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And<00:11:20.980><c> so</c><00:11:21.080><c> he</c><00:11:21.179><c> writes</c><00:11:21.399><c> to</c><00:11:21.679><c> the</c><00:11:21.860><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:11:23.519><c> this</c><00:11:23.679><c> comes</c><00:11:23.940><c> alive.</c><00:11:24.360><c> It's</c><00:11:24.559><c> got</c><00:11:24.620><c> to</c><00:11:24.799><c> come</c><00:11:25.000><c> alive</c><00:11:25.379><c> for</c><00:11:26.179><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:11:28.240><c> a</c><00:11:28.460><c> relationship</c><00:11:29.100><c> thing,</c><00:11:29.620><c> brethren</c><00:11:29.779><c> and</c><00:11:29.980><c> sisters.</c>

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We're<00:11:32.159><c> talking</c><00:11:32.360><c> about</c><00:11:32.539><c> a</c><00:11:32.679><c> relationship</c><00:11:33.320><c> here.</c>

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You<00:11:35.019><c> just</c><00:11:35.279><c> notice.</c>

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Let<00:11:35.980><c> me</c><00:11:35.980><c> put</c><00:11:36.159><c> the</c><00:11:36.340><c> emphasis</c><00:11:36.720><c> on</c><00:11:36.940><c> a</c><00:11:37.120><c> word</c><00:11:37.279><c> here.</c>

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We'll<00:11:37.720><c> leave</c><00:11:37.840><c> out</c><00:11:38.120><c> the</c><00:11:38.419><c> italics</c><00:11:39.379><c> in</c><00:11:40.000><c> verse</c><00:11:40.340><c> 1.</c>

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We'll<00:11:41.840><c> leave</c><00:11:42.039><c> those</c><00:11:42.279><c> out</c><00:11:42.500><c> because</c><00:11:42.700><c> they're</c><00:11:42.899><c> not</c><00:11:43.100><c> there</c><00:11:43.259><c> in</c>

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the<00:11:43.539><c> original.</c>

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But<00:11:44.860><c> he</c><00:11:45.000><c> says</c><00:11:45.200><c> to</c><00:11:45.360><c> the</c><00:11:45.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:11:46.100><c> of</c><00:11:46.679><c> the</c><00:11:46.919><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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in<00:11:48.440><c> God</c><00:11:49.159><c> the</c><00:11:49.419><c> Father</c><00:11:49.980><c> and</c><00:11:50.419><c> the</c><00:11:50.620><c> Lord</c><00:11:50.879><c> Jesus</c><00:11:51.379><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:11:53.360><c> where</c><00:11:53.500><c> the</c><00:11:53.679><c> Ecclesia</c><00:11:54.039><c> was.</c>

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They<00:11:54.399><c> had</c><00:11:54.639><c> to</c><00:11:54.940><c> really</c><00:11:55.960><c> feel</c><00:11:56.620><c> that</c><00:11:56.860><c> and</c><00:11:57.039><c> respond</c><00:11:57.600><c> to</c><00:11:57.840><c> that.</c>

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They<00:11:58.980><c> were</c><00:11:59.259><c> in</c><00:12:00.120><c> God</c><00:12:00.759><c> the</c><00:12:01.159><c> Father</c><00:12:01.779><c> and</c><00:12:02.559><c> the</c><00:12:02.740><c> Lord</c><00:12:02.960><c> Jesus</c><00:12:03.379><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:12:04.600><c> a</c><00:12:04.740><c> wonderful</c><00:12:05.039><c> relationship.</c>

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This<00:12:05.759><c> is</c><00:12:06.059><c> our</c><00:12:06.320><c> relationship,</c><00:12:07.500><c> my</c><00:12:07.700><c> dear</c><00:12:07.840><c> brethren</c><00:12:08.120><c> and</c><00:12:08.320><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:12:09.200><c> is</c><00:12:09.980><c> the</c><00:12:10.200><c> essence</c><00:12:10.759><c> of</c><00:12:11.240><c> fellowship.</c>

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Our<00:12:13.139><c> fellowship,</c><00:12:13.620><c> John</c><00:12:13.960><c> says,</c><00:12:14.240><c> is</c><00:12:14.360><c> with</c><00:12:14.539><c> the</c><00:12:14.840><c> Father</c><00:12:15.440><c> and</c><00:12:16.019><c> with</c><00:12:16.240><c> His</c>

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Son<00:12:16.820><c> Jesus</c><00:12:17.279><c> Christ.</c>

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First<00:12:19.340><c> John,</c><00:12:20.220><c> first</c><00:12:20.460><c> chapter.</c>

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Third<00:12:22.299><c> verse,</c><00:12:22.580><c> I</c><00:12:22.820><c> think.</c>

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But,<00:12:23.820><c> I</c><00:12:23.879><c> mean,</c><00:12:24.080><c> that's</c><00:12:24.700><c> the</c><00:12:24.980><c> essence</c><00:12:25.320><c> of</c><00:12:25.580><c> fellowship.</c>

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And<00:12:26.019><c> they</c><00:12:26.179><c> had</c><00:12:26.379><c> to</c><00:12:27.100><c> sense</c><00:12:27.480><c> this.</c>

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That<00:12:28.600><c> they</c><00:12:28.700><c> were</c><00:12:28.960><c> connected</c><00:12:29.539><c> to</c><00:12:30.539><c> God</c><00:12:30.919><c> and</c><00:12:31.159><c> to</c><00:12:31.320><c> His</c><00:12:31.539><c> Son.</c>

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I<00:12:32.679><c> believe</c><00:12:32.840><c> there's</c><00:12:33.080><c> nothing</c><00:12:33.259><c> higher</c><00:12:33.639><c> than</c><00:12:33.840><c> this.</c>

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There's<00:12:34.139><c> nothing</c><00:12:34.340><c> greater</c><00:12:34.759><c> than</c><00:12:34.899><c> this,</c><00:12:35.299><c> brethren</c><00:12:35.399><c> and</c><00:12:35.580><c> sisters.</c>

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This<00:12:36.379><c> is</c><00:12:36.600><c> what</c><00:12:37.120><c> Paul</c><00:12:37.440><c> to</c><00:12:37.559><c> the</c><00:12:37.779><c> Ephesians,</c><00:12:38.139><c> he</c><00:12:38.279><c> says,</c>

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we're<00:12:39.139><c> blessed</c><00:12:39.600><c> in</c><00:12:40.120><c> heavenly</c><00:12:40.620><c> places</c><00:12:41.299><c> in</c><00:12:42.039><c> Christ</c><00:12:42.419><c> Jesus.</c>

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It's<00:12:43.740><c> so</c><00:12:43.879><c> Jesus</c><00:12:44.279><c> on</c><00:12:44.519><c> the</c><00:12:44.700><c> right</c><00:12:44.919><c> hand</c><00:12:45.080><c> of</c><00:12:45.200><c> the</c><00:12:45.399><c> Father</c><00:12:45.679><c> has</c><00:12:46.159><c> us</c>

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there<00:12:46.879><c> with</c><00:12:47.100><c> Him.</c>

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Because<00:12:48.240><c> our</c><00:12:48.519><c> lives</c><00:12:48.779><c> are</c><00:12:49.039><c> hid</c><00:12:49.159><c> with</c><00:12:49.460><c> Christ</c><00:12:49.940><c> in</c><00:12:50.399><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:12:52.679><c> a</c><00:12:52.759><c> great</c><00:12:53.000><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:12:54.779><c> this</c><00:12:54.940><c> young</c><00:12:55.179><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:12:56.299><c> this</c><00:12:56.580><c> infant</c><00:12:56.899><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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had<00:12:57.919><c> to</c><00:12:58.059><c> get</c><00:12:58.220><c> the</c><00:12:58.500><c> sense</c><00:12:58.720><c> of</c><00:12:58.940><c> that</c><00:12:59.139><c> and</c><00:12:59.259><c> to</c><00:12:59.539><c> feel</c><00:12:59.659><c> it</c><00:12:59.860><c> within</c><00:13:00.059><c> themselves,</c>

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as<00:13:01.799><c> I</c><00:13:01.919><c> hope</c><00:13:02.120><c> we</c><00:13:02.320><c> feel</c><00:13:02.519><c> it</c><00:13:02.700><c> within</c><00:13:02.860><c> ourselves,</c>

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this<00:13:04.200><c> great</c><00:13:04.559><c> relationship</c><00:13:05.279><c> that</c><00:13:06.460><c> speaks</c><00:13:06.580><c> of</c><00:13:06.759><c> that</c><00:13:06.919><c> wonderful</c><00:13:07.340><c> fellowship.</c>

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There's<00:13:08.419><c> nothing</c><00:13:08.639><c> higher</c><00:13:08.980><c> than</c><00:13:09.200><c> this.</c>

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Nothing<00:13:10.639><c> in</c><00:13:10.840><c> this</c><00:13:11.139><c> world</c><00:13:11.620><c> that</c><00:13:12.139><c> is</c><00:13:12.320><c> higher</c><00:13:12.580><c> than</c><00:13:12.820><c> this.</c>

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And<00:13:16.820><c> so</c><00:13:17.299><c> this</c><00:13:17.440><c> is</c><00:13:17.639><c> why</c><00:13:17.899><c> when</c><00:13:18.519><c> Paul</c><00:13:19.059><c> writes</c><00:13:19.440><c> his</c><00:13:19.700><c> letters,</c>

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he<00:13:21.039><c> uses</c><00:13:21.259><c> the</c><00:13:21.440><c> kind</c><00:13:21.580><c> of</c><00:13:21.840><c> terms</c><00:13:22.019><c> he</c><00:13:22.200><c> does.</c>

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So<00:13:22.860><c> beautiful</c><00:13:23.440><c> terms,</c><00:13:23.879><c> sensitive</c><00:13:24.379><c> terms.</c>

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Grace<00:13:27.100><c> and</c><00:13:27.620><c> peace,</c><00:13:28.019><c> he</c><00:13:28.279><c> says.</c>

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And<00:13:29.379><c> sometimes</c><00:13:29.740><c> adds</c><00:13:30.039><c> mercy.</c>

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When<00:13:30.580><c> he</c><00:13:30.720><c> writes</c><00:13:30.840><c> to</c><00:13:31.080><c> Timothy</c><00:13:31.340><c> and</c><00:13:31.580><c> Titus,</c><00:13:32.120><c> he</c><00:13:32.279><c> puts</c><00:13:32.500><c> the</c><00:13:32.700><c> word</c>

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mercy<00:13:33.240><c> in</c><00:13:33.460><c> with</c><00:13:33.580><c> that.</c>

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But<00:13:34.340><c> it's</c><00:13:34.580><c> grace</c><00:13:34.899><c> and</c><00:13:35.279><c> peace.</c>

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He's<00:13:36.559><c> excited</c><00:13:37.000><c> by</c><00:13:37.220><c> his</c><00:13:37.419><c> brothers</c><00:13:37.600><c> and</c><00:13:37.860><c> sisters.</c>

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He's<00:13:39.580><c> thrilled</c><00:13:39.779><c> by</c><00:13:40.000><c> the</c><00:13:40.179><c> fact</c><00:13:40.320><c> that</c><00:13:40.480><c> he</c><00:13:40.820><c> has</c><00:13:41.039><c> this</c><00:13:41.320><c> Ecclesian</c><00:13:41.860><c> Thessalonica</c>

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and<00:13:43.059><c> the</c><00:13:43.340><c> relationship</c><00:13:44.159><c> is</c><00:13:44.419><c> together</c><00:13:44.759><c> in</c><00:13:45.039><c> God</c><00:13:45.379><c> and</c><00:13:45.539><c> in</c><00:13:45.799><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:13:48.340><c> he's</c><00:13:48.659><c> strengthened</c><00:13:48.919><c> by</c><00:13:49.220><c> them,</c><00:13:49.940><c> strengthened</c><00:13:50.299><c> by</c><00:13:50.960><c> one</c><00:13:51.200><c> another.</c>

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And<00:13:51.919><c> so</c><00:13:52.019><c> he</c><00:13:52.080><c> says</c><00:13:52.259><c> grace,</c><00:13:54.399><c> common</c><00:13:54.559><c> expression</c><00:13:55.100><c> to</c><00:13:55.740><c> the</c><00:13:55.899><c> Greeks.</c>

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They<00:13:56.299><c> would</c><00:13:56.399><c> understand</c><00:13:56.899><c> this</c><00:13:57.120><c> has</c><00:13:57.340><c> to</c><00:13:57.500><c> do</c><00:13:57.620><c> with</c><00:13:57.899><c> favor,</c><00:13:58.440><c> the</c>

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word<00:13:58.799><c> charis.</c>

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Some<00:14:00.659><c> people</c><00:14:00.860><c> have</c><00:14:01.059><c> got</c><00:14:01.179><c> a</c><00:14:01.340><c> hold</c><00:14:01.440><c> of</c><00:14:01.580><c> that</c>

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and<00:14:01.820><c> they've</c><00:14:02.019><c> made</c><00:14:02.159><c> a</c><00:14:02.659><c> charismatic</c><00:14:03.519><c> movement</c><00:14:04.620><c> out</c><00:14:04.860><c> of</c><00:14:04.980><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:06.340><c> that's</c><00:14:06.500><c> not</c><00:14:06.700><c> the</c><00:14:06.879><c> intention</c><00:14:07.200><c> of</c><00:14:07.440><c> this.</c>

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But<00:14:08.559><c> this</c><00:14:08.700><c> is</c><00:14:08.860><c> the</c><00:14:09.039><c> grace</c><00:14:09.259><c> of</c><00:14:09.519><c> God</c><00:14:09.940><c> in</c><00:14:10.500><c> our</c><00:14:10.860><c> calling,</c><00:14:11.200><c> the</c><00:14:11.379><c> grace</c><00:14:11.580><c> of</c><00:14:11.860><c> God,</c>

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the<00:14:12.360><c> favor</c><00:14:12.539><c> of</c><00:14:12.740><c> God</c><00:14:12.960><c> is</c><00:14:13.179><c> directed</c><00:14:13.659><c> toward</c><00:14:14.379><c> us.</c>

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And<00:14:14.659><c> so</c><00:14:14.799><c> he</c><00:14:14.899><c> says</c><00:14:15.059><c> peace,</c><00:14:15.899><c> grace</c><00:14:16.080><c> and</c><00:14:16.379><c> peace,</c>

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the<00:14:17.860><c> Greek</c><00:14:18.059><c> word</c><00:14:18.240><c> that</c><00:14:18.539><c> corresponds</c><00:14:19.080><c> to</c><00:14:19.340><c> the</c><00:14:19.820><c> Hebrew</c><00:14:20.279><c> shalom.</c>

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We<00:14:21.120><c> know</c><00:14:21.299><c> what</c><00:14:21.360><c> that</c><00:14:21.620><c> is.</c>

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But<00:14:22.279><c> it's</c><00:14:22.419><c> more</c><00:14:22.639><c> than</c><00:14:22.820><c> peace,</c><00:14:23.320><c> brothers</c><00:14:23.440><c> and</c><00:14:23.679><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:14:24.620><c> talking</c><00:14:24.879><c> about</c><00:14:25.759><c> wholeness,</c><00:14:27.960><c> completeness,</c><00:14:29.620><c> fullness,</c>

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to<00:14:30.480><c> be</c><00:14:30.659><c> full</c><00:14:30.879><c> in</c><00:14:31.019><c> the</c><00:14:31.279><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:14:33.019><c> when</c><00:14:33.100><c> he</c><00:14:33.179><c> says</c><00:14:33.279><c> grace</c><00:14:33.639><c> and</c><00:14:33.899><c> peace,</c>

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we<00:14:34.120><c> don't</c><00:14:34.259><c> want</c><00:14:34.360><c> to</c><00:14:34.460><c> just</c><00:14:34.600><c> get</c><00:14:34.860><c> caught</c><00:14:35.059><c> with</c><00:14:35.720><c> the</c><00:14:35.980><c> tightness</c>

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of<00:14:36.559><c> the</c><00:14:36.759><c> word</c>

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and<00:14:37.100><c> not</c><00:14:37.279><c> really</c><00:14:37.559><c> see</c><00:14:37.799><c> the</c><00:14:38.340><c> fullness</c><00:14:38.659><c> of</c><00:14:38.919><c> it</c><00:14:39.019><c> as</c><00:14:39.139><c> it</c><00:14:39.379><c> opens</c><00:14:39.539><c> out.</c>

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Paul<00:14:40.039><c> wishes</c><00:14:40.320><c> more</c><00:14:40.720><c> for</c><00:14:41.019><c> them</c><00:14:41.200><c> than</c><00:14:41.379><c> just</c><00:14:42.700><c> peace</c><00:14:43.759><c> and</c><00:14:44.059><c> quiet.</c>

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He<00:14:45.700><c> wants</c><00:14:45.919><c> them</c><00:14:46.039><c> to</c><00:14:46.179><c> be</c><00:14:46.419><c> whole</c><00:14:46.879><c> and</c><00:14:47.460><c> complete</c>

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in<00:14:49.100><c> the</c><00:14:49.299><c> things</c><00:14:49.460><c> of</c><00:14:49.700><c> God</c><00:14:49.940><c> and</c><00:14:50.100><c> in</c><00:14:50.220><c> the</c><00:14:50.320><c> things</c><00:14:50.460><c> of</c><00:14:50.720><c> Christ.</c>

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That<00:14:53.620><c> divine</c><00:14:54.019><c> favor</c><00:14:54.679><c> makes</c><00:14:55.799><c> us</c><00:14:56.100><c> one</c><00:14:56.559><c> in</c><00:14:57.000><c> Christ</c><00:14:57.320><c> Jesus.</c>

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It<00:14:57.879><c> made</c><00:14:58.100><c> them</c><00:14:58.440><c> one</c><00:14:58.639><c> in</c><00:14:58.940><c> Christ</c><00:14:59.200><c> Jesus.</c>

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It<00:14:59.840><c> should</c><00:15:00.120><c> bring</c><00:15:01.059><c> peace</c><00:15:02.039><c> and</c><00:15:03.159><c> stability</c><00:15:03.860><c> into</c><00:15:05.460><c> the</c><00:15:05.759><c> scene.</c>

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That's<00:15:07.679><c> what</c><00:15:07.779><c> it</c><00:15:07.960><c> should</c><00:15:08.120><c> do,</c><00:15:08.519><c> brothers</c><00:15:08.600><c> and</c><00:15:08.700><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:15:10.100><c> we</c><00:15:10.440><c> are</c><00:15:10.740><c> the</c><00:15:10.860><c> ecclesia</c><00:15:11.200><c> of</c><00:15:11.419><c> God</c><00:15:12.080><c> in</c><00:15:12.779><c> Christ,</c><00:15:13.799><c> in</c><00:15:14.159><c> God.</c>

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That<00:15:15.879><c> word</c><00:15:16.080><c> of</c><00:15:16.320><c> grace,</c><00:15:16.559><c> that</c><00:15:16.740><c> word</c><00:15:16.940><c> of</c><00:15:17.179><c> peace</c><00:15:17.700><c> is</c><00:15:18.580><c> directed</c>

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toward<00:15:19.320><c> us.</c>

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What<00:15:20.200><c> more</c><00:15:20.399><c> could</c><00:15:20.539><c> we</c><00:15:20.740><c> want</c><00:15:20.940><c> than</c><00:15:21.080><c> this?</c>

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Everything<00:15:23.980><c> is</c><00:15:24.419><c> in</c><00:15:24.779><c> place</c><00:15:25.159><c> for</c><00:15:25.500><c> us</c><00:15:26.559><c> by</c><00:15:27.039><c> the</c><00:15:27.240><c> grace</c><00:15:27.460><c> of</c><00:15:27.639><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:28.779><c> Paul</c><00:15:28.960><c> is</c><00:15:29.179><c> excited.</c>

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And<00:15:30.320><c> when</c><00:15:30.399><c> you</c><00:15:30.580><c> start</c><00:15:30.799><c> to</c><00:15:31.019><c> read</c><00:15:31.179><c> here</c><00:15:31.480><c> in</c><00:15:31.899><c> this</c><00:15:32.059><c> first</c><00:15:32.399><c> chapter,</c>

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it's<00:15:32.980><c> almost</c><00:15:33.159><c> like</c><00:15:33.360><c> the</c><00:15:33.539><c> words</c><00:15:33.679><c> are</c><00:15:34.360><c> just</c><00:15:34.500><c> tumbling</c><00:15:34.840><c> out</c><00:15:35.139><c> of</c><00:15:35.360><c> Paul.</c>

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Words<00:15:35.899><c> on</c><00:15:36.120><c> top</c><00:15:36.399><c> of</c><00:15:36.620><c> words,</c><00:15:37.360><c> and</c><00:15:37.500><c> he</c><00:15:37.720><c> just</c><00:15:38.019><c> can't</c><00:15:38.720><c> make</c><00:15:39.139><c> the</c><00:15:39.399><c> picture</c>

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as<00:15:39.940><c> big</c><00:15:40.100><c> as</c><00:15:40.240><c> he</c><00:15:40.320><c> wants</c><00:15:40.559><c> to</c><00:15:40.759><c> make</c><00:15:40.919><c> it,</c><00:15:41.039><c> and</c><00:15:41.139><c> so</c><00:15:41.240><c> it</c><00:15:41.279><c> just</c><00:15:41.460><c> kind</c><00:15:41.639><c> of</c><00:15:41.840><c> grows.</c>

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And<00:15:42.879><c> he's</c><00:15:43.139><c> excited.</c>

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He's<00:15:45.460><c> expressing</c><00:15:45.899><c> his</c><00:15:47.240><c> exuberant</c><00:15:48.039><c> feelings</c>

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for<00:15:48.659><c> those</c><00:15:48.879><c> that</c><00:15:49.019><c> he</c><00:15:49.139><c> loves</c><00:15:49.340><c> in</c><00:15:49.500><c> the</c><00:15:49.740><c> truth.</c>

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Look<00:15:50.840><c> at</c><00:15:51.039><c> verse</c><00:15:51.299><c> 2</c><00:15:51.559><c> through</c><00:15:51.840><c> 4.</c>

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Just<00:15:53.159><c> see</c><00:15:53.299><c> how</c><00:15:53.480><c> all</c><00:15:53.679><c> this...</c>

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And<00:15:54.679><c> you</c><00:15:54.759><c> just</c><00:15:54.960><c> remember,</c><00:15:55.340><c> on</c><00:15:55.440><c> your</c><00:15:55.659><c> handout,</c>

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remember<00:15:56.320><c> those</c><00:15:56.620><c> three</c><00:15:57.120><c> words</c><00:15:57.460><c> that</c><00:15:57.620><c> we</c><00:15:57.820><c> say</c><00:15:57.919><c> are</c><00:15:58.200><c> just</c><00:15:58.600><c> woven</c>

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through<00:15:59.220><c> it.</c>

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I<00:15:59.980><c> want</c><00:16:00.120><c> to</c><00:16:00.240><c> just</c><00:16:00.419><c> focus</c><00:16:00.720><c> on</c><00:16:00.899><c> those</c><00:16:01.080><c> a</c><00:16:01.179><c> little</c><00:16:01.399><c> bit.</c>

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Sometimes<00:16:02.259><c> we</c><00:16:02.419><c> tend</c><00:16:02.620><c> to</c><00:16:02.759><c> be</c><00:16:02.860><c> too</c><00:16:03.120><c> narrow</c><00:16:03.440><c> in</c><00:16:03.639><c> our</c><00:16:03.759><c> use</c><00:16:03.899><c> of</c><00:16:04.159><c> words,</c>

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and<00:16:05.399><c> Paul</c><00:16:05.720><c> is</c><00:16:05.860><c> not</c><00:16:06.019><c> like</c><00:16:06.279><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:16:06.720><c> expands</c><00:16:07.360><c> them.</c>

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Paul<00:16:08.679><c> shows</c><00:16:08.960><c> you</c><00:16:09.120><c> what</c><00:16:09.240><c> the</c><00:16:09.440><c> meaning</c><00:16:09.720><c> of</c><00:16:09.899><c> them</c><00:16:10.059><c> is.</c>

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Just<00:16:11.960><c> look.</c>

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Verse<00:16:13.360><c> 2</c><00:16:13.559><c> he</c><00:16:13.639><c> says,</c>

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We<00:16:13.879><c> give</c><00:16:14.120><c> thanks</c><00:16:14.460><c> to</c><00:16:14.620><c> God</c><00:16:14.960><c> always</c><00:16:15.539><c> for</c><00:16:15.720><c> you</c><00:16:16.000><c> all,</c>

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making<00:16:17.879><c> mention</c><00:16:18.259><c> of</c><00:16:18.379><c> you</c><00:16:18.559><c> in</c><00:16:18.779><c> our</c><00:16:19.000><c> prayers,</c>

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remembering<00:16:20.799><c> without</c><00:16:21.259><c> ceasing</c>

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your<00:16:22.679><c> work</c><00:16:22.940><c> of</c><00:16:23.279><c> faith</c><00:16:23.820><c> and</c><00:16:24.580><c> labor</c><00:16:24.940><c> of</c><00:16:25.259><c> love</c>

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and<00:16:26.580><c> patience</c><00:16:27.019><c> of</c><00:16:27.379><c> hope</c><00:16:27.639><c> in</c><00:16:27.860><c> our</c><00:16:28.059><c> Lord</c><00:16:28.259><c> Jesus</c><00:16:28.700><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:16:29.500><c> the</c><00:16:29.740><c> sight</c><00:16:29.879><c> of</c><00:16:30.120><c> God</c><00:16:30.500><c> and</c><00:16:30.779><c> our</c><00:16:31.000><c> Father,</c>

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knowing,<00:16:32.580><c> brethren,</c><00:16:32.940><c> beloved,</c><00:16:33.399><c> your</c><00:16:33.559><c> election</c><00:16:34.159><c> of</c><00:16:34.419><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:36.360><c> I</c><00:16:36.539><c> believe</c><00:16:36.840><c> there's</c><00:16:37.080><c> a</c><00:16:37.279><c> great</c><00:16:37.779><c> lesson</c><00:16:38.240><c> in</c><00:16:38.480><c> that</c><00:16:38.779><c> for</c><00:16:39.000><c> us.</c>

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Verse<00:16:41.340><c> 2.</c>

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Paul's<00:16:42.379><c> giving</c><00:16:42.620><c> thanks,</c><00:16:43.059><c> isn't</c><00:16:43.259><c> he?</c>

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Giving<00:16:44.600><c> thanks</c><00:16:44.940><c> always</c><00:16:45.620><c> for</c><00:16:45.840><c> you</c><00:16:46.159><c> all,</c><00:16:46.399><c> he</c><00:16:46.559><c> says,</c>

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making<00:16:47.039><c> mention</c><00:16:47.379><c> of</c><00:16:47.480><c> you</c><00:16:47.620><c> in</c><00:16:47.779><c> our</c><00:16:48.039><c> prayers.</c>

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There's<00:16:49.220><c> a</c><00:16:49.360><c> great</c><00:16:49.559><c> lesson</c><00:16:49.860><c> in</c><00:16:50.039><c> that.</c>

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Do<00:16:50.279><c> we</c><00:16:50.379><c> pray</c><00:16:50.600><c> for</c><00:16:50.799><c> one</c><00:16:51.000><c> another?</c>

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Of<00:16:54.259><c> course</c><00:16:54.519><c> we</c><00:16:54.659><c> do,</c><00:16:55.019><c> brethren</c><00:16:55.159><c> and</c><00:16:55.340><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:16:55.820><c> know</c><00:16:56.000><c> we</c><00:16:56.220><c> do.</c>

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We<00:16:56.500><c> hear</c><00:16:56.720><c> it</c><00:16:57.740><c> here</c><00:16:57.980><c> in</c><00:16:58.100><c> this</c><00:16:58.379><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:16:58.860><c> hear</c><00:16:59.000><c> it</c><00:16:59.179><c> in</c><00:16:59.320><c> our</c><00:16:59.519><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:16:59.919><c> hear</c><00:17:00.039><c> it</c><00:17:00.259><c> everywhere</c><00:17:00.539><c> we</c><00:17:00.840><c> travel.</c>

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We<00:17:01.720><c> pray</c><00:17:02.059><c> for</c><00:17:02.220><c> one</c><00:17:02.419><c> another.</c>

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And<00:17:02.840><c> if</c><00:17:02.919><c> there's</c><00:17:03.220><c> an</c><00:17:03.799><c> issue</c><00:17:04.059><c> that's</c><00:17:04.339><c> a</c><00:17:04.500><c> problem,</c>

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we<00:17:04.960><c> pray</c><00:17:05.279><c> about</c><00:17:05.579><c> that.</c>

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But<00:17:07.880><c> I</c><00:17:07.940><c> think</c><00:17:08.079><c> there's</c><00:17:08.279><c> more</c><00:17:08.539><c> to</c><00:17:08.700><c> it</c><00:17:08.819><c> than</c><00:17:09.019><c> that,</c><00:17:09.180><c> don't</c><00:17:09.400><c> you?</c>

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When<00:17:11.000><c> you</c><00:17:11.180><c> read</c><00:17:11.359><c> this,</c>

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do<00:17:13.099><c> we</c><00:17:13.259><c> pray</c><00:17:13.519><c> about</c><00:17:14.039><c> one</c><00:17:14.319><c> another?</c>

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Do<00:17:16.460><c> we</c><00:17:16.779><c> thank</c><00:17:17.099><c> God</c><00:17:17.599><c> for</c><00:17:18.839><c> our</c><00:17:19.259><c> brothers</c><00:17:19.519><c> and</c><00:17:19.819><c> sisters</c><00:17:20.119><c> in</c><00:17:20.359><c> Christ,</c>

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for<00:17:21.640><c> our</c><00:17:21.920><c> ecclesial</c><00:17:22.380><c> family?</c>

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Because<00:17:24.680><c> that's</c><00:17:24.900><c> what</c><00:17:25.059><c> Paul</c><00:17:25.319><c> is</c><00:17:25.539><c> doing</c><00:17:25.740><c> here.</c>

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He's<00:17:28.000><c> thanking</c><00:17:28.339><c> God</c><00:17:28.700><c> for</c><00:17:28.900><c> the</c><00:17:29.140><c> brethren.</c>

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It's<00:17:32.420><c> more</c><00:17:32.579><c> than</c><00:17:32.700><c> just</c><00:17:32.920><c> praying</c><00:17:33.119><c> about</c><00:17:33.420><c> a</c><00:17:33.640><c> problem.</c>

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God<00:17:35.880><c> enters</c><00:17:36.119><c> into</c><00:17:36.400><c> that.</c>

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In<00:17:36.779><c> some</c><00:17:37.039><c> way</c><00:17:37.160><c> the</c><00:17:37.299><c> thing</c><00:17:37.480><c> is</c><00:17:37.720><c> resolved,</c>

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and<00:17:38.759><c> we</c><00:17:39.000><c> say</c><00:17:39.180><c> His</c><00:17:39.460><c> will</c><00:17:39.660><c> has</c><00:17:39.839><c> been</c><00:17:39.980><c> done</c><00:17:40.240><c> here,</c>

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and<00:17:41.359><c> that's</c><00:17:41.839><c> it.</c>

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But<00:17:42.940><c> we</c><00:17:43.079><c> could</c><00:17:43.279><c> pray</c><00:17:43.519><c> every</c><00:17:43.940><c> single</c><00:17:44.319><c> day</c><00:17:44.579><c> about</c><00:17:45.640><c> our</c><00:17:46.359><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:17:47.559><c> our</c><00:17:47.799><c> sisters</c><00:17:48.079><c> in</c><00:17:48.259><c> the</c><00:17:48.339><c> Lord</c><00:17:48.559><c> Jesus</c><00:17:48.900><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:17:49.640><c> thank</c><00:17:49.940><c> God</c><00:17:50.220><c> for</c><00:17:50.500><c> them,</c><00:17:50.680><c> couldn't</c><00:17:50.819><c> we?</c>

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And<00:17:51.539><c> that's</c><00:17:51.640><c> what</c><00:17:51.819><c> Paul</c><00:17:52.059><c> is</c><00:17:52.279><c> doing.</c>

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This<00:17:52.900><c> is</c><00:17:53.099><c> why</c><00:17:53.200><c> he's</c><00:17:53.460><c> so</c><00:17:54.059><c> thrilled</c>

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and<00:17:54.599><c> so</c><00:17:54.799><c> excited</c><00:17:55.279><c> about</c><00:17:55.579><c> the</c><00:17:55.720><c> fact</c><00:17:55.920><c> that</c><00:17:56.079><c> this</c><00:17:56.619><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:57.000><c> has</c>

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taken<00:17:57.539><c> root.</c>

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And<00:17:58.880><c> he's</c><00:17:59.140><c> thanking</c><00:17:59.440><c> God</c><00:17:59.720><c> as</c><00:17:59.880><c> it</c><00:18:00.039><c> says</c><00:18:00.420><c> all</c><00:18:01.400><c> the</c><00:18:01.660><c> time.</c>

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He<00:18:02.000><c> says</c><00:18:02.160><c> he</c><00:18:02.259><c> makes</c><00:18:02.519><c> mention</c><00:18:02.880><c> of</c><00:18:03.019><c> them</c><00:18:03.160><c> in</c><00:18:03.279><c> the</c><00:18:03.519><c> prayers.</c>

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We<00:18:03.880><c> give</c><00:18:04.079><c> thanks</c><00:18:04.339><c> for</c><00:18:04.519><c> you</c><00:18:04.779><c> all,</c><00:18:05.059><c> he</c><00:18:05.240><c> says.</c>

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It's<00:18:05.880><c> as</c><00:18:05.980><c> though</c><00:18:06.079><c> he's</c><00:18:06.259><c> got</c><00:18:06.380><c> the</c><00:18:06.559><c> Ecclesial</c><00:18:06.960><c> list,</c>

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and<00:18:07.559><c> he's</c><00:18:07.759><c> going</c><00:18:08.019><c> down</c><00:18:08.319><c> it,</c>

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and<00:18:08.819><c> he's</c><00:18:09.059><c> seeing</c><00:18:09.160><c> the</c><00:18:09.440><c> whole</c><00:18:09.759><c> picture.</c>

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And<00:18:11.619><c> he's</c><00:18:11.920><c> thanking</c><00:18:12.079><c> God</c><00:18:12.500><c> in</c><00:18:12.859><c> prayer.</c>

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This<00:18:15.980><c> is</c><00:18:16.119><c> our</c><00:18:16.319><c> family.</c>

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Now,<00:18:20.420><c> it's</c><00:18:20.519><c> God's</c><00:18:20.900><c> family,</c><00:18:21.359><c> brethren</c><00:18:21.519><c> and</c><00:18:21.700><c> sisters.</c>

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By<00:18:23.500><c> His</c><00:18:23.799><c> grace,</c><00:18:24.220><c> we're</c><00:18:24.259><c> part</c><00:18:24.539><c> of</c><00:18:24.660><c> it.</c>

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It<00:18:25.380><c> is</c><00:18:25.539><c> our</c><00:18:25.740><c> family,</c><00:18:26.059><c> but</c><00:18:26.140><c> it's</c><00:18:26.359><c> God's</c><00:18:26.940><c> overall,</c><00:18:27.339><c> isn't</c><00:18:27.500><c> it?</c>

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And<00:18:28.180><c> we're</c><00:18:28.359><c> part</c><00:18:28.599><c> of</c><00:18:28.740><c> it,</c><00:18:29.259><c> and</c><00:18:29.819><c> that's</c><00:18:30.279><c> a</c><00:18:30.420><c> great</c><00:18:30.640><c> thing.</c>

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When<00:18:32.519><c> I</c><00:18:32.660><c> think</c><00:18:32.799><c> of</c><00:18:32.960><c> this,</c><00:18:33.200><c> I</c><00:18:33.200><c> always...</c>

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The<00:18:34.619><c> verse</c><00:18:34.819><c> that</c><00:18:35.000><c> always</c><00:18:35.180><c> comes</c><00:18:35.380><c> to</c><00:18:35.559><c> my</c><00:18:35.839><c> mind</c>

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is<00:18:36.599><c> the</c><00:18:38.480><c> words</c><00:18:38.700><c> of</c><00:18:39.119><c> the</c><00:18:39.279><c> Apostle</c><00:18:39.660><c> John</c><00:18:40.440><c> in</c><00:18:40.980><c> his</c><00:18:41.220><c> epistle.</c>

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I<00:18:43.059><c> think</c><00:18:43.200><c> it's</c><00:18:43.400><c> the</c><00:18:43.500><c> first</c><00:18:43.819><c> epistle</c><00:18:44.180><c> in</c><00:18:44.359><c> the</c><00:18:44.400><c> third</c><00:18:44.700><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:18:45.240><c> he</c><00:18:45.339><c> says,</c>

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Beloved,<00:18:46.000><c> now</c><00:18:46.259><c> are</c><00:18:46.420><c> we</c><00:18:46.559><c> the</c><00:18:46.740><c> sons</c><00:18:46.920><c> of</c><00:18:47.140><c> God.</c>

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This<00:18:49.160><c> is</c><00:18:49.299><c> what</c><00:18:49.339><c> it</c><00:18:49.599><c> means</c><00:18:49.859><c> to</c><00:18:50.039><c> be</c><00:18:50.160><c> in</c><00:18:50.480><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:18:52.299><c> are</c><00:18:52.559><c> we</c><00:18:52.720><c> the</c><00:18:52.859><c> sons</c><00:18:53.079><c> of</c><00:18:53.240><c> God,</c>

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and<00:18:53.720><c> it</c><00:18:53.920><c> doth</c><00:18:54.119><c> not</c><00:18:54.420><c> yet</c><00:18:54.619><c> appear,</c><00:18:55.319><c> but</c><00:18:55.440><c> we</c><00:18:55.720><c> shall</c><00:18:56.000><c> be.</c>

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But<00:18:57.220><c> we</c><00:18:57.420><c> know</c><00:18:57.759><c> that</c><00:18:57.900><c> when</c><00:18:58.059><c> He</c><00:18:58.279><c> shall</c><00:18:58.480><c> appear,</c>

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we<00:18:58.900><c> shall</c><00:18:59.059><c> be</c><00:18:59.240><c> like</c><00:18:59.559><c> Him,</c>

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for<00:19:00.980><c> we</c><00:19:01.099><c> shall</c><00:19:01.259><c> see</c><00:19:01.539><c> Him</c><00:19:01.859><c> as</c><00:19:02.119><c> He</c><00:19:02.240><c> is.</c>

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That's<00:19:03.900><c> where</c><00:19:04.079><c> we</c><00:19:04.259><c> are</c><00:19:04.539><c> in</c><00:19:04.700><c> Christ.</c>

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That's<00:19:06.799><c> the</c><00:19:06.920><c> words</c><00:19:07.039><c> of</c><00:19:07.200><c> the</c><00:19:07.359><c> Apostle.</c>

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This<00:19:07.799><c> is</c><00:19:07.960><c> part</c><00:19:08.140><c> of</c><00:19:08.299><c> the</c><00:19:08.680><c> family</c><00:19:09.319><c> scene</c>

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into<00:19:11.339><c> which</c><00:19:11.539><c> we've</c><00:19:11.779><c> been</c><00:19:12.000><c> woven</c>

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by<00:19:13.599><c> the</c><00:19:13.779><c> grace</c><00:19:14.000><c> of</c><00:19:14.220><c> Almighty</c><00:19:14.500><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:19:16.599><c> just</c><00:19:16.779><c> something</c><00:19:17.059><c> to</c><00:19:18.140><c> compare</c><00:19:18.880><c> this</c><00:19:19.160><c> with.</c>

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Let<00:19:19.440><c> me</c><00:19:19.599><c> just</c><00:19:19.960><c> jump</c><00:19:20.259><c> down</c><00:19:20.519><c> again</c><00:19:20.740><c> and</c><00:19:20.859><c> get</c><00:19:21.000><c> the</c><00:19:21.279><c> NIV.</c>

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I'd<00:19:24.000><c> just</c><00:19:24.000><c> like</c><00:19:24.140><c> to</c><00:19:24.319><c> read</c><00:19:24.440><c> you</c><00:19:24.579><c> a</c><00:19:24.619><c> little</c><00:19:24.839><c> bit</c><00:19:25.140><c> from...</c>

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and<00:19:25.859><c> you</c><00:19:25.880><c> can</c><00:19:26.579><c> look</c><00:19:26.859><c> at</c><00:19:26.980><c> this</c><00:19:27.160><c> reference</c>

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and<00:19:27.700><c> Philippians,</c><00:19:28.140><c> if</c><00:19:28.259><c> you'd</c><00:19:28.460><c> like</c><00:19:28.500><c> to</c><00:19:28.740><c> follow</c><00:19:29.019><c> along,</c>

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but<00:19:29.500><c> it's</c><00:19:29.700><c> a</c><00:19:29.779><c> little</c><00:19:29.900><c> bit</c><00:19:30.140><c> different</c><00:19:30.299><c> in</c><00:19:30.460><c> the</c><00:19:30.619><c> NIV.</c>

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Same<00:19:31.700><c> idea,</c><00:19:33.160><c> but</c><00:19:33.940><c> a</c><00:19:35.819><c> little</c><00:19:35.980><c> bit</c><00:19:36.119><c> more</c><00:19:36.400><c> pointed,</c><00:19:36.619><c> I</c><00:19:36.859><c> think.</c>

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It<00:19:38.619><c> has</c><00:19:38.740><c> to</c><00:19:38.859><c> do</c><00:19:38.920><c> with</c><00:19:39.039><c> this</c><00:19:39.220><c> relationship</c>

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that<00:19:39.940><c> we're</c><00:19:40.099><c> talking</c><00:19:40.420><c> about.</c>

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Philippians,<00:19:41.420><c> the</c><00:19:41.619><c> first</c><00:19:41.859><c> chapter,</c><00:19:43.259><c> verse</c><00:19:43.759><c> 3</c><00:19:44.119><c> through</c><00:19:44.420><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:19:48.980><c> I</c><00:19:49.200><c> find</c><00:19:49.380><c> this</c><00:19:49.579><c> very</c><00:19:49.880><c> touching,</c>

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brethren<00:19:50.599><c> and</c><00:19:50.799><c> sisters,</c><00:19:51.019><c> very</c><00:19:51.279><c> moving.</c>

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These<00:19:52.779><c> kind</c><00:19:53.079><c> of</c><00:19:53.259><c> words,</c><00:19:53.480><c> when</c><00:19:53.619><c> we</c><00:19:53.759><c> think</c><00:19:53.900><c> about</c>

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the<00:19:54.740><c> wonderful</c><00:19:55.160><c> relationship</c><00:19:55.819><c> that</c><00:19:55.940><c> we</c><00:19:56.259><c> share</c><00:19:56.440><c> in</c><00:19:56.680><c> Christ</c><00:19:57.039><c> Jesus,</c>

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this<00:19:58.460><c> should</c><00:19:58.759><c> move</c><00:19:59.019><c> us.</c>

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I<00:20:00.519><c> mean,</c><00:20:00.619><c> if</c><00:20:00.720><c> we're</c><00:20:00.839><c> not</c><00:20:01.099><c> touched</c><00:20:01.480><c> by</c><00:20:01.839><c> the</c><00:20:03.440><c> grace</c><00:20:03.759><c> of</c><00:20:04.059><c> God</c>

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in<00:20:04.579><c> calling</c><00:20:05.019><c> us</c><00:20:05.279><c> according</c><00:20:05.579><c> to</c><00:20:05.759><c> His</c><00:20:05.980><c> purpose,</c>

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then<00:20:06.660><c> I</c><00:20:06.839><c> don't</c><00:20:07.039><c> know</c><00:20:07.140><c> what</c><00:20:07.259><c> we're</c><00:20:07.440><c> made</c><00:20:07.680><c> of,</c>

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because<00:20:09.039><c> these</c><00:20:09.400><c> things</c><00:20:09.680><c> really</c><00:20:10.779><c> are</c><00:20:11.000><c> very</c><00:20:11.339><c> touching</c>

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and<00:20:11.900><c> very</c><00:20:12.160><c> moving</c><00:20:12.460><c> to</c><00:20:12.720><c> us.</c>

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But<00:20:13.640><c> just</c><00:20:13.880><c> listen.</c>

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Verse<00:20:14.960><c> 3,</c><00:20:17.740><c> Paul</c><00:20:17.740><c> says,</c>

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I<00:20:20.099><c> thank</c><00:20:20.420><c> my</c><00:20:20.819><c> God</c><00:20:21.299><c> every</c><00:20:22.119><c> time</c><00:20:22.599><c> I</c><00:20:22.920><c> remember</c><00:20:23.359><c> you.</c>

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Remember<00:20:24.660><c> what</c><00:20:24.799><c> we</c><00:20:25.000><c> said</c><00:20:25.119><c> about</c><00:20:25.640><c> praying</c><00:20:25.960><c> for</c><00:20:26.140><c> one</c><00:20:26.339><c> another?</c>

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In<00:20:27.880><c> this</c><00:20:28.119><c> case,</c><00:20:28.319><c> Paul</c><00:20:28.539><c> is</c><00:20:28.720><c> thinking</c><00:20:28.900><c> about</c>

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the<00:20:29.319><c> brothers</c><00:20:29.500><c> and</c><00:20:29.740><c> sisters</c><00:20:29.940><c> at</c><00:20:30.180><c> Philippi.</c>

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And<00:20:31.440><c> as</c><00:20:31.619><c> he</c><00:20:31.960><c> remembers</c><00:20:32.279><c> them</c><00:20:32.480><c> and</c><00:20:32.559><c> as</c><00:20:32.799><c> those</c><00:20:33.099><c> faces</c>

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kind<00:20:34.119><c> of</c><00:20:34.779><c> scroll</c><00:20:35.079><c> in</c><00:20:35.319><c> front</c><00:20:35.440><c> of</c><00:20:35.579><c> his</c><00:20:35.799><c> eyes,</c><00:20:37.099><c> he</c><00:20:37.299><c> thanks</c><00:20:37.579><c> God.</c>

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Every<00:20:39.039><c> time</c><00:20:39.319><c> he</c><00:20:39.500><c> remembers</c><00:20:39.859><c> them,</c><00:20:40.059><c> he</c><00:20:40.220><c> says,</c>

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in<00:20:41.259><c> all</c><00:20:41.700><c> my</c><00:20:42.019><c> prayers</c><00:20:42.359><c> for</c><00:20:42.720><c> all</c><00:20:43.019><c> of</c><00:20:43.220><c> you,</c>

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I<00:20:44.000><c> always</c><00:20:44.799><c> pray</c><00:20:45.220><c> with</c><00:20:45.519><c> joy</c><00:20:46.160><c> because</c><00:20:46.960><c> of</c><00:20:47.140><c> your</c><00:20:47.460><c> partnership</c>

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in<00:20:48.319><c> the</c><00:20:48.519><c> Gospel</c><00:20:49.059><c> from</c><00:20:49.740><c> the</c><00:20:50.000><c> first</c><00:20:50.339><c> day</c><00:20:50.579><c> until</c><00:20:50.900><c> now,</c>

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being<00:20:52.500><c> confident</c><00:20:53.039><c> of</c><00:20:53.259><c> this,</c>

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that<00:20:54.539><c> He</c><00:20:54.819><c> who</c><00:20:55.039><c> began</c><00:20:55.400><c> a</c><00:20:55.680><c> good</c><00:20:55.900><c> work</c><00:20:56.119><c> in</c><00:20:56.259><c> you</c>

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will<00:20:56.640><c> carry</c><00:20:56.940><c> it</c><00:20:57.160><c> on</c><00:20:57.259><c> to</c><00:20:57.519><c> completion</c>

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until<00:20:58.579><c> the</c><00:20:58.799><c> day</c><00:20:59.059><c> of</c><00:20:59.279><c> Christ</c><00:20:59.660><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:21:01.559><c> then</c><00:21:01.720><c> he</c><00:21:01.819><c> says,</c>

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it<00:21:03.220><c> is</c><00:21:03.460><c> right</c><00:21:03.720><c> for</c><00:21:03.880><c> me</c><00:21:04.019><c> to</c><00:21:04.180><c> feel</c><00:21:04.339><c> this</c><00:21:04.599><c> way</c><00:21:04.759><c> about</c><00:21:05.039><c> all</c><00:21:05.319><c> of</c><00:21:05.440><c> you,</c>

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since<00:21:07.140><c> I</c><00:21:07.420><c> have</c><00:21:07.599><c> you</c><00:21:07.779><c> in</c><00:21:07.920><c> my</c><00:21:08.220><c> heart.</c>

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That's<00:21:10.900><c> our</c><00:21:11.059><c> relationship</c><00:21:11.579><c> in</c><00:21:11.839><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:21:12.319><c> is</c><00:21:12.460><c> a</c><00:21:12.480><c> wonderful</c><00:21:12.819><c> thing,</c>

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brethren<00:21:13.380><c> and</c><00:21:13.559><c> sisters,</c><00:21:13.819><c> isn't</c><00:21:13.980><c> it?</c>

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Just<00:21:15.700><c> think.</c>

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To<00:21:16.059><c> have</c><00:21:16.259><c> one</c><00:21:16.480><c> another</c><00:21:16.859><c> in</c><00:21:17.839><c> our</c><00:21:18.160><c> hearts</c>

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so<00:21:20.160><c> that</c><00:21:20.259><c> we're</c><00:21:20.420><c> thanking</c><00:21:20.799><c> God</c><00:21:21.079><c> for</c><00:21:21.240><c> the</c><00:21:21.380><c> very</c><00:21:23.160><c> ecclesia</c>

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to<00:21:23.880><c> which</c><00:21:24.000><c> we</c><00:21:24.220><c> belong,</c>

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to<00:21:24.759><c> the</c><00:21:25.019><c> brethren</c><00:21:25.240><c> and</c><00:21:25.480><c> sisters</c><00:21:25.720><c> in</c><00:21:25.960><c> it.</c>

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I<00:21:27.200><c> have</c><00:21:27.480><c> you</c><00:21:27.640><c> in</c><00:21:27.700><c> my</c><00:21:27.980><c> heart,</c><00:21:28.180><c> he</c><00:21:28.400><c> says.</c>

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That's<00:21:29.799><c> the</c><00:21:29.819><c> way</c><00:21:29.940><c> it</c><00:21:29.980><c> is</c><00:21:30.119><c> in</c><00:21:30.220><c> the</c><00:21:30.359><c> NIV</c><00:21:30.680><c> and</c><00:21:30.880><c> Philippians.</c>

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He<00:21:32.619><c> thanks</c><00:21:32.920><c> God</c><00:21:33.279><c> always</c><00:21:33.859><c> for</c><00:21:34.259><c> you,</c><00:21:34.460><c> he</c><00:21:34.640><c> says,</c>

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concerning<00:21:35.759><c> the</c><00:21:36.220><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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And<00:21:39.460><c> he</c><00:21:39.640><c> remembers.</c>

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He<00:21:41.559><c> remembers</c><00:21:42.079><c> about</c><00:21:42.480><c> them.</c>

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He<00:21:43.039><c> says,</c><00:21:43.619><c> remembering</c><00:21:44.119><c> without</c><00:21:44.579><c> ceasing.</c>

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What<00:21:45.619><c> is</c><00:21:45.759><c> it</c><00:21:45.859><c> that</c><00:21:45.980><c> he</c><00:21:46.180><c> remembers</c><00:21:46.480><c> all</c><00:21:46.900><c> the</c><00:21:47.140><c> time</c>

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about<00:21:47.980><c> the</c><00:21:48.160><c> brothers</c><00:21:48.380><c> and</c><00:21:48.640><c> sisters</c><00:21:49.200><c> in</c><00:21:50.039><c> Thessalonica?</c>

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I<00:21:52.740><c> see</c><00:21:52.880><c> in</c><00:21:53.019><c> verse</c><00:21:53.259><c> 3,</c><00:21:53.779><c> we</c><00:21:53.900><c> say,</c>

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the<00:21:54.740><c> words</c><00:21:55.000><c> are</c><00:21:55.279><c> not</c><00:21:55.559><c> abstract,</c><00:21:56.339><c> brethren</c><00:21:56.559><c> and</c><00:21:56.759><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:21:57.140><c> just</c><00:21:57.319><c> doesn't</c><00:21:57.559><c> say,</c><00:21:57.859><c> I</c><00:21:57.920><c> remember</c><00:21:58.259><c> your</c><00:21:58.579><c> faith.</c>

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I<00:21:59.900><c> remember</c><00:22:00.160><c> your</c><00:22:00.440><c> love.</c>

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I<00:22:01.559><c> remember</c><00:22:01.819><c> your</c><00:22:02.160><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:22:04.140><c> say</c><00:22:04.339><c> those</c><00:22:04.579><c> kind</c><00:22:04.799><c> of</c><00:22:04.980><c> terms</c><00:22:05.119><c> sometimes.</c>

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Oh,<00:22:05.740><c> we</c><00:22:05.819><c> say,</c><00:22:06.480><c> gotta</c><00:22:06.660><c> have</c><00:22:06.839><c> more</c><00:22:07.160><c> faith</c><00:22:07.500><c> here.</c>

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Or<00:22:10.279><c> we</c><00:22:10.799><c> need</c><00:22:11.099><c> to</c><00:22:11.319><c> show</c><00:22:11.640><c> more</c><00:22:12.000><c> love,</c><00:22:12.920><c> right?</c>

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Don't<00:22:14.799><c> forget</c><00:22:15.059><c> our</c><00:22:15.400><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:22:16.759><c> use</c><00:22:16.980><c> the</c><00:22:17.200><c> terms</c><00:22:17.359><c> that</c><00:22:17.640><c> way.</c>

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They're<00:22:18.180><c> all</c><00:22:18.420><c> all</c><00:22:18.660><c> right.</c>

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There's<00:22:19.440><c> nothing</c><00:22:19.640><c> wrong</c><00:22:19.960><c> with</c><00:22:20.180><c> that.</c>

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But<00:22:21.559><c> Paul</c><00:22:21.759><c> goes</c><00:22:22.039><c> beyond</c><00:22:22.480><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:22:24.180><c> shows</c><00:22:24.460><c> that</c><00:22:24.660><c> there's</c><00:22:25.380><c> extra</c><00:22:25.940><c> meaning</c>

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to<00:22:26.500><c> the</c><00:22:26.619><c> idea</c><00:22:26.960><c> of</c><00:22:27.220><c> faith</c><00:22:27.579><c> and</c><00:22:27.839><c> love</c><00:22:28.140><c> and</c><00:22:28.420><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:22:29.200><c> this</c><00:22:29.339><c> is</c><00:22:29.420><c> what</c><00:22:29.519><c> he's</c><00:22:29.700><c> going</c><00:22:29.799><c> to</c><00:22:29.980><c> open</c><00:22:30.160><c> out</c><00:22:30.420><c> here.</c>

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And<00:22:31.599><c> I</c><00:22:31.680><c> think</c><00:22:31.799><c> it's</c><00:22:31.940><c> very</c><00:22:32.180><c> important</c><00:22:32.579><c> that</c><00:22:32.720><c> we</c><00:22:32.859><c> get</c><00:22:33.039><c> a</c><00:22:33.220><c> hold</c><00:22:33.380><c> of</c><00:22:33.599><c> this</c>

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as<00:22:33.960><c> the</c><00:22:34.259><c> work</c><00:22:34.539><c> ethic</c><00:22:34.819><c> of</c><00:22:35.180><c> discipleship.</c>

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And<00:22:36.119><c> this</c><00:22:36.299><c> is</c><00:22:36.460><c> why</c><00:22:36.539><c> I</c><00:22:36.740><c> say</c><00:22:36.759><c> it's</c><00:22:37.019><c> woven</c><00:22:37.220><c> through</c><00:22:37.599><c> all</c><00:22:38.180><c> this</c><00:22:39.259><c> epistle</c>

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to<00:22:39.819><c> the</c><00:22:40.000><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:22:41.119><c> this</c><00:22:41.240><c> idea</c><00:22:41.619><c> of</c><00:22:41.740><c> faith,</c><00:22:42.240><c> love,</c><00:22:42.480><c> and</c><00:22:42.759><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:22:43.519><c> it's</c><00:22:44.200><c> absolutely</c><00:22:44.799><c> a</c><00:22:45.140><c> recurring</c><00:22:45.599><c> theme</c>

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in<00:22:47.319><c> the</c><00:22:47.500><c> other</c><00:22:47.680><c> epistles</c><00:22:47.980><c> of</c><00:22:48.279><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:22:48.579><c> you</c><00:22:48.660><c> can</c><00:22:48.900><c> see</c><00:22:49.019><c> it</c><00:22:49.559><c> over</c><00:22:49.839><c> and</c><00:22:49.960><c> over</c><00:22:50.180><c> again.</c>

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You<00:22:50.519><c> remember</c><00:22:50.880><c> the</c><00:22:51.099><c> famous</c><00:22:51.420><c> last</c><00:22:51.740><c> words</c>

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of<00:22:52.960><c> 1</c><00:22:53.160><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:53.599><c> 13,</c><00:22:54.319><c> don't</c><00:22:54.480><c> you?</c>

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Now<00:22:56.019><c> abideth</c><00:22:56.420><c> faith,</c><00:22:56.940><c> hope,</c><00:22:57.380><c> love,</c>

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and<00:22:57.839><c> the</c><00:22:58.000><c> greatest</c><00:22:58.200><c> of</c><00:22:58.400><c> these</c><00:22:58.559><c> is</c><00:22:58.759><c> love.</c>

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It's<00:23:00.579><c> part</c><00:23:00.799><c> of</c><00:23:01.039><c> all</c><00:23:01.299><c> his</c><00:23:01.579><c> letters.</c>

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It's<00:23:02.440><c> in</c><00:23:02.640><c> Romans,</c><00:23:03.099><c> it's</c><00:23:03.200><c> in</c><00:23:03.400><c> Galatians,</c>

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it's<00:23:04.880><c> in</c><00:23:05.099><c> Colossians,</c><00:23:05.720><c> it's</c><00:23:05.779><c> in</c><00:23:05.980><c> Hebrews.</c>

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The<00:23:07.140><c> Apostle</c><00:23:07.559><c> Peter</c><00:23:07.819><c> even</c><00:23:08.119><c> speaks</c><00:23:08.359><c> of</c><00:23:08.559><c> this</c><00:23:08.740><c> in</c><00:23:09.359><c> his</c><00:23:09.700><c> epistle.</c>

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So<00:23:11.559><c> it's</c><00:23:11.640><c> very</c><00:23:11.839><c> important</c><00:23:12.240><c> that</c><00:23:12.339><c> we</c><00:23:12.460><c> get</c><00:23:12.720><c> a</c><00:23:12.720><c> hold</c>

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of<00:23:13.079><c> what's</c><00:23:13.519><c> involved</c><00:23:13.980><c> in</c><00:23:14.160><c> this</c>

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because<00:23:14.779><c> this</c><00:23:15.039><c> is</c><00:23:15.279><c> the</c><00:23:16.059><c> work</c><00:23:16.460><c> ethic</c><00:23:16.759><c> of</c><00:23:17.079><c> discipleship,</c><00:23:17.619><c> as</c><00:23:17.740><c> we</c><00:23:17.980><c> say.</c>

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It's<00:23:19.380><c> not</c><00:23:19.599><c> just</c><00:23:20.019><c> faith,</c><00:23:21.119><c> love,</c><00:23:21.480><c> and</c><00:23:21.940><c> hope.</c>

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There's<00:23:24.299><c> more</c><00:23:24.579><c> to</c><00:23:24.799><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:23:26.519><c> a</c><00:23:26.619><c> picture</c><00:23:26.819><c> of</c><00:23:27.000><c> the</c><00:23:27.140><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:23:28.579><c> the</c><00:23:29.019><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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This<00:23:31.140><c> is</c><00:23:31.299><c> the</c><00:23:31.400><c> way</c><00:23:31.500><c> an</c><00:23:31.740><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:32.099><c> needs</c><00:23:32.420><c> to</c><00:23:32.720><c> be.</c>

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When<00:23:35.240><c> he</c><00:23:35.519><c> says</c><00:23:36.099><c> faith,</c>

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he<00:23:38.960><c> says</c><00:23:39.079><c> the</c><00:23:39.299><c> work</c><00:23:39.500><c> of</c><00:23:39.759><c> faith,</c><00:23:40.680><c> doesn't</c><00:23:40.859><c> he?</c>

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It's<00:23:41.440><c> not</c><00:23:41.559><c> just</c><00:23:41.799><c> faith,</c><00:23:42.140><c> it's</c><00:23:42.240><c> not</c><00:23:42.420><c> something</c><00:23:42.640><c> that's</c><00:23:42.940><c> abstract.</c>

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It's<00:23:43.799><c> very</c><00:23:44.119><c> specific,</c><00:23:44.680><c> very</c><00:23:44.960><c> pointed.</c>

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He<00:23:45.759><c> says</c><00:23:45.859><c> the</c><00:23:46.079><c> work</c><00:23:46.440><c> of</c><00:23:46.759><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:23:47.720><c> work</c><00:23:47.960><c> of</c><00:23:48.200><c> faith</c><00:23:48.359><c> for</c><00:23:48.539><c> this</c><00:23:48.759><c> Ecclesia</c>

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was<00:23:49.599><c> they</c><00:23:50.019><c> turned</c><00:23:50.380><c> from</c><00:23:50.740><c> idols</c>

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to<00:23:52.759><c> serve</c><00:23:53.000><c> the</c><00:23:53.220><c> living</c><00:23:53.420><c> and</c><00:23:53.660><c> true</c><00:23:53.799><c> God.</c>

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So<00:23:55.420><c> what</c><00:23:55.539><c> he's</c><00:23:55.759><c> talking</c><00:23:56.099><c> about</c><00:23:56.339><c> is</c><00:23:56.539><c> the</c><00:23:56.759><c> direction</c><00:23:57.200><c> of</c><00:23:57.460><c> our</c><00:23:57.720><c> lives.</c>

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Talk<00:23:58.480><c> about</c><00:23:58.779><c> faith.</c>

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What<00:24:00.079><c> does</c><00:24:00.359><c> faith</c><00:24:00.660><c> do</c><00:24:00.859><c> to</c><00:24:01.059><c> your</c><00:24:01.180><c> life?</c>

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What<00:24:02.079><c> is</c><00:24:02.400><c> the</c><00:24:02.519><c> work</c><00:24:02.799><c> of</c><00:24:03.079><c> faith?</c>

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Because<00:24:04.019><c> if</c><00:24:04.220><c> you're</c><00:24:04.480><c> like</c><00:24:04.660><c> the</c><00:24:04.859><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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then<00:24:05.839><c> you</c><00:24:05.960><c> have</c><00:24:06.279><c> turned,</c><00:24:07.440><c> when</c><00:24:07.579><c> you</c><00:24:07.660><c> come</c><00:24:07.819><c> into</c><00:24:07.960><c> the</c><00:24:08.240><c> truth,</c>

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from<00:24:08.940><c> the</c><00:24:09.200><c> idols</c><00:24:09.480><c> behind</c><00:24:09.940><c> you,</c><00:24:10.099><c> whatever</c><00:24:10.500><c> they</c><00:24:10.819><c> are,</c>

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whatever<00:24:11.839><c> they</c><00:24:12.059><c> may</c><00:24:12.299><c> be.</c>

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You<00:24:13.079><c> could</c><00:24:13.279><c> tell</c><00:24:13.460><c> better</c><00:24:13.680><c> than</c><00:24:13.839><c> I</c><00:24:14.140><c> could.</c>

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And<00:24:15.779><c> your</c><00:24:16.000><c> lives</c><00:24:16.400><c> are</c><00:24:16.779><c> lived,</c><00:24:17.059><c> to</c><00:24:17.220><c> use</c><00:24:17.460><c> a</c><00:24:18.240><c> scriptural</c><00:24:18.700><c> term,</c>

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Godward,<00:24:21.299><c> toward</c><00:24:21.619><c> God,</c><00:24:22.140><c> focused</c><00:24:22.579><c> upon</c><00:24:22.980><c> God.</c>

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And<00:24:23.980><c> those</c><00:24:24.180><c> other</c><00:24:24.380><c> things</c><00:24:24.579><c> are</c><00:24:24.779><c> behind</c><00:24:25.079><c> you.</c>

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They're<00:24:25.420><c> not</c><00:24:25.559><c> part</c><00:24:25.759><c> of</c><00:24:25.900><c> your</c><00:24:26.039><c> life</c><00:24:26.200><c> anymore.</c>

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You're<00:24:27.099><c> going</c><00:24:27.319><c> in</c><00:24:27.519><c> another</c><00:24:27.700><c> direction</c><00:24:28.200><c> from</c><00:24:28.440><c> those.</c>

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You're<00:24:29.059><c> going</c><00:24:29.420><c> Godward.</c>

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That's<00:24:32.000><c> the</c><00:24:32.140><c> work</c><00:24:32.299><c> of</c><00:24:32.539><c> faith</c><00:24:32.700><c> for</c><00:24:32.880><c> the</c><00:24:33.059><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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That's<00:24:34.920><c> part</c><00:24:35.279><c> of</c><00:24:35.480><c> the</c><00:24:35.720><c> work</c><00:24:36.019><c> ethic</c><00:24:36.299><c> of</c><00:24:36.640><c> discipleship,</c>

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brethren<00:24:37.519><c> and</c><00:24:37.720><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:24:38.400><c> this</c><00:24:38.559><c> is</c><00:24:38.700><c> why</c><00:24:38.859><c> I</c><00:24:38.980><c> say</c><00:24:39.039><c> it's</c><00:24:39.220><c> so</c><00:24:39.519><c> important</c>

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that<00:24:39.880><c> we</c><00:24:40.019><c> get</c><00:24:40.220><c> hold</c><00:24:40.420><c> of</c><00:24:40.579><c> these</c><00:24:41.279><c> three</c><00:24:41.740><c> points</c>

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:44.460
that<00:24:42.220><c> he</c><00:24:42.400><c> begins</c><00:24:42.680><c> his</c><00:24:42.940><c> letter</c><00:24:43.539><c> talking</c><00:24:44.059><c> about.</c>

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Very<00:24:45.119><c> important.</c>

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So<00:24:47.359><c> it's</c><00:24:47.480><c> the</c><00:24:47.619><c> work</c><00:24:47.779><c> of</c><00:24:48.059><c> faith.</c>

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:52.059
The<00:24:49.599><c> work</c><00:24:49.799><c> of</c><00:24:50.039><c> faith</c><00:24:50.359><c> produces</c><00:24:50.980><c> some</c><00:24:51.380><c> sort</c><00:24:51.619><c> of</c><00:24:51.880><c> fruit.</c>

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:54.740
There'll<00:24:52.359><c> be</c><00:24:52.539><c> some</c><00:24:52.759><c> sort</c><00:24:53.019><c> of</c><00:24:53.240><c> thing,</c><00:24:53.619><c> some</c><00:24:53.859><c> sort</c><00:24:54.079><c> of</c><00:24:54.339><c> action</c>

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:59.559
that<00:24:55.019><c> comes</c><00:24:56.059><c> as</c><00:24:56.319><c> a</c><00:24:56.500><c> result</c><00:24:56.759><c> of</c><00:24:57.220><c> this</c><00:24:57.819><c> work</c><00:24:58.279><c> of</c><00:24:58.660><c> faith.</c>

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Just<00:25:00.480><c> look</c><00:25:00.660><c> at</c><00:25:01.079><c> 2</c><00:25:01.319><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:06.880
You<00:25:04.660><c> see</c><00:25:04.740><c> how</c><00:25:04.980><c> he</c><00:25:05.720><c> works</c><00:25:06.000><c> this</c><00:25:06.180><c> into</c><00:25:06.440><c> this.</c>

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And<00:25:07.279><c> it's</c><00:25:07.440><c> in</c><00:25:07.619><c> many</c><00:25:07.819><c> places.</c>

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.700
We<00:25:08.220><c> can</c><00:25:08.339><c> look</c><00:25:08.460><c> at</c><00:25:08.579><c> any</c><00:25:08.759><c> number</c><00:25:09.039><c> of...</c>

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I've<00:25:09.880><c> got</c><00:25:10.000><c> a</c><00:25:10.099><c> list</c><00:25:10.259><c> of</c><00:25:10.519><c> references</c><00:25:10.839><c> here.</c>

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.099
If<00:25:11.299><c> we</c><00:25:11.400><c> went</c><00:25:11.480><c> into</c><00:25:11.700><c> all</c><00:25:11.960><c> these,</c>

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:15.019
this<00:25:12.279><c> would</c><00:25:12.420><c> be</c><00:25:12.599><c> all</c><00:25:12.740><c> we'd</c><00:25:13.059><c> be</c><00:25:13.339><c> considering</c><00:25:13.599><c> this</c><00:25:13.880><c> afternoon</c>

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:18.420
from<00:25:16.240><c> all</c><00:25:16.480><c> the</c><00:25:16.660><c> places</c><00:25:16.880><c> that</c><00:25:17.059><c> I've</c><00:25:17.240><c> already</c><00:25:17.480><c> mentioned.</c>

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:21.240
But<00:25:18.859><c> in</c><00:25:19.119><c> 2</c><00:25:19.359><c> Thessalonians...</c>

00:25:21.380 --> 00:25:22.119
And<00:25:21.500><c> I'll</c><00:25:21.619><c> just</c><00:25:21.720><c> tell</c><00:25:21.859><c> you,</c><00:25:22.079><c> too,</c>

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:24.500
when<00:25:22.359><c> he</c><00:25:22.500><c> says</c><00:25:22.680><c> the</c><00:25:23.000><c> work</c><00:25:23.259><c> of</c><00:25:23.559><c> faith,</c>

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:29.920
we<00:25:25.000><c> think</c><00:25:25.279><c> in</c><00:25:25.420><c> terms</c><00:25:25.759><c> of</c><00:25:26.259><c> works,</c><00:25:27.640><c> plural,</c><00:25:28.799><c> right?</c>

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:33.920
It<00:25:31.460><c> is</c><00:25:31.680><c> the</c><00:25:31.940><c> work</c><00:25:32.440><c> of</c><00:25:32.819><c> faith</c><00:25:33.200><c> singular.</c>

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:38.039
Because<00:25:34.599><c> what</c><00:25:34.779><c> he's</c><00:25:35.000><c> talking</c><00:25:35.359><c> about</c><00:25:35.740><c> is</c><00:25:36.000><c> not</c><00:25:36.400><c> singular</c><00:25:37.380><c> works</c>

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.220
that<00:25:38.539><c> take</c><00:25:38.779><c> place.</c>

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He's<00:25:39.920><c> talking</c><00:25:40.140><c> about</c><00:25:40.420><c> our</c><00:25:40.819><c> life.</c>

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:47.019
Our<00:25:42.539><c> whole</c><00:25:42.980><c> life</c><00:25:43.759><c> constitutes</c><00:25:44.539><c> the</c><00:25:45.140><c> work</c><00:25:45.579><c> of</c><00:25:46.019><c> faith.</c>

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:50.140
So<00:25:47.420><c> it's</c><00:25:47.779><c> singular</c><00:25:48.119><c> because</c><00:25:48.420><c> it's</c><00:25:49.000><c> our</c><00:25:49.299><c> entire</c><00:25:49.779><c> life,</c>

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.000
brethren<00:25:50.420><c> and</c><00:25:50.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:54.700
I'm<00:25:51.880><c> not</c><00:25:52.119><c> talking</c><00:25:52.319><c> about</c><00:25:52.500><c> individual</c><00:25:53.059><c> things</c><00:25:53.400><c> that</c><00:25:53.559><c> we've</c><00:25:53.759><c> done.</c>

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:56.460
It's<00:25:55.319><c> our</c><00:25:55.480><c> life.</c>

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Right,<00:25:57.140><c> 2</c><00:25:57.259><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.960
Just<00:25:59.039><c> the</c><00:25:59.240><c> first</c><00:25:59.559><c> chapter.</c>

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Just<00:26:00.279><c> see</c><00:26:01.039><c> how</c><00:26:01.299><c> he...</c>

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.460
He<00:26:02.079><c> just</c><00:26:02.359><c> speaks</c><00:26:02.759><c> of</c><00:26:02.920><c> it</c><00:26:03.099><c> there.</c>

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:05.519
Verse<00:26:04.000><c> 10</c><00:26:04.259><c> and</c><00:26:04.380><c> 11.</c>

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He<00:26:07.160><c> says,</c>

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When<00:26:07.519><c> he</c><00:26:07.859><c> shall</c><00:26:08.039><c> come...</c>

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What<00:26:08.779><c> a</c><00:26:09.059><c> marvelous...</c>

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Every<00:26:10.019><c> chapter,</c><00:26:10.460><c> you'll</c><00:26:10.880><c> know</c><00:26:11.059><c> this,</c>

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:14.920
every<00:26:11.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:11.920><c> of</c><00:26:12.140><c> the</c><00:26:12.960><c> 2</c><00:26:13.160><c> Thessalonian</c><00:26:13.839><c> letters</c>

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:17.500
speak<00:26:15.680><c> about</c><00:26:15.900><c> the</c><00:26:16.079><c> return</c><00:26:16.359><c> of</c><00:26:16.559><c> Christ.</c>

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.779
You<00:26:17.839><c> want</c><00:26:17.980><c> to</c><00:26:18.240><c> teach</c><00:26:18.380><c> somebody</c><00:26:18.700><c> about</c><00:26:18.940><c> the</c><00:26:19.119><c> return</c><00:26:19.380><c> of</c><00:26:19.519><c> Christ</c>

00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.299
to<00:26:19.980><c> this</c><00:26:20.059><c> earth?</c>

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Take<00:26:20.539><c> them</c><00:26:20.700><c> to</c><00:26:20.859><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:23.519
and<00:26:21.799><c> just</c><00:26:22.059><c> show</c><00:26:22.200><c> them</c><00:26:22.359><c> every</c><00:26:22.660><c> single</c><00:26:23.000><c> chapter.</c>

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:25.980
The<00:26:24.359><c> Apostle</c><00:26:24.759><c> Paul</c><00:26:25.019><c> speaks</c><00:26:25.359><c> about</c><00:26:25.660><c> it.</c>

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.720
But<00:26:26.440><c> just</c><00:26:26.619><c> this</c><00:26:26.900><c> marvel</c><00:26:27.299><c> here.</c>

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.700
Verse<00:26:28.380><c> 10.</c>

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:31.339
When<00:26:28.819><c> he</c><00:26:29.019><c> shall</c><00:26:29.160><c> come</c><00:26:29.480><c> to</c><00:26:29.619><c> be</c><00:26:29.960><c> glorified</c><00:26:30.519><c> in</c><00:26:30.720><c> his</c><00:26:30.980><c> saints</c>

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:34.240
and<00:26:31.720><c> to</c><00:26:31.880><c> be</c><00:26:32.079><c> admired</c><00:26:32.500><c> in</c><00:26:32.819><c> all</c><00:26:33.200><c> them</c><00:26:33.440><c> that</c><00:26:33.839><c> believe,</c>

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because<00:26:34.680><c> our</c><00:26:34.980><c> testimony</c><00:26:35.480><c> among</c><00:26:35.759><c> you</c><00:26:36.259><c> was</c><00:26:36.680><c> believed</c><00:26:37.140><c> in</c><00:26:37.359><c> that</c><00:26:37.579><c> day,</c>

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wherefore<00:26:39.220><c> also</c><00:26:39.579><c> we</c><00:26:39.960><c> pray</c><00:26:40.319><c> always</c><00:26:40.960><c> for</c><00:26:41.279><c> you</c>

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:44.700
that<00:26:42.140><c> our</c><00:26:42.460><c> God</c><00:26:42.680><c> would</c><00:26:43.000><c> count</c><00:26:43.259><c> you</c><00:26:43.539><c> worthy</c><00:26:43.839><c> of</c><00:26:44.059><c> this</c><00:26:44.359><c> calling</c>

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:48.180
and<00:26:45.480><c> fulfill</c><00:26:45.940><c> all</c><00:26:46.500><c> the</c><00:26:46.680><c> good</c><00:26:46.839><c> pleasure</c><00:26:47.319><c> of</c><00:26:47.500><c> his</c><00:26:47.779><c> goodness</c>

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:51.400
and<00:26:48.599><c> the</c><00:26:48.839><c> work</c><00:26:49.079><c> of</c><00:26:49.380><c> faith</c><00:26:49.720><c> with</c><00:26:50.200><c> power.</c>

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.819
Final<00:26:51.720><c> picture.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:53.279><c> comes.</c>

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He's<00:26:54.259><c> going</c><00:26:54.339><c> to</c><00:26:54.460><c> be</c><00:26:54.559><c> admired</c><00:26:55.079><c> by</c><00:26:55.420><c> the</c><00:26:56.000><c> saints</c>

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that<00:26:57.279><c> love</c><00:26:57.519><c> is</c><00:26:57.819><c> appearing.</c>

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And<00:26:58.880><c> the</c><00:26:59.099><c> work</c><00:26:59.279><c> of</c><00:26:59.579><c> power</c><00:26:59.839><c> is</c><00:27:00.019><c> going</c><00:27:00.119><c> to</c><00:27:00.240><c> be</c><00:27:00.480><c> worked</c><00:27:00.680><c> in</c><00:27:00.980><c> their</c><00:27:01.319><c> lives.</c>

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:04.279
And<00:27:02.000><c> they're</c><00:27:02.180><c> going</c><00:27:02.319><c> to</c><00:27:02.460><c> be</c><00:27:02.720><c> like</c><00:27:03.079><c> him.</c>

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Wonderful,<00:27:05.779><c> brethren</c><00:27:06.119><c> and</c><00:27:06.359><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:27:08.680><c> the</c><00:27:08.839><c> work</c><00:27:08.980><c> of</c><00:27:09.299><c> faith</c><00:27:09.500><c> with</c><00:27:09.779><c> power.</c>

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And<00:27:11.180><c> that's</c><00:27:11.380><c> the</c><00:27:11.440><c> way</c><00:27:11.559><c> it</c><00:27:11.799><c> develops</c><00:27:12.119><c> through</c><00:27:12.980><c> these</c><00:27:13.220><c> 2</c><00:27:13.460><c> letters.</c>

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:21.799
Back<00:27:16.960><c> in</c><00:27:17.220><c> the</c><00:27:17.319><c> first</c><00:27:17.799><c> chapter</c><00:27:18.299><c> of</c><00:27:20.640><c> 1</c><00:27:21.039><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:27.019
he's<00:27:25.480><c> next</c><00:27:25.640><c> going</c><00:27:25.779><c> to</c><00:27:25.900><c> speak</c><00:27:26.079><c> about</c><00:27:26.319><c> love,</c><00:27:26.700><c> isn't</c><00:27:26.859><c> he?</c>

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:28.059
But<00:27:27.240><c> it's</c><00:27:27.359><c> not</c><00:27:27.579><c> just</c><00:27:27.819><c> love.</c>

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:30.400
He<00:27:28.220><c> talks</c><00:27:28.460><c> about</c><00:27:28.660><c> the</c><00:27:28.900><c> labor</c><00:27:29.180><c> of</c><00:27:29.480><c> love.</c>

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:34.019
How<00:27:31.400><c> do</c><00:27:31.619><c> we</c><00:27:32.839><c> show</c><00:27:33.319><c> our</c><00:27:33.619><c> love?</c>

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:36.920
You<00:27:34.539><c> say</c><00:27:34.599><c> we</c><00:27:34.799><c> have</c><00:27:35.099><c> love</c><00:27:35.359><c> toward</c><00:27:35.660><c> each</c><00:27:35.920><c> other.</c>

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:39.420
But<00:27:37.319><c> this</c><00:27:37.500><c> is</c><00:27:37.680><c> the</c><00:27:37.859><c> labor</c><00:27:38.140><c> of</c><00:27:38.440><c> love.</c>

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:43.920
No<00:27:40.140><c> one</c><00:27:40.240><c> said</c><00:27:40.380><c> it</c><00:27:40.460><c> was</c><00:27:40.700><c> easy</c><00:27:41.160><c> to</c><00:27:42.519><c> be</c><00:27:42.940><c> a</c><00:27:43.079><c> disciple</c><00:27:43.420><c> of</c><00:27:43.599><c> the</c><00:27:43.720><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:27:44.279><c> Christ.</c>

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To<00:27:45.480><c> take</c><00:27:45.819><c> up</c><00:27:46.039><c> the</c><00:27:46.319><c> cross,</c><00:27:47.039><c> brethren</c><00:27:47.180><c> and</c><00:27:47.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:51.359
That's<00:27:49.440><c> the</c><00:27:49.579><c> labor</c><00:27:49.759><c> of</c><00:27:49.960><c> love,</c><00:27:50.299><c> isn't</c><00:27:50.400><c> it?</c>

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:55.200
We<00:27:52.059><c> follow</c><00:27:52.259><c> Jesus</c><00:27:52.740><c> and</c><00:27:52.980><c> we're</c><00:27:53.519><c> heading</c><00:27:53.779><c> to</c><00:27:53.980><c> the</c><00:27:54.200><c> cross.</c>

00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:01.220
That's<00:27:57.720><c> the</c><00:27:57.880><c> labor</c><00:27:58.079><c> of</c><00:27:58.319><c> love</c><00:27:58.779><c> as</c><00:27:59.160><c> it</c><00:27:59.339><c> worked</c><00:27:59.500><c> out</c><00:27:59.720><c> in</c><00:27:59.920><c> God's</c><00:28:00.279><c> Son.</c>

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.539
And<00:28:02.259><c> it's</c><00:28:02.460><c> not</c><00:28:02.619><c> easy.</c>

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:08.660
The<00:28:04.160><c> word</c><00:28:04.359><c> labor</c><00:28:04.759><c> comes</c><00:28:06.079><c> from</c><00:28:06.700><c> a</c><00:28:06.859><c> word</c><00:28:06.960><c> that</c><00:28:07.079><c> means</c><00:28:07.380><c> a</c><00:28:08.359><c> toil</c>

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that<00:28:08.940><c> reduces</c><00:28:09.500><c> the</c><00:28:09.960><c> strength.</c>

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In<00:28:10.880><c> other</c><00:28:11.079><c> words,</c><00:28:12.160><c> we've</c><00:28:12.559><c> got</c><00:28:12.660><c> to</c><00:28:12.799><c> put</c><00:28:12.940><c> so</c><00:28:13.259><c> much</c><00:28:13.519><c> effort</c><00:28:13.880><c> into</c><00:28:14.160><c> this,</c>

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in<00:28:15.720><c> this</c><00:28:15.960><c> labor</c><00:28:16.279><c> of</c><00:28:16.519><c> love</c><00:28:16.759><c> that</c><00:28:16.880><c> it</c><00:28:17.079><c> actually</c><00:28:17.859><c> makes</c><00:28:18.539><c> us</c><00:28:18.839><c> weary,</c><00:28:19.279><c> that</c>

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we're<00:28:19.579><c> worn</c><00:28:19.859><c> out</c><00:28:20.140><c> by</c><00:28:20.400><c> it.</c>

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I'll<00:28:22.299><c> confess</c><00:28:22.599><c> to</c><00:28:22.720><c> you,</c><00:28:23.039><c> brethren</c><00:28:23.079><c> and</c><00:28:23.359><c> sisters,</c><00:28:23.579><c> that</c><00:28:23.720><c> there</c>

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:26.319
have<00:28:24.160><c> not</c><00:28:24.339><c> been</c><00:28:24.519><c> many</c><00:28:24.839><c> times</c><00:28:25.240><c> in</c><00:28:25.400><c> my</c><00:28:25.720><c> life,</c>

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:32.900
to<00:28:27.319><c> my</c><00:28:27.619><c> shame,</c><00:28:28.279><c> I</c><00:28:28.460><c> say</c><00:28:28.680><c> this,</c><00:28:29.779><c> when</c><00:28:29.960><c> I've</c><00:28:30.240><c> been</c><00:28:30.480><c> totally</c><00:28:31.380><c> exhausted</c>

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:36.500
because<00:28:34.640><c> of</c><00:28:34.740><c> the</c><00:28:34.880><c> labor</c><00:28:35.099><c> of</c><00:28:35.380><c> love.</c>

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:41.339
I<00:28:38.940><c> don't</c><00:28:39.160><c> know</c><00:28:39.240><c> how</c><00:28:39.460><c> it</c><00:28:39.519><c> is</c><00:28:39.660><c> for</c><00:28:39.799><c> you.</c><00:28:40.019><c> I</c><00:28:40.019><c> hope</c><00:28:40.180><c> it's</c><00:28:40.359><c> better.</c>

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:44.579
But<00:28:41.660><c> this</c><00:28:42.720><c> is</c><00:28:42.839><c> what</c><00:28:42.920><c> he's</c><00:28:43.099><c> talking</c><00:28:43.359><c> about.</c>

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.440
It<00:28:45.240><c> comes</c><00:28:45.319><c> from</c><00:28:45.519><c> a</c><00:28:45.720><c> verb.</c>

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:51.519
That<00:28:47.579><c> labor</c><00:28:48.079><c> of</c><00:28:48.359><c> love</c><00:28:48.539><c> is</c><00:28:49.160><c> a</c><00:28:49.279><c> noun,</c><00:28:49.599><c> but</c><00:28:49.599><c> it</c><00:28:49.720><c> comes</c><00:28:50.000><c> from</c><00:28:50.579><c> a</c><00:28:50.740><c> verb</c><00:28:51.079><c> that</c><00:28:51.299><c> is</c>

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very<00:28:51.880><c> graphic.</c>

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It<00:28:53.400><c> means</c><00:28:53.660><c> to</c><00:28:54.420><c> chop</c><00:28:54.920><c> or</c><00:28:55.279><c> to</c><00:28:55.839><c> beat</c><00:28:56.119><c> the</c><00:28:56.480><c> breast</c><00:28:56.759><c> in</c><00:28:57.180><c> grief.</c>

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:02.319
We<00:28:59.279><c> think</c><00:28:59.420><c> of</c><00:28:59.599><c> all</c><00:28:59.799><c> the</c><00:29:00.319><c> things</c><00:29:00.559><c> that</c><00:29:00.799><c> come</c><00:29:00.940><c> so</c><00:29:01.319><c> easily</c><00:29:01.660><c> to</c><00:29:01.920><c> mind</c><00:29:02.160><c> and</c>

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to<00:29:02.400><c> the</c><00:29:02.660><c> flesh.</c>

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:07.480
And<00:29:04.339><c> Paul's</c><00:29:04.799><c> saying,</c><00:29:05.420><c> I</c><00:29:05.420><c> pummel</c><00:29:05.839><c> my</c><00:29:06.160><c> body</c><00:29:06.500><c> and</c><00:29:06.779><c> keep</c><00:29:06.980><c> it</c><00:29:07.220><c> under.</c>

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You<00:29:07.759><c> remember?</c>

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:11.819
And<00:29:09.259><c> what</c><00:29:09.359><c> he's</c><00:29:09.579><c> saying</c><00:29:09.720><c> is,</c><00:29:10.299><c> it's</c><00:29:10.559><c> hard</c><00:29:10.920><c> work</c><00:29:11.140><c> to</c><00:29:11.339><c> keep</c><00:29:11.500><c> the</c>

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flesh<00:29:11.980><c> in</c><00:29:12.160><c> its</c><00:29:12.440><c> place.</c>

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And<00:29:13.579><c> we've</c><00:29:13.799><c> got</c><00:29:13.900><c> to</c><00:29:14.140><c> kind</c><00:29:14.279><c> of</c><00:29:15.079><c> beat</c><00:29:15.259><c> it</c><00:29:15.519><c> down</c><00:29:15.700><c> from</c><00:29:15.980><c> time</c><00:29:16.259><c> to</c><00:29:16.480><c> time</c>

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:21.059
in<00:29:16.839><c> order</c><00:29:17.039><c> that</c><00:29:17.420><c> the</c><00:29:17.740><c> labor</c><00:29:18.099><c> of</c><00:29:18.359><c> love</c><00:29:18.579><c> will</c><00:29:19.200><c> show</c><00:29:19.460><c> forth</c><00:29:19.759><c> in</c><00:29:19.980><c> us.</c>

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.279
But<00:29:22.420><c> that's</c><00:29:22.660><c> the</c><00:29:22.779><c> kind</c><00:29:22.920><c> of</c><00:29:23.140><c> words.</c>

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That's<00:29:23.539><c> what</c><00:29:23.640><c> he's</c><00:29:23.940><c> opening</c><00:29:24.220><c> out</c><00:29:24.559><c> here</c><00:29:24.680><c> when</c><00:29:24.779><c> he</c><00:29:24.980><c> talks</c><00:29:25.180><c> about</c><00:29:25.500><c> this.</c>

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There's<00:29:25.960><c> nothing</c><00:29:26.140><c> abstract</c><00:29:26.700><c> in</c><00:29:26.880><c> it.</c><00:29:27.099><c> It's</c><00:29:27.460><c> very</c><00:29:27.839><c> pointed,</c>

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isn't<00:29:28.400><c> it?</c>

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It<00:29:28.980><c> makes</c><00:29:29.220><c> us</c><00:29:29.500><c> think</c><00:29:29.720><c> about</c><00:29:30.160><c> where</c><00:29:30.599><c> we</c><00:29:30.880><c> stand</c><00:29:31.240><c> and</c><00:29:31.359><c> how</c><00:29:31.680><c> we</c><00:29:32.380><c> operate</c>

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:37.740
as<00:29:35.059><c> disciples</c><00:29:35.500><c> of</c><00:29:35.660><c> the</c><00:29:35.759><c> Lord</c><00:29:35.980><c> Jesus</c><00:29:36.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:40.440
Paul<00:29:38.599><c> knew</c><00:29:38.819><c> from</c><00:29:39.019><c> experience</c><00:29:39.519><c> what</c><00:29:39.640><c> he</c><00:29:39.759><c> was</c><00:29:39.880><c> talking</c><00:29:40.160><c> about,</c>

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brethren<00:29:40.720><c> and</c><00:29:40.920><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:29:41.299><c> really</c><00:29:41.599><c> did.</c>

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1<00:29:45.440><c> Thessalonians</c><00:29:46.059><c> chapter</c><00:29:46.400><c> 2.</c>

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I'm<00:29:47.880><c> tempted</c><00:29:48.000><c> to</c><00:29:48.099><c> go</c><00:29:48.279><c> back</c><00:29:48.500><c> to</c><00:29:48.740><c> Acts,</c><00:29:49.019><c> but</c><00:29:49.099><c> I</c><00:29:49.960><c> just</c><00:29:50.119><c> don't</c><00:29:50.359><c> think</c><00:29:50.480><c> we'll</c><00:29:51.299><c> take</c>

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.940
the<00:29:51.779><c> time</c><00:29:51.940><c> to</c><00:29:52.079><c> do</c><00:29:52.259><c> this</c><00:29:52.500><c> right</c><00:29:52.720><c> now.</c>

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I'll<00:29:53.180><c> give</c><00:29:53.279><c> you</c><00:29:53.400><c> the</c><00:29:53.539><c> reference.</c><00:29:53.920><c> You</c><00:29:53.940><c> can</c><00:29:54.099><c> add</c><00:29:54.279><c> this</c><00:29:54.539><c> to</c><00:29:54.660><c> this</c><00:29:55.680><c> one.</c>

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Acts<00:29:56.819><c> chapter</c><00:29:57.140><c> 20,</c><00:29:57.700><c> verse</c><00:29:57.859><c> 34</c><00:29:58.599><c> and</c><00:29:59.220><c> 35.</c>

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And<00:30:00.039><c> you'll</c><00:30:00.680><c> know</c><00:30:00.980><c> that</c><00:30:01.180><c> that's</c><00:30:01.720><c> Paul's</c><00:30:02.220><c> final</c><00:30:02.440><c> words</c><00:30:02.799><c> to</c><00:30:03.059><c> the</c>

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elders<00:30:04.380><c> at</c><00:30:04.940><c> Ephesus</c>

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before<00:30:06.079><c> he's</c><00:30:06.279><c> to</c><00:30:06.460><c> leave</c><00:30:06.640><c> them.</c>

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But<00:30:07.700><c> in</c><00:30:08.019><c> 1</c><00:30:08.220><c> Thessalonians</c><00:30:08.839><c> chapter</c><00:30:09.220><c> 2</c><00:30:09.559><c> and</c><00:30:09.900><c> verse</c><00:30:10.220><c> 9,</c><00:30:12.819><c> he</c><00:30:12.940><c> just</c>

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says<00:30:13.380><c> this.</c>

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And<00:30:13.720><c> it's</c><00:30:13.900><c> the</c><00:30:14.039><c> same</c><00:30:14.240><c> word</c><00:30:14.420><c> that's</c><00:30:14.720><c> used</c><00:30:14.900><c> there.</c>

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:19.339
He<00:30:15.200><c> says,</c><00:30:15.400><c> For</c><00:30:15.519><c> ye</c><00:30:15.759><c> remember,</c><00:30:16.380><c> brethren,</c><00:30:17.140><c> our</c><00:30:17.460><c> labor</c><00:30:17.880><c> and</c><00:30:18.240><c> travail,</c>

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for<00:30:20.019><c> laboring</c><00:30:20.539><c> night</c><00:30:20.859><c> and</c><00:30:21.160><c> day,</c>

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:25.079
because<00:30:22.500><c> we</c><00:30:22.680><c> would</c><00:30:22.940><c> not</c><00:30:23.160><c> be</c><00:30:23.559><c> chargeable</c><00:30:24.000><c> unto</c><00:30:24.240><c> any</c><00:30:24.579><c> of</c><00:30:24.759><c> you.</c>

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We<00:30:25.599><c> preached</c><00:30:26.079><c> unto</c><00:30:26.440><c> you</c><00:30:26.680><c> the</c><00:30:26.940><c> gospel</c><00:30:27.400><c> of</c><00:30:27.660><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:30:29.299><c> the</c><00:30:29.880><c> toil</c><00:30:30.259><c> that</c><00:30:30.559><c> reduces</c><00:30:31.059><c> the</c><00:30:31.500><c> strength.</c>

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:33.339
And<00:30:32.420><c> Paul</c><00:30:32.619><c> did</c><00:30:32.819><c> it</c><00:30:32.940><c> himself.</c>

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We're<00:30:33.980><c> not</c><00:30:34.119><c> being</c><00:30:34.420><c> asked</c><00:30:34.779><c> by</c><00:30:35.059><c> these</c><00:30:36.039><c> writers</c><00:30:36.480><c> of</c><00:30:37.099><c> the</c><00:30:37.359><c> epistles</c><00:30:37.720><c> of</c><00:30:37.940><c> Scripture</c>

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:41.500
to<00:30:38.740><c> do</c><00:30:38.940><c> anything</c><00:30:39.259><c> that</c><00:30:39.380><c> they</c><00:30:39.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:30:39.859><c> do,</c><00:30:40.240><c> brethren</c><00:30:40.400><c> and</c><00:30:40.599><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:46.960
He<00:30:41.799><c> did</c><00:30:41.980><c> it</c><00:30:42.160><c> himself,</c><00:30:43.299><c> laboring</c><00:30:44.359><c> night</c><00:30:44.960><c> and</c><00:30:45.259><c> day,</c><00:30:45.779><c> he</c><00:30:46.039><c> says.</c>

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.279
It<00:30:48.400><c> may</c><00:30:48.539><c> sound</c><00:30:48.740><c> like</c><00:30:48.940><c> quite</c><00:30:49.119><c> a</c><00:30:49.400><c> task.</c>

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Just<00:30:51.539><c> go</c><00:30:51.740><c> over</c><00:30:51.880><c> to</c><00:30:52.079><c> Hebrews.</c><00:30:52.519><c> We</c><00:30:52.660><c> should</c><00:30:52.880><c> connect</c><00:30:53.240><c> with</c><00:30:53.440><c> this.</c>

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:55.819
Hebrews<00:30:53.839><c> chapter</c><00:30:54.299><c> 6.</c>

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All<00:30:57.619><c> the</c><00:30:57.880><c> parts</c><00:30:58.079><c> are</c><00:30:58.319><c> here,</c><00:30:58.480><c> actually,</c><00:30:59.680><c> in</c><00:30:59.819><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:00.160><c> chapter</c><00:31:00.559><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:31:01.660><c> this</c><00:31:01.759><c> is</c><00:31:01.839><c> what</c><00:31:01.900><c> I</c><00:31:02.079><c> mean</c><00:31:02.180><c> when</c><00:31:02.319><c> I</c><00:31:02.519><c> say</c><00:31:02.579><c> you'll</c><00:31:02.900><c> find</c><00:31:03.059><c> it</c>

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:05.759
through<00:31:03.380><c> all</c><00:31:03.720><c> the</c><00:31:04.480><c> epistles</c><00:31:04.819><c> of</c><00:31:05.019><c> the</c><00:31:05.059><c> New</c><00:31:05.279><c> Testament.</c>

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:11.960
I<00:31:06.519><c> think</c><00:31:06.720><c> this</c><00:31:06.940><c> is</c><00:31:07.200><c> Paul's</c><00:31:08.799><c> letter</c><00:31:09.299><c> to</c><00:31:10.400><c> the</c><00:31:10.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:10.839><c> believers,</c>

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even<00:31:12.599><c> though</c><00:31:12.740><c> there's</c><00:31:12.859><c> no</c><00:31:13.079><c> title</c><00:31:13.339><c> on</c><00:31:13.559><c> it.</c>

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:18.740
But<00:31:15.259><c> in</c><00:31:15.740><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:16.039><c> chapter</c><00:31:16.420><c> 6</c><00:31:16.779><c> and</c><00:31:16.900><c> at</c><00:31:17.079><c> verse</c><00:31:17.319><c> 10,</c>

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.119
just<00:31:19.579><c> think</c><00:31:19.779><c> of</c><00:31:19.900><c> the</c><00:31:20.059><c> things</c><00:31:20.200><c> that</c><00:31:20.319><c> we're</c><00:31:20.500><c> involved</c><00:31:20.880><c> in</c><00:31:21.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:21.380><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:31:22.500><c> he</c><00:31:22.619><c> says,</c>

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For<00:31:23.299><c> God</c><00:31:23.599><c> is</c><00:31:23.920><c> not</c><00:31:24.279><c> unrighteous</c><00:31:25.259><c> to</c><00:31:25.680><c> forget</c><00:31:26.019><c> your</c><00:31:26.440><c> work,</c>

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:32.259
remember,<00:31:28.140><c> the</c><00:31:28.220><c> work</c><00:31:28.500><c> of</c><00:31:29.119><c> faith,</c><00:31:30.740><c> the</c><00:31:30.900><c> labor</c><00:31:31.119><c> of</c><00:31:31.380><c> love,</c>

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:34.539
the<00:31:32.779><c> patience</c><00:31:33.079><c> of</c><00:31:33.359><c> hope,</c><00:31:33.619><c> those</c><00:31:33.859><c> three</c><00:31:34.119><c> things.</c>

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.339
He<00:31:35.019><c> says,</c>

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God<00:31:35.839><c> is</c><00:31:36.059><c> not</c><00:31:36.240><c> unrighteous</c><00:31:36.720><c> to</c><00:31:36.920><c> forget</c><00:31:37.160><c> your</c><00:31:37.599><c> work</c><00:31:37.900><c> and</c><00:31:38.220><c> labor</c>

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of<00:31:39.059><c> love,</c>

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which<00:31:40.019><c> ye</c><00:31:40.180><c> have</c><00:31:40.339><c> shewed</c><00:31:40.700><c> toward</c><00:31:41.140><c> his</c><00:31:41.480><c> name,</c>

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:45.059
and<00:31:42.680><c> that</c><00:31:42.799><c> ye</c><00:31:42.960><c> have</c><00:31:43.160><c> ministered</c><00:31:43.440><c> to</c><00:31:43.619><c> the</c><00:31:43.880><c> saints,</c><00:31:44.259><c> and</c><00:31:44.400><c> do</c><00:31:44.619><c> minister.</c>

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.759
And<00:31:45.480><c> may</c><00:31:45.579><c> I</c><00:31:45.619><c> just</c><00:31:45.859><c> say,</c><00:31:46.119><c> brethren</c><00:31:46.259><c> and</c><00:31:46.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:49.940
the<00:31:47.500><c> ministering</c><00:31:48.339><c> to</c><00:31:48.579><c> the</c><00:31:48.940><c> saints,</c>

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:55.440
the<00:31:50.680><c> things</c><00:31:51.019><c> that</c><00:31:51.200><c> we're</c><00:31:51.480><c> involved</c><00:31:51.960><c> in</c><00:31:52.680><c> in</c><00:31:53.240><c> our</c><00:31:53.559><c> ecclesial</c><00:31:54.559><c> circle</c>

00:31:55.440 --> 00:32:00.059
amongst<00:31:56.359><c> ourselves</c><00:31:56.900><c> as</c><00:31:57.079><c> we</c><00:31:57.380><c> minister</c><00:31:57.660><c> to</c><00:31:57.839><c> the</c><00:31:58.000><c> needs</c><00:31:58.200><c> of</c><00:31:58.420><c> one</c><00:31:58.579><c> another,</c>

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:03.359
God<00:32:00.680><c> takes</c><00:32:01.019><c> it</c><00:32:01.220><c> as</c><00:32:01.359><c> though</c><00:32:01.519><c> it's</c><00:32:01.759><c> done</c><00:32:02.000><c> to</c><00:32:02.240><c> him.</c>

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:06.880
He<00:32:04.339><c> says</c><00:32:04.440><c> it's</c><00:32:04.880><c> done</c><00:32:05.259><c> to</c><00:32:05.559><c> his</c><00:32:05.900><c> name.</c>

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:10.480
He<00:32:07.380><c> says</c><00:32:07.460><c> you've</c><00:32:07.920><c> shewed</c><00:32:08.099><c> this</c><00:32:08.720><c> toward</c><00:32:09.200><c> his</c><00:32:09.559><c> name.</c>

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:14.200
And<00:32:11.519><c> I</c><00:32:11.579><c> think</c><00:32:11.700><c> that's</c><00:32:11.920><c> a</c><00:32:12.019><c> very</c><00:32:12.240><c> powerful</c><00:32:12.599><c> lesson</c><00:32:12.900><c> for</c><00:32:13.180><c> us.</c>

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:17.279
And<00:32:14.640><c> it</c><00:32:14.779><c> shows</c><00:32:14.900><c> the</c><00:32:15.099><c> necessity</c><00:32:15.579><c> of</c><00:32:15.779><c> this</c><00:32:16.000><c> kind</c><00:32:16.200><c> of</c><00:32:16.480><c> ministering.</c>

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:19.799
But<00:32:18.059><c> we</c><00:32:18.319><c> just</c><00:32:18.519><c> go</c><00:32:18.720><c> on.</c>

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.059
He<00:32:19.920><c> says,</c>

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:21.960
You've<00:32:20.339><c> ministered</c><00:32:20.599><c> to</c><00:32:20.759><c> the</c><00:32:20.980><c> saints</c><00:32:21.180><c> and</c><00:32:21.319><c> do</c><00:32:21.519><c> minister,</c>

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:25.579
and<00:32:22.099><c> we</c><00:32:22.319><c> desire</c><00:32:22.779><c> that</c><00:32:23.039><c> every</c><00:32:23.460><c> one</c><00:32:23.640><c> of</c><00:32:23.799><c> you</c><00:32:23.980><c> do</c><00:32:24.140><c> show</c><00:32:24.420><c> the</c><00:32:24.740><c> same</c><00:32:25.039><c> diligence</c>

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:29.700
to<00:32:26.000><c> the</c><00:32:26.240><c> full</c><00:32:26.460><c> assurance</c><00:32:26.940><c> of</c><00:32:27.259><c> hope</c><00:32:27.960><c> unto</c><00:32:28.319><c> the</c><00:32:28.640><c> end,</c>

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:32.200
that<00:32:29.920><c> ye</c><00:32:30.160><c> be</c><00:32:30.279><c> not</c><00:32:30.619><c> slothful</c><00:32:31.119><c> but</c><00:32:31.380><c> followers</c><00:32:31.819><c> of</c><00:32:32.000><c> them</c>

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:35.759
who<00:32:32.400><c> through</c><00:32:32.720><c> faith</c><00:32:33.140><c> and</c><00:32:33.940><c> patience</c><00:32:34.339><c> inherit</c><00:32:35.059><c> the</c><00:32:35.359><c> promises.</c>

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:38.039
All<00:32:36.420><c> the</c><00:32:36.660><c> parts</c><00:32:36.859><c> are</c><00:32:37.079><c> there.</c>

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:40.039
You<00:32:38.240><c> see</c><00:32:38.299><c> how</c><00:32:38.400><c> it's</c><00:32:38.559><c> linked</c><00:32:38.819><c> in</c><00:32:39.000><c> other</c><00:32:39.180><c> parts</c><00:32:39.400><c> of</c><00:32:39.559><c> the</c><00:32:39.740><c> Scripture?</c>

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:43.380
Here's<00:32:40.980><c> faith,</c><00:32:41.640><c> hope,</c><00:32:42.319><c> love,</c><00:32:43.099><c> patience.</c>

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:45.539
All<00:32:44.079><c> these</c><00:32:44.359><c> terms</c><00:32:44.720><c> that</c><00:32:44.900><c> he</c><00:32:45.039><c> uses</c>

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:48.640
are<00:32:45.960><c> right</c><00:32:46.200><c> here</c><00:32:46.400><c> in</c><00:32:46.500><c> this</c><00:32:46.640><c> little</c><00:32:46.859><c> section</c><00:32:47.140><c> of</c><00:32:47.339><c> Hebrews,</c><00:32:47.759><c> Chapter</c><00:32:48.039><c> 6.</c>

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:51.619
We<00:32:49.140><c> see</c><00:32:49.359><c> the</c><00:32:49.559><c> value</c><00:32:49.859><c> of</c><00:32:50.059><c> it.</c><00:32:50.160><c> We</c><00:32:50.240><c> see</c><00:32:50.420><c> the</c><00:32:50.539><c> necessity</c><00:32:51.039><c> of</c><00:32:51.259><c> it.</c>

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:54.599
We<00:32:52.099><c> see</c><00:32:52.240><c> that</c><00:32:52.380><c> it's</c><00:32:52.519><c> an</c><00:32:52.700><c> exhortation</c><00:32:53.240><c> that</c><00:32:53.380><c> we</c><00:32:53.500><c> had</c><00:32:53.559><c> better</c><00:32:53.759><c> take</c><00:32:54.000><c> to</c><00:32:54.299><c> heart</c>

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:57.220
because<00:32:55.180><c> we</c><00:32:55.359><c> need</c><00:32:55.539><c> to</c><00:32:55.700><c> do</c><00:32:55.859><c> these</c><00:32:56.140><c> things.</c>

00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:00.119
Well,<00:32:58.079><c> back</c><00:32:58.240><c> in</c><00:32:58.660><c> 1</c><00:32:58.880><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:03.420
he<00:33:01.319><c> talks</c><00:33:01.599><c> about</c><00:33:01.819><c> the</c><00:33:02.079><c> patience</c><00:33:02.299><c> of</c><00:33:02.599><c> hope.</c>

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:08.019
I<00:33:04.819><c> find</c><00:33:05.039><c> it</c><00:33:05.220><c> hard</c><00:33:05.359><c> to</c><00:33:05.559><c> talk</c><00:33:05.740><c> about</c><00:33:05.940><c> the</c><00:33:06.279><c> patience</c><00:33:06.599><c> of</c><00:33:07.440><c> anything,</c>

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.160
my<00:33:08.519><c> brethren</c><00:33:08.740><c> and</c><00:33:08.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:13.720
because<00:33:09.599><c> I</c><00:33:12.119><c> don't</c><00:33:12.359><c> feel</c><00:33:12.539><c> like</c><00:33:12.680><c> a</c><00:33:12.759><c> very</c><00:33:13.019><c> patient</c><00:33:13.299><c> person.</c>

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.279
I<00:33:13.819><c> guess</c><00:33:13.940><c> you'd</c><00:33:14.799><c> have</c><00:33:14.960><c> to</c><00:33:15.019><c> ask</c><00:33:15.220><c> Sister</c><00:33:15.480><c> Karen</c><00:33:15.779><c> about</c><00:33:16.059><c> that,</c>

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:18.700
but<00:33:16.420><c> she</c><00:33:16.539><c> knows</c><00:33:16.759><c> about</c><00:33:17.000><c> the</c><00:33:17.200><c> impatience</c><00:33:17.680><c> here.</c>

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:25.380
But<00:33:19.740><c> what</c><00:33:20.359><c> this</c><00:33:20.880><c> word</c><00:33:21.140><c> means</c><00:33:21.839><c> is</c><00:33:23.319><c> cheerful</c><00:33:24.000><c> endurance.</c>

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:30.299
I<00:33:26.079><c> guess</c><00:33:26.240><c> what</c><00:33:26.440><c> we</c><00:33:26.559><c> would</c><00:33:26.740><c> say,</c><00:33:27.279><c> like</c><00:33:27.279><c> we</c><00:33:27.880><c> sometimes</c><00:33:28.319><c> say,</c><00:33:28.880><c> hang</c><00:33:29.140><c> in</c><00:33:29.400><c> there.</c>

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:33.880
What<00:33:30.819><c> Paul</c><00:33:31.160><c> is</c><00:33:31.339><c> saying</c><00:33:31.519><c> is</c><00:33:31.759><c> smile</c><00:33:32.259><c> and</c><00:33:32.500><c> hang</c><00:33:32.779><c> in</c><00:33:33.019><c> there.</c>

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:37.220
Why?<00:33:35.400><c> Why,</c><00:33:35.980><c> brethren</c><00:33:36.180><c> and</c><00:33:36.380><c> sisters?</c>

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.980
Because<00:33:38.440><c> Christ</c><00:33:38.819><c> is</c><00:33:39.079><c> coming.</c>

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:42.079
This<00:33:41.319><c> is</c><00:33:41.500><c> our</c><00:33:41.779><c> hope.</c>

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:44.059
Talk<00:33:42.700><c> about</c><00:33:42.900><c> the</c><00:33:43.160><c> patience</c><00:33:43.500><c> of</c><00:33:43.759><c> hope.</c>

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:48.220
We<00:33:44.759><c> smile</c><00:33:45.220><c> and</c><00:33:45.420><c> we</c><00:33:45.660><c> hang</c><00:33:45.859><c> on</c><00:33:46.079><c> because</c><00:33:46.380><c> Christ</c><00:33:46.799><c> is</c><00:33:47.079><c> coming.</c>

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:50.619
The<00:33:48.980><c> word</c><00:33:49.119><c> hope</c><00:33:49.339><c> is</c><00:33:49.599><c> elpis.</c>

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:52.559
If<00:33:50.900><c> you're</c><00:33:51.079><c> able</c><00:33:51.099><c> to</c><00:33:51.220><c> relate</c><00:33:51.460><c> that</c><00:33:51.720><c> to</c><00:33:51.900><c> something,</c><00:33:52.339><c> I</c><00:33:52.339><c> think.</c>

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:54.039
Elpis<00:33:52.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:56.059
We<00:33:54.460><c> studied</c><00:33:54.640><c> this</c><00:33:54.799><c> for</c><00:33:55.000><c> some</c><00:33:55.259><c> time</c><00:33:55.460><c> in</c><00:33:55.700><c> Cranston</c>

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:58.960
and<00:33:56.160><c> just</c><00:33:56.440><c> finished</c><00:33:56.720><c> after</c><00:33:57.059><c> something</c><00:33:57.319><c> like</c><00:33:57.539><c> nine</c><00:33:57.839><c> years.</c>

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:02.839
You<00:34:00.240><c> see,</c><00:34:00.359><c> we</c><00:34:00.460><c> don't</c><00:34:00.660><c> exactly</c><00:34:01.140><c> breeze</c><00:34:01.460><c> through</c><00:34:01.740><c> our</c><00:34:02.059><c> studies,</c>

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.960
but<00:34:03.319><c> we</c><00:34:04.059><c> nonetheless</c><00:34:04.400><c> have</c><00:34:04.660><c> made</c><00:34:04.819><c> it.</c>

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:07.480
But<00:34:05.099><c> that's</c><00:34:06.259><c> the</c><00:34:06.380><c> word</c><00:34:06.500><c> for</c><00:34:06.859><c> hope,</c>

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:10.840
and<00:34:08.079><c> it</c><00:34:08.219><c> means</c><00:34:08.400><c> to</c><00:34:08.659><c> anticipate</c><00:34:09.539><c> with</c><00:34:10.340><c> pleasure.</c>

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:15.679
It<00:34:11.860><c> means</c><00:34:12.119><c> expectation,</c><00:34:13.980><c> confidence,</c><00:34:15.000><c> all</c><00:34:15.139><c> this</c><00:34:15.360><c> bound</c><00:34:15.579><c> up.</c>

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:18.300
When<00:34:15.820><c> we</c><00:34:15.960><c> talk</c><00:34:16.139><c> about</c><00:34:16.400><c> our</c><00:34:16.679><c> hope,</c><00:34:17.059><c> brethren</c><00:34:17.179><c> and</c><00:34:17.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:21.019
we're<00:34:18.820><c> not</c><00:34:19.019><c> just</c><00:34:19.239><c> saying</c><00:34:19.460><c> that,</c><00:34:20.300><c> well,</c><00:34:20.719><c> you</c><00:34:20.880><c> know,</c>

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:24.260
we<00:34:21.179><c> usually</c><00:34:21.460><c> relate</c><00:34:21.840><c> this</c><00:34:22.179><c> to</c><00:34:23.059><c> an</c><00:34:23.739><c> illness,</c>

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:26.539
to<00:34:24.800><c> someone</c><00:34:25.079><c> who's</c><00:34:25.400><c> fallen</c><00:34:25.559><c> asleep</c><00:34:25.980><c> in</c><00:34:26.280><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:28.639
and<00:34:26.719><c> we</c><00:34:27.360><c> begin</c><00:34:27.619><c> to</c><00:34:27.820><c> think</c><00:34:27.940><c> about</c><00:34:28.199><c> our</c><00:34:28.480><c> hope</c>

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:31.960
and<00:34:28.800><c> we</c><00:34:29.059><c> console</c><00:34:29.280><c> ourselves</c><00:34:29.719><c> with</c><00:34:29.920><c> that,</c><00:34:30.519><c> and</c><00:34:30.679><c> that's</c><00:34:30.960><c> true.</c>

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:36.900
But<00:34:32.500><c> that</c><00:34:32.739><c> hope</c><00:34:32.960><c> involves</c><00:34:34.179><c> waiting</c><00:34:35.340><c> or</c><00:34:35.679><c> looking</c><00:34:36.000><c> for</c><00:34:36.300><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:40.400
That's<00:34:37.559><c> the</c><00:34:38.219><c> eager</c><00:34:38.519><c> anticipation</c><00:34:39.280><c> that</c><00:34:39.460><c> we</c><00:34:39.659><c> talked</c><00:34:39.860><c> about</c><00:34:40.079><c> earlier.</c>

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:42.760
That's<00:34:40.599><c> on</c><00:34:41.300><c> the</c><00:34:41.460><c> edge</c><00:34:41.599><c> of</c><00:34:41.780><c> your</c><00:34:42.099><c> seat</c><00:34:42.320><c> hope,</c>

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.460
because<00:34:43.320><c> you</c><00:34:43.619><c> hope</c><00:34:43.780><c> that</c><00:34:43.900><c> you're</c><00:34:43.960><c> going</c><00:34:44.099><c> to</c><00:34:44.219><c> be</c><00:34:44.300><c> able</c>

00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:47.719
to<00:34:44.679><c> jump</c><00:34:44.960><c> up</c><00:34:45.179><c> from</c><00:34:45.340><c> your</c><00:34:45.599><c> seat</c><00:34:45.820><c> and</c><00:34:46.179><c> be</c><00:34:46.420><c> with</c><00:34:46.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:50.440
That's<00:34:48.519><c> what</c><00:34:48.619><c> this</c><00:34:48.900><c> hope</c><00:34:49.039><c> is</c><00:34:49.280><c> like.</c>

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:54.460
And<00:34:51.960><c> you</c><00:34:52.059><c> know,</c><00:34:52.579><c> the</c><00:34:52.940><c> amazing</c><00:34:53.400><c> thing</c><00:34:53.699><c> is</c>

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:56.659
that<00:34:55.139><c> when</c><00:34:55.280><c> we</c><00:34:55.480><c> talk</c><00:34:55.679><c> about</c><00:34:55.980><c> our</c><00:34:56.360><c> hope,</c>

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:59.659
that<00:34:56.900><c> we</c><00:34:57.199><c> dare</c><00:34:57.420><c> to</c><00:34:57.739><c> express</c><00:34:58.079><c> it</c><00:34:58.300><c> as</c><00:34:58.679><c> ours</c>

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:02.320
in<00:35:00.199><c> the</c><00:35:00.440><c> presence</c><00:35:00.679><c> of</c><00:35:00.900><c> God</c><00:35:01.099><c> Himself,</c>

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:08.380
the<00:35:05.340><c> wonder</c><00:35:05.500><c> if</c><00:35:05.659><c> it</c><00:35:05.820><c> bears</c><00:35:05.980><c> His</c><00:35:06.380><c> scrutiny,</c><00:35:06.960><c> brethren</c><00:35:07.059><c> and</c><00:35:07.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:12.780
as<00:35:09.400><c> that</c><00:35:09.639><c> expression</c><00:35:10.119><c> at</c><00:35:10.320><c> the</c><00:35:10.400><c> end</c><00:35:10.599><c> of</c><00:35:10.800><c> verse</c><00:35:11.679><c> 3</c>

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:15.780
that<00:35:13.559><c> speaks</c><00:35:13.800><c> of</c><00:35:14.079><c> all</c><00:35:14.260><c> this</c><00:35:14.820><c> patience</c><00:35:15.280><c> of</c><00:35:15.559><c> hope</c>

00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:21.039
in<00:35:15.980><c> our</c><00:35:16.159><c> Lord</c><00:35:16.360><c> Jesus</c><00:35:16.800><c> Christ</c><00:35:17.239><c> in</c><00:35:17.780><c> the</c><00:35:18.219><c> sight</c><00:35:18.460><c> of</c><00:35:18.820><c> God</c><00:35:19.239><c> and</c><00:35:19.519><c> our</c><00:35:19.780><c> Father.</c>

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:27.380
So<00:35:23.440><c> it's</c><00:35:23.539><c> in</c><00:35:23.679><c> God's</c><00:35:24.019><c> sight,</c><00:35:24.340><c> all</c><00:35:24.519><c> that</c><00:35:24.679><c> we</c><00:35:24.820><c> do,</c><00:35:25.719><c> all</c><00:35:25.940><c> that</c><00:35:26.079><c> we</c><00:35:26.239><c> express,</c>

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.980
all<00:35:27.780><c> these</c><00:35:28.119><c> qualities</c><00:35:28.760><c> and</c><00:35:29.360><c> characteristics</c>

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:32.199
that<00:35:30.239><c> our</c><00:35:30.420><c> brethren</c><00:35:30.780><c> and</c><00:35:31.199><c> sisters</c><00:35:31.519><c> here</c><00:35:31.900><c> had</c>

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:35.800
are<00:35:32.880><c> things</c><00:35:33.059><c> that</c><00:35:33.219><c> we</c><00:35:33.460><c> need,</c><00:35:33.760><c> and</c><00:35:33.860><c> it's</c><00:35:34.000><c> in</c><00:35:34.139><c> the</c><00:35:34.300><c> sight</c><00:35:34.440><c> of</c><00:35:34.639><c> God.</c>

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:38.960
And<00:35:36.519><c> it's</c><00:35:36.639><c> under</c><00:35:36.780><c> the</c><00:35:37.059><c> scrutiny</c><00:35:37.360><c> of</c><00:35:37.579><c> God</c><00:35:37.780><c> as</c><00:35:38.059><c> well.</c>

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:40.420
And<00:35:39.500><c> so</c><00:35:39.559><c> in</c><00:35:39.719><c> verse</c><00:35:39.940><c> 4,</c><00:35:40.239><c> he</c><00:35:40.239><c> says,</c>

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:43.119
Knowing,<00:35:40.940><c> brethren,</c><00:35:41.219><c> beloved,</c><00:35:41.699><c> your</c><00:35:41.900><c> election,</c>

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:45.599
your<00:35:43.559><c> election</c><00:35:44.199><c> of</c><00:35:44.500><c> God.</c>

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:49.139
I<00:35:46.059><c> like</c><00:35:46.179><c> to</c><00:35:46.360><c> think</c><00:35:46.460><c> of</c><00:35:46.559><c> this</c><00:35:46.760><c> as</c><00:35:46.920><c> kind</c><00:35:47.059><c> of</c><00:35:47.420><c> the</c><00:35:47.780><c> divine</c><00:35:48.199><c> selection</c><00:35:48.820><c> here,</c>

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:52.099
that<00:35:49.340><c> God</c><00:35:49.559><c> has</c><00:35:50.039><c> made</c><00:35:50.659><c> a</c><00:35:50.940><c> choice,</c>

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:55.139
and<00:35:53.420><c> He's</c><00:35:53.659><c> chosen</c><00:35:53.920><c> you.</c>

00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:57.380
He's<00:35:56.159><c> chosen</c><00:35:56.340><c> me.</c>

00:35:57.639 --> 00:36:00.199
That's<00:35:57.880><c> God's</c><00:35:58.360><c> choice,</c><00:35:58.940><c> brethren</c><00:35:59.099><c> and</c><00:35:59.280><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:03.260
That's<00:36:00.860><c> election</c><00:36:01.460><c> or</c><00:36:02.239><c> divine</c><00:36:02.699><c> selection,</c>

00:36:03.260 --> 00:36:05.659
as<00:36:03.460><c> I</c><00:36:03.599><c> like</c><00:36:03.719><c> to</c><00:36:04.320><c> just</c><00:36:04.760><c> think</c><00:36:05.019><c> of</c><00:36:05.219><c> that.</c>

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.139
But<00:36:06.260><c> He</c><00:36:06.360><c> wants</c><00:36:06.699><c> us.</c>

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.340
What<00:36:07.619><c> does</c><00:36:07.760><c> it</c><00:36:07.860><c> mean</c><00:36:08.059><c> to</c><00:36:08.239><c> us?</c>

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:11.599
It<00:36:08.699><c> doesn't</c><00:36:08.900><c> mean</c><00:36:09.099><c> we've</c><00:36:09.960><c> arrived</c><00:36:10.559><c> already,</c><00:36:11.099><c> that</c><00:36:11.260><c> we've</c><00:36:11.500><c> got</c>

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.039
it<00:36:11.820><c> made.</c>

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:14.659
It<00:36:12.139><c> means</c><00:36:12.320><c> that</c><00:36:12.480><c> we've</c><00:36:12.659><c> got</c><00:36:13.079><c> responsibilities</c><00:36:13.920><c> to</c><00:36:14.159><c> respond</c>

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:16.860
to<00:36:14.900><c> God,</c><00:36:15.239><c> doesn't</c><00:36:15.420><c> it?</c>

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.039
But<00:36:18.179><c> Paul,</c><00:36:18.380><c> in</c><00:36:18.579><c> these</c><00:36:18.760><c> verses,</c>

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:23.679
because<00:36:21.599><c> of</c><00:36:21.739><c> the</c><00:36:22.000><c> character</c><00:36:22.300><c> of</c><00:36:22.480><c> this</c><00:36:22.679><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:27.619
is<00:36:25.119><c> expressing</c><00:36:25.599><c> thankfulness</c>

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:30.900
for<00:36:28.280><c> his</c><00:36:28.519><c> brothers</c><00:36:28.820><c> and</c><00:36:29.039><c> sisters</c><00:36:29.340><c> of</c><00:36:29.559><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:34.380
And<00:36:32.159><c> then</c><00:36:32.280><c> he</c><00:36:32.380><c> tells</c><00:36:32.619><c> us</c><00:36:32.840><c> why.</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.559
Verse<00:36:34.840><c> 5</c><00:36:35.199><c> through</c><00:36:35.420><c> 8.</c>

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:39.719
Let's<00:36:35.739><c> just</c><00:36:36.000><c> read</c><00:36:36.159><c> that,</c><00:36:36.539><c> and</c><00:36:36.719><c> it's</c><00:36:37.460><c> in</c><00:36:37.679><c> the</c><00:36:38.119><c> flow</c><00:36:38.260><c> that's</c><00:36:38.619><c> there.</c>

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:44.639
He<00:36:41.559><c> says,</c><00:36:41.760><c> For</c><00:36:41.820><c> our</c><00:36:42.079><c> gospel</c><00:36:42.480><c> came</c><00:36:42.860><c> not</c><00:36:43.099><c> unto</c><00:36:43.300><c> you</c><00:36:43.500><c> in</c><00:36:43.739><c> word</c><00:36:43.980><c> only,</c>

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:48.360
but<00:36:45.159><c> also</c><00:36:45.559><c> in</c><00:36:45.960><c> power</c><00:36:46.579><c> and</c><00:36:46.960><c> in</c><00:36:47.159><c> the</c><00:36:47.320><c> Holy</c><00:36:47.579><c> Spirit,</c>

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:50.500
and<00:36:48.760><c> in</c><00:36:49.079><c> much</c><00:36:49.300><c> assurance,</c>

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:53.139
as<00:36:50.739><c> ye</c><00:36:50.980><c> know</c><00:36:51.119><c> what</c><00:36:51.380><c> manner</c><00:36:51.679><c> of</c><00:36:51.920><c> men</c><00:36:52.099><c> we</c><00:36:52.300><c> were</c><00:36:52.500><c> among</c><00:36:52.739><c> you</c><00:36:52.960><c> for</c>

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.059
your<00:36:53.519><c> sake.</c>

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:57.320
And<00:36:54.880><c> ye</c><00:36:55.119><c> became</c><00:36:55.480><c> followers</c><00:36:56.000><c> of</c><00:36:56.219><c> us</c><00:36:56.579><c> and</c><00:36:56.719><c> of</c><00:36:56.880><c> the</c><00:36:57.039><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:00.219
having<00:36:57.619><c> received</c><00:36:58.139><c> the</c><00:36:58.380><c> word</c><00:36:58.579><c> in</c><00:36:59.199><c> much</c><00:36:59.420><c> affliction</c>

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:02.760
with<00:37:00.719><c> the</c><00:37:00.960><c> joy</c><00:37:01.119><c> of</c><00:37:01.280><c> the</c><00:37:01.460><c> Holy</c><00:37:01.699><c> Spirit,</c>

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:08.760
so<00:37:03.199><c> that</c><00:37:03.400><c> ye</c><00:37:03.599><c> were</c><00:37:03.860><c> in</c><00:37:04.300><c> samples</c><00:37:04.760><c> to</c><00:37:05.039><c> all</c><00:37:05.380><c> that</c><00:37:05.639><c> believe</c><00:37:06.139><c> in</c><00:37:06.760><c> Macedonia</c><00:37:07.519><c> and</c><00:37:07.860><c> Achaia.</c>

00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:10.239
Remember<00:37:09.219><c> the</c><00:37:09.440><c> map?</c>

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:13.059
Macedonia<00:37:11.480><c> is</c><00:37:11.639><c> the</c><00:37:11.840><c> northern</c><00:37:12.139><c> part</c><00:37:12.440><c> of</c><00:37:12.699><c> Greece.</c>

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:16.840
That's<00:37:13.760><c> where</c><00:37:13.900><c> Thessalonica</c><00:37:14.659><c> and</c><00:37:15.019><c> Berea</c><00:37:15.619><c> and</c><00:37:15.980><c> Philippi</c><00:37:16.460><c> were.</c>

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:20.059
And<00:37:17.320><c> when</c><00:37:17.380><c> you</c><00:37:17.500><c> come</c><00:37:17.639><c> down</c><00:37:17.900><c> to</c><00:37:18.079><c> the</c><00:37:18.300><c> southern</c><00:37:18.539><c> portion</c><00:37:18.940><c> of</c><00:37:19.219><c> Greece,</c>

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:22.400
that's<00:37:21.000><c> the</c><00:37:21.559><c> Achaia.</c>

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:25.980
And<00:37:22.860><c> that's</c><00:37:23.139><c> the</c><00:37:23.280><c> region</c><00:37:23.559><c> where</c><00:37:23.800><c> you</c><00:37:24.039><c> have</c><00:37:24.300><c> Athens</c><00:37:24.860><c> and</c><00:37:25.460><c> Corinth</c>

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:29.579
and<00:37:26.679><c> the</c><00:37:27.579><c> situations</c><00:37:28.099><c> of</c><00:37:28.400><c> the</c><00:37:28.539><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:37:28.920><c> down</c><00:37:29.239><c> there.</c>

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.880
You've<00:37:29.980><c> got</c><00:37:30.099><c> northern</c><00:37:30.420><c> and</c><00:37:30.679><c> southern.</c>

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:36.139
Paul<00:37:31.340><c> is</c><00:37:31.539><c> saying</c><00:37:31.880><c> your</c><00:37:33.000><c> reputation's</c><00:37:34.320><c> all</c><00:37:34.559><c> over</c><00:37:34.800><c> this</c><00:37:35.059><c> whole</c><00:37:35.420><c> territory.</c>

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:40.860
People<00:37:36.900><c> know</c><00:37:37.199><c> about</c><00:37:37.460><c> the</c><00:37:37.639><c> brothers</c><00:37:37.880><c> and</c><00:37:38.099><c> sisters</c><00:37:38.380><c> at</c><00:37:38.599><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.820
And<00:37:41.940><c> he</c><00:37:42.099><c> says</c><00:37:42.260><c> in</c><00:37:42.400><c> verse</c><00:37:42.619><c> 8,</c>

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:45.719
For<00:37:43.019><c> from</c><00:37:43.400><c> you</c><00:37:43.980><c> sounded</c><00:37:44.539><c> out</c><00:37:44.880><c> the</c><00:37:45.059><c> word</c><00:37:45.239><c> of</c><00:37:45.380><c> the</c><00:37:45.539><c> Lord</c>

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:48.480
not<00:37:46.000><c> only</c><00:37:46.380><c> in</c><00:37:46.639><c> Macedonia</c><00:37:47.360><c> and</c><00:37:47.619><c> Achaia,</c>

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:52.980
but<00:37:48.860><c> also</c><00:37:49.320><c> in</c><00:37:49.619><c> every</c><00:37:50.119><c> place</c><00:37:50.440><c> your</c><00:37:50.739><c> faith</c><00:37:51.300><c> to</c><00:37:51.760><c> Godward</c><00:37:52.360><c> is</c>

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.719
spread<00:37:53.280><c> abroad,</c>

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:56.659
so<00:37:53.860><c> that</c><00:37:54.000><c> we</c><00:37:54.199><c> need</c><00:37:54.579><c> not</c><00:37:54.860><c> to</c><00:37:55.260><c> speak</c><00:37:55.500><c> anything.</c>

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.699
There's<00:37:57.639><c> the</c><00:37:57.800><c> picture</c><00:37:58.059><c> of</c><00:37:58.260><c> the</c><00:37:58.360><c> Achaia.</c>

00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:00.219
What<00:37:59.099><c> an</c><00:37:59.260><c> amazing</c><00:37:59.659><c> Achaia.</c>

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:05.139
And<00:38:00.579><c> you</c><00:38:00.659><c> notice</c><00:38:00.920><c> where</c><00:38:01.079><c> he</c><00:38:01.260><c> says</c><00:38:01.500><c> that</c><00:38:02.780><c> they</c><00:38:04.059><c> were</c><00:38:04.380><c> in</c><00:38:04.780><c> samples.</c>

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:06.579
Verse<00:38:05.460><c> 7.</c>

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:09.719
This<00:38:07.059><c> is</c><00:38:07.199><c> where</c><00:38:07.380><c> the</c><00:38:07.639><c> NIV</c><00:38:07.940><c> gets</c><00:38:08.260><c> hold</c><00:38:08.500><c> of</c><00:38:08.679><c> this</c><00:38:08.980><c> and</c><00:38:09.400><c> says,</c>

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:13.579
You<00:38:10.099><c> are</c><00:38:10.579><c> a</c><00:38:10.880><c> model</c><00:38:11.340><c> to</c><00:38:11.860><c> all</c><00:38:12.400><c> believers.</c>

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.719
That's<00:38:14.239><c> why</c><00:38:14.420><c> we</c><00:38:14.619><c> say</c><00:38:14.760><c> the</c><00:38:14.940><c> model</c><00:38:15.239><c> Achaia.</c>

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:20.760
That's<00:38:16.000><c> why</c><00:38:16.219><c> the</c><00:38:16.480><c> theme</c><00:38:16.760><c> for</c><00:38:17.219><c> these</c><00:38:18.599><c> talks</c><00:38:19.019><c> on</c><00:38:19.280><c> the</c><00:38:20.000><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.719
is<00:38:21.380><c> a</c><00:38:21.539><c> model</c><00:38:21.860><c> for</c><00:38:22.119><c> all</c><00:38:22.360><c> believers.</c>

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:24.760
That's<00:38:23.199><c> what</c><00:38:23.360><c> Paul</c><00:38:23.639><c> is</c><00:38:23.860><c> saying.</c>

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:29.119
As<00:38:25.300><c> an</c><00:38:25.500><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:38:26.719><c> you're</c><00:38:26.940><c> a</c><00:38:27.139><c> model</c><00:38:27.440><c> for</c><00:38:27.739><c> all</c><00:38:28.079><c> believers.</c>

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:31.099
What<00:38:29.320><c> an</c><00:38:29.440><c> incredible</c><00:38:29.820><c> thing</c><00:38:30.039><c> to</c><00:38:30.199><c> say</c><00:38:30.380><c> about</c><00:38:30.579><c> an</c><00:38:30.760><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:32.760
isn't<00:38:31.340><c> it?</c>

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.820
Amazing.

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:39.840
I<00:38:34.480><c> always</c><00:38:34.739><c> think</c><00:38:35.099><c> of</c><00:38:35.460><c> our</c><00:38:35.719><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:36.199><c> and</c><00:38:37.599><c> I</c><00:38:38.699><c> might</c><00:38:38.920><c> say</c><00:38:39.139><c> that</c><00:38:39.280><c> it's</c><00:38:39.440><c> a</c><00:38:39.659><c> model,</c>

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:43.380
but<00:38:40.019><c> I</c><00:38:40.179><c> don't</c><00:38:40.300><c> know</c><00:38:40.400><c> if</c><00:38:40.480><c> it's</c><00:38:40.679><c> a</c><00:38:40.840><c> model</c><00:38:41.139><c> that</c><00:38:42.099><c> you'd</c><00:38:42.420><c> want</c><00:38:42.559><c> others</c><00:38:42.800><c> to</c><00:38:43.139><c> follow.</c>

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:46.820
And<00:38:43.539><c> I'm</c><00:38:43.639><c> not</c><00:38:43.800><c> saying</c><00:38:43.980><c> that</c><00:38:44.239><c> to</c><00:38:44.840><c> say</c><00:38:45.019><c> anything</c><00:38:45.739><c> derogatory</c>

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.719
about<00:38:47.079><c> our</c><00:38:47.340><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:51.199
I'm<00:38:48.380><c> just</c><00:38:48.619><c> saying</c><00:38:48.760><c> that</c><00:38:49.659><c> to</c><00:38:49.920><c> put</c><00:38:50.039><c> it</c><00:38:50.159><c> on</c><00:38:50.260><c> this</c><00:38:50.539><c> kind</c><00:38:50.719><c> of</c><00:38:50.980><c> level</c>

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:53.860
it<00:38:51.480><c> seems</c><00:38:51.820><c> to</c><00:38:51.940><c> me</c><00:38:52.059><c> to</c><00:38:52.199><c> be</c><00:38:52.460><c> presumptuous.</c>

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:56.280
And<00:38:54.340><c> yet</c><00:38:54.440><c> this</c><00:38:54.619><c> is</c><00:38:54.800><c> the</c><00:38:54.880><c> way</c><00:38:55.000><c> Paul</c><00:38:55.280><c> speaks</c><00:38:55.579><c> of</c><00:38:55.780><c> this</c><00:38:56.000><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:59.820
You<00:38:56.699><c> know,</c><00:38:57.000><c> there's</c><00:38:57.820><c> commendation</c><00:38:58.639><c> here.</c>

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:04.079
Paul<00:39:00.340><c> doesn't</c><00:39:00.719><c> talk</c><00:39:01.119><c> very</c><00:39:01.440><c> much</c><00:39:01.599><c> about</c><00:39:02.360><c> what</c><00:39:03.579><c> we</c><00:39:03.760><c> might</c><00:39:03.880><c> call</c>

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:05.639
the<00:39:04.400><c> negative</c><00:39:04.800><c> side</c><00:39:05.159><c> of</c><00:39:05.380><c> things</c>

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:08.159
in<00:39:06.039><c> our</c><00:39:07.199><c> community.</c>

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:11.559
The<00:39:09.039><c> rejection,</c><00:39:09.579><c> for</c><00:39:09.820><c> example,</c><00:39:10.280><c> of</c><00:39:10.400><c> the</c><00:39:10.579><c> judgment</c><00:39:10.880><c> seat</c><00:39:11.119><c> doesn't</c><00:39:11.380><c> get</c>

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.280
into<00:39:11.760><c> that</c><00:39:12.059><c> theme,</c>

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:16.260
but<00:39:12.739><c> these</c><00:39:14.159><c> believers</c><00:39:14.519><c> are</c><00:39:14.699><c> being</c><00:39:14.940><c> received</c><00:39:15.440><c> by</c><00:39:15.800><c> Christ</c><00:39:16.099><c> that</c>

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:17.260
is<00:39:16.460><c> coming.</c>

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:19.440
That's<00:39:18.420><c> the</c><00:39:18.579><c> picture</c><00:39:18.800><c> for</c><00:39:18.960><c> the</c><00:39:19.119><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:26.019
And<00:39:19.619><c> it's</c><00:39:20.300><c> a</c><00:39:20.840><c> wonderful</c><00:39:21.260><c> picture</c><00:39:21.599><c> that's</c><00:39:21.760><c> being</c><00:39:22.019><c> given</c><00:39:22.340><c> of</c><00:39:22.800><c> this</c><00:39:23.139><c> model</c><00:39:23.760><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:24.340><c> of</c><00:39:24.619><c> God.</c>

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.980
Faithful<00:39:26.920><c> example.</c>

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.679
And<00:39:29.300><c> he</c><00:39:29.440><c> reminds</c><00:39:29.739><c> us,</c><00:39:30.099><c> brothers</c><00:39:30.280><c> and</c><00:39:30.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:34.579
and<00:39:30.840><c> he</c><00:39:31.039><c> reminds</c><00:39:31.760><c> them</c><00:39:32.699><c> that</c><00:39:33.239><c> this</c><00:39:33.519><c> is</c><00:39:33.760><c> not</c><00:39:34.059><c> just</c><00:39:34.400><c> words.</c>

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:36.519
Just<00:39:34.840><c> notice</c><00:39:35.059><c> in</c><00:39:35.260><c> verse</c><00:39:35.500><c> 5,</c><00:39:36.300><c> he</c><00:39:36.360><c> says,</c>

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:40.039
Our<00:39:36.699><c> gospel</c><00:39:37.199><c> came</c><00:39:37.639><c> not</c><00:39:37.940><c> unto</c><00:39:38.219><c> you</c><00:39:38.559><c> in</c><00:39:39.099><c> word</c><00:39:39.460><c> only.</c>

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:42.659
It's<00:39:40.960><c> not</c><00:39:41.119><c> just</c><00:39:41.460><c> talk</c><00:39:41.860><c> here</c><00:39:42.079><c> for</c><00:39:42.300><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:44.280
There's<00:39:43.480><c> more</c><00:39:43.800><c> to</c><00:39:43.920><c> it</c><00:39:44.000><c> than</c><00:39:44.179><c> that.</c>

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:47.059
He's<00:39:44.480><c> going</c><00:39:44.579><c> to</c><00:39:44.800><c> tell</c><00:39:44.920><c> them</c><00:39:45.300><c> that</c><00:39:45.599><c> you</c><00:39:45.860><c> know</c><00:39:46.099><c> how</c><00:39:46.340><c> we</c><00:39:46.780><c> lived</c>

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:48.119
among<00:39:47.539><c> you</c>

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:50.460
for<00:39:48.980><c> your</c><00:39:49.420><c> sake,</c><00:39:49.760><c> he</c><00:39:49.880><c> says.</c>

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:54.940
He<00:39:50.920><c> says,</c><00:39:51.079><c> you</c><00:39:51.320><c> know</c><00:39:51.599><c> what</c><00:39:52.199><c> manner</c><00:39:52.500><c> of</c><00:39:52.860><c> men</c><00:39:53.079><c> we</c><00:39:53.320><c> were</c><00:39:53.559><c> among</c><00:39:53.940><c> you.</c>

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:56.099
That's<00:39:55.400><c> what</c><00:39:55.480><c> he's</c><00:39:55.679><c> telling</c><00:39:55.860><c> them.</c>

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:59.400
Just<00:39:56.440><c> think</c><00:39:56.639><c> about</c><00:39:56.860><c> how</c><00:39:57.440><c> Paul</c><00:39:57.800><c> lived</c><00:39:58.079><c> among</c><00:39:58.420><c> them</c><00:39:58.659><c> and</c><00:39:59.000><c> Silas</c>

00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.500
and<00:39:59.579><c> Timothy.</c>

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:02.280
He<00:40:01.119><c> says,</c><00:40:01.179><c> you</c><00:40:01.320><c> know</c><00:40:01.480><c> how</c><00:40:01.679><c> we</c><00:40:01.880><c> did</c><00:40:02.039><c> this.</c>

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:04.000
We<00:40:02.639><c> just</c><00:40:02.860><c> didn't</c><00:40:03.059><c> give</c><00:40:03.219><c> you</c><00:40:03.480><c> words</c>

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:06.340
and<00:40:04.780><c> then</c><00:40:05.179><c> kind</c><00:40:05.340><c> of</c><00:40:05.579><c> step</c><00:40:05.719><c> back</c><00:40:06.039><c> and</c><00:40:06.199><c> say,</c>

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:08.539
well,<00:40:06.639><c> now</c><00:40:06.860><c> let's</c><00:40:06.980><c> see</c><00:40:07.099><c> what</c><00:40:07.239><c> you</c><00:40:07.440><c> do</c><00:40:07.579><c> with</c><00:40:07.719><c> them.</c>

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:10.400
He<00:40:08.940><c> gave</c><00:40:09.099><c> them</c><00:40:09.300><c> example</c><00:40:09.739><c> as</c><00:40:10.059><c> well,</c>

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:12.019
and<00:40:10.800><c> Paul</c><00:40:11.039><c> is</c><00:40:11.380><c> showing</c><00:40:11.619><c> them</c><00:40:11.860><c> that.</c>

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:13.219
That<00:40:12.420><c> says</c><00:40:12.639><c> it</c><00:40:12.820><c> all,</c><00:40:13.000><c> doesn't</c><00:40:13.139><c> it?</c>

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:15.239
That's<00:40:13.559><c> the</c><00:40:13.739><c> power</c><00:40:13.960><c> of</c><00:40:14.280><c> example.</c>

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:17.539
I<00:40:16.460><c> mean,</c><00:40:16.460><c> that's</c><00:40:16.639><c> so</c><00:40:17.099><c> powerful.</c>

00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:20.420
I<00:40:17.800><c> think</c><00:40:17.960><c> every</c><00:40:18.280><c> parent</c><00:40:18.599><c> knows</c><00:40:18.840><c> how</c><00:40:19.219><c> powerful</c><00:40:19.579><c> the</c><00:40:19.900><c> power</c><00:40:20.119><c> of</c>

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:21.639
example<00:40:20.739><c> is,</c>

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:24.960
and<00:40:22.059><c> you</c><00:40:22.239><c> watch</c><00:40:22.559><c> your</c><00:40:22.940><c> children</c><00:40:23.820><c> following</c><00:40:24.679><c> you</c>

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:26.840
and<00:40:25.119><c> walking</c><00:40:25.440><c> the</c><00:40:25.719><c> same</c><00:40:25.960><c> way</c>

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:31.019
and<00:40:27.900><c> just</c><00:40:28.539><c> emulating</c><00:40:29.880><c> the</c><00:40:30.139><c> things</c><00:40:30.280><c> that</c><00:40:30.440><c> are</c><00:40:30.599><c> done.</c>

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:34.920
Or<00:40:31.659><c> you</c><00:40:31.800><c> find</c><00:40:32.079><c> the</c><00:40:32.380><c> role</c><00:40:32.619><c> model</c><00:40:32.980><c> and</c><00:40:33.199><c> they</c><00:40:33.619><c> begin</c><00:40:33.900><c> to...</c>

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:38.659
Our<00:40:36.179><c> generation,</c><00:40:36.840><c> I</c><00:40:36.980><c> don't</c><00:40:37.179><c> mean</c><00:40:37.300><c> in</c><00:40:38.019><c> our</c><00:40:38.199><c> community,</c>

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:43.059
but<00:40:38.900><c> the</c><00:40:39.119><c> generation</c><00:40:39.639><c> around</c><00:40:40.000><c> us</c><00:40:40.639><c> is</c><00:40:41.800><c> incredibly</c><00:40:42.360><c> attached</c>

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:44.199
to<00:40:43.440><c> role</c><00:40:43.780><c> models,</c>

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:47.260
and<00:40:44.340><c> some</c><00:40:44.539><c> of</c><00:40:44.639><c> the</c><00:40:44.880><c> role</c><00:40:45.079><c> models</c><00:40:45.599><c> are</c><00:40:46.039><c> of</c><00:40:46.239><c> the</c><00:40:46.539><c> lowest</c><00:40:46.880><c> sort,</c>

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.260
brethren<00:40:47.539><c> and</c><00:40:47.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:51.860
and<00:40:48.699><c> yet</c><00:40:48.840><c> we</c><00:40:49.019><c> see</c><00:40:49.320><c> the</c><00:40:50.280><c> jackets,</c><00:40:50.900><c> we</c><00:40:51.039><c> see</c><00:40:51.239><c> the</c><00:40:51.500><c> hats,</c>

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.639
we<00:40:52.059><c> see</c><00:40:52.340><c> the</c><00:40:53.019><c> haircuts,</c>

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:58.880
and<00:40:54.219><c> you</c><00:40:54.500><c> can</c><00:40:54.599><c> just</c><00:40:54.800><c> make</c><00:40:54.980><c> a</c><00:40:55.239><c> long</c><00:40:55.599><c> list</c><00:40:56.179><c> that</c><00:40:56.780><c> copy</c><00:40:57.840><c> role</c><00:40:58.420><c> models.</c>

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:01.039
That's<00:40:59.360><c> the</c><00:40:59.639><c> power</c><00:40:59.840><c> of</c><00:41:00.119><c> example.</c>

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:02.960
It<00:41:01.159><c> can</c><00:41:01.380><c> be</c><00:41:02.000><c> just</c><00:41:02.380><c> as</c><00:41:02.679><c> powerful,</c>

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:04.739
and<00:41:03.139><c> I</c><00:41:03.320><c> believe</c><00:41:03.599><c> because</c><00:41:03.860><c> we</c><00:41:04.039><c> have</c><00:41:04.159><c> the</c><00:41:04.460><c> truth</c>

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:06.760
that<00:41:04.920><c> it</c><00:41:05.059><c> can</c><00:41:05.179><c> be</c><00:41:05.320><c> more</c><00:41:05.699><c> powerful</c><00:41:06.059><c> in</c><00:41:06.219><c> the</c><00:41:06.400><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.019
We<00:41:07.320><c> need</c><00:41:07.619><c> role</c><00:41:07.920><c> models,</c>

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:15.179
and<00:41:10.619><c> those</c><00:41:10.780><c> role</c><00:41:11.099><c> models</c><00:41:11.420><c> have</c><00:41:11.679><c> to</c><00:41:11.880><c> bring</c><00:41:12.099><c> the</c><00:41:14.320><c> babes</c><00:41:14.840><c> along</c>

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:17.179
and<00:41:15.360><c> the</c><00:41:15.579><c> nurture</c><00:41:15.880><c> and</c><00:41:16.239><c> admonition</c><00:41:16.659><c> of</c><00:41:16.840><c> the</c><00:41:17.000><c> Lord</c>

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:19.559
as<00:41:17.360><c> though</c><00:41:17.539><c> it</c><00:41:17.599><c> was</c><00:41:17.719><c> their</c><00:41:17.980><c> own</c><00:41:18.199><c> little</c><00:41:18.519><c> child,</c>

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.920
and<00:41:20.019><c> we</c><00:41:20.159><c> need</c><00:41:20.320><c> to</c><00:41:20.460><c> do</c><00:41:20.639><c> this,</c>

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.860
and<00:41:21.199><c> this</c><00:41:21.380><c> is</c><00:41:21.480><c> what</c><00:41:21.579><c> Paul</c><00:41:21.860><c> has</c><00:41:22.019><c> done</c><00:41:22.139><c> for</c><00:41:22.340><c> the</c><00:41:22.480><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.320
They've<00:41:23.739><c> responded</c><00:41:24.119><c> to</c><00:41:24.420><c> it,</c>

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:27.480
and<00:41:25.599><c> he's</c><00:41:25.860><c> commending</c><00:41:26.219><c> them</c><00:41:26.539><c> for</c><00:41:26.840><c> it,</c>

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:30.340
and<00:41:27.980><c> I</c><00:41:29.159><c> think</c><00:41:29.300><c> that's</c><00:41:29.559><c> a</c><00:41:29.679><c> lesson</c><00:41:29.880><c> for</c><00:41:30.119><c> us.</c>

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.900
I<00:41:30.420><c> think</c><00:41:30.559><c> it's</c><00:41:30.699><c> something</c><00:41:30.920><c> we</c><00:41:31.079><c> need</c><00:41:31.260><c> to</c><00:41:31.380><c> get</c><00:41:31.539><c> hold</c><00:41:31.780><c> of</c>

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:34.320
and<00:41:32.039><c> really</c><00:41:32.280><c> think</c><00:41:32.500><c> about</c><00:41:32.699><c> in</c><00:41:32.860><c> our</c><00:41:33.079><c> own</c><00:41:33.900><c> community.</c>

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.619
I've<00:41:34.599><c> seen</c><00:41:34.699><c> a</c><00:41:34.780><c> lot</c><00:41:34.960><c> of</c><00:41:35.199><c> changes,</c>

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:38.300
and<00:41:36.420><c> those</c><00:41:36.800><c> that</c><00:41:36.940><c> have</c><00:41:37.019><c> been</c><00:41:37.179><c> around</c><00:41:37.519><c> the</c><00:41:37.619><c> community</c><00:41:37.960><c> longer</c>

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.599
than<00:41:38.460><c> me</c>

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:40.960
have<00:41:38.760><c> seen</c><00:41:39.119><c> a</c><00:41:39.699><c> lot</c><00:41:39.900><c> more</c><00:41:40.139><c> than</c><00:41:40.219><c> I've</c><00:41:40.559><c> seen,</c>

00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:44.119
but<00:41:41.860><c> this</c><00:41:43.280><c> is</c><00:41:43.400><c> the</c><00:41:43.440><c> way</c><00:41:43.539><c> it</c><00:41:43.679><c> works,</c>

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.480
power<00:41:44.719><c> of</c><00:41:44.960><c> example,</c>

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.179
and<00:41:46.179><c> it</c><00:41:46.260><c> doesn't</c><00:41:46.420><c> take</c><00:41:46.639><c> much</c><00:41:46.920><c> to</c><00:41:47.480><c> throw</c><00:41:47.780><c> an</c><00:41:47.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:48.280><c> off</c><00:41:48.699><c> course</c>

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:56.360
and<00:41:49.860><c> find</c><00:41:50.260><c> that</c><00:41:51.360><c> it</c><00:41:52.320><c> is</c><00:41:52.699><c> a</c><00:41:52.780><c> very</c><00:41:53.400><c> quick</c><00:41:54.099><c> crumbling</c><00:41:54.880><c> of</c><00:41:55.559><c> standards</c>

00:41:57.320 --> 00:42:01.179
and<00:41:57.920><c> values</c><00:41:58.519><c> that</c><00:41:58.980><c> were</c><00:41:59.219><c> held</c><00:41:59.460><c> dear</c><00:41:59.719><c> just</c><00:41:59.980><c> a</c><00:42:00.159><c> short</c><00:42:00.320><c> time</c><00:42:00.639><c> before,</c>

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:03.360
and<00:42:01.960><c> this</c><00:42:02.639><c> is</c><00:42:02.760><c> what</c><00:42:02.920><c> happens.</c>

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:05.500
We're<00:42:03.940><c> not</c><00:42:04.099><c> immune</c><00:42:04.380><c> to</c><00:42:04.539><c> it,</c><00:42:04.780><c> brethren</c><00:42:04.920><c> and</c><00:42:05.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:08.619
as<00:42:06.199><c> we</c><00:42:06.659><c> said</c><00:42:06.900><c> earlier,</c><00:42:07.340><c> we're</c><00:42:07.420><c> of</c><00:42:07.539><c> the</c><00:42:07.780><c> same</c><00:42:08.159><c> stuff</c>

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:12.880
that<00:42:09.500><c> these</c><00:42:11.199><c> brethren</c><00:42:11.559><c> and</c><00:42:11.820><c> sisters</c><00:42:11.980><c> were</c><00:42:12.199><c> made</c><00:42:12.400><c> of,</c>

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:15.760
and<00:42:13.559><c> we're</c><00:42:13.800><c> not</c><00:42:14.059><c> immune</c><00:42:14.460><c> to</c><00:42:14.659><c> the</c><00:42:14.880><c> pressures</c>

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:18.579
that<00:42:16.519><c> are</c><00:42:16.880><c> brought</c><00:42:17.039><c> to</c><00:42:17.239><c> bear</c><00:42:17.400><c> upon</c><00:42:17.679><c> us</c><00:42:17.840><c> by</c><00:42:18.099><c> the</c><00:42:18.340><c> world</c>

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:21.239
and<00:42:18.840><c> work</c><00:42:19.079><c> their</c><00:42:19.340><c> way</c><00:42:19.559><c> into</c><00:42:19.800><c> our</c><00:42:20.039><c> own</c><00:42:20.219><c> community.</c>

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:26.139
But<00:42:22.679><c> anyway,</c><00:42:24.820><c> I</c><00:42:24.820><c> tend</c><00:42:25.000><c> to</c><00:42:25.139><c> get</c><00:42:25.280><c> going</c><00:42:25.480><c> on</c><00:42:25.659><c> that</c><00:42:25.900><c> theme,</c>

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:27.679
and<00:42:26.480><c> we'll</c><00:42:27.099><c> never</c><00:42:27.340><c> stop,</c>

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:30.599
but<00:42:28.579><c> we'll</c><00:42:28.719><c> never</c><00:42:28.820><c> get</c><00:42:29.019><c> back</c><00:42:29.199><c> to</c><00:42:29.380><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:34.300
But<00:42:31.920><c> this</c><00:42:32.099><c> is</c><00:42:32.280><c> the</c><00:42:32.440><c> thought</c><00:42:32.599><c> that</c><00:42:32.739><c> comes</c><00:42:32.960><c> out</c><00:42:33.179><c> of</c><00:42:33.360><c> this</c><00:42:33.880><c> section</c>

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:36.699
and<00:42:34.440><c> the</c><00:42:34.579><c> lesson</c><00:42:34.820><c> that</c><00:42:35.019><c> we</c><00:42:35.199><c> see</c><00:42:35.840><c> in</c><00:42:36.239><c> it.</c>

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.739
It's<00:42:37.000><c> not</c><00:42:37.219><c> just</c><00:42:37.519><c> words.</c>

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:39.960
The<00:42:37.900><c> power</c><00:42:38.159><c> of</c><00:42:38.440><c> example</c><00:42:38.699><c> is</c><00:42:38.920><c> important.</c>

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:43.280
I<00:42:41.960><c> know</c><00:42:42.320><c> you've</c><00:42:42.579><c> heard</c><00:42:42.800><c> the</c><00:42:43.059><c> saying</c>

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:46.360
that<00:42:43.420><c> you</c><00:42:43.519><c> can</c><00:42:43.719><c> preach</c><00:42:43.920><c> a</c><00:42:44.079><c> better</c><00:42:44.340><c> sermon</c><00:42:44.840><c> with</c><00:42:45.739><c> your</c><00:42:45.960><c> life</c>

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.440
than<00:42:46.679><c> with</c><00:42:46.880><c> your</c><00:42:47.099><c> lips.</c>

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:49.219
I<00:42:47.960><c> think</c><00:42:48.119><c> we're</c><00:42:48.280><c> familiar</c><00:42:48.599><c> with</c><00:42:48.780><c> that</c><00:42:49.000><c> saying,</c>

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:50.940
and<00:42:49.340><c> that's</c><00:42:49.619><c> what</c><00:42:50.239><c> Paul</c><00:42:50.539><c> is</c><00:42:50.780><c> saying.</c>

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:53.159
That's<00:42:51.320><c> the</c><00:42:51.980><c> essence</c><00:42:52.320><c> of</c><00:42:52.519><c> it,</c><00:42:52.679><c> really,</c>

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:56.280
preaching<00:42:53.800><c> a</c><00:42:54.019><c> better</c><00:42:54.260><c> sermon</c><00:42:54.619><c> with</c><00:42:54.840><c> our</c><00:42:55.119><c> life</c>

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:58.079
than<00:42:56.619><c> with</c><00:42:56.880><c> our</c><00:42:57.099><c> lips.</c>

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:02.099
But<00:43:00.159><c> he's</c><00:43:00.639><c> talking</c><00:43:00.860><c> about</c><00:43:01.019><c> the</c><00:43:01.260><c> authority</c><00:43:01.599><c> of</c><00:43:01.820><c> God</c>

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:03.780
working<00:43:02.420><c> its</c><00:43:02.659><c> way</c><00:43:02.860><c> through</c><00:43:03.079><c> all</c><00:43:03.320><c> these</c><00:43:03.599><c> things.</c>

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:05.940
He<00:43:03.920><c> mentions</c><00:43:04.440><c> power,</c><00:43:05.280><c> doesn't</c><00:43:05.519><c> he?</c>

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:07.980
The<00:43:06.519><c> authority</c><00:43:06.860><c> of</c><00:43:07.119><c> God.</c>

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:13.639
It's<00:43:08.199><c> not</c><00:43:08.420><c> for</c><00:43:10.079><c> Paul's</c><00:43:12.539><c> self</c><00:43:12.820><c>-aggrandizement.</c>

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:18.599
It's<00:43:13.880><c> not</c><00:43:14.119><c> that,</c><00:43:15.260><c> but</c><00:43:15.440><c> it's</c><00:43:17.179><c> God's</c><00:43:17.739><c> word.</c>

00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:20.480
It's<00:43:19.000><c> God's</c><00:43:19.539><c> work.</c>

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:24.159
And<00:43:21.059><c> Paul</c><00:43:21.320><c> is</c><00:43:21.559><c> saying</c><00:43:21.719><c> it</c><00:43:21.900><c> must</c><00:43:22.179><c> never</c><00:43:22.519><c> be</c><00:43:22.820><c> left</c><00:43:23.360><c> half</c><00:43:23.900><c> done.</c>

00:43:24.219 --> 00:43:26.340
I<00:43:24.280><c> think</c><00:43:24.420><c> this</c><00:43:24.599><c> is</c><00:43:24.739><c> why</c><00:43:25.000><c> he</c><00:43:25.539><c> was</c><00:43:25.780><c> so</c><00:43:26.059><c> unwilling</c>

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:30.039
to<00:43:26.559><c> take</c><00:43:26.820><c> Mark</c><00:43:27.159><c> with</c><00:43:27.420><c> him</c><00:43:27.579><c> on</c><00:43:28.800><c> this</c><00:43:28.980><c> particular</c><00:43:29.500><c> journey,</c>

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:34.440
because<00:43:31.079><c> the</c><00:43:31.460><c> work</c><00:43:31.699><c> was</c><00:43:32.119><c> left</c><00:43:32.599><c> half</c><00:43:33.019><c> done.</c>

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:36.280
Mark<00:43:34.599><c> laid</c><00:43:34.940><c> the</c><00:43:35.179><c> oars</c><00:43:35.420><c> down.</c>

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:38.360
Thankfully,<00:43:36.960><c> he</c><00:43:37.239><c> picked</c><00:43:37.280><c> them</c><00:43:37.440><c> up</c><00:43:37.619><c> again</c><00:43:37.840><c> later</c><00:43:38.099><c> on,</c>

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:39.639
brethren<00:43:38.619><c> and</c><00:43:38.820><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:43.400
But<00:43:40.860><c> Paul</c><00:43:41.340><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:42.159><c> jeopardize</c><00:43:42.739><c> the</c><00:43:43.000><c> work</c>

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.440
because<00:43:43.960><c> of</c><00:43:44.079><c> what</c><00:43:44.219><c> he</c><00:43:44.360><c> had</c><00:43:44.539><c> done.</c>

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:48.920
And<00:43:45.920><c> so</c><00:43:46.079><c> in</c><00:43:46.239><c> verse</c><00:43:46.500><c> 6,</c><00:43:48.739><c> he</c><00:43:48.820><c> says,</c>

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:51.000
He<00:43:49.019><c> became</c><00:43:49.300><c> followers</c><00:43:49.880><c> of</c><00:43:50.039><c> us</c><00:43:50.360><c> and</c><00:43:50.460><c> of</c><00:43:50.619><c> the</c><00:43:50.780><c> Lord,</c>

00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:55.119
having<00:43:51.300><c> received</c><00:43:51.840><c> the</c><00:43:52.119><c> word</c><00:43:52.380><c> in</c><00:43:52.739><c> much</c><00:43:53.460><c> affliction,</c>

00:43:55.659 --> 00:43:57.679
with<00:43:56.000><c> joy</c><00:43:56.619><c> of</c><00:43:56.800><c> the</c><00:43:56.980><c> Holy</c><00:43:57.300><c> Spirit.</c>

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:59.179
Much<00:43:57.960><c> affliction.</c>

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:04.619
You<00:43:59.960><c> know</c><00:44:00.039><c> how</c><00:44:00.219><c> it</c><00:44:00.380><c> was</c><00:44:00.599><c> when</c><00:44:01.639><c> the</c><00:44:03.400><c> Marketplace</c><00:44:04.260><c> boys,</c>

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:07.320
the<00:44:05.199><c> Baser</c><00:44:05.900><c> fellows,</c><00:44:06.400><c> were</c><00:44:06.579><c> gathered</c><00:44:06.920><c> together</c>

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:10.519
on<00:44:07.480><c> the</c><00:44:07.639><c> assault</c><00:44:07.940><c> of</c><00:44:08.099><c> the</c><00:44:08.199><c> house</c><00:44:08.480><c> of</c><00:44:08.820><c> Jason,</c><00:44:09.280><c> brother</c><00:44:09.519><c> Jason.</c>

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:13.739
There<00:44:11.099><c> was</c><00:44:11.340><c> much</c><00:44:11.679><c> affliction</c><00:44:12.219><c> in</c><00:44:12.420><c> the</c><00:44:12.659><c> establishing</c><00:44:13.019><c> of</c><00:44:13.239><c> the</c><00:44:13.380><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:16.800
That<00:44:14.199><c> word</c><00:44:14.400><c> affliction</c><00:44:15.079><c> is</c><00:44:16.039><c> the</c><00:44:16.340><c> same</c><00:44:16.559><c> word</c>

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:21.360
that<00:44:16.940><c> you</c><00:44:17.059><c> have</c><00:44:17.199><c> back</c><00:44:17.519><c> in</c><00:44:17.780><c> Acts</c><00:44:18.260><c> chapter</c><00:44:19.559><c> 14,</c><00:44:20.699><c> is</c><00:44:20.760><c> it?</c>

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:24.480
Where<00:44:21.800><c> it</c><00:44:21.900><c> says,</c><00:44:22.420><c> through</c><00:44:22.420><c> much</c><00:44:22.920><c> tribulation</c>

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:27.480
we<00:44:25.179><c> must</c><00:44:25.519><c> enter</c><00:44:25.800><c> the</c><00:44:26.000><c> kingdom</c><00:44:26.260><c> of</c><00:44:26.500><c> God?</c>

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:31.820
Tribulation,<00:44:30.159><c> pressure,</c><00:44:30.960><c> that's</c><00:44:31.280><c> the</c><00:44:31.420><c> word.</c>

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:34.420
It<00:44:32.420><c> doesn't</c><00:44:32.559><c> necessarily</c><00:44:33.119><c> mean</c><00:44:33.400><c> physical,</c>

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:38.699
but<00:44:34.880><c> all</c><00:44:35.239><c> the</c><00:44:35.519><c> pressures</c><00:44:35.800><c> of</c><00:44:36.079><c> life</c><00:44:36.420><c> that</c><00:44:36.699><c> make</c><00:44:36.880><c> up</c><00:44:37.139><c> this</c><00:44:37.920><c> tribulation,</c>

00:44:39.179 --> 00:44:43.480
it's<00:44:39.559><c> the</c><00:44:39.820><c> means</c><00:44:40.360><c> by</c><00:44:41.719><c> which</c><00:44:41.960><c> we</c><00:44:42.239><c> enter</c><00:44:42.539><c> the</c><00:44:42.760><c> kingdom</c><00:44:43.000><c> of</c><00:44:43.300><c> God,</c>

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.860
Paul<00:44:43.760><c> says.</c>

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:48.699
And<00:44:45.300><c> this</c><00:44:45.519><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:45.840><c> was</c><00:44:46.099><c> born</c><00:44:46.440><c> out</c><00:44:46.820><c> of</c><00:44:46.960><c> much</c><00:44:47.980><c> tribulation,</c>

00:44:49.179 --> 00:44:52.179
much<00:44:49.420><c> pressure,</c><00:44:50.559><c> much</c><00:44:50.900><c> affliction.</c>

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:56.320
So<00:44:54.739><c> it</c><00:44:54.840><c> wasn't</c><00:44:55.039><c> easy,</c><00:44:55.559><c> was</c><00:44:55.659><c> it?</c>

00:44:56.739 --> 00:44:58.820
It<00:44:56.960><c> wasn't</c><00:44:57.079><c> easy</c><00:44:57.400><c> to</c><00:44:57.539><c> be</c><00:44:57.679><c> a</c><00:44:57.800><c> brother</c><00:44:57.960><c> and</c><00:44:58.119><c> sister</c><00:44:58.340><c> of</c><00:44:58.500><c> Christ</c>

00:44:58.820 --> 00:44:59.739
at<00:44:59.019><c> that</c><00:44:59.320><c> time.</c>

00:45:00.139 --> 00:45:01.920
But<00:45:00.340><c> this</c><00:45:00.559><c> is</c><00:45:00.739><c> the</c><00:45:00.960><c> example</c><00:45:01.260><c> that</c><00:45:01.440><c> we</c><00:45:01.699><c> have.</c>

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:05.380
It's<00:45:02.500><c> an</c><00:45:02.639><c> example</c><00:45:03.099><c> that's</c><00:45:03.440><c> so</c><00:45:03.659><c> great,</c><00:45:04.079><c> and</c><00:45:04.219><c> Paul</c><00:45:04.480><c> is</c><00:45:04.719><c> amongst</c><00:45:05.000><c> them.</c>

00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:10.440
Paul<00:45:05.920><c> is</c><00:45:06.119><c> able</c><00:45:06.320><c> to</c><00:45:06.579><c> say</c><00:45:06.760><c> to</c><00:45:06.960><c> them,</c><00:45:08.400><c> be</c><00:45:08.599><c> followers</c><00:45:09.219><c> of</c><00:45:09.440><c> us.</c>

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:13.039
He's<00:45:11.139><c> telling</c><00:45:11.260><c> them</c><00:45:11.420><c> to</c><00:45:12.179><c> be</c><00:45:12.460><c> imitators.</c>

00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:16.239
Verse<00:45:13.300><c> 6,</c><00:45:13.599><c> he</c><00:45:13.699><c> says,</c><00:45:13.940><c> You</c><00:45:14.000><c> became</c><00:45:14.480><c> followers</c><00:45:14.980><c> of</c><00:45:15.179><c> us</c><00:45:15.579><c> and</c><00:45:16.059><c> of</c>

00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:17.340
the<00:45:16.400><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:20.119
This<00:45:18.099><c> whole</c><00:45:18.239><c> business</c><00:45:18.539><c> of</c><00:45:18.699><c> being</c><00:45:18.920><c> a</c><00:45:19.260><c> follower.</c>

00:45:20.940 --> 00:45:26.679
That's<00:45:21.500><c> a</c><00:45:21.599><c> word</c><00:45:21.739><c> that</c><00:45:22.659><c> looks</c><00:45:23.159><c> like</c><00:45:23.480><c> the</c><00:45:23.659><c> word</c><00:45:24.199><c> for</c><00:45:24.599><c> mime</c><00:45:25.260><c> or</c><00:45:25.739><c> mimic.</c>

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:30.400
It's<00:45:27.800><c> a</c><00:45:27.900><c> word</c><00:45:28.019><c> that</c><00:45:28.139><c> has</c><00:45:28.380><c> to</c><00:45:28.500><c> do</c><00:45:28.619><c> with</c><00:45:28.739><c> being</c><00:45:28.920><c> an</c><00:45:29.280><c> imitator.</c>

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:35.539
And<00:45:31.320><c> Paul</c><00:45:31.480><c> is</c><00:45:31.699><c> saying,</c><00:45:32.239><c> you</c><00:45:32.360><c> were</c><00:45:32.659><c> followers</c><00:45:33.059><c> of</c><00:45:33.320><c> us,</c><00:45:34.079><c> you</c><00:45:34.199><c> were</c><00:45:34.380><c> imitators</c><00:45:34.880><c> of</c><00:45:35.099><c> us.</c>

00:45:35.820 --> 00:45:37.059
And<00:45:36.000><c> it's</c><00:45:36.119><c> a</c><00:45:36.179><c> very</c><00:45:36.420><c> interesting</c><00:45:36.840><c> thing,</c>

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:40.780
this<00:45:37.260><c> whole</c><00:45:37.559><c> business</c><00:45:37.960><c> of</c><00:45:38.619><c> being</c><00:45:39.219><c> a</c><00:45:39.519><c> follower</c><00:45:39.880><c> or</c><00:45:40.119><c> an</c><00:45:40.360><c> imitator.</c>

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:42.860
It<00:45:41.119><c> works</c><00:45:41.360><c> for</c><00:45:41.599><c> all</c><00:45:41.780><c> of</c><00:45:41.880><c> us.</c>

00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:49.260
The<00:45:43.400><c> believers</c><00:45:43.780><c> in</c><00:45:44.039><c> Macedonia</c><00:45:44.760><c> and</c><00:45:45.059><c> Achaia</c><00:45:46.079><c> imitated</c><00:45:47.139><c> the</c><00:45:47.800><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:53.360
The<00:45:50.139><c> Thessalonians</c><00:45:50.659><c> imitated</c><00:45:51.219><c> the</c><00:45:51.480><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:45:52.139><c> in</c><00:45:52.599><c> Judea.</c>

00:45:56.079 --> 00:45:59.260
There<00:45:56.079><c> was</c><00:45:56.320><c> persecution</c><00:45:57.360><c> for</c><00:45:57.539><c> the</c><00:45:57.679><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:45:58.119><c> in</c><00:45:58.400><c> Judea,</c>

00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:01.920
and<00:45:59.480><c> there</c><00:45:59.559><c> was</c><00:45:59.800><c> persecution</c><00:46:00.380><c> for</c><00:46:00.559><c> the</c><00:46:00.699><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:46:01.079><c> in</c><00:46:01.280><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:06.400
And<00:46:02.320><c> this</c><00:46:02.500><c> is</c><00:46:02.619><c> what</c><00:46:03.900><c> Paul</c><00:46:04.199><c> is</c><00:46:04.400><c> saying,</c><00:46:05.559><c> the</c><00:46:05.760><c> second</c><00:46:06.079><c> chapter</c>

00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:07.380
in<00:46:06.559><c> the</c><00:46:06.699><c> 14th</c><00:46:07.199><c> verse.</c>

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:12.000
He<00:46:07.480><c> says,</c><00:46:07.960><c> For</c><00:46:08.099><c> ye,</c><00:46:08.539><c> brethren,</c><00:46:08.900><c> became</c><00:46:09.139><c> followers</c><00:46:09.980><c> of</c><00:46:10.820><c> the</c><00:46:11.000><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:46:11.500><c> of</c><00:46:11.739><c> God,</c>

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:14.420
which<00:46:12.219><c> in</c><00:46:12.440><c> Judea</c><00:46:13.119><c> are</c><00:46:13.519><c> in</c><00:46:13.739><c> Christ</c><00:46:14.039><c> Jesus.</c>

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:17.760
For<00:46:14.579><c> ye</c><00:46:14.840><c> also</c><00:46:15.099><c> have</c><00:46:15.360><c> suffered</c><00:46:15.599><c> like</c><00:46:16.019><c> things</c><00:46:16.460><c> of</c><00:46:16.820><c> your</c><00:46:17.019><c> own</c><00:46:17.280><c> countrymen,</c>

00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:20.579
even<00:46:18.000><c> as</c><00:46:18.219><c> they</c><00:46:18.539><c> have</c><00:46:18.840><c> of</c><00:46:19.300><c> the</c><00:46:19.599><c> Jews.</c>

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:24.760
So<00:46:22.400><c> they're</c><00:46:23.039><c> following</c><00:46:23.420><c> that</c><00:46:23.780><c> pattern.</c>

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:28.099
That's<00:46:25.139><c> the</c><00:46:25.380><c> difficulty</c><00:46:25.820><c> of</c><00:46:25.980><c> an</c><00:46:26.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:46:26.480><c> in</c><00:46:26.639><c> the</c><00:46:26.800><c> first</c><00:46:27.000><c> century.</c>

00:46:28.460 --> 00:46:31.579
And<00:46:28.760><c> they</c><00:46:29.860><c> were</c><00:46:30.039><c> following</c><00:46:30.340><c> what</c><00:46:30.599><c> happened</c><00:46:30.820><c> in</c><00:46:31.059><c> Judea.</c>

00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:35.059
The<00:46:32.679><c> Thessalonians</c><00:46:33.340><c> imitated</c><00:46:33.880><c> Paul.</c>

00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:39.079
All<00:46:36.300><c> believers</c><00:46:36.860><c> imitate</c><00:46:37.519><c> their</c><00:46:37.880><c> leaders,</c><00:46:38.500><c> brethren</c><00:46:38.659><c> and</c><00:46:38.860><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:41.760
because<00:46:39.460><c> of</c><00:46:39.639><c> the</c><00:46:39.840><c> righteous</c><00:46:40.179><c> example</c><00:46:40.860><c> that</c><00:46:41.320><c> the</c><00:46:41.539><c> leaders</c>

00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:42.619
show<00:46:42.079><c> forth.</c>

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:46.119
Second<00:46:43.739><c> Thessalonians</c><00:46:44.420><c> chapter</c><00:46:44.780><c> 3.</c>

00:46:48.860 --> 00:46:50.699
Interesting<00:46:48.860><c> thing</c><00:46:49.099><c> is</c><00:46:49.179><c> you</c><00:46:49.340><c> begin</c><00:46:49.539><c> to</c><00:46:49.760><c> see</c><00:46:49.860><c> this</c><00:46:50.059><c> whole</c><00:46:50.340><c> business</c>

00:46:50.699 --> 00:46:54.460
of<00:46:50.820><c> being</c><00:46:51.059><c> a</c><00:46:51.599><c> follower</c><00:46:52.039><c> or</c><00:46:52.380><c> an</c><00:46:52.639><c> imitator</c><00:46:53.119><c> of</c><00:46:53.559><c> those</c><00:46:53.880><c> who</c><00:46:54.099><c> are</c>

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:55.880
our<00:46:54.940><c> leaders.</c>

00:46:56.099 --> 00:47:00.099
And<00:46:56.340><c> Second</c><00:46:56.920><c> Thessalonians</c><00:46:57.519><c> chapter</c><00:46:57.860><c> 3</c><00:46:58.219><c> in</c><00:46:58.420><c> verse</c><00:46:58.679><c> 7.</c>

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:01.760
7<00:47:00.699><c> through</c><00:47:00.900><c> 9</c><00:47:01.219><c> actually.</c>

00:47:02.199 --> 00:47:06.119
He<00:47:02.340><c> says,</c><00:47:02.519><c> For</c><00:47:02.599><c> yourselves</c><00:47:03.159><c> know</c><00:47:03.440><c> how</c><00:47:03.739><c> ye</c><00:47:04.039><c> ought</c><00:47:04.360><c> to</c><00:47:04.699><c> follow</c><00:47:05.000><c> us.</c>

00:47:06.280 --> 00:47:10.099
For<00:47:06.500><c> we</c><00:47:06.780><c> behaved</c><00:47:07.219><c> not</c><00:47:07.579><c> ourselves</c><00:47:08.219><c> disorderly</c><00:47:09.179><c> among</c><00:47:09.400><c> you.</c>

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:12.800
Neither<00:47:10.599><c> did</c><00:47:10.820><c> we</c><00:47:11.019><c> eat</c><00:47:11.219><c> any</c><00:47:11.539><c> man's</c><00:47:12.000><c> bread</c><00:47:12.219><c> for</c><00:47:12.480><c> naught,</c>

00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:16.480
but<00:47:13.460><c> wrought</c><00:47:13.699><c> with</c><00:47:14.000><c> labor</c><00:47:14.500><c> and</c><00:47:15.199><c> travail</c><00:47:15.679><c> night</c><00:47:16.019><c> and</c><00:47:16.280><c> day,</c>

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:18.920
that<00:47:16.579><c> we</c><00:47:16.760><c> might</c><00:47:16.960><c> not</c><00:47:17.179><c> be</c><00:47:17.519><c> chargeable</c><00:47:17.920><c> to</c><00:47:18.119><c> any</c><00:47:18.360><c> of</c><00:47:18.519><c> you,</c>

00:47:19.179 --> 00:47:21.539
not<00:47:19.500><c> because</c><00:47:19.880><c> we</c><00:47:20.059><c> have</c><00:47:20.239><c> not</c><00:47:20.500><c> power,</c>

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:26.500
but<00:47:21.760><c> to</c><00:47:22.079><c> make</c><00:47:22.320><c> ourselves</c><00:47:23.059><c> an</c><00:47:23.500><c> example</c><00:47:23.960><c> unto</c><00:47:24.340><c> you</c><00:47:24.940><c> to</c><00:47:25.320><c> follow</c><00:47:25.739><c> us.</c>

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:29.239
So<00:47:27.360><c> Paul</c><00:47:27.619><c> knew</c><00:47:27.840><c> about</c><00:47:28.059><c> the</c><00:47:28.340><c> power</c><00:47:28.579><c> of</c><00:47:28.860><c> example.</c>

00:47:29.719 --> 00:47:32.539
He<00:47:30.000><c> knew</c><00:47:30.159><c> he</c><00:47:30.400><c> had</c><00:47:30.519><c> to</c><00:47:30.619><c> be</c><00:47:30.739><c> an</c><00:47:30.960><c> example</c><00:47:31.300><c> of</c><00:47:31.480><c> the</c><00:47:31.699><c> believers.</c>

00:47:32.699 --> 00:47:35.480
He<00:47:33.039><c> lived</c><00:47:33.300><c> his</c><00:47:33.579><c> life</c><00:47:33.800><c> in</c><00:47:33.980><c> the</c><00:47:34.059><c> midst</c><00:47:34.219><c> of</c><00:47:34.440><c> that</c><00:47:34.619><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:35.039><c> in</c><00:47:35.280><c> an</c>

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:36.460
exemplary<00:47:35.960><c> fashion</c>

00:47:36.460 --> 00:47:38.679
that<00:47:36.840><c> they</c><00:47:37.079><c> could</c><00:47:37.300><c> follow</c><00:47:37.719><c> him.</c>

00:47:38.719 --> 00:47:42.420
And<00:47:39.260><c> he</c><00:47:39.400><c> could</c><00:47:39.599><c> say</c><00:47:39.860><c> to</c><00:47:40.019><c> them</c><00:47:40.360><c> and</c><00:47:40.699><c> to</c><00:47:40.920><c> us</c><00:47:41.519><c> and</c><00:47:41.900><c> to</c><00:47:42.139><c> believers</c>

00:47:42.420 --> 00:47:43.880
of<00:47:42.679><c> every</c><00:47:43.300><c> age,</c>

00:47:44.219 --> 00:47:47.059
be<00:47:44.219><c> ye</c><00:47:44.440><c> followers</c><00:47:44.840><c> of</c><00:47:45.119><c> me,</c><00:47:45.860><c> why?</c>

00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:50.960
As<00:47:48.280><c> I</c><00:47:48.619><c> also</c><00:47:49.139><c> am</c><00:47:49.539><c> of</c><00:47:49.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:52.780
That<00:47:51.360><c> was</c><00:47:51.579><c> the</c><00:47:51.760><c> thing,</c><00:47:52.099><c> brethren</c><00:47:52.239><c> and</c><00:47:52.400><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:54.539
Paul<00:47:53.280><c> knew</c><00:47:53.500><c> that.</c>

00:47:54.860 --> 00:47:56.739
That's<00:47:55.139><c> the</c><00:47:55.260><c> only</c><00:47:55.460><c> way</c><00:47:55.619><c> he</c><00:47:55.739><c> could</c><00:47:55.880><c> say</c><00:47:56.119><c> follow</c><00:47:56.460><c> me,</c>

00:47:56.860 --> 00:47:59.039
because<00:47:57.059><c> he</c><00:47:57.199><c> was</c><00:47:57.420><c> following</c><00:47:57.760><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:03.219
And<00:48:00.659><c> following</c><00:48:00.920><c> him</c><00:48:01.139><c> would</c><00:48:01.300><c> be</c><00:48:01.460><c> in</c><00:48:01.559><c> the</c><00:48:01.739><c> right</c><00:48:02.260><c> way.</c>

00:48:03.619 --> 00:48:05.719
Paul<00:48:03.960><c> imitated</c><00:48:04.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:06.199 --> 00:48:07.159
That's<00:48:06.559><c> the</c><00:48:06.639><c> verse,</c><00:48:06.920><c> isn't</c><00:48:07.039><c> it?</c>

00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:09.800
In<00:48:07.360><c> 1</c><00:48:07.360><c> Corinthians</c><00:48:07.800><c> 11.</c>

00:48:09.860 --> 00:48:11.480
And<00:48:09.900><c> then</c><00:48:10.199><c> finally</c><00:48:10.440><c> this,</c>

00:48:11.599 --> 00:48:16.179
1<00:48:11.659><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:48:13.659><c> 1st</c><00:48:14.000><c> chapter</c><00:48:14.480><c> and</c><00:48:14.639><c> the</c><00:48:14.840><c> 6th</c><00:48:15.239><c> verse.</c>

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:19.960
That's<00:48:16.980><c> where</c><00:48:17.139><c> he</c><00:48:17.159><c> says</c><00:48:17.300><c> you</c><00:48:17.480><c> became</c><00:48:17.920><c> followers</c><00:48:18.460><c> of</c><00:48:18.679><c> us</c><00:48:19.340><c> and</c>

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:21.340
of<00:48:20.219><c> the</c><00:48:20.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:24.239
That's<00:48:22.199><c> the</c><00:48:22.440><c> important</c><00:48:22.760><c> part,</c><00:48:23.119><c> isn't</c><00:48:23.260><c> it?</c>

00:48:24.340 --> 00:48:26.500
That's<00:48:24.739><c> the</c><00:48:24.860><c> business</c><00:48:25.119><c> of</c><00:48:25.460><c> examples.</c>

00:48:26.599 --> 00:48:29.840
All<00:48:26.820><c> of</c><00:48:26.980><c> us</c><00:48:28.239><c> need</c><00:48:28.639><c> to</c><00:48:28.960><c> follow.</c>

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:33.579
You<00:48:30.679><c> know,</c><00:48:30.940><c> interestingly</c><00:48:31.340><c> enough,</c><00:48:31.760><c> God</c><00:48:32.059><c> is</c><00:48:32.760><c> at</c><00:48:32.960><c> the</c><00:48:33.179><c> top</c><00:48:33.380><c> of</c>

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.079
all<00:48:33.780><c> of</c><00:48:33.940><c> this.</c>

00:48:34.260 --> 00:48:36.239
Always<00:48:34.679><c> this</c><00:48:34.880><c> is</c><00:48:35.039><c> the</c><00:48:35.119><c> way</c><00:48:35.239><c> it</c><00:48:35.340><c> is,</c><00:48:35.619><c> brethren</c><00:48:35.760><c> and</c><00:48:35.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:39.280
How<00:48:37.159><c> does</c><00:48:37.380><c> Paul</c><00:48:37.599><c> put</c><00:48:37.760><c> it</c><00:48:37.880><c> to</c><00:48:38.039><c> the</c><00:48:38.179><c> Ephesians?</c>

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:41.840
Chapter<00:48:39.800><c> 5</c><00:48:40.260><c> verse</c><00:48:40.539><c> 1.</c>

00:48:41.900 --> 00:48:45.800
He<00:48:41.900><c> says</c><00:48:42.059><c> be</c><00:48:42.320><c> followers</c><00:48:42.900><c> of</c><00:48:43.219><c> God</c><00:48:43.539><c> as</c><00:48:44.059><c> dear</c><00:48:44.559><c> children.</c>

00:48:46.679 --> 00:48:48.840
So<00:48:46.840><c> that's</c><00:48:47.059><c> where</c><00:48:47.260><c> it</c><00:48:47.460><c> all</c><00:48:47.659><c> comes</c><00:48:47.980><c> to.</c>

00:48:49.420 --> 00:48:52.820
That's<00:48:49.860><c> the</c><00:48:50.099><c> high</c><00:48:50.440><c> level</c><00:48:50.780><c> of</c><00:48:51.000><c> imitation</c><00:48:51.539><c> that</c><00:48:51.800><c> we're</c><00:48:52.500><c> asked</c>

00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:53.559
to<00:48:53.099><c> look</c><00:48:53.320><c> at</c>

00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:56.119
and<00:48:53.780><c> to</c><00:48:54.099><c> attempt</c><00:48:54.500><c> to</c><00:48:54.800><c> come</c><00:48:55.059><c> to.</c>

00:48:56.579 --> 00:48:58.980
And<00:48:56.880><c> we</c><00:48:57.039><c> do</c><00:48:57.179><c> this</c><00:48:57.360><c> in</c><00:48:57.699><c> Christ.</c>

00:49:00.739 --> 00:49:01.860
But<00:49:00.920><c> that's</c><00:49:01.059><c> a</c><00:49:01.139><c> wonderful</c><00:49:01.400><c> example.</c>

00:49:01.860 --> 00:49:05.500
It's<00:49:02.320><c> quite</c><00:49:02.599><c> a</c><00:49:03.380><c> goal</c><00:49:03.699><c> and</c><00:49:03.900><c> a</c><00:49:04.019><c> perspective</c><00:49:04.539><c> that</c><00:49:04.719><c> we</c><00:49:04.880><c> need</c><00:49:05.099><c> to</c>

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:07.199
have,<00:49:05.940><c> isn't</c><00:49:06.099><c> it?</c>

00:49:07.559 --> 00:49:09.380
Verse<00:49:07.800><c> 7.</c>

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:12.679
He<00:49:11.460><c> speaks</c><00:49:11.699><c> about</c><00:49:12.000><c> in</c><00:49:12.280><c> samples.</c>

00:49:12.739 --> 00:49:15.119
He<00:49:12.880><c> says</c><00:49:13.079><c> that</c><00:49:13.239><c> you</c><00:49:13.400><c> were</c><00:49:13.559><c> in</c><00:49:13.820><c> samples</c><00:49:14.139><c> to</c><00:49:14.360><c> all</c><00:49:14.659><c> that</c><00:49:14.960><c> believe</c>

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in<00:49:15.380><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:22.019
The<00:49:18.099><c> whole</c><00:49:18.320><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:18.900><c> is</c><00:49:19.780><c> an</c><00:49:19.920><c> example</c><00:49:20.480><c> to</c><00:49:20.679><c> the</c><00:49:20.900><c> whole</c><00:49:21.300><c> territory.</c>

00:49:22.500 --> 00:49:25.360
He<00:49:22.699><c> says</c><00:49:22.780><c> you</c><00:49:22.960><c> became</c><00:49:23.219><c> a</c><00:49:23.539><c> model</c><00:49:23.780><c> to</c><00:49:24.059><c> all</c><00:49:24.340><c> believers.</c>

00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:27.559
And<00:49:26.119><c> not</c><00:49:26.340><c> only</c><00:49:26.559><c> that,</c><00:49:26.980><c> brethren</c><00:49:27.099><c> and</c><00:49:27.260><c> sisters.</c>

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:31.440
The<00:49:28.340><c> principles</c><00:49:28.900><c> of</c><00:49:29.199><c> operation</c><00:49:29.780><c> as</c><00:49:30.059><c> an</c><00:49:30.260><c> ecclesia,</c>

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why<00:49:32.400><c> does</c><00:49:32.760><c> an</c><00:49:32.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:33.420><c> exist?</c>

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What's<00:49:35.280><c> the</c><00:49:35.500><c> purpose</c><00:49:35.960><c> of</c><00:49:36.159><c> an</c><00:49:36.320><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:41.420
Does<00:49:38.019><c> it</c><00:49:38.219><c> have</c><00:49:38.460><c> a</c><00:49:38.659><c> purpose</c><00:49:39.199><c> if</c><00:49:40.119><c> it</c><00:49:40.340><c> isn't</c>

00:49:41.420 --> 00:49:46.000
how<00:49:42.099><c> beautiful</c><00:49:42.599><c> are</c><00:49:42.840><c> the</c><00:49:43.119><c> feet</c><00:49:43.340><c> of</c><00:49:43.539><c> them</c><00:49:43.820><c> that</c><00:49:44.179><c> preach</c><00:49:44.420><c> the</c><00:49:44.860><c> gospel</c><00:49:45.300><c> of</c><00:49:45.599><c> peace</c>

00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:49.860
and<00:49:46.460><c> bring</c><00:49:46.800><c> glad</c><00:49:47.239><c> tidings</c><00:49:47.880><c> of</c><00:49:48.420><c> good</c><00:49:48.780><c> things?</c>

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:53.679
You<00:49:50.280><c> know,</c><00:49:50.440><c> the</c><00:49:50.539><c> verse</c><00:49:50.820><c> in</c><00:49:51.019><c> Romans</c><00:49:51.500><c> drawn</c><00:49:52.239><c> from</c><00:49:52.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:53.000><c> and</c>

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from<00:49:54.059><c> Nahum.</c>

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What's<00:49:56.880><c> the</c><00:49:56.960><c> reason</c><00:49:57.260><c> for</c><00:49:57.460><c> an</c><00:49:57.639><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:57.960><c> if</c><00:49:58.119><c> it's</c><00:49:58.340><c> not</c><00:49:58.659><c> that,</c>

00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:00.280
brethren<00:49:59.199><c> and</c><00:49:59.420><c> sisters?</c>

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What's<00:50:01.260><c> the</c><00:50:01.400><c> reason</c><00:50:01.719><c> for</c><00:50:01.920><c> being</c><00:50:02.119><c> an</c><00:50:02.320><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:02.739><c> if</c><00:50:02.900><c> the</c><00:50:03.119><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:03.460><c> is</c><00:50:03.679><c> not</c>

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a<00:50:04.179><c> light</c><00:50:04.599><c> stand</c>

00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:07.239
or<00:50:05.539><c> a</c><00:50:05.860><c> lamp</c><00:50:06.079><c> stand?</c>

00:50:08.500 --> 00:50:12.880
And<00:50:08.639><c> so</c><00:50:08.820><c> Paul</c><00:50:09.139><c> says,</c><00:50:09.460><c> and</c><00:50:09.579><c> we'll</c><00:50:09.719><c> just</c><00:50:09.940><c> read</c><00:50:10.099><c> verse</c><00:50:10.360><c> 8</c><00:50:10.619><c> through</c><00:50:10.860><c> 10.</c>

00:50:14.460 --> 00:50:17.519
He<00:50:14.539><c> says,</c><00:50:14.800><c> for</c><00:50:14.940><c> from</c><00:50:15.360><c> you,</c><00:50:16.719><c> from</c><00:50:17.280><c> you...</c>

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This<00:50:18.039><c> is</c><00:50:18.280><c> a</c><00:50:18.320><c> new</c><00:50:18.559><c> ecclesia,</c><00:50:19.199><c> brethren</c><00:50:19.340><c> and</c><00:50:19.579><c> sisters.</c>

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Just<00:50:20.059><c> think</c><00:50:20.239><c> of</c><00:50:20.400><c> this.</c>

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From<00:50:22.179><c> you,</c><00:50:22.579><c> he</c><00:50:22.800><c> says,</c><00:50:23.719><c> this</c><00:50:23.940><c> Thessalonian</c><00:50:24.500><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:50:25.619 --> 00:50:27.380
sounded<00:50:26.019><c> out</c><00:50:26.380><c> the</c><00:50:26.480><c> word</c><00:50:26.679><c> of</c><00:50:26.840><c> the</c><00:50:26.980><c> Lord,</c>

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not<00:50:27.840><c> only</c><00:50:28.219><c> in</c><00:50:28.480><c> Macedonia</c><00:50:29.159><c> and</c><00:50:29.420><c> Achaia,</c>

00:50:30.219 --> 00:50:33.800
but<00:50:30.440><c> also</c><00:50:30.900><c> in</c><00:50:31.199><c> every</c><00:50:31.719><c> place</c><00:50:32.199><c> your</c><00:50:32.539><c> faith</c><00:50:32.900><c> to</c><00:50:33.119><c> God</c><00:50:33.400><c> were</c><00:50:33.519><c> to</c>

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spread<00:50:33.960><c> abroad,</c>

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so<00:50:35.139><c> that</c><00:50:35.300><c> we</c><00:50:35.579><c> need</c><00:50:35.920><c> not</c><00:50:36.219><c> to</c><00:50:36.579><c> speak</c><00:50:36.820><c> anything.</c>

00:50:38.139 --> 00:50:41.239
For<00:50:38.380><c> they</c><00:50:38.699><c> themselves</c><00:50:39.199><c> show</c><00:50:39.519><c> of</c><00:50:39.719><c> us</c><00:50:39.900><c> what</c><00:50:40.119><c> manner</c><00:50:40.400><c> of</c><00:50:40.659><c> entering</c><00:50:40.860><c> in</c><00:50:41.059><c> we</c>

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had<00:50:41.420><c> unto</c><00:50:41.659><c> you,</c>

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and<00:50:42.320><c> how</c><00:50:42.559><c> ye</c><00:50:42.840><c> turned</c><00:50:43.099><c> to</c><00:50:43.360><c> God</c><00:50:43.539><c> from</c><00:50:43.800><c> idols</c><00:50:44.199><c> to</c><00:50:44.420><c> serve</c><00:50:44.679><c> the</c><00:50:44.920><c> living</c><00:50:45.159><c> and</c>

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true<00:50:45.500><c> God,</c>

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and<00:50:46.199><c> to</c><00:50:46.460><c> wait</c><00:50:46.679><c> for</c><00:50:46.900><c> His</c><00:50:47.059><c> Son</c><00:50:47.280><c> from</c><00:50:47.519><c> heaven,</c><00:50:48.139><c> whom</c><00:50:48.260><c> He</c><00:50:48.460><c> raised</c>

00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:50.099
from<00:50:48.920><c> the</c><00:50:49.079><c> dead,</c><00:50:49.219><c> even</c><00:50:49.500><c> Jesus,</c>

00:50:50.099 --> 00:50:54.019
which<00:50:50.920><c> delivered</c><00:50:51.460><c> us</c><00:50:51.920><c> from</c><00:50:52.139><c> the</c><00:50:52.360><c> wrath</c><00:50:52.579><c> to</c><00:50:52.900><c> come.</c>

00:50:54.539 --> 00:50:56.679
This<00:50:55.139><c> is</c><00:50:55.280><c> what</c><00:50:55.400><c> they</c><00:50:55.619><c> did.</c>

00:50:57.139 --> 00:51:01.500
From<00:50:57.480><c> them,</c><00:50:58.360><c> sounded</c><00:50:58.719><c> forth</c><00:50:59.159><c> the</c><00:50:59.320><c> word</c><00:50:59.500><c> of</c><00:50:59.760><c> God</c><00:51:00.139><c> everywhere.</c>

00:51:02.840 --> 00:51:05.739
Everywhere<00:51:03.239><c> Paul</c><00:51:03.639><c> went,</c><00:51:03.940><c> they</c><00:51:04.039><c> would</c><00:51:04.360><c> know</c><00:51:04.599><c> of</c><00:51:04.820><c> the</c><00:51:05.000><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:08.760
This<00:51:06.360><c> marvelous</c><00:51:06.780><c> way,</c><00:51:07.000><c> it</c><00:51:07.019><c> was</c><00:51:07.199><c> like</c><00:51:07.440><c> the</c><00:51:07.900><c> word</c><00:51:08.179><c> of</c><00:51:08.420><c> God,</c>

00:51:08.860 --> 00:51:11.519
the<00:51:09.000><c> word</c><00:51:09.179><c> sounded</c><00:51:09.559><c> means</c><00:51:09.840><c> to</c><00:51:10.199><c> echo</c><00:51:10.519><c> forth,</c>

00:51:11.539 --> 00:51:14.159
like<00:51:11.719><c> the</c><00:51:11.920><c> word</c><00:51:12.079><c> just</c><00:51:12.599><c> reverberates</c><00:51:13.380><c> throughout</c><00:51:13.659><c> the</c><00:51:13.880><c> whole</c>

00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:15.019
Roman<00:51:14.440><c> Empire.</c>

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:20.079
This<00:51:15.980><c> picture</c><00:51:17.599><c> of</c><00:51:17.840><c> the</c><00:51:17.980><c> Thessalonian</c><00:51:18.579><c> brethren</c><00:51:18.860><c> and</c><00:51:19.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:20.219 --> 00:51:22.239
what<00:51:20.320><c> a</c><00:51:20.599><c> marvel</c><00:51:20.780><c> they</c><00:51:21.039><c> were,</c><00:51:21.179><c> what</c><00:51:21.340><c> a</c><00:51:21.440><c> wonderful</c><00:51:21.699><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:25.980
what<00:51:22.639><c> an</c><00:51:22.980><c> example,</c><00:51:24.079><c> what</c><00:51:24.260><c> a</c><00:51:24.559><c> model,</c><00:51:25.139><c> brethren</c><00:51:25.260><c> and</c><00:51:25.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:26.420 --> 00:51:28.880
something<00:51:26.679><c> to</c><00:51:26.980><c> fashion</c><00:51:27.300><c> ourselves</c><00:51:27.820><c> after.</c>

00:51:28.920 --> 00:51:31.619
But<00:51:29.059><c> the</c><00:51:29.219><c> word</c><00:51:29.380><c> of</c><00:51:29.579><c> God</c><00:51:29.820><c> sounded</c><00:51:30.219><c> out</c><00:51:30.559><c> everywhere,</c>

00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:34.780
like<00:51:31.980><c> the</c><00:51:32.239><c> trumpet</c><00:51:32.599><c> call</c><00:51:32.880><c> that</c><00:51:33.739><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:34.179><c> says</c><00:51:34.400><c> where</c><00:51:34.579><c> he</c><00:51:34.639><c> says,</c>

00:51:35.219 --> 00:51:40.719
cry<00:51:35.219><c> aloud,</c><00:51:37.000><c> spare</c><00:51:37.239><c> not,</c><00:51:38.420><c> lift</c><00:51:38.639><c> up</c><00:51:38.880><c> thy</c><00:51:39.079><c> voice</c><00:51:39.420><c> like</c><00:51:39.639><c> a</c><00:51:39.920><c> trumpet.</c>

00:51:41.019 --> 00:51:42.099
Do<00:51:41.079><c> you</c><00:51:41.079><c> remember</c><00:51:41.260><c> the</c><00:51:41.400><c> words</c><00:51:41.539><c> of</c><00:51:41.739><c> Isaiah?</c>

00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:43.920
And<00:51:42.500><c> this</c><00:51:42.639><c> is</c><00:51:42.719><c> what</c><00:51:42.800><c> they</c><00:51:42.960><c> were</c><00:51:43.039><c> doing.</c>

00:51:43.940 --> 00:51:47.519
The<00:51:44.420><c> word</c><00:51:44.659><c> of</c><00:51:44.820><c> God</c><00:51:45.239><c> sounded</c><00:51:45.760><c> out</c><00:51:46.099><c> from</c><00:51:46.260><c> them.</c>

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:51.079
That's<00:51:49.400><c> the</c><00:51:49.500><c> purpose</c><00:51:49.820><c> of</c><00:51:50.000><c> an</c><00:51:50.159><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:53.380
The<00:51:51.840><c> echo</c><00:51:52.059><c> of</c><00:51:52.239><c> the</c><00:51:52.400><c> Gospel.</c>

00:51:54.179 --> 00:51:56.400
And<00:51:54.219><c> these</c><00:51:54.500><c> faithful</c><00:51:54.880><c> brothers</c><00:51:55.199><c> and</c><00:51:55.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:56.900 --> 00:51:59.300
resounded<00:51:57.380><c> throughout</c><00:51:57.699><c> the</c><00:51:57.920><c> entire</c><00:51:58.400><c> Roman</c><00:51:58.739><c> world.</c>

00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:01.539
And<00:51:59.739><c> it's</c><00:51:59.960><c> come</c><00:52:00.199><c> down</c><00:52:00.400><c> to</c><00:52:00.559><c> us,</c><00:52:00.880><c> brethren</c><00:52:01.119><c> and</c><00:52:01.320><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:05.019
by<00:52:01.800><c> the</c><00:52:02.039><c> grace</c><00:52:02.260><c> of</c><00:52:02.500><c> God,</c><00:52:02.840><c> it</c><00:52:02.940><c> has</c><00:52:03.139><c> come</c><00:52:03.380><c> down</c><00:52:03.599><c> to</c><00:52:03.739><c> us.</c>

00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:08.039
Paul<00:52:05.320><c> didn't</c><00:52:05.519><c> have</c><00:52:05.739><c> to</c><00:52:05.920><c> tell</c><00:52:06.119><c> people</c><00:52:06.440><c> about</c><00:52:06.679><c> the</c><00:52:06.860><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:07.280><c> at</c><00:52:07.480><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:52:08.260 --> 00:52:09.960
They<00:52:08.440><c> already</c><00:52:08.880><c> knew.</c>

00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:12.099
Their<00:52:10.860><c> faith</c><00:52:11.179><c> was</c><00:52:11.579><c> Godward.</c>

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:14.480
That's<00:52:12.900><c> the</c><00:52:13.019><c> focus</c><00:52:13.360><c> they</c><00:52:13.719><c> had.</c>

00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:16.280
They<00:52:14.699><c> had</c><00:52:14.940><c> turned</c><00:52:15.179><c> from</c><00:52:15.500><c> idols</c><00:52:15.780><c> to</c><00:52:16.079><c> God.</c>

00:52:16.320 --> 00:52:18.320
That's<00:52:16.639><c> the</c><00:52:16.659><c> way</c><00:52:16.800><c> their</c><00:52:17.079><c> lives</c><00:52:17.260><c> were</c><00:52:17.519><c> lived.</c>

00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:22.960
And<00:52:20.219><c> then,</c><00:52:20.340><c> of</c><00:52:20.440><c> course,</c><00:52:20.599><c> we</c><00:52:20.719><c> look</c><00:52:20.880><c> at</c><00:52:21.019><c> our</c><00:52:21.239><c> own</c><00:52:21.480><c> lives</c><00:52:21.719><c> and</c><00:52:21.900><c> we</c><00:52:22.119><c> say,</c>

00:52:23.719 --> 00:52:25.619
how<00:52:23.780><c> do</c><00:52:23.940><c> we</c><00:52:24.059><c> compare</c><00:52:24.400><c> to</c><00:52:24.619><c> this?</c>

00:52:26.840 --> 00:52:29.760
Are<00:52:27.039><c> our</c><00:52:27.480><c> lives</c><00:52:27.960><c> lived</c><00:52:28.480><c> Godward?</c>

00:52:30.000 --> 00:52:33.659
Whatever<00:52:30.300><c> was</c><00:52:30.679><c> before,</c><00:52:32.840><c> whatever</c><00:52:33.099><c> was</c><00:52:33.380><c> now,</c>

00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:37.079
if<00:52:33.800><c> it's</c><00:52:33.980><c> not</c><00:52:34.579><c> as</c><00:52:34.880><c> it</c><00:52:35.099><c> should</c><00:52:35.219><c> be,</c><00:52:35.579><c> brethren</c><00:52:35.719><c> and</c><00:52:35.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:40.960
we<00:52:38.440><c> turned</c><00:52:38.659><c> our</c><00:52:38.900><c> back</c><00:52:39.159><c> on</c><00:52:39.400><c> that,</c>

00:52:41.199 --> 00:52:43.159
to<00:52:41.480><c> face</c><00:52:41.900><c> Godward,</c>

00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:45.539
to<00:52:43.739><c> face</c><00:52:44.000><c> the</c><00:52:44.280><c> living</c><00:52:44.519><c> and</c><00:52:44.880><c> true</c><00:52:45.079><c> God,</c>

00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:48.579
and<00:52:45.900><c> to</c><00:52:46.079><c> wait</c><00:52:46.239><c> for</c><00:52:46.440><c> His</c><00:52:46.599><c> Son</c><00:52:46.739><c> from</c><00:52:47.000><c> heaven.</c>

00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:53.239
There's<00:52:51.800><c> three</c><00:52:52.079><c> things,</c>

00:52:53.539 --> 00:52:56.500
just<00:52:53.840><c> as</c><00:52:54.119><c> we</c><00:52:54.940><c> conclude</c><00:52:55.340><c> our</c><00:52:55.619><c> thoughts,</c><00:52:55.980><c> brethren</c><00:52:56.139><c> and</c><00:52:56.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:56.659 --> 00:53:01.280
there's<00:52:56.760><c> three</c><00:52:57.019><c> things</c><00:52:57.679><c> that</c><00:52:59.019><c> are</c><00:52:59.219><c> the</c><00:52:59.460><c> mark</c><00:52:59.679><c> of</c><00:52:59.880><c> a</c><00:53:00.059><c> true</c><00:53:00.179><c> disciple.</c>

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One,

00:53:04.739 --> 00:53:07.460
and<00:53:05.300><c> it's</c><00:53:05.400><c> in</c><00:53:05.539><c> these</c><00:53:05.780><c> verses</c><00:53:06.079><c> 9</c><00:53:06.340><c> and</c><00:53:06.480><c> 10.</c>

00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:10.440
One,<00:53:08.900><c> you</c><00:53:09.099><c> turn</c><00:53:09.260><c> from</c><00:53:09.559><c> idols.</c>

00:53:11.159 --> 00:53:13.519
Don't<00:53:11.719><c> relegate</c><00:53:12.199><c> that</c><00:53:12.480><c> to</c><00:53:12.679><c> the</c><00:53:12.860><c> first</c><00:53:13.139><c> century.</c>

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:17.500
Please<00:53:14.280><c> don't</c><00:53:14.639><c> do</c><00:53:14.940><c> that</c><00:53:15.139><c> because</c><00:53:15.420><c> you</c><00:53:15.739><c> do</c><00:53:15.920><c> this</c><00:53:16.159><c> at</c><00:53:16.360><c> your</c><00:53:16.659><c> peril.</c>

00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:21.760
We<00:53:18.820><c> can</c><00:53:19.019><c> have</c><00:53:19.239><c> some</c><00:53:19.599><c> very</c><00:53:20.099><c> fancy</c><00:53:20.639><c> idols</c>

00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:24.119
in<00:53:22.579><c> this</c><00:53:22.820><c> day</c><00:53:23.000><c> and</c><00:53:23.139><c> age,</c><00:53:23.480><c> brethren</c><00:53:23.619><c> and</c><00:53:23.820><c> sisters.</c>

00:53:24.219 --> 00:53:25.820
We<00:53:24.480><c> really</c><00:53:24.800><c> can.</c>

00:53:26.139 --> 00:53:28.400
And<00:53:26.340><c> we</c><00:53:26.460><c> can</c><00:53:26.719><c> worship</c><00:53:27.139><c> those</c><00:53:27.440><c> things.</c>

00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:31.119
We<00:53:28.860><c> can</c><00:53:29.179><c> give</c><00:53:29.460><c> ourselves</c><00:53:29.960><c> right</c><00:53:30.199><c> over</c><00:53:30.500><c> to</c><00:53:30.719><c> them.</c>

00:53:31.119 --> 00:53:36.920
And<00:53:32.099><c> step</c><00:53:32.500><c> one</c><00:53:33.059><c> for</c><00:53:33.460><c> a</c><00:53:33.639><c> true</c><00:53:33.760><c> disciple</c><00:53:34.280><c> is</c><00:53:34.840><c> to</c><00:53:35.199><c> turn</c><00:53:35.519><c> from</c><00:53:35.940><c> idols.</c>

00:53:37.000 --> 00:53:41.420
And<00:53:37.380><c> step</c><00:53:37.599><c> two</c><00:53:38.320><c> is</c><00:53:39.000><c> to</c><00:53:39.480><c> serve</c><00:53:40.119><c> God.</c>

00:53:42.579 --> 00:53:44.320
Those<00:53:42.840><c> idols</c><00:53:43.059><c> are</c><00:53:43.320><c> gone.</c>

00:53:44.500 --> 00:53:46.460
We're<00:53:44.960><c> serving</c><00:53:45.179><c> God</c><00:53:45.519><c> now.</c>

00:53:46.599 --> 00:53:51.539
And<00:53:46.920><c> step</c><00:53:47.119><c> three</c><00:53:47.940><c> is</c><00:53:49.019><c> to</c><00:53:49.320><c> wait</c><00:53:49.719><c> for</c><00:53:50.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:53:52.840 --> 00:53:56.019
And<00:53:53.260><c> I</c><00:53:53.340><c> want</c><00:53:53.460><c> you</c><00:53:53.579><c> to</c><00:53:53.739><c> think</c><00:53:53.860><c> about</c><00:53:54.079><c> this</c><00:53:54.300><c> business</c><00:53:54.599><c> of</c><00:53:54.860><c> waiting</c><00:53:55.119><c> for</c><00:53:55.420><c> Christ.</c>

00:53:56.480 --> 00:54:00.500
How<00:53:56.679><c> can</c><00:53:56.860><c> we</c><00:53:57.000><c> just</c><00:53:57.840><c> understand</c><00:53:58.519><c> what</c><00:53:58.679><c> it</c><00:53:58.900><c> means</c><00:53:59.119><c> to</c><00:53:59.380><c> wait</c><00:53:59.619><c> for</c><00:53:59.940><c> Christ,</c>

00:54:00.500 --> 00:54:01.239
brethren<00:54:00.800><c> and</c><00:54:01.039><c> sisters?</c>

00:54:01.260 --> 00:54:02.880
That<00:54:01.460><c> word</c><00:54:01.760><c> wait</c><00:54:02.039><c> is</c><00:54:02.300><c> interesting.</c>

00:54:03.059 --> 00:54:05.840
It's<00:54:03.380><c> made</c><00:54:03.599><c> up</c><00:54:03.739><c> of</c><00:54:03.920><c> two</c><00:54:04.460><c> Greek</c><00:54:04.760><c> words.</c>

00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:08.920
The<00:54:06.760><c> word</c><00:54:07.000><c> is</c><00:54:07.380><c> anameno.</c>

00:54:09.619 --> 00:54:13.760
But<00:54:09.800><c> it's</c><00:54:09.920><c> really</c><00:54:10.199><c> two</c><00:54:10.480><c> Greek</c><00:54:11.099><c> words</c><00:54:11.440><c> that</c><00:54:11.699><c> are</c><00:54:11.980><c> combined</c><00:54:12.519><c> here.</c>

00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:16.820
And<00:54:14.159><c> the</c><00:54:14.440><c> a</c><00:54:14.639><c>-n</c><00:54:14.880><c>-a</c><00:54:15.059><c> means</c><00:54:15.519><c> is</c><00:54:16.019><c> up.</c>

00:54:17.300 --> 00:54:18.219
That's<00:54:17.639><c> the</c><00:54:17.739><c> meaning</c><00:54:17.860><c> of</c><00:54:18.039><c> the</c><00:54:18.119><c> word.</c>

00:54:18.260 --> 00:54:19.579
It<00:54:18.280><c> means</c><00:54:18.460><c> up.</c>

00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:24.659
And<00:54:19.719><c> the</c><00:54:20.599><c> m</c><00:54:20.760><c>-e</c><00:54:21.039><c>-n</c><00:54:21.219><c>-o</c><00:54:21.780><c> means</c><00:54:22.280><c> to</c><00:54:22.699><c> abide</c><00:54:23.260><c> or</c><00:54:23.539><c> to</c><00:54:23.860><c> wait.</c>

00:54:25.539 --> 00:54:29.260
Now,<00:54:25.760><c> how</c><00:54:25.840><c> can</c><00:54:25.980><c> we</c><00:54:26.079><c> just</c><00:54:26.619><c> understand</c><00:54:27.280><c> this</c><00:54:27.500><c> in</c><00:54:27.699><c> waiting</c><00:54:27.900><c> for</c><00:54:28.179><c> Christ?</c>

00:54:29.699 --> 00:54:32.159
And<00:54:30.139><c> the</c><00:54:30.219><c> way</c><00:54:30.360><c> I</c><00:54:30.559><c> do</c><00:54:30.739><c> it</c><00:54:30.860><c> is</c><00:54:30.980><c> I</c><00:54:31.039><c> just</c><00:54:31.260><c> think</c><00:54:31.440><c> of</c><00:54:31.699><c> someone</c><00:54:31.960><c> that's</c>

00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:33.460
coming<00:54:32.360><c> to</c><00:54:32.659><c> visit.</c>

00:54:33.719 --> 00:54:36.059
We<00:54:33.820><c> don't</c><00:54:33.940><c> know</c><00:54:34.079><c> exactly</c><00:54:34.460><c> when</c><00:54:34.579><c> they're</c><00:54:34.719><c> going</c><00:54:34.900><c> to</c><00:54:35.099><c> arrive.</c>

00:54:36.139 --> 00:54:37.980
It<00:54:36.579><c> could</c><00:54:36.739><c> be</c><00:54:37.000><c> late.</c>

00:54:38.340 --> 00:54:40.500
And<00:54:38.460><c> what</c><00:54:38.639><c> we</c><00:54:38.880><c> say,</c><00:54:39.099><c> and</c><00:54:39.199><c> I've</c><00:54:39.420><c> had</c><00:54:39.519><c> it</c><00:54:39.679><c> said</c><00:54:39.800><c> to</c><00:54:40.019><c> me</c><00:54:40.159><c> and</c><00:54:40.239><c> we've</c>

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said<00:54:40.579><c> it</c><00:54:40.699><c> to</c><00:54:40.820><c> other</c><00:54:40.980><c> people,</c>

00:54:41.599 --> 00:54:43.800
we'll<00:54:41.940><c> wait</c><00:54:42.179><c> up</c><00:54:42.460><c> for</c><00:54:42.780><c> you.</c>

00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:46.679
That's<00:54:45.019><c> the</c><00:54:45.099><c> idea,</c><00:54:45.599><c> brethren</c><00:54:45.679><c> and</c><00:54:45.880><c> sisters.</c>

00:54:47.400 --> 00:54:49.079
We<00:54:47.780><c> know</c><00:54:47.960><c> they're</c><00:54:48.239><c> coming.</c>

00:54:49.559 --> 00:54:53.039
We<00:54:49.800><c> don't</c><00:54:50.000><c> know</c><00:54:50.239><c> the</c><00:54:51.440><c> hour</c><00:54:51.760><c> when</c><00:54:51.920><c> they're</c><00:54:52.099><c> coming.</c>

00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:55.639
But<00:54:53.960><c> we</c><00:54:54.119><c> say</c><00:54:54.239><c> we'll</c><00:54:54.519><c> wait</c><00:54:54.699><c> up</c><00:54:54.940><c> for</c><00:54:55.179><c> you.</c>

00:54:55.639 --> 00:55:00.539
And<00:54:56.539><c> I</c><00:54:56.599><c> guess</c><00:54:56.760><c> the</c><00:54:56.960><c> question</c><00:54:57.260><c> is,</c><00:54:58.360><c> will</c><00:54:58.519><c> we</c><00:54:58.739><c> wait</c><00:54:58.940><c> up</c><00:54:59.139><c> for</c><00:54:59.380><c> Christ?</c>

00:55:01.219 --> 00:55:04.559
Because<00:55:01.559><c> that's</c><00:55:01.920><c> the</c><00:55:02.139><c> way</c><00:55:02.360><c> Paul</c><00:55:02.800><c> describes</c><00:55:03.480><c> this.</c>

00:55:05.239 --> 00:55:08.039
Are<00:55:05.360><c> we</c><00:55:05.480><c> going</c><00:55:05.579><c> to</c><00:55:05.900><c> wait</c><00:55:06.159><c> up</c><00:55:06.519><c> for</c><00:55:06.820><c> Christ?</c>

00:55:08.739 --> 00:55:12.780
You<00:55:08.820><c> see,</c><00:55:09.599><c> God,</c><00:55:10.679><c> our</c><00:55:10.960><c> Father</c><00:55:11.420><c> and</c><00:55:11.599><c> the</c><00:55:11.760><c> Lord</c><00:55:11.940><c> Jesus</c><00:55:12.400><c> Christ</c>

00:55:12.780 --> 00:55:14.980
have<00:55:13.340><c> done</c><00:55:13.659><c> their</c><00:55:14.039><c> part.</c>

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:21.239
They've<00:55:15.619><c> done</c><00:55:16.019><c> all</c><00:55:17.019><c> the</c><00:55:17.260><c> necessary</c><00:55:17.780><c> things</c><00:55:18.579><c> for</c><00:55:19.500><c> our</c><00:55:19.679><c> redemption,</c><00:55:20.320><c> brethren</c><00:55:20.460><c> and</c><00:55:20.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:55:21.239 --> 00:55:24.460
They,<00:55:22.199><c> as</c><00:55:22.440><c> we</c><00:55:22.599><c> read</c><00:55:22.699><c> in</c><00:55:22.880><c> verse</c><00:55:23.079><c> 10,</c><00:55:23.619><c> delivered</c><00:55:24.059><c> us.</c>

00:55:24.500 --> 00:55:25.559
It's<00:55:24.719><c> like</c><00:55:24.960><c> past</c><00:55:25.320><c> tense.</c>

00:55:25.719 --> 00:55:26.719
Not<00:55:25.920><c> saying</c><00:55:26.139><c> we're</c><00:55:26.420><c> saved.</c>

00:55:26.960 --> 00:55:28.780
You<00:55:27.219><c> know</c><00:55:27.360><c> better</c><00:55:27.599><c> than</c><00:55:27.880><c> that.</c>

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:32.079
But<00:55:29.519><c> he's</c><00:55:29.940><c> saying</c><00:55:30.019><c> he's</c><00:55:30.340><c> delivered</c><00:55:30.659><c> us</c><00:55:30.880><c> from</c><00:55:31.079><c> the</c><00:55:31.300><c> wrath</c><00:55:31.500><c> to</c><00:55:31.800><c> come</c>

00:55:32.079 --> 00:55:35.219
because<00:55:32.579><c> the</c><00:55:32.920><c> things</c><00:55:33.119><c> have</c><00:55:33.280><c> been</c><00:55:33.599><c> done</c><00:55:33.840><c> that</c><00:55:34.380><c> have</c><00:55:34.880><c> wrought</c>

00:55:35.219 --> 00:55:37.619
that<00:55:35.639><c> deliverance</c><00:55:36.119><c> for</c><00:55:36.440><c> us.</c>

00:55:37.880 --> 00:55:40.900
But<00:55:38.360><c> it's</c><00:55:38.480><c> for</c><00:55:38.639><c> those</c><00:55:38.900><c> that</c><00:55:39.039><c> are</c><00:55:39.179><c> waiting</c><00:55:39.360><c> up</c><00:55:39.559><c> for</c><00:55:39.780><c> Christ,</c>

00:55:41.199 --> 00:55:43.179
for<00:55:41.380><c> those</c><00:55:41.619><c> that</c><00:55:41.820><c> love</c><00:55:41.940><c> His</c><00:55:42.159><c> appearing.</c>

00:55:43.860 --> 00:55:46.280
And<00:55:44.139><c> the</c><00:55:44.340><c> Thessalonians</c><00:55:44.920><c> are</c><00:55:45.179><c> a</c><00:55:45.300><c> wonderful</c><00:55:45.719><c> model</c>

00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:51.079
for<00:55:46.820><c> all</c><00:55:47.300><c> believers</c><00:55:47.780><c> of</c><00:55:48.000><c> what</c><00:55:48.119><c> it</c><00:55:48.320><c> takes</c><00:55:48.599><c> to</c><00:55:48.760><c> be</c><00:55:49.039><c> approved</c><00:55:49.380><c> by</c><00:55:49.719><c> God.</c>

00:55:51.940 --> 00:55:53.900
But<00:55:52.119><c> we'll</c><00:55:52.280><c> let</c><00:55:52.360><c> Paul</c><00:55:52.719><c> sum</c><00:55:52.980><c> it</c><00:55:53.079><c> up,</c><00:55:53.300><c> brethren</c><00:55:53.460><c> and</c><00:55:53.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:55:54.079 --> 00:55:55.360
The<00:55:54.219><c> second</c><00:55:54.380><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:55:55.860 --> 00:55:59.739
These<00:55:56.039><c> are</c><00:55:56.179><c> our</c><00:55:56.300><c> final</c><00:55:57.340><c> words</c><00:55:57.800><c> for</c><00:55:58.039><c> this</c><00:55:58.500><c> session.</c>

00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:07.780
Second<00:56:03.019><c> Thessalonians</c><00:56:03.719><c> chapter</c><00:56:04.059><c> 2</c><00:56:05.079><c> and</c><00:56:06.320><c> verse</c><00:56:06.619><c> 13.</c>

00:56:08.239 --> 00:56:11.260
We'll<00:56:08.320><c> read</c><00:56:08.480><c> down</c><00:56:08.679><c> through</c><00:56:08.820><c> the</c><00:56:09.039><c> 17th</c><00:56:09.599><c> verse.</c>

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Where<00:56:13.320><c> he</c><00:56:13.380><c> says,</c>

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We<00:56:13.679><c> are</c><00:56:14.079><c> bound</c><00:56:14.480><c> to</c><00:56:14.719><c> give</c><00:56:14.940><c> thanks</c><00:56:15.340><c> always</c><00:56:16.119><c> to</c><00:56:16.300><c> God</c><00:56:16.659><c> for</c><00:56:16.860><c> you,</c><00:56:17.420><c> brethren</c><00:56:17.659><c> beloved</c><00:56:18.079><c> of</c>

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the<00:56:18.440><c> Lord,</c>

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because<00:56:19.780><c> God</c><00:56:20.280><c> hath</c><00:56:20.539><c> from</c><00:56:20.760><c> the</c><00:56:21.079><c> beginning</c><00:56:21.800><c> chosen</c><00:56:22.500><c> you</c><00:56:22.699><c> to</c><00:56:22.940><c> salvation</c>

00:56:23.699 --> 00:56:27.119
through<00:56:24.380><c> sanctification</c><00:56:25.239><c> of</c><00:56:25.400><c> the</c><00:56:25.679><c> Spirit</c><00:56:26.019><c> and</c><00:56:26.539><c> belief</c><00:56:26.920><c> of</c>

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:28.260
the<00:56:27.420><c> truth,</c>

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whereunto<00:56:29.139><c> He</c><00:56:29.500><c> called</c><00:56:29.780><c> you</c><00:56:30.000><c> by</c><00:56:30.340><c> our</c><00:56:30.699><c> gospel</c>

00:56:31.420 --> 00:56:34.900
to<00:56:31.880><c> the</c><00:56:32.119><c> obtaining</c><00:56:32.460><c> of</c><00:56:32.800><c> the</c><00:56:33.119><c> glory</c><00:56:33.460><c> of</c><00:56:33.659><c> our</c><00:56:33.820><c> Lord</c><00:56:34.059><c> Jesus</c><00:56:34.500><c> Christ.</c>

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Therefore,<00:56:36.360><c> brethren,</c><00:56:37.599><c> stand</c><00:56:38.039><c> fast</c>

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and<00:56:39.579><c> hold</c><00:56:40.000><c> the</c><00:56:40.239><c> traditions</c><00:56:40.699><c> which</c><00:56:40.940><c> ye</c><00:56:41.079><c> have</c><00:56:41.159><c> been</c><00:56:41.440><c> taught,</c>

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whether<00:56:42.280><c> by</c><00:56:42.599><c> word</c><00:56:43.039><c> or</c><00:56:43.739><c> our</c><00:56:44.300><c> epistle.</c>

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Now<00:56:46.119><c> our</c><00:56:46.300><c> Lord</c><00:56:46.579><c> Jesus</c><00:56:47.000><c> Christ</c><00:56:47.340><c> Himself</c>

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and<00:56:49.239><c> God</c><00:56:49.599><c> even</c><00:56:49.880><c> our</c><00:56:50.159><c> Father,</c>

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which<00:56:51.260><c> hath</c><00:56:51.480><c> loved</c><00:56:51.800><c> us</c><00:56:52.380><c> and</c><00:56:52.739><c> hath</c><00:56:52.940><c> given</c><00:56:53.139><c> us</c><00:56:53.460><c> everlasting</c><00:56:54.059><c> consolation</c>

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and<00:56:55.159><c> good</c><00:56:55.460><c> hope</c><00:56:56.199><c> through</c><00:56:56.719><c> grace,</c>

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comfort<00:56:58.380><c> your</c><00:56:58.659><c> hearts</c>

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and<00:57:00.159><c> establish</c><00:57:00.639><c> you</c><00:57:00.940><c> in</c><00:57:01.179><c> every</c><00:57:01.699><c> good</c><00:57:02.539><c> word</c><00:57:02.960><c> and</c><00:57:03.440><c> work.</c>

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Wonderful<00:57:05.739><c> words,</c><00:57:06.260><c> brethren</c><00:57:06.380><c> and</c><00:57:06.579><c> sisters.</c>

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There<00:57:07.019><c> it</c><00:57:07.239><c> is.</c>

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And<00:57:07.960><c> you</c><00:57:08.139><c> notice</c><00:57:08.400><c> that</c><00:57:08.760><c> it's</c><00:57:08.840><c> stated</c><00:57:09.039><c> as</c><00:57:09.260><c> though</c><00:57:09.360><c> it's</c><00:57:09.539><c> all</c><00:57:09.739><c> in</c>

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the<00:57:10.119><c> past.</c>

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God<00:57:13.039><c> through</c><00:57:13.719><c> His</c><00:57:14.059><c> Son</c><00:57:14.619><c> has</c><00:57:15.599><c> put</c><00:57:15.840><c> everything</c><00:57:16.380><c> in</c><00:57:16.840><c> place</c><00:57:17.719><c> for</c><00:57:18.239><c> us.</c>

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And<00:57:19.679><c> it's</c><00:57:19.780><c> as</c><00:57:19.900><c> though</c><00:57:20.000><c> it's</c><00:57:20.159><c> all</c><00:57:20.400><c> in</c><00:57:20.599><c> the</c><00:57:20.820><c> past,</c><00:57:21.099><c> past</c><00:57:21.400><c> tense,</c>

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chosen,<00:57:23.900><c> called,</c><00:57:25.099><c> loved,</c><00:57:26.380><c> given,</c><00:57:27.260><c> everlasting</c><00:57:27.900><c> consolation</c>

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and<00:57:29.280><c> good</c><00:57:29.619><c> hope</c><00:57:30.400><c> through</c><00:57:31.039><c> grace</c><00:57:31.880><c> for</c><00:57:32.699><c> those</c><00:57:33.000><c> who</c><00:57:33.340><c> stand</c><00:57:33.780><c> fast.</c>

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Amen.