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which<00:12:13.700><c> encompassed</c><00:12:14.559><c> and</c><00:12:16.259><c> almost</c><00:12:17.720><c> totally</c><00:12:19.820><c> gobbled</c><00:12:20.840><c> up</c><00:12:21.220><c> the</c><00:12:22.480><c> disciples</c>

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in<00:12:23.860><c> a</c><00:12:24.399><c> congregation</c><00:12:24.879><c> in</c><00:12:25.139><c> the</c><00:12:25.320><c> theatre.</c>

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That<00:12:26.799><c> was</c><00:12:26.960><c> avoided,</c><00:12:27.340><c> of</c><00:12:27.519><c> course,</c><00:12:27.940><c> because</c><00:12:28.120><c> of</c><00:12:29.120><c> the</c><00:12:29.320><c> interjection</c>

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of<00:12:30.259><c> the</c><00:12:31.600><c> authorities</c><00:12:31.940><c> of</c><00:12:32.120><c> that</c><00:12:32.340><c> city</c><00:12:32.519><c> on</c><00:12:32.759><c> behalf</c><00:12:33.080><c> of</c><00:12:34.039><c> the</c><00:12:34.179><c> disciples</c>

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and<00:12:35.120><c> of</c><00:12:35.379><c> Paul</c><00:12:35.519><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:12:39.179><c> when</c><00:12:40.039><c> we</c><00:12:40.220><c> come</c><00:12:40.399><c> down</c><00:12:40.720><c> in</c><00:12:40.940><c> Acts</c><00:12:41.320><c> 19,</c><00:12:42.740><c> when</c><00:12:43.120><c> we</c><00:12:46.080><c> read</c><00:12:46.340><c> in</c><00:12:46.600><c> verse</c><00:12:48.259><c> 25</c>

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that<00:12:52.000><c> Demetrius</c><00:12:52.700><c> the</c><00:12:52.899><c> silversmith</c><00:12:53.379><c> says,</c>

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when<00:12:53.820><c> he</c><00:12:54.200><c> called</c><00:12:54.259><c> together</c><00:12:55.759><c> with</c><00:12:55.960><c> the</c><00:12:56.159><c> workmen</c><00:12:56.500><c> of</c><00:12:56.740><c> like</c><00:12:56.940><c> occupation,</c>

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in<00:12:58.019><c> verse</c><00:12:58.620><c> 25</c><00:12:59.159><c> of</c><00:12:59.279><c> Acts</c><00:12:59.460><c> 19,</c><00:13:00.320><c> and</c><00:13:00.460><c> said,</c>

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Sirs,<00:13:01.039><c> you</c><00:13:01.120><c> know</c><00:13:01.340><c> that</c><00:13:01.480><c> by</c><00:13:01.720><c> this</c><00:13:01.980><c> craft</c><00:13:02.340><c> we</c><00:13:02.620><c> have</c><00:13:03.360><c> our</c><00:13:03.799><c> wealth,</c>

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by<00:13:06.080><c> this</c><00:13:06.299><c> occupation</c><00:13:06.899><c> we</c><00:13:07.080><c> have</c><00:13:07.240><c> our</c><00:13:07.440><c> wealth.</c>

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Moreover,<00:13:09.159><c> you</c><00:13:09.379><c> see</c><00:13:09.580><c> and</c><00:13:09.779><c> hear</c><00:13:09.899><c> that</c><00:13:10.240><c> not</c><00:13:10.419><c> alone</c><00:13:10.720><c> at</c><00:13:10.940><c> Ephesus,</c>

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but<00:13:11.480><c> almost</c><00:13:11.840><c> throughout</c><00:13:12.740><c> all</c><00:13:13.120><c> Asia,</c><00:13:13.539><c> this</c><00:13:13.720><c> poor</c><00:13:13.940><c> has</c><00:13:14.220><c> persuaded</c>

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and<00:13:14.960><c> turned</c><00:13:15.139><c> away</c><00:13:15.379><c> many</c><00:13:15.700><c> people</c><00:13:16.240><c> saying</c><00:13:16.639><c> that</c><00:13:17.320><c> they</c><00:13:17.679><c> be</c><00:13:17.840><c> no</c><00:13:18.100><c> gods,</c>

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which<00:13:18.600><c> are</c><00:13:18.779><c> made</c><00:13:18.899><c> with</c><00:13:19.159><c> hands.</c>

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So<00:13:20.279><c> not</c><00:13:20.460><c> only</c><00:13:21.259><c> this</c><00:13:21.679><c> our</c><00:13:21.980><c> craft</c><00:13:22.220><c> is</c><00:13:22.460><c> in</c><00:13:22.620><c> danger</c><00:13:23.000><c> to</c><00:13:23.299><c> be</c><00:13:23.480><c> set</c><00:13:23.580><c> at</c><00:13:23.779><c> naught,</c>

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but<00:13:24.019><c> also</c><00:13:24.519><c> the</c><00:13:24.759><c> temple</c><00:13:25.039><c> of</c><00:13:25.240><c> the</c><00:13:25.419><c> great</c><00:13:25.700><c> goddess</c><00:13:26.100><c> Diana</c><00:13:26.500><c> should</c>

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be<00:13:27.100><c> despised</c>

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and<00:13:27.940><c> her</c><00:13:28.220><c> magnificence</c><00:13:28.899><c> should</c><00:13:29.080><c> be</c><00:13:29.340><c> destroyed,</c>

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whom<00:13:30.360><c> all</c><00:13:30.860><c> Asia</c><00:13:31.320><c> and</c><00:13:31.759><c> the</c><00:13:31.960><c> world</c><00:13:32.820><c> worships,</c><00:13:34.120><c> reveres,</c><00:13:34.740><c> as</c><00:13:34.940><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:13:35.279><c> says.</c>

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And<00:13:40.539><c> so</c><00:13:41.100><c> Diana</c><00:13:42.379><c> and</c><00:13:42.980><c> her</c><00:13:43.200><c> worship</c><00:13:43.620><c> made</c><00:13:44.620><c> Ephesus</c><00:13:45.519><c> famous.</c>

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The<00:13:46.259><c> temple</c><00:13:46.419><c> was</c><00:13:46.659><c> a</c><00:13:46.820><c> magnificent</c><00:13:47.279><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:13:48.200><c> was</c><00:13:48.440><c> destroyed</c><00:13:48.899><c> by</c><00:13:49.159><c> the</c><00:13:49.379><c> Goths</c><00:13:50.720><c> in</c><00:13:51.740><c> the</c><00:13:51.919><c> fourth</c><00:13:52.120><c> century</c>

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and<00:13:53.340><c> parts</c><00:13:53.700><c> of</c><00:13:53.840><c> it</c><00:13:54.139><c> are</c><00:13:54.519><c> found</c><00:13:54.700><c> in</c><00:13:55.639><c> St.</c><00:13:56.039><c> Sophia's</c><00:13:56.500><c> in</c><00:13:56.860><c> Constantinople,</c>

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some<00:13:58.360><c> of</c><00:13:58.460><c> the</c><00:13:58.659><c> marble</c><00:13:58.919><c> and</c><00:13:59.120><c> the</c><00:13:59.320><c> columns</c><00:13:59.620><c> and</c><00:13:59.919><c> other</c><00:14:00.279><c> churches</c>

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throughout<00:14:01.179><c> Europe.</c>

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But<00:14:02.679><c> the</c><00:14:02.899><c> ruins</c><00:14:03.240><c> are</c><00:14:04.600><c> gone.</c>

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I<00:14:05.000><c> believe</c><00:14:05.299><c> in</c><00:14:05.519><c> recent</c><00:14:05.720><c> years</c><00:14:05.940><c> the</c><00:14:06.200><c> archaeologists</c><00:14:06.720><c> have</c><00:14:07.039><c> found</c><00:14:07.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:07.940><c> marsh</c>

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at<00:14:08.580><c> the</c><00:14:08.720><c> head</c><00:14:08.860><c> of</c><00:14:09.159><c> the</c><00:14:09.539><c> harbour</c><00:14:09.820><c> of</c><00:14:10.000><c> Ephesus,</c>

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they<00:14:10.820><c> have</c><00:14:11.039><c> in</c><00:14:11.159><c> fact</c><00:14:11.440><c> found</c><00:14:12.299><c> evidence</c><00:14:13.379><c> of</c><00:14:13.580><c> the</c><00:14:13.720><c> foundations</c>

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of<00:14:14.399><c> the</c><00:14:14.519><c> temple,</c>

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but<00:14:14.899><c> no</c><00:14:15.320><c> ruins</c><00:14:15.860><c> remain</c><00:14:16.779><c> of</c><00:14:17.059><c> the</c><00:14:17.179><c> temple</c><00:14:17.399><c> of</c><00:14:17.620><c> Diana.</c>

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On<00:14:18.840><c> the</c><00:14:18.960><c> other</c><00:14:19.159><c> hand,</c><00:14:20.279><c> the</c><00:14:20.399><c> ruins</c><00:14:20.659><c> of</c><00:14:20.899><c> Ephesus</c><00:14:21.279><c> today</c><00:14:21.899><c> are</c><00:14:22.480><c> in</c>

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quite<00:14:23.559><c> good</c><00:14:24.639><c> shape</c>

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and<00:14:25.299><c> here's</c><00:14:26.399><c> some</c><00:14:26.639><c> pictures</c><00:14:27.039><c> of</c><00:14:28.059><c> Ephesus</c><00:14:28.580><c> today.</c>

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And<00:14:30.120><c> there</c><00:14:30.320><c> you</c><00:14:30.539><c> will</c><00:14:30.759><c> see</c><00:14:30.899><c> the</c><00:14:31.120><c> main</c><00:14:31.340><c> street</c>

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and<00:14:32.980><c> incidentally</c><00:14:33.500><c> there</c><00:14:33.720><c> are</c><00:14:34.100><c> sockets</c><00:14:34.379><c> along</c><00:14:34.700><c> here,</c>

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don't<00:14:38.019><c> know,</c>

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but<00:14:38.799><c> it</c><00:14:38.980><c> had</c><00:14:39.240><c> street</c><00:14:39.539><c> lighting</c><00:14:39.899><c> and</c><00:14:41.480><c> there's</c><00:14:42.440><c> the</c><00:14:42.620><c> theatre,</c>

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which<00:14:43.960><c> is</c><00:14:44.159><c> still</c><00:14:44.399><c> there</c><00:14:44.620><c> today,</c><00:14:45.600><c> and</c><00:14:46.100><c> there's</c><00:14:46.340><c> the</c><00:14:46.559><c> library</c>

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and<00:14:47.639><c> we</c><00:14:47.799><c> know</c><00:14:47.980><c> that</c><00:14:48.200><c> they</c><00:14:48.700><c> brought</c><00:14:48.940><c> their</c><00:14:49.139><c> books</c><00:14:49.419><c> of</c><00:14:49.720><c> magic</c>

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and<00:14:50.620><c> curious</c><00:14:50.980><c> arts</c>

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and<00:14:51.620><c> burnt</c><00:14:51.779><c> them</c><00:14:51.960><c> in</c><00:14:52.100><c> a</c><00:14:52.220><c> great</c><00:14:52.440><c> bonfire</c><00:14:52.919><c> when</c><00:14:53.100><c> the</c><00:14:53.340><c> truth</c><00:14:53.480><c> was</c>

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introduced<00:14:54.620><c> to</c><00:14:55.279><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Whether<00:14:55.860><c> they</c><00:14:56.100><c> came</c><00:14:56.299><c> out</c><00:14:56.580><c> of</c><00:14:56.980><c> that</c><00:14:57.179><c> library</c><00:14:57.519><c> or</c><00:14:57.779><c> from</c><00:14:58.159><c> private</c>

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homes<00:14:58.799><c> we're</c><00:14:59.039><c> not</c><00:14:59.259><c> told,</c>

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but<00:15:00.179><c> there</c><00:15:00.539><c> was</c><00:15:00.720><c> the</c><00:15:00.919><c> library</c><00:15:01.399><c> of</c><00:15:02.259><c> Ephesus,</c><00:15:03.000><c> a</c><00:15:03.120><c> centre</c><00:15:03.539><c> of</c><00:15:04.000><c> great</c><00:15:04.360><c> culture</c><00:15:05.320><c> and</c><00:15:05.639><c> learning.</c>

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Now,<00:15:11.200><c> there's</c><00:15:11.460><c> another</c><00:15:11.740><c> facet</c><00:15:12.419><c> of</c><00:15:14.559><c> this</c><00:15:14.820><c> record</c><00:15:15.120><c> in</c><00:15:15.340><c> Acts,</c>

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which<00:15:15.779><c> I'll</c><00:15:16.019><c> just</c><00:15:16.539><c> interject</c><00:15:17.480><c> into</c><00:15:17.860><c> my</c><00:15:18.360><c> talk</c><00:15:18.620><c> here</c>

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to<00:15:19.539><c> impress</c><00:15:19.899><c> upon</c><00:15:20.240><c> you</c><00:15:20.539><c> the</c><00:15:20.879><c> marvellous</c><00:15:21.460><c> record</c><00:15:21.799><c> we</c><00:15:22.139><c> have</c><00:15:22.279><c> here.</c>

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It<00:15:23.539><c> was</c><00:15:23.700><c> Brother</c><00:15:23.919><c> Carter,</c><00:15:24.399><c> I</c><00:15:24.399><c> think,</c><00:15:25.379><c> taking</c><00:15:25.720><c> on</c><00:15:26.000><c> the</c><00:15:26.039><c> work</c><00:15:26.259><c> of</c>

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Brother<00:15:26.740><c> Ramsey,</c>

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Sir<00:15:28.179><c> William</c><00:15:28.500><c> Ramsey,</c><00:15:28.779><c> I'm</c><00:15:29.019><c> sorry,</c>

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the<00:15:31.360><c> same</c><00:15:31.500><c> one.</c>

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When<00:15:33.500><c> Sir</c><00:15:33.639><c> William</c><00:15:33.879><c> Ramsey</c><00:15:34.279><c> wrote</c><00:15:34.519><c> his</c><00:15:34.840><c> great</c><00:15:35.159><c> work,</c>

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on<00:15:37.340><c> the</c><00:15:37.659><c> excavations</c><00:15:38.159><c> he</c><00:15:38.399><c> made</c><00:15:38.720><c> and</c><00:15:39.019><c> the</c><00:15:39.679><c> investigations</c><00:15:40.139><c> he</c><00:15:40.419><c> made</c>

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he<00:15:43.740><c> came</c><00:15:44.019><c> to</c><00:15:44.220><c> this</c><00:15:44.559><c> astonishing</c><00:15:45.279><c> conclusion</c><00:15:45.940><c> to</c><00:15:46.139><c> him</c>

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that<00:15:46.820><c> Luke</c><00:15:47.059><c> was</c><00:15:47.259><c> the</c><00:15:47.320><c> most</c><00:15:47.639><c> accurate</c><00:15:48.059><c> historian</c><00:15:48.519><c> he'd</c><00:15:48.799><c> ever</c><00:15:49.019><c> read.</c>

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put<00:15:54.519><c> them</c><00:15:54.659><c> up.</c>

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the<00:16:02.919><c> one</c><00:16:03.080><c> who</c><00:16:03.320><c> intervened</c><00:16:03.899><c> and</c><00:16:04.080><c> brought</c><00:16:04.320><c> calm</c><00:16:04.740><c> was</c><00:16:04.940><c> the</c><00:16:05.240><c> town</c><00:16:05.580><c> clerk</c>

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who<00:16:06.360><c> appeased</c><00:16:06.820><c> the</c><00:16:07.059><c> people</c><00:16:07.340><c> saying,</c>

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Ye<00:16:07.840><c> men</c><00:16:08.000><c> of</c><00:16:08.179><c> Ephesus,</c><00:16:09.399><c> verse</c><00:16:09.600><c> 35</c><00:16:10.200><c> of</c><00:16:10.399><c> Acts</c><00:16:10.559><c> 19,</c>

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Ye<00:16:11.720><c> men</c><00:16:11.879><c> of</c><00:16:12.080><c> Ephesus,</c><00:16:12.580><c> what</c><00:16:12.799><c> man</c><00:16:13.059><c> is</c><00:16:13.320><c> there</c><00:16:13.480><c> that</c><00:16:13.700><c> knoweth</c><00:16:14.100><c> not</c><00:16:14.379><c> how</c>

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that<00:16:14.779><c> the</c><00:16:15.019><c> city</c><00:16:15.200><c> of</c><00:16:15.419><c> the</c><00:16:15.519><c> Ephesians</c><00:16:15.879><c> is</c><00:16:16.059><c> a</c><00:16:16.279><c> worshipper</c><00:16:16.820><c> of</c><00:16:17.120><c> the</c>

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great<00:16:17.580><c> goddess</c><00:16:18.039><c> Diana</c>

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and<00:16:19.139><c> of</c><00:16:19.279><c> the</c><00:16:19.440><c> image</c><00:16:19.620><c> which</c><00:16:19.899><c> fell</c><00:16:20.059><c> down</c><00:16:20.279><c> from</c><00:16:20.519><c> Jupiter?</c>

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This<00:16:21.399><c> is</c><00:16:21.639><c> ridiculous.</c><00:16:22.139><c> We</c><00:16:22.360><c> all</c><00:16:22.639><c> know.</c>

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I<00:16:23.139><c> mean,</c><00:16:23.240><c> what</c><00:16:23.419><c> can</c><00:16:23.559><c> these</c><00:16:23.840><c> men</c><00:16:24.200><c> do</c><00:16:24.519><c> about</c><00:16:24.960><c> the</c><00:16:25.220><c> worship</c><00:16:25.440><c> of</c><00:16:25.659><c> Diana?</c>

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We<00:16:26.059><c> all</c><00:16:26.360><c> know</c><00:16:26.840><c> that</c><00:16:27.440><c> her</c><00:16:27.620><c> image</c><00:16:27.799><c> fell</c><00:16:28.019><c> down</c><00:16:28.259><c> from</c><00:16:28.480><c> heaven,</c>

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which<00:16:28.899><c> was</c><00:16:29.120><c> believed</c><00:16:29.519><c> from</c><00:16:29.919><c> Jupiter.</c>

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They<00:16:31.519><c> actually</c><00:16:31.919><c> believe</c><00:16:32.240><c> that</c><00:16:32.720><c> idol</c><00:16:32.980><c> came</c><00:16:33.240><c> down</c><00:16:33.460><c> from</c><00:16:33.779><c> heaven,</c>

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fell<00:16:34.980><c> onto</c><00:16:35.200><c> the</c><00:16:35.340><c> earth,</c><00:16:35.659><c> it</c><00:16:35.720><c> came</c><00:16:36.220><c> from</c><00:16:36.639><c> Jupiter.</c>

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But<00:16:38.320><c> it's</c><00:16:38.519><c> the</c><00:16:38.779><c> town</c><00:16:39.220><c> clerk</c><00:16:39.759><c> who</c><00:16:40.919><c> says</c><00:16:41.139><c> we</c><00:16:41.379><c> are</c><00:16:41.759><c> worshippers</c>

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of<00:16:43.720><c> the</c><00:16:43.879><c> great</c><00:16:44.019><c> goddess</c><00:16:44.299><c> Diana.</c>

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And<00:16:44.960><c> in</c><00:16:45.139><c> that</c><00:16:45.360><c> record</c><00:16:45.980><c> Luke</c><00:16:46.779><c> uses</c><00:16:47.139><c> two</c><00:16:47.480><c> Greek</c><00:16:47.679><c> words,</c>

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which<00:16:48.899><c> are</c><00:16:50.019><c> unique</c><00:16:50.799><c> to</c><00:16:51.320><c> Ephesus.</c>

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They<00:16:54.100><c> only</c><00:16:54.460><c> apply</c><00:16:54.779><c> to</c><00:16:54.960><c> Ephesus.</c>

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This<00:16:55.940><c> official,</c><00:16:56.559><c> the</c><00:16:56.720><c> town</c><00:16:57.019><c> clerk,</c>

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he<00:16:58.860><c> held</c><00:16:59.100><c> a</c><00:16:59.320><c> position</c><00:16:59.559><c> which</c><00:16:59.759><c> was</c><00:16:59.960><c> only</c><00:17:00.200><c> held</c><00:17:00.539><c> in</c><00:17:00.799><c> Ephesus.</c>

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And<00:17:03.100><c> this</c><00:17:03.320><c> word</c><00:17:03.899><c> worshipper</c><00:17:05.119><c> is</c><00:17:05.599><c> a</c><00:17:05.740><c> peculiar</c><00:17:06.220><c> word</c><00:17:06.680><c> in</c><00:17:06.859><c> the</c><00:17:07.000><c> Greek.</c>

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I'll<00:17:07.299><c> put</c><00:17:07.400><c> them</c><00:17:07.559><c> up</c><00:17:07.680><c> in</c><00:17:07.819><c> a</c><00:17:07.900><c> minute,</c><00:17:08.039><c> but</c><00:17:08.200><c> I'll</c><00:17:08.519><c> just</c><00:17:08.759><c> explain</c><00:17:09.140><c> a</c>

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little<00:17:09.460><c> bit.</c>

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It<00:17:11.480><c> means</c><00:17:11.759><c> a</c><00:17:12.079><c> temple</c><00:17:12.420><c> keeper,</c><00:17:12.900><c> or</c><00:17:13.039><c> more</c><00:17:13.180><c> literally</c><00:17:13.559><c> in</c><00:17:13.740><c> the</c><00:17:13.900><c> Greek,</c>

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a<00:17:14.279><c> temple</c><00:17:14.779><c> sweeper,</c><00:17:16.240><c> so</c><00:17:16.420><c> a</c><00:17:16.660><c> caretaker</c><00:17:17.160><c> of</c><00:17:17.380><c> a</c><00:17:17.519><c> temple.</c>

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But<00:17:19.740><c> so</c><00:17:20.240><c> associated</c><00:17:20.960><c> was</c><00:17:21.200><c> the</c><00:17:21.359><c> worship</c><00:17:21.680><c> of</c><00:17:22.000><c> Diana</c><00:17:22.319><c> and</c><00:17:22.819><c> that</c><00:17:23.099><c> temple</c>

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with<00:17:23.680><c> the</c><00:17:23.960><c> population</c><00:17:24.519><c> of</c><00:17:24.799><c> Ephesus.</c>

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The<00:17:25.559><c> entire</c><00:17:26.160><c> population</c><00:17:26.819><c> of</c><00:17:27.319><c> Ephesus</c><00:17:27.700><c> were</c><00:17:27.880><c> known</c><00:17:28.180><c> as</c><00:17:28.619><c> the</c>

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temple<00:17:29.079><c> keepers.</c>

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They<00:17:31.940><c> were</c><00:17:32.279><c> so</c><00:17:32.579><c> associated</c><00:17:33.200><c> with</c><00:17:33.559><c> the</c><00:17:34.079><c> temple</c><00:17:34.400><c> of</c><00:17:34.700><c> Diana,</c>

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one<00:17:35.539><c> of</c><00:17:35.640><c> the</c><00:17:35.740><c> wonders</c><00:17:36.039><c> of</c><00:17:36.240><c> the</c><00:17:36.400><c> world,</c>

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that<00:17:38.319><c> they</c><00:17:38.619><c> became</c><00:17:38.960><c> known</c><00:17:39.359><c> as</c><00:17:39.680><c> the</c><00:17:39.880><c> keepers</c><00:17:40.759><c> of</c><00:17:41.259><c> the</c><00:17:41.440><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:17:43.279><c> there's</c><00:17:44.019><c> another</c><00:17:44.259><c> word</c><00:17:44.519><c> which</c><00:17:44.759><c> we'll</c><00:17:45.579><c> perhaps</c><00:17:46.099><c> skip</c><00:17:47.519><c> over</c>

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because<00:17:48.000><c> it's</c><00:17:48.240><c> not</c><00:17:48.420><c> unique</c><00:17:48.720><c> to</c><00:17:48.940><c> Ephesus,</c>

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but<00:17:49.700><c> there's</c><00:17:50.059><c> a</c><00:17:50.220><c> reference</c><00:17:50.440><c> made</c><00:17:50.720><c> to</c><00:17:50.900><c> the</c><00:17:51.140><c> law</c><00:17:51.480><c> and</c><00:17:51.880><c> to</c><00:17:52.140><c> deputies.</c>

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That's<00:17:53.039><c> a</c><00:17:53.200><c> reference</c><00:17:53.460><c> to</c><00:17:53.720><c> the</c><00:17:54.099><c> proconsuls</c><00:17:54.819><c> and</c><00:17:55.119><c> the</c><00:17:55.359><c> azizes</c>

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which<00:17:56.019><c> were</c><00:17:56.220><c> held</c>

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where<00:17:56.980><c> the</c><00:17:57.220><c> proconsul</c><00:17:57.720><c> traveled</c><00:17:58.079><c> around</c><00:17:58.599><c> the</c><00:17:59.220><c> towns</c><00:17:59.960><c> to</c><00:18:00.700><c> hear</c><00:18:00.920><c> cases.</c>

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But<00:18:02.319><c> these</c><00:18:02.559><c> are</c><00:18:02.759><c> the</c><00:18:02.819><c> words</c><00:18:03.119><c> which</c><00:18:03.339><c> are</c><00:18:03.559><c> unique</c><00:18:03.779><c> and</c><00:18:03.980><c> makes</c>

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Luke<00:18:04.940><c> astonishing.</c>

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Luke<00:18:06.400><c> is</c><00:18:07.119><c> marvelous.</c>

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And<00:18:07.880><c> those</c><00:18:08.059><c> of</c><00:18:08.220><c> you</c><00:18:08.339><c> who</c><00:18:08.460><c> have</c><00:18:08.619><c> heard</c><00:18:09.480><c> Brother</c><00:18:09.819><c> Carter's</c><00:18:10.319><c> talks</c>

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on<00:18:10.720><c> the</c><00:18:10.859><c> Acts</c><00:18:10.980><c> of</c><00:18:11.079><c> the</c><00:18:11.240><c> Apostles,</c>

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he<00:18:12.619><c> speaks</c><00:18:13.140><c> about</c><00:18:13.559><c> the</c><00:18:14.059><c> incredible</c><00:18:14.460><c> way</c><00:18:14.799><c> that</c><00:18:15.039><c> Luke</c><00:18:15.259><c> uses</c><00:18:15.700><c> these</c><00:18:16.200><c> titles</c><00:18:16.559><c> of</c><00:18:16.900><c> officials</c>

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right<00:18:17.680><c> throughout</c><00:18:17.980><c> the</c><00:18:18.220><c> Roman</c><00:18:18.420><c> Empire,</c><00:18:18.839><c> and</c><00:18:19.019><c> he</c><00:18:19.319><c> never</c><00:18:19.579><c> makes</c>

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a<00:18:19.960><c> mistake.</c>

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And<00:18:20.759><c> when</c><00:18:21.039><c> the</c><00:18:21.579><c> commentators</c><00:18:22.200><c> and</c><00:18:22.359><c> the</c><00:18:22.579><c> experts</c><00:18:23.000><c> say</c><00:18:23.299><c> he's</c><00:18:23.480><c> made</c><00:18:23.660><c> a</c><00:18:23.859><c> mistake,</c>

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they<00:18:24.559><c> dig</c><00:18:24.779><c> up</c><00:18:25.000><c> some</c><00:18:25.279><c> excavation</c><00:18:25.819><c> or</c><00:18:25.960><c> they</c><00:18:26.220><c> find</c><00:18:26.480><c> some</c><00:18:26.779><c> reference</c>

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which<00:18:27.700><c> shows</c><00:18:27.940><c> that</c><00:18:28.160><c> Luke</c><00:18:28.279><c> was</c><00:18:28.559><c> right</c><00:18:29.140><c> and</c><00:18:29.960><c> they</c><00:18:30.259><c> were</c><00:18:30.480><c> wrong.</c>

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I<00:18:31.799><c> mean,</c><00:18:31.940><c> the</c><00:18:32.099><c> most</c><00:18:32.299><c> famous</c><00:18:32.559><c> one,</c><00:18:32.779><c> of</c><00:18:32.940><c> course,</c>

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is<00:18:33.460><c> the</c><00:18:33.900><c> reference</c><00:18:34.240><c> to</c><00:18:35.059><c> Sirenius</c><00:18:35.559><c> being</c><00:18:35.799><c> governor</c><00:18:36.099><c> when</c><00:18:36.279><c> Jesus</c><00:18:36.640><c> was</c><00:18:36.940><c> born,</c>

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but<00:18:37.200><c> that's</c><00:18:37.500><c> another</c><00:18:37.740><c> story.</c>

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This<00:18:39.880><c> word</c><00:18:40.539><c> neocorus,</c><00:18:42.559><c> a</c><00:18:42.740><c> temple</c><00:18:43.000><c> sweeper</c><00:18:43.400><c> or</c><00:18:43.519><c> a</c><00:18:43.619><c> keeper,</c>

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used<00:18:44.079><c> of</c><00:18:44.339><c> persons</c><00:18:44.720><c> or</c><00:18:45.279><c> communities</c><00:18:45.839><c> in</c><00:18:46.140><c> the</c><00:18:46.400><c> period</c><00:18:46.720><c> of</c><00:18:47.380><c> this</c>

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history<00:18:48.079><c> of</c><00:18:48.400><c> Ephesus.</c>

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And<00:18:50.279><c> grammatius,</c><00:18:51.000><c> which</c><00:18:51.119><c> is</c><00:18:51.299><c> the</c><00:18:51.440><c> word</c><00:18:51.559><c> for</c><00:18:52.480><c> town</c><00:18:52.819><c> clerk.</c>

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We<00:18:54.079><c> needn't</c><00:18:54.339><c> be</c><00:18:54.579><c> scholars</c><00:18:54.940><c> of</c><00:18:55.160><c> Greek,</c>

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but<00:18:55.400><c> we</c><00:18:55.500><c> know</c><00:18:55.640><c> that's</c><00:18:55.940><c> got</c><00:18:56.099><c> something</c><00:18:56.299><c> to</c><00:18:56.460><c> do</c><00:18:56.500><c> with</c><00:18:56.720><c> words.</c>

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And<00:18:57.440><c> that's</c><00:18:57.640><c> what</c><00:18:57.779><c> he</c><00:18:57.880><c> did.</c><00:18:58.079><c> He</c><00:18:58.180><c> was</c><00:18:58.420><c> a</c><00:18:58.740><c> scribe.</c>

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He<00:18:59.460><c> recorded</c><00:18:59.940><c> all</c><00:19:00.440><c> state</c><00:19:00.740><c> papers.</c>

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He<00:19:01.380><c> made</c><00:19:01.900><c> public</c><00:19:02.480><c> pronouncements</c><00:19:03.180><c> and</c><00:19:03.559><c> he</c><00:19:03.880><c> handled</c><00:19:04.140><c> all</c><00:19:04.799><c> correspondence</c><00:19:05.480><c> to</c><00:19:06.740><c> Ephesus.</c>

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He<00:19:07.200><c> was</c><00:19:07.380><c> like</c><00:19:07.660><c> our</c><00:19:08.140><c> recording</c><00:19:08.599><c> brother,</c><00:19:09.240><c> really.</c>

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He<00:19:09.759><c> was</c><00:19:10.299><c> the</c><00:19:10.680><c> town</c><00:19:10.980><c> clerk</c><00:19:11.240><c> or</c><00:19:11.460><c> the</c><00:19:11.720><c> recorder</c><00:19:11.980><c> of</c><00:19:12.880><c> the</c><00:19:13.119><c> city.</c>

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Now,<00:19:15.380><c> the</c><00:19:15.539><c> interesting</c><00:19:16.039><c> thing</c><00:19:16.619><c> is</c><00:19:17.039><c> that</c><00:19:17.559><c> in</c><00:19:17.779><c> Conor</c><00:19:18.000><c> Berenhausen's</c><00:19:18.740><c> book,</c>

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they<00:19:20.460><c> show</c><00:19:20.859><c> a</c><00:19:22.039><c> description</c><00:19:22.400><c> of</c><00:19:24.859><c> tablets</c><00:19:26.200><c> which</c><00:19:26.460><c> were</c><00:19:26.700><c> found</c>

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or<00:19:27.839><c> plaques</c><00:19:28.220><c> on</c><00:19:28.500><c> buildings</c><00:19:28.859><c> in</c><00:19:29.740><c> Ephesus.</c>

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And<00:19:31.859><c> here</c><00:19:32.099><c> are</c><00:19:32.599><c> two</c><00:19:32.920><c> inscriptions.</c>

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We'll<00:19:33.940><c> just</c><00:19:34.160><c> look</c><00:19:34.279><c> at</c><00:19:34.380><c> this</c><00:19:34.579><c> one</c><00:19:35.019><c> in</c><00:19:35.980><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Now,<00:19:36.519><c> I'm</c><00:19:36.619><c> not</c><00:19:36.819><c> a</c><00:19:36.940><c> Greek</c><00:19:37.099><c> scholar,</c>

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but<00:19:37.539><c> we've</c><00:19:37.740><c> got</c><00:19:37.880><c> a</c><00:19:37.960><c> couple</c><00:19:38.200><c> of</c><00:19:39.019><c> brethren</c><00:19:39.240><c> in</c><00:19:39.839><c> Australia</c><00:19:40.279><c> who</c>

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are<00:19:40.819><c> Greek</c><00:19:41.079><c> scholars.</c>

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There's<00:19:42.039><c> grammatius</c><00:19:42.799><c> and</c><00:19:43.140><c> there's</c><00:19:43.680><c> neocorus.</c>

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Peculiar<00:19:46.460><c> to</c><00:19:48.220><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Only<00:19:49.039><c> in</c><00:19:49.279><c> Ephesus</c><00:19:49.599><c> were</c><00:19:49.740><c> these</c><00:19:50.039><c> two</c><00:19:50.339><c> officials</c><00:19:50.839><c> in</c><00:19:51.980><c> the</c>

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community<00:19:53.299><c> structure.</c>

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And<00:19:55.019><c> Luke</c><00:19:55.180><c> is</c><00:19:56.180><c> precisely</c><00:19:56.799><c> right.</c>

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He's<00:19:57.500><c> an</c><00:19:57.660><c> eyewitness.</c><00:19:58.339><c> He's</c><00:19:58.740><c> there.</c>

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He's<00:19:59.619><c> writing</c><00:19:59.920><c> exactly</c><00:20:00.619><c> what</c><00:20:01.000><c> he</c><00:20:02.420><c> knows</c><00:20:02.720><c> to</c><00:20:02.960><c> be</c><00:20:03.319><c> a</c><00:20:03.559><c> fact</c><00:20:03.799><c> in</c><00:20:04.460><c> this</c><00:20:04.740><c> city</c><00:20:05.079><c> of</c><00:20:05.339><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Now,<00:20:09.039><c> how</c><00:20:09.319><c> did</c><00:20:09.440><c> the</c><00:20:09.660><c> truth</c><00:20:09.799><c> come</c><00:20:10.019><c> to</c><00:20:10.220><c> Ephesus?</c>

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We<00:20:10.640><c> go</c><00:20:10.940><c> back</c><00:20:11.559><c> to</c><00:20:12.500><c> chapter</c><00:20:13.220><c> 18</c><00:20:14.539><c> and</c><00:20:14.680><c> we</c><00:20:14.920><c> read</c><00:20:15.339><c> that</c><00:20:15.880><c> in</c><00:20:16.180><c> the</c>

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first<00:20:16.599><c> instance,</c>

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a<00:20:17.259><c> certain</c><00:20:17.660><c> Jew</c><00:20:18.119><c> in</c><00:20:18.359><c> verse</c><00:20:18.619><c> 24</c><00:20:19.119><c> named</c><00:20:19.440><c> Apollos,</c><00:20:20.039><c> born</c><00:20:20.240><c> in</c><00:20:20.480><c> Alexandria.</c>

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An<00:20:22.779><c> eloquent</c><00:20:23.160><c> man,</c><00:20:23.539><c> mighty</c><00:20:23.839><c> in</c><00:20:24.000><c> the</c><00:20:24.180><c> scriptures,</c><00:20:24.519><c> came</c><00:20:24.799><c> to</c><00:20:25.039><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Oh<00:20:25.740><c> yes,</c><00:20:25.940><c> he</c><00:20:26.119><c> was</c><00:20:26.380><c> mighty</c><00:20:26.660><c> in</c><00:20:26.859><c> the</c><00:20:27.039><c> scriptures.</c>

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Why<00:20:27.559><c> shouldn't</c><00:20:27.819><c> he</c><00:20:28.059><c> be?</c>

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He<00:20:29.440><c> came</c><00:20:29.619><c> from</c><00:20:29.819><c> Alexandria.</c>

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He<00:20:30.660><c> was</c><00:20:30.900><c> a</c><00:20:31.140><c> Jew</c><00:20:31.460><c> from</c><00:20:31.700><c> Alexandria.</c>

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That<00:20:32.519><c> tells</c><00:20:32.740><c> us</c><00:20:32.960><c> a</c><00:20:33.079><c> lot.</c>

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It<00:20:33.380><c> was</c><00:20:33.559><c> in</c><00:20:33.759><c> Alexandria</c><00:20:34.420><c> in</c><00:20:34.980><c> the</c><00:20:35.160><c> third</c><00:20:35.319><c> century</c><00:20:35.700><c> B</c><00:20:36.059><c>.C.</c>

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that<00:20:36.440><c> a</c><00:20:36.619><c> Greek</c><00:20:36.779><c> version</c><00:20:37.200><c> of</c><00:20:37.400><c> the</c><00:20:37.519><c> Old</c><00:20:37.680><c> Testament</c><00:20:38.099><c> was</c><00:20:39.859><c> translated</c><00:20:40.460><c> for</c><00:20:41.019><c> Ptolemy,</c>

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king<00:20:41.500><c> of</c><00:20:41.680><c> Egypt,</c><00:20:41.920><c> and</c><00:20:42.099><c> it</c><00:20:42.259><c> found</c><00:20:42.420><c> its</c><00:20:42.660><c> way</c><00:20:42.920><c> into</c><00:20:43.160><c> the</c><00:20:43.380><c> library</c>

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of<00:20:44.259><c> Alexandria</c><00:20:44.859><c> of</c><00:20:45.119><c> Egypt.</c>

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So<00:20:45.720><c> this</c><00:20:45.960><c> man</c><00:20:46.200><c> had</c><00:20:46.460><c> access</c><00:20:46.920><c> to</c><00:20:47.319><c> the</c><00:20:47.500><c> scriptures</c><00:20:47.759><c> in</c><00:20:48.039><c> Greek.</c>

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And<00:20:50.279><c> God</c><00:20:50.480><c> used</c><00:20:50.759><c> this</c><00:20:51.039><c> man.</c>

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I<00:20:52.599><c> don't</c><00:20:52.759><c> want</c><00:20:52.940><c> to</c><00:20:53.160><c> be</c><00:20:53.539><c> distracted</c><00:20:54.000><c> at</c><00:20:54.940><c> this</c><00:20:55.160><c> stage,</c>

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otherwise<00:20:55.740><c> the</c><00:20:56.200><c> clock</c><00:20:56.359><c> will</c><00:20:56.680><c> beat</c><00:20:56.839><c> me</c><00:20:57.019><c> as</c><00:20:57.160><c> it</c><00:20:57.299><c> always</c><00:20:57.559><c> does.</c>

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But<00:20:58.539><c> of</c><00:20:58.779><c> course,</c><00:20:59.400><c> he</c><00:20:59.680><c> worked</c><00:21:00.000><c> in</c><00:21:00.359><c> Corinth</c><00:21:00.619><c> and</c><00:21:00.920><c> he</c><00:21:01.059><c> was</c><00:21:01.319><c> so</c><00:21:02.220><c> eloquent</c><00:21:02.619><c> in</c><00:21:02.920><c> speech</c>

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that<00:21:03.740><c> he</c><00:21:05.059><c> gained</c><00:21:05.440><c> followers,</c><00:21:06.579><c> and</c><00:21:06.799><c> Corinth</c><00:21:06.900><c> became</c><00:21:07.359><c> factionalised.</c>

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I'm<00:21:09.359><c> of</c><00:21:09.539><c> Peter,</c><00:21:09.859><c> I'm</c><00:21:10.019><c> of</c><00:21:10.240><c> Paul,</c><00:21:10.519><c> I'm</c><00:21:10.799><c> of</c><00:21:11.259><c> Apollos,</c><00:21:11.559><c> and</c><00:21:11.720><c> so</c><00:21:11.880><c> forth.</c>

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We<00:21:12.160><c> know</c><00:21:12.299><c> this</c><00:21:12.500><c> story.</c>

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And<00:21:13.140><c> he</c><00:21:13.200><c> was</c><00:21:13.400><c> a</c><00:21:13.559><c> humble</c><00:21:13.839><c> and</c><00:21:14.099><c> modest</c><00:21:14.380><c> man,</c>

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because<00:21:15.200><c> in</c><00:21:15.420><c> the</c><00:21:15.460><c> last</c><00:21:15.759><c> chapter</c><00:21:16.299><c> of</c><00:21:16.980><c> the</c><00:21:17.180><c> first</c><00:21:17.500><c> epistle</c><00:21:17.880><c> to</c><00:21:18.579><c> Corinth,</c>

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when<00:21:19.799><c> Paul</c><00:21:20.059><c> is</c><00:21:20.299><c> dealing</c><00:21:20.500><c> with</c><00:21:20.720><c> just</c><00:21:20.980><c> about</c><00:21:21.220><c> every</c><00:21:21.680><c> problem</c><00:21:22.039><c> you</c><00:21:22.200><c> can</c><00:21:22.440><c> lay</c><00:21:22.640><c> a</c>

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name<00:21:22.980><c> to,</c>

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he<00:21:24.319><c> said,</c><00:21:24.519><c> I</c><00:21:24.539><c> wanted</c><00:21:24.859><c> Apollos</c><00:21:25.240><c> to</c><00:21:25.480><c> come</c><00:21:25.660><c> around</c><00:21:26.160><c> to</c><00:21:26.420><c> you,</c>

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but<00:21:27.039><c> he</c><00:21:27.160><c> was</c><00:21:27.460><c> not</c><00:21:28.319><c> mindful</c><00:21:28.920><c> at</c><00:21:29.180><c> this</c><00:21:29.500><c> time</c><00:21:29.740><c> to</c><00:21:29.940><c> come.</c>

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He'll<00:21:30.400><c> come</c><00:21:30.839><c> when</c><00:21:31.420><c> he</c><00:21:31.579><c> has</c><00:21:31.799><c> a</c><00:21:32.099><c> convenient</c><00:21:32.400><c> time.</c>

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What<00:21:33.480><c> a</c><00:21:33.619><c> wonderful</c><00:21:33.960><c> brother,</c><00:21:34.940><c> eloquent,</c><00:21:35.839><c> mighty</c><00:21:36.039><c> in</c><00:21:36.220><c> the</c><00:21:36.400><c> scriptures.</c>

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He<00:21:36.859><c> could</c><00:21:37.039><c> have</c><00:21:37.160><c> walked</c><00:21:37.400><c> into</c><00:21:37.740><c> Corinth</c><00:21:38.039><c> and</c><00:21:38.339><c> taken</c><00:21:38.539><c> over</c><00:21:38.839><c> the</c><00:21:39.039><c> place.</c>

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He<00:21:39.500><c> could</c><00:21:39.700><c> have</c><00:21:41.019><c> had</c><00:21:41.119><c> one</c><00:21:41.480><c> faction</c><00:21:41.960><c> in</c><00:21:42.880><c> Corinth,</c><00:21:43.119><c> him,</c><00:21:44.859><c> but</c><00:21:45.099><c> he</c>

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chose<00:21:45.559><c> not</c><00:21:45.819><c> to.</c>

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No,<00:21:46.259><c> look,</c><00:21:46.500><c> Paul,</c><00:21:47.299><c> you're</c><00:21:48.440><c> dealing</c><00:21:48.680><c> with</c><00:21:48.880><c> this</c><00:21:49.059><c> problem.</c>

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You've<00:21:49.819><c> written</c><00:21:49.960><c> them</c><00:21:50.140><c> a</c><00:21:50.259><c> letter.</c>

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I<00:21:50.859><c> will</c><00:21:51.000><c> wait</c><00:21:51.119><c> for</c><00:21:51.319><c> things</c><00:21:51.680><c> to</c><00:21:52.380><c> quieten</c><00:21:52.839><c> down.</c>

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I<00:21:53.339><c> will</c><00:21:53.619><c> not</c><00:21:54.059><c> take</c><00:21:54.460><c> opportunity.</c>

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I'll<00:21:57.380><c> just</c><00:21:57.859><c> stay</c><00:21:58.099><c> here.</c>

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And,<00:21:59.099><c> of</c><00:21:59.220><c> course,</c><00:21:59.559><c> Paul</c><00:21:59.680><c> wrote</c><00:21:59.940><c> that</c><00:22:00.240><c> letter</c><00:22:00.440><c> from</c><00:22:00.720><c> Ephesus.</c>

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What<00:22:02.559><c> a</c><00:22:02.700><c> wonderful</c><00:22:02.940><c> man.</c>

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You<00:22:04.359><c> know,</c><00:22:04.619><c> brothers</c><00:22:04.759><c> and</c><00:22:04.920><c> sisters,</c><00:22:05.079><c> if</c><00:22:05.319><c> only</c><00:22:05.619><c> we</c><00:22:05.960><c> had</c><00:22:08.279><c> throughout</c><00:22:09.079><c> the</c><00:22:09.279><c> world</c>

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people<00:22:09.759><c> who</c><00:22:09.940><c> were</c><00:22:10.339><c> reluctant,</c><00:22:11.460><c> very</c><00:22:11.920><c> reluctant,</c><00:22:13.200><c> to</c><00:22:13.480><c> get</c>

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into<00:22:14.940><c> controversy,</c>

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were<00:22:15.920><c> very</c><00:22:16.359><c> reluctant</c><00:22:17.039><c> to</c><00:22:17.440><c> put</c><00:22:17.660><c> pen</c><00:22:17.960><c> to</c><00:22:18.180><c> paper,</c>

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who<00:22:18.720><c> were</c><00:22:18.920><c> very</c><00:22:19.339><c> reluctant</c><00:22:20.140><c> and</c><00:22:22.299><c> stood</c><00:22:22.559><c> aside</c><00:22:23.160><c> and</c><00:22:23.440><c> said,</c>

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No,<00:22:24.519><c> we,</c><00:22:24.740><c> Paul,</c><00:22:26.079><c> leave</c><00:22:26.319><c> this</c><00:22:26.500><c> in</c><00:22:26.619><c> the</c><00:22:26.720><c> hands</c><00:22:26.839><c> of</c><00:22:27.059><c> God.</c>

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You've<00:22:27.680><c> got</c><00:22:27.839><c> it</c><00:22:27.980><c> under</c><00:22:28.279><c> control.</c>

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Wonderful<00:22:29.480><c> example.</c>

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But<00:22:30.700><c> here's</c><00:22:30.960><c> how</c><00:22:31.119><c> he</c><00:22:31.240><c> came</c><00:22:31.440><c> to</c><00:22:31.599><c> the</c><00:22:31.839><c> truth.</c>

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You<00:22:32.259><c> see,</c><00:22:32.640><c> this</c><00:22:32.859><c> man</c><00:22:33.019><c> was</c><00:22:33.299><c> instructed</c><00:22:33.720><c> in</c><00:22:33.960><c> the</c><00:22:34.160><c> way</c><00:22:34.299><c> of</c><00:22:34.500><c> the</c><00:22:34.660><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:22:35.440><c> being</c><00:22:35.700><c> fervent</c><00:22:36.119><c> in</c><00:22:36.460><c> spirit,</c><00:22:36.980><c> he</c><00:22:37.319><c> spoke</c><00:22:37.700><c> and</c><00:22:38.000><c> taught</c><00:22:38.319><c> diligently</c>

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the<00:22:39.160><c> things</c><00:22:39.319><c> of</c><00:22:39.480><c> the</c><00:22:39.599><c> Lord,</c><00:22:39.920><c> knowing</c><00:22:40.180><c> only</c><00:22:40.640><c> the</c><00:22:40.900><c> baptism</c><00:22:41.359><c> of</c><00:22:41.819><c> John.</c>

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And<00:22:43.200><c> he</c><00:22:43.359><c> began</c><00:22:43.539><c> to</c><00:22:43.819><c> speak</c><00:22:43.980><c> boldly</c><00:22:44.559><c> in</c><00:22:44.680><c> the</c><00:22:44.859><c> synagogue,</c>

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whom<00:22:45.380><c> when</c><00:22:45.640><c> Aquila</c><00:22:45.980><c> and</c><00:22:46.200><c> Priscilla</c><00:22:46.500><c> had</c><00:22:46.720><c> heard,</c>

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they<00:22:47.059><c> took</c><00:22:47.380><c> him</c><00:22:48.039><c> unto</c><00:22:48.359><c> them</c><00:22:48.640><c> and</c><00:22:48.880><c> expounded</c><00:22:49.380><c> unto</c><00:22:49.619><c> him</c>

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the<00:22:50.039><c> word</c><00:22:50.220><c> of</c><00:22:50.400><c> God</c><00:22:50.700><c> more</c><00:22:51.099><c> perfectly.</c>

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The<00:22:54.180><c> way</c><00:22:54.420><c> of</c><00:22:54.579><c> God,</c><00:22:54.980><c> rather,</c><00:22:55.319><c> more</c><00:22:55.599><c> perfectly.</c>

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The<00:22:56.240><c> way</c><00:22:56.700><c> of</c><00:22:56.920><c> God</c><00:22:57.200><c> more</c><00:22:57.500><c> perfectly.</c>

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He<00:22:58.720><c> only</c><00:22:59.200><c> knew</c><00:22:59.559><c> the</c><00:22:59.779><c> baptism</c><00:23:00.200><c> of</c><00:23:00.579><c> John.</c>

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Now,<00:23:02.480><c> of</c><00:23:02.660><c> course,</c><00:23:02.940><c> we</c><00:23:03.119><c> know</c><00:23:03.339><c> the</c><00:23:03.460><c> wonderful</c><00:23:03.960><c> prophecy</c><00:23:04.319><c> in</c><00:23:04.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:04.900><c> 40,</c>

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verse<00:23:05.579><c> 3.</c>

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The<00:23:07.759><c> voice</c><00:23:08.119><c> of</c><00:23:08.299><c> him</c><00:23:08.660><c> crying</c><00:23:09.099><c> in</c><00:23:09.339><c> the</c><00:23:09.460><c> wilderness,</c>

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Prepare<00:23:10.660><c> ye</c><00:23:11.099><c> the</c><00:23:11.339><c> way</c><00:23:12.400><c> of</c><00:23:13.140><c> the</c><00:23:13.279><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:23:14.839><c> we</c><00:23:14.960><c> know</c><00:23:15.119><c> John</c><00:23:15.359><c> stood</c><00:23:15.599><c> on</c><00:23:15.900><c> the</c><00:23:16.079><c> banks</c><00:23:16.259><c> of</c><00:23:16.539><c> Jordan</c><00:23:16.779><c> saying,</c>

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There's<00:23:17.319><c> one</c><00:23:17.500><c> coming</c><00:23:17.759><c> after</c><00:23:18.079><c> me</c><00:23:18.279><c> who's</c><00:23:18.579><c> preferred</c><00:23:18.859><c> before</c><00:23:19.180><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:23:19.400><c> not</c><00:23:19.660><c> worthy</c><00:23:19.940><c> to</c><00:23:20.180><c> loose</c><00:23:20.400><c> his</c><00:23:20.599><c> shoe</c><00:23:20.759><c> lace.</c>

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And<00:23:23.880><c> Aquila</c><00:23:24.039><c> and</c><00:23:24.259><c> Priscilla</c><00:23:24.640><c> took</c><00:23:25.200><c> this</c><00:23:25.460><c> man</c><00:23:25.660><c> who</c><00:23:25.880><c> knew</c>

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John's<00:23:27.240><c> message</c>

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and<00:23:27.680><c> knew</c><00:23:27.859><c> John's</c><00:23:28.279><c> baptism</c><00:23:28.619><c> and</c><00:23:29.660><c> taught</c><00:23:30.059><c> him</c><00:23:30.420><c> the</c><00:23:30.720><c> way</c><00:23:31.259><c> of</c><00:23:31.559><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:31.960><c> more</c><00:23:32.880><c> perfectly.</c>

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A<00:23:33.519><c> lovely</c><00:23:33.720><c> little</c><00:23:34.000><c> allusion</c><00:23:34.380><c> back</c><00:23:34.720><c> to</c><00:23:35.440><c> Isaiah's</c><00:23:36.019><c> prophetic</c>

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message<00:23:36.819><c> of</c><00:23:37.119><c> John.</c>

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And<00:23:38.099><c> of</c><00:23:38.240><c> course,</c><00:23:38.539><c> we're</c><00:23:38.740><c> quoting</c><00:23:38.940><c> from</c><00:23:39.140><c> Matthew</c><00:23:39.460><c> 3,</c><00:23:39.839><c> verse</c><00:23:40.079><c> 11</c>

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as<00:23:40.619><c> well</c><00:23:40.759><c> there,</c>

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which<00:23:41.220><c> you</c><00:23:41.640><c> know,</c><00:23:42.440><c> that</c><00:23:42.619><c> quotation.</c>

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This<00:23:43.480><c> is</c><00:23:43.779><c> he,</c><00:23:44.559><c> the</c><00:23:44.720><c> voice</c><00:23:45.180><c> crying</c><00:23:45.500><c> in</c><00:23:45.660><c> the</c><00:23:45.799><c> wilderness.</c>

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Very<00:23:47.880><c> interesting,</c><00:23:48.579><c> brothers</c><00:23:48.579><c> and</c><00:23:48.740><c> sisters,</c>

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when<00:23:49.000><c> you're</c><00:23:49.180><c> talking</c><00:23:49.420><c> to</c><00:23:49.680><c> our</c><00:23:50.099><c> evangelical</c><00:23:50.559><c> friends,</c>

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he's<00:23:51.220><c> a</c><00:23:51.259><c> man</c><00:23:51.519><c> who's</c><00:23:52.039><c> fervent</c><00:23:52.319><c> in</c><00:23:52.500><c> the</c><00:23:52.799><c> Spirit</c><00:23:53.140><c> and</c><00:23:54.180><c> he</c><00:23:54.319><c> hasn't</c>

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got<00:23:54.720><c> the</c><00:23:54.960><c> Spirit.</c>

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So<00:23:55.380><c> we're</c><00:23:55.519><c> not</c><00:23:55.700><c> talking</c><00:23:55.839><c> about</c><00:23:56.019><c> the</c><00:23:56.200><c> Holy</c><00:23:56.380><c> Spirit.</c>

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He<00:23:56.779><c> was</c><00:23:57.039><c> fervent</c><00:23:57.359><c> in</c><00:23:57.619><c> mind</c><00:23:57.960><c> and</c><00:23:58.220><c> vigor.</c>

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His<00:23:58.920><c> mind</c><00:23:59.180><c> was</c><00:23:59.440><c> active</c><00:23:59.700><c> in</c><00:23:59.859><c> the</c><00:24:00.000><c> word</c><00:24:00.099><c> of</c><00:24:00.319><c> God.</c>

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He'd<00:24:01.119><c> examined</c><00:24:01.359><c> the</c><00:24:01.559><c> word</c><00:24:01.680><c> of</c><00:24:01.859><c> God.</c>

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He<00:24:02.079><c> knew</c><00:24:02.279><c> the</c><00:24:02.559><c> prophets</c><00:24:02.799><c> and</c><00:24:02.960><c> the</c><00:24:03.160><c> law.</c>

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He<00:24:03.720><c> knew</c><00:24:03.980><c> the</c><00:24:04.500><c> baptism</c><00:24:04.940><c> of</c><00:24:05.140><c> John,</c>

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but<00:24:05.460><c> he</c><00:24:05.700><c> didn't</c><00:24:05.920><c> know</c><00:24:06.440><c> the</c><00:24:06.819><c> truth</c><00:24:07.059><c> as</c><00:24:07.339><c> in</c><00:24:07.539><c> Christ</c><00:24:07.819><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:24:09.019><c> of</c><00:24:09.220><c> course,</c><00:24:09.880><c> when</c><00:24:09.880><c> he</c><00:24:12.259><c> grasped</c><00:24:12.740><c> the</c><00:24:12.900><c> truth,</c><00:24:13.099><c> of</c><00:24:13.279><c> course,</c>

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he<00:24:13.940><c> mightily</c><00:24:14.500><c> convinced</c><00:24:14.819><c> the</c><00:24:15.059><c> Jews</c><00:24:15.279><c> and</c><00:24:15.480><c> that</c><00:24:15.720><c> publicly</c><00:24:16.119><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:16.539><c> 28,</c>

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showing<00:24:18.140><c> by</c><00:24:18.400><c> the</c><00:24:18.579><c> scriptures</c><00:24:18.839><c> that</c><00:24:19.059><c> Jesus</c><00:24:19.480><c> was</c><00:24:20.200><c> the</c><00:24:20.460><c> Messiah.</c>

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He<00:24:20.980><c> was</c><00:24:21.460><c> the</c><00:24:21.700><c> Messiah.</c>

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Now,<00:24:23.519><c> so</c><00:24:23.720><c> that's</c><00:24:24.039><c> how</c><00:24:24.259><c> the</c><00:24:24.500><c> truth</c><00:24:24.720><c> first</c><00:24:25.119><c> arrived</c><00:24:25.539><c> at</c><00:24:26.380><c> Ephesus</c>

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through<00:24:27.079><c> the</c><00:24:27.240><c> ministrations</c><00:24:27.700><c> of</c><00:24:28.099><c> Apollos</c><00:24:28.220><c> and</c><00:24:28.440><c> the</c><00:24:28.640><c> baptism</c>

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of<00:24:29.259><c> John</c><00:24:29.839><c> initially,</c>

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and<00:24:31.579><c> then</c><00:24:31.740><c> Aquila</c><00:24:31.960><c> and</c><00:24:32.160><c> Priscilla</c><00:24:32.400><c> teaching</c><00:24:32.799><c> him</c><00:24:32.980><c> the</c><00:24:33.119><c> way</c><00:24:33.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:33.480><c> Lord</c><00:24:33.619><c> more</c><00:24:33.880><c> perfectly.</c>

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Now,<00:24:35.059><c> it</c><00:24:35.160><c> came</c><00:24:35.319><c> to</c><00:24:35.559><c> pass,</c><00:24:36.119><c> Apollos</c><00:24:36.440><c> by</c><00:24:36.660><c> this</c><00:24:36.839><c> time</c><00:24:36.980><c> had</c><00:24:37.160><c> gone</c>

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around<00:24:37.640><c> to</c><00:24:37.920><c> Corinth.</c>

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Paul,<00:24:39.299><c> having</c><00:24:39.740><c> passed</c><00:24:40.119><c> through</c><00:24:40.380><c> the</c><00:24:40.599><c> upper</c><00:24:40.799><c> coast,</c><00:24:41.059><c> came</c><00:24:41.319><c> to</c><00:24:41.519><c> Ephesus.</c>

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So<00:24:42.000><c> we're</c><00:24:42.019><c> now</c><00:24:42.279><c> on</c><00:24:42.460><c> the</c><00:24:42.680><c> third</c><00:24:42.940><c> missionary</c><00:24:43.359><c> journey.</c>

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And<00:24:44.859><c> finding</c><00:24:45.160><c> certain</c><00:24:45.539><c> disciples,</c><00:24:46.160><c> he</c><00:24:46.160><c> said</c><00:24:46.359><c> unto</c><00:24:46.539><c> them,</c>

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have<00:24:46.880><c> you</c><00:24:47.079><c> received</c><00:24:47.380><c> the</c><00:24:47.539><c> Holy</c><00:24:47.720><c> Spirit</c><00:24:48.519><c> since</c><00:24:48.920><c> you</c><00:24:49.119><c> believed?</c>

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And<00:24:49.539><c> they</c><00:24:49.759><c> said</c><00:24:49.900><c> unto</c><00:24:50.119><c> him,</c><00:24:50.359><c> we</c><00:24:50.519><c> have</c><00:24:50.680><c> not</c><00:24:50.940><c> so</c><00:24:51.200><c> much</c><00:24:51.519><c> as</c><00:24:51.819><c> heard</c>

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whether<00:24:53.099><c> there</c><00:24:53.259><c> be</c><00:24:53.400><c> any</c><00:24:53.640><c> Holy</c><00:24:53.880><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:24:55.240><c> he</c><00:24:55.339><c> said</c><00:24:55.480><c> unto</c><00:24:55.619><c> them,</c><00:24:56.019><c> unto</c><00:24:56.140><c> what</c><00:24:57.480><c> then</c><00:24:57.859><c> were</c><00:24:58.079><c> you</c><00:24:58.299><c> baptized?</c>

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They<00:24:59.079><c> said</c><00:24:59.460><c> unto</c><00:24:59.799><c> John's</c><00:25:00.299><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:25:01.059><c> so</c><00:25:01.279><c> there's</c><00:25:03.240><c> the</c><00:25:03.539><c> effect</c><00:25:03.839><c> of</c><00:25:05.279><c> Apollos'</c><00:25:05.859><c> work,</c>

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but<00:25:07.000><c> they</c><00:25:07.200><c> didn't</c><00:25:07.400><c> know</c><00:25:07.599><c> the</c><00:25:07.900><c> complete</c><00:25:08.059><c> truth.</c>

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Then<00:25:08.599><c> said</c><00:25:09.880><c> Paul,</c><00:25:10.180><c> John</c><00:25:10.579><c> truly</c><00:25:11.019><c> baptized</c><00:25:11.480><c> with</c><00:25:11.720><c> the</c><00:25:11.859><c> baptism</c>

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of<00:25:12.500><c> repentance,</c>

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saying<00:25:13.240><c> unto</c><00:25:13.440><c> the</c><00:25:13.640><c> people</c><00:25:13.839><c> that</c><00:25:14.000><c> they</c><00:25:14.240><c> should</c><00:25:14.400><c> believe</c><00:25:14.759><c> on</c><00:25:14.980><c> him,</c>

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which<00:25:15.640><c> should</c><00:25:15.859><c> come</c><00:25:16.200><c> after</c><00:25:16.599><c> him,</c><00:25:16.880><c> that</c><00:25:17.079><c> is</c><00:25:17.319><c> on</c><00:25:17.519><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:25:18.400><c> when</c><00:25:18.519><c> they</c><00:25:18.759><c> heard</c><00:25:18.960><c> this,</c><00:25:19.500><c> they</c><00:25:19.700><c> were</c><00:25:19.960><c> baptized</c><00:25:20.500><c> in</c><00:25:20.720><c> the</c>

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name<00:25:21.380><c> of</c><00:25:21.660><c> the</c><00:25:21.839><c> Lord</c><00:25:22.299><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:25:24.400><c> when</c><00:25:24.579><c> Paul</c><00:25:24.779><c> had</c><00:25:25.059><c> laid</c><00:25:25.240><c> his</c><00:25:25.480><c> hands</c><00:25:25.619><c> upon</c><00:25:25.859><c> them,</c><00:25:26.079><c> the</c><00:25:26.319><c> Holy</c>

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Spirit<00:25:27.079><c> came</c><00:25:27.460><c> upon</c><00:25:27.740><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:25:28.680><c> at</c><00:25:28.839><c> last,</c><00:25:29.640><c> these</c><00:25:29.960><c> disciples</c><00:25:30.359><c> received</c><00:25:30.980><c> the</c><00:25:31.180><c> Holy</c><00:25:31.380><c> Spirit,</c>

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having<00:25:32.319><c> had</c><00:25:32.619><c> the</c><00:25:33.039><c> truth</c><00:25:33.319><c> taught</c><00:25:33.599><c> to</c><00:25:33.799><c> them</c><00:25:34.140><c> more</c><00:25:34.460><c> perfectly.</c>

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They<00:25:35.039><c> spoke</c><00:25:35.279><c> with</c><00:25:35.579><c> tongues,</c><00:25:35.859><c> they</c><00:25:36.140><c> prophesied,</c>

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and<00:25:37.180><c> all</c><00:25:37.460><c> the</c><00:25:37.640><c> men</c><00:25:38.099><c> were</c><00:25:38.640><c> about</c><00:25:39.019><c> 12.</c>

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Now<00:25:41.779><c> we</c><00:25:42.000><c> come</c><00:25:42.579><c> really</c><00:25:42.920><c> to</c><00:25:43.319><c> the</c><00:25:43.500><c> crux</c><00:25:43.740><c> of</c><00:25:43.859><c> what</c><00:25:43.940><c> I</c><00:25:44.099><c> want</c><00:25:44.240><c> to</c><00:25:44.339><c> say</c>

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to<00:25:44.640><c> you</c><00:25:44.880><c> in</c><00:25:45.119><c> this</c><00:25:45.339><c> first</c><00:25:45.599><c> study.</c>

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The<00:25:47.299><c> progress</c><00:25:47.720><c> and</c><00:25:47.960><c> introduction</c><00:25:48.380><c> of</c><00:25:48.619><c> the</c><00:25:48.839><c> truth</c><00:25:49.039><c> into</c><00:25:49.299><c> Ephesus</c>

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becomes<00:25:50.640><c> a</c><00:25:51.119><c> pattern</c><00:25:51.640><c> of</c><00:25:53.539><c> the</c><00:25:53.799><c> entire</c><00:25:54.359><c> progress</c><00:25:55.059><c> of</c><00:25:55.660><c> the</c><00:25:55.819><c> Gospel.</c>

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It<00:25:56.579><c> really</c><00:25:56.880><c> does.</c>

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We're<00:25:57.839><c> seeing</c><00:25:58.259><c> step</c><00:25:58.799><c> by</c><00:25:59.200><c> step</c><00:25:59.680><c> the</c><00:26:00.140><c> Gospel</c><00:26:00.579><c> unfold</c><00:26:01.299><c> in</c><00:26:01.619><c> Ephesus</c>

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in<00:26:02.400><c> exactly</c><00:26:02.720><c> the</c><00:26:02.940><c> same</c><00:26:03.119><c> way</c><00:26:03.640><c> as</c><00:26:04.000><c> it</c><00:26:04.299><c> unfolded</c><00:26:05.240><c> in</c><00:26:05.579><c> the</c><00:26:05.799><c> rest</c><00:26:05.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:06.240><c> world.</c>

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It's<00:26:06.619><c> almost</c><00:26:06.940><c> like</c><00:26:08.099><c> fanning</c><00:26:08.440><c> out</c><00:26:09.180><c> to</c><00:26:09.500><c> the</c><00:26:09.660><c> big</c><00:26:09.880><c> future.</c>

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:14.539
Now<00:26:11.700><c> I</c><00:26:11.759><c> want</c><00:26:11.859><c> to</c><00:26:12.000><c> illustrate</c><00:26:12.440><c> with</c><00:26:12.779><c> a</c><00:26:12.859><c> succession</c><00:26:13.259><c> of</c><00:26:13.599><c> slides,</c>

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which<00:26:15.039><c> we'll</c><00:26:15.279><c> go</c><00:26:15.559><c> through</c><00:26:16.059><c> and</c><00:26:17.740><c> hopefully</c><00:26:18.180><c> complete</c><00:26:18.900><c> them</c><00:26:19.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:19.380><c> time</c><00:26:20.019><c> appointed.</c>

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Some<00:26:21.000><c> of</c><00:26:21.220><c> these</c><00:26:21.480><c> references</c><00:26:21.859><c> we'll</c><00:26:22.259><c> turn</c><00:26:22.440><c> up.</c>

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:27.960
Others<00:26:23.200><c> are</c><00:26:23.500><c> so</c><00:26:23.740><c> well</c><00:26:24.039><c> known</c><00:26:24.359><c> that</c><00:26:24.819><c> we</c><00:26:25.240><c> will</c><00:26:25.460><c> not</c><00:26:26.579><c> turn</c><00:26:26.980><c> them</c><00:26:27.119><c> up.</c>

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:31.720
I'll<00:26:29.980><c> put</c><00:26:30.099><c> the</c><00:26:30.420><c> complete</c><00:26:30.819><c> slide</c><00:26:31.200><c> on.</c>

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:35.779
It<00:26:32.480><c> will</c><00:26:32.700><c> save</c><00:26:32.819><c> us</c><00:26:33.680><c> shuffling</c><00:26:34.079><c> around</c><00:26:34.359><c> all</c><00:26:34.539><c> the</c><00:26:34.700><c> time.</c>

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:43.859
Now<00:26:37.500><c> look</c><00:26:37.640><c> at</c><00:26:37.759><c> the</c><00:26:37.980><c> comparison</c><00:26:38.660><c> between</c><00:26:39.900><c> what</c><00:26:41.259><c> happened</c><00:26:41.960><c> in</c><00:26:43.420><c> Ephesus</c>

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:47.079
and<00:26:44.259><c> what</c><00:26:44.559><c> happened</c><00:26:44.920><c> in</c><00:26:45.140><c> the</c><00:26:45.339><c> progress</c><00:26:45.559><c> of</c><00:26:45.740><c> the</c><00:26:45.839><c> Gospel</c><00:26:46.099><c> itself.</c>

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.819
You<00:26:47.900><c> see,</c><00:26:48.400><c> Matthew</c><00:26:48.799><c> chapter</c><00:26:49.079><c> 3</c><00:26:49.359><c> verse</c><00:26:49.619><c> 11,</c>

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:53.980
we'll<00:26:50.779><c> go</c><00:26:50.980><c> to</c><00:26:51.099><c> these</c><00:26:51.460><c> quotes</c><00:26:51.720><c> in</c><00:26:51.880><c> Matthew,</c><00:26:52.420><c> Mark</c><00:26:52.680><c> and</c><00:26:52.819><c> Luke</c><00:26:53.359><c> just</c><00:26:53.819><c> to</c>

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get<00:26:54.339><c> started.</c>

00:26:55.420 --> 00:27:01.400
In<00:26:56.019><c> Matthew</c><00:26:56.420><c> chapter</c><00:26:57.079><c> 3,</c><00:26:59.039><c> we've</c><00:26:59.279><c> already</c><00:26:59.619><c> referred</c><00:26:59.839><c> to</c><00:27:00.039><c> this.</c>

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:05.599
When<00:27:03.359><c> the</c><00:27:03.960><c> Gospel,</c><00:27:04.579><c> the</c><00:27:04.759><c> beginning</c><00:27:04.960><c> of</c><00:27:05.119><c> the</c><00:27:05.259><c> Gospel,</c>

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:08.680
we<00:27:06.099><c> find</c><00:27:06.539><c> that</c><00:27:06.880><c> initially</c><00:27:07.220><c> John</c><00:27:07.500><c> came</c><00:27:07.920><c> as</c><00:27:08.180><c> the</c><00:27:08.380><c> herald.</c>

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:11.559
This<00:27:09.059><c> is</c><00:27:09.279><c> he</c><00:27:09.480><c> in</c><00:27:09.619><c> verse</c><00:27:09.839><c> 3</c><00:27:10.140><c> spoken</c><00:27:10.460><c> by</c><00:27:10.680><c> the</c><00:27:10.880><c> prophet</c><00:27:11.079><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:13.740
the<00:27:12.019><c> voice</c><00:27:12.400><c> crying</c><00:27:12.700><c> in</c><00:27:12.839><c> the</c><00:27:12.960><c> wilderness.</c>

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.420
They<00:27:14.720><c> were</c><00:27:14.960><c> baptised</c><00:27:15.599><c> in</c><00:27:15.819><c> Jordan</c><00:27:16.140><c> confessing</c><00:27:16.839><c> their</c><00:27:17.059><c> sins,</c>

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verse<00:27:17.759><c> 6.</c>

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Verse<00:27:19.420><c> 13,</c>

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Then<00:27:20.240><c> cometh</c><00:27:20.660><c> Jesus</c><00:27:21.160><c> from</c><00:27:21.359><c> Galilee</c><00:27:21.960><c> to</c><00:27:22.180><c> Jordan</c><00:27:22.579><c> unto</c><00:27:22.920><c> John,</c>

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to<00:27:23.380><c> be</c><00:27:23.539><c> baptised</c><00:27:24.180><c> of</c><00:27:24.480><c> him.</c>

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:29.700
Verse<00:27:26.920><c> 16,</c><00:27:27.799><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:28.400><c> when</c><00:27:28.460><c> he</c><00:27:29.019><c> was</c><00:27:29.220><c> baptised,</c>

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:31.380
went<00:27:29.880><c> up</c><00:27:30.339><c> straightway</c><00:27:30.880><c> out</c><00:27:31.000><c> of</c><00:27:31.079><c> the</c><00:27:31.259><c> water,</c>

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:33.059
and<00:27:31.640><c> lo,</c><00:27:31.799><c> the</c><00:27:31.960><c> heavens</c><00:27:32.180><c> were</c><00:27:32.380><c> open</c><00:27:32.619><c> unto</c><00:27:32.880><c> him,</c>

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:35.440
and<00:27:33.160><c> he</c><00:27:33.319><c> saw</c><00:27:33.500><c> the</c><00:27:33.740><c> Spirit</c><00:27:33.900><c> of</c><00:27:34.039><c> God</c><00:27:34.339><c> descending</c><00:27:34.680><c> like</c><00:27:34.960><c> a</c><00:27:35.140><c> dove</c>

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and<00:27:35.859><c> lighting</c><00:27:36.180><c> upon</c><00:27:36.640><c> him.</c>

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So<00:27:37.960><c> John's</c><00:27:38.420><c> baptism</c><00:27:38.880><c> led</c><00:27:39.240><c> to</c><00:27:39.440><c> Jesus'</c><00:27:40.119><c> baptism,</c>

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:43.579
and<00:27:40.900><c> in</c><00:27:41.099><c> Ephesus</c><00:27:41.599><c> the</c><00:27:41.980><c> disciples</c><00:27:42.420><c> of</c><00:27:42.619><c> John</c><00:27:42.980><c> were</c><00:27:43.240><c> converted</c>

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:45.160
to<00:27:43.779><c> the</c><00:27:43.960><c> baptism</c><00:27:44.359><c> into</c><00:27:44.779><c> Christ,</c>

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:47.160
and<00:27:45.339><c> the</c><00:27:45.500><c> Holy</c><00:27:45.740><c> Spirit</c><00:27:46.240><c> came</c><00:27:46.579><c> upon</c><00:27:46.880><c> them.</c>

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:49.900
Now<00:27:48.019><c> I've</c><00:27:48.259><c> omitted</c><00:27:48.480><c> one</c><00:27:48.700><c> little</c><00:27:49.119><c> point</c><00:27:49.339><c> in</c><00:27:49.559><c> here,</c>

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:52.920
which<00:27:50.480><c> we'll</c><00:27:51.039><c> get</c><00:27:51.200><c> out</c><00:27:51.400><c> of</c><00:27:51.539><c> Mark</c><00:27:51.839><c> chapter</c><00:27:52.299><c> 3.</c>

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:57.480
As<00:27:53.640><c> you</c><00:27:53.859><c> know,</c><00:27:55.240><c> the</c><00:27:55.380><c> Gospel</c><00:27:55.700><c> is</c><00:27:55.960><c> not</c><00:27:56.299><c> always</c><00:27:56.599><c> written</c><00:27:56.819><c> in</c>

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chronological<00:27:58.099><c> order.</c>

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:02.660
Each<00:27:59.640><c> of</c><00:27:59.759><c> the</c><00:27:59.900><c> Gospel</c><00:28:00.160><c> writers</c><00:28:00.539><c> seeking</c><00:28:01.160><c> their</c><00:28:01.500><c> own...</c>

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:26.400
We<00:28:14.420><c> read</c><00:28:15.359><c> in</c><00:28:15.819><c> chapter</c><00:28:16.099><c> 3</c><00:28:17.400><c> that</c><00:28:18.299><c> what</c><00:28:18.779><c> followed</c><00:28:20.039><c> Jesus'</c><00:28:23.319><c> baptism</c><00:28:23.799><c> was</c><00:28:24.380><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> ministry</c><00:28:24.920><c> in</c><00:28:25.160><c> Galilee,</c>

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:29.839
and<00:28:27.380><c> they</c><00:28:27.660><c> came</c><00:28:27.940><c> from</c><00:28:28.160><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:28.640><c> in</c><00:28:28.819><c> verse</c><00:28:29.140><c> 8,</c>

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and<00:28:31.259><c> Tyre</c><00:28:31.819><c> and</c><00:28:32.039><c> Sidon,</c>

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which<00:28:32.720><c> perhaps</c><00:28:33.059><c> suggests</c><00:28:33.460><c> why</c><00:28:33.700><c> the</c><00:28:33.759><c> woman</c><00:28:34.039><c> of</c><00:28:34.400><c> Sarah</c><00:28:34.640><c> Phoenicia</c><00:28:35.099><c> had</c><00:28:35.519><c> heard</c><00:28:35.759><c> of</c><00:28:35.920><c> Jesus</c>

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:38.180
and<00:28:36.460><c> knew</c><00:28:36.559><c> who</c><00:28:36.720><c> he</c><00:28:36.920><c> was,</c><00:28:37.259><c> the</c><00:28:37.460><c> son</c><00:28:37.660><c> of</c><00:28:37.920><c> David,</c>

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:42.299
because<00:28:38.740><c> people</c><00:28:39.039><c> came</c><00:28:39.380><c> as</c><00:28:39.660><c> far</c><00:28:39.960><c> away</c><00:28:40.359><c> as</c><00:28:40.799><c> the</c><00:28:40.980><c> coast</c><00:28:41.160><c> of</c><00:28:41.359><c> Lebanon.</c>

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:44.880
Great<00:28:42.859><c> multitude</c><00:28:43.299><c> when</c><00:28:43.500><c> they</c><00:28:43.720><c> heard</c><00:28:43.920><c> the</c><00:28:44.160><c> great</c><00:28:44.460><c> things</c><00:28:44.700><c> he</c>

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did<00:28:45.059><c> and</c><00:28:45.240><c> came</c><00:28:45.440><c> unto</c><00:28:45.680><c> him.</c>

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:49.819
And<00:28:47.180><c> he</c><00:28:47.460><c> did</c><00:28:47.779><c> these</c><00:28:48.059><c> miracles,</c><00:28:48.720><c> and</c><00:28:48.759><c> then</c><00:28:48.900><c> in</c><00:28:49.079><c> verse</c><00:28:49.380><c> 14,</c>

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:52.819
he<00:28:50.119><c> ordained</c><00:28:50.680><c> twelve</c><00:28:51.380><c> that</c><00:28:51.640><c> they</c><00:28:51.900><c> should</c><00:28:52.039><c> be</c><00:28:52.259><c> with</c><00:28:52.420><c> him,</c>

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:56.759
and<00:28:53.240><c> that</c><00:28:53.819><c> he</c><00:28:54.099><c> might</c><00:28:54.400><c> send</c><00:28:54.859><c> them</c><00:28:55.240><c> forth</c><00:28:55.619><c> to</c><00:28:55.940><c> preach.</c>

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:05.480
So<00:28:59.799><c> the</c><00:29:00.359><c> Holy</c><00:29:00.559><c> Spirit</c><00:29:00.819><c> came</c><00:29:01.680><c> in</c><00:29:04.460><c> Jesus'</c><00:29:05.200><c> ministry.</c>

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:07.279
He<00:29:05.759><c> appointed</c><00:29:06.099><c> twelve.</c>

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:10.359
We've<00:29:07.480><c> just</c><00:29:07.720><c> read</c><00:29:08.339><c> that</c><00:29:09.039><c> at</c><00:29:09.279><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:13.539
Paul<00:29:10.839><c> puts</c><00:29:11.140><c> his</c><00:29:11.380><c> hands</c><00:29:11.640><c> upon</c><00:29:11.980><c> twelve</c><00:29:12.960><c> disciples,</c>

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.599
and<00:29:13.819><c> they</c><00:29:14.059><c> receive</c><00:29:14.299><c> the</c><00:29:14.480><c> Holy</c><00:29:14.700><c> Spirit.</c>

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:20.240
We<00:29:16.079><c> then</c><00:29:16.259><c> read</c><00:29:16.720><c> in</c><00:29:18.220><c> Acts</c><00:29:18.500><c> chapter</c><00:29:18.779><c> 19</c><00:29:19.180><c> that</c><00:29:19.359><c> he</c><00:29:19.559><c> entered</c><00:29:19.900><c> into</c>

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.099
their<00:29:20.519><c> synagogues</c>

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.940
and<00:29:21.240><c> began</c><00:29:21.480><c> to</c><00:29:21.759><c> preach.</c>

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.579
We<00:29:22.339><c> now</c><00:29:22.539><c> go</c><00:29:22.700><c> to</c><00:29:22.900><c> Luke's</c><00:29:23.299><c> Gospel,</c>

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:26.119
which<00:29:23.579><c> is</c><00:29:23.599><c> called</c><00:29:23.660><c> the</c><00:29:23.779><c> way</c><00:29:24.000><c> Luke</c><00:29:24.200><c> tells</c><00:29:24.500><c> the</c><00:29:24.720><c> story</c><00:29:24.920><c> of</c><00:29:25.079><c> Jesus.</c>

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:34.240
We<00:29:28.319><c> have</c><00:29:28.559><c> the</c><00:29:28.779><c> baptism</c><00:29:29.400><c> covered</c><00:29:30.980><c> by</c><00:29:31.220><c> the</c><00:29:31.400><c> other</c><00:29:32.920><c> Gospel</c><00:29:33.799><c> writers,</c>

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:38.380
and<00:29:34.960><c> Luke</c><00:29:35.180><c> takes</c><00:29:35.440><c> up</c><00:29:35.660><c> the</c><00:29:35.839><c> record</c><00:29:36.079><c> after</c><00:29:36.380><c> the</c><00:29:36.619><c> temptation</c><00:29:37.240><c> and</c><00:29:38.019><c> says,</c>

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:41.619
he<00:29:38.660><c> returned,</c><00:29:39.400><c> that</c><00:29:39.619><c> is</c><00:29:39.859><c> from</c><00:29:40.099><c> down</c><00:29:40.339><c> in</c><00:29:40.579><c> the</c><00:29:40.579><c> area</c><00:29:41.000><c> of</c><00:29:41.180><c> Bethabara</c>

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:45.039
where<00:29:42.200><c> John</c><00:29:42.539><c> was</c><00:29:42.819><c> baptising</c><00:29:43.400><c> after</c><00:29:43.700><c> his</c><00:29:43.920><c> baptism</c><00:29:44.259><c> and</c><00:29:44.519><c> temptation.</c>

00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:47.680
Jesus<00:29:45.819><c> returned</c><00:29:46.460><c> in</c><00:29:46.619><c> verse</c><00:29:46.880><c> 14</c><00:29:47.220><c> of</c><00:29:47.440><c> Luke,</c>

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:51.519
for<00:29:47.980><c> in</c><00:29:48.220><c> the</c><00:29:48.480><c> power</c><00:29:48.740><c> of</c><00:29:48.980><c> the</c><00:29:49.220><c> Spirit</c><00:29:49.859><c> into</c><00:29:50.960><c> Galilee,</c>

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:54.680
and<00:29:51.740><c> they</c><00:29:51.900><c> went</c><00:29:52.059><c> fame</c><00:29:52.680><c> of</c><00:29:53.299><c> him</c><00:29:53.539><c> throughout</c><00:29:53.900><c> all</c><00:29:54.220><c> the</c><00:29:54.400><c> region,</c>

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:57.619
and<00:29:55.059><c> he</c><00:29:55.299><c> taught</c><00:29:55.460><c> in</c><00:29:55.680><c> their</c><00:29:55.900><c> synagogues,</c><00:29:56.700><c> being</c><00:29:56.880><c> glorified</c><00:29:57.380><c> of</c><00:29:57.559><c> all.</c>

00:29:57.700 --> 00:30:03.519
We're<00:29:57.920><c> following</c><00:29:58.180><c> exactly</c><00:29:58.779><c> the</c><00:29:59.220><c> pattern</c><00:29:59.480><c> of</c><00:29:59.740><c> the</c><00:29:59.940><c> introduction</c><00:30:00.339><c> of</c><00:30:00.539><c> the</c><00:30:00.720><c> truth</c><00:30:01.000><c> to</c><00:30:02.220><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:07.259
And<00:30:04.539><c> so</c><00:30:04.660><c> there's</c><00:30:04.880><c> a</c><00:30:05.079><c> pattern</c><00:30:05.579><c> developing</c><00:30:06.140><c> here.</c>

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:14.200
We<00:30:07.640><c> read</c><00:30:07.960><c> in</c><00:30:08.240><c> verse</c><00:30:10.180><c> 28,</c>

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:17.240
and<00:30:14.859><c> all</c><00:30:15.519><c> day</c><00:30:15.740><c> in</c><00:30:15.900><c> the</c><00:30:16.079><c> synagogues,</c><00:30:16.500><c> when</c><00:30:16.579><c> they</c><00:30:16.779><c> heard</c><00:30:16.940><c> these</c>

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.599
things<00:30:17.519><c> were</c><00:30:17.759><c> filled</c><00:30:18.059><c> with</c><00:30:18.339><c> wrath,</c>

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:21.160
verse<00:30:19.099><c> 33,</c><00:30:19.599><c> in</c><00:30:19.839><c> the</c><00:30:20.079><c> synagogue</c><00:30:20.380><c> there</c><00:30:20.619><c> was</c><00:30:20.819><c> a</c><00:30:20.960><c> man.</c>

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:24.339
There's<00:30:21.859><c> an</c><00:30:22.059><c> emphasis</c><00:30:22.359><c> here</c><00:30:22.640><c> in</c><00:30:22.779><c> Luke's</c><00:30:23.119><c> record</c><00:30:23.359><c> of</c><00:30:23.539><c> in</c><00:30:23.839><c> the</c><00:30:24.039><c> synagogue.</c>

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:27.640
We'll<00:30:24.940><c> just</c><00:30:25.039><c> go</c><00:30:25.220><c> back</c><00:30:25.619><c> to</c><00:30:25.960><c> Acts</c><00:30:26.220><c> and</c><00:30:26.460><c> just</c><00:30:27.000><c> keep</c><00:30:27.359><c> tracking</c>

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:29.400
this<00:30:28.000><c> record</c><00:30:28.319><c> through.</c>

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:34.200
In<00:30:31.279><c> Acts</c><00:30:31.559><c> chapter</c><00:30:32.299><c> 19,</c>

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:44.039
we<00:30:40.960><c> got</c><00:30:41.119><c> down</c><00:30:41.359><c> to</c><00:30:41.500><c> verse</c><00:30:41.700><c> 6</c><00:30:42.099><c> when</c><00:30:42.380><c> they</c><00:30:42.759><c> laid</c><00:30:42.940><c> hands</c><00:30:43.240><c> on</c><00:30:43.440><c> him.</c>

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:47.519
He<00:30:44.579><c> laid</c><00:30:44.799><c> hands</c><00:30:45.059><c> on</c><00:30:45.299><c> him,</c><00:30:46.119><c> and</c><00:30:46.279><c> the</c><00:30:46.359><c> men</c><00:30:46.500><c> were</c><00:30:46.700><c> about</c><00:30:47.019><c> 12,</c>

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:50.799
and<00:30:47.700><c> he</c><00:30:47.779><c> went</c><00:30:48.000><c> into</c><00:30:48.240><c> the</c><00:30:48.460><c> synagogue</c><00:30:48.920><c> and</c><00:30:49.279><c> spoke</c><00:30:49.519><c> boldly.</c>

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:57.500
And<00:30:52.039><c> then</c><00:30:52.619><c> this</c><00:30:53.960><c> continued</c><00:30:54.579><c> by</c><00:30:54.880><c> the</c><00:30:55.799><c> space</c><00:30:55.940><c> of</c><00:30:56.579><c> two</c><00:30:57.259><c> years.</c>

00:30:57.539 --> 00:31:00.799
We're<00:30:57.700><c> leaving</c><00:30:57.880><c> out</c><00:30:58.140><c> some</c><00:30:58.319><c> of</c><00:30:58.480><c> the</c><00:30:58.619><c> details</c><00:30:58.900><c> here</c><00:30:59.240><c> because</c><00:30:59.500><c> of</c><00:30:59.779><c> time.</c>

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.480
So<00:31:01.000><c> that</c><00:31:01.259><c> all</c><00:31:01.680><c> they</c><00:31:01.859><c> which</c><00:31:02.160><c> dwelt</c><00:31:02.299><c> in</c><00:31:02.579><c> Asia</c><00:31:02.740><c> heard</c><00:31:03.160><c> the</c><00:31:03.319><c> word</c>

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.319
of<00:31:03.619><c> the</c><00:31:03.720><c> Lord</c><00:31:03.920><c> Jesus,</c>

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:06.559
both<00:31:04.779><c> Jews</c><00:31:05.059><c> and</c><00:31:05.359><c> Greeks,</c><00:31:05.920><c> verse</c><00:31:06.180><c> 20,</c>

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:10.180
so<00:31:06.980><c> mightily</c><00:31:07.559><c> grew</c><00:31:07.740><c> the</c><00:31:07.920><c> word</c><00:31:08.140><c> of</c><00:31:08.400><c> God</c><00:31:08.740><c> and</c><00:31:09.400><c> prevailed.</c>

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:14.440
And<00:31:10.539><c> so</c><00:31:10.640><c> there's</c><00:31:10.900><c> an</c><00:31:11.079><c> emphasis</c><00:31:11.460><c> on</c><00:31:12.420><c> the</c><00:31:12.720><c> comprehensive</c><00:31:13.579><c> progress</c><00:31:14.279><c> of</c>

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.859
the<00:31:14.559><c> Gospel.</c>

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:17.980
This<00:31:15.259><c> is</c><00:31:15.500><c> not</c><00:31:15.700><c> just</c><00:31:16.099><c> the</c><00:31:16.259><c> ordinary</c><00:31:16.599><c> penetration</c><00:31:17.180><c> of</c><00:31:17.380><c> the</c><00:31:17.519><c> Gospel</c><00:31:17.759><c> into</c>

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.680
a<00:31:18.119><c> local</c><00:31:18.359><c> area</c>

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:20.799
like<00:31:18.880><c> it</c><00:31:18.980><c> did</c><00:31:19.180><c> in</c><00:31:19.339><c> Lystra</c><00:31:19.660><c> Iconium</c><00:31:20.079><c> and</c><00:31:20.180><c> so</c><00:31:20.420><c> forth.</c>

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:26.160
From<00:31:21.859><c> Ephesus,</c><00:31:22.680><c> the</c><00:31:22.779><c> Gospel</c><00:31:23.279><c> spread</c><00:31:24.019><c> out,</c><00:31:24.859><c> both</c><00:31:25.220><c> Jews</c><00:31:25.519><c> and</c><00:31:25.740><c> Greeks.</c>

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:31.519
The<00:31:26.640><c> word</c><00:31:26.880><c> of</c><00:31:27.019><c> the</c><00:31:27.180><c> Lord</c><00:31:27.559><c> over</c><00:31:27.980><c> two</c><00:31:28.339><c> years</c><00:31:29.779><c> mightily</c><00:31:30.940><c> grew</c>

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:34.160
throughout<00:31:32.519><c> that</c><00:31:33.279><c> region.</c>

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:39.140
And<00:31:37.000><c> so</c><00:31:37.359><c> there's</c><00:31:37.700><c> a</c><00:31:37.980><c> comprehensiveness</c><00:31:38.559><c> about</c><00:31:38.960><c> it,</c>

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:42.720
just<00:31:39.480><c> exactly</c><00:31:39.940><c> the</c><00:31:40.099><c> way</c><00:31:40.299><c> Mark</c><00:31:40.599><c> describes</c><00:31:41.160><c> and</c><00:31:41.299><c> Luke</c><00:31:41.519><c> describes</c><00:31:41.960><c> the</c><00:31:42.200><c> progress</c><00:31:42.539><c> of</c>

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.140
the<00:31:42.880><c> Gospel</c><00:31:43.099><c> in</c><00:31:43.279><c> those</c><00:31:43.440><c> early</c><00:31:43.740><c> years.</c>

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:47.279
We<00:31:44.759><c> read,</c><00:31:45.279><c> of</c><00:31:45.660><c> course,</c><00:31:46.259><c> these</c><00:31:46.400><c> records</c><00:31:46.759><c> of</c><00:31:46.900><c> the</c><00:31:47.019><c> Gospel,</c>

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:50.480
how<00:31:47.539><c> Jesus</c><00:31:47.920><c> then</c><00:31:48.140><c> and</c><00:31:48.259><c> that</c><00:31:48.480><c> Galilean</c><00:31:49.000><c> ministry</c><00:31:49.420><c> astonished</c><00:31:50.200><c> people</c>

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:52.619
with<00:31:50.740><c> the</c><00:31:51.000><c> performance</c><00:31:51.279><c> of</c><00:31:51.500><c> these</c><00:31:51.680><c> marvellous</c><00:31:52.180><c> miracles.</c>

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:58.259
And<00:31:53.079><c> in</c><00:31:53.200><c> 19,</c><00:31:54.140><c> verse</c><00:31:54.420><c> 11,</c><00:31:55.319><c> and</c><00:31:55.480><c> God</c><00:31:55.720><c> brought</c><00:31:56.200><c> special</c><00:31:57.059><c> miracles,</c><00:31:57.799><c> special</c>

00:31:58.259 --> 00:32:00.980
miracles<00:31:58.680><c> by</c><00:31:58.920><c> the</c><00:31:59.140><c> hand</c><00:31:59.740><c> of</c><00:32:00.099><c> Paul,</c>

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:04.880
so<00:32:01.380><c> that</c><00:32:01.539><c> from</c><00:32:01.740><c> his</c><00:32:01.980><c> body</c><00:32:02.200><c> were</c><00:32:02.380><c> brought</c><00:32:02.599><c> upon</c><00:32:02.880><c> the</c><00:32:03.119><c> sick</c><00:32:03.500><c> handkerchiefs</c><00:32:04.220><c> and</c><00:32:04.420><c> aprons,</c>

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:08.140
and<00:32:05.140><c> the</c><00:32:05.380><c> diseases</c><00:32:05.759><c> departed</c><00:32:06.180><c> from</c><00:32:06.480><c> them,</c><00:32:06.680><c> and</c><00:32:06.920><c> the</c><00:32:07.119><c> evil</c><00:32:07.319><c> spirits</c><00:32:07.700><c> went</c><00:32:07.920><c> out</c>

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.440
of<00:32:08.220><c> them.</c>

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:11.279
So<00:32:09.039><c> there's</c><00:32:09.779><c> special</c><00:32:10.619><c> miracles.</c>

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:15.799
It's<00:32:12.119><c> almost</c><00:32:12.420><c> as</c><00:32:12.660><c> though</c><00:32:12.839><c> Paul</c><00:32:13.200><c> is</c><00:32:14.039><c> following</c><00:32:15.059><c> the</c><00:32:15.519><c> pattern</c>

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:18.720
set<00:32:16.099><c> by</c><00:32:16.380><c> the</c><00:32:16.519><c> master</c><00:32:16.920><c> in</c><00:32:17.299><c> his</c><00:32:17.839><c> actual</c><00:32:18.200><c> ministry</c>

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:23.720
as<00:32:19.279><c> he</c><00:32:20.440><c> walked</c><00:32:20.720><c> in</c><00:32:20.960><c> Israel</c><00:32:21.579><c> and</c><00:32:22.019><c> in</c><00:32:22.119><c> Galilee</c><00:32:22.619><c> during</c><00:32:23.019><c> those</c><00:32:23.359><c> three</c><00:32:23.500><c> and</c><00:32:23.640><c> a</c>

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.019
half<00:32:23.880><c> years.</c>

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.900
But<00:32:25.980><c> what</c><00:32:26.160><c> happens</c><00:32:26.420><c> next?</c>

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:31.119
There<00:32:27.359><c> is</c><00:32:27.519><c> opposition</c><00:32:28.059><c> from</c><00:32:28.519><c> certain</c><00:32:29.079><c> vagabond</c><00:32:29.980><c> Jews.</c>

00:32:31.180 --> 00:32:32.740
And<00:32:31.440><c> who</c><00:32:31.599><c> are</c><00:32:31.779><c> they?</c>

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:34.619
Well,<00:32:33.660><c> they're</c><00:32:34.000><c> exorcists.</c>

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:37.519
They<00:32:34.960><c> believe</c><00:32:35.240><c> they</c><00:32:35.539><c> have</c><00:32:35.839><c> power</c><00:32:36.200><c> over</c><00:32:36.519><c> spirits.</c>

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:43.579
Verse<00:32:39.519><c> 14,</c><00:32:40.160><c> there</c><00:32:40.740><c> were</c><00:32:41.000><c> seven</c><00:32:41.380><c> sons</c><00:32:41.799><c> of</c><00:32:42.000><c> one</c><00:32:42.319><c> skeever,</c><00:32:42.819><c> a</c><00:32:43.019><c> Jew,</c><00:32:43.299><c> and</c>

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:45.440
chief<00:32:43.819><c> of</c><00:32:44.140><c> the</c><00:32:44.259><c> priests,</c><00:32:44.640><c> which</c><00:32:44.859><c> did</c><00:32:45.140><c> so.</c>

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:51.460
So<00:32:45.640><c> he's</c><00:32:46.000><c> opposed</c><00:32:46.599><c> by</c><00:32:47.960><c> a</c><00:32:48.259><c> Jew,</c><00:32:48.940><c> a</c><00:32:49.079><c> vagabond</c><00:32:49.799><c> priest,</c><00:32:51.000><c> and</c><00:32:51.200><c> his</c>

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:53.299
seven<00:32:52.380><c> sons.</c>

00:32:54.319 --> 00:33:01.640
And<00:32:54.559><c> of</c><00:32:54.720><c> course,</c><00:32:56.240><c> we</c><00:32:56.480><c> know</c><00:32:57.119><c> that</c><00:32:58.119><c> this</c><00:32:58.519><c> was</c><00:32:59.319><c> what</c><00:33:00.119><c> happened</c><00:33:00.400><c> to</c><00:33:00.700><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:07.740
As<00:33:03.740><c> the</c><00:33:04.259><c> second</c><00:33:04.539><c> and</c><00:33:04.819><c> third</c><00:33:05.279><c> years</c><00:33:05.660><c> of</c><00:33:05.859><c> Jesus'</c><00:33:06.480><c> ministry</c><00:33:06.740><c> progressed,</c><00:33:07.500><c> and</c>

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.700
particularly<00:33:08.019><c> the</c><00:33:08.240><c> last</c><00:33:08.539><c> year,</c>

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:11.880
he<00:33:08.900><c> began</c><00:33:09.140><c> to</c><00:33:09.359><c> get</c><00:33:09.700><c> very,</c><00:33:10.839><c> very</c><00:33:11.160><c> powerful</c><00:33:11.460><c> opposition.</c>

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:15.839
We'll<00:33:12.140><c> just</c><00:33:12.420><c> go</c><00:33:12.819><c> to</c><00:33:13.279><c> John</c><00:33:13.539><c> 11,</c><00:33:13.980><c> and</c><00:33:14.200><c> it</c><00:33:14.400><c> came</c><00:33:14.640><c> from</c><00:33:14.839><c> the</c><00:33:15.119><c> priests</c><00:33:15.400><c> and</c>

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:18.160
the<00:33:16.079><c> scribes,</c><00:33:16.519><c> the</c><00:33:16.740><c> Pharisees,</c><00:33:17.200><c> the</c><00:33:17.380><c> chief</c><00:33:17.700><c> priests,</c>

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:21.759
and<00:33:19.119><c> in</c><00:33:19.359><c> the</c><00:33:19.519><c> end,</c><00:33:19.740><c> from</c><00:33:19.960><c> that</c><00:33:20.299><c> family</c><00:33:20.740><c> of</c><00:33:21.039><c> priests</c><00:33:21.240><c> headed</c><00:33:21.500><c> up</c>

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:24.039
by<00:33:22.019><c> Annas</c><00:33:22.420><c> and</c><00:33:22.819><c> his</c><00:33:22.960><c> son</c><00:33:23.180><c>-in</c><00:33:23.319><c>-law,</c><00:33:23.920><c> Caiaphas,</c>

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.480
who<00:33:24.299><c> eventually</c><00:33:24.700><c> put</c><00:33:24.859><c> him</c><00:33:25.039><c> to</c><00:33:25.220><c> death.</c>

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:31.720
But<00:33:25.900><c> we</c><00:33:26.019><c> go</c><00:33:26.140><c> to</c><00:33:26.279><c> John</c><00:33:26.519><c> chapter</c><00:33:26.819><c> 11,</c><00:33:28.119><c> and</c><00:33:28.740><c> we</c><00:33:29.019><c> read</c><00:33:29.799><c> after</c><00:33:30.940><c> the</c>

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:34.380
raising<00:33:31.980><c> of</c><00:33:32.240><c> Lazarus,</c><00:33:33.700><c> verse</c><00:33:33.900><c> 47,</c>

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:38.099
then<00:33:34.779><c> gathered</c><00:33:35.099><c> the</c><00:33:35.380><c> chief</c><00:33:35.619><c> priests</c><00:33:36.140><c> and</c><00:33:36.900><c> the</c><00:33:37.180><c> Pharisees,</c><00:33:38.039><c> a</c>

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:38.859
council,<00:33:38.660><c> and</c><00:33:38.660><c> said,</c>

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:43.119
What<00:33:39.259><c> do</c><00:33:39.440><c> we</c><00:33:39.640><c> do?</c><00:33:40.200><c> For</c><00:33:40.319><c> this</c><00:33:40.599><c> man</c><00:33:40.839><c> does</c><00:33:41.359><c> many</c><00:33:42.000><c> miracles.</c>

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:48.319
Now<00:33:45.000><c> we</c><00:33:45.140><c> know</c><00:33:45.480><c> that</c><00:33:45.700><c> they</c><00:33:45.920><c> couldn't</c><00:33:46.220><c> stop</c><00:33:46.579><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:47.940><c> nor</c><00:33:48.099><c> could</c>

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:50.480
skeever<00:33:48.700><c> and</c><00:33:48.900><c> his</c><00:33:49.140><c> seven</c><00:33:49.359><c> sons</c><00:33:49.720><c> stop</c><00:33:50.119><c> Paul,</c>

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:55.940
the<00:33:50.940><c> man</c><00:33:51.059><c> they</c><00:33:51.299><c> tried</c><00:33:51.579><c> to</c><00:33:53.359><c> cast</c><00:33:53.720><c> the</c><00:33:53.960><c> demons</c><00:33:54.200><c> out</c><00:33:54.460><c> of</c><00:33:55.440><c> leapt</c>

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:58.980
upon<00:33:56.200><c> them,</c><00:33:56.779><c> overcame</c><00:33:57.140><c> them,</c><00:33:57.480><c> prevailed</c><00:33:57.799><c> against</c><00:33:58.099><c> them.</c>

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:09.059
And<00:34:05.619><c> so</c><00:34:06.099><c> they</c><00:34:07.759><c> were</c><00:34:07.960><c> unsuccessful.</c>

00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:11.659
Jesus,<00:34:09.719><c> I</c><00:34:09.820><c> know,</c><00:34:10.119><c> and</c><00:34:10.300><c> Paul,</c><00:34:10.440><c> I</c><00:34:10.619><c> know,</c><00:34:10.800><c> but</c><00:34:10.900><c> who</c><00:34:11.099><c> are</c><00:34:11.239><c> you,</c><00:34:11.400><c> he</c>

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:13.840
said,<00:34:12.119><c> and</c><00:34:12.280><c> jumped</c><00:34:12.480><c> upon</c><00:34:12.780><c> them</c><00:34:13.019><c> and</c><00:34:13.320><c> damaged</c><00:34:13.659><c> them,</c>

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:15.179
and<00:34:13.940><c> they</c><00:34:14.239><c> fled</c><00:34:14.380><c> out</c><00:34:14.619><c> of</c><00:34:14.719><c> the</c><00:34:14.900><c> place.</c>

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:21.300
And<00:34:16.199><c> it's</c><00:34:17.440><c> almost</c><00:34:17.679><c> typical</c><00:34:17.980><c> of</c><00:34:18.260><c> the</c><00:34:18.780><c> absolute</c><00:34:19.500><c> impotency</c><00:34:21.000><c> of</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:22.800
the<00:34:21.840><c> Jewish</c><00:34:22.179><c> priests</c>

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:26.239
to<00:34:23.880><c> defeat</c><00:34:24.440><c> the</c><00:34:24.679><c> progress</c><00:34:24.920><c> of</c><00:34:25.079><c> the</c><00:34:25.179><c> Gospel</c><00:34:25.480><c> and</c><00:34:25.699><c> bring</c><00:34:25.960><c> to</c><00:34:26.119><c> an</c>

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:27.119
end<00:34:26.400><c> Jesus'</c><00:34:27.039><c> work.</c>

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:30.000
He<00:34:27.440><c> was</c><00:34:27.599><c> going</c><00:34:27.739><c> to</c><00:34:27.980><c> defeat</c><00:34:28.219><c> them</c><00:34:28.519><c> in</c><00:34:28.719><c> the</c><00:34:28.920><c> resurrection</c><00:34:29.400><c> of</c>

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.440
the<00:34:30.139><c> dead.</c>

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:33.920
He<00:34:31.059><c> was</c><00:34:31.219><c> going</c><00:34:31.360><c> to</c><00:34:31.559><c> cast</c><00:34:31.739><c> out</c><00:34:32.079><c> the</c><00:34:32.719><c> demon</c><00:34:32.960><c> of</c><00:34:33.280><c> death</c><00:34:33.460><c> itself</c>

00:34:33.920 --> 00:34:35.460
and<00:34:34.199><c> conquer</c><00:34:34.500><c> sin,</c>

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:39.940
the<00:34:35.980><c> true</c><00:34:37.340><c> demon</c><00:34:38.019><c> which</c><00:34:38.280><c> besets</c><00:34:38.719><c> mankind.</c>

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:47.079
Jesus<00:34:42.119><c> was</c><00:34:42.800><c> opposed</c><00:34:43.500><c> by</c><00:34:44.280><c> a</c><00:34:44.579><c> system</c><00:34:45.059><c> based</c><00:34:45.960><c> upon</c><00:34:46.380><c> merchandise</c>

00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:50.480
and<00:34:47.800><c> trade,</c><00:34:48.179><c> as</c><00:34:48.539><c> was</c><00:34:49.260><c> Paul</c><00:34:49.739><c> in</c><00:34:50.039><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:55.420
We<00:34:50.840><c> just</c><00:34:51.099><c> read</c><00:34:51.380><c> how</c><00:34:51.739><c> the</c><00:34:52.239><c> silversmith</c><00:34:52.820><c> said,</c><00:34:54.579><c> Our</c><00:34:54.699><c> craft</c><00:34:55.179><c> is</c>

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.820
in<00:34:55.559><c> danger.</c>

00:34:55.900 --> 00:35:00.659
Our<00:34:56.139><c> religion</c><00:34:56.420><c> is</c><00:34:56.719><c> based</c><00:34:56.960><c> upon</c><00:34:57.320><c> money</c><00:34:57.820><c> and</c><00:34:58.340><c> trade</c><00:34:58.699><c> in</c><00:34:58.920><c> the</c><00:34:59.099><c> temple</c><00:34:59.519><c> of</c><00:35:00.380><c> Diana.</c>

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:05.519
We<00:35:00.960><c> make</c><00:35:01.179><c> little</c><00:35:01.480><c> idols</c><00:35:01.980><c> out</c><00:35:02.320><c> of</c><00:35:02.519><c> silver</c><00:35:02.800><c> of</c><00:35:03.019><c> Diana.</c><00:35:03.579><c> Our</c><00:35:03.880><c> craft</c><00:35:04.280><c> is</c><00:35:04.639><c> threatened.</c>

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:09.659
He<00:35:06.440><c> says,</c><00:35:06.780><c> These</c><00:35:07.239><c> are</c><00:35:07.440><c> no</c><00:35:07.619><c> gods,</c><00:35:08.099><c> made</c><00:35:08.360><c> with</c><00:35:08.599><c> hands.</c>

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:13.519
Of<00:35:10.400><c> course,</c><00:35:10.579><c> Stephen</c><00:35:11.179><c> said</c><00:35:12.300><c> that,</c><00:35:12.719><c> God</c><00:35:12.860><c> doesn't</c><00:35:13.159><c> dwell</c><00:35:13.340><c> in</c>

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.599
temples<00:35:13.760><c> made</c><00:35:14.039><c> with</c><00:35:14.260><c> hands.</c>

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:18.360
Jesus<00:35:15.420><c> walked</c><00:35:15.659><c> in</c><00:35:15.820><c> that</c><00:35:15.980><c> temple</c><00:35:16.219><c> and</c><00:35:16.440><c> said,</c><00:35:16.659><c> It's</c><00:35:16.719><c> my</c><00:35:17.000><c> father's</c><00:35:17.519><c> house.</c>

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:23.500
And<00:35:19.260><c> we</c><00:35:19.420><c> go,</c><00:35:19.659><c> of</c><00:35:19.900><c> course,</c><00:35:20.719><c> to</c><00:35:21.000><c> Mark</c><00:35:21.239><c> chapter</c><00:35:21.619><c> 11,</c><00:35:22.659><c> and</c><00:35:23.059><c> we</c><00:35:23.320><c> see</c>

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.980
what<00:35:23.679><c> we</c><00:35:24.199><c> already</c><00:35:24.539><c> know,</c>

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:29.659
that<00:35:25.619><c> Jesus</c><00:35:26.300><c> condemned</c><00:35:26.860><c> them</c><00:35:27.559><c> for</c><00:35:27.960><c> making</c><00:35:28.500><c> merchandise</c><00:35:29.219><c> of</c>

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:31.400
that<00:35:30.360><c> place.</c>

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:34.300
Mark<00:35:32.340><c> chapter</c><00:35:32.820><c> 11.</c>

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:41.940
When<00:35:39.860><c> they</c><00:35:40.079><c> would</c><00:35:40.199><c> come</c><00:35:40.320><c> to</c><00:35:40.480><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:40.780><c> in</c><00:35:40.940><c> verse</c><00:35:41.159><c> 15,</c><00:35:41.619><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.719
went<00:35:42.179><c> into</c><00:35:42.340><c> the</c><00:35:42.559><c> temple</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.079
and<00:35:42.900><c> began</c><00:35:43.099><c> to</c><00:35:43.360><c> cast</c><00:35:43.619><c> out</c><00:35:43.880><c> them</c><00:35:44.039><c> that</c><00:35:44.340><c> sold</c><00:35:44.559><c> and</c><00:35:44.800><c> bought</c><00:35:44.900><c> in</c>

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.440
the<00:35:45.280><c> temple</c>

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:47.940
and<00:35:45.679><c> overthrew</c><00:35:46.000><c> the</c><00:35:46.260><c> tables</c><00:35:46.719><c> of</c><00:35:46.920><c> the</c><00:35:47.099><c> money</c><00:35:47.380><c> changers</c><00:35:47.760><c> and</c>

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.559
the<00:35:48.280><c> seats.</c>

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:53.900
That<00:35:49.219><c> word</c><00:35:49.739><c> seat</c><00:35:50.059><c> in</c><00:35:50.219><c> the</c><00:35:50.380><c> Greek</c><00:35:50.519><c> is</c><00:35:50.780><c> cathedra,</c><00:35:52.619><c> cathedra.</c>

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:56.860
A<00:35:54.320><c> false</c><00:35:54.500><c> system</c><00:35:54.840><c> of</c><00:35:55.039><c> religion</c><00:35:55.300><c> was</c><00:35:55.539><c> going</c><00:35:55.719><c> to</c><00:35:55.940><c> arise</c><00:35:56.340><c> as</c><00:35:56.599><c> the</c>

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.619
truth<00:35:57.039><c> progressed</c>

00:35:57.619 --> 00:36:01.079
and<00:35:57.860><c> extended</c><00:35:58.360><c> out</c><00:35:58.639><c> into</c><00:35:58.820><c> the</c><00:35:58.940><c> Roman</c><00:35:59.219><c> world,</c><00:36:00.340><c> Revelation</c><00:36:00.719><c> 18</c>

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:03.800
.3,<00:36:02.119><c> based</c><00:36:02.300><c> on</c><00:36:02.579><c> merchandise</c><00:36:03.119><c> and</c><00:36:03.480><c> trade.</c>

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:06.780
And<00:36:04.360><c> its</c><00:36:04.519><c> head</c><00:36:04.699><c> was</c><00:36:04.920><c> going</c><00:36:05.079><c> to</c><00:36:05.380><c> speak</c><00:36:05.639><c> on</c><00:36:06.079><c> behalf</c><00:36:06.360><c> of</c><00:36:06.599><c> God.</c>

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:10.079
And<00:36:06.900><c> when</c><00:36:07.039><c> he</c><00:36:07.199><c> did,</c><00:36:07.340><c> he</c><00:36:07.480><c> spoke</c><00:36:07.739><c> ex</c><00:36:08.159><c> cathedra</c><00:36:08.639><c> from</c><00:36:08.840><c> his</c><00:36:09.179><c> seat.</c>

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:13.019
Sitting,<00:36:11.079><c> says</c><00:36:11.199><c> Paul</c><00:36:11.500><c> in</c><00:36:11.679><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:36:12.340><c> sitting</c><00:36:12.599><c> in</c><00:36:12.820><c> the</c>

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:14.920
temple<00:36:13.219><c> of</c><00:36:13.420><c> God,</c><00:36:13.739><c> saying</c><00:36:14.039><c> he</c><00:36:14.320><c> is</c><00:36:14.639><c> God.</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:19.800
Ex<00:36:15.780><c> cathedra,</c><00:36:16.500><c> sitting</c><00:36:16.800><c> and</c><00:36:18.119><c> pontificating.</c>

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:24.960
And<00:36:21.039><c> it</c><00:36:21.159><c> had</c><00:36:21.260><c> its</c><00:36:21.519><c> roots</c><00:36:21.719><c> in</c><00:36:21.960><c> this</c><00:36:22.159><c> system,</c><00:36:22.780><c> which</c><00:36:23.019><c> Brother</c><00:36:24.039><c> Peter</c><00:36:24.559><c> so</c>

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.940
lucidly<00:36:25.559><c> explained</c><00:36:25.719><c> to</c><00:36:25.860><c> us</c>

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:32.760
in<00:36:26.059><c> his</c><00:36:26.300><c> exhortation,</c><00:36:26.920><c> this</c><00:36:27.460><c> pharisaical,</c><00:36:28.760><c> judaistic</c><00:36:29.559><c> justification</c><00:36:30.320><c> by</c><00:36:30.719><c> works,</c><00:36:31.619><c> based</c><00:36:31.900><c> on</c><00:36:32.300><c> trade.</c>

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:36.159
You've<00:36:33.360><c> made</c><00:36:33.500><c> it</c><00:36:33.739><c> a</c><00:36:33.880><c> den</c><00:36:34.039><c> of</c><00:36:34.300><c> thieves,</c><00:36:34.619><c> and</c><00:36:34.800><c> it's</c><00:36:35.400><c> a</c><00:36:35.519><c> house</c><00:36:35.760><c> which</c><00:36:35.960><c> is</c>

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.119
going<00:36:36.260><c> to</c><00:36:36.380><c> be</c><00:36:36.539><c> made</c><00:36:36.699><c> of</c><00:36:36.860><c> all</c><00:36:37.079><c> nations,</c><00:36:37.420><c> a</c><00:36:37.500><c> house</c><00:36:37.719><c> of</c><00:36:37.980><c> prayer.</c>

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:42.880
My<00:36:38.360><c> father</c><00:36:38.599><c> has</c><00:36:38.800><c> a</c><00:36:38.980><c> purpose,</c><00:36:40.000><c> had</c><00:36:40.119><c> I</c><00:36:40.300><c> said</c><00:36:40.579><c> in</c><00:36:40.739><c> this</c><00:36:41.119><c> place</c><00:36:41.760><c> there</c><00:36:42.619><c> will</c><00:36:42.739><c> be</c>

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:44.480
a<00:36:43.019><c> greater</c><00:36:43.219><c> glory</c><00:36:43.519><c> than</c><00:36:43.739><c> the</c><00:36:43.880><c> former</c><00:36:44.079><c> house,</c>

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:46.639
and<00:36:44.719><c> in</c><00:36:44.840><c> this</c><00:36:45.039><c> place</c><00:36:45.340><c> I</c><00:36:45.500><c> will</c><00:36:45.659><c> give</c><00:36:45.800><c> peace.</c>

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:51.860
I<00:36:48.460><c> believe</c><00:36:48.699><c> Brother</c><00:36:48.940><c> Peter</c><00:36:49.139><c> was</c><00:36:49.400><c> right,</c><00:36:49.579><c> that</c><00:36:49.739><c> was</c><00:36:49.960><c> the</c><00:36:50.179><c> presence</c><00:36:50.400><c> of</c><00:36:50.960><c> the</c><00:36:51.360><c> Son</c><00:36:51.599><c> of</c>

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:53.579
God's<00:36:52.639><c> feet</c><00:36:52.800><c> on</c><00:36:53.059><c> those</c><00:36:53.320><c> courts</c>

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:56.320
which<00:36:53.760><c> made</c><00:36:54.079><c> it</c><00:36:55.059><c> God's</c><00:36:55.480><c> house.</c>

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:59.980
I<00:36:56.639><c> mean</c><00:36:56.900><c> that</c><00:36:57.599><c> temple</c><00:36:57.920><c> was</c><00:36:58.780><c> nothing,</c><00:36:59.219><c> it</c><00:36:59.360><c> was</c><00:36:59.500><c> going</c><00:36:59.599><c> to</c><00:36:59.800><c> go,</c>

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.420
it<00:37:00.059><c> was</c><00:37:00.219><c> going</c><00:37:00.300><c> to</c><00:37:00.420><c> be</c><00:37:00.559><c> destroyed</c><00:37:00.880><c> by</c><00:37:01.059><c> the</c><00:37:01.239><c> Romans.</c>

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:03.860
But<00:37:01.639><c> what</c><00:37:01.820><c> was</c><00:37:02.019><c> going</c><00:37:02.119><c> to</c><00:37:02.400><c> happen</c><00:37:02.599><c> in</c><00:37:02.800><c> that</c><00:37:03.019><c> place</c><00:37:03.219><c> was</c><00:37:03.559><c> a</c>

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:05.239
glorious<00:37:04.320><c> vision.</c>

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:08.519
But<00:37:05.820><c> the</c><00:37:06.260><c> truth</c><00:37:06.400><c> has</c><00:37:06.579><c> been</c><00:37:06.860><c> opposed</c><00:37:07.280><c> as</c><00:37:07.460><c> it</c><00:37:07.599><c> went</c><00:37:07.719><c> out</c><00:37:07.900><c> into</c><00:37:08.019><c> the</c><00:37:08.159><c> world</c><00:37:08.300><c> by</c>

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:13.440
that<00:37:09.000><c> dreadful</c><00:37:09.500><c> system,</c><00:37:10.300><c> headed</c><00:37:10.460><c> up</c><00:37:10.860><c> by</c><00:37:11.599><c> that</c><00:37:12.519><c> woman.</c>

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:19.920
Paul<00:37:14.800><c> was</c><00:37:15.039><c> opposed</c><00:37:15.400><c> by</c><00:37:15.739><c> a</c><00:37:16.539><c> system</c><00:37:16.539><c> based</c><00:37:17.880><c> upon</c><00:37:19.260><c> the</c><00:37:19.679><c> worship</c>

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.460
of<00:37:20.179><c> Diana,</c>

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:25.820
a<00:37:20.780><c> system</c><00:37:21.280><c> based</c><00:37:21.820><c> upon</c><00:37:22.579><c> the</c><00:37:22.960><c> deification</c><00:37:23.480><c> of</c><00:37:23.780><c> a</c><00:37:24.000><c> female</c><00:37:24.760><c> deity.</c>

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:29.579
And<00:37:26.760><c> so</c><00:37:26.960><c> the</c><00:37:27.099><c> Book</c><00:37:27.239><c> of</c><00:37:27.360><c> Revelation</c><00:37:27.940><c> shows</c><00:37:28.599><c> that</c><00:37:28.920><c> as</c><00:37:29.199><c> the</c><00:37:29.420><c> truth</c>

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:31.500
progressed<00:37:30.179><c> and</c><00:37:30.400><c> went</c><00:37:30.539><c> out</c><00:37:30.739><c> into</c><00:37:30.840><c> the</c><00:37:31.079><c> world,</c>

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:36.699
into<00:37:32.119><c> the</c><00:37:32.280><c> Roman</c><00:37:32.519><c> Empire,</c><00:37:34.239><c> and</c><00:37:34.400><c> eventually</c><00:37:34.780><c> the</c><00:37:35.059><c> Roman</c><00:37:35.280><c> Empire</c><00:37:35.780><c> was</c>

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:40.000
Christianised<00:37:37.539><c> in</c><00:37:38.059><c> inverted</c><00:37:38.380><c> commas</c><00:37:39.019><c> under</c><00:37:39.380><c> Constantine,</c>

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:46.139
what<00:37:40.940><c> is</c><00:37:41.139><c> it</c><00:37:41.300><c> portrayed</c><00:37:41.619><c> as?</c><00:37:41.940><c> It's</c><00:37:42.260><c> portrayed</c><00:37:42.599><c> as</c><00:37:43.019><c> a</c><00:37:43.420><c> great</c><00:37:43.960><c> female</c><00:37:45.400><c> system,</c><00:37:46.059><c> an</c>

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.900
immoral<00:37:46.619><c> woman,</c>

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:51.260
just<00:37:47.239><c> as</c><00:37:47.800><c> the</c><00:37:47.980><c> worship</c><00:37:48.239><c> of</c><00:37:48.519><c> Diana</c><00:37:48.739><c> was</c><00:37:49.000><c> based</c><00:37:49.300><c> upon</c><00:37:49.699><c> immorality.</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:56.719
And<00:37:52.019><c> here</c><00:37:52.239><c> in</c><00:37:52.500><c> chapter</c><00:37:52.780><c> 18</c><00:37:53.159><c> verse</c><00:37:53.500><c> 3,</c><00:37:55.059><c> of</c><00:37:55.239><c> course</c><00:37:55.380><c> we</c><00:37:55.519><c> know</c>

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:58.300
these<00:37:57.179><c> quotations</c><00:37:57.760><c> quite</c><00:37:58.079><c> well,</c>

00:37:58.300 --> 00:38:04.440
I'm<00:37:58.619><c> assuming</c><00:37:58.960><c> of</c><00:37:59.340><c> course</c><00:37:59.539><c> some</c><00:38:00.780><c> knowledge</c><00:38:01.340><c> of</c><00:38:01.920><c> the</c><00:38:02.679><c> Book</c><00:38:02.840><c> of</c><00:38:03.039><c> Revelation.</c>

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:10.039
Verse<00:38:07.099><c> 11,</c><00:38:07.579><c> when</c><00:38:08.000><c> Great</c><00:38:08.420><c> Babylon</c><00:38:08.659><c> is</c><00:38:08.900><c> destroyed,</c><00:38:09.480><c> the</c><00:38:09.480><c> merchants</c><00:38:09.820><c> of</c><00:38:10.000><c> the</c>

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:11.500
earth<00:38:10.159><c> shall</c><00:38:10.440><c> weep</c><00:38:10.760><c> and</c><00:38:10.920><c> mourn</c><00:38:11.119><c> over</c><00:38:11.320><c> her,</c>

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:15.699
for<00:38:11.679><c> no</c><00:38:11.960><c> man</c><00:38:12.159><c> buys</c><00:38:12.579><c> their</c><00:38:12.880><c> merchandise</c><00:38:13.539><c> any</c><00:38:13.900><c> more.</c>

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:19.059
Revelation<00:38:16.420><c> 17,</c><00:38:17.179><c> of</c><00:38:17.239><c> course,</c><00:38:17.739><c> he</c><00:38:17.800><c> carried</c><00:38:18.019><c> me</c><00:38:18.460><c> away</c><00:38:18.699><c> in</c><00:38:18.820><c> the</c>

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.920
spirit<00:38:19.280><c> into</c><00:38:19.500><c> the</c><00:38:19.699><c> wilderness,</c>

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:23.260
and<00:38:20.119><c> I</c><00:38:20.300><c> saw</c><00:38:20.440><c> a</c><00:38:20.679><c> woman</c><00:38:21.019><c> sit</c><00:38:21.420><c> on</c><00:38:21.719><c> a</c><00:38:21.940><c> scarlet</c><00:38:22.340><c> coloured</c><00:38:22.599><c> beast,</c><00:38:23.059><c> full</c><00:38:23.139><c> of</c>

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:24.980
the<00:38:23.400><c> names</c><00:38:23.579><c> of</c><00:38:23.900><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:29.300
We<00:38:26.039><c> read</c><00:38:26.280><c> that</c><00:38:26.940><c> the</c><00:38:27.639><c> nations</c><00:38:28.079><c> have</c><00:38:28.239><c> all</c><00:38:28.599><c> drunk.</c>

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:32.360
Verse<00:38:29.980><c> 2,</c><00:38:30.340><c> the</c><00:38:30.460><c> kings</c><00:38:30.679><c> of</c><00:38:30.840><c> the</c><00:38:30.960><c> earth</c><00:38:31.099><c> have</c><00:38:31.300><c> committed</c><00:38:31.599><c> fornication,</c>

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:34.739
the<00:38:32.579><c> inhabitants</c><00:38:32.920><c> of</c><00:38:33.099><c> the</c><00:38:33.219><c> earth</c><00:38:33.360><c> have</c><00:38:33.519><c> been</c><00:38:33.639><c> made</c><00:38:33.940><c> drunk</c><00:38:34.280><c> with</c><00:38:34.480><c> the</c>

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.840
wine<00:38:34.940><c> of</c><00:38:35.139><c> their</c><00:38:35.260><c> fornication.</c>

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:39.099
You<00:38:36.380><c> know,</c><00:38:36.539><c> the</c><00:38:36.619><c> temple</c><00:38:36.860><c> of</c><00:38:37.139><c> Diana</c><00:38:37.420><c> in</c><00:38:37.920><c> Ephesus</c><00:38:38.320><c> was</c><00:38:38.500><c> not</c><00:38:38.699><c> only</c>

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:42.280
a<00:38:39.340><c> temple</c><00:38:39.719><c> which</c><00:38:40.440><c> was</c><00:38:41.320><c> religious</c><00:38:41.920><c> worship,</c>

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:45.159
but<00:38:42.539><c> it</c><00:38:42.699><c> was</c><00:38:42.920><c> a</c><00:38:43.079><c> depository</c><00:38:43.820><c> of</c><00:38:44.119><c> all</c><00:38:44.400><c> the</c><00:38:44.559><c> wealth</c><00:38:44.719><c> of</c><00:38:44.920><c> Asia.</c>

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:50.840
It<00:38:45.480><c> had</c><00:38:45.659><c> a</c><00:38:45.960><c> treasury</c><00:38:46.340><c> which</c><00:38:47.400><c> was</c><00:38:47.780><c> so</c><00:38:48.139><c> vast</c><00:38:48.679><c> that</c><00:38:49.280><c> when</c><00:38:49.559><c> Alexander</c><00:38:50.139><c> came</c><00:38:50.579><c> in</c>

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:52.380
his<00:38:51.119><c> conquest</c><00:38:51.539><c> to</c><00:38:51.960><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:54.320
he<00:38:52.579><c> wanted</c><00:38:52.800><c> his</c><00:38:53.079><c> name</c><00:38:53.300><c> inscribed</c><00:38:53.780><c> in</c><00:38:53.900><c> that</c><00:38:54.159><c> temple,</c>

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:57.579
and<00:38:54.579><c> he</c><00:38:54.579><c> offered</c><00:38:54.860><c> Ephesus</c><00:38:55.460><c> great</c><00:38:55.940><c> gifts</c><00:38:56.280><c> of</c><00:38:56.539><c> wealth</c><00:38:56.739><c> from</c><00:38:57.039><c> his</c>

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:59.320
campaigns<00:38:58.159><c> and</c><00:38:58.440><c> plunder,</c>

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:03.780
and<00:38:59.420><c> they</c><00:38:59.699><c> disdained</c><00:39:00.139><c> him.</c><00:39:01.820><c> They</c><00:39:02.099><c> said,</c><00:39:02.500><c> keep</c><00:39:02.579><c> your</c><00:39:02.780><c> money.</c>

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:08.079
That's<00:39:05.519><c> how</c><00:39:05.719><c> wealthy</c><00:39:06.119><c> Ephesus</c><00:39:06.599><c> was</c><00:39:06.920><c> and</c><00:39:07.239><c> the</c><00:39:07.400><c> temple</c><00:39:07.619><c> of</c><00:39:07.880><c> Diana,</c>

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:10.960
and<00:39:08.340><c> here's</c><00:39:08.820><c> that</c><00:39:09.179><c> great</c><00:39:09.480><c> system</c><00:39:09.800><c> which</c><00:39:10.099><c> opposes</c><00:39:10.539><c> the</c><00:39:10.820><c> truth,</c>

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:12.579
opposes<00:39:11.500><c> the</c><00:39:11.719><c> Gospel,</c>

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:16.420
which<00:39:13.780><c> came</c><00:39:14.380><c> many</c><00:39:14.760><c> years</c><00:39:15.000><c> after</c><00:39:15.320><c> Paul</c><00:39:15.559><c> was</c><00:39:15.739><c> at</c><00:39:15.940><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:22.119
but<00:39:16.880><c> the</c><00:39:17.139><c> seeds</c><00:39:17.340><c> of</c><00:39:17.519><c> it</c><00:39:17.679><c> we</c><00:39:17.980><c> can</c><00:39:18.320><c> trace</c><00:39:18.960><c> through</c><00:39:19.960><c> Timothy,</c><00:39:21.679><c> through</c><00:39:21.980><c> to</c>

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:23.579
the<00:39:22.179><c> Book</c><00:39:22.340><c> of</c><00:39:22.500><c> Revelation,</c>

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:26.639
all<00:39:24.099><c> through</c><00:39:24.340><c> the</c><00:39:24.460><c> history</c><00:39:24.739><c> of</c><00:39:24.900><c> Ephesus.</c><00:39:25.280><c> There</c><00:39:25.480><c> it</c><00:39:25.679><c> was.</c>

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:32.000
The<00:39:27.340><c> germ,</c><00:39:27.980><c> the</c><00:39:28.119><c> cameo</c><00:39:28.659><c> of</c><00:39:28.820><c> it,</c><00:39:29.659><c> the</c><00:39:29.860><c> kernel</c><00:39:30.039><c> of</c><00:39:30.219><c> it</c><00:39:30.539><c> was</c><00:39:30.820><c> there.</c>

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:38.179
Just<00:39:34.639><c> in</c><00:39:34.800><c> the</c><00:39:34.980><c> final</c><00:39:35.340><c> minutes</c><00:39:35.820><c> I've</c><00:39:36.159><c> got,</c><00:39:37.059><c> we</c><00:39:37.300><c> know</c><00:39:37.480><c> about</c><00:39:37.679><c> the</c><00:39:37.940><c> riot.</c>

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:41.460
Let's<00:39:38.880><c> just</c><00:39:39.280><c> go</c><00:39:39.500><c> to</c><00:39:39.659><c> these</c><00:39:39.920><c> words.</c><00:39:40.179><c> These</c><00:39:40.460><c> words</c><00:39:40.760><c> are</c><00:39:40.960><c> just</c><00:39:41.239><c> so</c>

00:39:41.460 --> 00:39:42.400
descriptive<00:39:41.920><c> for</c><00:39:42.119><c> emphasis</c>

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:45.340
that<00:39:42.599><c> we</c><00:39:42.820><c> hardly</c><00:39:43.139><c> need</c><00:39:43.400><c> to</c><00:39:43.579><c> expound</c><00:39:43.960><c> those</c><00:39:44.199><c> last</c><00:39:44.639><c> three</c><00:39:45.079><c> points,</c>

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:48.739
because<00:39:46.079><c> what</c><00:39:46.920><c> does</c><00:39:47.139><c> this</c><00:39:47.420><c> system</c><00:39:47.760><c> do</c><00:39:48.139><c> to</c><00:39:48.360><c> the</c><00:39:48.559><c> world?</c>

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:52.559
Well,<00:39:49.860><c> I'll</c><00:39:50.239><c> tell</c><00:39:50.320><c> you</c><00:39:50.380><c> what</c><00:39:50.559><c> this</c><00:39:50.880><c> system</c><00:39:51.179><c> does</c><00:39:51.480><c> to</c><00:39:51.679><c> the</c><00:39:51.860><c> world</c><00:39:52.119><c> in</c>

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:56.380
the<00:39:53.059><c> words</c><00:39:53.360><c> of</c><00:39:54.420><c> Acts</c><00:39:54.920><c> 19.</c>

00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:00.440
We<00:39:57.300><c> know</c><00:39:57.579><c> that</c><00:39:57.780><c> there</c><00:39:57.940><c> was</c><00:39:58.059><c> the</c><00:39:58.300><c> riot.</c><00:39:59.340><c> The</c><00:39:59.599><c> city,</c><00:40:00.159><c> in</c><00:40:00.300><c> verse</c>

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:05.320
29,<00:40:00.960><c> was</c><00:40:01.159><c> filled</c><00:40:01.539><c> with</c><00:40:03.880><c> confusion.</c>

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:08.559
That's<00:40:06.039><c> not</c><00:40:06.219><c> the</c><00:40:06.380><c> same</c><00:40:06.559><c> word</c><00:40:06.960><c> as</c><00:40:07.380><c> Babylon,</c><00:40:07.719><c> which</c><00:40:07.920><c> means</c><00:40:08.159><c> confusion.</c>

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:13.000
This<00:40:08.840><c> is</c><00:40:09.159><c> a</c><00:40:09.360><c> confusion</c><00:40:09.940><c> in</c><00:40:10.460><c> an</c><00:40:10.760><c> agitated</c><00:40:11.360><c> state,</c><00:40:11.719><c> such</c><00:40:12.000><c> as</c><00:40:12.679><c> an</c>

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:14.380
agitation<00:40:13.480><c> among</c><00:40:13.739><c> people.</c>

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:22.420
But<00:40:15.280><c> the</c><00:40:15.739><c> sense</c><00:40:16.280><c> is</c><00:40:17.619><c> the</c><00:40:17.840><c> same,</c><00:40:18.860><c> because,</c><00:40:21.260><c> verse</c><00:40:21.260><c> 32,</c>

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:25.320
some<00:40:22.719><c> therefore</c><00:40:23.059><c> cried</c><00:40:23.380><c> one</c><00:40:23.699><c> thing</c><00:40:24.059><c> and</c><00:40:24.500><c> some</c><00:40:24.739><c> another</c><00:40:25.019><c> for</c>

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.679
the<00:40:25.699><c> assembly,</c>

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:29.559
and<00:40:26.980><c> that</c><00:40:27.139><c> word</c><00:40:27.280><c> in</c><00:40:27.420><c> the</c><00:40:27.579><c> Greek</c><00:40:27.699><c> is</c><00:40:28.039><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:28.980><c> a</c><00:40:29.179><c> group</c><00:40:29.300><c> of</c>

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.460
people<00:40:29.800><c> called</c><00:40:30.059><c> out.</c>

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:33.400
It's<00:40:30.699><c> not</c><00:40:30.900><c> the</c><00:40:31.099><c> ecclesia.</c><00:40:32.519><c> It's</c><00:40:32.820><c> a</c><00:40:32.960><c> false</c><00:40:33.139><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:38.980
It's<00:40:33.659><c> people</c><00:40:34.139><c> called</c><00:40:34.480><c> out</c><00:40:35.059><c> to</c><00:40:35.440><c> cause</c><00:40:35.699><c> a</c><00:40:35.940><c> riot,</c><00:40:36.239><c> to</c><00:40:36.440><c> stop</c><00:40:36.699><c> Paul's</c><00:40:37.639><c> religion</c><00:40:38.000><c> intruding</c><00:40:38.500><c> upon</c>

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:42.440
their<00:40:39.360><c> religion</c><00:40:39.679><c> of</c><00:40:39.960><c> merchandise</c><00:40:40.599><c> and</c><00:40:41.679><c> making</c><00:40:41.920><c> money.</c>

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:47.800
This<00:40:43.280><c> whole</c><00:40:44.340><c> assembly</c><00:40:44.900><c> was</c><00:40:45.480><c> confused,</c><00:40:46.360><c> so</c><00:40:46.579><c> twice</c><00:40:46.840><c> being</c><00:40:47.260><c> told</c>

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:49.480
that<00:40:48.039><c> it</c><00:40:48.159><c> was</c><00:40:48.340><c> confused.</c>

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:54.739
And<00:40:49.860><c> to</c><00:40:50.219><c> illustrate</c><00:40:50.880><c> how</c><00:40:52.380><c> confused</c><00:40:52.760><c> it</c><00:40:53.000><c> was,</c><00:40:53.460><c> the</c><00:40:53.559><c> record</c><00:40:53.820><c> says,</c>

00:40:56.000 --> 00:41:00.119
some<00:40:56.219><c> cried</c><00:40:56.639><c> one</c><00:40:56.940><c> thing</c><00:40:57.360><c> and</c><00:40:57.679><c> some</c><00:40:57.980><c> cried</c><00:40:58.280><c> another,</c><00:40:59.780><c> and</c><00:40:59.940><c> the</c>

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.940
more<00:41:00.320><c> part,</c>

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:05.079
the<00:41:01.500><c> greater</c><00:41:01.679><c> part,</c><00:41:02.199><c> knew</c><00:41:02.380><c> not</c><00:41:03.119><c> wherefore</c><00:41:03.719><c> they</c><00:41:03.880><c> had</c><00:41:03.980><c> come</c><00:41:04.099><c> together.</c>

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:08.039
Isn't<00:41:05.900><c> that</c><00:41:06.119><c> the</c><00:41:06.280><c> world?</c><00:41:06.579><c> Isn't</c><00:41:06.780><c> that</c><00:41:07.000><c> the</c><00:41:07.219><c> religious</c><00:41:07.460><c> world,</c>

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:09.280
brothers<00:41:08.420><c> and</c><00:41:08.539><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:12.519
Somebody<00:41:10.539><c> says</c><00:41:10.820><c> one</c><00:41:11.079><c> thing,</c><00:41:11.440><c> somebody</c><00:41:11.800><c> says</c><00:41:12.099><c> the</c><00:41:12.320><c> other,</c>

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:14.400
and<00:41:12.699><c> the</c><00:41:12.820><c> good</c><00:41:13.039><c> part</c><00:41:13.199><c> don't</c><00:41:13.380><c> know</c><00:41:13.519><c> what</c><00:41:13.639><c> they're</c><00:41:13.840><c> talking</c><00:41:14.079><c> about.</c>

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:17.320
They<00:41:14.900><c> don't</c><00:41:15.039><c> even</c><00:41:15.300><c> know</c><00:41:15.460><c> why</c><00:41:15.659><c> they're</c><00:41:15.860><c> there.</c><00:41:16.679><c> And</c><00:41:16.960><c> that</c><00:41:17.139><c> was</c>

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:17.880
that<00:41:17.579><c> riot.</c>

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:20.460
This<00:41:18.300><c> is</c><00:41:18.679><c> absolutely</c><00:41:19.380><c> the</c><00:41:19.699><c> progress</c><00:41:19.980><c> of</c><00:41:20.159><c> the</c><00:41:20.320><c> truth.</c>

00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:23.639
That's<00:41:20.880><c> how</c><00:41:21.119><c> the</c><00:41:21.420><c> truth</c><00:41:21.659><c> and</c><00:41:22.199><c> the</c><00:41:22.420><c> world</c><00:41:22.659><c> have</c><00:41:22.920><c> turned</c><00:41:23.119><c> out</c><00:41:23.400><c> in</c>

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.860
relationship<00:41:24.219><c> to</c><00:41:24.699><c> each</c><00:41:24.980><c> other.</c>

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:29.000
One<00:41:26.820><c> of</c><00:41:26.900><c> the</c><00:41:27.000><c> most</c><00:41:27.260><c> interesting</c><00:41:27.659><c> things,</c><00:41:28.000><c> which</c><00:41:28.159><c> we'll</c><00:41:28.440><c> conclude</c><00:41:28.739><c> on,</c>

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:32.679
is<00:41:29.340><c> that</c><00:41:29.719><c> Paul</c><00:41:30.019><c> is</c><00:41:30.500><c> assisted</c><00:41:30.880><c> by</c><00:41:31.159><c> the</c><00:41:31.380><c> secular</c><00:41:31.739><c> powers.</c>

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:35.139
Now,<00:41:33.579><c> I've</c><00:41:33.639><c> just</c><00:41:33.860><c> got</c><00:41:34.019><c> two</c><00:41:34.280><c> quotes,</c><00:41:34.539><c> which</c><00:41:34.719><c> you</c><00:41:34.820><c> can</c><00:41:34.880><c> look</c><00:41:35.059><c> in</c>

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.579
your<00:41:35.380><c> leisure.</c>

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:40.179
You<00:41:36.440><c> know,</c><00:41:37.119><c> the</c><00:41:37.179><c> earth</c><00:41:37.679><c> swallowed</c><00:41:38.599><c> the</c><00:41:39.420><c> torrent,</c>

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:43.699
which<00:41:40.280><c> the</c><00:41:40.659><c> dragon</c><00:41:40.940><c> and</c><00:41:41.119><c> the</c><00:41:41.340><c> serpent</c><00:41:41.719><c> put</c><00:41:42.480><c> out</c><00:41:42.900><c> to</c><00:41:43.460><c> swallow</c>

00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:44.940
up<00:41:43.940><c> the</c><00:41:44.079><c> woman,</c>

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:50.260
and<00:41:46.420><c> the</c><00:41:46.659><c> remnant</c><00:41:47.260><c> of</c><00:41:48.139><c> the</c><00:41:48.320><c> woman's</c><00:41:48.739><c> seed,</c><00:41:48.900><c> who</c><00:41:49.059><c> keep</c><00:41:49.280><c> the</c><00:41:49.480><c> commandments</c><00:41:49.760><c> of</c><00:41:49.980><c> Jesus,</c>

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:53.940
was<00:41:50.599><c> saved</c><00:41:51.159><c> from</c><00:41:51.619><c> extinction</c><00:41:52.219><c> by</c><00:41:52.659><c> the</c><00:41:53.139><c> secular</c><00:41:53.519><c> powers,</c>

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:56.340
the<00:41:54.440><c> religious</c><00:41:54.840><c> and</c><00:41:55.340><c> the</c><00:41:55.460><c> political</c><00:41:55.800><c> opposition.</c>

00:41:56.780 --> 00:42:00.719
The<00:41:57.079><c> two</c><00:41:57.300><c> witnesses</c><00:41:57.719><c> in</c><00:41:57.940><c> the</c><00:41:58.119><c> 1260</c><00:41:58.820><c> years</c><00:41:59.159><c> of</c><00:41:59.340><c> Revelation</c><00:41:59.840><c> 11</c>

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:05.019
show<00:42:01.599><c> that</c><00:42:01.940><c> the</c><00:42:02.239><c> secular</c><00:42:02.519><c> powers</c><00:42:03.400><c> have</c><00:42:03.980><c> at</c><00:42:04.139><c> times</c><00:42:04.519><c> in</c><00:42:04.699><c> history</c>

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:07.280
prevented<00:42:05.460><c> the</c><00:42:05.760><c> truth</c><00:42:05.920><c> from</c><00:42:06.119><c> being</c><00:42:06.380><c> totally</c><00:42:06.760><c> eliminated</c>

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:10.719
by<00:42:07.579><c> coming</c><00:42:07.860><c> to</c><00:42:08.059><c> the</c><00:42:08.300><c> assistance</c><00:42:08.739><c> of</c><00:42:09.579><c> those</c><00:42:09.940><c> who</c><00:42:10.199><c> hold</c><00:42:10.340><c> the</c><00:42:10.599><c> truth</c>

00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:13.099
for<00:42:10.900><c> the</c><00:42:11.199><c> sake</c><00:42:11.380><c> of</c><00:42:11.619><c> that</c><00:42:11.920><c> remnant</c><00:42:12.340><c> of</c><00:42:12.519><c> the</c><00:42:12.679><c> woman's</c><00:42:13.019><c> seed.</c>

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:16.079
There<00:42:13.539><c> have</c><00:42:13.619><c> been</c><00:42:13.719><c> many</c><00:42:14.079><c> who</c><00:42:14.380><c> have</c><00:42:14.579><c> defended</c><00:42:14.900><c> the</c><00:42:15.579><c> truth,</c>

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:19.159
the<00:42:16.599><c> truth</c><00:42:16.920><c> of</c><00:42:17.119><c> the</c><00:42:17.300><c> Gospel</c><00:42:17.639><c> against</c><00:42:18.300><c> the</c><00:42:18.579><c> Catholic</c><00:42:18.820><c> system,</c>

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:20.659
who<00:42:19.360><c> haven't</c><00:42:19.639><c> had</c><00:42:19.900><c> the</c><00:42:20.119><c> whole</c><00:42:20.320><c> Gospel.</c>

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:22.679
But<00:42:21.179><c> there's</c><00:42:21.380><c> some</c><00:42:21.599><c> who</c><00:42:21.840><c> have.</c>

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:25.659
And<00:42:23.420><c> the</c><00:42:23.920><c> secular</c><00:42:24.239><c> powers</c><00:42:24.579><c> have</c><00:42:24.760><c> always</c><00:42:25.000><c> been</c><00:42:25.260><c> there</c>

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:29.400
to<00:42:26.199><c> prevent</c><00:42:26.460><c> the</c><00:42:26.719><c> truth</c><00:42:26.880><c> from</c><00:42:27.340><c> being</c><00:42:27.659><c> totally</c><00:42:28.159><c> annihilated.</c>

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:35.139
And<00:42:30.099><c> what</c><00:42:30.340><c> he</c><00:42:30.519><c> says</c><00:42:30.840><c> is,</c><00:42:32.679><c> the</c><00:42:32.679><c> town</c><00:42:33.000><c> clerk</c><00:42:33.320><c> appeased</c><00:42:33.880><c> the</c><00:42:34.119><c> people.</c>

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:37.519
These<00:42:36.099><c> things</c><00:42:36.340><c> cannot</c><00:42:36.599><c> be</c><00:42:36.860><c> spoken</c><00:42:37.079><c> against.</c>

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:40.579
In<00:42:37.679><c> verse</c><00:42:37.920><c> 36,</c><00:42:38.340><c> you</c><00:42:38.460><c> ought</c><00:42:38.699><c> to</c><00:42:38.860><c> be</c><00:42:39.139><c> quiet</c><00:42:39.340><c> and</c><00:42:39.480><c> do</c><00:42:39.639><c> nothing</c><00:42:39.920><c> rashly.</c>

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:43.679
These<00:42:41.159><c> people</c><00:42:41.460><c> are</c><00:42:41.619><c> not</c><00:42:41.800><c> robbers</c><00:42:42.119><c> of</c><00:42:42.280><c> our</c><00:42:42.460><c> temples.</c>

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:46.880
Therefore,<00:42:45.219><c> if</c><00:42:45.360><c> Demetrius</c><00:42:45.820><c> and</c><00:42:45.940><c> the</c><00:42:46.139><c> craftsmen</c><00:42:46.519><c> which</c><00:42:46.719><c> are</c>

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.159
with<00:42:47.019><c> him</c>

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:51.559
have<00:42:47.360><c> a</c><00:42:47.559><c> matter</c><00:42:47.980><c> against</c><00:42:48.760><c> any</c><00:42:49.000><c> man,</c><00:42:49.199><c> verse</c><00:42:49.440><c> 38,</c><00:42:49.960><c> the</c><00:42:50.179><c> law</c><00:42:50.380><c> is</c><00:42:50.659><c> open.</c>

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:56.579
That<00:42:52.300><c> word,</c><00:42:52.820><c> the</c><00:42:53.019><c> law,</c><00:42:53.179><c> is</c><00:42:53.500><c> the</c><00:42:53.719><c> days</c><00:42:54.139><c> of</c><00:42:54.579><c> Azizes,</c><00:42:55.019><c> the</c><00:42:55.360><c> Azizes'</c><00:42:56.139><c> days.</c>

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:59.599
We<00:42:56.900><c> have</c><00:42:57.260><c> hearing</c><00:42:57.679><c> days</c><00:42:58.000><c> when</c><00:42:58.280><c> the</c><00:42:58.760><c> proconsuls</c><00:42:59.260><c> will</c><00:42:59.480><c> hear</c>

00:42:59.599 --> 00:43:00.380
the<00:42:59.860><c> case.</c>

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:03.539
For<00:43:00.840><c> there</c><00:43:01.079><c> are</c><00:43:01.320><c> proconsuls,</c><00:43:01.940><c> the</c><00:43:02.139><c> word</c><00:43:02.340><c> deputy.</c>

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.500
Let<00:43:04.420><c> them</c><00:43:04.719><c> implede</c><00:43:05.079><c> one</c><00:43:05.260><c> another.</c>

00:43:05.619 --> 00:43:07.699
So<00:43:05.840><c> there's</c><00:43:06.420><c> an</c><00:43:06.619><c> appeal</c><00:43:07.000><c> to</c><00:43:07.280><c> a</c><00:43:07.440><c> judgment.</c>

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:10.679
Leave<00:43:08.280><c> this</c><00:43:08.619><c> to</c><00:43:08.860><c> judgment.</c><00:43:09.360><c> Leave</c><00:43:09.579><c> this</c><00:43:09.820><c> to</c><00:43:10.000><c> a</c><00:43:10.139><c> judgment</c><00:43:10.380><c> day.</c>

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:12.880
And<00:43:11.059><c> that's</c><00:43:11.360><c> exactly</c><00:43:11.699><c> what</c><00:43:11.880><c> God</c><00:43:12.139><c> intends</c><00:43:12.480><c> to</c><00:43:12.699><c> do.</c>

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:15.860
There<00:43:13.400><c> will</c><00:43:13.539><c> be</c><00:43:13.659><c> a</c><00:43:13.840><c> judgment</c><00:43:14.079><c> to</c><00:43:14.340><c> come</c><00:43:14.480><c> on</c><00:43:14.639><c> that</c><00:43:14.940><c> great</c><00:43:15.219><c> horse</c><00:43:15.519><c> system.</c>

00:43:16.139 --> 00:43:18.719
There<00:43:16.260><c> will</c><00:43:16.340><c> be</c><00:43:16.420><c> a</c><00:43:16.599><c> great</c><00:43:16.800><c> judgment</c><00:43:17.199><c> wherein</c><00:43:17.619><c> God</c><00:43:17.960><c> will</c><00:43:18.239><c> judge</c>

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:19.940
that<00:43:19.079><c> woman,</c>

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:23.519
that<00:43:20.460><c> merchandise</c><00:43:21.139><c> power</c><00:43:21.659><c> which</c><00:43:21.900><c> has</c><00:43:22.179><c> opposed</c><00:43:22.460><c> the</c><00:43:22.719><c> truth.</c>

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:26.639
And<00:43:24.179><c> so</c><00:43:24.519><c> the</c><00:43:24.739><c> events</c><00:43:25.000><c> at</c><00:43:25.219><c> Ephesus,</c><00:43:25.500><c> as</c><00:43:25.719><c> the</c><00:43:25.940><c> truth</c><00:43:26.079><c> came</c><00:43:26.340><c> to</c><00:43:26.500><c> it,</c>

00:43:26.900 --> 00:43:29.800
become<00:43:27.119><c> a</c><00:43:27.440><c> pattern</c><00:43:27.599><c> and</c><00:43:27.780><c> a</c><00:43:28.000><c> model</c><00:43:28.179><c> of</c><00:43:29.000><c> the</c><00:43:29.219><c> advance</c><00:43:29.500><c> of</c><00:43:29.699><c> the</c>

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:30.360
whole<00:43:29.960><c> Gospel</c>

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:32.639
throughout<00:43:30.780><c> the</c><00:43:31.039><c> world</c><00:43:31.280><c> beginning</c><00:43:31.639><c> at</c><00:43:31.920><c> John's</c><00:43:32.320><c> baptism</c>

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:35.440
right<00:43:33.000><c> through</c><00:43:33.219><c> to</c><00:43:33.420><c> the</c><00:43:33.559><c> judgment</c><00:43:33.820><c> of</c><00:43:34.000><c> the</c><00:43:34.119><c> great</c><00:43:34.340><c> horse</c><00:43:34.559><c> system.</c>

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:40.300
And<00:43:36.039><c> we'll</c><00:43:36.340><c> track</c><00:43:36.519><c> that</c><00:43:37.019><c> through</c><00:43:37.980><c> Acts</c><00:43:38.340><c> 20,</c><00:43:38.960><c> 1</c><00:43:39.199><c> Timothy,</c>

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:43.059
the<00:43:41.179><c> Ephesian</c><00:43:41.480><c> Epistle</c><00:43:41.860><c> and</c><00:43:42.079><c> over</c><00:43:42.260><c> into</c><00:43:42.400><c> the</c><00:43:42.599><c> Revelation</c>

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:46.780
in<00:43:43.380><c> our</c><00:43:43.559><c> succeeding</c><00:43:44.000><c> classes.</c><00:43:45.579><c> Thank</c><00:43:45.900><c> you.</c>

00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:11.179
Thank<00:44:09.559><c> you.</c>