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Where<00:13:16.120><c> did</c><00:13:16.259><c> this</c><00:13:16.480><c> attitude</c><00:13:16.820><c> come</c><00:13:17.159><c> from?</c>

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They<00:13:18.539><c> first</c><00:13:18.960><c> gave</c><00:13:19.740><c> of</c><00:13:20.240><c> their</c><00:13:20.500><c> own</c><00:13:20.820><c> selves</c><00:13:21.480><c> to</c><00:13:22.019><c> the</c><00:13:22.179><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:13:24.039><c> we</c><00:13:24.179><c> might</c><00:13:24.360><c> just</c><00:13:24.620><c> note</c><00:13:25.580><c> from</c><00:13:26.240><c> verse</c><00:13:27.019><c> 2</c><00:13:28.700><c> that</c><00:13:29.960><c> in</c><00:13:30.120><c> a</c><00:13:30.259><c> great</c>

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trial<00:13:30.759><c> of</c><00:13:31.019><c> affliction,</c>

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the<00:13:31.740><c> abundance</c><00:13:32.159><c> of</c><00:13:32.440><c> their</c><00:13:32.679><c> joy</c><00:13:32.879><c> and</c><00:13:33.279><c> their</c><00:13:33.539><c> deep</c><00:13:33.759><c> poverty</c><00:13:34.580><c> abounded</c><00:13:35.580><c> unto</c><00:13:36.539><c> the</c>

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riches<00:13:36.960><c> of</c><00:13:37.179><c> their</c><00:13:37.360><c> liberality.</c>

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It<00:13:38.320><c> wasn't</c><00:13:38.519><c> that</c><00:13:38.720><c> they</c><00:13:38.879><c> were</c><00:13:39.059><c> rich</c><00:13:39.340><c> people.</c>

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They<00:13:41.120><c> were</c><00:13:41.320><c> in</c><00:13:41.480><c> abject</c><00:13:41.960><c> poverty.</c>

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They<00:13:42.639><c> suffered</c><00:13:43.500><c> greatly</c><00:13:43.980><c> by</c><00:13:44.279><c> an</c><00:13:44.419><c> economic</c><00:13:44.980><c> downturn</c><00:13:45.559><c> and</c><00:13:45.799><c> heavy</c><00:13:46.019><c> taxes</c><00:13:46.379><c> by</c>

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the<00:13:46.799><c> Romans,</c>

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but<00:13:48.379><c> from</c><00:13:48.679><c> their</c><00:13:49.120><c> deep</c><00:13:49.419><c> poverty</c><00:13:49.960><c> they</c><00:13:50.340><c> gave</c><00:13:51.299><c> generously,</c><00:13:52.620><c> willingly,</c>

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spontaneously<00:13:53.960><c> for</c><00:13:54.480><c> the</c><00:13:54.659><c> sake</c><00:13:55.200><c> of</c><00:13:55.899><c> their</c><00:13:56.159><c> poor</c><00:13:56.379><c> brothers</c><00:13:56.659><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:13:57.580><c> in</c><00:13:58.259><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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That's<00:14:01.279><c> the</c><00:14:01.360><c> spirit</c><00:14:01.600><c> of</c><00:14:01.840><c> giving</c><00:14:02.120><c> for</c><00:14:03.279><c> the</c><00:14:03.460><c> sake</c><00:14:03.639><c> of</c><00:14:03.820><c> others.</c>

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Money<00:14:05.080><c> was</c><00:14:05.899><c> but</c><00:14:06.100><c> one</c><00:14:06.299><c> indication</c><00:14:06.919><c> of</c><00:14:07.539><c> that</c><00:14:07.759><c> underlying</c><00:14:08.259><c> spirit.</c>

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It's<00:14:09.360><c> just</c><00:14:09.539><c> like</c><00:14:09.759><c> the</c><00:14:09.940><c> poor</c><00:14:10.039><c> widow</c><00:14:10.500><c> at</c><00:14:11.360><c> the</c><00:14:11.480><c> temple</c><00:14:11.879><c> that</c><00:14:12.120><c> Jesus</c><00:14:12.500><c> saw.</c>

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She<00:14:13.500><c> has</c><00:14:13.840><c> given</c><00:14:14.480><c> of</c><00:14:15.320><c> her</c><00:14:15.480><c> living.</c>

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They<00:14:17.120><c> were</c><00:14:17.360><c> abundance,</c><00:14:18.600><c> the</c><00:14:18.720><c> rich</c><00:14:18.940><c> men.</c>

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This<00:14:20.580><c> letter</c><00:14:20.919><c> achieved</c><00:14:21.700><c> this</c><00:14:21.980><c> object.</c>

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The<00:14:23.279><c> Corinthians</c><00:14:23.799><c> commenced</c><00:14:25.139><c> recollecting.</c>

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Whilst<00:14:29.059><c> Paul</c><00:14:29.340><c> was</c><00:14:29.759><c> busily</c><00:14:30.159><c> engaged</c><00:14:30.960><c> in</c><00:14:31.679><c> preaching</c><00:14:32.179><c> and</c><00:14:33.639><c> pastoral</c><00:14:34.139><c> work</c>

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on<00:14:35.600><c> his</c><00:14:35.919><c> third</c><00:14:36.320><c> missionary</c><00:14:36.799><c> journey,</c>

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he<00:14:38.480><c> was</c><00:14:38.679><c> also</c><00:14:39.080><c> engaged</c><00:14:39.580><c> in</c><00:14:39.860><c> collecting</c><00:14:40.320><c> this</c><00:14:40.779><c> money,</c><00:14:42.340><c> this</c><00:14:42.360><c> collection</c><00:14:42.860><c> for</c><00:14:43.080><c> the</c><00:14:43.259><c> poor</c><00:14:43.480><c> saints</c><00:14:43.799><c> of</c><00:14:44.039><c> Jerusalem</c>

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from<00:14:45.000><c> the</c><00:14:45.279><c> established</c><00:14:45.659><c> accretions</c><00:14:46.259><c> in</c><00:14:46.480><c> Galatia,</c><00:14:47.480><c> Ithasia,</c>

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Macedonia<00:14:48.740><c> and</c><00:14:49.080><c> Achaia.</c>

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Why<00:14:51.899><c> should</c><00:14:52.759><c> such</c><00:14:53.139><c> a</c><00:14:53.539><c> busy</c><00:14:53.740><c> man,</c><00:14:54.700><c> whose</c><00:14:55.019><c> evident</c><00:14:55.379><c> talent</c><00:14:55.919><c> was</c><00:14:56.799><c> preaching,</c>

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involve<00:14:58.879><c> himself</c><00:14:59.500><c> in</c><00:14:59.860><c> the</c><00:15:00.059><c> administration</c><00:15:00.759><c> of</c><00:15:01.360><c> this</c><00:15:01.620><c> considerable</c><00:15:02.279><c> task?</c>

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Remember<00:15:08.740><c> the</c><00:15:09.340><c> words</c><00:15:10.039><c> of</c><00:15:10.440><c> Galatians</c><00:15:10.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:11.240><c> 2</c><00:15:11.879><c> when</c><00:15:12.179><c> he'd</c>

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been<00:15:12.679><c> to</c><00:15:12.879><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:13.399><c> to</c><00:15:14.559><c> talk</c><00:15:14.860><c> with</c><00:15:15.039><c> the</c><00:15:15.220><c> elders</c><00:15:15.399><c> there.</c>

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They<00:15:15.960><c> said,</c><00:15:17.379><c> remember</c><00:15:17.820><c> the</c><00:15:18.059><c> poor,</c><00:15:20.019><c> which</c><00:15:20.240><c> thing</c><00:15:20.480><c> I</c><00:15:20.980><c> was</c><00:15:21.200><c> eager</c>

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to<00:15:22.720><c> do.</c>

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And<00:15:25.340><c> Paul</c><00:15:25.600><c> would</c><00:15:25.980><c> have</c><00:15:26.080><c> a</c><00:15:26.139><c> number</c><00:15:26.360><c> of</c><00:15:26.600><c> reasons,</c><00:15:27.460><c> no</c><00:15:27.559><c> doubt,</c><00:15:28.340><c> for</c><00:15:28.399><c> wanting</c><00:15:28.740><c> to</c>

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make<00:15:29.659><c> a</c><00:15:29.879><c> collection,</c><00:15:30.279><c> to</c><00:15:30.419><c> encourage</c><00:15:31.460><c> ecclesias.</c>

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To<00:15:34.279><c> collect</c><00:15:34.519><c> money</c><00:15:34.799><c> for</c><00:15:35.000><c> the</c><00:15:35.139><c> poor</c><00:15:35.360><c> saints</c><00:15:35.580><c> in</c><00:15:35.820><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Paul,<00:15:36.960><c> first</c><00:15:37.279><c> of</c><00:15:37.440><c> all,</c><00:15:37.620><c> would</c><00:15:37.740><c> have</c><00:15:37.879><c> a</c><00:15:38.019><c> genuine</c><00:15:38.500><c> compassion</c>

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for<00:15:40.419><c> his</c><00:15:40.659><c> brothers</c><00:15:40.919><c> and</c><00:15:41.139><c> sisters.</c>

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He'd<00:15:41.879><c> feel</c><00:15:42.019><c> it</c><00:15:42.080><c> from</c><00:15:42.320><c> the</c><00:15:42.519><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:15:44.659><c> would</c><00:15:44.779><c> also</c><00:15:45.019><c> be</c><00:15:45.259><c> aware</c><00:15:45.799><c> that</c><00:15:46.480><c> a</c><00:15:46.799><c> contributing</c><00:15:47.159><c> factor</c><00:15:47.720><c> to</c>

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their<00:15:48.539><c> poverty</c><00:15:49.159><c> was</c><00:15:50.340><c> the</c><00:15:50.620><c> persecution</c><00:15:51.139><c> he</c><00:15:51.600><c> had</c><00:15:51.919><c> instigated</c>

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years<00:15:53.600><c> before,</c>

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where<00:15:54.940><c> he'd</c><00:15:55.279><c> left</c><00:15:55.500><c> widows</c><00:15:56.259><c> and</c><00:15:57.059><c> orphans</c><00:15:57.820><c> and</c><00:15:58.240><c> people</c><00:15:58.460><c> destitute</c><00:15:59.120><c> of</c>

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synagogue<00:16:00.259><c> welfare.</c>

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And<00:16:02.940><c> there</c><00:16:03.059><c> was</c><00:16:03.200><c> something</c><00:16:03.500><c> else.</c>

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Paul<00:16:04.799><c> could</c><00:16:05.080><c> see</c><00:16:05.460><c> what</c><00:16:05.919><c> could</c><00:16:06.200><c> be</c><00:16:06.440><c> accomplished</c><00:16:07.399><c> by</c><00:16:07.980><c> gift</c><00:16:08.600><c> of</c>

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money<00:16:09.419><c> from</c><00:16:10.360><c> Gentile</c><00:16:11.379><c> converts</c><00:16:12.100><c> to</c><00:16:13.100><c> the</c><00:16:13.279><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:13.659><c> at</c><00:16:14.580><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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which<00:16:15.740><c> was</c><00:16:16.539><c> effectively</c><00:16:17.120><c> the</c><00:16:17.539><c> stronghold</c><00:16:18.299><c> of</c><00:16:19.279><c> the</c><00:16:19.440><c> Judaizers.</c>

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The<00:16:22.500><c> spirit</c><00:16:22.840><c> of</c><00:16:23.039><c> grace,</c><00:16:24.580><c> motivated</c><00:16:24.940><c> by</c><00:16:25.360><c> love,</c><00:16:25.820><c> would</c><00:16:25.919><c> be</c><00:16:26.139><c> seen</c>

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in<00:16:26.840><c> action.</c>

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The<00:16:28.000><c> contentious</c><00:16:28.419><c> issue</c><00:16:28.700><c> of</c><00:16:28.960><c> law</c><00:16:29.159><c> versus</c><00:16:29.580><c> grace</c><00:16:30.159><c> could</c><00:16:31.039><c> be</c><00:16:31.320><c> eased.</c>

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There<00:16:32.720><c> were</c><00:16:32.879><c> still</c><00:16:33.100><c> many</c><00:16:33.279><c> in</c><00:16:33.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:33.879><c> that</c><00:16:34.159><c> found</c><00:16:34.340><c> it</c><00:16:34.600><c> hard</c>

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to<00:16:35.379><c> fully</c><00:16:35.620><c> accept</c><00:16:36.240><c> that</c><00:16:36.639><c> salvation</c><00:16:37.159><c> is</c><00:16:37.419><c> by</c><00:16:37.620><c> faith,</c>

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not<00:16:38.340><c> by</c><00:16:38.600><c> the</c><00:16:38.759><c> works</c><00:16:38.980><c> of</c><00:16:39.159><c> the</c><00:16:39.299><c> law,</c><00:16:40.240><c> but</c><00:16:40.279><c> by</c><00:16:40.600><c> grace</c><00:16:41.139><c> through</c><00:16:41.480><c> faith.</c>

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Many<00:16:43.360><c> of</c><00:16:43.519><c> those</c><00:16:43.679><c> found</c><00:16:43.960><c> it</c><00:16:44.179><c> difficult</c><00:16:44.539><c> to</c><00:16:44.960><c> regard</c><00:16:45.259><c> their</c><00:16:45.539><c> Gentile</c><00:16:46.740><c> converts</c><00:16:47.480><c> in</c>

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full<00:16:48.720><c> fellowship.</c>

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Could<00:16:50.000><c> they</c><00:16:50.240><c> really</c><00:16:51.159><c> call</c><00:16:51.639><c> them</c><00:16:52.399><c> brethren?</c>

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Or<00:16:55.039><c> by</c><00:16:55.139><c> the</c><00:16:55.340><c> lesson</c><00:16:55.639><c> would</c><00:16:55.860><c> be</c><00:16:56.039><c> illustrated</c><00:16:56.580><c> in</c><00:16:57.659><c> the</c><00:16:57.899><c> fellowship</c><00:16:58.259><c> of</c><00:16:58.559><c> giving</c><00:16:58.980><c> and</c><00:16:59.879><c> receiving.</c>

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Let's<00:17:01.700><c> go</c><00:17:01.840><c> to</c><00:17:02.000><c> Acts</c><00:17:02.200><c> chapter</c><00:17:02.440><c> 18,</c><00:17:03.559><c> verse</c><00:17:03.679><c> 22.</c>

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It<00:17:05.819><c> tells</c><00:17:06.000><c> us</c><00:17:06.259><c> about</c><00:17:06.680><c> the</c><00:17:06.980><c> end</c><00:17:07.240><c> of</c><00:17:07.539><c> the</c><00:17:07.819><c> second</c><00:17:08.460><c> missionary</c><00:17:08.920><c> journey.</c>

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Acts<00:17:16.920><c> 18,</c><00:17:17.539><c> verse</c><00:17:17.819><c> 22.</c>

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When<00:17:21.480><c> Paul</c><00:17:21.839><c> had</c><00:17:22.200><c> landed</c><00:17:22.440><c> at</c><00:17:22.660><c> Caesarea</c><00:17:23.000><c> and</c><00:17:23.200><c> gone</c><00:17:23.359><c> up</c><00:17:23.619><c> and</c><00:17:23.880><c> saluted</c><00:17:24.099><c> the</c>

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ecclesia,<00:17:24.880><c> presumably</c><00:17:25.299><c> as</c><00:17:25.940><c> Jews,</c>

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and<00:17:26.359><c> then</c><00:17:26.700><c> he</c><00:17:26.880><c> went</c><00:17:27.019><c> down</c><00:17:27.680><c> to</c><00:17:28.000><c> Antioch</c><00:17:28.619><c> in</c><00:17:28.960><c> Syria.</c>

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His<00:17:31.980><c> return</c><00:17:32.500><c> from</c><00:17:32.839><c> the</c><00:17:32.900><c> second</c><00:17:33.160><c> missionary</c><00:17:33.480><c> journey,</c><00:17:33.900><c> busy</c>

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time,<00:17:35.059><c> hard</c><00:17:35.279><c> time.</c>

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Time<00:17:36.700><c> to</c><00:17:36.920><c> relax,</c><00:17:38.119><c> time</c><00:17:38.259><c> to</c><00:17:38.480><c> recuperate,</c><00:17:39.420><c> not</c><00:17:39.519><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:17:41.059><c> now</c><00:17:41.180><c> he's</c><00:17:41.339><c> about</c><00:17:41.579><c> 55,</c><00:17:42.619><c> maybe</c><00:17:42.740><c> 60</c><00:17:43.339><c> years</c><00:17:43.779><c> old.</c>

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He's<00:17:45.180><c> planning</c><00:17:45.339><c> his</c><00:17:45.579><c> next</c><00:17:45.880><c> trip,</c><00:17:47.099><c> his</c><00:17:47.279><c> next</c><00:17:47.519><c> campaign,</c><00:17:48.660><c> verse</c><00:17:48.779><c> 23.</c>

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And<00:17:49.839><c> after</c><00:17:50.059><c> he</c><00:17:50.259><c> had</c><00:17:50.539><c> spent</c><00:17:51.000><c> some</c><00:17:51.420><c> time</c><00:17:51.720><c> there,</c><00:17:52.079><c> he</c><00:17:52.380><c> departed</c>

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and<00:17:53.819><c> went</c><00:17:53.819><c> over</c><00:17:54.380><c> all</c><00:17:54.799><c> the</c><00:17:54.980><c> country</c><00:17:55.339><c> of</c><00:17:55.619><c> Galatia.</c>

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So<00:17:57.019><c> from</c><00:17:58.319><c> Antioch</c><00:17:58.940><c> he</c><00:17:59.119><c> sets</c><00:17:59.339><c> out</c><00:18:00.559><c> through</c><00:18:01.000><c> the</c><00:18:01.160><c> regions</c><00:18:01.440><c> of</c><00:18:01.759><c> Galatia,</c>

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where<00:18:02.240><c> the</c><00:18:02.299><c> listener</c><00:18:02.599><c> would</c><00:18:02.859><c> have</c><00:18:02.940><c> been</c><00:18:03.119><c> there,</c><00:18:04.500><c> on</c><00:18:04.740><c> to</c><00:18:05.019><c> Phrygia</c><00:18:06.299><c> in</c>

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order,<00:18:08.160><c> strengthening</c><00:18:08.599><c> all</c><00:18:09.640><c> the</c><00:18:09.920><c> disciples.</c>

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Eventually<00:18:12.000><c> he</c><00:18:12.140><c> ends</c><00:18:12.339><c> up</c><00:18:12.559><c> in</c><00:18:12.680><c> Ephesus</c><00:18:13.039><c> where</c><00:18:13.599><c> he</c><00:18:13.980><c> spends</c><00:18:14.259><c> a</c><00:18:14.400><c> considerable</c><00:18:14.819><c> number</c><00:18:15.220><c> of</c><00:18:15.380><c> years,</c>

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something<00:18:16.000><c> like</c><00:18:16.279><c> three,</c><00:18:17.079><c> maybe</c><00:18:17.380><c> three</c><00:18:17.599><c> and</c><00:18:17.720><c> a</c><00:18:17.740><c> half</c><00:18:18.140><c> years.</c>

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He<00:18:20.700><c> goes</c><00:18:20.980><c> through</c><00:18:21.140><c> in</c><00:18:21.400><c> order.</c>

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Notice<00:18:22.059><c> the</c><00:18:22.259><c> words</c><00:18:22.500><c> there.</c>

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It<00:18:22.779><c> means</c><00:18:23.099><c> place</c><00:18:23.559><c> by</c><00:18:23.819><c> place.</c>

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There's<00:18:24.420><c> a</c><00:18:24.640><c> systematic</c><00:18:25.779><c> route</c><00:18:26.480><c> that</c><00:18:26.859><c> Paul</c><00:18:27.039><c> is</c><00:18:27.339><c> following.</c>

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Yes,<00:18:28.359><c> he</c><00:18:28.500><c> wants</c><00:18:28.799><c> to</c><00:18:29.099><c> strengthen</c><00:18:29.420><c> and</c><00:18:29.740><c> encourage</c><00:18:30.099><c> and</c><00:18:30.359><c> exhort</c>

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the<00:18:31.400><c> established</c><00:18:31.819><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:18:32.440><c> brothers</c><00:18:32.720><c> and</c><00:18:32.880><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:18:33.660><c> he's</c><00:18:33.900><c> also</c><00:18:34.920><c> collecting</c><00:18:35.700><c> money,</c><00:18:37.359><c> which</c><00:18:37.680><c> he's</c><00:18:38.299><c> encouraged</c>

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them<00:18:38.920><c> to</c><00:18:39.140><c> give.</c>

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That<00:18:41.640><c> comes</c><00:18:41.799><c> out</c><00:18:41.960><c> in</c><00:18:42.119><c> particular</c><00:18:42.480><c> from</c><00:18:43.440><c> 1</c><00:18:43.700><c> Corinthians,</c><00:18:44.319><c> chapter</c><00:18:44.599><c> 16</c>

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and<00:18:45.700><c> verse</c><00:18:46.039><c> 1.</c>

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Here's<00:18:47.700><c> a</c><00:18:47.859><c> very</c><00:18:48.039><c> clear</c><00:18:48.339><c> example,</c><00:18:49.859><c> 1</c><00:18:50.079><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:50.559><c> 16,</c><00:18:52.119><c> verse</c><00:18:52.440><c> 1.</c>

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He<00:18:53.400><c> says,</c>

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Concerning<00:18:54.960><c> the</c><00:18:55.319><c> collection</c><00:18:55.700><c> for</c><00:18:55.920><c> the</c><00:18:56.099><c> saints,</c><00:18:56.539><c> as</c><00:18:56.660><c> I</c><00:18:56.819><c> have</c>

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given<00:18:57.180><c> order</c><00:18:57.660><c> to</c><00:18:58.259><c> the</c><00:18:58.519><c> ecclesiastes</c><00:18:59.420><c> of</c><00:18:59.720><c> Galatia,</c>

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even<00:19:01.180><c> so</c><00:19:01.460><c> do</c><00:19:01.700><c> ye,</c><00:19:02.019><c> Corinthians,</c><00:19:03.259><c> upon</c><00:19:03.460><c> the</c><00:19:03.660><c> first</c><00:19:03.940><c> day</c><00:19:04.140><c> of</c><00:19:04.279><c> the</c>

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week<00:19:04.619><c> let</c><00:19:04.799><c> every</c><00:19:05.079><c> one</c><00:19:05.240><c> of</c><00:19:05.279><c> you</c><00:19:05.420><c> lay</c><00:19:05.680><c> by</c><00:19:05.980><c> him</c><00:19:06.200><c> in</c><00:19:06.519><c> store,</c>

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as<00:19:07.480><c> God</c><00:19:07.759><c> has</c><00:19:08.000><c> prospered</c><00:19:08.299><c> him,</c><00:19:08.880><c> that</c><00:19:09.039><c> there</c><00:19:09.099><c> be</c><00:19:09.259><c> no</c><00:19:09.480><c> gatherings</c>

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when<00:19:10.019><c> I</c><00:19:10.319><c> come,</c>

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or<00:19:10.980><c> in</c><00:19:11.119><c> other</c><00:19:11.319><c> words,</c><00:19:12.039><c> have</c><00:19:12.119><c> the</c><00:19:12.240><c> money</c><00:19:12.440><c> ready</c><00:19:12.900><c> when</c><00:19:13.480><c> I</c><00:19:13.779><c> call.</c>

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And<00:19:15.500><c> when</c><00:19:15.599><c> I</c><00:19:15.880><c> come,</c><00:19:16.740><c> whomsoever</c><00:19:17.059><c> shall</c><00:19:17.359><c> approve</c><00:19:17.799><c> by</c><00:19:18.079><c> your</c><00:19:18.240><c> letters,</c>

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then<00:19:19.339><c> will</c><00:19:19.519><c> I</c><00:19:19.759><c> send</c><00:19:19.940><c> to</c><00:19:20.200><c> bring</c><00:19:20.539><c> your</c><00:19:20.960><c> liberality,</c><00:19:22.180><c> gift,</c><00:19:22.559><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians,<00:19:24.059><c> into</c><00:19:24.279><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:19:25.839><c> the</c><00:19:25.940><c> delegates</c><00:19:26.339><c> were</c><00:19:26.579><c> going</c><00:19:26.700><c> to</c><00:19:26.799><c> be</c><00:19:26.960><c> appointed</c><00:19:27.339><c> from</c><00:19:27.980><c> these</c><00:19:28.220><c> ecclesiastes</c><00:19:28.880><c> to</c>

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take<00:19:29.759><c> the</c><00:19:30.059><c> money</c><00:19:30.660><c> to</c><00:19:31.119><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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The<00:19:35.200><c> time</c><00:19:35.200><c> came</c><00:19:36.180><c> when</c><00:19:37.000><c> this</c><00:19:37.740><c> considerable</c><00:19:39.019><c> sum</c><00:19:39.440><c> of</c><00:19:39.680><c> money</c><00:19:40.880><c> needed</c><00:19:41.359><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:41.759><c> transported</c><00:19:42.259><c> to</c><00:19:42.759><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Acts<00:19:44.019><c> chapter</c><00:19:44.319><c> 19,</c><00:19:45.299><c> pick</c><00:19:45.440><c> up</c><00:19:45.579><c> the</c><00:19:45.759><c> record</c><00:19:46.019><c> there.</c>

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And<00:19:47.559><c> this</c><00:19:47.799><c> is</c><00:19:47.980><c> Paul's</c><00:19:49.119><c> last</c><00:19:49.759><c> journey</c><00:19:50.240><c> to</c><00:19:50.980><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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which<00:19:52.819><c> precipitated</c><00:19:53.460><c> his</c><00:19:53.700><c> arrest</c><00:19:54.200><c> and</c><00:19:54.779><c> his</c><00:19:55.039><c> imprisonment</c><00:19:55.680><c> and</c><00:19:55.940><c> his</c><00:19:56.119><c> ultimate</c><00:19:56.460><c> end</c><00:19:56.920><c> of</c>

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life<00:19:57.839><c> in</c><00:19:58.180><c> Rome.</c>

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In<00:20:00.339><c> many</c><00:20:00.519><c> respects,</c><00:20:01.279><c> this</c><00:20:01.539><c> last</c><00:20:02.039><c> journey</c><00:20:02.500><c> of</c><00:20:02.920><c> the</c><00:20:03.079><c> Apostle</c><00:20:03.440><c> Paul</c><00:20:03.859><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem<00:20:04.920><c> echoes</c><00:20:05.559><c> the</c><00:20:05.960><c> last</c><00:20:06.319><c> journey</c><00:20:06.619><c> of</c><00:20:06.859><c> the</c><00:20:07.000><c> Lord</c><00:20:07.259><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:20:08.400><c> to</c><00:20:09.160><c> that</c><00:20:09.359><c> city.</c>

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In<00:20:11.180><c> fact,</c><00:20:11.640><c> Luke,</c><00:20:12.119><c> in</c><00:20:12.299><c> recording</c><00:20:13.180><c> Paul's</c><00:20:14.119><c> journey</c><00:20:14.460><c> in</c><00:20:14.740><c> Acts,</c>

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repeats<00:20:16.559><c> many</c><00:20:16.920><c> of</c><00:20:17.119><c> the</c><00:20:17.200><c> words,</c><00:20:17.759><c> the</c><00:20:18.019><c> phrases</c><00:20:18.359><c> that</c><00:20:18.779><c> he</c><00:20:19.140><c> uses</c>

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in<00:20:19.619><c> his</c><00:20:19.819><c> gospel</c><00:20:20.299><c> to</c><00:20:20.900><c> describe</c><00:20:21.500><c> the</c><00:20:21.819><c> Lord's</c><00:20:22.380><c> experiences.</c>

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Pick<00:20:24.200><c> up</c><00:20:24.319><c> from</c><00:20:24.559><c> Acts</c><00:20:24.759><c> chapter</c><00:20:25.019><c> 19</c><00:20:25.500><c> and</c><00:20:25.680><c> verse</c><00:20:25.900><c> 21.</c>

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Paul<00:20:29.279><c> is</c><00:20:29.420><c> still</c><00:20:29.680><c> in</c><00:20:29.880><c> Ephesus</c><00:20:30.200><c> at</c><00:20:30.440><c> this</c><00:20:30.680><c> point.</c>

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Verse<00:20:33.740><c> 21,</c><00:20:34.299><c> After</c><00:20:34.619><c> these</c><00:20:34.940><c> things</c><00:20:35.480><c> were</c><00:20:35.819><c> ended,</c>

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Paul<00:20:37.039><c> purposed</c><00:20:37.660><c> in</c><00:20:37.880><c> the</c><00:20:38.160><c> Spirit</c><00:20:38.599><c> when</c><00:20:38.920><c> he</c><00:20:39.119><c> had</c><00:20:39.319><c> passed</c><00:20:39.460><c> through</c><00:20:39.720><c> Macedonia</c><00:20:40.299><c> and</c><00:20:40.579><c> Achaia</c><00:20:40.940><c> to</c>

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go<00:20:41.819><c> to</c><00:20:42.180><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He<00:20:43.019><c> purposed</c><00:20:43.500><c> in</c><00:20:43.720><c> the</c><00:20:44.019><c> Spirit</c><00:20:44.400><c> to</c><00:20:44.779><c> go</c><00:20:45.000><c> to</c><00:20:45.259><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Does<00:20:46.059><c> that</c><00:20:46.259><c> remind</c><00:20:46.599><c> you</c><00:20:46.980><c> of</c><00:20:47.220><c> words</c><00:20:47.500><c> written</c><00:20:47.819><c> by</c><00:20:48.180><c> Luke</c><00:20:48.519><c> chapter</c>

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9,<00:20:49.400><c> verse</c><00:20:49.579><c> 51?</c>

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Jesus<00:20:50.940><c> steadfastly</c><00:20:52.220><c> set</c><00:20:52.480><c> his</c><00:20:52.740><c> face</c><00:20:53.079><c> to</c><00:20:53.599><c> go</c><00:20:54.279><c> to</c><00:20:54.599><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Paul's<00:20:58.480><c> exit</c><00:20:59.000><c> from</c><00:20:59.400><c> Ephesus</c><00:20:59.920><c> was</c><00:21:00.240><c> somewhat</c><00:21:00.539><c> hastened</c><00:21:01.579><c> by</c><00:21:02.279><c> the</c>

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Silversmith's<00:21:04.200><c> riot.</c>

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There's<00:21:09.759><c> the</c><00:21:10.039><c> amphitheater</c><00:21:10.700><c> there.</c>

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Paul<00:21:11.660><c> would</c><00:21:11.839><c> have,</c><00:21:13.039><c> I</c><00:21:13.119><c> think</c><00:21:13.200><c> Paul</c><00:21:13.400><c> didn't</c><00:21:13.619><c> go</c><00:21:13.799><c> there</c><00:21:14.039><c> actually.</c>

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And<00:21:15.619><c> you</c><00:21:15.740><c> remember</c><00:21:16.359><c> the</c><00:21:16.980><c> chanting.</c>

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It's<00:21:17.740><c> like</c><00:21:17.839><c> a</c><00:21:18.019><c> football</c><00:21:18.380><c> crowd</c><00:21:18.680><c> out</c><00:21:18.920><c> of</c><00:21:19.119><c> control.</c>

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It's<00:21:20.700><c> all</c><00:21:20.799><c> about</c><00:21:20.980><c> Diana</c><00:21:21.619><c> of</c><00:21:22.059><c> the</c><00:21:22.220><c> Ephesians.</c>

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So<00:21:25.039><c> Paul</c><00:21:25.180><c> had</c><00:21:25.400><c> to</c><00:21:25.599><c> leave</c><00:21:26.500><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Acts<00:21:28.900><c> chapter</c><00:21:29.119><c> 20</c><00:21:29.900><c> and</c><00:21:30.339><c> verse</c><00:21:30.559><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:21:31.440><c> after</c><00:21:31.819><c> the</c><00:21:32.059><c> uproar</c><00:21:32.960><c> was</c><00:21:33.380><c> ceased,</c><00:21:34.539><c> Paul</c><00:21:34.819><c> called</c><00:21:35.140><c> upon</c><00:21:35.319><c> the</c>

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disciples<00:21:36.119><c> and</c><00:21:36.460><c> embraced</c><00:21:36.920><c> them,</c>

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and<00:21:38.140><c> departed</c><00:21:38.900><c> for</c><00:21:39.240><c> to</c><00:21:39.400><c> go</c><00:21:40.019><c> into</c><00:21:40.279><c> Macedonia.</c>

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So<00:21:41.180><c> from</c><00:21:41.359><c> Ephesus</c><00:21:43.000><c> he</c><00:21:43.460><c> departs</c><00:21:44.700><c> by</c><00:21:45.200><c> land</c><00:21:45.859><c> initially</c><00:21:46.359><c> to</c><00:21:46.740><c> Troas,</c><00:21:47.240><c> the</c>

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port<00:21:47.559><c> there,</c>

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and<00:21:49.299><c> across</c><00:21:49.660><c> to</c><00:21:49.900><c> Macedonia</c><00:21:51.279><c> probably</c><00:21:51.859><c> to</c><00:21:52.400><c> Philippi.</c>

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There<00:21:57.319><c> at</c><00:21:57.940><c> Philippi</c><00:21:58.359><c> he</c><00:21:58.519><c> wrote</c><00:21:58.799><c> that</c><00:21:59.140><c> second</c><00:21:59.380><c> letter</c><00:21:59.640><c> to</c><00:21:59.859><c> the</c><00:22:00.039><c> Corinthians.</c>

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We<00:22:02.700><c> note</c><00:22:02.880><c> the</c><00:22:03.900><c> warmth</c><00:22:04.420><c> with</c><00:22:05.740><c> which</c><00:22:06.759><c> Paul</c><00:22:07.359><c> expresses</c><00:22:08.140><c> himself</c>

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to<00:22:09.039><c> these</c><00:22:09.440><c> disciples.</c>

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He<00:22:11.460><c> called</c><00:22:11.660><c> unto</c><00:22:11.920><c> him</c><00:22:12.059><c> the</c><00:22:12.240><c> disciples</c><00:22:12.480><c> and</c><00:22:12.700><c> embraced</c><00:22:13.119><c> them.</c>

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He<00:22:14.799><c> physically</c><00:22:15.119><c> went</c><00:22:15.339><c> up</c><00:22:15.640><c> and</c><00:22:15.960><c> he</c><00:22:16.200><c> hugged</c><00:22:17.299><c> every</c><00:22:17.519><c> one</c><00:22:17.700><c> of</c><00:22:17.819><c> them.</c>

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He<00:22:19.259><c> showed</c><00:22:19.420><c> that</c><00:22:19.700><c> love,</c><00:22:20.140><c> the</c><00:22:20.259><c> warmth</c><00:22:20.819><c> there.</c>

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But<00:22:22.640><c> there's</c><00:22:24.200><c> also</c><00:22:24.240><c> another</c><00:22:24.519><c> line</c><00:22:24.819><c> of</c><00:22:24.940><c> sadness</c><00:22:25.480><c> that's</c><00:22:26.599><c> carried</c><00:22:26.779><c> through</c><00:22:27.240><c> this</c>

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chapter<00:22:27.839><c> 20</c><00:22:28.339><c> and</c><00:22:28.819><c> chapter</c><00:22:29.200><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:22:32.359><c> then</c><00:22:32.940><c> we're</c><00:22:33.519><c> told</c><00:22:33.700><c> in</c><00:22:33.880><c> verse</c><00:22:34.059><c> 2,</c>

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and<00:22:34.480><c> when</c><00:22:34.539><c> he</c><00:22:34.700><c> had</c><00:22:34.859><c> gone</c><00:22:34.920><c> over</c><00:22:35.180><c> those</c><00:22:35.720><c> parts</c><00:22:36.079><c> and</c><00:22:36.359><c> had</c><00:22:36.720><c> given</c>

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them<00:22:37.119><c> much</c><00:22:37.480><c> exaltation,</c>

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he<00:22:39.019><c> came</c><00:22:39.240><c> into</c><00:22:39.460><c> Greece</c><00:22:40.539><c> to</c><00:22:41.220><c> down</c><00:22:41.380><c> into</c><00:22:41.559><c> the</c><00:22:41.819><c> area</c><00:22:42.079><c> of</c><00:22:42.519><c> Corinth</c>

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where<00:22:44.259><c> he</c><00:22:44.640><c> abode,</c>

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about<00:22:45.839><c> three</c><00:22:46.539><c> months.</c>

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And<00:22:48.299><c> from</c><00:22:48.500><c> there</c><00:22:48.680><c> he</c><00:22:48.799><c> wrote</c><00:22:49.240><c> the</c><00:22:49.420><c> letter</c><00:22:49.579><c> to</c><00:22:49.759><c> the</c><00:22:49.940><c> Romans.</c>

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Again<00:22:53.539><c> there's</c><00:22:53.839><c> that</c><00:22:54.259><c> indication</c><00:22:54.819><c> of</c><00:22:55.200><c> systematic</c><00:22:56.059><c> visiting,</c>

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encouraging,<00:22:58.640><c> exhausting,</c><00:22:59.579><c> and</c><00:23:00.140><c> collecting</c><00:23:00.779><c> the</c><00:23:01.359><c> money.</c>

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Romans<00:23:03.940><c> chapter</c><00:23:04.220><c> 15,</c><00:23:06.140><c> verse</c><00:23:06.480><c> 23.</c>

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Romans<00:23:10.759><c> 15,</c><00:23:11.319><c> verse</c><00:23:11.420><c> 23.</c>

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He<00:23:12.279><c> says,</c><00:23:13.000><c> but</c><00:23:13.059><c> now,</c><00:23:14.299><c> having</c><00:23:14.559><c> no</c><00:23:14.740><c> more</c><00:23:14.940><c> place</c><00:23:15.140><c> in</c><00:23:15.380><c> these</c><00:23:15.640><c> parts,</c><00:23:15.960><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:23:16.259><c> mean</c><00:23:16.819><c> the</c><00:23:17.099><c> work's</c><00:23:17.440><c> finished.</c>

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He<00:23:18.019><c> means</c><00:23:19.200><c> it's</c><00:23:19.640><c> a</c><00:23:19.640><c> pleasure</c><00:23:19.859><c> that</c><00:23:20.099><c> I</c><00:23:20.299><c> established.</c>

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The<00:23:21.019><c> brethren</c><00:23:21.259><c> and</c><00:23:21.519><c> sisters</c><00:23:22.140><c> are</c><00:23:22.859><c> on</c><00:23:23.079><c> the</c><00:23:23.380><c> right</c><00:23:23.579><c> road.</c>

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I've<00:23:25.140><c> got</c><00:23:25.319><c> fresh</c><00:23:25.640><c> pastures</c><00:23:26.160><c> that</c><00:23:26.460><c> I</c><00:23:26.740><c> need</c><00:23:26.940><c> to</c><00:23:27.059><c> go</c><00:23:27.220><c> to.</c>

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In<00:23:27.680><c> fact,</c><00:23:27.880><c> he</c><00:23:28.039><c> says</c><00:23:28.259><c> in</c><00:23:28.400><c> verse</c><00:23:28.579><c> 24,</c><00:23:30.140><c> I</c><00:23:30.380><c> want</c><00:23:30.539><c> to</c><00:23:30.640><c> come</c><00:23:30.799><c> to</c><00:23:30.960><c> Rome.</c>

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Well,<00:23:31.799><c> he's</c><00:23:32.059><c> going</c><00:23:32.200><c> to</c><00:23:32.299><c> get</c><00:23:32.460><c> there,</c><00:23:33.319><c> maybe</c><00:23:33.400><c> not</c><00:23:33.579><c> in</c><00:23:33.740><c> the</c><00:23:33.799><c> way</c>

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he<00:23:34.619><c> anticipated.</c>

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But<00:23:36.980><c> now,</c><00:23:37.599><c> he</c><00:23:37.599><c> says,</c><00:23:38.279><c> now,</c><00:23:38.440><c> verse</c><00:23:38.619><c> 25,</c><00:23:39.339><c> I</c><00:23:39.680><c> go</c><00:23:39.920><c> unto</c><00:23:40.180><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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to<00:23:41.700><c> minister</c><00:23:42.140><c> unto</c><00:23:42.500><c> the</c><00:23:42.799><c> saints.</c>

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We'll<00:23:43.900><c> come</c><00:23:44.099><c> back</c><00:23:44.339><c> to</c><00:23:44.660><c> Romans</c><00:23:44.920><c> 15</c><00:23:45.319><c> in</c><00:23:45.579><c> a</c><00:23:45.660><c> moment.</c>

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When<00:23:46.920><c> we</c><00:23:47.099><c> turn</c><00:23:47.220><c> to</c><00:23:47.400><c> the</c><00:23:47.519><c> record</c><00:23:47.759><c> in</c><00:23:48.000><c> Acts</c><00:23:48.460><c> chapter</c><00:23:48.880><c> 20,</c><00:23:49.519><c> we</c><00:23:49.660><c> find,</c><00:23:50.500><c> verse</c><00:23:50.900><c> 3,</c>

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after<00:23:52.400><c> three</c><00:23:52.799><c> months</c><00:23:53.160><c> in</c><00:23:53.559><c> Corinth,</c><00:23:54.259><c> probably,</c><00:23:55.720><c> that</c><00:23:55.779><c> there</c><00:23:55.920><c> was</c><00:23:56.059><c> a</c>

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Jewish<00:23:56.359><c> plot.</c>

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They<00:23:57.000><c> laid</c><00:23:57.160><c> wait</c><00:23:57.339><c> for</c><00:23:57.559><c> him.</c><00:23:57.680><c> They</c><00:23:57.779><c> wanted</c><00:23:58.000><c> to</c><00:23:58.259><c> take</c><00:23:58.440><c> his</c><00:23:58.700><c> life.</c>

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So<00:24:00.220><c> instead</c><00:24:00.599><c> of</c><00:24:01.160><c> being</c><00:24:01.579><c> able</c><00:24:01.980><c> to</c><00:24:02.799><c> sail</c><00:24:03.299><c> to</c><00:24:03.880><c> Syria,</c><00:24:05.359><c> which</c><00:24:05.519><c> would</c><00:24:05.700><c> have</c>

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been<00:24:05.920><c> the</c><00:24:06.099><c> fastest</c><00:24:06.599><c> route</c><00:24:06.960><c> back,</c>

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plans<00:24:09.680><c> had</c><00:24:09.900><c> to</c><00:24:10.079><c> change.</c>

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Paul<00:24:11.420><c> had</c><00:24:11.660><c> to</c><00:24:11.940><c> retrace</c><00:24:12.339><c> his</c><00:24:12.640><c> steps</c><00:24:13.099><c> over</c><00:24:13.519><c> land</c><00:24:14.099><c> through</c><00:24:15.359><c> Macedonia.</c>

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Verse<00:24:18.960><c> 4.</c>

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That<00:24:20.839><c> would</c><00:24:21.039><c> have</c><00:24:21.160><c> made</c><00:24:22.099><c> a</c><00:24:22.279><c> considerable</c><00:24:22.859><c> time</c><00:24:23.319><c> delay</c><00:24:23.940><c> to</c><00:24:24.519><c> any</c>

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original<00:24:25.440><c> plans</c><00:24:25.940><c> Paul</c><00:24:26.240><c> might</c><00:24:26.480><c> have</c><00:24:26.700><c> had.</c>

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Verse<00:24:27.380><c> 4.</c>

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Here's<00:24:28.880><c> a</c><00:24:29.039><c> list</c><00:24:29.220><c> of</c><00:24:29.440><c> his</c><00:24:29.559><c> legal</c><00:24:29.839><c> delegates</c><00:24:30.700><c> that</c><00:24:31.160><c> were</c><00:24:31.339><c> to</c>

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accompany<00:24:31.980><c> Paul</c>

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with<00:24:32.599><c> the</c><00:24:32.839><c> contribution</c><00:24:33.400><c> from</c><00:24:33.700><c> their</c><00:24:33.859><c> respective</c><00:24:34.380><c> ecclesias.</c>

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We've<00:24:35.660><c> got</c><00:24:35.799><c> a</c><00:24:35.920><c> few</c><00:24:36.039><c> names</c><00:24:36.259><c> in</c><00:24:36.480><c> there.</c>

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From<00:24:37.680><c> Herria,</c><00:24:38.759><c> Soprata.</c>

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From<00:24:40.279><c> Papalalaika,</c><00:24:41.160><c> we've</c><00:24:41.299><c> got</c><00:24:41.460><c> Aharistarchus</c><00:24:42.440><c> and</c><00:24:42.680><c> Secundus,</c>

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Gaius<00:24:43.940><c> of</c><00:24:44.099><c> Dervi</c><00:24:44.680><c> from</c><00:24:45.180><c> the</c><00:24:45.460><c> Galatian</c><00:24:45.880><c> area.</c>

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Antimotheus,<00:24:47.500><c> he</c><00:24:47.680><c> was</c><00:24:47.819><c> from</c><00:24:47.980><c> Lystra,</c><00:24:48.960><c> again</c><00:24:49.160><c> from</c><00:24:49.359><c> Galatia.</c>

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And<00:24:50.519><c> of</c><00:24:50.599><c> Asia,</c><00:24:51.339><c> Titicus</c><00:24:51.680><c> and</c><00:24:51.980><c> Prophemus,</c><00:24:53.180><c> perhaps</c><00:24:53.339><c> from</c><00:24:53.579><c> Ephesus.</c>

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No<00:24:56.319><c> one</c><00:24:56.500><c> from</c><00:24:56.680><c> Corinth?</c><00:24:57.640><c> That's</c><00:24:58.279><c> strange,</c><00:24:58.779><c> isn't</c><00:24:58.819><c> it?</c>

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And<00:25:00.619><c> these,</c><00:25:01.000><c> verse</c><00:25:01.140><c> 5,</c><00:25:02.279><c> going</c><00:25:02.480><c> for</c><00:25:02.960><c> us,</c><00:25:04.240><c> harried</c><00:25:04.700><c> for</c><00:25:05.019><c> us</c><00:25:05.380><c> and</c>

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through<00:25:06.180><c> us.</c>

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And<00:25:07.799><c> we</c><00:25:08.000><c> sailed</c><00:25:08.119><c> away</c><00:25:08.380><c> from</c><00:25:08.759><c> Philippi</c><00:25:09.099><c> after</c><00:25:09.440><c> the</c><00:25:09.680><c> days</c><00:25:09.920><c> of</c>

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Anzac<00:25:10.480><c> and</c><00:25:10.720><c> Bred.</c>

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The<00:25:12.299><c> pronoun</c><00:25:12.559><c> has</c><00:25:12.819><c> changed.</c>

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It's<00:25:15.259><c> us</c><00:25:15.859><c> and</c><00:25:16.440><c> we</c><00:25:17.000><c> back</c><00:25:17.720><c> into</c><00:25:18.039><c> the</c><00:25:18.259><c> record.</c>

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Lucas<00:25:19.180><c> John,</c><00:25:19.880><c> again.</c>

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Presumably<00:25:22.079><c> he's</c><00:25:22.500><c> the</c><00:25:22.599><c> delegate</c><00:25:22.980><c> from</c><00:25:23.500><c> Philippi.</c>

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And<00:25:25.099><c> something</c><00:25:25.380><c> else</c><00:25:25.599><c> after</c><00:25:25.819><c> verse</c><00:25:26.140><c> 6</c><00:25:26.559><c> tells</c><00:25:26.960><c> us</c><00:25:27.220><c> they've</c><00:25:27.559><c> missed</c><00:25:28.019><c> an</c><00:25:28.180><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:25:29.859><c> get</c><00:25:30.079><c> to</c><00:25:30.319><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:30.740><c> for</c><00:25:31.000><c> the</c><00:25:31.180><c> Passover.</c>

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The<00:25:32.319><c> days</c><00:25:32.779><c> of</c><00:25:33.059><c> Anzac</c><00:25:33.299><c> and</c><00:25:33.559><c> Bred</c><00:25:33.819><c> had</c><00:25:34.660><c> come</c><00:25:35.160><c> and</c><00:25:35.980><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:25:38.859><c> verse</c><00:25:39.299><c> 13.</c>

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After<00:25:41.759><c> being</c><00:25:42.380><c> up</c><00:25:42.700><c> all</c><00:25:42.920><c> night.</c>

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And<00:25:45.019><c> this</c><00:25:45.259><c> is</c><00:25:45.460><c> the</c><00:25:45.599><c> incident</c><00:25:46.339><c> when</c><00:25:47.799><c> Eutychus</c><00:25:48.539><c> fell</c><00:25:48.859><c> from</c><00:25:49.119><c> the</c>

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window<00:25:49.940><c> at</c><00:25:50.819><c> Troas.</c>

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After<00:25:51.500><c> being</c><00:25:51.720><c> up</c><00:25:51.859><c> all</c><00:25:52.140><c> night,</c><00:25:53.500><c> talking,</c><00:25:54.019><c> speaking,</c>

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encouraging,<00:25:55.380><c> exhorting,</c>

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Paul<00:25:57.039><c> decides</c><00:25:57.599><c> not</c><00:25:58.200><c> to</c><00:25:58.359><c> go</c><00:25:58.519><c> with</c><00:25:58.700><c> the</c><00:25:58.819><c> rest</c><00:25:59.039><c> of</c><00:25:59.220><c> the</c><00:25:59.319><c> party</c><00:25:59.619><c> by</c>

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boat,<00:26:00.519><c> by</c><00:26:00.759><c> ship,</c><00:26:01.779><c> but</c><00:26:01.900><c> to</c><00:26:02.079><c> walk.</c>

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They're<00:26:06.119><c> at</c><00:26:06.259><c> Troas.</c>

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Let<00:26:07.559><c> me</c><00:26:07.680><c> just</c><00:26:08.380><c> hone</c><00:26:08.579><c> in</c><00:26:08.759><c> on</c><00:26:08.839><c> that</c><00:26:09.099><c> area</c><00:26:09.220><c> for</c><00:26:09.400><c> a</c><00:26:09.539><c> moment.</c>

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They're<00:26:11.359><c> at</c><00:26:11.500><c> Troas.</c>

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The<00:26:12.140><c> normal</c><00:26:12.759><c> quickest</c><00:26:13.240><c> way,</c><00:26:13.900><c> easiest</c><00:26:14.380><c> way</c><00:26:14.660><c> would</c><00:26:14.880><c> be</c><00:26:15.500><c> to</c><00:26:15.880><c> go</c>

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around<00:26:16.299><c> the</c><00:26:16.539><c> peninsula.</c>

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But<00:26:18.019><c> by</c><00:26:18.140><c> boat,</c><00:26:18.680><c> Paul</c><00:26:18.900><c> decides</c><00:26:19.660><c> he's</c><00:26:20.740><c> going</c><00:26:20.839><c> to</c><00:26:21.000><c> walk</c><00:26:21.299><c> on</c><00:26:21.559><c> his</c><00:26:21.799><c> own.</c>

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A<00:26:23.240><c> distance</c><00:26:23.799><c> of</c><00:26:24.079><c> about</c><00:26:24.319><c> 15</c><00:26:24.660><c> or</c><00:26:24.859><c> 20</c><00:26:25.200><c> miles,</c><00:26:25.680><c> quite</c><00:26:25.819><c> rough</c><00:26:26.119><c> terrain,</c><00:26:27.440><c> quite</c>

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hot<00:26:28.059><c> temperatures.</c>

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Why<00:26:29.299><c> did</c><00:26:29.460><c> he</c><00:26:29.579><c> do</c><00:26:29.819><c> that?</c>

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He'd<00:26:31.880><c> meet</c><00:26:32.000><c> the</c><00:26:32.220><c> party</c><00:26:32.440><c> later,</c><00:26:33.059><c> that</c><00:26:33.200><c> assholes.</c>

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There's<00:26:35.759><c> something</c><00:26:36.000><c> on</c><00:26:36.180><c> his</c><00:26:36.380><c> mind.</c>

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He<00:26:38.259><c> needed</c><00:26:38.460><c> time</c><00:26:39.000><c> alone</c><00:26:39.599><c> to</c><00:26:40.519><c> think,</c><00:26:41.640><c> to</c><00:26:41.759><c> pray.</c>

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And<00:26:43.720><c> we</c><00:26:43.839><c> get</c><00:26:43.940><c> an</c><00:26:44.099><c> indication</c><00:26:44.519><c> of</c><00:26:44.779><c> what</c><00:26:45.059><c> was</c><00:26:45.279><c> on</c><00:26:45.460><c> his</c><00:26:45.740><c> mind.</c>

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:49.880
There<00:26:46.559><c> in</c><00:26:46.740><c> that</c><00:26:46.960><c> chapter</c><00:26:47.279><c> from</c><00:26:47.539><c> Romans</c><00:26:47.839><c> again,</c><00:26:48.240><c> Romans</c><00:26:48.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:48.880><c> 15,</c><00:26:49.759><c> a</c>

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little<00:26:49.960><c> later</c><00:26:50.279><c> on,</c>

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in<00:26:51.440><c> verse</c><00:26:51.660><c> 13,</c><00:26:52.779><c> he</c><00:26:52.859><c> says</c><00:26:53.319><c> to</c><00:26:53.940><c> the</c><00:26:54.160><c> Romans,</c>

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Now<00:26:55.380><c> I</c><00:26:55.660><c> beseech</c><00:26:56.059><c> you</c><00:26:56.279><c> brethren</c><00:26:56.759><c> for</c><00:26:57.099><c> the</c><00:26:57.319><c> Lord</c><00:26:57.599><c> Jesus</c><00:26:58.140><c> Christ's</c><00:26:58.960><c> sake</c>

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and<00:26:59.660><c> for</c><00:26:59.819><c> the</c><00:26:59.980><c> love</c><00:27:00.160><c> of</c><00:27:00.359><c> the</c><00:27:00.579><c> Spirit</c><00:27:00.799><c> that</c><00:27:00.980><c> you</c><00:27:01.240><c> strive</c><00:27:01.579><c> together</c><00:27:02.079><c> with</c>

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me<00:27:02.940><c> in</c><00:27:03.200><c> your</c><00:27:03.460><c> prayers</c>

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to<00:27:04.779><c> guard</c><00:27:05.099><c> for</c><00:27:05.440><c> me</c><00:27:05.819><c> that</c><00:27:06.400><c> I</c><00:27:06.779><c> might</c><00:27:07.000><c> be</c><00:27:07.259><c> delivered</c><00:27:07.519><c> from</c><00:27:07.920><c> them</c>

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that<00:27:08.359><c> do</c><00:27:08.579><c> not</c><00:27:08.799><c> believe</c><00:27:09.700><c> in</c><00:27:10.019><c> Judea</c>

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and<00:27:12.000><c> that</c><00:27:12.680><c> my</c><00:27:13.019><c> service</c><00:27:13.579><c> which</c><00:27:13.859><c> I</c><00:27:14.200><c> have</c><00:27:14.640><c> for</c><00:27:15.099><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:27:15.880><c> he's</c>

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talking<00:27:16.700><c> about</c><00:27:17.119><c> that</c><00:27:17.400><c> money,</c>

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may<00:27:19.700><c> be</c><00:27:20.000><c> accepted</c><00:27:20.720><c> of</c><00:27:22.119><c> the</c><00:27:22.299><c> saints.</c>

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Paul<00:27:24.539><c> was</c><00:27:24.779><c> concerned.</c>

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He'd<00:27:27.240><c> worked</c><00:27:27.500><c> on</c><00:27:27.740><c> this</c><00:27:28.160><c> for</c><00:27:28.539><c> about</c><00:27:29.099><c> three</c><00:27:29.299><c> and</c><00:27:29.460><c> a</c><00:27:29.460><c> half</c><00:27:29.660><c> years.</c>

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Would<00:27:31.539><c> it</c><00:27:31.779><c> be</c><00:27:32.079><c> accepted</c><00:27:32.799><c> by</c><00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:34.000><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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What<00:27:35.500><c> would</c><00:27:35.700><c> be</c><00:27:35.839><c> the</c><00:27:35.980><c> best</c><00:27:36.200><c> way</c><00:27:36.859><c> of</c><00:27:37.279><c> presenting</c><00:27:37.839><c> this</c><00:27:38.200><c> gift?</c>

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And<00:27:40.119><c> when</c><00:27:40.200><c> he</c><00:27:40.359><c> did</c><00:27:40.700><c> rejoin</c><00:27:41.140><c> his</c><00:27:41.339><c> companions</c><00:27:42.000><c> at</c><00:27:42.400><c> Assos,</c><00:27:42.819><c> they</c>

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could<00:27:43.119><c> see</c>

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by<00:27:44.559><c> the</c><00:27:44.960><c> relaxed</c><00:27:45.579><c> manner</c><00:27:46.500><c> of</c><00:27:47.380><c> Paul</c><00:27:47.640><c> that</c><00:27:48.859><c> he</c><00:27:49.180><c> was</c><00:27:49.359><c> older.</c>

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He<00:27:51.480><c> wanted</c><00:27:51.799><c> to</c><00:27:52.019><c> get</c><00:27:52.180><c> to</c><00:27:52.400><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:52.880><c> and</c><00:27:53.400><c> it</c><00:27:53.480><c> was</c><00:27:53.680><c> a</c><00:27:53.859><c> significant</c><00:27:54.420><c> time.</c>

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Pentecost.

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We<00:27:57.519><c> read</c><00:27:57.660><c> that</c><00:27:57.839><c> in</c><00:27:57.960><c> verse</c><00:27:58.140><c> 16.</c>

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:02.579
Paul<00:27:59.359><c> had</c><00:27:59.640><c> determined</c><00:27:59.880><c> to</c><00:28:00.099><c> sail</c><00:28:00.279><c> by</c><00:28:00.619><c> Ephesus</c><00:28:01.440><c> because</c><00:28:01.980><c> he</c><00:28:02.119><c> would</c><00:28:02.359><c> not</c>

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spend<00:28:02.799><c> the</c><00:28:02.940><c> time</c><00:28:03.160><c> in</c><00:28:03.339><c> Asia</c>

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for<00:28:03.799><c> he</c><00:28:04.000><c> tasted</c><00:28:04.279><c> it</c><00:28:04.599><c> were</c><00:28:04.839><c> possible</c><00:28:05.240><c> for</c><00:28:05.480><c> him</c><00:28:05.900><c> to</c><00:28:06.200><c> be</c><00:28:06.380><c> at</c><00:28:06.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:07.099><c> the</c>

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day<00:28:08.160><c> of</c><00:28:08.440><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Why<00:28:09.339><c> was</c><00:28:09.559><c> that</c><00:28:09.819><c> significant</c><00:28:10.539><c> in</c><00:28:11.779><c> terms</c><00:28:12.220><c> of</c><00:28:13.420><c> the</c><00:28:13.619><c> plan</c><00:28:13.819><c> Paul</c><00:28:14.180><c> had</c><00:28:14.440><c> of</c>

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presenting<00:28:15.180><c> this</c><00:28:15.500><c> money?</c>

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In<00:28:17.240><c> Leviticus</c><00:28:17.579><c> 23</c><00:28:18.099><c> verse</c><00:28:18.299><c> 17</c><00:28:18.799><c> we</c><00:28:19.099><c> learn</c><00:28:19.680><c> of</c><00:28:20.279><c> a</c><00:28:20.539><c> significant</c><00:28:21.079><c> event</c><00:28:21.440><c> that</c><00:28:21.680><c> occurred</c><00:28:21.859><c> on</c>

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the<00:28:22.220><c> day</c><00:28:22.539><c> of</c><00:28:22.819><c> Pentecost.</c>

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You<00:28:23.700><c> shall</c><00:28:23.900><c> bring</c><00:28:24.140><c> out</c><00:28:24.299><c> of</c><00:28:24.400><c> your</c><00:28:24.619><c> habitations</c><00:28:25.460><c> two</c><00:28:26.680><c> wave</c><00:28:27.019><c> loads</c><00:28:27.519><c> of</c>

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two<00:28:28.660><c> tentacles.</c>

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They<00:28:29.880><c> shall</c><00:28:30.019><c> be</c><00:28:30.200><c> a</c><00:28:30.380><c> fine</c><00:28:30.619><c> flour.</c>

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:32.200
They<00:28:31.000><c> shall</c><00:28:31.220><c> be</c><00:28:31.400><c> baked</c><00:28:31.579><c> with</c><00:28:31.839><c> leaven.</c>

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Very<00:28:32.599><c> unusual</c><00:28:33.039><c> that.</c>

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They<00:28:34.440><c> are</c><00:28:34.660><c> the</c><00:28:34.859><c> first</c><00:28:35.220><c> fruits</c><00:28:35.900><c> unto</c><00:28:36.440><c> the</c><00:28:36.660><c> Lord.</c>

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:44.660
How<00:28:39.200><c> appropriate</c><00:28:39.759><c> that</c><00:28:41.000><c> on</c><00:28:41.339><c> the</c><00:28:41.460><c> day</c><00:28:41.660><c> of</c><00:28:41.859><c> Pentecost</c><00:28:43.460><c> Jew</c><00:28:44.099><c> and</c>

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Gentile<00:28:45.180><c> could</c><00:28:45.440><c> be</c><00:28:45.799><c> brought</c><00:28:46.220><c> together,</c>

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offered<00:28:48.220><c> unto</c><00:28:48.880><c> God</c><00:28:49.440><c> as</c><00:28:49.859><c> a</c><00:28:50.000><c> kind</c><00:28:50.380><c> of</c><00:28:50.859><c> first</c><00:28:51.359><c> fruits</c><00:28:51.720><c> of</c><00:28:52.079><c> its</c><00:28:52.619><c> creation</c><00:28:53.380><c> in</c>

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fellowship<00:28:55.640><c> and</c><00:28:56.039><c> in</c><00:28:56.279><c> service.</c>

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And<00:29:00.160><c> in</c><00:29:00.319><c> this,</c><00:29:02.380><c> going</c><00:29:02.380><c> back</c><00:29:02.599><c> to</c><00:29:02.700><c> Acts</c><00:29:02.920><c> chapter</c><00:29:03.119><c> 20</c><00:29:03.460><c> verse</c><00:29:04.599><c> 17,</c>

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:11.160
we<00:29:06.819><c> have</c><00:29:06.920><c> an</c><00:29:07.140><c> insight</c><00:29:07.619><c> into</c><00:29:09.079><c> the</c><00:29:09.259><c> emotions</c><00:29:09.799><c> and</c><00:29:10.079><c> the</c><00:29:10.420><c> difficulties</c><00:29:10.859><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:29:11.339><c> faced</c>

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and<00:29:12.279><c> cope</c><00:29:12.559><c> with</c><00:29:13.839><c> during</c><00:29:14.140><c> those</c><00:29:14.539><c> three</c><00:29:14.759><c> and</c><00:29:14.900><c> a</c><00:29:14.960><c> half</c><00:29:15.200><c> years</c><00:29:15.660><c> in</c><00:29:15.980><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Verse<00:29:17.019><c> 17</c><00:29:17.640><c> Acts</c><00:29:18.519><c> chapter</c><00:29:18.839><c> 20.</c>

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From<00:29:20.680><c> my</c><00:29:20.859><c> letters</c><00:29:21.019><c> he</c><00:29:21.259><c> sent</c><00:29:21.559><c> unto</c><00:29:21.799><c> Ephesus</c><00:29:22.279><c> and</c><00:29:22.880><c> called</c><00:29:23.119><c> the</c>

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elders<00:29:23.539><c> of</c><00:29:23.720><c> the</c><00:29:23.859><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:29:24.400><c> when</c><00:29:24.579><c> they</c><00:29:24.740><c> were</c><00:29:24.920><c> come</c><00:29:25.099><c> to</c><00:29:25.240><c> him</c><00:29:25.460><c> he</c><00:29:25.619><c> said</c><00:29:25.799><c> unto</c><00:29:26.000><c> them,</c>

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You<00:29:27.259><c> know</c><00:29:27.660><c> that</c><00:29:27.880><c> from</c><00:29:28.079><c> the</c><00:29:28.259><c> first</c><00:29:28.460><c> day</c><00:29:28.700><c> that</c><00:29:28.859><c> I</c><00:29:29.000><c> came</c><00:29:29.200><c> into</c><00:29:29.400><c> Asia,</c>

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after<00:29:30.720><c> what</c><00:29:31.019><c> manner</c><00:29:31.200><c> I</c><00:29:31.420><c> have</c><00:29:31.519><c> been</c><00:29:31.799><c> with</c><00:29:32.039><c> you</c><00:29:32.160><c> in</c><00:29:32.299><c> all</c><00:29:32.559><c> seasons,</c>

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serving<00:29:33.839><c> the</c><00:29:34.079><c> Lord</c><00:29:34.259><c> with</c><00:29:34.460><c> all</c><00:29:34.660><c> humility</c><00:29:35.160><c> of</c><00:29:35.440><c> mind</c><00:29:36.000><c> and</c><00:29:37.119><c> with</c>

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many<00:29:37.599><c> tears</c><00:29:38.160><c> and</c><00:29:39.420><c> temptations,</c>

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which<00:29:41.059><c> befell</c><00:29:41.599><c> me</c><00:29:41.880><c> by</c><00:29:42.119><c> the</c><00:29:42.339><c> lying</c><00:29:42.559><c> in</c><00:29:42.799><c> wait</c><00:29:43.220><c> of</c><00:29:43.680><c> the</c><00:29:43.859><c> Jews.</c>

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And<00:29:46.140><c> how</c><00:29:46.359><c> Paul</c><00:29:46.759><c> was</c><00:29:47.640><c> careful</c><00:29:48.039><c> not</c><00:29:48.299><c> to</c><00:29:48.440><c> keep</c><00:29:48.579><c> anything</c><00:29:49.000><c> back.</c>

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He<00:29:49.619><c> did</c><00:29:50.019><c> everything</c><00:29:50.519><c> he</c><00:29:50.799><c> could.</c>

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Verse<00:29:52.039><c> 21,</c><00:29:52.980><c> for</c><00:29:53.200><c> Jews</c><00:29:53.619><c> and</c><00:29:54.420><c> for</c><00:29:54.599><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:29:56.779 --> 00:30:00.980
repentance<00:29:57.180><c> toward</c><00:29:57.599><c> God</c><00:29:57.920><c> and</c><00:29:58.259><c> faith</c><00:29:58.779><c> toward</c><00:29:59.200><c> our</c><00:29:59.420><c> Lord</c><00:29:59.619><c> Jesus</c><00:30:00.000><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:05.160
What<00:30:02.519><c> a</c><00:30:02.660><c> lovely</c><00:30:02.940><c> positive</c><00:30:03.460><c> attitude</c><00:30:04.160><c> Paul</c><00:30:04.940><c> had.</c>

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:10.339
Verse<00:30:05.400><c> 22,</c><00:30:05.960><c> And</c><00:30:06.200><c> now,</c><00:30:07.119><c> behold,</c><00:30:08.720><c> I</c><00:30:08.920><c> go</c><00:30:09.180><c> bound</c><00:30:09.400><c> in</c><00:30:09.579><c> the</c><00:30:09.799><c> Spirit</c>

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unto<00:30:10.779><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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There's<00:30:11.619><c> an</c><00:30:11.799><c> echo</c><00:30:12.019><c> again</c><00:30:12.319><c> of</c><00:30:12.579><c> Luke</c><00:30:12.819><c> 9</c><00:30:13.500><c> verse</c><00:30:13.940><c> 51.</c>

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.079
Not<00:30:16.220><c> knowing</c><00:30:16.440><c> the</c><00:30:16.680><c> things</c><00:30:16.880><c> that</c><00:30:17.079><c> are</c><00:30:17.200><c> before</c><00:30:17.599><c> me</c><00:30:17.839><c> there,</c>

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.259
save<00:30:18.460><c> that</c><00:30:18.740><c> the</c><00:30:18.920><c> Holy</c><00:30:19.200><c> Spirit</c><00:30:19.500><c> witnesses</c><00:30:19.940><c> in</c><00:30:20.259><c> every</c><00:30:20.519><c> city,</c>

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:25.019
saying<00:30:22.000><c> that</c><00:30:22.240><c> bonds</c><00:30:22.619><c> and</c><00:30:22.920><c> afflictions</c><00:30:23.539><c> abide</c><00:30:24.000><c> me.</c>

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:28.960
I<00:30:25.339><c> know</c><00:30:25.440><c> it's</c><00:30:25.599><c> coming.</c><00:30:26.599><c> I</c><00:30:26.779><c> know</c><00:30:26.859><c> it's</c><00:30:27.099><c> not</c><00:30:27.420><c> going</c><00:30:27.619><c> to</c><00:30:27.740><c> be</c><00:30:27.920><c> easy.</c>

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:31.279
But<00:30:29.220><c> none</c><00:30:29.400><c> of</c><00:30:29.539><c> these</c><00:30:29.720><c> sins</c><00:30:29.880><c> move</c><00:30:30.240><c> me,</c>

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:35.039
neither<00:30:31.660><c> count</c><00:30:32.200><c> I</c><00:30:32.579><c> my</c><00:30:32.799><c> life</c><00:30:33.119><c> dear</c><00:30:33.500><c> unto</c><00:30:33.900><c> myself,</c>

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:39.160
so<00:30:35.960><c> that</c><00:30:36.140><c> I</c><00:30:36.259><c> might</c><00:30:36.460><c> finish</c><00:30:36.819><c> my</c><00:30:37.160><c> course</c><00:30:37.980><c> with</c><00:30:38.759><c> joy</c>

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:43.200
and<00:30:39.920><c> the</c><00:30:40.140><c> ministry</c><00:30:40.500><c> which</c><00:30:40.799><c> I</c><00:30:41.000><c> have</c><00:30:41.180><c> received</c><00:30:41.839><c> of</c><00:30:42.019><c> the</c><00:30:42.160><c> Lord</c><00:30:42.380><c> Jesus</c>

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:47.779
to<00:30:43.859><c> testify</c><00:30:44.619><c> the</c><00:30:45.279><c> gospel</c><00:30:45.720><c> of</c><00:30:46.099><c> the</c><00:30:46.200><c> grace</c><00:30:46.660><c> of</c><00:30:46.900><c> God.</c>

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:51.559
What<00:30:48.579><c> had</c><00:30:48.759><c> Paul</c><00:30:48.880><c> been</c><00:30:49.099><c> doing</c><00:30:49.740><c> over</c><00:30:50.460><c> the</c><00:30:50.559><c> last</c><00:30:50.859><c> 20</c><00:30:51.200><c> years</c>

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:55.700
but<00:30:51.839><c> testifying</c><00:30:52.920><c> the</c><00:30:53.819><c> gospel</c><00:30:54.259><c> of</c><00:30:54.539><c> the</c><00:30:54.640><c> grace</c><00:30:54.940><c> of</c><00:30:55.160><c> God</c><00:30:55.420><c> to</c>

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.940
Gentiles<00:30:56.599><c> predominantly?</c>

00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:02.180
Now,<00:30:59.319><c> he</c><00:31:00.079><c> wanted</c><00:31:00.319><c> to</c><00:31:00.539><c> get</c><00:31:00.720><c> the</c><00:31:00.980><c> Jews</c><00:31:01.180><c> round.</c>

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:05.859
He<00:31:02.460><c> saw</c><00:31:02.559><c> it</c><00:31:02.700><c> as</c><00:31:02.799><c> his</c><00:31:03.019><c> last</c><00:31:03.359><c> opportunity,</c><00:31:04.099><c> a</c><00:31:04.220><c> visit</c><00:31:04.539><c> to</c><00:31:04.779><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:10.500
Maybe<00:31:06.619><c> he</c><00:31:07.240><c> even</c><00:31:07.579><c> hoped</c><00:31:08.099><c> that</c><00:31:08.680><c> some</c><00:31:08.940><c> of</c><00:31:09.079><c> his</c><00:31:09.420><c> ex</c><00:31:09.900><c>-colleagues</c>

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:12.900
from<00:31:11.559><c> time</c><00:31:11.940><c> past,</c>

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:18.539
the<00:31:13.339><c> Sanhedrin</c><00:31:13.880><c> that</c><00:31:14.079><c> had</c><00:31:14.359><c> stoned</c><00:31:14.799><c> Stephen,</c><00:31:17.079><c> might</c><00:31:17.259><c> be</c><00:31:17.519><c> converted.</c>

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:23.039
Brethren,<00:31:19.480><c> my</c><00:31:19.819><c> heart's</c><00:31:20.339><c> desire</c><00:31:20.759><c> and</c><00:31:21.220><c> prayer</c><00:31:21.839><c> for</c><00:31:22.240><c> Israel</c><00:31:22.599><c> is</c>

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:25.660
that<00:31:23.259><c> they</c><00:31:23.500><c> might</c><00:31:24.099><c> be</c><00:31:24.779><c> saved.</c>

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.519
And<00:31:28.019><c> he</c><00:31:28.200><c> makes</c><00:31:28.380><c> this</c><00:31:28.599><c> application</c><00:31:29.119><c> to</c><00:31:29.500><c> the</c><00:31:29.880><c> Ephesian</c><00:31:30.220><c> elders</c>

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.420
in<00:31:30.759><c> verse</c><00:31:30.819><c> 32.</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:35.880
Now,<00:31:32.019><c> brethren,</c><00:31:32.819><c> I</c><00:31:32.960><c> commend</c><00:31:33.240><c> you</c><00:31:33.460><c> to</c><00:31:33.619><c> God</c><00:31:34.019><c> and</c><00:31:34.839><c> the</c><00:31:35.019><c> word</c><00:31:35.539><c> of</c>

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.940
his<00:31:36.200><c> grace</c>

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:40.880
which<00:31:37.559><c> is</c><00:31:37.819><c> able</c><00:31:38.079><c> to</c><00:31:38.319><c> build</c><00:31:38.380><c> you</c><00:31:38.619><c> up</c><00:31:39.319><c> and</c><00:31:39.619><c> to</c><00:31:39.799><c> give</c><00:31:39.940><c> you</c><00:31:40.099><c> an</c><00:31:40.319><c> inheritance</c>

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:43.019
among<00:31:41.359><c> all</c><00:31:41.740><c> them</c><00:31:41.920><c> which</c><00:31:42.119><c> are</c><00:31:42.279><c> sacrificed.</c>

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:48.440
And<00:31:43.619><c> then,</c><00:31:45.119><c> strangely,</c><00:31:45.420><c> he</c><00:31:45.640><c> seeks</c><00:31:45.900><c> to</c><00:31:46.039><c> make</c><00:31:46.240><c> an</c><00:31:46.539><c> uncharacterist</c><00:31:47.920><c> out</c><00:31:48.220><c> of</c>

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:50.259
place,<00:31:49.740><c> outburst.</c>

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.480
Verse<00:31:50.680><c> 33.</c>

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:56.059
I<00:31:51.960><c> have</c><00:31:52.299><c> coveted</c><00:31:52.940><c> no</c><00:31:53.200><c> man</c><00:31:53.440><c> silver</c><00:31:53.759><c> or</c><00:31:54.059><c> gold</c><00:31:54.539><c> or</c><00:31:54.920><c> a</c><00:31:55.119><c> pound.</c>

00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:01.319
What<00:31:59.259><c> do</c><00:31:59.359><c> we</c><00:31:59.420><c> know</c><00:31:59.759><c> in</c><00:32:00.000><c> the</c><00:32:00.079><c> Old</c><00:32:00.220><c> Testament?</c>

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:03.920
Who<00:32:02.720><c> did</c><00:32:03.000><c> covet?</c>

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:09.980
Silver,<00:32:05.559><c> gold,</c><00:32:06.900><c> and</c><00:32:07.000><c> a</c><00:32:07.059><c> goodly</c><00:32:07.359><c> Babylonish</c><00:32:07.960><c> garment,</c><00:32:09.279><c> Achan.</c>

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:12.279
Joshua<00:32:10.660><c> 7,</c><00:32:11.119><c> 21.</c>

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:14.279
When<00:32:12.619><c> I</c><00:32:12.900><c> saw,</c><00:32:13.200><c> Achan's</c><00:32:13.759><c> words,</c><00:32:14.000><c> he</c><00:32:14.200><c> said,</c>

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:17.660
when<00:32:14.460><c> I</c><00:32:14.720><c> saw</c><00:32:15.240><c> among</c><00:32:15.680><c> the</c><00:32:16.000><c> spires</c><00:32:16.200><c> a</c><00:32:16.359><c> goodly</c><00:32:16.779><c> Babylonish</c><00:32:17.240><c> garment</c>

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:21.319
and<00:32:17.740><c> two</c><00:32:17.980><c> hundred</c><00:32:18.380><c> shekels</c><00:32:18.859><c> of</c><00:32:19.099><c> silver</c><00:32:19.539><c> and</c><00:32:20.220><c> a</c><00:32:20.359><c> wedge</c><00:32:20.559><c> of</c><00:32:20.880><c> gold</c>

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:23.640
of<00:32:21.960><c> fifty</c><00:32:22.279><c> shekels</c><00:32:22.880><c> weight,</c>

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:26.900
then<00:32:24.339><c> I</c><00:32:24.539><c> coveted</c><00:32:25.059><c> them</c><00:32:25.859><c> and</c><00:32:26.259><c> took</c><00:32:26.480><c> them.</c>

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:32.039
And<00:32:27.319><c> what</c><00:32:27.839><c> was</c><00:32:28.240><c> the</c><00:32:28.440><c> title,</c><00:32:28.900><c> the</c><00:32:29.059><c> accolade</c><00:32:29.660><c> that</c><00:32:30.319><c> Achan</c><00:32:30.920><c> earned?</c>

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:35.160
The<00:32:32.940><c> troubler</c><00:32:33.900><c> of</c><00:32:34.299><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:37.700
That's<00:32:35.519><c> the</c><00:32:35.579><c> very</c><00:32:35.880><c> accusation</c><00:32:36.539><c> that</c><00:32:36.779><c> the</c><00:32:36.920><c> Judaizers</c><00:32:37.420><c> are</c>

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:39.299
leveling<00:32:37.900><c> against</c><00:32:38.299><c> Paul.</c>

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:42.240
And<00:32:39.880><c> the</c><00:32:40.059><c> false</c><00:32:40.339><c> accusations</c><00:32:40.980><c> of</c><00:32:41.259><c> embezzling</c><00:32:41.839><c> money,</c>

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:47.279
I<00:32:42.880><c> have</c><00:32:43.339><c> coveted</c><00:32:43.880><c> no</c><00:32:44.160><c> man</c><00:32:44.460><c> silver,</c><00:32:45.259><c> gold,</c><00:32:46.079><c> or</c><00:32:46.319><c> a</c><00:32:46.440><c> pound.</c>

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:53.960
He<00:32:47.960><c> goes</c><00:32:48.140><c> on</c><00:32:48.720><c> to</c><00:32:49.059><c> defend</c><00:32:49.339><c> himself</c><00:32:50.079><c> by</c><00:32:51.700><c> reminding</c><00:32:52.099><c> them</c><00:32:52.440><c> of</c><00:32:52.779><c> his</c>

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:56.559
aptitude,<00:32:54.700><c> his</c><00:32:54.839><c> work</c><00:32:55.859><c> amongst</c><00:32:56.299><c> them.</c>

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:59.640
You<00:32:56.960><c> yourselves</c><00:32:57.400><c> know</c><00:32:57.839><c> these</c><00:32:58.400><c> hands</c><00:32:58.819><c> have</c><00:32:59.079><c> ministered</c><00:32:59.480><c> unto</c>

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.720
my<00:33:00.059><c> necessities</c>

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:03.259
and<00:33:01.299><c> to</c><00:33:01.539><c> them</c><00:33:01.779><c> that</c><00:33:01.940><c> were</c><00:33:02.039><c> with</c><00:33:02.240><c> me.</c>

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:06.240
I<00:33:03.619><c> have</c><00:33:03.759><c> showed</c><00:33:03.940><c> you</c><00:33:04.160><c> all</c><00:33:04.400><c> things,</c><00:33:05.160><c> how</c><00:33:05.279><c> that</c><00:33:05.559><c> slow</c><00:33:05.799><c> labouring</c>

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.859
he<00:33:06.460><c> ought</c><00:33:06.700><c> to</c><00:33:07.039><c> support</c><00:33:07.279><c> the</c><00:33:07.519><c> weak.</c>

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:11.880
And<00:33:08.500><c> to</c><00:33:08.640><c> remember</c><00:33:09.000><c> the</c><00:33:09.200><c> words</c><00:33:09.440><c> of</c><00:33:09.640><c> the</c><00:33:09.759><c> Lord</c><00:33:09.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:10.500><c> how</c><00:33:10.759><c> he</c><00:33:11.019><c> said,</c>

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:15.859
it<00:33:12.259><c> is</c><00:33:12.440><c> more</c><00:33:12.640><c> blessed</c><00:33:12.960><c> to</c><00:33:13.220><c> give</c><00:33:13.619><c> than</c><00:33:14.599><c> to</c><00:33:14.779><c> receive.</c>

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:20.220
And<00:33:18.000><c> then</c><00:33:18.279><c> there's</c><00:33:18.420><c> a</c><00:33:18.559><c> very</c><00:33:18.819><c> poignant</c><00:33:19.099><c> parting.</c>

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:23.920
As<00:33:21.279><c> they</c><00:33:21.619><c> sense,</c><00:33:22.000><c> verse</c><00:33:22.220><c> 38,</c><00:33:22.680><c> that</c><00:33:22.839><c> they</c><00:33:23.019><c> will</c><00:33:23.240><c> see</c><00:33:23.380><c> his</c><00:33:23.660><c> face</c>

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:25.299
no<00:33:24.259><c> more.</c>

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:28.240
Verse<00:33:25.700><c> 36,</c><00:33:26.359><c> he</c><00:33:26.619><c> kneeled</c><00:33:26.839><c> down</c><00:33:27.119><c> and</c><00:33:27.400><c> prayed.</c>

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:32.099
And<00:33:28.880><c> it's</c><00:33:29.039><c> only</c><00:33:29.180><c> Luke</c><00:33:29.539><c> that</c><00:33:29.859><c> records</c><00:33:30.480><c> that</c><00:33:31.319><c> the</c><00:33:31.559><c> posture</c><00:33:31.859><c> of</c>

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:33.240
the<00:33:32.200><c> Lord</c><00:33:32.400><c> Jesus</c><00:33:32.900><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:36.940
or<00:33:33.519><c> one</c><00:33:33.700><c> of</c><00:33:33.900><c> the</c><00:33:34.079><c> postures</c><00:33:34.559><c> at</c><00:33:35.539><c> any</c><00:33:35.900><c> particular</c><00:33:36.299><c> time</c><00:33:36.640><c> in</c><00:33:36.859><c> the</c>

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.480
Garden<00:33:37.180><c> of</c><00:33:37.359><c> Gethsemane</c>

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:42.400
was<00:33:39.019><c> that</c><00:33:39.240><c> the</c><00:33:39.380><c> Lord</c><00:33:39.559><c> kneeled</c><00:33:39.960><c> down</c><00:33:40.720><c> and</c><00:33:41.400><c> prayed.</c>

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:45.559
And<00:33:43.420><c> just</c><00:33:43.579><c> as</c><00:33:43.759><c> his</c><00:33:43.940><c> servants</c><00:33:44.099><c> had</c><00:33:44.299><c> been</c><00:33:44.519><c> all</c><00:33:44.759><c> wet,</c><00:33:45.200><c> sore,</c><00:33:45.359><c> and</c>

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.299
fell<00:33:45.740><c> on</c><00:33:45.980><c> Paul's</c><00:33:46.299><c> neck</c>

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:49.480
and<00:33:46.559><c> kissed</c><00:33:46.940><c> him</c><00:33:47.380><c> with</c><00:33:47.599><c> the</c><00:33:47.700><c> same</c><00:33:47.920><c> word,</c><00:33:48.259><c> use</c><00:33:48.319><c> of</c><00:33:48.559><c> Judas.</c>

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.779
They<00:33:50.839><c> effusively</c><00:33:51.279><c> kissed</c><00:33:51.619><c> him.</c>

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:54.240
And<00:33:52.000><c> there</c><00:33:52.180><c> was</c><00:33:52.380><c> a</c><00:33:52.579><c> Judas</c><00:33:53.079><c> amongst</c><00:33:53.740><c> them.</c>

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:55.759
There<00:33:54.539><c> may</c><00:33:54.619><c> be</c><00:33:54.700><c> more</c><00:33:55.000><c> than</c><00:33:55.220><c> one.</c>

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:58.019
Go<00:33:56.420><c> back</c><00:33:56.640><c> to</c><00:33:56.740><c> verse</c><00:33:56.920><c> 29</c><00:33:57.319><c> and</c><00:33:57.559><c> 30.</c>

00:33:58.299 --> 00:34:00.839
Not<00:33:58.539><c> only</c><00:33:58.859><c> were</c><00:33:59.019><c> there</c><00:33:59.220><c> the</c><00:33:59.559><c> grievous</c><00:33:59.900><c> wolves</c><00:34:00.279><c> coming</c><00:34:00.579><c> in</c>

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.500
from<00:34:00.980><c> outside.</c>

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:03.539
See,<00:34:01.700><c> that's</c><00:34:02.259><c> bad</c><00:34:02.400><c> enough.</c>

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:07.960
All<00:34:04.380><c> the</c><00:34:04.579><c> benjamite</c><00:34:05.680><c> was</c><00:34:06.079><c> unraveling</c><00:34:06.579><c> most</c><00:34:06.819><c> once.</c>

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:14.679
But<00:34:08.480><c> even</c><00:34:09.179><c> more</c><00:34:09.440><c> distressing,</c><00:34:10.460><c> verse</c><00:34:10.639><c> 30,</c><00:34:11.019><c> of</c><00:34:11.199><c> your</c><00:34:11.500><c> own</c><00:34:11.880><c> selves</c><00:34:12.500><c> shall</c><00:34:13.360><c> men</c><00:34:13.619><c> arise,</c>

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.400
speaking<00:34:15.260><c> perverse</c><00:34:15.719><c> things</c><00:34:15.980><c> to</c><00:34:16.239><c> draw</c><00:34:16.500><c> away</c><00:34:16.739><c> the</c><00:34:16.980><c> disciples</c>

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.400
after<00:34:18.099><c> them.</c>

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:26.099
Of<00:34:18.679><c> your</c><00:34:18.960><c> own</c><00:34:19.239><c> selves,</c><00:34:20.639><c> one</c><00:34:20.860><c> of</c><00:34:21.099><c> you</c><00:34:22.199><c> shall</c><00:34:22.579><c> betray</c><00:34:23.000><c> me.</c>

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:29.320
Acts<00:34:26.719><c> chapter</c><00:34:27.280><c> 21,</c><00:34:28.840><c> verse</c><00:34:29.099><c> 1.</c>

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:32.559
The<00:34:29.400><c> linkage</c><00:34:29.840><c> with</c><00:34:30.239><c> Gethsemane</c><00:34:30.699><c> continues</c><00:34:31.340><c> in</c><00:34:31.840><c> the</c><00:34:31.960><c> use</c><00:34:32.159><c> of</c>

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.380
Luke's<00:34:32.880><c> word</c><00:34:33.000><c> there,</c>

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:36.559
gotten,<00:34:34.039><c> when</c><00:34:34.219><c> we</c><00:34:34.360><c> were</c><00:34:34.679><c> gotten</c><00:34:35.260><c> from</c><00:34:35.739><c> them.</c>

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:40.539
It's<00:34:36.780><c> the</c><00:34:36.940><c> word</c><00:34:37.059><c> he</c><00:34:37.320><c> uses</c><00:34:37.659><c> to</c><00:34:38.219><c> describe</c><00:34:39.139><c> the</c><00:34:39.480><c> Lord</c><00:34:39.659><c> Jesus</c><00:34:40.039><c> Christ</c><00:34:40.380><c> in</c>

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:41.760
the<00:34:40.760><c> Garden</c><00:34:40.920><c> of</c><00:34:41.079><c> Gethsemane,</c>

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:46.400
withdrawn<00:34:42.480><c> from</c><00:34:43.760><c> that</c><00:34:44.000><c> same</c><00:34:44.340><c> word,</c><00:34:44.539><c> withdrawn,</c><00:34:45.099><c> which</c><00:34:45.340><c> literally</c><00:34:45.760><c> means</c>

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.440
torn<00:34:47.000><c> from.</c>

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:53.139
There<00:34:49.280><c> was</c><00:34:49.500><c> a</c><00:34:49.659><c> reluctance</c><00:34:50.820><c> on</c><00:34:51.159><c> the</c><00:34:51.380><c> part</c><00:34:51.460><c> of</c><00:34:51.699><c> Paul</c><00:34:52.059><c> to</c><00:34:52.820><c> leave</c>

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.699
the<00:34:53.420><c> company,</c>

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:57.000
to<00:34:53.699><c> the</c><00:34:53.940><c> fellowship</c><00:34:54.300><c> of</c><00:34:54.739><c> those</c><00:34:54.880><c> that</c><00:34:55.019><c> he'd</c><00:34:55.320><c> loved</c><00:34:55.639><c> and</c><00:34:56.000><c> he'd</c>

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.760
lived<00:34:57.239><c> with</c>

00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:01.739
for<00:34:58.079><c> about</c><00:34:59.000><c> three</c><00:34:59.760><c> and</c><00:35:00.139><c> a</c><00:35:00.239><c> half</c><00:35:00.440><c> years.</c>

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:04.500
But<00:35:02.840><c> there</c><00:35:02.960><c> was</c><00:35:03.159><c> a</c><00:35:03.380><c> determination</c><00:35:03.920><c> also.</c>

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:08.599
He'd<00:35:05.340><c> set</c><00:35:05.440><c> his</c><00:35:05.820><c> face</c><00:35:06.039><c> to</c><00:35:06.400><c> go</c><00:35:07.239><c> to</c><00:35:07.639><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:12.380
Everywhere<00:35:09.800><c> Paul</c><00:35:10.000><c> visited</c><00:35:10.380><c> on</c><00:35:10.699><c> route,</c><00:35:11.420><c> the</c><00:35:11.579><c> disciples</c><00:35:11.900><c> tried</c>

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:14.059
to<00:35:12.619><c> dissuade</c><00:35:12.960><c> him.</c>

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:19.139
We<00:35:14.559><c> can</c><00:35:14.780><c> understand</c><00:35:15.599><c> the</c><00:35:16.260><c> disciples'</c><00:35:16.860><c> natural</c><00:35:17.440><c> concern</c><00:35:18.480><c> for</c><00:35:18.960><c> Paul.</c>

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:21.059
They<00:35:19.579><c> loved</c><00:35:19.900><c> this</c><00:35:20.260><c> man.</c>

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:26.139
They<00:35:21.619><c> didn't</c><00:35:21.860><c> want</c><00:35:22.139><c> him</c><00:35:22.460><c> to</c><00:35:22.719><c> suffer,</c><00:35:23.260><c> let</c><00:35:23.460><c> alone</c><00:35:23.940><c> give</c><00:35:24.380><c> up</c><00:35:24.579><c> his</c><00:35:24.800><c> life.</c>

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.860
Verse<00:35:28.300><c> 5</c><00:35:28.780><c> of</c><00:35:29.119><c> verse</c><00:35:29.280><c> 21.</c>

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:32.699
When<00:35:30.420><c> we</c><00:35:30.699><c> had</c><00:35:30.880><c> accomplished</c><00:35:31.320><c> those</c><00:35:31.679><c> days,</c><00:35:31.920><c> we</c><00:35:32.059><c> departed</c><00:35:32.480><c> and</c>

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.659
went<00:35:32.960><c> our</c><00:35:33.260><c> way,</c>

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:36.800
and<00:35:34.219><c> they</c><00:35:34.400><c> all</c><00:35:34.619><c> brought</c><00:35:34.820><c> us</c><00:35:34.980><c> on</c><00:35:35.219><c> our</c><00:35:35.380><c> way</c><00:35:35.519><c> with</c><00:35:35.739><c> wives</c><00:35:36.059><c> and</c><00:35:36.280><c> children.</c>

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:39.480
So<00:35:37.159><c> we</c><00:35:37.280><c> were</c><00:35:37.500><c> out</c><00:35:37.619><c> to</c><00:35:37.699><c> the</c><00:35:37.900><c> city</c><00:35:38.179><c> and</c><00:35:38.420><c> we</c><00:35:38.599><c> kneeled</c><00:35:38.780><c> down</c><00:35:39.119><c> on</c><00:35:39.380><c> the</c>

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.880
shore<00:35:39.920><c> and</c><00:35:40.579><c> prayed.</c>

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:43.039
That's<00:35:41.300><c> the</c><00:35:41.440><c> whole</c><00:35:41.599><c> of</c><00:35:41.719><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:44.280
They<00:35:43.280><c> were</c><00:35:43.460><c> tired.</c>

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:47.719
That's<00:35:44.980><c> a</c><00:35:45.139><c> rare</c><00:35:45.280><c> occasion,</c><00:35:45.840><c> isn't</c><00:35:46.000><c> it,</c><00:35:46.179><c> when</c><00:35:46.380><c> we</c><00:35:46.559><c> get</c><00:35:46.900><c> the</c><00:35:47.300><c> whole</c><00:35:47.559><c> of</c>

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.880
Ecclesia<00:35:48.079><c> with</c><00:35:48.500><c> wives,</c>

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:52.960
brothers<00:35:49.400><c> and</c><00:35:50.659><c> sisters</c><00:35:51.079><c> and</c><00:35:51.320><c> children</c><00:35:51.639><c> together.</c>

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:58.460
There's<00:35:53.980><c> a</c><00:35:54.260><c> powerful</c><00:35:54.539><c> force</c><00:35:54.920><c> of</c><00:35:55.239><c> love</c><00:35:56.019><c> constraining</c><00:35:56.780><c> them</c><00:35:57.340><c> to</c>

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.260
turn<00:35:58.780><c> up</c>

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:02.980
and<00:35:59.659><c> to</c><00:35:59.960><c> show</c><00:36:00.539><c> their</c><00:36:00.880><c> support</c><00:36:01.239><c> for</c><00:36:01.460><c> a</c><00:36:01.619><c> man</c><00:36:02.000><c> who</c><00:36:02.420><c> followed</c><00:36:02.659><c> the</c>

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:05.900
steps<00:36:03.659><c> of</c><00:36:03.980><c> the</c><00:36:04.099><c> Lord</c><00:36:04.260><c> Jesus</c><00:36:04.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:13.659
When<00:36:09.420><c> we</c><00:36:09.639><c> had</c><00:36:10.199><c> taken</c><00:36:10.820><c> our</c><00:36:11.099><c> leave,</c><00:36:11.500><c> says</c><00:36:11.699><c> verse</c><00:36:11.940><c> 6,</c><00:36:13.039><c> one</c><00:36:13.159><c> of</c><00:36:13.300><c> another,</c>

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:17.219
that<00:36:14.659><c> praise,</c><00:36:15.139><c> taken</c><00:36:15.420><c> our</c><00:36:15.719><c> leave,</c><00:36:16.179><c> is</c><00:36:16.179><c> literally</c><00:36:16.619><c> embraced.</c>

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:19.500
We've<00:36:17.659><c> seen</c><00:36:17.699><c> the</c><00:36:17.880><c> word</c><00:36:17.980><c> once</c><00:36:18.280><c> before.</c>

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.519
Verse<00:36:19.960><c> 7.</c>

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:23.920
When<00:36:20.960><c> we'd</c><00:36:21.380><c> finished</c><00:36:22.079><c> our</c><00:36:22.559><c> course</c><00:36:22.780><c> from</c><00:36:23.079><c> Tyre,</c><00:36:23.320><c> we</c><00:36:23.440><c> came</c><00:36:23.739><c> to</c>

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.519
Paul's<00:36:24.400><c> house</c>

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:26.300
and<00:36:25.039><c> saluted</c><00:36:25.679><c> the</c><00:36:26.039><c> brethren.</c>

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.619
That's<00:36:26.920><c> the</c><00:36:27.039><c> same</c><00:36:27.260><c> word.</c>

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.980
It<00:36:28.079><c> means</c><00:36:28.340><c> embraced.</c>

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:31.840
It<00:36:29.079><c> doesn't</c><00:36:29.360><c> mean</c><00:36:29.619><c> a</c><00:36:30.340><c> wave</c><00:36:30.519><c> of</c><00:36:30.699><c> the</c><00:36:30.880><c> hand.</c>

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:36.539
It's<00:36:32.920><c> much</c><00:36:33.179><c> more</c><00:36:33.760><c> intimate,</c><00:36:35.760><c> warm.</c>

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:38.900
They<00:36:37.480><c> just</c><00:36:37.679><c> got</c><00:36:37.780><c> hold</c><00:36:38.000><c> of</c><00:36:38.119><c> each</c><00:36:38.340><c> other,</c>

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:42.219
and<00:36:39.639><c> they</c><00:36:39.840><c> hugged</c><00:36:40.139><c> each</c><00:36:40.320><c> other</c><00:36:40.460><c> as</c><00:36:40.760><c> if</c><00:36:41.000><c> they'd</c><00:36:41.340><c> never</c><00:36:41.659><c> seen</c>

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:44.300
his<00:36:42.519><c> face</c><00:36:43.099><c> again.</c>

00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:45.760
This<00:36:44.780><c> is</c><00:36:44.940><c> no</c><00:36:45.079><c> ordinary</c><00:36:45.380><c> goodbye.</c>

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:50.840
Everybody<00:36:46.559><c> is</c><00:36:47.860><c> catching</c><00:36:48.219><c> the</c><00:36:48.579><c> sense</c><00:36:49.159><c> of</c><00:36:49.619><c> foreboding.</c>

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:55.340
This<00:36:51.300><c> man</c><00:36:51.739><c> who</c><00:36:52.099><c> once</c><00:36:52.679><c> struck</c><00:36:53.159><c> terror</c><00:36:53.679><c> into</c><00:36:54.139><c> the</c><00:36:54.420><c> hearts</c><00:36:54.639><c> of</c><00:36:54.960><c> believers</c>

00:36:55.340 --> 00:37:03.239
as<00:36:55.559><c> the</c><00:36:55.820><c> ravening</c><00:36:56.239><c> wolf</c><00:36:56.800><c> of</c><00:36:57.139><c> Benjamin</c><00:36:57.519><c> now</c><00:36:58.780><c> inspired</c><00:36:59.860><c> a</c><00:37:00.400><c> heartfelt</c><00:37:00.820><c> love</c><00:37:01.840><c> instead.</c>

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:09.449
And<00:37:05.739><c> so</c><00:37:06.079><c> they</c><00:37:06.800><c> came</c><00:37:07.119><c> to</c><00:37:07.480><c> Caesarea,</c><00:37:08.019><c> verse</c><00:37:08.659><c> 8.</c>

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:15.599
And<00:37:12.099><c> there</c><00:37:12.260><c> in</c><00:37:12.679><c> Caesarea</c><00:37:13.099><c> the</c><00:37:13.280><c> next</c><00:37:13.519><c> day</c><00:37:14.059><c> Paul's</c><00:37:15.000><c> company</c><00:37:15.199><c> departed.</c>

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.960
They<00:37:15.860><c> came</c><00:37:15.960><c> to</c><00:37:16.059><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:21.059
They<00:37:17.380><c> entered</c><00:37:17.519><c> into</c><00:37:17.800><c> the</c><00:37:17.900><c> house</c><00:37:18.139><c> of</c><00:37:18.500><c> Philip,</c><00:37:19.460><c> the</c><00:37:19.659><c> evangelist,</c><00:37:20.320><c> one</c><00:37:20.440><c> of</c><00:37:20.579><c> the</c><00:37:20.760><c> seven.</c>

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:24.559
So<00:37:21.820><c> Paul</c><00:37:22.039><c> and</c><00:37:22.239><c> Philip</c><00:37:22.679><c> have</c><00:37:23.039><c> quite</c><00:37:23.420><c> a</c><00:37:23.820><c> deal</c><00:37:24.000><c> in</c><00:37:24.280><c> common.</c>

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:26.480
Philip<00:37:25.239><c> is</c><00:37:25.500><c> an</c><00:37:25.760><c> evangelist.</c>

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:28.320
He's<00:37:26.920><c> an</c><00:37:27.099><c> outreacher.</c>

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:33.539
He's<00:37:30.539><c> the</c><00:37:30.599><c> one</c><00:37:30.780><c> that</c><00:37:30.920><c> went</c><00:37:31.099><c> to</c><00:37:31.320><c> Caesarea,</c><00:37:32.320><c> Acts</c><00:37:32.460><c> chapter</c><00:37:32.760><c> 8,</c>

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:36.400
preached<00:37:33.980><c> the</c><00:37:34.159><c> Gospel</c><00:37:34.599><c> to</c><00:37:34.980><c> the</c><00:37:35.179><c> Samaritans.</c>

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:40.480
The<00:37:36.840><c> Gospel</c><00:37:37.139><c> had</c><00:37:37.400><c> to</c><00:37:37.559><c> go,</c><00:37:37.739><c> Jesus</c><00:37:38.099><c> said,</c><00:37:38.500><c> from</c><00:37:38.760><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:39.420><c> to</c><00:37:39.699><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:45.320
At<00:37:41.340><c> the</c><00:37:41.480><c> most</c><00:37:41.699><c> parts</c><00:37:42.059><c> of</c><00:37:42.300><c> here</c><00:37:43.159><c> Philip</c><00:37:43.840><c> was</c><00:37:44.119><c> an</c><00:37:44.280><c> evangelist.</c>

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:49.300
We<00:37:46.619><c> know</c><00:37:46.679><c> he</c><00:37:46.820><c> was</c><00:37:47.099><c> chosen</c><00:37:47.340><c> with</c><00:37:47.679><c> Stephen</c><00:37:48.239><c> and</c><00:37:48.619><c> five</c><00:37:48.860><c> others</c>

00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:53.559
to<00:37:49.619><c> minister</c><00:37:50.000><c> to</c><00:37:50.559><c> the</c><00:37:50.880><c> poor</c><00:37:51.300><c> widows</c><00:37:51.940><c> in</c><00:37:52.440><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.579
And<00:37:53.820><c> who</c><00:37:53.980><c> else</c><00:37:54.199><c> is</c><00:37:54.440><c> here?</c>

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:57.079
In<00:37:54.860><c> verse</c><00:37:54.860><c> 10,</c><00:37:55.579><c> Agabus,</c><00:37:56.320><c> a</c><00:37:56.340><c> certain</c><00:37:56.519><c> prophet.</c>

00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:01.539
There<00:37:57.480><c> is</c><00:37:57.619><c> a</c><00:37:57.780><c> name</c><00:37:58.059><c> from</c><00:37:58.440><c> years</c><00:37:58.840><c> ago</c><00:37:59.440><c> when</c><00:38:00.679><c> he</c><00:38:00.920><c> prophesied</c><00:38:01.340><c> in</c>

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.619
Antioch<00:38:02.079><c> in</c><00:38:02.320><c> Syria</c>

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:05.679
of<00:38:02.940><c> the</c><00:38:03.139><c> death</c><00:38:03.619><c> that</c><00:38:04.000><c> should</c><00:38:04.219><c> come.</c>

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:10.460
And<00:38:07.579><c> Agabus</c><00:38:07.900><c> makes</c><00:38:08.599><c> an</c><00:38:08.800><c> active</c><00:38:09.219><c> prophecy,</c><00:38:09.760><c> verse</c><00:38:10.019><c> 11,</c>

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:14.000
in<00:38:10.920><c> the</c><00:38:11.179><c> style</c><00:38:11.420><c> of</c><00:38:11.599><c> the</c><00:38:11.719><c> Old</c><00:38:11.880><c> Testament</c><00:38:12.320><c> prophets,</c><00:38:13.199><c> very</c><00:38:13.519><c> graphic.</c>

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:17.079
He<00:38:14.519><c> took</c><00:38:14.519><c> Paul's</c><00:38:14.960><c> girdle,</c><00:38:15.880><c> banged</c><00:38:16.039><c> his</c><00:38:16.119><c> own</c><00:38:16.380><c> hands</c><00:38:16.639><c> and</c><00:38:16.940><c> said,</c>

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:18.400
that's<00:38:17.460><c> what's</c><00:38:17.679><c> going</c><00:38:17.800><c> to</c><00:38:17.940><c> happen</c><00:38:18.099><c> to</c><00:38:18.320><c> him.</c>

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:20.059
Look<00:38:18.579><c> at</c><00:38:18.679><c> his</c><00:38:18.900><c> words.</c>

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:22.800
Thus<00:38:21.039><c> felt</c><00:38:21.219><c> the</c><00:38:21.440><c> Holy</c><00:38:21.659><c> Spirit.</c>

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:27.380
The<00:38:23.179><c> Jews</c><00:38:23.780><c> of</c><00:38:24.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:25.079><c> will</c><00:38:26.380><c> find</c><00:38:26.579><c> this</c><00:38:26.860><c> man</c><00:38:27.039><c> that</c><00:38:27.219><c> owns</c>

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.940
this<00:38:27.739><c> girdle</c>

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:32.539
and<00:38:28.119><c> shall</c><00:38:28.679><c> deliver</c><00:38:29.159><c> him</c><00:38:30.099><c> into</c><00:38:30.500><c> the</c><00:38:30.699><c> hands</c><00:38:31.019><c> of</c><00:38:31.260><c> the</c><00:38:31.340><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:36.300
That's<00:38:33.539><c> exactly</c><00:38:33.860><c> what</c><00:38:34.019><c> they</c><00:38:34.280><c> did</c><00:38:34.539><c> to</c><00:38:34.800><c> the</c><00:38:34.920><c> Lord</c><00:38:35.099><c> Jesus</c><00:38:35.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:40.280
In<00:38:36.460><c> fact,</c><00:38:36.800><c> Luke</c><00:38:37.219><c> uses</c><00:38:37.760><c> almost</c><00:38:38.280><c> those</c><00:38:38.940><c> same</c><00:38:39.280><c> words</c><00:38:39.679><c> in</c><00:38:40.000><c> chapter</c>

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.599
18<00:38:40.719><c> of</c><00:38:40.880><c> his</c><00:38:41.059><c> Gospel,</c>

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:43.300
verses<00:38:42.099><c> 31</c><00:38:42.659><c> and</c><00:38:42.739><c> 32.</c>

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:48.579
The<00:38:43.739><c> Jews</c><00:38:44.159><c> of</c><00:38:44.539><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:45.179><c> shall</c><00:38:46.159><c> deliver</c><00:38:46.619><c> him</c><00:38:47.300><c> into</c><00:38:47.980><c> the</c><00:38:48.159><c> hands</c><00:38:48.360><c> of</c>

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:50.079
the<00:38:48.719><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:53.960
And<00:38:51.739><c> the</c><00:38:51.920><c> reaction,</c><00:38:52.500><c> as</c><00:38:52.500><c> we</c><00:38:52.659><c> might</c><00:38:52.780><c> expect,</c><00:38:53.340><c> of</c><00:38:53.519><c> those</c><00:38:53.699><c> that</c>

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.679
loved<00:38:54.239><c> Paul,</c>

00:38:54.800 --> 00:39:00.880
verse<00:38:55.179><c> 12,</c><00:38:56.519><c> when</c><00:38:56.860><c> we</c><00:38:57.619><c> heard</c><00:38:57.920><c> these</c><00:38:58.380><c> things,</c><00:38:58.940><c> that's</c><00:38:59.559><c> we,</c><00:38:59.980><c> Luke,</c>

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:04.780
and<00:39:01.519><c> the</c><00:39:01.820><c> delegates</c><00:39:02.219><c> that</c><00:39:02.440><c> are</c><00:39:02.599><c> with</c><00:39:02.840><c> Paul,</c><00:39:04.119><c> can</c><00:39:04.460><c> they</c><00:39:04.619><c> of</c>

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.539
that<00:39:05.059><c> place?</c>

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.539
That's<00:39:06.179><c> Caesarea.</c>

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:09.840
Philip<00:39:07.000><c> is</c><00:39:07.300><c> there,</c><00:39:07.880><c> probably</c><00:39:08.219><c> Cornelius</c><00:39:08.800><c> still.</c>

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:14.119
We'll<00:39:11.579><c> be</c><00:39:11.719><c> talking</c><00:39:11.920><c> not</c><00:39:12.380><c> to</c><00:39:12.619><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:17.139
Doesn't<00:39:14.460><c> that</c><00:39:14.639><c> remind</c><00:39:14.960><c> us</c><00:39:15.139><c> of</c><00:39:15.300><c> Peter</c><00:39:15.579><c> on</c><00:39:16.079><c> the</c><00:39:16.239><c> road</c><00:39:16.400><c> to</c><00:39:16.619><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:20.139
physically<00:39:17.880><c> trying</c><00:39:18.219><c> to</c><00:39:18.480><c> restrain</c><00:39:18.980><c> the</c><00:39:19.179><c> Lord</c><00:39:19.360><c> Jesus</c><00:39:19.760><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:24.500
be<00:39:20.579><c> it</c><00:39:20.780><c> far</c><00:39:20.900><c> from</c><00:39:21.059><c> you,</c><00:39:21.380><c> Lord,</c><00:39:21.860><c> pity</c><00:39:22.099><c> yourself,</c><00:39:23.679><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:27.079
Was<00:39:25.099><c> that</c><00:39:25.280><c> easy</c><00:39:25.760><c> for</c><00:39:26.119><c> the</c><00:39:26.280><c> Lord</c><00:39:26.460><c> to</c><00:39:26.739><c> resist?</c>

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:31.420
Let<00:39:27.719><c> me</c><00:39:27.840><c> read</c><00:39:28.039><c> verse</c><00:39:28.320><c> 13</c><00:39:29.119><c> from</c><00:39:29.679><c> the</c><00:39:29.780><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:30.300><c> Bible.</c>

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:34.300
Paul<00:39:31.840><c> says,</c><00:39:32.420><c> what</c><00:39:32.679><c> are</c><00:39:32.900><c> you</c><00:39:33.159><c> trying</c><00:39:33.420><c> to</c><00:39:33.739><c> do?</c>

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:39.099
Weaken<00:39:35.159><c> my</c><00:39:35.500><c> resolve</c><00:39:36.599><c> by</c><00:39:37.440><c> your</c><00:39:37.900><c> peers?</c>

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:42.760
Verse<00:39:40.900><c> 14,</c><00:39:41.400><c> when</c><00:39:41.559><c> he</c><00:39:41.599><c> would</c><00:39:41.840><c> not</c><00:39:42.079><c> be</c><00:39:42.260><c> persuaded,</c>

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:46.059
we<00:39:43.079><c> cease</c><00:39:43.360><c> saying,</c><00:39:44.119><c> the</c><00:39:44.380><c> will</c><00:39:44.619><c> of</c><00:39:44.820><c> the</c><00:39:44.940><c> Lord</c><00:39:45.239><c> be</c><00:39:45.699><c> done.</c>

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:49.980
And<00:39:46.659><c> there's</c><00:39:46.860><c> another</c><00:39:47.139><c> echo</c><00:39:47.400><c> from</c><00:39:47.679><c> Gethsemane.</c>

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:54.699
At<00:39:51.440><c> the</c><00:39:51.599><c> last</c><00:39:51.900><c> stage,</c><00:39:52.119><c> verse</c><00:39:52.360><c> 15,</c><00:39:52.760><c> after</c><00:39:53.139><c> those</c><00:39:53.480><c> days,</c><00:39:54.139><c> we</c><00:39:54.320><c> took</c><00:39:54.480><c> up</c>

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:56.079
our<00:39:54.980><c> carriages.</c>

00:39:56.559 --> 00:40:00.340
There's<00:39:56.719><c> a</c><00:39:56.820><c> word</c><00:39:57.000><c> that</c><00:39:57.059><c> doesn't</c><00:39:57.360><c> mean</c><00:39:57.820><c> four</c><00:39:58.460><c>-wheeled</c><00:39:59.079><c> vehicles,</c><00:40:00.159><c> but</c>

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.280
rather<00:40:00.639><c> baggage.</c>

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:06.619
They<00:40:02.360><c> wanted</c><00:40:02.599><c> to</c><00:40:02.900><c> check</c><00:40:03.139><c> their</c><00:40:03.599><c> bags,</c><00:40:04.940><c> that</c><00:40:05.039><c> everything</c><00:40:05.340><c> was</c><00:40:05.659><c> there.</c>

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:10.639
Luke,<00:40:07.800><c> have</c><00:40:07.920><c> you</c><00:40:08.019><c> got</c><00:40:08.159><c> the</c><00:40:08.420><c> bags</c><00:40:08.900><c> from</c><00:40:09.719><c> Philippi?</c>

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:13.719
Timothy,<00:40:11.460><c> have</c><00:40:11.599><c> you</c><00:40:11.780><c> got</c><00:40:11.900><c> the</c><00:40:12.139><c> bags</c><00:40:12.579><c> from</c><00:40:12.880><c> Lister?</c>

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:16.619
Was<00:40:14.019><c> everything</c><00:40:14.400><c> present,</c><00:40:15.079><c> correct,</c><00:40:15.760><c> and</c><00:40:15.940><c> in</c><00:40:16.099><c> order?</c>

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:20.000
And<00:40:17.219><c> we</c><00:40:17.340><c> can</c><00:40:17.440><c> be</c><00:40:17.679><c> sure</c><00:40:18.039><c> there</c><00:40:18.679><c> was</c><00:40:18.880><c> a</c><00:40:18.980><c> significant</c><00:40:19.460><c> amount</c><00:40:19.820><c> of</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:24.260
money<00:40:20.380><c> in</c><00:40:20.840><c> those</c><00:40:21.179><c> bags</c><00:40:21.840><c> from</c><00:40:22.780><c> Paul</c><00:40:22.940><c> himself.</c>

00:40:25.579 --> 00:40:28.440
They<00:40:25.820><c> went</c><00:40:25.920><c> up</c><00:40:26.119><c> to</c><00:40:26.260><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:26.659><c> at</c><00:40:26.960><c> the</c><00:40:26.960><c> end</c><00:40:27.099><c> of</c><00:40:27.219><c> verse</c><00:40:27.440><c> 15.</c>

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:33.380
At<00:40:29.320><c> the</c><00:40:29.579><c> moment,</c><00:40:30.260><c> the</c><00:40:30.340><c> day</c><00:40:31.000><c> of</c><00:40:31.219><c> the</c><00:40:31.420><c> presentation</c><00:40:32.179><c> came.</c>

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:40.159
Verse<00:40:34.739><c> 18,</c><00:40:36.079><c> the</c><00:40:36.139><c> day</c><00:40:36.400><c> following,</c><00:40:37.219><c> Paul</c><00:40:37.679><c> went</c><00:40:38.079><c> in</c><00:40:38.300><c> with</c><00:40:38.500><c> us</c>

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.260
unto<00:40:40.659><c> James,</c>

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:44.539
and<00:40:41.739><c> all</c><00:40:42.260><c> the</c><00:40:42.519><c> elders</c><00:40:43.139><c> were</c><00:40:44.119><c> present.</c>

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:47.000
It<00:40:45.340><c> appears</c><00:40:45.579><c> to</c><00:40:45.719><c> be</c><00:40:45.820><c> a</c><00:40:45.880><c> very</c><00:40:46.079><c> formal</c><00:40:46.420><c> occasion.</c>

00:40:47.380 --> 00:40:50.239
Paul,<00:40:47.719><c> on</c><00:40:47.940><c> the</c><00:40:48.039><c> one</c><00:40:48.260><c> hand,</c><00:40:48.679><c> with</c><00:40:48.880><c> all</c><00:40:49.059><c> of</c><00:40:49.239><c> the</c><00:40:49.340><c> delegates</c><00:40:49.760><c> from</c>

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:51.820
the<00:40:50.539><c> Gentile</c><00:40:50.940><c> ecclesiast,</c>

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:54.679
James<00:40:52.599><c> and</c><00:40:52.760><c> all</c><00:40:52.940><c> the</c><00:40:53.119><c> elders</c><00:40:53.340><c> on</c><00:40:53.539><c> the</c><00:40:53.659><c> other.</c>

00:40:56.980 --> 00:41:01.599
And<00:40:57.699><c> presumably</c><00:40:58.059><c> each</c><00:40:58.420><c> delegate</c><00:40:58.659><c> would</c><00:40:58.940><c> hand</c><00:40:59.280><c> over</c><00:41:00.079><c> the</c><00:41:00.519><c> contribution.</c>

00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:04.260
Notice<00:41:01.980><c> what's</c><00:41:02.380><c> missing</c><00:41:02.719><c> in</c><00:41:03.260><c> the</c><00:41:03.440><c> record.</c>

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:09.280
There's<00:41:05.119><c> not</c><00:41:05.380><c> one</c><00:41:05.639><c> word</c><00:41:06.079><c> said</c><00:41:06.900><c> acknowledging</c><00:41:08.059><c> the</c><00:41:08.440><c> gift</c><00:41:08.800><c> from</c>

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:10.380
the<00:41:09.460><c> Gentile</c><00:41:09.940><c> ecclesiast.</c>

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:15.039
It<00:41:10.619><c> was</c><00:41:10.780><c> there,</c><00:41:13.099><c> bags</c><00:41:13.219><c> upon</c><00:41:13.500><c> bags</c><00:41:13.780><c> of</c><00:41:14.039><c> money.</c>

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:19.719
Acts<00:41:15.159><c> 24,</c><00:41:15.719><c> verse</c><00:41:15.880><c> 17,</c><00:41:16.119><c> makes</c><00:41:16.320><c> it</c><00:41:16.599><c> clear</c><00:41:17.039><c> he</c><00:41:17.800><c> brought</c><00:41:18.099><c> arms</c><00:41:18.699><c> for</c>

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:20.820
his<00:41:19.940><c> people.</c>

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:25.039
There<00:41:21.840><c> seems</c><00:41:22.179><c> to</c><00:41:22.400><c> be</c><00:41:22.639><c> an</c><00:41:22.820><c> almost</c><00:41:23.239><c> embarrassed</c><00:41:24.139><c> ignoring</c><00:41:24.800><c> of</c>

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:27.119
the<00:41:25.179><c> gift</c><00:41:25.460><c> by</c><00:41:25.980><c> the</c><00:41:26.159><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:26.480><c> elders.</c>

00:41:27.599 --> 00:41:30.440
It's<00:41:27.659><c> as</c><00:41:27.760><c> if</c><00:41:27.880><c> they've</c><00:41:28.179><c> got</c><00:41:28.320><c> something</c><00:41:28.679><c> else</c><00:41:28.960><c> on</c><00:41:29.119><c> their</c><00:41:29.420><c> minds,</c>

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.340
another<00:41:30.900><c> agenda,</c>

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:34.400
another<00:41:31.739><c> issue</c><00:41:32.119><c> which</c><00:41:32.460><c> is</c><00:41:32.800><c> pressing</c><00:41:33.099><c> that</c><00:41:33.380><c> they</c><00:41:33.739><c> want</c><00:41:34.079><c> to</c>

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:36.059
raise<00:41:34.940><c> with</c><00:41:35.340><c> Paul.</c>

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:39.019
And<00:41:36.320><c> it's</c><00:41:36.500><c> Paul</c><00:41:36.840><c> that</c><00:41:37.159><c> tries</c><00:41:37.380><c> to</c><00:41:37.659><c> break</c><00:41:37.880><c> the</c><00:41:38.059><c> ice,</c><00:41:38.380><c> verse</c><00:41:38.519><c> 19,</c>

00:41:39.260 --> 00:41:40.579
when<00:41:39.460><c> he</c><00:41:39.679><c> had</c><00:41:39.920><c> saluted</c><00:41:40.340><c> them.</c>

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:42.239
That's<00:41:40.900><c> the</c><00:41:41.019><c> word</c><00:41:41.179><c> he</c><00:41:41.380><c> braced.</c>

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:45.300
He<00:41:42.900><c> went</c><00:41:43.059><c> up</c><00:41:43.300><c> to</c><00:41:43.440><c> them</c><00:41:43.860><c> and</c><00:41:44.320><c> grabbed</c><00:41:44.519><c> hold</c><00:41:44.760><c> of</c><00:41:44.820><c> them</c><00:41:44.900><c> and</c><00:41:45.019><c> he</c>

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:46.000
hugged<00:41:45.579><c> them.</c>

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:49.920
And<00:41:47.079><c> they'd</c><00:41:47.360><c> be</c><00:41:47.579><c> tripping</c><00:41:47.800><c> over</c><00:41:48.119><c> these</c><00:41:48.440><c> bags</c><00:41:48.699><c> of</c><00:41:48.940><c> money</c><00:41:49.139><c> as</c><00:41:49.239><c> they</c><00:41:49.440><c> tried</c><00:41:49.679><c> to</c>

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.780
do<00:41:50.139><c> that.</c>

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And<00:41:51.400><c> he</c><00:41:51.579><c> declared</c><00:41:51.940><c> particularly</c><00:41:52.500><c> what</c><00:41:52.840><c> things</c><00:41:53.119><c> God</c><00:41:53.639><c> had</c><00:41:54.300><c> wrought</c><00:41:54.679><c> among</c><00:41:55.199><c> the</c>

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:57.920
Gentiles<00:41:56.000><c> by</c><00:41:56.519><c> his</c><00:41:56.800><c> ministry.</c>

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:02.019
That's<00:41:59.440><c> the</c><00:41:59.519><c> spirit</c><00:41:59.760><c> of</c><00:42:00.019><c> grace</c><00:42:00.400><c> among</c><00:42:00.840><c> Gentile</c><00:42:01.400><c> ecclesiastes</c>

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:03.619
he's<00:42:02.320><c> talking</c><00:42:02.679><c> about.</c>

00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:08.719
And<00:42:04.079><c> in</c><00:42:04.280><c> front</c><00:42:04.460><c> of</c><00:42:04.599><c> them</c><00:42:04.800><c> all</c><00:42:05.320><c> is</c><00:42:05.780><c> concrete</c><00:42:06.199><c> evidence</c><00:42:06.619><c> of</c><00:42:06.840><c> that</c><00:42:07.159><c> spirit.</c>

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:13.699
And<00:42:10.559><c> let</c><00:42:10.699><c> me</c><00:42:10.880><c> say</c><00:42:11.039><c> that,</c><00:42:13.099><c> verse</c><00:42:13.239><c> 20.</c>

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Ah,<00:42:14.199><c> last</c><00:42:14.619><c> some</c><00:42:14.880><c> response.</c>

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:18.900
And<00:42:16.380><c> when</c><00:42:16.500><c> they</c><00:42:16.719><c> heard</c><00:42:16.880><c> they</c><00:42:17.179><c> glorified</c><00:42:17.820><c> the</c><00:42:18.019><c> Lord</c><00:42:18.300><c> and</c><00:42:18.539><c> said</c>

00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:22.320
unto<00:42:19.280><c> him,</c><00:42:20.699><c> what</c><00:42:20.840><c> did</c><00:42:21.019><c> they</c><00:42:21.260><c> say?</c>

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:26.940
Brother<00:42:22.960><c> Paul,</c><00:42:24.579><c> convey</c><00:42:24.880><c> our</c><00:42:25.280><c> grateful</c><00:42:25.599><c> thanks</c><00:42:26.139><c> to</c><00:42:26.440><c> all</c><00:42:26.780><c> the</c>

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:28.139
Gentile<00:42:27.280><c> brothers</c><00:42:27.579><c> and</c><00:42:27.860><c> sisters</c>

00:42:28.139 --> 00:42:32.260
that<00:42:28.360><c> have</c><00:42:28.539><c> given</c><00:42:29.039><c> so</c><00:42:29.860><c> generously,</c><00:42:30.820><c> willingly</c><00:42:31.139><c> and</c><00:42:31.480><c> spontaneously.</c>

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:36.260
It<00:42:32.699><c> has</c><00:42:33.019><c> truly</c><00:42:33.340><c> touched</c><00:42:33.739><c> our</c><00:42:34.159><c> hearts</c><00:42:34.539><c> to</c><00:42:35.099><c> see</c><00:42:35.380><c> the</c><00:42:35.719><c> spirit</c><00:42:36.059><c> of</c>

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:37.219
grace<00:42:36.739><c> demonstrated</c>

00:42:37.219 --> 00:42:38.619
so<00:42:37.900><c> powerfully.</c>

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:42.719
They<00:42:38.860><c> don't</c><00:42:39.099><c> say</c><00:42:39.360><c> that.</c>

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:47.099
I'd<00:42:43.320><c> like</c><00:42:43.360><c> to</c><00:42:44.400><c> read</c><00:42:44.719><c> it,</c><00:42:45.119><c> actually,</c><00:42:45.460><c> verses</c><00:42:45.840><c> 20</c><00:42:46.300><c>-21</c><00:42:46.639><c> from</c><00:42:46.940><c> the</c>

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.679
Jerusalem<00:42:47.440><c> Bible.</c>

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:49.679
They<00:42:47.900><c> get</c><00:42:48.139><c> glory</c><00:42:48.440><c> to</c><00:42:48.699><c> God</c><00:42:48.840><c> when</c><00:42:49.000><c> they</c><00:42:49.159><c> heard</c><00:42:49.360><c> this.</c>

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:53.599
The<00:42:50.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:50.340><c> Bible</c><00:42:50.579><c> captures</c><00:42:51.039><c> the</c><00:42:51.320><c> drama</c><00:42:51.579><c> of</c><00:42:51.780><c> this</c><00:42:52.059><c> moment,</c><00:42:52.539><c> I</c><00:42:52.539><c> think.</c>

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:56.139
And<00:42:54.519><c> so</c><00:42:54.699><c> they</c><00:42:54.800><c> should</c><00:42:55.099><c> give</c><00:42:55.360><c> glory</c><00:42:55.719><c> to</c><00:42:55.980><c> God.</c>

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:58.820
But,<00:42:56.960><c> there's</c><00:42:57.320><c> the</c><00:42:57.460><c> word,</c><00:42:57.800><c> but.</c>

00:42:58.900 --> 00:43:02.579
You<00:42:58.940><c> see,</c><00:43:00.099><c> brother,</c><00:43:00.460><c> they</c><00:43:00.559><c> said</c><00:43:00.760><c> how</c><00:43:01.139><c> thousands</c><00:43:01.440><c> of</c><00:43:01.699><c> Jews</c><00:43:02.099><c> now</c>

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.579
become<00:43:03.019><c> believers,</c>

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:07.559
all<00:43:04.199><c> of</c><00:43:04.380><c> them</c><00:43:04.639><c> staunch</c><00:43:05.059><c> upholders</c><00:43:05.559><c> of</c><00:43:06.380><c> the</c><00:43:06.639><c> law.</c>

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:12.840
And<00:43:08.460><c> they</c><00:43:08.619><c> have</c><00:43:08.760><c> heard</c><00:43:08.940><c> that</c><00:43:09.519><c> you,</c><00:43:10.639><c> Paul,</c><00:43:12.059><c> instruct</c><00:43:12.300><c> all</c><00:43:12.579><c> Jews</c>

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:14.340
living<00:43:13.099><c> among</c><00:43:13.380><c> the</c><00:43:13.659><c> pagans</c>

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:18.860
to<00:43:14.960><c> break</c><00:43:15.119><c> away</c><00:43:15.420><c> from</c><00:43:16.000><c> Moses,</c><00:43:17.179><c> authorizing</c><00:43:17.800><c> them</c><00:43:18.099><c> not</c><00:43:18.480><c> to</c>

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:20.480
circumcise<00:43:19.679><c> their</c><00:43:19.960><c> children</c>

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:23.159
or<00:43:21.340><c> to</c><00:43:21.659><c> follow</c><00:43:21.860><c> the</c><00:43:22.139><c> customary</c><00:43:22.619><c> practices.</c>

00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:24.719
Where<00:43:23.699><c> are</c><00:43:23.940><c> they?</c>

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:28.239
They're<00:43:25.039><c> no</c><00:43:25.159><c> further</c><00:43:25.519><c> on</c><00:43:26.320><c> than</c><00:43:26.699><c> Acts</c><00:43:26.900><c> 15,</c><00:43:27.659><c> are</c><00:43:27.840><c> they?</c>

00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:32.079
Acts<00:43:29.380><c> 15</c><00:43:29.659><c> solves</c><00:43:30.199><c> the</c><00:43:30.440><c> issue</c><00:43:30.619><c> for</c><00:43:30.900><c> the</c><00:43:31.019><c> Gentiles,</c><00:43:31.739><c> never</c><00:43:31.900><c> did</c>

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:34.380
for<00:43:32.280><c> the</c><00:43:32.500><c> Jews,</c><00:43:33.500><c> apparently.</c>

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:39.099
It's<00:43:35.179><c> the</c><00:43:35.300><c> same</c><00:43:35.420><c> issues,</c><00:43:36.239><c> circumcision</c><00:43:37.179><c> and</c><00:43:37.760><c> the</c><00:43:37.900><c> customary</c><00:43:38.599><c> practices,</c>

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:42.059
particularly<00:43:39.699><c> eating</c><00:43:40.480><c> with</c><00:43:40.980><c> Gentiles.</c>

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What<00:43:43.159><c> is</c><00:43:44.019><c> to</c><00:43:44.179><c> be</c><00:43:44.360><c> done?</c>

00:43:46.800 --> 00:43:50.559
Well,<00:43:48.840><c> did</c><00:43:48.960><c> they</c><00:43:49.119><c> miss</c><00:43:49.420><c> the</c><00:43:49.739><c> point?</c>

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:54.300
They<00:43:52.199><c> crackedly</c><00:43:52.599><c> ignored</c><00:43:53.099><c> that</c><00:43:53.400><c> gift.</c>

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:56.179
They<00:43:54.659><c> wanted</c><00:43:54.860><c> to</c><00:43:55.119><c> talk</c><00:43:55.320><c> about</c><00:43:55.579><c> something</c><00:43:55.960><c> else.</c>

00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:58.280
Issues<00:43:56.940><c> of</c><00:43:57.199><c> the</c><00:43:57.480><c> law.</c>

00:43:58.480 --> 00:44:01.800
We<00:43:58.480><c> can</c><00:43:58.579><c> imagine</c><00:43:58.940><c> Paul's</c><00:43:59.500><c> shoulders</c><00:43:59.960><c> must</c><00:44:00.300><c> have</c><00:44:00.619><c> sat.</c>

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:05.420
Oh,<00:44:04.159><c> what</c><00:44:04.400><c> is</c><00:44:04.739><c> to</c><00:44:04.880><c> be</c><00:44:05.059><c> done?</c>

00:44:05.619 --> 00:44:07.920
Now,<00:44:05.699><c> the</c><00:44:05.840><c> proposal</c><00:44:06.400><c> was</c><00:44:06.820><c> 24.</c>

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:13.099
You<00:44:09.099><c> go</c><00:44:09.219><c> with</c><00:44:09.739><c> them,</c><00:44:10.659><c> Paul,</c><00:44:11.400><c> to</c><00:44:11.639><c> prove</c><00:44:11.860><c> that</c><00:44:12.059><c> you're</c><00:44:12.280><c> not</c><00:44:12.380><c> against</c><00:44:12.840><c> the</c>

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:17.039
law<00:44:13.360><c> and</c><00:44:15.179><c> pay</c><00:44:15.739><c> for</c><00:44:16.059><c> them.</c>

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:21.460
I<00:44:17.539><c> can</c><00:44:17.619><c> imagine</c><00:44:17.960><c> Paul's</c><00:44:18.679><c> eyes</c><00:44:19.519><c> would</c><00:44:19.880><c> have</c><00:44:19.980><c> gone</c><00:44:20.139><c> wide</c><00:44:20.480><c> in</c><00:44:20.880><c> incredulity.</c>

00:44:21.460 --> 00:44:25.659
He'd<00:44:21.880><c> look</c><00:44:22.219><c> first</c><00:44:22.579><c> at</c><00:44:22.719><c> the</c><00:44:22.940><c> bags</c><00:44:23.579><c> of</c><00:44:23.900><c> money</c><00:44:24.420><c> that</c><00:44:24.659><c> he</c><00:44:24.820><c> brought,</c>

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:28.599
and<00:44:26.280><c> then</c><00:44:26.420><c> at</c><00:44:26.559><c> the</c><00:44:26.739><c> Jerusalem</c><00:44:27.079><c> alps.</c>

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:33.039
Such<00:44:29.039><c> was</c><00:44:29.300><c> Paul's</c><00:44:29.760><c> unanimous,</c><00:44:31.119><c> gracious</c><00:44:31.699><c> spirit.</c>

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:36.260
He<00:44:33.639><c> agreed,</c><00:44:34.780><c> without</c><00:44:35.159><c> hesitation,</c>

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:40.320
to<00:44:36.480><c> the</c><00:44:36.719><c> Jews</c><00:44:36.940><c> I</c><00:44:37.159><c> became</c><00:44:37.579><c> as</c><00:44:37.760><c> a</c><00:44:37.960><c> Jew,</c><00:44:38.800><c> for</c><00:44:38.960><c> I</c><00:44:39.099><c> have</c><00:44:39.159><c> made</c><00:44:39.280><c> all</c><00:44:39.619><c> things</c><00:44:39.960><c> to</c>

00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:41.599
all<00:44:40.760><c> men,</c>

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:45.639
if<00:44:42.300><c> by</c><00:44:43.119><c> any</c><00:44:43.400><c> means</c><00:44:43.840><c> I</c><00:44:44.079><c> might</c><00:44:44.340><c> say</c><00:44:44.780><c> so.</c>

00:44:45.820 --> 00:44:48.960
That's<00:44:46.179><c> the</c><00:44:46.360><c> spirit</c><00:44:46.599><c> of</c><00:44:46.820><c> Christ</c><00:44:47.460><c> in</c><00:44:48.119><c> Paul.</c>

00:44:49.219 --> 00:44:52.420
Inside,<00:44:50.179><c> he</c><00:44:50.360><c> must</c><00:44:50.579><c> have</c><00:44:50.880><c> felt</c><00:44:51.139><c> bitterly</c><00:44:51.860><c> disappointed.</c>

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:55.800
It<00:44:53.099><c> all</c><00:44:53.340><c> seemed</c><00:44:53.619><c> to</c><00:44:53.780><c> have</c><00:44:54.059><c> fallen</c><00:44:54.480><c> flat</c><00:44:54.840><c> at</c><00:44:55.179><c> the</c><00:44:55.239><c> very</c><00:44:55.519><c> moment</c>

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:57.280
of<00:44:56.079><c> presentation.</c>

00:44:58.300 --> 00:45:01.039
It<00:44:58.579><c> seemed</c><00:44:58.760><c> to</c><00:44:58.960><c> have</c><00:44:59.139><c> failed</c><00:44:59.460><c> in</c><00:44:59.820><c> its</c><00:45:00.000><c> purpose.</c>

00:45:02.099 --> 00:45:05.940
But<00:45:02.239><c> isn't</c><00:45:02.480><c> that</c><00:45:02.699><c> also,</c><00:45:04.099><c> just</c><00:45:04.300><c> like</c><00:45:04.739><c> the</c><00:45:04.980><c> Lord's</c><00:45:05.539><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:12.320
when<00:45:06.579><c> he</c><00:45:06.780><c> was</c><00:45:07.000><c> offered,</c><00:45:07.539><c> crucified,</c><00:45:08.960><c> wasn't</c><00:45:09.099><c> it</c><00:45:09.380><c> seen</c><00:45:09.719><c> as</c><00:45:10.619><c> a</c><00:45:10.860><c> defeat,</c><00:45:11.239><c> a</c><00:45:11.460><c> failure?</c>

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:17.519
What<00:45:13.619><c> seemed</c><00:45:14.079><c> to</c><00:45:14.280><c> be</c><00:45:14.440><c> a</c><00:45:14.519><c> defeat</c><00:45:14.900><c> was</c><00:45:15.860><c> revealed</c><00:45:16.179><c> as</c><00:45:16.460><c> a</c><00:45:16.619><c> triumph.</c>

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:22.119
What<00:45:18.980><c> are</c><00:45:19.059><c> the</c><00:45:19.139><c> lessons</c><00:45:19.360><c> for</c><00:45:19.619><c> us</c><00:45:20.719><c> brothers</c><00:45:20.980><c> and</c><00:45:21.260><c> sisters?</c>

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:25.900
What<00:45:23.920><c> is</c><00:45:24.159><c> important</c><00:45:24.860><c> in</c><00:45:25.239><c> a</c><00:45:25.340><c> crucial</c><00:45:25.519><c> life?</c>

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:29.599
Is<00:45:26.199><c> it</c><00:45:26.579><c> our</c><00:45:26.840><c> own</c><00:45:27.420><c> personal</c><00:45:28.119><c> feelings</c><00:45:28.639><c> and</c><00:45:28.900><c> aspirations,</c>

00:45:29.940 --> 00:45:32.619
which<00:45:30.000><c> sometimes</c><00:45:30.579><c> get</c><00:45:30.980><c> put</c><00:45:31.179><c> out</c><00:45:31.500><c> of</c><00:45:31.760><c> the</c><00:45:31.760><c> drums?</c>

00:45:33.699 --> 00:45:36.099
Or<00:45:33.920><c> should</c><00:45:34.139><c> the</c><00:45:34.260><c> good</c><00:45:34.340><c> of</c><00:45:34.500><c> the</c><00:45:34.679><c> truth,</c><00:45:35.440><c> the</c><00:45:35.599><c> furtherance</c><00:45:35.960><c> of</c>

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.099
the<00:45:36.239><c> Gospel,</c>

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:38.320
always<00:45:37.679><c> come</c><00:45:37.960><c> first?</c>

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:40.980
It<00:45:38.559><c> did</c><00:45:38.659><c> for</c><00:45:38.940><c> Paul,</c><00:45:40.039><c> as</c><00:45:40.280><c> his</c><00:45:40.460><c> example.</c>

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:43.300
Where<00:45:41.360><c> did</c><00:45:41.519><c> he</c><00:45:41.699><c> learn</c><00:45:41.860><c> that</c><00:45:42.119><c> from?</c>

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:47.960
From<00:45:44.280><c> Christ</c><00:45:44.619><c> himself,</c><00:45:46.480><c> who</c><00:45:46.579><c> demonstrated</c><00:45:47.219><c> the</c><00:45:47.460><c> requirement</c>

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:49.719
of<00:45:48.420><c> selfless</c><00:45:49.079><c> care</c>

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:52.619
for<00:45:50.480><c> the</c><00:45:50.639><c> sake</c><00:45:51.119><c> of</c><00:45:51.460><c> others.</c>

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:59.840
And<00:45:54.820><c> although</c><00:45:55.559><c> sometimes</c><00:45:56.739><c> it</c><00:45:56.920><c> would</c><00:45:57.119><c> appear</c><00:45:57.480><c> that</c><00:45:58.719><c> our</c><00:45:59.019><c> efforts,</c><00:45:59.699><c> our</c>

00:45:59.840 --> 00:46:02.860
labors<00:46:01.059><c> bear</c><00:46:01.420><c> no</c><00:46:01.659><c> fruit,</c>

00:46:03.219 --> 00:46:05.300
God<00:46:03.659><c> is</c><00:46:04.219><c> not</c><00:46:04.440><c> unaware.</c>

00:46:05.719 --> 00:46:07.239
God<00:46:06.039><c> will</c><00:46:06.300><c> reward.</c>

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He<00:46:08.119><c> loves</c><00:46:08.639><c> the</c><00:46:08.860><c> spirit</c><00:46:09.179><c> of</c><00:46:09.760><c> generosity,</c><00:46:10.880><c> the</c><00:46:11.039><c> cheerful</c><00:46:11.400><c> giver.</c>

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And<00:46:12.880><c> he</c><00:46:13.000><c> will</c><00:46:13.320><c> bless</c><00:46:13.619><c> the</c><00:46:13.960><c> giver</c><00:46:14.619><c> as</c><00:46:15.340><c> well</c><00:46:15.559><c> as</c><00:46:15.719><c> the</c><00:46:15.880><c> receiver.</c>

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It<00:46:17.280><c> is</c><00:46:17.539><c> more</c><00:46:17.719><c> blessed</c><00:46:18.079><c> to</c><00:46:18.320><c> give</c><00:46:19.000><c> than</c><00:46:19.300><c> to</c><00:46:19.559><c> receive.</c>

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And<00:46:20.840><c> Paul</c><00:46:20.920><c> will</c><00:46:21.360><c> see</c><00:46:21.860><c> the</c><00:46:22.239><c> fruit</c><00:46:22.380><c> of</c><00:46:22.539><c> his</c><00:46:22.739><c> labors</c><00:46:23.000><c> in</c><00:46:23.179><c> the</c><00:46:23.380><c> kingdom,</c>

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with<00:46:24.519><c> the</c><00:46:24.619><c> multitude</c><00:46:24.960><c> of</c><00:46:25.260><c> people</c><00:46:25.460><c> that</c><00:46:25.599><c> have</c><00:46:25.800><c> learned</c><00:46:26.019><c> to</c><00:46:26.260><c> live</c><00:46:26.440><c> by</c>

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the<00:46:26.900><c> spirit</c><00:46:27.059><c> of</c><00:46:27.260><c> grace</c>

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and<00:46:27.639><c> been</c><00:46:27.840><c> helped</c><00:46:28.260><c> greatly</c><00:46:28.920><c> by</c><00:46:29.619><c> his</c><00:46:29.880><c> inspired</c><00:46:30.340><c> writings</c><00:46:30.699><c> on</c>

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that<00:46:31.199><c> subject.</c>

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Paul,<00:46:33.519><c> a</c><00:46:34.039><c> man</c><00:46:34.300><c> who</c><00:46:34.539><c> grew</c><00:46:34.639><c> to</c><00:46:34.820><c> be</c><00:46:35.099><c> so</c><00:46:35.280><c> much</c><00:46:35.539><c> like</c><00:46:36.099><c> the</c><00:46:36.320><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:46:36.960><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:46:37.460><c> he</c><00:46:37.739><c> echoed</c><00:46:38.320><c> the</c><00:46:38.500><c> very</c><00:46:38.760><c> experiences</c><00:46:39.420><c> of</c><00:46:39.599><c> his</c><00:46:39.840><c> Lord.</c>

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If<00:46:41.719><c> we</c><00:46:41.860><c> can</c><00:46:42.039><c> also</c><00:46:42.380><c> develop</c><00:46:42.760><c> this</c><00:46:43.099><c> spirit</c><00:46:43.539><c> to</c><00:46:44.539><c> begin</c><00:46:44.719><c> to</c><00:46:45.000><c> think</c>

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like<00:46:45.719><c> Christ,</c>

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to<00:46:46.260><c> act</c><00:46:46.579><c> like</c><00:46:46.960><c> Christ,</c><00:46:48.179><c> then</c><00:46:48.239><c> by</c><00:46:48.500><c> the</c><00:46:48.639><c> grace</c><00:46:48.860><c> of</c><00:46:49.079><c> God,</c>

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we,<00:46:49.719><c> like</c><00:46:50.019><c> Paul,</c><00:46:51.719><c> will</c><00:46:51.880><c> be</c><00:46:52.139><c> with</c><00:46:52.559><c> Christ</c><00:46:53.340><c> forever.</c>

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Thanks<00:46:55.860><c> be</c><00:46:56.679><c> to</c><00:46:56.880><c> God</c><00:46:57.179><c> for</c><00:46:58.239><c> his</c><00:46:58.460><c> gift</c><00:46:58.820><c> which</c><00:46:59.659><c> human</c><00:47:00.159><c> words</c>

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cannot<00:47:01.699><c> practically</c><00:47:02.440><c> express.</c>