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transient,<00:11:36.419><c> passing</c><00:11:36.779><c> through,</c><00:11:37.740><c> still</c>

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hoping<00:11:38.399><c> in</c><00:11:38.720><c> faith</c><00:11:38.879><c> to</c><00:11:39.120><c> receive</c><00:11:39.440><c> the</c><00:11:39.700><c> promises</c><00:11:40.059><c> but</c><00:11:40.279><c> not</c><00:11:40.539><c> having</c><00:11:40.720><c> yet</c>

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received<00:11:41.440><c> them.</c>

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Christ,<00:11:45.600><c> it's</c><00:11:45.960><c> always</c><00:11:46.500><c> patterned</c><00:11:47.059><c> after</c><00:11:47.379><c> the</c>

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lifestyle<00:11:48.559><c> of</c><00:11:48.840><c> the</c><00:11:49.080><c> patriarchs,</c><00:11:49.940><c> Abraham,</c><00:11:50.519><c> Isaac,</c><00:11:51.039><c> and</c><00:11:51.299><c> Jacob,</c><00:11:51.899><c> because</c><00:11:52.240><c> they</c>

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had<00:11:52.639><c> no</c><00:11:52.940><c> continuing</c>

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city.

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The<00:11:54.899><c> village</c><00:11:55.340><c> dweller</c><00:11:55.679><c> and</c><00:11:56.080><c> the</c><00:11:56.320><c> urbanites</c><00:11:56.759><c> were</c><00:11:57.019><c> not</c><00:11:57.460><c> the</c>

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appropriate<00:11:58.399><c> analogy</c><00:11:58.940><c> which</c><00:11:59.220><c> the</c><00:11:59.500><c> spirit</c>

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elected<00:12:00.159><c> to</c><00:12:00.500><c> use.</c>

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Now<00:12:01.960><c> here,</c><00:12:02.600><c> in</c><00:12:02.779><c> a</c><00:12:03.019><c> figurative</c><00:12:03.379><c> sense,</c><00:12:03.759><c> these</c><00:12:04.000><c> brothers</c><00:12:04.220><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:12:04.679><c> in</c><00:12:04.879><c> Asia</c><00:12:05.100><c> Minor</c><00:12:05.399><c> would</c><00:12:05.940><c> appreciate</c>

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from<00:12:07.259><c> the</c><00:12:07.539><c> historical</c><00:12:07.940><c> background</c><00:12:08.399><c> that</c><00:12:08.519><c> he's</c><00:12:08.740><c> alluding</c><00:12:09.000><c> to,</c>

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the<00:12:10.159><c> patriarchs</c><00:12:10.820><c> of</c><00:12:10.980><c> old</c><00:12:11.120><c> and</c><00:12:11.340><c> the</c><00:12:11.480><c> coming</c><00:12:11.639><c> out</c>

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of<00:12:11.980><c> Egypt,</c><00:12:12.759><c> and</c><00:12:12.960><c> the</c><00:12:13.100><c> very</c><00:12:13.419><c> fact</c><00:12:13.679><c> that</c><00:12:13.919><c> they</c><00:12:14.179><c> literally,</c><00:12:14.700><c> in</c><00:12:14.860><c> Asia</c><00:12:15.200><c> Minor,</c><00:12:16.080><c> were</c><00:12:16.700><c> strangers</c><00:12:17.299><c> in</c><00:12:17.799><c> a</c><00:12:18.000><c> hostile</c>

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environment.

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They<00:12:19.480><c> are</c><00:12:19.659><c> to</c><00:12:19.820><c> see</c><00:12:20.000><c> themselves</c><00:12:20.740><c> that</c><00:12:21.279><c> way</c><00:12:21.840><c> spiritually</c><00:12:22.519><c> as</c><00:12:23.019><c> well.</c>

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Therefore,<00:12:24.259><c> he</c><00:12:24.500><c> says,</c><00:12:25.600><c> abstain</c><00:12:25.840><c> from</c><00:12:26.159><c> fleshly</c><00:12:26.639><c> lusts</c><00:12:27.419><c> which</c>

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war<00:12:27.940><c> against</c><00:12:28.320><c> the</c><00:12:28.620><c> soul.</c>

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Once<00:12:29.919><c> again,</c><00:12:30.200><c> there's</c><00:12:30.399><c> a</c><00:12:30.559><c> construction</c><00:12:31.100><c> that</c><00:12:31.480><c> parallels</c><00:12:31.799><c> the</c>

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experience<00:12:32.600><c> in</c><00:12:32.879><c> Egypt.</c>

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They<00:12:34.519><c> had</c><00:12:34.759><c> come</c><00:12:34.960><c> out</c><00:12:35.139><c> of</c><00:12:35.279><c> Egypt,</c><00:12:35.659><c> they</c><00:12:35.799><c> had</c><00:12:36.059><c> crossed</c><00:12:36.320><c> through</c>

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the<00:12:36.600><c> Red</c><00:12:36.919><c> Sea,</c><00:12:37.580><c> they</c><00:12:37.899><c> had</c><00:12:38.059><c> been</c><00:12:38.259><c> brought</c>

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into<00:12:38.600><c> the</c><00:12:38.779><c> wilderness</c><00:12:39.080><c> to</c><00:12:39.299><c> sacrifice</c><00:12:39.840><c> unto</c><00:12:40.039><c> their</c><00:12:40.299><c> God.</c>

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They<00:12:40.940><c> were</c><00:12:41.179><c> brought</c><00:12:41.440><c> to</c><00:12:41.740><c> Sinai.</c>

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They<00:12:43.460><c> stood</c><00:12:43.700><c> before</c><00:12:44.139><c> their</c><00:12:44.399><c> God</c><00:12:44.740><c> and</c><00:12:45.059><c> said</c><00:12:45.200><c> that,</c><00:12:45.580><c> yes,</c><00:12:45.700><c> all</c>

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that<00:12:46.100><c> you</c><00:12:46.240><c> have</c><00:12:46.460><c> said</c><00:12:46.639><c> we</c><00:12:46.860><c> will</c><00:12:47.080><c> do.</c>

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And<00:12:48.240><c> it</c><00:12:48.279><c> was</c><00:12:48.679><c> sealed</c><00:12:49.100><c> with</c><00:12:49.460><c> the</c><00:12:49.639><c> blood</c><00:12:49.740><c> of</c><00:12:49.899><c> the</c><00:12:50.059><c> covenant.</c>

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They<00:12:51.620><c> accepted</c><00:12:51.940><c> the</c><00:12:52.220><c> holiness</c><00:12:52.480><c> of</c><00:12:52.679><c> the</c><00:12:52.879><c> code</c><00:12:53.080><c> which</c><00:12:53.320><c> God</c><00:12:53.559><c> had</c>

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given<00:12:53.960><c> them.</c>

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And,<00:12:55.679><c> brothers</c><00:12:55.799><c> and</c><00:12:56.080><c> sisters,</c><00:12:56.720><c> despite</c><00:12:57.179><c> that,</c><00:12:58.279><c> they</c><00:12:58.539><c> later</c><00:12:59.320><c> lusted.</c>

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They<00:13:01.039><c> lusted</c><00:13:01.519><c> after</c><00:13:01.980><c> the</c><00:13:02.240><c> leeks</c><00:13:02.539><c> and</c><00:13:02.759><c> the</c><00:13:03.080><c> onions</c><00:13:03.340><c> and</c><00:13:03.559><c> the</c><00:13:03.840><c> flesh</c><00:13:04.120><c> pots</c><00:13:04.399><c> of</c><00:13:04.740><c> Egypt.</c>

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Though<00:13:06.600><c> they</c><00:13:06.779><c> had</c><00:13:07.000><c> made</c><00:13:07.159><c> a</c><00:13:07.460><c> covenant</c><00:13:07.659><c> with</c><00:13:07.899><c> the</c><00:13:08.139><c> Father,</c>

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their<00:13:09.039><c> natures</c><00:13:09.440><c> weren't</c><00:13:09.700><c> changed.</c>

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Ecclesiastes<00:13:15.320><c> in</c><00:13:15.559><c> Asia</c><00:13:15.840><c> Minor,</c>

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they<00:13:17.000><c> needed</c><00:13:17.379><c> to</c><00:13:17.620><c> be</c><00:13:17.840><c> reminded</c><00:13:18.299><c> that</c><00:13:18.539><c> having</c><00:13:18.700><c> come</c><00:13:19.080><c> out</c><00:13:19.259><c> of</c>

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Egypt,<00:13:20.460><c> having</c><00:13:20.539><c> been</c><00:13:20.860><c> brought</c><00:13:21.100><c> through</c>

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the<00:13:21.500><c> waters</c><00:13:21.700><c> of</c><00:13:21.960><c> baptism,</c><00:13:22.980><c> they</c><00:13:23.200><c> still</c><00:13:23.559><c> had</c><00:13:24.159><c> natures</c><00:13:25.000><c> which</c>

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were<00:13:25.899><c> prone</c><00:13:26.360><c> towards</c><00:13:26.899><c> lusting.</c>

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Jude<00:13:31.159><c> tells</c><00:13:31.480><c> us</c><00:13:31.860><c> that</c><00:13:32.600><c> after</c><00:13:32.899><c> having</c><00:13:33.279><c> saved</c><00:13:33.840><c> the</c><00:13:34.080><c> people</c><00:13:34.320><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:13:35.080><c> out</c><00:13:35.379><c> of</c><00:13:35.559><c> Egypt,</c><00:13:36.059><c> he</c><00:13:36.279><c> afterwards</c>

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destroyed<00:13:37.379><c> them</c><00:13:37.620><c> that</c><00:13:37.919><c> believed</c><00:13:38.139><c> not.</c>

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especially<00:13:44.320><c> chapter</c><00:13:44.759><c> 10,</c><00:13:46.259><c> alludes</c><00:13:46.399><c> to</c>

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the<00:13:47.379><c> running</c><00:13:47.559><c> in</c><00:13:47.720><c> the</c><00:13:47.879><c> race</c><00:13:48.220><c> and</c><00:13:48.559><c> then</c><00:13:48.899><c> finally</c><00:13:49.139><c> the</c><00:13:49.460><c> Exodus</c>

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experience<00:13:50.480><c> with</c><00:13:50.639><c> Israel</c><00:13:51.259><c> and</c><00:13:51.740><c> how</c><00:13:52.000><c> that</c>

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after<00:13:52.460><c> having</c><00:13:52.879><c> saved</c><00:13:53.379><c> many</c><00:13:54.100><c> people,</c><00:13:55.559><c> having</c><00:13:55.679><c> brought</c><00:13:56.000><c> them</c>

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out<00:13:56.440><c> of</c><00:13:56.580><c> the</c><00:13:56.700><c> wilderness,</c><00:13:57.759><c> or</c><00:13:57.899><c> brought</c><00:13:58.039><c> them</c>

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out<00:13:58.340><c> of</c><00:13:58.480><c> Egypt</c><00:13:58.759><c> rather,</c><00:13:59.539><c> and</c><00:13:59.799><c> having</c><00:14:00.200><c> delivered</c><00:14:00.799><c> many</c><00:14:01.240><c> through</c><00:14:01.419><c> the</c>

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Red<00:14:01.840><c> Sea,</c><00:14:02.759><c> having</c><00:14:03.059><c> baptized</c>

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all<00:14:04.240><c> of</c><00:14:04.440><c> them,</c><00:14:04.679><c> the</c><00:14:04.860><c> Apostle</c><00:14:05.320><c> Paul</c><00:14:05.580><c> says,</c><00:14:06.399><c> he</c><00:14:06.659><c> afterwards</c><00:14:07.539><c> destroyed</c><00:14:08.500><c> many</c><00:14:08.899><c> of</c><00:14:09.019><c> them.</c>

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Many<00:14:09.980><c> did</c><00:14:10.299><c> not</c><00:14:10.519><c> inherit</c><00:14:10.899><c> the</c><00:14:11.240><c> promises.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:14:13.620><c> they</c><00:14:14.000><c> lusted</c><00:14:14.379><c> after</c><00:14:14.840><c> the</c><00:14:15.059><c> things</c><00:14:15.279><c> of</c><00:14:15.460><c> the</c><00:14:15.679><c> world.</c>

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So<00:14:17.299><c> in</c><00:14:17.620><c> the</c><00:14:17.960><c> Spirit's</c><00:14:18.460><c> approach</c><00:14:18.799><c> to</c><00:14:19.019><c> these</c><00:14:19.340><c> believers</c><00:14:19.720><c> who</c><00:14:20.360><c> needed</c><00:14:20.679><c> encouragement</c><00:14:21.360><c> to</c>

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face<00:14:21.960><c> the</c><00:14:22.259><c> stresses</c>

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and<00:14:22.820><c> trials</c><00:14:23.100><c> of</c><00:14:23.340><c> life,</c><00:14:24.039><c> they</c><00:14:24.279><c> needed</c><00:14:24.519><c> to</c><00:14:24.740><c> be</c><00:14:25.019><c> reminded</c><00:14:25.440><c> of</c><00:14:25.820><c> what</c><00:14:27.240><c> manner</c><00:14:27.460><c> of</c>

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men<00:14:28.059><c> and</c><00:14:28.440><c> women</c><00:14:28.679><c> they</c><00:14:28.899><c> were</c>

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of.

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They<00:14:30.279><c> were</c><00:14:30.600><c> fleshly</c><00:14:31.299><c> by</c><00:14:31.620><c> nature.</c>

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They<00:14:32.600><c> had</c><00:14:32.919><c> weakness</c><00:14:33.440><c> in</c><00:14:33.700><c> their</c><00:14:33.899><c> nature</c><00:14:34.279><c> and</c><00:14:34.759><c> they</c><00:14:34.919><c> needed</c><00:14:35.080><c> to</c>

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be<00:14:35.480><c> on</c><00:14:35.919><c> guard</c><00:14:36.360><c> that</c><00:14:36.639><c> after</c><00:14:36.879><c> having</c><00:14:37.200><c> been</c>

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brought<00:14:38.539><c> out,</c><00:14:39.700><c> accepted</c><00:14:39.720><c> these</c><00:14:40.100><c> blessings,</c><00:14:41.460><c> they</c><00:14:41.679><c> despised</c>

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them<00:14:42.379><c> and</c><00:14:42.500><c> didn't</c><00:14:42.740><c> accept</c><00:14:43.080><c> the</c><00:14:43.340><c> privileges</c>

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along<00:14:44.419><c> with</c><00:14:44.620><c> the</c><00:14:44.879><c> responsibilities.</c>

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Verse<00:14:46.940><c> 12,</c><00:14:48.019><c> having</c><00:14:48.379><c> your</c><00:14:48.860><c> conversation,</c><00:14:49.759><c> and</c><00:14:49.899><c> the</c><00:14:50.080><c> word</c><00:14:50.240><c> there</c><00:14:50.480><c> means</c><00:14:50.799><c> behavior,</c><00:14:52.200><c> it's</c>

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a<00:14:52.559><c> word</c><00:14:52.759><c> that</c>

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the<00:14:53.399><c> Apostle</c><00:14:53.820><c> Paul</c><00:14:54.139><c> employs</c><00:14:54.539><c> in</c><00:14:54.779><c> Philippians,</c><00:14:56.259><c> having</c><00:14:56.580><c> your</c>

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conversation<00:14:57.779><c> or</c><00:14:58.039><c> behavior</c><00:14:58.580><c> honest</c><00:14:59.159><c> among</c>

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evildoers,<00:15:03.240><c> they</c><00:15:03.379><c> may,</c><00:15:04.179><c> by</c><00:15:04.279><c> your</c><00:15:04.559><c> good</c><00:15:04.820><c> works</c>

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which<00:15:05.399><c> they</c><00:15:05.740><c> shall</c><00:15:05.899><c> behold,</c><00:15:07.000><c> glorify</c><00:15:07.679><c> God</c><00:15:08.139><c> in</c><00:15:08.700><c> the</c><00:15:08.820><c> day</c><00:15:09.000><c> of</c><00:15:09.200><c> visitation.</c>

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He's<00:15:11.159><c> relating</c><00:15:11.580><c> practical</c><00:15:12.279><c> exhortation</c><00:15:13.000><c> to</c><00:15:13.159><c> the</c><00:15:13.399><c> alien</c><00:15:13.659><c> environment</c><00:15:14.179><c> in</c>

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which<00:15:14.460><c> they</c><00:15:14.679><c> find</c><00:15:14.879><c> themselves.</c>

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They're<00:15:16.639><c> going</c><00:15:16.740><c> to</c><00:15:16.960><c> find</c><00:15:17.080><c> themselves</c><00:15:17.840><c> in</c><00:15:18.440><c> the</c><00:15:18.519><c> midst</c><00:15:18.720><c> of</c><00:15:19.059><c> people</c><00:15:19.360><c> who</c>

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will<00:15:19.779><c> not</c><00:15:20.019><c> agree</c><00:15:20.519><c> with</c><00:15:20.700><c> the</c><00:15:20.840><c> way</c>

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they<00:15:21.200><c> live.</c>

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They<00:15:22.860><c> will</c><00:15:23.039><c> not</c><00:15:23.159><c> be</c><00:15:23.320><c> the</c><00:15:23.460><c> kind</c><00:15:23.620><c> of</c><00:15:23.799><c> people</c><00:15:24.000><c> that</c><00:15:24.179><c> will</c><00:15:24.440><c> reinforce</c><00:15:24.980><c> the</c><00:15:25.279><c> lifestyle</c><00:15:25.759><c> of</c>

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a<00:15:26.120><c> sojourner.</c>

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They<00:15:27.100><c> will</c><00:15:27.299><c> be</c><00:15:27.559><c> antagonistic</c><00:15:28.279><c> to</c><00:15:28.500><c> it</c><00:15:29.000><c> and</c><00:15:29.460><c> they</c><00:15:29.639><c> needed</c><00:15:29.820><c> to</c><00:15:30.059><c> be</c>

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reminded,<00:15:30.919><c> brothers</c><00:15:31.039><c> and</c><00:15:31.279><c> sisters,</c><00:15:31.940><c> that</c>

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they<00:15:32.259><c> must</c><00:15:32.500><c> keep</c><00:15:32.740><c> themselves</c><00:15:33.299><c> spotless</c><00:15:34.039><c> from</c><00:15:34.419><c> the</c><00:15:34.720><c> world</c><00:15:35.179><c> in</c>

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order<00:15:36.500><c> to</c><00:15:36.860><c> successfully</c><00:15:37.659><c> meet</c><00:15:38.059><c> the</c><00:15:38.419><c> challenge</c>

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in<00:15:39.639><c> the</c><00:15:39.919><c> trial</c><00:15:40.100><c> of</c><00:15:40.259><c> their</c><00:15:40.519><c> faith</c><00:15:40.700><c> which</c><00:15:40.879><c> he</c><00:15:41.100><c> mentioned</c><00:15:41.299><c> earlier</c><00:15:41.679><c> on</c><00:15:41.960><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:15:42.600><c> one.</c>

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So<00:15:45.299><c> the</c><00:15:45.460><c> world</c><00:15:45.720><c> is</c><00:15:46.000><c> viewed</c><00:15:46.220><c> as</c><00:15:46.659><c> Egypt.</c>

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They<00:15:48.580><c> view</c><00:15:48.799><c> themselves</c><00:15:49.500><c> as</c><00:15:49.960><c> strangers</c><00:15:50.480><c> and</c><00:15:51.059><c> sojourners.</c>

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They<00:15:53.879><c> are</c><00:15:54.399><c> experiencing</c><00:15:55.480><c> an</c><00:15:56.279><c> exodus</c><00:15:56.679><c> in</c><00:15:56.940><c> a</c><00:15:57.120><c> certain</c><00:15:57.360><c> sense,</c><00:15:58.360><c> and</c><00:15:58.399><c> yet</c><00:15:58.539><c> in</c><00:15:58.700><c> a</c>

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certain<00:15:59.080><c> sense</c><00:15:59.340><c> there's</c>

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an<00:15:59.799><c> exodus</c><00:16:00.120><c> that</c><00:16:00.220><c> has</c><00:16:00.440><c> already</c><00:16:00.799><c> passed.</c>

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Insofar<00:16:02.820><c> as</c><00:16:03.000><c> they</c><00:16:03.100><c> have</c><00:16:03.299><c> come</c><00:16:03.500><c> out</c><00:16:03.620><c> of</c><00:16:03.659><c> the</c><00:16:03.879><c> world</c><00:16:04.059><c> and</c><00:16:04.279><c> accepted</c><00:16:04.639><c> baptism,</c><00:16:05.299><c> they</c>

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have<00:16:06.019><c> come</c><00:16:06.279><c> out</c><00:16:06.460><c> of</c>

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Egypt.

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But<00:16:08.120><c> insofar</c><00:16:08.659><c> as</c><00:16:08.799><c> they</c><00:16:08.940><c> are</c><00:16:09.200><c> still</c><00:16:09.500><c> strangers</c><00:16:09.879><c> and</c><00:16:10.200><c> sojourners,</c><00:16:11.419><c> still</c><00:16:11.679><c> working</c><00:16:11.980><c> out</c>

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their<00:16:12.440><c> salvation,</c>

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they<00:16:13.240><c> are</c><00:16:13.500><c> still</c><00:16:13.779><c> in</c><00:16:13.980><c> a</c><00:16:14.139><c> certain</c><00:16:14.399><c> sense</c><00:16:14.919><c> in</c><00:16:15.399><c> the</c><00:16:15.639><c> process</c><00:16:16.039><c> of</c>

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coming<00:16:16.519><c> out</c><00:16:17.399><c> of</c><00:16:17.580><c> Egypt.</c>

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Conversion<00:16:19.279><c> is</c><00:16:19.559><c> a</c><00:16:19.740><c> process</c><00:16:20.279><c> and</c><00:16:20.500><c> our</c><00:16:20.740><c> detachment</c><00:16:21.220><c> from</c><00:16:21.419><c> the</c>

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world<00:16:21.740><c> doesn't</c><00:16:22.039><c> occur</c><00:16:22.440><c> automatically.</c>

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The<00:16:23.659><c> spirit</c><00:16:23.860><c> knows</c><00:16:24.139><c> that.</c>

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Hebrews<00:16:26.240><c> chapter</c><00:16:26.659><c> 12,</c><00:16:27.200><c> brothers</c><00:16:27.299><c> and</c><00:16:27.539><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:16:39.879><c> realize</c><00:16:40.120><c> these</c><00:16:40.419><c> overheads</c><00:16:40.899><c> are</c><00:16:41.100><c> not</c><00:16:41.360><c> very</c><00:16:41.779><c> clear</c><00:16:41.960><c> from</c><00:16:42.179><c> the</c>

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far<00:16:42.679><c> back.</c>

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Anything<00:16:44.139><c> that's</c><00:16:44.379><c> on</c><00:16:44.539><c> the</c><00:16:44.740><c> overheads</c><00:16:45.139><c> is</c><00:16:45.259><c> going</c><00:16:45.340><c> to</c><00:16:45.500><c> be</c><00:16:45.659><c> said</c>

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anyways,<00:16:46.620><c> verbally.</c>

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It's<00:16:47.500><c> only</c><00:16:47.700><c> meant</c><00:16:47.940><c> to</c><00:16:48.320><c> give</c><00:16:48.480><c> a</c><00:16:48.600><c> little</c><00:16:48.759><c> bit</c><00:16:48.919><c> of</c><00:16:49.080><c> direction</c><00:16:49.399><c> and</c>

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if<00:16:49.700><c> anyone</c><00:16:49.899><c> misses</c><00:16:50.200><c> a</c><00:16:50.480><c> passage,</c><00:16:50.799><c> it's</c><00:16:51.080><c> there.</c>

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We<00:16:52.659><c> hope</c><00:16:52.860><c> at</c><00:16:53.000><c> least</c><00:16:53.159><c> the</c><00:16:53.320><c> majority</c><00:16:53.620><c> can</c><00:16:53.940><c> see</c><00:16:54.340><c> any</c><00:16:54.659><c> of</c><00:16:54.779><c> the</c><00:16:55.000><c> passages</c><00:16:55.320><c> or</c>

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points<00:16:56.340><c> that</c><00:16:56.600><c> you</c><00:16:56.779><c> may</c><00:16:56.960><c> not</c>

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have<00:16:57.320><c> got</c><00:16:57.620><c> while</c><00:16:58.220><c> we're</c><00:16:58.440><c> talking</c><00:16:58.679><c> about</c><00:16:58.879><c> it</c><00:16:59.059><c> together.</c>

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Hebrews<00:17:00.460><c> chapter</c><00:17:01.100><c> 12.</c>

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It's<00:17:04.180><c> a</c><00:17:04.279><c> point</c><00:17:04.400><c> that</c><00:17:04.599><c> was</c><00:17:05.000><c> referred</c><00:17:05.299><c> to</c><00:17:05.500><c> on</c><00:17:05.740><c> Sunday</c><00:17:05.980><c> when</c><00:17:06.160><c> we</c>

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were<00:17:06.420><c> together.</c>

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It<00:17:08.099><c> relates</c><00:17:08.579><c> to</c><00:17:09.339><c> the</c><00:17:09.519><c> language</c><00:17:10.019><c> and</c><00:17:10.460><c> to</c><00:17:10.599><c> the</c><00:17:10.779><c> thoughts</c><00:17:10.960><c> of</c><00:17:11.140><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:17:11.619><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:17:14.839><c> 1</c><00:17:15.400><c> of</c><00:17:15.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:15.900><c> 12.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:17:19.099><c> seeing</c><00:17:19.380><c> we</c><00:17:19.740><c> also</c><00:17:20.059><c> are</c><00:17:20.319><c> compassed</c><00:17:20.740><c> about</c><00:17:20.940><c> with</c><00:17:21.180><c> so</c>

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great<00:17:21.680><c> a</c><00:17:21.900><c> cloud</c><00:17:22.099><c> of</c><00:17:22.339><c> witnesses,</c><00:17:23.799><c> let</c><00:17:23.980><c> us</c>

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lay<00:17:24.359><c> aside,</c><00:17:26.240><c> let</c><00:17:26.480><c> us</c><00:17:26.859><c> lay</c><00:17:27.119><c> aside</c><00:17:27.700><c> every</c><00:17:28.500><c> weight</c><00:17:28.839><c> and</c><00:17:29.240><c> the</c><00:17:29.519><c> sin</c>

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which<00:17:30.160><c> doth</c><00:17:30.339><c> so</c><00:17:30.759><c> easily</c><00:17:31.240><c> beset</c><00:17:31.720><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:32.980><c> let</c><00:17:33.119><c> us</c><00:17:33.319><c> run</c><00:17:33.500><c> with</c><00:17:33.900><c> patience</c><00:17:34.299><c> the</c><00:17:34.660><c> race</c><00:17:35.019><c> that</c><00:17:35.299><c> is</c><00:17:35.640><c> set</c><00:17:35.940><c> before</c><00:17:36.420><c> us.</c>

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Now<00:17:38.559><c> that,</c><00:17:39.019><c> brothers</c><00:17:39.019><c> and</c><00:17:39.240><c> sisters,</c><00:17:40.259><c> is</c><00:17:40.740><c> drawing</c><00:17:40.980><c> from</c><00:17:41.279><c> the</c>

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analogy,<00:17:41.779><c> of</c><00:17:42.000><c> course,</c><00:17:42.240><c> of</c><00:17:42.359><c> the</c><00:17:42.640><c> runner.</c>

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But<00:17:43.759><c> parallel</c><00:17:44.339><c> with</c><00:17:44.559><c> that,</c><00:17:44.859><c> of</c><00:17:45.079><c> course,</c><00:17:45.359><c> there</c><00:17:45.539><c> is</c><00:17:45.819><c> language</c>

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here<00:17:46.799><c> of</c><00:17:47.640><c> Exodus</c><00:17:48.059><c> in</c><00:17:48.319><c> a</c><00:17:48.480><c> certain</c><00:17:48.660><c> sense.</c>

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The<00:17:50.759><c> great</c><00:17:51.240><c> cloud</c><00:17:51.880><c> of</c><00:17:52.779><c> witnesses</c><00:17:53.259><c> to</c><00:17:54.359><c> encourage</c><00:17:54.859><c> us</c><00:17:55.119><c> on</c><00:17:55.440><c> the</c>

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way<00:17:56.039><c> and</c><00:17:56.579><c> that</c><00:17:56.839><c> great</c><00:17:57.119><c> cloud</c><00:17:57.440><c> has</c><00:17:57.779><c> been</c>

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listed<00:17:58.380><c> for</c><00:17:58.680><c> us</c><00:17:58.839><c> in</c><00:17:59.019><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:59.339><c> chapter</c><00:17:59.740><c> 11.</c>

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That<00:18:01.380><c> great</c><00:18:01.839><c> cloud</c><00:18:02.220><c> of</c><00:18:02.480><c> witnesses</c><00:18:02.799><c> to</c><00:18:03.240><c> encourage</c><00:18:03.660><c> us</c><00:18:03.900><c> and</c><00:18:04.259><c> strengthen</c><00:18:04.500><c> us</c>

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just<00:18:05.440><c> as</c><00:18:05.640><c> much</c><00:18:05.819><c> as</c><00:18:05.980><c> that</c>

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cloud<00:18:06.559><c> went</c><00:18:06.740><c> before</c><00:18:07.119><c> Israel</c><00:18:07.539><c> literally</c><00:18:07.940><c> day</c><00:18:08.200><c> by</c><00:18:08.460><c> day</c><00:18:08.700><c> to</c><00:18:08.880><c> encourage</c><00:18:09.359><c> them</c>

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and<00:18:10.500><c> to</c><00:18:10.779><c> assure</c><00:18:11.000><c> them</c><00:18:11.180><c> that</c>

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God<00:18:11.519><c> was</c><00:18:11.799><c> present</c><00:18:12.119><c> with</c><00:18:12.400><c> them</c><00:18:12.799><c> and</c><00:18:13.140><c> to</c><00:18:13.420><c> remind</c><00:18:13.660><c> them</c><00:18:13.859><c> of</c><00:18:14.019><c> the</c>

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loftiness<00:18:14.640><c> of</c><00:18:14.819><c> their</c><00:18:15.099><c> call.</c>

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They<00:18:16.539><c> were</c><00:18:16.859><c> to</c><00:18:17.240><c> lay</c><00:18:17.539><c> aside</c><00:18:18.299><c> every</c><00:18:19.400><c> weight</c><00:18:19.859><c> and</c><00:18:20.980><c> the</c><00:18:21.279><c> sin</c><00:18:21.539><c> which</c>

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doth<00:18:22.259><c> so</c><00:18:22.759><c> easily</c><00:18:23.359><c> beset</c><00:18:23.900><c> us.</c>

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Now,<00:18:25.619><c> what's</c><00:18:25.839><c> the</c><00:18:26.000><c> apostle</c><00:18:26.339><c> Peter</c><00:18:26.680><c> saying</c><00:18:26.940><c> in</c><00:18:27.359><c> parallel?</c>

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He<00:18:28.619><c> is</c><00:18:28.759><c> reminding</c><00:18:29.140><c> the</c><00:18:29.440><c> believers</c><00:18:29.680><c> in</c><00:18:29.900><c> Asia</c><00:18:30.200><c> Minor</c><00:18:30.559><c> of</c><00:18:31.140><c> the</c><00:18:31.480><c> same</c><00:18:31.859><c> exhortation</c><00:18:32.539><c> here</c><00:18:32.779><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:18:33.259><c> 12.</c>

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Having<00:18:34.920><c> come</c><00:18:35.319><c> out</c><00:18:35.440><c> of</c><00:18:35.599><c> Egypt,</c><00:18:36.920><c> having</c><00:18:37.079><c> accepted</c><00:18:37.559><c> the</c><00:18:37.880><c> blessings</c><00:18:38.400><c> of</c><00:18:38.920><c> the</c>

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promises,<00:18:40.680><c> having</c>

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appreciated<00:18:41.640><c> the</c><00:18:41.900><c> joy</c><00:18:42.259><c> which</c><00:18:42.539><c> is</c><00:18:42.920><c> set</c><00:18:43.200><c> before</c><00:18:43.700><c> us</c><00:18:44.119><c> and</c><00:18:44.339><c> which</c>

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Well,<00:20:04.740><c> one</c><00:20:04.940><c> of</c><00:20:05.079><c> the</c><00:20:05.140><c> most</c><00:20:05.779><c> useful</c><00:20:06.319><c> ways</c><00:20:06.680><c> of</c><00:20:06.980><c> measuring</c><00:20:07.279><c> that</c>

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How<00:21:04.859><c> can</c><00:21:05.000><c> we</c><00:21:05.200><c> convince</c><00:21:05.539><c> our</c><00:21:05.799><c> young</c><00:21:06.019><c> people</c><00:21:06.339><c> that</c><00:21:06.480><c> they</c><00:21:06.700><c> have</c>

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that<00:21:27.099><c> allude</c><00:21:27.539><c> to</c><00:21:27.779><c> adultery,</c><00:21:29.160><c> that</c>

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to<00:22:37.680><c> flirt</c><00:22:37.839><c> with</c><00:22:38.039><c> the</c><00:22:38.220><c> world?</c>

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How<00:22:39.680><c> should</c><00:22:39.880><c> that</c><00:22:40.140><c> influence</c><00:22:40.599><c> what</c><00:22:40.859><c> we</c><00:22:41.079><c> allow</c><00:22:41.240><c> them</c><00:22:41.400><c> to</c><00:22:41.680><c> wear,</c>

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at<00:22:43.759><c> the</c><00:22:43.900><c> Bible</c><00:22:44.160><c> school?</c>

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children<00:22:48.420><c> to</c><00:22:48.599><c> wear</c><00:22:48.779><c> tour</c><00:22:49.039><c> shirts,</c>

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And<00:22:55.819><c> yet,</c><00:22:56.140><c> brothers</c><00:22:56.220><c> and</c><00:22:56.440><c> sisters,</c><00:22:56.660><c> it's</c><00:22:56.920><c> obvious</c><00:22:57.440><c> at</c><00:22:57.880><c> our</c><00:22:58.039><c> Bible</c><00:22:58.319><c> schools</c><00:22:58.619><c> that</c><00:22:58.799><c> some</c><00:22:59.019><c> of</c>

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who<00:23:07.380><c> are</c><00:23:07.660><c> entertained</c><00:23:08.059><c> purely</c><00:23:08.460><c> on</c><00:23:08.720><c> the</c><00:23:08.799><c> basis</c><00:23:09.000><c> of</c><00:23:09.299><c> fleshly</c><00:23:09.680><c> lusts.</c>

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And<00:23:10.279><c> do</c><00:23:10.460><c> we</c><00:23:10.579><c> hate</c><00:23:10.720><c> Egypt?</c>

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We<00:23:11.839><c> say</c><00:23:11.980><c> we</c><00:23:12.180><c> do.</c>

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Have<00:23:12.880><c> we</c><00:23:13.039><c> left</c><00:23:13.259><c> Egypt?</c>

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We<00:23:13.980><c> say</c><00:23:14.119><c> we</c><00:23:14.359><c> have.</c>

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We<00:23:17.819><c> permit</c><00:23:18.059><c> our</c><00:23:18.319><c> children</c><00:23:18.519><c> to</c><00:23:18.779><c> flirt</c><00:23:18.940><c> with</c><00:23:19.180><c> that</c><00:23:19.359><c> and</c><00:23:19.500><c> we</c><00:23:19.619><c> think</c><00:23:19.720><c> it's</c><00:23:19.960><c> innocent.</c>

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And<00:23:27.079><c> consistent</c><00:23:27.599><c> with</c><00:23:27.900><c> that,</c><00:23:28.099><c> the</c><00:23:28.259><c> way</c><00:23:28.440><c> we</c><00:23:28.720><c> raise</c><00:23:28.980><c> our</c><00:23:29.240><c> young</c>

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apostle<00:23:50.099><c> is</c><00:23:50.359><c> trying</c><00:23:50.539><c> to</c><00:23:50.819><c> develop</c>

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Hebrews,<00:23:55.160><c> once</c><00:23:55.380><c> again,</c><00:23:56.160><c> chapter</c><00:23:56.319><c> 1.</c>

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Hebrews<00:24:05.200><c> chapter</c><00:24:05.779><c> 1,</c><00:24:13.220><c> verse</c><00:24:13.259><c> 8</c><00:24:13.720><c> and</c><00:24:13.900><c> 9.</c>

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But<00:24:16.960><c> unto</c><00:24:17.240><c> the</c><00:24:17.519><c> Son,</c><00:24:17.900><c> he</c><00:24:18.140><c> saith,</c><00:24:19.200><c> thy</c><00:24:19.559><c> throne,</c><00:24:19.900><c> O</c><00:24:20.119><c> God,</c><00:24:20.420><c> is</c><00:24:20.740><c> forever</c><00:24:21.160><c> and</c><00:24:21.400><c> ever.</c>

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A<00:24:22.660><c> scepter</c><00:24:23.140><c> of</c><00:24:23.440><c> righteousness</c><00:24:23.960><c> is</c><00:24:24.359><c> the</c><00:24:24.599><c> scepter</c><00:24:24.880><c> of</c><00:24:25.059><c> thy</c><00:24:25.240><c> kingdom.</c>

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Verse<00:24:27.059><c> 9,</c><00:24:28.119><c> thou</c><00:24:28.400><c> hast</c><00:24:28.880><c> loved</c><00:24:29.640><c> righteousness</c><00:24:30.519><c> and</c><00:24:32.819><c> hated</c><00:24:33.420><c> iniquity.</c>

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Therefore,<00:24:35.859><c> God,</c><00:24:36.359><c> even</c><00:24:36.539><c> thy</c><00:24:36.900><c> God,</c><00:24:37.759><c> hath</c><00:24:37.960><c> anointed</c><00:24:38.420><c> thee</c><00:24:38.740><c> with</c>

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There<00:24:44.099><c> is</c><00:24:44.400><c> the</c><00:24:44.680><c> mind</c><00:24:45.039><c> of</c><00:24:45.299><c> the</c><00:24:45.500><c> Lord</c><00:24:45.720><c> Jesus</c><00:24:46.160><c> Christ</c><00:24:46.700><c> stated</c><00:24:47.099><c> positively</c><00:24:47.819><c> and</c><00:24:48.339><c> negatively.</c>

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towards<00:24:54.799><c> iniquity.</c>

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You<00:24:56.440><c> know,</c><00:24:56.720><c> brothers</c><00:24:56.859><c> and</c><00:24:57.079><c> sisters,</c><00:24:57.319><c> we</c><00:24:57.440><c> may</c><00:24:57.660><c> be</c><00:24:57.779><c> able</c><00:24:57.940><c> to</c><00:24:58.099><c> convince</c><00:24:58.380><c> ourselves</c><00:24:58.980><c> that</c><00:25:00.059><c> we</c>

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love<00:25:00.500><c> righteousness.</c>

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But<00:25:02.460><c> how</c><00:25:02.740><c> much</c><00:25:02.960><c> do</c><00:25:03.160><c> we</c><00:25:03.339><c> hate</c><00:25:03.700><c> iniquity?</c>

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We<00:25:05.819><c> may</c><00:25:06.119><c> convince</c><00:25:06.519><c> ourselves</c><00:25:07.019><c> that</c><00:25:07.200><c> we</c><00:25:07.359><c> are</c><00:25:07.660><c> loving</c><00:25:07.900><c> people</c>

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and<00:25:08.460><c> that</c><00:25:08.640><c> our</c><00:25:08.980><c> conversation</c><00:25:09.579><c> or</c><00:25:09.819><c> behavior</c>

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is<00:25:10.599><c> consistent</c><00:25:11.000><c> with</c><00:25:11.180><c> the</c><00:25:11.400><c> principles</c><00:25:11.700><c> of</c><00:25:12.000><c> truth.</c>

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We<00:25:13.059><c> may</c><00:25:13.200><c> go</c><00:25:13.380><c> to</c><00:25:13.519><c> the</c><00:25:13.599><c> meeting</c><00:25:13.819><c> regularly,</c><00:25:15.000><c> attend</c><00:25:15.319><c> and</c><00:25:15.539><c> support</c><00:25:15.839><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:25:16.319><c> classes.</c>

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We<00:25:17.420><c> may</c><00:25:17.640><c> abstain</c><00:25:18.140><c> from</c><00:25:18.359><c> many</c><00:25:18.700><c> fleshly</c><00:25:19.160><c> lusts.</c>

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We<00:25:19.519><c> may</c><00:25:19.700><c> not</c><00:25:19.859><c> be</c><00:25:20.079><c> adulterers</c><00:25:20.559><c> or</c><00:25:20.759><c> adulteresses.</c>

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We<00:25:22.079><c> may</c><00:25:22.240><c> be</c><00:25:22.359><c> able</c><00:25:22.500><c> to</c><00:25:22.619><c> convince</c><00:25:22.920><c> ourselves</c><00:25:23.359><c> on</c><00:25:23.579><c> that</c><00:25:23.880><c> kind</c><00:25:24.140><c> of</c>

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But<00:25:30.519><c> there</c><00:25:30.680><c> is</c><00:25:30.799><c> a</c><00:25:31.059><c> negative</c><00:25:31.339><c> aspect,</c><00:25:32.500><c> as</c><00:25:32.700><c> there</c><00:25:32.880><c> was</c><00:25:32.980><c> in</c><00:25:33.119><c> the</c>

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Ten<00:25:33.440><c> Commandments.</c>

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There<00:25:35.160><c> is</c><00:25:35.359><c> something</c><00:25:35.539><c> we</c><00:25:35.700><c> must</c><00:25:35.960><c> not</c><00:25:36.339><c> do.</c>

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There<00:25:37.559><c> is</c><00:25:38.000><c> a</c><00:25:38.240><c> kind</c><00:25:38.500><c> of</c><00:25:38.759><c> godly</c><00:25:39.180><c> passion</c><00:25:39.700><c> that</c><00:25:39.960><c> is</c><00:25:40.259><c> negative</c><00:25:40.680><c> in</c>

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a<00:25:41.039><c> certain</c><00:25:41.259><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:25:43.099><c> it's</c><00:25:43.559><c> hating</c><00:25:44.359><c> iniquity.</c>

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If<00:25:46.880><c> we</c><00:25:47.259><c> love</c><00:25:48.099><c> the</c><00:25:48.440><c> Lord</c><00:25:48.680><c> Jesus</c><00:25:49.059><c> Christ</c><00:25:49.460><c> and</c><00:25:49.660><c> if</c><00:25:49.799><c> we</c><00:25:50.079><c> love</c><00:25:50.299><c> the</c>

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principles<00:25:50.839><c> of</c><00:25:51.059><c> the</c><00:25:51.279><c> truth,</c>

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if<00:25:52.420><c> it's</c><00:25:52.720><c> developing</c><00:25:53.059><c> the</c><00:25:53.299><c> way</c><00:25:53.400><c> it</c><00:25:53.700><c> should,</c><00:25:53.900><c> it</c><00:25:54.019><c> will</c><00:25:54.259><c> generate</c><00:25:54.759><c> within</c>

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us<00:25:56.259><c> a</c><00:25:57.000><c> hatred</c><00:25:57.599><c> towards</c><00:25:58.779><c> iniquity.</c>

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Strong<00:25:59.920><c> terms.</c>

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Not<00:26:01.240><c> just</c><00:26:01.460><c> a</c><00:26:01.759><c> despising,</c><00:26:02.700><c> not</c><00:26:02.920><c> just</c><00:26:03.279><c> a</c><00:26:03.880><c> dislike</c><00:26:04.200><c> for</c><00:26:04.519><c> iniquity,</c><00:26:05.819><c> but</c><00:26:06.000><c> the</c>

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son<00:26:07.019><c> hated</c><00:26:07.819><c> iniquity.</c>

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And<00:26:09.500><c> if</c><00:26:09.660><c> we</c><00:26:10.019><c> hate</c><00:26:10.279><c> the</c><00:26:10.559><c> things</c><00:26:10.779><c> of</c><00:26:11.000><c> the</c><00:26:11.240><c> world,</c><00:26:12.220><c> then</c><00:26:12.380><c> we</c><00:26:12.579><c> won't</c>

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be<00:26:12.920><c> as</c><00:26:13.220><c> permissive</c><00:26:13.720><c> as</c><00:26:13.960><c> we</c><00:26:14.180><c> are</c><00:26:14.440><c> at</c><00:26:14.660><c> times</c>

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in<00:26:15.180><c> terms</c><00:26:15.400><c> of</c><00:26:15.559><c> what</c><00:26:15.640><c> we</c><00:26:15.859><c> allow</c><00:26:16.019><c> our</c><00:26:16.220><c> young</c><00:26:16.359><c> people</c><00:26:16.599><c> to</c><00:26:16.759><c> do.</c>

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Or<00:26:17.900><c> in</c><00:26:18.039><c> terms</c><00:26:18.259><c> of</c><00:26:18.420><c> the</c><00:26:18.579><c> kind</c><00:26:18.740><c> of</c><00:26:18.960><c> entertainment</c><00:26:19.339><c> which</c><00:26:19.579><c> we</c><00:26:19.779><c> allow</c><00:26:19.920><c> to</c>

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go<00:26:20.180><c> on</c><00:26:20.279><c> in</c><00:26:20.400><c> the</c><00:26:20.539><c> home.</c>

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Or<00:26:21.440><c> the</c><00:26:21.640><c> programs</c><00:26:22.039><c> that</c><00:26:22.220><c> we</c><00:26:22.400><c> allow</c><00:26:22.579><c> our</c><00:26:22.819><c> minds</c><00:26:23.160><c> to</c><00:26:23.339><c> be</c><00:26:23.519><c> filled</c><00:26:23.720><c> with.</c>

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If<00:26:25.099><c> we</c><00:26:25.660><c> hate</c><00:26:26.140><c> iniquity</c><00:26:26.740><c> and</c><00:26:27.160><c> love</c><00:26:27.599><c> righteousness</c><00:26:28.299><c> in</c><00:26:28.799><c> balance,</c>

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we<00:26:29.880><c> will</c><00:26:30.079><c> begin</c><00:26:30.400><c> to</c><00:26:30.779><c> cultivate</c><00:26:31.259><c> the</c><00:26:31.740><c> mind</c><00:26:31.940><c> of</c><00:26:32.099><c> the</c><00:26:32.220><c> master.</c>

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And<00:26:33.720><c> notice</c><00:26:34.180><c> the</c><00:26:34.859><c> ray</c><00:26:35.200><c> of</c><00:26:35.619><c> hope</c><00:26:35.900><c> here</c><00:26:36.259><c> in</c><00:26:36.460><c> verse</c><00:26:36.700><c> 9.</c>

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The<00:26:37.539><c> promise</c><00:26:37.900><c> of</c><00:26:38.220><c> glory</c><00:26:38.559><c> or</c><00:26:38.900><c> reward,</c><00:26:39.920><c> which</c><00:26:40.079><c> is</c><00:26:40.319><c> intertwined</c>

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with<00:26:41.579><c> Peter's</c><00:26:42.079><c> epistles.</c>

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Therefore<00:26:44.019><c> he</c><00:26:44.299><c> hath</c><00:26:44.559><c> anointed</c><00:26:45.059><c> thee</c><00:26:45.319><c> with</c><00:26:45.519><c> the</c><00:26:45.700><c> oil</c><00:26:45.819><c> of</c><00:26:46.099><c> gladness</c><00:26:46.660><c> above</c>

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thy<00:26:47.420><c> fellows.</c>

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And<00:26:48.779><c> the</c><00:26:48.920><c> key</c><00:26:49.200><c> word</c><00:26:49.460><c> there</c><00:26:50.160><c> is</c><00:26:51.200><c> therefore.</c>

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Because<00:26:54.160><c> he</c><00:26:54.759><c> loved</c><00:26:55.119><c> righteousness</c><00:26:55.940><c> and</c><00:26:57.079><c> equally</c><00:26:57.859><c> hated</c><00:26:58.380><c> iniquity,</c><00:27:00.119><c> therefore</c><00:27:00.720><c> he</c>

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was<00:27:01.380><c> rewarded.</c>

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Therefore<00:27:03.119><c> he</c><00:27:03.339><c> was</c><00:27:03.619><c> anointed</c><00:27:04.200><c> with</c><00:27:04.400><c> the</c><00:27:04.660><c> oil</c><00:27:04.839><c> of</c><00:27:05.140><c> gladness.</c>

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We<00:27:06.779><c> need,</c><00:27:07.259><c> brothers</c><00:27:07.259><c> and</c><00:27:07.519><c> sisters,</c><00:27:07.759><c> to</c><00:27:08.059><c> cultivate</c><00:27:08.579><c> both</c><00:27:09.059><c> of</c>

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those<00:27:09.440><c> aspects</c><00:27:09.940><c> in</c><00:27:10.359><c> balance</c><00:27:10.660><c> in</c><00:27:10.880><c> our</c><00:27:11.059><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:27:11.960><c> if</c><00:27:12.119><c> they're</c><00:27:12.380><c> lopsided,</c><00:27:13.160><c> we</c><00:27:13.220><c> have</c><00:27:13.519><c> not</c><00:27:13.859><c> got</c><00:27:14.059><c> the</c><00:27:14.359><c> mind</c><00:27:14.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:14.920><c> Father,</c><00:27:15.380><c> the</c><00:27:15.519><c> mind</c><00:27:15.759><c> of</c><00:27:15.900><c> the</c><00:27:16.000><c> Lord</c><00:27:16.160><c> Jesus</c><00:27:16.500><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:27:18.700><c> a</c><00:27:18.859><c> passage</c><00:27:19.240><c> in</c><00:27:19.460><c> Romans</c><00:27:19.720><c> chapter</c><00:27:20.240><c> 12,</c><00:27:21.819><c> which</c><00:27:22.119><c> complements</c>

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the<00:27:23.960><c> Apostle</c><00:27:24.400><c> Peter's</c><00:27:24.839><c> exhortation,</c>

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helps<00:27:25.640><c> us</c><00:27:25.859><c> to</c><00:27:26.019><c> see</c><00:27:26.099><c> it</c><00:27:26.220><c> from</c><00:27:26.319><c> a</c><00:27:26.619><c> slightly</c><00:27:26.859><c> different</c><00:27:27.160><c> angle.</c>

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Romans<00:27:39.079><c> chapter</c><00:27:39.480><c> 12.</c>

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Romans<00:27:47.220><c> chapter</c><00:27:47.579><c> 12,</c><00:27:48.319><c> verse</c><00:27:48.839><c> 1.</c>

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Notice<00:27:51.299><c> how</c><00:27:51.539><c> this</c><00:27:51.819><c> language</c><00:27:52.259><c> by</c><00:27:52.480><c> the</c><00:27:52.660><c> Apostle</c><00:27:53.160><c> Paul</c><00:27:53.900><c> parallels</c><00:27:54.519><c> the</c><00:27:54.920><c> beseeching</c><00:27:55.400><c> by</c><00:27:55.700><c> Peter.</c>

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And<00:27:56.420><c> it's</c><00:27:56.700><c> the</c><00:27:56.900><c> same</c><00:27:57.180><c> exhortation</c><00:27:58.000><c> in</c><00:27:58.640><c> different</c><00:27:58.920><c> words.</c>

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Romans<00:28:00.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:00.940><c> 12,</c><00:28:01.579><c> verse</c><00:28:01.980><c> 1.</c>

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I<00:28:04.339><c> beseech</c><00:28:04.960><c> you</c><00:28:05.359><c> therefore,</c><00:28:05.839><c> brethren,</c><00:28:07.039><c> that</c><00:28:07.180><c> endearing</c><00:28:07.740><c> phrase</c><00:28:08.380><c> by</c>

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the<00:28:09.839><c> mercies</c><00:28:10.180><c> of</c><00:28:10.380><c> God,</c>

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that<00:28:11.000><c> ye</c><00:28:11.200><c> present</c><00:28:11.640><c> your</c><00:28:11.940><c> bodies</c><00:28:12.440><c> a</c><00:28:13.599><c> living</c><00:28:13.920><c> sacrifice,</c><00:28:16.039><c> holy,</c>

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acceptable<00:28:17.559><c> unto</c><00:28:17.859><c> God,</c>

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which<00:28:19.779><c> is</c><00:28:20.079><c> your</c><00:28:20.779><c> reasonable</c><00:28:21.799><c> service.</c>

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Let's<00:28:24.319><c> give</c><00:28:24.619><c> those</c><00:28:25.019><c> terms</c><00:28:25.299><c> their</c><00:28:25.559><c> full</c><00:28:25.839><c> weight.</c>

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And<00:28:26.759><c> notice</c><00:28:26.980><c> the</c><00:28:27.319><c> parallel</c><00:28:27.559><c> with</c><00:28:27.779><c> Peter's</c><00:28:28.259><c> exhortation.</c>

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:32.759
There<00:28:29.539><c> is</c><00:28:29.779><c> a</c><00:28:29.900><c> beseeching</c><00:28:30.819><c> by</c><00:28:31.140><c> the</c><00:28:31.319><c> mercies</c><00:28:31.640><c> of</c><00:28:31.880><c> God.</c>

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There<00:28:32.960><c> is</c><00:28:33.220><c> an</c><00:28:33.480><c> appeal</c><00:28:33.819><c> to</c><00:28:34.099><c> present</c><00:28:34.460><c> themselves</c><00:28:35.039><c> as</c><00:28:35.420><c> a</c><00:28:35.740><c> living</c><00:28:36.160><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Israel<00:28:38.700><c> came</c><00:28:39.079><c> out</c><00:28:39.279><c> of</c><00:28:39.460><c> Egypt</c><00:28:39.759><c> in</c><00:28:40.079><c> order</c><00:28:40.279><c> to</c><00:28:40.539><c> do</c><00:28:40.819><c> sacrifice</c>

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unto<00:28:41.839><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Peter<00:28:44.099><c> tells</c><00:28:44.480><c> them</c><00:28:45.019><c> in</c><00:28:45.559><c> Asia</c><00:28:45.859><c> Minor,</c><00:28:46.380><c> you've</c><00:28:46.700><c> been</c><00:28:46.980><c> brought</c>

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out<00:28:47.359><c> of</c><00:28:47.559><c> darkness</c><00:28:48.019><c> into</c><00:28:48.519><c> his</c><00:28:48.799><c> glorious</c><00:28:49.299><c> light.</c>

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You<00:28:50.779><c> are</c><00:28:51.140><c> a</c><00:28:51.539><c> holy</c><00:28:51.880><c> priesthood.</c>

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If<00:28:53.059><c> you're</c><00:28:53.259><c> a</c><00:28:53.440><c> holy</c><00:28:53.640><c> priesthood,</c><00:28:54.140><c> then</c><00:28:54.240><c> you</c><00:28:54.319><c> must</c><00:28:54.539><c> be</c>

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offering<00:28:55.019><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:28:56.480><c> the</c><00:28:56.740><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:57.319><c> is</c><00:28:57.539><c> the</c><00:28:57.819><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:58.279><c> to</c><00:28:58.539><c> ourselves,</c>

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:02.700
the<00:29:00.059><c> full</c><00:29:00.339><c> meaning</c><00:29:00.599><c> of</c><00:29:00.740><c> what</c><00:29:00.859><c> they</c><00:29:01.039><c> did</c><00:29:01.160><c> on</c><00:29:01.460><c> Passover</c><00:29:01.819><c> night.</c>

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It<00:29:03.579><c> was</c><00:29:03.819><c> a</c><00:29:04.000><c> crucifixion</c><00:29:04.559><c> of</c><00:29:04.720><c> the</c><00:29:05.039><c> flesh</c><00:29:05.299><c> that</c><00:29:05.460><c> was</c><00:29:05.640><c> being</c><00:29:05.859><c> represented</c><00:29:06.319><c> there</c><00:29:06.619><c> by</c>

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the<00:29:07.039><c> Passover</c><00:29:07.440><c> lamb.</c>

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They<00:29:09.059><c> were</c><00:29:09.299><c> indeed</c><00:29:09.619><c> called</c><00:29:09.920><c> out</c><00:29:10.079><c> of</c><00:29:10.299><c> darkness,</c><00:29:10.640><c> but</c><00:29:10.799><c> they</c><00:29:10.960><c> were</c><00:29:11.200><c> called</c><00:29:11.400><c> to</c><00:29:11.660><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:29:13.259><c> not</c><00:29:13.420><c> something</c><00:29:13.619><c> just</c><00:29:13.940><c> external</c><00:29:14.319><c> to</c><00:29:14.539><c> an</c><00:29:14.779><c> animal,</c><00:29:15.319><c> but</c><00:29:15.480><c> the</c>

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crucifixion<00:29:16.259><c> of</c><00:29:16.539><c> self,</c>

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the<00:29:17.279><c> constant,</c><00:29:17.859><c> in</c><00:29:18.140><c> Peter's</c><00:29:18.420><c> language,</c><00:29:19.160><c> abstaining</c><00:29:19.599><c> from</c>

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fleshly<00:29:20.700><c> lusts</c><00:29:21.480><c> which</c><00:29:21.720><c> war</c><00:29:22.200><c> against</c><00:29:22.740><c> the</c><00:29:23.059><c> soul.</c>

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So<00:29:24.319><c> Paul</c><00:29:24.779><c> is</c><00:29:25.180><c> exhorting</c><00:29:25.539><c> along</c><00:29:25.759><c> the</c><00:29:26.000><c> same</c><00:29:26.359><c> lines</c><00:29:26.819><c> drawn</c><00:29:27.200><c> from</c>

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the<00:29:27.700><c> law.</c>

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Present<00:29:29.440><c> your</c><00:29:29.680><c> bodies</c><00:29:30.000><c> as</c><00:29:30.240><c> a</c><00:29:30.519><c> living</c><00:29:30.779><c> sacrifice,</c><00:29:32.799><c> holy,</c><00:29:33.579><c> acceptable</c><00:29:33.920><c> unto</c><00:29:34.180><c> God,</c>

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which<00:29:34.900><c> is</c><00:29:35.079><c> your</c><00:29:35.380><c> logical</c><00:29:35.940><c> service.</c>

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Reasonable<00:29:37.940><c> in</c><00:29:38.559><c> the</c><00:29:38.720><c> original</c><00:29:39.059><c> is</c><00:29:39.339><c> based</c><00:29:39.579><c> on</c><00:29:39.720><c> the</c><00:29:39.779><c> word</c><00:29:39.920><c> logos.</c>

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:44.099
It<00:29:41.700><c> is</c><00:29:41.920><c> your</c><00:29:42.420><c> logical</c><00:29:43.319><c> service.</c>

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:47.720
It's<00:29:44.759><c> a</c><00:29:45.000><c> logical</c><00:29:45.640><c> consequence</c><00:29:46.500><c> from</c><00:29:47.119><c> what</c><00:29:47.299><c> you've</c><00:29:47.519><c> been</c>

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.019
called<00:29:47.960><c> from.</c>

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:52.640
If<00:29:49.200><c> you</c><00:29:49.720><c> esteem</c><00:29:50.480><c> the</c><00:29:50.799><c> light</c><00:29:51.019><c> that</c><00:29:51.220><c> you've</c><00:29:51.440><c> been</c><00:29:51.660><c> called</c><00:29:51.900><c> to</c><00:29:52.299><c> as</c>

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.839
worth<00:29:52.839><c> everything,</c>

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:58.559
if<00:29:54.440><c> you</c><00:29:54.700><c> esteem</c><00:29:55.259><c> Egypt</c><00:29:55.720><c> as</c><00:29:56.099><c> being</c><00:29:56.259><c> in</c><00:29:56.579><c> darkness,</c><00:29:57.500><c> having</c><00:29:57.720><c> pollution</c><00:29:58.279><c> and</c>

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.579
corruption<00:29:58.960><c> and</c><00:29:59.220><c> death,</c>

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:02.779
if<00:30:00.160><c> you</c><00:30:00.380><c> see</c><00:30:00.519><c> that</c><00:30:00.720><c> as</c><00:30:00.960><c> bondage</c><00:30:01.539><c> and</c><00:30:01.759><c> you</c><00:30:02.039><c> see</c><00:30:02.200><c> the</c><00:30:02.440><c> promises</c>

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:04.400
of<00:30:03.000><c> God</c><00:30:03.200><c> as</c><00:30:03.400><c> liberty,</c>

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:07.680
then<00:30:04.640><c> it's</c><00:30:04.839><c> only</c><00:30:05.140><c> logical</c><00:30:05.920><c> that</c><00:30:06.579><c> you</c><00:30:06.799><c> should</c><00:30:06.940><c> do</c><00:30:07.180><c> sacrifice</c>

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.380
unto<00:30:07.900><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:14.720
that<00:30:08.799><c> you</c><00:30:09.019><c> should</c><00:30:09.500><c> cooperate</c><00:30:10.180><c> with</c><00:30:10.420><c> God</c><00:30:10.819><c> in</c><00:30:11.279><c> the</c><00:30:11.480><c> mortification,</c><00:30:12.579><c> the</c><00:30:12.660><c> crucifixion</c><00:30:13.299><c> of</c><00:30:13.559><c> the</c><00:30:13.779><c> flesh.</c>

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:24.660
And<00:30:18.200><c> be</c><00:30:18.500><c> not</c><00:30:18.799><c> conformed</c><00:30:19.660><c> to</c><00:30:19.819><c> this</c><00:30:20.200><c> world,</c><00:30:21.700><c> but</c><00:30:21.839><c> be</c><00:30:22.259><c> ye</c><00:30:23.000><c> transformed</c><00:30:23.819><c> by</c><00:30:24.319><c> the</c>

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:26.779
renewing<00:30:25.160><c> of</c><00:30:25.380><c> your</c><00:30:25.720><c> mind,</c>

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:31.779
that<00:30:27.039><c> ye</c><00:30:27.220><c> may</c><00:30:27.480><c> prove</c><00:30:27.859><c> what</c><00:30:28.039><c> is</c><00:30:28.220><c> that</c><00:30:28.480><c> good</c><00:30:28.700><c> and</c><00:30:29.079><c> acceptable</c><00:30:29.440><c> and</c><00:30:29.819><c> perfect</c><00:30:30.299><c> will</c><00:30:30.519><c> of</c><00:30:30.779><c> God.</c>

00:30:32.150 --> 00:30:35.640
Phillips<00:30:32.559><c> translation,</c><00:30:34.240><c> verse</c><00:30:34.460><c> 2.</c>

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:42.359
Do<00:30:36.059><c> not</c><00:30:36.500><c> let</c><00:30:36.859><c> the</c><00:30:37.240><c> world</c><00:30:38.059><c> squeeze</c><00:30:39.059><c> you</c><00:30:39.740><c> into</c><00:30:40.500><c> its</c><00:30:41.200><c> mold.</c>

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:45.039
At<00:30:43.700><c> least</c><00:30:43.880><c> on</c><00:30:44.039><c> one</c><00:30:44.160><c> occasion</c><00:30:44.559><c> anyways,</c>

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:48.920
Phillips<00:30:45.599><c> translation</c><00:30:46.279><c> has</c><00:30:46.859><c> fairly</c><00:30:47.380><c> accurately</c><00:30:48.359><c> captured</c>

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:51.000
the<00:30:49.259><c> sense</c><00:30:49.640><c> of</c><00:30:49.960><c> the</c><00:30:50.180><c> original.</c>

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:56.339
To<00:30:51.559><c> be</c><00:30:51.799><c> conformed</c><00:30:52.359><c> to</c><00:30:52.519><c> the</c><00:30:52.759><c> world</c><00:30:53.039><c> means</c><00:30:53.539><c> to</c><00:30:53.859><c> be</c><00:30:54.160><c> squeezed</c><00:30:54.680><c> into</c><00:30:55.099><c> its</c><00:30:55.460><c> shape.</c>

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:59.059
On<00:30:57.000><c> the</c><00:30:57.279><c> overhead,</c><00:30:57.700><c> we've</c><00:30:57.779><c> just</c><00:30:58.059><c> tried</c><00:30:58.359><c> to,</c><00:30:58.559><c> in</c><00:30:58.660><c> a</c><00:30:58.839><c> simple</c>

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:01.420
way,<00:30:59.759><c> portray</c><00:31:00.039><c> graphically</c>

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:04.200
what<00:31:02.059><c> we're</c><00:31:02.240><c> trying</c><00:31:02.519><c> to</c><00:31:02.720><c> show</c><00:31:02.859><c> here,</c><00:31:03.140><c> what</c><00:31:03.259><c> the</c><00:31:03.480><c> apostle</c><00:31:03.839><c> Paul</c>

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:05.400
is<00:31:04.380><c> developing.</c>

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:09.680
If<00:31:06.059><c> we've</c><00:31:06.339><c> been</c><00:31:06.559><c> called</c><00:31:06.779><c> out</c><00:31:06.980><c> of</c><00:31:07.160><c> Egypt,</c><00:31:08.059><c> we</c><00:31:08.180><c> are</c><00:31:08.500><c> still</c><00:31:08.940><c> not</c>

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:12.559
free<00:31:10.119><c> from</c><00:31:10.819><c> Egypt's</c><00:31:11.740><c> grip.</c>

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:16.680
We<00:31:13.559><c> carry</c><00:31:13.960><c> a</c><00:31:14.299><c> certain</c><00:31:14.460><c> amount</c><00:31:14.680><c> of</c><00:31:14.940><c> Egypt</c><00:31:15.279><c> within</c><00:31:15.559><c> us</c><00:31:16.059><c> by</c><00:31:16.460><c> our</c>

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.339
own<00:31:17.000><c> fleshly</c><00:31:17.920><c> weaknesses,</c>

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:21.259
our<00:31:18.819><c> own</c><00:31:19.099><c> nature,</c><00:31:19.500><c> which</c><00:31:19.619><c> is</c><00:31:19.859><c> prone</c><00:31:20.059><c> to</c><00:31:20.319><c> sin.</c>

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:25.940
In<00:31:22.160><c> that</c><00:31:22.559><c> sense,</c><00:31:23.119><c> we</c><00:31:23.359><c> still</c><00:31:23.640><c> day</c><00:31:23.900><c> by</c><00:31:24.200><c> day</c><00:31:24.519><c> always</c><00:31:25.160><c> live</c><00:31:25.440><c> with</c>

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:28.359
the<00:31:26.140><c> possibility</c><00:31:26.700><c> of</c><00:31:26.920><c> returning</c><00:31:27.259><c> to</c><00:31:27.500><c> Egypt.</c>

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:33.099
As<00:31:29.180><c> Jude</c><00:31:29.420><c> said,</c><00:31:30.119><c> he</c><00:31:30.140><c> afterwards</c><00:31:30.819><c> destroyed</c><00:31:31.599><c> them</c><00:31:32.000><c> that</c><00:31:32.359><c> believe</c><00:31:32.700><c> not,</c>

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:36.579
having<00:31:33.579><c> already</c><00:31:34.140><c> saved</c><00:31:34.559><c> them</c><00:31:34.880><c> that</c><00:31:35.019><c> had</c><00:31:35.180><c> come</c><00:31:35.339><c> out</c><00:31:35.500><c> of</c><00:31:35.599><c> Egypt.</c>

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:42.400
Paul<00:31:37.460><c> feared,</c><00:31:38.220><c> lest</c><00:31:38.359><c> I</c><00:31:38.779><c> myself,</c><00:31:39.380><c> he</c><00:31:39.680><c> said,</c><00:31:40.000><c> should</c><00:31:40.079><c> be</c><00:31:40.319><c> a</c><00:31:40.519><c> castaway,</c><00:31:41.180><c> I</c><00:31:41.460><c> pummel</c><00:31:41.759><c> my</c><00:31:42.039><c> body,</c>

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:46.359
which<00:31:42.900><c> means</c><00:31:43.160><c> in</c><00:31:43.299><c> the</c><00:31:43.460><c> Greek,</c><00:31:44.200><c> I</c><00:31:44.339><c> bruise</c><00:31:44.619><c> it,</c><00:31:44.980><c> black</c><00:31:45.220><c> and</c><00:31:45.460><c> blue,</c><00:31:46.119><c> I</c>

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.480
beat<00:31:46.519><c> it,</c><00:31:46.819><c> black</c><00:31:47.079><c> and</c><00:31:47.339><c> blue.</c>

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:51.920
I<00:31:47.819><c> keep</c><00:31:48.160><c> my</c><00:31:48.480><c> body</c><00:31:48.839><c> under,</c><00:31:49.779><c> said</c><00:31:49.819><c> Paul,</c><00:31:50.599><c> lest</c><00:31:50.720><c> I</c><00:31:50.940><c> should</c><00:31:51.079><c> be</c><00:31:51.259><c> a</c><00:31:51.440><c> castaway.</c>

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:54.920
The<00:31:52.640><c> apostle</c><00:31:53.099><c> Paul</c><00:31:53.579><c> was</c><00:31:53.880><c> cautious.</c>

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:59.119
He<00:31:55.599><c> had</c><00:31:55.799><c> a</c><00:31:56.119><c> healthy</c><00:31:56.539><c> suspicion</c><00:31:57.180><c> of</c><00:31:57.680><c> his</c><00:31:57.940><c> own</c><00:31:58.200><c> nature.</c>

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:02.000
He<00:31:59.420><c> knew</c><00:31:59.660><c> that</c><00:31:59.819><c> he</c><00:31:59.880><c> was</c><00:32:00.140><c> prone</c><00:32:00.339><c> to</c><00:32:00.599><c> weakness,</c><00:32:01.000><c> that</c><00:32:01.059><c> he</c><00:32:01.140><c> had</c><00:32:01.319><c> feet</c><00:32:01.500><c> of</c><00:32:01.779><c> clay,</c>

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:05.400
and<00:32:02.380><c> he</c><00:32:02.740><c> constantly</c><00:32:03.420><c> needed</c><00:32:03.859><c> to</c><00:32:04.180><c> accept</c><00:32:04.539><c> the</c><00:32:04.920><c> discipline</c><00:32:05.259><c> and</c>

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.440
the<00:32:05.640><c> training</c><00:32:05.819><c> of</c><00:32:06.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:11.339
Otherwise,<00:32:07.339><c> he</c><00:32:07.619><c> would</c><00:32:07.940><c> be</c><00:32:08.420><c> a</c><00:32:08.740><c> fallout</c><00:32:09.400><c> from</c><00:32:09.700><c> the</c><00:32:09.880><c> race</c><00:32:10.079><c> towards</c><00:32:10.380><c> life.</c>

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:14.079
And<00:32:11.799><c> here</c><00:32:12.039><c> Paul,</c><00:32:12.460><c> in</c><00:32:12.660><c> the</c><00:32:12.880><c> language</c><00:32:13.220><c> very</c><00:32:13.619><c> similar</c><00:32:13.799><c> to</c><00:32:13.900><c> that</c>

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.559
of<00:32:14.299><c> Peter,</c>

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:18.940
language<00:32:15.660><c> of</c><00:32:15.960><c> sacrifice,</c><00:32:17.279><c> an</c><00:32:17.299><c> appeal</c><00:32:17.680><c> to</c><00:32:18.019><c> holiness,</c>

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:23.720
is<00:32:19.480><c> beseeching</c><00:32:20.059><c> the</c><00:32:20.279><c> brethren</c><00:32:20.559><c> not</c><00:32:20.839><c> to</c><00:32:21.160><c> allow</c><00:32:21.400><c> the</c><00:32:21.720><c> world</c><00:32:22.240><c> to</c>

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:26.500
exert<00:32:24.299><c> its</c><00:32:24.880><c> pressures</c><00:32:25.339><c> on</c><00:32:25.819><c> the</c><00:32:26.099><c> believers</c>

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:31.079
and<00:32:27.559><c> not</c><00:32:27.839><c> to</c><00:32:28.279><c> squeeze</c><00:32:28.579><c> them</c><00:32:29.000><c> into</c><00:32:29.339><c> the</c><00:32:29.660><c> shape</c><00:32:29.940><c> of</c><00:32:30.200><c> the</c><00:32:30.519><c> world's</c>

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:33.400
malicious<00:32:31.539><c> and</c><00:32:31.960><c> fleshly</c><00:32:32.380><c> thinking.</c>

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:36.640
Believers<00:32:34.279><c> down</c><00:32:34.680><c> through</c><00:32:34.920><c> the</c><00:32:35.119><c> ages</c><00:32:35.359><c> need</c><00:32:35.859><c> to</c><00:32:36.079><c> be</c><00:32:36.279><c> reminded</c>

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.740
of<00:32:36.859><c> that.</c>

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:40.740
Then<00:32:38.359><c> what</c><00:32:38.619><c> really,</c><00:32:39.119><c> brothers</c><00:32:39.200><c> and</c><00:32:39.460><c> sisters,</c><00:32:39.859><c> is</c><00:32:40.119><c> the</c><00:32:40.400><c> antidote?</c>

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:43.720
Well,<00:32:41.619><c> we've</c><00:32:41.839><c> already</c><00:32:42.119><c> said</c><00:32:42.380><c> in</c><00:32:42.619><c> passing</c><00:32:43.000><c> it's</c><00:32:43.299><c> first</c><00:32:43.480><c> of</c><00:32:43.640><c> all</c>

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:45.460
to<00:32:43.960><c> see</c><00:32:44.259><c> the</c><00:32:44.500><c> world</c><00:32:44.740><c> the</c><00:32:44.940><c> way</c><00:32:45.079><c> it</c><00:32:45.259><c> is.</c>

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.940
That's<00:32:45.900><c> a</c><00:32:46.140><c> start.</c>

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:52.240
To<00:32:47.579><c> see</c><00:32:47.799><c> the</c><00:32:48.039><c> world</c><00:32:48.279><c> the</c><00:32:48.440><c> way</c><00:32:48.660><c> God</c><00:32:49.039><c> sees</c><00:32:49.359><c> it</c><00:32:49.579><c> is</c><00:32:49.819><c> a</c><00:32:50.180><c> start</c><00:32:50.500><c> towards</c><00:32:51.059><c> the</c><00:32:51.359><c> antidote.</c>

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:55.759
Secondly,<00:32:53.339><c> to</c><00:32:53.579><c> appreciate</c><00:32:54.180><c> the</c><00:32:54.559><c> praises</c><00:32:54.900><c> and</c><00:32:55.160><c> the</c><00:32:55.380><c> virtues</c>

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:57.000
to<00:32:56.019><c> which</c><00:32:56.140><c> we've</c><00:32:56.420><c> been</c><00:32:56.680><c> called</c>

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.940
are<00:32:57.599><c> constant</c><00:32:58.140><c> echoes</c><00:32:58.500><c> in</c><00:32:58.720><c> our</c><00:32:58.980><c> conscience.</c>

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:03.259
To<00:33:00.420><c> accept</c><00:33:00.759><c> that</c><00:33:01.140><c> calling</c><00:33:01.380><c> and</c><00:33:01.680><c> to</c><00:33:01.880><c> maintain</c><00:33:02.400><c> with</c><00:33:02.599><c> God's</c><00:33:03.019><c> help</c>

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:06.559
the<00:33:03.900><c> holiness</c><00:33:04.319><c> to</c><00:33:04.579><c> which</c><00:33:04.700><c> we</c><00:33:04.880><c> were</c><00:33:05.079><c> first</c><00:33:05.299><c> called,</c><00:33:06.039><c> that</c><00:33:06.380><c> too</c>

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.799
is<00:33:06.759><c> part</c><00:33:06.920><c> of</c><00:33:07.059><c> the</c><00:33:07.259><c> antidote.</c>

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:12.339
But<00:33:08.880><c> part</c><00:33:09.359><c> of</c><00:33:09.579><c> the</c><00:33:09.839><c> antidote</c><00:33:10.319><c> is</c><00:33:10.519><c> to</c><00:33:10.660><c> be</c><00:33:10.880><c> suspicious</c><00:33:11.559><c> of</c><00:33:11.819><c> the</c><00:33:12.000><c> world</c>

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:16.660
and<00:33:12.859><c> all</c><00:33:13.119><c> of</c><00:33:13.259><c> its</c><00:33:13.799><c> vices,</c><00:33:15.359><c> all</c><00:33:15.640><c> of</c><00:33:15.799><c> its</c><00:33:16.039><c> allurements.</c>

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:20.259
That<00:33:17.559><c> too</c><00:33:17.900><c> is</c><00:33:18.240><c> part</c><00:33:18.460><c> of</c><00:33:18.619><c> the</c><00:33:18.799><c> antidote.</c>

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:22.980
And<00:33:20.559><c> part</c><00:33:20.839><c> of</c><00:33:20.960><c> the</c><00:33:21.160><c> antidote,</c><00:33:21.700><c> brothers</c><00:33:21.740><c> and</c><00:33:22.019><c> sisters,</c><00:33:22.759><c> back</c>

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to<00:33:23.160><c> Peter,</c>

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:30.119
is<00:33:24.880><c> to</c><00:33:25.099><c> accept</c><00:33:25.519><c> the</c><00:33:25.839><c> Apostles'</c><00:33:26.559><c> exhortation</c><00:33:27.500><c> to</c><00:33:28.700><c> take</c><00:33:28.980><c> the</c><00:33:29.339><c> posture</c><00:33:29.799><c> of</c>

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.140
the<00:33:30.400><c> children</c><00:33:30.619><c> of</c><00:33:30.759><c> Israel</c>

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.700
on<00:33:31.339><c> the</c><00:33:31.480><c> night</c><00:33:31.599><c> of</c><00:33:31.839><c> Passover.</c>

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:37.279
This<00:33:33.240><c> is</c><00:33:33.960><c> the</c><00:33:34.220><c> true</c><00:33:34.720><c> antidote</c><00:33:35.539><c> that</c><00:33:35.960><c> will</c><00:33:36.180><c> ensure</c><00:33:36.579><c> God's</c><00:33:37.099><c> people</c>

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:41.000
that<00:33:37.420><c> they</c><00:33:37.599><c> will</c><00:33:37.859><c> not</c><00:33:38.079><c> be</c><00:33:38.380><c> ensnared</c><00:33:38.819><c> by</c><00:33:39.200><c> the</c><00:33:39.380><c> world</c><00:33:39.579><c> once</c><00:33:39.920><c> again.</c>

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.339
We'll<00:33:41.339><c> return</c><00:33:41.619><c> to</c><00:33:41.819><c> Peter.</c>

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:47.380
First<00:33:42.980><c> to</c><00:33:43.079><c> Peter</c><00:33:43.319><c> chapter</c><00:33:43.740><c> 1,</c><00:33:45.440><c> verse</c><00:33:45.839><c> 13.</c>

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.380
Here's<00:33:49.460><c> that</c><00:33:49.759><c> precious</c><00:33:50.059><c> little</c><00:33:50.319><c> word</c><00:33:50.579><c> again.</c>

00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.680
Wherefore?

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.960
Verse<00:33:53.720><c> 13.</c>

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.220
Wherefore?

00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:01.059
Gird<00:33:57.880><c> up</c><00:33:58.099><c> the</c><00:33:58.359><c> loins</c><00:33:59.039><c> of</c><00:33:59.519><c> your</c><00:33:59.920><c> mind.</c>

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:07.700
Be<00:34:03.660><c> sober</c><00:34:04.160><c> and</c><00:34:05.220><c> hope</c><00:34:05.619><c> to</c><00:34:05.839><c> the</c><00:34:06.140><c> end</c><00:34:06.460><c> for</c><00:34:06.680><c> the</c><00:34:06.920><c> grace</c><00:34:07.259><c> that</c><00:34:07.440><c> is</c><00:34:07.579><c> to</c>

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.699
be<00:34:07.900><c> brought</c><00:34:08.039><c> unto</c><00:34:08.280><c> you</c>

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:11.179
at<00:34:08.920><c> the</c><00:34:09.139><c> revelation</c><00:34:09.599><c> of</c><00:34:09.800><c> Jesus</c><00:34:10.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:13.980
What<00:34:12.519><c> is</c><00:34:12.880><c> the</c><00:34:13.139><c> illusion?</c>

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:18.780
What's<00:34:14.639><c> the</c><00:34:14.920><c> Spirit</c><00:34:15.260><c> reminding</c><00:34:16.139><c> us</c><00:34:16.460><c> of</c><00:34:16.679><c> the</c><00:34:17.079><c> night</c><00:34:17.519><c> of</c><00:34:17.900><c> Passover?</c>

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:21.320
Have<00:34:20.000><c> your</c><00:34:20.320><c> sandals</c><00:34:20.860><c> on.</c>

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:24.960
Have<00:34:22.159><c> your</c><00:34:22.559><c> staff</c><00:34:22.820><c> in</c><00:34:23.119><c> your</c><00:34:23.380><c> hand.</c>

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:30.019
Have<00:34:25.360><c> your</c><00:34:25.880><c> clothes</c><00:34:26.360><c> gird</c><00:34:26.800><c> about</c><00:34:27.260><c> and</c><00:34:28.000><c> ready</c><00:34:28.380><c> for</c><00:34:29.019><c> action.</c>

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:35.019
The<00:34:32.059><c> New</c><00:34:32.320><c> English</c><00:34:32.599><c> Bible</c><00:34:32.960><c> at</c><00:34:33.199><c> this</c><00:34:33.460><c> point</c><00:34:33.679><c> is</c><00:34:34.079><c> helpful</c><00:34:34.480><c> in</c><00:34:34.780><c> its</c>

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.860
rendition<00:34:35.579><c> of</c><00:34:35.840><c> this</c><00:34:36.059><c> sense.</c>

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:39.239
I'll<00:34:37.880><c> read</c><00:34:37.960><c> it</c><00:34:38.119><c> from</c><00:34:38.219><c> the</c><00:34:38.300><c> New</c><00:34:38.420><c> English.</c>

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:44.460
You<00:34:39.880><c> must</c><00:34:40.199><c> therefore</c><00:34:40.699><c> be</c><00:34:41.059><c> like</c><00:34:41.360><c> men,</c><00:34:42.679><c> stripped</c><00:34:42.760><c> for</c><00:34:43.400><c> action,</c>

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:46.480
perfectly<00:34:45.300><c> self</c><00:34:45.760><c>-controlled.</c>

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:51.760
Fix<00:34:47.599><c> your</c><00:34:47.960><c> hopes</c><00:34:48.340><c> on</c><00:34:48.679><c> the</c><00:34:49.019><c> grace</c><00:34:49.380><c> which</c><00:34:49.659><c> is</c><00:34:49.880><c> to</c><00:34:50.000><c> be</c><00:34:50.199><c> brought</c><00:34:50.380><c> to</c><00:34:50.619><c> you.</c>

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:57.780
The<00:34:52.400><c> New</c><00:34:52.559><c> American</c><00:34:52.980><c> Standard</c><00:34:53.380><c> says,</c><00:34:54.659><c> gird</c><00:34:54.840><c> your</c><00:34:55.300><c> minds</c><00:34:55.920><c> for</c><00:34:56.699><c> action.</c>

00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:02.360
And<00:34:58.579><c> the</c><00:34:58.800><c> idea,</c><00:34:59.519><c> combining</c><00:34:59.840><c> both</c><00:35:00.179><c> of</c><00:35:00.320><c> those</c><00:35:00.519><c> renditions,</c><00:35:01.739><c> captures</c><00:35:01.960><c> the</c>

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.940
sense<00:35:02.579><c> in</c><00:35:02.860><c> the</c><00:35:03.079><c> original.</c>

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:08.579
To<00:35:04.719><c> be</c><00:35:05.099><c> stripped,</c><00:35:06.239><c> that</c><00:35:06.480><c> is</c><00:35:06.679><c> in</c><00:35:06.840><c> the</c><00:35:07.000><c> sense</c><00:35:07.260><c> of</c><00:35:07.679><c> having</c><00:35:07.940><c> all</c>

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:10.400
encumbrances<00:35:09.260><c> removed.</c>

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:15.579
To<00:35:11.159><c> have</c><00:35:11.440><c> the</c><00:35:11.739><c> loincloth</c><00:35:12.539><c> or</c><00:35:12.780><c> to</c><00:35:12.980><c> have</c><00:35:13.119><c> the</c><00:35:14.760><c> over</c><00:35:14.840><c>-shadowing</c>

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:17.719
or<00:35:15.840><c> the</c><00:35:16.119><c> overwhelming</c><00:35:16.659><c> little</c><00:35:17.000><c> piece</c><00:35:17.219><c> of</c><00:35:17.400><c> garment</c>

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:21.780
which<00:35:17.940><c> went</c><00:35:18.099><c> over</c><00:35:18.340><c> their</c><00:35:18.539><c> bodies</c><00:35:18.840><c> as</c><00:35:19.059><c> a</c><00:35:19.119><c> kind</c><00:35:19.380><c> of</c><00:35:19.559><c> toga,</c><00:35:20.860><c> strapped</c><00:35:21.059><c> together</c><00:35:21.400><c> or</c>

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.440
girded<00:35:22.119><c> about</c>

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:24.920
so<00:35:22.780><c> there</c><00:35:22.940><c> was</c><00:35:23.340><c> no</c><00:35:23.900><c> problem.</c>

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.619
It<00:35:25.440><c> was</c><00:35:25.619><c> to</c><00:35:25.900><c> facilitate</c><00:35:26.440><c> quick</c><00:35:26.980><c> and</c><00:35:27.380><c> easy</c><00:35:27.659><c> movement.</c>

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:32.440
So<00:35:28.860><c> they</c><00:35:29.019><c> were</c><00:35:29.159><c> to</c><00:35:29.460><c> gird</c><00:35:29.639><c> up</c><00:35:29.960><c> like</c><00:35:30.219><c> a</c><00:35:30.340><c> kind</c><00:35:30.559><c> of</c><00:35:30.800><c> belt,</c><00:35:31.500><c> the</c><00:35:31.659><c> loose</c><00:35:31.880><c> clothing</c><00:35:32.260><c> that</c>

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.739
was<00:35:32.599><c> around</c><00:35:32.880><c> them.</c>

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:36.139
And<00:35:34.079><c> in</c><00:35:34.280><c> a</c><00:35:34.380><c> certain</c><00:35:34.579><c> sense</c><00:35:34.940><c> they</c><00:35:35.079><c> were</c><00:35:35.199><c> to</c><00:35:35.300><c> be</c><00:35:35.619><c> stripped</c><00:35:35.820><c> for</c>

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:37.559
action,<00:35:36.659><c> ready</c><00:35:36.960><c> for</c><00:35:37.239><c> action.</c>

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:41.199
In<00:35:38.599><c> other</c><00:35:38.860><c> words,</c><00:35:39.380><c> as</c><00:35:39.440><c> part</c><00:35:39.659><c> of</c><00:35:39.820><c> the</c><00:35:40.019><c> antidote,</c><00:35:40.559><c> the</c><00:35:40.679><c> apostle</c>

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:43.099
Peter,<00:35:41.840><c> once</c><00:35:42.059><c> again</c><00:35:42.360><c> going</c><00:35:42.619><c> back</c><00:35:42.960><c> to</c>

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:46.719
the<00:35:43.199><c> language</c><00:35:43.500><c> of</c><00:35:43.780><c> Exodus,</c><00:35:45.039><c> is</c><00:35:45.219><c> saying,</c><00:35:45.719><c> brothers</c><00:35:45.780><c> and</c><00:35:46.059><c> sisters,</c><00:35:46.460><c> you</c>

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:49.159
must<00:35:47.059><c> be</c><00:35:47.400><c> in</c><00:35:47.860><c> that</c><00:35:48.199><c> posture.</c>

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:53.980
You<00:35:49.739><c> must</c><00:35:50.079><c> always</c><00:35:50.659><c> be</c><00:35:51.019><c> vigilant,</c><00:35:52.000><c> on</c><00:35:52.360><c> the</c><00:35:52.679><c> alert</c><00:35:52.960><c> and</c><00:35:53.519><c> ready</c>

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.260
for<00:35:54.280><c> action.</c>

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:58.679
Anything<00:35:55.880><c> that's</c><00:35:56.139><c> an</c><00:35:56.380><c> encumbrance</c><00:35:56.920><c> must</c><00:35:57.260><c> be</c><00:35:57.440><c> put</c><00:35:57.619><c> aside.</c>

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:03.539
Gird<00:35:59.480><c> up</c><00:35:59.739><c> the</c><00:36:00.159><c> loins</c><00:36:00.780><c> of</c><00:36:01.139><c> your</c><00:36:01.519><c> mind,</c><00:36:02.639><c> which</c><00:36:02.860><c> means</c><00:36:03.239><c> having</c>

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:05.960
your<00:36:03.900><c> mind</c><00:36:04.340><c> receptive</c><00:36:05.099><c> and</c><00:36:05.699><c> alert</c>

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:10.400
and<00:36:06.219><c> on</c><00:36:06.519><c> its</c><00:36:06.860><c> guard,</c><00:36:08.039><c> seeing</c><00:36:08.340><c> the</c><00:36:08.639><c> world</c><00:36:08.900><c> for</c><00:36:09.159><c> what</c><00:36:09.300><c> it</c><00:36:09.500><c> is</c><00:36:09.960><c> and</c>

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:13.119
open<00:36:10.679><c> and</c><00:36:11.019><c> receptive</c><00:36:11.400><c> to</c><00:36:11.659><c> godly</c><00:36:12.119><c> teaching.</c>

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:16.239
Brothers<00:36:14.280><c> and</c><00:36:14.539><c> sisters,</c><00:36:14.920><c> does</c><00:36:15.000><c> that</c><00:36:15.199><c> describe</c><00:36:15.599><c> your</c><00:36:15.820><c> posture</c>

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:17.400
and<00:36:16.619><c> mind?</c>

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:19.840
Could<00:36:17.800><c> it</c><00:36:17.960><c> be</c><00:36:18.199><c> said,</c><00:36:18.519><c> brothers</c><00:36:18.619><c> and</c><00:36:18.860><c> sisters,</c><00:36:19.119><c> in</c><00:36:19.260><c> this</c><00:36:19.460><c> past</c>

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:21.940
year<00:36:20.199><c> that</c><00:36:20.420><c> day</c><00:36:20.860><c> in</c><00:36:21.159><c> and</c><00:36:21.460><c> day</c><00:36:21.699><c> out</c>

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:24.440
we've<00:36:22.219><c> been</c><00:36:22.539><c> stripped</c><00:36:22.840><c> and</c><00:36:23.119><c> ready</c><00:36:23.320><c> for</c><00:36:23.599><c> action?</c>

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:28.300
Could<00:36:25.019><c> it</c><00:36:25.199><c> be</c><00:36:25.460><c> said</c><00:36:25.639><c> that</c><00:36:25.760><c> we've</c><00:36:26.000><c> been</c><00:36:26.199><c> found</c><00:36:26.460><c> in</c><00:36:26.639><c> that</c><00:36:26.920><c> posture</c><00:36:27.300><c> in</c><00:36:27.619><c> relationship</c><00:36:28.079><c> to</c>

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:28.719
the<00:36:28.480><c> world?</c>

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:32.860
Staff<00:36:29.400><c> in</c><00:36:29.579><c> our</c><00:36:29.800><c> hand,</c><00:36:30.840><c> sandals</c><00:36:31.260><c> on,</c><00:36:31.820><c> ready</c><00:36:32.039><c> to</c><00:36:32.280><c> go</c><00:36:32.420><c> and</c><00:36:32.659><c> follow</c>

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:34.159
God's<00:36:33.380><c> calling.</c>

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:37.739
Having<00:36:34.820><c> our</c><00:36:35.260><c> loins</c><00:36:35.820><c> gird</c><00:36:36.099><c> about</c><00:36:36.480><c> and</c><00:36:36.920><c> ready.</c>

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:40.280
Or<00:36:38.559><c> has</c><00:36:38.780><c> God</c><00:36:39.079><c> seen</c><00:36:39.260><c> us</c><00:36:39.480><c> as</c><00:36:39.659><c> rather</c><00:36:39.900><c> lazy?</c>

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:42.780
Flocked<00:36:40.780><c> in</c><00:36:40.860><c> the</c><00:36:40.980><c> living</c><00:36:41.179><c> room</c><00:36:41.400><c> chair</c><00:36:41.699><c> with</c><00:36:41.860><c> the</c><00:36:42.039><c> Bible</c><00:36:42.280><c> sitting</c><00:36:42.559><c> on</c>

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.340
the<00:36:42.920><c> shelf</c>

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:46.679
and<00:36:43.920><c> allowing</c><00:36:44.119><c> ourselves</c><00:36:44.659><c> to</c><00:36:44.840><c> be</c><00:36:44.980><c> entertained</c><00:36:45.300><c> by</c><00:36:45.460><c> the</c><00:36:45.599><c> night</c><00:36:45.739><c> movies.</c>

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:49.920
Have<00:36:47.679><c> we</c><00:36:47.820><c> come</c><00:36:47.980><c> home</c><00:36:48.320><c> time</c><00:36:48.659><c> and</c><00:36:48.800><c> time</c><00:36:49.019><c> again</c><00:36:49.340><c> and</c><00:36:49.579><c> felt,</c><00:36:49.840><c> well,</c>

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.000
it's<00:36:50.059><c> been</c><00:36:50.260><c> a</c><00:36:50.420><c> tired</c><00:36:50.599><c> day.</c>

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:53.579
It's<00:36:51.480><c> time</c><00:36:51.679><c> to</c><00:36:51.900><c> indulge</c><00:36:52.300><c> ourselves</c><00:36:52.780><c> in</c><00:36:53.079><c> some</c><00:36:53.280><c> leisure.</c>

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:56.119
There's<00:36:54.219><c> time</c><00:36:54.480><c> and</c><00:36:54.599><c> there's</c><00:36:54.760><c> a</c><00:36:54.940><c> need</c><00:36:55.099><c> for</c><00:36:55.260><c> the</c><00:36:55.400><c> body</c><00:36:55.559><c> to</c><00:36:55.760><c> be</c><00:36:55.980><c> fresh.</c>

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:57.599
We<00:36:56.360><c> appreciate</c><00:36:56.760><c> that.</c>

00:36:57.940 --> 00:37:01.340
But<00:36:58.099><c> has</c><00:36:58.280><c> that</c><00:36:58.539><c> been</c><00:36:58.920><c> the</c><00:36:59.480><c> continuum</c><00:36:59.780><c> down</c><00:37:00.260><c> through</c><00:37:00.559><c> the</c><00:37:00.659><c> last</c><00:37:01.000><c> year?</c>

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:05.000
How<00:37:02.199><c> much,</c><00:37:02.739><c> brothers</c><00:37:02.760><c> and</c><00:37:03.039><c> sisters,</c><00:37:03.639><c> at</c><00:37:03.920><c> home</c><00:37:04.340><c> have</c><00:37:04.639><c> we</c><00:37:04.840><c> had</c>

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:06.739
that<00:37:05.300><c> vigilant</c><00:37:05.679><c> posture?</c>

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:09.739
Not<00:37:06.900><c> just</c><00:37:07.159><c> in</c><00:37:07.300><c> a</c><00:37:07.400><c> meeting,</c><00:37:07.860><c> not</c><00:37:08.099><c> just</c><00:37:08.320><c> at</c><00:37:08.539><c> Bible</c><00:37:08.760><c> school.</c>

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:14.860
But<00:37:09.960><c> has</c><00:37:10.199><c> that</c><00:37:10.500><c> been</c><00:37:10.659><c> the</c><00:37:11.000><c> posture</c><00:37:11.440><c> of</c><00:37:11.780><c> our</c><00:37:12.079><c> life</c><00:37:12.519><c> in</c><00:37:12.940><c> relationship</c><00:37:13.599><c> to</c><00:37:13.800><c> the</c><00:37:13.980><c> world?</c>

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:20.179
Seeing<00:37:15.360><c> ourselves</c><00:37:15.980><c> as</c><00:37:16.559><c> on</c><00:37:16.820><c> the</c><00:37:16.920><c> way</c><00:37:17.139><c> out,</c><00:37:18.320><c> not</c><00:37:18.860><c> dandling</c><00:37:19.500><c> behind</c>

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:23.800
as<00:37:20.659><c> though</c><00:37:20.860><c> there</c><00:37:20.940><c> was</c><00:37:21.159><c> still</c><00:37:21.400><c> something</c><00:37:21.760><c> there</c><00:37:22.059><c> that</c><00:37:22.159><c> we</c><00:37:22.340><c> were</c><00:37:22.559><c> carping</c><00:37:22.840><c> on.</c>

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:27.699
Has<00:37:24.119><c> the</c><00:37:24.360><c> Father</c><00:37:24.639><c> seen</c><00:37:24.940><c> us,</c><00:37:25.219><c> brothers</c><00:37:25.380><c> and</c><00:37:25.659><c> sisters,</c><00:37:26.219><c> as</c><00:37:26.480><c> people</c><00:37:26.880><c> ready</c><00:37:27.260><c> and</c>

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.559
on<00:37:28.000><c> the</c><00:37:28.199><c> move</c>

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:30.440
as<00:37:29.079><c> they</c><00:37:29.280><c> were</c><00:37:29.360><c> on</c><00:37:29.500><c> that</c><00:37:29.760><c> Passover</c><00:37:30.099><c> night?</c>

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:34.980
Gird<00:37:31.300><c> up</c><00:37:31.719><c> the</c><00:37:32.119><c> loins</c><00:37:32.579><c> of</c><00:37:32.780><c> your</c><00:37:33.019><c> mind</c><00:37:33.400><c> and</c><00:37:33.760><c> see</c><00:37:33.940><c> how</c><00:37:34.099><c> that</c><00:37:34.380><c> merges</c><00:37:34.760><c> with</c>

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:36.800
the<00:37:35.199><c> thought</c><00:37:35.360><c> in</c><00:37:35.559><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:35.840><c> 12.</c>

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:40.900
Let<00:37:37.119><c> us</c><00:37:37.360><c> lay</c><00:37:37.559><c> aside</c><00:37:38.019><c> every</c><00:37:38.760><c> weight</c><00:37:39.079><c> and</c><00:37:39.579><c> the</c><00:37:39.920><c> sin</c><00:37:40.179><c> which</c><00:37:40.559><c> doth</c>

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:42.800
so<00:37:41.260><c> easily</c><00:37:41.820><c> beset</c><00:37:42.139><c> us.</c>

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:48.559
Again,<00:37:43.360><c> the</c><00:37:43.480><c> idea</c><00:37:43.840><c> of</c><00:37:43.940><c> being</c><00:37:44.300><c> stripped</c><00:37:44.639><c> of</c><00:37:44.940><c> all</c><00:37:45.280><c> the</c><00:37:45.599><c> encumbrances</c><00:37:46.340><c> which</c><00:37:46.960><c> hold</c><00:37:47.219><c> us</c><00:37:47.480><c> down.</c>

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:53.460
Brothers<00:37:50.219><c> and</c><00:37:50.480><c> sisters,</c><00:37:50.739><c> it's</c><00:37:51.000><c> hard</c><00:37:51.219><c> sometimes</c><00:37:51.719><c> to</c><00:37:52.039><c> appraise</c><00:37:52.400><c> ourselves.</c>

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:56.539
What<00:37:54.360><c> if</c><00:37:54.480><c> we</c><00:37:54.679><c> were</c><00:37:54.840><c> just</c><00:37:55.059><c> for</c><00:37:55.280><c> a</c><00:37:55.440><c> moment</c><00:37:55.679><c> to</c><00:37:55.980><c> look</c><00:37:56.159><c> at</c><00:37:56.300><c> that</c>

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.280
Passover<00:37:56.940><c> night,</c>

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:59.920
since<00:37:57.500><c> that's</c><00:37:57.800><c> the</c><00:37:58.000><c> source</c><00:37:58.300><c> from</c><00:37:58.460><c> which</c><00:37:58.599><c> the</c><00:37:58.860><c> Spirit</c><00:37:59.000><c> is</c><00:37:59.300><c> drawing</c><00:37:59.500><c> so</c>

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.139
much<00:38:00.079><c> of</c><00:38:00.219><c> the</c><00:38:00.380><c> exhortation</c>

00:38:01.139 --> 00:38:03.320
to<00:38:01.460><c> the</c><00:38:01.679><c> believers</c><00:38:01.920><c> in</c><00:38:02.139><c> Asia</c><00:38:02.360><c> Minor.</c>

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:06.619
Imagine<00:38:04.360><c> a</c><00:38:04.539><c> scene</c><00:38:04.739><c> something</c><00:38:05.079><c> like</c><00:38:05.400><c> this.</c>

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:12.039
As<00:38:07.719><c> you</c><00:38:08.000><c> are</c><00:38:08.280><c> a</c><00:38:08.519><c> fellow</c><00:38:08.760><c> Israelite,</c><00:38:10.199><c> on</c><00:38:10.360><c> the</c><00:38:10.480><c> night</c><00:38:10.579><c> of</c><00:38:10.860><c> Passover,</c><00:38:11.860><c> you've</c>

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:13.159
been<00:38:12.280><c> called</c><00:38:12.460><c> to</c><00:38:12.619><c> go</c><00:38:12.840><c> out.</c>

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:16.320
You<00:38:13.579><c> were</c><00:38:13.780><c> told</c><00:38:13.920><c> to</c><00:38:14.079><c> get</c><00:38:14.199><c> your</c><00:38:14.400><c> sandals</c><00:38:14.780><c> on,</c><00:38:15.260><c> to</c><00:38:15.400><c> hold</c><00:38:15.579><c> your</c><00:38:15.940><c> staff</c><00:38:16.159><c> in</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.340
your<00:38:16.559><c> hand,</c>

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:21.360
to<00:38:17.739><c> gird</c><00:38:17.860><c> about</c><00:38:18.159><c> the</c><00:38:18.480><c> loins,</c><00:38:19.900><c> your</c><00:38:20.099><c> clothing,</c><00:38:20.679><c> so</c><00:38:20.860><c> that</c><00:38:20.980><c> you're</c><00:38:21.119><c> ready</c>

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.699
to<00:38:21.579><c> go</c><00:38:21.679><c> at</c><00:38:21.840><c> the</c><00:38:22.019><c> call</c><00:38:22.179><c> of</c><00:38:22.380><c> Moses</c>

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:24.960
or<00:38:23.219><c> the</c><00:38:23.420><c> commanders</c><00:38:23.719><c> that</c><00:38:23.900><c> might</c><00:38:24.019><c> be</c><00:38:24.219><c> working</c><00:38:24.440><c> under</c><00:38:24.679><c> him.</c>

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:29.099
And<00:38:25.800><c> as</c><00:38:26.059><c> you</c><00:38:26.239><c> leave</c><00:38:26.480><c> that</c><00:38:26.739><c> house</c><00:38:27.340><c> that</c><00:38:28.300><c> night</c><00:38:28.539><c> or</c><00:38:28.719><c> in</c><00:38:28.820><c> the</c><00:38:28.940><c> wee</c>

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.820
hours<00:38:29.340><c> of</c><00:38:29.500><c> the</c><00:38:29.599><c> morning,</c>

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:33.880
you<00:38:30.019><c> see</c><00:38:30.300><c> a</c><00:38:30.460><c> fellow</c><00:38:30.699><c> Israelite</c><00:38:32.000><c> out</c><00:38:32.340><c> in</c><00:38:32.539><c> front</c><00:38:32.639><c> of</c><00:38:32.739><c> his</c><00:38:32.860><c> house.</c>

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:36.719
You<00:38:34.880><c> meet</c><00:38:35.039><c> him</c><00:38:35.199><c> and</c><00:38:35.239><c> you</c><00:38:35.460><c> watch</c><00:38:35.639><c> what</c><00:38:35.760><c> he's</c><00:38:35.940><c> doing.</c>

00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:41.679
He<00:38:37.460><c> has</c><00:38:37.639><c> a</c><00:38:37.880><c> wagon</c><00:38:38.280><c> filled</c><00:38:39.000><c> to</c><00:38:39.239><c> the</c><00:38:39.480><c> brim</c><00:38:40.099><c> with</c><00:38:40.400><c> all</c><00:38:40.900><c> the</c><00:38:41.139><c> possessions</c><00:38:41.500><c> that</c>

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:43.019
were<00:38:41.820><c> in</c><00:38:41.900><c> that</c><00:38:42.119><c> house.</c>

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:45.780
He's<00:38:43.760><c> leaving</c><00:38:44.019><c> Egypt</c><00:38:44.519><c> that</c><00:38:44.940><c> night.</c>

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:49.960
His<00:38:47.000><c> clothes</c><00:38:47.579><c> all</c><00:38:48.599><c> have,</c><00:38:48.780><c> of</c><00:38:48.940><c> course,</c><00:38:49.280><c> still</c><00:38:49.420><c> on</c><00:38:49.619><c> them,</c><00:38:49.760><c> the</c>

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:51.280
stamp<00:38:50.199><c> of</c><00:38:50.400><c> Egypt.</c>

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:53.880
The<00:38:52.280><c> tags</c><00:38:52.480><c> indicate</c><00:38:52.940><c> that</c><00:38:53.059><c> they</c><00:38:53.139><c> were</c><00:38:53.320><c> made</c><00:38:53.480><c> there.</c>

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:57.880
And<00:38:54.659><c> as</c><00:38:54.800><c> you</c><00:38:54.880><c> look</c><00:38:55.019><c> at</c><00:38:55.159><c> the</c><00:38:55.320><c> wagon</c><00:38:55.639><c> brimming</c><00:38:56.079><c> over,</c><00:38:57.139><c> you</c><00:38:57.219><c> notice</c><00:38:57.500><c> all</c>

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:59.320
the<00:38:58.039><c> wife's</c><00:38:58.440><c> jewelry,</c><00:38:59.219><c> perhaps.</c>

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:02.599
You<00:38:59.659><c> notice</c><00:38:59.920><c> all</c><00:39:00.420><c> the</c><00:39:00.659><c> precious</c><00:39:00.940><c> clothes</c><00:39:01.300><c> that</c><00:39:01.460><c> he</c><00:39:01.539><c> had</c><00:39:01.780><c> purchased.</c>

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:05.619
You<00:39:03.320><c> notice</c><00:39:03.780><c> that</c><00:39:04.320><c> obviously</c><00:39:04.639><c> he</c><00:39:04.719><c> had</c><00:39:04.800><c> done</c><00:39:04.980><c> some</c><00:39:05.260><c> shopping</c>

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:08.300
before<00:39:06.119><c> he</c><00:39:06.260><c> was</c><00:39:06.440><c> going</c><00:39:06.599><c> to</c><00:39:06.760><c> leave</c><00:39:06.900><c> Egypt</c><00:39:07.219><c> that</c><00:39:07.519><c> night.</c>

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:11.679
You<00:39:09.280><c> see</c><00:39:09.420><c> all</c><00:39:09.679><c> his</c><00:39:09.880><c> books</c><00:39:10.300><c> teeming</c><00:39:10.739><c> out</c><00:39:10.920><c> of</c><00:39:11.059><c> the</c><00:39:11.239><c> side</c><00:39:11.360><c> of</c><00:39:11.539><c> the</c>

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:14.980
wagon,<00:39:13.260><c> manuals</c><00:39:13.840><c> from</c><00:39:14.039><c> Egypt.</c>

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:19.119
You<00:39:15.900><c> see,</c><00:39:16.480><c> perhaps,</c><00:39:17.179><c> hanging</c><00:39:17.460><c> over</c><00:39:17.699><c> the</c><00:39:17.900><c> side</c><00:39:18.039><c> of</c><00:39:18.179><c> the</c><00:39:18.320><c> wagon,</c>

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:22.119
the<00:39:19.760><c> certificates</c><00:39:20.119><c> he</c><00:39:20.280><c> had</c><00:39:20.440><c> received</c><00:39:20.800><c> at</c><00:39:20.960><c> the</c><00:39:21.099><c> university.</c>

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:27.519
You<00:39:23.480><c> see,</c><00:39:23.840><c> for</c><00:39:23.840><c> example,</c><00:39:24.920><c> all</c><00:39:25.179><c> the</c><00:39:25.400><c> awards</c><00:39:25.639><c> and</c><00:39:25.800><c> the</c><00:39:26.039><c> certificates</c><00:39:26.380><c> he</c><00:39:26.619><c> had</c><00:39:26.880><c> achieved</c><00:39:27.159><c> as</c><00:39:27.340><c> a</c>

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.280
salesman<00:39:27.860><c> in</c><00:39:28.019><c> Egypt.</c>

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:31.360
All<00:39:29.019><c> the</c><00:39:29.219><c> hard</c><00:39:29.480><c> work</c><00:39:29.639><c> he</c><00:39:29.800><c> had</c><00:39:29.920><c> put</c><00:39:30.039><c> into</c><00:39:30.219><c> his</c><00:39:30.460><c> job.</c>

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:36.380
All<00:39:32.199><c> the</c><00:39:32.460><c> energy</c><00:39:32.780><c> that</c><00:39:32.940><c> had</c><00:39:33.079><c> been</c><00:39:33.320><c> expended</c><00:39:34.059><c> in</c><00:39:34.400><c> getting</c><00:39:34.579><c> somewhere</c><00:39:35.099><c> in</c><00:39:35.539><c> Egypt.</c>

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:40.800
And<00:39:38.019><c> you</c><00:39:38.139><c> see,</c><00:39:38.420><c> brothers</c><00:39:38.500><c> and</c><00:39:38.739><c> sisters,</c><00:39:39.079><c> the</c><00:39:39.260><c> furniture</c><00:39:40.039><c> made</c>

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.920
in<00:39:41.019><c> Egypt,</c>

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:45.019
all<00:39:42.099><c> ready</c><00:39:42.260><c> to</c><00:39:42.440><c> go</c><00:39:42.800><c> and</c><00:39:43.000><c> to</c><00:39:43.099><c> be</c><00:39:43.239><c> taken</c><00:39:43.380><c> across</c><00:39:43.760><c> the</c><00:39:43.880><c> Red</c><00:39:44.139><c> Sea.</c>

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:48.960
And<00:39:46.059><c> slung</c><00:39:46.199><c> over</c><00:39:46.420><c> his</c><00:39:46.679><c> back,</c><00:39:46.900><c> you</c><00:39:47.079><c> see</c><00:39:47.260><c> a</c><00:39:47.480><c> satchel</c><00:39:48.300><c> with</c><00:39:48.719><c> his</c>

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:51.440
last<00:39:49.219><c> withdrawal</c><00:39:49.739><c> from</c><00:39:49.980><c> the</c><00:39:50.139><c> Egyptian</c><00:39:50.400><c> trust.</c>

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:57.260
And<00:39:52.119><c> you</c><00:39:52.340><c> say,</c><00:39:53.940><c> friend,</c><00:39:54.980><c> are</c><00:39:55.059><c> you</c><00:39:55.300><c> leaving</c><00:39:55.579><c> Egypt</c><00:39:56.079><c> or</c><00:39:56.980><c> are</c><00:39:57.260><c> you</c>

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:59.199
taking<00:39:57.460><c> Egypt</c><00:39:57.820><c> with</c><00:39:58.059><c> you?</c>

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:01.239
That's<00:39:59.800><c> the</c><00:39:59.940><c> question,</c><00:40:00.260><c> isn't</c><00:40:00.420><c> it?</c>

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:05.039
Are<00:40:01.679><c> you</c><00:40:01.920><c> leaving</c><00:40:02.119><c> Egypt</c><00:40:02.679><c> or</c><00:40:03.179><c> are</c><00:40:03.360><c> you</c><00:40:03.519><c> taking</c><00:40:03.699><c> it</c><00:40:03.880><c> with</c><00:40:04.079><c> you?</c>

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:09.800
How<00:40:05.679><c> could</c><00:40:06.099><c> a</c><00:40:06.639><c> fellow</c><00:40:06.860><c> Israelite</c><00:40:08.179><c> of</c><00:40:08.480><c> that</c><00:40:08.840><c> kind</c><00:40:09.119><c> of</c><00:40:09.420><c> posture</c>

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:12.659
convince<00:40:10.559><c> Moses</c><00:40:11.000><c> or</c><00:40:11.280><c> anyone</c><00:40:11.639><c> on</c><00:40:11.860><c> that</c><00:40:12.079><c> night</c><00:40:12.239><c> that</c><00:40:12.380><c> he</c><00:40:12.500><c> was</c>

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.820
leaving<00:40:12.880><c> Egypt?</c>

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:16.500
And<00:40:14.539><c> although</c><00:40:14.679><c> that</c><00:40:14.920><c> seems</c><00:40:15.199><c> absurd,</c><00:40:15.940><c> brothers</c><00:40:16.019><c> and</c><00:40:16.280><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:18.900
I'm<00:40:16.659><c> sure</c><00:40:16.940><c> at</c><00:40:17.119><c> times</c><00:40:17.400><c> the</c><00:40:17.619><c> father</c><00:40:17.840><c> must</c><00:40:18.039><c> look</c><00:40:18.239><c> down</c><00:40:18.500><c> and</c><00:40:18.639><c> see</c>

00:40:18.900 --> 00:40:21.760
all<00:40:19.179><c> of</c><00:40:19.300><c> us</c><00:40:19.599><c> in</c><00:40:20.159><c> very</c><00:40:20.639><c> similar</c><00:40:21.039><c> circumstances,</c>

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:24.619
perhaps<00:40:22.219><c> not</c><00:40:22.500><c> with</c><00:40:22.659><c> the</c><00:40:22.860><c> wagon</c><00:40:23.159><c> overloaded</c><00:40:23.980><c> and</c><00:40:24.159><c> brimming.</c>

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:28.659
Maybe<00:40:25.059><c> not</c><00:40:25.340><c> that</c><00:40:25.659><c> obvious,</c><00:40:26.699><c> but</c><00:40:26.780><c> the</c><00:40:26.960><c> way</c><00:40:27.179><c> we're</c><00:40:27.420><c> living</c><00:40:27.699><c> and</c>

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:31.840
the<00:40:28.900><c> time</c><00:40:29.079><c> we</c><00:40:29.440><c> spend</c><00:40:29.619><c> on</c><00:40:29.980><c> shopping</c><00:40:30.239><c> for</c><00:40:30.460><c> this</c><00:40:30.679><c> world's</c><00:40:31.139><c> goods,</c>

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:34.559
the<00:40:32.260><c> extent</c><00:40:32.519><c> to</c><00:40:32.739><c> which</c><00:40:32.940><c> we</c><00:40:33.239><c> perhaps</c><00:40:33.619><c> spend</c><00:40:33.820><c> hours</c><00:40:34.179><c> and</c><00:40:34.199><c> hours</c>

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:36.719
lingering<00:40:34.880><c> in</c><00:40:35.059><c> the</c><00:40:35.239><c> shopping</c><00:40:35.480><c> malls,</c>

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:38.920
and<00:40:36.880><c> all</c><00:40:37.000><c> the</c><00:40:37.199><c> time</c><00:40:37.320><c> we</c><00:40:37.579><c> spend</c><00:40:37.780><c> calculating</c><00:40:38.300><c> how</c><00:40:38.539><c> much</c><00:40:38.719><c> money</c>

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:42.059
we've<00:40:39.239><c> got</c><00:40:39.340><c> to</c><00:40:39.519><c> buy</c><00:40:39.619><c> the</c><00:40:39.780><c> next</c><00:40:40.000><c> sofa</c><00:40:40.420><c> and</c><00:40:41.039><c> to</c><00:40:41.159><c> be</c><00:40:41.380><c> house</c><00:40:41.639><c> proud.</c>

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:44.900
And<00:40:42.639><c> the</c><00:40:42.820><c> carpeting</c><00:40:43.159><c> needs</c><00:40:43.300><c> to</c><00:40:43.440><c> be</c><00:40:43.599><c> fixed</c><00:40:43.739><c> and</c><00:40:43.860><c> the</c><00:40:44.099><c> recreation</c><00:40:44.460><c> needs</c><00:40:44.719><c> to</c>

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.360
be<00:40:45.019><c> done.</c>

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:49.599
And<00:40:46.059><c> the</c><00:40:46.219><c> car</c><00:40:46.400><c> needs</c><00:40:46.619><c> to</c><00:40:46.800><c> be</c><00:40:47.039><c> fixed</c><00:40:47.300><c> or</c><00:40:47.659><c> it</c><00:40:47.739><c> needs</c><00:40:47.920><c> again</c><00:40:48.280><c> and</c><00:40:48.480><c> again</c><00:40:48.679><c> to</c><00:40:48.840><c> be</c><00:40:49.039><c> replaced</c><00:40:49.280><c> by</c><00:40:49.500><c> a</c>

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newer<00:40:49.739><c> one.</c>

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:54.619
How<00:40:51.239><c> much</c><00:40:51.380><c> does</c><00:40:51.559><c> a</c><00:40:51.739><c> father</c><00:40:52.000><c> appraise</c><00:40:52.760><c> our</c><00:40:53.079><c> relationship</c><00:40:53.579><c> to</c><00:40:53.800><c> Egypt?</c>

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:57.860
Are<00:40:55.460><c> we</c><00:40:55.639><c> going</c><00:40:55.840><c> out</c><00:40:56.099><c> of</c><00:40:56.219><c> Egypt</c><00:40:56.500><c> or</c><00:40:56.719><c> are</c><00:40:56.880><c> we</c><00:40:57.039><c> taking</c><00:40:57.199><c> it</c><00:40:57.380><c> with</c><00:40:57.500><c> us?</c>

00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:01.340
That's<00:40:58.619><c> the</c><00:40:58.820><c> question</c><00:40:59.179><c> the</c><00:40:59.440><c> apostle</c><00:40:59.920><c> Peter</c><00:41:00.300><c> is</c><00:41:00.760><c> asking</c><00:41:01.059><c> the</c>

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.800
believers<00:41:01.559><c> in</c><00:41:01.739><c> Asia</c><00:41:01.940><c> Minor.</c>

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:09.360
And<00:41:03.079><c> he</c><00:41:03.340><c> appreciates</c><00:41:03.960><c> as</c><00:41:04.300><c> a</c><00:41:04.619><c> fellow</c><00:41:04.960><c> Jew</c><00:41:05.340><c> and</c><00:41:05.579><c> as</c><00:41:05.699><c> a</c><00:41:05.960><c> fellow</c><00:41:06.219><c> believer</c><00:41:06.639><c> how</c><00:41:07.599><c> much</c><00:41:07.860><c> the</c><00:41:08.119><c> world</c><00:41:08.320><c> can</c><00:41:08.719><c> ensnare</c><00:41:09.079><c> us</c>

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.599
and<00:41:09.719><c> fool</c><00:41:09.920><c> us,</c>

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:13.699
how<00:41:11.199><c> much</c><00:41:11.420><c> we</c><00:41:11.659><c> might</c><00:41:11.900><c> be</c><00:41:12.139><c> able</c><00:41:12.280><c> to</c><00:41:12.480><c> convince</c><00:41:12.739><c> the</c><00:41:12.940><c> brothers</c><00:41:13.079><c> and</c><00:41:13.340><c> sisters</c><00:41:13.539><c> in</c>

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:15.559
the<00:41:13.860><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:14.199><c> that</c><00:41:14.340><c> we're</c><00:41:14.500><c> coming</c><00:41:14.719><c> out</c><00:41:14.900><c> of</c><00:41:14.980><c> the</c><00:41:15.139><c> world.</c>

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:17.679
But<00:41:16.199><c> what's</c><00:41:16.440><c> going</c><00:41:16.599><c> on</c><00:41:16.760><c> at</c><00:41:16.940><c> home?</c>

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:22.179
What<00:41:18.239><c> is</c><00:41:18.639><c> the</c><00:41:18.860><c> true</c><00:41:19.179><c> index</c><00:41:19.699><c> as</c><00:41:20.019><c> to</c><00:41:20.199><c> whether</c><00:41:20.360><c> or</c><00:41:20.559><c> not</c><00:41:21.039><c> we're</c><00:41:21.559><c> going</c><00:41:21.820><c> out</c>

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:25.219
or<00:41:22.599><c> staying</c><00:41:22.860><c> in</c><00:41:23.360><c> or</c><00:41:23.679><c> taking</c><00:41:24.059><c> part</c><00:41:24.380><c> of</c><00:41:24.500><c> it</c><00:41:24.679><c> with</c><00:41:24.880><c> us?</c>

00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:28.079
And<00:41:25.860><c> that's</c><00:41:26.119><c> the</c><00:41:26.239><c> whole</c><00:41:26.480><c> point</c><00:41:26.739><c> of</c><00:41:27.019><c> girding</c><00:41:27.280><c> up</c><00:41:27.460><c> the</c><00:41:27.699><c> loins</c><00:41:27.920><c> of</c>

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:28.619
our<00:41:28.300><c> mind.</c>

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:32.099
Because<00:41:29.179><c> on</c><00:41:29.440><c> that</c><00:41:29.599><c> night,</c><00:41:30.019><c> brothers</c><00:41:30.039><c> and</c><00:41:30.320><c> sisters,</c><00:41:30.539><c> they</c><00:41:30.760><c> moved</c><00:41:31.000><c> in</c><00:41:31.280><c> haste.</c>

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:34.800
Peter,<00:41:32.880><c> through</c><00:41:33.039><c> the</c><00:41:33.280><c> Spirit's</c><00:41:33.699><c> guidance,</c><00:41:34.380><c> knows</c><00:41:34.599><c> that.</c>

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:37.199
It's<00:41:35.039><c> part</c><00:41:35.260><c> of</c><00:41:35.420><c> the</c><00:41:35.579><c> richness</c><00:41:35.860><c> of</c><00:41:36.079><c> his</c><00:41:36.260><c> analogy.</c>

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.659
They<00:41:37.639><c> moved</c><00:41:37.960><c> out</c><00:41:38.179><c> in</c><00:41:38.420><c> haste.</c>

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:42.920
They<00:41:39.639><c> took</c><00:41:39.840><c> a</c><00:41:40.179><c> limited</c><00:41:40.579><c> number</c><00:41:40.960><c> of</c><00:41:41.280><c> belongings,</c><00:41:42.539><c> what</c><00:41:42.679><c> was</c>

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:46.099
needed<00:41:43.099><c> for</c><00:41:43.400><c> sacrifice,</c><00:41:44.239><c> the</c><00:41:44.460><c> clothes</c><00:41:44.659><c> that</c><00:41:44.820><c> they</c><00:41:44.980><c> had</c><00:41:45.179><c> on,</c>

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:49.800
and<00:41:46.340><c> the</c><00:41:46.599><c> dough,</c><00:41:47.360><c> as</c><00:41:47.619><c> we</c><00:41:47.780><c> know,</c><00:41:48.500><c> had</c><00:41:48.679><c> to</c><00:41:48.960><c> not</c><00:41:49.119><c> even</c><00:41:49.360><c> have</c><00:41:49.500><c> time</c>

00:41:49.800 --> 00:41:50.820
to<00:41:50.039><c> rise.</c>

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.360
It<00:41:51.380><c> was</c><00:41:51.579><c> unleavened.</c>

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Time<00:41:52.900><c> was</c><00:41:53.460><c> at</c><00:41:53.679><c> a</c><00:41:53.900><c> premium.</c>

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:57.380
And<00:41:55.079><c> it's</c><00:41:55.239><c> at</c><00:41:55.420><c> a</c><00:41:55.519><c> premium</c><00:41:55.820><c> for</c><00:41:56.039><c> us,</c><00:41:56.380><c> and</c><00:41:56.519><c> it</c><00:41:56.579><c> was</c><00:41:56.780><c> at</c><00:41:56.980><c> a</c><00:41:57.119><c> premium</c>

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:59.559
for<00:41:57.559><c> the</c><00:41:57.719><c> brothers</c><00:41:57.920><c> and</c><00:41:58.119><c> sisters</c><00:41:58.320><c> in</c><00:41:58.500><c> Asia</c><00:41:58.739><c> Minor.</c>

00:41:59.800 --> 00:42:03.400
He<00:42:00.099><c> was</c><00:42:00.360><c> encouraging</c><00:42:00.980><c> them,</c><00:42:01.239><c> brothers</c><00:42:01.480><c> and</c><00:42:01.739><c> sisters,</c><00:42:02.400><c> to</c><00:42:02.639><c> redeem</c><00:42:03.039><c> the</c>

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.900
time<00:42:03.739><c> in</c><00:42:03.920><c> the</c><00:42:04.079><c> language</c><00:42:04.360><c> of</c><00:42:04.619><c> Paul.</c>

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:08.420
Time<00:42:05.960><c> is</c><00:42:06.300><c> precious,</c><00:42:06.639><c> he's</c><00:42:06.900><c> telling</c><00:42:07.179><c> us.</c>

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:11.440
Stand<00:42:08.840><c> there,</c><00:42:09.199><c> day</c><00:42:09.420><c> by</c><00:42:09.760><c> day,</c><00:42:10.300><c> at</c><00:42:10.300><c> the</c><00:42:10.460><c> threshold</c><00:42:10.780><c> of</c><00:42:10.960><c> your</c><00:42:11.139><c> own</c>

00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:14.320
door,<00:42:12.139><c> as</c><00:42:12.460><c> a</c><00:42:12.699><c> fellow</c><00:42:12.880><c> Israelite</c><00:42:13.360><c> on</c><00:42:13.500><c> the</c><00:42:13.599><c> night</c><00:42:13.699><c> of</c><00:42:13.980><c> Passover.</c>

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:16.559
Gird<00:42:14.800><c> up</c><00:42:15.019><c> the</c><00:42:15.159><c> loins</c><00:42:15.360><c> of</c><00:42:15.519><c> your</c><00:42:15.719><c> mind.</c>

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:19.360
Now,<00:42:16.780><c> this</c><00:42:16.960><c> was</c><00:42:17.119><c> an</c><00:42:17.380><c> important</c><00:42:17.659><c> part,</c><00:42:18.380><c> the</c><00:42:18.519><c> very</c><00:42:18.800><c> important</c>

00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:20.480
idea<00:42:19.840><c> to</c><00:42:20.119><c> the</c><00:42:20.300><c> Spirit.</c>

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:23.820
Look<00:42:20.760><c> at</c><00:42:20.860><c> chapter</c><00:42:21.179><c> 4,</c><00:42:22.280><c> because</c><00:42:22.559><c> it's</c><00:42:22.820><c> repeated.</c>

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:28.199
1<00:42:25.300><c> Peter</c><00:42:25.639><c> 4,</c><00:42:26.480><c> verse</c><00:42:26.780><c> 1.</c>

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:32.559
The<00:42:28.880><c> same</c><00:42:29.300><c> thought</c><00:42:29.760><c> is</c><00:42:30.619><c> echoed</c><00:42:31.059><c> once</c><00:42:31.380><c> again.</c>

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:38.960
Here,<00:42:35.719><c> it's</c><00:42:36.119><c> cast</c><00:42:36.380><c> in</c><00:42:36.599><c> just</c><00:42:36.940><c> slightly</c><00:42:37.360><c> different</c><00:42:37.840><c> language.</c>

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.639
What<00:42:40.380><c> does</c><00:42:40.480><c> he</c><00:42:40.659><c> say?</c>

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:45.570
1<00:42:41.840><c> Peter</c><00:42:42.199><c> 4,</c><00:42:44.320><c> verse</c><00:42:44.659><c> 1.</c>

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:08.360
Brothers<00:43:06.239><c> and</c><00:43:06.480><c> sisters,</c><00:43:07.139><c> all</c><00:43:07.199><c> that</c><00:43:07.340><c> the</c><00:43:07.539><c> apostle</c><00:43:07.900><c> then</c><00:43:08.199><c> goes</c>

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:09.599
on<00:43:08.639><c> to</c><00:43:08.820><c> say</c><00:43:08.940><c> in</c><00:43:09.019><c> this</c><00:43:09.280><c> epistle,</c>

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:13.719
although<00:43:09.780><c> being</c><00:43:10.019><c> a</c><00:43:10.300><c> spiritual</c><00:43:10.659><c> house,</c><00:43:12.039><c> a</c><00:43:12.300><c> godly</c><00:43:12.719><c> community,</c>

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:16.320
a<00:43:14.179><c> family</c><00:43:14.539><c> in</c><00:43:14.920><c> Christ,</c><00:43:15.420><c> a</c><00:43:15.679><c> holy</c><00:43:15.940><c> nation,</c>

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:22.239
a<00:43:16.679><c> peculiar</c><00:43:17.239><c> people,</c><00:43:18.840><c> is</c><00:43:19.219><c> only</c><00:43:19.619><c> going</c><00:43:19.840><c> to</c><00:43:20.059><c> be</c><00:43:20.360><c> achieved</c><00:43:20.800><c> if</c><00:43:21.139><c> the</c><00:43:21.500><c> believers</c><00:43:21.840><c> in</c>

00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:24.519
Christ<00:43:22.659><c> take</c><00:43:23.099><c> that</c><00:43:23.519><c> posture</c>

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:29.800
to<00:43:25.880><c> look</c><00:43:26.500><c> at</c><00:43:26.800><c> the</c><00:43:27.079><c> suffering</c><00:43:27.400><c> of</c><00:43:27.659><c> Christ</c><00:43:28.239><c> as</c><00:43:29.000><c> an</c><00:43:29.219><c> example</c><00:43:29.659><c> of</c>

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:31.320
how<00:43:30.039><c> we're</c><00:43:30.260><c> related</c><00:43:30.539><c> to</c><00:43:30.719><c> the</c><00:43:30.900><c> world.</c>

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:34.699
If<00:43:32.139><c> we're</c><00:43:32.420><c> friends</c><00:43:32.760><c> with</c><00:43:32.940><c> the</c><00:43:33.099><c> world,</c><00:43:33.320><c> we</c><00:43:33.460><c> won't</c><00:43:33.739><c> suffer.</c>

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If<00:43:34.920><c> we're</c><00:43:35.260><c> not</c><00:43:35.500><c> friends</c><00:43:35.760><c> with</c><00:43:35.940><c> the</c><00:43:36.139><c> world,</c><00:43:36.380><c> we</c><00:43:36.679><c> will</c><00:43:37.000><c> suffer.</c>

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It<00:43:38.320><c> may</c><00:43:38.440><c> not</c><00:43:38.639><c> necessarily</c><00:43:39.000><c> be</c><00:43:39.219><c> persecution,</c>

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but<00:43:40.539><c> we'll</c><00:43:40.860><c> certainly</c><00:43:41.239><c> find</c><00:43:41.559><c> ourselves</c><00:43:42.280><c> warring</c><00:43:43.179><c> against</c><00:43:43.659><c> the</c><00:43:43.960><c> lusts</c><00:43:44.320><c> of</c>

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the<00:43:44.519><c> flesh.</c>

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There<00:43:45.260><c> will</c><00:43:45.480><c> be</c><00:43:45.739><c> antagonism</c><00:43:46.460><c> set</c><00:43:46.679><c> up</c><00:43:46.860><c> within</c><00:43:47.039><c> us,</c>

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and<00:43:48.380><c> therefore</c><00:43:48.739><c> we</c><00:43:48.920><c> are</c><00:43:49.119><c> to</c><00:43:49.420><c> emulate</c><00:43:49.860><c> the</c><00:43:50.260><c> mind</c><00:43:50.619><c> of</c><00:43:50.860><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:43:51.599><c> arm</c><00:43:51.840><c> ourselves</c><00:43:52.460><c> with</c><00:43:52.820><c> that</c><00:43:53.119><c> mind.</c>

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Brothers<00:43:54.960><c> and</c><00:43:55.179><c> sisters,</c><00:43:55.480><c> as</c><00:43:55.719><c> we</c><00:43:55.920><c> look</c><00:43:56.059><c> at</c><00:43:56.300><c> the</c><00:43:56.500><c> end</c><00:43:56.679><c> now</c><00:43:56.960><c> of</c><00:43:57.119><c> our</c><00:43:57.360><c> second</c><00:43:57.820><c> study</c><00:43:58.179><c> in</c>

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Peter's<00:43:58.860><c> epistles,</c>

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let<00:44:00.000><c> us</c><00:44:00.159><c> more</c><00:44:00.440><c> keenly</c><00:44:00.880><c> appreciate</c><00:44:01.320><c> how</c><00:44:01.860><c> these</c><00:44:02.159><c> two</c><00:44:02.440><c> epistles</c>

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are<00:44:03.119><c> beautifully</c><00:44:03.559><c> bound</c><00:44:03.940><c> together</c>

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by<00:44:04.559><c> these</c><00:44:04.840><c> rich</c><00:44:05.059><c> analogies</c><00:44:05.539><c> from</c><00:44:05.699><c> the</c><00:44:05.800><c> Old</c><00:44:05.960><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:44:07.480><c> that's</c><00:44:07.659><c> not</c><00:44:07.900><c> enough.</c>

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Let<00:44:09.079><c> us</c><00:44:09.320><c> appreciate</c><00:44:09.980><c> the</c><00:44:10.780><c> direct</c><00:44:11.400><c> exhortation</c><00:44:12.380><c> that</c><00:44:12.539><c> is</c><00:44:12.699><c> being</c><00:44:13.000><c> drawn</c><00:44:13.340><c> from</c>

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Israel's<00:44:14.460><c> past</c>

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to<00:44:15.579><c> arm</c><00:44:15.820><c> ourselves</c><00:44:16.380><c> with</c><00:44:16.559><c> the</c><00:44:16.900><c> same</c><00:44:17.199><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:44:18.579><c> if</c><00:44:18.739><c> we</c><00:44:18.880><c> do,</c><00:44:19.739><c> we</c><00:44:19.880><c> will</c><00:44:20.099><c> find</c><00:44:20.320><c> ourselves,</c><00:44:20.780><c> no</c><00:44:21.099><c> doubt,</c><00:44:21.440><c> as</c><00:44:21.579><c> Peter</c><00:44:21.820><c> says,</c><00:44:22.840><c> suffering</c><00:44:23.159><c> in</c>

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the<00:44:23.699><c> flesh,</c>

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but<00:44:24.800><c> the</c><00:44:25.059><c> joy</c><00:44:25.340><c> set</c><00:44:25.579><c> before</c><00:44:25.980><c> us</c><00:44:26.500><c> will</c><00:44:26.739><c> reward</c><00:44:27.099><c> us</c><00:44:27.539><c> for</c><00:44:27.719><c> the</c><00:44:27.900><c> battle.</c>