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And<00:16:37.559><c> so</c><00:16:37.700><c> those</c><00:16:38.000><c> projects</c><00:16:38.419><c> were</c><00:16:38.759><c> lost.</c>

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He<00:16:44.600><c> lost</c><00:16:44.600><c> his</c><00:16:44.820><c> home.</c>

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He<00:16:46.580><c> lost</c><00:16:46.899><c> his</c><00:16:47.179><c> business.</c>

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He<00:16:48.779><c> lost</c><00:16:49.080><c> his</c><00:16:49.360><c> reputation</c><00:16:50.080><c> in</c><00:16:50.320><c> the</c><00:16:50.559><c> community</c><00:16:51.039><c> in</c><00:16:51.200><c> which</c><00:16:51.360><c> he</c><00:16:51.639><c> lived.</c>

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thing<00:16:57.600><c> happened.</c>

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I<00:16:58.379><c> drew</c><00:16:58.700><c> closer</c><00:16:59.259><c> to</c><00:16:59.519><c> God.</c>

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This<00:17:02.440><c> brother</c><00:17:02.620><c> said,</c><00:17:02.980><c> there</c><00:17:03.399><c> was</c><00:17:03.659><c> a</c><00:17:03.919><c> time</c><00:17:04.140><c> when</c><00:17:04.339><c> I</c><00:17:04.519><c> felt</c><00:17:04.759><c> that</c>

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I<00:17:05.200><c> could</c><00:17:05.420><c> do</c><00:17:05.759><c> anything.</c>

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That,<00:17:07.539><c> you</c><00:17:07.539><c> know,</c><00:17:07.640><c> if</c><00:17:07.839><c> I</c><00:17:08.000><c> was</c><00:17:08.200><c> faced</c><00:17:08.460><c> with</c><00:17:08.640><c> a</c><00:17:08.940><c> challenge</c><00:17:09.299><c> or</c><00:17:09.519><c> a</c>

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And<00:17:16.039><c> through</c><00:17:16.220><c> this</c><00:17:16.480><c> process,</c><00:17:16.960><c> he</c><00:17:17.180><c> says,</c><00:17:17.319><c> I</c><00:17:17.559><c> realized</c><00:17:18.200><c> that</c><00:17:19.220><c> I</c>

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needed<00:17:20.160><c> to</c><00:17:21.140><c> rely</c><00:17:21.480><c> on</c><00:17:21.799><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:23.859><c> so</c><00:17:24.000><c> I</c><00:17:24.279><c> took</c><00:17:24.519><c> a</c><00:17:25.039><c> great</c><00:17:25.299><c> deal</c><00:17:25.720><c> of</c><00:17:26.119><c> encouragement</c><00:17:26.880><c> from</c><00:17:27.240><c> this</c><00:17:27.539><c> man.</c>

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His<00:17:28.079><c> faith</c><00:17:28.220><c> was</c><00:17:28.559><c> increased</c><00:17:29.119><c> as</c><00:17:29.400><c> a</c><00:17:29.660><c> result.</c>

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Through<00:17:30.880><c> it</c><00:17:31.119><c> all,</c><00:17:31.240><c> he</c><00:17:31.500><c> showed</c><00:17:31.680><c> this</c><00:17:32.039><c> increasing</c><00:17:32.559><c> reliance</c><00:17:33.200><c> on</c>

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God<00:17:33.759><c> rather</c><00:17:34.160><c> than</c><00:17:34.299><c> on</c><00:17:34.480><c> himself.</c>

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But<00:17:41.140><c> granted,</c><00:17:41.480><c> there</c><00:17:41.539><c> are</c><00:17:41.740><c> times</c><00:17:42.059><c> when</c><00:17:42.200><c> it's</c><00:17:42.420><c> hard,</c><00:17:42.920><c> when</c><00:17:43.079><c> we</c>

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don't<00:17:43.539><c> feel</c><00:17:43.839><c> that</c><00:17:44.160><c> way.</c>

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But<00:17:45.299><c> we</c><00:17:45.440><c> can</c><00:17:45.619><c> look</c><00:17:45.839><c> to</c><00:17:46.019><c> men</c><00:17:46.220><c> like</c><00:17:46.500><c> this</c><00:17:46.740><c> brother</c><00:17:47.000><c> from</c><00:17:47.259><c> Ontario.</c>

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And<00:17:57.079><c> the</c><00:17:57.259><c> person</c><00:17:57.579><c> I'm</c><00:17:57.859><c> thinking</c><00:17:58.180><c> of</c><00:17:58.440><c> is</c><00:17:58.680><c> the</c><00:17:58.920><c> apostle</c><00:17:59.420><c> Paul.</c>

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It's<00:18:05.200><c> here</c><00:18:05.380><c> in</c><00:18:05.539><c> Galatians</c><00:18:06.059><c> one</c><00:18:06.380><c> where</c><00:18:06.660><c> Paul</c><00:18:07.099><c> is</c><00:18:07.319><c> sort</c><00:18:07.440><c> of</c><00:18:07.779><c> countering</c><00:18:08.299><c> these</c><00:18:10.519><c> these</c><00:18:10.579><c> problematic</c><00:18:13.220><c> people</c><00:18:13.700><c> who</c>

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town,<00:18:18.059><c> the</c><00:18:18.259><c> town</c><00:18:18.440><c> of</c><00:18:18.680><c> Galatia.</c>

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And<00:18:19.180><c> as</c><00:18:19.299><c> soon</c><00:18:19.420><c> as</c><00:18:19.500><c> he</c><00:18:19.779><c> leave</c><00:18:20.299><c> these</c><00:18:21.619><c> these</c><00:18:22.039><c> false</c><00:18:22.619><c> brethren</c><00:18:23.180><c> would</c><00:18:23.539><c> follow</c><00:18:24.000><c> and</c><00:18:24.319><c> would</c><00:18:24.519><c> say</c><00:18:24.740><c> that</c><00:18:25.000><c> guy</c><00:18:25.339><c> Paul</c><00:18:25.740><c> that's</c><00:18:26.200><c> talking</c><00:18:26.380><c> to</c>

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you,<00:18:26.740><c> he's</c><00:18:27.140><c> not</c><00:18:27.299><c> even</c><00:18:27.519><c> an</c><00:18:27.759><c> apostle.</c>

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Don't<00:18:29.400><c> listen</c><00:18:29.680><c> to</c><00:18:29.839><c> him.</c><00:18:29.980><c> He</c><00:18:30.140><c> doesn't</c><00:18:30.339><c> know</c><00:18:30.579><c> what</c><00:18:30.779><c> he's</c><00:18:31.019><c> talking</c><00:18:31.420><c> about.</c>

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And<00:18:31.880><c> so</c><00:18:32.079><c> Paul</c><00:18:32.440><c> finds</c><00:18:32.960><c> himself</c><00:18:33.500><c> here</c><00:18:33.980><c> in</c><00:18:34.259><c> Galatians</c><00:18:34.740><c> and</c><00:18:34.960><c> later</c>

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say,<00:18:40.200><c> look,</c><00:18:40.359><c> you</c><00:18:40.680><c> know,</c><00:18:40.740><c> here</c><00:18:40.859><c> are</c><00:18:41.039><c> my</c><00:18:41.299><c> credentials.</c>

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about<00:18:45.500><c> that.</c>

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Let's<00:18:46.099><c> look</c><00:18:46.299><c> at</c><00:18:46.420><c> verse</c><00:18:46.720><c> 13.</c>

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Paul<00:18:49.579><c> says,</c><00:18:50.019><c> you've</c><00:18:50.359><c> heard</c><00:18:50.619><c> of</c><00:18:50.819><c> my</c><00:18:51.160><c> previous</c><00:18:51.680><c> way</c><00:18:52.000><c> of</c><00:18:52.299><c> life</c><00:18:52.519><c> in</c>

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Judaism,<00:18:54.039><c> how</c><00:18:54.460><c> intensely</c><00:18:55.140><c> I</c><00:18:55.619><c> persecuted</c><00:18:56.119><c> the</c><00:18:56.420><c> Church</c><00:18:56.660><c> of</c><00:18:56.960><c> God</c>

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and<00:18:57.640><c> tried</c><00:18:57.980><c> to</c><00:18:58.319><c> destroy</c><00:18:58.819><c> it.</c>

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many<00:19:06.400><c> Jews</c><00:19:06.759><c> of</c><00:19:07.000><c> my</c><00:19:07.240><c> own</c><00:19:07.500><c> age</c><00:19:07.980><c> and</c><00:19:08.640><c> was</c><00:19:08.920><c> extremely</c><00:19:09.700><c> zealous</c><00:19:10.259><c> for</c>

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So<00:19:13.240><c> when</c><00:19:13.460><c> Paul</c><00:19:13.720><c> says</c><00:19:13.980><c> that</c><00:19:14.160><c> he</c><00:19:14.240><c> was</c><00:19:14.700><c> advancing</c><00:19:15.180><c> in</c><00:19:15.579><c> Judaism</c><00:19:15.960><c> beyond</c><00:19:16.480><c> many</c><00:19:16.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:17.359><c> Jews,</c><00:19:17.660><c> he</c><00:19:17.900><c> wasn't</c><00:19:18.279><c> kidding.</c>

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You<00:19:20.279><c> know,</c><00:19:20.319><c> if</c><00:19:20.420><c> you</c><00:19:20.559><c> go</c><00:19:20.720><c> to</c><00:19:21.059><c> Acts,</c><00:19:21.640><c> let's</c><00:19:21.880><c> just</c><00:19:22.160><c> I</c><00:19:22.420><c> know</c><00:19:22.599><c> we're</c>

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flipping<00:19:23.059><c> around</c><00:19:23.480><c> a</c><00:19:23.640><c> lot,</c><00:19:23.819><c> but</c><00:19:24.119><c> let's</c><00:19:24.519><c> go</c><00:19:24.680><c> to</c><00:19:24.880><c> Acts</c><00:19:25.119><c> chapter</c><00:19:25.539><c> six.</c>

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And<00:19:26.299><c> here's</c><00:19:26.619><c> this</c><00:19:27.519><c> this</c><00:19:27.779><c> account</c><00:19:28.119><c> where</c><00:19:28.519><c> Stephen</c><00:19:29.119><c> is</c><00:19:29.660><c> stoned</c>

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to<00:19:30.859><c> death.</c>

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And<00:19:32.759><c> the</c><00:19:32.980><c> reason</c><00:19:33.380><c> is</c><00:19:33.660><c> because</c><00:19:33.980><c> he</c><00:19:34.200><c> is</c><00:19:34.500><c> proclaiming</c><00:19:35.220><c> that</c><00:19:35.500><c> Jesus</c><00:19:36.140><c> is</c>

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And<00:19:41.680><c> in</c><00:19:42.920><c> in</c><00:19:42.940><c> Acts</c><00:19:43.440><c> chapter</c><00:19:43.940><c> six,</c><00:19:44.619><c> verse</c><00:19:44.799><c> 12,</c><00:19:47.559><c> we</c><00:19:47.599><c> read</c><00:19:48.119><c> that</c><00:19:48.440><c> he</c>

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is<00:19:49.039><c> brought</c><00:19:49.279><c> before</c><00:19:50.079><c> the</c><00:19:50.539><c> Sanhedrin,</c><00:19:52.839><c> Acts</c><00:19:53.079><c> chapter</c><00:19:53.440><c> six,</c>

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verse<00:19:54.099><c> 12.</c>

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So<00:19:56.200><c> they</c><00:19:56.680><c> stirred</c><00:19:57.000><c> up</c><00:19:57.279><c> after</c><00:19:57.619><c> Stephen's</c><00:19:58.259><c> preaching.</c>

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So<00:19:58.799><c> they</c><00:19:59.259><c> stirred</c><00:19:59.559><c> up</c><00:19:59.779><c> the</c><00:20:00.059><c> people</c><00:20:00.319><c> and</c><00:20:00.500><c> the</c><00:20:00.759><c> elders</c><00:20:01.000><c> and</c><00:20:01.200><c> the</c>

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teachers<00:20:01.680><c> of</c><00:20:01.940><c> the</c><00:20:02.099><c> law.</c>

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They<00:20:03.119><c> see</c><00:20:03.519><c> Stephen</c><00:20:04.099><c> and</c><00:20:04.359><c> they</c><00:20:04.680><c> brought</c><00:20:04.839><c> him</c><00:20:05.099><c> before</c><00:20:05.539><c> the</c><00:20:05.880><c> Sanhedrin.</c>

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Now,<00:20:08.359><c> you</c><00:20:08.559><c> may</c><00:20:08.779><c> remember</c><00:20:09.200><c> that</c><00:20:09.400><c> the</c><00:20:09.680><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:20:10.319><c> was</c><00:20:10.539><c> made</c><00:20:10.779><c> up</c>

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Many<00:20:20.740><c> scholars</c><00:20:21.420><c> believe</c><00:20:22.180><c> that</c><00:20:22.599><c> the</c><00:20:22.799><c> apostle</c><00:20:23.160><c> Paul</c><00:20:23.799><c> was</c><00:20:24.400><c> a</c><00:20:24.700><c> member</c><00:20:25.079><c> of</c>

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And<00:20:30.039><c> the</c><00:20:30.319><c> way</c><00:20:30.579><c> they</c><00:20:30.799><c> come</c><00:20:31.039><c> up</c><00:20:31.240><c> with</c><00:20:31.460><c> this,</c><00:20:32.420><c> the</c><00:20:32.420><c> reason</c><00:20:32.779><c> they</c><00:20:33.059><c> believe</c><00:20:33.380><c> that</c><00:20:33.660><c> Paul</c><00:20:33.859><c> was</c><00:20:34.099><c> a</c>

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member<00:20:34.440><c> of</c><00:20:34.640><c> the</c><00:20:34.839><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:20:35.480><c> is</c><00:20:36.000><c> because</c><00:20:36.460><c> of</c><00:20:36.660><c> the</c><00:20:36.920><c> account</c>

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here<00:20:37.640><c> about</c><00:20:37.980><c> Stephen's</c><00:20:38.640><c> death.</c>

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Look<00:20:40.500><c> at</c><00:20:40.640><c> chapter</c><00:20:41.039><c> seven,</c><00:20:42.559><c> chapter</c><00:20:42.880><c> seven,</c><00:20:43.500><c> verse</c><00:20:43.660><c> 54.</c>

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Stephen<00:20:47.019><c> is</c><00:20:47.380><c> finished</c><00:20:47.660><c> speaking</c><00:20:48.039><c> now</c><00:20:48.380><c> to</c><00:20:48.519><c> the</c><00:20:48.759><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:20:49.339><c> and</c>

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it<00:20:49.640><c> says</c><00:20:49.759><c> when</c><00:20:50.180><c> they</c><00:20:50.480><c> heard</c><00:20:50.759><c> this,</c><00:20:51.019><c> when</c><00:20:51.180><c> the</c><00:20:51.420><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:20:51.900><c> heard</c><00:20:52.079><c> this,</c><00:20:52.420><c> they</c>

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were<00:20:52.819><c> furious</c><00:20:53.380><c> and</c><00:20:53.559><c> they</c><00:20:53.859><c> gnashed</c><00:20:54.140><c> their</c><00:20:54.440><c> teeth</c><00:20:54.680><c> at</c><00:20:54.819><c> him.</c>

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But<00:20:56.079><c> Stephen,</c><00:20:56.400><c> full</c><00:20:56.720><c> of</c><00:20:56.859><c> the</c><00:20:57.039><c> Holy</c><00:20:57.259><c> Spirit,</c><00:20:57.900><c> looked</c><00:20:58.000><c> up</c><00:20:58.240><c> to</c><00:20:58.420><c> heaven</c><00:20:58.640><c> and</c><00:20:58.819><c> saw</c><00:20:59.099><c> the</c><00:20:59.339><c> glory</c><00:20:59.700><c> of</c>

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God<00:21:00.140><c> and</c><00:21:00.359><c> Jesus</c><00:21:00.740><c> standing</c><00:21:01.279><c> at</c><00:21:01.480><c> the</c><00:21:01.640><c> right</c><00:21:01.859><c> hand</c><00:21:02.019><c> of</c><00:21:02.180><c> God.</c>

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Look,<00:21:03.579><c> he</c><00:21:03.819><c> said,</c><00:21:03.940><c> I</c><00:21:04.119><c> see</c><00:21:04.359><c> heaven</c><00:21:04.660><c> and</c><00:21:04.900><c> earth</c><00:21:05.059><c> open</c><00:21:05.680><c> and</c><00:21:06.259><c> the</c><00:21:06.519><c> Son</c><00:21:06.660><c> of</c>

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Man<00:21:07.160><c> standing</c><00:21:07.660><c> at</c><00:21:07.819><c> the</c><00:21:08.039><c> right</c><00:21:08.259><c> hand</c><00:21:08.519><c> of</c><00:21:08.720><c> God.</c>

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and<00:21:12.799><c> yelled</c><00:21:13.000><c> at</c><00:21:13.200><c> the</c><00:21:13.400><c> top</c><00:21:13.579><c> of</c><00:21:13.720><c> their</c><00:21:13.920><c> voices</c><00:21:14.460><c> and</c><00:21:15.259><c> they</c><00:21:15.460><c> all</c><00:21:15.779><c> rushed</c><00:21:16.019><c> him,</c><00:21:16.380><c> dragged</c><00:21:16.740><c> him</c><00:21:16.940><c> out</c><00:21:17.059><c> of</c>

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Meanwhile,<00:21:21.779><c> the</c><00:21:21.960><c> witnesses</c><00:21:22.339><c> laid</c><00:21:22.660><c> their</c><00:21:23.019><c> clothes</c><00:21:23.319><c> at</c><00:21:23.519><c> the</c><00:21:23.720><c> feet</c><00:21:23.920><c> of</c>

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a<00:21:24.279><c> young</c><00:21:24.519><c> man</c><00:21:25.539><c> named</c><00:21:26.759><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:21:34.539><c> then</c><00:21:34.660><c> he</c><00:21:34.839><c> fell</c><00:21:35.059><c> on</c><00:21:35.279><c> his</c><00:21:35.480><c> knees</c><00:21:35.640><c> and</c><00:21:35.799><c> he</c><00:21:36.019><c> cried</c><00:21:36.140><c> out,</c><00:21:36.720><c> Lord,</c>

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don't<00:21:37.319><c> hold</c><00:21:37.599><c> the</c><00:21:37.880><c> sin</c><00:21:38.000><c> against</c><00:21:38.400><c> them.</c>

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And<00:21:41.059><c> verse</c><00:21:41.519><c> one</c><00:21:41.740><c> of</c><00:21:41.940><c> chapter</c><00:21:42.240><c> eight,</c><00:21:43.599><c> Saul</c><00:21:43.740><c> was</c><00:21:44.059><c> there</c><00:21:45.099><c> giving</c>

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approval<00:21:46.720><c> to</c><00:21:47.660><c> his</c><00:21:47.980><c> death.</c>

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And<00:21:50.180><c> so</c><00:21:50.319><c> many</c><00:21:50.519><c> believe</c><00:21:51.059><c> that</c><00:21:51.420><c> Saul</c><00:21:51.839><c> was</c><00:21:52.079><c> a</c><00:21:52.299><c> member</c><00:21:52.519><c> of</c><00:21:52.720><c> the</c><00:21:53.019><c> Sanhedrin,</c><00:21:53.819><c> the</c>

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very<00:21:54.420><c> group</c><00:21:54.799><c> of</c><00:21:55.119><c> 70</c><00:21:55.460><c> that</c><00:21:55.799><c> Stephen</c><00:21:56.140><c> was</c><00:21:56.440><c> brought</c><00:21:56.680><c> before</c><00:21:57.319><c> and</c>

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that<00:21:57.960><c> Stephen</c><00:21:58.700><c> died</c><00:21:59.940><c> at</c><00:22:00.839><c> the</c><00:22:01.099><c> hands</c><00:22:01.400><c> of</c><00:22:01.759><c> Saul,</c><00:22:03.539><c> who</c><00:22:03.839><c> gave</c><00:22:04.240><c> approval</c><00:22:05.019><c> of</c>

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his<00:22:05.960><c> death.</c>

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Now,<00:22:08.059><c> think</c><00:22:08.359><c> about</c><00:22:08.740><c> Saul.</c>

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Think<00:22:12.200><c> about</c><00:22:12.460><c> his</c><00:22:12.960><c> fall</c><00:22:13.380><c> from</c><00:22:13.759><c> power</c><00:22:14.400><c> and</c><00:22:14.779><c> prestige.</c>

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Second<00:22:17.980><c> Corinthians,</c><00:22:18.460><c> chapter</c><00:22:18.900><c> 11</c><00:22:19.279><c> is</c><00:22:19.599><c> this</c><00:22:19.960><c> other</c><00:22:20.980><c> other</c><00:22:20.980><c> series</c><00:22:22.079><c> of</c>

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verses,<00:22:22.779><c> this</c><00:22:23.000><c> other</c><00:22:23.240><c> passage</c><00:22:23.720><c> where</c><00:22:24.279><c> Paul</c><00:22:24.759><c> is</c><00:22:25.359><c> sort</c><00:22:25.619><c> of</c><00:22:26.740><c> saying,</c><00:22:27.099><c> look,</c><00:22:27.880><c> these</c><00:22:28.180><c> false</c><00:22:28.500><c> prophets</c><00:22:28.859><c> are</c>

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coming<00:22:29.279><c> in.</c>

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They're<00:22:29.799><c> saying</c><00:22:29.940><c> that</c><00:22:30.119><c> I'm</c><00:22:30.200><c> not</c><00:22:30.400><c> an</c><00:22:30.579><c> apostle.</c>

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They're<00:22:31.359><c> saying</c><00:22:31.579><c> that</c><00:22:31.839><c> you</c><00:22:31.920><c> ought</c><00:22:32.099><c> not</c><00:22:32.319><c> listen</c><00:22:32.619><c> to</c><00:22:32.819><c> me.</c>

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And<00:22:33.700><c> here</c><00:22:33.980><c> in</c><00:22:34.160><c> Second</c><00:22:34.480><c> Corinthians,</c><00:22:34.900><c> 11,</c><00:22:35.460><c> he</c><00:22:35.660><c> starts</c><00:22:35.960><c> again</c>

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defending<00:22:36.940><c> himself</c><00:22:37.460><c> and</c><00:22:37.680><c> he's</c><00:22:38.200><c> embarrassed</c><00:22:38.799><c> about</c><00:22:39.140><c> doing</c><00:22:39.380><c> it.</c>

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He<00:22:39.619><c> says,</c><00:22:39.839><c> I'm</c><00:22:39.980><c> a</c><00:22:40.220><c> fool</c><00:22:40.420><c> for</c><00:22:40.700><c> boasting</c><00:22:41.000><c> like</c><00:22:41.319><c> this,</c><00:22:41.880><c> but</c><00:22:42.140><c> let</c>

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me<00:22:43.000><c> let</c><00:22:43.000><c> me</c><00:22:43.140><c> do</c><00:22:43.299><c> it</c><00:22:43.519><c> anyway.</c>

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So<00:22:44.900><c> Second</c><00:22:45.160><c> Corinthians,</c><00:22:45.819><c> chapter</c><00:22:45.900><c> 11,</c><00:22:46.400><c> verse</c><00:22:46.539><c> 23.</c>

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Speaking<00:22:54.680><c> about</c><00:22:54.960><c> those</c><00:22:55.259><c> false</c><00:22:55.579><c> prophets,</c><00:22:56.079><c> are</c><00:22:56.220><c> they</c><00:22:56.640><c> servants</c><00:22:57.039><c> of</c><00:22:57.319><c> Christ?</c>

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He<00:22:58.579><c> says,</c><00:22:58.799><c> I'm</c><00:22:58.940><c> out</c><00:22:59.039><c> of</c><00:22:59.160><c> my</c><00:22:59.420><c> mind</c><00:22:59.619><c> to</c><00:22:59.859><c> talk</c><00:23:00.079><c> like</c><00:23:00.380><c> this.</c>

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Are<00:23:02.259><c> they</c><00:23:02.559><c> servants</c><00:23:02.859><c> of</c><00:23:03.059><c> Christ?</c>

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I<00:23:03.859><c> am</c><00:23:04.059><c> more.</c>

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I've<00:23:05.339><c> worked</c><00:23:05.579><c> harder.</c>

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I've<00:23:06.819><c> been</c><00:23:06.960><c> in</c><00:23:07.220><c> prison</c><00:23:07.460><c> more</c><00:23:07.839><c> frequently.</c>

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I've<00:23:09.039><c> been</c><00:23:09.299><c> flogged</c><00:23:09.819><c> more</c><00:23:10.180><c> severely.</c>

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I've<00:23:11.140><c> been</c><00:23:11.279><c> exposed</c><00:23:11.799><c> to</c><00:23:12.140><c> death</c><00:23:12.480><c> again</c><00:23:13.099><c> and</c><00:23:13.400><c> again.</c>

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Five<00:23:15.200><c> times</c><00:23:15.680><c> I</c><00:23:15.940><c> received</c><00:23:16.400><c> from</c><00:23:16.619><c> the</c><00:23:16.900><c> Jews</c><00:23:17.200><c> the</c><00:23:17.519><c> 40</c><00:23:17.859><c> lashes</c>

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What<00:23:21.220><c> must</c><00:23:21.559><c> the</c><00:23:21.819><c> apostle</c><00:23:22.220><c> Paul</c><00:23:22.740><c> have</c><00:23:23.079><c> looked</c><00:23:23.339><c> like</c><00:23:23.660><c> as</c><00:23:23.900><c> a</c><00:23:24.079><c> man</c>

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he<00:23:30.079><c> had</c><00:23:30.339><c> on</c><00:23:30.539><c> his</c><00:23:30.740><c> body?</c>

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What<00:23:32.720><c> must</c><00:23:33.099><c> this</c><00:23:33.380><c> man</c><00:23:33.539><c> have</c><00:23:33.740><c> looked</c><00:23:33.980><c> like?</c>

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But<00:23:35.119><c> to</c><00:23:35.299><c> have</c><00:23:35.559><c> been</c><00:23:35.880><c> in</c><00:23:36.579><c> a</c><00:23:36.779><c> position</c><00:23:37.119><c> of</c><00:23:37.460><c> prestige</c><00:23:38.160><c> and</c><00:23:38.500><c> power</c>

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to<00:23:39.799><c> now</c><00:23:40.240><c> finding</c><00:23:40.660><c> himself</c><00:23:41.400><c> in</c><00:23:42.000><c> a</c><00:23:42.240><c> position</c><00:23:42.519><c> where</c><00:23:42.740><c> he</c><00:23:42.940><c> is</c><00:23:43.180><c> being</c><00:23:43.660><c> beaten</c><00:23:44.380><c> with</c>

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40<00:23:46.059><c> lashes</c><00:23:46.500><c> minus</c><00:23:47.039><c> one.</c>

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Not<00:23:47.839><c> once,</c><00:23:48.299><c> not</c><00:23:48.619><c> twice,</c><00:23:49.019><c> but</c><00:23:49.380><c> five</c><00:23:49.859><c> times.</c>

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Three<00:23:51.960><c> times</c><00:23:52.319><c> I</c><00:23:52.480><c> was</c><00:23:52.700><c> beaten</c><00:23:52.940><c> with</c><00:23:53.299><c> rods.</c>

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Once<00:23:55.200><c> I</c><00:23:55.380><c> was</c><00:23:55.660><c> pelted</c><00:23:56.019><c> with</c><00:23:56.319><c> stones.</c>

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Three<00:23:58.619><c> times</c><00:23:59.099><c> I</c><00:23:59.279><c> was</c><00:23:59.599><c> shipwrecked.</c>

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I<00:24:01.559><c> spent</c><00:24:01.759><c> a</c><00:24:02.039><c> night</c><00:24:02.200><c> in</c><00:24:02.359><c> the</c><00:24:02.579><c> day</c><00:24:02.759><c> in</c><00:24:02.920><c> the</c><00:24:03.099><c> open</c><00:24:03.539><c> sea.</c>

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I've<00:24:04.559><c> been</c><00:24:04.740><c> constantly</c><00:24:05.319><c> on</c><00:24:05.619><c> the</c><00:24:05.859><c> move.</c>

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I've<00:24:06.339><c> been</c><00:24:06.519><c> in</c><00:24:06.779><c> danger</c><00:24:07.160><c> from</c><00:24:07.519><c> rivers.</c>

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You<00:24:09.019><c> know,</c><00:24:09.200><c> the</c><00:24:09.400><c> difficulty</c><00:24:09.940><c> for,</c><00:24:10.700><c> you</c><00:24:10.960><c> know,</c><00:24:11.299><c> people</c><00:24:11.500><c> in</c><00:24:11.680><c> that</c><00:24:11.920><c> day</c>

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and<00:24:12.299><c> age</c><00:24:12.519><c> to</c><00:24:12.799><c> cross</c><00:24:13.099><c> a</c><00:24:13.400><c> river</c><00:24:13.660><c> is</c><00:24:13.900><c> something</c><00:24:14.180><c> that</c><00:24:14.440><c> we</c><00:24:14.599><c> don't</c><00:24:14.920><c> understand.</c>

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You<00:24:16.759><c> know,</c><00:24:16.859><c> we</c><00:24:17.119><c> cross</c><00:24:17.380><c> a</c><00:24:17.539><c> river,</c><00:24:17.740><c> we</c><00:24:17.900><c> walk</c><00:24:18.180><c> across</c><00:24:18.599><c> a</c><00:24:18.839><c> bridge.</c>

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They<00:24:19.299><c> had</c><00:24:19.519><c> to</c><00:24:19.940><c> ford</c><00:24:20.240><c> these</c><00:24:20.559><c> rivers.</c>

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And<00:24:21.980><c> many</c><00:24:22.160><c> of</c><00:24:22.319><c> their</c><00:24:22.500><c> lives</c><00:24:22.859><c> were</c><00:24:23.160><c> lost</c><00:24:23.539><c> as</c><00:24:23.819><c> a</c><00:24:24.059><c> result.</c>

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x
And<00:24:25.240><c> this</c><00:24:25.380><c> is</c><00:24:25.539><c> what</c><00:24:25.700><c> Paul</c><00:24:26.039><c> is</c><00:24:26.339><c> doing</c><00:24:26.759><c> for</c><00:24:27.680><c> the</c><00:24:27.920><c> sake</c><00:24:28.079><c> of</c><00:24:28.400><c> teaching</c><00:24:28.779><c> the</c><00:24:29.140><c> truth.</c>

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I've<00:24:31.059><c> been</c><00:24:31.279><c> constantly</c><00:24:31.779><c> in</c><00:24:31.980><c> the</c><00:24:32.160><c> move.</c>

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I've<00:24:32.519><c> been</c><00:24:32.660><c> in</c><00:24:32.880><c> danger</c><00:24:33.200><c> from</c><00:24:33.519><c> rivers,</c><00:24:34.599><c> in</c><00:24:34.660><c> dangers</c><00:24:35.019><c> from</c><00:24:35.359><c> bandits,</c><00:24:36.380><c> in</c>

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danger<00:24:36.819><c> from</c><00:24:37.019><c> my</c><00:24:37.240><c> own</c><00:24:37.559><c> countrymen,</c><00:24:38.500><c> in</c><00:24:38.700><c> danger</c><00:24:39.000><c> from</c><00:24:39.259><c> the</c><00:24:39.500><c> Gentiles,</c><00:24:40.279><c> in</c>

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danger<00:24:40.700><c> in</c><00:24:40.859><c> the</c><00:24:41.099><c> city,</c><00:24:41.480><c> in</c><00:24:41.660><c> danger</c><00:24:41.880><c> in</c><00:24:42.019><c> the</c><00:24:42.180><c> country,</c><00:24:42.960><c> in</c><00:24:43.140><c> danger</c><00:24:43.460><c> at</c>

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sea,<00:24:44.079><c> and</c><00:24:44.259><c> in</c><00:24:44.559><c> danger</c><00:24:44.859><c> from</c><00:24:45.240><c> false</c><00:24:45.599><c> brothers.</c>

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This<00:24:49.880><c> is</c><00:24:50.059><c> the</c><00:24:50.259><c> apostle</c><00:24:50.599><c> Paul.</c>

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This<00:24:51.980><c> is</c><00:24:52.140><c> what</c><00:24:52.279><c> he</c><00:24:52.539><c> did</c><00:24:52.819><c> to</c><00:24:53.319><c> preach</c><00:24:53.559><c> the</c><00:24:53.980><c> truth</c><00:24:54.559><c> to</c><00:24:55.140><c> people</c><00:24:55.599><c> like</c><00:24:55.960><c> you</c>

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and<00:24:56.420><c> me.</c>

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Talk<00:24:57.819><c> about</c><00:24:58.099><c> a</c><00:24:58.519><c> fall</c><00:24:58.799><c> from</c><00:24:59.160><c> grace,</c><00:25:00.299><c> not</c><00:25:00.500><c> from</c><00:25:00.799><c> grace,</c><00:25:01.319><c> but</c>

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from<00:25:01.839><c> prestige,</c><00:25:02.619><c> from</c><00:25:02.839><c> power,</c><00:25:03.359><c> from</c><00:25:03.519><c> reputation.</c>

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himself<00:25:11.140><c> alone</c><00:25:11.900><c> and</c><00:25:13.319><c> cold</c><00:25:14.099><c> and</c><00:25:15.279><c> deserted</c><00:25:15.880><c> and</c><00:25:16.319><c> abandoned</c><00:25:16.720><c> from</c><00:25:17.079><c> all</c>

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who<00:25:17.700><c> knew</c><00:25:17.880><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:18.220><c> he</c><00:25:18.500><c> sat</c><00:25:18.920><c> in</c><00:25:19.099><c> a</c><00:25:19.500><c> cold,</c><00:25:20.579><c> damp,</c><00:25:21.599><c> disgusting</c><00:25:22.299><c> Roman</c><00:25:24.140><c> dungeon,</c>

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waiting<00:25:27.440><c> to</c><00:25:28.259><c> die.</c>

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Talk<00:25:31.200><c> about</c><00:25:31.460><c> a</c><00:25:31.779><c> shipwreck</c><00:25:32.299><c> of</c><00:25:32.779><c> power</c><00:25:33.559><c> and</c><00:25:34.319><c> prestige.</c>

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Turn<00:25:36.880><c> to</c><00:25:37.039><c> Second</c><00:25:37.339><c> Timothy,</c><00:25:37.700><c> Chapter</c><00:25:38.119><c> 4.</c>

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This<00:25:38.680><c> is</c><00:25:39.200><c> probably</c><00:25:39.819><c> the</c><00:25:40.720><c> last</c><00:25:41.259><c> letter</c><00:25:41.680><c> that</c><00:25:42.059><c> Paul</c><00:25:42.339><c> wrote.</c>

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It's<00:25:42.940><c> at</c><00:25:43.079><c> the</c><00:25:43.259><c> end</c><00:25:43.420><c> of</c><00:25:43.559><c> his</c><00:25:43.779><c> life.</c>

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Remember,<00:25:46.619><c> he</c><00:25:46.960><c> counseled</c><00:25:47.720><c> Timothy</c><00:25:48.079><c> to</c><00:25:48.359><c> fight</c><00:25:48.640><c> the</c><00:25:48.819><c> good</c><00:25:49.079><c> fight?</c>

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Well,<00:25:50.240><c> here</c><00:25:50.500><c> we</c><00:25:51.140><c> see</c><00:25:51.339><c> Paul</c><00:25:51.720><c> at</c><00:25:51.920><c> the</c><00:25:52.099><c> end</c><00:25:52.279><c> of</c><00:25:52.400><c> his</c><00:25:52.660><c> life</c><00:25:52.900><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:25:54.279><c> have</c><00:25:54.839><c> fought</c><00:25:55.140><c> the</c><00:25:55.359><c> good</c><00:25:55.599><c> fight,</c><00:25:55.839><c> Timothy.</c>

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Verse<00:25:57.279><c> 7,</c><00:25:58.819><c> I've</c><00:25:59.319><c> fought</c><00:25:59.480><c> the</c><00:25:59.680><c> good</c><00:25:59.940><c> fight.</c>

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I've<00:26:00.539><c> finished</c><00:26:00.900><c> the</c><00:26:01.200><c> race.</c>

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I've<00:26:01.859><c> kept</c><00:26:02.119><c> the</c><00:26:02.500><c> faith.</c>

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Now<00:26:04.160><c> there's</c><00:26:04.460><c> in</c><00:26:04.680><c> store</c><00:26:04.859><c> for</c><00:26:05.119><c> me</c><00:26:05.299><c> the</c><00:26:05.599><c> crown</c><00:26:05.940><c> of</c><00:26:06.220><c> righteousness,</c><00:26:06.779><c> which</c><00:26:07.019><c> the</c><00:26:07.359><c> Lord,</c><00:26:07.799><c> the</c><00:26:07.880><c> righteous</c><00:26:08.259><c> judge,</c><00:26:08.740><c> will</c><00:26:08.940><c> award</c><00:26:09.339><c> to</c>

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me<00:26:09.819><c> on</c><00:26:10.019><c> that</c><00:26:10.319><c> day.</c>

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And<00:26:11.519><c> not</c><00:26:11.759><c> only</c><00:26:12.079><c> to</c><00:26:12.359><c> me,</c><00:26:12.619><c> but</c><00:26:12.779><c> also</c><00:26:13.380><c> to</c><00:26:13.779><c> all</c><00:26:14.240><c> who</c><00:26:14.519><c> have</c><00:26:14.900><c> longed</c>

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for<00:26:16.160><c> his</c><00:26:16.480><c> appearing.</c>

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Brothers<00:26:18.200><c> and</c><00:26:18.480><c> sisters,</c><00:26:18.819><c> do</c><00:26:18.880><c> you</c><00:26:19.140><c> long</c><00:26:19.480><c> for</c><00:26:19.740><c> Jesus</c><00:26:20.180><c> appearing?</c>

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Do<00:26:21.079><c> you</c><00:26:21.180><c> have</c><00:26:21.279><c> the</c><00:26:21.619><c> confidence</c><00:26:22.119><c> in</c><00:26:22.279><c> his</c><00:26:22.539><c> return</c><00:26:23.019><c> as</c><00:26:23.279><c> Paul</c><00:26:23.579><c> did,</c>

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the<00:26:24.180><c> confidence</c><00:26:24.559><c> in</c><00:26:24.740><c> your</c><00:26:24.900><c> salvation</c><00:26:25.460><c> that</c><00:26:25.680><c> Paul</c><00:26:25.960><c> did?</c>

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We<00:26:28.019><c> can</c><00:26:28.279><c> have</c><00:26:28.500><c> that</c><00:26:28.819><c> confidence</c><00:26:29.220><c> because</c><00:26:29.559><c> it</c><00:26:29.700><c> is</c><00:26:29.980><c> a</c><00:26:30.180><c> gift</c><00:26:30.380><c> so</c>

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long<00:26:31.039><c> as</c><00:26:31.299><c> we</c><00:26:31.640><c> keep</c><00:26:32.039><c> the</c><00:26:32.339><c> faith.</c>

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Verse<00:26:36.040><c> 9,</c><00:26:38.519><c> we</c><00:26:38.640><c> see</c><00:26:38.799><c> the</c><00:26:39.019><c> urgency</c><00:26:39.599><c> of</c><00:26:39.880><c> Paul's</c><00:26:40.339><c> situation.</c>

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Do<00:26:42.019><c> your</c><00:26:42.319><c> best</c><00:26:42.619><c> to</c><00:26:42.859><c> come</c><00:26:43.019><c> to</c><00:26:43.220><c> me</c><00:26:43.420><c> quickly.</c>

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He's<00:26:45.339><c> dying.</c><00:26:45.880><c> He's</c><00:26:46.200><c> cold.</c><00:26:46.740><c> He's</c><00:26:46.940><c> lonely.</c>

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Do<00:26:49.299><c> your</c><00:26:49.559><c> best</c><00:26:49.839><c> to</c><00:26:50.079><c> come</c><00:26:50.200><c> to</c><00:26:50.339><c> me</c><00:26:50.500><c> quickly,</c><00:26:51.059><c> for</c><00:26:51.240><c> Demas,</c><00:26:52.700><c> because</c><00:26:53.039><c> he</c><00:26:53.380><c> loved</c><00:26:53.640><c> this</c><00:26:54.039><c> world,</c><00:26:55.380><c> has</c>

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deserted<00:26:56.140><c> me</c><00:26:57.039><c> and</c><00:26:57.359><c> has</c><00:26:57.700><c> gone</c><00:26:57.980><c> to</c><00:26:58.240><c> Thessalonica.</c>

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Demas'<00:27:00.779><c> faith</c><00:27:01.119><c> was</c><00:27:01.619><c> shipwrecked</c><00:27:02.220><c> because</c><00:27:02.500><c> he</c><00:27:02.799><c> loved</c><00:27:03.039><c> the</c><00:27:03.339><c> world.</c>

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And<00:27:08.259><c> Titus</c><00:27:08.559><c> to</c><00:27:08.720><c> Dalmatia,</c><00:27:09.440><c> only</c><00:27:09.980><c> Luke</c><00:27:10.460><c> is</c><00:27:10.799><c> with</c><00:27:11.039><c> me.</c>

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Get<00:27:12.240><c> Mark</c><00:27:12.599><c> and</c><00:27:12.819><c> bring</c><00:27:13.000><c> him</c><00:27:13.180><c> with</c><00:27:13.400><c> you</c><00:27:13.759><c> because</c><00:27:14.160><c> he's</c><00:27:14.460><c> helpful</c>

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to<00:27:15.079><c> me</c><00:27:15.200><c> in</c><00:27:15.400><c> my</c><00:27:15.619><c> ministry.</c>

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I<00:27:17.000><c> sent</c><00:27:17.140><c> Tycheus</c><00:27:17.660><c> and</c><00:27:17.900><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Look<00:27:18.880><c> what</c><00:27:18.980><c> he</c><00:27:19.119><c> says</c><00:27:19.259><c> in</c><00:27:19.400><c> verse</c><00:27:19.599><c> 13,</c><00:27:20.000><c> when</c><00:27:20.180><c> you</c><00:27:20.519><c> come,</c><00:27:21.039><c> bring</c>

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the<00:27:21.619><c> cloak.</c>

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He<00:27:23.259><c> was</c><00:27:23.619><c> cold.</c><00:27:24.119><c> It</c><00:27:24.259><c> was</c><00:27:24.519><c> wintertime.</c>

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Bring<00:27:27.900><c> the</c><00:27:28.240><c> cloak.</c>

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Verse<00:27:31.660><c> 13,</c><00:27:32.640><c> I'm</c><00:27:32.880><c> sorry,</c><00:27:33.119><c> verse</c><00:27:33.400><c> 16.</c>

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At<00:27:35.539><c> my</c><00:27:35.839><c> first</c><00:27:36.099><c> defense,</c><00:27:36.720><c> no</c><00:27:36.779><c> one</c><00:27:36.960><c> came</c><00:27:37.339><c> to</c><00:27:37.519><c> my</c><00:27:37.779><c> support,</c><00:27:38.319><c> but</c>

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everyone<00:27:39.119><c> deserted</c><00:27:39.619><c> me.</c>

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May<00:27:40.819><c> it</c><00:27:41.039><c> not</c><00:27:41.240><c> be</c><00:27:41.400><c> held</c><00:27:41.599><c> against</c><00:27:42.000><c> them.</c>

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But<00:27:43.680><c> the</c><00:27:43.920><c> Lord</c><00:27:44.140><c> stood</c><00:27:44.420><c> by</c><00:27:44.700><c> my</c><00:27:45.039><c> side</c><00:27:45.500><c> and</c><00:27:46.420><c> gave</c><00:27:46.720><c> me</c><00:27:47.079><c> strength</c><00:27:47.700><c> so</c>

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that<00:27:48.799><c> through</c><00:27:49.059><c> me</c><00:27:49.440><c> the</c><00:27:49.660><c> message</c><00:27:49.960><c> might</c><00:27:50.220><c> be</c><00:27:50.500><c> fully</c><00:27:50.839><c> proclaimed</c>

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and<00:27:51.660><c> that</c><00:27:52.240><c> the</c><00:27:52.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:27:53.039><c> might</c><00:27:53.339><c> hear</c><00:27:53.619><c> it.</c>

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But<00:27:55.200><c> the</c><00:27:55.519><c> Lord</c><00:27:55.940><c> stood</c><00:27:56.500><c> at</c><00:27:57.279><c> my</c><00:27:57.660><c> side.</c>

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And<00:27:59.500><c> this</c><00:27:59.680><c> brings</c><00:27:59.900><c> us</c><00:28:00.180><c> then</c><00:28:00.380><c> to</c><00:28:00.599><c> that</c><00:28:01.000><c> third</c><00:28:01.660><c> shipwreck</c><00:28:02.180><c> of</c><00:28:02.500><c> faith,</c><00:28:03.019><c> the</c><00:28:03.299><c> shipwreck</c><00:28:03.779><c> of</c>

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our<00:28:05.059><c> very</c><00:28:05.500><c> lives,</c><00:28:06.839><c> our</c><00:28:07.039><c> health.</c>

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That<00:28:09.019><c> might,</c><00:28:09.900><c> you</c><00:28:10.779><c> know,</c><00:28:11.019><c> that</c><00:28:11.079><c> might</c><00:28:11.619><c> fall</c><00:28:12.180><c> to</c><00:28:12.400><c> the</c><00:28:12.640><c> point</c><00:28:12.859><c> that</c><00:28:13.140><c> we</c>

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actually<00:28:13.920><c> die.</c>

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This<00:28:15.859><c> is</c><00:28:16.059><c> where</c><00:28:16.200><c> Paul</c><00:28:16.559><c> saw</c><00:28:16.940><c> himself.</c>

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But<00:28:18.940><c> you</c><00:28:19.220><c> see</c><00:28:19.279><c> what</c><00:28:19.400><c> he</c><00:28:19.599><c> said?</c><00:28:19.799><c> He</c><00:28:19.819><c> said</c><00:28:19.960><c> that</c><00:28:20.160><c> the</c><00:28:20.380><c> Lord</c><00:28:20.680><c> stood</c>

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by<00:28:21.460><c> his</c><00:28:21.839><c> side.</c>

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There's<00:28:22.339><c> a</c><00:28:22.640><c> fascinating</c><00:28:23.640><c> expression</c><00:28:24.579><c> that</c><00:28:24.799><c> Paul</c><00:28:25.119><c> uses</c><00:28:25.559><c> in</c><00:28:25.859><c> 2</c>

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Timothy<00:28:26.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:27.200><c> 1.</c>

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Again,<00:28:29.380><c> he's</c><00:28:29.579><c> writing</c><00:28:29.859><c> to</c><00:28:30.160><c> Timothy</c><00:28:30.519><c> and</c><00:28:30.680><c> he's</c><00:28:31.000><c> talking</c><00:28:31.279><c> about</c>

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the<00:28:32.000><c> suffering</c><00:28:32.480><c> that</c><00:28:32.720><c> he</c><00:28:32.900><c> has</c><00:28:33.220><c> endured,</c><00:28:33.700><c> this</c><00:28:34.039><c> fall</c><00:28:34.460><c> from</c><00:28:34.759><c> power,</c><00:28:36.119><c> the</c>

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suffering<00:28:36.799><c> that</c><00:28:36.980><c> he's</c><00:28:37.279><c> endured</c><00:28:37.559><c> for</c><00:28:37.779><c> the</c><00:28:38.000><c> sake</c><00:28:38.180><c> of</c><00:28:38.400><c> Jesus.</c>

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Look<00:28:43.680><c> at</c><00:28:43.819><c> verse</c><00:28:44.079><c> 12.</c>

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Start<00:28:46.460><c> in</c><00:28:46.579><c> verse</c><00:28:46.759><c> 8.</c>

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He<00:28:49.140><c> says</c><00:28:49.359><c> to</c><00:28:49.539><c> Timothy,</c><00:28:50.059><c> Don't</c><00:28:50.059><c> be</c><00:28:50.259><c> ashamed</c><00:28:50.819><c> to</c><00:28:51.240><c> testify</c><00:28:51.799><c> about</c>

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our<00:28:52.519><c> Lord.</c>

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Don't<00:28:53.740><c> be</c><00:28:54.059><c> ashamed</c><00:28:54.440><c> of</c><00:28:54.859><c> me</c><00:28:55.279><c> being</c><00:28:55.519><c> his</c><00:28:55.880><c> prisoner,</c><00:28:56.420><c> but</c><00:28:56.640><c> join</c><00:28:57.180><c> with</c><00:28:57.480><c> me</c><00:28:57.680><c> in</c><00:28:57.960><c> suffering</c><00:28:58.279><c> for</c><00:28:58.559><c> the</c><00:28:58.740><c> gospel</c><00:28:59.099><c> by</c><00:28:59.319><c> the</c><00:28:59.559><c> power</c><00:28:59.799><c> of</c><00:29:00.059><c> God</c><00:29:00.359><c> who</c><00:29:01.079><c> saved</c><00:29:01.420><c> us</c><00:29:02.200><c> and</c><00:29:02.640><c> called</c><00:29:02.960><c> us</c><00:29:03.220><c> to</c><00:29:03.420><c> a</c>

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holy<00:29:03.839><c> life.</c>

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Not<00:29:05.119><c> because</c><00:29:05.420><c> of</c><00:29:05.619><c> anything</c><00:29:05.839><c> we've</c><00:29:06.180><c> done,</c><00:29:06.539><c> but</c><00:29:06.740><c> because</c><00:29:07.160><c> of</c>

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his<00:29:07.539><c> own</c><00:29:07.920><c> purpose</c><00:29:08.380><c> and</c><00:29:08.740><c> grace.</c>

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This<00:29:10.440><c> grace</c><00:29:10.779><c> has</c><00:29:11.019><c> been</c><00:29:11.160><c> given</c><00:29:11.359><c> us</c><00:29:11.640><c> in</c><00:29:11.880><c> Christ</c><00:29:12.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:12.900><c> before</c>

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the<00:29:14.039><c> beginning</c><00:29:14.319><c> of</c><00:29:14.640><c> time,</c><00:29:14.960><c> but</c><00:29:15.119><c> has</c><00:29:15.400><c> now</c><00:29:15.660><c> been</c><00:29:15.960><c> revealed</c><00:29:16.420><c> through</c><00:29:16.700><c> the</c>

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appearing<00:29:17.259><c> of</c><00:29:17.539><c> our</c><00:29:17.740><c> Savior,</c><00:29:18.160><c> Jesus</c><00:29:18.619><c> Christ,</c><00:29:19.740><c> who</c><00:29:19.940><c> has</c><00:29:20.220><c> destroyed</c><00:29:20.799><c> death</c>

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and<00:29:22.019><c> has</c><00:29:22.279><c> brought</c><00:29:22.400><c> life</c><00:29:22.880><c> and</c><00:29:23.220><c> immortality</c><00:29:23.880><c> to</c><00:29:24.160><c> light</c><00:29:24.380><c> through</c>

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the<00:29:24.799><c> gospel.</c>

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Now<00:29:26.640><c> look</c><00:29:26.740><c> at</c><00:29:26.920><c> verse</c><00:29:27.160><c> 12.</c>

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He<00:29:28.460><c> says,</c><00:29:28.880><c> That's</c><00:29:28.880><c> why</c><00:29:29.119><c> I'm</c><00:29:29.380><c> suffering</c><00:29:30.000><c> as</c><00:29:30.619><c> I</c><00:29:30.880><c> am,</c><00:29:31.680><c> yet</c><00:29:31.940><c> I'm</c><00:29:32.160><c> not</c><00:29:32.380><c> ashamed</c><00:29:32.920><c> because</c><00:29:33.799><c> I</c>

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know<00:29:35.400><c> whom</c><00:29:35.619><c> I've</c><00:29:36.079><c> believed</c><00:29:36.400><c> and</c><00:29:36.559><c> I'm</c><00:29:36.859><c> convinced</c><00:29:37.380><c> that</c><00:29:37.559><c> he's</c><00:29:37.819><c> able</c><00:29:38.079><c> to</c><00:29:38.500><c> guard</c><00:29:39.099><c> what</c><00:29:39.839><c> I</c>

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have<00:29:40.279><c> entrusted</c><00:29:40.839><c> to</c><00:29:41.079><c> him.</c>

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Think<00:29:43.059><c> about</c><00:29:43.319><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:29:43.920><c> says,</c><00:29:44.960><c> I</c><00:29:45.400><c> am</c><00:29:46.000><c> convinced</c><00:29:46.680><c> that</c><00:29:47.160><c> Jesus</c><00:29:47.799><c> is</c><00:29:48.759><c> able</c><00:29:49.119><c> to</c><00:29:49.660><c> guard</c>

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what<00:29:51.059><c> I've</c><00:29:51.480><c> entrusted</c><00:29:51.900><c> to</c><00:29:52.119><c> him.</c>

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What<00:29:53.819><c> was</c><00:29:54.160><c> it</c><00:29:54.319><c> that</c><00:29:54.519><c> Paul</c><00:29:55.259><c> entrusted</c><00:29:56.059><c> to</c><00:29:56.400><c> Jesus?</c>

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You<00:29:58.559><c> know,</c><00:29:58.559><c> so</c><00:29:58.740><c> often</c><00:29:58.960><c> I</c><00:29:59.140><c> think</c><00:29:59.339><c> about</c><00:29:59.579><c> what</c><00:30:00.140><c> God</c><00:30:00.519><c> or</c><00:30:00.660><c> what</c><00:30:00.900><c> Jesus</c><00:30:01.259><c> has</c>

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entrusted<00:30:02.140><c> to</c><00:30:02.480><c> me.</c>

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He's<00:30:04.039><c> given</c><00:30:04.180><c> me</c><00:30:04.380><c> the</c><00:30:04.700><c> faith.</c>

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He's<00:30:05.299><c> entrusted</c><00:30:05.680><c> me</c><00:30:05.980><c> to</c><00:30:06.559><c> to</c><00:30:06.900><c> keep</c><00:30:07.099><c> the</c><00:30:07.380><c> gospel,</c><00:30:08.339><c> to</c><00:30:08.619><c> preach</c>

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the<00:30:09.200><c> gospel.</c>

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But<00:30:10.619><c> here</c><00:30:10.900><c> we</c><00:30:11.099><c> see</c><00:30:11.299><c> the</c><00:30:11.619><c> opposite.</c>

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Here<00:30:12.220><c> we</c><00:30:12.440><c> see</c><00:30:12.599><c> Paul</c><00:30:13.059><c> entrusting</c><00:30:13.859><c> something</c><00:30:14.299><c> of</c><00:30:14.619><c> his</c><00:30:15.099><c> to</c><00:30:16.240><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:30:18.660><c> what</c><00:30:18.880><c> was</c><00:30:19.119><c> it?</c>

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He<00:30:21.119><c> was</c><00:30:21.420><c> entrusting</c><00:30:21.960><c> his</c><00:30:22.359><c> life,</c><00:30:23.819><c> not</c><00:30:24.200><c> his</c><00:30:24.440><c> temporal</c><00:30:24.880><c> life.</c>

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He<00:30:26.660><c> was</c><00:30:26.920><c> entrusting</c><00:30:27.599><c> his</c><00:30:28.700><c> spiritual</c><00:30:29.480><c> life.</c>

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He<00:30:30.779><c> was</c><00:30:30.960><c> entrusting</c><00:30:31.380><c> his</c><00:30:31.660><c> eternal</c><00:30:32.299><c> life</c><00:30:32.839><c> to</c><00:30:33.220><c> the</c><00:30:33.380><c> Lord</c><00:30:33.579><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:30:35.720><c> was</c><00:30:35.960><c> convinced</c><00:30:36.599><c> that</c><00:30:36.940><c> Jesus</c><00:30:37.400><c> might</c><00:30:37.720><c> not</c><00:30:38.019><c> protect</c><00:30:38.440><c> him</c><00:30:38.779><c> from</c><00:30:39.640><c> the</c>

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from<00:30:40.240><c> death.</c>

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But<00:30:42.140><c> he</c><00:30:42.279><c> would</c><00:30:42.519><c> protect</c><00:30:42.960><c> his</c><00:30:43.259><c> eternal</c><00:30:43.799><c> life</c><00:30:44.200><c> that</c><00:30:44.599><c> although</c>

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Jesus<00:30:45.539><c> died,</c><00:30:45.940><c> he</c><00:30:46.119><c> was</c><00:30:46.400><c> raised.</c>

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Paul<00:30:47.019><c> said,</c><00:30:47.480><c> so</c><00:30:47.619><c> too</c><00:30:47.900><c> will</c><00:30:48.160><c> I</c><00:30:48.420><c> live</c><00:30:48.640><c> again.</c>

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I<00:30:50.039><c> fought</c><00:30:50.259><c> the</c><00:30:50.440><c> good</c><00:30:50.680><c> fight.</c>

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Now,<00:30:53.140><c> think</c><00:30:53.319><c> about</c><00:30:53.579><c> the</c><00:30:53.759><c> Lord</c><00:30:53.980><c> Jesus.</c>

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Reminds<00:30:57.319><c> me</c><00:30:57.480><c> of</c><00:30:57.660><c> Jesus</c><00:30:58.079><c> on</c><00:30:58.279><c> the</c><00:30:58.539><c> cross.</c>

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The<00:31:01.000><c> end</c><00:31:01.160><c> of</c><00:31:01.319><c> Jesus</c><00:31:01.579><c> life,</c><00:31:02.059><c> he's</c><00:31:02.180><c> there</c><00:31:02.440><c> on</c><00:31:02.640><c> the</c><00:31:02.920><c> cross.</c>

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He's<00:31:03.579><c> dying.</c>

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He's<00:31:05.900><c> been</c><00:31:06.220><c> attacked</c><00:31:06.920><c> by</c><00:31:07.339><c> men.</c>

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He's<00:31:10.480><c> been</c><00:31:11.039><c> hung</c><00:31:11.640><c> on</c><00:31:12.059><c> a</c><00:31:12.200><c> cross.</c>

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He's<00:31:13.259><c> bleeding.</c>

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He's<00:31:14.839><c> dying.</c>

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And<00:31:16.559><c> before</c><00:31:17.000><c> he</c><00:31:17.259><c> dies,</c><00:31:17.680><c> you</c><00:31:17.740><c> remember</c><00:31:17.940><c> what</c><00:31:18.099><c> he</c><00:31:18.279><c> said?</c>

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He<00:31:18.980><c> cried</c><00:31:19.180><c> out</c><00:31:19.500><c> in</c><00:31:19.680><c> a</c><00:31:19.819><c> loud</c><00:31:20.059><c> voice,</c><00:31:21.720><c> Father,</c><00:31:23.420><c> into</c><00:31:23.839><c> your</c><00:31:24.339><c> hands,</c><00:31:25.099><c> I</c><00:31:25.339><c> commit.</c>

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My<00:31:27.960><c> life.</c>

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Into<00:31:30.140><c> your</c><00:31:30.420><c> hands,</c><00:31:30.779><c> I</c><00:31:31.019><c> commit</c><00:31:31.400><c> my</c><00:31:31.880><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:31:32.880><c> he</c><00:31:33.240><c> breathed</c><00:31:33.660><c> his</c><00:31:33.940><c> last.</c>

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Do<00:31:36.720><c> we,</c><00:31:36.980><c> brothers</c><00:31:37.099><c> and</c><00:31:37.380><c> sisters,</c><00:31:38.000><c> commit</c><00:31:38.299><c> our</c><00:31:38.720><c> lives</c><00:31:39.240><c> to</c><00:31:39.500><c> God?</c>

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Do<00:31:41.559><c> we</c><00:31:41.900><c> commit</c><00:31:42.279><c> our</c><00:31:42.759><c> eternal</c><00:31:43.279><c> life</c><00:31:43.680><c> to</c><00:31:43.920><c> Jesus</c><00:31:44.400><c> as</c><00:31:44.880><c> Paul</c><00:31:46.000><c> did</c><00:31:46.380><c> at</c>

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the<00:31:47.599><c> end</c><00:31:47.799><c> of</c><00:31:47.920><c> his</c><00:31:48.180><c> life?</c>

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Do<00:31:51.900><c> we</c><00:31:52.119><c> commit</c><00:31:52.339><c> our</c><00:31:52.599><c> lives</c><00:31:52.859><c> to</c><00:31:53.039><c> God</c><00:31:53.380><c> and</c><00:31:53.579><c> to</c><00:31:53.799><c> Jesus?</c>

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Do<00:31:54.339><c> we</c><00:31:56.000><c> trust</c><00:31:56.640><c> in</c><00:31:57.059><c> their</c><00:31:57.380><c> eternal</c><00:31:57.960><c> protection?</c>

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Jesus'<00:32:01.160><c> resurrection</c><00:32:01.640><c> gives</c><00:32:01.920><c> us</c><00:32:02.240><c> proof</c><00:32:02.839><c> and</c><00:32:03.799><c> confidence</c><00:32:04.259><c> that</c><00:32:04.539><c> no</c>

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matter<00:32:05.160><c> our</c><00:32:05.519><c> physical</c><00:32:06.019><c> conditions,</c>

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no<00:32:08.059><c> matter</c><00:32:08.339><c> what</c><00:32:08.740><c> sufferings</c><00:32:09.319><c> we</c><00:32:09.579><c> experience</c><00:32:10.299><c> in</c><00:32:10.519><c> this</c><00:32:10.799><c> life,</c>

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God<00:32:12.960><c> will</c><00:32:14.339><c> raise</c><00:32:14.900><c> us</c><00:32:15.859><c> from</c><00:32:16.319><c> the</c><00:32:16.619><c> dead</c>

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should<00:32:18.220><c> we</c><00:32:18.460><c> fall</c><00:32:18.720><c> asleep</c><00:32:19.400><c> before</c><00:32:20.160><c> Christ's</c><00:32:21.039><c> coming.</c>

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So,<00:32:23.700><c> brothers</c><00:32:23.759><c> and</c><00:32:24.039><c> sisters,</c><00:32:24.359><c> we</c><00:32:24.599><c> began</c><00:32:24.960><c> our</c><00:32:25.319><c> exhortation</c><00:32:25.900><c> this</c><00:32:26.180><c> morning</c><00:32:26.500><c> by</c>

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asking<00:32:27.140><c> the</c><00:32:27.460><c> question,</c>

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how<00:32:28.720><c> are</c><00:32:29.279><c> we</c><00:32:29.680><c> to</c><00:32:30.000><c> survive</c><00:32:30.700><c> the</c><00:32:31.140><c> various</c><00:32:31.799><c> shipwrecks</c><00:32:32.599><c> of</c><00:32:33.180><c> our</c><00:32:33.440><c> lives?</c>

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Here's<00:32:35.880><c> what</c><00:32:36.059><c> Paul</c><00:32:36.460><c> counseled</c><00:32:37.079><c> those</c><00:32:37.519><c> 276</c><00:32:39.200><c> people</c><00:32:39.660><c> that</c><00:32:39.880><c> were</c>

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aboard<00:32:40.440><c> that</c><00:32:40.859><c> ship</c><00:32:41.099><c> that</c><00:32:41.299><c> was</c><00:32:41.519><c> being</c><00:32:42.259><c> dashed</c><00:32:43.480><c> against</c><00:32:43.779><c> the</c><00:32:44.059><c> rocks.</c>

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Remember,<00:32:45.759><c> they</c><00:32:46.059><c> threw</c><00:32:46.200><c> out</c><00:32:46.559><c> four</c><00:32:47.039><c> anchors.</c>

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And<00:32:48.799><c> I'm</c><00:32:48.920><c> going</c><00:32:49.059><c> to</c><00:32:49.200><c> suggest</c><00:32:49.559><c> to</c><00:32:49.759><c> you</c><00:32:49.960><c> that</c><00:32:50.079><c> there</c><00:32:50.319><c> are</c><00:32:50.640><c> four</c>

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anchors<00:32:51.480><c> which</c><00:32:51.680><c> we</c><00:32:51.940><c> can</c><00:32:52.180><c> use</c><00:32:52.559><c> to</c><00:32:52.779><c> help</c><00:32:52.980><c> protect</c><00:32:53.440><c> us</c><00:32:54.220><c> in</c><00:32:54.640><c> times</c>

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of<00:32:55.319><c> shipwreck.</c>

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Turn<00:32:57.119><c> to</c><00:32:57.319><c> Acts</c><00:32:57.579><c> 27,</c><00:32:58.859><c> and</c><00:32:59.039><c> we'll</c><00:32:59.359><c> conclude</c><00:32:59.720><c> here.</c>

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Number<00:33:03.839><c> one,</c><00:33:04.559><c> we</c><00:33:06.460><c> are</c><00:33:06.680><c> to</c><00:33:06.839><c> acknowledge</c><00:33:07.400><c> that</c><00:33:07.759><c> God</c><00:33:08.299><c> is</c><00:33:09.660><c> working</c>

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in<00:33:10.500><c> our</c><00:33:10.799><c> lives.</c>

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Acts<00:33:13.440><c> chapter</c><00:33:13.819><c> 27,</c><00:33:14.680><c> verse</c><00:33:14.880><c> 23.</c>

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Last<00:33:20.220><c> night,</c><00:33:20.579><c> Paul</c><00:33:20.880><c> said,</c><00:33:21.500><c> an</c><00:33:21.500><c> angel</c><00:33:22.000><c> of</c><00:33:22.180><c> the</c><00:33:22.440><c> God</c><00:33:22.980><c> whose</c><00:33:23.599><c> I</c><00:33:24.579><c> am</c>

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and<00:33:25.920><c> whom</c><00:33:26.240><c> I</c><00:33:26.900><c> serve</c><00:33:27.539><c> stood</c><00:33:28.160><c> beside</c><00:33:28.680><c> me.</c>

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The<00:33:30.779><c> first</c><00:33:31.019><c> thing,</c><00:33:31.559><c> the</c><00:33:31.779><c> first</c><00:33:32.079><c> anchor</c><00:33:32.420><c> to</c><00:33:32.720><c> protect</c><00:33:33.079><c> us</c><00:33:33.319><c> in</c><00:33:33.559><c> times</c><00:33:33.880><c> of</c>

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shipwreck<00:33:34.660><c> is</c><00:33:35.700><c> the</c><00:33:36.059><c> acknowledgement</c><00:33:36.579><c> that</c><00:33:37.359><c> we</c><00:33:37.660><c> have</c><00:33:37.819><c> a</c><00:33:38.039><c> God.</c>

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The<00:33:40.880><c> God</c><00:33:41.440><c> whom</c><00:33:42.380><c> I</c><00:33:44.299><c> serve,</c><00:33:45.980><c> the</c><00:33:46.119><c> God</c><00:33:46.799><c> whose</c><00:33:47.099><c> I</c><00:33:47.660><c> am.</c>

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So,<00:33:49.779><c> number</c><00:33:49.940><c> one,</c><00:33:50.779><c> we</c><00:33:50.920><c> acknowledge</c><00:33:51.339><c> that</c><00:33:51.599><c> God</c><00:33:51.859><c> is</c><00:33:52.140><c> working</c><00:33:52.400><c> in</c>

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our<00:33:52.839><c> lives.</c>

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The<00:33:55.259><c> second</c><00:33:55.500><c> anchor</c><00:33:55.799><c> is</c><00:33:55.980><c> that</c><00:33:56.140><c> we</c><00:33:56.279><c> are</c><00:33:56.420><c> to</c><00:33:56.680><c> believe</c><00:33:57.400><c> God.</c>

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Not<00:33:59.720><c> only</c><00:33:59.940><c> that</c><00:34:00.079><c> there</c><00:34:00.240><c> is</c><00:34:00.460><c> a</c><00:34:00.640><c> God,</c><00:34:01.660><c> but</c><00:34:01.839><c> that</c><00:34:02.000><c> we</c><00:34:02.220><c> believe</c><00:34:02.539><c> what</c><00:34:02.700><c> he</c>

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says<00:34:03.720><c> and</c><00:34:04.500><c> that</c><00:34:04.680><c> we</c><00:34:04.839><c> have</c><00:34:05.160><c> faith</c><00:34:05.599><c> in</c><00:34:05.980><c> his</c><00:34:06.259><c> promises.</c>

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Acts<00:34:08.079><c> chapter</c><00:34:08.420><c> 27,</c><00:34:09.099><c> verse</c><00:34:09.280><c> 25.</c>

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Paul<00:34:13.599><c> says,</c><00:34:14.119><c> So</c><00:34:14.119><c> keep</c><00:34:14.400><c> up</c><00:34:14.619><c> your</c><00:34:14.840><c> courage,</c><00:34:15.260><c> men,</c><00:34:15.760><c> for</c><00:34:15.920><c> I</c><00:34:16.280><c> have</c>

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faith<00:34:16.960><c> in</c><00:34:17.280><c> God</c><00:34:17.739><c> that</c><00:34:18.840><c> it</c><00:34:18.980><c> will</c><00:34:19.219><c> happen</c><00:34:19.619><c> just</c><00:34:19.980><c> as</c><00:34:20.099><c> he</c><00:34:20.300><c> told</c><00:34:20.559><c> me.</c>

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Do<00:34:22.400><c> you</c><00:34:22.519><c> have</c><00:34:22.719><c> faith</c><00:34:22.920><c> in</c><00:34:23.139><c> God,</c><00:34:23.360><c> brothers</c><00:34:23.599><c> and</c><00:34:23.900><c> sisters,</c><00:34:24.260><c> that</c>

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you<00:34:24.860><c> will</c><00:34:25.079><c> be</c><00:34:25.300><c> given</c><00:34:25.559><c> eternal</c><00:34:26.000><c> life</c><00:34:26.380><c> if</c><00:34:26.579><c> you</c><00:34:26.760><c> hold</c><00:34:26.940><c> on</c><00:34:27.260><c> to</c><00:34:27.400><c> the</c><00:34:27.639><c> faith?</c>

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Anchor<00:34:30.480><c> two</c><00:34:30.860><c> is</c><00:34:31.539><c> to</c><00:34:31.820><c> believe</c><00:34:32.079><c> God</c><00:34:32.440><c> and</c><00:34:32.619><c> have</c><00:34:32.840><c> faith</c><00:34:33.119><c> in</c><00:34:33.300><c> his</c><00:34:33.460><c> promises.</c>

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The<00:34:35.719><c> third</c><00:34:36.059><c> anchor</c><00:34:36.420><c> is</c><00:34:36.639><c> that</c><00:34:36.800><c> we</c><00:34:36.980><c> are</c><00:34:37.199><c> to</c><00:34:37.539><c> stay</c><00:34:37.880><c> together.</c>

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Chapter<00:34:40.179><c> 27,</c><00:34:40.880><c> verse</c><00:34:41.119><c> 31.</c>

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Then<00:34:46.760><c> Paul</c><00:34:47.139><c> said</c><00:34:47.420><c> to</c><00:34:47.659><c> this</c><00:34:47.900><c> centurion</c><00:34:48.380><c> and</c><00:34:48.539><c> the</c><00:34:48.760><c> soldiers,</c><00:34:50.119><c> unless</c><00:34:50.340><c> these</c><00:34:50.659><c> men</c><00:34:50.940><c> stay</c><00:34:51.360><c> with</c><00:34:51.559><c> me</c>

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in<00:34:51.880><c> the</c><00:34:52.119><c> ship,</c><00:34:53.239><c> you</c><00:34:53.500><c> cannot</c><00:34:53.860><c> be</c><00:34:54.219><c> saved.</c>

00:34:55.440 --> 00:35:00.059
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And<00:34:55.679><c> so</c><00:34:55.880><c> here</c><00:34:56.139><c> we</c><00:34:56.440><c> are</c><00:34:57.139><c> in</c><00:34:58.639><c> a</c><00:34:58.980><c> fellowship.</c>

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Here<00:35:01.199><c> we</c><00:35:01.420><c> are</c><00:35:01.699><c> together,</c><00:35:02.460><c> brothers</c><00:35:02.679><c> and</c><00:35:03.039><c> sisters,</c><00:35:04.539><c> and</c><00:35:04.639><c> lest</c>

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we<00:35:05.039><c> all</c><00:35:05.440><c> stay.</c>

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If<00:35:05.800><c> we</c><00:35:05.980><c> don't</c><00:35:06.179><c> all</c><00:35:06.539><c> stay</c><00:35:06.800><c> together,</c><00:35:07.300><c> we</c><00:35:07.480><c> will</c><00:35:07.739><c> not</c><00:35:07.960><c> be</c><00:35:08.239><c> saved,</c>

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is<00:35:08.860><c> the</c><00:35:09.079><c> lesson</c><00:35:09.360><c> that</c><00:35:09.679><c> Paul</c><00:35:09.880><c> is</c><00:35:10.139><c> teaching</c><00:35:10.440><c> the</c><00:35:10.679><c> men</c><00:35:10.820><c> on</c><00:35:10.980><c> that</c><00:35:11.239><c> ship.</c>

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:15.300
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And<00:35:12.739><c> I</c><00:35:12.800><c> think</c><00:35:12.920><c> we</c><00:35:13.059><c> can</c><00:35:13.260><c> draw</c><00:35:13.599><c> parallels</c><00:35:14.000><c> in</c><00:35:14.239><c> our</c><00:35:14.440><c> lives.</c>

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:19.760
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We've<00:35:17.460><c> heard</c><00:35:17.559><c> the</c><00:35:17.940><c> expression</c><00:35:18.480><c> fellowship</c><00:35:19.119><c> so</c><00:35:19.519><c> often.</c>

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:22.880
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I<00:35:19.960><c> believe</c><00:35:20.179><c> it</c><00:35:20.300><c> was</c><00:35:20.440><c> Brother</c><00:35:20.659><c> Harry</c><00:35:21.059><c> Tennant</c><00:35:21.420><c> that</c><00:35:21.699><c> said</c><00:35:21.900><c> fellowship</c><00:35:22.500><c> is</c>

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fellows<00:35:23.360><c> in</c><00:35:24.019><c> one</c><00:35:24.320><c> ship.</c>

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And<00:35:25.820><c> here</c><00:35:26.039><c> we</c><00:35:26.320><c> are</c><00:35:26.659><c> enjoying</c><00:35:27.199><c> fellowship</c><00:35:27.940><c> together.</c>

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That's<00:35:29.780><c> the</c><00:35:29.980><c> third</c><00:35:30.260><c> anchor.</c>

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And<00:35:32.159><c> the</c><00:35:32.420><c> fourth</c><00:35:32.659><c> anchor</c><00:35:33.099><c> is</c><00:35:34.159><c> to</c><00:35:34.420><c> take</c><00:35:34.619><c> nourishment.</c>

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Verse<00:35:36.000><c> 33.</c>

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Just<00:35:40.340><c> before</c><00:35:40.719><c> dawn,</c><00:35:42.320><c> Paul</c><00:35:42.619><c> urged</c><00:35:43.079><c> them</c><00:35:43.360><c> all</c><00:35:43.800><c> to</c><00:35:44.119><c> eat.</c>

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For<00:35:46.280><c> the</c><00:35:46.500><c> last</c><00:35:46.760><c> 14</c><00:35:47.199><c> days,</c><00:35:47.539><c> he</c><00:35:47.780><c> said,</c><00:35:47.980><c> you've</c><00:35:48.260><c> been</c><00:35:48.440><c> in</c><00:35:48.760><c> constant</c><00:35:49.219><c> suspense</c><00:35:49.800><c> and</c>

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have<00:35:50.219><c> gone</c><00:35:50.420><c> without</c><00:35:50.860><c> food.</c>

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You<00:35:52.059><c> haven't</c><00:35:52.420><c> eaten</c><00:35:52.739><c> anything.</c><00:35:53.340><c> Now</c><00:35:53.639><c> I</c><00:35:53.840><c> urge</c><00:35:54.300><c> you</c><00:35:54.599><c> to</c><00:35:54.860><c> take</c>

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some<00:35:55.340><c> food.</c>

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You<00:35:56.119><c> need</c><00:35:56.500><c> it</c><00:35:56.739><c> to</c><00:35:56.940><c> survive.</c>

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Not<00:35:59.000><c> one</c><00:35:59.219><c> of</c><00:35:59.400><c> you</c><00:35:59.500><c> will</c><00:35:59.739><c> lose</c><00:36:00.000><c> a</c><00:36:00.260><c> single</c><00:36:00.539><c> hair</c><00:36:00.860><c> from</c><00:36:01.059><c> his</c><00:36:01.360><c> head.</c>

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And<00:36:02.639><c> after</c><00:36:02.860><c> he</c><00:36:03.079><c> said</c><00:36:03.260><c> this,</c><00:36:04.739><c> he</c><00:36:04.820><c> took</c><00:36:05.019><c> some</c><00:36:05.320><c> bread</c><00:36:05.679><c> and</c><00:36:07.019><c> gave</c>

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thanks<00:36:07.739><c> to</c><00:36:07.960><c> God</c><00:36:08.340><c> in</c><00:36:08.639><c> front</c><00:36:08.780><c> of</c><00:36:08.940><c> them</c><00:36:09.119><c> all.</c>

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Then<00:36:10.519><c> he</c><00:36:10.639><c> broke</c><00:36:10.900><c> it</c><00:36:11.780><c> and</c><00:36:12.280><c> began</c><00:36:12.659><c> to</c><00:36:12.920><c> eat.</c>

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And<00:36:14.880><c> so,</c><00:36:15.179><c> brothers</c><00:36:15.260><c> and</c><00:36:15.559><c> sisters,</c><00:36:17.360><c> the</c><00:36:17.579><c> fourth</c><00:36:17.820><c> anchor</c><00:36:18.300><c> to</c><00:36:18.739><c> surviving</c><00:36:19.420><c> a</c>

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shipwreck<00:36:21.619><c> is</c><00:36:22.539><c> to</c><00:36:22.800><c> take</c><00:36:22.980><c> nourishment.</c>

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We<00:36:24.719><c> do</c><00:36:24.960><c> that</c><00:36:25.159><c> by</c><00:36:25.400><c> reading</c><00:36:25.659><c> God's</c><00:36:26.179><c> word.</c>

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We<00:36:27.719><c> do</c><00:36:27.940><c> that</c><00:36:28.139><c> by</c><00:36:28.519><c> praying</c><00:36:28.880><c> to</c><00:36:29.320><c> our</c><00:36:29.460><c> Heavenly</c><00:36:29.820><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:36:31.480><c> we</c><00:36:31.619><c> do</c><00:36:31.840><c> that</c><00:36:32.659><c> by</c><00:36:33.079><c> sharing</c><00:36:33.380><c> communion,</c><00:36:34.340><c> one</c><00:36:34.579><c> with</c><00:36:34.840><c> another,</c><00:36:35.820><c> just</c><00:36:35.940><c> as</c>

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our<00:36:36.340><c> Lord</c><00:36:36.519><c> instructed.</c>