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Mammon<00:14:41.590><c> here</c><00:14:42.009><c> of</c><00:14:42.210><c> course</c><00:14:42.450><c> is</c><00:14:42.809><c> used</c><00:14:43.269><c> as</c><00:14:45.529><c> earthly</c><00:14:46.149><c> goods.</c>

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willingness<00:15:31.269><c> to</c><00:15:31.590><c> obey</c><00:15:31.909><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:36.370><c> so</c><00:15:36.870><c> if</c><00:15:37.289><c> we</c><00:15:37.509><c> don't</c><00:15:37.769><c> use</c><00:15:38.210><c> mammon,</c><00:15:38.850><c> if</c><00:15:39.009><c> we</c><00:15:39.129><c> don't</c><00:15:39.370><c> use</c><00:15:39.769><c> the</c><00:15:40.029><c> temporary</c><00:15:41.110><c> benefits</c><00:15:41.549><c> of</c>

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entrust<00:15:48.950><c> to</c><00:15:49.129><c> us</c><00:15:49.750><c> the</c><00:15:50.350><c> true</c><00:15:50.570><c> riches</c><00:15:50.830><c> of</c><00:15:51.070><c> eternal</c><00:15:51.370><c> life.</c>

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If<00:15:53.929><c> you</c><00:15:54.110><c> have</c><00:15:54.330><c> not</c><00:15:54.649><c> been</c><00:15:54.990><c> faithful</c><00:15:55.450><c> in</c><00:15:55.690><c> that</c><00:15:55.970><c> which</c><00:15:56.169><c> is</c><00:15:56.629><c> another</c><00:15:57.009><c> man's,</c>

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who<00:15:58.830><c> will</c><00:15:59.049><c> give</c><00:15:59.210><c> to</c><00:15:59.529><c> you</c><00:16:00.210><c> that</c><00:16:00.570><c> which</c><00:16:00.750><c> is</c><00:16:00.950><c> your</c><00:16:01.169><c> own?</c>

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When<00:16:03.070><c> you</c><00:16:03.309><c> read</c><00:16:03.450><c> that,</c><00:16:04.070><c> you</c><00:16:04.070><c> may</c><00:16:05.009><c> perhaps</c><00:16:06.090><c> think</c><00:16:06.350><c> as</c><00:16:06.509><c> I</c><00:16:06.690><c> have</c>

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done<00:16:06.929><c> in</c><00:16:07.110><c> the</c><00:16:07.289><c> past,</c><00:16:07.769><c> that</c><00:16:08.090><c> it's</c><00:16:08.429><c> backwards.</c>

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If<00:16:09.850><c> it</c><00:16:10.049><c> belongs</c><00:16:10.289><c> to</c><00:16:10.470><c> someone</c><00:16:10.710><c> else,</c><00:16:11.090><c> well</c><00:16:11.129><c> you'll</c><00:16:11.590><c> treat</c><00:16:11.769><c> it</c>

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with<00:16:12.610><c> care,</c><00:16:12.909><c> but</c><00:16:13.129><c> it</c><00:16:13.350><c> doesn't</c><00:16:13.529><c> really</c><00:16:13.750><c> matter</c><00:16:14.029><c> if</c><00:16:14.129><c> something</c>

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happens<00:16:14.690><c> to</c><00:16:14.889><c> it.</c>

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But<00:16:15.389><c> if</c><00:16:15.690><c> it's</c><00:16:15.850><c> your</c><00:16:16.070><c> own,</c><00:16:16.230><c> you're</c><00:16:16.789><c> going</c><00:16:16.889><c> to</c><00:16:16.909><c> take</c><00:16:17.129><c> care</c><00:16:17.309><c> of</c><00:16:17.350><c> your</c><00:16:17.529><c> own</c><00:16:17.750><c> property</c><00:16:18.029><c> a</c>

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little<00:16:18.289><c> more</c><00:16:18.570><c> carefully.</c>

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That's<00:16:20.210><c> not</c><00:16:20.409><c> always</c><00:16:20.789><c> true,</c><00:16:22.830><c> and</c><00:16:23.070><c> in</c><00:16:23.269><c> fact</c><00:16:23.409><c> should</c><00:16:23.929><c> never</c><00:16:24.210><c> be</c><00:16:24.450><c> true.</c>

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And<00:16:26.309><c> for</c><00:16:26.470><c> me</c><00:16:26.649><c> the</c><00:16:26.870><c> example</c><00:16:27.429><c> of</c><00:16:27.809><c> this</c><00:16:28.029><c> is</c><00:16:28.370><c> if</c><00:16:28.750><c> you</c><00:16:29.009><c> have</c><00:16:29.129><c> the</c><00:16:29.429><c> responsibility</c><00:16:30.090><c> to</c>

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mind<00:16:30.929><c> someone</c><00:16:31.289><c> else's</c><00:16:31.830><c> child,</c>

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how<00:16:33.169><c> much</c><00:16:33.830><c> special</c><00:16:34.649><c> care</c><00:16:34.970><c> and</c><00:16:35.210><c> attention</c><00:16:35.690><c> do</c><00:16:36.230><c> you</c><00:16:36.429><c> give</c><00:16:36.750><c> to</c><00:16:36.950><c> the</c><00:16:37.129><c> management</c><00:16:37.429><c> and</c><00:16:37.669><c> supervision</c><00:16:38.049><c> of</c>

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that<00:16:38.450><c> child?</c>

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You<00:16:38.929><c> don't</c><00:16:39.090><c> just</c><00:16:39.289><c> send</c><00:16:39.389><c> them</c><00:16:39.509><c> out</c><00:16:39.710><c> on</c><00:16:40.490><c> the</c><00:16:40.710><c> street</c><00:16:40.850><c> and</c><00:16:41.009><c> say</c>

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lunches<00:16:42.490><c> three</c><00:16:42.750><c> hours</c><00:16:43.029><c> from</c><00:16:43.269><c> now,</c><00:16:43.909><c> make</c><00:16:44.750><c> sure</c><00:16:44.990><c> you</c><00:16:45.110><c> don't</c><00:16:45.269><c> get</c><00:16:45.509><c> hurt.</c>

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If<00:16:47.149><c> it's</c><00:16:47.210><c> someone</c><00:16:47.370><c> else's</c><00:16:47.809><c> child,</c><00:16:48.330><c> you're</c><00:16:48.889><c> going</c><00:16:49.090><c> to</c><00:16:49.309><c> supervise</c><00:16:49.750><c> that</c>

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child<00:16:50.330><c> very,</c><00:16:50.789><c> very</c><00:16:51.149><c> closely.</c>

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How<00:16:52.889><c> could</c><00:16:53.090><c> you</c><00:16:53.370><c> possibly</c><00:16:53.990><c> face</c><00:16:54.370><c> the</c><00:16:54.710><c> parents</c><00:16:55.389><c> of</c><00:16:56.830><c> a</c><00:16:57.570><c> child</c><00:16:57.889><c> that</c><00:16:58.029><c> is</c>

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not<00:16:58.389><c> your</c><00:16:58.649><c> own,</c><00:16:59.090><c> that's</c><00:16:59.370><c> been</c><00:16:59.629><c> entrusted</c><00:16:59.990><c> to</c><00:17:00.230><c> your</c><00:17:00.450><c> care?</c>

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And<00:17:01.830><c> something</c><00:17:02.149><c> happens</c><00:17:02.629><c> to</c><00:17:03.129><c> that</c><00:17:03.370><c> child,</c><00:17:04.029><c> you're</c><00:17:04.309><c> going</c><00:17:04.410><c> to</c>

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be<00:17:04.769><c> particularly</c><00:17:05.329><c> careful</c><00:17:05.809><c> to</c><00:17:06.630><c> mind</c><00:17:06.930><c> that</c><00:17:07.250><c> child</c>

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and<00:17:08.509><c> make</c><00:17:08.730><c> sure</c><00:17:09.210><c> that</c><00:17:10.170><c> it's</c><00:17:10.609><c> in</c><00:17:10.990><c> very,</c><00:17:11.809><c> very</c><00:17:12.289><c> good</c><00:17:12.470><c> condition</c>

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If<00:17:16.130><c> you've</c><00:17:16.269><c> ever</c><00:17:16.470><c> had</c><00:17:16.650><c> that</c><00:17:16.890><c> responsibility,</c><00:17:17.670><c> you'll</c><00:17:17.990><c> know</c>

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exactly<00:17:18.869><c> what</c><00:17:20.170><c> I'm</c><00:17:20.410><c> talking</c><00:17:20.670><c> about.</c>

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And<00:17:21.230><c> so</c><00:17:21.630><c> the</c><00:17:22.049><c> third</c><00:17:22.369><c> test</c><00:17:22.769><c> here</c><00:17:23.069><c> is</c><00:17:23.289><c> that</c><00:17:23.809><c> if</c><00:17:23.990><c> you</c><00:17:24.329><c> can't</c><00:17:25.269><c> act</c>

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you<00:17:36.730><c> property</c><00:17:37.230><c> of</c><00:17:37.430><c> your</c><00:17:37.630><c> own?</c>

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And<00:17:38.769><c> again</c><00:17:38.970><c> it's</c><00:17:39.410><c> extended</c><00:17:39.730><c> into,</c><00:17:40.589><c> I</c><00:17:41.049><c> believe,</c><00:17:42.250><c> the</c><00:17:42.410><c> principle</c><00:17:42.869><c> of</c><00:17:43.049><c> the</c>

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God<00:17:47.829><c> in</c><00:17:48.130><c> this</c><00:17:48.410><c> life,</c><00:17:48.690><c> he's</c><00:17:48.869><c> only</c><00:17:49.150><c> lent</c><00:17:49.289><c> it</c><00:17:49.470><c> to</c><00:17:49.569><c> us.</c>

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why<00:17:55.329><c> would</c><00:17:55.509><c> God</c><00:17:55.769><c> ever</c><00:17:56.390><c> give</c><00:17:56.789><c> us</c><00:17:57.329><c> the</c><00:17:57.490><c> blessings</c><00:17:57.789><c> of</c><00:17:58.049><c> eternal</c><00:17:58.329><c> life</c>

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that<00:17:59.450><c> now</c><00:18:00.150><c> will</c><00:18:00.849><c> be</c><00:18:01.170><c> our</c><00:18:01.490><c> own?</c><00:18:01.769><c> They're</c><00:18:01.809><c> given</c><00:18:02.029><c> to</c><00:18:02.329><c> us</c><00:18:02.549><c> and</c><00:18:02.789><c> immortality</c><00:18:03.490><c> would</c><00:18:03.730><c> be</c>

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given<00:18:04.509><c> to</c><00:18:04.809><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:06.789><c> we</c><00:18:07.089><c> would</c><00:18:07.289><c> be</c><00:18:07.589><c> expected,</c><00:18:07.950><c> of</c><00:18:08.170><c> course,</c><00:18:09.309><c> to</c><00:18:09.430><c> act</c><00:18:09.910><c> in</c><00:18:10.529><c> a</c><00:18:11.069><c> fully</c><00:18:11.230><c> accountable</c><00:18:11.690><c> way</c>

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Can<00:18:14.569><c> God</c><00:18:14.789><c> trust</c><00:18:15.210><c> us?</c>

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So<00:18:15.930><c> what</c><00:18:16.309><c> we</c><00:18:16.549><c> have</c><00:18:16.670><c> here</c><00:18:16.849><c> very</c><00:18:17.109><c> briefly</c><00:18:17.450><c> are</c><00:18:17.769><c> three</c><00:18:18.130><c> tests</c><00:18:18.650><c> of</c>

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accountability,<00:18:19.970><c> three</c><00:18:20.190><c> comparisons,</c>

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least<00:18:21.750><c> and</c><00:18:22.150><c> much,</c><00:18:23.269><c> mammon</c><00:18:23.869><c> compared</c><00:18:24.230><c> with</c><00:18:24.490><c> true</c><00:18:24.730><c> riches,</c>

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another<00:18:25.769><c> man's</c><00:18:26.289><c> goods</c><00:18:26.710><c> compared</c><00:18:27.450><c> with</c><00:18:27.769><c> your</c><00:18:28.049><c> own.</c>

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us<00:18:35.089><c> here</c><00:18:35.650><c> by</c><00:18:35.990><c> the</c><00:18:36.130><c> Lord</c><00:18:36.269><c> Jesus</c>

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unjust<00:18:40.670><c> steward.</c>

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And<00:18:51.210><c> we</c><00:18:51.349><c> want</c><00:18:51.509><c> to</c><00:18:51.650><c> move</c><00:18:51.809><c> now</c><00:18:52.109><c> to</c><00:18:52.349><c> our</c><00:18:52.529><c> lesson</c><00:18:53.069><c> for</c><00:18:53.589><c> today,</c><00:18:54.950><c> Stewardship</c><00:18:55.569><c> in</c>

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of<00:23:20.069><c> care</c><00:23:20.289><c> of</c><00:23:20.410><c> our</c><00:23:20.589><c> family</c><00:23:21.009><c> in</c><00:23:21.349><c> a</c><00:23:21.730><c> domestic</c><00:23:22.309><c> way.</c>

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Provide<00:23:24.750><c> for</c><00:23:24.970><c> his</c><00:23:25.269><c> relatives</c><00:23:25.789><c> and</c><00:23:26.349><c> especially</c><00:23:26.990><c> his</c><00:23:27.589><c> immediate</c><00:23:28.009><c> family.</c>

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And<00:23:29.529><c> we</c><00:23:29.630><c> might</c><00:23:29.829><c> think</c><00:23:30.029><c> that</c><00:23:31.170><c> that's</c><00:23:31.529><c> such</c><00:23:31.710><c> a</c><00:23:31.890><c> natural</c><00:23:32.170><c> thing</c>

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that<00:23:32.690><c> people</c><00:23:32.930><c> would</c><00:23:33.210><c> want</c><00:23:33.410><c> to</c><00:23:33.609><c> do.</c>

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Why<00:23:34.690><c> have</c><00:23:34.910><c> it</c><00:23:35.230><c> stressed</c><00:23:35.509><c> in</c><00:23:35.710><c> that</c><00:23:35.910><c> way?</c>

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Well<00:23:36.690><c> the</c><00:23:36.849><c> fact</c><00:23:37.069><c> is</c><00:23:37.309><c> the</c><00:23:37.490><c> world</c><00:23:37.809><c> is</c><00:23:38.150><c> full</c><00:23:38.569><c> of</c><00:23:39.410><c> people</c><00:23:39.789><c> and</c><00:23:40.170><c> families</c><00:23:40.470><c> where</c><00:23:40.789><c> this</c>

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care<00:23:41.410><c> is</c><00:23:41.670><c> not</c><00:23:41.910><c> exercised.</c>

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And<00:23:43.410><c> perhaps</c><00:23:43.809><c> it</c><00:23:43.990><c> is</c><00:23:44.190><c> true</c><00:23:44.450><c> within</c><00:23:44.730><c> the</c><00:23:44.950><c> brotherhood.</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:46.369><c> it</c><00:23:46.529><c> is</c><00:23:46.710><c> true</c><00:23:46.890><c> in</c><00:23:47.049><c> this</c><00:23:47.250><c> place</c><00:23:47.650><c> where</c><00:23:47.890><c> there</c><00:23:48.089><c> is</c><00:23:48.349><c> not</c>

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adequate<00:23:49.529><c> provision</c><00:23:50.049><c> made</c>

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by<00:23:52.049><c> the</c><00:23:52.690><c> senior</c><00:23:52.970><c> members</c><00:23:53.269><c> of</c><00:23:53.450><c> a</c><00:23:53.650><c> family</c><00:23:54.029><c> for</c><00:23:54.809><c> the</c><00:23:55.109><c> junior</c><00:23:55.369><c> members</c><00:23:55.650><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:55.990><c> family.</c>

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And<00:23:56.650><c> perhaps</c><00:23:57.089><c> vice</c><00:23:57.349><c> versa</c><00:23:57.769><c> because</c><00:23:58.190><c> times</c><00:23:58.529><c> change.</c>

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And<00:24:00.410><c> when</c><00:24:00.609><c> you're</c><00:24:00.829><c> young</c><00:24:01.170><c> it's</c><00:24:01.410><c> parents</c><00:24:01.789><c> who</c><00:24:02.009><c> care</c><00:24:02.289><c> for</c><00:24:03.730><c> the</c><00:24:04.190><c> children.</c>

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And<00:24:06.450><c> in</c><00:24:06.730><c> a</c><00:24:06.849><c> different</c><00:24:07.109><c> phase</c><00:24:07.430><c> of</c><00:24:07.910><c> life</c><00:24:08.170><c> it's</c><00:24:08.650><c> the</c><00:24:09.029><c> children</c><00:24:09.549><c> who</c><00:24:09.890><c> are</c><00:24:10.009><c> now</c><00:24:10.950><c> grown</c><00:24:11.269><c> up</c>

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who<00:24:12.029><c> care</c><00:24:12.349><c> for</c><00:24:12.809><c> the</c><00:24:13.009><c> senior</c><00:24:13.210><c> members</c><00:24:13.490><c> of</c><00:24:13.650><c> the</c><00:24:13.849><c> family.</c>

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And<00:24:15.009><c> so</c><00:24:15.309><c> we</c><00:24:15.589><c> all</c><00:24:15.809><c> take</c><00:24:16.029><c> our</c><00:24:16.309><c> place</c><00:24:16.670><c> in</c><00:24:17.250><c> the</c><00:24:17.490><c> different</c><00:24:17.750><c> parts</c>

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of<00:24:18.210><c> the</c><00:24:18.390><c> family.</c>

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At<00:24:18.869><c> some</c><00:24:19.170><c> point</c><00:24:19.789><c> we're</c><00:24:20.150><c> at</c><00:24:20.289><c> some</c><00:24:21.130><c> part</c><00:24:21.650><c> of</c><00:24:21.829><c> this</c><00:24:22.069><c> cycle.</c>

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Young,<00:24:24.029><c> intermediate,</c><00:24:24.950><c> senior,</c><00:24:25.890><c> we're</c><00:24:25.970><c> at</c><00:24:26.109><c> some</c><00:24:26.269><c> part</c><00:24:26.470><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:26.769><c> cycle.</c>

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And<00:24:27.289><c> we</c><00:24:27.450><c> have</c><00:24:27.589><c> a</c><00:24:27.769><c> duty</c><00:24:28.009><c> wherever</c><00:24:28.450><c> we</c><00:24:29.029><c> are</c><00:24:29.269><c> in</c><00:24:29.390><c> the</c><00:24:29.569><c> cycle</c><00:24:29.910><c> to</c>

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exercise<00:24:31.369><c> stewardship.</c>

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In<00:24:35.529><c> verse</c><00:24:36.309><c> four</c><00:24:37.190><c> of</c><00:24:37.309><c> this</c><00:24:37.549><c> chapter,</c><00:24:39.670><c> the</c><00:24:39.829><c> section</c><00:24:40.049><c> of</c><00:24:40.250><c> course</c>

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is<00:24:40.690><c> talking</c><00:24:40.990><c> about</c><00:24:41.769><c> the</c><00:24:42.509><c> care</c>

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by<00:24:43.069><c> the</c><00:24:43.309><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:43.710><c> and</c><00:24:44.089><c> by</c><00:24:44.869><c> the</c><00:24:45.970><c> individual</c><00:24:46.690><c> families</c><00:24:47.190><c> of</c><00:24:47.829><c> widows.</c>

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Verse<00:24:48.509><c> four</c><00:24:48.829><c> says,</c>

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But<00:24:50.109><c> if</c><00:24:50.329><c> any</c><00:24:50.589><c> widow</c><00:24:50.789><c> have</c><00:24:51.049><c> children</c><00:24:51.430><c> or</c><00:24:51.849><c> nephews,</c><00:24:52.589><c> let</c><00:24:52.670><c> them</c>

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learn<00:24:53.289><c> first</c><00:24:53.670><c> to</c><00:24:53.990><c> show</c>

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piety<00:24:55.470><c> at</c><00:24:56.049><c> home,</c><00:24:56.990><c> godliness</c><00:24:57.609><c> at</c><00:24:58.369><c> home,</c>

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and<00:25:00.730><c> to</c><00:25:01.049><c> requite</c><00:25:02.170><c> their</c><00:25:02.609><c> parents,</c><00:25:03.690><c> for</c><00:25:03.829><c> that</c><00:25:04.049><c> is</c><00:25:04.289><c> good</c><00:25:04.789><c> and</c>

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acceptable<00:25:05.789><c> before</c><00:25:06.450><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:08.049><c> so</c><00:25:08.289><c> our</c><00:25:08.529><c> quote</c><00:25:08.750><c> here</c><00:25:09.230><c> at</c><00:25:09.609><c> the</c><00:25:09.750><c> bottom</c><00:25:09.970><c> of</c><00:25:10.190><c> our</c><00:25:10.549><c> handout</c><00:25:11.049><c> by</c>

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Brother<00:25:12.109><c> Dennis</c><00:25:12.430><c> Gallette</c><00:25:12.890><c> says,</c>

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The<00:25:13.710><c> home</c><00:25:14.170><c> is</c><00:25:14.750><c> a</c><00:25:14.910><c> nursery</c><00:25:15.230><c> for</c><00:25:15.569><c> divine</c><00:25:15.990><c> service</c><00:25:16.430><c> in</c><00:25:16.630><c> the</c><00:25:16.809><c> ecclesia.</c>

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You<00:25:18.150><c> learn</c><00:25:18.369><c> how</c><00:25:18.589><c> to</c><00:25:18.750><c> do</c><00:25:18.869><c> things</c><00:25:19.109><c> at</c><00:25:19.329><c> home</c><00:25:19.549><c> first</c><00:25:20.170><c> within</c><00:25:20.809><c> the</c>

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context<00:25:22.069><c> of</c><00:25:22.289><c> the</c><00:25:22.430><c> home.</c>

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In<00:25:23.430><c> our</c><00:25:23.730><c> interaction</c><00:25:24.150><c> with</c><00:25:24.390><c> people,</c><00:25:25.250><c> the</c><00:25:25.390><c> practice</c><00:25:25.730><c> of</c><00:25:26.029><c> godliness</c><00:25:26.349><c> is</c><00:25:26.670><c> shown</c><00:25:26.930><c> at</c>

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home<00:25:27.630><c> first.</c>

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And<00:25:28.730><c> he</c><00:25:28.950><c> quotes</c><00:25:29.130><c> this</c><00:25:29.430><c> passage,</c><00:25:30.069><c> let</c><00:25:30.150><c> them</c><00:25:30.390><c> learn</c><00:25:30.849><c> first</c><00:25:33.049><c> to</c>

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show<00:25:33.450><c> piety</c><00:25:33.789><c> at</c><00:25:34.049><c> home</c>

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is<00:25:34.450><c> the</c><00:25:34.690><c> instruction</c><00:25:35.069><c> of</c><00:25:35.269><c> the</c><00:25:35.369><c> great</c><00:25:35.509><c> apostle.</c>

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So<00:25:37.549><c> home</c><00:25:38.029><c> is</c><00:25:38.930><c> the</c><00:25:39.170><c> nursery</c><00:25:39.509><c> for</c><00:25:39.789><c> divine</c><00:25:40.170><c> service</c><00:25:40.589><c> in</c><00:25:40.789><c> the</c><00:25:40.990><c> ecclesia.</c>

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It's<00:25:41.529><c> where</c><00:25:41.690><c> we</c><00:25:41.990><c> learn</c><00:25:42.369><c> how</c><00:25:43.009><c> to</c><00:25:43.230><c> do</c><00:25:43.490><c> and</c><00:25:43.710><c> behave</c><00:25:44.210><c> in</c><00:25:44.789><c> a</c><00:25:44.950><c> godly</c><00:25:45.250><c> way</c>

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before<00:25:45.769><c> we</c><00:25:45.930><c> go</c><00:25:46.089><c> out</c><00:25:46.289><c> into</c><00:25:46.450><c> the</c><00:25:46.690><c> world</c><00:25:46.890><c> and</c><00:25:47.069><c> before</c><00:25:47.250><c> we</c><00:25:47.430><c> go</c><00:25:47.589><c> out</c>

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among<00:25:48.390><c> other</c><00:25:48.849><c> believers.</c>

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So<00:25:50.309><c> we</c><00:25:50.529><c> have</c><00:25:51.009><c> the</c><00:25:51.170><c> two</c><00:25:51.390><c> aspects</c><00:25:51.829><c> here,</c><00:25:52.369><c> godliness</c><00:25:52.650><c> itself,</c>

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and<00:25:53.950><c> we</c><00:25:54.130><c> have</c><00:25:54.269><c> the</c><00:25:54.589><c> practical</c><00:25:55.430><c> application</c><00:25:56.269><c> of</c><00:25:57.029><c> the</c><00:25:57.329><c> care</c><00:25:57.769><c> and</c>

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support<00:25:59.029><c> of</c><00:25:59.509><c> our</c><00:25:59.690><c> family</c><00:26:00.009><c> members.</c>

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And<00:26:02.029><c> I</c><00:26:02.150><c> think</c><00:26:02.329><c> it's</c><00:26:03.309><c> interesting</c><00:26:03.809><c> for</c><00:26:04.049><c> us</c><00:26:04.250><c> to</c><00:26:04.690><c> just</c><00:26:04.950><c> stop</c><00:26:05.190><c> for</c>

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a<00:26:05.470><c> moment</c>

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and<00:26:05.789><c> consider</c><00:26:06.230><c> this</c><00:26:06.690><c> aspect</c><00:26:07.170><c> of</c><00:26:07.549><c> the</c><00:26:08.410><c> practical</c><00:26:09.089><c> matter</c><00:26:09.589><c> of</c>

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caring<00:26:10.450><c> for</c><00:26:10.769><c> one</c><00:26:10.970><c> another</c>

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in<00:26:11.789><c> a</c><00:26:11.990><c> practical</c><00:26:12.369><c> way</c><00:26:13.069><c> and</c><00:26:13.990><c> how</c><00:26:14.390><c> families</c><00:26:14.849><c> deal</c><00:26:15.150><c> with</c><00:26:15.430><c> this.</c>

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I<00:26:17.410><c> think</c><00:26:17.690><c> that</c><00:26:19.049><c> in</c><00:26:20.029><c> times</c><00:26:20.390><c> past</c><00:26:21.130><c> it</c><00:26:21.609><c> was</c><00:26:21.869><c> quite</c><00:26:22.109><c> typical</c><00:26:22.549><c> for</c>

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families<00:26:26.109><c> to</c><00:26:26.430><c> grow</c>

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and<00:26:27.910><c> become</c><00:26:28.349><c> more</c><00:26:28.750><c> senior</c><00:26:29.210><c> and</c><00:26:29.549><c> in</c><00:26:29.730><c> the</c><00:26:29.869><c> process</c><00:26:30.230><c> to</c><00:26:30.470><c> become</c>

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more<00:26:30.990><c> wealthy.</c>

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And<00:26:33.509><c> there</c><00:26:34.230><c> would</c><00:26:34.390><c> be</c><00:26:34.549><c> a</c><00:26:34.710><c> certain</c><00:26:34.849><c> amount</c><00:26:35.089><c> of</c><00:26:35.269><c> support</c><00:26:35.609><c> provided</c><00:26:36.109><c> by</c><00:26:36.470><c> the</c>

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parents<00:26:37.049><c> to</c><00:26:38.009><c> the</c><00:26:38.309><c> younger</c><00:26:38.569><c> families.</c>

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And<00:26:40.509><c> there</c><00:26:41.450><c> was</c><00:26:41.849><c> a</c><00:26:42.170><c> notion</c><00:26:42.509><c> that</c><00:26:43.049><c> somehow</c><00:26:43.710><c> the</c><00:26:43.950><c> nest</c><00:26:44.210><c> egg</c><00:26:44.369><c> was</c>

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kept<00:26:45.369><c> and</c><00:26:45.769><c> stored</c>

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and<00:26:47.150><c> whatever</c><00:26:47.490><c> was</c><00:26:47.829><c> left</c><00:26:48.410><c> would</c><00:26:48.890><c> be</c><00:26:49.329><c> turned</c><00:26:49.569><c> over</c><00:26:49.849><c> in</c><00:26:50.009><c> the</c><00:26:50.190><c> form</c><00:26:50.450><c> of</c>

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an<00:26:52.430><c> inheritance</c>

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or<00:26:53.490><c> an</c><00:26:53.769><c> estate</c><00:26:54.069><c> to</c><00:26:54.329><c> the</c><00:26:54.450><c> next</c><00:26:54.650><c> generation.</c>

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And<00:26:55.529><c> there</c><00:26:55.670><c> was,</c><00:26:56.369><c> I</c><00:26:56.690><c> think,</c><00:26:57.210><c> quite</c><00:26:57.549><c> a</c><00:26:58.769><c> commonly</c><00:26:59.190><c> accepted</c><00:26:59.789><c> practice</c>

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both<00:27:00.849><c> within</c><00:27:01.170><c> our</c><00:27:01.349><c> community</c><00:27:01.869><c> and</c><00:27:02.490><c> outside</c><00:27:02.990><c> that</c><00:27:03.190><c> that</c><00:27:03.369><c> was</c>

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sort<00:27:03.970><c> of</c><00:27:04.049><c> the</c><00:27:04.230><c> natural</c><00:27:04.529><c> course.</c>

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And<00:27:05.170><c> there</c><00:27:05.329><c> may</c><00:27:05.970><c> be,</c><00:27:06.809><c> in</c><00:27:07.190><c> fact,</c><00:27:07.690><c> scriptural</c><00:27:08.049><c> precedent</c><00:27:08.450><c> for</c><00:27:08.670><c> that,</c>

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which<00:27:09.009><c> is</c><00:27:09.769><c> useful</c><00:27:10.150><c> and</c><00:27:10.349><c> interesting</c><00:27:10.650><c> to</c><00:27:10.950><c> follow.</c>

00:27:12.990 --> 00:27:14.930
But<00:27:13.170><c> we</c><00:27:13.329><c> are</c><00:27:13.410><c> living</c><00:27:13.569><c> in</c><00:27:13.789><c> interesting</c><00:27:14.109><c> times.</c>

00:27:15.430 --> 00:27:19.150
And<00:27:15.650><c> I</c><00:27:15.710><c> think</c><00:27:15.890><c> we</c><00:27:16.150><c> need</c><00:27:16.490><c> to</c><00:27:17.329><c> just</c><00:27:17.809><c> think</c><00:27:18.250><c> a</c><00:27:18.410><c> little</c><00:27:18.650><c> bit</c><00:27:18.829><c> about</c>

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how<00:27:19.710><c> we</c><00:27:20.450><c> help</c><00:27:20.650><c> one</c><00:27:20.890><c> another</c>

00:27:21.190 --> 00:27:25.130
in<00:27:21.390><c> this</c><00:27:21.650><c> age</c><00:27:21.970><c> when</c><00:27:22.549><c> it's</c><00:27:23.109><c> not</c><00:27:23.349><c> quite</c><00:27:23.569><c> so</c><00:27:23.869><c> easy</c><00:27:24.069><c> to</c><00:27:24.369><c> see</c><00:27:24.630><c> employment</c>

00:27:25.130 --> 00:27:31.329
amongst<00:27:25.589><c> the</c><00:27:25.829><c> younger</c><00:27:26.430><c> families</c><00:27:27.309><c> coming</c><00:27:27.910><c> up</c><00:27:28.430><c> in</c><00:27:30.130><c> our</c><00:27:30.329><c> own</c><00:27:30.609><c> families</c><00:27:30.970><c> and</c>

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in<00:27:31.509><c> the</c><00:27:31.710><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:27:32.109 --> 00:27:36.650
And<00:27:33.029><c> it's</c><00:27:33.609><c> not</c><00:27:33.829><c> at</c><00:27:33.970><c> all</c><00:27:34.089><c> unusual</c><00:27:34.509><c> to</c><00:27:34.769><c> see</c><00:27:35.410><c> our</c><00:27:35.829><c> young</c><00:27:36.029><c> families</c>

00:27:36.650 --> 00:27:40.829
required<00:27:37.690><c> to</c><00:27:38.690><c> hold</c><00:27:39.329><c> one</c><00:27:40.509><c> job,</c>

00:27:40.869 --> 00:27:46.230
two<00:27:41.170><c> jobs,</c><00:27:41.609><c> three</c><00:27:41.930><c> jobs,</c><00:27:43.029><c> part</c><00:27:43.250><c>-time</c><00:27:43.490><c> jobs,</c><00:27:44.990><c> just</c><00:27:45.789><c> to</c><00:27:46.049><c> make</c>

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ends<00:27:46.490><c> meet.</c>

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And<00:27:49.150><c> we</c><00:27:49.390><c> have</c><00:27:49.589><c> quite</c><00:27:49.990><c> a</c><00:27:50.609><c> disparity</c><00:27:51.150><c> sometimes</c><00:27:51.750><c> between</c><00:27:52.349><c> the</c>

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wealth<00:27:53.509><c> of</c><00:27:53.750><c> the</c><00:27:53.970><c> parents</c>

00:27:54.390 --> 00:27:58.230
who<00:27:54.769><c> have</c><00:27:54.910><c> worked</c><00:27:55.049><c> very</c><00:27:55.410><c> hard</c><00:27:55.549><c> over</c><00:27:55.789><c> the</c><00:27:55.990><c> years</c><00:27:56.509><c> and</c><00:27:57.250><c> what</c><00:27:57.509><c> they</c><00:27:57.849><c> now</c>

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enjoy<00:27:58.829><c> in</c><00:27:59.369><c> their</c><00:27:59.609><c> senior</c><00:27:59.950><c> years</c>

00:28:00.450 --> 00:28:05.109
and<00:28:00.769><c> the</c><00:28:01.710><c> struggle</c><00:28:02.230><c> just</c><00:28:02.829><c> to</c><00:28:03.049><c> survive</c><00:28:03.690><c> of</c><00:28:04.609><c> some</c><00:28:04.809><c> of</c><00:28:04.950><c> our</c>

00:28:05.109 --> 00:28:06.630
younger<00:28:05.349><c> families.</c>

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Part<00:28:08.009><c> of</c><00:28:08.130><c> the</c><00:28:08.410><c> struggle</c><00:28:08.710><c> of</c><00:28:09.210><c> our</c><00:28:09.390><c> younger</c><00:28:09.650><c> families</c><00:28:10.450><c> may,</c><00:28:11.230><c> I</c><00:28:11.390><c> think,</c>

00:28:11.750 --> 00:28:15.990
rightly<00:28:12.009><c> be</c><00:28:12.269><c> attributed</c><00:28:12.670><c> to</c><00:28:13.650><c> unrealistic</c><00:28:14.349><c> expectations,</c>

00:28:16.410 --> 00:28:19.670
that<00:28:16.529><c> they</c><00:28:16.690><c> simply</c><00:28:16.970><c> want</c><00:28:17.309><c> too</c><00:28:17.630><c> much</c><00:28:18.009><c> too</c><00:28:18.529><c> fast.</c>

00:28:19.730 --> 00:28:22.109
And<00:28:19.869><c> the</c><00:28:20.029><c> seniors</c><00:28:20.289><c> looking</c><00:28:20.630><c> at</c><00:28:21.049><c> the</c><00:28:21.250><c> young</c><00:28:21.430><c> families</c><00:28:21.829><c> say,</c>

00:28:22.289 --> 00:28:26.910
well,<00:28:23.089><c> we</c><00:28:23.349><c> had</c><00:28:23.509><c> to</c><00:28:23.809><c> struggle</c><00:28:24.150><c> and</c><00:28:24.450><c> we</c><00:28:24.589><c> had</c><00:28:24.730><c> to</c><00:28:25.049><c> save</c><00:28:25.450><c> and</c><00:28:26.009><c> we</c><00:28:26.170><c> had</c><00:28:26.430><c> to</c>

00:28:26.910 --> 00:28:27.930
work<00:28:27.190><c> our</c><00:28:27.349><c> way</c><00:28:27.450><c> through</c><00:28:27.690><c> life</c>

00:28:27.930 --> 00:28:32.750
to<00:28:28.170><c> get</c><00:28:28.309><c> what</c><00:28:29.210><c> you</c><00:28:29.809><c> now</c><00:28:30.089><c> have</c><00:28:30.230><c> at</c><00:28:30.390><c> a</c><00:28:30.470><c> very</c><00:28:30.750><c> early</c><00:28:30.990><c> stage</c><00:28:31.470><c> in</c><00:28:31.849><c> your</c><00:28:32.029><c> marriage</c><00:28:32.470><c> or</c>

00:28:32.750 --> 00:28:34.670
in<00:28:32.809><c> your</c><00:28:33.329><c> family</c><00:28:33.690><c> life.</c>

00:28:34.890 --> 00:28:40.670
And<00:28:35.109><c> there's</c><00:28:35.809><c> very</c><00:28:36.109><c> little</c><00:28:36.329><c> willingness</c><00:28:36.690><c> to</c><00:28:37.069><c> transfer</c><00:28:38.089><c> family</c><00:28:39.130><c> savings</c><00:28:39.670><c> to</c><00:28:40.390><c> a</c>

00:28:40.670 --> 00:28:41.609
younger<00:28:40.869><c> generation</c>

00:28:41.609 --> 00:28:47.210
because<00:28:42.690><c> they</c><00:28:42.890><c> look</c><00:28:43.009><c> to</c><00:28:43.150><c> be</c><00:28:43.250><c> pretty</c><00:28:43.529><c> well</c><00:28:43.849><c> off</c><00:28:44.190><c> and</c><00:28:44.869><c> their</c><00:28:45.410><c> expectations</c><00:28:46.269><c> are</c>

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perhaps<00:28:47.630><c> unrealistic,</c>

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perhaps<00:28:50.769><c> ungodly.</c>

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And<00:28:52.509><c> so</c><00:28:52.890><c> there's</c><00:28:53.170><c> no</c><00:28:53.529><c> need</c><00:28:54.329><c> for</c><00:28:55.109><c> family</c><00:28:55.450><c> members</c><00:28:55.789><c> who</c><00:28:56.069><c> have</c><00:28:56.670><c> wealth</c><00:28:57.029><c> saved</c><00:28:57.650><c> in</c>

00:28:58.329 --> 00:28:58.990
some<00:28:58.670><c> form,</c>

00:28:58.990 --> 00:29:03.210
even<00:28:59.250><c> in</c><00:29:00.430><c> a</c><00:29:00.950><c> moderate</c><00:29:01.289><c> size,</c><00:29:01.829><c> to</c><00:29:02.190><c> transfer</c><00:29:02.650><c> that</c><00:29:02.910><c> to</c><00:29:03.069><c> a</c>

00:29:03.210 --> 00:29:03.930
younger<00:29:03.349><c> generation</c>

00:29:03.930 --> 00:29:07.470
so<00:29:04.410><c> that</c><00:29:04.569><c> the</c><00:29:04.670><c> young</c><00:29:04.809><c> generation</c><00:29:05.369><c> can</c><00:29:06.150><c> live</c><00:29:06.609><c> an</c><00:29:06.890><c> even</c><00:29:07.109><c> more</c>

00:29:07.470 --> 00:29:08.410
worldly<00:29:07.829><c> life</c>

00:29:08.410 --> 00:29:12.109
and<00:29:09.250><c> satisfy</c><00:29:09.869><c> worldly</c><00:29:10.289><c> pleasure</c><00:29:10.789><c> and</c><00:29:11.089><c> interest.</c>

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But<00:29:14.250><c> I</c><00:29:14.470><c> suggest</c><00:29:14.809><c> to</c><00:29:14.990><c> you</c><00:29:15.130><c> that</c><00:29:15.289><c> we</c><00:29:15.450><c> may</c><00:29:15.690><c> need</c><00:29:15.869><c> to</c><00:29:16.190><c> think</c><00:29:16.910><c> a</c><00:29:17.289><c> little</c><00:29:17.470><c> more</c><00:29:17.890><c> seriously</c>

00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:22.769
about<00:29:18.789><c> the</c><00:29:19.109><c> struggle</c><00:29:19.589><c> of</c><00:29:20.190><c> some</c><00:29:20.410><c> of</c><00:29:20.569><c> our</c><00:29:20.710><c> younger</c><00:29:21.009><c> families</c><00:29:21.710><c> who</c><00:29:22.190><c> are</c><00:29:22.329><c> making</c><00:29:22.630><c> a</c>

00:29:22.769 --> 00:29:23.609
very<00:29:23.150><c> honest</c>

00:29:23.609 --> 00:29:27.670
and<00:29:23.930><c> sincere</c><00:29:24.369><c> effort</c><00:29:24.910><c> to</c><00:29:25.849><c> raise</c><00:29:26.190><c> their</c><00:29:26.490><c> families</c><00:29:26.769><c> in</c><00:29:26.970><c> the</c><00:29:27.210><c> truth,</c>

00:29:28.089 --> 00:29:31.809
to<00:29:28.250><c> be</c><00:29:28.549><c> faithful</c><00:29:28.950><c> disciples,</c><00:29:30.150><c> to</c><00:29:30.349><c> work</c><00:29:30.630><c> hard</c><00:29:30.930><c> in</c><00:29:31.089><c> the</c><00:29:31.289><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:29:32.269 --> 00:29:35.910
and<00:29:32.450><c> are</c><00:29:32.670><c> really</c><00:29:32.930><c> finding</c><00:29:33.190><c> it</c><00:29:33.450><c> difficult</c><00:29:33.990><c> to</c><00:29:34.569><c> make</c><00:29:34.730><c> ends</c><00:29:34.990><c> meet</c>

00:29:35.910 --> 00:29:41.789
when<00:29:37.289><c> we</c><00:29:37.869><c> ourselves</c><00:29:38.589><c> might</c><00:29:39.109><c> be</c><00:29:39.470><c> living</c><00:29:39.849><c> very</c><00:29:40.730><c> comfortably</c>

00:29:42.289 --> 00:29:49.250
with<00:29:43.130><c> some</c><00:29:43.869><c> resources</c><00:29:44.650><c> at</c><00:29:45.049><c> our</c><00:29:45.230><c> disposal</c><00:29:45.849><c> which,</c><00:29:47.109><c> if</c><00:29:47.569><c> transferred</c><00:29:48.089><c> wisely,</c>

00:29:49.589 --> 00:29:52.089
could<00:29:50.049><c> provide</c><00:29:50.710><c> some</c><00:29:50.990><c> relief.</c>

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I<00:29:54.470><c> don't</c><00:29:54.650><c> know</c><00:29:54.809><c> the</c><00:29:54.970><c> situation</c><00:29:55.430><c> of</c><00:29:55.910><c> families</c><00:29:56.289><c> here.</c>

00:29:56.750 --> 00:30:01.190
We<00:29:57.089><c> are</c><00:29:57.369><c> visitors</c><00:29:57.849><c> to</c><00:29:58.390><c> this</c><00:29:58.609><c> place</c><00:29:58.950><c> and</c><00:29:59.170><c> so</c><00:29:59.730><c> I</c><00:30:00.329><c> can</c><00:30:00.549><c> only</c><00:30:00.849><c> speak</c>

00:30:01.190 --> 00:30:03.690
from<00:30:02.609><c> personal</c><00:30:03.109><c> experience</c>

00:30:03.690 --> 00:30:06.849
and<00:30:03.950><c> observation</c><00:30:04.589><c> in</c><00:30:05.529><c> another</c><00:30:05.750><c> country.</c>

00:30:07.109 --> 00:30:11.990
But<00:30:07.710><c> it</c><00:30:08.049><c> is</c><00:30:08.269><c> a</c><00:30:08.329><c> matter</c><00:30:08.710><c> of</c><00:30:09.230><c> serious</c><00:30:09.549><c> importance</c><00:30:10.329><c> where</c><00:30:10.769><c> I</c><00:30:11.069><c> live</c>

00:30:12.269 --> 00:30:15.049
and<00:30:12.869><c> we</c><00:30:13.329><c> have</c><00:30:13.529><c> certainly</c><00:30:13.750><c> had</c><00:30:13.930><c> to</c><00:30:14.130><c> struggle</c><00:30:14.349><c> with</c><00:30:14.589><c> this</c><00:30:14.769><c> issue</c>

00:30:15.049 --> 00:30:17.309
within<00:30:15.309><c> our</c><00:30:15.509><c> own</c><00:30:15.730><c> family.</c>

00:30:21.750 --> 00:30:27.630
And<00:30:22.349><c> I</c><00:30:22.670><c> think</c><00:30:22.950><c> that</c><00:30:23.549><c> we</c><00:30:24.529><c> are</c><00:30:25.490><c> challenged</c><00:30:25.970><c> to</c><00:30:26.170><c> be</c><00:30:26.430><c> wise</c><00:30:26.769><c> in</c><00:30:26.990><c> this</c><00:30:27.269><c> matter.</c>

00:30:28.089 --> 00:30:30.950
You<00:30:28.210><c> can</c><00:30:28.410><c> give</c><00:30:28.589><c> too</c><00:30:28.890><c> much</c><00:30:29.289><c> and</c><00:30:29.549><c> spoil</c><00:30:29.849><c> a</c><00:30:30.049><c> child.</c>

00:30:31.049 --> 00:30:34.750
You<00:30:31.250><c> can</c><00:30:31.490><c> withhold</c><00:30:31.990><c> sometimes</c><00:30:32.750><c> and,</c><00:30:33.750><c> in</c><00:30:34.009><c> a</c><00:30:34.289><c> sense,</c>

00:30:34.750 --> 00:30:40.250
become<00:30:35.809><c> spectators</c><00:30:37.430><c> to</c><00:30:37.769><c> the</c><00:30:38.049><c> spiritual</c><00:30:38.569><c> demise</c><00:30:39.289><c> of</c><00:30:39.809><c> your</c><00:30:39.970><c> own</c>

00:30:40.250 --> 00:30:41.829
family<00:30:40.589><c> members.</c>

00:30:43.450 --> 00:30:46.710
And<00:30:43.630><c> what</c><00:30:43.950><c> a</c><00:30:44.190><c> tragedy</c><00:30:44.529><c> that</c><00:30:44.730><c> would</c><00:30:44.970><c> be</c>

00:30:47.049 --> 00:30:51.329
because<00:30:47.730><c> of</c><00:30:48.069><c> the</c><00:30:48.170><c> withholding</c><00:30:48.769><c> of</c><00:30:49.029><c> some</c><00:30:49.769><c> small</c><00:30:50.309><c> goodness,</c>

00:30:51.630 --> 00:30:54.910
some<00:30:51.930><c> practical</c><00:30:52.490><c> goodness,</c><00:30:52.990><c> some</c><00:30:53.210><c> practical</c><00:30:53.710><c> support.</c>

00:30:55.769 --> 00:30:58.670
Our<00:30:55.890><c> young</c><00:30:56.089><c> people,</c><00:30:57.230><c> our</c><00:30:57.269><c> young</c><00:30:57.470><c> members</c><00:30:57.809><c> in</c><00:30:58.009><c> our</c><00:30:58.130><c> own</c><00:30:58.349><c> family</c>

00:30:58.670 --> 00:31:03.470
can't<00:30:59.170><c> get</c><00:30:59.410><c> to</c><00:30:59.609><c> a</c><00:30:59.769><c> meeting</c><00:31:00.109><c> or</c><00:31:01.369><c> an</c><00:31:01.890><c> ecclesial</c><00:31:02.390><c> function</c><00:31:02.930><c> or</c><00:31:03.349><c> a</c>

00:31:03.470 --> 00:31:04.190
Bible<00:31:03.829><c> school</c>

00:31:04.190 --> 00:31:07.329
or<00:31:04.390><c> something</c><00:31:04.710><c> that</c><00:31:04.950><c> is</c><00:31:05.170><c> useful</c><00:31:05.650><c> or</c><00:31:06.289><c> do</c><00:31:06.529><c> not</c><00:31:06.750><c> have</c><00:31:06.930><c> the</c><00:31:07.109><c> means</c>

00:31:07.329 --> 00:31:09.269
to<00:31:07.569><c> provide</c><00:31:07.950><c> hospitality.</c>

00:31:11.809 --> 00:31:16.009
Perhaps<00:31:12.289><c> a</c><00:31:12.769><c> carload</c><00:31:13.109><c> of</c><00:31:13.349><c> groceries</c><00:31:13.829><c> placed</c><00:31:14.529><c> in</c><00:31:14.750><c> a</c><00:31:14.990><c> refrigerator</c>

00:31:16.130 --> 00:31:19.130
of<00:31:16.609><c> a</c><00:31:16.829><c> son</c><00:31:16.950><c> or</c><00:31:17.109><c> a</c><00:31:17.329><c> daughter</c><00:31:17.529><c> would</c><00:31:17.789><c> enable</c><00:31:18.170><c> them</c><00:31:18.569><c> to</c><00:31:18.809><c> provide</c>

00:31:19.130 --> 00:31:20.089
some<00:31:19.549><c> hospitality</c>

00:31:20.089 --> 00:31:22.750
and<00:31:20.309><c> have</c><00:31:20.450><c> people</c><00:31:20.730><c> into</c><00:31:20.910><c> their</c><00:31:21.130><c> homes</c><00:31:21.470><c> when</c><00:31:21.890><c> they</c><00:31:22.049><c> can't</c><00:31:22.289><c> afford</c><00:31:22.549><c> to</c>

00:31:22.750 --> 00:31:24.190
do<00:31:22.849><c> it</c><00:31:22.990><c> themselves.</c>

00:31:24.670 --> 00:31:28.549
And<00:31:24.849><c> I</c><00:31:24.990><c> think</c><00:31:25.170><c> there</c><00:31:25.450><c> are</c><00:31:26.170><c> unlimited</c><00:31:26.750><c> ways</c><00:31:27.349><c> in</c><00:31:27.549><c> which</c><00:31:27.730><c> we</c><00:31:27.910><c> can</c>

00:31:28.549 --> 00:31:29.509
support<00:31:28.950><c> our</c><00:31:29.269><c> young</c>

00:31:29.509 --> 00:31:32.190
where<00:31:29.690><c> it</c><00:31:30.130><c> simply</c><00:31:30.450><c> is</c><00:31:30.710><c> not</c><00:31:30.930><c> sitting</c><00:31:31.150><c> down</c><00:31:31.430><c> and</c><00:31:31.569><c> writing</c><00:31:31.769><c> a</c><00:31:32.009><c> check</c>

00:31:32.190 --> 00:31:34.690
or<00:31:32.849><c> handing</c><00:31:33.109><c> over</c><00:31:33.430><c> an</c><00:31:33.609><c> envelope</c><00:31:33.910><c> full</c><00:31:34.130><c> of</c><00:31:34.329><c> cash,</c>

00:31:35.089 --> 00:31:38.589
even<00:31:35.369><c> though</c><00:31:35.589><c> that</c><00:31:35.930><c> might</c><00:31:36.250><c> itself</c><00:31:36.609><c> be</c><00:31:36.890><c> useful</c><00:31:37.250><c> and</c><00:31:37.549><c> necessary.</c>

00:31:38.869 --> 00:31:42.470
But<00:31:39.089><c> in</c><00:31:39.470><c> creative</c><00:31:39.730><c> ways</c><00:31:40.170><c> we</c><00:31:40.349><c> can</c><00:31:40.630><c> learn</c><00:31:41.130><c> to</c><00:31:41.589><c> show</c><00:31:41.829><c> support</c>

00:31:42.470 --> 00:31:46.829
and<00:31:42.970><c> put</c><00:31:43.269><c> tools</c><00:31:43.670><c> which</c><00:31:43.910><c> we</c><00:31:44.250><c> have</c><00:31:44.890><c> in</c><00:31:45.269><c> abundance</c><00:31:45.690><c> from</c><00:31:45.930><c> our</c><00:31:46.190><c> own</c><00:31:46.410><c> homes</c>

00:31:46.829 --> 00:31:50.849
into<00:31:47.450><c> their</c><00:31:47.809><c> hands</c><00:31:48.109><c> so</c><00:31:48.329><c> that</c><00:31:48.470><c> they</c><00:31:48.609><c> can</c><00:31:48.890><c> learn</c><00:31:49.289><c> to</c><00:31:49.869><c> serve.</c>

00:31:51.369 --> 00:31:54.910
Perhaps<00:31:51.750><c> there's</c><00:31:51.990><c> something</c><00:31:52.250><c> in</c><00:31:52.529><c> that</c><00:31:52.750><c> in</c><00:31:53.069><c> what</c><00:31:53.410><c> Brother</c><00:31:53.650><c> Frank</c><00:31:53.910><c> talked</c><00:31:54.170><c> about</c><00:31:54.349><c> on</c><00:31:54.630><c> Sunday</c>

00:31:54.910 --> 00:31:59.349
in<00:31:56.069><c> passing</c><00:31:56.470><c> the</c><00:31:56.690><c> baton,</c><00:31:57.769><c> giving</c><00:31:58.049><c> the</c><00:31:58.269><c> tools</c><00:31:58.569><c> and</c><00:31:58.869><c> resources</c>

00:31:59.349 --> 00:32:02.730
to<00:31:59.670><c> help</c><00:32:00.109><c> a</c><00:32:00.769><c> new</c><00:32:00.930><c> generation</c><00:32:01.490><c> to</c><00:32:01.829><c> serve.</c>

00:32:03.930 --> 00:32:08.089
Can<00:32:04.329><c> we</c><00:32:04.529><c> turn</c><00:32:05.089><c> to</c><00:32:05.910><c> Matthew</c><00:32:06.569><c> chapter</c><00:32:06.970><c> 15?</c>

00:32:31.089 --> 00:32:35.549
Matthew<00:32:31.650><c> 15</c><00:32:32.210><c> verse</c><00:32:33.509><c> 1</c>

00:32:51.529 --> 00:32:55.029
Now<00:32:52.089><c> the</c><00:32:52.650><c> first</c><00:32:52.930><c> thing,</c><00:32:53.329><c> just</c><00:32:53.589><c> the</c><00:32:53.730><c> incidental</c><00:32:54.509><c> fact</c><00:32:54.750><c> that</c><00:32:54.910><c> we</c>

00:32:55.029 --> 00:32:55.589
want<00:32:55.190><c> to</c><00:32:55.309><c> notice</c>

00:32:55.589 --> 00:33:00.430
about<00:32:55.769><c> this</c><00:32:56.730><c> situation</c><00:32:57.349><c> is</c><00:32:57.730><c> that</c><00:32:57.930><c> there</c><00:32:58.089><c> were</c><00:32:59.150><c> scribes</c><00:32:59.650><c> and</c><00:32:59.890><c> Pharisees</c>

00:33:00.430 --> 00:33:05.690
which<00:33:00.690><c> came</c><00:33:00.970><c> from</c><00:33:01.210><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:01.890><c> to</c><00:33:02.970><c> address</c><00:33:03.589><c> Jesus</c><00:33:04.190><c> on</c><00:33:04.529><c> this</c><00:33:04.789><c> matter.</c>

00:33:05.910 --> 00:33:08.349
And<00:33:05.990><c> it</c><00:33:06.490><c> was</c><00:33:06.710><c> not</c><00:33:07.029><c> an</c><00:33:07.329><c> accidental</c><00:33:07.769><c> encounter.</c>

00:33:08.609 --> 00:33:12.829
Jerusalem<00:33:09.190><c> is</c><00:33:10.150><c> a</c><00:33:10.690><c> trip</c><00:33:10.849><c> of</c><00:33:11.109><c> 80</c><00:33:11.329><c> to</c><00:33:11.509><c> 85</c><00:33:11.910><c> miles</c><00:33:12.430><c> away.</c>

00:33:13.150 --> 00:33:16.329
You<00:33:13.170><c> read</c><00:33:13.309><c> in</c><00:33:13.470><c> the</c><00:33:13.589><c> previous</c><00:33:13.950><c> chapter</c><00:33:14.329><c> that</c><00:33:14.990><c> Jesus</c><00:33:15.450><c> is</c><00:33:15.730><c> in</c><00:33:15.869><c> the</c><00:33:16.029><c> city</c>

00:33:16.329 --> 00:33:20.109
or<00:33:16.869><c> in</c><00:33:16.990><c> the</c><00:33:17.089><c> land</c><00:33:17.269><c> of</c><00:33:17.490><c> Gennesaret,</c><00:33:18.210><c> verse</c><00:33:18.529><c> 34</c><00:33:19.190><c> of</c><00:33:19.529><c> the</c><00:33:19.750><c> end</c><00:33:19.970><c> of</c>

00:33:20.109 --> 00:33:20.990
Matthew<00:33:20.349><c> 14.</c>

00:33:21.410 --> 00:33:23.269
He's<00:33:21.789><c> a</c><00:33:21.990><c> long</c><00:33:22.170><c> way</c><00:33:22.410><c> from</c><00:33:22.589><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:33:23.269 --> 00:33:27.529
And<00:33:23.910><c> these</c><00:33:24.230><c> men</c><00:33:24.509><c> had</c><00:33:24.750><c> come</c><00:33:25.130><c> to</c><00:33:25.289><c> Jesus</c><00:33:25.869><c> to</c><00:33:26.329><c> challenge</c><00:33:26.789><c> him</c><00:33:27.329><c> in</c>

00:33:27.529 --> 00:33:28.849
this<00:33:27.869><c> matter.</c>

00:33:29.150 --> 00:33:31.009
So<00:33:29.150><c> this</c><00:33:29.569><c> is</c><00:33:29.789><c> a</c><00:33:29.869><c> serious</c><00:33:30.349><c> confrontation.</c>

00:33:31.210 --> 00:33:36.250
There<00:33:31.210><c> had</c><00:33:31.410><c> been</c><00:33:32.289><c> some</c><00:33:32.630><c> thought</c><00:33:33.130><c> and</c><00:33:33.450><c> effort</c><00:33:33.710><c> go</c><00:33:34.009><c> into</c><00:33:34.710><c> this</c><00:33:35.009><c> situation.</c>

00:33:36.950 --> 00:33:39.809
So<00:33:37.410><c> it's</c><00:33:37.750><c> being</c><00:33:38.009><c> treated</c><00:33:38.289><c> very</c><00:33:38.670><c> seriously</c><00:33:39.069><c> by</c><00:33:39.349><c> them</c>

00:33:39.809 --> 00:33:43.329
and<00:33:40.269><c> it's</c><00:33:40.450><c> going</c><00:33:40.589><c> to</c><00:33:40.710><c> be</c><00:33:40.869><c> treated</c><00:33:41.150><c> equally</c><00:33:41.589><c> serious</c><00:33:42.170><c> by</c><00:33:42.690><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:43.789 --> 00:33:47.190
Why<00:33:43.950><c> do</c><00:33:44.089><c> your</c><00:33:44.250><c> disciples</c><00:33:44.769><c> transgress</c><00:33:45.730><c> the</c><00:33:46.170><c> tradition</c><00:33:46.509><c> of</c><00:33:46.690><c> the</c><00:33:46.849><c> elders?</c>

00:33:47.430 --> 00:33:48.890
That<00:33:47.750><c> was</c><00:33:47.990><c> what</c><00:33:48.109><c> was</c><00:33:48.470><c> important.</c>

00:33:48.970 --> 00:33:50.230
They<00:33:49.250><c> played</c><00:33:49.569><c> the</c><00:33:49.890><c> card.</c>

00:33:50.230 --> 00:33:52.529
Here<00:33:50.750><c> was</c><00:33:50.930><c> the</c><00:33:51.109><c> key</c><00:33:51.369><c> issue</c><00:33:51.670><c> in</c><00:33:51.789><c> their</c><00:33:52.049><c> minds.</c>

00:33:52.890 --> 00:33:55.210
And<00:33:53.109><c> they</c><00:33:53.230><c> want</c><00:33:53.410><c> an</c><00:33:53.609><c> answer</c><00:33:53.789><c> from</c><00:33:54.009><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:55.369 --> 00:33:58.069
He<00:33:55.529><c> answered</c><00:33:56.029><c> and</c><00:33:56.309><c> said</c><00:33:56.450><c> unto</c><00:33:56.670><c> them,</c>

00:33:59.029 --> 00:34:04.910
Why<00:33:59.029><c> do</c><00:33:59.410><c> ye</c><00:33:59.730><c> also</c><00:34:00.869><c> transgress</c><00:34:01.789><c> the</c><00:34:02.430><c> commandment</c><00:34:03.269><c> of</c><00:34:03.630><c> God</c><00:34:04.210><c> by</c>

00:34:04.910 --> 00:34:06.230
your<00:34:05.170><c> tradition?</c>

00:34:07.089 --> 00:34:09.110
And<00:34:07.289><c> so</c><00:34:07.430><c> it</c><00:34:07.509><c> was</c><00:34:07.609><c> a</c><00:34:07.769><c> counter</c><00:34:08.050><c> question.</c>

00:34:10.030 --> 00:34:15.389
And<00:34:10.630><c> there</c><00:34:10.949><c> are</c><00:34:10.949><c> serious</c><00:34:11.469><c> stakes</c><00:34:12.050><c> now</c><00:34:12.769><c> on</c><00:34:13.010><c> the</c><00:34:13.190><c> table</c><00:34:13.630><c> in</c><00:34:14.170><c> this</c><00:34:14.489><c> matter.</c>

00:34:15.690 --> 00:34:18.630
These<00:34:15.909><c> men</c><00:34:16.110><c> had</c><00:34:16.289><c> traveled</c><00:34:16.489><c> a</c><00:34:16.789><c> long</c><00:34:17.030><c> way</c><00:34:17.269><c> to</c><00:34:17.489><c> present</c><00:34:17.750><c> this</c><00:34:18.070><c> proposition</c>

00:34:18.630 --> 00:34:20.469
and<00:34:18.789><c> this</c><00:34:18.949><c> question</c><00:34:19.329><c> to</c><00:34:19.510><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:20.489 --> 00:34:24.829
And<00:34:20.670><c> Jesus</c><00:34:21.090><c> now</c><00:34:21.650><c> nails</c><00:34:21.909><c> them</c><00:34:22.570><c> with</c><00:34:23.170><c> a</c><00:34:24.090><c> counter</c><00:34:24.429><c> question.</c>

00:34:25.070 --> 00:34:29.289
Why<00:34:25.369><c> do</c><00:34:25.630><c> ye</c><00:34:25.889><c> also</c><00:34:26.889><c> transgress</c><00:34:27.869><c> the</c><00:34:28.409><c> commandment,</c>

00:34:29.489 --> 00:34:33.170
not<00:34:29.789><c> of</c><00:34:30.050><c> the</c><00:34:30.309><c> elders</c><00:34:30.610><c> this</c><00:34:30.909><c> time,</c><00:34:31.389><c> but</c><00:34:31.570><c> of</c><00:34:31.829><c> God</c><00:34:32.190><c> by</c><00:34:32.449><c> your</c><00:34:32.670><c> tradition?</c>

00:34:33.590 --> 00:34:36.210
For<00:34:33.730><c> God</c><00:34:34.090><c> commanded,</c><00:34:35.710><c> saying,</c>

00:34:37.070 --> 00:34:40.570
Honor<00:34:37.389><c> thy</c><00:34:37.769><c> father</c><00:34:38.510><c> and</c><00:34:39.550><c> mother,</c>

00:34:40.869 --> 00:34:47.190
and<00:34:41.409><c> he</c><00:34:42.070><c> that</c><00:34:42.369><c> curseth</c><00:34:43.010><c> father</c><00:34:43.690><c> or</c><00:34:44.030><c> mother,</c><00:34:45.030><c> let</c><00:34:45.130><c> him</c><00:34:45.389><c> die</c><00:34:45.849><c> the</c><00:34:46.170><c> death.</c>

00:34:47.869 --> 00:34:51.030
Now<00:34:48.429><c> it's</c><00:34:48.750><c> interesting</c><00:34:49.210><c> the</c><00:34:49.510><c> example</c><00:34:49.949><c> that</c><00:34:50.130><c> he</c><00:34:50.289><c> uses</c><00:34:50.570><c> here.</c>

00:34:51.530 --> 00:34:53.130
There<00:34:51.550><c> were</c><00:34:51.909><c> probably</c><00:34:52.130><c> many</c><00:34:52.409><c> other</c><00:34:52.710><c> examples,</c>

00:34:53.150 --> 00:34:56.289
but<00:34:53.369><c> he</c><00:34:53.949><c> uses</c><00:34:54.389><c> an</c><00:34:54.889><c> example</c><00:34:55.289><c> which</c><00:34:55.449><c> is</c><00:34:55.730><c> appropriate</c><00:34:56.070><c> here</c>

00:34:56.289 --> 00:34:58.829
to<00:34:56.489><c> our</c><00:34:56.889><c> theme</c><00:34:57.110><c> and</c><00:34:57.349><c> subject</c><00:34:57.610><c> for</c><00:34:57.849><c> today.</c>

00:34:59.570 --> 00:35:05.650
And<00:35:00.010><c> there</c><00:35:00.210><c> are</c><00:35:00.389><c> two</c><00:35:00.690><c> parts</c><00:35:01.190><c> to</c><00:35:02.130><c> this</c><00:35:03.369><c> response</c><00:35:04.989><c> of</c><00:35:05.170><c> Jesus.</c>

00:35:05.869 --> 00:35:08.849
One<00:35:06.070><c> is</c><00:35:06.329><c> the</c><00:35:06.469><c> command,</c><00:35:07.650><c> God</c><00:35:07.909><c> commanded</c><00:35:08.409><c> saying,</c>

00:35:09.090 --> 00:35:10.369
Honor<00:35:09.210><c> thy</c><00:35:09.449><c> father</c><00:35:09.789><c> and</c><00:35:09.969><c> thy</c><00:35:10.070><c> mother.</c>

00:35:10.550 --> 00:35:12.289
That<00:35:10.750><c> was</c><00:35:10.949><c> one</c><00:35:11.110><c> of</c><00:35:11.190><c> the</c><00:35:11.409><c> commandments.</c>

00:35:13.190 --> 00:35:14.929
But<00:35:13.449><c> there</c><00:35:13.610><c> was</c><00:35:13.769><c> this</c><00:35:14.070><c> additional</c><00:35:14.489><c> provision,</c>

00:35:14.929 --> 00:35:19.030
He<00:35:15.369><c> that</c><00:35:15.670><c> curseth</c><00:35:16.530><c> father</c><00:35:16.949><c> or</c><00:35:17.170><c> mother,</c><00:35:17.989><c> let</c><00:35:18.070><c> him</c><00:35:18.250><c> die</c><00:35:18.489><c> the</c><00:35:18.730><c> death.</c>

00:35:19.530 --> 00:35:21.690
So<00:35:19.530><c> one</c><00:35:19.869><c> was</c><00:35:20.110><c> a</c><00:35:20.309><c> positive</c><00:35:20.690><c> action.</c>

00:35:22.349 --> 00:35:25.289
A<00:35:22.869><c> continuous</c><00:35:23.389><c> positive</c><00:35:24.670><c> action.</c>

00:35:25.590 --> 00:35:27.969
Not<00:35:25.690><c> at</c><00:35:25.889><c> one</c><00:35:26.110><c> point</c><00:35:26.349><c> in</c><00:35:26.570><c> life,</c><00:35:26.909><c> not</c><00:35:27.070><c> when</c><00:35:27.230><c> you're</c><00:35:27.489><c> a</c><00:35:27.590><c> child,</c>

00:35:28.449 --> 00:35:29.989
but<00:35:28.590><c> you're</c><00:35:28.849><c> excluded</c><00:35:29.070><c> when</c><00:35:29.250><c> you're</c><00:35:29.489><c> a</c><00:35:29.570><c> teenager.</c>

00:35:30.349 --> 00:35:33.050
Not<00:35:30.530><c> when</c><00:35:30.670><c> you</c><00:35:30.809><c> get</c><00:35:30.889><c> to</c><00:35:31.050><c> be</c><00:35:31.190><c> an</c><00:35:31.409><c> adult,</c><00:35:31.690><c> you</c><00:35:32.389><c> no</c><00:35:32.570><c> longer</c><00:35:32.829><c> have</c>

00:35:33.050 --> 00:35:33.630
to<00:35:33.170><c> do</c><00:35:33.329><c> this.</c>

00:35:34.050 --> 00:35:39.889
Honor<00:35:34.369><c> your</c><00:35:34.690><c> father</c><00:35:35.010><c> and</c><00:35:35.289><c> mother</c><00:35:35.489><c> is</c><00:35:35.789><c> a</c><00:35:36.130><c> continuing</c><00:35:36.889><c> commandment</c><00:35:38.389><c> of</c><00:35:38.769><c> God.</c>

00:35:40.730 --> 00:35:44.630
And<00:35:41.369><c> along</c><00:35:41.710><c> with</c><00:35:42.030><c> that</c><00:35:42.489><c> was</c><00:35:43.110><c> the</c><00:35:43.469><c> prohibition</c>

00:35:44.630 --> 00:35:47.949
that<00:35:45.090><c> they</c><00:35:45.230><c> were</c><00:35:45.789><c> never</c><00:35:46.050><c> free</c><00:35:46.469><c> to</c><00:35:46.690><c> curse</c><00:35:47.030><c> father</c><00:35:47.349><c> or</c><00:35:47.510><c> mother.</c>

00:35:48.389 --> 00:35:50.570
And<00:35:48.630><c> with</c><00:35:48.809><c> that</c><00:35:49.010><c> came</c><00:35:49.289><c> the</c><00:35:49.449><c> death</c><00:35:49.650><c> penalty.</c>

00:35:51.489 --> 00:35:55.510
But<00:35:51.650><c> ye</c><00:35:51.969><c> say,</c><00:35:52.909><c> Whosoever</c><00:35:53.929><c> shall</c><00:35:54.190><c> say</c><00:35:54.429><c> to</c><00:35:54.610><c> his</c><00:35:54.769><c> father</c><00:35:55.050><c> or</c><00:35:55.210><c> mother,</c>

00:35:55.730 --> 00:35:58.510
it<00:35:55.730><c> is</c><00:35:55.949><c> a</c><00:35:56.070><c> gift,</c><00:35:56.469><c> by</c><00:35:56.610><c> whatsoever</c><00:35:57.070><c> thou</c><00:35:57.329><c> mightest</c><00:35:57.710><c> be</c><00:35:57.969><c> profited</c>

00:35:58.510 --> 00:35:59.889
by<00:35:59.010><c> me,</c>

00:35:59.909 --> 00:36:04.210
and<00:36:00.130><c> honor</c><00:36:00.369><c> not</c><00:36:00.769><c> his</c><00:36:01.030><c> father</c><00:36:01.550><c> or</c><00:36:02.050><c> his</c><00:36:02.369><c> mother,</c><00:36:03.090><c> he</c><00:36:03.349><c> shall</c><00:36:03.510><c> be</c><00:36:03.829><c> free.</c>

00:36:04.210 --> 00:36:07.369
Thus<00:36:04.989><c> have</c><00:36:05.190><c> ye</c><00:36:05.329><c> made</c><00:36:05.489><c> the</c><00:36:05.710><c> commandment</c><00:36:06.130><c> of</c><00:36:06.309><c> God</c><00:36:06.550><c> of</c><00:36:06.789><c> none</c><00:36:06.989><c> effect</c>

00:36:07.369 --> 00:36:09.550
by<00:36:08.210><c> your</c><00:36:08.510><c> tradition.</c>

00:36:10.090 --> 00:36:12.989
So<00:36:10.349><c> here</c><00:36:10.590><c> we're</c><00:36:10.769><c> into</c><00:36:10.909><c> this</c><00:36:11.230><c> issue</c><00:36:11.610><c> described</c><00:36:12.289><c> in</c><00:36:12.489><c> Mark</c><00:36:12.710><c> 7</c>

00:36:12.989 --> 00:36:15.670
as<00:36:13.750><c> the</c><00:36:13.989><c> gift</c><00:36:14.250><c> of</c><00:36:14.610><c> Corbin,</c>

00:36:15.989 --> 00:36:20.670
where<00:36:16.510><c> a</c><00:36:17.030><c> donation</c><00:36:17.530><c> could</c><00:36:17.769><c> be</c><00:36:17.969><c> made</c><00:36:18.590><c> to</c><00:36:18.969><c> the</c><00:36:19.230><c> treasury,</c>

00:36:21.150 --> 00:36:25.230
held<00:36:21.650><c> back</c><00:36:22.050><c> by</c><00:36:22.650><c> the</c><00:36:22.989><c> giver</c><00:36:23.230><c> and</c><00:36:23.389><c> used</c><00:36:23.550><c> for</c><00:36:23.710><c> their</c><00:36:23.909><c> own</c><00:36:24.150><c> purpose,</c>

00:36:25.969 --> 00:36:28.389
but<00:36:26.489><c> it</c><00:36:27.010><c> excluded</c><00:36:27.230><c> them</c><00:36:27.489><c> from</c><00:36:27.690><c> the</c><00:36:27.949><c> obligation</c>

00:36:28.389 --> 00:36:30.690
of<00:36:28.630><c> using</c><00:36:28.849><c> any</c><00:36:29.110><c> of</c><00:36:29.190><c> that</c><00:36:29.309><c> money</c><00:36:29.550><c> to</c><00:36:29.769><c> care</c><00:36:29.929><c> for</c><00:36:30.090><c> their</c><00:36:30.289><c> family.</c>

00:36:30.690 --> 00:36:36.150
So<00:36:31.110><c> it</c><00:36:31.210><c> was</c><00:36:31.489><c> a</c><00:36:31.969><c> real</c><00:36:32.429><c> twisting</c><00:36:32.929><c> here</c><00:36:33.530><c> of</c><00:36:34.869><c> a</c><00:36:35.030><c> law,</c><00:36:35.389><c> of</c><00:36:35.550><c> a</c><00:36:35.610><c> donation.</c>

00:36:36.289 --> 00:36:39.070
There<00:36:36.369><c> was</c><00:36:36.510><c> a</c><00:36:36.650><c> whole</c><00:36:36.829><c> legal</c><00:36:37.369><c> process</c><00:36:38.329><c> involved</c><00:36:38.789><c> here</c>

00:36:39.070 --> 00:36:42.050
which<00:36:39.650><c> clearly</c><00:36:40.250><c> worked</c><00:36:40.530><c> to</c><00:36:40.750><c> the</c><00:36:40.969><c> advantage</c><00:36:41.210><c> of</c><00:36:41.389><c> the</c><00:36:41.570><c> giver</c>

00:36:42.050 --> 00:36:46.289
and<00:36:42.710><c> excluded</c><00:36:43.190><c> them</c><00:36:43.489><c> from</c><00:36:43.710><c> having</c><00:36:43.969><c> any</c><00:36:44.989><c> financial</c><00:36:45.690><c> obligation</c>

00:36:46.289 --> 00:36:49.769
or<00:36:46.650><c> care</c><00:36:47.150><c> for</c><00:36:48.429><c> their</c><00:36:48.690><c> parents.</c>

00:36:50.570 --> 00:36:54.369
And<00:36:51.010><c> it's</c><00:36:51.929><c> a</c><00:36:52.010><c> very</c><00:36:52.250><c> interesting</c><00:36:52.690><c> and</c><00:36:53.210><c> somewhat</c><00:36:53.489><c> complex</c><00:36:54.130><c> set</c>

00:36:54.369 --> 00:36:55.670
of<00:36:55.289><c> provisions</c>

00:36:55.670 --> 00:37:00.690
and<00:36:56.010><c> tradition</c><00:36:56.550><c> which</c><00:36:56.869><c> had</c><00:36:57.889><c> evolved</c><00:36:59.190><c> to</c><00:36:59.429><c> this</c><00:36:59.670><c> point.</c>

00:37:01.610 --> 00:37:03.030
And<00:37:01.809><c> Jesus</c><00:37:02.250><c> nails</c><00:37:02.750><c> it.</c>

00:37:03.050 --> 00:37:04.349
He<00:37:03.230><c> says</c><00:37:03.469><c> that</c><00:37:03.670><c> you're</c><00:37:03.889><c> wrong.</c>

00:37:04.469 --> 00:37:06.550
And<00:37:04.610><c> he</c><00:37:04.929><c> condemns</c><00:37:05.309><c> it</c><00:37:05.489><c> in</c><00:37:05.670><c> three</c><00:37:06.010><c> ways.</c>

00:37:06.969 --> 00:37:09.230
Three<00:37:07.289><c> statements</c><00:37:07.670><c> are</c><00:37:07.889><c> given</c><00:37:08.070><c> here.</c>

00:37:09.389 --> 00:37:13.570
Verse<00:37:09.570><c> 6,</c><00:37:10.789><c> Thus</c><00:37:11.070><c> have</c><00:37:11.289><c> ye</c><00:37:11.429><c> made</c><00:37:11.610><c> the</c><00:37:11.849><c> commandment</c><00:37:12.289><c> of</c><00:37:12.429><c> God</c>

00:37:13.570 --> 00:37:17.030
of<00:37:14.110><c> none</c><00:37:14.329><c> effect</c><00:37:14.869><c> by</c><00:37:15.690><c> your</c><00:37:15.989><c> tradition.</c>

00:37:17.610 --> 00:37:19.389
So<00:37:17.849><c> it</c><00:37:17.909><c> was</c><00:37:18.150><c> clear</c><00:37:18.349><c> what</c><00:37:18.510><c> God</c><00:37:18.730><c> expected,</c>

00:37:19.610 --> 00:37:20.909
honor<00:37:19.789><c> your</c><00:37:20.030><c> father</c><00:37:20.289><c> and</c><00:37:20.469><c> your</c><00:37:20.670><c> mother.</c>

00:37:21.170 --> 00:37:22.610
That<00:37:21.329><c> was</c><00:37:21.570><c> a</c><00:37:21.750><c> lifelong</c><00:37:22.170><c> duty.</c>

00:37:22.610 --> 00:37:27.389
The<00:37:23.309><c> provision</c><00:37:23.809><c> of</c><00:37:24.110><c> Corbin</c><00:37:24.650><c> excluded</c><00:37:25.329><c> them</c><00:37:26.230><c> by</c><00:37:26.809><c> tradition</c>

00:37:27.389 --> 00:37:29.130
from<00:37:27.869><c> that</c><00:37:28.150><c> duty.</c>

00:37:29.250 --> 00:37:30.769
Ye<00:37:29.429><c> hypocrites.</c>

00:37:30.889 --> 00:37:32.010
Here's<00:37:31.150><c> the</c><00:37:31.389><c> second</c><00:37:31.690><c> statement.</c>

00:37:32.289 --> 00:37:33.610
Ye<00:37:32.329><c> hypocrites.</c>

00:37:34.190 --> 00:37:38.030
This<00:37:34.429><c> people</c><00:37:34.969><c> draweth</c><00:37:35.809><c> nigh</c><00:37:36.090><c> unto</c><00:37:36.349><c> me</c><00:37:36.570><c> with</c><00:37:36.789><c> their</c><00:37:36.949><c> mouth,</c>

00:37:38.110 --> 00:37:39.389
honoreth<00:37:38.389><c> me</c><00:37:38.590><c> with</c><00:37:38.769><c> their</c><00:37:39.030><c> lips,</c>

00:37:39.789 --> 00:37:41.929
but<00:37:39.929><c> their</c><00:37:40.230><c> heart</c><00:37:40.650><c> is</c><00:37:41.210><c> far</c><00:37:41.469><c> from</c><00:37:41.730><c> me.</c>

00:37:41.969 --> 00:37:43.090
That's<00:37:42.269><c> what</c><00:37:42.409><c> a</c><00:37:42.530><c> hypocrite</c><00:37:42.869><c> is.</c>

00:37:43.130 --> 00:37:47.510
Someone<00:37:43.590><c> who</c><00:37:44.030><c> says</c><00:37:44.309><c> one</c><00:37:44.670><c> thing</c><00:37:45.050><c> but</c><00:37:45.409><c> behaves</c><00:37:45.949><c> in</c><00:37:46.309><c> another</c><00:37:46.489><c> way.</c>

00:37:47.530 --> 00:37:48.849
So<00:37:47.769><c> that's</c><00:37:48.050><c> the</c><00:37:48.250><c> second</c><00:37:48.550><c> observation.</c>

00:37:48.849 --> 00:37:54.030
The<00:37:49.429><c> third</c><00:37:49.869><c> is</c><00:37:50.369><c> in</c><00:37:50.789><c> vain</c><00:37:51.469><c> they</c><00:37:52.829><c> do</c><00:37:53.090><c> worship</c><00:37:53.449><c> me,</c>

00:37:54.210 --> 00:37:56.929
teaching<00:37:54.510><c> for</c><00:37:54.829><c> doctrines</c><00:37:55.449><c> the</c><00:37:55.889><c> commandments</c><00:37:56.429><c> of</c><00:37:56.670><c> men.</c>

00:37:57.050 --> 00:38:02.369
They<00:37:57.289><c> substituted</c><00:37:58.530><c> man's</c><00:37:59.349><c> teaching</c><00:37:59.730><c> for</c><00:38:00.690><c> God's</c><00:38:01.329><c> teaching.</c>

00:38:03.070 --> 00:38:06.250
Which<00:38:03.230><c> of</c><00:38:03.409><c> course</c><00:38:03.610><c> is</c><00:38:03.989><c> always</c><00:38:04.570><c> a</c><00:38:04.809><c> serious</c><00:38:05.170><c> violation.</c>

00:38:06.710 --> 00:38:13.869
So<00:38:07.050><c> Jesus</c><00:38:07.530><c> here</c><00:38:08.030><c> is</c><00:38:08.530><c> very</c><00:38:09.130><c> clear</c><00:38:09.809><c> and</c><00:38:10.469><c> insistent</c><00:38:11.429><c> on</c><00:38:12.010><c> condemning</c><00:38:12.849><c> the</c><00:38:13.110><c> tradition</c><00:38:13.590><c> of</c>

00:38:13.869 --> 00:38:14.469
the<00:38:14.090><c> elders</c>

00:38:14.469 --> 00:38:16.170
in<00:38:14.969><c> this</c><00:38:15.250><c> matter</c><00:38:15.510><c> of</c><00:38:15.809><c> Corbin.</c>

00:38:16.170 --> 00:38:22.269
The<00:38:17.670><c> importance</c><00:38:18.170><c> of</c><00:38:18.389><c> this</c><00:38:18.590><c> lesson</c><00:38:18.889><c> for</c><00:38:19.150><c> us</c><00:38:19.949><c> is</c><00:38:20.590><c> that</c><00:38:20.869><c> stewardship</c><00:38:21.369><c> in</c><00:38:21.570><c> the</c><00:38:21.809><c> family</c>

00:38:22.269 --> 00:38:25.809
is<00:38:22.869><c> reflected</c><00:38:23.530><c> in</c><00:38:23.829><c> the</c><00:38:24.130><c> commandment</c><00:38:24.650><c> honor</c><00:38:24.949><c> thy</c><00:38:25.210><c> father</c><00:38:25.570><c> and</c>

00:38:25.809 --> 00:38:26.349
thy<00:38:25.929><c> mother</c>

00:38:26.829 --> 00:38:29.030
throughout<00:38:27.769><c> your</c><00:38:28.110><c> life.</c>

00:38:29.889 --> 00:38:33.969
And<00:38:30.030><c> so</c><00:38:30.190><c> while</c><00:38:30.349><c> we've</c><00:38:30.650><c> talked</c><00:38:30.750><c> briefly</c><00:38:31.190><c> about</c><00:38:32.150><c> some</c><00:38:32.670><c> obligation</c><00:38:33.269><c> of</c><00:38:33.590><c> parents,</c>

00:38:34.449 --> 00:38:36.849
continuing<00:38:34.710><c> obligation</c><00:38:35.530><c> of</c><00:38:35.889><c> parents,</c>

00:38:36.949 --> 00:38:42.010
in<00:38:37.210><c> the</c><00:38:37.949><c> spiritual</c><00:38:38.449><c> and</c><00:38:38.989><c> practical</c><00:38:39.409><c> support</c><00:38:40.090><c> of</c><00:38:40.690><c> their</c><00:38:40.949><c> children,</c>

00:38:42.050 --> 00:38:43.750
the<00:38:42.349><c> reverse</c><00:38:42.570><c> is</c><00:38:42.889><c> also</c><00:38:43.230><c> true.</c>

00:38:43.750 --> 00:38:47.769
That<00:38:44.750><c> as</c><00:38:45.010><c> a</c><00:38:45.170><c> child</c><00:38:45.389><c> matures</c><00:38:45.989><c> it</c><00:38:46.369><c> assumes</c><00:38:46.710><c> a</c><00:38:47.050><c> responsibility,</c>

00:38:48.210 --> 00:38:51.309
first<00:38:48.510><c> to</c><00:38:48.829><c> honor</c><00:38:49.289><c> and</c><00:38:49.710><c> later,</c><00:38:50.429><c> if</c><00:38:50.750><c> necessary,</c>

00:38:51.670 --> 00:38:55.849
to<00:38:51.889><c> care</c><00:38:52.150><c> for</c><00:38:52.730><c> the</c><00:38:53.090><c> practical</c><00:38:53.530><c> needs</c><00:38:54.050><c> of</c><00:38:54.530><c> their</c><00:38:54.789><c> parents.</c>

00:38:56.409 --> 00:39:00.550
This<00:38:56.610><c> is</c><00:38:56.829><c> a</c><00:38:56.989><c> very</c><00:38:57.590><c> strong</c><00:38:57.969><c> and</c><00:38:58.190><c> powerful</c><00:38:58.530><c> lesson</c><00:38:58.889><c> which</c><00:38:59.170><c> teaches</c><00:38:59.650><c> the</c>

00:39:00.550 --> 00:39:01.630
cycle<00:39:01.010><c> of</c><00:39:01.329><c> life</c>

00:39:01.630 --> 00:39:07.429
and<00:39:01.809><c> the</c><00:39:02.050><c> balance</c><00:39:02.309><c> that's</c><00:39:02.650><c> needed</c><00:39:03.429><c> by</c><00:39:04.710><c> both</c><00:39:05.070><c> young</c><00:39:05.250><c> and</c><00:39:05.469><c> old</c><00:39:05.909><c> within</c><00:39:06.309><c> a</c><00:39:06.570><c> family.</c>

00:39:07.869 --> 00:39:11.630
I<00:39:08.409><c> believe</c><00:39:08.630><c> a</c><00:39:08.750><c> very</c><00:39:09.150><c> sobering</c><00:39:09.630><c> lesson</c><00:39:10.010><c> in</c><00:39:10.610><c> this</c><00:39:10.849><c> matter</c><00:39:11.170><c> of</c>

00:39:11.630 --> 00:39:14.110
stewardship<00:39:12.289><c> within</c><00:39:12.909><c> the</c><00:39:13.190><c> family.</c>

00:39:16.150 --> 00:39:18.110
So<00:39:16.309><c> our</c><00:39:16.510><c> time</c><00:39:16.690><c> is</c><00:39:16.929><c> up.</c>

00:39:18.769 --> 00:39:22.449
We<00:39:18.769><c> will,</c><00:39:19.969><c> as</c><00:39:20.710><c> we've</c><00:39:20.929><c> done</c><00:39:21.010><c> today,</c><00:39:21.429><c> pick</c><00:39:21.610><c> up</c><00:39:21.730><c> just</c><00:39:21.969><c> one</c><00:39:22.090><c> or</c><00:39:22.190><c> two</c>

00:39:22.449 --> 00:39:23.289
references<00:39:22.809><c> tomorrow</c>

00:39:23.289 --> 00:39:24.889
at<00:39:23.489><c> the</c><00:39:23.670><c> start</c><00:39:23.809><c> of</c><00:39:23.949><c> the</c><00:39:24.110><c> lesson.</c>

00:39:25.010 --> 00:39:26.250
Thank<00:39:25.289><c> you</c><00:39:25.429><c> for</c><00:39:25.570><c> your</c><00:39:25.789><c> attention.</c>

00:39:26.429 --> 00:39:29.190
I<00:39:26.610><c> hope</c><00:39:26.809><c> you</c><00:39:27.010><c> have</c><00:39:27.150><c> found</c><00:39:27.250><c> that</c><00:39:27.530><c> helpful</c><00:39:28.030><c> in</c><00:39:28.570><c> thinking</c><00:39:28.789><c> about</c>

00:39:29.190 --> 00:39:29.989
your<00:39:29.530><c> duties</c>

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