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conclusion.<00:14:00.600><c> On</c><00:14:01.039><c> the</c><00:14:01.320><c> screen</c><00:14:01.559><c> I've</c><00:14:01.840><c> just</c><00:14:02.080><c> put</c><00:14:02.519><c> a</c><00:14:02.980><c> couple</c><00:14:03.220><c> of</c>

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conclusion.<00:14:44.639><c> So</c><00:14:44.759><c> let's</c><00:14:44.899><c> come</c>

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seventeen,<00:15:50.320><c> yea</c><00:15:50.679><c> and</c><00:15:50.840><c> if</c><00:15:50.960><c> I</c><00:15:51.139><c> be</c><00:15:51.320><c> offered</c><00:15:51.480><c> upon</c><00:15:51.759><c> the</c><00:15:52.039><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:15:55.899><c> rejoice</c><00:15:56.559><c> with</c><00:15:57.059><c> you</c><00:15:57.340><c> all.</c><00:15:59.220><c> Verse</c><00:15:59.360><c> eighteen,</c><00:16:00.559><c> for</c><00:16:00.700><c> the</c><00:16:00.960><c> same</c><00:16:01.220><c> cause</c><00:16:01.519><c> also</c><00:16:02.019><c> do</c>

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ye<00:16:02.820><c> joy</c><00:16:03.419><c> and</c><00:16:04.080><c> rejoice</c>

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with<00:16:05.419><c> me.</c><00:16:07.100><c> Verse</c><00:16:07.279><c> twenty</c><00:16:07.679><c> eight</c><00:16:07.860><c> of</c><00:16:08.019><c> the</c><00:16:08.179><c> same</c><00:16:08.320><c> chapter,</c><00:16:10.100><c> Epaphroditus,</c><00:16:11.379><c> I</c><00:16:11.580><c> sent</c><00:16:11.779><c> it</c>

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rejoice<00:16:24.259><c> in</c><00:16:24.440><c> the</c><00:16:24.639><c> Lord,</c><00:16:25.480><c> the</c><00:16:25.720><c> whole</c><00:16:26.080><c> theme</c><00:16:26.320><c> of</c><00:16:26.639><c> rejoicing</c><00:16:27.120><c> is</c>

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command,<00:16:37.299><c> rejoice</c><00:16:38.200><c> in</c><00:16:39.059><c> the</c><00:16:39.220><c> Lord.</c><00:16:40.379><c> And</c><00:16:40.559><c> again</c><00:16:41.019><c> in</c><00:16:41.360><c> chapter</c><00:16:41.759><c> four</c><00:16:42.659><c> and</c><00:16:43.100><c> verse</c><00:16:43.480><c> four,</c><00:16:45.360><c> rejoice</c><00:16:45.639><c> in</c><00:16:45.879><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:16:46.259><c> all</c><00:16:46.659><c> way</c><00:16:47.019><c> and</c><00:16:47.759><c> again</c><00:16:48.019><c> I</c><00:16:48.399><c> say</c><00:16:48.840><c> rejoice.</c><00:16:52.059><c> Verse</c><00:16:52.299><c> ten,</c><00:16:53.500><c> but</c>

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Lord<00:17:05.960><c> by</c><00:17:05.960><c> Epaphroditus.</c><00:17:06.900><c> So</c><00:17:07.160><c> he</c><00:17:07.539><c> commands</c><00:17:07.940><c> them</c><00:17:08.240><c> to</c><00:17:08.500><c> rejoice</c>

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we<00:17:23.859><c> shall</c><00:17:24.039><c> see</c><00:17:24.319><c> presently</c>

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with.<00:17:58.039><c> Of</c><00:17:58.359><c> course</c><00:17:58.599><c> we</c><00:17:58.700><c> know</c><00:17:59.099><c> that</c><00:17:59.859><c> joy</c><00:18:00.380><c> is</c><00:18:00.920><c> not</c><00:18:01.140><c> a</c><00:18:01.339><c> theme</c><00:18:01.579><c> that's</c><00:18:01.900><c> limited</c><00:18:02.240><c> to</c>

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it's<00:18:11.920><c> a</c><00:18:12.079><c> good</c><00:18:12.319><c> thing</c><00:18:12.539><c> for</c><00:18:12.740><c> us</c><00:18:12.880><c> just</c><00:18:13.059><c> to</c><00:18:13.319><c> pause</c><00:18:13.559><c> for</c><00:18:13.759><c> a</c><00:18:13.859><c> moment</c>

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be<00:18:23.579><c> joyful</c><00:18:24.039><c> people?</c><00:18:25.700><c> Well</c><00:18:25.819><c> as</c><00:18:25.980><c> with</c><00:18:26.119><c> all</c><00:18:26.259><c> the</c><00:18:26.400><c> great</c><00:18:26.640><c> themes</c>

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we<00:18:33.640><c> go</c><00:18:33.839><c> back</c><00:18:34.059><c> to</c><00:18:34.220><c> the</c><00:18:34.240><c> early</c><00:18:34.519><c> chapters</c><00:18:34.779><c> of</c><00:18:35.099><c> Exodus,</c>

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come<00:18:36.099><c> back</c><00:18:36.279><c> to</c><00:18:36.420><c> Exodus</c><00:18:36.619><c> fifteen</c><00:18:37.099><c> for</c><00:18:37.339><c> instance,</c><00:18:44.000><c> we</c><00:18:44.079><c> find</c>

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Israel,<00:18:46.119><c> God's</c><00:18:46.680><c> first</c><00:18:46.980><c> born</c><00:18:47.160><c> nation</c><00:18:47.799><c> redeemed</c>

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bondage<00:18:53.279><c> and</c><00:18:53.500><c> they</c><00:18:53.819><c> passed</c><00:18:54.180><c> through</c><00:18:54.460><c> the</c>

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waters<00:18:55.180><c> and</c><00:18:56.460><c> we</c><00:18:56.619><c> know</c><00:18:56.799><c> very</c><00:18:57.119><c> well</c><00:18:57.339><c> that</c><00:18:57.500><c> in</c><00:18:57.700><c> this</c><00:18:57.940><c> we</c><00:18:58.140><c> have</c><00:18:58.400><c> a</c>

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in<00:19:01.140><c> Christ.</c><00:19:01.960><c> We</c><00:19:02.220><c> have</c><00:19:02.380><c> been</c><00:19:02.599><c> redeemed</c><00:19:02.960><c> from</c><00:19:03.299><c> slavery</c><00:19:03.759><c> also,</c>

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slavery<00:19:05.359><c> to</c><00:19:05.700><c> sin.</c><00:19:07.460><c> In</c><00:19:07.599><c> baptism</c><00:19:08.059><c> as</c><00:19:08.319><c> the</c><00:19:08.460><c> Apostle</c>

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it's<00:19:50.759><c> a</c><00:19:50.880><c> song</c><00:19:51.039><c> of</c><00:19:51.359><c> triumph</c><00:19:51.859><c> all</c><00:19:52.519><c> about</c><00:19:52.799><c> their</c>

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thou<00:20:23.019><c> hast</c><00:20:23.259><c> redeemed.</c><00:20:24.240><c> Thou</c><00:20:24.420><c> hast</c><00:20:24.680><c> guided</c><00:20:25.119><c> them</c><00:20:25.400><c> in</c><00:20:25.599><c> thy</c><00:20:25.779><c> strength</c><00:20:26.759><c> unto</c>

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last<00:21:56.299><c> feast,</c><00:21:56.819><c> Tabernacles,</c><00:21:57.900><c> came</c>

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rejoice.<00:22:30.079><c> Thou</c><00:22:30.460><c> and</c><00:22:30.619><c> thy</c><00:22:30.839><c> son</c><00:22:31.119><c> and</c><00:22:31.279><c> thy</c><00:22:31.519><c> daughter,</c><00:22:32.039><c> the</c><00:22:32.039><c> whole</c>

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get<00:22:39.980><c> to</c><00:22:40.140><c> verses</c><00:22:40.440><c> thirteen</c><00:22:40.940><c> to</c>

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fifteen<00:22:41.579><c> and</c><00:22:42.220><c> the</c><00:22:42.400><c> feast</c><00:22:42.579><c> of</c><00:22:42.799><c> Tabernacles.</c><00:22:43.480><c> Verse</c><00:22:43.680><c> fourteen</c>

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says,<00:22:44.839><c> Thou</c><00:22:45.319><c> shalt</c><00:22:45.759><c> rejoice.</c><00:22:46.960><c> And</c><00:22:47.200><c> again</c>

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at<00:22:47.500><c> the</c><00:22:47.539><c> end</c><00:22:47.720><c> of</c><00:22:47.900><c> verse</c><00:22:48.079><c> fifteen,</c><00:22:49.140><c> therefore</c><00:22:50.000><c> thou</c><00:22:50.759><c> shalt</c><00:22:51.200><c> surely</c><00:22:51.900><c> rejoice.</c><00:22:53.559><c> Now</c>

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they<00:22:54.019><c> had</c><00:22:54.119><c> every</c><00:22:54.220><c> reason</c>

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to<00:22:54.720><c> do</c><00:22:54.900><c> this,</c><00:22:55.160><c> didn't</c><00:22:55.220><c> they,</c><00:22:55.400><c> brethren</c><00:22:55.660><c> and</c><00:22:55.859><c> sisters?</c><00:22:56.519><c> They</c><00:22:56.720><c> were</c><00:22:56.980><c> a</c>

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redeemed<00:22:57.599><c> people.</c><00:22:58.640><c> On</c><00:22:58.799><c> the</c><00:22:58.960><c> day</c><00:22:59.119><c> of</c>

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atonement<00:22:59.880><c> their</c><00:23:00.160><c> sins</c><00:23:00.420><c> had</c><00:23:00.660><c> been</c><00:23:00.859><c> removed.</c><00:23:02.220><c> But</c><00:23:02.380><c> there's</c><00:23:02.460><c> something</c><00:23:02.640><c> else</c><00:23:02.940><c> here</c><00:23:03.160><c> as</c>

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well.<00:23:04.079><c> In</c><00:23:04.339><c> verse</c>

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ten<00:23:05.099><c> it</c><00:23:05.460><c> says,</c><00:23:06.359><c> they</c><00:23:06.519><c> had</c><00:23:06.779><c> to</c><00:23:06.940><c> be</c><00:23:07.240><c> joyful</c><00:23:08.039><c> according</c><00:23:08.859><c> as</c><00:23:09.119><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:23:09.519><c> thy</c><00:23:09.799><c> God</c><00:23:10.039><c> hath</c><00:23:10.339><c> blessed</c><00:23:10.740><c> thee.</c><00:23:12.279><c> And</c>

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again<00:23:12.559><c> it</c><00:23:12.759><c> says</c><00:23:12.880><c> in</c><00:23:13.039><c> verse</c><00:23:13.299><c> fifteen,</c><00:23:14.339><c> because</c><00:23:14.640><c> the</c><00:23:14.839><c> Lord</c><00:23:15.039><c> thy</c>

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God<00:23:15.559><c> shall</c><00:23:15.980><c> bless</c><00:23:16.299><c> thee</c><00:23:16.519><c> in</c><00:23:16.660><c> all</c><00:23:16.859><c> thine</c>

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increase<00:23:17.660><c> and</c><00:23:18.160><c> all</c><00:23:18.299><c> the</c><00:23:18.500><c> works</c><00:23:18.740><c> of</c><00:23:18.960><c> thine</c><00:23:19.140><c> hands.</c><00:23:21.059><c> So</c><00:23:21.299><c> they</c><00:23:21.480><c> also</c><00:23:21.799><c> had</c><00:23:21.960><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:22.220><c> a</c><00:23:22.420><c> joyful</c><00:23:22.700><c> people</c><00:23:23.160><c> because</c>

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of<00:23:23.740><c> God's</c><00:23:24.200><c> mercy</c><00:23:24.859><c> in</c><00:23:25.559><c> providing</c><00:23:26.059><c> for</c><00:23:26.339><c> their</c><00:23:26.640><c> needs.</c><00:23:27.660><c> Of</c><00:23:27.880><c> course</c><00:23:27.980><c> the</c>

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works<00:23:28.420><c> of</c><00:23:28.579><c> their</c><00:23:28.740><c> own</c><00:23:28.920><c> hands</c><00:23:29.140><c> were</c>

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involved<00:23:29.680><c> in</c><00:23:29.880><c> that.</c><00:23:30.799><c> But</c><00:23:30.980><c> first</c><00:23:31.259><c> and</c><00:23:31.460><c> foremost</c><00:23:32.000><c> it</c><00:23:32.180><c> was</c><00:23:32.359><c> the</c>

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blessing<00:23:32.859><c> of</c><00:23:33.079><c> God</c><00:23:33.319><c> through</c><00:23:33.640><c> nature</c><00:23:34.299><c> that</c>

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had<00:23:35.380><c> provided</c><00:23:35.759><c> their</c><00:23:36.140><c> sustenance.</c><00:23:38.240><c> And</c><00:23:38.339><c> we're</c><00:23:38.559><c> richly</c><00:23:38.980><c> blessed</c><00:23:39.240><c> in</c>

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this<00:23:39.619><c> respect,</c><00:23:40.740><c> aren't</c><00:23:40.920><c> we,</c><00:23:41.319><c> these</c>

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days?<00:23:42.240><c> And</c><00:23:42.420><c> we</c><00:23:42.480><c> have</c><00:23:42.660><c> to</c><00:23:42.819><c> recognize,</c><00:23:43.440><c> brethren</c><00:23:43.559><c> and</c><00:23:43.799><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:23:44.380><c> our</c><00:23:44.759><c> sustenance,</c><00:23:45.619><c> our</c><00:23:45.900><c> daily</c><00:23:46.099><c> bread</c>

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does<00:23:46.579><c> not</c><00:23:46.799><c> come</c><00:23:47.019><c> from</c><00:23:47.200><c> our</c><00:23:47.539><c> employers,</c><00:23:48.579><c> nor</c><00:23:48.700><c> does</c><00:23:48.859><c> it</c><00:23:48.980><c> come</c><00:23:49.160><c> from</c><00:23:49.299><c> any</c><00:23:49.559><c> of</c>

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those<00:23:49.900><c> roundabout</c><00:23:50.500><c> us.</c><00:23:51.440><c> It</c>

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comes<00:23:51.940><c> entirely</c><00:23:52.539><c> from</c><00:23:53.099><c> God.</c><00:23:54.460><c> And</c><00:23:54.619><c> so</c><00:23:54.680><c> we</c><00:23:54.839><c> should</c><00:23:55.019><c> rejoice</c><00:23:55.480><c> and</c>

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give<00:23:55.900><c> thanks</c><00:23:56.259><c> continually</c><00:23:57.140><c> according</c>

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as<00:23:58.279><c> the</c><00:23:58.480><c> Lord</c><00:23:58.700><c> thy</c><00:23:58.960><c> God</c><00:23:59.500><c> hath</c><00:23:59.920><c> blessed</c><00:24:00.259><c> us.</c><00:24:02.460><c> But</c><00:24:02.599><c> there's</c><00:24:02.680><c> something</c><00:24:02.859><c> else</c>

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that's<00:24:03.359><c> worth</c><00:24:03.559><c> noticing</c>

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here<00:24:04.420><c> before</c><00:24:04.700><c> we</c><00:24:04.940><c> move</c><00:24:05.119><c> off</c><00:24:05.339><c> and</c><00:24:05.440><c> it's</c><00:24:05.619><c> this.</c><00:24:07.200><c> Notice</c><00:24:07.460><c> what</c>

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Israel's<00:24:08.339><c> rejoicing</c><00:24:08.799><c> did</c><00:24:09.079><c> not</c><00:24:09.380><c> consist</c><00:24:09.859><c> of.</c>

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It<00:24:11.220><c> did</c><00:24:11.500><c> not</c><00:24:11.779><c> consist</c><00:24:12.279><c> of</c><00:24:12.599><c> merry</c><00:24:12.960><c> making.</c><00:24:14.640><c> That's</c><00:24:14.980><c> the</c><00:24:15.059><c> way</c>

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the<00:24:15.359><c> nations</c><00:24:15.700><c> around</c><00:24:16.079><c> them</c><00:24:16.319><c> rejoiced</c><00:24:16.880><c> and</c>

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with<00:24:17.380><c> the</c><00:24:17.539><c> passage</c><00:24:17.759><c> of</c><00:24:18.039><c> time</c><00:24:18.240><c> nothing</c><00:24:18.480><c> has</c><00:24:18.799><c> changed,</c><00:24:19.660><c> has</c><00:24:19.740><c> it?</c>

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Now<00:24:20.799><c> their</c><00:24:21.059><c> rejoicing</c><00:24:21.559><c> had</c><00:24:21.759><c> to</c><00:24:21.940><c> be</c><00:24:22.259><c> expressed</c>

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in<00:24:23.359><c> service</c><00:24:24.220><c> and</c><00:24:24.740><c> worship</c><00:24:25.119><c> of</c><00:24:25.339><c> God.</c><00:24:26.119><c> And</c><00:24:26.200><c> that's</c><00:24:26.480><c> the</c><00:24:26.640><c> pattern</c>

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for<00:24:27.019><c> us,</c><00:24:27.279><c> isn't</c><00:24:27.380><c> it?</c><00:24:28.640><c> Service</c><00:24:29.200><c> and</c>

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worship<00:24:30.440><c> of</c><00:24:30.759><c> God.</c><00:24:32.039><c> So</c><00:24:32.180><c> the</c><00:24:32.319><c> whole</c><00:24:32.660><c> basis</c><00:24:33.119><c> then</c><00:24:33.480><c> of</c><00:24:33.660><c> the</c><00:24:33.759><c> theme</c>

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of<00:24:34.240><c> rejoicing</c><00:24:34.619><c> in</c><00:24:34.920><c> scripture</c><00:24:35.359><c> is</c><00:24:36.240><c> salvation,</c>

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isn't<00:24:37.180><c> it?</c><00:24:38.140><c> And</c><00:24:38.339><c> there</c><00:24:38.460><c> are</c><00:24:38.640><c> three</c><00:24:38.940><c> tenses</c><00:24:39.299><c> of</c><00:24:39.579><c> salvation</c><00:24:40.099><c> given</c><00:24:40.359><c> to</c>

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us<00:24:40.680><c> in</c><00:24:40.920><c> scripture,</c><00:24:41.799><c> past,</c><00:24:42.259><c> present</c><00:24:42.559><c> and</c>

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future,<00:24:43.700><c> and</c><00:24:43.900><c> each</c><00:24:44.259><c> should</c><00:24:44.500><c> give</c><00:24:44.640><c> us</c><00:24:44.900><c> cause</c><00:24:45.099><c> to</c><00:24:45.279><c> be</c><00:24:45.480><c> glad.</c><00:24:46.920><c> Now</c>

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we'll<00:24:48.039><c> just</c><00:24:48.220><c> look</c><00:24:48.359><c> at</c><00:24:48.480><c> the</c><00:24:48.660><c> passages</c>

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on<00:24:49.099><c> the</c><00:24:49.339><c> screen</c><00:24:49.619><c> for</c><00:24:49.819><c> the</c><00:24:49.960><c> sake</c><00:24:50.140><c> of</c><00:24:50.380><c> quickness,</c><00:24:50.819><c> but</c><00:24:51.519><c> you</c><00:24:51.819><c> think</c><00:24:51.980><c> about</c><00:24:52.200><c> the</c>

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past<00:24:52.720><c> aspect</c><00:24:53.140><c> of</c><00:24:53.319><c> our</c><00:24:53.579><c> salvation.</c>

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It<00:24:54.640><c> was</c><00:24:54.920><c> expressed</c><00:24:55.339><c> by</c><00:24:55.579><c> the</c><00:24:55.759><c> apostle</c><00:24:56.039><c> Paul</c><00:24:56.400><c> when</c><00:24:56.539><c> he</c><00:24:56.700><c> wrote</c><00:24:56.900><c> to</c>

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Timothy<00:24:57.460><c> and</c><00:24:57.640><c> he</c><00:24:57.880><c> said,</c><00:24:58.440><c> God</c><00:24:58.779><c> hath</c>

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saved<00:24:59.559><c> us.</c><00:25:01.359><c> He's</c><00:25:01.559><c> writing</c><00:25:02.019><c> to</c><00:25:02.440><c> Timothy</c><00:25:02.799><c> and</c><00:25:02.980><c> he</c><00:25:03.059><c> says,</c><00:25:03.180><c> in</c><00:25:03.380><c> a</c>

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sense,<00:25:03.920><c> God</c><00:25:04.019><c> has</c><00:25:04.279><c> done</c><00:25:04.400><c> this</c><00:25:04.640><c> already.</c><00:25:05.759><c> He</c>

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saved<00:25:06.460><c> us</c><00:25:06.859><c> and</c><00:25:07.380><c> called</c><00:25:07.579><c> us</c><00:25:07.779><c> with</c><00:25:07.920><c> an</c><00:25:08.079><c> holy</c><00:25:08.420><c> calling,</c><00:25:09.319><c> not</c><00:25:09.480><c> according</c><00:25:09.799><c> to</c>

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our<00:25:10.319><c> works,</c><00:25:11.359><c> but</c><00:25:11.579><c> according</c>

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to<00:25:12.059><c> his</c><00:25:12.259><c> own</c><00:25:12.660><c> purpose</c><00:25:13.420><c> and</c><00:25:14.119><c> grace.</c><00:25:15.500><c> So</c><00:25:15.700><c> we</c><00:25:15.940><c> should</c><00:25:16.119><c> be</c><00:25:16.400><c> joyful</c>

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men<00:25:17.099><c> and</c><00:25:17.220><c> women,</c><00:25:17.799><c> brethren</c><00:25:17.859><c> and</c><00:25:18.119><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:25:20.019><c> we</c><00:25:20.519><c> have</c><00:25:20.680><c> been</c><00:25:20.960><c> delivered</c><00:25:21.299><c> from</c><00:25:21.640><c> bondage</c><00:25:22.160><c> to</c><00:25:22.359><c> sin</c>

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and<00:25:22.799><c> death.</c><00:25:23.440><c> We've</c><00:25:23.740><c> been</c><00:25:23.900><c> brought</c><00:25:24.220><c> out</c>

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of<00:25:24.680><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:24.980><c> as</c><00:25:25.160><c> it</c><00:25:25.400><c> were,</c><00:25:25.940><c> through</c><00:25:26.119><c> the</c><00:25:26.299><c> waters</c><00:25:26.500><c> of</c><00:25:26.779><c> baptism,</c>

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and<00:25:28.059><c> in</c><00:25:28.319><c> Christ</c><00:25:28.900><c> we</c><00:25:29.599><c> are</c><00:25:29.960><c> scripturally</c>

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a<00:25:31.460><c> saved</c><00:25:31.740><c> people.</c><00:25:33.559><c> But</c><00:25:33.980><c> it</c><00:25:34.059><c> doesn't</c><00:25:34.339><c> end</c><00:25:34.619><c> there,</c><00:25:34.819><c> does</c><00:25:34.980><c> it?</c><00:25:35.339><c> There's</c><00:25:35.559><c> more</c><00:25:35.799><c> to</c>

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it.<00:25:37.279><c> There</c><00:25:37.519><c> is</c><00:25:37.779><c> also</c>

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a<00:25:38.059><c> present</c><00:25:38.599><c> aspect</c><00:25:39.500><c> to</c><00:25:40.200><c> salvation,</c><00:25:41.900><c> the</c><00:25:42.019><c> idea</c><00:25:42.420><c> of</c><00:25:42.799><c> being</c><00:25:43.180><c> saved,</c><00:25:43.859><c> which</c><00:25:44.099><c> comes</c><00:25:44.380><c> out</c>

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a<00:25:44.700><c> number</c><00:25:44.880><c> of</c><00:25:45.119><c> times</c>

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in<00:25:45.420><c> the</c><00:25:45.519><c> New</c><00:25:45.700><c> Testament,</c><00:25:46.180><c> though</c><00:25:46.539><c> not</c><00:25:47.059><c> so</c><00:25:47.359><c> much</c><00:25:47.559><c> in</c><00:25:47.720><c> the</c><00:25:47.940><c> authorized</c><00:25:48.380><c> version.</c><00:25:48.779><c> But</c>

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just<00:25:49.339><c> take</c><00:25:49.599><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:25:50.039><c> of</c><00:25:50.319><c> 1st</c><00:25:50.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:50.859><c> 15</c><00:25:51.380><c> from</c><00:25:51.619><c> Rotherham's</c><00:25:52.299><c> translation.</c>

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Moreover,<00:25:54.720><c> brethren,</c><00:25:54.960><c> I</c><00:25:55.140><c> make</c><00:25:55.319><c> known</c><00:25:55.559><c> unto</c><00:25:55.759><c> you</c><00:25:55.920><c> the</c><00:25:56.099><c> joyful</c>

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message<00:25:57.099><c> which</c><00:25:57.660><c> I</c><00:25:57.940><c> myself</c><00:25:58.339><c> announce</c>

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to<00:25:59.079><c> you,</c><00:25:59.680><c> which</c><00:25:59.880><c> also</c><00:26:00.220><c> ye</c><00:26:00.460><c> received,</c><00:26:01.420><c> in</c><00:26:01.519><c> which</c><00:26:01.700><c> also</c><00:26:02.019><c> ye</c><00:26:02.319><c> stand,</c><00:26:03.420><c> through</c><00:26:03.680><c> which</c><00:26:04.039><c> also</c>

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ye<00:26:04.839><c> are</c><00:26:05.099><c> being</c>

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saved,<00:26:07.279><c> if</c><00:26:07.559><c> ye</c><00:26:07.819><c> hold</c><00:26:08.200><c> fast.</c><00:26:10.180><c> So</c><00:26:10.480><c> there</c><00:26:10.680><c> is</c><00:26:10.900><c> a</c><00:26:11.079><c> sense,</c><00:26:11.380><c> then,</c><00:26:11.519><c> in</c>

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which<00:26:12.140><c> we</c><00:26:12.460><c> are</c><00:26:12.900><c> being</c><00:26:13.480><c> saved.</c><00:26:14.539><c> It's</c><00:26:14.799><c> a</c>

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continuing<00:26:15.440><c> process</c><00:26:16.039><c> of</c><00:26:16.240><c> salvation</c><00:26:17.039><c> as</c><00:26:17.539><c> we</c><00:26:17.700><c> go</c><00:26:17.900><c> through</c><00:26:18.200><c> life,</c><00:26:18.779><c> and</c>

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we<00:26:19.099><c> ought</c><00:26:19.240><c> to</c><00:26:19.359><c> be</c><00:26:19.660><c> rejoicing</c><00:26:20.099><c> in</c><00:26:20.299><c> our</c>

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lives<00:26:20.660><c> of</c><00:26:21.019><c> discipleship</c><00:26:21.579><c> now,</c><00:26:22.339><c> in</c><00:26:22.519><c> which</c><00:26:22.700><c> a</c><00:26:22.880><c> new</c><00:26:23.079><c> creature</c><00:26:23.400><c> has</c><00:26:23.640><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:24.039><c> fashioned.</c><00:26:25.079><c> We</c><00:26:25.319><c> should</c><00:26:25.519><c> be</c>

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joyful<00:26:26.000><c> in</c><00:26:26.200><c> the</c><00:26:26.400><c> knowledge,</c><00:26:26.660><c> as</c><00:26:26.859><c> John</c><00:26:27.099><c> says,</c><00:26:27.680><c> that</c><00:26:27.799><c> if</c><00:26:27.980><c> any</c><00:26:28.180><c> man's</c><00:26:28.779><c> sin,</c><00:26:29.220><c> we</c>

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have<00:26:29.559><c> an</c><00:26:29.779><c> advocate</c><00:26:30.079><c> with</c>

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the<00:26:30.920><c> Father,</c><00:26:31.480><c> Jesus</c><00:26:31.859><c> Christ</c><00:26:32.240><c> the</c><00:26:32.440><c> Righteous.</c><00:26:33.980><c> And</c><00:26:34.059><c> how</c><00:26:34.259><c> glad</c>

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we<00:26:34.680><c> should</c><00:26:34.839><c> be,</c><00:26:35.180><c> as</c><00:26:35.259><c> Israel</c><00:26:35.920><c> of</c><00:26:36.180><c> old</c><00:26:36.380><c> was</c>

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commanded,<00:26:37.039><c> for</c><00:26:37.160><c> the</c><00:26:37.319><c> many</c><00:26:37.539><c> blessings</c><00:26:37.900><c> we</c><00:26:38.160><c> receive</c><00:26:38.559><c> day</c><00:26:38.859><c> by</c>

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day<00:26:39.700><c> from</c><00:26:40.079><c> our</c><00:26:40.220><c> Heavenly</c><00:26:40.619><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:26:43.440><c> finally,</c><00:26:44.880><c> there</c><00:26:45.000><c> is</c><00:26:45.180><c> the</c><00:26:45.279><c> future</c><00:26:45.680><c> aspect</c><00:26:46.220><c> to</c><00:26:46.420><c> salvation.</c>

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But<00:26:47.859><c> the</c><00:26:48.039><c> Lord</c><00:26:48.259><c> expressed</c><00:26:48.880><c> when</c><00:26:49.059><c> he</c>

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said<00:26:49.480><c> to</c><00:26:49.619><c> his</c><00:26:49.839><c> disciples,</c><00:26:51.319><c> he</c><00:26:51.500><c> that</c><00:26:51.819><c> endureth</c><00:26:52.259><c> to</c><00:26:52.440><c> the</c><00:26:52.640><c> end</c><00:26:53.319><c> shall</c><00:26:54.180><c> be</c>

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saved.<00:26:55.700><c> Now,</c><00:26:56.240><c> in</c><00:26:56.460><c> Matthew</c><00:26:56.779><c> 10,</c>

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there<00:26:57.480><c> was</c><00:26:57.680><c> an</c><00:26:57.900><c> immediate</c><00:26:58.259><c> context</c><00:26:58.779><c> to</c><00:26:58.980><c> those</c><00:26:59.220><c> words.</c><00:26:59.900><c> The</c>

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Lord<00:27:00.240><c> was</c><00:27:00.460><c> talking</c><00:27:00.799><c> about</c><00:27:01.200><c> the</c><00:27:01.740><c> suffering</c><00:27:02.079><c> his</c>

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disciples<00:27:03.059><c> would</c><00:27:03.579><c> have</c><00:27:03.779><c> to</c><00:27:03.980><c> endure.</c><00:27:04.660><c> But</c><00:27:04.819><c> the</c><00:27:05.019><c> principle</c><00:27:05.420><c> is</c>

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there.<00:27:07.039><c> He</c><00:27:07.220><c> that</c><00:27:07.460><c> endureth</c><00:27:07.859><c> to</c><00:27:08.019><c> the</c><00:27:08.200><c> end</c><00:27:08.779><c> shall</c><00:27:09.180><c> be</c>

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saved.<00:27:10.140><c> And</c><00:27:10.380><c> that</c><00:27:10.579><c> is</c><00:27:10.940><c> contrasted</c><00:27:11.819><c> with</c><00:27:11.940><c> the</c><00:27:12.160><c> other</c><00:27:12.420><c> references</c><00:27:12.819><c> there,</c>

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Mark<00:27:14.180><c> 417.</c><00:27:15.660><c> We</c><00:27:15.880><c> read</c><00:27:16.059><c> it</c><00:27:16.259><c> this</c>

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week<00:27:16.640><c> at</c><00:27:16.900><c> Bible</c><00:27:17.200><c> School.</c><00:27:17.960><c> It's</c><00:27:18.180><c> the</c><00:27:18.359><c> parable</c><00:27:18.559><c> of</c><00:27:18.759><c> the</c><00:27:18.980><c> sower.</c>

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Those<00:27:20.339><c> who</c><00:27:20.700><c> constituted</c><00:27:21.420><c> the</c><00:27:21.880><c> stony</c><00:27:22.319><c> ground</c>

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in<00:27:24.519><c> time</c><00:27:24.759><c> of</c><00:27:25.140><c> trial</c><00:27:25.660><c> fell</c><00:27:26.259><c> away.</c><00:27:27.759><c> The</c><00:27:27.859><c> seed,</c><00:27:28.359><c> says</c><00:27:28.680><c> Jesus,</c><00:27:30.019><c> endured</c><00:27:30.640><c> for</c>

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a<00:27:31.500><c> while.</c><00:27:33.339><c> And</c><00:27:33.640><c> that</c><00:27:33.779><c> was</c><00:27:33.960><c> it.</c>

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That<00:27:35.519><c> wasn't</c><00:27:35.779><c> good</c><00:27:36.000><c> enough,</c><00:27:36.319><c> was</c><00:27:36.480><c> it?</c><00:27:37.099><c> They</c><00:27:37.500><c> didn't</c><00:27:37.759><c> bear</c><00:27:37.980><c> any</c>

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fruit.<00:27:39.500><c> The</c><00:27:39.619><c> Lord</c><00:27:39.759><c> wasn't</c><00:27:40.079><c> commending</c><00:27:40.579><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:27:42.299><c> he</c><00:27:42.500><c> that</c><00:27:42.799><c> endureth</c><00:27:43.119><c> to</c><00:27:43.240><c> the</c><00:27:43.460><c> end</c><00:27:43.940><c> who</c><00:27:44.799><c> shall</c><00:27:45.059><c> be</c><00:27:45.339><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:27:46.619><c> we</c><00:27:46.779><c> ought</c><00:27:46.880><c> to</c><00:27:47.019><c> be</c><00:27:47.259><c> rejoicing</c><00:27:47.660><c> in</c><00:27:47.799><c> that,</c>

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brothers<00:27:48.160><c> and</c><00:27:48.380><c> sisters,</c><00:27:48.660><c> in</c><00:27:48.799><c> this</c><00:27:49.000><c> assurance</c><00:27:49.640><c> that</c><00:27:50.119><c> our</c><00:27:50.339><c> ultimate</c><00:27:50.819><c> salvation</c><00:27:51.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:51.779><c> mercy</c><00:27:52.019><c> of</c><00:27:52.160><c> God</c><00:27:52.460><c> lies</c><00:27:52.900><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:53.440><c> near</c><00:27:53.619><c> future</c><00:27:54.140><c> at</c><00:27:54.920><c> the</c><00:27:54.980><c> return</c><00:27:55.339><c> of</c><00:27:55.519><c> our</c><00:27:55.680><c> Master.</c><00:27:57.680><c> Now,</c><00:27:58.240><c> despite</c><00:27:58.240><c> the</c>

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fact<00:27:58.579><c> that</c><00:27:58.779><c> Israel</c><00:27:59.099><c> of</c><00:27:59.319><c> old</c><00:27:59.640><c> had</c><00:27:59.960><c> so</c><00:28:00.339><c> much</c>

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reason<00:28:00.940><c> to</c><00:28:01.140><c> rejoice</c><00:28:01.660><c> for</c><00:28:02.099><c> all</c><00:28:02.359><c> that</c><00:28:02.519><c> God</c><00:28:02.799><c> had</c><00:28:03.140><c> done</c><00:28:03.380><c> for</c><00:28:03.700><c> them,</c>

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was<00:28:04.559><c> doing,</c><00:28:05.059><c> and</c><00:28:05.220><c> would</c><00:28:05.519><c> yet</c><00:28:05.779><c> do,</c><00:28:07.119><c> isn't</c><00:28:07.299><c> it</c>

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remarkable<00:28:08.059><c> that</c><00:28:08.259><c> they</c><00:28:08.500><c> spent</c><00:28:08.759><c> most</c><00:28:09.099><c> of</c><00:28:09.259><c> their</c><00:28:09.460><c> time</c><00:28:09.779><c> doing</c>

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exactly<00:28:10.599><c> the</c><00:28:10.880><c> opposite?</c><00:28:11.960><c> Not</c><00:28:12.220><c> rejoicing,</c><00:28:13.759><c> grumbling</c>

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and<00:28:14.759><c> complaining.</c><00:28:16.680><c> And</c><00:28:16.779><c> Paul</c><00:28:17.000><c> picks</c><00:28:17.299><c> this</c><00:28:17.480><c> up,</c><00:28:17.839><c> doesn't</c><00:28:17.859><c> he,</c>

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in<00:28:18.119><c> Philippians,</c><00:28:18.680><c> you</c><00:28:18.880><c> see,</c><00:28:19.539><c> chapter</c><00:28:19.839><c> 2</c><00:28:20.119><c> that</c><00:28:20.240><c> we</c>

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were<00:28:20.500><c> looking</c><00:28:20.740><c> at</c><00:28:20.940><c> yesterday.</c><00:28:22.259><c> When</c><00:28:22.500><c> he</c><00:28:23.119><c> warns</c><00:28:23.619><c> the</c><00:28:23.759><c> Philippians</c><00:28:24.299><c> about</c>

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Israel's<00:28:25.680><c> example,</c><00:28:26.799><c> about</c><00:28:27.279><c> murmurings</c>

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and<00:28:29.059><c> disputings,</c><00:28:30.240><c> they</c><00:28:30.539><c> failed</c><00:28:30.920><c> to</c><00:28:31.220><c> rejoice</c><00:28:31.640><c> and</c><00:28:32.079><c> as</c><00:28:32.339><c> a</c><00:28:32.539><c> result</c><00:28:32.900><c> they</c>

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were<00:28:33.539><c> a</c><00:28:33.759><c> perverse</c><00:28:34.900><c> and</c><00:28:35.599><c> wicked</c><00:28:36.000><c> generation.</c>

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So,<00:28:39.940><c> a</c><00:28:40.019><c> failure</c><00:28:40.259><c> to</c><00:28:40.480><c> rejoice</c><00:28:41.119><c> is</c><00:28:41.859><c> a</c><00:28:42.059><c> serious</c><00:28:42.380><c> matter</c><00:28:42.839><c> and</c><00:28:43.660><c> we</c>

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need<00:28:44.000><c> to</c><00:28:44.200><c> take</c><00:28:44.460><c> the</c><00:28:44.700><c> warning</c><00:28:44.980><c> of</c><00:28:45.140><c> Israel,</c><00:28:45.640><c> the</c><00:28:45.799><c> warning</c>

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that<00:28:46.440><c> Paul</c><00:28:46.819><c> gave</c><00:28:47.700><c> to</c><00:28:47.960><c> the</c><00:28:48.099><c> Philippians.</c><00:28:49.039><c> Well,</c><00:28:49.160><c> come</c><00:28:49.299><c> back</c><00:28:49.500><c> to</c>

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Numbers<00:28:49.940><c> 14.</c><00:28:52.380><c> We</c><00:28:52.700><c> passed</c><00:28:53.000><c> over</c><00:28:53.299><c> it</c><00:28:53.539><c> yesterday</c><00:28:53.839><c> but</c><00:28:54.039><c> we</c>

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made<00:28:54.359><c> the</c><00:28:54.619><c> point</c><00:28:55.019><c> that</c><00:28:55.519><c> in</c><00:28:55.680><c> Philippians</c><00:28:56.140><c> 2,</c><00:28:57.299><c> when</c><00:28:57.619><c> Paul</c><00:28:57.980><c> warns</c>

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about<00:28:59.000><c> murmurings</c><00:28:59.619><c> and</c><00:28:59.980><c> disputings,</c><00:29:01.480><c> the</c><00:29:01.640><c> place</c>

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that<00:29:02.019><c> you</c><00:29:02.220><c> immediately</c><00:29:02.799><c> come</c><00:29:03.079><c> back</c><00:29:03.380><c> to</c><00:29:03.539><c> is</c><00:29:03.680><c> Numbers</c><00:29:03.960><c> 14</c><00:29:05.019><c> and</c>

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surely<00:29:06.839><c> that</c><00:29:07.900><c> must</c><00:29:08.220><c> have</c><00:29:08.460><c> been</c><00:29:08.619><c> at</c><00:29:08.700><c> least</c><00:29:08.940><c> one</c><00:29:09.119><c> of</c><00:29:09.259><c> the</c>

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passages<00:29:09.680><c> in</c><00:29:09.900><c> the</c><00:29:10.059><c> Apostles</c><00:29:10.420><c> mind.</c><00:29:11.799><c> Numbers</c><00:29:12.160><c> chapter</c><00:29:12.559><c> 14.</c><00:29:17.400><c> Now,</c><00:29:17.720><c> in</c>

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this<00:29:18.180><c> chapter,</c><00:29:18.539><c> when</c><00:29:18.640><c> we</c><00:29:18.839><c> go</c><00:29:18.920><c> in</c><00:29:19.039><c> at</c><00:29:19.140><c> the</c><00:29:19.299><c> beginning,</c>

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the<00:29:19.980><c> people</c><00:29:20.259><c> believe</c><00:29:20.640><c> that</c><00:29:20.839><c> the</c><00:29:20.980><c> majority</c><00:29:21.380><c> of</c><00:29:21.660><c> the</c><00:29:21.799><c> spies</c><00:29:22.059><c> were</c><00:29:22.380><c> right</c><00:29:22.779><c> and</c>

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that<00:29:23.579><c> the</c><00:29:23.819><c> promised</c><00:29:24.079><c> land</c><00:29:24.400><c> could</c><00:29:24.740><c> not</c>

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possibly<00:29:25.940><c> be</c><00:29:26.460><c> taken.</c><00:29:27.619><c> And</c><00:29:27.660><c> in</c><00:29:27.839><c> verse</c><00:29:28.099><c> 2,</c><00:29:28.859><c> they</c><00:29:29.059><c> murmur</c><00:29:30.119><c> against</c><00:29:30.500><c> Moses</c>

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and<00:29:31.299><c> Aaron,</c><00:29:32.059><c> God's</c><00:29:32.400><c> appointed</c><00:29:32.779><c> leaders.</c>

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And<00:29:35.140><c> once</c><00:29:35.579><c> you</c><00:29:35.940><c> get</c><00:29:36.160><c> into</c><00:29:36.319><c> this</c><00:29:36.579><c> frame</c><00:29:36.759><c> of</c><00:29:37.059><c> mind</c><00:29:37.299><c> and</c><00:29:37.400><c> you're</c>

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not<00:29:37.980><c> rejoicing</c><00:29:38.519><c> in</c><00:29:38.720><c> the</c><00:29:38.920><c> Lord</c><00:29:39.460><c> but</c><00:29:40.359><c> rather</c><00:29:40.759><c> you're</c>

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grumbling<00:29:41.380><c> and</c><00:29:41.759><c> complaining,</c><00:29:43.900><c> it</c><00:29:44.220><c> leads</c><00:29:44.460><c> to</c><00:29:44.640><c> other</c><00:29:44.839><c> things.</c>

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It<00:29:45.440><c> is</c><00:29:45.720><c> indeed</c><00:29:46.039><c> a</c><00:29:46.380><c> slippery</c><00:29:46.700><c> slope</c><00:29:47.200><c> and</c><00:29:48.299><c> you</c><00:29:48.480><c> see</c><00:29:48.559><c> what</c><00:29:48.680><c> it</c>

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to<00:29:49.279><c> here</c><00:29:49.519><c> in</c><00:29:49.740><c> verse</c><00:29:50.019><c> 4.</c><00:29:51.319><c> They</c><00:29:51.339><c> said</c><00:29:51.559><c> to</c><00:29:51.680><c> one</c><00:29:51.920><c> another,</c><00:29:53.079><c> let</c><00:29:53.160><c> us</c>

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make<00:29:53.519><c> a</c><00:29:53.799><c> captain</c><00:29:54.200><c> and</c><00:29:55.400><c> let</c><00:29:55.539><c> us</c><00:29:55.720><c> return</c><00:29:56.140><c> to</c><00:29:56.400><c> Egypt.</c><00:29:58.299><c> Let</c>

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us<00:29:58.799><c> go</c><00:29:59.079><c> back</c><00:29:59.339><c> to</c><00:29:59.539><c> the</c><00:29:59.819><c> world</c><00:30:00.420><c> from</c><00:30:01.180><c> which</c><00:30:01.400><c> God</c><00:30:01.720><c> has</c><00:30:02.039><c> delivered</c>

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us.<00:30:03.380><c> That</c><00:30:03.640><c> was</c><00:30:03.940><c> the</c><00:30:04.099><c> results</c><00:30:04.619><c> of</c><00:30:05.240><c> murmuring</c>

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and<00:30:06.279><c> disputing</c><00:30:06.720><c> in</c><00:30:06.920><c> Israel</c><00:30:07.460><c> and</c><00:30:08.319><c> they</c><00:30:08.619><c> became</c><00:30:09.240><c> a</c><00:30:09.940><c> perverse</c><00:30:10.900><c> and</c><00:30:11.279><c> a</c>

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wicked<00:30:11.819><c> nation.</c><00:30:13.660><c> Let</c><00:30:13.839><c> us</c><00:30:14.099><c> go</c><00:30:14.339><c> back</c><00:30:15.059><c> to</c><00:30:15.359><c> Egypt.</c>

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Let<00:30:15.759><c> us</c><00:30:15.960><c> appoint</c><00:30:16.240><c> a</c><00:30:16.480><c> captain.</c><00:30:17.539><c> Now,</c><00:30:17.900><c> here</c><00:30:18.039><c> in</c><00:30:18.259><c> Numbers,</c><00:30:18.880><c> it</c><00:30:19.039><c> is</c>

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stated<00:30:20.160><c> as</c><00:30:20.779><c> an</c><00:30:21.019><c> intention.</c><00:30:21.740><c> Let</c><00:30:21.960><c> us</c><00:30:22.180><c> do</c><00:30:22.420><c> it.</c><00:30:23.400><c> But</c><00:30:23.519><c> if</c><00:30:23.660><c> you</c>

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match<00:30:24.160><c> this</c><00:30:24.539><c> up</c><00:30:24.759><c> with</c><00:30:25.000><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:30:25.900><c> inspired</c><00:30:26.440><c> accounts</c><00:30:27.119><c> in</c><00:30:27.680><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:28.380><c> chapter</c><00:30:28.720><c> 9</c>

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and<00:30:30.000><c> verse</c><00:30:30.279><c> 17,</c><00:30:31.680><c> he</c><00:30:32.079><c> says</c><00:30:32.319><c> they</c>

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actually<00:30:32.960><c> did</c><00:30:33.180><c> it.</c><00:30:33.960><c> They</c><00:30:34.160><c> went</c><00:30:34.339><c> as</c><00:30:34.680><c> far</c><00:30:35.099><c> as</c><00:30:35.400><c> appointing</c><00:30:35.880><c> someone.</c><00:30:36.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:36.980><c> 9</c><00:30:37.380><c>.17</c>

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says,<00:30:39.140><c> in</c><00:30:39.279><c> their</c><00:30:39.619><c> rebellion,</c>

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they<00:30:40.460><c> appointed</c><00:30:41.099><c> a</c><00:30:41.420><c> captain</c><00:30:41.779><c> to</c><00:30:42.559><c> return</c><00:30:42.920><c> to</c><00:30:43.079><c> their</c><00:30:43.279><c> bondage.</c>

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Who<00:30:45.319><c> was</c><00:30:45.559><c> it?</c><00:30:47.000><c> Well,</c><00:30:47.400><c> perhaps</c><00:30:47.740><c> it</c><00:30:47.819><c> was</c><00:30:48.079><c> Korah</c><00:30:49.019><c> in</c><00:30:49.440><c> view</c><00:30:49.640><c> of</c>

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his<00:30:49.980><c> prominence</c><00:30:50.420><c> in</c><00:30:50.579><c> the</c><00:30:50.700><c> next</c><00:30:50.900><c> chapter,</c><00:30:51.279><c> but</c><00:30:51.559><c> one</c><00:30:51.880><c> where</c><00:30:52.099><c> we</c>

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:55.099
have<00:30:52.420><c> the</c><00:30:52.640><c> details</c><00:30:52.960><c> of</c><00:30:53.200><c> Korah's</c><00:30:53.539><c> rebellion.</c><00:30:54.900><c> And</c><00:30:55.039><c> it's</c>

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very<00:30:55.319><c> interesting</c><00:30:55.759><c> when</c><00:30:55.880><c> you</c><00:30:55.980><c> look</c><00:30:56.140><c> at</c><00:30:56.279><c> Korah's</c><00:30:56.700><c> rebellion,</c>

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there<00:30:57.119><c> were</c><00:30:57.339><c> obviously</c><00:30:57.619><c> hundreds</c><00:30:57.920><c> of</c><00:30:58.200><c> people</c><00:30:58.380><c> in</c><00:30:58.579><c> rebellion</c>

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and<00:31:00.519><c> yet</c><00:31:01.079><c> Moses</c><00:31:01.960><c> in</c><00:31:02.720><c> his</c><00:31:03.079><c> prayer</c><00:31:03.359><c> in</c><00:31:03.539><c> verse</c><00:31:03.759><c> 22</c><00:31:04.240><c> of</c><00:31:04.480><c> chapter</c><00:31:04.720><c> 16</c>

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says,<00:31:06.680><c> shall</c><00:31:06.680><c> one</c><00:31:07.480><c> man</c><00:31:08.359><c> sin?</c><00:31:10.579><c> And</c><00:31:10.920><c> will</c><00:31:11.079><c> that</c><00:31:11.319><c> be</c><00:31:11.539><c> wroth</c>

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with<00:31:11.900><c> the</c><00:31:12.140><c> congregation?</c><00:31:14.019><c> There's</c><00:31:14.180><c> no</c><00:31:14.339><c> doubt</c><00:31:14.519><c> who</c><00:31:14.660><c> the</c><00:31:14.859><c> ringleader</c><00:31:15.339><c> was</c>

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for<00:31:15.980><c> this</c><00:31:16.299><c> great</c><00:31:16.480><c> rebellion.</c><00:31:17.880><c> So</c><00:31:18.039><c> maybe</c>

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he<00:31:18.640><c> was</c><00:31:18.880><c> the</c><00:31:19.140><c> captain</c><00:31:19.720><c> in</c><00:31:20.200><c> chapter</c><00:31:20.480><c> 14,</c><00:31:20.960><c> they</c><00:31:21.180><c> appointed</c><00:31:21.720><c> to</c>

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take<00:31:22.200><c> them</c><00:31:22.440><c> back</c><00:31:22.900><c> to</c><00:31:23.440><c> Egypt.</c><00:31:24.279><c> But</c><00:31:24.680><c> the</c><00:31:24.880><c> point</c><00:31:25.059><c> is</c><00:31:25.259><c> they</c>

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wanted<00:31:25.619><c> to</c><00:31:25.720><c> go</c><00:31:25.920><c> back</c><00:31:26.119><c> to</c><00:31:26.259><c> the</c><00:31:26.359><c> place</c><00:31:26.599><c> in</c><00:31:26.700><c> which</c><00:31:26.880><c> God</c><00:31:27.079><c> had</c><00:31:27.279><c> delivered</c><00:31:27.539><c> them</c>

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back<00:31:28.700><c> to</c><00:31:28.859><c> the</c><00:31:29.039><c> world,</c><00:31:30.119><c> where</c><00:31:30.200><c> they</c><00:31:30.460><c> said</c>

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they'd<00:31:30.960><c> eaten</c><00:31:31.160><c> fish,</c><00:31:32.160><c> cucumbers,</c><00:31:32.920><c> melons,</c><00:31:33.440><c> leeks,</c><00:31:34.059><c> onions</c><00:31:34.339><c> and</c><00:31:34.660><c> garlic.</c><00:31:36.400><c> What</c><00:31:36.539><c> a</c>

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mixture.<00:31:38.420><c> But</c><00:31:38.559><c> that's</c><00:31:38.700><c> what</c><00:31:38.779><c> they</c>

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:45.900
wanted,<00:31:39.420><c> wasn't</c><00:31:39.599><c> it?</c><00:31:40.140><c> You</c><00:31:40.279><c> know,</c><00:31:40.440><c> their</c><00:31:40.619><c> minds</c><00:31:40.900><c> rarely</c><00:31:41.460><c> if</c><00:31:41.680><c> ever</c><00:31:42.019><c> rose</c><00:31:42.539><c> above</c><00:31:42.940><c> the</c><00:31:43.240><c> natural</c><00:31:43.680><c> level.</c><00:31:45.099><c> And</c><00:31:45.259><c> John</c><00:31:45.480><c> in</c><00:31:45.619><c> his</c>

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first<00:31:46.160><c> epistle</c><00:31:46.559><c> says,</c><00:31:47.200><c> if</c><00:31:47.240><c> any</c><00:31:47.460><c> one</c><00:31:47.579><c> of</c><00:31:47.700><c> us</c><00:31:47.859><c> love</c><00:31:48.039><c> the</c><00:31:48.339><c> world,</c>

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the<00:31:49.619><c> love</c><00:31:49.740><c> of</c><00:31:49.880><c> the</c><00:31:50.099><c> Father</c><00:31:50.559><c> is</c><00:31:51.240><c> not</c><00:31:51.420><c> in</c><00:31:51.619><c> him.</c><00:31:53.160><c> And</c><00:31:53.420><c> you</c><00:31:53.579><c> see</c>

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the<00:31:53.960><c> results</c><00:31:54.160><c> of</c><00:31:54.339><c> this,</c><00:31:55.059><c> they're</c><00:31:55.220><c> murmuring,</c><00:31:55.740><c> they're</c><00:31:56.019><c> failing</c><00:31:56.220><c> to</c>

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rejoice,<00:31:56.880><c> verse</c><00:31:57.079><c> 29,</c><00:31:58.079><c> your</c><00:31:58.500><c> carcasses</c><00:31:59.119><c> shall</c>

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fall<00:31:59.579><c> in</c><00:31:59.700><c> this</c><00:31:59.920><c> wilderness.</c><00:32:01.039><c> And</c><00:32:01.279><c> all</c><00:32:01.420><c> that</c><00:32:01.579><c> were</c><00:32:01.740><c> numbered</c>

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:04.220
of<00:32:02.180><c> you</c><00:32:02.380><c> according</c><00:32:02.660><c> to</c><00:32:02.859><c> your</c><00:32:03.140><c> whole</c><00:32:03.339><c> number</c><00:32:03.619><c> from</c><00:32:03.839><c> 20</c>

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years<00:32:04.480><c> old</c><00:32:04.640><c> and</c><00:32:04.799><c> upward,</c><00:32:05.279><c> which</c><00:32:05.440><c> have</c><00:32:05.720><c> murmured</c><00:32:05.940><c> against</c><00:32:06.339><c> me,</c>

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doubt<00:32:07.599><c> that</c><00:32:07.759><c> she</c><00:32:08.000><c> shall</c><00:32:08.259><c> not</c><00:32:08.619><c> come</c><00:32:08.779><c> into</c><00:32:08.980><c> the</c><00:32:09.220><c> land</c>

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concerning<00:32:09.900><c> which</c><00:32:10.240><c> I</c><00:32:10.579><c> swear</c><00:32:10.799><c> to</c><00:32:11.039><c> make</c><00:32:11.180><c> you</c><00:32:11.380><c> dwell</c><00:32:11.619><c> therein.</c>

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Say<00:32:13.259><c> Caleb,</c><00:32:13.779><c> the</c><00:32:14.000><c> son</c><00:32:14.200><c> of</c><00:32:14.380><c> Jephanah,</c><00:32:15.440><c> and</c><00:32:15.740><c> Joshua,</c><00:32:16.700><c> the</c>

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son<00:32:17.019><c> of</c><00:32:17.240><c> Nun.</c><00:32:18.140><c> Almost</c><00:32:18.519><c> an</c><00:32:18.779><c> entire</c><00:32:19.000><c> generation</c><00:32:19.619><c> perished</c><00:32:19.920><c> in</c>

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:22.619
the<00:32:20.259><c> wilderness.</c><00:32:21.420><c> And</c><00:32:21.619><c> they</c><00:32:21.759><c> didn't</c><00:32:21.940><c> make</c><00:32:22.180><c> it</c><00:32:22.339><c> to</c><00:32:22.440><c> the</c>

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:27.200
promised<00:32:22.859><c> land</c><00:32:23.559><c> because</c><00:32:24.779><c> they</c><00:32:25.279><c> failed</c><00:32:25.660><c> to</c><00:32:25.920><c> rejoice</c><00:32:26.500><c> in</c><00:32:27.059><c> the</c>

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:30.880
Lord.<00:32:28.680><c> See</c><00:32:28.920><c> why</c><00:32:29.140><c> Paul</c><00:32:29.420><c> gives</c><00:32:29.740><c> this</c><00:32:29.980><c> command?</c><00:32:30.599><c> It's</c><00:32:30.619><c> such</c>

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:34.579
an<00:32:31.220><c> important</c><00:32:31.579><c> matter.</c><00:32:32.019><c> We</c><00:32:32.039><c> shouldn't</c><00:32:32.299><c> minimize</c><00:32:32.819><c> it.</c><00:32:34.400><c> Just</c>

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:36.859
come<00:32:34.740><c> on</c><00:32:34.960><c> to</c><00:32:35.200><c> the</c><00:32:35.460><c> New</c><00:32:35.680><c> Testament</c><00:32:36.059><c> now</c><00:32:36.400><c> and</c><00:32:36.579><c> 1st</c>

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:42.039
Corinthians<00:32:37.099><c> 10,</c><00:32:38.799><c> where</c><00:32:39.160><c> Paul</c><00:32:39.559><c> takes</c><00:32:39.859><c> up</c><00:32:40.079><c> Israel's</c><00:32:40.660><c> experience</c><00:32:41.460><c> when</c><00:32:41.819><c> he</c>

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writes<00:32:42.200><c> into</c><00:32:42.420><c> the</c><00:32:42.579><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:56.920
1st<00:32:46.599><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:46.900><c> chapter</c><00:32:47.279><c> 10,</c><00:32:55.700><c> verse</c><00:32:55.700><c> 1,</c><00:32:56.339><c> he</c><00:32:56.339><c> speaks</c><00:32:56.640><c> about</c>

00:32:56.920 --> 00:33:00.940
their<00:32:57.200><c> deliverance</c><00:32:57.559><c> from</c><00:32:57.779><c> Egypt.</c><00:32:59.859><c> And</c><00:33:00.160><c> he</c><00:33:00.400><c> says,</c>

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Moreover<00:33:01.519><c> brethren,</c><00:33:01.980><c> I</c><00:33:02.140><c> would</c><00:33:02.319><c> not</c><00:33:02.500><c> that</c><00:33:02.619><c> you</c><00:33:02.779><c> should</c><00:33:02.900><c> be</c><00:33:03.160><c> ignorant,</c><00:33:04.200><c> how</c>

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that<00:33:04.500><c> all</c><00:33:04.839><c> our</c><00:33:05.160><c> fathers</c><00:33:05.420><c> were</c><00:33:05.599><c> under</c><00:33:05.819><c> the</c>

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:10.259
cloud<00:33:06.339><c> and</c><00:33:06.579><c> all</c><00:33:06.880><c> passed</c><00:33:07.119><c> through</c><00:33:07.339><c> the</c><00:33:07.599><c> sea,</c><00:33:08.240><c> and</c><00:33:08.420><c> were</c><00:33:08.619><c> all</c><00:33:08.980><c> baptized</c><00:33:09.420><c> unto</c><00:33:09.680><c> Moses</c><00:33:10.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:33:10.460><c> clouds</c><00:33:10.640><c> and</c><00:33:10.779><c> in</c><00:33:10.900><c> the</c><00:33:11.160><c> sea,</c>

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and<00:33:11.900><c> did</c><00:33:12.019><c> all</c><00:33:12.299><c> eat</c><00:33:12.519><c> the</c><00:33:12.700><c> same</c><00:33:12.900><c> spiritual</c><00:33:13.440><c> drink,</c><00:33:13.960><c> and</c><00:33:14.019><c> did</c><00:33:14.220><c> all</c>

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:18.819
eat<00:33:16.539><c> the</c><00:33:16.720><c> same</c><00:33:17.000><c> spiritual</c><00:33:17.460><c> meat,</c><00:33:18.099><c> and</c><00:33:18.220><c> did</c><00:33:18.380><c> all</c><00:33:18.599><c> drink</c>

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:22.460
the<00:33:19.019><c> same</c><00:33:19.279><c> spiritual</c><00:33:19.859><c> drink.</c><00:33:20.900><c> But</c><00:33:21.019><c> they</c><00:33:21.200><c> drank</c><00:33:21.420><c> of</c><00:33:21.579><c> that</c><00:33:21.819><c> spiritual</c><00:33:22.180><c> rock</c>

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:24.519
that<00:33:22.779><c> followed</c><00:33:22.980><c> them,</c><00:33:23.880><c> and</c><00:33:24.039><c> that</c><00:33:24.259><c> rock</c>

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:27.960
was<00:33:24.799><c> Christ.</c><00:33:26.460><c> Now</c><00:33:26.680><c> there's</c><00:33:26.779><c> much</c><00:33:26.920><c> we</c><00:33:27.059><c> could</c><00:33:27.220><c> say</c><00:33:27.460><c> about</c><00:33:27.720><c> that,</c>

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:31.660
but<00:33:28.160><c> for</c><00:33:28.359><c> now</c><00:33:28.599><c> just</c><00:33:28.920><c> notice</c><00:33:29.640><c> the</c><00:33:30.500><c> repetition</c><00:33:31.279><c> of</c>

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:35.700
the<00:33:31.859><c> word</c><00:33:32.259><c> all.</c><00:33:33.299><c> In</c><00:33:33.460><c> those</c><00:33:33.680><c> verses</c><00:33:33.980><c> I</c><00:33:34.200><c> just</c><00:33:34.500><c> read,</c><00:33:35.160><c> from</c><00:33:35.380><c> verse</c>

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:40.890
1<00:33:36.400><c> through</c><00:33:36.799><c> to</c><00:33:37.000><c> verse</c><00:33:37.339><c> 4,</c><00:33:38.660><c> it</c><00:33:38.880><c> occurs</c><00:33:39.359><c> five</c><00:33:40.119><c> times.</c>

00:33:41.569 --> 00:33:44.789
Five<00:33:42.210><c> times</c><00:33:42.730><c> he</c><00:33:42.869><c> uses</c><00:33:43.109><c> the</c><00:33:43.269><c> word</c><00:33:43.450><c> all,</c><00:33:44.089><c> and</c><00:33:44.150><c> he's</c><00:33:44.349><c> saying</c><00:33:44.509><c> they</c>

00:33:44.789 --> 00:33:50.369
all<00:33:45.130><c> came</c><00:33:45.349><c> out</c><00:33:45.569><c> of</c><00:33:45.750><c> Egypt,</c><00:33:47.130><c> but</c><00:33:47.650><c> verse</c><00:33:48.430><c> 5,</c><00:33:49.950><c> with</c><00:33:50.089><c> many</c>

00:33:50.369 --> 00:33:54.750
of<00:33:50.630><c> them,</c><00:33:51.730><c> God</c><00:33:51.950><c> was</c><00:33:52.190><c> not</c><00:33:52.410><c> well</c><00:33:52.710><c> pleased.</c><00:33:53.289><c> In</c><00:33:53.390><c> fact</c><00:33:53.549><c> the</c><00:33:53.710><c> revised</c><00:33:54.069><c> version</c><00:33:54.470><c> says</c>

00:33:54.750 --> 00:33:57.269
with<00:33:54.950><c> most</c><00:33:55.329><c> of</c><00:33:55.529><c> them,</c><00:33:56.730><c> God</c><00:33:56.970><c> was</c>

00:33:57.269 --> 00:34:03.549
not<00:33:57.710><c> well</c><00:33:58.089><c> pleased,</c><00:33:59.130><c> for</c><00:33:59.349><c> they</c><00:33:59.789><c> were,</c><00:34:01.509><c> Young's</c><00:34:01.930><c> literal</c><00:34:02.250><c> translation</c><00:34:02.890><c> says,</c><00:34:03.549><c> they</c>

00:34:03.549 --> 00:34:06.950
were<00:34:04.130><c> strewn</c><00:34:05.230><c> in</c><00:34:05.690><c> the</c><00:34:05.829><c> wilderness,</c>

00:34:07.950 --> 00:34:11.409
overthrown<00:34:08.570><c> in</c><00:34:08.710><c> the</c><00:34:08.849><c> wilderness,</c><00:34:10.449><c> they</c><00:34:10.469><c> didn't</c><00:34:10.730><c> reach</c><00:34:11.110><c> the</c>

00:34:11.409 --> 00:34:15.929
promised<00:34:11.750><c> land.</c><00:34:14.050><c> And</c><00:34:14.050><c> Jude</c><00:34:14.570><c> emphasizes</c><00:34:15.230><c> the</c><00:34:15.590><c> point</c>

00:34:15.929 --> 00:34:22.610
when<00:34:16.150><c> he</c><00:34:16.389><c> says</c><00:34:16.769><c> in</c><00:34:16.969><c> his</c><00:34:17.269><c> epistle,</c><00:34:18.329><c> the</c><00:34:18.469><c> Lord</c><00:34:19.190><c> having</c><00:34:20.110><c> saved</c><00:34:21.010><c> the</c><00:34:21.289><c> people</c><00:34:22.030><c> out</c><00:34:22.469><c> of</c>

00:34:22.610 --> 00:34:24.690
the<00:34:22.769><c> land</c><00:34:22.909><c> of</c><00:34:23.170><c> Egypt,</c><00:34:24.349><c> afterward</c>

00:34:24.690 --> 00:34:28.989
destroyed<00:34:25.250><c> them</c><00:34:25.489><c> that</c><00:34:25.750><c> believe</c><00:34:26.010><c> not,</c><00:34:26.469><c> they</c><00:34:26.630><c> were</c><00:34:26.869><c> a</c><00:34:27.010><c> saved</c><00:34:27.230><c> people,</c><00:34:27.889><c> they</c><00:34:28.090><c> all</c><00:34:28.369><c> came</c><00:34:28.550><c> out</c><00:34:28.769><c> of</c>

00:34:28.989 --> 00:34:32.219
Egypt,<00:34:31.030><c> but</c><00:34:31.369><c> many</c><00:34:31.690><c> of</c><00:34:31.909><c> them</c>

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:35.659
didn't<00:34:33.000><c> reach</c><00:34:33.320><c> the</c><00:34:33.579><c> promised</c><00:34:33.860><c> land.</c><00:34:34.159><c> And</c><00:34:34.360><c> why</c><00:34:34.559><c> not?</c><00:34:35.400><c> Well</c><00:34:35.519><c> as</c>

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:38.960
you<00:34:35.840><c> scan</c><00:34:36.079><c> down</c><00:34:36.360><c> 1</c><00:34:36.599><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:36.880><c> 10,</c><00:34:37.960><c> Paul</c><00:34:38.219><c> explains</c>

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:42.739
they<00:34:39.179><c> were</c><00:34:39.559><c> idolaters,</c><00:34:40.519><c> verse</c><00:34:40.900><c> 7,</c><00:34:41.639><c> they</c><00:34:41.639><c> were</c><00:34:41.900><c> fornicators,</c>

00:34:42.780 --> 00:34:46.599
verse<00:34:43.059><c> 8,</c><00:34:43.579><c> they</c><00:34:43.820><c> tempted</c><00:34:44.199><c> God,</c><00:34:44.539><c> verse</c><00:34:44.880><c> 9,</c><00:34:46.000><c> and</c><00:34:46.260><c> there</c><00:34:46.400><c> it</c><00:34:46.440><c> is</c>

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:52.260
in<00:34:46.760><c> verse</c><00:34:47.000><c> 10,</c><00:34:47.679><c> they</c><00:34:48.059><c> murmured.</c><00:34:49.760><c> They</c><00:34:50.000><c> murmured.</c><00:34:51.420><c> They</c><00:34:51.659><c> wanted</c><00:34:51.880><c> to</c><00:34:52.000><c> go</c>

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:57.300
back<00:34:52.639><c> to</c><00:34:53.099><c> Egypt.</c><00:34:54.440><c> And</c><00:34:54.559><c> in</c><00:34:54.739><c> verse</c><00:34:54.940><c> 6</c><00:34:55.280><c> he</c><00:34:55.480><c> says,</c><00:34:56.739><c> now</c><00:34:56.980><c> these</c>

00:34:57.300 --> 00:35:05.079
things<00:34:57.619><c> were</c><00:34:57.860><c> our</c><00:34:58.340><c> examples.</c><00:35:00.699><c> Literally,</c><00:35:02.179><c> those</c><00:35:02.659><c> things</c><00:35:03.179><c> became</c><00:35:03.920><c> types</c><00:35:04.739><c> of</c>

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:08.480
us.<00:35:05.519><c> The</c><00:35:05.659><c> word</c><00:35:05.940><c> jupos</c><00:35:06.579><c> that</c><00:35:06.900><c> he</c><00:35:07.079><c> uses</c><00:35:07.340><c> here,</c>

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:12.539
these<00:35:08.860><c> things</c><00:35:09.199><c> became</c><00:35:09.679><c> types</c><00:35:10.179><c> of</c><00:35:10.360><c> us.</c><00:35:11.840><c> And</c><00:35:12.019><c> again</c><00:35:12.179><c> in</c><00:35:12.320><c> verse</c>

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:15.099
11,<00:35:12.940><c> now</c><00:35:13.159><c> all</c><00:35:13.400><c> these</c><00:35:13.699><c> things</c><00:35:14.239><c> have</c><00:35:14.539><c> been</c><00:35:14.659><c> unto</c><00:35:14.800><c> them</c>

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:20.239
for<00:35:15.719><c> types,</c><00:35:17.639><c> and</c><00:35:17.760><c> they're</c><00:35:17.960><c> written</c><00:35:18.179><c> for</c><00:35:18.460><c> our</c><00:35:18.840><c> admonition</c><00:35:19.500><c> upon</c><00:35:19.739><c> whom</c><00:35:20.000><c> the</c>

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:24.880
ends<00:35:20.840><c> of</c><00:35:21.300><c> the</c><00:35:21.539><c> world</c><00:35:22.280><c> are</c><00:35:22.900><c> come.</c><00:35:24.099><c> So</c><00:35:24.460><c> this</c>

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:27.079
history<00:35:25.300><c> of</c><00:35:25.380><c> Israel,</c><00:35:25.940><c> brethren</c><00:35:26.119><c> and</c><00:35:26.360><c> sisters,</c><00:35:26.760><c> is</c><00:35:26.840><c> written</c>

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:30.679
for<00:35:27.380><c> our</c><00:35:28.159><c> admonition.</c><00:35:29.280><c> As</c><00:35:29.400><c> those</c><00:35:29.699><c> people</c><00:35:30.119><c> journeyed</c>

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:35.239
towards<00:35:30.940><c> the</c><00:35:31.179><c> kingdom,</c><00:35:31.420><c> they</c><00:35:31.639><c> found</c><00:35:31.980><c> the</c><00:35:32.139><c> way</c><00:35:32.400><c> hard,</c><00:35:33.579><c> and</c><00:35:33.780><c> frequently</c><00:35:34.219><c> they</c><00:35:34.420><c> were</c><00:35:34.599><c> looking</c><00:35:34.800><c> back</c><00:35:35.079><c> to</c>

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.039
the<00:35:35.440><c> world</c><00:35:35.619><c> they</c>

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:41.000
had<00:35:36.280><c> left</c><00:35:36.699><c> with</c><00:35:37.099><c> all</c><00:35:37.280><c> its</c><00:35:37.460><c> temporal</c><00:35:37.820><c> attractions.</c><00:35:40.159><c> Do</c><00:35:40.360><c> we</c><00:35:40.480><c> find</c><00:35:40.739><c> our</c>

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:44.599
souls<00:35:41.219><c> doing</c><00:35:41.500><c> that?</c><00:35:42.860><c> Well</c><00:35:43.099><c> Jesus</c><00:35:43.420><c> said,</c><00:35:44.179><c> no</c><00:35:44.340><c> man</c>

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:47.659
having<00:35:44.840><c> put</c><00:35:45.059><c> his</c><00:35:45.260><c> hands</c><00:35:45.380><c> to</c><00:35:45.579><c> the</c><00:35:45.780><c> plow</c><00:35:46.000><c> and</c><00:35:46.179><c> looking</c><00:35:46.400><c> back</c><00:35:46.980><c> is</c>

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:50.800
fit<00:35:47.860><c> for</c><00:35:48.059><c> the</c><00:35:48.179><c> kingdom</c><00:35:48.440><c> of</c><00:35:48.699><c> God.</c><00:35:50.099><c> So</c><00:35:50.320><c> for</c><00:35:50.460><c> us,</c><00:35:50.639><c> there</c>

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:53.199
should<00:35:50.940><c> be</c><00:35:51.119><c> no</c><00:35:51.300><c> looking</c><00:35:51.539><c> back.</c><00:35:52.079><c> We've</c><00:35:52.179><c> got</c><00:35:52.320><c> to</c><00:35:52.500><c> walk</c><00:35:52.659><c> with</c><00:35:52.900><c> our</c>

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:58.019
eyes<00:35:53.659><c> fixed</c><00:35:54.079><c> firmly</c><00:35:54.559><c> forward,</c><00:35:56.139><c> seeking</c><00:35:56.440><c> first</c><00:35:57.380><c> that</c>

00:35:58.019 --> 00:36:02.900
kingdom<00:35:58.559><c> and</c><00:35:59.559><c> God's</c><00:36:00.000><c> righteousness.</c><00:36:01.539><c> Paul</c><00:36:01.840><c> said</c><00:36:02.099><c> it</c><00:36:02.239><c> is</c><00:36:02.440><c> through</c><00:36:02.599><c> much</c>

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:05.039
tribulation<00:36:03.840><c> that</c><00:36:04.239><c> we</c><00:36:04.400><c> enter</c><00:36:04.599><c> the</c><00:36:04.800><c> kingdom</c>

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:07.960
of<00:36:05.300><c> God,</c><00:36:05.880><c> and</c><00:36:06.039><c> sometimes</c><00:36:06.440><c> I</c><00:36:06.619><c> think</c><00:36:06.780><c> the</c><00:36:06.960><c> word</c><00:36:07.119><c> tribulation</c><00:36:07.719><c> is</c>

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:11.639
misunderstood.<00:36:09.960><c> You</c><00:36:10.000><c> know,</c><00:36:10.800><c> we</c><00:36:11.000><c> say,</c><00:36:11.440><c> well</c><00:36:11.440><c> we're</c><00:36:11.460><c> not</c>

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:16.159
being<00:36:12.000><c> persecuted</c><00:36:12.579><c> at</c><00:36:12.800><c> the</c><00:36:12.960><c> moment,</c><00:36:14.099><c> so</c><00:36:14.099><c> is</c><00:36:14.420><c> that</c><00:36:15.099><c> a</c><00:36:15.280><c> problem?</c>

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:18.599
But<00:36:16.920><c> the</c><00:36:17.039><c> word</c><00:36:17.199><c> tribulation</c><00:36:17.760><c> doesn't</c><00:36:18.000><c> necessarily</c>

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:22.380
mean<00:36:18.900><c> persecution.</c><00:36:20.440><c> Persecution</c><00:36:20.960><c> is</c><00:36:21.179><c> only</c><00:36:21.360><c> one</c><00:36:21.739><c> form</c><00:36:22.079><c> of</c>

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:25.340
tribulation.<00:36:23.460><c> This</c><00:36:23.659><c> word</c><00:36:23.960><c> tribulation</c><00:36:24.679><c> really</c><00:36:25.019><c> means</c>

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:29.940
pressure,<00:36:26.699><c> and</c><00:36:26.820><c> that's</c><00:36:26.940><c> what</c><00:36:27.480><c> we're</c><00:36:27.780><c> being</c><00:36:28.019><c> told</c><00:36:28.280><c> in</c><00:36:28.460><c> Acts</c><00:36:28.599><c> chapter</c><00:36:28.900><c> 14.</c><00:36:29.780><c> It</c>

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:32.800
is<00:36:30.300><c> through</c><00:36:30.500><c> much</c><00:36:30.900><c> pressure</c><00:36:31.599><c> that</c><00:36:32.559><c> we</c>

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:36.239
enter<00:36:33.099><c> the</c><00:36:33.400><c> kingdom,</c><00:36:34.639><c> and</c><00:36:34.920><c> we</c><00:36:35.079><c> all</c><00:36:35.280><c> find</c><00:36:35.559><c> ourselves</c><00:36:35.980><c> brought</c>

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:39.650
under<00:36:36.599><c> pressure</c><00:36:37.019><c> in</c><00:36:37.260><c> various</c><00:36:37.519><c> ways</c><00:36:38.099><c> in</c><00:36:38.599><c> our</c><00:36:38.840><c> lives,</c>

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:44.860
pressures<00:36:40.840><c> at</c><00:36:41.179><c> work.</c><00:36:42.880><c> These</c><00:36:43.199><c> days</c><00:36:43.639><c> in</c><00:36:43.960><c> the</c><00:36:44.179><c> recession</c><00:36:44.579><c> we're</c>

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:48.599
in,<00:36:45.059><c> it</c><00:36:45.239><c> can</c><00:36:45.400><c> be</c><00:36:45.519><c> the</c><00:36:45.760><c> pressure</c><00:36:46.179><c> of</c><00:36:47.039><c> lack</c><00:36:47.260><c> of</c><00:36:47.579><c> work.</c>

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:53.500
Pressure<00:36:49.480><c> of</c><00:36:49.679><c> time.</c><00:36:50.900><c> Pressures</c><00:36:51.340><c> within</c><00:36:51.579><c> our</c><00:36:51.960><c> families.</c><00:36:53.400><c> As</c>

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:55.599
we<00:36:53.699><c> get</c><00:36:53.860><c> older,</c><00:36:54.400><c> the</c><00:36:54.500><c> ever</c><00:36:54.739><c>-present</c><00:36:55.039><c> pressure</c><00:36:55.420><c> of</c>

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:59.460
physical<00:36:56.079><c> suffering.</c><00:36:57.699><c> Now</c><00:36:57.840><c> we're</c><00:36:58.019><c> being</c><00:36:58.340><c> called</c><00:36:58.579><c> upon,</c><00:36:59.079><c> brethren</c><00:36:59.199><c> and</c>

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:02.099
sisters,<00:36:59.760><c> to</c><00:36:59.860><c> endure</c><00:37:00.519><c> in</c><00:37:00.980><c> faith</c><00:37:01.340><c> the</c><00:37:01.820><c> many</c>

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and<00:37:02.400><c> varied</c><00:37:02.679><c> pressures</c><00:37:03.099><c> that</c><00:37:03.360><c> our</c><00:37:03.559><c> wilderness</c><00:37:03.900><c> journey</c><00:37:04.260><c> brings</c><00:37:04.599><c> to</c>

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bear,<00:37:06.940><c> rejoicing</c><00:37:07.719><c> on</c><00:37:08.579><c> the</c><00:37:08.780><c> way.</c><00:37:10.340><c> And</c><00:37:10.539><c> often</c>

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that<00:37:10.920><c> isn't</c><00:37:11.179><c> easy</c><00:37:11.519><c> to</c><00:37:11.840><c> do,</c><00:37:12.880><c> but</c><00:37:13.019><c> the</c><00:37:13.199><c> Apostle</c><00:37:13.539><c> Paul</c><00:37:13.840><c> showed</c><00:37:14.139><c> us</c>

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:17.420
how<00:37:14.619><c> to</c><00:37:14.820><c> do</c><00:37:15.000><c> it</c><00:37:15.539><c> at</c><00:37:15.800><c> Philippi,</c><00:37:16.320><c> didn't</c><00:37:16.500><c> he?</c><00:37:16.880><c> Just</c><00:37:17.179><c> think</c>

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:21.340
back<00:37:17.679><c> to</c><00:37:17.900><c> our</c><00:37:18.099><c> first</c><00:37:18.480><c> study</c><00:37:18.840><c> when</c><00:37:19.159><c> we</c><00:37:19.280><c> were</c><00:37:19.440><c> with</c><00:37:19.739><c> Paul</c><00:37:20.059><c> in</c><00:37:20.219><c> Acts</c><00:37:20.380><c> chapter</c><00:37:20.699><c> 16</c>

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:24.099
when<00:37:21.679><c> he</c><00:37:21.860><c> came</c><00:37:22.280><c> to</c><00:37:22.579><c> Philippi.</c><00:37:23.519><c> And</c><00:37:23.719><c> what</c><00:37:23.900><c> did</c>

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:28.079
he<00:37:24.099><c> do?</c><00:37:24.420><c> He</c><00:37:24.539><c> did</c><00:37:24.860><c> good.</c><00:37:25.559><c> He</c><00:37:25.840><c> healed</c><00:37:26.079><c> the</c><00:37:26.400><c> slave</c><00:37:26.679><c> girl,</c><00:37:27.800><c> and</c><00:37:27.880><c> for</c>

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that<00:37:28.300><c> he</c><00:37:28.440><c> was</c><00:37:28.760><c> beaten</c><00:37:29.199><c> with</c><00:37:29.960><c> Silas.</c><00:37:30.599><c> He</c><00:37:30.800><c> was</c><00:37:31.099><c> thrown</c><00:37:31.300><c> into</c>

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prison.<00:37:33.260><c> How</c><00:37:33.500><c> did</c><00:37:33.679><c> they</c><00:37:33.940><c> react?</c><00:37:35.300><c> Not</c><00:37:35.500><c> by</c><00:37:35.780><c> being</c><00:37:36.039><c> despondent</c>

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:40.639
or<00:37:37.179><c> indulging</c><00:37:37.760><c> in</c><00:37:38.000><c> self</c><00:37:38.260><c>-pity.</c><00:37:38.840><c> The</c><00:37:39.079><c> answer,</c><00:37:39.639><c> says</c><00:37:39.860><c> Acts</c><00:37:40.099><c> 16,</c>

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:45.800
was<00:37:41.039><c> prayer</c><00:37:41.579><c> and</c><00:37:42.099><c> praise.</c><00:37:43.000><c> Acts</c><00:37:43.019><c> 16</c><00:37:43.539><c> verse</c><00:37:43.800><c> 25.</c><00:37:45.300><c> And</c><00:37:45.440><c> we</c><00:37:45.599><c> made</c>

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:48.019
the<00:37:46.059><c> point</c><00:37:46.260><c> that</c><00:37:46.420><c> this</c><00:37:46.699><c> really</c><00:37:47.079><c> was</c><00:37:47.300><c> a</c><00:37:47.519><c> remarkable</c>

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:52.019
example<00:37:48.760><c> of</c><00:37:49.219><c> the</c><00:37:49.480><c> true</c><00:37:49.679><c> meaning</c><00:37:49.980><c> of</c><00:37:50.159><c> Jesus'</c><00:37:51.019><c> words</c><00:37:51.159><c> in</c><00:37:51.420><c> the</c><00:37:51.619><c> Sermon</c><00:37:51.820><c> on</c>

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:54.420
the<00:37:52.159><c> Mount</c><00:37:52.599><c> when</c><00:37:53.219><c> he</c><00:37:53.440><c> said,</c>

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Blessed<00:37:54.539><c> are</c><00:37:54.920><c> ye</c><00:37:55.239><c> when</c><00:37:55.739><c> men</c><00:37:56.019><c> shall</c><00:37:56.260><c> revile</c><00:37:56.760><c> you</c><00:37:57.000><c> and</c><00:37:57.219><c> persecute</c><00:37:57.840><c> you</c><00:37:58.000><c> and</c>

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say<00:37:58.320><c> all</c><00:37:58.619><c> manner</c><00:37:58.840><c> of</c><00:37:59.039><c> evil</c><00:37:59.320><c> against</c>

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:06.079
you<00:38:00.300><c> falsely</c><00:38:00.860><c> for</c><00:38:01.039><c> my</c><00:38:01.360><c> sake.</c><00:38:02.579><c> Rejoice</c><00:38:03.139><c> and</c><00:38:03.599><c> be</c><00:38:03.840><c> exceeding</c><00:38:04.639><c> glad,</c><00:38:05.880><c> for</c>

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great<00:38:06.360><c> is</c><00:38:06.519><c> your</c><00:38:06.719><c> reward</c><00:38:07.079><c> in</c><00:38:07.320><c> heaven.</c><00:38:09.139><c> Oh,</c>

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:12.480
this<00:38:09.539><c> is</c><00:38:09.699><c> the</c><00:38:09.940><c> Council</c><00:38:10.199><c> of</c><00:38:10.440><c> Perfection,</c><00:38:11.119><c> brethren</c><00:38:11.239><c> and</c><00:38:11.460><c> sisters.</c><00:38:12.300><c> It's</c>

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:15.059
a<00:38:12.659><c> hard</c><00:38:12.980><c> teaching.</c><00:38:14.400><c> Paul</c><00:38:14.480><c> and</c><00:38:14.800><c> Silas</c>

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:21.219
were<00:38:15.280><c> equal</c><00:38:15.559><c> to</c><00:38:15.820><c> it,</c><00:38:17.199><c> but</c><00:38:17.300><c> are</c><00:38:17.519><c> we?</c><00:38:19.639><c> Now,</c><00:38:19.880><c> despite</c><00:38:20.300><c> Paul's</c><00:38:20.780><c> humbling</c><00:38:21.019><c> of</c>

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:23.599
the<00:38:21.440><c> magistrates,</c><00:38:22.780><c> who</c><00:38:22.940><c> had</c><00:38:23.139><c> to</c><00:38:23.300><c> come</c>

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:27.880
personally<00:38:24.420><c> and</c><00:38:25.079><c> bring</c><00:38:25.260><c> Paul</c><00:38:25.579><c> and</c><00:38:25.840><c> Silas</c><00:38:26.099><c> out</c><00:38:26.340><c> of</c><00:38:26.480><c> that</c><00:38:26.679><c> prison,</c><00:38:27.639><c> in</c>

00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:30.300
the<00:38:28.019><c> years</c><00:38:28.300><c> that</c><00:38:28.639><c> followed,</c><00:38:29.639><c> this</c><00:38:29.800><c> ecclesiast</c>

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:34.940
at<00:38:30.519><c> Philippi</c><00:38:31.320><c> had</c><00:38:31.800><c> a</c><00:38:32.039><c> hard</c><00:38:32.340><c> time.</c><00:38:33.699><c> It</c><00:38:33.940><c> was</c><00:38:34.119><c> in</c><00:38:34.239><c> a</c><00:38:34.260><c> very</c><00:38:34.619><c> bigoted</c>

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:37.079
city,<00:38:35.380><c> and</c><00:38:35.480><c> it</c><00:38:35.619><c> had</c><00:38:35.780><c> to</c><00:38:36.019><c> endure</c><00:38:36.280><c> persecution.</c>

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:43.519
Paul<00:38:37.659><c> talks</c><00:38:38.059><c> about</c><00:38:38.440><c> it.</c><00:38:38.579><c> Come</c><00:38:38.760><c> back</c><00:38:38.980><c> to</c><00:38:39.179><c> Philippians</c><00:38:39.820><c> and</c><00:38:41.039><c> chapter</c><00:38:41.340><c> one.</c><00:38:43.420><c> He</c>

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has<00:38:43.679><c> some</c><00:38:43.960><c> words</c><00:38:44.320><c> for</c><00:38:44.539><c> them</c>

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:48.739
about<00:38:45.460><c> their</c><00:38:45.679><c> situation</c><00:38:46.300><c> in</c><00:38:46.519><c> Philippians</c><00:38:46.900><c> chapter</c><00:38:47.260><c> one</c><00:38:48.280><c> and</c>

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:57.340
verse<00:38:48.940><c> 28.</c><00:38:54.780><c> In</c><00:38:54.880><c> nothing,</c><00:38:55.239><c> he</c><00:38:55.559><c> says,</c><00:38:56.420><c> be</c><00:38:56.639><c> terrified</c>

00:38:57.340 --> 00:39:01.800
by<00:38:57.679><c> your</c><00:38:58.019><c> adversaries,</c><00:38:59.380><c> which</c><00:38:59.559><c> is</c><00:38:59.840><c> to</c><00:38:59.960><c> them</c><00:39:00.119><c> an</c><00:39:00.480><c> evident</c><00:39:00.800><c> token</c><00:39:01.300><c> of</c>

00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:04.679
perdition,<00:39:02.559><c> of</c><00:39:02.880><c> destruction,</c><00:39:04.099><c> but</c><00:39:04.280><c> to</c><00:39:04.519><c> you,</c>

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salvation<00:39:05.500><c> and</c><00:39:06.539><c> that</c><00:39:06.679><c> of</c><00:39:06.860><c> God.</c><00:39:08.260><c> So</c><00:39:08.559><c> here</c><00:39:08.920><c> you've</c><00:39:09.179><c> got</c><00:39:09.280><c> this</c><00:39:09.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:10.199><c> that</c><00:39:10.619><c> is</c>

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suffering<00:39:11.159><c> persecution,</c>

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and<00:39:13.039><c> he</c><00:39:13.320><c> says,</c><00:39:14.079><c> don't</c><00:39:14.300><c> be</c><00:39:14.719><c> terrified.</c><00:39:15.760><c> The</c><00:39:15.980><c> word</c><00:39:16.139><c> he</c><00:39:16.360><c> uses</c><00:39:16.539><c> in</c>

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:19.239
the<00:39:16.960><c> original</c><00:39:17.280><c> there</c><00:39:17.519><c> is</c><00:39:17.659><c> a</c><00:39:18.019><c> strong</c><00:39:18.280><c> word.</c>

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:25.420
It<00:39:19.820><c> means</c><00:39:20.179><c> not</c><00:39:20.460><c> to</c><00:39:20.639><c> be</c><00:39:21.079><c> scared</c><00:39:21.619><c> like</c><00:39:22.199><c> a</c><00:39:22.599><c> startled</c><00:39:22.880><c> horse.</c><00:39:24.760><c> Don't</c><00:39:25.079><c> be</c>

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terrified<00:39:26.300><c> by</c><00:39:26.980><c> your</c><00:39:27.360><c> adversaries.</c><00:39:28.619><c> Now,</c>

00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:33.519
their<00:39:29.039><c> enemies</c><00:39:29.440><c> in</c><00:39:29.780><c> Philippi,</c><00:39:30.940><c> in</c><00:39:30.940><c> this</c><00:39:31.300><c> Roman</c><00:39:31.719><c> colony,</c><00:39:32.579><c> proud</c><00:39:33.179><c> of</c>

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:36.920
its<00:39:33.739><c> privileges,</c><00:39:34.960><c> this</c><00:39:35.340><c> fearlessness</c><00:39:36.099><c> was</c><00:39:36.619><c> an</c>

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:39.800
evident<00:39:37.260><c> token</c><00:39:37.800><c> of</c><00:39:38.179><c> perdition.</c><00:39:38.659><c> In</c><00:39:38.780><c> other</c><00:39:38.980><c> words,</c><00:39:39.500><c> the</c><00:39:39.579><c> fact</c>

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:41.760
that<00:39:40.039><c> brethren</c><00:39:40.320><c> and</c><00:39:40.519><c> sisters</c><00:39:40.820><c> stood</c><00:39:41.199><c> up</c><00:39:41.440><c> for</c><00:39:41.599><c> the</c>

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:46.760
things<00:39:41.900><c> they</c><00:39:42.199><c> believed</c><00:39:42.840><c> would</c><00:39:43.440><c> only</c><00:39:43.800><c> lead</c><00:39:43.980><c> them</c><00:39:44.139><c> to</c><00:39:44.320><c> destruction.</c><00:39:46.380><c> And</c><00:39:46.559><c> Paul</c>

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:49.000
says<00:39:47.579><c> the</c><00:39:48.420><c> Romans</c><00:39:48.739><c> have</c><00:39:48.940><c> got</c>

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it<00:39:49.239><c> wrong.</c><00:39:49.980><c> But</c><00:39:50.139><c> we</c><00:39:50.260><c> know</c><00:39:50.400><c> that's</c><00:39:50.579><c> how</c><00:39:50.760><c> they</c><00:39:51.039><c> thought,</c><00:39:51.820><c> because</c><00:39:52.059><c> not</c><00:39:52.280><c> only</c><00:39:52.420><c> do</c>

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.880
we<00:39:52.699><c> have</c><00:39:52.880><c> Paul's</c><00:39:53.460><c> words</c><00:39:53.659><c> here</c>

00:39:53.880 --> 00:40:00.539
in<00:39:54.099><c> verse</c><00:39:54.179><c> 28,</c><00:39:54.940><c> but</c><00:39:55.480><c> some</c><00:39:55.900><c> 50</c><00:39:56.280><c> years</c><00:39:56.699><c> later,</c><00:39:58.059><c> we</c><00:39:58.159><c> have</c><00:39:58.380><c> the</c><00:39:58.659><c> same</c><00:39:58.960><c> idea</c><00:39:59.659><c> coming</c><00:40:00.079><c> from</c><00:40:00.320><c> a</c>

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source<00:40:00.800><c> outside</c><00:40:01.300><c> scripture.</c>

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Some<00:40:02.780><c> 50</c><00:40:03.099><c> years</c><00:40:03.480><c> later,</c><00:40:03.960><c> a</c><00:40:04.119><c> letter</c><00:40:04.380><c> was</c><00:40:04.619><c> written</c><00:40:04.880><c> by</c><00:40:05.179><c> the</c><00:40:05.360><c> younger</c><00:40:05.639><c> Pliny,</c><00:40:06.820><c> who</c>

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was<00:40:07.219><c> sent</c><00:40:07.400><c> as</c><00:40:07.619><c> the</c><00:40:07.820><c> emperor</c><00:40:08.059><c> Trajan's</c>

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representative<00:40:09.300><c> to</c><00:40:09.559><c> the</c><00:40:09.699><c> province</c><00:40:10.059><c> of</c><00:40:10.239><c> Vithynia</c><00:40:10.739><c> and</c><00:40:11.159><c> Pontus,</c><00:40:11.599><c> about</c>

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:16.219
112<00:40:12.920><c> AD.</c><00:40:14.599><c> This</c><00:40:14.820><c> is</c><00:40:14.960><c> what</c><00:40:15.099><c> he</c><00:40:15.340><c> wrote.</c>

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In<00:40:17.199><c> fact,</c><00:40:17.460><c> Brother</c><00:40:17.619><c> Thomas</c><00:40:17.940><c> quotes</c><00:40:18.280><c> this</c><00:40:18.519><c> in</c><00:40:18.699><c> Eureka.</c><00:40:20.179><c> For</c><00:40:20.420><c> the</c><00:40:20.619><c> moment,</c><00:40:21.019><c> he</c>

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:22.679
says,<00:40:21.579><c> this</c><00:40:21.800><c> is</c><00:40:22.000><c> the</c><00:40:22.159><c> line</c><00:40:22.340><c> I</c><00:40:22.500><c> have</c>

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taken<00:40:22.960><c> with</c><00:40:23.159><c> all</c><00:40:23.420><c> persons</c><00:40:24.039><c> brought</c><00:40:24.579><c> before</c><00:40:24.940><c> me</c><00:40:25.099><c> on</c><00:40:25.239><c> the</c><00:40:25.480><c> charge</c><00:40:25.679><c> of</c><00:40:25.880><c> being</c><00:40:26.099><c> Christians.</c><00:40:27.199><c> I</c>

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have<00:40:27.980><c> asked</c><00:40:28.159><c> them</c><00:40:28.380><c> in</c>

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person<00:40:28.980><c> if</c><00:40:29.159><c> they</c><00:40:29.400><c> are</c><00:40:29.659><c> Christians,</c><00:40:30.780><c> and</c><00:40:30.980><c> if</c><00:40:31.079><c> they</c><00:40:31.300><c> admit</c><00:40:31.559><c> it,</c>

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I<00:40:32.639><c> repeat</c><00:40:32.980><c> the</c><00:40:33.199><c> question</c><00:40:33.760><c> a</c><00:40:34.380><c> second</c><00:40:34.619><c> and</c><00:40:34.800><c> a</c><00:40:34.920><c> third</c><00:40:35.239><c> time,</c>

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with<00:40:36.059><c> a</c><00:40:36.300><c> warning</c><00:40:36.679><c> of</c><00:40:36.940><c> the</c><00:40:37.159><c> punishment</c><00:40:37.599><c> awaiting</c><00:40:38.019><c> them.</c><00:40:39.019><c> If</c><00:40:39.360><c> they</c><00:40:39.659><c> persist,</c><00:40:40.920><c> I</c>

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order<00:40:41.519><c> them</c><00:40:41.820><c> to</c><00:40:42.059><c> be</c><00:40:42.179><c> led</c><00:40:42.400><c> away</c><00:40:42.699><c> for</c>

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:46.800
execution.<00:40:44.400><c> For</c><00:40:44.679><c> whatever</c><00:40:45.059><c> the</c><00:40:45.340><c> nature</c><00:40:45.760><c> of</c><00:40:46.039><c> their</c><00:40:46.300><c> admission</c>

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:49.239
or<00:40:47.139><c> religion,</c><00:40:48.019><c> as</c><00:40:48.159><c> Brother</c><00:40:48.340><c> Thomas</c><00:40:48.639><c> translated</c>

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:56.559
that,<00:40:50.099><c> I</c><00:40:50.280><c> am</c><00:40:50.400><c> convinced</c><00:40:50.880><c> that</c><00:40:51.099><c> their</c><00:40:51.519><c> stubbornness</c><00:40:52.780><c> and</c><00:40:53.260><c> unshakable</c><00:40:54.460><c> obstinacy</c><00:40:55.780><c> ought</c><00:40:56.320><c> not</c>

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.900
to<00:40:56.760><c> go</c><00:40:56.920><c> unpunished.</c>

00:40:58.920 --> 00:41:02.159
So<00:40:59.059><c> the</c><00:40:59.239><c> same</c><00:40:59.420><c> situation</c><00:40:59.960><c> he</c><00:41:00.219><c> faced.</c><00:41:01.239><c> Brother</c><00:41:01.500><c> and</c><00:41:01.780><c> sisters</c>

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:04.099
who<00:41:02.340><c> were</c><00:41:02.519><c> prepared</c><00:41:03.000><c> to</c><00:41:03.340><c> stand</c><00:41:03.579><c> up</c><00:41:03.780><c> for</c><00:41:03.920><c> the</c>

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:08.480
things<00:41:04.239><c> they</c><00:41:04.619><c> believed,</c><00:41:05.900><c> and</c><00:41:06.079><c> this</c><00:41:06.300><c> man</c><00:41:06.480><c> is</c><00:41:06.760><c> saying</c><00:41:07.099><c> they</c><00:41:07.659><c> only</c><00:41:08.000><c> deserve</c><00:41:08.300><c> to</c>

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:10.900
be<00:41:08.659><c> punished.</c><00:41:10.099><c> And</c><00:41:10.300><c> that's</c><00:41:10.539><c> exactly</c>

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:13.440
the<00:41:11.159><c> situation</c><00:41:11.639><c> Paul</c><00:41:11.920><c> is</c><00:41:12.119><c> dealing</c><00:41:12.380><c> with</c><00:41:12.619><c> here.</c><00:41:12.960><c> That's</c><00:41:13.300><c> the</c>

00:41:13.440 --> 00:41:16.480
situation<00:41:13.780><c> the</c><00:41:13.980><c> Philippians</c><00:41:14.400><c> were</c><00:41:14.619><c> in.</c><00:41:15.800><c> An</c><00:41:16.099><c> evident</c>

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:24.139
token<00:41:17.039><c> of</c><00:41:17.639><c> destruction.</c><00:41:20.320><c> But</c><00:41:20.460><c> Paul</c><00:41:20.719><c> goes</c><00:41:20.940><c> on</c><00:41:21.179><c> to</c><00:41:21.380><c> say</c><00:41:21.539><c> that</c><00:41:21.760><c> those</c><00:41:22.019><c> Romans</c><00:41:22.440><c> had</c><00:41:22.699><c> got</c><00:41:22.800><c> it</c><00:41:23.119><c> wrong.</c>

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:28.780
Fearlessness<00:41:24.980><c> under</c><00:41:25.420><c> trial</c><00:41:25.760><c> was</c><00:41:26.019><c> not</c><00:41:26.320><c> going</c><00:41:26.619><c> to</c><00:41:26.880><c> lead</c><00:41:27.119><c> brother</c><00:41:27.420><c> and</c><00:41:27.619><c> sister</c><00:41:27.900><c> to</c><00:41:28.079><c> destruction,</c>

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:34.199
rather<00:41:29.639><c> it</c><00:41:29.840><c> was</c><00:41:30.079><c> going</c><00:41:30.300><c> to</c><00:41:30.559><c> lead</c><00:41:30.880><c> to</c><00:41:31.340><c> their</c><00:41:31.940><c> salvation</c><00:41:32.659><c> ultimately.</c><00:41:33.840><c> Just</c>

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:36.400
come<00:41:34.460><c> on</c><00:41:34.679><c> to</c><00:41:34.820><c> verse</c><00:41:35.039><c> 29.</c>

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:41.139
For<00:41:36.659><c> unto</c><00:41:36.980><c> you,</c><00:41:37.239><c> he</c><00:41:37.500><c> says,</c><00:41:38.039><c> it</c><00:41:38.219><c> is</c><00:41:38.519><c> given,</c><00:41:39.599><c> literally</c><00:41:39.940><c> granted,</c><00:41:40.840><c> as</c><00:41:41.000><c> an</c>

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:43.739
act<00:41:41.320><c> of</c><00:41:41.659><c> grace,</c><00:41:42.719><c> in</c><00:41:42.940><c> the</c><00:41:43.159><c> behalf</c><00:41:43.440><c> of</c>

00:41:43.739 --> 00:41:49.260
Christ,<00:41:44.579><c> not</c><00:41:44.800><c> only</c><00:41:45.059><c> to</c><00:41:45.320><c> believe</c><00:41:45.579><c> on</c><00:41:45.820><c> him,</c><00:41:46.699><c> but</c><00:41:46.920><c> also</c><00:41:47.460><c> to</c><00:41:47.840><c> suffer</c><00:41:48.380><c> for</c>

00:41:49.260 --> 00:41:54.619
his<00:41:50.139><c> sake.</c><00:41:51.820><c> So</c><00:41:51.960><c> he's</c><00:41:52.179><c> saying</c><00:41:52.760><c> that</c><00:41:53.820><c> the</c><00:41:54.260><c> grace,</c>

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:57.380
as<00:41:54.800><c> it</c><00:41:55.019><c> were,</c><00:41:55.199><c> that</c><00:41:55.340><c> has</c><00:41:55.480><c> been</c><00:41:55.719><c> extended</c><00:41:56.239><c> by</c><00:41:56.599><c> God</c><00:41:56.940><c> to</c><00:41:57.119><c> brother</c>

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:59.619
and<00:41:57.599><c> sisters,</c><00:41:58.739><c> is</c><00:41:58.960><c> such</c><00:41:59.119><c> that</c><00:41:59.300><c> they're</c><00:41:59.460><c> not</c>

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:03.920
only<00:41:59.860><c> able</c><00:42:00.099><c> to</c><00:42:00.360><c> believe</c><00:42:01.199><c> in</c><00:42:02.039><c> Christ,</c><00:42:03.019><c> but</c><00:42:03.199><c> they're</c><00:42:03.420><c> also</c><00:42:03.659><c> able</c>

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:09.260
to<00:42:04.260><c> suffer</c><00:42:04.699><c> for</c><00:42:05.280><c> him.</c><00:42:06.920><c> And</c><00:42:07.139><c> Paul</c><00:42:07.320><c> himself</c><00:42:08.179><c> had</c><00:42:08.599><c> set</c>

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:15.780
example.<00:42:10.260><c> You</c><00:42:10.300><c> see,</c><00:42:10.659><c> back</c><00:42:10.760><c> in</c><00:42:10.880><c> verse</c><00:42:11.179><c> 19,</c><00:42:13.219><c> chapter</c><00:42:13.539><c> one</c><00:42:13.840><c> in</c><00:42:14.000><c> verse</c><00:42:14.300><c> 19,</c><00:42:15.579><c> he</c>

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:18.739
says,<00:42:17.059><c> for</c><00:42:17.179><c> I</c><00:42:17.480><c> know</c><00:42:17.780><c> that</c><00:42:18.199><c> this,</c>

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:23.280
that<00:42:19.079><c> is</c><00:42:19.260><c> his</c><00:42:19.519><c> own</c><00:42:19.880><c> suffering,</c><00:42:21.380><c> shall</c><00:42:21.579><c> turn</c><00:42:22.079><c> to</c><00:42:22.320><c> my</c><00:42:22.579><c> salvation</c>

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:25.400
through<00:42:23.619><c> your</c><00:42:23.940><c> prayer</c><00:42:24.460><c> and</c><00:42:24.900><c> the</c><00:42:25.219><c> supply</c>

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:30.860
of<00:42:25.559><c> the</c><00:42:25.679><c> Spirit</c><00:42:25.880><c> of</c><00:42:26.019><c> Jesus</c><00:42:26.400><c> Christ.</c><00:42:27.519><c> So</c><00:42:27.719><c> he</c><00:42:27.860><c> was</c><00:42:28.219><c> steadfast</c><00:42:28.980><c> through</c><00:42:29.199><c> his</c><00:42:29.440><c> suffering.</c><00:42:30.239><c> And</c><00:42:30.500><c> now</c><00:42:30.699><c> at</c>

00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:31.380
the<00:42:30.920><c> end</c><00:42:31.039><c> of</c><00:42:31.260><c> the</c>

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:36.360
chapter,<00:42:31.739><c> he</c><00:42:32.019><c> exhorts</c><00:42:32.679><c> the</c><00:42:33.099><c> Philippians</c><00:42:33.519><c> also</c><00:42:34.039><c> to</c><00:42:34.260><c> be</c><00:42:34.599><c> steadfast</c><00:42:35.440><c> through</c><00:42:36.019><c> their</c>

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:37.239
time<00:42:36.579><c> of</c><00:42:36.920><c> trial,</c>

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:44.099
because<00:42:38.119><c> such</c><00:42:38.519><c> steadfastness</c><00:42:39.400><c> will</c><00:42:39.659><c> lead</c><00:42:39.940><c> not</c><00:42:40.280><c> to</c><00:42:40.579><c> destruction</c><00:42:41.039><c> ultimately,</c><00:42:42.300><c> but</c><00:42:42.659><c> to</c><00:42:42.900><c> salvation.</c>

00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.760
So<00:42:45.480><c> suffering</c><00:42:45.679><c> for</c><00:42:45.940><c> Christ's</c><00:42:46.519><c> sake</c><00:42:46.579><c> then,</c><00:42:46.880><c> brother</c><00:42:46.980><c> and</c><00:42:47.179><c> sisters,</c><00:42:47.579><c> in</c>

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:49.719
whatever<00:42:48.039><c> form</c><00:42:48.300><c> it</c><00:42:48.460><c> comes</c><00:42:48.699><c> to</c><00:42:48.940><c> us,</c>

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:52.539
should<00:42:49.960><c> not</c><00:42:50.199><c> be</c><00:42:50.460><c> a</c><00:42:50.599><c> source</c><00:42:50.820><c> of</c><00:42:51.139><c> murmuring</c><00:42:51.559><c> or</c><00:42:51.840><c> complaint</c><00:42:52.380><c> as</c>

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:55.699
it<00:42:52.780><c> was</c><00:42:53.079><c> so</c><00:42:53.659><c> often</c><00:42:53.880><c> for</c><00:42:54.079><c> Israel</c><00:42:54.460><c> in</c><00:42:54.639><c> the</c><00:42:54.820><c> past,</c>

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:59.840
but<00:42:56.079><c> rather</c><00:42:56.420><c> it</c><00:42:56.639><c> should</c><00:42:56.760><c> be</c><00:42:57.099><c> regarded</c><00:42:57.559><c> as</c><00:42:57.840><c> a</c><00:42:58.079><c> privilege</c><00:42:58.699><c> to</c><00:42:59.559><c> be</c>

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:05.079
rejoiced<00:43:00.340><c> in.</c><00:43:02.440><c> Why?</c><00:43:03.679><c> Because</c><00:43:04.079><c> we</c><00:43:04.300><c> should</c><00:43:04.480><c> be</c><00:43:04.739><c> able</c><00:43:04.860><c> to</c>

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:08.960
see<00:43:05.340><c> beyond</c><00:43:06.000><c> the</c><00:43:06.420><c> immediate</c><00:43:06.820><c> suffering</c><00:43:07.440><c> to</c><00:43:08.159><c> the</c><00:43:08.360><c> joy</c><00:43:08.559><c> of</c><00:43:08.780><c> the</c>

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:12.199
kingdom<00:43:09.500><c> that</c><00:43:10.000><c> has</c><00:43:10.159><c> been</c><00:43:10.440><c> promised</c><00:43:10.699><c> us</c><00:43:10.920><c> in</c><00:43:11.199><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:15.099
And<00:43:12.619><c> in</c><00:43:12.739><c> this</c><00:43:12.940><c> connection,</c><00:43:13.440><c> we</c><00:43:13.500><c> might</c><00:43:13.760><c> just</c><00:43:14.059><c> remember</c><00:43:14.480><c> the</c><00:43:14.699><c> words</c><00:43:14.900><c> of</c>

00:43:15.099 --> 00:43:16.559
the<00:43:15.280><c> apostles</c><00:43:15.679><c> or</c><00:43:15.900><c> we</c><00:43:16.019><c> might</c><00:43:16.179><c> think</c><00:43:16.420><c> of</c>

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:19.800
the<00:43:16.739><c> apostles</c><00:43:17.239><c> in</c><00:43:17.739><c> Acts</c><00:43:17.940><c> chapter</c><00:43:18.260><c> five.</c><00:43:19.280><c> Do</c><00:43:19.440><c> you</c><00:43:19.440><c> remember</c><00:43:19.639><c> in</c>

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:21.639
Acts<00:43:19.940><c> chapter</c><00:43:20.199><c> five,</c><00:43:20.639><c> we're</c><00:43:20.840><c> told</c><00:43:21.059><c> that</c><00:43:21.260><c> they</c><00:43:21.380><c> were</c>

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:25.500
beaten,<00:43:23.400><c> departing</c><00:43:23.880><c> from</c><00:43:24.059><c> the</c><00:43:24.340><c> presence</c><00:43:24.539><c> of</c><00:43:24.739><c> the</c><00:43:24.980><c> council,</c>

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:29.059
rejoicing<00:43:26.760><c> that</c><00:43:27.480><c> they</c><00:43:27.659><c> were</c><00:43:27.880><c> counted</c><00:43:28.179><c> worthy</c><00:43:28.619><c> to</c><00:43:28.920><c> suffer</c>

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:34.320
shame<00:43:29.739><c> for</c><00:43:30.280><c> his</c><00:43:30.539><c> name.</c><00:43:31.639><c> They</c><00:43:31.900><c> rejoiced</c><00:43:32.840><c> in</c><00:43:33.039><c> their</c><00:43:33.300><c> suffering,</c>

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:37.519
in<00:43:35.079><c> sharing</c><00:43:35.420><c> Christ's</c><00:43:36.420><c> sufferings.</c>

00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:40.760
But<00:43:37.920><c> what</c><00:43:38.039><c> about</c><00:43:38.239><c> these</c><00:43:38.559><c> words</c><00:43:38.820><c> of</c><00:43:39.000><c> the</c><00:43:39.119><c> apostle</c><00:43:39.480><c> Peter</c><00:43:40.119><c> in</c>

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:44.139
first<00:43:41.059><c> Peter</c><00:43:41.360><c> chapter</c><00:43:41.699><c> four,</c><00:43:42.139><c> verse</c><00:43:42.300><c> 12,</c><00:43:43.739><c> rejoice,</c>

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:47.940
he<00:43:44.460><c> says,</c><00:43:45.360><c> in</c><00:43:45.559><c> as</c><00:43:45.780><c> much</c><00:43:46.019><c> as</c><00:43:46.199><c> you</c><00:43:46.340><c> are</c><00:43:46.539><c> partakers</c><00:43:47.119><c> of</c><00:43:47.440><c> Christ's</c>

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:49.840
sufferings,<00:43:48.840><c> that</c><00:43:48.920><c> when</c><00:43:49.059><c> his</c><00:43:49.360><c> glory</c><00:43:49.639><c> shall</c>

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:54.780
be<00:43:50.159><c> revealed,</c><00:43:51.179><c> you</c><00:43:51.340><c> may</c><00:43:51.539><c> be</c><00:43:51.780><c> glad</c><00:43:51.940><c> also</c><00:43:52.619><c> with</c><00:43:53.260><c> exceeding</c><00:43:53.940><c> joy.</c>

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:57.260
And<00:43:55.000><c> that</c><00:43:55.139><c> Peter</c><00:43:55.460><c> is</c><00:43:55.820><c> exhorting</c><00:43:56.139><c> us</c><00:43:56.400><c> to</c><00:43:56.539><c> be</c><00:43:56.820><c> joyful</c>

00:43:57.260 --> 00:44:03.420
in<00:43:57.519><c> our</c><00:43:57.820><c> sufferings</c><00:43:58.239><c> now,</c><00:43:59.559><c> in</c><00:43:59.820><c> sharing</c><00:44:00.199><c> Christ's</c><00:44:01.139><c> sufferings,</c><00:44:02.559><c> that</c><00:44:02.699><c> in</c><00:44:02.860><c> the</c><00:44:02.980><c> day</c><00:44:03.179><c> of</c>

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:04.920
glory,<00:44:03.699><c> he</c><00:44:03.940><c> says,</c>

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:11.960
well<00:44:05.159><c> then</c><00:44:05.280><c> we'll</c><00:44:05.519><c> be</c><00:44:05.679><c> able</c><00:44:05.880><c> to</c><00:44:06.280><c> rejoice</c><00:44:06.679><c> exceedingly.</c><00:44:09.579><c> So</c><00:44:09.880><c> Paul</c><00:44:10.059><c> says,</c><00:44:11.480><c> rejoice</c><00:44:11.760><c> in</c>

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:13.780
the<00:44:12.119><c> Lord.</c><00:44:13.320><c> It's</c><00:44:13.500><c> clear,</c>

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:17.440
isn't<00:44:13.980><c> it,</c><00:44:14.239><c> that</c><00:44:14.460><c> joy</c><00:44:15.000><c> rejoicing</c><00:44:15.820><c> has</c><00:44:16.039><c> to</c><00:44:16.199><c> be</c><00:44:16.380><c> a</c><00:44:16.559><c> central</c><00:44:16.880><c> part</c>

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in<00:44:17.840><c> all</c><00:44:18.039><c> of</c><00:44:18.280><c> our</c><00:44:18.440><c> lives</c><00:44:18.719><c> in</c><00:44:18.900><c> the</c><00:44:19.139><c> truth</c><00:44:19.360><c> now.</c>

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spirit<00:44:23.300><c> that</c><00:44:23.780><c> Paul</c><00:44:24.059><c> gives</c><00:44:24.320><c> us</c><00:44:24.519><c> in</c><00:44:24.699><c> Galatians</c><00:44:25.119><c> five,</c>

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joy<00:44:27.559><c> is</c><00:44:28.119><c> listed.</c><00:44:30.420><c> Now</c><00:44:30.679><c> the</c><00:44:31.039><c> fruit</c><00:44:31.159><c> of</c><00:44:31.320><c> the</c><00:44:31.659><c> spirit</c><00:44:32.119><c> is</c><00:44:32.780><c> not</c><00:44:33.119><c> something</c><00:44:33.559><c> that</c><00:44:33.719><c> comes</c><00:44:34.039><c> naturally</c><00:44:34.559><c> to</c>

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any<00:44:35.000><c> of</c><00:44:35.179><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:44:35.820><c> not</c><00:44:35.980><c> a</c><00:44:36.159><c> case</c><00:44:36.420><c> that</c><00:44:36.599><c> some</c><00:44:36.880><c> people</c><00:44:37.139><c> are</c><00:44:37.420><c> naturally</c><00:44:37.739><c> happier</c><00:44:38.119><c> people</c>

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than<00:44:38.699><c> others.</c>

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That's<00:44:39.960><c> not</c><00:44:40.119><c> what's</c><00:44:40.280><c> been</c><00:44:40.519><c> spoken</c><00:44:40.860><c> about.</c><00:44:41.380><c> That</c><00:44:41.519><c> isn't</c><00:44:41.639><c> what</c>

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we've<00:44:42.119><c> been</c><00:44:42.219><c> talking</c><00:44:42.500><c> about</c><00:44:42.800><c> this</c><00:44:43.079><c> morning.</c>

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The<00:44:44.059><c> fruit</c><00:44:44.179><c> of</c><00:44:44.340><c> the</c><00:44:44.639><c> spirit</c><00:44:44.900><c> is</c><00:44:45.139><c> something</c><00:44:45.639><c> that</c><00:44:46.139><c> we</c><00:44:46.440><c> all</c><00:44:46.760><c> have</c>

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to<00:44:47.360><c> cultivate.</c><00:44:48.539><c> It's</c><00:44:48.820><c> not</c><00:44:49.139><c> the</c><00:44:49.420><c> effervescent</c><00:44:50.119><c> and</c>

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joy<00:44:51.119><c> of</c><00:44:51.320><c> the</c><00:44:51.420><c> world</c><00:44:51.940><c> that's</c><00:44:52.719><c> so</c><00:44:53.159><c> fleeting</c><00:44:54.039><c> and</c><00:44:54.380><c> is</c><00:44:54.579><c> so</c><00:44:54.820><c> dependent</c><00:44:55.239><c> upon</c><00:44:55.559><c> some</c><00:44:55.820><c> kind</c><00:44:56.139><c> of</c>

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external<00:44:56.760><c> stimulus.</c>

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That's<00:44:58.119><c> not</c><00:44:58.340><c> the</c><00:44:58.480><c> joy</c><00:44:58.619><c> we've</c><00:44:58.860><c> been</c><00:44:58.980><c> thinking</c><00:44:59.280><c> about.</c><00:45:00.460><c> The</c><00:45:00.599><c> joy</c>

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of<00:45:01.199><c> Scripture</c><00:45:01.679><c> is</c><00:45:02.420><c> an</c><00:45:02.679><c> inner</c><00:45:02.940><c> joy,</c><00:45:04.039><c> a</c><00:45:04.219><c> joy</c><00:45:04.400><c> that</c>

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has<00:45:04.719><c> to</c><00:45:04.860><c> be</c><00:45:05.119><c> part</c><00:45:05.320><c> of</c><00:45:05.500><c> our</c><00:45:05.679><c> very</c><00:45:06.019><c> character</c><00:45:06.679><c> because</c><00:45:07.599><c> it</c><00:45:08.000><c> springs</c><00:45:08.400><c> from</c>

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our<00:45:08.980><c> knowledge</c><00:45:09.440><c> and</c><00:45:09.699><c> our</c><00:45:10.079><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:45:10.920><c> the</c><00:45:11.199><c> great</c><00:45:11.480><c> salvation</c><00:45:12.280><c> that</c><00:45:13.000><c> God</c><00:45:13.239><c> has</c><00:45:13.500><c> provided</c><00:45:13.860><c> for</c><00:45:14.179><c> us</c>

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in<00:45:15.239><c> the</c><00:45:15.380><c> Lord</c><00:45:15.559><c> Jesus</c><00:45:15.980><c> Christ.</c><00:45:17.599><c> And</c><00:45:17.780><c> as</c><00:45:20.380><c> the</c>

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joy<00:45:20.900><c> that</c><00:45:21.039><c> was</c><00:45:21.239><c> set</c><00:45:21.440><c> before</c><00:45:21.780><c> our</c><00:45:22.059><c> Lord,</c><00:45:22.980><c> that</c><00:45:23.059><c> he</c><00:45:23.260><c> endured</c><00:45:23.519><c> the</c>

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cross,<00:45:25.000><c> despising</c><00:45:25.440><c> the</c><00:45:25.699><c> shame,</c>

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and<00:45:26.940><c> is</c><00:45:27.119><c> now</c><00:45:27.360><c> set</c><00:45:27.619><c> down</c><00:45:28.079><c> on</c><00:45:28.420><c> the</c><00:45:28.579><c> right</c><00:45:28.900><c> hand</c><00:45:29.119><c> of</c><00:45:29.300><c> the</c><00:45:29.420><c> throne</c>

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of<00:45:29.900><c> God.</c><00:45:31.539><c> Well</c><00:45:31.679><c> may</c><00:45:31.820><c> it</c><00:45:31.960><c> be</c><00:45:32.179><c> our</c><00:45:32.340><c> lot,</c><00:45:32.820><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:45:33.059><c> sisters,</c><00:45:33.880><c> to</c><00:45:34.039><c> be</c><00:45:34.159><c> able</c><00:45:34.360><c> to</c><00:45:34.599><c> rejoice</c><00:45:34.900><c> before</c><00:45:35.340><c> him</c><00:45:35.559><c> in</c><00:45:35.719><c> that</c>

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day,<00:45:37.039><c> then</c><00:45:37.300><c> of</c><00:45:37.559><c> course</c><00:45:37.780><c> with</c><00:45:37.980><c> all</c><00:45:38.199><c> the</c><00:45:38.360><c> vigor</c>

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that<00:45:39.320><c> goes</c><00:45:39.800><c> with</c><00:45:40.260><c> an</c><00:45:40.539><c> incorruptible</c><00:45:41.139><c> nature.</c><00:45:43.940><c> What</c><00:45:44.099><c> I'd</c><00:45:44.320><c> like</c>

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to<00:45:44.599><c> do</c><00:45:44.739><c> now</c><00:45:45.099><c> as</c><00:45:45.320><c> we've</c><00:45:46.059><c> thought</c><00:45:46.280><c> about</c><00:45:46.619><c> this</c>

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exalted<00:45:47.400><c> theme</c><00:45:47.699><c> of</c><00:45:47.960><c> joy,</c><00:45:48.579><c> is</c><00:45:49.000><c> I'd</c><00:45:49.139><c> like</c><00:45:49.260><c> us</c><00:45:49.440><c> to</c><00:45:49.579><c> take</c><00:45:49.699><c> a</c><00:45:49.820><c> hymn</c><00:45:49.980><c> together</c><00:45:50.599><c> as</c><00:45:50.920><c> we</c><00:45:51.159><c> bring</c><00:45:51.280><c> this</c><00:45:51.539><c> session</c><00:45:51.800><c> to</c><00:45:52.059><c> a</c><00:45:52.260><c> close</c>

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and<00:45:52.639><c> we'll</c><00:45:53.059><c> pick</c><00:45:53.280><c> up</c><00:45:53.420><c> again</c><00:45:53.659><c> with</c><00:45:53.920><c> Philippians</c><00:45:54.480><c> chapter</c><00:45:55.039><c> 3</c><00:45:55.340><c> God</c><00:45:55.619><c> willing</c><00:45:55.960><c> tomorrow.</c><00:45:57.679><c> A</c>

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hymn<00:45:59.340><c> which</c><00:45:59.619><c> speaks</c><00:45:59.820><c> about</c>

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joy.<00:46:01.619><c> It's</c><00:46:01.679><c> a</c><00:46:01.699><c> wonderful</c><00:46:02.119><c> theme.</c><00:46:02.679><c> It's</c><00:46:02.760><c> an</c><00:46:03.000><c> exalted</c><00:46:03.460><c> scriptural</c><00:46:04.059><c> theme</c><00:46:04.400><c> and</c><00:46:04.820><c> we</c>

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have<00:46:05.219><c> it</c><00:46:05.460><c> here</c><00:46:05.679><c> in</c><00:46:05.960><c> hymn</c><00:46:16.960><c> number</c>

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father<00:46:17.900><c> we</c><00:46:18.239><c> thank</c><00:46:18.460><c> thee</c><00:46:18.659><c> the</c><00:46:18.840><c> morning</c><00:46:19.179><c> draws</c><00:46:19.500><c> near</c><00:46:19.960><c> shadows</c>

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of<00:46:21.079><c> dread</c><00:46:21.360><c> brewed</c><00:46:21.820><c> above</c><00:46:22.099><c> every</c><00:46:22.400><c> nation</c>

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dark<00:46:24.019><c> is</c><00:46:24.260><c> the</c><00:46:24.440><c> night</c><00:46:24.800><c> but</c><00:46:25.579><c> the</c><00:46:25.820><c> vision</c><00:46:25.980><c> is</c><00:46:26.320><c> clear</c><00:46:26.679><c> hymn</c><00:46:27.320><c> 383</c>