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Now<00:11:01.679><c> just</c><00:11:02.379><c> bear</c><00:11:02.639><c> that</c><00:11:02.799><c> in</c><00:11:03.059><c> mind,</c>

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And<00:11:03.419><c> come</c><00:11:03.679><c> back</c><00:11:03.899><c> to</c><00:11:04.139><c> Galatians</c><00:11:05.379><c> chapter</c><00:11:05.940><c> 6,</c>

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Where<00:11:10.559><c> he</c><00:11:10.779><c> also</c><00:11:11.179><c> speaks</c><00:11:11.500><c> about</c><00:11:11.820><c> the</c><00:11:12.100><c> false.</c>

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Galatians<00:11:17.440><c> chapter</c><00:11:17.740><c> 6</c><00:11:18.460><c> and</c><00:11:18.840><c> verse</c><00:11:19.139><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:11:24.559><c> of</c><00:11:25.120><c> course</c><00:11:25.240><c> it</c><00:11:25.340><c> really</c><00:11:25.620><c> was</c><00:11:25.799><c> a</c><00:11:25.940><c> problem</c><00:11:26.240><c> for</c><00:11:26.460><c> these</c><00:11:26.899><c> brethren.</c>

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For<00:11:27.980><c> neither</c><00:11:28.320><c> they</c><00:11:28.600><c> themselves</c><00:11:29.100><c> who</c><00:11:29.399><c> are</c><00:11:29.720><c> circumcised</c><00:11:30.460><c> keep</c>

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That<00:11:34.639><c> they</c><00:11:34.879><c> may</c><00:11:35.159><c> glory</c><00:11:35.840><c> in</c><00:11:36.159><c> your</c><00:11:37.179><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:11:38.779><c> God</c><00:11:39.120><c> forbid</c><00:11:39.539><c> that</c><00:11:39.759><c> I</c><00:11:40.080><c> should</c><00:11:40.340><c> glory,</c>

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Save<00:11:41.960><c> in</c><00:11:42.179><c> the</c><00:11:42.419><c> cross</c><00:11:42.659><c> of</c><00:11:42.879><c> our</c><00:11:43.080><c> Lord</c><00:11:43.320><c> Jesus</c><00:11:43.820><c> Christ,</c>

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And<00:11:47.360><c> I</c><00:11:47.559><c> unto</c><00:11:47.700><c> the</c><00:11:47.980><c> world.</c>

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And<00:11:48.679><c> the</c><00:11:48.820><c> word</c><00:11:49.179><c> glory</c><00:11:49.700><c> that</c><00:11:49.899><c> you</c><00:11:50.059><c> have</c><00:11:50.240><c> in</c><00:11:50.399><c> those</c><00:11:50.659><c> verses,</c>

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Is<00:11:51.659><c> the</c><00:11:51.960><c> same</c><00:11:52.200><c> as</c><00:11:52.399><c> the</c><00:11:52.480><c> word</c><00:11:52.720><c> rejoice,</c>

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In<00:11:54.019><c> Philippians</c><00:11:54.480><c> 3</c><00:11:54.759><c> verse</c><00:11:55.019><c> 3.</c>

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So<00:11:56.659><c> there</c><00:11:56.940><c> in</c><00:11:57.139><c> Philippians,</c>

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Paul<00:11:58.620><c> says</c><00:11:59.200><c> he</c><00:11:59.559><c> will</c><00:11:59.820><c> glory</c><00:12:00.440><c> in</c><00:12:01.000><c> Christ</c><00:12:01.419><c> Jesus,</c>

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And<00:12:01.960><c> have</c><00:12:02.059><c> no</c><00:12:02.379><c> confidence</c><00:12:02.799><c> in</c><00:12:03.000><c> the</c><00:12:03.220><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:12:04.639><c> here</c><00:12:04.779><c> in</c><00:12:04.960><c> Galatians</c><00:12:05.419><c> 6</c><00:12:05.740><c> verse</c><00:12:06.039><c> 14,</c>

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He<00:12:07.259><c> criticises</c><00:12:07.860><c> the</c><00:12:08.200><c> false,</c>

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And<00:12:09.220><c> he</c><00:12:09.379><c> says</c><00:12:09.500><c> he</c><00:12:09.679><c> would</c><00:12:09.860><c> only</c><00:12:10.200><c> glory</c><00:12:10.720><c> in</c><00:12:11.080><c> the</c><00:12:11.279><c> cross</c><00:12:11.519><c> of</c><00:12:11.740><c> our</c>

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Of<00:12:14.100><c> course,</c><00:12:16.259><c> glorying</c><00:12:16.440><c> in</c><00:12:16.559><c> the</c><00:12:16.879><c> flesh</c><00:12:17.419><c> is</c><00:12:18.320><c> a</c><00:12:18.500><c> danger</c><00:12:18.840><c> that</c><00:12:19.000><c> we</c>

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can<00:12:19.279><c> all</c><00:12:19.539><c> face.</c>

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It<00:12:20.559><c> wasn't</c><00:12:20.820><c> simply</c><00:12:21.139><c> peculiar</c><00:12:21.759><c> to</c><00:12:22.419><c> the</c><00:12:22.639><c> first</c><00:12:22.879><c> century.</c>

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Not<00:12:24.200><c> just</c><00:12:24.419><c> a</c><00:12:24.580><c> problem</c><00:12:24.779><c> for</c><00:12:24.980><c> the</c><00:12:25.159><c> Judaizers.</c>

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In<00:12:27.100><c> fact,</c><00:12:28.340><c> if</c><00:12:28.460><c> you</c><00:12:28.620><c> just</c><00:12:28.840><c> look</c><00:12:28.980><c> at</c><00:12:29.179><c> the</c><00:12:29.480><c> bottom</c><00:12:29.779><c> bullet</c><00:12:30.059><c> point</c>

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on<00:12:30.480><c> the</c><00:12:30.720><c> screen,</c>

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He<00:12:31.159><c> picks</c><00:12:31.399><c> up</c><00:12:31.580><c> the</c><00:12:31.779><c> same</c><00:12:32.080><c> point</c><00:12:32.460><c> when</c><00:12:32.820><c> writing</c><00:12:33.059><c> to</c><00:12:33.279><c> the</c><00:12:33.419><c> Corinthians,</c>

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Who<00:12:35.639><c> were</c><00:12:35.840><c> glorying</c><00:12:36.299><c> in</c><00:12:36.379><c> the</c><00:12:36.620><c> flesh,</c>

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And<00:12:37.019><c> he</c><00:12:37.220><c> says,</c><00:12:37.720><c> For</c><00:12:37.860><c> whom</c><00:12:38.080><c> makeeth</c><00:12:38.460><c> thee</c><00:12:38.720><c> to</c><00:12:38.840><c> differ</c><00:12:39.059><c> for</c><00:12:39.279><c> another?</c>

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And<00:12:40.399><c> what</c><00:12:40.600><c> hast</c><00:12:40.879><c> thou</c><00:12:41.179><c> that</c><00:12:41.360><c> thou</c><00:12:41.539><c> didst</c><00:12:41.860><c> not</c><00:12:42.019><c> receive?</c>

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Now<00:12:43.600><c> if</c><00:12:43.759><c> thou</c><00:12:43.980><c> didst</c><00:12:44.659><c> receive</c><00:12:45.139><c> it,</c>

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Why<00:12:46.480><c> dost</c><00:12:46.759><c> thou</c><00:12:47.039><c> glory,</c>

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As<00:12:48.620><c> if</c><00:12:48.779><c> thou</c><00:12:48.919><c> hadst</c><00:12:49.299><c> not</c><00:12:49.980><c> received</c><00:12:50.480><c> it?</c>

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So<00:12:52.240><c> there's</c><00:12:52.500><c> no</c><00:12:52.820><c> room</c><00:12:53.179><c> for</c><00:12:53.580><c> glorying</c><00:12:54.019><c> in</c><00:12:54.139><c> the</c><00:12:54.360><c> flesh,</c>

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Only<00:12:55.840><c> as</c><00:12:55.980><c> he</c><00:12:56.299><c> says,</c>

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In<00:12:57.340><c> the</c><00:12:57.559><c> cross</c><00:12:57.799><c> of</c><00:12:58.000><c> the</c><00:12:58.100><c> Lord</c><00:12:58.279><c> Jesus</c><00:12:58.700><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:13:01.000><c> of</c><00:13:01.159><c> course,</c><00:13:01.440><c> when</c><00:13:01.659><c> we</c><00:13:02.500><c> pick</c><00:13:02.799><c> up</c><00:13:03.100><c> scripture</c><00:13:03.519><c> references</c>

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to<00:13:04.860><c> circumcision,</c>

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It<00:13:06.600><c> automatically</c><00:13:07.100><c> takes</c><00:13:07.500><c> our</c><00:13:07.799><c> mind</c><00:13:08.000><c> back</c><00:13:08.259><c> to</c><00:13:08.500><c> Abraham,</c><00:13:08.940><c> doesn't</c><00:13:09.139><c> it?</c>

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And<00:13:09.480><c> we</c><00:13:09.899><c> think</c><00:13:10.139><c> about</c><00:13:10.460><c> Genesis</c><00:13:10.879><c> 17,</c>

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Where<00:13:12.240><c> Abraham</c><00:13:12.539><c> is</c><00:13:12.820><c> promised</c><00:13:13.340><c> that</c><00:13:13.639><c> he</c><00:13:13.759><c> will</c><00:13:13.899><c> be</c><00:13:14.039><c> a</c><00:13:14.320><c> father</c><00:13:14.679><c> of</c>

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And<00:13:19.559><c> we</c><00:13:19.679><c> know</c><00:13:19.860><c> that</c><00:13:20.039><c> that</c><00:13:20.279><c> amplifies</c><00:13:20.840><c> the</c><00:13:21.139><c> earlier</c><00:13:21.419><c> promise</c>

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that<00:13:22.039><c> God</c><00:13:22.259><c> made</c><00:13:22.519><c> in</c><00:13:22.720><c> chapter</c><00:13:22.960><c> 15</c><00:13:23.379><c> of</c><00:13:23.600><c> Genesis,</c>

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That<00:13:24.600><c> Abraham's</c><00:13:25.220><c> seed</c><00:13:25.360><c> would</c><00:13:25.559><c> be</c><00:13:25.700><c> as</c><00:13:25.860><c> the</c><00:13:26.120><c> stars</c><00:13:26.539><c> of</c><00:13:26.960><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:13:27.879><c> in</c><00:13:28.000><c> token</c><00:13:28.200><c> of</c><00:13:28.360><c> this,</c><00:13:28.639><c> his</c><00:13:28.659><c> name</c><00:13:28.899><c> is</c><00:13:29.200><c> changed,</c>

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With<00:13:30.299><c> the</c><00:13:30.500><c> addition</c><00:13:30.740><c> of</c><00:13:30.879><c> just</c><00:13:31.120><c> one</c><00:13:31.360><c> letter</c><00:13:31.799><c> in</c><00:13:32.200><c> Hebrew,</c>

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From<00:13:33.419><c> Abraham,</c><00:13:34.440><c> meaning</c><00:13:34.799><c> high</c><00:13:35.159><c> father,</c>

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To<00:13:36.419><c> Abraham,</c><00:13:37.919><c> meaning</c><00:13:38.360><c> father</c><00:13:38.899><c> of</c><00:13:39.120><c> a</c><00:13:39.220><c> multitude.</c>

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And<00:13:40.860><c> clearly,</c><00:13:42.139><c> the</c><00:13:42.159><c> promise</c><00:13:42.519><c> was</c><00:13:42.840><c> confirming</c><00:13:43.419><c> that</c><00:13:43.679><c> the</c><00:13:43.899><c> Gentiles</c>

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Were<00:13:44.840><c> going</c><00:13:45.000><c> to</c><00:13:45.139><c> be</c><00:13:45.320><c> brought</c><00:13:45.559><c> within</c><00:13:45.799><c> the</c><00:13:46.019><c> bonds</c><00:13:46.200><c> of</c><00:13:46.419><c> the</c><00:13:46.600><c> covenant,</c>

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As<00:13:47.899><c> the</c><00:13:48.080><c> Apostle</c><00:13:48.440><c> Paul</c><00:13:48.720><c> makes</c><00:13:48.980><c> very</c><00:13:49.340><c> clear,</c>

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In<00:13:50.080><c> his</c><00:13:50.360><c> exposition</c><00:13:50.899><c> of</c><00:13:51.120><c> this</c><00:13:51.559><c> in</c><00:13:51.940><c> Romans</c><00:13:52.379><c> 4,</c>

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Where<00:13:53.659><c> he</c><00:13:53.960><c> explains</c><00:13:54.340><c> to</c><00:13:54.580><c> us</c><00:13:54.740><c> that</c><00:13:54.960><c> Abraham</c><00:13:55.259><c> is</c><00:13:55.440><c> the</c><00:13:55.620><c> father</c><00:13:55.879><c> of</c>

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All<00:13:57.659><c> who</c><00:13:57.860><c> have</c><00:13:57.960><c> his</c><00:13:58.240><c> faith,</c>

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Whether<00:13:59.620><c> Jew</c><00:13:59.940><c> or</c><00:14:00.299><c> Gentile.</c>

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So<00:14:02.659><c> in</c><00:14:02.679><c> Genesis</c><00:14:03.019><c> 17</c><00:14:03.659><c> then,</c><00:14:04.460><c> the</c><00:14:04.620><c> token</c><00:14:05.000><c> of</c><00:14:05.379><c> circumcision</c><00:14:06.279><c> is</c>

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given<00:14:07.259><c> to</c><00:14:07.539><c> Abraham,</c>

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And<00:14:08.860><c> you'll</c><00:14:09.139><c> remember</c><00:14:09.299><c> that</c><00:14:09.440><c> in</c><00:14:09.580><c> the</c><00:14:09.860><c> previous</c><00:14:10.279><c> chapter,</c><00:14:11.279><c> Genesis</c><00:14:11.440><c> 16,</c>

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Abraham<00:14:13.000><c> and</c><00:14:13.379><c> Sarah</c><00:14:13.600><c> had</c><00:14:13.940><c> attempted</c><00:14:14.340><c> to</c><00:14:14.620><c> provide</c><00:14:14.879><c> the</c><00:14:15.179><c> promised</c><00:14:15.460><c> seed</c>

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By<00:14:18.100><c> the</c><00:14:18.320><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:14:19.639><c> they</c><00:14:19.820><c> learned</c><00:14:19.960><c> a</c><00:14:20.139><c> lesson</c><00:14:20.340><c> from</c><00:14:20.559><c> that</c><00:14:20.759><c> incident,</c>

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And<00:14:21.879><c> thereafter</c><00:14:22.279><c> they</c><00:14:22.460><c> were</c><00:14:22.659><c> prepared</c><00:14:23.019><c> for</c><00:14:23.320><c> God</c><00:14:23.820><c> to</c><00:14:24.519><c> act</c><00:14:24.860><c> in</c>

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The<00:14:27.179><c> right</c><00:14:27.399><c> of</c><00:14:27.799><c> circumcision</c><00:14:28.659><c> emphasized</c><00:14:29.419><c> that</c><00:14:29.600><c> the</c><00:14:29.860><c> flesh</c>

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The<00:14:34.340><c> outward</c><00:14:34.559><c> act</c><00:14:34.879><c> had</c><00:14:35.120><c> to</c><00:14:35.399><c> indicate</c><00:14:35.820><c> an</c><00:14:36.159><c> inward</c><00:14:36.460><c> disposition.</c>

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And<00:14:38.100><c> that's</c><00:14:38.440><c> the</c><00:14:38.600><c> point</c><00:14:38.899><c> that</c><00:14:39.559><c> Paul</c><00:14:39.799><c> comes</c><00:14:40.200><c> to</c><00:14:40.620><c> in</c><00:14:40.960><c> Romans,</c>

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isn't<00:14:41.679><c> it?</c>

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Just<00:14:42.259><c> have</c><00:14:42.379><c> a</c><00:14:42.440><c> look</c><00:14:42.539><c> at</c><00:14:42.700><c> Romans</c><00:14:43.019><c> chapter</c><00:14:43.440><c> 2.</c>

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The<00:14:45.440><c> outward</c><00:14:45.860><c> act</c><00:14:46.200><c> of</c><00:14:46.519><c> circumcision</c><00:14:47.139><c> had</c><00:14:47.399><c> to</c><00:14:47.720><c> indicate</c><00:14:48.200><c> an</c>

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inward<00:14:48.980><c> disposition.</c>

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And<00:14:50.779><c> this</c><00:14:50.960><c> is</c><00:14:51.120><c> something</c><00:14:51.259><c> that</c><00:14:51.460><c> he</c><00:14:51.779><c> emphasizes</c><00:14:52.259><c> at</c><00:14:52.519><c> the</c><00:14:52.620><c> end</c>

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of<00:14:53.179><c> Romans</c><00:14:53.500><c> chapter</c><00:14:53.899><c> 2.</c>

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Verse<00:15:00.539><c> 28,</c>

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Neither<00:15:08.100><c> is</c><00:15:08.259><c> that</c><00:15:08.679><c> circumcision</c><00:15:09.220><c> which</c><00:15:09.399><c> is</c><00:15:09.620><c> outward</c><00:15:09.779><c> in</c><00:15:09.960><c> the</c><00:15:10.159><c> flesh,</c>

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But<00:15:11.519><c> he</c><00:15:11.720><c> is</c><00:15:11.960><c> a</c><00:15:12.159><c> Jew</c><00:15:12.600><c> which</c><00:15:13.000><c> is</c><00:15:13.220><c> one</c><00:15:13.440><c> inwardly.</c>

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And<00:15:15.379><c> circumcision</c><00:15:16.100><c> is</c><00:15:16.399><c> that</c><00:15:16.580><c> of</c><00:15:16.720><c> the</c><00:15:16.980><c> heart,</c>

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In<00:15:18.200><c> the</c><00:15:18.539><c> spirit,</c>

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And<00:15:19.700><c> not</c><00:15:19.899><c> in</c><00:15:20.059><c> the</c><00:15:20.240><c> letter,</c>

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Whose<00:15:21.600><c> praise</c><00:15:22.000><c> is</c><00:15:22.159><c> not</c><00:15:22.360><c> of</c><00:15:22.519><c> men,</c>

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But<00:15:23.799><c> of</c><00:15:23.980><c> God.</c>

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So<00:15:26.039><c> the</c><00:15:26.440><c> outward</c><00:15:26.779><c> right</c><00:15:27.220><c> then</c><00:15:27.759><c> was</c><00:15:28.080><c> not</c><00:15:28.320><c> of</c><00:15:28.460><c> itself</c><00:15:28.860><c> of</c><00:15:29.179><c> value.</c>

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It<00:15:30.159><c> was</c><00:15:30.340><c> the</c><00:15:30.639><c> inward</c><00:15:30.960><c> disposition</c><00:15:31.779><c> that</c><00:15:32.500><c> really</c><00:15:32.860><c> mattered.</c>

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A<00:15:33.860><c> real</c><00:15:34.220><c> Jew,</c><00:15:34.899><c> one</c><00:15:35.120><c> who</c><00:15:35.259><c> is</c><00:15:35.480><c> the</c><00:15:35.679><c> heir</c><00:15:35.860><c> to</c><00:15:36.019><c> God's</c><00:15:36.500><c> blessings,</c>

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Is<00:15:37.220><c> one</c><00:15:37.419><c> who</c><00:15:37.639><c> is</c><00:15:37.940><c> inwardly</c><00:15:38.399><c> a</c><00:15:38.559><c> Jew,</c>

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Whose<00:15:39.519><c> life</c><00:15:39.860><c> is</c><00:15:40.139><c> in</c><00:15:40.419><c> tune</c><00:15:40.679><c> with</c><00:15:40.879><c> the</c><00:15:41.139><c> terms</c><00:15:41.340><c> of</c><00:15:41.500><c> God's</c><00:15:41.960><c> covenant,</c>

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Whose<00:15:43.320><c> praise</c><00:15:43.700><c> is</c><00:15:43.879><c> not</c><00:15:44.039><c> of</c><00:15:44.200><c> men,</c>

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But<00:15:45.240><c> of</c><00:15:45.419><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:47.139><c> by</c><00:15:47.399><c> the</c><00:15:47.559><c> way,</c><00:15:48.580><c> you</c><00:15:48.700><c> notice</c><00:15:48.940><c> here</c><00:15:49.179><c> he's</c><00:15:49.419><c> talking</c><00:15:49.759><c> about</c>

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those<00:15:51.320><c> who</c><00:15:51.580><c> are</c><00:15:51.860><c> Jews</c><00:15:52.279><c> inwardly.</c>

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Judah's<00:15:56.059><c> name</c><00:15:56.659><c> means</c><00:15:57.299><c> praise,</c><00:15:58.120><c> doesn't</c><00:15:58.139><c> it?</c>

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And<00:15:59.139><c> he's</c><00:15:59.460><c> playing</c><00:15:59.759><c> on</c><00:16:00.000><c> the</c><00:16:00.139><c> name</c><00:16:00.340><c> of</c><00:16:00.659><c> Judah</c><00:16:00.879><c> here</c><00:16:01.600><c> when</c><00:16:01.899><c> he</c><00:16:02.179><c> says,</c>

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Whose<00:16:03.460><c> praise</c><00:16:04.259><c> is</c><00:16:04.720><c> not</c><00:16:04.919><c> of</c><00:16:05.059><c> men,</c><00:16:05.679><c> but</c><00:16:05.759><c> of</c><00:16:05.919><c> God.</c>

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So<00:16:07.220><c> in</c><00:16:07.419><c> effect</c><00:16:07.700><c> he's</c><00:16:08.179><c> saying,</c>

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Whose<00:16:09.059><c> Jewishness</c><00:16:10.100><c> is</c><00:16:10.500><c> not</c><00:16:10.700><c> of</c><00:16:10.919><c> men,</c><00:16:11.639><c> but</c><00:16:11.700><c> of</c><00:16:11.919><c> God.</c>

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So<00:16:13.360><c> if</c><00:16:13.639><c> we</c><00:16:13.919><c> desire</c><00:16:14.360><c> to</c><00:16:14.600><c> inherit</c><00:16:14.980><c> the</c><00:16:15.320><c> promises</c><00:16:15.580><c> that</c><00:16:15.779><c> God</c><00:16:15.940><c> made</c>

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to<00:16:16.419><c> Abraham,</c>

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Then<00:16:17.299><c> we</c><00:16:17.620><c> too,</c><00:16:17.940><c> brethren</c><00:16:18.139><c> and</c><00:16:18.360><c> sisters,</c><00:16:18.759><c> have</c><00:16:18.940><c> to</c><00:16:19.240><c> be</c><00:16:19.740><c> circumcised</c><00:16:20.440><c> of</c><00:16:20.759><c> heart,</c>

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Which<00:16:22.039><c> the</c><00:16:22.379><c> Judaizers</c><00:16:22.980><c> of</c><00:16:23.279><c> Paul's</c><00:16:23.759><c> day</c><00:16:24.240><c> were</c><00:16:24.740><c> not.</c>

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Let's<00:16:27.019><c> come</c><00:16:27.220><c> back</c><00:16:27.379><c> to</c><00:16:27.580><c> Philippians.</c>

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The<00:16:29.740><c> Pharisee</c><00:16:30.580><c> brethren,</c><00:16:31.399><c> as</c><00:16:31.580><c> perhaps</c><00:16:31.799><c> we</c><00:16:32.019><c> may</c><00:16:32.139><c> call</c><00:16:32.440><c> them,</c>

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Were<00:16:33.519><c> providing</c><00:16:34.120><c> a</c><00:16:34.419><c> danger.</c>

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Paul,<00:16:36.159><c> of</c><00:16:36.279><c> course,</c><00:16:36.500><c> had</c><00:16:36.639><c> been</c><00:16:36.759><c> a</c><00:16:36.960><c> Pharisee</c><00:16:37.379><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:16:38.879><c> if</c><00:16:39.120><c> glory</c><00:16:39.539><c> in</c><00:16:39.759><c> the</c><00:16:40.120><c> flesh</c><00:16:40.299><c> had</c><00:16:40.500><c> been</c><00:16:40.779><c> permissible,</c>

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He<00:16:42.019><c> could</c><00:16:42.200><c> have</c><00:16:42.299><c> done</c><00:16:42.440><c> it</c><00:16:42.659><c> better</c><00:16:43.080><c> than</c><00:16:43.419><c> most,</c>

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As<00:16:44.620><c> he</c><00:16:44.820><c> says</c><00:16:45.139><c> in</c><00:16:45.840><c> Philippians</c><00:16:46.360><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.779><c> 3</c><00:16:47.460><c> and</c><00:16:47.840><c> verse</c><00:16:48.159><c> 4.</c>

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Though<00:16:50.360><c> I</c><00:16:50.620><c> might</c><00:16:50.779><c> also</c><00:16:51.139><c> have</c><00:16:51.419><c> confidence</c><00:16:51.919><c> in</c><00:16:52.100><c> the</c><00:16:52.360><c> flesh,</c>

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If<00:16:53.360><c> any</c><00:16:53.679><c> other</c><00:16:53.980><c> man</c><00:16:54.340><c> thinketh</c><00:16:54.940><c> that</c><00:16:55.340><c> he</c><00:16:55.580><c> have</c><00:16:55.779><c> whereof</c><00:16:56.179><c> he</c><00:16:56.340><c> might</c><00:16:56.580><c> trust</c><00:16:56.879><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:57.320><c> flesh,</c>

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I<00:16:59.039><c> more.</c>

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So<00:17:01.259><c> if</c><00:17:01.460><c> it</c><00:17:01.639><c> was</c><00:17:01.879><c> permissible</c><00:17:02.320><c> to</c><00:17:02.639><c> glory</c><00:17:02.899><c> in</c><00:17:03.100><c> the</c><00:17:03.379><c> flesh,</c>

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Paul<00:17:05.240><c> could</c><00:17:05.519><c> have</c><00:17:05.799><c> excelled</c><00:17:07.019><c> in</c><00:17:07.279><c> that.</c>

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I<00:17:09.519><c> more,</c><00:17:10.539><c> he</c><00:17:10.799><c> says.</c>

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And<00:17:13.140><c> then</c><00:17:13.299><c> in</c><00:17:13.500><c> verses</c><00:17:14.099><c> 5</c><00:17:14.799><c> and</c><00:17:15.019><c> 6,</c>

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He<00:17:16.079><c> lists</c><00:17:16.680><c> the</c><00:17:17.619><c> privileges</c><00:17:18.019><c> of</c><00:17:18.259><c> his</c><00:17:18.500><c> background.</c>

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His<00:17:20.019><c> seven</c><00:17:20.579><c> gains,</c><00:17:21.900><c> because</c><00:17:22.140><c> there</c><00:17:22.319><c> are</c><00:17:22.460><c> seven</c><00:17:22.680><c> privileges</c>

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here,<00:17:23.700><c> he</c><00:17:23.920><c> lists.</c>

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Here<00:17:25.740><c> in</c><00:17:26.059><c> verse</c><00:17:26.599><c> 5</c><00:17:27.400><c> he</c><00:17:27.559><c> says,</c>

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Circumcise<00:17:29.400><c> the</c><00:17:29.599><c> eighth</c><00:17:29.799><c> day,</c>

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Secondly<00:17:32.059><c> of</c><00:17:32.579><c> the</c><00:17:32.779><c> stock</c><00:17:32.920><c> of</c><00:17:33.099><c> Israel,</c>

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Thirdly<00:17:35.359><c> of</c><00:17:35.539><c> the</c><00:17:35.740><c> tribe</c><00:17:35.880><c> of</c><00:17:36.059><c> Benjamin,</c>

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Fourth<00:17:38.339><c> a</c><00:17:38.579><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:38.900><c> of</c><00:17:39.160><c> Hebrews,</c>

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As<00:17:41.200><c> touching</c><00:17:41.420><c> the</c><00:17:41.700><c> law,</c><00:17:42.079><c> fifth</c><00:17:42.500><c> a</c><00:17:42.799><c> Pharisee,</c>

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Concerning<00:17:45.519><c> zeal,</c><00:17:46.140><c> number</c><00:17:46.440><c> six,</c>

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Persecuting<00:17:48.000><c> the</c><00:17:48.240><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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And<00:17:50.339><c> we</c><00:17:50.519><c> said</c><00:17:50.640><c> earlier</c><00:17:51.039><c> that</c><00:17:51.259><c> as</c><00:17:51.519><c> the</c><00:17:51.960><c> first</c><00:17:52.440><c> Saul</c><00:17:52.720><c> had</c><00:17:53.019><c> persecuted</c><00:17:53.539><c> David,</c>

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So<00:17:54.420><c> this</c><00:17:55.019><c> Saul</c><00:17:55.480><c> persecuted</c><00:17:56.400><c> David's</c><00:17:57.359><c> son.</c>

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Why<00:17:58.779><c> persecutest</c><00:17:59.519><c> thou</c><00:17:59.880><c> me?</c>

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The<00:18:01.059><c> Lord</c><00:18:01.200><c> had</c><00:18:01.440><c> said</c><00:18:01.559><c> to</c><00:18:01.700><c> him</c><00:18:02.160><c> when</c><00:18:02.599><c> he</c><00:18:02.759><c> was</c><00:18:03.000><c> stopped</c><00:18:03.200><c> on</c><00:18:03.400><c> the</c>

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road<00:18:03.640><c> to</c><00:18:03.819><c> Damascus.</c>

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And<00:18:05.160><c> finally,</c><00:18:05.420><c> number</c><00:18:05.680><c> seven,</c><00:18:06.380><c> touching</c><00:18:06.700><c> the</c><00:18:07.000><c> righteousness</c>

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which<00:18:07.619><c> is</c><00:18:07.799><c> in</c><00:18:07.920><c> the</c><00:18:08.119><c> law,</c><00:18:09.099><c> blameless.</c>

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All<00:18:10.359><c> these</c><00:18:10.660><c> privileges</c><00:18:11.440><c> of</c><00:18:12.319><c> his</c><00:18:13.180><c> background.</c>

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These<00:18:14.880><c> gains.</c>

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Or<00:18:16.759><c> if</c><00:18:16.819><c> it</c><00:18:16.900><c> was</c><00:18:17.099><c> permissible</c><00:18:17.440><c> to</c><00:18:17.700><c> glory</c><00:18:17.920><c> in</c><00:18:18.059><c> the</c><00:18:18.279><c> flesh,</c><00:18:18.900><c> he</c><00:18:19.019><c> could</c><00:18:19.259><c> excel</c><00:18:19.640><c> at</c><00:18:19.940><c> that.</c>

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But<00:18:21.000><c> do</c><00:18:21.099><c> you</c><00:18:21.099><c> notice</c><00:18:21.319><c> what</c><00:18:21.440><c> he</c><00:18:21.640><c> says</c><00:18:22.380><c> in</c><00:18:22.680><c> verse</c><00:18:22.980><c> seven,</c>

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But<00:18:24.759><c> what</c><00:18:25.039><c> things</c><00:18:25.519><c> were</c><00:18:26.019><c> gained</c><00:18:26.420><c> to</c><00:18:26.759><c> me,</c>

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Those<00:18:28.180><c> I</c><00:18:28.519><c> counted</c><00:18:28.980><c> loss</c><00:18:29.599><c> for</c><00:18:30.160><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:18:32.079><c> that's</c><00:18:32.299><c> a</c><00:18:32.420><c> very</c><00:18:32.599><c> interesting</c><00:18:33.140><c> verse.</c>

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The<00:18:34.720><c> basic</c><00:18:35.140><c> meaning</c><00:18:35.480><c> comes</c><00:18:35.779><c> across</c><00:18:36.059><c> very</c><00:18:36.359><c> clearly,</c>

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But<00:18:37.559><c> it</c><00:18:37.740><c> is</c><00:18:37.960><c> helpful</c><00:18:38.319><c> just</c><00:18:38.599><c> to</c><00:18:38.819><c> notice</c><00:18:39.279><c> that</c><00:18:39.559><c> in</c><00:18:39.740><c> the</c><00:18:39.960><c> original,</c>

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The<00:18:40.960><c> word</c><00:18:41.440><c> gain</c><00:18:42.200><c> is</c><00:18:42.779><c> plural.</c>

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And<00:18:44.759><c> the</c><00:18:44.980><c> margin</c><00:18:45.299><c> in</c><00:18:45.579><c> some</c><00:18:45.819><c> Bibles</c><00:18:46.160><c> will</c><00:18:46.420><c> give</c><00:18:46.559><c> you</c><00:18:46.759><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:18:47.160><c> literally</c><00:18:47.539><c> gains.</c>

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What<00:18:49.299><c> things</c><00:18:49.619><c> were</c><00:18:49.920><c> gains</c><00:18:50.440><c> to</c><00:18:50.819><c> me,</c>

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And<00:18:52.019><c> he</c><00:18:52.140><c> uses</c><00:18:52.319><c> the</c><00:18:52.579><c> plural</c><00:18:52.839><c> because</c><00:18:53.140><c> he's</c><00:18:53.359><c> talking</c><00:18:53.640><c> about</c><00:18:53.920><c> the</c>

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list<00:18:54.500><c> he's</c><00:18:54.819><c> just</c><00:18:55.079><c> given,</c>

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In<00:18:56.160><c> verses</c><00:18:56.519><c> five</c><00:18:56.859><c> and</c><00:18:57.039><c> six.</c>

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What<00:18:58.539><c> things</c><00:18:58.880><c> were</c><00:18:59.180><c> gains</c><00:18:59.579><c> to</c><00:18:59.940><c> me,</c>

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Those<00:19:00.980><c> I</c><00:19:01.299><c> counted</c><00:19:01.680><c> loss</c><00:19:02.259><c> for</c><00:19:02.539><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:19:03.079><c> the</c><00:19:03.119><c> word</c><00:19:03.460><c> loss</c><00:19:03.819><c> is</c><00:19:04.180><c> singular,</c><00:19:05.480><c> not</c><00:19:05.779><c> plural.</c>

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And<00:19:07.059><c> it's</c><00:19:07.299><c> almost</c><00:19:07.519><c> if</c><00:19:07.660><c> he's</c><00:19:08.160><c> saying,</c><00:19:08.339><c> you</c><00:19:08.539><c> know,</c>

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His<00:19:09.480><c> separately</c><00:19:09.920><c> counted</c><00:19:10.500><c> gains</c><00:19:11.319><c> are</c><00:19:11.940><c> piled</c><00:19:12.539><c> together</c><00:19:13.119><c> in</c><00:19:13.700><c> a</c>

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single<00:19:14.460><c> estimate</c><00:19:14.980><c> of</c><00:19:15.420><c> loss.</c>

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They<00:19:17.440><c> were</c><00:19:17.660><c> nothing</c><00:19:18.039><c> but</c><00:19:18.839><c> refuse,</c><00:19:19.440><c> he</c><00:19:19.819><c> says</c><00:19:20.240><c> in</c><00:19:20.859><c> verse</c><00:19:21.180><c> eight.</c>

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Yea<00:19:23.420><c> doubtless,</c><00:19:24.039><c> and</c><00:19:24.220><c> I</c><00:19:24.460><c> count</c><00:19:24.579><c> all</c><00:19:25.000><c> things</c><00:19:25.259><c> but</c><00:19:25.619><c> loss,</c>

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For<00:19:26.559><c> the</c><00:19:26.900><c> excellency</c><00:19:27.339><c> of</c><00:19:27.519><c> the</c><00:19:27.700><c> knowledge</c><00:19:27.940><c> of</c><00:19:28.299><c> Christ</c><00:19:28.660><c> Jesus</c>

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my<00:19:29.359><c> Lord,</c>

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For<00:19:30.420><c> whom</c><00:19:30.660><c> I</c><00:19:30.859><c> have</c><00:19:31.099><c> suffered</c><00:19:31.359><c> the</c><00:19:31.579><c> loss</c><00:19:31.720><c> of</c><00:19:31.900><c> all</c><00:19:32.160><c> things,</c>

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And<00:19:32.519><c> do</c><00:19:32.740><c> count</c><00:19:32.980><c> them</c><00:19:33.200><c> but</c><00:19:33.539><c> dung</c><00:19:34.019><c> refuse,</c>

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That<00:19:35.720><c> I</c><00:19:35.960><c> may</c><00:19:36.299><c> win</c><00:19:36.960><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:19:39.259><c> again,</c><00:19:39.420><c> if</c><00:19:39.579><c> you</c><00:19:39.720><c> have</c><00:19:39.880><c> another</c><00:19:40.220><c> version,</c>

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You<00:19:40.779><c> may</c><00:19:41.140><c> find</c><00:19:41.420><c> that</c><00:19:41.619><c> the</c><00:19:41.740><c> word</c><00:19:41.960><c> win</c><00:19:42.299><c> there</c><00:19:42.819><c> is</c><00:19:43.299><c> translated</c><00:19:43.900><c> gain.</c>

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And<00:19:46.000><c> it's</c><00:19:46.519><c> harking</c><00:19:46.819><c> back</c><00:19:47.079><c> to</c><00:19:47.220><c> verse</c><00:19:47.440><c> seven,</c>

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He<00:19:48.079><c> uses</c><00:19:48.380><c> a</c><00:19:48.640><c> related</c><00:19:48.940><c> word.</c>

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He<00:19:49.880><c> talks</c><00:19:50.160><c> about</c><00:19:50.440><c> his</c><00:19:50.799><c> fleshly</c><00:19:51.359><c> gains,</c>

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Which<00:19:52.000><c> actually</c><00:19:52.700><c> gained</c><00:19:53.019><c> him</c><00:19:53.240><c> nothing,</c>

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Rather<00:19:54.819><c> what</c><00:19:55.039><c> he</c><00:19:55.160><c> wanted</c><00:19:55.420><c> to</c><00:19:55.660><c> do</c><00:19:55.799><c> was</c><00:19:56.000><c> to</c><00:19:56.240><c> win</c><00:19:56.539><c> or</c><00:19:56.900><c> to</c><00:19:57.200><c> gain</c><00:19:57.839><c> Christ,</c>

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And<00:20:00.099><c> be</c><00:20:00.339><c> found</c><00:20:00.660><c> in</c><00:20:00.859><c> him,</c><00:20:01.140><c> not</c><00:20:01.299><c> having</c><00:20:01.599><c> mine</c><00:20:01.839><c> own</c><00:20:02.140><c> righteousness,</c>

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Which<00:20:02.819><c> is</c><00:20:02.920><c> of</c><00:20:03.039><c> the</c><00:20:03.240><c> law,</c>

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But<00:20:04.400><c> that</c><00:20:04.740><c> which</c><00:20:04.920><c> is</c><00:20:05.160><c> through</c><00:20:05.279><c> the</c><00:20:05.539><c> faith</c><00:20:05.740><c> of</c><00:20:05.960><c> Christ,</c>

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The<00:20:07.140><c> righteousness</c><00:20:07.640><c> which</c><00:20:07.920><c> is</c><00:20:08.099><c> of</c><00:20:08.240><c> God</c><00:20:08.859><c> by</c><00:20:09.460><c> faith,</c>

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That<00:20:10.839><c> I</c><00:20:11.059><c> may</c><00:20:11.240><c> know</c><00:20:11.480><c> him,</c>

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And<00:20:12.519><c> the</c><00:20:12.660><c> power</c><00:20:12.920><c> of</c><00:20:13.079><c> his</c><00:20:13.259><c> resurrection,</c>

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And<00:20:14.259><c> the</c><00:20:14.460><c> fellowship</c><00:20:14.740><c> of</c><00:20:14.920><c> his</c><00:20:15.160><c> sufferings,</c>

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Being<00:20:16.599><c> made</c><00:20:16.960><c> conformable</c><00:20:17.599><c> unto</c><00:20:17.859><c> his</c><00:20:18.160><c> death,</c>

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If<00:20:19.319><c> I</c><00:20:19.480><c> by</c><00:20:19.720><c> any</c><00:20:19.920><c> means</c><00:20:20.180><c> might</c><00:20:20.420><c> attain</c><00:20:20.759><c> unto</c><00:20:21.019><c> the</c><00:20:21.220><c> resurrection</c>

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of<00:20:22.299><c> the</c><00:20:22.480><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:20:23.599><c> as</c><00:20:23.779><c> we've</c><00:20:24.099><c> gone</c><00:20:24.200><c> through</c><00:20:24.440><c> our</c><00:20:24.759><c> series</c><00:20:25.119><c> here</c><00:20:25.400><c> and</c><00:20:25.599><c> there,</c>

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We've<00:20:26.559><c> actually</c><00:20:26.920><c> picked</c><00:20:27.180><c> up</c><00:20:27.420><c> some</c><00:20:27.640><c> of</c><00:20:27.799><c> these</c><00:20:28.019><c> points</c><00:20:28.359><c> as</c><00:20:28.599><c> we've</c><00:20:29.000><c> gone</c><00:20:29.259><c> through.</c>

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Just<00:20:30.319><c> one</c><00:20:30.640><c> note</c><00:20:30.779><c> however</c><00:20:31.099><c> on</c><00:20:31.319><c> verse</c><00:20:31.660><c> ten,</c>

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Sometimes<00:20:33.680><c> we</c><00:20:34.220><c> look</c><00:20:34.420><c> at</c><00:20:34.619><c> verse</c><00:20:34.839><c> ten</c><00:20:35.099><c> and</c><00:20:35.240><c> we</c><00:20:35.460><c> think,</c>

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The<00:20:36.259><c> phrase</c><00:20:36.680><c> the</c><00:20:36.920><c> power</c><00:20:37.240><c> of</c><00:20:37.400><c> his</c><00:20:37.599><c> resurrection</c><00:20:38.079><c> appears</c><00:20:38.599><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:38.940><c> out</c><00:20:39.140><c> of</c><00:20:39.380><c> sequence.</c>

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He<00:20:41.920><c> talks</c><00:20:42.200><c> about</c><00:20:42.519><c> the</c><00:20:42.799><c> literal</c><00:20:43.299><c> resurrection</c><00:20:44.160><c> in</c><00:20:44.779><c> verse</c><00:20:45.180><c> eleven.</c>

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So<00:20:47.259><c> what</c><00:20:47.420><c> does</c><00:20:47.559><c> he</c><00:20:47.779><c> mean</c><00:20:48.079><c> in</c><00:20:48.299><c> verse</c><00:20:48.599><c> ten,</c>

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When<00:20:49.559><c> he</c><00:20:49.740><c> talks</c><00:20:50.019><c> about</c><00:20:50.400><c> the</c><00:20:50.819><c> power</c><00:20:51.460><c> of</c><00:20:51.880><c> Christ's</c><00:20:52.880><c> resurrection?</c>

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Well,<00:20:54.759><c> that</c><00:20:54.920><c> is</c><00:20:55.279><c> seen</c><00:20:55.579><c> in</c><00:20:55.900><c> the</c><00:20:56.200><c> experience</c><00:20:56.619><c> of</c><00:20:56.799><c> the</c><00:20:57.000><c> believer.</c>

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Paul<00:20:57.799><c> had</c><00:20:58.059><c> seen</c><00:20:58.160><c> it</c><00:20:58.319><c> in</c><00:20:58.460><c> so</c><00:20:58.599><c> have</c><00:20:58.859><c> we,</c><00:20:59.220><c> brethren</c><00:20:59.339><c> and</c><00:20:59.599><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:21:00.759><c> seen</c><00:21:00.940><c> in</c><00:21:01.099><c> the</c><00:21:01.299><c> experience</c><00:21:01.839><c> of</c><00:21:02.039><c> the</c><00:21:02.279><c> believer,</c>

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When<00:21:02.759><c> he</c><00:21:02.980><c> or</c><00:21:03.220><c> she</c><00:21:03.720><c> rises</c><00:21:04.559><c> from</c><00:21:05.319><c> the</c><00:21:05.539><c> waters</c><00:21:05.740><c> of</c><00:21:06.000><c> baptism</c><00:21:06.500><c> to</c><00:21:07.220><c> newness</c><00:21:07.599><c> of</c><00:21:07.859><c> life.</c>

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The<00:21:09.599><c> power</c><00:21:10.259><c> of</c><00:21:10.940><c> Christ's</c><00:21:11.880><c> resurrection,</c>

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And<00:21:12.980><c> for</c><00:21:13.160><c> us,</c><00:21:13.700><c> as</c><00:21:13.980><c> for</c><00:21:14.220><c> Paul,</c><00:21:14.579><c> by</c><00:21:14.839><c> God's</c><00:21:15.259><c> grace,</c>

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It<00:21:15.599><c> will</c><00:21:15.759><c> lead</c><00:21:15.980><c> to</c><00:21:16.160><c> a</c><00:21:16.319><c> literal</c><00:21:16.599><c> resurrection</c><00:21:17.240><c> in</c><00:21:18.339><c> the</c><00:21:18.579><c> coming</c><00:21:18.859><c> day.</c>

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Well<00:21:22.039><c> then</c><00:21:22.180><c> as</c><00:21:22.279><c> we</c><00:21:22.400><c> just</c><00:21:22.779><c> go</c><00:21:23.119><c> on</c><00:21:23.339><c> in</c><00:21:23.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:23.759><c> three,</c>

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We<00:21:24.140><c> find</c><00:21:24.400><c> that</c><00:21:24.700><c> Paul,</c><00:21:25.920><c> not</c><00:21:25.960><c> for</c><00:21:26.259><c> the</c><00:21:26.480><c> first</c><00:21:26.740><c> time</c><00:21:26.900><c> in</c><00:21:27.039><c> his</c><00:21:27.279><c> writings,</c>

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Uses<00:21:28.000><c> the</c><00:21:28.180><c> figure</c><00:21:28.519><c> of</c><00:21:28.859><c> an</c><00:21:29.160><c> athlete.</c>

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Verse<00:21:30.339><c> thirteen,</c>

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Brethren,<00:21:32.519><c> I</c><00:21:32.779><c> cannot</c><00:21:33.059><c> myself</c><00:21:33.640><c> to</c><00:21:33.819><c> have</c><00:21:34.019><c> apprehended,</c>

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But<00:21:34.700><c> this</c><00:21:34.920><c> one</c><00:21:35.160><c> thing</c><00:21:35.319><c> I</c><00:21:35.599><c> do,</c>

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Forgetting<00:21:36.839><c> those</c><00:21:37.079><c> things</c><00:21:37.279><c> which</c><00:21:37.460><c> are</c><00:21:37.640><c> behind,</c>

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And<00:21:38.660><c> reaching</c><00:21:39.000><c> forth</c><00:21:39.420><c> unto</c><00:21:39.599><c> those</c><00:21:39.980><c> things</c><00:21:40.160><c> which</c><00:21:40.339><c> are</c><00:21:40.480><c> before,</c>

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I<00:21:41.759><c> press</c><00:21:42.220><c> toward</c><00:21:42.619><c> the</c><00:21:42.900><c> mark,</c><00:21:43.240><c> the</c><00:21:43.420><c> goal,</c>

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For<00:21:44.519><c> the</c><00:21:44.819><c> prize</c><00:21:45.200><c> of</c><00:21:45.380><c> the</c><00:21:45.599><c> high</c><00:21:45.900><c> calling</c><00:21:46.160><c> of</c><00:21:46.440><c> God</c><00:21:46.960><c> in</c><00:21:47.579><c> Christ</c><00:21:48.079><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:21:49.980><c> speaks</c><00:21:50.359><c> about</c><00:21:50.980><c> reaching</c><00:21:51.539><c> forth,</c>

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Literally<00:21:52.779><c> stretching</c><00:21:53.640><c> forward</c><00:21:54.680><c> to</c><00:21:55.259><c> the</c><00:21:55.480><c> things</c><00:21:55.660><c> which</c><00:21:55.819><c> are</c><00:21:55.960><c> before,</c>

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Like<00:21:56.480><c> an</c><00:21:56.819><c> athlete</c><00:21:57.559><c> seeking</c><00:21:58.660><c> to</c><00:21:59.019><c> win</c><00:21:59.480><c> the</c><00:21:59.980><c> prize.</c>

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And<00:22:02.240><c> he</c><00:22:03.240><c> refers</c><00:22:03.579><c> to</c><00:22:03.799><c> this,</c><00:22:03.960><c> you</c><00:22:04.140><c> remember,</c><00:22:04.640><c> in</c><00:22:04.740><c> Corinthians.</c>

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Just<00:22:05.619><c> come</c><00:22:05.799><c> back</c><00:22:05.980><c> to</c><00:22:06.099><c> 1st</c><00:22:06.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:06.660><c> chapter</c><00:22:07.019><c> nine,</c>

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Where<00:22:08.380><c> the</c><00:22:08.599><c> same</c><00:22:08.819><c> word</c><00:22:09.140><c> prize</c><00:22:09.539><c> is</c><00:22:09.819><c> used</c>

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And<00:22:10.180><c> the</c><00:22:10.319><c> same</c><00:22:10.660><c> figure</c><00:22:11.099><c> of</c><00:22:11.319><c> an</c><00:22:11.579><c> athlete</c><00:22:11.819><c> also</c><00:22:12.279><c> occurs.</c>

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We<00:22:15.079><c> have</c><00:22:15.240><c> to</c><00:22:15.400><c> be</c><00:22:15.559><c> like</c><00:22:15.779><c> athletes.</c>

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We<00:22:16.319><c> need</c><00:22:16.480><c> the</c><00:22:16.700><c> discipline</c><00:22:17.079><c> of</c><00:22:17.400><c> athletes</c>

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If<00:22:18.019><c> we</c><00:22:18.200><c> are</c><00:22:18.440><c> going</c><00:22:18.660><c> to</c><00:22:19.700><c> achieve</c><00:22:20.240><c> that</c><00:22:20.720><c> prize,</c>

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If<00:22:21.299><c> we're</c><00:22:21.539><c> going</c><00:22:21.579><c> to</c><00:22:21.779><c> receive</c><00:22:22.099><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:22:23.819><c> 1st</c><00:22:24.140><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:24.380><c> nine</c><00:22:24.900><c> and</c><00:22:25.119><c> verse</c><00:22:25.579><c> twenty</c><00:22:26.099><c>-four</c><00:22:27.359><c> says,</c>

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Know<00:22:29.880><c> ye</c><00:22:30.119><c> not</c><00:22:30.339><c> that</c><00:22:30.480><c> they</c><00:22:30.759><c> which</c><00:22:30.980><c> run</c><00:22:31.140><c> in</c><00:22:31.380><c> a</c><00:22:31.539><c> race</c><00:22:32.119><c> run</c><00:22:32.599><c> all,</c>

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But<00:22:34.180><c> one</c><00:22:34.539><c> receives</c><00:22:34.980><c> the</c><00:22:35.279><c> prize.</c>

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Now,<00:22:37.299><c> he's</c><00:22:37.440><c> not</c><00:22:37.779><c> saying</c><00:22:38.039><c> there</c><00:22:38.400><c> that</c><00:22:38.559><c> amongst</c><00:22:38.960><c> Christ's</c><00:22:40.039><c> followers,</c>

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Only<00:22:41.660><c> one</c><00:22:42.380><c> is</c><00:22:42.680><c> going</c><00:22:42.900><c> to</c><00:22:43.140><c> receive</c><00:22:43.440><c> the</c><00:22:43.700><c> prize.</c>

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What<00:22:44.819><c> he's</c><00:22:45.259><c> saying</c><00:22:45.460><c> is</c><00:22:46.220><c> that</c><00:22:46.680><c> Christ's</c><00:22:47.240><c> followers</c><00:22:47.539><c> ought</c><00:22:47.740><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:48.119><c> showing</c>

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The<00:22:48.559><c> same</c><00:22:48.839><c> eagerness</c><00:22:49.319><c> and</c><00:22:49.599><c> effort</c><00:22:50.160><c> as</c><00:22:50.819><c> though</c><00:22:51.220><c> there</c><00:22:51.380><c> was</c><00:22:51.599><c> only</c><00:22:51.839><c> one</c><00:22:52.160><c> prize</c>

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To<00:22:52.640><c> be</c><00:22:52.859><c> received</c><00:22:53.359><c> at</c><00:22:53.900><c> the</c><00:22:53.980><c> end</c><00:22:54.119><c> of</c><00:22:54.240><c> it</c><00:22:54.400><c> all.</c>

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And<00:22:55.839><c> in</c><00:22:55.980><c> these</c><00:22:56.200><c> verses</c><00:22:56.660><c> twenty</c><00:22:57.099><c>-four</c><00:22:57.339><c> onwards,</c>

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He<00:22:58.079><c> refers</c><00:22:58.440><c> to</c><00:22:58.640><c> the</c><00:22:58.859><c> rigorous</c><00:22:59.319><c> training</c><00:23:00.039><c> undergone</c><00:23:00.700><c> by</c><00:23:00.960><c> athletes</c>

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Who<00:23:01.779><c> competed</c><00:23:02.339><c> in</c><00:23:02.779><c> the</c><00:23:03.000><c> Iswian</c><00:23:03.440><c> Games</c>

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That<00:23:04.339><c> were</c><00:23:04.539><c> held</c><00:23:04.759><c> in</c><00:23:04.960><c> the</c><00:23:05.119><c> vicinity</c><00:23:05.539><c> of</c><00:23:05.900><c> Corinth.</c>

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The<00:23:07.059><c> athletes</c><00:23:07.519><c> would</c><00:23:07.740><c> have</c><00:23:07.900><c> to</c><00:23:08.000><c> go</c><00:23:08.220><c> through</c><00:23:08.539><c> months,</c>

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At<00:23:09.420><c> least,</c><00:23:10.200><c> of</c><00:23:10.440><c> training</c><00:23:10.759><c> and</c><00:23:11.059><c> discipline,</c>

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Practicing<00:23:12.420><c> self</c><00:23:12.839><c>-control.</c>

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And<00:23:14.240><c> they</c><00:23:14.339><c> did</c><00:23:14.460><c> all</c><00:23:14.720><c> of</c><00:23:14.859><c> this,</c><00:23:15.039><c> as</c><00:23:15.240><c> Paul,</c>

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For<00:23:16.039><c> a</c><00:23:16.299><c> corruptible</c><00:23:16.799><c> crown,</c><00:23:17.740><c> a</c><00:23:17.980><c> pine</c><00:23:18.279><c> wreath.</c>

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By<00:23:19.900><c> contrast,</c><00:23:20.619><c> the</c><00:23:20.740><c> prize</c><00:23:21.000><c> awaiting</c><00:23:21.400><c> believers</c>

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Is<00:23:22.640><c> the</c><00:23:22.819><c> crown</c><00:23:23.079><c> of</c><00:23:23.359><c> righteousness,</c><00:23:24.500><c> eternal</c><00:23:24.900><c> life,</c>

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Which<00:23:26.220><c> the</c><00:23:26.460><c> Lord,</c><00:23:26.920><c> the</c><00:23:27.000><c> righteous</c><00:23:27.339><c> judge,</c>

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Is<00:23:27.799><c> going</c><00:23:27.960><c> to</c><00:23:28.119><c> give</c><00:23:28.259><c> to</c><00:23:28.559><c> Paul</c><00:23:28.900><c> and</c><00:23:29.259><c> other</c><00:23:29.539><c> faithful</c><00:23:30.039><c> believers.</c>

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:35.039
Other<00:23:32.380><c> spiritual</c><00:23:32.940><c> athletes</c><00:23:33.559><c> in</c><00:23:34.180><c> the</c><00:23:34.339><c> day</c><00:23:34.519><c> of</c><00:23:34.599><c> his</c><00:23:34.799><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:23:35.299><c> so</c><00:23:35.579><c> he</c><00:23:35.839><c> says</c><00:23:36.359><c> in</c><00:23:36.980><c> verse</c><00:23:37.339><c> twenty</c><00:23:37.740><c>-four,</c>

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So<00:23:38.700><c> run</c><00:23:39.079><c> that</c><00:23:39.299><c> ye</c><00:23:39.480><c> may</c><00:23:39.680><c> obtain,</c>

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And<00:23:41.039><c> every</c><00:23:41.319><c> man</c><00:23:41.539><c> that</c><00:23:41.980><c> striveth</c><00:23:42.500><c> in</c><00:23:42.960><c> the</c><00:23:43.220><c> games</c><00:23:43.819><c> for</c><00:23:44.259><c> the</c><00:23:44.440><c> mastery</c>

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Is<00:23:45.480><c> temperate</c><00:23:46.160><c> in</c><00:23:46.359><c> all</c><00:23:46.619><c> things.</c>

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Self<00:23:47.960><c>-control</c><00:23:48.579><c> is</c><00:23:49.059><c> so</c><00:23:49.279><c> important.</c>

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:52.319
Now,<00:23:50.380><c> they</c><00:23:50.579><c> do</c><00:23:50.759><c> it</c><00:23:50.900><c> to</c><00:23:51.079><c> obtain</c><00:23:51.319><c> a</c><00:23:51.599><c> corruptible</c><00:23:52.039><c> crown,</c>

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But<00:23:52.519><c> we</c><00:23:53.019><c> an</c><00:23:53.920><c> incorruptible.</c>

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And<00:23:55.880><c> with</c><00:23:56.059><c> such</c><00:23:56.240><c> a</c><00:23:56.500><c> crown</c><00:23:56.619><c> before</c><00:23:57.039><c> us,</c><00:23:57.380><c> brothers</c><00:23:57.519><c> and</c><00:23:57.720><c> sisters,</c>

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How<00:23:58.720><c> important</c><00:23:59.240><c> it</c><00:23:59.500><c> is</c><00:23:59.779><c> that</c><00:24:00.019><c> we</c><00:24:00.680><c> discipline</c><00:24:01.180><c> ourselves</c><00:24:01.799><c> in</c><00:24:02.119><c> life</c>

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To<00:24:03.180><c> follow</c><00:24:03.500><c> our</c><00:24:03.720><c> Heavenly</c><00:24:04.079><c> Father</c><00:24:05.000><c> diligently.</c>

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.640
That<00:24:06.339><c> in</c><00:24:06.519><c> the</c><00:24:06.619><c> day</c><00:24:06.819><c> of</c><00:24:06.960><c> the</c><00:24:07.079><c> Lord's</c><00:24:07.480><c> coming,</c>

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.359
We<00:24:07.900><c> might</c><00:24:08.160><c> then</c><00:24:08.359><c> be</c><00:24:08.559><c> given</c><00:24:08.720><c> that</c><00:24:09.079><c> prize,</c>

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:12.160
That<00:24:09.940><c> crown</c><00:24:10.240><c> of</c><00:24:10.579><c> righteousness</c><00:24:11.019><c> which</c><00:24:11.319><c> has</c><00:24:11.500><c> been</c><00:24:11.680><c> promised</c>

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To<00:24:12.660><c> all</c><00:24:12.940><c> those</c><00:24:13.240><c> who</c><00:24:13.519><c> love</c><00:24:14.039><c> the</c><00:24:14.700><c> Lord's</c><00:24:15.180><c> appearing.</c>

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:21.000
Now,<00:24:17.359><c> come</c><00:24:17.480><c> back</c><00:24:17.700><c> to</c><00:24:17.880><c> Philippians</c><00:24:18.400><c> and</c><00:24:18.599><c> chapter</c><00:24:18.880><c> three.</c>

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:27.000
It<00:24:24.440><c> is</c><00:24:24.640><c> that</c><00:24:25.119><c> coming</c><00:24:25.460><c> day</c><00:24:25.920><c> that</c><00:24:26.119><c> is</c><00:24:26.299><c> set</c><00:24:26.460><c> before</c><00:24:26.839><c> us</c>

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As<00:24:27.039><c> we</c><00:24:27.200><c> go</c><00:24:27.440><c> a</c><00:24:27.480><c> little</c><00:24:27.720><c> further</c><00:24:28.019><c> down</c><00:24:28.240><c> the</c><00:24:28.420><c> chapter</c>

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And<00:24:28.880><c> we</c><00:24:29.000><c> come</c><00:24:29.180><c> to</c><00:24:29.279><c> verse</c><00:24:29.519><c> twenty.</c>

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He<00:24:31.619><c> says,</c><00:24:32.079><c> For</c><00:24:32.079><c> our</c><00:24:32.480><c> conversation</c><00:24:33.400><c> is</c><00:24:34.299><c> in</c><00:24:34.500><c> heaven.</c>

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From<00:24:35.859><c> whence</c><00:24:36.200><c> also</c><00:24:36.460><c> we</c><00:24:36.700><c> look</c><00:24:36.859><c> for</c><00:24:37.079><c> the</c><00:24:37.240><c> Saviour,</c>

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The<00:24:38.519><c> Lord</c><00:24:38.759><c> Jesus</c><00:24:39.180><c> Christ?</c>

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Well,<00:24:41.539><c> if</c><00:24:41.640><c> you've</c><00:24:41.779><c> got</c><00:24:41.940><c> another</c><00:24:42.200><c> verse</c><00:24:42.480><c> in</c><00:24:42.680><c> front</c><00:24:42.900><c> of</c><00:24:43.079><c> you,</c>

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You<00:24:43.799><c> almost</c><00:24:44.119><c> certainly</c><00:24:44.519><c> won't</c><00:24:44.759><c> have</c><00:24:44.960><c> the</c><00:24:45.079><c> word</c><00:24:45.339><c> conversation,</c>

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But<00:24:46.559><c> I</c><00:24:46.900><c> guess</c><00:24:47.180><c> most</c><00:24:47.460><c> people</c><00:24:47.740><c> have</c><00:24:47.900><c> got</c><00:24:48.000><c> an</c><00:24:48.240><c> authorized</c><00:24:48.599><c> version,</c>

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So<00:24:49.539><c> let's</c><00:24:49.819><c> just</c><00:24:50.079><c> comment</c><00:24:50.319><c> on</c><00:24:50.500><c> that</c><00:24:51.039><c> first.</c>

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Our<00:24:53.119><c> conversation</c><00:24:53.599><c> is</c><00:24:53.940><c> in</c><00:24:54.140><c> heaven.</c>

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:57.279
Now,<00:24:55.539><c> the</c><00:24:55.539><c> authorized</c><00:24:55.960><c> version</c><00:24:56.359><c> New</c><00:24:56.660><c> Testament</c>

00:24:57.279 --> 00:25:01.180
Uses<00:24:58.160><c> the</c><00:24:58.259><c> word</c><00:24:58.539><c> conversation</c><00:24:59.440><c> eighteen</c><00:25:00.140><c> times,</c>

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But<00:25:02.019><c> it</c><00:25:02.180><c> is</c><00:25:02.440><c> never</c><00:25:02.759><c> used</c><00:25:03.200><c> with</c><00:25:03.420><c> the</c><00:25:03.640><c> meaning</c>

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That<00:25:04.140><c> we</c><00:25:04.400><c> attach</c><00:25:04.700><c> to</c><00:25:04.859><c> it</c><00:25:05.019><c> today</c><00:25:05.599><c> of</c><00:25:06.339><c> speaking</c><00:25:06.700><c> to</c><00:25:06.900><c> one</c><00:25:07.099><c> another.</c>

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Rather,<00:25:08.880><c> it's</c><00:25:09.039><c> used</c><00:25:09.480><c> in</c><00:25:09.720><c> the</c><00:25:09.980><c> older</c><00:25:10.359><c> sense</c><00:25:10.700><c> of</c><00:25:10.900><c> the</c><00:25:11.099><c> word,</c>

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Which<00:25:12.140><c> means</c><00:25:12.559><c> manner</c><00:25:12.900><c> of</c><00:25:13.180><c> life</c><00:25:13.640><c> or</c><00:25:14.240><c> behavior.</c>

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Manner<00:25:16.700><c> of</c><00:25:16.880><c> life</c><00:25:17.180><c> or</c><00:25:17.440><c> behavior.</c>

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And<00:25:18.779><c> as</c><00:25:18.940><c> the</c><00:25:19.160><c> words</c><00:25:19.359><c> that</c><00:25:19.559><c> we</c><00:25:19.880><c> speak</c><00:25:20.119><c> to</c><00:25:20.299><c> one</c><00:25:20.559><c> another</c>

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Are<00:25:21.299><c> a</c><00:25:21.519><c> very</c><00:25:21.819><c> significant</c><00:25:22.460><c> aspect</c><00:25:23.200><c> of</c><00:25:23.420><c> our</c><00:25:23.619><c> behavior,</c>

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:27.279
The<00:25:24.859><c> term</c><00:25:25.299><c> conversation</c><00:25:26.180><c> came</c><00:25:26.619><c> to</c><00:25:26.940><c> have</c>

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A<00:25:27.619><c> more</c><00:25:28.059><c> specialized</c><00:25:28.539><c> meaning,</c>

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Just<00:25:29.960><c> talking</c><00:25:30.299><c> to</c><00:25:30.480><c> one</c><00:25:30.680><c> another.</c>

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Actually,<00:25:32.180><c> the</c><00:25:32.279><c> meaning</c><00:25:32.619><c> changed</c><00:25:33.160><c> very</c><00:25:33.500><c> soon</c>

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After<00:25:34.079><c> the</c><00:25:34.319><c> authorized</c><00:25:34.680><c> version</c><00:25:35.079><c> was</c><00:25:35.319><c> produced.</c>

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:39.680
Now,<00:25:37.539><c> I</c><00:25:37.740><c> said</c><00:25:37.900><c> that</c><00:25:38.079><c> the</c><00:25:38.140><c> word</c><00:25:38.359><c> conversation</c><00:25:38.940><c> in</c><00:25:39.099><c> the</c><00:25:39.319><c> avi</c>

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Occurs<00:25:40.000><c> eighteen</c><00:25:40.339><c> times.</c>

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On<00:25:41.779><c> sixteen</c><00:25:42.480><c> of</c><00:25:42.680><c> those</c><00:25:43.000><c> occasions,</c>

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It<00:25:45.279><c> is</c><00:25:45.960><c> simply</c><00:25:46.319><c> used</c><00:25:46.680><c> to</c><00:25:46.960><c> mean</c>

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Conduct,<00:25:48.980><c> manner</c><00:25:49.160><c> of</c><00:25:49.420><c> life</c><00:25:49.539><c> or</c><00:25:49.680><c> behavior.</c>

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The<00:25:50.420><c> Greek</c><00:25:50.720><c> terms</c><00:25:51.480><c> mean,</c>

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As<00:25:52.599><c> I</c><00:25:52.740><c> put</c><00:25:52.900><c> in</c><00:25:53.039><c> the</c><00:25:53.160><c> first</c><00:25:53.460><c> bullet</c><00:25:53.700><c> point,</c>

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Conduct,<00:25:55.220><c> manner</c><00:25:55.359><c> of</c><00:25:55.660><c> life,</c><00:25:56.339><c> behavior.</c>

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And<00:25:57.619><c> I</c><00:25:57.900><c> put</c><00:25:58.059><c> some</c><00:25:58.400><c> examples</c><00:25:58.900><c> down</c><00:25:59.299><c> there</c>

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Of<00:26:00.339><c> where</c><00:26:00.640><c> the</c><00:26:00.799><c> word</c><00:26:00.920><c> is</c><00:26:01.200><c> used</c><00:26:01.460><c> and</c><00:26:01.660><c> it</c><00:26:01.779><c> means</c><00:26:01.980><c> just</c><00:26:02.319><c> that.</c>

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Galatians<00:26:03.299><c> 1,</c><00:26:03.660><c> for</c><00:26:03.839><c> example.</c>

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You've<00:26:05.059><c> heard</c><00:26:05.259><c> of</c><00:26:05.400><c> my</c><00:26:05.680><c> conversation,</c>

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:10.500
My<00:26:06.819><c> manner</c><00:26:07.099><c> of</c><00:26:07.400><c> life</c><00:26:07.759><c> in</c><00:26:08.180><c> time</c><00:26:08.480><c> past</c><00:26:08.839><c> in</c><00:26:09.039><c> the</c><00:26:09.180><c> Jews'</c><00:26:09.619><c> religion.</c>

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Or<00:26:11.319><c> 1</c><00:26:11.579><c> Peter</c><00:26:11.880><c> chapter</c><00:26:12.259><c> 2.</c>

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Having<00:26:13.279><c> your</c><00:26:13.619><c> conversation,</c><00:26:14.579><c> your</c><00:26:14.980><c> behavior,</c>

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Honest<00:26:16.759><c> among</c><00:26:17.039><c> the</c><00:26:17.240><c> Gentiles.</c>

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2<00:26:19.900><c> Peter</c><00:26:20.259><c> chapter</c><00:26:20.720><c> 2.</c>

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Lot<00:26:21.960><c> was</c><00:26:22.400><c> delivered.</c>

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He<00:26:23.500><c> was</c><00:26:23.839><c> vexed</c><00:26:24.180><c> with</c><00:26:24.359><c> the</c><00:26:24.579><c> filthy</c><00:26:24.859><c> conversation,</c>

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The<00:26:25.779><c> filthy</c><00:26:26.119><c> behavior</c><00:26:26.859><c> of</c><00:26:27.180><c> the</c><00:26:27.359><c> wicked.</c>

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So<00:26:28.599><c> on</c><00:26:28.920><c> sixteen</c><00:26:29.359><c> occasions,</c>

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Like<00:26:30.880><c> those</c><00:26:31.359><c> on</c><00:26:31.700><c> the</c><00:26:31.920><c> screen,</c>

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When<00:26:32.859><c> the</c><00:26:32.940><c> word</c><00:26:33.640><c> conversation</c><00:26:34.640><c> is</c><00:26:34.859><c> used</c><00:26:35.039><c> in</c><00:26:35.180><c> the</c><00:26:35.339><c> avi,</c>

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It<00:26:35.859><c> means</c><00:26:36.180><c> manner</c><00:26:36.480><c> of</c><00:26:36.740><c> life</c><00:26:36.940><c> or</c><00:26:37.099><c> behavior.</c>

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But<00:26:38.599><c> that</c><00:26:39.059><c> leaves</c><00:26:39.380><c> two</c><00:26:39.900><c> other</c><00:26:40.359><c> occasions</c>

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When<00:26:42.059><c> it</c><00:26:42.160><c> means</c><00:26:42.380><c> something</c><00:26:42.640><c> slightly</c><00:26:43.000><c> different,</c>

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And<00:26:43.920><c> they're</c><00:26:44.160><c> both</c><00:26:44.480><c> here</c><00:26:44.799><c> in</c><00:26:45.039><c> Philippians.</c>

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Come<00:26:46.819><c> back</c><00:26:47.039><c> to</c><00:26:47.220><c> Philippians</c><00:26:47.579><c> chapter</c><00:26:47.960><c> 1,</c><00:26:48.440><c> verse</c><00:26:48.500><c> 27.</c>

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Philippians<00:26:53.420><c> chapter</c><00:26:53.720><c> 1,</c><00:26:54.180><c> verse</c><00:26:54.299><c> 27.</c>

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Only<00:26:56.180><c> let</c><00:26:56.480><c> your</c><00:26:56.819><c> conversation</c>

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Be<00:26:58.779><c> as</c><00:26:58.920><c> it</c><00:26:59.200><c> becometh</c><00:26:59.460><c> the</c><00:26:59.579><c> gospel</c><00:26:59.900><c> of</c><00:27:00.099><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:27:01.660><c> the</c><00:27:01.839><c> revised</c><00:27:02.220><c> version</c><00:27:02.599><c> translates</c><00:27:03.240><c> that</c><00:27:03.559><c> as</c><00:27:03.779><c> manner</c><00:27:04.019><c> of</c><00:27:04.339><c> life.</c>

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But<00:27:05.079><c> if</c><00:27:05.160><c> you</c><00:27:05.240><c> look</c><00:27:05.339><c> at</c><00:27:05.480><c> the</c><00:27:05.779><c> screen,</c>

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You'll<00:27:06.579><c> see</c><00:27:06.779><c> there</c><00:27:06.960><c> in</c><00:27:07.099><c> the</c><00:27:07.299><c> second</c><00:27:07.519><c> bullet</c><00:27:07.839><c> point,</c>

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I've<00:27:08.839><c> pointed</c><00:27:09.119><c> out</c><00:27:09.420><c> that</c><00:27:09.539><c> the</c><00:27:09.799><c> Greek</c><00:27:10.059><c> word</c><00:27:10.339><c> that's</c><00:27:10.720><c> used</c><00:27:10.920><c> there,</c>

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The<00:27:11.819><c> conversation,</c>

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Is<00:27:13.440><c> a</c><00:27:13.640><c> word</c><00:27:13.859><c> that</c><00:27:14.099><c> literally</c><00:27:14.380><c> means</c><00:27:14.680><c> to</c><00:27:14.880><c> behave</c><00:27:15.160><c> as</c><00:27:15.400><c> a</c><00:27:15.579><c> citizen.</c>

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To<00:27:18.319><c> behave</c><00:27:18.859><c> as</c><00:27:19.980><c> a</c><00:27:20.240><c> citizen.</c>

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Let<00:27:22.200><c> your</c><00:27:22.480><c> manner</c><00:27:22.740><c> of</c><00:27:23.059><c> life</c><00:27:23.299><c> as</c><00:27:23.579><c> a</c><00:27:23.980><c> citizen</c>

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Be<00:27:25.519><c> as</c><00:27:25.720><c> it</c><00:27:26.019><c> becometh</c><00:27:26.519><c> the</c><00:27:26.680><c> gospel</c><00:27:27.000><c> of</c><00:27:27.220><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:27:28.259><c> also</c><00:27:28.599><c> this</c><00:27:28.880><c> verse</c><00:27:29.160><c> that</c><00:27:29.359><c> we're</c><00:27:29.579><c> on</c><00:27:29.720><c> in</c><00:27:29.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.119><c> 3,</c><00:27:30.440><c> verse</c><00:27:30.660><c> 20,</c>

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For<00:27:32.180><c> our</c><00:27:33.039><c> citizenship,</c><00:27:34.079><c> literally,</c>

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Is<00:27:35.859><c> in</c><00:27:36.500><c> heaven.</c>

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Now<00:27:39.140><c> why</c><00:27:39.339><c> does</c><00:27:39.519><c> he</c><00:27:40.160><c> use</c><00:27:40.680><c> this</c><00:27:41.000><c> particular</c><00:27:41.599><c> idea</c>

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When<00:27:42.359><c> he's</c><00:27:42.660><c> writing</c><00:27:42.799><c> to</c><00:27:43.019><c> the</c><00:27:43.119><c> Philippians?</c>

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Well,<00:27:44.059><c> if</c><00:27:44.220><c> you</c><00:27:44.279><c> look</c><00:27:44.380><c> at</c><00:27:44.519><c> the</c><00:27:44.779><c> bottom</c><00:27:44.980><c> bullet</c><00:27:45.259><c> point</c><00:27:45.579><c> there,</c>

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I've<00:27:46.519><c> given</c><00:27:46.640><c> you</c><00:27:46.900><c> Moffat's</c><00:27:47.599><c> translation</c><00:27:48.240><c> of</c><00:27:48.720><c> chapter</c><00:27:48.940><c> 3,</c><00:27:49.220><c> verse</c><00:27:49.440><c> 20,</c>

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Which<00:27:49.980><c> really</c><00:27:50.400><c> gets</c><00:27:50.640><c> at</c><00:27:50.839><c> the</c><00:27:51.019><c> heart</c><00:27:51.220><c> of</c><00:27:51.339><c> what</c><00:27:51.440><c> he's</c><00:27:51.819><c> saying.</c>

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We<00:27:52.940><c> are</c><00:27:53.220><c> a</c><00:27:53.519><c> colony.</c>

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A<00:27:55.500><c> colony</c><00:27:55.799><c> of</c><00:27:56.019><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:27:57.220><c> we</c><00:27:57.440><c> wait</c><00:27:57.619><c> for</c><00:27:57.799><c> the</c><00:27:58.000><c> Savior</c><00:27:58.359><c> who</c><00:27:58.599><c> comes</c><00:27:58.839><c> from</c><00:27:59.079><c> heaven,</c>

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The<00:28:00.220><c> Lord</c><00:28:00.720><c> Jesus</c><00:28:01.619><c> Christ.</c>

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Well,<00:28:04.200><c> of</c><00:28:04.420><c> course,</c><00:28:04.940><c> we</c><00:28:05.140><c> now</c><00:28:05.480><c> go</c><00:28:05.700><c> right</c><00:28:06.079><c> back,</c><00:28:06.339><c> don't</c><00:28:06.559><c> we,</c>

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In<00:28:07.359><c> thought</c><00:28:07.720><c> to</c><00:28:07.900><c> the</c><00:28:08.000><c> very</c><00:28:08.319><c> first</c><00:28:08.660><c> session,</c>

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When<00:28:09.660><c> we</c><00:28:09.960><c> talked</c><00:28:10.200><c> about</c><00:28:11.039><c> Philippi.</c>

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It<00:28:12.799><c> was</c><00:28:13.039><c> a</c><00:28:13.279><c> Roman</c><00:28:13.619><c> colony.</c>

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And<00:28:14.980><c> Paul</c><00:28:15.119><c> is</c><00:28:15.759><c> drawing</c><00:28:16.000><c> attention</c><00:28:16.539><c> to</c><00:28:16.779><c> that</c><00:28:16.960><c> fact.</c>

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He's<00:28:17.380><c> playing</c><00:28:17.619><c> on</c><00:28:17.819><c> that</c><00:28:18.140><c> fact</c><00:28:18.400><c> when</c><00:28:18.839><c> he</c><00:28:19.099><c> writes</c><00:28:19.400><c> to</c><00:28:19.619><c> the</c><00:28:19.779><c> brethren.</c>

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He's<00:28:20.660><c> writing</c><00:28:20.799><c> to</c><00:28:20.940><c> them</c><00:28:21.099><c> from</c><00:28:21.400><c> Rome.</c>

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He's<00:28:22.599><c> writing</c><00:28:22.740><c> to</c><00:28:22.960><c> a</c><00:28:23.140><c> group</c><00:28:23.279><c> of</c><00:28:23.559><c> brethren</c><00:28:23.759><c> and</c><00:28:24.019><c> sisters</c>

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:26.980
In<00:28:24.500><c> the</c><00:28:24.759><c> Roman</c><00:28:25.140><c> colony</c><00:28:25.799><c> of</c><00:28:26.200><c> Philippi,</c>

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Where<00:28:27.319><c> the</c><00:28:27.640><c> citizens</c><00:28:28.079><c> saw</c><00:28:28.480><c> themselves</c>

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As<00:28:29.839><c> a</c><00:28:30.200><c> miniature</c><00:28:30.619><c> of</c><00:28:31.079><c> the</c><00:28:31.319><c> capital</c><00:28:31.579><c> city.</c>

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They<00:28:32.420><c> were</c><00:28:32.579><c> like</c><00:28:32.740><c> a</c><00:28:33.180><c> mini</c><00:28:33.680><c>-Rome.</c>

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They<00:28:35.000><c> spoke</c><00:28:35.240><c> Latin,</c><00:28:36.019><c> the</c><00:28:36.220><c> language</c><00:28:36.500><c> of</c><00:28:36.740><c> Rome.</c>

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They<00:28:37.380><c> followed</c><00:28:37.740><c> the</c><00:28:37.980><c> customs</c><00:28:38.400><c> of</c><00:28:38.619><c> the</c><00:28:38.779><c> capital</c><00:28:39.079><c> city.</c>

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They<00:28:39.940><c> wore</c><00:28:40.380><c> Roman</c><00:28:40.799><c> dress.</c>

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Their<00:28:42.019><c> citizenship</c><00:28:42.759><c> was</c><00:28:43.059><c> in</c><00:28:43.400><c> Rome.</c>

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But<00:28:45.420><c> playing</c><00:28:45.779><c> on</c><00:28:46.079><c> that</c><00:28:46.559><c> status</c><00:28:47.119><c> of</c><00:28:47.440><c> a</c><00:28:47.660><c> colony,</c>

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Paul<00:28:48.940><c> reminds</c><00:28:49.460><c> the</c><00:28:49.680><c> brethren</c><00:28:49.880><c> and</c><00:28:50.119><c> sisters</c>

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That<00:28:50.700><c> they</c><00:28:50.980><c> too</c><00:28:51.460><c> are</c><00:28:52.019><c> a</c><00:28:52.160><c> colony,</c>

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Not<00:28:53.140><c> of</c><00:28:53.319><c> Rome,</c>

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A<00:28:55.019><c> colony</c><00:28:55.319><c> of</c><00:28:55.619><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:28:57.079><c> therefore</c><00:28:57.380><c> they</c><00:28:57.640><c> should</c><00:28:57.839><c> be</c><00:28:58.099><c> manifesting</c><00:28:58.660><c> heaven's</c><00:28:59.440><c> ways.</c>

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And<00:29:00.660><c> they</c><00:29:00.759><c> should</c><00:29:00.960><c> be</c><00:29:01.180><c> immediately</c><00:29:01.680><c> recognizable</c>

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As<00:29:02.740><c> a</c><00:29:02.920><c> separate</c><00:29:03.140><c> people,</c>

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Looking<00:29:04.200><c> as</c><00:29:04.420><c> it</c><00:29:04.599><c> were</c><00:29:04.819><c> to</c><00:29:05.059><c> heaven</c>

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As<00:29:06.160><c> the</c><00:29:06.259><c> center</c><00:29:06.539><c> of</c><00:29:06.720><c> their</c><00:29:06.839><c> government.</c>

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In<00:29:08.640><c> fact,</c><00:29:08.940><c> if</c><00:29:09.059><c> you</c><00:29:09.200><c> come</c><00:29:09.400><c> back</c><00:29:09.640><c> to</c><00:29:09.900><c> Philippians</c><00:29:10.460><c> 3,</c>

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This<00:29:11.920><c> sets</c><00:29:12.240><c> them</c><00:29:12.559><c> apart</c><00:29:13.279><c> from</c><00:29:13.660><c> those</c><00:29:13.940><c> he</c><00:29:14.220><c> speaks</c><00:29:14.539><c> about</c>

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In<00:29:15.039><c> verses</c><00:29:15.279><c> 18</c><00:29:15.680><c> and</c><00:29:15.819><c> 19.</c>

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The<00:29:17.420><c> enemies</c><00:29:17.940><c> of</c><00:29:18.279><c> the</c><00:29:18.440><c> cross</c><00:29:18.579><c> of</c><00:29:18.839><c> Christ,</c>

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Who<00:29:19.859><c> mind</c><00:29:20.400><c> earthly</c><00:29:21.240><c> things.</c>

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They're<00:29:23.339><c> not</c><00:29:23.519><c> like</c><00:29:23.859><c> that.</c>

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As<00:29:25.079><c> a</c><00:29:25.240><c> colony</c><00:29:25.519><c> of</c><00:29:25.740><c> heaven,</c>

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As<00:29:26.880><c> Paul</c><00:29:27.079><c> writes</c><00:29:27.480><c> in</c><00:29:27.720><c> Colossians</c><00:29:28.240><c> 3,</c>

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:32.220
They<00:29:29.380><c> should</c><00:29:29.680><c> set</c><00:29:29.980><c> their</c><00:29:30.359><c> mind</c><00:29:30.660><c> on</c><00:29:30.859><c> the</c><00:29:31.099><c> things</c><00:29:31.279><c> that</c><00:29:31.500><c> are</c><00:29:31.700><c> above,</c>

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:35.799
Not<00:29:33.059><c> on</c><00:29:33.319><c> the</c><00:29:33.539><c> things</c><00:29:34.000><c> that</c><00:29:34.440><c> are</c><00:29:34.599><c> on</c><00:29:34.799><c> the</c><00:29:35.000><c> earth.</c>

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:38.880
Hence<00:29:36.759><c> the</c><00:29:37.000><c> Lord</c><00:29:37.200><c> taught</c><00:29:37.460><c> his</c><00:29:37.740><c> disciples</c><00:29:38.140><c> to</c><00:29:38.480><c> pray,</c>

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:41.079
Thy<00:29:39.539><c> kingdom</c><00:29:39.960><c> come,</c>

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:43.359
Thy<00:29:41.339><c> will</c><00:29:41.559><c> be</c><00:29:41.799><c> done</c><00:29:42.000><c> in</c><00:29:42.339><c> earth,</c>

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:46.160
As<00:29:43.740><c> it</c><00:29:43.900><c> is</c><00:29:44.099><c> done</c><00:29:44.640><c> in</c><00:29:45.299><c> heaven.</c>

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:50.099
And<00:29:47.319><c> we're</c><00:29:47.500><c> reminded</c><00:29:47.799><c> also</c><00:29:48.140><c> of</c><00:29:48.299><c> the</c><00:29:48.460><c> patriarchs</c><00:29:49.099><c> of</c><00:29:49.279><c> old,</c>

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:52.400
Who<00:29:50.680><c> desired</c><00:29:51.240><c> a</c><00:29:51.579><c> better</c><00:29:51.799><c> country,</c>

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.779
Says<00:29:52.779><c> Hebrews,</c>

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.660
That<00:29:54.259><c> is</c><00:29:54.660><c> unheavenly.</c>

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:59.119
Wherefore<00:29:56.579><c> God</c><00:29:56.779><c> is</c><00:29:56.960><c> not</c><00:29:57.099><c> ashamed</c><00:29:57.619><c> to</c><00:29:57.859><c> be</c><00:29:58.099><c> called</c><00:29:58.380><c> their</c><00:29:58.660><c> God,</c>

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:01.420
For<00:29:59.480><c> he</c><00:29:59.579><c> hath</c><00:29:59.740><c> prepared</c><00:30:00.059><c> for</c><00:30:00.200><c> them</c><00:30:00.400><c> a</c><00:30:00.579><c> city.</c>

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:04.779
Now,<00:30:02.799><c> lest</c><00:30:03.359><c> there</c><00:30:03.539><c> should</c><00:30:03.740><c> be</c><00:30:03.880><c> any</c><00:30:04.099><c> misunderstanding</c>

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.779
About<00:30:05.059><c> what</c><00:30:05.220><c> we're</c><00:30:05.460><c> saying,</c>

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:09.920
Of<00:30:06.259><c> course</c><00:30:06.640><c> the</c><00:30:06.880><c> patriarchs</c><00:30:07.420><c> did</c><00:30:07.579><c> not</c><00:30:07.740><c> expect</c><00:30:08.319><c> to</c><00:30:08.640><c> go</c><00:30:08.880><c> to</c><00:30:09.079><c> heaven,</c>

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:11.599
But<00:30:10.059><c> what</c><00:30:10.259><c> they</c><00:30:10.539><c> looked</c><00:30:10.799><c> for</c>

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:13.559
Was<00:30:11.960><c> the</c><00:30:12.240><c> end</c><00:30:12.460><c> that</c><00:30:12.619><c> God</c><00:30:12.779><c> had</c><00:30:13.059><c> promised,</c>

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:16.400
When<00:30:14.019><c> the</c><00:30:14.299><c> land</c><00:30:14.599><c> in</c><00:30:14.799><c> which</c><00:30:14.980><c> they</c><00:30:15.319><c> sojourned</c>

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:19.259
Would<00:30:16.759><c> be</c><00:30:16.980><c> under</c><00:30:17.380><c> heavenly</c><00:30:17.880><c> conditions,</c>

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:22.200
And<00:30:19.539><c> the</c><00:30:19.720><c> center</c><00:30:19.940><c> of</c><00:30:20.119><c> blessing</c><00:30:20.480><c> for</c><00:30:20.779><c> all</c><00:30:21.079><c> nations.</c>

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.779
Together<00:30:22.700><c> with</c><00:30:22.940><c> Isaac</c><00:30:23.180><c> and</c><00:30:23.420><c> Jacob,</c>

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.380
Abraham<00:30:24.220><c> looked</c><00:30:24.420><c> for</c><00:30:24.579><c> a</c><00:30:24.740><c> new</c><00:30:24.940><c> order,</c>

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.420
Which<00:30:25.640><c> would</c><00:30:25.839><c> never</c><00:30:26.039><c> pass</c><00:30:26.339><c> away,</c>

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:29.599
Founded<00:30:27.880><c> by</c><00:30:28.180><c> God</c><00:30:28.619><c> on</c><00:30:29.180><c> earth.</c>

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:32.099
And<00:30:30.359><c> so</c><00:30:30.619><c> should</c><00:30:30.839><c> we.</c>

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:34.920
Now,<00:30:33.200><c> just</c><00:30:33.759><c> staying</c><00:30:34.000><c> with</c><00:30:34.220><c> this</c><00:30:34.480><c> theme</c>

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:38.019
Of<00:30:35.700><c> Philippi</c><00:30:36.180><c> as</c><00:30:36.380><c> a</c><00:30:36.539><c> colony</c><00:30:36.759><c> of</c><00:30:37.019><c> heaven,</c>

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.480
Playing<00:30:38.180><c> on</c><00:30:38.400><c> the</c><00:30:38.559><c> idea</c><00:30:38.900><c> that</c>

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.400
Philippi<00:30:39.900><c> itself</c><00:30:40.319><c> was</c><00:30:40.539><c> a</c><00:30:40.660><c> Roman</c><00:30:40.940><c> colony,</c>

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:44.099
Just<00:30:41.839><c> come</c><00:30:41.980><c> into</c><00:30:42.160><c> chapter</c><00:30:42.500><c> 4.</c>

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:46.319
Chapter<00:30:44.700><c> 4.</c>

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:51.619
The<00:30:50.140><c> archives</c><00:30:50.759><c> in</c><00:30:51.119><c> Rome</c>

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:56.420
Had<00:30:52.119><c> a</c><00:30:52.299><c> record</c><00:30:52.920><c> of</c><00:30:53.319><c> the</c><00:30:53.539><c> names</c><00:30:54.019><c> of</c><00:30:54.319><c> Roman</c><00:30:54.880><c> colonists.</c>

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:58.880
So,<00:30:57.339><c> the</c><00:30:57.500><c> followers</c><00:30:57.720><c> of</c><00:30:58.000><c> Christ</c><00:30:58.259><c> in</c><00:30:58.579><c> Philippi</c>

00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:01.299
Chapter<00:30:59.799><c> 4</c><00:31:00.180><c> verse</c><00:31:00.460><c> 2</c>

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:04.059
Have<00:31:01.799><c> their</c><00:31:02.119><c> names</c><00:31:02.460><c> recorded</c><00:31:02.920><c> also.</c>

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.319
Not<00:31:04.440><c> in</c><00:31:04.599><c> the</c><00:31:04.759><c> archives</c><00:31:05.140><c> in</c><00:31:05.400><c> Rome,</c>

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:08.700
But<00:31:06.980><c> in</c><00:31:07.140><c> the</c><00:31:07.279><c> book</c><00:31:07.400><c> of</c><00:31:07.619><c> life.</c>

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.259
So<00:31:09.099><c> even</c><00:31:09.299><c> that</c><00:31:09.559><c> reference</c><00:31:09.819><c> there</c>

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:12.779
To<00:31:10.559><c> this</c><00:31:10.799><c> very</c><00:31:11.180><c> scriptural</c><00:31:11.599><c> idea</c><00:31:11.839><c> of</c><00:31:11.980><c> the</c><00:31:12.079><c> book</c><00:31:12.240><c> of</c><00:31:12.480><c> life,</c>

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:14.599
And<00:31:13.019><c> we</c><00:31:13.180><c> find</c><00:31:13.619><c> this</c><00:31:13.940><c> idea</c><00:31:14.200><c> elsewhere,</c>

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:16.759
Nevertheless,<00:31:15.539><c> in</c><00:31:15.660><c> this</c><00:31:15.940><c> context</c>

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:19.200
Is<00:31:17.240><c> reminding</c><00:31:17.619><c> the</c><00:31:17.880><c> Philippians</c><00:31:18.359><c> of</c><00:31:18.579><c> the</c><00:31:18.740><c> difference</c>

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:22.019
Between<00:31:19.559><c> themselves</c><00:31:20.259><c> and</c><00:31:21.039><c> the</c><00:31:21.279><c> other</c><00:31:21.559><c> colonists</c>

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.720
In<00:31:22.140><c> the</c><00:31:22.299><c> city</c><00:31:22.519><c> where</c><00:31:22.720><c> they</c><00:31:22.880><c> lived.</c>

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:27.019
The<00:31:25.039><c> Philippians,</c><00:31:26.339><c> on</c><00:31:26.619><c> the</c><00:31:26.799><c> whole,</c>

00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:30.279
Had<00:31:27.200><c> their</c><00:31:27.480><c> names</c><00:31:27.859><c> recorded</c><00:31:28.420><c> in</c><00:31:28.640><c> the</c><00:31:28.880><c> archives</c><00:31:29.240><c> in</c><00:31:29.500><c> Rome.</c>

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.660
For<00:31:30.640><c> these,</c><00:31:31.160><c> brethren</c><00:31:31.180><c> and</c><00:31:31.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:33.940
Their<00:31:31.920><c> names</c><00:31:32.180><c> were</c><00:31:32.380><c> written</c><00:31:32.640><c> in</c><00:31:33.000><c> the</c><00:31:33.099><c> book</c><00:31:33.259><c> of</c><00:31:33.460><c> life.</c>

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.960
Now,<00:31:34.640><c> verse</c><00:31:34.660><c> 7.</c>

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.599
And<00:31:36.500><c> the</c><00:31:36.680><c> peace</c><00:31:36.920><c> of</c><00:31:37.160><c> God,</c>

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.700
Which<00:31:38.339><c> passeth</c><00:31:38.680><c> all</c><00:31:38.940><c> understanding,</c>

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:42.920
Shall<00:31:40.180><c> keep,</c><00:31:41.339><c> or</c><00:31:41.740><c> guard,</c>

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:44.599
Your<00:31:43.259><c> hearts</c><00:31:43.740><c> and</c><00:31:44.000><c> minds</c>

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:47.519
Through<00:31:45.440><c> Christ</c><00:31:46.180><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:50.519
The<00:31:48.359><c> peace</c><00:31:48.640><c> of</c><00:31:48.900><c> God</c><00:31:49.220><c> will</c><00:31:49.680><c> guard</c>

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:53.099
Your<00:31:51.279><c> hearts</c><00:31:51.740><c> and</c><00:31:52.019><c> minds.</c>

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:56.039
So,<00:31:54.720><c> the</c><00:31:54.740><c> word</c><00:31:55.180><c> guard</c><00:31:55.779><c> here,</c>

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.779
Or<00:31:56.299><c> keep</c><00:31:56.539><c> as</c><00:31:56.700><c> it</c><00:31:56.839><c> is</c><00:31:57.000><c> in</c><00:31:57.099><c> the</c><00:31:57.279><c> AV,</c>

00:31:58.180 --> 00:32:00.539
Is<00:31:58.339><c> connected</c><00:31:58.839><c> with</c><00:31:59.059><c> a</c><00:31:59.240><c> term</c><00:31:59.660><c> meaning</c>

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.160
Garrison.

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.980
A<00:32:02.799><c> garrison.</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.539
So,<00:32:04.420><c> believers</c><00:32:04.740><c> then</c><00:32:05.039><c> can</c><00:32:05.220><c> be</c><00:32:05.500><c> guarded,</c>

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:08.819
Surrounded,<00:32:07.059><c> as</c><00:32:07.200><c> it</c><00:32:07.380><c> were,</c><00:32:07.599><c> by</c><00:32:07.819><c> the</c><00:32:08.059><c> peace</c><00:32:08.240><c> of</c><00:32:08.519><c> God</c>

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:10.140
As<00:32:09.359><c> a</c><00:32:09.619><c> garrison.</c>

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:13.500
And<00:32:10.940><c> Philippi</c><00:32:11.319><c> was</c><00:32:11.519><c> a</c><00:32:11.640><c> garrison</c><00:32:12.099><c> town,</c><00:32:12.619><c> wasn't</c><00:32:12.779><c> it?</c>

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.740
So,<00:32:14.160><c> yet</c><00:32:14.339><c> again,</c>

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:17.539
Just<00:32:15.140><c> in</c><00:32:15.319><c> the</c><00:32:15.460><c> use</c><00:32:15.619><c> of</c><00:32:15.819><c> this</c><00:32:16.079><c> term</c><00:32:16.279><c> keep</c><00:32:16.619><c> or</c><00:32:16.920><c> guard,</c>

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:20.359
He<00:32:18.279><c> is</c><00:32:18.660><c> picking</c><00:32:18.940><c> up</c><00:32:19.160><c> the</c><00:32:19.319><c> fact</c><00:32:19.539><c> that</c><00:32:19.680><c> they</c><00:32:19.920><c> lived</c>

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:22.319
In<00:32:20.779><c> this</c><00:32:21.079><c> kind</c><00:32:21.279><c> of</c><00:32:21.500><c> town,</c>

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:25.119
But<00:32:22.640><c> yet</c><00:32:23.140><c> they</c><00:32:23.339><c> were</c><00:32:23.599><c> guarded</c><00:32:23.839><c> by</c><00:32:24.099><c> something</c><00:32:24.400><c> far</c><00:32:24.720><c> greater.</c>

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:27.720
Not<00:32:26.099><c> Roman</c><00:32:26.460><c> soldiers,</c>

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:30.279
But<00:32:27.859><c> by</c><00:32:28.119><c> the</c><00:32:28.400><c> peace</c><00:32:28.960><c> of</c><00:32:29.440><c> God.</c>

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:32.599
So,<00:32:30.539><c> as</c><00:32:30.759><c> a</c><00:32:30.900><c> colony</c><00:32:31.259><c> of</c><00:32:31.460><c> heaven</c><00:32:31.799><c> then,</c>

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:34.539
Believers<00:32:33.039><c> in</c><00:32:33.339><c> Christ</c><00:32:33.779><c> had</c><00:32:34.019><c> to</c><00:32:34.180><c> remain</c>

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.740
Faithful<00:32:34.960><c> to</c><00:32:35.119><c> their</c><00:32:35.380><c> calling.</c>

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:37.539
They<00:32:36.079><c> had</c><00:32:36.279><c> to</c><00:32:36.400><c> be</c><00:32:36.559><c> a</c><00:32:36.759><c> separate</c><00:32:36.960><c> people,</c>

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.000
Manifesting,<00:32:38.420><c> as</c><00:32:38.579><c> it</c><00:32:38.740><c> were,</c>

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:41.339
Heaven's<00:32:39.680><c> ways</c><00:32:40.140><c> in</c><00:32:40.559><c> their</c><00:32:40.839><c> lives.</c>

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:43.400
They<00:32:41.960><c> had</c><00:32:42.180><c> to</c><00:32:42.319><c> be</c><00:32:42.500><c> worthy</c><00:32:42.880><c> citizens</c>

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:45.660
Of<00:32:43.599><c> that</c><00:32:43.779><c> heavenly</c><00:32:44.140><c> kingdom</c><00:32:44.539><c> to</c><00:32:44.839><c> come.</c>

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:48.799
Or<00:32:46.119><c> as</c><00:32:46.240><c> Jesus</c><00:32:46.619><c> had</c><00:32:46.859><c> earlier</c><00:32:47.140><c> said</c><00:32:47.299><c> to</c><00:32:47.460><c> his</c><00:32:47.640><c> disciples,</c>

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:51.380
Be<00:32:49.339><c> ye</c><00:32:49.559><c> therefore</c><00:32:50.099><c> perfect,</c>

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:53.440
Even<00:32:51.720><c> as</c><00:32:51.880><c> your</c><00:32:52.119><c> Father,</c><00:32:52.559><c> which</c><00:32:52.720><c> is</c><00:32:52.920><c> in</c><00:32:53.079><c> heaven,</c>

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:55.559
Is<00:32:54.200><c> perfect.</c>

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:57.539
And<00:32:55.920><c> at</c><00:32:56.059><c> the</c><00:32:56.079><c> end</c><00:32:56.240><c> of</c><00:32:56.359><c> the</c><00:32:56.480><c> third</c><00:32:56.700><c> chapter,</c>

00:32:57.700 --> 00:33:00.559
Paul<00:32:58.039><c> reminds</c><00:32:58.579><c> us</c><00:32:58.880><c> that</c><00:32:59.000><c> when</c><00:32:59.200><c> the</c><00:32:59.339><c> Lord</c><00:32:59.500><c> Jesus</c><00:32:59.900><c> Christ</c><00:33:00.119><c> returns,</c>

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:04.079
We<00:33:00.740><c> have</c><00:33:00.940><c> the</c><00:33:01.160><c> hope</c><00:33:01.480><c> that</c><00:33:01.940><c> these</c><00:33:02.339><c> vile</c><00:33:02.779><c> bodies,</c>

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:06.059
Or<00:33:04.680><c> as</c><00:33:04.799><c> the</c><00:33:04.900><c> revised</c><00:33:05.200><c> version</c><00:33:05.519><c> puts</c><00:33:05.819><c> it,</c>

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:08.839
These<00:33:06.519><c> bodies</c><00:33:06.900><c> of</c><00:33:07.160><c> our</c><00:33:07.440><c> humiliation,</c>

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:11.140
Are<00:33:09.500><c> going</c><00:33:09.640><c> to</c><00:33:09.740><c> be</c><00:33:09.940><c> transformed.</c>

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:14.859
They<00:33:11.960><c> are</c><00:33:12.039><c> going</c><00:33:12.180><c> to</c><00:33:12.359><c> be</c><00:33:12.579><c> fashioned</c><00:33:12.940><c> according</c><00:33:13.319><c> to</c><00:33:13.559><c> our</c><00:33:13.779><c> Lord's</c>

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.140
Glorious<00:33:15.200><c> body.</c>

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.619
So,<00:33:17.180><c> let</c><00:33:17.319><c> us</c><00:33:17.480><c> remember</c><00:33:17.839><c> then</c><00:33:18.079><c> that</c><00:33:18.160><c> we</c><00:33:18.319><c> are</c>

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:20.359
A<00:33:18.779><c> colony</c><00:33:19.079><c> of</c><00:33:19.339><c> heaven</c><00:33:19.660><c> now.</c>

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.559
And<00:33:21.019><c> we</c><00:33:21.140><c> must</c><00:33:21.380><c> behave.</c>

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:24.740
As<00:33:23.160><c> brethren</c><00:33:23.500><c> and</c><00:33:23.660><c> sisters</c><00:33:23.799><c> in</c><00:33:24.019><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.599
As<00:33:25.660><c> such.</c>

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.960
Now,<00:33:28.240><c> in</c><00:33:28.579><c> the</c><00:33:28.720><c> early</c><00:33:28.920><c> part</c><00:33:29.119><c> of</c><00:33:29.279><c> chapter</c><00:33:29.500><c> four,</c>

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:31.440
If<00:33:30.220><c> we</c><00:33:30.319><c> just</c><00:33:30.519><c> come</c><00:33:30.680><c> in</c><00:33:30.880><c> there</c><00:33:31.099><c> now,</c>

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:34.000
We've<00:33:31.819><c> looked</c><00:33:31.960><c> at</c><00:33:32.059><c> some</c><00:33:32.259><c> of</c><00:33:32.420><c> the</c><00:33:32.559><c> verses</c><00:33:32.740><c> already,</c>

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:37.000
The<00:33:34.500><c> apostle</c><00:33:34.839><c> is</c><00:33:35.240><c> exhorting</c><00:33:35.779><c> the</c><00:33:35.940><c> members</c><00:33:36.180><c> of</c><00:33:36.400><c> the</c><00:33:36.559><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:39.740
To<00:33:37.420><c> practice</c><00:33:38.000><c> all</c><00:33:38.480><c> that</c><00:33:38.680><c> is</c><00:33:38.920><c> good.</c>

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:43.299
That,<00:33:40.460><c> of</c><00:33:40.559><c> course,</c><00:33:40.740><c> is</c><00:33:40.920><c> the</c><00:33:41.140><c> surest</c><00:33:41.579><c> antidote</c><00:33:42.019><c> to</c><00:33:42.299><c> faction,</c>

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:46.500
Strife,<00:33:43.960><c> vain</c><00:33:44.400><c> glory,</c><00:33:45.359><c> in</c><00:33:45.740><c> the</c><00:33:45.980><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:49.240
So,<00:33:47.180><c> when</c><00:33:47.299><c> we</c><00:33:47.380><c> come</c><00:33:47.559><c> to</c><00:33:47.660><c> verse</c><00:33:47.980><c> four</c><00:33:48.519><c> of</c><00:33:48.680><c> chapter</c><00:33:49.019><c> four,</c>

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:51.640
He<00:33:50.279><c> says,</c>

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.980
Rejoice<00:33:52.660><c> in</c><00:33:52.799><c> the</c><00:33:52.920><c> Lord</c><00:33:53.099><c> always,</c>

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.740
And<00:33:54.240><c> again</c><00:33:54.480><c> I</c><00:33:54.740><c> say</c><00:33:54.880><c> rejoice,</c>

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:59.480
Let<00:33:56.599><c> your</c><00:33:56.980><c> moderation,</c><00:33:57.819><c> that</c><00:33:58.019><c> is</c><00:33:58.180><c> your</c><00:33:58.539><c> forbearance,</c>

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:03.119
Your<00:34:00.240><c> gentleness,</c><00:34:01.240><c> be</c><00:34:01.359><c> known</c><00:34:01.599><c> unto</c><00:34:01.859><c> all</c><00:34:02.220><c> men.</c>

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:05.539
The<00:34:03.420><c> Lord</c><00:34:03.900><c> is</c><00:34:04.420><c> at</c><00:34:04.640><c> hand.</c>

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:07.480
Be<00:34:06.119><c> careful</c><00:34:06.460><c> for</c><00:34:06.700><c> nothing,</c>

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:10.059
But<00:34:08.039><c> in</c><00:34:08.239><c> everything,</c><00:34:08.800><c> by</c><00:34:08.860><c> prayer</c><00:34:09.179><c> and</c><00:34:09.440><c> supplication,</c>

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:12.719
With<00:34:10.300><c> thanksgiving,</c><00:34:11.219><c> let</c><00:34:11.420><c> your</c><00:34:11.659><c> requests</c><00:34:12.059><c> be</c><00:34:12.260><c> made</c><00:34:12.519><c> known</c>

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.980
unto<00:34:12.960><c> God.</c>

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:17.239
And<00:34:14.659><c> the</c><00:34:14.840><c> peace</c><00:34:15.059><c> of</c><00:34:15.199><c> God</c><00:34:15.420><c> which</c><00:34:15.760><c> passeth</c><00:34:16.360><c> all</c><00:34:16.619><c> understanding</c>

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:20.840
Shall<00:34:17.539><c> guard,</c><00:34:19.239><c> as</c><00:34:19.659><c> a</c><00:34:19.840><c> garrison,</c>

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:24.619
Your<00:34:21.219><c> hearts</c><00:34:21.599><c> and</c><00:34:21.800><c> minds</c><00:34:22.500><c> to</c><00:34:23.019><c> Christ</c><00:34:23.380><c> Jesus.</c>

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:27.780
Now,<00:34:25.960><c> what</c><00:34:26.139><c> I'd</c><00:34:26.460><c> like</c><00:34:26.599><c> to</c><00:34:26.780><c> do</c><00:34:26.900><c> just</c><00:34:27.079><c> for</c><00:34:27.260><c> a</c><00:34:27.380><c> few</c><00:34:27.480><c> moments</c>

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:30.780
Is<00:34:28.000><c> to</c><00:34:28.139><c> focus</c><00:34:28.440><c> on</c><00:34:29.139><c> one</c><00:34:29.780><c> of</c><00:34:30.059><c> the</c><00:34:30.280><c> phrases</c>

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:32.739
In<00:34:31.460><c> these</c><00:34:31.699><c> verses</c><00:34:32.000><c> we've</c><00:34:32.239><c> just</c><00:34:32.500><c> read,</c>

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:36.780
The<00:34:32.920><c> one</c><00:34:33.099><c> that</c><00:34:33.280><c> we</c><00:34:33.719><c> have</c><00:34:34.000><c> taken</c><00:34:34.260><c> as</c><00:34:34.500><c> our</c><00:34:34.800><c> title</c><00:34:35.219><c> for</c><00:34:35.599><c> this</c><00:34:35.880><c> talk.</c>

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:39.659
One<00:34:37.460><c> of</c><00:34:37.599><c> the</c><00:34:37.659><c> things</c><00:34:37.880><c> he</c><00:34:38.179><c> exhorts</c><00:34:38.619><c> them</c><00:34:38.940><c> to</c>

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:42.739
Is<00:34:40.480><c> to</c><00:34:41.039><c> be</c><00:34:41.239><c> careful</c><00:34:41.579><c> for</c><00:34:41.820><c> nothing.</c>

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:46.159
Or,<00:34:43.800><c> as</c><00:34:44.199><c> that</c><00:34:44.400><c> is</c><00:34:44.599><c> often</c><00:34:44.880><c> translated,</c>

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:49.320
In<00:34:46.739><c> nothing</c><00:34:47.219><c> be</c><00:34:48.099><c> anxious.</c>

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.059
It's<00:34:50.599><c> difficult,</c><00:34:51.179><c> isn't</c><00:34:51.280><c> it?</c>

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:55.420
In<00:34:52.699><c> nothing</c><00:34:53.320><c> be</c><00:34:54.159><c> anxious.</c>

00:34:56.539 --> 00:34:58.860
Earlier<00:34:56.940><c> Paul</c><00:34:57.360><c> had</c><00:34:57.619><c> written</c><00:34:57.800><c> to</c><00:34:58.019><c> the</c><00:34:58.179><c> Philippians</c>

00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:01.139
That<00:34:59.219><c> they</c><00:34:59.360><c> should</c><00:34:59.659><c> work</c><00:35:00.000><c> out</c><00:35:00.239><c> their</c><00:35:00.500><c> salvation</c>

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:03.019
With<00:35:01.440><c> fear</c><00:35:01.800><c> and</c><00:35:02.099><c> trembling.</c>

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:05.019
And<00:35:03.579><c> yet</c><00:35:03.719><c> the</c><00:35:03.880><c> Lord</c><00:35:04.099><c> said</c><00:35:04.300><c> to</c><00:35:04.440><c> his</c><00:35:04.559><c> disciples,</c>

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.960
Fear<00:35:05.380><c> not,</c><00:35:05.639><c> little</c><00:35:05.900><c> flock,</c><00:35:06.199><c> fear</c><00:35:06.460><c> not.</c>

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:09.519
It<00:35:07.420><c> is</c><00:35:07.559><c> your</c><00:35:07.800><c> father's</c><00:35:08.159><c> good</c><00:35:08.360><c> pleasure</c><00:35:08.599><c> to</c><00:35:08.760><c> give</c><00:35:08.900><c> you</c><00:35:09.059><c> the</c><00:35:09.199><c> kingdom.</c>

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:12.059
It's<00:35:10.039><c> one</c><00:35:10.159><c> of</c><00:35:10.219><c> those</c><00:35:10.460><c> scripture</c><00:35:10.820><c> paradoxes,</c><00:35:11.659><c> isn't</c><00:35:11.820><c> it?</c>

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:13.579
Or<00:35:12.360><c> apparent</c><00:35:12.719><c> paradoxes.</c>

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:15.380
On<00:35:13.980><c> the</c><00:35:14.099><c> one</c><00:35:14.320><c> hand</c><00:35:14.639><c> we</c><00:35:14.880><c> are</c><00:35:15.039><c> told,</c>

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:18.260
We<00:35:15.500><c> mustn't</c><00:35:15.800><c> be</c><00:35:16.000><c> anxious,</c><00:35:16.539><c> we</c><00:35:16.659><c> mustn't</c><00:35:16.900><c> be</c><00:35:17.139><c> afraid.</c>

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.519
And<00:35:18.659><c> on</c><00:35:18.780><c> the</c><00:35:18.860><c> other</c><00:35:19.039><c> hand</c><00:35:19.219><c> we</c><00:35:19.360><c> are</c><00:35:19.519><c> told,</c>

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:22.639
We<00:35:21.019><c> should</c><00:35:21.420><c> be</c><00:35:22.099><c> afraid.</c>

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:25.420
There<00:35:23.300><c> is</c><00:35:23.480><c> a</c><00:35:23.579><c> reason</c><00:35:24.039><c> for</c><00:35:24.519><c> fear.</c>

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:28.139
Now,<00:35:26.639><c> this</c><00:35:26.820><c> is</c><00:35:27.079><c> a</c><00:35:27.159><c> theme</c><00:35:27.380><c> which,</c>

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:29.780
Like<00:35:28.539><c> the</c><00:35:28.639><c> theme</c><00:35:28.840><c> of</c><00:35:29.099><c> rejoicing,</c>

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.920
Actually<00:35:30.360><c> takes</c><00:35:30.679><c> us</c><00:35:30.820><c> all</c><00:35:31.019><c> the</c><00:35:31.099><c> way</c><00:35:31.219><c> through</c><00:35:31.440><c> scripture</c>

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:33.980
From<00:35:32.400><c> the</c><00:35:32.559><c> Old</c><00:35:32.739><c> Testament</c><00:35:33.199><c> to</c><00:35:33.400><c> the</c><00:35:33.599><c> New.</c>

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:36.659
Fear<00:35:34.639><c> is</c><00:35:34.860><c> a</c><00:35:34.880><c> very</c><00:35:35.239><c> common</c><00:35:35.539><c> human</c><00:35:35.980><c> characteristic.</c>

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:39.019
And<00:35:37.099><c> no</c><00:35:37.239><c> doubt</c><00:35:37.360><c> all</c><00:35:37.579><c> of</c><00:35:37.679><c> us</c><00:35:37.820><c> have</c><00:35:38.119><c> suffered</c><00:35:38.380><c> from</c><00:35:38.860><c> it</c>

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:40.719
At<00:35:39.219><c> some</c><00:35:39.460><c> time</c><00:35:39.679><c> or</c><00:35:39.880><c> other.</c>

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:45.679
Even<00:35:41.280><c> a</c><00:35:41.420><c> man</c><00:35:41.599><c> of</c><00:35:41.780><c> faith</c><00:35:42.000><c> like</c><00:35:42.360><c> Abraham</c><00:35:43.199><c> knew</c><00:35:44.599><c> fear.</c>

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.599
Just<00:35:45.960><c> come</c><00:35:46.119><c> back</c><00:35:46.300><c> to</c><00:35:46.440><c> Genesis</c><00:35:46.840><c> for</c><00:35:47.039><c> a</c><00:35:47.239><c> moment,</c>

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:49.360
And<00:35:47.920><c> chapter</c><00:35:48.139><c> 15.</c>

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:52.860
It<00:35:50.420><c> may</c><00:35:50.659><c> not</c><00:35:50.900><c> be</c><00:35:51.159><c> the</c><00:35:51.800><c> immediate</c><00:35:52.320><c> characteristic</c>

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:54.219
That<00:35:53.039><c> we</c><00:35:53.159><c> would</c><00:35:53.420><c> associate</c><00:35:53.880><c> with</c><00:35:54.059><c> him,</c>

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:58.179
But<00:35:54.460><c> the</c><00:35:55.000><c> record</c><00:35:55.480><c> draws</c><00:35:56.000><c> it</c><00:35:56.179><c> to</c><00:35:56.300><c> our</c><00:35:56.500><c> attention</c><00:35:56.880><c> nonetheless.</c>

00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:01.860
Genesis<00:35:59.300><c> chapter</c><00:35:59.639><c> 15.</c>

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:08.619
In<00:36:07.059><c> nothing</c><00:36:07.300><c> be</c><00:36:07.539><c> anxious,</c><00:36:07.980><c> says</c><00:36:08.179><c> Paul.</c>

00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:10.980
Well<00:36:09.699><c> Abraham</c><00:36:10.000><c> was</c><00:36:10.219><c> a</c><00:36:10.380><c> friend</c><00:36:10.519><c> of</c><00:36:10.739><c> God,</c>

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:15.239
And<00:36:11.460><c> here's</c><00:36:12.059><c> an</c><00:36:12.280><c> occasion</c><00:36:12.619><c> in</c><00:36:12.760><c> his</c><00:36:12.980><c> life</c><00:36:13.239><c> when</c><00:36:13.400><c> he</c><00:36:13.579><c> was.</c>

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:18.119
Genesis<00:36:15.639><c> 15</c><00:36:16.460><c> and</c><00:36:16.960><c> verse</c><00:36:17.179><c> 1.</c>

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:20.619
After<00:36:18.980><c> these</c><00:36:19.280><c> things</c><00:36:19.639><c> the</c><00:36:19.780><c> word</c><00:36:20.000><c> of</c><00:36:20.199><c> the</c><00:36:20.320><c> Lord</c>

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:22.519
Came<00:36:20.880><c> unto</c><00:36:21.119><c> Abraham</c><00:36:21.440><c> in</c><00:36:21.599><c> a</c><00:36:21.739><c> vision</c><00:36:21.960><c> saying,</c>

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:25.699
Fear<00:36:23.079><c> not</c><00:36:23.360><c> Abraham,</c><00:36:24.460><c> I</c><00:36:24.639><c> am</c><00:36:24.780><c> thy</c><00:36:25.039><c> shield,</c>

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:29.039
And<00:36:26.280><c> thy</c><00:36:26.539><c> exceeding</c><00:36:27.139><c> great</c><00:36:27.880><c> reward.</c>

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:31.800
Why<00:36:30.320><c> did</c><00:36:30.519><c> God</c><00:36:30.780><c> have</c><00:36:31.059><c> to</c><00:36:31.179><c> say</c><00:36:31.320><c> to</c><00:36:31.519><c> Abraham</c>

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:33.079
At<00:36:31.940><c> this</c><00:36:32.099><c> particular</c><00:36:32.579><c> point,</c>

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:35.119
Don't<00:36:33.800><c> be</c><00:36:34.099><c> afraid?</c>

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.360
Well<00:36:35.900><c> it</c><00:36:36.039><c> says,</c>

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:38.940
After<00:36:36.800><c> these</c><00:36:37.179><c> things</c><00:36:37.880><c> God</c><00:36:38.239><c> said</c><00:36:38.420><c> it</c><00:36:38.639><c> to</c><00:36:38.820><c> him.</c>

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:40.619
So<00:36:39.139><c> obviously</c><00:36:39.619><c> we</c><00:36:39.980><c> have</c><00:36:40.179><c> to</c><00:36:40.280><c> go</c><00:36:40.440><c> back</c>

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:43.119
Into<00:36:40.760><c> the</c><00:36:40.940><c> previous</c><00:36:41.239><c> chapter</c><00:36:41.780><c> for</c><00:36:42.179><c> the</c><00:36:42.400><c> context.</c>

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:46.239
And<00:36:43.659><c> in</c><00:36:43.780><c> chapter</c><00:36:44.019><c> 14</c><00:36:44.539><c> we</c><00:36:44.860><c> have</c><00:36:45.099><c> Abraham's</c><00:36:45.679><c> victory</c>

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:48.139
Over<00:36:46.760><c> the</c><00:36:47.000><c> confederation</c><00:36:47.559><c> of</c><00:36:47.840><c> kings</c>

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:50.239
Led<00:36:48.340><c> by</c><00:36:48.639><c> Kedolaioma.</c>

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:52.659
And<00:36:50.760><c> secondly</c><00:36:51.019><c> at</c><00:36:51.239><c> the</c><00:36:51.300><c> end</c><00:36:51.619><c> of</c><00:36:51.780><c> chapter</c><00:36:52.000><c> 14</c>

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:56.139
We<00:36:53.139><c> have</c><00:36:53.440><c> Abraham's</c><00:36:54.159><c> refusal</c><00:36:54.599><c> to</c><00:36:54.840><c> take</c><00:36:55.059><c> anything</c><00:36:55.440><c> at</c><00:36:55.760><c> all,</c>

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:59.559
Any<00:36:56.559><c> reward</c><00:36:57.079><c> from</c><00:36:57.300><c> the</c><00:36:57.480><c> king</c><00:36:57.639><c> of</c><00:36:57.900><c> Sodom.</c>

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:02.780
As<00:37:00.280><c> it</c><00:37:00.480><c> says</c><00:37:00.619><c> in</c><00:37:00.800><c> chapter</c><00:37:01.039><c> 14</c><00:37:01.539><c> and</c><00:37:01.739><c> verse</c><00:37:02.000><c> 23,</c>

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:04.800
I<00:37:03.300><c> will</c><00:37:03.500><c> not</c><00:37:03.800><c> take</c><00:37:04.039><c> from</c><00:37:04.219><c> a</c><00:37:04.539><c> thread,</c>

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.699
Even<00:37:05.300><c> to</c><00:37:05.579><c> a</c><00:37:05.760><c> shoe</c><00:37:05.940><c> latchet,</c>

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:08.739
And<00:37:07.159><c> I</c><00:37:07.260><c> will</c><00:37:07.420><c> not</c><00:37:07.599><c> take</c><00:37:07.719><c> anything</c><00:37:08.079><c> that</c><00:37:08.260><c> is</c><00:37:08.480><c> thine,</c>

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.980
Lest<00:37:08.980><c> thou</c><00:37:09.199><c> shouldest</c><00:37:09.619><c> say,</c>

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.980
I<00:37:10.699><c> have</c><00:37:10.900><c> made</c><00:37:11.119><c> Abraham</c><00:37:11.460><c> rich.</c>

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:14.179
So<00:37:12.659><c> he</c><00:37:12.699><c> didn't</c><00:37:12.880><c> want</c><00:37:12.980><c> anything</c><00:37:13.239><c> from</c><00:37:13.519><c> Sodom</c><00:37:13.739><c> at</c><00:37:14.039><c> all</c>

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:16.059
That<00:37:14.360><c> might</c><00:37:14.599><c> compromise</c><00:37:15.139><c> his</c><00:37:15.460><c> integrity</c>

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:19.559
Or<00:37:16.619><c> lead</c><00:37:16.880><c> to</c><00:37:17.199><c> contaminating</c><00:37:17.960><c> associations.</c>

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:22.639
And<00:37:20.340><c> it</c><00:37:20.420><c> was</c><00:37:20.599><c> after</c><00:37:21.019><c> these</c><00:37:21.719><c> things</c>

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:26.719
That<00:37:23.559><c> God</c><00:37:24.219><c> drew</c><00:37:24.599><c> near</c><00:37:24.840><c> to</c><00:37:25.079><c> Abraham</c><00:37:25.460><c> and</c><00:37:25.599><c> he</c><00:37:25.820><c> said,</c>

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.960
Fear<00:37:27.239><c> not</c><00:37:27.780><c> Abraham,</c>

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:31.619
Because<00:37:29.400><c> it</c><00:37:29.579><c> seems</c><00:37:29.900><c> that</c><00:37:30.079><c> both</c><00:37:30.320><c> of</c><00:37:30.519><c> these</c><00:37:30.800><c> things</c>

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:35.320
Were<00:37:32.400><c> a</c><00:37:32.619><c> source</c><00:37:32.780><c> of</c><00:37:33.099><c> anxiety</c><00:37:33.699><c> to</c><00:37:34.079><c> Abraham.</c>

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.840
Kedolaioma's<00:37:36.199><c> men</c><00:37:36.320><c> might</c><00:37:36.719><c> in</c><00:37:36.920><c> due</c><00:37:37.159><c> course</c>

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:39.340
Seek<00:37:38.340><c> their</c><00:37:38.599><c> revenge</c>

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:41.380
And<00:37:40.300><c> doubtless</c><00:37:40.639><c> the</c><00:37:40.840><c> king</c><00:37:40.960><c> of</c><00:37:41.199><c> Sodom</c>

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.480
Would<00:37:41.559><c> have</c><00:37:41.639><c> been</c><00:37:41.820><c> less</c><00:37:42.000><c> than</c><00:37:42.239><c> pleased</c>

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:45.559
To<00:37:42.659><c> have</c><00:37:42.860><c> had</c><00:37:42.980><c> his</c><00:37:43.480><c> offer</c><00:37:44.159><c> repulsed.</c>

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:48.579
So<00:37:45.840><c> potentially</c><00:37:46.440><c> when</c><00:37:46.619><c> we</c><00:37:46.739><c> get</c><00:37:46.920><c> to</c><00:37:47.059><c> the</c><00:37:47.139><c> beginning</c><00:37:47.380><c> of</c><00:37:47.539><c> chapter</c><00:37:47.760><c> 15</c>

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:51.420
Abraham<00:37:49.300><c> faced</c><00:37:49.739><c> a</c><00:37:49.980><c> double</c><00:37:50.260><c> danger</c>

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:54.559
And<00:37:52.239><c> God's</c><00:37:52.800><c> response</c><00:37:53.360><c> beautifully</c>

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:56.360
Was<00:37:54.739><c> to</c><00:37:54.980><c> draw</c><00:37:55.219><c> near</c><00:37:55.420><c> his</c><00:37:55.719><c> servant</c>

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:58.380
And<00:37:56.880><c> deliver</c><00:37:57.239><c> a</c><00:37:57.519><c> double</c><00:37:57.800><c> promise</c>

00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:01.820
That<00:37:59.360><c> dealt</c><00:37:59.579><c> with</c><00:37:59.780><c> both</c><00:38:00.039><c> aspects</c><00:38:00.519><c> of</c><00:38:00.679><c> his</c><00:38:00.860><c> need.</c>

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:04.260
Because<00:38:02.260><c> at</c><00:38:02.519><c> the</c><00:38:02.519><c> beginning</c><00:38:02.739><c> of</c><00:38:02.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:03.119><c> 15</c>

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:07.519
God<00:38:04.840><c> declared</c><00:38:05.340><c> himself</c><00:38:05.800><c> to</c><00:38:05.960><c> be</c><00:38:06.119><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:06.860><c> shield,</c>

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.860
His<00:38:08.280><c> protector,</c>

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:11.539
So<00:38:09.320><c> he</c><00:38:09.360><c> didn't</c><00:38:09.579><c> need</c><00:38:09.780><c> to</c><00:38:09.900><c> be</c><00:38:10.059><c> afraid</c><00:38:10.260><c> of</c><00:38:10.380><c> his</c><00:38:10.559><c> enemies.</c>

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:14.739
And<00:38:12.019><c> God</c><00:38:12.219><c> would</c><00:38:12.380><c> also</c><00:38:12.840><c> be</c><00:38:12.980><c> his</c><00:38:13.300><c> exceeding</c><00:38:13.900><c> great</c><00:38:14.139><c> reward,</c>

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.510
A<00:38:15.219><c> far</c><00:38:15.539><c> greater</c><00:38:15.920><c> reward</c><00:38:16.300><c> than</c><00:38:16.420><c> he'd</c><00:38:16.840><c> just</c><00:38:16.920><c> turned</c><00:38:17.239><c> down</c>

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:20.320
From<00:38:18.300><c> the</c><00:38:18.500><c> king</c><00:38:18.679><c> of</c><00:38:18.960><c> Sodom.</c>

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:22.780
Fear<00:38:20.860><c> not</c><00:38:21.500><c> Abraham.</c>

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:25.980
Now<00:38:23.900><c> there</c><00:38:24.000><c> were</c><00:38:24.199><c> other</c><00:38:24.420><c> occasions</c><00:38:24.800><c> in</c><00:38:25.019><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:25.500><c> life</c>

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:29.360
When<00:38:26.920><c> he</c><00:38:27.340><c> knew</c><00:38:27.599><c> fear.</c>

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:31.039
There's<00:38:29.880><c> an</c><00:38:30.039><c> occasion</c><00:38:30.280><c> in</c><00:38:30.420><c> chapter</c><00:38:30.659><c> 12</c>

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:32.960
When<00:38:31.219><c> he</c><00:38:31.320><c> goes</c><00:38:31.579><c> down</c><00:38:31.760><c> into</c><00:38:31.920><c> Egypt</c>

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:35.519
And<00:38:33.380><c> Sarah</c><00:38:33.800><c> is</c><00:38:34.159><c> passed</c><00:38:34.420><c> off</c><00:38:34.659><c> as</c><00:38:34.820><c> his</c><00:38:35.019><c> sister,</c>

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.480
Which<00:38:35.780><c> was</c><00:38:35.940><c> a</c><00:38:36.079><c> hard</c><00:38:36.260><c> truth.</c>

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:39.820
But<00:38:38.420><c> it</c><00:38:38.579><c> missed</c><00:38:38.780><c> the</c><00:38:39.039><c> essential</c><00:38:39.400><c> point</c>

00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:41.739
That<00:38:40.059><c> she</c><00:38:40.300><c> was</c><00:38:40.480><c> his</c><00:38:40.719><c> wife.</c>

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:45.239
And<00:38:42.880><c> almost</c><00:38:43.280><c> a</c><00:38:43.619><c> carbon</c><00:38:43.920><c> copy</c><00:38:44.360><c> of</c><00:38:44.500><c> the</c><00:38:44.679><c> same</c><00:38:44.940><c> incident</c>

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:49.539
Happens<00:38:45.639><c> years</c><00:38:46.000><c> later</c><00:38:46.619><c> in</c><00:38:47.199><c> Genesis</c><00:38:47.519><c> chapter</c><00:38:47.840><c> 20.</c>

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:51.079
Different<00:38:49.760><c> time,</c><00:38:50.320><c> different</c><00:38:50.519><c> place,</c>

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:53.500
This<00:38:51.579><c> time</c><00:38:52.099><c> with</c><00:38:52.679><c> the</c><00:38:52.820><c> Bimelech,</c>

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:55.960
King<00:38:53.860><c> of</c><00:38:54.119><c> Gerar.</c>

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:58.760
And<00:38:56.579><c> God</c><00:38:56.860><c> had</c><00:38:57.139><c> to</c><00:38:57.300><c> draw</c><00:38:57.559><c> near</c><00:38:57.860><c> his</c><00:38:58.199><c> servant</c>

00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:02.480
And<00:38:59.659><c> deal</c><00:39:00.079><c> with</c><00:39:00.900><c> the</c><00:39:01.199><c> fear</c><00:39:01.519><c> on</c><00:39:01.780><c> those</c><00:39:02.019><c> occasions</c>

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:04.159
That<00:39:02.760><c> Abraham</c><00:39:03.039><c> felt.</c>

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:06.920
You<00:39:05.039><c> see</c><00:39:05.159><c> Abraham</c><00:39:05.679><c> actually</c><00:39:06.559><c> learned</c>

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:08.320
Through<00:39:07.139><c> his</c><00:39:07.599><c> experiences</c>

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:10.280
The<00:39:09.000><c> truth</c><00:39:09.300><c> of</c><00:39:09.519><c> that</c><00:39:09.760><c> proverb</c>

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:14.019
That<00:39:10.800><c> the</c><00:39:11.039><c> fear</c><00:39:11.340><c> of</c><00:39:11.639><c> man</c><00:39:12.340><c> bringeth</c><00:39:12.820><c> a</c><00:39:13.159><c> snare.</c>

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.380
But<00:39:14.739><c> on</c><00:39:14.920><c> the</c><00:39:14.980><c> other</c><00:39:15.179><c> hand</c>

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:17.420
The<00:39:15.500><c> fear</c><00:39:15.719><c> of</c><00:39:15.860><c> the</c><00:39:16.039><c> Lord</c><00:39:16.260><c> is</c><00:39:16.440><c> the</c><00:39:16.579><c> beginning</c><00:39:16.800><c> of</c><00:39:17.019><c> wisdom.</c>

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:19.139
And<00:39:17.860><c> scripture</c><00:39:18.159><c> leaves</c><00:39:18.360><c> us</c><00:39:18.559><c> in</c><00:39:18.679><c> no</c><00:39:18.900><c> doubt</c>

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:21.360
That<00:39:19.280><c> Abraham</c><00:39:19.780><c> feared</c><00:39:20.199><c> God.</c>

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:23.539
In<00:39:21.940><c> Genesis</c><00:39:22.239><c> 22</c><00:39:22.860><c> he</c><00:39:23.079><c> set</c><00:39:23.340><c> out</c>

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:25.239
In<00:39:23.719><c> loving</c><00:39:23.920><c> obedience</c>

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:27.420
To<00:39:25.880><c> offer</c><00:39:26.360><c> his</c><00:39:26.699><c> son</c><00:39:26.900><c> in</c><00:39:27.119><c> accordance</c>

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.320
With<00:39:27.659><c> God's</c><00:39:28.039><c> command.</c>

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.280
And<00:39:28.500><c> the</c><00:39:28.599><c> angel</c><00:39:28.820><c> said,</c>

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:31.340
Now<00:39:29.800><c> I</c><00:39:30.000><c> know</c><00:39:30.280><c> that</c><00:39:30.480><c> thou</c><00:39:30.639><c> fearest</c><00:39:31.099><c> God</c>

00:39:31.739 --> 00:39:33.320
In<00:39:32.219><c> that</c><00:39:32.420><c> thou</c><00:39:32.559><c> hast</c><00:39:32.699><c> not</c><00:39:32.900><c> withheld</c>

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:35.860
Thine<00:39:33.559><c> only</c><00:39:33.860><c> son</c><00:39:34.500><c> from</c><00:39:34.960><c> me.</c>

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:38.199
So<00:39:36.780><c> there</c><00:39:36.940><c> were</c><00:39:37.099><c> times</c><00:39:37.420><c> in</c><00:39:37.519><c> his</c><00:39:37.760><c> life</c><00:39:37.960><c> then</c>

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:40.039
When<00:39:38.340><c> he</c><00:39:38.579><c> was</c><00:39:38.840><c> afraid.</c>

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:42.800
And<00:39:40.500><c> we</c><00:39:40.659><c> all</c><00:39:40.940><c> experience</c><00:39:41.559><c> it,</c><00:39:41.760><c> don't</c><00:39:41.940><c> we?</c>

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:44.880
And<00:39:43.059><c> Jesus</c><00:39:43.380><c> dealt</c><00:39:43.679><c> with</c><00:39:43.860><c> this</c><00:39:44.019><c> during</c><00:39:44.239><c> his</c><00:39:44.480><c> ministry.</c>

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:47.539
Come<00:39:45.159><c> now</c><00:39:45.360><c> to</c><00:39:45.739><c> Luke</c><00:39:46.039><c> chapter</c><00:39:46.380><c> 12.</c>

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:50.500
He<00:39:48.280><c> dealt</c><00:39:48.480><c> with</c><00:39:48.760><c> fear</c><00:39:49.079><c> in</c><00:39:49.179><c> its</c><00:39:49.500><c> various</c><00:39:49.760><c> aspects.</c>

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:52.420
Fear<00:39:51.139><c> of</c><00:39:51.360><c> God</c><00:39:51.639><c> on</c><00:39:51.800><c> the</c><00:39:51.940><c> one</c><00:39:52.179><c> hand</c>

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:54.400
And<00:39:52.639><c> our</c><00:39:52.820><c> natural</c><00:39:53.179><c> fears</c><00:39:53.480><c> and</c><00:39:53.780><c> anxieties</c>

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:56.940
On<00:39:54.820><c> the</c><00:39:55.019><c> other.</c>

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:59.099
Luke<00:39:57.860><c> chapter</c><00:39:58.239><c> 12</c>

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:02.360
When<00:39:59.579><c> the</c><00:39:59.780><c> Lord</c><00:39:59.960><c> opens</c><00:40:00.320><c> up</c><00:40:00.599><c> this</c><00:40:00.820><c> whole</c><00:40:01.119><c> subject</c><00:40:01.599><c> for</c><00:40:01.880><c> us</c>

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:04.460
And<00:40:02.739><c> sets</c><00:40:03.000><c> it</c><00:40:03.179><c> in</c><00:40:03.300><c> the</c><00:40:03.559><c> right</c><00:40:03.760><c> perspective</c>

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:07.460
And<00:40:05.340><c> Paul</c><00:40:05.619><c> is</c><00:40:05.840><c> really</c><00:40:06.119><c> echoing</c><00:40:06.579><c> these</c><00:40:06.860><c> words</c>

00:40:07.460 --> 00:40:11.400
We<00:40:08.119><c> feel</c><00:40:08.440><c> sure</c><00:40:08.860><c> in</c><00:40:09.219><c> Philippians</c><00:40:09.739><c> chapter</c><00:40:10.139><c> 4.</c>

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:14.380
Now<00:40:12.719><c> at</c><00:40:12.940><c> the</c><00:40:12.960><c> beginning</c><00:40:13.179><c> of</c><00:40:13.340><c> Luke</c><00:40:13.539><c> chapter</c><00:40:13.860><c> 12</c>

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:16.539
The<00:40:14.579><c> Lord</c><00:40:14.880><c> speaks</c><00:40:15.300><c> about</c><00:40:15.619><c> the</c><00:40:15.880><c> hypocrisy</c>

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Of<00:40:16.539><c> the</c><00:40:16.800><c> Pharisees</c>

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And<00:40:17.960><c> asserts</c><00:40:18.420><c> that</c><00:40:18.519><c> the</c><00:40:18.679><c> day</c><00:40:18.800><c> will</c><00:40:19.079><c> come</c>

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When<00:40:19.420><c> the</c><00:40:19.679><c> true</c><00:40:19.880><c> facts</c><00:40:20.199><c> of</c><00:40:20.360><c> their</c><00:40:20.659><c> lives</c>

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Will<00:40:21.500><c> be</c><00:40:21.699><c> brought</c><00:40:21.920><c> to</c><00:40:22.199><c> light.</c>

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Then<00:40:23.079><c> in</c><00:40:23.260><c> verse</c><00:40:23.500><c> 4</c><00:40:23.840><c> he</c><00:40:24.039><c> says</c>

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:26.940
I<00:40:25.460><c> say</c><00:40:25.659><c> to</c><00:40:25.820><c> you</c><00:40:25.980><c> my</c><00:40:26.300><c> friends</c>

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:31.019
Be<00:40:27.599><c> not</c><00:40:27.920><c> afraid</c><00:40:28.840><c> of</c><00:40:29.400><c> them</c><00:40:29.739><c> that</c><00:40:30.059><c> kill</c><00:40:30.340><c> the</c><00:40:30.539><c> body</c>

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:34.400
And<00:40:31.659><c> after</c><00:40:31.960><c> that</c><00:40:32.179><c> have</c><00:40:32.400><c> no</c><00:40:32.780><c> more</c><00:40:33.119><c> that</c><00:40:33.559><c> they</c><00:40:33.820><c> can</c><00:40:34.079><c> do</c>

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:37.219
But<00:40:34.960><c> I</c><00:40:35.159><c> will</c><00:40:35.400><c> forewarn</c><00:40:35.780><c> you</c><00:40:35.960><c> whom</c><00:40:36.059><c> you</c><00:40:36.280><c> shall</c><00:40:36.460><c> fear</c>

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Fear<00:40:37.880><c> him</c><00:40:38.400><c> which</c><00:40:39.019><c> after</c><00:40:39.280><c> he</c><00:40:39.420><c> hath</c><00:40:39.559><c> killed</c>

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Hath<00:40:40.139><c> power</c><00:40:40.400><c> to</c><00:40:40.599><c> cast</c><00:40:40.760><c> into</c><00:40:41.000><c> hell</c>

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:43.860
Yea<00:40:42.300><c> I</c><00:40:42.519><c> say</c><00:40:42.699><c> to</c><00:40:42.880><c> you</c><00:40:43.099><c> fear</c><00:40:43.400><c> him.</c>

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:46.739
So<00:40:44.780><c> there's</c><00:40:44.960><c> something</c><00:40:45.219><c> not</c><00:40:45.519><c> to</c><00:40:45.679><c> be</c><00:40:45.860><c> afraid</c><00:40:46.199><c> of</c>

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:51.619
And<00:40:47.380><c> there</c><00:40:47.539><c> is</c><00:40:47.760><c> something</c><00:40:48.039><c> we</c><00:40:48.360><c> should</c><00:40:48.699><c> be</c><00:40:49.360><c> afraid</c><00:40:49.840><c> of.</c>

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:54.659
Now<00:40:51.820><c> it's</c><00:40:52.059><c> perfectly</c><00:40:52.320><c> natural</c><00:40:52.820><c> to</c><00:40:53.599><c> fear</c><00:40:53.599><c> violent</c><00:40:54.099><c> death</c>

00:40:54.659 --> 00:40:57.500
But<00:40:55.360><c> the</c><00:40:55.539><c> Lord</c><00:40:55.699><c> here</c><00:40:55.940><c> is</c><00:40:56.079><c> saying</c><00:40:56.400><c> that</c><00:40:56.579><c> we</c><00:40:56.679><c> shouldn't</c><00:40:56.900><c> be</c><00:40:57.199><c> afraid</c><00:40:57.400><c> of</c>

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.820
what<00:40:57.760><c> man</c><00:40:58.019><c> can</c><00:40:58.340><c> do</c>

00:40:58.820 --> 00:41:01.340
Because<00:40:59.300><c> we</c><00:40:59.480><c> always</c><00:40:59.679><c> have</c><00:40:59.860><c> to</c><00:41:00.059><c> remember</c><00:41:00.380><c> that</c><00:41:00.659><c> man's</c><00:41:01.119><c> power</c>

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.760
is<00:41:01.559><c> limited.</c>

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He<00:41:03.340><c> can't</c><00:41:03.639><c> do</c><00:41:03.820><c> anything</c><00:41:04.219><c> that</c><00:41:04.440><c> affects</c><00:41:04.780><c> our</c><00:41:05.059><c> future</c><00:41:05.400><c> life</c><00:41:05.760><c> can</c><00:41:06.000><c> he?</c>

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:09.099
All<00:41:06.739><c> man</c><00:41:07.000><c> can</c><00:41:07.239><c> do</c><00:41:07.340><c> is</c><00:41:07.460><c> to</c><00:41:07.619><c> kill</c><00:41:07.719><c> the</c><00:41:07.920><c> body.</c>

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:12.840
God<00:41:09.420><c> on</c><00:41:09.639><c> the</c><00:41:09.760><c> other</c><00:41:09.980><c> hand</c><00:41:10.480><c> is</c><00:41:10.980><c> able</c><00:41:11.199><c> to</c><00:41:11.500><c> destroy</c><00:41:11.760><c> not</c><00:41:11.960><c> only</c><00:41:12.139><c> the</c><00:41:12.360><c> body</c>

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:15.840
But<00:41:13.420><c> all</c><00:41:13.719><c> prospects</c><00:41:14.179><c> of</c><00:41:14.360><c> a</c><00:41:14.500><c> future</c><00:41:14.800><c> life.</c>

00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:19.820
And<00:41:16.139><c> that's</c><00:41:16.280><c> why</c><00:41:16.420><c> Jesus</c><00:41:16.719><c> says</c><00:41:17.280><c> we</c><00:41:17.880><c> should</c><00:41:18.119><c> fear</c><00:41:18.420><c> him.</c>

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:23.360
Now<00:41:20.199><c> fear</c><00:41:20.480><c> in</c><00:41:20.780><c> relation</c><00:41:21.059><c> to</c><00:41:21.320><c> man</c><00:41:21.579><c> is</c><00:41:21.920><c> basically</c><00:41:22.380><c> dread.</c>

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:26.360
Abraham<00:41:24.079><c> at</c><00:41:24.360><c> one</c><00:41:24.599><c> time</c><00:41:24.780><c> or</c><00:41:24.920><c> another</c><00:41:25.119><c> was</c><00:41:25.340><c> afraid</c><00:41:25.579><c> of</c><00:41:25.760><c> his</c><00:41:25.940><c> life.</c>

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:29.440
But<00:41:26.980><c> in</c><00:41:27.260><c> relation</c><00:41:27.619><c> to</c><00:41:27.820><c> God</c><00:41:28.079><c> it</c><00:41:28.380><c> includes</c><00:41:28.639><c> reverence</c>

00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:31.579
And<00:41:29.960><c> the</c><00:41:30.199><c> desire</c><00:41:30.480><c> to</c><00:41:30.780><c> please.</c>

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:36.340
Hence<00:41:32.440><c> the</c><00:41:32.760><c> commendation</c><00:41:33.300><c> that</c><00:41:33.519><c> Abraham</c><00:41:33.820><c> received</c><00:41:34.480><c> in</c><00:41:35.059><c> Genesis</c><00:41:35.420><c> 22.</c>

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:39.019
And<00:41:36.880><c> in</c><00:41:37.059><c> these</c><00:41:37.219><c> verses</c><00:41:37.599><c> the</c><00:41:37.780><c> Lord</c><00:41:37.960><c> is</c><00:41:38.199><c> teaching</c><00:41:38.500><c> us</c>

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:42.000
That<00:41:39.280><c> it</c><00:41:39.440><c> is</c><00:41:39.719><c> actually</c><00:41:40.059><c> possible</c><00:41:40.619><c> to</c><00:41:40.860><c> remove</c><00:41:41.159><c> the</c><00:41:41.539><c> fear</c>

00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:46.699
Of<00:41:42.420><c> what</c><00:41:42.679><c> man</c><00:41:43.000><c> can</c><00:41:43.300><c> do</c><00:41:44.199><c> by</c><00:41:44.599><c> having</c><00:41:44.860><c> a</c><00:41:45.079><c> greater</c><00:41:45.360><c> fear</c><00:41:45.599><c> of</c><00:41:45.840><c> God.</c>

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:49.679
And<00:41:47.079><c> there</c><00:41:47.199><c> were</c><00:41:47.300><c> many</c><00:41:47.539><c> in</c><00:41:47.699><c> the</c><00:41:47.820><c> early</c><00:41:48.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:48.559><c> who</c><00:41:48.880><c> were</c><00:41:49.179><c> able</c><00:41:49.440><c> to</c>

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.860
face<00:41:49.920><c> violent</c><00:41:50.300><c> death</c>

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:54.139
Because<00:41:51.679><c> of</c><00:41:51.880><c> their</c><00:41:52.059><c> faith</c><00:41:52.300><c> and</c><00:41:52.539><c> trust</c><00:41:52.800><c> in</c><00:41:53.059><c> God.</c>

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:56.500
Just<00:41:54.900><c> have</c><00:41:55.000><c> a</c><00:41:55.000><c> look</c><00:41:55.139><c> at</c><00:41:55.239><c> verse</c><00:41:55.480><c> 6.</c>

00:41:56.840 --> 00:42:00.659
He<00:41:56.860><c> says</c><00:41:57.159><c> are</c><00:41:57.420><c> not</c><00:41:57.639><c> five</c><00:41:58.059><c> sparrows</c><00:41:58.940><c> sold</c><00:41:59.340><c> for</c><00:41:59.559><c> two</c><00:41:59.900><c> farthings</c>

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:04.500
And<00:42:01.260><c> not</c><00:42:01.500><c> one</c><00:42:01.699><c> of</c><00:42:01.820><c> them</c><00:42:01.920><c> is</c><00:42:02.179><c> forgotten</c><00:42:02.760><c> before</c><00:42:03.420><c> God?</c>

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:08.019
They<00:42:05.219><c> weren't</c><00:42:05.440><c> of</c><00:42:05.599><c> much</c><00:42:05.820><c> value</c><00:42:06.480><c> but</c><00:42:06.900><c> God</c><00:42:07.119><c> knew</c><00:42:07.320><c> them</c><00:42:07.519><c> anyway.</c>

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:10.260
Now<00:42:08.599><c> just</c><00:42:08.800><c> keep</c><00:42:08.960><c> your</c><00:42:09.099><c> finger</c><00:42:09.360><c> in</c><00:42:09.500><c> Luke</c><00:42:09.719><c> 12</c>

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:12.320
And<00:42:10.500><c> come</c><00:42:10.739><c> back</c><00:42:10.940><c> to</c><00:42:11.059><c> Matthew</c><00:42:11.380><c> 10</c>

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:14.019
Keep<00:42:12.800><c> your</c><00:42:12.940><c> finger</c><00:42:13.159><c> in</c><00:42:13.380><c> Luke</c><00:42:13.579><c> 12</c>

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:15.599
And<00:42:14.139><c> just</c><00:42:14.360><c> have</c><00:42:14.500><c> a</c><00:42:14.559><c> look</c><00:42:14.679><c> and</c><00:42:14.780><c> see</c><00:42:14.880><c> what</c><00:42:15.000><c> he</c><00:42:15.159><c> says</c>

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:19.920
Slightly<00:42:16.099><c> differently</c><00:42:16.619><c> in</c><00:42:17.099><c> Matthew</c><00:42:18.019><c> chapter</c><00:42:18.380><c> 10</c>

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:22.940
And<00:42:20.639><c> verse</c><00:42:20.900><c> 29</c>

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:31.159
In<00:42:28.079><c> Matthew</c><00:42:28.420><c> chapter</c><00:42:28.760><c> 10</c><00:42:29.019><c> and</c><00:42:29.179><c> verse</c><00:42:29.380><c> 29</c><00:42:29.980><c> it</c><00:42:30.280><c> says</c>

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:35.840
Are<00:42:31.780><c> not</c><00:42:32.280><c> two</c><00:42:32.800><c> sparrows</c><00:42:33.940><c> sold</c><00:42:34.460><c> for</c><00:42:34.719><c> a</c><00:42:34.860><c> farthing?</c>

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:39.239
So<00:42:37.579><c> it</c><00:42:37.639><c> was</c><00:42:37.780><c> a</c><00:42:37.960><c> farthing</c><00:42:38.199><c> each.</c>

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:42.980
Therefore<00:42:39.940><c> when</c><00:42:40.159><c> you</c><00:42:40.320><c> come</c><00:42:40.559><c> back</c><00:42:40.800><c> to</c><00:42:40.940><c> Luke</c><00:42:41.179><c> chapter</c><00:42:41.619><c> 12</c><00:42:41.980><c> and</c><00:42:42.179><c> verse</c><00:42:42.420><c> 6</c>

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:48.239
You<00:42:43.699><c> should</c><00:42:43.960><c> have</c><00:42:44.239><c> got</c><00:42:44.699><c> four</c><00:42:45.320><c> sparrows</c><00:42:46.000><c> for</c><00:42:46.260><c> two</c><00:42:46.559><c> farthings</c>

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.599
Instead<00:42:48.519><c> of</c><00:42:48.699><c> which</c><00:42:48.860><c> you</c><00:42:49.119><c> got</c><00:42:49.480><c> five.</c>

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:53.039
So<00:42:51.179><c> an</c><00:42:51.380><c> extra</c><00:42:51.619><c> sparrow</c><00:42:52.000><c> was</c><00:42:52.199><c> thrown</c><00:42:52.320><c> in</c><00:42:52.400><c> for</c><00:42:52.579><c> nothing</c><00:42:52.820><c> in</c>

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.900
other<00:42:53.239><c> words.</c>

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:57.320
And<00:42:54.579><c> surely</c><00:42:54.800><c> in</c><00:42:55.039><c> Luke</c><00:42:55.239><c> chapter</c><00:42:55.559><c> 12</c><00:42:56.059><c> and</c><00:42:56.280><c> verse</c><00:42:56.539><c> 6</c>

00:42:57.320 --> 00:43:02.139
The<00:42:58.039><c> Lord's</c><00:42:58.880><c> eye</c><00:42:59.360><c> is</c><00:42:59.780><c> focusing</c><00:43:00.380><c> on</c><00:43:00.760><c> that</c><00:43:01.079><c> one</c><00:43:01.480><c> sparrow</c>

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:04.260
That<00:43:02.280><c> was</c><00:43:02.519><c> thrown</c><00:43:02.639><c> in</c><00:43:02.760><c> for</c><00:43:02.940><c> nothing.</c>

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:06.820
Humanly<00:43:04.599><c> speaking</c><00:43:04.920><c> it</c><00:43:05.039><c> was</c><00:43:05.199><c> almost</c><00:43:05.480><c> valueless.</c>

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:10.500
But<00:43:07.179><c> even</c><00:43:07.500><c> God</c><00:43:08.079><c> knew</c><00:43:08.480><c> that</c><00:43:09.079><c> little</c><00:43:09.559><c> bird.</c>

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:14.099
You<00:43:11.380><c> see</c><00:43:11.440><c> he</c><00:43:11.639><c> sets</c><00:43:11.840><c> all</c><00:43:12.079><c> our</c><00:43:12.300><c> fears</c><00:43:12.840><c> and</c><00:43:13.400><c> anxieties</c>

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:17.280
Against<00:43:14.519><c> the</c><00:43:14.820><c> infinite</c><00:43:15.179><c> power</c><00:43:15.820><c> and</c><00:43:16.280><c> wisdom</c><00:43:16.639><c> of</c><00:43:16.860><c> God.</c>

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:20.239
And<00:43:17.940><c> we</c><00:43:18.079><c> should</c><00:43:18.219><c> do</c><00:43:18.400><c> the</c><00:43:18.599><c> same</c><00:43:18.780><c> in</c><00:43:18.960><c> our</c><00:43:19.179><c> lives</c><00:43:19.320><c> brethren</c><00:43:19.619><c> and</c><00:43:19.860><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:22.760
This<00:43:20.780><c> is</c><00:43:20.980><c> the</c><00:43:21.139><c> way</c><00:43:21.360><c> in</c><00:43:21.480><c> which</c><00:43:21.619><c> we</c><00:43:21.719><c> should</c><00:43:21.940><c> endeavour</c><00:43:22.340><c> to</c><00:43:22.559><c> deal</c>

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:25.559
With<00:43:22.940><c> the</c><00:43:23.119><c> many</c><00:43:23.340><c> natural</c><00:43:23.840><c> fears</c><00:43:24.199><c> that</c><00:43:24.420><c> sometimes</c><00:43:24.860><c> assail</c><00:43:25.340><c> us.</c>

00:43:25.820 --> 00:43:28.420
God<00:43:26.079><c> knows</c><00:43:26.360><c> the</c><00:43:26.659><c> sparrows,</c><00:43:27.480><c> he</c><00:43:27.599><c> knows</c><00:43:27.800><c> his</c><00:43:28.039><c> children</c>

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:32.539
Even<00:43:28.719><c> to</c><00:43:28.920><c> the</c><00:43:29.059><c> extent</c><00:43:29.440><c> that</c><00:43:29.639><c> the</c><00:43:29.840><c> hairs</c><00:43:30.019><c> on</c><00:43:30.179><c> their</c><00:43:30.480><c> head</c><00:43:30.820><c> are</c><00:43:31.480><c> numbers.</c>

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:35.260
We'll<00:43:33.440><c> come</c><00:43:33.599><c> back</c><00:43:33.739><c> to</c><00:43:33.840><c> Luke</c><00:43:34.039><c> 12</c><00:43:34.559><c> because</c>

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:38.019
Then<00:43:35.719><c> from</c><00:43:35.900><c> verse</c><00:43:36.159><c> 16</c><00:43:36.619><c> onwards</c><00:43:36.960><c> we</c><00:43:37.179><c> have</c><00:43:37.340><c> the</c><00:43:37.579><c> parable</c><00:43:37.800><c> of</c><00:43:37.900><c> the</c>

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rich<00:43:38.280><c> fool</c>

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A<00:43:39.380><c> man</c><00:43:39.579><c> who</c><00:43:39.699><c> was</c><00:43:39.840><c> rich</c><00:43:40.079><c> in</c><00:43:40.239><c> this</c><00:43:40.539><c> world's</c><00:43:41.000><c> goods</c>

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:43.019
But<00:43:41.280><c> not</c><00:43:41.440><c> in</c><00:43:41.599><c> the</c><00:43:41.739><c> things</c><00:43:41.880><c> of</c><00:43:42.179><c> God</c>

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:44.719
He<00:43:43.179><c> thought</c><00:43:43.340><c> only</c><00:43:43.619><c> about</c><00:43:43.860><c> the</c><00:43:44.139><c> present.</c>

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:48.260
And<00:43:45.639><c> so</c><00:43:45.760><c> the</c><00:43:45.900><c> Lord</c><00:43:46.059><c> says</c><00:43:46.340><c> in</c><00:43:46.559><c> verse</c><00:43:46.760><c> 22</c>

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:52.780
Take<00:43:49.480><c> no</c><00:43:49.960><c> thought</c><00:43:50.760><c> for</c><00:43:51.500><c> your</c><00:43:51.780><c> life.</c>

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:58.199
And<00:43:54.719><c> if</c><00:43:54.840><c> we</c><00:43:55.059><c> actually</c><00:43:55.719><c> simply</c><00:43:56.400><c> read</c><00:43:56.699><c> that</c><00:43:56.960><c> as</c><00:43:57.139><c> it</c><00:43:57.300><c> is</c><00:43:57.400><c> in</c><00:43:57.559><c> the</c><00:43:57.719><c> A</c><00:43:57.960><c>.V.</c>

00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:00.719
There<00:43:58.440><c> isn't</c><00:43:58.679><c> one</c><00:43:58.960><c> of</c><00:43:59.119><c> us</c><00:43:59.300><c> that</c><00:43:59.460><c> could</c><00:43:59.559><c> have</c><00:43:59.739><c> put</c><00:43:59.840><c> that</c><00:44:00.079><c> into</c><00:44:00.320><c> practice</c>

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:03.440
Take<00:44:01.519><c> no</c><00:44:01.880><c> thought</c><00:44:02.079><c> for</c><00:44:02.260><c> your</c><00:44:02.460><c> life.</c>

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But<00:44:04.199><c> what</c><00:44:04.300><c> it</c><00:44:04.440><c> means</c><00:44:04.800><c> of</c><00:44:05.059><c> course</c><00:44:05.400><c> is</c><00:44:06.019><c> anxious</c><00:44:06.519><c> thought</c>

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That's<00:44:07.059><c> what</c><00:44:07.260><c> the</c><00:44:07.380><c> word</c><00:44:07.579><c> thought</c><00:44:07.860><c> means.</c>

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:12.980
Don't<00:44:09.500><c> be</c><00:44:09.920><c> anxious</c><00:44:10.639><c> for</c><00:44:11.460><c> your</c><00:44:11.780><c> life.</c>

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:15.780
What<00:44:13.340><c> you</c><00:44:13.599><c> shall</c><00:44:13.820><c> eat,</c><00:44:14.719><c> neither</c><00:44:14.920><c> for</c><00:44:15.099><c> the</c><00:44:15.239><c> body</c>

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:18.199
What<00:44:16.559><c> you</c><00:44:16.840><c> shall</c><00:44:17.039><c> put</c><00:44:17.300><c> on.</c>

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:20.960
Now<00:44:18.699><c> why</c><00:44:19.059><c> shouldn't</c><00:44:19.400><c> we</c><00:44:19.619><c> be</c><00:44:19.880><c> anxious</c><00:44:20.119><c> about</c><00:44:20.460><c> these</c><00:44:20.760><c> things?</c>

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:23.880
You<00:44:21.219><c> see</c><00:44:21.420><c> the</c><00:44:21.699><c> point</c><00:44:21.900><c> he's</c><00:44:22.199><c> making</c><00:44:22.619><c> here</c><00:44:23.039><c> is</c>

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:28.019
Food<00:44:24.440><c> and</c><00:44:24.800><c> clothing</c><00:44:25.380><c> are</c><00:44:26.159><c> only</c><00:44:26.440><c> the</c><00:44:26.679><c> things</c><00:44:26.860><c> that</c><00:44:27.119><c> go</c><00:44:27.280><c> with</c><00:44:27.599><c> life.</c>

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:31.000
God<00:44:29.159><c> has</c><00:44:29.400><c> given</c><00:44:29.579><c> all</c><00:44:29.900><c> of</c><00:44:30.039><c> us</c><00:44:30.179><c> the</c><00:44:30.519><c> greater.</c>

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:33.480
He's<00:44:31.400><c> given</c><00:44:31.579><c> us</c><00:44:31.920><c> life</c><00:44:32.239><c> itself.</c>

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:37.320
So<00:44:34.199><c> why</c><00:44:34.539><c> don't</c><00:44:34.719><c> we</c><00:44:34.920><c> trust</c><00:44:35.219><c> him</c><00:44:35.400><c> for</c><00:44:35.559><c> the</c><00:44:35.760><c> things</c><00:44:36.139><c> that</c><00:44:36.599><c> go</c><00:44:36.780><c> with</c><00:44:37.000><c> it?</c>

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:40.159
The<00:44:38.019><c> food</c><00:44:38.340><c> and</c><00:44:38.500><c> the</c><00:44:38.719><c> clothing.</c>

00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:42.460
Verse<00:44:40.940><c> 24.</c>

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Consider<00:44:42.920><c> the</c><00:44:43.219><c> ravens</c>

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For<00:44:44.380><c> they</c><00:44:44.559><c> neither</c><00:44:44.820><c> sow</c><00:44:45.159><c> nor</c><00:44:45.460><c> reap</c>

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:48.099
Which<00:44:46.380><c> neither</c><00:44:46.579><c> have</c><00:44:46.960><c> storehouse</c><00:44:47.360><c> nor</c><00:44:47.639><c> barn</c>

00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:50.960
And<00:44:49.000><c> God</c><00:44:49.340><c> feedeth</c><00:44:49.760><c> them.</c>

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:56.559
Young<00:44:54.019><c> ravens</c><00:44:54.519><c> don't</c><00:44:55.099><c> supply</c><00:44:55.460><c> their</c><00:44:55.739><c> needs</c><00:44:56.059><c> until</c><00:44:56.300><c> they're</c>

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.219
fully<00:44:56.780><c> grown</c>

00:44:57.219 --> 00:45:00.800
They<00:44:57.699><c> have</c><00:44:57.940><c> large</c><00:44:58.320><c> appetites</c><00:44:59.719><c> but</c><00:45:00.039><c> they're</c><00:45:00.420><c> fed</c>

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:04.260
And<00:45:01.800><c> the</c><00:45:01.960><c> Lord</c><00:45:02.099><c> here</c><00:45:02.320><c> is</c><00:45:02.500><c> teaching</c><00:45:02.760><c> us</c><00:45:02.900><c> that</c><00:45:03.119><c> ultimately</c><00:45:03.539><c> our</c><00:45:03.880><c> lives</c>

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:06.760
Do<00:45:04.679><c> not</c><00:45:04.900><c> depend</c><00:45:05.280><c> on</c><00:45:05.460><c> the</c><00:45:05.619><c> things</c><00:45:05.739><c> that</c><00:45:05.900><c> we've</c><00:45:06.139><c> got</c><00:45:06.360><c> stored</c><00:45:06.599><c> up</c>

00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:07.880
for<00:45:06.920><c> the</c><00:45:07.099><c> coming</c><00:45:07.380><c> year</c>

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:10.320
Like<00:45:08.380><c> the</c><00:45:08.659><c> birds</c><00:45:09.019><c> we</c><00:45:09.300><c> depend</c><00:45:09.559><c> upon</c><00:45:09.880><c> God.</c>

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:11.480
So<00:45:10.619><c> why</c><00:45:10.840><c> be</c><00:45:11.039><c> afraid?</c>

00:45:11.739 --> 00:45:13.719
Why<00:45:11.940><c> be</c><00:45:12.139><c> anxious</c><00:45:12.500><c> about</c><00:45:12.800><c> these</c><00:45:13.159><c> things?</c>

00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:15.639
After<00:45:14.380><c> all</c><00:45:14.579><c> this</c><00:45:14.699><c> the</c><00:45:14.840><c> Lord</c><00:45:15.019><c> says</c>

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:19.519
God<00:45:16.139><c> values</c><00:45:16.539><c> his</c><00:45:16.820><c> children</c><00:45:17.460><c> more</c><00:45:17.960><c> than</c><00:45:18.119><c> the</c><00:45:18.360><c> birds.</c>

00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:21.980
Or<00:45:20.139><c> verse</c><00:45:20.380><c> 25.</c>

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:25.360
He<00:45:22.420><c> says</c><00:45:22.559><c> which</c><00:45:22.840><c> of</c><00:45:23.059><c> you</c><00:45:23.659><c> by</c><00:45:24.079><c> being</c><00:45:24.579><c> anxious</c>

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:30.619
Can<00:45:26.360><c> add</c><00:45:26.699><c> to</c><00:45:26.780><c> his</c><00:45:27.079><c> stature</c><00:45:27.960><c> one</c><00:45:28.440><c> cubit?</c>

00:45:30.739 --> 00:45:34.000
Now<00:45:31.019><c> when</c><00:45:31.199><c> you</c><00:45:31.400><c> think</c><00:45:31.579><c> about</c><00:45:31.860><c> the</c><00:45:32.019><c> other</c><00:45:32.219><c> concerns</c><00:45:32.800><c> the</c><00:45:33.039><c> Lord</c><00:45:33.219><c> is</c>

00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:36.880
Speaking<00:45:34.440><c> about</c><00:45:34.860><c> here</c><00:45:35.159><c> the</c><00:45:35.400><c> food</c><00:45:35.679><c> and</c><00:45:35.860><c> the</c><00:45:36.099><c> clothing</c>

00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:38.699
These<00:45:37.480><c> essentials</c><00:45:38.019><c> of</c><00:45:38.340><c> life</c>

00:45:38.699 --> 00:45:42.219
We<00:45:39.300><c> can</c><00:45:39.440><c> understand</c><00:45:39.960><c> that</c><00:45:40.179><c> sometimes</c><00:45:40.780><c> they</c><00:45:41.059><c> can</c><00:45:41.239><c> make</c><00:45:41.400><c> us</c><00:45:41.599><c> anxious</c>

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:45.000
Although<00:45:42.719><c> the</c><00:45:42.940><c> Lord</c><00:45:43.099><c> says</c><00:45:43.380><c> we</c><00:45:43.559><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:43.980><c> be</c><00:45:44.219><c> anxious</c><00:45:44.500><c> about</c><00:45:44.820><c> them</c>

00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:49.460
But<00:45:45.760><c> this</c><00:45:46.019><c> in</c><00:45:46.179><c> verse</c><00:45:46.360><c> 25</c><00:45:47.079><c> doesn't</c><00:45:47.440><c> seem</c><00:45:47.719><c> in</c><00:45:47.960><c> quite</c><00:45:48.159><c> the</c><00:45:48.440><c> same</c>

00:45:49.460 --> 00:45:51.860
category<00:45:50.099><c> does</c><00:45:50.360><c> it?</c>

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:55.880
Not<00:45:52.179><c> that</c><00:45:52.440><c> many</c><00:45:52.659><c> people</c><00:45:52.920><c> are</c><00:45:53.199><c> really</c><00:45:53.500><c> anxious</c><00:45:53.920><c> about</c><00:45:54.880><c> their</c><00:45:55.340><c> size</c>

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:58.780
Unless<00:45:56.420><c> they're</c><00:45:56.820><c> perhaps</c><00:45:57.099><c> abnormally</c><00:45:57.699><c> short</c>

00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:01.400
But<00:45:59.599><c> when</c><00:45:59.840><c> you</c><00:45:59.940><c> look</c><00:46:00.099><c> at</c><00:46:00.199><c> it</c><00:46:00.380><c> again</c><00:46:00.699><c> you</c><00:46:00.920><c> see</c><00:46:01.039><c> that's</c><00:46:01.300><c> not</c><00:46:01.360><c> what</c>

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:02.400
he's<00:46:01.599><c> talking</c><00:46:01.860><c> about</c>

00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:03.619
Verse<00:46:02.659><c> 25</c>

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:06.099
See<00:46:03.940><c> when</c><00:46:04.119><c> he</c><00:46:04.320><c> uses</c><00:46:04.480><c> the</c><00:46:04.619><c> word</c><00:46:04.940><c> stature</c><00:46:05.519><c> here</c>

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:09.500
In<00:46:06.579><c> the</c><00:46:06.820><c> Greek</c><00:46:07.039><c> that</c><00:46:07.380><c> word</c><00:46:07.659><c> can</c><00:46:07.920><c> be</c><00:46:08.159><c> translated</c><00:46:08.559><c> as</c><00:46:08.900><c> age</c>

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:12.780
The<00:46:10.320><c> word</c><00:46:10.619><c> refers</c><00:46:11.000><c> to</c><00:46:11.280><c> years</c><00:46:11.599><c> or</c><00:46:11.920><c> to</c><00:46:12.219><c> size</c>

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:16.539
And<00:46:13.320><c> the</c><00:46:13.639><c> diaglogue</c><00:46:14.280><c> translates</c><00:46:14.840><c> verse</c><00:46:15.219><c> 25</c><00:46:15.800><c> like</c><00:46:16.119><c> this</c>

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:18.900
Which<00:46:17.340><c> of</c><00:46:17.519><c> you</c><00:46:17.679><c> by</c><00:46:17.920><c> being</c><00:46:18.320><c> anxious</c>

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:22.840
Can<00:46:19.280><c> prolong</c><00:46:20.099><c> his</c><00:46:20.699><c> life</c><00:46:21.320><c> one</c><00:46:21.760><c> moment?</c>

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:26.579
And<00:46:24.320><c> you</c><00:46:24.579><c> see</c><00:46:24.699><c> that</c><00:46:24.980><c> really</c><00:46:25.239><c> is</c><00:46:25.440><c> in</c><00:46:25.619><c> the</c><00:46:25.760><c> same</c><00:46:25.980><c> category</c><00:46:26.400><c> as</c>

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:27.900
the<00:46:26.699><c> other</c><00:46:26.840><c> things</c><00:46:27.039><c> he's</c><00:46:27.219><c> talking</c><00:46:27.519><c> about</c>

00:46:27.900 --> 00:46:30.000
Because<00:46:28.219><c> people</c><00:46:28.460><c> do</c><00:46:28.699><c> worry</c><00:46:28.900><c> about</c><00:46:29.280><c> that</c>

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:31.719
Which<00:46:30.440><c> of</c><00:46:30.619><c> you</c><00:46:30.760><c> by</c><00:46:30.980><c> being</c><00:46:31.300><c> anxious</c>

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:34.460
Says<00:46:31.920><c> Jesus</c><00:46:32.219><c> can</c><00:46:32.480><c> prolong</c><00:46:32.800><c> his</c><00:46:33.099><c> life</c><00:46:33.519><c> one</c><00:46:33.900><c> moment?</c>

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:38.219
The<00:46:35.079><c> point</c><00:46:35.179><c> he's</c><00:46:35.360><c> making</c><00:46:35.739><c> is</c><00:46:36.179><c> being</c><00:46:36.519><c> anxious</c><00:46:37.019><c> is</c><00:46:37.460><c> not</c><00:46:37.699><c> like</c><00:46:37.880><c> it's</c><00:46:38.079><c> a</c>

00:46:38.219 --> 00:46:39.019
lengthened<00:46:38.739><c> life</c>

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In<00:46:39.260><c> fact</c><00:46:39.360><c> if</c><00:46:39.539><c> anything</c><00:46:39.840><c> it</c><00:46:40.219><c> may</c><00:46:40.519><c> shorten</c><00:46:40.900><c> it</c>

00:46:41.900 --> 00:46:44.440
If<00:46:42.360><c> we</c><00:46:42.599><c> burden</c><00:46:42.940><c> ourselves</c><00:46:43.400><c> with</c><00:46:43.679><c> anxiety</c>

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:46.619
We<00:46:45.079><c> may</c><00:46:45.360><c> even</c><00:46:45.739><c> shorten</c><00:46:45.940><c> our</c><00:46:46.340><c> lifespan</c>

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:48.039
So<00:46:46.900><c> we've</c><00:46:47.099><c> got</c><00:46:47.139><c> to</c><00:46:47.300><c> trust</c><00:46:47.519><c> God</c>

00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:51.780
Because<00:46:48.599><c> after</c><00:46:49.000><c> all</c><00:46:49.119><c> he</c><00:46:49.239><c> has</c><00:46:49.440><c> the</c><00:46:49.699><c> power</c><00:46:50.340><c> over</c><00:46:50.739><c> life</c><00:46:51.079><c> and</c><00:46:51.340><c> death</c>

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Just<00:46:52.639><c> think</c><00:46:52.820><c> about</c><00:46:53.039><c> the</c><00:46:53.360><c> Lilis</c><00:46:53.599><c> he</c><00:46:53.880><c> says</c><00:46:54.019><c> in</c><00:46:54.219><c> verses</c><00:46:54.460><c> 27</c><00:46:55.039><c> and</c><00:46:55.239><c> 28</c>

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They're<00:46:56.239><c> beautiful</c><00:46:56.719><c> and</c><00:46:57.139><c> flawless</c><00:46:57.480><c> but</c><00:46:57.679><c> in</c><00:46:57.840><c> the</c><00:46:57.940><c> end</c><00:46:58.079><c> they're</c>

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just<00:46:58.559><c> cut</c><00:46:58.800><c> down</c>

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God<00:47:00.639><c> doesn't</c><00:47:01.059><c> overlook</c><00:47:01.380><c> the</c><00:47:01.639><c> needs</c><00:47:01.820><c> of</c><00:47:02.000><c> his</c><00:47:02.199><c> children</c>

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So<00:47:03.440><c> let's</c><00:47:03.719><c> not</c><00:47:03.820><c> be</c><00:47:04.000><c> anxious</c>

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Verse<00:47:05.800><c> 31</c><00:47:06.260><c> he</c><00:47:06.619><c> says</c>

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But<00:47:07.019><c> rather</c><00:47:07.500><c> seek</c><00:47:07.900><c> ye</c><00:47:08.039><c> the</c><00:47:08.219><c> kingdom</c><00:47:08.500><c> of</c><00:47:08.719><c> God</c>

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And<00:47:09.440><c> all</c><00:47:09.699><c> these</c><00:47:09.960><c> things</c><00:47:10.179><c> shall</c><00:47:10.380><c> be</c><00:47:10.539><c> added</c><00:47:10.699><c> unto</c><00:47:10.960><c> you</c>

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Fear<00:47:11.579><c> not</c><00:47:11.960><c> little</c><00:47:12.380><c> flock</c>

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For<00:47:13.219><c> it</c><00:47:13.360><c> is</c><00:47:13.480><c> your</c><00:47:13.719><c> father's</c><00:47:14.139><c> good</c><00:47:14.300><c> pleasure</c>

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To<00:47:15.639><c> give</c><00:47:15.800><c> you</c><00:47:16.320><c> the</c><00:47:16.579><c> kingdom</c>

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So<00:47:18.039><c> while</c><00:47:18.219><c> in</c><00:47:18.440><c> life</c><00:47:18.579><c> we</c><00:47:18.840><c> work</c><00:47:19.199><c> and</c><00:47:19.360><c> we</c><00:47:19.559><c> take</c><00:47:19.760><c> sensible</c><00:47:20.179><c> provision</c><00:47:20.579><c> for</c><00:47:20.840><c> our</c><00:47:21.059><c> needs</c>

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Our<00:47:22.199><c> lives</c><00:47:22.400><c> should</c><00:47:22.599><c> be</c><00:47:22.820><c> without</c><00:47:23.159><c> anxious</c><00:47:23.820><c> care</c><00:47:24.400><c> for</c><00:47:24.780><c> these</c><00:47:25.059><c> things</c>

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Because<00:47:26.039><c> we</c><00:47:26.280><c> live</c><00:47:26.420><c> our</c><00:47:26.719><c> lives</c><00:47:26.920><c> now</c><00:47:27.239><c> under</c><00:47:27.440><c> the</c><00:47:27.659><c> overshadowing</c>

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arm<00:47:28.579><c> of</c><00:47:28.860><c> God</c>

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And<00:47:29.519><c> we</c><00:47:29.619><c> are</c><00:47:29.820><c> men</c><00:47:30.000><c> and</c><00:47:30.219><c> women</c><00:47:30.420><c> who've</c><00:47:30.659><c> been</c><00:47:31.119><c> called</c><00:47:31.420><c> to</c><00:47:31.639><c> a</c><00:47:31.719><c> much</c>

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greater<00:47:32.340><c> life</c><00:47:32.760><c> in</c><00:47:33.199><c> his</c><00:47:33.460><c> kingdom</c>

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Here<00:47:35.079><c> on</c><00:47:35.420><c> earth</c><00:47:35.679><c> now</c><00:47:36.199><c> as</c><00:47:36.659><c> a</c><00:47:36.900><c> colony</c><00:47:37.199><c> of</c><00:47:37.460><c> heaven</c>

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Well<00:47:38.980><c> let's</c><00:47:39.099><c> come</c><00:47:39.280><c> back</c><00:47:39.440><c> to</c><00:47:39.579><c> Philippians</c><00:47:40.019><c> 4</c>

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Because<00:47:41.019><c> Paul</c><00:47:41.420><c> is</c><00:47:41.739><c> echoing</c><00:47:42.579><c> this</c><00:47:43.119><c> scripture</c><00:47:43.639><c> teaching</c>

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About<00:47:45.079><c> the</c><00:47:45.280><c> way</c><00:47:45.500><c> in</c><00:47:45.639><c> which</c><00:47:45.760><c> we</c><00:47:45.980><c> should</c><00:47:46.139><c> look</c><00:47:46.360><c> at</c><00:47:46.559><c> our</c><00:47:46.800><c> lives</c>

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And<00:47:48.780><c> in</c><00:47:48.960><c> Philippians</c><00:47:49.380><c> 4</c><00:47:49.800><c> and</c><00:47:50.000><c> verse</c><00:47:50.320><c> 4</c><00:47:50.619><c> he</c><00:47:50.800><c> picks</c><00:47:50.980><c> it</c><00:47:51.159><c> up</c><00:47:51.280><c> and</c>

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he<00:47:51.679><c> says</c>

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In<00:47:53.420><c> nothing</c><00:47:53.880><c> be</c><00:47:54.239><c> anxious</c>

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It<00:47:56.960><c> sounds</c><00:47:57.159><c> almost</c><00:47:57.579><c> impossible</c><00:47:58.159><c> and</c><00:47:58.400><c> yet</c><00:47:58.519><c> it</c><00:47:58.739><c> isn't</c><00:47:58.980><c> as</c><00:47:59.139><c> we've</c>

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seen<00:47:59.679><c> from</c><00:47:59.980><c> the</c><00:48:00.179><c> teaching</c><00:48:00.340><c> of</c><00:48:00.500><c> the</c><00:48:00.659><c> Lord</c>

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If<00:48:01.079><c> only</c><00:48:01.320><c> we</c><00:48:01.599><c> can</c><00:48:01.940><c> keep</c><00:48:02.300><c> the</c><00:48:02.599><c> problems</c><00:48:02.739><c> of</c><00:48:03.000><c> life</c><00:48:03.179><c> in</c><00:48:03.360><c> their</c>

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true<00:48:03.699><c> perspective</c>

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And<00:48:04.619><c> here</c><00:48:04.780><c> the</c><00:48:04.960><c> apostle</c><00:48:05.219><c> explains</c><00:48:05.719><c> it</c><00:48:05.980><c> like</c><00:48:06.199><c> this</c>

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He<00:48:06.659><c> says</c><00:48:06.980><c> in</c><00:48:07.360><c> nothing</c><00:48:07.659><c> be</c><00:48:07.920><c> anxious</c>

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But<00:48:09.199><c> in</c><00:48:09.480><c> everything</c><00:48:10.159><c> by</c><00:48:10.960><c> prayer</c><00:48:11.460><c> and</c><00:48:11.800><c> supplication</c><00:48:12.480><c> with</c><00:48:12.840><c> thanksgiving</c>

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Let<00:48:14.440><c> your</c><00:48:14.719><c> requests</c><00:48:15.099><c> be</c><00:48:15.380><c> made</c><00:48:15.639><c> known</c><00:48:15.800><c> unto</c><00:48:16.059><c> God</c>

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That's<00:48:17.539><c> how</c><00:48:17.760><c> you</c><00:48:17.980><c> practice</c><00:48:18.380><c> a</c><00:48:18.699><c> life</c><00:48:19.159><c> which</c><00:48:19.619><c> is</c><00:48:19.940><c> essentially</c>

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free<00:48:20.739><c> from</c><00:48:20.980><c> anxiety</c>

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By<00:48:23.099><c> prayer</c><00:48:23.599><c> and</c><00:48:23.980><c> supplication</c><00:48:24.880><c> we</c><00:48:25.480><c> bring</c><00:48:25.739><c> all</c><00:48:26.219><c> our</c><00:48:26.840><c> natural</c>

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fears,<00:48:27.960><c> our</c><00:48:28.199><c> anxieties</c>

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Before<00:48:29.760><c> our</c><00:48:30.139><c> heavenly</c><00:48:30.460><c> father</c>

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And<00:48:32.000><c> he</c><00:48:32.159><c> says</c><00:48:32.440><c> thanksgiving</c><00:48:33.239><c> is</c><00:48:33.480><c> important</c><00:48:33.980><c> as</c><00:48:34.280><c> well</c>

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Because<00:48:35.260><c> by</c><00:48:35.679><c> continually</c><00:48:36.199><c> giving</c><00:48:36.679><c> thanks</c><00:48:37.199><c> to</c><00:48:37.440><c> God</c>

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For<00:48:38.519><c> all</c><00:48:38.780><c> the</c><00:48:38.980><c> blessings</c><00:48:39.179><c> that</c><00:48:39.380><c> we</c><00:48:39.539><c> receive</c><00:48:39.860><c> day</c><00:48:40.159><c> by</c><00:48:40.440><c> day</c>

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We<00:48:42.079><c> set</c><00:48:42.320><c> the</c><00:48:42.519><c> problems</c><00:48:42.840><c> of</c><00:48:43.059><c> life</c><00:48:43.500><c> in</c><00:48:43.960><c> their</c><00:48:44.199><c> true</c><00:48:44.400><c> perspective</c>

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And<00:48:46.380><c> of</c><00:48:46.559><c> course</c><00:48:46.659><c> it's</c><00:48:46.820><c> not</c><00:48:47.000><c> only</c><00:48:47.260><c> material</c><00:48:47.840><c> blessings</c><00:48:48.280><c> we</c><00:48:48.420><c> have</c><00:48:48.579><c> to</c>

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think<00:48:48.940><c> about,</c><00:48:49.239><c> is</c><00:48:49.360><c> it?</c>

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Do<00:48:50.579><c> you</c><00:48:50.579><c> remember</c><00:48:50.780><c> back</c><00:48:51.019><c> in</c><00:48:51.159><c> the</c><00:48:51.320><c> Garden</c><00:48:51.559><c> of</c><00:48:51.800><c> Eden</c>

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When<00:48:53.139><c> Adam</c><00:48:53.500><c> sinned</c><00:48:54.719><c> he</c><00:48:55.139><c> hid</c><00:48:55.440><c> himself</c><00:48:56.139><c> from</c><00:48:56.519><c> God</c>

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And<00:48:57.960><c> what</c><00:48:58.099><c> was</c><00:48:58.219><c> his</c><00:48:58.400><c> comment?</c>

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He<00:49:00.000><c> said</c><00:49:00.659><c> I</c><00:49:01.800><c> was</c><00:49:03.119><c> afraid</c>

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Fear<00:49:05.920><c> is</c><00:49:06.199><c> produced</c><00:49:06.739><c> by</c><00:49:07.059><c> a</c><00:49:07.239><c> defiled</c><00:49:07.679><c> conscience</c>

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But<00:49:08.880><c> when</c><00:49:09.219><c> sin</c><00:49:09.440><c> is</c><00:49:09.719><c> recognized</c><00:49:10.280><c> and</c><00:49:10.559><c> confessed</c><00:49:11.139><c> there</c><00:49:11.800><c> is</c><00:49:12.019><c> forgiveness</c>

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And<00:49:13.340><c> consequently</c><00:49:13.920><c> that</c><00:49:14.260><c> debilitating</c><00:49:15.099><c> fear</c><00:49:15.539><c> no</c><00:49:15.860><c> longer</c><00:49:16.420><c> has</c>

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to<00:49:17.260><c> grip</c><00:49:17.440><c> our</c><00:49:17.760><c> minds</c>

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And<00:49:18.860><c> when</c><00:49:18.980><c> all</c><00:49:19.199><c> this</c><00:49:19.340><c> is</c><00:49:19.659><c> recognized</c><00:49:20.119><c> and</c><00:49:20.480><c> done</c>

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And<00:49:21.039><c> we</c><00:49:21.260><c> remember</c><00:49:21.519><c> especially</c><00:49:22.019><c> the</c><00:49:22.239><c> wonderful</c><00:49:22.699><c> prospect</c><00:49:23.159><c> of</c>

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a<00:49:23.539><c> future</c><00:49:23.840><c> life</c>

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That<00:49:24.679><c> God</c><00:49:24.860><c> has</c><00:49:25.159><c> placed</c><00:49:25.360><c> before</c><00:49:25.820><c> us</c><00:49:26.300><c> through</c><00:49:26.500><c> his</c><00:49:26.860><c> son</c>

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Then<00:49:27.800><c> surely</c><00:49:28.139><c> the</c><00:49:28.400><c> troubles</c><00:49:28.619><c> of</c><00:49:28.820><c> this</c><00:49:29.059><c> life</c><00:49:29.300><c> can</c><00:49:29.579><c> indeed</c><00:49:29.860><c> be</c>

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seen<00:49:30.460><c> in</c><00:49:30.920><c> their</c><00:49:31.179><c> true</c><00:49:31.360><c> perspective</c>

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And<00:49:32.880><c> as</c><00:49:33.000><c> we've</c><00:49:33.159><c> already</c><00:49:33.460><c> said</c><00:49:33.739><c> in</c><00:49:34.039><c> verse</c><00:49:34.300><c> 7</c>

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Just<00:49:35.239><c> as</c><00:49:35.420><c> the</c><00:49:35.639><c> Philippians</c><00:49:36.159><c> to</c><00:49:36.360><c> whom</c><00:49:36.500><c> Paul</c><00:49:36.739><c> was</c><00:49:37.000><c> writing</c>

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Lived<00:49:37.920><c> in</c><00:49:38.099><c> a</c><00:49:38.300><c> garrison</c><00:49:38.679><c> town</c>

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So<00:49:40.119><c> we</c><00:49:40.400><c> shall</c><00:49:40.519><c> be</c><00:49:40.820><c> surrounded</c><00:49:41.400><c> by</c><00:49:41.659><c> the</c><00:49:41.920><c> peace</c><00:49:42.099><c> of</c><00:49:42.380><c> God</c><00:49:42.860><c> as</c><00:49:43.780><c> by</c><00:49:44.340><c> a</c><00:49:44.719><c> garrison</c>

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Just<00:49:47.260><c> turn</c><00:49:47.500><c> over</c><00:49:48.059><c> to</c><00:49:48.340><c> one</c><00:49:48.519><c> further</c><00:49:48.820><c> passage</c><00:49:49.199><c> on</c><00:49:49.460><c> this</c>

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And<00:49:50.280><c> it's</c><00:49:50.480><c> 1</c><00:49:50.739><c> Peter</c><00:49:51.199><c> chapter</c><00:49:51.559><c> 5</c>

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Peter<00:49:54.920><c> picks</c><00:49:55.139><c> up</c><00:49:55.320><c> exactly</c><00:49:55.659><c> the</c><00:49:55.880><c> same</c><00:49:56.139><c> point</c>

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And<00:49:58.400><c> it's</c><00:49:58.539><c> a</c><00:49:58.679><c> lovely</c><00:49:58.940><c> verse</c><00:49:59.360><c> just</c><00:49:59.699><c> to</c><00:49:59.900><c> reflect</c><00:50:00.219><c> on</c><00:50:00.400><c> for</c><00:50:00.599><c> a</c><00:50:00.760><c> moment</c>

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1<00:50:02.400><c> Peter</c><00:50:02.679><c> chapter</c><00:50:03.059><c> 5</c>

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And<00:50:07.320><c> verse</c><00:50:07.559><c> 6</c>

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He<00:50:10.079><c> says</c><00:50:10.380><c> humble</c><00:50:10.920><c> yourselves</c><00:50:11.619><c> therefore</c>

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Under<00:50:12.980><c> the</c><00:50:13.179><c> mighty</c><00:50:13.480><c> hand</c><00:50:13.699><c> of</c><00:50:14.000><c> God</c><00:50:14.320><c> that</c><00:50:14.480><c> he</c><00:50:14.639><c> may</c><00:50:14.840><c> exalt</c><00:50:15.219><c> you</c><00:50:15.420><c> in</c>

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due<00:50:15.900><c> time</c>

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Casting<00:50:17.420><c> all</c><00:50:17.639><c> your</c><00:50:18.000><c> care</c><00:50:18.480><c> upon</c><00:50:18.800><c> him</c>

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Now<00:50:55.000><c> that's</c><00:50:55.320><c> a</c><00:50:55.440><c> quotation</c><00:50:55.920><c> isn't</c><00:50:56.179><c> it?</c>

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The<00:50:56.980><c> margin</c><00:50:57.300><c> of</c><00:50:57.480><c> your</c><00:50:57.619><c> Bible</c><00:50:57.940><c> should</c><00:50:58.219><c> give</c><00:50:58.519><c> you</c><00:50:58.980><c> Psalm</c><00:50:59.280><c> 55</c><00:50:59.940><c> verse</c><00:51:00.239><c> 22</c>

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That<00:51:02.019><c> Psalm</c><00:51:02.300><c> of</c><00:51:02.480><c> David</c><00:51:02.780><c> when</c><00:51:02.940><c> he</c><00:51:03.119><c> was</c><00:51:03.360><c> fleeing</c><00:51:03.800><c> in</c><00:51:04.500><c> the</c><00:51:04.659><c> face</c>

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And<00:51:06.280><c> humanly</c><00:51:06.719><c> speaking</c><00:51:06.940><c> he</c><00:51:07.099><c> had</c><00:51:07.219><c> lots</c><00:51:07.440><c> of</c><00:51:07.699><c> problems</c><00:51:07.920><c> to</c><00:51:08.239><c> face</c>

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And<00:51:09.320><c> yet</c><00:51:09.500><c> David</c><00:51:09.780><c> was</c><00:51:10.000><c> able</c><00:51:10.219><c> to</c><00:51:10.480><c> say</c><00:51:10.679><c> in</c><00:51:10.920><c> Psalm</c><00:51:11.139><c> 55</c><00:51:11.840><c> verse</c><00:51:12.139><c> 22</c>

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Cast<00:51:14.019><c> thy</c><00:51:14.500><c> burden</c><00:51:15.340><c> upon</c><00:51:16.000><c> the</c><00:51:16.260><c> Lord</c>

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And<00:51:20.219><c> that</c><00:51:20.320><c> was</c><00:51:20.500><c> Peter's</c><00:51:21.099><c> confident</c><00:51:21.420><c> trust</c>

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Casting<00:51:23.139><c> all</c><00:51:23.340><c> our</c><00:51:23.639><c> anxious</c><00:51:24.039><c> cares</c><00:51:24.360><c> upon</c><00:51:24.619><c> the</c><00:51:24.860><c> Lord</c><00:51:25.000><c> is</c><00:51:25.400><c> part</c><00:51:25.599><c> of</c><00:51:25.800><c> verse</c><00:51:26.039><c> 6</c>

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Humbling<00:51:27.099><c> ourselves</c><00:51:27.659><c> under</c><00:51:27.900><c> the</c><00:51:28.159><c> mighty</c><00:51:28.440><c> hand</c><00:51:28.659><c> of</c><00:51:28.960><c> God</c>

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And<00:51:30.400><c> in</c><00:51:30.679><c> Christ</c><00:51:30.960><c> we</c><00:51:31.139><c> have</c><00:51:31.340><c> no</c><00:51:31.599><c> need</c><00:51:31.820><c> to</c><00:51:32.079><c> carry</c><00:51:32.280><c> a</c><00:51:32.440><c> load</c><00:51:32.559><c> of</c><00:51:32.780><c> anxiety</c>

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Because<00:51:34.099><c> our</c><00:51:34.500><c> lives</c><00:51:34.780><c> now</c><00:51:35.079><c> are</c><00:51:35.360><c> subject</c><00:51:35.760><c> to</c><00:51:35.940><c> God's</c><00:51:36.440><c> providential</c><00:51:37.059><c> care</c>

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And<00:51:38.019><c> you</c><00:51:38.179><c> see</c><00:51:38.300><c> what</c><00:51:38.500><c> Peter</c><00:51:38.739><c> goes</c><00:51:38.920><c> on</c><00:51:39.179><c> to</c><00:51:39.380><c> say</c><00:51:39.460><c> in</c><00:51:39.659><c> verse</c><00:51:39.880><c> 7</c>

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He<00:51:41.639><c> careth</c><00:51:42.239><c> for</c><00:51:42.519><c> you</c>

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And<00:51:43.840><c> the</c><00:51:44.139><c> second</c><00:51:44.340><c> time</c><00:51:44.639><c> he</c><00:51:44.840><c> uses</c><00:51:45.019><c> the</c><00:51:45.260><c> word</c><00:51:45.500><c> care</c><00:51:45.980><c> in</c><00:51:46.260><c> verse</c><00:51:46.539><c> 7</c>

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He<00:51:47.280><c> uses</c><00:51:47.519><c> a</c><00:51:47.800><c> completely</c><00:51:48.320><c> different</c><00:51:48.659><c> word</c><00:51:48.920><c> in</c><00:51:49.079><c> the</c><00:51:49.300><c> Greek</c>

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It's<00:51:50.400><c> not</c><00:51:50.659><c> anxious</c><00:51:51.239><c> cares</c><00:51:51.559><c> this</c><00:51:51.940><c> time</c>

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He<00:51:54.980><c> uses</c><00:51:55.219><c> a</c><00:51:55.480><c> word</c><00:51:55.599><c> that</c><00:51:55.880><c> means</c>

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He<00:51:57.699><c> makes</c><00:51:58.079><c> you</c><00:51:58.679><c> the</c><00:51:59.280><c> object</c><00:51:59.719><c> of</c><00:51:59.880><c> his</c><00:52:00.079><c> interest</c>

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So<00:52:02.199><c> we</c><00:52:02.500><c> cast</c><00:52:02.940><c> our</c><00:52:03.360><c> anxieties</c><00:52:03.900><c> upon</c><00:52:04.320><c> the</c><00:52:04.760><c> Lord</c>

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As<00:52:05.739><c> we</c><00:52:05.920><c> go</c><00:52:06.079><c> before</c><00:52:06.420><c> him</c><00:52:06.599><c> in</c><00:52:06.920><c> prayer</c>

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Knowing<00:52:07.900><c> that</c><00:52:08.780><c> he</c><00:52:08.940><c> is</c><00:52:09.260><c> interested</c><00:52:09.820><c> in</c><00:52:10.420><c> us</c>

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It's<00:52:12.380><c> a</c><00:52:12.519><c> lovely</c><00:52:12.820><c> comforting</c><00:52:13.300><c> thought</c><00:52:13.699><c> isn't</c><00:52:13.940><c> it</c>

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That<00:52:14.139><c> we</c><00:52:14.280><c> can</c><00:52:14.480><c> take</c><00:52:15.119><c> with</c><00:52:15.599><c> us</c><00:52:15.780><c> as</c><00:52:15.940><c> we</c><00:52:16.099><c> go</c><00:52:16.300><c> through</c><00:52:16.539><c> life</c>

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Well<00:52:17.599><c> finally</c><00:52:17.840><c> just</c><00:52:18.039><c> come</c><00:52:18.239><c> back</c><00:52:18.480><c> to</c><00:52:18.699><c> Philippians</c><00:52:19.119><c> chapter</c><00:52:19.500><c> 4</c>

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Philippians<00:52:21.820><c> chapter</c><00:52:22.179><c> 4</c>

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And<00:52:26.739><c> verse</c><00:52:27.039><c> 8</c>

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Finally<00:52:33.539><c> brethren</c>

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And<00:52:35.099><c> remember</c><00:52:35.460><c> that</c><00:52:35.699><c> that's</c><00:52:35.940><c> the</c><00:52:36.119><c> same</c><00:52:36.320><c> word</c><00:52:36.679><c> that</c><00:52:36.900><c> we</c><00:52:37.019><c> were</c>

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looking<00:52:37.420><c> at</c>

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It<00:52:40.039><c> doesn't</c><00:52:40.239><c> necessarily</c><00:52:40.820><c> mean</c><00:52:41.079><c> this</c><00:52:41.260><c> is</c><00:52:41.480><c> the</c><00:52:41.659><c> last</c><00:52:41.900><c> thing</c><00:52:42.039><c> he's</c><00:52:42.260><c> going</c><00:52:42.340><c> to</c><00:52:42.659><c> say</c>

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Better<00:52:43.719><c> rendered</c><00:52:44.179><c> moreover</c><00:52:44.960><c> brethren</c>

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He's<00:52:46.019><c> developing</c><00:52:46.579><c> his</c><00:52:46.860><c> argument</c>

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And<00:52:47.860><c> he</c><00:52:48.039><c> says</c><00:52:48.179><c> in</c><00:52:48.320><c> verse</c><00:52:48.579><c> 8</c><00:52:48.820><c> moreover</c><00:52:49.420><c> brethren</c>

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Whatsoever<00:52:51.000><c> things</c><00:52:51.400><c> are</c><00:52:51.800><c> true</c>

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Whatsoever<00:52:53.500><c> things</c><00:52:53.900><c> are</c><00:52:54.280><c> honest,</c><00:52:55.599><c> honourable</c>

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Whatsoever<00:52:57.039><c> things</c><00:52:57.380><c> are</c><00:52:57.699><c> just</c>

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Whatsoever<00:52:59.440><c> things</c><00:52:59.739><c> are</c><00:53:00.000><c> pure</c>

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Whatsoever<00:53:01.739><c> things</c><00:53:02.039><c> are</c><00:53:02.300><c> lovely</c>

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Whatsoever<00:53:04.119><c> things</c><00:53:04.420><c> are</c><00:53:04.760><c> of</c><00:53:04.900><c> good</c><00:53:05.139><c> report</c>

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If<00:53:06.880><c> there</c><00:53:07.099><c> be</c><00:53:07.260><c> any</c><00:53:07.619><c> virtue</c>

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And<00:53:08.920><c> if</c><00:53:09.000><c> there</c><00:53:09.139><c> be</c><00:53:09.300><c> any</c><00:53:09.599><c> praise</c>

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Think<00:53:11.440><c> on</c><00:53:12.500><c> these</c><00:53:13.000><c> things</c>

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Those<00:53:15.139><c> things</c><00:53:15.460><c> which</c><00:53:15.679><c> ye</c><00:53:15.860><c> have</c><00:53:15.980><c> both</c><00:53:16.320><c> learned</c><00:53:16.679><c> and</c><00:53:17.019><c> received</c>

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and<00:53:17.679><c> heard</c><00:53:17.880><c> and</c><00:53:18.219><c> seen</c><00:53:18.400><c> in</c><00:53:18.659><c> me</c>

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Do<00:53:19.840><c> and</c><00:53:20.940><c> the</c><00:53:21.059><c> God</c><00:53:21.260><c> of</c><00:53:21.440><c> peace</c><00:53:22.460><c> shall</c><00:53:22.820><c> be</c><00:53:22.980><c> with</c><00:53:23.219><c> you</c>

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Now<00:53:24.559><c> do</c><00:53:24.719><c> you</c><00:53:24.780><c> notice</c><00:53:25.179><c> there</c>

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In<00:53:26.440><c> verse</c><00:53:26.900><c> 8</c><00:53:27.539><c> we</c><00:53:27.980><c> have</c><00:53:28.239><c> got</c>

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Think<00:53:29.420><c> on</c><00:53:29.760><c> these</c><00:53:30.199><c> things</c>

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And<00:53:32.079><c> in</c><00:53:32.239><c> verse</c><00:53:32.519><c> 9</c><00:53:33.300><c> do</c><00:53:34.079><c> them</c>

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So<00:53:35.699><c> if</c><00:53:35.920><c> we</c><00:53:36.239><c> think</c><00:53:36.460><c> on</c><00:53:36.719><c> these</c><00:53:37.019><c> things</c>

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It<00:53:37.840><c> is</c><00:53:38.179><c> going</c><00:53:38.380><c> to</c><00:53:38.599><c> encourage</c><00:53:39.019><c> us</c><00:53:39.619><c> to</c><00:53:40.019><c> do</c><00:53:40.219><c> them</c>

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So<00:53:41.420><c> let</c><00:53:41.559><c> us</c><00:53:41.760><c> then</c><00:53:41.920><c> brethren</c><00:53:42.139><c> and</c><00:53:42.380><c> sisters</c><00:53:42.599><c> as</c><00:53:43.039><c> individuals</c><00:53:43.719><c> as</c>

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an<00:53:44.280><c> ecclesia</c>

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Think<00:53:46.019><c> on</c><00:53:46.300><c> these</c><00:53:46.639><c> things</c>

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And<00:53:48.059><c> do</c><00:53:48.619><c> the</c><00:53:48.840><c> things</c><00:53:49.059><c> that</c><00:53:49.219><c> we</c><00:53:49.380><c> have</c><00:53:49.619><c> learned</c>

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And<00:53:50.760><c> received</c><00:53:51.340><c> and</c><00:53:51.639><c> heard</c><00:53:51.880><c> and</c><00:53:52.260><c> seen</c>

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Anticipating<00:53:53.860><c> that</c><00:53:54.139><c> great</c><00:53:54.519><c> day</c><00:53:54.800><c> of</c><00:53:54.960><c> the</c><00:53:55.139><c> kingdom</c>

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When<00:53:56.440><c> the</c><00:53:56.699><c> marriage</c><00:53:56.920><c> of</c><00:53:57.119><c> the</c><00:53:57.280><c> lamb</c><00:53:57.400><c> is</c><00:53:57.719><c> come</c>

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And<00:53:58.559><c> his</c><00:53:58.800><c> wife</c><00:53:59.199><c> hath</c><00:53:59.380><c> made</c><00:53:59.659><c> herself</c><00:53:59.980><c> ready</c>

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And<00:54:01.539><c> the</c><00:54:01.659><c> God</c><00:54:01.860><c> of</c><00:54:02.119><c> peace</c><00:54:02.980><c> shall</c><00:54:03.360><c> be</c><00:54:03.579><c> with</c><00:54:03.739><c> us</c>

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Forevermore

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Amen

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On<00:54:17.780><c> your</c><00:54:18.000><c> behalf</c><00:54:18.320><c> brethren</c><00:54:18.599><c> and</c><00:54:18.840><c> sisters</c>

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I'd<00:54:19.320><c> like</c><00:54:19.400><c> to</c><00:54:19.639><c> thank</c><00:54:19.800><c> our</c><00:54:19.960><c> brother</c><00:54:20.159><c> Roger</c><00:54:20.460><c> for</c><00:54:20.679><c> his</c><00:54:20.960><c> classes</c>

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this<00:54:21.559><c> week</c>

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He's<00:54:23.019><c> shown</c><00:54:23.239><c> us</c><00:54:23.519><c> the</c><00:54:23.900><c> joy</c><00:54:24.260><c> that</c><00:54:24.539><c> we</c><00:54:24.760><c> can</c><00:54:25.300><c> have</c>

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In<00:54:26.300><c> Christ</c><00:54:26.659><c> Jesus</c><00:54:27.380><c> with</c><00:54:27.820><c> the</c><00:54:28.039><c> hope</c><00:54:28.179><c> of</c><00:54:28.460><c> salvation</c>

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The<00:54:30.960><c> need</c><00:54:31.159><c> for</c><00:54:31.500><c> unity</c><00:54:31.860><c> in</c><00:54:32.079><c> the</c><00:54:32.280><c> ecclesia</c>

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And<00:54:32.880><c> to</c><00:54:33.000><c> be</c><00:54:33.119><c> of</c><00:54:33.280><c> the</c><00:54:33.519><c> mind</c><00:54:33.980><c> of</c><00:54:34.300><c> Christ</c>

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And<00:54:36.420><c> in</c><00:54:36.539><c> this</c><00:54:36.780><c> last</c><00:54:37.119><c> section</c><00:54:37.380><c> we've</c><00:54:37.739><c> seen</c>

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In<00:54:38.900><c> all</c><00:54:39.199><c> of</c><00:54:39.400><c> that</c><00:54:39.579><c> we</c><00:54:39.739><c> saw</c><00:54:39.980><c> a</c><00:54:40.059><c> connection</c><00:54:40.360><c> with</c><00:54:40.559><c> brother</c><00:54:40.820><c> Ken's</c><00:54:41.239><c> classes</c>

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And<00:54:42.619><c> in</c><00:54:42.719><c> this</c><00:54:42.960><c> last</c><00:54:43.300><c> section</c><00:54:43.699><c> with</c><00:54:44.019><c> the</c><00:54:44.360><c> warning</c>

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About<00:54:45.760><c> the</c><00:54:46.239><c> Judaizes</c><00:54:46.820><c> we've</c><00:54:47.199><c> seen</c><00:54:47.360><c> that</c>

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Connection<00:54:49.059><c> to</c><00:54:49.519><c> contending</c><00:54:50.039><c> for</c><00:54:50.280><c> the</c><00:54:50.500><c> faith</c>

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That<00:54:51.340><c> we</c><00:54:51.519><c> see</c><00:54:51.719><c> in</c><00:54:52.519><c> brother</c><00:54:52.860><c> Jim's</c><00:54:53.260><c> classes</c>

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So<00:54:55.300><c> again</c><00:54:55.579><c> we</c><00:54:55.840><c> thank</c><00:54:55.980><c> you</c><00:54:56.139><c> brother</c><00:54:56.239><c> Roger</c><00:54:56.559><c> for</c><00:54:56.820><c> these</c><00:54:57.159><c> classes</c>

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