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that's<00:11:32.700><c> found</c><00:11:32.960><c> here,</c><00:11:33.600><c> because</c><00:11:33.600><c> the</c><00:11:33.820><c> Apostle</c><00:11:34.299><c> is</c><00:11:35.919><c> careful</c>

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Remember<00:11:39.500><c> how</c><00:11:39.720><c> we</c><00:11:39.899><c> said</c><00:11:40.059><c> yesterday</c><00:11:40.600><c> that</c><00:11:40.980><c> in</c><00:11:41.600><c> these</c><00:11:42.039><c> passages</c>

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concerning<00:11:43.179><c> the</c><00:11:43.720><c> role</c><00:11:44.340><c> of</c><00:11:44.840><c> the</c><00:11:45.139><c> man</c><00:11:45.440><c> and</c><00:11:45.799><c> the</c><00:11:46.000><c> woman</c><00:11:46.240><c> in</c><00:11:46.639><c> ecclesial</c><00:11:47.240><c> life,</c>

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the<00:11:48.379><c> 1</c><00:11:48.580><c> Corinthians</c><00:11:49.059><c> 11,</c><00:11:49.919><c> the</c><00:11:50.019><c> 1</c><00:11:50.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:11:51.000><c> 14,</c>

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Galatians<00:11:53.159><c> 3,</c><00:11:55.139><c> and</c><00:11:55.399><c> the</c><00:11:55.559><c> 1</c><00:11:55.919><c> Timothy</c><00:11:56.480><c> 2,</c>

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the<00:11:57.419><c> Apostle's</c><00:11:57.919><c> always</c><00:11:58.340><c> careful</c><00:11:58.720><c> to</c><00:11:59.059><c> use</c><00:11:59.460><c> the</c><00:12:00.019><c> right</c><00:12:00.399><c> words</c>

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that<00:12:01.799><c> really</c><00:12:02.179><c> mean</c><00:12:02.480><c> male</c><00:12:02.779><c> and</c><00:12:03.059><c> female.</c>

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So<00:12:04.039><c> he</c><00:12:04.220><c> uses</c><00:12:04.820><c> an</c><00:12:05.340><c> earth</c><00:12:05.980><c> from</c><00:12:06.759><c> Andros</c><00:12:07.840><c> and</c><00:12:08.720><c> Guner,</c>

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meaning<00:12:10.299><c> literally</c><00:12:11.039><c> the</c><00:12:11.279><c> male</c><00:12:11.519><c> and</c><00:12:11.759><c> the</c><00:12:11.960><c> female.</c>

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And<00:12:12.899><c> yet</c><00:12:13.220><c> smack</c><00:12:13.519><c> in</c><00:12:13.679><c> the</c><00:12:13.820><c> middle</c><00:12:13.960><c> of</c><00:12:14.120><c> the</c><00:12:14.259><c> 1</c><00:12:14.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:12:15.059><c> 11,</c>

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he<00:12:16.019><c> says</c><00:12:16.320><c> this,</c><00:12:16.840><c> verse</c><00:12:17.080><c> 27,</c>

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Wherefore,<00:12:19.960><c> whosoever</c><00:12:20.419><c> shall</c><00:12:20.600><c> eat</c><00:12:20.799><c> this</c><00:12:21.080><c> bread</c>

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and<00:12:22.419><c> drink</c><00:12:22.679><c> this</c><00:12:23.000><c> cup</c><00:12:23.220><c> of</c><00:12:23.419><c> the</c><00:12:23.620><c> Lord</c><00:12:23.879><c> unworthily</c>

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shall<00:12:25.220><c> be</c><00:12:25.580><c> guilty</c><00:12:25.899><c> of</c><00:12:26.279><c> the</c><00:12:26.519><c> body</c><00:12:26.759><c> and</c><00:12:26.980><c> blood</c><00:12:27.139><c> of</c><00:12:27.340><c> the</c><00:12:27.440><c> Lord,</c>

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but<00:12:29.139><c> let</c><00:12:29.480><c> a</c><00:12:29.820><c> man</c><00:12:30.259><c> examine</c><00:12:30.960><c> himself.</c>

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You<00:12:34.000><c> know,</c><00:12:34.139><c> that</c><00:12:34.279><c> word</c><00:12:34.580><c> man</c><00:12:35.000><c> in</c><00:12:35.220><c> verse</c><00:12:35.559><c> 28</c><00:12:35.980><c> is</c><00:12:36.240><c> the</c><00:12:36.360><c> word</c><00:12:36.799><c> anthropos.</c>

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Now,<00:12:39.879><c> I</c><00:12:39.899><c> don't</c><00:12:40.059><c> know</c><00:12:40.139><c> if</c><00:12:40.179><c> you</c><00:12:40.299><c> know</c><00:12:40.399><c> what</c><00:12:40.700><c> anthropos</c><00:12:41.519><c> is,</c>

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but<00:12:43.080><c> anthropology</c><00:12:43.960><c> is</c><00:12:44.240><c> the</c><00:12:44.480><c> study</c><00:12:44.679><c> of</c><00:12:44.940><c> the</c><00:12:45.220><c> human</c><00:12:45.539><c> species,</c>

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and<00:12:46.799><c> it</c><00:12:47.019><c> doesn't</c><00:12:47.200><c> relate</c><00:12:47.559><c> to</c><00:12:47.779><c> either</c><00:12:48.100><c> a</c><00:12:48.500><c> man</c><00:12:48.799><c> or</c><00:12:49.259><c> to</c><00:12:49.539><c> a</c><00:12:49.700><c> woman.</c>

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It<00:12:50.559><c> embraces</c><00:12:51.379><c> both</c><00:12:52.080><c> male</c><00:12:52.539><c> and</c><00:12:53.399><c> female</c>

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in<00:12:54.460><c> the</c><00:12:54.759><c> extent</c><00:12:55.240><c> and</c><00:12:55.639><c> breadth</c><00:12:55.940><c> of</c><00:12:56.220><c> its</c><00:12:56.460><c> meaning.</c>

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Maybe<00:12:58.120><c> it</c><00:12:58.200><c> would</c><00:12:58.360><c> be</c><00:12:58.480><c> better</c><00:12:58.659><c> to</c><00:12:58.840><c> say</c><00:12:58.980><c> let</c><00:12:59.620><c> a</c><00:12:59.940><c> person</c><00:13:00.399><c> examine</c><00:13:01.200><c> themselves,</c>

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verse<00:13:02.600><c> 28,</c><00:13:03.159><c> because</c><00:13:03.500><c> when</c><00:13:03.820><c> we</c><00:13:04.059><c> finally</c><00:13:04.399><c> come</c><00:13:04.659><c> to</c><00:13:04.840><c> the</c><00:13:05.039><c> table,</c>

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brothers<00:13:05.620><c> and</c><00:13:05.840><c> sisters,</c><00:13:06.059><c> and</c><00:13:06.200><c> we</c><00:13:06.340><c> come</c><00:13:06.480><c> before</c><00:13:06.799><c> our</c><00:13:07.120><c> God,</c>

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and<00:13:07.759><c> we</c><00:13:07.940><c> open</c><00:13:08.100><c> our</c><00:13:08.440><c> hearts</c><00:13:08.740><c> to</c><00:13:08.940><c> make</c><00:13:09.179><c> confession</c><00:13:09.659><c> of</c><00:13:10.039><c> sin</c>

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and<00:13:10.679><c> to</c><00:13:10.980><c> examine</c><00:13:11.220><c> ourselves,</c>

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whether<00:13:12.259><c> we</c><00:13:13.539><c> be</c><00:13:13.700><c> walking</c><00:13:14.080><c> in</c><00:13:14.240><c> the</c><00:13:14.340><c> way</c><00:13:14.539><c> of</c><00:13:14.799><c> truth</c><00:13:15.080><c> or</c><00:13:15.600><c> no,</c>

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we<00:13:16.419><c> come</c><00:13:16.700><c> to</c><00:13:16.879><c> the</c><00:13:17.139><c> Father</c><00:13:17.419><c> as</c><00:13:17.899><c> individuals</c>

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and<00:13:18.980><c> both</c><00:13:19.259><c> the</c><00:13:19.580><c> brother</c><00:13:19.820><c> and</c><00:13:20.240><c> the</c><00:13:20.519><c> sister</c><00:13:20.840><c> come</c><00:13:21.259><c> equally,</c>

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that<00:13:22.039><c> they</c><00:13:22.159><c> might</c><00:13:22.419><c> make</c><00:13:22.679><c> that</c><00:13:22.919><c> confession.</c>

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Let<00:13:24.019><c> a</c><00:13:24.360><c> person,</c><00:13:25.000><c> an</c><00:13:25.360><c> anthropos,</c><00:13:26.820><c> examine</c><00:13:27.299><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:13:29.419><c> there's</c><00:13:29.539><c> no</c><00:13:29.759><c> difference</c><00:13:30.120><c> here</c><00:13:30.399><c> between</c><00:13:30.720><c> male</c><00:13:30.980><c> and</c><00:13:31.179><c> female.</c>

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This<00:13:31.860><c> is</c><00:13:31.980><c> not</c><00:13:32.139><c> just</c><00:13:32.320><c> for</c><00:13:32.500><c> men.</c>

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This<00:13:35.080><c> is</c><00:13:35.220><c> for</c><00:13:35.320><c> the</c><00:13:35.500><c> brother</c><00:13:35.659><c> and</c><00:13:35.840><c> the</c><00:13:36.039><c> sister.</c>

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So<00:13:38.440><c> when</c><00:13:38.559><c> it</c><00:13:38.659><c> comes</c><00:13:38.860><c> to</c><00:13:39.019><c> matters</c><00:13:39.220><c> of</c><00:13:39.500><c> worship,</c>

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or<00:13:40.639><c> yes,</c><00:13:40.840><c> there</c><00:13:40.940><c> might</c><00:13:41.139><c> be</c><00:13:41.340><c> a</c><00:13:41.440><c> brother</c><00:13:41.600><c> who's</c><00:13:42.039><c> chairing</c><00:13:42.360><c> the</c><00:13:42.539><c> meeting</c>

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and<00:13:42.940><c> a</c><00:13:43.059><c> brother</c><00:13:43.200><c> who's</c><00:13:43.460><c> leading</c><00:13:43.840><c> by</c><00:13:44.220><c> way</c><00:13:44.419><c> of</c><00:13:44.759><c> exhortation,</c>

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but<00:13:45.639><c> the</c><00:13:45.899><c> real</c><00:13:46.200><c> essence</c><00:13:46.600><c> of</c><00:13:46.899><c> worship</c><00:13:47.299><c> ascending</c><00:13:47.879><c> into</c><00:13:48.360><c> the</c><00:13:48.620><c> presence</c><00:13:48.879><c> of</c>

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And<00:13:54.100><c> sisters</c><00:13:54.320><c> ought</c><00:13:54.519><c> never</c><00:13:54.700><c> to</c><00:13:54.980><c> feel</c><00:13:55.120><c> that</c><00:13:55.240><c> they</c><00:13:55.419><c> haven't</c><00:13:55.539><c> got</c>

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a<00:13:55.980><c> part</c><00:13:56.220><c> to</c><00:13:56.519><c> play.</c>

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Of<00:13:56.860><c> course</c><00:13:57.059><c> they</c><00:13:57.320><c> have.</c>

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What<00:14:00.039><c> about</c><00:14:00.440><c> matters</c><00:14:00.879><c> of</c><00:14:01.500><c> witness</c><00:14:01.960><c> as</c><00:14:02.299><c> far</c><00:14:02.500><c> as</c><00:14:02.659><c> the</c><00:14:02.879><c> truth</c><00:14:03.019><c> is</c><00:14:03.299><c> concerned?</c>

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Our<00:14:06.200><c> proclamation</c><00:14:06.740><c> activities.</c>

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What's<00:14:09.220><c> the</c><00:14:09.480><c> essential</c><00:14:10.000><c> spirit</c><00:14:10.519><c> of</c><00:14:10.740><c> witness?</c>

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A<00:14:13.480><c> desire</c><00:14:14.080><c> to</c><00:14:16.500><c> proclaim</c><00:14:16.840><c> the</c><00:14:17.080><c> truth.</c>

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Is<00:14:20.100><c> that</c><00:14:20.320><c> exclusive</c><00:14:20.799><c> to</c><00:14:21.039><c> men?</c>

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No,<00:14:23.639><c> it's</c><00:14:23.779><c> not.</c>

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What<00:14:26.899><c> about</c><00:14:27.340><c> personal</c><00:14:28.379><c> witness</c><00:14:29.340><c> in</c><00:14:29.779><c> life?</c>

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What<00:14:32.679><c> about</c><00:14:32.980><c> discussion</c><00:14:33.600><c> on</c><00:14:33.899><c> the</c><00:14:34.100><c> word?</c>

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What<00:14:34.500><c> about</c><00:14:34.720><c> the</c><00:14:34.860><c> ability</c><00:14:35.139><c> to</c><00:14:35.399><c> talk</c><00:14:35.720><c> to</c><00:14:35.940><c> people</c><00:14:36.240><c> about</c><00:14:36.580><c> the</c><00:14:36.919><c> truth?</c>

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What<00:14:37.519><c> about</c><00:14:37.799><c> the</c><00:14:38.100><c> desire</c><00:14:38.600><c> to</c><00:14:38.899><c> be</c><00:14:39.100><c> involved</c><00:14:39.519><c> in</c><00:14:39.779><c> missionary</c><00:14:40.179><c> activity?</c>

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Is<00:14:42.059><c> this</c><00:14:42.220><c> the</c><00:14:42.500><c> sole</c><00:14:42.799><c> prerogative</c><00:14:43.360><c> of</c><00:14:43.639><c> brothers</c><00:14:44.159><c> in</c><00:14:45.159><c> the</c><00:14:45.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:14:45.580><c> life?</c>

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The<00:14:45.659><c> answer</c><00:14:45.840><c> is</c><00:14:46.000><c> no,</c><00:14:46.279><c> of</c><00:14:46.379><c> course</c><00:14:46.539><c> it's</c><00:14:46.720><c> not.</c>

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The<00:14:47.620><c> spirit</c><00:14:48.059><c> that</c><00:14:48.500><c> leads</c><00:14:48.840><c> us</c><00:14:49.120><c> to</c><00:14:49.360><c> bring</c><00:14:49.700><c> forth</c><00:14:50.120><c> the</c><00:14:50.299><c> purpose</c>

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of<00:14:50.899><c> God</c>

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and<00:14:51.279><c> declare</c><00:14:51.620><c> it</c><00:14:51.779><c> to</c><00:14:51.899><c> others</c><00:14:52.220><c> is</c><00:14:52.720><c> a</c><00:14:53.019><c> responsibility</c>

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that<00:14:55.159><c> belongs</c><00:14:55.460><c> to</c><00:14:55.700><c> brother</c><00:14:55.840><c> and</c><00:14:56.059><c> sister</c><00:14:56.379><c> alike</c>

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in<00:14:57.379><c> our</c><00:14:57.639><c> contribution</c><00:14:58.240><c> to</c><00:14:58.460><c> ecclesial</c><00:14:58.960><c> life.</c>

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We<00:15:01.480><c> both</c><00:15:01.740><c> make</c><00:15:02.039><c> contribution,</c>

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but<00:15:04.980><c> we</c><00:15:05.200><c> do</c><00:15:05.480><c> so</c><00:15:05.720><c> from</c><00:15:05.919><c> a</c><00:15:06.179><c> different</c><00:15:06.440><c> perspective.</c>

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What<00:15:08.600><c> about</c><00:15:08.919><c> matters</c><00:15:09.220><c> of</c><00:15:09.600><c> order?</c>

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Well,<00:15:12.460><c> matters</c><00:15:12.539><c> of</c><00:15:12.860><c> order</c><00:15:13.360><c> relate</c><00:15:13.879><c> to</c><00:15:14.600><c> the</c><00:15:15.179><c> activities</c><00:15:15.620><c> of</c>

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and<00:15:16.740><c> the</c><00:15:17.039><c> arrangements</c><00:15:17.600><c> of</c><00:15:18.000><c> the</c><00:15:18.200><c> ecclesia.</c>

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What<00:15:19.100><c> about</c><00:15:19.360><c> the</c><00:15:19.820><c> preparedness</c><00:15:20.200><c> to</c><00:15:20.860><c> mutually</c><00:15:21.340><c> consent</c><00:15:21.899><c> to</c>

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and<00:15:30.940><c> that</c><00:15:31.120><c> whatever</c><00:15:31.360><c> is</c><00:15:31.600><c> done</c><00:15:31.740><c> is</c><00:15:31.899><c> done</c><00:15:32.039><c> to</c><00:15:32.179><c> the</c><00:15:32.240><c> very</c><00:15:32.539><c> best</c><00:15:32.779><c> of</c>

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our<00:15:33.179><c> abilities?</c>

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Both<00:15:37.440><c> brother</c><00:15:37.720><c> and</c><00:15:38.000><c> sister</c><00:15:38.340><c> alike</c><00:15:38.679><c> ought</c><00:15:38.879><c> to</c><00:15:39.100><c> strive</c><00:15:39.440><c> for</c><00:15:39.820><c> the</c>

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very<00:15:40.419><c> excellence</c><00:15:40.980><c> of</c><00:15:41.320><c> endeavor</c>

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to<00:16:00.399><c> meditate</c><00:16:00.799><c> on</c><00:16:01.080><c> the</c><00:16:01.279><c> Word,</c>

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to<00:16:06.919><c> aspects</c><00:16:07.340><c> of</c><00:16:07.600><c> personal</c><00:16:08.120><c> study.</c>

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These<00:16:10.559><c> are</c><00:16:10.799><c> privileges</c><00:16:11.159><c> that</c><00:16:11.399><c> we</c><00:16:11.600><c> all</c><00:16:11.860><c> have</c>

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understand<00:16:16.159><c> divine</c><00:16:16.600><c> principles.</c>

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it,<00:16:27.580><c> brothers</c><00:16:27.820><c> and</c><00:16:28.019><c> sisters?</c>

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Bible<00:16:28.940><c> study's</c><00:16:29.259><c> all</c><00:16:29.480><c> about</c><00:16:29.919><c> absorbing</c><00:16:30.480><c> the</c><00:16:30.799><c> divine</c><00:16:31.179><c> mind</c>

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that<00:16:31.919><c> we</c><00:16:32.080><c> might</c><00:16:32.299><c> know</c><00:16:32.820><c> the</c><00:16:33.100><c> Father</c><00:16:33.580><c> because</c><00:16:34.120><c> He</c><00:16:34.299><c> is</c><00:16:34.539><c> supreme,</c>

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and<00:16:35.840><c> every</c><00:16:36.200><c> brother</c><00:16:36.440><c> and</c><00:16:36.700><c> every</c><00:16:37.059><c> sister</c><00:16:37.580><c> must</c><00:16:37.940><c> know</c><00:16:38.279><c> Him.</c>

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If<00:16:44.639><c> our</c><00:16:44.879><c> Bible</c><00:16:45.259><c> margins</c><00:16:46.000><c> are</c><00:16:48.820><c> filled</c><00:16:49.080><c> with</c><00:16:49.399><c> facts,</c>

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then<00:16:51.559><c> our</c><00:16:51.759><c> lives</c><00:16:52.039><c> will</c><00:16:52.259><c> not</c><00:16:52.379><c> be</c><00:16:52.700><c> transformed.</c>

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live<00:17:02.279><c> the</c><00:17:02.659><c> truth,</c>

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then<00:17:05.339><c> there</c><00:17:05.460><c> is</c><00:17:05.579><c> no</c><00:17:05.799><c> point</c><00:17:06.039><c> to</c><00:17:06.220><c> our</c><00:17:06.460><c> study.</c>

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And<00:17:09.480><c> every</c><00:17:09.660><c> brother</c><00:17:09.839><c> and</c><00:17:10.019><c> every</c><00:17:10.220><c> sister</c><00:17:10.579><c> has</c><00:17:10.839><c> been</c><00:17:11.099><c> blessed</c>

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that<00:17:12.660><c> will</c><00:17:12.920><c> receive,</c><00:17:14.039><c> absorb,</c><00:17:15.279><c> and</c><00:17:15.460><c> understand</c><00:17:16.099><c> divine</c><00:17:16.539><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:17:17.960><c> finally,</c><00:17:20.220><c> in</c><00:17:20.400><c> matters</c><00:17:20.700><c> of</c><00:17:21.059><c> service,</c>

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we<00:17:23.039><c> all</c><00:17:23.279><c> have</c><00:17:23.440><c> the</c><00:17:23.579><c> opportunity</c><00:17:24.119><c> to</c><00:17:24.380><c> show</c><00:17:24.519><c> that</c><00:17:24.839><c> spirit</c><00:17:25.059><c> of</c><00:17:25.319><c> hospitality,</c>

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of<00:17:31.960><c> the</c><00:17:32.180><c> perception</c><00:17:32.579><c> to</c><00:17:32.900><c> see</c><00:17:33.160><c> need</c><00:17:33.480><c> and</c><00:17:33.700><c> the</c><00:17:33.880><c> willingness</c><00:17:34.180><c> to</c><00:17:34.539><c> help.</c>

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that<00:17:39.259><c> we</c><00:17:39.500><c> nourish</c><00:17:39.799><c> one</c><00:17:39.980><c> another</c><00:17:40.220><c> so</c><00:17:40.460><c> that</c><00:17:40.640><c> not</c><00:17:40.880><c> one</c><00:17:41.720><c> single</c><00:17:42.339><c> person</c>

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respective<00:17:54.460><c> contributions</c>

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to<00:18:14.599><c> balance</c><00:18:15.079><c> up</c><00:18:15.400><c> those</c><00:18:16.039><c> three</c><00:18:16.539><c> things</c><00:18:17.279><c> of</c><00:18:17.940><c> equality,</c><00:18:19.640><c> hierarchy,</c><00:18:20.440><c> and</c><00:18:20.920><c> diversity.</c>

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Bible<00:18:36.359><c> characters</c><00:18:37.119><c> that</c><00:18:37.720><c> form</c><00:18:37.960><c> wonderful</c><00:18:38.500><c> examples</c><00:18:39.200><c> for</c><00:18:39.460><c> a</c><00:18:39.660><c> brother</c><00:18:39.839><c> or</c><00:18:40.099><c> a</c><00:18:40.359><c> sister</c>

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to<00:18:41.400><c> model</c><00:18:41.759><c> their</c><00:18:42.099><c> lives</c><00:18:42.500><c> on.</c>

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I've<00:18:44.940><c> got</c><00:18:45.019><c> a</c><00:18:45.099><c> bit</c><00:18:45.200><c> of</c><00:18:45.500><c> a</c><00:18:45.559><c> sort</c><00:18:45.880><c> of</c><00:18:45.900><c> pet</c><00:18:46.220><c> theory</c><00:18:46.640><c> about</c><00:18:46.880><c> this,</c>

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I<00:18:47.980><c> feel</c><00:18:48.299><c> that</c><00:18:48.619><c> in</c><00:18:48.880><c> the</c><00:18:49.059><c> biblical</c><00:18:49.460><c> record</c><00:18:50.059><c> that</c><00:18:50.279><c> we</c><00:18:50.420><c> have</c><00:18:50.660><c> good</c>

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and<00:19:02.400><c> patterned</c><00:19:02.839><c> their</c><00:19:02.960><c> lives</c><00:19:03.319><c> on.</c>

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I<00:19:07.460><c> think</c><00:19:07.640><c> that</c><00:19:07.900><c> Elijah</c><00:19:08.420><c> had</c><00:19:09.819><c> a</c><00:19:10.000><c> hero.</c>

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And<00:19:12.019><c> I</c><00:19:12.079><c> think</c><00:19:12.240><c> I</c><00:19:12.400><c> know</c><00:19:12.519><c> who</c><00:19:12.700><c> his</c><00:19:12.900><c> hero</c><00:19:13.119><c> was.</c>

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I<00:19:16.720><c> think</c><00:19:16.900><c> that</c><00:19:17.240><c> Mary</c><00:19:17.579><c> had</c><00:19:17.819><c> a</c><00:19:18.079><c> heroine,</c><00:19:18.420><c> and</c><00:19:18.519><c> I</c><00:19:18.599><c> think</c><00:19:18.759><c> I</c><00:19:18.940><c> know</c>

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who<00:19:20.440><c> her</c><00:19:20.759><c> heroine</c><00:19:21.319><c> was.</c>

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I<00:19:25.740><c> think</c><00:19:25.940><c> that</c><00:19:26.240><c> Jonah</c><00:19:26.559><c> had</c><00:19:26.839><c> a</c><00:19:27.019><c> champion,</c><00:19:27.380><c> and</c><00:19:27.519><c> I</c><00:19:27.559><c> think</c><00:19:27.720><c> I</c><00:19:27.839><c> know</c>

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who<00:19:28.160><c> Jonah's</c><00:19:28.700><c> champion</c><00:19:28.920><c> was.</c>

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I<00:19:31.259><c> think</c><00:19:31.460><c> that</c><00:19:31.759><c> Caleb</c><00:19:32.259><c> modeled</c><00:19:32.799><c> himself</c><00:19:33.299><c> on</c><00:19:33.500><c> a</c><00:19:33.700><c> particular</c><00:19:34.039><c> man,</c>

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and<00:19:34.759><c> I</c><00:19:34.920><c> know</c><00:19:35.079><c> who</c><00:19:35.240><c> that</c><00:19:35.480><c> man</c><00:19:35.680><c> was.</c>

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I<00:19:40.200><c> think</c><00:19:40.420><c> that</c><00:19:40.619><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:41.200><c> patterned</c><00:19:41.700><c> himself</c><00:19:42.099><c> on</c><00:19:42.559><c> a</c><00:19:42.779><c> particular</c><00:19:43.160><c> person,</c>

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and<00:19:44.500><c> I</c><00:19:44.640><c> think</c><00:19:44.799><c> I</c><00:19:45.059><c> know</c><00:19:45.359><c> who</c><00:19:45.579><c> his</c><00:19:45.759><c> role</c><00:19:46.099><c> model</c><00:19:46.420><c> was.</c>

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So<00:19:49.180><c> I</c><00:19:49.259><c> think</c><00:19:49.400><c> the</c><00:19:49.559><c> idea</c><00:19:49.799><c> of</c><00:19:50.140><c> role</c><00:19:50.359><c> models</c><00:19:50.680><c> from</c><00:19:50.960><c> scripture</c><00:19:51.299><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:51.619><c> wonderful</c><00:19:51.960><c> thing</c>

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for<00:19:52.359><c> us</c><00:19:52.480><c> to</c><00:19:52.700><c> take</c><00:19:52.839><c> up</c><00:19:52.960><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:53.400><c> and</c><00:19:53.519><c> of</c><00:19:53.700><c> course</c><00:19:53.839><c> it's</c><00:19:54.099><c> true</c>

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that<00:19:54.500><c> our</c><00:19:54.720><c> greatest</c><00:19:55.119><c> role</c><00:19:55.460><c> model</c><00:19:55.740><c> should</c><00:19:56.079><c> be</c><00:19:56.279><c> the</c><00:19:56.400><c> Lord</c><00:19:56.619><c> himself,</c>

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but<00:19:57.819><c> there</c><00:19:57.980><c> are</c><00:19:58.200><c> other</c><00:19:58.500><c> characters</c><00:19:58.980><c> that</c><00:19:59.420><c> may</c><00:19:59.680><c> be</c><00:19:59.880><c> helpful.</c>

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So<00:20:00.779><c> why</c><00:20:01.099><c> shouldn't</c><00:20:01.359><c> it</c><00:20:01.519><c> be</c><00:20:01.660><c> that</c><00:20:01.859><c> a</c><00:20:01.980><c> brother</c><00:20:02.140><c> or</c><00:20:02.400><c> a</c><00:20:02.559><c> sister</c>

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should<00:20:03.019><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:20:03.599><c> who</c><00:20:03.940><c> could</c><00:20:04.160><c> we</c><00:20:04.319><c> look</c><00:20:04.500><c> at,</c><00:20:04.759><c> who</c><00:20:04.759><c> could</c><00:20:04.980><c> we</c><00:20:05.259><c> study</c><00:20:05.480><c> that</c>

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might<00:20:06.259><c> help</c><00:20:06.539><c> us</c>

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to<00:20:07.079><c> fulfill</c><00:20:07.380><c> our</c><00:20:07.960><c> particular</c><00:20:08.539><c> contribution</c><00:20:09.299><c> to</c><00:20:09.539><c> ecclesial</c><00:20:10.039><c> life,</c>

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be<00:20:10.859><c> we</c><00:20:11.099><c> a</c><00:20:11.220><c> brother</c><00:20:11.420><c> or</c><00:20:11.859><c> a</c><00:20:12.180><c> sister?</c>

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And<00:20:13.039><c> there's</c><00:20:13.220><c> so</c><00:20:13.400><c> many</c><00:20:13.599><c> of</c><00:20:13.779><c> them,</c><00:20:13.960><c> isn't</c><00:20:14.079><c> there,</c><00:20:14.220><c> when</c><00:20:14.359><c> we</c><00:20:14.559><c> stop</c><00:20:14.740><c> and</c>

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look<00:20:15.119><c> and</c><00:20:15.359><c> think.</c>

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So<00:20:16.380><c> for</c><00:20:16.579><c> a</c><00:20:16.759><c> man,</c><00:20:17.640><c> the</c><00:20:17.859><c> integrity</c><00:20:18.299><c> of</c><00:20:18.559><c> Joseph,</c><00:20:19.180><c> the</c><00:20:19.420><c> story</c><00:20:19.740><c> of</c><00:20:20.000><c> Gideon,</c>

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the<00:20:20.720><c> bravery</c><00:20:21.099><c> of</c><00:20:21.480><c> Jonathan,</c><00:20:22.359><c> the</c><00:20:22.539><c> victory</c><00:20:22.920><c> of</c><00:20:23.160><c> David,</c>

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the<00:20:24.259><c> crisis</c><00:20:24.700><c> of</c><00:20:24.940><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:20:26.039><c> the</c><00:20:26.339><c> prayer</c><00:20:26.559><c> of</c><00:20:26.759><c> Daniel,</c>

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the<00:20:27.799><c> story</c><00:20:28.200><c> of</c><00:20:28.519><c> Jonah,</c><00:20:29.119><c> the</c><00:20:29.420><c> denial</c><00:20:29.880><c> of</c><00:20:30.240><c> Peter,</c>

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the<00:20:30.940><c> witness</c><00:20:31.400><c> of</c><00:20:31.880><c> Stephen,</c><00:20:32.660><c> the</c><00:20:32.920><c> voyage</c><00:20:33.299><c> of</c><00:20:33.599><c> Paul,</c>

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the<00:20:34.619><c> example</c><00:20:35.200><c> of</c><00:20:35.559><c> Timothy,</c><00:20:36.299><c> the</c><00:20:36.519><c> wisdom</c><00:20:37.000><c> of</c><00:20:37.440><c> John.</c>

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This<00:20:38.160><c> is</c><00:20:38.319><c> just</c><00:20:38.559><c> a</c><00:20:38.799><c> handful</c><00:20:39.200><c> of</c><00:20:39.460><c> so</c><00:20:39.700><c> many</c><00:20:40.019><c> examples</c>

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that<00:20:41.059><c> a</c><00:20:41.359><c> brother</c><00:20:41.559><c> could</c><00:20:41.900><c> study</c><00:20:42.160><c> to</c><00:20:42.420><c> inspire</c><00:20:43.059><c> him</c><00:20:43.480><c> in</c><00:20:43.859><c> his</c><00:20:44.180><c> service</c><00:20:44.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:44.940><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:20:45.799><c> there's</c><00:20:45.980><c> no</c><00:20:46.240><c> less</c><00:20:46.579><c> examples</c><00:20:47.160><c> as</c><00:20:47.579><c> far</c><00:20:47.779><c> as</c><00:20:47.980><c> sisters</c><00:20:48.259><c> are</c><00:20:48.519><c> concerned.</c>

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What<00:20:49.480><c> about</c><00:20:49.720><c> the</c><00:20:49.980><c> faith</c><00:20:50.200><c> of</c><00:20:50.519><c> Rahab</c><00:20:51.220><c> and</c><00:20:51.460><c> the</c><00:20:51.700><c> parable</c><00:20:51.980><c> of</c><00:20:52.259><c> Ruth</c>

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and<00:20:52.960><c> the</c><00:20:53.240><c> prayer</c><00:20:53.440><c> of</c><00:20:53.700><c> Hannah</c><00:20:53.960><c> and</c><00:20:54.339><c> the</c><00:20:54.579><c> wisdom</c><00:20:54.980><c> of</c><00:20:55.299><c> Abigail</c>

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and<00:20:56.200><c> the</c><00:20:56.480><c> beauty</c><00:20:56.759><c> of</c><00:20:57.160><c> Esther</c><00:20:57.480><c> and</c><00:20:57.920><c> the</c><00:20:58.140><c> virtuous</c><00:20:58.519><c> woman</c>

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and<00:20:59.299><c> the</c><00:20:59.519><c> qualities</c><00:20:59.960><c> of</c><00:21:00.220><c> the</c><00:21:00.460><c> bride</c><00:21:00.920><c> and</c><00:21:01.279><c> the</c><00:21:01.559><c> song</c><00:21:01.880><c> of</c><00:21:02.220><c> Mary</c>

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and<00:21:03.000><c> the</c><00:21:03.180><c> love</c><00:21:03.460><c> of</c><00:21:03.839><c> Mary</c><00:21:04.119><c> Magdalene</c><00:21:04.960><c> and</c><00:21:05.279><c> the</c><00:21:05.539><c> hospitality</c><00:21:06.119><c> of</c><00:21:06.440><c> Lydia</c>

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and<00:21:07.140><c> the</c><00:21:07.500><c> allegory</c><00:21:07.880><c> of</c><00:21:08.220><c> Sarah</c><00:21:08.539><c> and</c><00:21:08.900><c> Hagar</c><00:21:09.359><c> and</c><00:21:09.839><c> the</c><00:21:10.059><c> letter</c><00:21:10.299><c> to</c><00:21:10.619><c> Kyria?</c>

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There's<00:21:12.779><c> no</c><00:21:13.039><c> shortage</c><00:21:13.359><c> of</c><00:21:13.700><c> examples,</c><00:21:14.380><c> brothers</c><00:21:14.500><c> and</c><00:21:14.759><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:21:15.160><c> us</c><00:21:15.339><c> to</c><00:21:15.640><c> choose</c><00:21:15.900><c> from,</c><00:21:16.579><c> for</c><00:21:16.680><c> us</c><00:21:16.940><c> to</c><00:21:17.180><c> use</c><00:21:17.440><c> in</c><00:21:17.759><c> our</c><00:21:18.099><c> personal</c>

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development<00:21:19.200><c> in</c><00:21:19.519><c> the</c><00:21:19.779><c> truth,</c>

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be<00:21:20.579><c> we</c><00:21:20.799><c> a</c><00:21:20.980><c> brother</c><00:21:21.180><c> or</c><00:21:21.599><c> a</c><00:21:21.960><c> sister,</c><00:21:22.579><c> that</c><00:21:22.759><c> we</c><00:21:22.940><c> might</c><00:21:23.140><c> be</c><00:21:23.420><c> inspired</c>

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to<00:21:24.619><c> make</c><00:21:24.819><c> our</c><00:21:25.099><c> respective</c><00:21:25.660><c> contributions</c><00:21:26.500><c> to</c><00:21:26.839><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:27.319><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:27.940><c> I</c><00:21:28.119><c> think</c><00:21:28.279><c> that</c><00:21:28.480><c> those</c><00:21:28.880><c> are</c><00:21:29.059><c> very</c><00:21:29.339><c> good</c><00:21:29.660><c> studies</c><00:21:30.180><c> for</c><00:21:30.720><c> people</c><00:21:31.000><c> to</c><00:21:31.299><c> undertake.</c>

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Amongst<00:21:32.039><c> all</c><00:21:32.200><c> the</c><00:21:32.339><c> other</c><00:21:32.519><c> things</c><00:21:32.819><c> that</c><00:21:32.980><c> we</c><00:21:33.099><c> might</c><00:21:33.380><c> study</c><00:21:33.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:33.980><c> Word,</c>

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what<00:21:34.599><c> about</c><00:21:34.859><c> a</c><00:21:35.160><c> character</c><00:21:35.519><c> that</c><00:21:36.160><c> really</c><00:21:36.599><c> inspires</c><00:21:37.299><c> and</c><00:21:37.579><c> moves</c><00:21:37.940><c> you</c>

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by<00:21:38.900><c> the</c><00:21:39.240><c> power</c><00:21:39.579><c> and</c><00:21:39.980><c> the</c><00:21:40.299><c> goodness</c><00:21:40.759><c> of</c><00:21:41.380><c> their</c><00:21:41.599><c> example?</c>

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Well,<00:21:42.819><c> I</c><00:21:42.880><c> think</c><00:21:42.940><c> we</c><00:21:43.079><c> should</c><00:21:43.200><c> be</c><00:21:43.380><c> doing</c><00:21:43.579><c> that.</c>

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I<00:21:45.599><c> think</c><00:21:45.599><c> we</c><00:21:45.720><c> should</c><00:21:45.880><c> be</c><00:21:46.079><c> trying</c><00:21:46.220><c> to</c><00:21:46.500><c> study</c><00:21:46.720><c> those</c><00:21:47.000><c> people</c>

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and<00:21:47.359><c> to</c><00:21:47.500><c> come</c><00:21:47.599><c> to</c><00:21:48.099><c> understand</c><00:21:48.660><c> them</c><00:21:49.000><c> and</c><00:21:49.339><c> to</c><00:21:49.779><c> appreciate</c><00:21:50.180><c> them.</c>

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So<00:21:50.839><c> what</c><00:21:51.079><c> we're</c><00:21:51.720><c> going</c><00:21:51.819><c> to</c><00:21:51.960><c> do</c><00:21:52.240><c> now</c><00:21:52.680><c> in</c><00:21:53.000><c> the</c><00:21:53.180><c> balance</c><00:21:53.440><c> of</c><00:21:53.680><c> this</c>

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session<00:21:54.220><c> is</c>

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I<00:21:54.759><c> just</c><00:21:55.019><c> want</c><00:21:55.160><c> to</c><00:21:55.339><c> comment</c><00:21:55.619><c> briefly,</c><00:21:56.720><c> therefore,</c><00:21:56.759><c> on</c><00:21:56.980><c> the</c><00:21:57.200><c> contribution</c><00:21:58.039><c> of</c><00:21:58.539><c> brethren.</c>

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Sorry,<00:21:59.619><c> I</c><00:21:59.940><c> shouldn't</c><00:22:00.319><c> keep</c><00:22:00.720><c> saying</c><00:22:01.079><c> that</c><00:22:01.460><c> word,</c><00:22:01.799><c> should</c><00:22:02.039><c> I?</c>

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Because<00:22:03.400><c> the</c><00:22:03.579><c> word</c><00:22:03.920><c> brethren</c><00:22:04.440><c> is,</c><00:22:05.460><c> well,</c><00:22:05.660><c> it's</c><00:22:05.859><c> a</c><00:22:06.019><c> generic</c><00:22:06.420><c> word</c>

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that<00:22:06.880><c> embraces</c><00:22:07.400><c> both</c><00:22:08.039><c> brother</c><00:22:08.400><c> and</c><00:22:08.859><c> sister.</c>

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And<00:22:09.680><c> that</c><00:22:09.799><c> is,</c><00:22:10.079><c> by</c><00:22:10.180><c> the</c><00:22:10.279><c> way,</c><00:22:10.400><c> how</c><00:22:10.579><c> we</c><00:22:10.740><c> should</c><00:22:10.920><c> understand</c><00:22:11.519><c> it.</c>

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The<00:22:12.160><c> word</c><00:22:12.519><c> brethren</c><00:22:13.119><c> is</c><00:22:13.759><c> a</c><00:22:14.000><c> term</c><00:22:14.380><c> that</c><00:22:15.160><c> is</c><00:22:15.440><c> covering</c><00:22:15.740><c> both</c><00:22:16.119><c> the</c>

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male<00:22:16.740><c> and</c><00:22:17.039><c> the</c><00:22:17.299><c> female.</c>

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So<00:22:18.259><c> if</c><00:22:18.339><c> we</c><00:22:18.480><c> want</c><00:22:18.599><c> to</c><00:22:18.740><c> talk</c><00:22:18.880><c> about</c><00:22:19.299><c> males</c><00:22:19.740><c> in</c><00:22:19.920><c> the</c><00:22:20.059><c> meeting,</c>

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we<00:22:20.400><c> should</c><00:22:20.559><c> talk</c><00:22:20.799><c> about</c><00:22:21.240><c> brothers</c><00:22:21.920><c> and</c><00:22:23.859><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:22:24.599><c> not</c><00:22:25.019><c> brethren</c><00:22:25.539><c> and</c><00:22:26.180><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:22:27.819><c> must</c><00:22:27.980><c> never</c><00:22:28.259><c> say</c><00:22:28.519><c> that</c><00:22:28.779><c> because</c><00:22:29.339><c> that's</c><00:22:29.859><c> confusing.</c>

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The<00:22:31.039><c> word</c><00:22:31.359><c> brethren</c><00:22:31.720><c> already</c><00:22:32.240><c> includes</c><00:22:33.039><c> sisters.</c>

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Is<00:22:34.640><c> that</c><00:22:34.799><c> quite</c><00:22:35.059><c> clear,</c><00:22:35.599><c> brethren?</c>

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So<00:22:38.339><c> let's</c><00:22:38.980><c> talk</c><00:22:39.200><c> now</c><00:22:39.440><c> for</c><00:22:39.619><c> a</c><00:22:39.759><c> few</c><00:22:39.859><c> moments</c><00:22:40.200><c> about</c><00:22:40.700><c> the</c><00:22:41.079><c> contribution</c><00:22:41.680><c> of</c><00:22:42.279><c> the</c><00:22:42.640><c> brothers</c>

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into<00:22:43.519><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:44.059><c> life</c><00:22:44.440><c> in</c><00:22:44.859><c> the</c><00:22:45.259><c> spirit</c><00:22:45.559><c> of</c><00:22:46.039><c> leadership</c><00:22:46.519><c> and</c><00:22:46.940><c> provision,</c>

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and<00:22:47.940><c> then</c><00:22:48.099><c> the</c><00:22:48.339><c> contribution</c><00:22:48.940><c> of</c><00:22:49.319><c> sisters</c><00:22:49.940><c> into</c><00:22:50.779><c> ecclesial</c><00:22:51.380><c> life</c>

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in<00:22:52.160><c> the</c><00:22:52.440><c> spirit</c><00:22:52.680><c> of</c><00:22:53.299><c> support</c><00:22:53.920><c> and</c><00:22:54.500><c> nurture.</c>

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So<00:22:56.119><c> let's</c><00:22:56.380><c> take</c><00:22:56.640><c> the</c><00:22:56.859><c> brethren</c><00:22:57.059><c> just</c><00:22:57.559><c> for</c><00:22:57.759><c> a</c><00:22:57.880><c> moment.</c>

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And<00:22:58.480><c> I'm</c><00:22:58.640><c> not</c><00:22:58.779><c> going</c><00:22:58.900><c> to</c><00:22:59.079><c> comment</c><00:22:59.259><c> on</c><00:22:59.480><c> every</c><00:22:59.940><c> single</c><00:23:00.400><c> activity</c>

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of<00:23:01.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:23:01.960><c> life.</c>

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I'm<00:23:02.619><c> just</c><00:23:02.759><c> going</c><00:23:02.880><c> to</c><00:23:03.059><c> touch</c><00:23:03.220><c> on</c><00:23:03.559><c> one</c><00:23:03.720><c> or</c><00:23:04.039><c> two</c><00:23:04.460><c> maybe</c><00:23:04.900><c> and</c><00:23:05.180><c> spend</c>

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a<00:23:05.779><c> little</c><00:23:06.000><c> more</c><00:23:06.319><c> time</c><00:23:06.720><c> in</c><00:23:07.059><c> detail.</c>

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Take<00:23:11.059><c> the</c><00:23:11.279><c> presiding</c><00:23:11.720><c> brother.</c><00:23:12.000><c> No,</c><00:23:12.180><c> take</c><00:23:12.400><c> a</c><00:23:12.519><c> ranging</c><00:23:12.819><c> brethren.</c>

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The<00:23:14.180><c> 1</c><00:23:14.380><c> Timothy</c><00:23:14.839><c> and</c><00:23:15.660><c> Chapter</c><00:23:16.099><c> 5.</c>

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So<00:23:23.960><c> the</c><00:23:24.140><c> spirit</c><00:23:24.400><c> of</c><00:23:24.640><c> a</c><00:23:24.680><c> ranging</c><00:23:25.380><c> brethren.</c>

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Now<00:23:31.339><c> in</c><00:23:31.519><c> the</c><00:23:31.640><c> 1</c><00:23:31.859><c> Timothy,</c><00:23:32.440><c> Chapter</c><00:23:32.640><c> 5,</c><00:23:33.079><c> we're</c><00:23:33.319><c> told</c><00:23:33.579><c> this</c><00:23:34.019><c> concerning</c><00:23:34.720><c> the</c><00:23:36.220><c> responsibilities</c>

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of<00:23:38.480><c> brethren</c><00:23:38.940><c> in</c><00:23:40.240><c> ecclesial</c><00:23:40.700><c> life.</c>

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It<00:23:43.799><c> says</c><00:23:44.000><c> in</c><00:23:44.119><c> the</c><00:23:44.220><c> 1</c><00:23:44.440><c> Timothy,</c><00:23:45.079><c> Chapter</c><00:23:45.420><c> 5,</c><00:23:46.079><c> and</c><00:23:46.240><c> verse</c><00:23:46.720><c> 17,</c>

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let<00:23:49.339><c> the</c><00:23:49.900><c> elders</c><00:23:50.640><c> that</c><00:23:52.119><c> rule</c><00:23:52.900><c> well</c><00:23:53.619><c> be</c><00:23:54.799><c> counted</c><00:23:55.180><c> worthy</c><00:23:55.640><c> of</c>

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double<00:23:56.200><c> honor,</c>

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especially<00:23:58.259><c> they</c><00:23:58.740><c> who</c><00:23:59.240><c> labor</c><00:23:59.660><c> in</c><00:24:00.160><c> the</c><00:24:00.500><c> word</c><00:24:01.420><c> and</c><00:24:02.819><c> doctrine.</c>

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And<00:24:04.539><c> we've</c><00:24:04.720><c> said</c><00:24:04.920><c> before,</c><00:24:05.319><c> but</c><00:24:05.480><c> I</c><00:24:05.660><c> think</c><00:24:05.799><c> it's</c><00:24:06.000><c> a</c><00:24:06.079><c> good</c><00:24:06.200><c> idea</c>

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to<00:24:06.779><c> mention</c><00:24:07.059><c> it</c><00:24:07.240><c> again</c><00:24:07.440><c> here,</c>

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the<00:24:08.119><c> scripture</c><00:24:08.420><c> says,</c><00:24:08.880><c> thou</c><00:24:08.880><c> shalt</c><00:24:09.079><c> not</c><00:24:09.359><c> muzzle</c><00:24:09.619><c> the</c><00:24:09.839><c> ox</c><00:24:10.000><c> that</c>

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shredeth<00:24:10.500><c> out</c><00:24:10.660><c> the</c><00:24:10.880><c> corn,</c>

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and<00:24:11.359><c> the</c><00:24:11.700><c> laborer</c><00:24:12.099><c> is</c><00:24:12.319><c> worthy</c><00:24:12.619><c> of</c><00:24:12.779><c> his</c><00:24:12.940><c> reward.</c>

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And<00:24:13.799><c> sometimes</c><00:24:14.140><c> I</c><00:24:14.279><c> think</c><00:24:14.400><c> we</c><00:24:14.700><c> separate</c><00:24:15.059><c> in</c><00:24:15.259><c> verse</c><00:24:15.480><c> 17,</c>

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the<00:24:16.099><c> elders</c><00:24:16.480><c> that</c><00:24:16.799><c> rule</c><00:24:17.019><c> well</c><00:24:17.559><c> from</c><00:24:18.099><c> those</c><00:24:18.460><c> that</c><00:24:18.799><c> labor</c><00:24:19.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:19.720><c> word.</c>

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But<00:24:20.420><c> that's</c><00:24:20.619><c> not</c><00:24:20.900><c> what</c><00:24:21.319><c> verse</c><00:24:21.579><c> 17</c><00:24:22.160><c> says.</c>

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It<00:24:22.740><c> says</c><00:24:22.940><c> the</c><00:24:23.180><c> elders</c><00:24:23.539><c> that</c><00:24:23.859><c> rule</c><00:24:24.019><c> well</c><00:24:24.339><c> because</c><00:24:24.980><c> they</c><00:24:25.420><c> labor</c>

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in<00:24:26.500><c> the</c><00:24:26.779><c> word,</c>

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especially<00:24:27.779><c> those</c><00:24:28.460><c> who</c><00:24:28.980><c> labor</c><00:24:29.220><c> in</c><00:24:29.400><c> the</c><00:24:29.559><c> word.</c>

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So<00:24:30.279><c> one</c><00:24:30.440><c> of</c><00:24:30.539><c> the</c><00:24:30.680><c> great</c><00:24:30.880><c> tests</c><00:24:31.220><c> for</c><00:24:31.519><c> a</c><00:24:31.519><c> ranging</c><00:24:31.920><c> brethren</c><00:24:32.299><c> is,</c>

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have<00:24:33.359><c> they</c><00:24:33.839><c> learned</c><00:24:34.200><c> to</c><00:24:34.720><c> move</c><00:24:35.299><c> beyond</c><00:24:36.099><c> the</c><00:24:36.519><c> mundane</c><00:24:37.500><c> in</c><00:24:39.240><c> their</c>

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arranging<00:24:40.380><c> brethren's,</c>

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arranging<00:24:43.839><c> brother's</c><00:24:44.799><c> meetings,</c>

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to<00:24:47.140><c> those</c><00:24:47.660><c> principles</c><00:24:48.400><c> of</c><00:24:49.099><c> leadership</c><00:24:49.779><c> and</c><00:24:50.380><c> provision</c><00:24:51.180><c> for</c>

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the<00:24:52.200><c> ecclesia?</c>

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So<00:24:54.720><c> the</c><00:24:54.900><c> focus</c><00:24:55.339><c> of</c><00:24:55.880><c> the</c><00:24:56.140><c> arranging,</c><00:24:56.859><c> actually</c><00:24:57.079><c> I</c><00:24:57.180><c> should</c><00:24:57.359><c> use</c>

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the<00:24:57.640><c> word</c><00:24:57.819><c> arranging</c><00:24:58.220><c> brethren</c>

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because<00:24:58.740><c> it</c><00:24:58.859><c> is</c><00:24:59.140><c> common</c><00:24:59.299><c> amongst</c><00:24:59.720><c> us.</c>

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So<00:25:00.740><c> should</c><00:25:01.420><c> the</c><00:25:01.660><c> arranging</c><00:25:02.019><c> brethren</c><00:25:02.319><c> deal</c><00:25:02.839><c> with</c><00:25:03.119><c> those</c>

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administrative<00:25:04.319><c> details</c>

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that<00:25:05.059><c> by</c><00:25:05.259><c> the</c><00:25:05.359><c> way</c><00:25:05.460><c> will</c><00:25:05.640><c> always</c><00:25:05.980><c> be</c><00:25:06.240><c> there</c><00:25:06.500><c> endlessly</c><00:25:07.059><c> in</c>

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full<00:25:07.640><c> supply,</c>

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or<00:25:08.640><c> are</c><00:25:08.940><c> they</c><00:25:09.140><c> able</c><00:25:09.359><c> to</c><00:25:09.619><c> move</c><00:25:09.880><c> above</c><00:25:10.339><c> and</c><00:25:10.740><c> beyond</c><00:25:11.119><c> those</c><00:25:11.539><c> things</c>

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to<00:25:12.400><c> focus</c><00:25:12.720><c> on</c><00:25:13.000><c> the</c><00:25:13.359><c> growth</c><00:25:13.740><c> of</c><00:25:14.140><c> the</c><00:25:14.380><c> ecclesia?</c>

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Well<00:25:15.160><c> they've</c><00:25:15.420><c> got</c><00:25:15.599><c> to.</c>

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And<00:25:18.000><c> one</c><00:25:18.119><c> of</c><00:25:18.259><c> the</c><00:25:18.339><c> tests</c><00:25:18.619><c> I</c><00:25:18.779><c> think</c><00:25:18.920><c> of</c><00:25:19.099><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:19.519><c> life</c>

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is<00:25:20.180><c> that</c><00:25:20.319><c> when</c><00:25:20.480><c> a</c><00:25:20.660><c> problem</c><00:25:20.819><c> comes</c><00:25:21.099><c> up</c><00:25:21.279><c> in</c><00:25:21.599><c> the</c><00:25:21.759><c> arranging</c><00:25:22.339><c> meeting,</c>

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is<00:25:23.440><c> there</c><00:25:23.680><c> a</c><00:25:23.859><c> Bible</c><00:25:24.079><c> open,</c><00:25:24.500><c> in</c><00:25:24.680><c> fact</c><00:25:24.839><c> are</c><00:25:25.079><c> all</c><00:25:25.359><c> the</c><00:25:25.559><c> Bibles</c><00:25:25.779><c> open,</c>

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that<00:25:26.220><c> they</c><00:25:26.400><c> might</c><00:25:26.619><c> focus</c><00:25:26.960><c> on</c><00:25:27.400><c> Bible</c><00:25:27.819><c> solutions?</c>

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Is<00:25:28.920><c> there</c><00:25:29.180><c> a</c><00:25:29.440><c> scriptural</c><00:25:29.940><c> discussion</c><00:25:30.539><c> of</c><00:25:30.859><c> issues?</c>

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And<00:25:32.180><c> a</c><00:25:32.299><c> coming</c><00:25:32.500><c> together</c><00:25:32.880><c> of</c><00:25:33.119><c> a</c><00:25:33.400><c> scriptural</c><00:25:33.960><c> conclusion?</c>

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So<00:25:36.180><c> that</c><00:25:36.259><c> when</c><00:25:36.420><c> the</c><00:25:36.539><c> matter</c><00:25:36.700><c> is</c><00:25:36.880><c> brought</c><00:25:37.019><c> back</c><00:25:37.279><c> to</c><00:25:37.460><c> the</c><00:25:37.660><c> ecclesia,</c>

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that<00:25:38.619><c> the</c><00:25:38.799><c> arranging</c><00:25:39.480><c> brethren</c><00:25:39.700><c> are</c><00:25:39.900><c> able</c><00:25:40.140><c> to</c><00:25:40.339><c> say,</c>

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well<00:25:40.859><c> this</c><00:25:41.059><c> is</c><00:25:41.200><c> what</c><00:25:41.339><c> the</c><00:25:41.619><c> recommendation</c><00:25:42.180><c> is</c><00:25:42.660><c> of</c><00:25:42.859><c> the</c>

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arranging<00:25:43.380><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:25:43.880><c> it's</c><00:25:44.079><c> for</c><00:25:44.299><c> this</c><00:25:44.599><c> reason</c><00:25:45.019><c> because</c><00:25:45.579><c> we</c><00:25:45.900><c> believe</c><00:25:46.119><c> that</c><00:25:46.279><c> this</c>

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is<00:25:46.539><c> what</c><00:25:46.740><c> the</c><00:25:46.980><c> Bible</c><00:25:47.339><c> says.</c>

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You<00:25:49.259><c> know</c><00:25:49.359><c> what</c><00:25:49.400><c> that</c><00:25:49.559><c> is?</c>

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That's<00:25:50.519><c> providing</c><00:25:50.940><c> bread</c><00:25:51.240><c> to</c><00:25:51.400><c> the</c><00:25:51.579><c> household.</c>

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Bread<00:25:52.599><c> to</c><00:25:52.779><c> the</c><00:25:52.960><c> household</c><00:25:53.319><c> doesn't</c><00:25:53.720><c> just</c><00:25:54.019><c> come</c><00:25:54.319><c> by</c><00:25:54.660><c> way</c><00:25:54.859><c> of</c><00:25:55.099><c> exhortation</c><00:25:55.660><c> or</c>

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Bible<00:25:56.259><c> class.</c>

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Bread<00:25:57.319><c> for</c><00:25:57.539><c> the</c><00:25:57.740><c> household</c><00:25:58.140><c> comes</c><00:25:58.539><c> by</c><00:25:58.799><c> way</c><00:25:59.000><c> of</c><00:25:59.319><c> spiritual</c><00:26:00.000><c> leadership,</c>

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by<00:26:01.839><c> that</c><00:26:02.220><c> shepherding</c><00:26:02.779><c> responsibility</c>

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by<00:26:04.119><c> which</c><00:26:04.359><c> the</c><00:26:04.660><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:05.140><c> grows</c><00:26:05.680><c> and</c><00:26:06.039><c> is</c><00:26:06.279><c> nourished.</c>

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So<00:26:06.960><c> I</c><00:26:06.980><c> think</c><00:26:07.160><c> one</c><00:26:07.319><c> of</c><00:26:07.440><c> the</c><00:26:07.559><c> things</c><00:26:07.740><c> that</c><00:26:07.960><c> arranging</c><00:26:08.240><c> brethren</c>

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need<00:26:08.680><c> to</c><00:26:08.900><c> think</c><00:26:09.099><c> about</c><00:26:09.299><c> is,</c>

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:11.460
well<00:26:10.380><c> what</c><00:26:10.619><c> is</c><00:26:10.839><c> their</c><00:26:10.960><c> focus?</c>

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Are<00:26:12.039><c> they</c><00:26:12.279><c> focused</c><00:26:12.579><c> on</c><00:26:12.880><c> administration</c><00:26:13.619><c> or</c><00:26:14.240><c> on</c><00:26:14.559><c> shepherding?</c>

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:17.539
If<00:26:16.079><c> they</c><00:26:16.299><c> want</c><00:26:16.440><c> the</c><00:26:16.700><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:17.000><c> to</c><00:26:17.299><c> grow,</c>

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:20.599
they<00:26:17.980><c> must</c><00:26:18.299><c> A,</c><00:26:18.660><c> be</c><00:26:19.039><c> united</c><00:26:19.380><c> on</c><00:26:19.599><c> their</c><00:26:19.839><c> core</c><00:26:20.099><c> values</c>

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:23.980
and<00:26:21.000><c> then</c><00:26:21.319><c> secondly</c><00:26:21.660><c> focus</c><00:26:22.119><c> on</c><00:26:22.339><c> those</c><00:26:22.839><c> shepherding</c><00:26:23.359><c> principles</c>

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that<00:26:24.440><c> will</c><00:26:24.700><c> lead</c><00:26:24.900><c> to</c><00:26:25.160><c> spiritual</c><00:26:26.000><c> growth</c><00:26:26.619><c> amongst</c><00:26:27.319><c> the</c><00:26:27.680><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:28.039><c> as</c><00:26:28.339><c> a</c><00:26:28.619><c> whole.</c>

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That's<00:26:31.339><c> leadership</c><00:26:31.700><c> and</c><00:26:31.960><c> provision.</c>

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That's<00:26:34.839><c> their</c><00:26:35.000><c> responsibility.</c>

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That's<00:26:37.759><c> what</c><00:26:37.859><c> they've</c><00:26:38.019><c> been</c><00:26:38.180><c> asked</c><00:26:38.380><c> to</c><00:26:38.579><c> do.</c>

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:43.099
That's<00:26:40.319><c> their</c><00:26:40.500><c> role</c><00:26:40.740><c> from</c><00:26:40.980><c> the</c><00:26:41.119><c> days</c><00:26:41.359><c> of</c><00:26:41.980><c> Genesis.</c>

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:46.660
So<00:26:43.500><c> every</c><00:26:43.799><c> activity</c><00:26:44.400><c> that</c><00:26:44.640><c> is</c><00:26:44.880><c> performed</c><00:26:45.339><c> by</c><00:26:46.099><c> brothers</c>

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:49.119
should<00:26:47.220><c> be</c><00:26:47.420><c> with</c><00:26:47.680><c> that</c><00:26:48.019><c> focus</c><00:26:48.359><c> and</c><00:26:48.579><c> that</c><00:26:48.779><c> idea.</c>

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Let<00:26:49.500><c> me</c><00:26:49.599><c> just</c><00:26:49.799><c> give</c><00:26:49.960><c> two</c><00:26:50.180><c> examples</c><00:26:50.839><c> then</c>

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of<00:26:51.660><c> things</c><00:26:51.960><c> that</c><00:26:52.140><c> ought</c><00:26:52.299><c> to</c><00:26:52.420><c> be</c><00:26:52.579><c> done</c><00:26:52.799><c> by</c><00:26:53.259><c> the</c><00:26:53.539><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:26:54.500><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.660><c> only</c><00:26:54.880><c> going</c><00:26:55.039><c> to</c><00:26:55.299><c> give</c><00:26:55.480><c> you</c><00:26:55.740><c> two</c><00:26:56.180><c> illustrations</c><00:26:56.900><c> of</c><00:26:57.339><c> each</c>

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because<00:26:58.299><c> they</c><00:26:58.539><c> are,</c><00:26:58.880><c> if</c><00:26:59.039><c> you</c><00:26:59.180><c> like,</c><00:27:00.099><c> representative</c><00:27:00.180><c> of</c><00:27:00.519><c> a</c><00:27:00.940><c> spirit.</c>

00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:04.740
Now<00:27:03.240><c> come</c><00:27:03.480><c> and</c><00:27:03.579><c> have</c><00:27:03.660><c> a</c><00:27:03.680><c> look</c><00:27:03.799><c> at</c><00:27:03.900><c> the</c><00:27:04.000><c> matter</c><00:27:04.180><c> of</c><00:27:04.500><c> prayers.</c>

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:06.680
Now<00:27:04.940><c> we've</c><00:27:05.099><c> already</c><00:27:05.299><c> looked</c><00:27:05.500><c> at</c><00:27:05.660><c> this</c><00:27:05.839><c> reference</c><00:27:06.160><c> but</c><00:27:06.380><c> let's</c>

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do<00:27:06.880><c> so</c><00:27:07.099><c> again.</c>

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In<00:27:07.500><c> the</c><00:27:07.700><c> first</c><00:27:07.980><c> of</c><00:27:08.160><c> Timothy</c><00:27:08.519><c> chapter</c><00:27:08.940><c> 2</c>

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we're<00:27:10.059><c> told</c><00:27:10.279><c> about</c><00:27:10.619><c> the</c><00:27:10.819><c> fact</c><00:27:10.980><c> that</c><00:27:11.160><c> it</c><00:27:11.279><c> is</c><00:27:11.500><c> the</c><00:27:12.099><c> responsibility</c><00:27:12.779><c> of</c><00:27:13.220><c> the</c><00:27:13.539><c> brothers</c>

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to<00:27:14.140><c> give</c><00:27:14.380><c> the</c><00:27:14.740><c> prayers,</c><00:27:15.140><c> to</c><00:27:15.480><c> offer</c><00:27:15.779><c> the</c><00:27:16.180><c> prayers</c><00:27:16.640><c> in</c><00:27:17.180><c> the</c><00:27:17.559><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:27:18.480><c> there</c><00:27:18.579><c> was</c><00:27:18.700><c> a</c><00:27:18.839><c> reason</c><00:27:19.220><c> for</c><00:27:19.480><c> that.</c>

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:22.599
You'll<00:27:20.460><c> remember</c><00:27:20.660><c> that</c><00:27:20.839><c> in</c><00:27:20.940><c> the</c><00:27:21.099><c> first</c><00:27:21.319><c> of</c><00:27:21.559><c> Timothy</c><00:27:22.000><c> chapter</c>

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2<00:27:22.900><c> verse</c><00:27:23.240><c> 8</c>

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that<00:27:24.799><c> the</c><00:27:24.940><c> apostle</c><00:27:25.440><c> says,</c>

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I<00:27:27.859><c> will</c><00:27:28.440><c> therefore</c><00:27:29.220><c> that</c><00:27:30.460><c> the</c><00:27:31.039><c> men,</c>

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:36.279
and<00:27:32.339><c> so</c><00:27:32.500><c> this</c><00:27:32.799><c> time</c><00:27:32.960><c> it's</c><00:27:33.220><c> not</c><00:27:33.480><c> Anthropos,</c><00:27:34.880><c> it's</c><00:27:35.099><c> not</c><00:27:35.339><c> Adelphos,</c>

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it's<00:27:37.259><c> the</c><00:27:37.619><c> males,</c><00:27:38.819><c> that</c><00:27:39.059><c> they</c><00:27:39.599><c> in</c><00:27:39.859><c> every</c><00:27:40.299><c> place</c><00:27:40.799><c> offer</c><00:27:41.220><c> the</c><00:27:41.660><c> prayers</c>

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lifting<00:27:43.059><c> up</c><00:27:43.839><c> holy</c><00:27:44.380><c> hands.</c>

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So<00:27:45.740><c> why</c><00:27:46.119><c> should</c><00:27:46.420><c> they</c><00:27:46.859><c> offer</c><00:27:47.180><c> the</c><00:27:47.519><c> prayers?</c>

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Because<00:27:48.380><c> it</c><00:27:48.539><c> is</c><00:27:48.779><c> the</c><00:27:49.000><c> spirit</c><00:27:49.279><c> of</c><00:27:49.900><c> leadership.</c>

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:52.599
Well<00:27:50.980><c> if</c><00:27:51.220><c> it</c><00:27:51.400><c> is</c><00:27:51.640><c> brothers</c><00:27:51.940><c> and</c><00:27:52.220><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:55.180
well<00:27:53.019><c> then</c><00:27:53.259><c> brothers</c><00:27:53.660><c> have</c><00:27:53.920><c> got</c><00:27:54.079><c> to</c><00:27:54.319><c> learn</c>

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to<00:27:56.400><c> fulfil</c><00:27:56.920><c> that</c><00:27:57.440><c> work</c><00:27:57.700><c> of</c><00:27:57.880><c> leadership.</c>

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It's<00:28:00.779><c> no</c><00:28:00.980><c> good</c><00:28:01.079><c> for</c><00:28:01.259><c> a</c><00:28:01.380><c> brother</c><00:28:01.500><c> to</c><00:28:01.680><c> say,</c>

00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:03.359
oh<00:28:01.960><c> yes</c><00:28:02.119><c> we</c><00:28:02.359><c> offer</c><00:28:02.619><c> the</c><00:28:02.900><c> prayers.</c>

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They've<00:28:04.039><c> got</c><00:28:04.119><c> to</c><00:28:04.440><c> show</c><00:28:04.680><c> the</c><00:28:05.019><c> spirit</c><00:28:05.259><c> of</c><00:28:05.839><c> leadership</c><00:28:06.400><c> and</c><00:28:06.940><c> provision</c>

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:11.380
in<00:28:08.059><c> those</c><00:28:08.579><c> prayers</c><00:28:08.940><c> because</c><00:28:09.359><c> they</c><00:28:09.880><c> give</c><00:28:10.180><c> the</c><00:28:10.440><c> public</c><00:28:10.960><c> prayers</c>

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.900
for<00:28:11.619><c> the</c><00:28:11.880><c> assembly.</c>

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Now<00:28:13.420><c> let</c><00:28:13.660><c> me</c><00:28:13.740><c> give</c><00:28:13.839><c> you</c><00:28:13.960><c> a</c><00:28:14.059><c> couple</c><00:28:14.240><c> of</c><00:28:14.440><c> illustrations.</c>

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Firstly,<00:28:18.039><c> has</c><00:28:18.240><c> the</c><00:28:18.480><c> brother</c><00:28:18.640><c> focused</c><00:28:19.200><c> on</c><00:28:19.440><c> the</c><00:28:19.619><c> purpose</c><00:28:20.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:20.619><c> prayer?</c>

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Sometimes<00:28:24.740><c> brothers</c><00:28:25.140><c> are</c><00:28:25.539><c> asked</c><00:28:25.819><c> to</c><00:28:26.000><c> give</c><00:28:26.160><c> a</c><00:28:26.380><c> prayer</c><00:28:26.579><c> for</c><00:28:26.779><c> something</c>

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:30.559
and<00:28:28.160><c> the</c><00:28:28.279><c> funny</c><00:28:28.420><c> thing</c><00:28:28.599><c> is</c><00:28:28.859><c> that</c><00:28:29.200><c> you</c><00:28:29.380><c> all</c><00:28:29.680><c> stand</c><00:28:30.000><c> and</c><00:28:30.319><c> the</c>

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prayer<00:28:30.759><c> begins</c>

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and<00:28:32.519><c> as</c><00:28:32.759><c> the</c><00:28:33.019><c> prayer</c><00:28:33.180><c> develops</c><00:28:33.700><c> it</c><00:28:34.240><c> seems</c><00:28:34.559><c> strange</c>

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:37.299
but<00:28:35.119><c> the</c><00:28:35.259><c> only</c><00:28:35.480><c> thing</c><00:28:35.720><c> that</c><00:28:35.940><c> the</c><00:28:36.079><c> brother</c><00:28:36.259><c> hasn't</c><00:28:36.720><c> prayed</c><00:28:37.059><c> for</c>

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:41.180
is<00:28:37.460><c> the</c><00:28:37.579><c> one</c><00:28:37.859><c> thing</c><00:28:38.500><c> that</c><00:28:39.039><c> he's</c><00:28:39.160><c> been</c><00:28:39.440><c> asked</c><00:28:39.700><c> to</c><00:28:39.980><c> do.</c>

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:44.920
Have<00:28:43.119><c> you</c><00:28:43.279><c> ever</c><00:28:43.519><c> had,</c><00:28:43.759><c> it's</c><00:28:43.980><c> one</c><00:28:44.119><c> of</c><00:28:44.220><c> the</c><00:28:44.380><c> terrible</c><00:28:44.660><c> things</c>

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.680
that<00:28:45.039><c> you</c><00:28:45.160><c> really</c><00:28:45.440><c> hope</c><00:28:45.640><c> that</c><00:28:45.839><c> will</c><00:28:45.980><c> never</c><00:28:46.140><c> happen</c><00:28:46.420><c> to</c><00:28:46.579><c> you</c>

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:48.299
as<00:28:46.819><c> a</c><00:28:47.059><c> chairman</c><00:28:47.299><c> of</c><00:28:47.500><c> a</c><00:28:47.619><c> memorial</c><00:28:47.940><c> meeting,</c>

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:51.660
is<00:28:48.460><c> that</c><00:28:48.579><c> you've</c><00:28:48.980><c> asked</c><00:28:49.359><c> a</c><00:28:49.559><c> brother</c><00:28:49.700><c> to</c><00:28:49.960><c> give</c><00:28:50.240><c> thanks</c><00:28:50.839><c> for</c><00:28:51.180><c> the</c><00:28:51.400><c> bread</c>

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:54.619
and<00:28:52.059><c> to</c><00:28:52.240><c> find</c><00:28:52.319><c> that</c><00:28:52.480><c> the</c><00:28:52.660><c> one</c><00:28:52.980><c> thing</c><00:28:53.279><c> that</c><00:28:53.460><c> the</c><00:28:53.579><c> brother</c><00:28:53.740><c> doesn't</c><00:28:54.099><c> do</c>

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is<00:28:54.960><c> to</c><00:28:55.140><c> give</c><00:28:55.339><c> thanks</c><00:28:55.680><c> for</c><00:28:55.839><c> the</c><00:28:56.000><c> bread.</c>

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What<00:28:57.420><c> does</c><00:28:57.559><c> the</c><00:28:57.819><c> chairman</c><00:28:58.079><c> do?</c>

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:02.220
Were<00:28:59.859><c> such</c><00:29:00.180><c> an</c><00:29:00.480><c> occasion</c><00:29:00.799><c> to</c><00:29:01.140><c> occur?</c>

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:05.980
Now<00:29:03.859><c> you</c><00:29:03.880><c> see</c><00:29:03.980><c> that's</c><00:29:04.220><c> not</c><00:29:04.440><c> the</c><00:29:04.619><c> spirit</c><00:29:04.779><c> of</c><00:29:04.980><c> leadership.</c>

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:10.079
And<00:29:08.420><c> have</c><00:29:08.539><c> you</c><00:29:08.680><c> ever</c><00:29:08.839><c> heard</c><00:29:09.059><c> a</c><00:29:09.299><c> prayer</c><00:29:09.460><c> for</c><00:29:09.660><c> the</c><00:29:09.839><c> bread</c>

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:12.559
or<00:29:10.480><c> for</c><00:29:10.640><c> the</c><00:29:10.819><c> wine</c><00:29:10.980><c> that</c><00:29:11.339><c> says,</c>

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:15.019
we<00:29:13.740><c> thank</c><00:29:14.119><c> thee</c><00:29:14.380><c> for</c><00:29:14.500><c> the</c><00:29:14.680><c> bread</c>

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:18.339
because<00:29:15.400><c> it</c><00:29:15.700><c> represents</c><00:29:16.160><c> the</c><00:29:16.380><c> body</c><00:29:16.660><c> of</c><00:29:16.900><c> Christ?</c>

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:21.859
Now<00:29:19.319><c> there's</c><00:29:19.380><c> nothing</c><00:29:19.539><c> wrong</c><00:29:19.740><c> with</c><00:29:19.940><c> that,</c><00:29:20.119><c> is</c><00:29:20.200><c> there,</c><00:29:20.359><c> by</c><00:29:20.539><c> the</c><00:29:20.660><c> way?</c>

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:24.000
Absolutely<00:29:22.680><c> nothing</c><00:29:22.960><c> wrong</c><00:29:23.200><c> with</c><00:29:23.400><c> that</c><00:29:23.640><c> statement</c>

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:28.019
but<00:29:24.460><c> do</c><00:29:24.680><c> you</c><00:29:24.759><c> know</c><00:29:25.200><c> a</c><00:29:25.579><c> Sunday</c><00:29:26.140><c> school</c><00:29:27.559><c> scholar</c>

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:30.980
could<00:29:28.339><c> tell</c><00:29:28.519><c> you</c><00:29:28.660><c> that</c><00:29:28.940><c> much</c><00:29:29.440><c> about</c><00:29:29.920><c> the</c><00:29:30.220><c> bread?</c>

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What<00:29:32.559><c> does</c><00:29:32.740><c> the</c><00:29:32.940><c> bread</c><00:29:33.079><c> really</c><00:29:33.519><c> represent?</c>

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Why<00:29:36.059><c> does</c><00:29:36.180><c> it</c><00:29:36.299><c> have</c><00:29:36.460><c> to</c><00:29:36.619><c> be</c><00:29:36.799><c> broken?</c>

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:41.079
And<00:29:39.440><c> why</c><00:29:39.700><c> is</c><00:29:39.880><c> the</c><00:29:40.059><c> bread</c><00:29:40.200><c> different</c><00:29:40.500><c> to</c><00:29:40.680><c> the</c><00:29:40.900><c> wine?</c>

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.599
And<00:29:41.259><c> why</c><00:29:41.359><c> do</c><00:29:41.599><c> we</c><00:29:41.599><c> have</c><00:29:41.799><c> two</c><00:29:42.119><c> emblems?</c>

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:44.740
Are<00:29:42.740><c> they</c><00:29:42.980><c> really</c><00:29:43.460><c> the</c><00:29:43.720><c> same</c><00:29:43.960><c> thing</c><00:29:44.160><c> or</c><00:29:44.279><c> are</c><00:29:44.440><c> they</c><00:29:44.559><c> different?</c>

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.880
Sometimes<00:29:45.359><c> you</c><00:29:45.740><c> hear</c><00:29:46.019><c> prayers</c><00:29:46.319><c> for</c><00:29:46.500><c> the</c><00:29:46.700><c> bread</c>

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:49.140
and<00:29:47.099><c> prayers</c><00:29:47.339><c> for</c><00:29:47.539><c> the</c><00:29:47.700><c> wine</c><00:29:47.900><c> and</c><00:29:48.220><c> they</c><00:29:48.420><c> sound</c><00:29:48.599><c> so</c><00:29:48.940><c> similar</c>

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:50.980
you<00:29:49.259><c> wonder</c><00:29:49.480><c> why</c><00:29:49.660><c> we've</c><00:29:49.859><c> got</c><00:29:50.019><c> two</c><00:29:50.319><c> emblems.</c>

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:52.799
Well<00:29:51.160><c> they</c><00:29:51.259><c> are</c><00:29:51.539><c> different.</c>

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:55.680
And<00:29:53.819><c> they</c><00:29:53.940><c> have</c><00:29:54.039><c> quite</c><00:29:54.279><c> different</c><00:29:54.599><c> meanings.</c>

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:58.480
And<00:29:56.279><c> they</c><00:29:56.460><c> teach</c><00:29:56.599><c> us</c><00:29:56.819><c> different</c><00:29:57.099><c> things</c><00:29:57.500><c> that</c><00:29:57.680><c> we</c><00:29:57.839><c> must</c><00:29:58.079><c> do.</c>

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.940
But<00:29:59.240><c> have</c><00:29:59.480><c> the</c><00:29:59.720><c> brethren,</c><00:30:00.099><c> have</c><00:30:00.259><c> the</c><00:30:00.500><c> brothers</c>

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:03.880
shown<00:30:01.460><c> the</c><00:30:01.779><c> spirit</c><00:30:02.000><c> of</c><00:30:02.359><c> leadership</c><00:30:02.900><c> in</c><00:30:03.200><c> their</c><00:30:03.500><c> prayers</c>

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:07.759
that<00:30:04.339><c> the</c><00:30:04.980><c> congregation</c><00:30:05.539><c> might</c><00:30:05.859><c> understand</c><00:30:06.500><c> the</c><00:30:06.799><c> difference?</c>

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:10.839
Or<00:30:08.720><c> do</c><00:30:08.920><c> they</c><00:30:09.119><c> simply</c><00:30:09.480><c> use</c><00:30:09.779><c> a</c><00:30:09.859><c> set</c><00:30:10.079><c> of</c><00:30:10.319><c> words</c>

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:12.920
that<00:30:11.119><c> are</c><00:30:11.359><c> repeated</c><00:30:11.799><c> over</c><00:30:12.319><c> the</c><00:30:12.519><c> years</c>

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:14.619
which<00:30:13.400><c> really</c><00:30:13.759><c> betoken</c><00:30:14.220><c> the</c><00:30:14.460><c> fact</c>

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:17.000
that<00:30:14.779><c> they</c><00:30:14.920><c> know</c><00:30:15.160><c> precious</c><00:30:15.500><c> little</c><00:30:15.880><c> about</c><00:30:16.240><c> the</c><00:30:16.519><c> emblems?</c>

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:18.480
That's<00:30:17.240><c> not</c><00:30:17.460><c> the</c><00:30:17.640><c> spirit</c><00:30:17.859><c> of</c><00:30:18.039><c> leadership</c>

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:22.440
and<00:30:18.859><c> it's</c><00:30:19.019><c> not</c><00:30:19.259><c> the</c><00:30:19.480><c> spirit</c><00:30:19.680><c> of</c><00:30:19.980><c> provision</c><00:30:20.500><c> for</c><00:30:21.119><c> the</c><00:30:21.319><c> household.</c>

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:27.460
So<00:30:23.880><c> if</c><00:30:24.140><c> brothers</c><00:30:24.559><c> are</c><00:30:24.940><c> to</c><00:30:25.119><c> accept</c><00:30:25.559><c> the</c><00:30:25.940><c> responsibility</c><00:30:26.640><c> of</c><00:30:26.960><c> leadership</c>

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:29.099
in<00:30:27.839><c> the</c><00:30:27.940><c> matter</c><00:30:28.119><c> of</c><00:30:28.400><c> public</c><00:30:28.720><c> prayers,</c>

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:32.500
well<00:30:29.480><c> then</c><00:30:29.579><c> they've</c><00:30:29.740><c> got</c><00:30:29.859><c> to</c><00:30:30.000><c> learn</c><00:30:30.119><c> to</c><00:30:30.319><c> live</c><00:30:30.500><c> up</c><00:30:30.720><c> to</c><00:30:30.900><c> that</c><00:30:31.140><c> responsibility.</c>

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:37.039
So<00:30:34.420><c> if</c><00:30:34.619><c> a</c><00:30:34.779><c> brother</c><00:30:34.960><c> is</c><00:30:35.299><c> asked</c><00:30:35.500><c> to</c><00:30:35.619><c> give</c><00:30:35.759><c> a</c><00:30:35.980><c> prayer</c><00:30:36.160><c> for</c><00:30:36.339><c> the</c><00:30:36.519><c> emblems</c>

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:39.099
and<00:30:37.099><c> doesn't</c><00:30:37.440><c> really</c><00:30:37.759><c> understand</c><00:30:38.319><c> the</c><00:30:38.519><c> bread</c><00:30:38.640><c> and</c><00:30:38.779><c> the</c><00:30:38.960><c> wine</c>

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:41.119
then<00:30:39.279><c> maybe</c><00:30:39.519><c> one</c><00:30:39.720><c> of</c><00:30:39.880><c> the</c><00:30:40.000><c> very</c><00:30:40.359><c> first</c><00:30:40.779><c> studies</c>

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:42.579
that<00:30:41.339><c> he</c><00:30:41.500><c> should</c><00:30:41.700><c> do</c><00:30:42.000><c> personally</c>

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:46.000
is<00:30:43.140><c> to</c><00:30:43.420><c> come</c><00:30:43.660><c> to</c><00:30:44.000><c> understand</c><00:30:44.619><c> the</c><00:30:44.980><c> emblems</c>

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:48.039
so<00:30:46.180><c> he</c><00:30:46.339><c> can</c><00:30:46.579><c> pray</c><00:30:46.980><c> properly</c><00:30:47.480><c> for</c><00:30:47.720><c> them</c>

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.599
so<00:30:48.339><c> that</c><00:30:48.420><c> when</c><00:30:48.539><c> he</c><00:30:48.700><c> lifts</c><00:30:48.880><c> up</c><00:30:49.059><c> his</c><00:30:49.279><c> voice</c>

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:51.619
at<00:30:49.960><c> the</c><00:30:50.059><c> end</c><00:30:50.220><c> of</c><00:30:50.339><c> that</c><00:30:50.519><c> prayer</c><00:30:50.700><c> people</c><00:30:50.980><c> say</c>

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:54.140
Amen<00:30:52.519><c> and</c><00:30:53.339><c> Amen</c>

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:58.220
because<00:30:54.779><c> their</c><00:30:55.160><c> thinking</c><00:30:55.480><c> has</c><00:30:55.740><c> been</c><00:30:56.059><c> lifted</c><00:30:56.440><c> to</c><00:30:56.700><c> new</c><00:30:57.019><c> heights</c>

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.680
because<00:30:59.700><c> in</c><00:30:59.900><c> that</c><00:31:00.119><c> prayer</c>

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:03.680
was<00:31:01.180><c> the</c><00:31:01.420><c> spirit</c><00:31:01.599><c> of</c><00:31:01.819><c> leadership</c><00:31:02.240><c> and</c><00:31:02.559><c> provision.</c>

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:06.200
It's<00:31:05.220><c> all</c><00:31:05.380><c> very</c><00:31:05.539><c> well</c><00:31:05.640><c> for</c><00:31:05.839><c> brothers</c>

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:08.920
to<00:31:06.640><c> know</c><00:31:06.839><c> that</c><00:31:07.039><c> that</c><00:31:07.160><c> is</c><00:31:07.400><c> their</c><00:31:07.640><c> duty</c><00:31:07.960><c> and</c><00:31:08.220><c> their</c><00:31:08.440><c> privilege.</c>

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:11.799
It's<00:31:09.500><c> quite</c><00:31:09.700><c> another</c><00:31:09.980><c> thing</c><00:31:10.220><c> to</c><00:31:10.400><c> live</c><00:31:10.539><c> up</c><00:31:10.740><c> to</c><00:31:10.880><c> the</c><00:31:11.180><c> responsibility.</c>

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:15.240
What<00:31:12.039><c> about</c><00:31:12.279><c> a</c><00:31:12.599><c> prayer</c><00:31:12.880><c> at</c><00:31:13.299><c> the</c><00:31:13.460><c> end</c><00:31:13.619><c> of</c><00:31:13.799><c> a</c><00:31:13.920><c> memorial</c><00:31:14.240><c> meeting?</c>

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.220
Have<00:31:16.819><c> you</c><00:31:16.900><c> ever</c><00:31:17.039><c> heard</c><00:31:17.200><c> a</c><00:31:17.359><c> prayer</c><00:31:17.579><c> brothers</c><00:31:17.839><c> and</c><00:31:18.039><c> sisters</c>

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.940
at<00:31:18.400><c> the</c><00:31:18.480><c> end</c><00:31:18.619><c> of</c><00:31:18.740><c> a</c><00:31:18.839><c> meeting</c>

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:25.259
where<00:31:21.940><c> you</c><00:31:22.140><c> wondered</c><00:31:22.380><c> whether</c><00:31:22.700><c> the</c><00:31:24.180><c> brother</c><00:31:24.339><c> had</c><00:31:24.640><c> been</c><00:31:25.039><c> at</c>

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.400
the<00:31:25.440><c> meeting?</c>

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:30.240
That<00:31:28.319><c> the</c><00:31:28.519><c> whole</c><00:31:28.740><c> spirit</c><00:31:28.940><c> of</c><00:31:29.119><c> the</c><00:31:29.299><c> exaltation</c>

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:32.079
and<00:31:30.819><c> the</c><00:31:30.980><c> hymns</c><00:31:31.420><c> and</c><00:31:31.619><c> the</c><00:31:31.819><c> readings</c>

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:35.000
had<00:31:32.240><c> all</c><00:31:32.559><c> focused</c><00:31:32.940><c> on</c><00:31:33.140><c> one</c><00:31:33.440><c> great</c><00:31:33.859><c> sensual</c><00:31:34.359><c> theme</c>

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.619
which<00:31:36.099><c> the</c><00:31:36.299><c> brother</c><00:31:36.440><c> giving</c><00:31:36.660><c> the</c><00:31:36.960><c> closing</c><00:31:37.240><c> prayer</c>

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:41.000
utterly<00:31:38.180><c> and</c><00:31:38.900><c> absolutely</c><00:31:39.440><c> missed</c><00:31:39.980><c> in</c><00:31:40.200><c> his</c><00:31:40.480><c> closing</c><00:31:40.819><c> prayer</c>

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:43.700
and<00:31:41.099><c> you</c><00:31:41.140><c> think</c><00:31:41.420><c> where</c><00:31:41.700><c> was</c><00:31:42.059><c> he?</c>

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:47.700
He's<00:31:45.559><c> praying</c><00:31:45.779><c> on</c><00:31:46.000><c> behalf</c><00:31:46.319><c> of</c><00:31:46.619><c> all.</c>

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.420
He's<00:31:48.960><c> meant</c><00:31:49.039><c> to</c><00:31:49.259><c> bring</c><00:31:49.339><c> that</c><00:31:49.759><c> whole</c><00:31:50.059><c> meeting</c>

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.200
to<00:31:50.720><c> a</c><00:31:51.059><c> suitable</c><00:31:51.460><c> conclusion</c>

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:55.660
to<00:31:52.460><c> lift</c><00:31:52.680><c> the</c><00:31:53.180><c> thoughts</c><00:31:53.640><c> and</c><00:31:53.839><c> the</c><00:31:54.099><c> minds</c><00:31:54.519><c> and</c><00:31:54.900><c> the</c><00:31:55.180><c> hearts</c>

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:57.099
of<00:31:56.099><c> all</c><00:31:56.500><c> their</c><00:31:56.819><c> presence</c>

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:59.420
so<00:31:57.339><c> that</c><00:31:57.420><c> they</c><00:31:57.559><c> can</c><00:31:57.779><c> say</c><00:31:58.039><c> Amen</c><00:31:58.539><c> to</c><00:31:58.799><c> what</c><00:31:58.960><c> he</c><00:31:59.200><c> says.</c>

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:04.400
Is<00:31:59.779><c> he</c><00:32:00.039><c> really</c><00:32:00.359><c> showing</c><00:32:00.700><c> the</c><00:32:01.079><c> spirit</c><00:32:01.380><c> of</c><00:32:02.140><c> leadership</c><00:32:02.720><c> in</c><00:32:02.940><c> his</c><00:32:03.279><c> prayers</c>

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:08.720
and<00:32:06.160><c> spiritual</c><00:32:06.579><c> provision</c><00:32:07.019><c> with</c><00:32:07.220><c> what</c><00:32:07.380><c> he</c><00:32:07.640><c> says?</c>

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:12.019
You<00:32:10.200><c> know</c><00:32:10.319><c> brothers</c><00:32:10.500><c> it's</c><00:32:10.759><c> an</c><00:32:10.900><c> honor</c>

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:15.960
to<00:32:13.099><c> pray</c><00:32:13.240><c> on</c><00:32:13.500><c> behalf</c><00:32:13.980><c> of</c><00:32:14.380><c> the</c><00:32:14.579><c> community</c>

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:20.140
but<00:32:17.759><c> it's</c><00:32:17.960><c> also</c><00:32:18.259><c> a</c><00:32:18.519><c> responsibility.</c>

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.640
Doorkeepers.

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:29.799
Oh<00:32:27.940><c> what</c><00:32:28.420><c> a</c><00:32:28.640><c> duty.</c>

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.640
Now<00:32:30.500><c> why</c><00:32:30.740><c> have</c><00:32:30.880><c> we</c><00:32:31.059><c> selected</c><00:32:31.400><c> doorkeepers?</c>

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:36.299
Because<00:32:33.799><c> it's</c><00:32:34.099><c> an</c><00:32:34.400><c> apparently</c><00:32:34.960><c> mundane</c><00:32:35.859><c> thing.</c>

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:38.779
Now<00:32:36.539><c> come</c><00:32:36.660><c> and</c><00:32:36.740><c> have</c><00:32:36.799><c> a</c><00:32:36.880><c> look</c><00:32:36.980><c> at</c><00:32:37.140><c> the</c><00:32:37.259><c> first</c><00:32:37.480><c> of</c><00:32:37.660><c> Chronicles</c><00:32:37.980><c> chapter</c><00:32:38.299><c> 9</c>

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:41.599
because<00:32:39.400><c> you</c><00:32:39.559><c> see</c><00:32:39.680><c> even</c><00:32:40.000><c> the</c><00:32:40.240><c> mundane</c><00:32:40.980><c> things</c>

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:44.640
even<00:32:42.180><c> what</c><00:32:42.480><c> appear</c><00:32:42.660><c> to</c><00:32:42.839><c> be</c><00:32:42.980><c> the</c><00:32:43.299><c> lesser</c><00:32:43.880><c> responsibilities</c>

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.700
in<00:32:45.079><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:45.440><c> life</c>

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.180
well<00:32:46.019><c> it's</c><00:32:46.240><c> all</c><00:32:46.380><c> what</c><00:32:46.480><c> you</c><00:32:46.660><c> make</c><00:32:46.839><c> of</c><00:32:47.000><c> them.</c>

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:50.019
It's<00:32:47.539><c> all</c><00:32:47.680><c> to</c><00:32:47.799><c> do</c><00:32:47.880><c> with</c><00:32:48.039><c> the</c><00:32:48.319><c> spirit</c><00:32:48.619><c> with</c><00:32:48.859><c> which</c><00:32:49.000><c> we</c><00:32:49.400><c> serve</c><00:32:49.759><c> in</c>

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.500
the<00:32:50.259><c> truth.</c>

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:53.339
Now<00:32:50.839><c> come</c><00:32:50.960><c> and</c><00:32:51.079><c> have</c><00:32:51.140><c> a</c><00:32:51.180><c> look</c><00:32:51.279><c> at</c><00:32:51.400><c> the</c><00:32:51.500><c> first</c><00:32:51.759><c> of</c><00:32:52.720><c> Chronicles</c>

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:55.779
the<00:32:53.960><c> first</c><00:32:54.240><c> of</c><00:32:54.500><c> Chronicles</c><00:32:54.940><c> chapter</c><00:32:55.339><c> 9</c>

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:58.720
because<00:32:56.160><c> he</c><00:32:56.460><c> is</c><00:32:56.599><c> the</c><00:32:56.839><c> spirit</c><00:32:57.079><c> of</c><00:32:57.259><c> the</c><00:32:57.400><c> doorkeepers</c><00:32:57.920><c> of</c><00:32:58.259><c> old</c>

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:01.599
and<00:32:59.119><c> it's</c><00:32:59.339><c> the</c><00:32:59.539><c> spirit</c><00:32:59.700><c> that</c><00:32:59.900><c> those</c><00:33:00.339><c> who</c><00:33:00.740><c> guard</c><00:33:01.039><c> the</c><00:33:01.299><c> door</c>

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:05.559
even<00:33:02.119><c> of</c><00:33:02.420><c> the</c><00:33:02.660><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:03.220><c> should</c><00:33:03.579><c> be</c><00:33:03.859><c> showing</c><00:33:04.059><c> in</c><00:33:04.299><c> the</c><00:33:04.420><c> same</c><00:33:04.599><c> way.</c>

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:08.039
The<00:33:06.500><c> spirit</c><00:33:06.740><c> of</c><00:33:07.000><c> leadership</c><00:33:07.420><c> and</c><00:33:07.700><c> provision</c>

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:10.519
no<00:33:08.480><c> matter</c><00:33:08.680><c> what</c><00:33:08.940><c> the</c><00:33:09.220><c> duty</c><00:33:09.460><c> of</c><00:33:09.720><c> a</c><00:33:09.839><c> brother</c><00:33:09.980><c> is</c>

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:14.059
that<00:33:10.980><c> should</c><00:33:11.160><c> be</c><00:33:11.559><c> the</c><00:33:11.859><c> spirit</c><00:33:12.059><c> with</c><00:33:12.299><c> which</c><00:33:12.460><c> he</c><00:33:12.680><c> fulfills</c><00:33:13.220><c> his</c><00:33:13.480><c> function.</c>

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:17.460
Now<00:33:14.700><c> we're</c><00:33:14.940><c> told</c><00:33:15.119><c> this</c><00:33:15.339><c> in</c><00:33:15.500><c> the</c><00:33:15.599><c> first</c><00:33:15.819><c> of</c><00:33:16.019><c> Chronicles</c><00:33:16.339><c> 9</c><00:33:16.980><c> and</c>

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.440
verse<00:33:17.700><c> 19</c>

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:21.799
And<00:33:19.380><c> Shalem</c><00:33:19.740><c> the</c><00:33:19.980><c> son</c><00:33:20.220><c> of</c><00:33:20.480><c> Korah</c><00:33:20.680><c> the</c><00:33:20.779><c> son</c><00:33:21.000><c> of</c><00:33:21.180><c> Ebi</c><00:33:21.380><c> Asaph</c>

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:24.480
the<00:33:21.980><c> son</c><00:33:22.160><c> of</c><00:33:22.380><c> Korah</c><00:33:22.759><c> and</c><00:33:22.900><c> his</c><00:33:23.119><c> brethren</c><00:33:23.400><c> of</c><00:33:23.579><c> the</c><00:33:23.740><c> house</c><00:33:23.920><c> of</c><00:33:24.039><c> his</c><00:33:24.200><c> father</c>

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:27.660
the<00:33:24.759><c> Korahites</c><00:33:25.440><c> were</c><00:33:26.059><c> over</c><00:33:26.759><c> the</c><00:33:27.140><c> service</c>

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:30.099
the<00:33:28.099><c> work</c><00:33:28.279><c> of</c><00:33:28.460><c> the</c><00:33:28.700><c> service</c>

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:35.319
keepers<00:33:31.380><c> of</c><00:33:31.839><c> the</c><00:33:32.400><c> thresholds</c><00:33:33.759><c> of</c><00:33:34.000><c> the</c><00:33:34.299><c> tabernacle</c>

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:39.599
and<00:33:36.099><c> their</c><00:33:36.500><c> fathers</c><00:33:37.180><c> being</c><00:33:37.740><c> over</c><00:33:38.079><c> the</c><00:33:38.339><c> hosts</c><00:33:38.819><c> of</c><00:33:39.180><c> Yahweh</c>

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:43.160
were<00:33:40.099><c> keepers</c><00:33:41.380><c> of</c><00:33:41.900><c> the</c><00:33:42.480><c> entry.</c>

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:44.279
Verse<00:33:43.839><c> 21</c>

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:46.220
And<00:33:44.519><c> Zechariah</c><00:33:44.960><c> the</c><00:33:45.079><c> son</c><00:33:45.299><c> of</c><00:33:45.460><c> Michelle</c><00:33:45.779><c> Amiah</c>

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:52.700
was<00:33:47.079><c> porter</c><00:33:47.759><c> of</c><00:33:48.480><c> the</c><00:33:48.900><c> door</c><00:33:49.339><c> of</c><00:33:49.960><c> the</c><00:33:50.299><c> tabernacle</c><00:33:50.980><c> of</c><00:33:51.519><c> the</c><00:33:51.799><c> congregation.</c>

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:53.920
Verse<00:33:53.299><c> 23</c>

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:57.940
So<00:33:54.319><c> they</c><00:33:54.599><c> and</c><00:33:54.799><c> their</c><00:33:55.039><c> children</c><00:33:55.400><c> had</c><00:33:55.599><c> the</c><00:33:55.940><c> oversight</c><00:33:56.380><c> of</c><00:33:56.940><c> the</c><00:33:57.420><c> gates</c>

00:33:57.940 --> 00:34:00.220
of<00:33:58.539><c> the</c><00:33:58.880><c> house</c><00:33:59.299><c> of</c><00:33:59.660><c> the</c><00:33:59.819><c> Lord</c>

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:03.009
the<00:34:00.599><c> house</c><00:34:00.839><c> of</c><00:34:01.019><c> the</c><00:34:01.220><c> tabernacle</c><00:34:01.640><c> by</c><00:34:02.140><c> wards.</c>

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.549
And<00:34:03.279><c> so</c><00:34:03.359><c> we're</c><00:34:03.599><c> told</c><00:34:03.720><c> in</c><00:34:03.920><c> verse</c><00:34:04.180><c> 27</c>

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:07.759
and<00:34:05.400><c> these</c><00:34:05.980><c> doorkeepers</c><00:34:07.220><c> of</c><00:34:07.480><c> old</c>

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:10.820
they<00:34:08.579><c> lodged</c><00:34:09.239><c> round</c><00:34:09.619><c> about</c><00:34:10.000><c> the</c><00:34:10.219><c> house</c><00:34:10.460><c> of</c><00:34:10.619><c> God</c>

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:13.059
because<00:34:11.159><c> the</c><00:34:11.659><c> charge</c><00:34:12.039><c> was</c><00:34:12.320><c> upon</c><00:34:12.619><c> them</c>

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:16.719
and<00:34:13.559><c> the</c><00:34:13.840><c> opening</c><00:34:14.239><c> thereof</c><00:34:14.820><c> every</c><00:34:15.460><c> morning</c><00:34:15.940><c> pertained</c><00:34:16.480><c> to</c><00:34:16.619><c> them.</c>

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:19.659
You<00:34:16.860><c> see</c><00:34:17.039><c> it</c><00:34:17.219><c> was</c><00:34:17.360><c> a</c><00:34:17.400><c> fantastic</c><00:34:18.099><c> spirit</c><00:34:18.519><c> of</c><00:34:18.940><c> the</c><00:34:19.119><c> doorkeepers</c>

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:20.059
of<00:34:19.920><c> old.</c>

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:22.659
They<00:34:20.440><c> weren't</c><00:34:20.719><c> just</c><00:34:21.099><c> doorkeepers</c><00:34:21.739><c> brothers</c><00:34:22.079><c> and</c><00:34:22.340><c> sisters</c>

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:26.239
they<00:34:23.079><c> were</c><00:34:23.340><c> the</c><00:34:23.900><c> guardians</c><00:34:24.400><c> of</c><00:34:24.719><c> the</c><00:34:25.059><c> sanctuary</c>

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:29.079
and<00:34:26.980><c> that's</c><00:34:27.159><c> how</c><00:34:27.300><c> they</c><00:34:27.539><c> saw</c><00:34:27.800><c> themselves</c>

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:33.960
that<00:34:29.900><c> they</c><00:34:30.079><c> were</c><00:34:30.219><c> the</c><00:34:30.500><c> champions</c><00:34:31.039><c> of</c><00:34:31.519><c> the</c><00:34:31.780><c> holiness</c><00:34:32.119><c> of</c><00:34:32.440><c> God's</c><00:34:32.920><c> place</c>

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:35.940
and<00:34:34.739><c> that</c><00:34:34.900><c> everything</c><00:34:35.219><c> they</c><00:34:35.559><c> did</c>

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:38.820
was<00:34:36.360><c> so</c><00:34:36.480><c> that</c><00:34:36.639><c> the</c><00:34:36.960><c> sanctity</c><00:34:37.400><c> of</c><00:34:37.579><c> the</c><00:34:37.820><c> father</c><00:34:38.079><c> might</c><00:34:38.300><c> be</c><00:34:38.559><c> preserved.</c>

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:41.139
They<00:34:39.139><c> didn't</c><00:34:39.360><c> just</c><00:34:39.719><c> open</c><00:34:39.980><c> the</c><00:34:40.300><c> door</c><00:34:40.500><c> in</c><00:34:40.699><c> the</c><00:34:40.860><c> morning</c>

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:43.119
they<00:34:41.619><c> guarded</c><00:34:42.119><c> the</c><00:34:42.539><c> sanctuary</c>

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:45.420
and<00:34:43.599><c> the</c><00:34:43.940><c> holiness</c><00:34:44.320><c> of</c><00:34:44.579><c> God's</c><00:34:45.000><c> sanctuary</c>

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:47.099
and<00:34:45.860><c> they</c><00:34:46.239><c> lived</c><00:34:46.519><c> there</c>

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:49.059
they<00:34:47.659><c> lived</c><00:34:47.980><c> around</c><00:34:48.440><c> that</c><00:34:48.719><c> house</c>

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:52.440
because<00:34:49.440><c> they</c><00:34:49.579><c> were</c><00:34:49.840><c> so</c><00:34:50.139><c> committed</c><00:34:50.460><c> to</c><00:34:50.699><c> that</c><00:34:50.920><c> responsibility.</c>

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:57.099
So<00:34:55.340><c> now</c><00:34:55.519><c> do</c><00:34:55.699><c> our</c><00:34:55.900><c> doorkeepers</c>

00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:01.159
exercise<00:34:58.760><c> their</c><00:34:59.519><c> role</c><00:35:00.039><c> in</c><00:35:00.619><c> the</c><00:35:00.840><c> ecclesia</c>

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:04.079
in<00:35:01.360><c> the</c><00:35:01.579><c> spirit</c><00:35:01.739><c> of</c><00:35:01.980><c> leadership</c><00:35:02.400><c> and</c><00:35:03.199><c> provision?</c>

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:08.500
I<00:35:07.019><c> think</c><00:35:07.199><c> that</c><00:35:07.360><c> a</c><00:35:07.400><c> good</c><00:35:07.619><c> doorkeeper</c><00:35:08.039><c> arrives</c>

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:11.380
30<00:35:08.940><c> minutes</c><00:35:09.400><c> before</c><00:35:09.840><c> a</c><00:35:10.119><c> meeting</c><00:35:10.139><c> begins</c>

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:15.559
and<00:35:13.400><c> in</c><00:35:13.539><c> the</c><00:35:13.719><c> 30</c><00:35:13.960><c> minutes</c><00:35:14.340><c> before</c><00:35:14.780><c> the</c><00:35:14.960><c> meeting</c><00:35:15.179><c> begins</c>

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:17.539
what<00:35:15.739><c> does</c><00:35:15.880><c> the</c><00:35:16.039><c> doorkeeper</c><00:35:16.420><c> do?</c>

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:20.619
Well<00:35:18.139><c> you</c><00:35:18.320><c> say</c><00:35:18.460><c> he</c><00:35:18.679><c> opens</c><00:35:18.880><c> the</c><00:35:19.159><c> doors.</c>

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:24.199
Is<00:35:22.800><c> that</c><00:35:23.000><c> all</c><00:35:23.199><c> he</c><00:35:23.400><c> does?</c>

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:29.760
A<00:35:26.480><c> good</c><00:35:26.739><c> doorkeeper</c><00:35:27.199><c> who's</c><00:35:27.519><c> showing</c><00:35:27.719><c> the</c><00:35:28.019><c> spirit</c><00:35:28.199><c> of</c><00:35:28.519><c> leadership</c><00:35:29.000><c> and</c><00:35:29.360><c> provision</c>

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:31.960
not<00:35:30.179><c> only</c><00:35:30.400><c> opens</c><00:35:30.719><c> the</c><00:35:31.000><c> gates</c><00:35:31.280><c> of</c><00:35:31.519><c> the</c><00:35:31.659><c> premises</c>

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:34.159
and<00:35:32.440><c> the</c><00:35:32.679><c> doors</c><00:35:33.099><c> of</c><00:35:33.460><c> the</c><00:35:33.659><c> tabernacle</c>

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:35.659
but<00:35:34.500><c> also</c><00:35:34.820><c> he</c><00:35:35.039><c> says</c><00:35:35.199><c> now</c>

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:38.400
do<00:35:35.920><c> the</c><00:35:36.119><c> windows</c><00:35:36.440><c> need</c><00:35:36.659><c> to</c><00:35:36.760><c> be</c><00:35:36.920><c> open</c><00:35:37.079><c> or</c><00:35:37.380><c> closed</c><00:35:37.719><c> this</c><00:35:38.039><c> day?</c>

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.880
Is<00:35:38.840><c> the</c><00:35:39.059><c> hall</c><00:35:39.179><c> hot</c><00:35:39.420><c> or</c><00:35:39.699><c> cold?</c>

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:42.099
Are<00:35:40.059><c> there</c><00:35:40.260><c> fans</c><00:35:40.639><c> that</c><00:35:40.800><c> need</c><00:35:41.000><c> to</c><00:35:41.119><c> be</c><00:35:41.260><c> put</c><00:35:41.719><c> on</c>

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:43.860
or<00:35:42.440><c> heaters</c><00:35:42.860><c> that</c><00:35:43.000><c> need</c><00:35:43.199><c> to</c><00:35:43.320><c> be</c><00:35:43.480><c> put</c><00:35:43.639><c> on?</c>

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:47.619
Is<00:35:44.320><c> there</c><00:35:44.860><c> a</c><00:35:45.099><c> glass</c><00:35:45.340><c> of</c><00:35:45.679><c> water</c><00:35:46.000><c> for</c><00:35:46.219><c> the</c><00:35:46.440><c> speaker?</c>

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:55.960
Are<00:35:52.659><c> the</c><00:35:52.900><c> seats</c><00:35:53.199><c> there</c><00:35:53.739><c> in</c><00:35:54.000><c> order</c><00:35:54.239><c> as</c><00:35:54.480><c> they</c><00:35:54.780><c> should</c><00:35:55.039><c> be?</c>

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:59.639
And<00:35:57.059><c> that</c><00:35:57.219><c> everything</c><00:35:57.519><c> about</c><00:35:57.860><c> the</c><00:35:58.179><c> spirit</c><00:35:58.400><c> of</c><00:35:58.599><c> that</c><00:35:58.880><c> doorkeeper</c><00:35:59.300><c> is</c>

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:02.500
that<00:35:59.920><c> he</c><00:36:00.079><c> is</c><00:36:00.239><c> on</c><00:36:00.420><c> that</c><00:36:00.579><c> day</c><00:36:00.800><c> the</c><00:36:01.159><c> guardian</c><00:36:01.619><c> of</c><00:36:01.840><c> the</c><00:36:02.139><c> sanctuary</c>

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:02.920
of<00:36:02.780><c> God</c>

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:05.179
and<00:36:03.099><c> that</c><00:36:03.239><c> everything</c><00:36:03.500><c> must</c><00:36:03.739><c> be</c><00:36:03.960><c> done</c><00:36:04.159><c> decently</c><00:36:04.579><c> in</c><00:36:04.760><c> an</c><00:36:04.940><c> order</c>

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:07.460
so<00:36:05.579><c> that</c><00:36:05.800><c> everything</c><00:36:06.079><c> shall</c><00:36:06.280><c> be</c><00:36:06.500><c> done</c><00:36:06.639><c> to</c><00:36:06.780><c> the</c><00:36:06.880><c> very</c><00:36:07.079><c> best</c><00:36:07.320><c> of</c>

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.960
his<00:36:07.639><c> ability.</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:09.500
Has<00:36:08.280><c> he</c><00:36:08.380><c> thought</c><00:36:08.579><c> about</c><00:36:08.800><c> all</c><00:36:09.019><c> those</c><00:36:09.219><c> things</c>

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:13.079
or<00:36:09.820><c> did</c><00:36:10.239><c> he</c><00:36:10.500><c> really</c><00:36:10.820><c> just</c><00:36:11.139><c> think</c><00:36:11.320><c> that</c><00:36:11.920><c> turning</c><00:36:12.280><c> a</c><00:36:12.679><c> key</c>

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:15.300
was<00:36:13.519><c> the</c><00:36:13.860><c> responsibility</c><00:36:14.480><c> of</c><00:36:14.760><c> the</c><00:36:14.920><c> doorkeeper?</c>

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.280
Is<00:36:15.480><c> that</c><00:36:15.719><c> leadership</c><00:36:16.179><c> and</c><00:36:16.440><c> provision?</c>

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:21.539
There<00:36:18.940><c> are</c><00:36:19.059><c> other</c><00:36:19.280><c> great</c><00:36:19.599><c> responsibilities</c><00:36:20.320><c> to</c><00:36:20.559><c> doorkeepers.</c>

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:23.360
Do<00:36:21.699><c> you</c><00:36:21.699><c> know</c><00:36:21.840><c> that</c><00:36:21.940><c> there</c><00:36:22.059><c> are</c><00:36:22.360><c> four</c><00:36:22.800><c> key</c><00:36:23.079><c> things</c>

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:26.019
that<00:36:24.179><c> doorkeepers</c><00:36:24.639><c> are</c><00:36:24.920><c> responsible</c><00:36:25.559><c> for</c>

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:28.420
after<00:36:26.619><c> the</c><00:36:26.980><c> spirit</c><00:36:27.159><c> of</c><00:36:27.380><c> these</c><00:36:27.599><c> doorkeepers</c><00:36:28.039><c> evolved?</c>

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:31.159
The<00:36:29.019><c> first</c><00:36:29.420><c> is</c><00:36:29.820><c> the</c><00:36:30.119><c> welcome.</c>

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:35.019
There's<00:36:32.460><c> nothing</c><00:36:32.719><c> like</c><00:36:33.039><c> a</c><00:36:33.260><c> doorkeeper</c><00:36:33.719><c> at</c><00:36:33.920><c> the</c><00:36:34.079><c> door</c><00:36:34.239><c> of</c><00:36:34.460><c> the</c><00:36:34.619><c> house</c>

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:38.539
who<00:36:35.440><c> has</c><00:36:35.619><c> a</c><00:36:35.980><c> warm</c><00:36:36.280><c> smile</c><00:36:36.800><c> and</c><00:36:37.239><c> a</c><00:36:37.539><c> firm</c><00:36:37.820><c> handshake</c>

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:40.940
and<00:36:38.820><c> that</c><00:36:39.039><c> handshake</c><00:36:39.599><c> by</c><00:36:39.840><c> the</c><00:36:39.960><c> way</c><00:36:40.079><c> should</c><00:36:40.239><c> be</c><00:36:40.539><c> extended</c>

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:44.199
to<00:36:41.340><c> both</c><00:36:41.639><c> brothers</c><00:36:41.980><c> and</c><00:36:42.440><c> sisters</c><00:36:42.960><c> alike</c>

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:50.519
to<00:36:46.639><c> say</c><00:36:46.820><c> welcome</c><00:36:47.500><c> to</c><00:36:48.280><c> the</c><00:36:48.420><c> house</c><00:36:48.579><c> of</c><00:36:48.739><c> the</c><00:36:48.860><c> Lord</c><00:36:49.099><c> this</c><00:36:49.440><c> day.</c>

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.480
And<00:36:51.519><c> especially</c><00:36:51.800><c> when</c><00:36:51.980><c> you're</c><00:36:52.219><c> a</c><00:36:52.340><c> visitor</c>

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:54.940
there's<00:36:52.820><c> nothing</c><00:36:53.039><c> like</c><00:36:53.360><c> a</c><00:36:53.559><c> doorkeeper</c><00:36:53.960><c> who's</c><00:36:54.179><c> there</c><00:36:54.400><c> to</c><00:36:54.639><c> greet</c><00:36:54.800><c> you</c>

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:57.159
and<00:36:55.039><c> to</c><00:36:55.179><c> make</c><00:36:55.300><c> you</c><00:36:55.559><c> feel</c><00:36:55.880><c> that</c><00:36:56.159><c> you</c><00:36:56.340><c> are</c><00:36:56.519><c> truly</c><00:36:56.800><c> welcome</c>

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:59.719
to<00:36:57.380><c> come</c><00:36:57.519><c> into</c><00:36:57.679><c> the</c><00:36:57.940><c> sanctuary</c><00:36:58.260><c> of</c><00:36:58.559><c> God.</c>

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:03.739
And<00:37:00.960><c> the</c><00:37:01.199><c> second</c><00:37:01.619><c> responsibility</c><00:37:02.500><c> that</c><00:37:02.880><c> doorkeepers</c><00:37:03.340><c> have</c>

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:06.320
is<00:37:04.199><c> the</c><00:37:04.400><c> question</c><00:37:04.820><c> of</c><00:37:05.219><c> fellowship.</c>

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:09.019
Who<00:37:07.300><c> is</c><00:37:07.559><c> there</c><00:37:07.820><c> this</c><00:37:08.099><c> day?</c>

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.400
And<00:37:09.420><c> if</c><00:37:09.599><c> they</c><00:37:09.820><c> are</c><00:37:09.980><c> a</c><00:37:10.119><c> visitor</c>

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:13.679
do<00:37:10.800><c> they</c><00:37:11.039><c> have</c><00:37:11.400><c> an</c><00:37:11.679><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:12.079><c> letter</c><00:37:12.380><c> of</c><00:37:12.659><c> introduction?</c>

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:17.019
And<00:37:14.880><c> if</c><00:37:15.000><c> they</c><00:37:15.219><c> don't</c><00:37:15.440><c> have</c><00:37:15.619><c> an</c><00:37:15.739><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:16.119><c> letter</c><00:37:16.320><c> of</c><00:37:16.559><c> introduction</c>

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:20.119
then<00:37:17.440><c> what</c><00:37:17.639><c> is</c><00:37:17.800><c> to</c><00:37:17.920><c> be</c><00:37:18.059><c> done</c><00:37:18.239><c> to</c><00:37:18.480><c> determine</c><00:37:18.860><c> their</c><00:37:19.159><c> status?</c>

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:23.380
In<00:37:21.320><c> our</c><00:37:21.519><c> particular</c><00:37:21.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:22.400><c> we</c><00:37:22.800><c> have</c><00:37:23.000><c> a</c><00:37:23.159><c> system</c>

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:25.539
that<00:37:23.800><c> may</c><00:37:24.019><c> be</c><00:37:24.239><c> similar</c><00:37:24.420><c> in</c><00:37:24.599><c> other</c><00:37:24.739><c> places</c><00:37:25.019><c> I</c><00:37:25.179><c> don't</c><00:37:25.420><c> know</c>

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:27.380
but<00:37:25.659><c> we</c><00:37:25.820><c> have</c><00:37:25.940><c> a</c><00:37:26.099><c> little</c><00:37:26.320><c> card</c>

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:30.119
so<00:37:28.639><c> that</c><00:37:28.800><c> if</c><00:37:28.860><c> we</c><00:37:28.980><c> have</c><00:37:29.139><c> a</c><00:37:29.260><c> visitor</c><00:37:29.420><c> from</c><00:37:29.639><c> another</c><00:37:29.840><c> place</c>

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:32.179
and<00:37:30.260><c> we</c><00:37:30.360><c> don't</c><00:37:30.579><c> know</c><00:37:30.860><c> who</c><00:37:31.119><c> they</c><00:37:31.360><c> are</c><00:37:31.519><c> or</c><00:37:31.639><c> where</c><00:37:31.800><c> they're</c><00:37:32.119><c> from</c>

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.880
we<00:37:32.300><c> say</c><00:37:32.360><c> well</c><00:37:32.460><c> that's</c><00:37:32.739><c> fine</c>

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:35.320
could<00:37:33.219><c> you</c><00:37:33.360><c> just</c><00:37:33.639><c> write</c><00:37:33.800><c> on</c><00:37:33.980><c> the</c><00:37:34.179><c> back</c><00:37:34.380><c> your</c><00:37:34.880><c> name</c>

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.920
and<00:37:35.579><c> the</c><00:37:35.780><c> name</c><00:37:35.940><c> of</c><00:37:36.099><c> your</c><00:37:36.280><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:36.619><c> for</c><00:37:36.800><c> us</c>

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.719
so<00:37:37.079><c> that</c><00:37:37.199><c> we</c><00:37:37.320><c> know</c><00:37:37.460><c> we've</c><00:37:37.679><c> got</c><00:37:37.800><c> it</c><00:37:38.059><c> spelt</c><00:37:38.300><c> right</c><00:37:38.519><c> and</c>

00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:40.099
pronounced<00:37:39.099><c> properly?</c>

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:43.099
The<00:37:41.219><c> doorkeeper</c><00:37:41.679><c> has</c><00:37:42.000><c> arrived.</c>

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:46.139
I<00:37:44.440><c> thank</c><00:37:44.659><c> you</c><00:37:44.900><c> kindly.</c>

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:50.480
And<00:37:49.420><c> on</c><00:37:49.579><c> the</c><00:37:49.699><c> back</c><00:37:49.820><c> of</c><00:37:50.019><c> that</c><00:37:50.260><c> card</c>

00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:52.340
it<00:37:50.739><c> says</c><00:37:50.840><c> what</c><00:37:51.059><c> our</c><00:37:51.260><c> basis</c><00:37:51.519><c> of</c><00:37:51.800><c> fellowship</c><00:37:52.079><c> is</c>

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:54.760
and<00:37:52.500><c> that</c><00:37:52.659><c> we</c><00:37:52.860><c> welcome</c><00:37:53.179><c> that</c><00:37:53.480><c> person</c><00:37:53.780><c> to</c><00:37:54.019><c> meet</c><00:37:54.179><c> with</c><00:37:54.480><c> us</c>

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:56.980
on<00:37:55.059><c> that</c><00:37:55.320><c> basis</c><00:37:55.699><c> of</c><00:37:56.000><c> fellowship</c><00:37:56.260><c> this</c><00:37:56.679><c> day</c>

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:58.400
so<00:37:57.199><c> that</c><00:37:57.320><c> if</c><00:37:57.420><c> there's</c><00:37:57.599><c> some</c><00:37:57.800><c> uncertainty</c>

00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.519
we<00:37:58.679><c> have</c><00:37:59.159><c> devolved</c><00:37:59.639><c> responsibility</c><00:38:00.480><c> onto</c><00:38:00.760><c> that</c><00:38:01.039><c> person</c>

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:03.780
but<00:38:01.960><c> there</c><00:38:02.139><c> are</c><00:38:02.400><c> fellowship</c><00:38:02.900><c> responsibilities</c>

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:07.139
at<00:38:04.219><c> the</c><00:38:04.519><c> door</c><00:38:04.760><c> of</c><00:38:05.000><c> the</c><00:38:05.179><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:08.679
And<00:38:07.559><c> what</c><00:38:07.760><c> about</c><00:38:08.019><c> absences?</c>

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:11.000
Has<00:38:09.079><c> the</c><00:38:09.260><c> doorkeeper</c><00:38:09.639><c> noticed</c><00:38:10.039><c> that</c><00:38:10.219><c> his</c><00:38:10.360><c> brother</c><00:38:10.599><c> so</c><00:38:10.800><c>-and</c><00:38:10.940><c>-so</c>

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.880
walks<00:38:11.280><c> in</c><00:38:11.460><c> through</c><00:38:11.639><c> the</c><00:38:11.760><c> door</c>

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.219
that<00:38:12.039><c> his</c><00:38:12.179><c> wife's</c><00:38:12.559><c> not</c><00:38:12.659><c> there</c><00:38:12.840><c> that</c><00:38:13.039><c> day?</c>

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:14.599
Is<00:38:13.480><c> she</c><00:38:13.719><c> well?</c><00:38:14.019><c> Is</c><00:38:14.179><c> she</c><00:38:14.400><c> sick?</c>

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:16.739
Is<00:38:14.780><c> she</c><00:38:14.940><c> back</c><00:38:15.119><c> looking</c><00:38:15.340><c> after</c><00:38:15.679><c> a</c><00:38:15.920><c> child?</c>

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:18.559
Has<00:38:17.260><c> he</c><00:38:17.380><c> noticed</c><00:38:17.739><c> that?</c>

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.760
Has<00:38:19.039><c> he</c><00:38:19.159><c> got</c><00:38:19.300><c> down</c><00:38:19.539><c> the</c><00:38:19.679><c> list</c><00:38:19.880><c> of</c><00:38:20.099><c> those</c><00:38:20.340><c> people</c>

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.360
that<00:38:21.019><c> are</c><00:38:21.179><c> not</c><00:38:21.480><c> present</c><00:38:21.760><c> that</c><00:38:22.059><c> day?</c>

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:25.539
We<00:38:22.739><c> do</c><00:38:23.000><c> in</c><00:38:23.159><c> our</c><00:38:23.400><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:23.780><c> because</c><00:38:24.039><c> we</c><00:38:24.179><c> want</c><00:38:24.380><c> to</c><00:38:24.599><c> announce</c><00:38:24.920><c> them.</c>

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.820
You<00:38:25.880><c> think</c><00:38:26.039><c> announce</c><00:38:26.420><c> them?</c>

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:28.840
Announce<00:38:27.460><c> those</c><00:38:27.739><c> who</c><00:38:27.920><c> aren't</c><00:38:28.239><c> there?</c>

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.260
Yes.

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:32.960
Not<00:38:30.840><c> so</c><00:38:31.039><c> that</c><00:38:31.159><c> we</c><00:38:31.300><c> can</c><00:38:31.579><c> criticize</c><00:38:32.179><c> their</c><00:38:32.500><c> absence</c>

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:35.760
but<00:38:33.440><c> so</c><00:38:33.639><c> we</c><00:38:33.820><c> can</c><00:38:34.079><c> pray</c><00:38:34.460><c> for</c><00:38:34.659><c> those</c><00:38:34.960><c> in</c><00:38:35.340><c> need</c>

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:39.300
in<00:38:36.260><c> the</c><00:38:36.519><c> prayer</c><00:38:36.699><c> that</c><00:38:36.860><c> we</c><00:38:37.119><c> offer</c><00:38:37.280><c> at</c><00:38:37.480><c> the</c><00:38:37.679><c> beginning</c><00:38:38.079><c> of</c><00:38:38.539><c> our</c><00:38:38.820><c> service.</c>

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:41.559
We<00:38:39.960><c> want</c><00:38:40.119><c> to</c><00:38:40.300><c> know</c><00:38:40.480><c> who's</c><00:38:40.739><c> not</c><00:38:41.039><c> there</c>

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:44.059
and<00:38:42.039><c> what</c><00:38:42.239><c> their</c><00:38:42.480><c> needs</c><00:38:42.860><c> are.</c>

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:46.519
And<00:38:44.340><c> the</c><00:38:44.519><c> doorkeeper</c><00:38:45.000><c> who</c><00:38:45.260><c> shows</c><00:38:45.500><c> the</c><00:38:45.699><c> spirit</c><00:38:45.920><c> of</c><00:38:46.119><c> leadership</c>

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.820
and<00:38:46.800><c> provision</c>

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:50.360
will<00:38:48.619><c> show</c><00:38:48.860><c> that</c><00:38:49.139><c> responsibility</c>

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:52.360
and<00:38:51.079><c> fulfill</c><00:38:51.539><c> it.</c>

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:55.010
And<00:38:53.280><c> lastly,</c><00:38:53.800><c> the</c><00:38:53.880><c> doorkeeper</c><00:38:54.219><c> has</c><00:38:54.440><c> the</c><00:38:54.719><c> responsibility</c>

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:58.599
for<00:38:56.000><c> whatever</c><00:38:56.460><c> standards</c><00:38:57.179><c> by</c><00:38:57.559><c> mutual</c><00:38:58.019><c> consent</c>

00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:01.079
may<00:38:58.840><c> have</c><00:38:58.980><c> been</c><00:38:59.260><c> agreed</c><00:38:59.539><c> on</c><00:38:59.980><c> by</c><00:39:00.320><c> that</c><00:39:00.599><c> ecclesia</c>

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:04.519
as<00:39:01.500><c> the</c><00:39:01.760><c> protocol</c><00:39:02.199><c> of</c><00:39:02.480><c> behavior</c><00:39:02.980><c> or</c><00:39:03.400><c> dress</c><00:39:03.699><c> or</c><00:39:04.059><c> conduct</c>

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:08.179
that<00:39:04.900><c> is</c><00:39:05.340><c> acceptable</c><00:39:05.800><c> to</c><00:39:06.039><c> the</c><00:39:06.260><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:06.739><c> in</c><00:39:07.179><c> the</c><00:39:07.400><c> house</c><00:39:07.619><c> of</c><00:39:07.900><c> God.</c>

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:10.619
And<00:39:08.659><c> if</c><00:39:08.760><c> there's</c><00:39:08.960><c> a</c><00:39:09.139><c> problem</c><00:39:09.360><c> in</c><00:39:09.539><c> any</c><00:39:09.699><c> of</c><00:39:09.840><c> those</c><00:39:10.079><c> areas</c>

00:39:10.619 --> 00:39:13.820
then<00:39:11.739><c> the</c><00:39:11.940><c> doorkeeper</c><00:39:12.320><c> may</c><00:39:12.539><c> have</c><00:39:12.719><c> to</c><00:39:12.900><c> attend</c><00:39:13.239><c> to</c><00:39:13.420><c> the</c><00:39:13.539><c> matter.</c>

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:17.960
Oh,<00:39:14.380><c> you</c><00:39:14.579><c> see,</c><00:39:15.300><c> doorkeepers</c><00:39:15.760><c> have</c><00:39:15.980><c> a</c><00:39:16.159><c> tremendous</c><00:39:16.960><c> responsibility.</c>

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:20.760
And<00:39:18.400><c> you</c><00:39:18.559><c> know,</c><00:39:19.179><c> not</c><00:39:19.280><c> only</c><00:39:19.480><c> should</c><00:39:19.599><c> they</c><00:39:19.900><c> arrive</c><00:39:20.300><c> early</c>

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:23.519
so<00:39:20.960><c> that</c><00:39:21.159><c> all</c><00:39:21.320><c> is</c><00:39:21.519><c> done</c><00:39:22.039><c> and</c><00:39:22.519><c> all</c><00:39:22.719><c> is</c><00:39:23.079><c> organized</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:25.059
before<00:39:23.860><c> everyone</c><00:39:24.119><c> else</c><00:39:24.440><c> comes</c>

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:28.400
but<00:39:26.039><c> doorkeepers</c><00:39:26.900><c> have</c><00:39:27.460><c> to</c><00:39:27.800><c> learn</c>

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:32.019
the<00:39:28.980><c> spirit</c><00:39:29.199><c> of</c><00:39:29.619><c> everlasting</c><00:39:30.500><c> patience.</c>

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:35.059
Because<00:39:32.780><c> after</c><00:39:33.159><c> most</c><00:39:33.639><c> Christadelphian</c><00:39:34.440><c> gatherings</c>

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:37.639
there<00:39:36.179><c> is</c><00:39:36.340><c> an</c><00:39:36.539><c> incredible</c><00:39:36.940><c> capacity</c>

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:39.980
for<00:39:38.519><c> discussion</c><00:39:38.960><c> amongst</c><00:39:39.340><c> the</c><00:39:39.559><c> members</c>

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:42.820
that<00:39:40.860><c> goes</c><00:39:41.119><c> on</c><00:39:41.900><c> and</c><00:39:42.360><c> on</c><00:39:42.639><c> and</c><00:39:42.820><c> on</c>

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:46.559
and<00:39:43.019><c> the</c><00:39:43.300><c> doorkeeper</c><00:39:43.699><c> must</c><00:39:44.059><c> wait</c><00:39:44.380><c> until</c><00:39:44.639><c> the</c><00:39:44.920><c> last</c><00:39:45.980><c> talker</c>

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:48.519
has<00:39:46.699><c> left</c><00:39:47.159><c> the</c><00:39:47.440><c> hall</c>

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:51.880
so<00:39:49.360><c> that</c><00:39:49.440><c> they</c><00:39:49.559><c> can</c><00:39:49.800><c> finally</c><00:39:50.179><c> close</c><00:39:50.619><c> the</c><00:39:50.820><c> doors.</c>

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.980
But<00:39:52.760><c> that's</c><00:39:53.059><c> his</c><00:39:53.199><c> work</c><00:39:53.380><c> that</c><00:39:53.679><c> day</c>

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:57.059
in<00:39:54.320><c> the</c><00:39:54.579><c> spirit</c><00:39:54.780><c> of</c><00:39:55.420><c> leadership</c><00:39:56.039><c> and</c><00:39:56.739><c> provision.</c>

00:39:57.360 --> 00:40:00.199
You<00:39:57.440><c> see,</c><00:39:57.860><c> it's</c><00:39:58.639><c> all</c><00:39:58.739><c> to</c><00:39:58.860><c> do</c><00:39:58.960><c> with</c><00:39:59.139><c> our</c><00:39:59.440><c> attitude,</c><00:40:00.139><c> brothers</c>

00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.679
and<00:40:00.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:02.000
isn't<00:40:00.880><c> it,</c><00:40:00.960><c> as</c><00:40:01.119><c> to</c><00:40:01.179><c> what</c><00:40:01.360><c> we</c><00:40:01.559><c> make</c><00:40:01.739><c> of</c><00:40:01.840><c> it.</c>

00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:04.659
We<00:40:02.320><c> can</c><00:40:02.519><c> either</c><00:40:02.739><c> make</c><00:40:02.920><c> it</c><00:40:03.079><c> a</c><00:40:03.219><c> little</c><00:40:03.440><c> task,</c><00:40:03.860><c> a</c><00:40:04.019><c> mundane</c><00:40:04.360><c> thing</c>

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:08.219
or<00:40:05.019><c> we</c><00:40:05.179><c> can</c><00:40:05.400><c> make</c><00:40:05.539><c> it</c><00:40:05.719><c> the</c><00:40:06.019><c> spirit</c><00:40:06.440><c> of</c><00:40:06.599><c> our</c><00:40:06.900><c> offering</c><00:40:07.320><c> to</c><00:40:07.559><c> the</c><00:40:07.800><c> Father</c>

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:10.579
in<00:40:08.679><c> the</c><00:40:09.019><c> spirit</c><00:40:09.219><c> of</c><00:40:09.739><c> leadership</c><00:40:10.179><c> and</c><00:40:10.420><c> support.</c>

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.579
Now,<00:40:10.739><c> what</c><00:40:10.880><c> about</c><00:40:11.159><c> sisters?</c>

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.360
So<00:40:12.019><c> come</c><00:40:12.159><c> back</c><00:40:12.320><c> to</c><00:40:12.440><c> the</c><00:40:12.480><c> matter</c><00:40:12.679><c> of</c><00:40:13.000><c> prayers.</c>

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:15.059
Should<00:40:14.079><c> sisters</c><00:40:14.500><c> give</c><00:40:14.800><c> prayers?</c>

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:16.420
Well,<00:40:15.280><c> of</c><00:40:15.460><c> course</c><00:40:15.739><c> they</c><00:40:16.059><c> should.</c>

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It's<00:40:16.860><c> just</c><00:40:17.039><c> that</c><00:40:17.119><c> they</c><00:40:17.280><c> don't</c><00:40:17.539><c> offer</c><00:40:17.780><c> public</c><00:40:18.360><c> prayers.</c>

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:20.760
But<00:40:19.239><c> they</c><00:40:19.519><c> certainly</c><00:40:19.800><c> give</c><00:40:20.039><c> private</c><00:40:20.460><c> ones</c>

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because,<00:40:21.440><c> well,</c><00:40:21.460><c> come</c><00:40:21.599><c> and</c><00:40:21.679><c> have</c><00:40:21.780><c> a</c><00:40:21.820><c> look</c><00:40:21.900><c> at</c><00:40:22.039><c> the</c><00:40:22.199><c> 1</c><00:40:22.380><c> Timothy</c><00:40:22.800><c> again</c>

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:24.940
in<00:40:23.380><c> Chapter</c><00:40:23.659><c> 5.</c>

00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:28.679
So<00:40:25.980><c> prayers</c><00:40:26.300><c> now,</c><00:40:26.639><c> this</c><00:40:26.940><c> time</c><00:40:27.159><c> for</c><00:40:27.500><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:31.360
Should<00:40:29.219><c> the</c><00:40:29.519><c> sisters</c><00:40:29.920><c> give</c><00:40:30.280><c> prayers?</c>

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:37.679
In<00:40:35.460><c> the</c><00:40:35.619><c> 1</c><00:40:35.820><c> Timothy</c><00:40:36.280><c> in</c><00:40:36.599><c> Chapter</c><00:40:36.880><c> 5</c>

00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:40.400
we're<00:40:38.239><c> told</c><00:40:38.460><c> this.</c>

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:48.960
It<00:40:44.659><c> says</c><00:40:45.260><c> in</c><00:40:46.320><c> the</c><00:40:46.820><c> 5th</c><00:40:47.260><c> verse,</c>

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:53.739
Now<00:40:49.239><c> she</c><00:40:49.739><c> that</c><00:40:49.860><c> is</c><00:40:50.139><c> a</c><00:40:50.280><c> widow</c><00:40:50.719><c> in</c><00:40:51.340><c> deed</c><00:40:51.880><c> and</c><00:40:52.579><c> desolate</c>

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:55.539
trusteth<00:40:54.760><c> in</c><00:40:54.960><c> God</c>

00:40:55.539 --> 00:41:00.380
and<00:40:56.900><c> continueth</c><00:40:57.340><c> in</c><00:40:57.699><c> supplications</c><00:40:58.679><c> and</c><00:40:59.239><c> prayers</c>

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.559
day<00:41:01.019><c> and</c><00:41:01.199><c> night.</c>

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:04.079
So<00:41:02.280><c> the</c><00:41:02.460><c> definition</c><00:41:02.900><c> of</c><00:41:03.219><c> a</c><00:41:03.320><c> godly</c><00:41:03.739><c> widow</c>

00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:06.599
is<00:41:04.480><c> someone</c><00:41:04.739><c> who</c><00:41:05.119><c> continues</c><00:41:05.579><c> in</c><00:41:06.179><c> prayers,</c>

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:08.659
continues<00:41:07.360><c> in</c><00:41:08.139><c> prayers.</c>

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.500
In<00:41:09.059><c> fact,</c><00:41:09.320><c> you</c><00:41:09.340><c> know</c><00:41:09.500><c> in</c><00:41:09.619><c> the</c><00:41:09.739><c> Gospel</c><00:41:10.059><c> of</c><00:41:10.300><c> Luke</c>

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:12.659
in<00:41:10.900><c> Chapter</c><00:41:11.139><c> 18</c><00:41:11.539><c> in</c><00:41:11.760><c> verses</c><00:41:12.019><c> 1</c><00:41:12.300><c> to</c><00:41:12.400><c> 7</c>

00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:15.199
the<00:41:12.820><c> Lord</c><00:41:13.039><c> said</c><00:41:13.280><c> that</c><00:41:13.440><c> we</c><00:41:13.639><c> ought</c><00:41:13.880><c> always</c><00:41:14.420><c> to</c><00:41:14.860><c> pray</c>

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:16.280
and<00:41:15.519><c> not</c><00:41:15.780><c> to</c><00:41:16.059><c> faint.</c>

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:18.619
And<00:41:16.739><c> you</c><00:41:16.860><c> know</c><00:41:16.940><c> what</c><00:41:17.099><c> the</c><00:41:17.360><c> symbol</c><00:41:17.699><c> is</c><00:41:17.900><c> that</c><00:41:18.079><c> the</c><00:41:18.219><c> Lord</c><00:41:18.380><c> gives</c>

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:22.099
in<00:41:18.800><c> the</c><00:41:18.920><c> Gospel</c><00:41:19.219><c> of</c><00:41:19.380><c> Luke</c><00:41:19.539><c> for</c><00:41:19.719><c> those</c><00:41:19.960><c> that</c><00:41:20.119><c> ought</c><00:41:20.340><c> always</c><00:41:20.739><c> to</c><00:41:21.099><c> pray?</c>

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:27.099
It's<00:41:25.059><c> a</c><00:41:25.219><c> persistent</c><00:41:25.619><c> widow,</c><00:41:26.159><c> isn't</c><00:41:26.300><c> it?</c>

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:31.579
As<00:41:28.960><c> the</c><00:41:29.139><c> symbol</c><00:41:29.420><c> of</c><00:41:29.639><c> everlasting</c><00:41:30.159><c> prayer.</c>

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:37.539
Now<00:41:33.460><c> here</c><00:41:34.019><c> the</c><00:41:34.460><c> widow</c><00:41:34.840><c> of</c><00:41:35.599><c> the</c><00:41:35.780><c> 1</c><00:41:36.000><c> Timothy</c><00:41:36.400><c> 5</c><00:41:36.860><c> verse</c><00:41:37.119><c> 5</c>

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:39.219
is<00:41:37.860><c> a</c><00:41:38.179><c> sister</c><00:41:38.579><c> in</c><00:41:38.820><c> the</c><00:41:39.019><c> meeting</c>

00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:41.039
who<00:41:39.460><c> continues</c><00:41:39.860><c> in</c><00:41:40.219><c> prayers</c><00:41:40.400><c> all</c><00:41:40.860><c> night.</c>

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:43.500
Do<00:41:41.199><c> you</c><00:41:41.320><c> think</c><00:41:41.519><c> those</c><00:41:41.900><c> prayers</c><00:41:42.119><c> are</c><00:41:42.340><c> for</c><00:41:42.440><c> herself?</c>

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:47.280
Or<00:41:45.179><c> would</c><00:41:45.340><c> they</c><00:41:45.480><c> be</c><00:41:45.619><c> for</c><00:41:45.780><c> others,</c><00:41:46.159><c> do</c><00:41:46.260><c> you</c><00:41:46.340><c> think?</c>

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:51.760
And<00:41:49.059><c> I</c><00:41:49.239><c> think</c><00:41:49.400><c> that</c><00:41:49.579><c> the</c><00:41:49.820><c> prayers</c><00:41:50.099><c> of</c><00:41:50.519><c> the</c><00:41:50.739><c> sister</c><00:41:51.079><c> are</c><00:41:51.380><c> for</c><00:41:51.559><c> others.</c>

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:53.360
And<00:41:52.000><c> what</c><00:41:52.099><c> might</c><00:41:52.300><c> those</c><00:41:52.639><c> prayers</c><00:41:53.000><c> be</c>

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:55.940
that<00:41:53.539><c> a</c><00:41:53.699><c> sister</c><00:41:53.980><c> ought</c><00:41:54.280><c> to</c><00:41:54.559><c> pray</c><00:41:54.880><c> in</c><00:41:55.440><c> private?</c>

00:41:56.340 --> 00:41:59.539
Well,<00:41:56.539><c> they</c><00:41:56.719><c> could</c><00:41:56.980><c> be</c><00:41:57.320><c> in</c><00:41:57.659><c> treaties</c><00:41:58.159><c> for</c><00:41:58.800><c> the</c><00:41:59.079><c> wayward</c>

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:02.760
or<00:41:59.960><c> for</c><00:42:00.199><c> the</c><00:42:00.460><c> weary</c><00:42:00.820><c> in</c><00:42:01.159><c> the</c><00:42:01.400><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:05.239
They<00:42:02.900><c> could</c><00:42:03.139><c> be</c><00:42:03.380><c> petitions</c><00:42:03.820><c> for</c><00:42:04.019><c> those</c><00:42:04.420><c> in</c><00:42:04.800><c> trouble</c>

00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:07.000
or<00:42:05.679><c> in</c><00:42:06.059><c> trial.</c>

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:10.800
They<00:42:07.900><c> could</c><00:42:08.159><c> be</c><00:42:08.420><c> prayers</c><00:42:08.739><c> for</c><00:42:09.000><c> the</c><00:42:09.300><c> binding</c><00:42:09.639><c> of</c><00:42:10.039><c> the</c><00:42:10.239><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:13.739
that<00:42:10.960><c> we</c><00:42:11.119><c> might</c><00:42:11.380><c> all</c><00:42:11.780><c> grow</c><00:42:12.019><c> and</c><00:42:12.219><c> be</c><00:42:12.440><c> nourished</c><00:42:12.780><c> together.</c>

00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:16.300
They<00:42:14.000><c> might</c><00:42:14.260><c> be</c><00:42:14.579><c> prayers</c><00:42:14.920><c> for</c><00:42:15.139><c> the</c><00:42:15.340><c> specific</c><00:42:15.800><c> needs</c>

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:18.659
of<00:42:16.719><c> individual</c><00:42:17.280><c> members</c><00:42:17.780><c> of</c><00:42:18.059><c> the</c><00:42:18.260><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.980
who<00:42:18.840><c> are</c><00:42:19.079><c> struggling.</c>

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.800
They<00:42:20.239><c> might</c><00:42:20.440><c> be</c><00:42:20.679><c> prayers</c><00:42:20.940><c> for</c><00:42:21.139><c> the</c><00:42:21.360><c> family.</c>

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:23.760
They<00:42:22.199><c> might</c><00:42:22.400><c> be</c><00:42:22.639><c> prayers</c><00:42:22.940><c> for</c><00:42:23.159><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:25.820
They<00:42:24.159><c> might</c><00:42:24.360><c> be</c><00:42:24.619><c> prayers</c><00:42:24.920><c> for</c><00:42:25.179><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:29.000
They<00:42:26.219><c> might</c><00:42:26.440><c> be</c><00:42:26.739><c> prayers</c><00:42:26.920><c> for</c><00:42:27.119><c> those</c><00:42:27.420><c> in</c><00:42:27.780><c> the</c><00:42:27.980><c> missionary</c><00:42:28.360><c> fields.</c>

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:30.679
Prayers<00:42:29.719><c> for</c><00:42:30.039><c> correction.</c>

00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:36.079
Is<00:42:31.519><c> there</c><00:42:31.780><c> any</c><00:42:32.500><c> shortage</c><00:42:32.920><c> of</c><00:42:33.320><c> prayers</c><00:42:33.539><c> that</c><00:42:34.000><c> sisters</c><00:42:34.619><c> need</c><00:42:35.440><c> to</c><00:42:35.840><c> pray?</c>

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:38.400
And<00:42:36.300><c> the</c><00:42:36.360><c> answer</c><00:42:36.639><c> is</c><00:42:36.860><c> there's</c><00:42:37.139><c> a</c><00:42:37.239><c> whole</c><00:42:37.420><c> host</c><00:42:37.719><c> of</c><00:42:38.099><c> prayers</c>

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:40.039
that<00:42:38.619><c> ought</c><00:42:38.760><c> to</c><00:42:38.880><c> be</c><00:42:39.079><c> offered</c><00:42:39.219><c> by</c><00:42:39.559><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:42.739
The<00:42:40.559><c> fact</c><00:42:40.719><c> that</c><00:42:40.840><c> they</c><00:42:41.059><c> don't</c><00:42:41.320><c> offer</c><00:42:41.579><c> public</c><00:42:42.099><c> prayers</c>

00:42:42.739 --> 00:42:45.820
doesn't<00:42:43.619><c> change</c><00:42:44.019><c> the</c><00:42:44.239><c> fact</c><00:42:44.360><c> that</c><00:42:44.500><c> they</c><00:42:44.659><c> must</c><00:42:44.900><c> give</c><00:42:45.280><c> prayers.</c>

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:48.940
And<00:42:46.400><c> I</c><00:42:46.679><c> believe</c><00:42:46.880><c> that</c><00:42:47.239><c> those</c><00:42:47.760><c> private</c><00:42:48.380><c> prayers</c>

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:53.599
are<00:42:49.599><c> a</c><00:42:50.039><c> vital</c><00:42:50.420><c> contribution</c><00:42:51.400><c> to</c><00:42:52.219><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:52.679><c> life.</c>

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:57.980
And<00:42:56.280><c> do</c><00:42:56.440><c> you</c><00:42:56.440><c> know</c><00:42:56.539><c> what</c><00:42:56.639><c> the</c><00:42:56.920><c> overwhelming</c><00:42:57.539><c> spirit</c>

00:42:57.980 --> 00:43:00.579
of<00:42:58.159><c> all</c><00:42:58.380><c> those</c><00:42:58.679><c> prayers</c><00:42:58.980><c> is,</c><00:42:59.280><c> brothers</c><00:42:59.420><c> and</c><00:42:59.639><c> sisters?</c>

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:07.320
It's<00:43:03.480><c> the</c><00:43:03.539><c> spirit</c><00:43:03.719><c> of</c><00:43:04.039><c> nurture</c><00:43:04.760><c> and</c><00:43:06.260><c> support.</c>

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:13.059
That's<00:43:09.519><c> the</c><00:43:09.659><c> guiding</c><00:43:10.019><c> spirit</c><00:43:10.360><c> of</c><00:43:10.539><c> those</c><00:43:10.880><c> prayers,</c><00:43:11.320><c> isn't</c><00:43:11.480><c> it?</c>

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:16.559
That<00:43:13.699><c> she</c><00:43:13.940><c> prays</c><00:43:14.280><c> after</c><00:43:14.599><c> the</c><00:43:14.840><c> spirit</c><00:43:15.019><c> of</c><00:43:15.380><c> nurture</c><00:43:15.800><c> and</c><00:43:16.179><c> support</c>

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:20.820
because<00:43:16.920><c> that's</c><00:43:17.480><c> her</c><00:43:17.800><c> role</c><00:43:18.760><c> in</c><00:43:20.239><c> ecclesial</c><00:43:20.619><c> life.</c>

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:22.360
Do<00:43:20.960><c> you</c><00:43:20.960><c> think</c><00:43:21.099><c> those</c><00:43:21.460><c> prayers</c><00:43:21.679><c> are</c><00:43:21.840><c> any</c><00:43:22.119><c> less</c>

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:24.139
because<00:43:22.599><c> they're</c><00:43:22.860><c> offered</c><00:43:23.000><c> in</c><00:43:23.320><c> private?</c>

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:27.900
Do<00:43:25.059><c> you</c><00:43:25.139><c> think</c><00:43:25.280><c> the</c><00:43:25.599><c> Father</c><00:43:25.920><c> sees</c><00:43:26.260><c> them</c><00:43:26.500><c> as</c><00:43:26.940><c> of</c><00:43:27.059><c> any</c><00:43:27.260><c> lesser</c><00:43:27.539><c> value</c>

00:43:27.900 --> 00:43:30.780
because<00:43:28.139><c> they're</c><00:43:28.420><c> not</c><00:43:28.679><c> offered</c><00:43:28.900><c> publicly</c><00:43:29.420><c> in</c><00:43:30.199><c> the</c><00:43:30.420><c> face</c>

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:32.719
and<00:43:31.039><c> in</c><00:43:31.179><c> the</c><00:43:31.320><c> years</c><00:43:31.480><c> of</c><00:43:31.659><c> the</c><00:43:31.860><c> community</c><00:43:32.199><c> as</c><00:43:32.440><c> a</c><00:43:32.539><c> whole?</c>

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:35.199
I<00:43:33.000><c> think</c><00:43:33.179><c> not,</c><00:43:33.780><c> brothers</c><00:43:33.880><c> and</c><00:43:34.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:38.880
I<00:43:36.820><c> think</c><00:43:37.039><c> not.</c>

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:49.840
So<00:43:42.960><c> doorkeepers</c><00:43:43.420><c> for</c><00:43:43.679><c> men</c><00:43:44.860><c> and</c><00:43:48.099><c> suppers</c><00:43:48.719><c> for</c><00:43:49.659><c> women.</c>

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:53.519
Now,<00:43:50.420><c> you</c><00:43:50.539><c> know,</c><00:43:50.719><c> in</c><00:43:50.960><c> America</c><00:43:51.519><c> you're</c><00:43:52.360><c> not</c><00:43:52.539><c> as</c><00:43:52.900><c> civilised</c>

00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:56.960
as<00:43:53.659><c> we</c><00:43:53.880><c> in</c><00:43:54.019><c> New</c><00:43:54.300><c> Zealand</c><00:43:54.840><c> because</c><00:43:55.619><c> after</c><00:43:56.219><c> our</c><00:43:56.579><c> lectures</c>

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:59.079
in<00:43:57.239><c> the</c><00:43:57.360><c> evening</c><00:43:57.619><c> we</c><00:43:57.860><c> have</c><00:43:58.480><c> a</c><00:43:58.739><c> gathering</c>

00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:00.960
and<00:43:59.280><c> we</c><00:43:59.380><c> have</c><00:43:59.639><c> either</c><00:44:00.099><c> tea</c><00:44:00.420><c> and</c><00:44:00.719><c> coffee</c>

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:04.099
and<00:44:01.119><c> we</c><00:44:01.239><c> have,</c><00:44:01.719><c> well,</c><00:44:02.280><c> various</c><00:44:02.420><c> things</c><00:44:03.159><c> on</c><00:44:03.619><c> plates</c>

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:09.539
that<00:44:04.679><c> can</c><00:44:04.900><c> be</c><00:44:05.199><c> consumed</c><00:44:06.280><c> along</c><00:44:07.800><c> with</c><00:44:08.019><c> our</c><00:44:08.280><c> conversation.</c>

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:11.699
It's<00:44:10.460><c> probably</c><00:44:10.579><c> a</c><00:44:10.780><c> bad</c><00:44:10.940><c> thing</c><00:44:11.099><c> in</c><00:44:11.320><c> some</c><00:44:11.539><c> ways</c>

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:13.800
because<00:44:11.860><c> it</c><00:44:12.039><c> tends</c><00:44:12.239><c> to</c><00:44:12.460><c> make</c><00:44:12.599><c> the</c><00:44:12.840><c> discussions</c><00:44:13.179><c> after</c><00:44:13.519><c> meetings</c>

00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:16.579
even<00:44:14.219><c> longer</c><00:44:14.599><c> than</c><00:44:14.760><c> they</c><00:44:15.019><c> already</c><00:44:15.500><c> are.</c>

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:18.739
But<00:44:17.179><c> can</c><00:44:17.340><c> we</c><00:44:17.420><c> have</c><00:44:17.500><c> a</c><00:44:17.500><c> look</c><00:44:17.639><c> at</c><00:44:17.739><c> John</c><00:44:18.019><c> chapter</c><00:44:18.360><c> 12?</c>

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:21.440
And<00:44:19.039><c> I</c><00:44:19.280><c> know</c><00:44:19.440><c> I'm</c><00:44:19.599><c> over</c><00:44:19.820><c> time</c><00:44:20.079><c> here,</c><00:44:20.300><c> so</c><00:44:20.679><c> let</c><00:44:20.900><c> me</c><00:44:21.039><c> just</c><00:44:21.260><c> try</c>

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:23.099
and<00:44:21.679><c> quickly</c><00:44:21.960><c> finish</c><00:44:22.260><c> with</c><00:44:22.519><c> this</c><00:44:22.719><c> idea</c>

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:24.980
and<00:44:23.260><c> then</c><00:44:23.739><c> a</c><00:44:24.059><c> closing</c><00:44:24.460><c> thought.</c>

00:44:25.380 --> 00:44:28.039
John<00:44:25.679><c> chapter</c><00:44:26.079><c> 12,</c><00:44:26.679><c> just</c><00:44:26.880><c> a</c><00:44:27.059><c> nice</c><00:44:27.320><c> thought</c><00:44:27.579><c> here,</c><00:44:27.940><c> you</c><00:44:27.940><c> see,</c>

00:44:28.099 --> 00:44:33.179
because<00:44:28.920><c> you</c><00:44:29.239><c> remember</c><00:44:29.420><c> the</c><00:44:29.880><c> supper</c><00:44:30.079><c> in</c><00:44:30.340><c> the</c><00:44:30.539><c> house</c><00:44:30.739><c> of</c><00:44:30.980><c> Lazarus.</c>

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:38.920
So<00:44:36.139><c> when</c><00:44:36.300><c> I</c><00:44:36.559><c> use</c><00:44:36.739><c> the</c><00:44:36.920><c> word</c><00:44:37.260><c> suppers,</c><00:44:37.920><c> what</c><00:44:38.079><c> I</c><00:44:38.420><c> really</c><00:44:38.679><c> mean</c>

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:43.280
is<00:44:39.360><c> the</c><00:44:39.840><c> preparation</c><00:44:40.320><c> of</c><00:44:41.539><c> refreshment</c><00:44:42.320><c> after</c><00:44:42.860><c> meeting.</c>

00:44:43.619 --> 00:44:45.739
So<00:44:43.800><c> let</c><00:44:44.019><c> me</c><00:44:44.280><c> sort</c><00:44:44.420><c> of</c><00:44:44.639><c> use</c><00:44:44.860><c> that</c><00:44:45.139><c> expression,</c>

00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:49.059
the<00:44:46.360><c> provision</c><00:44:46.800><c> of</c><00:44:47.219><c> refreshments</c><00:44:47.940><c> after</c><00:44:48.480><c> meetings.</c>

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:51.440
Now,<00:44:49.599><c> in</c><00:44:49.719><c> John</c><00:44:50.000><c> 12</c><00:44:50.320><c> in</c><00:44:50.519><c> verse</c><00:44:50.780><c> 2</c><00:44:51.000><c> it</c><00:44:51.119><c> says,</c>

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:54.420
there<00:44:51.960><c> they</c><00:44:52.280><c> made</c><00:44:52.500><c> him</c><00:44:52.699><c> a</c><00:44:52.860><c> supper</c><00:44:53.039><c> and</c><00:44:53.480><c> Martha</c><00:44:53.820><c> served,</c>

00:44:54.619 --> 00:44:56.719
but<00:44:54.820><c> Lazarus</c><00:44:55.219><c> was</c><00:44:55.400><c> one</c><00:44:55.619><c> of</c><00:44:55.699><c> them</c><00:44:55.840><c> that</c><00:44:56.059><c> sat</c><00:44:56.179><c> at</c><00:44:56.340><c> the</c><00:44:56.480><c> table</c>

00:44:56.719 --> 00:44:57.099
with<00:44:56.900><c> him.</c>

00:44:57.579 --> 00:45:00.280
Martha<00:44:58.099><c> served,</c><00:44:59.039><c> says</c><00:44:59.480><c> verse</c><00:44:59.880><c> 2.</c>

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:03.699
Do<00:45:00.639><c> you</c><00:45:00.699><c> know</c><00:45:00.840><c> that</c><00:45:01.119><c> the</c><00:45:01.679><c> root</c><00:45:01.840><c> of</c><00:45:02.059><c> that</c><00:45:02.340><c> word</c><00:45:02.539><c> in</c><00:45:02.739><c> verse</c><00:45:03.039><c> 2</c>

00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:05.380
when<00:45:04.039><c> it</c><00:45:04.179><c> says</c><00:45:04.300><c> that</c><00:45:04.619><c> Martha</c><00:45:04.920><c> served,</c>

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:07.400
it's<00:45:05.619><c> the</c><00:45:05.739><c> Greek</c><00:45:05.940><c> word</c><00:45:06.159><c> diakonos.</c>

00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:12.519
And<00:45:08.519><c> that's</c><00:45:08.960><c> the</c><00:45:09.139><c> same</c><00:45:09.519><c> word</c><00:45:10.039><c> translated</c><00:45:10.800><c> deacons.</c>

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:16.980
In<00:45:13.360><c> the</c><00:45:13.480><c> 1st</c><00:45:13.780><c> of</c><00:45:13.920><c> Timothy</c><00:45:14.940><c> concerning</c><00:45:15.780><c> the</c><00:45:16.059><c> service</c><00:45:16.380><c> of</c><00:45:16.619><c> brethren</c>

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:18.960
in<00:45:17.199><c> the</c><00:45:17.239><c> 1st</c><00:45:17.579><c> of</c><00:45:17.719><c> Timothy</c><00:45:18.059><c> chapter</c><00:45:18.420><c> 3,</c>

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:21.480
she<00:45:19.300><c> was</c><00:45:19.579><c> a</c><00:45:19.820><c> deacon,</c><00:45:20.820><c> brothers</c><00:45:20.940><c> and</c><00:45:21.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:24.079
because<00:45:21.940><c> she</c><00:45:22.199><c> offered</c><00:45:22.519><c> her</c><00:45:22.980><c> offering</c><00:45:23.159><c> in</c><00:45:23.380><c> the</c><00:45:23.539><c> same</c><00:45:23.800><c> spirit</c>

00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:26.500
that<00:45:24.280><c> happened</c><00:45:24.539><c> to</c><00:45:24.699><c> be</c><00:45:24.800><c> in</c><00:45:24.920><c> the</c><00:45:25.099><c> provision</c><00:45:25.360><c> of</c><00:45:25.840><c> refreshments,</c>

00:45:26.659 --> 00:45:28.980
but<00:45:26.780><c> it</c><00:45:26.900><c> was</c><00:45:27.059><c> no</c><00:45:27.300><c> lesser</c><00:45:27.599><c> contribution.</c>

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:33.059
She<00:45:30.260><c> was</c><00:45:30.500><c> as</c><00:45:30.599><c> it</c><00:45:30.760><c> were</c><00:45:30.920><c> a</c><00:45:31.119><c> deacon</c><00:45:31.420><c> in</c><00:45:31.619><c> the</c><00:45:31.840><c> Ecclesia</c><00:45:32.139><c> or</c><00:45:32.440><c> a</c><00:45:32.559><c> deaconess,</c>

00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:35.780
but<00:45:33.320><c> in</c><00:45:33.480><c> a</c><00:45:33.659><c> different</c><00:45:33.920><c> role,</c><00:45:34.559><c> in</c><00:45:34.760><c> a</c><00:45:34.900><c> different</c><00:45:35.159><c> capacity,</c>

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:37.900
but<00:45:36.079><c> the</c><00:45:36.300><c> same</c><00:45:36.599><c> spirit</c><00:45:36.940><c> of</c><00:45:37.179><c> giving.</c>

00:45:39.880 --> 00:45:42.300
And<00:45:40.280><c> so</c><00:45:40.440><c> one</c><00:45:40.599><c> of</c><00:45:40.739><c> the</c><00:45:40.780><c> things</c><00:45:40.980><c> that</c><00:45:41.199><c> we</c><00:45:41.420><c> exhort</c><00:45:41.679><c> our</c><00:45:41.980><c> sisters</c>

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:42.800
on<00:45:42.519><c> is,</c>

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:44.159
see,<00:45:42.980><c> what</c><00:45:43.139><c> tends</c><00:45:43.420><c> to</c><00:45:43.639><c> happen</c><00:45:43.739><c> is</c><00:45:43.960><c> this,</c>

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:46.179
they're<00:45:44.619><c> asked</c><00:45:44.780><c> to</c><00:45:45.019><c> provide</c><00:45:45.260><c> the</c><00:45:45.579><c> refreshments,</c>

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:47.800
and<00:45:46.639><c> so</c><00:45:46.739><c> they</c><00:45:46.900><c> forget</c><00:45:47.159><c> to</c><00:45:47.340><c> bring</c><00:45:47.460><c> the</c><00:45:47.619><c> milk</c>

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:49.460
and<00:45:47.940><c> they</c><00:45:48.159><c> forget</c><00:45:48.380><c> to</c><00:45:48.579><c> turn</c><00:45:48.699><c> the</c><00:45:48.900><c> hot</c><00:45:49.059><c> water</c><00:45:49.300><c> on</c>

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:50.619
and<00:45:49.519><c> they</c><00:45:49.639><c> don't</c><00:45:49.860><c> get</c><00:45:50.039><c> the</c><00:45:50.219><c> cups</c><00:45:50.420><c> out</c>

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:52.199
and<00:45:50.739><c> the</c><00:45:50.900><c> meeting</c><00:45:51.079><c> concludes</c><00:45:51.519><c> and</c><00:45:51.719><c> nothing's</c><00:45:52.039><c> ready</c>

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:53.480
and<00:45:52.300><c> everyone</c><00:45:52.539><c> comes</c><00:45:52.780><c> up</c><00:45:52.980><c> the</c><00:45:53.119><c> back</c><00:45:53.260><c> and,</c>

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:55.199
oh,<00:45:53.679><c> we</c><00:45:53.800><c> haven't</c><00:45:53.960><c> done</c><00:45:54.139><c> it</c><00:45:54.340><c> yet.</c>

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:57.039
It's<00:45:56.099><c> not</c><00:45:56.340><c> organized.</c>

00:45:58.059 --> 00:46:00.139
And<00:45:58.280><c> they're</c><00:45:58.500><c> meant</c><00:45:58.539><c> to</c><00:45:58.719><c> bring</c><00:45:58.900><c> a</c><00:45:59.239><c> plate</c><00:45:59.380><c> of</c><00:45:59.639><c> food</c><00:45:59.880><c> along</c>

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:02.119
and<00:46:00.239><c> what</c><00:46:00.360><c> they</c><00:46:00.579><c> don't,</c><00:46:00.980><c> well,</c><00:46:01.059><c> they</c><00:46:01.260><c> forget</c><00:46:01.519><c> to</c><00:46:01.719><c> bring</c><00:46:01.820><c> the</c><00:46:02.019><c> food</c>

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:04.780
and<00:46:02.260><c> so</c><00:46:02.360><c> they</c><00:46:02.519><c> bring</c><00:46:02.639><c> a</c><00:46:02.820><c> packet</c><00:46:02.980><c> of</c><00:46:03.239><c> biscuits</c><00:46:03.579><c> instead.</c>

00:46:04.860 --> 00:46:07.000
Now,<00:46:04.980><c> by</c><00:46:05.139><c> the</c><00:46:05.219><c> way,</c><00:46:05.300><c> I've</c><00:46:05.480><c> got</c><00:46:05.579><c> nothing</c><00:46:05.800><c> against</c><00:46:06.139><c> a</c><00:46:06.340><c> packet</c><00:46:06.519><c> of</c><00:46:06.739><c> biscuits</c>

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:09.539
because<00:46:07.239><c> I'm</c><00:46:07.460><c> sure</c><00:46:07.639><c> that</c><00:46:07.840><c> some</c><00:46:08.039><c> packets</c><00:46:08.260><c> of</c><00:46:08.500><c> biscuits</c><00:46:08.739><c> are</c><00:46:09.139><c> splendid.</c>

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:12.260
There<00:46:09.739><c> are</c><00:46:09.860><c> some</c><00:46:10.079><c> brethren</c><00:46:10.239><c> who</c><00:46:10.820><c> promote</c><00:46:11.199><c> packets</c><00:46:11.579><c> of</c><00:46:11.860><c> biscuits</c>

00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:13.699
as<00:46:12.500><c> being</c><00:46:12.780><c> good.</c>

00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:18.860
But<00:46:16.579><c> you</c><00:46:16.760><c> see,</c><00:46:16.980><c> I</c><00:46:16.980><c> think</c><00:46:17.260><c> that</c><00:46:17.719><c> one</c><00:46:17.880><c> of</c><00:46:18.059><c> the</c><00:46:18.179><c> things</c>

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:24.099
that<00:46:19.559><c> a</c><00:46:19.619><c> sister</c><00:46:20.000><c> ought</c><00:46:20.320><c> to</c><00:46:20.559><c> do</c><00:46:20.739><c> is</c><00:46:21.139><c> the</c><00:46:21.500><c> labours</c><00:46:21.920><c> of</c><00:46:22.239><c> her</c><00:46:22.780><c> hands.</c>

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:28.039
That<00:46:25.579><c> this</c><00:46:25.780><c> is</c><00:46:25.940><c> an</c><00:46:26.179><c> offering</c><00:46:26.500><c> for</c><00:46:26.699><c> the</c><00:46:26.980><c> truth.</c>

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:31.619
Now,<00:46:29.659><c> it's</c><00:46:29.920><c> a</c><00:46:30.059><c> strange</c><00:46:30.260><c> thing,</c><00:46:30.579><c> you</c><00:46:30.599><c> know,</c><00:46:30.719><c> but</c><00:46:30.860><c> in</c><00:46:31.019><c> our</c><00:46:31.199><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:33.440
if<00:46:31.780><c> you</c><00:46:31.940><c> put</c><00:46:32.079><c> a</c><00:46:32.219><c> plate</c><00:46:32.340><c> of</c><00:46:32.679><c> sandwiches</c><00:46:33.079><c> out</c>

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:34.920
and<00:46:33.599><c> a</c><00:46:33.719><c> packet</c><00:46:33.900><c> of</c><00:46:34.199><c> biscuits</c><00:46:34.480><c> out,</c>

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:38.139
guess<00:46:35.380><c> which</c><00:46:35.719><c> plate</c><00:46:36.019><c> will</c><00:46:36.300><c> disappear</c><00:46:36.659><c> first</c><00:46:37.199><c> every</c><00:46:37.800><c> time</c>

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:39.719
without<00:46:38.480><c> fail?</c>

00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:44.739
He's<00:46:43.320><c> right,</c><00:46:43.579><c> the</c><00:46:43.840><c> sandwiches.</c>

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:48.780
And<00:46:46.679><c> you</c><00:46:46.800><c> know</c><00:46:47.059><c> that</c><00:46:47.360><c> the</c><00:46:47.639><c> sandwiches</c><00:46:47.960><c> disappear</c><00:46:48.480><c> first</c>

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:51.440
because<00:46:49.039><c> for</c><00:46:49.239><c> some</c><00:46:49.440><c> reason</c><00:46:49.639><c> people</c><00:46:49.900><c> actually</c><00:46:50.320><c> like</c><00:46:50.619><c> savory</c><00:46:51.039><c> things</c>

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:53.539
and<00:46:51.820><c> yet</c><00:46:52.000><c> sisters</c><00:46:52.219><c> will</c><00:46:52.440><c> continue</c><00:46:52.739><c> to</c><00:46:52.960><c> bring</c><00:46:53.099><c> biscuits</c>

00:46:53.539 --> 00:46:55.639
and<00:46:53.940><c> never</c><00:46:54.139><c> provide</c><00:46:54.519><c> sandwiches.</c>

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:59.480
Do<00:46:57.360><c> you</c><00:46:57.360><c> know</c><00:46:57.460><c> why</c><00:46:57.599><c> they</c><00:46:57.800><c> bring</c><00:46:57.940><c> biscuits</c><00:46:58.280><c> and</c><00:46:58.440><c> not</c><00:46:58.599><c> sandwiches?</c>

00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:02.900
Because<00:47:01.239><c> it</c><00:47:01.400><c> was</c><00:47:01.659><c> easier.</c>

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:07.739
But<00:47:04.460><c> that's</c><00:47:04.900><c> not</c><00:47:05.179><c> the</c><00:47:05.460><c> spirit</c><00:47:05.719><c> of</c><00:47:06.079><c> nurture</c><00:47:06.400><c> and</c><00:47:06.820><c> support,</c><00:47:07.420><c> is</c><00:47:07.500><c> it?</c>

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:09.699
Even<00:47:08.199><c> in</c><00:47:08.420><c> such</c><00:47:08.619><c> a</c><00:47:08.800><c> menial</c><00:47:09.199><c> task.</c>

00:47:10.079 --> 00:47:12.000
You<00:47:10.139><c> know,</c><00:47:10.300><c> if</c><00:47:10.500><c> a</c><00:47:10.639><c> brother</c><00:47:10.800><c> stood</c><00:47:11.019><c> up</c><00:47:11.219><c> every</c><00:47:11.480><c> Sunday</c><00:47:11.739><c> and</c><00:47:11.900><c> said,</c>

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:14.980
well,<00:47:12.139><c> look,</c><00:47:12.260><c> I'm</c><00:47:12.480><c> sorry,</c><00:47:12.699><c> but</c><00:47:12.840><c> I</c><00:47:13.019><c> haven't</c><00:47:13.179><c> had</c><00:47:13.380><c> time</c><00:47:13.699><c> to</c><00:47:14.019><c> organize</c><00:47:14.300><c> an</c><00:47:14.519><c> exhortation</c>

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:17.139
so<00:47:15.239><c> I'm</c><00:47:15.559><c> going</c><00:47:15.659><c> to</c><00:47:15.780><c> read</c><00:47:15.920><c> out</c><00:47:16.059><c> of</c><00:47:16.159><c> a</c><00:47:16.280><c> book.</c>

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:20.739
If<00:47:18.820><c> a</c><00:47:18.940><c> brother</c><00:47:19.039><c> continued</c><00:47:19.559><c> to</c><00:47:19.780><c> do</c><00:47:19.860><c> that,</c><00:47:20.019><c> after</c><00:47:20.280><c> a</c><00:47:20.400><c> while</c><00:47:20.480><c> we'd</c><00:47:20.659><c> say,</c>

00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:23.420
but<00:47:21.239><c> you</c><00:47:21.699><c> were</c><00:47:21.880><c> meant</c><00:47:21.960><c> to</c><00:47:22.260><c> prepare</c><00:47:22.460><c> something</c><00:47:22.820><c> from</c><00:47:23.099><c> the</c><00:47:23.300><c> Word</c>

00:47:23.420 --> 00:47:24.059
of<00:47:23.719><c> God.</c>

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:25.639
That's<00:47:24.659><c> your</c><00:47:24.920><c> responsibility.</c>

00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:26.920
You're<00:47:25.960><c> the</c><00:47:26.199><c> exhorting</c><00:47:26.739><c> brother.</c>

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:28.639
You've<00:47:27.199><c> got</c><00:47:27.300><c> to</c><00:47:27.760><c> prepare</c><00:47:28.199><c> that.</c>

00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:31.159
Well,<00:47:29.500><c> so</c><00:47:29.780><c> should</c><00:47:30.019><c> a</c><00:47:30.099><c> sister.</c>

00:47:32.179 --> 00:47:35.659
If<00:47:32.739><c> he's</c><00:47:32.920><c> not</c><00:47:33.119><c> allowed</c><00:47:33.300><c> to</c><00:47:33.420><c> give</c><00:47:33.539><c> a</c><00:47:33.739><c> spiritual</c><00:47:34.179><c> packet</c><00:47:34.480><c> of</c><00:47:34.739><c> biscuits,</c>

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.960
why<00:47:37.719><c> should</c><00:47:38.000><c> she?</c>

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:44.179
The<00:47:40.639><c> funny</c><00:47:40.760><c> thing,</c><00:47:40.980><c> you</c><00:47:41.099><c> know,</c><00:47:41.780><c> I</c><00:47:42.059><c> gave</c><00:47:42.360><c> this</c><00:47:42.679><c> study,</c><00:47:43.639><c> brothers</c><00:47:43.739><c> and</c><00:47:43.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:46.480
in<00:47:44.579><c> an</c><00:47:44.760><c> ecclesia</c><00:47:45.119><c> in</c><00:47:45.400><c> Australia</c>

00:47:47.219 --> 00:47:50.480
and<00:47:47.780><c> exhorted</c><00:47:48.219><c> all</c><00:47:48.539><c> the</c><00:47:48.699><c> sisters</c><00:47:48.960><c> to</c><00:47:49.320><c> faith</c><00:47:49.619><c> and</c><00:47:49.880><c> good</c><00:47:50.139><c> works</c>

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:52.559
and<00:47:50.900><c> plates</c><00:47:51.219><c> of</c><00:47:51.579><c> sandwiches.</c>

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:55.019
And<00:47:53.139><c> by</c><00:47:53.360><c> the</c><00:47:53.480><c> way,</c><00:47:53.820><c> I'll</c><00:47:54.179><c> gladly</c><00:47:54.420><c> eat</c><00:47:54.760><c> either.</c>

00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:57.880
It's<00:47:55.460><c> not</c><00:47:55.699><c> to</c><00:47:55.920><c> do</c><00:47:56.099><c> with</c><00:47:56.420><c> particularly</c><00:47:56.820><c> what's</c><00:47:57.099><c> on</c><00:47:57.260><c> the</c><00:47:57.480><c> plate</c><00:47:57.659><c> here.</c>

00:47:57.880 --> 00:48:02.280
It's<00:47:58.440><c> to</c><00:47:58.559><c> do</c><00:47:58.920><c> with</c><00:47:59.400><c> making</c><00:47:59.739><c> even</c><00:48:00.300><c> what</c><00:48:00.679><c> seems</c><00:48:00.980><c> a</c><00:48:01.300><c> menial</c><00:48:01.780><c> task</c>

00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:06.460
a<00:48:02.820><c> gracious</c><00:48:03.260><c> act</c><00:48:03.739><c> of</c><00:48:04.199><c> service</c><00:48:04.739><c> done</c><00:48:05.079><c> as</c><00:48:05.460><c> well</c><00:48:05.679><c> as</c><00:48:05.780><c> it</c><00:48:06.119><c> possibly</c>

00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:07.400
could<00:48:06.980><c> be</c>

00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:11.219
in<00:48:08.340><c> the</c><00:48:08.599><c> spirit</c><00:48:08.780><c> of</c><00:48:09.099><c> nurture</c><00:48:09.400><c> and</c><00:48:09.800><c> support</c><00:48:10.380><c> that</c><00:48:10.739><c> the</c><00:48:10.940><c> members</c>

00:48:11.219 --> 00:48:12.260
are<00:48:11.539><c> cared</c><00:48:11.780><c> for.</c>

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:14.440
It's<00:48:12.679><c> the</c><00:48:12.920><c> spirit</c><00:48:13.219><c> that</c><00:48:13.360><c> we're</c><00:48:13.559><c> talking</c><00:48:13.840><c> about,</c><00:48:14.179><c> isn't</c><00:48:14.239><c> it?</c>

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:15.860
Not<00:48:14.679><c> what's</c><00:48:14.880><c> on</c><00:48:15.059><c> the</c><00:48:15.219><c> plate</c><00:48:15.400><c> particularly.</c>

00:48:16.260 --> 00:48:19.219
But<00:48:16.320><c> having</c><00:48:16.559><c> given</c><00:48:16.800><c> this</c><00:48:17.260><c> exhortation</c><00:48:18.039><c> in</c><00:48:18.320><c> a</c><00:48:18.519><c> particular</c><00:48:18.880><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:48:19.239 --> 00:48:22.619
we<00:48:19.360><c> got</c><00:48:19.519><c> a</c><00:48:19.739><c> phone</c><00:48:20.019><c> call</c><00:48:20.460><c> the</c><00:48:20.780><c> week</c><00:48:21.019><c> after</c><00:48:21.519><c> on</c><00:48:21.980><c> the</c><00:48:22.199><c> Wednesday</c>

00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:24.320
night<00:48:23.059><c> after</c><00:48:23.420><c> Bible</c><00:48:23.940><c> class.</c>

00:48:24.320 --> 00:48:28.420
And<00:48:24.679><c> a</c><00:48:24.840><c> sister</c><00:48:25.119><c> rang</c><00:48:25.400><c> me</c><00:48:25.659><c> to</c><00:48:25.840><c> say</c><00:48:26.260><c> that</c><00:48:26.699><c> they</c><00:48:27.300><c> had</c><00:48:27.519><c> just</c><00:48:27.760><c> concluded</c><00:48:28.199><c> the</c>

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:29.079
Bible<00:48:28.699><c> class</c>

00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:33.420
and<00:48:29.460><c> that</c><00:48:29.860><c> the</c><00:48:30.360><c> supper</c><00:48:30.639><c> table</c><00:48:31.119><c> was</c><00:48:31.900><c> groaning</c><00:48:32.539><c> with</c><00:48:32.960><c> food,</c>

00:48:33.780 --> 00:48:37.380
that<00:48:33.860><c> there</c><00:48:34.019><c> was</c><00:48:34.280><c> pizzas</c><00:48:34.820><c> and</c><00:48:35.179><c> sandwiches</c><00:48:35.760><c> and</c><00:48:36.179><c> pies.</c>

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:40.280
And<00:48:38.039><c> apparently</c><00:48:38.480><c> all</c><00:48:38.800><c> the</c><00:48:39.019><c> brethren,</c><00:48:39.380><c> the</c><00:48:39.579><c> brothers,</c><00:48:39.960><c> were</c><00:48:40.000><c> asking,</c>

00:48:40.420 --> 00:48:42.679
could<00:48:40.480><c> they</c><00:48:40.760><c> please</c><00:48:41.000><c> get</c><00:48:41.239><c> that</c><00:48:41.460><c> Brother</c><00:48:41.679><c> Lewis</c><00:48:42.019><c> back</c><00:48:42.260><c> to</c><00:48:42.460><c> give</c>

00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:43.559
further<00:48:43.099><c> studies</c>

00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:46.800
because<00:48:44.260><c> they</c><00:48:44.619><c> thought</c><00:48:44.800><c> that</c><00:48:44.980><c> his</c><00:48:45.119><c> words</c><00:48:45.380><c> were</c><00:48:45.719><c> excellent.</c>

00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:50.380
It's<00:48:48.300><c> to</c><00:48:48.420><c> do</c><00:48:48.519><c> with</c><00:48:48.699><c> the</c><00:48:49.039><c> spirit,</c><00:48:49.280><c> isn't</c><00:48:49.500><c> it,</c><00:48:49.619><c> of</c><00:48:49.780><c> our</c><00:48:50.079><c> service</c>

00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:51.300
that<00:48:50.579><c> we're</c><00:48:50.800><c> talking</c><00:48:51.099><c> here.</c>

00:48:51.300 --> 00:48:56.019
Even<00:48:51.699><c> the</c><00:48:52.119><c> mundane</c><00:48:52.719><c> things</c><00:48:53.380><c> can</c><00:48:53.920><c> be</c><00:48:54.219><c> turned</c><00:48:54.420><c> into</c><00:48:54.679><c> an</c><00:48:54.940><c> offering</c><00:48:55.119><c> to</c><00:48:55.340><c> the</c><00:48:55.579><c> Father,</c>

00:48:56.280 --> 00:48:59.480
whether<00:48:56.500><c> it</c><00:48:56.719><c> be</c><00:48:57.239><c> opening</c><00:48:57.619><c> the</c><00:48:57.880><c> door</c><00:48:58.139><c> for</c><00:48:58.380><c> a</c><00:48:58.519><c> brother</c>

00:48:59.659 --> 00:49:03.119
or<00:49:00.219><c> serving</c><00:49:00.599><c> a</c><00:49:00.719><c> cup</c><00:49:00.940><c> of</c><00:49:01.380><c> tea</c><00:49:01.659><c> for</c><00:49:01.860><c> a</c><00:49:02.059><c> sister.</c>

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:06.679
One<00:49:04.280><c> is</c><00:49:04.480><c> the</c><00:49:04.599><c> act</c><00:49:04.780><c> of</c><00:49:04.960><c> leadership</c><00:49:05.440><c> and</c><00:49:05.719><c> provision.</c>

00:49:06.739 --> 00:49:08.960
The<00:49:06.940><c> other</c><00:49:07.119><c> is</c><00:49:07.300><c> the</c><00:49:07.519><c> spirit</c><00:49:07.739><c> of</c><00:49:08.039><c> nurture</c><00:49:08.340><c> and</c><00:49:08.639><c> support.</c>

00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:10.320
But<00:49:09.300><c> they're</c><00:49:09.699><c> both</c><00:49:09.980><c> needed.</c>

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:12.500
Let<00:49:10.719><c> me</c><00:49:10.860><c> close</c><00:49:11.079><c> with</c><00:49:11.239><c> one</c><00:49:11.699><c> lovely</c><00:49:12.099><c> thought,</c>

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:16.480
1<00:49:13.199><c> Timothy</c><00:49:13.579><c> 3,</c><00:49:14.360><c> verse</c><00:49:14.739><c> 16.</c>

00:49:18.679 --> 00:49:24.480
In<00:49:19.280><c> the</c><00:49:19.460><c> 1</c><00:49:19.659><c> Timothy</c><00:49:20.039><c> 3,</c><00:49:22.039><c> and</c><00:49:22.199><c> verse</c><00:49:22.420><c> 16,</c><00:49:23.179><c> it</c><00:49:23.179><c> says</c><00:49:23.500><c> this,</c>

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:31.860
And<00:49:26.760><c> without</c><00:49:27.300><c> controversy</c><00:49:28.480><c> great</c><00:49:29.780><c> is</c><00:49:29.980><c> the</c><00:49:30.119><c> mystery</c><00:49:30.480><c> of</c><00:49:30.780><c> godliness.</c>

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:39.059
God<00:49:35.239><c> was</c><00:49:35.840><c> manifest</c><00:49:37.139><c> in</c><00:49:37.719><c> the</c><00:49:38.019><c> flesh.</c>

00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:43.059
Now<00:49:40.940><c> most</c><00:49:41.179><c> of</c><00:49:41.320><c> you</c><00:49:41.420><c> will</c><00:49:41.559><c> know</c><00:49:41.719><c> that</c><00:49:41.900><c> at</c><00:49:41.980><c> least</c><00:49:42.420><c> to</c><00:49:42.639><c> begin</c><00:49:42.880><c> with,</c>

00:49:43.219 --> 00:49:45.480
that's<00:49:43.360><c> a</c><00:49:43.500><c> reference</c><00:49:43.760><c> to</c><00:49:44.019><c> our</c><00:49:44.159><c> Lord</c><00:49:44.460><c> Jesus</c><00:49:44.900><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:47.760
But<00:49:45.659><c> it's</c><00:49:45.840><c> more</c><00:49:46.079><c> than</c><00:49:46.199><c> the</c><00:49:46.320><c> Lord,</c><00:49:46.679><c> brothers</c><00:49:46.820><c> and</c><00:49:47.039><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:49:48.099><c> the</c><00:49:48.300><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:49:49.079><c> it's</c><00:49:49.320><c> the</c><00:49:49.380><c> body</c><00:49:49.639><c> of</c><00:49:49.860><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:49:50.860><c> God</c><00:49:51.320><c> is</c><00:49:51.840><c> manifest</c><00:49:52.340><c> in</c><00:49:52.539><c> the</c><00:49:52.699><c> body</c><00:49:53.019><c> of</c><00:49:53.280><c> Christ.</c>

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Do<00:49:55.159><c> you</c><00:49:55.159><c> know</c><00:49:55.239><c> what's</c><00:49:55.480><c> interesting</c><00:49:55.840><c> about</c><00:49:56.099><c> the</c><00:49:56.239><c> 1</c><00:49:56.460><c> Timothy</c><00:49:56.840><c> 3,</c>

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in<00:49:57.679><c> verse</c><00:49:57.880><c> 16?</c>

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That<00:49:58.980><c> this</c><00:49:59.400><c> statement</c><00:49:59.760><c> concerning</c><00:50:00.420><c> God's</c><00:50:01.480><c> manifestation</c>

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comes<00:50:02.900><c> at</c><00:50:03.119><c> the</c><00:50:03.159><c> end</c><00:50:03.340><c> of</c><00:50:03.579><c> two</c><00:50:03.960><c> chapters</c>

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discussing<00:50:05.480><c> the</c><00:50:05.820><c> contribution</c><00:50:06.420><c> of</c><00:50:06.780><c> brothers</c><00:50:07.179><c> and</c><00:50:07.739><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:50:08.920><c> their</c><00:50:09.139><c> respective</c><00:50:09.840><c> roles</c><00:50:10.539><c> in</c><00:50:11.059><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:11.579><c> life.</c>

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Because<00:50:13.639><c> that's</c><00:50:14.119><c> where</c><00:50:14.320><c> God's</c><00:50:15.380><c> manifestation</c><00:50:15.380><c> is</c><00:50:15.800><c> seen,</c><00:50:16.860><c> brothers</c><00:50:17.019><c> and</c><00:50:17.320><c> sisters.</c>

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In<00:50:19.260><c> our</c><00:50:19.480><c> respective</c><00:50:20.059><c> contributions</c><00:50:20.860><c> in</c><00:50:21.219><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:21.699><c> life,</c>

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God's<00:50:23.719><c> manifestation</c><00:50:23.719><c> is</c><00:50:24.239><c> finally</c><00:50:24.800><c> seen.</c>

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Now<00:50:25.480><c> just</c><00:50:25.639><c> look</c><00:50:25.780><c> at</c><00:50:25.920><c> this</c><00:50:26.239><c> and</c><00:50:26.500><c> see</c><00:50:26.719><c> how</c><00:50:26.900><c> that</c><00:50:27.320><c> outworks</c>

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in<00:50:28.260><c> the</c><00:50:28.440><c> reality</c><00:50:28.780><c> of</c><00:50:29.039><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:29.460><c> life.</c>

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Man<00:50:30.659><c> and</c><00:50:31.079><c> woman</c><00:50:31.579><c> bring</c><00:50:32.280><c> to</c><00:50:32.440><c> the</c><00:50:32.780><c> ecclesiast</c><00:50:33.320><c> complementary</c><00:50:34.099><c> skills.</c>

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It<00:50:35.559><c> is</c><00:50:35.760><c> in</c><00:50:35.860><c> the</c><00:50:36.079><c> blending</c><00:50:36.440><c> of</c><00:50:36.900><c> these</c><00:50:37.239><c> together</c><00:50:37.840><c> in</c><00:50:38.679><c> mutual</c><00:50:39.340><c> activity</c>

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that<00:50:40.699><c> God's</c><00:50:41.480><c> manifestation</c><00:50:42.480><c> is</c><00:50:42.780><c> seen</c><00:50:42.940><c> among</c><00:50:43.199><c> us.</c>

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Leadership<00:50:44.519><c> and</c><00:50:44.900><c> support,</c><00:50:46.059><c> logic</c><00:50:46.559><c> and</c><00:50:47.219><c> intuition,</c>

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provision<00:50:49.000><c> and</c><00:50:49.840><c> nurture,</c><00:50:51.059><c> strength</c><00:50:51.579><c> and</c><00:50:52.320><c> emotion,</c>

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sacrifice<00:50:54.619><c> and</c><00:50:55.260><c> submission,</c><00:50:56.639><c> judgment</c><00:50:57.239><c> and</c><00:50:57.940><c> sympathy,</c>

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discipline<00:50:59.980><c> and</c><00:51:00.860><c> comfort,</c><00:51:02.420><c> firmness</c><00:51:03.179><c> and</c><00:51:04.059><c> tenderness,</c>

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direction<00:51:06.420><c> and</c><00:51:07.380><c> ministration,</c><00:51:09.460><c> principle</c><00:51:10.119><c> and</c><00:51:11.679><c> practice.</c>

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When<00:51:14.199><c> we</c><00:51:14.360><c> come</c><00:51:14.579><c> together</c><00:51:14.900><c> as</c><00:51:15.139><c> brothers</c><00:51:15.320><c> and</c><00:51:15.619><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:51:17.739><c> we</c><00:51:18.019><c> balance</c><00:51:18.380><c> together</c><00:51:18.860><c> all</c><00:51:19.300><c> those</c><00:51:19.699><c> God</c><00:51:20.139><c>-given</c><00:51:20.599><c> qualities</c>

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and<00:51:22.960><c> we</c><00:51:23.139><c> bring</c><00:51:23.300><c> together</c><00:51:23.860><c> equality,</c><00:51:26.539><c> hierarchy,</c><00:51:28.880><c> diversity,</c>

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the<00:51:32.400><c> character</c><00:51:32.880><c> of</c><00:51:33.119><c> the</c><00:51:33.380><c> Father</c><00:51:34.000><c> is</c><00:51:35.280><c> seen</c><00:51:35.480><c> amongst</c><00:51:35.900><c> us</c>

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and<00:51:38.440><c> God</c><00:51:38.659><c> is</c><00:51:38.860><c> revealed.</c>

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What<00:51:41.719><c> a</c><00:51:41.840><c> wondrous</c><00:51:42.139><c> thought</c><00:51:42.360><c> that</c><00:51:42.599><c> is.</c>

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How<00:51:45.719><c> blessed</c><00:51:45.980><c> we</c><00:51:46.260><c> are</c><00:51:47.380><c> to</c><00:51:48.320><c> know</c><00:51:48.559><c> his</c><00:51:48.840><c> principles.</c>

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We'd<00:52:15.079><c> like</c><00:52:15.199><c> to</c><00:52:15.659><c> thank</c><00:52:15.659><c> you</c><00:52:16.019><c> for</c><00:52:16.880><c> helping</c><00:52:17.340><c> us</c>

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to<00:52:17.900><c> better</c><00:52:18.079><c> understand</c><00:52:19.059><c> principles</c><00:52:19.920><c> guiding</c><00:52:20.480><c> our</c><00:52:21.760><c> lives</c>

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as<00:52:22.360><c> workers</c><00:52:22.760><c> together</c><00:52:23.500><c> in</c><00:52:24.360><c> his</c><00:52:24.579><c> ecclesia.</c>

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We'll<00:52:27.019><c> ask</c><00:52:27.199><c> our</c><00:52:27.380><c> brother</c><00:52:27.679><c> Tim</c><00:52:28.059><c> Lang</c><00:52:28.420><c> to</c><00:52:29.079><c> offer</c><00:52:29.460><c> a</c><00:52:29.780><c> closing</c><00:52:30.099><c> prayer</c>

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after<00:52:31.739><c> we</c><00:52:32.480><c> sing</c><00:52:32.820><c> hymn</c><00:52:33.139><c> number</c><00:52:33.599><c> 309.</c>

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Hymn<00:52:49.199><c> number</c><00:52:49.480><c> 309.</c>

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Hymn<00:53:00.880><c> number</c><00:53:01.840><c> 309.</c>