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he<00:11:44.139><c> believed</c><00:11:44.480><c> that</c><00:11:44.799><c> he</c><00:11:44.899><c> was</c><00:11:45.159><c> passing</c><00:11:45.679><c> on</c><00:11:46.440><c> the</c><00:11:46.820><c> same</c><00:11:47.340><c> charge.</c>

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There's<00:11:48.379><c> a</c><00:11:48.539><c> link</c><00:11:48.740><c> between</c><00:11:49.179><c> generations</c><00:11:49.899><c> here,</c><00:11:50.360><c> brothers</c><00:11:50.480><c> and</c><00:11:50.700><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:11:51.059><c> a</c><00:11:51.360><c> powerful</c><00:11:51.700><c> lesson</c><00:11:52.200><c> that</c><00:11:52.539><c> we're</c><00:11:52.740><c> going</c><00:11:52.860><c> to</c><00:11:53.000><c> draw</c><00:11:53.120><c> attention</c><00:11:53.639><c> to</c><00:11:53.820><c> at</c>

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the<00:11:54.419><c> conclusion</c><00:11:54.879><c> of</c><00:11:55.059><c> our</c><00:11:55.279><c> study,</c><00:11:55.820><c> God</c><00:11:56.159><c> willing,</c><00:11:56.440><c> this</c><00:11:56.720><c> morning.</c>

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So<00:11:59.059><c> second</c><00:11:59.240><c> of</c><00:11:59.379><c> Timothy,</c><00:11:59.700><c> Chapter</c><00:12:00.039><c> 2</c><00:12:00.240><c> and</c><00:12:00.360><c> Verse</c><00:12:00.600><c> 1</c><00:12:00.940><c> says,</c><00:12:01.940><c> Thou</c><00:12:02.139><c> therefore</c><00:12:02.620><c> my</c>

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son,<00:12:04.120><c> be</c><00:12:04.500><c> strong.</c>

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Do<00:12:06.919><c> you</c><00:12:07.000><c> know,</c><00:12:07.100><c> we're</c><00:12:07.360><c> told</c><00:12:07.740><c> in</c><00:12:07.980><c> Exodus</c><00:12:08.320><c> 33,</c><00:12:09.080><c> Verse</c><00:12:09.340><c> 11</c><00:12:09.879><c> that</c><00:12:10.519><c> Joshua</c><00:12:11.039><c> was</c><00:12:11.460><c> described</c><00:12:11.759><c> as</c><00:12:11.980><c> a</c>

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young<00:12:12.299><c> man.</c>

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When<00:12:15.580><c> David</c><00:12:15.980><c> gave</c><00:12:16.259><c> Solomon</c><00:12:16.679><c> a</c><00:12:16.919><c> charge</c><00:12:17.320><c> in</c><00:12:17.679><c> the</c><00:12:17.820><c> first</c><00:12:18.000><c> of</c><00:12:18.139><c> Chronicles,</c><00:12:18.539><c> Chapter</c><00:12:18.879><c> 29</c>

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and<00:12:19.539><c> Verse</c><00:12:19.759><c> 1,</c><00:12:19.960><c> he</c><00:12:20.200><c> called</c><00:12:20.419><c> him</c><00:12:20.600><c> young</c><00:12:20.879><c> and</c><00:12:21.159><c> tender.</c>

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And<00:12:24.100><c> Paul</c><00:12:24.539><c> will</c><00:12:24.919><c> now</c><00:12:25.220><c> place</c><00:12:25.539><c> the</c><00:12:25.759><c> mantle</c><00:12:26.080><c> of</c><00:12:26.580><c> responsibility</c>

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on<00:12:27.519><c> Timothy,</c><00:12:28.240><c> of</c><00:12:28.360><c> whom</c><00:12:28.559><c> he</c><00:12:28.740><c> will</c><00:12:29.000><c> say,</c>

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Let<00:12:29.600><c> no</c><00:12:30.360><c> man</c><00:12:31.039><c> despise</c><00:12:32.840><c> thy</c><00:12:33.259><c> youth.</c>

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First<00:12:34.039><c> of</c><00:12:34.200><c> Timothy,</c><00:12:34.539><c> Chapter</c><00:12:34.940><c> 4</c><00:12:35.240><c> and</c><00:12:35.379><c> Verse</c><00:12:35.679><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:12:36.580><c> each</c><00:12:36.840><c> of</c><00:12:37.000><c> these</c><00:12:37.279><c> young</c><00:12:37.600><c> men</c><00:12:38.220><c> were</c><00:12:38.659><c> going</c><00:12:38.820><c> to</c><00:12:39.019><c> face</c><00:12:39.220><c> the</c><00:12:39.460><c> tremendous</c><00:12:39.960><c> burden</c><00:12:40.700><c> of</c>

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guarding<00:12:42.200><c> the</c><00:12:42.740><c> challenges,</c>

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guarding<00:12:43.820><c> the</c><00:12:44.179><c> truth</c><00:12:44.360><c> amidst</c><00:12:44.919><c> challenges</c><00:12:45.259><c> in</c><00:12:45.460><c> their</c><00:12:45.659><c> own</c><00:12:46.139><c> generation,</c>

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but<00:12:47.159><c> without</c><00:12:47.460><c> the</c><00:12:47.779><c> guidance</c><00:12:48.139><c> of</c><00:12:48.519><c> their</c><00:12:48.820><c> mentor</c><00:12:49.419><c> who</c><00:12:49.879><c> would</c><00:12:50.320><c> soon</c><00:12:50.559><c> be</c><00:12:50.840><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:12:53.320><c> in</c><00:12:53.519><c> their</c><00:12:53.740><c> times</c><00:12:54.200><c> of</c><00:12:54.759><c> loneliness</c><00:12:55.100><c> and</c><00:12:55.440><c> despair,</c>

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these<00:12:56.500><c> words,</c><00:12:57.000><c> you</c><00:12:57.259><c> see,</c><00:12:57.480><c> of</c><00:12:57.559><c> the</c><00:12:57.860><c> charge</c><00:12:58.159><c> were</c><00:12:58.360><c> intended</c><00:12:58.620><c> to</c>

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come<00:12:59.019><c> back</c><00:12:59.200><c> and</c><00:12:59.399><c> ring</c><00:12:59.539><c> in</c><00:12:59.720><c> their</c><00:12:59.940><c> ears,</c>

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Be<00:13:00.860><c> strong,</c><00:13:01.639><c> he</c><00:13:02.000><c> will</c><00:13:02.200><c> be</c><00:13:02.399><c> with</c><00:13:02.720><c> thee.</c>

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He<00:13:03.620><c> will</c><00:13:04.000><c> not</c><00:13:04.179><c> forsake</c><00:13:04.659><c> thee.</c>

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Fear<00:13:05.220><c> not,</c><00:13:05.820><c> neither</c><00:13:06.059><c> be</c><00:13:06.320><c> dismayed.</c>

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God<00:13:08.039><c> will</c><00:13:08.340><c> be</c><00:13:08.559><c> with</c><00:13:08.899><c> thee.</c>

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All<00:13:10.820><c> brothers</c><00:13:11.000><c> and</c><00:13:11.179><c> sisters,</c><00:13:11.399><c> when</c><00:13:11.559><c> I</c><00:13:11.759><c> read</c><00:13:11.899><c> those</c><00:13:12.220><c> words</c><00:13:12.639><c> in</c>

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with<00:13:15.399><c> all</c><00:13:15.820><c> that</c><00:13:16.120><c> comes</c><00:13:16.419><c> from</c><00:13:16.639><c> the</c><00:13:16.799><c> Old</c><00:13:17.000><c> Testament</c><00:13:17.419><c> background,</c>

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I<00:13:18.559><c> can</c><00:13:18.940><c> feel</c><00:13:19.379><c> all</c><00:13:19.860><c> of</c><00:13:20.120><c> Paul's</c><00:13:20.799><c> love</c><00:13:21.399><c> poured</c><00:13:21.980><c> into</c><00:13:22.480><c> this</c><00:13:22.860><c> farewell</c><00:13:23.320><c> to</c><00:13:23.620><c> his</c>

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dear<00:13:24.059><c> son</c><00:13:24.500><c> in</c><00:13:25.039><c> the</c><00:13:25.220><c> faith.</c>

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Can<00:13:26.120><c> you</c><00:13:26.299><c> feel</c><00:13:26.440><c> it,</c><00:13:26.659><c> brothers</c><00:13:26.759><c> and</c><00:13:26.940><c> sisters?</c>

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Timothy<00:13:27.860><c> would</c><00:13:28.279><c> know</c><00:13:28.679><c> where</c><00:13:29.039><c> Paul</c><00:13:29.299><c> had</c><00:13:29.600><c> taken</c><00:13:29.820><c> his</c><00:13:30.080><c> words</c><00:13:30.360><c> from.</c>

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It<00:13:31.740><c> was</c><00:13:32.039><c> a</c><00:13:32.340><c> call</c><00:13:32.720><c> to</c><00:13:33.220><c> the</c><00:13:33.620><c> guardianship</c><00:13:34.240><c> of</c><00:13:34.399><c> the</c><00:13:34.580><c> truth</c><00:13:34.720><c> itself</c>

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and<00:13:36.559><c> a</c><00:13:36.840><c> promise</c><00:13:37.080><c> to</c><00:13:37.299><c> Timothy</c><00:13:37.779><c> that</c><00:13:38.340><c> even</c><00:13:38.620><c> when</c><00:13:38.940><c> Paul</c><00:13:39.179><c> was</c><00:13:39.500><c> gone,</c><00:13:41.740><c> God</c>

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would<00:13:42.220><c> be</c><00:13:42.399><c> with</c><00:13:42.600><c> him.</c>

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Don't<00:13:45.100><c> ever</c><00:13:45.340><c> forget</c><00:13:45.659><c> that,</c><00:13:45.960><c> my</c><00:13:46.159><c> son,</c><00:13:48.460><c> is</c><00:13:48.759><c> what</c><00:13:48.919><c> Paul</c><00:13:49.139><c> is</c><00:13:49.379><c> saying.</c>

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And<00:13:52.299><c> you</c><00:13:52.399><c> notice</c><00:13:52.740><c> he's</c><00:13:53.139><c> not</c><00:13:53.320><c> asking</c><00:13:53.860><c> Timothy</c><00:13:54.259><c> to</c><00:13:54.440><c> be</c><00:13:54.679><c> strong</c>

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in<00:13:55.000><c> his</c><00:13:55.159><c> own</c><00:13:55.559><c> self</c><00:13:55.860><c>-reliance.</c>

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No,<00:13:58.399><c> he</c><00:13:58.600><c> says,</c><00:13:59.059><c> be</c><00:13:59.139><c> strong</c><00:13:59.620><c> in</c><00:14:00.059><c> the</c><00:14:00.360><c> grace</c><00:14:00.899><c> that</c><00:14:01.220><c> is</c><00:14:01.519><c> in</c><00:14:01.879><c> Christ</c><00:14:02.159><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:14:04.919><c> that</c><00:14:05.179><c> grace</c><00:14:05.519><c> would</c><00:14:05.799><c> be</c><00:14:06.120><c> sufficient</c><00:14:06.700><c> for</c><00:14:07.460><c> all</c><00:14:07.799><c> his</c><00:14:08.080><c> needs</c>

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because<00:14:10.700><c> Christ's</c><00:14:11.419><c> strength</c><00:14:12.159><c> would</c><00:14:13.100><c> be</c><00:14:13.340><c> made</c><00:14:13.620><c> perfect</c><00:14:14.139><c> in</c>

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Timothy's<00:14:15.399><c> weakness.</c>

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And<00:14:18.559><c> Paul</c><00:14:18.700><c> wasn't</c><00:14:19.059><c> just</c><00:14:19.679><c> concerned</c><00:14:20.539><c> that</c><00:14:21.960><c> the</c><00:14:22.220><c> truth</c><00:14:22.480><c> be</c><00:14:22.840><c> guarded</c><00:14:23.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:24.960><c> life</c><00:14:25.379><c> simply</c><00:14:26.019><c> of</c><00:14:26.919><c> Timothy</c><00:14:27.320><c> himself.</c>

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Now,<00:14:29.820><c> what</c><00:14:29.940><c> he</c><00:14:30.080><c> was</c><00:14:30.220><c> anxious</c><00:14:30.580><c> about,</c><00:14:31.299><c> as</c><00:14:31.480><c> Verse</c><00:14:31.759><c> 2</c><00:14:31.980><c> goes</c><00:14:32.220><c> on</c><00:14:32.460><c> to</c><00:14:32.700><c> say,</c>

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he<00:14:33.500><c> says,</c>

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You<00:14:40.919><c> see,</c><00:14:41.600><c> he</c><00:14:41.700><c> didn't</c><00:14:41.899><c> just</c><00:14:42.139><c> want</c><00:14:42.320><c> Timothy</c><00:14:42.580><c> to</c><00:14:42.840><c> guard</c><00:14:43.000><c> the</c><00:14:43.200><c> truth</c><00:14:43.320><c> with</c><00:14:43.500><c> his</c>

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own<00:14:43.960><c> life.</c>

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He<00:14:45.379><c> knew</c><00:14:45.620><c> that</c><00:14:45.820><c> his</c><00:14:45.980><c> own</c><00:14:46.299><c> time</c><00:14:46.600><c> was</c><00:14:46.899><c> ended.</c>

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He<00:14:47.759><c> gave</c><00:14:48.100><c> counsel</c><00:14:48.840><c> to</c><00:14:49.320><c> provide</c><00:14:49.679><c> for</c><00:14:50.120><c> what</c><00:14:50.340><c> we</c><00:14:50.539><c> might</c><00:14:50.720><c> describe</c>

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here<00:14:51.360><c> as</c><00:14:51.539><c> a</c><00:14:51.779><c> true</c><00:14:52.059><c> apostolic</c><00:14:52.899><c> succession,</c>

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not<00:14:54.120><c> an</c><00:14:54.419><c> unbroken</c><00:14:54.840><c> line</c><00:14:55.120><c> of</c><00:14:55.360><c> holy</c><00:14:55.620><c> men</c><00:14:55.860><c> appointed</c><00:14:56.240><c> to</c><00:14:56.539><c> office,</c>

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but<00:14:57.279><c> the</c><00:14:57.600><c> faithful</c><00:14:58.139><c> passing</c><00:14:58.700><c> on</c><00:14:59.279><c> of</c><00:14:59.879><c> true</c><00:15:00.259><c> apostolic</c><00:15:01.159><c> teaching.</c>

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Timothy,<00:15:02.799><c> he</c><00:15:02.799><c> says,</c><00:15:03.519><c> I</c><00:15:03.759><c> want</c><00:15:04.080><c> you</c><00:15:04.299><c> to</c><00:15:04.639><c> perpetuate</c><00:15:05.200><c> the</c><00:15:05.539><c> truth</c>

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by<00:15:06.620><c> carefully</c><00:15:07.139><c> committing</c><00:15:07.480><c> it</c><00:15:07.759><c> to</c><00:15:08.100><c> other</c><00:15:08.379><c> brethren</c>

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who<00:15:09.179><c> will</c><00:15:09.419><c> take</c><00:15:09.620><c> up</c><00:15:09.779><c> the</c><00:15:10.039><c> charge</c><00:15:10.340><c> beyond</c><00:15:10.799><c> you.</c>

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Now,<00:15:11.600><c> you</c><00:15:11.679><c> see,</c><00:15:11.759><c> Timothy</c><00:15:12.100><c> had</c><00:15:12.340><c> heard</c><00:15:12.539><c> that</c><00:15:12.820><c> from</c><00:15:13.220><c> the</c><00:15:13.460><c> Apostle</c>

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Paul,<00:15:14.120><c> had</c><00:15:14.200><c> he</c><00:15:14.320><c> not?</c>

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He<00:15:14.559><c> knew</c><00:15:14.779><c> Paul's</c><00:15:15.279><c> gospel.</c><00:15:15.860><c> He</c><00:15:16.120><c> knew</c><00:15:16.399><c> Paul's</c><00:15:17.000><c> teaching.</c>

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would<00:15:22.399><c> guard</c><00:15:22.720><c> the</c><00:15:23.039><c> truth</c><00:15:23.220><c> not</c><00:15:23.500><c> only</c><00:15:23.779><c> in</c><00:15:23.940><c> his</c><00:15:24.179><c> own</c><00:15:24.480><c> generation,</c>

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but<00:15:25.759><c> that</c><00:15:25.980><c> he</c><00:15:26.200><c> also</c><00:15:26.639><c> would</c><00:15:27.019><c> find</c><00:15:27.460><c> the</c><00:15:27.759><c> means</c><00:15:28.139><c> to</c><00:15:28.559><c> pass</c><00:15:28.879><c> it</c><00:15:29.240><c> on</c>

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to<00:15:30.000><c> the</c><00:15:30.179><c> generation</c><00:15:30.759><c> that</c><00:15:31.080><c> lay</c><00:15:31.480><c> beyond</c><00:15:32.059><c> that</c><00:15:32.460><c> young</c><00:15:32.779><c> man.</c>

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And<00:15:34.620><c> so,</c><00:15:34.879><c> Verse</c><00:15:35.000><c> 2,</c><00:15:35.340><c> he</c><00:15:35.340><c> says,</c>

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So,<00:15:44.740><c> do</c><00:15:44.899><c> you</c><00:15:44.899><c> notice</c><00:15:45.100><c> there</c><00:15:45.200><c> were</c><00:15:45.399><c> two</c><00:15:45.679><c> critical</c><00:15:46.200><c> virtues</c><00:15:46.639><c> to</c>

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these<00:15:47.360><c> men</c><00:15:47.620><c> that</c><00:15:47.879><c> Timothy</c><00:15:48.240><c> was</c><00:15:48.539><c> to</c><00:15:48.799><c> search</c><00:15:49.059><c> out?</c>

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Firstly,<00:15:50.259><c> they</c><00:15:50.419><c> must</c><00:15:50.700><c> be</c><00:15:50.980><c> faithful</c><00:15:51.320><c> to</c><00:15:51.539><c> the</c><00:15:51.759><c> truth</c><00:15:51.899><c> in</c><00:15:52.139><c> themselves.</c>

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But<00:15:54.500><c> secondly,</c><00:15:55.080><c> they</c><00:15:55.240><c> must</c><00:15:55.519><c> be</c><00:15:55.940><c> capable</c><00:15:56.620><c> of</c><00:15:57.480><c> thoroughly</c><00:15:57.899><c> and</c>

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carefully<00:15:59.279><c> teaching</c><00:15:59.759><c> it</c><00:16:00.059><c> to</c><00:16:00.240><c> others.</c>

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And<00:16:01.399><c> Timothy</c><00:16:01.600><c> was</c><00:16:01.879><c> to</c><00:16:02.360><c> commit</c><00:16:02.779><c> the</c><00:16:03.120><c> truth</c><00:16:03.340><c> to</c><00:16:03.580><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:16:04.059><c> a</c><00:16:04.159><c> lovely</c><00:16:04.379><c> word</c><00:16:04.779><c> in</c><00:16:05.120><c> the</c><00:16:05.320><c> Greek,</c><00:16:05.539><c> brothers</c><00:16:05.759><c> and</c><00:16:05.980><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:16:06.379><c> means</c><00:16:07.000><c> to</c><00:16:07.639><c> entrust</c><00:16:08.460><c> something</c><00:16:09.019><c> to</c><00:16:09.820><c> another</c><00:16:10.320><c> for</c><00:16:11.340><c> safekeeping.</c>

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So,<00:16:13.019><c> Roderham</c><00:16:13.440><c> says,</c>

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The<00:16:14.360><c> same</c><00:16:14.659><c> entrust</c><00:16:15.659><c> there</c><00:16:15.899><c> to</c><00:16:16.340><c> other</c><00:16:16.820><c> faithful</c><00:16:17.259><c> men,</c><00:16:18.139><c> such</c><00:16:18.200><c> as</c>

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shall<00:16:18.899><c> be</c><00:16:19.179><c> competent</c><00:16:19.500><c> to</c><00:16:19.779><c> teach</c><00:16:20.039><c> others</c><00:16:20.320><c> also.</c>

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And<00:16:21.320><c> the</c><00:16:21.480><c> truth</c><00:16:21.620><c> has</c><00:16:21.820><c> ever</c><00:16:21.940><c> needed</c><00:16:22.259><c> such</c><00:16:22.580><c> men.</c>

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Those<00:16:23.980><c> who</c><00:16:24.240><c> can</c><00:16:24.440><c> take</c><00:16:24.620><c> the</c><00:16:24.860><c> truth</c><00:16:25.000><c> and</c><00:16:25.179><c> break</c><00:16:25.379><c> it</c><00:16:25.700><c> small</c><00:16:25.879><c> and</c>

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give<00:16:26.279><c> the</c><00:16:26.539><c> sense</c><00:16:26.779><c> and</c><00:16:27.340><c> cause</c><00:16:27.720><c> others</c><00:16:28.100><c> to</c><00:16:28.519><c> understand</c><00:16:29.059><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:29.700><c> you</c><00:16:29.860><c> see,</c><00:16:30.179><c> I</c><00:16:30.299><c> think</c><00:16:30.460><c> what</c><00:16:30.740><c> Paul</c><00:16:30.980><c> is</c><00:16:31.320><c> saying,</c><00:16:31.860><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:16:32.159><c> sisters</c><00:16:32.379><c> here,</c>

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and<00:16:32.639><c> it's</c><00:16:32.779><c> a</c><00:16:32.879><c> very</c><00:16:33.139><c> wonderful</c><00:16:33.500><c> thing</c><00:16:33.720><c> for</c><00:16:33.960><c> us</c><00:16:34.299><c> to</c><00:16:34.580><c> remember</c><00:16:34.860><c> in</c>

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our<00:16:35.480><c> own</c><00:16:35.799><c> lives</c><00:16:36.200><c> in</c><00:16:36.600><c> the</c><00:16:36.820><c> truth</c><00:16:36.960><c> and</c><00:16:37.159><c> in</c><00:16:37.340><c> our</c><00:16:37.659><c> ecclesias.</c>

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I<00:16:38.440><c> think</c><00:16:38.600><c> what</c><00:16:38.820><c> Paul</c><00:16:39.080><c> is</c><00:16:39.440><c> saying</c><00:16:39.679><c> to</c><00:16:39.960><c> his</c><00:16:40.240><c> son</c><00:16:40.340><c> in</c><00:16:40.500><c> the</c><00:16:40.679><c> faith</c>

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here<00:16:41.019><c> is</c><00:16:41.240><c> this.</c>

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Timothy,<00:16:43.759><c> you</c><00:16:43.919><c> must</c><00:16:44.559><c> think</c><00:16:45.340><c> beyond</c><00:16:45.940><c> yourself.</c>

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Think<00:16:48.580><c> beyond</c><00:16:48.960><c> yourself.</c>

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Think<00:16:49.980><c> beyond</c><00:16:50.320><c> the</c><00:16:50.679><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:51.019><c> of</c><00:16:51.320><c> today.</c>

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Think<00:16:52.080><c> about</c><00:16:52.340><c> the</c><00:16:52.600><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:52.940><c> of</c><00:16:53.299><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Set<00:16:55.799><c> your</c><00:16:56.259><c> attention</c><00:16:57.000><c> on</c><00:16:57.379><c> the</c><00:16:57.720><c> preservation</c><00:16:58.320><c> of</c><00:16:58.659><c> the</c><00:16:58.860><c> truth.</c>

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Beyond<00:17:00.220><c> what</c><00:17:00.440><c> you</c><00:17:00.700><c> can</c><00:17:00.940><c> do.</c>

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Think,<00:17:03.059><c> Timothy,</c><00:17:03.480><c> about</c><00:17:03.720><c> what</c><00:17:03.919><c> will</c><00:17:04.180><c> be</c><00:17:04.440><c> best</c><00:17:04.779><c> for</c><00:17:05.079><c> the</c><00:17:05.359><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:17:06.220><c> know,</c><00:17:06.460><c> brothers</c><00:17:06.599><c> and</c><00:17:06.759><c> sisters,</c><00:17:06.940><c> we</c><00:17:07.140><c> need</c><00:17:07.319><c> to</c><00:17:07.480><c> think</c><00:17:07.599><c> about</c><00:17:07.859><c> that</c><00:17:08.099><c> too.</c>

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And<00:17:09.359><c> everything</c><00:17:09.640><c> we</c><00:17:09.980><c> do</c><00:17:10.559><c> in</c><00:17:10.859><c> ecclesias,</c><00:17:12.119><c> you</c><00:17:12.200><c> know,</c><00:17:12.299><c> we</c><00:17:12.299><c> tend</c>

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to<00:17:12.599><c> have,</c><00:17:13.119><c> every</c><00:17:13.359><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:13.680><c> has</c><00:17:13.960><c> problems.</c>

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We're<00:17:16.799><c> going</c><00:17:16.799><c> to</c><00:17:16.880><c> have</c><00:17:17.039><c> problems</c><00:17:17.279><c> this</c><00:17:17.480><c> side</c><00:17:17.700><c> of</c><00:17:17.799><c> the</c><00:17:17.960><c> kingdom.</c>

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Some<00:17:19.839><c> are</c><00:17:20.000><c> large</c><00:17:20.220><c> and</c><00:17:20.339><c> some</c><00:17:20.539><c> are</c><00:17:20.740><c> small.</c>

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But<00:17:21.599><c> it's</c><00:17:21.799><c> so</c><00:17:22.099><c> easy</c><00:17:22.319><c> in</c><00:17:22.519><c> our</c><00:17:22.819><c> ecclesias,</c><00:17:23.460><c> brothers</c><00:17:23.599><c> and</c><00:17:23.720><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:17:24.059><c> think</c><00:17:24.180><c> about</c><00:17:24.380><c> what</c><00:17:24.519><c> we're</c><00:17:24.740><c> going</c><00:17:24.859><c> to</c><00:17:25.000><c> do</c><00:17:25.099><c> about</c><00:17:25.299><c> this</c><00:17:25.619><c> problem</c><00:17:25.799><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:26.180><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:17:26.700><c> we'll</c><00:17:26.799><c> either</c><00:17:27.000><c> do</c><00:17:27.240><c> something</c><00:17:27.440><c> or</c><00:17:27.579><c> not</c><00:17:27.779><c> do</c><00:17:27.940><c> something,</c>

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or<00:17:28.519><c> we'll</c><00:17:30.559><c> contend</c><00:17:30.940><c> for</c><00:17:31.099><c> the</c><00:17:31.200><c> matter</c><00:17:31.359><c> or</c><00:17:31.539><c> we'll</c><00:17:31.799><c> decide</c><00:17:32.059><c> to</c><00:17:32.279><c> leave</c><00:17:32.400><c> it</c><00:17:32.579><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:17:33.539><c> we</c><00:17:33.700><c> imagine</c><00:17:34.000><c> that</c><00:17:34.160><c> we're</c><00:17:34.279><c> making</c><00:17:34.559><c> that</c><00:17:34.819><c> decision</c><00:17:35.079><c> for</c>

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our<00:17:35.539><c> ecclesia.</c>

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No,<00:17:36.119><c> we're</c><00:17:36.279><c> not.</c>

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We're<00:17:38.099><c> making</c><00:17:38.579><c> the</c><00:17:38.940><c> decision</c><00:17:39.339><c> that</c><00:17:39.519><c> we</c><00:17:39.759><c> make</c><00:17:39.880><c> on</c><00:17:40.119><c> behalf</c><00:17:40.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:40.819><c> whole</c><00:17:41.079><c> community</c><00:17:41.599><c> of</c><00:17:41.759><c> the</c><00:17:41.900><c> mystical</c><00:17:42.240><c> body</c><00:17:42.579><c> of</c><00:17:42.819><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:17:44.000><c> every</c><00:17:44.200><c> other</c><00:17:44.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:44.819><c> depends</c><00:17:45.180><c> upon</c><00:17:45.480><c> you</c><00:17:45.839><c> to</c><00:17:46.079><c> handle</c>

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that<00:17:46.579><c> matter</c><00:17:46.859><c> with</c><00:17:47.440><c> integrity.</c>

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Because<00:17:51.400><c> it's</c><00:17:51.660><c> a</c><00:17:51.779><c> decision</c><00:17:51.980><c> made</c><00:17:52.220><c> on</c><00:17:52.420><c> behalf</c><00:17:52.680><c> of</c><00:17:52.819><c> a</c><00:17:53.039><c> community,</c><00:17:53.400><c> not</c><00:17:53.559><c> just</c>

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your<00:17:54.000><c> meeting.</c>

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What<00:17:56.140><c> will</c><00:17:56.380><c> be</c><00:17:56.599><c> best</c><00:17:56.880><c> for</c><00:17:57.059><c> the</c><00:17:57.299><c> truth</c><00:17:57.539><c> isn't</c><00:17:57.859><c> just</c><00:17:58.220><c> about</c><00:17:58.519><c> what</c>

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suits<00:17:59.200><c> us</c><00:17:59.640><c> as</c><00:17:59.799><c> an</c><00:18:00.039><c> individual</c>

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or<00:18:00.900><c> what</c><00:18:01.099><c> we</c><00:18:01.319><c> might</c><00:18:01.480><c> decide</c><00:18:01.859><c> we're</c><00:18:02.079><c> doing</c><00:18:02.240><c> or</c><00:18:02.420><c> not</c><00:18:02.619><c> doing</c><00:18:02.759><c> in</c>

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our<00:18:03.180><c> ecclesia.</c>

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Everything<00:18:04.160><c> we</c><00:18:04.559><c> do</c><00:18:05.420><c> is</c><00:18:06.660><c> about</c><00:18:06.880><c> the</c><00:18:07.039><c> body</c><00:18:07.220><c> of</c><00:18:07.400><c> Christ</c><00:18:07.980><c> ultimately</c>

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and<00:18:11.339><c> how</c><00:18:11.619><c> the</c><00:18:12.119><c> heritage</c><00:18:12.359><c> of</c><00:18:12.519><c> the</c><00:18:12.740><c> truth</c><00:18:13.079><c> might</c><00:18:13.359><c> be</c><00:18:13.660><c> guarded</c><00:18:13.980><c> in</c>

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our<00:18:14.740><c> midst.</c>

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Timothy,<00:18:17.819><c> think</c><00:18:18.059><c> beyond</c><00:18:18.339><c> yourself.</c>

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So<00:18:20.880><c> with</c><00:18:21.119><c> what</c><00:18:21.420><c> spirit</c><00:18:21.779><c> then</c><00:18:22.640><c> should</c><00:18:23.519><c> Timothy</c><00:18:24.099><c> seek</c><00:18:24.559><c> to</c><00:18:24.940><c> accomplish</c><00:18:25.539><c> this</c><00:18:26.119><c> task?</c>

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How<00:18:28.619><c> might</c><00:18:28.940><c> he</c><00:18:29.099><c> be</c><00:18:29.539><c> strong</c><00:18:30.220><c> in</c><00:18:31.079><c> this</c><00:18:31.380><c> work?</c>

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Well,<00:18:33.720><c> says</c><00:18:33.980><c> Paul,</c><00:18:35.339><c> he's</c><00:18:35.619><c> going</c><00:18:35.759><c> to</c><00:18:35.960><c> answer</c><00:18:36.420><c> that</c><00:18:36.819><c> question</c>

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now<00:18:37.599><c> with</c><00:18:37.880><c> three</c><00:18:38.940><c> metaphors</c>

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that<00:18:40.319><c> were</c><00:18:40.579><c> taken</c><00:18:40.940><c> from</c><00:18:41.220><c> the</c><00:18:41.559><c> common</c><00:18:42.200><c> circumstances</c><00:18:43.039><c> of</c><00:18:43.400><c> life</c>

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in<00:18:44.299><c> those</c><00:18:44.700><c> times.</c>

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The<00:18:47.380><c> soldier,</c><00:18:48.960><c> verses</c><00:18:49.539><c> three</c><00:18:49.880><c> and</c><00:18:50.119><c> four,</c><00:18:52.099><c> the</c><00:18:52.599><c> athlete,</c><00:18:53.539><c> verse</c><00:18:53.839><c> five,</c><00:18:55.460><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:56.480><c> farmer,</c><00:18:58.180><c> verse</c><00:18:58.440><c> six.</c>

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And<00:19:00.819><c> each</c><00:19:01.279><c> of</c><00:19:01.500><c> these</c><00:19:01.700><c> was</c><00:19:02.180><c> chosen</c><00:19:02.619><c> to</c><00:19:02.900><c> give</c><00:19:03.240><c> further</c><00:19:03.680><c> detail</c>

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on<00:19:05.039><c> how</c><00:19:05.680><c> Timothy</c><00:19:06.059><c> would</c><00:19:06.460><c> need</c><00:19:06.660><c> to</c><00:19:06.880><c> be</c><00:19:07.259><c> strong</c>

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in<00:19:08.839><c> safeguarding</c><00:19:09.579><c> and</c><00:19:09.839><c> preserving</c><00:19:10.259><c> the</c><00:19:10.660><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:19:11.240><c> the</c><00:19:11.500><c> common</c><00:19:11.680><c> thread</c><00:19:12.000><c> was</c><00:19:12.440><c> that</c><00:19:12.940><c> success</c><00:19:13.400><c> would</c><00:19:13.819><c> come</c>

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based<00:19:15.960><c> upon</c><00:19:16.279><c> dedication.</c>

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Now,<00:19:18.619><c> I</c><00:19:18.700><c> just</c><00:19:18.839><c> want</c><00:19:18.920><c> you</c><00:19:19.059><c> to</c><00:19:19.160><c> stop</c><00:19:19.339><c> and</c><00:19:19.579><c> think</c><00:19:19.740><c> for</c><00:19:19.920><c> a</c><00:19:20.059><c> moment,</c>

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brothers<00:19:20.740><c> and</c><00:19:20.960><c> sisters,</c>

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about<00:19:21.519><c> how</c><00:19:22.299><c> thoughtful</c><00:19:22.980><c> these</c><00:19:23.960><c> metaphors</c><00:19:24.680><c> were</c><00:19:25.079><c> that</c><00:19:25.440><c> Paul</c>

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draws<00:19:26.799><c> to</c><00:19:27.160><c> Timothy's</c><00:19:27.980><c> attention.</c>

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The<00:19:30.799><c> figure</c><00:19:30.960><c> of</c><00:19:31.180><c> the</c><00:19:31.480><c> soldier</c><00:19:32.259><c> was</c><00:19:33.200><c> drawn</c><00:19:33.559><c> from</c><00:19:33.880><c> the</c><00:19:34.180><c> military</c>

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might<00:19:34.920><c> of</c><00:19:35.380><c> the</c><00:19:35.740><c> Roman</c><00:19:36.140><c> army.</c>

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The<00:19:39.039><c> figure</c><00:19:39.240><c> of</c><00:19:39.519><c> the</c><00:19:39.779><c> athlete</c><00:19:40.480><c> was</c><00:19:41.700><c> drawn</c><00:19:41.960><c> from</c><00:19:42.299><c> the</c><00:19:42.579><c> excellence</c><00:19:42.900><c> of</c><00:19:43.259><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:19:43.900><c> games.</c>

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And<00:19:46.559><c> the</c><00:19:46.759><c> figure</c><00:19:47.000><c> of</c><00:19:47.240><c> the</c><00:19:47.599><c> farmer</c><00:19:48.200><c> was</c><00:19:49.099><c> drawn</c><00:19:49.400><c> from</c><00:19:49.720><c> the</c><00:19:50.039><c> pastoral</c><00:19:51.019><c> cycle</c>

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of<00:19:51.819><c> the</c><00:19:52.099><c> Jewish</c><00:19:52.500><c> calendar.</c>

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And<00:19:55.940><c> suddenly</c><00:19:56.319><c> we</c><00:19:56.660><c> realize</c><00:19:57.099><c> how</c><00:19:57.519><c> all</c><00:19:57.799><c>-encompassing,</c><00:19:58.740><c> how</c><00:19:59.119><c> universal</c><00:19:59.720><c> these</c><00:20:00.119><c> three</c><00:20:00.380><c> ideas</c><00:20:00.839><c> might</c><00:20:01.200><c> be.</c>

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One<00:20:03.740><c> from</c><00:20:03.940><c> Roman</c><00:20:04.359><c> times,</c><00:20:04.779><c> one</c><00:20:05.000><c> from</c><00:20:05.400><c> Greek</c><00:20:05.660><c> times,</c><00:20:06.160><c> one</c><00:20:06.420><c> from</c>

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Jewish<00:20:07.119><c> times.</c>

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These<00:20:08.980><c> were</c><00:20:09.119><c> going</c><00:20:09.200><c> to</c><00:20:09.299><c> be</c><00:20:09.559><c> universal</c><00:20:10.160><c> in</c><00:20:10.500><c> their</c><00:20:10.740><c> application.</c>

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And<00:20:12.140><c> this</c><00:20:12.480><c> first</c><00:20:12.859><c> one,</c><00:20:13.740><c> verse</c><00:20:13.960><c> three,</c><00:20:14.299><c> thou</c><00:20:14.519><c> therefore</c><00:20:14.920><c> endure</c><00:20:15.799><c> hardness</c><00:20:16.519><c> as</c><00:20:16.779><c> a</c>

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good<00:20:17.279><c> soldier</c><00:20:17.700><c> of</c><00:20:17.900><c> Jesus</c><00:20:18.279><c> Christ.</c>

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In<00:20:18.859><c> the</c><00:20:19.059><c> Greek,</c><00:20:19.359><c> it</c><00:20:19.380><c> suggests</c><00:20:19.819><c> that</c><00:20:20.319><c> Paul</c><00:20:20.559><c> was</c><00:20:20.819><c> really</c><00:20:21.140><c> asking</c>

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Timothy<00:20:21.799><c> to</c><00:20:22.079><c> join</c><00:20:22.380><c> him</c><00:20:22.759><c> on</c><00:20:23.059><c> the</c><00:20:23.259><c> journey.</c>

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The<00:20:24.240><c> American</c><00:20:24.740><c> Standard</c><00:20:25.380><c> Bible</c><00:20:25.740><c> says,</c><00:20:26.539><c> suffer</c><00:20:26.900><c> with</c><00:20:27.359><c> me.</c>

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Roderham<00:20:29.039><c> says,</c><00:20:30.079><c> take</c><00:20:30.319><c> thy</c><00:20:30.779><c> part</c><00:20:31.319><c> in</c><00:20:31.900><c> suffering</c><00:20:32.279><c> hardship.</c>

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The<00:20:33.440><c> Revised</c><00:20:33.819><c> Standard</c><00:20:34.180><c> Version</c><00:20:34.440><c> says,</c><00:20:35.480><c> share</c><00:20:36.039><c> in</c><00:20:36.680><c> suffering.</c>

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It<00:20:38.039><c> was</c><00:20:38.420><c> really</c><00:20:38.700><c> a</c><00:20:38.900><c> reaffirmation</c><00:20:39.640><c> of</c><00:20:40.079><c> chapter</c><00:20:40.339><c> one,</c><00:20:40.680><c> verse</c><00:20:40.880><c> eight.</c>

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Be<00:20:41.440><c> thou</c><00:20:42.019><c> partaker</c><00:20:42.980><c> of</c><00:20:43.380><c> the</c><00:20:43.680><c> afflictions</c><00:20:44.339><c> of</c><00:20:44.700><c> the</c><00:20:44.900><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:20:45.680><c> so</c><00:20:45.799><c> the</c><00:20:45.980><c> first</c><00:20:46.200><c> of</c><00:20:46.400><c> these</c><00:20:46.660><c> metaphors,</c><00:20:47.460><c> the</c><00:20:47.599><c> metaphor</c><00:20:47.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:48.400><c> soldier,</c>

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Paul<00:20:49.880><c> was</c><00:20:50.160><c> really</c><00:20:50.619><c> saying</c><00:20:50.940><c> to</c><00:20:51.180><c> Timothy</c><00:20:51.440><c> that</c><00:20:51.859><c> the</c><00:20:52.099><c> truth</c><00:20:52.240><c> will</c>

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bring<00:20:52.720><c> a</c><00:20:52.880><c> measure</c><00:20:53.039><c> of</c><00:20:53.359><c> suffering</c><00:20:53.559><c> into</c><00:20:53.819><c> your</c><00:20:54.099><c> life,</c><00:20:54.480><c> perhaps</c>

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even<00:20:55.019><c> persecution.</c>

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But<00:20:56.200><c> I</c><00:20:56.740><c> ask</c><00:20:57.059><c> you</c><00:20:57.339><c> to</c><00:20:57.599><c> accept</c><00:20:58.099><c> that</c><00:20:58.480><c> as</c><00:20:58.980><c> a</c><00:20:59.220><c> burden</c><00:20:59.500><c> for</c><00:20:59.740><c> the</c><00:20:59.980><c> truth's</c><00:21:00.460><c> own</c><00:21:00.740><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:21:01.940><c> Timothy,</c><00:21:02.619><c> he</c><00:21:02.619><c> says,</c><00:21:03.400><c> if</c><00:21:03.480><c> you</c><00:21:03.759><c> do,</c><00:21:04.779><c> know</c><00:21:05.039><c> that</c><00:21:05.240><c> you're</c><00:21:05.559><c> sharing</c><00:21:05.900><c> it</c>

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with<00:21:06.380><c> me,</c><00:21:07.160><c> I</c><00:21:07.539><c> who</c><00:21:07.759><c> have</c><00:21:07.980><c> gone</c><00:21:08.400><c> before</c><00:21:08.960><c> you.</c>

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Now,<00:21:11.880><c> the</c><00:21:12.000><c> life</c><00:21:12.180><c> of</c><00:21:12.339><c> a</c><00:21:12.579><c> soldier,</c><00:21:13.279><c> brothers</c><00:21:13.420><c> and</c><00:21:13.680><c> sisters,</c><00:21:14.019><c> was</c>

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a<00:21:14.339><c> life</c><00:21:14.480><c> of</c><00:21:14.779><c> commitment</c><00:21:15.180><c> to</c><00:21:15.460><c> a</c><00:21:15.839><c> cause</c><00:21:16.359><c> that</c><00:21:17.539><c> was</c><00:21:17.759><c> greater</c><00:21:18.019><c> than</c><00:21:18.220><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:21:21.099><c> that's</c><00:21:21.339><c> exactly</c><00:21:21.559><c> what</c><00:21:21.700><c> the</c><00:21:21.880><c> truth</c><00:21:22.000><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:21:23.960><c> a</c><00:21:24.200><c> cause</c><00:21:24.960><c> greater</c><00:21:25.960><c> than</c><00:21:27.019><c> any</c><00:21:27.259><c> one</c><00:21:27.359><c> of</c><00:21:27.519><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:28.720><c> from</c><00:21:29.039><c> the</c><00:21:29.420><c> soldier,</c><00:21:30.380><c> Timothy</c><00:21:30.559><c> was</c><00:21:30.839><c> going</c><00:21:31.039><c> to</c><00:21:31.380><c> learn</c><00:21:31.759><c> the</c>

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principle<00:21:32.859><c> of</c><00:21:33.440><c> endurance</c><00:21:34.200><c> in</c><00:21:34.779><c> coming</c><00:21:35.039><c> to</c><00:21:35.420><c> spiritual</c><00:21:36.059><c> maturity.</c>

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And<00:21:37.359><c> so</c><00:21:37.619><c> the</c><00:21:37.779><c> apostle</c><00:21:38.019><c> goes</c><00:21:38.220><c> on</c><00:21:38.400><c> to</c><00:21:38.619><c> say</c><00:21:38.759><c> in</c><00:21:39.140><c> the</c><00:21:39.400><c> fourth</c><00:21:39.619><c> verse</c>

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concerning<00:21:40.980><c> soldierhood,</c><00:21:42.079><c> good</c><00:21:42.359><c> soldierhood.</c>

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He<00:21:43.180><c> says,</c><00:21:43.859><c> no</c><00:21:44.059><c> man</c><00:21:44.420><c> that</c><00:21:44.859><c> warth</c><00:21:45.779><c> entangles</c><00:21:46.819><c> himself</c><00:21:47.359><c> with</c><00:21:47.700><c> the</c>

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affairs<00:21:48.420><c> of</c><00:21:48.880><c> this</c><00:21:49.220><c> life</c><00:21:49.740><c> that</c><00:21:50.799><c> he</c><00:21:51.000><c> may</c><00:21:51.440><c> please</c><00:21:51.900><c> him</c><00:21:52.160><c> who</c><00:21:52.359><c> have</c>

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chosen<00:21:53.039><c> him</c><00:21:53.279><c> to</c><00:21:53.420><c> be</c><00:21:53.579><c> a</c><00:21:53.779><c> soldier.</c>

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In<00:21:55.619><c> fact,</c><00:21:55.779><c> incidentally,</c><00:21:56.339><c> in</c><00:21:56.460><c> the</c><00:21:56.579><c> Roman</c><00:21:56.880><c> system</c><00:21:57.299><c> of</c><00:21:57.539><c> things,</c>

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a<00:21:58.640><c> Roman</c><00:21:59.099><c> soldier</c><00:21:59.559><c> was</c><00:22:00.440><c> already</c><00:22:00.920><c> considered</c><00:22:01.339><c> to</c><00:22:01.500><c> have</c><00:22:01.660><c> a</c><00:22:01.839><c> career,</c><00:22:02.200><c> so</c>

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he<00:22:02.480><c> was</c><00:22:02.740><c> not</c><00:22:02.920><c> allowed.</c>

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He<00:22:03.619><c> was</c><00:22:03.859><c> not</c><00:22:04.039><c> permitted</c><00:22:04.339><c> to</c><00:22:04.640><c> engage</c><00:22:05.019><c> in</c><00:22:05.299><c> husbandry</c><00:22:05.779><c> or</c><00:22:06.019><c> in</c><00:22:06.319><c> merchandise</c><00:22:06.920><c> or</c>

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in<00:22:07.400><c> mechanical</c><00:22:07.799><c> employment,</c><00:22:08.599><c> not</c><00:22:08.779><c> while</c><00:22:08.940><c> he</c><00:22:09.059><c> was</c><00:22:09.220><c> on</c><00:22:09.420><c> active</c><00:22:09.700><c> service.</c>

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Civilian<00:22:11.420><c> activities</c><00:22:12.140><c> were</c><00:22:12.720><c> forbidden</c><00:22:13.279><c> to</c><00:22:13.660><c> Roman</c><00:22:14.039><c> soldiers</c>

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because<00:22:16.500><c> they</c><00:22:18.640><c> could</c><00:22:19.000><c> divert</c><00:22:19.660><c> the</c><00:22:20.079><c> soldier</c><00:22:20.460><c> from</c><00:22:20.880><c> the</c><00:22:21.359><c> single</c>

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minded<00:22:22.779><c> objective</c><00:22:23.660><c> that</c><00:22:24.000><c> he</c><00:22:24.119><c> must</c><00:22:24.440><c> have</c><00:22:24.680><c> at</c><00:22:24.880><c> all</c><00:22:25.039><c> times.</c>

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A<00:22:27.259><c> good</c><00:22:27.519><c> soldier</c><00:22:28.420><c> had</c><00:22:29.559><c> to</c><00:22:29.700><c> be</c><00:22:29.960><c> absolutely</c><00:22:30.420><c> committed</c><00:22:30.799><c> to</c><00:22:31.019><c> the</c>

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cause<00:22:31.400><c> he</c><00:22:31.660><c> fought</c><00:22:31.880><c> for,</c><00:22:32.720><c> and</c><00:22:32.839><c> nothing</c><00:22:33.220><c> must</c><00:22:33.740><c> distract</c><00:22:34.180><c> him</c>

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from<00:22:34.759><c> that.</c>

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Anything<00:22:35.480><c> that</c><00:22:35.720><c> would</c><00:22:36.180><c> distract</c><00:22:36.579><c> from</c><00:22:36.859><c> the</c><00:22:37.440><c> noble</c><00:22:37.819><c> aims</c><00:22:38.400><c> of</c>

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his<00:22:39.140><c> calling,</c><00:22:39.700><c> as</c><00:22:39.960><c> this</c><00:22:40.259><c> verse</c><00:22:40.500><c> says,</c><00:22:41.180><c> was</c><00:22:41.420><c> considered</c><00:22:41.819><c> to</c><00:22:42.099><c> be</c>

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an<00:22:43.160><c> entanglement.</c>

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And<00:22:44.319><c> the</c><00:22:44.440><c> word</c><00:22:44.599><c> means</c><00:22:45.000><c> to</c><00:22:45.319><c> braid</c><00:22:45.599><c> or</c><00:22:45.839><c> to</c><00:22:46.059><c> weave</c><00:22:46.279><c> together.</c>

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So<00:22:47.140><c> the</c><00:22:47.259><c> revised</c><00:22:47.759><c> standard</c><00:22:48.400><c> version</c><00:22:48.720><c> says</c><00:22:49.200><c> no</c><00:22:50.140><c> soldier</c><00:22:50.519><c> on</c><00:22:50.900><c> service</c><00:22:51.240><c> gets</c><00:22:51.640><c> entangled</c><00:22:52.619><c> in</c>

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civilian<00:22:53.900><c> pursuits.</c>

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Now,<00:22:57.079><c> brothers</c><00:22:57.079><c> and</c><00:22:57.279><c> sisters,</c><00:22:58.680><c> we</c><00:23:01.380><c> live</c><00:23:01.559><c> in</c><00:23:01.700><c> an</c><00:23:01.920><c> age</c><00:23:02.420><c> of</c><00:23:05.339><c> entanglement.</c>

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Everything<00:23:10.279><c> about</c><00:23:10.559><c> us</c><00:23:12.180><c> represents</c><00:23:13.819><c> entanglement.</c>

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It's<00:23:17.019><c> the</c><00:23:17.119><c> one</c><00:23:17.279><c> thing</c><00:23:17.420><c> a</c><00:23:17.599><c> soldier</c><00:23:17.819><c> ought</c><00:23:18.019><c> not</c><00:23:18.220><c> to</c><00:23:18.380><c> do,</c><00:23:19.279><c> says</c><00:23:19.420><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:23:21.380><c> what</c><00:23:21.559><c> was</c><00:23:21.740><c> the</c><00:23:21.880><c> one</c><00:23:22.079><c> thing</c><00:23:22.240><c> that</c><00:23:22.380><c> he</c><00:23:22.500><c> must</c><00:23:22.759><c> be</c><00:23:23.240><c> left</c><00:23:23.559><c> free</c>

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to<00:23:24.339><c> pursue?</c>

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Well,<00:23:27.319><c> the</c><00:23:27.460><c> verse</c><00:23:27.660><c> says</c><00:23:28.160><c> at</c><00:23:28.400><c> the</c><00:23:28.480><c> end</c><00:23:28.619><c> of</c><00:23:28.759><c> the</c><00:23:28.839><c> verse,</c><00:23:31.299><c> instead</c>

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that<00:23:33.599><c> he</c><00:23:33.740><c> may</c><00:23:34.140><c> please</c><00:23:35.119><c> him</c><00:23:35.980><c> who</c><00:23:36.779><c> hath</c><00:23:37.079><c> chosen</c><00:23:37.539><c> him</c><00:23:38.380><c> to</c><00:23:39.599><c> be</c><00:23:39.819><c> a</c><00:23:40.000><c> soldier.</c>

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Ah,<00:23:42.660><c> so</c><00:23:42.779><c> you</c><00:23:42.900><c> see,</c><00:23:43.059><c> the</c><00:23:43.259><c> service</c><00:23:43.559><c> of</c><00:23:43.740><c> a</c><00:23:43.859><c> captain</c><00:23:44.259><c> and</c><00:23:46.160><c> the</c><00:23:46.359><c> honor</c><00:23:46.539><c> of</c><00:23:46.779><c> a</c>

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cause<00:23:47.559><c> were</c><00:23:48.940><c> everything</c><00:23:49.299><c> to</c><00:23:49.480><c> a</c><00:23:49.599><c> good</c><00:23:49.779><c> soldier.</c>

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They<00:23:50.420><c> transcended</c><00:23:51.200><c> all</c><00:23:51.920><c> else</c><00:23:52.380><c> in</c><00:23:52.720><c> his</c><00:23:53.019><c> life.</c>

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The<00:23:53.940><c> sole</c><00:23:54.579><c> aim</c><00:23:55.480><c> was</c><00:23:55.900><c> to</c><00:23:56.279><c> please</c><00:23:56.680><c> the</c><00:23:57.059><c> one</c><00:23:57.380><c> who</c><00:23:57.680><c> had</c><00:23:57.920><c> enlisted</c><00:23:58.380><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:02.599><c> Paul</c><00:24:02.839><c> says,</c><00:24:04.940><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:06.500><c> you</c><00:24:07.960><c> have</c><00:24:08.099><c> been</c><00:24:08.319><c> enlisted</c><00:24:08.619><c> by</c><00:24:08.920><c> Christ,</c><00:24:10.619><c> and</c>

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fighting<00:24:12.319><c> for</c><00:24:12.519><c> him</c><00:24:12.660><c> will</c><00:24:12.880><c> demand</c><00:24:13.420><c> all</c><00:24:14.720><c> that</c><00:24:14.880><c> you</c><00:24:14.960><c> can</c><00:24:15.160><c> give.</c>

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You<00:24:17.200><c> see,</c><00:24:17.579><c> interesting</c><00:24:17.880><c> thing</c><00:24:18.259><c> with</c><00:24:18.480><c> regard</c><00:24:18.680><c> to</c><00:24:18.819><c> the</c><00:24:19.079><c> soldier,</c><00:24:19.559><c> brothers</c><00:24:19.599><c> and</c><00:24:19.759><c> sisters,</c><00:24:19.960><c> it</c>

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wasn't<00:24:20.400><c> about</c><00:24:21.000><c> personal</c><00:24:21.720><c> success.</c>

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It<00:24:26.000><c> was</c><00:24:26.220><c> about</c><00:24:26.460><c> communal</c><00:24:26.920><c> victory.</c>

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And<00:24:31.099><c> one</c><00:24:31.200><c> of</c><00:24:31.299><c> the</c><00:24:31.500><c> challenges</c><00:24:31.880><c> of</c><00:24:32.140><c> our</c><00:24:32.380><c> age</c><00:24:32.940><c> is</c><00:24:36.259><c> that</c><00:24:36.460><c> the</c><00:24:36.700><c> world's</c><00:24:37.599><c> pendulum</c><00:24:38.000><c> has</c>

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swung<00:24:39.279><c> to</c><00:24:39.660><c> the</c><00:24:39.980><c> far</c><00:24:40.359><c> extreme</c><00:24:41.180><c> that</c><00:24:42.759><c> it's</c><00:24:43.019><c> all</c><00:24:43.299><c> about</c><00:24:43.599><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:24:45.720><c> all</c><00:24:45.960><c> about</c><00:24:46.359><c> individual</c><00:24:46.920><c> liberty.</c>

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It's<00:24:48.960><c> all</c><00:24:49.079><c> about</c><00:24:49.319><c> doing</c><00:24:49.539><c> whatever</c><00:24:49.880><c> I</c><00:24:50.059><c> want</c><00:24:50.259><c> to</c><00:24:50.500><c> do.</c>

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We're<00:24:52.720><c> entangled</c><00:24:53.079><c> in</c><00:24:53.200><c> a</c><00:24:53.440><c> world</c><00:24:53.700><c> that's</c><00:24:54.039><c> like</c><00:24:54.299><c> that.</c>

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But<00:24:58.039><c> the</c><00:24:58.339><c> truth</c><00:24:58.660><c> in</c><00:24:59.059><c> reality,</c><00:24:59.619><c> brothers</c><00:24:59.740><c> and</c><00:24:59.980><c> sisters,</c><00:25:01.859><c> is</c>

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not<00:25:02.220><c> about</c><00:25:02.420><c> the</c><00:25:02.660><c> individual.</c>

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It's<00:25:05.859><c> about</c><00:25:06.019><c> the</c><00:25:06.259><c> community.</c>

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We<00:25:09.519><c> need</c><00:25:09.720><c> to</c><00:25:09.900><c> learn</c><00:25:10.200><c> the</c><00:25:10.500><c> lesson</c><00:25:10.759><c> of</c><00:25:10.940><c> the</c><00:25:11.119><c> soldier.</c>

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The<00:25:11.960><c> soldier</c><00:25:12.259><c> fought</c><00:25:12.539><c> for</c><00:25:12.759><c> the</c><00:25:13.059><c> honor</c><00:25:13.240><c> of</c><00:25:13.460><c> his</c><00:25:13.660><c> commanding</c><00:25:14.279><c> officer.</c>

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It<00:25:14.799><c> was</c><00:25:15.059><c> simple.</c>

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And<00:25:15.980><c> everything</c><00:25:16.200><c> else</c><00:25:16.559><c> represented</c><00:25:17.059><c> entanglement.</c>

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And<00:25:17.880><c> yet</c><00:25:18.000><c> we</c><00:25:18.160><c> get</c><00:25:18.440><c> so</c><00:25:19.019><c> caught</c><00:25:19.279><c> up,</c><00:25:19.619><c> do</c><00:25:19.660><c> we</c><00:25:19.799><c> not,</c><00:25:20.079><c> brothers</c><00:25:20.220><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:25:20.480><c> in</c><00:25:20.640><c> our</c><00:25:20.880><c> lives,</c><00:25:21.319><c> in</c><00:25:21.420><c> our</c><00:25:21.759><c> activities,</c><00:25:23.059><c> in</c><00:25:23.279><c> our</c><00:25:23.519><c> devices?</c>

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And<00:25:30.359><c> the</c><00:25:30.460><c> question</c><00:25:30.660><c> of</c><00:25:30.779><c> who</c><00:25:30.940><c> our</c><00:25:31.180><c> captain</c><00:25:31.380><c> is</c><00:25:32.420><c> and</c><00:25:34.500><c> what</c><00:25:34.799><c> cause</c>

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we're<00:25:35.200><c> really</c><00:25:35.460><c> fighting</c><00:25:35.779><c> for</c><00:25:37.500><c> can</c><00:25:39.059><c> so</c><00:25:39.279><c> easily</c><00:25:39.519><c> be</c><00:25:39.779><c> lost.</c>

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All<00:25:42.359><c> wasn't</c><00:25:42.720><c> that</c><00:25:43.279><c> sharp</c><00:25:43.640><c> in</c><00:25:43.960><c> focus</c><00:25:44.519><c> that</c><00:25:45.660><c> Paul</c><00:25:46.240><c> brings</c><00:25:46.980><c> Timothy's</c><00:25:47.559><c> attention</c><00:25:47.920><c> right</c>

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down<00:25:48.480><c> to</c><00:25:48.660><c> the</c><00:25:48.880><c> essence</c><00:25:49.099><c> of</c><00:25:49.279><c> what</c><00:25:49.420><c> the</c><00:25:49.599><c> truth's</c><00:25:49.799><c> all</c><00:25:50.000><c> about.</c>

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We're<00:25:50.859><c> in</c><00:25:50.940><c> the</c><00:25:51.099><c> battle,</c><00:25:51.500><c> brothers</c><00:25:51.640><c> and</c><00:25:51.819><c> sisters,</c><00:25:52.019><c> against</c><00:25:52.380><c> sin.</c>

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We've<00:25:55.440><c> been</c><00:25:55.599><c> enlisted</c><00:25:56.140><c> by</c><00:25:56.480><c> the</c><00:25:56.640><c> greatest</c><00:25:56.940><c> commander</c><00:25:57.339><c> of</c><00:25:57.559><c> all.</c>

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And,<00:25:59.980><c> you</c><00:26:00.039><c> know,</c><00:26:00.319><c> in</c><00:26:00.440><c> this</c><00:26:01.859><c> metaphor</c><00:26:02.420><c> of</c><00:26:02.640><c> the</c><00:26:02.900><c> soldier,</c><00:26:04.579><c> Paul</c>

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was<00:26:05.099><c> uncompromising</c><00:26:05.980><c> and</c><00:26:06.480><c> warning</c><00:26:06.799><c> Timothy</c><00:26:07.180><c> what</c><00:26:07.420><c> the</c><00:26:07.680><c> truth</c>

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would<00:26:08.059><c> demand.</c>

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He<00:26:08.519><c> didn't</c><00:26:08.759><c> pretend</c><00:26:09.180><c> that</c><00:26:09.359><c> the</c><00:26:09.539><c> truth</c><00:26:09.680><c> would</c><00:26:09.940><c> be</c><00:26:10.200><c> easy.</c>

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He<00:26:11.259><c> didn't</c><00:26:11.539><c> suggest</c><00:26:12.000><c> that</c><00:26:12.220><c> the</c><00:26:12.380><c> way</c><00:26:12.720><c> would</c><00:26:13.039><c> be</c><00:26:13.339><c> smooth.</c>

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And<00:26:15.299><c> it's</c><00:26:15.420><c> good</c><00:26:15.539><c> that</c><00:26:15.700><c> we</c><00:26:15.900><c> grasp</c><00:26:16.180><c> that</c><00:26:16.440><c> lesson,</c><00:26:17.099><c> isn't</c><00:26:17.299><c> it,</c>

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brothers<00:26:17.599><c> and</c><00:26:17.740><c> sisters?</c>

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It<00:26:17.920><c> will</c><00:26:18.099><c> be</c><00:26:18.319><c> hard,</c><00:26:18.759><c> says</c><00:26:18.920><c> Paul.</c>

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It<00:26:19.539><c> will</c><00:26:19.740><c> be</c><00:26:19.940><c> difficult.</c><00:26:20.299><c> It</c><00:26:20.400><c> will</c><00:26:20.559><c> be</c><00:26:20.779><c> challenging.</c>

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But<00:26:21.579><c> the</c><00:26:21.920><c> cause</c><00:26:22.279><c> itself,</c><00:26:22.900><c> Timothy,</c><00:26:23.339><c> is</c><00:26:23.480><c> of</c><00:26:23.700><c> such</c><00:26:24.059><c> transcending</c><00:26:24.880><c> importance</c>

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that<00:26:27.319><c> you</c><00:26:27.539><c> must</c><00:26:27.819><c> commit</c><00:26:28.099><c> to</c><00:26:28.259><c> it</c><00:26:28.400><c> 100</c><00:26:28.759><c> percent.</c>

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Be<00:26:32.059><c> a</c><00:26:32.200><c> good</c><00:26:32.359><c> soldier.</c>

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There<00:26:35.099><c> are</c><00:26:35.359><c> times,</c><00:26:36.099><c> brothers</c><00:26:36.180><c> and</c><00:26:36.420><c> sisters,</c><00:26:39.039><c> where</c><00:26:39.220><c> I</c><00:26:39.299><c> think</c>

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we<00:26:39.559><c> should</c><00:26:39.720><c> all</c><00:26:39.920><c> learn</c><00:26:40.059><c> that</c><00:26:40.319><c> lesson</c><00:26:40.900><c> of</c><00:26:41.880><c> good</c><00:26:42.299><c> soldierhood</c>

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in<00:26:45.039><c> the</c><00:26:45.279><c> truth's</c><00:26:45.880><c> service.</c>

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And<00:26:48.599><c> the</c><00:26:48.819><c> second,</c><00:26:50.220><c> which</c><00:26:50.519><c> is</c><00:26:51.220><c> crucially</c><00:26:51.619><c> different,</c><00:26:52.180><c> verse</c>

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five,<00:26:54.299><c> is</c><00:26:54.579><c> the</c><00:26:54.799><c> metaphor</c><00:26:55.140><c> of</c><00:26:55.359><c> the</c><00:26:55.660><c> athlete</c><00:26:56.079><c> when</c><00:26:56.339><c> the</c><00:26:56.579><c> record</c><00:26:56.819><c> says,</c>

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If<00:26:57.279><c> a</c><00:26:57.480><c> man</c><00:26:57.859><c> also</c><00:26:58.779><c> strive</c><00:26:59.400><c> for</c><00:26:59.779><c> masteries,</c><00:27:00.980><c> yet</c><00:27:01.039><c> he's</c><00:27:01.279><c> not</c><00:27:01.539><c> crowned</c><00:27:01.920><c> except</c><00:27:02.200><c> he</c>

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strive<00:27:03.160><c> lawfully.</c>

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And<00:27:04.380><c> the</c><00:27:04.480><c> word</c><00:27:04.660><c> for</c><00:27:05.039><c> strive</c><00:27:05.400><c> here</c><00:27:05.720><c> in</c><00:27:05.940><c> the</c><00:27:06.180><c> Greek</c><00:27:06.339><c> is</c><00:27:06.799><c> athleo,</c>

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and<00:27:08.119><c> it</c><00:27:08.380><c> refers</c><00:27:08.839><c> to</c><00:27:09.140><c> the</c><00:27:09.519><c> contestant</c><00:27:10.079><c> who</c><00:27:10.380><c> strove</c><00:27:10.640><c> for</c><00:27:10.960><c> success</c><00:27:11.480><c> in</c><00:27:11.960><c> the</c>

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Grecian<00:27:12.539><c> Games.</c>

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If<00:27:14.279><c> a</c><00:27:14.420><c> man</c><00:27:14.619><c> contend</c><00:27:15.039><c> in</c><00:27:15.240><c> the</c><00:27:15.380><c> Games,</c><00:27:16.339><c> says</c><00:27:16.400><c> the</c><00:27:16.599><c> American</c>

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Standard<00:27:17.579><c> Version.</c>

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Now,<00:27:18.539><c> the</c><00:27:18.619><c> thing</c><00:27:18.740><c> is</c><00:27:18.839><c> about</c><00:27:19.059><c> those</c><00:27:19.400><c> Games,</c><00:27:19.859><c> the</c><00:27:20.000><c> Greek</c><00:27:20.259><c> Games,</c>

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is<00:27:21.039><c> there</c><00:27:21.160><c> was</c><00:27:21.339><c> a</c><00:27:21.660><c> strict</c><00:27:21.980><c> code</c><00:27:22.440><c> of</c><00:27:23.019><c> honor</c><00:27:23.319><c> for</c><00:27:23.759><c> competition.</c>

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In<00:27:25.539><c> fact,</c><00:27:26.079><c> every</c><00:27:26.299><c> athlete</c><00:27:26.740><c> had</c><00:27:26.960><c> to</c><00:27:27.240><c> take</c><00:27:27.759><c> an</c><00:27:28.299><c> oath</c><00:27:28.599><c> that</c><00:27:28.900><c> they</c>

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had<00:27:29.500><c> spent</c><00:27:29.660><c> at</c><00:27:29.900><c> least</c><00:27:30.240><c> 10</c><00:27:30.539><c> months</c><00:27:31.059><c> in</c><00:27:31.559><c> vigorous</c><00:27:32.000><c> preparation</c>

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and<00:27:33.059><c> that</c><00:27:33.180><c> they</c><00:27:33.359><c> would</c><00:27:33.619><c> strive</c><00:27:33.900><c> according</c><00:27:34.319><c> to</c><00:27:34.519><c> the</c><00:27:34.660><c> rules.</c>

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And<00:27:36.119><c> those</c><00:27:36.319><c> rules</c><00:27:36.640><c> were</c><00:27:36.920><c> strictly</c><00:27:37.240><c> enforced.</c>

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Any<00:27:37.980><c> tricks,</c><00:27:38.380><c> any</c><00:27:38.740><c> stratagems</c><00:27:39.359><c> were</c><00:27:39.740><c> regarded</c><00:27:40.119><c> as</c><00:27:40.440><c> acts</c><00:27:40.720><c> of</c>

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disloyalty<00:27:42.099><c> to</c><00:27:42.440><c> the</c><00:27:42.900><c> athlete's</c><00:27:43.539><c> code,</c><00:27:44.019><c> and</c><00:27:44.220><c> they</c><00:27:44.380><c> would</c><00:27:44.599><c> result</c><00:27:44.880><c> in</c><00:27:45.240><c> disqualification.</c>

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There<00:27:46.880><c> was</c><00:27:47.240><c> to</c><00:27:47.420><c> be</c><00:27:47.599><c> no</c><00:27:47.960><c> cheating</c><00:27:48.279><c> in</c><00:27:48.539><c> the</c><00:27:48.720><c> Games.</c><00:27:49.279><c> That</c><00:27:49.440><c> was</c>

00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.640
the<00:27:49.819><c> rule.</c>

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You<00:27:51.279><c> can't</c><00:27:51.539><c> ever</c><00:27:51.740><c> cheat.</c><00:27:52.420><c> That</c><00:27:52.700><c> dishonors</c><00:27:53.019><c> the</c><00:27:53.180><c> whole</c><00:27:53.420><c> process,</c><00:27:53.940><c> the</c><00:27:54.099><c> whole</c><00:27:54.480><c> principle</c><00:27:54.799><c> of</c>

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.880
what<00:27:55.099><c> the</c><00:27:55.279><c> Games</c><00:27:55.460><c> were</c><00:27:55.720><c> for.</c>

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:59.359
So<00:27:56.440><c> there</c><00:27:56.660><c> was</c><00:27:56.799><c> a</c><00:27:56.940><c> sense</c><00:27:57.140><c> of</c><00:27:57.380><c> real</c><00:27:57.660><c> commitment</c><00:27:58.140><c> here,</c><00:27:58.500><c> brothers</c><00:27:58.599><c> and</c><00:27:58.839><c> sisters,</c><00:27:58.839><c> that</c><00:27:59.059><c> you</c>

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.539
trained<00:27:59.640><c> for</c><00:27:59.880><c> 10</c><00:28:00.119><c> months.</c>

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:03.920
You<00:28:01.079><c> must</c><00:28:01.480><c> on</c><00:28:02.099><c> oath</c><00:28:02.440><c> say</c><00:28:02.779><c> that</c><00:28:02.960><c> you</c><00:28:03.119><c> had</c><00:28:03.279><c> done</c><00:28:03.440><c> that</c><00:28:03.700><c> before</c>

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:05.720
the<00:28:04.160><c> Games</c><00:28:04.559><c> commenced.</c>

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:12.440
So<00:28:06.339><c> to</c><00:28:06.460><c> be</c><00:28:06.579><c> an</c><00:28:06.859><c> athlete</c><00:28:07.779><c> required</c><00:28:09.740><c> rigorous</c><00:28:10.859><c> training</c><00:28:11.539><c> and</c>

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dedicated<00:28:13.039><c> preparation.</c>

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And<00:28:13.759><c> what</c><00:28:13.900><c> was</c><00:28:14.079><c> it</c><00:28:14.220><c> all</c><00:28:14.500><c> for,</c><00:28:14.740><c> even</c><00:28:15.019><c> if</c><00:28:15.200><c> the</c><00:28:15.380><c> race</c><00:28:15.619><c> was</c><00:28:15.900><c> won?</c>

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:21.299
Why,<00:28:18.220><c> simply</c><00:28:18.519><c> a</c><00:28:18.779><c> Stefanos</c><00:28:19.519><c> Wreath</c><00:28:19.779><c> of</c><00:28:20.019><c> Leaves.</c>

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:26.339
But<00:28:23.079><c> you</c><00:28:23.160><c> see,</c><00:28:23.240><c> it</c><00:28:23.279><c> wasn't</c><00:28:23.460><c> really</c><00:28:23.720><c> about</c><00:28:24.079><c> the</c><00:28:24.319><c> laurel</c><00:28:24.640><c> wreath,</c><00:28:24.880><c> was</c><00:28:25.160><c> it?</c>

00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:33.039
It<00:28:27.480><c> was</c><00:28:27.839><c> not</c><00:28:28.119><c> the</c><00:28:28.420><c> prize</c><00:28:29.180><c> so</c><00:28:31.059><c> much</c><00:28:31.339><c> as</c><00:28:31.559><c> the</c><00:28:31.839><c> honor</c><00:28:32.299><c> associated</c>

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with<00:28:33.299><c> winning</c><00:28:33.460><c> it.</c>

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:40.220
But<00:28:36.180><c> how</c><00:28:36.339><c> much</c><00:28:36.720><c> greater,</c><00:28:37.079><c> of</c><00:28:37.319><c> course,</c><00:28:37.720><c> is</c><00:28:37.880><c> the</c><00:28:38.079><c> crown</c><00:28:38.279><c> to</c><00:28:38.440><c> which</c><00:28:38.599><c> Timothy</c><00:28:38.920><c> was</c><00:28:39.259><c> called?</c>

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:46.099
So<00:28:41.619><c> Timothy</c><00:28:42.000><c> was</c><00:28:42.359><c> being</c><00:28:42.740><c> exhorted</c><00:28:43.099><c> to</c><00:28:43.480><c> be</c><00:28:43.819><c> well</c><00:28:44.299><c> prepared</c><00:28:44.920><c> and</c>

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:50.759
scrupulously<00:28:46.960><c> honest</c><00:28:47.460><c> in</c><00:28:47.779><c> all</c><00:28:48.299><c> his</c><00:28:48.740><c> dealings</c><00:28:49.240><c> in</c><00:28:49.559><c> the</c><00:28:49.799><c> truth.</c>

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:56.740
We<00:28:53.319><c> oughtn't</c><00:28:53.720><c> to</c><00:28:53.980><c> need</c><00:28:54.200><c> to</c><00:28:54.579><c> say</c><00:28:54.839><c> this,</c><00:28:55.400><c> brothers</c><00:28:55.460><c> and</c><00:28:55.720><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:57.579 --> 00:29:03.220
but<00:28:58.000><c> there</c><00:28:58.180><c> is</c><00:28:58.500><c> never</c><00:28:58.880><c> a</c><00:28:59.420><c> justification</c><00:29:00.220><c> for</c><00:29:01.619><c> any</c><00:29:02.079><c> sense</c><00:29:02.680><c> of</c>

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:06.619
cheating<00:29:03.599><c> or</c><00:29:04.279><c> compromise</c><00:29:05.000><c> in</c><00:29:05.400><c> the</c><00:29:05.640><c> truth</c><00:29:05.839><c> that's</c><00:29:06.220><c> so</c><00:29:06.500><c> common</c>

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in<00:29:06.779><c> the</c><00:29:06.940><c> world</c><00:29:07.079><c> to</c><00:29:07.359><c> achieve</c><00:29:07.720><c> one's</c><00:29:08.259><c> ends.</c>

00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.779
The<00:29:10.220><c> truth</c><00:29:10.319><c> has</c><00:29:10.539><c> its</c><00:29:10.740><c> own</c><00:29:10.980><c> code</c><00:29:11.160><c> of</c><00:29:11.359><c> honor,</c><00:29:11.640><c> does</c><00:29:11.799><c> it</c><00:29:11.960><c> not?</c>

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:19.140
The<00:29:14.140><c> spirit</c><00:29:14.339><c> of</c><00:29:14.599><c> Christ</c><00:29:15.079><c> is</c><00:29:15.900><c> our</c><00:29:16.299><c> guardian</c><00:29:17.240><c> waymark</c><00:29:18.039><c> and</c><00:29:18.319><c> benchmark</c><00:29:18.779><c> at</c>

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all<00:29:19.539><c> times.</c>

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We're<00:29:21.660><c> asked</c><00:29:22.039><c> to</c><00:29:22.400><c> behave</c><00:29:22.720><c> according</c><00:29:23.180><c> to</c><00:29:23.579><c> Christ's</c><00:29:24.240><c> standards.</c>

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:30.920
And<00:29:27.640><c> there</c><00:29:27.779><c> are</c><00:29:27.920><c> things</c><00:29:28.180><c> that</c><00:29:28.420><c> happen</c><00:29:28.579><c> sometimes</c><00:29:29.240><c> in</c><00:29:29.640><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:29.980><c> life</c>

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:35.640
that<00:29:32.000><c> perhaps,</c><00:29:32.700><c> at</c><00:29:32.740><c> least</c><00:29:33.019><c> in</c><00:29:33.259><c> diminished</c><00:29:33.519><c> form,</c><00:29:33.960><c> still</c><00:29:34.180><c> represent</c><00:29:34.720><c> the</c>

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:39.099
skullduggery<00:29:36.279><c> and</c><00:29:36.500><c> the</c><00:29:36.799><c> scheming</c><00:29:37.180><c> and</c><00:29:37.319><c> the</c><00:29:37.519><c> manipulation</c><00:29:38.119><c> that</c><00:29:38.500><c> ought</c><00:29:38.660><c> not</c><00:29:38.920><c> to</c>

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:41.039
be<00:29:39.279><c> seen</c><00:29:39.500><c> in</c><00:29:39.859><c> the</c><00:29:40.059><c> community</c><00:29:40.400><c> of</c><00:29:40.619><c> the</c><00:29:40.759><c> saints.</c>

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:45.039
The<00:29:41.579><c> Revised</c><00:29:41.960><c> Standard</c><00:29:42.339><c> Version</c><00:29:42.619><c> says</c><00:29:43.059><c> an</c><00:29:43.599><c> athlete</c><00:29:44.160><c> is</c><00:29:44.720><c> not</c>

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:48.180
crowned<00:29:45.819><c> unless</c><00:29:46.000><c> he</c><00:29:46.279><c> competes</c><00:29:46.640><c> according</c><00:29:46.920><c> to</c><00:29:47.099><c> the</c><00:29:47.240><c> rules.</c>

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:55.259
So<00:29:50.559><c> if</c><00:29:50.720><c> you</c><00:29:50.859><c> were</c><00:29:51.000><c> going</c><00:29:51.099><c> to</c><00:29:51.299><c> win</c><00:29:51.740><c> and</c><00:29:53.200><c> you're</c><00:29:53.359><c> not</c><00:29:53.519><c> allowed</c><00:29:53.700><c> to</c><00:29:53.940><c> cheat,</c>

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:59.220
then<00:29:56.759><c> to</c><00:29:56.960><c> win</c><00:29:57.059><c> as</c><00:29:57.240><c> an</c><00:29:57.500><c> athlete</c><00:29:57.740><c> required</c><00:29:58.220><c> above</c><00:29:58.460><c> all</c><00:29:58.720><c> else</c><00:29:58.940><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:29:59.440><c> of</c><00:29:59.839><c> complete</c><00:30:00.039><c> discipline.</c>

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:08.299
You<00:30:01.859><c> would</c><00:30:02.059><c> win</c><00:30:02.779><c> because</c><00:30:03.900><c> you</c><00:30:04.059><c> were</c><00:30:04.160><c> the</c><00:30:04.299><c> best</c><00:30:04.920><c> and</c><00:30:06.299><c> you'd</c><00:30:06.599><c> striven</c><00:30:07.500><c> according</c><00:30:08.059><c> to</c>

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.700
a<00:30:08.440><c> code</c><00:30:08.599><c> of</c><00:30:08.799><c> honor.</c>

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:15.180
And<00:30:11.660><c> then</c><00:30:11.980><c> Paul</c><00:30:12.319><c> says</c><00:30:12.940><c> in</c><00:30:13.759><c> verse</c><00:30:14.059><c> 6,</c>

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:19.519
The<00:30:15.579><c> husbandman</c><00:30:16.740><c> that</c><00:30:17.160><c> laboreth</c><00:30:17.680><c> must</c><00:30:18.039><c> be</c><00:30:18.319><c> first</c><00:30:18.920><c> partaker</c>

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of<00:30:19.759><c> the</c><00:30:19.980><c> fruits.</c>

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:23.759
And<00:30:20.660><c> the</c><00:30:20.839><c> metaphor</c><00:30:21.200><c> changes</c><00:30:21.799><c> from</c><00:30:22.339><c> athlete</c><00:30:22.859><c> to</c><00:30:23.359><c> farmer.</c>

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:28.279
Now,<00:30:24.400><c> it's</c><00:30:24.799><c> true,</c><00:30:25.720><c> as</c><00:30:25.940><c> the</c><00:30:26.640><c> authorized</c><00:30:27.359><c> version</c><00:30:27.799><c> says,</c>

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:32.420
the<00:30:28.779><c> husbandman</c><00:30:30.019><c> that</c><00:30:30.339><c> laboreth</c><00:30:30.920><c> must</c><00:30:31.240><c> be</c><00:30:31.519><c> first</c><00:30:31.859><c> partaker</c>

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.980
of<00:30:32.619><c> the</c><00:30:32.799><c> fruits.</c>

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It's<00:30:33.579><c> true,</c><00:30:33.859><c> isn't</c><00:30:34.000><c> it,</c><00:30:34.140><c> in</c><00:30:34.339><c> a</c><00:30:34.460><c> sense,</c>

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:39.519
that<00:30:35.799><c> a</c><00:30:36.220><c> farmer</c><00:30:36.680><c> has</c><00:30:37.339><c> an</c><00:30:37.720><c> entitlement</c><00:30:38.339><c> to</c><00:30:38.579><c> being</c><00:30:38.759><c> the</c><00:30:39.140><c> first</c>

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:42.740
to<00:30:40.099><c> taste</c><00:30:40.500><c> the</c><00:30:40.819><c> fruits</c><00:30:41.039><c> of</c><00:30:41.279><c> the</c><00:30:41.500><c> crop</c><00:30:41.640><c> or</c><00:30:41.900><c> the</c><00:30:42.279><c> harvest</c><00:30:42.559><c> that</c>

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he's<00:30:43.019><c> watched</c><00:30:43.319><c> over.</c>

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But<00:30:44.720><c> I</c><00:30:44.880><c> think</c><00:30:45.039><c> the</c><00:30:45.380><c> point</c><00:30:45.579><c> of</c><00:30:45.759><c> the</c><00:30:46.000><c> metaphor</c><00:30:46.420><c> on</c><00:30:46.960><c> this</c><00:30:47.160><c> occasion</c><00:30:47.940><c> in</c><00:30:48.500><c> 2</c><00:30:48.779><c> Timothy</c><00:30:49.099><c> 2</c>

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and<00:30:49.680><c> verse</c><00:30:49.940><c> 6</c>

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is<00:30:51.680><c> really</c><00:30:52.140><c> about</c><00:30:52.539><c> the</c><00:30:52.960><c> diligence</c><00:30:53.500><c> that</c><00:30:53.960><c> the</c><00:30:54.319><c> farmer</c><00:30:54.640><c> must</c><00:30:55.200><c> first</c><00:30:55.720><c> show</c><00:30:56.279><c> if</c>

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:58.839
he's<00:30:56.859><c> going</c><00:30:56.980><c> to</c><00:30:57.079><c> have</c><00:30:57.160><c> any</c><00:30:57.460><c> harvest</c><00:30:57.720><c> at</c><00:30:57.980><c> all.</c>

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Here's<00:31:00.740><c> three</c><00:31:01.140><c> cross</c><00:31:01.460><c>-references</c><00:31:01.960><c> that</c><00:31:02.220><c> could</c><00:31:02.440><c> be</c><00:31:02.700><c> helpful.</c>

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:05.480
Proverbs<00:31:04.039><c> 20</c><00:31:04.380><c> verse</c><00:31:04.680><c> 4</c><00:31:05.000><c> says,</c>

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The<00:31:05.880><c> sluggard</c><00:31:06.240><c> will</c><00:31:06.539><c> not</c><00:31:06.839><c> plow</c><00:31:07.180><c> by</c><00:31:07.440><c> reason</c><00:31:07.779><c> of</c><00:31:08.000><c> the</c><00:31:08.279><c> cold,</c><00:31:09.259><c> therefore</c><00:31:09.640><c> shall</c><00:31:09.940><c> he</c>

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:12.400
beg<00:31:10.400><c> and</c><00:31:10.680><c> harvest</c><00:31:10.940><c> and</c><00:31:11.180><c> have</c><00:31:11.319><c> nothing.</c>

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:15.339
Ecclesiastes<00:31:14.160><c> 11</c><00:31:14.559><c> verse</c><00:31:14.880><c> 4</c><00:31:15.160><c> says,</c>

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He<00:31:15.539><c> that</c><00:31:15.740><c> observeth</c><00:31:16.099><c> the</c><00:31:16.279><c> wind</c><00:31:16.420><c> shall</c><00:31:16.640><c> not</c><00:31:16.920><c> sow</c><00:31:17.119><c> and</c><00:31:17.279><c> he</c><00:31:17.460><c> that</c>

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regardeth<00:31:18.119><c> the</c><00:31:18.319><c> clouds</c><00:31:18.720><c> shall</c><00:31:18.960><c> not</c><00:31:19.180><c> reap.</c>

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:23.220
James<00:31:21.440><c> chapter</c><00:31:21.839><c> 5</c><00:31:22.180><c> and</c><00:31:22.359><c> verse</c><00:31:22.539><c> 7</c><00:31:22.859><c> says,</c>

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Behold,<00:31:23.960><c> the</c><00:31:24.220><c> husbandman</c><00:31:25.160><c> waiteth</c><00:31:25.779><c> for</c><00:31:26.059><c> the</c><00:31:26.299><c> precious</c><00:31:26.680><c> fruit</c>

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of<00:31:27.079><c> the</c><00:31:27.240><c> earth</c>

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and<00:31:27.900><c> hath</c><00:31:28.279><c> long</c><00:31:28.839><c> patience</c><00:31:29.480><c> for</c><00:31:29.759><c> it</c><00:31:29.960><c> until</c><00:31:30.400><c> he</c><00:31:30.640><c> receive</c><00:31:31.039><c> the</c>

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early<00:31:31.640><c> and</c><00:31:32.119><c> the</c><00:31:32.279><c> latter</c><00:31:32.539><c> rain.</c>

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:37.019
And<00:31:33.119><c> of</c><00:31:33.299><c> course,</c><00:31:33.420><c> one</c><00:31:33.559><c> of</c><00:31:33.660><c> the</c><00:31:33.779><c> great</c><00:31:33.960><c> lessons</c><00:31:34.319><c> about</c><00:31:34.619><c> farming,</c><00:31:35.220><c> brothers</c><00:31:35.299><c> and</c><00:31:35.519><c> sisters,</c><00:31:35.779><c> is</c>

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:41.319
if<00:31:38.140><c> you</c><00:31:38.279><c> think</c><00:31:38.380><c> it's</c><00:31:38.559><c> too</c><00:31:38.759><c> windy</c><00:31:39.200><c> and</c><00:31:39.839><c> you</c><00:31:39.960><c> better</c><00:31:40.099><c> not</c><00:31:40.440><c> sow,</c>

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:45.000
it's<00:31:42.380><c> not</c><00:31:42.619><c> good</c><00:31:42.920><c> in</c><00:31:43.119><c> terms</c><00:31:43.319><c> of</c><00:31:43.440><c> the</c><00:31:43.599><c> results</c><00:31:43.839><c> that</c><00:31:44.140><c> follow.</c>

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:48.220
Or<00:31:45.619><c> if</c><00:31:45.880><c> you</c><00:31:46.339><c> think</c><00:31:46.500><c> it's</c><00:31:46.720><c> too</c><00:31:47.000><c> wet</c><00:31:47.160><c> and</c><00:31:47.359><c> therefore</c><00:31:47.720><c> you</c><00:31:48.039><c> better</c>

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.380
not<00:31:48.480><c> reap,</c>

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.480
well,<00:31:50.720><c> the</c><00:31:50.839><c> same</c><00:31:51.019><c> consequence</c><00:31:51.480><c> will</c><00:31:51.720><c> be</c><00:31:51.940><c> that</c><00:31:52.099><c> there</c><00:31:52.279><c> will</c><00:31:52.339><c> be</c>

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.099
no<00:31:52.640><c> harvest.</c>

00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:56.319
And<00:31:53.700><c> farmers</c><00:31:53.779><c> learn,</c><00:31:54.180><c> farmers</c><00:31:54.519><c> have</c><00:31:54.799><c> to</c><00:31:55.019><c> learn,</c><00:31:55.960><c> that</c><00:31:56.039><c> sowing</c>

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:58.000
and<00:31:56.539><c> reaping</c><00:31:56.839><c> is</c><00:31:57.019><c> part</c><00:31:57.200><c> of</c><00:31:57.319><c> a</c><00:31:57.420><c> law</c><00:31:57.519><c> of</c><00:31:57.740><c> nature</c>

00:31:58.000 --> 00:32:00.319
that<00:31:58.200><c> they</c><00:31:58.599><c> can</c><00:31:58.819><c> never</c><00:31:59.000><c> set</c><00:31:59.220><c> aside</c><00:31:59.559><c> if</c><00:31:59.660><c> they</c><00:31:59.839><c> want</c><00:31:59.960><c> to</c><00:32:00.039><c> have</c><00:32:00.140><c> a</c>

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.220
harvest<00:32:00.500><c> in</c><00:32:00.680><c> the</c><00:32:00.799><c> first</c><00:32:01.019><c> place.</c>

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:03.660
They've<00:32:01.460><c> got</c><00:32:01.579><c> to</c><00:32:01.940><c> get</c><00:32:02.099><c> out</c><00:32:02.299><c> despite</c><00:32:02.680><c> the</c><00:32:02.980><c> conditions</c><00:32:03.359><c> which</c>

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.980
frequently<00:32:04.059><c> are</c><00:32:04.279><c> not</c><00:32:04.480><c> ideal.</c>

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:09.299
Isn't<00:32:05.519><c> that</c><00:32:05.720><c> true</c><00:32:05.900><c> in</c><00:32:06.039><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:06.339><c> life</c><00:32:06.779><c> and</c><00:32:08.000><c> family</c><00:32:08.359><c> life?</c>

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:13.539
How<00:32:10.079><c> often</c><00:32:10.680><c> does</c><00:32:11.119><c> the</c><00:32:11.420><c> problem</c><00:32:11.660><c> arrive</c><00:32:12.279><c> at</c><00:32:12.740><c> the</c><00:32:12.940><c> very</c><00:32:13.220><c> worst</c>

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:15.700
possible<00:32:14.000><c> moment</c><00:32:14.299><c> of</c><00:32:14.559><c> time</c>

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.599
when<00:32:16.579><c> the</c><00:32:16.759><c> wind</c><00:32:16.920><c> is</c><00:32:17.140><c> blowing</c><00:32:17.720><c> and</c><00:32:19.240><c> the</c><00:32:19.400><c> rain</c><00:32:19.539><c> is</c><00:32:19.759><c> pouring?</c>

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:25.759
Farmers<00:32:22.740><c> have</c><00:32:22.880><c> to</c><00:32:23.099><c> say,</c><00:32:24.480><c> yep,</c><00:32:24.720><c> but</c><00:32:24.839><c> if</c><00:32:24.940><c> we</c><00:32:25.079><c> don't</c><00:32:25.299><c> deal</c><00:32:25.519><c> with</c>

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:28.940
this<00:32:25.920><c> now,</c><00:32:28.059><c> there'll</c><00:32:28.160><c> be</c><00:32:28.339><c> no</c><00:32:28.500><c> harvest.</c>

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:32.680
Actually,<00:32:29.799><c> the</c><00:32:29.980><c> margin</c><00:32:30.440><c> of</c><00:32:30.799><c> the</c><00:32:31.059><c> authorized</c><00:32:31.539><c> version</c><00:32:32.059><c> says,</c>

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:34.519
and<00:32:33.180><c> I</c><00:32:33.319><c> think</c><00:32:33.440><c> there's</c><00:32:33.700><c> truth</c><00:32:33.920><c> in</c><00:32:34.119><c> this,</c>

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:42.440
the<00:32:35.180><c> husbandman</c><00:32:36.779><c> laboring</c><00:32:37.559><c> first</c><00:32:38.599><c> must</c><00:32:40.039><c> be</c><00:32:40.420><c> partaker</c><00:32:41.000><c> of</c><00:32:41.279><c> the</c><00:32:41.559><c> fruits.</c>

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:45.819
And<00:32:43.579><c> I</c><00:32:43.660><c> think</c><00:32:43.819><c> that's</c><00:32:44.359><c> the</c><00:32:44.539><c> real</c><00:32:44.779><c> spirit</c><00:32:45.059><c> of</c><00:32:45.240><c> this</c><00:32:45.500><c> metaphor,</c>

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.200
you<00:32:46.079><c> see.</c>

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:49.460
What<00:32:46.539><c> it's</c><00:32:46.779><c> saying</c><00:32:46.960><c> is</c><00:32:47.339><c> that</c><00:32:47.559><c> the</c><00:32:47.779><c> farmer</c><00:32:48.079><c> labors,</c><00:32:48.920><c> he</c><00:32:49.140><c> toils,</c>

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:51.420
he<00:32:49.720><c> works</c><00:32:50.059><c> to</c><00:32:50.359><c> plough</c><00:32:50.599><c> and</c><00:32:50.920><c> to</c><00:32:51.180><c> sow,</c>

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:54.880
and<00:32:51.839><c> he</c><00:32:52.059><c> works</c><00:32:52.339><c> to</c><00:32:52.640><c> nurture</c><00:32:52.940><c> long</c><00:32:53.500><c> before</c><00:32:53.839><c> any</c><00:32:54.119><c> fruits</c><00:32:54.359><c> are</c><00:32:54.579><c> possible.</c>

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:59.019
He<00:32:55.079><c> sleeps</c><00:32:55.480><c> and</c><00:32:55.640><c> he</c><00:32:55.839><c> rises</c><00:32:56.160><c> night</c><00:32:56.500><c> and</c><00:32:56.759><c> day</c><00:32:57.279><c> until</c><00:32:57.920><c> finally</c><00:32:58.420><c> the</c><00:32:58.640><c> fruit</c><00:32:58.779><c> is</c>

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.519
brought<00:32:59.259><c> forth.</c>

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:02.759
He<00:32:59.720><c> puts</c><00:33:00.000><c> forth</c><00:33:00.279><c> the</c><00:33:00.519><c> sickle</c><00:33:00.759><c> because</c><00:33:01.019><c> the</c><00:33:01.579><c> harvest</c><00:33:01.839><c> has</c><00:33:02.119><c> come,</c><00:33:02.619><c> but</c>

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:07.079
it<00:33:02.940><c> has</c><00:33:02.980><c> only</c><00:33:03.400><c> come</c><00:33:03.940><c> because</c><00:33:05.119><c> he's</c><00:33:05.539><c> labored.</c>

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:12.480
So<00:33:09.079><c> being</c><00:33:09.339><c> strong</c><00:33:09.619><c> in</c><00:33:09.759><c> the</c><00:33:09.940><c> truth,</c><00:33:10.380><c> Timothy</c><00:33:10.940><c> says</c><00:33:11.480><c> Paul,</c>

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:16.920
also<00:33:13.500><c> requires</c><00:33:14.180><c> the</c><00:33:14.640><c> spirit</c><00:33:14.859><c> of</c><00:33:15.160><c> nurture</c><00:33:15.559><c> with</c><00:33:16.039><c> great</c><00:33:16.359><c> patience</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:21.400
and<00:33:17.420><c> always</c><00:33:17.960><c> with</c><00:33:18.279><c> an</c><00:33:18.500><c> eye</c><00:33:18.960><c> toward</c><00:33:19.380><c> fruit</c><00:33:19.720><c> for</c><00:33:19.940><c> the</c><00:33:20.099><c> honor</c><00:33:20.259><c> of</c><00:33:20.500><c> God.</c>

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:26.779
And<00:33:23.420><c> then</c><00:33:23.720><c> Paul</c><00:33:23.940><c> says</c><00:33:24.220><c> this</c><00:33:24.440><c> in</c><00:33:24.619><c> verse</c><00:33:24.859><c> seven,</c><00:33:26.259><c> consider</c><00:33:26.460><c> what</c>

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:28.039
I<00:33:27.119><c> say,</c>

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:30.720
and<00:33:28.720><c> the</c><00:33:28.819><c> Lord</c><00:33:28.980><c> give</c><00:33:29.160><c> the</c><00:33:29.440><c> understanding</c><00:33:29.920><c> in</c><00:33:30.119><c> all</c><00:33:30.359><c> things.</c>

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:34.720
Now<00:33:31.160><c> that</c><00:33:31.339><c> little</c><00:33:31.599><c> word</c><00:33:31.880><c> consider,</c><00:33:32.920><c> noio,</c><00:33:33.559><c> means</c><00:33:34.000><c> to</c><00:33:34.380><c> ponder.</c>

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:38.319
I<00:33:35.000><c> want</c><00:33:35.200><c> you</c><00:33:35.359><c> to</c><00:33:35.660><c> ponder</c><00:33:36.319><c> these</c><00:33:36.920><c> metaphors,</c><00:33:37.759><c> says</c><00:33:37.940><c> Paul.</c>

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:44.539
He'd<00:33:39.039><c> given</c><00:33:39.359><c> them</c><00:33:39.980><c> to</c><00:33:40.519><c> focus</c><00:33:41.079><c> Timothy's</c><00:33:41.980><c> mind</c><00:33:42.579><c> on</c><00:33:43.259><c> the</c><00:33:43.599><c> three</c><00:33:44.000><c> ways</c>

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:49.980
in<00:33:44.920><c> which</c><00:33:45.259><c> he</c><00:33:45.640><c> must</c><00:33:45.980><c> show</c><00:33:46.380><c> himself</c><00:33:46.940><c> to</c><00:33:47.220><c> be</c><00:33:47.619><c> strong</c><00:33:48.160><c> in</c><00:33:48.839><c> guarding</c><00:33:49.140><c> the</c><00:33:49.480><c> heritage</c><00:33:49.779><c> of</c>

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.460
the<00:33:50.180><c> truth.</c>

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:54.079
And<00:33:50.819><c> in</c><00:33:51.039><c> the</c><00:33:51.259><c> seventh</c><00:33:51.559><c> verse,</c><00:33:52.200><c> I</c><00:33:52.380><c> think</c><00:33:52.539><c> what</c><00:33:52.680><c> he's</c><00:33:53.019><c> asking</c><00:33:53.500><c> Timothy</c><00:33:53.819><c> to</c>

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:55.460
do<00:33:54.180><c> is</c><00:33:54.339><c> to</c><00:33:54.619><c> think</c><00:33:54.819><c> out</c><00:33:55.000><c> the</c><00:33:55.240><c> meaning</c>

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:58.079
of<00:33:55.700><c> the</c><00:33:55.900><c> metaphors</c><00:33:56.279><c> by</c><00:33:56.859><c> further</c><00:33:57.319><c> meditation.</c>

00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:03.720
So<00:33:58.640><c> I</c><00:33:58.740><c> think</c><00:33:58.880><c> what</c><00:33:59.079><c> Paul</c><00:33:59.279><c> is</c><00:33:59.500><c> saying</c><00:33:59.700><c> is</c><00:34:00.039><c> you</c><00:34:00.740><c> go</c><00:34:01.039><c> away</c><00:34:01.319><c> now,</c><00:34:01.680><c> Timothy,</c><00:34:02.299><c> having</c><00:34:02.559><c> read</c><00:34:02.799><c> what</c><00:34:03.000><c> I've</c><00:34:03.259><c> written</c><00:34:03.420><c> to</c><00:34:03.640><c> you,</c>

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:08.219
and<00:34:03.900><c> you</c><00:34:04.220><c> think</c><00:34:04.500><c> about</c><00:34:05.019><c> what</c><00:34:06.000><c> these</c><00:34:06.500><c> metaphors</c><00:34:07.220><c> might</c><00:34:07.599><c> really</c>

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:10.239
mean<00:34:08.659><c> in</c><00:34:09.139><c> your</c><00:34:09.500><c> work</c><00:34:09.659><c> in</c><00:34:09.800><c> the</c><00:34:10.019><c> truth.</c>

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:14.059
And<00:34:10.820><c> incidentally,</c><00:34:11.840><c> his</c><00:34:12.219><c> statement</c><00:34:12.599><c> wasn't</c><00:34:13.099><c> expressed</c><00:34:13.679><c> in</c>

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.480
the<00:34:14.260><c> hope</c>

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:19.659
that<00:34:15.019><c> the</c><00:34:15.280><c> Lord</c><00:34:15.980><c> might</c><00:34:16.780><c> bless</c><00:34:17.360><c> Timothy</c><00:34:17.860><c> with</c><00:34:18.519><c> further</c><00:34:18.820><c> understanding</c>

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:23.179
because<00:34:20.679><c> most</c><00:34:21.019><c> manuscripts</c><00:34:21.539><c> render</c><00:34:22.000><c> the</c><00:34:22.380><c> phrase</c><00:34:22.619><c> here</c><00:34:22.880><c> in</c>

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.599
the<00:34:23.500><c> imperative.</c>

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:27.800
So<00:34:24.739><c> it</c><00:34:24.900><c> should</c><00:34:25.079><c> really</c><00:34:25.360><c> be</c><00:34:25.679><c> translated</c><00:34:26.139><c> as</c><00:34:26.599><c> with</c><00:34:26.780><c> Robbaham's</c>

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:29.860
think<00:34:28.039><c> as</c><00:34:28.199><c> to</c><00:34:28.320><c> what</c><00:34:28.500><c> I'm</c><00:34:28.820><c> saying,</c>

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:36.380
for<00:34:30.519><c> the</c><00:34:30.840><c> Lord</c><00:34:31.739><c> will</c><00:34:32.960><c> give</c><00:34:33.519><c> the</c><00:34:34.079><c> discernment</c><00:34:35.000><c> in</c><00:34:35.440><c> all</c><00:34:35.840><c> things.</c>

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:39.360
Paul<00:34:36.880><c> was</c><00:34:37.199><c> confident</c><00:34:37.820><c> that</c><00:34:38.260><c> if</c><00:34:38.420><c> Timothy</c><00:34:38.739><c> thought</c><00:34:39.059><c> about</c>

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.159
these<00:34:39.659><c> matters,</c>

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.699
that<00:34:40.719><c> God</c><00:34:41.059><c> would</c><00:34:41.480><c> grant</c><00:34:41.699><c> an</c><00:34:42.079><c> enlargement</c><00:34:42.639><c> of</c><00:34:43.059><c> understanding</c>

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.679
to<00:34:44.159><c> him.</c>

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:48.440
But<00:34:45.219><c> he</c><00:34:45.420><c> needed</c><00:34:45.659><c> to</c><00:34:46.039><c> ponder</c><00:34:46.300><c> the</c><00:34:46.639><c> fullness</c><00:34:47.079><c> of</c><00:34:47.539><c> those</c><00:34:47.940><c> things</c>

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:52.699
and<00:34:49.199><c> learn</c><00:34:49.639><c> how</c><00:34:50.000><c> to</c><00:34:50.300><c> use</c><00:34:50.579><c> them</c><00:34:51.019><c> in</c><00:34:51.440><c> his</c><00:34:51.780><c> work.</c>

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:57.619
But<00:34:53.719><c> if</c><00:34:53.920><c> he</c><00:34:54.219><c> meditated</c><00:34:54.639><c> upon</c><00:34:55.099><c> their</c><00:34:55.460><c> secrets,</c><00:34:56.860><c> he</c><00:34:57.139><c> would</c><00:34:57.360><c> be</c>

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:59.539
blessed<00:34:58.000><c> with</c><00:34:58.579><c> sound</c><00:34:58.940><c> insight</c>

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:03.679
and<00:35:00.199><c> right</c><00:35:00.500><c> judgment</c><00:35:01.000><c> on</c><00:35:01.519><c> how</c><00:35:01.780><c> best</c><00:35:02.039><c> to</c><00:35:02.360><c> apply</c><00:35:02.659><c> them.</c>

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.380
And<00:35:05.460><c> here's</c><00:35:05.659><c> the</c><00:35:05.800><c> thing,</c><00:35:06.119><c> brothers</c><00:35:06.260><c> and</c><00:35:06.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:14.579
I<00:35:08.659><c> don't</c><00:35:08.980><c> think</c><00:35:09.179><c> that</c><00:35:09.500><c> Paul</c><00:35:09.900><c> offered</c><00:35:10.320><c> these</c><00:35:11.719><c> metaphors</c><00:35:13.139><c> simply</c><00:35:14.400><c> out</c>

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.780
of<00:35:14.780><c> interest.</c>

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:22.480
I<00:35:17.480><c> think</c><00:35:17.619><c> he</c><00:35:17.760><c> was</c><00:35:17.960><c> being</c><00:35:18.400><c> very</c><00:35:19.119><c> specific</c><00:35:19.860><c> about</c><00:35:21.360><c> what</c><00:35:21.559><c> he</c><00:35:21.659><c> wanted</c><00:35:21.860><c> Timothy</c><00:35:22.219><c> to</c>

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.920
think<00:35:22.659><c> about</c>

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:27.880
as<00:35:25.360><c> to</c><00:35:25.519><c> how</c><00:35:25.639><c> he</c><00:35:25.739><c> might</c><00:35:25.940><c> be</c><00:35:26.260><c> strong</c><00:35:26.559><c> for</c><00:35:26.739><c> the</c><00:35:26.920><c> truth.</c>

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:34.579
So<00:35:29.679><c> here</c><00:35:29.860><c> it</c><00:35:30.000><c> is,</c><00:35:31.960><c> the</c><00:35:32.139><c> summary</c><00:35:32.420><c> of</c><00:35:32.619><c> the</c><00:35:32.840><c> metaphors.</c>

00:35:34.929 --> 00:35:37.960
Just<00:35:35.360><c> think</c><00:35:35.820><c> about</c><00:35:36.099><c> the</c><00:35:36.440><c> power</c><00:35:36.760><c> of</c><00:35:37.079><c> these.</c>

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:46.360
So<00:35:40.239><c> you</c><00:35:40.420><c> see,</c><00:35:40.760><c> in</c><00:35:41.119><c> situations</c><00:35:41.780><c> which</c><00:35:42.260><c> required</c><00:35:42.840><c> courage</c><00:35:43.679><c> and</c><00:35:45.139><c> endurance,</c>

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:52.699
the<00:35:47.920><c> soldier</c><00:35:48.599><c> would</c><00:35:49.320><c> teach</c><00:35:49.719><c> Timothy</c><00:35:50.079><c> to</c><00:35:50.360><c> be</c><00:35:50.840><c> strong</c><00:35:51.539><c> in</c><00:35:52.440><c> the</c>

00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:55.059
spirit<00:35:52.880><c> of</c><00:35:53.280><c> absolute</c><00:35:53.880><c> loyalty</c>

00:35:55.559 --> 00:36:00.840
since<00:35:56.639><c> the</c><00:35:56.900><c> soldier</c><00:35:57.739><c> fights</c><00:35:59.099><c> for</c><00:35:59.440><c> his</c><00:35:59.760><c> commander.</c>

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:12.239
But<00:36:06.760><c> in</c><00:36:07.440><c> situations</c><00:36:08.119><c> which</c><00:36:08.619><c> required</c><00:36:09.500><c> effort</c><00:36:10.239><c> and</c><00:36:11.039><c> excellence,</c>

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:18.559
the<00:36:13.539><c> athlete</c><00:36:14.199><c> would</c><00:36:14.699><c> teach</c><00:36:15.059><c> Timothy</c><00:36:15.579><c> to</c><00:36:16.960><c> be</c><00:36:17.340><c> strong</c><00:36:17.820><c> in</c><00:36:18.280><c> the</c>

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.340
spirit<00:36:18.840><c> of</c><00:36:19.360><c> complete</c><00:36:20.019><c> discipline</c>

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:25.500
since<00:36:23.059><c> the</c><00:36:23.380><c> athlete</c><00:36:23.699><c> strives</c><00:36:24.239><c> for</c><00:36:24.480><c> himself.</c>

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:35.219
But<00:36:29.500><c> in</c><00:36:29.760><c> situations</c><00:36:30.380><c> which</c><00:36:30.880><c> required</c><00:36:31.460><c> nurture</c><00:36:32.280><c> and</c><00:36:33.940><c> perseverance,</c>

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:41.679
the<00:36:36.780><c> farmer</c><00:36:37.280><c> would</c><00:36:37.820><c> teach</c><00:36:38.179><c> Timothy</c><00:36:38.519><c> to</c><00:36:38.780><c> be</c><00:36:39.179><c> strong</c><00:36:39.760><c> in</c><00:36:40.239><c> the</c><00:36:40.519><c> spirit</c><00:36:41.079><c> of</c>

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.739
patient<00:36:42.079><c> labor</c>

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:47.960
since<00:36:44.519><c> the</c><00:36:44.880><c> farmer</c><00:36:45.820><c> toils</c><00:36:46.679><c> for</c><00:36:47.019><c> others.</c>

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:56.199
Now<00:36:50.380><c> do</c><00:36:50.619><c> you</c><00:36:50.739><c> see</c><00:36:50.880><c> how</c><00:36:51.480><c> beautifully</c><00:36:51.980><c> all</c><00:36:52.739><c>-encompassing</c><00:36:54.800><c> these</c>

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.920
metaphors<00:36:56.760><c> are?</c>

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:03.699
You<00:37:00.219><c> see,</c><00:37:00.639><c> only</c><00:37:01.099><c> if</c><00:37:01.420><c> he</c><00:37:01.599><c> was</c><00:37:01.940><c> strong</c><00:37:02.360><c> in</c><00:37:02.780><c> all</c><00:37:03.159><c> three</c><00:37:03.420><c> ways</c>

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:06.840
would<00:37:04.500><c> his</c><00:37:04.760><c> work</c><00:37:04.940><c> of</c><00:37:05.380><c> keeping</c><00:37:05.639><c> the</c><00:37:05.980><c> heritage</c><00:37:06.239><c> of</c><00:37:06.440><c> the</c><00:37:06.619><c> truth</c>

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.000
be<00:37:07.219><c> successful.</c>

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:11.480
And<00:37:08.579><c> Paul</c><00:37:08.699><c> knew</c><00:37:08.880><c> with</c><00:37:09.119><c> all</c><00:37:09.280><c> his</c><00:37:09.519><c> heart</c><00:37:09.980><c> that</c><00:37:10.340><c> if</c><00:37:10.599><c> this</c><00:37:11.139><c> son</c><00:37:11.320><c> of</c>

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:13.019
the<00:37:11.699><c> faith</c><00:37:11.940><c> thought</c><00:37:12.219><c> about</c><00:37:12.519><c> it</c><00:37:12.719><c> deeply,</c>

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:15.119
he<00:37:13.139><c> would</c><00:37:13.360><c> be</c><00:37:13.739><c> given</c><00:37:13.900><c> the</c><00:37:14.199><c> understanding</c><00:37:14.619><c> he</c><00:37:14.900><c> needed.</c>

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:18.500
What<00:37:15.480><c> he</c><00:37:15.619><c> was</c><00:37:15.699><c> really</c><00:37:16.059><c> saying</c><00:37:16.340><c> is,</c><00:37:17.059><c> as</c><00:37:17.260><c> each</c><00:37:17.579><c> situation</c><00:37:18.179><c> comes</c>

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.460
upon<00:37:18.840><c> you,</c><00:37:19.199><c> Timothy,</c>

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:22.179
when<00:37:19.719><c> I'm</c><00:37:19.980><c> gone,</c><00:37:20.659><c> you</c><00:37:20.840><c> will</c><00:37:21.019><c> need</c><00:37:21.139><c> to</c><00:37:21.360><c> ask</c><00:37:21.559><c> this</c><00:37:21.860><c> question.</c>

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:24.460
For<00:37:22.400><c> this</c><00:37:22.679><c> moment,</c><00:37:22.980><c> for</c><00:37:23.119><c> this</c><00:37:23.539><c> matter,</c>

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:33.039
do<00:37:24.960><c> I</c><00:37:25.179><c> need</c><00:37:25.360><c> to</c><00:37:25.519><c> be</c><00:37:25.639><c> a</c><00:37:25.900><c> soldier</c><00:37:26.579><c> or</c><00:37:28.539><c> an</c><00:37:28.880><c> athlete</c><00:37:29.420><c> or</c><00:37:32.019><c> a</c><00:37:32.260><c> farmer?</c>

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:39.860
Does<00:37:36.300><c> this</c><00:37:36.619><c> situation</c><00:37:37.260><c> call</c><00:37:37.639><c> for</c><00:37:38.099><c> courage</c><00:37:38.460><c> and</c><00:37:38.639><c> endurance</c>

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:48.159
or<00:37:41.940><c> for</c><00:37:42.280><c> effort</c><00:37:42.519><c> and</c><00:37:42.860><c> excellence</c><00:37:43.440><c> or</c><00:37:46.099><c> for</c><00:37:46.340><c> nurture</c><00:37:46.639><c> and</c><00:37:47.039><c> perseverance?</c>

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:56.260
What<00:37:50.639><c> am</c><00:37:50.800><c> I</c><00:37:50.980><c> facing</c><00:37:51.320><c> here</c><00:37:52.380><c> and</c><00:37:55.159><c> what</c><00:37:55.340><c> will</c><00:37:55.539><c> be</c><00:37:55.679><c> best</c><00:37:55.880><c> for</c><00:37:56.059><c> the</c>

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:58.079
truth<00:37:56.519><c> on</c><00:37:56.880><c> this</c><00:37:57.059><c> occasion?</c>

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:03.659
There's<00:38:01.400><c> great</c><00:38:01.719><c> wisdom</c><00:38:02.059><c> in</c><00:38:02.320><c> these</c><00:38:02.639><c> words,</c><00:38:03.079><c> don't</c><00:38:03.159><c> you</c><00:38:03.380><c> think,</c>

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.179
brothers<00:38:03.920><c> and</c><00:38:04.139><c> sisters?</c>

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:09.579
Because<00:38:06.980><c> there</c><00:38:07.280><c> are</c><00:38:07.480><c> some</c><00:38:07.880><c> times</c><00:38:08.480><c> and</c><00:38:08.920><c> some</c><00:38:09.260><c> things</c>

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:14.519
where<00:38:09.760><c> we</c><00:38:10.340><c> do</c><00:38:10.820><c> need</c><00:38:11.139><c> to</c><00:38:11.480><c> earnestly</c><00:38:12.079><c> contend</c><00:38:12.840><c> for</c><00:38:13.159><c> the</c><00:38:13.360><c> truth.</c>

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:18.420
And<00:38:16.320><c> good</c><00:38:16.579><c> soldierhood</c><00:38:17.079><c> is</c><00:38:17.360><c> required.</c>

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:24.820
And<00:38:20.639><c> there</c><00:38:20.800><c> are</c><00:38:20.980><c> other</c><00:38:21.219><c> things</c><00:38:22.019><c> so</c><00:38:23.460><c> difficult</c><00:38:23.880><c> and</c><00:38:24.179><c> so</c><00:38:24.500><c> draining</c>

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:29.639
where<00:38:25.059><c> we</c><00:38:25.360><c> need</c><00:38:25.980><c> the</c><00:38:26.480><c> endurance</c><00:38:27.019><c> and</c><00:38:27.440><c> the</c><00:38:27.719><c> discipline</c><00:38:28.320><c> of</c><00:38:29.000><c> the</c><00:38:29.239><c> athlete</c>

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:33.559
to<00:38:30.920><c> follow</c><00:38:31.219><c> something</c><00:38:31.639><c> through</c><00:38:32.019><c> right</c><00:38:32.300><c> to</c><00:38:32.500><c> the</c><00:38:32.679><c> end.</c>

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:39.980
But<00:38:35.320><c> there</c><00:38:35.519><c> are</c><00:38:35.780><c> other</c><00:38:35.980><c> times</c><00:38:36.780><c> where</c><00:38:38.340><c> we</c><00:38:38.679><c> really</c><00:38:39.019><c> need</c><00:38:39.320><c> the</c><00:38:39.619><c> spirit</c><00:38:39.780><c> of</c>

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:41.119
the<00:38:40.199><c> farmer</c>

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:48.320
to<00:38:43.059><c> persevere</c><00:38:43.579><c> that</c><00:38:44.539><c> we</c><00:38:44.800><c> might</c><00:38:45.139><c> bring</c><00:38:45.519><c> forth</c><00:38:45.900><c> something</c><00:38:46.300><c> because</c><00:38:46.760><c> of</c><00:38:47.099><c> patience</c>

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:53.420
and<00:38:49.679><c> where</c><00:38:49.780><c> to</c><00:38:49.880><c> be</c><00:38:50.039><c> either</c><00:38:50.260><c> a</c><00:38:50.500><c> soldier</c><00:38:50.780><c> or</c><00:38:50.980><c> an</c><00:38:51.199><c> athlete</c><00:38:51.400><c> was</c><00:38:51.659><c> not</c><00:38:51.880><c> the</c><00:38:52.000><c> right</c><00:38:52.219><c> course</c><00:38:52.440><c> of</c><00:38:52.659><c> action.</c>

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:57.980
Part<00:38:55.900><c> of</c><00:38:56.019><c> our</c><00:38:56.179><c> wisdom,</c><00:38:56.440><c> you</c><00:38:56.659><c> see,</c><00:38:56.860><c> is</c><00:38:57.159><c> learning</c><00:38:57.480><c> how</c><00:38:57.659><c> we</c><00:38:57.820><c> might</c>

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:58.900
apply<00:38:58.300><c> each</c><00:38:58.579><c> of</c><00:38:58.760><c> these</c>

00:38:58.900 --> 00:39:02.400
in<00:38:59.340><c> different</c><00:38:59.619><c> circumstances</c><00:39:00.400><c> in</c><00:39:00.900><c> our</c><00:39:01.079><c> work</c><00:39:01.219><c> on</c><00:39:01.360><c> the</c><00:39:01.559><c> truth.</c>

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:08.119
Timothy<00:39:04.599><c> was</c><00:39:04.780><c> only</c><00:39:05.039><c> ever</c><00:39:05.400><c> going</c><00:39:05.519><c> to</c><00:39:05.659><c> be</c><00:39:05.780><c> the</c><00:39:05.940><c> Lord's</c><00:39:06.380><c> instrument</c><00:39:06.599><c> as</c><00:39:06.800><c> Paul</c><00:39:07.079><c> was,</c>

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:12.559
but<00:39:08.500><c> he</c><00:39:08.619><c> would</c><00:39:08.800><c> learn</c><00:39:09.179><c> how</c><00:39:11.300><c> to</c><00:39:11.519><c> apply</c><00:39:11.739><c> each</c><00:39:12.000><c> of</c><00:39:12.139><c> these</c><00:39:12.440><c> three.</c>

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:14.440
Don't<00:39:12.760><c> you</c><00:39:12.960><c> think,</c><00:39:13.280><c> incidentally,</c><00:39:14.000><c> brothers</c><00:39:14.139><c> and</c><00:39:14.320><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:19.760
that<00:39:14.760><c> probably</c><00:39:15.039><c> Timothy's</c><00:39:15.679><c> natural</c><00:39:16.539><c> inclination</c><00:39:17.619><c> was</c><00:39:19.079><c> probably</c><00:39:19.460><c> to</c><00:39:19.619><c> be</c>

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.840
a<00:39:20.019><c> farmer?</c>

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:25.719
What<00:39:23.940><c> Paul</c><00:39:24.079><c> was</c><00:39:24.300><c> saying</c><00:39:24.480><c> is</c><00:39:24.639><c> there</c><00:39:24.880><c> will</c><00:39:25.059><c> be</c><00:39:25.239><c> times</c><00:39:25.480><c> when</c><00:39:25.639><c> you</c>

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:27.219
need<00:39:25.840><c> to</c><00:39:25.920><c> be</c><00:39:26.059><c> a</c><00:39:26.199><c> soldier</c>

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:30.480
and<00:39:28.480><c> other</c><00:39:28.719><c> times</c><00:39:28.980><c> when</c><00:39:29.159><c> you</c><00:39:29.300><c> will</c><00:39:29.400><c> also</c><00:39:29.579><c> need</c><00:39:29.719><c> to</c><00:39:29.840><c> be</c><00:39:29.960><c> an</c><00:39:30.199><c> athlete,</c>

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:32.219
but<00:39:30.760><c> choose</c><00:39:31.119><c> wisely.</c>

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:36.260
And<00:39:32.559><c> answering</c><00:39:33.059><c> these</c><00:39:33.739><c> questions</c><00:39:34.280><c> in</c><00:39:34.500><c> our</c><00:39:34.820><c> own</c><00:39:35.219><c> work</c><00:39:35.579><c> in</c><00:39:36.039><c> the</c>

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:37.920
truth<00:39:36.480><c> service</c>

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:41.719
will<00:39:38.860><c> help</c><00:39:39.059><c> us</c><00:39:39.340><c> to</c><00:39:39.500><c> know</c><00:39:39.800><c> in</c><00:39:40.179><c> what</c><00:39:40.360><c> way</c><00:39:40.559><c> we</c><00:39:40.800><c> also</c><00:39:41.139><c> should</c><00:39:41.360><c> be</c>

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.599
strong<00:39:42.039><c> for</c><00:39:42.239><c> the</c><00:39:42.460><c> truth</c>

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:45.300
on<00:39:42.820><c> different</c><00:39:43.099><c> occasions,</c><00:39:43.639><c> what</c><00:39:43.780><c> will</c><00:39:43.980><c> be</c><00:39:44.139><c> best</c><00:39:44.320><c> for</c><00:39:44.500><c> the</c><00:39:44.719><c> truth</c><00:39:44.880><c> in</c>

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:47.099
each<00:39:45.719><c> circumstance.</c>

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:49.019
Ought<00:39:47.500><c> we</c><00:39:47.639><c> to</c><00:39:47.739><c> be</c><00:39:47.900><c> a</c><00:39:48.099><c> soldier?</c>

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:51.500
Ought<00:39:50.059><c> we</c><00:39:50.239><c> to</c><00:39:50.300><c> be</c><00:39:50.420><c> an</c><00:39:50.699><c> athlete?</c>

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.900
Ought<00:39:53.619><c> we</c><00:39:53.800><c> to</c><00:39:53.860><c> be</c><00:39:54.000><c> a</c><00:39:54.159><c> farmer?</c>

00:39:56.539 --> 00:40:02.260
You<00:39:57.219><c> see,</c><00:39:57.619><c> Paul</c><00:39:58.059><c> was</c><00:39:58.739><c> so</c><00:39:59.320><c> inspired</c><00:40:00.139><c> by</c><00:40:00.840><c> Christ's</c><00:40:01.639><c> courage</c><00:40:01.980><c> to</c>

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:05.139
endure<00:40:02.739><c> suffering</c><00:40:03.280><c> like</c><00:40:03.719><c> a</c><00:40:03.880><c> good</c><00:40:04.119><c> soldier.</c>

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:10.099
He<00:40:06.719><c> was</c><00:40:06.980><c> so</c><00:40:07.219><c> amazed</c><00:40:07.619><c> at</c><00:40:08.059><c> Christ's</c><00:40:08.679><c> determination</c><00:40:09.320><c> to</c><00:40:09.599><c> agonize</c>

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:12.579
with<00:40:10.420><c> effort</c><00:40:10.780><c> like</c><00:40:11.239><c> a</c><00:40:11.440><c> good</c><00:40:11.599><c> athlete.</c>

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:18.139
He<00:40:14.480><c> was</c><00:40:14.760><c> so</c><00:40:15.340><c> moved</c><00:40:15.599><c> at</c><00:40:15.920><c> Christ's</c><00:40:16.639><c> toil</c><00:40:16.860><c> to</c><00:40:17.340><c> bring</c><00:40:17.559><c> forth</c><00:40:17.900><c> fruit</c>

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:19.679
and<00:40:18.300><c> others</c><00:40:18.579><c> like</c><00:40:18.940><c> a</c><00:40:19.099><c> good</c><00:40:19.300><c> farmer</c>

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:22.480
that<00:40:20.099><c> Paul</c><00:40:20.400><c> committed</c><00:40:20.699><c> his</c><00:40:20.980><c> life</c><00:40:21.400><c> to</c><00:40:21.699><c> following</c><00:40:21.900><c> his</c><00:40:22.179><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:25.559
and<00:40:22.860><c> now</c><00:40:23.079><c> he</c><00:40:23.199><c> would</c><00:40:23.440><c> ask</c><00:40:23.659><c> Timothy</c><00:40:23.960><c> to</c><00:40:24.219><c> follow</c><00:40:24.420><c> him</c><00:40:24.719><c> as</c><00:40:25.039><c> he</c><00:40:25.300><c> had</c>

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:26.900
followed<00:40:25.840><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:29.920
And<00:40:27.460><c> perhaps</c><00:40:27.659><c> what</c><00:40:27.880><c> these</c><00:40:28.119><c> verses</c><00:40:28.460><c> teach</c><00:40:28.880><c> us,</c><00:40:29.380><c> brothers</c><00:40:29.420><c> and</c><00:40:29.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:32.739
the<00:40:30.320><c> second</c><00:40:30.579><c> of</c><00:40:30.780><c> Timothy,</c><00:40:31.320><c> chapter</c><00:40:31.659><c> two</c><00:40:31.900><c> and</c><00:40:32.059><c> verses</c><00:40:32.320><c> one</c><00:40:32.599><c> to</c>

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.679
seven,<00:40:33.099><c> is</c><00:40:33.260><c> this,</c>

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:40.599
that<00:40:34.260><c> we're</c><00:40:34.599><c> part</c><00:40:35.239><c> of</c><00:40:37.099><c> the</c><00:40:37.500><c> continuum</c><00:40:37.820><c> of</c><00:40:39.500><c> the</c><00:40:39.719><c> truth.</c>

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:43.800
Just<00:40:42.280><c> part</c><00:40:42.500><c> of</c><00:40:42.639><c> its</c><00:40:42.900><c> continuum.</c>

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:48.360
The<00:40:45.460><c> sacred</c><00:40:46.039><c> charge</c><00:40:46.619><c> of</c><00:40:47.099><c> the</c><00:40:47.340><c> heritage</c><00:40:47.599><c> of</c><00:40:47.780><c> the</c><00:40:47.980><c> truth</c><00:40:48.099><c> has</c>

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:49.860
never<00:40:48.619><c> changed.</c>

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:54.860
And<00:40:52.480><c> we're</c><00:40:52.780><c> not</c><00:40:52.960><c> at</c><00:40:53.179><c> liberty</c><00:40:53.519><c> to</c><00:40:53.820><c> change</c><00:40:54.099><c> it.</c>

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:59.800
Our<00:40:57.659><c> task</c><00:40:58.039><c> is</c><00:40:58.260><c> to</c><00:40:58.480><c> guard</c><00:40:58.679><c> it.</c>

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:03.860
And<00:41:01.360><c> by</c><00:41:01.519><c> the</c><00:41:01.679><c> time</c><00:41:01.820><c> we</c><00:41:01.980><c> come</c><00:41:02.179><c> to</c><00:41:02.400><c> pass</c><00:41:02.599><c> it</c><00:41:02.739><c> on</c><00:41:02.860><c> to</c><00:41:03.039><c> others,</c>

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:09.559
we<00:41:05.260><c> need</c><00:41:05.480><c> to</c><00:41:05.619><c> know</c><00:41:05.719><c> that</c><00:41:05.900><c> what</c><00:41:06.099><c> we're</c><00:41:06.360><c> passing</c><00:41:06.760><c> on</c><00:41:06.980><c> is</c><00:41:07.139><c> the</c><00:41:07.360><c> same</c><00:41:07.619><c> heritage</c><00:41:08.019><c> that</c><00:41:08.280><c> we</c><00:41:08.559><c> received.</c>

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:14.280
That<00:41:10.260><c> we</c><00:41:10.440><c> haven't</c><00:41:10.679><c> compromised</c><00:41:11.340><c> it,</c><00:41:11.780><c> or</c><00:41:12.079><c> diluted</c><00:41:12.500><c> it,</c><00:41:12.980><c> or</c><00:41:13.280><c> altered</c><00:41:13.579><c> it,</c>

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:15.960
or<00:41:14.840><c> betrayed</c><00:41:15.199><c> it.</c>

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:25.300
If<00:41:19.840><c> the</c><00:41:20.179><c> truth</c><00:41:20.300><c> is</c><00:41:20.599><c> lost,</c><00:41:21.659><c> it</c><00:41:23.699><c> will</c><00:41:23.940><c> either</c><00:41:24.179><c> be</c><00:41:24.460><c> because</c><00:41:24.780><c> those</c>

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:27.500
passing<00:41:25.960><c> on</c><00:41:26.539><c> the</c><00:41:26.860><c> charge</c>

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:30.980
have<00:41:28.619><c> failed</c><00:41:28.880><c> to</c><00:41:29.199><c> realize</c><00:41:29.519><c> its</c><00:41:29.920><c> importance,</c>

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:39.920
or<00:41:33.199><c> because</c><00:41:33.960><c> those</c><00:41:34.559><c> receiving</c><00:41:35.139><c> the</c><00:41:35.739><c> charge</c><00:41:36.480><c> have</c><00:41:38.000><c> failed</c><00:41:38.500><c> to</c>

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:42.300
appreciate<00:41:40.340><c> its</c><00:41:40.780><c> preciousness.</c>

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:49.059
Joshua<00:41:46.300><c> was</c><00:41:46.619><c> asked</c><00:41:46.860><c> to</c><00:41:47.280><c> complete</c><00:41:47.559><c> the</c><00:41:48.079><c> conquest</c><00:41:48.500><c> of</c><00:41:48.699><c> the</c><00:41:48.860><c> land</c>

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:51.159
and<00:41:49.559><c> oversee</c><00:41:49.860><c> its</c><00:41:50.219><c> settlement,</c>

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:54.460
but<00:41:52.019><c> in</c><00:41:52.280><c> so</c><00:41:52.500><c> doing</c><00:41:52.679><c> he</c><00:41:52.820><c> would</c><00:41:53.079><c> continue</c><00:41:53.440><c> a</c><00:41:53.639><c> work</c><00:41:53.780><c> which</c><00:41:54.059><c> Moses</c>

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:56.619
had<00:41:54.719><c> already</c><00:41:55.380><c> begun.</c>

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:59.619
And<00:41:57.460><c> Solomon</c><00:41:57.619><c> was</c><00:41:57.860><c> asked</c><00:41:58.039><c> to</c><00:41:58.239><c> build</c><00:41:58.380><c> the</c><00:41:58.559><c> house</c><00:41:58.719><c> of</c><00:41:58.960><c> God</c><00:41:59.119><c> and</c>

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:01.119
finalize<00:42:00.119><c> the</c><00:42:00.320><c> system</c><00:42:00.599><c> of</c><00:42:00.860><c> worship,</c>

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:04.099
but<00:42:01.400><c> in</c><00:42:01.659><c> so</c><00:42:01.900><c> doing</c><00:42:02.119><c> he</c><00:42:02.280><c> would</c><00:42:02.719><c> simply</c><00:42:03.039><c> continue</c><00:42:03.420><c> a</c><00:42:03.619><c> work</c><00:42:03.780><c> that</c>

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:05.460
David<00:42:04.440><c> had</c><00:42:04.679><c> already</c><00:42:05.039><c> begun.</c>

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:09.179
And<00:42:06.320><c> Timothy</c><00:42:06.679><c> was</c><00:42:07.239><c> asked</c><00:42:07.539><c> to</c><00:42:07.900><c> confirm</c><00:42:08.159><c> the</c><00:42:08.460><c> ecclesias</c><00:42:08.900><c> and</c>

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:12.599
provide<00:42:09.780><c> pastoral</c><00:42:10.500><c> care</c><00:42:10.920><c> for</c><00:42:11.420><c> the</c><00:42:11.679><c> truth,</c>

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:18.179
but<00:42:13.780><c> he</c><00:42:13.940><c> would</c><00:42:14.139><c> continue</c><00:42:14.760><c> a</c><00:42:15.000><c> work</c><00:42:15.199><c> which</c><00:42:16.500><c> Paul</c><00:42:16.820><c> had</c><00:42:17.000><c> already</c><00:42:17.300><c> begun.</c>

00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:21.420
So<00:42:19.820><c> let's</c><00:42:20.099><c> close,</c><00:42:20.559><c> brothers</c><00:42:20.619><c> and</c><00:42:20.840><c> sisters,</c><00:42:20.980><c> with</c><00:42:21.159><c> a</c><00:42:21.260><c> couple</c>

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:22.179
of<00:42:21.639><c> questions</c>

00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:28.159
just<00:42:23.199><c> to</c><00:42:24.519><c> ponder</c><00:42:25.079><c> in</c><00:42:26.159><c> our</c><00:42:26.320><c> own</c><00:42:26.539><c> life</c><00:42:26.760><c> and</c><00:42:27.000><c> circumstance.</c>

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:33.619
So<00:42:29.699><c> what</c><00:42:29.820><c> do</c><00:42:29.940><c> we</c><00:42:30.099><c> think</c><00:42:30.260><c> the</c><00:42:30.659><c> greatest</c><00:42:31.119><c> challenges</c><00:42:31.699><c> the</c><00:42:32.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:32.400><c> will</c><00:42:32.639><c> face</c>

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:36.119
to<00:42:34.179><c> guard</c><00:42:34.420><c> the</c><00:42:34.639><c> heritage</c><00:42:34.820><c> of</c><00:42:35.000><c> the</c><00:42:35.159><c> truth?</c>

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:42.840
And<00:42:38.719><c> how</c><00:42:38.900><c> might</c><00:42:39.079><c> we</c><00:42:39.260><c> be</c><00:42:39.539><c> strong</c><00:42:40.039><c> to</c><00:42:41.599><c> help</c><00:42:41.739><c> preserve</c><00:42:42.079><c> it?</c>

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.980
Keep<00:42:44.820><c> the</c><00:42:45.039><c> charge.</c>

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:51.719
And<00:42:48.780><c> in</c><00:42:48.980><c> fact,</c><00:42:49.400><c> what</c><00:42:49.719><c> is</c><00:42:49.980><c> the</c><00:42:50.199><c> heritage</c><00:42:50.480><c> of</c><00:42:50.699><c> the</c><00:42:50.860><c> truth</c>

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:55.019
with<00:42:52.599><c> regard</c><00:42:52.840><c> to</c><00:42:53.000><c> matters</c><00:42:53.199><c> of</c><00:42:53.460><c> doctrine,</c><00:42:53.920><c> or</c><00:42:54.059><c> matters</c><00:42:54.260><c> of</c><00:42:54.519><c> reading,</c><00:42:54.900><c> or</c>

00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.900
matters<00:42:55.320><c> of</c><00:42:55.579><c> music,</c>

00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:59.039
or<00:42:56.139><c> matters</c><00:42:56.420><c> of</c><00:42:56.719><c> fellowship,</c><00:42:57.260><c> or</c><00:42:57.420><c> matters</c><00:42:57.699><c> of</c><00:42:57.980><c> marriage,</c><00:42:58.900><c> or</c>

00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:00.059
matters<00:42:59.320><c> of</c><00:42:59.639><c> prayer,</c>

00:43:00.059 --> 00:43:02.880
or<00:43:00.260><c> matters</c><00:43:00.559><c> of</c><00:43:00.900><c> conduct,</c><00:43:01.500><c> or</c><00:43:01.619><c> matters</c><00:43:01.940><c> of</c><00:43:02.260><c> separation?</c>

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:05.559
What<00:43:03.420><c> is</c><00:43:03.639><c> the</c><00:43:03.820><c> heritage</c><00:43:04.000><c> of</c><00:43:04.179><c> the</c><00:43:04.320><c> truth</c><00:43:04.480><c> in</c><00:43:04.679><c> each</c><00:43:04.900><c> of</c><00:43:05.039><c> those</c><00:43:05.219><c> things?</c>

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:08.300
What<00:43:06.000><c> is</c><00:43:06.539><c> the</c><00:43:06.860><c> heritage</c><00:43:07.039><c> of</c><00:43:07.260><c> the</c><00:43:07.360><c> truth?</c>

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:11.860
And<00:43:10.360><c> how</c><00:43:10.500><c> will</c><00:43:10.619><c> we</c><00:43:10.780><c> guard</c><00:43:10.980><c> it?</c>

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:17.440
And<00:43:14.139><c> the</c><00:43:14.239><c> one</c><00:43:14.400><c> thing</c><00:43:14.519><c> that's</c><00:43:15.000><c> certain,</c><00:43:15.800><c> brothers</c><00:43:16.039><c> and</c><00:43:16.260><c> sisters,</c><00:43:16.800><c> is</c>

00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:22.440
if<00:43:19.219><c> we</c><00:43:19.440><c> don't</c><00:43:19.800><c> know</c><00:43:20.280><c> what</c><00:43:20.699><c> that</c><00:43:21.079><c> heritage</c><00:43:21.360><c> is,</c>

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:27.179
we<00:43:25.400><c> cannot</c><00:43:25.679><c> guard</c><00:43:26.000><c> it.</c>

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:32.300
This<00:43:29.360><c> is</c><00:43:29.619><c> a</c><00:43:29.719><c> challenge</c><00:43:29.980><c> that</c><00:43:30.239><c> every</c><00:43:30.659><c> generation</c><00:43:31.179><c> in</c><00:43:31.360><c> the</c><00:43:31.519><c> truth</c>

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:35.559
must<00:43:33.840><c> come</c><00:43:34.039><c> to</c><00:43:34.199><c> get</c><00:43:34.320><c> to</c><00:43:34.420><c> grips</c><00:43:34.639><c> with.</c>

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:39.039
What<00:43:37.039><c> is</c><00:43:37.199><c> the</c><00:43:37.380><c> heritage</c><00:43:37.659><c> we</c><00:43:37.840><c> have</c><00:43:38.039><c> received?</c>

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:43.420
How<00:43:41.239><c> might</c><00:43:41.360><c> we</c><00:43:41.619><c> faithfully</c><00:43:42.019><c> pass</c><00:43:42.340><c> it</c><00:43:42.519><c> on?</c>

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:48.840
So<00:43:45.619><c> let's</c><00:43:46.300><c> make</c><00:43:46.599><c> pledge,</c><00:43:47.480><c> brothers</c><00:43:47.579><c> and</c><00:43:47.860><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:48.860 --> 00:43:52.679
that<00:43:49.019><c> we</c><00:43:49.219><c> will</c><00:43:49.460><c> capture</c><00:43:49.820><c> the</c><00:43:50.119><c> spirit</c><00:43:50.320><c> of</c><00:43:50.840><c> the</c><00:43:51.119><c> counsel</c><00:43:51.500><c> to</c><00:43:51.699><c> this</c><00:43:51.960><c> young</c><00:43:52.239><c> man</c>

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:56.179
so<00:43:53.519><c> eloquently</c><00:43:54.019><c> given</c><00:43:54.280><c> by</c><00:43:54.579><c> Paul</c><00:43:54.900><c> here</c><00:43:55.159><c> in</c><00:43:55.300><c> the</c><00:43:55.500><c> second</c><00:43:55.719><c> of</c>

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:57.840
Timothy,<00:43:56.500><c> chapter</c><00:43:56.900><c> two,</c>

00:43:57.860 --> 00:44:00.519
and<00:43:58.300><c> that</c><00:43:58.440><c> we</c><00:43:58.539><c> will</c><00:43:58.699><c> be</c><00:43:58.980><c> strong</c><00:43:59.179><c> to</c><00:43:59.480><c> continue</c><00:43:59.800><c> a</c><00:44:00.000><c> work</c><00:44:00.199><c> which</c>

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:02.480
has<00:44:00.760><c> already</c><00:44:01.159><c> begun</c>

00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:05.780
long<00:44:03.800><c> before</c><00:44:04.099><c> we</c><00:44:04.360><c> came</c><00:44:04.500><c> on</c><00:44:04.699><c> the</c><00:44:04.880><c> scene.</c>

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In<00:44:07.139><c> the</c><00:44:07.280><c> words</c><00:44:07.400><c> of</c><00:44:07.559><c> a</c><00:44:07.659><c> hymn</c><00:44:07.840><c> which</c><00:44:08.119><c> puts</c><00:44:08.320><c> it</c><00:44:08.500><c> this</c><00:44:08.739><c> way,</c>

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My<00:44:10.679><c> God,</c><00:44:11.739><c> my</c><00:44:12.000><c> Father,</c><00:44:14.480><c> make</c><00:44:14.659><c> me</c><00:44:15.199><c> strong</c>

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when<00:44:16.900><c> tasks</c><00:44:17.500><c> of</c><00:44:17.840><c> life</c><00:44:18.280><c> seem</c><00:44:18.639><c> hard</c><00:44:19.119><c> and</c><00:44:19.679><c> long</c>

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To<00:44:20.159><c> greet</c><00:44:20.360><c> them</c><00:44:20.699><c> with</c><00:44:20.980><c> this</c><00:44:21.440><c> triumph</c><00:44:21.840><c> song,</c>

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Thy<00:44:24.179><c> will</c><00:44:24.659><c> be</c><00:44:24.980><c> done.</c>

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Draw<00:44:27.119><c> from</c><00:44:27.519><c> my</c><00:44:27.900><c> timid</c><00:44:28.159><c> eyes</c><00:44:28.599><c> the</c><00:44:28.880><c> veil</c>

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To<00:44:29.519><c> show</c><00:44:29.840><c> where</c><00:44:30.380><c> earthly</c><00:44:30.880><c> forces</c><00:44:31.440><c> fail</c>

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Thy<00:44:33.300><c> power</c><00:44:34.119><c> and</c><00:44:34.820><c> love</c><00:44:35.880><c> must</c><00:44:36.500><c> still</c><00:44:36.940><c> prevail.</c>

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Thy<00:44:39.820><c> will</c><00:44:40.119><c> be</c><00:44:40.360><c> done.</c>