:16.000><c> was</c><00:42:16.239><c> worth</c><00:42:16.440><c> $660</c><00:42:17.280><c>,000.</c>

00:42:19.239 --> 00:42:21.659
Two<00:42:19.480><c> talents</c><00:42:19.780><c> then</c><00:42:20.059><c> were</c><00:42:20.300><c> 1</c><00:42:20.500><c>.3</c><00:42:21.280><c> million,</c>

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:23.539
five<00:42:22.199><c> talents,</c><00:42:22.699><c> 3</c><00:42:22.780><c>.3</c><00:42:23.280><c> million.</c>

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:25.599
The<00:42:24.280><c> way</c><00:42:24.360><c> they</c><00:42:24.539><c> used</c><00:42:24.679><c> to</c><00:42:24.900><c> measure</c><00:42:25.119><c> talents</c>

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:27.679
is<00:42:26.480><c> they</c><00:42:26.619><c> would</c><00:42:26.800><c> take</c><00:42:27.039><c> the</c><00:42:27.260><c> amphora,</c>

00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:29.639
which<00:42:27.880><c> you</c><00:42:28.039><c> see</c><00:42:28.159><c> on</c><00:42:28.400><c> the</c><00:42:28.539><c> left</c><00:42:28.719><c> here,</c>

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:32.119
and<00:42:31.179><c> fill</c><00:42:31.340><c> it</c><00:42:31.500><c> with</c><00:42:31.659><c> gold.</c>

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:33.340
These<00:42:32.739><c> were</c><00:42:32.980><c> big.</c>

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:36.860
It<00:42:33.780><c> was</c><00:42:34.000><c> usually</c><00:42:34.300><c> somewhere</c><00:42:35.039><c> from</c><00:42:35.260><c> 85</c><00:42:35.679><c> to</c><00:42:35.860><c> 110</c><00:42:36.340><c> pounds</c>

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:38.059
worth<00:42:37.099><c> of</c><00:42:37.260><c> gold</c><00:42:37.480><c> or</c><00:42:37.699><c> silver,</c>

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:39.599
and<00:42:38.579><c> that</c><00:42:38.780><c> would</c><00:42:38.980><c> become</c><00:42:39.219><c> a</c><00:42:39.420><c> talent.</c>

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:41.380
That's<00:42:39.760><c> how</c><00:42:39.920><c> you</c><00:42:40.039><c> get</c><00:42:40.219><c> the</c><00:42:40.420><c> weight</c><00:42:40.659><c> equivalency.</c>

00:42:41.860 --> 00:42:44.000
So<00:42:42.059><c> it's</c><00:42:42.579><c> measured</c><00:42:42.900><c> value.</c>

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:46.199
Christ's<00:42:44.320><c> talent</c><00:42:44.579><c> does</c><00:42:44.860><c> not</c><00:42:45.019><c> equal</c><00:42:45.280><c> natural</c><00:42:45.699><c> value.</c>

00:42:46.460 --> 00:42:49.780
It's<00:42:46.980><c> measured</c><00:42:47.280><c> value</c><00:42:47.699><c> that</c><00:42:47.980><c> comes</c><00:42:48.260><c> from</c><00:42:48.539><c> his</c><00:42:48.920><c> goods.</c>

00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:51.960
It<00:42:50.800><c> would</c><00:42:50.860><c> be</c><00:42:50.980><c> worth</c><00:42:51.159><c> your</c><00:42:51.400><c> weight</c><00:42:51.519><c> in</c><00:42:51.780><c> gold</c>

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.579
and<00:42:52.179><c> spiritual</c><00:42:52.579><c> things,</c><00:42:52.920><c> in</c><00:42:53.059><c> other</c><00:42:53.239><c> words,</c>

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:58.519
if<00:42:53.920><c> you</c><00:42:54.099><c> take</c><00:42:54.280><c> what</c><00:42:54.599><c> Christ</c><00:42:55.260><c> gives</c><00:42:55.539><c> you</c><00:42:56.340><c> and</c><00:42:57.239><c> use</c><00:42:57.480><c> it.</c>

00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:00.519
And<00:42:58.780><c> unto</c><00:42:59.219><c> one</c><00:42:59.480><c> he</c><00:42:59.639><c> gave</c><00:42:59.880><c> five</c><00:43:00.239><c> talents,</c>

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:02.400
to<00:43:00.739><c> another</c><00:43:00.980><c> two,</c><00:43:01.280><c> and</c><00:43:01.400><c> to</c><00:43:01.559><c> another</c><00:43:01.900><c> one,</c>

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:05.679
to<00:43:03.119><c> every</c><00:43:03.559><c> man</c><00:43:03.940><c> according</c><00:43:04.400><c> to</c><00:43:04.679><c> his</c><00:43:04.900><c> several</c><00:43:05.199><c> ability</c>

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.760
and<00:43:06.119><c> straightway</c><00:43:06.500><c> took</c><00:43:06.699><c> his</c><00:43:06.960><c> journey.</c>

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:10.559
Well,<00:43:08.880><c> this</c><00:43:09.440><c> goes</c><00:43:09.900><c> specifically</c>

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:12.820
into<00:43:10.980><c> what</c><00:43:11.219><c> the</c><00:43:11.420><c> one</c><00:43:11.659><c> talent</c><00:43:11.960><c> man</c><00:43:12.280><c> misunderstood.</c>

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:14.059
He<00:43:12.980><c> was</c><00:43:13.159><c> a</c><00:43:13.219><c> wicked</c><00:43:13.539><c> servant</c>

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:17.699
because<00:43:15.219><c> he</c><00:43:16.440><c> really</c><00:43:16.860><c> didn't</c><00:43:17.260><c> do</c>

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:19.360
what<00:43:18.039><c> Christ</c><00:43:18.420><c> asked</c><00:43:18.860><c> him</c><00:43:19.079><c> to</c><00:43:19.219><c> do,</c>

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:21.039
and<00:43:19.519><c> it's</c><00:43:19.980><c> revealed</c><00:43:20.420><c> in</c><00:43:20.579><c> his</c><00:43:20.800><c> reasoning.</c>

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:22.019
He<00:43:21.239><c> says,</c>

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:24.219
I<00:43:22.099><c> know</c><00:43:22.440><c> that</c><00:43:22.679><c> you</c><00:43:22.880><c> are</c><00:43:23.039><c> a</c><00:43:23.199><c> man</c><00:43:23.360><c> who</c><00:43:23.679><c> reaps</c>

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:25.440
where<00:43:24.519><c> he</c><00:43:24.780><c> hasn't</c><00:43:25.119><c> sown</c>

00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:27.219
and<00:43:25.639><c> gathers</c><00:43:26.059><c> where</c><00:43:26.300><c> you</c><00:43:26.539><c> haven't</c><00:43:26.800><c> scattered.</c>

00:43:27.619 --> 00:43:28.380
In<00:43:27.800><c> other</c><00:43:28.079><c> words,</c>

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:31.260
your<00:43:29.019><c> work</c><00:43:29.280><c> is</c><00:43:29.500><c> being</c><00:43:29.800><c> done</c><00:43:30.139><c> all</c><00:43:30.659><c> over</c><00:43:30.860><c> the</c><00:43:31.059><c> place</c>

00:43:31.260 --> 00:43:33.000
by<00:43:31.539><c> all</c><00:43:31.880><c> kinds</c><00:43:32.159><c> of</c><00:43:32.460><c> people</c>

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:35.039
who<00:43:33.539><c> you</c><00:43:33.780><c> haven't</c><00:43:34.000><c> even</c><00:43:34.400><c> solicited.</c>

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:37.519
All<00:43:35.639><c> of</c><00:43:35.880><c> Christianity</c><00:43:36.420><c> is</c><00:43:36.619><c> getting</c><00:43:36.820><c> this</c><00:43:37.099><c> job</c><00:43:37.320><c> done.</c>

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:40.300
What<00:43:37.760><c> can</c><00:43:38.099><c> I</c><00:43:38.440><c> do</c><00:43:38.699><c> if</c><00:43:39.280><c> Bill</c><00:43:39.579><c> Gates</c><00:43:39.880><c> is</c><00:43:40.119><c> giving</c>

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:43.219
$30<00:43:40.860><c> billion</c><00:43:41.380><c> to</c><00:43:42.219><c> the</c><00:43:42.460><c> cure</c><00:43:42.659><c> of</c><00:43:42.900><c> disease?</c>

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:44.019
He<00:43:43.440><c> says,</c><00:43:43.500><c> I</c><00:43:43.500><c> was</c><00:43:43.679><c> afraid,</c>

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:46.280
and<00:43:44.199><c> I</c><00:43:44.280><c> went</c><00:43:44.440><c> and</c><00:43:44.619><c> hid</c><00:43:44.699><c> your</c><00:43:44.940><c> talent</c><00:43:45.139><c> in</c><00:43:45.320><c> the</c><00:43:45.519><c> earth.</c>

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:48.280
And<00:43:46.539><c> Jesus'</c><00:43:47.059><c> response</c><00:43:47.599><c> to</c><00:43:47.800><c> him</c><00:43:47.980><c> is,</c>

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.519
you<00:43:48.739><c> were</c><00:43:48.920><c> really</c><00:43:49.219><c> lazy</c>

00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:51.500
because<00:43:49.840><c> you</c><00:43:50.019><c> didn't</c><00:43:50.280><c> use</c><00:43:50.519><c> what</c><00:43:50.679><c> I</c><00:43:50.900><c> did</c><00:43:51.059><c> give</c><00:43:51.239><c> you.</c>

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:53.820
What<00:43:51.820><c> I</c><00:43:52.019><c> gave</c><00:43:52.239><c> you</c><00:43:52.460><c> was</c><00:43:52.619><c> an</c><00:43:52.800><c> understanding</c><00:43:53.179><c> of</c><00:43:53.360><c> the</c><00:43:53.519><c> kingdom,</c>

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:56.239
and<00:43:54.360><c> you</c><00:43:54.559><c> put</c><00:43:54.699><c> it</c><00:43:54.880><c> in</c><00:43:55.059><c> a</c><00:43:55.139><c> hole</c><00:43:55.320><c> and</c><00:43:55.599><c> buried</c><00:43:55.800><c> it,</c>

00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:57.699
when<00:43:56.440><c> you</c><00:43:56.619><c> could</c><00:43:56.739><c> have</c><00:43:56.880><c> been</c><00:43:57.119><c> telling</c><00:43:57.300><c> people</c>

00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:59.880
from<00:43:57.940><c> whatever</c><00:43:58.320><c> simplicity</c><00:43:58.880><c> of</c><00:43:59.119><c> knowledge</c><00:43:59.340><c> you</c><00:43:59.579><c> had</c>

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:02.480
about<00:44:00.539><c> the</c><00:44:00.780><c> kingdom</c><00:44:00.980><c> of</c><00:44:01.239><c> God</c><00:44:01.460><c> and</c><00:44:01.659><c> what</c><00:44:01.820><c> it</c><00:44:01.920><c> would</c><00:44:02.139><c> mean.</c>

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:04.340
You<00:44:02.980><c> should</c><00:44:03.239><c> have</c><00:44:03.420><c> put</c><00:44:03.579><c> it</c><00:44:03.659><c> with</c><00:44:03.840><c> the</c><00:44:04.039><c> bankers</c>

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:06.639
to<00:44:04.340><c> those</c><00:44:04.599><c> people</c><00:44:04.980><c> who</c><00:44:05.119><c> were</c><00:44:05.280><c> preaching</c><00:44:05.500><c> the</c><00:44:05.719><c> gospel,</c>

00:44:06.699 --> 00:44:07.380
and<00:44:06.699><c> then</c><00:44:06.820><c> at</c><00:44:07.000><c> my</c><00:44:07.199><c> coming,</c>

00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:09.280
I<00:44:07.559><c> should</c><00:44:07.760><c> have</c><00:44:07.960><c> received</c><00:44:08.260><c> my</c><00:44:08.539><c> own</c><00:44:08.659><c> with</c><00:44:09.000><c> interest,</c>

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:12.260
interest<00:44:10.099><c> being</c><00:44:10.559><c> the</c><00:44:11.000><c> salvation</c><00:44:11.480><c> of</c><00:44:11.739><c> people</c>

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:14.739
whose<00:44:12.679><c> minds</c><00:44:13.079><c> and</c><00:44:13.320><c> eyes</c><00:44:13.559><c> were</c><00:44:13.780><c> open</c><00:44:14.039><c> with</c><00:44:14.239><c> that</c><00:44:14.460><c> word.</c>

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:17.400
So<00:44:15.300><c> the</c><00:44:15.440><c> real</c><00:44:15.699><c> work</c><00:44:15.900><c> of</c><00:44:16.139><c> Christ</c>

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:21.119
is<00:44:19.320><c> what</c><00:44:19.699><c> it</c><00:44:19.860><c> is</c><00:44:20.059><c> not,</c>

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:22.820
is<00:44:21.280><c> wonderful</c><00:44:21.719><c> works,</c>

00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:27.400
although<00:44:23.639><c> wonderful</c><00:44:24.099><c> works</c><00:44:24.800><c> could</c><00:44:25.300><c> be</c><00:44:25.539><c> used</c><00:44:25.760><c> to</c><00:44:26.079><c> describe</c><00:44:26.320><c> it.</c>

00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:29.079
The<00:44:27.940><c> sower</c><00:44:28.079><c> went</c><00:44:28.300><c> out</c><00:44:28.519><c> to</c><00:44:28.780><c> sow,</c>

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:31.059
and<00:44:29.420><c> he</c><00:44:29.639><c> sowed</c><00:44:29.880><c> the</c><00:44:30.019><c> good</c><00:44:30.260><c> word</c><00:44:30.420><c> of</c><00:44:30.559><c> the</c><00:44:30.739><c> kingdom,</c>

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:32.440
and<00:44:31.320><c> that</c><00:44:31.579><c> was</c><00:44:31.780><c> a</c><00:44:31.900><c> good</c><00:44:32.119><c> work.</c>

00:44:32.440 --> 00:44:34.679
The<00:44:33.159><c> lazy</c><00:44:33.519><c> servant</c><00:44:34.000><c> dug</c><00:44:34.280><c> a</c><00:44:34.500><c> hole</c>

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:36.920
and<00:44:34.920><c> buried</c><00:44:35.119><c> the</c><00:44:35.340><c> truth</c><00:44:35.519><c> in</c><00:44:35.699><c> it.</c>

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:40.760
For<00:44:38.300><c> quotas,</c><00:44:39.579><c> God's</c><00:44:39.800><c> not</c><00:44:40.019><c> looking</c><00:44:40.239><c> for</c><00:44:40.519><c> numbers.</c>

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.960
In<00:44:41.059><c> the</c><00:44:41.179><c> end,</c><00:44:41.420><c> it's</c><00:44:41.500><c> going</c><00:44:41.599><c> to</c><00:44:41.699><c> be</c>

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:43.099
myriads<00:44:42.300><c> and</c><00:44:42.440><c> myriads</c><00:44:42.739><c> of</c><00:44:42.900><c> people</c>

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:44.880
who<00:44:43.300><c> no</c><00:44:43.460><c> man</c><00:44:43.719><c> can</c><00:44:43.980><c> number.</c>

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.460
Just<00:44:45.980><c> myriads.</c>

00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:48.119
That<00:44:46.739><c> was</c><00:44:46.900><c> his</c><00:44:47.079><c> purpose.</c>

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:51.539
What<00:44:49.460><c> God</c><00:44:49.699><c> is</c><00:44:49.920><c> after</c><00:44:50.199><c> is</c><00:44:50.480><c> conforming</c><00:44:51.139><c> minds</c>

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:53.219
to<00:44:51.739><c> the</c><00:44:51.920><c> mind</c><00:44:52.059><c> of</c><00:44:52.260><c> his</c><00:44:52.420><c> son.</c>

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:56.000
So<00:44:53.960><c> we</c><00:44:54.179><c> have</c><00:44:54.400><c> a</c><00:44:54.719><c> special</c><00:44:55.260><c> responsibility</c>

00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:58.880
because<00:44:56.679><c> we</c><00:44:56.920><c> have</c><00:44:57.039><c> a</c><00:44:57.320><c> special</c><00:44:57.679><c> understanding.</c>

00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:01.699
Our<00:44:59.880><c> role</c><00:45:00.260><c> in</c><00:45:00.460><c> this</c><00:45:00.699><c> world</c>

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:03.980
is<00:45:02.539><c> not</c><00:45:02.539><c> try</c><00:45:02.739><c> to</c><00:45:02.920><c> compete</c><00:45:03.179><c> with</c><00:45:03.360><c> Bill</c><00:45:03.599><c> Gates.</c>

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:06.320
Let<00:45:04.300><c> him</c><00:45:04.460><c> do</c><00:45:04.679><c> the</c><00:45:04.820><c> good</c><00:45:04.960><c> work</c><00:45:05.179><c> that</c><00:45:05.340><c> he</c><00:45:05.460><c> does.</c>

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:08.840
Our<00:45:06.900><c> role</c><00:45:07.280><c> are</c><00:45:07.519><c> to</c><00:45:07.679><c> give</c><00:45:07.800><c> people</c><00:45:08.159><c> the</c><00:45:08.460><c> keys</c>

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:11.119
to<00:45:09.360><c> the</c><00:45:09.539><c> kingdom</c><00:45:09.940><c> that</c><00:45:10.460><c> will</c><00:45:10.719><c> unlock</c>

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:12.440
the<00:45:11.440><c> door</c><00:45:11.639><c> of</c><00:45:11.840><c> their</c><00:45:12.079><c> grave</c>

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:14.079
and<00:45:12.940><c> let</c><00:45:13.099><c> them</c><00:45:13.300><c> walk</c><00:45:13.559><c> into</c><00:45:13.800><c> the</c><00:45:13.920><c> light</c>

00:45:14.079 --> 00:45:15.360
of<00:45:14.280><c> everlasting</c><00:45:14.679><c> in</c><00:45:14.940><c> his</c><00:45:15.099><c> kingdom.</c>

00:45:15.739 --> 00:45:17.340
That's<00:45:16.159><c> what</c><00:45:16.340><c> his</c><00:45:16.639><c> goods</c><00:45:16.860><c> are.</c>

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:19.320
You<00:45:17.880><c> can</c><00:45:18.059><c> get</c><00:45:18.199><c> in</c><00:45:18.420><c> trouble</c><00:45:18.659><c> for</c><00:45:18.940><c> using</c><00:45:19.159><c> them.</c>

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:22.219
It's<00:45:19.559><c> not</c><00:45:19.780><c> so</c><00:45:20.099><c> popular</c><00:45:20.599><c> a</c><00:45:20.800><c> thing</c><00:45:20.960><c> these</c><00:45:21.280><c> days,</c>

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:24.219
but<00:45:22.519><c> it's</c><00:45:22.719><c> the</c><00:45:22.900><c> understanding</c><00:45:23.340><c> of</c><00:45:23.559><c> God's</c><00:45:23.940><c> word.</c>

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:26.519
Dumbing<00:45:24.559><c> it</c><00:45:24.840><c> down</c><00:45:25.019><c> isn't</c><00:45:25.179><c> going</c><00:45:25.340><c> to</c><00:45:25.400><c> help</c><00:45:25.519><c> anybody.</c>

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:29.260
God<00:45:27.179><c> has</c><00:45:27.519><c> set</c><00:45:27.659><c> the</c><00:45:27.920><c> level</c><00:45:28.260><c> of</c><00:45:28.780><c> difficulty</c>

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:31.420
exactly<00:45:29.980><c> where</c><00:45:30.380><c> he</c><00:45:30.579><c> wants</c><00:45:30.860><c> it.</c>

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:33.519
And<00:45:32.099><c> so</c><00:45:32.260><c> he</c><00:45:32.500><c> says,</c>

00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:35.639
Occupy<00:45:34.940><c> till</c><00:45:35.119><c> I</c><00:45:35.360><c> come.</c>

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:39.840
The<00:45:36.239><c> small</c><00:45:36.480><c> step</c><00:45:37.300><c> is</c><00:45:37.840><c> in</c><00:45:38.019><c> shifting</c><00:45:38.260><c> the</c><00:45:38.460><c> work</c><00:45:38.599><c> of</c><00:45:38.840><c> Christ</c>

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:43.440
from<00:45:40.960><c> the</c><00:45:41.159><c> Gospel</c><00:45:41.599><c> to</c><00:45:42.099><c> humanitarian</c><00:45:42.920><c> deeds.</c>

00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:45.420
Where<00:45:43.880><c> that</c><00:45:44.059><c> leads,</c><00:45:44.699><c> where</c><00:45:44.820><c> that</c><00:45:45.019><c> can</c><00:45:45.219><c> lead</c>

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:47.300
is<00:45:45.599><c> many</c><00:45:45.800><c> wonderful</c><00:45:46.219><c> works,</c>

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:51.519
but<00:45:49.099><c> works</c><00:45:49.360><c> that</c><00:45:49.539><c> are</c><00:45:49.679><c> useless</c><00:45:50.039><c> for</c><00:45:50.360><c> salvation.</c>

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:53.719
It's<00:45:52.099><c> just</c><00:45:52.340><c> arms</c><00:45:52.539><c> before</c><00:45:52.880><c> men.</c>