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Ecclesias,<00:13:00.340><c> the</c><00:13:00.600><c> decisions</c><00:13:00.840><c> we</c><00:13:01.100><c> make</c>

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as<00:13:01.460><c> individuals.</c><00:13:02.700><c> How</c><00:13:03.159><c> will</c><00:13:03.519><c> these</c><00:13:04.179><c> decisions</c><00:13:05.039><c> be</c><00:13:05.779><c> perceived</c>

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go<00:13:16.980><c> on</c><00:13:17.240><c> further.</c><00:13:18.879><c> But</c><00:13:18.960><c> what</c><00:13:19.320><c> you</c><00:13:19.539><c> already</c>

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have,<00:13:20.299><c> verse</c><00:13:20.519><c> 25,</c><00:13:21.860><c> hold</c><00:13:22.220><c> fast</c><00:13:23.080><c> till</c><00:13:23.440><c> I</c><00:13:23.679><c> come.</c><00:13:24.860><c> Whatever's</c><00:13:25.379><c> left</c><00:13:25.720><c> in</c>

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you,<00:13:26.820><c> whatever</c><00:13:27.320><c> is</c><00:13:28.039><c> worth</c><00:13:28.320><c> hanging</c><00:13:28.679><c> on</c>

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rediscover<00:13:44.860><c> and</c><00:13:45.480><c> reaffirm</c><00:13:46.620><c> for</c>

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ourselves,<00:13:47.799><c> generation</c><00:13:48.379><c> after</c><00:13:48.700><c> generation,</c><00:13:50.179><c> to</c><00:13:50.460><c> rediscover</c>

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slaves,<00:15:19.580><c> servants,</c><00:15:21.879><c> and</c><00:15:22.039><c> protect</c><00:15:22.279><c> them</c><00:15:22.480><c> from</c><00:15:22.779><c> harm.</c><00:15:24.659><c> Sister</c>

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not<00:16:25.799><c> tolerate</c><00:16:26.340><c> what</c><00:16:26.820><c> you</c><00:16:27.159><c> have</c><00:16:27.399><c> tolerated</c><00:16:28.019><c> in</c><00:16:28.419><c> your</c><00:16:28.679><c> ecclesia,</c><00:16:29.840><c> brethren</c>

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of<00:16:30.460><c> Thyatira.</c><00:16:31.899><c> And</c><00:16:32.200><c> that's</c>

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what<00:16:32.440><c> he's</c><00:16:32.759><c> saying.</c><00:16:33.700><c> To</c><00:16:33.879><c> them,</c><00:16:34.720><c> then,</c><00:16:36.299><c> to</c><00:16:36.480><c> us</c><00:16:36.720><c> now</c><00:16:36.940><c> likewise.</c>

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And<00:16:39.480><c> I</c><00:16:39.720><c> will</c><00:16:39.940><c> give</c><00:16:40.019><c> him</c><00:16:40.220><c> the</c><00:16:40.580><c> morning</c>

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star,<00:16:43.500><c> the</c><00:16:43.740><c> son</c><00:16:43.940><c> of</c><00:16:44.200><c> righteousness</c><00:16:44.740><c> that</c><00:16:45.320><c> shall</c><00:16:45.759><c> arise</c><00:16:46.779><c> with</c>

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healing<00:16:47.279><c> in</c><00:16:47.440><c> his</c><00:16:47.639><c> beams.</c><00:16:48.460><c> And</c><00:16:48.460><c> I</c><00:16:48.460><c> will</c>

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give<00:16:50.360><c> him</c><00:16:50.360><c> the</c><00:16:50.360><c> day</c><00:16:50.360><c> star</c><00:16:50.659><c> on</c><00:16:50.960><c> high,</c><00:16:52.559><c> that</c><00:16:52.860><c> which</c><00:16:53.139><c> comes</c><00:16:53.440><c> up</c>

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and<00:16:53.899><c> shines</c><00:16:54.360><c> brilliantly</c><00:16:55.740><c> after</c><00:16:56.440><c> the</c>

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period<00:16:57.179><c> of</c><00:16:57.639><c> greatest</c><00:16:58.259><c> darkness,</c><00:17:00.120><c> darkness.</c><00:17:01.799><c> That's</c><00:17:02.019><c> what</c><00:17:02.159><c> I</c>

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will<00:17:02.519><c> give</c><00:17:02.840><c> the</c><00:17:03.379><c> individual</c><00:17:04.000><c> who</c><00:17:04.859><c> overcomes</c>

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the<00:17:07.779><c> willingness</c><00:17:08.299><c> to</c><00:17:08.940><c> tolerate</c><00:17:09.539><c> what</c><00:17:10.119><c> is</c><00:17:10.680><c> harmful</c><00:17:11.180><c> within</c><00:17:11.940><c> the</c><00:17:12.319><c> ecclesia.</c><00:17:14.140><c> I</c>

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will<00:17:14.579><c> give</c><00:17:14.680><c> that</c><00:17:14.940><c> individual</c>

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light,<00:17:17.339><c> the</c><00:17:17.460><c> opportunity</c><00:17:17.940><c> to</c><00:17:18.259><c> share</c><00:17:18.660><c> in</c><00:17:18.940><c> my</c><00:17:19.220><c> light,</c><00:17:20.200><c> the</c><00:17:20.279><c> opportunity</c><00:17:20.900><c> to</c><00:17:21.140><c> be</c><00:17:21.339><c> a</c>

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light<00:17:22.180><c> throughout</c>

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the<00:17:23.019><c> earth,</c><00:17:23.680><c> and</c><00:17:23.819><c> a</c><00:17:24.039><c> shepherd</c><00:17:24.420><c> throughout</c><00:17:25.240><c> the</c><00:17:25.500><c> earth,</c><00:17:25.900><c> as</c><00:17:26.220><c> you</c><00:17:26.700><c> arranging</c><00:17:27.259><c> brethren</c><00:17:27.700><c> must</c><00:17:28.140><c> be</c>

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to<00:17:28.640><c> your</c>

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people,<00:17:30.059><c> to</c><00:17:30.200><c> give</c><00:17:30.339><c> light</c><00:17:30.980><c> and</c><00:17:31.440><c> a</c><00:17:31.700><c> shepherd</c><00:17:32.160><c> gently,</c><00:17:34.059><c> lovingly,</c><00:17:35.839><c> firmly.</c>

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Even<00:17:40.839><c> as</c><00:17:41.660><c> I</c><00:17:41.819><c> have</c><00:17:42.000><c> received</c>

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my<00:17:42.440><c> father,</c><00:17:43.359><c> he</c><00:17:43.539><c> that</c><00:17:43.740><c> hath</c><00:17:43.920><c> an</c><00:17:44.160><c> ear,</c><00:17:45.259><c> let</c><00:17:45.339><c> him</c><00:17:45.500><c> hear</c><00:17:45.680><c> what</c><00:17:45.880><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:17:46.240><c> saith</c><00:17:46.440><c> unto</c><00:17:46.680><c> the</c><00:17:46.900><c> ecclesias,</c>

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and<00:17:48.200><c> unto</c><00:17:48.359><c> the</c><00:17:48.599><c> angel</c><00:17:49.079><c> of</c><00:17:49.359><c> the</c><00:17:49.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:49.880><c> in</c><00:17:50.299><c> Sardis.</c><00:17:51.339><c> Right.</c>

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Sardis,<00:17:53.299><c> brothers</c><00:17:53.380><c> and</c><00:17:53.619><c> sisters,</c><00:17:54.900><c> had</c><00:17:55.039><c> been</c>

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a<00:17:55.480><c> city</c><00:17:55.700><c> that</c><00:17:55.900><c> was</c><00:17:56.160><c> once</c><00:17:56.759><c> glorious</c><00:17:57.559><c> in</c><00:17:57.759><c> its</c><00:17:58.440><c> ancient</c><00:17:59.339><c> history.</c>

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Seven<00:18:01.420><c> hundred</c><00:18:03.000><c> years</c><00:18:03.220><c> before</c><00:18:03.500><c> this</c><00:18:03.740><c> letter</c>

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was<00:18:04.180><c> written,</c><00:18:04.980><c> it</c><00:18:05.019><c> was</c><00:18:05.140><c> one</c><00:18:05.299><c> of</c><00:18:05.400><c> the</c><00:18:05.779><c> greatest</c><00:18:06.220><c> cities</c><00:18:06.740><c> in</c><00:18:07.480><c> the</c>

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civilized<00:18:08.119><c> earth.</c><00:18:09.400><c> And</c><00:18:09.680><c> then</c><00:18:10.420><c> all</c><00:18:11.200><c> of</c><00:18:11.339><c> its</c>

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splendor<00:18:11.880><c> had</c><00:18:12.019><c> been</c><00:18:12.259><c> lost.</c><00:18:14.839><c> So</c><00:18:15.099><c> it</c><00:18:15.180><c> was</c><00:18:15.420><c> a</c><00:18:16.680><c> city</c><00:18:17.359><c> once</c><00:18:18.960><c> full</c><00:18:19.180><c> of</c>

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splendor,<00:18:20.960><c> having</c><00:18:21.079><c> a</c><00:18:21.319><c> good</c><00:18:21.519><c> name</c><00:18:21.779><c> and</c>

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a<00:18:22.039><c> good</c><00:18:22.259><c> reputation</c><00:18:22.859><c> throughout</c><00:18:23.839><c> the</c><00:18:24.180><c> earth,</c><00:18:25.319><c> that</c><00:18:25.400><c> had</c><00:18:25.519><c> been</c>

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destroyed<00:18:26.619><c> in</c><00:18:27.460><c> war,</c><00:18:27.839><c> in</c><00:18:28.059><c> battle,</c><00:18:29.160><c> just</c>

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completely<00:18:30.259><c> obliterated.</c><00:18:31.460><c> And</c><00:18:31.700><c> then</c><00:18:31.839><c> it</c><00:18:31.980><c> had</c><00:18:32.140><c> risen</c><00:18:32.319><c> again.</c>

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It<00:18:33.539><c> had</c><00:18:33.680><c> been</c><00:18:33.900><c> rebuilt.</c><00:18:36.660><c> The</c><00:18:36.799><c> name</c><00:18:37.119><c> Sardis</c>

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is<00:18:38.019><c> plural,</c><00:18:39.039><c> because</c><00:18:39.259><c> there</c><00:18:39.400><c> were</c><00:18:39.519><c> really</c><00:18:39.759><c> two</c><00:18:39.960><c> cities.</c><00:18:41.720><c> In</c><00:18:41.940><c> a</c>

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mountain,<00:18:43.059><c> on</c><00:18:43.240><c> the</c><00:18:43.359><c> top</c><00:18:43.480><c> of</c><00:18:43.680><c> a</c><00:18:43.799><c> ridge,</c><00:18:44.880><c> there</c>

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was<00:18:45.319><c> a</c><00:18:45.759><c> high</c><00:18:46.279><c> conical</c><00:18:47.259><c> hill</c><00:18:47.720><c> on</c><00:18:48.700><c> which</c><00:18:48.880><c> the</c><00:18:49.059><c> city</c><00:18:49.180><c> was</c><00:18:49.400><c> built.</c>

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It<00:18:49.619><c> was</c><00:18:49.859><c> impregnable,</c><00:18:51.079><c> the</c><00:18:51.339><c> original</c>

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city,<00:18:52.059><c> with</c><00:18:52.220><c> its</c><00:18:52.420><c> walls</c><00:18:52.740><c> up</c><00:18:53.240><c> on</c><00:18:53.460><c> its</c><00:18:53.660><c> hill,</c><00:18:54.279><c> with</c><00:18:54.599><c> steep</c><00:18:55.119><c> sides</c>

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of<00:18:55.680><c> the</c><00:18:55.819><c> ridge</c><00:18:56.059><c> on</c><00:18:56.319><c> either</c><00:18:56.640><c> side.</c><00:18:57.400><c> There</c>

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was<00:18:57.720><c> no</c><00:18:57.940><c> way</c><00:18:58.099><c> that</c><00:18:58.460><c> that</c><00:18:58.980><c> city</c><00:18:59.700><c> looked</c><00:19:00.359><c> as</c><00:19:01.099><c> if</c><00:19:01.220><c> it</c><00:19:01.400><c> could</c><00:19:01.700><c> be</c><00:19:02.119><c> taken.</c><00:19:02.700><c> It</c>

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looked<00:19:03.279><c> as</c><00:19:03.480><c> if</c><00:19:03.940><c> everything</c>

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was<00:19:05.299><c> unassailable.</c><00:19:08.160><c> It</c><00:19:08.319><c> was</c><00:19:08.640><c> extremely</c><00:19:09.180><c> wealthy,</c><00:19:09.920><c> fabulously</c><00:19:10.400><c> wealthy.</c>

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One<00:19:11.599><c> of</c><00:19:11.740><c> the</c><00:19:12.019><c> richest</c><00:19:12.319><c> men</c>

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who<00:19:12.759><c> ever</c><00:19:12.960><c> lived,</c><00:19:13.599><c> King</c><00:19:13.940><c> Croesus,</c><00:19:15.420><c> was</c><00:19:15.779><c> its</c><00:19:16.119><c> greatest</c><00:19:16.440><c> ruler.</c>

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In<00:19:17.500><c> his</c><00:19:17.779><c> time,</c><00:19:18.619><c> Sardis</c><00:19:18.839><c> reached</c><00:19:19.279><c> its</c><00:19:19.740><c> pinnacle.</c>

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In<00:19:20.559><c> his</c><00:19:20.859><c> time,</c><00:19:21.799><c> Sardis</c><00:19:22.259><c> fell</c><00:19:23.299><c> to</c><00:19:23.640><c> its</c><00:19:24.400><c> depths.</c><00:19:26.579><c> He</c><00:19:26.740><c> was</c><00:19:26.900><c> so</c>

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wealthy<00:19:27.720><c> that</c><00:19:28.279><c> when</c><00:19:28.759><c> people</c><00:19:29.099><c> came</c><00:19:29.480><c> through</c>

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who<00:19:30.839><c> were</c><00:19:31.619><c> famous</c><00:19:31.980><c> individuals</c><00:19:32.720><c> from</c><00:19:33.680><c> the</c><00:19:34.299><c> countries</c><00:19:34.599><c> around,</c><00:19:35.680><c> he</c><00:19:35.819><c> would</c><00:19:36.000><c> take</c><00:19:36.220><c> them</c><00:19:36.380><c> around</c><00:19:36.640><c> the</c><00:19:36.859><c> streets,</c>

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show<00:19:37.519><c> them</c><00:19:37.759><c> the</c><00:19:38.039><c> beauty</c><00:19:38.339><c> and</c><00:19:38.579><c> the</c><00:19:38.700><c> richness</c><00:19:38.920><c> of</c><00:19:39.180><c> his</c><00:19:39.259><c> city.</c><00:19:41.819><c> What</c><00:19:42.099><c> had</c><00:19:42.440><c> happened</c><00:19:43.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:43.920><c> process</c><00:19:44.279><c> of</c>

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time<00:19:45.140><c> is</c><00:19:45.940><c> that</c><00:19:46.359><c> Sardis,</c><00:19:46.839><c> because</c><00:19:47.160><c> of</c><00:19:47.299><c> its</c><00:19:47.519><c> feeling</c><00:19:47.880><c> of</c><00:19:48.400><c> unassailability</c><00:19:49.420><c> and</c>

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self<00:19:50.519><c>-confidence,</c><00:19:52.180><c> because</c>

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of<00:19:52.700><c> its</c><00:19:53.059><c> wealth,</c><00:19:54.680><c> all</c><00:19:54.880><c> of</c><00:19:54.980><c> its</c><00:19:55.119><c> riches,</c><00:19:56.380><c> it</c><00:19:56.619><c> began</c><00:19:56.900><c> to</c><00:19:57.180><c> become</c>

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soft.<00:19:58.839><c> It</c><00:19:59.500><c> began</c><00:19:59.920><c> to</c><00:19:59.920><c> become</c><00:19:59.920><c> soft.</c><00:19:59.980><c> It</c>

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failed<00:20:01.279><c> to</c><00:20:01.440><c> be</c><00:20:01.579><c> watchful.</c><00:20:03.440><c> So</c><00:20:03.519><c> when</c><00:20:03.720><c> Croesus</c><00:20:03.940><c> got</c><00:20:04.180><c> it</c><00:20:04.299><c> into</c><00:20:04.500><c> his</c><00:20:04.779><c> head</c><00:20:05.119><c> to</c>

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go<00:20:05.559><c> and</c><00:20:05.900><c> fight</c><00:20:06.099><c> against</c><00:20:06.380><c> the</c>

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Persians,<00:20:09.220><c> Cyrus</c><00:20:09.380><c> came</c><00:20:09.619><c> against</c><00:20:09.980><c> him</c><00:20:10.599><c> and</c><00:20:11.019><c> trounced</c><00:20:11.339><c> him</c><00:20:11.599><c> on</c>

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one<00:20:12.039><c> side</c><00:20:12.180><c> of</c><00:20:12.339><c> the</c><00:20:12.480><c> river.</c><00:20:13.299><c> He</c><00:20:13.420><c> fled</c><00:20:13.640><c> back</c>

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with<00:20:14.059><c> his</c><00:20:14.279><c> forces</c><00:20:14.599><c> without</c><00:20:14.940><c> much</c><00:20:15.220><c> concern</c><00:20:15.720><c> into</c><00:20:16.460><c> the</c><00:20:16.859><c> high,</c>

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unassailable<00:20:17.819><c> city.</c><00:20:19.640><c> Not</c><00:20:19.920><c> the</c><00:20:20.079><c> lower</c>

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portion<00:20:20.619><c> that</c><00:20:20.799><c> had</c><00:20:21.299><c> extended</c><00:20:21.700><c> down</c><00:20:22.599><c> to</c><00:20:22.880><c> the</c><00:20:23.000><c> bottom</c><00:20:23.240><c> of</c><00:20:23.440><c> the</c>

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ridge,<00:20:24.380><c> the</c><00:20:24.759><c> upper</c><00:20:25.019><c> section</c><00:20:25.339><c> that</c><00:20:25.559><c> was</c><00:20:26.000><c> unassailable.</c>

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And<00:20:27.640><c> there</c><00:20:27.920><c> they</c><00:20:28.299><c> ate</c><00:20:28.579><c> and</c><00:20:28.779><c> drank</c><00:20:28.960><c> and</c><00:20:29.099><c> made</c><00:20:29.299><c> merry,</c><00:20:30.119><c> because</c>

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there<00:20:30.700><c> was</c><00:20:30.940><c> no</c><00:20:31.220><c> way</c><00:20:31.779><c> that</c><00:20:32.259><c> Cyrus</c><00:20:32.460><c> could</c>

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enter.<00:20:35.240><c> Now</c><00:20:35.380><c> the</c><00:20:35.480><c> kind</c><00:20:35.779><c> of</c><00:20:36.019><c> rock</c><00:20:36.539><c> that</c><00:20:37.000><c> Sardis</c><00:20:37.299><c> was</c><00:20:37.619><c> built</c><00:20:37.940><c> on</c>

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was<00:20:39.500><c> rock</c><00:20:39.859><c> that</c><00:20:40.160><c> develops</c><00:20:40.640><c> cracks</c><00:20:41.160><c> easily.</c>

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And<00:20:43.799><c> one</c><00:20:43.920><c> of</c><00:20:44.059><c> the</c><00:20:44.299><c> soldiers</c><00:20:45.019><c> fighting</c><00:20:45.539><c> under</c><00:20:45.859><c> Cyrus</c><00:20:46.519><c> had</c><00:20:47.180><c> seen</c>

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one<00:20:48.619><c> of</c><00:20:48.779><c> Croesus'</c><00:20:50.960><c> generals</c><00:20:51.519><c> drop</c><00:20:52.359><c> a</c>

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crack.<00:20:56.480><c> He</c><00:20:56.480><c> fetched</c><00:20:56.859><c> it</c><00:20:56.980><c> back</c><00:20:57.119><c> up</c><00:20:57.339><c> again.</c><00:20:58.599><c> And</c><00:20:58.700><c> so</c><00:20:58.799><c> this</c><00:20:58.980><c> man</c>

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realized,<00:20:59.500><c> well,</c><00:20:59.640><c> there</c><00:20:59.740><c> must</c><00:20:59.920><c> have</c><00:21:00.019><c> been</c>

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a<00:21:00.400><c> fissure</c><00:21:00.680><c> in</c><00:21:00.839><c> the</c><00:21:01.000><c> rock.</c><00:21:01.519><c> There</c><00:21:01.619><c> must</c><00:21:01.819><c> have</c><00:21:01.920><c> been</c><00:21:02.059><c> a</c><00:21:02.380><c> crack</c>

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somewhere<00:21:03.480><c> in</c><00:21:03.759><c> the</c><00:21:03.960><c> rock</c><00:21:04.240><c> that</c><00:21:04.720><c> an</c><00:21:05.079><c> agile</c>

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man<00:21:05.880><c> could</c><00:21:06.200><c> climb</c><00:21:06.480><c> into</c><00:21:07.160><c> and</c><00:21:07.980><c> climb</c><00:21:08.140><c> up</c><00:21:08.359><c> again.</c><00:21:11.079><c> And</c><00:21:11.200><c> so</c><00:21:11.420><c> Cyrus</c>

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offered<00:21:11.960><c> a</c><00:21:12.180><c> reward</c><00:21:12.759><c> to</c><00:21:13.640><c> any</c><00:21:14.140><c> man</c><00:21:14.640><c> who</c><00:21:14.900><c> would</c>

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be<00:21:15.319><c> able</c><00:21:15.519><c> to</c><00:21:16.079><c> enter</c><00:21:16.579><c> into</c><00:21:16.920><c> the</c><00:21:17.119><c> city</c><00:21:17.259><c> or</c><00:21:17.460><c> find</c><00:21:17.759><c> a</c><00:21:17.960><c> way</c><00:21:18.079><c> into</c><00:21:18.299><c> the</c>

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city.<00:21:19.519><c> And</c><00:21:19.740><c> he</c><00:21:19.859><c> had</c><00:21:20.059><c> seen</c><00:21:20.220><c> this.</c><00:21:21.279><c> He</c><00:21:21.400><c> took</c>

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a<00:21:21.640><c> group</c><00:21:21.799><c> of</c><00:21:22.099><c> armed</c><00:21:22.319><c> Persians</c><00:21:22.779><c> with</c><00:21:23.000><c> him</c><00:21:23.460><c> by</c><00:21:23.819><c> night,</c><00:21:25.640><c> found</c><00:21:25.960><c> the</c><00:21:26.339><c> crack</c><00:21:26.579><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:27.119><c> rock</c><00:21:27.400><c> from</c><00:21:27.900><c> underneath,</c>

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climbed<00:21:30.420><c> up</c><00:21:30.980><c> through</c><00:21:31.279><c> the</c><00:21:31.559><c> crack.</c><00:21:32.720><c> When</c><00:21:32.920><c> he</c><00:21:33.059><c> got</c><00:21:33.160><c> into</c><00:21:33.359><c> the</c><00:21:33.539><c> city,</c><00:21:35.019><c> there</c><00:21:35.240><c> wasn't</c><00:21:35.460><c> even</c><00:21:35.740><c> a</c><00:21:35.960><c> guard</c>

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posted.<00:21:39.039><c> There</c><00:21:39.259><c> were</c><00:21:39.400><c> no</c><00:21:39.619><c> watchmen,</c><00:21:41.200><c> because</c><00:21:41.559><c> they</c><00:21:41.720><c> were</c><00:21:41.920><c> sure</c><00:21:42.119><c> there</c><00:21:42.240><c> was</c>

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no<00:21:42.759><c> way</c><00:21:42.859><c> that</c><00:21:43.079><c> anybody</c><00:21:43.359><c> could</c>

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enter<00:21:43.740><c> the</c><00:21:43.960><c> city.</c><00:21:45.180><c> They</c><00:21:45.440><c> had</c><00:21:45.640><c> everything</c><00:21:45.960><c> they</c><00:21:46.259><c> needed</c><00:21:46.460><c> to</c><00:21:46.619><c> be</c>

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safe.<00:21:48.000><c> What</c><00:21:48.299><c> need</c><00:21:48.599><c> of</c><00:21:48.779><c> a</c><00:21:48.960><c> watchman</c><00:21:49.380><c> was</c><00:21:49.680><c> there?</c>

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When<00:21:51.859><c> the</c><00:21:51.940><c> city</c><00:21:52.059><c> was</c><00:21:52.279><c> destroyed,</c><00:21:54.160><c> the</c><00:21:54.240><c> people</c><00:21:54.460><c> were</c><00:21:54.720><c> butchered.</c><00:21:56.099><c> Those</c><00:21:56.339><c> that</c><00:21:56.500><c> were</c><00:21:56.759><c> left,</c><00:21:58.460><c> Cyrus,</c><00:21:59.119><c> by</c>

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decree,<00:22:00.839><c> forced</c><00:22:01.599><c> to</c><00:22:03.480><c> become</c><00:22:03.839><c> effeminate</c><00:22:05.119><c> and</c><00:22:05.660><c> soft.</c><00:22:07.359><c> He</c><00:22:07.599><c> decreed</c><00:22:08.400><c> that</c>

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it<00:22:08.799><c> was</c><00:22:09.160><c> illegal</c><00:22:09.960><c> for</c><00:22:10.420><c> a</c><00:22:10.740><c> Sardian</c>

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to<00:22:11.440><c> possess</c><00:22:11.779><c> a</c><00:22:12.220><c> sword</c><00:22:12.579><c> or</c><00:22:13.119><c> a</c><00:22:13.380><c> spear</c><00:22:13.539><c> of</c><00:22:14.180><c> any</c><00:22:14.559><c> kind</c><00:22:14.839><c> of</c><00:22:15.200><c> implement</c><00:22:15.539><c> of</c><00:22:16.079><c> defense</c><00:22:16.559><c> or</c><00:22:16.859><c> warfare.</c><00:22:18.319><c> He</c><00:22:18.680><c> decreed</c>

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that<00:22:19.539><c> the</c><00:22:19.980><c> sons</c><00:22:20.400><c> of</c><00:22:20.619><c> the</c><00:22:20.799><c> Sardians</c><00:22:21.400><c> should</c><00:22:21.720><c> be</c><00:22:22.000><c> taught</c><00:22:22.359><c> dancing</c><00:22:23.259><c> and</c>

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music,<00:22:26.220><c> and</c><00:22:26.539><c> that</c><00:22:26.799><c> the</c><00:22:27.319><c> boots,</c><00:22:27.680><c> the</c>

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very<00:22:28.099><c> boots</c><00:22:28.359><c> that</c><00:22:28.539><c> they</c><00:22:28.779><c> wore</c><00:22:29.119><c> should</c><00:22:29.700><c> be</c><00:22:29.880><c> the</c><00:22:30.039><c> boots</c><00:22:30.460><c> worn</c><00:22:30.819><c> by</c>

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actors,<00:22:32.640><c> things</c><00:22:32.920><c> that</c><00:22:33.579><c> you</c><00:22:33.720><c> cannot</c><00:22:33.960><c> really</c>

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work<00:22:34.680><c> in</c><00:22:35.500><c> or</c><00:22:36.059><c> fight</c><00:22:36.339><c> in.</c><00:22:37.880><c> And</c><00:22:38.079><c> so</c><00:22:38.180><c> the</c><00:22:38.400><c> society</c><00:22:38.880><c> that</c><00:22:39.059><c> was</c><00:22:39.299><c> already</c><00:22:39.819><c> soft</c>

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became<00:22:41.759><c> soft</c><00:22:42.359><c> and</c><00:22:42.660><c> effeminate,</c>

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brothers<00:22:44.759><c> and</c><00:22:45.000><c> sisters.</c><00:22:46.799><c> That's</c><00:22:46.920><c> what</c><00:22:47.079><c> happened</c><00:22:47.359><c> in</c><00:22:47.660><c> Sardis.</c>

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Later<00:22:48.819><c> on,</c><00:22:49.579><c> after</c><00:22:49.640><c> Alexander</c><00:22:50.140><c> died</c>

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many,<00:22:51.400><c> many</c><00:22:51.720><c> years</c><00:22:52.019><c> after,</c><00:22:53.839><c> exactly</c><00:22:54.220><c> the</c><00:22:54.500><c> same</c><00:22:54.720><c> thing</c><00:22:54.920><c> happened</c><00:22:55.220><c> again.</c>

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Two<00:22:56.559><c> of</c><00:22:56.759><c> Alexander's</c><00:22:57.460><c> generals</c>

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were<00:22:58.160><c> fighting</c><00:22:58.440><c> with</c><00:22:58.619><c> each</c><00:22:58.799><c> other.</c><00:23:00.839><c> One</c><00:23:01.019><c> of</c><00:23:01.099><c> them</c><00:23:01.240><c> fled</c><00:23:01.440><c> up</c><00:23:01.680><c> into</c><00:23:02.359><c> the</c><00:23:02.680><c> fortress</c><00:23:02.980><c> of</c>

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Sardis,<00:23:04.799><c> and</c><00:23:04.940><c> his</c>

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soldiers,<00:23:05.859><c> the</c><00:23:06.019><c> soldiers</c><00:23:06.259><c> of</c><00:23:06.460><c> the</c><00:23:06.599><c> opposing</c><00:23:06.880><c> army,</c><00:23:07.259><c> found</c><00:23:07.460><c> the</c><00:23:07.720><c> crack,</c><00:23:08.619><c> got</c><00:23:08.839><c> up</c>

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into<00:23:09.200><c> the</c><00:23:09.359><c> city</c><00:23:09.500><c> and</c>

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found<00:23:09.859><c> it</c><00:23:10.059><c> wasn't</c><00:23:10.380><c> even</c><00:23:11.039><c> being</c><00:23:11.400><c> watched</c><00:23:11.740><c> again.</c><00:23:12.680><c> They</c><00:23:12.779><c> hadn't</c>

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learned<00:23:13.480><c> from</c><00:23:13.859><c> history.</c><00:23:15.440><c> The</c><00:23:15.559><c> Sardians</c>

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hadn't<00:23:16.119><c> learned</c><00:23:16.640><c> from</c><00:23:17.119><c> their</c><00:23:17.339><c> past</c><00:23:17.599><c> experiences,</c><00:23:18.380><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:23:18.720><c> sisters.</c><00:23:20.759><c> And</c><00:23:20.900><c> so</c><00:23:21.000><c> he</c><00:23:21.119><c> writes</c><00:23:21.440><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:21.799><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:22.079><c> in</c><00:23:22.400><c> Sardis,</c><00:23:23.380><c> These</c><00:23:23.779><c> things</c><00:23:24.460><c> saith</c><00:23:24.779><c> he</c><00:23:25.079><c> that</c><00:23:25.299><c> hath</c><00:23:25.619><c> the</c><00:23:26.299><c> seven</c><00:23:26.799><c> spirits</c><00:23:27.200><c> of</c>

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God<00:23:27.920><c> and</c>

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the<00:23:28.799><c> seven</c><00:23:29.079><c> stars.</c><00:23:30.500><c> Now</c><00:23:30.680><c> the</c><00:23:30.779><c> seven</c><00:23:31.099><c> spirits</c><00:23:31.440><c> of</c><00:23:31.720><c> God,</c><00:23:32.160><c> spirits</c><00:23:32.559><c> may</c><00:23:32.799><c> refer</c><00:23:33.099><c> to</c>

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spirit<00:23:33.680><c> beings</c><00:23:34.500><c> such</c>

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as<00:23:35.259><c> the</c><00:23:35.460><c> angels</c><00:23:36.160><c> that</c><00:23:36.680><c> go</c><00:23:36.900><c> throughout</c><00:23:37.240><c> the</c><00:23:37.460><c> earth</c><00:23:37.619><c> and</c><00:23:37.880><c> do</c><00:23:38.079><c> the</c>

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will<00:23:38.400><c> of</c><00:23:38.579><c> the</c><00:23:38.700><c> Lord.</c><00:23:39.599><c> It</c><00:23:39.819><c> may</c><00:23:40.019><c> refer</c>

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to<00:23:41.359><c> the</c><00:23:41.839><c> spirit</c><00:23:42.200><c> gifts</c><00:23:42.940><c> that</c><00:23:43.480><c> were</c><00:23:43.680><c> given</c><00:23:44.019><c> to</c><00:23:44.380><c> people</c><00:23:44.920><c> who</c><00:23:45.799><c> lived</c><00:23:45.980><c> within</c><00:23:46.359><c> the</c>

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Ecclesias<00:23:47.019><c> at</c><00:23:47.200><c> this</c><00:23:47.400><c> time,</c>

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that<00:23:48.319><c> they</c><00:23:48.500><c> might</c><00:23:48.839><c> draw</c><00:23:49.279><c> on</c><00:23:49.440><c> these</c><00:23:49.680><c> things</c><00:23:49.960><c> for</c><00:23:50.299><c> the</c><00:23:50.720><c> strength</c>

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and<00:23:51.460><c> benefit</c><00:23:51.759><c> of</c><00:23:51.940><c> the</c><00:23:52.099><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:23:53.579><c> It</c><00:23:53.839><c> may</c>

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simply<00:23:54.180><c> have</c><00:23:54.339><c> been</c><00:23:54.420><c> the</c><00:23:54.640><c> work</c><00:23:55.059><c> of</c><00:23:55.339><c> the</c><00:23:55.619><c> spirit</c><00:23:55.859><c> of</c><00:23:56.140><c> God,</c><00:23:56.900><c> represented</c><00:23:57.400><c> as</c>

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seven<00:23:58.339><c> spirits,</c><00:23:59.259><c> perfection.</c>

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Whatever<00:24:01.319><c> it</c><00:24:01.579><c> was,</c><00:24:02.539><c> there</c><00:24:02.599><c> was</c><00:24:02.920><c> strength</c><00:24:03.339><c> to</c><00:24:03.519><c> be</c><00:24:03.740><c> drawn</c><00:24:03.960><c> on</c><00:24:04.519><c> from</c><00:24:04.960><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:05.940><c> from</c><00:24:06.180><c> God,</c><00:24:07.119><c> if</c>

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this<00:24:08.099><c> Ecclesia</c>

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wanted<00:24:08.880><c> it.</c><00:24:10.119><c> And</c><00:24:10.480><c> the</c><00:24:10.819><c> Ecclesias</c><00:24:11.279><c> are</c><00:24:11.500><c> in</c><00:24:11.579><c> his</c><00:24:11.859><c> very</c><00:24:12.339><c> hand,</c><00:24:13.119><c> he's</c><00:24:13.380><c> saying.</c><00:24:14.599><c> He</c>

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has<00:24:15.240><c> the</c><00:24:15.539><c> seven</c><00:24:15.819><c> spirits</c>

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and<00:24:16.519><c> he</c><00:24:16.660><c> has</c><00:24:16.980><c> the</c><00:24:17.200><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:24:18.339><c> They're</c><00:24:18.539><c> right</c><00:24:18.640><c> in</c><00:24:18.799><c> his</c><00:24:19.000><c> hand</c>

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if<00:24:20.160><c> he</c><00:24:20.559><c> wants</c><00:24:20.819><c> or</c><00:24:21.099><c> if</c><00:24:21.279><c> they</c><00:24:21.480><c> want</c><00:24:21.640><c> his</c><00:24:21.980><c> strength.</c>

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He<00:24:22.960><c> says,</c><00:24:23.220><c> I</c><00:24:23.220><c> know</c><00:24:23.420><c> thy</c><00:24:23.660><c> works</c><00:24:24.140><c> and</c><00:24:24.519><c> that</c><00:24:24.599><c> thou</c><00:24:24.740><c> hast</c><00:24:25.000><c> a</c><00:24:25.240><c> name</c>

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that<00:24:25.640><c> thou</c><00:24:25.859><c> livest</c><00:24:26.819><c> and</c><00:24:27.220><c> art</c><00:24:27.400><c> dead.</c><00:24:28.039><c> You've</c>

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got<00:24:28.480><c> a</c><00:24:28.539><c> reputation</c><00:24:29.119><c> for</c><00:24:29.339><c> being</c><00:24:29.680><c> alive,</c><00:24:31.680><c> but</c><00:24:31.819><c> you're</c><00:24:32.039><c> really</c>

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dead,<00:24:33.079><c> Sardis.</c><00:24:34.480><c> The</c><00:24:34.799><c> reputation</c><00:24:35.339><c> you</c><00:24:35.680><c> have</c>

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is<00:24:36.519><c> based</c><00:24:36.920><c> on</c><00:24:37.119><c> the</c><00:24:37.319><c> fact</c><00:24:37.500><c> that</c><00:24:37.680><c> you're</c><00:24:37.940><c> doing</c><00:24:38.200><c> everything</c><00:24:38.779><c> that</c><00:24:39.319><c> would</c><00:24:39.539><c> appear</c><00:24:39.859><c> to</c>

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be<00:24:40.200><c> what</c><00:24:40.440><c> a</c><00:24:40.640><c> living</c><00:24:40.779><c> Ecclesia</c>

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does.<00:24:42.180><c> You've</c><00:24:42.460><c> got</c><00:24:42.599><c> your</c><00:24:42.859><c> unassailable</c><00:24:43.500><c> fortress.</c><00:24:44.859><c> You're</c>

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having<00:24:45.099><c> your</c><00:24:45.380><c> Bible</c><00:24:45.680><c> classes.</c><00:24:46.539><c> You're</c><00:24:46.740><c> having</c>

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your<00:24:47.119><c> evening</c><00:24:47.380><c> lectures.</c><00:24:48.440><c> You</c><00:24:48.619><c> have</c><00:24:48.819><c> your</c><00:24:49.180><c> Sunday</c><00:24:49.519><c> morning</c>

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meetings.<00:24:51.059><c> You</c><00:24:51.299><c> do</c><00:24:51.460><c> all</c><00:24:51.660><c> of</c><00:24:51.799><c> these</c><00:24:52.000><c> things,</c>

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but<00:24:53.039><c> there's</c><00:24:53.559><c> something</c><00:24:53.859><c> that's</c><00:24:54.420><c> lacking.</c><00:24:55.519><c> All</c><00:24:55.880><c> the</c><00:24:56.160><c> formality,</c><00:24:56.680><c> all</c><00:24:56.799><c> the</c>

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formalism<00:24:58.079><c> is</c><00:24:58.759><c> lacking</c>

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in<00:24:59.799><c> what</c><00:25:00.160><c> has</c><00:25:00.839><c> to</c><00:25:01.019><c> do</c><00:25:01.140><c> with</c><00:25:01.519><c> faith,</c><00:25:02.519><c> the</c><00:25:02.880><c> heart,</c><00:25:03.799><c> commitment,</c>

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completion<00:25:05.700><c> of</c><00:25:06.140><c> duty.</c><00:25:07.079><c> You</c><00:25:07.420><c> have</c><00:25:07.839><c> a</c><00:25:08.319><c> reputation</c>

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for<00:25:09.079><c> being</c><00:25:09.319><c> alive,</c><00:25:09.579><c> but</c><00:25:09.759><c> you're</c><00:25:10.019><c> not.</c><00:25:11.819><c> Well,</c><00:25:12.980><c> when</c><00:25:13.079><c> we</c><00:25:13.140><c> look</c>

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at<00:25:13.500><c> ourselves</c><00:25:13.900><c> as</c><00:25:14.339><c> individuals,</c><00:25:15.680><c> when</c>

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I<00:25:16.079><c> look</c><00:25:16.279><c> at</c><00:25:16.539><c> myself</c><00:25:17.380><c> as</c><00:25:17.980><c> an</c><00:25:18.200><c> individual,</c><00:25:19.700><c> there</c><00:25:19.799><c> are</c><00:25:19.960><c> times</c><00:25:20.259><c> when</c><00:25:20.460><c> I'm</c><00:25:20.859><c> exactly</c><00:25:21.400><c> like</c><00:25:21.940><c> this,</c><00:25:23.500><c> and</c><00:25:23.700><c> I</c><00:25:23.859><c> need</c>

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this<00:25:24.279><c> message</c><00:25:24.880><c> to</c><00:25:25.539><c> pull</c><00:25:25.680><c> me</c><00:25:25.819><c> out</c><00:25:26.059><c> of</c><00:25:26.220><c> that</c><00:25:26.380><c> way</c><00:25:26.539><c> of</c><00:25:26.759><c> thinking.</c>

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When<00:25:27.940><c> my</c><00:25:28.099><c> focus</c><00:25:28.359><c> is</c><00:25:28.539><c> more</c><00:25:28.839><c> on</c><00:25:29.380><c> rules</c><00:25:30.200><c> and</c>

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regulations,<00:25:33.819><c> when</c><00:25:33.980><c> my</c><00:25:34.240><c> focus</c><00:25:34.480><c> is</c><00:25:34.680><c> more</c><00:25:34.880><c> on</c><00:25:35.440><c> purity</c><00:25:35.960><c> and</c><00:25:36.279><c> defense,</c><00:25:39.720><c> and</c>

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when<00:25:40.319><c> my</c><00:25:40.579><c> focus</c><00:25:41.079><c> on</c><00:25:41.880><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:43.859><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:44.759><c> kingdom,</c><00:25:46.160><c> on</c><00:25:46.240><c> the</c><00:25:46.420><c> love</c><00:25:46.640><c> and</c><00:25:46.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:25:47.319><c> and</c><00:25:47.660><c> the</c><00:25:48.380><c> continual</c><00:25:49.220><c> pastoral</c><00:25:50.140><c> work</c>

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that<00:25:50.619><c> is</c><00:25:50.839><c> required</c>

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of<00:25:51.480><c> us</c><00:25:51.680><c> as</c><00:25:52.000><c> shepherds,</c><00:25:54.079><c> it</c><00:25:54.079><c> becomes</c><00:25:54.259><c> a</c><00:25:54.440><c> little</c><00:25:54.579><c> bit</c><00:25:54.779><c> out</c><00:25:54.920><c> of</c><00:25:55.099><c> focus,</c><00:25:56.339><c> a</c>

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little<00:25:56.599><c> bit</c><00:25:56.900><c> of</c><00:25:57.039><c> skew.</c><00:25:58.960><c> I</c><00:25:59.240><c> need</c>

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to<00:25:59.539><c> be</c><00:25:59.759><c> reminded</c><00:26:00.119><c> that</c><00:26:00.380><c> it</c><00:26:00.559><c> is</c><00:26:00.819><c> necessary</c><00:26:01.400><c> not</c><00:26:01.940><c> just</c><00:26:02.279><c> to</c><00:26:02.519><c> preserve</c><00:26:03.380><c> the</c>

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organization<00:26:04.680><c> and</c><00:26:05.099><c> formality</c>

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of<00:26:05.880><c> the</c><00:26:06.059><c> truth,</c><00:26:07.059><c> but</c><00:26:07.240><c> to</c><00:26:07.559><c> fill</c><00:26:07.660><c> it,</c><00:26:08.059><c> to</c><00:26:08.380><c> enliven</c><00:26:08.759><c> it</c><00:26:09.720><c> with</c><00:26:10.079><c> the</c>

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love<00:26:11.140><c> of</c><00:26:12.279><c> God</c><00:26:12.819><c> and</c><00:26:13.079><c> the</c><00:26:13.200><c> Lord</c><00:26:13.380><c> Jesus</c><00:26:13.759><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:26:14.740><c> kingdom</c><00:26:14.740><c> with</c><00:26:15.700><c> his</c><00:26:16.099><c> character,</c><00:26:17.440><c> the</c><00:26:17.680><c> giving,</c><00:26:18.099><c> the</c><00:26:18.480><c> joyful</c><00:26:18.960><c> giving</c><00:26:19.400><c> of</c><00:26:19.819><c> service</c><00:26:20.460><c> to</c>

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my<00:26:21.960><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:26:22.460><c> sisters,</c><00:26:24.279><c> with</c><00:26:24.420><c> not</c><00:26:24.579><c> just</c><00:26:24.740><c> a</c><00:26:25.000><c> desire</c><00:26:25.319><c> to</c><00:26:25.619><c> do</c><00:26:25.819><c> things</c><00:26:26.099><c> for</c>

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them,<00:26:27.240><c> but</c><00:26:27.400><c> the</c><00:26:27.700><c> willingness</c><00:26:28.160><c> and</c><00:26:28.460><c> the</c>

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fortitude<00:26:29.240><c> to</c><00:26:29.759><c> carry</c><00:26:30.119><c> through</c><00:26:30.619><c> with</c><00:26:30.880><c> that</c><00:26:31.099><c> desire</c><00:26:31.420><c> and</c><00:26:32.240><c> do</c><00:26:32.519><c> things</c><00:26:32.799><c> that</c><00:26:33.000><c> are</c><00:26:33.099><c> for</c><00:26:33.220><c> the</c><00:26:33.319><c> good</c><00:26:33.400><c> of</c><00:26:33.579><c> my</c>

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ecclesia.<00:26:34.900><c> He</c><00:26:35.259><c> says,</c><00:26:35.619><c> I</c><00:26:36.240><c> know</c><00:26:36.559><c> your</c><00:26:36.900><c> works.</c><00:26:37.279><c> You've</c><00:26:37.519><c> got</c><00:26:37.660><c> a</c>

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name<00:26:37.900><c> that</c><00:26:38.079><c> you're</c><00:26:38.299><c> alive</c><00:26:38.460><c> and</c><00:26:38.619><c> you're</c><00:26:38.819><c> not.</c>

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Be<00:26:41.180><c> watchful.</c><00:26:42.299><c> Wake</c><00:26:42.559><c> up.</c><00:26:44.079><c> Wake</c><00:26:44.279><c> up.</c><00:26:44.920><c> That's</c><00:26:45.119><c> what</c><00:26:45.240><c> he's</c><00:26:45.500><c> saying.</c><00:26:45.900><c> Be</c>

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watchful<00:26:47.119><c> and</c><00:26:47.700><c> strengthen</c><00:26:48.259><c> the</c>

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things<00:26:48.660><c> that</c><00:26:48.819><c> are</c><00:26:49.079><c> about</c><00:26:49.400><c> to</c><00:26:49.660><c> die.</c><00:26:51.319><c> The</c><00:26:51.599><c> things</c><00:26:51.819><c> that</c><00:26:52.019><c> are</c><00:26:52.200><c> left,</c><00:26:52.720><c> the</c>

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things<00:26:53.220><c> that</c><00:26:53.500><c> remain</c><00:26:54.200><c> that</c><00:26:54.500><c> are</c>

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about<00:26:55.539><c> to</c><00:26:55.859><c> die.</c><00:26:57.319><c> Your</c><00:26:57.480><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:57.839><c> is</c><00:26:58.019><c> about</c><00:26:58.259><c> to</c><00:26:58.500><c> die.</c><00:27:00.619><c> You're</c>

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about<00:27:01.299><c> to</c><00:27:01.480><c> lose</c><00:27:01.680><c> the</c><00:27:01.940><c> truth.</c><00:27:02.920><c> You're</c><00:27:03.160><c> focused</c>

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on<00:27:03.799><c> formality,</c><00:27:04.579><c> but</c><00:27:04.579><c> you're</c><00:27:04.880><c> not</c><00:27:05.259><c> looking</c><00:27:05.579><c> at</c><00:27:06.019><c> the</c><00:27:06.519><c> hearts</c><00:27:07.180><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:07.660><c> truth.</c><00:27:10.839><c> Wake</c><00:27:11.079><c> up.</c><00:27:12.119><c> Be</c><00:27:12.579><c> watchful.</c>

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Don't<00:27:14.319><c> just</c><00:27:14.660><c> assume</c><00:27:15.440><c> because</c><00:27:16.220><c> you</c><00:27:16.460><c> are</c><00:27:16.680><c> doing</c><00:27:16.980><c> the</c><00:27:17.279><c> things</c><00:27:17.519><c> that</c><00:27:17.799><c> Christadelphians</c><00:27:18.640><c> do</c>

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in<00:27:19.859><c> your</c><00:27:20.099><c> ecclesia</c>

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that<00:27:21.440><c> those</c><00:27:21.700><c> will</c><00:27:22.019><c> carry</c><00:27:22.240><c> you</c><00:27:22.539><c> through.</c><00:27:22.940><c> There</c><00:27:23.119><c> must</c><00:27:23.380><c> be</c><00:27:23.640><c> more</c>

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internally.<00:27:26.039><c> The</c><00:27:26.319><c> commitment,</c><00:27:27.299><c> the</c><00:27:27.440><c> zeal,</c>

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the<00:27:28.500><c> love</c><00:27:28.759><c> of</c><00:27:29.000><c> the</c><00:27:29.160><c> truth.</c><00:27:31.920><c> Be</c><00:27:32.319><c> watchful.</c><00:27:32.960><c> Wake</c><00:27:33.279><c> up.</c><00:27:35.039><c> Who</c><00:27:35.359><c> better</c><00:27:35.619><c> than</c>

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Sardis<00:27:36.460><c> to</c><00:27:36.680><c> realize</c><00:27:37.680><c> the</c><00:27:38.180><c> necessity</c>

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for<00:27:39.019><c> being</c><00:27:39.359><c> watchful?</c><00:27:40.460><c> They</c><00:27:40.539><c> never</c><00:27:40.819><c> set</c><00:27:40.980><c> a</c><00:27:41.180><c> guard.</c><00:27:42.099><c> They</c><00:27:42.180><c> were</c>

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taken<00:27:42.640><c> twice.</c><00:27:43.400><c> They</c><00:27:43.539><c> thought</c><00:27:43.740><c> they</c><00:27:43.900><c> were</c>

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unassailable.<00:27:44.779><c> They</c><00:27:44.779><c> weren't.</c><00:27:46.059><c> Trouble</c><00:27:46.400><c> came</c><00:27:46.720><c> right</c><00:27:47.099><c> into</c>

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that<00:27:47.700><c> little</c><00:27:48.039><c> crack</c><00:27:48.279><c> that</c><00:27:48.500><c> even</c><00:27:48.779><c> they</c><00:27:48.960><c> were</c>

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unaware<00:27:49.400><c> of</c><00:27:49.920><c> or</c><00:27:50.279><c> had</c><00:27:50.599><c> forgotten</c><00:27:51.119><c> about.</c><00:27:53.660><c> Be</c><00:27:53.940><c> watchful.</c><00:27:55.740><c> Be</c><00:27:55.920><c> watchful.</c><00:27:56.779><c> Philips,</c><00:27:57.779><c> in</c>

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his<00:27:58.140><c> book,</c><00:27:58.140><c> he</c><00:27:58.140><c> says,</c>

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his<00:27:58.480><c> rendition</c><00:27:59.079><c> says,</c><00:28:00.200><c> now</c><00:28:00.259><c> wake</c><00:28:00.579><c> up.</c><00:28:01.799><c> Strengthen</c><00:28:02.500><c> what</c><00:28:02.680><c> you</c>

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have<00:28:03.059><c> before</c><00:28:03.319><c> it</c><00:28:03.579><c> dies.</c><00:28:04.980><c> The</c><00:28:05.079><c> New</c><00:28:05.259><c> English</c>

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Bible<00:28:05.799><c> says,</c><00:28:07.000><c> put</c><00:28:07.039><c> some</c><00:28:07.420><c> strength</c><00:28:08.000><c> into</c><00:28:08.240><c> what</c><00:28:08.420><c> is</c><00:28:08.660><c> left,</c><00:28:09.480><c> which</c><00:28:09.680><c> must</c>

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otherwise<00:28:10.440><c> die.</c><00:28:13.759><c> Keep</c><00:28:14.140><c> up</c><00:28:14.519><c> the</c>

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formality<00:28:15.319><c> of</c><00:28:15.539><c> the</c><00:28:15.700><c> truth.</c><00:28:16.740><c> That</c><00:28:16.940><c> is</c><00:28:17.259><c> right.</c><00:28:18.019><c> Keep</c><00:28:18.480><c> the</c><00:28:18.980><c> structure,</c><00:28:19.480><c> the</c>

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organization.<00:28:21.700><c> Keep</c><00:28:21.880><c> the</c>

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living.<00:28:28.720><c> Make</c><00:28:28.940><c> them</c><00:28:29.160><c> powerful.</c><00:28:30.480><c> Make</c><00:28:30.660><c> them</c><00:28:30.900><c> important</c><00:28:31.359><c> and</c>

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real.<00:28:32.740><c> When</c><00:28:32.880><c> you</c><00:28:33.119><c> get</c><00:28:33.319><c> up</c><00:28:33.480><c> to</c><00:28:33.680><c> preside,</c><00:28:34.299><c> preside</c>

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with<00:28:35.200><c> your</c><00:28:35.440><c> whole</c><00:28:35.819><c> heart.</c><00:28:37.259><c> When</c><00:28:37.420><c> you</c><00:28:37.619><c> conduct</c><00:28:37.859><c> a</c><00:28:38.140><c> business</c><00:28:38.339><c> meeting,</c><00:28:38.680><c> do</c>

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the<00:28:38.940><c> same</c><00:28:39.200><c> thing.</c><00:28:39.839><c> Be</c><00:28:40.119><c> concerned</c>

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for<00:28:40.819><c> the</c><00:28:41.000><c> life</c><00:28:41.180><c> of</c><00:28:41.359><c> the</c><00:28:41.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:41.740><c> and</c><00:28:42.039><c> your</c><00:28:42.200><c> brethren</c><00:28:42.440><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:28:44.539><c> Infuse</c><00:28:45.019><c> the</c><00:28:45.579><c> formality,</c><00:28:46.500><c> the</c><00:28:46.940><c> structure</c>

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with<00:28:49.180><c> life.</c><00:28:50.859><c> He</c><00:28:51.059><c> goes</c><00:28:51.200><c> on</c><00:28:51.400><c> and</c><00:28:51.539><c> he</c><00:28:51.660><c> says,</c><00:28:53.519><c> be</c><00:28:53.640><c> watchful.</c><00:28:54.519><c> Strengthen</c><00:28:54.960><c> the</c>

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things<00:28:55.319><c> which</c><00:28:55.559><c> remain</c><00:28:55.920><c> that</c><00:28:56.279><c> are</c>

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:59.960
ready<00:28:56.599><c> to</c><00:28:56.819><c> die.</c><00:28:57.720><c> For</c><00:28:57.960><c> I</c><00:28:58.220><c> have</c><00:28:58.460><c> not</c><00:28:58.759><c> found</c><00:28:59.019><c> thy</c><00:28:59.220><c> works</c><00:28:59.480><c> perfect.</c>

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:02.720
The<00:29:00.400><c> revised</c><00:29:00.720><c> version</c><00:29:01.039><c> says,</c><00:29:02.240><c> I</c><00:29:02.400><c> have</c>

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found<00:29:03.200><c> no</c><00:29:04.339><c> works</c><00:29:04.759><c> of</c><00:29:05.019><c> thine</c><00:29:05.259><c> fulfilled.</c><00:29:06.279><c> He's</c><00:29:06.500><c> talking</c><00:29:06.680><c> to</c>

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:10.539
arranging<00:29:07.279><c> brethren.</c><00:29:08.619><c> Whatever</c><00:29:09.039><c> you</c><00:29:09.880><c> have</c><00:29:10.119><c> decided</c>

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:13.960
to<00:29:10.799><c> do</c><00:29:10.980><c> or</c><00:29:11.160><c> you</c><00:29:11.480><c> have</c><00:29:11.480><c> seen</c><00:29:11.720><c> that</c><00:29:11.920><c> needs</c><00:29:12.099><c> doing,</c><00:29:13.460><c> you</c><00:29:13.559><c> have</c><00:29:13.720><c> not</c>

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:16.400
completed<00:29:14.319><c> it.</c><00:29:15.460><c> There's</c><00:29:15.799><c> work</c><00:29:16.079><c> that's</c>

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:23.920
not<00:29:16.740><c> being</c><00:29:17.240><c> completed</c><00:29:18.079><c> in</c><00:29:18.839><c> the</c><00:29:19.000><c> ecclesia.</c><00:29:21.500><c> Brethren,</c><00:29:23.640><c> we</c><00:29:23.759><c> can</c>

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:26.440
look<00:29:24.079><c> at</c><00:29:24.319><c> so</c><00:29:24.660><c> many</c><00:29:24.980><c> problems</c><00:29:25.420><c> in</c><00:29:25.599><c> the</c><00:29:25.859><c> truth.</c>

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:29.740
We<00:29:27.259><c> look</c><00:29:27.420><c> at</c><00:29:27.640><c> problems</c><00:29:27.940><c> in</c><00:29:28.119><c> the</c><00:29:28.359><c> truth</c><00:29:28.599><c> and</c><00:29:28.960><c> they</c><00:29:29.200><c> become</c><00:29:29.519><c> for</c>

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:34.460
us<00:29:30.640><c> this</c><00:29:31.700><c> paper</c><00:29:33.079><c> on</c><00:29:33.319><c> the</c><00:29:33.519><c> ground.</c><00:29:34.279><c> We</c>

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:37.980
know<00:29:34.680><c> it's</c><00:29:34.960><c> there.</c><00:29:35.839><c> Somebody</c><00:29:36.140><c> has</c><00:29:36.380><c> to</c><00:29:36.519><c> pick</c><00:29:36.599><c> it</c><00:29:36.799><c> up,</c><00:29:37.380><c> but</c><00:29:37.599><c> I'm</c>

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:41.059
busy.<00:29:39.720><c> We</c><00:29:39.920><c> know</c><00:29:40.099><c> it's</c><00:29:40.400><c> there.</c><00:29:40.819><c> There's</c>

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:45.180
a<00:29:41.299><c> need</c><00:29:41.839><c> to</c><00:29:42.059><c> be</c><00:29:42.299><c> ministered</c><00:29:42.839><c> to,</c><00:29:43.440><c> but</c><00:29:43.740><c> somebody</c><00:29:44.180><c> else</c><00:29:44.440><c> is</c><00:29:44.779><c> closer</c><00:29:45.000><c> to</c>

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.480
that<00:29:45.380><c> problem</c><00:29:45.759><c> and</c><00:29:46.059><c> should</c><00:29:46.220><c> look</c>

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:49.559
after<00:29:46.720><c> it.</c><00:29:47.940><c> We</c><00:29:48.160><c> know</c><00:29:48.299><c> that</c><00:29:48.480><c> there</c><00:29:48.619><c> are</c><00:29:48.779><c> young</c><00:29:48.940><c> couples</c><00:29:49.259><c> under</c>

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:52.740
pressure,<00:29:50.460><c> pressure,</c><00:29:51.240><c> pressure,</c><00:29:52.339><c> like</c><00:29:52.480><c> no</c>

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:58.680
generation<00:29:53.180><c> ever</c><00:29:53.539><c> before.</c><00:29:55.460><c> Pressure.</c><00:29:56.900><c> We</c><00:29:57.059><c> don't</c><00:29:57.299><c> want</c><00:29:57.420><c> to</c><00:29:57.519><c> get</c><00:29:57.680><c> involved</c><00:29:58.200><c> because</c><00:29:58.519><c> it</c>

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.059
might<00:29:58.880><c> hurt</c>

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their<00:29:59.299><c> feelings.</c><00:29:59.740><c> They</c><00:29:59.740><c> might</c><00:29:59.980><c> become</c><00:30:00.420><c> irritable</c><00:30:00.940><c> with</c><00:30:01.200><c> us.</c>

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.039
We<00:30:02.619><c> know</c><00:30:02.779><c> that</c><00:30:02.960><c> there</c><00:30:03.099><c> are</c><00:30:03.339><c> young</c><00:30:03.500><c> people</c>

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:09.019
wrestling<00:30:04.579><c> with</c><00:30:05.140><c> a</c><00:30:05.420><c> world</c><00:30:05.859><c> that</c><00:30:06.420><c> will</c><00:30:06.619><c> conquer</c><00:30:06.900><c> anyone</c><00:30:07.599><c> and</c>

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.500
we<00:30:09.240><c> leave</c><00:30:09.359><c> it</c><00:30:09.539><c> up</c><00:30:09.640><c> to</c><00:30:09.799><c> other</c><00:30:09.980><c> people</c><00:30:10.200><c> to</c><00:30:10.339><c> look</c>

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after<00:30:10.779><c> it.</c><00:30:14.380><c> We</c><00:30:14.519><c> know</c><00:30:14.720><c> that</c><00:30:14.960><c> there</c><00:30:15.160><c> are</c><00:30:15.480><c> elderly</c><00:30:16.059><c> cast</c><00:30:16.740><c> down</c><00:30:17.500><c> into</c><00:30:18.099><c> a</c>

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feeling<00:30:18.779><c> of</c><00:30:19.079><c> depression</c><00:30:19.599><c> and</c><00:30:20.059><c> worthlessness</c>

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:24.700
and<00:30:22.000><c> we</c><00:30:22.140><c> leave</c><00:30:22.519><c> them</c><00:30:22.740><c> there</c><00:30:23.099><c> for</c><00:30:23.279><c> somebody</c><00:30:23.640><c> else</c><00:30:23.859><c> to</c><00:30:24.019><c> pick</c><00:30:24.119><c> them</c><00:30:24.319><c> up.</c>

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:28.140
Brethren,<00:30:26.319><c> when</c><00:30:26.440><c> we</c><00:30:26.759><c> see</c><00:30:27.019><c> a</c><00:30:27.220><c> need,</c>

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:32.500
it's<00:30:28.420><c> important</c><00:30:28.880><c> to</c><00:30:29.140><c> fulfill</c><00:30:29.720><c> that</c><00:30:30.099><c> need,</c><00:30:31.319><c> to</c><00:30:31.640><c> minister</c><00:30:32.099><c> to</c>

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:35.160
it,<00:30:33.240><c> to</c><00:30:33.460><c> see</c><00:30:33.759><c> the</c><00:30:34.039><c> problems</c><00:30:34.299><c> that</c><00:30:34.660><c> exist</c><00:30:34.839><c> in</c><00:30:35.019><c> our</c>

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ecclesia<00:30:35.400><c> and</c><00:30:35.680><c> deal</c><00:30:36.039><c> with</c><00:30:36.259><c> them.</c><00:30:37.700><c> We</c><00:30:37.880><c> have</c><00:30:38.059><c> to</c><00:30:38.299><c> want</c><00:30:38.500><c> to</c><00:30:38.700><c> do</c>

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.960
that.<00:30:39.000><c> That's</c><00:30:39.240><c> what</c><00:30:39.380><c> the</c><00:30:39.579><c> shepherd</c><00:30:39.799><c> does</c>

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:47.720
or<00:30:41.420><c> the</c><00:30:41.599><c> sheep</c><00:30:41.779><c> die</c><00:30:42.220><c> or</c><00:30:42.480><c> escape</c><00:30:42.920><c> or</c><00:30:44.359><c> hurt</c><00:30:44.880><c> themselves</c><00:30:45.619><c> somehow.</c><00:30:47.200><c> That's</c>

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:50.140
what<00:30:48.000><c> Christ</c><00:30:48.400><c> is</c><00:30:48.740><c> saying.</c><00:30:49.920><c> I've</c>

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:53.019
seen<00:30:50.259><c> that</c><00:30:50.400><c> none</c><00:30:50.579><c> of</c><00:30:50.740><c> the</c><00:30:50.920><c> work</c><00:30:51.160><c> that</c><00:30:51.380><c> you</c><00:30:51.859><c> know</c><00:30:52.099><c> has</c><00:30:52.339><c> to</c><00:30:52.480><c> be</c><00:30:52.619><c> done,</c><00:30:52.740><c> none</c><00:30:52.880><c> of</c>

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.880
your<00:30:53.160><c> works</c><00:30:53.319><c> have</c><00:30:53.500><c> ever</c>

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:57.920
come<00:30:54.200><c> to</c><00:30:54.420><c> fruition</c><00:30:54.779><c> or</c><00:30:55.140><c> been</c><00:30:55.400><c> completed.</c><00:30:56.279><c> Oh,</c><00:30:56.559><c> let's</c><00:30:56.799><c> do</c><00:30:56.980><c> this,</c><00:30:57.180><c> let's</c><00:30:57.400><c> do</c><00:30:57.500><c> that.</c><00:30:57.579><c> There's</c><00:30:57.799><c> a</c>

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.220
need<00:30:58.079><c> for</c>

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this,<00:30:58.420><c> there's</c><00:30:58.539><c> a</c><00:30:58.640><c> need</c><00:30:58.740><c> for</c><00:30:58.900><c> that.</c><00:30:59.019><c> We</c><00:30:59.180><c> ought</c><00:30:59.359><c> to</c><00:30:59.480><c> do</c><00:30:59.559><c> this,</c>

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:01.619
we<00:30:59.839><c> ought</c><00:31:00.000><c> to</c><00:31:00.099><c> do</c><00:31:00.240><c> that</c><00:31:00.480><c> and</c><00:31:00.960><c> nothing</c><00:31:01.299><c> ever</c>

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:05.400
comes<00:31:01.900><c> of</c><00:31:02.079><c> it.</c><00:31:02.880><c> You've</c><00:31:03.319><c> never</c><00:31:03.619><c> completed</c><00:31:04.039><c> the</c><00:31:04.319><c> works</c><00:31:04.640><c> because</c>

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:09.599
you're<00:31:06.259><c> listless</c><00:31:06.839><c> and</c><00:31:07.259><c> lazy</c><00:31:07.819><c> and</c><00:31:08.680><c> sleepy</c>

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:17.200
and<00:31:10.059><c> you're</c><00:31:10.279><c> not</c><00:31:10.619><c> watching</c><00:31:11.099><c> and</c><00:31:11.980><c> oh,</c><00:31:13.140><c> life</c><00:31:13.240><c> is</c><00:31:14.900><c> everything</c><00:31:15.920><c> but</c><00:31:16.500><c> what</c><00:31:16.759><c> needs</c><00:31:17.019><c> to</c>

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.259
be<00:31:17.359><c> done.</c>

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:23.319
That's<00:31:20.319><c> what</c><00:31:20.440><c> he's</c><00:31:20.740><c> saying</c><00:31:20.839><c> to</c><00:31:20.980><c> them,</c><00:31:21.440><c> to</c><00:31:21.440><c> me,</c><00:31:22.980><c> that's</c><00:31:23.220><c> what</c>

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:26.200
he's<00:31:23.539><c> saying</c><00:31:23.619><c> to</c><00:31:23.819><c> me.</c><00:31:25.220><c> He</c><00:31:25.400><c> may</c><00:31:25.539><c> be</c><00:31:25.779><c> saying</c><00:31:25.839><c> something</c>

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:30.220
different<00:31:26.640><c> to</c><00:31:26.799><c> you</c><00:31:27.059><c> but</c><00:31:27.240><c> that's</c><00:31:27.980><c> what</c><00:31:28.140><c> he</c><00:31:28.319><c> is</c><00:31:28.619><c> saying</c><00:31:28.920><c> to</c><00:31:29.279><c> me.</c>

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:32.319
Strengthen<00:31:30.759><c> what</c><00:31:30.980><c> remains.</c><00:31:31.960><c> You</c><00:31:32.079><c> see</c><00:31:32.140><c> that</c>

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:36.440
little<00:31:32.559><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:33.000><c> that</c><00:31:33.200><c> it</c><00:31:33.420><c> is</c><00:31:33.559><c> your</c><00:31:34.019><c> privilege</c><00:31:34.660><c> to</c><00:31:35.420><c> be</c><00:31:35.599><c> in</c><00:31:35.720><c> the</c><00:31:35.779><c> midst</c><00:31:36.019><c> of,</c><00:31:36.259><c> to</c>

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:39.299
serve,<00:31:37.640><c> keep</c><00:31:37.960><c> it</c><00:31:38.279><c> alive</c>

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:41.279
because<00:31:39.660><c> the</c><00:31:39.880><c> only</c><00:31:40.099><c> privilege</c><00:31:40.440><c> that</c><00:31:40.619><c> you</c><00:31:40.720><c> will</c><00:31:40.900><c> receive</c><00:31:41.119><c> in</c>

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:44.079
God's<00:31:41.559><c> kingdom</c><00:31:41.940><c> is</c><00:31:42.519><c> to</c><00:31:42.720><c> keep</c><00:31:43.079><c> those</c><00:31:43.660><c> that</c><00:31:43.839><c> are</c>

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:48.480
left<00:31:44.180><c> in</c><00:31:44.380><c> the</c><00:31:44.579><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:44.920><c> of</c><00:31:45.160><c> the</c><00:31:45.380><c> earth</c><00:31:46.559><c> alive</c><00:31:47.339><c> and</c><00:31:47.619><c> growing.</c>

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:52.119
Keep<00:31:49.700><c> them</c><00:31:49.960><c> alive.</c><00:31:51.440><c> Strengthen</c><00:31:51.980><c> what</c>

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:57.099
is<00:31:52.339><c> left,</c><00:31:52.579><c> what</c><00:31:52.740><c> is</c><00:31:53.140><c> ready</c><00:31:53.500><c> to</c><00:31:53.759><c> die.</c><00:31:55.279><c> Remember</c><00:31:55.839><c> therefore</c><00:31:56.640><c> how</c>

00:31:57.099 --> 00:32:00.700
thou<00:31:57.319><c> hast</c><00:31:57.579><c> received.</c><00:31:58.420><c> Why</c><00:31:58.740><c> how?</c><00:31:59.460><c> Why</c><00:31:59.660><c> not</c><00:32:00.039><c> what</c>

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:07.519
thou<00:32:01.240><c> hast</c><00:32:01.519><c> received?</c><00:32:02.779><c> Why</c><00:32:02.980><c> not</c><00:32:03.259><c> say</c><00:32:03.619><c> remember</c><00:32:04.180><c> what</c><00:32:04.440><c> you</c><00:32:04.680><c> received?</c><00:32:05.759><c> How?</c><00:32:06.619><c> Little</c><00:32:06.960><c> words,</c><00:32:07.240><c> you</c><00:32:07.359><c> don't</c>

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:10.079
have<00:32:07.680><c> to</c><00:32:07.779><c> be</c><00:32:07.900><c> a</c><00:32:08.059><c> Greek</c><00:32:08.299><c> scholar,</c><00:32:08.680><c> brethren,</c><00:32:09.380><c> to</c><00:32:09.519><c> find</c><00:32:09.720><c> this.</c>

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:12.039
Look<00:32:10.519><c> at</c><00:32:10.660><c> the</c><00:32:10.819><c> little</c><00:32:11.039><c> words</c><00:32:11.299><c> in</c><00:32:11.480><c> the</c><00:32:11.640><c> English.</c>

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:19.119
What<00:32:12.559><c> is</c><00:32:12.779><c> it</c><00:32:13.000><c> saying?</c><00:32:14.779><c> Remember</c><00:32:15.079><c> how</c><00:32:15.779><c> you've</c><00:32:16.299><c> received.</c><00:32:17.779><c> Remember</c><00:32:18.200><c> how</c>

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:21.180
those<00:32:19.720><c> who</c><00:32:20.119><c> preach</c><00:32:20.359><c> the</c><00:32:20.680><c> truth</c><00:32:20.940><c> to</c>

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:29.380
you<00:32:22.579><c> gave</c><00:32:23.220><c> their</c><00:32:23.740><c> lives</c><00:32:24.559><c> for</c><00:32:25.039><c> you.</c><00:32:26.900><c> That</c><00:32:27.019><c> the</c><00:32:27.380><c> man</c><00:32:28.079><c> who</c><00:32:29.019><c> gave</c>

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himself<00:32:29.859><c> for</c><00:32:30.099><c> you</c><00:32:30.240><c> that</c><00:32:30.400><c> you</c><00:32:30.519><c> might</c><00:32:30.680><c> have</c>

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the<00:32:31.059><c> truth.</c><00:32:31.380><c> Remember</c><00:32:31.740><c> how</c><00:32:32.680><c> he</c><00:32:33.180><c> gave</c><00:32:33.400><c> it</c><00:32:33.660><c> to</c><00:32:33.759><c> you.</c><00:32:35.140><c> Remember</c>

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:38.660
his<00:32:35.759><c> whole</c><00:32:36.160><c> lifestyle,</c><00:32:37.559><c> Paul's</c><00:32:38.180><c> lifestyle,</c>

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:43.339
the<00:32:39.039><c> lifestyle</c><00:32:39.500><c> of</c><00:32:39.680><c> the</c><00:32:39.960><c> brethren</c><00:32:40.299><c> who</c><00:32:40.880><c> taught</c><00:32:41.119><c> this</c><00:32:41.380><c> ecclesia,</c><00:32:42.660><c> who</c><00:32:42.920><c> brought</c><00:32:43.140><c> it</c>

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into<00:32:43.619><c> existence.</c>

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Remember<00:32:45.519><c> how</c><00:32:46.380><c> you</c><00:32:47.140><c> received.</c><00:32:48.420><c> It</c><00:32:48.680><c> wasn't</c><00:32:48.900><c> just</c><00:32:49.180><c> speaking</c><00:32:49.400><c> from</c><00:32:49.599><c> the</c><00:32:49.779><c> platform,</c><00:32:50.180><c> it</c>

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was<00:32:50.720><c> day</c><00:32:50.960><c> to</c>

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day<00:32:51.240><c> labor</c><00:32:51.500><c> with</c><00:32:51.779><c> them,</c><00:32:52.220><c> from</c><00:32:52.420><c> house</c><00:32:52.640><c> to</c><00:32:52.799><c> house,</c><00:32:53.440><c> problem</c><00:32:53.759><c> to</c>

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:56.380
problem,<00:32:54.839><c> issue</c><00:32:55.059><c> to</c><00:32:55.299><c> issue,</c><00:32:55.779><c> misunderstanding</c>

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to<00:32:56.599><c> misunderstanding,</c><00:32:58.099><c> need</c><00:32:58.339><c> to</c><00:32:58.640><c> need.</c><00:33:00.079><c> Remember</c><00:33:00.440><c> how</c><00:33:00.720><c> you</c>

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received.<00:33:02.339><c> Remember</c><00:33:02.900><c> therefore</c><00:33:03.640><c> how</c><00:33:04.460><c> thou</c>

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:14.119
hast<00:33:05.119><c> received</c><00:33:05.900><c> and</c><00:33:06.480><c> how</c><00:33:06.839><c> you</c><00:33:07.160><c> heard.</c><00:33:10.039><c> And</c><00:33:10.319><c> hold</c><00:33:10.579><c> fast</c><00:33:11.359><c> and</c><00:33:12.420><c> repent.</c><00:33:13.839><c> If</c>

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therefore<00:33:14.700><c> thou</c><00:33:14.920><c> shalt</c>

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not<00:33:15.619><c> watch,</c><00:33:16.619><c> I</c><00:33:16.819><c> will</c><00:33:17.039><c> come</c><00:33:17.299><c> on</c><00:33:17.460><c> thee</c><00:33:17.579><c> as</c><00:33:17.759><c> a</c><00:33:17.960><c> thief.</c><00:33:19.119><c> Thou</c><00:33:19.319><c> shalt</c>

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.900
not<00:33:19.819><c> know</c><00:33:20.019><c> what</c><00:33:20.299><c> hour</c><00:33:20.480><c> I</c><00:33:20.579><c> will</c><00:33:20.720><c> come</c>

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:24.319
upon<00:33:21.079><c> thee.</c><00:33:21.200><c> You</c><00:33:21.339><c> will</c><00:33:21.519><c> be</c><00:33:21.759><c> completely</c><00:33:22.220><c> unprepared.</c><00:33:23.660><c> Remember</c><00:33:23.960><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:33:24.480><c> the</c><00:33:24.640><c> parable.</c><00:33:25.180><c> The</c><00:33:25.359><c> good</c><00:33:25.539><c> man</c>

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:33.799
had<00:33:26.079><c> known</c><00:33:26.859><c> when</c><00:33:27.319><c> the</c><00:33:27.500><c> thief</c><00:33:27.640><c> was</c><00:33:27.900><c> coming</c><00:33:28.099><c> he</c><00:33:28.240><c> would</c><00:33:28.380><c> have</c><00:33:28.559><c> watched.</c><00:33:32.819><c> I</c><00:33:33.079><c> will</c><00:33:33.259><c> come</c><00:33:33.380><c> as</c><00:33:33.559><c> a</c>

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thief,<00:33:34.279><c> take</c>

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you<00:33:34.700><c> completely</c><00:33:34.880><c> by</c><00:33:35.200><c> surprise</c><00:33:35.980><c> and</c><00:33:37.000><c> I</c><00:33:37.200><c> will</c><00:33:37.599><c> steal</c><00:33:38.259><c> from</c><00:33:38.660><c> you</c>

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everything<00:33:40.279><c> you</c><00:33:40.880><c> thought</c><00:33:41.059><c> was</c><00:33:41.400><c> worth</c>

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:45.720
anything.<00:33:43.900><c> Everything</c><00:33:44.039><c> in</c><00:33:44.279><c> this</c><00:33:44.579><c> world</c><00:33:44.880><c> that</c><00:33:45.099><c> you</c><00:33:45.279><c> held</c><00:33:45.420><c> on</c>

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:48.079
to,<00:33:46.160><c> that</c><00:33:46.279><c> you</c><00:33:46.579><c> thought</c><00:33:46.859><c> would</c><00:33:47.680><c> give</c><00:33:47.839><c> you</c>

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:52.559
salvation.<00:33:49.400><c> All</c><00:33:49.720><c> your</c><00:33:49.960><c> possessions,</c><00:33:50.640><c> all</c><00:33:50.779><c> your</c><00:33:51.059><c> professions,</c><00:33:52.240><c> everything</c>

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.400
that<00:33:52.779><c> you</c><00:33:52.980><c> wrapped</c><00:33:53.160><c> your</c>

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life<00:33:53.599><c> up</c><00:33:53.799><c> in</c><00:33:54.079><c> so</c><00:33:54.319><c> that</c><00:33:54.440><c> you</c><00:33:54.779><c> could</c><00:33:55.059><c> not</c><00:33:55.440><c> minister</c><00:33:55.839><c> to</c><00:33:56.240><c> the</c><00:33:56.500><c> needs</c><00:33:56.859><c> that</c>

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existed.<00:33:57.779><c> I'll</c><00:33:58.119><c> steal</c><00:33:58.359><c> all</c>

00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:03.839
of<00:33:58.680><c> that</c><00:33:58.799><c> from</c><00:33:58.980><c> you</c><00:33:59.160><c> and</c><00:33:59.220><c> you'll</c><00:33:59.400><c> see</c><00:33:59.500><c> it</c><00:33:59.680><c> was</c><00:33:59.980><c> nothing.</c><00:34:00.900><c> It</c><00:34:01.160><c> wasn't</c><00:34:01.279><c> worth</c><00:34:01.500><c> anything.</c><00:34:03.420><c> It</c>

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wasn't<00:34:04.079><c> worth</c>

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anything.<00:34:05.299><c> I'll</c><00:34:05.480><c> come</c><00:34:05.599><c> as</c><00:34:05.779><c> a</c><00:34:05.960><c> thief</c><00:34:06.339><c> and</c><00:34:07.200><c> you</c><00:34:07.259><c> will</c><00:34:07.480><c> not</c><00:34:07.740><c> know</c>

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:09.800
what<00:34:08.260><c> hour</c><00:34:08.500><c> I</c><00:34:08.679><c> will</c><00:34:08.840><c> come</c><00:34:09.039><c> upon</c><00:34:09.300><c> thee.</c>

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:16.440
Thou<00:34:10.579><c> hast</c><00:34:11.019><c> a</c><00:34:11.400><c> few</c><00:34:11.659><c> names</c><00:34:12.659><c> even</c><00:34:13.960><c> in</c><00:34:14.639><c> Sardis</c><00:34:15.380><c> which</c><00:34:15.840><c> have</c><00:34:16.099><c> not</c>

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defiled<00:34:17.019><c> the</c><00:34:17.699><c> garment</c><00:34:18.119><c> that</c><00:34:18.320><c> they</c><00:34:18.519><c> put</c>

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on<00:34:19.360><c> when</c><00:34:19.659><c> they</c><00:34:19.800><c> were</c><00:34:20.000><c> baptized.</c><00:34:21.860><c> They</c><00:34:22.239><c> put</c><00:34:22.420><c> on</c><00:34:22.780><c> Christ</c><00:34:23.699><c> and</c><00:34:24.460><c> a</c>

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:27.400
way<00:34:24.679><c> of</c><00:34:24.900><c> life</c><00:34:25.039><c> that</c><00:34:25.199><c> is</c><00:34:25.679><c> laid</c><00:34:25.920><c> out</c><00:34:26.699><c> in</c><00:34:26.980><c> Colossians</c>

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:33.000
3.<00:34:27.880><c> All</c><00:34:28.239><c> associated</c><00:34:28.840><c> with</c><00:34:29.360><c> that</c><00:34:29.980><c> garment.</c><00:34:32.079><c> There</c><00:34:32.219><c> were</c><00:34:32.519><c> some</c>

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:36.099
even<00:34:33.559><c> in</c><00:34:33.900><c> Sardis</c><00:34:34.659><c> who</c><00:34:35.099><c> continued</c><00:34:35.699><c> to</c>

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labor<00:34:36.760><c> according</c><00:34:37.599><c> to</c><00:34:38.539><c> what</c><00:34:38.920><c> was</c><00:34:39.340><c> associated</c><00:34:39.820><c> with</c><00:34:40.059><c> their</c>

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:44.980
garment,<00:34:40.900><c> Christ.</c><00:34:42.400><c> With</c><00:34:42.659><c> love,</c><00:34:43.559><c> with</c><00:34:43.800><c> dedication</c>

00:34:45.369 --> 00:34:49.820
you<00:34:45.800><c> notice</c><00:34:46.260><c> what</c><00:34:46.639><c> he's</c><00:34:47.039><c> saying.</c><00:34:48.380><c> Thou</c><00:34:48.599><c> hast</c><00:34:48.820><c> a</c><00:34:49.019><c> few</c><00:34:49.139><c> names</c><00:34:49.500><c> in</c>

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Sardis.<00:34:51.500><c> He's</c><00:34:51.940><c> saying</c><00:34:52.139><c> people</c><00:34:52.659><c> other</c>

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than<00:34:53.079><c> the</c><00:34:53.260><c> arranging</c><00:34:53.659><c> board.</c><00:34:55.420><c> Who's</c><00:34:55.639><c> he</c><00:34:55.739><c> talking</c><00:34:55.980><c> about?</c><00:34:58.400><c> You</c>

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:59.539
know<00:34:58.679><c> your</c><00:34:58.860><c> brethren</c><00:34:59.099><c> on</c><00:34:59.260><c> the</c><00:34:59.380><c> board</c>

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you<00:34:59.860><c> have</c><00:35:00.280><c> even</c><00:35:00.880><c> in</c><00:35:01.159><c> Sardis</c><00:35:01.840><c> a</c><00:35:02.300><c> few</c><00:35:02.420><c> names.</c><00:35:03.980><c> So</c><00:35:04.159><c> he's</c><00:35:04.300><c> not</c><00:35:04.440><c> talking</c><00:35:04.659><c> about</c><00:35:04.860><c> them.</c><00:35:06.219><c> He's</c>

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talking<00:35:06.719><c> about</c>

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people<00:35:07.300><c> other</c><00:35:07.559><c> than</c><00:35:07.760><c> the</c><00:35:07.980><c> arranging</c><00:35:08.760><c> brethren.</c><00:35:11.059><c> There</c><00:35:11.260><c> were</c>

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.059
some<00:35:12.360><c> in</c><00:35:13.000><c> the</c><00:35:13.179><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:13.440><c> who</c><00:35:13.639><c> continued</c>

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:21.320
to<00:35:14.300><c> labor.</c><00:35:15.960><c> The</c><00:35:16.320><c> elderly</c><00:35:16.699><c> brother</c><00:35:17.079><c> or</c><00:35:17.440><c> sister</c><00:35:18.380><c> whose</c><00:35:20.320><c> understanding</c><00:35:20.900><c> of</c><00:35:21.079><c> the</c>

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:23.480
truth<00:35:21.480><c> is</c><00:35:21.960><c> simple</c><00:35:22.400><c> and</c><00:35:22.820><c> basic</c>

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:29.519
but<00:35:24.739><c> who</c><00:35:25.059><c> in</c><00:35:25.380><c> kindness</c><00:35:26.079><c> is</c><00:35:27.159><c> always</c><00:35:27.880><c> doing</c><00:35:28.219><c> what</c><00:35:28.559><c> little</c><00:35:28.900><c> he</c><00:35:29.199><c> or</c>

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:34.300
she<00:35:29.800><c> can</c><00:35:30.420><c> to</c><00:35:31.599><c> relieve</c><00:35:32.159><c> the</c><00:35:32.519><c> pain,</c><00:35:33.239><c> sorrow,</c>

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the<00:35:34.860><c> grief</c><00:35:34.980><c> of</c><00:35:35.340><c> mind</c><00:35:35.960><c> that</c><00:35:36.659><c> other</c><00:35:37.300><c> brothers</c><00:35:37.619><c> and</c><00:35:37.920><c> sisters</c><00:35:38.280><c> have</c><00:35:38.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:35:39.920><c> ecclesia.</c><00:35:41.460><c> That</c><00:35:41.679><c> person</c>

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:47.179
will<00:35:42.260><c> go</c><00:35:42.440><c> into</c><00:35:42.639><c> the</c><00:35:42.840><c> kingdom</c><00:35:43.440><c> ahead</c><00:35:44.059><c> of</c><00:35:44.460><c> me,</c><00:35:46.320><c> far</c><00:35:46.719><c> ahead</c><00:35:47.000><c> of</c>

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:51.340
me.<00:35:49.519><c> That's</c><00:35:49.960><c> what</c><00:35:50.079><c> he's</c><00:35:50.320><c> talking</c><00:35:50.619><c> about.</c>

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:56.880
4.<00:35:52.800><c> To</c><00:35:53.119><c> care</c><00:35:53.619><c> for</c><00:35:53.960><c> the</c><00:35:54.179><c> needs</c><00:35:54.659><c> of</c><00:35:54.960><c> the</c><00:35:55.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:55.880><c> so</c><00:35:56.579><c> that</c><00:35:56.800><c> it</c>

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:59.860
is<00:35:57.019><c> not</c><00:35:57.300><c> an</c><00:35:57.579><c> academic</c><00:35:58.079><c> thing.</c><00:35:59.539><c> It</c><00:35:59.659><c> is</c>

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not<00:36:00.000><c> an</c><00:36:00.360><c> exercise</c><00:36:01.099><c> in</c><00:36:01.940><c> studiousness</c><00:36:02.599><c> and</c><00:36:02.860><c> scholarship.</c><00:36:04.280><c> It's</c>

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real<00:36:05.300><c> everyday</c><00:36:05.960><c> life</c><00:36:06.960><c> and</c><00:36:08.000><c> looking</c><00:36:08.340><c> after</c>

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:13.860
the<00:36:09.059><c> needs</c><00:36:09.320><c> of</c><00:36:09.619><c> those</c><00:36:10.119><c> who</c><00:36:10.380><c> are</c><00:36:11.059><c> everyday</c><00:36:11.679><c> ordinary</c><00:36:12.940><c> people</c>

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with<00:36:14.579><c> an</c><00:36:15.159><c> extraordinary</c><00:36:16.320><c> hope.</c><00:36:18.480><c> The</c><00:36:18.739><c> truth</c>

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is<00:36:19.059><c> not</c><00:36:19.219><c> a</c><00:36:19.380><c> body</c><00:36:19.659><c> of</c><00:36:20.039><c> principles</c><00:36:20.400><c> that</c><00:36:20.659><c> are</c><00:36:20.880><c> believed.</c><00:36:22.219><c> The</c><00:36:22.460><c> truth</c><00:36:22.739><c> is</c>

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a<00:36:23.260><c> body</c><00:36:23.539><c> of</c><00:36:23.920><c> principles</c><00:36:24.219><c> that</c><00:36:24.500><c> are</c>

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:30.360
done.<00:36:26.519><c> That's</c><00:36:26.840><c> what</c><00:36:26.980><c> we</c><00:36:27.239><c> believe.</c><00:36:28.619><c> We</c><00:36:28.860><c> are</c><00:36:29.199><c> believers</c><00:36:29.559><c> who</c><00:36:30.000><c> do</c>

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:34.059
things.<00:36:32.599><c> The</c><00:36:32.800><c> world</c><00:36:33.019><c> consists</c><00:36:33.519><c> of</c><00:36:33.780><c> people</c>

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:39.420
who<00:36:35.159><c> believe</c><00:36:35.519><c> principles</c><00:36:36.099><c> that</c><00:36:36.360><c> are</c><00:36:36.679><c> flexible,</c><00:36:38.320><c> that</c><00:36:38.619><c> change</c>

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according<00:36:39.920><c> to</c><00:36:40.219><c> the</c><00:36:40.380><c> whims</c><00:36:40.659><c> and</c><00:36:41.039><c> circumstances</c>

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of<00:36:42.460><c> the</c><00:36:42.639><c> age</c><00:36:42.860><c> in</c><00:36:42.980><c> which</c><00:36:43.119><c> they</c><00:36:43.280><c> are</c><00:36:43.480><c> living.</c><00:36:43.800><c> But</c><00:36:44.159><c> our</c><00:36:44.739><c> principles</c><00:36:45.420><c> do</c><00:36:45.960><c> not</c>

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.579
change.<00:36:47.039><c> We've</c><00:36:47.199><c> been</c><00:36:47.440><c> told</c>

00:36:47.579 --> 00:36:50.179
that<00:36:47.739><c> by</c><00:36:47.940><c> Brother</c><00:36:48.219><c> Tennant.</c><00:36:49.199><c> Brother</c><00:36:49.320><c> Peter</c><00:36:49.599><c> told</c><00:36:49.840><c> us</c><00:36:50.059><c> that</c>

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:53.719
this<00:36:50.460><c> morning.</c><00:36:51.760><c> We</c><00:36:51.900><c> need</c><00:36:52.119><c> to</c><00:36:52.760><c> think</c><00:36:53.139><c> about</c>

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:59.860
why<00:36:54.340><c> we</c><00:36:54.880><c> live</c><00:36:55.099><c> in</c><00:36:55.300><c> ecclesias.</c><00:36:56.519><c> What</c><00:36:56.900><c> is</c><00:36:57.320><c> the</c><00:36:57.619><c> reason</c><00:36:58.139><c> for</c><00:36:58.380><c> having</c><00:36:58.599><c> ecclesias?</c><00:36:59.699><c> It</c>

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.599
is<00:37:00.059><c> to</c><00:37:00.179><c> give</c><00:37:00.340><c> forth</c>

00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:05.659
light<00:37:01.139><c> within</c><00:37:01.920><c> and</c><00:37:02.199><c> without.</c><00:37:03.420><c> And</c><00:37:03.599><c> the</c><00:37:03.780><c> light</c><00:37:03.960><c> involves</c><00:37:04.519><c> keeping</c><00:37:05.340><c> the</c>

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:07.480
light<00:37:05.900><c> shining</c><00:37:06.280><c> when</c><00:37:06.539><c> people</c><00:37:06.840><c> are</c>

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:11.760
in<00:37:07.679><c> darkness,</c><00:37:08.860><c> in</c><00:37:09.099><c> dark</c><00:37:09.440><c> times.</c><00:37:10.719><c> The</c><00:37:10.960><c> world</c><00:37:11.139><c> is</c><00:37:11.300><c> in</c><00:37:11.519><c> darkness.</c>

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:13.619
Yes,<00:37:12.179><c> our</c><00:37:12.360><c> brethren</c><00:37:12.639><c> and</c><00:37:12.940><c> sisters</c><00:37:13.280><c> can</c>

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:19.280
be<00:37:14.000><c> in</c><00:37:15.079><c> situations</c><00:37:15.719><c> of</c><00:37:16.019><c> darkness.</c><00:37:17.199><c> And</c><00:37:17.400><c> if</c><00:37:17.559><c> we</c><00:37:17.940><c> ignore</c><00:37:18.559><c> them</c>

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:22.280
or<00:37:19.619><c> wait</c><00:37:19.900><c> for</c><00:37:20.119><c> them</c><00:37:20.380><c> to</c><00:37:20.900><c> spiral</c><00:37:21.300><c> out</c><00:37:21.519><c> of</c><00:37:21.760><c> control,</c>

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:26.420
if<00:37:22.900><c> we</c><00:37:23.139><c> wait</c><00:37:23.340><c> for</c><00:37:23.559><c> divorce</c><00:37:23.820><c> and</c><00:37:24.019><c> remarriage</c><00:37:24.400><c> to</c><00:37:24.579><c> come</c><00:37:24.760><c> up</c><00:37:25.099><c> without</c><00:37:25.380><c> doing</c><00:37:25.719><c> something</c><00:37:26.079><c> in</c>

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.960
the<00:37:26.780><c> beginning,</c>

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:31.960
to<00:37:28.980><c> not,</c><00:37:30.039><c> or</c><00:37:30.099><c> to</c><00:37:30.219><c> do</c><00:37:30.360><c> everything</c><00:37:30.639><c> in</c><00:37:30.840><c> our</c><00:37:31.079><c> power</c><00:37:31.300><c> to</c><00:37:31.559><c> prevent</c>

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:34.960
that<00:37:32.239><c> from</c><00:37:32.440><c> happening,</c><00:37:34.139><c> then</c><00:37:34.480><c> we're</c><00:37:34.699><c> beginning</c>

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:42.000
to<00:37:35.199><c> do</c><00:37:35.360><c> our</c><00:37:35.619><c> jobs</c><00:37:36.099><c> as</c><00:37:37.340><c> arranging</c><00:37:37.800><c> brethren</c><00:37:38.260><c> and</c><00:37:39.440><c> as</c><00:37:39.699><c> ecclesias.</c><00:37:40.320><c> He</c><00:37:40.699><c> says,</c>

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:43.599
Thou<00:37:43.599><c> shalt</c><00:37:43.599><c> be</c><00:37:43.599><c> in</c><00:37:43.599><c> the</c>

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:48.300
house<00:37:43.880><c> of</c><00:37:44.139><c> few</c><00:37:44.340><c> names,</c><00:37:44.760><c> even</c><00:37:45.000><c> in</c><00:37:45.320><c> Sardis.</c><00:37:46.340><c> They</c><00:37:47.059><c> shall</c><00:37:47.719><c> walk</c>

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:52.079
with<00:37:48.659><c> me</c><00:37:49.340><c> in</c><00:37:49.840><c> white,</c><00:37:51.280><c> for</c><00:37:51.440><c> they</c><00:37:51.599><c> are</c><00:37:51.800><c> worthy.</c>

00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:57.199
Who<00:37:52.300><c> walked</c><00:37:52.559><c> in</c><00:37:52.820><c> white?</c><00:37:54.019><c> The</c><00:37:54.480><c> priests</c><00:37:54.940><c> in</c><00:37:55.539><c> Israel,</c><00:37:56.739><c> brothers</c>

00:37:57.199 --> 00:38:00.460
and<00:37:57.539><c> sisters.</c><00:37:58.739><c> They</c><00:37:58.980><c> walked</c><00:37:59.219><c> in</c><00:37:59.519><c> white.</c>

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:10.059
They<00:38:01.420><c> labored.</c><00:38:03.300><c> They</c><00:38:03.699><c> instructed.</c><00:38:05.619><c> They</c><00:38:06.119><c> purified.</c><00:38:07.800><c> And</c><00:38:08.059><c> they</c><00:38:08.480><c> offered</c><00:38:08.940><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:09.820><c> for</c>

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:11.159
the<00:38:10.320><c> people</c>

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:16.820
continually,<00:38:13.059><c> day</c><00:38:13.519><c> in</c><00:38:14.019><c> and</c><00:38:14.340><c> day</c><00:38:14.820><c> out.</c><00:38:15.920><c> So</c><00:38:16.139><c> these</c><00:38:16.320><c> people</c><00:38:16.579><c> were</c>

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:18.539
doing<00:38:17.099><c> the</c><00:38:17.320><c> labor</c><00:38:17.500><c> of</c><00:38:17.800><c> priests.</c><00:38:18.380><c> They</c>

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:22.599
would<00:38:18.719><c> be</c><00:38:19.019><c> clothed</c><00:38:19.539><c> and</c><00:38:19.780><c> made</c><00:38:20.059><c> priests</c><00:38:20.760><c> in</c><00:38:21.380><c> the</c><00:38:21.619><c> time</c><00:38:22.079><c> when</c><00:38:22.340><c> we</c>

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:25.719
shall<00:38:22.739><c> be</c><00:38:23.179><c> kings</c><00:38:23.659><c> and</c><00:38:24.219><c> priests</c><00:38:24.639><c> in</c><00:38:24.860><c> God's</c>

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:31.599
kingdom.<00:38:27.280><c> He</c><00:38:27.460><c> that</c><00:38:27.719><c> overcometh</c><00:38:28.920><c> laziness,</c><00:38:31.039><c> unwillingness</c>

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:35.900
to<00:38:31.840><c> labor,</c><00:38:33.260><c> the</c><00:38:33.440><c> desire</c><00:38:33.800><c> to</c><00:38:34.500><c> pass</c><00:38:34.900><c> off</c><00:38:35.139><c> responsibility</c>

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:38.699
and<00:38:36.059><c> problems</c><00:38:36.480><c> to</c><00:38:36.960><c> other</c><00:38:37.199><c> people</c><00:38:37.440><c> because</c><00:38:37.679><c> I'm</c><00:38:38.000><c> doing</c><00:38:38.239><c> all</c><00:38:38.460><c> I</c>

00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:40.940
can,<00:38:39.320><c> what</c><00:38:39.500><c> I'm</c><00:38:39.679><c> doing</c><00:38:39.840><c> is</c><00:38:40.039><c> enough.</c>

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:46.159
He<00:38:41.619><c> that</c><00:38:41.980><c> overcometh</c><00:38:42.960><c> that</c><00:38:43.420><c> frame</c><00:38:43.699><c> of</c><00:38:43.980><c> mind,</c><00:38:44.780><c> the</c><00:38:45.099><c> same</c><00:38:45.699><c> shall</c>

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:48.659
be<00:38:46.400><c> clothed</c><00:38:46.719><c> in</c><00:38:46.920><c> white</c><00:38:47.460><c> raiment.</c><00:38:48.480><c> He</c>

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:52.880
will<00:38:48.880><c> be</c><00:38:49.099><c> a</c><00:38:49.280><c> priest</c><00:38:49.639><c> because</c><00:38:50.639><c> our</c><00:38:50.940><c> job</c><00:38:51.079><c> is</c><00:38:51.300><c> to</c><00:38:51.579><c> labor</c><00:38:52.179><c> in</c><00:38:52.679><c> the</c>

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:55.360
kingdom,<00:38:53.219><c> not</c><00:38:53.500><c> to</c><00:38:53.760><c> sit</c><00:38:53.920><c> back</c><00:38:54.179><c> and</c><00:38:54.420><c> relax.</c>

00:38:55.619 --> 00:39:00.579
So<00:38:55.800><c> we</c><00:38:55.940><c> must</c><00:38:56.139><c> be</c><00:38:56.360><c> doing</c><00:38:56.559><c> now</c><00:38:57.179><c> what</c><00:38:57.500><c> we</c><00:38:57.699><c> will</c><00:38:57.860><c> do</c><00:38:58.119><c> in</c><00:38:58.579><c> the</c><00:38:58.800><c> kingdom.</c><00:39:00.099><c> Now</c><00:39:00.380><c> is</c>

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:02.000
the<00:39:00.760><c> time</c><00:39:00.900><c> to</c><00:39:01.119><c> learn</c><00:39:01.420><c> what</c>

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:07.360
we<00:39:02.139><c> will</c><00:39:02.400><c> do.</c><00:39:04.559><c> If</c><00:39:04.679><c> we</c><00:39:04.760><c> want</c><00:39:04.920><c> to</c><00:39:05.039><c> be</c><00:39:05.199><c> priests</c><00:39:05.619><c> and</c><00:39:05.880><c> kings,</c><00:39:07.219><c> we've</c>

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:10.179
got<00:39:07.519><c> to</c><00:39:07.679><c> labor</c><00:39:07.920><c> as</c><00:39:08.219><c> they</c><00:39:08.619><c> were</c><00:39:08.820><c> meant</c><00:39:09.099><c> to.</c>

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:13.980
And<00:39:10.920><c> I</c><00:39:11.139><c> will</c><00:39:11.320><c> not</c><00:39:11.519><c> blot</c><00:39:11.679><c> his</c><00:39:11.920><c> name</c><00:39:12.059><c> out</c><00:39:12.219><c> of</c><00:39:12.380><c> the</c><00:39:12.619><c> book</c><00:39:12.820><c> of</c><00:39:13.139><c> life.</c>

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:16.559
Every<00:39:14.699><c> Roman</c><00:39:15.039><c> city,</c><00:39:15.420><c> every</c><00:39:15.659><c> Asian</c><00:39:15.960><c> city</c>

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:22.119
had<00:39:16.960><c> a</c><00:39:17.119><c> book</c><00:39:17.260><c> in</c><00:39:17.460><c> which</c><00:39:17.980><c> all</c><00:39:18.420><c> that</c><00:39:18.659><c> was</c><00:39:18.920><c> citizens</c><00:39:19.440><c> were</c><00:39:19.699><c> registered.</c><00:39:21.800><c> And</c><00:39:22.000><c> if</c>

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:23.840
a<00:39:22.300><c> person</c><00:39:22.599><c> died,</c><00:39:23.699><c> the</c>

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:26.820
name<00:39:23.980><c> stayed</c><00:39:24.199><c> on</c><00:39:24.380><c> the</c><00:39:24.539><c> register,</c><00:39:24.780><c> the</c><00:39:24.960><c> family</c><00:39:25.340><c> name.</c><00:39:26.500><c> But</c><00:39:26.679><c> if</c>

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:31.980
somebody<00:39:27.260><c> for</c><00:39:28.000><c> crimes</c><00:39:29.039><c> was</c><00:39:31.260><c> no</c><00:39:31.480><c> longer</c><00:39:31.820><c> considered</c>

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:38.579
to<00:39:32.280><c> be</c><00:39:32.380><c> a</c><00:39:32.519><c> citizen,</c><00:39:34.460><c> somebody</c><00:39:34.880><c> refused</c><00:39:35.760><c> to</c><00:39:37.199><c> live</c><00:39:37.599><c> up</c><00:39:38.000><c> to</c><00:39:38.199><c> their</c>

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:42.340
civic<00:39:39.099><c> obligations,</c><00:39:41.619><c> that</c><00:39:41.860><c> name</c><00:39:42.019><c> was</c>

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:46.900
expunged,<00:39:43.340><c> wiped</c><00:39:43.559><c> off,</c><00:39:44.119><c> blotted</c><00:39:44.239><c> out</c><00:39:44.900><c> from</c><00:39:46.019><c> the</c><00:39:46.320><c> book</c><00:39:46.519><c> of</c><00:39:46.739><c> the</c>

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:48.699
city.<00:39:48.000><c> It's</c><00:39:48.139><c> the</c><00:39:48.139><c> same</c><00:39:48.280><c> with</c><00:39:48.460><c> us</c><00:39:48.579><c> in</c>

00:39:48.699 --> 00:39:53.699
the<00:39:48.880><c> truth.</c><00:39:50.139><c> We</c><00:39:50.420><c> have</c><00:39:50.619><c> work</c><00:39:50.860><c> to</c><00:39:51.039><c> do,</c><00:39:51.199><c> brethren.</c><00:39:51.559><c> Let</c><00:39:51.739><c> us</c><00:39:51.940><c> be</c><00:39:52.260><c> working.</c><00:39:53.519><c> We</c>

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.760
have<00:39:53.900><c> work</c><00:39:54.059><c> to</c><00:39:54.199><c> do,</c><00:39:54.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:54.760 --> 00:40:01.179
Let<00:39:55.099><c> us</c><00:39:55.260><c> be</c><00:39:55.559><c> laboring.</c><00:39:57.179><c> He</c><00:39:57.460><c> that</c><00:39:57.820><c> hath</c><00:39:58.199><c> an</c><00:39:58.639><c> ear</c><00:39:58.960><c> to</c><00:39:59.280><c> hear.</c><00:40:01.079><c> Let</c>

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:02.960
him<00:40:01.280><c> hear</c><00:40:01.420><c> what</c><00:40:01.599><c> the</c><00:40:01.780><c> Spirit</c><00:40:02.039><c> saith</c><00:40:02.619><c> unto</c>

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:08.699
the<00:40:03.320><c> Ecclesians.</c><00:40:04.840><c> I</c><00:40:05.079><c> will</c><00:40:05.360><c> confess</c><00:40:05.820><c> that</c><00:40:06.119><c> person's</c><00:40:06.820><c> name</c><00:40:07.539><c> before</c><00:40:08.380><c> my</c>

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:10.719
Father<00:40:08.980><c> and</c><00:40:09.159><c> before</c><00:40:09.400><c> the</c><00:40:09.619><c> angels.</c>

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:13.539
When<00:40:11.260><c> you</c><00:40:11.380><c> read</c><00:40:11.579><c> Luke</c><00:40:11.760><c> chapter</c><00:40:12.179><c> 12,</c><00:40:12.659><c> as</c><00:40:12.820><c> you</c><00:40:12.960><c> do</c><00:40:13.099><c> the</c><00:40:13.280><c> readings</c>

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:16.159
or<00:40:13.739><c> in</c><00:40:13.880><c> your</c><00:40:14.179><c> spare</c><00:40:14.380><c> time,</c><00:40:15.639><c> you</c><00:40:15.719><c> will</c><00:40:16.000><c> see</c>

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:19.900
that<00:40:16.360><c> when</c><00:40:16.599><c> Christ</c><00:40:16.920><c> talked</c><00:40:17.239><c> about</c><00:40:17.559><c> confessing</c><00:40:18.239><c> his</c><00:40:18.559><c> name,</c><00:40:19.639><c> he</c>

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:22.280
talked<00:40:20.219><c> about</c><00:40:20.579><c> preaching</c><00:40:21.019><c> the</c><00:40:21.320><c> truth.</c>

00:40:22.650 --> 00:40:26.960
Being<00:40:22.940><c> willing</c><00:40:23.519><c> to</c><00:40:24.000><c> admit,</c><00:40:24.639><c> I</c><00:40:24.880><c> am</c><00:40:25.099><c> a</c><00:40:25.239><c> disciple</c><00:40:25.539><c> of</c><00:40:25.760><c> Christ,</c><00:40:26.480><c> Jesus</c><00:40:26.760><c> is</c>

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:28.139
Lord,<00:40:27.119><c> I</c><00:40:27.360><c> believe</c><00:40:27.619><c> in</c><00:40:27.820><c> him,</c><00:40:27.940><c> I</c>

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:34.039
am<00:40:28.380><c> looking</c><00:40:28.619><c> for</c><00:40:28.800><c> him</c><00:40:28.980><c> to</c><00:40:29.199><c> come.</c><00:40:31.519><c> But</c><00:40:31.820><c> he</c><00:40:32.019><c> that</c><00:40:33.059><c> refuses</c><00:40:33.579><c> and</c>

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denies<00:40:34.599><c> Christ,</c><00:40:36.539><c> that</c><00:40:36.699><c> person</c><00:40:37.059><c> will</c><00:40:37.280><c> be</c><00:40:37.500><c> denied</c>

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before<00:40:38.460><c> Christ's</c><00:40:39.139><c> Father</c><00:40:39.400><c> and</c><00:40:39.639><c> the</c><00:40:39.840><c> angels.</c><00:40:41.179><c> So</c><00:40:41.360><c> the</c><00:40:41.599><c> Sardians</c><00:40:42.099><c> were</c>

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not<00:40:43.219><c> preaching</c><00:40:43.739><c> the</c><00:40:44.199><c> truth.</c>

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That's<00:40:45.940><c> why</c><00:40:46.119><c> Christ</c><00:40:46.440><c> says</c><00:40:46.719><c> this.</c><00:40:49.219><c> They</c><00:40:49.340><c> didn't</c><00:40:49.659><c> need</c><00:40:49.940><c> to.</c><00:40:50.079><c> They</c><00:40:50.179><c> didn't</c><00:40:50.480><c> feel</c><00:40:50.860><c> the</c>

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need<00:40:51.619><c> to.</c><00:40:52.800><c> They'd</c>

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grown<00:40:53.320><c> soft.</c><00:40:54.880><c> Well,</c><00:40:55.780><c> the</c><00:40:55.900><c> public</c><00:40:56.199><c> isn't</c><00:40:56.500><c> responding.</c><00:40:57.019><c> They</c>

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don't<00:40:57.239><c> come</c><00:40:57.460><c> out</c><00:40:57.619><c> to</c><00:40:57.699><c> the</c><00:40:57.880><c> lectures</c><00:40:58.139><c> anymore.</c>

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Let's<00:40:59.579><c> stop</c><00:40:59.760><c> having</c><00:41:00.059><c> lectures.</c><00:41:00.500><c> Why?</c><00:41:00.960><c> What</c><00:41:01.260><c> are</c><00:41:01.820><c> we</c><00:41:01.980><c> bothering</c><00:41:02.300><c> to</c><00:41:02.539><c> come</c>

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out<00:41:02.820><c> on</c><00:41:02.920><c> a</c><00:41:03.059><c> Sunday</c><00:41:03.260><c> evening</c>

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to<00:41:03.679><c> have</c><00:41:04.019><c> lectures</c><00:41:04.579><c> for?</c><00:41:04.960><c> Nobody</c><00:41:05.199><c> comes</c><00:41:05.480><c> out.</c><00:41:08.000><c> Why</c><00:41:08.559><c> don't</c><00:41:08.699><c> we</c>

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just<00:41:09.500><c> mail</c><00:41:09.840><c> out</c><00:41:10.719><c> 100</c><00:41:11.239><c>,000</c><00:41:12.019><c> invitations</c>

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to<00:41:12.820><c> a</c><00:41:12.900><c> lecture,</c><00:41:13.659><c> rather</c><00:41:13.940><c> than</c><00:41:14.099><c> going</c><00:41:14.420><c> out</c><00:41:14.780><c> ourselves</c><00:41:15.539><c> to</c><00:41:16.679><c> distribute</c><00:41:17.760><c> pamphlets</c><00:41:18.760><c> and</c>

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leaflets<00:41:19.280><c> and</c><00:41:19.480><c> invitations?</c>

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We<00:41:21.219><c> don't</c><00:41:21.480><c> need</c><00:41:21.679><c> to</c><00:41:21.840><c> do</c><00:41:21.960><c> that.</c><00:41:22.079><c> We</c><00:41:22.199><c> can</c><00:41:22.400><c> use</c><00:41:22.599><c> the</c><00:41:23.039><c> mail</c><00:41:23.559><c> system,</c>

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the<00:41:24.280><c> postal</c><00:41:24.860><c> system.</c><00:41:26.559><c> We</c><00:41:26.719><c> can</c><00:41:27.559><c> get</c><00:41:28.380><c> rid</c>

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of<00:41:28.739><c> our</c><00:41:28.920><c> lectures</c><00:41:29.219><c> and</c><00:41:29.440><c> try</c><00:41:29.679><c> and</c><00:41:29.880><c> find</c><00:41:30.079><c> some</c><00:41:30.300><c> other</c><00:41:30.500><c> way</c><00:41:30.679><c> sometime</c><00:41:31.420><c> of</c><00:41:32.019><c> preaching</c><00:41:32.239><c> the</c><00:41:32.519><c> truth.</c><00:41:34.039><c> If</c><00:41:34.199><c> you've</c>

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ever<00:41:34.639><c> fallen</c><00:41:34.980><c> prey</c><00:41:35.320><c> to</c><00:41:35.619><c> that</c><00:41:35.940><c> way</c><00:41:36.179><c> of</c><00:41:36.559><c> thinking,</c><00:41:38.159><c> then</c><00:41:38.320><c> this</c><00:41:38.699><c> is</c><00:41:38.900><c> a</c>

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message<00:41:39.260><c> for</c><00:41:39.500><c> you.</c><00:41:39.780><c> It's</c><00:41:39.940><c> a</c><00:41:40.079><c> message</c>

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for<00:41:40.360><c> me.</c><00:41:42.059><c> I</c><00:41:42.239><c> need</c><00:41:42.420><c> this</c><00:41:42.659><c> message.</c><00:41:46.079><c> Let</c><00:41:46.280><c> us</c><00:41:46.500><c> listen</c><00:41:46.719><c> to</c><00:41:46.880><c> what</c>

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the<00:41:47.199><c> Spirit</c><00:41:47.400><c> saith</c><00:41:48.719><c> unto</c><00:41:49.320><c> the</c><00:41:49.519><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>