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prophets.<00:13:19.179><c> The</c><00:13:19.519><c> designation</c><00:13:20.200><c> holy</c>

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heirs.<00:14:23.820><c> In</c><00:14:24.019><c> other</c><00:14:24.340><c> words,</c><00:14:26.000><c> heirs</c><00:14:26.279><c> with</c><00:14:26.759><c> the</c><00:14:27.019><c> Jews</c><00:14:27.259><c> of</c><00:14:27.620><c> the</c><00:14:28.019><c> same</c><00:14:28.639><c> inheritance.</c><00:14:30.700><c> Look</c><00:14:30.899><c> at</c>

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wherefore,<00:15:46.820><c> putting</c><00:15:47.139><c> away</c><00:15:47.679><c> lying,</c><00:15:49.080><c> speak</c><00:15:49.259><c> every</c><00:15:49.759><c> man</c><00:15:50.080><c> truth</c>

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in<00:16:46.639><c> Christ,</c><00:16:47.559><c> enjoying</c><00:16:47.960><c> all</c><00:16:48.799><c> privileges</c><00:16:49.320><c> in</c><00:16:49.820><c> him.</c><00:16:50.159><c> And</c><00:16:50.480><c> that</c><00:16:50.720><c> is</c><00:16:51.059><c> a</c><00:16:51.200><c> privilege,</c>

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they<00:17:08.240><c> enter</c><00:17:08.740><c> on</c><00:17:09.180><c> these</c><00:17:09.500><c> blessings.</c><00:17:10.140><c> Let's</c><00:17:10.359><c> have</c><00:17:10.559><c> a</c><00:17:10.680><c> look</c><00:17:11.180><c> at</c>

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Romans<00:17:11.839><c> chapter</c><00:17:12.259><c> 10</c><00:17:13.059><c> and</c><00:17:13.240><c> verse</c><00:17:13.759><c> 15.</c>

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In<00:17:24.619><c> Romans</c><00:17:24.920><c> chapter</c><00:17:25.299><c> 10</c><00:17:25.700><c> and</c><00:17:25.859><c> verse</c><00:17:26.180><c> 15</c><00:17:26.640><c> we</c><00:17:26.799><c> read,</c>

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And<00:17:29.519><c> how</c><00:17:29.960><c> shall</c><00:17:30.220><c> they</c><00:17:30.599><c> preach,</c><00:17:31.940><c> except</c><00:17:32.400><c> they</c><00:17:33.079><c> be</c><00:17:33.519><c> sent?</c><00:17:34.859><c> As</c><00:17:35.420><c> it</c>

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is<00:17:35.920><c> written,</c>

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How<00:17:37.099><c> beautiful</c><00:17:37.880><c> are</c><00:17:38.420><c> the</c><00:17:38.619><c> feet</c><00:17:38.819><c> of</c><00:17:39.039><c> them</c><00:17:39.460><c> that</c><00:17:39.960><c> preach</c><00:17:40.519><c> the</c><00:17:41.059><c> gospel</c><00:17:41.559><c> of</c>

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peace<00:17:42.480><c> and</c><00:17:43.339><c> bring</c><00:17:43.799><c> glad</c><00:17:44.299><c> tidings</c><00:17:44.799><c> of</c>

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good<00:17:45.559><c> things.</c><00:17:46.779><c> Verse</c><00:17:46.779><c> 18,</c><00:17:48.240><c> But</c><00:17:48.420><c> I</c><00:17:49.460><c> say,</c><00:17:51.900><c> have</c><00:17:52.119><c> they</c><00:17:52.359><c> not</c><00:17:52.720><c> heard?</c><00:17:54.059><c> Yes,</c>

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verily,<00:17:56.019><c> their</c><00:17:56.420><c> sound</c><00:17:57.039><c> went</c><00:17:57.460><c> into</c>

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all<00:17:58.519><c> the</c><00:17:58.839><c> earth,</c><00:18:00.220><c> and</c><00:18:00.460><c> their</c><00:18:00.779><c> words</c><00:18:01.519><c> unto</c><00:18:01.920><c> the</c><00:18:02.460><c> ends</c><00:18:03.000><c> of</c><00:18:03.720><c> the</c><00:18:03.940><c> world.</c>

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You<00:18:07.859><c> know,</c><00:18:08.619><c> brethren</c><00:18:08.759><c> and</c><00:18:09.000><c> sisters</c><00:18:09.380><c> and</c><00:18:09.740><c> young</c><00:18:09.920><c> people,</c><00:18:11.980><c> it</c>

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is<00:18:12.480><c> really</c><00:18:12.819><c> amazing</c><00:18:13.339><c> the</c><00:18:13.579><c> terms</c><00:18:13.980><c> which</c><00:18:14.339><c> Paul</c><00:18:14.599><c> uses</c>

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here.<00:18:17.319><c> Fellow</c><00:18:17.660><c> heirs,</c><00:18:19.740><c> fellow</c><00:18:19.920><c> members</c><00:18:20.519><c> and</c><00:18:21.660><c> fellow</c><00:18:22.039><c> partakers.</c><00:18:24.900><c> You</c><00:18:25.220><c> put</c>

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them<00:18:25.779><c> all</c><00:18:26.119><c> together,</c>

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you<00:18:28.119><c> put</c><00:18:28.359><c> them</c><00:18:28.539><c> all</c><00:18:28.799><c> together,</c><00:18:29.579><c> and</c><00:18:29.900><c> what</c><00:18:30.180><c> do</c><00:18:30.319><c> you</c><00:18:30.400><c> come</c><00:18:30.619><c> up</c><00:18:30.819><c> with?</c><00:18:31.019><c> You</c><00:18:31.200><c> have</c><00:18:31.380><c> a</c>

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joint<00:18:32.339><c> venture.</c>

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You<00:18:35.200><c> have</c><00:18:35.559><c> a</c><00:18:36.019><c> partnership.</c><00:18:37.819><c> You</c><00:18:38.059><c> have</c><00:18:38.440><c> a</c><00:18:38.799><c> community</c><00:18:39.519><c> of</c><00:18:40.039><c> sharing.</c><00:18:41.400><c> You</c><00:18:41.680><c> have</c><00:18:41.900><c> a</c>

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close<00:18:42.440><c> relationship</c><00:18:43.180><c> of</c><00:18:43.579><c> life</c>

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and<00:18:44.319><c> purpose,</c><00:18:45.519><c> which</c><00:18:45.740><c> is</c><00:18:45.920><c> like</c><00:18:46.259><c> the</c><00:18:46.599><c> lymph</c><00:18:47.079><c> which</c><00:18:47.900><c> performs</c>

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its<00:18:48.759><c> function</c><00:18:49.259><c> in</c><00:18:49.680><c> the</c><00:18:49.859><c> body.</c>

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And<00:18:53.160><c> we</c><00:18:53.319><c> ask</c><00:18:53.599><c> ourselves</c><00:18:54.119><c> the</c><00:18:54.400><c> question,</c><00:18:55.099><c> why</c><00:18:55.579><c> is</c><00:18:55.940><c> it</c><00:18:56.880><c> that</c><00:18:57.259><c> saints,</c><00:18:57.839><c> in</c>

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spite<00:18:58.220><c> of</c><00:18:58.440><c> their</c><00:18:58.759><c> imperfections,</c>

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in<00:19:01.400><c> spite</c><00:19:01.700><c> of</c><00:19:01.980><c> their</c><00:19:02.259><c> constant</c><00:19:02.779><c> appeal</c><00:19:03.160><c> to</c><00:19:03.359><c> the</c><00:19:03.579><c> Father</c><00:19:04.000><c> to</c>

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overlook<00:19:05.220><c> their</c><00:19:05.539><c> sins,</c><00:19:06.900><c> are</c><00:19:07.140><c> fellow</c><00:19:07.559><c> heirs</c>

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and<00:19:09.559><c> sharers</c><00:19:10.220><c> of</c><00:19:10.460><c> the</c><00:19:10.680><c> promise</c><00:19:10.940><c> in</c><00:19:11.220><c> Christ?</c><00:19:11.920><c> Why?</c><00:19:15.660><c> Because</c>

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they<00:19:17.059><c> are</c><00:19:17.599><c> adopted</c><00:19:18.079><c> sons,</c>

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brethren<00:19:21.460><c> of</c><00:19:22.160><c> Jesus.</c><00:19:23.720><c> That's</c><00:19:24.079><c> why.</c><00:19:24.359><c> Isn't</c><00:19:24.559><c> that</c><00:19:24.819><c> magnificent?</c><00:19:26.920><c> Not</c><00:19:27.140><c> so</c><00:19:27.420><c> much</c>

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entitled<00:19:28.160><c> by</c><00:19:28.579><c> deeds</c>

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of<00:19:29.339><c> grace,</c><00:19:31.299><c> but</c><00:19:31.319><c> as</c><00:19:31.759><c> privileged</c><00:19:32.200><c> by</c><00:19:32.759><c> the</c><00:19:33.140><c> honour</c><00:19:33.619><c> of</c><00:19:34.259><c> adoption.</c><00:19:35.619><c> And</c><00:19:35.859><c> we</c>

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have<00:19:36.339><c> the</c><00:19:36.539><c> promise</c><00:19:36.859><c> of</c><00:19:37.160><c> our</c><00:19:37.359><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:19:38.240><c> Revelation</c><00:19:38.859><c> chapter</c><00:19:39.200><c> 3</c><00:19:39.759><c> and</c><00:19:40.119><c> verse</c><00:19:40.420><c> 21.</c><00:19:40.980><c> Let's</c><00:19:41.059><c> have</c><00:19:41.220><c> a</c><00:19:41.299><c> look</c><00:19:41.400><c> at</c><00:19:41.519><c> that.</c>

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In<00:19:47.839><c> Revelation</c><00:19:48.279><c> chapter</c><00:19:48.660><c> 3</c><00:19:49.059><c> and</c><00:19:49.200><c> verse</c><00:19:49.480><c> 21,</c>

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he<00:19:51.579><c> says</c><00:19:56.819><c> there,</c>

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to<00:19:57.640><c> him</c><00:19:58.220><c> that</c><00:19:59.259><c> overcometh</c><00:20:00.480><c> will</c><00:20:00.700><c> I</c><00:20:00.980><c> grant</c><00:20:01.259><c> to</c><00:20:01.599><c> sit</c><00:20:01.740><c> with</c><00:20:02.059><c> me</c><00:20:02.660><c> in</c>

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my<00:20:03.440><c> throne,</c><00:20:04.740><c> even</c><00:20:05.160><c> as</c><00:20:05.579><c> I</c><00:20:06.059><c> also</c><00:20:06.720><c> overcame</c>

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and<00:20:08.819><c> am</c><00:20:09.140><c> set</c><00:20:09.500><c> down</c><00:20:09.900><c> with</c><00:20:10.279><c> my</c><00:20:10.640><c> Father</c><00:20:11.119><c> in</c><00:20:11.640><c> his</c><00:20:12.279><c> throne.</c>

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We<00:20:16.140><c> are</c><00:20:16.619><c> adopted,</c><00:20:17.519><c> brethren</c><00:20:17.859><c> and</c><00:20:18.099><c> sisters,</c><00:20:19.000><c> in</c><00:20:19.380><c> Christ.</c><00:20:19.660><c> And</c>

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that's<00:20:19.980><c> the</c><00:20:20.200><c> point</c><00:20:20.619><c> the</c><00:20:20.880><c> Apostle</c><00:20:21.240><c> Paul</c><00:20:21.420><c> is</c><00:20:21.660><c> making.</c>

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And<00:20:22.460><c> so</c><00:20:22.740><c> this</c><00:20:23.039><c> statement</c><00:20:23.579><c> of</c><00:20:24.579><c> religious</c><00:20:25.059><c> equality</c><00:20:25.819><c> between</c><00:20:26.519><c> Jews</c><00:20:27.019><c> and</c><00:20:27.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:20:28.000><c> is</c><00:20:28.299><c> a</c>

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very<00:20:29.140><c> strong,</c>

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clear<00:20:30.500><c> and</c><00:20:30.940><c> complete.</c><00:20:32.200><c> The</c><00:20:32.380><c> more</c><00:20:32.700><c> remarkable</c><00:20:33.420><c> that</c><00:20:34.420><c> Paul</c><00:20:34.700><c> himself</c><00:20:35.619><c> had</c>

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had<00:20:36.660><c> so</c><00:20:36.960><c> strong</c><00:20:37.579><c> Jewish</c><00:20:38.039><c> prejudice,</c>

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only<00:20:40.099><c> one</c><00:20:40.759><c> of</c><00:20:41.319><c> clearest</c><00:20:41.799><c> insight</c><00:20:42.599><c> and</c><00:20:43.640><c> highest</c><00:20:44.119><c> courage</c><00:20:44.799><c> could</c><00:20:45.500><c> proclaim</c><00:20:45.960><c> the</c>

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truth<00:20:46.599><c> so</c><00:20:47.119><c> emphatically</c><00:20:47.900><c> as</c><00:20:48.279><c> he</c><00:20:48.500><c> did.</c>

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And<00:20:50.480><c> you</c><00:20:50.660><c> know,</c><00:20:51.380><c> it</c><00:20:51.420><c> is</c><00:20:51.680><c> little</c><00:20:51.920><c> wonder</c><00:20:52.220><c> if</c><00:20:52.680><c> many</c><00:20:53.099><c> believing</c>

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Jews,<00:20:54.700><c> less</c><00:20:55.099><c> enlightened</c><00:20:55.700><c> and</c><00:20:57.000><c> less</c><00:20:57.779><c> courageous,</c>

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absolutely<00:20:59.539><c> shrank.</c><00:21:01.000><c> They</c><00:21:01.440><c> shrank</c><00:21:02.859><c> from</c><00:21:03.440><c> his</c><00:21:03.819><c> statements</c><00:21:04.420><c> as</c>

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being<00:21:05.720><c> too</c><00:21:06.539><c> strong.</c>

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But<00:21:10.000><c> he</c><00:21:10.160><c> knew,</c><00:21:10.660><c> brethren</c><00:21:10.660><c> and</c><00:21:10.900><c> sisters,</c><00:21:12.440><c> and</c><00:21:12.619><c> that</c><00:21:12.799><c> wonderful</c>

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mystery<00:21:13.559><c> was</c><00:21:13.819><c> given</c><00:21:14.019><c> unto</c><00:21:14.240><c> him,</c>

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and<00:21:15.559><c> he</c><00:21:15.940><c> proclaimed</c><00:21:16.740><c> that</c><00:21:17.240><c> which</c><00:21:17.420><c> was</c><00:21:17.759><c> truth,</c><00:21:19.799><c> that</c><00:21:19.960><c> which</c><00:21:20.519><c> was</c><00:21:21.019><c> the</c><00:21:21.579><c> grace</c><00:21:21.980><c> of</c>

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God<00:21:22.619><c> was</c><00:21:22.980><c> given</c><00:21:23.140><c> to</c><00:21:23.339><c> him.</c>

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It<00:21:24.779><c> was</c><00:21:25.000><c> too</c><00:21:25.380><c> strong.</c><00:21:28.000><c> Well,</c><00:21:29.119><c> let</c><00:21:29.180><c> us</c><00:21:29.359><c> deal</c><00:21:29.519><c> now</c><00:21:29.700><c> with</c><00:21:29.880><c> verse</c><00:21:30.140><c> 7.</c>

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Now,<00:21:32.039><c> in</c><00:21:32.180><c> our</c><00:21:32.319><c> last</c><00:21:32.579><c> class,</c><00:21:33.720><c> we</c><00:21:34.299><c> spoke</c><00:21:34.599><c> about</c><00:21:34.880><c> verse</c><00:21:35.140><c> 7,</c><00:21:36.519><c> having</c><00:21:36.680><c> spoken</c><00:21:37.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:38.240><c> power,</c><00:21:39.259><c> the</c><00:21:39.539><c> divine</c><00:21:39.960><c> power,</c>

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and<00:21:41.380><c> Paul</c><00:21:41.619><c> acknowledged</c><00:21:42.079><c> that</c><00:21:42.279><c> he</c><00:21:42.420><c> could</c><00:21:42.720><c> not</c><00:21:43.000><c> do</c><00:21:43.339><c> anything</c>

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of<00:21:44.299><c> himself,</c><00:21:46.019><c> and</c><00:21:46.019><c> he</c><00:21:46.319><c> relied</c><00:21:46.640><c> of</c><00:21:47.119><c> the</c>

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power<00:21:47.559><c> of</c><00:21:47.779><c> God</c><00:21:47.940><c> which</c><00:21:48.079><c> was</c><00:21:48.339><c> given</c><00:21:48.519><c> unto</c><00:21:48.779><c> him</c><00:21:49.259><c> for</c><00:21:49.619><c> his</c><00:21:49.940><c> ministry.</c><00:21:53.039><c> And</c><00:21:53.200><c> so</c>

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we<00:21:53.500><c> come</c><00:21:53.619><c> to</c><00:21:53.740><c> verse</c><00:21:54.019><c> 8,</c>

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where<00:21:55.339><c> he</c><00:21:55.539><c> says,</c><00:21:56.119><c> unto</c><00:21:56.140><c> me</c><00:21:57.000><c> who</c><00:21:57.480><c> am</c><00:21:57.819><c> less</c><00:21:58.119><c> than</c><00:21:58.480><c> the</c><00:21:58.700><c> least</c><00:21:59.019><c> of</c>

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all<00:21:59.920><c> saints.</c><00:22:01.380><c> You</c><00:22:01.599><c> see,</c><00:22:01.839><c> not</c><00:22:02.059><c> only</c><00:22:02.480><c> of</c><00:22:02.900><c> apostles</c><00:22:03.319><c> and</c>

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prophets,<00:22:04.900><c> but</c><00:22:05.160><c> even</c><00:22:05.799><c> of</c><00:22:06.119><c> all</c><00:22:06.440><c> believers.</c><00:22:08.180><c> We</c><00:22:08.460><c> have</c><00:22:08.779><c> here</c><00:22:09.200><c> a</c>

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profound<00:22:09.920><c> expression</c><00:22:10.700><c> of</c><00:22:11.099><c> humility,</c>

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founded<00:22:13.720><c> not</c><00:22:14.079><c> only</c><00:22:14.400><c> on</c><00:22:14.920><c> Paul's</c><00:22:15.680><c> persecuting</c><00:22:16.220><c> career,</c><00:22:17.420><c> but</c><00:22:17.559><c> on</c>

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his<00:22:18.420><c> consciousness</c><00:22:19.140><c> of</c><00:22:19.579><c> sin,</c>

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of<00:22:21.559><c> that</c><00:22:21.859><c> inborn</c><00:22:22.759><c> rebellion</c><00:22:23.460><c> against</c><00:22:23.859><c> God's</c><00:22:24.380><c> law,</c><00:22:25.579><c> of</c><00:22:25.900><c> fountains</c><00:22:26.440><c> of</c><00:22:26.779><c> unlawful</c><00:22:27.519><c> desire</c><00:22:28.299><c> in</c>

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his<00:22:28.920><c> flesh,</c>

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making<00:22:30.140><c> him</c><00:22:30.519><c> feel</c><00:22:30.660><c> himself</c><00:22:31.079><c> to</c><00:22:31.380><c> be</c><00:22:31.740><c> in</c><00:22:32.099><c> heart</c><00:22:32.759><c> and</c><00:22:33.799><c> essence</c><00:22:34.480><c> the</c><00:22:35.400><c> chief</c><00:22:36.200><c> of</c><00:22:37.099><c> sinners.</c>

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Romans<00:22:40.000><c> chapter</c><00:22:40.359><c> 7</c><00:22:40.859><c> and</c><00:22:41.119><c> verse</c><00:22:41.339><c> 18.</c><00:22:42.279><c> Let's</c><00:22:42.400><c> have</c><00:22:42.539><c> a</c><00:22:42.599><c> look</c><00:22:42.700><c> at</c><00:22:42.819><c> that,</c>

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because<00:22:45.599><c> Paul</c><00:22:45.859><c> acknowledges</c><00:22:46.420><c> this,</c><00:22:48.039><c> and</c><00:22:48.180><c> he</c><00:22:48.319><c> says</c><00:22:48.460><c> this</c><00:22:48.700><c> in</c><00:22:48.839><c> Romans</c><00:22:49.140><c> chapter</c><00:22:49.440><c> 7</c>

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and<00:22:50.500><c> verse</c><00:22:50.799><c> 18.</c>

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He<00:22:55.319><c> says,</c><00:22:57.079><c> For</c><00:22:57.160><c> I</c><00:22:57.400><c> know</c><00:22:58.240><c> that</c><00:22:58.859><c> in</c><00:22:59.180><c> me,</c><00:23:00.460><c> that</c><00:23:00.619><c> is</c><00:23:00.880><c> in</c><00:23:01.160><c> my</c><00:23:01.539><c> flesh,</c>

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dwelleth<00:23:03.180><c> no</c><00:23:03.960><c> good</c><00:23:04.680><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:23:06.640><c> aren't</c><00:23:06.839><c> we</c><00:23:07.000><c> the</c><00:23:07.140><c> same</c><00:23:07.359><c> brethren</c><00:23:07.640><c> and</c><00:23:07.859><c> sisters?</c><00:23:09.680><c> We</c><00:23:09.900><c> know</c>

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the<00:23:10.339><c> weakness</c><00:23:10.660><c> of</c><00:23:10.880><c> our</c><00:23:11.180><c> flesh.</c><00:23:12.420><c> We</c><00:23:12.599><c> know</c><00:23:12.799><c> how</c><00:23:13.220><c> far</c>

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we<00:23:13.779><c> can</c><00:23:14.079><c> go,</c><00:23:15.519><c> and</c><00:23:16.079><c> we</c><00:23:16.319><c> know</c><00:23:16.579><c> that</c><00:23:16.680><c> if</c><00:23:16.759><c> we</c><00:23:16.940><c> go</c><00:23:17.140><c> too</c><00:23:17.559><c> far,</c><00:23:17.839><c> then</c><00:23:18.019><c> we</c>

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are<00:23:18.339><c> going</c><00:23:18.440><c> to</c><00:23:18.779><c> fail</c><00:23:18.980><c> miserably.</c><00:23:20.099><c> We're</c><00:23:20.380><c> all</c><00:23:20.539><c> like</c><00:23:20.799><c> that,</c>

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and<00:23:21.640><c> Paul's</c><00:23:22.019><c> like</c><00:23:22.240><c> that,</c><00:23:24.599><c> that</c><00:23:25.019><c> in</c><00:23:25.380><c> my</c><00:23:25.839><c> flesh</c><00:23:26.140><c> dwelleth</c><00:23:26.660><c> no</c><00:23:27.000><c> good</c><00:23:27.259><c> thing.</c><00:23:28.000><c> For</c><00:23:28.200><c> to</c>

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will<00:23:28.940><c> is</c><00:23:29.960><c> present</c><00:23:30.240><c> with</c><00:23:30.539><c> me,</c>

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but<00:23:31.519><c> how</c><00:23:32.079><c> to</c><00:23:32.359><c> perform</c><00:23:33.019><c> that</c><00:23:33.859><c> which</c><00:23:34.140><c> is</c><00:23:34.440><c> good</c><00:23:34.839><c> I</c><00:23:35.740><c> find</c><00:23:36.160><c> not.</c><00:23:37.500><c> And</c>

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that's<00:23:37.839><c> why</c><00:23:38.059><c> Paul</c><00:23:38.339><c> says,</c>

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I<00:23:41.480><c> am</c><00:23:41.839><c> least,</c><00:23:43.500><c> I</c><00:23:43.839><c> am</c><00:23:44.059><c> less</c><00:23:44.339><c> than</c><00:23:44.640><c> the</c><00:23:44.900><c> least,</c><00:23:46.180><c> he</c><00:23:46.420><c> says.</c>

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And<00:23:47.359><c> we</c><00:23:49.759><c> have</c><00:23:50.140><c> here</c><00:23:50.700><c> a</c><00:23:51.119><c> deep</c><00:23:51.119><c> sense</c><00:23:51.940><c> of</c><00:23:52.559><c> personal</c><00:23:53.240><c> unworthiness</c><00:23:54.640><c> at</c><00:23:55.160><c> the</c><00:23:55.400><c> privilege</c><00:23:55.779><c> conferred</c><00:23:56.259><c> to</c>

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him<00:23:56.720><c> to</c><00:23:57.079><c> proclaim</c><00:23:57.460><c> the</c><00:23:57.680><c> gospel</c><00:23:58.099><c> to</c><00:23:58.339><c> the</c><00:23:58.480><c> Gentiles.</c><00:23:59.900><c> But</c><00:24:00.059><c> when</c>

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Paul<00:24:01.240><c> thus</c><00:24:01.660><c> abases</c><00:24:02.279><c> himself,</c><00:24:03.259><c> it</c><00:24:03.339><c> is</c><00:24:03.539><c> not</c><00:24:03.859><c> to</c>

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excite<00:24:05.160><c> our</c><00:24:05.400><c> sympathy.</c><00:24:07.099><c> It</c><00:24:07.259><c> is</c><00:24:07.660><c> to</c><00:24:07.880><c> state</c><00:24:08.299><c> that</c><00:24:08.619><c> he</c><00:24:09.539><c> personally</c><00:24:10.619><c> could</c><00:24:11.519><c> bring</c><00:24:11.920><c> no</c>

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merit<00:24:12.940><c> to</c><00:24:13.500><c> the</c><00:24:13.740><c> message</c>

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he<00:24:14.240><c> bore.</c><00:24:15.700><c> That</c><00:24:16.039><c> message</c><00:24:16.579><c> came</c><00:24:17.259><c> directly</c><00:24:17.960><c> from</c><00:24:18.220><c> God</c><00:24:18.740><c> and</c><00:24:19.180><c> stood</c><00:24:19.480><c> in</c>

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its<00:24:19.920><c> own</c><00:24:20.180><c> right</c><00:24:20.480><c> with</c><00:24:20.799><c> the</c><00:24:21.160><c> full</c><00:24:21.700><c> weight</c>

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of<00:24:23.200><c> God's</c><00:24:23.680><c> authority.</c><00:24:25.720><c> And</c><00:24:25.859><c> so</c><00:24:26.500><c> was</c><00:24:26.940><c> the</c><00:24:27.119><c> grace</c><00:24:27.359><c> given</c><00:24:27.940><c> to</c><00:24:28.519><c> Paul</c><00:24:28.839><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:29.339><c> 8.</c>

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You<00:24:30.799><c> know,</c><00:24:30.960><c> this</c><00:24:31.119><c> is</c><00:24:31.420><c> the</c><00:24:31.460><c> third</c><00:24:31.839><c> time</c><00:24:32.220><c> in</c><00:24:32.359><c> this</c><00:24:32.619><c> chapter</c><00:24:33.079><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:24:33.779><c> speaks</c><00:24:34.160><c> of</c><00:24:34.359><c> his</c><00:24:34.700><c> office</c><00:24:35.039><c> as</c><00:24:35.460><c> a</c><00:24:35.880><c> fruit</c><00:24:36.180><c> of</c><00:24:36.559><c> grace,</c>

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showing<00:24:38.220><c> that</c><00:24:38.519><c> notwithstanding</c><00:24:39.240><c> his</c><00:24:39.480><c> being</c><00:24:39.759><c> a</c><00:24:40.039><c> prisoner</c><00:24:40.460><c> on</c>

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account<00:24:41.599><c> of</c><00:24:41.740><c> it</c><00:24:42.500><c> and</c><00:24:43.099><c> all</c><00:24:43.440><c> the</c><00:24:43.839><c> perils</c><00:24:44.200><c> it</c><00:24:44.579><c> involved,</c>

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perils,<00:24:48.380><c> what</c><00:24:48.740><c> was</c><00:24:48.859><c> he</c><00:24:49.079><c> talking</c><00:24:49.299><c> about?</c><00:24:51.019><c> Well,</c><00:24:51.180><c> let's</c><00:24:51.339><c> have</c><00:24:51.500><c> a</c>

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look<00:24:51.680><c> at</c><00:24:51.839><c> 2</c><00:24:52.019><c> Corinthians,</c>

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chapter<00:24:54.759><c> 11,</c><00:24:56.500><c> which</c><00:24:56.779><c> speaks</c><00:24:57.079><c> about</c><00:24:57.359><c> all</c><00:24:57.720><c> the</c><00:24:58.000><c> perils</c><00:24:58.559><c> that</c>

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the<00:24:59.180><c> apostle</c><00:24:59.500><c> Paul</c><00:24:59.779><c> went</c><00:25:00.079><c> through.</c>

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In<00:25:01.380><c> 2</c><00:25:01.680><c> Corinthians,</c><00:25:02.259><c> chapter</c><00:25:02.599><c> 11,</c>

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commencing<00:25:07.319><c> at</c><00:25:07.519><c> verse</c><00:25:07.700><c> 24,</c><00:25:11.119><c> he</c><00:25:11.299><c> says</c><00:25:11.599><c> there</c><00:25:12.380><c> of</c><00:25:12.759><c> the</c><00:25:13.000><c> perils</c><00:25:13.819><c> of</c><00:25:14.279><c> the</c><00:25:14.539><c> Jews,</c><00:25:15.319><c> five</c><00:25:15.819><c> times</c><00:25:16.299><c> received</c><00:25:16.839><c> I</c>

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40<00:25:17.519><c> stripes,</c>

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save<00:25:18.539><c> one.</c><00:25:20.920><c> Thrice</c><00:25:21.299><c> was</c><00:25:21.579><c> I</c><00:25:21.839><c> beaten</c><00:25:22.140><c> with</c><00:25:22.420><c> the</c><00:25:22.640><c> rods,</c><00:25:24.000><c> once</c><00:25:24.359><c> was</c>

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I<00:25:24.960><c> stoned,</c><00:25:26.519><c> thrice</c><00:25:26.960><c> I</c><00:25:27.339><c> suffered</c><00:25:27.579><c> shipwreck,</c>

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a<00:25:29.180><c> night</c><00:25:29.559><c> and</c><00:25:29.779><c> a</c><00:25:29.980><c> day</c><00:25:30.259><c> I</c><00:25:30.519><c> have</c><00:25:30.720><c> been</c><00:25:31.240><c> in</c><00:25:31.460><c> the</c><00:25:31.599><c> deep.</c><00:25:33.039><c> In</c><00:25:33.240><c> journeys</c><00:25:33.660><c> often,</c>

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in<00:25:34.859><c> perils</c><00:25:35.039><c> of</c><00:25:35.299><c> water,</c>

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in<00:25:36.660><c> perils</c><00:25:36.960><c> of</c><00:25:37.220><c> rubbers,</c><00:25:38.079><c> in</c><00:25:38.259><c> perils</c><00:25:38.539><c> by</c><00:25:38.940><c> mine</c><00:25:39.279><c> own</c><00:25:39.839><c> countrymen,</c><00:25:41.440><c> in</c><00:25:41.680><c> perils</c>

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by<00:25:42.259><c> the</c><00:25:42.519><c> heathen,</c>

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in<00:25:43.859><c> perils</c><00:25:44.119><c> in</c><00:25:44.319><c> the</c><00:25:44.539><c> city,</c><00:25:45.660><c> in</c><00:25:45.960><c> perils</c><00:25:46.279><c> in</c><00:25:46.500><c> the</c><00:25:46.680><c> wilderness,</c>

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in<00:25:48.460><c> perils</c><00:25:48.740><c> in</c><00:25:48.960><c> the</c><00:25:49.160><c> sea,</c><00:25:50.279><c> in</c><00:25:50.599><c> perils</c><00:25:50.960><c> among</c><00:25:51.319><c> false</c>

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brethren,<00:25:53.059><c> in</c><00:25:53.380><c> weariness</c><00:25:53.880><c> and</c><00:25:54.299><c> painfulness,</c><00:25:55.180><c> in</c><00:25:55.480><c> watchings</c>

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often,<00:25:56.539><c> in</c><00:25:56.619><c> hunger</c><00:25:56.940><c> and</c><00:25:57.240><c> thirst,</c>

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in<00:25:58.359><c> fastings</c><00:25:58.920><c> often,</c><00:26:00.160><c> in</c><00:26:00.420><c> cold</c><00:26:01.039><c> and</c><00:26:02.079><c> nakedness.</c><00:26:04.900><c> That</c><00:26:05.160><c> was</c>

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our<00:26:06.519><c> beloved</c><00:26:07.180><c> apostle</c><00:26:07.680><c> Paul.</c>

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He<00:26:09.619><c> was</c><00:26:10.019><c> overwhelmed,</c><00:26:11.900><c> brethren</c><00:26:12.140><c> and</c><00:26:12.380><c> sisters</c><00:26:12.640><c> and</c><00:26:12.819><c> young</c>

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people,<00:26:13.779><c> with</c><00:26:13.980><c> God's</c><00:26:14.700><c> unmerited</c><00:26:15.559><c> goodness</c>

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in<00:26:16.740><c> conferring</c><00:26:17.559><c> to</c><00:26:17.880><c> him.</c><00:26:19.720><c> Absolutely</c><00:26:20.480><c> unmoved,</c><00:26:22.200><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:26:22.599><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:26:24.859><c> verse</c><00:26:25.099><c> 8</c><00:26:25.220><c> again,</c><00:26:25.740><c> to</c><00:26:25.740><c> preach</c><00:26:26.059><c> among</c><00:26:26.380><c> the</c><00:26:26.619><c> Gentiles</c><00:26:27.000><c> the</c>

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unsearchable<00:26:28.140><c> riches</c><00:26:28.460><c> of</c><00:26:28.720><c> Christ.</c><00:26:29.180><c> In</c><00:26:29.339><c> other</c><00:26:29.619><c> words,</c>

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to<00:26:30.859><c> proclaim</c><00:26:31.799><c> good</c><00:26:32.440><c> tidings</c><00:26:33.039><c> to</c><00:26:34.420><c> the</c><00:26:34.599><c> Gentiles.</c><00:26:35.960><c> Even</c><00:26:36.380><c> the</c><00:26:36.559><c> name</c><00:26:36.839><c> heathen</c><00:26:37.799><c> was</c><00:26:38.279><c> almost</c><00:26:38.779><c> an</c>

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offensive<00:26:39.779><c> name.</c>

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Yet<00:26:41.019><c> with</c><00:26:42.099><c> that</c><00:26:42.579><c> name</c><00:26:43.160><c> the</c><00:26:43.859><c> apostle</c><00:26:44.400><c> associates</c><00:26:45.339><c> the</c><00:26:46.019><c> highest</c>

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blessings<00:26:47.140><c> of</c><00:26:47.400><c> God.</c>

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As<00:26:49.339><c> verse</c><00:26:49.619><c> 8</c><00:26:49.799><c> says,</c><00:26:50.339><c> the</c><00:26:50.359><c> unsearchable</c><00:26:51.539><c> riches</c><00:26:51.960><c> of</c><00:26:52.299><c> Christ.</c>

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You<00:26:54.019><c> know,</c><00:26:54.140><c> it's</c><00:26:54.440><c> interesting</c><00:26:54.900><c> that</c><00:26:55.160><c> phrase</c>

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because<00:26:56.740><c> we</c><00:26:56.980><c> have</c><00:26:57.200><c> two</c><00:26:57.619><c> very</c><00:26:58.019><c> attractive</c><00:26:58.539><c> words</c><00:26:58.900><c> here,</c><00:26:59.900><c> riches</c><00:27:00.180><c> and</c>

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unsearchable.<00:27:02.660><c> Conveying</c><00:27:03.119><c> the</c><00:27:03.400><c> idea</c><00:27:03.839><c> of</c>

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things<00:27:05.180><c> that</c><00:27:05.579><c> are</c><00:27:05.759><c> most</c><00:27:06.259><c> precious,</c><00:27:07.859><c> being</c><00:27:08.259><c> infinitely</c><00:27:08.980><c> abundant.</c><00:27:11.140><c> Usually,</c><00:27:11.640><c> as</c><00:27:11.680><c> we</c><00:27:11.920><c> know,</c>

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precious<00:27:13.019><c> things</c><00:27:13.759><c> are</c><00:27:14.180><c> rare.</c><00:27:15.799><c> Their</c><00:27:16.119><c> very</c><00:27:16.759><c> rarity</c><00:27:17.440><c> increases</c>

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their<00:27:18.640><c> price.</c>

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And<00:27:21.819><c> you</c><00:27:21.880><c> know,</c><00:27:22.220><c> brethren</c><00:27:22.299><c> and</c><00:27:22.519><c> sisters,</c><00:27:24.440><c> all</c><00:27:24.720><c> of</c><00:27:24.819><c> us</c><00:27:25.039><c> here</c><00:27:25.839><c> are</c><00:27:27.279><c> brought</c><00:27:27.880><c> with</c><00:27:28.680><c> a</c>

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price,<00:27:29.539><c> are</c><00:27:29.680><c> we</c><00:27:29.819><c> not?</c>

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:40.819
And<00:27:32.119><c> the</c><00:27:32.339><c> truth</c><00:27:32.720><c> is</c><00:27:34.059><c> valuable</c><00:27:34.599><c> to</c><00:27:34.839><c> us.</c><00:27:36.900><c> It's</c><00:27:37.220><c> very,</c><00:27:37.819><c> very</c><00:27:38.960><c> rare.</c><00:27:40.640><c> And</c>

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we<00:27:41.000><c> have</c><00:27:41.279><c> the</c><00:27:41.440><c> opportunity</c>

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given<00:27:43.160><c> to</c><00:27:43.380><c> us</c><00:27:43.559><c> by</c><00:27:43.859><c> God</c><00:27:44.660><c> to</c><00:27:45.319><c> search</c><00:27:46.359><c> diligently</c><00:27:47.220><c> therein.</c><00:27:48.740><c> That's</c><00:27:49.039><c> the</c>

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price.<00:27:50.259><c> It's</c><00:27:50.619><c> rare.</c>

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And<00:27:53.000><c> only</c><00:27:53.400><c> those</c><00:27:53.720><c> who</c><00:27:53.980><c> come</c><00:27:54.319><c> to</c><00:27:54.539><c> the</c><00:27:54.799><c> knowledge</c><00:27:55.059><c> of</c><00:27:55.259><c> it</c>

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have<00:27:56.880><c> the</c><00:27:57.460><c> access</c><00:27:58.099><c> to</c><00:27:59.000><c> it</c><00:27:59.200><c> through</c><00:27:59.480><c> the</c><00:27:59.619><c> Lord</c><00:28:00.059><c> Jesus</c><00:28:00.640><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.279
And<00:28:02.940><c> our</c><00:28:03.339><c> price,</c><00:28:03.779><c> brethren</c><00:28:03.900><c> and</c><00:28:04.180><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:12.960
our<00:28:06.759><c> price,</c><00:28:08.619><c> if</c><00:28:08.980><c> we</c><00:28:09.180><c> are</c><00:28:09.420><c> found</c><00:28:09.700><c> worthy,</c><00:28:11.240><c> if</c><00:28:11.460><c> we</c><00:28:11.700><c> walk</c><00:28:11.960><c> in</c><00:28:12.319><c> accordance</c><00:28:12.640><c> to</c>

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God's<00:28:13.359><c> commandments,</c>

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our<00:28:14.720><c> price</c><00:28:15.420><c> is</c><00:28:16.200><c> eternal</c><00:28:16.960><c> life.</c><00:28:20.059><c> But</c><00:28:20.299><c> here</c><00:28:21.119><c> that</c><00:28:22.180><c> which</c><00:28:22.460><c> is</c><00:28:22.700><c> most</c><00:28:23.160><c> precious</c><00:28:23.640><c> is</c>

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:26.480
also<00:28:24.859><c> boundless</c><00:28:25.700><c> riches</c><00:28:26.119><c> of</c>

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compassion<00:28:27.240><c> and</c><00:28:27.940><c> love,</c><00:28:29.359><c> of</c><00:28:29.619><c> merit,</c><00:28:30.759><c> of</c><00:28:31.000><c> sanctifying,</c><00:28:32.640><c> and</c><00:28:32.960><c> comforting,</c><00:28:34.359><c> and</c><00:28:34.640><c> yearning</c><00:28:34.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:35.339><c> heart</c>

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now<00:28:37.160><c> and</c><00:28:37.440><c> in</c><00:28:37.640><c> the</c><00:28:37.819><c> future</c><00:28:38.220><c> evermore.</c><00:28:39.539><c> And</c><00:28:39.720><c> so</c><00:28:39.859><c> the</c><00:28:40.160><c> thought</c><00:28:40.339><c> of</c>

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Paul<00:28:40.980><c> having</c><00:28:41.480><c> such</c><00:28:41.920><c> riches</c><00:28:42.259><c> to</c><00:28:42.599><c> offer</c><00:28:42.859><c> to</c><00:28:43.240><c> all</c>

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made<00:28:45.259><c> him</c><00:28:45.579><c> regard</c><00:28:45.960><c> his</c><00:28:46.299><c> offers</c><00:28:46.619><c> as</c><00:28:47.099><c> most</c><00:28:47.539><c> glorious.</c><00:28:48.619><c> And</c><00:28:48.819><c> you</c>

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:52.980
can<00:28:49.160><c> understand</c><00:28:49.880><c> that.</c><00:28:51.279><c> It</c><00:28:51.420><c> was</c><00:28:51.740><c> glorious.</c>

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It's<00:28:53.720><c> a</c><00:28:54.119><c> wonderful</c><00:28:54.680><c> price.</c><00:28:55.279><c> It</c><00:28:55.400><c> is</c><00:28:55.740><c> rare.</c><00:28:58.480><c> And</c><00:28:58.740><c> that</c><00:28:58.940><c> raised</c>

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him,<00:28:59.559><c> brethren</c><00:28:59.720><c> and</c><00:28:59.980><c> sisters</c><00:29:00.240><c> and</c><00:29:00.440><c> young</c><00:29:00.619><c> people,</c>

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far<00:29:01.519><c> above</c><00:29:02.319><c> the</c><00:29:03.900><c> point</c><00:29:04.299><c> of</c><00:29:04.539><c> view</c><00:29:04.920><c> from</c><00:29:05.400><c> which</c><00:29:05.619><c> the</c><00:29:05.960><c> world</c><00:29:06.240><c> would</c><00:29:06.680><c> despise</c><00:29:07.359><c> him</c>

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and<00:29:08.680><c> filled</c><00:29:08.940><c> him</c><00:29:09.200><c> with</c>

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adoring<00:29:10.160><c> gratitude</c><00:29:10.859><c> to</c><00:29:11.099><c> God</c><00:29:11.539><c> for</c><00:29:11.880><c> having</c><00:29:12.460><c> conferred</c><00:29:13.140><c> it</c><00:29:13.339><c> to</c>

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him.<00:29:14.759><c> Tremendous</c><00:29:15.500><c> joy</c><00:29:15.819><c> indeed</c><00:29:16.420><c> it</c><00:29:16.680><c> was</c><00:29:16.900><c> to</c><00:29:17.119><c> him.</c>

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And<00:29:18.099><c> he</c><00:29:18.240><c> gave</c><00:29:18.480><c> it</c><00:29:18.960><c> now</c><00:29:19.380><c> to</c><00:29:19.740><c> us</c><00:29:20.359><c> that</c><00:29:21.480><c> we</c><00:29:22.019><c> too</c><00:29:22.720><c> might</c><00:29:23.140><c> benefit</c>

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:25.420
from<00:29:23.880><c> it.</c><00:29:24.480><c> That's</c><00:29:24.799><c> the</c><00:29:25.019><c> price.</c>

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:29.940
We<00:29:26.079><c> are</c><00:29:26.579><c> bought</c><00:29:26.960><c> with</c><00:29:27.420><c> the</c><00:29:27.700><c> price.</c><00:29:28.339><c> And</c><00:29:28.440><c> the</c><00:29:28.660><c> truth</c><00:29:28.859><c> to</c><00:29:29.099><c> us</c><00:29:29.500><c> is</c>

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:32.539
rare.<00:29:30.759><c> And</c><00:29:31.000><c> we</c><00:29:31.220><c> have</c><00:29:31.460><c> the</c><00:29:31.819><c> responsibility</c>

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:37.180
to<00:29:33.180><c> share</c><00:29:34.000><c> that</c><00:29:34.240><c> with</c><00:29:34.440><c> others</c><00:29:34.960><c> that</c><00:29:35.720><c> they</c><00:29:36.079><c> too</c><00:29:36.559><c> may</c><00:29:36.940><c> share</c>

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.819
this<00:29:37.420><c> wonderful</c><00:29:37.940><c> gem.</c>

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:42.579
For<00:29:39.299><c> those</c><00:29:39.559><c> who</c><00:29:39.799><c> are</c><00:29:40.079><c> taking</c><00:29:40.400><c> notes,</c><00:29:41.180><c> the</c><00:29:41.240><c> word</c><00:29:41.539><c> unsearchable</c>

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:44.940
in<00:29:42.920><c> the</c><00:29:43.220><c> Greek</c><00:29:43.500><c> is,</c><00:29:44.339><c> and</c><00:29:44.480><c> I</c><00:29:44.559><c> will</c><00:29:44.779><c> spell</c>

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:50.259
it<00:29:45.119><c> for</c><00:29:45.299><c> you</c><00:29:45.500><c> because</c><00:29:45.680><c> it's</c><00:29:45.900><c> a</c><00:29:46.019><c> long</c><00:29:46.180><c> word,</c><00:29:47.319><c> A</c><00:29:47.319><c>-N</c><00:29:47.599><c>-E</c><00:29:48.220><c>-X</c><00:29:48.720><c>-I</c><00:29:49.259><c>-C</c><00:29:49.500><c>-H</c><00:29:49.940><c>-N</c>

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-E<00:29:50.720><c>-A</c><00:29:51.079><c>-S</c><00:29:51.400><c>-T</c><00:29:51.619><c>-O</c><00:29:51.839><c>-S,</c><00:29:52.799><c> meaning</c><00:29:53.000><c> not</c><00:29:53.859><c> traced</c><00:29:54.299><c> out</c><00:29:55.180><c> by</c><00:29:55.599><c> young.</c>

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:59.799
Also<00:29:56.859><c> from</c><00:29:57.339><c> Abbott</c><00:29:57.720><c> Smith,</c><00:29:58.279><c> meaning</c><00:29:58.359><c> that</c><00:29:58.759><c> cannot</c><00:29:59.240><c> be</c><00:29:59.559><c> traced</c>

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:02.839
out.<00:30:00.740><c> And</c><00:30:00.920><c> also</c><00:30:01.279><c> from</c><00:30:01.980><c> Grim</c><00:30:02.440><c> Thayer,</c>

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:09.039
that<00:30:03.380><c> cannot</c><00:30:03.720><c> be</c><00:30:04.259><c> comprehended.</c><00:30:06.059><c> And</c><00:30:06.240><c> so</c><00:30:06.359><c> it</c><00:30:06.660><c> describes</c><00:30:06.940><c> man's</c><00:30:07.740><c> inability</c><00:30:08.339><c> to</c>

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:11.299
trace<00:30:09.339><c> out</c><00:30:09.640><c> the</c><00:30:09.920><c> footsteps</c><00:30:10.339><c> of</c><00:30:10.740><c> God</c>

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:16.859
which<00:30:12.059><c> led</c><00:30:12.519><c> from</c><00:30:13.099><c> a</c><00:30:13.519><c> ruined</c><00:30:13.779><c> world</c><00:30:14.559><c> through</c><00:30:15.299><c> the</c><00:30:15.640><c> patriarchal</c>

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:20.819
and<00:30:17.019><c> mosaic</c><00:30:17.619><c> ages</c><00:30:18.160><c> to</c><00:30:19.119><c> the</c><00:30:19.339><c> age</c><00:30:19.640><c> of</c><00:30:19.839><c> his</c><00:30:20.140><c> own</c>

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:26.660
dear<00:30:21.099><c> son.</c><00:30:23.160><c> You</c><00:30:23.319><c> know,</c><00:30:24.059><c> the</c><00:30:24.119><c> very</c><00:30:24.640><c> intention</c><00:30:25.259><c> of</c><00:30:25.500><c> God</c><00:30:25.779><c> to</c><00:30:26.000><c> include</c><00:30:26.420><c> the</c>

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Gentiles<00:30:27.480><c> among</c><00:30:28.119><c> his</c><00:30:28.599><c> redeemed</c>

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:37.079
was<00:30:30.259><c> declared</c><00:30:30.740><c> in</c><00:30:31.039><c> the</c><00:30:31.220><c> Old</c><00:30:31.680><c> Testament</c><00:30:32.220><c> Scriptures.</c><00:30:34.460><c> The</c><00:30:34.700><c> Jews</c><00:30:35.059><c> speculated</c><00:30:36.559><c> on</c>

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:39.160
the<00:30:37.440><c> method</c><00:30:37.819><c> together</c><00:30:38.400><c> in</c>

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:45.019
proper<00:30:39.539><c> sequence</c><00:30:40.160><c> and</c><00:30:41.720><c> state</c><00:30:42.720><c> a</c><00:30:43.160><c> coherence</c><00:30:43.900><c> doctrine</c><00:30:44.400><c> on</c><00:30:44.859><c> the</c>

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:47.180
matter.<00:30:45.920><c> Incredible.</c>

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:55.759
And<00:30:48.480><c> so</c><00:30:48.759><c> this</c><00:30:49.079><c> word,</c><00:30:49.799><c> unsearchable,</c><00:30:50.839><c> is</c><00:30:51.059><c> also</c><00:30:51.519><c> found</c><00:30:51.900><c> in</c><00:30:52.319><c> Romans</c><00:30:52.740><c> chapter</c><00:30:53.160><c> 11</c><00:30:53.700><c> and</c><00:30:54.160><c> verse</c><00:30:54.640><c> 33.</c><00:30:55.319><c> Let's</c><00:30:55.500><c> have</c><00:30:55.700><c> a</c>

00:30:55.759 --> 00:31:00.240
look<00:30:55.880><c> at</c><00:30:56.000><c> it.</c>

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In<00:31:03.039><c> Romans</c><00:31:03.359><c> chapter</c><00:31:03.720><c> 11</c><00:31:04.660><c> and</c><00:31:06.259><c> verse</c><00:31:06.640><c> 33,</c>

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:14.099
where<00:31:10.700><c> he</c><00:31:10.900><c> speaks</c><00:31:11.119><c> about</c><00:31:11.420><c> God's</c><00:31:12.019><c> ways</c><00:31:12.700><c> past</c><00:31:13.440><c> finding</c><00:31:13.740><c> out,</c><00:31:14.059><c> he</c>

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.799
says<00:31:14.400><c> there,</c>

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:20.920
Oh,<00:31:15.660><c> the</c><00:31:15.700><c> depth</c><00:31:16.319><c> of</c><00:31:17.359><c> the</c><00:31:17.599><c> riches,</c><00:31:18.440><c> both</c><00:31:18.660><c> of</c><00:31:19.019><c> wisdom</c><00:31:19.559><c> and</c><00:31:20.400><c> knowledge</c><00:31:20.759><c> of</c>

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:25.619
God.<00:31:21.740><c> How</c><00:31:22.180><c> unsearchable</c><00:31:23.880><c> are</c><00:31:24.240><c> his</c><00:31:24.500><c> judgments</c>

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:30.700
and<00:31:25.980><c> his</c><00:31:26.299><c> ways</c><00:31:26.880><c> past</c><00:31:27.859><c> finding</c><00:31:28.220><c> out.</c><00:31:29.819><c> If</c><00:31:29.940><c> you're</c><00:31:30.079><c> taking</c><00:31:30.400><c> notes</c>

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.420
in<00:31:30.960><c> Job</c><00:31:31.220><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.480><c> 5</c><00:31:31.839><c> verse</c><00:31:32.140><c> 9,</c><00:31:32.559><c> he</c><00:31:32.559><c> says,</c>

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:39.319
who<00:31:33.799><c> does</c><00:31:34.759><c> great</c><00:31:35.559><c> and</c><00:31:36.119><c> unsearchable</c><00:31:36.819><c> things?</c><00:31:38.140><c> In</c><00:31:38.319><c> Job</c><00:31:38.599><c> chapter</c><00:31:38.880><c> 9</c><00:31:39.160><c> and</c>

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.240
verse<00:31:39.519><c> 10,</c><00:31:39.839><c> he</c><00:31:39.900><c> says,</c>

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:45.940
great<00:31:40.819><c> things</c><00:31:41.700><c> past</c><00:31:42.380><c> finding</c><00:31:42.740><c> out.</c><00:31:44.140><c> And</c><00:31:44.259><c> so</c><00:31:44.420><c> in</c><00:31:44.579><c> each</c><00:31:44.900><c> case,</c>

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:48.200
it<00:31:46.000><c> is</c><00:31:46.279><c> not</c><00:31:46.640><c> that</c><00:31:47.099><c> God's</c><00:31:47.720><c> purpose</c>

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:54.740
or<00:31:48.539><c> reason</c><00:31:48.940><c> is</c><00:31:49.400><c> unknowable</c><00:31:50.680><c> that</c><00:31:51.380><c> is</c><00:31:51.640><c> stated,</c><00:31:53.279><c> merely</c><00:31:53.720><c> that</c>

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:59.099
we<00:31:55.019><c> are</c><00:31:55.440><c> unable</c><00:31:56.240><c> to</c><00:31:56.819><c> know</c><00:31:57.019><c> it</c><00:31:57.759><c> apart</c><00:31:58.319><c> from</c>

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a<00:31:59.519><c> revelation</c><00:32:00.160><c> from</c><00:32:00.859><c> him.</c><00:32:01.400><c> Get</c><00:32:01.559><c> the</c><00:32:01.779><c> point?</c><00:32:03.759><c> And</c><00:32:04.059><c> what</c><00:32:04.299><c> is</c><00:32:05.339><c> incomprehensible</c><00:32:06.400><c> to</c><00:32:06.759><c> us,</c>

00:32:07.230 --> 00:32:11.089
brethren<00:32:08.150><c> and</c><00:32:08.450><c> sisters</c><00:32:08.809><c> and</c><00:32:09.009><c> young</c><00:32:09.190><c> people,</c><00:32:10.309><c> is</c><00:32:10.309><c> known</c><00:32:10.589><c> to</c>

00:32:11.089 --> 00:32:13.849
God.<00:32:11.930><c> And</c><00:32:12.029><c> that's</c><00:32:12.230><c> the</c><00:32:12.410><c> point</c><00:32:12.829><c> the</c><00:32:13.269><c> apostle</c><00:32:13.589><c> Paul</c>

00:32:13.849 --> 00:32:20.890
is<00:32:14.049><c> making</c><00:32:14.309><c> here.</c><00:32:15.430><c> So</c><00:32:15.569><c> when</c><00:32:15.789><c> Paul</c><00:32:16.049><c> uses</c><00:32:16.430><c> this</c><00:32:16.730><c> word,</c><00:32:17.089><c> he</c><00:32:17.109><c> is</c><00:32:17.430><c> saying,</c><00:32:17.910><c> one,</c><00:32:18.349><c> that</c><00:32:18.630><c> God</c><00:32:18.970><c> had</c><00:32:19.390><c> made</c><00:32:19.789><c> knowing</c><00:32:20.049><c> to</c><00:32:20.309><c> him</c>

00:32:20.890 --> 00:32:25.710
something<00:32:21.750><c> which</c><00:32:22.690><c> otherwise</c><00:32:23.410><c> might</c><00:32:23.970><c> forever</c><00:32:24.630><c> have</c><00:32:25.109><c> remained</c>

00:32:25.710 --> 00:32:28.910
a<00:32:26.089><c> mystery</c><00:32:26.490><c> to</c><00:32:26.730><c> him.</c><00:32:27.690><c> And</c><00:32:28.069><c> secondly,</c>

00:32:29.049 --> 00:32:33.809
this<00:32:29.250><c> secret</c><00:32:29.630><c> having</c><00:32:29.930><c> been</c><00:32:30.490><c> revealed</c><00:32:31.069><c> was</c><00:32:31.569><c> now</c><00:32:31.950><c> being</c><00:32:32.309><c> declared</c><00:32:33.009><c> to</c><00:32:33.609><c> the</c>

00:32:33.809 --> 00:32:36.329
Gentile<00:32:34.269><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:34.750><c> of</c><00:32:35.170><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:32:37.230 --> 00:32:43.569
And<00:32:37.630><c> so</c><00:32:37.849><c> we</c><00:32:37.970><c> read</c><00:32:38.289><c> in</c><00:32:38.549><c> verse</c><00:32:38.750><c> 9.</c><00:32:41.130><c> And</c><00:32:41.170><c> to</c><00:32:41.250><c> make</c><00:32:41.569><c> all</c><00:32:41.849><c> men</c><00:32:42.150><c> see</c><00:32:42.849><c> what</c><00:32:43.250><c> is</c>

00:32:43.569 --> 00:32:45.430
the<00:32:43.809><c> fellowship</c><00:32:44.230><c> of</c><00:32:44.549><c> the</c><00:32:44.769><c> mystery,</c>

00:32:45.769 --> 00:32:48.589
which<00:32:45.970><c> from</c><00:32:46.210><c> the</c><00:32:46.390><c> beginning</c><00:32:46.730><c> of</c><00:32:46.970><c> the</c><00:32:47.170><c> world</c><00:32:47.470><c> had</c><00:32:47.950><c> been</c><00:32:48.289><c> hidden</c>

00:32:48.589 --> 00:32:53.750
God,<00:32:49.529><c> who</c><00:32:49.769><c> created</c><00:32:50.230><c> all</c><00:32:50.869><c> things</c><00:32:51.450><c> by</c><00:32:52.089><c> Jesus</c><00:32:52.650><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:54.470 --> 00:33:01.390
To<00:32:54.890><c> make</c><00:32:55.210><c> all</c><00:32:55.750><c> men</c><00:32:56.089><c> see.</c><00:32:57.690><c> In</c><00:32:57.950><c> other</c><00:32:58.269><c> words,</c><00:32:58.910><c> to</c><00:32:59.109><c> enlighten</c><00:32:59.849><c> all.</c><00:33:01.069><c> As</c>

00:33:01.390 --> 00:33:03.529
Ephesians<00:33:01.849><c> chapter</c><00:33:02.089><c> 1</c><00:33:02.349><c> verse</c><00:33:02.630><c> 18</c><00:33:03.049><c> also</c>

00:33:03.529 --> 00:33:09.269
reports.<00:33:04.769><c> To</c><00:33:05.029><c> enlighten</c><00:33:05.809><c> all</c><00:33:06.410><c> the</c><00:33:06.990><c> revelation</c><00:33:08.130><c> communicated</c>

00:33:09.269 --> 00:33:12.589
to<00:33:09.609><c> Paul</c><00:33:10.029><c> was</c><00:33:10.829><c> therefore</c><00:33:11.710><c> for</c><00:33:12.069><c> the</c>

00:33:12.589 --> 00:33:19.869
express<00:33:13.049><c> purpose</c><00:33:13.849><c> of</c><00:33:14.230><c> making</c><00:33:14.950><c> all</c><00:33:16.349><c> men</c><00:33:17.250><c> to</c><00:33:17.630><c> see.</c><00:33:19.009><c> To</c><00:33:19.230><c> see</c><00:33:19.569><c> what</c>

00:33:19.869 --> 00:33:22.170
the<00:33:20.170><c> fellowship</c><00:33:20.650><c> of</c><00:33:20.990><c> the</c><00:33:21.230><c> mystery.</c>

00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:27.009
The<00:33:23.069><c> mystery</c><00:33:23.509><c> has</c><00:33:23.829><c> been</c><00:33:24.509><c> defined</c><00:33:25.349><c> in</c><00:33:25.730><c> verse</c><00:33:25.990><c> 6</c><00:33:26.250><c> to</c><00:33:26.509><c> mean</c><00:33:26.750><c> that</c>

00:33:27.009 --> 00:33:30.650
Gentiles<00:33:27.630><c> and</c><00:33:28.069><c> Jews</c><00:33:28.309><c> are</c><00:33:28.769><c> united</c><00:33:29.390><c> in</c><00:33:29.750><c> Christ</c>

00:33:30.650 --> 00:33:36.630
through<00:33:31.309><c> the</c><00:33:31.529><c> gospel.</c><00:33:33.410><c> This</c><00:33:33.509><c> was</c><00:33:33.869><c> God's</c><00:33:34.910><c> hidden</c><00:33:35.410><c> intention.</c>

00:33:37.410 --> 00:33:39.009
And<00:33:37.569><c> the</c><00:33:37.670><c> word</c><00:33:37.930><c> fellowship</c><00:33:38.470><c> is</c><00:33:38.789><c> the</c>

00:33:39.009 --> 00:33:43.750
Greek<00:33:39.210><c> word</c><00:33:40.130><c> oiknomi</c><00:33:40.849><c> and</c><00:33:41.609><c> is</c><00:33:41.910><c> the</c><00:33:42.390><c> same</c><00:33:42.809><c> word</c><00:33:43.089><c> as</c><00:33:43.329><c> in</c><00:33:43.529><c> chapter</c>

00:33:43.750 --> 00:33:47.410
1<00:33:43.970><c> verse</c><00:33:44.250><c> 10.</c><00:33:45.069><c> The</c><00:33:45.450><c> economy</c><00:33:46.049><c> or</c><00:33:46.690><c> administration</c>

00:33:47.410 --> 00:33:52.809
of<00:33:47.910><c> the</c><00:33:48.309><c> fullness</c><00:33:48.710><c> of</c><00:33:49.190><c> times.</c><00:33:50.490><c> For</c><00:33:50.730><c> example,</c><00:33:52.170><c> the</c><00:33:52.349><c> kingdom</c><00:33:52.569><c> of</c>

00:33:52.809 --> 00:33:56.849
God.<00:33:54.289><c> You</c><00:33:54.529><c> see</c><00:33:54.769><c> it</c><00:33:54.970><c> was</c><00:33:55.450><c> one</c><00:33:55.789><c> of</c><00:33:56.009><c> Paul's</c><00:33:56.529><c> tasks,</c>

00:33:56.849 --> 00:33:59.769
brethren<00:33:57.130><c> and</c><00:33:57.410><c> sisters</c><00:33:57.789><c> and</c><00:33:58.049><c> young</c><00:33:58.269><c> people,</c><00:33:58.930><c> to</c><00:33:59.130><c> explain</c><00:33:59.569><c> to</c>

00:33:59.769 --> 00:34:02.910
his<00:34:00.089><c> listeners</c><00:34:00.549><c> that</c><00:34:01.549><c> the</c><00:34:01.789><c> kingdom</c><00:34:02.150><c> of</c><00:34:02.470><c> God,</c>

00:34:03.049 --> 00:34:08.110
when<00:34:03.269><c> it</c><00:34:03.490><c> comes</c><00:34:03.730><c> to</c><00:34:04.049><c> pass,</c><00:34:05.349><c> will</c><00:34:05.509><c> include</c><00:34:06.089><c> Gentiles</c><00:34:06.950><c> as</c><00:34:07.690><c> well</c>

00:34:08.110 --> 00:34:11.909
as<00:34:08.389><c> Jews.</c><00:34:10.130><c> Verse</c><00:34:10.369><c> 9</c><00:34:10.630><c> we</c><00:34:10.809><c> read</c><00:34:10.989><c> from</c><00:34:11.190><c> the</c><00:34:11.489><c> beginning</c>

00:34:11.909 --> 00:34:20.530
of<00:34:12.269><c> the</c><00:34:12.489><c> world</c><00:34:12.949><c> had</c><00:34:13.210><c> been</c><00:34:13.690><c> hidden</c><00:34:14.210><c> in</c><00:34:14.570><c> God.</c><00:34:15.530><c> What</c><00:34:15.889><c> was</c><00:34:16.190><c> he</c><00:34:16.489><c> saying?</c><00:34:18.070><c> However</c><00:34:18.510><c> mysterious</c><00:34:19.590><c> the</c>

00:34:20.530 --> 00:34:22.309
Jews<00:34:20.809><c> found</c><00:34:21.309><c> Gentile</c>

00:34:22.769 --> 00:34:28.250
inclusion,<00:34:24.170><c> however</c><00:34:24.510><c> mysterious</c><00:34:25.070><c> that</c><00:34:25.369><c> was,</c><00:34:27.269><c> it</c><00:34:27.269><c> was</c><00:34:27.269><c> God's</c>

00:34:28.250 --> 00:34:32.429
intention<00:34:28.969><c> from</c><00:34:29.889><c> the</c><00:34:30.150><c> very</c><00:34:30.849><c> outset.</c><00:34:31.909><c> It</c><00:34:32.210><c> didn't</c>

00:34:32.429 --> 00:34:36.909
matter.<00:34:33.610><c> It</c><00:34:33.710><c> was</c><00:34:33.969><c> God's</c><00:34:34.530><c> intention</c><00:34:35.110><c> from</c><00:34:35.469><c> the</c><00:34:35.710><c> very</c><00:34:36.210><c> outset</c>

00:34:36.909 --> 00:34:41.329
who<00:34:37.829><c> created</c><00:34:38.570><c> all</c><00:34:39.030><c> things.</c><00:34:40.409><c> In</c><00:34:40.610><c> all</c><00:34:41.030><c> things,</c>

00:34:41.610 --> 00:34:46.170
again<00:34:41.989><c> the</c><00:34:42.429><c> allusion</c><00:34:42.849><c> here</c><00:34:43.190><c> is</c><00:34:43.550><c> to</c><00:34:44.170><c> Psalm</c><00:34:44.449><c> chapter</c><00:34:44.809><c> 8</c><00:34:45.090><c> and</c><00:34:45.289><c> verse</c><00:34:45.469><c> 6.</c>

00:34:46.329 --> 00:34:49.010
A<00:34:46.610><c> psalm</c><00:34:46.869><c> which</c><00:34:47.110><c> connects</c><00:34:47.469><c> the</c><00:34:47.849><c> purpose</c><00:34:48.329><c> of</c><00:34:48.610><c> God</c>

00:34:49.010 --> 00:34:57.670
in<00:34:49.449><c> creation</c><00:34:50.010><c> with</c><00:34:51.269><c> the</c><00:34:51.550><c> revelation</c><00:34:52.090><c> of</c><00:34:52.349><c> that</c><00:34:52.550><c> purpose</c><00:34:52.969><c> in</c><00:34:53.369><c> Christ.</c><00:34:54.869><c> When</c><00:34:55.309><c> God</c><00:34:55.670><c> created</c><00:34:56.170><c> man,</c><00:34:56.809><c> there</c><00:34:56.809><c> was</c><00:34:57.110><c> no</c>

00:34:57.670 --> 00:35:04.750
thought<00:34:58.130><c> of</c><00:34:58.869><c> man's</c><00:34:59.829><c> separation</c><00:35:00.530><c> into</c><00:35:01.570><c> Jew</c><00:35:01.949><c> and</c><00:35:02.250><c> Gentile.</c><00:35:04.429><c> For</c>

00:35:04.750 --> 00:35:09.010
over<00:35:05.210><c> 2400</c><00:35:06.130><c> years</c><00:35:06.510><c> from</c><00:35:06.769><c> Adam</c><00:35:07.409><c> until</c><00:35:07.969><c> Moses</c><00:35:08.550><c> received</c>

00:35:09.010 --> 00:35:14.090
the<00:35:09.250><c> law</c><00:35:09.690><c> and</c><00:35:10.329><c> Israel</c><00:35:10.789><c> became</c><00:35:11.550><c> a</c><00:35:11.889><c> nation</c><00:35:12.190><c> at</c><00:35:12.469><c> Sinai,</c><00:35:13.349><c> there</c><00:35:13.469><c> was</c><00:35:13.789><c> no</c>

00:35:14.090 --> 00:35:17.809
exclusions.<00:35:16.090><c> Men</c><00:35:16.489><c> from</c><00:35:16.889><c> all</c><00:35:17.230><c> nations</c>

00:35:17.809 --> 00:35:22.829
could<00:35:18.329><c> hope</c><00:35:18.590><c> in</c><00:35:18.809><c> God</c><00:35:19.210><c> and</c><00:35:19.690><c> still</c><00:35:19.989><c> is</c><00:35:20.190><c> today.</c><00:35:21.750><c> The</c><00:35:21.949><c> Mosaic</c><00:35:22.489><c> Age,</c>

00:35:22.929 --> 00:35:26.250
1600<00:35:23.489><c> years,</c><00:35:24.289><c> was</c><00:35:24.630><c> much</c><00:35:24.989><c> shorter</c>

00:35:26.409 --> 00:35:30.730
and<00:35:26.789><c> since</c><00:35:27.150><c> its</c><00:35:27.510><c> passing</c><00:35:28.050><c> another</c><00:35:28.829><c> 2000</c><00:35:29.409><c> years,</c><00:35:30.130><c> like</c><00:35:30.349><c> until</c>

00:35:30.730 --> 00:35:34.230
the<00:35:31.070><c> Patriarch's</c><00:35:32.250><c> age,</c><00:35:33.010><c> have</c><00:35:33.349><c> supervened.</c>

00:35:34.710 --> 00:35:39.650
From<00:35:34.989><c> the</c><00:35:35.230><c> beginning</c><00:35:35.570><c> of</c><00:35:35.949><c> Gentile</c><00:35:36.469><c> inclusion</c><00:35:37.070><c> was</c><00:35:37.849><c> a</c><00:35:38.190><c> profound</c><00:35:38.949><c> reality</c>

00:35:39.650 --> 00:35:41.329
of<00:35:39.869><c> God's</c><00:35:40.349><c> plan.</c>

00:35:41.650 --> 00:35:47.750
1600<00:35:42.389><c> years</c><00:35:42.849><c> of</c><00:35:43.210><c> Jewish</c><00:35:43.570><c> exclusiveness</c><00:35:44.610><c> had</c><00:35:45.110><c> obscured</c><00:35:45.829><c> it</c><00:35:46.090><c> from</c><00:35:46.389><c> view.</c><00:35:47.750><c> It</c>

00:35:47.750 --> 00:35:49.469
was<00:35:48.190><c> Paul's</c><00:35:48.989><c> task,</c>

00:35:49.730 --> 00:35:57.289
brethren<00:35:50.030><c> and</c><00:35:50.269><c> sisters</c><00:35:50.570><c> and</c><00:35:50.730><c> young</c><00:35:50.929><c> people,</c><00:35:51.570><c> to</c><00:35:51.730><c> make</c><00:35:53.130><c> all</c><00:35:54.090><c> men</c><00:35:54.489><c> see</c><00:35:54.829><c> it.</c><00:35:56.630><c> And</c><00:35:56.730><c> verse</c><00:35:56.949><c> 9</c>

00:35:57.289 --> 00:35:59.030
continues<00:35:57.869><c> on</c><00:35:58.230><c> by</c><00:35:58.510><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:59.030 --> 00:36:05.610
Christ.<00:35:59.969><c> You</c><00:35:59.969><c> see,</c><00:36:00.869><c> God</c><00:36:01.030><c> in</c><00:36:01.489><c> all</c><00:36:02.369><c> of</c><00:36:02.670><c> his</c><00:36:02.989><c> arrangements</c><00:36:03.690><c> had</c>

00:36:05.610 --> 00:36:08.510
Jesus<00:36:06.210><c> Christ</c><00:36:07.090><c> in</c><00:36:07.590><c> view.</c>

00:36:10.230 --> 00:36:12.170
And<00:36:10.269><c> so</c><00:36:10.530><c> verse</c><00:36:10.750><c> 10</c><00:36:10.989><c> we</c><00:36:11.250><c> read,</c>

00:36:13.050 --> 00:36:18.469
To<00:36:13.050><c> the</c><00:36:13.329><c> intent</c><00:36:13.909><c> that</c><00:36:15.250><c> now</c><00:36:15.610><c> unto</c><00:36:15.869><c> the</c><00:36:16.210><c> principalities</c><00:36:17.050><c> and</c><00:36:17.349><c> powers</c><00:36:17.750><c> in</c>

00:36:18.469 --> 00:36:20.650
heavenly<00:36:18.889><c> places</c><00:36:19.510><c> might</c><00:36:19.929><c> be</c><00:36:20.309><c> known</c>

00:36:20.650 --> 00:36:26.570
by<00:36:21.190><c> the</c><00:36:21.690><c> ecclesia,</c><00:36:22.849><c> the</c><00:36:23.110><c> manifold</c><00:36:23.730><c> wisdom</c><00:36:24.730><c> of</c><00:36:25.090><c> God.</c><00:36:26.230><c> And</c><00:36:26.429><c> so</c>

00:36:26.570 --> 00:36:31.670
we<00:36:26.769><c> have</c><00:36:27.090><c> here</c><00:36:27.690><c> the</c><00:36:28.690><c> reason</c><00:36:29.269><c> why</c><00:36:30.250><c> Paul</c><00:36:30.610><c> preached</c>

00:36:32.250 --> 00:36:36.769
in<00:36:32.989><c> instructing</c><00:36:33.869><c> Gentiles</c><00:36:34.489><c> as</c><00:36:34.829><c> well</c><00:36:35.090><c> as</c><00:36:35.250><c> Jews</c><00:36:35.550><c> in</c><00:36:36.230><c> the</c><00:36:36.469><c> things</c>

00:36:36.769 --> 00:36:41.750
of<00:36:37.550><c> the</c><00:36:37.809><c> truth</c><00:36:38.269><c> is</c><00:36:39.289><c> now</c><00:36:39.610><c> stated</c><00:36:40.030><c> or</c><00:36:40.369><c> made</c><00:36:40.769><c> known.</c>

00:36:42.050 --> 00:36:54.409
Principalities,<00:36:44.510><c> the</c><00:36:44.570><c> Greek</c><00:36:44.809><c> word</c><00:36:45.309><c> is</c><00:36:46.190><c> archi,</c><00:36:46.989><c> meaning</c><00:36:48.650><c> a</c><00:36:49.309><c> beginning,</c><00:36:50.510><c> hence</c><00:36:51.090><c> first</c><00:36:51.809><c> place</c><00:36:52.449><c> or</c><00:36:53.070><c> headship.</c>

00:36:55.050 --> 00:37:01.530
And<00:36:55.210><c> then</c><00:36:55.510><c> a</c><00:36:55.969><c> principality</c><00:36:57.429><c> of</c><00:36:58.289><c> prince</c><00:36:58.690><c> or</c><00:36:59.730><c> magistrate.</c><00:37:01.389><c> We</c>

00:37:01.530 --> 00:37:07.409
go<00:37:01.730><c> to</c><00:37:01.909><c> the</c><00:37:02.010><c> word</c><00:37:02.190><c> power,</c><00:37:02.750><c> the</c><00:37:02.789><c> Greek</c><00:37:03.030><c> is</c><00:37:03.969><c> exosia</c><00:37:06.809><c> from</c>

00:37:07.409 --> 00:37:10.150
ex<00:37:08.150><c>-e</c><00:37:08.489><c>-s</c><00:37:08.630><c>-t</c><00:37:08.789><c>-i.</c><00:37:08.989><c> Now</c><00:37:09.030><c> I</c><00:37:09.110><c> want</c><00:37:09.269><c> you</c><00:37:09.369><c> to</c><00:37:09.469><c> write</c><00:37:09.550><c> that</c><00:37:09.750><c> down</c><00:37:09.929><c> because</c>

00:37:10.150 --> 00:37:12.710
I<00:37:10.329><c> can't</c><00:37:10.570><c> pronounce</c><00:37:10.889><c> it.</c><00:37:11.650><c> It</c><00:37:11.869><c> means</c>

00:37:13.070 --> 00:37:19.690
the<00:37:13.710><c> power</c><00:37:13.949><c> is</c><00:37:14.289><c> possible,</c><00:37:16.070><c> it</c><00:37:16.210><c> is</c><00:37:16.429><c> permitted,</c><00:37:17.170><c> it</c><00:37:17.329><c> is</c><00:37:17.809><c> a</c><00:37:18.329><c> lawful</c><00:37:18.869><c> one.</c>

00:37:19.769 --> 00:37:21.230
It<00:37:19.869><c> means</c><00:37:20.289><c> authority,</c>

00:37:21.670 --> 00:37:24.710
rule<00:37:21.909><c> and</c><00:37:22.210><c> dominion</c><00:37:22.710><c> because</c><00:37:23.170><c> in</c><00:37:23.429><c> Matthew</c><00:37:23.769><c> chapter</c><00:37:24.170><c> 28</c><00:37:24.570><c> and</c>

00:37:24.710 --> 00:37:28.489
verse<00:37:24.989><c> 18</c><00:37:25.789><c> Jesus</c><00:37:26.510><c> came</c><00:37:26.809><c> and</c><00:37:27.050><c> spoke</c><00:37:27.289><c> unto</c><00:37:27.469><c> them</c><00:37:27.650><c> saying,</c>

00:37:28.630 --> 00:37:34.289
All<00:37:28.630><c> power</c><00:37:29.349><c> is</c><00:37:29.769><c> given</c><00:37:30.010><c> unto</c><00:37:30.289><c> me</c><00:37:30.769><c> in</c><00:37:31.090><c> heaven</c><00:37:31.590><c> and</c><00:37:32.210><c> in</c><00:37:32.610><c> earth.</c><00:37:33.889><c> And</c><00:37:34.110><c> so</c>

00:37:34.289 --> 00:37:36.389
the<00:37:34.469><c> words</c><00:37:34.789><c> principalities</c><00:37:35.710><c> and</c><00:37:36.030><c> powers</c>

00:37:36.389 --> 00:37:42.190
is<00:37:37.010><c> speaking</c><00:37:37.469><c> of</c><00:37:37.750><c> rulers</c><00:37:38.190><c> of</c><00:37:38.570><c> this</c><00:37:38.809><c> age.</c><00:37:40.789><c> Now</c><00:37:41.170><c> to</c><00:37:41.690><c> sum</c><00:37:41.929><c> verse</c>

00:37:42.190 --> 00:37:47.210
10<00:37:43.349><c> up,</c><00:37:44.429><c> what</c><00:37:44.630><c> Paul</c><00:37:44.909><c> is</c><00:37:45.250><c> speaking</c><00:37:45.590><c> of</c><00:37:46.090><c> is</c><00:37:46.610><c> of</c><00:37:46.889><c> the</c>

00:37:47.210 --> 00:37:55.769
human<00:37:47.949><c> authorities,</c><00:37:49.869><c> the</c><00:37:50.170><c> human</c><00:37:50.489><c> leaders.</c><00:37:52.389><c> That's</c><00:37:52.570><c> what</c><00:37:52.710><c> he's</c><00:37:53.289><c> speaking</c><00:37:53.550><c> about</c><00:37:53.849><c> here.</c><00:37:55.590><c> And</c>

00:37:55.769 --> 00:37:56.750
really<00:37:55.989><c> what</c><00:37:56.150><c> he</c><00:37:56.369><c> is</c>

00:37:56.750 --> 00:38:03.170
saying<00:37:57.050><c> that</c><00:37:57.530><c> we</c><00:37:57.750><c> should</c><00:37:58.269><c> show</c><00:37:59.090><c> or</c><00:38:00.250><c> teach,</c><00:38:01.030><c> if</c><00:38:02.010><c> you</c><00:38:02.210><c> like,</c><00:38:02.909><c> or</c>

00:38:03.170 --> 00:38:08.550
to<00:38:03.530><c> present</c><00:38:04.329><c> to</c><00:38:05.690><c> our</c><00:38:06.170><c> authorities</c><00:38:06.789><c> who</c><00:38:07.130><c> are</c><00:38:07.409><c> in</c><00:38:07.710><c> power</c>

00:38:10.929 --> 00:38:15.710
the<00:38:11.610><c> things</c><00:38:12.289><c> to</c><00:38:12.989><c> which</c><00:38:13.190><c> the</c><00:38:13.409><c> Bible</c><00:38:13.750><c> is</c><00:38:14.210><c> speaking</c><00:38:14.530><c> about.</c>

00:38:18.469 --> 00:38:20.889
I'm<00:38:18.730><c> not</c><00:38:18.909><c> quite</c><00:38:19.130><c> sure</c><00:38:19.289><c> whether</c><00:38:19.489><c> it</c><00:38:19.489><c> was</c><00:38:19.929><c> brother</c><00:38:20.250><c> John</c><00:38:20.590><c> Thomas</c>

00:38:20.889 --> 00:38:21.849
or<00:38:21.090><c> Robert</c><00:38:21.369><c> Roberts</c>

00:38:21.849 --> 00:38:26.929
who<00:38:22.630><c> presented</c><00:38:23.210><c> the</c><00:38:23.530><c> book</c><00:38:23.710><c> Elpis</c><00:38:24.090><c> Israel</c><00:38:24.530><c> to</c><00:38:24.769><c> the</c><00:38:25.010><c> Prime</c><00:38:25.269><c> Minister</c><00:38:25.610><c> of</c><00:38:25.750><c> England.</c>

00:38:27.369 --> 00:38:34.030
That's<00:38:27.730><c> the</c><00:38:27.989><c> reference</c><00:38:28.510><c> to</c><00:38:28.909><c> which</c><00:38:29.090><c> Paul</c><00:38:29.369><c> is</c><00:38:29.610><c> speaking</c><00:38:29.949><c> of,</c><00:38:30.730><c> the</c><00:38:31.230><c> principalities</c><00:38:32.050><c> and</c><00:38:32.250><c> the</c><00:38:32.510><c> powers.</c><00:38:33.829><c> It</c>

00:38:34.030 --> 00:38:34.929
is<00:38:34.269><c> up</c><00:38:34.510><c> to</c><00:38:34.630><c> us,</c>

00:38:35.050 --> 00:38:40.110
brethren<00:38:35.190><c> and</c><00:38:35.449><c> sisters,</c><00:38:36.369><c> to</c><00:38:36.510><c> show</c><00:38:36.849><c> them</c><00:38:37.849><c> where</c><00:38:39.070><c> we</c><00:38:39.429><c> stand</c><00:38:39.769><c> in</c>

00:38:40.110 --> 00:38:43.829
relation<00:38:40.710><c> to</c><00:38:41.510><c> the</c><00:38:41.750><c> world</c><00:38:41.909><c> which</c><00:38:42.150><c> is</c><00:38:42.289><c> to</c><00:38:42.489><c> come.</c>

00:38:44.170 --> 00:38:48.369
Because<00:38:44.570><c> in</c><00:38:44.829><c> this</c><00:38:45.070><c> generation</c><00:38:45.889><c> the</c><00:38:47.110><c> principalities</c><00:38:47.929><c> and</c><00:38:48.110><c> the</c>

00:38:48.369 --> 00:38:50.699
powers<00:38:48.650><c> are</c><00:38:49.230><c> nothing</c><00:38:49.590><c> to</c><00:38:49.869><c> us</c>

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:54.460
but<00:38:51.219><c> that</c><00:38:51.579><c> which</c><00:38:51.840><c> is</c><00:38:52.420><c> greater</c><00:38:52.639><c> to</c><00:38:52.940><c> come</c><00:38:53.280><c> when</c><00:38:53.659><c> the</c><00:38:53.800><c> Lord</c><00:38:54.039><c> Jesus</c>

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:56.880
Christ<00:38:54.880><c> returns</c><00:38:55.480><c> to</c><00:38:55.699><c> the</c><00:38:55.840><c> earth.</c><00:38:56.440><c> You</c><00:38:56.440><c> see,</c>

00:38:57.139 --> 00:39:01.280
Paul,<00:38:57.440><c> like</c><00:38:57.840><c> Christ,</c><00:38:58.760><c> preached</c><00:38:59.059><c> to</c><00:38:59.519><c> all</c><00:38:59.900><c> men</c><00:39:00.400><c> like</c><00:39:00.840><c> we</c><00:39:01.079><c> ought</c>

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:04.960
to,<00:39:02.460><c> whether</c><00:39:02.559><c> they</c><00:39:02.840><c> are</c><00:39:03.039><c> soldiers,</c><00:39:04.000><c> sailors,</c>

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:10.760
thieves,<00:39:05.739><c> beggars,</c><00:39:06.539><c> whoever</c><00:39:06.920><c> it</c><00:39:07.099><c> might</c><00:39:07.400><c> be.</c><00:39:09.639><c> And</c><00:39:09.800><c> we</c><00:39:09.960><c> have</c><00:39:10.219><c> tended</c><00:39:10.460><c> to</c>

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:12.099
be<00:39:11.079><c> selective.</c>

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:16.360
And<00:39:12.840><c> if</c><00:39:13.000><c> the</c><00:39:13.219><c> Father</c><00:39:13.440><c> has</c><00:39:13.780><c> called</c><00:39:14.099><c> the</c><00:39:14.360><c> beggar,</c><00:39:15.599><c> we</c><00:39:15.840><c> have</c><00:39:16.079><c> felt</c>

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:19.440
a<00:39:16.480><c> little</c><00:39:16.940><c> uncomfortable</c><00:39:17.699><c> about</c><00:39:18.119><c> his</c><00:39:18.420><c> choice.</c>

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:24.300
And<00:39:19.980><c> yet</c><00:39:20.239><c> in</c><00:39:20.559><c> this</c><00:39:21.199><c> letter</c><00:39:21.820><c> Paul</c><00:39:22.400><c> wants</c><00:39:22.800><c> the</c><00:39:23.360><c> highest</c><00:39:23.739><c> as</c><00:39:24.079><c> well</c>

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:26.139
as<00:39:24.440><c> the</c><00:39:24.719><c> lowest</c><00:39:25.099><c> to</c><00:39:25.639><c> know</c>

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:31.460
the<00:39:26.659><c> wisdom</c><00:39:26.960><c> of</c><00:39:27.199><c> God</c><00:39:27.500><c> in</c><00:39:28.079><c> his</c><00:39:28.340><c> revelation.</c><00:39:30.039><c> He</c><00:39:30.159><c> refers</c><00:39:30.579><c> to</c><00:39:30.760><c> them</c><00:39:31.019><c> as</c>

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:34.219
principalities<00:39:32.739><c> or</c><00:39:33.199><c> areas</c><00:39:33.539><c> of</c><00:39:33.800><c> governments</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:38.679
and<00:39:35.199><c> powers</c><00:39:35.619><c> or</c><00:39:35.980><c> authority</c><00:39:36.380><c> in</c><00:39:36.980><c> the</c><00:39:37.199><c> heavenlies</c><00:39:37.719><c> or</c><00:39:38.099><c> seats</c><00:39:38.340><c> of</c>

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:45.460
rule<00:39:39.059><c> or</c><00:39:39.619><c> government.</c><00:39:43.699><c> You</c><00:39:44.500><c> see,</c>

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:52.619
mayor<00:39:46.159><c> exhortation.</c><00:39:49.500><c> Now</c><00:39:49.500><c> this</c><00:39:50.280><c> is</c><00:39:50.440><c> very</c><00:39:50.780><c> interesting</c><00:39:51.219><c> because</c><00:39:51.880><c> his</c>

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:54.519
salutation<00:39:53.380><c> in</c><00:39:53.599><c> his</c><00:39:53.860><c> letter</c><00:39:54.019><c> to</c><00:39:54.280><c> the</c>

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:57.960
Philippians<00:39:55.019><c> bear</c><00:39:55.420><c> witness</c><00:39:55.800><c> to</c><00:39:56.019><c> it</c><00:39:56.199><c> because</c><00:39:56.860><c> he</c><00:39:57.380><c> says</c><00:39:57.619><c> there,</c>

00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:02.920
all<00:39:58.460><c> the</c><00:39:58.840><c> saints</c><00:39:59.619><c> salute</c><00:40:01.079><c> you.</c><00:40:02.139><c> This</c><00:40:02.340><c> is</c><00:40:02.599><c> Philippians</c>

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:08.619
422.<00:40:04.179><c> All</c><00:40:04.539><c> the</c><00:40:04.880><c> saints</c><00:40:05.559><c> salute</c><00:40:06.500><c> you,</c><00:40:07.260><c> especially</c><00:40:07.860><c> they</c><00:40:08.380><c> that</c>

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:12.440
are<00:40:08.900><c> of</c><00:40:09.260><c> Caesar's</c><00:40:10.380><c> household.</c><00:40:11.579><c> And</c><00:40:11.820><c> his</c><00:40:12.059><c> witness</c>

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:19.099
before<00:40:12.880><c> kings</c><00:40:13.659><c> showed</c><00:40:14.320><c> that</c><00:40:14.539><c> he</c><00:40:14.780><c> considered</c><00:40:15.340><c> it</c><00:40:15.679><c> his</c><00:40:16.019><c> duty</c><00:40:16.940><c> and</c><00:40:18.260><c> duty</c><00:40:18.760><c> of</c>

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:21.380
every<00:40:19.659><c> saint</c><00:40:20.139><c> to</c><00:40:20.820><c> preach</c>

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:26.679
the<00:40:21.920><c> manifold</c><00:40:22.539><c> wisdom</c><00:40:23.159><c> of</c><00:40:23.360><c> God</c><00:40:23.800><c> to</c><00:40:24.139><c> the</c><00:40:24.480><c> highest</c><00:40:25.079><c> as</c><00:40:26.159><c> well</c><00:40:26.440><c> as</c>

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:30.239
to<00:40:26.860><c> the</c><00:40:26.940><c> lowest</c><00:40:27.400><c> so</c><00:40:28.139><c> that</c><00:40:28.519><c> all</c><00:40:28.860><c> would</c><00:40:29.199><c> be</c>

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:35.050
left<00:40:30.719><c> without</c><00:40:31.420><c> excuse.</c><00:40:32.559><c> What</c><00:40:32.719><c> a</c><00:40:32.900><c> magnificent</c><00:40:33.500><c> verse</c><00:40:33.840><c> that</c><00:40:34.079><c> is.</c>

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And<00:40:37.369><c> you</c><00:40:37.909><c> know,</c><00:40:38.429><c> those</c><00:40:38.429><c> of</c><00:40:38.650><c> the</c><00:40:38.869><c> future</c><00:40:39.670><c> who</c><00:40:41.429><c> receive</c><00:40:42.010><c> that</c>

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wonderful<00:40:42.989><c> life,</c><00:40:44.750><c> deathless,</c>

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a<00:40:46.969><c> deathless</c><00:40:47.429><c> life,</c><00:40:47.909><c> those</c><00:40:48.250><c> who</c><00:40:48.389><c> have</c><00:40:48.630><c> been</c><00:40:48.969><c> found</c><00:40:49.250><c> worthy,</c>

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those<00:40:50.530><c> who</c><00:40:50.909><c> will</c><00:40:51.110><c> be</c><00:40:51.489><c> equal</c><00:40:52.010><c> unto</c><00:40:52.369><c> the</c><00:40:52.650><c> angels</c>

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will<00:40:54.329><c> be</c><00:40:54.710><c> sharers</c><00:40:55.090><c> of</c><00:40:55.309><c> his</c><00:40:55.590><c> glory</c><00:40:56.530><c> ruling</c><00:40:57.250><c> under</c><00:40:57.869><c> him.</c><00:40:58.110><c> That's</c>

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the<00:40:59.070><c> power</c><00:40:59.730><c> that</c><00:41:00.510><c> we</c><00:41:00.750><c> are</c><00:41:00.869><c> going</c><00:41:01.070><c> to</c>

00:41:01.590 --> 00:41:05.969
be<00:41:01.949><c> ruled</c><00:41:02.170><c> under,</c><00:41:02.789><c> brethren</c><00:41:02.789><c> and</c><00:41:03.030><c> sisters.</c><00:41:04.130><c> Forget</c><00:41:04.429><c> about</c><00:41:04.809><c> the</c><00:41:05.010><c> powers</c><00:41:05.469><c> of</c>

00:41:05.969 --> 00:41:08.130
today.<00:41:06.829><c> They</c><00:41:07.030><c> are</c><00:41:07.269><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:41:09.449><c> so</c><00:41:09.570><c> we</c><00:41:09.750><c> move</c><00:41:09.929><c> on</c><00:41:10.250><c> to</c><00:41:11.590><c> the</c><00:41:11.949><c> phrase</c><00:41:12.469><c> in</c><00:41:13.750><c> heavenly</c><00:41:14.389><c> places.</c>

00:41:16.110 --> 00:41:19.750
Now<00:41:16.309><c> in</c><00:41:16.449><c> the</c><00:41:16.769><c> Greek</c><00:41:17.050><c> it</c><00:41:18.030><c> means</c><00:41:18.570><c> in</c><00:41:19.230><c> heavenlies.</c>

00:41:20.130 --> 00:41:23.289
The<00:41:20.309><c> only</c><00:41:20.530><c> other</c><00:41:20.929><c> occurrences</c><00:41:21.489><c> of</c><00:41:21.829><c> this</c><00:41:22.110><c> phrase</c><00:41:22.409><c> are</c><00:41:22.809><c> in</c><00:41:23.110><c> the</c>

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notes<00:41:23.510><c> which</c><00:41:23.889><c> I</c><00:41:24.030><c> have</c><00:41:24.250><c> given</c><00:41:24.409><c> you.</c>

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Now<00:41:25.469><c> if</c><00:41:25.610><c> somebody's</c><00:41:25.929><c> got</c><00:41:26.070><c> a</c><00:41:26.329><c> spare</c><00:41:26.469><c> one,</c><00:41:26.690><c> can</c><00:41:26.789><c> I</c><00:41:26.889><c> have</c><00:41:27.030><c> it</c><00:41:27.250><c> please?</c>

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Now<00:41:30.869><c> in</c><00:41:31.070><c> your</c><00:41:31.230><c> notes,</c><00:41:33.489><c> it</c><00:41:33.570><c> says</c><00:41:33.869><c> there</c><00:41:34.449><c> in</c><00:41:35.010><c> heavenly</c><00:41:35.329><c> places,</c>

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literally<00:41:38.070><c> in</c><00:41:38.309><c> the</c><00:41:38.489><c> heavenlies,</c>

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the<00:41:39.590><c> only</c><00:41:39.789><c> other</c><00:41:40.170><c> occurrences</c><00:41:40.530><c> of</c><00:41:40.730><c> this</c><00:41:40.969><c> phrase</c><00:41:41.210><c> are</c><00:41:41.650><c> in</c><00:41:41.869><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.150><c> 1</c><00:41:42.469><c> and</c><00:41:42.650><c> verse</c><00:41:42.949><c> 20</c>

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where<00:41:43.550><c> it</c><00:41:43.630><c> says,</c>

00:41:44.230 --> 00:41:48.010
where<00:41:44.429><c> God</c><00:41:44.849><c> raised</c><00:41:45.269><c> Jesus</c><00:41:45.690><c> from</c><00:41:45.949><c> the</c><00:41:46.190><c> dead</c><00:41:46.630><c> and</c><00:41:47.289><c> set</c><00:41:47.550><c> him</c><00:41:47.769><c> at</c>

00:41:48.010 --> 00:41:50.570
his<00:41:48.289><c> own</c><00:41:48.730><c> right</c><00:41:49.130><c> hand</c><00:41:49.409><c> in</c><00:41:49.690><c> the</c><00:41:49.889><c> heavenlies,</c>

00:41:50.570 --> 00:41:56.610
far<00:41:51.389><c> above</c><00:41:51.929><c> all</c><00:41:52.349><c> principality,</c><00:41:53.710><c> power,</c><00:41:54.550><c> might</c><00:41:54.750><c> and</c><00:41:55.070><c> dominion,</c><00:41:56.130><c> at</c><00:41:56.269><c> God's</c>

00:41:56.610 --> 00:41:58.489
right<00:41:56.909><c> hand</c><00:41:57.329><c> in</c><00:41:57.550><c> heaven.</c>

00:41:58.670 --> 00:42:03.670
Christ's<00:41:59.469><c> status</c><00:41:59.469><c> is</c><00:41:59.929><c> infinitely</c><00:42:00.389><c> higher</c><00:42:01.050><c> than</c><00:42:01.369><c> all</c><00:42:02.250><c> other</c><00:42:02.849><c> rulers</c><00:42:03.210><c> which</c><00:42:03.449><c> I</c>

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have<00:42:03.730><c> mentioned,</c>

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and<00:42:04.769><c> his</c><00:42:05.289><c> communion</c><00:42:05.789><c> with</c><00:42:06.190><c> his</c><00:42:06.469><c> father</c><00:42:06.789><c> is</c><00:42:07.769><c> unembedded</c><00:42:08.730><c> by</c>

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human<00:42:09.369><c> weakness.</c>

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The<00:42:11.150><c> other</c><00:42:11.409><c> occurrences</c><00:42:11.869><c> in</c><00:42:12.070><c> chapter</c><00:42:12.389><c> 2</c><00:42:12.650><c> and</c><00:42:12.769><c> verse</c><00:42:12.949><c> 6</c><00:42:13.210><c> where</c>

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God<00:42:13.849><c> had</c><00:42:14.210><c> raised</c><00:42:14.630><c> us</c><00:42:15.170><c> up</c><00:42:15.489><c> together</c><00:42:16.130><c> with</c><00:42:16.590><c> him</c>

00:42:17.250 --> 00:42:20.909
and<00:42:17.690><c> made</c><00:42:17.969><c> us</c><00:42:18.349><c> sit</c><00:42:18.610><c> together</c><00:42:19.070><c> in</c><00:42:19.369><c> the</c><00:42:19.550><c> heavenlies</c><00:42:20.210><c> in</c><00:42:20.530><c> Christ</c>

00:42:20.909 --> 00:42:24.449
Jesus.<00:42:22.170><c> As</c><00:42:22.409><c> Christ</c><00:42:22.730><c> enjoyed</c><00:42:23.269><c> a</c><00:42:23.650><c> status</c><00:42:23.909><c> alongside</c>

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God,<00:42:25.050><c> the</c><00:42:25.230><c> believer</c><00:42:25.610><c> was</c><00:42:26.070><c> invited</c><00:42:26.809><c> to</c><00:42:27.530><c> consider</c><00:42:27.949><c> himself</c><00:42:28.510><c> as</c>

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actually<00:42:29.750><c> sharing</c><00:42:30.449><c> that</c><00:42:30.869><c> exalted</c><00:42:31.389><c> status</c><00:42:31.849><c> with</c><00:42:32.289><c> Christ.</c>

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Again<00:42:34.230><c> in</c><00:42:34.429><c> chapter</c><00:42:34.690><c> 3</c><00:42:35.010><c> verse</c><00:42:35.329><c> 10</c><00:42:35.889><c> and</c><00:42:36.269><c> chapter</c><00:42:36.570><c> 6</c><00:42:36.909><c> and</c><00:42:37.050><c> verse</c>

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12<00:42:37.949><c> where</c><00:42:38.630><c> human</c><00:42:39.210><c> rulers</c><00:42:39.730><c> are</c><00:42:40.449><c> represented</c>

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occupying<00:42:42.949><c> heavenlies.</c><00:42:44.130><c> One,</c><00:42:44.269><c> to</c><00:42:44.369><c> the</c><00:42:44.630><c> intent</c><00:42:44.889><c> that</c><00:42:45.510><c> now</c><00:42:45.889><c> unto</c><00:42:46.190><c> the</c>

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principalities<00:42:47.250><c> and</c><00:42:47.489><c> powers</c><00:42:47.710><c> in</c><00:42:47.949><c> the</c>

00:42:48.130 --> 00:42:52.590
heavenlies<00:42:48.469><c> might</c><00:42:48.750><c> be</c><00:42:49.110><c> known</c><00:42:49.469><c> by</c><00:42:50.110><c> the</c><00:42:50.349><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:50.929><c> the</c><00:42:51.610><c> manifold</c><00:42:52.130><c> wisdom</c>

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of<00:42:52.809><c> God.</c><00:42:53.809><c> Secondly,</c><00:42:54.269><c> for</c><00:42:54.369><c> we</c><00:42:54.610><c> wrestle</c>

00:42:54.949 --> 00:43:00.769
against<00:42:55.469><c> spiritual</c><00:42:56.210><c> wickedness</c><00:42:56.889><c> in</c><00:42:57.250><c> the</c><00:42:57.449><c> heavenlies.</c><00:42:58.690><c> As</c><00:42:58.849><c> though</c><00:42:59.030><c> the</c><00:42:59.269><c> heavenly</c><00:42:59.489><c> places</c><00:42:59.909><c> or</c><00:43:00.170><c> heavenlies</c>

00:43:00.769 --> 00:43:07.110
referred<00:43:01.210><c> to</c><00:43:01.530><c> here</c><00:43:01.969><c> are</c><00:43:02.409><c> defined</c><00:43:02.750><c> as</c><00:43:03.130><c> in</c><00:43:03.469><c> Christ.</c><00:43:04.389><c> As</c><00:43:04.690><c> more</c><00:43:04.989><c> fully</c><00:43:05.269><c> developed</c><00:43:05.829><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:43:07.389><c> 2</c><00:43:07.690><c> verses</c><00:43:07.989><c> 5</c><00:43:08.329><c> to</c><00:43:08.429><c> 6,</c>

00:43:08.789 --> 00:43:13.250
the<00:43:09.090><c> expression</c><00:43:09.550><c> is</c><00:43:09.909><c> based</c><00:43:10.210><c> on</c><00:43:10.670><c> Psalm</c><00:43:10.969><c> 110</c><00:43:11.869><c> and</c><00:43:12.710><c> would</c><00:43:12.969><c> thus</c>

00:43:13.250 --> 00:43:16.090
refer<00:43:13.650><c> to</c><00:43:13.869><c> the</c><00:43:14.090><c> exalted</c><00:43:14.489><c> status</c><00:43:14.969><c> enjoyed</c><00:43:15.409><c> by</c><00:43:15.710><c> those</c>

00:43:16.090 --> 00:43:22.809
who<00:43:16.429><c> are</c><00:43:17.010><c> in</c><00:43:17.730><c> Christ.</c><00:43:20.710><c> And</c><00:43:20.789><c> so</c><00:43:21.050><c> Paul</c><00:43:21.230><c> reminds</c><00:43:21.789><c> the</c><00:43:22.090><c> Ephesians</c>

00:43:22.809 --> 00:43:27.250
and<00:43:24.030><c> through</c><00:43:24.329><c> them</c><00:43:25.110><c> and</c><00:43:25.869><c> us</c><00:43:26.429><c> that</c><00:43:26.969><c> they</c>

00:43:27.250 --> 00:43:31.269
had<00:43:27.510><c> received</c><00:43:27.969><c> from</c><00:43:28.230><c> God</c><00:43:28.750><c> the</c><00:43:29.190><c> Father</c><00:43:29.690><c> spiritual</c><00:43:30.590><c> blessings</c>

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in<00:43:31.869><c> heavenly</c><00:43:32.309><c> places</c><00:43:32.889><c> in</c><00:43:33.590><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:43:35.570><c> were</c><00:43:35.949><c> now</c><00:43:36.369><c> part</c><00:43:36.869><c> of</c><00:43:37.070><c> the</c><00:43:37.289><c> heavenlies</c><00:43:37.730><c> he</c><00:43:37.769><c> says</c><00:43:38.349><c> in</c><00:43:39.050><c> Christ</c><00:43:39.550><c> who</c>

00:43:39.829 --> 00:43:43.349
had<00:43:40.090><c> been</c><00:43:40.449><c> highly</c><00:43:41.170><c> exalted</c><00:43:42.150><c> and</c><00:43:42.590><c> God</c><00:43:42.849><c> had</c><00:43:43.110><c> put</c>

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all<00:43:43.929><c> things</c><00:43:44.389><c> under</c><00:43:44.949><c> his</c><00:43:45.389><c> feet.</c><00:43:47.570><c> Appointing</c><00:43:48.090><c> him</c><00:43:48.369><c> head</c><00:43:48.809><c> of</c><00:43:49.190><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:43:49.909><c> which</c><00:43:50.530><c> was</c><00:43:51.050><c> his</c><00:43:51.329><c> body</c><00:43:51.750><c> the</c><00:43:52.250><c> fullness</c><00:43:52.610><c> of</c>

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him<00:43:53.269><c> that</c><00:43:53.710><c> filleth</c><00:43:54.130><c> all</c><00:43:54.849><c> and</c><00:43:55.329><c> in</c><00:43:55.530><c> all</c><00:43:55.769><c> and</c><00:43:56.010><c> that's</c><00:43:56.269><c> the</c><00:43:56.449><c> point</c>

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the<00:43:57.050><c> apostle</c><00:43:57.389><c> Paul</c><00:43:57.789><c> is</c><00:43:58.530><c> making.</c><00:44:00.550><c> And</c><00:44:00.730><c> verse</c><00:44:00.969><c> 10</c>

00:44:01.269 --> 00:44:06.329
we<00:44:01.449><c> read</c><00:44:01.690><c> the</c><00:44:01.929><c> phrase</c><00:44:02.289><c> might</c><00:44:02.630><c> be</c><00:44:02.949><c> known</c><00:44:03.190><c> to</c><00:44:03.670><c> make</c><00:44:04.070><c> known</c><00:44:04.530><c> to</c><00:44:05.230><c> reveal</c><00:44:05.789><c> to</c>

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declare.<00:44:07.469><c> It's</c><00:44:07.610><c> mentioned</c><00:44:08.030><c> six</c><00:44:08.469><c> times</c><00:44:08.929><c> in</c>

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Ephesians<00:44:10.530><c> chapter</c><00:44:10.969><c> 1</c><00:44:11.329><c> and</c><00:44:11.449><c> verse</c><00:44:11.650><c> 9</c><00:44:12.550><c> chapter</c><00:44:13.070><c> 3</c><00:44:13.489><c> verses</c><00:44:13.809><c> 3</c><00:44:14.409><c> 5</c>

00:44:14.730 --> 00:44:18.750
and<00:44:14.909><c> 10</c><00:44:15.710><c> in</c><00:44:16.170><c> chapter</c><00:44:16.389><c> 6</c><00:44:16.710><c> verses</c><00:44:17.050><c> 19</c><00:44:17.389><c> and</c><00:44:17.650><c> 21</c><00:44:18.130><c> and</c><00:44:18.630><c> we</c>

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can<00:44:18.989><c> compare</c><00:44:19.230><c> that</c><00:44:19.409><c> with</c><00:44:19.590><c> John</c><00:44:19.849><c> 15</c><00:44:20.409><c> verse</c><00:44:20.670><c> 15</c><00:44:21.409><c> and</c><00:44:21.769><c> John</c><00:44:22.010><c> 17</c><00:44:22.409><c> verse</c><00:44:22.710><c> 26</c>

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if<00:44:23.389><c> you're</c><00:44:23.570><c> taking</c><00:44:23.789><c> notes.</c><00:44:25.190><c> And</c><00:44:25.369><c> always</c>

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throughout<00:44:26.190><c> the</c><00:44:26.530><c> New</c><00:44:26.789><c> Testament</c><00:44:27.250><c> it</c><00:44:27.469><c> means</c><00:44:28.130><c> knowledge</c><00:44:29.230><c> imparted</c><00:44:30.349><c> by</c><00:44:30.670><c> the</c><00:44:30.909><c> giver</c><00:44:31.429><c> to</c>

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the<00:44:32.309><c> receiver.</c><00:44:33.670><c> And</c><00:44:33.750><c> so</c>

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the<00:44:34.150><c> knowledge</c><00:44:34.409><c> imparted</c><00:44:34.949><c> unto</c><00:44:35.150><c> Paul</c><00:44:35.809><c> previously</c><00:44:36.849><c> denied</c><00:44:37.670><c> men.</c><00:44:39.289><c> He</c>

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had<00:44:39.769><c> revealed</c><00:44:40.170><c> to</c><00:44:40.409><c> the</c><00:44:40.610><c> ecclesia</c>

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whose<00:44:42.309><c> responsibility</c><00:44:43.429><c> now</c><00:44:44.130><c> is</c><00:44:44.429><c> to</c><00:44:44.789><c> impart</c><00:44:45.110><c> it</c><00:44:45.730><c> to</c><00:44:46.010><c> others.</c>

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It's<00:44:48.329><c> interesting</c><00:44:48.789><c> when</c><00:44:48.949><c> he</c><00:44:49.150><c> says</c><00:44:49.489><c> by</c><00:44:49.949><c> the</c>

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you<00:44:50.829><c> see</c><00:44:51.469><c> the</c><00:44:51.929><c> ecclesia</c>

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what<00:44:57.769><c> Paul</c><00:44:57.989><c> did</c><00:44:58.250><c> didn't</c><00:44:58.489><c> he?</c><00:44:59.789><c> To</c><00:44:59.909><c> preach</c><00:45:00.150><c> the</c><00:45:00.409><c> truth</c><00:45:00.690><c> to</c><00:45:00.929><c> others</c><00:45:01.250><c> both</c>

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personally<00:45:02.949><c> and</c><00:45:04.429><c> ecclesially.</c>

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And<00:45:05.889><c> the</c><00:45:06.070><c> only</c><00:45:06.369><c> way</c><00:45:06.769><c> ecclesially</c><00:45:07.570><c> is</c><00:45:08.150><c> to</c><00:45:08.449><c> support</c><00:45:08.789><c> the</c><00:45:09.150><c> gospel</c>

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proclamation<00:45:10.230><c> activities</c><00:45:10.989><c> 100%.</c>

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Why?<00:45:13.230><c> Because</c><00:45:13.730><c> Paul</c><00:45:14.050><c> did.</c><00:45:15.769><c> He</c><00:45:16.190><c> didn't</c><00:45:16.730><c> let</c><00:45:17.010><c> God</c><00:45:17.289><c> down</c><00:45:17.829><c> did</c><00:45:18.050><c> he?</c>

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If<00:45:20.469><c> we</c><00:45:20.769><c> don't</c><00:45:21.110><c> support</c><00:45:21.789><c> or</c><00:45:22.409><c> show</c><00:45:22.630><c> interest</c><00:45:23.070><c> in</c><00:45:23.349><c> proclaiming</c>

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God's<00:45:24.550><c> truth</c><00:45:25.190><c> with</c><00:45:26.530><c> commitment</c><00:45:27.150><c> and</c><00:45:27.550><c> vigor</c><00:45:27.849><c> then</c><00:45:28.289><c> how</c><00:45:28.550><c> do</c>

00:45:28.730 --> 00:45:37.210
we<00:45:28.889><c> expect</c><00:45:29.250><c> God</c><00:45:30.050><c> to</c><00:45:30.849><c> bless</c><00:45:31.050><c> us</c><00:45:31.469><c> with</c><00:45:31.710><c> that</c><00:45:31.929><c> attitude?</c><00:45:34.929><c> How</c><00:45:35.349><c> wonderfully</c><00:45:35.949><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:45:37.550><c> Paul</c><00:45:37.809><c> was</c><00:45:38.090><c> blessed.</c>

00:45:40.050 --> 00:45:46.210
You<00:45:41.050><c> know</c><00:45:41.989><c> laziness</c><00:45:42.750><c> and</c><00:45:43.409><c> slothfulness</c><00:45:43.989><c> God</c><00:45:44.929><c> hates.</c>

00:45:46.809 --> 00:45:51.489
Commitment<00:45:47.610><c> and</c><00:45:47.849><c> dedication</c><00:45:48.530><c> God</c><00:45:49.250><c> blesses.</c><00:45:50.750><c> And</c><00:45:50.949><c> one</c><00:45:51.190><c> only</c>

00:45:51.489 --> 00:45:53.769
has<00:45:51.730><c> to</c><00:45:51.929><c> look</c><00:45:52.190><c> at</c><00:45:52.369><c> the</c><00:45:52.550><c> example</c><00:45:52.929><c> of</c><00:45:53.210><c> Christ</c>

00:45:53.769 --> 00:46:02.050
who<00:45:55.670><c> never</c><00:45:56.210><c> gave</c><00:45:56.530><c> up</c><00:45:57.670><c> did</c><00:45:58.030><c> he?</c><00:45:59.489><c> I</c><00:45:59.829><c> must</c><00:46:00.150><c> go</c><00:46:00.550><c> about</c><00:46:01.150><c> my</c><00:46:01.550><c> father's</c>

00:46:02.050 --> 00:46:06.829
business.<00:46:03.710><c> We</c><00:46:03.889><c> look</c><00:46:04.030><c> at</c><00:46:04.269><c> Paul.</c><00:46:05.530><c> I</c><00:46:06.070><c> stand</c>

00:46:06.829 --> 00:46:13.349
for<00:46:07.369><c> the</c><00:46:07.730><c> hope</c><00:46:08.070><c> of</c><00:46:08.329><c> Israel.</c><00:46:08.829><c> They</c><00:46:09.170><c> never</c><00:46:09.750><c> gave</c><00:46:10.170><c> up.</c><00:46:11.469><c> Of</c><00:46:11.670><c> ourselves</c><00:46:12.409><c> God</c>

00:46:13.349 --> 00:46:15.030
already<00:46:13.829><c> knows</c><00:46:14.170><c> the</c><00:46:14.429><c> answer</c><00:46:14.710><c> doesn't</c>

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he?<00:46:16.250><c> The</c><00:46:16.369><c> question</c><00:46:16.750><c> is</c><00:46:17.170><c> what</c><00:46:17.429><c> are</c><00:46:17.809><c> we</c><00:46:18.050><c> going</c><00:46:18.210><c> to</c><00:46:18.349><c> do</c><00:46:18.550><c> about</c><00:46:18.789><c> it?</c>

00:46:20.789 --> 00:46:23.309
And<00:46:20.889><c> so</c><00:46:21.070><c> verse</c><00:46:21.289><c> 10</c><00:46:21.769><c> we</c><00:46:22.190><c> read</c><00:46:22.389><c> the</c><00:46:22.670><c> manifold</c>

00:46:23.309 --> 00:46:29.989
wisdom<00:46:23.949><c> of</c><00:46:24.329><c> God.</c><00:46:25.570><c> Of</c><00:46:25.889><c> greatly</c><00:46:26.969><c> differing</c><00:46:27.989><c> colours</c><00:46:28.349><c> that</c><00:46:28.769><c> word</c><00:46:28.949><c> means.</c>

00:46:31.530 --> 00:46:37.710
Though<00:46:32.530><c> there</c><00:46:32.750><c> is</c><00:46:33.050><c> one</c><00:46:33.409><c> faith</c><00:46:33.869><c> it</c><00:46:34.969><c> is</c><00:46:35.250><c> revealed</c><00:46:35.690><c> against</c><00:46:36.369><c> many,</c><00:46:36.949><c> many</c>

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backgrounds.<00:46:38.469><c> For</c><00:46:38.670><c> example</c><00:46:39.329><c> the</c><00:46:39.969><c> patriarchal,</c>

00:46:41.389 --> 00:46:48.789
the<00:46:41.590><c> mosaic,</c><00:46:42.690><c> the</c><00:46:42.929><c> Christians.</c><00:46:44.050><c> So</c><00:46:44.250><c> that</c><00:46:44.409><c> the</c><00:46:44.570><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:45.449><c> might</c><00:46:46.190><c> challenge</c><00:46:47.329><c> the</c>

00:46:48.789 --> 00:46:50.650
heathen<00:46:49.369><c> philosophy</c><00:46:49.989><c> then</c>

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dominant<00:46:51.210><c> in</c><00:46:51.949><c> the</c><00:46:52.190><c> Gentile</c><00:46:52.650><c> heavenlies.</c><00:46:54.070><c> It</c><00:46:54.230><c> was</c><00:46:54.550><c> necessary</c>

00:46:55.150 --> 00:46:57.929
for<00:46:55.369><c> the</c><00:46:55.570><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:55.929><c> firstly</c><00:46:56.389><c> to</c><00:46:56.809><c> understand</c><00:46:57.449><c> then</c>

00:46:57.929 --> 00:47:02.809
to<00:46:58.349><c> explain</c><00:46:58.949><c> the</c><00:46:59.449><c> broad</c><00:46:59.829><c> sweep</c><00:47:00.389><c> of</c><00:47:00.969><c> God's</c><00:47:01.469><c> plan.</c><00:47:02.230><c> And</c><00:47:02.369><c> in</c><00:47:02.550><c> this</c>

00:47:02.809 --> 00:47:06.949
way<00:47:03.349><c> Gentiles</c><00:47:04.210><c> hearing</c><00:47:04.829><c> the</c><00:47:05.250><c> message</c><00:47:05.829><c> would</c><00:47:06.409><c> more</c>

00:47:06.949 --> 00:47:12.369
readily<00:47:07.389><c> understand</c><00:47:08.510><c> how</c><00:47:09.489><c> what</c><00:47:10.289><c> one</c><00:47:10.989><c> seems</c><00:47:11.489><c> to</c><00:47:11.789><c> be</c><00:47:12.010><c> withheld</c>

00:47:12.369 --> 00:47:15.550
from<00:47:12.630><c> them</c><00:47:13.070><c> was</c><00:47:13.590><c> now</c><00:47:13.869><c> offered</c><00:47:14.230><c> to</c><00:47:14.630><c> them.</c>

00:47:16.889 --> 00:47:20.349
And<00:47:17.070><c> so</c><00:47:17.250><c> in</c><00:47:17.429><c> verse</c><00:47:17.650><c> 11</c><00:47:17.889><c> we</c><00:47:18.170><c> read</c><00:47:18.469><c> according</c><00:47:19.269><c> to</c><00:47:19.690><c> the</c><00:47:19.989><c> eternal</c>

00:47:20.349 --> 00:47:23.329
purpose<00:47:20.949><c> which</c><00:47:21.369><c> he</c><00:47:21.750><c> purposed</c><00:47:22.170><c> in</c><00:47:22.469><c> Christ</c><00:47:22.809><c> Jesus</c>

00:47:23.329 --> 00:47:28.329
our<00:47:23.750><c> Lord.</c><00:47:24.610><c> Now</c><00:47:24.769><c> that</c><00:47:24.929><c> literally</c><00:47:25.409><c> means</c><00:47:25.829><c> according</c><00:47:26.510><c> to</c><00:47:26.889><c> a</c><00:47:27.369><c> plan</c><00:47:27.829><c> of</c>

00:47:28.329 --> 00:47:31.690
the<00:47:28.489><c> ages.</c><00:47:29.909><c> The</c><00:47:30.230><c> diagram</c><00:47:30.489><c> has</c><00:47:30.789><c> it</c><00:47:31.170><c> according</c>

00:47:31.690 --> 00:47:35.949
to<00:47:31.909><c> the</c><00:47:32.210><c> purpose</c><00:47:32.730><c> concerning</c><00:47:33.670><c> the</c><00:47:34.110><c> periods.</c><00:47:35.150><c> In</c><00:47:35.309><c> other</c><00:47:35.590><c> words</c>

00:47:35.949 --> 00:47:39.710
the<00:47:36.369><c> patriarchal</c><00:47:37.250><c> age</c><00:47:37.889><c> might</c><00:47:38.670><c> give</c><00:47:39.010><c> place</c><00:47:39.329><c> to</c><00:47:39.590><c> the</c>

00:47:39.710 --> 00:47:45.869
mosaic<00:47:40.789><c> and</c><00:47:41.329><c> in</c><00:47:41.630><c> turn</c><00:47:41.769><c> to</c><00:47:41.969><c> the</c><00:47:42.170><c> Christians.</c><00:47:43.750><c> But</c><00:47:44.050><c> always</c><00:47:44.809><c> whatever</c><00:47:45.489><c> the</c>

00:47:45.869 --> 00:47:49.050
age<00:47:46.389><c> or</c><00:47:47.050><c> however</c><00:47:47.449><c> varies</c><00:47:48.030><c> the</c><00:47:48.429><c> circumstances</c>

00:47:49.050 --> 00:47:55.190
there<00:47:49.090><c> was</c><00:47:50.170><c> one</c><00:47:50.829><c> purpose.</c><00:47:52.130><c> One</c><00:47:52.650><c> purpose</c><00:47:53.110><c> only.</c><00:47:54.429><c> And</c><00:47:54.429><c> that</c><00:47:54.670><c> is</c>

00:47:55.190 --> 00:47:58.309
deity<00:47:55.889><c> enthroned</c><00:47:56.869><c> in</c><00:47:57.230><c> glory.</c>

00:47:58.730 --> 00:48:04.070
The<00:47:59.170><c> whole</c><00:47:59.769><c> purpose</c><00:48:00.610><c> of</c><00:48:00.929><c> yelling.</c><00:48:02.650><c> Which</c><00:48:02.869><c> is</c><00:48:03.269><c> purposed</c><00:48:03.750><c> in</c>

00:48:04.070 --> 00:48:07.130
Jesus<00:48:04.730><c> Christ</c><00:48:05.369><c> our</c><00:48:05.650><c> Lord.</c><00:48:06.210><c> Let's</c><00:48:06.449><c> read</c><00:48:06.690><c> the</c><00:48:06.869><c> words</c>

00:48:07.130 --> 00:48:11.269
from<00:48:07.409><c> brother</c><00:48:07.769><c> John</c><00:48:08.090><c> Carter</c><00:48:08.389><c> on</c><00:48:08.889><c> your</c><00:48:09.210><c> handout.</c><00:48:10.789><c> Up</c><00:48:10.989><c> on</c><00:48:11.150><c> the</c>

00:48:11.269 --> 00:48:12.849
top<00:48:11.449><c> there</c><00:48:11.670><c> he</c><00:48:11.889><c> says</c>

00:48:20.329 --> 00:48:28.329
Now<00:48:21.329><c> it</c><00:48:22.329><c> says</c><00:48:22.650><c> there</c><00:48:23.150><c> all</c><00:48:23.630><c> ages</c><00:48:24.329><c> had</c><00:48:25.150><c> relation</c><00:48:25.889><c> to</c><00:48:26.469><c> him.</c><00:48:28.090><c> So</c><00:48:28.150><c> in</c>

00:48:28.329 --> 00:48:31.429
other<00:48:28.530><c> words</c><00:48:29.250><c> nobody</c><00:48:29.929><c> missed</c><00:48:30.389><c> out.</c>

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All<00:48:32.130><c> ages</c><00:48:32.789><c> had</c><00:48:33.190><c> relation</c><00:48:33.849><c> to</c><00:48:34.210><c> him.</c><00:48:35.389><c> History</c><00:48:35.670><c> in</c><00:48:35.889><c> the</c><00:48:36.070><c> past</c><00:48:36.349><c> moved</c><00:48:36.809><c> on</c>

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to<00:48:37.710><c> his</c><00:48:37.909><c> first</c><00:48:38.289><c> advent.</c>

00:48:38.869 --> 00:48:45.070
As<00:48:39.489><c> at</c><00:48:40.309><c> the</c><00:48:40.670><c> present</c><00:48:40.929><c> time</c><00:48:41.409><c> events</c><00:48:41.809><c> are</c><00:48:42.329><c> shaping</c><00:48:42.670><c> for</c><00:48:43.110><c> his</c><00:48:43.389><c> second</c><00:48:43.710><c> advent.</c><00:48:44.989><c> In</c>

00:48:45.070 --> 00:48:48.050
all<00:48:45.489><c> times</c><00:48:46.250><c> men</c><00:48:46.690><c> of</c><00:48:46.989><c> faith</c><00:48:47.489><c> have</c>

00:48:48.050 --> 00:48:52.869
rejoiced<00:48:48.750><c> in</c><00:48:48.949><c> the</c><00:48:49.190><c> hope</c><00:48:49.389><c> connected</c><00:48:49.809><c> with</c><00:48:50.050><c> him.</c><00:48:51.469><c> Abraham</c><00:48:51.829><c> rejoiced</c><00:48:52.630><c> to</c>

00:48:52.869 --> 00:48:55.090
see<00:48:53.090><c> his</c><00:48:53.409><c> day</c><00:48:53.750><c> and</c><00:48:53.949><c> was</c><00:48:54.190><c> glad.</c>

00:48:55.570 --> 00:49:01.869
With<00:48:55.769><c> his</c><00:48:56.030><c> first</c><00:48:56.409><c> advent</c><00:48:57.030><c> much</c><00:48:57.730><c> that</c><00:48:58.130><c> was</c><00:48:58.409><c> obscure</c><00:48:59.010><c> became</c><00:48:59.869><c> plain.</c><00:49:01.130><c> The</c><00:49:01.389><c> way</c><00:49:01.590><c> of</c>

00:49:01.869 --> 00:49:03.230
life<00:49:02.110><c> exhibited</c><00:49:02.690><c> before</c>

00:49:03.230 --> 00:49:08.030
in<00:49:03.469><c> type</c><00:49:04.050><c> and</c><00:49:04.610><c> shadow</c><00:49:05.070><c> was</c><00:49:05.670><c> exemplified</c><00:49:06.610><c> in</c><00:49:06.829><c> him</c><00:49:07.349><c> who</c><00:49:07.710><c> brought</c>

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life<00:49:08.670><c> and</c><00:49:09.250><c> immortality</c><00:49:10.429><c> to</c><00:49:10.750><c> life.</c>

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And<00:49:16.570><c> so</c><00:49:16.869><c> brethren</c><00:49:17.090><c> and</c><00:49:17.289><c> sisters</c><00:49:17.769><c> we</c><00:49:18.289><c> move</c><00:49:18.510><c> on</c><00:49:18.869><c> to</c><00:49:19.030><c> verse</c><00:49:19.250><c> 13.</c>

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Wherefore<00:49:21.789><c> he</c><00:49:21.989><c> says</c><00:49:22.230><c> I</c><00:49:22.510><c> desire</c><00:49:22.969><c> that</c><00:49:23.210><c> ye</c><00:49:23.429><c> faint</c><00:49:23.670><c> not</c><00:49:24.050><c> at</c><00:49:24.349><c> my</c><00:49:24.590><c> tribulation</c><00:49:25.409><c> for</c><00:49:25.750><c> you</c><00:49:26.269><c> which</c><00:49:26.670><c> is</c>

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your<00:49:27.409><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:49:28.690><c> so</c><00:49:28.929><c> this</c><00:49:29.190><c> is</c><00:49:29.630><c> Paul's</c><00:49:30.429><c> final</c><00:49:30.889><c> request.</c><00:49:32.630><c> But</c><00:49:32.730><c> you</c><00:49:32.869><c> know</c><00:49:33.010><c> when</c><00:49:33.190><c> you</c>

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read<00:49:33.510><c> that</c><00:49:33.750><c> verse</c><00:49:33.949><c> again</c>

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there<00:49:35.070><c> is</c><00:49:35.269><c> a</c><00:49:35.409><c> lot</c><00:49:35.550><c> more</c><00:49:35.949><c> emphasis</c><00:49:36.869><c> put</c><00:49:37.230><c> there.</c><00:49:38.309><c> Wherefore</c><00:49:38.889><c> I</c><00:49:39.289><c> desire</c><00:49:39.829><c> or</c><00:49:40.369><c> if</c><00:49:40.630><c> you</c><00:49:40.829><c> like</c><00:49:40.989><c> I</c><00:49:42.030><c> beg.</c>

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I<00:49:44.230><c> beg</c><00:49:44.550><c> that</c><00:49:44.849><c> ye</c><00:49:45.130><c> faint</c><00:49:45.349><c> not</c><00:49:45.869><c> at</c><00:49:46.269><c> my</c><00:49:46.530><c> tribulations</c><00:49:47.190><c> for</c><00:49:47.530><c> you.</c><00:49:48.769><c> We</c><00:49:49.050><c> have</c><00:49:49.269><c> here</c><00:49:49.489><c> a</c>

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very<00:49:50.309><c> delicate</c><00:49:51.070><c> and</c><00:49:52.010><c> touching</c>

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request<00:49:52.949><c> from</c><00:49:53.269><c> the</c><00:49:53.409><c> apostle</c><00:49:53.730><c> Paul</c><00:49:54.329><c> that</c><00:49:55.190><c> they</c><00:49:55.429><c> would</c><00:49:55.769><c> not</c><00:49:56.030><c> be</c>

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too<00:49:56.849><c> distressed</c><00:49:57.769><c> by</c><00:49:58.269><c> what</c><00:49:58.530><c> he</c><00:49:58.730><c> was</c><00:49:59.130><c> suffering</c>

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for<00:49:59.789><c> them.</c><00:50:01.150><c> And</c><00:50:01.329><c> Paul</c><00:50:01.510><c> knew</c><00:50:01.849><c> that</c><00:50:02.309><c> the</c><00:50:02.610><c> sympathy</c><00:50:03.030><c> was</c><00:50:03.389><c> so</c><00:50:03.869><c> strong</c><00:50:04.570><c> that</c>

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what<00:50:06.329><c> was</c><00:50:06.769><c> suffered</c><00:50:06.989><c> by</c><00:50:07.389><c> him</c><00:50:07.750><c> was</c>

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endured<00:50:08.809><c> sympathetically</c><00:50:09.949><c> by</c><00:50:10.269><c> them.</c><00:50:12.170><c> We</c><00:50:12.409><c> have</c><00:50:12.670><c> here</c><00:50:12.929><c> two</c><00:50:13.210><c> expressions</c><00:50:13.909><c> denote</c><00:50:14.469><c> the</c>

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sufferings<00:50:15.469><c> were</c><00:50:15.989><c> great.</c>

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One<00:50:17.809><c> my</c><00:50:18.929><c> tribulation</c><00:50:19.670><c> for</c><00:50:19.989><c> you</c><00:50:20.469><c> a</c><00:50:20.969><c> word</c><00:50:21.289><c> expressing</c><00:50:22.190><c> intense</c>

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and<00:50:23.789><c> protracted</c><00:50:24.670><c> suffering.</c>

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Secondly<00:50:26.809><c> that</c><00:50:27.289><c> ye</c><00:50:27.510><c> faint</c><00:50:27.769><c> not</c><00:50:28.190><c> or</c><00:50:28.789><c> that</c><00:50:29.030><c> you</c><00:50:29.210><c> do</c><00:50:29.690><c> not</c><00:50:30.050><c> lose</c><00:50:30.489><c> heart</c><00:50:30.909><c> he</c>

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says<00:50:31.449><c> as</c><00:50:31.989><c> if</c><00:50:32.349><c> the</c><00:50:32.670><c> power</c><00:50:32.849><c> of</c><00:50:33.190><c> evil</c><00:50:33.469><c> had</c>

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got<00:50:33.989><c> the</c><00:50:34.329><c> upper</c><00:50:34.670><c> hand.</c><00:50:36.289><c> You</c><00:50:36.510><c> see</c><00:50:36.710><c> they</c><00:50:37.050><c> must</c><00:50:37.429><c> not</c><00:50:37.889><c> think</c><00:50:38.409><c> the</c>

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cause<00:50:39.309><c> of</c><00:50:39.690><c> God</c><00:50:39.949><c> would</c><00:50:40.309><c> fail.</c><00:50:41.829><c> He</c><00:50:42.590><c> was</c><00:50:42.929><c> not</c><00:50:43.090><c> himself</c>

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discouraged.<00:50:44.989><c> On</c><00:50:45.230><c> the</c><00:50:45.429><c> contrary</c><00:50:46.050><c> he</c><00:50:46.690><c> rejoiced</c><00:50:47.750><c> in</c><00:50:48.510><c> his</c><00:50:48.869><c> sufferings</c><00:50:49.510><c> for</c><00:50:49.769><c> them.</c>

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Let<00:50:52.730><c> us</c><00:50:52.949><c> pause</c><00:50:53.190><c> there</c><00:50:53.449><c> for</c><00:50:53.630><c> a</c><00:50:53.730><c> moment</c><00:50:53.909><c> brethren</c><00:50:54.170><c> and</c><00:50:54.409><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:50:56.030><c> think</c><00:50:56.789><c> of</c><00:50:57.190><c> ourselves</c><00:50:57.630><c> for</c><00:50:58.010><c> a</c><00:50:58.170><c> moment</c>

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towards<00:50:59.769><c> our</c><00:51:00.110><c> brethren</c><00:51:00.309><c> and</c><00:51:00.610><c> sisters</c><00:51:00.849><c> wherever</c><00:51:01.349><c> they</c><00:51:01.929><c> might</c>

00:51:02.230 --> 00:51:06.050
be<00:51:02.590><c> whether</c><00:51:02.929><c> here</c><00:51:03.429><c> overseas</c><00:51:04.250><c> or</c><00:51:04.929><c> whatever.</c>

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Paul<00:51:06.829><c> says</c><00:51:07.630><c> my</c><00:51:08.710><c> sufferings</c><00:51:09.590><c> was</c><00:51:09.929><c> for</c><00:51:10.110><c> them.</c><00:51:12.250><c> We</c><00:51:12.429><c> have</c><00:51:13.050><c> a</c>

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glorious<00:51:13.909><c> privilege.</c>

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We<00:51:16.590><c> all</c><00:51:16.909><c> have</c><00:51:17.269><c> that</c><00:51:17.690><c> one</c><00:51:18.349><c> wonderful</c><00:51:19.030><c> hope</c><00:51:19.570><c> to</c><00:51:21.230><c> be</c><00:51:21.429><c> part</c><00:51:21.710><c> of</c>

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God's<00:51:22.210><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:51:24.110><c> we</c><00:51:24.329><c> all</c><00:51:24.809><c> go</c><00:51:25.110><c> through</c><00:51:25.610><c> sufferings</c><00:51:26.050><c> whatever</c><00:51:26.309><c> it</c><00:51:26.550><c> might</c><00:51:26.769><c> be.</c><00:51:29.530><c> Let</c><00:51:29.670><c> us</c>

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pause.<00:51:32.130><c> Whatever</c><00:51:32.809><c> the</c><00:51:33.210><c> sufferings</c><00:51:33.429><c> might</c><00:51:33.690><c> be</c><00:51:34.329><c> suffer</c><00:51:34.869><c> for</c><00:51:35.489><c> others</c>

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because<00:51:38.449><c> that's</c><00:51:38.750><c> the</c><00:51:39.190><c> greatest</c><00:51:39.469><c> thing</c><00:51:39.889><c> that</c><00:51:40.170><c> we</c><00:51:40.250><c> could</c><00:51:40.429><c> ever</c>

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do<00:51:40.909><c> is</c><00:51:41.269><c> suffering</c><00:51:41.710><c> for</c><00:51:42.110><c> others.</c>

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Because<00:51:43.710><c> really</c><00:51:44.230><c> brethren</c><00:51:44.469><c> and</c><00:51:44.690><c> sisters</c><00:51:44.909><c> it</c><00:51:45.110><c> doesn't</c><00:51:45.429><c> matter</c>

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because<00:51:47.349><c> at</c><00:51:47.630><c> the</c><00:51:47.889><c> end</c><00:51:48.130><c> of</c><00:51:48.369><c> our</c><00:51:48.710><c> suffering</c>

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is<00:51:51.090><c> the</c><00:51:51.349><c> greatest</c><00:51:51.690><c> gift</c><00:51:51.889><c> of</c><00:51:52.130><c> all</c><00:51:52.829><c> and</c><00:51:53.809><c> that</c><00:51:53.949><c> is</c><00:51:54.150><c> to</c><00:51:54.329><c> be</c><00:51:54.969><c> in</c><00:51:55.309><c> God's</c><00:51:55.710><c> kingdom.</c><00:51:57.409><c> We</c>

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suffer<00:51:58.190><c> for</c><00:51:58.429><c> one</c><00:51:58.630><c> another</c><00:51:58.889><c> because</c>

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we<00:52:00.190><c> help</c><00:52:00.610><c> each</c><00:52:00.889><c> other.</c><00:52:01.789><c> We</c><00:52:01.809><c> all</c><00:52:02.590><c> want</c><00:52:02.789><c> to</c><00:52:03.090><c> be</c><00:52:03.329><c> part</c><00:52:03.550><c> of</c><00:52:03.710><c> that</c>

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same<00:52:04.590><c> faith</c><00:52:05.050><c> that</c><00:52:05.789><c> same</c><00:52:06.210><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:52:07.590><c> all</c><00:52:08.250><c> suffer</c><00:52:08.769><c> because</c><00:52:09.389><c> of</c><00:52:09.530><c> it</c><00:52:09.829><c> and</c><00:52:10.170><c> Paul</c><00:52:10.449><c> says</c><00:52:11.030><c> my</c><00:52:11.690><c> suffering</c><00:52:12.170><c> is</c><00:52:12.869><c> for</c>

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them.<00:52:14.070><c> Isn't</c><00:52:14.309><c> it</c><00:52:14.789><c> magnificent</c>

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and<00:52:16.789><c> he</c><00:52:17.010><c> goes</c><00:52:17.210><c> on</c><00:52:17.369><c> to</c><00:52:17.590><c> say</c><00:52:17.730><c> which</c><00:52:18.070><c> is</c><00:52:18.989><c> your</c><00:52:19.690><c> glory.</c><00:52:21.769><c> That</c><00:52:22.010><c> is</c><00:52:22.309><c> the</c><00:52:22.670><c> character</c><00:52:23.210><c> or</c>

00:52:24.309 --> 00:52:25.969
the<00:52:24.650><c> capacity</c><00:52:25.150><c> if</c><00:52:25.369><c> you</c><00:52:25.550><c> like</c><00:52:25.710><c> of</c>

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apostle<00:52:26.590><c> of</c><00:52:26.829><c> Jesus</c><00:52:27.250><c> Christ</c><00:52:27.789><c> to</c><00:52:28.010><c> the</c><00:52:28.210><c> Gentiles</c><00:52:28.829><c> in</c><00:52:29.349><c> which</c><00:52:29.630><c> I</c><00:52:30.110><c> suffer</c><00:52:30.489><c> tribulation</c><00:52:31.829><c> is</c>

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one<00:52:32.469><c> of</c><00:52:32.789><c> such</c><00:52:33.289><c> exalted</c><00:52:34.110><c> dignity</c>

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as<00:52:35.449><c> to</c><00:52:35.690><c> reflect</c><00:52:36.030><c> glory</c><00:52:36.650><c> on</c><00:52:37.269><c> you</c><00:52:37.570><c> he</c><00:52:37.869><c> says.</c><00:52:39.010><c> And</c><00:52:39.050><c> so</c><00:52:39.269><c> Paul</c><00:52:39.510><c> says</c>

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take<00:52:40.650><c> that</c><00:52:41.329><c> view</c><00:52:41.670><c> of</c><00:52:42.070><c> my</c><00:52:42.550><c> sufferings.</c>

00:52:45.449 --> 00:52:52.329
I<00:52:45.949><c> suffer</c><00:52:46.409><c> because</c><00:52:47.090><c> I</c><00:52:47.730><c> hold</c><00:52:48.250><c> so</c><00:52:49.010><c> glorious</c><00:52:49.590><c> an</c><00:52:49.989><c> office</c><00:52:50.329><c> and</c><00:52:52.070><c> the</c>

00:52:52.329 --> 00:52:56.449
glory<00:52:52.610><c> of</c><00:52:52.889><c> that</c><00:52:53.250><c> office</c><00:52:53.489><c> is</c><00:52:54.050><c> reflected</c><00:52:54.550><c> on</c><00:52:55.530><c> you.</c>

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And<00:52:59.110><c> truly</c><00:52:59.469><c> my</c><00:52:59.710><c> beloved</c><00:53:00.130><c> brethren</c><00:53:00.389><c> and</c><00:53:00.610><c> sisters</c><00:53:00.949><c> and</c><00:53:01.190><c> young</c>

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people<00:53:02.090><c> we</c><00:53:03.150><c> have</c><00:53:03.489><c> seen</c><00:53:03.849><c> have</c><00:53:04.150><c> we</c><00:53:04.389><c> not</c>

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in<00:53:05.469><c> our</c><00:53:05.750><c> two</c><00:53:05.989><c> studies</c><00:53:06.250><c> together</c><00:53:07.090><c> Paul's</c><00:53:08.130><c> service</c><00:53:08.469><c> to</c><00:53:08.769><c> others.</c>

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Yes<00:53:10.670><c> the</c><00:53:11.110><c> sufferings</c><00:53:11.550><c> were</c><00:53:12.269><c> their</c><00:53:13.030><c> glory</c>

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their<00:53:14.710><c> hope</c><00:53:15.150><c> and</c><00:53:15.429><c> aspirations</c><00:53:16.510><c> enabling</c><00:53:17.550><c> them</c><00:53:18.030><c> to</c><00:53:18.769><c> to</c><00:53:19.190><c> gauge</c>

00:53:19.650 --> 00:53:21.989
the<00:53:20.110><c> value</c><00:53:20.389><c> of</c><00:53:20.650><c> those</c><00:53:20.929><c> spiritual</c><00:53:21.409><c> blessings</c>

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for<00:53:22.510><c> which</c><00:53:23.030><c> so</c><00:53:23.769><c> much</c><00:53:24.150><c> suffering</c><00:53:24.730><c> could</c><00:53:25.409><c> be</c><00:53:25.929><c> endured</c><00:53:26.329><c> and</c><00:53:27.809><c> encouraging</c><00:53:28.409><c> them</c>

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to<00:53:30.170><c> endure</c><00:53:31.090><c> like</c><00:53:31.989><c> afflictions</c>

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for<00:53:33.690><c> the</c><00:53:34.050><c> gospel's</c><00:53:35.190><c> sake.</c><00:53:36.429><c> That</c><00:53:36.670><c> they</c><00:53:36.909><c> might</c><00:53:37.170><c> obtain</c><00:53:37.630><c> a</c><00:53:38.190><c> crown</c>

00:53:38.530 --> 00:53:41.989
of<00:53:38.909><c> glory</c><00:53:39.329><c> which</c><00:53:39.929><c> would</c><00:53:40.289><c> not</c><00:53:40.710><c> fade</c><00:53:40.989><c> away.</c>

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What<00:53:42.570><c> a</c><00:53:42.789><c> wonderful</c><00:53:43.150><c> mind</c><00:53:43.690><c> the</c><00:53:43.989><c> apostle</c><00:53:44.309><c> Paul</c><00:53:44.610><c> had.</c>

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May<00:53:48.409><c> we</c><00:53:48.849><c> my</c><00:53:49.030><c> beloved</c><00:53:49.469><c> brethren</c><00:53:49.769><c> and</c><00:53:50.010><c> sisters</c><00:53:50.429><c> and</c><00:53:50.610><c> young</c><00:53:50.789><c> people</c><00:53:52.130><c> continue</c><00:53:53.170><c> on</c>

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in<00:53:54.469><c> our</c><00:53:54.809><c> service</c><00:53:55.090><c> to</c><00:53:55.309><c> our</c><00:53:55.429><c> heavenly</c>

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father<00:53:56.369><c> with</c><00:53:57.030><c> zeal</c><00:53:58.070><c> and</c><00:53:58.409><c> with</c><00:53:58.710><c> determination</c><00:53:59.409><c> to</c><00:54:00.989><c> do</c><00:54:01.329><c> all</c><00:54:01.829><c> our</c>

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best<00:54:02.550><c> for</c><00:54:02.969><c> the</c><00:54:03.210><c> truth.</c><00:54:04.670><c> Why?</c><00:54:05.369><c> That</c><00:54:05.710><c> others</c><00:54:06.909><c> may</c><00:54:07.570><c> see</c>

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the<00:54:08.269><c> wonderful</c><00:54:09.190><c> manifold</c><00:54:10.090><c> wisdom</c><00:54:10.489><c> of</c><00:54:10.769><c> God</c><00:54:11.230><c> through</c><00:54:11.650><c> the</c><00:54:11.889><c> scriptures.</c><00:54:13.250><c> To</c>

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become<00:54:14.130><c> heirs</c><00:54:14.849><c> to</c><00:54:15.110><c> the</c><00:54:15.110><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:54:17.269><c> pray</c><00:54:17.690><c> that</c><00:54:19.090><c> we</c><00:54:19.269><c> may</c><00:54:19.449><c> all</c><00:54:19.630><c> become</c><00:54:19.949><c> part</c><00:54:20.329><c> of</c><00:54:20.530><c> the</c><00:54:20.750><c> household</c>

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of<00:54:21.369><c> God</c><00:54:21.789><c> and</c><00:54:23.070><c> may</c><00:54:23.349><c> Christ</c><00:54:24.050><c> and</c><00:54:24.929><c> Paul</c>

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continue<00:54:25.769><c> to</c><00:54:26.090><c> be</c><00:54:26.449><c> a</c><00:54:26.889><c> role</c><00:54:27.369><c> model</c><00:54:27.670><c> to</c><00:54:27.909><c> us</c><00:54:28.210><c> all</c><00:54:28.630><c> in</c><00:54:28.989><c> our</c><00:54:29.190><c> lives</c><00:54:29.510><c> as</c>

00:54:30.230 --> 00:54:34.750
we<00:54:30.449><c> strive</c><00:54:30.670><c> together</c><00:54:31.449><c> in</c><00:54:32.210><c> the</c><00:54:32.429><c> unity</c><00:54:32.909><c> of</c><00:54:33.750><c> the</c><00:54:33.949><c> faith</c>

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through<00:54:35.469><c> Christ</c><00:54:35.789><c> Jesus.</c>