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Did<00:12:28.419><c> you</c><00:12:28.600><c> see</c><00:12:28.759><c> it?</c><00:12:29.879><c> Well,</c><00:12:30.440><c> perhaps</c><00:12:30.799><c> you</c><00:12:31.000><c> didn't,</c>

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notice<00:13:21.879><c> it's</c><00:13:22.120><c> all</c><00:13:22.340><c> past</c><00:13:22.659><c> tense?</c>

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or<00:13:37.840><c> were</c><00:13:38.139><c> about</c><00:13:38.379><c> to</c><00:13:38.639><c> happen,</c>

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that<00:13:40.080><c> were</c><00:13:40.460><c> current</c><00:13:40.720><c> to</c><00:13:41.120><c> them</c><00:13:41.279><c> at</c><00:13:41.519><c> that</c><00:13:41.840><c> time.</c><00:13:43.620><c> If</c><00:13:43.860><c> the</c><00:13:44.139><c> goodman</c><00:13:44.460><c> of</c><00:13:44.620><c> the</c>

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he's<00:13:47.879><c> telling</c><00:13:48.320><c> his</c><00:13:48.899><c> disciples,</c><00:13:49.980><c> look</c><00:13:50.460><c> at</c><00:13:50.740><c> this</c><00:13:51.000><c> situation</c><00:13:51.820><c> and</c><00:13:52.120><c> draw</c><00:13:52.480><c> a</c>

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Literally,<00:14:18.840><c> the</c><00:14:19.080><c> goodman</c><00:14:19.460><c> of</c><00:14:19.620><c> the</c><00:14:19.799><c> house</c><00:14:20.019><c> is</c><00:14:20.220><c> the</c><00:14:20.539><c> master</c><00:14:20.980><c> of</c>

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it<00:14:48.039><c> is</c><00:14:48.320><c> God's</c><00:14:48.720><c> house</c><00:14:49.240><c> that</c><00:14:50.000><c> Jesus</c><00:14:50.379><c> comes</c><00:14:50.840><c> to.</c>

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We<00:14:51.360><c> know</c><00:14:51.639><c> that.</c><00:14:52.840><c> First,</c><00:14:53.259><c> he</c><00:14:53.259><c> comes</c><00:14:53.559><c> there.</c><00:14:55.159><c> So,</c><00:14:56.320><c> they</c><00:14:56.559><c> are</c><00:14:56.759><c> the</c>

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masters<00:14:57.360><c> of</c><00:14:57.539><c> the</c><00:14:57.740><c> house.</c>

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Here's<00:14:59.480><c> a</c><00:14:59.620><c> little</c><00:14:59.799><c> bit</c><00:14:59.940><c> of</c><00:15:00.100><c> Bible</c><00:15:00.379><c> study</c><00:15:00.659><c> that</c><00:15:00.840><c> you</c><00:15:01.000><c> can</c><00:15:01.259><c> do,</c>

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you<00:15:02.340><c> know,</c><00:15:02.480><c> later</c><00:15:02.779><c> on</c><00:15:03.059><c> after</c><00:15:03.340><c> Bible</c><00:15:03.720><c> school.</c>

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Look<00:15:04.919><c> up</c><00:15:05.220><c> the</c><00:15:05.500><c> word</c><00:15:06.039><c> for</c><00:15:06.539><c> master</c><00:15:07.059><c> of</c><00:15:07.240><c> the</c><00:15:07.440><c> house</c><00:15:07.679><c> or</c><00:15:07.919><c> goodman,</c>

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So,<00:15:26.700><c> who</c><00:15:27.159><c> then</c><00:15:27.639><c> were</c><00:15:28.220><c> these</c><00:15:28.700><c> men</c><00:15:29.659><c> who</c><00:15:30.480><c> presumed</c><00:15:32.019><c> to</c><00:15:33.440><c> stand</c><00:15:34.240><c> and</c>

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the<00:15:47.980><c> Lord</c><00:15:48.179><c> Jesus</c><00:15:48.620><c> Christ?</c>

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If<00:15:57.200><c> the</c><00:15:57.600><c> master</c><00:15:58.059><c> of</c><00:15:58.259><c> the</c><00:15:58.500><c> house</c><00:15:59.299><c> had</c><00:15:59.779><c> known,</c><00:16:00.740><c> keep</c><00:16:01.019><c> your</c><00:16:01.259><c> finger</c><00:16:01.559><c> here</c>

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and<00:16:02.120><c> turn</c><00:16:02.340><c> quickly</c><00:16:02.779><c> over</c><00:16:03.080><c> to</c>

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Luke<00:16:03.440><c> chapter</c><00:16:03.879><c> 19,</c><00:16:06.840><c> where</c><00:16:06.980><c> Jesus</c><00:16:07.440><c> in</c><00:16:07.600><c> more</c><00:16:07.899><c> explicit</c><00:16:08.580><c> terms</c>

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talks<00:16:09.600><c> about</c><00:16:10.059><c> this.</c><00:16:10.679><c> If</c><00:16:10.919><c> the</c><00:16:11.240><c> goodman</c><00:16:11.580><c> of</c><00:16:11.700><c> the</c>

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house<00:16:12.080><c> or</c><00:16:12.220><c> the</c><00:16:12.440><c> ruler</c><00:16:12.700><c> of</c><00:16:12.879><c> the</c><00:16:13.059><c> house</c><00:16:13.480><c> had</c><00:16:14.139><c> known,</c><00:16:15.519><c> and</c><00:16:15.779><c> what</c>

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tower<00:16:16.679><c> the</c><00:16:17.179><c> thief</c><00:16:17.340><c> would</c><00:16:17.559><c> have</c><00:16:17.779><c> come,</c>

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if<00:16:18.200><c> they</c><00:16:18.580><c> had</c><00:16:19.000><c> known,</c><00:16:20.139><c> Luke</c><00:16:20.799><c> 19</c><00:16:21.460><c> verse</c><00:16:21.779><c> 41</c><00:16:22.279><c> through</c><00:16:22.559><c> 44,</c><00:16:23.559><c> listen</c><00:16:23.820><c> to</c>

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these<00:16:24.240><c> words.</c>

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Now,<00:16:25.500><c> as</c><00:16:25.980><c> Jesus</c><00:16:26.500><c> drew</c><00:16:26.820><c> near,</c><00:16:27.559><c> he</c><00:16:27.820><c> saw</c><00:16:28.220><c> the</c><00:16:28.600><c> city</c><00:16:28.840><c> and</c><00:16:29.039><c> he</c><00:16:29.340><c> wept</c>

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over<00:16:29.919><c> it</c><00:16:30.240><c> saying,</c>

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if<00:16:31.539><c> you</c><00:16:32.019><c> had</c><00:16:32.500><c> known,</c><00:16:34.159><c> even</c><00:16:34.759><c> you,</c><00:16:35.980><c> especially</c><00:16:36.820><c> in</c><00:16:37.919><c> this</c><00:16:38.440><c> your</c>

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day,<00:16:40.159><c> the</c><00:16:40.500><c> things</c><00:16:40.840><c> that</c><00:16:41.159><c> make</c><00:16:41.360><c> for</c><00:16:41.700><c> your</c><00:16:42.039><c> peace,</c>

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but<00:16:43.539><c> now</c><00:16:44.080><c> they</c><00:16:44.340><c> are</c><00:16:44.740><c> hidden</c><00:16:45.139><c> from</c><00:16:45.440><c> your</c><00:16:45.840><c> eyes,</c><00:16:46.799><c> for</c><00:16:47.019><c> the</c><00:16:47.259><c> days</c>

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will<00:16:47.799><c> come</c><00:16:48.139><c> when</c><00:16:48.539><c> your</c><00:16:48.960><c> enemies</c><00:16:49.320><c> will</c>

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build<00:16:50.440><c> an</c><00:16:50.700><c> embankment</c><00:16:51.200><c> around</c><00:16:51.600><c> you</c><00:16:51.759><c> and</c><00:16:51.960><c> surround</c><00:16:52.360><c> you</c><00:16:52.539><c> and</c>

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close<00:16:52.980><c> you</c><00:16:53.159><c> in</c><00:16:53.240><c> on</c><00:16:53.440><c> every</c><00:16:53.759><c> side</c><00:16:54.000><c> and</c><00:16:54.299><c> level</c>

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you<00:16:54.960><c> and</c><00:16:55.039><c> your</c><00:16:55.340><c> children</c><00:16:55.700><c> within</c><00:16:56.019><c> you</c><00:16:56.200><c> to</c><00:16:56.340><c> the</c><00:16:56.580><c> ground,</c><00:16:57.080><c> and</c>

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they<00:16:57.440><c> will</c><00:16:57.659><c> not</c><00:16:57.960><c> leave</c><00:16:58.240><c> in</c><00:16:58.460><c> you</c><00:16:58.639><c> one</c><00:16:59.019><c> stone</c><00:16:59.320><c> or</c><00:16:59.500><c> another,</c>

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because<00:17:00.940><c> you</c><00:17:01.259><c> did</c><00:17:01.559><c> not</c><00:17:01.940><c> know</c><00:17:02.500><c> the</c><00:17:02.879><c> time</c><00:17:03.539><c> of</c><00:17:04.380><c> your</c><00:17:04.799><c> visitation.</c>

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Now,<00:17:08.039><c> the</c><00:17:08.640><c> goodman</c><00:17:09.140><c> of</c><00:17:09.319><c> the</c><00:17:09.539><c> house,</c><00:17:09.980><c> the</c><00:17:10.200><c> masters</c><00:17:10.640><c> of</c><00:17:10.839><c> the</c><00:17:11.039><c> house</c><00:17:11.460><c> did</c>

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not<00:17:12.359><c> know</c><00:17:12.940><c> in</c><00:17:13.680><c> what</c><00:17:13.940><c> hour,</c>

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in<00:17:15.460><c> what</c><00:17:15.779><c> watch</c><00:17:16.039><c> of</c><00:17:16.259><c> the</c><00:17:16.380><c> night,</c><00:17:16.599><c> literally,</c><00:17:17.440><c> because</c><00:17:17.619><c> watches</c><00:17:17.880><c> are</c><00:17:18.079><c> only</c><00:17:18.339><c> kept</c><00:17:18.559><c> at</c><00:17:18.839><c> night,</c>

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a<00:17:19.799><c> time</c><00:17:20.000><c> of</c><00:17:20.240><c> spiritual</c><00:17:20.720><c> darkness</c><00:17:21.220><c> in</c><00:17:21.400><c> Israel,</c><00:17:22.700><c> and</c><00:17:22.980><c> what</c><00:17:23.599><c> watch</c><00:17:24.099><c> the</c>

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thief,<00:17:27.039><c> Jesus,</c>

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that's<00:17:31.640><c> discordant,</c><00:17:32.240><c> that</c><00:17:32.500><c> doesn't</c><00:17:33.299><c> fit.</c><00:17:35.460><c> What</c><00:17:35.759><c> was</c><00:17:36.019><c> going</c>

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on?<00:17:37.200><c> Don't</c><00:17:37.440><c> you</c><00:17:37.579><c> remember</c><00:17:37.839><c> what</c><00:17:38.059><c> John</c><00:17:38.279><c> the</c><00:17:38.480><c> Baptist</c>

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was<00:17:38.960><c> all</c><00:17:39.180><c> about?</c><00:17:39.420><c> Jesus</c><00:17:39.680><c> actually</c><00:17:40.019><c> had</c><00:17:40.180><c> a</c><00:17:40.279><c> little</c><00:17:40.460><c> parable</c>

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about<00:17:41.099><c> this</c><00:17:41.400><c> too.</c><00:17:42.500><c> John</c><00:17:42.759><c> the</c><00:17:42.940><c> Baptist</c><00:17:43.259><c> came</c>

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to<00:17:43.759><c> the</c><00:17:43.839><c> nation</c><00:17:44.119><c> of</c><00:17:44.319><c> Israel,</c><00:17:45.519><c> and</c><00:17:45.579><c> he</c><00:17:46.079><c> swept</c><00:17:46.359><c> and</c><00:17:46.759><c> cleaned</c><00:17:47.019><c> it</c>

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like<00:17:47.859><c> it</c><00:17:48.099><c> was</c><00:17:48.220><c> just</c><00:17:48.519><c> prior</c><00:17:48.920><c> to</c><00:17:49.119><c> the</c><00:17:49.319><c> Passover</c><00:17:49.619><c> Day.</c>

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You<00:17:51.180><c> sweep</c><00:17:51.539><c> out</c><00:17:51.819><c> all</c><00:17:52.059><c> the</c><00:17:52.259><c> leaven,</c><00:17:52.500><c> you</c><00:17:52.839><c> clean</c><00:17:53.059><c> up</c><00:17:53.299><c> the</c><00:17:53.500><c> house.</c>

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John<00:17:54.880><c> had</c><00:17:55.099><c> come</c><00:17:55.299><c> to</c><00:17:55.519><c> Israel</c><00:17:55.940><c> and</c><00:17:56.079><c> he</c><00:17:56.200><c> had</c>

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swept<00:17:56.680><c> it</c><00:17:57.039><c> clean,</c><00:17:58.059><c> gotten</c><00:17:58.259><c> all</c><00:17:58.640><c> the</c><00:17:58.779><c> leaven</c><00:17:58.960><c> out</c><00:17:59.160><c> of</c><00:17:59.279><c> the</c><00:17:59.400><c> house</c><00:17:59.640><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:18:00.700><c> For</c><00:18:01.059><c> what</c><00:18:01.279><c> purpose?</c><00:18:02.140><c> Of</c><00:18:02.460><c> course,</c>

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so<00:18:02.920><c> they</c><00:18:02.980><c> would</c><00:18:03.220><c> open</c><00:18:03.440><c> the</c><00:18:03.660><c> door</c><00:18:03.880><c> and</c><00:18:04.099><c> bring</c><00:18:04.319><c> in</c><00:18:04.619><c> the</c><00:18:04.980><c> Passover</c>

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lamb,<00:18:06.259><c> so</c><00:18:06.500><c> they</c><00:18:06.660><c> could</c><00:18:06.980><c> celebrate</c><00:18:07.460><c> the</c><00:18:07.660><c> great</c>

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feast<00:18:08.220><c> of</c><00:18:08.519><c> Passover.</c><00:18:09.839><c> And</c><00:18:10.059><c> so</c><00:18:10.160><c> when</c><00:18:10.380><c> the</c><00:18:10.640><c> Passover</c><00:18:11.079><c> lamb</c><00:18:11.420><c> came</c>

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to<00:18:11.920><c> Israel,</c><00:18:12.240><c> what</c><00:18:12.400><c> did</c><00:18:12.559><c> they</c><00:18:12.759><c> do?</c><00:18:14.559><c> Well,</c><00:18:14.880><c> first</c><00:18:15.119><c> of</c>

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all,<00:18:15.420><c> they</c><00:18:15.660><c> threw</c><00:18:15.819><c> him</c><00:18:15.980><c> outside,</c><00:18:16.960><c> slammed</c><00:18:17.180><c> the</c><00:18:17.400><c> door</c><00:18:17.599><c> shut.</c>

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That's<00:18:19.480><c> how</c><00:18:19.660><c> they</c><00:18:19.960><c> treated</c><00:18:20.519><c> the</c><00:18:21.160><c> Passover</c><00:18:21.599><c> lamb,</c>

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their<00:18:22.859><c> Messiah,</c><00:18:23.779><c> when</c><00:18:23.920><c> he</c><00:18:24.279><c> came</c><00:18:24.880><c> to</c><00:18:25.640><c> the</c><00:18:25.880><c> house</c><00:18:26.380><c> of</c><00:18:26.759><c> God.</c><00:18:27.859><c> So</c>

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what<00:18:28.299><c> is</c><00:18:28.500><c> Jesus</c><00:18:28.799><c> going</c><00:18:29.039><c> to</c><00:18:29.279><c> do?</c>

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They<00:18:30.519><c> had</c><00:18:30.980><c> slammed</c><00:18:31.200><c> the</c><00:18:31.420><c> door,</c><00:18:31.720><c> shut</c><00:18:31.980><c> and</c><00:18:32.220><c> locked</c><00:18:32.460><c> it,</c><00:18:32.680><c> and</c><00:18:32.920><c> said,</c><00:18:33.339><c> this</c><00:18:33.420><c> is</c>

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our<00:18:33.920><c> house.</c><00:18:34.440><c> Remember</c><00:18:34.920><c> that</c><00:18:35.180><c> little</c>

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parable?<00:18:35.900><c> Some</c><00:18:36.059><c> of</c><00:18:36.180><c> you</c><00:18:36.279><c> might</c><00:18:36.500><c> remember</c><00:18:36.880><c> this</c><00:18:37.160><c> about</c><00:18:37.599><c> those</c>

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that<00:18:38.920><c> were</c><00:18:39.400><c> hired</c><00:18:39.720><c> to</c><00:18:39.960><c> work</c><00:18:40.119><c> in</c><00:18:40.279><c> a</c><00:18:40.380><c> vineyard,</c>

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and<00:18:41.099><c> they</c><00:18:41.319><c> said,</c><00:18:41.599><c> come,</c><00:18:41.859><c> let</c><00:18:41.980><c> us</c><00:18:42.140><c> kill</c><00:18:42.339><c> the</c><00:18:42.619><c> air</c><00:18:42.980><c> that</c><00:18:43.579><c> we</c><00:18:43.880><c> might</c><00:18:44.079><c> have</c>

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this<00:18:44.559><c> place</c><00:18:44.900><c> for</c><00:18:45.119><c> our</c><00:18:45.299><c> own,</c>

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as<00:18:46.339><c> our</c><00:18:46.599><c> inheritance.</c><00:18:48.420><c> So</c><00:18:48.619><c> they</c><00:18:48.759><c> locked</c><00:18:49.019><c> up</c><00:18:49.259><c> the</c><00:18:49.440><c> house.</c><00:18:50.440><c> What</c>

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was<00:18:50.859><c> Jesus</c><00:18:51.160><c> going</c><00:18:51.420><c> to</c><00:18:51.619><c> do</c><00:18:51.779><c> then?</c>

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How<00:18:53.140><c> else</c><00:18:53.420><c> could</c><00:18:53.640><c> he</c><00:18:53.720><c> get</c><00:18:53.940><c> into</c><00:18:54.200><c> the</c><00:18:54.440><c> house?</c><00:18:55.140><c> Well,</c><00:18:55.339><c> it</c><00:18:55.460><c> says</c>

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right<00:18:56.099><c> here,</c><00:18:57.019><c> what</c><00:18:57.019><c> hour</c><00:18:57.259><c> the</c><00:18:57.480><c> thief</c><00:18:57.680><c> would</c><00:18:57.960><c> come</c>

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and<00:18:58.420><c> he</c><00:18:58.539><c> would</c><00:18:58.720><c> have</c><00:18:58.900><c> watched</c><00:18:59.180><c> and</c><00:18:59.420><c> not</c><00:18:59.640><c> allowed</c><00:18:59.859><c> his</c><00:19:00.099><c> house</c>

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to<00:19:00.440><c> be</c><00:19:00.720><c> broken</c><00:19:01.000><c> into.</c><00:19:01.720><c> Literally,</c><00:19:02.200><c> in</c><00:19:02.359><c> those</c><00:19:02.619><c> days,</c>

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they<00:19:03.079><c> had</c><00:19:03.480><c> the</c><00:19:04.279><c> mud</c><00:19:04.960><c> kind</c><00:19:05.279><c> of</c><00:19:05.500><c> bricks</c><00:19:05.680><c> for</c><00:19:05.960><c> houses.</c><00:19:06.960><c> The</c><00:19:07.400><c> thief</c>

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would<00:19:08.079><c> dig</c><00:19:08.319><c> a</c><00:19:08.519><c> hole,</c><00:19:09.299><c> and</c><00:19:09.480><c> that's</c><00:19:09.680><c> how</c><00:19:09.839><c> he</c>

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broke<00:19:10.180><c> into</c><00:19:10.539><c> a</c><00:19:10.660><c> house.</c><00:19:11.539><c> And</c><00:19:11.680><c> that's</c><00:19:11.900><c> literally</c><00:19:12.220><c> what</c><00:19:12.400><c> it</c><00:19:12.519><c> means.</c><00:19:12.839><c> He</c><00:19:13.200><c> dug</c><00:19:13.480><c> in</c><00:19:14.240><c> and</c><00:19:14.920><c> made</c><00:19:15.279><c> himself</c><00:19:15.720><c> a</c><00:19:15.980><c> hole,</c>

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and<00:19:16.700><c> he</c><00:19:16.900><c> came</c><00:19:17.180><c> into</c><00:19:17.400><c> the</c><00:19:17.599><c> house</c><00:19:17.859><c> anyway.</c><00:19:22.579><c> If</c><00:19:22.700><c> he</c><00:19:23.079><c> would</c><00:19:23.299><c> have</c>

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watched,<00:19:24.720><c> isn't</c><00:19:24.940><c> that</c><00:19:25.240><c> kind</c><00:19:25.480><c> of</c><00:19:25.680><c> interesting?</c>

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If<00:19:26.180><c> they</c><00:19:26.420><c> would</c><00:19:26.599><c> have</c><00:19:26.839><c> watched,</c><00:19:27.279><c> the</c><00:19:27.480><c> thief</c><00:19:27.660><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:27.900><c> have</c>

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broken<00:19:28.380><c> into</c><00:19:28.619><c> the</c><00:19:28.839><c> house.</c><00:19:30.259><c> So</c><00:19:30.539><c> why</c><00:19:30.700><c> didn't</c><00:19:30.920><c> they</c>

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watch?<00:19:33.680><c> Was</c><00:19:33.880><c> it</c><00:19:34.019><c> because</c><00:19:34.359><c> they</c><00:19:34.559><c> were</c><00:19:34.799><c> so</c><00:19:35.200><c> confident?</c><00:19:36.619><c> You</c><00:19:36.779><c> can</c>

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almost<00:19:37.299><c> hear</c><00:19:37.579><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:19:38.460><c> words,</c>

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the<00:19:39.900><c> temple</c><00:19:40.279><c> of</c><00:19:40.539><c> the</c><00:19:40.680><c> Lord,</c><00:19:41.119><c> the</c><00:19:41.380><c> temple</c><00:19:41.740><c> of</c><00:19:41.980><c> the</c><00:19:42.200><c> Lord,</c><00:19:42.759><c> the</c>

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temple<00:19:43.400><c> of</c><00:19:43.559><c> the</c><00:19:43.680><c> Lord</c><00:19:43.859><c> are</c><00:19:44.119><c> these.</c>

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So<00:19:45.619><c> what</c><00:19:45.779><c> are</c><00:19:45.859><c> you</c><00:19:46.039><c> telling</c><00:19:46.200><c> us</c><00:19:46.420><c> about</c><00:19:46.819><c> Babylon</c><00:19:47.380><c> coming</c><00:19:47.779><c> down</c>

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and<00:19:48.359><c> harming</c><00:19:48.599><c> us?</c><00:19:49.259><c> We've</c><00:19:49.720><c> got</c><00:19:50.019><c> the</c><00:19:51.039><c> temple</c><00:19:51.480><c> right</c>

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here.<00:19:52.579><c> We're</c><00:19:53.099><c> protected.</c><00:19:54.700><c> So</c><00:19:55.059><c> I</c><00:19:55.160><c> don't</c><00:19:55.339><c> know</c><00:19:55.460><c> what</c><00:19:55.640><c> you're</c><00:19:55.839><c> talking</c><00:19:56.200><c> about,</c><00:19:57.140><c> Jeremiah.</c><00:19:58.839><c> So</c>

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was<00:19:59.440><c> it</c><00:19:59.839><c> the</c><00:20:00.019><c> same</c><00:20:00.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:00.420><c> day</c><00:20:00.420><c> of</c><00:20:00.420><c> the</c><00:20:00.599><c> third</c><00:20:00.599><c> day?</c><00:20:01.720><c> Peace,</c><00:20:02.960><c> the</c><00:20:03.059><c> prophet</c><00:20:03.420><c> said.</c><00:20:04.180><c> Oh,</c><00:20:04.359><c> everything</c><00:20:04.680><c> is</c>

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secure.<00:20:06.079><c> And</c><00:20:06.279><c> so</c><00:20:06.359><c> the</c><00:20:06.500><c> Lord</c><00:20:06.720><c> Jesus</c>

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comes<00:20:08.299><c> as</c><00:20:08.640><c> a</c><00:20:08.779><c> thief</c><00:20:09.039><c> to</c><00:20:09.359><c> the</c><00:20:09.519><c> house</c><00:20:09.720><c> of</c><00:20:09.920><c> Israel</c><00:20:10.359><c> because</c><00:20:10.799><c> they</c>

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wouldn't<00:20:11.200><c> receive</c><00:20:11.579><c> him.</c><00:20:11.920><c> What</c><00:20:12.099><c> does</c><00:20:12.279><c> he</c><00:20:12.460><c> do?</c>

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Well,<00:20:14.200><c> what</c><00:20:14.299><c> does</c><00:20:14.460><c> a</c><00:20:14.640><c> thief</c><00:20:14.799><c> do?</c><00:20:15.940><c> Doesn't</c><00:20:16.180><c> it</c><00:20:16.319><c> always</c><00:20:16.640><c> take</c><00:20:16.900><c> all</c><00:20:17.180><c> the</c><00:20:17.539><c> valuables</c><00:20:17.900><c> out</c><00:20:18.119><c> of</c>

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a<00:20:18.380><c> house?</c>

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And<00:20:20.259><c> isn't</c><00:20:20.480><c> that</c><00:20:20.759><c> exactly</c><00:20:21.220><c> what</c><00:20:21.420><c> the</c><00:20:21.599><c> Lord</c><00:20:21.799><c> Jesus</c><00:20:22.279><c> did</c><00:20:22.559><c> to</c><00:20:22.819><c> Israel?</c><00:20:23.680><c> He</c>

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came<00:20:24.299><c> and</c><00:20:24.500><c> took</c><00:20:24.759><c> all</c><00:20:25.400><c> those</c><00:20:25.839><c> that</c><00:20:26.039><c> were</c>

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valuable<00:20:26.799><c> out</c><00:20:27.720><c> of</c><00:20:27.960><c> this</c><00:20:28.299><c> Father's</c><00:20:28.819><c> house.</c><00:20:30.279><c> Well,</c><00:20:30.519><c> what</c><00:20:30.700><c> was</c>

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once<00:20:31.240><c> the</c><00:20:31.480><c> Father's</c><00:20:31.900><c> house?</c><00:20:32.740><c> To</c><00:20:33.099><c> take</c><00:20:33.279><c> them</c><00:20:33.480><c> away</c><00:20:33.740><c> to</c>

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God's<00:20:34.380><c> new</c><00:20:34.539><c> house.</c><00:20:35.339><c> Look</c><00:20:35.339><c> at</c><00:20:35.500><c> chapter</c><00:20:35.880><c> 23.</c><00:20:36.900><c> Just</c><00:20:37.019><c> go</c><00:20:37.279><c> back</c><00:20:37.519><c> a</c>

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page<00:20:38.099><c> to</c><00:20:38.660><c> chapter</c><00:20:39.019><c> 23</c><00:20:39.680><c> and</c><00:20:39.819><c> listen</c><00:20:41.180><c> to</c><00:20:41.480><c> these</c><00:20:41.700><c> words</c><00:20:42.000><c> in</c>

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verse<00:20:42.480><c> 37</c><00:20:43.099><c> and</c><00:20:43.319><c> 38.</c><00:20:44.380><c> Oh,</c><00:20:44.579><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:20:45.460><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:20:46.700><c> the</c><00:20:46.960><c> one</c>

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who<00:20:47.299><c> kills</c><00:20:47.599><c> the</c><00:20:47.900><c> prophets</c><00:20:48.200><c> and</c><00:20:48.440><c> stones</c><00:20:48.819><c> those</c><00:20:49.180><c> who</c><00:20:49.339><c> are</c>

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sent<00:20:49.700><c> to</c><00:20:49.859><c> her.</c><00:20:50.420><c> How</c><00:20:50.759><c> often</c><00:20:50.920><c> I</c><00:20:51.180><c> wanted</c><00:20:51.380><c> to</c><00:20:51.680><c> gather</c><00:20:51.880><c> your</c><00:20:52.119><c> children</c><00:20:52.440><c> together</c><00:20:52.880><c> as</c><00:20:53.079><c> a</c>

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hen<00:20:53.480><c> gathers</c><00:20:53.859><c> her</c><00:20:54.220><c> chicks</c>

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under<00:20:54.539><c> her</c><00:20:54.940><c> wings,</c><00:20:55.660><c> but</c><00:20:55.900><c> you</c><00:20:56.160><c> are</c><00:20:56.380><c> not</c><00:20:56.640><c> willing.</c><00:20:58.799><c> See</c><00:20:59.460><c> your</c>

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house.<00:21:01.960><c> Oh,</c><00:21:02.319><c> what</c><00:21:02.539><c> dreadful</c><00:21:03.099><c> words.</c><00:21:04.460><c> Your</c><00:21:04.920><c> house,</c>

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now<00:21:05.420><c> not</c><00:21:05.619><c> the</c><00:21:05.859><c> Father's</c><00:21:06.180><c> house</c><00:21:06.400><c> any</c><00:21:06.700><c> longer.</c><00:21:07.779><c> Your</c><00:21:08.279><c> house</c><00:21:08.920><c> is</c>

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left<00:21:09.920><c> unto</c><00:21:10.420><c> you</c><00:21:11.640><c> desolate.</c>

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Watch<00:21:15.119><c> therefore,</c><00:21:15.640><c> says</c><00:21:15.960><c> Jesus,</c><00:21:17.240><c> stay</c><00:21:17.619><c> awake</c><00:21:17.960><c> and</c><00:21:18.200><c> stay</c><00:21:18.480><c> alert.</c><00:21:19.460><c> And</c>

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Peter,<00:21:20.099><c> you</c><00:21:20.299><c> find</c><00:21:20.619><c> this</c><00:21:20.779><c> over</c><00:21:21.019><c> in</c><00:21:21.240><c> Luke,</c>

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he<00:21:22.180><c> listens</c><00:21:22.579><c> to</c><00:21:22.799><c> this</c><00:21:23.099><c> parable</c><00:21:23.420><c> and</c><00:21:23.900><c> he</c><00:21:24.279><c> says,</c><00:21:24.579><c> Lord,</c><00:21:26.339><c> are</c><00:21:26.960><c> you</c>

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telling<00:21:27.400><c> this</c><00:21:27.759><c> parable</c><00:21:28.259><c> for</c><00:21:28.839><c> us</c><00:21:29.220><c> or</c><00:21:29.460><c> for</c><00:21:29.720><c> all</c><00:21:29.960><c> of</c><00:21:30.119><c> them?</c>

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It's<00:21:32.660><c> like,</c><00:21:33.960><c> Lord,</c><00:21:34.220><c> you</c><00:21:34.339><c> know,</c><00:21:34.779><c> we</c><00:21:35.299><c> see</c><00:21:35.579><c> what</c><00:21:35.759><c> you're</c><00:21:36.000><c> saying,</c>

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but<00:21:37.000><c> who's</c><00:21:37.259><c> this</c><00:21:37.460><c> parable</c><00:21:37.940><c> for?</c>

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Well,<00:21:40.339><c> Jesus's</c><00:21:41.140><c> implicit</c><00:21:41.700><c> answer</c><00:21:42.440><c> in</c><00:21:42.900><c> the</c><00:21:43.180><c> parable</c><00:21:44.039><c> is</c><00:21:44.619><c> this,</c>

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if<00:21:48.539><c> it</c><00:21:48.799><c> could</c><00:21:49.059><c> happen</c><00:21:49.940><c> among</c><00:21:50.660><c> God's</c><00:21:51.259><c> people</c><00:21:51.660><c> in</c><00:21:52.000><c> the</c><00:21:52.220><c> first</c><00:21:52.440><c> century,</c>

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don't<00:21:54.559><c> you</c><00:21:54.819><c> think</c><00:21:55.019><c> it's</c><00:21:55.380><c> possible,</c><00:21:56.000><c> brethren</c><00:21:56.200><c> and</c><00:21:56.420><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:21:57.920><c> could</c><00:21:58.200><c> happen</c><00:21:58.500><c> in</c><00:21:58.720><c> the</c><00:21:58.859><c> 20th?</c>

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If<00:22:02.599><c> those</c><00:22:02.900><c> in</c><00:22:03.079><c> the</c><00:22:03.259><c> first</c><00:22:03.480><c> century</c><00:22:04.059><c> could</c><00:22:04.440><c> presume</c><00:22:05.059><c> to</c><00:22:05.319><c> be</c><00:22:05.579><c> lords</c><00:22:06.500><c> over</c><00:22:07.059><c> God's</c><00:22:07.559><c> house,</c><00:22:08.920><c> who</c>

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are<00:22:09.119><c> meant</c><00:22:09.299><c> to</c><00:22:09.480><c> be</c><00:22:09.720><c> servants,</c>

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don't<00:22:12.500><c> you</c><00:22:12.680><c> think</c><00:22:12.900><c> it's</c><00:22:13.200><c> possible</c><00:22:13.619><c> that</c><00:22:13.859><c> in</c><00:22:14.140><c> our</c><00:22:14.480><c> day,</c><00:22:16.599><c> there</c>

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could<00:22:16.920><c> be</c><00:22:17.140><c> those</c><00:22:17.460><c> that</c><00:22:17.819><c> would</c><00:22:18.160><c> become</c>

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lords<00:22:19.819><c> and</c><00:22:20.099><c> masters</c><00:22:20.700><c> over</c><00:22:21.200><c> God's</c><00:22:21.700><c> house,</c><00:22:25.099><c> seeking</c><00:22:25.619><c> to,</c><00:22:26.940><c> for</c>

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whatever<00:22:27.599><c> reason,</c><00:22:28.160><c> to</c><00:22:28.420><c> preserve</c><00:22:28.720><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:31.299><c> will</c><00:22:31.500><c> not</c><00:22:31.779><c> our</c><00:22:32.019><c> Lord,</c><00:22:32.380><c> if</c><00:22:32.539><c> he</c><00:22:32.799><c> finds</c><00:22:33.180><c> that</c><00:22:33.740><c> situation,</c><00:22:35.460><c> come</c><00:22:35.880><c> as</c>

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a<00:22:37.039><c> thief</c><00:22:37.400><c> in</c><00:22:37.779><c> the</c><00:22:37.980><c> night</c>

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to<00:22:39.559><c> take</c><00:22:39.940><c> away</c><00:22:40.259><c> from</c><00:22:40.440><c> that</c><00:22:40.740><c> house</c><00:22:41.500><c> all</c><00:22:42.359><c> those</c><00:22:42.599><c> that</c><00:22:42.759><c> are</c><00:22:43.079><c> valuable</c><00:22:43.420><c> to</c>

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him<00:22:44.140><c> and</c><00:22:45.299><c> leave</c><00:22:46.000><c> our</c><00:22:46.559><c> house</c><00:22:47.059><c> desolate?</c>

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I<00:22:51.420><c> don't</c><00:22:51.720><c> know</c><00:22:52.440><c> if</c><00:22:52.880><c> that's</c><00:22:53.140><c> what</c><00:22:53.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:53.799><c> will</c><00:22:54.119><c> find,</c><00:22:55.420><c> but</c><00:22:55.619><c> I</c><00:22:55.819><c> do</c>

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know<00:22:56.220><c> this,</c><00:22:57.319><c> Jesus</c><00:22:57.779><c> said,</c>

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take<00:22:59.519><c> heed</c><00:23:00.039><c> because</c><00:23:01.460><c> it's</c><00:23:01.799><c> possible.</c><00:23:03.500><c> So</c><00:23:04.019><c> stay</c><00:23:04.799><c> awake,</c><00:23:05.319><c> brethren</c><00:23:05.460><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:23:06.339><c> and</c><00:23:06.759><c> stay</c><00:23:06.980><c> alert.</c>

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That<00:23:08.839><c> these</c><00:23:09.200><c> things</c><00:23:09.700><c> may</c><00:23:10.079><c> not</c><00:23:10.359><c> be</c><00:23:10.720><c> so</c><00:23:10.960><c> when</c><00:23:11.140><c> our</c><00:23:11.400><c> Lord</c><00:23:11.599><c> returns.</c>

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So<00:23:15.960><c> that</c><00:23:16.660><c> if</c><00:23:16.960><c> you</c><00:23:17.119><c> just</c><00:23:17.339><c> take</c><00:23:17.579><c> a</c><00:23:18.799><c> quick</c><00:23:18.799><c> trip,</c><00:23:19.920><c> keep</c><00:23:20.119><c> your</c><00:23:20.319><c> finger</c><00:23:20.559><c> here,</c><00:23:20.839><c> but</c>

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go<00:23:21.119><c> over</c><00:23:21.299><c> to</c><00:23:21.460><c> Luke</c><00:23:21.720><c> chapter</c><00:23:22.160><c> 12.</c>

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For<00:23:24.519><c> those</c><00:23:24.960><c> that</c><00:23:25.359><c> are</c><00:23:25.700><c> watching</c><00:23:26.160><c> in</c><00:23:27.640><c> faithfulness,</c><00:23:28.319><c> for</c><00:23:28.539><c> those</c><00:23:28.880><c> that</c>

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are<00:23:29.339><c> chasing</c><00:23:29.660><c> away</c><00:23:29.980><c> the</c><00:23:30.359><c> sleep</c><00:23:30.579><c> from</c>

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their<00:23:31.119><c> eyes,</c><00:23:32.059><c> ever</c><00:23:32.279><c> vigilant</c><00:23:32.660><c> and</c><00:23:32.960><c> alert,</c><00:23:33.240><c> looking</c><00:23:33.660><c> for</c><00:23:33.920><c> their</c><00:23:34.119><c> master,</c><00:23:34.579><c> longing</c><00:23:35.059><c> for</c>

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his<00:23:35.579><c> return,</c>

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ready<00:23:36.900><c> to</c><00:23:37.319><c> open</c><00:23:37.619><c> the</c><00:23:37.880><c> door.</c><00:23:38.079><c> Look</c><00:23:38.259><c> at</c><00:23:38.440><c> this</c><00:23:38.640><c> in</c><00:23:38.779><c> Luke</c><00:23:39.220><c> 12</c><00:23:39.740><c> verse</c>

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35.<00:23:41.259><c> He</c><00:23:41.319><c> says,</c><00:23:41.700><c> let</c><00:23:41.740><c> your</c><00:23:42.059><c> waist</c><00:23:42.380><c> be</c><00:23:42.740><c> girded</c>

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and<00:23:44.220><c> your</c><00:23:44.400><c> lamps</c><00:23:44.680><c> burning,</c><00:23:45.200><c> and</c><00:23:45.319><c> you</c><00:23:45.460><c> yourselves</c><00:23:45.880><c> be</c><00:23:46.119><c> like</c><00:23:46.319><c> men</c><00:23:46.519><c> who</c><00:23:46.839><c> wait</c><00:23:47.059><c> for</c><00:23:47.339><c> their</c><00:23:47.519><c> master</c><00:23:47.940><c> when</c><00:23:48.180><c> he</c><00:23:48.359><c> will</c>

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return<00:23:49.000><c> from</c><00:23:49.240><c> the</c><00:23:49.440><c> wedding,</c><00:23:50.019><c> that</c><00:23:50.160><c> when</c><00:23:50.359><c> he</c><00:23:50.599><c> comes</c><00:23:51.000><c> and</c><00:23:51.339><c> knocks,</c><00:23:52.740><c> they</c>

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may<00:23:53.259><c> open</c><00:23:53.799><c> to</c><00:23:54.019><c> him</c><00:23:54.259><c> immediately.</c>

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You<00:23:55.200><c> see</c><00:23:55.359><c> the</c><00:23:56.000><c> contrast?</c><00:23:57.380><c> Not</c><00:23:57.599><c> a</c><00:23:57.859><c> closed</c><00:23:58.200><c> shut</c><00:23:58.440><c> door</c><00:23:58.779><c> that</c><00:23:58.940><c> he</c>

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now<00:23:59.339><c> has</c><00:23:59.500><c> to</c><00:23:59.680><c> enter</c><00:23:59.819><c> as</c><00:24:00.019><c> a</c><00:24:00.279><c> thief,</c>

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but<00:24:00.960><c> they</c><00:24:01.220><c> would</c><00:24:01.460><c> open</c><00:24:01.799><c> the</c><00:24:02.039><c> door</c><00:24:02.279><c> immediately.</c><00:24:03.480><c> And</c><00:24:03.680><c> Jesus</c>

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says,<00:24:04.579><c> blessed</c><00:24:04.980><c> are</c><00:24:05.240><c> those</c><00:24:05.579><c> servants</c>

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whom<00:24:06.779><c> the</c><00:24:07.019><c> master</c><00:24:07.420><c> when</c><00:24:07.619><c> he</c><00:24:07.920><c> comes</c><00:24:08.200><c> will</c><00:24:08.519><c> find</c><00:24:08.960><c> watching.</c><00:24:10.299><c> Assuredly,</c><00:24:10.880><c> I</c>

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say<00:24:11.299><c> to</c><00:24:11.480><c> you</c><00:24:11.599><c> that</c><00:24:11.740><c> he</c><00:24:11.880><c> will</c><00:24:12.180><c> gird</c><00:24:12.420><c> himself</c>

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and<00:24:13.099><c> have</c><00:24:13.319><c> them</c><00:24:13.579><c> sit</c><00:24:13.880><c> down</c><00:24:14.259><c> to</c><00:24:14.660><c> eat</c><00:24:15.339><c> and</c><00:24:17.579><c> will</c><00:24:17.839><c> come</c><00:24:18.160><c> and</c><00:24:18.519><c> serve</c>

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them.<00:24:20.079><c> What</c><00:24:20.579><c> blessing</c><00:24:20.960><c> is</c><00:24:21.220><c> this,</c><00:24:21.660><c> brethren</c><00:24:21.799><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:24.180><c> when</c><00:24:24.500><c> the</c><00:24:24.740><c> Lord</c><00:24:24.920><c> himself</c><00:24:26.059><c> will</c><00:24:27.200><c> serve</c><00:24:27.539><c> us?</c>

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Well,<00:24:30.960><c> such</c><00:24:31.240><c> is</c><00:24:31.539><c> the</c><00:24:31.740><c> blessing.</c><00:24:33.259><c> I'd</c><00:24:33.799><c> like</c><00:24:33.940><c> you</c><00:24:34.200><c> now</c><00:24:34.759><c> to</c><00:24:35.160><c> keep</c>

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your<00:24:35.599><c> fingers</c><00:24:35.980><c> both</c><00:24:36.299><c> in</c><00:24:36.579><c> Luke</c><00:24:36.819><c> and</c><00:24:37.119><c> in</c><00:24:37.420><c> Matthew.</c>

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You<00:24:38.839><c> might</c><00:24:39.059><c> like</c><00:24:39.319><c> to</c><00:24:39.460><c> go</c><00:24:40.180><c> back</c><00:24:40.980><c> to,</c><00:24:41.460><c> you</c><00:24:41.500><c> know,</c><00:24:41.700><c> Matthew</c><00:24:42.160><c> as</c><00:24:42.440><c> kind</c><00:24:42.680><c> of</c>

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our,<00:24:43.359><c> our</c><00:24:44.119><c> kind</c><00:24:44.279><c> of</c><00:24:44.519><c> key</c><00:24:44.720><c> verse</c><00:24:45.140><c> or</c><00:24:45.799><c> key</c><00:24:46.160><c> kind</c>

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of<00:24:46.900><c> passage</c><00:24:46.900><c> to</c><00:24:47.119><c> look</c><00:24:47.380><c> at.</c><00:24:47.940><c> There</c><00:24:48.079><c> now</c><00:24:48.460><c> follows</c><00:24:49.480><c> a</c><00:24:50.400><c> parable</c>

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that<00:24:51.259><c> you're</c><00:24:52.099><c> very</c><00:24:52.440><c> familiar</c><00:24:52.859><c> with,</c>

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but<00:24:53.339><c> it</c><00:24:53.680><c> started</c><00:24:53.880><c> off</c><00:24:54.180><c> in</c><00:24:54.319><c> verse</c><00:24:54.579><c> 44</c><00:24:55.079><c> of</c><00:24:55.319><c> Matthew</c><00:24:55.779><c> where</c><00:24:56.200><c> he</c><00:24:56.400><c> says,</c><00:24:57.119><c> therefore</c><00:24:57.119><c> you</c><00:24:57.619><c> also</c><00:24:58.099><c> be</c>

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ready<00:24:58.920><c> for</c><00:24:59.160><c> the</c><00:24:59.400><c> Son</c>

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of<00:24:59.799><c> Man</c><00:24:59.980><c> is</c><00:25:00.259><c> coming</c><00:25:00.519><c> at</c><00:25:00.720><c> an</c><00:25:01.019><c> hour</c><00:25:01.279><c> when</c><00:25:01.440><c> you</c><00:25:01.619><c> do</c><00:25:01.839><c> not</c><00:25:02.019><c> expect</c><00:25:02.460><c> him.</c><00:25:02.920><c> So</c>

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now<00:25:03.299><c> the</c><00:25:03.519><c> thrust</c><00:25:03.720><c> of</c><00:25:03.900><c> the</c><00:25:04.160><c> parable</c><00:25:04.400><c> that's</c><00:25:04.720><c> going</c>

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to<00:25:05.180><c> follow</c><00:25:05.480><c> is</c><00:25:05.940><c> that</c><00:25:06.200><c> of</c><00:25:06.619><c> readiness</c><00:25:06.980><c> of</c><00:25:07.660><c> his</c><00:25:08.859><c> servants.</c><00:25:09.740><c> And</c><00:25:09.859><c> there's</c><00:25:10.099><c> kind</c><00:25:10.400><c> of,</c><00:25:10.839><c> this</c><00:25:11.140><c> is</c><00:25:11.380><c> a</c>

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really<00:25:12.000><c> fascinating</c>

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word<00:25:13.099><c> to</c><00:25:13.279><c> kind</c><00:25:13.519><c> of</c><00:25:13.680><c> see</c><00:25:13.819><c> the</c><00:25:14.160><c> picture</c><00:25:14.460><c> associated</c><00:25:15.259><c> with</c><00:25:16.579><c> readiness.</c><00:25:18.339><c> And</c>

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though<00:25:19.619><c> you</c><00:25:19.779><c> know</c><00:25:19.960><c> these</c><00:25:20.279><c> parables</c><00:25:20.720><c> well,</c>

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no<00:25:22.420><c> doubt</c><00:25:22.680><c> you</c><00:25:22.900><c> have</c><00:25:23.140><c> now</c><00:25:23.420><c> come</c><00:25:23.640><c> to</c><00:25:23.900><c> expect</c><00:25:24.579><c> there</c><00:25:25.200><c> may</c><00:25:25.740><c> still</c>

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be<00:25:26.339><c> some</c><00:25:26.619><c> surprises</c><00:25:27.119><c> in</c><00:25:27.440><c> them.</c>

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Guaranteed,<00:25:30.079><c> Jesus</c><00:25:30.500><c> has</c><00:25:30.819><c> something</c><00:25:31.359><c> astonishing</c><00:25:32.200><c> to</c><00:25:32.539><c> tell</c>

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us<00:25:33.200><c> that</c><00:25:33.519><c> has</c><00:25:33.799><c> to</c><00:25:34.000><c> do</c><00:25:34.140><c> with</c><00:25:34.900><c> the</c><00:25:35.440><c> readiness</c><00:25:35.740><c> of</c><00:25:36.039><c> his</c>

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disciples.<00:25:37.220><c> But</c><00:25:37.440><c> by</c><00:25:37.619><c> and</c><00:25:37.819><c> by</c><00:25:37.920><c> we'll</c><00:25:38.160><c> see</c><00:25:38.380><c> that.</c><00:25:39.140><c> First</c><00:25:39.200><c> of</c><00:25:39.420><c> all,</c><00:25:41.519><c> finger</c><00:25:41.640><c> back</c><00:25:41.839><c> in</c>

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Matthew,<00:25:42.279><c> looking</c><00:25:42.539><c> back</c><00:25:42.839><c> at</c>

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Luke<00:25:43.160><c> verse</c><00:25:43.980><c> 12</c><00:25:44.619><c> and</c><00:25:44.980><c> 35,</c><00:25:46.240><c> this</c><00:25:46.640><c> readiness</c><00:25:47.079><c> idea,</c><00:25:47.900><c> look</c><00:25:48.140><c> at</c><00:25:48.299><c> the</c><00:25:48.539><c> image</c><00:25:48.799><c> that</c><00:25:49.000><c> he,</c><00:25:49.200><c> that</c><00:25:49.400><c> he</c>

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gives<00:25:49.759><c> you</c><00:25:50.019><c> so</c><00:25:50.200><c> you</c><00:25:50.339><c> can</c>

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think<00:25:50.839><c> of</c><00:25:51.200><c> readiness.</c><00:25:51.599><c> He</c><00:25:51.759><c> says,</c><00:25:52.119><c> let</c><00:25:52.140><c> your</c><00:25:52.460><c> waist</c><00:25:52.779><c> be</c><00:25:53.079><c> girded</c>

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and<00:25:53.539><c> your</c><00:25:53.720><c> lamps</c><00:25:54.000><c> burning,</c><00:25:55.039><c> your</c><00:25:55.299><c> waist</c><00:25:55.720><c> be</c><00:25:56.140><c> girded,</c>

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your<00:25:56.799><c> loins</c><00:25:57.240><c> girded.</c><00:25:58.099><c> Loins</c><00:25:58.519><c> girded,</c><00:26:00.420><c> doesn't</c><00:26:00.619><c> that</c><00:26:00.880><c> remind</c>

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you<00:26:01.420><c> of</c><00:26:01.539><c> something?</c><00:26:01.799><c> You</c><00:26:01.920><c> know,</c><00:26:02.059><c> as</c><00:26:02.160><c> they</c><00:26:02.359><c> teach</c>

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the<00:26:02.680><c> Bible</c><00:26:03.000><c> seminar,</c><00:26:03.740><c> what's</c><00:26:04.119><c> the</c><00:26:04.279><c> Bible</c><00:26:04.619><c> echo</c><00:26:04.980><c> to</c><00:26:05.259><c> that?</c><00:26:05.880><c> Doesn't</c><00:26:06.180><c> that</c><00:26:06.460><c> take</c><00:26:06.740><c> you</c>

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back<00:26:07.259><c> to</c><00:26:07.440><c> the</c><00:26:07.599><c> day</c><00:26:07.779><c> when</c>

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Israel<00:26:08.839><c> having</c><00:26:09.380><c> eaten</c><00:26:09.960><c> the</c><00:26:10.259><c> Passover</c><00:26:10.759><c> lamb</c><00:26:11.200><c> and</c><00:26:11.380><c> they</c><00:26:11.619><c> waited</c>

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in<00:26:12.180><c> the</c><00:26:12.400><c> darkness</c><00:26:12.700><c> of</c><00:26:12.920><c> the</c><00:26:13.099><c> night</c>

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and<00:26:13.859><c> their</c><00:26:14.279><c> loins</c><00:26:14.720><c> had</c><00:26:15.039><c> to</c><00:26:15.299><c> be</c><00:26:15.619><c> girded?</c><00:26:16.460><c> And</c><00:26:16.859><c> you</c><00:26:16.980><c> know</c><00:26:17.079><c> what</c>

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the<00:26:17.500><c> imagery</c><00:26:17.759><c> is.</c><00:26:18.380><c> You</c><00:26:18.480><c> know,</c><00:26:18.619><c> in</c><00:26:18.740><c> those</c><00:26:18.920><c> days</c><00:26:19.119><c> when</c><00:26:19.339><c> all</c>

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men<00:26:19.619><c> wore</c><00:26:19.839><c> dresses,</c><00:26:20.460><c> no,</c><00:26:20.619><c> that's</c><00:26:20.859><c> just</c><00:26:21.119><c> a</c><00:26:21.279><c> side</c><00:26:21.599><c> little</c><00:26:22.140><c> joke,</c>

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but<00:26:22.480><c> they</c><00:26:22.700><c> actually</c><00:26:23.079><c> wore</c><00:26:23.339><c> garments</c><00:26:23.819><c> that,</c>

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you<00:26:24.980><c> know,</c><00:26:25.059><c> they</c><00:26:25.299><c> put</c><00:26:25.400><c> a</c><00:26:25.619><c> belt</c><00:26:25.779><c> around,</c><00:26:27.579><c> right?</c><00:26:27.880><c> That</c><00:26:28.259><c> literally</c><00:26:28.500><c> was</c><00:26:28.660><c> what</c><00:26:28.819><c> they</c><00:26:29.059><c> did.</c><00:26:29.539><c> And</c>

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to<00:26:30.079><c> gird</c><00:26:30.200><c> up</c>

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your<00:26:30.680><c> loins,</c><00:26:31.140><c> right,</c><00:26:31.720><c> was</c><00:26:32.019><c> to</c><00:26:32.680><c> lift</c><00:26:32.900><c> that</c><00:26:33.279><c> garment</c><00:26:33.640><c> up</c><00:26:33.980><c> enough</c>

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under<00:26:34.700><c> the,</c><00:26:34.980><c> through</c><00:26:35.180><c> the</c><00:26:35.440><c> belt</c><00:26:35.680><c> so</c><00:26:36.299><c> that</c><00:26:36.700><c> the</c>

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knees<00:26:37.660><c> were</c><00:26:37.960><c> exposed</c><00:26:38.579><c> so</c><00:26:39.059><c> that</c><00:26:39.319><c> in</c><00:26:39.559><c> haste</c><00:26:39.799><c> you're</c><00:26:39.960><c> not</c><00:26:40.200><c> tripping</c><00:26:40.559><c> over</c>

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your<00:26:41.779><c> garment.</c><00:26:42.140><c> Sisters</c><00:26:42.700><c> that</c><00:26:43.019><c> wear</c>

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the<00:26:43.359><c> long</c><00:26:43.599><c> dresses</c><00:26:44.160><c> understand</c><00:26:45.319><c> the</c><00:26:45.539><c> lesson.</c><00:26:46.180><c> We</c><00:26:46.559><c> don't</c><00:26:46.839><c> in</c>

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our<00:26:47.380><c> generation</c><00:26:47.920><c> with</c><00:26:48.220><c> our,</c><00:26:48.680><c> you</c><00:26:48.839><c> know,</c><00:26:49.140><c> men's</c><00:26:49.400><c> dress</c>

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of<00:26:49.740><c> our</c><00:26:49.940><c> day.</c><00:26:50.440><c> So</c><00:26:50.920><c> to</c><00:26:51.220><c> gird</c><00:26:51.420><c> up</c><00:26:51.619><c> the</c><00:26:51.859><c> loins</c><00:26:52.180><c> was</c><00:26:52.359><c> to</c><00:26:52.559><c> kind</c><00:26:52.720><c> of</c><00:26:52.920><c> pull</c><00:26:53.039><c> that</c><00:26:53.319><c> up</c>

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so<00:26:53.819><c> that</c><00:26:54.339><c> you</c><00:26:54.519><c> could</c><00:26:54.660><c> be</c><00:26:54.920><c> ready</c><00:26:55.259><c> for</c>

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So<00:26:56.660><c> there</c><00:26:56.900><c> he</c><00:26:57.119><c> was,</c><00:26:57.519><c> this</c><00:26:57.859><c> image</c><00:26:58.220><c> of</c><00:26:58.700><c> ready</c><00:26:59.079><c> to</c><00:26:59.519><c> fight,</c><00:27:01.299><c> except</c>

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:05.000
this<00:27:03.599><c> is</c><00:27:03.819><c> the</c><00:27:03.980><c> image</c><00:27:04.160><c> of</c><00:27:04.400><c> a</c><00:27:04.539><c> servant,</c>

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not<00:27:05.740><c> someone</c><00:27:05.980><c> that</c><00:27:06.140><c> was</c><00:27:06.339><c> going</c><00:27:06.660><c> somewhere.</c><00:27:08.039><c> And</c><00:27:08.240><c> so</c><00:27:08.359><c> we're</c><00:27:08.599><c> actually</c><00:27:09.119><c> led</c><00:27:09.359><c> to</c>

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a<00:27:10.579><c> slightly</c><00:27:10.839><c> different</c><00:27:11.480><c> image</c><00:27:11.940><c> with</c>

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.039
the<00:27:12.539><c> girding</c><00:27:12.839><c> up</c><00:27:12.960><c> of</c><00:27:13.160><c> the</c><00:27:13.279><c> loins</c><00:27:13.559><c> here.</c><00:27:14.119><c> Real</c><00:27:14.440><c> quickly,</c><00:27:14.819><c> turn</c>

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over<00:27:15.240><c> to</c><00:27:15.400><c> John</c><00:27:15.720><c> chapter</c><00:27:16.079><c> 13</c><00:27:16.599><c> and</c><00:27:16.779><c> verse</c><00:27:17.119><c> 4.</c>

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Here<00:27:18.799><c> is</c><00:27:19.119><c> the</c><00:27:19.380><c> image</c><00:27:19.680><c> of</c><00:27:19.960><c> girding</c><00:27:20.299><c> up</c><00:27:20.480><c> the</c><00:27:20.720><c> loins</c><00:27:21.259><c> that</c><00:27:21.680><c> our</c><00:27:21.940><c> Lord</c><00:27:22.140><c> had</c><00:27:22.359><c> in</c>

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mind.<00:27:24.539><c> The</c><00:27:24.740><c> sense</c><00:27:24.940><c> of</c><00:27:25.339><c> readiness,</c>

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the<00:27:26.599><c> readiness</c><00:27:26.900><c> to</c><00:27:27.240><c> do</c><00:27:27.559><c> something</c><00:27:27.900><c> is</c><00:27:28.180><c> certainly</c><00:27:28.579><c> there,</c><00:27:29.480><c> but</c>

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not<00:27:30.059><c> the</c><00:27:30.259><c> readiness</c><00:27:30.559><c> to</c><00:27:30.839><c> go</c><00:27:31.059><c> somewhere.</c><00:27:31.880><c> And</c><00:27:32.059><c> so</c><00:27:32.160><c> we</c>

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read<00:27:32.480><c> in</c><00:27:32.640><c> verse</c><00:27:32.940><c> 4</c><00:27:33.299><c> of</c><00:27:33.500><c> our</c><00:27:33.759><c> Lord</c><00:27:34.160><c> at</c><00:27:34.400><c> his</c><00:27:34.740><c> last</c><00:27:35.099><c> supper,</c><00:27:36.339><c> rose</c>

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:40.039
up<00:27:36.880><c> from</c><00:27:37.099><c> the</c><00:27:37.319><c> supper,</c><00:27:38.400><c> laid</c><00:27:38.599><c> aside</c><00:27:39.119><c> his</c><00:27:39.440><c> garments,</c>

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:45.200
took<00:27:40.640><c> a</c><00:27:40.920><c> towel</c><00:27:41.440><c> and</c><00:27:42.500><c> girded</c><00:27:42.859><c> himself.</c><00:27:44.319><c> Isn't</c><00:27:44.539><c> that</c><00:27:44.619><c> a</c><00:27:44.839><c> lovely</c>

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.279
picture?<00:27:46.720><c> Our</c><00:27:46.940><c> Lord</c><00:27:47.200><c> in</c><00:27:47.440><c> a</c><00:27:47.599><c> sense,</c><00:27:47.900><c> you</c><00:27:47.960><c> know,</c>

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takes<00:27:48.640><c> his</c><00:27:48.940><c> garment</c><00:27:49.319><c> and</c><00:27:49.660><c> he</c><00:27:50.119><c> secures</c><00:27:50.500><c> it</c><00:27:51.220><c> so</c><00:27:51.599><c> that</c><00:27:51.799><c> he</c><00:27:51.900><c> can</c><00:27:52.140><c> get</c><00:27:52.400><c> down</c><00:27:52.720><c> on</c>

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his<00:27:53.180><c> knees</c><00:27:53.619><c> and</c><00:27:54.180><c> wash</c><00:27:54.539><c> his</c><00:27:54.779><c> disciple's</c><00:27:55.480><c> feet.</c>

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See,<00:27:56.859><c> that's</c><00:27:57.839><c> the</c><00:27:58.119><c> readiness</c><00:27:58.519><c> that</c><00:27:59.200><c> the</c><00:27:59.420><c> Lord</c><00:27:59.579><c> has</c><00:27:59.859><c> in</c><00:28:00.140><c> mind.</c>

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It's<00:28:01.259><c> the</c><00:28:01.539><c> readiness</c><00:28:01.900><c> for</c><00:28:02.420><c> service,</c>

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being<00:28:04.400><c> ready</c><00:28:04.980><c> to</c><00:28:05.359><c> do</c><00:28:05.819><c> at</c><00:28:06.099><c> all</c><00:28:06.480><c> times</c><00:28:06.940><c> in</c><00:28:07.140><c> the</c><00:28:07.339><c> Father's</c><00:28:07.759><c> house.</c>

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:13.519
So<00:28:10.960><c> that's</c><00:28:11.380><c> what</c><00:28:11.559><c> we're</c><00:28:11.680><c> looking</c><00:28:11.980><c> at.</c><00:28:12.420><c> Back</c><00:28:12.420><c> to</c><00:28:12.700><c> the</c><00:28:12.900><c> parable,</c>

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.680
you<00:28:13.519><c> know,</c><00:28:13.720><c> keeping</c><00:28:13.960><c> your</c><00:28:14.200><c> finger</c><00:28:14.420><c> in</c><00:28:14.559><c> Luke,</c>

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:17.880
but<00:28:14.920><c> going</c><00:28:15.059><c> back</c><00:28:15.359><c> to</c><00:28:15.460><c> Matthew</c><00:28:15.759><c> 24,</c><00:28:16.799><c> that's</c><00:28:17.099><c> what</c><00:28:17.240><c> you're</c><00:28:17.400><c> looking</c><00:28:17.680><c> when</c>

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he<00:28:18.099><c> says,</c><00:28:18.319><c> you</c><00:28:18.460><c> know,</c>

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therefore<00:28:19.579><c> you</c><00:28:20.119><c> also</c><00:28:20.660><c> be</c><00:28:21.160><c> ready.</c><00:28:22.160><c> That</c><00:28:22.339><c> is,</c><00:28:23.019><c> at</c><00:28:23.140><c> all</c><00:28:23.539><c> times</c><00:28:23.940><c> you</c><00:28:24.079><c> have</c><00:28:24.339><c> to</c>

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.480
be,<00:28:24.880><c> your</c><00:28:25.180><c> minds</c><00:28:25.519><c> have</c><00:28:25.759><c> to</c><00:28:25.900><c> be</c><00:28:26.119><c> focused</c>

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:30.339
upon<00:28:26.799><c> the</c><00:28:27.240><c> service</c><00:28:27.700><c> that</c><00:28:27.940><c> the</c><00:28:28.140><c> Lord</c><00:28:28.319><c> desires</c><00:28:28.819><c> of</c><00:28:29.059><c> you.</c><00:28:29.720><c> And</c><00:28:30.059><c> so</c>

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he<00:28:30.480><c> comes</c><00:28:30.900><c> to</c><00:28:31.099><c> the</c><00:28:31.279><c> household.</c><00:28:32.079><c> Now</c><00:28:32.480><c> this</c><00:28:32.900><c> is</c>

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where<00:28:33.299><c> we</c><00:28:33.599><c> begin</c><00:28:33.960><c> to</c><00:28:34.319><c> see</c><00:28:35.119><c> a</c><00:28:36.220><c> wonderful</c><00:28:37.000><c> contrast</c><00:28:38.200><c> between</c><00:28:39.000><c> Luke</c><00:28:39.400><c> and</c><00:28:39.720><c> Matthew.</c><00:28:41.420><c> So</c>

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.480
I<00:28:42.140><c> want</c><00:28:42.240><c> to</c><00:28:42.440><c> take</c>

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you<00:28:43.160><c> through</c><00:28:43.420><c> this.</c><00:28:44.259><c> So</c><00:28:44.400><c> kind</c><00:28:44.500><c> of</c><00:28:44.660><c> pay</c><00:28:44.900><c> attention</c><00:28:45.319><c> to</c><00:28:45.599><c> this.</c>

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Later<00:28:46.640><c> on</c><00:28:46.859><c> you</c><00:28:46.920><c> can</c><00:28:47.119><c> go</c><00:28:47.319><c> back</c><00:28:47.619><c> and,</c><00:28:47.819><c> you</c><00:28:47.839><c> know,</c>

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:53.039
mark<00:28:48.420><c> it</c><00:28:48.640><c> and</c><00:28:48.799><c> do</c><00:28:49.000><c> your</c><00:28:49.160><c> Bible</c><00:28:49.500><c> concordance</c><00:28:50.099><c> work.</c><00:28:50.480><c> And</c><00:28:50.599><c> so</c><00:28:50.680><c> you</c><00:28:50.759><c> can</c><00:28:50.960><c> really</c><00:28:51.220><c> see</c><00:28:51.380><c> that</c><00:28:51.680><c> this</c><00:28:51.920><c> is</c><00:28:52.160><c> true.</c>

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But<00:28:53.799><c> the</c><00:28:53.980><c> two</c><00:28:54.240><c> parables</c><00:28:54.900><c> are</c><00:28:55.380><c> in</c><00:28:55.579><c> fact</c><00:28:55.759><c> very</c><00:28:56.180><c> much</c><00:28:56.480><c> similar,</c>

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but<00:28:57.599><c> there</c><00:28:57.900><c> are</c><00:28:58.180><c> some</c><00:28:58.559><c> striking</c><00:28:59.160><c> differences</c>

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between<00:29:00.400><c> them</c><00:29:01.059><c> that</c><00:29:01.519><c> begin</c><00:29:01.819><c> to</c><00:29:02.160><c> bring</c><00:29:02.299><c> out</c><00:29:02.519><c> an</c><00:29:02.880><c> incredible</c><00:29:03.319><c> lesson</c><00:29:03.720><c> to</c>

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us,<00:29:04.500><c> incredible</c><00:29:05.380><c> lesson.</c>

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So<00:29:06.960><c> in</c><00:29:07.599><c> Matthew,</c><00:29:08.420><c> you</c><00:29:08.680><c> read</c><00:29:08.960><c> about,</c><00:29:09.559><c> who</c><00:29:09.559><c> then</c><00:29:09.700><c> is</c><00:29:09.859><c> the</c><00:29:10.099><c> faithful</c><00:29:10.400><c> and</c>

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wise<00:29:11.000><c> servant?</c><00:29:11.920><c> That's</c><00:29:12.299><c> the</c><00:29:12.460><c> normal</c><00:29:12.740><c> word</c>

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for<00:29:13.240><c> a</c><00:29:13.579><c> household</c><00:29:14.000><c> servant.</c><00:29:15.180><c> All</c><00:29:15.279><c> right,</c><00:29:15.380><c> not</c><00:29:15.559><c> a</c><00:29:15.819><c> slave,</c><00:29:16.140><c> not</c>

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a<00:29:16.480><c> bond</c><00:29:16.720><c> slave,</c><00:29:17.079><c> but</c><00:29:17.259><c> a</c><00:29:17.519><c> household</c><00:29:17.960><c> servant.</c><00:29:18.880><c> If</c><00:29:19.099><c> you</c>

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look<00:29:19.440><c> over</c><00:29:19.680><c> in</c><00:29:19.920><c> Luke,</c><00:29:20.460><c> you'll</c><00:29:20.779><c> discover</c><00:29:21.200><c> that</c><00:29:21.680><c> he</c><00:29:22.039><c> doesn't</c><00:29:22.319><c> say</c><00:29:22.759><c> servant,</c><00:29:23.619><c> rather</c><00:29:23.859><c> what</c><00:29:24.079><c> he</c>

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says<00:29:24.740><c> is</c><00:29:25.279><c> a</c><00:29:25.680><c> faithful</c>

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and<00:29:26.779><c> wise</c><00:29:27.660><c> steward.</c><00:29:29.880><c> The</c><00:29:30.039><c> steward</c><00:29:30.980><c> was</c><00:29:31.319><c> one,</c><00:29:32.359><c> literally</c><00:29:32.700><c> the</c>

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word<00:29:33.140><c> means</c><00:29:33.539><c> those</c><00:29:34.160><c> under</c><00:29:34.519><c> one's</c><00:29:35.000><c> care.</c>

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All<00:29:36.180><c> right,</c><00:29:36.779><c> so</c><00:29:37.099><c> what</c><00:29:37.220><c> you</c><00:29:37.440><c> think</c><00:29:37.599><c> of</c><00:29:37.759><c> a</c><00:29:38.019><c> steward,</c><00:29:38.400><c> like</c><00:29:38.500><c> a</c><00:29:38.779><c> steward</c><00:29:39.059><c> or</c>

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stewardess<00:29:39.720><c> on</c><00:29:39.880><c> an</c><00:29:40.059><c> airplane,</c>

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you<00:29:40.880><c> know,</c><00:29:40.980><c> it's</c><00:29:41.220><c> one</c><00:29:41.680><c> who</c><00:29:42.059><c> has</c><00:29:42.880><c> some</c><00:29:43.640><c> responsibility</c><00:29:44.599><c> over</c>

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others<00:29:45.400><c> to</c><00:29:45.640><c> take</c><00:29:46.000><c> care</c><00:29:46.240><c> of</c><00:29:46.519><c> their</c><00:29:46.779><c> needs</c><00:29:47.339><c> and</c>

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watch<00:29:47.900><c> out</c><00:29:48.140><c> for</c><00:29:48.339><c> them.</c><00:29:49.019><c> Well,</c><00:29:49.640><c> whatever</c><00:29:49.839><c> the</c><00:29:50.339><c> difference</c><00:29:50.779><c> between</c><00:29:51.480><c> both</c><00:29:52.019><c> of</c>

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these<00:29:52.460><c> servants,</c><00:29:53.180><c> right,</c><00:29:54.420><c> were</c><00:29:54.960><c> there</c>

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in<00:29:55.220><c> the</c><00:29:55.460><c> father's</c><00:29:56.019><c> house</c><00:29:56.359><c> over</c><00:29:56.579><c> which</c><00:29:56.859><c> the</c><00:29:57.220><c> son</c><00:29:57.440><c> was</c><00:29:57.819><c> lord,</c><00:29:59.059><c> and</c><00:29:59.839><c> in</c>

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to<00:30:00.779><c> their</c><00:30:01.160><c> hands,</c><00:30:01.900><c> the</c><00:30:02.519><c> care</c><00:30:02.819><c> had</c><00:30:03.019><c> been</c>

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entrusted<00:30:03.819><c> to</c><00:30:04.259><c> take</c><00:30:04.759><c> care</c><00:30:05.000><c> of</c><00:30:05.200><c> things</c><00:30:05.380><c> in</c><00:30:05.579><c> the</c><00:30:05.759><c> house.</c><00:30:08.640><c> And</c><00:30:08.960><c> well,</c><00:30:09.259><c> you</c><00:30:09.420><c> might</c><00:30:09.519><c> just</c><00:30:09.859><c> take</c><00:30:10.079><c> a</c>

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quick<00:30:10.420><c> look</c><00:30:10.640><c> over</c>

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at<00:30:11.019><c> Matthew,</c><00:30:11.539><c> excuse</c><00:30:11.839><c> me,</c><00:30:12.240><c> Mark</c><00:30:12.460><c> 13,</c><00:30:13.079><c> because</c><00:30:13.220><c> this</c><00:30:13.339><c> is</c><00:30:13.539><c> a</c><00:30:13.619><c> nice</c><00:30:13.900><c> picture</c><00:30:14.380><c> of</c>

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this,<00:30:15.539><c> Mark</c><00:30:15.859><c> 13.</c>

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All<00:30:19.960><c> right,</c><00:30:20.480><c> Mark</c><00:30:20.759><c> 13,</c><00:30:21.319><c> 34</c><00:30:21.839><c> and</c><00:30:21.960><c> 35.</c><00:30:24.079><c> He</c><00:30:24.079><c> says,</c><00:30:24.599><c> it's</c><00:30:24.740><c> like</c><00:30:24.859><c> a</c><00:30:25.079><c> man</c><00:30:25.259><c> going</c><00:30:25.519><c> to</c><00:30:25.779><c> a</c>

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far<00:30:26.140><c> country</c><00:30:26.539><c> who</c><00:30:26.819><c> left</c><00:30:27.119><c> his</c><00:30:27.400><c> house</c>

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and<00:30:27.799><c> gave</c><00:30:28.140><c> authority</c><00:30:28.920><c> to</c><00:30:29.200><c> his</c><00:30:29.480><c> servants</c><00:30:30.059><c> to</c><00:30:30.880><c> each</c><00:30:31.160><c> his</c><00:30:31.559><c> work,</c>

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commanded<00:30:32.759><c> the</c><00:30:33.019><c> doorkeeper</c><00:30:33.480><c> to</c><00:30:33.799><c> watch.</c>

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Watch<00:30:35.059><c> therefore,</c><00:30:35.700><c> for</c><00:30:35.859><c> you</c><00:30:35.940><c> do</c><00:30:36.180><c> not</c><00:30:36.380><c> know</c><00:30:36.559><c> when</c><00:30:36.720><c> the</c><00:30:36.900><c> master</c>

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of<00:30:37.440><c> the</c><00:30:37.579><c> house</c><00:30:37.779><c> is</c><00:30:38.059><c> coming</c><00:30:38.359><c> in</c><00:30:38.779><c> the</c><00:30:39.000><c> evening</c>

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:41.640
at<00:30:39.700><c> midnight,</c><00:30:40.039><c> notice</c><00:30:40.339><c> the</c><00:30:40.559><c> master</c><00:30:40.880><c> of</c><00:30:41.019><c> the</c><00:30:41.140><c> house,</c><00:30:41.339><c> just</c><00:30:41.500><c> a</c>

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:43.440
little<00:30:41.819><c> side</c><00:30:42.099><c> there,</c><00:30:42.660><c> in</c><00:30:42.799><c> the</c><00:30:43.000><c> evening</c><00:30:43.240><c> at</c>

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:46.339
midnight<00:30:43.779><c> at</c><00:30:43.980><c> the</c><00:30:44.160><c> crowing</c><00:30:44.440><c> of</c><00:30:44.579><c> the</c><00:30:44.700><c> rooster</c><00:30:44.960><c> or</c><00:30:45.119><c> in</c><00:30:45.220><c> the</c><00:30:45.359><c> morning,</c><00:30:46.240><c> lest</c>

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.339
the<00:30:46.339><c> crowing</c><00:30:46.339><c> of</c><00:30:46.339><c> the</c><00:30:46.339><c> rooster</c>

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suddenly<00:30:47.160><c> finds</c><00:30:47.740><c> you</c><00:30:47.940><c> sleeping.</c><00:30:48.880><c> So</c><00:30:49.180><c> it's</c><00:30:49.579><c> like</c><00:30:49.759><c> a</c><00:30:49.960><c> man</c><00:30:50.319><c> who</c>

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:53.680
gave<00:30:50.900><c> each</c><00:30:51.160><c> his</c><00:30:51.339><c> authority</c><00:30:52.079><c> to</c><00:30:52.660><c> do</c><00:30:52.900><c> the</c><00:30:53.119><c> work</c><00:30:53.319><c> in</c><00:30:53.500><c> the</c>

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house.<00:30:54.779><c> And</c><00:30:54.920><c> so</c><00:30:55.640><c> Jesus,</c><00:30:56.859><c> having</c><00:30:57.200><c> ascended</c><00:30:57.579><c> into</c><00:30:57.839><c> heaven,</c><00:30:58.700><c> gave</c><00:30:58.819><c> each</c><00:30:59.099><c> of</c>

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:01.900
us,<00:30:59.400><c> brethren</c><00:30:59.680><c> and</c><00:30:59.940><c> sisters,</c><00:31:01.279><c> work</c><00:31:01.500><c> to</c><00:31:01.740><c> do</c>

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:06.900
in<00:31:02.039><c> his</c><00:31:02.380><c> father's</c><00:31:02.819><c> house.</c><00:31:04.740><c> Well,</c><00:31:05.579><c> interestingly,</c><00:31:06.579><c> what</c><00:31:06.680><c> is</c>

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:10.559
the<00:31:07.160><c> work?</c><00:31:07.799><c> Well,</c><00:31:08.119><c> in</c><00:31:08.220><c> Matthew,</c><00:31:08.900><c> the</c><00:31:08.940><c> word</c><00:31:09.380><c> servant</c><00:31:09.779><c> now</c>

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:14.279
that<00:31:11.019><c> we're</c><00:31:11.240><c> talking</c><00:31:11.680><c> about,</c><00:31:11.960><c> oh,</c><00:31:12.160><c> excuse</c><00:31:12.440><c> me,</c><00:31:12.619><c> I</c><00:31:12.819><c> made</c><00:31:13.039><c> a</c><00:31:13.259><c> slight</c><00:31:13.400><c> mistake</c><00:31:13.759><c> when</c><00:31:13.880><c> it</c><00:31:14.019><c> said,</c>

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who<00:31:14.920><c> then</c><00:31:15.119><c> is</c><00:31:15.259><c> his</c><00:31:15.460><c> faithful</c><00:31:15.799><c> and</c><00:31:16.559><c> wise</c><00:31:16.940><c> servant</c><00:31:17.640><c> whom</c><00:31:18.059><c> his</c>

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:21.380
master<00:31:18.880><c> made</c><00:31:19.220><c> ruler</c><00:31:19.619><c> over</c><00:31:19.980><c> his</c><00:31:20.240><c> household?</c>

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:25.299
The<00:31:22.339><c> word</c><00:31:22.619><c> household</c><00:31:23.279><c> there,</c><00:31:23.559><c> I'm</c><00:31:23.920><c> sorry,</c><00:31:24.500><c> in</c><00:31:24.740><c> Matthew,</c><00:31:25.180><c> the</c>

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:28.019
word<00:31:25.519><c> household</c><00:31:26.079><c> is</c><00:31:26.279><c> a</c><00:31:26.420><c> household</c><00:31:26.779><c> of</c><00:31:27.140><c> servants.</c>

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:33.519
And<00:31:28.259><c> in</c><00:31:29.000><c> Luke,</c><00:31:30.000><c> the</c><00:31:30.180><c> word</c><00:31:30.500><c> there</c><00:31:31.519><c> has</c><00:31:32.099><c> to</c><00:31:32.339><c> do</c><00:31:32.539><c> with</c><00:31:33.039><c> those</c><00:31:33.339><c> that</c>

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:35.819
are<00:31:33.640><c> under</c><00:31:34.160><c> the</c><00:31:34.700><c> care</c><00:31:34.900><c> of</c><00:31:35.119><c> the</c><00:31:35.380><c> steward.</c>

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:40.299
And<00:31:36.420><c> so</c><00:31:36.660><c> coming</c><00:31:36.920><c> back,</c><00:31:37.480><c> the</c><00:31:37.559><c> word</c><00:31:37.920><c> servant</c><00:31:38.319><c> here</c><00:31:38.579><c> is</c><00:31:38.880><c> bond</c><00:31:39.200><c> slave.</c><00:31:39.700><c> It's</c><00:31:40.079><c> the</c>

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.720
word<00:31:40.640><c> that</c><00:31:40.980><c> in</c><00:31:41.180><c> Matthew,</c>

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:48.759
this<00:31:42.119><c> is</c><00:31:42.480><c> a</c><00:31:42.599><c> parable</c><00:31:43.059><c> about</c><00:31:43.700><c> all</c><00:31:44.380><c> those</c><00:31:44.700><c> who</c><00:31:44.940><c> servants</c><00:31:45.319><c> in</c><00:31:45.599><c> Christ.</c><00:31:47.380><c> Okay?</c><00:31:48.559><c> The</c>

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:50.779
Matthew<00:31:49.240><c> parable</c><00:31:49.700><c> is</c><00:31:49.920><c> about</c><00:31:50.200><c> all</c><00:31:50.640><c> of</c>

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:54.960
us,<00:31:51.259><c> brethren</c><00:31:51.259><c> and</c><00:31:51.500><c> sisters,</c><00:31:52.220><c> that</c><00:31:52.359><c> are</c><00:31:52.640><c> servants</c><00:31:52.920><c> in</c><00:31:53.200><c> Christ.</c><00:31:53.519><c> You</c><00:31:53.640><c> are</c><00:31:54.039><c> all</c><00:31:54.400><c> brethren</c><00:31:54.700><c> in</c>

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.799
Christ<00:31:55.279><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:56.180 --> 00:32:03.640
But<00:31:56.380><c> over</c><00:31:56.619><c> in</c><00:31:56.920><c> Luke,</c><00:31:59.019><c> this</c><00:31:59.240><c> is</c><00:31:59.640><c> the</c><00:32:00.140><c> parable,</c><00:32:01.819><c> arranging</c><00:32:02.460><c> brethren,</c>

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:10.740
this<00:32:06.119><c> is</c><00:32:06.339><c> the</c><00:32:06.559><c> parable</c><00:32:06.960><c> Jesus</c><00:32:07.460><c> gives</c><00:32:08.039><c> for</c><00:32:08.619><c> you,</c><00:32:10.059><c> who</c><00:32:10.160><c> would</c><00:32:10.400><c> be</c>

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:13.759
stewards<00:32:11.380><c> of</c><00:32:11.859><c> the</c><00:32:12.099><c> father's</c><00:32:12.539><c> house.</c>

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:20.539
So<00:32:14.940><c> when</c><00:32:15.119><c> you</c><00:32:15.339><c> read</c><00:32:15.519><c> Luke</c><00:32:15.799><c> next,</c><00:32:18.319><c> that's</c><00:32:18.900><c> the</c><00:32:19.119><c> passage</c><00:32:19.460><c> to</c><00:32:19.720><c> look</c><00:32:19.940><c> at,</c>

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:22.839
because<00:32:21.079><c> Jesus</c><00:32:21.579><c> has</c><00:32:21.839><c> a</c><00:32:22.059><c> message</c><00:32:22.480><c> for</c>

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:29.640
each<00:32:23.480><c> of</c><00:32:24.000><c> us</c><00:32:24.460><c> that</c><00:32:24.859><c> would</c><00:32:25.640><c> take</c><00:32:26.779><c> that</c><00:32:27.200><c> role.</c><00:32:28.619><c> All</c><00:32:28.940><c> right,</c><00:32:29.299><c> now</c>

00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:32.539
we<00:32:29.839><c> begin</c><00:32:30.119><c> to</c><00:32:30.339><c> see</c><00:32:30.500><c> something.</c><00:32:31.380><c> These</c><00:32:31.779><c> parables</c><00:32:32.240><c> are</c>

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:36.700
different<00:32:33.059><c> sets</c><00:32:33.480><c> of</c><00:32:33.779><c> people</c><00:32:34.200><c> with</c><00:32:34.720><c> a</c><00:32:34.960><c> different</c><00:32:35.319><c> message</c><00:32:35.779><c> probably</c><00:32:36.380><c> to</c>

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:39.200
each.<00:32:37.380><c> And</c><00:32:37.519><c> so</c><00:32:37.619><c> let's</c><00:32:37.859><c> see</c><00:32:38.099><c> what's</c><00:32:38.700><c> going</c><00:32:38.960><c> on</c>

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:42.480
here.<00:32:39.740><c> In</c><00:32:40.000><c> Matthew,</c><00:32:40.839><c> it</c><00:32:40.960><c> says,</c><00:32:41.640><c> who</c><00:32:41.640><c> then</c><00:32:41.859><c> is</c><00:32:42.000><c> the</c><00:32:42.160><c> faithful</c>

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:44.619
and<00:32:42.640><c> wise</c><00:32:42.880><c> servant</c><00:32:43.200><c> whom</c><00:32:43.359><c> his</c><00:32:43.579><c> master</c><00:32:43.940><c> made</c><00:32:44.140><c> ruler</c><00:32:44.420><c> over</c>

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:47.759
his<00:32:44.779><c> household</c><00:32:45.240><c> to</c><00:32:45.759><c> give</c><00:32:46.059><c> them</c><00:32:46.319><c> food</c><00:32:46.640><c> in</c><00:32:46.900><c> due</c><00:32:47.079><c> season?</c><00:32:47.619><c> Have</c>

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.920
you<00:32:47.940><c> ever</c><00:32:48.200><c> noticed</c><00:32:48.559><c> how</c><00:32:48.779><c> many</c><00:32:49.079><c> parables</c><00:32:49.500><c> Jesus</c>

00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:53.380
gives<00:32:50.200><c> that</c><00:32:50.380><c> are</c><00:32:50.500><c> about</c><00:32:50.779><c> food?</c><00:32:52.220><c> I</c><00:32:52.339><c> mean,</c><00:32:52.440><c> we</c><00:32:52.559><c> had</c><00:32:52.740><c> one</c><00:32:53.119><c> class</c>

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:56.420
about<00:32:53.980><c> feasts,</c><00:32:54.880><c> right,</c><00:32:55.200><c> and</c><00:32:55.380><c> marriage</c><00:32:55.700><c> suppers.</c>

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:59.299
And<00:32:56.759><c> that</c><00:32:56.960><c> particular</c><00:32:57.500><c> set</c><00:32:57.759><c> of</c><00:32:58.039><c> parables,</c><00:32:58.700><c> if</c><00:32:58.900><c> you'd</c><00:32:59.160><c> looked</c>

00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:01.700
in<00:32:59.559><c> Luke</c><00:33:00.019><c> 14,</c><00:33:00.779><c> you'll</c><00:33:01.119><c> notice,</c><00:33:01.359><c> in</c><00:33:01.559><c> fact,</c>

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:05.119
there<00:33:01.940><c> was</c><00:33:02.099><c> a</c><00:33:02.140><c> whole</c><00:33:02.460><c> set</c><00:33:02.660><c> of</c><00:33:02.920><c> parables</c><00:33:03.220><c> about</c><00:33:03.640><c> foods</c><00:33:04.059><c> and</c><00:33:04.400><c> feastings</c><00:33:04.900><c> and</c>

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:08.880
things.<00:33:06.660><c> Jesus</c><00:33:07.059><c> has</c><00:33:08.099><c> almost</c><00:33:08.559><c> a</c>

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:13.819
preoccupation<00:33:09.720><c> with</c><00:33:09.920><c> the</c><00:33:10.240><c> importance</c><00:33:10.660><c> of</c><00:33:10.980><c> food.</c><00:33:12.539><c> I</c><00:33:12.599><c> think</c><00:33:12.799><c> it's</c><00:33:13.000><c> something</c><00:33:13.319><c> that</c><00:33:13.599><c> we</c>

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:16.039
need<00:33:14.099><c> to</c><00:33:15.059><c> allow</c><00:33:15.279><c> to</c><00:33:15.640><c> register</c>

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:22.700
in<00:33:16.220><c> our</c><00:33:16.420><c> own</c><00:33:16.660><c> minds.</c><00:33:17.200><c> Blessed</c><00:33:17.559><c> is</c><00:33:17.819><c> that</c><00:33:18.619><c> person</c><00:33:19.240><c> that</c><00:33:20.400><c> he's</c><00:33:20.740><c> made</c><00:33:20.980><c> ruler</c><00:33:21.680><c> over</c><00:33:21.940><c> his</c><00:33:22.119><c> household</c><00:33:22.319><c> to</c>

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.400
give<00:33:22.980><c> them</c>

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:29.740
food<00:33:24.039><c> in</c><00:33:24.700><c> due</c><00:33:24.960><c> season.</c><00:33:25.900><c> And</c><00:33:26.319><c> just</c><00:33:26.660><c> like</c><00:33:26.900><c> the</c><00:33:27.960><c> two</c><00:33:28.180><c> parables</c><00:33:28.579><c> are</c><00:33:28.819><c> different,</c><00:33:29.480><c> in</c>

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:31.299
Matthew<00:33:30.119><c> you</c><00:33:30.380><c> have</c><00:33:30.680><c> servants</c><00:33:31.079><c> and</c>

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:34.700
fellow<00:33:31.559><c> servants,</c><00:33:32.380><c> and</c><00:33:32.380><c> in</c><00:33:32.819><c> Luke</c><00:33:33.220><c> you've</c><00:33:33.660><c> got</c><00:33:33.960><c> the</c><00:33:34.339><c> steward</c>

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:37.680
and<00:33:35.019><c> min</c><00:33:35.299><c> servants</c><00:33:35.640><c> and</c><00:33:35.799><c> maid</c><00:33:36.079><c> servants.</c><00:33:36.980><c> See</c><00:33:37.299><c> how</c><00:33:37.519><c> the</c>

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:43.539
roles<00:33:38.140><c> in</c><00:33:38.759><c> Luke</c><00:33:39.359><c> and</c><00:33:40.220><c> then</c><00:33:40.380><c> the</c><00:33:40.579><c> roles</c><00:33:40.779><c> in</c><00:33:40.960><c> Matthew</c><00:33:41.420><c> are</c><00:33:42.200><c> different?</c><00:33:43.279><c> Well,</c>

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:46.160
so<00:33:43.779><c> also</c><00:33:44.059><c> is</c><00:33:44.259><c> the</c><00:33:44.539><c> food.</c><00:33:45.740><c> Here</c><00:33:46.019><c> in</c>

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:49.019
Matthew,<00:33:46.700><c> the</c><00:33:46.839><c> food</c><00:33:47.099><c> that</c><00:33:47.279><c> he</c><00:33:47.559><c> says</c><00:33:47.799><c> is</c><00:33:48.000><c> the</c><00:33:48.200><c> basic</c><00:33:48.500><c> word</c><00:33:48.779><c> for</c>

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:54.700
nourishment<00:33:49.559><c> and</c><00:33:49.839><c> sustenance.</c><00:33:52.559><c> In</c><00:33:53.000><c> Luke,</c><00:33:53.960><c> the</c><00:33:54.140><c> word</c>

00:33:54.700 --> 00:34:00.299
means<00:33:55.200><c> measured</c><00:33:55.819><c> allowance</c><00:33:56.339><c> of</c><00:33:56.640><c> grain,</c><00:33:57.019><c> that</c><00:33:57.059><c> is</c><00:33:57.519><c> daily</c><00:33:57.799><c> rations.</c><00:33:59.960><c> Both</c>

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:01.660
of<00:34:00.559><c> them,</c><00:34:00.720><c> though</c><00:34:00.920><c> I</c><00:34:01.000><c> think</c><00:34:01.200><c> we</c><00:34:01.359><c> can</c>

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:08.760
recognize,<00:34:03.079><c> are</c><00:34:03.319><c> those</c><00:34:03.720><c> things</c><00:34:04.400><c> that</c><00:34:05.160><c> the</c><00:34:06.460><c> Master</c><00:34:06.920><c> would</c><00:34:07.299><c> have</c><00:34:07.680><c> us</c>

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:13.099
use<00:34:09.360><c> to</c><00:34:10.119><c> nourish</c><00:34:10.860><c> and</c><00:34:11.300><c> sustain</c><00:34:11.940><c> all</c><00:34:12.659><c> that</c><00:34:12.840><c> are</c><00:34:12.960><c> in</c>

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:17.460
the<00:34:13.300><c> household</c><00:34:13.659><c> of</c><00:34:13.960><c> Christ.</c><00:34:14.760><c> And</c><00:34:14.960><c> isn't</c><00:34:15.199><c> this</c><00:34:16.340><c> word,</c><00:34:17.139><c> rather</c>

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:20.340
this<00:34:17.880><c> bread,</c><00:34:18.380><c> this</c><00:34:18.659><c> food</c><00:34:19.280><c> that</c><00:34:19.480><c> is</c><00:34:19.659><c> to</c><00:34:19.820><c> be</c><00:34:20.019><c> there,</c>

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:24.420
isn't<00:34:20.780><c> that</c><00:34:21.019><c> the</c><00:34:21.280><c> teaching?</c><00:34:22.820><c> Isn't</c><00:34:23.139><c> that</c><00:34:23.559><c> the</c><00:34:23.860><c> counsel</c><00:34:24.239><c> that</c>

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:27.019
we<00:34:24.599><c> may</c><00:34:24.840><c> give</c><00:34:25.139><c> one</c><00:34:25.420><c> to</c><00:34:25.679><c> another</c><00:34:25.940><c> in</c><00:34:26.179><c> God's</c><00:34:26.679><c> Word</c>

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:30.300
that<00:34:27.480><c> nourishes</c><00:34:27.960><c> the</c><00:34:28.239><c> heart</c><00:34:28.440><c> and</c><00:34:28.679><c> soul</c><00:34:28.920><c> of</c><00:34:29.119><c> every</c><00:34:29.380><c> believer?</c>

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:35.059
Isn't<00:34:31.559><c> it</c><00:34:31.900><c> the</c><00:34:33.300><c> work</c><00:34:33.699><c> that</c><00:34:33.900><c> we</c><00:34:34.079><c> do</c><00:34:34.340><c> to</c><00:34:34.599><c> strengthen</c>

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:39.539
faith<00:34:35.639><c> and</c><00:34:35.900><c> lives</c><00:34:36.340><c> in</c><00:34:36.539><c> the</c><00:34:36.719><c> service</c><00:34:37.000><c> of</c><00:34:37.219><c> Christ?</c><00:34:39.019><c> Isn't</c><00:34:39.239><c> this</c>

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:42.539
the<00:34:39.840><c> food</c><00:34:40.099><c> that</c><00:34:40.300><c> we</c><00:34:40.579><c> should</c><00:34:40.719><c> be</c><00:34:41.000><c> preparing</c><00:34:41.639><c> or</c>

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:45.659
serving<00:34:43.039><c> or</c><00:34:43.519><c> ministering</c><00:34:44.019><c> one</c><00:34:44.239><c> to</c><00:34:44.579><c> another?</c><00:34:45.059><c> It's</c><00:34:45.260><c> not</c><00:34:45.400><c> just</c>

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:47.420
teaching<00:34:45.980><c> the</c><00:34:46.219><c> Sunday</c><00:34:46.500><c> School,</c><00:34:46.840><c> it's</c><00:34:47.000><c> not</c><00:34:47.179><c> just</c>

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:50.800
teaching<00:34:47.679><c> the</c><00:34:48.000><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:34:48.679><c> but</c><00:34:48.960><c> also</c><00:34:49.539><c> what</c><00:34:49.820><c> we</c><00:34:50.039><c> do</c><00:34:50.219><c> for</c><00:34:50.480><c> each</c>

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:54.639
other,<00:34:51.539><c> where</c><00:34:52.280><c> the</c><00:34:52.539><c> food</c><00:34:52.800><c> of</c><00:34:53.099><c> God</c><00:34:53.420><c> is</c><00:34:53.800><c> provided</c><00:34:54.340><c> to</c>

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:59.820
nourish<00:34:55.000><c> and</c><00:34:55.280><c> strengthen.</c><00:34:56.280><c> Well,</c><00:34:57.440><c> as</c><00:34:57.659><c> we</c><00:34:57.840><c> might</c><00:34:58.000><c> expect,</c><00:34:59.099><c> since</c><00:34:59.380><c> the</c>

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.699
word<00:34:59.980><c> for</c><00:35:00.219><c> food</c><00:35:00.380><c> is</c><00:35:00.639><c> different,</c><00:35:01.400><c> the</c>

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:06.059
responsibilities<00:35:02.460><c> are</c><00:35:02.820><c> different.</c><00:35:03.739><c> For</c><00:35:03.960><c> those</c><00:35:04.260><c> that</c><00:35:04.500><c> are</c><00:35:04.980><c> all</c><00:35:05.480><c> servants</c><00:35:05.820><c> in</c>

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.659
the<00:35:06.260><c> household</c><00:35:06.599><c> of</c><00:35:06.860><c> Christ,</c><00:35:07.340><c> the</c>

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:11.760
responsibility<00:35:08.440><c> is</c><00:35:09.219><c> to</c><00:35:09.420><c> make</c><00:35:09.719><c> sure</c><00:35:10.079><c> that</c><00:35:10.739><c> that</c><00:35:11.039><c> is</c><00:35:11.360><c> provided</c>

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:13.900
for<00:35:12.179><c> all</c><00:35:12.579><c> the</c><00:35:12.840><c> servants</c><00:35:13.119><c> in</c><00:35:13.320><c> the</c><00:35:13.519><c> household.</c>

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:17.960
So<00:35:14.179><c> all</c><00:35:14.619><c> of</c><00:35:14.739><c> us</c><00:35:14.920><c> are</c><00:35:15.340><c> diligently</c><00:35:15.800><c> engaged,</c><00:35:16.480><c> so</c><00:35:16.679><c> to</c><00:35:16.860><c> speak,</c><00:35:17.480><c> either</c><00:35:17.780><c> in</c>

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:19.619
the<00:35:18.159><c> kitchen</c><00:35:18.440><c> preparing</c><00:35:19.000><c> the</c><00:35:19.300><c> food,</c>

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:24.260
either<00:35:20.460><c> out</c><00:35:21.000><c> serving</c><00:35:21.280><c> the</c><00:35:21.579><c> food,</c><00:35:21.780><c> but</c><00:35:22.079><c> all</c><00:35:22.619><c> are</c><00:35:23.079><c> engaged</c><00:35:23.840><c> in</c>

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:27.139
this<00:35:24.539><c> process</c><00:35:25.019><c> of</c><00:35:25.300><c> providing</c><00:35:25.820><c> for</c><00:35:26.400><c> the</c><00:35:26.679><c> nourishment</c>

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:35.500
of<00:35:27.320><c> our</c><00:35:27.559><c> children</c><00:35:28.000><c> and</c><00:35:28.179><c> for</c><00:35:28.420><c> each</c><00:35:28.679><c> other.</c><00:35:31.159><c> But,</c><00:35:31.480><c> arranging</c><00:35:31.780><c> brethren,</c><00:35:33.280><c> your</c><00:35:33.659><c> responsibility</c><00:35:34.760><c> is</c>

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.679
to<00:35:35.679><c> ensure</c><00:35:36.300><c> that</c>

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:41.559
this<00:35:36.900><c> food</c><00:35:37.460><c> is</c><00:35:38.000><c> apportioned</c><00:35:39.699><c> appropriately</c><00:35:40.559><c> and</c><00:35:41.039><c> properly</c>

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:45.059
to<00:35:42.199><c> all</c><00:35:42.500><c> in</c><00:35:42.719><c> the</c><00:35:42.900><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:35:44.039><c> so</c><00:35:44.219><c> that</c><00:35:44.579><c> none,</c>

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:48.920
the<00:35:45.380><c> least</c><00:35:45.719><c> to</c><00:35:46.519><c> the</c><00:35:46.719><c> greatest</c><00:35:47.099><c> in</c><00:35:47.300><c> the</c><00:35:47.559><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:35:48.239><c> that</c><00:35:48.619><c> none</c>

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:51.659
in<00:35:49.119><c> the</c><00:35:49.340><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:49.940><c> is</c><00:35:50.420><c> deprived</c><00:35:51.079><c> of</c><00:35:51.300><c> their</c>

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:56.159
ration,<00:35:53.059><c> of</c><00:35:53.340><c> the</c><00:35:53.659><c> proper</c><00:35:54.000><c> amount</c><00:35:54.579><c> that</c><00:35:55.000><c> they</c><00:35:55.219><c> need</c><00:35:55.500><c> to</c><00:35:55.800><c> have.</c>

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:59.199
That's<00:35:56.940><c> your</c><00:35:57.199><c> responsibility,</c><00:35:58.360><c> brethren.</c>

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:04.280
And<00:36:00.139><c> blessed</c><00:36:00.739><c> Jesus</c><00:36:01.260><c> says</c><00:36:01.579><c> in</c><00:36:01.719><c> verse</c><00:36:02.059><c> 46,</c><00:36:03.340><c> is</c><00:36:03.420><c> that</c><00:36:03.860><c> servant</c>

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:08.179
whom<00:36:05.039><c> his</c><00:36:06.280><c> master</c><00:36:06.659><c> when</c><00:36:06.880><c> he</c><00:36:07.179><c> comes</c><00:36:07.460><c> will</c><00:36:07.780><c> find</c>

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:15.900
so<00:36:08.679><c> doing.</c><00:36:10.139><c> Blessed</c><00:36:10.420><c> is</c><00:36:10.639><c> that</c><00:36:10.940><c> servant,</c><00:36:13.460><c> providing</c><00:36:13.880><c> food.</c><00:36:15.340><c> What</c><00:36:15.539><c> a</c>

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:17.679
wonderful<00:36:16.300><c> picture</c><00:36:16.659><c> this</c><00:36:16.900><c> is,</c><00:36:17.320><c> brethren</c><00:36:17.440><c> and</c>

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:25.380
sisters,<00:36:18.739><c> because</c><00:36:19.519><c> this</c><00:36:20.239><c> is</c><00:36:20.440><c> the</c><00:36:20.599><c> picture</c><00:36:20.840><c> of</c><00:36:21.019><c> the</c><00:36:21.239><c> Father</c><00:36:21.519><c> himself,</c><00:36:22.920><c> the</c><00:36:23.139><c> Father</c><00:36:23.519><c> who</c><00:36:24.059><c> the</c><00:36:24.739><c> eyes</c><00:36:25.099><c> of</c>

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.300
all<00:36:25.619><c> wait</c><00:36:25.900><c> upon</c>

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:31.440
thee,<00:36:26.760><c> O</c><00:36:26.840><c> Lord.</c><00:36:28.360><c> Openest</c><00:36:28.920><c> thine</c><00:36:29.139><c> hand</c><00:36:29.659><c> and</c><00:36:30.099><c> give</c><00:36:30.239><c> us</c><00:36:30.460><c> them</c><00:36:30.639><c> their</c><00:36:30.880><c> meat</c><00:36:31.139><c> in</c>

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:34.039
due<00:36:31.679><c> season.</c><00:36:32.559><c> You</c><00:36:32.900><c> satisfy</c><00:36:33.340><c> the</c><00:36:33.639><c> desire</c>

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:38.780
of<00:36:34.260><c> every</c><00:36:34.519><c> living</c><00:36:34.840><c> thing.</c><00:36:36.460><c> That's</c><00:36:37.000><c> the</c><00:36:37.199><c> Father's</c><00:36:37.659><c> work</c><00:36:38.199><c> that</c>

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:41.820
the<00:36:39.039><c> servants</c><00:36:39.239><c> are</c><00:36:39.559><c> about.</c><00:36:40.320><c> Beautiful</c><00:36:40.860><c> picture.</c>

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:47.460
So<00:36:43.139><c> when</c><00:36:43.500><c> the</c><00:36:43.679><c> master</c><00:36:43.960><c> finds</c><00:36:44.639><c> the</c><00:36:45.300><c> good</c><00:36:45.820><c> servant</c><00:36:46.460><c> doing</c><00:36:47.059><c> these</c>

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:50.340
things<00:36:48.260><c> assuredly,</c><00:36:49.079><c> verse</c><00:36:49.300><c> 7,</c><00:36:49.599><c> I</c><00:36:49.780><c> say</c><00:36:50.039><c> to</c><00:36:50.239><c> you</c>

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:53.059
that<00:36:50.480><c> he</c><00:36:50.559><c> will</c><00:36:50.739><c> make</c><00:36:50.960><c> him</c><00:36:51.159><c> rule</c><00:36:51.320><c> over</c><00:36:51.579><c> all</c><00:36:51.900><c> his</c><00:36:52.199><c> goods,</c><00:36:52.920><c> make</c>

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:55.219
him<00:36:53.340><c> ruler</c><00:36:53.579><c> over</c><00:36:53.880><c> all</c><00:36:54.099><c> his</c><00:36:54.380><c> goods.</c><00:36:54.760><c> Do</c><00:36:54.900><c> you</c><00:36:54.980><c> notice</c>

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:59.099
it's<00:36:55.440><c> the</c><00:36:55.599><c> same</c><00:36:55.840><c> phrase</c><00:36:56.159><c> in</c><00:36:56.380><c> both</c><00:36:56.639><c> Matthew</c><00:36:57.039><c> and</c><00:36:57.300><c> Luke?</c><00:36:58.380><c> Marvelous,</c><00:36:58.900><c> isn't</c>

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:01.239
it?<00:36:59.820><c> These</c><00:37:00.019><c> are</c><00:37:00.159><c> just</c><00:37:00.400><c> roles,</c><00:37:00.880><c> brethren,</c>

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:05.880
that<00:37:01.460><c> we're</c><00:37:01.719><c> asked</c><00:37:02.079><c> to</c><00:37:03.059><c> take</c><00:37:03.539><c> up,</c><00:37:04.539><c> responsibilities</c><00:37:05.280><c> that</c><00:37:05.639><c> we</c>

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:09.199
were<00:37:06.099><c> given.</c><00:37:06.739><c> But</c><00:37:06.940><c> when</c><00:37:07.159><c> it</c><00:37:07.360><c> comes</c><00:37:07.739><c> to</c><00:37:08.260><c> the</c><00:37:08.519><c> reward</c><00:37:08.900><c> in</c>

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:14.579
Christ,<00:37:09.860><c> what</c><00:37:10.119><c> Christ</c><00:37:10.480><c> would</c><00:37:10.800><c> give,</c><00:37:11.679><c> it's</c><00:37:12.019><c> the</c><00:37:12.300><c> same.</c><00:37:13.099><c> Whether</c><00:37:13.460><c> you</c><00:37:13.840><c> are</c><00:37:14.179><c> an</c>

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:16.179
arranging<00:37:15.119><c> brother,</c><00:37:15.599><c> a</c><00:37:15.840><c> steward</c>

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:19.119
over<00:37:16.500><c> God's</c><00:37:17.019><c> house,</c><00:37:17.380><c> or</c><00:37:17.599><c> whether</c><00:37:17.800><c> you</c><00:37:17.980><c> are</c><00:37:18.159><c> a</c><00:37:18.340><c> faithful</c><00:37:18.679><c> bond</c>

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:21.619
servant<00:37:19.440><c> within</c><00:37:19.800><c> the</c><00:37:20.099><c> house,</c><00:37:20.539><c> makes</c><00:37:20.739><c> no</c><00:37:21.079><c> difference.</c>

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:26.440
Both<00:37:22.360><c> receive</c><00:37:22.980><c> the</c><00:37:23.239><c> same</c><00:37:23.539><c> blessing</c><00:37:23.900><c> in</c><00:37:24.139><c> Christ,</c><00:37:25.719><c> that</c><00:37:25.880><c> they</c>

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:30.380
would<00:37:26.679><c> be</c><00:37:26.920><c> made</c><00:37:27.320><c> rulers</c><00:37:27.760><c> over</c><00:37:28.400><c> all</c><00:37:28.840><c> his</c><00:37:29.199><c> goods.</c>

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:37.420
How<00:37:31.860><c> does</c><00:37:32.260><c> Jesus</c><00:37:32.760><c> drive</c><00:37:33.219><c> home</c><00:37:33.480><c> that</c><00:37:33.719><c> lesson</c><00:37:34.079><c> to</c><00:37:34.420><c> us</c><00:37:35.260><c> about</c><00:37:36.579><c> the</c>

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:41.039
faithfulness<00:37:38.059><c> to</c><00:37:38.500><c> do</c><00:37:39.079><c> is</c><00:37:39.480><c> what</c><00:37:39.639><c> he</c><00:37:39.960><c> desires,</c>

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:44.980
not<00:37:41.440><c> what</c><00:37:41.739><c> you're</c><00:37:42.039><c> doing,</c><00:37:42.480><c> not</c><00:37:42.820><c> what</c><00:37:43.139><c> level</c><00:37:43.480><c> of</c><00:37:43.840><c> service,</c><00:37:44.659><c> but</c>

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:47.460
just<00:37:45.400><c> the</c><00:37:45.739><c> faithfulness</c><00:37:46.440><c> to</c><00:37:46.860><c> do.</c>

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:55.440
The<00:37:47.960><c> simplest</c><00:37:48.699><c> of</c><00:37:49.219><c> gifts</c><00:37:49.719><c> is</c><00:37:51.039><c> the</c><00:37:51.599><c> greatest</c><00:37:52.219><c> of</c><00:37:53.119><c> gifts.</c><00:37:55.260><c> And</c>

00:37:55.440 --> 00:37:57.539
those<00:37:55.760><c> that</c><00:37:55.980><c> are</c><00:37:56.219><c> so</c><00:37:56.539><c> blessed,</c>

00:37:57.719 --> 00:38:01.840
as<00:37:57.880><c> I</c><00:37:58.000><c> remember</c><00:37:58.320><c> Harry</c><00:37:58.639><c> Whitaker</c><00:37:59.059><c> one</c><00:37:59.559><c> long</c><00:38:00.179><c> ago</c><00:38:00.500><c> saying,</c><00:38:01.420><c> what</c><00:38:01.619><c> is</c>

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:05.579
their<00:38:02.019><c> blessing?</c><00:38:02.980><c> Well,</c><00:38:03.639><c> even</c><00:38:03.719><c> greater</c><00:38:04.159><c> service,</c>

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:11.820
greater<00:38:06.400><c> and</c><00:38:06.920><c> fuller</c><00:38:07.340><c> opportunity</c><00:38:07.880><c> to</c><00:38:08.219><c> serve</c><00:38:08.800><c> in</c><00:38:09.559><c> the</c><00:38:09.780><c> Kingdom.</c><00:38:11.280><c> And</c><00:38:11.619><c> so</c>

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:13.000
it<00:38:11.980><c> is.</c>

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:18.780
Well,<00:38:13.860><c> he</c><00:38:14.019><c> goes</c><00:38:14.219><c> on</c><00:38:14.820><c> and</c><00:38:15.820><c> he</c><00:38:16.059><c> says</c><00:38:16.559><c> next,</c><00:38:17.420><c> but</c><00:38:17.420><c> if</c><00:38:17.760><c> that</c><00:38:18.360><c> wicked</c>

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:20.659
servant<00:38:19.179><c> or</c><00:38:19.500><c> evil</c><00:38:20.099><c> servant,</c>

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:24.679
and<00:38:21.400><c> now</c><00:38:21.559><c> we</c><00:38:21.719><c> come</c><00:38:21.920><c> to</c><00:38:22.099><c> a</c><00:38:22.340><c> term</c><00:38:22.559><c> that</c><00:38:22.760><c> Jesus</c><00:38:23.199><c> reserves</c><00:38:23.800><c> for</c><00:38:24.400><c> a</c>

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:27.119
different<00:38:24.860><c> class</c><00:38:25.300><c> of</c><00:38:25.559><c> disciple</c><00:38:25.880><c> in</c><00:38:26.079><c> the</c><00:38:26.260><c> house,</c>

00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:29.940
this<00:38:27.460><c> is</c><00:38:27.699><c> the</c><00:38:27.840><c> one</c><00:38:27.960><c> who</c><00:38:28.119><c> has</c><00:38:28.320><c> the</c><00:38:28.480><c> good</c><00:38:28.739><c> show</c><00:38:28.980><c> of</c><00:38:29.420><c> discipleship</c>

00:38:29.940 --> 00:38:30.840
and<00:38:30.260><c> service,</c>

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:36.739
but<00:38:31.860><c> he</c><00:38:32.300><c> never</c><00:38:32.539><c> really</c><00:38:33.239><c> does</c><00:38:33.599><c> the</c><00:38:33.940><c> will</c><00:38:34.099><c> of</c><00:38:34.840><c> his</c><00:38:35.119><c> master.</c><00:38:36.579><c> And</c>

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:38.139
it<00:38:36.900><c> says</c><00:38:37.320><c> that,</c>

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:41.679
but<00:38:38.840><c> if</c><00:38:39.039><c> that</c><00:38:39.280><c> evil</c><00:38:39.559><c> servant</c><00:38:39.880><c> says</c><00:38:40.199><c> in</c><00:38:40.380><c> his</c><00:38:40.599><c> heart,</c><00:38:41.039><c> my</c><00:38:41.159><c> master</c>

00:38:41.679 --> 00:38:43.900
is<00:38:42.000><c> delaying</c><00:38:42.340><c> his</c><00:38:42.579><c> coming</c><00:38:42.760><c> and</c><00:38:43.000><c> begins</c><00:38:43.500><c> to</c>

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:47.039
beat<00:38:44.039><c> his</c><00:38:44.340><c> fellow</c><00:38:44.639><c> servants</c><00:38:45.000><c> into</c><00:38:45.239><c> eat</c><00:38:45.579><c> and</c><00:38:45.780><c> drink</c><00:38:46.019><c> and</c><00:38:46.340><c> drunk.</c><00:38:46.699><c> In</c><00:38:46.699><c> fact,</c><00:38:46.940><c> if</c>

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:48.440
you<00:38:47.219><c> turn</c><00:38:47.500><c> right</c><00:38:47.780><c> over</c><00:38:48.059><c> to</c><00:38:48.239><c> the</c>

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:51.480
Luke<00:38:48.639><c> passage,</c><00:38:49.199><c> I'd</c><00:38:49.420><c> like</c><00:38:49.500><c> to</c><00:38:49.719><c> pick</c><00:38:49.820><c> it</c><00:38:49.960><c> up</c><00:38:50.099><c> from</c><00:38:50.320><c> there,</c><00:38:51.280><c> just</c>

00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:54.159
to<00:38:51.739><c> look</c><00:38:51.860><c> at</c><00:38:52.039><c> this</c><00:38:52.260><c> one</c><00:38:52.480><c> from</c><00:38:52.940><c> the</c><00:38:53.380><c> Luke</c><00:38:53.639><c> parable</c>

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:59.599
viewpoint.<00:38:56.000><c> Verse</c><00:38:56.159><c> 45,</c><00:38:56.840><c> if</c><00:38:57.099><c> the</c><00:38:57.440><c> servant</c><00:38:57.719><c> says</c><00:38:58.039><c> in</c><00:38:58.239><c> his</c><00:38:58.440><c> heart,</c><00:38:58.699><c> my</c><00:38:58.880><c> master</c><00:38:59.340><c> is</c>

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:01.000
delaying<00:38:59.860><c> his</c><00:39:00.019><c> coming</c><00:39:00.079><c> begins</c><00:39:00.480><c> to</c>

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:05.280
beat<00:39:01.440><c> the</c><00:39:01.840><c> men's</c><00:39:02.360><c> servants</c><00:39:02.559><c> and</c><00:39:02.739><c> the</c><00:39:02.900><c> maid</c><00:39:03.119><c> servants.</c><00:39:04.099><c> He</c><00:39:04.380><c> begins</c><00:39:04.900><c> to</c>

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:07.920
meet<00:39:05.920><c> beat.</c><00:39:06.599><c> That's</c><00:39:06.900><c> an</c><00:39:07.079><c> interesting</c><00:39:07.539><c> word</c>

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:15.139
because<00:39:08.320><c> the</c><00:39:08.619><c> word</c><00:39:09.019><c> itself</c><00:39:10.059><c> is</c><00:39:11.800><c> one</c><00:39:12.360><c> of</c><00:39:13.260><c> a</c><00:39:14.019><c> word</c><00:39:14.219><c> that</c><00:39:14.719><c> speaks</c>

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:17.760
of<00:39:15.679><c> discipline.</c><00:39:16.380><c> It's</c><00:39:16.659><c> like</c><00:39:16.880><c> beating</c><00:39:17.300><c> stripes</c>

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:25.920
with<00:39:18.079><c> a</c><00:39:18.300><c> rod,</c><00:39:19.400><c> kind</c><00:39:19.559><c> of</c><00:39:19.659><c> the</c><00:39:19.920><c> rod</c><00:39:20.079><c> of</c><00:39:20.480><c> discipline.</c><00:39:21.820><c> And</c><00:39:21.980><c> he</c><00:39:22.219><c> says,</c><00:39:23.880><c> when</c><00:39:24.320><c> they</c><00:39:24.679><c> begin</c><00:39:25.179><c> to</c>

00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:27.920
beat<00:39:26.360><c> their</c><00:39:27.099><c> men's</c><00:39:27.639><c> servants</c>

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:32.210
and<00:39:28.219><c> their</c><00:39:28.500><c> maid</c><00:39:28.880><c> servants,</c><00:39:30.019><c> what's</c><00:39:30.619><c> going</c><00:39:30.880><c> on</c><00:39:31.039><c> in</c><00:39:31.199><c> this</c><00:39:31.420><c> house?</c>

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:41.500
When<00:39:37.019><c> you</c><00:39:37.320><c> begin</c><00:39:37.719><c> to</c><00:39:38.219><c> use</c><00:39:39.199><c> the</c><00:39:39.800><c> rod</c><00:39:40.019><c> of</c><00:39:40.380><c> discipline,</c>

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:48.139
are<00:39:43.119><c> you</c><00:39:43.380><c> now</c><00:39:43.619><c> a</c><00:39:43.880><c> servant</c><00:39:44.320><c> or</c><00:39:45.699><c> are</c><00:39:45.920><c> you</c><00:39:46.039><c> now</c><00:39:46.260><c> a</c><00:39:46.460><c> Lord</c><00:39:46.739><c> and</c><00:39:46.980><c> master?</c>

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:52.940
Was<00:39:49.099><c> it</c><00:39:49.300><c> not</c><00:39:49.440><c> the</c><00:39:49.679><c> judges</c><00:39:50.039><c> in</c><00:39:50.260><c> Israel</c><00:39:50.599><c> that</c><00:39:50.900><c> used</c><00:39:51.079><c> the</c><00:39:51.320><c> rod?</c><00:39:52.679><c> So</c>

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:55.429
what<00:39:53.099><c> is</c><00:39:53.320><c> it</c><00:39:53.480><c> that</c><00:39:53.679><c> Jesus</c><00:39:54.039><c> is</c><00:39:54.440><c> telling</c><00:39:54.639><c> us?</c>

00:39:55.650 --> 00:40:02.050
That<00:39:56.289><c> when</c><00:39:56.610><c> brethren</c><00:39:57.349><c> leave</c><00:39:58.469><c> the</c><00:39:59.030><c> role</c><00:39:59.210><c> of</c><00:39:59.650><c> servants</c><00:40:00.230><c> and</c><00:40:01.349><c> begin</c><00:40:01.630><c> to</c>

00:40:02.050 --> 00:40:04.190
feel<00:40:02.429><c> that</c><00:40:02.690><c> they</c><00:40:02.929><c> are</c><00:40:03.170><c> the</c><00:40:03.409><c> masters</c><00:40:03.809><c> of</c><00:40:04.010><c> the</c>

00:40:04.190 --> 00:40:10.329
house,<00:40:05.710><c> that</c><00:40:05.849><c> they</c><00:40:06.030><c> will</c><00:40:06.230><c> begin</c><00:40:06.610><c> to</c><00:40:06.929><c> pick</c><00:40:07.090><c> up</c><00:40:07.329><c> the</c><00:40:07.630><c> rod</c><00:40:08.150><c> so</c><00:40:09.050><c> that</c><00:40:09.230><c> they</c><00:40:09.409><c> can</c>

00:40:10.329 --> 00:40:13.469
apply<00:40:10.829><c> it</c><00:40:11.710><c> against</c><00:40:12.269><c> their</c><00:40:12.570><c> brethren?</c>

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You<00:40:14.050><c> know,</c><00:40:14.510><c> it's</c><00:40:14.690><c> kind</c><00:40:14.889><c> of</c><00:40:15.010><c> an</c><00:40:15.210><c> irony</c><00:40:15.469><c> here.</c><00:40:17.809><c> I'll</c><00:40:18.210><c> ask</c><00:40:18.329><c> this</c>

00:40:18.449 --> 00:40:22.949
to<00:40:18.630><c> the</c><00:40:18.829><c> sisters.</c><00:40:20.329><c> Sisters,</c><00:40:21.869><c> when</c><00:40:22.050><c> the</c><00:40:22.309><c> dishes</c><00:40:22.630><c> and</c>

00:40:22.949 --> 00:40:26.989
after<00:40:23.769><c> the</c><00:40:24.449><c> fraternal</c><00:40:24.929><c> gathering</c><00:40:25.369><c> are</c><00:40:25.570><c> all</c><00:40:25.690><c> in</c><00:40:25.869><c> the</c><00:40:26.030><c> kitchen,</c>

00:40:28.389 --> 00:40:32.130
are<00:40:28.570><c> brethren</c><00:40:28.969><c> out</c><00:40:29.309><c> there,</c><00:40:29.809><c> are</c><00:40:30.070><c> the</c><00:40:30.250><c> brothers</c><00:40:30.710><c> arguing</c><00:40:31.710><c> over</c>

00:40:32.130 --> 00:40:34.769
who<00:40:32.429><c> gets</c><00:40:32.690><c> to</c><00:40:32.889><c> go</c><00:40:33.070><c> in</c><00:40:33.289><c> and</c><00:40:33.409><c> do</c><00:40:33.590><c> those</c><00:40:33.869><c> dishes?</c>

00:40:37.849 --> 00:40:41.489
We<00:40:38.449><c> don't</c><00:40:38.730><c> argue</c><00:40:39.110><c> over</c><00:40:39.449><c> positions</c><00:40:39.909><c> of</c><00:40:40.230><c> service,</c><00:40:40.530><c> do</c><00:40:40.750><c> we?</c><00:40:41.030><c> We're</c><00:40:41.289><c> not</c>

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each<00:40:41.789><c> there,</c><00:40:42.050><c> you</c><00:40:42.170><c> know,</c>

00:40:42.389 --> 00:40:47.610
trying<00:40:42.650><c> to</c><00:40:42.969><c> get</c><00:40:43.110><c> those</c><00:40:43.429><c> positions</c><00:40:43.869><c> of</c><00:40:44.190><c> service.</c><00:40:44.630><c> No,</c><00:40:45.070><c> that</c><00:40:45.329><c> doesn't</c><00:40:45.630><c> happen.</c><00:40:46.650><c> No,</c><00:40:47.050><c> what</c><00:40:47.289><c> we</c>

00:40:47.610 --> 00:40:48.769
argue<00:40:47.969><c> over</c>

00:40:49.369 --> 00:40:54.610
are<00:40:50.050><c> positions</c><00:40:50.570><c> of</c><00:40:50.929><c> power,</c><00:40:52.449><c> or</c><00:40:52.769><c> rather</c><00:40:53.150><c> positions</c><00:40:53.750><c> we</c><00:40:54.269><c> think</c>

00:40:54.610 --> 00:40:57.769
are<00:40:54.989><c> positions</c><00:40:55.489><c> of</c><00:40:55.829><c> power.</c><00:40:56.829><c> That's</c><00:40:57.349><c> when</c><00:40:57.530><c> you</c>

00:40:57.769 --> 00:41:03.349
begin<00:40:58.090><c> to</c><00:40:58.530><c> see</c><00:40:59.090><c> the</c><00:40:59.530><c> jostling</c><00:41:00.070><c> and</c><00:41:00.289><c> the</c><00:41:00.489><c> tussling</c><00:41:01.090><c> and</c><00:41:01.289><c> the</c><00:41:01.630><c> struggles.</c><00:41:03.170><c> I</c>

00:41:03.349 --> 00:41:06.110
once<00:41:03.889><c> had</c><00:41:04.809><c> a</c><00:41:04.989><c> young</c><00:41:05.210><c> brother</c><00:41:05.510><c> say</c><00:41:05.789><c> to</c><00:41:05.969><c> me,</c>

00:41:06.190 --> 00:41:10.230
oh,<00:41:06.750><c> I</c><00:41:07.130><c> really</c><00:41:07.630><c> want</c><00:41:07.809><c> to</c><00:41:07.969><c> be</c><00:41:08.690><c> an</c><00:41:09.010><c> arranging</c><00:41:09.510><c> brother.</c><00:41:09.909><c> That's</c>

00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:12.030
my<00:41:10.469><c> heart's</c><00:41:10.829><c> goal,</c><00:41:10.949><c> to</c><00:41:11.110><c> be</c><00:41:11.170><c> an</c><00:41:11.329><c> arranging</c><00:41:11.650><c> brother.</c>

00:41:12.030 --> 00:41:16.889
I<00:41:12.590><c> looked</c><00:41:12.869><c> at</c><00:41:13.110><c> him,</c><00:41:13.250><c> I</c><00:41:13.329><c> said,</c><00:41:14.449><c> you</c><00:41:14.630><c> want</c><00:41:14.929><c> to</c><00:41:15.130><c> be</c><00:41:15.250><c> an</c><00:41:15.530><c> arranging</c><00:41:15.989><c> brother?</c>

00:41:18.210 --> 00:41:22.849
You<00:41:18.769><c> want</c><00:41:19.050><c> to</c><00:41:19.349><c> deal</c><00:41:19.690><c> with</c><00:41:20.130><c> all</c><00:41:20.349><c> the</c><00:41:20.650><c> problems</c><00:41:21.050><c> they</c><00:41:21.349><c> deal</c><00:41:21.610><c> with?</c><00:41:22.610><c> All</c>

00:41:22.849 --> 00:41:26.730
the<00:41:23.389><c> heartache?</c><00:41:25.110><c> You</c><00:41:25.670><c> know</c><00:41:26.289><c> why</c>

00:41:26.730 --> 00:41:29.550
arranging<00:41:27.170><c> brother</c><00:41:27.489><c> and</c><00:41:27.670><c> lose</c><00:41:27.909><c> the</c><00:41:28.130><c> hair</c><00:41:28.269><c> up</c><00:41:28.590><c> here?</c><00:41:29.230><c> It's</c><00:41:29.349><c> not</c>

00:41:29.550 --> 00:41:30.590
just<00:41:29.829><c> because</c><00:41:29.989><c> they</c><00:41:30.190><c> can't</c><00:41:30.409><c> hold</c><00:41:30.510><c> her,</c>

00:41:30.610 --> 00:41:35.030
because<00:41:30.750><c> they're</c><00:41:30.929><c> ripping</c><00:41:31.210><c> it</c><00:41:31.510><c> out</c><00:41:31.670><c> as</c><00:41:32.409><c> they</c><00:41:32.690><c> agonize</c><00:41:33.269><c> over</c><00:41:33.469><c> the</c><00:41:33.730><c> problems</c><00:41:34.010><c> in</c><00:41:34.190><c> the</c><00:41:34.329><c> Ecclesiast.</c><00:41:34.630><c> I</c><00:41:34.769><c> said,</c>

00:41:35.030 --> 00:41:37.429
that's<00:41:35.550><c> what</c><00:41:35.750><c> you</c><00:41:36.050><c> want</c><00:41:36.230><c> to</c><00:41:36.429><c> do?</c>

00:41:39.489 --> 00:41:45.210
I<00:41:40.010><c> don't</c><00:41:40.190><c> know</c><00:41:40.409><c> if</c><00:41:40.670><c> he</c><00:41:41.190><c> heard</c><00:41:41.449><c> me</c><00:41:41.710><c> or</c><00:41:41.869><c> not,</c><00:41:42.150><c> but</c><00:41:42.989><c> I've</c><00:41:43.469><c> always</c><00:41:43.789><c> thought</c><00:41:44.050><c> about</c><00:41:44.389><c> that.</c><00:41:44.989><c> I</c>

00:41:45.210 --> 00:41:45.989
don't<00:41:45.369><c> want</c><00:41:45.510><c> to</c><00:41:45.690><c> be</c>

00:41:45.989 --> 00:41:49.269
an<00:41:46.150><c> arranging</c><00:41:46.510><c> brother</c><00:41:47.010><c> and</c><00:41:47.469><c> deal</c><00:41:47.670><c> with</c><00:41:47.889><c> those</c><00:41:48.170><c> kind</c><00:41:48.389><c> of</c><00:41:48.610><c> things.</c><00:41:48.969><c> They</c>

00:41:49.269 --> 00:41:51.949
hurt.<00:41:50.610><c> Well,</c><00:41:50.869><c> it's</c><00:41:51.110><c> the</c><00:41:51.230><c> same</c><00:41:51.449><c> thing</c><00:41:51.769><c> that</c>

00:41:51.949 --> 00:41:56.690
Jesus<00:41:52.309><c> said,</c><00:41:52.829><c> whosoever</c><00:41:53.510><c> should</c><00:41:53.710><c> be</c><00:41:54.969><c> great</c><00:41:55.329><c> among</c><00:41:55.670><c> you,</c><00:41:56.469><c> let</c>

00:41:56.690 --> 00:41:59.570
him<00:41:56.809><c> be</c><00:41:57.010><c> your</c><00:41:57.329><c> servant.</c><00:41:58.289><c> Whoever</c><00:41:58.650><c> would</c><00:41:58.889><c> be</c><00:41:59.210><c> first</c>

00:41:59.570 --> 00:42:07.250
among<00:41:59.670><c> you</c><00:42:00.429><c> must</c><00:42:01.110><c> first</c><00:42:01.849><c> be</c><00:42:02.630><c> your</c><00:42:03.349><c> slave.</c><00:42:05.949><c> Let's</c><00:42:06.349><c> never</c><00:42:06.670><c> forget</c><00:42:06.969><c> this,</c>

00:42:07.469 --> 00:42:10.929
brethren.<00:42:08.889><c> We're</c><00:42:09.489><c> all</c><00:42:09.730><c> servants,</c>

00:42:12.050 --> 00:42:18.230
not<00:42:12.210><c> masters.</c><00:42:13.969><c> Well,</c><00:42:14.889><c> back</c><00:42:15.190><c> to</c><00:42:15.869><c> Luke.</c><00:42:17.429><c> Well,</c><00:42:17.690><c> what</c><00:42:17.869><c> happens</c>

00:42:18.230 --> 00:42:19.710
here?<00:42:18.530><c> The</c><00:42:18.650><c> master</c><00:42:19.050><c> delays</c><00:42:19.349><c> his</c><00:42:19.590><c> coming.</c>

00:42:19.889 --> 00:42:21.889
He<00:42:19.889><c> says</c><00:42:20.010><c> he</c><00:42:20.150><c> begins</c><00:42:20.449><c> to</c><00:42:20.670><c> beat</c><00:42:20.750><c> his</c><00:42:21.010><c> men</c><00:42:21.210><c> servants</c><00:42:21.469><c> and</c><00:42:21.670><c> maid</c>

00:42:21.889 --> 00:42:25.190
servants<00:42:22.250><c> to</c><00:42:22.550><c> eat</c><00:42:22.949><c> and</c><00:42:23.130><c> to</c><00:42:23.510><c> drink</c><00:42:23.750><c> and</c><00:42:23.929><c> to</c><00:42:24.090><c> be</c><00:42:24.429><c> drunk.</c>

00:42:25.429 --> 00:42:30.130
Drunkenness,<00:42:26.230><c> the</c><00:42:26.349><c> very</c><00:42:26.789><c> epitome</c><00:42:27.289><c> of</c><00:42:27.530><c> one</c><00:42:27.730><c> who</c><00:42:27.849><c> is</c><00:42:28.210><c> not</c><00:42:28.530><c> prepared</c><00:42:28.989><c> and</c><00:42:29.289><c> ready.</c>

00:42:30.389 --> 00:42:37.090
You<00:42:30.670><c> can</c><00:42:31.309><c> kind</c><00:42:31.590><c> of</c><00:42:31.769><c> imagine</c><00:42:32.070><c> what's</c><00:42:32.449><c> going</c><00:42:32.710><c> on</c><00:42:33.130><c> with</c><00:42:33.670><c> this.</c><00:42:36.030><c> He's</c><00:42:36.710><c> kind</c><00:42:36.929><c> of</c>

00:42:37.090 --> 00:42:39.489
caught<00:42:37.329><c> up</c><00:42:37.510><c> in</c><00:42:37.690><c> his</c><00:42:37.969><c> self</c><00:42:38.170><c>-interest</c><00:42:38.650><c> and</c>

00:42:39.769 --> 00:42:46.070
now<00:42:40.449><c> he</c><00:42:41.130><c> begins</c><00:42:41.429><c> to</c><00:42:41.710><c> indulge</c><00:42:42.090><c> himself</c><00:42:42.730><c> and</c><00:42:43.809><c> he</c><00:42:44.550><c> eats</c><00:42:44.909><c> and</c><00:42:45.329><c> drinks</c><00:42:45.730><c> and</c>

00:42:46.070 --> 00:42:48.530
the<00:42:46.329><c> philosophies</c><00:42:47.050><c> that</c><00:42:47.690><c> deaden</c><00:42:48.030><c> the</c><00:42:48.230><c> mind,</c>

00:42:48.530 --> 00:42:55.489
I<00:42:48.690><c> suppose.</c><00:42:49.769><c> And</c><00:42:49.989><c> there</c><00:42:50.170><c> he</c><00:42:50.389><c> is.</c><00:42:50.650><c> What</c><00:42:50.809><c> an</c><00:42:51.070><c> example.</c><00:42:52.070><c> And</c><00:42:52.269><c> surprise,</c><00:42:52.929><c> brethren,</c><00:42:53.690><c> surprise.</c><00:42:55.230><c> This</c>

00:42:55.489 --> 00:42:55.949
is<00:42:55.710><c> the</c>

00:42:55.949 --> 00:42:58.929
shepherd<00:42:56.309><c> of</c><00:42:56.590><c> the</c><00:42:56.829><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:57.230><c> that</c><00:42:57.409><c> is</c><00:42:57.610><c> doing</c><00:42:57.869><c> this.</c><00:42:58.389><c> And</c><00:42:58.750><c> look</c>

00:42:58.929 --> 00:43:01.690
back<00:42:59.210><c> in</c><00:42:59.449><c> Matthew</c><00:42:59.809><c> and</c><00:43:00.010><c> see</c><00:43:00.269><c> what</c><00:43:00.510><c> a</c><00:43:00.869><c> profound</c><00:43:01.309><c> effect</c>

00:43:01.690 --> 00:43:04.949
it<00:43:01.909><c> has</c><00:43:02.130><c> upon</c><00:43:02.429><c> the</c><00:43:02.710><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:43:03.570><c> When</c><00:43:03.809><c> the</c><00:43:04.170><c> shepherds</c><00:43:04.610><c> behave</c>

00:43:04.949 --> 00:43:07.030
like<00:43:05.309><c> this,</c><00:43:05.809><c> you</c><00:43:05.909><c> look</c><00:43:06.110><c> back</c><00:43:06.389><c> in</c><00:43:06.530><c> Matthew</c><00:43:06.869><c> and</c>

00:43:07.030 --> 00:43:13.070
it<00:43:07.170><c> says</c><00:43:07.409><c> verse</c><00:43:07.670><c> 49,</c><00:43:08.670><c> and</c><00:43:09.030><c> this</c><00:43:10.230><c> fellow</c><00:43:10.690><c> servant</c><00:43:11.130><c> now</c><00:43:11.949><c> begins</c>

00:43:13.070 --> 00:43:17.349
to<00:43:13.650><c> beat</c><00:43:13.929><c> his</c><00:43:14.409><c> fellow</c><00:43:14.809><c> servants</c><00:43:15.429><c> and</c><00:43:16.369><c> to</c><00:43:16.690><c> eat</c><00:43:16.949><c> and</c>

00:43:17.349 --> 00:43:21.969
drink<00:43:17.750><c> with</c><00:43:18.929><c> the</c><00:43:19.230><c> drunkards.</c><00:43:20.090><c> Did</c><00:43:20.329><c> you</c><00:43:20.329><c> ever</c><00:43:20.530><c> notice</c><00:43:20.869><c> that?</c>

00:43:23.650 --> 00:43:26.210
What<00:43:23.829><c> the</c><00:43:23.989><c> arranging</c><00:43:24.409><c> brethren</c><00:43:24.769><c> do,</c><00:43:25.650><c> or</c><00:43:25.909><c> some</c>

00:43:26.210 --> 00:43:30.090
that<00:43:26.389><c> are</c><00:43:26.829><c> elders</c><00:43:27.170><c> and</c><00:43:27.469><c> shepherds</c><00:43:27.789><c> in</c><00:43:27.949><c> the</c><00:43:28.130><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:28.429><c> do,</c><00:43:29.849><c> so</c>

00:43:30.090 --> 00:43:33.610
everyone<00:43:30.429><c> else</c><00:43:30.710><c> will</c><00:43:30.949><c> follow.</c><00:43:32.650><c> Quite</c><00:43:32.909><c> an</c><00:43:33.190><c> example,</c>

00:43:33.690 --> 00:43:37.269
huh?<00:43:35.130><c> What</c><00:43:35.429><c> will</c><00:43:35.610><c> the</c><00:43:35.750><c> master</c><00:43:36.010><c> do</c><00:43:36.190><c> when</c><00:43:36.309><c> he</c><00:43:36.510><c> returns</c><00:43:36.849><c> in</c><00:43:37.050><c> that</c>

00:43:37.269 --> 00:43:39.250
day?<00:43:37.409><c> You</c><00:43:37.489><c> can</c><00:43:37.650><c> be</c><00:43:37.829><c> back</c><00:43:38.010><c> at</c><00:43:38.190><c> Matthew</c><00:43:38.489><c> now.</c><00:43:39.050><c> The</c>

00:43:39.250 --> 00:43:42.130
master,<00:43:39.650><c> when</c><00:43:39.789><c> he</c><00:43:40.010><c> comes</c><00:43:40.250><c> in</c><00:43:40.409><c> that</c><00:43:40.690><c> day,</c><00:43:41.409><c> will</c><00:43:41.530><c> come</c><00:43:41.690><c> on</c><00:43:41.849><c> a</c><00:43:41.989><c> day</c>

00:43:42.130 --> 00:43:43.909
when<00:43:42.289><c> he</c><00:43:42.409><c> is</c><00:43:42.590><c> not</c><00:43:42.809><c> looking</c><00:43:43.070><c> for</c><00:43:43.309><c> him</c><00:43:43.369><c> in</c><00:43:43.489><c> an</c><00:43:43.650><c> hour</c><00:43:43.809><c> that</c>

00:43:43.909 --> 00:43:46.889
he<00:43:44.010><c> is</c><00:43:44.070><c> not</c><00:43:44.289><c> aware</c><00:43:44.530><c> of</c><00:43:44.610><c> and</c><00:43:44.690><c> will</c><00:43:44.909><c> cut</c><00:43:45.150><c> him</c><00:43:45.349><c> in</c><00:43:45.710><c> two</c><00:43:46.050><c> and</c><00:43:46.449><c> appoint</c><00:43:46.730><c> him</c>

00:43:46.889 --> 00:43:48.809
his<00:43:47.130><c> portion</c><00:43:47.449><c> with</c><00:43:47.650><c> the</c><00:43:47.789><c> hypocrites.</c>

00:43:49.050 --> 00:43:50.969
Then<00:43:49.269><c> there</c><00:43:49.409><c> will</c><00:43:49.530><c> be</c><00:43:49.710><c> weeping</c><00:43:49.949><c> of</c><00:43:50.150><c> gnashing</c><00:43:50.429><c> of</c><00:43:50.570><c> teeth.</c><00:43:50.750><c> Cut</c>

00:43:50.969 --> 00:43:53.210
him<00:43:51.190><c> in</c><00:43:51.329><c> two.</c><00:43:51.510><c> Isn't</c><00:43:51.750><c> that</c><00:43:52.070><c> the</c><00:43:52.250><c> whole</c><00:43:52.510><c> idea</c><00:43:52.849><c> of</c><00:43:53.030><c> what</c>

00:43:53.210 --> 00:43:56.230
judgment<00:43:53.530><c> is?</c><00:43:54.150><c> A</c><00:43:54.409><c> dividing</c><00:43:54.630><c> asunder</c><00:43:55.170><c> of</c><00:43:55.469><c> soul</c><00:43:55.630><c> and</c><00:43:55.949><c> spirit,</c>

00:43:56.570 --> 00:43:57.929
thoughts<00:43:56.889><c> and</c><00:43:57.070><c> the</c><00:43:57.230><c> tints</c><00:43:57.329><c> of</c><00:43:57.530><c> the</c><00:43:57.710><c> hearts,</c>

00:43:58.190 --> 00:44:00.650
and<00:43:58.289><c> the</c><00:43:58.389><c> very</c><00:43:58.650><c> most</c><00:43:58.949><c> innermost</c><00:43:59.289><c> things</c><00:43:59.650><c> will</c><00:43:59.829><c> be</c><00:44:00.349><c> brought</c>

00:44:00.650 --> 00:44:03.130
out<00:44:00.889><c> into</c><00:44:01.090><c> the</c><00:44:01.329><c> daylight</c><00:44:01.610><c> and</c><00:44:01.889><c> revealed</c><00:44:02.269><c> before</c><00:44:02.710><c> all.</c>

00:44:03.570 --> 00:44:07.829
Cut<00:44:03.929><c> him</c><00:44:04.190><c> in</c><00:44:04.530><c> two</c><00:44:04.949><c> and</c><00:44:05.530><c> then</c><00:44:06.010><c> appoint</c><00:44:06.469><c> him</c><00:44:06.809><c> his</c><00:44:07.210><c> portion</c><00:44:07.610><c> with</c>

00:44:07.829 --> 00:44:10.730
the<00:44:08.070><c> hypocrite,</c><00:44:08.769><c> or,</c><00:44:08.989><c> Luke</c><00:44:09.210><c> says,</c><00:44:09.590><c> the</c><00:44:09.769><c> unfaithful</c>

00:44:10.730 --> 00:44:14.710
and<00:44:10.969><c> a</c><00:44:11.230><c> fit</c><00:44:11.349><c> reward</c><00:44:11.829><c> for</c><00:44:12.570><c> the</c><00:44:13.269><c> double</c><00:44:13.610><c>-minded</c><00:44:13.969><c> servant</c><00:44:14.510><c> and</c>

00:44:14.710 --> 00:44:16.429
the<00:44:14.969><c> faithless</c><00:44:15.369><c> elder.</c>

00:44:17.050 --> 00:44:21.030
That<00:44:17.630><c> leaves</c><00:44:17.949><c> us</c><00:44:18.449><c> with</c><00:44:18.969><c> one</c><00:44:19.329><c> final</c><00:44:19.710><c> question,</c><00:44:20.510><c> and</c><00:44:20.690><c> this</c><00:44:20.869><c> is</c>

00:44:21.030 --> 00:44:23.449
the<00:44:21.150><c> one</c><00:44:21.269><c> that</c><00:44:21.389><c> we'll</c><00:44:21.829><c> close</c><00:44:22.170><c> out</c><00:44:22.449><c> these</c><00:44:22.690><c> classes</c><00:44:23.050><c> on.</c>

00:44:23.750 --> 00:44:28.449
It's<00:44:24.050><c> one</c><00:44:24.429><c> question</c><00:44:24.889><c> that</c><00:44:25.130><c> remains</c><00:44:25.469><c> unanswered.</c><00:44:27.389><c> What</c><00:44:27.730><c> is</c><00:44:28.010><c> it</c>

00:44:28.449 --> 00:44:31.570
that<00:44:28.949><c> triggers</c><00:44:29.750><c> this</c><00:44:30.429><c> remarkable</c>

00:44:31.570 --> 00:44:36.969
abandon<00:44:32.489><c> of</c><00:44:33.190><c> the</c><00:44:33.469><c> faithless</c><00:44:34.010><c> servant?</c><00:44:36.010><c> You</c><00:44:36.269><c> know,</c><00:44:36.349><c> they</c><00:44:36.710><c> seem</c>

00:44:36.969 --> 00:44:38.070
to<00:44:37.130><c> be</c><00:44:37.269><c> so</c><00:44:37.590><c> faithful,</c>

00:44:38.070 --> 00:44:42.010
and<00:44:38.809><c> yet</c><00:44:39.090><c> look</c><00:44:39.489><c> how</c><00:44:39.650><c> they</c><00:44:39.869><c> started</c><00:44:40.130><c> to</c><00:44:40.349><c> behave.</c><00:44:41.329><c> What</c><00:44:41.650><c> caused</c>

00:44:42.010 --> 00:44:45.329
it?<00:44:43.809><c> Here</c><00:44:44.090><c> is</c><00:44:44.309><c> where</c><00:44:44.429><c> you're</c><00:44:44.690><c> going</c><00:44:44.889><c> to</c><00:44:45.150><c> make</c>

00:44:45.329 --> 00:44:51.869
one<00:44:45.550><c> of</c><00:44:45.650><c> the</c><00:44:45.769><c> most</c><00:44:46.030><c> surprising</c><00:44:46.809><c> discoveries</c><00:44:47.630><c> that</c><00:44:48.329><c> we</c><00:44:48.630><c> just</c><00:44:48.969><c> don't</c><00:44:49.329><c> seem</c><00:44:49.710><c> to</c><00:44:50.449><c> appreciate</c><00:44:51.130><c> as</c><00:44:51.349><c> a</c><00:44:51.570><c> community,</c>

00:44:51.969 --> 00:44:54.929
I<00:44:52.030><c> don't</c><00:44:52.269><c> think,</c><00:44:52.610><c> but</c><00:44:53.469><c> I'd</c><00:44:53.670><c> like</c><00:44:53.809><c> to</c><00:44:54.030><c> leave</c><00:44:54.130><c> it</c><00:44:54.329><c> with</c><00:44:54.550><c> you</c><00:44:54.710><c> to</c>

00:44:54.929 --> 00:44:59.429
think<00:44:55.150><c> about.</c><00:44:58.190><c> Back</c><00:44:58.710><c> in</c><00:44:58.929><c> Matthew,</c>

00:44:59.429 --> 00:45:05.730
verse<00:45:00.050><c> 48,</c><00:45:01.550><c> he</c><00:45:01.550><c> says,</c><00:45:02.389><c> the</c><00:45:02.530><c> evil</c><00:45:02.889><c> servant</c><00:45:03.250><c> says</c><00:45:03.710><c> in</c><00:45:03.969><c> his</c><00:45:04.610><c> heart,</c>

00:45:06.210 --> 00:45:10.570
my<00:45:06.369><c> master,</c><00:45:07.110><c> my</c><00:45:07.389><c> version</c><00:45:07.690><c> reads,</c><00:45:08.530><c> is</c><00:45:08.809><c> delaying</c><00:45:09.349><c> his</c><00:45:09.610><c> coming.</c>

00:45:11.409 --> 00:45:14.829
No,<00:45:12.010><c> my</c><00:45:12.309><c> master</c><00:45:12.769><c> delays</c><00:45:13.449><c> his</c><00:45:13.869><c> coming.</c>

00:45:15.269 --> 00:45:18.750
Have<00:45:15.530><c> you</c><00:45:15.690><c> ever</c><00:45:15.969><c> said</c><00:45:16.309><c> in</c><00:45:16.610><c> either</c><00:45:16.869><c> a</c><00:45:17.210><c> prayer</c><00:45:17.409><c> or</c><00:45:17.710><c> otherwise,</c>

00:45:19.369 --> 00:45:22.989
if<00:45:19.730><c> the</c><00:45:20.010><c> Lord</c><00:45:20.230><c> delays,</c><00:45:21.389><c> have</c><00:45:21.610><c> you</c><00:45:21.750><c> said</c><00:45:21.849><c> that</c><00:45:22.050><c> before?</c>

00:45:23.190 --> 00:45:27.449
If<00:45:23.389><c> the</c><00:45:23.630><c> Lord</c><00:45:23.789><c> delays?</c><00:45:25.690><c> Well,</c><00:45:25.869><c> if</c><00:45:26.090><c> that</c><00:45:26.269><c> has</c><00:45:26.570><c> ever</c><00:45:26.929><c> been</c><00:45:27.210><c> your</c>

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language,<00:45:27.889><c> brothers</c><00:45:28.190><c> and</c><00:45:28.469><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:29.429 --> 00:45:36.550
I<00:45:29.889><c> exhort</c><00:45:30.369><c> you</c><00:45:30.650><c> today</c><00:45:31.090><c> to</c><00:45:31.650><c> banish</c><00:45:32.010><c> it</c><00:45:32.250><c> forever</c><00:45:32.909><c> from</c><00:45:33.789><c> your</c><00:45:34.449><c> speech</c><00:45:34.969><c> and</c><00:45:35.570><c> thought,</c>

00:45:37.070 --> 00:45:43.530
because<00:45:37.269><c> there</c><00:45:37.610><c> is</c><00:45:38.070><c> no</c><00:45:38.530><c> doubt</c><00:45:38.929><c> whatsoever.</c><00:45:41.050><c> There</c><00:45:41.210><c> is</c><00:45:41.610><c> no</c><00:45:41.829><c> ifs.</c><00:45:43.070><c> Our</c>

00:45:43.530 --> 00:45:45.449
Lord<00:45:43.989><c> will</c><00:45:44.590><c> delay</c><00:45:44.949><c> his</c><00:45:45.269><c> coming,</c>

00:45:45.510 --> 00:45:49.610
and<00:45:45.690><c> the</c><00:45:45.989><c> force</c><00:45:46.190><c> of</c><00:45:46.409><c> the</c><00:45:46.590><c> Greek</c><00:45:46.809><c> is,</c><00:45:47.750><c> my</c><00:45:48.010><c> master</c><00:45:48.590><c> has</c><00:45:49.130><c> delayed</c>

00:45:49.610 --> 00:45:51.570
his<00:45:49.909><c> coming.</c><00:45:50.210><c> Not</c><00:45:50.449><c> he</c><00:45:50.630><c> was</c><00:45:50.929><c> delayed,</c>

00:45:51.809 --> 00:45:55.889
as<00:45:52.070><c> if</c><00:45:52.250><c> some</c><00:45:52.690><c> expected</c><00:45:53.869><c> circumstance</c><00:45:54.929><c> has</c><00:45:55.190><c> suddenly</c><00:45:55.489><c> arisen</c>

00:45:55.889 --> 00:45:58.150
that<00:45:56.190><c> stops</c><00:45:56.489><c> the</c><00:45:56.750><c> Lord</c><00:45:56.929><c> from</c><00:45:57.250><c> coming.</c>

00:45:58.289 --> 00:46:03.550
No,<00:45:59.329><c> my</c><00:45:59.789><c> Lord</c><00:46:00.150><c> has</c><00:46:00.530><c> deliberately</c><00:46:01.530><c> delayed</c><00:46:02.190><c> his</c><00:46:02.590><c> coming.</c>

00:46:06.630 --> 00:46:10.550
The<00:46:06.909><c> implication</c><00:46:07.429><c> of</c><00:46:07.650><c> those</c><00:46:07.869><c> words</c><00:46:08.110><c> has</c><00:46:08.329><c> got</c><00:46:08.489><c> to</c><00:46:08.730><c> stagger</c><00:46:08.949><c> you,</c><00:46:09.309><c> brother</c><00:46:09.369><c> and</c><00:46:09.570><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:11.309 --> 00:46:18.329
Right<00:46:11.550><c> now,</c><00:46:12.630><c> even</c><00:46:12.789><c> now,</c><00:46:14.250><c> brother</c><00:46:14.369><c> and</c><00:46:14.510><c> I,</c><00:46:14.969><c> one</c><00:46:15.210><c> brother</c><00:46:15.530><c> mentioned</c><00:46:15.969><c> about</c><00:46:17.389><c> 19,</c>

00:46:18.769 --> 00:46:24.590
what<00:46:19.269><c> was</c><00:46:19.449><c> it,</c><00:46:19.929><c> the</c><00:46:20.190><c> 70th,</c><00:46:21.150><c> the</c><00:46:21.550><c> Jubilee</c><00:46:21.929><c> year</c><00:46:22.230><c> coming</c><00:46:22.510><c> up,</c><00:46:23.150><c> things</c><00:46:23.469><c> happening.</c><00:46:24.210><c> We're</c><00:46:24.409><c> on</c>

00:46:24.590 --> 00:46:25.110
our<00:46:24.869><c> toes,</c>

00:46:25.110 --> 00:46:27.550
we<00:46:25.269><c> see</c><00:46:25.489><c> things</c><00:46:25.869><c> developing</c><00:46:26.309><c> in</c><00:46:26.530><c> Europe.</c><00:46:26.889><c> Will</c><00:46:27.050><c> England</c><00:46:27.309><c> be</c>

00:46:27.550 --> 00:46:28.710
in<00:46:27.670><c> and</c><00:46:27.829><c> out</c><00:46:27.909><c> of</c><00:46:28.030><c> the</c><00:46:28.230><c> common</c><00:46:28.429><c> market?</c>

00:46:28.769 --> 00:46:30.789
Will<00:46:28.889><c> that</c><00:46:29.090><c> have</c><00:46:29.269><c> something?</c><00:46:29.710><c> We</c><00:46:29.909><c> see</c><00:46:30.130><c> the</c><00:46:30.349><c> developments</c><00:46:30.610><c> in</c>

00:46:30.789 --> 00:46:31.510
the<00:46:30.909><c> land</c><00:46:31.050><c> of</c><00:46:31.250><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:31.730 --> 00:46:34.710
We<00:46:31.929><c> have</c><00:46:32.150><c> been</c><00:46:32.250><c> on</c><00:46:32.429><c> our</c><00:46:32.690><c> toes</c><00:46:32.869><c> for</c><00:46:33.190><c> years,</c><00:46:33.690><c> 120</c><00:46:34.130><c> years</c><00:46:34.530><c> we've</c>

00:46:34.710 --> 00:46:36.210
been<00:46:34.849><c> on</c><00:46:35.030><c> our</c><00:46:35.289><c> toes.</c>

00:46:36.449 --> 00:46:39.829
You<00:46:36.590><c> know,</c><00:46:36.789><c> we</c><00:46:37.010><c> wane</c><00:46:37.349><c> wax</c><00:46:37.630><c> and</c><00:46:37.889><c> wane</c><00:46:38.110><c> like</c><00:46:38.309><c> the</c><00:46:38.530><c> moon,</c><00:46:38.809><c> sure.</c>

00:46:43.230 --> 00:46:49.389
Six<00:46:43.409><c> thousand</c><00:46:43.769><c> years</c><00:46:44.150><c> as</c><00:46:44.309><c> we</c><00:46:44.630><c> calculate</c><00:46:45.150><c> it,</c><00:46:45.730><c> 1996,</c><00:46:46.849><c> this</c><00:46:46.949><c> year,</c><00:46:48.230><c> surely</c><00:46:48.510><c> before</c><00:46:48.949><c> that,</c><00:46:49.170><c> or</c>

00:46:49.389 --> 00:46:50.530
at<00:46:49.449><c> least</c><00:46:49.769><c> 1998,</c>

00:46:50.530 --> 00:46:57.690
surely<00:46:51.369><c> before</c><00:46:51.889><c> that.</c><00:46:54.269><c> What</c><00:46:54.630><c> will</c><00:46:54.869><c> it</c><00:46:55.090><c> be,</c><00:46:55.429><c> brother</c><00:46:55.530><c> and</c><00:46:55.769><c> sisters,</c><00:46:56.469><c> that</c>

00:46:57.690 --> 00:47:00.369
will<00:46:58.070><c> make</c><00:46:58.550><c> every</c><00:46:59.469><c> one</c><00:46:59.710><c> of</c><00:46:59.829><c> us</c><00:47:00.150><c> sitting</c>

00:47:00.369 --> 00:47:04.610
here<00:47:00.829><c> this</c><00:47:01.150><c> morning</c><00:47:01.590><c> and</c><00:47:02.250><c> throughout</c><00:47:03.250><c> the</c><00:47:03.889><c> Christadelphian</c>

00:47:04.610 --> 00:47:08.449
community,<00:47:05.369><c> around</c><00:47:05.710><c> the</c><00:47:05.969><c> world,</c><00:47:06.909><c> will</c><00:47:07.190><c> make</c><00:47:07.510><c> us</c><00:47:07.989><c> think</c>

00:47:08.449 --> 00:47:15.269
that<00:47:09.250><c> the</c><00:47:09.690><c> Lord</c><00:47:10.590><c> has</c><00:47:11.769><c> delayed</c><00:47:12.809><c> his</c><00:47:13.429><c> coming,</c><00:47:13.949><c> and</c><00:47:14.369><c> we</c><00:47:14.730><c> know</c><00:47:14.969><c> it</c>

00:47:15.269 --> 00:47:17.030
in<00:47:15.530><c> our</c><00:47:15.909><c> hearts.</c>

00:47:18.710 --> 00:47:22.130
What<00:47:19.269><c> if</c><00:47:19.829><c> something</c><00:47:20.469><c> occurred?</c><00:47:20.849><c> I</c><00:47:21.010><c> don't</c><00:47:21.150><c> know</c><00:47:21.269><c> what</c><00:47:21.449><c> it</c><00:47:21.710><c> is,</c>

00:47:22.530 --> 00:47:23.829
a<00:47:22.789><c> resolution</c><00:47:23.210><c> of</c><00:47:23.489><c> things,</c>

00:47:24.150 --> 00:47:26.409
stability,<00:47:24.789><c> real</c><00:47:25.030><c> stability</c><00:47:25.590><c> in</c><00:47:25.769><c> the</c><00:47:25.889><c> world.</c><00:47:25.989><c> I</c><00:47:26.130><c> don't</c><00:47:26.289><c> know</c>

00:47:26.409 --> 00:47:29.650
what<00:47:26.550><c> it</c><00:47:26.769><c> is,</c><00:47:27.550><c> but</c><00:47:27.769><c> what</c><00:47:27.989><c> is</c><00:47:28.210><c> it</c><00:47:28.769><c> that's</c><00:47:29.309><c> going</c><00:47:29.449><c> to</c>

00:47:29.650 --> 00:47:34.550
make<00:47:29.789><c> us</c><00:47:30.170><c> be</c><00:47:30.570><c> absolutely</c><00:47:31.150><c> convinced</c><00:47:32.230><c> that,</c><00:47:33.329><c> oh</c><00:47:33.610><c> no,</c><00:47:34.010><c> it's</c><00:47:34.409><c> going</c><00:47:34.469><c> to</c>

00:47:34.550 --> 00:47:37.889
be<00:47:34.650><c> maybe</c><00:47:34.929><c> another</c><00:47:35.250><c> 40</c><00:47:35.550><c> years</c><00:47:36.289><c> before</c><00:47:37.489><c> our</c><00:47:37.690><c> Lord</c>

00:47:37.889 --> 00:47:44.730
returns.<00:47:41.030><c> I</c><00:47:41.469><c> don't</c><00:47:41.750><c> know,</c><00:47:43.250><c> but</c><00:47:43.409><c> why</c><00:47:43.670><c> does</c><00:47:43.849><c> Jesus</c><00:47:44.190><c> delay</c><00:47:44.469><c> his</c>

00:47:44.730 --> 00:47:48.190
coming?<00:47:45.849><c> Why</c><00:47:46.190><c> is</c><00:47:46.429><c> he</c><00:47:46.730><c> deliberately</c><00:47:47.289><c> delaying</c><00:47:47.929><c> his</c>

00:47:48.190 --> 00:47:51.789
coming?<00:47:49.550><c> I'd</c><00:47:49.789><c> like</c><00:47:49.909><c> to</c><00:47:50.090><c> suggest</c><00:47:50.369><c> to</c><00:47:50.489><c> you,</c><00:47:50.769><c> brethren,</c><00:47:51.550><c> because</c>

00:47:51.789 --> 00:47:56.650
if<00:47:51.949><c> he</c><00:47:52.150><c> didn't,</c><00:47:54.650><c> if</c><00:47:54.789><c> he</c><00:47:55.070><c> didn't,</c><00:47:55.650><c> there</c><00:47:56.429><c> would</c>

00:47:56.650 --> 00:48:04.730
be<00:47:56.909><c> no</c><00:47:57.230><c> distinction</c><00:47:57.889><c> between</c><00:47:58.969><c> the</c><00:47:59.269><c> servants</c><00:47:59.530><c> in</c><00:47:59.710><c> the</c><00:47:59.869><c> house</c><00:48:00.449><c> or</c><00:48:01.429><c> the</c><00:48:02.289><c> virgins.</c><00:48:03.369><c> Let</c><00:48:03.570><c> me</c><00:48:03.650><c> just</c><00:48:03.849><c> illustrate</c><00:48:04.170><c> what</c><00:48:04.329><c> I</c><00:48:04.489><c> mean.</c>

00:48:04.730 --> 00:48:08.869
Look<00:48:05.230><c> at</c><00:48:05.349><c> the</c><00:48:05.489><c> ten</c><00:48:05.670><c> virgins.</c><00:48:07.250><c> Real</c><00:48:07.449><c> quickly</c><00:48:07.750><c> here,</c><00:48:08.409><c> the</c><00:48:08.570><c> ten</c>

00:48:08.869 --> 00:48:11.789
virgins,<00:48:09.889><c> all</c><00:48:10.150><c> of</c><00:48:10.369><c> them,</c><00:48:10.869><c> some</c><00:48:11.090><c> were</c><00:48:11.250><c> wise</c><00:48:11.469><c> and</c><00:48:11.610><c> some</c>

00:48:11.789 --> 00:48:17.590
were<00:48:12.010><c> foolish,</c><00:48:12.650><c> but</c><00:48:14.090><c> all</c><00:48:14.690><c> ten</c><00:48:14.969><c> virgins</c><00:48:15.809><c> took</c><00:48:16.309><c> their</c><00:48:16.630><c> lamps,</c>

00:48:17.869 --> 00:48:20.309
all<00:48:18.230><c> ten</c><00:48:18.530><c> lamps</c><00:48:18.909><c> were</c><00:48:19.289><c> burning</c><00:48:19.710><c> brightly,</c>

00:48:20.730 --> 00:48:25.170
and<00:48:21.150><c> all</c><00:48:21.429><c> of</c><00:48:21.530><c> them</c><00:48:21.650><c> went</c><00:48:21.869><c> out</c><00:48:22.110><c> in</c><00:48:22.610><c> absolute</c><00:48:22.949><c> utter</c><00:48:23.369><c> expectation.</c><00:48:24.429><c> The</c><00:48:24.769><c> Master</c>

00:48:25.170 --> 00:48:28.050
was<00:48:25.409><c> to</c><00:48:25.670><c> arrive,</c><00:48:26.730><c> and</c><00:48:27.289><c> the</c>

00:48:28.050 --> 00:48:31.329
five<00:48:28.389><c> of</c><00:48:28.590><c> them</c><00:48:29.110><c> sure</c><00:48:29.449><c> took</c><00:48:29.650><c> extra</c><00:48:30.070><c> oil,</c><00:48:30.429><c> but</c><00:48:30.670><c> all</c><00:48:30.949><c> of</c><00:48:31.050><c> them</c><00:48:31.170><c> had</c>

00:48:31.329 --> 00:48:32.869
oil<00:48:31.530><c> in</c><00:48:31.690><c> their</c><00:48:31.849><c> lamps.</c>

00:48:34.730 --> 00:48:38.969
And<00:48:35.369><c> had</c><00:48:35.610><c> Jesus</c><00:48:35.929><c> come</c><00:48:36.230><c> at</c><00:48:36.409><c> that</c><00:48:36.710><c> time,</c><00:48:37.369><c> when</c><00:48:37.510><c> they</c><00:48:37.789><c> expected,</c>

00:48:39.269 --> 00:48:42.210
don't<00:48:39.530><c> you</c><00:48:39.789><c> see,</c><00:48:40.869><c> there</c><00:48:41.070><c> would</c><00:48:41.329><c> be</c><00:48:41.570><c> no</c><00:48:41.829><c> way</c>

00:48:42.210 --> 00:48:49.570
of<00:48:43.550><c> manifesting</c><00:48:44.530><c> who</c><00:48:45.190><c> was</c><00:48:45.550><c> wise</c><00:48:45.969><c> and</c><00:48:46.190><c> who</c><00:48:46.349><c> was</c><00:48:46.630><c> foolish?</c><00:48:48.869><c> Well,</c><00:48:49.250><c> so</c>

00:48:49.570 --> 00:48:53.170
Jesus<00:48:49.909><c> does</c><00:48:50.750><c> allow</c><00:48:51.610><c> them</c><00:48:51.929><c> to</c><00:48:52.289><c> wait,</c>

00:48:53.230 --> 00:48:59.309
and<00:48:53.469><c> as</c><00:48:53.829><c> a</c><00:48:54.010><c> result</c><00:48:54.590><c> of</c><00:48:55.750><c> that</c><00:48:56.130><c> waiting,</c><00:48:57.730><c> as</c><00:48:57.929><c> they</c><00:48:58.150><c> are</c><00:48:58.269><c> waiting,</c>

00:49:00.030 --> 00:49:04.110
some<00:49:00.269><c> lamps</c><00:49:00.590><c> go</c><00:49:00.889><c> out.</c><00:49:02.190><c> See,</c><00:49:02.750><c> some</c><00:49:02.989><c> were</c><00:49:03.170><c> ready,</c>

00:49:04.510 --> 00:49:10.889
some<00:49:04.929><c> were</c><00:49:05.190><c> not.</c><00:49:06.429><c> Some</c><00:49:07.010><c> had</c><00:49:07.469><c> become</c><00:49:07.869><c> servants</c><00:49:08.570><c> because</c><00:49:09.710><c> they</c>

00:49:10.889 --> 00:49:15.909
desired<00:49:11.650><c> to</c><00:49:12.650><c> serve</c><00:49:12.889><c> their</c><00:49:13.130><c> Lord.</c><00:49:14.469><c> Some</c><00:49:15.030><c> were</c><00:49:15.469><c> servants</c>

00:49:15.909 --> 00:49:23.429
because<00:49:16.670><c> they</c><00:49:17.030><c> were</c><00:49:17.269><c> looking</c><00:49:17.550><c> for</c><00:49:17.809><c> what</c><00:49:18.030><c> they</c><00:49:18.230><c> could</c><00:49:18.550><c> gain</c><00:49:19.050><c> from</c><00:49:19.849><c> their</c><00:49:20.090><c> Lord.</c><00:49:22.030><c> Well,</c><00:49:23.210><c> in</c>

00:49:23.429 --> 00:49:24.530
the<00:49:23.630><c> house</c><00:49:23.849><c> it's</c><00:49:24.190><c> the</c><00:49:24.289><c> same</c>

00:49:24.530 --> 00:49:30.869
thing<00:49:24.849><c> back</c><00:49:25.570><c> in</c><00:49:25.789><c> chapter</c><00:49:26.170><c> 24.</c><00:49:28.469><c> My</c><00:49:28.750><c> Master's</c><00:49:29.429><c> delayed</c><00:49:29.730><c> is</c><00:49:30.050><c> coming,</c><00:49:30.570><c> he</c>

00:49:30.869 --> 00:49:34.369
says,<00:49:31.309><c> and</c><00:49:32.570><c> you</c><00:49:32.769><c> can</c><00:49:33.010><c> just</c><00:49:33.210><c> imagine</c><00:49:33.849><c> what's</c>

00:49:34.369 --> 00:49:40.849
going<00:49:34.570><c> on.</c><00:49:38.010><c> I</c><00:49:38.510><c> know</c><00:49:38.690><c> what</c><00:49:38.829><c> it</c><00:49:38.949><c> will</c><00:49:39.050><c> be</c><00:49:39.269><c> like</c><00:49:39.510><c> for</c><00:49:40.190><c> me,</c><00:49:40.510><c> and</c><00:49:40.690><c> I'm</c>

00:49:40.849 --> 00:49:42.849
sure<00:49:41.070><c> it's</c><00:49:41.329><c> going</c><00:49:41.449><c> to</c><00:49:41.630><c> be</c><00:49:41.789><c> the</c><00:49:42.030><c> same</c><00:49:42.190><c> for</c><00:49:42.409><c> you.</c>

00:49:43.269 --> 00:49:46.889
You<00:49:43.530><c> work</c><00:49:43.690><c> hard,</c><00:49:44.210><c> brethren</c><00:49:44.329><c> and</c><00:49:44.530><c> sisters.</c><00:49:45.630><c> You've</c><00:49:46.130><c> worked</c><00:49:46.329><c> hard</c><00:49:46.630><c> in</c>

00:49:46.889 --> 00:49:48.769
Sunday<00:49:47.210><c> school,</c><00:49:47.650><c> you've</c><00:49:47.809><c> worked</c><00:49:48.050><c> hard</c><00:49:48.389><c> in</c><00:49:48.570><c> the</c>

00:49:48.769 --> 00:49:52.570
Ecclesia,<00:49:49.230><c> you've</c><00:49:49.469><c> worked</c><00:49:49.710><c> hard</c><00:49:50.150><c> in</c><00:49:50.369><c> the</c><00:49:50.590><c> CYC,</c><00:49:51.650><c> you've</c><00:49:52.030><c> worked</c><00:49:52.230><c> hard</c>

00:49:52.570 --> 00:49:54.030
with<00:49:52.789><c> your</c><00:49:53.070><c> children,</c><00:49:53.489><c> you've</c><00:49:53.829><c> worked</c>

00:49:54.030 --> 00:49:58.010
hard<00:49:54.429><c> with</c><00:49:54.789><c> your</c><00:49:55.429><c> brethren</c><00:49:55.789><c> that</c><00:49:56.050><c> you</c><00:49:56.309><c> love,</c><00:49:57.210><c> you've</c><00:49:57.710><c> worked</c>

00:49:58.010 --> 00:50:02.369
hard,<00:49:59.570><c> and</c><00:49:59.909><c> you</c><00:50:00.150><c> want</c><00:50:00.449><c> the</c><00:50:00.670><c> Lord</c><00:50:00.829><c> there</c><00:50:01.130><c> now.</c>

00:50:02.769 --> 00:50:06.650
And<00:50:02.989><c> when</c><00:50:03.110><c> that</c><00:50:04.070><c> moment</c><00:50:04.510><c> of</c><00:50:04.889><c> delay</c><00:50:05.210><c> comes</c><00:50:05.690><c> and</c><00:50:05.829><c> you</c><00:50:06.070><c> know</c><00:50:06.289><c> it's</c>

00:50:06.650 --> 00:50:10.329
delayed,<00:50:07.989><c> it's</c><00:50:09.210><c> like</c><00:50:09.369><c> you're</c><00:50:09.550><c> on</c><00:50:09.750><c> the</c><00:50:10.010><c> edge,</c>

00:50:10.449 --> 00:50:15.210
and<00:50:10.570><c> then</c><00:50:10.909><c> suddenly</c><00:50:11.230><c> it</c><00:50:11.510><c> isn't</c><00:50:12.090><c> there.</c><00:50:13.650><c> And</c><00:50:13.650><c> I</c><00:50:14.550><c> can</c><00:50:14.829><c> almost</c>

00:50:15.210 --> 00:50:16.710
feel<00:50:15.409><c> myself</c><00:50:15.869><c> going,</c>

00:50:20.869 --> 00:50:25.969
take<00:50:21.429><c> up</c><00:50:21.710><c> the</c><00:50:22.210><c> girdle,</c><00:50:22.809><c> the</c><00:50:22.989><c> garment,</c><00:50:23.969><c> tighten</c><00:50:24.130><c> it</c><00:50:24.389><c> up,</c><00:50:25.730><c> get</c>

00:50:25.969 --> 00:50:28.670
the<00:50:26.269><c> towel,</c><00:50:26.969><c> go</c><00:50:27.150><c> back</c><00:50:27.409><c> in</c><00:50:27.630><c> the</c><00:50:27.789><c> kitchen,</c>

00:50:28.809 --> 00:50:34.230
get<00:50:29.030><c> back</c><00:50:29.329><c> to</c><00:50:29.610><c> work.</c><00:50:30.949><c> It's</c><00:50:31.190><c> not</c><00:50:31.469><c> yet.</c><00:50:32.570><c> It</c><00:50:32.769><c> was</c><00:50:32.889><c> a</c><00:50:33.110><c> false</c><00:50:33.269><c> alarm.</c>

00:50:34.550 --> 00:50:36.489
I<00:50:34.650><c> just,</c><00:50:34.849><c> you</c><00:50:34.969><c> know,</c><00:50:35.210><c> that</c><00:50:35.409><c> sense</c><00:50:35.690><c> of</c><00:50:35.989><c> disappointment,</c>

00:50:36.730 --> 00:50:41.550
but<00:50:37.429><c> I've</c><00:50:37.969><c> got</c><00:50:38.050><c> to</c><00:50:38.190><c> go</c><00:50:38.449><c> on.</c><00:50:39.710><c> It's</c><00:50:39.869><c> my</c><00:50:40.050><c> Lord's</c><00:50:40.489><c> work,</c><00:50:40.889><c> and</c><00:50:41.110><c> that's</c><00:50:41.409><c> what</c>

00:50:41.550 --> 00:50:44.650
I<00:50:41.730><c> need</c><00:50:41.849><c> to</c><00:50:42.050><c> be</c><00:50:42.230><c> doing.</c><00:50:43.090><c> And</c><00:50:43.409><c> back</c><00:50:43.610><c> you</c><00:50:43.869><c> go.</c>

00:50:44.710 --> 00:50:49.730
But<00:50:45.030><c> the</c><00:50:45.250><c> other</c><00:50:45.510><c> servant,</c><00:50:47.309><c> that</c><00:50:47.570><c> other</c><00:50:48.130><c> servant,</c><00:50:49.030><c> frustrated</c>

00:50:49.730 --> 00:50:53.230
by<00:50:50.090><c> the</c><00:50:50.349><c> delays</c><00:50:50.849><c> perhaps</c><00:50:51.670><c> now</c><00:50:51.969><c> of</c><00:50:52.170><c> the</c><00:50:52.369><c> Lord,</c>

00:50:53.510 --> 00:50:58.409
thinking<00:50:53.869><c> of</c><00:50:54.110><c> all</c><00:50:54.329><c> these</c><00:50:54.610><c> years</c><00:50:54.869><c> of</c><00:50:55.190><c> hard</c><00:50:55.469><c> work</c><00:50:55.670><c> that</c><00:50:55.789><c> he's</c><00:50:56.010><c> put</c><00:50:56.230><c> into</c><00:50:56.409><c> the</c><00:50:56.829><c> truth.</c><00:50:57.650><c> He's</c><00:50:57.989><c> thinking</c><00:50:58.190><c> of</c>

00:50:58.409 --> 00:50:59.130
all<00:50:58.550><c> this</c><00:50:58.849><c> work</c>

00:50:59.130 --> 00:51:04.769
that<00:50:59.329><c> he's</c><00:50:59.610><c> done.</c><00:50:59.869><c> You</c><00:50:59.929><c> know,</c><00:51:00.789><c> I</c><00:51:01.090><c> deserve</c><00:51:01.710><c> a</c><00:51:02.070><c> vacation.</c><00:51:03.110><c> I</c><00:51:03.469><c> deserve</c><00:51:04.010><c> to</c>

00:51:04.769 --> 00:51:06.489
relax<00:51:05.230><c> a</c><00:51:05.389><c> little.</c><00:51:05.610><c> And</c><00:51:05.630><c> so</c><00:51:05.789><c> you</c><00:51:05.789><c> can</c><00:51:06.250><c> see</c>

00:51:06.489 --> 00:51:10.030
the<00:51:06.730><c> image.</c><00:51:07.050><c> Again,</c><00:51:07.429><c> the</c><00:51:07.570><c> images</c><00:51:07.789><c> of</c><00:51:07.969><c> Jesus</c><00:51:08.250><c> are</c><00:51:08.650><c> extraordinary.</c><00:51:09.530><c> You</c><00:51:09.650><c> can</c><00:51:09.889><c> see</c>

00:51:10.030 --> 00:51:10.909
him<00:51:10.190><c> kind</c><00:51:10.409><c> of</c><00:51:10.590><c> loosening</c>

00:51:10.909 --> 00:51:13.949
his<00:51:10.969><c> belt.</c><00:51:11.570><c> Remember</c><00:51:11.949><c> the</c><00:51:12.510><c> binding</c><00:51:12.769><c> up</c><00:51:12.989><c> of</c><00:51:13.130><c> the</c><00:51:13.389><c> girding</c><00:51:13.829><c> up</c>

00:51:13.949 --> 00:51:16.369
of<00:51:14.090><c> your</c><00:51:14.250><c> loins</c><00:51:14.489><c> to</c><00:51:14.769><c> work,</c><00:51:15.110><c> the</c><00:51:15.349><c> readiness.</c><00:51:16.010><c> You</c><00:51:16.130><c> can</c>

00:51:16.369 --> 00:51:19.869
see<00:51:16.449><c> him</c><00:51:16.670><c> loosening</c><00:51:17.070><c> his</c><00:51:17.630><c> belt,</c><00:51:18.329><c> and</c><00:51:18.389><c> you</c><00:51:18.530><c> can</c><00:51:18.809><c> see,</c><00:51:19.190><c> you</c><00:51:19.190><c> know,</c><00:51:19.730><c> that</c>

00:51:19.869 --> 00:51:21.849
he<00:51:20.030><c> gets</c><00:51:20.289><c> his</c><00:51:20.530><c> garment</c><00:51:20.809><c> down.</c><00:51:21.170><c> He</c><00:51:21.309><c> goes</c><00:51:21.570><c> over</c>

00:51:21.849 --> 00:51:24.449
to<00:51:21.989><c> the</c><00:51:22.269><c> seat</c><00:51:22.429><c> by</c><00:51:22.710><c> the</c><00:51:22.989><c> table</c><00:51:23.230><c> where</c><00:51:23.449><c> all</c><00:51:23.610><c> the</c><00:51:23.829><c> food</c><00:51:23.949><c> is</c><00:51:24.090><c> being</c>

00:51:24.449 --> 00:51:27.289
served.<00:51:25.050><c> He</c><00:51:25.329><c> sits</c><00:51:25.550><c> himself</c><00:51:26.030><c> down</c><00:51:26.570><c> in</c><00:51:26.730><c> that</c><00:51:26.989><c> chair</c>

00:51:27.289 --> 00:51:30.389
and<00:51:27.449><c> gets</c><00:51:27.630><c> himself</c><00:51:28.130><c> comfortable.</c><00:51:28.989><c> He</c><00:51:29.090><c> says,</c><00:51:29.349><c> now</c><00:51:29.789><c> I'm</c><00:51:30.070><c> ready.</c>

00:51:30.750 --> 00:51:35.349
You<00:51:31.269><c> serve</c><00:51:31.650><c> me.</c><00:51:33.309><c> Come</c><00:51:33.590><c> on.</c><00:51:34.670><c> Get</c><00:51:34.889><c> him</c><00:51:35.070><c> on</c><00:51:35.170><c> out</c><00:51:35.309><c> of</c>

00:51:35.349 --> 00:51:38.170
kitchen.<00:51:35.929><c> Bring</c><00:51:36.170><c> the</c><00:51:36.469><c> food</c><00:51:36.630><c> on.</c><00:51:37.150><c> I've</c><00:51:37.530><c> done</c><00:51:37.670><c> all</c><00:51:37.889><c> the</c><00:51:38.010><c> work.</c>

00:51:38.409 --> 00:51:41.090
You<00:51:38.889><c> serve</c><00:51:39.190><c> me</c><00:51:39.510><c> now.</c><00:51:40.110><c> And</c><00:51:40.289><c> you</c><00:51:40.369><c> can</c><00:51:40.510><c> just</c><00:51:40.750><c> see</c><00:51:40.929><c> him</c>

00:51:41.090 --> 00:51:43.650
there,<00:51:41.369><c> you</c><00:51:41.389><c> know,</c><00:51:41.710><c> eating</c><00:51:42.010><c> away.</c><00:51:42.630><c> You</c><00:51:42.690><c> know,</c><00:51:42.849><c> he's</c><00:51:43.230><c> enjoying</c>

00:51:43.650 --> 00:51:46.349
himself.<00:51:44.610><c> And</c><00:51:45.010><c> this</c><00:51:45.289><c> is</c><00:51:45.469><c> the</c><00:51:45.710><c> marvelous</c><00:51:46.070><c> thing.</c>

00:51:46.469 --> 00:51:49.690
It's<00:51:46.630><c> right</c><00:51:46.929><c> there</c><00:51:47.170><c> in</c><00:51:47.329><c> the</c><00:51:47.570><c> Greek,</c><00:51:48.090><c> and</c><00:51:48.409><c> you</c><00:51:48.630><c> have</c><00:51:48.750><c> it</c><00:51:48.929><c> in</c><00:51:49.010><c> your</c><00:51:49.170><c> English.</c><00:51:49.590><c> It</c>

00:51:49.690 --> 00:51:51.929
says<00:51:49.809><c> he</c><00:51:50.110><c> begins</c><00:51:50.929><c> to</c><00:51:51.369><c> beat</c><00:51:51.570><c> his</c>

00:51:51.929 --> 00:51:57.050
fellow<00:51:52.269><c> servant.</c><00:51:54.429><c> Didn't</c><00:51:54.769><c> say</c><00:51:54.969><c> he</c><00:51:55.110><c> was</c><00:51:55.309><c> beating</c><00:51:55.590><c> him.</c><00:51:56.289><c> In</c><00:51:56.489><c> fact,</c><00:51:56.789><c> the</c>

00:51:57.050 --> 00:51:58.730
sense<00:51:57.269><c> of</c><00:51:57.449><c> the</c><00:51:57.650><c> Greek</c><00:51:57.829><c> is,</c><00:51:58.449><c> you</c><00:51:58.650><c> know,</c>

00:51:58.730 --> 00:52:01.690
you<00:51:58.809><c> could</c><00:51:59.110><c> almost</c><00:51:59.469><c> see</c><00:51:59.690><c> the</c><00:51:59.909><c> image</c><00:52:00.110><c> of</c><00:52:00.289><c> the</c><00:52:00.550><c> hand</c><00:52:00.809><c> is</c><00:52:01.230><c> raised</c>

00:52:01.690 --> 00:52:04.710
up<00:52:02.349><c> to</c><00:52:02.769><c> smite</c><00:52:03.110><c> his</c><00:52:03.349><c> fellow</c><00:52:03.670><c> servant,</c>

00:52:04.750 --> 00:52:08.190
and<00:52:04.909><c> it's</c><00:52:05.170><c> right</c><00:52:05.510><c> in</c><00:52:05.710><c> the</c><00:52:05.929><c> act</c><00:52:06.130><c> that</c><00:52:06.849><c> he's</c><00:52:07.070><c> got</c><00:52:07.269><c> his</c><00:52:07.530><c> hand</c><00:52:07.730><c> there,</c><00:52:08.070><c> and</c>

00:52:08.190 --> 00:52:09.230
suddenly<00:52:08.469><c> there's</c>

00:52:09.869 --> 00:52:20.150
the<00:52:09.869><c> house</c><00:52:10.130><c> is</c><00:52:12.130><c> suddenly</c><00:52:12.590><c> electrified,</c><00:52:13.909><c> and</c><00:52:15.670><c> they</c><00:52:15.849><c> run</c><00:52:16.090><c> to</c><00:52:16.230><c> the</c><00:52:16.429><c> door,</c><00:52:17.909><c> and</c><00:52:18.110><c> the</c><00:52:18.389><c> Lord</c><00:52:18.809><c> has</c><00:52:19.070><c> appeared.</c><00:52:19.909><c> He</c>

00:52:20.150 --> 00:52:20.750
has<00:52:20.429><c> come</c>

00:52:20.750 --> 00:52:26.110
home.<00:52:22.309><c> And</c><00:52:22.510><c> can</c><00:52:22.690><c> you</c><00:52:22.889><c> imagine</c><00:52:23.530><c> the</c><00:52:24.869><c> absolute</c><00:52:24.869><c> consternation</c>

00:52:26.110 --> 00:52:29.869
of<00:52:26.230><c> this</c><00:52:26.530><c> man</c><00:52:26.929><c> as</c><00:52:27.369><c> he</c><00:52:27.730><c> sits</c><00:52:27.929><c> there</c><00:52:28.210><c> at</c><00:52:28.429><c> his</c><00:52:28.670><c> table</c><00:52:29.050><c> with</c><00:52:29.489><c> his</c>

00:52:29.869 --> 00:52:33.369
garment<00:52:30.250><c> that</c><00:52:30.429><c> he</c><00:52:30.630><c> had</c><00:52:30.769><c> been</c><00:52:31.050><c> given</c><00:52:31.250><c> in</c><00:52:31.530><c> Christ</c><00:52:31.869><c> Jesus,</c><00:52:32.769><c> all</c>

00:52:33.369 --> 00:52:35.809
soiled<00:52:33.909><c> and</c><00:52:34.210><c> spotted,</c><00:52:34.590><c> you</c><00:52:34.829><c> know,</c><00:52:35.030><c> with</c><00:52:35.230><c> the</c><00:52:35.550><c> food</c>

00:52:35.809 --> 00:52:39.389
that<00:52:35.989><c> had</c><00:52:36.389><c> dropped</c><00:52:36.630><c> onto</c><00:52:37.030><c> his</c><00:52:37.349><c> garments,</c><00:52:38.510><c> and,</c><00:52:38.590><c> you</c><00:52:38.630><c> know,</c>

00:52:39.510 --> 00:52:43.250
all<00:52:40.130><c> disheveled</c><00:52:41.110><c> and</c><00:52:41.489><c> disheveled,</c><00:52:42.230><c> and</c><00:52:42.369><c> the</c><00:52:42.530><c> Lord</c><00:52:42.809><c> comes</c>

00:52:43.250 --> 00:52:47.230
home<00:52:43.250><c> again,</c><00:52:44.409><c> and</c><00:52:44.510><c> he</c><00:52:44.909><c> sees</c><00:52:45.110><c> him</c><00:52:45.750><c> at</c><00:52:45.969><c> his</c><00:52:46.250><c> table.</c>

00:52:49.690 --> 00:52:56.110
No<00:52:49.929><c> wonder</c><00:52:50.349><c> that</c><00:52:50.769><c> he</c><00:52:52.909><c> appoints</c><00:52:53.630><c> him</c><00:52:53.829><c> his</c><00:52:54.210><c> place</c><00:52:55.309><c> among</c><00:52:55.849><c> the</c>

00:52:56.110 --> 00:52:58.309
hypocrites<00:52:56.710><c> and</c><00:52:56.929><c> with</c><00:52:57.110><c> the</c><00:52:57.349><c> unfaithful.</c>

00:52:59.510 --> 00:53:01.969
Well,<00:52:59.710><c> brothers</c><00:52:59.809><c> and</c><00:53:00.050><c> sisters,</c><00:53:00.730><c> let</c><00:53:00.889><c> me</c><00:53:01.030><c> just</c><00:53:01.369><c> close</c><00:53:01.590><c> in</c><00:53:01.730><c> this</c>

00:53:01.969 --> 00:53:05.610
point.<00:53:03.510><c> Our</c><00:53:03.730><c> Lord</c><00:53:04.010><c> did</c><00:53:04.250><c> not</c><00:53:04.449><c> give</c><00:53:04.590><c> us</c><00:53:04.789><c> this</c><00:53:05.090><c> parable</c>

00:53:05.610 --> 00:53:09.670
to<00:53:06.269><c> press</c><00:53:06.630><c> us.</c><00:53:07.010><c> He</c><00:53:07.030><c> never</c><00:53:07.329><c> does.</c><00:53:08.309><c> He's</c><00:53:08.690><c> given</c><00:53:08.949><c> this</c><00:53:09.349><c> parable</c>

00:53:09.670 --> 00:53:13.550
to<00:53:09.969><c> us</c><00:53:10.190><c> to</c><00:53:10.449><c> sustain</c><00:53:11.030><c> us.</c><00:53:12.070><c> So</c><00:53:12.389><c> when</c><00:53:12.690><c> that</c><00:53:13.170><c> time</c>

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of<00:53:13.869><c> delay</c><00:53:14.230><c> comes,</c><00:53:14.989><c> brothers</c><00:53:15.150><c> and</c><00:53:15.449><c> sisters,</c><00:53:16.030><c> whatever</c><00:53:16.550><c> it</c><00:53:16.809><c> will</c><00:53:17.050><c> be,</c>

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I<00:53:17.510><c> don't</c><00:53:17.869><c> know.</c><00:53:19.570><c> But</c><00:53:19.869><c> when</c><00:53:20.150><c> it</c><00:53:20.449><c> comes,</c>

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take<00:53:22.750><c> the</c><00:53:22.929><c> deep</c><00:53:23.250><c> breath,</c><00:53:24.730><c> pick</c><00:53:25.070><c> up</c><00:53:25.329><c> the</c><00:53:25.510><c> garment</c><00:53:25.909><c> and</c><00:53:26.150><c> the</c><00:53:26.429><c> towel,</c><00:53:27.610><c> and</c>

00:53:27.730 --> 00:53:30.449
go<00:53:27.949><c> back</c><00:53:28.269><c> to</c><00:53:28.530><c> work,</c><00:53:29.409><c> because</c><00:53:29.829><c> indeed</c>

00:53:30.449 --> 00:53:35.349
it<00:53:30.869><c> will</c><00:53:31.210><c> not</c><00:53:31.469><c> be</c><00:53:31.730><c> long</c><00:53:32.170><c> after</c><00:53:32.889><c> that</c><00:53:33.170><c> point</c><00:53:33.409><c> in</c><00:53:33.690><c> time.</c><00:53:34.929><c> And</c><00:53:35.170><c> our</c>

00:53:35.349 --> 00:53:39.949
Lord,<00:53:36.929><c> who</c><00:53:37.190><c> is</c><00:53:37.409><c> coming,</c><00:53:38.670><c> will</c><00:53:39.010><c> come.</c>