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I<00:12:31.899><c> suspect</c><00:12:32.340><c> at</c><00:12:32.720><c> least</c><00:12:32.980><c> half</c><00:12:33.240><c> of</c><00:12:33.440><c> you</c><00:12:33.580><c> maybe.</c>

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But<00:12:34.820><c> being</c><00:12:35.259><c> raised</c><00:12:35.559><c> in</c><00:12:35.740><c> the</c><00:12:35.840><c> truth,</c><00:12:35.980><c> sometimes</c><00:12:36.399><c> we</c><00:12:36.559><c> take</c><00:12:36.799><c> it</c>

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And<00:12:39.360><c> we</c><00:12:39.500><c> don't</c><00:12:39.720><c> think</c><00:12:39.919><c> nothing</c><00:12:40.220><c> of</c><00:12:40.440><c> it.</c>

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Well<00:12:40.860><c> that's</c><00:12:41.059><c> what</c><00:12:41.179><c> we</c><00:12:41.379><c> do.</c><00:12:41.480><c> We</c><00:12:41.600><c> go</c><00:12:41.740><c> to</c><00:12:41.840><c> Bible</c><00:12:42.139><c> class</c><00:12:42.480><c> and</c><00:12:42.759><c> see</c>

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We're<00:12:43.799><c> on</c><00:12:43.940><c> the</c><00:12:44.179><c> schedule,</c><00:12:45.340><c> but</c><00:12:45.580><c> it's</c><00:12:45.820><c> the</c><00:12:45.980><c> wrong</c><00:12:46.179><c> reasons.</c>

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So<00:12:47.919><c> how</c><00:12:48.059><c> do</c><00:12:48.179><c> we</c><00:12:48.299><c> set</c><00:12:48.519><c> things</c><00:12:48.840><c> in</c><00:12:49.100><c> motion?</c>

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How<00:12:50.500><c> do</c><00:12:50.679><c> we</c><00:12:50.879><c> move?</c>

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How<00:12:52.179><c> do</c><00:12:52.320><c> we</c><00:12:52.480><c> become</c><00:12:52.759><c> better</c><00:12:53.120><c> disciples?</c>

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Now<00:12:55.779><c> it</c><00:12:55.879><c> seems</c><00:12:56.139><c> to</c><00:12:56.360><c> me</c><00:12:56.500><c> that</c><00:12:56.639><c> there's</c><00:12:56.940><c> two</c><00:12:57.220><c> aspects</c><00:12:57.779><c> to</c><00:12:58.039><c> our</c><00:12:58.419><c> discipleship.</c>

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And<00:13:00.179><c> both</c><00:13:00.480><c> we</c><00:13:00.779><c> really</c><00:13:01.019><c> need</c><00:13:01.179><c> to</c><00:13:01.440><c> focus</c><00:13:01.700><c> on.</c>

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The<00:13:02.059><c> first</c><00:13:02.360><c> is</c><00:13:02.539><c> that</c><00:13:02.679><c> we</c><00:13:02.820><c> have</c><00:13:03.039><c> to</c><00:13:03.259><c> prepare</c><00:13:03.500><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:13:05.299><c> obviously</c><00:13:05.659><c> the</c><00:13:05.919><c> second</c><00:13:06.200><c> is</c><00:13:06.419><c> we</c><00:13:06.539><c> need</c><00:13:06.740><c> to</c><00:13:07.000><c> help</c><00:13:07.179><c> others.</c>

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That's<00:13:08.519><c> pretty</c><00:13:08.759><c> simple,</c><00:13:09.220><c> right?</c><00:13:09.879><c> Nothing</c><00:13:10.360><c> tremendous</c><00:13:11.539><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:13:13.500><c> kind</c><00:13:13.620><c> of</c><00:13:13.700><c> neat</c><00:13:13.840><c> that</c><00:13:14.000><c> one</c><00:13:14.179><c> of</c><00:13:14.299><c> the</c><00:13:14.519><c> parables</c><00:13:14.840><c> of</c><00:13:15.059><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:13:15.480><c> brings</c><00:13:15.940><c> this</c><00:13:16.299><c> out.</c>

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And<00:13:17.279><c> I</c><00:13:17.379><c> always</c><00:13:17.580><c> like</c><00:13:17.779><c> this</c><00:13:18.000><c> parable.</c><00:13:18.480><c> It's</c><00:13:18.659><c> Luke</c><00:13:18.919><c> 8,</c><00:13:19.879><c> 4</c><00:13:20.019><c>-8.</c>

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And<00:13:21.840><c> it's</c><00:13:22.000><c> the</c><00:13:22.200><c> parable</c><00:13:22.480><c> of</c><00:13:22.679><c> the</c><00:13:22.899><c> sower.</c>

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And<00:13:26.519><c> think</c><00:13:26.720><c> of</c><00:13:26.860><c> this</c><00:13:27.000><c> as</c><00:13:27.220><c> a</c><00:13:27.399><c> disciple</c><00:13:27.799><c> preparing</c><00:13:28.399><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:13:30.279><c> also</c><00:13:30.580><c> helping</c><00:13:30.919><c> others.</c>

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Luke<00:13:32.679><c> 8,</c><00:13:33.460><c> starting</c><00:13:33.720><c> at</c><00:13:33.899><c> verse</c><00:13:34.159><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:13:53.480><c> the</c><00:13:53.600><c> fowls</c><00:13:53.899><c> of</c><00:13:54.039><c> the</c><00:13:54.200><c> air</c><00:13:54.340><c> devoured</c><00:13:54.820><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:56.019><c> some</c><00:13:56.159><c> fell</c><00:13:56.399><c> upon</c><00:13:56.700><c> a</c><00:13:56.879><c> rock.</c>

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And<00:13:57.919><c> as</c><00:13:58.100><c> soon</c><00:13:58.240><c> as</c><00:13:58.340><c> it</c><00:13:58.519><c> was</c><00:13:58.759><c> sprung</c><00:13:58.960><c> up,</c><00:13:59.259><c> it</c><00:13:59.360><c> withered</c><00:13:59.659><c> away</c><00:13:59.960><c> because</c><00:14:00.299><c> it</c>

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lacked<00:14:00.919><c> moisture.</c>

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And<00:14:03.000><c> some</c><00:14:03.259><c> fell</c><00:14:03.460><c> among</c><00:14:03.779><c> thorns.</c>

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And<00:14:04.919><c> the</c><00:14:05.120><c> thorn</c><00:14:05.360><c> sprang</c><00:14:05.720><c> up</c><00:14:05.940><c> with</c><00:14:06.139><c> it</c><00:14:06.259><c> and</c><00:14:06.440><c> choked</c><00:14:06.779><c> it.</c>

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Another<00:14:08.379><c> fell</c><00:14:08.620><c> in</c><00:14:08.860><c> good</c><00:14:09.059><c> ground</c><00:14:09.360><c> and</c><00:14:09.620><c> sprang</c><00:14:09.919><c> up</c><00:14:10.159><c> and</c><00:14:10.379><c> bare</c>

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fruit<00:14:10.879><c> and</c><00:14:11.120><c> hundredfold.</c>

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And<00:14:12.919><c> when</c><00:14:13.000><c> he</c><00:14:13.120><c> had</c><00:14:13.360><c> said</c><00:14:13.480><c> these</c><00:14:13.820><c> things,</c><00:14:14.039><c> he</c><00:14:14.419><c> cried,</c>

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He<00:14:15.440><c> that</c><00:14:15.639><c> hath</c><00:14:15.840><c> ears</c><00:14:16.200><c> to</c><00:14:16.460><c> hear,</c><00:14:16.860><c> let</c><00:14:17.000><c> him</c><00:14:17.360><c> hear.</c>

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So<00:14:21.159><c> imagine</c><00:14:21.679><c> yourself</c><00:14:22.200><c> there</c><00:14:22.519><c> and</c><00:14:22.720><c> hearing</c><00:14:22.940><c> this</c><00:14:23.259><c> parable</c><00:14:23.639><c> of</c>

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How<00:14:25.539><c> would</c><00:14:25.679><c> it</c><00:14:25.940><c> strike</c><00:14:26.139><c> you?</c>

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I<00:14:27.720><c> remember</c><00:14:28.000><c> how</c><00:14:28.139><c> this</c><00:14:28.399><c> was</c><00:14:28.659><c> taught</c><00:14:28.820><c> to</c><00:14:29.019><c> me</c><00:14:29.120><c> in</c><00:14:29.340><c> Sunday</c><00:14:29.620><c> school,</c>

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which<00:14:30.720><c> will</c><00:14:30.879><c> come</c><00:14:31.059><c> out</c><00:14:31.179><c> in</c><00:14:31.320><c> a</c><00:14:31.440><c> minute.</c>

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And<00:14:32.080><c> I</c><00:14:32.200><c> never</c><00:14:32.399><c> quite</c><00:14:32.700><c> understood</c><00:14:33.220><c> this</c><00:14:33.519><c> parable,</c><00:14:33.940><c> obviously.</c>

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Here's<00:14:36.019><c> Jesus</c><00:14:36.340><c> looking</c><00:14:36.679><c> at</c><00:14:36.940><c> over</c><00:14:37.179><c> a</c><00:14:37.500><c> big</c><00:14:37.700><c> audience</c><00:14:38.080><c> of</c><00:14:38.360><c> people.</c>

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And<00:14:39.740><c> when</c><00:14:39.840><c> he's</c><00:14:40.019><c> looking</c><00:14:40.320><c> through</c><00:14:40.600><c> the</c><00:14:40.799><c> crowd,</c><00:14:41.159><c> he</c><00:14:41.340><c> sees</c><00:14:41.580><c> various</c><00:14:42.059><c> levels</c><00:14:42.460><c> of</c><00:14:42.740><c> commitment.</c>

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Some<00:14:44.259><c> who</c><00:14:44.519><c> really</c><00:14:44.860><c> wanted</c><00:14:45.039><c> to</c><00:14:45.259><c> be</c><00:14:45.460><c> there</c><00:14:45.639><c> and</c><00:14:45.879><c> hear</c><00:14:46.059><c> him.</c>

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Others<00:14:47.399><c> to</c><00:14:47.659><c> see</c><00:14:48.139><c> the</c><00:14:48.820><c> miracles.</c>

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There<00:14:50.139><c> are</c><00:14:50.179><c> some</c><00:14:50.399><c> people</c><00:14:50.620><c> who</c><00:14:50.759><c> were</c><00:14:50.919><c> just</c><00:14:51.120><c> there</c><00:14:51.299><c> to</c><00:14:51.519><c> kill</c><00:14:51.720><c> the</c><00:14:51.980><c> afternoon.</c>

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All<00:14:53.419><c> kinds</c><00:14:53.679><c> of</c><00:14:54.000><c> commitment</c><00:14:54.460><c> to</c><00:14:55.000><c> those</c><00:14:55.240><c> he</c><00:14:55.399><c> was</c><00:14:55.600><c> speaking</c><00:14:55.899><c> before.</c>

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But<00:14:58.799><c> we</c><00:14:59.039><c> understand</c><00:14:59.480><c> the</c><00:14:59.720><c> basic</c><00:15:00.100><c> parable,</c><00:15:00.639><c> don't</c><00:15:00.720><c> we?</c>

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We<00:15:00.960><c> know</c><00:15:01.120><c> that</c><00:15:01.299><c> the</c><00:15:01.519><c> Pharisees,</c><00:15:02.799><c> right?</c>

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I<00:15:03.179><c> mean,</c><00:15:03.299><c> this</c><00:15:03.480><c> is</c><00:15:03.639><c> how</c><00:15:03.759><c> it</c><00:15:03.879><c> was</c><00:15:04.039><c> taught.</c>

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The<00:15:04.740><c> Pharisees</c><00:15:05.179><c> were</c><00:15:05.340><c> those</c><00:15:05.600><c> who</c><00:15:05.759><c> were</c><00:15:06.019><c> hard</c><00:15:06.279><c>-hearted,</c><00:15:06.559><c> right?</c>

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They<00:15:07.639><c> were</c><00:15:07.779><c> the</c><00:15:07.940><c> ones</c><00:15:08.059><c> that</c><00:15:08.200><c> would</c><00:15:08.440><c> never</c><00:15:08.700><c> let</c><00:15:08.940><c> Christ's</c><00:15:09.440><c> Word</c><00:15:09.600><c> penetrate.</c>

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And<00:15:11.539><c> that's</c><00:15:11.679><c> how</c><00:15:11.840><c> that</c><00:15:12.000><c> was</c><00:15:12.279><c> explained</c><00:15:12.600><c> to</c><00:15:12.840><c> me.</c>

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You<00:15:13.419><c> know,</c><00:15:14.279><c> and</c><00:15:14.379><c> then</c><00:15:15.159><c> digress</c><00:15:15.559><c> a</c><00:15:15.720><c> minute.</c>

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I'm<00:15:17.240><c> always</c><00:15:17.480><c> amazed</c><00:15:17.820><c> by</c><00:15:18.019><c> the</c><00:15:18.279><c> Pharisees.</c>

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Of<00:15:20.059><c> all</c><00:15:20.279><c> the</c><00:15:20.440><c> people</c><00:15:20.700><c> Jesus</c><00:15:21.139><c> preached</c><00:15:21.580><c> to,</c>

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they<00:15:21.980><c> seemed</c><00:15:22.200><c> to</c><00:15:22.320><c> be</c><00:15:22.460><c> the</c><00:15:22.580><c> only</c><00:15:22.779><c> ones</c><00:15:23.019><c> who</c><00:15:23.320><c> remembered</c><00:15:23.559><c> his</c><00:15:23.840><c> words.</c>

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They<00:15:25.860><c> were</c><00:15:26.080><c> the</c><00:15:26.220><c> only</c><00:15:26.460><c> ones</c><00:15:26.720><c> who</c><00:15:26.940><c> knew</c><00:15:27.080><c> after</c><00:15:27.419><c> three</c><00:15:27.700><c> days</c><00:15:28.039><c> he</c>

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said<00:15:28.419><c> he</c><00:15:28.559><c> would</c><00:15:28.759><c> rise</c><00:15:29.139><c> up.</c>

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They<00:15:30.000><c> made</c><00:15:30.179><c> sure</c><00:15:30.399><c> the</c><00:15:30.639><c> tomb</c><00:15:30.779><c> was</c><00:15:31.039><c> sealed.</c>

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Those<00:15:32.259><c> disciples</c><00:15:32.740><c> are</c><00:15:33.080><c> scattered</c><00:15:33.460><c> and</c><00:15:33.720><c> disorganized</c>

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and<00:15:35.159><c> don't</c><00:15:35.279><c> know</c><00:15:35.360><c> what</c><00:15:35.539><c> to</c><00:15:35.720><c> make</c><00:15:35.879><c> of</c><00:15:36.000><c> it.</c>

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They<00:15:36.480><c> remembered</c><00:15:36.759><c> his</c><00:15:37.059><c> words.</c>

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They<00:15:38.519><c> knew</c><00:15:38.740><c> what</c><00:15:38.919><c> he</c><00:15:39.139><c> said,</c><00:15:40.379><c> but</c><00:15:40.580><c> it</c><00:15:40.820><c> never</c><00:15:41.019><c> got</c><00:15:41.240><c> into</c><00:15:41.500><c> their</c><00:15:41.759><c> hearts.</c>

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And<00:15:43.279><c> so</c><00:15:43.460><c> we</c><00:15:43.580><c> know</c><00:15:43.700><c> that</c><00:15:44.039><c> that's</c><00:15:44.440><c> obviously</c><00:15:44.879><c> who</c><00:15:45.120><c> the</c><00:15:45.379><c> hard</c>

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-hearted<00:15:45.759><c> are.</c>

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The<00:15:46.600><c> stony</c><00:15:46.879><c> ground</c><00:15:47.259><c> is</c><00:15:47.480><c> the</c><00:15:47.740><c> Pharisees.</c>

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Or<00:15:49.899><c> the</c><00:15:50.100><c> walkway,</c><00:15:50.399><c> I'm</c><00:15:50.500><c> sorry,</c><00:15:50.740><c> would</c><00:15:50.840><c> be</c><00:15:51.000><c> the</c><00:15:51.240><c> Pharisees.</c>

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Stony<00:15:52.600><c> ground,</c><00:15:53.019><c> we</c><00:15:53.059><c> know,</c><00:15:53.220><c> is</c><00:15:53.419><c> harder</c><00:15:53.620><c> to</c><00:15:53.879><c> detect.</c>

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I've<00:15:55.659><c> made</c><00:15:55.759><c> this</c><00:15:56.539><c> an</c><00:15:56.779><c> exhortation</c><00:15:57.259><c> once.</c>

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I<00:15:57.679><c> say</c><00:15:57.820><c> it's</c><00:15:58.059><c> my</c><00:15:58.259><c> front</c><00:15:58.440><c> yard.</c>

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Because<00:15:59.759><c> wherever</c><00:16:00.039><c> you</c><00:16:00.320><c> see</c><00:16:00.480><c> a</c><00:16:01.080><c> patch</c><00:16:01.379><c> of</c><00:16:02.340><c> soil,</c>

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you<00:16:02.879><c> know</c><00:16:03.039><c> there's</c><00:16:03.299><c> something</c><00:16:03.519><c> buried</c><00:16:03.879><c> underneath</c><00:16:04.360><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:16:05.240><c> when</c><00:16:05.379><c> they</c><00:16:05.600><c> built</c><00:16:05.720><c> my</c><00:16:05.960><c> house,</c><00:16:06.159><c> they</c><00:16:06.320><c> just</c><00:16:06.659><c> plowed</c>

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everything<00:16:07.399><c> under.</c>

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I<00:16:08.559><c> pulled</c><00:16:08.720><c> up</c><00:16:08.960><c> sheetrock</c><00:16:09.580><c> and</c><00:16:09.820><c> two</c><00:16:10.039><c>-by</c><00:16:10.279><c>-fours</c><00:16:10.559><c> and</c><00:16:10.919><c> buckets.</c>

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And<00:16:11.980><c> wherever</c><00:16:12.259><c> you</c><00:16:12.460><c> see</c><00:16:12.659><c> something</c><00:16:13.019><c> that's</c><00:16:13.519><c> bare</c>

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or<00:16:14.700><c> something</c><00:16:14.960><c> that</c><00:16:15.240><c> dies</c><00:16:15.460><c> in</c><00:16:15.639><c> the</c><00:16:15.740><c> middle</c><00:16:15.879><c> of</c><00:16:16.059><c> the</c><00:16:16.240><c> summer,</c>

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you<00:16:16.980><c> know</c><00:16:17.139><c> there's</c><00:16:17.419><c> something</c><00:16:17.659><c> underneath</c><00:16:18.100><c> it.</c>

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So<00:16:19.500><c> we</c><00:16:19.879><c> know</c><00:16:20.059><c> what</c><00:16:20.120><c> that</c><00:16:20.299><c> is.</c><00:16:20.419><c> It's</c><00:16:20.639><c> harder</c><00:16:20.860><c> to</c><00:16:21.159><c> detect.</c>

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It's<00:16:22.360><c> just</c><00:16:22.659><c> under</c><00:16:22.919><c> the</c><00:16:23.120><c> surface.</c>

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And<00:16:24.279><c> the</c><00:16:24.419><c> problem</c><00:16:24.700><c> with</c><00:16:24.899><c> this</c><00:16:25.059><c> is</c><00:16:25.259><c> it</c><00:16:25.399><c> cuts</c><00:16:25.679><c> off</c><00:16:25.940><c> the</c><00:16:26.120><c> moisture</c>

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to<00:16:27.480><c> the</c><00:16:27.679><c> plant,</c>

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the<00:16:28.480><c> nutrients,</c><00:16:29.480><c> and</c><00:16:29.820><c> it</c><00:16:30.059><c> withers.</c>

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And<00:16:31.240><c> we</c><00:16:31.340><c> know</c><00:16:31.460><c> that</c><00:16:31.659><c> these</c><00:16:31.860><c> were</c><00:16:32.019><c> the</c><00:16:32.220><c> people</c><00:16:32.440><c> who</c><00:16:32.639><c> came</c><00:16:32.899><c> to</c><00:16:33.059><c> hear</c><00:16:33.179><c> the</c><00:16:33.379><c> miracles</c><00:16:33.779><c> of</c><00:16:33.980><c> Jesus.</c>

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They<00:16:35.440><c> just</c><00:16:35.720><c> wanted</c><00:16:35.860><c> to</c><00:16:36.120><c> see</c><00:16:36.240><c> a</c><00:16:36.539><c> trick</c><00:16:36.720><c> like</c><00:16:37.100><c> Herod</c><00:16:37.720><c> wanted</c><00:16:38.059><c> to</c><00:16:38.399><c> see.</c>

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But<00:16:40.220><c> when</c><00:16:40.399><c> they</c><00:16:40.580><c> were</c><00:16:40.759><c> examined,</c><00:16:41.240><c> when</c><00:16:41.399><c> they</c><00:16:41.519><c> were</c><00:16:41.659><c> under</c><00:16:41.879><c> the</c><00:16:42.139><c> sun,</c>

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when<00:16:42.500><c> there's</c><00:16:42.720><c> a</c><00:16:42.820><c> little</c><00:16:43.000><c> bit</c><00:16:43.120><c> of</c><00:16:43.299><c> a</c><00:16:43.539><c> trial</c><00:16:43.799><c> put</c><00:16:44.059><c> on</c><00:16:44.240><c> them,</c>

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they<00:16:45.039><c> withered</c><00:16:45.340><c> away.</c>

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And<00:16:47.139><c> then</c><00:16:47.240><c> there's</c><00:16:47.480><c> the</c><00:16:47.720><c> thorns.</c>

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Now<00:16:49.179><c> I'm</c><00:16:49.279><c> giving</c><00:16:49.460><c> you</c><00:16:49.679><c> the</c><00:16:49.899><c> standard</c><00:16:50.200><c> way</c><00:16:50.360><c> I</c><00:16:50.519><c> was</c><00:16:50.740><c> taught</c><00:16:50.919><c> this</c>

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parable<00:16:51.519><c> in</c><00:16:51.759><c> Sunday</c><00:16:51.960><c> school.</c>

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The<00:16:53.220><c> thorns,</c><00:16:53.600><c> they</c><00:16:53.820><c> always</c><00:16:54.100><c> pose</c><00:16:54.399><c> a</c><00:16:54.559><c> hidden</c><00:16:54.740><c> danger,</c><00:16:55.440><c> right?</c>

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Because<00:16:56.419><c> the</c><00:16:56.720><c> thorns</c><00:16:56.960><c> can</c><00:16:57.320><c> overpower</c><00:16:58.120><c> the</c><00:16:58.559><c> plant</c><00:16:58.759><c> and</c><00:16:59.039><c> destroy</c><00:16:59.500><c> it.</c>

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I<00:17:00.820><c> actually</c><00:17:01.080><c> have</c><00:17:01.379><c> wetlands</c><00:17:01.860><c> next</c><00:17:02.179><c> to</c><00:17:02.360><c> my</c><00:17:02.500><c> house,</c>

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and<00:17:03.960><c> I</c><00:17:04.119><c> can't</c><00:17:04.359><c> do</c><00:17:04.559><c> anything</c><00:17:04.839><c> with</c><00:17:05.079><c> the</c><00:17:05.299><c> land.</c>

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We<00:17:05.680><c> just</c><00:17:05.859><c> let</c><00:17:05.980><c> it</c><00:17:06.160><c> grow</c><00:17:06.279><c> natural.</c>

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And<00:17:08.079><c> there</c><00:17:08.200><c> were</c><00:17:08.420><c> two</c><00:17:08.720><c> willow</c><00:17:09.019><c> trees</c><00:17:09.339><c> in</c><00:17:09.519><c> the</c><00:17:09.700><c> wetlands,</c>

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and<00:17:10.180><c> I</c><00:17:10.279><c> don't</c><00:17:10.380><c> even</c><00:17:10.519><c> know</c><00:17:10.660><c> if</c><00:17:10.740><c> my</c><00:17:10.940><c> daughters</c><00:17:11.200><c> have</c><00:17:11.440><c> noticed</c><00:17:11.779><c> it,</c>

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and<00:17:12.859><c> there</c><00:17:12.980><c> were</c><00:17:13.180><c> thorn</c><00:17:13.460><c> bushes</c><00:17:13.759><c> growing</c><00:17:14.299><c> on</c><00:17:14.539><c> the</c><00:17:14.700><c> willow</c><00:17:15.019><c> trees.</c>

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It<00:17:15.359><c> just</c><00:17:15.599><c> grew</c><00:17:15.819><c> up,</c><00:17:16.259><c> and</c><00:17:16.440><c> great</c><00:17:16.960><c> bushy</c><00:17:17.859><c> things</c><00:17:18.180><c> of</c><00:17:18.559><c> thorns</c><00:17:18.920><c> were</c><00:17:19.220><c> growing</c><00:17:19.559><c> in</c>

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vines<00:17:20.619><c> on</c><00:17:21.000><c> the</c><00:17:21.160><c> willow</c><00:17:21.500><c> trees.</c>

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And<00:17:22.839><c> just</c><00:17:23.019><c> a</c><00:17:23.160><c> few</c><00:17:23.259><c> weeks</c><00:17:23.559><c> ago</c><00:17:23.720><c> they</c><00:17:23.920><c> pulled</c><00:17:24.339><c> the</c><00:17:24.680><c> tree</c><00:17:24.839><c> down.</c>

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The<00:17:26.500><c> tree</c><00:17:26.740><c> actually</c><00:17:27.400><c> fell</c><00:17:27.740><c> because</c><00:17:28.200><c> of</c><00:17:28.579><c> what</c><00:17:28.740><c> was</c><00:17:29.079><c> growing</c><00:17:29.339><c> on</c><00:17:29.619><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:31.079><c> that's</c><00:17:31.279><c> the</c><00:17:31.519><c> thorns.</c>

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They<00:17:32.420><c> grow</c><00:17:32.640><c> up</c><00:17:32.859><c> with</c><00:17:33.039><c> a</c><00:17:33.180><c> good</c><00:17:33.339><c> seed,</c><00:17:33.579><c> they</c><00:17:33.880><c> choke</c><00:17:34.140><c> it</c><00:17:34.359><c> off,</c>

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they<00:17:34.660><c> take</c><00:17:34.920><c> out</c><00:17:35.140><c> the</c><00:17:35.339><c> nutrients</c><00:17:35.740><c> and</c><00:17:35.920><c> the</c><00:17:36.099><c> moisture,</c>

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and<00:17:37.480><c> what</c><00:17:37.720><c> should</c><00:17:38.039><c> be</c><00:17:38.359><c> thriving</c><00:17:38.799><c> ends</c><00:17:39.539><c> up</c><00:17:39.900><c> choking.</c>

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It<00:17:40.380><c> doesn't</c><00:17:40.720><c> grow,</c><00:17:41.200><c> it's</c><00:17:41.779><c> starved.</c>

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And<00:17:43.519><c> usually</c><00:17:43.799><c> farmers,</c><00:17:44.380><c> I</c><00:17:44.619><c> was</c><00:17:44.880><c> actually</c><00:17:45.160><c> talking</c><00:17:45.440><c> to</c><00:17:45.640><c> a</c><00:17:45.759><c> farmer</c><00:17:46.019><c> a</c>

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few<00:17:46.259><c> weeks</c><00:17:46.559><c> ago,</c>

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they<00:17:47.400><c> just</c><00:17:47.680><c> plow</c><00:17:47.859><c> the</c><00:17:48.099><c> crops</c><00:17:48.339><c> under.</c>

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They<00:17:49.339><c> weren't</c><00:17:49.519><c> getting</c><00:17:49.839><c> enough</c><00:17:50.160><c> nutrient,</c>

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I<00:17:51.119><c> think</c><00:17:51.279><c> this</c><00:17:51.480><c> was</c><00:17:51.619><c> before</c><00:17:51.900><c> the</c><00:17:52.119><c> drought</c><00:17:52.339><c> he</c><00:17:52.680><c> was</c><00:17:52.880><c> describing,</c>

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but<00:17:54.339><c> the</c><00:17:54.940><c> crop</c><00:17:55.059><c> was</c><00:17:55.319><c> a</c><00:17:55.480><c> loss.</c>

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There<00:17:55.839><c> was</c><00:17:56.039><c> not</c><00:17:56.220><c> enough</c><00:17:56.460><c> water</c><00:17:56.799><c> that</c><00:17:57.000><c> didn't</c><00:17:57.319><c> thrive,</c>

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and<00:17:58.359><c> it</c><00:17:58.420><c> was</c><00:17:58.619><c> cheaper</c><00:17:58.900><c> to</c><00:17:59.240><c> plow</c><00:17:59.480><c> his</c><00:17:59.819><c> crop</c><00:18:00.019><c> under</c><00:18:00.740><c> than</c><00:18:01.519><c> to</c><00:18:01.799><c> try</c>

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to<00:18:02.119><c> wait</c><00:18:02.240><c> and</c><00:18:02.519><c> harvest</c><00:18:02.920><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:04.400><c> then</c><00:18:04.539><c> there's</c><00:18:04.779><c> the</c><00:18:04.920><c> good</c><00:18:05.180><c> seed,</c>

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and<00:18:05.859><c> that</c><00:18:06.079><c> seed</c><00:18:06.339><c> that</c><00:18:07.039><c> falls</c><00:18:07.420><c> on</c><00:18:07.740><c> fertile</c><00:18:08.000><c> soil</c><00:18:08.420><c> and</c><00:18:08.740><c> prospers.</c>

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Now,<00:18:11.859><c> this</c><00:18:12.079><c> is</c><00:18:12.180><c> how</c><00:18:12.339><c> we</c><00:18:12.480><c> were</c><00:18:12.660><c> all</c><00:18:12.859><c> taught</c><00:18:13.059><c> this</c><00:18:13.359><c> parable</c><00:18:13.700><c> in</c>

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Sunday<00:18:14.200><c> school,</c><00:18:14.640><c> right?</c>

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You<00:18:15.480><c> didn't</c><00:18:15.740><c> learn</c><00:18:16.019><c> anything</c><00:18:16.359><c> new</c><00:18:16.680><c> there.</c>

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That's<00:18:17.519><c> pretty</c><00:18:17.799><c> much</c><00:18:17.960><c> how</c><00:18:18.099><c> we</c><00:18:18.359><c> understand</c><00:18:18.740><c> the</c><00:18:19.000><c> parable</c><00:18:19.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:19.640><c> sower.</c>

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But<00:18:22.079><c> do</c><00:18:22.220><c> you</c><00:18:22.220><c> know</c><00:18:22.339><c> what</c><00:18:22.460><c> always</c><00:18:22.799><c> troubled</c><00:18:23.099><c> me</c><00:18:23.380><c> here?</c>

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Why<00:18:26.140><c> did</c><00:18:26.359><c> Jesus</c><00:18:26.779><c> end</c><00:18:27.000><c> the</c><00:18:27.319><c> parable</c><00:18:27.599><c> with</c><00:18:27.839><c> the</c><00:18:28.000><c> words,</c>

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He<00:18:28.660><c> that</c><00:18:28.880><c> hath</c><00:18:29.099><c> ears</c><00:18:29.400><c> to</c><00:18:29.680><c> hear,</c><00:18:30.079><c> let</c><00:18:30.160><c> him</c><00:18:30.400><c> hear.</c>

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Why<00:18:33.319><c> that</c><00:18:33.599><c> call</c><00:18:33.880><c> for</c><00:18:34.140><c> self</c><00:18:34.480><c>-examination?</c>

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At<00:18:38.380><c> first</c><00:18:38.700><c> glance,</c><00:18:39.160><c> if</c><00:18:39.500><c> we're</c><00:18:39.779><c> honest,</c><00:18:40.200><c> it</c><00:18:40.319><c> seems</c><00:18:40.579><c> like</c><00:18:40.839><c> we're</c>

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doomed,<00:18:41.539><c> doesn't</c><00:18:41.839><c> it?</c>

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What<00:18:43.480><c> if</c><00:18:43.700><c> we</c><00:18:44.079><c> are</c><00:18:44.299><c> the</c><00:18:44.599><c> seed</c><00:18:44.900><c> cast</c><00:18:45.359><c> on</c><00:18:46.059><c> the</c><00:18:46.359><c> road</c><00:18:46.740><c> or</c><00:18:47.500><c> stony</c><00:18:47.839><c> ground?</c>

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What<00:18:48.279><c> if</c><00:18:48.400><c> we</c><00:18:48.599><c> know</c><00:18:48.859><c> we're</c><00:18:49.119><c> a</c><00:18:49.279><c> hard</c><00:18:49.519><c> character?</c>

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Spiritual<00:18:51.140><c> things</c><00:18:51.460><c> don't</c><00:18:51.799><c> come</c><00:18:52.079><c> easy</c><00:18:52.440><c> to</c><00:18:52.740><c> us.</c>

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Coming<00:18:53.819><c> to</c><00:18:54.019><c> meeting</c><00:18:54.279><c> is</c><00:18:54.480><c> a</c><00:18:54.640><c> difficult</c><00:18:55.180><c> thing</c><00:18:55.500><c> for</c><00:18:55.799><c> us,</c><00:18:56.140><c> and</c><00:18:56.420><c> we</c>

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know<00:18:56.880><c> that.</c>

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What<00:18:57.220><c> if</c><00:18:57.380><c> we're</c><00:18:57.640><c> a</c><00:18:57.799><c> walkway?</c><00:18:58.680><c> What</c><00:18:58.740><c> if</c><00:18:58.920><c> we're</c><00:18:59.240><c> stony</c><00:18:59.500><c> ground?</c>

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Why<00:19:01.019><c> is</c><00:19:01.279><c> Jesus</c><00:19:01.660><c> calling</c><00:19:02.019><c> for</c><00:19:02.299><c> me</c><00:19:02.539><c> to</c><00:19:02.880><c> examine</c><00:19:03.220><c> myself?</c>

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I<00:19:04.460><c> look</c><00:19:04.680><c> at</c><00:19:04.859><c> myself</c><00:19:05.180><c> and</c><00:19:05.339><c> say,</c><00:19:05.559><c> I'm</c><00:19:05.700><c> condemned.</c>

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Look,<00:19:07.660><c> I'm</c><00:19:07.900><c> a</c><00:19:08.079><c> walkway.</c>

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There's<00:19:10.380><c> stone</c><00:19:10.740><c> in</c><00:19:10.960><c> my</c><00:19:11.299><c> soil.</c><00:19:12.319><c> I</c><00:19:12.539><c> have</c><00:19:12.720><c> no</c><00:19:12.980><c> hope.</c>

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Why<00:19:14.619><c> does</c><00:19:14.799><c> He</c><00:19:15.039><c> call</c><00:19:15.339><c> for</c><00:19:15.619><c> the</c><00:19:15.839><c> disciples</c><00:19:16.359><c> to</c><00:19:16.839><c> examine</c><00:19:17.359><c> themselves?</c>

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The<00:19:21.119><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:21.619><c> seem</c><00:19:21.900><c> to</c><00:19:22.079><c> be</c><00:19:22.160><c> in</c><00:19:22.279><c> the</c><00:19:22.440><c> first</c><00:19:22.680><c> class,</c><00:19:23.700><c> right?</c>

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They<00:19:24.359><c> mocked</c><00:19:24.720><c> Jesus'</c><00:19:25.299><c> teaching.</c><00:19:25.539><c> They</c><00:19:25.740><c> tried</c><00:19:26.019><c> to</c><00:19:26.240><c> undermine</c>

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Him<00:19:26.799><c> wherever</c><00:19:27.099><c> He</c><00:19:27.420><c> went.</c>

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They<00:19:28.980><c> didn't</c><00:19:29.400><c> believe</c><00:19:29.920><c> in</c><00:19:30.200><c> Jesus.</c>

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Nothing<00:19:33.720><c> Jesus</c><00:19:34.380><c> could</c><00:19:34.640><c> say</c><00:19:34.859><c> to</c><00:19:35.119><c> a</c><00:19:35.359><c> Pharisee</c><00:19:36.900><c> before</c><00:19:37.240><c> Paul</c>

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could<00:19:38.559><c> really</c><00:19:39.000><c> change</c><00:19:39.380><c> them.</c>

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Now<00:19:41.980><c> compare</c><00:19:42.359><c> that</c><00:19:42.619><c> with</c><00:19:42.799><c> Jesus'</c><00:19:43.660><c> own</c><00:19:43.960><c> family.</c>

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Compare<00:19:46.019><c> the</c><00:19:46.359><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:46.980><c> to</c><00:19:47.180><c> Mary</c><00:19:47.740><c> and</c><00:19:48.099><c> Jesus'</c><00:19:48.660><c> mother</c><00:19:48.880><c> and</c><00:19:49.180><c> brethren.</c>

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Luke<00:19:50.799><c> 8,</c><00:19:51.059><c> verse</c><00:19:51.339><c> 19.</c>

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We're<00:19:55.980><c> in</c><00:19:56.140><c> the</c><00:19:56.200><c> same</c><00:19:56.400><c> chapter.</c><00:19:56.880><c> Luke</c><00:19:57.160><c> 8.</c><00:19:57.440><c> Let's</c><00:19:57.660><c> look</c><00:19:57.839><c> what</c><00:19:58.079><c> happens.</c>

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Then<00:20:05.720><c> came</c><00:20:06.019><c> to</c><00:20:06.160><c> Him</c><00:20:06.319><c> His</c><00:20:06.539><c> mother</c><00:20:06.799><c> and</c><00:20:06.920><c> His</c><00:20:07.220><c> brethren,</c><00:20:07.920><c> for</c><00:20:08.059><c> they</c><00:20:08.200><c> could</c><00:20:08.500><c> not</c>

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come<00:20:09.019><c> at</c><00:20:09.119><c> Him</c><00:20:09.440><c> for</c><00:20:09.680><c> the</c><00:20:10.180><c> press.</c>

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And<00:20:11.380><c> it</c><00:20:11.500><c> was</c><00:20:11.640><c> told</c><00:20:11.880><c> Him</c><00:20:12.039><c> by</c><00:20:12.319><c> certain</c><00:20:12.579><c> which</c><00:20:12.819><c> said,</c><00:20:13.039><c> Thy</c><00:20:13.180><c> mother</c>

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and<00:20:13.579><c> thy</c><00:20:13.799><c> brethren</c><00:20:14.200><c> stand</c><00:20:14.539><c> without,</c><00:20:15.559><c> desiring</c><00:20:15.980><c> to</c><00:20:16.220><c> see</c><00:20:16.500><c> thee.</c>

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But<00:20:18.059><c> we're</c><00:20:18.220><c> kind</c><00:20:18.339><c> of</c><00:20:18.480><c> left</c><00:20:18.720><c> hanging.</c>

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We've<00:20:20.460><c> got</c><00:20:20.460><c> to</c><00:20:20.660><c> flip</c><00:20:20.880><c> over</c><00:20:21.220><c> to</c><00:20:21.420><c> Mark</c><00:20:21.660><c> 3,</c><00:20:22.259><c> verse</c><00:20:22.539><c> 21,</c><00:20:23.839><c> to</c><00:20:24.000><c> find</c>

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out<00:20:24.440><c> why</c><00:20:24.720><c> they</c><00:20:24.880><c> wanted</c><00:20:25.079><c> to</c><00:20:25.299><c> see</c><00:20:25.500><c> Jesus.</c>

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Mark<00:20:27.599><c> 3,</c><00:20:27.980><c> verse</c><00:20:28.380><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:20:36.119><c> when</c><00:20:36.299><c> His</c><00:20:36.539><c> friends</c><00:20:36.720><c> heard</c><00:20:37.000><c> of</c><00:20:37.180><c> it,</c><00:20:38.220><c> they</c><00:20:38.420><c> went</c><00:20:38.619><c> out,</c><00:20:38.799><c> and</c>

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that<00:20:39.099><c> word</c><00:20:39.299><c> friends</c><00:20:39.579><c> is</c><00:20:39.799><c> a</c><00:20:39.900><c> mistranslation.</c>

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Look<00:20:40.859><c> in</c><00:20:40.980><c> the</c><00:20:41.119><c> margin.</c><00:20:41.440><c> When</c><00:20:41.579><c> His</c><00:20:41.839><c> family</c><00:20:42.220><c> heard</c><00:20:42.539><c> of</c><00:20:42.740><c> it,</c><00:20:43.400><c> they</c>

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went<00:20:43.839><c> out</c><00:20:44.099><c> to</c><00:20:44.240><c> lay</c><00:20:44.420><c> hold</c><00:20:44.640><c> on</c><00:20:44.859><c> Him,</c>

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for<00:20:45.259><c> they</c><00:20:45.420><c> said,</c><00:20:46.720><c> He</c><00:20:46.740><c> is</c><00:20:47.000><c> beside</c><00:20:47.539><c> Himself.</c>

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Jesus'<00:20:50.420><c> family</c><00:20:50.819><c> didn't</c><00:20:51.259><c> believe</c><00:20:51.640><c> Him.</c><00:20:53.079><c> They</c><00:20:53.400><c> thought</c><00:20:53.720><c> He</c><00:20:53.900><c> was</c><00:20:54.200><c> crazy.</c>

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You're<00:20:55.039><c> out</c><00:20:55.180><c> of</c><00:20:55.279><c> your</c><00:20:55.500><c> mind.</c><00:20:56.720><c> They</c><00:20:56.920><c> thought</c><00:20:57.299><c> Jesus</c><00:20:57.819><c> was</c><00:20:58.180><c> mad.</c>

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Look<00:20:58.539><c> at</c><00:20:58.660><c> verse</c><00:20:58.940><c> 31</c><00:20:59.400><c> of</c><00:20:59.660><c> Mark</c><00:20:59.880><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:21:02.500><c> there</c><00:21:02.740><c> came</c><00:21:02.980><c> then</c><00:21:03.200><c> His</c><00:21:03.440><c> brethren</c><00:21:03.799><c> and</c><00:21:03.940><c> His</c><00:21:04.200><c> mother,</c><00:21:04.559><c> and</c>

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standing<00:21:04.980><c> without,</c><00:21:05.579><c> sent</c><00:21:05.799><c> unto</c><00:21:05.960><c> Him</c><00:21:06.240><c> calling.</c>

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That's<00:21:07.559><c> where</c><00:21:07.700><c> we</c><00:21:07.940><c> picked</c><00:21:08.079><c> it</c><00:21:08.220><c> up</c><00:21:08.319><c> in</c><00:21:08.579><c> Luke.</c>

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His<00:21:10.519><c> mother</c><00:21:10.779><c> and</c><00:21:11.000><c> brethren</c><00:21:11.279><c> were</c><00:21:11.480><c> no</c><00:21:11.759><c> different</c><00:21:12.099><c> than</c><00:21:12.279><c> the</c><00:21:12.559><c> Pharisees.</c>

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They<00:21:14.220><c> didn't</c><00:21:14.619><c> believe</c><00:21:15.380><c> in</c><00:21:16.019><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:21:17.559><c> see,</c><00:21:17.759><c> it's</c><00:21:17.940><c> this</c><00:21:18.099><c> little</c><00:21:18.359><c> incident</c><00:21:18.720><c> with</c><00:21:18.920><c> His</c><00:21:19.119><c> family</c><00:21:19.519><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:20.000><c> same</c><00:21:20.559><c> context</c><00:21:21.160><c> as</c><00:21:21.380><c> the</c><00:21:21.599><c> parable</c><00:21:21.900><c> of</c><00:21:22.619><c> the</c><00:21:22.859><c> Sower</c>

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that<00:21:23.740><c> you</c><00:21:24.000><c> see</c><00:21:24.160><c> what</c><00:21:24.400><c> Jesus</c><00:21:24.759><c> is</c><00:21:25.019><c> getting</c><00:21:25.259><c> at.</c>

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Of<00:21:26.240><c> course</c><00:21:26.500><c> we</c><00:21:26.720><c> fall</c><00:21:27.000><c> into</c><00:21:27.259><c> different</c><00:21:27.579><c> categories</c><00:21:28.180><c> of</c><00:21:28.500><c> commitment</c><00:21:28.880><c> to</c><00:21:29.099><c> the</c><00:21:29.299><c> Lord.</c>

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That's<00:21:30.140><c> not</c><00:21:30.400><c> the</c><00:21:30.599><c> point</c><00:21:30.799><c> of</c><00:21:30.960><c> the</c><00:21:31.200><c> Sower.</c>

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The<00:21:32.579><c> point</c><00:21:32.819><c> of</c><00:21:32.960><c> this</c><00:21:33.180><c> parable</c><00:21:33.619><c> is</c><00:21:34.059><c> we</c><00:21:34.839><c> can</c><00:21:35.579><c> change.</c>

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His<00:21:37.819><c> mother</c><00:21:38.200><c> and</c><00:21:38.500><c> brethren</c><00:21:38.799><c> came</c><00:21:39.299><c> to</c><00:21:39.640><c> understand</c><00:21:40.380><c> and</c><00:21:41.099><c> believe</c><00:21:41.440><c> in</c><00:21:41.740><c> Him.</c>

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We<00:21:43.859><c> can</c><00:21:44.380><c> change.</c>

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Now<00:21:46.440><c> turn</c><00:21:46.700><c> to</c><00:21:46.960><c> Hosea.</c>

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And<00:21:48.400><c> this</c><00:21:48.480><c> is</c><00:21:48.660><c> really</c><00:21:48.880><c> a</c><00:21:49.039><c> nice</c><00:21:49.180><c> verse</c><00:21:49.500><c> to</c><00:21:49.740><c> mark</c><00:21:49.920><c> by</c><00:21:50.140><c> the</c><00:21:50.339><c> parable</c><00:21:50.640><c> of</c><00:21:50.799><c> the</c><00:21:50.960><c> Sower.</c>

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Hosea<00:21:52.700><c> 10</c><00:21:52.920><c> verse</c><00:21:53.279><c> 12.</c>

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So<00:22:12.220><c> to</c><00:22:12.500><c> yourselves</c><00:22:13.019><c> in</c><00:22:13.359><c> righteousness,</c><00:22:15.240><c> reap</c><00:22:15.400><c> in</c><00:22:15.559><c> mercy.</c>

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Break<00:22:17.920><c> up</c><00:22:18.140><c> your</c><00:22:18.440><c> fallow</c><00:22:18.779><c> ground,</c><00:22:19.180><c> for</c><00:22:19.339><c> it</c><00:22:19.480><c> is</c><00:22:19.700><c> time</c><00:22:19.980><c> to</c><00:22:20.279><c> seek</c>

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the<00:22:20.700><c> Lord,</c>

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till<00:22:21.559><c> He</c><00:22:21.819><c> come</c><00:22:22.079><c> and</c><00:22:22.279><c> reign</c><00:22:22.440><c> righteousness</c><00:22:23.079><c> upon</c><00:22:23.759><c> you.</c>

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Look<00:22:26.000><c> at</c><00:22:26.140><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:26.599><c> 4,</c><00:22:27.779><c> 3</c><00:22:28.099><c> and</c><00:22:28.220><c> 4.</c>

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Jeremiah<00:22:30.799><c> 4,</c><00:22:31.640><c> starting</c><00:22:31.900><c> at</c><00:22:32.079><c> verse</c><00:22:32.339><c> 3.</c>

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For<00:22:38.960><c> thus</c><00:22:39.240><c> saith</c><00:22:39.460><c> the</c><00:22:39.720><c> Lord</c><00:22:39.940><c> to</c><00:22:40.140><c> the</c><00:22:40.259><c> men</c><00:22:40.440><c> of</c><00:22:40.640><c> Judah</c><00:22:40.839><c> and</c><00:22:41.039><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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break<00:22:42.799><c> up</c><00:22:43.059><c> your</c><00:22:43.339><c> fallow</c><00:22:43.680><c> ground,</c><00:22:44.640><c> and</c><00:22:44.779><c> sow</c><00:22:44.960><c> not</c><00:22:45.220><c> among</c><00:22:45.539><c> thorns.</c>

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Circumcise<00:22:47.940><c> yourselves</c><00:22:48.500><c> to</c><00:22:48.799><c> the</c><00:22:49.019><c> Lord.</c>

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Take<00:22:50.319><c> away</c><00:22:50.640><c> the</c><00:22:50.920><c> foreskin</c><00:22:51.400><c> to</c><00:22:51.599><c> your</c><00:22:51.839><c> heart,</c><00:22:52.900><c> ye</c><00:22:52.960><c> men</c><00:22:53.099><c> of</c><00:22:53.359><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:22:54.480><c> inhabitants</c><00:22:54.940><c> of</c><00:22:55.240><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Lest<00:22:56.660><c> my</c><00:22:56.960><c> fury</c><00:22:57.259><c> come</c><00:22:57.539><c> forth</c><00:22:57.799><c> like</c><00:22:58.059><c> fire</c><00:22:58.420><c> and</c><00:22:58.680><c> burn</c><00:22:58.960><c> that</c><00:22:59.140><c> none</c>

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can<00:22:59.700><c> quench</c><00:22:59.940><c> it,</c>

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because<00:23:00.880><c> of</c><00:23:01.059><c> the</c><00:23:01.259><c> evil</c><00:23:01.460><c> of</c><00:23:01.660><c> your</c><00:23:01.920><c> doings.</c>

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You<00:23:03.519><c> see</c><00:23:03.640><c> that's</c><00:23:03.980><c> the</c><00:23:04.140><c> point</c><00:23:04.299><c> of</c><00:23:04.460><c> the</c><00:23:04.700><c> parable</c><00:23:04.960><c> of</c><00:23:05.160><c> the</c><00:23:05.380><c> Sower.</c>

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To<00:23:06.400><c> break</c><00:23:06.660><c> up</c><00:23:06.859><c> the</c><00:23:07.079><c> hard</c><00:23:07.339><c> ground.</c>

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To<00:23:08.640><c> get</c><00:23:08.900><c> the</c><00:23:09.099><c> seed</c><00:23:09.240><c> to</c><00:23:09.500><c> fall</c><00:23:09.700><c> somewhere</c><00:23:10.140><c> where</c><00:23:10.339><c> it</c><00:23:10.480><c> will</c><00:23:10.740><c> prosper.</c>

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And<00:23:12.259><c> the</c><00:23:12.539><c> soil</c><00:23:12.759><c> is</c><00:23:12.980><c> our</c><00:23:13.180><c> mind.</c>

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Make<00:23:15.460><c> your</c><00:23:15.759><c> mind</c><00:23:16.000><c> more</c><00:23:16.400><c> receptive</c><00:23:17.019><c> to</c><00:23:17.640><c> God's</c><00:23:18.140><c> Word.</c>

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Improve<00:23:19.680><c> the</c><00:23:20.000><c> environment</c><00:23:20.559><c> of</c><00:23:20.799><c> your</c><00:23:21.019><c> mind,</c>

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and<00:23:22.259><c> the</c><00:23:22.539><c> seed</c><00:23:22.740><c> will</c><00:23:23.079><c> grow</c><00:23:23.539><c> and</c><00:23:24.500><c> prosper.</c>

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That's<00:23:28.359><c> what</c><00:23:28.500><c> we're</c><00:23:28.680><c> doing</c><00:23:28.859><c> here</c><00:23:29.160><c> today.</c>

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It's<00:23:30.420><c> in</c><00:23:30.519><c> the</c><00:23:30.680><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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It's<00:23:31.720><c> in</c><00:23:31.779><c> our</c><00:23:31.880><c> Bible</c><00:23:32.299><c> study</c><00:23:32.619><c> groups.</c>

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It's<00:23:33.579><c> with</c><00:23:33.759><c> our</c><00:23:33.980><c> families</c><00:23:34.380><c> that</c><00:23:34.559><c> we're</c><00:23:34.859><c> improving</c><00:23:35.339><c> the</c><00:23:35.740><c> soil</c>

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of<00:23:36.279><c> our</c><00:23:36.480><c> mind,</c>

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so<00:23:38.359><c> the</c><00:23:38.680><c> seed</c><00:23:38.940><c> can</c><00:23:39.240><c> grow.</c>

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And<00:23:41.000><c> so</c><00:23:41.079><c> the</c><00:23:41.200><c> question</c><00:23:41.579><c> you</c><00:23:41.740><c> need</c><00:23:41.880><c> to</c><00:23:42.079><c> ask</c><00:23:42.259><c> yourself</c><00:23:42.700><c> is,</c>

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how<00:23:44.200><c> strong</c><00:23:44.579><c> is</c><00:23:44.759><c> your</c><00:23:44.940><c> sister's</c><00:23:45.480><c> class?</c>

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Do<00:23:47.440><c> you</c><00:23:47.619><c> have</c><00:23:47.759><c> a</c><00:23:47.940><c> sister's</c><00:23:48.500><c> class?</c>

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Do<00:23:49.640><c> you</c><00:23:49.680><c> have</c><00:23:49.819><c> a</c><00:23:50.039><c> CYC?</c>

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Do<00:23:52.240><c> you</c><00:23:52.259><c> go</c><00:23:52.400><c> to</c><00:23:52.700><c> gatherings?</c>

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Are<00:23:54.299><c> you</c><00:23:54.400><c> at</c><00:23:54.500><c> the</c><00:23:54.680><c> meeting</c><00:23:54.900><c> every</c><00:23:55.240><c> week?</c>

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And<00:23:57.059><c> we</c><00:23:57.299><c> know</c><00:23:57.480><c> the</c><00:23:57.700><c> list.</c>

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Are<00:23:59.779><c> we</c><00:24:00.019><c> doing</c><00:24:00.240><c> these</c><00:24:00.579><c> things</c><00:24:00.839><c> and</c><00:24:01.059><c> making</c><00:24:01.359><c> the</c><00:24:01.700><c> soil</c><00:24:01.980><c> of</c><00:24:02.220><c> our</c>

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mind<00:24:02.920><c> more</c><00:24:03.480><c> receptive</c><00:24:04.160><c> to</c><00:24:04.440><c> God's</c><00:24:04.900><c> Word?</c>

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Break<00:24:06.519><c> up</c><00:24:06.799><c> the</c><00:24:07.059><c> fallow</c><00:24:07.359><c> ground.</c>

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He<00:24:07.519><c> says,</c><00:24:07.799><c> break</c><00:24:08.140><c> up</c><00:24:08.359><c> the</c><00:24:08.579><c> hard</c><00:24:08.819><c> ground.</c>

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Make<00:24:09.700><c> the</c><00:24:10.000><c> soil</c><00:24:10.240><c> better.</c>

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That's<00:24:10.880><c> what</c><00:24:10.940><c> I</c><00:24:11.039><c> do</c><00:24:11.119><c> in</c><00:24:11.220><c> my</c><00:24:11.420><c> front</c><00:24:11.599><c> yard.</c>

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I<00:24:12.599><c> dig</c><00:24:12.779><c> it</c><00:24:12.960><c> up.</c>

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I<00:24:13.279><c> pull</c><00:24:13.500><c> the</c><00:24:13.740><c> rocks</c><00:24:13.960><c> out.</c>

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I<00:24:14.480><c> put</c><00:24:14.799><c> topsoil</c><00:24:15.500><c> down</c><00:24:15.819><c> and</c><00:24:16.220><c> I</c><00:24:16.519><c> improve</c><00:24:16.799><c> the</c><00:24:17.119><c> soil.</c>

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You<00:24:18.819><c> can</c><00:24:19.000><c> make</c><00:24:19.259><c> any</c><00:24:19.619><c> lawn</c><00:24:19.779><c> look</c><00:24:20.019><c> beautiful</c><00:24:20.480><c> with</c><00:24:20.759><c> a</c><00:24:20.839><c> little</c><00:24:21.059><c> bit</c><00:24:21.180><c> of</c><00:24:21.380><c> work.</c>

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And<00:24:23.140><c> they've</c><00:24:23.279><c> done</c><00:24:23.500><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:25.140><c> God</c><00:24:25.339><c> can</c><00:24:25.599><c> save</c><00:24:25.839><c> anybody</c><00:24:26.259><c> if</c><00:24:26.460><c> we're</c><00:24:26.680><c> willing</c><00:24:26.980><c> to</c><00:24:27.200><c> put</c><00:24:27.420><c> some</c>

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work<00:24:27.960><c> into</c><00:24:28.299><c> it,</c>

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to<00:24:29.319><c> make</c><00:24:29.480><c> ourselves</c><00:24:29.980><c> receptive</c><00:24:30.779><c> to</c><00:24:31.519><c> God's</c><00:24:31.980><c> Word.</c>

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And<00:24:33.480><c> so</c><00:24:33.839><c> the</c><00:24:34.099><c> exhortation</c><00:24:34.640><c> here</c><00:24:34.960><c> is,</c><00:24:35.420><c> are</c><00:24:35.539><c> we</c><00:24:35.740><c> working</c><00:24:36.039><c> to</c>

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make<00:24:36.400><c> things</c><00:24:36.680><c> better?</c>

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Are<00:24:38.259><c> we</c><00:24:38.380><c> working</c><00:24:38.700><c> to</c><00:24:38.900><c> make</c><00:24:39.019><c> our</c><00:24:39.259><c> brothers</c><00:24:39.539><c> and</c><00:24:39.819><c> sisters,</c><00:24:40.119><c> our</c>

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young<00:24:40.579><c> people,</c><00:24:41.539><c> grow</c><00:24:41.759><c> in</c><00:24:41.940><c> the</c><00:24:42.220><c> truth?</c>

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You<00:24:43.559><c> know,</c><00:24:43.980><c> this</c><00:24:44.180><c> parable</c><00:24:44.500><c> is</c><00:24:44.680><c> teaching</c><00:24:44.920><c> that</c><00:24:45.039><c> we're</c><00:24:45.200><c> not</c><00:24:45.500><c> trapped,</c>

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but<00:24:47.299><c> that</c><00:24:47.420><c> we</c><00:24:47.559><c> just</c><00:24:47.779><c> need</c><00:24:47.900><c> to</c><00:24:48.079><c> make</c><00:24:48.319><c> progress.</c>

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If<00:24:50.539><c> we're</c><00:24:50.759><c> really</c><00:24:51.059><c> honest,</c><00:24:51.380><c> we've</c><00:24:51.700><c> all</c><00:24:51.920><c> started</c><00:24:52.160><c> out</c><00:24:52.440><c> as</c><00:24:52.640><c> a</c>

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walkway,<00:24:54.019><c> hard</c><00:24:54.400><c> and</c><00:24:54.619><c> impenetrable.</c>

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And<00:24:57.299><c> through</c><00:24:57.440><c> the</c><00:24:57.680><c> efforts</c><00:24:57.859><c> of</c><00:24:58.160><c> brothers</c><00:24:58.420><c> and</c><00:24:58.720><c> sisters</c><00:24:59.079><c> or</c><00:24:59.400><c> friends,</c>

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a<00:25:01.099><c> little</c><00:25:01.240><c> bit</c><00:25:01.400><c> of</c><00:25:01.559><c> moisture</c><00:25:01.920><c> got</c><00:25:02.200><c> in.</c>

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And<00:25:02.960><c> then</c><00:25:03.140><c> others</c><00:25:03.359><c> joined</c><00:25:03.740><c> it</c><00:25:03.940><c> until</c><00:25:04.160><c> finally</c><00:25:04.619><c> we</c><00:25:04.819><c> were</c><00:25:05.079><c> baptized.</c>

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But<00:25:06.940><c> it</c><00:25:07.059><c> doesn't</c><00:25:07.339><c> stop</c><00:25:07.640><c> there.</c>

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We<00:25:07.940><c> keep</c><00:25:08.220><c> making</c><00:25:08.619><c> the</c><00:25:08.900><c> soil</c><00:25:09.099><c> better</c><00:25:09.759><c> and</c><00:25:10.440><c> more</c><00:25:10.700><c> fertile.</c>

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We<00:25:12.259><c> need</c><00:25:12.460><c> to</c><00:25:12.700><c> allow</c><00:25:13.039><c> that</c><00:25:13.339><c> to</c><00:25:13.660><c> happen</c><00:25:13.859><c> to</c><00:25:14.119><c> ourselves</c><00:25:14.660><c> and</c><00:25:16.259><c> to</c>

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help<00:25:16.599><c> others</c><00:25:16.980><c> do</c><00:25:17.240><c> it</c><00:25:17.480><c> also.</c>

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You<00:25:19.619><c> know,</c><00:25:19.740><c> this</c><00:25:19.880><c> is</c><00:25:20.059><c> really</c><00:25:20.339><c> a</c><00:25:20.539><c> neat</c><00:25:20.680><c> parable,</c><00:25:21.460><c> the</c><00:25:21.640><c> parable</c>

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of<00:25:22.099><c> the</c><00:25:22.259><c> Sower.</c>

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It's<00:25:23.480><c> one</c><00:25:23.680><c> of</c><00:25:23.779><c> my</c><00:25:23.980><c> favorites.</c>

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I<00:25:25.099><c> hope</c><00:25:25.279><c> that's</c><00:25:25.519><c> coming</c><00:25:25.759><c> through</c><00:25:26.039><c> to</c><00:25:26.259><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:25:27.180><c> one</c><00:25:27.359><c> of</c><00:25:27.480><c> the</c><00:25:27.640><c> few</c><00:25:27.859><c> parables</c><00:25:28.299><c> you'll</c><00:25:28.700><c> read</c><00:25:28.880><c> in</c><00:25:29.039><c> Matthew,</c>

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Mark<00:25:29.759><c> and</c><00:25:29.859><c> Luke.</c>

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It's<00:25:30.759><c> unusual</c><00:25:31.160><c> to</c><00:25:31.420><c> find</c><00:25:31.519><c> a</c><00:25:31.819><c> parable</c><00:25:32.119><c> mentioned</c><00:25:32.539><c> three</c><00:25:32.980><c> times.</c>

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And<00:25:34.240><c> of</c><00:25:34.380><c> course,</c><00:25:34.519><c> we</c><00:25:34.660><c> know</c><00:25:34.859><c> when</c><00:25:35.000><c> it's</c><00:25:35.339><c> mentioned</c><00:25:35.559><c> three</c><00:25:35.859><c> times,</c>

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you<00:25:36.339><c> write</c><00:25:36.519><c> it</c><00:25:36.740><c> down</c><00:25:36.960><c> side</c><00:25:37.279><c> by</c><00:25:37.519><c> side</c><00:25:38.059><c> and</c><00:25:38.279><c> you</c><00:25:38.400><c> say,</c><00:25:38.500><c> what's</c>

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different<00:25:39.180><c> about</c><00:25:39.460><c> the</c><00:25:39.759><c> parable?</c>

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Why<00:25:40.519><c> does</c><00:25:40.759><c> Matthew</c><00:25:41.099><c> tell</c><00:25:41.319><c> it</c><00:25:41.460><c> this</c><00:25:41.740><c> way</c><00:25:42.000><c> and</c><00:25:42.359><c> Mark</c><00:25:42.640><c> tell</c><00:25:42.859><c> it</c>

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this<00:25:43.319><c> way?</c>

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Let<00:25:44.759><c> me</c><00:25:44.859><c> put</c><00:25:45.039><c> some</c><00:25:45.240><c> words</c><00:25:45.539><c> together</c><00:25:46.039><c> for</c><00:25:46.299><c> you.</c>

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Matthew<00:25:48.319><c> said,</c><00:25:50.160><c> he</c><00:25:50.160><c> that</c><00:25:50.500><c> heareth</c><00:25:50.799><c> the</c><00:25:51.079><c> word</c><00:25:51.700><c> and</c><00:25:52.900><c> understandeth</c><00:25:53.640><c> it.</c>

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Luke<00:25:55.880><c> says,</c><00:25:56.240><c> he</c><00:25:56.420><c> that</c><00:25:56.680><c> receives</c><00:25:57.339><c> it,</c><00:25:58.640><c> accepts</c><00:25:59.059><c> it.</c>

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Luke<00:26:00.799><c> said,</c><00:26:00.940><c> he</c><00:26:01.160><c> that</c><00:26:01.480><c> keeps</c><00:26:01.779><c> it,</c><00:26:03.079><c> holds</c><00:26:03.299><c> it</c><00:26:03.720><c> fast.</c>

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Now,<00:26:05.119><c> I</c><00:26:05.200><c> know</c><00:26:05.299><c> this</c><00:26:05.500><c> doesn't</c><00:26:05.799><c> stand</c><00:26:06.119><c> out</c><00:26:06.279><c> when</c><00:26:06.420><c> I'm</c><00:26:06.599><c> reading</c><00:26:06.819><c> it,</c>

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but<00:26:07.440><c> when</c><00:26:07.579><c> you</c><00:26:07.759><c> put</c><00:26:07.900><c> it</c><00:26:08.000><c> on</c><00:26:08.200><c> paper,</c><00:26:09.339><c> there's</c><00:26:09.660><c> movement.</c>

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In<00:26:11.119><c> him</c><00:26:11.299><c> we</c><00:26:11.500><c> live</c><00:26:11.859><c> and</c><00:26:12.140><c> move.</c>

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We<00:26:12.759><c> have</c><00:26:13.019><c> hearing,</c><00:26:13.599><c> receiving</c><00:26:14.099><c> and</c><00:26:14.400><c> keeping.</c>

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We<00:26:15.599><c> have</c><00:26:15.799><c> understand,</c><00:26:16.799><c> accept,</c><00:26:17.700><c> holding</c><00:26:18.000><c> it</c><00:26:18.579><c> fast.</c>

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The<00:26:20.900><c> parable</c><00:26:21.279><c> of</c><00:26:21.500><c> the</c><00:26:21.759><c> Sower</c><00:26:22.039><c> is</c><00:26:22.240><c> about</c><00:26:22.980><c> movement,</c>

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making<00:26:25.119><c> ourselves</c><00:26:25.660><c> receptive</c><00:26:26.400><c> to</c><00:26:26.700><c> God's</c><00:26:27.160><c> Word</c><00:26:27.599><c> and</c><00:26:28.380><c> will.</c>

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So<00:26:29.940><c> the</c><00:26:30.079><c> point</c><00:26:30.259><c> of</c><00:26:30.400><c> the</c><00:26:30.660><c> parable</c><00:26:30.980><c> is,</c><00:26:32.000><c> in</c><00:26:32.339><c> the</c><00:26:32.599><c> context</c><00:26:33.019><c> of</c><00:26:33.180><c> our</c>

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class<00:26:33.660><c> this</c><00:26:33.920><c> afternoon,</c>

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is<00:26:34.579><c> if</c><00:26:34.880><c> we</c><00:26:35.160><c> stop</c><00:26:35.420><c> improving,</c><00:26:36.000><c> if</c><00:26:36.140><c> we</c><00:26:36.400><c> stop</c><00:26:36.599><c> growing,</c>

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the<00:26:38.460><c> soil</c><00:26:38.700><c> is</c><00:26:38.859><c> then</c><00:26:39.059><c> given</c><00:26:39.220><c> over</c><00:26:39.500><c> to</c><00:26:39.759><c> thorns.</c>

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It<00:26:40.960><c> becomes</c><00:26:41.220><c> hard</c><00:26:41.640><c> and</c><00:26:41.859><c> compact.</c>

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Weeds<00:26:43.859><c> take</c><00:26:44.140><c> over</c><00:26:44.700><c> until</c><00:26:45.619><c> it's</c><00:26:45.819><c> good</c><00:26:46.019><c> for</c><00:26:46.299><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:26:47.900><c> that</c><00:26:48.039><c> can</c><00:26:48.240><c> happen</c><00:26:48.559><c> if</c><00:26:48.720><c> we</c><00:26:48.980><c> stop</c><00:26:49.240><c> supporting</c><00:26:49.720><c> our</c><00:26:49.980><c> meeting.</c>

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Again,<00:26:52.759><c> this</c><00:26:52.940><c> is</c><00:26:53.259><c> a</c><00:26:53.559><c> really</c><00:26:53.839><c> neat</c><00:26:53.960><c> parable.</c>

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You<00:26:54.500><c> can</c><00:26:54.720><c> take</c><00:26:54.859><c> it</c><00:26:55.039><c> even</c><00:26:55.200><c> on</c><00:26:55.420><c> a</c><00:26:55.519><c> higher</c><00:26:55.859><c> spiritual</c><00:26:56.359><c> plane.</c>

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.259
I<00:26:58.220><c> know</c><00:26:58.380><c> we</c><00:26:58.500><c> don't</c><00:26:58.759><c> walk</c><00:26:59.059><c> around.</c>

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:01.759
I<00:26:59.319><c> mean,</c><00:26:59.640><c> first</c><00:26:59.839><c> class,</c><00:27:00.140><c> none</c><00:27:00.279><c> of</c><00:27:00.380><c> us</c><00:27:00.500><c> really</c><00:27:00.819><c> thought</c><00:27:00.980><c> of</c><00:27:01.160><c> ourselves</c><00:27:01.480><c> as</c>

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.599
beasts,<00:27:02.059><c> right?</c>

00:27:02.599 --> 00:27:06.039
I<00:27:02.920><c> mean,</c><00:27:03.140><c> we</c><00:27:03.160><c> don't</c><00:27:03.420><c> really</c><00:27:03.680><c> think</c><00:27:03.920><c> of</c><00:27:04.039><c> ourselves</c><00:27:04.400><c> as</c><00:27:04.619><c> animals,</c><00:27:04.960><c> do</c><00:27:05.180><c> we?</c>

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:08.559
Well,<00:27:06.440><c> by</c><00:27:06.579><c> the</c><00:27:06.779><c> same</c><00:27:06.960><c> measure,</c><00:27:07.339><c> I</c><00:27:07.380><c> don't</c><00:27:07.599><c> think</c><00:27:07.759><c> we</c><00:27:07.960><c> walk</c><00:27:08.240><c> around</c>

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:12.240
and<00:27:08.779><c> think</c><00:27:08.980><c> of</c><00:27:09.200><c> ourselves</c><00:27:09.579><c> as</c><00:27:09.900><c> soil</c><00:27:10.400><c> or</c><00:27:11.259><c> earth.</c>

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:15.000
But<00:27:13.019><c> really,</c><00:27:13.359><c> we</c><00:27:13.519><c> are</c><00:27:13.779><c> the</c><00:27:13.940><c> dust</c><00:27:14.220><c> of</c><00:27:14.440><c> the</c><00:27:14.619><c> earth.</c>

00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:18.059
And<00:27:15.720><c> if</c><00:27:15.799><c> you</c><00:27:15.940><c> think</c><00:27:16.119><c> of</c><00:27:16.220><c> it</c><00:27:16.339><c> on</c><00:27:16.480><c> a</c><00:27:16.680><c> spiritual</c><00:27:17.140><c> plane,</c>

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:22.799
we<00:27:18.519><c> can</c><00:27:18.759><c> either</c><00:27:19.380><c> live</c><00:27:19.920><c> and</c><00:27:20.240><c> grow</c><00:27:20.440><c> and</c><00:27:20.680><c> receive</c><00:27:21.160><c> God's</c><00:27:21.660><c> nature,</c>

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:26.079
or<00:27:23.559><c> we</c><00:27:23.680><c> can</c><00:27:23.920><c> return</c><00:27:24.480><c> to</c><00:27:24.779><c> the</c><00:27:25.079><c> dust.</c>

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.200
That's<00:27:27.180><c> the</c><00:27:27.400><c> parable</c><00:27:27.740><c> of</c><00:27:27.900><c> the</c><00:27:28.059><c> Sower.</c>

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:31.440
We<00:27:28.339><c> can</c><00:27:28.519><c> either</c><00:27:28.779><c> bring</c><00:27:29.079><c> forth</c><00:27:29.480><c> fruit</c><00:27:29.819><c> that</c><00:27:30.180><c> gives</c><00:27:30.440><c> God</c><00:27:30.799><c> glory</c>

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:37.200
or<00:27:32.000><c> get</c><00:27:32.180><c> turned</c><00:27:32.460><c> back</c><00:27:32.759><c> into</c><00:27:33.000><c> the</c><00:27:33.259><c> soil</c><00:27:33.779><c> and</c><00:27:35.019><c> become</c><00:27:35.339><c> unusable.</c>

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:43.759
Just<00:27:39.960><c> a</c><00:27:40.119><c> week</c><00:27:40.279><c> ago,</c><00:27:40.720><c> one</c><00:27:40.759><c> of</c><00:27:40.900><c> my</c><00:27:41.059><c> co</c><00:27:41.279><c>-workers</c><00:27:41.619><c> died</c><00:27:42.240><c> just</c><00:27:42.920><c> as</c><00:27:43.180><c> a</c><00:27:43.339><c> digression,</c>

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:45.000
and<00:27:43.920><c> it</c><00:27:44.000><c> was</c><00:27:44.160><c> a</c><00:27:44.380><c> complete</c><00:27:44.619><c> shock.</c>

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:48.579
He<00:27:45.380><c> had</c><00:27:45.619><c> apparently</c><00:27:45.980><c> a</c><00:27:46.200><c> heart</c><00:27:46.359><c> problem</c><00:27:46.880><c> and</c><00:27:47.160><c> was</c><00:27:47.259><c> on</c><00:27:47.420><c> a</c><00:27:47.640><c> treadmill</c><00:27:47.920><c> and</c><00:27:48.279><c> died.</c>

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:51.059
It<00:27:49.180><c> was</c><00:27:49.299><c> such</c><00:27:49.559><c> a</c><00:27:49.819><c> shock</c><00:27:49.980><c> for</c><00:27:50.220><c> everybody</c><00:27:50.500><c> in</c><00:27:50.660><c> the</c><00:27:50.779><c> office.</c>

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:53.099
He<00:27:51.319><c> was</c><00:27:51.539><c> the</c><00:27:51.759><c> happiest</c><00:27:52.160><c> fellow.</c>

00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:57.160
And<00:27:53.799><c> just</c><00:27:53.980><c> to</c><00:27:54.180><c> not</c><00:27:54.400><c> have</c><00:27:54.599><c> him</c><00:27:54.779><c> the</c><00:27:54.940><c> next</c><00:27:55.279><c> day</c><00:27:55.460><c> was</c><00:27:55.700><c> such</c><00:27:56.019><c> a</c><00:27:56.299><c> shock.</c>

00:27:57.539 --> 00:28:02.279
And<00:27:58.140><c> we</c><00:27:58.240><c> don't</c><00:27:58.500><c> appreciate</c><00:27:59.180><c> sometimes</c><00:27:59.740><c> how</c><00:28:00.039><c> short</c><00:28:00.559><c> life</c><00:28:00.940><c> can</c><00:28:01.319><c> be.</c>

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:05.119
I<00:28:02.599><c> mean,</c><00:28:02.680><c> we're</c><00:28:02.859><c> told</c><00:28:03.079><c> in</c><00:28:03.339><c> Scripture,</c><00:28:03.680><c> life</c><00:28:03.960><c> is</c><00:28:04.180><c> a</c><00:28:04.319><c> vapor.</c>

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.640
It's<00:28:05.500><c> a</c><00:28:05.740><c> flower</c><00:28:06.039><c> that</c><00:28:06.400><c> wilts,</c>

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:09.440
and<00:28:06.799><c> we've</c><00:28:07.039><c> all</c><00:28:07.240><c> received</c><00:28:07.660><c> or</c><00:28:07.859><c> given</c><00:28:08.119><c> fresh</c><00:28:08.480><c> flowers,</c><00:28:09.119><c> right?</c>

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:11.519
We<00:28:10.140><c> know</c><00:28:10.279><c> they're</c><00:28:10.400><c> only</c><00:28:10.640><c> good</c><00:28:10.759><c> for</c><00:28:10.980><c> a</c><00:28:11.119><c> few</c><00:28:11.220><c> days,</c>

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:14.359
and<00:28:11.720><c> they</c><00:28:12.079><c> wilt</c><00:28:12.400><c> and</c><00:28:13.039><c> they</c><00:28:13.400><c> perish.</c>

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And<00:28:15.039><c> that's</c><00:28:15.359><c> us.</c>

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:20.319
Why<00:28:17.599><c> would</c><00:28:17.799><c> we</c><00:28:18.019><c> ever</c><00:28:18.319><c> choose</c><00:28:18.720><c> to</c><00:28:19.019><c> stop</c><00:28:19.339><c> growing?</c>

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:23.059
Why<00:28:20.880><c> would</c><00:28:21.099><c> we</c><00:28:21.400><c> choose</c><00:28:21.660><c> to</c><00:28:21.920><c> return</c><00:28:22.299><c> to</c><00:28:22.500><c> the</c><00:28:22.720><c> dust</c>

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:25.900
when<00:28:23.460><c> God</c><00:28:23.680><c> says</c><00:28:23.900><c> you</c><00:28:24.119><c> can</c><00:28:24.380><c> be</c><00:28:24.619><c> like</c><00:28:25.099><c> me?</c>

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:28.880
I'll<00:28:27.000><c> share</c><00:28:27.339><c> my</c><00:28:27.700><c> nature</c><00:28:28.119><c> with</c><00:28:28.440><c> you.</c>

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:31.559
I'll<00:28:29.619><c> be</c><00:28:29.920><c> one</c><00:28:30.140><c> with</c><00:28:30.500><c> you.</c>

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No,<00:28:31.920><c> no,</c><00:28:32.019><c> I'd</c><00:28:32.440><c> rather</c><00:28:32.599><c> be</c><00:28:32.819><c> the</c><00:28:33.019><c> dust.</c>

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:37.960
That's<00:28:35.880><c> another</c><00:28:36.059><c> way</c><00:28:36.259><c> of</c><00:28:36.380><c> looking</c><00:28:36.640><c> at</c><00:28:36.839><c> the</c><00:28:37.019><c> parable</c><00:28:37.380><c> of</c><00:28:37.579><c> the</c><00:28:37.759><c> Sower.</c>

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Are<00:28:38.519><c> we</c><00:28:38.759><c> content</c><00:28:39.079><c> with</c><00:28:39.299><c> being</c><00:28:39.500><c> a</c><00:28:39.779><c> walkway</c>

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:45.059
that<00:28:41.619><c> nothing</c><00:28:41.980><c> can</c><00:28:42.240><c> grow,</c><00:28:42.539><c> nothing</c><00:28:42.880><c> can</c><00:28:43.140><c> thrive</c><00:28:43.480><c> on</c><00:28:43.940><c> dust?</c>

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Or<00:28:46.160><c> are</c><00:28:46.279><c> we</c><00:28:46.539><c> seeking</c><00:28:46.859><c> something</c><00:28:47.440><c> better?</c>

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:52.039
Luke<00:28:51.140><c> 8</c><00:28:51.319><c> verse</c><00:28:51.619><c> 12,</c>

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.940
and<00:28:52.160><c> I'm</c><00:28:52.259><c> just</c><00:28:52.500><c> going</c><00:28:52.619><c> to</c><00:28:52.640><c> read</c><00:28:52.819><c> it</c><00:28:53.000><c> to</c><00:28:53.000><c> you</c><00:28:53.140><c> from</c><00:28:53.319><c> the</c><00:28:53.500><c> RSV.</c>

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:55.960
We've<00:28:54.319><c> read</c><00:28:54.420><c> it</c><00:28:54.599><c> from</c><00:28:54.700><c> the</c><00:28:54.880><c> King</c><00:28:55.079><c> James.</c>

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:57.920
The<00:28:56.259><c> RSV</c><00:28:56.700><c> translates</c><00:28:57.240><c> it,</c>

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hearing<00:28:58.400><c> the</c><00:28:58.660><c> Word</c><00:28:58.900><c> and</c><00:28:59.220><c> retaining</c><00:28:59.920><c> it.</c>

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.779
You<00:29:01.539><c> see,</c><00:29:01.640><c> that's</c><00:29:01.940><c> an</c><00:29:02.200><c> important</c><00:29:02.519><c> thing.</c>

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:05.720
We<00:29:02.940><c> need</c><00:29:03.140><c> to</c><00:29:03.380><c> read,</c><00:29:04.640><c> to</c><00:29:04.900><c> listen</c><00:29:05.240><c> to,</c>

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:08.259
even<00:29:06.359><c> to</c><00:29:06.720><c> sing</c><00:29:06.940><c> God's</c><00:29:07.440><c> Word.</c>

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:11.359
We<00:29:08.559><c> need</c><00:29:08.779><c> to</c><00:29:09.000><c> support</c><00:29:09.319><c> the</c><00:29:09.579><c> meeting</c><00:29:09.819><c> in</c><00:29:09.980><c> Bible</c><00:29:10.380><c> class.</c>

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:13.059
And<00:29:11.839><c> I</c><00:29:11.880><c> keep</c><00:29:12.160><c> emphasizing</c><00:29:12.759><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:29:13.339><c> the</c><00:29:13.559><c> little</c><00:29:13.819><c> things</c><00:29:14.119><c> we</c><00:29:14.299><c> need</c><00:29:14.519><c> to</c><00:29:14.680><c> be</c><00:29:14.940><c> doing</c><00:29:15.319><c> consistently.</c>

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:19.259
That's<00:29:17.460><c> how</c><00:29:17.640><c> we</c><00:29:17.859><c> keep</c><00:29:18.039><c> the</c><00:29:18.279><c> moisture</c><00:29:18.660><c> in</c><00:29:18.859><c> the</c><00:29:19.059><c> soil.</c>

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:21.720
I<00:29:19.640><c> mean,</c><00:29:19.880><c> the</c><00:29:19.940><c> difference</c><00:29:20.279><c> between</c><00:29:20.660><c> one</c><00:29:21.000><c> farmer</c><00:29:21.220><c> and</c><00:29:21.400><c> another</c>

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.059
could<00:29:22.220><c> simply</c><00:29:22.599><c> be</c><00:29:22.859><c> the</c><00:29:23.059><c> one</c><00:29:23.279><c> farmer</c><00:29:23.539><c> takes</c><00:29:23.819><c> a</c><00:29:23.920><c> little</c><00:29:24.160><c> more</c><00:29:24.420><c> attention</c><00:29:24.880><c> to</c>

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.180
the<00:29:25.240><c> details.</c>

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:28.299
He's<00:29:26.579><c> out</c><00:29:26.759><c> there</c><00:29:27.000><c> earlier</c><00:29:27.319><c> watering</c><00:29:27.680><c> the</c><00:29:28.019><c> crops.</c>

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:31.240
He's<00:29:28.940><c> taking</c><00:29:29.220><c> preventative</c><00:29:29.859><c> measures</c><00:29:30.259><c> against</c><00:29:30.599><c> the</c><00:29:30.900><c> frost.</c>

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:33.180
It<00:29:31.799><c> isn't</c><00:29:32.039><c> a</c><00:29:32.279><c> lot</c><00:29:32.440><c> of</c><00:29:32.640><c> difference</c>

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:37.000
between<00:29:33.859><c> a</c><00:29:34.119><c> successful</c><00:29:34.700><c> farmer</c><00:29:35.240><c> and</c><00:29:35.799><c> one</c><00:29:35.960><c> who</c><00:29:36.240><c> isn't.</c>

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:39.339
It's<00:29:37.440><c> the</c><00:29:37.619><c> farmer,</c><00:29:37.839><c> when</c><00:29:37.960><c> he</c><00:29:38.059><c> has</c><00:29:38.220><c> a</c><00:29:38.380><c> few</c><00:29:38.539><c> extra</c><00:29:38.900><c> minutes</c><00:29:39.200><c> on</c>

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.799
his<00:29:39.579><c> hand,</c>

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:42.420
mends<00:29:40.319><c> the</c><00:29:40.599><c> fence,</c><00:29:41.339><c> fixes</c><00:29:41.700><c> the</c><00:29:42.079><c> tractor,</c>

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:45.500
makes<00:29:43.000><c> sure</c><00:29:43.339><c> things</c><00:29:43.599><c> are</c><00:29:43.839><c> ready</c><00:29:44.119><c> for</c><00:29:44.339><c> the</c><00:29:44.599><c> spring.</c>

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:48.579
And<00:29:46.140><c> he's</c><00:29:46.480><c> the</c><00:29:46.640><c> one</c><00:29:46.759><c> that's</c><00:29:47.180><c> successful.</c>

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:52.240
It's<00:29:50.660><c> not</c><00:29:50.819><c> brain</c><00:29:51.180><c> surgery.</c>

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:56.079
But<00:29:53.660><c> we</c><00:29:53.759><c> need</c><00:29:54.000><c> to</c><00:29:54.119><c> be</c><00:29:54.319><c> in</c><00:29:54.579><c> God</c><00:29:54.779><c> and</c><00:29:55.180><c> moving,</c>

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:59.700
supporting<00:29:56.980><c> our</c><00:29:57.339><c> ecclesias</c><00:29:58.099><c> and</c><00:29:58.440><c> our</c><00:29:58.720><c> families.</c>

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:05.559
We<00:30:03.380><c> have</c><00:30:03.619><c> to</c><00:30:03.799><c> receive</c><00:30:04.240><c> the</c><00:30:04.460><c> nutrients.</c>

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:08.400
We<00:30:06.000><c> can't</c><00:30:06.240><c> let</c><00:30:06.380><c> the</c><00:30:06.640><c> world</c><00:30:06.960><c> crowd</c><00:30:07.259><c> them</c><00:30:07.519><c> out.</c>

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:10.619
I'm<00:30:09.180><c> sorry,</c><00:30:09.440><c> I</c><00:30:09.640><c> jumped</c><00:30:09.779><c> ahead</c><00:30:10.039><c> last</c><00:30:10.380><c> class,</c>

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.559
but<00:30:10.799><c> the</c><00:30:11.039><c> world</c><00:30:11.359><c> seems</c><00:30:11.680><c> to</c><00:30:11.819><c> be</c><00:30:11.980><c> nourishing</c><00:30:12.299><c> us</c>

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sometimes<00:30:12.980><c> more</c><00:30:13.460><c> than</c><00:30:14.000><c> God's</c><00:30:14.480><c> Word.</c>

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:17.259
We<00:30:15.440><c> have</c><00:30:15.579><c> to</c><00:30:15.680><c> be</c><00:30:15.880><c> careful</c><00:30:16.180><c> of</c><00:30:16.380><c> that.</c>

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:20.339
Again,<00:30:18.319><c> Luke</c><00:30:18.539><c> 8,</c><00:30:18.799><c> why</c><00:30:18.940><c> don't</c><00:30:19.059><c> we</c><00:30:19.180><c> read</c><00:30:19.359><c> verse</c><00:30:19.779><c> 13,</c>

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:22.359
if<00:30:20.579><c> you're</c><00:30:20.740><c> still</c><00:30:21.000><c> there.</c>

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.880
They<00:30:30.920><c> on</c><00:30:31.099><c> the</c><00:30:31.259><c> rock</c><00:30:31.460><c> are</c><00:30:31.640><c> they</c><00:30:31.920><c> which</c><00:30:32.180><c> when</c><00:30:32.400><c> they</c><00:30:32.640><c> hear</c>

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.640
receive<00:30:33.400><c> the</c><00:30:33.640><c> word</c><00:30:33.799><c> with</c><00:30:34.140><c> joy,</c>

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:36.759
and<00:30:35.160><c> these</c><00:30:35.400><c> have</c><00:30:35.680><c> no</c><00:30:36.000><c> root,</c>

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.440
which<00:30:37.099><c> for</c><00:30:37.380><c> a</c><00:30:37.500><c> while</c><00:30:37.720><c> believe,</c>

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:42.700
and<00:30:39.200><c> in</c><00:30:39.420><c> time</c><00:30:39.680><c> of</c><00:30:39.880><c> temptation</c><00:30:40.640><c> fall</c><00:30:41.720><c> away.</c>

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:45.240
You<00:30:43.339><c> see,</c><00:30:43.559><c> reading</c><00:30:43.859><c> and</c><00:30:44.180><c> remembering,</c>

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.880
as<00:30:45.380><c> much</c><00:30:45.519><c> as</c><00:30:45.680><c> I'm</c><00:30:45.880><c> stressing</c><00:30:46.279><c> it,</c>

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.500
is<00:30:47.319><c> not</c><00:30:47.599><c> enough.</c>

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:51.980
If<00:30:49.039><c> you</c><00:30:49.119><c> look</c><00:30:49.319><c> at</c><00:30:49.500><c> Mark</c><00:30:49.759><c> 4,</c><00:30:50.339><c> verse</c><00:30:50.519><c> 17,</c>

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:57.180
in<00:30:53.779><c> addition</c><00:30:54.259><c> to</c><00:30:54.599><c> reading</c><00:30:55.019><c> and</c><00:30:55.900><c> remembering</c><00:30:56.480><c> God's</c><00:30:57.000><c> Word,</c>

00:30:57.220 --> 00:31:00.779
Mark<00:30:57.519><c> says,</c><00:30:58.640><c> Mark</c><00:30:58.940><c> 4,</c><00:30:59.339><c> 17,</c>

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:04.039
and<00:31:02.539><c> have</c><00:31:02.759><c> no</c><00:31:03.099><c> root</c><00:31:03.240><c> in</c><00:31:03.460><c> themselves,</c>

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:07.119
and<00:31:04.380><c> so</c><00:31:04.559><c> endure</c><00:31:05.119><c> but</c><00:31:05.420><c> for</c><00:31:05.700><c> a</c><00:31:06.019><c> time.</c>

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:11.019
Afterward,<00:31:08.579><c> when</c><00:31:08.700><c> affliction</c><00:31:09.220><c> or</c><00:31:09.500><c> persecution</c><00:31:10.200><c> ariseth</c>

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:12.220
for<00:31:11.279><c> the</c><00:31:11.500><c> Word's</c><00:31:11.940><c> sake,</c>

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.359
immediately<00:31:12.980><c> they</c><00:31:13.259><c> are</c><00:31:13.440><c> offended.</c>

00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:16.380
What<00:31:14.640><c> I</c><00:31:14.779><c> want</c><00:31:14.920><c> to</c><00:31:15.099><c> draw</c><00:31:15.220><c> your</c><00:31:15.460><c> attention</c><00:31:15.920><c> to</c>

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:19.819
in<00:31:16.640><c> this</c><00:31:16.900><c> parallel</c><00:31:17.359><c> account</c><00:31:17.779><c> is</c><00:31:18.259><c> the</c><00:31:18.460><c> word</c><00:31:18.700><c> endure.</c>

00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:21.740
It's<00:31:21.079><c> a</c><00:31:21.140><c> great</c><00:31:21.319><c> word.</c>

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:23.859
It<00:31:22.259><c> means</c><00:31:22.660><c> to</c><00:31:22.960><c> wrestle.</c>

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:26.839
It<00:31:24.319><c> means</c><00:31:24.619><c> to</c><00:31:24.940><c> endure</c><00:31:25.359><c> for</c><00:31:25.740><c> a</c><00:31:25.940><c> while.</c>

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:30.099
To<00:31:27.920><c> endure</c><00:31:28.420><c> for</c><00:31:28.759><c> the</c><00:31:28.940><c> duration.</c>

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:32.680
I<00:31:30.900><c> was</c><00:31:31.180><c> just</c><00:31:31.460><c> reading</c><00:31:31.660><c> an</c><00:31:31.920><c> account</c><00:31:32.079><c> of</c><00:31:32.279><c> some</c><00:31:32.500><c> men</c>

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.119
who<00:31:32.799><c> were</c><00:31:32.940><c> in</c><00:31:33.039><c> a</c><00:31:33.259><c> ship</c><00:31:33.400><c> that</c><00:31:33.599><c> had</c><00:31:33.900><c> sunk,</c>

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:37.440
and<00:31:34.420><c> they</c><00:31:34.500><c> were</c><00:31:34.900><c> clinging</c><00:31:35.279><c> on</c><00:31:35.599><c> to</c><00:31:35.859><c> things</c><00:31:36.140><c> in</c><00:31:36.339><c> the</c><00:31:36.460><c> ocean,</c>

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:39.079
crates<00:31:38.339><c> or</c><00:31:38.559><c> barrels,</c>

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:42.079
and<00:31:39.660><c> they</c><00:31:39.859><c> had</c><00:31:40.160><c> to</c><00:31:40.440><c> cling</c><00:31:40.619><c> on.</c>

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:45.420
And<00:31:42.619><c> it</c><00:31:42.700><c> was</c><00:31:42.920><c> days</c><00:31:43.279><c> before</c><00:31:43.660><c> they</c><00:31:43.819><c> were</c><00:31:44.079><c> rescued.</c>

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.480
Enduring<00:31:46.700><c> for</c><00:31:46.960><c> the</c><00:31:47.099><c> duration.</c>

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.779
If<00:31:47.619><c> they</c><00:31:47.839><c> let</c><00:31:48.059><c> go,</c><00:31:48.559><c> that</c><00:31:48.799><c> would</c><00:31:49.000><c> have</c><00:31:49.160><c> been</c><00:31:49.319><c> it.</c>

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:52.019
But<00:31:50.539><c> they</c><00:31:50.940><c> clung</c><00:31:51.279><c> to</c><00:31:51.559><c> it,</c>

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.640
and<00:31:52.380><c> that's</c><00:31:52.599><c> what</c><00:31:52.779><c> the</c><00:31:52.980><c> word</c><00:31:53.200><c> means,</c>

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:56.480
to<00:31:53.920><c> endure</c><00:31:54.180><c> not</c><00:31:54.380><c> just</c><00:31:54.599><c> for</c><00:31:54.799><c> an</c><00:31:54.920><c> hour</c><00:31:55.440><c> a</c><00:31:56.000><c> day,</c>

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:58.960
but<00:31:57.240><c> for</c><00:31:57.599><c> the</c><00:31:57.799><c> duration.</c>

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.960
We<00:32:00.579><c> need</c><00:32:00.819><c> to</c><00:32:01.140><c> hold</c><00:32:01.380><c> on.</c>

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:05.380
Now,<00:32:03.619><c> we</c><00:32:03.900><c> were</c><00:32:03.940><c> just</c><00:32:04.119><c> talking</c><00:32:04.259><c> about</c><00:32:04.400><c> the</c><00:32:04.619><c> Amplified</c><00:32:05.019><c> Version.</c>

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.619
The<00:32:05.680><c> Amplified</c><00:32:06.039><c> is</c><00:32:06.079><c> really</c><00:32:06.440><c> neat</c>

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:09.140
because<00:32:06.819><c> it</c><00:32:07.000><c> brings</c><00:32:07.240><c> out</c><00:32:07.500><c> all</c><00:32:07.680><c> these</c><00:32:07.900><c> hidden</c><00:32:08.180><c> meanings.</c>

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:11.019
And<00:32:09.319><c> even</c><00:32:09.400><c> though</c><00:32:09.559><c> it's</c><00:32:09.640><c> a</c><00:32:09.740><c> little</c><00:32:10.000><c> wordy</c><00:32:10.299><c> sometimes,</c>

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.579
as<00:32:11.440><c> Brother</c><00:32:11.700><c> Craig</c><00:32:11.940><c> will</c><00:32:12.180><c> attest,</c>

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:15.200
it<00:32:13.000><c> sometimes</c><00:32:13.519><c> brings</c><00:32:13.839><c> it</c><00:32:14.000><c> out</c><00:32:14.160><c> nicely.</c>

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.880
But<00:32:15.480><c> in</c><00:32:15.640><c> the</c><00:32:15.839><c> Amplified</c><00:32:16.279><c> Version,</c>

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:20.220
Acts<00:32:17.460><c> 14</c><00:32:18.039><c>-22</c><00:32:18.660><c> reads</c><00:32:19.119><c> like</c><00:32:19.539><c> this.</c>

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:22.440
Think<00:32:20.779><c> of</c><00:32:20.920><c> that</c><00:32:21.019><c> idea</c><00:32:21.319><c> of</c><00:32:21.539><c> enduring.</c>

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:26.079
Establishing<00:32:24.539><c> and</c><00:32:24.940><c> strengthening</c><00:32:25.380><c> the</c><00:32:25.799><c> souls</c>

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:28.200
and<00:32:26.279><c> the</c><00:32:26.480><c> hearts</c><00:32:26.680><c> of</c><00:32:26.900><c> the</c><00:32:27.039><c> disciples.</c>

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.460
Urging<00:32:29.720><c> and</c><00:32:30.079><c> warning</c>

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:34.200
and<00:32:31.200><c> encouraging</c><00:32:31.880><c> them</c><00:32:32.160><c> to</c><00:32:32.400><c> stand</c><00:32:32.680><c> firm</c><00:32:33.119><c> in</c><00:32:33.299><c> the</c><00:32:33.500><c> faith.</c>

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:36.079
Telling<00:32:34.980><c> them</c>

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:38.640
that<00:32:36.940><c> it</c><00:32:37.200><c> is</c><00:32:37.200><c> through</c><00:32:37.559><c> many</c><00:32:37.940><c> hardships</c>

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.099
and<00:32:39.200><c> tribulations</c>

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:42.940
we<00:32:40.660><c> must</c><00:32:40.940><c> enter</c><00:32:41.160><c> the</c><00:32:41.460><c> kingdom</c><00:32:41.799><c> of</c><00:32:42.059><c> God.</c>

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:46.099
The<00:32:43.920><c> idea</c><00:32:44.240><c> there</c><00:32:44.519><c> is</c><00:32:44.680><c> that</c><00:32:44.779><c> we're</c><00:32:45.019><c> working</c><00:32:45.440><c> the</c><00:32:45.799><c> soil.</c>

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.960
We're<00:32:46.740><c> busy.</c><00:32:47.259><c> We're</c><00:32:47.539><c> active.</c>

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:51.180
There's<00:32:48.599><c> a</c><00:32:48.819><c> constancy</c><00:32:49.460><c> to</c><00:32:49.839><c> our</c><00:32:50.079><c> labors.</c>

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:54.119
And<00:32:52.039><c> that's</c><00:32:52.200><c> how</c><00:32:52.380><c> we</c><00:32:52.559><c> enter</c><00:32:52.740><c> God's</c><00:32:53.259><c> kingdom.</c>

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.160
But<00:32:55.500><c> you</c><00:32:55.599><c> know,</c><00:32:55.680><c> the</c><00:32:55.799><c> one</c><00:32:55.980><c> thing,</c>

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:58.119
and<00:32:56.380><c> I'm</c><00:32:56.539><c> surprised</c><00:32:57.000><c> nobody</c><00:32:57.259><c> mentioned</c><00:32:57.680><c> it</c><00:32:57.880><c> to</c><00:32:57.960><c> me,</c>

00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:01.019
is<00:32:58.740><c> we're</c><00:32:59.319><c> not</c><00:32:59.599><c> in</c><00:32:59.720><c> it</c><00:33:00.000><c> alone.</c>

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:06.240
In<00:33:02.920><c> Him</c><00:33:03.720><c> we</c><00:33:05.220><c> live.</c>

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:09.920
You'll<00:33:07.720><c> never</c><00:33:07.920><c> read,</c><00:33:08.140><c> in</c><00:33:08.259><c> Him</c><00:33:08.480><c> I</c><00:33:08.779><c> live.</c>

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:15.200
In<00:33:11.140><c> Him</c><00:33:11.940><c> we</c><00:33:12.559><c> live</c><00:33:13.319><c> and</c><00:33:14.299><c> move.</c>

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.700
It's<00:33:15.640><c> us.</c>

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.500
We're<00:33:17.819><c> in</c><00:33:17.900><c> it</c><00:33:18.119><c> together.</c>

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:22.039
Last<00:33:19.259><c> class</c><00:33:19.539><c> we</c><00:33:19.680><c> said</c><00:33:19.900><c> we</c><00:33:20.099><c> had</c><00:33:20.319><c> to</c><00:33:20.480><c> walk</c><00:33:20.759><c> in</c><00:33:21.039><c> unity.</c>

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.960
Walk<00:33:22.519><c> in</c><00:33:22.720><c> the</c><00:33:22.960><c> Spirit</c>

00:33:23.809 --> 00:33:26.380
with<00:33:24.160><c> your</c><00:33:24.359><c> brothers</c><00:33:24.660><c> and</c><00:33:24.960><c> sisters,</c><00:33:25.359><c> with</c><00:33:25.579><c> your</c><00:33:25.720><c> young</c><00:33:25.960><c> people.</c>

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:33.440
Ephesians<00:33:27.440><c> 6,</c><00:33:27.980><c> verse</c><00:33:28.220><c> 12.</c>

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.240
And<00:33:40.420><c> again,</c><00:33:40.539><c> here's</c><00:33:40.740><c> that</c><00:33:41.019><c> word.</c>

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:43.680
For<00:33:41.440><c> we</c><00:33:41.680><c> wrestle</c><00:33:41.980><c> not</c><00:33:42.259><c> against</c><00:33:42.619><c> flesh</c><00:33:43.059><c> and</c><00:33:43.279><c> blood,</c>

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:45.660
but<00:33:44.279><c> against</c><00:33:44.599><c> principalities,</c>

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.380
against<00:33:46.319><c> powers,</c>

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:50.579
against<00:33:47.980><c> the</c><00:33:48.279><c> rulers</c><00:33:48.539><c> of</c><00:33:48.819><c> darkness</c><00:33:49.240><c> of</c><00:33:49.420><c> this</c><00:33:49.720><c> world,</c>

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:53.859
against<00:33:50.880><c> spiritual</c><00:33:51.519><c> wickedness</c><00:33:52.160><c> in</c><00:33:52.420><c> high</c><00:33:52.720><c> places.</c>

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:58.799
For<00:33:56.980><c> we</c><00:33:57.660><c> wrestle.</c>

00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:00.240
Paul<00:33:59.079><c> doesn't</c><00:33:59.299><c> say,</c><00:33:59.799><c> I'm</c><00:33:59.839><c> wrestling,</c>

00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.480
I'm<00:34:00.559><c> fighting</c><00:34:00.880><c> the</c><00:34:01.119><c> battles.</c>

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:03.759
You<00:34:02.200><c> just</c><00:34:02.539><c> take</c><00:34:02.720><c> it</c><00:34:02.900><c> easy.</c>

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:06.140
It<00:34:04.200><c> says</c><00:34:04.380><c> we</c><00:34:04.799><c> wrestle.</c>

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:09.920
Nehemiah<00:34:06.839><c> 1,</c><00:34:07.900><c> verse</c><00:34:08.119><c> 5.</c>

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.659
Now<00:34:14.000><c> read</c><00:34:14.199><c> it</c><00:34:14.360><c> for</c><00:34:14.519><c> you.</c>

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:17.880
Nehemiah<00:34:15.159><c> 1,</c><00:34:15.500><c> verse</c><00:34:15.820><c> 5.</c>

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:26.519
And<00:34:24.159><c> said,</c><00:34:24.599><c> I</c><00:34:24.599><c> beseech</c><00:34:25.099><c> thee,</c><00:34:25.360><c> O</c><00:34:25.519><c> Lord</c><00:34:25.719><c> God</c><00:34:25.940><c> of</c><00:34:26.119><c> heaven,</c>

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.360
the<00:34:27.179><c> great</c><00:34:27.420><c> and</c><00:34:27.679><c> terrible</c><00:34:28.000><c> God,</c>

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:31.519
that<00:34:28.719><c> keepeth</c><00:34:29.079><c> covenant</c><00:34:29.460><c> and</c><00:34:29.699><c> mercy</c><00:34:30.039><c> for</c><00:34:30.280><c> them</c><00:34:30.519><c> that</c><00:34:30.800><c> love</c><00:34:30.960><c> Him,</c>

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:33.500
and<00:34:31.880><c> observe</c><00:34:32.139><c> His</c><00:34:32.360><c> commandments.</c>

00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:36.619
Let<00:34:34.639><c> thy</c><00:34:34.860><c> near</c><00:34:35.079><c> now</c><00:34:35.360><c> be</c><00:34:35.659><c> attentive,</c>

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:38.079
and<00:34:37.079><c> thy</c><00:34:37.239><c> eyes</c><00:34:37.519><c> open,</c>

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:40.460
that<00:34:38.639><c> thou</c><00:34:38.860><c> mayest</c><00:34:39.219><c> hear</c><00:34:39.440><c> the</c><00:34:39.639><c> prayer</c><00:34:39.880><c> of</c><00:34:40.039><c> thy</c><00:34:40.179><c> servant,</c>

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:43.780
which<00:34:40.659><c> I</c><00:34:40.960><c> pray</c><00:34:41.199><c> before</c><00:34:41.639><c> thee</c><00:34:41.860><c> now,</c><00:34:42.619><c> day</c><00:34:42.780><c> and</c><00:34:42.920><c> night,</c>

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:46.380
for<00:34:44.119><c> the</c><00:34:44.340><c> children</c><00:34:44.619><c> of</c><00:34:44.800><c> Israel</c><00:34:45.119><c> thy</c><00:34:45.380><c> servants,</c>

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:49.219
and<00:34:46.840><c> confess</c><00:34:47.300><c> the</c><00:34:47.619><c> sins</c><00:34:47.900><c> of</c><00:34:48.059><c> the</c><00:34:48.239><c> children</c><00:34:48.559><c> of</c><00:34:48.739><c> Israel,</c>

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:51.719
which<00:34:49.900><c> we</c><00:34:50.099><c> have</c><00:34:50.440><c> sinned</c><00:34:50.760><c> against</c><00:34:51.159><c> thee.</c>

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:56.940
Both<00:34:52.400><c> I</c><00:34:53.219><c> and</c><00:34:53.480><c> my</c><00:34:53.719><c> Father's</c><00:34:54.219><c> house</c><00:34:54.519><c> have</c><00:34:54.820><c> sinned.</c>

00:34:57.460 --> 00:35:02.219
I<00:34:58.059><c> challenge</c><00:34:58.480><c> you</c><00:34:58.719><c> to</c><00:34:58.960><c> find</c><00:34:59.300><c> where</c><00:34:59.579><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:00.219><c> sinned.</c>

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.000
I<00:35:02.820><c> don't</c><00:35:03.039><c> think</c><00:35:03.219><c> you'll</c><00:35:03.519><c> read</c><00:35:03.760><c> it.</c>

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:07.079
But<00:35:05.599><c> he</c><00:35:05.760><c> didn't</c><00:35:05.900><c> say,</c><00:35:06.159><c> Lord,</c>

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:10.380
here<00:35:07.920><c> I</c><00:35:08.219><c> am</c><00:35:08.460><c> and</c><00:35:08.980><c> all</c><00:35:09.260><c> these</c><00:35:09.539><c> sinners</c><00:35:09.820><c> with</c><00:35:10.159><c> me,</c>

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:12.480
I<00:35:10.500><c> don't</c><00:35:10.579><c> know</c><00:35:10.679><c> what</c><00:35:10.820><c> we're</c><00:35:11.019><c> going</c><00:35:11.119><c> to</c><00:35:11.239><c> do</c><00:35:11.400><c> with</c><00:35:11.639><c> them.</c>

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:16.260
He<00:35:13.440><c> says,</c><00:35:13.840><c> we</c><00:35:14.000><c> have</c><00:35:14.360><c> sinned.</c>

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:18.440
It's<00:35:16.739><c> never</c><00:35:17.019><c> I,</c><00:35:17.639><c> it's</c><00:35:18.000><c> we.</c>

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:20.300
And<00:35:19.059><c> this</c><00:35:19.260><c> goes</c><00:35:19.480><c> throughout</c><00:35:19.880><c> Scripture.</c>

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:22.679
You<00:35:20.440><c> look</c><00:35:20.599><c> at</c><00:35:20.719><c> all</c><00:35:20.920><c> the</c><00:35:21.139><c> great</c><00:35:21.300><c> men</c><00:35:21.480><c> in</c><00:35:21.820><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:24.800
and<00:35:22.880><c> they</c><00:35:23.039><c> always</c><00:35:23.239><c> say</c><00:35:23.400><c> it's</c><00:35:23.679><c> us,</c><00:35:23.900><c> Lord.</c>

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:27.860
Daniel<00:35:26.400><c> says,</c><00:35:27.019><c> we</c><00:35:27.199><c> have</c><00:35:27.539><c> sinned.</c>

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:30.460
And<00:35:28.139><c> Daniel</c><00:35:28.380><c> never</c><00:35:28.800><c> sinned,</c><00:35:29.039><c> that</c><00:35:29.219><c> I</c><00:35:29.400><c> know</c><00:35:29.599><c> of.</c>

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:33.679
But<00:35:31.039><c> when</c><00:35:31.260><c> Daniel</c><00:35:31.559><c> prays</c><00:35:32.039><c> in</c><00:35:32.199><c> Daniel</c><00:35:32.480><c> 9,</c><00:35:32.860><c> 8</c><00:35:33.079><c> and</c><00:35:33.179><c> 10,</c>

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:35.179
he<00:35:34.039><c> says,</c><00:35:34.579><c> we</c><00:35:34.579><c> have</c><00:35:34.900><c> sinned.</c>

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:37.380
We<00:35:35.360><c> have</c><00:35:35.599><c> gone</c><00:35:35.820><c> astray.</c>

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:39.559
Bring<00:35:37.900><c> us</c><00:35:38.119><c> back</c><00:35:38.320><c> to</c><00:35:38.519><c> the</c><00:35:38.699><c> land.</c>

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:43.159
We're<00:35:41.579><c> not</c><00:35:41.980><c> in</c><00:35:42.159><c> it</c><00:35:42.800><c> alone.</c>

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:46.380
In<00:35:43.619><c> him</c><00:35:44.119><c> we</c><00:35:45.460><c> live.</c>

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:50.320
That's<00:35:48.340><c> the</c><00:35:48.559><c> strength</c><00:35:48.900><c> of</c><00:35:49.119><c> the</c><00:35:49.280><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:54.920
Again<00:35:51.619><c> from</c><00:35:51.780><c> the</c><00:35:51.980><c> Amplified,</c><00:35:52.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:52.900><c> 10,</c><00:35:53.460><c> verse</c><00:35:53.739><c> 25.</c>

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:57.760
You<00:35:55.059><c> could</c><00:35:55.219><c> try</c><00:35:55.420><c> to</c><00:35:55.559><c> follow</c><00:35:55.719><c> this</c><00:35:55.980><c> in</c><00:35:56.079><c> the</c><00:35:56.320><c> authorized</c><00:35:56.699><c> if</c><00:35:56.820><c> you</c><00:35:57.079><c> wanted.</c>

00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:01.079
But<00:35:58.079><c> in</c><00:35:58.260><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:58.519><c> 10,</c><00:35:58.900><c> 25</c><00:35:59.500><c> from</c><00:35:59.679><c> the</c><00:35:59.880><c> Amplified,</c>

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:05.019
not<00:36:03.300><c> forsaking</c><00:36:03.940><c> or</c><00:36:04.420><c> neglecting</c>

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:07.619
to<00:36:05.239><c> assemble</c><00:36:05.599><c> together</c><00:36:06.059><c> as</c><00:36:06.380><c> believers,</c>

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:10.980
as<00:36:08.500><c> is</c><00:36:08.780><c> the</c><00:36:09.000><c> habit</c><00:36:09.260><c> of</c><00:36:09.539><c> some</c><00:36:09.739><c> people,</c>

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:14.460
but<00:36:11.780><c> admonishing,</c><00:36:13.480><c> warning,</c>

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:16.539
urging<00:36:15.019><c> and</c><00:36:15.300><c> encouraging</c><00:36:15.860><c> one</c><00:36:16.119><c> another,</c>

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.260
and<00:36:17.159><c> all</c><00:36:17.360><c> the</c><00:36:17.500><c> more</c><00:36:17.760><c> faithfully</c>

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:20.579
as<00:36:18.400><c> you</c><00:36:18.659><c> see</c><00:36:18.920><c> the</c><00:36:19.159><c> day</c><00:36:19.400><c> approaching.</c>

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:24.139
That<00:36:22.000><c> needs</c><00:36:22.320><c> to</c><00:36:22.539><c> be</c><00:36:22.699><c> our</c><00:36:22.920><c> attitude</c>

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:26.400
in<00:36:24.599><c> getting</c><00:36:24.800><c> ourselves</c><00:36:25.320><c> ready.</c>

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.119
And<00:36:27.320><c> the</c><00:36:27.579><c> people</c><00:36:27.880><c> we're</c><00:36:28.159><c> with</c><00:36:28.340><c> here</c><00:36:28.599><c> today</c>

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:32.760
are<00:36:29.699><c> brothers</c><00:36:30.000><c> and</c><00:36:30.280><c> sisters</c><00:36:30.639><c> and</c><00:36:30.880><c> young</c><00:36:31.079><c> people</c><00:36:31.420><c> at</c><00:36:31.579><c> our</c><00:36:31.780><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.480
And<00:36:33.280><c> just</c><00:36:33.500><c> as</c><00:36:33.699><c> a</c><00:36:34.039><c> side</c><00:36:34.300><c> note,</c>

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.940
arranging<00:36:35.000><c> brethren,</c>

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:38.360
that<00:36:36.559><c> needs</c><00:36:36.820><c> to</c><00:36:37.019><c> be</c><00:36:37.159><c> the</c><00:36:37.360><c> attitude</c><00:36:37.719><c> we</c><00:36:38.019><c> have</c>

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:41.659
in<00:36:38.880><c> dealing</c><00:36:39.139><c> with</c><00:36:39.480><c> wayward</c><00:36:39.860><c> brothers</c><00:36:40.260><c> and</c><00:36:40.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:46.119
Too<00:36:42.900><c> often</c><00:36:43.179><c> we're</c><00:36:43.360><c> too</c><00:36:43.699><c> quick</c><00:36:43.920><c> to</c><00:36:44.260><c> dash</c><00:36:44.559><c> off</c><00:36:44.860><c> a</c><00:36:45.039><c> letter.</c>

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.880
It's<00:36:46.380><c> not</c><00:36:46.480><c> what</c><00:36:46.619><c> Paul's</c><00:36:47.099><c> saying.</c>

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:53.260
Admonishing,<00:36:49.760><c> warning,</c><00:36:50.579><c> urging,</c><00:36:51.360><c> encouraging</c><00:36:51.920><c> one</c><00:36:52.280><c> another,</c>

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:55.960
even<00:36:53.599><c> the</c><00:36:53.739><c> more</c><00:36:53.940><c> when</c><00:36:54.139><c> you</c><00:36:54.320><c> see</c><00:36:54.519><c> Christ</c><00:36:54.880><c> approaching.</c>

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:57.820
That<00:36:56.679><c> has</c><00:36:56.960><c> to</c><00:36:57.139><c> be</c><00:36:57.300><c> our</c><00:36:57.500><c> attitude</c>

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.539
in<00:36:58.000><c> dealing</c><00:36:58.280><c> with</c><00:36:58.599><c> brothers</c><00:36:58.940><c> and</c><00:36:59.179><c> sisters</c>

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:01.059
who<00:36:59.920><c> are</c><00:37:00.099><c> still</c><00:37:00.280><c> in</c><00:37:00.400><c> the</c><00:37:00.579><c> world,</c>

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:03.500
who<00:37:01.639><c> need</c><00:37:01.900><c> to</c><00:37:02.039><c> be</c><00:37:02.239><c> brought</c><00:37:02.440><c> back.</c>

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:06.460
And<00:37:04.480><c> he</c><00:37:04.519><c> says,</c><00:37:04.900><c> that's</c><00:37:05.000><c> the</c><00:37:05.159><c> habit</c><00:37:05.420><c> of</c><00:37:05.639><c> some</c><00:37:05.860><c> of</c><00:37:06.019><c> you</c><00:37:06.219><c> are.</c>

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:09.480
And<00:37:06.920><c> again,</c><00:37:07.059><c> it</c><00:37:07.159><c> goes</c><00:37:07.340><c> back</c><00:37:07.639><c> to</c><00:37:07.780><c> the</c><00:37:08.019><c> parable</c><00:37:08.280><c> of</c><00:37:08.460><c> the</c><00:37:08.699><c> Sower.</c>

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:12.260
Are<00:37:09.739><c> you</c><00:37:10.000><c> training</c><00:37:10.280><c> yourselves</c><00:37:10.820><c> to</c><00:37:10.960><c> be</c><00:37:11.179><c> disciples?</c>

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.519
Are<00:37:12.659><c> you</c><00:37:12.900><c> filling</c><00:37:13.079><c> yourself</c><00:37:13.519><c> with</c><00:37:13.699><c> God's</c><00:37:14.139><c> image?</c>

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:17.280
Are<00:37:14.980><c> you</c><00:37:15.179><c> training</c><00:37:15.440><c> yourself</c><00:37:15.860><c> to</c><00:37:16.019><c> be</c><00:37:16.119><c> in</c><00:37:16.239><c> the</c><00:37:16.400><c> world?</c>

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:21.480
You<00:37:18.739><c> can</c><00:37:19.039><c> train</c><00:37:19.219><c> a</c><00:37:19.500><c> plant</c><00:37:19.619><c> to</c><00:37:19.840><c> grow</c><00:37:20.039><c> in</c><00:37:20.199><c> any</c><00:37:20.519><c> kind</c><00:37:20.780><c> of</c><00:37:21.159><c> shape.</c>

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:25.139
I<00:37:21.800><c> mean,</c><00:37:22.039><c> we've</c><00:37:22.460><c> seen</c><00:37:22.900><c> things</c><00:37:23.260><c> that</c><00:37:23.440><c> they</c><00:37:23.599><c> do</c><00:37:23.820><c> with</c><00:37:24.139><c> plants.</c>

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:29.980
A<00:37:26.039><c> bonsai,</c><00:37:26.559><c> the</c><00:37:26.579><c> way</c><00:37:26.760><c> they</c><00:37:27.539><c> can</c><00:37:27.739><c> trim</c><00:37:28.440><c> evergreens.</c>

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:33.960
A<00:37:31.880><c> plant</c><00:37:31.960><c> can</c><00:37:32.099><c> be</c><00:37:32.280><c> anything</c><00:37:32.619><c> that</c><00:37:32.820><c> you</c><00:37:33.000><c> train</c><00:37:33.239><c> it</c><00:37:33.420><c> to</c><00:37:33.579><c> be.</c>

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:37.440
And<00:37:34.559><c> if</c><00:37:34.679><c> we</c><00:37:34.800><c> allow</c><00:37:35.059><c> ourselves</c><00:37:35.519><c> to</c><00:37:35.719><c> be</c><00:37:35.980><c> trained</c><00:37:36.219><c> by</c><00:37:36.480><c> God,</c>

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.679
we<00:37:37.699><c> can</c><00:37:37.900><c> be</c><00:37:38.059><c> in</c><00:37:38.219><c> the</c><00:37:38.360><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:40.380
We<00:37:39.219><c> can</c><00:37:39.440><c> be</c><00:37:39.699><c> like</c><00:37:39.980><c> Him.</c>

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:44.380
We<00:37:41.079><c> can</c><00:37:41.340><c> represent</c><00:37:41.940><c> Him</c><00:37:42.199><c> to</c><00:37:42.420><c> the</c><00:37:42.599><c> world</c><00:37:42.880><c> around</c><00:37:43.280><c> us.</c>

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:46.920
So<00:37:45.440><c> what</c><00:37:45.659><c> is</c><00:37:45.880><c> our</c><00:37:46.079><c> habit?</c>

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:49.639
How<00:37:47.539><c> are</c><00:37:47.760><c> we</c><00:37:48.099><c> training</c><00:37:48.480><c> ourselves?</c>

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:52.760
You<00:37:50.139><c> know,</c><00:37:50.159><c> that's</c><00:37:50.440><c> the</c><00:37:50.599><c> job</c><00:37:50.880><c> description</c><00:37:51.440><c> for</c><00:37:51.739><c> a</c><00:37:51.860><c> disciple.</c>

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:56.659
What<00:37:53.539><c> are</c><00:37:53.699><c> you</c><00:37:53.860><c> doing</c><00:37:54.179><c> in</c><00:37:54.360><c> your</c><00:37:54.619><c> life</c><00:37:55.019><c> to</c><00:37:55.360><c> get</c><00:37:55.500><c> in</c><00:37:55.679><c> the</c><00:37:55.840><c> Kingdom?</c>

00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:59.480
Now<00:37:57.900><c> again,</c><00:37:58.099><c> let's</c><00:37:58.340><c> go</c><00:37:58.559><c> back</c><00:37:58.739><c> to</c><00:37:58.880><c> the</c><00:37:59.059><c> parable.</c>

00:37:59.860 --> 00:38:02.639
Luke<00:37:59.860><c> 8</c><00:38:00.099><c> verse</c><00:38:00.460><c> 14.</c>

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:12.219
As<00:38:09.440><c> Luke's</c><00:38:09.960><c> stoically</c><00:38:10.440><c> interpreting</c><00:38:11.099><c> the</c><00:38:11.400><c> parable</c><00:38:11.719><c> for</c><00:38:12.019><c> us,</c>

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.980
Luke<00:38:12.519><c> 8</c><00:38:12.719><c> verse</c><00:38:13.019><c> 14,</c><00:38:14.260><c> he</c><00:38:14.519><c> moves</c><00:38:14.780><c> on.</c>

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.460
And<00:38:17.019><c> that</c><00:38:17.239><c> which</c><00:38:17.440><c> fell</c><00:38:17.679><c> among</c><00:38:17.920><c> the</c><00:38:18.199><c> thorns,</c>

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:20.519
are<00:38:18.679><c> they</c><00:38:18.940><c> which,</c><00:38:19.739><c> when</c><00:38:19.920><c> they</c><00:38:20.059><c> have</c><00:38:20.260><c> heard,</c>

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:23.659
go<00:38:20.739><c> forth,</c><00:38:21.780><c> and</c><00:38:21.840><c> are</c><00:38:22.119><c> choked</c><00:38:22.320><c> with</c><00:38:22.539><c> the</c><00:38:22.780><c> cares</c><00:38:23.019><c> and</c><00:38:23.360><c> riches</c>

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.500
and<00:38:24.119><c> pleasures</c><00:38:24.619><c> of</c><00:38:24.820><c> this</c><00:38:25.079><c> life,</c>

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:28.719
and<00:38:26.179><c> bring</c><00:38:26.380><c> no</c><00:38:26.780><c> fruit</c><00:38:27.139><c> to</c><00:38:27.519><c> perfection.</c>

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:35.280
Thorns<00:38:33.320><c> and</c><00:38:33.539><c> the</c><00:38:33.760><c> seeds</c><00:38:34.019><c> sprung</c><00:38:34.440><c> up</c><00:38:34.679><c> together.</c>

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:37.039
What's<00:38:36.000><c> the</c><00:38:36.179><c> point?</c>

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:39.619
Like<00:38:38.099><c> the</c><00:38:38.280><c> Athenians</c><00:38:38.699><c> in</c><00:38:38.920><c> Paul's</c><00:38:39.400><c> day,</c>

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:41.840
who<00:38:39.820><c> were</c><00:38:40.059><c> nourishing</c><00:38:40.539><c> everything,</c>

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.239
worshipping<00:38:42.599><c> everything,</c>

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:46.000
getting<00:38:44.000><c> pleasure</c><00:38:44.619><c> from</c><00:38:44.960><c> everything,</c>

00:38:46.159 --> 00:38:49.699
they<00:38:46.760><c> served</c><00:38:47.099><c> every</c><00:38:47.480><c> God,</c><00:38:47.860><c> every</c><00:38:48.179><c> human</c><00:38:48.559><c> desire,</c>

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:54.440
but<00:38:51.280><c> the</c><00:38:51.880><c> unknown</c><00:38:52.139><c> God</c><00:38:52.440><c> was</c><00:38:52.739><c> lost</c><00:38:53.179><c> in</c><00:38:53.360><c> the</c><00:38:53.559><c> weeds.</c>

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:58.900
The<00:38:55.000><c> world</c><00:38:55.179><c> just</c><00:38:55.900><c> choked</c><00:38:56.159><c> off</c><00:38:56.579><c> their</c><00:38:56.940><c> ability</c><00:38:57.380><c> to</c><00:38:57.639><c> see</c><00:38:57.840><c> the</c><00:38:58.039><c> Father.</c>

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:01.860
There's<00:38:59.860><c> a</c><00:39:00.019><c> passage,</c><00:39:00.280><c> I</c><00:39:00.360><c> think</c><00:39:00.539><c> it's</c><00:39:00.699><c> Romans</c><00:39:01.039><c> 7,</c>

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:04.500
where<00:39:02.000><c> God</c><00:39:02.260><c> says,</c><00:39:02.860><c> you</c><00:39:02.920><c> look</c><00:39:03.139><c> at</c><00:39:03.300><c> the</c><00:39:03.519><c> world.</c>

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:07.519
How<00:39:04.880><c> can</c><00:39:05.079><c> you</c><00:39:05.280><c> not</c><00:39:05.519><c> see</c><00:39:05.739><c> My</c><00:39:06.099><c> hand</c><00:39:06.340><c> in</c><00:39:06.539><c> it?</c>

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:11.139
They<00:39:09.179><c> saw</c><00:39:09.320><c> everything</c><00:39:09.840><c> but</c><00:39:10.139><c> God.</c>

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:13.679
So<00:39:11.739><c> again,</c><00:39:11.920><c> we</c><00:39:12.099><c> can't</c><00:39:12.500><c> nourish</c><00:39:12.800><c> the</c><00:39:13.019><c> natural</c><00:39:13.380><c> man,</c>

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:15.179
but<00:39:13.880><c> the</c><00:39:14.139><c> spiritual.</c>

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:18.480
And<00:39:15.980><c> in</c><00:39:16.139><c> Mark</c><00:39:16.340><c> 4</c><00:39:16.679><c> verse</c><00:39:17.000><c> 19,</c>

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:20.360
it's<00:39:19.280><c> a</c><00:39:19.420><c> great</c><00:39:19.559><c> verse,</c><00:39:20.019><c> young</c><00:39:20.059><c> people.</c>

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.460
Mark<00:39:20.679><c> 4</c><00:39:21.019><c> verse</c><00:39:21.300><c> 19.</c>

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:32.280
And<00:39:31.099><c> the</c><00:39:31.360><c> cares</c><00:39:31.559><c> of</c><00:39:31.719><c> this</c><00:39:32.000><c> world,</c>

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:34.579
and<00:39:32.480><c> the</c><00:39:32.760><c> deceitfulness</c><00:39:33.300><c> of</c><00:39:33.659><c> riches.</c>

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:37.199
The<00:39:35.699><c> NIV</c><00:39:35.960><c> I</c><00:39:36.099><c> think</c><00:39:36.320><c> translates</c><00:39:36.820><c> it</c><00:39:37.059><c> better.</c>

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:40.480
The<00:39:37.400><c> NIV</c><00:39:37.760><c> says</c><00:39:38.079><c> the</c><00:39:38.340><c> false</c><00:39:38.739><c> glamour</c><00:39:39.340><c> of</c><00:39:39.579><c> riches,</c>

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:42.639
the<00:39:41.119><c> false</c><00:39:41.480><c> glamour</c><00:39:42.000><c> of</c><00:39:42.139><c> the</c><00:39:42.360><c> world.</c>

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.340
And<00:39:42.800><c> it</c><00:39:42.980><c> is.</c>

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:48.079
It's<00:39:43.980><c> an</c><00:39:44.139><c> empty,</c><00:39:45.159><c> shallow</c><00:39:45.380><c> life</c><00:39:46.179><c> living</c><00:39:46.780><c> in</c><00:39:46.960><c> the</c><00:39:47.179><c> world.</c>

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:51.460
So<00:39:49.699><c> what</c><00:39:49.840><c> we</c><00:39:49.920><c> need</c><00:39:50.079><c> to</c><00:39:50.280><c> do</c><00:39:50.380><c> is</c><00:39:50.659><c> choose</c><00:39:51.039><c> between</c>

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:54.380
being<00:39:51.719><c> a</c><00:39:52.000><c> thorn</c><00:39:52.420><c> or</c><00:39:53.039><c> being</c><00:39:53.300><c> a</c><00:39:53.619><c> seed.</c>

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:57.579
And<00:39:54.599><c> in</c><00:39:54.679><c> Matthew</c><00:39:55.000><c> 19</c><00:39:55.460><c> verse</c><00:39:55.840><c> 21,</c><00:39:56.599><c> we</c><00:39:56.639><c> see</c><00:39:56.880><c> this.</c>

00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:00.599
Matthew<00:39:58.360><c> 19</c><00:39:58.860><c> verse</c><00:39:59.260><c> 21.</c>

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:06.099
Jesus<00:40:04.679><c> said</c><00:40:04.940><c> unto</c><00:40:05.199><c> him,</c>

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:10.380
If<00:40:06.760><c> thou</c><00:40:07.119><c> wilt</c><00:40:07.400><c> be</c><00:40:07.739><c> perfect,</c><00:40:09.480><c> go,</c>

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:13.219
sell<00:40:10.860><c> that</c><00:40:11.039><c> thou</c><00:40:11.239><c> hast,</c><00:40:11.699><c> and</c><00:40:11.820><c> give</c><00:40:12.000><c> to</c><00:40:12.219><c> the</c><00:40:12.420><c> poor,</c>

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.980
and<00:40:13.360><c> thou</c><00:40:13.579><c> shalt</c><00:40:13.800><c> have</c><00:40:14.039><c> treasure</c><00:40:14.519><c> in</c><00:40:14.780><c> heaven,</c>

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.820
and<00:40:15.239><c> come</c><00:40:15.440><c> and</c><00:40:15.659><c> follow</c><00:40:15.920><c> Me.</c>

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:18.900
But<00:40:17.380><c> when</c><00:40:17.579><c> the</c><00:40:17.719><c> young</c><00:40:17.880><c> man</c><00:40:18.099><c> heard</c><00:40:18.380><c> that</c><00:40:18.679><c> saying,</c>

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:20.460
he<00:40:19.119><c> went</c><00:40:19.280><c> away</c><00:40:19.579><c> sorrowful,</c>

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:23.079
for<00:40:20.739><c> he</c><00:40:20.920><c> had</c><00:40:21.159><c> great</c><00:40:21.800><c> possessions.</c>

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:25.679
This<00:40:24.179><c> young</c><00:40:24.380><c> man</c><00:40:24.599><c> had</c><00:40:24.760><c> to</c><00:40:25.019><c> choose</c><00:40:25.219><c> between</c>

00:40:25.679 --> 00:40:28.019
the<00:40:25.940><c> thorns</c><00:40:26.340><c> and</c><00:40:26.960><c> the</c><00:40:27.239><c> seed.</c>

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:30.559
So<00:40:28.760><c> what</c><00:40:29.000><c> are</c><00:40:29.219><c> our</c><00:40:29.420><c> priorities?</c>

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:33.980
There's<00:40:32.139><c> kind</c><00:40:32.300><c> of</c><00:40:32.420><c> a</c><00:40:32.500><c> neat</c><00:40:32.619><c> note</c><00:40:32.840><c> in</c><00:40:32.980><c> the</c><00:40:33.179><c> parable</c><00:40:33.460><c> of</c><00:40:33.639><c> the</c><00:40:33.820><c> sower.</c>

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:36.800
The<00:40:34.159><c> seed</c><00:40:34.599><c> is</c><00:40:35.380><c> always</c><00:40:35.800><c> God's</c><00:40:36.460><c> seed.</c>

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:39.059
You're<00:40:37.500><c> always</c><00:40:37.860><c> His</c><00:40:38.119><c> children,</c><00:40:38.460><c> as</c><00:40:38.639><c> Paul</c><00:40:38.840><c> said.</c>

00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:41.420
You're<00:40:39.280><c> always</c><00:40:39.679><c> going</c><00:40:39.820><c> to</c><00:40:39.960><c> be</c><00:40:40.079><c> His</c><00:40:40.320><c> offspring.</c>

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:44.599
He's<00:40:41.880><c> just</c><00:40:42.199><c> hoping</c><00:40:42.480><c> to</c><00:40:42.820><c> bring</c><00:40:42.940><c> it</c><00:40:43.300><c> to</c><00:40:43.699><c> fruit,</c>

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:46.780
to<00:40:45.480><c> the</c><00:40:45.719><c> harvest.</c>

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.860
There's<00:40:50.699><c> an</c><00:40:51.019><c> important</c><00:40:51.360><c> principle,</c>

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:54.460
especially<00:40:52.280><c> when</c><00:40:52.500><c> we</c><00:40:52.699><c> think</c><00:40:52.880><c> about</c><00:40:53.179><c> moving</c><00:40:53.579><c> in</c><00:40:53.780><c> the</c><00:40:54.000><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:56.880
that<00:40:55.059><c> Paul</c><00:40:55.360><c> brings</c><00:40:55.679><c> out</c><00:40:56.000><c> to</c><00:40:56.159><c> the</c><00:40:56.380><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:40:56.880 --> 00:41:01.460
And<00:40:57.639><c> it's</c><00:40:57.940><c> 2</c><00:40:58.099><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:58.639><c> 5</c><00:40:59.360><c> verse</c><00:40:59.760><c> 14.</c>

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:10.920
For<00:41:08.679><c> the</c><00:41:08.900><c> love</c><00:41:09.059><c> of</c><00:41:09.280><c> Christ</c><00:41:09.599><c> constraineth</c><00:41:10.500><c> us,</c>

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.619
because<00:41:11.519><c> we</c><00:41:11.800><c> thus</c><00:41:12.059><c> judge,</c>

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:16.559
that<00:41:13.079><c> if</c><00:41:13.280><c> one</c><00:41:13.460><c> died</c><00:41:13.719><c> for</c><00:41:14.019><c> all,</c><00:41:14.219><c> then</c><00:41:14.380><c> were</c><00:41:14.659><c> all</c><00:41:15.460><c> dead.</c>

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:21.260
And<00:41:17.699><c> that</c><00:41:17.820><c> he</c><00:41:18.059><c> died</c><00:41:18.300><c> for</c><00:41:18.599><c> all,</c><00:41:18.820><c> that</c><00:41:18.900><c> they</c><00:41:20.699><c> which</c><00:41:20.880><c> live</c>

00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:23.420
should<00:41:21.559><c> not</c><00:41:21.760><c> henceforth</c><00:41:22.280><c> live</c><00:41:22.559><c> unto</c><00:41:22.820><c> themselves,</c>

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:27.619
but<00:41:23.719><c> unto</c><00:41:24.340><c> him</c><00:41:24.559><c> which</c><00:41:24.800><c> died</c><00:41:25.079><c> for</c><00:41:25.460><c> them</c><00:41:25.639><c> and</c><00:41:25.840><c> rose</c><00:41:26.139><c> again.</c>

00:41:28.280 --> 00:41:32.099
Wherefore<00:41:28.760><c> henceforth</c><00:41:29.239><c> know</c><00:41:29.900><c> we</c><00:41:30.059><c> no</c><00:41:30.260><c> man</c><00:41:30.500><c> after</c><00:41:30.820><c> the</c><00:41:31.119><c> flesh?</c>

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:34.280
Yea,<00:41:32.360><c> though</c><00:41:32.539><c> we</c><00:41:32.659><c> have</c><00:41:32.860><c> known</c><00:41:33.059><c> Christ</c><00:41:33.440><c> after</c><00:41:33.800><c> the</c><00:41:34.079><c> flesh,</c>

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:37.159
yet<00:41:34.519><c> now</c><00:41:34.760><c> henceforth</c><00:41:35.320><c> know</c><00:41:35.599><c> we</c><00:41:35.780><c> Him</c><00:41:35.920><c> no</c><00:41:36.280><c> more.</c>

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:40.039
And<00:41:37.739><c> we're</c><00:41:37.920><c> going</c><00:41:38.019><c> to</c><00:41:38.079><c> keep</c><00:41:38.280><c> going</c><00:41:38.420><c> to</c><00:41:38.599><c> verse</c><00:41:38.820><c> 18.</c>

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:42.900
Therefore,<00:41:41.500><c> if</c><00:41:41.659><c> any</c><00:41:41.880><c> man</c><00:41:42.079><c> be</c><00:41:42.280><c> in</c><00:41:42.440><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:44.699
he<00:41:43.280><c> is</c><00:41:43.440><c> a</c><00:41:43.519><c> new</c><00:41:43.699><c> creature.</c>

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:46.860
Old<00:41:45.059><c> things</c><00:41:45.320><c> are</c><00:41:45.500><c> passed</c><00:41:45.860><c> away.</c>

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:49.480
Behold,<00:41:47.860><c> all</c><00:41:48.179><c> things</c><00:41:48.420><c> are</c><00:41:48.739><c> become</c><00:41:48.940><c> new.</c>

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:52.019
And<00:41:50.039><c> all</c><00:41:50.219><c> things</c><00:41:50.579><c> of</c><00:41:50.780><c> God,</c>

00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:56.440
who<00:41:53.260><c> hath</c><00:41:53.579><c> reconciled</c><00:41:54.199><c> us</c><00:41:54.480><c> to</c><00:41:54.639><c> himself</c><00:41:55.079><c> by</c><00:41:55.360><c> Jesus</c><00:41:55.860><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:56.780 --> 00:42:00.840
and<00:41:56.900><c> hath</c><00:41:57.039><c> given</c><00:41:57.320><c> to</c><00:41:57.539><c> us</c><00:41:57.739><c> the</c><00:41:57.980><c> ministry</c><00:41:58.599><c> of</c><00:41:59.360><c> reconciliation.</c>

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:04.900
So<00:42:01.559><c> 2</c><00:42:01.800><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:02.300><c> 5,</c><00:42:03.019><c> 14</c><00:42:03.599><c> to</c><00:42:03.719><c> 18.</c>

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:06.500
And<00:42:05.039><c> in</c><00:42:05.119><c> verse</c><00:42:05.340><c> 14</c><00:42:05.780><c> he</c><00:42:05.960><c> uses,</c>

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:09.420
talking<00:42:07.039><c> about</c><00:42:07.239><c> us</c><00:42:07.480><c> being</c><00:42:07.739><c> in</c><00:42:07.880><c> the</c><00:42:08.099><c> truth</c><00:42:08.320><c> and</c><00:42:08.579><c> grounded,</c>

00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:11.739
the<00:42:09.820><c> word</c><00:42:10.139><c> constraineth.</c>

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:14.840
And<00:42:12.539><c> that</c><00:42:12.659><c> word</c><00:42:12.840><c> means</c><00:42:13.179><c> to</c><00:42:13.500><c> hold</c><00:42:13.800><c> together.</c>

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:17.320
He<00:42:15.280><c> says</c><00:42:15.519><c> Jesus</c><00:42:16.099><c> holds</c><00:42:16.539><c> us</c><00:42:16.900><c> together.</c>

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:22.760
You<00:42:18.099><c> can</c><00:42:18.300><c> almost</c><00:42:18.599><c> say</c><00:42:18.860><c> Jesus</c><00:42:19.360><c> is</c><00:42:19.760><c> the</c><00:42:20.039><c> glue</c><00:42:20.300><c> that</c><00:42:20.860><c> binds</c><00:42:21.219><c> us</c><00:42:21.719><c> together.</c>

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:25.019
And<00:42:23.219><c> again,</c><00:42:23.900><c> the</c><00:42:23.960><c> word</c><00:42:24.199><c> in</c><00:42:24.320><c> verse</c><00:42:24.619><c> 18,</c>

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:28.300
the<00:42:25.199><c> word</c><00:42:25.559><c> reconciled</c><00:42:26.199><c> means</c><00:42:26.559><c> to</c><00:42:27.199><c> change</c><00:42:27.679><c> thoroughly</c>

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:33.159
from<00:42:29.079><c> night</c><00:42:29.380><c> to</c><00:42:29.619><c> day,</c><00:42:31.079><c> from</c><00:42:31.300><c> darkness</c><00:42:31.920><c> to</c><00:42:32.280><c> light.</c>

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:35.960
Now,<00:42:34.579><c> you</c><00:42:34.739><c> kind</c><00:42:34.880><c> of</c><00:42:35.019><c> see</c><00:42:35.099><c> what's</c><00:42:35.460><c> happening</c><00:42:35.719><c> here.</c>

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:38.360
The<00:42:36.260><c> parable</c><00:42:36.639><c> of</c><00:42:36.840><c> the</c><00:42:37.019><c> sower</c><00:42:37.300><c> shifted.</c>

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:41.900
It<00:42:39.820><c> goes</c><00:42:40.079><c> from</c><00:42:40.320><c> the</c><00:42:40.519><c> point</c><00:42:40.679><c> of</c><00:42:40.880><c> getting</c><00:42:41.039><c> ourselves</c><00:42:41.539><c> ready</c>

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:44.820
and<00:42:42.119><c> back</c><00:42:42.340><c> on</c><00:42:42.639><c> track,</c><00:42:42.960><c> making</c><00:42:43.320><c> the</c><00:42:43.940><c> soil</c><00:42:44.239><c> fertile.</c>

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:47.179
And<00:42:45.519><c> it</c><00:42:45.639><c> has</c><00:42:45.860><c> another</c><00:42:46.219><c> angle</c><00:42:46.579><c> to</c><00:42:46.860><c> it.</c>

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:50.039
And<00:42:47.599><c> that</c><00:42:47.760><c> is</c><00:42:48.000><c> of</c><00:42:48.340><c> ministering</c><00:42:48.880><c> to</c><00:42:49.159><c> others.</c>

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:51.820
Because<00:42:50.340><c> once</c><00:42:50.599><c> we</c><00:42:50.820><c> become</c><00:42:51.099><c> fertile</c><00:42:51.460><c> soil,</c>

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:54.719
God<00:42:52.099><c> wants</c><00:42:52.380><c> to</c><00:42:52.639><c> use</c><00:42:52.880><c> us</c><00:42:53.320><c> to</c><00:42:53.460><c> help</c><00:42:53.719><c> others.</c>

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:56.639
Or<00:42:55.019><c> maybe</c><00:42:55.219><c> to</c><00:42:55.480><c> put</c><00:42:55.599><c> on</c><00:42:55.860><c> bare</c><00:42:56.119><c> spots</c>

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:58.960
where<00:42:57.199><c> the</c><00:42:57.460><c> soil</c><00:42:57.639><c> needs</c><00:42:57.940><c> improving.</c>

00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:01.139
And<00:42:59.300><c> so</c><00:42:59.440><c> we</c><00:42:59.579><c> need</c><00:42:59.780><c> to</c><00:43:00.019><c> help</c><00:43:00.179><c> others.</c>

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:04.559
And<00:43:01.659><c> if</c><00:43:01.780><c> we</c><00:43:01.900><c> look</c><00:43:02.059><c> at</c><00:43:02.159><c> the</c><00:43:02.380><c> manager</c><00:43:02.880><c> of</c><00:43:03.360><c> that</c><00:43:03.639><c> farm,</c>

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:07.079
in<00:43:04.920><c> Luke</c><00:43:05.179><c> 12</c><00:43:05.579><c> verse</c><00:43:05.880><c> 42,</c>

00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:09.699
we<00:43:08.380><c> see</c><00:43:08.579><c> this.</c>

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:12.260
And<00:43:11.579><c> the</c><00:43:11.739><c> Lord</c><00:43:12.000><c> said,</c>

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:15.099
Who<00:43:12.460><c> then</c><00:43:12.719><c> is</c><00:43:12.920><c> that</c><00:43:13.159><c> faithful</c><00:43:13.639><c> and</c><00:43:13.940><c> wise</c><00:43:14.280><c> steward,</c>

00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:18.239
whom<00:43:15.380><c> his</c><00:43:15.579><c> Lord</c><00:43:15.840><c> shall</c><00:43:16.039><c> make</c><00:43:16.380><c> ruler</c><00:43:16.679><c> over</c><00:43:16.920><c> his</c><00:43:17.099><c> household,</c>

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:22.260
to<00:43:18.599><c> give</c><00:43:18.820><c> them</c><00:43:19.039><c> their</c><00:43:19.260><c> portion</c><00:43:19.639><c> of</c><00:43:19.940><c> meat</c><00:43:20.400><c> and</c><00:43:21.019><c> due</c><00:43:21.320><c> season?</c>

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:24.639
And<00:43:23.019><c> some</c><00:43:23.219><c> of</c><00:43:23.320><c> your</c><00:43:23.480><c> versions</c><00:43:23.820><c> might</c><00:43:24.139><c> show</c><00:43:24.380><c> this.</c>

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:27.019
The<00:43:24.780><c> word</c><00:43:25.000><c> manager</c><00:43:25.440><c> means</c><00:43:26.219><c> manager,</c>

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:30.199
or<00:43:27.340><c> the</c><00:43:27.420><c> word</c><00:43:27.659><c> steward</c><00:43:28.019><c> means</c><00:43:28.300><c> manager</c><00:43:28.780><c> of</c><00:43:28.960><c> a</c><00:43:29.179><c> household</c><00:43:29.559><c> or</c><00:43:29.860><c> estate.</c>

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.940
It<00:43:30.719><c> can</c><00:43:30.820><c> mean</c><00:43:30.960><c> the</c><00:43:31.380><c> treasurer,</c>

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:34.860
the<00:43:32.400><c> one</c><00:43:32.539><c> that</c><00:43:32.820><c> sees</c><00:43:33.079><c> that</c><00:43:33.380><c> things</c><00:43:33.659><c> are</c><00:43:33.960><c> done.</c>

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:39.440
Now,<00:43:37.860><c> that's</c><00:43:38.340><c> not</c><00:43:38.579><c> quite</c><00:43:38.780><c> the</c><00:43:39.059><c> definition</c>

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.719
we're<00:43:39.679><c> looking</c><00:43:40.019><c> for</c><00:43:40.300><c> here.</c>

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.639
See,<00:43:41.280><c> the</c><00:43:41.400><c> problem</c><00:43:41.719><c> with</c><00:43:41.900><c> that</c><00:43:42.179><c> definition</c>

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:45.099
is<00:43:42.880><c> it</c><00:43:43.000><c> lets</c><00:43:43.239><c> most</c><00:43:43.599><c> of</c><00:43:43.760><c> us</c><00:43:43.900><c> off</c><00:43:44.119><c> the</c><00:43:44.320><c> hook.</c>

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:47.619
Because<00:43:45.599><c> when</c><00:43:45.800><c> we</c><00:43:45.980><c> think</c><00:43:46.119><c> of</c><00:43:46.280><c> the</c><00:43:46.579><c> steward</c><00:43:46.880><c> of</c><00:43:47.059><c> the</c><00:43:47.219><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:48.559
what<00:43:48.000><c> do</c><00:43:48.139><c> we</c><00:43:48.260><c> think</c><00:43:48.440><c> of?</c>

00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.559
The<00:43:48.739><c> arranging</c><00:43:49.179><c> brethren.</c>

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:51.760
The<00:43:50.239><c> recording</c><00:43:50.780><c> brother.</c>

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:53.639
It's<00:43:52.340><c> not</c><00:43:52.480><c> me.</c>

00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:58.940
We've<00:43:55.860><c> got</c><00:43:55.940><c> to</c><00:43:56.039><c> expand</c><00:43:56.380><c> that</c><00:43:56.719><c> definition</c><00:43:57.199><c> just</c><00:43:57.559><c> a</c><00:43:57.800><c> little</c><00:43:58.039><c> bit.</c>

00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:01.239
I'll<00:43:59.840><c> read</c><00:43:59.960><c> this</c><00:44:00.199><c> to</c><00:44:00.300><c> you</c><00:44:00.420><c> because</c><00:44:00.679><c> of</c><00:44:00.940><c> time.</c>

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:04.920
1<00:44:01.760><c> Peter</c><00:44:02.039><c> 4</c><00:44:02.420><c> verse</c><00:44:02.760><c> 10</c><00:44:03.119><c> from</c><00:44:03.340><c> the</c><00:44:03.579><c> NIV</c><00:44:03.820><c> says,</c>

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:09.480
Each<00:44:06.719><c> one</c><00:44:07.639><c> should</c><00:44:08.480><c> use</c><00:44:08.739><c> whatever</c><00:44:09.179><c> gift</c>

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:12.579
he<00:44:09.659><c> has</c><00:44:09.900><c> received</c><00:44:10.460><c> to</c><00:44:10.719><c> serve</c><00:44:11.019><c> others,</c>

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:15.539
faithfully<00:44:13.739><c> administering</c><00:44:14.559><c> God's</c><00:44:15.059><c> grace</c>

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:17.639
in<00:44:16.000><c> his</c><00:44:16.260><c> various</c><00:44:16.599><c> forms.</c>

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:21.000
That's<00:44:19.019><c> probably</c><00:44:19.360><c> more</c><00:44:19.639><c> of</c><00:44:19.780><c> an</c><00:44:19.940><c> accurate</c><00:44:20.360><c> definition</c>

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:22.639
of<00:44:21.260><c> a</c><00:44:21.599><c> steward.</c>

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:24.780
That<00:44:22.980><c> what</c><00:44:23.179><c> God's</c><00:44:23.719><c> given</c><00:44:23.920><c> us,</c>

00:44:25.280 --> 00:44:27.219
we<00:44:25.599><c> need</c><00:44:25.860><c> to</c><00:44:26.239><c> share</c><00:44:26.519><c> with</c><00:44:26.840><c> others.</c>

00:44:27.219 --> 00:44:29.440
Paul<00:44:27.960><c> says</c><00:44:28.239><c> we</c><00:44:28.420><c> need</c><00:44:28.659><c> to</c><00:44:28.880><c> serve</c><00:44:29.059><c> others,</c>

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:31.019
to<00:44:29.619><c> be</c><00:44:29.840><c> givers.</c>

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:33.039
And<00:44:32.139><c> when</c><00:44:32.239><c> we</c><00:44:32.380><c> were</c><00:44:32.599><c> baptized,</c>

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:35.860
that's<00:44:33.480><c> the</c><00:44:33.739><c> contract</c><00:44:34.239><c> we</c><00:44:34.519><c> entered</c><00:44:34.699><c> into.</c>

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:39.480
And<00:44:37.059><c> it</c><00:44:37.159><c> even</c><00:44:37.280><c> goes</c><00:44:37.539><c> a</c><00:44:37.619><c> little</c><00:44:37.840><c> deeper</c><00:44:38.219><c> than</c><00:44:38.500><c> that.</c>

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:42.380
If<00:44:40.739><c> anyone</c><00:44:41.059><c> serves,</c>

00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:46.500
Paul<00:44:43.000><c> says</c><00:44:43.260><c> he</c><00:44:43.420><c> should</c><00:44:43.639><c> do</c><00:44:43.860><c> it</c><00:44:44.000><c> with</c><00:44:44.199><c> the</c><00:44:44.519><c> strength</c><00:44:44.840><c> God</c><00:44:45.260><c> provides.</c>

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:50.380
Now,<00:44:47.800><c> just</c><00:44:48.000><c> in</c><00:44:48.440><c> a</c><00:44:48.500><c> little</c><00:44:48.639><c> more</c><00:44:48.900><c> than</c><00:44:49.079><c> an</c><00:44:49.260><c> hour</c><00:44:49.460><c> and</c><00:44:49.679><c> 15</c><00:44:50.059><c> minutes,</c>

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:51.760
we're<00:44:50.559><c> going</c><00:44:50.659><c> to</c><00:44:50.739><c> have</c><00:44:50.880><c> a</c><00:44:51.059><c> meal.</c>

00:44:52.639 --> 00:44:54.079
And<00:44:53.079><c> if</c><00:44:53.260><c> I</c><00:44:53.340><c> didn't</c><00:44:53.539><c> say</c><00:44:53.800><c> this,</c>

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:56.260
I<00:44:54.280><c> would</c><00:44:54.500><c> guess</c><00:44:54.719><c> that</c><00:44:54.920><c> the</c><00:44:55.099><c> brother</c><00:44:55.320><c> who</c><00:44:55.599><c> says</c><00:44:55.800><c> the</c><00:44:56.099><c> prayer</c>

00:44:56.260 --> 00:44:59.000
for<00:44:56.480><c> the</c><00:44:56.619><c> meal</c><00:44:56.760><c> would</c><00:44:56.960><c> say</c><00:44:57.179><c> something</c><00:44:57.579><c> along</c><00:44:57.920><c> the</c><00:44:58.119><c> lines,</c>

00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:01.639
Lord,<00:44:59.820><c> we</c><00:44:59.980><c> thank</c><00:45:00.179><c> you</c><00:45:00.380><c> for</c><00:45:00.559><c> the</c><00:45:00.780><c> food</c><00:45:00.920><c> you've</c><00:45:01.219><c> given</c><00:45:01.400><c> us.</c>

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:04.099
We<00:45:01.900><c> pray</c><00:45:02.239><c> that</c><00:45:02.400><c> it</c><00:45:02.500><c> makes</c><00:45:02.699><c> our</c><00:45:02.980><c> body</c><00:45:03.340><c> stronger</c>

00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:05.559
so<00:45:04.360><c> that</c><00:45:04.480><c> we</c><00:45:04.639><c> can</c><00:45:04.920><c> serve</c><00:45:05.219><c> you.</c>

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:08.420
That's<00:45:06.320><c> kind</c><00:45:06.519><c> of</c><00:45:06.679><c> a</c><00:45:06.900><c> prayer</c><00:45:07.019><c> we</c><00:45:07.320><c> hear</c><00:45:07.519><c> before</c><00:45:07.900><c> meals,</c>

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:09.840
especially<00:45:09.179><c> at</c><00:45:09.380><c> a</c><00:45:09.460><c> gathering.</c>

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:12.420
And<00:45:10.360><c> there's</c><00:45:10.579><c> nothing</c><00:45:10.820><c> wrong</c><00:45:11.179><c> with</c><00:45:11.440><c> that.</c>

00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:18.280
We're<00:45:16.019><c> grateful</c><00:45:16.400><c> we</c><00:45:16.699><c> have</c><00:45:16.880><c> daily</c><00:45:17.300><c> food.</c>

00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:20.300
But<00:45:19.199><c> we've</c><00:45:19.519><c> got</c><00:45:19.519><c> to</c><00:45:19.739><c> appreciate</c>

00:45:20.300 --> 00:45:23.679
that<00:45:20.860><c> God</c><00:45:21.179><c> gives</c><00:45:21.500><c> us</c><00:45:21.800><c> the</c><00:45:22.079><c> food</c><00:45:22.420><c> to</c><00:45:23.000><c> serve</c><00:45:23.300><c> Him.</c>

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:25.739
See,<00:45:24.719><c> it's</c><00:45:24.800><c> kind</c><00:45:25.000><c> of</c><00:45:25.139><c> a</c><00:45:25.300><c> hollow</c><00:45:25.480><c> prayer</c>

00:45:25.739 --> 00:45:28.820
if<00:45:25.900><c> we</c><00:45:26.000><c> pray,</c><00:45:26.199><c> Lord,</c><00:45:26.500><c> thank</c><00:45:26.820><c> you</c><00:45:26.940><c> for</c><00:45:27.119><c> making</c><00:45:27.380><c> me</c><00:45:27.739><c> alive,</c>

00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:31.159
giving<00:45:29.400><c> me</c><00:45:29.719><c> strength</c><00:45:30.019><c> to</c><00:45:30.179><c> get</c><00:45:30.260><c> through</c><00:45:30.480><c> another</c><00:45:30.800><c> day.</c>

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:32.320
Boy,<00:45:31.599><c> I'm</c><00:45:31.920><c> starving.</c>

00:45:32.659 --> 00:45:34.000
Thank<00:45:32.980><c> you,</c><00:45:33.179><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:36.320
That<00:45:35.000><c> prayer</c><00:45:35.320><c> is</c><00:45:35.519><c> very</c><00:45:35.900><c> hollow</c>

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:39.059
if<00:45:36.900><c> we</c><00:45:37.059><c> don't</c><00:45:37.320><c> really</c><00:45:37.639><c> follow</c><00:45:37.840><c> up</c><00:45:38.099><c> and</c><00:45:38.280><c> say,</c>

00:45:39.340 --> 00:45:42.019
well,<00:45:39.539><c> I</c><00:45:39.639><c> better</c><00:45:39.860><c> use</c><00:45:40.179><c> what</c><00:45:40.380><c> God's</c><00:45:40.760><c> given</c><00:45:40.920><c> me</c><00:45:41.139><c> in</c><00:45:41.300><c> His</c><00:45:41.559><c> service.</c>

00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:44.480
He's<00:45:42.659><c> got</c><00:45:42.780><c> me</c><00:45:42.960><c> through</c><00:45:43.199><c> another</c><00:45:43.519><c> day.</c>

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:47.300
I<00:45:45.760><c> just</c><00:45:46.139><c> like</c><00:45:46.539><c> alternate</c><00:45:46.940><c> versions</c>

00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:49.139
because<00:45:47.500><c> sometimes</c><00:45:47.880><c> they</c><00:45:48.079><c> really</c><00:45:48.360><c> put</c><00:45:48.519><c> a</c><00:45:48.679><c> different</c><00:45:48.880><c> light</c>

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:50.340
on<00:45:49.320><c> it.</c>

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:52.059
John<00:45:51.000><c> says,</c>

00:45:52.409 --> 00:45:56.059
We<00:45:52.719><c> know</c><00:45:53.059><c> that</c><00:45:53.260><c> we've</c><00:45:53.579><c> passed</c><00:45:53.940><c> out</c><00:45:54.159><c> of</c><00:45:54.360><c> death</c><00:45:54.579><c> into</c><00:45:54.840><c> life</c>

00:45:56.440 --> 00:45:58.900
because<00:45:57.059><c> we</c><00:45:57.400><c> love</c><00:45:57.699><c> the</c><00:45:58.019><c> brethren.</c>

00:45:59.300 --> 00:46:02.340
He<00:45:59.559><c> who</c><00:45:59.760><c> does</c><00:46:00.099><c> not</c><00:46:00.400><c> love</c><00:46:00.659><c> abides</c><00:46:01.199><c> in</c><00:46:01.480><c> death.</c>

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:05.260
Now<00:46:02.960><c> think</c><00:46:03.139><c> about</c><00:46:03.380><c> what</c><00:46:03.599><c> John's</c><00:46:04.179><c> saying</c><00:46:04.280><c> there.</c>

00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:07.559
He's<00:46:05.719><c> telling</c><00:46:05.860><c> us</c><00:46:06.059><c> that</c><00:46:06.179><c> there</c><00:46:06.280><c> needs</c><00:46:06.519><c> to</c><00:46:06.699><c> be</c><00:46:06.900><c> progression</c>

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:12.760
from<00:46:08.539><c> living</c><00:46:08.900><c> in</c><00:46:09.219><c> God</c><00:46:09.739><c> to</c><00:46:11.219><c> moving</c><00:46:11.639><c> in</c><00:46:11.960><c> Him.</c>

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:16.139
That<00:46:13.239><c> moving</c><00:46:13.519><c> in</c><00:46:13.780><c> Him</c><00:46:13.860><c> is</c><00:46:14.159><c> dependent</c><00:46:14.639><c> on</c><00:46:14.860><c> the</c><00:46:15.159><c> love</c>

00:46:16.139 --> 00:46:19.360
that<00:46:17.099><c> we</c><00:46:17.380><c> show</c><00:46:17.559><c> our</c><00:46:17.780><c> brothers</c><00:46:18.099><c> and</c><00:46:18.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:23.559
We<00:46:19.860><c> show</c><00:46:20.199><c> movement</c><00:46:20.880><c> by</c><00:46:22.059><c> helping</c><00:46:22.579><c> others.</c>

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:25.860
I<00:46:24.219><c> mean,</c><00:46:24.420><c> we're</c><00:46:24.539><c> all</c><00:46:24.820><c> alive</c><00:46:25.099><c> in</c><00:46:25.260><c> Christ,</c><00:46:25.760><c> right?</c>

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:27.260
We're<00:46:26.079><c> all</c><00:46:26.300><c> walking</c><00:46:26.679><c> in</c><00:46:26.860><c> the</c><00:46:27.059><c> Spirit.</c>

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:28.920
We're<00:46:27.480><c> in</c><00:46:27.679><c> the</c><00:46:27.960><c> Spirit.</c>

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:30.940
In<00:46:29.519><c> Him</c><00:46:29.699><c> we</c><00:46:29.940><c> live,</c>

00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:36.880
but<00:46:31.519><c> we</c><00:46:31.780><c> show</c><00:46:31.980><c> movement</c><00:46:32.699><c> when</c><00:46:33.099><c> we</c><00:46:33.460><c> share</c><00:46:33.739><c> God's</c><00:46:34.320><c> love</c><00:46:35.280><c> to</c><00:46:35.940><c> others.</c>

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:39.840
I<00:46:37.800><c> mean,</c><00:46:38.019><c> we</c><00:46:38.219><c> know</c><00:46:38.380><c> God's</c><00:46:38.719><c> love</c><00:46:38.920><c> was</c><00:46:39.159><c> so</c><00:46:39.500><c> great</c>

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:42.320
that<00:46:40.340><c> He</c><00:46:40.440><c> would</c><00:46:40.599><c> let</c><00:46:40.780><c> His</c><00:46:41.079><c> Son</c><00:46:41.300><c> perish.</c>

00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:45.880
Not<00:46:43.039><c> perish,</c><00:46:43.320><c> but</c><00:46:43.500><c> let</c><00:46:43.679><c> His</c><00:46:43.920><c> Son</c><00:46:44.059><c> die</c><00:46:44.320><c> on</c><00:46:44.460><c> the</c><00:46:44.719><c> cross</c><00:46:44.920><c> for</c><00:46:45.139><c> us</c>

00:46:45.880 --> 00:46:47.139
so<00:46:46.099><c> that</c><00:46:46.239><c> we</c><00:46:46.320><c> could</c><00:46:46.500><c> be</c><00:46:46.800><c> saved.</c>

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:50.840
You<00:46:47.780><c> know,</c><00:46:48.500><c> what</c><00:46:48.559><c> commitments</c><00:46:49.079><c> can</c><00:46:49.760><c> we</c><00:46:50.239><c> describe</c>

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:54.820
in<00:46:51.059><c> the</c><00:46:51.219><c> same</c><00:46:51.400><c> breath</c><00:46:51.719><c> as</c><00:46:52.380><c> like</c><00:46:52.619><c> 1</c><00:46:52.840><c> John</c><00:46:53.119><c> 3,</c><00:46:53.739><c> 16?</c>

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:55.739
Think<00:46:55.280><c> about</c><00:46:55.500><c> it.</c>

00:46:55.739 --> 00:46:58.679
What<00:46:55.900><c> have</c><00:46:56.119><c> you</c><00:46:56.280><c> done</c><00:46:56.539><c> that</c><00:46:56.719><c> can</c><00:46:57.000><c> compare</c><00:46:57.280><c> to</c><00:46:57.460><c> this</c><00:46:57.659><c> passage?</c>

00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:02.179
1<00:46:58.980><c> John</c><00:46:59.260><c> 3,</c><00:46:59.699><c> verse</c><00:46:59.980><c> 16,</c>

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:04.820
Hereby<00:47:03.179><c> perceive</c><00:47:03.699><c> we</c><00:47:03.920><c> the</c><00:47:04.139><c> love</c><00:47:04.300><c> of</c><00:47:04.500><c> God</c>

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:08.199
because<00:47:05.179><c> He</c><00:47:05.440><c> laid</c><00:47:05.699><c> down</c><00:47:06.000><c> His</c><00:47:06.300><c> life</c><00:47:06.760><c> for</c><00:47:07.019><c> us,</c>

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:11.719
and<00:47:08.719><c> we</c><00:47:08.920><c> ought</c><00:47:09.059><c> to</c><00:47:09.199><c> lay</c><00:47:09.360><c> down</c><00:47:09.539><c> our</c><00:47:09.780><c> lives</c><00:47:10.239><c> for</c><00:47:10.599><c> the</c><00:47:10.820><c> brethren.</c>

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:15.559
Brothers<00:47:14.340><c> and</c><00:47:14.599><c> sisters,</c><00:47:14.980><c> have</c><00:47:15.079><c> you</c><00:47:15.300><c> ever,</c>

00:47:15.559 --> 00:47:17.800
I<00:47:15.880><c> mean,</c><00:47:16.079><c> obviously</c><00:47:16.480><c> you</c><00:47:16.739><c> haven't</c><00:47:16.940><c> made</c><00:47:17.139><c> that</c><00:47:17.380><c> commitment</c>

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:19.960
because<00:47:18.260><c> you're</c><00:47:18.519><c> still</c><00:47:18.780><c> here.</c>

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:23.000
Have<00:47:21.300><c> we</c><00:47:21.480><c> done</c><00:47:21.659><c> anything</c><00:47:22.019><c> that</c><00:47:22.239><c> comes</c><00:47:22.539><c> close</c>

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:26.300
to<00:47:23.360><c> laying</c><00:47:23.639><c> down</c><00:47:23.960><c> your</c><00:47:24.280><c> life</c><00:47:24.500><c> for</c><00:47:24.760><c> a</c><00:47:24.960><c> brother</c><00:47:25.179><c> or</c><00:47:25.360><c> sister?</c>

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:28.659
I<00:47:26.420><c> mean,</c><00:47:26.619><c> what</c><00:47:26.880><c> a</c><00:47:27.099><c> lofty</c><00:47:27.559><c> high</c><00:47:27.860><c> ideal.</c>

00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:30.940
Up<00:47:29.840><c> to</c><00:47:30.039><c> now</c><00:47:30.159><c> we've</c><00:47:30.380><c> always</c><00:47:30.619><c> talked</c><00:47:30.820><c> about</c>

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:32.679
all<00:47:31.159><c> the</c><00:47:31.460><c> small</c><00:47:31.659><c> things</c><00:47:31.920><c> we</c><00:47:32.099><c> need</c><00:47:32.239><c> to</c><00:47:32.480><c> do.</c>

00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:34.420
Imagine<00:47:33.159><c> what</c><00:47:33.340><c> a</c><00:47:33.679><c> great</c><00:47:33.860><c> thing</c><00:47:34.059><c> that</c><00:47:34.219><c> is</c>

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:37.119
to<00:47:34.599><c> lay</c><00:47:34.760><c> down</c><00:47:34.960><c> your</c><00:47:35.239><c> life</c><00:47:35.559><c> to</c><00:47:35.840><c> save</c><00:47:36.119><c> another.</c>

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:42.320
God's<00:47:39.340><c> asking</c><00:47:39.440><c> for</c><00:47:39.719><c> a</c><00:47:39.860><c> complete</c><00:47:40.280><c> commitment</c><00:47:40.840><c> to</c><00:47:41.099><c> each</c><00:47:41.360><c> other.</c>

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:44.400
And<00:47:43.000><c> we</c><00:47:43.179><c> go</c><00:47:43.340><c> to</c><00:47:43.519><c> that</c><00:47:43.780><c> idealistic,</c>

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:47.619
well,<00:47:44.760><c> someday</c><00:47:45.219><c> I'll</c><00:47:45.659><c> do</c><00:47:45.880><c> some</c><00:47:46.219><c> great</c><00:47:46.599><c> deed.</c>

00:47:47.940 --> 00:47:50.960
Someday<00:47:48.239><c> I'll</c><00:47:48.380><c> do</c><00:47:48.619><c> something</c><00:47:48.940><c> that</c><00:47:49.239><c> really</c><00:47:49.599><c> saves</c><00:47:49.980><c> somebody.</c>

00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:53.980
But<00:47:51.579><c> that's</c><00:47:51.820><c> not</c><00:47:52.119><c> really</c><00:47:52.400><c> what</c><00:47:52.559><c> this</c><00:47:52.860><c> is</c><00:47:53.019><c> about.</c>

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:57.579
1<00:47:55.039><c> John</c><00:47:55.300><c> 3,</c><00:47:55.619><c> look</c><00:47:55.820><c> at</c><00:47:55.960><c> verse</c><00:47:56.320><c> 17.</c>

00:47:57.860 --> 00:48:00.059
Of<00:47:58.039><c> course</c><00:47:58.340><c> Jesus</c><00:47:58.739><c> laid</c><00:47:59.019><c> down</c><00:47:59.300><c> His</c><00:47:59.480><c> life</c><00:47:59.679><c> for</c><00:47:59.820><c> us.</c>

00:48:00.199 --> 00:48:01.940
And<00:48:00.320><c> of</c><00:48:00.480><c> course</c><00:48:00.659><c> if</c><00:48:00.800><c> we've</c><00:48:01.000><c> ever</c><00:48:01.239><c> had</c><00:48:01.380><c> the</c><00:48:01.619><c> chance</c>

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:05.519
to<00:48:02.400><c> save</c><00:48:02.659><c> a</c><00:48:02.880><c> brother</c><00:48:03.079><c> and</c><00:48:03.300><c> sister,</c><00:48:03.579><c> we</c><00:48:03.739><c> would</c><00:48:03.960><c> do</c><00:48:04.219><c> it.</c>

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:07.639
But<00:48:06.260><c> it</c><00:48:06.400><c> may</c><00:48:06.579><c> not</c><00:48:06.800><c> happen</c><00:48:07.019><c> in</c><00:48:07.179><c> a</c><00:48:07.320><c> lifetime.</c>

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:11.539
Look<00:48:07.940><c> at</c><00:48:08.059><c> verse</c><00:48:08.300><c> 17</c><00:48:09.159><c> of</c><00:48:09.500><c> 1</c><00:48:09.800><c> John</c><00:48:10.039><c> 3.</c>

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:15.960
But<00:48:13.239><c> whosoever</c><00:48:13.800><c> hath</c><00:48:14.139><c> this</c><00:48:14.500><c> world's</c><00:48:14.960><c> good,</c>

00:48:16.179 --> 00:48:17.699
and<00:48:16.460><c> seeth</c><00:48:16.619><c> his</c><00:48:16.880><c> brother</c><00:48:17.119><c> have</c><00:48:17.440><c> need,</c>

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:21.260
and<00:48:18.059><c> shutteth</c><00:48:18.320><c> up</c><00:48:18.519><c> his</c><00:48:18.820><c> bowels</c><00:48:19.139><c> of</c><00:48:19.300><c> compassion</c><00:48:19.940><c> from</c><00:48:20.199><c> him,</c>

00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:24.320
how<00:48:22.000><c> dwelleth</c><00:48:22.420><c> the</c><00:48:22.579><c> love</c><00:48:22.780><c> of</c><00:48:22.980><c> God</c><00:48:23.199><c> in</c><00:48:23.480><c> him?</c>

00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:27.820
I<00:48:25.099><c> mean,</c><00:48:25.239><c> that's</c><00:48:25.800><c> a</c><00:48:25.920><c> more</c><00:48:26.260><c> practical</c><00:48:26.820><c> thing.</c>

00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:30.340
That's<00:48:28.760><c> one</c><00:48:28.940><c> of</c><00:48:29.079><c> the</c><00:48:29.300><c> little</c><00:48:29.519><c> things</c><00:48:29.800><c> we</c><00:48:30.079><c> do</c>

00:48:30.340 --> 00:48:31.840
to<00:48:30.579><c> a</c><00:48:30.820><c> brother</c><00:48:31.079><c> or</c><00:48:31.199><c> sister,</c>

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:35.099
or<00:48:32.199><c> even</c><00:48:32.380><c> a</c><00:48:32.760><c> stranger</c><00:48:33.239><c> that</c><00:48:34.340><c> God</c><00:48:34.599><c> expects.</c>

00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:37.440
It's<00:48:35.579><c> not</c><00:48:35.820><c> those</c><00:48:36.280><c> big</c><00:48:36.639><c> great</c><00:48:37.039><c> deeds,</c>

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:38.960
the<00:48:37.840><c> idealistic</c><00:48:38.420><c> He</c><00:48:38.619><c> wants,</c>

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:40.980
but<00:48:40.139><c> the</c><00:48:40.320><c> little</c><00:48:40.619><c> things.</c>

00:48:41.179 --> 00:48:43.579
Here's<00:48:41.539><c> somebody</c><00:48:41.920><c> in</c><00:48:42.099><c> God's</c><00:48:42.539><c> image.</c>

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:46.579
And<00:48:44.980><c> He</c><00:48:45.039><c> needs</c><00:48:45.239><c> a</c><00:48:45.460><c> little</c><00:48:45.619><c> help.</c>

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:48.500
And<00:48:47.320><c> we</c><00:48:47.460><c> should</c><00:48:47.639><c> provide</c><00:48:48.039><c> it.</c>

00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:51.760
James<00:48:49.199><c> says,</c><00:48:49.559><c> for</c><00:48:49.659><c> as</c><00:48:49.880><c> the</c><00:48:50.000><c> body</c><00:48:50.340><c> without</c><00:48:50.639><c> the</c><00:48:51.000><c> Spirit</c><00:48:51.239><c> is</c><00:48:51.500><c> dead,</c>

00:48:52.139 --> 00:48:55.219
so<00:48:52.340><c> faith</c><00:48:52.699><c> without</c><00:48:53.159><c> works,</c><00:48:54.019><c> it's</c><00:48:54.219><c> dead.</c>

00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:57.679
It's<00:48:56.059><c> only</c><00:48:56.300><c> through</c><00:48:56.579><c> service</c><00:48:57.019><c> to</c><00:48:57.219><c> God</c>

00:48:57.679 --> 00:49:01.480
that<00:48:58.019><c> we</c><00:48:58.239><c> become</c><00:48:58.519><c> alive</c><00:48:59.179><c> and</c><00:48:59.840><c> start</c><00:49:00.440><c> moving.</c>

00:49:03.539 --> 00:49:07.380
Now,<00:49:04.099><c> I</c><00:49:04.260><c> wish</c><00:49:04.420><c> we</c><00:49:04.599><c> had</c><00:49:04.760><c> more</c><00:49:05.039><c> time,</c><00:49:05.300><c> but</c><00:49:05.460><c> we</c><00:49:05.699><c> don't.</c>

00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:11.699
Let's<00:49:10.619><c> read</c><00:49:10.840><c> one</c><00:49:11.099><c> passage.</c>

00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:15.039
Ephesians<00:49:12.639><c> 2</c><00:49:13.000><c> verse</c><00:49:13.360><c> 13.</c>

00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:18.559
And<00:49:16.900><c> we'll</c><00:49:17.119><c> close</c><00:49:17.340><c> on</c><00:49:17.519><c> this</c><00:49:17.780><c> thought.</c>

00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:24.400
Ephesians<00:49:21.920><c> 2</c><00:49:22.300><c> verse</c><00:49:22.699><c> 13.</c>

00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:29.519
Now,<00:49:28.800><c> you</c><00:49:28.900><c> know</c><00:49:29.019><c> in</c><00:49:29.179><c> Athens,</c>

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:32.699
the<00:49:29.760><c> Greeks</c><00:49:30.059><c> thought</c><00:49:30.519><c> that</c><00:49:30.739><c> their</c><00:49:30.940><c> gods</c><00:49:31.199><c> lived</c><00:49:31.480><c> in</c><00:49:31.739><c> temples.</c>

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:34.760
You<00:49:33.019><c> know,</c><00:49:33.559><c> sculptors</c><00:49:33.860><c> made</c><00:49:34.059><c> them</c><00:49:34.179><c> with</c><00:49:34.340><c> their</c><00:49:34.559><c> hands.</c>

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:36.380
There's<00:49:35.039><c> still</c><00:49:35.320><c> some</c><00:49:35.619><c> ruins</c><00:49:35.900><c> today</c>

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:38.739
that<00:49:36.960><c> look</c><00:49:37.139><c> pretty</c><00:49:37.539><c> magnificent.</c>

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:42.639
In<00:49:39.159><c> Ephesians</c><00:49:39.599><c> 2</c><00:49:39.880><c> verse</c><00:49:40.219><c> 13,</c><00:49:41.440><c> we</c><00:49:41.500><c> read,</c>

00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:45.539
But<00:49:44.039><c> now</c><00:49:44.300><c> is</c><00:49:44.559><c> Christ</c><00:49:44.920><c> Jesus,</c>

00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:48.079
but<00:49:46.059><c> now</c><00:49:46.280><c> in</c><00:49:46.559><c> Christ</c><00:49:46.840><c> Jesus,</c>

00:49:48.320 --> 00:49:50.980
ye<00:49:48.679><c> who</c><00:49:49.340><c> were</c><00:49:49.579><c> sometimes</c><00:49:50.159><c> far</c><00:49:50.579><c> off,</c>

00:49:51.360 --> 00:49:53.380
are<00:49:51.480><c> made</c><00:49:51.820><c> nigh</c><00:49:52.039><c> by</c><00:49:52.239><c> the</c><00:49:52.440><c> blood</c><00:49:52.659><c> of</c><00:49:52.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:53.739 --> 00:49:56.199
And<00:49:54.000><c> just</c><00:49:54.239><c> skip</c><00:49:54.480><c> down</c><00:49:54.719><c> to</c><00:49:54.860><c> verse</c><00:49:55.099><c> 18.</c>

00:49:57.619 --> 00:50:00.320
For<00:49:58.179><c> through</c><00:49:58.739><c> Him</c><00:49:59.039><c> we</c><00:49:59.260><c> both</c><00:49:59.519><c> have</c><00:49:59.800><c> access</c>

00:50:00.320 --> 00:50:02.900
to<00:50:00.679><c> the</c><00:50:00.860><c> one</c><00:50:01.059><c> Spirit</c><00:50:01.440><c> unto</c><00:50:01.719><c> the</c><00:50:01.920><c> Father.</c>

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:06.719
Now<00:50:03.639><c> therefore</c><00:50:04.099><c> ye</c><00:50:04.360><c> are</c><00:50:04.440><c> no</c><00:50:04.679><c> more</c><00:50:04.960><c> strangers</c><00:50:05.440><c> and</c><00:50:05.760><c> foreigners,</c>

00:50:06.860 --> 00:50:09.099
but<00:50:07.039><c> fellow</c><00:50:07.460><c> citizens</c><00:50:08.000><c> with</c><00:50:08.260><c> the</c><00:50:08.500><c> saints</c>

00:50:09.099 --> 00:50:11.739
and<00:50:09.659><c> of</c><00:50:09.820><c> the</c><00:50:10.059><c> household</c><00:50:10.480><c> of</c><00:50:10.659><c> God.</c>

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:14.719
Now,<00:50:12.239><c> we</c><00:50:12.340><c> know</c><00:50:12.519><c> that</c><00:50:12.699><c> God</c><00:50:12.940><c> doesn't</c><00:50:13.260><c> live</c><00:50:13.480><c> in</c><00:50:13.679><c> temples.</c>

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:18.699
But<00:50:15.800><c> when</c><00:50:16.000><c> we</c><00:50:16.219><c> come</c><00:50:16.260><c> together</c><00:50:16.679><c> like</c><00:50:17.079><c> this,</c>

00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:24.260
do<00:50:19.719><c> we</c><00:50:19.940><c> perceive</c><00:50:20.460><c> we're</c><00:50:20.639><c> in</c><00:50:20.840><c> the</c><00:50:21.119><c> assembly</c><00:50:21.980><c> of</c><00:50:23.539><c> the</c><00:50:23.739><c> Father,</c>

00:50:24.260 --> 00:50:26.920
living<00:50:25.000><c> in</c><00:50:25.179><c> the</c><00:50:25.360><c> house</c><00:50:25.639><c> of</c><00:50:25.840><c> God?</c>

00:50:27.579 --> 00:50:30.099
Are<00:50:27.880><c> we</c><00:50:28.039><c> sitting</c><00:50:28.260><c> here</c><00:50:28.519><c> thinking</c><00:50:28.840><c> that</c><00:50:29.079><c> the</c><00:50:29.239><c> Lord's</c><00:50:29.760><c> presence</c>

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:30.619
is<00:50:30.360><c> here?</c>

00:50:30.860 --> 00:50:33.059
Are<00:50:31.019><c> we</c><00:50:31.139><c> thinking</c><00:50:31.280><c> of</c><00:50:31.480><c> our</c><00:50:31.739><c> responsibilities?</c>

00:50:36.880 --> 00:50:40.380
I've<00:50:37.400><c> never</c><00:50:37.579><c> been</c><00:50:37.820><c> to</c><00:50:37.980><c> Bill</c><00:50:38.139><c> and</c><00:50:38.300><c> Carol's</c><00:50:38.659><c> house</c><00:50:39.099><c> until</c><00:50:39.400><c> tonight.</c>

00:50:41.659 --> 00:50:43.500
But<00:50:42.039><c> this</c><00:50:42.260><c> is</c><00:50:42.539><c> true</c><00:50:42.800><c> wherever</c><00:50:43.119><c> you</c><00:50:43.380><c> go.</c>

00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:45.900
When<00:50:43.639><c> you</c><00:50:43.820><c> walk</c><00:50:44.059><c> into</c><00:50:44.360><c> somebody's</c><00:50:44.840><c> house,</c>

00:50:46.659 --> 00:50:49.320
you<00:50:46.780><c> can</c><00:50:47.119><c> tell</c><00:50:47.460><c> all</c><00:50:47.760><c> kinds</c><00:50:48.019><c> of</c><00:50:48.179><c> things</c><00:50:48.360><c> about</c><00:50:48.619><c> the</c><00:50:48.900><c> owners</c>

00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:52.039
by<00:50:50.079><c> what</c><00:50:50.260><c> they</c><00:50:50.599><c> display</c><00:50:51.000><c> and</c><00:50:51.320><c> show.</c>

00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:55.159
I<00:50:53.000><c> walked</c><00:50:53.280><c> into</c><00:50:53.480><c> one</c><00:50:53.639><c> of</c><00:50:53.780><c> my</c><00:50:53.940><c> daughter's</c><00:50:54.639><c> friend's</c><00:50:54.940><c> houses</c>

00:50:55.159 --> 00:50:56.320
to<00:50:55.440><c> pick</c><00:50:55.559><c> her</c><00:50:55.719><c> up,</c>

00:50:56.800 --> 00:51:00.000
and<00:50:56.920><c> there</c><00:50:57.239><c> where</c><00:50:57.400><c> the</c><00:50:57.659><c> living</c><00:50:57.820><c> room</c><00:50:58.019><c> should</c><00:50:58.219><c> be</c><00:50:58.440><c> was</c><00:50:58.599><c> a</c><00:50:58.800><c> pool</c><00:50:58.920><c> table.</c>

00:51:01.760 --> 00:51:02.760
Should<00:51:01.920><c> have</c><00:51:02.059><c> been</c><00:51:02.219><c> a</c><00:51:02.320><c> living</c><00:51:02.500><c> room,</c>

00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:04.719
but<00:51:02.860><c> there</c><00:51:03.000><c> was</c><00:51:03.179><c> a</c><00:51:03.380><c> huge</c><00:51:03.659><c> pool</c><00:51:03.900><c> table</c><00:51:04.239><c> there.</c>

00:51:05.219 --> 00:51:08.420
So<00:51:05.440><c> I</c><00:51:05.539><c> kind</c><00:51:05.739><c> of</c><00:51:05.900><c> figured</c><00:51:06.059><c> out</c><00:51:06.280><c> that</c><00:51:06.519><c> pool</c><00:51:06.739><c> was</c><00:51:07.000><c> pretty</c><00:51:07.320><c> important.</c>

00:51:08.519 --> 00:51:10.539
I've<00:51:08.780><c> walked</c><00:51:08.980><c> into</c><00:51:09.239><c> homes</c><00:51:09.500><c> and</c><00:51:09.679><c> I've</c><00:51:09.860><c> seen</c><00:51:09.980><c> a</c><00:51:10.199><c> piano.</c>

00:51:10.860 --> 00:51:12.340
I've<00:51:11.139><c> seen</c><00:51:11.300><c> music.</c>

00:51:12.780 --> 00:51:15.599
I've<00:51:13.039><c> been</c><00:51:13.159><c> to</c><00:51:13.360><c> Inez's</c><00:51:13.739><c> house</c><00:51:13.980><c> and</c><00:51:14.119><c> I've</c><00:51:14.360><c> seen</c><00:51:14.559><c> books.</c>

00:51:16.840 --> 00:51:18.059
The<00:51:17.119><c> character</c><00:51:17.480><c> of</c><00:51:17.659><c> the</c><00:51:17.800><c> house</c>

00:51:18.059 --> 00:51:20.780
tells<00:51:18.440><c> you</c><00:51:18.699><c> about</c><00:51:18.960><c> the</c><00:51:19.260><c> people</c><00:51:19.699><c> living</c><00:51:20.019><c> in</c><00:51:20.260><c> it.</c>

00:51:20.780 --> 00:51:23.980
You<00:51:21.519><c> might</c><00:51:21.739><c> see</c><00:51:22.000><c> a</c><00:51:22.119><c> wall</c><00:51:22.460><c> of</c><00:51:22.760><c> grandchildren.</c>

00:51:25.019 --> 00:51:27.179
Think<00:51:25.360><c> about</c><00:51:25.619><c> the</c><00:51:25.820><c> houses</c><00:51:26.139><c> you've</c><00:51:26.480><c> visited</c><00:51:26.840><c> in.</c>

00:51:27.400 --> 00:51:30.579
You'll<00:51:27.840><c> see</c><00:51:28.079><c> the</c><00:51:28.360><c> character</c><00:51:28.739><c> of</c><00:51:28.940><c> the</c><00:51:29.099><c> owner</c><00:51:29.260><c> in</c><00:51:29.500><c> the</c><00:51:29.679><c> house.</c>

00:51:30.960 --> 00:51:32.300
I<00:51:31.099><c> won't</c><00:51:31.239><c> mention</c><00:51:31.500><c> my</c><00:51:31.739><c> son's</c><00:51:32.059><c> room</c>

00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:34.960
because<00:51:32.539><c> you</c><00:51:32.699><c> would</c><00:51:32.960><c> see</c><00:51:33.420><c> his</c><00:51:33.880><c> personality.</c>

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:38.300
And<00:51:35.760><c> he's</c><00:51:35.960><c> not</c><00:51:36.119><c> here,</c><00:51:36.320><c> so</c><00:51:36.500><c> I'm</c><00:51:36.639><c> safe</c><00:51:36.960><c> in</c><00:51:37.239><c> saying</c><00:51:37.420><c> that.</c>

00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:40.739
Now<00:51:39.059><c> let's</c><00:51:39.199><c> finish</c><00:51:39.559><c> on</c><00:51:39.719><c> this</c><00:51:39.980><c> thought.</c>

00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:42.880
If<00:51:41.000><c> we</c><00:51:41.179><c> are</c><00:51:41.380><c> the</c><00:51:41.480><c> house</c><00:51:41.760><c> of</c><00:51:41.980><c> God,</c>

00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:45.619
if<00:51:43.500><c> we're</c><00:51:43.699><c> the</c><00:51:43.880><c> place</c><00:51:44.139><c> where</c><00:51:44.320><c> God's</c><00:51:44.760><c> living,</c>

00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:48.500
when<00:51:46.260><c> someone</c><00:51:46.619><c> comes</c><00:51:46.960><c> into</c><00:51:47.260><c> this</c><00:51:47.639><c> room,</c>

00:51:48.960 --> 00:51:52.280
do<00:51:49.500><c> they</c><00:51:49.739><c> see</c><00:51:49.940><c> the</c><00:51:50.199><c> personality</c><00:51:50.860><c> of</c><00:51:51.199><c> the</c><00:51:51.460><c> owner?</c>

00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:55.480
A<00:51:53.840><c> woman</c><00:51:54.119><c> gave</c><00:51:54.380><c> an</c><00:51:54.579><c> article.</c>

00:51:55.920 --> 00:51:58.119
This<00:51:56.139><c> Ecclesia</c><00:51:56.500><c> was</c><00:51:56.659><c> in</c><00:51:56.880><c> the</c><00:51:56.960><c> newspaper</c><00:51:57.360><c> last</c><00:51:57.760><c> week.</c>

00:51:58.320 --> 00:51:59.320
When<00:51:58.500><c> she</c><00:51:58.699><c> came</c><00:51:59.000><c> in,</c>

00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:03.900
did<00:51:59.639><c> she</c><00:51:59.940><c> see</c><00:52:00.199><c> the</c><00:52:00.539><c> personality</c><00:52:01.239><c> of</c><00:52:01.900><c> the</c><00:52:02.099><c> owner</c><00:52:02.320><c> of</c><00:52:02.519><c> this</c><00:52:02.739><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:52:03.920 --> 00:52:05.079
the<00:52:04.139><c> Father?</c>

00:52:05.900 --> 00:52:07.260
When<00:52:06.079><c> people</c><00:52:06.380><c> come</c><00:52:06.659><c> to</c><00:52:06.800><c> our</c><00:52:06.960><c> meetings,</c>

00:52:07.340 --> 00:52:10.579
do<00:52:07.559><c> they</c><00:52:07.800><c> see</c><00:52:08.139><c> God</c><00:52:08.780><c> in</c><00:52:09.639><c> us?</c>

00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:12.039
We're<00:52:10.780><c> the</c><00:52:10.980><c> objects.</c>

00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:14.840
We're<00:52:12.320><c> the</c><00:52:12.500><c> things</c><00:52:12.679><c> that</c><00:52:12.840><c> should</c><00:52:13.000><c> be</c><00:52:13.260><c> giving</c><00:52:13.559><c> life</c><00:52:14.079><c> to</c><00:52:14.280><c> the</c><00:52:14.460><c> building,</c>

00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:18.199
that<00:52:15.380><c> should</c><00:52:15.579><c> be</c><00:52:15.860><c> displaying</c><00:52:16.519><c> all</c><00:52:17.300><c> the</c><00:52:17.599><c> characteristics</c>

00:52:18.199 --> 00:52:20.139
and<00:52:18.539><c> attributes</c><00:52:18.920><c> of</c><00:52:19.139><c> the</c><00:52:19.320><c> owners.</c>

00:52:20.300 --> 00:52:22.519
Are<00:52:20.739><c> we</c><00:52:20.940><c> doing</c><00:52:21.179><c> that?</c>

00:52:22.860 --> 00:52:27.099
Paul<00:52:23.059><c> says</c><00:52:23.320><c> in</c><00:52:23.559><c> him</c><00:52:23.739><c> we</c><00:52:24.000><c> live</c><00:52:24.460><c> and</c><00:52:25.159><c> move</c><00:52:25.639><c> and</c><00:52:26.239><c> have</c><00:52:26.440><c> our</c><00:52:26.639><c> being.</c>

00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:30.320
As<00:52:27.659><c> Paul</c><00:52:27.820><c> says,</c><00:52:28.079><c> now</c><00:52:28.340><c> we</c><00:52:28.500><c> need</c><00:52:28.679><c> to</c><00:52:29.000><c> start</c><00:52:29.380><c> moving.</c>

00:52:53.860 --> 00:52:55.760
Thank<00:52:55.260><c> you.</c>