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In<00:12:51.440><c> fact,</c><00:12:52.200><c> the</c><00:12:53.059><c> word</c><00:12:53.460><c> used</c><00:12:53.960><c> here</c><00:12:54.279><c> is</c><00:12:54.440><c> the</c><00:12:54.639><c> same</c><00:12:54.799><c> one</c><00:12:55.299><c> as</c><00:12:55.559><c> we</c><00:12:55.759><c> find</c><00:12:55.980><c> in</c>

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speak<00:14:03.519><c> for</c><00:14:03.720><c> the</c><00:14:03.879><c> truth.</c>

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was<00:15:38.500><c> with.</c>

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I<00:15:58.320><c> thought</c><00:15:58.539><c> that</c><00:15:58.740><c> it</c><00:15:58.860><c> was</c><00:15:59.179><c> a</c><00:15:59.299><c> completely</c><00:15:59.580><c> godless</c><00:16:00.059><c> area,</c><00:16:00.360><c> that</c>

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there<00:16:00.539><c> would</c><00:16:00.659><c> be</c><00:16:00.899><c> nobody</c><00:16:01.100><c> willing</c><00:16:01.399><c> to</c><00:16:01.639><c> hear.</c>

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The<00:16:02.379><c> fact</c><00:16:02.580><c> of</c><00:16:02.759><c> the</c><00:16:02.860><c> matter</c><00:16:03.080><c> is</c><00:16:03.360><c> there</c><00:16:03.539><c> are</c><00:16:03.860><c> people</c><00:16:04.299><c> willing</c><00:16:04.700><c> to</c>

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hear,<00:16:05.100><c> and</c><00:16:05.259><c> sometimes</c><00:16:05.600><c> it's</c><00:16:05.799><c> the</c><00:16:05.899><c> most</c><00:16:06.200><c> unlikely</c><00:16:06.620><c> people.</c>

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God's<00:16:13.720><c> put</c><00:16:13.820><c> us</c><00:16:14.019><c> where</c><00:16:14.220><c> we</c><00:16:14.500><c> are</c><00:16:15.340><c> for</c><00:16:15.980><c> a</c><00:16:16.139><c> good</c><00:16:16.299><c> reason.</c>

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And<00:16:17.460><c> so</c><00:16:17.639><c> we</c><00:16:17.879><c> want</c><00:16:18.080><c> to</c><00:16:18.399><c> contend</c><00:16:18.759><c> earnestly.</c><00:16:19.179><c> We</c><00:16:19.340><c> want</c><00:16:19.480><c> to</c><00:16:19.580><c> be</c><00:16:19.879><c> eager,</c><00:16:20.700><c> ready</c><00:16:20.960><c> to</c>

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give<00:16:21.240><c> an</c><00:16:21.419><c> answer.</c>

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It's<00:16:21.879><c> not</c><00:16:22.100><c> sharp</c><00:16:22.460><c> elbows</c><00:16:22.860><c> or</c><00:16:23.019><c> anything.</c><00:16:23.240><c> It's</c><00:16:23.600><c> careful,</c><00:16:24.179><c> gentle</c><00:16:24.519><c> guiding</c><00:16:24.940><c> into</c>

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the<00:16:26.580><c> truth.</c>

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Now,<00:16:29.720><c> an</c><00:16:29.960><c> interesting</c><00:16:30.259><c> thing</c><00:16:30.659><c> here</c><00:16:30.960><c> for</c><00:16:31.179><c> Paul.</c>

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Here<00:16:32.539><c> he's</c><00:16:32.840><c> in</c><00:16:33.139><c> jail,</c><00:16:35.100><c> and</c><00:16:35.759><c> he</c><00:16:36.759><c> can't</c><00:16:37.019><c> really</c><00:16:37.340><c> do</c><00:16:37.519><c> much</c><00:16:37.759><c> about</c>

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what's<00:16:38.299><c> going</c><00:16:38.539><c> on</c><00:16:39.440><c> away</c><00:16:39.980><c> from</c><00:16:40.200><c> his</c><00:16:40.440><c> own</c><00:16:40.720><c> circumstances,</c>

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and<00:16:43.259><c> he</c><00:16:43.519><c> sees</c><00:16:43.820><c> that</c><00:16:44.019><c> things</c><00:16:44.240><c> aren't</c><00:16:44.460><c> quite</c><00:16:44.679><c> going</c><00:16:44.980><c> right.</c>

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He's<00:16:47.820><c> satisfied,</c><00:16:48.440><c> on</c><00:16:48.620><c> one</c><00:16:48.860><c> hand,</c><00:16:49.139><c> that</c><00:16:49.779><c> some</c><00:16:50.200><c> people</c><00:16:50.460><c> are</c><00:16:50.720><c> encouraged</c><00:16:51.240><c> by</c>

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his<00:16:51.759><c> bonds</c><00:16:52.179><c> in</c><00:16:52.879><c> a</c><00:16:53.019><c> good</c><00:16:53.179><c> way,</c>

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were<00:16:58.159><c> taking</c><00:16:58.460><c> advantage</c><00:16:58.899><c> of</c><00:16:59.120><c> his</c><00:16:59.360><c> circumstances</c>

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And<00:17:05.000><c> you</c><00:17:05.119><c> know,</c><00:17:05.240><c> the</c><00:17:05.359><c> language</c><00:17:05.720><c> he</c><00:17:06.059><c> uses</c><00:17:06.480><c> to</c><00:17:06.960><c> describe</c><00:17:07.380><c> these</c>

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unholy<00:17:08.160><c> preachers</c><00:17:09.559><c> is</c><00:17:10.500><c> very,</c><00:17:10.940><c> very</c><00:17:11.339><c> strong.</c>

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Again,<00:17:26.279><c> verses</c><00:17:26.380><c> 15</c><00:17:26.920><c> and</c><00:17:27.079><c> 16,</c><00:17:27.579><c> he</c><00:17:27.759><c> uses</c><00:17:28.119><c> the</c><00:17:28.380><c> words</c><00:17:28.660><c> envy</c><00:17:29.160><c> and</c>

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strife<00:17:30.220><c> and</c><00:17:30.480><c> contention.</c>

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And<00:17:30.960><c> one</c><00:17:31.059><c> of</c><00:17:31.140><c> the</c><00:17:31.240><c> neat</c><00:17:31.359><c> things</c><00:17:31.680><c> about</c><00:17:31.880><c> having</c><00:17:32.660><c> the</c><00:17:33.200><c> computers</c>

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I<00:17:38.019><c> had</c><00:17:38.259><c> a</c><00:17:38.420><c> look,</c><00:17:39.039><c> and</c><00:17:39.160><c> I</c><00:17:39.299><c> was</c><00:17:39.559><c> surprised</c><00:17:39.880><c> to</c><00:17:40.079><c> find</c><00:17:40.240><c> that</c><00:17:40.440><c> those</c>

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Testament,<00:17:49.420><c> and</c><00:17:49.940><c> it's</c><00:17:50.140><c> in</c><00:17:50.339><c> the</c><00:17:50.519><c> works</c><00:17:50.720><c> of</c><00:17:50.920><c> the</c><00:17:51.180><c> flesh.</c>

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Paul's<00:17:53.359><c> using</c><00:17:53.700><c> very,</c><00:17:54.220><c> very</c><00:17:54.579><c> strong</c><00:17:54.900><c> language.</c>

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Just<00:17:57.200><c> for</c><00:17:57.599><c> your</c><00:17:57.779><c> notes,</c><00:17:58.140><c> the</c><00:17:58.240><c> words</c><00:17:58.440><c> are</c><00:17:58.720><c> translated</c><00:17:59.160><c> envying,</c><00:18:00.539><c> variance,</c><00:18:01.220><c> and</c><00:18:01.660><c> strife</c><00:18:02.640><c> in</c>

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It's<00:18:10.039><c> the</c><00:18:10.180><c> works</c><00:18:10.420><c> of</c><00:18:10.640><c> the</c><00:18:10.859><c> flesh,</c><00:18:11.240><c> and</c><00:18:11.279><c> sometimes</c><00:18:11.700><c> the</c><00:18:11.940><c> works</c>

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Aristotle,<00:18:25.140><c> where</c><00:18:25.339><c> the</c><00:18:25.519><c> meaning</c><00:18:25.759><c> is</c><00:18:26.319><c> electioneering.</c>

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It's<00:18:28.359><c> as</c><00:18:28.480><c> if</c><00:18:28.680><c> there's</c><00:18:29.200><c> a</c><00:18:29.359><c> political</c><00:18:29.980><c> kind</c><00:18:30.259><c> of</c><00:18:30.539><c> aspect</c><00:18:30.920><c> to</c><00:18:31.180><c> it.</c>

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goes<00:18:44.319><c> back</c><00:18:44.599><c> into</c><00:18:44.799><c> the</c><00:18:45.000><c> city</c><00:18:45.259><c> and</c><00:18:45.619><c> confirms</c><00:18:46.079><c> the</c><00:18:46.400><c> souls</c><00:18:46.599><c> of</c><00:18:46.799><c> the</c>

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awry<00:19:06.900><c> in</c><00:19:08.460><c> the</c><00:19:08.660><c> brotherhood?</c>

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We<00:19:09.279><c> care</c><00:19:09.579><c> so</c><00:19:09.920><c> much</c><00:19:10.480><c> for</c><00:19:10.700><c> the</c><00:19:10.900><c> brotherhood.</c><00:19:12.039><c> We</c><00:19:12.319><c> want</c><00:19:12.519><c> to</c><00:19:12.680><c> see</c>

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things<00:19:13.079><c> going</c><00:19:13.400><c> right.</c>

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And<00:19:14.799><c> sometimes</c><00:19:15.180><c> it's</c><00:19:15.940><c> the</c><00:19:16.119><c> kind</c><00:19:16.279><c> of</c><00:19:16.380><c> thing</c><00:19:16.519><c> that</c><00:19:16.660><c> will</c><00:19:16.799><c> have</c>

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you<00:19:17.240><c> laying</c><00:19:17.440><c> awake</c><00:19:17.880><c> at</c><00:19:18.220><c> night,</c><00:19:19.680><c> just</c><00:19:20.160><c> torn</c><00:19:20.660><c> up</c><00:19:21.400><c> by</c><00:19:21.779><c> the</c><00:19:22.039><c> fact</c>

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that<00:19:22.420><c> things</c><00:19:22.640><c> aren't</c><00:19:22.880><c> being</c><00:19:23.220><c> done</c><00:19:23.519><c> right.</c>

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You<00:19:25.759><c> can</c><00:19:26.000><c> imagine</c><00:19:26.460><c> the</c><00:19:26.720><c> pressure</c><00:19:27.079><c> this</c><00:19:27.940><c> brought</c><00:19:28.660><c> to</c><00:19:29.500><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:19:30.019><c> Paul.</c>

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Pressure,<00:19:31.940><c> affliction.</c><00:19:33.220><c> It's</c><00:19:33.380><c> the</c><00:19:34.140><c> word</c><00:19:34.299><c> affliction</c><00:19:34.839><c> there</c>

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in<00:19:37.619><c> verse</c><00:19:37.819><c> 16.</c>

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It's<00:19:38.920><c> the</c><00:19:39.200><c> pressure</c><00:19:39.440><c> like</c><00:19:39.839><c> the</c><00:19:40.059><c> throngs</c><00:19:40.380><c> of</c><00:19:40.599><c> the</c><00:19:40.779><c> crowds</c><00:19:41.039><c> that</c>

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were<00:19:41.460><c> pushing</c><00:19:41.779><c> Jesus</c><00:19:42.339><c> to</c><00:19:42.660><c> the</c><00:19:42.779><c> point</c><00:19:42.859><c> where</c><00:19:43.019><c> he</c><00:19:43.079><c> had</c><00:19:43.140><c> to</c><00:19:43.180><c> get</c>

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into<00:19:43.500><c> the</c><00:19:43.700><c> boat</c>

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and<00:19:44.000><c> go</c><00:19:44.200><c> out</c><00:19:44.420><c> offshore</c><00:19:44.940><c> in</c><00:19:45.680><c> order</c><00:19:45.880><c> to</c><00:19:46.099><c> preach</c><00:19:46.599><c> in</c><00:19:47.220><c> Mark</c><00:19:47.480><c> chapter</c><00:19:47.779><c> 3,</c><00:19:48.119><c> verse</c><00:19:48.339><c> 9.</c>

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So<00:19:51.880><c> some</c><00:19:52.279><c> were</c><00:19:52.799><c> proclaiming</c><00:19:53.579><c> Christ</c><00:19:54.240><c> of</c><00:19:54.960><c> envy</c><00:19:55.279><c> and</c><00:19:55.579><c> strife,</c>

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others<00:19:57.400><c> of</c><00:19:57.619><c> goodwill,</c>

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some<00:19:58.859><c> of</c><00:19:59.140><c> contention</c><00:19:59.740><c> and</c><00:20:00.099><c> not</c><00:20:00.440><c> sincerely</c><00:20:00.980><c> in</c><00:20:01.359><c> an</c><00:20:01.380><c> unholy</c><00:20:02.039><c> way,</c><00:20:03.079><c> others</c><00:20:03.500><c> of</c><00:20:04.180><c> love,</c>

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some<00:20:05.880><c> in</c><00:20:06.339><c> pretense,</c><00:20:08.359><c> and</c><00:20:08.559><c> some</c><00:20:08.839><c> in</c><00:20:09.200><c> truth.</c>

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The<00:20:11.240><c> word</c><00:20:11.619><c> pretense,</c><00:20:13.799><c> Matthew</c><00:20:14.160><c> 23,</c><00:20:15.039><c> verse</c><00:20:15.279><c> 14,</c><00:20:16.740><c> speaks</c><00:20:16.900><c> of</c><00:20:17.079><c> those</c><00:20:17.420><c> who,</c><00:20:17.900><c> for</c><00:20:18.200><c> a</c>

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pretense,<00:20:19.380><c> make</c><00:20:19.519><c> long</c><00:20:19.839><c> prayers.</c>

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It's<00:20:21.920><c> the</c><00:20:22.160><c> word</c><00:20:22.400><c> in</c><00:20:22.619><c> Acts</c><00:20:22.839><c> 27,</c><00:20:24.279><c> when</c><00:20:24.460><c> the</c><00:20:24.759><c> shipmen</c><00:20:25.039><c> were</c><00:20:25.299><c> pretending</c><00:20:25.640><c> to</c>

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set<00:20:26.059><c> their</c><00:20:26.319><c> anchors,</c>

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but<00:20:26.859><c> were</c><00:20:27.079><c> really</c><00:20:27.400><c> planning</c><00:20:27.660><c> to</c><00:20:27.920><c> escape,</c><00:20:28.359><c> that</c><00:20:28.559><c> they</c><00:20:29.140><c> were</c><00:20:29.339><c> making</c><00:20:29.660><c> a</c><00:20:29.980><c> pretense.</c>

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And<00:20:32.259><c> you</c><00:20:32.400><c> think</c><00:20:32.619><c> of</c><00:20:32.799><c> how</c><00:20:32.980><c> the</c><00:20:33.200><c> Apostle</c><00:20:33.579><c> Paul</c><00:20:33.819><c> must</c><00:20:34.160><c> have</c><00:20:34.339><c> felt.</c>

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Now<00:20:37.039><c> he</c><00:20:37.220><c> says</c><00:20:37.519><c> in</c><00:20:37.799><c> 2</c><00:20:38.059><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:38.480><c> 11,</c><00:20:38.940><c> and</c><00:20:39.079><c> I'm</c><00:20:39.259><c> sure</c><00:20:39.380><c> we're</c>

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all<00:20:39.799><c> familiar</c><00:20:40.259><c> with</c><00:20:40.440><c> the</c><00:20:40.619><c> passage,</c>

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that<00:20:41.859><c> he</c><00:20:41.980><c> talks</c><00:20:42.400><c> about</c><00:20:42.960><c> all</c><00:20:43.279><c> the</c><00:20:43.460><c> things</c><00:20:43.619><c> he'd</c><00:20:44.119><c> experienced.</c>

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All<00:20:44.799><c> the</c><00:20:45.079><c> shipwrecks</c><00:20:45.640><c> and</c><00:20:45.940><c> beatings</c><00:20:46.579><c> and</c><00:20:47.180><c> perils</c><00:20:47.579><c> of</c><00:20:47.880><c> robbers</c>

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and<00:20:48.519><c> this</c><00:20:48.660><c> and</c><00:20:48.900><c> that.</c>

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And<00:20:49.460><c> at</c><00:20:49.619><c> the</c><00:20:49.720><c> end</c><00:20:49.859><c> he</c><00:20:49.960><c> says,</c><00:20:50.819><c> and</c><00:20:50.920><c> on</c><00:20:51.119><c> top</c><00:20:51.259><c> of</c><00:20:51.420><c> it</c><00:20:51.619><c> all,</c><00:20:54.059><c> top</c><00:20:54.319><c> of</c>

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all<00:20:54.740><c> those</c><00:20:55.019><c> things</c><00:20:55.319><c> that</c><00:20:55.500><c> are</c><00:20:55.680><c> without,</c>

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that<00:20:57.119><c> which</c><00:20:57.380><c> cometh</c><00:20:57.660><c> upon</c><00:20:57.960><c> me</c><00:20:58.279><c> daily,</c><00:20:59.579><c> the</c><00:20:59.880><c> care</c><00:21:00.119><c> of</c><00:21:00.359><c> all</c><00:21:00.539><c> the</c><00:21:00.779><c> Ecclesians.</c>

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Having<00:21:04.480><c> said</c><00:21:04.799><c> all</c><00:21:05.059><c> that,</c><00:21:06.519><c> thinking</c><00:21:06.799><c> how</c><00:21:07.160><c> would</c><00:21:07.440><c> we</c><00:21:07.680><c> feel</c><00:21:07.940><c> if</c>

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we<00:21:08.279><c> were</c><00:21:08.420><c> in</c><00:21:08.579><c> Paul's</c><00:21:09.039><c> circumstances,</c>

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I<00:21:10.720><c> find</c><00:21:11.099><c> Paul's</c><00:21:11.839><c> response</c><00:21:12.299><c> extraordinary.</c><00:21:13.720><c> Let's</c><00:21:13.900><c> read</c><00:21:14.099><c> verses</c><00:21:14.400><c> 18</c>

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and<00:21:14.940><c> 19.</c>

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What<00:21:19.900><c> then?</c><00:21:21.740><c> Notwithstanding,</c><00:21:24.119><c> every</c><00:21:24.359><c> way,</c><00:21:24.839><c> whether</c><00:21:25.200><c> in</c><00:21:25.579><c> pretense</c><00:21:26.119><c> or</c>

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in<00:21:27.180><c> truth,</c>

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Christ<00:21:28.960><c> is</c><00:21:29.259><c> preached,</c><00:21:31.420><c> and</c><00:21:31.460><c> I</c><00:21:31.700><c> therein</c><00:21:32.079><c> do</c><00:21:32.279><c> rejoice,</c><00:21:33.880><c> yea,</c>

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and<00:21:34.400><c> will</c><00:21:34.720><c> rejoice.</c>

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For<00:21:35.400><c> I</c><00:21:35.619><c> know</c><00:21:35.859><c> that</c><00:21:36.099><c> this</c><00:21:36.339><c> shall</c><00:21:36.539><c> turn</c><00:21:36.779><c> to</c><00:21:36.960><c> my</c><00:21:37.180><c> salvation</c><00:21:37.799><c> through</c><00:21:38.700><c> your</c><00:21:38.980><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:21:40.619><c> the</c><00:21:40.859><c> supply</c><00:21:41.279><c> of</c><00:21:41.480><c> the</c><00:21:41.700><c> Spirit</c><00:21:41.980><c> of</c><00:21:42.180><c> Jesus</c><00:21:42.619><c> Christ.</c>

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It's<00:21:45.839><c> a</c><00:21:46.180><c> remarkable</c><00:21:46.720><c> passage.</c><00:21:47.380><c> It's</c><00:21:47.819><c> staggering.</c>

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I've<00:21:49.539><c> tried</c><00:21:49.740><c> to</c><00:21:51.059><c> explain</c><00:21:51.420><c> it</c><00:21:51.680><c> away</c><00:21:51.880><c> to</c><00:21:52.119><c> myself.</c>

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I've<00:21:53.960><c> tried</c><00:21:54.119><c> to</c><00:21:54.339><c> say,</c><00:21:54.660><c> well,</c><00:21:54.680><c> maybe</c><00:21:54.880><c> there's</c><00:21:55.140><c> a</c><00:21:55.380><c> distinction</c>

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between<00:21:56.319><c> preaching</c><00:21:56.819><c> to</c><00:21:57.079><c> nonbelievers</c>

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and<00:21:58.460><c> teaching</c><00:21:58.859><c> to</c><00:21:59.220><c> believers,</c><00:21:59.660><c> but</c><00:22:00.420><c> that</c><00:22:00.680><c> seems</c><00:22:00.960><c> dubious.</c>

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One<00:22:03.420><c> would</c><00:22:03.640><c> wish</c><00:22:03.880><c> for</c><00:22:04.099><c> more</c><00:22:04.380><c> details.</c>

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The<00:22:07.319><c> only</c><00:22:07.519><c> real</c><00:22:07.799><c> opponents</c><00:22:08.220><c> we</c><00:22:08.559><c> know</c><00:22:09.000><c> to</c><00:22:10.579><c> the</c><00:22:10.759><c> preaching</c><00:22:11.000><c> of</c>

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Paul<00:22:12.160><c> were</c><00:22:12.740><c> the</c><00:22:12.980><c> Judaizers,</c>

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and<00:22:14.579><c> they</c><00:22:14.880><c> are</c><00:22:15.279><c> addressed</c><00:22:15.640><c> in</c><00:22:15.819><c> very</c><00:22:16.160><c> strong</c><00:22:16.500><c> terms</c><00:22:16.920><c> in</c><00:22:17.119><c> chapter</c><00:22:17.420><c> 3,</c>

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leading<00:22:19.319><c> one</c><00:22:19.720><c> commentary</c><00:22:20.200><c> to</c><00:22:20.460><c> say</c><00:22:20.680><c> that</c><00:22:20.859><c> this</c><00:22:21.079><c> certainly</c><00:22:21.480><c> can't</c><00:22:21.759><c> be</c><00:22:22.019><c> them.</c>

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In<00:22:23.140><c> Galatians,</c><00:22:23.680><c> it</c><00:22:23.779><c> says,</c><00:22:24.519><c> I</c><00:22:24.519><c> would</c><00:22:24.720><c> that</c><00:22:25.279><c> they</c><00:22:25.460><c> were</c><00:22:25.680><c> cut</c><00:22:25.940><c> off</c>

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that<00:22:26.619><c> trouble</c><00:22:26.900><c> you.</c>

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So<00:22:28.740><c> one</c><00:22:28.880><c> wonders</c><00:22:29.180><c> whether</c><00:22:29.400><c> it</c><00:22:29.539><c> could</c><00:22:29.740><c> be</c><00:22:30.019><c> Judaizers</c><00:22:30.500><c> that</c>

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he's<00:22:30.839><c> talking</c><00:22:31.180><c> about.</c>

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But<00:22:32.279><c> whoever</c><00:22:32.700><c> it</c><00:22:33.019><c> was,</c><00:22:35.200><c> Paul's</c><00:22:35.619><c> response</c><00:22:36.180><c> is</c><00:22:36.759><c> really</c><00:22:37.000><c> quite</c><00:22:37.259><c> extraordinary.</c>

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And<00:22:38.579><c> the</c><00:22:38.779><c> closest</c><00:22:39.099><c> parallel</c><00:22:39.519><c> that</c><00:22:39.720><c> I</c><00:22:39.880><c> can</c><00:22:40.079><c> think</c><00:22:40.339><c> of</c><00:22:40.779><c> is</c><00:22:41.180><c> the</c>

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one<00:22:41.480><c> in</c><00:22:41.759><c> the</c><00:22:42.160><c> experience</c><00:22:42.460><c> of</c><00:22:42.660><c> the</c><00:22:42.779><c> Lord</c><00:22:42.940><c> Jesus.</c>

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When<00:22:44.460><c> Jesus</c><00:22:44.799><c> says</c><00:22:45.019><c> to</c><00:22:45.140><c> his</c><00:22:45.319><c> disciples</c><00:22:45.839><c> that</c><00:22:46.680><c> someone</c><00:22:46.940><c> had</c><00:22:47.140><c> been</c><00:22:47.400><c> healing</c><00:22:47.680><c> in</c>

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his<00:22:48.099><c> name,</c>

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they<00:22:48.839><c> said,</c><00:22:49.039><c> should</c><00:22:49.180><c> we</c><00:22:49.299><c> tell</c><00:22:49.440><c> him</c><00:22:49.519><c> not</c><00:22:49.680><c> to</c><00:22:49.799><c> do</c><00:22:49.880><c> it?</c>

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And<00:22:50.220><c> Jesus</c><00:22:50.440><c> says,</c><00:22:51.140><c> forbid</c><00:22:51.319><c> him</c><00:22:51.579><c> not,</c><00:22:52.440><c> for</c><00:22:52.680><c> the</c><00:22:53.019><c> key</c><00:22:53.180><c> that</c><00:22:53.359><c> is</c>

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not<00:22:53.720><c> against</c><00:22:54.079><c> us</c><00:22:54.680><c> is</c><00:22:55.200><c> for</c><00:22:55.539><c> us.</c>

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So<00:22:59.240><c> I'd</c><00:22:59.700><c> be</c><00:22:59.940><c> interested</c><00:23:00.279><c> in</c><00:23:00.460><c> your</c><00:23:00.680><c> input</c><00:23:00.880><c> on</c><00:23:01.079><c> this.</c>

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It<00:23:02.420><c> seems</c><00:23:02.700><c> to</c><00:23:02.880><c> me</c><00:23:02.980><c> that</c><00:23:03.140><c> the</c><00:23:03.380><c> only</c><00:23:03.619><c> possible</c><00:23:04.160><c> explanation</c><00:23:04.799><c> is</c><00:23:05.119><c> this.</c>

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Paul<00:23:07.160><c> knows</c><00:23:07.539><c> there's</c><00:23:07.940><c> something</c><00:23:08.200><c> wrong</c><00:23:08.500><c> with</c><00:23:08.940><c> at</c><00:23:09.319><c> least</c><00:23:09.640><c> the</c><00:23:10.000><c> Spirit,</c>

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if<00:23:10.640><c> not</c><00:23:10.839><c> the</c><00:23:11.079><c> content</c><00:23:11.559><c> of</c><00:23:12.759><c> what</c><00:23:12.900><c> is</c><00:23:13.079><c> being</c><00:23:13.319><c> taught</c><00:23:13.599><c> by</c><00:23:13.839><c> these</c>

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unholy<00:23:14.460><c> preachers.</c>

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He's<00:23:16.059><c> bothered</c><00:23:16.380><c> by</c><00:23:16.640><c> it</c><00:23:17.400><c> and</c><00:23:17.799><c> would</c><00:23:18.000><c> wish</c><00:23:18.160><c> to</c><00:23:18.440><c> change</c><00:23:18.660><c> it</c><00:23:18.799><c> if</c><00:23:18.859><c> he</c><00:23:19.079><c> could,</c>

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:25.079
but<00:23:20.579><c> not</c><00:23:20.799><c> being</c><00:23:21.019><c> able</c><00:23:21.259><c> to</c><00:23:21.420><c> do</c><00:23:21.599><c> so</c><00:23:21.980><c> makes</c><00:23:22.359><c> the</c><00:23:22.720><c> conscious</c><00:23:23.140><c> choice</c><00:23:23.759><c> to</c><00:23:24.799><c> look</c><00:23:24.960><c> at</c>

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the<00:23:25.220><c> bright</c><00:23:25.400><c> side</c><00:23:25.640><c> of</c><00:23:25.799><c> things.</c>

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I<00:23:27.720><c> have</c><00:23:27.960><c> to</c><00:23:28.059><c> admit</c><00:23:28.220><c> there's</c><00:23:28.500><c> something</c><00:23:28.660><c> in</c><00:23:28.799><c> me</c><00:23:28.960><c> that</c><00:23:29.099><c> wants</c><00:23:29.319><c> to</c>

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quibble<00:23:29.740><c> with</c><00:23:29.920><c> that</c><00:23:30.099><c> explanation,</c>

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but<00:23:30.859><c> what</c><00:23:31.059><c> other</c><00:23:31.180><c> is</c><00:23:31.420><c> there?</c>

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One<00:23:32.819><c> way</c><00:23:33.079><c> or</c><00:23:33.259><c> another,</c><00:23:34.240><c> Christ</c><00:23:34.380><c> is</c><00:23:34.680><c> preached,</c><00:23:36.259><c> and</c><00:23:36.519><c> I</c><00:23:36.740><c> therein</c>

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do<00:23:37.359><c> rejoice.</c>

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Here's<00:23:41.160><c> my</c><00:23:41.759><c> paraphrase.</c>

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How<00:23:43.180><c> do</c><00:23:43.380><c> I</c><00:23:43.519><c> respond</c><00:23:43.940><c> to</c><00:23:44.160><c> this?</c>

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Some<00:23:45.319><c> are</c><00:23:45.480><c> teaching</c><00:23:45.740><c> Christ</c><00:23:46.160><c> in</c><00:23:46.420><c> love,</c><00:23:46.839><c> some</c><00:23:47.140><c> in</c><00:23:47.359><c> pretense.</c>

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Well,<00:23:49.380><c> one</c><00:23:49.500><c> way</c><00:23:49.680><c> or</c><00:23:49.859><c> another,</c><00:23:50.500><c> Christ</c><00:23:50.799><c> is</c><00:23:51.059><c> preached.</c>

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And<00:23:52.720><c> for</c><00:23:52.920><c> that</c><00:23:53.140><c> I</c><00:23:53.279><c> am</c><00:23:53.440><c> glad.</c>

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I<00:23:54.720><c> rejoice</c><00:23:55.279><c> and</c><00:23:56.019><c> will</c><00:23:56.259><c> continue</c><00:23:56.619><c> to</c><00:23:56.880><c> rejoice,</c><00:23:57.799><c> not</c><00:23:58.099><c> being</c><00:23:58.440><c> discouraged</c><00:23:59.200><c> by</c>

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those<00:24:00.119><c> that</c><00:24:00.539><c> oppose</c><00:24:00.779><c> me.</c>

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Yes,<00:24:01.759><c> I</c><00:24:01.940><c> am</c><00:24:02.160><c> in</c><00:24:02.359><c> bonds,</c><00:24:03.839><c> and</c><00:24:04.099><c> yes,</c><00:24:04.539><c> these</c><00:24:04.759><c> unholy</c><00:24:05.220><c> preachers</c>

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are<00:24:05.960><c> causing</c><00:24:06.299><c> me</c><00:24:06.579><c> anxiety,</c>

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but<00:24:08.519><c> I</c><00:24:08.779><c> rejoice</c><00:24:09.319><c> and</c><00:24:09.839><c> am</c><00:24:10.200><c> confident</c><00:24:10.640><c> that</c><00:24:11.039><c> this</c><00:24:11.500><c> will</c><00:24:12.160><c> work</c><00:24:12.400><c> out</c><00:24:12.619><c> for</c><00:24:12.839><c> my</c><00:24:13.079><c> salvation</c>

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through<00:24:14.519><c> your</c><00:24:14.799><c> prayer</c><00:24:15.180><c> and</c><00:24:15.920><c> the</c><00:24:16.140><c> provision</c><00:24:16.460><c> of</c><00:24:16.640><c> the</c><00:24:16.839><c> Spirit</c>

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of<00:24:17.240><c> Jesus</c><00:24:17.640><c> Christ.</c>

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Now,<00:24:19.839><c> verse</c><00:24:19.940><c> 19</c><00:24:20.420><c> here</c><00:24:20.660><c> is</c><00:24:20.920><c> another</c><00:24:21.319><c> remarkable</c><00:24:22.000><c> passage.</c>

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:28.700
Paul<00:24:24.500><c> says</c><00:24:24.880><c> that</c><00:24:25.220><c> something</c><00:24:25.759><c> is</c><00:24:27.000><c> going</c><00:24:27.140><c> to</c><00:24:27.339><c> turn</c><00:24:27.599><c> to</c><00:24:27.799><c> his</c><00:24:28.059><c> salvation.</c>

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He<00:24:29.500><c> says,</c><00:24:30.099><c> this</c><00:24:30.099><c> shall</c><00:24:30.359><c> turn</c><00:24:30.599><c> to</c><00:24:30.779><c> my</c><00:24:30.960><c> salvation.</c>

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What<00:24:31.819><c> is</c><00:24:32.000><c> it</c><00:24:32.119><c> that's</c><00:24:32.279><c> going</c><00:24:32.380><c> to</c><00:24:32.500><c> turn</c><00:24:32.640><c> to</c><00:24:32.799><c> his</c><00:24:32.940><c> salvation?</c>

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Is<00:24:33.940><c> it</c><00:24:34.460><c> the</c><00:24:34.640><c> preaching</c><00:24:34.859><c> of</c><00:24:35.079><c> the</c><00:24:35.200><c> gospel,</c><00:24:35.559><c> whether</c><00:24:35.839><c> in</c><00:24:36.119><c> pretense</c><00:24:36.440><c> or</c><00:24:36.660><c> in</c><00:24:36.859><c> truth?</c>

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Well,<00:24:39.140><c> that</c><00:24:39.279><c> might</c><00:24:39.480><c> turn</c><00:24:39.740><c> to</c><00:24:40.019><c> the</c><00:24:40.480><c> salvation</c><00:24:40.920><c> of</c><00:24:41.099><c> those</c><00:24:41.339><c> who</c><00:24:41.880><c> hear,</c>

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or<00:24:43.380><c> it</c><00:24:43.500><c> might</c><00:24:43.660><c> even</c><00:24:43.920><c> turn</c><00:24:44.039><c> to</c><00:24:44.200><c> the</c><00:24:44.380><c> salvation</c><00:24:44.799><c> of</c><00:24:45.500><c> the</c><00:24:45.720><c> preachers,</c>

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but<00:24:47.240><c> Paul</c><00:24:47.559><c> isn't</c><00:24:47.819><c> really</c><00:24:48.200><c> involved</c><00:24:48.619><c> in</c><00:24:48.819><c> that.</c>

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Rather,<00:24:51.099><c> the</c><00:24:51.359><c> this</c><00:24:51.640><c> refers</c><00:24:52.279><c> to</c><00:24:52.839><c> Paul's</c><00:24:53.440><c> rejoicing.</c>

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And<00:24:55.059><c> I</c><00:24:56.940><c> think</c><00:24:57.220><c> I</c><00:24:57.440><c> have</c><00:24:57.660><c> the</c><00:24:57.900><c> support</c><00:24:58.180><c> of</c><00:24:58.359><c> the</c><00:24:58.559><c> Greek</c><00:24:58.759><c> from</c><00:24:59.099><c> the</c>

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commentaries<00:24:59.740><c> that</c><00:24:59.940><c> I've</c><00:25:00.660><c> checked.</c>

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I<00:25:01.519><c> can</c><00:25:01.720><c> give</c><00:25:01.799><c> you</c><00:25:01.960><c> my</c><00:25:02.180><c> references.</c>

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The<00:25:03.799><c> speaker's</c><00:25:04.180><c> commentary</c><00:25:04.440><c> in</c><00:25:04.640><c> particular</c><00:25:05.240><c> says</c><00:25:05.900><c> that</c><00:25:06.140><c> this</c>

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refers<00:25:08.380><c> to</c><00:25:08.740><c> Paul's</c><00:25:09.240><c> rejoicing.</c>

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It<00:25:10.079><c> is</c><00:25:10.339><c> his</c><00:25:10.740><c> rejoicing</c><00:25:12.039><c> that</c><00:25:12.819><c> will</c><00:25:13.039><c> turn</c><00:25:13.279><c> out</c><00:25:13.480><c> to</c><00:25:13.599><c> his</c><00:25:13.700><c> salvation.</c>

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It<00:25:16.160><c> would</c><00:25:16.420><c> be</c><00:25:16.900><c> altogether</c><00:25:17.440><c> too</c><00:25:17.980><c> easy</c><00:25:18.339><c> for</c><00:25:18.599><c> Paul</c><00:25:18.819><c> to</c><00:25:18.960><c> have</c><00:25:19.079><c> been</c>

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swept<00:25:19.440><c> away</c><00:25:19.740><c> with</c><00:25:20.000><c> dismay,</c>

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especially<00:25:22.319><c> under</c><00:25:22.660><c> the</c><00:25:23.140><c> burden</c><00:25:23.400><c> of</c><00:25:23.619><c> the</c><00:25:23.779><c> care</c><00:25:23.940><c> of</c><00:25:24.099><c> all</c><00:25:24.259><c> the</c><00:25:24.420><c> ecclesias,</c>

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feeling<00:25:25.759><c> that</c><00:25:25.960><c> his</c><00:25:26.160><c> work</c><00:25:26.319><c> was</c><00:25:26.599><c> in</c><00:25:26.740><c> jeopardy.</c>

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Now,<00:25:30.519><c> this</c><00:25:30.720><c> isn't</c><00:25:30.980><c> just</c><00:25:31.400><c> mindless</c><00:25:31.940><c> optimism.</c>

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It's<00:25:34.480><c> not</c><00:25:34.680><c> Pollyanna.</c>

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It<00:25:36.839><c> is</c><00:25:37.099><c> his</c><00:25:37.380><c> rejoicing</c><00:25:37.960><c> that</c><00:25:38.099><c> will</c><00:25:38.259><c> turn</c><00:25:38.519><c> to</c><00:25:38.759><c> his</c><00:25:38.900><c> salvation,</c>

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but<00:25:40.019><c> through</c><00:25:40.599><c> the</c><00:25:40.839><c> work</c><00:25:41.339><c> of</c><00:25:42.259><c> the</c><00:25:42.480><c> Spirit</c><00:25:42.759><c> of</c><00:25:42.960><c> Christ.</c>

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Verse<00:25:44.099><c> 19.</c>

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I<00:25:45.940><c> know</c><00:25:46.259><c> that</c><00:25:46.440><c> this</c><00:25:46.619><c> shall</c><00:25:46.839><c> turn</c><00:25:47.079><c> to</c><00:25:47.259><c> my</c><00:25:47.440><c> salvation</c>

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through<00:25:48.599><c> your</c><00:25:49.019><c> prayer</c><00:25:49.460><c> and</c><00:25:50.160><c> the</c><00:25:50.400><c> supply</c><00:25:50.980><c> of</c><00:25:51.799><c> the</c><00:25:51.980><c> Spirit</c><00:25:52.359><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:25:52.900><c> Christ.</c>

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A<00:25:54.279><c> very</c><00:25:54.579><c> lovely</c><00:25:54.920><c> cross</c><00:25:55.259><c>-reference</c><00:25:55.599><c> for</c><00:25:55.819><c> this</c><00:25:56.039><c> verse</c><00:25:56.259><c> is</c><00:25:56.480><c> in</c><00:25:56.619><c> Romans</c><00:25:56.920><c> 8,</c>

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verse<00:25:58.039><c> 10.</c>

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I'd<00:25:59.079><c> like</c><00:25:59.160><c> to</c><00:25:59.299><c> read</c><00:25:59.400><c> it</c><00:25:59.539><c> to</c><00:25:59.559><c> you</c><00:25:59.660><c> from</c><00:25:59.839><c> the</c><00:26:00.000><c> Revised</c><00:26:00.319><c> Standard</c><00:26:00.660><c> Version.</c>

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It<00:26:02.220><c> says,</c>

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But<00:26:02.900><c> if</c><00:26:03.119><c> Christ</c><00:26:03.519><c> is</c><00:26:03.779><c> in</c><00:26:03.940><c> you,</c><00:26:05.099><c> although</c><00:26:05.420><c> your</c><00:26:05.660><c> bodies</c><00:26:06.039><c> are</c><00:26:06.319><c> dead</c><00:26:06.579><c> because</c><00:26:06.940><c> of</c><00:26:07.200><c> sin,</c>

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as<00:26:09.000><c> Paul</c><00:26:09.119><c> had</c><00:26:09.339><c> reason</c><00:26:09.579><c> to</c><00:26:09.759><c> fear</c><00:26:09.940><c> his</c><00:26:10.200><c> death,</c>

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your<00:26:11.420><c> spirits</c><00:26:11.859><c> are</c><00:26:12.140><c> alive</c><00:26:12.680><c> because</c><00:26:13.940><c> of</c><00:26:14.160><c> righteousness.</c>

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So<00:26:15.299><c> in</c><00:26:15.480><c> the</c><00:26:15.700><c> Spirit</c><00:26:15.920><c> of</c><00:26:16.079><c> Christ,</c><00:26:17.140><c> Paul</c><00:26:17.400><c> could</c><00:26:17.640><c> rejoice</c><00:26:17.980><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:26:18.799><c> was</c><00:26:18.960><c> being</c><00:26:19.240><c> preached.</c>

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He<00:26:20.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:20.240><c> be</c><00:26:20.480><c> brought</c><00:26:20.660><c> low</c><00:26:20.839><c> by</c><00:26:21.099><c> his</c><00:26:21.339><c> circumstances,</c>

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nor<00:26:23.000><c> by</c><00:26:23.200><c> the</c><00:26:23.460><c> hard</c><00:26:23.759><c>-heartedness</c><00:26:24.259><c> of</c><00:26:24.460><c> the</c><00:26:24.599><c> unholy</c><00:26:25.019><c> preachers.</c>

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Instead,<00:26:28.180><c> he'd</c><00:26:28.619><c> pray</c><00:26:29.140><c> that</c><00:26:30.279><c> the</c><00:26:30.519><c> word</c><00:26:30.819><c> of</c><00:26:31.099><c> Christ,</c>

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which<00:26:32.799><c> is</c><00:26:32.980><c> more</c><00:26:33.319><c> powerful</c><00:26:33.759><c> than</c><00:26:33.960><c> any</c><00:26:34.240><c> two</c><00:26:34.500><c>-edged</c><00:26:34.819><c> sword,</c>

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would<00:26:36.720><c> be</c><00:26:37.019><c> effective</c><00:26:37.660><c> despite</c><00:26:38.559><c> the</c><00:26:38.960><c> shortcomings</c><00:26:39.559><c> of</c><00:26:40.519><c> its</c><00:26:40.740><c> exponents.</c>

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The<00:26:43.079><c> word</c><00:26:43.359><c> of</c><00:26:43.599><c> Christ</c><00:26:43.839><c> is</c><00:26:44.240><c> sharper</c><00:26:44.619><c> than</c><00:26:44.819><c> any</c><00:26:45.119><c> two</c><00:26:45.319><c>-edged</c><00:26:45.619><c> sword,</c>

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and<00:26:47.500><c> we</c><00:26:47.640><c> should</c><00:26:47.839><c> rejoice</c><00:26:48.180><c> that</c><00:26:48.380><c> it's</c><00:26:48.660><c> preached.</c>

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How<00:26:51.559><c> can</c><00:26:51.740><c> we</c><00:26:51.859><c> learn</c><00:26:52.039><c> by</c><00:26:52.240><c> Paul's</c><00:26:52.700><c> example?</c>

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Paul<00:27:00.720><c> says</c><00:27:01.119><c> in</c><00:27:01.480><c> verse</c><00:27:01.799><c> 20</c><00:27:02.680><c> that</c><00:27:03.940><c> it</c><00:27:04.059><c> is</c><00:27:04.359><c> his</c><00:27:04.619><c> earnest</c><00:27:05.000><c> expectation</c><00:27:05.880><c> and</c><00:27:06.720><c> his</c><00:27:06.980><c> hope,</c>

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:11.329
his<00:27:08.160><c> elpus,</c><00:27:09.240><c> a</c><00:27:09.240><c> familiar</c><00:27:09.619><c> word</c><00:27:09.900><c> for</c><00:27:10.220><c> us</c><00:27:10.500><c> Christadelphians,</c>

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:16.119
that<00:27:12.759><c> in</c><00:27:12.940><c> nothing</c><00:27:13.279><c> I</c><00:27:13.519><c> shall</c><00:27:13.640><c> be</c><00:27:13.900><c> ashamed,</c><00:27:15.299><c> but</c><00:27:15.500><c> that</c><00:27:15.619><c> with</c><00:27:15.839><c> all</c>

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boldness,<00:27:16.740><c> as</c><00:27:17.119><c> always,</c>

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so<00:27:19.660><c> now</c><00:27:20.000><c> also</c><00:27:20.359><c> Christ</c><00:27:20.680><c> shall</c><00:27:20.900><c> be</c><00:27:21.119><c> magnified</c><00:27:21.619><c> in</c><00:27:21.779><c> my</c><00:27:22.000><c> body,</c>

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:27.279
whether<00:27:23.180><c> it</c><00:27:23.400><c> be</c><00:27:23.519><c> by</c><00:27:23.759><c> life</c><00:27:24.259><c> or</c><00:27:25.140><c> by</c><00:27:25.440><c> death.</c>

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Fine's<00:27:29.299><c> dictionary</c><00:27:29.740><c> says</c><00:27:30.160><c> that</c><00:27:30.819><c> the</c><00:27:31.259><c> earnest</c><00:27:31.539><c> expectation,</c>

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it's<00:27:32.880><c> actually</c><00:27:33.200><c> a</c><00:27:33.599><c> Greek</c><00:27:33.880><c> word</c><00:27:34.220><c> compounded</c><00:27:34.819><c> of</c><00:27:34.980><c> three</c><00:27:35.259><c> words,</c>

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:40.099
and<00:27:36.140><c> it</c><00:27:36.380><c> means</c><00:27:36.619><c> literally</c><00:27:37.059><c> a</c><00:27:37.500><c> watching</c><00:27:37.839><c> with</c><00:27:38.480><c> outstretched</c><00:27:39.140><c> head.</c>

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:42.440
So<00:27:40.539><c> I</c><00:27:40.640><c> guess</c><00:27:40.900><c> we</c><00:27:41.059><c> could</c><00:27:41.200><c> sort</c><00:27:41.319><c> of</c><00:27:41.460><c> try</c><00:27:41.539><c> to</c><00:27:41.680><c> do</c><00:27:41.740><c> that</c><00:27:41.940><c> like</c><00:27:42.180><c> this.</c>

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:45.180
You<00:27:42.599><c> have</c><00:27:42.740><c> to</c><00:27:43.220><c> outstretch</c><00:27:43.660><c> your</c><00:27:43.900><c> head</c><00:27:44.059><c> and</c><00:27:44.440><c> watch.</c>

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Maybe<00:27:46.880><c> sideways</c><00:27:47.440><c> isn't</c><00:27:47.720><c> the</c><00:27:47.880><c> right</c><00:27:48.019><c> way,</c><00:27:48.200><c> maybe</c><00:27:48.559><c> straight</c><00:27:48.799><c> ahead</c><00:27:49.000><c> is</c>

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.480
the<00:27:49.240><c> way.</c>

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But<00:27:50.339><c> then</c><00:27:50.539><c> you</c><00:27:50.640><c> couldn't</c><00:27:50.839><c> see</c><00:27:51.019><c> it</c><00:27:51.180><c> so</c><00:27:51.380><c> well.</c>

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.740
Paul<00:28:02.480><c> was</c><00:28:03.079><c> eagerly</c><00:28:03.880><c> hoping</c><00:28:04.099><c> for</c><00:28:04.380><c> what?</c>

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:07.680
That<00:28:05.279><c> he</c><00:28:05.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:05.920><c> have</c><00:28:06.140><c> any</c><00:28:06.400><c> reason</c><00:28:06.740><c> to</c><00:28:06.960><c> be</c><00:28:07.200><c> ashamed.</c>

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:10.099
1<00:28:08.339><c> John</c><00:28:08.619><c> chapter</c><00:28:08.940><c> 2</c><00:28:09.259><c> verse</c><00:28:09.579><c> 28,</c>

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:13.559
Now<00:28:10.539><c> little</c><00:28:10.900><c> children</c><00:28:11.200><c> abide</c><00:28:11.640><c> in</c><00:28:11.819><c> him,</c><00:28:12.519><c> that</c><00:28:12.579><c> when</c><00:28:12.740><c> he</c><00:28:12.920><c> shall</c><00:28:13.119><c> appear,</c>

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:17.559
we<00:28:14.000><c> may</c><00:28:14.220><c> have</c><00:28:14.559><c> confidence</c><00:28:15.140><c> and</c><00:28:15.759><c> not</c><00:28:16.059><c> be</c><00:28:16.380><c> ashamed</c><00:28:16.940><c> before</c><00:28:17.400><c> him</c>

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at<00:28:17.720><c> his</c><00:28:17.940><c> coming.</c>

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The<00:28:18.920><c> thing</c><00:28:19.119><c> he</c><00:28:19.259><c> would</c><00:28:19.420><c> have</c><00:28:19.539><c> been</c><00:28:19.740><c> ashamed</c><00:28:20.119><c> of</c><00:28:20.599><c> is</c><00:28:20.960><c> if</c><00:28:21.099><c> he</c><00:28:21.440><c> hadn't</c><00:28:21.799><c> preached</c><00:28:22.259><c> with</c>

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all<00:28:23.579><c> boldness.</c>

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Remember<00:28:27.119><c> in</c><00:28:27.400><c> Acts</c><00:28:27.660><c> chapter</c><00:28:27.980><c> 4,</c>

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:32.099
when<00:28:30.299><c> the</c><00:28:30.519><c> apostles</c><00:28:30.880><c> had</c><00:28:31.079><c> been</c><00:28:31.380><c> sternly</c><00:28:31.859><c> warned,</c>

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:35.819
we<00:28:32.380><c> don't</c><00:28:32.619><c> want</c><00:28:32.720><c> you</c><00:28:32.880><c> doing</c><00:28:33.079><c> any</c><00:28:33.319><c> more</c><00:28:33.519><c> preaching</c><00:28:33.880><c> in</c><00:28:34.660><c> that</c><00:28:34.920><c> name.</c>

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:40.400
They<00:28:38.400><c> got</c><00:28:38.619><c> back</c><00:28:38.880><c> together,</c><00:28:39.259><c> they'd</c><00:28:39.440><c> been</c><00:28:39.660><c> released</c><00:28:39.980><c> from</c><00:28:40.180><c> the</c>

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Sanhedrin,<00:28:40.960><c> Peter</c><00:28:41.240><c> and</c><00:28:41.420><c> John,</c>

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:45.400
and<00:28:43.180><c> they</c><00:28:43.680><c> got</c><00:28:43.819><c> back</c><00:28:44.059><c> together</c><00:28:44.400><c> with</c><00:28:44.599><c> the</c><00:28:44.759><c> brethren</c><00:28:45.000><c> and</c><00:28:45.160><c> they</c>

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prayed<00:28:45.640><c> this,</c>

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Now,<00:28:46.880><c> Lord,</c><00:28:47.400><c> behold</c><00:28:47.640><c> their</c><00:28:47.960><c> threatenings,</c><00:28:48.819><c> and</c><00:28:49.000><c> grant</c><00:28:49.299><c> unto</c>

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thy<00:28:49.859><c> servants,</c>

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that<00:28:51.079><c> with</c><00:28:51.339><c> all</c><00:28:51.599><c> boldness</c><00:28:52.220><c> they</c><00:28:53.240><c> may</c><00:28:53.480><c> speak</c><00:28:53.779><c> thy</c><00:28:54.079><c> word.</c>

00:28:55.720 --> 00:29:01.640
The<00:28:56.220><c> boldness</c><00:28:56.680><c> we</c><00:28:56.920><c> need</c><00:28:57.259><c> is</c><00:28:57.480><c> boldness</c><00:28:58.039><c> to,</c><00:28:58.900><c> I</c><00:28:59.220><c> suppose,</c><00:29:01.480><c> speak</c>

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:04.460
when<00:29:01.799><c> we're</c><00:29:02.019><c> afraid</c><00:29:02.259><c> we</c><00:29:02.400><c> might</c><00:29:02.599><c> be</c><00:29:02.839><c> ridiculed.</c>

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Personally,<00:29:09.299><c> I</c><00:29:09.380><c> suppose</c><00:29:09.700><c> I'd</c><00:29:09.900><c> rather</c><00:29:10.039><c> be</c><00:29:10.339><c> ridiculed</c><00:29:10.720><c> than</c>

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beat<00:29:11.160><c> up.</c>

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They<00:29:12.619><c> were</c><00:29:12.920><c> facing</c><00:29:13.420><c> being</c><00:29:14.039><c> severely</c><00:29:14.579><c> beaten.</c>

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:19.140
We<00:29:17.019><c> should</c><00:29:17.240><c> have</c><00:29:17.460><c> all</c><00:29:17.720><c> boldness,</c><00:29:18.059><c> and</c><00:29:18.240><c> especially</c><00:29:18.680><c> when</c><00:29:18.880><c> we</c>

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realize<00:29:19.519><c> what</c><00:29:19.880><c> the</c><00:29:20.200><c> benefit</c><00:29:20.480><c> is</c><00:29:21.019><c> for</c><00:29:21.299><c> those</c><00:29:21.519><c> who</c><00:29:21.759><c> hear</c><00:29:21.880><c> us.</c>

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:25.819
Acts<00:29:22.759><c> chapter</c><00:29:23.380><c> 28</c><00:29:23.980><c> tells</c><00:29:24.339><c> us</c><00:29:24.619><c> that</c><00:29:24.779><c> Paul</c><00:29:24.980><c> actually</c><00:29:25.400><c> did</c><00:29:25.579><c> have</c>

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:27.920
all<00:29:26.079><c> boldness</c><00:29:26.460><c> when</c><00:29:26.559><c> he</c><00:29:26.680><c> was</c><00:29:26.819><c> there</c><00:29:27.039><c> in</c><00:29:27.619><c> prison.</c>

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:31.839
The<00:29:28.500><c> last</c><00:29:28.920><c> verse</c><00:29:29.160><c> of</c><00:29:29.440><c> Acts,</c><00:29:30.180><c> describing</c><00:29:30.720><c> Paul's</c><00:29:31.380><c> status</c><00:29:31.599><c> in</c>

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Roman<00:29:32.119><c> imprisonment,</c>

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and<00:29:33.099><c> it's</c><00:29:33.319><c> these</c><00:29:33.519><c> same</c><00:29:33.799><c> words,</c><00:29:35.380><c> but</c><00:29:35.940><c> translated</c><00:29:36.380><c> a</c><00:29:36.519><c> little</c>

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bit<00:29:36.900><c> differently.</c>

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I<00:29:37.339><c> have</c><00:29:37.400><c> it</c><00:29:37.579><c> underlined</c><00:29:37.880><c> here</c><00:29:38.079><c> in</c><00:29:38.200><c> the</c><00:29:38.400><c> screen.</c>

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:43.880
Acts<00:29:39.619><c> 28</c><00:29:40.079><c> verse</c><00:29:40.339><c> 31,</c><00:29:41.319><c> the</c><00:29:41.380><c> last</c><00:29:41.920><c> verse,</c><00:29:42.500><c> preaching</c><00:29:42.859><c> the</c><00:29:43.079><c> kingdom</c><00:29:43.339><c> of</c><00:29:43.519><c> God,</c>

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teaching<00:29:44.380><c> those</c><00:29:44.700><c> things</c><00:29:44.980><c> which</c><00:29:45.279><c> concern</c><00:29:45.740><c> the</c><00:29:45.940><c> Lord</c><00:29:46.140><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:29:46.940><c> with</c><00:29:47.480><c> all</c><00:29:47.960><c> confidence.</c>

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That's<00:29:49.460><c> with</c><00:29:49.740><c> all</c><00:29:50.079><c> boldness,</c><00:29:51.920><c> no</c><00:29:52.059><c> man</c><00:29:52.299><c> forbidding</c><00:29:52.819><c> it.</c>

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:57.779
Paul<00:29:53.859><c> makes</c><00:29:54.160><c> the</c><00:29:54.440><c> same</c><00:29:54.839><c> in</c><00:29:55.339><c> a</c><00:29:55.579><c> request</c><00:29:55.859><c> for</c><00:29:56.220><c> prayer</c><00:29:56.460><c> at</c><00:29:56.700><c> the</c><00:29:56.779><c> end</c><00:29:56.940><c> of</c><00:29:57.180><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:01.200
He<00:29:58.240><c> says</c><00:29:58.539><c> that</c><00:29:58.920><c> they</c><00:29:59.119><c> should</c><00:29:59.259><c> be</c><00:29:59.519><c> praying</c><00:29:59.799><c> always</c><00:30:00.500><c> with</c><00:30:00.920><c> all</c>

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prayer<00:30:01.460><c> and</c><00:30:01.700><c> supplication</c><00:30:02.279><c> in</c><00:30:02.440><c> the</c><00:30:02.640><c> Spirit,</c>

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and<00:30:03.559><c> watching</c><00:30:03.880><c> thereunto</c><00:30:04.359><c> with</c><00:30:04.640><c> all</c><00:30:04.940><c> perseverance</c><00:30:05.799><c> and</c><00:30:06.160><c> supplication</c><00:30:06.700><c> for</c>

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all<00:30:07.140><c> saints,</c>

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and<00:30:08.160><c> for</c><00:30:08.400><c> him</c><00:30:08.839><c> that</c><00:30:09.319><c> utterance</c><00:30:09.740><c> may</c><00:30:09.920><c> be</c><00:30:10.059><c> given</c><00:30:10.220><c> unto</c><00:30:10.460><c> him,</c><00:30:11.299><c> that</c><00:30:11.420><c> I</c>

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may<00:30:11.759><c> open</c><00:30:12.000><c> my</c><00:30:12.240><c> mouth</c><00:30:12.519><c> boldly</c><00:30:12.980><c> to</c><00:30:13.140><c> make</c><00:30:13.359><c> known</c><00:30:13.519><c> the</c><00:30:13.680><c> mystery</c><00:30:13.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:14.279><c> gospel,</c>

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for<00:30:15.480><c> which</c><00:30:15.660><c> I</c><00:30:15.839><c> am</c><00:30:15.980><c> an</c><00:30:16.220><c> ambassador</c><00:30:16.619><c> in</c><00:30:17.000><c> bonds,</c><00:30:18.200><c> that</c><00:30:18.359><c> therein</c><00:30:18.720><c> I</c>

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:22.880
may<00:30:19.099><c> speak</c><00:30:19.680><c> boldly</c><00:30:20.799><c> as</c><00:30:21.200><c> I</c><00:30:21.420><c> ought</c><00:30:21.579><c> to</c><00:30:21.920><c> speak.</c>

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And<00:30:23.460><c> it</c><00:30:23.599><c> was</c><00:30:23.940><c> as</c><00:30:24.420><c> always</c><00:30:24.940><c> that</c><00:30:25.240><c> this</c><00:30:25.480><c> boldness</c><00:30:25.819><c> should</c><00:30:26.019><c> be</c><00:30:26.200><c> shown,</c><00:30:26.400><c> whether</c><00:30:26.619><c> in</c>

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life<00:30:27.140><c> or</c><00:30:27.339><c> in</c><00:30:27.579><c> death.</c>

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There<00:30:28.359><c> was</c><00:30:28.539><c> only</c><00:30:28.859><c> one</c><00:30:29.180><c> goal.</c>

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There<00:30:31.220><c> was</c><00:30:31.339><c> only</c><00:30:31.559><c> one</c><00:30:31.759><c> outcome</c><00:30:32.039><c> that</c><00:30:32.200><c> he</c><00:30:32.380><c> dreaded.</c>

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He<00:30:34.119><c> must</c><00:30:34.500><c> glorify</c><00:30:35.000><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:30:37.619><c> how</c><00:30:37.859><c> about</c><00:30:38.119><c> us?</c>

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Can<00:30:40.759><c> we</c><00:30:41.039><c> say,</c><00:30:41.539><c> for</c><00:30:42.000><c> to</c><00:30:42.240><c> me</c><00:30:42.460><c> to</c><00:30:42.660><c> live</c><00:30:43.000><c> is</c><00:30:43.259><c> Christ</c><00:30:43.640><c> and</c><00:30:43.839><c> to</c><00:30:44.019><c> die</c><00:30:44.180><c> is</c><00:30:44.440><c> gain?</c>

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Is<00:30:46.220><c> Christ</c><00:30:46.779><c> an</c><00:30:47.339><c> interest?</c>

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Paul<00:30:52.480><c> gives</c><00:30:52.700><c> us</c><00:30:52.920><c> a</c><00:30:52.980><c> wonderful</c><00:30:53.359><c> example</c><00:30:53.759><c> here.</c>

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:56.920
I<00:30:54.680><c> like</c><00:30:54.900><c> the</c><00:30:55.099><c> King</c><00:30:55.279><c> James</c><00:30:55.599><c> because</c><00:30:55.859><c> it</c><00:30:56.099><c> tends</c><00:30:56.240><c> to</c><00:30:56.420><c> be</c><00:30:56.539><c> fairly</c>

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.180
literal<00:30:57.180><c> in</c><00:30:57.400><c> its</c><00:30:57.680><c> translation,</c>

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:01.519
and<00:30:58.420><c> it</c><00:30:58.539><c> uses</c><00:30:58.779><c> the</c><00:30:58.980><c> word</c><00:30:59.539><c> magnified</c><00:31:00.559><c> in</c><00:31:00.720><c> verse</c><00:31:01.000><c> 20.</c>

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:03.259
So<00:31:02.240><c> I</c><00:31:02.319><c> have</c><00:31:02.480><c> an</c><00:31:02.660><c> object</c><00:31:02.920><c> lesson.</c>

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:07.599
I<00:31:03.839><c> gave</c><00:31:04.160><c> Brother</c><00:31:04.519><c> Paul</c><00:31:04.799><c> Labs</c><00:31:05.099><c> a</c><00:31:05.519><c> stack</c><00:31:05.859><c> of</c><00:31:06.099><c> $50</c><00:31:06.500><c> bills</c><00:31:06.900><c> that</c><00:31:07.180><c> maybe</c><00:31:07.440><c> he</c>

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:09.200
can<00:31:07.839><c> pass</c><00:31:08.059><c> out</c><00:31:08.319><c> now.</c>

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:12.319
They<00:31:10.940><c> seem</c><00:31:11.180><c> to</c><00:31:11.299><c> have</c><00:31:11.440><c> disappeared.</c>

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:15.980
But<00:31:12.339><c> just</c><00:31:13.519><c> in</c><00:31:13.700><c> case</c><00:31:13.839><c> something</c><00:31:14.220><c> bad</c><00:31:14.420><c> like</c><00:31:14.640><c> that</c><00:31:14.880><c> happened,</c><00:31:15.759><c> I</c>

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.140
brought<00:31:16.140><c> one</c><00:31:16.319><c> along.</c>

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:19.680
And<00:31:17.720><c> if</c><00:31:17.799><c> you</c><00:31:17.960><c> have</c><00:31:18.079><c> any</c><00:31:18.240><c> in</c><00:31:18.319><c> your</c><00:31:18.559><c> pocket,</c><00:31:18.819><c> you</c><00:31:18.880><c> can</c><00:31:19.339><c> pull</c><00:31:19.519><c> them</c>

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.839
out<00:31:19.819><c> at</c><00:31:19.940><c> this</c><00:31:20.140><c> point.</c>

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:28.000
Now,<00:31:21.940><c> in</c><00:31:22.140><c> an</c><00:31:22.380><c> effort</c><00:31:22.559><c> to</c><00:31:23.200><c> confound</c><00:31:24.579><c> the</c><00:31:25.200><c> efforts</c><00:31:25.539><c> of</c><00:31:26.859><c> counterfeiters,</c>

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:32.519
the<00:31:28.259><c> United</c><00:31:28.619><c> States</c><00:31:28.960><c> government</c><00:31:29.980><c> got</c><00:31:30.720><c> a</c><00:31:31.039><c> clever</c><00:31:31.319><c> idea.</c>

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:37.400
They<00:31:34.460><c> have</c><00:31:34.980><c> micro</c><00:31:35.420><c> printing</c><00:31:35.740><c> on</c><00:31:36.140><c> a</c><00:31:36.220><c> lot</c><00:31:36.380><c> of</c><00:31:36.500><c> the</c><00:31:36.619><c> bills,</c><00:31:36.880><c> especially</c><00:31:37.200><c> the</c>

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.240
high<00:31:37.599><c> denominations.</c>

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:42.299
And<00:31:38.579><c> if</c><00:31:39.079><c> anybody</c><00:31:39.400><c> here</c><00:31:39.740><c> happens</c><00:31:39.920><c> to</c><00:31:40.059><c> have</c><00:31:40.180><c> a</c><00:31:40.359><c> $50</c><00:31:40.700><c> bill,</c><00:31:42.000><c> I</c>

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.000
would<00:31:42.480><c> have</c><00:31:42.660><c> brought</c><00:31:42.819><c> one,</c>

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:45.339
but<00:31:43.180><c> I</c><00:31:43.279><c> haven't</c><00:31:43.420><c> seen</c><00:31:43.640><c> one</c><00:31:43.779><c> for</c><00:31:43.960><c> a</c><00:31:44.000><c> long</c><00:31:44.240><c> time.</c>

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:51.680
But<00:31:48.160><c> if</c><00:31:48.420><c> you</c><00:31:48.640><c> look</c><00:31:48.920><c> on</c><00:31:49.460><c> General</c><00:31:49.900><c> Grant,</c><00:31:50.220><c> or</c><00:31:50.339><c> I</c><00:31:50.339><c> guess</c><00:31:50.539><c> President</c><00:31:50.900><c> Grant's</c>

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.700
collar,<00:31:52.539><c> right</c><00:31:52.779><c> turned</c><00:31:53.220><c> here,</c>

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:56.079
and<00:31:54.019><c> if</c><00:31:54.119><c> you</c><00:31:54.279><c> have</c><00:31:54.420><c> a</c><00:31:54.579><c> good</c><00:31:54.799><c> magnifying</c><00:31:55.299><c> glass,</c><00:31:55.640><c> you</c><00:31:55.720><c> can</c><00:31:55.980><c> see</c>

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:58.480
that<00:31:56.220><c> there's</c><00:31:56.420><c> actually</c><00:31:56.660><c> something</c><00:31:56.960><c> written</c><00:31:57.240><c> there.</c>

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:02.519
Since<00:32:00.500><c> maybe</c><00:32:01.019><c> you</c><00:32:01.359><c> won't</c><00:32:01.599><c> be</c><00:32:01.720><c> able</c><00:32:01.859><c> to</c><00:32:01.940><c> see</c><00:32:01.940><c> it,</c><00:32:02.059><c> I</c><00:32:02.099><c> have</c><00:32:02.259><c> it</c>

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:05.200
actually<00:32:03.200><c> highlighted</c><00:32:03.640><c> here.</c>

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:10.539
It<00:32:08.460><c> doesn't</c><00:32:08.759><c> actually</c><00:32:09.140><c> say</c><00:32:09.359><c> made</c><00:32:09.599><c> in</c><00:32:09.720><c> Japan.</c>

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:18.539
It<00:32:14.200><c> actually</c><00:32:14.500><c> says</c><00:32:16.900><c> the</c><00:32:17.200><c> United</c><00:32:17.440><c> States</c><00:32:17.700><c> of</c><00:32:17.819><c> America.</c>

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:22.880
And<00:32:19.539><c> it's</c><00:32:19.759><c> an</c><00:32:20.000><c> identifying</c><00:32:20.539><c> feature</c><00:32:21.220><c> on</c><00:32:21.519><c> that</c><00:32:21.819><c> bill</c><00:32:22.140><c> of</c><00:32:22.619><c> where</c>

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:24.339
it<00:32:23.059><c> comes</c><00:32:23.400><c> from.</c>

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:27.559
And<00:32:25.440><c> we</c><00:32:25.619><c> need</c><00:32:25.799><c> to</c><00:32:25.940><c> take</c><00:32:26.079><c> the</c><00:32:26.339><c> magnifying</c><00:32:26.759><c> glass</c><00:32:27.059><c> to</c><00:32:27.220><c> be</c><00:32:27.400><c> able</c>

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:29.240
to<00:32:27.779><c> see</c><00:32:27.920><c> it.</c>

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:33.200
But<00:32:31.339><c> how</c><00:32:31.900><c> is</c><00:32:32.059><c> it</c><00:32:32.180><c> with</c><00:32:32.299><c> us?</c>

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:36.859
Is<00:32:33.519><c> Christ</c><00:32:33.900><c> written</c><00:32:34.160><c> in</c><00:32:34.500><c> such</c><00:32:35.019><c> tiny</c><00:32:35.519><c> little</c><00:32:35.799><c> letters</c><00:32:36.119><c> that</c><00:32:36.339><c> people</c><00:32:36.559><c> have</c><00:32:36.720><c> to</c>

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:38.900
take<00:32:36.960><c> the</c><00:32:37.220><c> magnifying</c><00:32:37.559><c> glass</c><00:32:37.799><c> out</c><00:32:38.000><c> to</c><00:32:38.220><c> see</c><00:32:38.339><c> it</c><00:32:38.519><c> on</c><00:32:38.640><c> us?</c>

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:41.660
Or<00:32:39.480><c> is</c><00:32:39.619><c> Christ</c><00:32:39.900><c> magnified</c><00:32:40.619><c> in</c><00:32:40.799><c> us?</c>

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:44.819
My<00:32:42.720><c> soul</c><00:32:43.279><c> doth</c><00:32:43.599><c> magnify</c><00:32:44.180><c> the</c><00:32:44.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:48.480
The<00:32:45.700><c> Lord's</c><00:32:46.039><c> made</c><00:32:46.279><c> big</c><00:32:46.880><c> in</c><00:32:47.700><c> me.</c>

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.380
Paul<00:32:49.220><c> was</c><00:32:49.599><c> not</c><00:32:49.819><c> afraid</c><00:32:50.240><c> whatsoever.</c>

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:54.940
In<00:32:51.900><c> fact,</c><00:32:52.019><c> he</c><00:32:52.160><c> could</c><00:32:52.299><c> say,</c><00:32:52.640><c> for</c><00:32:52.680><c> me</c><00:32:52.900><c> to</c><00:32:53.160><c> live</c><00:32:53.500><c> is</c><00:32:53.859><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:01.319
So<00:32:58.000><c> what</c><00:32:58.079><c> comes</c><00:32:58.359><c> next</c><00:32:58.680><c> in</c><00:32:58.920><c> verses</c><00:32:59.599><c> 21</c><00:33:00.339><c> to</c><00:33:00.539><c> 26?</c>

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:05.720
It's<00:33:02.839><c> a</c><00:33:03.019><c> passage</c><00:33:03.299><c> that's</c><00:33:03.579><c> kind</c><00:33:03.740><c> of</c><00:33:03.940><c> a</c><00:33:04.039><c> bit</c><00:33:04.119><c> of</c><00:33:04.359><c> a</c><00:33:04.500><c> strange</c><00:33:04.720><c> one.</c>

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:10.200
It's<00:33:06.180><c> capable</c><00:33:06.579><c> of</c><00:33:06.880><c> all</c><00:33:07.059><c> sorts</c><00:33:07.359><c> of</c><00:33:08.960><c> misinterpretation.</c>

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:13.500
A<00:33:11.259><c> favorite</c><00:33:11.599><c> rest</c><00:33:11.920><c> in</c><00:33:12.059><c> scripture.</c>

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:23.380
What<00:33:18.539><c> Paul</c><00:33:18.799><c> says</c><00:33:19.259><c> is,</c><00:33:20.279><c> for</c><00:33:20.299><c> to</c><00:33:20.859><c> me</c><00:33:21.039><c> to</c><00:33:21.279><c> live</c><00:33:21.539><c> is</c><00:33:21.759><c> Christ,</c><00:33:23.259><c> and</c>

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:25.180
to<00:33:23.599><c> die</c><00:33:23.880><c> is</c><00:33:24.259><c> gain.</c>

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:31.240
If<00:33:26.859><c> I</c><00:33:27.119><c> live</c><00:33:27.319><c> in</c><00:33:27.500><c> the</c><00:33:27.740><c> flesh,</c><00:33:29.160><c> this</c><00:33:29.420><c> is</c><00:33:29.680><c> the</c><00:33:29.839><c> fruit</c><00:33:29.940><c> of</c><00:33:30.140><c> my</c><00:33:30.359><c> labor.</c>

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:34.319
Yet<00:33:31.759><c> what</c><00:33:31.980><c> I</c><00:33:32.359><c> choose,</c><00:33:33.319><c> I</c><00:33:33.500><c> want</c><00:33:33.759><c> not.</c>

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:38.240
For<00:33:34.960><c> I</c><00:33:35.160><c> am</c><00:33:35.319><c> in</c><00:33:35.500><c> a</c><00:33:35.640><c> straight</c><00:33:35.859><c> betwixt</c><00:33:36.299><c> two,</c><00:33:37.440><c> having</c><00:33:37.700><c> a</c><00:33:37.920><c> desire</c>

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:42.720
to<00:33:38.559><c> depart</c><00:33:38.859><c> and</c><00:33:39.539><c> to</c><00:33:39.720><c> be</c><00:33:39.839><c> with</c><00:33:40.059><c> Christ,</c><00:33:41.180><c> which</c><00:33:41.359><c> is</c><00:33:41.579><c> far</c><00:33:41.720><c> better.</c>

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:46.640
Nevertheless,<00:33:43.920><c> to</c><00:33:44.079><c> abide</c><00:33:44.400><c> in</c><00:33:44.579><c> the</c><00:33:44.839><c> flesh</c><00:33:45.200><c> is</c><00:33:45.940><c> more</c><00:33:46.259><c> needful</c>

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.140
for<00:33:46.839><c> you.</c>

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:49.920
And<00:33:47.480><c> having</c><00:33:47.700><c> this</c><00:33:48.000><c> confidence,</c><00:33:48.420><c> I</c><00:33:48.619><c> know</c><00:33:48.839><c> that</c><00:33:49.039><c> I</c><00:33:49.220><c> shall</c><00:33:49.380><c> abide</c>

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:55.720
and<00:33:50.519><c> continue</c><00:33:51.000><c> with</c><00:33:51.259><c> you</c><00:33:51.539><c> all</c><00:33:52.059><c> for</c><00:33:52.579><c> your</c><00:33:52.880><c> furtherance</c><00:33:53.640><c> and</c><00:33:54.180><c> joy</c><00:33:54.440><c> of</c><00:33:54.759><c> faith.</c>

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:59.660
Paul<00:33:57.740><c> seems</c><00:33:58.039><c> to</c><00:33:58.180><c> be</c><00:33:58.299><c> debating</c><00:33:58.579><c> with</c><00:33:58.779><c> himself</c><00:33:59.079><c> about</c><00:33:59.319><c> whether</c>

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:02.700
he<00:34:00.299><c> would</c><00:34:00.440><c> go</c><00:34:00.680><c> on</c><00:34:00.859><c> living</c><00:34:01.059><c> or</c><00:34:01.299><c> whether</c><00:34:01.440><c> he'll</c><00:34:01.720><c> die.</c>

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:06.599
And<00:34:03.279><c> when</c><00:34:03.440><c> he</c><00:34:03.599><c> says</c><00:34:03.900><c> to</c><00:34:04.259><c> depart</c><00:34:04.640><c> and</c><00:34:04.839><c> to</c><00:34:04.940><c> be</c><00:34:05.039><c> with</c><00:34:05.180><c> Christ,</c><00:34:06.279><c> this</c><00:34:06.440><c> is</c>

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.359
one<00:34:06.759><c> of</c><00:34:06.839><c> the</c><00:34:07.039><c> passages,</c>

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:11.400
one<00:34:07.680><c> of</c><00:34:07.799><c> the</c><00:34:08.179><c> few</c><00:34:08.380><c> passages</c><00:34:08.920><c> that</c><00:34:09.980><c> evangelicals</c><00:34:10.800><c> can</c><00:34:10.980><c> come</c><00:34:11.179><c> up</c>

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:14.019
with<00:34:11.559><c> to</c><00:34:11.820><c> support</c><00:34:12.099><c> the</c><00:34:12.440><c> idea</c><00:34:12.579><c> of</c><00:34:12.760><c> the</c><00:34:12.900><c> immortality</c><00:34:13.380><c> of</c><00:34:13.559><c> the</c><00:34:13.719><c> soul,</c>

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.179
and<00:34:14.239><c> that</c><00:34:14.340><c> you</c><00:34:14.400><c> go</c><00:34:14.559><c> to</c><00:34:14.679><c> heaven</c><00:34:14.860><c> when</c><00:34:15.059><c> you</c><00:34:15.219><c> die.</c>

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:21.179
How<00:34:19.159><c> do</c><00:34:19.239><c> we</c><00:34:19.460><c> explain</c><00:34:19.679><c> this</c><00:34:20.199><c> to</c><00:34:20.400><c> people?</c>

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:28.019
In<00:34:22.380><c> fact,</c><00:34:22.780><c> just</c><00:34:23.579><c> a</c><00:34:23.719><c> couple</c><00:34:23.820><c> of</c><00:34:24.000><c> weeks</c><00:34:24.099><c> ago,</c><00:34:24.820><c> with</c><00:34:25.059><c> some</c><00:34:25.280><c> interested</c><00:34:25.619><c> friends</c><00:34:26.019><c> that</c><00:34:26.900><c> Carol</c><00:34:27.199><c> and</c><00:34:27.659><c> I</c>

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.519
are<00:34:28.199><c> teaching,</c>

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:32.380
this<00:34:29.159><c> very</c><00:34:29.420><c> passage</c><00:34:29.960><c> came</c><00:34:30.719><c> up,</c><00:34:31.239><c> and</c><00:34:31.500><c> they</c><00:34:31.780><c> wanted</c><00:34:32.000><c> to</c><00:34:32.239><c> know.</c>

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:35.360
And<00:34:32.639><c> what</c><00:34:32.900><c> we</c><00:34:33.059><c> could</c><00:34:33.239><c> say</c><00:34:33.400><c> to</c><00:34:33.460><c> them</c><00:34:33.559><c> was,</c><00:34:34.039><c> well,</c><00:34:34.340><c> you</c><00:34:34.519><c> know,</c><00:34:34.579><c> we've</c><00:34:34.840><c> looked</c><00:34:35.039><c> at</c>

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:37.280
1<00:34:35.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:35.900><c> 15,</c>

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:43.199
which<00:34:37.679><c> is</c><00:34:37.940><c> Paul's</c><00:34:39.039><c> profound</c><00:34:39.639><c> and</c><00:34:40.219><c> deep</c><00:34:40.800><c> exposition</c><00:34:41.639><c> of</c><00:34:42.059><c> the</c><00:34:42.219><c> resurrection.</c>

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:46.420
And<00:34:44.059><c> it</c><00:34:44.239><c> certainly</c><00:34:44.480><c> can't</c><00:34:44.739><c> be</c><00:34:44.920><c> that</c><00:34:45.099><c> here</c><00:34:45.320><c> in</c><00:34:45.539><c> Philippians</c><00:34:45.980><c> he's</c><00:34:46.159><c> going</c><00:34:46.300><c> to</c>

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:48.460
sort<00:34:46.559><c> of</c><00:34:46.739><c> haphazardly</c><00:34:47.500><c> throw</c><00:34:47.780><c> away</c>

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:54.360
the<00:34:49.440><c> carefully</c><00:34:49.900><c> built</c><00:34:50.219><c> up</c><00:34:50.579><c> description</c><00:34:51.159><c> of</c><00:34:52.139><c> the</c><00:34:52.480><c> reward</c><00:34:53.000><c> coming</c><00:34:53.480><c> at</c>

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.500
the<00:34:54.559><c> coming</c><00:34:54.780><c> of</c><00:34:55.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:58.659
So<00:34:56.139><c> also</c><00:34:56.579><c> those</c><00:34:56.920><c> that</c><00:34:57.139><c> are</c><00:34:57.380><c> Christ's</c><00:34:58.000><c> at</c><00:34:58.119><c> His</c><00:34:58.420><c> coming.</c>

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:02.639
He's<00:34:58.960><c> the</c><00:34:59.320><c> firstfruits</c><00:34:59.820><c> of</c><00:34:59.980><c> those</c><00:35:00.260><c> that</c><00:35:00.579><c> sleep,</c><00:35:01.900><c> that</c><00:35:02.260><c> those</c>

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:06.340
who<00:35:03.119><c> have</c><00:35:04.679><c> died</c><00:35:05.440><c> are</c><00:35:05.820><c> asleep.</c>

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:10.659
So<00:35:06.719><c> he's</c><00:35:07.219><c> certainly</c><00:35:07.679><c> not</c><00:35:08.119><c> contradicting</c><00:35:08.780><c> his</c><00:35:09.519><c> clear</c><00:35:09.840><c> teachings</c><00:35:10.219><c> on</c><00:35:10.500><c> the</c>

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.840
death<00:35:10.880><c> state.</c>

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:15.780
Let's<00:35:13.159><c> just</c><00:35:13.320><c> have</c><00:35:13.460><c> a</c><00:35:13.519><c> look</c><00:35:13.639><c> over</c><00:35:13.860><c> 1</c><00:35:14.059><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:14.440><c> 15.</c>

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:34.119
The<00:35:28.239><c> fact</c><00:35:28.320><c> is,</c><00:35:28.699><c> this</c><00:35:28.739><c> chapter,</c><00:35:31.719><c> Paul's</c><00:35:32.139><c> saying</c><00:35:32.260><c> that</c><00:35:32.639><c> the</c><00:35:33.559><c> teaching</c><00:35:33.920><c> of</c>

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.719
the<00:35:34.320><c> resurrection</c>

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:38.340
is<00:35:35.099><c> absolutely</c><00:35:35.760><c> fundamental</c><00:35:36.599><c> to</c><00:35:37.760><c> the</c><00:35:37.900><c> gospel.</c>

00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:40.539
That<00:35:38.920><c> if</c><00:35:39.000><c> we</c><00:35:39.119><c> don't</c><00:35:39.260><c> believe</c><00:35:39.460><c> in</c><00:35:39.599><c> the</c><00:35:39.780><c> resurrection,</c><00:35:40.380><c> then</c>

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:42.179
everything<00:35:40.860><c> falls</c><00:35:41.219><c> apart.</c>

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:47.300
This<00:35:42.460><c> is</c><00:35:42.780><c> absolutely</c><00:35:43.400><c> fundamental,</c><00:35:44.440><c> and</c><00:35:44.719><c> any</c><00:35:44.960><c> other</c><00:35:45.280><c> explanation</c><00:35:45.860><c> is</c><00:35:47.000><c> just</c>

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.360
plain<00:35:47.480><c> wrong.</c>

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:54.639
Those<00:35:48.880><c> who</c><00:35:49.320><c> had</c><00:35:50.980><c> seen</c><00:35:52.380><c> the</c><00:35:52.599><c> risen</c><00:35:52.820><c> Lord</c><00:35:53.260><c> in</c><00:35:53.559><c> verse</c><00:35:53.900><c> 6,</c>

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:59.199
there<00:35:55.159><c> were</c><00:35:55.440><c> 500</c><00:35:55.900><c> witnesses</c><00:35:56.460><c> who</c><00:35:57.480><c> had</c><00:35:57.699><c> seen</c><00:35:57.860><c> Him</c><00:35:58.019><c> at</c><00:35:58.280><c> once.</c>

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:03.119
The<00:35:59.599><c> greater</c><00:35:59.840><c> part</c><00:36:00.139><c> of</c><00:36:00.300><c> them</c><00:36:00.599><c> were</c><00:36:01.019><c> still</c><00:36:01.380><c> alive,</c><00:36:01.920><c> but</c><00:36:02.659><c> some</c>

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:06.420
had<00:36:03.699><c> fallen</c><00:36:04.019><c> asleep,</c><00:36:04.659><c> verse</c><00:36:05.099><c> 6.</c>

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:10.639
Those<00:36:07.420><c> same</c><00:36:07.820><c> folks,</c><00:36:08.179><c> he's</c><00:36:08.440><c> talking</c><00:36:08.719><c> about</c><00:36:08.900><c> them</c><00:36:09.059><c> in</c><00:36:09.179><c> verse</c><00:36:09.400><c> 18,</c>

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:15.960
they<00:36:10.920><c> also</c><00:36:11.300><c> which</c><00:36:11.460><c> are</c><00:36:11.679><c> fallen</c><00:36:11.940><c> asleep</c><00:36:12.480><c> in</c><00:36:12.860><c> Christ</c><00:36:13.260><c> are</c><00:36:13.599><c> perished</c><00:36:14.039><c> if</c><00:36:14.340><c> there's</c><00:36:14.639><c> no</c><00:36:14.880><c> resurrection.</c>

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:20.579
Verse<00:36:16.699><c> 51,</c><00:36:19.139><c> behold,</c><00:36:19.559><c> I</c><00:36:19.760><c> show</c><00:36:19.900><c> you</c><00:36:20.099><c> a</c><00:36:20.219><c> mystery.</c>

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:25.420
We<00:36:20.880><c> shall</c><00:36:21.119><c> not</c><00:36:21.460><c> all</c><00:36:21.900><c> sleep,</c><00:36:23.000><c> but</c><00:36:23.300><c> we</c><00:36:23.500><c> all</c><00:36:23.739><c> shall</c><00:36:23.900><c> be</c><00:36:24.199><c> changed</c><00:36:24.699><c> in</c><00:36:24.980><c> a</c><00:36:25.159><c> moment</c>

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:28.440
in<00:36:26.019><c> the</c><00:36:26.179><c> twinkling</c><00:36:26.460><c> of</c><00:36:26.679><c> the</c><00:36:26.900><c> eye</c><00:36:27.039><c> of</c><00:36:27.239><c> the</c><00:36:27.340><c> last</c><00:36:27.599><c> trump.</c>

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:33.380
There's<00:36:29.500><c> also</c><00:36:29.800><c> Paul's</c><00:36:30.539><c> clear</c><00:36:30.760><c> teaching</c><00:36:31.099><c> on</c><00:36:31.300><c> the</c><00:36:31.519><c> resurrection</c><00:36:32.019><c> that</c><00:36:32.860><c> we</c><00:36:33.039><c> have</c><00:36:33.159><c> in</c>

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:35.159
1<00:36:33.539><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:39.940
I<00:36:35.460><c> suppose</c><00:36:35.860><c> in</c><00:36:37.079><c> the</c><00:36:37.320><c> first</c><00:36:37.559><c> century</c><00:36:37.860><c> with</c><00:36:38.079><c> the</c><00:36:38.659><c> hope</c><00:36:38.960><c> that</c><00:36:39.179><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.539><c> would</c><00:36:39.719><c> be</c>

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.840
coming<00:36:40.139><c> so</c><00:36:40.420><c> very</c><00:36:40.800><c> soon,</c>

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:45.920
and<00:36:42.599><c> with</c><00:36:42.820><c> some</c><00:36:43.039><c> brothers</c><00:36:43.300><c> and</c><00:36:43.559><c> sisters</c><00:36:44.219><c> falling</c><00:36:44.800><c> asleep,</c>

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:48.960
there<00:36:46.800><c> was</c><00:36:47.019><c> no</c><00:36:47.280><c> need</c><00:36:47.599><c> for</c><00:36:47.940><c> encouragement</c><00:36:48.420><c> that</c><00:36:48.639><c> they</c><00:36:48.780><c> would</c>

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.820
be<00:36:49.139><c> raised</c><00:36:49.400><c> again.</c>

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:55.880
So<00:36:50.340><c> 1</c><00:36:50.579><c> Thessalonians</c><00:36:51.340><c> 4,</c><00:36:51.880><c> verse</c><00:36:52.039><c> 13,</c><00:36:54.360><c> Paul</c><00:36:54.539><c> teaches</c><00:36:54.940><c> about</c><00:36:55.219><c> what</c><00:36:55.480><c> happens</c><00:36:55.699><c> to</c>

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:57.260
us<00:36:56.000><c> when</c><00:36:56.119><c> we</c><00:36:56.360><c> die.</c>

00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:01.280
He<00:36:57.559><c> says,</c><00:36:57.820><c> I</c><00:36:57.820><c> would</c><00:36:58.079><c> not</c><00:36:58.300><c> have</c><00:36:58.480><c> you</c><00:36:58.639><c> to</c><00:36:58.760><c> be</c><00:36:59.000><c> ignorant,</c><00:36:59.460><c> brethren,</c><00:37:00.679><c> concerning</c><00:37:00.900><c> them</c>

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:02.599
that<00:37:01.460><c> are</c><00:37:01.619><c> asleep,</c>

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:06.199
that<00:37:03.179><c> ye</c><00:37:03.440><c> sorrow</c><00:37:03.719><c> not</c><00:37:03.940><c> even</c><00:37:04.199><c> as</c><00:37:04.460><c> others</c><00:37:04.679><c> which</c><00:37:04.900><c> have</c><00:37:05.099><c> no</c><00:37:05.320><c> hope.</c>

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:10.860
For<00:37:07.440><c> if</c><00:37:07.719><c> we</c><00:37:07.960><c> believe</c><00:37:08.239><c> that</c><00:37:08.440><c> Jesus</c><00:37:08.820><c> died</c><00:37:09.260><c> and</c><00:37:09.460><c> rose</c><00:37:09.739><c> again,</c>

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:16.239
even<00:37:11.619><c> so</c><00:37:12.039><c> them</c><00:37:12.219><c> also</c><00:37:12.719><c> which</c><00:37:13.179><c> sleep</c><00:37:13.719><c> in</c><00:37:14.179><c> Jesus</c><00:37:14.960><c> will</c><00:37:15.679><c> God</c><00:37:15.980><c> bring</c>

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.960
with<00:37:16.559><c> Him.</c>

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:20.179
For<00:37:17.460><c> this</c><00:37:17.639><c> we</c><00:37:17.860><c> say</c><00:37:18.019><c> unto</c><00:37:18.280><c> you</c><00:37:18.400><c> by</c><00:37:18.619><c> the</c><00:37:18.820><c> word</c><00:37:18.960><c> of</c><00:37:19.119><c> the</c><00:37:19.300><c> Lord,</c>

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:23.480
that<00:37:20.659><c> we</c><00:37:21.320><c> which</c><00:37:21.539><c> are</c><00:37:21.780><c> alive</c><00:37:22.159><c> and</c><00:37:22.420><c> remain</c><00:37:22.719><c> unto</c><00:37:22.940><c> the</c><00:37:23.119><c> coming</c><00:37:23.280><c> of</c>

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.039
the<00:37:23.639><c> Lord</c>

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:27.960
shall<00:37:24.460><c> not</c><00:37:24.739><c> go</c><00:37:24.980><c> before</c><00:37:25.300><c> those</c><00:37:25.920><c> who</c><00:37:26.739><c> are</c><00:37:26.960><c> asleep.</c>

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:34.460
So<00:37:29.119><c> Paul</c><00:37:29.440><c> has</c><00:37:29.679><c> very</c><00:37:30.099><c> clearly</c><00:37:30.519><c> taught</c><00:37:31.159><c> about</c><00:37:32.340><c> the</c><00:37:33.000><c> resurrection</c><00:37:33.920><c> there.</c>

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:39.500
So<00:37:34.679><c> he's</c><00:37:35.139><c> not</c><00:37:35.659><c> contradicting</c><00:37:36.360><c> in</c><00:37:36.579><c> Philippians</c><00:37:37.039><c> 1,</c><00:37:38.039><c> verse</c><00:37:38.380><c> 21</c>

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.139
to<00:37:39.719><c> 26.</c>

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:42.820
He's<00:37:40.400><c> not</c><00:37:40.679><c> contradicting.</c><00:37:41.420><c> He</c><00:37:41.639><c> certainly</c><00:37:41.880><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:42.039><c> be</c><00:37:42.320><c> contradicting</c><00:37:42.699><c> what</c>

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.860
he's<00:37:43.059><c> saying.</c>

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:47.619
Instead<00:37:44.599><c> I</c><00:37:44.739><c> think</c><00:37:44.940><c> the</c><00:37:45.179><c> simple</c><00:37:45.519><c> explanation</c><00:37:46.119><c> is</c><00:37:46.400><c> this,</c>

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:55.239
that<00:37:48.679><c> such</c><00:37:48.900><c> was</c><00:37:49.199><c> Paul's</c><00:37:49.880><c> confidence</c><00:37:50.340><c> that</c><00:37:53.099><c> he</c><00:37:54.360><c> would</c><00:37:54.579><c> be</c><00:37:54.760><c> raised</c><00:37:55.039><c> to</c>

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.900
be<00:37:55.360><c> with</c><00:37:55.559><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:00.639
such<00:37:58.179><c> was</c><00:37:58.400><c> his</c><00:37:58.639><c> confidence</c><00:37:58.920><c> that</c><00:37:59.099><c> Christ</c><00:37:59.380><c> had</c><00:37:59.559><c> been</c><00:37:59.760><c> magnified</c><00:38:00.280><c> in</c><00:38:00.440><c> him</c>

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.519
in<00:38:00.820><c> his</c><00:38:01.039><c> life,</c>

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:04.920
that<00:38:02.199><c> the</c><00:38:02.480><c> long</c><00:38:02.820><c> sleep</c><00:38:03.079><c> of</c><00:38:03.360><c> death</c><00:38:03.579><c> is</c><00:38:03.860><c> entirely</c><00:38:04.320><c> left</c><00:38:04.599><c> out</c><00:38:04.800><c> of</c>

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:06.340
his<00:38:05.139><c> calculations,</c>

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:14.519
and<00:38:08.179><c> he's</c><00:38:08.820><c> ready</c><00:38:09.179><c> to</c><00:38:09.420><c> die</c><00:38:10.460><c> because</c><00:38:11.659><c> the</c><00:38:12.280><c> next</c><00:38:12.619><c> thing</c><00:38:13.139><c> he'll</c><00:38:14.360><c> be</c>

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.679
with<00:38:14.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:17.880
I<00:38:15.940><c> love</c><00:38:16.159><c> this</c><00:38:16.440><c> Psalm</c><00:38:16.619><c> 17,</c><00:38:17.280><c> verse</c><00:38:17.460><c> 15.</c>

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:19.940
It's<00:38:18.059><c> one</c><00:38:18.199><c> of</c><00:38:18.280><c> these</c><00:38:18.500><c> passages</c><00:38:18.920><c> in</c><00:38:19.139><c> the</c><00:38:19.179><c> Old</c><00:38:19.320><c> Testament</c><00:38:19.679><c> that</c>

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:22.199
so<00:38:20.159><c> clearly</c><00:38:20.539><c> teaches</c><00:38:20.900><c> the</c><00:38:21.179><c> resurrection.</c>

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:26.579
The<00:38:23.260><c> psalmist</c><00:38:23.619><c> says,</c><00:38:24.260><c> As</c><00:38:24.440><c> for</c><00:38:24.699><c> me,</c><00:38:25.079><c> I</c><00:38:25.460><c> will</c><00:38:25.679><c> behold</c><00:38:25.980><c> thy</c><00:38:26.280><c> face</c>

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.780
in<00:38:26.820><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:33.500
I<00:38:28.239><c> shall</c><00:38:28.539><c> be</c><00:38:28.860><c> satisfied</c><00:38:29.579><c> when</c><00:38:30.059><c> I</c><00:38:30.380><c> awake</c><00:38:30.820><c> with</c><00:38:31.840><c> thy</c><00:38:32.099><c> likeness.</c>

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:38.480
So<00:38:35.019><c> Paul,</c><00:38:35.599><c> he</c><00:38:36.079><c> argues</c><00:38:36.360><c> it</c><00:38:36.599><c> back</c><00:38:36.760><c> and</c><00:38:36.960><c> forth</c><00:38:37.099><c> in</c><00:38:37.239><c> his</c><00:38:37.400><c> own</c><00:38:37.559><c> mind.</c>

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:42.320
He's<00:38:39.719><c> in</c><00:38:40.000><c> jail.</c><00:38:40.719><c> He</c><00:38:40.940><c> might</c><00:38:41.199><c> die.</c>

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In<00:38:42.639><c> a</c><00:38:42.820><c> way</c><00:38:42.960><c> it</c><00:38:43.039><c> would</c><00:38:43.219><c> be</c><00:38:43.440><c> good,</c><00:38:44.840><c> but</c><00:38:44.940><c> he</c><00:38:45.099><c> knows</c><00:38:45.400><c> that</c><00:38:45.579><c> he's</c><00:38:45.840><c> needed.</c>

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Verse<00:38:47.199><c> 24,</c><00:38:47.900><c> To</c><00:38:48.159><c> abide</c><00:38:48.579><c> in</c><00:38:48.760><c> the</c><00:38:48.960><c> flesh</c><00:38:49.179><c> is</c><00:38:49.619><c> more</c><00:38:49.980><c> needful</c><00:38:50.460><c> for</c><00:38:50.739><c> you.</c>

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And<00:38:51.980><c> so</c><00:38:52.159><c> Paul</c><00:38:52.340><c> says,</c><00:38:52.679><c> I</c><00:38:52.679><c> have</c><00:38:53.019><c> this</c><00:38:53.360><c> confidence.</c>

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Over<00:38:54.519><c> and</c><00:38:54.699><c> over</c><00:38:54.880><c> Paul</c><00:38:55.139><c> says</c><00:38:55.380><c> in</c><00:38:55.519><c> Philippians,</c><00:38:55.920><c> I</c><00:38:55.940><c> have</c><00:38:56.239><c> confidence.</c>

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I<00:38:57.840><c> know</c><00:38:58.079><c> that</c><00:38:58.280><c> I</c><00:38:58.480><c> shall</c><00:38:58.619><c> abide</c><00:38:59.000><c> and</c><00:38:59.360><c> continue</c><00:38:59.719><c> with</c><00:38:59.960><c> you</c><00:39:00.199><c> all</c>

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for<00:39:01.179><c> your</c><00:39:01.480><c> furtherance</c><00:39:02.179><c> and</c><00:39:02.800><c> joy</c><00:39:03.019><c> of</c><00:39:03.280><c> faith</c><00:39:03.579><c> that</c><00:39:04.159><c> your</c><00:39:04.639><c> rejoicing</c><00:39:05.380><c> may</c>

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be<00:39:05.900><c> more</c><00:39:06.179><c> abundant</c>

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in<00:39:06.920><c> Jesus</c><00:39:07.420><c> Christ</c><00:39:08.039><c> for</c><00:39:08.579><c> me</c><00:39:09.320><c> by</c><00:39:09.719><c> my</c><00:39:09.920><c> coming</c><00:39:10.119><c> to</c><00:39:10.300><c> you</c><00:39:10.539><c> again.</c>

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So<00:39:14.380><c> then</c><00:39:14.599><c> let's</c><00:39:15.179><c> summarize</c><00:39:15.780><c> what</c><00:39:16.159><c> we</c><00:39:16.400><c> have</c><00:39:16.539><c> for</c><00:39:16.820><c> today.</c>

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We<00:39:19.239><c> have</c><00:39:19.480><c> Paul</c><00:39:19.940><c> guided</c><00:39:20.500><c> by</c><00:39:20.800><c> the</c><00:39:21.039><c> spirit</c><00:39:21.239><c> of</c><00:39:21.480><c> Christ,</c>

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making<00:39:23.440><c> the</c><00:39:23.679><c> best</c><00:39:23.940><c> of</c><00:39:24.239><c> trying</c><00:39:24.480><c> circumstances,</c>

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making<00:39:27.760><c> the</c><00:39:27.980><c> best</c><00:39:28.820><c> of</c><00:39:30.000><c> what</c><00:39:30.119><c> he</c><00:39:30.340><c> sees</c><00:39:31.320><c> going</c><00:39:32.079><c> awry</c><00:39:32.480><c> in</c><00:39:32.659><c> the</c><00:39:32.840><c> preaching</c><00:39:33.480><c> that's</c><00:39:34.440><c> going</c><00:39:34.679><c> on</c>

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in<00:39:34.960><c> his</c><00:39:35.159><c> absence.</c>

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He<00:39:36.719><c> never</c><00:39:37.059><c> forgets</c><00:39:37.579><c> his</c><00:39:37.820><c> highest</c><00:39:38.159><c> goal,</c><00:39:40.000><c> that</c><00:39:40.219><c> Christ</c><00:39:40.539><c> be</c><00:39:40.760><c> magnified</c><00:39:41.320><c> in</c><00:39:41.500><c> him.</c>

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What<00:39:43.599><c> an</c><00:39:43.800><c> exhortation</c><00:39:44.300><c> he</c><00:39:44.400><c> gives</c><00:39:44.619><c> us.</c>

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May<00:39:46.099><c> it</c><00:39:46.260><c> be</c><00:39:46.260><c> that</c><00:39:46.400><c> Christ</c><00:39:46.699><c> is</c><00:39:47.000><c> magnified</c><00:39:47.480><c> in</c><00:39:47.679><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:39:48.340><c> in</c><00:39:48.619><c> the</c><00:39:50.260><c> ultrafine</c><00:39:51.079><c> printing</c><00:39:51.500><c> that</c><00:39:52.300><c> people</c><00:39:52.619><c> can</c><00:39:52.880><c> see</c><00:39:53.000><c> it</c>

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if<00:39:53.159><c> they're</c><00:39:53.340><c> really</c><00:39:53.659><c> looking</c><00:39:53.940><c> for</c><00:39:54.199><c> it,</c>

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but<00:39:55.239><c> that</c><00:39:55.400><c> it's</c><00:39:55.860><c> bold,</c><00:39:57.000><c> plain,</c><00:39:57.500><c> evident</c><00:39:57.699><c> in</c><00:39:57.940><c> us.</c>

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Come<00:39:59.059><c> what</c><00:39:59.300><c> may,</c><00:40:00.159><c> may</c><00:40:00.280><c> it</c><00:40:00.420><c> be</c><00:40:00.599><c> our</c><00:40:00.880><c> prayer,</c><00:40:01.820><c> like</c><00:40:02.159><c> Paul's,</c>

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that<00:40:03.400><c> in</c><00:40:03.539><c> our</c><00:40:03.800><c> earnest</c><00:40:04.139><c> expectation</c><00:40:05.159><c> and</c><00:40:05.519><c> hope</c><00:40:05.960><c> is</c><00:40:06.639><c> that</c><00:40:06.760><c> with</c>

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all<00:40:07.340><c> boldness</c><00:40:08.159><c> we</c><00:40:08.840><c> preach</c><00:40:09.300><c> the</c><00:40:10.000><c> gospel</c><00:40:10.340><c> of</c><00:40:10.539><c> Christ.</c>

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Amen.